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VOLUME I.
* THE WIRE-GRASS REPORTER.
MORNINGS,
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(Law Finn.)
HARRIS & HARRIS.
Iyirson 1,. Harris, I Chari.es J. Harris,
Milledgeville, Ga. | “Tfioinasvillc,- C!a.
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RM. S. Birch At U illinm JlcLemlon,
ATTORNEYS AT LAW,
TiioMAsrji.i. i:. Georgia. J
etl4 19 vvny
HAKI.K A
AT T 0 R N E Y S A T LAW,
TroupvUle, .Lowndes Cos., Ga.
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SAMVEL B. SPEM ER,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,,
THOMASVILLE, GEORGIA.
WILL give his entire attention, to tin l practice ol
Law, in the Counties of the Southern Circuit
Office sn the second floor of D. & E. McLean’s
< hriek building. (jmrjOov
ifi. r. iioKiaiv,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
KASHI'II,r. /’, GEORGIA.
WILL practice in the counties of the Southern Cif
cait.and the eoiin.ti.es of Dooly, Worth and Dough
ertr of the Macon, and Coffee, Clinch and Ware
es the Brunswick Circuits.
riatCreeh, Ga., Oet. 7. tt‘
- J. H. LI\I BVI CSB,
Attofni'T imrt (’oiinscllor at Lair.
AND ,S<HJGITOR IN CHANCERY,
lirOMASI II.LE, GEORGIA.
WILL practice his profession in the Courts of
South-western Georgia, and specially in the counties
sf Lowndes, Thomas Decatur Hud Baker.
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TENDERS li is L'rofes.-ioUfil sbrviees to the citizens
of Thomasville and vicinity— Residence, the house,
formerly occupied by A. 11. Hansell —Office, next
doer below. [nprii'd]
(Itcform Practice.)
p. s. now us, i. n.,
OFFERS hisP rofcswonal Horviccs to the citizens ot
Thoma*vM nnd vicinity. Calls at hours
promptly .nttcinied to. (fVt.tltf
• Drs. H. 11. A i:. ©. ARHOLD,
tEJBWVffS'VSi
TIIO MA S Vll, LK . G IvO RHI A.
MV ‘gpv WE have purchased the Residence
of Dr. It. J. Bruce where one of us
f-U t XT may always be found. Tooth Pow
ders and Wash, always on hand. [ju!yls-tf
Carnages. Biurgitis and Wagons,
MANI F.U'TI RHI TO ORDER, BY
JOSEPH TOOKK, SO V & CO.,
AT THE HOUSTON CARRIAGE FACTORY,
Houston County, Georgia.
ftaii work fully guaranteed.
jnoeil3ny] ISAAC WINTER, Agent.
~ Cl. . HpLL\lo\,
LICENSED AUCTIONEER.
• TIIdMASVIU, E, GEORGIA.
WILL SELL on every Saturday, and on the first
Tuesday in every month, GOODS of every de
scription, entrusted to him for sale.
July 22 7 „ oy
i). 11. HAItKIK,
Gcnrral Coin mission
Foot of Monk Street Brunswick, 6a.
__dcc2 w. ts ■
Adams House.
THIS establishment is now -pnrnia- n n
ucntly opened for the neeoinmoda
tion of the public/ Every convenience {JjIEL
has been provided lor boarders and tran- I 111 [file
sient oustomers ; and’ the proprietor.flat
tiers himsell that ho is now ablo to give the utmost
satisfaction. GODBOI.l), Proprietor.
Thomaaville, Ga., March 24^18bJ.- ts
Land “Office.
HAVINQ opened an Office in Thojnnsville, Ga.,
we will buy any Lands in Southern Georgia, at
reasonable prices, or sell Lands for the owners oil
commission. We will also report the mine of Lands
owned by persons at a distance for a fair eonipeusa
ffioa. IHIRCII & McLKNDON,
Bort. S. Buroii, ) Thomasville, Ga.
Wm. McLendon, j May 2fi, ia r R>. tim
Bank Agency.
