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/j. Ex,a u|(ir>™n- (iuai'ii ® \ iii in
®lu-ldWi the tirt Tuesday a „ ®
hours ot ten o’clock in tl. l'--i :.-. ai, aiMtluoe in the
nttemimiii. at the ( ® ® ‘-i aiiitv in widen
•rile propl#tV is silila'l N® 4, sales must
he given ill Huddle 4 v !-'•••* -. ! ,avs aim us to
Jf ht‘day .|®-a!e. ‘ •
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Notices of the sale of I’ersonal Property must he ;
given at least Ten l>ays previous to-the day id sale, i
Ktnti- l>-l*tor*! i reiUlors:
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be pub If shed r
of Ordinary I- r ■ to 4j-|l: •
op Notice tltit dpplicut >n Atili a- te:nle to the Court ;
of Ordinal™ for It iv A -- • l.md <# Negroes, must
he published AVeekl, ® r ‘l'v ® i.tlis.
A (Iftii n :st rut son au;i <siiar<lmus3iip :
i: 1 11 • • f for Cell *■ V- : ‘-i ration llillsr he
jmmisiied Thin;. Days: i iV. -i Adiuin
istrutiou, moiitiily for Six Mi, - for Dismission
jg. from Ciiaidiittisliip, Forty Days. ® ®
ForrcloMiire ol’ .Uorlgama i
~ ltules for Foieele.-iu-eW V ’a'ti #ffiufit be pub
* lished inouthly for 1’- - i.r 31 # ®-
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Notices for estab -idea 1. 0 Papers must be pub
lished for the full term ol Thi-Si T ut™.
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LAW CARDS® m
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% TTJDUfJEY AT LAW,
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<?nit, Qiv\ ( ,'ftVc, ( lincb, arc an l I “ii >ls ul tlic j
Brunswick ('ireuit. ® noc 1 # —ts
it. Benrfefog 1
®IVI Ig. praet#c in Thoie-i'. # ■- Id#®-- and
lierrien counties. nih iO—lf
® J. R. Vinxandef, &
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mh 25-ts Tiy)MA.SVnJjB, OA.
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® 4 TTORNEY AT i*.W, * .
j\_ 9 ® ® W VHF.SBORgD.UQH, GA.
WILL practice J n the comities of the
® Circuit, and % Lowndes and B <g nos the South-
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4 TTORNEY AT LfAW?
® THOMASVILLE, GA.
UFjtfffi next •i • 0? toJDr,
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4 TTORNEY at# law, •
j,‘2d-tf m *TH()M.TSYIfrLE/GA.
9 Itiyan.
4 AT LAW. ®
TV. n* 10* I’IP *M ASYIT.LE. GA.
®@ E. c. Mortan, *
a 4 TTORNEY®AT* LAW, • *
. V ®. N.feHYTLLE, BERMEN CO., GA. j
B ll.r practice in the e.-u.r.;;e-. of the Southern t'ir- I
euit. ani the e,jymties of Docdy, J¥orth and Bough* t
*®crty of the Macon, and Coflee, Clinch and Wave
of the Btmnswick Circuit. Address at Flat Creek ,
Post-office, (i.i. •• > •mh 18-ts
•• * H, T. Peeples,”
®4 a LAW,
®X3L * BERRIEN C. 0., GA .
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I ® Samuel 15. Spencer,
, 4 TTORNEY AT LAW, -
A THOMASVILLE, D A.
and, 1’ ILL give his entire m to tin# pr.-.eti * •
haw in the rounths oft! e s mthern Circuit, Of
® the second floor ‘leLean's brick
is,® building. . xuh 18-ts
A. V. HeC'aidel,
®TUSTICE OF THE PEACE —All 1 i-in —•
’ tfcl. entrusted .to hpa will be attended to promptly j
■aud with dispatch. .Office at the Courthouse Thom
s tsvilie, G*. ® ** mh 25-tr
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JUSTICE OF THfe^PEACIT 01 FICE—
iST” Ur'o.SITE*THE POSXO FF I C F..
Collections of all kinds taken on liberal terms, ei
ther in JiutlnA’ Superior or inferior Courts. t>
® Schofield’s* * •• •
iRON’AYOEKS,
• Adjoining the Passenger JJepot,
•iMacon * Georgia,
** Manufacturers
S rK > >1 I'nsiiH‘s and stnilers*
Hill and Ein Gearing^
Cane Milh and I’ans. *
s >iuf Boilers. <
I „ii u: nl . •Shaftins and Pulley.
