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The Literary echo, and Pawcatuck advertiser. [volume] (Westerly, R.I.) 1851-1854, 1853-10-06
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A POTTER, Sec'ry.

AN ACT respecting Agencies Of live
Stock Insurance Companies.
1t is enacted By the General assembly as
Jol'oacs !!
Any company incorporated for the
purpose of Live Stock Insurance by the
laws Of any State or country, may es-
tablish an agency upon the same terms
and conditions now by law impased upon
agencies of Life Insurance Companies
by an act passed January l6, 1916.
True copy--witness
A. POTTER, Sec'ry.
The Literary echo, and Pawcatuck advertiser. [volume] (Westerly, R.I.) 1851-1854, 1853-10-06

An amendment 70" An Act to estab-
lish Court of Magistrates in the city
of Providence"
Whereas, In theAct to establish aCourt
of Magistrates in the city of Providence,
passed at the May session, A. D., 1853,
it was the intention of this General AS
sembly to confer on said Court jurisdic-
ton over cases commenced by process
issued out of the former Court of Mag.
istrates Of said city but said Act con-
tains no express language comforting
such Jurisdictions. Therefore,
II IS enacted by the General assembly as
.tolio'rs:
The Court of Magistrates of the city
of Providence, established by act of this
General Assembly passed at the May
session, A. d. 1853, is hereby authori-
zed to take jurisdiction over all cases
commenced by original process issued
by the former Court Of Magistrates of
said city, and which were pending at the
time of the passage of s,id act, whether
said process had been returned to said
former Court, and by it continued, or
was first returned to the present Court,
and to hear, try, determine, enter judg-
ment, and issue execution in said cases
had first been commenced by process
issued out Of the present Court
True copy-witness
A. POTTER, Sec'ry.
The Port Gibson reveille. (Port Gibson, Miss.) 185?-1857, 1853-07-27
Communicated to the Gallatin Argus.
Giles M. Hillyer, Esq.

q IL Giles NJ. Hillyer, Esq, the talented
Editor Of the Natchez Courier, will permit
his name 10 60 before the voters Of this Con-
grcssional District, as a candidate for Con-
gross, it is believed that it would be accepta-
bic to, and cordially supported BY, the Wings
Of COPIAH."
The writer Of the above, no doubt, intended
to say that Col. Hillyer would be supported
by some Of the Wings Of Copiah. There
arc some Wings in that County who will vote
for Wiley p. Harris. who has been known to
them from boyhOOd. There will scarcely be
enough supporters of Col. Hillyer, in Copiah,
TO constitute pall-bearers at his political fu-
neral. We hope, however, that the Col will
consent to run as the peoples candidate, /"
not brought out by Caucus-sO all may sec
that Judge Harris viii be the people's Con-
gresham.
The Port Gibson reveille. (Port Gibson, Miss.) 185?-1857, 1853-07-27
Home Politeness.
BY ELLEN LOUISE.

This is a virtue / must confess Of somewhat
rare occurrence. You might almost as we'll
set out in quest Of the Philosophers stone. or
the Fountain of Youth, as a family where it is
extensively practiced. Sunshine abroad, and
clouds at home, is the usual weather grade in
the social almanac.
For my part, it's the greatest wonder in the
world, 70 me, how any girl can ever be so
foolish as to moor her bark, in the stormy ha-
ven Of matrimony. As long as your to-be-
husband remains your lover, there can be
nothing to equal his devotion. You've need
only to irish, in order to send him to the
North Pole, and with a single kiss you could
bind him hand and foot.
Pah I am sick Of love and lovers. | hate
them, as hate any other thing that turns
upon a piyot-tops and waltzes for instance.
Three months after marriage, aud what a
funeral there is-a funeral Of loves, and
hopes and dreams Where are the moon
light walks now! Where the sweet, low
songs-where the readings Of poetry-the
tremblingy offered, shyly received carcsses !?
Buried. all Of them, in the same grave with
the girl-hoOd name, aud the loye-dreams of
our last Eden!
It is not worth the while to be agreeable to
ones wifc-of course not just as well to
read the newspaper to yourself when she is
only take care if you come to funny place
to laugh out very loud. and if she looks up
inquiringly, just put on your most grandilo-
quent expression and say you do not wish to
be interrupted when reading
If you find one button off your wristband, be
sure to exclaim-" Confound it, wife, | Won
der if there was ever a shirt, hung up for me,
without pulling half the buttons off -
If one stitch breaks loose in your stockings
be sure to call out they are all lcOrn 10 rags,
for want OF darning.
BE rery careful not to be satisfied with
your dinner. If it happens to be uncritici-
Sa6Le, you must shake your head mysterious
ly, and say what beautiful dinner you had
at Judge Whites the other day, but if there
as anything to find fault with gloat over it,
like an alderman over turtle soup.
declare, if you want to be a model hus-
band, you've just got to try every possible ex-
pedient, to make your wife uncomfortable, and
be careful to ignore every approach to any
thing like Home POliteness
The Port Gibson reveille. (Port Gibson, Miss.) 185?-1857, 1853-07-27
For he RereiRe.


