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THE CELEBRATED RACE HORSE. sTEEL.

q Got by that capital Racer and 0iost '
kSV-N able s allon. imported r, lde, ~ Gain !
GS moth, by Consultation, which Wa al-p Y
-A-Gda az The famous running mare. S"liN +
hank; and his Grand dam by Balls FIor'ze, "ili -
The approaching Season. commencing The 1T sac 4
Captain Smiths Tavern, Charlotte Court NoIs~
gna, IL thtty dollars, casb or hpirs due ' -. -
lsi6, ard pac dollar IL IN groom IN case . ~
Of marea are sent by Company. one F@-fon.il'r -
must bp hound 10 me- for ilir whole anpiai f,-'u'
furnished gratis. and mares fed 81 ihiry Set. u -
half cents per day; and co"r-d servants boattd he
charge.
sterl is nf the largest class ri race horses oei".
teen hands high, of g'cai substance ;nd r9"'t,
bay, with black legs and a race hoisr eitii -.
IN America lie won twelve time out ~ -
races The only tims Of his iosnR wrx ~ baia
being beaten By vnshti. when he wa ,n had .Ie'
though h- beat Portsmouth itbat heai EostcnI w y
race and 20; three hundred Of The purse the s-t
best horse IN The race Immediately alter thai rec y
challenged vashti Ia foi,r-nilc heals fnr ten ,l
sand dollars aside, half forfeit, which was declined
Fer further particular. =: tIs pedigree ard pr;:of
mancrs. large bills, which wal be furnished -
tlcmen " 10 may drsre 10 zee them.
lice 70 I<tIunc JOHN EEHikh
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FARMvILLE PROPERTY FOR SAL

PURSUANT TO the provisions Of & deed Of trest
1 eu,rd TO the subscriber by Thsmss A. Gtfioa.
certain purposes therein specified, and 81 reeoId y
Clerks Ofhce Of the County Court Of Prince 49,
shall proceed 10 sell, 10 the hiehcst bdter. ief -
money, on the Huh ddv OF Ma,h next, Is the iei
Famyi!le, IN front Of James llo;el, Two lots o. ~
Of Land. lying in said Town and numbered, ir ne
Of the town, Nos. d and !, lying on Main street o
and running back 2aJ feet and a iraat."n, 10 =
which separates IL from The Farmvi.le Wsre-hots,
runs i9 feet on the Cross street. This prnreit' g
IL good residence for private family, now N ~
cupancy of DR.. ]. Lyle; also, good Factory ahe
story House, with q single reom on each roof !
basement is occupied by Vim. Willie rs Co5ieci =
Establishment, and the upper part by Or. ). L!is
W. e.. Fluurnoy as an othce.
The title 10 said property is believed TO be nnqn
able; but, aching as Trustee, thali only e"r'9
title as is vested in me by the deed afnresaid.
Jan 6-e~tds WM. C. FLUURNOf, TIA
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LAW NOTICE

II HE undersigned have astotiatfd themfsVt' l.
practice OF the Law, and will regularly ~ !.
SUPERIOR ard Inferior Cnprts OF the town 0! Z! -
and the counties Of Nelson and App"Tait"n. !,
William B. Rolne will keep HI one N L,s :
and Joseph X. Irving i'll New Gi,scuw hn,h,,,.c
WILLIAM 3. RotA.
In the counties OF Amherst and Buekinghsh 6
vim y connection will remain as heretofore NJ
viii also attend the Courts Of Amherst.
Dec. l9-cwln
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Jan. e-cwsw '' WI. I. SHEPHERD, D. c.
IN CHANCERY.-viRGisIA In King William Sore.
1 rim Court, 2lst November, 1915:
Zachary Lewis, Fiaia;':
against
William B1ckhouse's Administrator, and Others.

