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Jlatoson datcrhlii lournul, Published Every Friday. E . & jrar CHRISTIAN EDITORS ANO PUBLISHERS.- TF. ft.ffS— Strictly in Advance. Three months fi 00 Si* J? m Ou« year »•' uu Halts of Advertising : Ooc dollar per squ ire ol ten linen lor the first insertion, nnd Seventy-five Gents per square i|#r each subsequent inscuion, uol ex ceding three. One square three months ts 8 00 Due square six months 13 00 One square one year 20 00 Two squares three months 12 00 Two squares six months IS oO two squares one year 80 00 Fourth of a column three moths SO 00 Fourth of a column six mouths ho 00 Half column three moths 45 00 Half column six mouths 7n 00 One column three m0nth5.......... 70 00 One column six months 100 00 Job if'*orh of everv description exe cuted with neatness and dispatch, at moderate rates. HOYL & SIMMONS, ATTORNEYS AT LAW, h./H*so.r, - - Georgia. L C. HOYL. j*rr‘2s Iv. R F. SIMMONS. C. B. WOOTEN, attorney at law, 21y Dawson. O.a. DR. C. a. CHEATHAM, I>ATVSOM, GEORGIA* Office, South West corner Public square. C-'tONTIJfUF.jt the practice of Medicine in J all its branches. He pays special attention to the treatment of al! chronic affections of either sex; and makes Womb and Secret Diseases a speciality. He may be consulted by letter Charges moderate. Terms Cush. Janl-18fi7. ALLEN, WATCH AND REPAIRER JEWELER. Dawson, Cxa., IS prep ired 10 do any work in his line in the verv best style. feb‘23 ts j. s. sums, GXJN SMITH and Machinist, HAft'SOJY, : : Georgia. Rep lira all kinds of Guns, Pistols, Sewing Ratlines, etc., etc. 2 lv- W. C- PARKS, .Attorney D,t Law. MaSlv D.m'SOX\OA. ~”c. w. WARWICK. »■! torney at t.ate and Solicitor in Equity. s.uitiit'si.i. - - - geo., \\ T ILT. practice in Lee, Sumter, Terrell ?V and Webster, LTw SfQTi PIS 1 | mOKGAI will practice in all the 1I • courts onhf» South western, in Irwin of the Southern, Coffee and Appling °f Bum wick, and most of the couits of the I a— tanla Circuits. Office on Washington Street, opposite the Ex Tv S9 office, Albany, Ga. mijll ly I ,/V\V (' A H I >. rpHR undersigned will attend to anv legal J. business entrusted to Ids care, m south western Georgia. Oflce.tCutW. Randolph co., Ga. mayll.ly E. H. PLATT wmr Afloracy at ir.tir , jul.Am CUTMTBEHT, GA. kT ST K WA-RT, ATTOR3IEV AT LAW, Cut blurt, ndolph Cos., Ga., *ll business entrusted to his care will be faithfirtly attended to. J,,nC 1 E, L,, DOUGLASS, Attorney at Law, June 1 cITH nEn TANARUS, C. 1., Y E. HIGGINBOTHAM, ATTORNEY at law, Jtloryan, Calhoun Cos., Ga., Will practice in all the Courts of the South western and Pataula Circuits. June 1 E. H. SHACKELFORD, attorney at law, CAMILLA, Mitchell Cos., Ga., AOKNT for purchase and sale o LAND. June 1, 1866. G. ROBERSON, SURGEON UENTJST Msy4 Cuthhert, Georgia. J C- Xi. BSARTXN GENERAL INSCRASfE AGENT VN5> exchange dealer, JEFF AHE A : : Alabama Represents a paid Cspit.il in A No. 1 Companies, of 000.000. Takes Fire, Inland, River, Marine, Life, and Acci dent’ risks. Losses promptly adjusted and paid. apr 27-ly. ANDERSON. W. WOODS. JOSEPH DAY, Special Pari • ANDERSON &. WOODS, COMMISSION MERCHANTS AND DEALERS IN STAPLE DRY GOODS, GROCER IES and COMMERCIAL FERTIL IZEIiS, TUI Hit ST. MACO.Y, GA. 9Ct26 3m. THE DAWSON JOURNAL Vol. 11. valehthe scuagg. BY BItICKTOI’. In one of our interior towns, not miriy years ag), there lived an honest farmer by the name of Sorscg, who in course of time raised up two suir, undo fcis mortal exit, and lift, them to act the:r parts ou the stage of lifu as ho had dune In f >re them. But the eldest son, Valentine, wa inclined not only to net more, but to possets much mure than his part of his father s earthly leavings; going so far in his little game as to produce a written document purporting to have emanated from their father just prior to his death, in which that partis] old worthy gave everything to Valentino, with the ex ception of a farrow cow anu a woudeu toothed harrow, which useful articles went to Timothy. Now, Timpthy was an easy, happy go-lucky sort of a fellow, and had been a sort of a hewer of wood and drawer of water for Valentine from childhood ; and when this new and startling revela tion was made he hardly raised his voice against it, lot continued to work as usual for very low wages, doing the heaviest, and