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VOLUME 11/ CAMDEN, SOUTH-CAROLINA, SEPTEMBER 24, 1850. DUMBER 76.
TItE CAMDEN" JOURNAL.
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From the Smithsrn Prex*.
lines ob the Death of Calhoun, Elm or? and
Taylor.
BY A LAI'Y.
A nation mourns in sackcloth, her clory laid in
duet,
IIer1>ri?htest hopes are withered, and her noblest
ones are crushed;
For the iron hand of-denth, from her proud and
glorious crown. ?
Has stricken out its brightest gems, and hurried
darkness down.
Cai.ii"Un ! the ^outh still moUrns for thee as mother
does for child:
Her patriot?sage?r who passed thio' fire, wit!)
galaneots undefiled;
fibe weeps for Klmore and for thee?as Rachel
forh?lot. . *
Refusing to be comforted, "because hrr sons tcerr
nif. %. Vl *"*' V .
* * " ? * * * * *
ApUH th? wai| of anguish is heard afioW the dead." 1
71k* patriot hero dieth?he so lute a nation's hhad:
?..? * *1.?'mid />n)mrts fflpani. i
mpt flVl 4rjitm^mu;vaui?-M? nif ?uiw wwmv. ? ,
toghright?
X? ffyoni* of ricl'rv filled hi* ear, on that Fad, awful
might; '
But oh tf?e common bed of death, ho laid him down
to die, y .
"Who nk*6h *ubhj=:noer'nr' yieldoth now to power
none dare defy.
O Death! not all tife statesman'* skill by, our Calhoun
displayed, '. . .
Nor Eifpore's taleut*-r-Tay]or? fame?thy cruel
hand liatjl ?a>?d. !
AjreJ veep Columbia* f'orthy sins has roused the !
wrath of (iod,
And fearfully he scourges thee with his avenging j
rod: |
Three warnings, dark- and terrible, thine inmost
U*art bare riv?isj >; - ?
And Mitt the black and tfireatemiig clouds obscure
the light of iieofenl .'''
': - .
Son* of ike S&thl see'st not ic \\n*uihe*cr\tifig an
the will I
A mighty empire shook bv thee, now totters to its
fell] \
? Forbear!?while yet the power is yours, nor loose I
the ensaugiriued flo>d, <-]
I-rS awestruck nations cry with shame, "when
f if tUy brother's blood ?
O! netier 1ft. tile brand of Cain be written on thy
bfow,
Nor ltf story record yjjJ1 (ears?UA fratricide ver't
thofi;"
Thy brother <u(k? n o gift* of thee, no guilt can he
coni?s.K,
Justice, Uw* J*ji?ricEt?he demand? ; but can take
nothing iiyp.
Sow of the &wtkj 0!p'ut your trust within an
arm of might,
TU.itC J nCWtfo/* < i-nnrnliiclil ; He will DTO
J. lie \*VU urvw,qc?
tect the right;:
But humbled n<w fcpfdre his throne, your nation's
joh'b deplore,
Then, rising strengthened and renewed, "Go tbpu
and sin no.jjftnre Ah O. D.
Spartanburg C. II., SI C., ~AllgM6, l&!}0,
NATIONAL CURRENCY,
$9 ^oafera mrfke 1 Grog Shop;*
Grog Shop makes 50 Drunkarks;
JjO Drunkards ruin 50 Families ;
?9 Ruju.ud fatailiea fill 1 Pxior-hnuse and Jail;
1 Poor-house and Juii makes 1 great hill of
.eosts.
1 Great bill of costs make one poor town;
1 Poor town drains the County Treasury;
1 Bankrupt County is a great State tax ;
1 Great State ta* qrqiua tljo National Funds.
? ) 1 .. ?
.Starch up, brush jour wmssers, ana iny in
, ? plentiful supply of nonsense, and the girls will
pall you a nice young man.
Soon after the battle of Lobau, a wit observed
tlpit Rorjgparte inust be in funds, for he
had lately received 2} check qn the bank of the
Danuhr.
"Julius, are you convalesdent djs iqqrnjng ?"
" No. I was convalescent yesterday, but I
togk iiifdiciue last night and worked it off,"
A lady reading'that a iqan had been sentpnoec}
fo sjx months hard labor for dog stealing, ob(wryed
to a friend Vfjth a shqdder, 'Gracious,
r fny love, what would oertain of oqr ae* have to
ptidqre for entrapping puppift,'
\
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iilisccllaucous Department.
