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DEBT.

There is wonderful toolhsomen1ss
in Il crust oitry bread an amusing sweet
ness III a cup Of cold water and au am
brosial mourishmcnt in Jrollcd herring,
to him who sups and dimes ON such, ii Ire
is on Y out ofdcGt. Whose dinrlh out of
debt, though his meal he a ship biscuit
and n WelL ersieId Onion, dimes like an
Alderman. And then what comfort ia y
thread bare coat If the taior's receipt is in
lie breast pocket How Ike the purple
of famous Iyreis the faded wa>tcont long
since paid for: and how glossy the well
worn hat, itlt covers not the lodging head
Of debtor.
The man out Of debt is a freeman in
deed. He can cry "come in :" to whoev-
cr knocks, without heart sinking into his
boots fearing 10 meet the sheriff The
man out Of debt, even If lie has n patch
on his shoe and n rcrt in his hat, is free
as the sky soaring lark above hina but
the debtor, though clothed in purple and
fine linen, is no better than = seh out on
holiday, waiting to be called at any po.
ment by his master the creditor.
Young man beware of debt. Deny
thyself many 0: the good things Of lie
rather than have debt upon your shoul-
der and creditors to put thee out Of couu-
tenance. DO this. and thy pillow shall at
ford .hee rest, thy bread sweet, thy dreams
pleasant, and thou shalt see the sheriff ut
terIy eomtOunded
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& Srlrrtr0 SturlI.
From ro;terA Spin, Il the Times.
OUR SHA NpX.-No. 8
Tr EsTON Fl>HEE.

"C,me, Wcston, is your tmn 10 spin
~ yrrn," said the Cuptnia, a, We weie
,.trir. I>uId the stove, snuh,vg, o. cur
=, ttru from lhc deer Lunr.
Did ever tell YOU ot my aI'air viii.
,le oraug oYtnug IN Snma,u T. said ].
No; We never heard thn. tale" sa;d
,hc Judge. "llow true is it, Weston +
"Ahuut ~ tue as anything We lave
hcarA here, | reckon liw You must de
eide FOR yourselves"
II was in the year 1885 that | went
Sul 10 the coast vi SHmntra FOR pepper,
u Salem slip, tie Many Ann. | was
supcrcmga, aud my orders were 10 go
first to Batavia aud buy Spanish ioI,as
v,,h my bills on London. 1t 80 hap.
pencl tllat | had TO wait scyrrh weeks
nj Batavia Tor the dollars, without. Which
we could not &C on the coast. While
there, got acquainted at The hotel, will
= Yankee named Twoniby, who was
looking for cptiosi,ies for s!owrnen in the
United States q sort Of agent for MUSE
ums aud caravans. lie had sent home
many animals, such as lions, tigers, boa
roustrictofs, &t. bat Lis great ambition
was to get fallsized orang. .outaug or
Mid man Of the woods. This he bad
not been able to do yet; he had pro.
cured monkeys, apes, and baboons, but
4ot yet au oraug outang. There had
YoS er been one brought to the States -
and lie WAS satisfied lhaL il ho could get
Vne home, bis fortune was made. Now,
- al ,nl 10 f..
found in the islands Of Borneo aud Suma.
Ira, more numerous ia The former, aud be
bad, therefore, come TO batavia TO Try 10
manage to get 10 Domeo, through the
Dutch, wlle monopolized The trade with
,hat island. Bat tOe MgGbecrs were
very Jealous Of lhe English and Ameri
cans, aud lac could not get permission to
90 in Dutch vessel, RBd there were no
Qthers ia tlic trade. So lie he'd TO turn
his attention TO SunaIra and lie was
waiting Tor passage to the eoastrwheD
the Mary Anne arrived. lie took pas
sage witlrus for himself and four Javan.
ese, who acted rs hunters for him.
TwombIy was good looking young
fellow, smart and active, with great dea.
of knowledge Of the world and fgnud
him quite an agreeable companion. On
Oaryoyage across 10 Samatra, he intcres.
ted me grsAlly, Us his accounts Of his ad-
yentutes'in hanting, d.. Neither he nor
any OF bis men had ever seen the otang-
ouisng, which Is fond in lava bat he
had gatllered what Information he could
Il Tue haSils of the Gpimelj ItsapfpP~
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VICES OF ADOPTION.

