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ÖSeo in the Rational Sank Bail ding-, third story.) TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTIONS ,2,50 PER YEAR, i aV arcs. 03,00 " " If HOT FAID 1 ADTAXCI. Ko postag on paper delivered within this Count j. - Yhe Supplemental Reconstruction Bill, as Agreed Upon by the Conference Committee of the two Houses of Congress, and Passed March 19, 1867.. Jit att tnpplmcvtJry to dn act entitled an act to provide for the more - efficient government of the rebel States, passed ' March 2, 1SC7, and to facilitate restoration; Bo it enacted, &c. That before the 1st day of September, 1SC7, the commanding Uencral in each district, defined by an . act entitled "An Act to provide for the tu ore efficient government of the rebel States,',' approved March 2, 18C7, shall cause aregistration to be made, of the male citizens of the- United States, twenty-one years of agoand-upwards, resident in each

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ciuaeu in his uisinci, wun-u iunuimn will include only those persons who are qualified to Tote for delegates by the act aforesaid, and who shall have taken and subscribed the follswing oath or affirmation: . Tdo solemnly swear, of aCrtn, in tho presence of Almighty God, that I am a citizen of the State of ; that I hare resided in said State for months next "preceding this day, and now reside in tho county of , or 'tho parish of- , .in fcaid State, (as the cae maybe); that I am twenty-one years old; that I have not been disfranchised for participation in any rebellion or civil war against the United Plates, nor for felony committed against the laws of any State, or of the United Stales; that I have never taken an oath as a member of Congress of the United States, or as an ofÜccr of the United States, or ns member of any State Legislature, or os an executive or judicial ofliccr of any State, to support the Constitution of the Unified States, and afterward engaged in insurrection or rebellion against tho United States, or given aid nod comfort to the enemies thereof; that I will faithfully support the Constitution and obey the laws f tho United States, and will, to the hest of my ability, encourage others so to do. So help mo God. Which oath or affirmation may bo administered by any registering oflkcr. . Sec. 2. That after, tho completion of the registration "hereby provided for, in any State, at such time and place therein us tho commanding general shall appoint and direct, of which at least thirty days' . public notice tha!l bo given, an election thull bo held of delegate, to a convention for the purpose of establishing a constitution and civil government for such State loyal to the Union, said convention in each State, except Virginia, to consist of the same number of members as tho 'nio.it . numerous branch of tho State Legislature in such Stato in the yeir 1SC0, to la apportioned auong tie several districts, counties or parishes of such State by tho commanding general, giving to each rcprcsentition in the ratio of voters registered as " aforesaid as nearly as may ba. The con- , voutton of Virginia shall consist of the iiruo uumlcr of member) as represented tie territory how constituting Virginia An the most uumerons branch of the Legislature of said State in the year 1SC0, to te appointed as aforesaid. Sec. 3. Tbatat said election tho registered "voters of each State shall yoto fororagainst a convention to form's constitution therefor under this act.. Tho!e voting in fa"vor of stich a convention shall have written r printed on their ballois, by which they vote for delegates, os aforesaid, the words ""for a convontion,"and those votingagtinst ucb a convention shall have written or printed on euch ballots tho words "against Convention.1' The persons appointed to superintend auch election, and make returns of the voteciven thereat, as therein provided, shall count and make return of the voto given for and against a convention; and the commanding general to whom tho same shall havo becu returned hall ascertain and dcclaro the total veto of the State for and against a convention. If a majority of tho votes given on that rjuea tion shall be. for a convention, thon such convention shall bo held, as hereinafter provided; but if a majority of said votes hall be against a convention, then no auch convention Bhall bo held under this act : Provided, that such convention hall not be held unless a majority of all mich registered voters shall have voted on tha question of holding such convention. , Skc. 4. That the Commanding General of each district shalj appoint such loyal officers or persons its may bo necessary, not exceeding three in each election district in any State, to make and complete the registration, superintend the election, and make return to him of (he votes and lists of returns of tho persons selected as dolegatcs by a plurality of tho votes cart at said election ; and upon receiving said returns, he shall open ttio same, ascertain the position of the persons eUctcd as delegates, according to the returns of tho oOlccrs who conducted said election, and make pr6clamation .thereof, and within sixty days from tho date of the election ho shall notify the dolegates to osaemblo in .convention at a timo and placo to be mentioned in tho notification ; and said convention, when organised, shall first deter- . mine by a vote whether it ia tho wish of . thopeoplo of such State to froino a constitution and civil government according . to tho provisions of this act and tho act to which it is supideaiontary. and if so. shall proceed to framo such constitution; and when tho satuo shall havo Iron so f'rsmed said constitution shall bo submit'ed by tho convention for ratification to tho persons registered under tho provisions of this act at an election to bo conducted by tho officers or persons appointed by the commanding General, as heroin beforo provided, and to be held after the expiration of thirty davs from date of notice thereof, to to given by said convention, and thereturns thereof shall bo made to tho comläanding Genoral of the district. Seo. &. 'And le tf urthrr evicted, That if, according to said returns, the constitation shall bo rati&cü by a majority of tho votes of registered electors, qualified as herein specifiedcast at eaid election, at

