Daily evening star. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1852-1854, 1853-11-30
I1ULTUM PARVO

broken BANKs.-The following list
comprises the banks that have recently
failed:
Bank of Massillon, Ohio.
Platt Bank of Buffalo
Cbautauque Bank of New York.
Patchin Bank,
Oswego Bank,
Tiosa County Bank,
Lewis County Bank,
Bank ofOswego,
City Bank of Buffalo,
State Stock of Pennsylvania. Indiana.
Farmers Joint Stock Bank, of Canada
Farmers and Mechanics Bank of Kent
county, Maryland.
Bank of North America, at Sevmour
Connecticut.
Clinton Bank, at Columbus, Ohio.
Clrclevllle Bank, at Circleville, Ohio.
RINGs.-A writer in Notes and Queries
gives the following account of the mean.
ing of the Wedding Ring:
"a ring, whenever used by the
church, signifies, to use the words of
liturgical writers, ''integritatem fidei,"
the perfection of fidelity. Its form, hay-
ing no beginning and no end, is the en-
blem OF eternity, constancy, integrity,
fidelity, ETC.; so that the wedding ring
SymbolizeS the eternal or entire fidelity
the wife pledges to her husband, and she
wears the ring as the badge of this fl.
deity. Its Office, then, is to teach and
perpetually remind her of the fidelity
she owes to her husband, and swere to
him at the marriage ceremony"
ARRIVAL OF JEwS.-The steamer Ger
mania from Bremen, formerly the Area.
dia of the Cunard line) put into Halifax
on her way to New York, and the Halifax
papers have the following in relation TO
her passengers:
"Iler passengers are a molly group
among whom are some one hundred and
fifty Jews, who have evidently turned
their backs upon Jerusalem, except, as
some people assert, it is to be rebuilt in
the Western world. About one hundred
passengers are en- route to California, and
nearly all are seeking home in the far
West"
Since the opening Of the present session
of the Georgia Legislature, there has been
a simultaneous movement made in vari
Gus parts of the State, in favor of rcmov.
ing the seat of government from Milledge-
vile; but there is also considerable op.
position to this project, inasmuch as a
removal to another site would entail a
great additional outlay, which it is be-
lieved the people would not willingly con-
sent to, without reasons of an imperative
character.
Affections never come singly. Marry
an old maid, and you are sure to be sad
died with seven aunts, eleven country
cousins, five poodle dogs, an aged grand.
father and mother, and several large sized
talking parrots-to say nothing of weekly
dinners and lodgings to the Smith and
Brown families. Just find out how much
of an establishment a piece of antigua
ted dimity consists Of before you order a
carriage for the parsons.
The OLD LADY's LAST.-Mrs. Parting.
ton laments that she shall never be able
to suppress herself correctly when
ever | open my mouth" she says, Il
am sure to put n'y foot into IT."
In the Alabama Legislature, Mr. St.
John has offered resolutions instructing
the Military Committee to inquire into
the expediency Of abolishing the Militia
Laws of that State.
At public sale of negroes in Charles
ton, on Tuesday. very high prices were
obtained: A girl of sixteen was sold for
$40; one Of eighteen, 500; and of
twenty, S760; man of forty, lsborer,
$40; and boy Of eighteen, apprentice 10
q taller, $500.