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Hannibal journal. (Hannibal, Mo.) 1853-1853, 1853-05-05

A FIHE BUsINEsS HOUsE.-Mr. Henry Col
lins has nearly completed his large brick build
i'm on the corner Of Main and Bird Streets
The roOps fronting on Bird and Main, on the
first floor we've leased some time ago Tor bank
ing hOuse,-thOugS not at present in actcSl use
for that purpose; yet outside and within thIY
are fitted up in very handsome style. a large
store room, also on the first ASOr, fronting on
Maine street, and running back the whole
length of the building, will shortly be occupied
by Wilson s. Brothers, who have rented it for
a hardware store, aud intend keeping a Ve-'S
large stock, The three rooms in the
story over the banking house have be
for the use of the Directors and F.
the Hannibal and St. Joseph b
front room is already carpsted
nished.
The remainder of the
ishsd, but the rooms
floors, are well =
large hall in tn,
bly, be used
societies.
AitOg/
besnf
!iOn
Hannibal journal. (Hannibal, Mo.) 1853-1853, 1853-05-05
For the Journal.
A TRlPLET TABLE,

Mr.. EDIroR:
Below l send you a triplet table for
sSoridsng the labor Of calculating; have used it
Tor many years with signal benefit.
The figures are indelibly impressed on my
memory, and whenever any two of them are
perceived IN luxtapOsitiOn, my memory furnish
es The other Instantly, without the slightest effort
and as quick as hoarkt.
Hannibal journal. (Hannibal, Mo.) 1853-1853, 1853-05-05

thy master and thy mistress, who brought
thee up out Of the paths Of virtue Hnd
placed thee in the ways OF wee, and Sc by
feet in the way leading to Jefferson City
LIST. Thou shalt use no other house but
mine, -
II2nd. Thou shalt not make unto thyseE
Snv substitute for intoxicating drink, such
as cold water, coffee, lemonade, and ginger
non, for am a Jealous man, wearing the
coat that is on thy back, eating thy chill,
dren's bread, and pocketiHg the money thas
would make The vile Of;thy bosom happy.
Srd. Thou shalt not use our house in
vain thou shalt not enter unless thou
spend, for we will not thank thee to use
our houso in vain.
9TH. Remember that thou eat but one
meal on the Sabbath day; six days shalt
thou drink and spend all thy gains, but the
seventh is the Sabbath, wherein, ! am forced
TO shut up three hours, while | wash my
floors, mind my fires, rephnish With sawdust
NV tap-room, and make ready for the wor.
ship Of BacchuS during the remainder Of
the day.
5th. Honor the publicans and their
wives with thy presence tina, thy days may
BE- few and miserable in the land wherein
thou Invest.
9th. Thou shalt commit murder by hun.
gering, starving and beating Thy wife and
family.
9TH. Thou shalt commit suicide by eoisy
oning ihyseif with Alcohol.
Sih. Thou shalt steal thy wife and chill
dren's bread, and rob myself OF all comfort,
9th. Thou shalt bear false witness when
thou Speakest Of thy horrors, and say thou
art in health, when at the same time thou
art laboring under the barreLiever.
10th. Thou shalt covet all tina: tGy
neishbor is possessed Of; thou shalt covet
his land, his house, his oxen, his ass, his
pulse, his health, his wealth, his clothes,
that thou mayest indulge in drinking, and
help 10 buy the brewers coach, dray-horses,
fine buildings, and thus enable him TO live
in idleness, and also the landlord to buy q
beautiful sign to put over his door. with
licensed to sell wines, spirits. and porter,
written thereon Old Paper.
Hannibal journal. (Hannibal, Mo.) 1853-1853, 1853-05-05

