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LEXINGTON" NORi'li-CimOLINA, FRIDAY. FEBRUARY 15, 1856. - -
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iri?irl.Y BY
jAMES b: shelton
l,m ilinn ' thcv nrf in " lcniTis , ev and, increasing its debt" tnxtend works I Massarhusctt! wa. dhlv electtHl-Sneaker.
-J made by the hnhks we.cnn readily pcrcirve of improTement r?; ': :--f : J Mr.At lC. Marshall raised "the i quesiion
i .a . a uv a v. n-MA i a. awvi a ra 1 nniv rq i ri 1 1 a ppn um i nii nni cv oiifri an n m wr t t mai i nai v ii fail an i t am l . m iibt - ii saj l n r&a i rif
till tlb 11V aK 1
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JAMBS aTlONG- Editor.
v finance:
4bt (a K m y
Rates of Advertising
- - - j - - K
making every where fqr bank charters .ajid
hank stock. , . -
There is another fact which adds great
ly to the profits of banking (and causes
mn of mftatis to wsthold nsciiniarv aid
2 a jeir, nfter twelve fn.m works of internnl improvement,) to wit
nrUhsandSM atueiv all.ahbonds of the differ-
made nivable in the citv of New York " a,I jind undivided interest, both in :the bank
Kflc y--- cents for every
r uiiirr sur.a an aiiauji--, uot iic - iiuusc liscil liiusk ucri;iiic mic i c-
railroad company could suit, and that the Clerk . could neither do
possibly, isstie; or put m circulation : more so himself jior delegate any one toco, so.
- . - r . f . i .An. a i w a . a - 1
notes or certincates ot stocK tnantney were
.respectively authorized to do Hy their char
ter, Nor-could any individoal or creditor
if tlw bnult nnsaihlv bp mmTft. In lose as
fmueh by fifty per .ceot., as tfie stockhplers
nd managers ot the bank would oe. name
, 1, r .nuire ffourteen lines) for the first J nia(je payable in the city of New
One dollar perquou A , irfnfficanl fa(
TO.jrrn favor of standing ad
after. Dfuuvu"
' rerti'sements as-follows
J VON l 113.
-One square,
Two squares, ' -Thret
-(icol.)
fi ir 1 . . rv-i tl 1 S.O J
Occasional rene a al wi in thronrh
,ted to Uie who aovemac
6 MONTHS.
, $5'.5l
1U.U0
IS. 00
25.00
1 YIAR.
$b.0J
14.00
20.00
35.00
thU"I' dollars for announcing candidates
A M
for of
fice.
& -i r : i : n r.. nl nnfi I nrl lh miilo nl tho Nf nto nnnorthP fCtnnil.
which ouaht to excite - attention, especially sihilrties indicated, would lend to the.exer-
.1 . . i ' : o .l.,..o r c ! rr .oil iVj.i- in5riTir ir5tb h SRi'a'PreKt
rates of exchange stead ily Vdvancine, th.it ecomynt .that can possibly be, brooghWo
netirlv all the banks huve the privilege not bear on both, to . mrike. these comhindJnter-
or.lv to hold, but tr trade in public stocks ests 'profitable and beneficial to the public
to' half the 3m?Tint of their capital, ami of- in proportion. W"1 these great ends se-
lento :h : Wii'de nnipuni Ol uirir urjnuB . cuiru, unj. owim uiiuiu lauiiaiij.- j'hivt.cu
fuu.'s. And m this connexion, we have with - safety. ami. adv:intage in trie extension
of their systems of internal improvement.
STATE . RltiHTS. .
.North Carolina, Dec 26,1855.
never knwn such surp.u funds limited to
. - l I- Tlnur
r'nurt order rhargfd 25 per cent higher than the tHP cirrurnstMnres. nre not the banks in
touri uiuciB hnKliund and i . . t l .l-.olt oil h
Orders lor uivum -
hove rates
Wr!onU:ndng advertisements nre requedto
tate the number of insertions, required, ot tnej, will
Vinrtcd until forbid; and if-it is wished they
Sould occupy the least 'space ible , write upon
back ' close." Otherwise they will be put up
In the usual style and charged accordingly.
tW No discount on tuese rates. . .. .
CF-The Flag has novv a weekly circulation of
oveTone thousand, -arlofding merchants and busi
V" "!n cnrrallv an excellent medium through
which to make public their business
' " J-BOM THE NATIONAL IN I ELLIGENtEU.
Suggestions on Finance.
Banking and Internal Improvements Fi
nancial Reform Considered.
