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Tf5 ".rv i. j.Wg&bxs.. :Vtr - Ci - P.aoiwtoir a .ii.iTenhaof thBanner.i- -" Sfcagle SPPyi P6 annum in advance, - . $1 SO IfiHrtM -ffltofr 4tee months, . - s-2.00 If Bot.iaid within. the ear,l . l r , : 2,50 jjjb piper wiftbdjscpniMuedjiuilejs the same wfytpT Sijjtj to the tifoej'of', dieeanturoa&ce.j Tsrel ve lines oY lei's, firlhlseTtioni '',J " - 75 E0 iid5tionaUnsfertiorK iit:.'iJ i$J -' 38 uYearty and quarterly dTeTtiiemeBWt :ra SOsU&tejlMSS.'.'i "iiij'. ; - u.i ; "I " 1.IQS WWRK ll kinds, done with neatness 4 the, Misouri Whig" of the 29lh- ultimo, aVmcleppears !aVer the signature; of James FT Mahan,' kJq'.' fteeister of unit for the Uni ted Stafts'Gsiiinent" af this place, purporting tSbeyqerenc or that gentleman against certain dirges f official misdemeanor preferred through die'pMie1l6urWl' by'-some' oT his feilow-oili- zaf RI enecrfuBy;conoede to Mf. Mahan the right tsrficfand hia acts and his character k both as a4it&Qnnd a public officer; bat the propriety s, oiajfppaflng me before the public under the pre text of jjuf tifying hjraself, is not quite as apparent. Iegcet7tha Mr. Mahan, should have . found . it njt;ef iarjr to resort to this species of attack, and " hadupposed he, would permit me to pass quiet- Salong'Withdut further assailing' ine, especially e&tfae .Explanations' and assurances given me, slbdtime I called upon him respecting his at tain upon me in his official correspondence with , tbrLand Office. Department. In this expecta tion,; however I son- disappointed, and without further- apology for presenting my name before t&4'puLUc. I respectfully tender the following in answer to the objectionable portions of bis pub- Ijcaon, :;, ,, :. : '. Is ..,-.' T It, would seem, that among other statements made in the public journals against .Mr. Mahan ir A fcubjic' officer, he has been accused of charg- rnjriees nor authorized . by law. . Alluding to some of these accusations, Mr. Mahan says: . . ''When I first took possession of the office. I charged for the affidavit required by law, in the location of land Warrants, trAicA had been the prac . tievof the office, I learned from Col. Davies, and bow some of those who had located, and con tinued to do. so until . a doubt of its legality was suggested. 1 then discontinued that charee, and wrote to the department on the subject. 1 Up to . this time there were one . or two instances in , ' 1 ' ' 1 ! .' I 1 f which foimers or WBrraniees were ciiargea lor this affiaavit." Ho such "practice" as that stated by Mr. Ma- lian, 'prevailed in the office whilst I bad charge ifit;nordid Mr. Ffahan at any time "Zeorn" any such thing from me. The late law of Congress aiHhorizes 'the charee of fifty cents toihe Reei- terV3 Hie like Irani to the Receiver, for loca ting ft land warrant, except in cases where the warrantee, or his heirs, make the location in this latter instance, the law authorizes no charge, Nothing- is allowed for administering the affidavit to the person making the location, no such charge was ever made whilst I was Register, nor did I ever tell Mr. Mahan or any other person that such a charge was allowable, .but Mr. Mahan states that he "also" learned this "from torn of ltou vho hid located, and who ot course had paid this feel I now demand the name of one single individual who gave this information to ' Mr. Mahan, and if he does not furnish it, "the public," to whom he appeals, will render a ver diH accordingly.' I nave no desire to wound this feelings of Mr. Mahan, nor do I write tor that purpose; but he has charged me in a public newspaper with having swindled my fellow-cil- izens j under , the sanctity or an oflicial oath, by charging illegal fees, and in repelling his unjust and' false accusatiousj