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'Volume XVI.--Number 13.
G ALL IP OL IS, OHIO, FEBRUARY 27, 1851.
Whole Number 703.
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For the Gallipolis Journal.
For the Gallipolis Journal. To My Friend.
; When sunsets o'er the western bills,
With glance so bright and free,
'That tints the softly sparkling rills,
5 Oh then I think of thee.
When her rays steal down from her
..' - home above
To sleep on each lofty tree,
And earth sems full of heartfelt love,
xes, tnen l tainn ot wee.
. . . .
It speaks to me each wild sweet song,
In tones so soft and clear, '
.That life so sad and weary long,
Seems once so bright and char.
"Ah, yes, tis sweet when the balmy eve
Steals on o'er vale and lea,
-The thoughts of care sometimes to leave,
: -And think, dear friend, of thee.
IRENE.
EWINGTON, Feb. 19th, 1851.
Baron Rothschild, the Paris
correspondent of the Courrier des
Etats Unis, contains the following J
anecdote of Baron Rothschild:
"The splendid JNew lears fetes
which were to have been celebrated I
at the Hotel Rothschild have been
out aside, on account of a familr
- .... -
sorrow, a very young child, a grand
con of Baron Rothschild having re
cently died, ine Baron was so
. . . . . . . i
much affected by this affliction, that
he gave up the care oi his attairs and
neglected nis vasi enterprises.
. "A few days since a friend came
to offer him his condolence; the liar-
on recalled with a melancholy ten-
derness the winning ways of the poor ond
- v . -.-". I
littla child. Thev hrought h m nto
me every morning,' said ne, nere in
my cabinet, and I think I see him
now, on my table overturning my
papers..
' At this period an agent from the
Exchange came in. . It was the hour
when he came to take the order of
the prince of finance, and render entb
"him an account of the movement in I
the funds, and the aspect affairs had
day
dav
day
taken on the Bourse since the day
before. Interrupted in his over
flowings of his memories and regrets,
"M. de Rothschild fell into a melan
choly reverie.while the agent launch
ed bravely into the subject or his
habitual visit, and continued with
the most minute detail, his expose of
the state of financial matters, with
out being disconcerted by the si
lence of his auditor, which he attrib
uted to continued and deep calcula-
After having finished his re
port on the state of all the stocks
negotiated on 'Change, the agent added:-;
O : i
.-."A new advance in the public
funds Is expected, do you believe in
it, M. le Baronr
M. de Rothschild, aroused from his
reverie, raised his head, and replied
with an accent full of sadness and
gravity; '. :' .. '
j . sirl I believe only in God."
y Baron Smith spent two whole days
.and nights in considering an answer
.to the conundrum, r , ;
" Why is, an egg undone Tike an
gg overdone!".
r He would suffer no one to tell him,
and at last . hit on a solution, be--causo
both are hardly done.
day
teenth
fourth
fifth
sixth
.la
'GBintiSw A Scotch
tnar tails us of a pensive urchin,
who said to his instructress "Aunty,
"what comes o' a' the! auld moousf
"Peed, laddie,l'm no very sure," was
ho ttrdy reply; 'Hhey'll maybe clip
tben doonjd mak' stars p' them.
-
" TiFPXSIlZ9 SEISrBIUTT A cli-
flt once rburit into a flood of fears,
after be had heard tha statement of
his fasa ' by counsel, exclaiming, "1
'did not think 1 suffered- half 0, much
till-1 heard it this day.w: ": ; ' '
of
day
sixth
EWINGTON, Feb. 19th, 1851. LAWS OF OHIO.