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'14.1 least one-half of all registered voters voting upon the question of such ratification, the President of theconvention shall transmit a copy of the same, duly certified, to the President of the United States, who shall forthwith transmit the same to Congress, if in session, and if not in session, then immediately upon its next assembling, and if it shall appear to Congress that the election was one at which all the registered and qualified electors In tho State had had an opportunity" to vote, without restraint, fear or fraud,' and if it shall further appear to Congress that the constitution is one that meets the approval of the msjority "of qualified electors of said State, and if the constitution shall be declared by Congress to be in conformity with the provisions of the act to which this is supplementary, and that the other provisions of said act shall "have been complied, with oudFaid Constitution shall be approved by Congress, the State shall bo declared entitled to representation, and Senators and Representatives shall bo admitted therefrom as therein provided. Sec. G. That all clectious in the States mentioned in the said "act to'provjde for the more efficient government of tho rebel States," shall, during the operation of said act, be by ballot; and all officers making the said .egistration of voters, and conducting said elections, shall, beforo entering upon the discharge of their duties, take and subscribe to an oath faithfully to perforin tho duties of said office, ana ttio oatn prescribed ny tue act approved July 2, 1SG2, entitled, "an act Ap pescnte an oath of oliice. Sec. 7. That all expenses incurred by the several Commanding Generals, or by virtue of a-ny orders issued or appointments made by them undor and by virtue of this act, shall be paid out of any moneys in tho Treasury not otherwise appropriated. Seo. 8. That tho convention for each Stato shall prescribe tho fees,-salary and compensation to bo paid all delegates and other officers and agents herein authorised or necessary to carry into effect the purpose of this act not herein otherwise provided for, and shall provide for the levy and collection of such taxes on the propperty in such State as may be necessary to pay the same. . Sec. 9. That the word "article" Jo the sixth section of tho act to which this is 0 M - ' V W Hi J SfV VVU0IWVVI tioo;" . Bimriistrtmritfirfi a. lin 1 1 Tita itrtnwrrlmil eecTho General Bankrupt Law Synopsis of tho Leading Features. The jurisdiction in bankruptcy rases is given by the net to the sovcral District Courts of tho United States, with the United States Circuit Courts acting in a supervisory capacity ns Qourts of Kquity. Tho Judpcs of the District Courts will bo as-si.-tcd in the performance of, their duties impoyed'upon them by registers in bankruptcy, who are required to be counselors of those courts, or come of the Courts of llecord of their Fevcral States. The power of the Registers is limited, and proviison is made for reference of disputed questions to tho District Court Judges, and for appeals from tho ITistrict Courts to tho Circuit Courts, and from the . latter, in ens-ei where the matter in dispute shall exceed two thousand doliars, to the Supremo Court of tho United States. Thcro nro two kinds of bankruptcy contemplated by the act voluntary and involuntary. In the former any person residing .Within the jurisdiction of tiro UJ nitcd States, owing over three hundred dollar, and finding hininclf insolvent, may apply by petition to. the Judge of tho district in which he has resided for the six months prccceding the date of the petition, or for the longest period during said six months, aud shall thereupon bo doclarcd a bankrupt. The creditors, having been properly notified by tho court, meet together and appoint one or inoro assignees of the estate of the debtor; tho choice to Le mude by tho greater part in value nnd in number of tho creditors who have proved their debts, or in case of failure to agree, then by the Distnct Judge, or where tticro are no opposing creditors, by tho Register. Tho whole n flairs of the bankrupt puss into the hands of the asfignecs, who havo full pwers granted thetn necessary for the collection of alt debts and the filial adjustment nnd the closing up of the estate. Stringent regulations are mide for tho proper deposit and safe keeping of all moneys received from tho cstato; and whero deity is likely to occur from litigation in tho final distribution of the assets the court is empowered to direct their temporary investment.' Tho bankrupt is liable) at all timts to be called up for examination on oath upon all matters rcla: ting to the disposal or condition of his property or to his business transactions, and for good causo shown his wife may in liko manner be compelled to attend as a witness in tho cafe. In the distribution of the bankrupt's cstato dividends aro to bo paid as agreed upen by a majority in valuo of tho creditors, from time to timo, at threo months' intervals, but tho following claims are first to bo raid in full : First, the fees, costs and all expenses undor the bankrupt act ; second, all debts, taxes and assessments duo to tho United States ; third, all Stute debts, taxes and assessments ; wages duo to any operative, cleric or houso servant to on amount not execoding fifty dollars for labor performed within six months preceding tho bankruptcy; fifth, all debts duo to any persona who aro or may bo entitled to preference by laws of tho United States. 'The voluntary bankrupt is entitled to his discharge, providing no fraud U proved aguinst him, nt any timo from sixty days to One year after adjudication of bankruptcy ; I ut the proof or discovery of any fraud or concealment deprives him of tho right to discharge. No person who has once received his discharge is tobe entitled to again becomo a volotary bankrupt unless his estate is sufficient to pay seventy per cent, on his debts, or unless three-fourths of his crod-j itors assent in writing to his .bankruptcy. Preferences and fraudulent conveyances

