TEIE PEOPLE'S JOURNAL. OSLISHED T.VERY THURSDAY Nionxisia,. BY ADDISON AVERY. Terms—lnvarlably In Advance : One copy per aroma, $l.OO 'Maga sotactbffs, • • 125' • TERMS OF ADVERTISING. • 1 square, of 12 lines or less,l insert:mit, $0.50 " " 3 inserinns, L5O every subsequent insertion, • .'lri i i\l, lu!e and tiguri wo Iz, per sq., :3 insertions, :3. 4 Jti Evert - subsequent i sertiou, .5,.) 1 co , t eliu, one yea 25.q0 1 cinunin, six mon.lth,. 15.00 Adwinkaalors' or Executors' Notices, 2.00 Sheril's Sa'es. per tract, 1.50 Professiou.p. Cards no. exceeding eight lines iteered for ss..s.)per antis. t ar Aii !c , tern' on business, to secure at ' ten.ton, hould be address-ed (post paid) to the Pubhsher. . . CONTENT = hon , e is low and small, lin beinud a row of trees, I c.celi .he go.den tail Of .he souse. in the rear. And a s.one wad hanging white Wi.h the roses of .be May, Were .ess peas .nt to my sight Than the fading of to-day. From a brook a heifer drinks, In a fie.d. of pathure.ground, d vio:e•s and pinks For a border all around. My house is small nut the willow by my door, Doth n coo!, deep shadow throw to the summer on my floor. And iu ioug :au( rainy nights, When he trees are bare, I cm see :be window lights 0: the hotnestexds atherw•here. ,iv house is Email and low, wt•ii pictures such as these, (Ville meadow and the row 01 it ittoma ed trees, And the he ler as she drinks Fretn the tie d meadowed ground, With the vio et and pink!: For o hm.der ail around— Let a n never, fog ish, pray For a vision wider spread; 80 . . contented, ()Ivy ~ay, tiiti e me, Lord, my daily bread. From the Jureni'e Inmructor LADES AND GENTLEMEN. Come. Mabel, come. to the win dow. and see the people go by ;' said Wai:ace Carleton to his sister. And Mabel came. and stood oy her bloth er's side. with her arm uroimd heck.. and her curly head resting iightly upon his shoulder. Ts," children would have made a petty picatre, as they stood there. ttid, at. least, Mr. Carleton thou.i.t.; 3:31 so he said, in a whisper, to his wife, who eat beside him 'upon the Site looked up, and smiled, and td 2 .l.ed. A smile tbr Wallace, and a sigh :Mabel. Why was it so ? Wallace was , a .steady, manly boy, such a one as any mother might look urn with hope;', as the future stay and solace of her declining years. And Mabel! She was one of those fragile little buds, that unfold too early, and fade too soon. So , her I ,, ,ther felt, as site listened to her strange questions and answor.t—SO unlike a child of ten short summers. So her father feat ed, as he watched. day by day, the gradual development of her mind, and the gradual increase of her laity-like beauty. But he hushed the boding whisper its his heart, and strove to think it would tot be so. Mabel was in a merry mood that afternoon, and she laughed aloud at Wallace's remarks upon the various va,ers hr. 'There,' 'there comes a lady round the corner• and there's a woman be hind her, with a basket on her arm.' Mabel's face grew thoughtful. 'Why is one a lady, and the other a woman?' she said. ' Why, don't you Hee,' replied Wal hrc, •that the one I. called alady has on a silk dress. and a nice, larg e ,h t ml, and a silk hat; and the (ther has a calico dress, and a faded shawl, and a plain straw bonnet Mabel looked round at the sore, where her parents were seated. Mother isn't a lady this afternoon;' Ehe said. 'Why,- not r inquired Wallace. 'Because she hasn't on her silk dress,' Mabel replied. 'Please wear it t ,, -morrow, won't you, mother?' 'Why,?' returned Mrs. Carleton, Emihnff. 'Because I want you to be a lady;' DTabel answered, turning again to ale wuidow. 'I didn't mean,l said Wallace in an explanatory manner, .that any one couldn't he a lady: with:tut wearing a bilk dress. But people judge of stran gers a great deal by their dress. If they are well dressed, they call them /adies.and gentlemetg;. if they are not Well dressed, they call them men and women; 'ls that a good way ofjudging?' Mabel inquired. 