AN ACT
fixing the time at holding the Suprena Court
Ssc. 1 . Be it enacted It the General
Assembly of the State of Ohio,' That
the Supreme Court shall be bolden in
the several counties in the State, as fol
lows, to-wit:
In the county of Hamilton, on the
tenth day of March;
In the county of Clermont, on the
nineteenth day of April;
In the county of Brown, on the twen
ty-fourth day of April;
In the county or Adams, on the twen
ty-eighth day of April;
In the county of Highland, on the
thirtieth day of April;
-In the county, of Fayette, on the
second day of May;
In the county of Madison, on the fifth
day of Mar;
In the county of Clark, on the seventh
day of May;
In the county of Greene, on the ninth
day of May;
In the county of Clinton, on the
twelfth c"ay of May;
In the county of Warren, on the
fourteenth day of May;
In the county of Butler, on the seven
teenth day of May;
In the county ot Montgomery, on the
twenty-first day of May;
Ih the county ot Preble, on the twen
ty-sixth day of May;
In the county ot Liarke, on the twen
ty-eighth day of May;
In the county of Miami, on the twen
ty-ninth day of May;
In the county of Shelby, on the thirty-
nrst day ot Mar;
la the county of Mercer, on the se
cond day of June;
In the county of Auglaize, on the
fourth day of June;
In the county of Allen, on the fifth
day of June;
In the county of Hardin, on the
seventh day of June;
In the county of Logan, on the ninth
day of June;
In the county of Champaign, on the
ot
eighteenth day of June;
In the county of Crawford, on the
twentieth day of June;
In the county of Wyandot, on the
twenty-first day of June;
In the county or beneca, on the
twenty-third day of June;
In the county of Hancock, on the
twenty -sixth day of June;
In the county of Putnam, on the
day June;
In the county of Union, on the four
teenth day of June;
In tne county of Delaware, on the
sixteenth day of June;
In the county of Marion, on the
j 11 Li in tuuu t ui i un
twent 5 hlh day of Jane.
rn h mntv f Vn Wart. n h
thirtieth day of June;
In the county of Paulding, on the
eighth dav ef July;
In the county of Defiance, on the sec-
day of July;
.1 . P Tlt.11 .1
in me county oi imams, on me
lounu uaj oi wy,
fifth
day of July;
In the county of
twelfth day of July;
In the county of Fulton, on the
of July;
In the county of Henry, on the seventh
of July,
In the county of Lucas, on the eighth
ol July;
In the county of Wood, on the eleV'
Ottawa, on the
the
In the county of Sandusky, on
fourteenth day of July;
In the county of brie, on the sixteenth
of July;
In the county or Huron, on tne nine
dav of July;
In the county of Lorain, on the
twenty third day of July;
In the county of Cuyahoga, on the
twenty sixth day of July;
In the county of Geauga, on the
thirtieth day of July;
In the county of Lake, on the thirty
first day of July;
In the county of Ashtabula, on the
day of August;
In the county of Trumbull, on the
seventh day of August; .
In the county of Mahoning, on the
fourteenth day of August;
In the county of Portage, on the
twentieth day of August; .
In the county of Summit, on the
twenty-second day of August;
In the county of Medina, on the
twenty-seventh day of August;
In the county of Wayne, on the
twenty-eighth day of August;
In the county ot Ashland, on the
day of September;
In the county of Richland, on the
day of September;
the county of Morrow, on the
eleventh day of September;
In the county of Knox, on the six
teenth day of September;
in ine county of Licking, on the
nineteenth day of September;
In the county of Coshocton, on the
twenty-third day of September;
In the county of Holmes, on the
twenty-fifth day of September;
In the oounty of Tuscarawas, on the
twenty-ninth day of September, .
In the county of Stark, on the first day
October;
In-th county of Carroll, on the fourth
of October; r , ,,....
In the county of -Columbiana, on the
day of October;
In the county of Jefferson, on' the
eleventh day of .October; ,
In the county of Harrison, on the
fifteenth day. of October;
In the county ot Belmont, on the
sixteenth day of October; .
In the county of Monroe, on the
twentieth day of October;
la tne county of Guernsey, on the
twenty-second day of October;
In the county of Muskingum, on the
twenty-third day of October:
In the county of Morgan, on the
twenty-seventh day of October;
in the county of Washington, on the
twenty-ninth day of October;
in the county of Meigs, on the thirty-
first day of October;
la the county of Gallia, on the third
day of November; .
in iuq uuuuiy vi uawreugci vu
fifth day of November;
- - .
In thnnnuntvnfKpmln. on thfi seventh
dav nf Nnvfimhflrt
In the county of Pike, on the tenth
day of November;
In 1h rnnntv nr JackBon. on
J
In the county of Vinton, on the
twelfth day of Novemben . . .
In the co. of Athens, on the thirteenth I
c T .
ay ot ovemoer;.
