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Tl BBUAV MORNING, M ».l K1 20.
FOR COVER Null,
CIIAII 1- E S 1> OUG II EKT V ,
Os CUHK CUI’KTT.
Kentucky.
We gather from the Baltimore Patriot that the
following g< iitleiiu’ii are ascertained lo lie elected s
to Congressr—
SJ District—Triplett, (W.) vice E. Rumsey
W .) declined,
od “ J. K. Underwood, (W.) re-elooled.
filh “ H. 11. Anderson, (W.j without op
position vice J. Harlan, (VV.)
Clh “ W. Green, (W.) vice.l. Calhoun,
(W.)
7 1 li u John Pope, (W.) re-elected*
6th “ W iii. J. Li raven, ( W.) re-elected.
9th “ John White. (VV.) re-elected with*
out opposition.
l n lh 41 Rich an! Hawes, (W.) re-elected.
I‘ith “ (Jarrell Davis, ( W.) vice J. Cham
bers. ( W.) declined.
13th •< W. Butler, (V. 11.) vice W. W.
Southgate, ( VV.)
Beings W bigs and I Administration man.—
In the lull DihI net. In ely represented by Mr.
Menei'ee, the contest in close und doubtful.
Far the Chronicle \ Sentinel.
Yu the Vu <-r« oi'lhe ditloretil Conn,
tii'M of l.'rnririn, at Hie October I-,lec
tion. I Hill!
The object of the writer is to allay ns far as
possible the very great excitement which is now
getting 11 )> in many parts of our Slate, which, if
continuing to spread and expand itself, will in
the course of time tiring upon our Stale, the worst
of consequences. In the spirit of reconciliation
these remarks arc penned with the hope that they
may have mime good effect in putting down at
once, mid forever, the sensitiveness which now
pervades our whole country on the subject of the
Retail Raw. Petitions arc going the rounds of
the different counties procuring names to present
the matter lo the next Legislature. This course
iecins not likely to do well, and the opposition lo
it is tremendous um! incredible, so much so that
pa tios sre now forming an i the war has acltnillv
begun. 1 think that the petition plan should he
abandoned, and sum ’thing more acceptable to the
people should be adopted. Holding as Ido the
right of petition as a sacred light, yet, if a plan
Jess objection ible to the people can bo devised,
such a plan should have the precedence. I
should dislike to see tin’ scene of IHJI2 reacted
in our State, when Nullification and Union were
t le watchwords; how much more I should regret
to see dignity enough attached (o ardent spirits A
to make it the great pulhical question that wid
hereafter decide the fate-of all who should desire
tie Sii.Tr.iges of the people. I,cl us not m ike
it a party question In l-. orgia, to stain the fair es
tnr.chcon ul her history—del us test the question
in some oilier way that we may know definitely
how tho nuttier stands without subjecting any,
and ail of ourcili* ns to the necessity of defend
ing themselves from aspersions til it may Ida'ken
and ruin in time their reputations, l.el ns not
impugn each others mutivi s, hut meet the qnes- x
ti m calmly at tin’ polls on the first Monday in
0 toher next, by endorsing on our tickets Urtml
or Mn K-hiil. This will have the effect of put
ting the nutter to rest,-and a full and free opinion
cun he had in this way and in no other, Mv
wish is not lo have any more tumults in our Stale,
which have been the greet cause of 01-strin-ting
the inarch of improvement among ua. When
the people shall have spoken rut this subjet t. We
will he content to know that such is their will
f
and submission to that will he our promlc.t duty.
Such fellow-citizens is the plan 1 offer lo your
consideration, Will you adopt it !
A Votek rttoM Elbkht.
the Louisiana Advertiser, if the I3H. \
' Texas. '
By the arrival of the steam packet Oulnmlsn,
Capt. 11. Wnidle, in thirty tour hours front Gal
vcslon, we have dates from Galveston to the 7th
iust. and from Houston to the'diet nit. Accord
ing to the Galvestonian, grog lias been dispensed
with m the shipping articles ot the Texian na»v, ✓
tea and coffee substituted.iu lieu thereof.
The first paper published on the Island ol (.’al
vostoii. was an occasional Rulletm, in 1819; ed
ited by a detachment nt Mina's troops, and print
ed hv an individual named Bangs. The follow
ing plan, or one somewhat similar, is about to be
adopted as regards the publication of the Galves
tonian. "A stock company of filly or one bun
dled individuals, to associate to raise a fund, di
vided into shares of a moderate amount, for the
purpose of purchasing materials to supply an
office fur six or twelve months. This company
or association to elect supervisors and other offi
cers to transact or investigate such parts of the
businc.-s as may effect their interest or responsi
bility, without exercising any thinglike a censor
ship over the press. The editor, publisher. Ate.,
to consider them selves public servants, acting un
der n » other Veslraints than public servants, in
vested with powei lo use their own discretion,
and to be certain of a competent reward for their
services.
