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THE WI R E-<i lUASS EXPORTER.
PETER E. LOVE AND WILLIAM H. HALL, Emtoes.
VOLUME I.
the wire grass reporter.
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Sales of Laud and Negroes, bjt Administrators,
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■LUL 1 -i
( Jjnw Finn.)
HARRIS & HARRIS.
IvanunN L. Harris, I Chari.fs .I. Harris,
Milledgevhle, (la. | Thomasville, Ga.
’ March 31 w It
Rnht.ft. Bircli <V William McLeHdnn,
ATTORNEYS AT LAW,
TfIOMASI'ILL r UntillA
oi t U © ‘ ye o\
RAKE.IS A lti:\TET, ‘
A T TORN E YS AT LAW, ,
I'rmtprfffe, JjOinnhs ( V, (1
*pt i: —■ j w tt
s inniL h. WE*r®s,
ATTORN EY- AT LA W,
TIIOMASYII.I.E. tiEffllGlA.
WILL give KisX-ntire..attention to the practice of
Law, in the Counties of the S, Ilit hr rn-t ireuit, -
o<vee’',.ii the soeoiid floor ol D. .V 1-.. Mel,can’s
brick building. (jan'jOoy
E. C. HOIKaY,
ATTORXIuY AT LAW,
sashrif*i. niomuy
WII.T* praetiou in tin* OfUiytio* 1 tin* Southern Cir
cuit,And the oountio* ot Dimly t \\-rth find D‘uoli
ertr of the M n*in. and Coft^e,'(Tmclfaiml nn*
•f the Urn nswiek Circuits.
TlntCreek, a„ —**■—
J. 11. MTJUMHUI,
Atlornt’v niid Cttiiiist Itor at Law.
. AND SOLirmiß IX CHANCERY,
7 imMAsj iij. /:. <;r:oix'(;iA.
WII.T. practice lti* profVftxinn/In the Court*, of
Kouth-went *rn t tourgia, n.ud kpeeinlly in the counties
• f Ij'owinleM, Tlionntß* Decatur tud Hafeor.
—ti
!)r.
TFVDKHS hi* l*rof**>*siomil KorvieeK to the citizens
Thomasville and vicinity—l'e*idene*, the lonise
formerly occupied by .t. 11. llaiiscll —Office. n<*xt
door below. \ *
(lleform Practice*) *
P. *. BAWIR, W. Bm
OVFKKB hit nerviee* to the citizen* t
Tfcomnavillc ami vicinity, t ails at all loans
promptly Attended to. (febtttf
|>r*. 11. R. <v i;. O. AIC A O IjR,
1 !SE§M>aMT -
. ftt 5Af ASVTLLK. GEORG IA.
tgt \VE have pureliased the Residence
of Dr. R. J. Hrueo where one of us
may always be found. Tooth Pow
der* and Wash, always on hand. [julylo-tf
Farnasrs. Buggies and Wagons,
MANFFACTUKIiD TO OUDFR, lIY
JOSEPH TOOKE, NO A A CO.,
AT TH£ HOUBTON CARRIAGE FACTOBY,
Houston County, Georgin.
y-Aii work fully guaranteed.
Jnserb.y] ‘ ISAAC WINTER, Agent.
C. . JncIsEiAROA,
LICENSED AUCTIONEER.
tiiomasi’iu. /:, aF.ouaiA.
WILL SELL on every Saturday, ami on the first
Tuasday in every month, GOODS of every de
eeriutioii, entrusted to him for sale.
tt .- -7 oy _
C. n. HA It It IN,
General Commission Me re Ji ant.
f'oot of Monk Street Bfunstcuk, lid.
dec* _ w ts
-Adams House.
THIS establishment is now yx-rnia- n ,
neatly opened for the aeei.umiiisla jgSufSws
tion of the public. Every convenience ■!'!piL.
has been provvled tor h.iardei-s and trail
aient enstoim-rs; and the |iroprietor fiat -
(era liimselt that he is now able to give tm- ritrtStwf”
aatisfa.-ti.Mi GOI)Ht>LD, Proprietor.
Thonvasville, Ga.. March‘24, ItCiT. ts <
Land o£Eice.