the dirtiest, doing it earli est and latest, while Valentine lived on the fat of the farm and took to himself a wife. This made poor Tim’s case w rse than ever; for his new ' sister-in-hw looked upon him as a fifth wheel to the agricultural coach, and a poor one at that, although always well tired. She let pass no opportunity of annoying aud giviug him to understand how much more preferable his room would be to bis company, until poor Tim touud the baru a much mere agreeable place to lodge in than the house where he was baru and raised. At length the towns folk began to look upon him as a saw— ney, knowing just about enough logo in when it rained, and concluded tb; t the old man knew what he was about when he gave the farm to Valentine and the furrow cow to Timothy. Thus things went ou until the Cali fornia fever broke out and raged all over the country. Tim was taken with it in its an oat violent form. He sold.his cow and hurried to raise the funds neeessiry to a thorough cure; but me sum real ized was far too small to meet the de mand, and once more he was in the lhr< es between the fever and a cure But Valentine, in the greatness of his soul, wrs touched with pity for his uu fo:tuna‘e relation, and, thinking how oouveoient it wouli be to have him safely landed in that fir- ff la id, and what exiello t ehinois there were f »r his returning alive and well, he took his wife’s advice and furnished hi to wi.li th • i<quitcd amount, and so.ot him ou Li way r j deieg, wbiie he indulged in the same thing at home, j dned the church and RoOa became a uiu.u of o.al not-. Time wore on aui he received no ti dings fr uu his beloved brother, ami often turned up his eyes in pi -in le v r as ho ■ elated Lis fears that I’itnoihy had f.llou a victim to gamblers or Indians, aud u ft* r the lapse of twelve years he conclu ded him as geol as dead,wore a weed on Lis Sunday hat, and eons led Lis lacerated heart with the comforts of re ligion. In due time he bicauie aJ. sc n of the church, the richest man iu town, growing old and mellow atu.d the go.id works that cugiged his hear: f.om time to time. Iu the mca .time Timithy had readi ed that lar off land of rare deiights and yellow metal, and after undergoing the usu.l amount of privation and unwashed liuen, be had the sa isfaction < f finding himself, at tho end of ten year-, ju-t as poor as ho landed, with tho biil.iant ex ception of his experience. Bat even thn enriched but little, ari l is was a serious quos'i' n with him vrhethir be could or could no! turn it into a bank aeomir. It note procure him a lodging or a meal of victuaiS if put to its fullest test, hut it wouideevor pnyhis fare home, tow; ich jlace he was now resolved to move. Iu this extremity (a reaction cf his original fever) he fl under.d abaufSan Francisco for along time,until he ‘struck a lead” and was himself led to the hy meneal altar by an old maid who had gone out there with- her tiine-w ;ru guods with a desperate attempt to palm them oft’in a less fastidious mmket. But she too was disappointed. The mines could not be seduced iuto raa'ri - mony and were determined to wait for a fresh importation of more attractive goods. But she was bent on marrying s me day ; and, possessing money enough to pay for two passages home, agreed to see Tim home if he would see her mar ried. Marry her! why, he would have married her whole family ! So the thing was done, aud in due time they arrived in New York. Mrs. Timothy Seragg was an original. She had been reared in the give and take school, and labored heroically agaiost many misfo tunes chief of which were a squint eye, sharp Dnfe. a wid.q thin pair of lips, carroty hair, and a geneious supply of dark complcxioned freckles. She had bearded the lion in his den, and wrestled with fiokie foitune, until she conquered, as above alluded to. But when ebo learned her bus band’s history, and the wrongs ho had submitted to so long, she give up the idea she had niU'iffied of shaking him when she bad shown her friends that she had really got a husband, and now resolved to wring justice from his fliDty hearted brother. She requested Timothy to accompany her to see him, but ho, poor fellow, re membered h s loving brother and sister too well to desire a renewal of their ac quaintance; besides, be knew that by ibis time they most