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TERMS.
Three DiR'trs /it ami inn in ftihanrr, Thrrr
Dollars an ! Fipii (hails within six months, or Four
D >!hrs n< the < f/'/V of ion of the in nr.
* ' A Irerliscm ni.'s in///?."? coils jtrr square.
(foiirSeon !i*i^<>r I"-;*,) for the/rest (tint .17.[ rents
foreizhsu'isc/wnl insertion. Th numlwr of in.
scrtioiis to 'ie n i' -.I on all udrcrlis' iit-o's, or /// ?
? . ?1.7.*./.? 7 //?tn In > i/isnfitil/>/mi?r/?
ZClii U'Z fill nrx icu min "11*^1^1* w and
char-red. ae,-or-!iii-r/>i.
One D >l!ar per si-iire f>r a single insertion.?
Quarterly and M-n'hi./ adrrr.'ircwnts trillhe charged
the same as a .?/. ;_'/ iu.-wtioii. mid Sent i-nuni fitly
the same us n-ir num.
Fur publish In ' (lift/1inns as the laic directs
three dollars ir'll *>1, urged.
Ad (J' i ii-inj A ,.i.-'s .cct-ediu-r <;?.r lines, and
Communications rcco:nmrndin<r Candidates for
public ofjiccs of profit ort-uis!?or , idling Exhibition
will he char-red as advertisements.
tl~'* Aero mi's for Ah rlisin-r and Job Work trill
be presented for payment (juarierly.
All letters by mail must he post paid to insure
dunciuat attention.
MISCELLANEOUS.
From the Charleston Courier.
Messrs. KoiTors:?What a flourish of trumpets
"Pincknev" made in the "Carolinian,'' tlit;
other day! He certainly has overrated the ignorance
ofhis "fellow-citizens and brother planters,"
if he supposes they will swallow all that
, is over his signature. His po\ the Bank of the
State, was in hot water during the existence of
the Branch Bank of the I,'. S. in Charleston, and
* * iL- i :? Is. f|,0
now tnai inn 11 ier is ui_-iu.ii n ....
pot into the tiro," because other hanks have been
chartered to supply the place c?f tiie latter; and
he goc- on to shy that "the banking capital of the
Stale Las been increased t!0 millions." Tliis is
not so. VVJicn the Commercial Bank was chartered,
many of the Legislators feared that the
monster would put another of his claws into the
State. The CTeraw Bank was chartered in 1SB3.
The bank capital paid in since does not amount
to one third of twenty millions! Pinckiicv tells
us, "thatthe chartering1 of these Banks was the
great error into which the States ran, and which
gave rise to the wild speculation and tii" shaving
operations that have overrun the eon..try, and
involved the people so largely in debt." If the
State has committed "great errors," l'inckney
should not goad i's victims But you will observe,
the State located Batiks only at the head
of navigation, simply with a view to accommodate
the planters in the sale of their produce.?
For the last eight years, the planters have at all
times found a good market and a sound currency
near home. Again. P. says? 'soon alter these
Banks went into operation, they had the country
flooded witlitlieir promises to pay, and <i spirit of
/mocnbtiion was pr>di;ccd which far exceeded
any thing before known in this St::'e." Was
that not the case all over the globe as well as
in South Carolina! But, sir, if the planter had
continued at lbs plough, the lawyer ;.t lbs oilioe,
the doctor with his patients, and the parson w.lh
his flock, wo should have Ji.vl imirli loss 01 wus
flooding of promises lo pay,' in and out of Dunks.
Again, i?. says, "immense profits wore realized
in Dank dividends, mid the sales of Dank Slock,
and after all the means of speculation, shaving,
and skinning, were exhausted, then came suspension,
pressure and ruin, and the Banks stopped
their accoininoda'i ?ns." I a k, were there
not as "immense profits" realized in every other
species of business during the same period.'
The word skinnitr* is a luvoritc with 1'. and his
mess. Is !o:i?liii r money at (i per cf. skinning.'
Again, says I\, "they are unalileor unwilling to
continue their former accommodations." If it
were wrong to do so i:t the first instance, would
it not be worse to persist in it? As these D inks
have repented and turned from the "error of their
ways," Piiickney, as an honest man, should lie
their friend. The fact is, the Dunks are tired of
bcinz skinned.
