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MJORSJKG. OCTOBER 31, 1851. a. THE*itOME COURIER rupLisni i i*.visity rauiiAV morniq BY J. K.N.OWLLS As CO. . pnKrtp • Two-Dollars'per annum :I nnld. in advance J Two Dollurs and Fifty Cents if jinld >vithln six months $ or Three Dollars at thO en'd of the year. ' .11 a t os of Advo rl F»4 nir. Lkqau Advkrtisrments will bo inserted with trlot attention ,to the'roquiromonts of the law, at tho follow iiijr rates Four Months Noticp, *„ • • Notice to Debtors and Creditors, Sale ol Personnl.l J r»i)orty,.by Execu tors, Atln\inlstratftrs, fci*. . Sales of-Land or Negroes, 00 ; days, per square, Letters of Citation, - Notice for Letters of'DIsiniSsion, Candidates announcing, their names, ehargod $5 00, which will bo required in advance, Husbands advertising their wives, will be charged #5 DO, which must alwnys he paid In advance. All other advertisements will be inserted nt One Dolltir * par square, of twelve lines or less, lortho first,.and Fifty Cents, for ouch .subsequent* I user lion. . Liberal deductions will bo made in favor ofthoso who advertise l>v tile year. $4 no 25 | - 3 25 | 5 00 2 75 A 50 ill be RA”DS. 13. YV..HOSS, o n nr ri sT. Rome, Georgia Office over N..J. Omberg's . " Clothing Store. January 16,1851. FRANCIS M. ALLEN, WHOLESALE AND nETXlL Dealer in Staple and Fancy DRY GOODS AND GHOCDRIES. n- Receives now goods every week. Rome, Ga., January 2, 4851. LIN & I3RAN I LY. WAREHOUSE, COMMISSION & PRODUCE MERCHANTS, Atlanta, Ga. (^Liberal advances made on any article In'Store. Nov. 28.1850. • ly 14I\G <k CO. COTTON GtN MANUFACTURE ’IS Rome, Georgia. May (I.--1S50. AI.DX lMIEII .v Tit i .1111 fcifi,. ATTORN E Y S A T L A IF, RONE OA. Nov. 281 1850. ly. ,1102AS IIABDICI1AN < OllAU’-B. V. (IA11 ILTtiN. IIA.MICTON & IIAItllEMAV. Factors & Com mission Mmliniils, SA VANNAIt. GEORGIA Oct. 3, 1850, I 12m •CHARLES F IIA tl ILTtlN TltlMAe dtJgllKM » IIIIIIJEIAA A; HA'IILI'OA, Warehouse & Commission Mci cliiinls, MACON, GEORGIA. Oot. 3, 1S50. 1 12a , PAT T II \ .A; I* A T J' ON, A T t O It N E Y S A T L A IF-, Rome, Geoieia. "WILL Pructieein all the Colnitiesof tl e Chero. «*fie Circuit 48 Sept. 5, IS.10. A. K. PATTON. ‘ J. F.^rATT^W. DANIEL S. PRINTUP Agnt.for the Southern Mutual Insurance -/ Company-at Rome, Ga. INSURES against toss by FIRE; ulso, LIVES of arsons and Servants. 43HECKS'on Charleston nnd New York, for anla DANJED S. PRINTUP, 4r»ntfor the Bank of the State of So. Cn •Oot. fth.nau. J. D.' BirKEU SO !\, 7" DRUGGIST— RO VIE. GEORGIA. *. WHOLESALE ANnilfcTXlL DKALKIt.fN \r ' ©RUGS, MEUI01N.ES, PAINTS, OILS, DYE- . STUFFS, PERFUMERY, tfco, Ootober 10, IS50 Broad Street. COULTER .As COLLIER, ATTORN lb Yd AT LAW, - Rome, Georgia. Feb.'3.1851. HOLLAND HOUSE, ATLANTA, GUtVlEGm. T HIS Lar^e and New Brick Hotel, neoi the" Rat Road Depot, is now opened. It will he kept’ in melt style that visitors will not forgot to stop ng in. Passengers on the cars will have innio «hnn ’ample time to piirtake of th* good meals nlw iy- in r«-ndi- ness at the arrival of each train. Persons visit.ng the City, and stopping at the lloilnnd House, c m get in formation i^nd assistance in business; and pass off. -•heir leisure hours in amusements connected with the House T e Post Office, Bnttk Agency! Be, kers and Mother iptpprtani offices will be in, lie flolln.nd House. Reference—Any one who has or may step one time. A. R KBI.LAM, Proprietor. ~WA1. H. UiNUliltWilDi)^ j. W il. IJMJEUWODl). vvill prac i ice law _f all the Counties of the Cherokee Circuit, (ex : cept Do,de). They will both personally attend nil Rth'0Courts. J. W', H. UNDERWOOD will attend ^the Courts of Jackson and Unharsliniu counties of the Western Circuit. Both will attend the sessions of the JUPREME COURT at Casaville nnd Gainesville.