'Pretty pod, I think.' Wallace replied. But see! Mabel! There comes a little girl with a basket of oranges.' . . ...._.... . , • . . _ ...... . . . . . ___ .. i • . . ~ , • -.1. ... . , t . . ). , ...: i ~ _ . . ... _ 7.' •.• ' '• ' - 'll' . c , ' - 1 — : 1 ,11 , ' •,. ~ , •,,,,,. !'„ . r. t .. - ' 1,: e•-• ';-... , - .0 . ' • . , .'r . . '.'2. - , ' 4 .:4•• : , . .; '.• • „ .... 7: •••:. .. . .. . . •... . . . . . . • • :..t -1 r • -..-, ' - ' . .:'' - .: 4 1 V -*.;!: ! - .• - • . 7.- - , :f i . 4.r• rc: p, s'i; . a, . k A ,_ , I . i i • k.,...„ .i.,,.. . . _ • ... ... .. ~ ...„....,..,„,,.., . -... ..,....,• _. . , . . .... . ..•._. ~,....;:•:.......•.: ...: . . . _ • . ______ Tifat basket is too heavy for- her,' said Mabel. ,' She isn't as large as 1 am, and I couldn't lift it.' •Oh, hut you're not well-and strong as . She returned Wallace. ;And then she's • used to currying beuq loads, you know.! • . I ihould like an orange,' Mal_4l said. out and buy some, *hen she getS to our dimr,'Wallaee an wt , i-cd. 'Now Mabel, look quick,-end. tell-me whether•that is a lady or a woman coming round the corner.' • While Mabel looked in the • direc tion indicated. Wallace ran through the hall and down the steps; to speak to the little orange-girl. Just as -she paused near the door, the person to whom Wallace had refered. passed along. Brushing rudely against the little -girl. she- sent a portion of the contents of the heaped-np basket•roll ing•upon the - side-Walk ; and without seeming to notice the mischief she had done, pursued her way. A Mo ment alter, a plainly dressed female approached. Pausing, she spoke kindly' to the Iveary looking child, who was now busily engaged7iri collecting her scattered store,- picked up several of. the oraugei lying on , the side-walk, paid for them, and passed on. Wallace had been standing, idly' looking en, upon the lowest step. • ' Well, Mabel,' he said as he reen tered the room, 'her e a r e y our or anges. Was it a lady or a w,,manr 'Thank von, 'Wallace,' INlabel re plied. 'But keep part of them your self.' And. she put the two largest into her Mother's hand again. But she did nut throw her aim around neck, nor lean her head upon his shoulder. On the. contrary she stood a little apart from him, as she an swered his question. • It wasn't a lady., - Wasn't a lady!' Wallace repeated. Didn't you see her !kb dress, and her white kid gloves ?' ' Yes.' Mabel answered; but a lady wouldn't push against a poor little girl, v,ith a heavy ba:ket, as she did, sad not take any notice of it a:ter«•ard.;. She dres',ed like a lady, AVallsce, but 1 don't think she was a lady.' ' The little girl should have let the iatly pa,:•ed beiin•e z-he cmne to the :.tells with hey hatket;' Widiace tike Couldn't ca,^c•t a hady to take the outside of the walk for a poor girl like her.' Iler basket was heavy,' Mabel replied; 'and she wanted to ret it dnwn, it wouldn't have hurt the lady,—(she itymet it lady, though,) to pass a .little farther from Tier. A lady came aloog afterwards, Wallace.' A kind-hearted woman. you meau, Jtaru I,' Widlace said. No, I mean a lady;' Mabel an swered. What did :;lie say to the little girl, Wallace r 'She said. 'So 'Sully, your oranges are running away from you. That basket is too heavy for you, my child. You must make haste and sell a part of its content'.' And then she picked up two or three oranges from the paveme , t: think of a lady's doing that, Mabel! and e aid she would take them, and that would make the lOad little lighter.' 