I desire to employ such terms as will make myself properly understood. ' it is pot customary in controverted cases to re quire parties to prove themselves innocent of ac ' onssiiens 'preferred against themselves the law ajsfsys pre-suppesinga man innocent until he is proves guilty. I am fortunate, however, in hav- i abundant testimony at hand to confirm what " tLbJjK4stated respecting my charges for locating Warrants and. as one of the many testimonials in my possession,' I present , the . following . from Alex. W, Rush, Esq., who is known to be one of the most consciencious, moral and upright gentlemen fn this communily., . - PiTs Mo., Dec. 3d, 1849 sCVli:S.'l)VfEr Sir: Your note of this date requestihrVe ,tate mJ knowledge of the fee hge4':byl you for locating Land warrants while yotf Were Register of the Land office at ; this pUeesmd also any knowledge I may have ' ' ' . bad ajf Um manner in which you kept the papers, " &&w in four office, is now before me. - .i In Ms wes to vour first inaturv. I will state. thftmy office being immediately adjoining yours, Yn ,Sf"PVy.PrcDt wnen you were loca ting land warrants,, in no instance did I ever see yp hargeaaj person more than one dollar for eachl warrant J neither did I ever see Vou charge any thing, either for taking the affidavit of the person- lor whom youT'were locating a warrant, or for dvinr a certificate - of location. I bnanr T'; ,dol)sjr' each was ybur ttnifbrm charge for rV- M ,"m4 lurJr I can only say, that being an act- kur Justice nfiV--D-,.,L.I,rt -.. - T r wuruus. . ii iui . resara to vour . f t'-iT ?'eittBi'y' Hed on in my official ca " ' P!?7 Wrfsat business' in your office. On '- " in oeeame necessary 10 te . far tg files -in your office, and when such a ne cessity did ariaa, ytoftbotld always lay your hand , , on the required paperf withjtmt difficulty. At?lf3rlttoff'.toe necessity which induces you t ealr-od me for thd abore atatenjent.''' ; f 1 ? h M wnetAl publications mads against Mt, ; SlwKitp,liwbMaeisehwHh t3h slsadered me as his predecessor in office, ?nI in defending hlmielf against this, accusation, ' dm raun iA mwe ; ' . . . fPB$ WMt Cot. Caries, " v I will merely state the Attain the oast; and the . v-vi-i o ;mi- i puouc can see now strangely they are perverted. SBC if ' i i nt . i .VOL; 6. I LOUISIANA, PIKE . , In several letters from the Department, mv at tention was called to the berformance of duties. communicated to this office in previous letter j of I ioiiuup ub c in iui I n uii.ii aiaii iiv un tended to, or fully carried out. I had examined among all the letters; and "circulars that I could find in the olhce, to tjol.' JJavies, and on two oc casions enquired of him for those letters, with out receiving anv. informetioiur .l then wrote to the Department, which w.as the only U) big I could do, that ihe letters to which my, attention had been called were not to .be found in the office, When'., the Colonel. came to the officer with, his witnesses, I suppose to prove the falsehood and slander spoken of by "Citizen,", he then; for the firtt time, showed me where he.hfcd filed the tet ters in question with h' applications' tn a differ ent partof the office forniiure front where the oth er utters and circulate were found." ' ' - ;:-! Although Mr. Mahan had treated me very un kindly and Unjustly, by misrepresenting me in his official communications te the Department at Washington City, and otherwise, I felt no dispo sition to pursue rum, being entirely satisfied with his humiliation and the apologies he offered at the time I called on him for explanation. . .But as he has in a qualified form renewed his state ments (made to (he Department) and impeached me as a disorderly officer, before the public I am compelled to say a few words