believe him dead, and thought what a pity it would bo to wake them Bom such a pleasint enjoy ment at such short notice. : But his wife said ye?, and clcoohed it DAWSON, GA., FRIDAY, MARCH ISUJ7. by putting her foot, down in a very sub' stantial way, anl Tim ootild only follow her lead. She was far from h dng a had woman, and possessed many good quail *ies of head and heart, aud, what was better Btill, had a fair sbaro of common sense, and know her husband from keel to truck. They arrived at the village tavern, but saw no one who knew thorn ; not even those who had been brought up with Timothy Scragg, knew the return ed Californian. Bhe f*und but little difficulty in coming face to faoo with her brother-im-law, Valentii e, and, passing hers-If off as a travoler, she managed to g> t inside the house and get some re freshments by paying for them at city ra'cs. While doing this, she acquanted herself with tbo location of the principal rooms in the farmhous, and theu, taking her leave, she soon re tched the village by -a circuitous route. Bhe rt once sought the village lawyer, and made a few roundabout inquiries respecting Timothy Seragg, and the legality with which his brother held th- farm. She was informed tint Tim was dead and the worthy deaeou and his fellow helper iu the great vineyard of the Lord had worn a weed for him for some time, an finally, that he was better dead thau alive, as lie was not smart enough to hoe a hill of com propcrK, muoh less carry on a large farm ; that the deacon had it, au i, iu ail human prubi bility, would keep it. That night she It ft her husband and started for the deacon’s h u-e. There had been a prayer rn e i g there that eveuing, and as be had taken a very ac tive part in it be felq nr imagined he felt, somewhat more at-peace with his eonseieueo than he had for many a month. The fact was he had j lined the ebureh f >r conscience sake, as some peo ple go to rr ediciual springs to soothe their physical ailments. But it had failed to i ffeet a perfect cure, aud be ha 1 been subjected to many a cold sweat in consequeuce of i's activity, lie made two very long prayers and delivered his hearers quite a lecture on doing by oth ers as you would be done by yourself; ind after the meeting broke up and ho bad retired bis mind mutually wandered over portions of his own life; and as the retrospect was not well calculated to b.; sleep-inviting, he rolled and tumbled iu his bed, to the great annoyance of his wif . A noise attracted his attention, and on looking up he saw, just outside his bedroom window, a white figure rise and glare upon biai with an angry loik.— "With a cry of terror he drew the clothes over his head and kicked his snoring wif-, who at gry at the m-lostation, sprang at him Ike a wakened tigress, ad was on the point oi pdishing him il baud- nuiy, when her eyes fill on the strange apparition, and she in turn screamed au and got under the clothes, f’his li tle’csdiling arrangement lust : ed for some matuents, during which the quilts certainly suffered irotu tho eo d-acors of each to appropriate the whole. Fin ally, the who proviug ths strongest, as slio hud t hen done before, g‘ripped her (lightened spouse entirely naked, wh i. alter sitting b dtupright for a mo rn a it, sli 1 fn Ml the bed and crawled un der -t on aii fours, groaning like a stuck P'g- Then follow and a momentary sdeuc o , 'during which they both held their breath and i-.toned. ‘ ii w ire of the doom of Lite damned!'’ ‘O-, L >r 1 !” they both groaned. “li • ja«t, repent, or you shall receive it” again came from beneath the win d w. “Wha—vha—what is it ?” asked the deacon, from between hit chattering teeth, as he lay crouched up baneatn the bed “Your br ther Timothy yet lives !’’ “Ob, dear !’’came from both. “Give him cm half of what you pos soss, and all will then be well; refuse and—” “Y yes! Oh, Lord, bring him along !