1 a @ Machinery ... .in ro order at
short notice. g
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1$ an l • Agents. Thomasviile. 6a * i
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bailor A* fboprii or. )
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Thonjiisville, January 7, 1860. _ ts
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g ill I.®!]. 1 .®!]. J. Oliveyis. .• • ,
iFrfictitionpv of Modiciiio and djiurgerc,
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JPfEREBI it * 9?0 and
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t ‘* Sp i-ial Attcntioilr will 10 given
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• |>B'S. 82. 15. tf?'E. B, IrnoSfl,
h ilesi #•? Dentists, Ti. • i” . i. e
NtjolE !i \ ; * a .... *
4V jeArfi *e#-erie 1 ®- h; 0 *
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past six #.-trs. *
\\ e I® g- every fie ility for doing ;! • 1 st Plate
work gow known, w!ti -!i is aet.en: ir -,g-d
‘* Contmuaul Gum Work,
■Hi Platina plate, whiCTt is impervious to any of the :
! acids, even in a concentrated tornfl #
fill 1 wio pur . nner. j
P Paffents f.iv .ring us v ‘f* their eonfi may
rely upon ■•.->• mm -t ex- -i-# -i cvcr v
operation ip as perfect a manner as possihle.
‘nh 10 ‘ * m w * ‘ ts
Si s. R. 83. E. 04. S-’,a<4Mi. •
“4 4 TOI i.i) r^gpectfully inform the citizens'"hf
y f Tlionmsviile anand _
vicinity, liiat tliev are P V. v, v ? m
titling up th ir V. tig- 1 - mgs
i oid ®et *
OFFICB6 U’ ; _,
in nc..f style. * . ln- m g— •yy Tf Uk ‘ ‘
ul RotL'll g- * i-iui’. Xf\ -J l’
e.l /i.l imde.-.d . S r. # C.
by ad V bn-iie-ss ~f li:,.
Medi-.il Oi.ii ~ * a ll l Pdg®
be kept sfriri/y private for Ladies an l Gentlemen !
wishing \>t-0 ! Op- rations. g*
And our patr-m - in IvlodicitlO may he a--r.rj?d
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■iff.! ‘®r- f ('"h’l;!'<"! / V J.Mh !./'/>:
(iFFICF. second door Last ul tii..’on” forrncily oc
. eupied Ly m >% •*’ lull 1.0 ts
New Drug Stoip* 4 41
#| lit. P. S. IV )'\ Kll Las Oj . lied a Ul’lltr Stoic at.
f tin stand I . g
g’pp”'ite E. Remington's. 1i- prep .I to furnish
I>i'Ha:,**!e4:eifitts. I’et i-ai:-£<-rv. links.
FANCY SOAPS,- S.c ,
1 pun fair.tor:*, to those wl# m iy t.avor him watiio
•all. l*o his reform friends he would say, that he
hasgu hand ;#fre-h and ?eliabk> assortment of
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ij ‘ .U i;l\j . TANARUS; T ; . jl#
An 1 will be glad to supply them with siu-li articles :
as thev mayaneed. , rtm 10-ts A
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$ 1543 Meditinei.
fTST received, a large a:#l well selected stock of
ts •Pwuis, Me l : *-.itH’s. Clremlcals dfmTl kinds, •
. Also, I’aiiits* , d!s. Class Putty. Varnish. Brushes, f
Pto Su tl's. Paten; .Mediein Curd.-u Si ■■ 1-. i % - t
Articles, Perfiynery. Bflashes, &c, rosine Oil
..)*! [guirps; Camphene, Burning Fluid and Lamps. !l
% MOW. SFI'XJs, Drugfi-t.
Thomasville, May 21, 18.3 1 .,. ts
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\cw Taiiorini& # Estai>\lshment.
• 1 Lii LTlsay,*
Jt ,’TERCHANT fTifTEOR? would re#ioetfully JR- {
•j\p*form the citizens of Tho- mflSil
masville and the surrounding ‘
country that lie has ‘oFtied a
| * SHOP;
Next to llVmington aifd Dekle s a ■ ;!
• Furniture Store, y * A .
where he will be pleased to wait L kM . . 1
*p.;i tliose who ‘may l';"or him * j \j
with a call. i f.T
. GARMENTS * } 1
t j'M’ ’• i \
the latest and most
styles. Cloths, Cassimers and Vestings,
on hand. Patronage solicited,® liJh 25-ts
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t fJolm 13.I 3 . A I*ll ol< 1 # *
“•At LUt HAN'T VlDlt. is still at hitfold j
31 stween the* larg® brick t
sin tvs us Bf:u’i>e an rltnning- YV ‘ yr
Kin. where lie is prepared, as 8 /S- ~4
••f w irk If
.in his ljne
I and latest fashions. # # A
I!.’ . g%od sup- # | y A
p®,- of fine patterns fop A; j f J
Pants, VeSts. Mm ■ . \
with ail#he necessary trim- i-| .U .