MEssRs. EDIToRs A few weeks since
your readers were uniformly, at every issue
of your paper, regaled by correspondents
with notices both pleasing and displeasing, Of
matters concerning our prosperous, promis-
ing, and delightful town. Why this sudden
discontinuing Of their lucubrations! Have
they, in their opinions, surfeited your read
ers or have they exhausted their themes
or are they waiting to hear the public call
out, in the language Of the halffamishcd
Oliver Twist, for "mOie ?" One of your
correspondents. l am certain, wound up his
blast with more anon" IL is high time
that he had empted himself We all have
leisure now to discuss the merits Of any COM
plants that may be uttered, and to determine
the justice of any panegyrics that may be
pronounced "The winter Of discomfort"
with the one, may, possibly, by the genius of
the other, be "made glorious summer" So
up and at them, ye valiant knights Of the
quill Nothing extenuate, nor set down
aught in malice !" but give US truth, good
humored truth-truth first, truth hst, truth
always,-even though it wound. And yet
truth we're not always to be told, except to
accomplish goal.
have fancy, Messrs. Editors.-and yet
I don't know if might not call it even more
than a fancy,-that the good man, or rather
l should say the best man, is not lie who is
good to his kindred, to his neighbor, or even
to the poor; but he who is good to the pub
lie, to the community at large, in which he
happens to dwell. lie who ever feels under
the oath to give true verdict without the
hope Of reward or the fear Of punishment,
except the reward of conscience and the fear
Of God. He who is ever ready to take his
position boldly in times of peril who is ever
under the conviction that lie is a responsible
citizen Of the COMMUNICATIVE interests him.
self in whatever is Of interest to the commu-
nifty generally, and who is ever willing to
take the consequences Of discharged duty.
Thrift may not follow such man-scarcely
will. except in a community Of nOJlest spirits
for fawning" is not the nature of such
man. And besides, such an one is too
apt to offend our selfesteem. His inde-
pendence 1 admire in theory, and even in
practice, except when I feel it. There's
the rub
Give me such a man, with all his faults,
and he has them-he has the common in
heritance of the sons of Adam. but he is the
public benefactor; he is alieays befriending
his kindred his neighbOrs. and even the poor.
HIS whole history is but a chain Of benevO-
lent acts towards them.
SO your grumbling correspondents, in
pointing out mischief even in high places,
will ever get fair hearing from the
LIBERAL.
The Port Gibson reveille. (Port Gibson, Miss.) 185?-1857, 1853-07-27
The Contradictory Couple.

al do believe" says the husband taking
his spoon out of his glass, and tossing it on
the table, that Of all the obstinate, wrong
headed creatures that ever was born, you are
the most so, Charlotte"
Certainly, certainly, bave your own way,
pray. You see how much contradict you,
rejOined the lady.
"Of course you didn't contradict me at the
dinner table no, not you" says the gen.
tleman.
"Yes, did," says the lady.
ooh you did," cries the gentleman, "you
admit that"
eff you call that contradiction, do" the
lady answers; "and say again, Edward,
that when know you are wrong, | will con-
tradict you. / am not your slave"
Not my slave :" repeats the gentleman
bitterly, "and you still mean to say that In
Blackburn's new house there are no more
than fourteen doors, including the wine cellar"
"I mean to say" retOrts the lady, beating
time with her hair brush on the palm Of her
hand, "that in that house there are just four
teen doors, and no more.
"Well, theu," says the gentleman rising
in despair. and pacing the room with rapid
strides, "this is enough to destroy mans in
tellect, and drive him mad "
By-and-by the gentleman comes too little,
and reseats himself on his former chair.
There is a long silence and this time the lady
begins.
II appeal to Mr.. Jenkins, who sat next to
me on the sofa, IN the drawing-rOom during
tea"
Morgan. you surely mean," interrupted
the gentleman.
II do not mean anything Of the kind" an.
swered the lady.
"Now by all that is aggravating and impos-
sble to bear" cries the gentleman, clenching
his hands and looking up in agony. "she is
going to insist upon it that Morgan is Jenk-
ins :"
Do you take me for a perfect fool? sx-
claimed the lady. do you suppose | don't
know that the man In the blue coat was Mr..
jenkins ?"
"Jenkins with blue coat |" cried the gen.
tleman with a groan. jenkins in blue
coat-a man who would suffer death sooner
than wear any thing but brown"
do you charge me with telling an IN
truth ?" demands the lady. bursting into tears
"I charge you, ma'am. retOrts She gentle.
man, starting up, with being monster Of
Observation-Disclosures in. a blue coat
What have done that l should be doomed tc
hear such statements"
The Port Gibson reveille. (Port Gibson, Miss.) 185?-1857, 1853-07-27
Written for the Port Gibson Reveille.
VIEWS FROM MY PEW.-No ..
BY cnURcHGoER.