THE subscriber has been appointeTAgent for the
Bank of Savannah at this place, and is prepar
ed. to discount Bills of Exchange, Drafts, ,V C.;
and has lor sale Cheeks on New York. *
j illy 22) „ EDWARD REMINGTON.
Iti-uily iUmlt. Clothing, Ar,
HAVING just received anew and elegant
assortment of Pants, Vests, Dress and Ir
Frock CDots, Shirts, Are., A.. &e., all of the Jt
latest fashious: together with CTotlis, Cashmeres,
Vestings, &e.,the undersigned is prepared to furnish
all Avbo to purchase such articles, as towns
Hie market will afford. Garment# cut and made to
•rdef. Call and sen for yourselves. —--
JOHN P. ARNOLD, Merchant Taylor.
J)iwaafiviUcrNov.2T, 1i33. f
Self ft |)oftrn.
■■4 [by itF.qrEST.]
MY NIECE AT A LEVEE, |THS jEVENING FF
’ FOSE EMBRACING A RELIGIOUS LIFE.
Sh ■ viewed fho gay crow and, as they sauntered along*
And vainly she sought, amid that glittering throng.
For a brow that seemed touched, with the spirit of
prayer, •
But alas ! found she none, ’niongthe gifted and fair.
Intemly she gazed on the brilliant array, :
Which iurlined nut her heart to its gaudy display ;
But touched it with pity, which turned into pain,
For those w ho found pleasure, in joys so vaiu.
Is this then she murmured, the way of the cross! ;
No! no! it is earthly, ‘tis notliiiig but dress;
Then those wbowbuld grasp it,will find to their grief,
That in moments of sorrow, ’tw ill bring no relief.
Oh! take me far hence, she impressively said,
As her hand on jlie arm of her Brother she laid ;
Oh ! lead me away from this pageant and shew, f
To a spot where the waters of grace freely flow.
--Turn not in thy anger, I pruyTheeTor deem
Thy sister fanatic, or led by a dream;
An impulse I feel, which impels me to’ move,
Near that source, whence issues a fogntaiiwif love.
My soul is immortal, and cares not to stay
In fetters, or idle its tridfiients aw ay ;
Attractions more lasting invite mo to God,
Thro’ the dark thorny pathway, the fathers have
trod.
I pass from these halls, resolved to endure,
A life of privation, for. God and his poor ;
Which w ill be rewarded w hen time shell have past,
And we stand face to face with the first and the last.
The promise is given, and we must believe,
For God! cannot trifle, nor will lie deceive
His children, w ho hearken, tliefr Shepherd to hear,
•And follow his footsteps, with.- trenibjing and fear.
He lovingly calls us, the cross to embrace,
The creatures of sin, and his children of grace;
For ail to his heart, are surpassingly dear ;
But .solicitude deepens, for those prone to err.
The doubter may mutter, of reason and sense,
Kb n question the power of oin.niftotenCft,g„-,„„v,„-,-,
But tin 1 faithful believer of every clime,
.Gives unto the God-head, line.
1 hen keep us, dear Lord, from all doubting ami
dread,.
Les Us by thy iincfring wisdom be led;
Fix firmly oiir faith, that w e go not astray,
shrink from the crossj which illnuiin.es the way.
The shock was electric,on him who had heard, 1
The maidens decision, so sweetly, preferred ;
It waken’d emotions, which thrilled to his heart,
As ho tenderly took her fair hand to depart-.
She moved ’neath her raiment of purple and gold,
With the perfume of flowers, in every fold ;
And smiled as she gracefully glided away,
Dif!using her sweets, like a blossom in May.
While whispers were breathed,as she left the gay
’/Tlirolig!
Thot file w orld had no power, sniffricntly strong;
To rh cL tin:. licnxi-ufEy.oii i: A ghcs-UtwJh ir, ———
Who had turned from its w iles, to the household o!
• -prayer.
And the messenger Angel, who heralds in Heaven,
bin man is repentant, and would be forgiven ;
Waits only a moment, to hearken her choice,
. -Then spreads liis hriglit p ui()ns.the saints to rejoice.
■ f DATURA JUSX’ICANA.
Magnolia Grove, Sumpter Springs, Oct. 4fb, r-f'-T,
jUiwUw-oH-s,
V PLEASANT WOHKS.