"Where have you been this week."
Fishing"
Catch anythings"
"Yes-a cold"
Where were you last hight.'
"Ducking."
Get any2"
"Yes-One."
"Whereg"
"In the river"
"Howg"
"Tumbled in.
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The undersigned will collection
counts the state of Texas the settlement OF land claims and
men res erecng sales Of Of produce
receiving and forwarding Of merchnnde and Of
mission business RUTIFR
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self made the motion, and il 10 go into executive
session al 2 O'Clock on Friday.
The question being then taken upon Mr. BsIoHrs mo-
tion, il was agreed TO-
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CITY OF WASHINGTON SUNDAY MORNING. FEBRUARY 49, 1858

also eocose copies of tho several of the State of
Texas Ia relation TO her public debt.
Yours, very truly -.
THOMAS J. RUSK.
The Ohio organ, of the temperance reform. (Cincinnati, [Ohio]) 1853-1854, 1853-05-06
The Judge and the Criminal.

Many years ago, while the State Of
Georgia was yet in its infancy, an &C.
centric creature named Young, was one
of its Circuit Judges. He was man
of considerable ability, ofinfexible in
tegrity, and much beloved and res
pected by all the legal profession; but
he had one common fault. His social
qualities, despite his judgment, would
lead him into frequent excesses. 1t
was almost his invariable habit, the
night before opening the court, to get
comfortably corned," by means of
appliances common on such occasions.
If he couldn't succeed while operating
on his own hook, the members of the
bar would generally turn in and help
him.
1t was in the spring of the year.
Taking his wife-a model of woman
in her way-in the old fashioned but
strongcarry-all, he ejourneyedsome for
ty miles, and reached village where
"court' was to be opened the next
day. It was in the evening of Sun
day, that he arrived at the place and
took up quarters with a relation of his
/" better half" by whom the presence
of the official dignitary was considered
singular honor. After supper Judge
Young strolled over to the only tavern
in town, where he found many friends
called to the place, like himself, on
important professional business, and
who were properly glad to see him.
Gentlemen" said the Judge, "'tis
quite a long time since we have enjoyed
a glass together-let us take a drink
ali round. course, Sterritt, lad
dressing the landlord) you have bet
ter liquor than you had the last time
we were here?-the stuff you had then
was not fit to give a dog"
Steritt,who had charge ofthe house..
pretended that every thing was right,
The Ohio organ, of the temperance reform. (Cincinnati, [Ohio]) 1853-1854, 1853-05-06

that ususIg cHarOGlsrizsd his proceed
Several days passed sway and the
business Of court vas drawing to al
close, when, one morning, rough
looking sort Of Q customer was ar
raigned On I charge of Stealing. Af-
terihd clerk had read theinaictment to
him, he put the usual question:
"Guilty or not guilty?"
@GuilW-9w drtink,' answered the
prisoner"
"What's that Ilea7'' exclaimed the
Judge, half doing on the bench.
"He pleads guilty, but says he was
drunk, y replied the clerk.
whats the charge against the
manlp i / kNEijEt
"He is indicted for grand larce-
ny"
"What's the case?" ul
May it please your honor" said
the prosecuting attorney, "the man
lis regularly indicted for stealing a
large sum Of money from the Column
bus HOTEL" nta o3 db
"He is, hey? and pleads"
"PIeads guilty, but drunk
Guilty, but drunk! that is a most
extraordinary plea. Young rparn1, jyrou
are certain you were drunkV" ''l
| eyes, sir' et
| Where did you get your liquor?"
| "At SterTitt's. h
| "D'ye get none nowhere else?"
"Not a drop, SIR"
"You got drunk on his liquor, and
afterwards stole his money!" aHa
"Yes, sir" eHs3 1n
1" Mr.. Prosecutor, " said the Judge,
do me the favor to enter a aolle pros
eqWi in that mans case. That liquor
of Sterritt's is mean enough to make a
man do anything dirty. got drunk
on it the other day myself, and stole
all of Sterrit's spoons. Release the
prisoner, Mr.. Sheriff. | adjourn the
court"
The Ohio organ, of the temperance reform. (Cincinnati, [Ohio]) 1853-1854, 1853-05-06