"They have, savs P. the command of so large
an amount of band capita', that they control the
whole monetary concerns of tlm State." Could
it bo placed in belter hands.' Are not alt those
Banks well conducted? The banking capital is
judiciously distributed over the State; every
where a sound currency, and ail her tiiiancial
matters going on smoothly. Why all this hue
and cry, just before the elections? It is not an
artifice to gain tlie public ear? I suppose Pinekncy
to be one of those party politicians of the
day, whoso no-e is about going under water, and
who is trying, by d.nf of party excitement, to
continue Ins political existence. We hear a
great deal, these days, said about 'independence,*
"freedom," "liberty," ic< ., and most generally
by men who evidently want nothing so much, as
the Hberty to rule We often see, of late, a
democratic tongue and a tyrant's heart united in
the same person. Political honesty has almost
fled the country.
P. says further: "And now let me ask, why
were these institutions ejer chartered? Can
they carry on banking befter, or safer, for the
interest of the people, than your State Institution?
Are their promises to pay, any hotter, or
as good as those of the Hank of the State? Or
do they give better security totho country against
suspensions and ultimate loss?" J answer, sir,
in the affirmative: they do carry on banking better
adaptod to the commercial and planting interest
of the country, by confining their principal disMnnts
to business paper, and keeping aloof, from
politic?. Their ' promises lo pay" are well secured
by the private property of the .Stockholders
to three limes tlie amount the stock they lio'd,
a:id a transfer will not release them until the
expiration of six months, during which time, both
buyer and seller are bound. I look upon this as
something mum substantial in these days of repudiation,
than either State or U. S. "promises
to pay," and when the test is applied, it will he
found so. I refer you to Georgia, Alabama, or
any other State where the thing lias been tried.
Take a list of the Stockholders of our South
Carolina Banks, and you will lind a large portion
of hard hands and honest hearts among them;
and they do not usually put while gloved gentry
in the pay <>t their business?those they employ,
find something else to do than spin street yarns,
or discuss politics on the side walks.
But once more hear Mr. P. "Fellow-citizens,
the times are difficult beyond measure; mammon
!ia~ stalked forth from his dark Isde, and his votaries
and vi:it?.:; Invf tilled the land with war. j
pestilence ami famine." There's a dish of horrors
for us! .Now, I sec no si^us of war; all is
pence: the olive branch is handed about from
' nation to nation, from bank 'o bank, I'rotn man to;
j;na::, ami hot a< the weather is, I ilo not believe |
jthe .var-horn of Pinckney will bring many to It is j
! standard. As to "pestilence," I hear of none: i
and indeed of "/nn'nir" the land groancth with!
the abundance of the good and fat tilings of thisj
lite. |
"p." furtber pound? the alarm?he says "the
j enemy is iti the field, and we must, meet him and
war against him, until wo drive him back to hist
| dark abode." Go ahead, Don Quixotic! Charge!,
Down with tiic wind mills! but have a rare, lost,
i some of these piny woods concerns do not give j
I your Rosinante such a thump under the ribs, as
J to produce the heaves in his "bloated corpora-'
?' . '' ???*,! I. tic! t't- miilitttVtfArl ll'tr # ??! ftf h IC '
i "il irk abode." "I'incknov" adds, "Tin; Bank of
[ ;.Iie Stale is she only one in which the planters;
i Iinvu any interest," when it is well known that
j planters own most of the capital of the country
hanks, as well as a respectable portion of that
of the city hanks, and according to his own shotvI
urn', t hey muster pretty strong in the Legislature.1
' Ho would have them excluded from voting on
:batik questions in the Legislature, and yet lie
I wishes the next Legislature to he composed en\tircly
of State Bank men, who he says have inj
truest in no other Bank than that of the Stale,
j These men are called upon to vote on "Iheirown
private interest." This looks to inc like a onosijdo?|
concern. All "I'inckncyV slang, about
i'.'ine houses,' 'carriages,''easy living,' 'privileged
orders," "shaving," deceiving," "cheating," ;
&.C., is worthy of the demagogue who wishes to
toed the prejudices of the ignorant at the ex-,
pensc of trut h. The voice of the rogue is often
loudest in the cry of "slop thief." He concludes
thus; "Fellow-ciiizons we arc on the eve of a
great crisis." Oh! this never ending crisis! But,
indeed I believe we have come to a crisis, and
that crisis is only to be met by obeying the dcj
croc given to Adam and his posterity; "By the
i sweat of thy brow sfialt thou earn thy bread." j
j All this trickery of living by other men's labor,1
and looking to Banks as a public crib, will avail
'no*liing. In conclusion, i would respectfully
add, that I am not a National Bank man, consequentlv
no advocate ol State Banks?hut, I hope
our Legislature will not cut any .lac a son capers
over our State Bank. Let us make the best, we
can of our condition; use great prudence, and do
limiting wiili a monied -instil t!t..m for political effect,
and "beware oflalse prophets."