The editor says:—“The Brest, thus warrant
ed, would enjoy a high confidence and respecta
bility; and the unity of interest in it wo. Id en
list a hull ire 1 fold exertion to obtain for it the ut
most public patronage.
The Galveston theatre, of which Mrs. Thiel
nun seems lobe the leading s/ur-ess, opened on
the 6th iust. »
The mother of the President. Mrs.
S' Lunar, died at bis country scat, near Houston, on
the 20th ult.
It is runt .red, tltnl the Cmnsnehes are veiv
troublesome in western Texas; the troops hnv
idg been rec died from there. The Eastern In
dians wife retreating hefo.e the Texian Hoops at
last a caunts ; the Niuwnecs had given up their
gao I ’ ks, so as to remove all doubts of tbeir
.good faith.
The fallowing, respecting the ill fated Hornet,
regarding which vessel si many rumors have
linen rife of late, is froai the Galvestonian. The
at Hint appears plausible enough— let our rend
er,. peruse it, and jn Ige fir themselves—
‘•Soma lime in June last. Mr. Duinnan. a re
spectable inh I'.ileiitof Point Bolivar, riding with
Ins br aber-in-law, en tbc Gulf shoe observed a
b u'.e cork d, mil Righted in the hopes that it
con'd nil vine or spirits. It turned out howev
er, to cmt nn only a roll o' - paper. The bottle
wis sail, with alo .g cork, not sealed. The
ci i and nit of tV- bottle's neck, were covered
with Inroad s. 1 uuitienl to gratify their ruri
«-ity. an I having no means to extract the scroll,
Mr.bumnan broke the bouie and left it on tho
I -pot. It was about twcntv trait* from Bolivar
I ch >'-
I Oil Saturday Inst, Mr. Dnnman brought the
inanuarript to ihe Galvestonian office and left it
lor inspect on aiul >)!»; omil. We have taken same
p ans to exhibit it.ami consult judicious opinions,
win ti arc pretty unaiiiniiiiis in giving it creilil.
Ibe h Toll li.ia been forwarded to the Tnited
Stales hy Steward Newell, Esq. to whom we
handed it for that purpose. The following is a
copy;
Ox Oaann U. S. Sloop Hohxkt, /
31st August. 18,19. 5
‘•We arc a'l lost—a tremendous gale has
X I' nndered the vessel, oil' (ialveston Island about
ydxly or seventy miles distance.”
William M, I’liin. i\ Paris.—A friend, re
eenily IVmn the French capital, informs ns, tint
that bright particular star of locofocoism, Wil
liam M. I‘riee, Esq., is shining with dazzling
though borrower/ lustre, in the guy saloons of the
gayest city in the world, lie has lately purchas
ed, for a summer retreat, a beautiful villa and
grounds, about six miles from Faria, while he oc
cupies as his town reddence, at an exorbitant
rent, a splendid hotel in the most fashionable part
of the Champ Elysees —the grand metropolitan
/'■call: of tlie French aristocracy. Probably loco
focoism has never before been so brilliantly repre
sented in a foreign metropolis. Only think, ye
sons of St. Tammany, of your ‘‘democratic”
sleiitor heirtg domiciled in the i/uartier of the
French noblesse and being called ‘milord’ hy all
the nans cilnl/es ofsParia. Why. the universal
f ime of locofocoism ought to tingle with sym
pathizing rapture at the munificent manner in
which its distinguished reprrg •ntalbe is support
ing the dignity of the family. Whose splendid
mansion is that 1 Miluril Ihe lornfiro’t. Whose
elegant carriages and rich live i s are those?
M lord the loroforo’s, Mon Dual hut what is
a loeofoeo? Then will e*ine the explanation of
all the peculiar privileges and facilities enjoyed
hy the official members of the tribe, and so shall
proselvtes he added thereunto, mid the muse gain
ground among all who love “ the largest liber
ty.”— Times,
Less than n vmr ago, Mr. Price was flourish
ing away at the Springs. Two collages had
been erected connected with, and in the rear of
tbs I Iniled Slates Hotel. One of these we* built
for Mr. Price, and the other for Swnrlwuut. The
latter was absent, but Price was in his glory.
