Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1864-12-22
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A certain merchant left In his Iast tes,sr,o..
een norses 70 De divided among his three sons ac"orS
ing 10 tne following proportion The Arst -
ceive half the second one third and The re-
part OF the whole. But when thew came 70 s.L nnth
about the division. 1t found that TO connn
the terms OF the will, without sacrificing one =, WIN
~ Inc .ne anima' was impossible. Puzzled in the sy
trene they repaired to the Oadi who HAVING soJ "a.
VIII, observed that such difficult Question rem;. ss
after two days tnetn 70 return
when they again made their appearance III. irac,
SAID Il have considered carefully vour cs.e uege
that can make such division n The Suu nod
Song you aS VIII give each more than his strict ,h.r
and yet not one OF the animals shall be irired A.
coltent2" wv 'nguAe"' you
1--WE are, 0, Judge" was the renyv
"Bring forth the seventeen ho,acs sL.u
placed in the court" said the Oadi ~ '0' .Ae'n No
The animals were brought, and tho Juduo ..,., L.
groom to place his own horse with them a. 49, tho
eldest brother to count the horses oaue LILO
They are eighteen in number, O. Judo.n -
eaid. ~e' DC
al will now make the division" observed the DAD
"You, the eldest entities to half take then nuE
OF the horses. 1ou the second son. are to receve o
third take therefore, six while to you the youngest
belongs the ninth part, namely, two Thus the seven.
teen horses are divided among you ycu have each
more than your share, and may now take nv own
steed back again."
"Aashallahl !" exclaimed the brothers with delight
40 Cadi your WELDON equals that of our Lord S1I.;
man Ion Daood p'-Notes on Ninepah.
The Ysnkse papers say Massachusetts, Is In trouble
Her importations Of SVedes, Poles Germans Hunrn
raps &C. BY the cargo TO ell Der quotas under the va
ross recent calls for troops have turned ont badly and
the War Department Is thinking of refusing to give
her credit for the scum thus ois upon the public Ger
vice. Tue fact is that nearly all these imported mc
cenares have deserted under the liberal terms OF Ger
Lees proclamation and that such as have yet been IN
able to desert utterly unable or unwilling TO fight
IN recent case In the rifle pits before Petersburg thew
dropped their arms aud lay down fat their bellies
in the trench, while charging column swept over
them carrying all that in the party back to Peters
burg as prisoners. They plead In excuse that they
know nothing Of our QUARREL and have no interest in IL
that they were hired In Europe for peaceful and non
bellgerent lsbors railroads, canals &C.. and that
they have been utterly swinded and cheated In the
manner Of their being induced to enter the service
IMPORT Ant FRoM NAssAU.-Tho following extract OF
private letter from Nassau conveys important hints
~ am Of the opinion that during this blockaders
will have more to fear from enemies In their
they viii have from the blockadng feet. Hundreds of
Yanka are now here and suspect that settled plan
to capture vessels by stratsgem at Spies are all
around and it may be that you may hear several Roam
capture the OWL which failed eight of the crew are
In irons, Of them holding Yankee Commission az
master mate. This looks serious but proper precautions
the part of the ohc will render these devah plans
aborve Owing to the dubious character Engls neu
tral1ty these meroenary minonsiof tyrRnnca Yankee
Government will escape punishment.
"RASsAU, N. P, Nov. ID, 1854"