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AUDITOR'S REPORT
OF THE
RECEIPTS AND EXPENDITURES
RECEIPTS AND EXPENDITURES OF
BELMONT COUNTY,
For the year ending June 11th, 1857.
AMOCXT OF BECEIPT8:
THOMAS JOHNSON, Esq., Treasurer, Dr.
" to balaaM due on settlement of Jane
' tth; 185, $18,296 U
To amiwntof outstanding Checkered- ,. .
ited, fcot anpaid , . 1,000 b
TotaJatriotie Jane 9th, 1858 $19,29 12
To amonnt collected on Duplicate of 1858, viz:
For State Purposes .-. $39,077 10
i-. - uoaatr
.8,550 21
' Bridge -
lLomi "
'- Railroad "
' -TNroship
' School
' Poor '
' Corporat'n '
Total.....
..1.221 50
..2,222 17
..8,550 86
..4.857 39
.15,522 72
2,442 97
925 48
i. .. $83,370 40
To amount received .from State, ta wit:
' 'Interest oil Section IS ........?3,61 97
Common School Fund..-.. 20,444 76
Taaes refunded 128 80
' Treasurer's Mileage 19 20
Total amount ree'd from State...$24,209 73
TO am't ree'd from purchasers of Sec. 16...$4,757 46
" Harrison county.. .....73S 84
. u Jefferson " 454 41
Total...
..$j,S50 71
vTc amount of Principal and Interest
of Surplus Kevenu receired.. $150 78
Fines and Costs .295 47
Road Damages ....140 00
Show License....- 100,00
Pedlar's License 110 00
Tavern License..
Ferry Lieense."..
Jury Fees
Aoction Duties
Store Permits
12 00
23 00
... 90 no
5 00
5 83
Delinquent Taxes alter settlement. 173 07
Miscellaneous Funds....... 45 53
Improper Delinquencies, pd by Co....51 72
' . . Total
Total amount of Receipts...
..$1,202 40
...$114,733 24
AMOtTXT OF EXPEXDITCBES:
THOMAS JOHNSON, Esq., Treasurer, Cr.
By amount paid into State Treasury, to wit:
Collected on Duplicate of 1856 $38,436 84
Pedlar's License ,.. 107 35
Show License 95,00
Principal of Section 16a 3,969 66
Total amount paid State .$42,603 85
By amount of orders redeemed since
. last settlement .$74,45fl 34
- Fees-on Duplicate-.... .....!, 496 31
Road Certificates taken for Taxes 4B3 79
Counterfeit and worthless money x
taken for taxes... . ................71 00
Mileage allowed Treasurer,... 19 20
TotaU....
....$76,500 64
.Total amount of Expenditures 4119,109 49
Exhibit of amounts paid out on orders, to wit:
FOR SCHOOL PURPOSES.
Colerain Tp., B. E. DnnganTreasurcr.-$l ,42 82
Flushing " , D. M. Bethel 9U9 00
Goshen " T. W. Kawcett... 2,399 95
-'Kirkwood ". G. W. Muiphy
2,226 1ft
2.334 35
..2,7117 68
250 01)
1,8S5 62
2.844 73
2.6C0 26
1,9.19 81
1,314 47
1 .Ki) 53
1,785 91
1.708 92
1,376 19
2.345 73
2,230 99
4C4-0!
fi is O
36a 17
..J... 2,312 2Ji
..-. 4 Hi
2,006 97
40,53
Mead
S. Hutchison..
Pease "
do "
P. McXeely
J. II. Drcnnon.
f Fultner -
Richland "
. Somerset "
mith
- Union "
."Wavne'
Wheeling "
-Warren "
. Washiugt'n "
York
J. Kelsey ..
II. West
J. Browu ,
J. Gnrden
J. Lippincott.... ,
S. McXichols
W. Cani)bell
J. W. Sunderland...
I. Weteh
J. J. Potts
Martinsville, J. P. Steveus,..-....,
Bridgeport, W. Alexander
Morriftowu, I. Davis ,
Fliirhii.g, "J.T. Branile liurg ..
lruevilie, J. V. WnrSel.l
-rtlrncir, - A.'r; Darling
i tt. Ciairsrllle, D. 11. Davies
do . :imf
Treasury of Jefferson conn v. ......
..438 30
Amoaatjtaid Treasurers for settling .......,
On
fotaU..
$40,799 20
TOWNSHIP PURPOSES.
Tp., B. E. Dungan. Treasurer, $323 00
Colerain'
Flushing
tioaheu
' Kirkwood
Mead
r Pease
Pnltney
Richland
' Somerset
t-mtih'
Union .
Wayne
Wheeling
Warren
D. M. Bethel do 155 96
do T. W. Fawcett do 238 51
do G. W. Murphy do 210 45
do S. Hutchison do 215 59
do P. McXeely dor 195 16
do J. Kclscy do 307 95
do H. West do 1,397 38
J. Brown do 199 94
J. Gordon do . 216 64
J. Lippincott do 250 5i
S. McXichols do 172 49
W. Campbell do 205 95
J. W. Sunderland do 2S3 06
I.Welsh do 187 05
J. J. Potts do 129 15
Washington do
York do
.Total
..$4,8B8 78
CORPORATION PURPOSES.
Bridgeport. W'Aloxander, Treasurer- $163 12
St. Clairsville, D. M, Davie do 206 08
MorrUtown, 1 Dwris . do .122 74
'BarnesriTle, J.W. Warfield do 18144
Total..
..$735 3f
ROAD PURPOSES.
' Colerain Tp. B. E. Dungan, Treasurer, 104 74
Flushing do D. M. Bethel do. 52.90
Mead , - do S. Hutchison do 55 91
Pease do. P. McXeely do 364 63
fcmith do J, Gordon do 54 03
Somerset do J. Brown (1855) do 57 71
Union do J. Lippincott do ' 32 70
Warren do J. W. Sunderland do 100 75
Wheeling do ' W. Campbell do 45 09
same do tame (1855) do 33 47
Tork do J. J. Pott-1855) do 37 59
Total-
.". , $939 52
TOWNSHIP ASSESSORS.
" Colerain
Flushing
Kirkwood
Mead
Pease
Pultney -Richland
Smith
Somerset
same
Union
Warren
"Wayne
Tp, J. Henderson,- Asses sor, $42 00
do
G. C. Bethel do
W. H. Buchanan d
.48 00
do
do
do
do
do
do
do
do
do
do
do
61 50
63 00
148 50
62 25
124 50
47 25
S. Day d
A. J. Lawrence do
J. Milligan do
J. Denbam do
CC. Workman do
J. Patterson ' do
L P. StrahK185;do
J. M. Laisfaley do
J. Hager ' do
J. Creighion ' do
J. Gillaspie dn
""T. McCabe c
G. W. Green, jr. h
D. Gordon (1856) do
49 50
1 50
40 50
54 00
60 00
66 00
42 00
52 5U
1 50
n neeling 0.0
Washingt'n do
York do
same do
TotaU
....5 64 50
INFIRMARY PURPOSES.