IN CHANCERY.-vIRGisI In King William Sore.
l rim Court, 2ist November, 1915:
ZACHARY Lewis, Piaa;':!
against
William B1ckhouse's Administrators, and Others.
Dcien!GT'.:
This cause came on 10 he again heard IN he PEG
formerly read and on the enisn'ei and suppl men o,
biz filed at The last of the Cruit, wni'h IN =, ia
bill being taken for conf, ssed oall the de'enc".s
except The shcuf OF Gloucester, Mathew ". Etn;,
who il The Administrator tc,n.itir- Of " lilo" :
Back hoise, as To whom the painnf asts No h:i- :.
this time; and appearing To the Court maj sh.t = ~
connection between the said Estate Of WiilItm ! *
house that should rc;ard prevent The pianih y e
proceeding against lhr other defendants. as Ia WHOM
the bill has been taken for Contrssr ans The ctrtf
ant rorare Faulkner. Administrator de bnn's r.. j
Thomas Faulkner, having been permitted 10 ne u. 2.
This term, the usual terms that " shall ~ n
delay The cause, and the plaintiff rne ine 10
cause rs the said Faulkner. on bill and ansa'r st4,
argument. the Court. on consideration dhk sG.u =
order and decree, that Thomas Tones, Shcr % 80.
d;rsex county and Committee A!mibist'atns de ~.
noh oil Thomas g. CrittenGen, render before oar !, uc
Commissioners Of this Court an account o. lhrm -
Cutendens actincS a. oLr al iie Executions - I-st
Lewis. d-c.n>-G ara. 2rd that the s1ii Tl"ns- J"
render befure the same Commas uBcr IN acrItr -
own aeIirss a. the Committee idnihi-irsiT d- q ~,
ron al The sli Thomas G.. tr;it ndrn; AMI. ~. ~.
the sail Thomas Jones render before tn Comm.
s.Oner account OF his avn actiBe- as The Shr' n
mirtee Admnis,ra'or lie aonis mn ct ch5fnh :.
criltcnden; and 4h thai Horace Faulhbe;, Ad"iti"
traitor de bohi, Of II omas Fdnisner rnd'I 5ei'e
the Comm sooner an account nj ms own astrg
The E.iate al the said Thomas Fauil mr.; snf, IN.
that the defendnnt. John Sinclair. Admnsraof &c
honis OF Mary Backhouse rrnter before Tie rue
Commissioner account of his Scngs on sid ~
and. 9th, that The defendant. Temple Wahef. sl'ir
Of King x Queen county, and Committee AdEnisrs.
de- bons of Caty Lewis, render befie HI sme
Commits account Of his aetings on ss,d Ri Z,
all Of " hich said actonEs The said tCnmissioit :,
directed examine, state and report 10 Cont wiih any
matter. specially stated, which ay he cohcdord e'i'
Bent and proper by him, which either auy ~ iie
aid p.rtir. r,uuir. 10 T.. 50 stated Ard In ,sk no
said counts herein before directed, the conmis-rr
is directed 10 regard ~ pima Jae aIy of ad
accounts which Way have been h, rrofurr seted hti"c
Commissioners appoGtsd for that purpose nnIrss liz
shall be surchgrsed aud flashed BY pool btie
him. Copy-Testr,
ROBT. POLLARD Clerk
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-Four HUNDRED DOLLARS REV..

rENSkES CT. from Buckingham tLuity, We
j aaou. the 9Th 81 9Th December, nine Ne goes.
boys the balance women and cl iIlitn,l hrinn.lrst
the Estate al David Crews, deceased. The a!.yc
perry taken m by two mrn, one 81 v hos- rsrs
General Johnson, (sonirIinIrs calls h'mself took j
son and The other Wiz. " no l. II spare MADE I.'t
with dark har. II j. supposed they Lave c.ru,
Ia he given To man by the Eamr Of Smith, from q
aforesaid deceased i'avd Crews hich T. rrntltf:
All persons are hereby forwarned iroE purchasing
Negroes. will give four hundred dollars FOR tie y
groes, il delivered at Buckingham Count -hou,t. Va
liberal reward II they are secured :" that ct Y.
again. JOHN CREWS.
Jan. c-cw4w
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A SITUATION WANTED.