In the co. of Hocking, on the fifteenth
r vmk,.
In the co. of Perry, on the seventeenth
day of November;
In the co. of Fairfield, on
teenth day of November;
In the co. of Ross, on the twenty-sec
ond day of November;
In the co. of Pickaway, on the twenty
fifth day of November;
In the co, of Franklin, on the twenty-
seventh day of November;
the nine,
And the Court in Bank, on the first day
SrShould anv dav named here-
Sec. 2. Should any day named here
in, for holding any supreme court, tail
upon Sunday, the said court shall
commence, and be hoi den, upon the
next day.
JOHN F. MORSE
Speaker the House of Rep.
CHARLES C. CONVERS,
Speaker of the Senate.
January 30, 1851.
AN ACT
To
fix the time foi holding enurtt in the
eleventh judicial circuit, for 1851.
Sec. I. Be it enacted by the Gen
eral Assembly of the State of Ohio,
That the court of common pleas for
the eleventh judicial circuit, shall
hereafter be held in the several coun
ties thereof, at the times following,
to wit;
Sec. 2. In the county of Holmes,
on the 3rd Monday of January, the
3rd Monday in April, and the first
Monday in September; In the coun
ty of Ashland, on the 2nd Monday
of February, the 1st Monday in May,
and the 3d Monday of September
n the county of Medina, on the 1st
Monday of March, the 3d Monday
in May, and the 1st Monday in Uc
tober; In the county of Wavne, on
the 3d Monday of March, the 1st
Monday of June, and the 4th Mon
day ol Uctober.
oec. i. 1 hat it the court in any
county shall not have finished its
business before the time prescribed
for holding the court in any other
county of said circuit, the court may
continue its terms, for the purpose of
transacting probate and testamentary
business, granting letters of guardian
ship, finishing the trial of any cases
that shall have been commenced,
1
on
ty
in
on
and for the return of process.
Sec. 4. Ail laws and parts of laws
inconsistent with the provisions of
this act, be and the same are hereby
repealed.
JOHN F. MORSE
Speaker the House of Rep.
CHARLES C. CONVERS,
Speaker of the Senate.
January 9, 1851.
AN ACT
Prescribing times of holding courts of common
b
pleas in the fourth judicial circuit.
Sec 1. Be it enacted by the Gen
eral Assembly of the State of Ohio,
That the court of common pleas in
the fourth judicial circuit, shall here
after be hclden in the several coun
ties therein, at the respective times
in each year hereinafter prescribed,
to-wit:
In the county of Perry, on the
eighteenth day of March, on the
seventeenth day of June, and on the
sixteenth day of September; in the
county of Muskingum, on the first
day of April, on the first day of July',
and on the thirtieth day of Septem
ber; in the county of Licking, on
the twenty-ninth day of April, on
the twenty-ninth day of July, and
on tne twenty-eigniu day oi ucto
ber.
Sec 2. All laws and parts of laws
inconsistent with the provisions of
this acf , are hereby repealed.
are
of
at
the
to
and
it
her
of
The
JOHN F. MORSE
Speaker the House of Rep.
CHARLES C. CONVERS,
Speaker of the Senate.
January 2, 1831.
AN ACT
Fixing the times of holding ' courts of common
pieasinin thirteenth juriieial circuit
Sec 1. Be it enacted by the Gen
eral Assembly of the State of Ohio,
and
"hat
the courts of common pleas
shall hereafter be held la the several
I counties composing the . thirteenth
judicial circuit, as follows: In the
county of Erie, on the first Monday
I in February, the second Monday in
May, and the fourth Monday fa Sep
tember; in the county of Huron, on
the fourth Monday of February, the
nrst Monday in June, ana tne sec-
ond Monday in October; in the coun
ty of Sandusky, on the second Mon-
day of March, the third Monday in
JUna. and th fourth Monday in fV.
Jtober: in the county of Wood, on
.l. iU. . ... ir,,i, ...
I , ,lr1. ,,,. . inm mnA thM -
"10lir j kt t l .
iuunuay ovemoei, in ine county
ll MMih. !. ll
"ul-3i " i'"uiy auer
third Monday in March, the first
r "uay alter tne lourtn Monday m
June, and the first Friday after the
thAlhrst Mnndav in IVnvpmher? in tha
Hf
I UUlI.lUUUIUIillUU-
dav in Mav. and tha third Mondav
in Septemben Provided, that in case
,v, r . : r i .