Abram Williamson, salary as Supcr'ndst $fl 16 96
. mum for articles furnished Infirmary 1,9! 1 50
Hugh Ferguson, salary as director
John Ward, same
John Phillips same
Dr. -lob a Alexander, part of salary as
Phvsician
Dr. Henry West, fee for consultation
Dr. W. Eitep, bal. of salary as Physician
Dr. J. W. Judkins, for medical services
Dr. L. Schooley same
Dr W. Carns same
Thomas Rice, forcofllns
00
24 00
16 50
35 0fl
" 00
John Phillips, for meat, coal, Ac, lor lnl.
Hugh Ferguson hogs, do
John Ward work done do
19 S 0
117 9
92 V
W. Vickers, flour, Ac. do
Barieh Micnener, wheat do
Enoch Carman, Goods do
P. C Woodmansce, same do
James Craft, blaclrsmithing do
Isaac Kyser,conreying paupers to Inf.
J. W. Frasier, Wheat - do
T. Kicholf Bacon ' do
L. Holloway, Baoon and Cattle do
Wm. Gill, for use 0 pauper in Pease Tp,
75 7i
T7 2t
M 0(
3 5
85 00
68 00
lis 00
S7 98
7 00
Treasurer of Pease ip., lor same
Michael Danford,foruseof outdoor paupers 27 70
Hugh Ferguson
same
16 00
28 00
S5 00
S. Hutcnison.
5. Rose
D. F. Harlin
W. Bamage
Reece Lewis
D. McGrew
6. Clark
J. Shipman
S. Gregory
Isaac Kevser
same
same
same
same
same
same
'same
same
same
same
19 00
54 00
24 00
13 50
12 00
16 00
28 61
8 95
8 00
J. Lysle, funeral expenses of Pauper
Total..!-
. $3,903 48
AUDITOR'S SALARY.
"if nil.swrth, bal. 2d year's salary $2,346 27
3- g. Martin, (PP- Ad.) 1 Quarter's fees 125 00
Total.
-,i '
D THOBURN, EDITOR k pOPRIETOB.
NEYV SERIES, VOL.-I,
NO 32.
LOVES NOT HIS 'oiWCAH LGYE NOTHING.
ST. CLAIRSVILLE, OHIOQ THURSDAY, .iUGUST
TEE 51
6, 1857
S $1.50 A YFAR IN ADVANCE
LWIIOLE NO 989.
COMMISSIONERS.
Michael Pafcford, for services as Comm'r $96 44
John Majors same 83 79
John H. Johnson same 77 44
Total
: $257 67
ATTORNEYS.
D. D. T. Cowen, salary as Pros. Attorney $350 00
F. Tallman, for defending t. Kiggs,
15 00
do
do
Prisoners at Fall
Term 1856 40 00
doMoulton and Alfey 110 00
do Xorman and Allen 80 00
same do
O. J. Swancy do
Total
$595 00
PRINTING.
H. Thompson, for printins $158 98
D. S. n ellinr, same 48 00
J. F. Charlesworth same 100 51
B. S. Cowen came 35 00
H. 11 cat on same 13 00
Total ."..$355 49
STATIONERY.
Wilde JcBro., Stationery for offices k court$I92 10
W. Ewinr - 24 00
J.W.Collins - 123
n. Alexander ' "48 34
A. C. Martin . 21 76
tiressinger 11 50
Total
; $310 G3
CLERKS OF COURTS.
T). S. Adams, coatsin State caes, 4c, $15216
W. R. Carle sanie 10 05
J. II. lleaton same 21 60
S. W. Gaston same 66 23
I. B. Askew, for rervioes as Dep. Clerk 50 00
Total
...$300 04
PROBATE JUDGE.
D. Harris, fees and stationery,
$66 04
SCHOOL EXAMINERS.
D. T. Moore, fur services as Examiner
Geo. W. Hoge, same
D. Thoburn, same and stationery
$4 50
22 50
820
Total....
..,..$35 20
SHERIFFS AND ASSISTANTS.
J. C. Nichols fees in State caes $108 45
same -do as crierof Court 44 00
same do Advertising Elections 12 tlO
U. McXeely do serving veniries 4150
J A Anderson do summoning Juries 45 12
D. Wagoner do as crier of court ' IG 00
same do habeas corpus case 2 00
A.Ljike do as crier of court 44 00
same do attending probate conrt 7 0H
Israel White do - habeas corpus cases
Total
8 00
.$338 07
JAILORS.
Israel J boarding Prisoners and at
tending Jail,
John C. Nichols same
David AYagencr same
$80 00
402 15
314 70
Total....
...$796 85
FOR VARIOUS PURPOSES.
.
J4;ri-iiJfi(rof...Am't p'd Agricultural Soe'y 173 00
Ni7(iuy...Am'tp'd for new Jail House 1,400 00
?nVM...Ani't p d for building & repairing 842 36
tW... Amount paid forccul 1U7 14
uro)ior...Am't p'd for holding Inquests t 87 41
.7?efwir... Ain't p d for holding Elections 387 lit
itjpaNtf...Am't exjtended hi Insane cases 456 80
jBrort...Am't of iecs paid Jurors 1,372 75
.V-Mr?rufr...Aui'tcosis before Magistrates 019 14
71 oafr.. -.Ain't of laiiiage paid by county 320 00
.''. ..Aui'l p'd lor ien ine and Locating 57 00
Ki fiuWt.n.?nnrriitertt.pai(t 7,1051
louca... Amount expenuea 1:1 refunding -
Improper Taxes t 2,994 36
117iret...Amount of lees paid Witnesses 345 75
Am:t expended for candies for offices court 47 45
do material tor Jail yard leuce 4j 16
do freight on same 6 00
do do Books 28 73
do Chairs for Court House 17 00
do jver do."' do De.-k 120
do "Surveying line between Muad
and 1'ultnev Townhiiis 17 00
Am't p'd C. Collins, repairs tol'ub.Building37 76
do A ,ake lor Dutluing Jailyard lence 13 50
do same services about Court House 72 77
do W CGraliam.suiiihing about jail,Acl3 15
do W Riley, cleaning A semov'g Anns 5 40
do S Lev is, for supper furnished Jury 4 00
do same lor horses to pursue prisoners 2 00
do D H Doyle, for book case 6 00
do B MunUy, Desk, Ac . a 00
do J Uusselton, repairing hearths,
whitewashing, Ac 8 50
do Dr J Walker,salaryasjail physic'n 14 50
do H O'Donnell, cleaning Rec'ds otlice 1 00
do G Taylor, for lumber for Dist. 3,
Union Tp. 12 74
do IN Clark, Ibr building Privy, Ac 29 70
do S Celler, for removing earth lrom
about jail 15 00
do W Darrah.for Postage A Envelopes 5 68
do D L Jennings, costs in case of
county vs. K Gray 6 21
do
do
do
do
do
do
do
do
Hugh Harris, for Tinware 8 32
D agener, for clothing lurnish-'
ed Prisoners 4 20
J Hc-yman, for Brooms for jail 1 00
G W Barnes, lor Pitcher A Tumblers I 95
JPG Alexander, for rollers for
window blinds 50
Frint A Nagle, clothing forprisii's 12 11
W Booker, error in J C H gue's
road receipt 3 00
S. Carlisle, lor removing rubbish
from yard IS 00
do J as Thomson, for Brooms 50
do J Fatton, clothing lor prisoners 1 81
do
do
do
do
do
do
R B Ryan, for sundries ibr court
and jail 33 44
L Wood, Timber for road in Flush
ing Township 1 00
Unclaimed costs reclaimed 3 80
expeudend in procuring attendance
ol Judge Marsh 1144
do in sending messenger for
Judge 3ostwick 2 50
do do redeeming old orders 16 05
Total...