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ate declared void by the act, aüd suitable provisions are made for the voluntary bankruptcy of partnerships and corporations. -The exemptions under the law are äs follows : . The necessary houshehold and kitchen furniture, and such other articles and necessaries of such bankrupt as the assignee shall designate and set apart, having reference in the amount to the family, condition and circumstances of the bankrupt, but altogether not to exceed in - value, in any case, the sum of 300 ; and also the wearing apparel of such bankrupt, and that of his wife and children, and the uniform, arms and equipments of any person who is or has been a soldier of the United States ; and such other property as now is or hereafter shall.be. exempted .fron - attachment or seizure or levy-on execution by the laws of the Unitod States," and such other' property, not included in the foregoing exceptions, as is exempted from levy and sale upon execution or other process or order of court, by the laws of. the State in which the bankrupt has his domicile at the time of the commencement of the proceedings in bankruptcy to an amount not exceeding that allowed by such State exemption laws in force in tho year lSGL Acts of .involuntary bankruptcy under the law are classified as follows: Departure or absence from the State where debts 'are owed, with intent to defraud tho crcditors: concealment t(r avoid servico of process for the recovery of debt ; concealmcot of property to avoid seizure on legal process; assignments designed to delay, defraud or . bindor creditors; arrest aud detention for seven days, under execution for a debt exceeding ono hundred dollars ; assignment, gift, confession of judgment, or any other act by which rcferonct! is giv en to any creditor, endorser or surety; dishonoring commercial paper, or suspending and not resuming payment for fourteen days. Tho petition for an adjudication of bankruptcy in such cases may couie from ono or. more creditors ' whoso debts reach two hundred and fifty dollars; but tho petition must bo brought within six months after the act of bankruptcy has been committed. In' involuntary bankruptcy the proceedings are made pore stringent than in the other description of vases. Tho penalty, for any fraud or concealment, direct or indirect, under the act, is imprisonment, with or without hard labor, for a term not exceeding three years. . . There sro other details in the act, relating to the duties of the officers appointed and authorized under tho law, the amount of fees, &C, which ore interesting only as matter of detail. The Interest Law. Section 1. De it enacted hj the General Astimbhj nf the &latc vf Indiana, That interest upon the loan or forbearance' of money, goods or things in action, shall be at the rule of six dollars a year upon one hundred dollars; and no greater rate of interest shall be taken, directly or indirectly, unless the agreement to" pay a higher rate of interest be made in writing, and signed by tho party to be charged; but such a rato of interest shall in no case exceed tho rato of teir djllurs ; but it may bo taken yearly, or for any shorter period, in advance Sec, 2. All interest exceeding the rato often per centum per annum shall be deemed usurious and illegal as to the excess only ; and ia any action upon a contract affected by such usury, such excess may bo recouped by the defendant, whenever it has been reserved, or paid-before the bringing of-thosuit; Provided, that nothing herein contained shall'aflcct the loan of public fundi nor interest on purchase money, of canal, college, school or saline funds. Sec. 3. It is hereby declared that an emergency exists, and therefore this shall take effect and bo in forco from and after its pashngo. Medical Qualities of Pumpkins. At a recent discussion in tho New York Farmer's Club a correspondent writes of tho virtues of pumpkins: I will givo you a simple yet very valuable cure lor inflammatory rheumatism. A woman's arm was swelled to an enormous size and painfully inflamed. A poultice was made of stowed pumpkin, which was renewed every fifteen minutes, and in a short time produced a perfect cure Th fever drawn out by the poultices roado thetn extremely ofionsivo as they were taken off. I LCtw a man cured of severe inflamma tion of the bowels by tho same kind of application. 1 think such subjects as this proper lor Jitouacton 5n n furm1 rnh Dr. Snodgrass I havo no doubt pumpkins make a good poultice. Whatever holds water and warmth best is tho most suitable. Dr. Smith -In my travels in Syria, I found pumpkin, seeds almost universally eaten by the people on account of thefr medical qualities. Not because they aro diuretic, but as an antidoto against aniin a leu hu which in Touts tho bowels. They aro sold in tho streets as apples and nuts aro hero. It is a medical lct that persons havo been cured of the tape-worm by tho uso of pumpkin scods. 'lue outer skin being removed, tho meats uro bruised in a mortar, into an oily, pasty muss. It is swallowed by the patient after fasting aoine hours, and it takes the placo of chylo in the stomach, and tho tapeworm lets go its hold on the membrauo and becomes gorged with this substance and in somo measure probably torpid. Then a largo dose of castor-oil is administered, andlho worms are ejected before they aro ablo to renew their hold. XtTA drunken follow had wandored into a Sunday School, and took a seat among firimor scholars, when the teacher accosted lim with: 'Why Jaaxs, do you know what condition, you aro in'jT Vcs m'm, in the gall cf bit'hes, 'n tho bonds 'f 'iiiquity. Ask ruo some hard qucsh'nsJ

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BROOKVILLE, IND., FRIDAY, MARCH 29, 1867.