! mings, which will he cut au l j • -‘g -1 l jV 3
madCfo ortTer. • . . ‘
Onrong d<Bne-at in the latest fashions ami
■if tlfe sh-rte-t mxice. Call ami see for your-elvcs.
Thomasvi'.i'-. Du., O'V* : ! - l v -''■ •
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Satldlo and Harness Manufactory.
4 LARGE ami complete assortment of Harness
amd Sa idles, Bri- * -
•1!—. Whips. Bit s. Spurs. ,
• Iwi'ing, Hariies-. unj
#ulist;ili:
Harness an t Sa
I d# Reffairirfc prompt) led to by •
• •• M OkASHAX & LITTLE.
1 Thomasville. JanTll, IS'.n tv
’Jitor*\svfLLE.* tiEoiit;r.v im*av 2. isoo.
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THK .1A lA> I.*-;:.
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following facts concemii*i . :tl,c
j r _r. cl *i -tor : itiiji o.s . the p< >pie,
tl Ui ‘4f *"'♦ •- it, -TU w . e extrct it 4 Voui
fefh tho N. V. Coil r ,i’
Prior to th-- oj nirig * : : tere lurso
■] an (hat*. , If-! *• 0 *. Iyf lit
’ 111®’ (*’. p 4 til V* :'st-00-
~ . su] •i to 1,0 bf the fame
• • • * of 0
dorc Perry E4 in.!,- v. \9r,
C'i. Itisivcly. * -® are ;; far het
• • thyn • tjiti owrx
• • A tße* * ”<• ’]'!;• V ;-]V Vi !.,- tit
senu-bar! tivoushf-nt hare Attained to a certaiu
y,c_rec ot’ civilization. *i'l:-y r, an activi
•• A mtSllee*, and an® •* , nd power #fj
* ’.’ter \®|lieh will ultmrat< IJP give*them
high juAiuon. lißjJie arts iftid sciences they
1,4:13'e made no mean progress, and future inter
course with yiem wiKMr:i:g tijplight fresh ;• vi
* what t 5 y i • • •
gtends -of bar
-tit steeling , * , i:ty of tl •
)k\m. These. 1:!- !* those of (•':*’ ~ seem
written in him . h. is the j nTiishmt ntld
a larg# • i • ® ie so he
ei® the Japanc- nelieve that he who - ‘4l vio
-440n- law will vi -lat. f.iv>t^y % , Then, too. ‘
they believ;#that #]i n a man has done wrung
r it is better IW’ ltifn to inflict self-ptfhltshmp iW (
than A® I b .. ofed. 4 11*;. tie 11. who > i
commit# a crime and Wfterwards ptmisheS him- 1
selrfoy ripping often his bo'tjy,’” regarded ass
having •tuned fur his frolatibh of tie* law. 11 is
pfopert® is savert from confce<*tidn, sffia ■
natn. h-’!!.Vi liile, huwever. lli* *: harha#
ous fjrpvis'inns lAiiutii,. flicir'treatment of wo
tu’g* ts •i;tr!®®l*with hi..(fir -s, and ln r positn y
jh a ?;!*'• dilf<Tent one from wftat it is in Cl||na. j
‘Husbands <!,# not beat their wife® aSd patents
rarely strike a child* Mioi®l suasion’Y>eetnS
to fee ffec only ft>rl**'t;-*.d ®in fheftthomcstic ro- j
.latimfes; .dn'faW. in their daily intcrcon-e ; the
conduct of the Japanese seems To 1
iJAd by t ajid suavity whifh we
a! fret-a d*-a- the evidence f,f good breeding.
tfilc.'>ni ■ < i tlic cnTtzc l nations of our
globe have prided th#h> ; e!p#s upon the atten- j
tion they htf o given to pu- lie education,
onlv fotfiiwed ihtvexample of she .^panose.—
This sWoithy people have a most decided liter- 1
ary tust#, and they believe in •• educating the i
masses. ’ The cliildren arc almost invariably i
sent tu®ehon!s, in which they learn reading and
writing and ;,re lanWit ♦■lie history of their i
country. Hooks are constantly printed, and are i
said to * with larg<‘ circulation, and it j
would s&drn that the Japanese are really as much \
a reading people as some who are deemed more
•’ivilized than they. A\ itlx them education
seems to bavi'o,roduccd marked results. .Drunk- !
*'nncss and vice arc cjuit#rarc, and beggars arc !
• ‘ldom met seems a crime of which
they arc ignorant, since locks andWceys are but
Uttle'used. Then, too, though it is hard tone- 1
ftoveTt, laT-yers tire a chiss of inen unknown in 1
Japan; nd perhaps this is om> caflse of the
peace an-.] ft: 1 wiii wt-ich secin*:o c#ist among
its people. There man is his own lawyer.
