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BY S.B. CRAFTOI.
SAIDERSYILLE, GEORGIA, TUESDAY, AUGUST 31, 1852.
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POETRY.
cence in its action. The call for the Con
ventions of the 17th and 18th, and the re
sponse made to those calls by the Union
Whigs throughout the State, and in some
portions of the State approximating una
nimity of sentiment among them, were well
calculated to prepare the public mind for
the recent action of those bodies. It can
not be diguised that the great mass of the
whig party, have thus withdrawn them
selves from the Union organization, and
have laid the foundation for the re-organi
zation of the whig party in our State, if in
deed, that yesult may not be regarded as al
ready consumated. This state of things
leaves the Constitutional Union Party in
the hands of the Union Demociacy and
those Union Whigs who are determined to
give their votes and support to the Nation
al Democratic nominees. Whether there
yet remains in the organization a majority
or ;g,pt of its original members, is a problem
we will.not attempt to solve. The mere
expression of a doubt upon that point is suf
ficient to justify the couse we have felt it
our duty to pursue in the matter.
The undersigned were appointed an Ex
ecutive Committee, by the late Union Con
vention, and from their position have not
been inattentive observers of the events to
which we have now called the public at
tention; nor have we failed to inform our
shall assemble we shall know in what spirit
our movements for eoncilliation and com
promise will be received by the friends and
supporters of the Electoral Ticket now in
the field. It will afford to them an op
portunity of their meeting with our friends,
either through the recognized organ of
their party, or otherwise, and uniting, if
needs be, in a common council, to effect a
common and equally desirable to all sin
cere friends of the cause we are seeking to
advance.
In any event, it is due to ouselves and to
the success of our principles, and due to the
position which we occupy before the coun
try, that we should come together and de
termine upon such a line of policy as will
most cordially unite our friends, and most
certaiuly give advancement to our cause.
JOHN B. LAMAR,
NOEL B. KNIGHT,
ARTHUR HOOD,
E. H. POTTLE,
JOHN W. OWENS.
MISCELLANEO US.
Hints on Popping the Question.
Mr. Editor: We send you the follow-
| iug “hints,” which we take from the “Ed
jitor’s Drawer of Harper’s New Monthly
, „ . | Magazine,” and which may, with much
selves, as far as was practicable, ot the views, propriety, be commended to the bashful, the
and opinions of those who still remain true hesitating and the ignorant, as well as the
to the action of the Union party In vie w j “instruction” of the lady readers of your pa-
ot these facts, and with the aid of all the : p er; 1
lights at our command, we have come to \ «' If J0U calI on the «q oved and ob .
serve that she blushes as you approach,
give.her hand a gentle squeeze and if she
returns it, “all right.” Get the parents out
Tlie Mariner’s Grave.
Bury me deep—bury me deep,
Fathoms deep in the sea !
And let me sleep my lasting sleep,
Under the water free.
With the billows sounding o’er me,
With the music to th eir strife,
With the ocean caves before me,
With their world of treasures rife.
With the coral and the amber,
With the pearls around me strewed,
In my richly furnished chamber—
In my mighty solitude.
Let no narrow 7 coffin bind me,
No dim vaults their prisoners keep;
Let the billows around me,
And the mermaids o’er me w r eep.
Let me not rest where yew trees reign,
Let no cypress o’er me wave—
But let the rushing hurricane
Sweep o’er my ocean grave !
the deliberate conclusion that the Consti
tutional Union Party is virtually and prac
tically dissolved; and that its longer con
tinuance would be delusive, and productive
of no good.
We make no argument, and offer no
comment; but submit a plain statement of
these facts, with unavoidable conclusion ne
cessarily resulting from those facts.
of the room; sit down on the sofa beside the
“most adorable of her sex,” and talk of the
joys of wedded life. If she appears pleased,
rise, seem excited, and at once ask her to
say the important, the life or death deciding,
the suicide or-happiness-settling question.
In anticipation of this state of things, a ! if s he pulls out her cambric, be* sure you
correspondence was opened with the mem- j are accepted. Call her “My darling Fanny,”
bers of the Electoral Ticket put forth by and “My t own creature,” and this completes
tliG l&tG c/iiioii Convention, hiiq. ^\g feel i t.Via cno no ^ Acl? v» or f/i no mo blessed
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ourselves authorized and do hereby with
draw that ticket.