on this point also. Air. Mahan says he bad "examined among au the letters and circulars At could find in ihe of- pee" r which had been addressed to me j and on .......... .. - . . two occasion inquired of (me) for those letters without receiving any information" after which he "wrote f o the Department that the letters to which his attention had been called coujd not be found." This language is not qiiite so emphatic as that employed in his letters to the Department. He there states three different times In one let ter, that he has made."careuanddiigenl search in all the probable sousers oi information in the office" for thee letters, &c,, and that "only tvo could be found" (describing their date) out of a correspondence covering nearly the whole four vtars oj my official term, tie also states in his letters to the Department, that "the papers and circulars of the office Were in the greatest disor der and contusion, whirli had caused turn great u:. -m..:-i J r ' In reply to all this I have only to remark that I have no recollection of having ever been called on by Mr. Mahan to inform him respecting t!w locality cT papers of any sort rrtvf s; sura vfiti sjsuvv iisjiipiviicu iiic imm Misi Jm sri A IranafkSfaJ 4 Ii sk asT fice to his care, and then his inquiry related to certain circulars, which I pointed out to him. I am quite sure it would have given me pleasure to furnish him any information I possessed in relation to any branch of the business of the office. Besides there was no necessity for making inquiries for letters or other papers belonging to the office, of me or any one else. All the different des criptions of papers ( with a fs w exceptions,) were kept in generate casest, nod each bun dle properly labeled showing the date and nature of its contents. The letters of cor respondence' addressed to ine by tlie De partment, were put up in the same way and kept in tbe same case used for that purpose by my predecessors, and when I called at the omce in company with Messrs. Kibby, Taylor, Valiant and Blakey, to investigate the truth of the statements made in the let ters of Mr. Mahan to the Department a- gainst me, I opened the case in which the correspondence of the office had always been kept, and pointed out my whole cor respondence at a single elance. The left- hand pigeon holet in the large desk case of the Register s omce, always has been the place of deposit of official letters. That is where tltey have been kept For 20 yearn There is wheie I kept them, and persons going into the office! will find them there now, unless they have been removed since I pointed them ont in the preseucaaof "the gentlemen above named a few days 'since. i or further . confirmation of the various points embraced in this, to me unpleasant controversy, I present the following certifi cates of -gentlemen to' 'whom I addressed notea soliciting their statements: ;' Yi'f '-'kliijAloii'JSe,i. 3d, 1849..' Col. DAViea'.Sir: 'fn answer to vour note of this date',' I will state I was duty sworn in at a clerk, in your, employ, as Register of public lands at this place, and that I assist ed 'in adjusting and arranging the files of applications, lejteis from the general Land Office, and other papers of toe 'office, so as to leave' eveiy thing (as you SBid) in a neat and Uniterm condition for the convenience of those who might, succeed ybu-that you naa resignea, a. expecxeq tog? out oi owco which 'yod did, on the 3dth prt June last. , " Theypapers bf your office j were' neatly tied tip,' labelled 'and ' arranged' in their proper piacesj ana yas . 