*' “Vis well. Remember, remember vour father!” It. was fully fivo minutes bcfire either of the guilty pair ventured to unkennel 'hemselves. Tho wife was the first to peer firth and call upon her husband, who finally cr-wled out, mucC afrnr tho fashion of a dog who bad ree.ived a hi ding and cxpec's the finishing strokes af er bis short respite. Fur another hour they debat din Lushed whispers o i the sir >nge apparition, and finally tho piou> deaeou mustered courage sut - fio cut to open the windows aud look about. Nothing but ;Le calm moon light greeted huu, and drawing a long breath aua the curtain at the same time he crawled back to his bed again his chattering teeth giving evidence of his thorough fright. Til- re was no sleep visited (heir couch that night, the remaining hours of which were devoted to meditation. The next day they booh investigated the vicinity of the window, but found nothing to hinge a h *pe upon that their nocturnal visitation was not what it seemed. They debated as to what should be done, but tiually concluded to let the matter dr- p until Timothy should put i;i aa appear ance to ojutirm tho wolds of the spec ter. Night ag>iu came upon them, and taking a stiff horn of New E iglanl rum for the purpose ot laying any other spir its that might bo ruuniug ab >ut loose, they again letired to re.-t. Ttie spirits put down kopt tboir spirits up untii sleep kindly to.*k them away to (he land of dreams. Bit that land proved to be anything but tl >wery, f r they boih saw cv irything but the devil, and he promi-ed to put iu an appeaiar.es the next night an 1 dance a hornpipe on the deacon’s stomach. Tho next day Timothy Seragg, act ! ing on his wile’s instructions, made Lis I appearanoe at the farmhouse The dea con and bis wife exchanged glances as they extended their trembdrig hands to greet him, and for tho moment firmly beli*. v-d Ift ran honesty of the ghos*. The nt-un and b otLer'hsd lmt little t< say, and that was to 'he p int, lie siid ho had returned from the land of g-ld, poor as quartz yielned one dollar to the ton : that ho had been directed to do so by tho spirit cf their father, who told him to demand one-half of the farm a his legal right, and that was what had procured them the honor of this visit. The deacon was violently agitatod, but in the end promise 1 to comply with the request and to meet him at lawyer Scrib’s that evening tnd sign the neces sary documents. Night came, but wi*b it a sad relent ing on tha p*art of the p ous disoon ; who, on looking over his broad acres, thought, what a pity it would he to have them divided in halves, more especially a f ter ihe mjny years spent in improv jv.g them But his his wife told him to keep his app >intui-'tit, and be sure to find some way if wiggling out of his foolish offer He met Timothy at tho magistrate’s who had in the meantime drawn up the papers and had them ready for the dea con’s signature. But lo ! that good man and sometime repentant brother inform ed them that he had concluded to do nothing of tho sort, and, after bestow ing a Lalf hour’s lecture upon his less fortunate brother, the burden of which was that poor relation have no business to return after so long an absence un less they return rich, and concluding his spreoh with an exrressiveperotation —‘ good nighr, sir—” ho left tho office in the direction of home. He w s bus? with h'.s i iiouhts at and an xious to commutiii a o thorn to his wife, he left, the main rai ands ruck into a path that, led through a field whose chief productions w- re weeds and this les, clothed t ere and there by an old oak tree that seemed to stand like time spared tomb-stones to mark the las rest ing place o< departed grandeur. He had proceeded about half way across this field when a wild shliek, tbat seemed to com.' from each of the oak trees, from the weeds, thistles, the air, and in fact from nowhere in particular, broke unon liis ears and froze the marrow in his brnes in spite of bis being a deacon. He turned and beheld a real ghost, whose bones still inhabited the shroud of its last re; o e, and whose extended arms, still covered with the mouldy mantle, gave it an appearsn *e not at alt unlike a vampire bat, while the grim . kail sttemed r. inhabited with eyes aud its lungs with little less than its living strength. The deacon (' II up >n his knees facing the spectre whose peculiarities he had noticed ou mother ocoassi-*n “ \Vbat would you with me?” he said, as he clasped hishitids impla.ingly to gether “11 'urn anl sign those papers!” said the ghost in a <le*p, sepulchral v i:e, “0 i, Lord! ' he grocued in bis agony “B -.vure h wy> u use that name, lie 'urn at or*e !” Poor Scrag* waited for noo ther com mand, but t .ok to his heels and ran like a frightened calf, looking behind him every n w an 1 then, as though he ex pected a blow from the avcn-iog ghis to aco derate his spaed, wliiou thou was too much f'>r liis wind, anJ, i ntirelv out of t'iat u.