Democratic standard. [volume] (Georgetown, Brown County, Ohio) 1837-1850, 1841-05-11

Piled Mf. Fox "are to pay debts Of hon.
FOrn The tradesman threw the bill into
the FIRE. ''NOw, sir" said he, "mine is a
.debt Of honor. which cannot obIlge
you to pay" Charles Immediately paid
tne N an 'alg@ 1a
ia3 MIRACULOUS EseAPR.-A young nan
in Milford, N. Y. was knocked down by
lightning, on the I'd inst. while passing
near large oak tree, which was sbivered
to atoms and scattered over an area Of
I've acres. Although completely surroun.
Sdsd BY the fragments Of the tree, vet,
strange to say, he received no other iniu.
Sry than being Ssyerly stunned by the
shock. .iai.19t o'g.y .n au ' fHa'
SPEECH, TO THE DUMB-HEAR-
.br ING TO THE DEAF.
BGron L1upOtst, has lately communica-
ted to the Medical College Of Paris, the
SstCnishing discovery made by him
Ofa magnetic process, by which the
Dumb are made to speak, and the Deaf
to hear! He is said to have cured Deaf
mute, ten years OlGs before making his
discovery knSwn. Afterwards he sue
csedsd in curing child five years old at
three Sittings, in presence of a committee
Ofthc Academy. Since then he has
succeeded in curing nineteen in the same
way! 5M,ut buH Haga Huatzo
WESLEYAN MErHaDtsrs. late Eng
liSh paper saws The WESLEYAN Metho-
diSinhSVe no lesathan 100 missionary
stations, they employ 22O missionaries,
and in the schools under the supervision
Of those missionaries there are 10000
children. The constitutions to the mis-
Sicnary funds within the last year were
nearly f4O,OOO.
.,jtASAIE or A Sw1M. "A gentleman who
En -gOt himself while chatting with friend
Oa NOard steamboat just from the wharf,
Souu, the boat under weigh, and himself
going TO Albany. He promptly jumped
oyor6o. nd, and swan ashore prsfsring 10
take : /, ,1ld bath rather than have his
notes Cto .,ested, or alarm his friends BY a
"'nyst eriOI ID dsPPearanc"." ma
'CANAUtAN' ELBcrISNs.-The elections
Tor Memb0rs ,pf the Provincial House Of
Assembly hav resulted in the choice Of
thirty,six Tori. ~, who will support the
government iaa. I it's ledaing measures
Sieht Codservati es, who will give tho
Executive psstiA | support, and forty An
ai-UniOnists, or Lib e vals. 9 seats will be
cOntested--viz: BeA L'harnoiS, Three Ria
ers. vaudrsuil, Rouy il'le, York Cd Riding
ST. Maurice, LOnox, Addington, Montre.
al County and Chambb'. The members
retutn6d for these place s are chiefly sup
portefs Of the Governma Mt. The unsuc-
'cessful members retired ON the contest
on account Of violence at the polls. =.
A, SHALL BANK RoBBER ENT TO THE
STATE PRIsON.--W William H. JCVrlswOld,the
young mSn who robbed the BsuNk OF Wes-
tern New Ysrk Of FIVE, hundret dollars a
few weeks since, was trisd by hhs Circuit
Court on Wednesday, convicted and sem
fenced to the Auburn prison l'tF four
years. inJf ia
II GriSwold had been an officer Otthe
bank and had possessed the confidence o I
the stockholders, he might have 70. ,bed
the bank Of Eve hundred thousand dol ars
and shielded himself behind the csh''n
baES.--SGt. COGr. g .u' lysralA
The MoRxoN PRosREss. The corner
stone Of the great Mormon Templs at
NauvoC, Illinos, was laid on the 9th in
slant, in presence Of seven Or eight thou
sand persons, and the NauyoO Military
Legion, consisting of 600 men. The
Warsaw (Ii.) World says:-"Mr. RigdOn
oficiatsd al the laying Of the chief cor
nGf StOne, an d addressed the assembly in |
a very energetic mGAner in speech Ofa-
bout an hour. Gen. Bonnet commanded
the Legion. under the direction Of the
Prophet, and acquitted himSelfin truly
Ofscer4liks manner" 'Il,i2 a31aA
SALEs OF GovERNMENT LANDs.-lt is |
Stited that the amount received in Mis-
sOpri for sales of GosernmOnt Lands in
thu three first quarters Of the sst year,
was greater than in any other State or
Territory ii the Union, and about thirty1
per cent. greater than the amount paid 10
Illinois. The sales in Iowa were nearly
equal to those "a Missouri. The sales at
the Faystte Office amounted to Sl2O, 900
at sptiigfsldstO $l5l 900, and Lexing-
ton $i62, 900, being larger than at any
O,heF Office, with the exception Of Bur-
lingtbn and Chicago. q III 1889, the entire
recoipts COt sales amounted to six millions
Of dollars, of which, Sl,562 900 was
paid in Missouri and 8 |, ,45O, 900 IN Illi-
ROiS. So says The Missouri Je6srsOaian.
W Childheodlis like mirror, catch
ing aid rejecting images from all ar
SUna it.iIoRehemb6r; that, ali impi6us Of
prOEdne thought. ClttaFeH ~ 4 PARENTS liz.