There were those, however, even thus early, who
distrusted them; On one occasion—we have the
story from 001. Hise, formerly from Kentucky,
hut now ot Louisiana—at a dinner party, the
conversation turned upon (lie subject of govern
ment defaulters and loco-motive sub-treasurers, |
Mr. Price talked very patch tieallv against them,
and was so peculiarly earnest thatGol. Hise
broke forth with theexelamal'nn— "l’ll he! pan *
a hnl lie if wine that non will he a elf inllernnil
rim a mini yourself before the \st if January."
Rome of the company laughed at the emark as |
mere badinage, Price looked rather blank, and L
ade ted displeasure at the imputation, and wish- (
< d the rem ark retracted. Hut Col. Hise persisted j (
in the prediction, and they parted. Scarcely two j
months had passed, before the absconding of the j
one made a prophet of the other.— N, Y. Com,
7 V
Texts Chops. —lt is asserted hy a correspond (■
dent of the /Pv/rov Courier, that Mr. J. T. Tins- >
ley, near the Bernard, made last year, with 'even b
hands, ninehpsfvii hales of Colton, Mr. Swee- h
ney, a planter of the same neighborhood, states a
in n previous number of that paper, that, if the i
season be favorable ibis year, “from throe to four f
thousand pounds will be picked per acre, and '|
from twelve to ffien bales made to each hand.” h
Is there any thing In the history of e itton-plmil- e
ing in the Stale of Mississippi to equal this 1 h
Twelve hags of cotton, weighing 500 pounds
each, make (iOOO lbs. to each band. Cotton is
now selling in Mobi'o at 15 cents per pound.— f
(>('00 pounds, then, at that price, would bring l:
s93o. in Mab.nna money—the produce of one j
sjiund iu Colton alone.— Texas Slur. • y I
I
Pkvnsvi.v am a us' Finn.—Mr. Dougherty’s ‘
Ramins Mine, on the Broad M luiilain. the
. | |
Pennsylvania Coal regions, is a spe ies of artifi
cial volcano, and so extensive ami desolating as
to excite alarm. The neighbors are looking out
for the luvil, us a sort of crater has already been '
formed in the ravine, and the fate of Horeulane
urn of old is apprehended. What will become of
these rich mountains of anthracite so precious
and so husbanded by miners and slock and canal
companies! Have the Harrisburg I.oco Focus (
set lire to the State! Proposals are issued by
Mr. Dougheity for extinguishing this terrible (
conflagration now a mile in length! Where
are the salamander firemen and lire worshippers (
that would undertake this perilous job ? None
but our own unfledged June Hugs "perhaps”
would grapple with it.— Troy VI big.
lai'izel Cochrane.
* TALK OK TWKKIIMOUTII MOOR.
When the tyranny ami bigotry of the last
James drove his subjects to lake up arms against
/ him, one ot the most formidable enemies to bis
dangerous usurpations was Sir Joint Cochrane,
i ancestor of the present Earl of Dundonald. He
| was one of the most prominent actors in Argyle’s
j rebellion, and for ages a settled gloom seemed to
j have hung over the house of Campbell, cuvelop
i mg in a common rum all who united their for
j turn's in the cause of its chieftans. The same
doom encompassed Sir John Cochrane, lie was
surrounded by the King’s troop's—long, deadly,
and desperate was his resistance, but at length, j
overpowered by numbers, he was taken prisoner, j
i tried, and condemned to die upon the seatlold.
| He had but a few days to live, and his jailor
I waited but the arrival of his death-warrant to
| lead him forth to execution. His family and bis I
1 friends had visited him in prison, and exchanged 1
■ with him the lust, long, lh« heart-yearning fare- |
I wall. But there was one who came not with the I
rest to receive his blessing—one who was the [
pride of bis eve, and of his house—even (iri/.el, I
the daughter of lus love. Twilight was easting
a deeper gloom over the gratings of his prison
house, he was mourning for a last look of Ids'
favorite child, and his head was p cssed against j
the cold damp walls of his cell to cool the lexer- 1
ish pulsations that shot through like strings of |
lire, when the door of the apartment turned slow- !
| Iv on its unwieldy hinges, and his keeper entered !
1 followed by a young and beautiful lady. Her per- i
\1 anti was tall and commanding; her eyes dark, |
I bright, and tearless; but tbeir very brightness
spoke of sorrow—of sorrow too deep to be wept I
away : and her raven tresses were parted oxer an
j open brow, clear and pure as the polished marble. !
1 T| u . unhappy captive raised his head, as they en
| tored—
•My child! my own Grizcl!’ he exclaimed, }
| and she fell upon his bosom.