TOO QO.OD CREDIT.
HV T. S. ARTHUR.
; "Let me show you one of the cheapest pieces
! of cloth 1 have seen for six months," said a smi
ling storekeeper to a young married man,
i whose income from a clerkship was in the
neighborhood of seven hundred dollars.
"Don't trouble yourself, Mr. Edwards," replied
the customer. "The silk und buttons are
j all I wnut.r
| "Oh, no trouble tit all, Mr. Jacobs?no trou
ble at all. It is a pleasure for me to show my
goods," said the storekeeper,, drawing from a
shelf the pieoo of cloth he had rneutioned, and
throwing it upon the counter. " There," he
added, as he unfolded the glossy broad cloth,
and slapped his hand upon it self-complacently,
"there is something worth looking at, and it's
cheap as dirt. Only four dollars m yard, and
worth six, every cent of it. I bought it at auc
tion yesterday, at a great bargain." "It's
cheap enough, certainly," remarked Jacobs.
half indifferently, as he went down to inspect
the cloth ; " but I've no money to spare
just now."
"Don't want any money," replied Edwards.
"At least not from such men as you."
Jacobs looked up into the man's face in some
doubt as to his meaning.
"Your credit is good,' said Edwards, smiling.
"Credit! I've no credit, I never asked a
man to trust me in my lile," returned the customer.
j
"I'll trust you to half that is in my store,"
was answered.
"Tha.'jJi you," said Jucobs, feeling a little ,
" ".?"I n I-Omnlimpiif llkfi tills. "But I've I i
UtKICIIAI ?M (? J (
no wants in the dry goods line to that extent. ,
A skein of silk and a dozen of buttons for my ]
wife, are all that I require at present." I
"You want a new coat," replied the perse- |
vering storekeeper, and he laid his br.nd upon ,
the sleeve ofJacob's coat and examined it close- j
ly. "This one is getting rusty and threadbare, j
A man like you should have some regard to his (
appearance. Let me see. Tvo yards of this ,
beautiful cloth will cost hut eight dollars, and I
won't send in your hill for six months. Eight |
dollars for a fine broadcloth coat! Think of ,
that! Bargains of this kind don't grow on eve- j
ry tree."
While Edwards talked thus, he was display- ,
ing the goods he wished to sell in a way to let
the rich glossy surface catch the best points of (
-light, ami-his quick eyes soon told him that his j
customer was becoming tempted.
"I'll cut you off' a coat pattern," said he. ta- ]
king up hisyard stick, "i know you wanHt/
LH>I1 I IIVMIIIK nwm? nic iiiinm. j j
Jacobs did not say "no,'' althongh the word , j
was on his tongue. While lie vet hesitated, j
the coat pattern was measured o(i' and severed : j
from the piece. v I (
"There it is," came in a satisfied, half t:i- !
U'nphant tone from the storekeeper's lips. "And ! ,
the greatest bargain you ever had. Von will
want trimmings of course."
As he spoke, he turned to the shelves for (
padding, linings, silk, tVe., and, while Jacobs, j
half bewildered, stood looking on, cut from one |
piece and another, until the coat trimmings
were hII nicely laid out. This done, Mr. Ed- (
.wards faced his customer again, rubbing bis
bands from an internal feeling of delight, and
said,
" You must have a handsome vest to go with
this, of course.' ,
"My vest is a little shabby," remarked Jacol)s,
as he glanced downward at a garment j
which had seen pretty fair service.
"If ibat's the best one you have, it will never (
do to go with n new coat," said Edwards, in a ,
decided tone. "Let me show you a beautiful
piece of black satin." <
And so the storekeeper went on tempting his
customer, until he sold him a vest and pantu- ,
loons in addition to the coat. After that lie ,
found no difficulty in selling hitn a silk dress ,
for his wile. Having indulged himself with an ,
- ? ? A
entire new sun, iih couki nor, upon mr.xnuu, (
think of passing by his wife, who had been (
wishing for a new silk dress for more than six ,
months.
"Can'tyou think of any thing else?" enquired
Edwards. "I shall be happy to supply what- ,
ever yon want.in my line.
"Nothing more, I believe," answered Jacobs,
whose hill was already thirty-five dollars; and |
he had yet to pay for making his coat, pantaloons
and vest.
. "But you will want various articles of dry
goods. In a family there is something called
for every day, Tell Mrs. Jae.obs to send down
for whatever she may need. Nevermind about
the money, Your credit is good with me for
any amount."