RUMsELLER's NEST Eaa.-At a late
State Temperance Convention held in
Maine, among other things said and
done, Rev. Z. Hill, of Waterville,
exhibited articles ofrum confectionery
which he said were purchased at the
shop of one Bowditch, in Augusta.
They were globular-about the size
of a robins egg,--and cavity in the
center contained some kind of alcoholic
drink, (probably kept there by . coat
ing of gum not soluble in alcohol
He broke few of them before the
audience and caught the contents in
a phial. A dozen of them evidently
contained the amount of an ordinary
glass of liquor--perhaps more
these things, (Which Mr.. H. called
the 'rumseIler's nest eggs, and which
DR. Jewett calls Satan's sugar-cOated
pills, are sold two for a cent; and it
is evident that little boys and girls can
purchase them of the confectionery.
He had even been told of boys being
intoxicated by them. Here is a source
of infinite danger to our youth, and he
would anxiously inquire if there was
no legal means of avoiding it. He
said he should, if possible, hate the
rum trffiac worse than ever.
The Ohio organ, of the temperance reform. (Cincinnati, [Ohio]) 1853-1854, 1853-05-06
Wken j aI,n DrunkY

This qnesdon was decided recently
in the GOurt Of Common Pleas for
Franklin county by Jndge Reid. The
Brookville American speaks Of the
matter as follows; -
10 our Court Of Common Pleas On
Tuesday last, an individual was ar
raigued on an indictment for selling
intoxicating liquors to a drunken man.
The question in this case came up,
when is a man drunk? How far must
man have progressed in intoxication
to be called a "drlnken manl'' Judge
Reid decided that, in order to make
the seller liable in such cases, he must
know that the man he is selling to,
is under the influence oi intoxicating
liquors, and as under our laws none
but moral, sober men are allowed to
sell liquors, he decided that man
was drunk, when either his mental or
physical powers were SO affected by
Intoxicating liquor, as to be known or
discovered by sober man. d
This a good decision, and although
a man. may be drunk before it can be
discovered by sober man, yet this is
the only rule that can be adopted for
the action of Courts. tt is the best
decision we have ever heard upon the
subject--in fact the only one we could
ever discover any sense in, or could
be carried out by any Court. We
rejoice then that our court has decid-
ed who is the drunkard? 1t is the
man who is sufficiently under the in
fuence of alcohol, as to be discovered
and known by sober man.
In fact, the time is coming when
our Judges who most generally lean
towards the drukard maker, must
either come up in the standard Of
morals, or come down from the Bench.
The Ohio organ, of the temperance reform. (Cincinnati, [Ohio]) 1853-1854, 1853-05-06

Modern 'Ladies, p to whom the kit
chen is as great curiosity as the Hell
lespont, are thus pinned down by the
Newburyport Harald: a rag
We once knew a fashionable lady in
the Metropolis, who was led to the hy-
menial altar by a thrifty Bond street
merchant He casually expressed a
wish one day that some brown bread
might be baked. The girl in the kit
chen was ordered to bake bread. She
knew her duty; but knowing, at that
time, her mistress did not hers. sim
ply inquired how much meal she should
bake, The lady hesitated a moment,
but the inquiry must be answered:
"About three pecks Of each kind" she
said, " would be sufficient" Abigail.
went at it., and the next morning the
gentleman had q specimen Of twenty
seven loaves of bread, made by the
direction Of his wife. .soi r
The Ohio organ, of the temperance reform. (Cincinnati, [Ohio]) 1853-1854, 1853-05-06

We are frequently asked by our fair
readers what an 'old fogy' is? We uni
formly answer, it is the man who goes
to mill with a peck Of corn in one end
of the bag and stone in the other, be.
cause his grandfather did it. T,,,
The Ohio organ, of the temperance reform. (Cincinnati, [Ohio]) 1853-1854, 1853-05-06