...v i VB vut. U lULltu .iu w- ucgu
:9suflj in
nT" " , 0i. . ' Y
x ouruaiy icrm, ioji, ana maae re-
ou-v. ulun,Ul,J "iau me
day named in this act, for the com-
tnencement of said February term,
said writs are hereby made reiurna-
. . - I
ble on said last mentioned day; and
all executions and nr.lr of saU J
turnable thereto, may be executed
and returned at any time withia fif.
teen days after the commencement
nt -;,! r.kr.,....i..m ic;i
such executIon Jnd rel'urn h; be
as valid 1" law, as if made on or be-
lore the firsj day ol the term.
Sec.2. That all acts heretofore
passed, iuconsistent with this act. be.year'
and the sane are hereby repealed.
JOHN F. MORSE
Speaker the House of Rep.
CHARLES C. CONVERS,
Speaker of the Senate.
January 10, 1851.
AN ACT
Prescribing the time of holding the court of
common pi em ia the eighteenth judicial cir.
cuit.
Be it enacted by the Gen
eral Assembly of the State of Ohio,
hat the court of common pleas in
the eignteenlh judicial circuit, shall
hereafter be held at the several times
herein prescribed: In the county of j
vvuuams on the first Tuesday ml
nr. u i .L j t j" - I.
xuaicii, buu ino seconu i uesaay in
September; In the county of Defiance
me second luesday in Marcn, is
the second Tuesday in June, and
ineimrd luesdayin September; in
the couniy of Pauldmg on the third
uCuajr iu luuitii, aim wo in si
xuwuav in ocpirmucrj iu mo tuuii-
ot van Wert on the fourth lues-
in March, and the first Tuesday
October; In the county of Putnam
the first luesday In. April, the
third Tuesday in June, and the third
Tuesday in October; In the county
Henry on the third Tuesday in
April, and the first Monday in No- he
vember,
JOHN F. MORSE
Speaker the House of Rep.
CHARLES C. CONVERS,
Speaker of the Senate.
January 10, 1851.
AN ACT
To attach the county of Fulton to the eigb-""""nee
temth fudieiai circuit.
Sec 1. Be U enacted by the (xen- and
eral Assembly of the Stale of Ohio,
That the county of Fulton, now in the
thirteenth judicial circuit, shall
herealter be attached to and form
of the eighteenth. judicial cir
Sec. 2. That so much of the fixth
and
of the act passed February now
laou, as attaches the couniy oi
ulton to the thirteenth judicial cir
is repealed
JOHN MORSE
Speaker the House of Rep.
CHARLES C. CONVERS,
Speaker of the Senate.
January 10, 1851.
I hereby certifv that the foregoing
correct copies from a certified copy
Grey
is a
the original roll, on file in the Sec-
retary of State's Office.
J. W. PARKER, Auditor.
trio
heard of a man, who, being ffia,
ten
a wedding, was asked to drink
bride's health in a glass of wine,
which was offered him. He refused
partake of the intoxicating liquid;
said when he drank her health,
would be in that which resembled
more in purity, and be knew
nothing better than water.
He then drank her health in a glass
God's beverage sparkling Water!
ladies assembled on the occasion
immediately stepped forward, and,
a respectful courtesy, thank
him for the beautiful compliment
had paid the fair bride, when it
resolved that all intoxicating
should be banished from, the
Time
will
These
C.
Grey
O.
to
in
The New Orleans Price Current
estimates the crop of cotton at two
a half millions of bales. '
false
firm
that
J. W. PARKER, Auditor. Ohio Statistics.
I From
the Auditor's report for 1850,
we glean the following aggregates of in
teresting statistics:
I otal acres of land, 2,398,350
value ot lands. S?fls.75I.10S
Value of towns, : '71,637,735
rersonai property, moneys
and credits. 98.437 mm
Val. of taxable property. 439.97fi.3GO
fetate tax on property .1,413,830
lax on lawyers and pny-
slcians, . l..?n?i
Co. school and towns'p taxes, 1,692,164
i , '
mo. ol Horses 513,625, val.,
I rT f 1 a 1 r-yx 1
uio.oi muies r.iou, val..
do. cattle 1,103,81 1, val.,
aQ- sneepa,uiz,7U7, vai.,
ao- S9 1,672,178, val
I otal value.
iJe.MUre carnage
nr."!'