..$16,893 22
Total am't of Receipts during the yr $114,733 24
Total am't of Expenditures during yr $119,109 49
Am't due from County Treasurer,
Juucll, 1S57 $14,919 89
Am't of funds in the County Treas
ury, June 11, 157 $10,983 13
The foregoing exhibit of the Receipts and Ex
penditures of the funds of Belmont County, lor
the year commencing June 9th, 1856, and end
June 11th, 1857, 1 believe to be correct.
S. GRESSINGER.
Auditor Belmont Co.
St. Clairsville, July 30, 1857.
Q7Some time ago, one of the churches
in Salem had a misbehaving brother up for
discipline, and was about to excommunicate
bint, whereupon the world a people held a
.meeting outside, and voted not to receive
him, unless he should be returned in as
urood condition, as when delivered to the
church!
Qn'Do you sell pies! asked a green-
looking fellow, as he lounged into a confec
tioner's in Wellington-street, Montreal
"Pies, sir!" replied the gentlemanly pro
prietor. "Yes, sir, all sorts sir; what kind
of pie will you have, sir? "Well, I think
I'll tale a magpie."
c5-,Pleaseir, said a beggar to Scroggs
the other day, "couldn t you give me a little
something? I'm a bricklayer, but had a bad
fall when at work at my business, and have
to live on charity, sir." "Nonsense," ans
wered Scroggs, "I had not only a oad lall,t
my business, but a bad winter, too, and not
much of a SDrintf. I think voi ouclit tj
t;ive me something!"
OT-'I ay, old boy," cried Paul Pry to an
excavator in North Shields, whom ho espied
at the bottom of yawning gulf, "what are
y ou diggin there?" "A big bole,." tha old
b-ov replied. Paul was not to be put off
-.b is fashion. "What are you going to do
w ith the hole?" "Going to put it into amall
holes." replied the old boy, "and retail tbem
I to farmers for gate- posts." Paul was aold
Poetry.
(Original.)
My Grandfather's Dwelling.
Tis a honse ancient looking- o'ershadowed with
trees
Ensconced in a vale at the font of a hill;
Wiih large open windows inviting the breeze,
To gambol through wide rooms so antique and
still. "
Refore the quaint parlor, how sweet to recline
On the bench that's been standing there year after
vear.
To peep through the creepers that round the porch
tvine, 1
At the noisy and dusty old mill that is near.
That ofd-fashioned parlor, bow dearly I love it
With all of its contents so-cheerful and neat;
The sola and. all thin around and above it,
Seem ever awaitb g your presence to ereeL .
E'en now in a picture kiud memory is brinflnz;
T see the rich carpet tha' covers the Boor,
The hunch of eay feathers by the glass swineing
O'er the nicely covered table that stands by the
door.
Tbere rns through the Valley a silvery stresm
Jutted with granite rocks craggy and steep.
And evergreen trees, that shut the sun-beam
From the nest of the mocking-bird in the huse heap.
How pleasant to sit by the cold spring that bubbles
Where myriads of tiny wild-flowers are in bloom;
To forge, for a season this world 'and its troubles
lis scenes of contention, its sorrows and gloom.
The bright waters gurgle by rocks partly bidden
With carpets of green moss and clambering vine.
Mnk music that touches ajheart-string unbidden
And starts nearly tears lrom Affection's deep s! r ne.
We dream of ibe past with feelings of sadness;
Imagine loved voices and images near.
And hope that the future is Venting with gladness.
But fond aopes are oftentimes mingled Willi fear.
Once through the old rooms where silence is feign
ing
The gay lauh of children in many peals sang
Eul hushed is the echo and time is not deigning.
To darken night memories that round theft hearts
. hang. - - :
Thus in thistileak w orld ties earthly are riven;
We find lif" a scene ever changing and new.
Here saddening lessons unto us are given
That a home we may seek everlasting and true.
Oh, long may that homestead, with comfjrts sur
rounded Stand quiet as now in the sweet-scented vale.
Its inmates enjoy Heaven's blessings unbounded
Exempted from' sorrow, peace and plenty prevail.
And may we, when life and its sufferings are ended
A familv-hand forrnin cWy above,
And there amidst praises harmoniously blended
Eternally bask itr the sun-shine of love.
MISSOURI.
OAKLAND HOME, July 12th, 1857.
Forget me Not.
There is a sign u memory deaf, -
To those we love thoush far away;
There is a geatW thrilling tear
Illumes the heart with lucjJ ray.
It sVals across the tranquil mind
TChilo miifuig on some favorite spot
And tells of ihoan we left behind
And sweetly breath3 ..Forget me not.? ,
Forget me Not. EAULIE.
Forget me Not. EAULIE. Choice Miscellany.
The Little Tin Pails.
At about six o'clock in the afternoon, a
passenger cannot walk through the quietest
ttreets in the city without meeting men.
each with a little tin pail in his hand. As
the bearer swings It at his side, and raps it
against his large buttons, one ran readily
know it is empty! Where has he been?
What has he been doing! ' What is the
pail for? One may not be ab.e to see any
thing in the pail, but, after all it has a pleas
ant story in it Early in the morning that
pail is filled. Befote the break ast things
are washed and put away, it Is placed upon
the table by a good and industrious woman,
who rose be'ore tiie sun, to prepare the
morning meal and bathe and dress the chil
dren Her fingers and feet have been very
busy all the morning and now she stops all
other work to see the laboring husband off
to his work, and prepare his noon meal for
him. The bread, and meat, the large piece
of pie, the gingerbread, the pickles, and
perhaps some dainty bit which she has saved
tor the man she loves, are placed in the' lit
tle tin pail, one after another, until it is
lull, and the ltd snugly on. He, the laborer,
stands by and looks on. When all is finish
ed, he gives a ktss to the youngest, saye a
pleasant good morning to wife, taxes his
pail in his hand and away he goes.
From that time he disappears lor the day.
No one asks where he goes, and but few
know. He swings the hammer or pushes
the plane, or practices sjine other handi
craft, in doors or out. He toils all day for
bread and clothing for himself "and family.