?ri mm t 1 i 1 _
Wlien :?r, jacons WUIII uuuiv. mm mm ma
wife of wlint lie had done, alio, unreflecting woman,
was delighted.
"1 wish you had taken a piece of muslin,"
said she. "We want sheets and pillow cases
badly."
"You can get a piece," replied Jacobs. "We
wont have to pay for it now. Edwards will
send the bill at the end of six mouths, and it
will he easy enough to pay it then."
"Oh yes, easy enough," responded tho wife,
confidently.
So a piece of muslin was procured on the
credit account- But things did not stop there.
A prudlt account is too often like a breach in a
canal; the stream is small at first, but soon in
1 M-... il.?l +
oreuses to a ruinous current,. nuw t,.i?n ?.?.!?,
had found a supply-source, want became more
clamorous than bolbro, Scarcely a day passed
that Mr, or Mrs. Jaoohs did not order something
from the store, not dreaming,simple souls!
that an alarmingly heavy debt was accumulating
against them.
As to tho incomo of Mr. Jacobs, it was not
large. He was, as has been intimated, a clerk
in a wholesale store, and received a salary of
seven hundred dollars a year. His family con
sisted of a wife and three children, and he had
found it necessary to be prudent in nil his expenditures,
in order to "make both ends meet."
Somewhat independent in his feelings, he had
never asked credit of any one with whom ho
dealt, no one offering it, previous to the tempting
inducement held out by Edwards, he had
regulated lus outgoes by nis actual income, ny
this means he had managed to keep even with
the world, though not to gain any advantages
on the side of fortune. Let us see how it was
with him at the end of six months, under the
new system. Let us see if his "good credit" :
has been of any real benefit tohiin.
It was so very pleasant to have things com- j
fortable or for a little display, without feeling ;
that the indulgence drained the purse too heavily.
And weak vanity on the part of Jacobs,
was gratified by the flattering opinion of his
honesty entertained by Edwards, the storekeeper.
-His credit was "good," and he was proud ;
of the fact But the day of reckoning was approaching,
and at last it came.
Notwithstanding the credit at the drv good
store, there was no more money in t^ young
clerk's purse ut the cod of six mouths than at
the beginning. The cash that would have gone
for clothing, when necessity called for addia.
i.. it. r. :i I u- l i i. i.
lions 10 uie luiiiiij wnruruuu, nau oulmi sjkmu
for things, the purchase of which would have
been omitted, but for the fact that the dollars
were in the purse instead of in the storekeeper's
hands, and tempted needless expenditure.
As the end of the six months credit period
approached, the mind of Jacobs began to rest
upon the dry goods dealer's bill, and to be disturbed
by a feeling of anxiety. As to the
amount of this bill, be was in some uncertainty;
but he thought that it could not be less than
forty dollars. That was a large sum for him
to owe, particularly as he had nothing ahead,
and his current expenses were fully up to his
ncome. It was now, for the first time in his
ife, that Jacobs felt the nightmare pressure of
lebt, and it seemed, at times, as if it would al?
Tiost suffocate him.
One evening lie came home, feeling more soaer
than usual. He had thought of little else
ill day besides his bill nt the store. On meet....
I.!, ...tr. lia a.ittr lltif annlillliiairv imia iVPAmr
Il*j ilia Wile, lie mat svuicuiiiig nao
"What ails you,Jane(" said lie kindly* "Are
|*ou sick ?"
"No," was tlie simple reply! But her eyes
Irooped as she made it, and lier husband saw
that her lips slightly quivered.
"Something is wrong, Jane," said the husiatid:
Tears stole to the wife's cheeks from beneath
her half-closed lids?the bosom labored with
the weight of some pressure.
"Tell me, Jane," urged Jacobs, "ifanything I
is wrong. Vour manner alarms me. Are any :
of the children sickf"
"Oh, no, no. Nothing of that," was quickly
answered. "But Mr. Edwards has sent in ins I
lull"
"That was to be expected, of course," said
Jacobs, with forced calmness. "The credit was :
for only six months. But, how much is the
bill V
His voice was unsteady as he asked the question.
<
"A hundred and twenty dollars." And poor
Mrs. Jacobs burst into tears.
"Impossible!" exclaimed the startled husband.
Impossible! There is some mistake. A bun- 1
Ired and twenty dollars' Mover!"