love the man who loves a good dinner
His physical exuberance is a sure mark Of
good nature. lie takes the world easy, and
his rare roast beef, easier Storm and sun
shine are the same to him,-wben his table
is furnished with good things. His appetites
are the stars which rule his destiny, and these
never fail him. His moral qualities are va
rlous he is generous to a iault, when him
self is the recipient Of his generosity; his
heart expands over hrs Champagne, and his
speech is the very essence of philanthropy.
His charity always begins at home, and sell
dom leaves that sacred precint; he will not
encourage idleness, therefore kicks the beg
gar from his door. In politics, he is an anti
progressive; Young America" disturbs his
afternoon nap, with its noise under bis win
dow, and he don't believe in such go-ahead-
ativeness. He will stand by the Government
till the last, because any change might effect
the supply in the provision market. His po-
litical creed is embraced in a good bill-of-fare,
and nothing but a dungeon will keep him
from his principles. So far as these princi-
pies 90, he is a patriot-loying his country,
because of its iruit-bearing qualities. lie is
a social being, and loves his jokes.-espcc-
ially when he understands them. He invites
to dinner a friend who is able to return the
favor, and is always polite to the ladies'
holding them by the hand when he meets
them, and laughing good-humoredly. lie
jokes the bellies, and wishes he was a single
man. The belle smiles, and remarks that
Mr. Beefsteaks is a very witty man.
His religion is of the best quality. His
seat is cushioned, and his Hymn-Book is gill
ded. His conduct in church is orderly, and
he listens attentively. The preacher talks
about the Bible-Nr Becfsteaks wonders if
his cooks at home are doing their duty. The
preacher describes the joys of Heaven-Mr.
Beefsteaks thinks Of roast-turkey and the
trimmings" The preacher tells Of the world
of dark despair" Beefsteaks thinks Of
a spoiled dinner,-this being, in his mind, the
worst of human ills. The preacher speaks of
Christ and His suffering, and of the saving
efficacy Of His blood-Mr. Becfsteaks mods
and dreams Of rich desserts.
Dinner is the standard to which Mr.. Beef
steaks refers everything in the social, politi-
cal, moral or religious world. In his mind,
the midday meal is a type Of everything
And think you his influence is not great,
because he never exerts his mental faculties !
Not so--the rich men are enviOus of Mr..
Beefsteaks good living, and they rival his
luxury The poor men catch the spirit Of
rivalry, and dinner becomes the active and
progressive principle. 1t is no longer word,
but has become an idea Luxury has almost
attained to animation, and we may soon expect
70 see it a living, breathing existence.
Its effects are told in few words they
are sensuality, ruin, and beastliness
The Port Gibson reveille. (Port Gibson, Miss.) 185?-1857, 1853-07-27
Number 40.
From the illustrated Family Friend.
Sepulchres.
by ELLEN LOUISE.