Young men should be preserved as
much as possible from the mischievous ef-
lects of i'll example; for those who give it
seldom stop there they add their imam
ons eXhortationS and invitations; and if
they fall, they have recourse to ridiculc,
which is harder for very young man TO
withstand than either of the former. They
should be upon their guard, therefore,
against those batteries which will be play
ed upon item. They should be desired to
form no connexion, nor what they impru-
!ent'y call friendships, with these people
which are, in truth, only combinations and
conSpiracies against good morals and good
manners. There is commonly in young
people facility that makes them unwII-
ing to refuse anything that is asked Of
them, that makes Them ashamed TO refuse
and at the same time an ambition of
pleasing and shining in the company they
keep; these several causes produce tho
best effects in good company, but the
very worst in bad. lfpcople had no vices
tut their own, few would have SO many
as they have. Vices of adoption are of
all others :hc most djsgracerul and unpar-
Ionabie.
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As very respectable coloreI gentle
man Of Boston, a dealer in secondhand
clothing, was passing down Brattle street
to his place Of business, some evil dispos.
cd person, coming up behind him, threw
Il frozen cat and hit him on the back
Instantly wheeling to the right about face
the insultcd citizen cxclsimed, in voice
half choked with indignation: W-I-
I'd gib five dollars to any gemmen who'd
point out de noXious individual what
frowed the frcezed cat at me-"
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THREE FIRES.

On Wednesday morning last, a fire
broke out III the stable Of Mr.. w. }. Ger
raid, III i\nkwood, which we learn WAS
entirely conSun ed. We are glad to liuow
however, tia, no injury to lie OF limb was
sustained 10y any one. The same cYening
between and Q o'clock, another alarm
WAS given, and the stable and adjoining
buildings, belonging to Mr., J. Wcssingcr,
were discovered in flames being very
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us FAVOR OF luB lloG.-JVhn Smith
was tried in Alabama for stealing a hog
worth one dollar and half The thctI
WAS proved beyond the shadow Of a doubt.
HE JHry retired, to make up their verdict,
to an adjacent grove Of trees, and were
not out long before they returned with a
verdict Of "guiity Of hog stcaln' in fust
degree" The Judge told them that the
verdict was proper, except that they had
o mtted 10 asses the value ofthe property
stolen, and that there was no degree
TO hog stealing, and TO retire again and
bring in their verdict in proper FORM
Again they retired, with pen, ink and pa.
per, but rather nonpIussed with regard TO
The "form." They pondcrcd long and deep
~ over what he mcnt by, form. At last, old
Jim Turner, who had been a Justice ofthe
peace in Georgia, with bright counte.
nance and sly wink, rs much as to say
Look at me, boys-l understand thing
or two," wrote the verdict, and returned
to the court house. One after another
they filed i'll, old jim handed the verdict
to the clerk and he read the following:
E" We tie jcwy pusildnimouSly find tie
dGcndom guil!Y in the sum OF l dollar
dhI .2tn t0rOr Of tie hOg."
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IIIGH PRIcEs OF NEGROES IN UrrER
GEoRofA.-Ata public sale Of negroes in
CahIonega, Lumpkin county, on The 7th
inst, the following prices were paid: A
boy IL yeats old brought Sl,lO4; girl
10 years old brought SI,lOG, 80; two
boys, the Oldest ii years, brought $50
and ss22; o woman 80 years old, and
child years old, 81 ,0l2; two small cbI-
dten $3.50. They were sold oil a credit
Hlsla Jpnsnext, with note aud approx
cd security, with interest from date, =
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WHAT rs MAN's CoMPosnroN PROF.
Henry denies that man is made Of dust
He says modern science has established,
by wide and careful induction, the fact
that plants and animals principally con-
siot OF solitied air; the only porti, ms o. an
earthly character which enter into their
composition heiug the ashes which remain
alter combustion. All tho other parts
were Originality in the atmosphere.
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THE RECLAIMED.
ny JONI II. COUGH.