— IaU business-ntrusted to them wilt be promptly nnd Ifaithftdly attended to. “ OFFICE next door to Hooper te Mitchell, 1‘Buetm Vista House,” Rome, Go.,/it which place oneorboth >ill always bo found, except absent on professional usiness.^ ' Jon .33 IPr.l fEW COTTON G INS AT RO li tis, G A. DTWITHSTANUING onrShop hn, been des iroyed .twice within llui In-i tic., yours, nnco by liter nnd once by fire, wo nro lignin iiinimra|ttiring Hr superior Cotton Gins, nnd Imve pr-pored liurwlve f til nny amount of orders with' w/rieh we nlny be Tored. We ore not milking Premium Gins,or VVn- l Box Gins, nor do wo claim nil tlie experience timt ■s.been acquired in'tbc nit of Gin mnking, bin we Tl, without b osling, soy tlint wo nie wiilng to ’ -e onr Gilts side by Bid" with nny made in the Unt- gtntes nt the some price, nndeumppro qtmj tyninl 't tjrof lint ginned per dnv dny wiih.them. 1 ' A. D. KING * CO, “TO RENT commodious brick Store, imniedintaly unde .ebV'ifi.k 1 ' Hotel, ndjoiuinn B lley’s D.ueotore lSSn«ss? iL App!y to T. J. VERDERY. or C0i. D. fl, PRINTUP. . t'Joetpit; WHO is MY NE.IG IBOR- DY WILLIAM CUTTER. Thy.neighbor? hin he whom.thou Hoot power to aid and bless, Whoso aching heart and burning brow ■ Thy soothing hand may press. Thy neighbor? ’Til Ihe fainting poor, Whose eye with want is dim, Whom, hunger sends from door to door, Go thou andsuccor him. Thy neighbor^? ’Tis tlintweary man • Whose; ears nre nilhoir brim, Dent low with sickness, enre and pain Go thou nnd eniutnrt him. Thy neighbor ? 'Tis the heart bereft Of every earthly gem ; Widow and oiphnn helpless led, Go thou antj shelter thorn. Where’er ihou.meet’st a human form Less favored than thy own, . Remember ’tis I by neighbor worm, Thy brother or thy son. Oh, pnss not, pnss not, heedless by, Perhaps.thou enn’st redeem The breaking heart front misery, Go, share thy lot with him, [From tbu Orphans’ Advocnte,] OH, LISTEN I lit AIKS J. H, IIANAFOUD. Hear and heed the orphan’s cry, Breathe for hiin soft pity’s sigh, Soothe his woes, and quell his (ear, Whispering thataJrieud is.near ! Ye whose durling dwells above, Early iiiken from your love, ' - Oh, receive the orphan lone, ’ Bless him, shield him, ns your own ! Let him uf your bounty shine, For his mmd uud limrols t'nro ; God a rielt rew ord bestow® ; When we heal uu'Rjl'er’s'woes ! J la the far-off luluro, lie May to sliepglh'und joy to thee, And the orphan’s pow erful arm May preserve ihee.then from Imrm. FeVered f om his muther’n breust, Like the ivy needing rest, Bid him routid thy lieatt entwine— God will piospcr thee and thine I iuioCCU.rlLOUfl. AN INCIDENT OF THE- WEST ” Alas eliaili cliurut. to suatli the savago tnenst ” About a year sinco, a teopeiuiieo man moved with his family from South Carolina til the* We*!. - l he sp u.-'etie.-s of the populu- Iton and the c.intiuual travel past '• ids place, lendered it a neelssufy act ol humanity in him, lie>|ueotly to ctiteitaiti travellers w ho could gel.tin further. Owing id the frequen cy of these culls, lie re-olveri lu enlurge his house and pu, up the usual sign. buun otter this, an election come on; the triumphant party fell that it whs u wonder ful victory, uud some *‘,young blonds” of the majority determined in honor of il, |u have a regular “ blow- out.” Accordingly, mounted on their floe n'rluffo horses, they stur’ed on a long ride. Every tavern was visited on -tlieir route, and the vuriely thus drunk produced n mixture which added greatly to the noise and hoisterousuess of the tumpany. In this condition tltey conic, about a dozen in uumher, In oUr quiet teni- peruiiee tiitern. l he landlord and lady were absent ; the eldest daughter; fourteen years of ugo, and live youngvr children, were ulor.o lit the house. These t/clillcmfii, (Tor they considered themselves ns Vueli) culled for liquor. “ We keep quite,” was Ihe modest reply of the young girl. “ What do yott keep Inve-n for, then V” For ihe neeommodution of travellers.” “ Well, then, neconmiodute us with some thing to drink."’ , V You will see, sir, by the sign, that wp keep a tomporunco tavonr.” “ A telnpetunce tavern !”—('hero the children clusieted around their sister.j “ Give me an ax, and i’ll cut down ’.he sign.” ■ “ You will find an ax at. tho woodpile, sir.” s Hete the party, each one with an outh, made a rush-to the wood-pile, exclaiming, “ Down with the sign ! dow n with the sign!” out the louder, in going out, discovered, in un adjoining room, a splendid piano und its nccompuiniments. “Mito makes that thing squeak?’* said he. . “ 1 play sometimes,” said she, in a quiet, .modest '-manner. “ You do ? Givo us a tune.” “ Certainly, sir nnd taking tho stool, while the children formed a circle close to her, she sung and played “ The Old Arm Chair.” Some of them had never hoard n piano before ; others had not heard one for yea s. The luqiult was soon hushed ; the w.hip-nnd-spur gentlemen weie drawn back from the wood-pile', and formed u circle out side the children The lender again spoke ; “ Wilt you he so kind as to favor us with aoothor song ?" Another w as played, and the little ones becoming reassured some of t.iein joined their sweet voices with their sister’s.- Song nfer song'wiis .sung and play ed One would touch the sympathies r»f the strangers, tuioiher melt them in gripf ; one wimld amuse tlieir .patriotism, unotlie/ their, chivalry and benevolence ; until nt length, ashamed to ask lor mine, lltCy each made u low how, ihtuiked her, wished her. a good Itfiernouu, and lett. us quietly . as if they, had been to a funeral. Months afte^his occuraqw, tV (ajher^ in travelling, slojiptd ut u village’,' wd.eye n.geo- tinman accosted him.’ “Are you Cirlouel P. of S ?”. Y I am ”. “VVelf, sir, 1 am spokesman of the pnrty whb so grossly insulted your innocent Inmily, threatened lb cut d Wu your sign, nod spoke so rudely to your children. You linve' just cause to |ie proud ol your daughter, ><ir; Iter noble heat ing and fearless- courage weto re markable in due so toting and unprotected Can you pardon me sir ? I feel that 1 can never forgive, myself.” Wttitl ol Coaflilotlcit. A little Frenchman loaned a merchnnt five thousand dollars when the 1 limes were good. He called at the euunling house a few years ago in a stale of agitation not easily describ ed. “ How do you do ?” inquired the mer chant. ‘t Sick—ver sick,” replied monsieur. “ Wlnit’s the nuttier ?” “ Detimer is do matter.,’ “ Deiltnes ? tvhat disease is llmt ?” , “ Do Mnluidj dat breaks nil do mnrehants, ver much.” “ Ah I the times, eh ? well they nre had., very bud. sure enuugh; but, do they - oifect you ?” “ Vy, monsieur, I lose do confidence.” “ In whom !” “ In every body.” “ Not in me, 1 hope ?” “ Pnrdonez moi, monsieur, but I do not know w ho-to trust at present, w hen all do merchants break several time to pieces.” “ Then i presume ;ou w ant your money?” “ Oui, monsieur. Isturvo for W ant uf Par gent ?”' “ Can’t you do without it ?!’ “ N'o inonsieur, 1 must have it.” “You must r” ' •* Oui, monsieur," snid dimity breeches, turning pale with apprehension for the safety of.his money. “ And.you.can’t do w ithout it?" “ No,, inonsieur, mot von loetle moment longer.” The merchant readied his htmlt hook .drew u cheek on the hank for tho amount, uutl himdel it to his visitor, “ Vat is dis,atiititsieur ?” “ A el.e. k loi-fu'o thuusuiid. dollars, with ihe imei est.” r “ Is it lion ?" said the Ftenchman, with ttmazeineoi. *>:> fi Cet taiqly ” “ ,H vc you I’urgent in the hank ?” '“ Ye„” “ And is it pnrfuitmenl conveoient to piiy de stun ?’! . Undoubtedly. Wlml astonishes you. ?”.’ '“ So, dat you hate got him in dee., time ” “ Oh, yes, and 1 Ita. fe got plemy mote. I owe limiting that 1 cuntml |my ut a ummeat’s n or e-” Tho Fienchirmn was perplexed. “ Monsieur you shall do juo one leetle fu- vo.r, oh ?” “ Willi nil my’lieart.” “ Veil, monsieur, you sltnll keep de Par- gent lor one leeile t ear loogeri.” * “ Why, 1 though' you wanted it ?” . “ Tout an eontrarie. I now vnl de I’ur- gent-s-lnvnnl de graiBltconUdenve Suppose you no got de inoney ; den 1 tmnt him ver much-^supposr you got lii.m ; don I ne Want him ut all. Vous eomprenez, elt ?” Afier some oilier eonfo 1 enee, the little’ Frenchman prevnffll'ffliff" iheWerehurit to retain the money, and loll the counlhig house with it light heart, anil a oouqienanee very different from the one lie wine when he on lered. His confidence tins le-lotcd, nnd al though lie ' id mit stimil in need nt jhe motto,v. ho wished to know that Ins property tvas in safe hands. A Ghost Rtokv.—One dny lately an old !adv,tiltSiiuthw ick, paid a visit to her nephew, w hom she had not seen for a long time.— He, of course was extremely, glad to. see her, and insisted on her stopping all night,— The house consisted of a front nod hack kitchen upon the ground 11 .or, with a cor responding no her of lunujs above. The nephew and his family slopl above, and to acciimidute his aunt, w ho had I'een u-ed to sleep whoro lliqie wns n fiie, the old lady slept down s’.nirs. A pony occupied the hack kitchen ns n stable, hoiii which there wus' com liel uicjtl ioq liy a door The old la dy having made up the liie, mid perfoimed her devotions, lay down lo.ie t. Just ns she. was ntinul to full asleep, the fi e then burn ing very dull, she was startled tiy a terrible appuratiun, which stalked terns:! the flour, very slowly, inwards the li e Not being able to see distinct y, her agitation ntav he better imagined limn, described. Terror completely pmaly zed ber, iind, as site de scribed uftertvards,-she had. not power tn- speak-. Tho ghost, however, feeling the fire very comfortable, lay down before it ; but In doing so, bis hind parts .came in contact with the head-tend. The sudden shock caused tho old-Indy to find her tongue, .when she cried out, “O l.tud, have mercy upon me, havo mercy upon me!” .which she continued to repeat solo"d, that her nephew heard het- up stairs, when lie came down and.discover ed that the terrible gh. st vas none other than.the poor old Dobbin, who;being cold in Iris stable, bad forced open the door, and laid himself down near the (ire in the old lady’s bedroom.— Sltitld's Gazette. The new Governor of Kentucky, ia n very amusing man, and n very clever one for a Democrat. His nameis Luxnrus YV. Powell In 1848, after a deba e with Leslie Coombs', Col. Powell was a-ked tvhnt his p’nspects were lor the elect inn. lie good, humored! replied : “ I shall tie beaten about six thou sand voles; but my inline is Lazorus nnd ] believe in the rosurreqtion ” Col. P wns healen then, hut heats now through the' -Slate overwhelmingly whig. “ Mister, 1 say, 1 don’t suppose you don’t know of nobody what don’t want to hire nu- iilti l.lfctitiiieuiing Go ... One ol the g'O.itest e , .-i tors of the age is a Mr Daniel R Russell, a candidate lot- auditor in Mississippi. His mode, .of eloclionepring is to deni with the “sovereigns” with the mbst blunt frankness, discarding every particle of blarneying humbug. The following skaicn of a late speech delivered by him. must have puzzled In.- oppotien tb reply Ladios aim Gent lenient I rise— 1 ut there no use of 'elljiig you tlint; you knuw l am up ns well ns Ido. ,1 mu u modest man —very —hut I hat'e never lost n picayune by it in my'MgS Being a scarco, commodity among candidates, I thought 1 tvoolit jus, linn'it, for fear it 1 didn’t you never would hear it. Candidates nto generally considered ns nuisances, hut they nre not; they nre the S " est mer in the world, shake yott liy the , nslcyou how ’s your family, wlmts the prospect for crops ,&c mid i mu ..the politest limit there is in the State. Davy Crnckell says the politest man he ever saw w lien lie u.