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TIE STUFFED cat.

An old chItlonier Tor ray picker died IN
Paris 10 u state of the most abIect poverty.
His only relation was a niece, who lived as
a servant with green grocer. The grl
ALWAYS assisted her uncle as far as her slen-
der means would permit. W hen she learn
ed OF his death, which took place suddenly,
she was ON the point OF marriage with a
Iournevman baker, 10 whom she had long
been attached. The nuptiaI day was fixed,
but Suzette had not Yet bought her wedding
clothes. She FASTENED to tell her lover that
her marriage must be deferred she wanted
the puce Of her bridal fnery, To lay her IN.
Gle deceutly M the grave. Her mistress
rIdlcued the idea, aud EXPORTED her 10 leave
the old man 10 be- buried by charity. Su.
zette refused. l he consequence was n
quarrel, IN which the young woman lost al
once her place and her lover, who sided
vi h her mistress. She FASTENED 10 the
miserable garnet, where hcf uncle bad eX.
PIred, and by the sacrifice, 10, only OF her
wedding attire, but nearly all the rest OF
her slender wardrobe. she had the old mau
decen,ly inferred. Her pious task fulfilled
she sal alone IN her uncles room weepiug
bitterly, hen the master OF her ialihles,
lover, young, good looking man entered.
so, my Suzeiie, find YOU have lost
your place r. CRED he, i" am come 10 offer
you one Tor hfe--~lll YOU marry TIE T.
/ SIR YOU are joking"
No faith, want a wife, and I'm sure
can't find better"
but every body viii laugh at you for
marrying a poor glrI like me"
"Oh 1t that rs Your only objection VI
shall soon get over IT; come, come along
my mother Is prepared to receive YOU.
Suzeile heslta,ed no longer, bat size wish,
ed lo take with her memorial Of her Ge.
ceased uncle: Il was cat that he had to:
MANY years. The old man was 50 ioud 81
the animal that he was determined that even
death should not seperare them; for be bad
her stuffed and placed on the tester Of hi-
bed.
As Suzct;e took down pass, she uttered
an exclamation Of surprise at iindlng her 80
heavy. The lover bastcncd to open the
annual, When out fell shower OF gold.
There were a thousand Louis concealed ii
the body II the cat, AMI this sum, which the
old miscr had starved himself to amas. b..
came tide Just reward Of the worthy air! and
her disInlereeted lover.
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Commentators aiidS Common Iaiers.-
4 clergyman in Devonshlre after having
en4eayored 10 explain some difficult text,
sand. ~ know that commentators do not
agree with me- The next day farmer
IN his village brought him a basket of poia.
toes. and SAID that as common :dterS," did
mol agree with hlm, he had brought him a
basket Of his best kidneys, which he hoped
would be more wholesome.
A husband complained Of his wife before
magistrate for assault and battery, and 1t
appeared on evidence that he had pushed
the door against her and she IN turn had
pushed it against him, ~hereuPon the coun'
sci for the defendant said that he could see
20 improperly in a husband and wife ador'
ing each other.
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TRIALS or 4 acH0oLHsSTER
jadtr-" Boys \ Dab mad three sons
Sem, liam, and Japhet.
Now, who was The father Of Noah
three sons y
I The boys Of the "third class Pause
look Gublous--but there IS no rcpiy
.Nuaer-" " hat cant you tell ;" Lei
me illustrate. Here Is Nr. Smith, our uexl
door neighbor-he has three sous John,
James aud Joseph Smith. Nov, WHO'S the
father Of John, James aud Joseph Smith 2
Boys All together, ~ eager, emulous
strife, =. Mr.. Smith.
Ndar-." Certainly that's correct.
Wei. now let US turn to the first question -
Noah had three sons-Shem, Ham and ia.
fhei Now, who VAS the father Of Noah )
thrce sons"
Boys unanimously -aitcr itllc hest.
tation, Mr. Smith -
A late Dublin Magazine has q story some.
what akin TO tbs, save that the teacher and
pupil were alike thickheadcd. An Irish "a.
tor IS examining lad 10 Scripture History.
Tutor" Is there any account gwen 10
scripture, Phelin, ola dumb basic sp1king r
Lad" Yes"
Tutor" What dumb haste was il that
spakc y
Lad" Il was whale !"
Tutor" 10 whom did the whale spake 81
Iad-To Moses IN the bull rishrs y
Tutor" True. What did the whale al y
TO Moses IN the bull. PUSHES p
Lad-Almost thou persuadest me TO be
Christian !"
Tutor" Very well. What was Moses
reply 7"
Lad--" Thou art the man p
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So REWARD.