The injnrM party states hr••>••• to tl:
4ra‘.‘, -and the hccust’il is heai-d in The I
magistrate exainrue- the wijpcssess. and passes t
S’-utm co, “whiehf’T-avi Commodore Perry, ‘if
carried fiito effect iiistmctrr.'’ There, there arc j
no motions ssh >4 trials, no a],pc als'of any kind; !
and yet, justice is generally obtained—quite 1
oftner, perhaps, than ft i- here, and that, too.
at.a lossespen%-. and m ire cxpcditidflsly.—
Sometimes the parties are ordered to settle their ;
difficulties with'thesai 1 V their friends. Then
win*, persons arg prisioh, there is no dis
tinction made Vfetween rich and poor. Ppth
fare The rilh man can have goo<f fe*- l
if lie it. hut only on that he ■
shares it with afe h® fellow prisoners. There**
is a!i<*hei®*"igt in regard to which the Jana#
1 0 ‘ . i 1
esc are in advance of some o’* I,■ y. - nations, and
‘this is a point Thich we of tjiis*at least can f
app®c:’Oc ¥ -(<!.cre fPHttle dr no fixation* The ;
enues are derived from th*\ # rents of *ndj
rowned by the Crown. luTilly it would seem,
from what wo lftw thus far Aearned of Jap®,,*
that®it.
•Philip Sy*ne\Tthan any portion of the eivflized
#orld. ]place in which fliere are no lawyers,
,iii wliicfl there is no taxat# ■* which murder,
rftJjcrv, theft, and beio:in#are almostrftiknow#,
and # iieflo the peo]Je arc C(su%ated, and refined
and 1 log;mt4n
spot to reside in • *
The “spy however, is one. well i
•known in Japan,uul thT’e is no one there tv Inf
is not watered—not even the Emperor ift his
r 'pa lace. The knowledge of .jthi.Tfawt may Ten
der the Japanese moif:; circlfnispect in
•orfluct. Their impulses, however, to be
of so kina a nature that the# m ed no suelu®-cs-
Tne which is now on its
way here will doubtless b<- spies fpen us. #They ‘
will observe closely ami willteport
they see or meet
I*they not learn too mufeh'of thcg xitces of
| civilization. It is to be liojjpd tl®it ffieir’report
the Hlgcts of tl. #• ‘hristian religion wife
be favorable, f >* tifiou thafereport will
I depend the mil* m-e fvliich our mission;’*,*s
hereafter exert in their country. #
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t High i*rlced Wine.
A C'iend in Bremen has t|ie editor of
| the Kichmond Enquirer a ffottle wine, said
ito be 21 s yfars old. Supposing that it cr>st
2') it is ascertained thaf Ae
bofe'le, calculating the iunrest and adding it
annually, would now be worth es ,88 1,719.28.
j There is a good iSoral in thatTtofy, showing
that a small amount invested properly and ju
dicii m -ly managed, grows to an enormous sum
>at compound interest in a few year.< Many
ruined by paving interest, ana nninv
! are made wealthy liyfaving it. It is said that
fehe#isual drink of this wine is a thimble full.
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ft’ <§l
*-Rr. Seesiks. you said dhe defendant was
• honest ami intcllLg nt. What makes you think
so? are you acquainted with hi^i?”
“.No sir. In ever saw him.” .
t • Why. then, do you come to such a eonclu
. • *
• Cause he tak, teiTnewsi aper.>. and always
pays for them in advance.” *
WerdietTor the n'-nttil t'all tiie ca^i’
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THE ELECIjjBfC.IL I
, T ’ • * V *sft>r
i cleetrraal eel, anl tig* Manner in which it is
■ m:eu|tcs r- ken, is iVm anew mof fear
#!l Ufu|:: .ohlt's Travcdsftin Softh -Inun'fa:
to tli- otncafcafh : rate.-. mulling at
( ii®in t’ft travfts so yn at :ffi in
t(ifr‘ * t a:; •the g?iir.i#ife which wa re animated
;q n gus- -# 1 iumholdr |v;k impa
tient to procuflk electrical eels. He lnid boon
■ promised them oi'tcg, luftiiiis hopes%ad alwajn
!",jen lie at lirft wished to make
- ‘ ■ in the ||'Cifse he inhabited at
Culauozo but A. dread of tl*e dir used
by the gymnoti was so*_reat, and so
i among the common people, that during three!
