2 Dec. 1848 A Fruit Vine and Three Olive Branches On Wednesday last, a woman named MURPHY, residing in Innishmore, county Fermanagh, gave birth to two living and one still-born child. The mother and the two surviving children are doing well.
Corps for foreign Service The 64th and 83rd Regiments are to embark next spring for India, the 26th and 41st Regiments for the Mediterranean and the 70th for Hong Kong. The army in Ireland will derive great comfort and satisfaction from being supplied with Connemara socks, which cost only 3d. a pair, whilst the hose is charged at 1s. 6d. to the soldiers. Mr. M'MATH of Castleblayney was appointed to the office of Master of Extraordinary for taking affidavits at Castleblayney. We understand that the Rev. F. W. MANT is about to auction his furniture and leave Armoy, with the intention it is said, of residing in England Coroner’s Inquest An inquest was held by B. WARD Esq. J.P., coroner, at Ballyalgan, near Crossgar, on the body of a man named H. WARD. Deceased had committed suicide the previous day, by cutting his throat, in his own barn, he was middle aged and a small farmer. Verdict - "Temporary insanity." Royal School, Armagh Last week we noticed the appointment of the Rev. Mr. GUILLEMARD to this institution by the Lord Primate and we are happy to add that Dr. MULGAN is to retain his office as head master. Military Movements Captain CROKER'S company of the 57th Regiment will leave here Wednesday next to join head-quarters at Enniskillen. The company will be relieved by the light company of the same regiment, under command of Captain SMYTH. While in this garrison, Captain CROKER'S gentlemanly and soldier-like deportment earned for him the esteem of the gentry and citizens generally and he and his good lady leave our locality, enjoying the friendship of a large and fashionable circle of acquaintances with whom they were wont to have social intercourse. The company at Ballyshannon is under orders to move to Killybegs, county Donegal, in aid of the civil power, on being relieved by a company from headquarters. The company at Charlemont Fort will join head-quarters on the 4th of Dec. Lieutenant-Colonel GOLDIE is commanding. - Armagh Guardian The Benefits of Banking Banking promotes the prosperity of a country, chiefly increasing the amount and efficacy of its capital. In the history of commerce, we find no principle more firmly established than this - that as the capital of a country is increased, agriculture, manufactures and industry will flourish and when capital is diminished, these will decline. The man who attempts to annihilate any portion of the capital of the country, in which he dwells, is as forgetful of his own advantage as the miller who should endeavor to dry the mountain stream which turns the wheels of his machinery, or the farmer who should desire to intercept the sun and showers, which fertilize his fields. The Phoenicians are said to have been the first inventors of coin, though some writers have attributed this honor to the Lydians. The money "current with the merchants" in the lime of Abraham, consisted of bars, or pieces of silver, bearing some stamp or mark denoting the quality and weight, and that this mark or stamp, was placed on them by Phoenician merchants. It was no great transition to cut these bars into smaller pieces, and to place on them a stamp denoting their value, and the country by which they were issued. The issue of such coins would soon fall into the hands of the government, who would fix the value at which they should pass current. There are both silver and copper coins of Tyre now extant in the British Museum. They bear the head or figure of their god Mekart, or Hercules, the same denoted in scripture by the name of Baal, and supposed to represent the sun. Some of the Phoenician coins bear the figure of the fish, which supplied the celebrated purple. It is said that at Carthage, leather money was issued by the state, and passed current. It would be interesting and might be instructive, to know under what circumstances this money was issued, by what rules the amount was regulated, and whether, in its properties and effects, it bore any resemblance to the paper money of modern times. When capital has accumulated in any country, it gives rise to the trade, or business, of money-lending. Other persons besides bankers, who have money, make profit, not by going into trade themselves, but by lending it to those who are in trade. The Carthaginians are said to have introduced one branch of this business, that of lending money on bottomry; that is, upon the security of shipping. A person who had a ship, and wanted money to purchase a cargo, might borrow from one of these money-lenders, upon the security of the bottom of the ship; when the ship returned the money was repaid. The lender had no interest in the cargo, but the ship was pledged to him, whether the adventure were successful or not. This kind of business is carried on in the present day. A ship may be mortgaged like an estate, and the sum advanced is entered on the registry. Hunt's Merchants Magazine Incendiarism in the County Down About 5 o'clock in the morning of Thursday last, a stack of oats, in the stack yard of the Rev. F. BLAKENEY, Unitarian minister of Moneyrea, was discovered to be on fire, but owing to the exertions of several neighbors who were attracted to the spot by the alarm, it was speedily extinguished, without any serious loss having been sustained. Had not the morning been calm, the damage to adjoining hovels would have been extensive. The origin of the fire is accounted for, by some, to electricity, the atmosphere having been, that night, heavily charged with the electric fluid, but the opinion generally entertained is that it was the work of an incendiary. Banner of Ulster. Another Robbery On Thursday, a lad named JOHNSTOWN went into the house of a woman named CRANSTON residing at Drumlion and stole a quantity of wearing apparel, some flour &c., with which he attempted to make off, but we understand, he has been arrested and committed to gaol. He is, we believe, an old offender, having been caught in several similar tricks, but always, from motives of pity, let go by the parties.He will likely now have to pay the piper. Enniskillen Reporter DR LYNN of Markethill We were extremely sorry to bear that this gentleman was taken suddenly and dangerously ill on the morning of Friday, 17th inst. Medical assistance was immediately procured and are happy know that he is now convalescent and going on satisfactorily. This feeling in which many will participate, but none more so, than the poor of the neighborhood in which he lives, who have experienced his kindness and who would