'And you bought four,' said Mabel. I wish you'd taken a doien.' . ' I wish I had, bis, if yuu want them,' returned Wallace, gently raezing hip arm around sister's waist, and (hawing her towards him as he spoke. ' I would have bought the•whule bas ket-full, If I'd - known you wanted Mabers arm was around her broth er's neck again, and her bead rested lovingly iii)on his shoulder. I didn't want any m6re,' she said 'only, if you'd bought more, the. poor little girl wouldn't have so many' to carry.' ' Oh. she'll soon sell them all,' Wal lace said. See Mabel, there are more people coming.' Mabel's attention was again directed to the window. Two passers-by, the one a plainly dressed laboring man, with the implements of his trade in his hands, the other a fashionably at tired, aristocratic-looking met upon the aide-walk. The laborer bowed. That isn't a gentleman,' said Ma bel, 2 a ?.•lie saw the otherpass on, without returning the salutation. 'Do you think he is, Wallace? - • Certainly,' Wallace fepliecl. 'A mechanic t.houldn't speak first to one so much above him.' 'Above him ? how ? said Mabel. 'The 'other man isn't so tall as he is.' ' Wallace laughed and - explained. 'A . man who works is considered" below one who does not work,Maliel. Gentlemen do not work; that is, do tot eariftheir living.byTheir labor?! • 'Again Mabel glanced around the Father is n't a gentleman, then,' DEVOTED TO TILE PRINCIPLES OF DEMOCRACY, AND THE DISSEMINATION OF MORALITY, LITERATURE, AND . INNS COUDERSPORT, POTTER COUNTY;'PA., MARCH 29, 1855: she said. - .Do n't work • any - more, father, will you 2 I want you to be a gentleman?' • Mr. Carleton laughed. have decidedly the worst side Of the . (pie:lion, Wallace,' he re marked. 'Not being a gentleman's son, you cannot be a gentleman your self.' 'Oh, but, father, you will he rich enough to 'live without work, one of these days,' said Wallace; 'and then we.shall both be gentlemen, and Ma bel, here, Vill be a little lady.' - The boy twined one of his sister's curls around his finger; and looked affectionately into her face. You • can • be a gentleman before that time, if you will,' observed Mr Carleton, gravely. Wallace's attention was attracted by another group in the street; and he made no answer". 'There's a' gentleman, Mabel,' he said; 'see how well his coat fits, and how his boots shine.' 'He's smoking a- cigar,' returned Mabel. shouldn't think a gentle= man Would smoke in the street.' Why not?' deinanded Agreat many gentlemen do so every day.' . 'But some•peoide dislike the smoke,' replied .' It always makes me sick. I &Viet think a gentleinan would do what he knew would trouble. other people: just to plea . :e hirmelf. 3 Mr. and Mrs. Carleton exchanged -glances. • Wallace did nut reply. • 'AVliich of those two do you can a gentleman?' inquired 'Wallace, a few minute!: after, as two elderly MCI) pas.,rd by. rile- ale with the brown coat, and broad-brimmed hat,' Mabel thought say - so,' :.aid Wal lace, laughing. - 'He's a quaker, - Ma bel, and says 'thee' Lind 'thou.' He never. dressitslike other people. What made you call. him a gentleman 'Becaut;e,' Hubet said, t•topped jthst after he came round the corner, and snake kindly to a ratfged little boy, that the other nran L ' t I:f%1 ice at all, though the . hoy t,poke to him. A gentleman ought to "have a gt;f:d heart: 'now do you know he ::polze kindly 'Wallace inquired; did n't hear whid amwered; 'hot the bov ,kood lookin,e: up in hi: fare nil the time he .was :a l :kiiig to him; mid he would n't have done se if tiie gen-: tlemaii hncl u't :.poken 'Yon 'hive ideas koiies and geotlemon, Willlace said. 47.'? y ou get Them V • I at, n't know,' biahcl annwe:ed. • Do n't von think Lidih. and gentle men ought to In good, Wallace . !Oh, Wallace replied ; 4 but, ti+c•n, any one is be a lady or a gen tleman without being good.' Mabel looked doubtful. .