Messrs Editors: Those who have paid
the least attention to the business transacted
bv most of the Legislatures of the different
States must have heen struck with the reat
facility with which bank charters are pro
cured and the States induced to increase
their debts at every session. The thought
has occurred to ir e that there must be' some
powerful artificial cause operating upon the
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public mind to produce uiest- rimB.
'n,D or now. if I mistake not
i i (. .,v nrA 1pnnit nil the
OUCeU lO purl:.. up w. , ; '-ITlO THBiriLiuXCTOXmntALD.
bonds ol the States wrucn iney f v. oisalter Elected,
are authorized to hold with the bankers and v W a terclte- ,
brokers of the commercial cities ? It must Although the indications for the last two
be remembered that is in the large com- or, three days looked- to he- termination of
mercbl cities, and under such circumstan- h, protracted struggle in the House of Rep-
ces alone as wc allude to, that the bank can resentatives, by the election of a speaker,
sell or draw upon these bonds in cases, ot yet , rt.
3 . .k. k v-Hsterdav. unon receiving a telejrraphic des-
emerencv. iaKing"iius men, to c v- - v. r tT iv u i
P..,tnm of our banks, we hesitate not to de- v,ivu. auu.,um..u r .
w- jii i uli iw a. ia j oiv v v , wu
Afler some debite n this point j in vhich
Messrs. Rust Clingman, Cobb of Georgia,
Smith of Alabarna, Paine of North Carolina
kan4 Snnrt - participated, and daring which
Ma. AUvEN, of Smith Carolina asked per
mission of the House to conduct the pcentie-
j he chair, as the duly elected Speaker-qf the
r Units - ' . " .
' Mr. Cningman; olTered.the following re-
orti,tTrkn
. Rp.tnlnfit. T'lmt. bv'rpnaon of the ndnntinn
of the proposition -know as the plurality
resolution, and the votes taken under it, the
HonN. P. Banks., jr., of Massachusetts,
has beep duly ehosen Speaker, and is her
AftVr srripr1 ilpbnt. thp rvrevinna nntinn
m.vv. , - v -..
was called bh the resolution, and seconded.
and ordered to he put. .
The -question was taken, and the rjesolu
tion was adoptedyears 15G, nays 40.s,l
" Know nie su an Enemy."
Know. me as vour enemv! Yes! be a
clare it decidedly mischevious in tendency.
Beyond dispute a persistence in mis puuey
must opernte very prejudically against the
credit of the imlehted States. We consid
er the credit of any free State to.be more or
In s in danger when in the bonds of such
Slate are held abroad,; and when the in
vestments in stocks which represent that
debt at home, to the popular mind, i suf
fered to -fall far below par, and the candi
dates of all parties for Governor of the
on v...li :.t lor meirioers 01 ooin
P. R inks, ir.. of Massachusetts, Had been
chosen to the office.. From the course pur
sued by Mr. Clingman in moving and sup
porting the plurality rule, by the operation
of which the contest was ended', and his ex
press.' d opinion, that the adoption of this
rule would lead to the defeat of Mr. Banks,
we were led to expect a fulfillment of his
confident prediction. But. in this we have
been disappointed,' and the representative
of extreme sectionalism, is now the presi-
rKor. or, now. it I mistake not, near
seventeen hundred banks, branches and offi
ces of discount in the United States, arul
vet every Legislature that convenes is liter
ally besieged with applications to grant
,horiPr. f.,r new banks. It would seem
from this that there is.any amount of capi
tal in the country seeking investment.
Why is it that so many should wish to invest
their surplus means in bank s'.ocks and so
few be willing to come forward and aid
their respective Slates in, constructing the
necessaay works of internal Improvement
to develope their rerourees ? It is evident
that rail roads rind great fvor with the peo
ple, or our legislators woi'ld not have heen
sustained in the course they, hare so long
pursued in some of the States lowif, bor
rowing money on the faith and credit of the
Spates to onstruct most of their great work
of improvement.
Fortunately they ar notlef. eonjec.ure
in accounting for the preference of capital
ists in their, objects of investment.
The Rail Road Journal in summing up
th aggregate cort of all t!ie railroads tf
this country and then contrasting this sum
with the cash value of the stock in market
comes to the1 conclusion, by figures, that
the said stock, on the average, is at legist
twenty-eight per cent under par, and, con
sequently, worth little or nothing to the
holder as an in investment, pecuniary re
sults alone being considered.
It has never een ascertained thai I
know of, what is the average premium on
the hank stock of the country ; yet I am
confident from such observat on and in
vestigation as I have been able to give this
matter, that it cannot be less th n rifieen
to twenty-five per cent : pr.b bly nea.ea
the latter than the former. Of -ne thiny; 1
am confident, that the n tt ;nnu:d. pr.-.fil
on the aggregate bank capital of the coun
try average at least ten per centum.