A YOUNG MAN Ia Vrg;nian) vino has prepared him
n SELF pun posey Tor Teacher, and having bad
raj years experience In teaching wishes situation az
teacher for the ensuing year. he will give instruction
In all the branches Of English Education, Maheina
ties and the Latin and Geek Languages. Tcctimoni-
ais Of scholarship and character will be given from the
most undoubted sources.
Addrsss-R. D. c., Physie Springs, buckingham CO.,
Va Dee. le-twH
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IN CUANCERY.-VIRGisIA:-A AT rules held IN 'he
L Clerks Offices of Essex County Court, ON Monday
The Is; day nf December, 1915: No.,
Austin Rrockenbroug.. Executor OF BenJamin BlaKr,
drrrs-rd the said Austin Brockcnbroush and frLnces
hi ,vi:e Plaintiffs:
against
Benjsnin Blake and John Richards, Administi a'ors
4. bonia non Of William Blake. deceased, BenIam IN
Rlukr, John Richards aud Frances his wife, lholna,
Bake William g. BROOKE. fhumas VI. Brooke, Alfred
Cantlo,n and Emily his wife, Alfred Powell and Lucy
T. his wife Lewis El!e Brooke, Peter Brooke, Corne-
us abney Brooke the three last named infants under
he age Of twenty years, Leonard Brsow, Nathan
lei alotheTshsad and Cstharnc his wife, Conway
Nu,t and Adeline his wife, Henry Dawson aud E!za
beth Dawson, infant daughter Of Cathuins DAWSON
who was Catharine Blake, and others, Defendants:
This day came the plaintiffs. by Counsel, and n!ed
their hl and all the defendants above named. except
Deni1mIn Blake and John Richards and Frances his
wife NOT having entered their appearance; ard u mp
nearing by satisfactory evidence that all Of the said de-
frndans the exception aforesaid, are not inhab
tsnts nf this stale The motion Of the plaintiffs u Is
Ordered That the rad absent defendants DO appear AT
The rules OF the Clerks Office o sid county on The tirs
Monday in February next, and anewer the plainiih :
bill; and that cosy Of THIS order be forthwith Inserted
in some newspaper published III The city m hichnohd
fnr Two months srcessveIy, and that another copy h-
ootrd al the front Of the Court house OF this coun-
~. ACopy-iertr, ,,,o,, c,.
Dec. 5-cw2m JAMES ROY MiGoD, ok.
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RoBT. POLLARD, Clerk.
K,se WILLIAM CouRr-lIou,r.

Commissioners Office, Dec, mber Il, 1915.
The parties interested in the going decree IRE
hereby notified, that have appointed tie Tue day a4r
the fourth Monday In February, lsia, u King William
Court house, Ia execute on my part the foregoing dec
tai order. at which time and paes they required q
attend, with their vouchers pnptrs md wi'nssscs y
O'Clock Of that DAY. THOMAS DAEhEf,
Jan. 6-cwiw Cummissio Of the CoUIi.
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GOV. SMITH.

This gentleman, who was so shameiuiy anu
,neuuiyocaIly denounced by The Wing press Oh
his election to The gubernalorial chair, has, aF-
nears seen fl. 10 make some changes in The on
cers Under The Governor and they have lmme
dia;ely unkenneed The dogs, 10 run mn, m, oown'
with denuncia,ion and abuse, fray, b'ahche,
and Sweetheart" lille dogs and all are gu, , 10
tnlI cry. Even the Richmond Wing, which ailer
The fail election OF 1914 advised every wing 10
descend down 10 the lowest employmen's, dnu
,n:oueh all the business Of social lie, anu pro,
scribe Democrats, is out in loud nolss agalnStn
Governor. We have no idea, however, but whal
he viii fnIlv' faithfully, and honestly, carry ont
his principles, and perform all The duties pertain
mo r. his Office under the Constitution, and IN
accordance with The will OF the majority IN The
safe We would advise our Wing contemporaries
in Richmond and Petersburg 10 be quiet
[NotcK Neic Era
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COpy-lest, :, :.
Dec l6-cwam r. Eli LGEkaLD, =. y