‘ A..k father and mother,' she said. Wallace proposed the question, in due ' What do YOU think about it, Wal lace'?' Mr: Carleton's reply.' ' I think just as I told Mabel,' Wal lace answered; that any One may be good Without being a lady or-a gen tlernan.". -'';hat is true enough,' said Mr. Carleton ; ' but that is not exactly what you told Mabel. Is it, Mabel 1' he adaed, appealing to the child. Not quite,' Mabel amtwered.— ' Wallace told me that any one might he a lady or a gentleman without being good.' ' Do you agree.with him 1' inquired her father. ' No, sir,' was the prompt reply. And_ - what would your definition of a lady or a gentleman be V said Mr. Carleton, with a smile. I du n't, know as I can define it,' Mabel answered. Try,' .aid her father, quietly. A lady should be kind-hearted,' Mabel said, thoughtfully; ' and should try to make other people happy. She should treat every one kindly and politely ;. and not; be too proud_ to speak to people because they arc -poor, 13r because they are ignorant! ' • Must she he rich, hertelf ?' inquired Mr. Carleton, as Mabel paused. • No matter whether she .is rich or poor, if she is kind-hearted, and in telligent, and speaks and acts as a lady ought,' Mabel answered. And a. gentleman, 'Mabel ?' said her father, smiling. • Very much the same,' replied Ma bil. 'How do you like my definition, father 1' 'A very good one for.a little girl like you to give,' said Mr. Carleton. I hope. my Mabel will be a real lady; a few•years hence.. • And Wallace• a real gentleman,' said Mabel,' laughing. . • yes,' returned her father tlemanly enougikto.help a poor child pick up her. Oranges,. when . a the passenger scatters them epee the Bid% walk: . • . . . . Wallace felt the reproof; but Mabel turned her father's thoughts . into. an other 'channel: I mean to be a lady,' she . said, earnestly, and see how many people I can make happy,. A reallady—' and she paused suddenly and added in a subdued tone—' if I live.' Mr. Carleton't; face was. 'shadowed. He kissed the. foreherd of the child, and. taking his hat, hastily left the room. Wallace followed him ; and Alabel way left-alone with her Mother. Seating herself 'llion the sofa,• the child remained quiet and thoughtfid fin• a few. minutes; then, lifting her eyes to her mother's face, she said, as if thinkin aloud, And if-I die, mother,-what shall- I be then - A happy spirit in heaven, I hope, my atw,yered - Mrs. Carleton, striving to gpeak cheerfully, while her cm; filled with tears. And Mabel kissed her mother, and said no mare. DB ATIIING BY WELLS NeFarK Editors : You wish to know if hind can be drained by wells. I bare made one expel inwut and that was. succe: - trful; . I owned a piece of laud on which there was a basin of about three-fourths of an acre, which received the surplus Water of at fitful ten acres. It• would s'iunetimes be from o.yo to three feet deep in the cen tre. The water stood in the basin at least eight months in the year, and the wa.:; full eyeryhardrain tile other four month?. On the :fld of Angtui, I dug a well nine feet-deep in ti:c centre of the 14usl0, and cante to living water, which ye. •; ravitily, to much ,so tit , it expected i ts sec it run over flit: top in a :hurt tine. think the water rese et leiv:t two feet in Wit minutes, tied then F•topped,.and rcui2inea at that depth Until her.vy ale tir..c.e days. 1. Bien, went to l':ok at tits well, expect- . jog to iinif it (fill and tunning over; but to my utter I.4....tonishMent, : there more than two Mid a half feet in the well. It Irtd Tien .about sour feet 'luring the sturrn, jt:(1 - 4 . e by the marks tha side of the 'fittnie tztu,:t have beetta great ,initritity of -ivater rut] into the -sell. at letiq tea Zed its :31Irphis Water into it, ?.hil the iititt fell in tnrienht dui in!.; the thtt•e then thig _lour open .wading into the •,vell, and the tams nazi been sufficiently dry foi wheat. Corn. - ORT:i. r,r;t: , 3 ever since. It has bren in grass 11;r the last twelve years, and Las b•U'lle a heavy crop of firz,t fe tniv. y