-cfu) a“icl , he rushed iuto the, migi-trUe’s office, wnere Tim sti'l eat, ruajiuatir.g on Lis hard luck, and,ca;ch ieg his tec in the door mat, he fell headlong under the table, tipping Tim and several chairs over and landing with bio head in the spittoon, where h< groan cd like a bull. Os course such a sensational rcentrcc create 1 some alarm, and the first thing done was by the old lawyer and iellow deacon, who threw a bucket of water in the 1 tco of the winded prostrate, which had a good effect, and they drag ged him out somewhat revived. As soon as Lib breath began to como aud go with any degree of regularity he grasped a pen and atlixeu his Dame on the bottom of tho document which plac ed his brother Timothy in possession of cDe-half the farm and its appurtenances. After resting an hour or so bo went out un i found one of bis neighbors, who ac companied bim home, where a fit of sick ue“s consoled hi in for several weeks. Timothy and bin wife built a hou*c upon their part of the farm, where they spent their lives quietly and happily, a! hough she g rieU well th - secret wfitre by sue obtaiued her husband's rights an bowed the stiff neck of Valentine yCKAOO. “D *cs the court understand y u to say, Mr. J iocs, that you saw the editor of the Augur of Freedom intoxiuated ?” “Not at all, sir. I merely said that 1 bad seon him*frequcntly so flurried in his mind thn he would undertake to cut out copy with the snuffets, that’s all.” “You say, Mrs. Smith, tint you have lived with tbo defendant for eight years. Does the court nndemand from that that you are married to him?” “In course it does.” “Have you a marriage certifi o*te?” “Yes, your honor, three on ’em —two galis aud a b y.” A remarkable discovery is reported in Italy, by which two persons may convetse by telegraph recognizing even the sound of each other’s voice. There was something like it here, some years ago, between New York and Boston, bit it was given up on account of the New York operator’s breath sir effing to strong of bad gin. Plutarch says, in bis life of Aloxan der, that tho Babylonians used, (luring d«*g days, to sleep on sk ns tiilsd with water. In these days many nen sleep on skins tilled with whiskey. A man who has married twice, tu ladies botu named (’utharlne, advised qis friends against taking dup i-A 'ales. I lUn>t 1>» More for M] Molher. “Is there nny place vacant in this bunk which I could fill?” was Ih in quiry of a boy us with a glowing cheek ho stood before the presi lent. “There is none,” was the reply. ‘■Were you told that you might ob tuin a ritiia'ion here? Who recom mended you ?" “No one recommended mo, sir,” cnlmlv answered the boy. “I only thought I w uld see ” The e mas a strnig Iff forwardness in the manlier, nnd honest determination in tho countenance of the lud, which pleaded the man of bu in era, and in dueed him to continue the conversa tion. He said ; “You must ImVe’friends who could aid you in obtaining a situation. Uuve you advised with them ?’ The qu ck flash of the deep blue eyes was quenched in tho overtaking w ave of sadness as he said, though half musingly : . “Mv mother said it would be use less to try without friends.” Then reeolluiting himself lie apolo gised for the mterrup ion and was alnut to withdraw, when the gentle man detained him by asking tv hy he did not remain it school a yuur Or two longer ami then enter the buninetss world. “I have no time,” was the. instant reply, “but I study at homo and keep up with the other boys.” “Then you h ive had a place al ready ?" mid his interrogator; why did you 1> avu i' ?” “I have not left it,’’ answered the boy quietly. 1 Yes, but you wish to leave it.-- Whnt is tne matter ? ’ For an instant tho child h 'sitn'ed, but he replied with half reluctant frankness: “I must do more for my mother/’ Brave words 1 Talisman of suc cess anywhere and everywhere. They sank ii*t > tho heart of the listener, re calling the radient past. Grasping the hand of the astonished child, he said, ttitn a quivering v ice; “Vly good boy, tt hat is you r name? You shall fill the first vacancy lor en apprentice that occurs ih the bai k. If, in the meantime, you want a friend, come to mo But r.ow givo me your confidence Why do you wish to do more for your mother? Have you no f.ther ?’’ Tears filled his eyes as tie replied : “My fa'her is dead, my broth* > ands stere are dead, and my mother and 1 are left alone to help each oth er; bat ah ' Is not si rung, and I want to take cure of her. It will please her, sir, that you have been so kinJ, and I am much obliged to you.” B<* saying the boy lef', little dream iug that his own nobleness of charac ter hud been as a bright glance of sun shine into that busy woil 1 he hud so tremblingly entered. Tiie Yeung Widow on a (slcigli Kid«>. S* me wrtor has said that a young an t beautiful widow “is the most lov ing and loveable creature in existence.’ There is much truth in tho remark, and, as Samivol Weller intimates they are at the same time the most danger ous to the liberties of a bacbeloi, when they once take a noti n that way. Is it not a singular fact that mosi of the greatest men tho world hat pro duced, have been brought to the feet of widows 1 It was winter,'clear, cold, nnd the .-now was f imbed. Br. Meadows was one of a sleighing party, which he describes, so lar as lie and the widow Lambkin were concerned, .u tho words lo’lowing : The lively widow Bambk'n sat in the sleigh, under the same buffalo robe with me “Oh ! dont.” she exvla’mod, ns we came to the first bridge, at the same time catching hold of my arm and turning her veiled fa e toward me, while her eyes twinkled through the moonlight. “Don't what ?'’ I asked. “I am net doing anything ” “Well, but l thought you were go ing to take to I ],” replied .Mrs. Lamb kin. “Toll,” I rejoined ; “what’s that?” “Weil! I declare !” cried the widow in her clear v ice ringing out above tile music bells, “you pretend you don’t know what toll is !” “Ind ed lil n't then,” I said, laugh ing ; “pray explain iTydu please.” “You never heard, then,” said t’ne willow must prevailingly, “you never heatd that when wx> rre on a sleigh ride the gentlemen always, that is sometimes wh* n they cross a bridge, claim a kiss, and can toll it. But I never pay it.” I said that T never he ird of a before; but when w e came tt* the next bridge, I claimed tho toll, and the widow’s -trugglo to hold the veil over her face was n t enough to tear a. At lasl the veil was removed, her round rosy face was turned and rectly towards rniiio, and in the clear frosty moon, the toll was taken, for the first time in bis life, by Dr. Meadow's Son we came to a long bridge w ith several arches. The widow said it was no use to resist a man that would have liis own way, so she paid tne toil without u mur mur. “Butvouvori’t take the* toll for every arch,Will you, doctor?” the widow said it so archly that I did not fail to exact all my dues and that was the begit nin» Bit never mind the rest, the Lambkin bad the Meadows all to burs If iu the spring. A Maine paper says it is so.hil’y in some parts of New HampsbiNtfiatthc people lock up their chimneys to see if the cows are coming h me. IVo. 7. Kclructioii. Tho following anecdote is told of u distinguished lawy r of M issiohosetts, who but. a tow years ago went “the way of all flesh ” He had been engaged in a certain case ia It nhury, wherein he believed the jii’-y had and >ne injustice to client. Declaiming against the verdict, ho said; “Tho whole of them mi flit have b"on bribed far a pock **f beans 1” “What is that ? ’said the judge, “You dishonor yourself at.d the court, «s well as (he jury, by such impeachments.” “1 mean no disrespect for the eiurt, your lienor, and »s fur myself—” 'You will see tho pronnety, I hope, of roti acting tho words.” “With due rcvercnco to yonr honor, I eanuot see tho propriety of unsaying wha* is true.’’ “I)j you moan to aggravate the *>ff<-nce by lopeating it ? Be', mo toll you, sir, .tL.i, is n t to be suffer* and, and unless you roiraet forthwith we sualj d' C’.n it neee - ary tr s r ka you from the r > It of the | oour . ’ “Well since ibe crurt insist* up*n i',l I supposo 1 can do no less than retract,-”. “And in very auqio terms, too.” “Certainly, yonr honor, an lon the second thought T do ft wi h no re pleas ure. lain o nvinced that I wrunged tho jury in saying that they coul 1 be bribed for a pock of beans, uud publicly retract th-e assertion. 