There IS no power or earth will make
man a iiend like the power Of drink
One circumstance in my own reminiscent
ceS | Will give to YOU. | was asked by
an individual to 90 aud see the hardest
case then in town. said
81 have uo right TO 90 and sec him lie
will say to me, "Who sent YOU TO me =
who told YOU was "A drunkard? You
mind ypur own business and will II. inc;
YOU wait ill you arc sent for; and when
| want you will send for rou.' have
no right" said, ",o 90 to him."
"Well," said hc, che is a hard case !: he
beat daughter Of his, fourteen years Of
age, with a shoe makers strap, so that
she will carry the max to her grave
"Sajd |, "llc's II Brute"
oils wife is very i'll now with a fever,
and the doctor thinks She cannot get over
il; the maui has not been drinking for
some days, and ii you can get at him now
| thimk you might do him good"
thought would so. | Knocked at
the door; he came to open it. He had
been to one or two Of our meetings. The
m5mcn, lie saw me lie knew me. said
he:
"Mr G,ugh Ilo,;,,o, :,
ayes. that j. my name: wouII Won le
good enough to give me n glass of water,
If yon plcase!'
"Cet,ainly." said bc. "comc IN
Sol gol in. | sat on one side or the
taL,eand he on the o,Ler. There were
two children in the room plavinr toce.L.
er, and door half way open tLat ,ed in.
10 the room where ,La wif,. vos ~ I.a,
and talked with him about everything I
could think OF Lat the subject: l talked
Of trade and crors, railroai : and money
matters, and then drinking, and he headed
me off again. | looked and thourh,
saw malicious Twinkle in his eve nc
much as to saw "Young man, YOU are not
M 10 your business vet"
81 was about to give !, up; but, think
proviLcrliulIv. | saw the children. | said
20 him:
"Yoa've got two Lright lookjpa chill.
dren there. sir"
90! YES, YES. Iright little ,hino, :"
Said J. You love ynur children. Lonr
you ?"
bless tue children. TO lie sure love
them"
Said /, "Wculd Won DO ANYTHING 10
benefit your chldrenF
lie looked ut me rs if lie thoupht some.
thing was coming after.
"Wc.I, to be sure, sir, "a man ought to
90 everything 10 Lcucnt his Children"
Then | stood up, 50 that | might get
out Of the door ms spcedilv rs ross;bl.
and said
"Don't be angry with me. I am roing
20 ask yon plain and simple question
YOU know who am, therefore YOU won't
be angry Suppose you never used anv
more intoxicating LIQUOR, don't YOU think
your children would he better off?"
"Well, wel," said he, "you have got
me this time"
sad ], "N,u lave n coed wife
haven't youP'
"lcy, si., s. good wcman as ever a
good man had Tor a wife"
And you love Your wife Z"
40 he sure DO it is natural that a
man should love his wife"
"And YOU would do ANYTHING you
could 20 please your wife r.
HNN.u I ,,,,I, -
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SrorrING PAPERS. exchange

STOPPING PAPERS. exchange
says:
"Nhen man gets mad and stops lis
paper, he alw ays borrows the next mum
Der Of his ncighbor 10 see if the withdraw
al Of his patronage hasn't killed the editor,
and dressed the columns in mourning
This grows out Of the fact that none try
TO show their spite in this way but ihe
kind ofpeopIo who imagine that tie
world rests on their shoulders"
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Freemasonry was first known in Eng
land, in GA, and was forbidden in 1924 :;
tolerated in 1000, and cxcommunicated
10y the Pope in 1887. The charity for
trcemasoas was established iu 1855
The Grand Lodge of EngIapd was found
ed IN 1927; Of Ireland, in 1920. Free
masons' Hall, Great Queen street, was
built in l775, and opened in May, l770.
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THE FARMERS WIFE THAT
WOULD BE.

| am i Wild and laughing gil,
Just turned of sweet sixteen,
As full Of imn aud mischief
~ any yO0 have seen;
And whcM am woman grown,
\" city beau for mc;
II Ger marry iaInv tIiA
a iarmcr', wife I'll L,.
I.yt'nihcc g;rls who lose il h',t
Enjoy Ihe gloomy town,
Mid dusky walls ul.d dirty SUcrts
70 ramLic Up aud down:
Bat Hnwegy iieIuS, and shady woods,
NuI sunny shic- for me;
IL e'rr MARY in my life,
\ farmers hIilc ~ lg.
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VALUE OF CLERGYMAN IN OREGoN.-
Intelligence from Oregon Territory states
that Father Pandosy, Catholic Mission.
airy, was taken. prisoner by Skloom, an In.
dian Chief, who demanded Tor his ransom
two white women and two hundred sacks
of flour.
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You may insert thousand excellent
things in newspaper and never word
S1 appreciation or remark from the read.
ers, but just let a paragraph slip in (by ac.
cident or indifferencel Of one or two lines
not suited to their tastes, and you will be
sure to hear Of it.
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An editor in Iowa has been fined $3.50
for hugging girl in meeting. "Cheap
enough " says another of the fraternity
i've once hugged girl in meeting,
anl it has cost US thousand dollars a
year ever since"
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lie who is passionate and hasty, is gen.
orally honest. 1t is your Old assembling
hypocryte of>whom you should beware.
There's no deception in bull dog; it is
only the cur that sneaks up and bites
youwhcu your back is turned.
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When man and his wife have quar-.
relied, and each considers the other at
fault, the best natured one OF the two
can effect reconciliation by advancing
aud offering an oldfashioned, courtship
kiss. This viii awaken olden memories,
and the receipt will be foend infaliibie.- -
Try it, Sc TO whom il may apply.
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"An will We be after telling me what
o baste ye call this I" said newIy-aniy.
ed lrishman holding up wasp between
his thumb and. finger. "Oel,, murder +
spake quieh, for hes biting meF
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n child, was born on board train os
cars on the Great Western. Rail Read, last d.
TUESDAY, and RECEIVED the name Of sCou-o,..
dnctor"
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An Irishman, meeting comtryman,
inquired his name: "WaIsh.n said the
gentleman. Walsh" responded Paddy;
"are We from Dublinl / knew two ould
maids there Of that name; was either Of
'em your motherp
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5fNlGrrllullrulls.
From the Carolina Times.
CoLuMDIA, April 25th, 1857.

common trend have undertaken to give
YOU RAPID SActc'. OF the actngs and do.
mgs oI the Grand Division of the Sons Of
Temperance At their recent meeting in
Charleston. 1t IS pr. med, as YOU both
arc or wcic sons !t temperance, that You
Know that the meeting was quarterly
one. At 4, J.. NJ, on " Wednesday the
l>t, The u. ID. was regularly opened in
i"Ill'''o lIa.i' a G"ou'N number Of
nf"ln''n were present. lHe usual pre-
,n"'""ry business beng transacted the g.
-. wa" a"jouI"ed 10 thursday morning
!" a. NJ.
~ nan past - - NJ I"'metio D,vls
lo"' III puDic, and IN presence OF a large
hU,n""i OF ladies "nd gentlemen, received
an" welcomed Tie .. j. H. Jndg, Moore
IN" W. III most ir''.'""s address,
nace me N' -. l'H,efAa' welcome TO
u'cF iiR'' hhH ho''Ita'IUcN. II. Summer
50 '''' ~ W. - ''Sl',iV"" III good
q" "i''""'H ''C"' Mh''' would have
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Tbn nav, i,r rIms',o,. r',',',,IT' ,,.,,.I T.,
s;rcss v.os ,,or.ac.cJ A., y ''' NJ u". ~.
G. u. in = Ioi, in,.p,.r.nco oran c', '"' :,
yietion from ,l. Co,r,;.s;,n.,s ar I,o
Orphsn Hons. visited ,ra, Ln;r,i;ro ,.oro
shown ,Lroucb nj, the rooms ,rJ w;,n,s.
,cJ ,Lo care and comf,r, LIs,oyaI om ,I,o
ou,Lan children or Cbo,Ic,.nr Thn -
>,ruc;fon and ,r,in;r, hy tine py;nrirni
Miss Irwin oul her a.,i.,o,.,s ,.o,., oj,n;
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i In private, we must watch our ti,oughiss s
in lSsfamily, our tempess; in eompapy,,
onr topeues.
Butte record. (Bidwell, Butte County, Cal.) 1853-1858, 1857-05-02

IMPORTANT, IF TauE.--The last
news from Paris is, that the Empress
Eugene appeared in the streets recent
ly icithout any hoops. Louis Napoleon
IS said to be opposed to hoops, and Is
determined to crush crinoline as he has
done the liberty of the press and the
freedom of speech in France. As the
Emperor rules Paris, and Paris ruies
the fashionable world, the hoops mus
yield to his pressure, for there is no
independence enough among the vota
ries Of fashion 10 wear any thing bu
what is a la mode, no matter how con
venient, healthful or beautiful it ma
be, and hoops scarcely come in eithe
category. But if hoops are to be ia
boced, we hope the ladies will hav,
regard enough for their healh to sticl
by the long boots, and as their petit
coats diminish, their india rubbers will
lengthen.
Butte record. (Bidwell, Butte County, Cal.) 1853-1858, 1857-05-02

FRANCE is the empire of bagtelle
Its idea is amusement. Its pleasures
are all refined, and are made the most
of. The women are graceful and beau
tiful, but the centrol OF French Gu
pid is never longer than few days at
most. French life wants veracity /;
still, underlying all ITS levity, there is
much of good in the French character.
Nature has scattered generous and
BEAUTIFUL souls among them-Fenelon,
Montesquieu, Pascal-and noble and
beautiful women, who have made
Franco the centre Of letters. The
-ense they give to love is bar to their
civilization. They should cultivate
steiner and laughter virtues.-Emer-
SON.
Butte record. (Bidwell, Butte County, Cal.) 1853-1858, 1857-05-02

Nor BAD.--A Yankee rather took
down cockney, the other day, by in
forming him if England we're steam
boat, there are lakes in this country
sufficiently large for her to founder on.
Cockney said, MY HES, vot a yop-
per!' and they adjourned to take a
mug of 'alf and 'alf.'
Butte record. (Bidwell, Butte County, Cal.) 1853-1858, 1857-05-02

CHRIsTIANITY.-Christianity, in the
language of bishop Berkely, in his AL
ciphron,' neither enjolns the nastiness
of the Cynic nor the insensibility Of the
Stoic Can there be higher ambition
than to overcome the world, or wiser
than to subduo ourselves, or more
comfortable doctrine than the remis-
sion of sins, or more joyful prospect
than that of having our base nature re-
newed and aasim,lated to the Deity,
our being made fellow citizens with An
gels and sons of God ? Did ever Py-
ihagoreans, or Platonists, or Stoics,
even in idea or in wish, propose to the
mind Of man purer means or a nobler
end How great a share of happiness
depends upon Hope! How totally is
this extinguished by the minute (irfi-
del) philosophy! On the other hand,
how is it cherished and raised by the
Gospel Let any one who thinks in
earnest but consider these things, and
then say which he thinks deserveth
best of mankind--he who recommends
or he who runs down Christianity :
Which he thinks likely to lead to a
happy life, to be a hopeful son, an
honest dealer, worthy patriot--he
who sincerely believe the Gospel, or he
who believes not one title of ii He
who sims at being child of God, or he
who is contented to be thought, and to
be, ore Of Epicnrus' hogs''
Butte record. (Bidwell, Butte County, Cal.) 1853-1858, 1857-05-02