should aavie,_ui all in szance;.:, to dig until you come to living ;rater. and then the water will pas, off in the fi , ,,tuo of the cart h. I have not the least sloullt but that almost any spring can he drained by digging a well at a little dktance, and . leading The water into it. I would state that I filled the well full of stone, thinking it would be . cheaper to dig a new one than to atone it and keep it covered, if it should fail tocarry off the water. ASA HUBBARD. • 1111C1CHUION7R, Ct. MEN OF AMI:111CA-MEN or THE AGE The greatest man "take him all in all," of the lai,t hundred years was curge-Wadsington—an American, The gi catest Ductur ui Dividity wan Jonathan Edwards—an American. Tie git•ate..t I'hihr.4oplier was Ben jamin Franklin—an American. The greatest of living Sculptors is Hiram Powers—an American. The greate:4 living Historian is Win H. Prescottan American. The greatest ornithologist was J. J Audubon—an American. The .greatest Lexicographer eilice the time ofJohwon Noah Weithter Americau. The greatest inventors of modern timer were Fulton, Fitch, Whitney, and Morse—all Americium. I"PILING 1:1" TIIF. AGONY"-At a trial the other daw•, at Sherborne, Ser jcant. Wilkins called to the jury in the most touching terms, by their verdict, to .restore the prisoner to the bosom of his wife and family, stud dwelt on the sheet the result ofthe trial would have for happiness or misery on those who are so dear to him. When .the learned Serjeant sat down, wiping his' forehead after his effort, he was a little surpris ed to learn this touching allutiou to wife and. children had been made on behalf of a bachelor! - To VARNISH ARTICI-CS OF IRON AND S'SCEI- - -Dl:2so)Ve 10 parts of clear grains of mastic, 5 parts of camphor, 15 parts of sandrach, 5 of clerni, in a sufficient quantity-of alcohol, and apply this varnish without beat. The article will not only be perserred from rust, but the:vandsh Will retain its.. trans parency, and the metallic brilliancy 'of the article will not be obscured. • . . B ill eitI . IIII:VCS E. EX P 2: TE : TESTA ONY. On the Sth or Febniary a very important din A tiou. took lave , in Congress, to which we invite ; the a+tion of- every reader, as it w shos up the great injustice ! )r one feattire of the Fugitive Slave bill, as.we will show in an . editorial:[Er34. loon: - - TAINC os, nr.rosurioNs. • Mr. 11Atinidn. I boric . my friend from Vi!, ,- ;44,.whp would not allow the reading of the „Intermit to be dis pensed with, ' l ‘viii make no : objection to my askinglpet:this'sion of the 'Senate now to intrksduce gave notice a? week ago, but, ai yet, I have had no opportunity of intro ducing. The. PriEsunENT. reqUirns unani mous consent to introduce' the bill at this time. • Leave was granted, and the bib "ta repeal so much of the thirtieth section-, of the act to .establish the judicial Courts of the liiiitedStates' as authei iette the taking of 'depositions' without' notice," was read the first time, and ordered to a second . reading. • • Mr. lieemet e I desire to make very, brief statement about this bill, and, then, if no gentleman desires that it be reflitred, I shall ask that it "be put upon its paisage. . By the aril tieth section Mille judiciary act; in all cases where the adverse party is distant more than one hundred mile:, from the place,of 'taking - a deposition, it can lie" taken without ally notice to loin, or to his ettorney. This i:; a total vinlatit . ,il of all the principles of evidence, and ha i been recently the 'subject of very Iron it animadversion in an opinion delivered by the Supreme Court on the :;tereotyped depositions that are intr.alueed, mere e.r pan'e This bill propose; °peal that pro vision; and. and fixes the rete of notice to be. given beyond one hundred I have shown it to the members of the. Committee on the Judiciary, and believe