HAVING opened nil Office in Thomasville, Ga.,
we will buy any Lands in Southern Georgia, at
resaonahleipriees, or sell Lands for the owners on
jeenmiimion. We will also report the value of Lands
emuad by persons at a distance for a fair compcusa
ttaa. huhuh .& mclendon,
Kubt. S. Bfrch, ) Tbomasville, Ga.
Wm. McLendon. ) May 26, lrYdi. 6m
Bank Agency. *
THE subscriber lias In-en appointed’ Agent for tba
Rank of Savannah at this place, and is prejiar
et\ to discount Hills of. Exchange, Drafts, Ac.;
aihl has for salc’Chei-ks On Now York
july22) • EDWARD REMINGTON.
Ready Clothing, Ac.
▼ TpAVINCI jiiKt rA-Cfived anew ami elegaHt
II assortment of Pants, \'ests. Dress and
FVoek (’oats, Shirks, A’ e., A , A , all of tlii- —l,l
fashions; together with UWlis, Cashmerea,
Vestings, Ae,,(b* undersigned is prepared to furnish
Ml wb wish to purchase soefi srtuties, u low as
ttes market will afford. Garments.cut and made to
Order. Call and aee for vonrselves. * .
JOITN*P. ARNOLD: Merchant Tsvlor
‘lVMnjMtrHe, Nor. 57, ir„b. ts
d> -. ■ ‘■ .. :: . ‘. *
SHcct jpoftrm
Alt ENCHANTED ISLAND.
A wonderful stream is the river Time,
As it runs through the realms of tears, : ;
With a faultless rhythm, and a musical rhj uie,
And a broader sweep, and a surge sublime,
And blends with the ocean of years.
There’s a musical isle up the river Time,
. Where the softest of air* are playing;
There’s a cloudless sky, and a tropical clime,
Aud a song as sweet as a vesper chime;
And the tunes with the roses are staying.
>/’ <44
And tfie name of tins isle is Long Ago:
And weTtury our treasures there ;
There are brows of beauty and boscttis of snow ;
There are heaps of dust, but we love them so
There are trinkets, and tresses of hair.
There are fragments of song that nobody sings,
And a part of an infant’s prayer;
There's a lute unswept, and a harp without strings ;
There are broken vows, and pieces of riugs,
And the garment she used to wear.
There are hands that are waved when the fairy
slioro ,
By tlic mirage is lifted in air ;
Aud w e sometimes bear, through the turbulent roar,
Sweet voices we heard ill the days gone before,
When the wind down the river is fair.
Oh ! remembered tur_aye be the blessed He,
All the day of life till night b
And when evening comes, with its beautiful smile,
And our eyes are closing to slumber k w hile,
‘Mnv that “ greenwood” of soul be in Sight!
‘_ -i
•||Useell;nifOus.
SILENCE OF AN ABCTC NIGHT.
The following eloquent description of an
Arctic night occurs in Dr. Hay’s lecture on
the Arctic region i ,
••The moonlight of this period (winter) are
the most grand and impressive of anything 1
‘.nvc ever witnessed. The clearness of the
air,the white stilface of the snow and ice.give
an i-f T.-et monotonous and cheerless, but truly
grand. But there is a new clement, which
‘ihakes*this mid-winter moonlight seem almost
terrible’ in its impressiveness. It is silmrr.
‘•I have often, to escape from the trying
monotony of ship-board life, gone off six or
eight (Tiilos into the interior, in search of nov
elty, and in <uder Rtat 1 might be, alon.e. —
There, seated npmi a rock or snow-bank, 1
look nromiii me, amLsee a gre.at tineaven
country,rocky hills and glaciers covered with
snow; myriads of crystal gems sparkling in
the light ot the pale inbdu, which shoots its
rays down through the crisp air, making it
almost as light as day, 1 look seaward and
see a long plain of ice. melting into the hori
zon, dotted all over with huge, towering bongs
—nothing more/
“ vll nature is in the repose of death. 1
am too far from shore to hear tl e crushing of
4lu> c-ildes as tlmy rise-a(HI .fnH— lazily with
the tide; or the roar like, thunder its some
huge crack opens through the heavy floes.—
There is no animal to cross my path, no tree
amonsr whose branches the wind can sigl.
and moan. There is no song ot birds to en
liven the scene—no wildjaenst to howl. 1
stand here alone, the only representative of
God’s living wofldr —the only being that has
life or can move. Mveiy souml that 1 hear
—every mofioii that I see—is made by my
self ; I hear nothing but-the pulsation of my
my own footsteps, or now and then, ]iossiliiy ; ,
in the distance, the deep rumbling of a fH
. ing snow bank.