"There is the bill." And iMrs. Jacobs drew
it from her bosom. 1
Jacobs glanced eagerly nt the footing up of
the long column of figures, where were numer- 1
lis to the value ol one hundred and twenty.
"It can't be," he said in a troubled voice.?
'Edwards has made a mistake."
'So I thought, when I first looked at the bill,'
replied Mrs. Jacobs, recovering herself, yet
speaking in a sad voice., "Hut, I am sorry to ;
say, that it is all right. I have been over and
over it again, and cannot find an error. Oh, 1
dear! how foolish I have been. It was so easy
to get things when no money had to be paid '
down. Hut, 1 never thought of a bill like this. .
Never.'
Jacobs sat for some moments with his eves
nnon the lloor. lie was thinking rapidly.
"So much for good Ciedil," he said, at 1
lengih, taking along breath. "What a fool 1 1
have been! Thai running fellow, Kd wards,
has gone to the windward o| me completely.
Me knew that it he got me on his hooka, he 1
won id secure three dollurs to one of my money,
beyond what lie would get under the cash-down
system. One hundred and twenty dollars in
six months! All, rue! Are we happier now,
for the extra dry gdods we have procured? No
not a whit. Our bodies have been a little hettor
clothed, and our love of display gratified to
some extent. Hut, has all that wrought a compensation
tor the pain of this day ol reckoning!'
Poor Mrs. Jacobs was silent. Sadly was she
repenting ofher part in the folly they had committed.
l ea time came, but neither the husband norwjfe
could do much more than taste food. That
I.Mi ? i....wi,..,i ?,.,i itvuniv dollars had taken
nwav their uppotites. The night that Pillowed
brought to neither of them a very refreshing
slumber : and in the morning they awoke soberminded,
and little inclined P?r conversation.?
Hut one thought was in the mind of Jacobs; the
hill of Rdwards ; and one fueling in the mind of
his wife?self reproach for her part in the work
of embarrassment.
u What will you do?' said Mrs. Jacobs, in a
voice that was unsteady, looking into her husband's
faco with glittering eyes, as she laid her
hand upon his arm, causing him to puuse as he
was about leaving the house.
I'm aura I don't know,' replied the young
man, gloomily. "I shall hare to see Edwards,
I suppose, and ask him to wait. But, I'm sure
I'rl rnlfinr loL n o lutfka %vli i fit ii n if f f/inrl Pft't!*
it! IIo'II sing a different song now.'
For a moment or two Inngorihc husliatid and
wife stood looking at each other. Then, a.eacli
sighed heavily, the former turned awa)
and left the house. His road to business was
past the store of Mr. Edwards; but, he now
avoided the street on which ho lived andjwent
u whole block out of his way to do so.
" Now am I to pay this bill !' murmured the
unhappy Jacbs, pausing in his work for|the
twentieth trnie; as he sat at his detk,?and giving
his mind up to troubled thoughts.
Just at that moment the senior .partner in the
establishment came up and stood beside "him.
44 Well, my friend,' said he, kindly, "how
are vou getting along ?"
t ti nnti. t ....it In omiln ?../! tfwitf f ti/. n ?' C 11 n, tin
replied?
' Pretty \vt?ll sir.' But his voice had in it n
touch nldespondency.
" Let me see,' remarked the employer, after
a pause ;'"your regular year is up to day, is it
not ?'
" Yes, sir,' replied Jacobs, liis heart sinking
more heavily in his hosom, for, the question
suggested a discharge from his place ; business
having been dull fiir some time.
"I ?tas looking at your account yesterday,'
resumed the employer, "and find that it is drawn
up close. Have you nothing ahead ?
" Not a dollar, I am sorry to suy.' returned
Jacobs. ,4 Living is eipensive; and I have six
months to feed.'
" That being the ca?e,' said the employer,
' as you have been faithful to us, and your sit- |
vices are valuable, we must add something to i
your salary. Yon now receive seven hundred
dollars V
" Yes, sir.'
" We will rail it pigbt hundred and fifty.'
A sudden light Hashed into the face ol the unhappy
clerk, seeing which, the employer, already
Messed in blessing another, added '
And it shall be for the last as well as for
the coining year. I will fill you out a check
for a hundred and fifty dollars, as the balance
due you up to this day.
The feelings of Jacobs were too much agitated
to for him to trust himse f with oral thanks,
as he received the check, which the employer
immediately tilled up: hut his countenance fully
expressed his grateful emotions.