1. -w ' heard ydq complained of.by persona, visit- them rrom toucjiing,or in any manner n,anqr ling the bobks.or pspersrbpglng , to t)i offlci. VThat'vbur dffici Vs in goodi'coii- ditiori,' and 'every thing fa its "proper plaije whe'n I 'ieft W,whic'h; was a very short time II I EI I t 1. your custom ,10 keep them in. mat way. . lodeeqf haveol ten ia,d fceaJibji' (6eaiaiIr: tBt.ye','-wrt. too rfcropiilouslipirUcM bbut the order of vour. office, . In'Tacrl 1 liave frequently . i . ... . i COUNTY,' MISSOURt MONDAY, DECEMBER24, 1849. .,: , vN0.S6. Hi,--)? ; :i j. vi i6ti4j'ii . ? - .i . ... previous to the, expiratioq fljyour .official: term, i knew to per true. , f . . . ' As regards yoilr cliarge for locating land wnrVant-i-iV'waV onW flolla'' l ' .'iv!,!i RespeetfuUy,! yodrt 4c: ' V:- ,.,vv.iK ;i sif.tt'JJAMES.Tvt.EVVISi . j -f.vj,ii J.5-r? sii PAilrtiAV Dec.', 18'M' i- Cot. D-ivixaWSici hYaarsfdf tliis late beng.'recetfed, 4-har tpajtha.t; lt have been acquainted" with the Land Office since the 10th of October, 1833, and for. many years' tinve been' employed In said office. That for rnant years Ihe-' correspondence of the Office, and other7 papers relating to pre-empiicns, suu-uirisiuiis, du., narr ueen kept in -one desk in the office, labelled' and in pigeon botes, end especially during yonr conunuanve in omce, was careinny xepi, and in good order. "1 was Often employed' to represent yon during your absence, and if the papers remain in ! the appropriate places, I can readily ley my hand upon any of the papers for any past year. -1 do not think' that yod made any'change ln the 'or der of your predecessors. ;; ' : Regretting that' you should consider it necessary to call oi me, I ' am" willing ' to respond at far as I have any acquaintance with the Land Office. '' ' . ; " ' ' Yours, respectfully,1' ' ' ' 1 . . EDWIN G. PIATT. ' !l Pamtra; Mo'., Dec. 3d, 1849 "Col. 'B-' DAViks Sit: '.' As. you have called oh us' to state what took place on the day we accompanied you to the Land Office at this place, we have no hesitation in saying, that at your instance . we went to the office to witness an Investigation's you proposed ) between yourself and ' Mr. Mahan, the Register, respecting' certain statements made in a letter of Mr. Mahan to the Land Office Department at Wash ington City, complaining of your official delinquenees as his predecessor, a copy of ".'- """K''wluch letter had been mrnishedyou by the tommissioner. On arriving at the office, you showed Mr. Mahan the copy of lis letter, and asked him what'it meant; he attempted what you. consideird an evasire frtply: end you iiknHfto ronilow yott to examine tne nies 01 me omce to see wnetn .( t. I J 4 J 1 I.-' ! " Ui" "". . "BU " . V,. "" I "ew ? ' lh" Ce' be fHnd tter re. He replied that when the Government re- quired him to do to, he would allow your issmBf I ' Vorw stfinvn wnrcfai ifion noos) between ybn.ind yon saioyou wsre Reg-I 't ' "JeU"! ;air.. ... ..i. .R',l .1.1. i 4 2,81 1 ,970. ' In the yeata of 1847 and 1848, ister so farasTOur own official acts Werel; npth .xceeded ur income tfirAlssn - satin ' sa at IS a n ft ft mierortr-oaont a n r. . - . yon to the' government officially, you de . .... ""vr.v..wc3BgS8 mi Hv the law Drovidintr for the exe manded the privilege of examining the records of the office to establish your own innocents of 'his charge, and Ids guilt in having stated positive falsehoods to the De- fatf meant rtBitisaft v.ti 0 o snffiaov ': T? a 1 n rs- much excited, voit reaclwd forward and! nulled onen the door nf a W. deslr laidiSOO.OOO of claims of citizens of the United States off in pigeon-holes, for the purpose ai we presuroe,ot preserving these records or hies of papers, and showed us instantly 'all the etters that Mr. Mahan had' stated in. his icuci wciB iiui uiero. mr. anuii nau sia- ted in his letter that a certain letter of a;ci't. It results from the acts of the last adminis partictilar date had been carefully and dili-.tration, with