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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. I’UBLIAHED TUESDAY MORNINGS, BY LOTTE db ttat.t ■_ FErFtTY ToVfT | WII.I.IAM 11. IIAI.L. TERMS: Tha Wikf-Grass RF.ronTf.il in published Week ly at Two DiU.i.AHS per annum, in afuunre. All orders lor the Ukwirtkßi toWdtd re attention Afauinpauied with the money. Subscribers wishing the direction of their paper ebauged, will notify us from what ofliee it is to be transferred. The foregoing terms will be strictly observed. Advkktisf-mfvi's conspicuously inserted at One Dollar for the lirst, and EtW’Cents for each subse quent, insertion. Those sent without a specification of the number of insertions, will Ik- published until ordered out, and charged accordingly. Sales of Laud and Negroes, bjt Administrators, Executors, or Guardians, are required by law to be held on the lirst Tuesday in the month, between,the boars of ten in the forenoon and three in the after neon, at tho Court house in the county in which the property is situate. Notices of these sales must be flisun in a public gazette FOtITY DAYS previous to the day of sale. Notices for the sale of Personal Property, must be given at least TEN days previous to the day of sale. Notice to Debtors ami Creditors of an Estate,must be published FORTY days. Notice that application will be made to.tlifiX’i'Url of Ordinary for leave to sell Lander Negroes, must be published weekly for two months. Citations for Letters of Administration, must be published thirty days —for Di.-mission from Adminis # (ration, monthly fur sir mouths —for Dismission lrom Guardianship, forty Joys. Rfi.ES for foreclosure of Mortgage must be pub lished monthly for four months —for establishing lost papers, for thr full spare of tlierr months —for compel ling titles from Executors or Administrators, w here a bond has been given by the deceased, the full space V three months. Publication* will always be continued According to requirement*, union* othrrwine ordered. All huiiu‘HH iu the line of I’KINTIMJ will meet with prompt nttputinii at the Klimhiti.k OFFICE. ■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^