•My father! my dear father!’ sobbed the mis
l orahle maiden, and s'ae brushed away the tear that
i accompanied the words.
•Your interview must be short; very short,’
said the jailor, as he turned and left them for a
! ft \v minutes together.
•God help and comfort thee, my daughlher!’
added the unhappy father, as he held her to his
I breast, and p iiile.l a kiss upon her brow.
•I ha 1 feared that 1 should die without bestoxv
-1 ing mv blessing on the head ot my own child,
t ami that stung me m >re than death; —but thou
art •• >m ' mv li c—th>m art come ! and the last j
blessing of thy wretched lathe,
'.N iv ! forbear!’ she exclaimed, ‘not thy last
i blessing!—not thy last!—My father shall not
| die!’
■Be calm! bo calm, ray child!' returned he,
i - wojiu to bea l en that i coJd comfoit thcc—my
Wj! my own ! But there is no hope —within
t,.r n <!;iy.i und ih.m anil nil it y little .u.es "'ll
be—Fatherless—lie wi uld have said, but
words died on luii tongue.
'Three ili^s!’ repealed she. rasing her head
from hi* breaet, but I’aaerly pressing his hand
■my fa!her .sh ill live !—ls no! my grandfather the
i friend ol father Petro, the confessor and the ma»-
(er of the King;—from him he shall beg the life
i of his son, and my father sball net die.’
1 ‘Nay ! nay, rny Grizel,’ returned he, ‘be not
deceived, there is no hope—already my doom is
! ! scaled—already the King has signed the order for
ntfex eulion, and tbe messenger ol death is now
the way.'
•Vet my father shall not! shall not die! she
repeated, emphatically, and clasping her hands to
gether.
‘Heaven speed a daughter's purpose.’ she ex
el,limed ; and, turning to her father, said calmly,
‘ • e part now, tuH wc shall meet again.’
‘What would my child ? inquired he eagerly,
gazing anxiously on her face.
‘Ask not now,’ she replied, ‘my father, ask not
now ; hut pray fur me, ami bless me.’
He again pressed Iter to his heart, and wept
upon her neck. In a few moment* the jailor en
tered, and they were lorn from the arms of each
other.
On the evening of the second day after the in
terview, we have mentioned, a wayfaring man
crossed the drawbiidge at Berwick, from the
north, and proceeded down Marygale, sal down to
rest upon a bench hy the door of an hostelry on
the south side of the street, nearly fronting where
what was called the ‘Main-guard’ then stood.
He did not enter the inn ; for it was above his
apparent condition, being that which Oliver
Cromwell hud tnude-his head quarters a few years
before, and where ut some earlier period, Janies
the Sixth hud taken up his residence when on his
way to enter on the sovereignly of England.
The traveller wore a coarse Jerkin, fastened
round his body hy a leathern girdle, and over
a small cloak, composed of equally plain materi
als. Hr was evidently a young man, hut his
beaver was drawn down, so as almost to conceal
Itis features. In the one hand he carried a small
bundle, and in the other a pilgrim's stall. Ha
ving called for a glass of wine, lie took a crust of
bread from his bundle, and after resting for a few
minutes rose to depart. The shades of night
were settling in, and it threatened to he a night of
storms. The heavens were gathering black, the
clouds rushing from the sea, sudden gusts of
wind were moaning along the trees, accompanied
hy heavy drops of rain, and the face of the Tweed J
was troubled. i
‘lieu'en help thee, if thou intendeSt to travel
far in such a night as this?’ said the sentinel at
the English gale, as the traveller passed him and
proceeded to cross the bridge.
In a few minutes he was upon the borders ol
the wild, desolate, and dreary moor of Tweed
mouth. which for miles, presented a desert of
whins, fern, and stunted heath, with here and
there a dingle covered with thick brushwood. He
siowly toiled over the dei p hill, braving the storm
which now raged in its wildest fury. The rain tell
in torrents, and the wii d howled s a legion of
furnished wolves, hurling its dob ful and angry
echoes over the heath. Still the stranger pushed
onward, until ho proe, riled two or three miles
from Berwick, when, as if unable longer to I rave
Hie storm, he sought shelter amidst crab and
bramble hushes hy the wayside. Nearly an hour
had passed since he sought this imperfect refuge,
and the darkness of lie night and the storm Had
i iooisnl together, when the sound of horse’s
f el was heard hurriedly splashing along the road.
The rider bent his head to the blast. Suddenly ,
his horse was grasped by the bridle.the rider rais- ,
ed his head, and the tni'cller stood before him. 1
holding a pistol to his breast.