His arms are strong, his heart is courage
ous, and his mind content The rich ride
in their carriages, but he cares not. When
noon time comes, and tne whistle sounds nt
the shops, he drops his work and opens the
little tin pail. The mtat is eaten with true
zest, and the bread tastes as sweetly as
manna, for he has the health which labor
brings. At last he reaches the bottom, and
his eyes moisten as he sees there a piece of
fruit or some little delicacy which the kind
wife has smuggled ia unknown to him
something which has cost her Ecif-uenial.
Isn't that a sweet meal! With his appetite
and with the sweet associations which em
balm it, it is a feist for the goes.
The whistle sound? again, and again the
strong hands and courageous hearts are at
work. The day is now upon the wane, but
he grows a little weary, lor there is a warm
place in his heart feeds the fire on which
his willing labor depends. His eye is lifted
to the clock, hour after hour, during the
pausss in his labor, and down falls the tardy
index, until, at last, the stroke of six runs
out, and the whistle of release for the da;
gives its welcome blast. Before him are
twelve or fourteen blest hours "of rest! the
rough hands are washed,, the shirt sleeves
rolled down and buttoned, the coat put on
the little. tin fail taken from its hiding place,
and he is in the street again. Now we meet
him Now the streets are full of little tin
pails. . They are carried by men who have
self-respect, who live many lives, wboearn,
and "owe not any man." The littlo tin
pail rings ctirelessly at their side, the cole
bration of a day's labor achieved of l.urd
money hardly earned.
A thousand children run to meet the lit
tle tin pails, and beg the privilege of carry'
ing them into houses and tenements scatter
ed all over the city. In manv hundreds of
these, the table is already set out, at the
fire sits the neatly dressed wife, and the
hissing tea-pot awaiting the husband's re
turn. Behold the family group gathering
round the evening board! Before those
healthy appetites hew quickly the .viands
disappear! . And then, the good wife washes
the tea things where they stand, the little
tin pail is cleanly wiped out & polished off:
for the next day's service: Thus and thus
the davs go round, with sound, sweet sleep
between. . 4 . j ... '
Toilias rfjoieine sorrowing -..
Onward throazb life 6e poea;
Each mnrnins ees some task fe ran,
Every evenias seas its close;
Pomeihinz attempted, something done,
lias earned a night's repose "-
God bless the laborer! God bless his
companion, the little tin pail. May it ever
more be as full of love and all love's asso
ciations as it is filled each morn with food,
and mav the fond npvpr fail! Fev under-
ct.nnd how tmltr hi little tin nail is the in.
dex of the prosperity of a community. ' Thel
mora thickly we meet them in tht.'
the more prosperous do we know that'' we
are growing- Oh, let us feel kindly toward
those who Dear them; for labor is' the truly
honorable thing among men. There is not
a neatly graded lawn, a pretty garden, or a
well trained tree that does not tell of it.
It builds magnificent cities, and builds
navies, and bridges rivers, and lays the rail
road track, and forms every part of the 1o-
1 comotive. Wherever the steamer ploughs
the waves, Or the long canal bears the- na
tion's inland wealth; wherever wheat fields
wave, and mill wheels turn, there labor is
the conqueror and the king. The news
paper wherever il spreads its wins, bears
with it the impress of toiling hands. Should
not the laborer be well fed? Should he not
have the best wife and prettiest children in
the world't Should not the man who pro
duces all that we have to eat and drink and
wear be honored! To us there is more true
poetry about the laborer's life and lot than
any other man's under heaven. It matters
not in wha railing a man toils if he tails
manfully, honestly, efficiently and content
ed. The little tin pail should be a badgeot
nobility everywhere, and in the "good time,
.. -1 1 1 ' c .- r 11
coming, boys,'
it will be so. Springfield
Republican
A Lawyer with two Characters.
One cold evening of November, ten y ars
ago, a man wrapped in a large ctaak knock
ed at thn'doorof Mons. Dupin, one of the
most able advocates of Paris. lie entered,
ana drawing from under his cloak a large
package of documents, laid them on the ta
ble.
'Monsieur, said he, 'I am rich , but a law-
suit, which is commenced against me, may
ruin me utterly. At my age, a lost fortune
not to be re-made. The loss of this suit,
therefore, would condemn me to the most
frightful misery. I come to implore yuur
aid. Here are the papers which explain my
claims.'
r The advocate listened attentively, while
his Unknown visitor thus briefly explained
his business. Then opening ihe bundle a.' J
1 . . . ! . . 1 - : . 1. ;i " V
aocuraems, ue went inrougu lueui wnu iuc
searching rapidity ol his professional eye.
They were, at lastrlaid upon the table. .
"The Action which is commenced against
you for this property,' said he, .'is based up-
"toD justice and right, legal aud moral. The
property belongsvto your opponent, isui
fortunately, in spile of the admira1 le elabor
ation of our code, law and justice i'o not
always go tcgetlie ; and here, the law is on
your side. If, therefore, you rest the case
entirely on the law, and use ilhoul reserve
all its technicalities and quibbles, and if the
legul points in -youT " favor re all stated
clearly and ab'y to the court, you will in
evitably gain your cause.'
'No living man,' siid the stranger, 'can
do what you thus describe so ably as your
self Might 1 venture to hope that you
wonld reduce your legal opinion to writing,
and thus render me invulneraole!'
The advocate reflected for a minute or
two, and then tr-kicg up again the docu
ments, which, nt the first word ol the request
he had roughly pushed auay, he taid he
would do as the stranger wished. On the
morrow, at the same hour, the legal opinion
would be readv
The client was punctual. The paper was
presented o him, accompanied with a de
mand, very abruptly made lot a fee of three
thousand francs'
He stood mute with astonishment.
'You are at liberty to keep your money,'
said the layer, 'and I am at liberty to throw
my written opmiun into the fire.
Advancing toward the chimney, apparent
ly for the purpose, he was stopped by the
visitor.
'I will pay the sum,' said he, 'but I must
g'.ye you my written acceptance for it
' The money in gold,' said the advocate,
'or you shall not h .ve a line!'
The client stw that it was inevitable,nnd
taking his leave tor 11 moment, -relumed
soon with the coin. He paid it, but, in
revenge, after gaining his cause, he told the
story in every corner of Paris. The jour
nals got hold of it. It was soon as univer
sal as the name of the great lawyer hinuclf
Laments were made by the editors over the
grasping advantage thus taken of a client
in his extremity, and even Jfiieuds express
ed their regrets to him for this betrayal of
rvarice. But he simply shrugged his should
ers; and us everything is soon forgotten iu
Paris, il passed out ol the public mind.
I en years went by; aud a few days since
at a celebration of which the dignitaries of
the courts of law formed a part, the proces
sion was interrupted by a woman, who sud
denly sprang from the crowd and seized the
hand's of Mods Dupin, the Procurer Gen-
erul.
'It is he! it is he!' she exclaimed, as she
burst ii.to tears and covered his (hands with
kisses. 'This is my benelartor, my friend,
the angel by whose timely kindness I was
saved from ruin and spared to educate my
chi:dreu!'