CATAWBA JOHN*.
SiNfit.'LAR ciivCCMST.'.nce.?-Yesterday
iniirniii<> ii iMMillcman of our iicouainianc.c.
r>r? ,
jwlto was about drinking a glass of ice-waller,
observed in one of the lumps of ice in
! the "lass, sornellii g of a shining appearance.
After u ailing a short time, as the
ire -vas gradually melting, lie m-nrn.l
it to he a small lish, vhirh, as soon as libfell
to the bottom of 111 c glass, and
immediately showed signs o| life. The
little stranger was placed in a glass of
warmer temperature, and in a short time
was darting to ami fro, with as much life;
as il lie had just bee u taken Iron) his native
element.?A. 0. Crescent.
A little fellow asked his mammy, who
was going to sleep in that-ar bed with Jim
and Joint and Jark and Ju and Kale and
lift and .Moll anil Jane and Su and Dirk
and the baby and that strange man what's
here to night!' The old lady bro'l the
little 'un a slap across the face, and pushing
her spectacles on top of her head, answered,
'Why, me and your daddy! to he |
sure! and plenty room for Israel and iiis
tvife, if they chalice to come.?Rasp.
j i
NEW OK Li: A AS, Aug. 29. j
Doki.s.?A duel was fought yesterday,
near the Louisiana Sugar Refinery, he.!
twecn L. Collins, Esq. and iMussnn,
Esq. The distance chosen was twenty pa
ccs?lIn- parties to Hive two ptsiois, anu
to advance and lire lift wren the words one
and twenty. Mr. Collins lired and misled
liis antagonist, who lired, wounding Mr.
('. The hall struck upon the 9th rib, passed
around, and came through on the opposite
side. Mr. Collins ltd I, and u as
supposed hy his surgeon to he? mortally
woiindeil. We are happy Instate, however,
that his prospects of recovery are very
good, the wound not being considered
, danger mis.
The meeting was occasioned by an article
which appeared in the Adve:tiser, of
J which Mr. Collins is at present editor. j
Another was fought early yesterday
. morning on the Melairic track. One of
! the party was dangerously wounded. We
;could not learn their names.
Another comes oil'ihis morning?wrap-,
one, rifles, at thirty paces.?Crescent City.
i Negro Murders.?A slip from thcnHice!
of the Franklin (Attakapas) Republican,
furnishes the foHouing statement:
'On Wednesday morning, the 10th inst.1
two runaway negroes from the plantation i
of Mr Robert Brashear, were captured on!
I the liaymi Salle Hay, by three white per- i
I sons who were in pursuit of them. The
j tu groes were then tied and placed in a
boatuith Air. 15. L. Wilcox, of Bayou
Salle, who was one of the number, in which
was three dnuMt? barrel guns, and amunilion.
They were proceeding to Bavou
Salle when ihe bonis were about two hundred
yards apart, Wilcox untied iheni for
the purp< se of having them to pull, the
negroes pounced on to him and threw him
overhoaid, shot liini through the head, and
then attempted to shoot the other two men
and pursued them for seme distance when
iliey changed their course. The alarm
was given lo ihe citizens of lower Bayou
S alle who immediately went in pursuit of
the negroes; they were however not to be
louiid, as they had surceeded in making
the Cypre .Mort woods, where they were
discovered on Friday morning hist, by
some persous who were at work in the
woods some of whom remained to watch
their movements while others went to inform
the neareet residents "f them, when
Mr. Thundtilc La Beauve, his brother and
a third person, armed themselves, and
went to (lie place [minted out to them,
where the negroes were soon discovered;
they were pursued in the marsh, by the
party, in the meantime they fired several
limes at those in pursuit of them. Mr.
Theodulc L iBe-vivc succeeded in r.itching
one of them, whose name is llollin, and
lied him will) his whip, gore him in charge
in one '>f ihe company; he again pursued
the oilier, and ratno near him when the
negro fired on him, lodging a buckshot in
his thigh, Mr. L. slill continued to advance
though badly wounded, being desirous of
taking him without firing, when within a
few steps, t'ic negro raised his gun to
shoot, L. was looking out for this, nod
succeeded in shooting first; the whole
charge of the gun entered his heart, and
he scarcely breathed after falling. The I
gun Mr. L. shot with was a single barrelled
oiie, and was charged with small shot.