IN MISUNDERSTANDING AT rules held IN The
Clerks Office of the Circuit Superior Court OF LAW
and Chanccry for Louisa county, on the st day OF NO
vember, ls45: ,,.,,
char es J. Thompson Philip n. Tbompson William
NJ. Tbompson George G. THOMPSON, Julia Thompson,
Isabella j. Sully, by Philip NJ. Thompson her nrxt
friend and trustee and Philip NJ Thompson. admins
traitor de bons non Of Estate OF Garland THOMPSON,
deceased, fia'"l'hs'
against - !.
Richard Garland and Laura his wife. Edmund c.
Goodwip aud other pelenu us
The SAID defendants, Richard Garland AID Laura his
wife ana Edmund c. Goodwin, not having entered thelI
appearance and given security, according 10 law a"d
the rules OF this Cont and appearing by satisfactory
evidence that they ar. MT inhatitins OF this sa,r, ON
motion OF the plaintiffs by their Counsel u Is Ordered,
thai the said defendants, Richard Garland aud Laura
nj. wife, and Edmund c. Goodwin, do appear al thr
clerks Office of our Circuit Superior Court OF Law and
rhancrry for Louisa county, nj the rules To be Holden
for the said Cont, the hrst MONDAY IN rehriafy
uext and answer the plaintiffs original, supplemental
and ainrnded bills; aud that a cpy OF tins ofdrr or
forthwith inserted newspaper published IN Inc
civ of Richmond for nonths successfully, and post
ed al the front door OF the Courthouse of s county on
some Court day COPY esr, = =
Nov. 22-cwom JOHN nun ~ En-, '. W
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IN Observation-Disclosures Nottoway County
! Court, 18th December, 1916:
William X. Jennings, Plantn:


Johnson NJ. Duncan, William A. Chambers, Edward
G. Chambers, Robert T. Chambers, james G. Chambers,
Samuel A. Chambers John Z. Chambers and German
VI GRIMM and Elizabeth his wife Defendants:
This day came the p'antff By his Counsel. and Med
his bill against The delrndanl.; and the defendants Ed
ward G.. Chambers, Robert L. Chambers, James g.
Chambers, Samuel 4. Chambers. John {. chamhers,
and German ~ Griffin and Elizabeth VI bis wife, not
having entered their appearance aud gwen security nc
corfinr lo the al Assembly and the rules 81 ms
Court and il appearing BY satisfactory tv'aence ma
they are not in h iiars u this country. j. Ordered
thai the said absent defendants do appear here on tr
sl .Jy Of iarch new, aud snswer the b'! OF me
plaintiff and that cGpy Of this order he i"th"nn ~
.rd m some nrwspauer published in The city Of Rich
mond f,r two months smccrssivey, AID posted az lie
front door Of tie Couri-hou r Of this county.
A Copy-Teste,
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IN CHANCERY.-y AT Circuit superior
Court of Law and clIancery, sitting as Court OF
ch,nre,y held for the county Of Lancaster, AZ ihe
Court house thereof, Tue day The 18th day oi oeo
ber lsi5: co,,.i,.,,
Theodore D. Dashieid, Complainant
Archibald c., alias Archibald 3. Stakes, John F.
Stakes ard William L. Stakes, Administrator oi VII
liam Stakes, deceased, prl'"u ~ IN
This cause came this Gay to be hearo on tue Din
and exhibits the joint answer OF John r stakes ana
William l.. Stakes, Adm nis traitor OF william SlaSes,
deceased and the replication thereto: anu u appear
ing TO the Court that more than Two months nave
eupsed since the fling Of the planths BILL ana that
nm order Of publication as 10 the defendant a. :.
STAKES who non resident, has been nstrcd for two
months excessively in The Richmond Whig; and lie
ioy to appear and give security according 10 the act
~ Assembly the bill is taken for confessed as 10 him
On consds ration whereof, the Court not deciding at
,h,s time any matter arising herein, except what fol
Iows doth adjudee order and decee, thai he Commits
souer of this Court aud stale and srlte an account 81
WillI,m T.. Stakes Administrator on the Estate Of
william stakes deceased; and, also. that the said
cnmu.sioner do tase an account Of the interest or
nronort;on Of the defendant, Archibald s. stakes 10
The estate of his deceased father Wm Stakes
and OF his Interest proportion IN the proceeds az The
real estate of his ,aid father which has been sold
der and by virtue OF decree OF the County Court OF
and that the said Commissioner do take and
report all such proofs in support OF The claim OF the
pIanif as may be offered and report his proceedings
herein with any matter deemed pertinent by himself,
or specially required TO be stated by either party.
Copy-Teste, RIO. I. DUNAWAf, c. c.
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CoMsrssro>rs's oryrer,