everybody believes tiert it is very prnper and noceeerry Measure. The bill was read a second time, and considered as in Comolittee of the Whole. It...prep:Bes to repeal so much of the thirtieth section of the act of September 24, 1759, an:.horizes depo,itionn to he. tak<u) tie bene c.i4c without notice to theadven , e party or his -attorney when neither within one hundred miles of the pla.;:e of caption. When neither the adverse parte 110 r his attorney. is within one hundred miles of the plaee of caption, notice is hereafter to be given at the rote ofnot less than one day, Sundays, excepted, for each forty miles of the . additional distance. Beecnee I Move the reference of the bill to the Committee on the Judiciary. I suppose there will be a general acquiescence iii that. Mr. MAseN., Before the qUestion i 3 taken, I have a word to say. I did. not supense that the Honorable Sena ter from North Carolina, who is cer tainly among the beet, if not the oldest lawyer in the Senate, should be an advocate for so violent an innovation upon the existing law—a law that ha's been upon the statute-book now ab condita altnost, and not com plained of that I know of anywhere 01r. lietwen. Complained of every where}—but which he . ,proposes to amend in this summary manner, con ceiving it a case ' requiring' immediate interference, although it . has exiited fbr sixty or severity year:, with the knowledge, and, as I understand, with the" admission, that it will work harsh ly and injuriously, without any reason -for it, upon pending litigation. I did not expect that from one who has shown himself, - in every instance on this floor; an advocate for the stability of our institutions and out laws. Sir, I agree with the honorable Senator that the proposed amendment will be a judicious, a wise, and a highly expedient one ; but that he should,. in order to attain it . immediately, put' suitors to .the extraordinary expense to which many of •them will be put, if depositions taken without knowledge of the law shall be found to be illegal, .is a matter which I confess somewhat surprises me. We have been told by the honorable Senator from California, that to take de . pOsitio , u in California .is matttr. • It is an expensive . process. It•costs agood deal- of money. I daresguy,Ac t seuti.tropa . the State of the Senator .'froth Ninth Cot ()line, or thy State, to tuk.W a depositiotein Cali fornia, n ; a litigation pending in either State, would amount to very nestly one hundred. dollars. In order that this evil, which has. been, so far as I - am inftirtned, uncomplaitied of for seventy years, may be: remedied im mediately, he will. italic.. all this ip jus.tice on suitors who . have litigatipn pending.. I submit to him, with all respect, that to- make% the bill have effect from the fiat of :lupe next, as I uederstantl , is .peoppsed Serater from Ohio, would answer, every, end :•fv;' ' . :1•:; -,:.• It.JEJ •..i ;,;::.,.! ME ~: •-- and avoid this injustice.- Mr..l.3.woc.a. ii mr: President, I am Amt•at'Ulh4rprised that the -Senator :from Virginia is surprised -at • the no-. tions • which- tentertain on this subject, because it has been 'my 'lot -often to 'differ from that . gentleman, and very . frequently upon subjects which con- , Iceined 'What rbelieved the best in- Jerests-Of the country; and the most importantmatters connected with the ju.it avid proper administration of this—L.. 'Government; but-S. did not expect :that r ,the..bonorable . . ;Senator ;would agree with bimselfthrough one !mech. r -Ile' objects, in the first place, to my ,pin Position; because it to . interfere 'with: a aims-honored system; a pro- 'vision.that has' existed ab arbc condita, .andwhich..bas.never been complained.. 