1 hope tho jury aud court are suti-fiod.” They expressed themselves in the af fii-n a ivc, when theluwier rejoined: “But tuny it pirate the court arid jury, had l wai l half a bush 'd instead of a peck, I would have been hung before I would have retract' and. Moncmhntai, Begad Phinctplus in Mkkc.vntilk Baw.— The following geoer-1 rules nro worthy of preserva tion : 1. That which is orig'nally void does not by lapse of time become va.id. ± A personal right of action dies with the person 3 The law compels no one to do impossibilities. 4. No person shall be twice vexed far one an 1 the same cause. 5. Tho great* r contains the less. 6 The law favors things which are in the custody rs the law 7- The husband and wife are on" p-rson. 8. Every act shall be taken most strongly against tho maker. 9 Whan two titles occur the elder should be preferred. 10 Agreements overrules the law. 11 He who derives tho advantage ought to sustain the burden It! No man shall take advantage of his own wrong. 13. When the right is equal the claim of the party in actual josessioti >hall prevail. 14 He lias the best title who was first in the point <*f tinif. 15- A right of action cannot arise out of fraud. 10 It is fraud m conical lratid. 17 The law assists those aho are vigilant , and not those w ho sleep over their rights. 18. Ignorance of the law excuses no one. ID. Who does not oppose what he might oppo o s t ins to consent. !!0. Wnen contrary laws come in question the inferior law must yield to the superior; the law general to the law special; and old law •to a new one ; man’s law to God’s law. Boii.fd Peas fob Mii.cii Co\vsant> Boos.—Build p'as, savs a correspond ent of the Richmond Firmer, are good for u:i ch c *Ks aud for fattening bogs, hr suptriq to corn, meal, or anything else I Lave ever seen tried. My honest oriin ion is that two bushels of peas am supri* or to or worth m ire for fa toning hogs or to increase tbo milk of cows than three bushds of c. ra applied to tho same ob ject. la ixperimentirg, I have f.und that li ga not only fatten dc übly asfa"t hut tho improvement o? their genera! condition was in like pr portion. With respect to cows, he says, the effect was in ten days to dcable tho yiold of milk My plan ia using them is to soak them in water twelve h< urs, or through the night, before b* i in* them. By this proves* tboir bulk is doubled, aud eon s q lent ly require less boiii (g. Be.-id** this advantage, I found soaked peas au excllent substitute for green food, hav ing not only the effect ou stock produced by turnips, catrots tiro! beats, in improv ing the milkbig qualities, but imports uone * f the bad taste to tnilk which is often derived fiom the green crops above referred to. it was ru *reovei found Lo exhibit fattening qualities almost equal to the boiled pa. He concludes by saying :“I regard soaked food iu water as decidedly supciior to all rout crops, and recommend that nay brother farmers sbou'd lofo no time in testing its value in their own practice.” ‘ Did you reoe.vo my remittance, Nathan, my sou J" “Ye{ lather.” "Then why did j-ou n t buy anew coat—thy present ono is rather fra* gilt’-” “\\ By —tho fact is—that— T left all my in* ney in tho Bank nt New Or leans ” “Ah, 'by economy is certainly com mendable—in what bank?” ‘ L don't exactly remember what bank father— I Know it was a very good one, as it had a scriptural nmne It was um ! let me see—it was tlm Pharoali Bank, I think.” You tn~y compare irrmeination to a pretiy young girl who cheats at cards The cheating is so agreeable, and w itbal so playful, that far from stop ping the game, you rather encourage the young lady n her tricks. What We aius Made O#-- *LJi° fallowing is from au articlo by Dr- Olr. EIoloics: , If the reader cf this paper lives anoth er year, his self-nonsoi' us principle will have migrated from its present tenement to another, tbo new mat* rials of which have n**t been togoihor. A portion of that body of which it is to be will ripen in the corn of the next harvest. Another portion of his futnre person be will purchase or others will puri hacofor him, hea led up in the form of oertaiu bar rels of potatoes. A third fraction is yet to be gathered in the Southern rice fields. The limbs with which he is then to walk will be clad with tho flesh borrow ed from the tenants of many stalls ami pastures now uucons'jus of thicr doom. The organs of speech with which he asks so wisely, pleads so eloquently or spe-ks so < ffeethely, must seive his hum b'e bretheren to bleat, to bellow, and all the vafitd u'terances of bristled or feath ered barn yard life. Ills bones tbem sel v,.b are, to a great extent, in posse and not o-se, A bag of pho-pbato of Bine, which he has urdured from Prof. Map* B f*r his ground, oontaina a large part ot wtiioh is ti be his skeleton. And mora than all this, and by far the greater part of hia body, is nothing at all but wale - , the niaiu stiWaree if h s mattered mem bers is to boiinked for in the reservoir, the runt ig-stream, at the bottom "f lh'» well, in the clouds that float over his head or ana ng them all. T.itat, Absinkxce. —A young lady who was a firm advm ate of total r»b stinenoo, whun ri-ing fivm her fathers county seat to a neighg village, mot n young frtaft W f»t, who carrying a suspicious looking jug. Hhe at ernes reined in her horse and m-ked him w hat he had in liis jug. Booking up with a comical leer, he simplv winked one eye and smacked his dips to indicate that U contained s methiug good. The young lady, supposing that bo meant ul.-oliol, immediately began to talk temperance, hut her auditor asked the privilege of first asking just one timple question. ‘Wlmt is it ?' she inquired. ‘Why is mv jug like your tide sad dle ?’ * Bhe couldn’t tell. ‘Because it holds n i/nl-on.’ ‘What ttifiing,’ exclaimed the indig nant young lady, and then continued : “Voting man, do you n >t pen eive— ‘Just one more question,’ interrupted her auditor‘and I'm done. ‘Why is my jug also like the assembly room of u fen ule soinm-iry at roil call ?’ ‘Pm sure I don’t know,’ petulantly replied the young lady. “Well, it s tioenns it’s full o'lusset," said the incorrigible auditor Tho fair 1 cturer touched her spirit ed horse witn the whip and was soon out of hearing of the ru ie young man’s laughter. Napoleon in Greek.. — A rhiqter of Paris gossip in the London Herald contains the foll iwing: ‘At the faubourg they are just now fond ot Greek and anagrams ll*re is u fa r sample : N tipoleon. A poleon. P olcon. O loon. L eon. E on. t) n. ‘They tell you that every one <>f these words is a Greek word, that their w hole forun a Greek senUncs written in this order: (Na poleon on a leon Icon con apoPon pal con, ) and that the sentence means in English t Napoleon, being the lion of the people, was matching ou destroy ing the cities.’ A disagreeable o'd baehe'or, whoso proposal to marry was refused f r the fifteenth time last week, by a young lady, was heard immediately after tho refusal to deliver a most bitter philip pic against the fair sex in general, find hi concluding remarked : “That th<- reason why Adam was put to sleep before tho creation of Jive from his rib. lay in tho fact that if lie had been awake fie never would have consented to any such outrage ape ii his future peace ” Pr.tNDPOtis —A miserubl old bn he lor poked his heud into our sanctum door the other day and proposed tho following: “W hy are young lad'es kßsinir each other like an emblem of etiriftianity." We fold him we did nut know. He answered . “Became they are doing unto each other is they would that mm should do tit t' them’ Out of pa’lan'ry w:» hurld our ink | stand at his head ns be disanpeard <ut j of the door for she ovti ng-'tis libel. Tho 1 impudent fellow— Vinjmian. If yon wish to cure a scolding wife, never fail to lit ugh at her with all your might until she closes —then kiss her —Su-e cure. What kind of fever has a man who is going to piy up his creditors who ! live at a distance? ’ihoibiliious remit tent. Old Bachelor Sneer wou’d like tp know what kind of a broom the young woman in the hast now novel used when she swept back the raven ring lute from her classic brow. ‘ Hurrah for the girls of’76 ” “Thunder!” said New Jersey w*g f “that’s too plaguey old. Ko* no— hurrah for the girls 17." ‘ I wish I had~your head," said a lady one day to a gentleman w ho bad solved for her a kno'iy point. “And I w'sh I had yonr heart." vai the reply “Well,” said sh', “since your head and my hear! c-n agiee, I don't see why they should not go into partq?r f hir Some mischievous w*gs, one rd. ht pulled down a turners sign, and it over a lawyer’s door; in the “All sorts oftwi tin > nuk turn ug dong here.”