VALUE OF REPurATIoN.--Da
Webster, when a young lawyer, was
employed in case for which he re-
celved fee of eighteen dollars. Lat
or in life he was employed in simila,
case and received a fee of FIVE thous-
and dollars, though he used the ssme
brief which he had prepared for the
first case.
Butte record. (Bidwell, Butte County, Cal.) 1853-1858, 1857-05-02

CONVERSATION IN CHANCERY LANE.
Dull Youih.-I say, what's Legal
)igest
Bright Youth.-Why, you fool. i,
'orms part of the legal course-for in
stance, every barraster, after ne has
aten bis term, has to 60 through bis
Digest!
Butte record. (Bidwell, Butte County, Cal.) 1853-1858, 1857-05-02

Some mems regulations seem like
seed wheat, which thrives best when
brought from q distance.
Butte record. (Bidwell, Butte County, Cal.) 1853-1858, 1857-05-02

AsPARAGUs.-Thos who have as
paragus beds, must not expect that
they will take care of themselves. If
good top dressing of short stable ma
nsre has not already been dug in, we
recommend that as soon as possible
compost of stable manure and marsh
muck, mkt with three bushels of wood
ashes to every cubic yar1 Of the COM
post, be spread over the bed to the
depth of two or three inches When
this is done, then SOW two or three
quarts Of salt to the square rod, and it
will be found that the asparagus beds
will repay the owner handsomely for
his trouble. The asparagus plant Is
greedy aud exhausting, aud when not
supplied with manure, the young shoots
come up in the spring like pipe stems,
and one can hardly cut god bunch
from square rod Of ground. Now we
might just as we'll have asparagus COM
ing up in the spring with shoots like
hoe handles, but the ground must be
made rich in the fall. A good coating
such as is recommended above, pro-
teets the plants from the winter. and
even when late applied, will keep the
roots growing beneath tho surface, SO
that when the spring comes, not only
are the shoots early. but wheu ready
to cut they are of good size, tender.
and of a delicious flavor. Salt is OF
great use to the asparagus, and the
plants will bear an extraordinary DOSE
In its wild state, the natural habitation
of the asparagus is near the sea or salt
lakes and marshes. The top dressing
now, even where the bed has not been
thoroughly enriched before the plants
we're set out, will answer every Pur>
pose, and during the next season the
old plants will throw out new roots
near the surface, from which strong
shoots will come up the next year.
Butte record. (Bidwell, Butte County, Cal.) 1853-1858, 1857-05-02

~Dr. Murphy's Ice wagon is always on
hand to counteract the enervsting influence
of the hot wearther.
Butte record. (Bidwell, Butte County, Cal.) 1853-1858, 1857-05-02

@- Camels have ceased to be wonde,
in Texas. They trudge about there without
creating notice.
Butte record. (Bidwell, Butte County, Cal.) 1853-1858, 1857-05-02

TAKE pains to correct the bIcrnishes
of the mind, rather than those of the
face.
Peace is the evening star Of the soul,
as virtue is its sun, the two are never
far apart.
Butte record. (Bidwell, Butte County, Cal.) 1853-1858, 1857-05-02

NEW STEAMER LAroNA-The Red Bluffs
Beacon says.
" This magnificent boat, built by Captain
Weeks, for the San Francisco and Head of
Navigation (be that where it may) trade,
has made the trip, so far, successfully She
ascended the river with ease and safety--so
say those who went up AMI came down
on her."
Butte record. (Bidwell, Butte County, Cal.) 1853-1858, 1857-05-02

CAPTIVITY OF THE 0ArMAN GnLs.-This
work may be obtained 1t Garnham's Lit
erary Depot"