" "'t-iies,
V A Ilia
; 'B.no8
Value.
niercnaiits" stocK,
Road tax,
School house and other spe'
cial taxes,
Total taxes,
S34.432.189
. 63,149
2,763,782
65,084
. 910,038
: ,368
318,684
15,510,871
' 4,478,089
33,192,076
Manufacturers' stock,
-"oneys and credits,
lotal amount of personal
... .1 1
property on trie duplicate, a.487,50J
ine state holds stocks in turn-
Pike companies to the amount of $1,
JOa0J on wmcn lno aivmena paid
Vrld'
The State has stock in the Pnnn.
sylvania and Ohio Canal and in the
4U ",a " ju,uw, ana re-
ceived a dividenj of $11,554 last
The State has stock to the amount
of $566,4S3, on which has been re
ceived a dividend $13,003 in script
the little Miami railroad, and $10,
500 in the bonds of the Mad River
Railroad Company.
there were in the State 796,199
youths in 1849, for education of
whom the State paid $295,050 SI.
203,728
754,684
4,227,708
19,142,789
85,628 1
11,315,560
1,984,983
rtrt AAA I
i,dU5,uza I
--..w.
BANKS.
There are independent
banks
Capital
Branches of State bank
Capital
Old banks
II
8757.790 00
41
4,720.093 75
6
2,011,266 00
Capital
Th total fcnnVin r,r .n th
. . - -
hanks is 7.483.109 75. Th State fa
paid by the banks during the last year
C57,r.'uoi. uin. (Jax
Romance in Real Life. Some
two or three years since, a man by
the name ol Lawrence, becoming
ratner embarrassed in business at the
East, left his wile and children be
day tween two days, and has since been
employed as a stage-driver on the
Fox river line. Being rather good
looking and of n!iasinT address, he
became acquainted with a highly res
of pectable family in the town where
was stationed, and by forgery,
lies, and misrepresentation, finally
became one of the family, by the
marriaee of himself with a c'irl of
about 17 years,
It appears that he had forged, and
to dispose of a check of 7,000,
IhA Wiafnnem lVfnrinA anrt- Ttira
" . . .ww.w... ........ A.fW
.
Company, also, a note lor
against a person in the town:
several others against the Dromi
nent men of the town and alon;:
river.
I
it
to
and
to
you
a
Having disposed of one of the
notes, he was immediately arrested,
is now safely lodged in the Kane
county jail. It has since become
known that he has three other wives
living in different parts of the
United Stales. Chicago Adv.
time
last,
of
the
ed
at
Spoktino Intelligence Extraor
We learn, says the Mo
Register of yesterday, that two
the greatest match races ever
of in the Southern country,
been made on Mr. R. Cotril's
Eagle. One of the matches
race of ten miles out against the
celebrated racer Lady Mar, for ten
thousand dollar?; the other match is
Time, in which, enter Ea-
ts nor farm I ha rf ranrHlnarv
r nn(, hundred mile in
hours. This is the first time
South, that such a match against
has been made, and its result
be regarded by the whole spor
ting world with considerable interest.
great matches were made by
S. Ellis of New Orleans, where
Eagle is in all his glory.' iV.
Picayune of the 5th inst.
At Rochester, N. Y., a young clerk
embezzled $600, was .detected, and
therefore discarded by one of the
fairest and wealthiest girls in the city,
whom he was about to have been
married. ' . ." ','" .' . '
She'don P. Church has been mulcted
$6,000 damages at New York for
having published, as a mercantile spy,
statements of the condition of the
of Taylor, Hall and Mordock ofi
city, , .
one
bay,
and
to
some
they
and
the
port.
were
that
and
been
were
after
inn
board.
ken
and
his
BANKS. Method of Making a Newspaper Popular.
A few years before the comment
snt of the Columbian Ceutinel in
ment
RnalAn If. V .. II .. ...