'Poor woman!' said M. Dupin, she has
lost her reason.'
But no! she insisted on explaining to the
bystanders that there was reason in her
tears and gratitude. She stated it brokenly.
Ten years ago, after the death of her hus
bank.a claim was brought in by are lulive fur
the property upon which she relied to sup
port and educate her children. She resolv
ed to defend her possessions of that which
she knew to be her own, and had already
sold halt ncr liurniture to pay the com
mencement of the process, when one duy a
stranger called upou her. He abruptly
announced his business, tie told ber ihut
the suit, for which she was already into ex
pense, would be a losing ene, that the law
was sgainst her though justice was on her
Bide: that she had belter abandon it and
save what she still possessed. He then ml
ded, that, Iram having been employed on
the cae, he had boen able to rcsoue some
portion of what was wrongfully tuken from
her, and that it was contained Ji bag of
" ery different one whick liTwa.
gold, w hich he laid on the table, abruptly
tilting his leave and giving her astonished
senses no opportunity for thanks, or inquiry.
l?. : 1 ne tnree tnousana lrancs witn wtiicn
she' was thus enrched, enabled her to te
establi8h herself with her children, and to
commence timely support ot them. And
from that day she had been trying in rain to
discover who was her benefactor. But his
features were engraven on her heart, and,
hank God, she recognized and could thank
kitn bow! ...
- And so, after ten years of misapprecia
tipn, Mons. Dupin's 'grasping avarice' was
explained to his legal brethren and the pub
lifBS quite another thin:;! Like sone otli-
,t (people he had two characters one which
til? newspapers made him out to he, anc ac
Life all around us.
..jLife presses all around nwherever we
4.r-H;urtous, solemn, mysterious. We can
fiercely wouder at the Hindoo superstition
ii ui,,ch holds life sacred On every side, in
ghiious", rainbow 'alone can equal. We
hoar stf the one rreat Artificer in the per
1 . ' - . . . -
r (all things as well as in great, man f nds
l4ving record of eternal goodness as well
VI eternal wisdom of a sustaining provi
rence as well as a creating power. We
"ad It in atoms as well as in worlds, and
i ' less gloriously written. Every frng
l nt of the mighty whole bears the sam?
a llograph. TJie animalcule, to whom a
op of water is a shoreless sea, in its beau
tiful form, and exqisite coloring, and p. r
ffVl organization, attests as truly the aulhpn
t.fc impress as the mammoth forms of an
pearlier creation. The scum which floats on
every stagnant pool resolvesitself nto a
vegetation as perfect and gr.1ceft4r.a3 any
that clotliesour valleys or waves, upon our
h.lis. The very lonmbells which crest the
fcdraHug wave having their brief life in
death reflect such colors as mork all the
resources of art, and are such as God's own
taction ot every souud-in the so.t summer
breze as il rustles fitfully among the ripen
ing rorn,and in the wintry blast as it roars
tliruui'h ibe leafless wood, making' tude
harmony with desolation
n tne patter of
the falling rain; in the plash ot the moun
tain stream as it falls from ledge to ledge,
spreading as it fulls, in the trarge. tu
multuous uproar of the rising sea; or in the
tliunder whose mightypeal shakes even the
everlasting hills, and wakes up a thousand
echoes, as.it wanders, now here, now tbere,
sceking a place in which to die.
But if there is life and beauty all around
u-, it is a precarious life, a transient beauty.
Anout the g'ory there is not a defence.-
T 16 swelling bud, the falling leaf.thes'aift
iilr;, unquiet tide, clouds succeeding sun-
Sliine, and durlrtress cnasii fi light, are a
true comment on the fashion of this world,'
which, psieeth away. " Thegras.withereh;
the floer fadethr .for the earth is blielited
anScKirs. " De'aih'is the'pe'rpetuul haBd-
maid and servitor of life; life itself is but
suspended death. In the glorious chord of
universal harmony is one sorrowful note
outspeaking all the rest; in the great sym
phony is one-plaintive strain which cannot
be mistaken; and Nature's choral hymn is
her own requiem. The whole creation
groaneth and travaileth together in p&in.
There rises from it one long, loud wail of
anguish and despair; and the loudest of all
from man anguish that is only alleviated
by the prospect of another life, an undying
state new heavens,' and - a new earth,
wherein dwelleth righteousness.
The Beauty of Rocks.
And truly, at first sight, there is such re
fusal in their look, and their shattered walls
and crests seem to rise in a gloomy con
trast with the soft waves ol bank and wood
beneth, hit do I mean to press the mere
tact, that, as we look longer at them, other
lineV'oeconie perceptible, because it might
be thought no proof ol their beauty that tliey
needed lung attention in order to ve discov
ered? But I think this much at least is
desetving of our notice, as confirmatory of
foregoing conclusions. that the lorms which
in other things are produced by slow in
crease ot gradual abrasion of surface, are
here produced by rough fracture, when a
rouga Iracture is to be .he law ol tx stence.
A rase is rounded by its own soft ways af
growth, a reed is bowed intotender curva
ture by the pressure of the breeze; but we
could not from these have proved any re
solve preference by nature of curved lines'
to o'tyers, inasmuch as ;t might alvvayhave
been answered tliat the curves were pro
duced,' not for beauty's sake, but infallibly
by the laws of vegetable existence; and
looking at broken flints or ragged baoka
afterwards, we might have thought that we
omy liked the curved lines because associa
ted w th life aud organism, and disliked the
angular tines' becauso associited with iuar-
tion and disorder, i . .
Bui nature gives us in these mountains a
more clear d-'munsiration of her A'iil. She
is b'Tdriven tlflT make fracture tie law of
being. She cannot tuft the rocky edges
with moss, or round them b) water, or hide
them n itli leaves and roots. Sue is bound
to produce a form, admirable to human
beings, by continual breaking away ot snb
stunce. And behold so soon asshtt is com
pelled to do this she changes the law of
fracture itself. 'Growth,' she seems to say.
is not essential to my work, nor conceal
ment, nor softness; but curvature is, and if
I must produce my forms by breaking them,
the iracture itself shall bi? in jcurves. II, in-st-nd
of dew and sunshine, the'only instru
ments I am to use are the tightuiii aud
frost, then their forked tongues and crystal
wci.e stall still work 011: my las of ten
der line. Devastation, instead ol nurture,
may be ilreiatkof all my elemeiits,und sge
a'ter sga may oniy prolong the urenovuted
ruin;butt'ie appointments of typical beauty
which have been made overall creatures
shall no'k therefore be abandoned; and the
rocks ishall be ruled in their perpetual
perizhing," by the same ordinance 1 hut di
rect the bend iug of the reed and the blu.- h
ol the rose.' ifuiMn.