‘Dismount!’ cried the stranger sternly.
The horseman benumbed and stricken with
fear, made an effort to reach his arms; hut in a
moment the hand of the robber quitting the bridle,
grasped the breast of the rider, and dragged him
to the ground. He fell heavily on his face, and
for several minutes remained senseless. The
stranger seized the leathern hag which contained
the m til lor the north, and flinging it on his
shoulder, rushed across the heath,
Eai ly on the following morning the inhabitants
of Berwick, were seen hurrying in groups to the
spot where the rob! cry had been committed, and
the contents of the w ere sraltered in every direc
tion around the moor, hut no truce of the robbery
cot.ld he obtained.
Three days had passed, and Sir John Coch
rane yet lived. The mail which contained his
death-warrant had been robbed, and before another
order for his execution could he given, the inter
cession of his father, jthe Eail of Dundonald,
with the king’s confessor might he successful.—
Grizel now became almost his constant com
panion in his prison, and spoke to him words of
comfort. Nearly fourteen days had passed since
the protracted hope in the bosom of the prisoner
became more hitler than his first despair. But
even that hope, hitter as it was, perished. The
intercession of his father had been unsuccessful,
and a second time the bigoted, and would he des
potic monarch, signed the warrant for his death,
and within a little more another day th t warrant
would reach his prison.
•The will of heaven he done,’ groaned the
captive.
•A men !’ returned Grizel, with w ild vehemence,
‘hut my father shall not die.’
Again the rider with the mail had reached the
I moor of Twecdnionth, and a second time he bore
I with him the doom of t ochranc. He spurred
| his horse to his utmost speed, he looked eautious
) ly before, behind and around him, and in his
j right hand he carried a pistol ready to defend
| h mself. The moon shed a ghastly light across
j the heath, rendering the desolation visible, and
| giving a spiritual embodiment to every shrub.—
i He was turning the angle of a straggling copse,
’ when his horse reared at the report of a pistol,
the fire of which seemed to dash into its very
i eves. At the same moment his own pistol flash-
I ed, and the horse reared more violently, and he
j was driven from the saddle. In a moment, the
! foot of the robber was upon his breast, who bend
ing over him. and brandishing a short dagger in
| his hand, said ‘Give me thine arms or die!’
The heart of the king's servant failed within
him, and without venturing to reply, he did as he
I was commanded.
‘Now, go thy way.’ cried the robber sternly,
| ‘hut leave with me thy horse, and leave with me
the mail—lest a worse thing conic upon thee.”
The man therefore arose and proceeded towards
Berwick, trembling ; and the rubber mounted the
j horse which he had left, rode rapidly across the
heath.
Preparations were making for the execution of
1 Sir John Cochrane, the olficers of the law waited
only for the arrival of the mail with his second
[ death warrant, to lead him forth to the srafliild.
and the tidings arrived that the mail had again
been robbed. For yet fomteen days and the life
of the prisoner would be again prolonged. He
again fell on the neck of hi. daughter, snd wept,
anil said—it is good—the hand of heaven is in
tins!”
•Said I not,’ replied the maiden, and for the
first time she wept aloud—that my father should
' not die.’
The fourteen days were not yet past, when
the prison door flew open, and the old Earl of
j Dundonald rushed to the arms of his son. His
| intercession with the confessor had at length
I l»een sneeessfttl; and aftertw ire signing the wnr
| rant for the execution of Sir John, which had as
j often failed of reaching its destination, the king
i had sealed his pardon. He had hurried with his
[ father from the prison to his own house—his
j family were clinging around him, shedding tear*
iof Joy—and they wcif tiurveUing with gratitude
nt tap mysterious Providence had tw ice in
] lerccplrU tho in..it ami saved ois life, when a
. stranger craved an audience. Mir John desired
1 him l) In; admitted —mid the robher entered, lie
wis h thited. ns we have liefore descrihed, with
the coarse Jerkin ; hut h s hearing was above his
condition. On entering, he slightly louened his
ha.iver Put remained covered,
j •When you have perused ihese,’ said he, tak
j ing two papers from his bosom, ‘cast them into
! the fire V
| Sir John glanced on them, started and became
I pale—they were his death warrants.
•My deliverer,’ exclaimed he. 'how shall I
thank thee—how repay the saviour of my life?
My father; my children—thank him for me!’
The old earl grasped the hand nt the stranger;
the children embraced his knees; and lie hurst
into tears.
•My what name.’ eagerly inquired Sir John,
‘shall I thank my deliverer!'
The stranger wept aloud; and raising his hea
ver. the raven tresses ol Grizel Cochrane fell up
on the coarse cloak.