dark complecrcd, and s thought to be IN the
neighborhood Of the Harris Nine. lie was
purchased from William A. Harris. The
above reward will be gwen If delivered 10
me, or secured III any Jail, 50 that can get
him. GREEN HUE.
S,p :, 1886 100
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Original AHecdote. In a respectable lit.
tie village, not hundred miles from this
place (says The Tuscaloosa Intel. two per.
sons united themselves ~ business; one OF
whom was named Steel and the other HYDE.
As Is usual they placed their sgnboard above
the door. Stee! d. Hyde" A traveller
one evening, after riding INTO the village
and alightlng from bis horse for the purpose
OF spending the night, happened 10 observe
the signboard-" Steel q Hyde" says he,
we'll, III be id # | stay in such a place
as this. shall have every thing stolen
from me and safely hid before morning."
lie immediately remounts his horse and
rides Oft at merry gate, beng alarmed at
the Signs Of the times.
Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1836-03-29
LOOK RI THE FDJE'SI

We have received 81 Eiany Applications for the a,nlnj.
mems which offered 10 tire I'd ResoluDn in the
House of Delegates ana the ny"S ani which were
taken thcm that We have determined at once 10 lay
tie whole before readers These scenes took place
tie two last days of the ExpungAr Question They
will show how several o! the Wings trimmed md to,r
and higgcd, and attempted to leave Nj Leigh s0iHe
hole rUu. which TO creep out Their iayuyite device
was 50 20 modify the Resolution deny to the eeis
tuIc any rgh to instruct Senator to ri0i0tc tie CUn
stiE0m comGit .c! IF Eroral t~rpitudcand thus
10 leave tic inference, TIA: # tcy were to instruct he
would not be EcHaa to obey tc instruction, TO resign
his seal. But tie whole thing is fimSY SOphiSa- for
il slrrs this important question: who us TO judge
Who is to Decide whether they do violate the Const:tu-
ton, NC: Is the L.giSatarc te SenGtor TO Judge ?
The Whole subject is in nuts!rll-and may be re.
duccG 10 the following plain propositions:
lst. The Legislature have ri.ht 10 instruct.
"a. They have Ig!t TO H!icn: h0'r, and cka:
to instruct.
ID. They lave, therefore, right 10 judcc whether
the instruction whch they give does does rio!gie
the Constitution; or dcs Or does not commit all act Of
moral IL. ;,!.uGc
9TH They may in their Judgment; but it is not for
their own ''scrruHt to their ud r;lent-and
therefore Is idle TO contend, Wilcher, and Bolts,
and Other Wings did, that they have no right 10
give unconstitutional or immoral Instructions The
truth IS, alter ALL that they alone are Judge al tie
tine they give The instructions. 1t worse than idle
10 SICKLE tor such pForsoes and qualifications that
they lave no right 10 give such insructios-ior it Was
intended by sort Of sGcwind doubt and dispute the
absolute. unqualified Right Of Insruclion-or in either
words the absolute, unqualified right Of the Legislature
10 l"d whether thell instructions proper
9Th. After the Legislature have jndged whether they
ought pass instructions and decided t0pas them the Sc
bound either to obey to resign This is the al
ernatve-and he may judge Tor himself; which he ought
10 he has light, if his opinion should DIFF.
fcr from that Of the Legislature, to set up for himself
their Judgment and resist their Instructions This
would be TO make the Senator superior to the Legislature
the "se1vant above the mascr-ln fact, the Right CT
Instruction would be futile and absurd if after the Le
gsature had decided it not unconstitutional or I'M
moral the Senator should have the right 10 rise up anu
say it was unconstitutional, &c. and therefore will moi
obey esign-but resist your will-The great Riph
Of instruction would not be worth pinch of snu-ior
the Senators might always this plea or pctext to sci
il aside.
Yet such was the course Of Witcher and Bolts and
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uJylGEvFi'T AND L,.rnJGiEt