which the 'present has1 had nothing gently-searched for, but conld not be found This letter yon prorr ptly drew' out of one of the bundles,; and - Mr. Mahan then ac- 1.. J I .1. .1 1. L..1 ... j. amination as carefully as he should' W. done, which' lie was willing to state (0 theuor m,ne vn,m' " ??""0rCHeT'r" department. Yon showed from the : books'" bo11 ?ailifier, and rather a bold calculator Upon and other papers that he had misrepresen - ted you in several of the statements or his letter, which he acknowledged and prom-'to isea to correct. ve have thus given the substance of what occurred on the occa- sion referred to, according to onr best're-'.L ,, ... ., . . i. . ., imic CTeniw vi.uivqvMuii I Will, IM iuw jmii v.i cnllection, without going into further detail, 110,o , . ... , t., ,ir which we trust will be couBideredsuffici.n"if0i8- !" h for all practicable purposes. .. , k ( - ,$50,127,0P9, which cover, the whole deficit, and uesnecttully your fellow-citizens, : JOHN VALIANT, ' ' J. H.' KIBBY, : ' ; ! ! 1 . - Wm. BLAKEY, JOHNTAYLOR. It will be seen from the names of the gentlemen attached to these ceitificates, that this is'no partizan proceeding. Mr. James T. Lewis1, U the newly appointed whig postmaster at this place," and Mesiis. Valiant and Kib.by'a're'of the $sme political party. Having said as little as I thought consistent' itb lay duty to my own char acter,' fend 'without wishing, to' .press; my personal fefiairs-wnfch are of no ' Interest to any one but mvjelf before the commu nity, I leave the firrther consideration bf (he subject to impartial invetftigalfon:' -r u. -nip '"BENJAMIN. DAVIES ' v-Painryrii,' lfcn:m'ti9t?u'i,:v.',i " ..Whatxveh is liiest and. holiest is tinnrad wit' melan cb oIy ,Jiei ey is, of, gen iy. ha always a plaintive expression audi (u nat ural lariguage is, pathps,,,, A prophet is. sad der, than, other men;aod be whowaj creator Chan all prophets, was' a man orsorrpw audj acquainted with grief. 4-itaiic w iS i i:i ! .!.;n- wsrf -.. ii'1- - ,i .. .: rt ii ... . ' - . ' . i -1 ' ;' 1 A BEAUTIFUL TIME COMIKO.' '; A correspondent o, the North American crUr? cises. severely the recent announcement; of a de-J ficit in the revenue, .He Lhioksan exphwiaboa of Uic manner , in. w'lich this deficit is likely, ft) occur shoald haVe been made." The North A me jobbers' aghast, and licked up a fus generally The Republic comes down upon we corresuona; ent for his late letter, thus : I t, There .-1 'ul i.lJ "Let us took at this matter a momen 1 .1- T1M are vafiouS'ways of conveying information 1o 'the people.. It may be corflmunioated to the af.eny- mou correspondents, .of journals puiirsiieu ,y other cities, and appear in the shape of mysteri ous hints and shrewd intimations id the ! first place, to. be followed up byitekgranhie despatcB- es and ampler details from, 'well informed corj respdndents,ror 'correspondents with peculiar ad- vsHages, ;of information, or 'correspondents known to be in the confidence of a) member of the Cabjuet.':. It may Ui.ei be mixed up .with; erode and rah speculation, with false glosses an.a com ments, and turn all busiriess" affair's topsy-turvy for e day or r two; till people begini to think' for themselves, and obtain reliable tacts from re's po sible source?. ,. Meanwhile, the operations in the stock-market go on i brisk lyi and in the end, cien find that they We been babbled by Sit idle clam or which js rsiaed for the purpose of giving in terest to a letter from .Washington." r - .j , ; There are some tolerably plain, bints to:Isy it.,"-.;: .in.- ' ':iVi'i.,r.Mnii'i -.! i .-11 1 '! .' K !:1 .;?: U::3 .::''i 'f n ( U ihe orcan' of tho Sectetarr br "State. 1 Thi fit Wrfcatibns bf the:ioMi'sin'airjf WoeVAWft1 ed rn'ihat aner IVoni ffii wn'of "a fyepjtlPba ent.' 