-ked a man to drink, turned his hack so that lie might drink ns .much ns he ':lea-ed. I.he.it that nil. hollow; I give a man a ehonvo to dri: k tv ice ,f he wishes, lor 1 not only turn around 1 , hut shat my eyes. ] am not only the politest man, hut the best elect ioneerer. You ought In see me shaking hmids with Ihc vniialions.-lhe pump handle mid pendulum, the cross-cut and wi gle w ag gle. I understand the science purfedy, und if nny of tho cotmty candidates w ish -instruc tions, they must call on me. Fellow citizens, I was horn—ifl hnd’n! been 1 vyould’nt htivo been u commute;-hill 1 am goiug to loll you whoic; ‘iwns not in Mfs- sissippi, hut Vivas oil the r glu side of the negro laid; yet that’s no compliment, as the negroes mo mostly horn on the same side. I started in the world as poor as a church mouse, yet 1 came houestly.'bv my poverty, ftr I inherilhed it;.and if I did start poof, no mull ami say hut that I have held-my .own reniui Ititbly well. - Caiidi'dales generally tefl you, if you think they nre qunlified, &c Now, 1 don’t nik' jour thought.-; 1 usk your votes. YY’hJ', there’s moiling to think^ot, except to' watch and see that Swan’s nanio is not on your tick et. If so, think to scratch it olf, und put mine on. I am certain I am competent, for tt ini ludhrughl to know 1 l otter thini 1 do? Ntihorly. I vvill allot? tliui Svyim ts lhe best Audilur in the Stine,that is, till I annelecied; then perhaps it’s nut proper for mo to say any tiling more., Yei,os mi honest.man. -I uui boitinl to say! holieve-it’s'n grievous sin to hiddany thing Irom my lellott-citizens; the more, 1 say that it’s my privaie omjdv* ulilielv expio.-sid, ihut I’ll inilku the besi Aud tor e' er in .lhe Unbed Sinter. --•‘Tis not lor Inimir I wish to he Auditor, for m my own county I was offbred an ollieo vlial wns nil honor—Coroner—vvnich. I res pectfully declined The Auditor's office is umill some $5,000 a tear, mid I am in fur it .like a thousand of brick. To show my goodness of heart. I’ll make this offer to my cntfipeiiinr. I am sure of being elected, nnd he will lose somethin!! In the canvass, ihere- lore I mil willing lo’divide cufflUj; with him, nod make the.-e two oilers:,. I’ll take the snia d he indy have llio honor, or lie may Imve the honor, nnd-l’ll taken ho salary. Ia tile way of hoiinr's 1 Imvo received enough to satisfy nie for life- ' I went outto Mexico, eat pnt-k mid beans, slept in the lain und mud, idsniilliied every thing'except live Mex icans. It ordered to “go,” 1 w enf,” “ If charge ilifeik for the chapnrrnl,” you hud hit ter lieliovo I heut u qtiurternag in doing my duty. My competitor, Swnn, is.n bird of golden plbtniige. tviio has been sivimming for tfip Inst lour y ears in tijo Auditors, pond, nt, $5,000 n year Lniil for t'otiilion 1 want to rotate him out, .and to rotate myself in. There’s plenty of room lor luni to swim outside of t,Imi pond: theieforc pop iit your votes for me, I II pup him out, and pop myself in. | mu' for a division of labor Swnn snys lie lias to work.all the time,, with his nose down to the public grindstone. Four years must Imve ground it to it point. Poor fellow; the public ought nftt to insist on Imviiik the bundle of bis mug ground clean off. I lime n'ge full grown,mid wel’-blown nose, fed as n beet, and tougli as sole, Icathor. i rush in ihe post of duty. I offer ii up ns a sacri- fire. I clap it on the grindstone. Follow citizens, grind away—grind till I hollow enough', nod that will he Some time first, for I’d hung like grim death to n dead African. Time’s most out. W'ell. 1 like to fmgot to tell yob my i.mne its Daniel— try short. Dan Not a handsome jiaVne.Tor my parents 0 poor people w ho lived w hete the qual ity appropriated all Ihe nice name-, therefore ’they had to take w hat was/left mid divide round .nmoiig p's; but it’s as handsome as I mn R. Ru.