‘‘The sensation of utter lonliness and isola
tion creeps over me. My heart beats, as it
rashes,.the blood through the sensativc organ
ization of the, ear; I am oppressed as with
discordant sounds. ‘Silence has ceased to he
negative; it„has become sternly positive. I
bear, see and feel it. Its presence is unendu
rable. I spring to my feet—l plant them
heavily in the snow to drown ‘its* presence,
and I rusl) back to the vessel, and glad even
to find refuge in its dull, dull life of horrid in
activity. ,>
A FEW CHINESE PBOYEBBS:
“ My books speak to my mind, my friends
to my heart, Heaven to my soul, and all the
-■rest tO/tny cars. . „
U J
“ He who finds pleasure in vice, and ? p a ’ n
in virtue, is a novice in botli. f ■ 0
“We can do without the world, but wc
need a friend. .—. v .:
“When men meet they listen so one an
other ; women and girls look at each other.,
- “ The dog in the kennel barks at Ilia fleas;
the dog who hunts.does not feel them.
” Great-minds have wills) others have.on
ly wishes.
g “ One day is worth three to him who does
everything in its 6rder.
T-VWha is the greatest liar 1 He who
talWof himself.
MARKED PASSAGES IN NOVELS.
... J’ ‘ —'\ ‘ ..
In oqe of Cardfttic Gilmer’s romances, (li
brary copy) this passage was marked and
much thumbed: : —
“ Tliere is, no object so beautiful to me ns
a conscientious young man-—I watch him
as I do a star in heaven.”
That is my view—-exactly !” sighed Miss
Josephine Hoops, as she laid down the vo]-
nme; “in fact,-1 think that there’s notiiing
so beautiful as a young man, even if he and
conscienciotis.” __ . T
ANARUS, V s, LE CLEBC.
Some person- observed to this acute and
profound scholar, “ I think Ve - mortal! nil
nisi lonum is a good saying.” “• De mortu
is nil nisi veruin,” said Le Clerc, “ is a bet
ter,” ‘* Why sot” “ Because truth can do
no barm to the dead, and may do great good
to Ike living.” “ _ - .
13c Jnst uni fear Not; all the ®nb ©on ‘Ximrot at bf tl)n Conntrji'o, ©n ©ob’o atib r a.
THOMASYILLE, GEORGIA, OCTOJBTJK ktO, 1857.
. HUS ME.
Passing along Broad-way some time ago,
the vehicle was arrested by some slight ob
struction. and the horses were not quite able
to start it ; the driver saw at once that hut a
very little aid was needed, and turning to
another Jelm -who was scorning behind him,
said “ Hull tic, Shipmate.” The other saw
AsJjialanthywhat was required, and without
a momenTshesitation or stop, so guided his
pwn.borses as to make the hub s os his own |
carriage strike lightly ..against that of tho other,
nud each giving his animals a touch of 1 the
whip, botli cairiages moved on almost us
easily as it noth i>g had happened*
Hflw many times in the great Llroadway of
life might men “ hub” one another without
incommoding tficmselves! A triendly act
done, an obligation inclined, some future act
of kindness provoked, at the expense of a
word, or only a single moment’s time.