NVhat sound is there sd grileFul to the ear
as the-music of jilcasant words ? “ We list to
it ns we would to the ripple of the waves, to
The mat mus of the. wind, or the song of
birds. It steals over our souhsTvith a sootli
ing influence, and awakens responsive ech
oes in our breast. Pleasant words! thev
are more precious than diamonds, they are
sweeter than the minstrel's lyre, or the yEo
lian harp, swept by the breath of evening !
YVhat power, what tnagic they possess!—
What wonders they perform! They dry
the tears of childhood-; they revive the spir
its of the drooping invalid ; they bring a
smile to flic lips of the way-worn and weafr
ail da light to the eye of the aged. Pleas
ant words are -ns an lionOy-comb, sweet to the
soul, and health to HieLqu.es.’ , Then let us
scatter them lavishly wherever we go. We
can dispense them bountifully, and hot be mi*
poverished, for our, supply is exhaustless.—
We need not fear that they will ho dispised,
for every living thing by which we are ser
rounded can appreciate pleasant words.—
They confer happiness even upon animals,
and oft-timeir they are the most precious gifts
which wo could bestow upon our friends and
fellow-creatures. Perhaps they may Some
times be the only treasure >ve possess; and if
so, let us remember that the poor mendicant
at our gate is not insensible of their power.—
Pleasant words ! there is healing in them ;
they are a balm to’the wounded heart; thev
aro water upon anger’s flame; they aro the de
light of children; they encourage youth; they
strengthen manhood ; they sooth fold ago";
they scatter blessings innumerable around and
fill oiir breasts with Unalloyed’ happiness.—
Then let us strive for pleasant words. Let
them ever he upon our-lips, and we shall find
pur reward upon earth and in heaven.— Ob
server. w —I
“Edward Everett, is to be in Richmond,
Virginia, in a few days to repeat bis” Wash
itigton Oration,” and to receive G-eneral
Washington’s '-catM', which was purchased
for the gifted mul distinguished orator by the
ladies of the Virginia Mount Vernon, Also
ciation. “The announcement” sayg the
Whig, “ will we are- sure, bo received with
Unbounded delight by the people of the com
monwealth and will attract to the metropolis
multitude, eager to listen to an addro.-s so
far-famed and qP"scfch matchless eloquence
and power.” \ ‘■■ - |
THOMA.S'VTLiXjEs• GEORGIA, OCT'OUTJIt 27, 1857.
WHEN THAT NOTE WAS D9S- ~
A man in Boston (of course) was sorely
persecuted by an avaricious business acquain
tance, to pacify whom lie was oblige# to
e-settlti-;”-and wishing to pay over a
few ‘hundred in cash, ho drew up a note ob
ligating himself to discharge the account af
ter a spi cified date of time. The creditor, who
was noted for his “ sticking principle,” was
not, in justice, roally entitled to the money;
but when thirty days after date expired, ho
anxiously presented tlio note for payment.—
The debtor instead of meeting it replied :
“ The note is not yet duo, sir.”
“ lint it is, though. It reads ‘ thirty days
after date, 1 promise to pu\, so and so, and
thirty-one days have elapsed since the date
-theranf-H-and so”—
“ l don’t care if thirty-one years have
elapsed since the date of the note, I shall
contend for its immaturity,” answered the
debtor, interrupting the not very good hu
mored note-holder, who soon made his exit,
slamming the street door after him, muttering
incoherently about law, judgment,executions,
Ac. -
Jii a few days,..hotli parties were before a
magistrate, who, on concluding the investiga
tion,proclaimed tiiat he must certainly award
“ judgment” against the debtor for the full
amount of the note, and the cost of the pros
ecution besides.
“ And what then I” inquired the defend
ant of the judge.
“ I.sliall issue an * execution,’ if the plain
tiff desires,” returned his honor.
”To bo sure—l want one immediately,”
bawled the plaintiff, whose countenance re
vealed his determination to allow no mercy,
as he urged his way as near the judge as pos
sible.
“ V oiraro resolved upon judgment and ex
ecution ?” demanded the defendant.