'It starded'l'be'pubfic aKoodsetwi;rTwr. . . l . - . t 1 fl r Oi 'Illil J I. I "'1 ton & Co.,111 this extract, and the whole article ., thfc plident aAni if the people ge to tbe of Jike tenor., Meredith has p ul forth .99CtlAu MMUtd to cftenri Isjftlfer proclaiming a deficit.,, Clayton's organ growU over it, and Meredith's organ takes a tilt at Clay ton.' They' wilt use each othe'r up. .' Eacf. will do well while he criticises the other for both are bad enoueb in all conscience1.'' There is A con troversy in the cabinet and not' a friendly one either that's evident from these organs. The Republic undertakes a formal account of, the anUoipated deiciency in the treasury, and( here itist S1 .utinn ;.'' ! t "Here is the deficiehey smted, andtbcae, which is amplT.sufiicient Waocoant for Ut de-' statute book fully explain the mode in which this . .. r. r-rrr: cause bas operated. We eke from printed docu ments. Our receipts'in 1847 were $26,346,790 our expenditures in the same iyajir were $55, 929,093.' Onr receipts in 1848 were $35,436,- eution, in part; of the twelfth artjole or the treaty with Mexico, $3,720,009 are appropriated to pay tlie' principal and interest due May 30, 1849; and $2,540,000 te pay the principal and interest due May 30, 1850. . Under the provisions of the. fifteenth article of the same treaty, the secretary of the Treasury will be called upon to pay S3, araiust the republic of Mexico;. Here is a sum of 47.467.523. over and bevond all our reeeiuts, A portion of it has already been provided for by :, .11 .1:. k irM71i fmm in taallal Al rSartalim tlAI atal Atk. tniin f SrVTSOT he current revenue. This constitutes, the. den whatever to do' , -.i ' u.-.i .' We dont know whether to asenbe-thls 'state ment to ignorance- or mendacity.'1 If the-editor M ht -oat ioraated- the : ignorance and stupidity of the public,1' He here arrays $47,467,523, as if these sums were be provided for still; and represent thaV this i, u account for the deficit that is tdoome.- ' Now, whatis the fiictP - ThellepabUc'atates i: iu-'a iqaI more too. .These loans jure nottoba the interest only is wanted about 3,000,000, or less. . Thus, forty-seven millions of, deficiency made cutis utterly false for the purpose it is used " This is the mast shallow, attempt 'at falsehood that we have met. with.',, .If the, organ can't tall a better' falsehood, he ought ta be discharged aS utterly unfit for his position. The lie is altogeth er unprofitable. .'(The cabinet 'should "riot give a cent for it. It's not worth the ink and paper it required to print it.' Our neighbor, great a block head as he is, could do bettprtthan this off hand. This pretended deficit is thrown out as a leel- er,., It is to .tyrnisnaiwus, cap.oe:swuowr ed lor banking, forraising lhe.tariffi iand other fiiunoiering exploits, inwrich: the spoilsmen wish fo wgflge. LouisvwerDemocrat t . ir-.-i .; , .. 1-. i." 1 : J shajfM afr rXIiat'a nttwrsku. A farmex toldtis once, be always, koe) good appli. tree by the number eFirllssires'Ibdgbd ih1!!!. Loti-isviHPctnobVat- 1 rixianov. Th rennrta nf Mr. lYnIbr and thn:... ,o -n :., .is zr.il 1111 v.. - f?W!ii2 scHbblsri, KaVe-singjebutthe vention. Man pbiectfiti JiurL.theif,. imalj 1 . 1 . . - attentiotDw.Hllj Taylord4n:rTOpjttTt powers oi. me preamnnry irirnaajiM people iovejtediHH JlaiV!ed them op- ' vt the dabioo!c And, id Mdsf JbaWn atiTe- uient, ,wf Aa4 cited & eeXtMtiuMt&l. y whieiicMn.tl'be JmiUettnlitsarei kt ?ame ,tiie Jrlendly; tsiir Uie siaiaislnw These, admnaofiUieirfdloitUfeajV. ministralion .re) jiiil5ent-withoCtdji tje.tim0ey, to. ,(eWWsk-. the faofeliusti tiess faylor 'a the P)eidtrt only Jaa0 sisel thcic tlm fauratfs. ioilis affiej skesnalf -Mifptmed by-hiSieabinsUijThoj faCaVinjS. par4gphvJcli w bxtra et from k MdS. ilWd;correstnde3aklL4as: ia Lodger, wriUDflpasadt&Jfca5 IPjPeneral Xaylor, going to pnjvsl.