particularly feel his loss both as a professional gentleman and a kind and considerate friend. Cheap Dish Cut any old scraps of cold meat in small pieces; stew them with a few table spoonfuls of sage, a little carrot, parsley, pepper, salt, &c., for two hours; pour into basin or mould and when cold, it will become quite solid, in which state it is eaten. Armagh Union Mr. Henry RIDDALL has been appointed baker and will commence the baking of bread on the premises, for the use of the inmates of the workhouse, on the 29th instant. At the suggestion of James HANNA Esq. of Blackwatertown, 55 of the female paupers are daily employed at opening ropes, to perform a certain quantity, of which each person is tasked and duly punished for neglecting or shortcoming. The material is supplied by Mr. Charles CONNOLLY, who purchases it again when opened; and for the purpose of facilitating the labor a pair of hackles will be added to the establishment. In reference to the poor man sent home from England, which we alluded to some weeks ago, a reply has been received from the commissioners, inquiring if he had resided in any parish in England for five years previous to his application for admission to the workhouse there. The reply is in the affirmative, at Newcastle-on-Tyne, whence he was sent here, after a residence of 46 years in that country. The poor fellow has been confined to bed since and must have died but for the opportune visit of Mr. Alexander DOBBIN, the relieving officer of Keady and the humane attention of the guardians who admitted him to the workhouse. Armagh Guardian On Monday last, 3 young villians who had broken out of the workhouse and who were subsequently caught stealing turnips from a field belonging Mr. A. TEEVAN of Kilmacormick, were convicted and sentenced to be whipped in the gaol on Tuesday, which sentence was duly carried out, in an effectual manner, with birch rods. They were then transferred back to the workhouse, to report to their companions there the result of their foraging exploit. Caution to Smoker's in Railway Carriages On Saturday, a person named John HEALS was prosecuted at the Police court. Belfast, by the directors of the Belfast and County Down Railway company, for the offence of smoking in one of the carriages on the Holywood line. The penalty for this offence is 40s., but the defendant escaped in consequence of the company's solicitor omitting to produce the bye-laws of the directors in evidence, before his case was closed. Launch Yesterday, at quarter past 11 o'clock, two beautiful little smacks, of about 50 tons each, were launched from the shipyard of Messrs. CONNELL and Sons of Belfast. The vessels are the property of our enterprising townsman, Mr. George M'TEER and were launched fully rigged and fit for sea. They were named the 'Minna' and 'Brenda' and are intended for the coasting trade. Varieties There are cases in which a man would be ashamed not to be imposed on. There is a confidence necessary to human intercourse, and without which men are often more injured by their own suspicions, than they would be by the perfidy of others. Burke. It was a beautiful idea of the infant astronomer who said the stars were "holes in the sky for the glory of God to shine through." Another admirable answer, also of a child, was when asked if there was any place the universe where God was not, he unexpectedly replied, "Yes, God is not in the thoughts of the wicked." He who is not growing wiser, has never been wise He who has not courage enough to be a fool in his own way, will scarcely have sufficient to be wise in his own way. Unfortunately, ridicule is a weapon to which the vacillating too often yield, forgetting that it belongs only to little and ungenerous minds and that those who use it, are subjects for compassion rather than dread. "The most insignificant people are the most apt to sneer at others. They are safe from reprisals, and have no hope of rising in their own esteem, but by lowering their neighbors." Penetration Many people pretend to this quality who never made a fortunate guess into character in their lives. They who possess great penetration into character, who can trace the sacred springs of action, and peep behind the curtain of maneuvering and affectation, do not enjoy the drama of human life half so much, as the ignorant spectator, who merely gazes on the stage and admires the passing splendour of the show. Under The Rose The ancients consecrated the rose to Harpocrates, the god of silence, and, therefore, frequently placed it on the ceilings of rooms destined for the receiving of the guests, implying that whatever was transacted there should not be made public. Crime is the moral cholera of the social body. It is a disease far more deadly than mere physical pestilence can be, however virulent. It kills both the body and the soul. It affects the future, as well as the present. The faint which it leaves is in the mind. Plague is only a temporary visitant, but crime is a disease permanently endemic, a canker always eating into the heart of our civilization. Men generally look upon a debtor as, in some degree, their own property. Pecuniary difficulty breaks all ties, absolves from all, courtesy, raises the creditor to the eminence of a despot, and often inspires him with the desire of exercising the arbitrary powers of one. The helpless debtor must be suspected, accused, insulted in silence. The attacks of others are unsupported by self-approbation and the natural independence of man. He is a slave, chained, to be spit upon by the angry and laughed at by the unfeeling and his own heart, alas! join his enemies and plead against him. Lock Jaw- This hitherto fatal disease in animals has recently been cured by a new operation, whereby the animal obtains instantaneous relief. The muscles which were considered to be extensors are now found to be flexors. This important discovery was made by a person named Webb, of Cambridgeshire, who has been operating upon a mare belonging to Mr. Adcock, of Lisbon, which is now well, and going to work. Fire at Forkhill On Wednesday night last, a fire broke out on the premises of Mr. George DICK, a farmer living within a short distance of Forkhill. Some of the out houses were destroyed and two horses in a stable were much injured as to render their recovery hopeless. It is believed that the fire originated through the carelessness of one of the servants, who neglected extinguishing a candle. Transcribed by Teena from the Newry Examiner and Louth Advertiser -- www.cotyrone.com http://lists.cotyrone.com/mailman/listinfo/ulsterancestry https://www.facebook.com/groups/CoTyroneIrelandGenealogy/
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