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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
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efort of 0ondolenae and sympathy, by
A Fmaz*o.
OzAemapore, Q Death ! Thy chilly hand
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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.
Sqaiet, unelbusW
Mdaistaly, 1as tie'o 64 litt~
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