JOHN B. LAMAR,
B. H. HILL,
ARTHUR HOOD,
NOEL B. KNIGHT,
E. H. POTTLE,
JOHN W. OWENS,
GEORGE W THOMAS
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Thus would I sleep—thus w r ould I sleep,
Under the waters free;
My pall should be ;he foaming deep,
And my sepulchre the sea!
Spirit of the Times.
The Hays Gone By.
The burthen of the world’s old song,
Must have its share of truth,
That the most honored life and long,
Was happier in youth.
It is not only memory’s cheat
That prompts the heart’s deep sigh,
When, mid prosperity’s defeat,
We think of days gone by.
A feeling lost, we know not what,
Sweet, because undefined,
Replaced by knowledge sadly got,
The cancer of the mind;
A glory on the youthful head,
A brightness in the eye,
Hues of our native heaven are fled
Among those days gone by.
Yet, O my friends, if this be sooth,
Yet faint not, but be sure
The vanished freshness of your youth
Was ignorant not, pure.
Heaven’s glories may again be won,
And, streaming from on high,
As after moonset comes the sun,
Outshine the days gone by.
POLITICAL
Address of the Executive Committee
To the Constitutional Union
Party of Georgia.
The Constitutional Union Party of Geor
gia was organized to maintain the decision
of the Georgia Convention of 1850, in fa
vor of the finality of the Compromise. That
object has ueen accomplished, and the mem
bers of the party have the satifaction of re
alizing the complete triumph of their prin
ciples, as exhibited in the action of two
National Conventions, which recently as
sembled at Baltimore, and in the addition
al fact, that there now exists in Georgia no
organized opposition to those principles.
Under these circumstances, when the late
Union Convention assembled in Milledge-
ville, it was the opinion of a large number
of that body, that the time had arrived,
when there should be a peaceful dissolution
of the party, in consideration of the fact,
that the necessity for its existence no long
er continued. A different policy, however
was adopted under the delusive hope that
the organization could be continued and
its integrity preserved, by the support of
the democratic nominees for President and
Vice President. The convention had
scarcely adjottrned, when demonstrations
of opposition toits action, by the entire Un
ion Whig Press of the State, indicated too
clearly that that portion of the party whose
sentiments and feelings were made known
through these channels, was irreconcilably
opposed to the decision of the Convention,
and would never yield even an acquies
day, and fancy yourself already in Para
dise.
A good plan is to call on the object of your
affections in the forenoon; propose a walk,
mamma consents, in the hope you will de
clare your intentions. Wander through the
green fields: talk of “love in a cottage,” “re
quited attachment,” and “rural felicity.” If
a child happens to pass, of course intimate
your fondness for the “dear little creature”
Address —this will be a splendid hit. If the coast
Of a Portion of the Executive Committee is clear, dewn you must fall upon your knee,
to the Union Democracy and Union right or left for there is no rule as to this,
Whig friends of Pierce and King. j and swear never to rise till she agrees to
In common with the other members of' ta ^ e Y ou << ^ or better or worse.” If, however,
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the Executive Committee of the Constitu
tional Union Party, we have formally an
nounced the dissolution of that partjq and
withdrawn its electorial ticket. This state
of things presents an important question for
the consideration and decision of the Union
Democracy of the State, and those Union
Whigs who stand identified with us in the
support of the National Democratic Nomi
nees. Determined to give our support to
the grass is wet, and you have white panta
loons on, or if your trowsers are tightly
made, of course you must pursue another
plan. Vow most solemnly, and even swear
you will blow your brains out, or swallow
arsenic, or drown yourself, if she wont say
“Yes.”
If you are at a ball and your charmer is
there; captivating all around her, occasion
ally casting a sly glance to see how you take
O K p' vy 1 v ov • t
the election of Pierce and King, and sin- [ ^ S ct her into a corner and pop the ques
cerely anxious so to cast our votes and ex
ert our influence, as will best insure, not on
ly their success in the present election, but
the effective support of their administra
tion, in the event of their election—a re
sult not to be doubted—we are now called
upon to consider in what manner this can
be done, most consistent with our feelings
and principles. It is not for us to decide
that question; our official character ceased
with the party whose organ we had been
appointed. But indentitied in feeling and
principles with those to whom we make
this address, we feel anxious that there
should be union and cordiality of action, in
whatever course may be adopted. Indeed,
this is necessary to give power and efficien
cy to our action. To secure the vote of
Georgia, to Pierce and King, over all oppo
sition arrayed against them, is the para
mount consideration; There ' can be no
doubt that a very decided majority of the
people are agreed in thenecessity and pro
priety of so casting the vote of the State.