-v-cl. Remember, every one ol you. thut it’s not Swan. I am surc to He elected; so one nnd all, eat and small; short nnd tall, w hen you come down to Jackson, after tho election, lop at the Auditor’s office; the latch string uiivuis hangs.o' t, enter without knocking; lake off'your things mid make yourse.f nt home. [Dan crawfished out of the stand, bobbing bis head blto a tip-up,amid the cheers for “Inn,” “A D—m Russell” nnd Young “Da vy Crockett.’] gtj. A clergyman in Scotland desired his hearers never to call one another liars, hut when nny one said a thing that was not tine, they ought to whistle. One Sunday, ho pic iche.d a sermon on the purnble ol the loaves nnd fishes; und being at n loss how to explain il, ho said the Ithives were hot like those now it days —they tvefe ns big as the lulls in .Scotland ! He had scarcely pronoun ced the words, vyhen lie Heard a loud whis tle. ■ “ Y\ hat’s that,” said lie “ who calls me a liar ?” “ It is I, Willy McDonald, the bakor.” “ Well, Willy, tv hut objections ha’-ye' to what I lold.v e ?” • 1 body to do nfetliih’ for somebody no Jiow,| . “ Nono, piaster John; oply I wanted to you don’t do you ?”’know what sort of oveus they had to bake y 1 those loayes in R’ • guess not.’’ The Two Path*- - There m:o two pullts leading through this world, in^ie,or the oiher of which every traveller on the journey of life is iound wnlk- ingi Tho one is tho pntii of duty, tho oilier is'the way of the transgressor. Every step in the former path elevates the character and plants the moral footsteps mote firmly upon the unmutiihle basis uf truth uud rectltudo.— • Every step in tho latter is a fearful descent in the direction of I lie ’•great dismal swamp” of abandoned guilt At theuutsot, these two. paths seem to our confused perceptions, to run so nearly partrllol tlint tie tilloinpt-to step from one to the other as best suits our incli nations. But this is n fearful experiment,fur ns olio road is- Wending) lltoy very soon sep arate'so widely that in theduwnwurd course nre utterly, utiuhlo to rlin.h again upon the high road to rectitude, und unless the arm of tho son of God <s rexcheddowu for their rescue, Ihqy must coiuii.uo in tho way of the transgressor, which is hind in this life, and leads to endless perdition. It become) us then to look.tvell to our footsteps, uud ascer tain tvithuu 1 delay in which of those two paths we ure walking. Evory apt of our lives, every word uf our mouths, und every thought of our heurls has a. moral churapter— it is either in nccprdtinco tvith the will'of God, or in opposition toTiiut will, und- consequently must tifiecl our destiny here and. heroafter. , Render, in which of.these roods art llmu now walking? Assured—for the lips of eter nal truth have declared it—tho bruad road uf sin Ipadoth .to destruction. Thou const nut roach heaven, unless thou walkest in the narrow way. If thou art in tlid way, pursue it. Glorious w ill he the ond.. If ’thou art not in the way, enter now, at the strait gate. Renounce thy sins. Roturn .to Gird through Jesus Christ the Savior.