"We are pleased to add, that Mr. L. is I
out of danger, and will soon he well, and
we hope that he will be remunerated for
the important services he has rendered his
country. The negro that L. killed is
named Ben. Rollin was placed in jail ut
this place on Friday Inst, had his trial this
morning and is sentenced to be executed
on Thursday next."
Wo are informed by a letter from Beaufort
that the Baptist Congregation in that
place have escaped, by a most Provdential
circumstance, the fearful calamity of being
all crushed to death. The house in which
they worship has walls of mortar, which
were at first, (part of them) d( signed for a
small building?several additions having
been made, the roof has become too heavy,
ami this fact, (with the crowds ofservanls
in the galleries,) bus caused the wulls
to yield to the pressure latteraly, and the
beams of the roof to give way under the
strain. To have to huihl in such limes is a
trial inijepil; fmi our curresj'on'tcni informs
us that the Congregation have met,
awl aM afrriniy t?Lmij -J've nvonsures 'a
provide a place of worship. We know
i r ? ,i.:_
iie.aulorl, ami mrreiurr, are sure una tillering
Congregation will receive universal
sympathy there.?Chas. Mercury.
The New Tarijf Law.?A cargo of 200
rases of crushed sugar, each containing
1200 Ihs. is 'tow landing nt this purl.?
This 810,000 Ihs. of sugar was imported
from Amsterdam, and paid a duly of20 per
cent ad valorem, or about 1 3 '1 cents a
pound, making a difference of over 813.(SO.)
on the cargo. When this sugar was
sent here, it was intended to export it to
Italy, with the benefit of drawback, but
having blundered into so favorable a position,
it will of course be retained here.
A cargo of brandy is also landing, which
was admitted last week at a duty of 20 per
cent. Under the new Tariff the duty is
81 a gallon, or about five limes the former
duly.
These will serve ns specimens of the
operation of the new Tariff upon importers
who have on hand large stocks nI goods
of particular descriptions. Upon merchants
whose cargoes are yet to arrive, it
will in sonic rases operate unfavorably.
A merchant remarked to us the other
day, while the details of the hill were under
discussion in Congress that the decision
of the question whether tea should he
free, or pay a duty of 20 per cent, would
aliee.tliis interests to the amount of $50,000.
The cash duties ordained by the new
Tarill", will operate very severely upon
houses of small means, inasmuch as, after
purchasing the gods abroad, an amount
of duty greater in some cases than the cost
of the goods, must lie paid in cash before
any thing can lie realised from sales.
N. Y. Jour. Cum., '2d. inst.
Rail Riding.?A ni;in mafic his appearance
lately in Castile, Wyoming county,
N. Y-, ami palmed himself offas a dover.
lie exhibited a large roll he railed money,
:iii'l declared that "he was ri ?lil in town,
with a pocket full of rocks!" Certain
gentlemen were his hum hie servants, forthwith;
they rode round for liiin, purchasing
horses, buggies and stock; he drove the
hest horses and die handsomest buggy in
town, and was the admired of all observ.
ers. lie examined and purchased a quantity
of cuttle, and all were to assemble at
the hotel nil a certain day, to receive their
pity. A crowd assembled, but our hero
was minus the needful! The duped beI
-I? .1 ; l_?.
rntitr clamorous, am- me uruver uieiiicm.
A Lyucli court was held; the criminal was
sentenced to he ilipp?*d ihrice in tho horse
trough? to have one side of his h<-ad shnveri,
ami to he rode out of town on a rail,
which sentence was carried Juto effect
forthwith?
A Judge Puzzled.?A Western Judge
or Justice "f the Pence was recently thus
bothered hy one of ilm half-wild vagrants
of the hark woods, wlio wns brought tip
with an empty whiskey bottle in his own
personal custody.
'So, sir, you're there!" said the justice.
Do, you always come as near the truth
as that?' was the reply,
'Silence, sir; where do you come from?'
'You'll be smart if I keep silence and
find out?'
'Don't he impudent, sir; what is your
occupation?'
Look here, Judge. I'll tell von one
iliitiif, ami I want to do it respectfully.*
'Wi ll, sir.1
'You're il (1 impudent yourself.1
.'This will not do; where do you come
from, sir?1
'This side of sundown.1
'Have you an occupation?1
Reckon.1
'What is it.7,
'Ret you a pint of whiskey lean tell what
yonr's is.1
'Do you mean to salisfv me?'