H
have appointed Tuesday, the 9Th day Of January,
1896 TO carry into effect the above decree, which
day. by 10 O'clock A. NJ the parties interested are
CURED attend before at my office aforesaid, with
oil necessary papers and other evidence.
Dec 3O-cw4w ADDISON HALL, Comr.
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buyers, if business, 10 any extent cou'' D"''
been promoted.
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TN CHANCERY-Yiscista:- AT Circuit superior
Court of Law aud Char Gerry for York county. con-
tInued By adjournment, and held Tue Sd day Of Aovem-
Der, 1915:
Parker T. Lee, Benjamin f. Bucktouf. and William
H. Pierce and Robert n. Armisead which said Pierce
and arni-sad late merchants and partners In trade,
under the firm and tyle Of Pierce and Amsiead, who
prosecute for themselves and all Others, creditors Of
Matthew ]. Gibbs, deceased, Plaintiffs:
against
William Nelson, Executor Of Thomas Gibbs, de-
censed and William Howard Sheriff Of York County,
and Committee OF The Estate If Matthew j. Gibbs, de-
ceased, and Others Defendants.
In appearing that the order made the 2sh day OF
April 1885, has not been duly published. Is ordered
that this cause be referred 10 the Commissioner Il this
Court 10 take an Of what " due 10 the credi-
tor. Of Thomas A. Gibbs, deceased the ,estaor in the
proceedings In this named, ana that who
may have claims against the Estate Of The said Thomas
A. Gibbs, deceased, do exhibit the sam. before the sud
Commissioner for settlement, on or before the first day
Of April, lsi6 and the sud Commission e. Is to cause
this order be published for eight weeks before Tie
said rsi dav of April 1876, in some newspaper pub 18Th
ed in tic CITY of Richmond, aud pnstfd NJ ths Court
House door of York County, on two successive Cour
days, prcvnns thereto, and report
Copy. Teste, SAM. SHIELD, Clerk.
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coMxrss,osrs's orrrcs, Yak Towy, /,

COMMIssIONER's nFFicE, YtRX Town,
Derrnhrr Is b. lei5. !
The creditors OF Thomas a Gibbs, Interested in the
foregoing order hereby required to eIhbi before
at my ssd Office before the first day of April,
JS46 the amount Of their respective aims against the
Estate of the said Thomas A. Gibbs drcease Ia order
that the same may he settled and IepIted by mo az
Commissioner TO The said Court.
nee 25-cwsw SAM SHIELD, Commissioner.
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Sir: NV attention has this moment been called
10 an editorial which appeared in the Morning
Herald OF Yesterday, and which is copied with
ont comment in The Standard et the same date.
From il beg leave to extract all that part which
refers 10 Mr.. M'L4ane, the American Minister,
promising that he left London for Paris on the
morning of The 81 inst, and has not yet returned.
That portion OF the article 10 which allude reads
as iollow::
"The American Minister has been charged
with misnfnrming the Times fer Tic purpose,
which probably some diplomaiisl. may mol think
di.honorable of sending 10 The United States la
brica.cd news that'misht influence the decision
of The tariff question. We do not suspect Mr..
M'Lane OF such indirec! practice, but whether
he has or has not resoried 10 H. The guilt OF the
Tires is the same; for that journal ought not 10
publish what knew 10 be false, upon The susges-
lion of any one, eas, q all upon The suggestion
of a foreign Minister. MI McLane, however,
for the sake OF his own honorable and pure
character, and for The sake OF Inc nonor OF ms
conn,rv wond do we'll 10 acqnt himself Of a
charge thai has been very extensively Circulated
in the city,"
Thirty wears nfhigh pnbIic service, and pro-
bily in private lie, which is proverbial, have
placed Mr. M'Lane beyond the reach oil attacks
like these. and il would be impossible Tor such
charges TO obtain a moments crcdence IN Amerl-
ca, or with any one in Europe TO whom M'Lane
isknown. 10 tact, scarcely deem them worthy
Of reply; but YET lest in The present excited slale
Of the public mind upon the snbee; lot. Of The Corn
Laws any man should be so lar m,seo as
lion, in the absence Of Mr.. M'Lane, without
communication with him. and on my own re-
sponsihiIity, deny explicitly, fully and without
reserve, each and every impu'ation therein con
tanned, and brand them with lasehood from fTs'
10 last. am, sir. Your o6ed'en! servant ryan,
GANsEvoORT MELVILLE,
Secretary of the Legation Of the United States
Of America al London.
No. /, ST. James Place, Tuesday, Dec.9, |, T. M.
THE CORN LAWS.
The uncertainty as 10 what the intentions Of
Ministers are respecting The Corn laws, appears
10 have checked all speculation in the Ehglisn
funds, and the spirit Of inactivity which has Tor
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or II years of age.