00i.s,lje says ; and :then before .the .SeriatOrtakei.his'igeat, he admits that . the alteratithi 'Which' I prOposed to makeiti thistime-lienored system, ex, ihtiag akurbe condita, and never corn plumed of, is a very wise and judicious one. . sir, if...we are to pay any. of the. respect of which the Senator' speaks,' to. the time during which this ' provision , has.existed; why interfere . with it: all. 1, ; I,f the _period' during •whiCh. this ,systerw. has existed; of; taking . depOsitions against adversaries, without notice tirtheni, of readinr , ex parte; affidavits, thus breaking down' the fuudamentaL:prinCiple; not only of tbo common. law,- but of all law, that a man lias-a.right to cross-examintr a Witness, and to bepresent when . ho gives his testimony, and generally to' have him face to face intbe court Acre. his evidence is to operate. 11,1 say, this long continued practice,this commence •nlyit and prosecution of that system le the present day, is to have the effect of giving to it.the !Confidence and ven eration due te age and long experi- NUCE!, why is the Senator willing to interfere with it .at all 1 He has no hesitation in saying- that it ought to be i::terfered .vVith. Then what be comes of all his respect for antiquity, and • his regard for long-continued ustge ? Why, sir, it is all gone. Well, then, -what is the Senator's objection to this bill 1 It is that - a meat who has taken a deposition may be put to' an expense of 8100 is taking it over again. Now, what is the in convenience on the other side ? That ' deposition, a, mere cx parts affidavit, ;:.std a stereotyped. deposition, as the. Supreme Court, inte case to -which I referred, characterized those depos ition about the collision, may he used to deprive a fellow-Citizen of prop erty to the amount of $lOO,OOO. la,- order to prevent the inconvenience of a man paying 8100 for taking a depos ition over again, you are to have an ex - park affidavit read in court, against all the provisions of justice, under this exceptional provision in-statute, which has been constantly complained of, and which has induced the Judges of the- Supreme' Coert - to exercise a scrutiny of the most strict and' technical kind over all the forms, however minute, with regard to these 'depositions, feel ! iirg the impropriety of allowing them Ito tie read without-notice to the party, and induced them to set! them aside whenever there is the' smallest devia tion from the prescribed forms and requisites of the statute.. Sir, it seems to me that the two evils are not to com pare With each other. • The evil that a roan may possibly spend $lOO in taking, a deposition . over agairr; and the other evil an ex parte affidavit may be read-to_ deprive the. - opposite patty of property to an indefinite amount S 100, 000 or more.- KANSAS We clip the following form the Na tional Intelliecncer: A claim has been mitde to the land upon-which the town of Lawrence is situated, on the ground that none but the United States.authorities have pow er to lay •01l a town-site on the public lands. The commission - er.or the Gen eral Land Office , in this :city, having been ; written to on the subject, says: "The idea of others attempting to , lay. <dr a town site on landS thus claim ed, or in any mannerr interferingivrith •such claims, is simply absurd.' Nu power exists anyWhisre except in Con gress to lay off town sites on the public lands, where the individual. attempts so to do, until duly . ..authorized by act of Congress; they forfeit all claim t . ey may have to the land." FRTENDSUir has a noble effect upon all states'and conditions. It relieves our cares, raises our hopes, and abates our fears. friend who relatei.bis success, talks hiMselfinto a new pleas ure; and.by opening his misfortunes, leaves part (Ahern behind him. • LEARNED Bobxs.—Cettain books teem to bpeti written, not to in .l-,O.uct,,trsbut inform us how much the author ktiosvi. NO. 45. '
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