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yOLOE 111. JL. E. SHERXAX-Editor. TERMS. . TWO DOLLARS per aiymm. if pawl in advance, and T.'IRKE DOLLARS when |*ny mentis delayed. No p iper discontinued until all arrearages are paid, ex cept at the opiiun of the Proprietors. R ATES OP ADVERTISING* One Dollar per square for the first insertion, and Fifty rents for each subsequent insertion. A square is twelve linos, or less. Advertisements handed in without havinc tho| numhei of ingenious specified, will be published until Inrhidden. Liberal contract* “aJe with those who advertise by the ‘.tartar or v-~r. Leaal advertisement* Inserted at the usual rates. Kales of land and negroes by Exeeutots, Administrators and Guardians are required by law to be advertised forty prtviods to the day of sale; amfthe sales must be held i # at tfte door of the Court*flftnae in the county in which the Wraperty is situated between 10 o'clock a. in. and 3 p. in. &n the first Tuesday in the month Sales of personal and notice to debtors anil cred itor* of an estate must be advertised f&rty days: notice that application will be made to the Omi*t of Ordinary for leave : Vo sell land ami! negroes, must be published lwo months SheritTs sales, adder executions must t*e advertised thirty j if am * days. Citations for \lintni*mfor*4 sale infisllie puh tlsbed thirty diy.*: for from Administration j iaonthl y six inuntk.'-: for frotn Guardia nship.fV>Wy ; Applicaiions for foreclosure of Mortgages mdt bo pub lished monthly six nmalhs; for estalilishhig lost papers ireek ts Ihrm, months. on business to ensure attention, must be Post : tun. I PROFESSIONAL CARRS. Law Notice, H E undersigned will give prompt attention M lo all bti'itiese entrusted to his care in the counties of Sumter, ("lav, Randolph, I’.arly. De catur, Biker, Calhoun, Dougherty and Lee, in tliia Circuit. JOHN LYON, Sotieitm Genera!, S. \V. C. Newton. March 18. 1851—ly It. VV. I’KAHJIABi * <l. Kl)lbttl)l(il!> ATTORNEYS AT LAW. STARKVILLC GEORGIA. February 4. 1854. ly’ II lORY C. ALEXANDER, ATTORNEY AT LAW, Albany, Doujherly County, Georgia. WILL give prompt attention to all business ‘entrusted to Ins care. Office up-tairs, over J. C. Davis’ Store. Albany, January 28. 1851 —ly NTItOZIK2! &. SL AY SITE IS Attorneys at Law, ALBANY, GEORGIA. \\TBXX |r i< lice in the Smith-Western Oir * • cnit. 11 nv 11 <r opened crtic.ps holii at Alba ny itieJ Newton, they uiav be cohnuhod ;it tin* lifter plaed during the lirst and third weeks ol each month rtf the present your. Altiatiy, JtVti. 7, 1854. 5 A: Ailorilcys ill Law. Cuthberti Ga. WIIjE practice in tlie Snutii - Western Cir- Cu t, and in Stewart (10111111’. r.nilis b. j MAItCihIiT.TTS TA/uGL'A'S* < Dec. 17. 1853— ! v WARUEX & XV ASI SEEN. ATTO 35 \ I'i Y S AT LAW, ALBANY, GF.ORGIA. WILL practice in tiie following Coutti!t l u Sumter, Biker, Karlv, Thrtirtas, Lee, Ran tloiph,Decatur and I.ovVndes. liOTT WARRBV, li. P. D. WARREN. June 17. 1853—1 y Ei. .5. XX'ABESEEN, ATTO It &E Y A T L A \V, S , r.\j , "'vn.i.E, Georgia. July 1, 1853—1 y __ ItEXRY UORGAX, A TTO It X E V A T I. A VV, % ALB\NY, GEORGIA. WILL practice in the Courts of the South- Western and Soul hern Circuits. Office up stairs in tire old Frankliu llall, next door to the‘(ieoroia Courier. June 17, 1853—ts _ TIIOU IS C. STK IiIE, Attorney -A-t Law, ALBANY, GEORGIA. Jely 33, 1853—1 y IE. It. HIVES ATTORNEY AT LAW, ALBANY, GA. Jly 16,1853 —ts WILLIAM E. SMITH, Attorney at Lftw, ALBANY,GEORGIA. WILL attend to professional business ir the Superior Courts of Sumter, late, Randolph, Baler, Earlv, Decatur and Lowndes; and in the Inferior Courts of Baker and Lee counties. ALSO, in the several Courts of Ordinary of Baker county. up stairs, one door West of J. C. Davie’ Store. Oct 8. 1853—ts _ rrv \ IjjflßPt'toirxxoy at Law, ™ * Jasper, Calhoun county, Ga. attend to professional business in lie ly, Clay, Decatur, Bak r, Calhoun, Dougherty and Lee counties.