The Whirs will not meet Van Buren,, fairly face 10
face. and man ~ They will not run one candl-
date against hn. but they using two or three 10
beat him down. and dera. him by trick, management
and maEuuvrc.
F!rs,--;!lcY run Webster. aud White, and Harrison
in different Sections .aint Van 3uren-b but
hr a.rainst another. Why il this: To split up the
People votes, an carry the Election to the House
And nt1i, instead Uf running one Wing against an
other they States clubbing the forces o! two
candidates against him. The plan in Virginia 70
be- To unite White and Harrison, and take the same
unccmmirl Electoral ticket, which may vote 0s the
or the other, according the wind blows in November !
1t was said by Of the Wing nenbcrs before they
left hrrc-so recommended BY the Alexandria Gazeiic-
ind more! Why do Gregory and hlcCandlish pun both
White and Harrison in their speeches. (I-, Our Car
respondent $ Litter IN "ur ncrt PnPer. )-5Ha HgdE-
Hear what that cunning wight Of the Lynchburg VIZ
gilman, says in his last:
arcds Argument calculation show ;hat the siren ih
OF the anVan }urcn party between Judge Nk:te and
Cen an:sun the The bo. May then,
respectfully uron the s'J Of Gen. Eae:, they
iene their The prorey o; nominating As
Ticket which HAS 6ccn formed by ihs friends OF Juiss
White ua require Of Tue Electors 10 vote for either u these
will OF the people, g" has been likewise adopted 10y tie
Van Buren, in pcnnsy ynnia hc Wolf ami Muhcnhursh
and hv the Wings Anti MaSons Vermont and other States
Ps ourselves support Judge White. shall Co sca
Gen. Harrison, shall throw impeachment in tho way Of u
and fair development Of his strength with the people"
What he says is not true Of friends in PcnnSylva-
MIA There both the Republican parties were for one
man Wan BUREN, from The start; and they re-unLe
ticket for the purpose Of carrying him. There
trick or device about the matter But here in Virginia.
lile Wings to ticket which may 60 for either
Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1836-03-29

Tina, tie Dispositions which have been co;n' 'II snc
t. the lipnse hy the S'akr anu 'I' ,.,;,s WIS mad.
LIE r'Et %. uI ON ',un notice. mag be received by The
House, rs testimony in this case Concluding VIII" TIC
hans ~ ' h ycs entitled to the ilonr yielded 1t t"
.r' ,nlJ wt,. after same remarks, moved to COM
Mr. ''1" 81. iL. Committee Elections in The case
III t N H." and Graham, the views OF the majority o.,
tn, same committee, and the testimony presented 10 ,e
g. Cornul,re Of the Whole luuse: for the purpose Oh
AMENDING and correcting tho report.
rh;s motion was discussed great lcnyi By AesSrs
Hard Bnyd. Muary, Nwiand, Beardsey, Strish l"aF'
Wise, Anthony, aud feyton.
Mir Hard ,nvn Withdrew his motion.
Mr. Graves louk the ,ioor. and nnia'cd IN nu'n.In
to present some remarks upon the subject; stated lha' !r
differed IN opon with lis colleagues, but: as t''e n"u'
was late lie moved adjp":nn"t which WAS c''''to
The House t:ien ad ourmed.
Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1836-03-29