"You ought to have a pension,
said wag to an unfortunate who was
in the habit oftaking drop too much.
How so?" enquired he.
~" Why, you fell at the battle Of
Brandy-t0ine." .'.a 9s ae
The Ohio organ, of the temperance reform. (Cincinnati, [Ohio]) 1853-1854, 1853-05-06

WHAT LADIES CAN Do.-At Mark
land, Ohio, little girl about twelve
years old obtained to her list Of temper
ance pledges more than five hundred
names. This set the ball rolling
among the men and women Of the
place. The result was the union Of
the ministers and lawyers of all sectS,
in religion, and OF all parties in poll
tics, to roll on the temperance car,
and keep it on the track. The men
organized societies, and the ladies
unitedtheir own sex in similar crgani.
cations, holding their female temper
ance meetings, and conducting them
upon their own responsibility. A
committee of two ladies, has recently
waited upon all the meechants, gro
GERS and taverns of the place, selling
ardent spirits, eleven in number, and
asked their names to pledge not to
sell ardent spirits, except for medici-
nal or chemical purposes. All signed
the pledge, except two grocers, who
wanted "more time tor consideration"
The ladies have great confidence that
the two considering gentlemen win
yet yield to their request, and sign
the pledge. Most of the citizens Of
the town have signed a petition to
the Legislature of Ohio to give them
the Maine Liquor Law.--MOntpeIier
w.. WOtchmam. aau ,a
The Ohio organ, of the temperance reform. (Cincinnati, [Ohio]) 1853-1854, 1853-05-06

a"Did your fall hurt you?" said one
hOd carrier to another, who had fallen
from the top Of a two story house,
"NOtin the least, honey, twas stop
PIN so quick that hurt me-" ao.
The Ohio organ, of the temperance reform. (Cincinnati, [Ohio]) 1853-1854, 1853-05-06

cqpSai y ~ "a up poNl NluuTtuklng Nv
il countIytayeFn; twill quite answer
our purpose to state that somewhere
in the reign Of midnight the Judge
Bended his very dubious way towards
bis temporary abode. About the time
he was leaving, however some young
barristers fond of a practical and
not much afraid of the bench, trans
ferred an the silver spoons Of Sterritt
to the Judges coat pocket.
1t was eight O'Clock on Monday
morning, that the Judge arose. Hav.
ing INDUCED in the process Of ablution
sudabstersion, and partaken cheer
full and refreshing breakfast, he went
to his room to prepare himself for the
business of the day.
Well, Polly" said he to his wife,
ed feel much better than i expected
to feel after thatfrolic of last night"
"Ah Polly--what's the use Of talk
ing?p gas bm -
1t was at this precise instant, that
the Judge, having put on his overcoat,
was proceeding; according to his usual
custom, to give parting kiss, that he
happened, in thrusting his hand into
his pocket, to lay hold of Sterntt's
spoons. He jerked them out. With
an expression Of horror almost indes'
cribable, he exclaimed
n" My God! Polly!"
"What on earth's the matter,
Jndge?" Ha
."Just look at these spoonsl"
Z" Dear me, where dye get them?"
"Get them! don't you see the ini.
tials on em9"-extending them to
her, "I stole them!''
"Stole them, Judge!"
"Yes, stole them"
"My dear husband, ,..can it be posi-
BILE ! from whom 2"
I" From Sterritt, over there - his
name is on them"
"Good Heaven how could it hap.
pen?"
"I know very well, Polly. was
very drunk when came, wasn't l?'
"Why, Judge, you know your old
habit when you get among those law
yers." ~
{" But was I very drunk?"
Yes, you 'cGsP'
"Was I remarkably drunk when |
got home, Mrs. Young"
eyes, Judge, drunk as a fool and
forty times as stupid"
''Ithoughtso," said the Judge, drop
ping into chair in extreme despond-
ency, "I knew it would come TO that
at last. / have always thought that
something bad would happen to me-
kill somebody in a moment Of passion,
perhaps; but | never imagined that |
could be mean enough to be guilty of
deliberate larceny
"But there may be some mistake,
Judge?"
-''No mistake, Polly. I know very
well how it came about. That fellow
Sterritt, keeps the meanest kind of
liquor and always did-liquor mean
enough to make. a man do anything.
l have always said it was mean enough
to make aman steal, and have prac-
teal illustration of the fact!'- the
old man burst into tears.
"Don't be a childp said his wife,
wiping away the tears; ego like man
to Sterrit--tell him it was little bit
Of frolic-pass it off as joke 60
and open court, and nobody will ever
think of it again."
A little of the soothing system oper-
ated upon the Judge as such things
usually do; his extreme modification
was finally subdued, and to Sterritt's
The Ohio organ, of the temperance reform. (Cincinnati, [Ohio]) 1853-1854, 1853-05-06
To Our Worn OF Fonts STypel