“ I am.” replied the judge, taking up his
pen to record the same.
“To be sure We are,” coincided the plain
tiff, with a chuckle.
“ 1 presume your honor can spell correct
ly ?” said the defendant, as he picked up his
hat and sent it further upou the table before
him.
insoLuti” exclaimed the judge,choking
with sago..
“ Will you oblige me by carefully spelling
and reading the first liae in f hat valuable
.document,” urged the defendant, disregard
ing the anger of the magistrate, and direct
ing Ins attention to the note that lay before
him. * The judge looked at the note and
>he.ii at the defomlant, hut probably thinking
it was best to take it coolly, proceeded to do
as requested, and read aloud, In a very lucjL
Myhi: _ .. . \
“ 1 hirty days afterdate I prom ”
“Stop!” shouted the defendant, “you
don’t read it right.”
“I ilo,” was the judge’s response.
“ You don't!” returned the defendant; “ I
thought von couldn’t spell.”
1 lie judge was now boiling over with rage,
4.!!'* smate. the desk before him so violently
with his clenched hand as to cause those
whq stood about him,including the expectant
plamtllF, to retreat a few paces in double
jjnick time.
“ Keep your temper, judge, or we shall he
obliged to have the case transferred to an
other court,where the magistrate understands
the art and mystery of spelling words of one
syllable, and clon’U make a fool of himself bv
kieking up a row and smashing office finni
-tre.‘ There, you may keep your seat, and
tell, those .present what the first line of fh?*.
oote says,” said felle defendant, with a cool
ness that surprised the audience aud puzzled
the judge. *
Having again glanced at ‘tire document,
and appearing to detect something that had,
until that moment, escaped his perception,
the judge proceeded to read ;
“ Thirty days after death I promise to
..pay;—” ‘’
“Right!” rxclaiuieibthe defendant; “you
mn spell, 1 see.” ,
“ i hie Dote is not due, gentlemen, until
thirty days after the defendants death,” pro
claimed the magistrate; “the case is accor
dingly dismissed, and tlm court adjourned
until to morrow morning.”
“ What!” exclaimed the plaintiff, “am I
thus fooled ! Villain !” — —■
The unexpected and ludricous conclusion
of the suit threw the whole assembly, save
the tuilucky plaintiff, into an uproarious fir
of merriment, which having subsided,’ they
separated and dispersed,.:. The noto is nut
duo yet. .
KNOW NOTHINGIBM ILLU6TBATED.
Gumbo—“ls you good gt spollin, Buck?”
. Buck—“ Well darkey sagaeiate-—Wliaa’s
de iiiterOgatory?” V
Gumbo—“l saye’s learned—but can.you
spell Know Nuffin without any letter&Rt nll/’
Buck—‘You mean Kuow Nothing you dar
key.” ■
Gumbo—‘Yes Know Nuffin—can you duz
it!”- :
, Buck I ': —‘l surrender it,” as Y'orktown said
.to Corncob, caze it can’t be did with no jet,
tors’ at .alh.
‘j. [Gumbo takes a piece of chalk, gets down
oil his knees and makes-a big cipher on the
floor, then asks Buck, rooling up the whites
of his eyes ifthat ain’t a nutfiu ? Tnkos out
of his hat an old torn handkerchief, end nubs
the cipher out clean] t
Gumbo—“Now,nigger, dare’s no nuffin dar,
as- day to dis darkey.”
Buck—“ Good ! -Gum, good ! Yah, yah,
yah; just like do party itself^—gone— used
up !—rubbed out.”—Boston Host.
The great Dr. Jennings, of London, sent
the following lines, with a couple of ducks,’
to apatient: *V. 1 ‘ - , .
Hear madam,! send you this Rorßp of n letter.
’l'o tell you Miss Mary- is very mueh bettor;
A-tegular doctor no longer she lacks.
Therefore I send her a couple of quarks.