Saturdays Compiler states: as the ''prc"alrnt belief,
that Governor farewell intends 10 rrsisa his Office o."
TIC first Of -fprH' We believe 50 too-and moreover,
we believe that he had determined I" resign Tie rcry day
after he 0djonrnme Of he Legislature, but PARTICULAR
considerations Induced him 10 postpone it. M more
marked inLignity could have rcn v;red 10 the Repre-.
scntaves Of tie People What Wal. till they
60 awanot put in tirir pwrr to elect his successor"
tell then. plainly say, respect you 20
little that YOU shall clct Governor, and The Stale
shall 20 nearly twcl"cnonll without one. Why !!
this is even worse than Mr. l.cs!s letter This IS IN
CURING w;ia vengeance, Ii" crnsure which that same
consistent gentleman DIR. Leigh; invoked against
aHr Ela who would attempt ~ bring the Legislature t"
Virginia inio contempt! WIN tiie Earth quake will
the Earth quake :" bci;rc Tn. People awakened:
We understand, that the Governor has wen UP t!:c
Gnrc7nnrn!liousc ~ the Superintendent OF the Public
Eiiiiccs who required wrlleA order bctor: he would
ecc-c il.
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md the eventual death ii iis hing. IL WIS , w.,
case Of Charles the First &:'- ~ prt%o'' ryn Hns
or1sst of the five m,:,:I''s, ii'h?o't; t .', ,I
S,rowd and uasrri1 IN" !i"-e al C";i''"ns t",sa
the demand bc '" " '' n,,:',s ' p,s s;i
wv ,rr ,. IT.. u.i: =, IT,. RS i'. ia'' i'H ~"
i"sing tie rrcrs e -. =, ,r " ,. siy
y nr.,:a;-- r,.-.n. ;.:,. v,,dr!. a. very p?GE
Knows, il. the death a tie A!"= Alter Voting ,n",
President Jackson Ia! "':"''' ihe. rt':'s .,,;"n
m, follow up the vt:.r - IL s,'..::mg IN vInic"'
Of those privileges Why act '.i:w "ut The j"ast n
If true it ought to be cnirse. il not 'Fu Lat tie
to have been pronounced. Va IL si:'lcrnar ~, ,hr.
Virginia elections were impending an" 'at yt ,hc s..:e
would satisfy jus,ic" :.cr This WIS .", guy
session, that the President WAS ". ,,o ,,nnu,
Of criminal Offences, aud twice priSa i,Jss. Yes
:lea: BY the sr1'uoos :' a:da1 ~'"a 10;
S ginef,soan s f ma" not stain M hGnoI m
his eSunry by making oy n 1' aTa e the
d,ri,, n Ls snccics, ty i,aperat'!: pa'a"'s 'To'
mice; w!o condemn w;toa; ls-ring' and 'ecc' IS III
'1''' " fRc..qiuairr in oar Rfrt
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DErADEIjL UlSASTERi
Extract q iencr to Il gc"Eeman IN iOE'0ih @"t'd

E4trGci Il itttcr 10 Il gentleman IN -'0J0h H"EHa
MOBILE, March l3.
81 open this letter to tell you Of disaster that has
lust happrned, which has ended in tie death "i 20 or
more pcrsos The ll:he steam packet Ben Franklin
was inst under way her trip TO Montgomery, with
UPWARDS OF 800 prr;os board when she 6urSL GOh If
ter Goiicrs The exact amount Of damage Cannot yet
be asccrained. The boat is complete Ercch. There
arc IL great many wounded. Some pieces Of the wreck
trl! on the wharf,
from Hts t,biic Mercantile .idrcrtiser, .Narth 49,
The spectacle was truly affecting The boat wasloy
or i!lv yards out IN the stream The whole vi the boiler
deck, the bers and chmncys were gone, and over the
surface of The water slrewcd the fragments OF the
boat boxes barrels, and even human beings. One Inu
vi,unl, Mr.. Isaac Williams, Of Wilcox coGnty, near
pn.rlalI. blown up full one hundred feet and fell
in the dock near the shore full hundred and fifty
yards from the boat. Speedy measures were resortrd
10 for picking up such of the officers, hands and passon
crs ii the boat Is could be rescued before they sunk
No person board that in the cabin Oh the ur
lcaur deck in uIcd in the least as we have learned,
though the number Of passengers was quite large Ills
.Ila of utter mpcssiblity 10 ascertain the number OF
PERSONS killed aud rnssing the boat just leaving,
aud probably half more OF the persons on board
had not cgistcrrd their The number has been
raru;lslv estimated from to twenty.
We 1--WE below Il list Of the sufferers rs far as we
La We been able 10 learn them with certainty:
Robert ErinLlcy, I'd Pilot, killed; Isaac Williams,
Wilcox county do; James Prcsnall, do do, missing
Ar Jones: do, do; Jacob Patty, FrrInan, do;
James uls9n deck hand, do; lsaac Flanagan, DO. o
geometry do one do Belonging TO Mrs. Terry, Of Clai-
borne; do; 9 others badly Wounded and slightly.
DEsrngcrioy OF THE Arsenal 1T FraRht1rt, Ky-We
learn from tic Lexington lncllgencer, that the Arse
mai, containing The public arms, at Frankfort. n.y. was
discovered to be fire about oclcck the morning
Of the Eth inst, and SUCH the head 10 which ii had
then arrived, and the rapid progress of the flames, that
the building, with lis whole contents, destroyed
Mt swod nuskrt, carlouch box or trapping was saved
The origin Of the fire had been asccrtainrd. 1t ap
pears however that the hands had been engaged in clean
Ing The The Gay previous and thence It is probable,
resulted the accident.
Mr.. Clay is expected to leave Washington for his
s;dcrce in Kentucky some time next month.
IHeIandria Ga.sNc
The Legislature Of Mississippi have refused char
ter the New Orleans and Nashville Rail Road. The
House oi Representatives passed the bill locating the
road east OF Pearl river the Senate refused 10 concur
because Of the supposed mpTaclicaby OF that route
Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1836-03-29