The most of us regal’d omnibus drivers
as rather rough specimens, of humanity ; but
ever siuce (lie incident just related, we have
seen a moral beauty in the the odd expres
sion, “ JJith me, shipmate:”
When a inuTTfakes a newspaper or a pe
riodical, he usually becomes attached to it, be
ginning to feel that its editor is his friend; and
as often as the publication comes, lie derives
from the work of its editor some interestin':
item of liews, some amusing statement, or
soine profitable idea or snggestion. This is
repeated a dozen, fifty or hundreds of times
a year, for which the dollar or two, or five
of subscript on p. ice is not the shadow of a
compensation singly. Under, the circum
stances, then we appeal to each reader of this
article, in behalf of any publication which he
receives, to help it to a subscriber, as often
as an opportunity is afforded, by a single
word of approbation or solicitation. There
are many persons who have so much of hu
man kindness in them, that they would take
a paper rather than refuse ; and for that court
esy you have chances of doing them a ser
vice, just in propotion to the real worth of
the publication commended. To each pre
sent subscriber of our Journal we venture the
appeal/'Vith confidence ■.—Halt's Journal of
Health.
THE INNOCENCE OF TEA-D3INKING.
“Tea docs not form am end ifi China, but
is drunk at all hours arid upon all occasions;
and when it is remembered that the -entire
poor of ;our own Country contrive to procure
it, we perceive how cheap a luxury it must
be iu the land of its own manufacture, free
Worn duty, cost of transport, and the profits
of the numerous hands through which it pass
es before it. arrives at our tables. Those
arming ourselves wlvo dread its injury to the
nerves, may-he consoled by knowing that
‘ the most inveterate and abandoned fea
diinkers in the world,’ to use the expression
of l)r. Johnson, experiencej4o such evil ef
fftClfi.. f riieir •Mstiii I...method’ of making it is
to infuse - the tea iu the. cup from which it is
to be. drunk, instead of p airing it from a t<;a
pbt, ~ Southey -relates tlmt the first pound
that arrive ) at I’y.nritli came as a present,
with the direction Hint it was ‘to be steepeil
in hot water. The fainily boiled the entire
pound in a kettle, and never dreaming that
the liquid was tbo..precious.vpart, eat -ttfiT
leaves with salt and butter, and woinTcf iftl
that anybody should like such a dish. Yet
Captain Basil Hall relates that on the coast
of South America it is usual, after drinking
the tea, to hand round the, tea-leaves on a
silver safver; and as they contitin far more
nutriment,than the liquid,it is not impossible
that they may hereafter become an article of
diet amoug the economical Chiu esc.”
DB. YOUNG’S HAPPY IMPROMPTU.
Perhaps the happiest and most elegant im
promptu ever uttered, was the following By
Dr. Young, author of the Night Thoughts,
when walking in his garden with two ladies,
one'of whom lic’aFterwards married. Oil be
ing called away by his Servants to speak to
a parishioner on some pressing business, he
was very unwilling to leave the ladies, and
being alrnqst driven into tile house by their
gentle violence, lie thus addressed them :
“1 hu Adam once at Cod’s emmnand was driven
From Paradise by nngt-ls sent from lieu ven;
| Like him I go, auil yet to go am loath—
Like him 1 go, loY angels drove us both.
Hard was his fate, but mine still more unkind :
His Eve went vvitli him, .but mine stays behind.”
THIS PICTURE AND THAT: v
I lrave-subdued the nations of the earth ;
is there nofonother world for me to conquer.
—Alexander the Great.
I have fought a good fight, 1 have finish
ed my course, 1 have kept the - faith ; hence
forth there is laid up for me a crowd of right
eousness.— St. Paul.
Mv life is the Hoar ambvidlow leaf;
7., The Iruits aiul flowers us love are gone;
> worm, the canker and the grief,
Are uifne alone.
The fire that In my bosom burns
I- lone ns some volcanic isle.
* No torch is lighted at its blaze—
[ Lord Jlyrun, written the year he died'.
Although the fig tree shall not\blossom
neither shall fruit be on the v-iues ; the labor
of the olive shall fall, and -the fields shall
yield no meat; tire flock shall be cut off from
the fold, ami there shall be no herd in the
stalls; yet will [ rfjoice iu the Lord, 1 will
joy in the God of my salvation.— Hahak-
Uk.
I am taking a leap id the dark.— Hobbs,
when dying.’ -• ‘
ThouglU wlk through the valley of tlie
shadow of deitb, I will fear no cvjl.—Da
• J ‘ “t
rut, s
O! God—if there be a mercy
on me.— T. Paine, when dy-ing.
For 1 know that my Redeemer live©,,and
that lie shall stand at the latter day tipoff
the andthmigh after my skin, worms
destroy this body, yet in my flesh shall 1 see
God.—Joo, in view of death.