Mrs. James Hunnewell, of Cliarlestown,
Massachusetts, has contributed one thousand
dollars’ towards tUc Oahu CoUege, Sand
i wkti Islands. ‘ . - °
. THE WAY TO COLLECT A KZA ~
Old STire Tobin was a slow walker, but
slower pay. Blessed With abundant means,
lie was of course considered ultimately good
sor 1 any little debt ho contracted but he had
contracted a habit of holding on to his money,
until forced by extra importunity to fork
over. ~
“ There goes the old Squire,” said Brown,
the merchant; “I’ve had a bill ot five dol
lars and fifty cents against him for eighteen
months, and if 1 have asked him once for it
I have done so twenty times; but ho has
either not got it witbYfiin, or he will call to
morrow, or if not in a good humor, ho- will
swear like a trooper; at iny i npudenco in
(Inning him at unseasonable times.”
Now there was one Joe H. irkins, a wag-1
gish ssrt of fellow, whq, heard the complaint
of merchant Brown, and resolved upon some
fun. ~b
“Come now Brown,” said Joe, “ what will
you bet I can’t get the Jmoney from the old
Squire before lie gets homo I”
“ Anew hat,” said Brown.
Euough 9aid,” said Joe.
While Brown was limiting the bill, Joe
disguised himself in a striped blanket and
slouched hat. Thus equipped, with the bill
in his hand lie took after the Squirm
“Hollo, is*,your name Squire Tobin ?”
“ Y es,” answered the Squire with a snarl,
“ what is that to you ?”
“I have a little bill sir—collecting for mer
chant. Brown, sir. ’
“ Me re I mnt Brown can go to thunder, sir,”
said the Squire, “ I’ve no money for him ;
you must call again.”
Joe bowed politely, slipped down the alley
just in time to head tlio old Squire at the
next corner.
“ Ob, sir,” said .Toe, stopping sudeningly,
“ is your name Tobin /”
“ Tobin, sir, is my name.” v
“ Here is a little bill, sir,
Brown.”
“Zoun fs ! sir,” replied Sfpiiro. “ Didn't I
meet you just round the Rnriior ?”
Y*Moiitme ?”replicd/yoe, “guess it was
B , another of Iji'own’s collectors.”
“'riiea-I-suppose merchant Brown lias two
red striped collectors dogging my steps; 1
wont pay it, sir, to-day—begone!” The old
Squire as he saidthis, brought down his stick
has upon the pavement and toddled on.
Joe, nothing daunted, took advantage of
another alle'y, and by a rapid movement,
in a few minutes placed himself once more iu
trout of of the Squire. The old man’s bile
was making him mutter and growl as he
walked along and—now and then giving point
anger, by very empatic knocks of his
cano on the sidewalk. When within about
twenty feet of eacli other, the old Squire
espied bis friend once snore in front. Squire
Tobin stopped—-and raising bis cane, ex
claimed; i
“You infernal insolent puppy, what'do
von mean ?”
Jac. affecting great astonishment, checked
up within a safe distance, and replied:-
‘’ Mean sir / you surprise mb sir, ; I “denT*
know you sir,” * *" r
“Ain’t yon merchant brown’s collector,
that dunned me five minutes ago V’
“Me, sir?” repiiod--Joe, “I am one of
merchant Brown’s collpctors, to be sure; but
I don’t know you, sir.”
“My name is Tobin, sir,” rejoined thciiri
tated Squire, “and yott look like the fellow
that stopped ine twice before.”
“ Imposible ! sir,” replied Joe, “it must
have been some other of mercliaut Brown’s
collectors. Y'ou see, sir, there arc forty of us,
all wrapped in red striped blankets—and, by
the by/Mr. Tobin, I think I have a small
Hull agamat-ynu.-' 1 -
“ Forty red rtriped collectors, and each
one after me, ejaculated the squire. “ Darn
me,:l.must put a stop to this; they will all
overtake"me before I get home.” Saying
which, bre-took, out his wallet and quietly
settled merchant Brown’s bill of $5 50.-,
1 Joe thanked tha Squire, ami moved off ;
but as the Squire, had another square to trav
el before reaching home, Joe could not resist
the inclination to head him off|just once more.
Ho accordingly made another circuit, and
catnc in collision with the angry old man,
ere he was noticed.