Tie Eastern (Aluins) Dem2cta, declares the truth,
whea it says: II there is any doctrine in The De-
mocra.c creed which takes e precedence Of: all others
it that Of the right oi instruction. and involved i'll
that rgh, the duty Of the REPRESENTING 10 Obey his in
struclous 1t is principle Swinging directly from the
basis Of the representative system, and is Of the
strongest safeguards agains! the abuse Of power 10
drcry il is political hercsy'-But Mr.. Leigh tells Tie
Virginia Legislature what MIR. Holmes told the legSla
o.! blaine, that lie is better qualified TO instruct them
than thcy him. and after thus insulting them, may cling
10 his Office until his Senatorial term shall expire.
Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1836-03-29

Of COURSE we expect no justice from the Wing or his
cotcrle. They at Us again about the Expunging de-
bate-Thc Editor hits at for precrring 10 publish
Brnons Speech TO HE Dctat> in the House Of Dele.
gates. Could any Ingenious blame Us /? Who 50
we'll understands the subject upon which the people want
Information, Colonel Ben!on himself: We mean
40 disaragemrnl bJ this remark, 10 friends,
20 the Wings crack orator Of the City Of Rich
nond But is the Wing Of another thing,
that in postponing the Debate in its regular series,
we lay aside Of friends than his -
Gncr's speech has been published several days, and
yet we have held up Wilson's Pungcnt reply TO it, We
prevented from coming 10 iopkinss long and able
speech, also on the side aud which early in
the actcn.-We again deny most positively that we
have refused Mr. Stanard others their speeches. We
have already stated why they could be furnished
carlicr-and We unhesilangiy say, that do Claim
the notes OF their spceclcs-and Reporter may fur
nsh him any Of them, either with their or with
their speeches. soon rs he possibly prepare them
We pledge ourselves to throw impeachment in their
way.-As TO q not ina Cornrr, when he learns It,
tic tnirHtSS towards NJ Van Buren, and ourselves,
he shall receive little notice from 90 your humble
servant. -Psaw! hat Gaze we for such sangwlIang-
crs and scribb!cIs?
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Mr.. Leigh toasted at tn. great Dinner

Virsna No severity the '+t aunvc the from tEo
obligation a IutyMy God LessLcr, and man, wotam
child tia; prIOng to her.
And vet in the very my! breath, liz introduces the
name OF one Virginiam With c,assic and dignrd
'amd be Guanca 10 him'-Languagc, which scarcely
graccs and becomes the lips Of u SGM"i"r q The L.
What loss does the world sustain in the suppression
of his precious SPEECHES tile MeckirmJurg Dinner
Speech lost The Jacksan Dinner Speech lost! The
French Speech Loot aud miw, presume, the great
and elegant Dinner Speech is n"w to he lost! Vino:
after hi: will !aaicn tic loss OF the Decades vi Llyy,
or any Of the precious works ui antiquity: