Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1857-04-17
Wealth of Mississippi.

Merchandise sold by regular merchants l5,552l94
Amount of Bank stock 615, 100
Merchandise sold at auction 81 ,772
Number of pleasure carriages IL 1856
Value of same l,666O79
Number Of watches 1884
Value of same 8I5,I49
Number of clocks 1889
Value of same l6S, 049
Number of cattle over 20 head 22O 664
Number of taxable horses 9443
Value of taxable horses 1896 O44
Value of gold and silver plate 232,I7s
Number of pianos 223S
Value of same 494 628
Number of slaves taxable 1874 1856
Number of free white polls taxable 53,3OI
Amount of State tax personal property 227 ll4079
Number of of land now taxable 1913 522
Number of acres held by State for taxes 42l 553
Total value Of lands held by State for taxes sol 25
state tax on lands now taxable l46,7O2,O47
A SAFE HOUSE, TO SLEEP INA lawyer of high
reputation in the city of Philadelphia, was travelling
in of the Southern States, and being belated one
evening, after long days ride, he compelled to
turn into house a solitary plantation, and ask
for shelter and hospitality for the night His request
was granted. In the of the evening he thought
he observed something reserved in the master Of the
house, which awakened lis suspicious. He was at
ength conducted to his Chamber which was ad join-
ing the family loom There he dwelt on the circum.
stances which alarmed him till his excited magma
ton was hIled with thoughts of nightly robbery and
assassination. He proceeded to barricade the room
as best be could. He fastened down the windows :
against the doors he Tiled up tables chairs, every.
thing that was movable III the room. While thus
engaged words uttered in low voice caught his ear,
and increased his alarm. He placed his at the
key hole. The man of the house was engaged in
family prayer Among the objects of his nterCession,
he praying for q the stranger whom the provl.
dence of God had Unexpectedly brought to lodge be-
meath their roof that night" When be got through
our travelling friend arose from his STOPPING posture
imagine the change in his feelings. All his fears
mad vanished Though no christian himself, he knew
that the prayers Of Christians are like guardian
gels TO the abode IN which they are offered up, and
went TO bed and slept sOundly and sweety, feeling
that the house where God was feared and worship
ped, was safe house to sleep in.-Amer. Messenger,
DISCOVERY OF AUTOGRAPHS "A writer in the New
York Times states that Mr.. Henry Stevens, of Yer
mont, agent of the Smithsonian Institution IN Paris
has discovered collection of four thousand letters
wholly in the handwriting of Dr. Franklin. The
wriler says:
great many of them were written from Plassy,
near Paris. 1t is not generally known that Frank.
I'm invented the manifold copying ink and press now
IN such general mercantile use. whereby fac Snsilt
OF each letter is Immediately transferred into book
Of tissue paper. Franklin kept duplicates taken in
this manner of all his letters, public and private
ihe prime cost of the collection was 81 900, but Mr..
Stevens went to the further heavy of having the
whole OF them sorted, repaired, mounted, and hand
komely bound IN Russian leather. They are indexed
also Many OF the letters had become illegble from
and damp, but such, carefully laid out on highly
glazed Bristol board. were passed under heated me
Sallc roIiers' with great pressure, which has quite
restored the writing"