‘i-iy*. he could in t obtain one, tlu-agli they
wegp easily cnounli caught, amfthe had promis
•tho Indians two piasters for tjfery strong and
* • ish. In * last, iff waiting.
| very ii • # *
an Sletric- eel wriftch had®h,eeh to Him
alive, but-rfmxcn’fnf: bled. IHunVulfet, acconu ,a
nied by Ib-nfland, re; aii\§l to the (Vino dfe lb :-f,
to i: tii ?:- <■>:]’ , • • i tlTetipcn air. and at
the edge iff the water. They set ®!P’on the
of 3larch at ,*>verv early hour, for the vii
! lage of ]#*: no; w?r conducted by
the feidaiH •* a stream, vlin.o in the time of
drought formed a basin *n'**ddy water, <ur
’ rout; led by line trees. To c*it*di the gyirnfft
witfrim-ts was conjddered difficntH, on ac- si
count of the extrefeu; agility of theitifei, wlijth
ft i t!# Jf vi- in i*ie snid.
• told them that tffoy wo*i lisli with horses.—
Uflwjf found it difficult to form an idea of this
return from the savanna]., which tin* ha& been
scourdfg for %il<l horses and* n il? ; s. r j£iey
brought *bu%. thirty* with t.feem* which tfeey
Lfbrced 40. op ter the pool. Hhc iicusc caused by
: the burses hoofs, made the fi.-lffiffisue ffom tlib
’ mud, and excited tjjtem to the attaftk. These
| yellowish Slid live! eel.#, lvsemblmg laf®v aqua
j tic serpents, swan?*n the'surface of the water,
and crowded underfthc bellies of the horses and
mills-. •Jt congest bt*iWf , ( n animals of so®dif
ierent an organization presenteirareeui: striking
spectacle. The Indians provided With harpoons
,#n'd ®longeslciiicr feeds, surroiimb and the pool
closely, and some clindjgd up the trees, branch
es of which extendecLhorizouta'lly over the sur
face-of the \v,#ter. By their wild cries, and the
length of their reeds, they prevented the horses
frohr limning away and vouching the kflk of
the pool. Tlie cels stunned by the nofee, de
fended thclft.selves by'Hie repeated
of tlieir electric batteries, lor a long interval t
they seemed likfey to prove victorious. Several
horsiil sank beneath the violence of the invisi
ble strokes which received from all sides,
by the force and fretfttency of the
shocks, they disappeared under the water. —
Others panting, with mane. P ntul liMgcrnvfl i
tt. . . aprcssiiig anguish and dismay, raised
themselves, hi ffll endeavored to flee from the
by which tin y were overtaken. They
were driven bad# by the Indians ifcito the mid
dle of the water; But a small number succeed
ed including the imtip*’ vigilance of the fisher- j
men. Tfecse regained !fe’ shore, stumbling
1 every step, and stretch* i themselves on tl#>
Lsao4> exhausted felth d with lind -
(•benumbed by the electric shock> of the gyin
noti. ‘
in less. than Jive minnfes two of the horses
: were drowned. The eels .being’* live feet long,
and®'pi\ - .-’mg themselves against the beliv of
tin ‘•horses, i#;so a discharge along the whole
i extent of their electric organ, ‘jniey attacked
at once the heart, the intestines, and the coeliac
fold of the abdominal nerves. The horses j
were prolpbly not killed, but only stunned.—
t hey were drowned from impossibility of
| rising amid the prolonged struggle between the j
j other HfcrsvS .rid th” v-ls. •’ • •
The travelers had little
| wtjguld termiiSite by killing successively all the
animals engaged; bin; by degrees the impetu
• osity oft) lis unequal combat diminished, and
wearied gymnoti dispersed. e ‘i’hey r*qui#d
a lung rjist and afjtmdaut nourishment to reffai^,
, the galsianlc forife which they lost. #The mules
’ ; ,M and appeared less nighteiieda* their
i majjes no lon#ev bristled, and evesex
piessed less dread. 0 ‘i lie gymnoti approached
timidly the edge of the lnar-Jf, wnu'eMhejj
were taken b* means of small harpoons fastened
to long cords. When the cords wore dry ffie
Indians felt #0 shock In raising the fish into the j
■ft In a few minutes Humboldt had five large 1
■B is. lyost of waiclfewtire' f>ut slightly woundfed.
•Some•others were taken, by tW .same means
towards evening.” • .
® • 9,
o -•■•••’- j
0 Mr. (’urrrnf?
The Committee on Commerce of the Federal
Ilouse'®bifc has liad*j-cferrcd to it
an ififeortant bill, bv Ethridge, I
of Tennessee, the object of is to estab
lish anil regulate c’feculafeon of uniform
value throughout the Uniteefe States. % It pro
j vides that the Ulifted States sub-treasurers c#:
* trihsal’ers*)f the mint aful its branches re
ceive depositsrof gold or silver, gold,
and give the depositors certificates therefor, in
.'fin*- of from twenty to one thousaiufetlollars.