—Classic Union. _. A Sister's Valao- •Have you a siBter? Then love nnd cherish her with nil llyit puyo and holy friendship; w hich renders a brothor so worthy nnd noble. I.earn to npprecit e her swerv inlluciiLC, ns portrayed in the following words: Ho who has never known a sister’s kind ministrutioh, nor Tell his heart. v arming b'e- nenili her endearing entile pnd love-heaming eye, Ims heen unfortunate indeed. It is not to be wondorfld at. if the fountains of purer leelmg ilow in bis bosom but sluggishly, or if the geutlo-cmnlion of his nature he lost in the sterner attributes ol munkind. “That mini lias grow n up among' affection ate sisters,” ,1 unco hem d n Indy of much ^observation nnd experience remark. tVhy do jou think so?’’ smd I. “Bocnuse ol the rich development of all the tender feelings of the heart.” A sister’s influence is felt even in man hood’s riper years; nnd the heart of him who. has grown cold in chilly contact "with thp world, will wariq and thrill' with pure enjoy ment, os sonic accident awnkened within him tho soft tones, the glad melodies of his sister’s voice; and he will turn froth purposes which n win ped and false philosophy had reasoned into expediency, nna even tveop for the gen tle influence which moved him in his earlier duys. Popular .Bepinitions.—YVhat is Fash ion ? . -• Dinners nt midnight, ond headaches in tho morning. . YVliol is tvil ? That pecu liar kind of tulk that lead to pull ed nones and broken heads. * What is. Idleness ? YVtirkrae ynller mountains fin a pink sub soil—or a blue-tailed dog in sky-colored con- ulsion. YVliat is Joy ? To count your money, nnd find it over-run n bundled dollars. What is Conscience ? Something tlint guilty men feel every tinio it thunders. YY'hat is Knowledge ? To be away,from liomcwhen peoplo come to litifrow books or umbrellas. , YVliat is Justice ? The opinion of tw elve jurymon. \Vlint is Ambition ? A desire to becomo possessed of a yellow pine leg; mid u Imlf-solcd eyebrow. YY'hat is Contentment ? Vo sit in the bouse nnd see bther people stuck in the mud. THE PHILOSOPHERANirrHE FERRY MAN- A Philsopher stopped on a ferry hunt to loss n atreuuj* Oil the passage, l.c inquired of the ferryman il he undetsloud nrithmc ic. The man looked astonished. Arithmetic ? No sir.” 1 nm very sorry, for one quarter of your file is gone.” A few minutes after he asked — “ Dj you'undersratid mn.hematics ?” The boatman smiled mid replied, «• No.” “ YYell, then,” said tho philosopher, “ an other quarter of your life is gone.” Just then the bout ran on n snag and wns iking, when tho ferryman jumped up, nnd pulled off.liis coat, and risked the philosopher with great earnestness of mariner.— “Sir, can you sw im A 1 .’ “No.” ‘ YY'oll, then,” said the ferryman, “your whole life is gone, for the bout’s going to the bottom.” There la that Bcutcrclh unil ret increaa. otli.* A young mechanic, some thirty-five years ngn, commenced business in a country town, wi h little capita! n «d »fn«U prospects of suc cess. He put up u dwelling house, hut it re mained long unfinished. His worldly nffaiia went any thing hut prosperous. Suddenly his neighbors were startled to find that he had pledvedfifty dollars a year to the Ameri can Board of Missions. I eople shook their heads. Some said he ought not to pay it. Others said there was no dnnger, it nevet wrold be paid. But it was; and pnid punc tually. And then similar or. larger sums were pledged to other benevolen ses,/vhich were afterr--’" : multiplied, In the menn time, thnt unfinish ed dwelling got gradually completed, the grounds rn'miid ii’tvere made tasty and invit ing, and other.grounds and other huiMinn added. In short, when the mnn died* (»w jjtars sinco, ho wns one of the most wealthy men in town, and the.most influential in »o- cietv, as well ns benevolent. But what is ohsorviiblo is, and it was often remarked by Ins Inends, that the determination of this man u. pay fifty dollars a j’feur to the' Board ol Missions, gave a new impulse to his life am character. It taught him to he econom ical, and made him “ diligent in business” in the host sense ql the word. It excited his busmo.s talent,and inadeliim a mtinof wealth “I hero is that scuttercth, and yet Increaa-• ; eth.” Public Debt nf the United State* 'The public debt uf the United States end of the several Stales, is thus given a lata com oie.nl writer, Doing taken from the rclurns.'if 18. 