But it cannot be diguised that there exist
difficulties in the way of a warm and cor
dial co-operation of all the friends of Pierce
and King, which threaten to weaken their
strength, and lessen the moral power and
influence which, under other circumstances,
would be attained by united action. We
do not regard these difficulties as insupera
ble, however formidable they may appear at
the first glance. They will be found to
grow smaller & less obstinate as approached
in the spirit of true patriotism and devotien
to the great end sought to be accomplished.
We now appeal to the Union Democracy
and those Union Whigs, who are for Pierce
and King, to meet together in council, and
there determine, in the spirit which we
have sought to invoke, what ought to be,
and shall be, our future course of policy.
We suggest and propose that this meeting
shall take place at Atlanta, ON SATUR
DAY THE 18TH of SEPTEMBER next.
It will not be necessary to go through
with the formality of county meetings. We
doubt not that a sufficient number of our
friends can be assembled there at that time,
from the different sections of the State, fa
miliar with the sentiments of the people on
the subject, and as fully empowered to speak
for them as they would be, if appointed by
a county meeting, composed as is usually
the case, of a very few persons compared
with the voters of the county who favor the
movement.
By the time that this proposed meeting
tion. Some delay until after supper, but
delays are dangerous.
A young lady’s tears, when accepting you
mean only “I’m too happy to speak.” The
dumb-show of staring in each other’s faces
squeezing fingers and sighing, originated,
we have reason to believe, with the ancient
Romans. It is practiced now-a days as sav
ing breath and being mucli more lover-
like.”
N. B.—If you once commence to pop the
question, and the “dear one” looks like she
is about to “come it,” never desist (matters'
not what happens or who come in) until she
surrenders. If, howeyer, she seems not to
be much “scared,” speaks without faltering,
aud begins to tell you how much she es
teems you as a friend, and all that, change
the subject immediately or commence whis
tling. The fact is whenever you hear the
j word “friendship” pronounced upon an oc
casion so critical, you had just as well “save
your wind to cool your soup.”
Owldom, June 10. BEN BOLT.
Heath-Bed Repentance.
As a general thing we have but little faith
in death-bed repentances, and think a man’s
hope of heaven exceedingly slim when he
hangs it on that contingency alone. They
are some times, however, very salutary in
their influences, if not on the victim who is
about to be launched into eternity, at least
to some living person whom he has wrong
ed. Such an instance has but recently come
under our observation. Rev. J. R. Dan-
forth, of our village, some two years since,
was robbed by some person or persons un
known, of his pocket-book, containing some
three or four hundred dollars, and sundry
valuable papers, at the Monroe Camp
ground, where he was in attendance on a
Campmeeting, and until within a few days
past he had received no tidings of it, and
had given up all hopes of ever recovering
it again. On Wednesday evening of last
week, however, he received a letter from a
Reverand gentleman, in Forsyth, stating
that a negro belonging to some person in
Jones county had confessed on his death
bed that he had stolen the money, but that
it was in such large bills he was afraid to
attempt to pass them, and he therefore en
closed them together with the papers in a
tin box and placed them in the keeping of
some free negroes in Monroe county where
he said the owner could get them by apply
ing for them. Mr. Danforth immediately
leftheie to attend to the matter, but at the
time of our going to press we had not heard
the result of his mission. This is a death
bed repentance to some purpose to Mr.
Danforth. We congratulate him on this
unexpected windfall, and hope thatall death
bed repentances may lead to such beneficial
results.—Literary Vademecum.
To the Ordinaries of the Several
Counties In Georgia.
The Jfieaih of Mr. Rantoul•—The Na
tional Intelligencer, in .recording the death
of the Hon. Robert Rantoul, Jr. says :
Mr. Rantoul was in hisseafc in the House
on Tuesday last, the 3d inst. At that time
he appeared to be in usual. health, with
the exception of what he considered to be a
small bile upon his forehead. On Wed
nesday morning the little sore was surroun
ded by erysipelqus inflamafcion, in conse
quence of which he was prevailed upon to
remain in his room and procure medical
advice. Thursday the decease seemed to
be entirely arrested, and on Friday morning
he felt very much better, and spoke con
fidentlv of returning in a day or two to
his duties in the House. On Friday eve
ning he became mveh worse; the eresipe-
Jas spread over the entire face, and his was
evidently affected. On Satuiday evening
the left side became paralytic, after which
he sank rapidly, and expirod about half
past 10 o’clock, P. M.
A Toast.—At the celebration of the 4th
at Port Jervis, the following sentiment was
given by Joseph Gobson:
Intemperance.—The great Railroad from
Respectability to Ruin, Mankind the only
Freight, the Devil its Superintendent, the
Boaab of Excise its Directors, Rumsellers its
Engineers and conductors, Tippling Shops
its Cars, Distilleries Locomotives, Prisons
and Insame Asylums its Depots and Sta
tion-houses, its Track built on broken hearts
and ruined fortunes. With the help of a
just God and the Maine Law, we’ll annul
the Charter, discharge the Engineers and
Conductors, reverse the steam and save the
freight.
°m.
Letter from the Postmaster
General.
Postoffice Department, aug 17.
To the Editor of the Union :
Sir : Please caution the public, through
your paper, against the use of wax seals on
letters which are to be transmitted across
the Isthmus, either to or from the Pacific.
Gentlemen:—The acts of the last Legis
lature, relating to the office which you now
hold, also devolved upon you the responsi
ble duty of superintending the education of
the poor. I take it for granted that you
feel a deep interest in this part of the trust
confided to you, and therefore take the lib
erty of addressing ou thus publicly.
Although, as was foreseen by the more
experienced, the action of the Convention
held in Marrietta last Summer, has not re
sulted in the adoption of a system of pub
lic instruction for the State, yet it is mani
fest that the cause has received a great im
pulse. It has been thought of and discuss
ed more generally, and a more intelligent
and abiding interest has been awakened
And yet it is evident that our work is but
just begun. There is required some tangi
ble shape in which the public interest may
find practical expression. The present law
which is but a modification of the law of
1843, “for the education of the poor,” is
all our Legislature has vouchsafed to grant
us towards this important work. And as it
comes so far short of securing the end pro
posed, we may safely consider the question
of public instruction as still an open ques
tion in this State. I am not disposed light
ly to disregard the deliberate action of the
Legislature, whatever my opinion may be
of the ultimate value of that action itself.
It appears to me, therefore, that the friends
of universal education ought, in good faith,
to try if the system now existing is capable
of effecting the end proposed. If it be so,
then let all our energies be bent towards
giving it favor and efficiency. If it be not,
then we ought to propose and insist upon
such modifications as will compass the end.
Your experience under this law will very
soon bring to light some very serious prac
tical difficulties in carrying out its provis
ions. Some of these might be obviated, in
part, at least, by the united counsel and
co-operation of the friends of popular edu
cation, especially such as have experience
in this matter. It seems to me, therefore,
that another Convention of such persons,
for the purpose of mutual consultation and
aid, would be productive of general good.
Let us remember that this is the work of
time, and that any valuable result must be
the fruit of much and long continued
thought, and counsel, and zeal.
I suggest likewise that the Ordinaries
themselves attend as delegates, if practica
ble, and that they also nominate atleast one
suitable person from their respective coun
ties, who will attend and take part in these
deliberations. Or,' if they prefer it, to pro
cure a meeting in the county for appoint
ing suitable delegates. It would at least
be of great advantage to the cause, if pub
lic meetings were held, and the whole sub
ject discussed before the people.
There is an important practical question
connected with the whole subject, which 1
am anxious to solve, prepartory to the pro
posed Convention. To enable me to do so
satisfactorily, some statistical information is
required, for which I beg permission to ap
ply to the Ordinary of each connty. Will
you please to inform me, by letter, as near
ly as possible, what was the number of
schools of all grades taught in your county
during the last year ? What was the num
ber of pupils taught? And what was the
amount of bills paid for their tuition ? I
am aware that it will subject you to some
labor to ascertain these facts, but I trust
your zeal in the good cause will not only
procure me this information, but your par
don also for asking it at your hands.