—May 6, 1864 —ly. A. A. DAN FORT H, DRUGGIST & APOTHECARY; ALBANY, GEORGIA. May 6,1854. 22—ly ’ MEDICAL. DRS. JENNINGS &.LUNDAY having formed a co-partnership, tender their f olessional services to the citizens of Albany and . sinity. February 10, 1854. 10—ly. WMm®Alho DBSicGILBEKT & SfEL§OX, . TT A TIVG formed, a copartnership in the -H practice of MedicJue, respectfully ten der their services to the citizens of Albany and vicinity. JOHN B. GILBERT. . JOHN P. NELSON. January 14, 1851. *f L. E. WELCH. dealer IN BOOKS, STATIONERY, Musical Instruments, Jewelry, Ac. ALBANY, GEORGIA. *4O-tf. ®je (Georgia Courier. POETRY. iHden. BT GErmU MASSEY. There is not a rift the bine sky now, \V here a million t tore it; There is not a (nirrczaw on ocean’s brow, Though a million —-years have past o’er it. And for all thesloriis^asand the strifes that have rolled Down the ages gr- im and gory, Earth wearetli her | !oasant face, as of old, And laugltSin hei — morning g'ory.* And man—tlioiigh !■■€ betreih the brand of sin, And the flesh and the devil hath bound him— I fjath a spirit within to old Eden akin, Oniy nurture tip IKjftlen around him. iO, tle rhultnay litiv- e fall’n on the human face, And its lordliest t- eattly blighted, For low Ml)gone nut with a darkening trace i Where the glory lighted. Vet 1 lie old world ut Drelivetli still in the heart, As we’*#tinny 1* switt revealind, And its ric.ii fossil jt—els in tears w ill upstart With the warm holier feeling, j Ay, mad—t|fuh it ebeareth the brand of sin, I And till 1 foh hiußß the devil hath hound him— Hath a spirit witbiiw^M-loold Eden akin, Only nurture tip t~*-lden around him. (1, tile t ■rrilfs, the t< —-irlitres, the miseries dark, j That have cursed u-, and crushed and canker’d Yet aye Irom the dtz^lnge humanity's ark Hath on route Be*vnc Arru rat anchored. 0, the gnldenchaii=rt that link heaven to earth Tin’ lust olali tit tie cannot sever! Evil shall die in its —.nnnlark hearth-, A ml the good live —Mlion forever, And man—liioiigli i.- bearetli tlie brand of sin, And !iw fab an SB the devil hath bound him Ilnth a spirit ivilhit timid Eden akin, Only nurture up Kden around linn. im— mmmmmmmmm FORI :*:ign NEWS. [Front the fc“3avaunah Repuhiican.f LA'KSF iiOJI EIIROPEi Arrivul of (lie I’acifc. New York, Dec. 13. Tiie Pacific has arrived, btiuging l,iver|ool dates to lint Bilan.st M AISKEIB.—SaIt -s ofCetton for ten days 59,- 000 bales, at a dec SHine of j to Jd. Holders were pressing fairs, i speculators look 1000 bales, a'id. exporters 81)0 c*J. t Q'ijoTAlliiXS i—’air Orleans, fid. Fair Up lands. S|d Mi. <J in, U >Htids, 4}i. ‘J- Brcaibiiilf were= haver. (Niiif(dstli)S('(’ vnt SIJ , Trade in Mane lipster whs very dull, and stocks tvMtaCcut- uialiiiß. Cntnmerciial affairs generally imp g!< omy, and crisis was believ ed io be id liand. KnouMJ-I’h' - iiament, it was believed, would so,i, lur rma, > * -■a-r-stiV ■. ti t-.-** . 1 - r l — that new la>ves kould be imposed, to meet the exigencies nf t lie war. From tiie Sea. —r or War —Nothing new of iuiiioriHiicyJjiasbe ■'n received from .Keba.-lopol since the battle of liiltcrinanii bn tlie slli Ni'v. Neither parly laid been in a condition lo under take offensive (ipe^B-ations. The reported bat tie of the 13th is a mistake. The utmost sdivity was maimifested in France and Englii ■■nil in sending forward rein forcements, as liter- - saletv ot the Allies depends upon theatrival utt assistance. SeVfra! thou sand troo|>sliad arrived at Seha-lopol. I.ouis Napnleork sayathat a powerful diversion will be made on Ii ..'fsarabia. Austrian and 1* vussian diplomats were very act ive, but Franccr— and England liave given no- ‘ lice that they will nut treat oh the basis o: tire four conditions lie reto’ore offered. It was reported llintllic Russians I1B1! cap)- j lured twoEngiisli cruisers in the Baltic. Second OisrADi xch.