A TOUGH BTOHY.
The. following was told in Sandusky Ohio,
and appears in the Massillon News:
A porty of young men in that ancient city
amuse their leisure moments at the hotel In
cTiawing n long bow, or tolling wonderful
yarns for the hem fit of those, apparently ver
dant who may happen to come in from other
parts. They tried the effect of n few extra
ordinary wolf stories upon a venerable and
sedate customer not long since who had come
to spend the night at the best hotels and ho
listened to them with much sitprise and inter
est until their stock appeared to have run out
and the conversation flagged,'when he remar
ked that he. had been much interested iu the
news they had given, relative to v the prime
val inhabitants of that country ; hut regard
ed an event in his early life as there peculiar
than any they had named. Said he:
“ When a young man, I was traveling in
western New York, and late of a stormy
night applied at a log Cabin for lodging.
The occupant; a woman, refused it, saving
her husband and sons were out hunting, and
if thiiyJoLUul.uie there, would murder -me.
“ I prefered the chance to the storm, and
she consented that I might lie down before
the fire. In the night I heard them coming,
ami scrambled up the chimney.,
“ Thinking 1 was safe when at the top I
stopped over the roof. and, jumping down at
the back of the cabin, jumped plain into a
wolf trap. A scream of pain brought the
man an hoys out, and they declared I de
served a more sovero-punislimetit than death,
so they kept me hot li in a traji aiiJsTispcuse
until morning, and then heading me up in a
hogshead, with no air or light hut through the
bung hole, they put ine on a sled and drove
inu.soin efotir miles up a hill and rolled me off
to starve. This 1 undoubtedly should have
done hut f>r a very singular occurence, —
The wolves smelled me out and gathered,.!
around my prison, when one. of them in turn
ing around happened to thurst his tail into
the bung hole. It was my only chance. I
caught a firm hold and hold on like death, to
a uegro, which frightened the wolf, of course,
and lie started down t lie hill, followciTdiy the
hogshead and mo. It was a very uneasy ride,
over the stumps f lint I Imd no idea ho“w long
it was until the hogshead striking a stone
fairly, the staves worn by long travel, were
broken in, and I jumped onLrand found toy
self n\y-ay down in the lower end ofGatarau
guK.c.ounty, some thirty miles from the scene
of the disaster. Good night gentlemen—l
did not express any doubt of the truth of
your, stories, and I hope you will riot of
mine.*”
It is currently reported that the “ sell club”
of Saiiduskydiiismut had a full"meeting since
that occurcd.
A BATiLE INCIDENT.
At the battle #f the Thames, a laughable
incident occurred, whielp is thus related by
one who was in the engagement :
The British General had formed his men
in open older with llieireaniioii pointing down
ilie road, by which the Americans were ad
vancing;. Gen. Harrison immediately took
advantage of this, and ordered Col Johnson's
mounted regiment to charge at speed by
heads of companies, (so as to expose the
“least possible front,) pass through the open
intervals, and form in thereby of the _British
forces. This movement was biilliantly exc -
ciited by the battalion under the command of
Lieut. Col. James Jolmso:f, his brother jCol.
11. M. Johnson, at the same time charging
tlie Indians with the other bat taliorr. -
It happened that in one of the companies
under James Johnson's command there was
a huge brawny fellow, named Lamb: he
weighed about rf-ltl pounds; was’ a brave man,
and as good humored as big—brave men pro .
verbialy are. Lamb bad —broken down bis
Kentucky horse by his great weight, and
was inuinited instead upon a short, stout,
wild Canadian pony ; from whose sides liis
long-limbs depended almost, ‘to the ground,
while bis bulky frame rose, high above the
beast—-looking not unlike an overgrown
boy of a rough sheep.