-"A", iiussoii, us eauor an
puonsner, ending that the profits
arising therefrom, were not sufficient
to defray his expenses, anolied
Mr. Barrel!, one of the most popular
merchants ol his time, for advice as
to the best course he could oursue
in ine very unpleasant dilemma
which he was placed. Ha informed
Mr. Barrell of the particulars of his
"on 1113 njuai plain, honest
maimer, saying mat . nis expenses
wo so mucn on tne increase, and
ni profits were so small, that he
thought he should be obliged to give
up his paper, and seek his fnrtnn
elsewhere. Mr. Barrell immediate-
y remarked that hit rase nra not mn
. ' " -w
desperate as ha l-nininl ;n i.
D". VO
ana recommended him to lash some
of the most popular characters of the
day in the most severe terms In his
columns, which course ha lelt sure
would not only bring his psper into
more notice than it then was, but
would ereatly add to his subscrip
tion list, and increase the patronage
ofhis advertisers. Mr. Russell re
plied that such a course would be
repugnant to his (eelings, but as he
had always considered Mr. Barrell
as a warm friend, and a man of supe
rior judgment, he would take his ad-
vice into serious consideration. On
the morning of the next publication
of theCentinel, when Mr. Barrell
went into State street, he observed
almost every one with eyes and
mouths wiJe open, as if he was a
monster in human shape; and he
could not solve the mystery Of thei
looks until a gentleman asked him
why Mr. Russell had lashed him so
unmercifully in his paper of that
day? Mr. Barrell at once stepped
nto an .Insurance office read the
paper and as he progressed in the
article about himself, he waxed
w.nrmpr unst tvnrmAr fill a lan.tU
...... .111 U . ICIlgkll,
high dudgeon, he found his way to
me centinel oLlice, when he deman
ded of the editor in round set terms,
why he had treated him so Infamous
ly. Mr. Russell replied, that as Mr
Larrell appeared agitated, he had
better be seated until he became cool
and collected, and then he would
satisfy him to his heart's content,
Alter looking to the affairs of the
office, Mr. Russell appeared before
.Mr. Uarrell with a low bow, and of
fered the following explanation, "Sir,
you well know that 1 have ever es
teemed vou to be mv most valued
friend, and in whose cood iudizment
have placed the most Implicit con-
hdence for in my utmost need, I
applied to you for advice, which you
cheerfully gave to me. At that time,
is true, that the course which you
marked out for me, was. repugnant
my feelings, but after mature de
liberation, 'I was satisfied it would
have the desired effect, and deter
mined to pursue it. Then I had to
select a subject, andnller looking
around among our townsmen, 1
could not find one whose unexcep
tionable character, exalted standing,
extensive usefulness was equal
your own. I therefore selected
as the first object of attack. If
man cannot take a liberty with a
friend, with whom can he."
boa
bed
in
and
than
Kidnappino a Qiteen. Some
in the month of July or August
the American schooner Jupiter,
Captain bnow, arrived at the Island
Dominique, (one of the group of
.Marquesas Islands) and remain
there for several weeks. While
the Island of Dominique, the cap
and mate induced five females,
of whom was the queen of the
and only fourteen years of age,
the others the daughters of chiels,
go on board of the schooner, by
false pretence, and soon after
were on board, got under-way,
forcibly, and against the will of
femaies, brought them to this
Uuring the voyage , the le
males were treated with great cruel
ty, and, after their arrival here, they
treated still worse, so much so,
all of them jumped overboard,
endeavoring to escape. Having
saved from drowning, they
again taken on board, end soon
the schooner sailed for Stock-
ctill rptninincr tha females on
- ... ure
The captives were afterwards ta-!or
to San r rancisco, by Lou Hays,
upon being taken before the jus
tices of the Supreme Court, were or
dered to go free. Capt. Snow and
mate, Coleman, were also arres
ted, and after an examination, com
mitted for trial, lor false imprison
ment of the women on board his ves
sel, in the Bay. Bail was fixed at
Alia California.
is
ance
the
gold,
too
in
it is
A
an
ness.
A
while
who
the
brute
"Have you ever broken a horse? '
inquired a horse jockey. "No, not
exactly," replied Simon, "but I hare
three or four wagons.