Written for tha American. Beauties of Evening. .7. Lora dwells not io tile irkliag blaie, When noon rtvU on the stream; llif Under flow'rett darS not rale Their bosomi to the leaou.VTbe gleam! the moon tbroogQ lattio'd bow 're . And etars are thlniog bright, . . Hacootnaae with ths nhidowy hours, And wool the eilent tight, ' The dreamj ferfume of the rose, Tha violet's deeper ilsb, ' J A The moilo of Ibe rill that flows Ia liquid cadence byj . The sweet tone of some village chime ' On sweeter echoes brne- :.. : Thee, these an Joys it eeeuisg time, ' Which scarcely wait the mora. -. . ; t' Wot ttt the rloh sndjfoetly hll, , ? ..' , TUeTutt'rt'i purefafua te gireo, . Bat where the greenwood Shadows fall Beneath a Uiligbt heaven. , ,' Life's crowded pomp cad pageaut show Mey darker pensions move, ' Bot solitude alone eaa know " The ioceDis thoughts cf lore. ' ' When worldly caret are bathed la stety. Love Vrakei at such aa' hoar; Young hopes their angel rljUs keep, ., And j ty reiumes its power. ' , . Thongb t night ia all Its dniky tat' Athwart the iVIeibe thrown, ' Yet beauty's glance can thin create A tioontidoallbcr own. ' j ' 1 Fairfield, Ind. ' MatTIB 1. Co slit. The Income Tax. ... ' , The following is the form of making Income returns for lSGJ. ander the new low. The reader will see at a glanco the character of tho'articles to 16 returned upon,, and the deductions to bo made! HETUUN3. f 1. From the profits in any tfade business or vocation from wlich income isi actually-derivod, or any iiterest therein wherever carried on. , ' V : 2. From the payment of Äebts In a formcr year considered löst, aid which have not paid h previous income tax;; 3. From rents. " ' : ' 4. From Farming Operations -Amount of live stock' sold; amount of agricultural products sold. 1 r; B. From profits realized by sales of real estate purchuscd since December 31, 18C3. 0. From interest on any bonds or other evidences of indebtedness of any railroad, canal, turnpike, canal navigation, or slackwater company; or interest' or dividends on stock, cipital or deposits in any bank, trust company, savings institutioa, insurance, railroad, canal, turnpike, canal navigation 'or slackwater company. y 7. From djvidends of onj incorporated company, other than Vho.o iovo mcnttoni ----, - - . , 8. From gains and profits of any incorporated company not divided. . 0. From interest on notes, bonds or other securities of the United States. ' 10. From interest on notes, bonds, mortgages, or securities other than those enumerated abovo. 11. From any salary other than as an officer or employe of tho United States. 12. From any salary or pay as an officer or employe of tho United States. . 13. From profits on sales of gold or stocks, whenever purchased. 14. From all sources not abovo enumerated. " : 1 ' Gross income. -deductions. '1. Exempt by law, Sl',000. : ' 2. Notional, State, county and municipal taxes paid within tho year. ' ' ; i JJ. Losses actually sustained during the year from fire, shipwreck, or incurred in trade, and not already deducted in asccr taining profits. 4. Losses on sales of real cstato purchased sinco December 31,' 18G3. 5. Amount paid for hired labor to cultivate land from which income is derived. G. Amount paid for the livo stock which was sold within the year. :' 7. Amount actually paid for rent of homestead.- . ' '''' 8. Amount paid for usual or ordinary repairs, cxcHiding payments for new buildings, permanent improvements or betterments. 9. Interest pail out or falling due within the year. ' ' 10. Salary or pay as an 'officer or employe of tho United States, from which a tax lias been withheld.' ' 11. Interest or dividends from corporations enumerated above in paragraph C. , Taxable income. ' Amount of tax at 5 per cent. CAnntAQE3,T)OT.D WATCUK.S, wtUitin T.i, ttl.F, nntn A NO elLvtll I'LATK. (ScftiM A -,Wui 1V, AM Jhu 30, 18 ;l, i AmtmM Juit ia, una.) . . ' ' TAXA11LE rilOrERTY. " Cerrlege, pWton, carryall, 'roeknws., or other like orrt:te, an I any concb, boWney eo ich, omnibiM or four-wheeled car ' riag, the body of which rent upon springe af any uotorlpttuo, which Is kept fur ue, fur hire or fur pateenger, and . wbhih Is not ued exclusively ia huibiadry erlu tha transporUtiou of mtreban Uie, valued atexanedlng S39t) and net eioeodlng SjUll Including hürnen need ' therewith (0 00 Carriage, of like deicrlpUen valued at above 500 10 00 Gold watckM, ciidpoiod wholly or In part . of gold or gilt, kept for uii, valuod at Sluuor leee. 1 00 Uold welohee, ciuiiood wholly or In part bfgull or gilt, kept fr use, valued at above too S 00 Billiard tabtoe kel Iwi u.e, aud But subjeot taspeolal las 10 00 Oi. pWl 8 'J kept for ue, per ounce troy i0 Oi. plale f silver, kcj't fvr ue, par eunoe Iroy, eaooeiHog forty oenioui, aiod by one '.' family ... eeeeee eaeetet 0J JBQ-My non, If thou wilt wear tight boots, there aro threo bad' thing1' thou wilt Inevitably sullcr: a baa cornr u bud gait, ail a bad temper, " What air docs tho-young mqiwö sing to tlte old mouse whon-biting his wai through tho aooucry at tho opera? 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" Legal Wit. . . Th Or -VorMern Light has on article entitled "Wit of tho Dsnch and Bar,", from which wc make the following selections, which can not fail to amuse ; "Judge William. J; Bacon, pf the Supreme Court of New York, ia one of the very few dignitaries of the bench who has adorned his soünd legal acquirements with the amenities of literature, and sweetened his judicial remarks occasionally with a most delicious humor. One day, during the trial of a case, Mr. Gtxuti Was a witness on the stand, and, as he hesitated a good deal, and efemed unwilling, after much per.-istent questioning! to -tell what he knew, the Judge said to him : .'Come, Mr. Gunn, don't hang fire.' After the examination had closed, tie, bar was convulsed by Judge v Beacon's adding : .iir. Ounn, you can go off now you may bo discharged.' ' ''"". ' 'Some legal conundrums are absolutely startling, as for instance : "Why is an-cscaped felon 'the noblestl work of God ?' Because he is an huii tft man. ". 7 . "Why is a lawyer like a lazy man in the morning ? Because he lies first on ono side and then turns'ovcr and. lies on the other. " . . "But the finest examplo of this kiüd cf wit is found iu an aoecdote of two noted iuen,arotlnd whoso tames cluster many proud and pleasant memories to keep them aJivQ in the public mind. CbiefrJustko Story was once a guest at a public dinucr in Uoiton, at which - Edward Everett was present. . Wishing to pay to 'delicato com: plimcnt to tho latter, the learned Judje ropoecd as a volunteer toast, 'Fume foN ows merit vrbcre Everett goes.' The hriliant scholar and consummate orator, not at all disconcerted, rose, and tossing-'-, up his wine' glass, responded, To whatever heights judicial learning may attain in this cpuntry,:it will never rite abovo ,bne Story.' . i :i .- ;. . ; ... (.."Among. tho finest : specimens pf .impromptu replies, which, while not witty iii the Ordinary sense of tho most -exquisite" type,- is the- following by William iVirt. This, celebrated advocate was once advocating a case involving soae personal right, in the course of which ho stated -t very broad legal proposition.". Iiis opponent asked' him for his authority in laying -down the rule, and to cite tho book and ' page which contained his precedent. -,Mr. Wirt, in his impressive Style, turned upon his questioner and answered in . this gorgcöüs manner : 'Sir, I am not bound to grope my" way among the ruins of antiquity to stumble over obsolete statutes, and delve in blackletter lore in search of a principle .wriu ten in. livins 'letters 'unoa the bcarts' cf ' cverj y'mah.' ' - : - ltufus Choatc, the most brilliant man Itt many refpects that has ever adorned the' profession, often indulged in a grotesquo wit, which was quite ns original os any clement in his eccentric genius. ' lie oreo complimented. Chief Justfco 'Shaw, of Massachusetts t-aid to have been one of the ugliest men that ever eat upon .the bench by saying as ho arose to commence his orgutner.t, "In coming into tho presence of your honor, 1 experience the same feelings the Hindoo does when ho bows beforo his idol, knote thut you are but J feel yvit ate great. Go another occasion, when he asked a witness what his occupation wa.a, the sanetimonious.individual answered, ' nm a minister of the gospel, sir a candle of the Lord.". "Of what denomination, sir ?'' "The Baptist." ' . -"1 trust, then,' replied Mr. Choatc.Vthat you are a dijud, but not a tcUk-cd candle. "This paper may be concluded by' two examples of sarcastic wit, which is the typo most common an ng lawyers. "A member of tho bnr o;ice-entcred 'the Court of Appeals of New York whilo a counsellor was arguing nn important case. 'Who is that gentleman addressing the court?' said he, speaking to Charles O Conner, who was sitting near him. 'That, sir, is Daniel Lord, junior, and he puts on the Junior so that ho may not be mistaken for the Lord Almighty.' . It may bo inferred that theso two professional rivols resembled neither Damon and l'ythias nor Joevathun and David, in their affection for each other. "Curran was ono day engaged jn n legal argument. His colleague, standing bohind him; was a talt, lank and lean man, who had originally intended to tako 'orders. 'The 'Judge remarked that the case beforo him involved a question, of cclwlactin! Uw nnd on hearing this, Curran responded, 'Then I can refer your Lordship to a high authority bcbitid me, who was euro intended for the church, but in my opinion ho is fitter for 'the steetile.' "In mnch the sume vein was n retort of Lord Krskine, who, when at the hiuht of his reputation, was once optOfcd to Coun seller Lnmb, un old and celebrated .member of the bar, of very timid manners nnd ncrvotiH teinpcrumoiit, who usunlly profaced his plc.-i with sottio kind of nu apology.1 Un this occasion I o happened to remark that ho felt himself growing more and luoro timid ns ho grew older. No wonder,' replied tho itty but icleusless Ersklno, 'every ono knows that tho older a La nib grows tho nioio sheepish he become.' "When Sheridan was going to court one morning, carrying' his usual picon bjg full of book and papers, somo of his professional nssoehitos set on tho urchins in tho streets to ask him if ho wns ocdrng old tlothcM. 'No,' ho replied, 'tuoso uro all new suits.' ."This, hovvever, is not ns good-n Wis remark on entering rt crowds) roftvttittco room, when ho called out in parliamentary language, Will some ciio move that I may tako tho chair I' ' "One would harM'y sninnoo thaftfb' dry a subject us tho hW would -furnish nw teiiul for lic1y epigrams ;but it Im pro-

WHOLE NO. 275. voked some specimens of this species of versification, which aro not the worst of their kind,' ; ' . In a rarö old English, tool; containing seme legal curioHities, ia the following, which, as a compliment to the fair tex, is cetfainly very Unique 1 ' "Fec-tioiplo and a slnif'le foe, . ' And all the fees in wit, j Are nothing when comjtnte 1 to llioe, Thou -bet of fs fooi-U..' , ' "This was doubtless the productitfn of , a love-sick law student, whose mind, wan3cfing fjr,om Blackstono'a subtle refinement on "fees" to his adored mistress, blo?aomed ! forth in this remarkable a tititheeia.-' ,! -j ''The following definition ia not'foundi in- any of the standard text books in Ute among the profession, and must have been! written ty some distinguished limb of the law, who had fainted 1 the way-hide, cr ! by a disappointed client, who had lost faith in tho infallible justice of the court: "for pay, to prove the honeet mtn a thief; . Yet pay, to break the wi Jow'a heart wi h griif, io suue irum lor lice to gin i..l.r : ,.! v . ' i ; " I na e a uriei ' ,vu?,ra, ü" -V.,D0?i;,n V';o;, il tv.- r T.I f I . 1 I puue ur luerui, ic-avts us a tpeciiqcn oi this malicious sarcasm on n lawyer,' who may, perhaps, have sued him for a ;wine bill;, 'ilo makcs one of tho characters "y- v - i. M ,. , (. ''So wlf, so grnre, of io prrpleted a tongdr, . And loud wliliar, that wmild nut wag, nor ic-irc Lie still without a fee." .it t j 'ßat of all legal poems and epigrams, thoeo 6f John (J. iSu.Te are unrivaled, and are too .familiar in need quotation. His "Briefless' Harristcr" will probably live öfter all the learned arguments and forensio efforts of the mottnble lawyers of his age have been lost irr tho very dres of oblivion His epigram "on , a, famous water anil" must, be pardoned by way of showing 'if3 superiority to eomo of those ' which have I nrrnileil it T "lly n'rtider U really IxjuJidln That among the queer rare we (rj-; . A hud cnir huull bl'tea be rröundli-; AndliMaUr cue alwarsle ,dry",(, i i .It f "Tho law also has its puns, wLieh foetn a natural scqtienceof ihmhlcrAtcndrc which attorneys' must cultivate to take such opjioslto view", nud-'givp such o'litagonistic opinion as they do on'prcciscly 4he same btata of facts. ' It is true lint punning has not been, inconsistent with tha diguityf the bench, and cten: some,' of the Lord Chancellors fn jhc!r gowns and wigs havo occasionally indulged' in this 'Fpceies bf wit. - U hen hrsklne was Chancellor i he was asked r by the Secretary of rte Treasury if he intended to be , present ut tho grand ministerial , fish dinner to be given at Greenwich at the end of the session, to' which he replied,' 'To;be Snro 1 shall; what .would a!ushrlint.cr bo without theXireut Seal?' :i r. 1 - T" .: Old Vitltti, V . Do joii keep yours, or burn .' thcro, dear reader? There are many good reasons for cither course, but if you adopt the former, dou't go to the drawer or box where they lay and dig wp tho poor paper corpses very often. It is a fad, sad business, a-nd sure to touch the totighcrt heart with a pang of regret, aud cloud tho brightest temper with a h;ide of rorrow. Bat, if fouic rainy fut)day, when Mndame ond children are-in the nursery, nnd time hangs heavily om jour hands, you steal owny to the library and open that secret casket to which even that estimable person, your wife, has no kcy-r-besuru you hall listen to a moro solemn sermon than any priest in the grandest cathedral cjn preach. Here are tho yellow, timo-tained pages, with their j failed ink nnd old lashiolicd post-mark. You remember when they their writers' and "yourself were fresh and yöaug when you read theu with all the enthusinsui, tho hope, tho ; tiuthfulpcss of life's early inorning, . "O, t-ll me not . then, the Wot of et"ry, For 0'0 djjri of our j-uuth are tho duye o oor s'""y, -." . And tho myrtles and try of iwcct two and twnty ' . Aro iwvrlh all (ho laurel, though rer m plcoty." This clumsy, LoyUh superscription was penned by the ithooUnato who shared your FCut, who played, and swam, ar;d ü?hcd with you,' ever so long ngo' whose sister you lIioui;ht you .would 'marry . when you grow up; who played Damon to your l'ythias in those happy days of phcrt jatkcts nnd great turu-ovcr collars .Whero is ho . now? (irotrn op, gone, dead or t hanged. You do not ko him or care for him any more; ho is quite us indifferent to you, und all that ia left of tho friendship, onco to bo eternal, is this dusty letter, saved cut of the wreck, and washed nshnrc upon the f-unds of tho isf. Hero is another, wiittcn in a MiJT, fotma) hand, with soino words ' nt'us pelled, rrlmpit Out OU,-u.UiuitlUi,uau v-. ij (Mimtiieiices, 4,My dear kmi.'-' nud ends, "Your' uUVctintiuto inothcr."- Ilow.lhnt face, long since turned to cofSn-dust, lisca Again at the cull (if Memoiy, nnd smiles upoo her t V I How thut i voice, long rijico blended with those who ring , in that wpptr Templu vihere no niht it iiciihrr death, or sorrow, of crying falls upon your cur in ni'cetit.1 of love, or wirning, or reproof You kneel ngnin nt Iuhp knee; you feci that' soft hand'' rcMiug on your bojtdi head ; you win Our Tather winch ml cr once tiiorf;' in eavln' arrcf rculiio that u mother is there, too. Ahl friend, r there anything iu this world like a mother Ioo ! Your children Jove you ; tho wife of your bosom lives you hut how rold und fclfl-h they nil are coinpaicJ with thut puro nod holy uileelioii which a -i Hers lng,i Hour wciiry, und nlwuvs kind! It seems to in thut when tho blight and cuio of sin f.tll upon the humuti race, (2nd lel'lotio uiiehnngiiig smile, fresh (Vom llcnun nod untainted by 1 1 c full, to bo with üs u ud bless us always a Morhvi's 'JVP ' ' . . ' .7 Do you teeogiiixo thi delicate willing, thi dainty seal, this subtle perftwoe. ever so old', but lingeiing und livin"-f still f As TOM open' the hheet, a knot of ribbon a lock of hair, porbnps, drop out. You reme'mber wlfn they wm a pat'tf f tho deorc-t things the wtM tuntuiti:d,und

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J -. J ' ; THA551ENI.. 4 One riaere. fll lines.) one ioert!a..-.. tkv O One ifjuare, two inieriioae. I 10' One eauara, three iaacrtioae. J AW ubetueBt inaertiobt, pereqoare. I Y KAR LT. , One olumS, ehaageable joerterly. TLrce-qoarter of a avlutua . One-half of a col gm....... ITS M M n is si One-qorter of a eolama.. M. i Uae-eighta of a eolutua 13 TraDtfeatadvertifeuieDU should ia all eeee. te paid for io advance. , . . . -. TJaleee a particular time Is sp-l..d whe ba4ed In, advertiements wtil be pabliiaed aaUl ordered out and charged acoordingty. they did not belong to the rejpetlid lidy ' in l he nursery dowir' .fcteira wtieft yj cherished them . fondly and priied theu more highly than you du bank fock Ww-a-daja. TLey are relics cf 'your fimtiovw poöfcibly yuur last sod the poor, duuib things plead eloquently . now out uf 'ils' din' and Care and tuimo.I of vanitliV'f yearn. The fingers which held tfio .I?ir ffc pen Lave grown cold iu the clasp üf Pesth1;' or lliey tnay wear another ? weädinfr. ring. than 3 onj but lor:a few brief niiments tie veutle ghost looks fjp and Ujs yoaf h iu the oidew lime. , . ... f:. -.-. ; "VTliersere the bepes ad tlejre sadtkeiüe urrtcrt la tbr ratlv a ' iliI rd, 1 11 Mia bulnuhfk rouid lull - Uu ih; old labke vi lb t Wl.tr ere the M art 's ibe AkhV aal CKaa' "1 ;t u i i J.tvelj and lv,itg of jn? ' I Lvk In the culoaias .f old Advt'liV.Y 1 ilanicd fiiu tltad Ly iL it. An affair cfHonoran! how I'twaiSsttleJ: The Indisnspulis i-urreapuadent' of lw Cincinnati (Jvw.w'ii'il givta hv fHuaifg.j - nausihKacfpu.it...r au fiueideht wirch, occurred , Juri the Louie pf.La Lcgialaturt) I .: . x tti frr, Shfrrodj'of Orange, l ad csefulj j prepnvwba lot .of dcti'iiatin ridiiiioiiflu poiiticul in their lialuie, with',, which, be fondly hoped ' to" mate a' record hhll woüld eternally dutun the j wrty in' püwrr.'' l'erhaps some of ytror trader may reinemler bim asjhc