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A FACETIOUS OLD OESTLEMAJI. There is
an odd fellow named Ualpli Farnham, down
in New ir.nipsliire.wliu is one hundred and
one years ol-'. A strong eflort was mt-de
to induce him to bo present at the recer.t
Bunker Hill celebration, in Boston, ha hav
ing taken a part in the battle. He dsclined
going, un account of thj.-diatance.aiid when
his son, a lad of sixty or seventy year pro
rosed to accompany him, replied, "If he
went he didn't want to bothereil with the
cure ef chiljienl" He says he doesen't re
member ol ever being e'ii'.K, hut believu,
hi had a lever or somethiiig.cighty or nine
ty years ago!" ,
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The Patch on Mr. Marcy's
Breeches.
ffarper's Weekly relates the fulijaing
abecdote of 2'Ir. ilarcy:'."
While he was G'-veraor of this State, he
was vis-iting Newbnrgh 011 some public occa
sion, and with a parly of gentlemen, Whie
and Democrats, was at the Orange Hotel.
Good humor was prevailing, and one story
suggested another. The Goternor always
enjoyed a story', and could tell one with ex
cellent effect. A Whig lawyer was present,
and the Governor, recognized him, said:
Ah, yes; I'll tell you a good story of
Spooner. The other day l.e came up to
Albany ,on his way to the Whig convention
at Utica,nd, so he took it ir his way tc cail
on 1he to g t a plfrdon tor a convict at Sing-
Sing. I heard the case, examined the cocu
ments.and being satisfied that al! was right,
arrced to grant the request Spooner handed
me the paperto inder3 ,and I wrote: -Let
pardon be " granted. W. L. Slurry;' when
Spooner cried out, 'Hold, hold. Governor!
that's the wrong paper!' And sure enough,
it was a Whiff speech that he was going to
makeat ."i-a,abusing me the worst possible
way. Bui I had granted the p.trdort in ad
vance, and I suppose he committed the cf-lense-siteruard.'
9
The story was received with great ap
plause and Spooner; being looked to for a
response instantly went on with the follow
ing, which, for an extempore story,certain;y
is capital:
Al"es, gentlemen yes, I did. And when
the Convention was over we went to Niag
ara Fulls, ard as t were dragging on by
the 'stage over miserable corduroy. roads,
banging, our heads against the top of the
coach, and then coming down as it we were
to go through the bottom, the stage came to
a dead ha. I; the driver dismounted, opened
the door, and requested us all to descend.
We did so, supposing that some accident
had occurred. When we were all outstand
ing on the ends of the logs of which the
road was made, the driver took off his hat
and said: Gentiemen.we always stop here
out of respect lor the Governur, this is the
identical spot where Marcy tore his pantal
oons!' a
The story was heard with great jollifica
tion, which no one joined more heartily tiun
the Governor himse'l.
That pantaloon incident deserves to be
recorded in every historr erf this great man.
He was sent ou. to hold special sessions of
court tojtry the anti-Masonic parties charged
with murder. He was to receive a salary
and bis expenses. With that nice regard
for details that belonged 10 his sterling
character, he kept a minute ,-cci nnt of ail
his expenditures, and handed in the list on
his return, without thii king it beeessur or
proper to revise and strike out those items
of a private nature, which olher men lets
scrupulous in renl -ruaners, might have I
VTdi-eiuiiy BUpDirsBeo-.- I tifere stood the tail-"
or's charge for mending. The political foes
of the Judge, when he enme to be a candi
date - for Governor, found it, and paraded it
befpre the wi.rlj in the newspapers; and
making au effigy of Mr. Sl ircy, suspended
it' in 1 the streekB of Albany, wkh a great
patch on the pantaloons, and the - tailor's
charge on the top ot that.
But a.i observant people saw through the
patch and the charge into the heart of an
honest man, and in that very deed of his,
they recognized a frankness slid transpar
ency of character that commended h:in to
their warm approbatios. ' It is not probable
that the pantaloon charge Ios( for him a
single vote, while - it is doubtle-s true tht.t
made him multitudes of Iriendj. v He was
uever ashamed of it, and r.exer had reDson
to be.
Anecdote of Cromwel.
, An English merchant ship was captured
during a period of profouud peace with
France, ty a vessel o' thnt nation, and car
ried into Si. 5I tlo,where ahewss condemned.
auJ sold fur the bi-notjt of the cantors, upon
some frivo'ous ai'i g.-cuindless pft-t' nee.
The muster ot this merchaulmin, who hap
pened to Le an honest Quaker, immediately
his return to Eugland prcanteJ a peti
tion, complaining of this grievance, and
praying for redress.to the Protector fit coun
cil. On herii;gthe case,' Cromwell in
formed the. council he would take the affair
into hi own hands, antf ordered the master
attend him the next iiiortiing. , After a
sirict examination into the uaitjrulurs of the
case, hudinjr ths master to b a uiain, hon-
est man, 1,0 had been embarked in no ille
gal tn.ffief he asked hitn if hcVuu'd bo the
bearer of a letter to Paf-iS; Th niiii assen
ting, he dered him to prep.nro,f...r he jo'ir
nuy without delay, and -.va.t on. him the fol
lowing morning. O.i the next imirnin he
Vraeihe master a letti r:o Cardinal M.-iz o-ii'.
wult. directions! not to wait longer than
three days4for an ajiswer. This answer, ht
inloriiied him, was to be nothing less tha-r
the lull value ul what he might have nn le
his ship and cargo; desiring him to fell
the Cardinal that if it .is not paid in iliree
uuys, lie had strict orders to ivm. n home.
The honest Quaker appears . t have
tullowed the injunctions of the Prutec or to
the very letter, and, meeting willi the usual
shullhng evasions so common among diplo
matists, took his leave on the third day, and
returned without accomplishing tile obji ct t
his mission. 'Well, triend," demanded the
Proiector.'on seeing himlinva you obtji icd
your uiuuey!' B'-ing answered in the n g.i-
tive, he loid the Quaker to leave his aildte.-s
with his secretary, promising to let him I
hear from him shortly. Without involving
himself ii: the clel-js, trickeries, and eva-
sions ot dipl unatc neguciations without j
the empty parade of protocol "and conferen
ces, which too otten waste tine, without
leading to any satisfactory nviU'a - with- ut
even deigning to repeal his deuiund, or ex
plain the ground of his proceeding this
disliugiii-hed statesman issued orders to
teize. every French ship vl.uh Jiis rrnsiers
fell in with, atid brmj iHui into port. In
purstisnee ol lhes ordersever.il ruptures
were made, and their cargoes ordered by tin;
Protector to be sold. Out of the produce
these Kales lie paid the Quaker the In. I
value of the ship and enrgo; and, tending
lor the French ainbavsado't then residing in
London, he acquainted him with the steps
had taken, and the reason ot 1. is it.un
so, informing him at the sno-e
tim-j that '
thorn was a balance out jf the sales, wlih h
should be paid to him, V h; pUaj.!,l.ir the
purpose of returning i' to the French owners.
-foT'h
lr.
tn
do
fjryA transcendental preacher took for
his text, "Feed my Iiunbs.' A plain farui
ei quaintly remiu ked on him, on coming
irnl of the church, "A very g od text, sir,
lint you should take care not to put hay so
high iu the rack that'lambs can't reach it."