“Zounds! zounds! stranger,” vociferated
tlio Squire. “ What —Here he
caught sight of the red striped blanket,as Joe
disengaging himself from the old man, took
tV his heels. Squire Tobin's cudgel was fier
cely hurled ofter Joe, accompanied with a
hearty curse upon merchant Browil and his
forty collectors in red striped blairkeps. * -
It is unccessfiry to say, that Joe Harkins
was seen next day topped off with a bran
new hat. - • ‘’ j
- Ts .1 . ■ mi A .
THE LAW OF NEWSPAPEBB.
1. Subscribers who do not give express no
tice to the contrary, arq considered as wish
ing to continue their subscription.
2. If subscribers order the discontinuance
of their newspapers,-, the publisher may con
tinue to send them until all arrearages arc
paid. 1 J ,
a.- If subscribers neglect or rcfuAdtu take
their newspaper f'rrfmi tlw offices to which
■they are directed, they aro hold responsible
until they have settled the hills and ordered
them discontinued. *
t. If subscribers remove to other places
.without informing the publishers, and the
newspapers are sent to the former direction,
tlify are’held responsible.
A The Courts have decided that. refusing
to take newspapers from the office, or remov
ing and leaving them uncalled for, iu prima
facie evidence of intentional fraud, * > ‘
,6./rim United Elates Courts havo also
repeatedly deckled,’ that- a Postmaster who
-ncglffcts to perforin his duty of giving rea
sonable notice, as required by the Host Office
Department, of the neglect, of a person to
take from the office newspapers addressed to
him, renders the Bonfmaster liable to the
publisher for tire subscription price.
Among tha base, merit begets envy;
among the nolle, emulation.
” A HUNDRED YEARS TO COME.
Where wilt bo tho bird* that nirrg
. A hundred year* to conic ?
The (lower* that now in beautyspring,
* A hundred year* to como ? ‘
The ro*y lip, „
The lofty brow, - - ----
’ Tin’ heart that beat*
So gaily now—
O! where will be lin e’* beaiqing eye,
Joy'* pleasant mnilr* and sorrow’* nigh,
A hundred years to coine ?
Who'll press for gold this crowded street
A hundred years to cotue ?
~ Who’ll tread yon church with willing feet
A hundred year* In come?
l’ale trembly age
Aud fiery youth,
i And childhood with
Its brow or truth.
The rich, and poor, ou land and sea,
Where will toe mighty million* bo
* A hundred years to pouie ?
We all within our graves shall sleep
A hundred year* to come. ? . .
No living soul for us will weep
A hundred year* to come t
But other men
Our laud* will till,
Aud other* then
Our street* will fill;
White other bird* will sing a* gay
As bright tbe sunshine a* to day,
A hundred year* to come f
THE BHOEB.
A poor boy. named Motored, was employ
ed as a goat-herd. His wages were so low
that h‘e was not even able to buy himself a
pair of Blioes. ilisfeet wero severely frost
bitten; for it,,was late in the autumu, and the
weather was very wet anti cold.
One day a man came out of a neighboring
wood, who had been already twice put into
the prison for theft,
“My business,” said he, “is a very good
one. l)o you come into my services, and 1
will have anew pair of shoes made for you.
You will no longer suffer so much, nor he oh
liged to walk barefbotctPflirough the mire.”
“No!” replied the hoy. “1 had rather go
barefootted, and remain honest,than earn the
richest income by dishonesty; for, surely, it
better to soil my feet with mire, than to do
evil with my hands, aud stain my soul with
evil deeds.”
% A '.
** Par better hone*t poverty,
Than wealth without integrity. - ;
THE PENNSYLVANIA BANK BILL.
Harrisburg, Oct. 2 —The following is a sy
nopsis of the bill which passid a committee of
the whole in the House this afternoon :
Section 1, Exempts all the Banks from the
penalties incured by the Act of Suspension,
and extends the time for resumption of specie
payments to March Ist, 1858.