'Certainly Squire: whal'll you have?1
'I; is necessary that you should understand
'.hat order and peace are necessary
in society. Whatever wild freedom you
may find in the woods, you are now here
in a community of law, and quet submission
will evince wi?d<un on your part.
Squire , I slmuM like to understand
you. hut you're loo bi? for me. Just say
nu more about il, and let's go and take a
drink.1
'I never drink.1
'What?'
'Never, sir.1
'You don't
'No, sir, never.1
'Sir, I bid ) on good morning. I have no
desire for any further acquaintance with
you. TVhnuh! I*tn a coming?' and the
j backwoodsman broke out of court.?Pic.
Riches and Poverty.?A man without b
penny lias yet what all the wealth in the
j worhl cannot purchase?the human form
j and the human nature. With these, if he
lias health ami resolution, he may become
| any tiling, except whalcan bereached only
' by innate genius or a higher order of mental
gifts than his own. Give him education,
you make him a gentleman; religion
| and morality, and you fill him with the
i siiiiiinents of a Christian. Let no one say,
'the poor scholar or the poor gentleman is
ltyrt t>y >.:- ! - --n
often distorts those characters, but they
ought to be above pride. A cultivated
mind, so far lrom being trampled by a
oariow income, flies beyond it and tastes
the quality of the fine intellect in faculty
of selection. The wisest economy is the
nicest tnsie. Profusion is tasteless. A
man of fine judgment and small income
will actually live in a more genteel style
than a rich, coarse minded nabob, lie
may have fewer articles of expense, but
they will he choice and delicate. His
style of living will be frugal yet elegant;
which is more pleasing than extravagance
without judgment. A genteel taste in living
eschews extravngaitee, pomp, and superfluity
us essentially vulgar. There is
not a more pitiful sight than a mean spirited
man ina splendid house. His soul is
too small for it. On the other hand, the
groat cannot he contained within the most
magnificent palaces, and yet may content
itself in the mo.it humble mansion. The
grrat and poor good man, in his modest
and retired parlor, affords a more noble
spectacle than a king or n pyramid.
A Dutch Advertisement.?We copy
this gratis from an exchange paper,and
shall send Hans Vanbruggcn no bill:
Pic.
Bothering.?I dakes dis vay to inform
do hiihlic vol I can do?dat 1 can make
stove Mipes, Hrass, Copper and Tin vork
ofany kind, from a still vorm to a Visile
' * ^ ? ? <l? U>iAton ilon kut^ tr?tl
ami i can ouinci uj* uc uiiiihi < U..LC
has a hole in cin, and make em just as coot
as now. All dish I v i 11 do lor de Money,
al mine old stand in diso little Yil'age, near
Wire de carpenter lives vot makes deVeel
harrows and mends de vacuus.
IIans Vanbrugcen*.
Useful Dogs.?Mr. Kendall in the ae.
count of his Santa Fe expedition, speaks
of some remarkable dogs used by theMexieans
to guard their sheep. He says. "There
were very few men along with this immense
herd of sheep; but in their stead wcrea large
number of noble dogs, who appeared to be
peculiarly gift?*d with the faculty of keeping
them together.?There was no running
.n..in no h.-irkimr nor biiini!. in their sys
UU-'Mlj 5 - ty .
lem of tactics; but on the coutrary, they
would walk gently up to any sheep that
happened to stray from the foJil, take it
carefully by the ear, and lead it back to
the (lock. Not the least fear did the sheep
manifest at the approach .of these dogs;
ami there was no necessity for it. They
appeared to me to be a cross of the Newfoundland
and St. Bernard species, of very
large size, and with frank, open countenances,
and from what I could learn, extremely
sagacious."
IftrsH Ancestry.?An Irishman %elng
asked how his mother's health was, "My
jewel," saiil lie, "I sflrn very much obliged
10 you for your-inquiry, but'I never l.rad a
mother!"?Hoyp^tffat?" said hie /rien&
yVVlial don't ymlfaiow," observed Paddy,
"that I am a son oPtny aunt?"
[From the Mobile Ledger, 2d ull."I
LATER FROM TEXAS AND MEXICO. **- \
By the Cresent City we hav? received
(lutes from Galveston as late as the 18th
Aug., and from Tampico of the 27th,?