etitleitau whu hc a fi:ht with old Bowles H'Uio )ear,ag( jnst af-. ter. this Mexican war growing iat vf severe Vtrictnres upon th great- conspfra tor's conduct at Hucn.V Viti; '" i'ucij The Doctor' had beeu au'xhu'siy fueling for a week pust aii upportutilty Ut hurl bis ( grenade,1 b(it., slwa) uet Ith jiiyti'pt trangulatiun whenever he fi'iuJe a Uriuoti -"' fctration.' ' On Mutiday, ' hever, he 'suc' cccded in fi5ttiug a redng. A 'quorainit was prcslnt, for woimUk,'. and theDueff thought he had his rhilistioe nemies orf. the hin. .llesooke lonr, loud. and. cioL .1 quently in' favor of 'his resolutions, reut, bull like voice resounolt thflLVtT tho liall.'a tliCToir vi a fuigtity .'teifhado," his ams gesticulating wildly, aud. his are1 assuming an -apoplcciic tine, whi'cj.is forehead was headed with globuTes cf per apiraiion. The Schate saw the 'tfaUil"' fur thetti, 8dä rtfol-etl lo e Jitie.'"lO '-Jha'i tfratth. T A uiotiuii was made, to, relor to the Committee ,ou .Federal, KcJaiio"n!i..r About tbig time's vlHattjourt odor t f pistols , andcoCve pervaded the bail. v Uennct gof a snifi of it. and fouled at tie mouth. , never f-aw a. little man inotc frsutic,in bir', engernes tu'fizht. .Jle.made some' pr'eJty , broad insinuations as to Le lojalty vf (he )jemöcraticjaity, and Shrrd . Jironooni, cod his chargmja false as hrlh. ,it is w'Ilj known tkai !Shrtol r4cjgiiii6't theoäf, and, as Jlenneit U , also a fighiiiig''i'u people Legan to turn palet wliile the newspaper item gatherer picked up theirearlJ and fdiarpened their pen;iN. ..!r. Tnr'l.er, ? of; J)avic?s Cout;1y, tame .to" lie I elp' bf, Sherrod, in a tuiioustpcech. ,Mr. liennetT scorned Air. Turner's blufter and bullying Mr. Turner, bfark in the faco ,wjth rsge, denied the tlmr of hlustering and buliT-( ing. WLeu l:c wanted tdf bully a man ha would go out of the Senate in do'it. fhttv were some titen boa ever, who were: grral-: bulliei on the, floor of i the benate, but sr.rant sheep outride ,if the eupitul wall..' With a galvanic bound Sir. Bennett" sprang five feci into the air, ' lit opou the' tocs-of his Ft pnch c.il!kin, and dcslrrf to know if t L e gcutlcmaii meant , liitffV. Mr. Turner docliucd fa spcitici4ansifer Mr. Bennett fisntieall) insuted on knovrr, ing it! the remarks cr in'cndrd for liiiiiV He threatened, coaxed, whcedb.'d and "ua plored Mr. Tffrner -to speak. ;Dhl t.i ftsatf Mr Bennett? r. Turncr finelly said that his remarks were made in. reply to Mr. Bennett' retimrks,'aud Mr. Bonne't n.ig't ft make any jpplienfitn he chore'. ' Mr. V' nett's ('xcitemeiit instantly gave' f lare to a terrible and ominous calm; 11 frequently dosed his left eye, and seemed jo( ;be drawing an ituainuiy bead on vacancy, while the index iiut-r of his Vicht hand' itcjtously tuiitracted.'xs if cbtsing en the pintol trigger with which Im fn tended lff ting daylight throiili I Io' CarCass of Xlf,' Turner. , . . ?. It seemed irnw thut a Cjtht'was tneta'bk'.'and the ttiost inteiine txeitcmeht- pir-' f filled. The Senate atljouti.cd for AJuAef? and J Mr. Turner suiinteied carily out vf ' tho State I louse yard,' and tewn to tbt" ILiuc of Lord,' where, by a shs'ly exv'-' cuted kit fhink no Vfinent bo ritfetcd1 Sit tlitlunce. . Mr. Bciitiett followedlooklng as ralui ns if there were no such ' thing gtiHjiowder in thi. witked wt ild.' At pie-' cely fhe fp'ot v.l. ere Mr. Turner had dii appeared, und by a precisely sitniUr tioVtJr UivUI, lit au wi.i.'i... I I....,:, r ... , - - Lectin'', on eiiterinir. to find them boW weltciing in ;luir gore. What was my. surprise, huwever, t) seo fho two Idoo-t-thirsty wietehes standing shle b? s"M at tho counter, with 'head ihrowo btitk,' and' intently regarding Ibc.'desrrlpthej'atnlitijf of 'jToijt O Shunter's ti'lo while tl ry pltl'ticd twi Lothes vf nfhf tfhisky inio1 their' innards.'' " . , ' , ' '7 It hns been aortic' time slnrc I r'nwa iiiaii' shot du td in a"dnel. hnd 4 confes'-t'i a sliM rceliSig i if .ipjutintti.t'iit' at' te'i ingloiioiH cliuihx t'o the prospiu-tivf fm1,tt a I outturn e. As both' gentlemen nrV my j.i rmiml friends, howeer, 1 am" iViottvil cd, on second thought. ' ""lonng bidy sweepimr the streets with a' trail two yiuJrt Inn. Voting man stepped upon it, purify frsiing it fiviu. tl-' W(iit. Sl.o tin lied slowly upon hiai and said, ' you sie u owdy." , '. , n o t ("Sit led, ".t.Mnmo yotl'iir n dowdy.'' "If 1 vfeie n uiuti 1 wuld thriiiU y ." H:l V. I rhp. ' . . , "Ifou were pretty I would ki jou,?' he niid. 'iu 'fliis ia in-tilTe.riiblo,' Unld' the y,' utheriit-j up her calico' atodr tunling awe) . Hint is trio.'' he replied, "wheiher yolir iCui'iik npilie- yiurclf, ou dics or the weither:'