Now, the fact is well ascertained th-t as
railroads increase, the profits of hanking
increase also. It is not strange, then, that
canitalistK should combine and exert tln ir
-energies wealth, and influence, to i
the verv results that we see transpinn?
round us. li the capitalists of the interior
and Southern States can procure bank char
ters from their .liberal-legislatures without
being required 10 pay the States a cent f, r
them and at the same lime be able, with
other interested parties, to induce these
States to increase their - debts by issuing
bonds and borrowing money on them to
construct their great lines of improvement,
what more could they ask? The construc
tion of these improvements at the expense
of the States and of those who are engag
ed in the industrial pursuits of life must he
to them a source of extraordinary 'profit, by
increasing the deposit 'in their banks, by
the .facilitating of their dealing in exchanges
and the general increase of their business.
It will not do to say that these monyed
corporations are taxed, m comon with indi
vidual citizens, and in the same proportion
on their wealth and profits, to raise the rev
enue necessary to meet the annual interest
on the public debt. Such is not the fact.-
The banks are taxed, it is true, from twenty
to twenty-five cents on the share : but it is
:not true that the stockholders pay the tax :
their c usiomers aitd the public pay iu It
only diminishes the dividends of the stock
holders, but, as they realize more than .the
legal interest of the country, from four to
ight per centum; it is worse than idle to
call this a tax on the stockholders as indi--tiduals.
This will appear in a strong light
when we remember that all who have mon
ey to loan are limited by law to six per
centum per anum, and have; also to pay
nearly the same amount of tax on the hun
-cred dollars that the
rotate as wen ai ior mniina -fs ,
branches of the legislature alike canvass the American members are not responsible.
. . . 11- .u ..Vi-nfo ; When the nirht was narrowed down to a
f.omthe stump after the manner of Gov. choice between Ranks and Mr Aiken of
VleNutu The history of the late Union South Carolina, they supported - the letter.
Bank in the State of Mississippi, afford, an but enough scattering votes were thrown for
'.o. .e nther candidates to secure Aiken s defeat.
instance oi tne exirem to u.... - rr...i ;n ,i,;a ,!,.
i ne resuii was t m i i. u n una "j
On Saturday; Mr. Smith of Tennessee, of
fered a resolution that the House proceed
at once to ballot for a Speaker, and if after
the roll shall have been called three' times,
no. person shall have received a majority of
all the votes cast, the roll shall be called a
guia, and the member who shall receive the
lirgest number shall be, declared elected.
For thi resolution Mr. Clingman, of the
N. Cr delegation alone, voted'. The resolu
tion was adopted. Messrs. Orr, and Ful
ler, the Democratic and American candi
dates forSpeaher,then withdrew their names
and the House balloted three times inelfec
tu 11 v.
Th House 'then proceeded to tiie one
l,rwlr , :nl t.Hirtv third vote for rmnker.
1 U V ThamM aa--..-
and the 1 ist vote under the plurality rule,
with th fol ow.inir result: whole number
of votes. 2 14 : of these-p-Mr.
11 auks received
Aik n - - -H.
M. Fuller -L.
I). Campbell
Wells - ' - -
The following is th? votes, in detail :
i por fifrm Jank Messrs. Albright, Al
lison. Ball. Barbour, Henry Bennct Benson,
are tending.
To remedy the evils here enumerated,
vrith many others which j arise under Qur
present unjust, expensive, and impolitic fi
nancial system, we see but one way which
appears at all practicable, and that is in a
slight modification of our bank charter and
of the terms upon which they are. hereafter
to be granted by our State Legislatures.