Soctior. 2, Compels all the City Banks to
publish a weekly, ami tbe (tountry Banks a
monthly statement of their affairs and condi
tions, under oath, a failure to do which incurs
a penalty of one thousand dollars. -
Section 3, Makes makes it obligatory up
on each Bank to receive the notes of every
other solvent Bank at par hereafter, but the
President of any Bank can make oath of
his apprehension of the safety of any Bank
to the Governor, who shall thereupon ap
point a Commissioner to examine into the
affairs of said Batik, and if proved unsound
its charter shall be declared forfeited by
proclamation. The Banks resuming specie
payments before the Ist of Mnrch, are ex
empt from the provisions of (bi unr-Unn
Section 4. Authorises Collectors to re
ceive the notes of all solvent Banks for State
purposes.
Section 5, Prescribes that all deposits to
the credit of the State, shall be paid to the
State Treasurer in specie.
Section 6, Extends the stay of execution,
except in certain cases, tor a period of six
months from the passage of this act.
Section 7, Declares that this act shall take
effect immediately, if-the 6tock holders ac
cept it and certify their acceptance to the
ditor General; and each Bank accepting shall
pay in to” the tresury one-half of one per con
turn on their capital stock.
Section 8, Repeals thb forty-seventh sec
tion of the act ol 1850, This bill will pass
‘lie House without material alteration. 1 ’
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TAT AS YOTJ GO.
, Tliis is an invaluable molto. John Ran
dolph said, that be had found the philoso
pher's stone, so sought after—and that these
words contained the vaunted secret. Out of
debt a man is safe. He can feel independ
ent. Even if be does not own a dollar him
self, it is a great deal to say be does not owe
one. Debt is a great night-mare, that strad
dles across a man’s peace of mind and des
troys his happiness. If he can keep clear
of this, lie is truly) free. *•
No one ever know what’the sweets of lib
erty meant who was ridden with debt all the
time. ; , _ y r . ;'~”
Monet.
The coinage of the world amounts to fully
three thousand millions of dollars, and only a
hundred and twenty-gve millions are nccssa
ry to the purcease f the cotton crop. The
coinage now in the United States is estima
ted at 250,OOf),000, an amount nearly suffi
cient for their curreucy ; but it is locked tip
and hoarded in a great part. In no part of the
world, except the United States, is paper
money of denominations corrcspbnding with
coiu tolerated. The smallest bill pf she Bank
of England idthe JC6 note, or $25, and of
France 829, or 100 francs-
There wore 73 battles fought during the
year 1855, with an average loss of 1,000
men*in each ; more than 200,000 soldiers
are estimated to have perished by disease
ami-battles. The battles average more than
one a week. TUo year 1855 was thus one of
tlie bloodiest years in modern history.
NUMBER 7.
A MICHIGAN BED 800
The editor of the Grand River Eagl* has
a friend who has been stopping, as be allege!
at one of the hotels at Kalamazoo, His sto
ry is pretty fairly told, aud ho possesses tal
ent jn the way of spinning ‘yams’ that woetl
do credit to one who has entertained NliaflSS
in the forecastle of a whaler, or relieved the
tedium of a watch on deck :
•Yon see I went to bed pretty all-fired
used up, after a hull day on the road before
the plank was laid; calkalatin’ on 1 good
snoose. Waul, just as the shivers began to
ease oft, I kinder felt snthin tryin, to pull off
my shirt, and diggto’ their feet into the small
of my back, to git a good hold. Wiggled
and twisled,-doubled end-puckered— -aft To
no use-kept going it like all n—Bimbey
got up and struck a light to look around si
npell—lound about a peck of bed hugs frit
tered around, aud more dropping off my
shirt and running* down my legeverv mini*.
Swept off a place on the floor, shook out a
quilt, lay down and kiver up for a nap. Ho
use-mounted right on me like a panel of rets
on a meal tub-—dug a hole in the ktverlid
and crawled through,[and give me fits for trr
m to hide. -Got up again and went down
stairs, got a slush bucket from the wogon,
made a circle of tar on the floor, laydown on
the inside, and felt comfortable that time my.
how. I left the light burnin’, and watched
cm, see em.get together and have a camp
nieetiu’ about it and they went off in a squad
with an old grey headed one on the top, right
up on the wall an’ to the ceilin’ till they got
to the right *|wt, then dropped right plums
into my face! Fact, by thunder. Waal”l
swept ’em up again, and made a circle on the
ceiling too. Thought I had ’em foul this
time; but I swan to man, if they didn’t pull
straws out of the bod. and built a bridge over.*
Seeing au incredible expression on oar vis
age, lie clenched his story thns : ,<t*w
•It is so, whether you believe It w not.ind
some of them walked accross on stilts. Bed
bugs are cautious critters, and no ~ !i -‘t l r| r -o
especially the Kalamazoo kind.’
