Columbus Democrat. [volume] (Columbus, Miss.) 18??-18??, 1839-03-30

ady who was stranger 10 TIE place, Accompanying
the Clergy aud bis e0nsart home, requested him 10
give tie Young gentlemen lecture upoB staring al
the aides during service. He al nnce replied in
deed vii, Miss, and my text shall Be turn away
lhine eyes from beholding vanity"
Vhsu! WLis An abolition paper contains the
following paragraph:
Bal out the Atlantic with a teaspoon /; pierce
Levsihans vtas with a tooth pick quench Vesu-
vns with the ebHlehis Of goblet then you may
talk Of wpihg away the stain of slavery from
our national escuteheon" BY sending them TO Libe-
ria :"
But the writer hasn't gone Ear enough-1e should
have added, hold the globe 10 a ihimble, make a
paror e. Of an elephant, control woman BY force,
ur an atoIIilonist by reason, then you may, etc.
Boston Post.
A Quaker Worian's SeraoH.-Dear Friends :
There are three things ] very much won1er at !;
the first is, that children should be so foolish as
TO throw up stones, brlckbais, and clubs into fruit
trees to knock down fruit, f they would let il
alone il would fall ITSELF The second is, that
men should be so foolish and even so wicked as
TO go 10 war and Kill one another, il they would
only let one another alone, they would die of
themselves; and the third and last thing which
wonder at ls, that young men should be 50 I'm
wise as to go alter the young women, il they would
stay at home the young women would come after
| them.
The quantity Of gold now in The T. States is
double the average circulation Of bank notes, by
the late Bank Of the United States. It's all hum.
bug, is it
Daniel Webster when a member Of the Con.
ventOn to amend the Constitution of Massacbu-
sets in 1920, said
ain the name of things, those who have moi
property and see their nelghbors possess much
more than they think TO need, cannot be fayora.
Die to laws made for the protection of property.
when this class becomes numerous i, grows dan.
gerous. II looks on property as its prey and plum
plumber, and is naturally ready, at all times for
violence and revolution"
his sIanderer of the working classes is the
leader Of The federal party, to which too MANY
honest men, who have not property, belong
Important Decision for publishers of N.r..
pGpsrs.-Judge Thompson, of Indiana n, q
late sitting OF the Circuit Court, at which he pre-.
sided gave The following decision, in case
where subscriber to newspaper refused 10
take the paper out of the post office whou, com
plying with the terms of the publishers,
"lhat 1t subscriber to periodical failed 10
notify the editor 10 discontinue the paper n, the
end Of the term subscribed for, or paw up the mr..
Tearagesn he was bond for another year.
This settles very important principle.
II Eard BN gain.--A fellow stole pocket
book IN N. Orleans, filled with shinp las,ers, but
hnding them dull in the market, asked the owner
i he would be kind enough 10 take them back.
Manners and Customs IN Louisiana. The
ficayune tells story Of a clergyman in bis neigh
borhood who read tho following announcement
after sermon,
ri am requested to Stale Thai immediately aI,er
service this evening, there will be race Just back
OF the church, two mile heats, for purse of $500,
two nags entered, and some hopes Of another"
Drsddta.--A lady dropping her retcule in
Chesnutsree!, few days since, and STOPPING to
pick IT up, broke in two at the waist, and gave
up the ghost!-Ledger.
That's mistake We are told she only stack,
ed about and went in stays"
Six Cullr. in Pennsylronin.--B n repotl
made at the Silk Convention which assembled
at Harrisburg, on the 23d ult. il appers that the
premiums on Silk, the product of that State. paid
ut the State Treasury Of Pennsylvania, under the
act oil April, 1888, amount 10 S54s 40. The
Inc premiums were paid to sixteen individuals, |
OF whom Gertrude Rapp, of Economy, received
S363 o0. This is altogether a pretty fair begin. |
ing, tor the first year Of Silk Culture in the Kew.
stone State.
"Ihs trial Of the Messrs. Wilkinson and Muir.
dough- Tor their participation in the affair at the
Gait House, terminated at Harrodsburg on Fri.
day last. They were Gcqwited. We under.
stand that full report of the trial, together with
The speeches Of the gentlemen employed on The
occasion, is to be prepared and published BY our |
Trend Browne, Of the Reporter. Mr.. B. was
present at the trial, and being an exceedingly |
faithful and happy reporter, is fully competent to
Tho task.n Lnu;, Cn-.n.
A select committee of seven meubers. chosen |
~ inc Speaker, has been appointed 10 inyestl- |
gate various grave churges against Commodore !
Jesse ID. Elliott, Of the United States Navy. We |
hnk II was short time since asserted that the
House had lost all confidence in their Speaker!
A Mean Man. --"You are so mean.' said FL.
rious fellow TO his opponent, that your shado,c
ron't touO~ you
That Rare Thing, Good TOasL--aThe
americans Far, too wise to take tho veil, and
90 beautiful TO need il"
Chdriiq.-To sell you an egg for three cents,
md throw chicken into the bargain.
guile Conrenicni.--By tho law OF Scotland.
{ man publicly calls a woman his wife, with
Ter consent, he !, la,ctuly her husband, If she
De called his wife, in his hearing, aud he dose
not deny that she is, he is her husband If he
i've with her, and she is called by his name, or
BY any name he may have assumed al that time.
ts IS her husband. This marriage holds good in
England aswell as Scotland. BOsios Times.
REMARKABLE FAcrs.-" Christianity com.
nenced its progress at Jerusalem. AT the exp.
alton Of forty days after the death Of Christ, !,
numbered 100 followers, Immediately after 3.00o.