—The latest news fretn Constantinjple is tolheSOth Nov. There was a great storm in Black Sea.titt tlie 14t It of Nov., in ivliith ■Uhirly-tvvo English transports were lost. The s hips Prince and Sea Nytnpli foundered with all i onboard. Three mail steam ers were stranded Sanspareil was run ashore, having caught fires. The Brillahnia has 5 feet o 1 water in her hold ; The Agamenoon was strand, ed, but afterwardgot off. The Sampson’s ma chinery was darjoriaged; the Retribution only saved by tlirowin<2 her guns overboard. ‘l’lte Terrible escaped ~r~. ships Henry Fourth drtti Plu to were Inst off D- dessa, on the 22nd, besides three otherabips c f the line and eighteen trail sports pmitly dnr*i.igpd. The answer of ■■ lie Russian ambassador to the Prussian note say s*, the Czar will treat on tlie following terms: First.— Certs i mights shall be guaranteed to tiie Christain subjects of tlie Porte. Second—The™-c shall be a joint protectorate over the (trincipa! I>es by the five Powefs. ‘J’hiiid.-A rev vision of the treaty of 1841. FoußTit.-The —re shall be free navigation on the Danube. SecondDlsrAT —cit.-Richardson’s circular says that Cotton J for the week ending Wed nesday, anil [ sin •■do. Brown & Miipeiy quote Cotton J higher th aaiißichardsom The Russian losses on tiie stli *tre stated to allies buried 5,00 GD Russians who Vere left on the field. A disp* ten from Canrobert, dated 13th, says the siege is and the health and spirits of the good. A dispatch from Men— scliikoff, of tlie 1 ‘ Stli rays, tlie siege was sus pended ; the can wvniade ceased that reported that the Russians had invaded Sakhaia and defeated Pad --esltali. China,-There is nothing important from China. The Bg BHiting at Canton had slackened. England,—T Bite English Parliament had been summoned to me—-etonll.o 12th December. There were (tttinous It uasian rumors,and a ten million loan, and an of the income tax, were talked of. SPAiN.-E#pai —terohas intimated to the Cortez Ministryffhat he isabout to resign, and declares he is anxious to t ive as a prirate citizen. ALBANY, DOLIIBRTY r COU.YTY, GIORGIA, BECK7IBS2R 21, ISSI. [Correspondence of t!ie Phil. L^di/er.] Will be a Slave State ? Douglas City, Nov. 18, lS5t In July last. I wrote you that Kan sas would not b, slave State. lam now of a diHereiU opinion. Tlie im pertinent interference of your Eastern fanatics, the colonizing as they have | done of hundreds of the lowest class of rowdies io brow-beat our voters, and prevent a fair expression the pop- | lar will, have brought about tiiis re- 1 suit,. They have located tbcrtlsel ves | near the Kansas river, named City j Lawrence, and number, 1 am told, ; some hundreds of voters. I have seen ; some of them, and they are the most 1 unmitigated looking set of black- ‘ guards I have ever laid my eyes on : Up to late In September, there was | no excitement in the Territory on this! question.‘Everybody here and in Mis j souri, believed that Kansas would be j a free State ; but. no sooner did these colonists arrive here, than ail the riv-! ercoufit.ies in Missouri— Andrew, Holt, j Buchanan, &c —sent over thousands j of their young men to counteract their | treasonable schemes. They will he i successful; and if slavery darkens] Kansas, the peopT ot the South may i thank the red republican, Jacobin, and infidel editors of the East In reference to the candidates for the Legislature they will—at. least nine tenths of them—be in favor of the principles laid down in the Doug las Nebraska hill of the last session. A western editor advises his readers to “ never undertake to cut -marble with a pewter saw.” Tlie advice is judicious, aiid yet how many people spend their time in doing nothing else Mr. Van Guyslitig has been “cutting marble with a pewter saw,” for the last twenty years. He wants to be esteemed, and yet he spends two thirds of his time in la\V suits. Mr. Dubious wants to make a fortune, and thinks lie can achieve his wants by giving light weight, and counting I twel'e cents for a shilling. Dubious ( is poorer to day, however, than when ]he commenced business Every time l he makes'adollar, he loses a customer. Dubious is “cutling marble with a pewter saw,” although he will proha j bly not discover the fact, until the sheriff is alter him with a red flag and i a fiery facias. Mrs. Eluinery wants j tier daUgitu r to marry a nma of - wealth. To bring about this alliance. 1 she lives in it lour story free stone, house, gives magnificent suppers, and talks of “our tooimaii,”-and “our car riage.” Mrs. Fiumery lives at. the rate often thousand a year, although her husband’s income is less than two thousand. Mrs. Fiumery is “cutting marble with a pewter saw.” She thinks she is deceiving the world as to her resources. Nothing, however, could be further from the tact There is not a fortune-hutitcr in all N. York, hut knows “the cash value” of the Flu rnerys to a single sixpence. Mrs. F. ■ deceives no one hut herself, as she ] will discover some morning, when : Million, the butcher, insists on having j “them d—d chops paid for, or there i will be a muss.”—iV. Y. Dutchman. A ISassk Story. The New York Times tells the fol lowing : We have heard df a bank story which is said to relate to a time some what distant, and to a bank within one hundred miles of Wall street, and which we report just as we heard it* omitting names. The cashier of the bank found himself short in his ac counts about two hundred thousand dollars, at a time when lie foresaw an ! inevitable disclosure from an exatnin-1 ation ot accounts, which was ordered i to take place within a short time.— j Not seeing any escape, li ; consulted ; a friend of his. who was an attorney, I asking for his advice. The attorney, j on ascertaining that .the cashier hud no property thSt was available to con vert into cash to cover the deficiency, J recommended him to take $200,000 ( more, and then, when the discovery! look place, he would have something to negotiate with, so as to induce the directors to refrain frotn making a public exposure. The cashier took his advice, abstracted the additional sum, and when the discovery took place, confessed ti is error, and told the di rectors that lie would get his friends to make some amends, provided they would not punish him. After some .negotiation, he compromised with them for §IOO,OOO ; and lie retired frotn his situation with a fortune of SIOO,OOO. The cashier in question was consequently respected, and he died, we believe, within the current year The directors never made know n their loss, and neithertheslock- Itolders of the bank nor the public knew anything about it. Increase of Methodism in North Carolina. —During the last confer ence year, there was a nett increase in the membership of 1850. Ministry contributions $9,346 81. Railroad meeting. * Troupville, Dec. 9, I SSL According to previous notice, are- i ; spectable number of the citizens of Lowndes and Thomas counties aSsem -1 bled in the Court House in this place to-day at. ll o’clock, A. M. | Col. M. Young took the chair and called the meeting to order. On mo tion a committee of five, consisting of , Hon. P. E. Love. Gen. L. J. Knight, 1 Maj. Reiner Young, Col. M. Pi. Jones, : Col. E. 11. Platt, were appointed to prepare business for the consideration I of tiie meeting, and on motion Hon. A. ; 11. Hansel!, Maj. Ivey Simmons, Dr. ] Henry Briggs, Maj. John W. Spain, ! and Judge VV. Lane, were added to i said committee. The committee retired and after a t { short absence, returned and made the j | following reports, which, after a few , j brief, but pertinent remarks by the j , C aiirtnan of the Committee, flon. P. I E. Love, were adopted without a dis- j j sen ting voice. j Whereas we have become fully satisfied that the Brunswick and Flor- I ida Railroad Company have acted in ! bad faith, and forfeited their rights as a corporate Company and that no hope can be entertained of the completion of that work, it is Resolved, That we cut off all fur ther connection with that Company.* Resolved. That as our Conditional notes were obtained by gross misre presentations ar.d fraud upon the part of some! of the Northern Directors, and under eir-cumstances Which render them void, we demand that those notes he returned to the makers, and cau tion all persons from negotiating for these ufftes, or extending credit to the company on the faith of them. Resolved, TliAt the Chairman bere quested to have these proceedings published.’ j Whereas we deem it expedient and highly iir.'poriant to the interest ofthis section of our Stale to form a connec tion with the Savannah, Albany and Gulf Railroad Company, and are satis fied that said Company are willing to unite with us upon liberal terms. Resolved , That we propose the !t)t lowing terms ot’ connection to said Company. Ist. That tiie Company will extend their y.'gd to T-Komasyille,. hv -itch time tis may be selected by their En gineering Corps. 2d. That the people of the counties along this portion oi the line will sub scribe to tlie capital stock of said Com puny, a stun sufficient to grade the line of said Road lrom a point 40 miles East of thq Aiapaha river to Thomas ville, provided it does not exceed the sum of $500,000. 3d. Two thirds of this subscription may be paid in labor on said Road at fair rates, to be set tied by the esii mates of a competent Engineer, if not otherwise agteed on by tlie company and contractors. 4th. The company will authorize Agents to receive subscriptions to their slock,specifying such as are to be paid for in labor, sth. It is agreed that the subscribers th tiiis stock of 8500,000, or any com pany, by their consent, may, at any time, build a Road from Brflfifcwick to such point on this Road as they may deem proper, and connect with it upon fair terms, provided such connection he made East of the Aiapaha river, and not nearer than 30 miles to said river. Dr Screven, President of the Sa vannah, Albany and Gulf Railroad ; Company, and Solomen Cohen, Esq., ] one of the Directors of said Company, ! were present and by request, address- I ed the meeting in a few remarks. Messrs P. E. Love. A. H. Hansel ] and A, ‘l'. Mclntyre were appointed a ! committee of correspondence. | On motion the Georgia Watchman, Albany and Savannah papers ware j requested to publish these proceed -1 ings. The meeting theti adjonrned sttb- Ijectto the call of Chairman at Troup ville. M. YOUNG, Clfrf. Whittle, ) s • F. W. Johnson, j The New York Chamber of Com merce has resolved unanimous'}', to memorialise Congress, asking it to j send a vessel in search for Dr. Kane, ; who went in charge of the Grinnell expedition to search for the remains ot Sir John Franklin. Serious a pre hensions are now being entertained for his safety. He vas expected home before tiiis time, but no traces of him or his part}’ have been had, and it is feared they met the fate of the distin guished navigator of whom they went in search. A liberal subsciptioti will be made in New York to facilitate the ; benevolent enterprise. Bartium bought an old Baptist church the other day, at Zoar, in Connecticut,to stable his elephants in ! this winter. Tin: Experience of A Sensitive Man I [in New York.—l dined one day ai the ! I Irving House. The man next to me, | said to his neighbor : ‘‘How’s flour to j day ?” “ Why ■, rising; we made a nice! thing of it this morning—a few thou sands.” Dined next day at. the Astor. Man next to me observed his friend 1 “Well, how’s Brief” ‘’Oh! down, sir, dowii —dull, very dull; but there’s money in it.” Dined next day at St. Nicholas.— ! Man next to me said to his neighbor, ! “Shipping business bad, isn’t it?'* ‘*l i should think so; you can buy fi ship now Ibr five thousand dollars less than j you could two mouths ago,and freights | are awfully low.” i Dined next day at, the Metropolitan | Man next to me said to his neighbor, : *‘\Vhat’s the nows from Europe?”— ; “ Consols have fallen one half, and money is tight.” Dined next day at New York Ho tel. Man next to me said to hisneigh bor, “By Jove, that’s a pretty girl yon der.” “She is so, and besides is worth a hundred .” I at once left the table. Heavens! exclaimed, I, is there no spot in this great city where a man can eat without having such talk crammed down his throat with his food? Money—money—money —Buffalo Courier. Some very amusing letters from Utah have been recently written by new saints and published in the Chi cago papers. One lately acquired brow tlier is in raptures with the institution of polygamy. He Iras three wives, the latest, he says, which he “ took three months ago, is from near Hamburg. Germany, She is larger than either Sarah Ann Or Elizabeth (the name of my second wife,) and, I say it without invidionsness or impropriety, is decid edly handsome. Her person is of good size, very round, full chest, bright flax en hair, and a soft blue eye. She ea ters into the duties of her new situa tion with wonderful alacrity, and is very happy, as are also Sarah Ann and Elizabeth. You may be suppos ed at this, but you will be still more so when I assure you that all of my present wives are anxious that 1 should get another—one whe is fitted by education, and physically adapted, to take charge of the business of the •\Jn v • With *uich %*. vpsa-wgi!errant oi* 1 mv household, every department of a well organized establishment, on a j patriarchal scale, would have a head j to it, and be governed in order. I have no inclination to comply’ on my own account, as I am well satisfied with those 1 now have, but if I should do so, it will be entirely out of regard for them. My daughter Louisa is engag ed to be married to a inau from Penn sylvania, who has already a wife and three children.” American Sutlers in Palestine.— About two years ago eight American Christians conceived and carried out the novel idea of planting an Ameri can colony’ in IHe Holy Land- They first located near Jerusalem, but sub sequently removed to a place near Joppa, in the Plains of Sharon. Here they devoted themselves to the arts of agriculture and to the cultivation of friendly relations with tne Arabs.— The New York Sun says they procure American agricultural implements from that city, and adds: “ The emigrants, in their letters home* give the most glowing and at tractive descriptions of the fertility of the soil. They are able to raise three Crops in the year—two in summer, by means of irrigation, and one iu winter, when they have the aid of the winter rains, ‘flic crops grow luxuriantly, : and yield more abundantly than in the United States; and nearly every i kind of vegetable, fruit or grain raised | in this country can be produced in Pal estine;” Know Nothings in Boston. —The present Mayor of Poston, Mr. Smith, who was in olfice, and aided the ren | dition of (he lugitive slave Burns, has ! been re-nominated for that oliice, by j j ihe Know-Nothings. I'he New York I i Herald calls this “ very strong proof I j Very.” The Know Nothings, it seems,! by this proof, are not Abolitionists. OfR Sentinels. —The United States is represented at Madrid by a French- j man, at Genoa by an Italian, at the j : Hague by a German, at Naples by a ! Scotchman, and by an Irishman, at Lisbon. Hebe, Russo German, repre sents us some,where abroad—we for -1 get where. The Cotton Crop. —The New OrK i cans Picayune says that estimates of the cotton crop can now he made with some degree approaching accuracy. The lowest figure named is now 3,- 100,000, to 3.150,000 bales, and it is more than likely that they are right. The Southern Commercial Conven tion will assemble in N. Orleans the second Monday in January next. j Dobbs says he wotlfd have cli-l of the cholera in August, if it had rlbl i been fof.one thing—“ the doctors jfiifd him up !”— Two days afterwards lib says he vftas a well man, indulging iri succotash.