These certificates are to resemble bank ifefles, to
lie signed the Secretary of the Treasuayffer
soif e*>ne ipointed for that purpqge in his naiflte,
mn? countersigned by she officers receiving the
deposits for which they be exchanged.
are to be transferable by de-|
livery* ang to be received*n paymenfe id’ all
dues to the United Spates, and re-issueu in
liquidation of Governifeent debts if the credi
tor is willing. *The Secretary of the Treasury
may authorize sucl^ gollecfors of revenudias he
may designate to receive deposits of silver and
go|. and issue thf certificates, the Secretary
the place of paynnmt jf these
tors’ certificates-, hut all others are to be made
payable ft she of issuance. There are
other guards, Ad checks in the bid, but
these are the*general features*;
A- the Louisville Journml, to which we are*
indebted for the above summary of*its provis
ions, remarks, it supplies a currency of unim
peachable security for all the purposes of*ex
chanm?, and does away w itlT all a gov
ernment bank. Since the l t ombard Jcws, some
thousand and fifty yc*ars ago,lirst erected their
•tuncos in the market placed for excßange of
money, there has never been a more simple pla%
*. 11? ■ ’d than this which o\vs*its paternity to
W ft 111
the gentleman feom Tonnes- 0. I:®. qj < s
sanK, it it becomes a law, equalize all our ex -
Changes from Maine#to and savt*the
Government, under the operatlonsmd’ the Sub
ilaw. a great amount ot expense in
a !feP ort * n g gohLund silver to different local:*
ties. It makes the Federal Treasury, in effect,
j a bank ot deposit well as a bank of i.’ -ue,
gid it setins to us tliat such guardsman be
throw# arouucfe Lie system to pr#vAt coimter-,
feitiug, embezzelmeat, and false issu#of cer-’
as will render its working practically?
it. win not, of course—nor is that the
feoeiit of #hc hi 11#-for
but it w#l, in the comimprcial eeom.my
ot t*,r count#,-, e nstitute its exchange, by
which all debts will be liquidafed without tlflfe
intei ventii#.ftoi’ money, aiufeit will do away will
’ :#ious and varied respoiisibitill cs of
diawer, remitter, acceptofe *nd endo”T, thus
pimpitying the busme-s of the conn-#
try mad giving it what is grcat!\#nceded— a
regulator of exchange. * # 5
m A. i * ® 9 ?
the wok!> *mi:i..vn.>’ ‘ *
1 lie thoughtful reader of the 1 ‘sain* cannot
have failed to ask feimscll’ hat the wor:f®“So
lah” means.'* 1% is .t *1 Telfre# word or sign,
whichfehif tr#tslaters ofejhc Bibfe lifee I
4hre,d*tn leave as tl#y foffiid # it, from ig
norafiee or disagreement as to signi
fication. j
t I*l ie ‘J'arg%m *id most of the Jewish eom
iiientatofes give to gie word the jpeafing of
fe ntuflgufovi'i'tr. Rabbi Kimchi regards itHs
a sign to t<yate Hie voice. The authors of the 1
Soptuagint to h i*,e regarded
it as a musical or rythmical nefep. ifeirner re-*
g*ds it indicating a cliangl of tone; 3!a(lgj
eson,is a Nto-ical-note oquivaient, perhaps, to
the word Acceding to Luther, and I
others, it is equivalent the excla#iation si
kit+l . ’• 9 m
Gesenius says that.;; Selah ” means, ‘GaTthe
instrungftits'yi.gi singers stop.” W'o
elicr regards it as equivalent to surnnm corda!
l*p my soul!) feSommer.®iftei* all
the sevefety-fouv passages in which the word
occursferceugnizes in every case “an actual ap- j
peal of summons to Jehovah; they arc calls
for aid, and prayers to be heard, expressed
est her with entire diftetnoss, or, if not in the
imperative ‘Hear Jelnffah!’ or‘Awake Jeho
vah:’ and tliopfeke, still earnest Addresses to
Bod, he would remember and hear,” etc.
‘jjiie word itself, lie reg.nffs s a blast es 1
pets l%- the priests. Selali, itself, he thinks is
an expression used for iliggfepn, in- ■
dicating the sound of stifeiged instruments,
and Selah a vigorous blast ot trumpets'.
# 0 1
■— ——ft
m-.iaoKiLa Cuiitisiiir. —A young gentle- ‘
man happeiyng to sit at church in a pew ad
joining one in which sat a ydfeng lady
ho conceived ;A iolent passion, was desirous of
enter mg courtship on the spotifemt tlie I
phice not suiting a formal declaration, the exi-|
gency of* the ease the following plan.