A little while afterwards, the young man j
entered the store of Edwards, who met iiitn with
a smiling face
I'vo come to settle your bill,' saiif Jacobs.
You need'nt have troubled yourselfabout
that,' replied the stoorkeeper, ''though money
is ahva v* acceptable.'
"The money tvas paid and the bitl receipted
when Edwards, rubbing his hands, and action j
peeuliar to him when in a happy 'frame of mind,
said?
" And now, what shall 1 show you 7'
"Nothing,' was the young man's grave reI'.v
. "
" No hing ! Don't say that,' replied Edwards.
''I've just got in n beautiful lot of spring
"I've iio more money to spare.' answered
Jacobs.
? That's of no consequence. Your credit is
good lor any amount."
" A \vorM loo good, I find,' said Jacobs, be
ginning in liulton up bis coat with the air of a
mun wi.o has lost Ins pock ft-book, and fools
disposed to look well that bis purse doesn't follow
in thf same unprofitable direction.
? How so? VVIiai do you mean?' asked
the storekeeper.
? Mv oood credit has taken a hundred and I
twenty dollars out ul my pocket, replied Jacobs.
" I iloii't understand yoil,' said E (wards, look
ing serious.
" It's a very plain ckc,' answered .laeolrs.
"This cit'dii account at your More lias induced
myself and wife to purcha-e twice as many
[roods as we would otherwise, have bought.
That lias taken sixty dollars out of my pocket;
and sixty dollars more have been spent, under
temptation, because it was in tbe purse instead
i>f being paid out lor goods credited to us on
your books. Now do you understand me ?'
The storekeeper was silent.
"Good morning, Mr. Edwards,'mid Jacobs.
"When I have. cash .o spare, I shill be bappv
to spend it with yon; but no more book accounts
for me.'
\Vi*e will tliev be u ho prolil by Hie experience
of Mr. Jacobs. 'I tiese ciedit accounts are
a curse to people with moderate incomes, and
should never under tiny pretence bo opened.
Scuooi.stix .Maim:.?U appears from tiio
annual report of the Secretary of the Hoard ol
Education in Maine, thai the whole amount of
school monov raised 1?v tax in that Skate, is
$'221,0*2;*). The counties ofKonnebeo and IVnohscot
raise the largest sum. over $30,000
each. The whole number of scholars returned
is 101,09a, of whom 110,009 attend school in
the summer and 133.113 in (lie winter. Kennebec
returned2-1,078 scholars; \oik 21,310,
Cumberland 20,021, Lincoln 13,351, Eraiikliu
7,375, Somerset 12,00a, JVnobseot 21,092,
Waldo 20,818, Oxford 12,200, Piscataquis -1,059,
Hancock 11,009, Washington 12,022, Aroostook
1,099. Number of male teachers returned
in the State, 2,-154; female, 3,535.?
Number of school bouses iii crood renair. 1,391;
number not in good repair, 1,571.
A lady in this vicinity, 0:1 consulting with a
neighbour on the loss of her son. was answered
in tears. '"If Hilly's grandmother is in heaven,
1 know she won't see Hilly abused."
When you see a gentleman at midnight, sitting
011 the stoop in Iront of his house combing
his hair with the door scraper, you may conclude
that lie lias been out to an evening party;
(?J~ The following eloquent tribute to our
departed Statesman we clipjroni'the Alabama
Tribune: A
i U(HT!VE TRIBUTE TO THE MEM,
* i v < in T/vif v i ? /lit rrArr\r
WIv.1 .ur v, ALiliUU .
"Death opens wide the gates of fame, and
.- huts close the doors of e.nvy alter." Calumny,
quick ufscent and sharp of tooth, stops its
hut.t at t!te portal of the grave. This shining
maik which has lately fallen before die shaft of
death, covered i t its signal fall a nation's heart,
and takes from among the living all uivy, and
transfers to the dead the true meed of meiit.?
Sy has it been, tend so will it continue to bo
with the illustrious patriot arid statesman, .the
lamented Calhoun ! His life, character and
i ur.rvif><>? lielnnir to riO?tpritv. In the pmtpftll
? r-> ^ ? r ; *v - v . ?7 ?-7
remembrance ol' that'posterity, will they liyo as
long as "earth bears a plant, or the sea roils a
'wave." _ .
"Nothing can cover hi*hightyamo but Heaven!
No pyramid set off bin memory
But the etcWil Hubsuuicejof hie own'greatneee."