Each State should resolve (as England did
in 1814) to consolidate all its banks into
one, with such branches as time and -experience
may dem nsirate to be necessary to
transact the business of the country. The
mo h.;r bank sh mld have the supervision of
the officers of tne branches; but the branch
es shoul.l be left as independent of each oth
er in the arrange m.mt of their business as
poss.' e. The Slate should own ut least
two-ih-ids of the c ipit il stock of the bank,
nor sitould any individual be permitted to
subscribe f r u share of the remaining third,
unless he first deposit wtth the commission
ers appointed to procure such subscriptions
a certttic.tte of stock representing a share ol
one hundred dollars in some raiiroad in full
operation' in the Slate, for every share oi
fi.ty dollars which he subscribes . to the
hank. It should be required thai all sub
scriptions be paid in gold and silver, and
that the capital be "called in jas fast as the
charters of the present banks expire or the
business of.lhVSt-ile requires it. It should
be also required. that the certificates oi'pd
r.,.,t t.-.ck be deoosited with ihe S;te
C-unptroJIer, as soon as the bank is' author
ized to commence busLieus uuder its cjiar
ter, to s.'i ve as a cnt. rion y which that of
ficer is to issue the circut aion of ti:e b inw,
as well to ailord c.il .iieral se'-ur-ty lor
the tejeia, tioo of tin- s.aiv in ease oi tiie
ladura oi tne ' Dank. I'm? dii eelors should
afi be ch.'sm ii m the iiuKYiduuitckriold
ers and th : said stockholders shouM have
the priviiige ol electing a unjontysof ttie
directors in the bank and ali us '.rucnes ;
! .... ..iV. ...i,r r-.il.- iuil CoinoflllV ill
ii in. ii l Dili no uiucci wi uu , j
produce! the State should b - eligible as an officer or
dir etor in ilu a k orny ol us bf ncnes.
' it is appin-iil ti.at if each Slate would or
g:nize h bank on the, basis indicated, and
make the interest of us public debt paya
m o koihp one or more of its brandies
J l v v - - V ,
and in its own currency, it would do much I
to k- t p ihe debt ol the St .te .at home and
strengthen its credit, by identifying tne en
tire bank circulation with the uidewtedness
and the improvement of the State. This
principle once adopted and firmly adhered
to, would soon furnish the people sound
and abundant currency ; and if Sir" Hobert
Peel is to be relied upon, as good authori
ty, make the iudebtdness of the States thus
managed a blessing instead of a corse or
burden to them. It would also soon bring
up the stock in all great works of improve
ment to oar value, bv irivuiiT the bank the
benefit ot their gross ea. nuigs as uepusn, s
a-
man. a woman be honest and frank and
if von really hate' us, he above deception.
Away with your Judas kisses I Dont hold
the confiding hand in yours half an hour,
telling us how much you are interested in
our welfare, how cordially you wish us sue
cess ; and then speak disresp ectfully to the
next friend you meet, magnifying our
faults," laughing at our weakness, and tell.rg
our secrets, which we had confided to your
care, thinking your bosom a perfect "Sala
mander safe," which even the fire of per
secution would fail to. extract from thence.
Dont speak in those tender, soft, Inte
like tones to us, and with that serpent's
kiss behind our backs. Dont flatter our van
itv. untill we undertake some foolish scheme
for the furtherence of fame or fortune,
rhirh von know, fbeiiu? more worldly wiseJ
j v '
will result ultimately in onr mortification, if
not in sur rum.
Dnnt crv about our poverty, and cheat
i " i ii
US in a Oargain "oeiore our uanuKerciuci
a a
is'drv. 'Dont m;.n:fest your affection by in
trndinpr uDon our working hours, antil we
n .i . ,
have; given you the greater snare oi our
precious time without any earthly recom
pence. . , , V . .
Words cost . nothing : if you are a friend,
prpvq it hy deeds give us available sini
ratliv. not emntv nittv. Pittv is a flesh-
lessi bone, only, fit for dogs : it wounds our
pfir.als oftner" than it heals. It has a fine
vocabulary "Poor thing.'' "poor fellow"
"alas how fillen." " I would like to help
you, but it is inconvenient."
And there wc lie, floundering in tne muu
of despair. . while mistress Pitty, having
nijV her sneech viidks coldly op: but sym
pathy, silently takes us by the hand, mites
her strength with ours, until we overcome
our difficulties ; and h.'.rdiy listening to our
earnest thanks, points to a bright tomorow.
Away with milk and water fri ud.-hip.
Know mc as a friend or know mras'an
enemy." He is a wolf in wool who a
muses us with pleasant words, while he
knows the almos; mortal struggle of the
soul with poverty ami care, nor lifts a tear
in our behalf. O, mine " enemy !" D-mt
poster us with your company dont write
..u o.,,r lnvp letters dont break your neck
in making low pi esfances fight, openly,
. x- I.. . . . . .wr.iinct mi. rhir (Tft
me. or iiia uwcvu ,igam. . 6 -
have time to
forget you.
Women aud Wine.
The following passage, says :he Prohi
bitionist, from the pen of the celebrated
Cobbet, displays the vigorous good ser.se
which almost invariably marked his writ
intr. The question deserves serious con
sideration by both men and .women- Dp
sots -'deserve the fair?"