fWhen the charge was made, Lamb’s pony
took fright, and broke into a run. Lamb
.pulled until the bit broke in the animal's
mouth,and all.emnmanil of him was lost. The
little pony stretched himself as to the work,
dashed out of the ranks, soon outstripped all
the file leaders and pushed on in advance of
the company. Lamb was no longer master
ofhis horse or himself, and ho was” in a quan
dary. If he rolled off lie would be trampled
tg death by hifriemU : if the horse rushed
upon the British lines with him,so far ahead of
the rest,l l e r must be killed. Either way death
seemed inevitable; and, to use lirs expression,
lie thought “he'd iist say something they
could tell bis friends in Kentucky,when they
went home.” ‘ . - ... “
He stuck both hechsieto the pony’s flanks
and urged him to his utmost speed. On they
drove, some fifty yards in frunt of the. lend
ing tile, Lamb's gigantic person swaging from
sidp to side, and Ins legs swinging in a most
portentous fashion the littlif Canadian
“pulling foot” all be know how, Jiis tail
straight, bis nostrils distended, his ears pinn
ed-back,and Jiis eyes flashing from under their
shaggy furetop, with ai) tlie spite and spleen
of a born devil. Just ns, he got in a stride or
two of the British, L imb flourished his rifle
and roanl out in a voice of thunder : ’’Clear
the way, G- and d———n you! for I’m com
ing!” *
To his supiiscftlie lines opened light and
left, and he passed through unhurt. Bo great
was their astonishment, at the strange appa
rition of such a rider, and such a lioyse iuov-.
ing upon them, with funny* velocity, that
they opened mechanically at his Word of com
mand, and let him pass. Bo soon as ho gained
the roar of their position, Lamb rolled on the
-graivdujd his pony to go on his own
read. A few minutes more and he was with
nis comrades securing, the prisoners.
“My notions about life,” says Southey,
“arc much the same its they are about travel
mg—there is a’ good deal of amusement oil
the road; but, after all, one wauls to be at
rest.” ’ ‘ t ’ .TT
HOW JOHN GOT A SUBBCBHKB, ~
FOR WHAT FAPKK WK KNOW .NOT.
In the Jfcsr’3ti and at the commencement
of our career out thar,’’ we employed a lo
cal traveling ngont — ono John D— —, a fel
low of infinite tact in hjt business, and ordin
arily one of the merriest, happiest, best-na
tured bipeds wo over met with. Johahad'a way
of obtaining subscribers, peculiarly Ids own ;
and his success wns proverbial. If he under
took to get a man’s name and subscription
money be got it—there was no dodging the
issue, where lie had resolved upon the thing.
John was a large, powerful man, standing
six feet three, in his socks—and he ffeareu
nothing in the performance of Ills duty. At
times w hen a resort to tho “tricks of his trade?’
was necessary, ho was over “at home,” and
his mimicry; smiling countenance, and capital
address always made him scores of friends
almost at first sight, lint John occasionally
encountered a tough customer.
“ You call that a paper!” exclaimed a
rough, big-fisted fellow, derisively, one
■morning in a coffee-house where lie was
canvassing.
“ Well, I do, said John quietly.
‘■O, get out, responded t her bully.
“ And you must subscribe too—come.”
“ Not’s you know on continued the other,
sneeringly, “ It’s a hnmbttg 1”
What,s a humbug?” ,
“ That paper o’ yourn.”
“ Coifie now fine fellow, that won't do,”
added our agent, not a little piqued, lie al
ways stood straight up for the pa pet. “ That
kind o'talk*ain’t just the thing, my friend,”
continued John, for (herd was several persons
present.-
I say it’s a hum,” presisted the fellow;
“ an . you’re another.
As tho stranger got off this last remark, he
approached the canvasser intently, and of
fered unmistakable demonstrations of a bel
ligerent character.
John measured his customer a moment as
lie advanced, and drawing back lie very
coolly knocked down the insolent fellow.
Then grnspiug the rowdy by the throat —
**>ls tny paper a humbug?” asked John.
“Yes!” . ™-
” It is, ch ?” continued the agent, bringing
the fellow a rap on the side of the sconce,
which astonished him immensely. “It is, is
it?” and again he cuffed him vigorously, and
again and again, until the bully began to be
lieve he had commenced optr tim a upon the
the wrong Individual.
“ Is my paper a hum ?”
* “ N—n—no !” shrieked the fellow, at
last.
‘‘.What kind of paper is it?”
“ I dun ’no’ ” *
“ Yes you do,” said John, raising his huge
mawler over tho other’s head, in a threaten
ing attitude, and grinning a ghastly 4mile—
**yes yea do.”
“ Wei, le’ mo up,” said tlie victim.
“ I’ll let you up, when you answer me - ”
,J*‘ I tell you I dun ’no’.”
*‘l say you iln," —-responded John, and
again he raised the- fearful fist and showed
his glistening teeth.
“ Y—ye yes Frilhoutdd the suffered •
“ What kind of a paper is it then / TeH
me or I’ll smash every hone in your ugly
sskin.” ‘/■
“It’s a—a—it’a a.”
“Quick!”/
It's n goo—good—fuss-rate one. Now,
le’ up?’* / /
j? “ Noylill you subscribe, old fellow.”
“It cont!”
“You wont.” exclaimed John, looking
daggers at the postrate hero, while he grated
Ids teeth dike a mad catamount—and tlmrst
cd him violently'upon the lloor once more.
“ I will ?”
“ For a year V ask<, the agent.
“ No.” -
“ What then?”
“ Six—six—months.”
“That’ll he two dollars,” said John : “fork
over the tin there’s no trust in this traide - ”
“ Le’ me up, I say.”
■“ Not till you have paid your subscrip
tion.”
“ Wat, get ofTer me !”
“There,” said John—who was naturally
very accommodating—and at the same time
he turned so that his “ subscriber” could get
his hand into his pocket. The litter actual
ly drew forth his purse counted out two’ dol
lars in silver, and#lie (ige.it released him ! .
John took his address, wrote areceip.t, and
then invited his new made friend to take o
drink. The other, noUiing loth, joined him
at once for fear of giving him hither offence.
Then, getting up his Specimen papers and
other fixings, ouj canvasser turned towards
his new subscriber, and with a bland smile of
good nature remarked-- ,*
i‘ I think you'll like my paper my friend.
, !‘ Yes responded the other.
“ It’s a capital paper. _ -
“ Yes,” said the subscriber.
“ An’ you’ll fc'coniend it to your friends ?”
“ Yes,” added the victim.
“le# .”
“ itjpay say a very good papor.”
“ Good day, sir.” -
“ Yes,” continued the patron , abstractedly*,
as the canvasser departed; “ hut of you ain’t
one of the agents we rend about, then 1 ain’t
no judge of beeswax!” and rubbing the side
of his^crown —which had been siigqjjy dam
aged, ns it happened, in thp melee —lie
appeared, resolved never to interfere with
the “ power of the press." — Exchange Pa
/'"•
f J” ONE IN A THOUSAND.
The editor of the Camden Journal announ
ces the startling fact that one of his subscri
bers hnsactui lly paid up in advance to iB6O.
The edittlr verry justly recommends him to
the favorable consideration of the press gang
wherever he may go, “Mark tho perfect
man and behold the upright, for the end of
that mau is pcat^.”^
Addison, before be commenced the Spec
tator, had amassed three lotios of materials.
TitiMsTWO DOLLARS PER ANNUM IN ADVANCE.
DUMBER 6.
‘ENPOXCED
The folllowing, which it reported to m
by n friend who was one of the'excanioMU
on ‘the occasion alluded to, ss true in every
particular, strtks n* as beiug about one of
the coolest examples of • enforced courtesy’
that we remember ever to have met withi
‘ About noon of tte day of my arrival in
St. I-oma, I strolled into the bar-room of
Bamura’s Hotel, and calling for a sherry
cobbler, seated myself by a small table near
the bar. I had just finished my glam when
.a well-dressed, respectable-looking porson
age, apparently about forty years of age.
came in, and seeing no one else present (ex
cept the bar-keeper) accosted me with the
.salutation : ‘Good morning, Bir ’
“Good morning, ’ I responded.
“ Bnltimorenn, Sir I*
•• No, Sir.’
“ From New-York f*
“Yes, Sir.*
“ One id the expursiohists I’
“YesSir/’ ../'j ‘!
, JtULyou allow me to look at your tick
et V
“ Certainly, Sir,’ (exhibiting it.)
‘(Carefully perusing it.) - Mr. ,I am
happy to see you, Sir. Is your lady with
yous
“ No, Sir.’