‘Gracious heaven!’ exclaimed the astonished
and enraptured father—uny own child—my sav
iour—my own Grizel!’
A SrtiANOBK among Stiianoeks.—There
arc few positions more awkward or ludicrous
than those into which strangers are often thrown
in their first attempts to make themselves under
stood in a strange tongue. We were so much
amused yesterday by the recital of some odd
events in the experience of a gentleman who has
seen much of the variety of life in Europe and
America, that we most make out a sketch of one
or two incidents which happened soon after his
arrival in London from the continent, lie was
not much acquainted with the English language,
and found it (Jillicolt to make himself understood,
and was often obliged to draw upon a friend tor
phrases in which to express some of the simpler
wauls and wishes.
On one occasion, he had written scicral let
ters to his friends on the continent, but not know
ing the exact situation of the Post Office, applied
to his friend for instructions how to proceed. He
gave him the phrase, "I do not know where the
Post Office is,” and directed him to rcpiat it to
sonic person after he had proceeded a certain dis
tance, and he would he assisted in his search.
Anxious to avoid mistake, he started with his
letters, constantly repeating to himself—“l do
not know where the Post Office is,"—hut so great
was iiis zeal to he right, that before long he had
1 dropped a stitch, or rather a knot in the weh ol
his discourse, which he still repeated with the
utmost patience, until befell in with a person to
whom he thought he would impart the secret of
his negative acquirements, in respect to the local
ity of the Post Office, and with much politeness
i .accosted him :
“ 1 do know where the Post Office is!”
“ Sir'!”
“ 1 do know where the Post Office is !”
The stranger star d a moment and blazed away:
“ the devil you do—what is that to me! mind
your business ”
The first part of the reply was sputtered forth
too has ily for the poor foreigner to retain the
word , hut “mind your business,” made a distinct
impression; and he left the gentleman with many
than; s, supposing he had obtained the name ol
the street wnere the Post Office was situated, and
pursued Ids way, studying over his plnases with
greater diligence than ever.
Presently he decided to make another attempt
to obtain assistance, and accosted a well dressed
full fed personage, with his ruddy face halfco cr
ed with a bandanna, thus: “1 do know where
t the Post Office is—mind your business!”
This addre -s called forth a volley of abuse,
which perfectly astonished the interrogator, and
i he did not wait for further communication, hut
, pursued his search further, and finally by good
i luck found the office.
The custom in France was for an individual
depositing a letter to gi e it immediately into the
hands of the post-master or his clerk, and our
friend accordingly marched up for this purpose
and delivered his letters,but llierleik, supposing
I he wished to pay the postage, received them with
i one hand and extendi d the other for the money,
i Taking this as a manilcstalion of a desire, junt'ere
| dxhns. the warm hearted stranger seized the
| extended hand with a hearty good will, and gave
; it a regular pump-handle shake, which almost
i brought the clerk through the aperture for thede-
I livery of letters.
| The man of letters flew at once into a rage,
j and flung the letters into the street, supposing the
unfortunate man intended to quiz him. it was
i not till the innocent offender found some one
1 within who eould speak French that he was able
; to parity the clerk and obtain the final delivery of
! Ins letters.
This is but a single passage in the life of a
stranger in England.— B ill. Cum. Trims.
AssenoTK nr Maiivat.— Capt. Marryat gives
the following account ofa scene which was enac
ted by himself and a man who appears to have
been a good deal “worse for liquor,” at the table
ol a pu lie house in Upper Canada.
He sal down opposite to me, at the same table.
It appeared as if his vision was invtrted by the
quantity of liqor he had taken; every tiling close
to him on the table he considered to be out ofhis
reach, whilst every tiling at a distance he attend
ed to lay hold of. He sat up as erect as he eould
balancing himself so as not to appear corned, and
fixing his eyes upon me, said, "Sir, I'll trouble
you for some fried ham.” Now the ham was in
the dish next to him, and altogether out of mv
reach; I told him so. “ Sir,” said he again, “as
1 a gentleman, I ask you to give me some of that
j fried ham.” Amused with the curious demand,
j I rose from my chair, went round to him, and
j helped him. ‘‘Shall I give a potatoe, ’ said I.
j the potatoes being at my end of the table, and I
I not wishing to rise again. “No sir,’’ replied he,
j “lean help myself to them.” He made a dash
at them, hut did not reach them; then made ano
ther, and another, til he lost his balance, and lay
j down upon h : s plate, this time he gained thepo
j taloes, helped himself and commenced eating,
i After a few minutes he again fixed his eyes upon
j me. “Sir. I’ll trouble you—for the pickles,” re
! peated he. after a lime. “Well, there they are,”
| replied I. wishing to see what he would do. “Sir
,1 are you a gentleman—as a gentleman—l ask you
las a gentleman, for them 'ere pickles.” It, was
j impossible to resist this appeal, so I arose and hel
ped him. I was now convinced that his vision
; was somehow or other inverted, and to proi’e it,
when he asked me for the salt, which was within
his reach, I removed it farther off. “Thank ye.
sir.” said he. sprawling over the table after it.
