The Ripley advertiser. [volume] (Ripley, Miss.) 1843-1897, 1845-07-26

hsvc,' was the reply, and beautiful iule
diamond, NJ which The mock stone seemed 6ae
smile, was produced.
The pfco was four hundred dollars. The
soubefncf then explained that he wished 10
borrow II for few dsys, and would leave the
The value IN the jewellers hand uolil Il was 70
turned and pay twenty five dollars for The use oi
IT, The proposition was agreed TO, the diamond
substituted for the counterfeit, aud the South
Carolinlan tii The store.
| On the next evening he paid another visitc
to The testaufa', and found the old party Assem-
bled. They all began 10 quiz him, declaring
That he had been regularly sucked ln;' that his
ring was not worth dollar, &c, the former
owner of The trinlkc, appearing to enjoy the Joke
more than any OF The reef.
We'll gentleman said tho supposed dupe in
a sell sufficient tone, you may think what you
please; kaoD it's diamond I've travelled
some, aud I'm not TO be taken 10 quite so easy
-as you think for. III bet you a hundred dollars
this is real brilliant"
The be: was taken up in an instant and o'hers
offered TO the amount Of five or six hundred
dollars more, all OF which were promptly met by
the Sou,herner The stakes being put up, on,
sailed the spor,smen to find jsweller. The
first they questioned pronounced the stone a
zine diamond and worth from four to five hun.
dred dollars so said the next and the next, and
the next. The better stood aghas!--it was a
diamond, and no mistake; and as the Sou,herner
pocke,ed the 'tin,' he cody observed. Itold
you, gentleman. 1 had travelled some
The following day he took the stone back to
the jeweller ofwhom he had borrowed it and had
the composition couateriet replaced in the ring
in the evening he sought the restaurat for the
fhcFp
but locking somewhat crest fallen. After 10.
king them for some time our hero gravely ad.
dressed the cute gentleman whom he had pur.
chased the ring, after this fashion:
"Weil, my dear fellow, ! have had my laugh
out Of you, and | don't want the ring. Mar
qland has offered me three hundred and fifty
and you can 60 10 him 10 morrow if you like anl
make cool hundred out oft.
The Offer was too tempting to be refused.-
The shark bit, and the Southerner received tw
hundred and fifty dollars worth OF gold for fit
cents worth Of paste The next morning th
Caro'inian was non est inpentus: and the over
, reached sharper found lying on his table beau
: tiul little billet, sealed with perfumed wax, an
stamped with figure of Mercury, the god {
thieves. Ga removing the envelop, the not
was found to contain only three words, viz:
Diamond cut Diamond"
This was puzzle; but the first jeweller
whom our sporting man showed the rang, e'
planned the mystery. The victim. unable
bear up against the torrent Of ridicule brougt
down upon him by this denouenaent, has LEFT tow
for few weeks on urgent business.
Is Texas APART OF THE UNITED STArEs!-
The Bulletin, OF yesterday morning, after adj
ver,ing to the diversity Of opinion which exists
here AS to the true relation in which Texas at
present stands towards the United States, ex-
presses the opinion that il rs now an integral
portion of The American Union. A considera
ton of the reasons which are given for this
opinion, must, it appears to us, bring every re-.
1ecting mind TO similar conclusion. Other
arguments are not wanting which tend to the
same end Whatever construction may be put
upon the JOINT resolutions, now adopted by Tex
as, as to the proprle,y of admitting her to the
rights and privileges of State, there is no room
to doubt that these resolutions created her
territory Of this Union. If this is correct view
of The mat er, the inhabitants of Texas are now
citizens of the United States, and entitled to all
the rights and privileges enjoyed by the latter.
The commercial relations between Texas aud
the Union have impaired additional interest to
this question, and much anxiety is felt to know
when the former will cease 10 be regarded as
foreign country by our government. Ia relation
to this we are informed that the Collector of
the Customs, being of the opinion that the un.
conditional acceptance on the part of Texas of
the Annexation resolutions would constitute
her an integral portion Of our country, address.
ed the Secretary of the Treasury on the subject,
some time previous to the news oil that event
here, asking for instructions as to the footing
upon which the con- nerce Of Texas would here
after be placed. In the mean time since the
intelligence reached here, all entries OF Texas
property have been made under protest, at the
suggestion of the Colector.--Jef. Rep.