lie politely handed his fairineighbor a Bbile
open, pin stuck i$ the Ihllowing text —
SecomrEpistle of John, verse fifth: “And now
1 beseech thee, not as I wrote a
new commandment unto tape, hut Tint which
we had from the beginning, that wc love one j
another.” She returned it. fhinting to the se
cond chapter of Kuth, verse tenth: “Then she ;
fell on hpr face, and i*ftwed herself to the
ground, and said why have I foun*y
grace in thine eyes; that thou shouldst take;
knowledge of me seeing I am a<#Stranger T' —
returned the book, p luting to tlie
verse of the Thtfd Epistle of John: “ liavitfe®
many tilings to write unto youf'L^would nut
write with
unto j|ou, and speak *1 ace to face tlmft olr joy
may he full.” From th% above J# ter view a
lnarriagafeouk 2>lacc ilie ensuing we^L
Fire Ann,,
The inventitivc go 1 mis of the wffiohv c mntrfe
seems lie applying itself t#tlie p-errection of
firearms, and* a:# a consequence, new models
arc being prepared ol’guns #nd }i#tols. and n.v
patents are being a“pli§d for fivery day. Tll
-March I##a gentleman named ILjfecock obtain
ed apa Hit for bre®?h - loa dir or pistoL which
must become very popular wit* all win*,
such weapons for seif-protection or amufoment.
\Ve understand that arraimemen imw be
ing made witii James 1). Hrowti, of this*
city, feo commence tjfe; manufacture of the
4< and if completed, that he will
*sOll He able to sujijife the entire fetouthmwith
this simple, cheap and effective weapon. —Rich
\ mond
• • ■*-
•Tli<‘ f.argr#i pftnlifg Press in the World.
At the printing limise oT the Appfttons, in
Xcw feork, is a |% ss made for Web-
I ster’s Spelling Book, wlricli prints both sides at
As this is the only press of its kind in
existence, “fepcller” is tfti only
book rergffring a press so ra§,i 1, and on ffilift-ha
ftingle boo# is being printed without interrupt
tion fftmi January to Deccgioer. The s||le of
Websuer’s “ Speller to more than one
million per ainium, andl more have been sold
: than theretare people in the United States.—
Such a hook is manifestly the grow|!i of manjg
years; and jdanted in fur schools, # it bears
1 übui*Jantly the fruitfeof progress and civiliza
tion —y. Y. Albjj>n.
■ —.
* Arizona. *
fiAmerly resided in Lijiju
qu*e, but who is now an officer in the U. S.
wrote to a friend lis oj-niion of Ar#wma,
as follows: 1 * “Me kave fust traveled over tlu:
m Jfditalked-of territory of Arizona.ftSueh anotli
er God forsaken, untimhered, and
country, never under my
vision, my optic* h; A ve run over a good
deal of what is called b:gl The uiilv
t thing* that grows, with aT>y # luxuriance # is the<
pillar cactus* Some of these plants arc thirty
feiigh, and, with their straight,
unleaved columns, look as barren as the country
around them. As to the stories that are told
ot the agricultural attractions of the territory,
they ;ge all lies.* I Relieve that God in His
wisdom, has supplied these hills with consider
able mineral wealth, but beyond ftthat they are*
j i>#li.ak s,
i In Ativunce. \
V-"” ■ —■■ _■ —■ *
_ join (\( .HHOI >'S DllEitl. a
t \#cor;#l the Mi-su-Mppi
Ims cut from an pamphlet an ac
cfuint oi qp<lrt*in of M>\ (Afthoun, about the®€
time of tin’ sectional agitation*which
preceded she *ri ot’ the compromise ir^ia-•
surcs of $ 9
Mr. C M .nffi it seem*, sas drawing up a
flail for <!:• •-oluti*n of r! •when
late at night, being ym§v much exhausted, he
■ fell asleep atfll had lift pillowing dream, as rc-
by him f ® .
ft a late rt..>ur last night,fas L“vas sitting
1 in writ ng, I was surprised at the ve
ry um r rcinona ( of a visitor, who
came 1 t ..k a seat bt side me.
i “ 1 was mre ann lye i. as I had given strict
oi'ilms to 1 sorjjjvntß that ? should on no ac
count be disturbed. V ®,
i he manner in ohich lie efterod-——perfbet-
I ly t scll^'^K^sst", —t:ov!!i_; a scat opposite me
flout o#v m!, p ■ Salutation—no apology
* —as though my room and a. % \\i9Um belonged
1 to excited in me a.- tftuch surprise as iu
I‘iili over Cj-‘ top i§y shaded lamp, 1 disc<#-
f'ed ting he
j com hid his features from myßview, and®
as I raised my heart bespoke : •
* ♦ Wmit are yodrtvriti*” Senator front South
Carolina . nut t#:nx ot his impertinence
at fir#, bnftfcnswerejJ him
drifting up a flan for the dissolution of ths ‘
America luiin . tlfs tire intruder replied
it*the coldest manner possible: *
‘Senator foatlPt’arolina. will you al- f
low me to look gi your right hand V^
“iic aro-p aim as h,e did so the cfllak fell,®
,anl ! ] 'pile id —1 <ii
iiKiiiii.f) t *.’• p.M 1 ,1:1.:. Washington?