Perhaps I ought to apologize for assum
ing so grave a responsibility as these sug
gestions indicate. I would gladly have
consulted with those gentlemen who so
kindly united with me in this matter the
The postmaster of San Francisco reports,
under date of 15th July, that “then [then]
last mail from New York contained a large . fc y ea [> but circumstances have made it
number of letters thus sealed, which [ow- ^practicable^ If therefore, any apology
A Beatiful Prayer.—Lord, bless and
preserve that dear person whom thou hast
chosen to be my husband: let his life be
long and blessed, comfortable and holy; and
let me also become a great blessing and
comfort unto him, a sharer in all his joys, a
refreshment in all his sorrows, a meek help
er for him in all the accidents and chances
of the world; make me amiable forever in
his eyes, and very dear to him. Unite his
heart to me in the dearest union of love and
holiness, and mine to him in all sweetness,
charity, and compliasance. Keep me from
all ungentleness, all discontentedness, and
unreasonableness, of passion and humor;
and make me humble and obedient, useful
and observant, that we may delight in each
other according to Thy blessed word and
ordinance, and both of us may rejoice in
thee, having our portion in the love and ser
vice of God forever.—Basil Montague.
Blackburn, of the Minden (La.) Herald,
a rare comic genius, thus announces a lit
tle affair that has come off in his family:
“Fresh Arrival. Not of grocery stores or
anything of that sort, but a bona fide young
Blackburn, full brother to little Charles
Shelley Puckett! He made his appear
ance about the hour ol ten last night, and
has been “kicking’-ever since. He is one
of the b’hoys we read of.”
Important to Dentists.—Wanted—a false
set of teeth for the “Jaw« of Death.”
ing to the melting of the w«x]it was im
possible to separate without injury to a
portion of them.”
Similar complaints eave been received
from other quarters, and particularlp from
England, in respect to letters, sent sealed in
this manner, from California.
Editors of newspapers generally would
do a public service by calling special at
tention to this matter. Iam, respectfully,
your obedient servant,
2f. K. HALL, P. General.
be necessary, I can only offer as such the
deep interest I have felt and still feel, that
every son and daughter of Georgia, wheth
er rich or poor, shall have the means of a
suitable education. For if I have offended
this is my offence.
Very respectfully, your obeeient serv’t.
TflOS. F. SCOTT.
Columbus, Ga., July 5, 1852.
Address of General Scott*
TO THE MISSISSIPPI DELEGATION.
I feel gratified, gentlemen, at this unex
pected call, and am glad to see before me
the accredited men of Mississippi. The
nomination which has been conferred upon
me by the Convention of which you were
members, is an honor greater than I de
serve, and whether defeated or-elected, I
shall always regard it as the highest compli
ment which could be bestowed upon me,
and as more than repaying me for the little
service I have rendered ray country. I am
well pleased too, gentlemen, with the plat*
form you have adopted—it meets with my
hearty and cordial approval; and let me as
sure you, gentlemen, this is not a new-born
faith with me. Years ago I entertained the
same sentiments expressed in that-platform,
on the subject of Southern rights. I can as
sure you that Iwas one of the first to give
in my hearty and cordial approval and en
dorsement of those measures, when they
were before Congress. There were bni two
others ahead of mein point of time, in the
advocacy and approval of those measures.
I mean Mr. Clay and Senator Foote of your
State. As early as 1850; when first
brought before Congress, I openly avowed
myself the friend of the measures, and then
and since, as many I think on an average of
five limes a day, have I openly and public
ly declared my sentimeuts to every man,
woman and child who has approached me
on the subject. I have not sought nor have
I desired any concealment of my views and
opinions in reference to them, and it is a
matter of extreme astonishment to me, that
my sentiments have so grossly misrepresen
ted and that I have been made the subject
of such unjust and malicious slaude*. Jdy
name has been coupled with that of Mr.
William H. Seward, and I have been char
ged with entertaining sentiments in com •
mon with him, in reference to Southern In
stitutions. Nothing can be more unjust
and false. It is true, I am personally ac
quainted with Mr. Seward, and that he is
personally my friend; bnt I am not respon
sible for his peculiar sentiments; nor those
any other man who may see proper to sup
port me, and no man living knows better
than he, what my opinions are ami always
have been. I made his acquaintance some
time in ’36 or ’7. I had not met him, or
corresponded with, or inter-changed com
munications with him, however, during the
interval from '42 to ’50.
In the latter year, during the pending of
the Compromise measures before Congress,
I met with him in travelling through- New
Jersey. He approached me upon the sub
ject of those measures, and asked my opin
ion in reference thereto. J replied, to him
in those words: “I am dead for the Consti
tution—dead for the Union—dead for the
Compromise—and dead against any man
who is opposed to them or either of them.”