Iwondcr is there any human heart which
has not its own gravc-yard--its tombs, and
monuments, and haunted houses? It's sepul.
cheres from which the buried hopes come out
at midnight, like sheeted ghosts.
There be collins Of gold, and collins Of
silyer-and there lie dead bodies, white and
CHASTITY, wrapped only in winding-shcets Of
pride.
Sometimes memorys bells toll over tho
unquiet sleepers, and other hopes and lovers.
say solemn mass for the repose Of the dead.
But yet the spectres aciU come out upon the
Ghosts Walk" and though in the careless
daytime VIC can pass them by with a God
bless you, such as the Swedes give to a sneez-
ing traveller; in the night they do lay cold
hands upon our brows, and startle us strange
ly, making us close our eyes against the Wis
ion, and mutter prayers and Ave Maries.
There be often -yards-solemn ones /;
behind holy country churches, where the
dead 60 to sleep with the sound Of the organ
on holy-days and festivals and the harmonies
Of the church choirs singing together. -
There be crosses, aud monuments over them.
which the country people twine round with
wreaths and garlands, and where the village
sexton says the dead sleep well
There be others still, in the great city.
where the dome frowns over them. and tho
mighty shadow Of Saint Paul's falls over tho
passing traveller like a spell.
There, over hearts, that once were quick
with life, are strange shapes of mighty war
riors in bronze and marble cleaning swords.
and the presence Of a brooding human pride.
We can look on them camly for never do
the graves open-neyer do the warriors in
bronze and marble totter on their pedestals.
and the church-clocli ticks in their presence,
and the church-bell rings.
But the sepulchres, in the graye-yards Of
our hearts, have yawning mouths. aud from
them comes silently many Lazarus with
frown upon his brow There is no power.
no spell to lay the spirit. Star-beam and
moon-beam stream in vain over the sepulchres
Of our hearts-the shrines and altars where
are only the leshes of Desolation
The Port Gibson reveille. (Port Gibson, Miss.) 185?-1857, 1853-07-27

CONTEMPT OF Court An amusing incl
cent occurred in a courtroom. some years
since, in one Of the back counties Of Missouri.
The court was seated, and the case about to
be tried
Now, his honor the Judge, was man well
stricken in years, yet he could ride race,
shoot rife, and shuttle and deal as we'll as
the next man, and he who presumed to trihe
with the dignity of the court, on these occa-
sions, generally suffered some.
Wen, as was saying, his honor was seat
ed, and a case about TO be commenced, when
in voice of thunder. the Sheriff proclaimed
silence. There was a pause the Judge
looked over and saw an old gentleman who
had not yet uncovered his head. The court
could not brook such disrespect to his dignity,
and his honor called out in an authoritative
tone
Mr.. Sheriff. remove that old gentleman's
hat :"
That functionary, who had until now stood
in corner, leaning upon his rifle, stepped
up, and politely knocked off the offenders
hat with that murderous instrument, where
upon Mr.. Badger Badger was the offenders
name,) seized the hat, and clapped it upon
upon his head, loudly exclaiming-
Judge, I'm bald !"
"Mr. Sheriff." said the indignant court.
1--WE instruct you again to remove that hat ~
The order was instantly executed, and no
sooner done, than Mr. Badger replaced tho
hat on his head a second time, again insisting
that he was bald.
The offended Judge now waxed warm, and
rising up in his scat, ordered the clerk to en-
ter a tue Of five dollars for a contempt Of
court, and to be committed until the fine was
paid
Mr.. Badger was thunderstruck. lie delib-
erately walked up to the bench, and laying
down half dollar before his honor, in sol
emn manner thus gave his views:
Your sentence, Judge, is most jentle-
manly, but the law is imperative, and reck-
on Ill stand it. so here is four bits, and the
four dollars and half that you owed me when
we stopped playing at poker this morning.
Just makes US square =
The Port Gibson reveille. (Port Gibson, Miss.) 185?-1857, 1853-07-27

PARsoN BRowNLow's OPINION or HAIR
RlEr BEEcnER SrowE.-The redoubtable
Parson is out upon Harriet after the following
fashion:
"This long.tongued visionary woman, and
calumniator of the South, is now in Europe,
where she is being lionized by the haters OF
American institutions, and Republican liber-
ties She is the daughter Of old Lyman
Beecher, Presbyterian minister, and has two
brothers who are ministers Of the samo
Church. Her husband is also a minister, and
at present, we believe, is Professor III An
dover College. They are all Aboltlonists'
both male and female, and the lying book
styled Uncle Toms Cabin. is believed to DO
the joint production Of the entire family
manufactured for the occasion, aud as means
of raising the wind. Her Ladyship, 1t IS well
understood, is the most talented member Of
old Lyman family. But merciful God. she
presents to the world the most hideous physl-
ogomy ever gazed upon by the eye Of man
She is as ugly as Original Sin--an abomina-
ton in the eyes Of civilized people A tall,
coarse, yulgar-looking woman-stoop-shoul
cred, with long yellow neck, and a long
peaked nose-through which she speaks-an
abomination in the ears Of Southern negroes,
who instinctively turn up their fiat noses at
the idea of using the nasal organ to aid the
organ Of speech. A daguerrotype of her
Ladyship which we have seen, sours the
stomach of Southern gentleman; but lay
aside art aud present the reality, and big
black negro is affected with the intensest hor-
ror! Pigeon-toed. knock kneed, with big
foot aud ankle, added to her long broad sides
and fat chest, and other personal charms. she
may pass through Southern negro kitchens at
all times. without impressing rude negro
man that he will offer the indignity sometimes
offered to white women, who travel beyond
! their proper limits -
The Port Gibson reveille. (Port Gibson, Miss.) 185?-1857, 1853-07-27