An Extraordinary Case in the Police
Court—Lady Arrested for
Obstructing the Sidewalks.
Oneoftrn mist extraordinary cases ever'
brought before a Ugil irilxan-il was witness
ed in the Police Court on- Sifirday. An of
ficer complained of 0 young M;d remarkably
handsom" l.idy lor obstructing the sid
walks of Washington street by loo great a
display of crinoline. As it is understood
that the lady is "lighly connected, we will
call her Mary Smiih, and not expose her
tru- name.
Before the complaint was read, Judge
Russel inquired as to the wherebouta of the
prisoner. The offi-er replied that the lady
was. waiting in.ihc entry; that himself and
two others hr.d endeavored to squeeze her
through the door ways, but they were too
narrow, and he wished the Judge's advice in
th premises.
The Judge said it was an extraordinary
case; the l.onstitutltui guarrantecd to everv
one an open trial, and he would not hold a
session in the entry even to please a .'adv.
Undpr t'-e circumstance?, he reccommended
that 3Iis Smith be removed from the entry
to tlte front door, and he thought that she
must spread considerable not to be able to
take her places 11 the prisoner's dock.
The experiment wHa tried and found to
answer admirah'y the door being some
twenty fee' wide, very little compressing
being needad and. with a fruwn of indig
nation upon her pretty brow, Jiiss Smith
found herself fsce to lace with the Judge,
and listened- to the comprint which was
read to her.
ThelfTicer testified that h-tlf a dozen
times- during the week he h;'-d born obliged
to step from the sidewa!k to enable the de
fendant to piss. Once' he came very near
b.-ing run over by passing carriage; and
he inqnired of th Jndge whether the City
Government would li'iv allowed a pension
to his idow ':n case e h:id ben Billed.
The Judge siid he would reserve his
opinion until some ihue ne.t week or: that
point. " m
The Court inquired if he had any further
tei-timony to offer.
The officer ssid that ha hid. Ha ha re
quested the pr'soner two or three 'times not
to stop on the sidewalk, as people were un-
ablo to pass without going into the street,
which at times yas inconvenient to ladies
wearing paper-soled shoes, owing .o the
oiitrageoiia manner iu which the thorough
fares were watered.
The Cotirt--in-rfmming up, said that the
evil was one of great magnitude, and should
be checked by vigorous measures. There
was no statue under which too great a dis
play of crinoline came but ho should take
the responsibility of inflicting a fine of 5
and costs, and he hoped that it would1 be a
warning.
The-fioews promptly prM, and Miss
Bavurrwas-nrsctirtigear TTcston IKra'd.
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The Artesian Well in the Desert.
A correspondent of the MoniUur del'Ar
tnfs a military Frei-ch journal, gives in in-
teiestir.g account of finding water in boring
an artesian well in the desert, by IVnch
engineers in Algr-m: The place was the
osistfSidi Riched. v. hieh had already be
come i. early burnt up from want of water,
and threatened entirely to disappear; and
the water was found and rose to the surface
on the 13ih of ilarcii, from the do:,th of
fifty-four metres, or about one hundred and
fifty-seven feet. As soon as the hard pan or
bed was pie-ced. ihe water instantly r.-se in
the pipes, pouring out a tlioiisandgiiloos u
minute, at a teifij erxture of twenty-four de
grees of Rsjoutner. The engineer pstim ited
!?iat as soon ns ft reached its level of ascen
sion fair!y,the qnuntify wet-iJ average about
twelve Hundred and fi ty gal'.ins p- r minute.
Think of a fountain springing up in a wast
ing desert, a pereiiui.il flow of twenty hogs
heads per minute! The f -untuin tunned is
described as trulv inr-snia-r-'nt.
At th? moment uf the wa'er's bursting
no Arab was prsi tit, but the news
quirk iv spread, and in a f. w minutes ihi
whole population of the vil'cgn rushed to
the spot, and threw tiicuo elves upon the
works with such frenzy 1h1tfo.ee w as nce
sary 10 remove them. Women an I children
lay du-n in the strenin.a-s if liiey ba l never
seen water befcre. The Sheik of Sidl.JIa
c'iedcngld net re?r??s bi-s cn.ojinjhenhrew
himself on h-s knees by the trough, and
wept for joy." The nr.- !av il.e inh itiiianis
ofthi? iieijhb-.irir!r Arab vill : jes came to
thank th?
ta"in,whii:
engineer and to bless tiie foan- i
in tho evenin-r there wa a dancf I
and a grand-making. a:id this festival was
kept no for six ili'vs. In the mesntime. the i
people w ent ;iiin:ediae! to work and con- j
strue'ed n sluice to ronvey thi vivi'jinj
stream to the portion ofihp ofsis w hich was
do.d for the? want of m istu e.
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Reopening of the Slave Trade.
The Charleston .V.rr.v-i,, after havini.'
vexed its br.-.in for a long I'lae te ft :d soniS
wav to reopen tiie African Slave Trade, at
last, at the death as- it were, hits upon tbc
subioined scheme. Fit fear sot::'? o' o :r
readers nii lit hive forgotten, we must te
them that the Mt-reurt is a National Deni- I
.wratie paper, npposed to all fanaticism: j
"The .aws ol t onrcss, carrying out the
power "liven to Oongres by
the Constitu-
lion, uobibiis li
makes I li:tt trm!.- r
fric:tii iS'np.-' Trade. met
rney. Iti't if importing
negroes as rtntjrurt from Alnra is not te
,vor; t'aile. then the Invs of Coner.-s-s uo
not apply to it. We Mippnse rr. grants
ui lr;ci tiny jest as legitimately be
brought Into tl.e lT;i ted States asei.:i'r,ir.!s
Ir.'toi G.Tinany of IrC atid: Ni-r will' the
.ir.-iilii-tiiio-e of 'in r. eineiit bein itj.h'
for eiitpli;vnient cm! withes at ail atie t ihe
legality of the importation. Hundreds.
tliotts.Hnt'. are heiug iu.norit'.l daily irotn
Kuroper iili'ti r ny: m. r.ts with the nouiti
fjiciitivrs o: ai wMfii ul, t rnrrv on tnoir
lactones' It th" g t riMii.'iit M'the United
States hbaU, tberetore, determine thsl the
inipo-.tat on t negroes-ir .m tne .:r.can j
const, t.v Mi: lan.i an-.i r rm-e. as enfjrani
into the est InuiM Is.nn.is, is II t tr-.o
rtran Sieve I rane, then tiie wtio.e tr.ule ol j
ri !: n nr:m troiu AlVira is als.i open j
the Southern Sti-tes. Viint becomes of
rtr-' s ",1Br v "ri 1 ""' "
State will be an affiir of t!u State Tt.c
General G vemm nt c m b iv 11 t'lin j to
'.villi it. The enforcement of any con
tract for wages will bt?' entirely within lbs
jurisdiction ol the courts of the States.