0 : United States, Maine, Massachusetts, Noiv-Yurk, Now Jcrsy, I’etinsylvunja, Maryland, Virginn, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Alabama, Miosissippi, Luuisiuna, Texas. Arkuusas, Tennessee, Kentucky, Ohio, Mieliignn, Indiana,- Illinois, • . . Missouri, I(iWP,< - - Total, 1850, Total, 1843, $64,228,238 970,000 - 6,091,047 23,937,249 65,5960 40,424,737 15,900,000 14,400,607 - 977,000 - 3,622,030 - 1,903,472 . 10,385,938 7,271,707 16,238,131 11,050,201 . .3,862,172 .3,337,866 4.631,913 - .19,173,823 2,849,939 - 0,566,437 16,612,79 956,261 • - 65,000 $275,488,676 198,818,736. „ „„ It'creaso in 7 years, -y $76,661,940 “ Ibis shows nrtincreuse.oftibout 30 per ■cent in 7 yenrs, nnd returns for 1861 will show ml addition to the public indebtedness of 1850 of more than forty .millidqs, of dol- Itrs.” . Legal Rates of Interest. In the'different States and Territories | Maine, 6 per cent; forfeit of ilie clatm.- iff. New Hampshire, 0 per cent; foifeit,of thrice the nmount unlawfully ,tnken. ■ Y'ermont, 6 per cent; rocovory in 'action and costs. ’ ■ ‘ . Mnssnchusetts, 6 per cent; forfeit of thrice tho usury. . . . r ,.i Rhode Islnnd, 6 per cent ; forfeit, of ' t|ie usury and interest on the debt. Connecticut, 0 por qent; forfeit of the who® debt. , ;• : . ■ , t New York, 7 per cent ; usurious bon- tracls void. ■ New-Jersoy, 7 por cent ; forfeit of thei •; W'hrtlo.deht. . liJi"- ' Pomisylvania, G per cent; forfeit ofthe “ whulodobt'. % ■*; , i Delawaro, 7 per cent; forfeit of the ' vi'hole debt. ‘ , , Maryland, 6 per cent; on tobacco con tracts, 8 ; usurouiAmntracts void. Virginia, 6 per cent; forfeit double ; the usury. North Carolina,'6 per cent ; contracts for usury void ; lorleit double tho,usury. • ! ..’ South Carolina, 7 per cent;. forfoit of ina V tercet and premium taken with costs. Georgia, 7 per cent; forfeit thripo, the • usury. ■ : * i r Alabama, 8 per cent; forfeit interest nnd usury. . Mississippi, 8 per cent; by contract 10 ; . usury i ecuveralilo in action for debt. , . ; L'luismna, 6 per cent ;.Bunk intorest G ; contracts; beyond contract, interest void. Tennessee, 6 per cent / usurious contracts . VO t)' '■ dj aoffl Kentucky, G per cent ;.usury recoverable with costs. Ohio, 6 per cent ; usurous contracts void,. Indiana, 6 por cont ; a fine of double thej. excess. , . •, Illinois, 6 por cent ; by contract 12;j, be.« yond forfeits thrice the inte,est. . » , , Missuuri, G per cent; by contract 10; if,, beyond, forfeit of interest nnd usury.. Michigan, 7 per cent; forfeit of usury l-4th of debt Arkansas, G per cent ; by agreement 10 ; usury recoveninle, hut contract void. , District of Gulumh’a, 6 .per .'cent; usur- . ous contracts void. Florida, 8 per cent; forfeit interest arid excess. 1 Wisconsin,7 per cent ; by contract' 12 ; forfeit thrice the excess ., , iotva, 7 per cent.; by ngreeincnt. 12 ;' for feit thrice ihe excess. / ' On debts of judgements in favor of the United Stales, interest is computed at 6 per 1 cent per tfnnum. Upper Tf,n.—Peter put up ut a hotel une night which they told him Was patron- ; tsed by the lug hugs' Peter found it so, and the next morning slopped, ond found; another, us lie said hclprclorred to patronizo ' n tuvein were the bugs are net quite so J<5»The emigration’to the Trinity region in Texas is. most extiaordinnry. causing the price of land to advance from four to ten dol lars per acre: Letter from Henry Clay.— the New Express understnd from Lexingto tlint Mr Clay has written a long reply to certain of his friends lu - in which h a " ' the compi