The language used by myself on that occa
sion, was so positive and emphatic, that in
alluding to it since—for he well remembers
the conversation—he has even charged me
with rudeness.”
General Sgott proceeded:
“I have seen some service in the cause of
our common country, and am now advanced
in life. I have endeavored to gain at least
a name for uprightness and candor; and I
challenge the world to produce a single wit
ness, who would be believed in a court of
justice, who will say that I have ever, by
thought, word, or deed, said or done any
thing to justify the misrepresentations that
have been made as to my sentiments and
opinions, or that they have been otherwise
than as expressed to you here this day. If
any such man can be found, let him be
brought forward, and I am willing that my
past life and services shall be forgotten, and
that the word infamous shall be written be
fore and after my name.”
QfT “Gentlemen of the jury,” said a Ho
sier lawyer, addressing a real shell-bark
jury. “I say that are magnanimous sun
shines in the heavens though you can’t see
it kase its behind a cloud; but you know it,
though I can’t prove it; so my client who
rises airly and hunts coons, like an honest copies, which commenced as usual,
man, has a good case, though he can’t
prove it. Now, if you believe what I tell
you about the sun, you are bound on your
bible oaths to believe what I tell you about
my client’s case; and if you don’t, then you
call me a liar, and that I’ll be squataw’d if
I’ll stand any how. So, if you don’t wan’t
to swear false and have no truble, you’d bet
ter give us our case.”
Mrs. Townsend, at her lecture, said that
ninety nine men out of every hundred in
New York, believe that two thirds of the
human race are going to perdition, and yet
among all in that city, she says, there is not
one who believes that he 1* going there
himself.
A young widow in New Orleans being
asked after her husband’s health, answered
smiling:
“He is dead, I thank yon.”
Arrest.—Some years ago, in a country
not a hundred miles from here a small sized
man went to the plantation of a gentleman
who was light in wit, but rather heavy in
flesh, with a piece of paper in his hand, fold
ed in a form, and known by the abbrevia
tion of ca sa. Having found the owner of
the plantation in the field, he explained his
business, when he was requested to read the
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are hereby commanded, without delay, to
take the body of,” &c.
“Humph,” says the prisoner, stretching
himself on his back, “I am ready.”
“Oh, but you don’t expect me to carry
yon in my arms?”
“Certainly, you must take my body, you
know, I do not resist the process of the law,
understand, but submit with much cheerful
ness ”
“Will you wait until I bring a cart?”
“Can’t promise, I may recover from fa
tigue in the mean time.”
“Well, what must I do?”
“You must do your duty.”
And here he lay immovable until the
sheriff left, when he left also.
‘Industry must prosper,’ as the man sa 1 ^
when holding the baby, while his wife choP*
ped wood.
Oh, Poetree! oh Poetri.—Some “rising
genius,” the Hartford Review, after cudgel
ling his poor brains for four days and nights*
“got off” the following:
“Long is the morn that brings no eve;
tall is the corn that no cob leaves; blue is
the sky that never looks yellow; hard is the
apple that never grows mellow; bnt longer
and bluer and harder and tall, is my old
lady love—my adorable Poll.”
Origin of the Phrase Catching a Tartar.
—In some battle between the Russians and
Tartars, who are a wild sort of people in the
North of Asia, a private soldier called out,
“Captain, halloo therel I’ve caught a Tar
tar.”
“Fetch him along, then!” Replied the
Captain.
“Aye, but he wont let me!” said the man;
and the fact was the Tartar had caught him.
So, when a man thinks to take another in
and gets bit himself, they say, “he caught a
Tartar.”
“Mother,” said Jemima Spry to her ven
erable maternal relative, “Sam Flint wants
to come courting me to-night.”
“Well, yon jade, what did you tell hi«?
“Oh, I told him he might come; I wanted
to see how the fool would act! n
Polly Ticks is engaging the attention of
our young men to the exclusion of many
favorite belle. Polly is a coquette and a
flirt. *7 - .
Wanted.—A thin man who has been us
ed to the business of collecting, to crawl
through key-holes, and find debtors wlio
are “never at home.” Salary not
first year, to be doubled each year i
wards.
Washin
n was a former; ]
from the highest earthly at
the quiet of rural life, and preset
world a spectacle of human greatE
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