And if public opinion, or the real understand
ing of the emigrants tttiMiflie practical:
that the'J shall I slaves, thtre it nn rr.lr . t by
anj other authority than thai of the St iUs 1,1
which the arc located "
who
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ling
keep
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net-work.,
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Jrv
whit
gain,
rich.
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and
Upon this proposition the New York
Post very appropriately remarks:
The atrocity of Jjjis proposal, so publicly
ad-.ocated by the Mercury, betrays degree
of moral insensibility which it will be hard
to parallel in tire history of A mericaor jour
nalism. '
The Bible.
If God should restore me again to health,
I have determined to study nothing but the
Iib'e. Literature is inimical to spirituality,
if it be not kept under with a firm hand. A
man ought tm call in from every . quarter
whatever may astist bim to understand, ex
plain, and illustrate the Bible; but there, ia
its light and life, is all that is good for man
ail important truth is there, and I feel
no comfort enters sick curtains from
any other quarter. ' Jly state ia an admoni
tion to young men. I have been too much
occupied in pcepakisc to tiTE,and too
little in living. I have read too much from
curiosity, and for mental gratification I waa
liteb art, when I should hava been aenvs.
We trifle too much. Let us do something'
for God. The man of God ia a man of feel' -ing
and activitf. I feel, and would urge
with all possible strength on others,-that
Jesus Christ is our all aud it Cecil.
A rRECtois ToDiB.; Some time during
the last year, a voung sprig of the law wast
admitted to the Suffolk Bar. His father' a
prudent old codger, gavehim a hundred dol
lars to pcFcause-a library -of fcooks,and told
him that was all be could do for bun at that
time, bet by industry, prudence.and immedi
ate enforcement of payment of all sums that
might be his, be had no doubt that he would
get along, A few days after, the old -mart
dropped into John's office,and borrowed fif
teen dollars ef the motiey he had given bim,
promising to pay it by twelve o'clock thw
next day. "All right, dad,!' said John, "givu
me your memorandum." The nevt day at
twelve, pa did not appearand John, immedi
ately served a writ upn him .and put a keep
er ia his house, just as the old man waj sit
ting down, to dinner. That is what we call
instance of sharp practice. -
The World's osxt Mope. If a refor
mation is to take place on earth, aa l' the
world to experience a golden age Christi
anity alone can produce it. For, tell ma'.
what is wanting to'make the world a king-4 .
uom 01 ueaveii.ii nidi leiuier, or ji jana.anu
.ft ;r.t ...! r ,
!f.rPTMrvnfT !nr v-hirli 1110 im Tstia nr-1. -
tiec'afid recommend, were -paramount ia .
every human heart? But the" whole of re- :
ligicn consists u. this, that Christ be form
ed in every individual. Think what ii would .-
if every one exhibited a living miror of "
" -
"the fairest of the sons of mennd loved .
God and the brethren like hitn! f3h, really,
loftiest and most glorious idea of human
society would then be realized. Be con
vinced, therefore, that you are invited and
allured by Jesus, not merely to be happy in
heaven,' but that the earth nay be again
transformed into a parrdise: (or you see in
John's case, that he who casts himseipby
living faith on Jesus' breast, soon imbibes
from them-9 His love. Krummicher.
A Safe SIas to I j sure By a steam
boat explosion on a Western riter.a passen
ger was thrown unhur into, the water, and
one j struck out lustily ibr the shore,
blowing like a porpoise all tha while. He
reached the bank-almost exhausted, and was
caught by a by-stander and drawn out par-
VtL nlil follow ' B;ii:l hi -tViDnd
'had d hnrirttine.eh! 'Yi-yes. pre-pretty
hard, considering Wasn't" dcin' it for my
though; was a workin' tor one o' them"
insurance offices ia New York. Got a pol
icy on my life, and I wauted to save them,
didn't care.'
Never enter a sick rocm in a state of -perspiration,
as the moment you become
your pores absorb. Da not approach
:g'r.!t!s diseases witn attempt stomach,
sit between thdMttk and the fire, be
cause the heat attracts tiie vapsr. '
SlTRfACE OF TAi StX. Tj3 SurfaCi' of "
sea is estimated at 150 millions of
square miles.taking the whole surface of tiie
globe bt 19"' millions, and its greatestjdepth
supposed to be equal to that of the hih-e.-.
mountains, or tour miles; but La Piace
ks tha' the tit'ti demand an"" average
depth of three miles, therefore the sea con
450 mi!Hona.of cubic miles'ofr the 253-
millions in the whole globe. The Pa
cific Ocean coveis 78 millions . of square
miles; the Atlantic, 2 mi I ons; the Ia :isn .
n 11 millions; the Salhern Ocean, ta ,
degrees, is 25 millsons; the Northern
Ocean. 5 mill:ons; the Mediterreaean.t mil
the Ehcfc Sea, ITO.OOO; the Baltic,
000; the North Soa, 160,009.
A LARCE'OPnSISG' FOR A LfTTLElXl'KOVS-
Tne foowing letter waa handed Vj
for publication. . It is very "unique," ad
for itself: .
Zanesvill Muskingum County
Ohio May the 22rd 1857
I h-ive been informed that there is a gocd
opening in your town for a Lawyor will you-
kind enough t-j iaforai nie whether such
the Sect or not I have a family ol four
ull i-eti am thirty seven years o d and an
line Democrat pretty sharp a good spoak
an o'd school Proayierian and hop a
Christian pour man yju have it all in the
aiiove answer ass soon as received and ob
lige you.s
JA. P
aitorny at law
:he Clerk of the Court of Pitildiri'gs
i.'oiiiity Oliio." '
"A lawyer." "on old line Democrat"
is '-a go;-d speaker" atd "pretty sha-p
wants nn p-iin'! Bro. Phillip, what car
do far h'm! Pautuixit Ea j!e.
(t-liinih teaches book-keeping in three
ords "Never lend them."'
fire t,,lt fcwe,
nasm-.t re-
turned.
(tir. French writer is represneted as cal
dyspepsia the remorse of a gu liy fto
mali."' OrPunch says "a secret warranted- to
i:i t.ny climate is a woman's aje."
Horrid Punch!
fjCT The eyes of your beloved, after she
been crying," Puuch calls "ornamenal
Oi' OneTl Walker's mcu,who had a Cos
ta Kicau bayoitdt al his breast, refused to -ak
i t nvircy because Ancricans cnt take
anisii quarters nine. 4'. '
G"A company of ladies, the other day,
discusstd 'he following question: "What is
treill ,;, 4f n,.,,!", Ul e of them con
j, with success, that it
was to pay
- . - oods bills'
Tkvih tinrt.T Ex!'at It is not
people eat, but what they digot, tnat
u.kkes them sTrom.. It set wlut tbv
bet what th'y save, that unii1 lh-m
Iti-- ""I hat they re ad, but Vhat
remember, that makes th'?m learned.
is not what they profess, but what they
practice, that makes them righteous. These
very plain and important truth, too little
hoeded by ghittons,spendthrifU,bookwormj,
hypocrite.