ANECDOTE Os ROTHSCHILD.
There is a good story told of Barea Rotbs
chilu, of 1 arm, the ritchest man of this ftf#
in the world, which shows that it is not anU
“money which make# the mare go,” (or horses
either, for that matter,)- but “ready money,”
unlimited credit ” to the contrary, notvitb
standing.
°u a wet and very disagreeable day,the Bw*
ron took a Punsmn omnibus, on lus way to
the Bourse, or Exchange; near which the
“Nabob of Finauce “ was going
away without paying. The driver stopped him
and demamded his fare. Rothschild ty.
his pocket, but be bad not a “red cent ’’ of
change. The driver was very wroth.- j-
“W ell what did you get in for, If yon could
not poy 1 Yoji must have known that yea
had no money.”
“ I m Baron Rothschild I the great east
talist; •• and there is my card !’*>. *
“Never heard of you before,” said the tM*
ver, “and I don't want to hear of you again.
But I want my fare—and I mart-have it!”
1 he great Imnker was in haste. ..
“I have only an order for a million,” be
said, “Give ue change,” and b proffered *
coupon far fifty thousand francs.
The conductor stared, and the rfnifnnsqr
set up a horse-laugh. Just then an “ Irrnf
de Change ” came by, aud Rothschild borrow
ed of him tire six sous.
Tho driver was now seized with a kind of
remorseful respect; and turning to the money
King, he said:
“ H you want ten francs, sir, I don’t mind
lending them to you on-ayownacooußt. 1 *~~~
HOW TO EE HATTY.
Be content as long as yoor mouth it full
and body covered ; remember the pSor; kire
the girls; don’t rob your neighbor’s hen-roost;
never pick an editors pocket, nor entertain
an idea that he is going to treat; kick JMI
care to dnee; black your own boots; sew hm
your own buttons; and be sure to tidee a pa
per, and pay for it, -+’ - j > ’
THE KOH-I-HOOB DIAMOND.
The Bombay Courier says it is tbe foiling
of millions in India that the Koh-i-noor dia
mond will el wAys be fatal to its pomputWfUiid
that from the, day it found a resting place in
the diadem of Victoria); the fate of the English
crown was seabed. So deeply and generally
is this idea rooted in the Hindoo ‘guod, that
the Bombay print actually combats tbe supers
stitions as if there were ({anger of it# spread*
ing among its English readers. * ti .
RECIPES. I
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—— mmmmmnmrn
To CORE Toqth-achb. -If the tqeth he
hollow, twist a little cotton on a fine knitting
needle and twirl it gently around in the de
cayed place, in order to[•cleanse and diy i|,
then twist another piece of cotton Upon 4110
needle, and having dipped it in one of the fol
lowing preparati ms, press it gently into the
hollow of the tooth. Y.
J T. Any cssentinl oil of (doves, dee. ?
2. Creosote.
3. Etlieror chlorofornl. 1
4. 2 scruples of camphor disolved lit w
ounce of chloroform.
5. Tannin, 1 scruple, gum masfich,
ing, ether. J oaf. This is an admirable pre
paration. It usually relieves the pain instan
taneously, and if repeatedly applied the nerfe
will shrivel and cease to ache. It forms wrth
the cotton a firm waterproof plug which will
remain, protecting tbe nerqes for several
0. Collodion. Its effects and advantage#
are simitar to those of No. 9. Besides, it is
nn cxecellent waterproof adhesive plaster*
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“To assert a thing to be *hleeetS, M
says Van Swieten,-* without a knowledge of
the condition of tbe person for whom it k
intended, is like a sailor prafteßmNK As
wind to ho fair without knowing to Whai
pent the vfcssol is bound-’ 4
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