A man that cannot pass an evening with-
.1". ,ir turrits the name of a sot. Why
,n, Sabin, Sage, Sapp. Shcr- : should there be drink .lot the purpose ofcar
?. Spinner, Stanton, Strapa- j rylg on conversation ?f Aoinen stand m
need ol dru.K to sumuuvc miviu w
103
100
6
4
1
UillinghnrM. B;gh.im. Bishop, Bliss Brad
i". ' ut " i?:-r.T"t.-ii.- -lli-ifTinron. Burlinffame,
J-irres'li. CainKe!!, I'v. is l. Campbell, j fr me, or fight openly
Tui r tIom i-.u. Tolf ix. (liiiinirs. i -it of the way. that we may
(ovode. Cr. tin. Cumback, Dmsrefl, l im.i
thv lavi!., Div, D -an, De Witt. Dick.
---ai . a I 1
D ck-.v-, D- 'M. Dnriee. t.'lie, tligler, lial
'ViUi: GilfxTt, Grander, Grow.
m ert ll.-iiaU. 1 1 rl: e. itoiroway, i nomas
K. lo-ton, Huw -rli Iv!ey. King, xvnttpp.
K'iiifiht, Knov,lt(C Kiiox, Kunkel, Liu;r,
Mtc M-'Ueson. MeCariy.- Me a chant, Kit
linn Miller, M onr an. Morrill. Moit, Murray,
iohrds, Nprtoa, Andrew Oliver, Parker,
Perrce. P It u, Pennington. Perry. Petitt,
t'U.-. Prin-jlo . Purvianee. Ritchie, KoUbins,
Roberts.' R; bison
nvinn. Simmons
han, Tapp in, Thoringtort, Thurston, Todd,
Xhrafton, I vson, wade, waioriuge, vvum
ron, Calwaladrr B. Washburue, Elihue B.
Washburn, Israpl Washhurne, Watson,
Welch, Wood, Woodruff, and Wood worth
103. .
For Mr.l Men. Messrs Allen, Barks
TtlL HendlevS. Bennett, Bocock,
Bowie, Boyce, Branch, Brooks, Burnett, ;
Cadwalader.' John P. Cambell, carlile, Ca- !
ruthers, (;askie, Ulmgman, tioweu vo.o,
Williamson R.W. Cobb, Cox, Crawford,
DavidsonVDenver, Dowdell, Edmundson,
Elliott, English; Etheridge, Eustis, Evans,
c...iir ri..ronrP Foster. Thomas J". D.
Fuller, GoOde. Greenwood, Augustus Hall, j
J.Morrison Harris, Sampson w. narns.,
'rKmn Harris. Herbert. Hoffman,
A 11.'.. - - . '
Honnrp w Jones. J
11(1 J. " - . . j
verse ; and I have a thousand times namir
ed their patience in sitting quietly at their
work, while their husband's are eng-rged in
the same r'com, with bottles and glasses be
fore them, thinking oothing of the expense,
and still less of the shame,v,wuich the dis
tinction, reflects upon them. We have to
thank the women for many things, and par
ticularly for their sober habits. Men drive
them from the table, 5s if they said to them,
You have had enough; food is sufficient
for you; but we must remain to fill ourselves
with drink, and to talk in language which
your cars ought not to endure.'
When women are getting. p to retire
from the table, men rise in honor of them,
t..:. .K.r tok. enppial care uot to follow
.u.,;- 'Wx pismole. That which is not
V 1 1 II lAl
fit to he uttered before a woman, is not fit
ll. ami it is next to a
lllUIStllll ' " w t ---.- .f-T' J
i-o.... t if ,.ot tT..llv. Hp.nneth. Kind
jl AllCV -jooc-n, - j , - . i -
J t T n 1 - . 1 ... I n...l
ir.c..au.. as depots, .rtl. Ukr, 1-icher, l.anuir, u.,,. , . w "' ' drunklies. and in
. . a i .i . ! r i iium lnrnv iiiaicnuM r iiri w iuiriiwi' rz ...
and, ,n the interior States, the advantages Aiex ,.. -"VffV"3r"fMnllefl. i ,,n,v. to'send women from the table the
of the exchange that miglit :.rse on the pro- ! &amuei r fiil"An Mordecaii moment they have swallowed their food.
duce seut over them to'foreign markets.- j McQueen, S?uh Mfc l to Felice has- been ascribed to a desire
-t " t r ill a a- -i i ii a av f iiiiit? a m. a w ' - i
ene- luuver, vu --. , , 0 ihttrrv tn themselves, liut wny
Prtvjll -Piirvear. UUliman, iveauc, A.raw,, ( fcW n- - ' . . , . rpi f,
1 RivL Ruffin, Rust, Sandidge, j should they be left to themselves ? Their
5 - it' SWter Samo" A Smith, William conversation is always the most lively, while
gJTaF, K-t? T "wi rnd. Stephens, i their persons generally are the mostgree-
t "rTpve, Under-. able objects. "No; the plain truth is. .that
f5?.d' lrfV: :wS.lnw- Dan- fmm the lable ; and it is a practice which I
Wells, wueeier. i'-"-v y r'" ' -ri. ul -i Khnr,ri. T like to see young
iel B.1 Wright, John V, wng.o, . Hx them out of the
. ' i Art I fill. II. J LV j m . . v- " - -
ncniier riuu. . - - . i .... - .