From the bitter place the netVs is that great 4
preparations were being made for sending
an overwhelming force into Texas. They *
are increasing Llie navy, and daily aug* *'
mooting the large military force under
arms. All classes of citizens arc made-" to ,
bear a part, cither as actors or contributors y,
in the affair. Contributions are leyUB, 1L..
taxes .imposed, and men drafted?in short, v
every step is being tajten to supply both ' *
men and money for a vigorous and formid*'
able campaign against the rebellious Tex;
ians. '
The following extract of a letter from-:.
Galveston gives every tiling of inlereaM
Stirling in the quarter: V"*. *
A parly of gentlemen, seven in number,'
arrived here yesterday from Aransas Bajf.
They have been on a scouting expedition;^
nn their own hook, and have-done a pretty
fair business. On this side of the Nuecea
they encountered a party ofMexican spiee, ?
uhnni fiff tr 1 ?v nnrrtltrt* -t* - -1 1 *'
<?.; iiiiiiuci, ami auactiKU uiem.
The engagement was short, the citizens of
"ihe greatest republic on earth" refusing
to come up to the scratch. Twelve of the
spies were killed; the remainder taking to.v
their heels. On their persons were found*,
considerable sums of money, Which youmay
rest assured were removed, no coustUu**
tional scruples preventing our boys from
pocketing the deposiles. The spies were
armed with beautiful silver mounted guns,
and had they been men tvould have given
our party a warm reception. They stated
that they belonged to the advance guard'of
the Mexican army under Bevas, who was
encamped on the other side of the Nue]
ces, and were prevented for the present
from crossing over in consequence of high
water, the river being in many places four
miles wide. The country between the
Nueces and San Antonio was under water.
They also slated that detachments of Mesi- /
can troops were stationed at different
points from the sea coast as far up as
Mier, and were in constant communica- _
lion with each other.
I confess there is little dependence to be r
placed in ihestatempnts of iboseJilack-Huu..
"cUis", but the best informed men here are
forced to place some relianc^in the above
netaiis. Unc tiling is certain?the Mexicans
will continue to harrass the frontier
settlements until a favorable opportunity
for invasion is presented. Their movements,
however, will be closely watched*
and reinforcements sent there whenever necessity
requires their presence. Col, Cook#
at the head of about 1000 citizens, volunteers,
is alieady on the march to the ironties.
Capt. Allen, late of the Mississippi
Guards, is here at present, receiving and
forwarding a large supply of provisions
from the United States, for the support
a company of mounted men now organizing
on the La Barca for the protection of
the Western frontier. New cotton is
coming in daily; we expect to export 200,000
bales the coming winter. Exchequer
money is advancing?it is now quoted at
00c<
What is love??Oh! mysteries! what is
love? It is." poison in nectar:" sunlight to
heaven; perfume to the rose; the musiO *
of sound; the poetry of feeling: the "mad
ness of many;" the "gam" of "bat few." *
It is more than all thesp; it is and especial
Providence. Only let us feel convinced
of its cxistance. and we care not how
improbably the chances may be of our
happiness, still we are happy. .It is the
opium of the nature, that conjuries up
dreams so intoxicating that they distance,
and make us independent of all realities?
it is a creator, who makes everything out
of nothing, and out ofwhoserhaosis formed
the universe of the heart; it is a chame- j
leon, that lives on air, and whose'ever- ^
chahging hues are derived from the at-* ^ ;
mostphere of the one being in whose presence
it exists; it is a giant to dare a child
In rpar' if 10 a c ntfrul f liri 11 fn irioo v?f ?
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mispr to hoard; it is an object slave, yel#rl>
like all such, in hs turn a fell tyrant; it i.9? *
a mngiciart, who in a desert can raise up
an Eden, bright, beautiful, and pure aajfre
primeval one; but it is c serpent to tempt,
and wo to those who live to litjtl thatifrlias
It/red them to., . t
"Pluck the one blossom that grew otf
earth's uce\?Lady Lijtton Bufiber.
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An Irishman once riding to market wilft
a sack of potatoes before him, dTsrorSfed ?
that his horse was getting tired, whereupon
he dismounted, put the potatoes oil
his shoulder and again mounted, saying
"it was better that he should carr}* the pra*
line a a Ka tvna rpoth 11, * ikn n?np Kncto "
uw i?v i??0 iivciici uiuii nit j/vvi uyoiv#
Says Bill to Jack, "how many legs
would aralf have, calling ihe tail one?^"Five,1'
answered Jack. \
"iN'o 'twouldn't neither," says Bill; "because
calling the tail one leg wouldn't
make it so?would it?"- Jack mizzled.
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