A
by
tally
KH F,lST A P19T Fatal Don.
B , "T8- " ths year4S20,
a duel was fought ia'BelIeviI!e St.
Clair county, between Alphonso
Stewart' and Wm. Bennet. The
seconds had made Ir up to be a sham
duel; Stewart, one 'of i the parties,
was supposed to be in the secret;
but Bennett, bis adversary, believed
'L Xn re0,it)'' : I' U supposed
that Bennet somewhat suspected ' a
trick, and after receiving
from his second, rolled a hall in if
At the word fire, Stewart fell mor
tally wounded. - Benuett was indic
ted, tried, and convicted for mm-rUr
A great effort was made to procure
him a pardon; but Governor R,m
would yield to no entreaties, and
Bennett suffered the extreme nennltv
of the law, by hanging, in the pre
sence ol a great multitude of. Deo.
pie. ; : . r
This was the 'first and the last
duel, which has ever been fought In
me state, by any of its citizens.-
rhe hanging of Bennett, mado duel
ing discreditable and unpopular; and
aid the foundation . of that abhor
rence of the practice, , which, has
been felt and expressed by the peo
ple of Illinois. The present Judge
Lockwood, was then Attornev-Uen .
eral of the State, aud prosecuted in
this case; to his talents and success
as prosecutor, the people are indebted
for this early precedent and exam
ple which did more than is generally
supposed, to prerent the practide of
duelling from being introduced into
this State. CAjc.o, III., Ado. .
BANKS. Method of Making a Newspaper Popular. The Law of Newspapers.
following well, settled rules
have been repeatedly held by our
courts.' We commend themto.tho
attention of postmasters, and .desira
that they may show it to such as de
cline taking their papers out of the
office, without having paid up arrear
ages: '
1. Subscribers who do not give
express notice to the contrary, are
considered as wishing to continue)
their subscription.
2. If subscribers order tha discon
tinuance of their papers, the publish
ers may continue to send them until
all arrearages aro paid. . ..
3. If subscribers neglect or refuse
to take their papers from the offices
to which they are directed, they are
held responsible until thev have set
tled their bill, and ordered their oaoer
discontinued.
4. If subscribers remove to other
places, without Informing the pub
lishers, and the paper is sent to the
former direction, .thev are held re
sponsible. - ,
5. The courts have decided that
refusing to take a paper or periodical
from the office, o r removing and
leaving it uncalled for. is "prima
facia" evidence oi" intentional fraud.
A pretty little German girl, named
Mary Ilildebrant, was arrested in
Philadelphia last week, and In her
room were found three gold watches,
wim goia cnatns, jewelry of almost
every description, table spoons, tea
ditto, plated butter knives and forks,
uver comb, fancy boxes, daguerreo
type, silk and mous. de laine and
other dresses, mantillas, sacks, a gen
tleman s cioin cloak, gaiter boots, i
and muff, scarfs, shawls, parasols,
quilts, counterpanes, all of the
richest description and most costly
kind. Beside these article?, she had
her possession $119 in gold -coin,
a small amount in 'silver and
notes. It is supposed that the goods
obtained are the proceeds of not less
twenty different robberies.. . ' '.
to be censorious;' so that censure
taUhng the property of jdle-
The first consideration of a knave,
how to help himself, and' the sec
ond, how to do it with an appear
of helping others. Dionysius,
tyrant, stripped the statue of
Jupiter Olympus of a robe pf massy
and substituted a cloak of wool
saying: ' '' '." !''
"Gold is too cold in winter, and
heavy in the summer, it be
hooves us to take care of Jupiter,"
Pope gives the secret of tattling)
this hint. He saj-s that when the
thoughts are not employed on thirtgr,
usual to turn them on persons.',
good man has not the inclination.
industrious man has not the li-
keeper-in Battey's menagerie;
in a state of intoxication, was
grappled by. a bear. An elephant,
was looking on, seized bruin bv
tape of the neck, and held him
suspended till the drunken two-legged
escaped. . . ,
The Madison Courier mentions a
incident of flogging in and out of school,
schoolmaster named Elms was fined
a jury and afterwards severely andj
deservedly flogged by the father for bn.
whipping a boy, his pupil.- :.:.'