“ Sorry tor that, Sir; sorry for that. My
name is W - ;I am one of the Committee
of Arrangements sot the rece|>tion of visitors
on this occasion. Wc of St. Bonis do net
intend to be out-done in hospitality by any
other city, especially by Cincinnati ; but We
find that many of the exenrsionistadnsteadof
applying to’ th© Committee for quarters,
have gono to the hotels for rooms. In all
such cases the Committee arc dcsirousof pay
ing the bills, ns they are extremely unwill
ing that the guests should bo at any expense
dining their stay in St. Louis. May 1 ask
if you are staying at an hotel, and if so, at
what one ? for it will give mo great pleasure
to arrango for the settlement of yoor hi!!.*
‘ J replied that I was not permanently 10-,
cated at any hotel, and that 1 did not tel
disposed to avail myself of the hospitality of
tho city to a gr. a:er extent than I had alrea
dy done. „ ■ * !
“ We shall insist upon it Sir; .and I treat
you will notify me when you are settled.*
‘Just then a person in a steady suit of
black, a man who evidently had seen better
days, entered the room and approaebod
the bar, when my new acquaintance said to
him in a stern and authoritative tnannef :
“Doctor! you can’t Itnve any thing this
morning.’
‘ Whereupon the poor, man turning to him
with a saddened look, replied:
“ 1 haven’t asked for any thing yet?’
You had bettor go! You can’t tavo any
thing here j go!’
* M ith an expression of inutterable despair,
the poor fellow turned on Itis heel and left,
when my companion remarked :
“ f hat, Sir, is one of the most talented
men in’ the State. He is a physician by
profession,and once bad a handsome practice;
but unfortunately be has given way to lib
habits of intemperacne, and I fear that be is
irretrievably lost. Perhaps I did wrong to
speak to him in the manner I did, but I
knew that if he called at the bar he would
be insulted, and I thought it wonld mortify
him loss to send him away. 13y-the-by, Sir,
won’t you take a cherry cobbler?’
“ No, I thank you, Sir ; I have just taken
one.’
“ Take another!’
“ Excuse ’me, Sirx J seldom drink a*y
thing in the morning, and my fatiguing ride
last night has alone induced me to deviate
from my usual practice.’
“ Then. Sir, with your permission I will
take one.’
‘ lie accordingly walks to the bar, and
orders his cobbler, and while it is being pre
pared, lie resumes his scat by me. Presently
the bar-keeper hands him his glaaa over the
counter in doing so, says to him : ,
“ Look here 1 how many drinks do yon
owe for now ? This makes forty cents you
owe. 1 do’nt wish to open an account with
you, Sir!’
• Not wishing to mortify my new friend by
my presence, I left .’—Knckerbocker.
BO PIETY IB POCKET HABDKEBCHUff.
The writer says -: „ L |* ii s. v’’
“I notice in some cases a hantlkcrr.KirJ
habit it) the pulpi;, which has led me to in
quire of the Use of that very necessary arti
cle as a part of theological training, I no
tice some ministers take it out of their pock
ets, as they do their sermon,and lay it on the
pulpit; some spread it out lengthwise through
the middle of the Bible; some roll it
tuck it under the Bible ; some shake it eve
ry ’few moments over thoir beads; some
clench it in their hand, as if- they were going
to throw it at the alulience; and some keep
crowding it into their pockets, and pulling h
out again, with a nervous movement, as if
they did nos know what other use to make
of their hands, i went once to hear a y<o/i
----u/ar young preacher, and as much as half of
his sermon was made up of pocket handker
chief; and the most of tho other half was
gold watch and scraps of poetry.’’
OBIGIS OP THE NATIONAL SONG, •* GOO
■THE KINO.” . *
* The following may be worth recording. The
reader will find the passage in the State pa
pers, v. i. p. 184, under the Orders for the
“Flete taken by the Lord Admiral!, the 10th
day of August, 1345 “The watch-word
in the nigln shal be thus; “ God save King
Henrye,” tother tlwtll answer, “And long to
raign over us,’*u- Notes and Queries.
Mrs. B, desired. Dr. Johnson to his
opinion of anew work she bad just written ;
madam. tO”pht it wherej) our wfer iroifc are^