The circumstance, absurd as it was. was really a
subject for the investigation of Dr. Hrewster.
An American told me one day, that a e.ompa
i ny had been working a coal mine in an eastern
| Mtate. which proved to he of a very had quality ;
| they had sent some to an influential person as a
| present, requesting him to give his opinion of it.
as that would he important to them. After a
j certain time he forwarded to them a certificate
couched in such terms as the.-e: "I do hereby
certify that 1 have tried the coal sent me by the
company at , am! it is my decided opinion.
• that when the general conflagration of the world
shall lake place, any man who will take his po.
sition on th .t rnnl-mhie will certainly he the last
| man who will he burnt.
I'Ar;iva it t’no'.i.T.—A Boston paper tells
a story of a man who hail been swigging until he
got es enlially drunk, and when returning home,
he took the rana! instead of the turnpike, a d
waded three miles before he discovered his ta.s
-| lake.
■ \) l w v;
A wakwixo to Bicr.s. — she Eastern Arg\» |
chroniclcsthe followii gawkward acudmt, which
i happened in ihnt cil_\:
i "A man in one o[ our churches yesterday bad ,
! on a new pair of pants so tight that he could nt
| sit down. And this was'nl die w orst ol it—as he
i i was going home, one i f the strajis broke sudden
. \ ly, and with u shock which upset him into the
i gutter, to the great honor of t|ic bystanders, who
had to cut Ins other stiap before they could make
> him stand erect.’
' Ax Eventful Week. —The Columbus,
j[Ga.) Journal thus chronicles a tew brief events
; in the life of a citizen: —He was married on
Tuesday evening; on Wednesday evening his
bride presented him w th an heir; on Thursday
’ he got drunk, and on Friday lie was committed
1 to the common jail of Lowndes county for his
bride’s debts. On Saturday his child died ; on
’ Sunday it was buried; on Monday an infant ol
two years parentage hitherto unknown, was ac
knowledged u» of his wife’s maternity; on Tues
day he was hailed out of jail; and on Wednes
day wound up the week by turning his wife out
of doors, hag and baggage, heating her nurse, and
throwing the doctor’s saddlebags after him when
that worthy cxpostulalid.
i Question and answer. — Q. What has be
-8 come of all the gold 1
i A. Gone up the Mississippi to fulfil the pro
- phcchy of the great Merlin of Missouri, —where
i it is used to buy up United States Bank notes at
1 four per cent, premium, for remittances to New
8 York. —Norfolk Jh.ruhi.
I L
p Mohmoxism. —lt appears by the New Jersey
s papers that Mormomsrn is thriving in that State.
s Some of the disciples of Joe Smith have squatted
at New Egypt in Monmouth county, and have
’ actually made converts of sev« ral persons of
r some standing and influence in society, and are
r actually increasing in numbers.
Joe Smith, the Mormon Prophet. —lt is
stated in the Jeffersonian that Gov. Boggs has
" called on the proper officers for tiie necessary pa
pers, with a view of making a demand upon the
Governors of Illinois, lowa or Wisconsin, for the
: persons of Joseph Smith, Jr. Sidney Kigdon,
’ Lyman Wight, and others of the Mormons who
are now fugitives from justice.
I
i “Please Exchange,” as the printer said when .
1 he offered his heart to a beautiful girl.
I “There aiie a nest.” —The Bellows Falls
Gazette has received some orignal poetry, a speci
-1 men of which follows—
I “out to the west there are a nest
on a high mountain top ;
1 the raven there run here and tharc
he naes not when to stop.”
Exolanh. —lt is said that the sun never sets
upon the broad domains of the British Empire.
| How beautifully has Daniel Webster clothed this
idea in one of his noble speeches ! He speaks
of the country “whose morning drum heat, fol
lowing the sun and keeping company with the
hours, circles the glolie with one continual strain
of the martial airs of England.”