jpAs though 1 ha<fno power ft resist, 1 ex
tended nf “right hand, i ult% rttaufe chfl
peiTe.dc me at* is t #eh--he gra# ed it and
lieldtt near the light, thirl aliording me full ®
time to e*:miriO off *.ee, and
particularly his person". It w# tie
Washington, and lie was dressed in tliAtniform
of the ,jjCf elution. Alter holdin® my hand
fo£ a %imnent|look7ngSteadily at me, he said,
| in a quirt way: *t> ® ®
“‘And with thi>* right hand, Senator from
('armnajf ou dkmld sign your name to a
paper declaring his Union dissolved/’ ® ®
es, said I. ‘lf a certain contingency
aiise.-id will. Just at this moment a black
appeared on the back ol‘ my hand:®!
i#eem to see it even now! ‘What is that?’
I cried l in alarm, ‘why is that black spot on my
hand ?’
“ ‘That,’ said nc, dropping my hand, ‘is the
mark by which .Benedict Arnold is known in
the next world!’ ®
“ He said no more, but from beneath
his eIoSL an object uficli he priced upon the
tul'lo, on tl 10 very paper on which X had been
i writing. The object, gentkmen, was a skele
i ton! ‘S’
f I here, said lie, with emphasis, ‘there are
| (he bones ot Isaac Ilayne, who was hung by
the British in Charleston. He gave his life to
‘ establish the l nion. And when vou sign
ysir name to a declaration of dissolution, you
may as pt 1 have the hones of Isaac Ilayne
j before you. He w;is a South Carolinian, and
jso me you; but no bl<fl*h was on his haltls.’
“ With these \*>rds he left the room, I start
ed from (lie coats t with the dead’fnan's bones
pud aw® . Overcome by labor, 1 had fallen
asleep and had been dreaming.” ®
_i k /& .
Di privcji of t!ir Gospel by Foie-s.
1 hat was a novc fut not so bad an argument
j which the mouffcin mftnber urged in the Ken
tucky Legislature. “ ® •
A lew years ago $ If 1 proposing @
0% fox-sealnf was under discussion, It
been roughly handled in debate by®
members noiii the morl®populous region, where
i Ws # cre scarce, %nd 3ir. L-®—, from one of
flie mountain counties rose to reply. 1 only
give his peroration: ‘
“And are we, Mr. Speaker— we of the moun-^ 1
tain regions—uofgpnly to the annual de-
I structiou oJ pur crops hut actually be deprived
l^ r -farmints ul the consolation of rclig
: mB? tig* (m *1
r , . ‘ -fi o’ © ‘
This wokc the house up, and set it agape Tut
an emanation. He continued: ®
“ Tou know, 3lr. Speaker, that we l?ve
f*r<igh coijfftry; that you* fancy cliurchs—
send am%ngTi.rt *\\\#dcpend for the
f gospel upon the circuit riders of the Methodist^ 1
churc-h; and everybody kiffnvs they
cannot be induced to travel \\*lieref here are no
chickei#. and chickens cannot be raised where „
foxes ijhound. ” # ® • , @
The argument was unans*ve*ble, and bill
became a law. %
m - .
sip tlie Passfii-cr.^
aflair oceuied not many years
since, at a 4th of July celebration in an interi
or town in l’ennsylvania. Itevolutionary
ans were bee’ ming very hard to find, and yet a®
►procession with no old soldier i® it was not to
be willingly submitted to. An lionet old Ger-®
man M the®B<n-olutionary Impute, waadiscover-
the last nour. An open canjage was as
signed to him in thcttjrogramme, a seat by§®
the President at the tabic. When pressed as
-1 &r dmner*to give liis retliiniscences of Wash
ington. his recollections were fomid father
indefinite. But something*being said about
York tow u, he remarked:®
“Vans, T vash at V'orktown.” ® ®
“Under TVashingt#n, gallant soldier, under
Washington V* askeand
o “ V*ias 1 vash cfhndeii TVashington ven I sur
rendered.’* •
“No! vou mistuk my venerift>le#friond, ex
claimed the President, “ M ashington
j Tendered.'”
• “ Yaa,> but you see 7 ca h one oj ilc lies
stems. _ <* a
1 Important Ddoision*— yJVo learn from the
Mobile of the 14th inst., that the
long pouding suit of the State of Alabama ys.
Albert St of “supplying the @ eiti
zigis of Mobile with poisonous water,”*has been
decided, the defendant found guilty, and fined
£2,000 —the highest penalty thestatue allows.
The*poisonous quality of the water was proved
I to have beßn induced bv d> passage thlOUgh
•lead pipes. • ©
NO. 4.
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