y
There are about 500 Indians at the
Council ground, representing the Cher
okees, Shawnees, Delawares, lonies,
Anadacoes, Kickapoos, yTonkahuas,
Lipans, Keechies and Wasoes.
Pahauca, with an Amparico chief
was looked for on the day of Capt.
Rice's departure inlay Sd. Nope
cochupec, with small party, is also
expected in.
The Cana inches, Amparicoes and
klowns, say they once met the Amerl-
cans at the Wichitaw mountain, and
are wiling to meet them there again
when the "Bufaloes belldw," which
IS In July. The village of the Wacoes
and Wichitaws, situated in the Wichi-
taw mountains, has been burnt by the
Pawnee Mohaws. The residue of the
two first tribes are near Warren's ira
ding house on Red River, and promise
if the Americans will suffer them to re-
main there, never to modest the whites
again in any way.-Democrat.
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the most cowardly-the Delawares fire..
quent!y whip them FIVE to one.

the most cowardly-the Delawares fire.
quent!y whip them FIVE to one.
The, soldiers of the Mexican army
are generally collected by sending out
recruiting detachments into the noun
talns, where they hun. the Indians in
their dens and caverns, and bring them
in chains to Mexico;there is scarcely a
day that droves of these miserable and
more than half-naked wretches are not
seen thus chained together and march
ing through the street 10 the barracks,
where they are secured and then dres-
sed IN a uniform madeofl linen cloth or
OF serge, and are occasionally dfilled-
which drilling consists mainly in teach
ing them to march in column thro' the
streets. The military bands are good,
and the men learn to march Indifferent
ly well-but only indiferently we'll
they put their feet down as if they were
feeling for the place, and do not step
with that jaunty, erect and graceful air
which is SO beautiful in well-driIed
troops. AS to the wheellngs of we'll
trained troops, like the opening or shut
ting of a gate or the prompt and exact
execution of other evolutions, they
know nothing about them. There is
not one in ten Of these soldiers who
has ever seen gun, nor one in hum
dred who has ever fired one before he
was brought into the barracks. 1t is
in this way that the ranks of the army
are generally filed up-in particular
emergencies the prisons are thrown O.
pen, which always contain more pris-
oners than the army num- ers, and these
felons become soldiers, and some of
them officers. Their arms, too, are
generally worthless English muskets,
which have been condemned & thrown
aside. and are purchased for almost no.
thing, and sold to the Mexican govern
ment. Their powder, too, is equally
bad in the last battle between Santa
Anna and Bustamente, which lasted the
whole day, not one cannon ball in a
thousand reached the enemy-they ge-
morally fell about half way between the
opposite armies.
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A MONEY DIGGER.

An inquisitive Yankee, seeing la
borer employed in digging on retired
spot, inquired what he was digging for.
Il am digging for money! was the
reply.
The fact, of course, was duly and
promptly heralded to the curious in
such matters, and the money digger
was visited by three or four credulous
fellows, when the following dialogue
ensued:
Visitors-We are told that you are
digging for money!
Laborer-W Well | amt digging for
any thing else, and if you are wise you
had better take hold also.
Visitors Have you had any luck?
Laborer-F isrt-rate luck. 1t pays
well.
No sooner said than done the four
fellows, thanking the generous deliver
for giving them an invitation to share
in his golden prospects, off coats, and
went TO work in good earnest, throwing
out many loads OF earth, TIL at length
getting very tired. the following COLO
guy took place:
Vistors-When did you get any
money last'
Saturday night.
Visitors-How much?
Laborer-Four dollars and half
Visitors-That's rather small bus:-
ness.
Laborer-It's pretty well; six shil-
lings day is the regular price for dig-
ging cellars, all ouer tovn
The visiting loafsrs dropped spades
and vanished, quite put out with the
man who dug money at the rate Of SIX
shillings a day!