And this is hut a saiall Dort on of the bene
,
fits that would arise to tiie people oy me
St.iie keHninor the nower of bankiug so-cir-
i cumscribed and limited as to be able at .aU
- -vr a aaAaA
times to control it. f ar example u. ic
were but one.bVnk in each State, the Sute
could, by increasing the rate of discount and
limiting the dividends lo be paid to the pri
vate -stockholders,- thus raise. all the taxes
necessary to meet the demands on iU treas
ury without having to resort to direct -Uxa-:
ad vintage ol the
proposed system would be, this : if no lndi- j.M-
dollar m ;
circulation until he contributes a doUar tp eon Moore
inutrino wood lis. there the fire goeth out.
runu iney piayea joii simoois, :mui
mer'si' jew sharps Htnd demmijohns.
- The" following discourse,, delivered by
tjiat same. old .ebon,' the captain of the Mis
sissippi flat boat, at a hardshell Baptist pro
traded meeting at .Tinicum, on Thursday
' , I'' '. M
evening iast was pnonoffrapnicaiiv repor-
ted expressly for the Mercury, by Samuel,
ihe Scribe, whorwas one of the anxious
in'quirers , on that solemn and interesting oc
casion : . - , .
Mt Friends : Since 1 nad the pleasure
nvlioldiii forth'to the benicrhted an heath
enish rapseaUious tiv Brandon. Missippy,
.. t .,!, " I ' . I
on-tne suojecK -An ne piayea on a jiarp
uv a thousand strings- sperrets uy just men
made perfeck the snerret hath moved me
to take up my bed an travel ; and after vis
itin divus places, an propagation, the gos
pillto varus nominations, I have at last lotch-
edmp, bless' the Lord -among the hardshelis
of Tinicum. My tex .this eveniu,' my
brethering, vrill be found somewhar 'tween
the books of Providence an Millkixe:1ck
1 think the former an when found it will
read somewhar near as f dlows Whar no
wood is, thar the fire goeth out an they
played on 'simbols, dullsimers, jewsharps
and dimmojohns.
''Now, my hr- ethenngl m gwtnc to sjV
to yoy as l said to the urandonums on a
former casion. 1 m not an eihcated man. but.
bbss the Lord' I'm a rdgious mm a in, n -
whatb's bom afirain one wh.u's soerieneed
the holy ghost, an tuck relignn in the natral
way for 'Whar no wood is there the fire
govth out and they played on simbols
dullsimers, jewsharps and demmyjonns.
i .1 .. i
rSow, my oretnenng, p r na,s ouie uv
ye are wondering an axing yourselves what
denbminashun I longs to Well, my friends,
I'm .a plain spoken man, although Tses it
meselt, as oughten to say it, an i u vu yer
what sway shun 1 longs to. Perhaps some
on ye thinhs I'm a Mormon ; sum on ye
preadventure. spisshuns I'm a Millerite ;
some more on ye may kalkelate Pin a Methe
dis. and others uv ye may imbibe the no
shun that I ara Free Lovyer, but I tells ye
my brethering, you are all confoundedly
cbnfumbustereated if ye thinks any sich
thing, for, in the language of the tex
Whar no wood i?, thar the fire goeth out
and'tney played on simbols, dullsimers jews
harps and demmyjohns.
"Somehow. 1 oilers tuck amazin likin to
the Baptists, speshally the hardshelis not
because I'm particularly fond of cold water;
for, m brethering, I'm not one urn them ar
sort of Chnsthuns that repudiates good
whiskey, or looks a gift hoss in the iriouth
I bars the Rach shells, the soft shells, the
clam shells, an a great many other kinds
uv shell ; but, my brethering, next to me
hardshelis, give me the man what shells out
libberly when the contribushun box goes
round for, Whar no wood is. thar the fire
goeth out: and they played on simbols
didUimers. iewsharps and dimmyjohns.