\ The wife of Mr. Joseph T. Litllfc. of Arnold. Maine, recently made herhu# band a present, of three Littles at ’Btiß birth. EvCry little helps. Railroad Damages. —A ntllrbad ac i cident took place a while ago ill this i -Siate, upon which occasion the attor ney of ihe road visited die sfcene of disaster, to satisfy the claims of the injured parties. After paying sis black eyes, bloody hoses, ami cracked crowns all round, at (lie appraise! of the injured, he suppo-fel Ids business over, when he was saluted by A tall Yankee, with feet like snow-shueS; A i bell-crowned hat, and a blue boat over Ills arm; with— “ Well, squire, What ate you going to allow me ?” > “ You ?” said the attorney, “ where are you hurt ?” “ Oh, nowhere to speak or, squire* but 1 was most terribly scart, and I think that’s worth about a dollitr; this way you've being payin’ on dm. The “ dollar” carnet of fcotirse. — Hes. Inqr. Hbbh9 says that he marks his hogs differently from other people, and cart them as far as he can sec see thfcm. He cuts three pieces elf their tailsj while others cut but one. The wife of the owner of one of thrt Indiana Free Banks, being in cotifipa* r*y With sotile friends, the all absurd ing financial crisis became die tlgi-me of conversation- The lady remairkeii that she hoped her husband’s (yank would “hold out till the tall rains came on —in that case there would bit | no danger of its breaking before next | May.” When interrogated for an ex ! planation, slie gave as a reason for {the faith that was in her, that the place m which the bank -Was located ! could not be approached alter the bill rains, on account of the mud. — Okie) : Statesman. “How was .Adam got out of-Para- I dise ?” asked a Sunday School teacher j recently of a pupil. “ Why, he vi’ns ! snaked out.” i The ague is said so shake so hard irt lowa, that those afflicted with it. are obliged to sleep with corn-cobs irt their mouths, to keep front • shatters ! iug” their teeth out. :V ., FisAxciAL Joking. —ln the range o t j financial joking there are lew better I things that! the following-: j “ The Lafayette Indiana American | is quite glorious at the success oftheif I shaving shops, in legally avoiding thrt I payment of its obligations. A Mr. | Smith, of this city, carpet bag in hand | called down on one of these concerns | with SSOOO of its paper, and asked for ithe gold. The cashier assured hint that it would afford the directory and j himself the greatest pleasure iumgin i able to accommodate the bill holder* of their institution as far a- the law allowed, whereupon he opefted the vault and exhibited a very respecta ble pile of gold, which he said was twelve and & half per cent, on their circulation, the precise amount thS law required them to keep. He could not, therefore, spare any portion of it jto Mr. Smith without violating the ’ law which plainly and unequivocally | required them to keep it. P aris Fashions. —The bracelet is the | article of jewelry most word in Paris ‘at present. In full toilette the arm is literally covered with these ornas meats. Dresses are usually trimmed i with ribbons, fancy braids, shaded ; plush, curled fringes, fur cr plaits of every description. Skirts are worn very full, and excessively long behind* the plaits round he waist are so dis* posed as to form broad coiuntnss Fowls or chickens may be fattened in lour or five days by leeding them 1 ! times daily with rice boiled in milk; ; always fresh, as sourness prevents i them from fattening. Give them clear water to drink. By this method the llesh is made particularly white.- 1 burn/ Register. j It is said the treasury ot_ the State of Missouri, at the close ot the yr.itr, ! will have on hand the handsoiilb stir plus of about S 100,000. About 200 men in the Allied armies have died daily, during the fall, ot cholera. The year 1854 begun on Sunday and will go out on Sunday, thus ha\ | ing 53 Sundays, January, April July, i October and December have fivebun ; days. Such an array of Sundays, it i* ! said, will not come again until ISSJ- A shoSk of an earthquake was felt in several parts of Tazewell county, Virginia, on the 23d ultimo NO 3