Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1858-08-02

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THE TNFEIgI5IGE GENC GER.
STRANGE DIscovERY.-An interesting state
ment has been recently published upon whati is
considered reliable authority, that thirty thous-
and Christians have recently been found upon. 20,
an island North of Celebes 1t hasbeen rumor-
ed for'aEtime that there was a Christian people,
forgotten and forsaken, which however, yet
possessed three Bible, and continued steadfast
in the faith When missionaries first landed
on theaisland they met with a school teacher
and his pupils, who repeated in the Malayan
tongue, Gas the hart pantetL after water brooks,
SO panteth my soul after thee, o., Lord" The
German Reformed Messenger adds:
No Bibles were found, but the most precious
promises ofthe Bible written upon the bark of
trees. They knew the Apostles Greed, and the
Heidelberg Catechsn, and had Christian Gus
toms. Twenty churches and schools yet exis-
ted Through the instrumentality of Pastor
Heldrug, founder Of the Magdaleh Asylum at
Steenbeck, and chief patron of Inner Missions
in Holland, four missionaries who had been
educated under the venerable Gossner, were
sent out, and three thousand persons haptsed
This is certainly most interesting discovery.
The islandon which these Christians were found
belongs to the East Indian Archipelago. The
Dutch have for years had political rule in this
region. This may account for the original in
PRODUCTION of Christianity among this people,
and for the fact that the Heidelberg Catechism
was Still found in their possession. But still
the particular time and circumstances in which
this Introduction took place may well challenge
special attention, and elicit investigation from
those who have the leisure to and facilities for
prosecutingit.
WILD CArs.-A gentleman having in his pos
session ten or twelve hundred dollars on a
certain banking institution away out West,
went upGto the counter one fine morning, and
addressed the tellerin the following language:
"Good morning, sir. Beautiful weather sir!
Ahem! Pve something over n thousand dollars
worth Of your money in my pocket Do you
The teller says:
Good morning, sir" smiles blandly, and
answers, eve eredeem, sir, but we do not pay
specie"
"po s. not pay specie, heyp Suspended, sup
pose?"
Suspended"
"What do you redeem WITH" was the next
question.
With bills on the other banks" replied the
'And thosel presume, are also non-specie
paying bankst''
"yery probably they are, ST" boving very
politely s..-.,5l.. e..t
"Well, then, what kind of bills can you give
me?"
"Most any kind, sir. Give you Red cats'
"Cant stand it."
"Well, then, how's Gray Catg"
"Tain't worth cuss!n
well, I'll try to accommodate you with
White Cat"
st wouldn't beooany accommodation at all. /
don't want your internal Wild Cat money
neither Red Cat, Gray Cat, Black Cat, Viii
Cat, or Tom Cat. wouldn't use it to litter a
horse WITH Havn't you got some money on
Eastern banksgn
No, sir" softly and very polite, Eastern
banks are principally specie,paying institu=
tions1
.'If not Eastern, then, have you bills on any
other banks that do not pay species" sz
mo, sir" bowling most courteous-y,
We'll, then, . drawing his package from his
pocket with desperate expression of counte.
nance, can you give me tolerably, executed
counterfeit bills onia any bank that does not pay
speciesm %
mo, sir," very loud and Hooks rs If he felt
Too MucH OF a Coop THlNG. That the legal.
profession was not always regarded with thai
degree ofrespect and homage which it deserved
we have lorg been aware. The following enact
ment of the General Session of the General
Court ofGonnecticut in May, 1929 shows that
in those days the people Of New England were
disturbed with approximations lest they might
have too much Of good thing. 1t is copied
from the original record by a correspondent, and
has never, we believe, been in print before:
EVhereds, Many persons of late have taken
upon them to be attorneys at the bar, so that
quGaTels and luaosuits are multiplied, anil Tho
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