49, "A
I'm sitting at my desk, Reese, "a
Before me On ihe ioor
There lie two worn out fonts oftype,
Full eighty thousand score; ~
And many monhs have passed, Rees,
Since they were bright and new,
And many ere the tales they've told,
The false the strange, the rue. b
Their beauty has gone, Reese,
You scarcely now may trace,
Upon the snowy medium
The likeness Of their face;
They mind me Of man, Reese, Il
Whose morn Of life was full q
OF promise, but whose evenings close
"'s, Was 'desOiate and duh.
What tales Of horror have theytold
OF tempest and Of wreck
OF murder at the midnight hour,
OF war full many "speck;n
OF ships that far away at sea,
r, Went down before the BLAST
AN OF stihed cries Of agony, HE satF
As lifes last moment passed.
OF earthquakes and Of suicides,
OF falling crops of cotton;
OF bank defaultefs, broken banks,
lob And our exchanges rotten. 3} Te
or boilers buFsted, steamboats, snagged,
ly A-'i OF riots, duels fought;
OF robbers with their prey escaped,
or thieves with booty caught.
a,g OF land-slides, and Of water spouts,
OF ants and allegators;
= OF serpents in the briny deep,
.a And giant sweet potatoes; t ,.r..
of children lost and children found,
gH' Finances in disorder, o#
Of fights among the fremen,
And troubles on the border.
They told Us of a nation, Reese, ga
Bent soFrowing o'er the dust,
81 OF one whom she called to I'LL ~ ..IFt
Her brightest, dearest trust:
Of sparkling crowns, for youthful brows,
n.H OF royal c0rOnations, I aIE
Ofplans TO rid the earth of kings,
OF temperance reformation. 'h
...t Of foods, and fire, and accident,
"' These worn out types have told;
t4 And how the pestilence hath swept .f-
The youthful, and the old;
OF marriages, of births and deaths,
OF things to please and vex us; e..,.
OF one man jumping overheard,
Another gone to Texas ""
They've told how long sweet summer days
Have faded from our view;
How autumn's chilling winds have swept
The leaf crowned forest through;
How winters reign hath come and gone
Dark reign Of storm and strife
And how the smiling spring hath warmed
The pale flowers back TO life.
cant pretend to melton half
Ny inky friends have told,
Since shining bright and beautiful,
hey issped from the usodid.s " r. e-r-NF
how unto some they joy have brought,
To others grief and tears;
Yet faithfully the record kept,
OF fast receding years. pre-.
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nerved myself for horror, and there was No, :.
nough to shock the most sensitive
The guillotne-hat name of terror. SL;.L
has sounded The shame Of Francs in every nna.
ter of the globe-appeared 10 me the most bn.
name of instruments. We all looked at ea.h
other as if there ought 10 be more: Tho
was an unsatcd something, which almost a
mounted 10 desire for another victim, as &c
the appetite increased by what it fed upon"
We could partly account for the calm intjiga,
ence with which man after man was sent to Tho
embrace of his internal machine during the no
riod of the first Revolution. There is neat.
ness--a despalch-a cold blooded apathy abon,
the whole affair-ihat deceves a man into the
belief that all is mere machinery 1t ONLY
wants the aid of steam to make it perfect
There is no realizing sense of violence-anJ
one almost doubts whether the victim be man
of straw, or real flesh and blood. It would
have sounded very natural to hear the crowd
cry out-'Give US another! and let it be done
slower so that we may see" am bv no
means blnodthirs,y, and yet fear should
have joined in.
The executioner was a very benevolent
looking individual, with soft, sleepy eye, and
certain quiet genlemanly manner, that was
quite insnuaing. He handed the criminal up
the platform with the polished grace of the
ancient regime, and no doubt begged his par
don as he removed the poor fellows cap
After the execution, water was thrown upon
the:inslrument The head was thro wn into the
same basket with the trunk, and both handed
over to the dissectng knife | noticed two
drummers stationed near the scatfold-in;ended
perhaps to drow the voice of the party in
case he should address the crowd. Il was thus
Henriot stopped Louis XVI. when he attemp-
ted TO spea<
afterward went to the Ecole Pratique to
see the remains. The neck had been very
smoothly severed about the third vertebra
The expression Of the face was remarkable
not the least trace of pain-not the slightest
distortion of feature; but there was a settled
sorrow-an intense sadness-about every line
of that pad visage. 1t had more the appear.
ance of deep sleep than death--the sleep that
follows mental exhaustion. We were satisfied
that no muscular action could have aiken place
after the blow-and as to the blush which is
said TO have sufused the face ofCharlotte Cor
day when the executoner held up the severed
head and slapped her check, it is all absurdify
French nonsense.
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RICHMOND AND DANrILLE RAILRoAp.-We
learn from gentleman of this place, who has
recently returned from Richmond, that the
passenger train ofcars on the Richmond and
Danville Road have commenced running up to
brakes Branch some eight miles above Keys
vile. We are al, Informed. by the President
of The Road, that by the first of September,
it will be completed TO the banks of Stanton
river; by which time, it is anticipated, the con-
tractors will have completed the bridge over
the same.
The cars commenced running up as high as
Keysvlle some time last fall Now they are
full eight miles nearer Danvile Rather a
slow business that But as the elder Mr. Richie
would say, 'fhe skies are bright and brighten
ing" and we look forward with confidence 10
the early completion of the road-Dan. Reg
| iSter.
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Floyd In stHute,