AN UNREASONABLE SHERlFP.-SOme years
ago a sheriff in the northern part Of Vermont
held a writ of execution against one Of his
neighbors, whicE, as usual in cases of this sort
with the debtor in question, he bad great
deal Of difficulty in collecting, and indeed,
was compelled at last to resort to the more
stringent provisions Of the law. Tho debtor
though man of limited means was a person
Of unlimited hopes and expectations, and gave
his parole of honor to the officer that he would
certainly pay the debt BY certain day. The
day came, and so did the sheriff, but no money.
Again and again day was fixed for payment
Of the execution, but no advance was made
towards liquidation" AT last, as the exc
cution had well nigh run out" the sheriff
told the debtor that the debt must be paid at
once, or be should proceed Immediately to adj
vertise his personal chattels. The debt was
not large, but the sum was not an easy one to
raise on the spot, and the debtor begged for a
delay of one day more. The sheriff was in
exorable. Il give you my word Of honor, "
said the debtor, 1t won't do said the sher-
if. "I'll pledge you this Bible" said the
debtor, offering large family Bible. worth
about the amount of the execution. al don't
want it !" said the officer. "Well, then" re-
piled the debtor, Indignantly. "If you won.
take my word, nor the word Of God, for the
debt, you may 60 to the devil"
The Port Gibson reveille. (Port Gibson, Miss.) 185?-1857, 1853-07-27
Saturday Evening.

How sweet the evening shadows fall
Advancing from the west;
Ascends the weary week Of toll,
And comes the day Of rest.
Bright DER the earth the star Of eve
Her radiant beauty sheds;
And myriad sisters calmly weave
Their light around our heads.
Rest, man, from labor; rest from SIM
The worlds hard contest close;
The holy hours with God begin;
Yield thee to sweet repose.
Bright o'ert the earth the morning ray
Its sacred light will cast;
Fair emblem Of the glorious day
That evermore shall last.
The Port Gibson reveille. (Port Gibson, Miss.) 185?-1857, 1853-07-27
Pay as You Go.

The New York Times has the following
advice, which, if followed up, would prevent
many an aching heart and sorrowful bosom.
1t reminds us of some Of Franklin's excellent
essays:
"What not avail myself Of this capital OPP
portunity for bargain, just because the mon
ey is not in my pocket There are a great
many snug fortunes made by buying on time.
But our mercantile friends who draw most
largely on their credit, will agree with us in
advising young man to pay as he goes A
six-penny loaf of bread without butter, and no
debt on it, has a better relish than your best
dinner that is to be paid for tomorrow. The
potatoes that arc paid for before eating them
have no bitter taste. while coppery flavor
mingles with the vanilla Of the creams that
are bought on credit Cash lards handsomely
the leanest beef Credit makes the fattest
slices shrink in the pan. If you pay as you
90, very likely you will fall astern of your
bold speculating neighbor, but you will have
your vessel in better trim for a squall. Men
do not always get rich very rapidly who admit
the motto, but they very seldom can make out
to fail. 1t may be hard for them to get rich,
but it is harder for other people to suffer very
bitterly on account Of their poverty.
"The man who pays as he goes, and has
nothing but the suit he has on, and the meal
he is eating, that he can call his own-how
much poorer is he than his neighbor who
keeps a carriage and a servant, and lives in
splendor, and owes more than he can ever
pay! The latter, one will say, enjoys all the
money that his splendor represents. This is
very much matter Of TASTE We should not
enjoy it. Widows and orphans will weep when
he dies, not because be has gone, but because
his estate only pays twenty cents on the dollar.
Pay as you GO and leave no unpleasant bu-
sincss for your executor to transact.
at is not gratifying to the widow to have
your debts to settle, and children come by de-
grees to think less Of their deceased father,
when bills are presented that cannot be met
by his assets. Pay as you CO. sleep sound
o'night, and drive out the nightmare from
your dormtOry Your account book will be
model Of simplicity. You will buy what
you want and leave what is unneeded till
money is plentier You will find the necessi.
ties Of life to be only the declinatiOn Of what
are generally called rich. OFF their laces
tearing the lean aud haggard mask, you viii
find jolly, lazy luxuries behind.