Ilis private life was a model of virtue, carrying
with it thesimpli< ity of artlessness, stripped
of affectation and void of guile. The philosophy
of his morals plucked up vice bv the roots, and
administered to the soul that medicine which'
purifies the imperfections of the flesh.
His public life was a counterpart of his private,
marked by a stern inflexible integrity, a
deep sincerity of motive, and a strait-forwardness
of purpose. He was, iiy the most enlarged
sense of the term, the standard of an American
statesman.
In the discharge of the many arid arduous
duties devolved upon him by his country, while
onnmur nn <? flm AvnAA^utirtna aT lita
iij/ iuu u.\j;cv/?auv?iJ v* n???
friends, with the distrustful modesty of Terence,
he felt "homo sum: nil hurnuui a me alirnum."
However much others dissented from his political
views, all awarded to him perfect exemption
from duplicity and intrigue. The legerdemain
of policy formed no part of his life His
course was always oj?en, manly and bold; bis
sentiments pure, elevated and noble; his language
terse, chaste and pointed; his genius inventive,
rapid and powerful; his analysis severe,
searching and profound ; his logic compact,
stern and ironbound; his arguments close,
finished, and locked to his premises1; his capacity
for generalization, and condensing the largest
amount of thought in the fewesi number of
words, unsurpassed. His speeches are the higher
monuments of mind known to any age, and
will stand in tliejr solid grandeur, so long as
-the force of language and, thc.triuujph of intellect
survive'matter. ?, Grouping
tfie private worth, the social v?rtoes,
and tlm towering intellect of JotavC&ldwell
Caitioim io one picture, wo*? have&e beauties
of earth combined with the attributes of
Heaven.
His country mourns his loss, and his country
lias no man to stand in his shadow! He died
with his arms around the pillars of the constitution,
and with a prayer upon his lips that his
embrace could continue one brief hour longer.
The angel of death was inexorable, and he was
torn from the idol of his political devotion. In
the separation, the constitution has lost or.o of
its ablest supporters; the American nation one
of its proudest ornaments; the rights of man a
fearless advocate; and his own native, cherished
south, the champion of her cause, the right
arm of her strength. Terrible is such a calamity
at this perilous juncture! The guiding star
of the south has fallen, and twilight rests upon
the horizon! But whatever may be the destiuy
of the southern States, and the fate of all-the
States, they have no truer friend left behind
than the one who has gone. In the fullness of
time, his services will be owned, hin sagacity
appreciated, and the name of John C. Calhoun
-.i!!i?,t ii; th<> rvinitYil fitilrt he Kido with the
Conscript Fathers of the republic. B. B.
The forty-first Meeting of the American
Board of Foreign Mission met in Oswego on
Tuesday afternoon, in Dr. Condit'a church.?
The meeting was called to order by the Hon.
Theodore Freiinghuyscn, of New Jersey, pray,
or by the Rev. Dr. Bemati of Troy. Rev. Mr.
Shaw, of Rochester, was appointed Secretary,
pro trm.
The receipts of the Board, during the year
ending July 81st from ail sources,8251,802 23
? while the expenditures for -the"ftitne period
were 8254.820 85?the. receipt hemy less than
tlx* expenditures By 82.4(57 07. The preBcnt
indebtedness of'the Board is 834,071 05. The
Annua] missionary Sermon was then preached
by tlie Rev. Dr. .Storrs.
Nation u. Aitkoi'ki vrxn.vs.?The expenses
of the Judiciary of this country have hoconie
enormous, in the Appropriation Bill there aro
8(507,037 to support the Federal Judiciary?
8557,537 being for the judges, jurors, witnesses,
safe keeping of prisoners, etc. There was
very great complaint expressed against the faniiitv
?im wiiioh iiubres riive their "certificates"
? J--o?p
of money spent, and which accounts officers of
the Treasury are compelled to allow. Mr. Payly
said lie believed it was the most extravagant
of all the departments of the government. The
House, in a freak of economy, struck out 8400
given to Collectors as Superintendents of Light
ileuses.
Mrs. Partington wants to know if .printers
can't lind anything better to publish than
that "nork is uuiet." ''Whv." said the old lady,
1 V * .m
"our jwirk is always quiet during such hot
weather. You can't scarcely drive them out
<?f the mire."
On the fashionable mode of ladies wearing
watches in their bo6oms.
Am-.tig our fashionable belles,
No wonder now that time should linger;
Allowed to place his rude two hands
Whore no one rise dars placs a finger