from what we have been informed, to state
emphatcally, that every candidate now before
The people, for the office of Judge, is content
to leave the result of the election entirely IN The
hands of the voters resident within the Circuit.
This is as it should be. The people are fully
competent 10 sci ct for themselves. They will
not be in want, on the day of the election, of
the requisite information as to the claims OF
the respective candidates, in order to enable
them to cast their votes with judgment and
discretion Beyond this nothing more is es-
sential, and we feel gratifed in the assurance
that We shall not have the scenes that charac.
terized the canvass in the Boetourt Circuit re-
enacted in our midst DanuiNe Register.
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TIE RAILROAD CONVENTION, which met at
GAINESVILLE, Va, on the 18th inst. appoin ted
a committee to employ an engineer to sur.
vey the route for the proposed extension ofthe
Roanoke Valley Railroad TO Milton, N. c..
and from thence to Leaksville. A committee
was also appointed 10 use every effort to pro-
cure from the legislatures OF n. Carolina and
Virginia charter for the same. The follow
ing resolution was adopted by the conventions
Resoiced, That we deem it of great impor.
lance to the interests Of Clarksville. Milton
Norfolk, Baltimore, Petersburg and Whining
ton, and OF the up country generally, that the
Roanoke Valley Railroad be extended to Mil
ton n. c., and from thence to Lesksville.