Vow. mv brethren, h iving told ye what
swayshum 1 'longs to. I'm gwine to exem
fl ca'te and lucidate on my tex, which ses,
Wh ir no wood is, thar the fire goeth out.
fce. My brethren, don't spose for the six
teenth part uv a minute that the fire -we
read uv in the seripters will go out because
thar's no wood ? No my Christhun friends.
s long as the supply ur anthersite and
brimstone holds out, it won't make a dif uv
b tt rose wheihr th r's any wood or not
the tire will be kept burning for, -They
played on simbols dullsimers, jewsharps and
dimmyjohn's.
'My brethring when, accordin' to the tex,
I sez. -they played on simbols, dullsimers,
jewsharps and dimmyjohns, I mean that the
perfick sperits them uv the sixth speer
nlavs on the simnois ana uuisouers , uu
the" bad sperrMs what lives in the lower
enppr nlavs on the iewsharps and dimmy
johns, sptciallv the dimmyjohns for -WJiar
no wood is, thar tne lire got-ui out. .mu
they played brethering, Ismelamiee!
Tharsa Judis in this congregasion sure as
vou are living sinners, and he must be dis
pelled? Ah hid I told you so. Thar he is
yonder on that high sect thar, near the stove
That weazen faced sinner in the barskin
bang up a wolf-in bar's clothing setting thar
as innocent as a possum up a simmon tree,
reportin my lectre phrenologically !'
At this jnncture all eyes were fixed upon
our reporter, who also began to "3mell a
mice and hastily thrusting his nose in the
pocket of his barskin hang up.vamosed
though a side window, surrounded by a
blace of glory, and at least a hundred hard
shells. - (
A New Course of Sermon. Some one,
who feels the need of being "up with the
times," writes to the Philadelphia Christi
an Chronicle as follows :
"We have had the "Women of flic Bible.
"The Daughters of the Bible," and many
tli.it line, and now we ar.
from one of the pulpits in i W ltK.
. 1-a l I .U .,.a
"The Mothers ol the Dime. w in me u-u-
al varities. Please announce through your
columns that I propose commercing a course
of sermons on the "Men of the Bible! a
mong the subjects of which will be the fol
lowing ; .
Adam, the Grandfather or all.
Noah, the First Sea Captain.
Esau, the Man with the Heavy Beard. -
Absalom, the -Fait ' Young Man.
Nebuchadnezzar, the First Pure Vegetari
an. ' Jt
' Felix, the Free Lover. &c, &c.
South Carolina ruUJrc ci-. '-
From the annual report of the President
of,the South; Carolina Railroad Company,
we learn that the. aggregate income cf the
road for the year:' 855, was 5l.595.C31 51,
and the expenses of management, ordinary
and extraordinary," $70289 37, leaving .
riett income 883.402 17 which sum was
appropriated as follows: Interest on debt,
damages, etc.. $202.585 70; two aemi-anual
dividends. $358,718 50; , oalance of $322,
097 93 for the tnaintainanee and improve
ment of the property, and the reduction of
the'debt of 'the Company. , The compara
tive statement of different kinds of produce,
etc., brought to Charleston by the Company
from 1844 to 1855 inclusive, shows an im
mense growth in every department.. Cot
ton, last vear, 449,554" bales largest . pre
vious, 364.729, in 1852; Flour, 80,46.3 larg
est previous, 62 651 ; Grain, 817,662 larg
est previous. 33&8t8.iiwhich was -in. the
uV9m'iiu vjir" ii'F 1847 The growth of
the giain ,and flour, export business from.
SOUUieril poris is ine insiuii;uijmu -"""
of trade at the present time, arising mainly
from the com pit tion of some connectioni be
tween th southern seaboard and the valley
of the Mississippi.. The number of barrels
of Turpentine was 23,093. b -mg a slight in
crease upon the last preceding year.
, Jill. Journal. '
Paving Subscription foe a'; Newspaper,. is
regarded by some people as very unimpor
tant matter. They-have an idea that the
m:ill -.lmoimt iln-v owe. the orinter cannot
be crreatlv in necd of. ;and it will do to be
paid whenever a surplus of money, is on
hand for which they have no useor when
ever it is particularly convenient to do so.
Some day they expect tocaiianupay aims
office, or thev will wait until a collector
calls and if ihey have the money, they will
pay him.. "The argue, that if the printer
wants his money very badly, he will send
for it he will send from five to twenty
miles for two dollars, and if he waits until
the end of the year and pays a big commis
sion for collecting, that's his look out.
This is the way many people who take news
papers talk, hut fortunately'' not all, not half
of the whole number.Tor if they did, there
would number,, for if they did, there would
be an end to newspaper publishing except
on cash principle. Yes, there are too many
right-thinging people, who have a different
ah honesier view of- their duty under the
circumstances, and it is them the printer has
to rely on for cash to carry on his business.
It is to be hoped, however, that subscribers
generally will soon adopt this correct course;
that they will pay promptly in advance for
their papers, and never allow the printer
to send after it and pay for getting it !
Excliange Paper.
JCThe New, York Journal of Commerce,
which is strongly disposed to the support
of the Pierce Administrntign. undertakes to
defend ihe President for sending in his mes
sage when he did. That paper says that
he sent it in so that it might go out by the
. . . . r
British steamer and thus oe me means oi
influencing the British elections which are
about to take place. We suppose we must
excuse Frank Pierce for the premature pub
lication if his object was really to control
the elections of Great Britan. We do not
think that a President's message ought ev
er to be got up as an electioneering docu
ment to operate, in the U; ited States, but
possihly it may he perfectly legitimate that
the document should be so framed and its
delivery so timed, without any reference to
the organization of Congress, as to govern
the elections of all the other countries in
the world.
The United States has got up a quarrel
with Great Britan because the British au
thorities undertook" to enlist soldiers in this
country. The act was deemed an improp
er interference with our affairs. We won
der if Great Britan will not now . come back
on us furiously for controlling her elections
by our President's message. Is it not con
trary to the law of nations for one country
to bring such a tremendous influence to
bear upon the popular, elections and conse
quently upon the government oi snowier i
T ....... - 11m rm rt f
Accident and Wonderful Endur
ance. The Grand Rapid Enquirer states on
Wednesday last a serious accident occured
ir the town of Paris about six miles from
that citv. A young man. aged 28 years,
son of Mr. Nicholas Carlton, was chopping
down a tree in company with another
young man. As the tree was falling.it
struck another tree, and swerved from the
direction in which it was expected to fall,
striking young Carlton, knocking him
down, crushing his right arm to a jelly, and
the butt of the tree, a foot thirk, resting on
his head, forcing the latter into the ground.
The skull was somewhat fractured but
strange to tell, the head was compar tively
uninjured. The young man with him en
deivdred to roll iio'if Carlton's head, all the
time supposing the litter to be dead, but he
could not moovc the l"g, and was forced to
go a mde and a halt to obtain assistance.
When the log was rolled away, it was as
certained that Carlton was alive. He was
..onnlinoK' ronveved home. The follow-
vwui wi.i-y ------ J
ing day his arm was amputiated, and he is
to recove..
it of tax on the hun- circulation until he contributes a aouar n Q: , Hiekmam -.
banks have o'vzv i aid the State in eveiopiut her-resources.
- i m - - - . i .; hi-" uMirtii nr ii inr. linn ail sua. . av..-- -
P hare on their stock..; Now. as the os- j it will do much?t0 relieve the -State in tne Sit,--- of
sw gnersllr admits to JrteV m I ittWre from th necessity of borrowing moi. Uaaomcd tkat Wathamel ,
- .- t'T.i- ' r n..r.P itiolrrnmninv to that ofl
For Mr. Fuller. Messrs uroom, yi-T j J"-uu. V" " . 1
orNew York: Ciillcn; Uayis qi. 3r'?U c-wt ' ' ' f
11 ward and Whitney 0. .Tom ' said a nari to his'fnend, IHIiinkM
ForMr.CmnbclL-X'essrs Diinn. Ilarnr 'TP ;?fSin teen the: bHls oC
sinall banks on hand now-a uay. ,
answered the.ottier, -i nnu u uw uimvu.-.
titan' dangeroua.' '
v -a . .; t--"
dection in Ohio, a full blood-
jtm at a - wa.v--r
n.rrri wt nominated and voted for, by
tho old line. Democracy of Butler township
ri, Ti rf Justice of the Peace! So
savs the Buck Eye State. published at ew
t :-i ni.m . Th i little incident striking-
JlilSUUII, , - -
ly illustrates the soundness of the Northern
yCiilUVini v fc-
, - - s. 'sr'' t . . --...- . .' -
Th Trrtv naoers tell a sad slorv. A
" - J I I
young lady of that city was engaged to tz
married to a gentleman from Long Island
and the wedding day was appointed, but oa
- .i 9 f . . I kL .
account ol a deain oi a oromer me ceremo
ny was" postponed. Again the wedding day
was appointed when the death of a sister
occasioned another postponement. For a
third time the day was appointed, and be
fore it arrived the intended bridegroom fell
before the insatiate archer," leaving th3
thrice ttri eke a mourner deiohtJ'LdcIc-l.
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