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SOUTHERN EOTERFRI SB. vpL*ui./ \ (L I).C (i';!ifrpri-S*. * ... .. # ® % 1.1 < II s < . BUY AN, I ® ,*> * * # $ KIPTIOV. *> teiimsl •Thk ■ ‘ ns ExTEItPKiSI i* tmhlixthed Weekla# p 3? w •■■■ & pakfein advance, 1? . D a , changed. ® ® ‘ • ® tii.- -i: * * > * by the Cash. Tho9#\vishin<'the li 4 changed will f • ? ® . ‘ 0 ■ ‘* ••• • # H"l{ i ,KlA(i. • ® ® § TKTiai.Sr ® .. ‘ f LAW , * *-j a- # * ® ‘"i rim (EM - ’ ® •’ I . norspe<#e<l a, to the •;!§-. w 1: <■ published on* a ta 11.1 i-haiveil a. < ; *■ ® * OSITUARI • • - ‘®il! Ik- 1 I>i , 'j|-‘lieil era i- but ('•!! A n-- .(<>•■ i at: > for % - rv l l e,ve I'V"’ ‘ 1 ! '#-.* (,x r cdift * nu w ,er ’ must a. . <■! Ig m a! I ! “ . •;v a.1% •’ • <* ■ <%: ousg* ’clock on 1 • § @ ® ® --* - - > • ®j| (OMKU 4 IDVi RTISEaiI MS. > . • •■ • • - - ‘li Advertisers will b( • ® ™ *1 the following Rlih-s >■; igt- ® # f • -Mini.-n #• # ®® • # ®j • f • • # i j*y i* f ’ t I A • t 9 ® . > , .?* s®. . 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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. ‘ • .®iTf ol I’t-rsoiial I’ropi-i tT, “ 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: < , # ’ I '- 1 ‘ W st * 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 # ®- Itslnt> ll li i:ii- Lost I'iijii-i-s: Notices for estab -idea 1. 0 Papers must be pub lished for the full term ol Thi-Si T ut™. -a. I Pul ig, #’ # w ai-eord’n-i t„tlu-.d # ve - pes, tlni-AM- onlei-d. LAW CARDS® m ®. - # ® S3- R. _ # m ®® ! % TTJDUfJEY AT LAW, \ C-l’l® N. nil ii) (iA. iaV ®) !) ffiUi praci m tbc -. *lllll <?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, & ®®4 AT LAW# m mh 25-ts Tiy)MA.SVnJjB, OA. iW pi.4|e4tttrd* • ® 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- I ® ern @ 9 ! ‘ ‘* l f ® s .!4>lts St, •. 4 TTORNEY AT LfAW? ® THOMASVILLE, GA. UFjtfffi next •i • 0? toJDr, #—- ® ®:iig4'm‘ L. IViii-CN.- • 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 . ® jM2 w ts 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 ;•— *7 : - (lias. 11. Rem Inst on's 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 * F.KM'.NtiT* >N x S< >|T f 1$ an l • Agents. Thomasviile. 6a * i m w , m ir< i ,%ti k \ m \ >. y bailor A* fboprii or. ) m M*EDICAX AND *E A®TAL CAttlfs. * a • m l # \(* ‘ - • • a ® •Sir. SI. ‘ •SliD' , o. # \\ a ‘ • ‘ . : i VV • -■= > ‘a wU give hw persoi}al :i* * £ • r* Sospila] •• Jla * - # a * i . ■* • * , I * i.,4 L* • ’ i l>r. V. i!e|oynald. 1N 1 EXDERnWJtft 1% PS tees’ fb the**’ If 1° • . . * . . ‘ ** * , # • ♦* I : ’ . * 3’ , - ‘ * time h- ! - Tael , 1 the i:--;-- ... * • 9. • • V * :,r ‘••-*’ •'• OF F IT’ I® ® - • • • ,-*■ <• .1.1 *• , •’ . m]; LSI 1 1; * e! u- ifferi v • ceil]’' 1 ’ ] l>v E. nefs m Thonjiisville, January 7, 1860. _ ts • # # - • # —— g ill I.®!]. 1 .®!]. J. Oliveyis. .• • , iFrfictitionpv of Modiciiio and djiurgerc, . 1 .* • • a • •• * ■ |? # Ilf. S, S. JPfEREBI it * 9?0 and 1 I * ./ ** - * • . • TtfHW • • •• ~W~ ’ • • • U • * • • • S*j’. I*. • Kuwn # *’ * , tip .‘i: i * n • ,* f w •M . 4 I f>r t g • • I T♦ • k • •M g * ‘ . mpt ly PI! ■ ,• * t ‘* Sp i-ial Attcntioilr will 10 given Jm ‘• • i * • f •’ * 0 t ( I g- M - | • |>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 * I )•!’• m 1 ■ • \\ ■■ , i 1 .g * . • \ % -St * . ‘Si 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 *’ *% * 7 ’■ . ;u: .’ ‘’ I m lll:l "0i- 11- i’ ‘1 ‘N. ns he > 1 l’Alt IM a ill • hi : ■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 • .• 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 ®•i®_ K § • 0 $ 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 nr - “-p—t * \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 •’ •. • * 0 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 -''■ • • •• • 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. ® 4 * THK .1A lA> I.*-;:. b®t (*t 5, *1 ,l • ! ■ ■ - 0 . * t* ■ t • 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. # * ** 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. —.——“ • 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’ ••• • w 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. m