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J~a,, ~ ~ a ~Of ~ 'a\ W S 11 *All/ "T G a C.,Rw ~ ).~$AYMAY, 80, 1865. [UMBER 32. iyryaver -it will quite answer .rtqpQse ;o state that inowhero in o rlegOiiof midnight. the udge wQnd his .very. divtio way lowards his porary jaome. About he time he as leavisig, however, some youuger triatqr, fopuzd qf, a "practijal," and not ich afraid of thfo bench, -trolnsferi-d all thesilver spqousof Sterrjtt-te the Judge's it pooket.. 4 ws eight o'clockpn Minday morn tlit the Judge rose.. Having III god in the proeoss of Oblution and traction, and partaken of a. cheerful d refr.phing brcakfiist, he went to room' to propare himself for the du i of the day. . "Well Polly," said he tol Lis ,wife, 'I much better than I expbeted to feel or that frolio of last nighth" "Ah, Judge," said she, rgproaohfully, ou are etting too old-you ought.to avq off tiat business." ".Alb, Polly I what's the use 9f. talk. g ?" It wap At this precise instant of, time at theJudge, having put-on h.9 over t, was proceeding, accogling to his ual custon, to give his wife a parting Ss,that he happened In thrusting his nd into his pocket,.t'o lay hold of Ster a spoons. Hie jerked: .thom out. ith.ati expression of horror almost in scribiable le exc:ainied . Mv God I Polly I" Y\haton earth is the matter, Judge?" . Just look at these spoons I" yar nme, w ihere d'7 get them ?" thon ? .- Don t yoxi see the ini n. thend"-extendi ig them to. de her--I.stolo them V' .tole 3h.1I, JudqO?" 1es,.htqle them! , "My 4eoahusband, it can't be possiblel whiom ?", ,From Sterritt, ovor there; his nalno !Good heavens I how could it hap V.. q know,.ve ry well, Pily-I was Sunkwho teama. m0e, %wasnit hly Judge, you know your old it when you get among thoso law aweasIry drunk?" a8 epnarkably drunk when I ome, Mts. Brown?" e, Judge; as druikas A fool, niq y tint# a stupid. . jojgh. so," epif the. Jadgh; drop' S tio Voar inl extreme.despondows .httiewit.wotdd ooine'to-that, at Sidge thought. that something - eti to sne-that I should _g very wrng-Li somhe. it bieL of~Tftssio,2 ierhap1s.a giiedthat -' Ycoud b n ebt~thitme uijif of -'deliberate uttd ?Tay 'beh oipe inisthke, 0 . 1f Polly. ' I know 4*y Alltame r"11 ibdi. -VThdt fel 8 de'e.40 in a,64k,''sor t o Mltu ays dtitlqueii mean .t1W1i'1n , do auy .44 of a* 'u~ff i h -g and 9 d ble ' tigsntb ken1linfloti oi tthttelttle tit ef FV of awd Ieti i ktt h boothig yTph oper re, that hadd r t ah~1e4iohi. tng ihth~ ainale, he ) te ,i ng t7 ke tat ad~e 1ybd Th 2 hsse;1e bh ~ ere thJ ai n .'l "What's that plea?" exclaimed-the Judge, who was half dosing on the bouigh., "He pleads guilty, but says he was drunk," replied the Clerk. "What's the chiare against the man?" "He is indicted for grand larceny." "What's the case ?" "May it please your honor," said the prosecuting attorney "the man is regu. larly ifidicted for stealing a large sum from the Columbus Hotel." "lie is, hey ? and he plead-" "He pleads guilty, but drunk I" The Iudge was now fully aioused. "Ggilty, but drunk / That is x most extraordinary.. plea. Young man, you are certain you were drunk ?" "Yes, sir." "Where did you get your, liquor ?" "At Sterritt's." :'Did you get none nowhere blso ?" "Not a drop, sir." . "You got drunk on his liquor, and af terwards stole his money ?" "Yee, sir." "Mr. Prosecutor," said the Judge, "do me the favor to enter a nolle prose qui in that man's case.. That liquor of Sterritt's is mean enough to make a maa do anything dirty. Igot drnnk on it the other day myself,.awd $tole all of KNerritte epoons I Release the priisoner, Mr. Sheriff; I adjourh the Qourt." A marn went from N4w York to the Pennsylvania oil region, and . spent two thouend five hundred dollars in boring for oil, without success. He had no funds left, but bought five barrels of oil on a credit, carried them to his well in.the Wight, poured the oil down the.pipes, and the next morning began pumping with a success which astonished all his neigh. bors., Before thd flow stopped, he sold his well for weven. thousand, and went home. AFFAInS IN TxNNESSE.-Wasng. ton, May 1.-Acting Master Fitpatrick, comumanding United States Steamer Si ron, reports t4he, Navy, Depirtment, ander date of April 23, off Itandolph, Tennessee, that on tie 19th an oxpeli tion, under the command of Brigadier GenerMl Osborne, started for Browng ville in three columnsone from Ran. dolph, one byway of Hatchie river, and one from Fulton, Tennesee. -They re turned on .the 22d, having been suocesa ful in capturing severwl oftors and men; . en. Shelby's adjutant was killed. One pL the men captured was the fellow weio has ben passing for Leuxton. He 6onfessod having burned the St. Paul and killin one man on board of her. General Osborne hung him to a cot. tonwoofi tree at Randolph, and left his body langing,', His propor name was Wilcox. "The stehingrs Anna Everton and Sylph were not burned by the guerrillas. They came out-of Hatchie River safe. Obittary. . DBPA'oD this life, on the nIght of the 26tb ifst.. of Typhoid Fover. Miss SUE DANTLR,'at the residence of her broth or-i.low, Major WOOWWAnD. To tho.beraeved slatets and friends, these 1i4es are-offored, as an humble, but ainobre efort of 0ondolenae and sympathy, by A Fmaz*o. OzAemapore, Q Death ! Thy chilly hand Hath pIgek'd a ne9woret,. sweet and fair; And bone her to the brighter laudb* Whp. bloomed in quiet beuty hures Ati4nj the slowly tolling boll 'ath iqititd bherts with ingus wild, ldid'is by ie minourn4 knell "I5ha dec hath gone,' the goatfe, m(d. aire a the liIyo e ite a the beart of iirithmey hald to rest Tq briht, l4soeshed. fbr Death -to er. ut God, oli 1aenhubweth bes. 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