-UisjXsb t,Uuht..abjqet i the FxAdfsU Jhtkmn ' tef UiilS xeaarjcffi hnis iluow ad Ui4Tmdl .... . ... . .... rheHe-rsb sna ,,feaeb3lU4npMay Taylor's cabinet: Mhtf old gentleman' will people saying aoghl ginthw 00019 al ad viserSj mucn less fedd Iongcommuni cations On the subject, hii weVer recommen ded .by picfloancy tf style or tbkte xS''M reetkd of personal tiiM. '"'Go tb -the Sec retary,' is the a4ariding reply" to'all 6fiti tationa ot commnnicationa U fadivldbaiaf aaditby ohanc, the rejoinder ibi!iuatl came; from, lum,he.n,e,i!ipni eif ationiasj brought to a, close, by a lacvoieflJjCjw ff?J !--Udir Hrr hits ,eoiu Go to the SJejcrftarjJVi4iajeq:;ivi4n ably the reply wWch Gr,TaJof;k giten to. hp peojife calling .upon.hiin. iorjactf ndi services whjcU aloiie coddholeaBy dOshy gain eome fthe-Gnerrl'4oTi redreliV rehuffethein bv the laconitf TetflY iVcaiW not help youl" Never b'eferVhaVth'COQnJ try been faypreLwithitj Frsident wio eith er cannot or.wUtnot Mucito'thoi dBUea.o uie offioe'and; whot haa repudiat44na functions of his. highii stktiofij 'and pUow) himself, witliin the kprog of his CabitHt" It Vt melanoholy fact in thw-history if H iepubKCaii tvexflmtaL' ' 'vVeintaiirc uueen iciona, or any uiuer luintn. hi Woman, at the head or the eovernmen rnman, at uie neaa 01 iiie guvcrumeni. as' Ge'nTaylbr. tUnion.'.' 1 1 t'Sl sJ s.iio "A' Lx6At AmcbOTx.i Recently while at tending 'a court "' held in J 1 i V n counly" where Judge SI presideJ,ery plain (qfleiM tion was presented for ih . decision- eitko' court. It ws argnpd eiaboratelyiroaiibsji wrong side, and .wheo theopppiite ajttwcn (a real paddy who hsad jiisj, jariidejj JbtftSgf. Blackstone and Ch.itty,..soj s tojpbaiii. Keensei) rose to re'p7y, beaj stopnejty. his honor,' who informed him that' bis bpin-r' ion was made up against 'him;' ana that he Would have no further argument' Paddy laid bis hand slowly upon si voronwof Elaek stone,' and opened: where the Jief was eam- fully. turned, dawn, and commenced read ing the law, directly in .cpniUtt t ,with vthe opinion of the conrU, . Vff-.T f.n4 fo-nnu "Stbo sir.' cried, the Judee. ."LTuva qeciaep uie cas. tend to argue the point, nor did I expect to convince yor hooor--I"esoly ; wanUd. ;te show '! the . court j what stiiool Eackstone Such a shout of JatigbtersA veifcitprcro eyery part, 0 the qourj house, wpa, beyond the moans of (he 'sheriff of the-courto qofl-j trol fqr; s6m:e mioutesi '.wbiri ,KMt !jiras. lined H-doira'r far his slander OI Blackstone. EKSIOB 53- The two most ircfeus thines on this side of the. grave art teputttlon-and fife yet the most con tempt ibW.wJifspermff 3s prive us of the one4 and the majnest Veap- , on of the other. .l!a"'" c 2 Nature basV'lnuBpbedlTTriwj. against color has giyeq wafndrxffl: era are fashionable; ' ) ;!! . it .lo.. v-r; Trust not tdT others, bUt fprfejel on g? ' vour own curvatur e- "" -' i . tV t ' - . ' -. If B rpoak of his O" A true t pact ur o(,?44lnSjriis si pie reaching through, a hois iniasfSndO" trfket 't cabbage, tuatliea aTeW' inclm beyoad bis reach. .It 'ln -Ul , -A. $3- A year Of pfeartfeftsesliltb-a1' fleet ing breeze; buta moment of misfortune seems like an aije oT Bain j, a kind bf dayliglAhja. mdrJhiSas. each gloomy orosnectAlid fills the soul with penjetdal'setsriitv:1' wbWan";w:iHout:oras, .is,Ii.ke sl charitr'6i,wtth'obt,,doWal?on'snof- having! , ... ... . J, 'tvXt .IfiTJM j .rrpir.' g.-.Tiiw r" - -?i .i! H5awkiseiire4rSa, A A lover said to hia Woe-eyed giraoA isal "I wont," said she, "you laxy elf, Screw up your lips and help youpeif." ishop Leveridge resolved. never to of a man's rirtues beforelii ta'ce, nor faults behind'bis.'backVOa i4ul .---.. -1 1 i- 7