D. B. A. Cl. T. ’l’.—The sheriffs of Mississip
pi now put on a few additional letters to tile legal
writs they arc obliged to return. Where u fellow
has run away, eloped, they now write the follow
ing significant letters upon the back of the writs
—D. B. A.G. T. T., which being interpreted,
means “Done Busted and Gone to Texas!”—
Picayune.
The Best Excuse Yet. —We give up to
the editor of the Donaldsonville Advocate in the
way of excuse making. In his last paper he
apologizes for the lack of editorial matter by say-
I ing that he carried several good and interesting
editorials to a wedding in his hat and the girls
• coaxed them all out of him to wrap up brides’
• cuke in.' His readers should certainly let him
; off this time.— Pleayun,
i
‘.Well, Boh, how much did your pig weigh!'—
“Oh don’t know, it did’nf. weigh as much as I ex
pected—l always thought it wouldn’t.”
\ A country girl attending a Quaker meeting
was asked by a friend how she lined it. Like
il! why I see no sense in sitting for hours with
| out saying a word, it is enough to kill the d—l.”
“Yea my dear,’ replied he, -that, is just what we
' want.’
j' When O'Connell crossed last from Dublin, the
sea was very rough, and the precursor cxeeeding
, ingiy discomposed. “How are you, my man ! ’
said Mr. M. ol Liverpool, bending kindly over
him. ‘ Infernal sitk,” sighed Dun. “Well, then
(rejoined M.) 1 hope this will convince you how
little good, and how much ill comes of ajgttaliun.'’
a
i» To a Bobliuk.
BY TIIE AUTHOR OF “MIRIAM COFFIN.”
. Come, tune tin throat again,
3 Thou little lihd of spring,
5 Again ring out that cheerful strain
s ;Vo other biro can sing.
Oil, 1 have listened mug,
, In gieen and leafy oower,
j To many other birds of song,
liut none like lliec they pour.
B . /
i Tis like the glee a child ,
/ shouts forth on ho yday,
s warm, so Ucautiiui and wild,
t U hiie rioting in play ;
Like toy exulting lay,
That meny the of his,
So staitlmg is thy song, so gay \
; Are thy mved cadences. \
1 , \
, There’s not a painful note
i In all that song of thine ;
. Oh, spa,e the nature of thy throat
. To this sad heart of mine.
Could i he near to thee.
Where’er thou keep’st thy home,
I’d gladly shace thy spirit t.ee,
i And ever with tnee roam.
’Tis slavery to be here
r Amid society;
, But cramping ait and carking can
Are all unknown to tnee j
As air thou rioust upon
Thy song and wing are free ;
1 Thy wanderingbigot, thine ev’ry tone
. Are full of liberty.
DIED,
On Sunday, the ISlh hist. J.v»ies Carswell, in
i the JStli year ol Ins age, a native of t.ie County of
Antrim Ireland, hut lor the last 1,1 years of this
. city.
; Consignees per South Carolina Bait Bond.
1 Hamburg, August 19, 1539.
' J- Wightman; Stovall, Simmons fit Co.; W. De
j. la ‘S'T Antony st Haines; Haviland, Kislcy k Co.;
f Latimer, Whiting tt Co ; Hand St Scranton; a!
s Frederick; I. S. beers S: Co.; t’erritt and Taylor;
, J. F. Benson.
J MAKiNtt I.NTISLLKiKNCE.
Chari. eston, August 19. 1
Arrived on Saturday—Arig Hunter, Clark St
1 Jago. (Cuba); trig Baltic, Merritt, Hath ; brig I
: Nancy Jane. Benedict, New Voik ; schr Financier
. Bufer, Matanzas; sehr Urchin, Cook, New Or
| leans.
Cleared —Line brig Pan! T. Jones, Ireland, Phi
j hdelphla; schr Delight, Brown, Philadelphia.
V \
w \ V.
! •* titAEVOIENT SOCIETY.— The re. os o!
this Society h r the ensuing year are as follows:
A. J. Mn.urn, K• (j, President; Dr. L. D. Ford,
I Vice President; Rev. John Wright, Collector it
| Treasurer: Kiv. Wm. Kennedy, Associate do;
j M. M.Brjw.n, Secretary.
<{']■ B ENEVOL ENT SOCIETY, for the hen fit
■ of the Sick Poor of Augusta and its vicinity. —
1 The Visiting Committees for the ensuing muutii aie
! as follows;
Division No 1. —P. H. Mantz, Demetrius Island,
Mrs. F. Meredith, Mrs. ( has Junes.
Division No. v. —Wm. E Jackson, Oliver Dau.
forth, Mrs. Winter, Mrs. Ta'iaferro.
Division No 3. —Porter Flemming, J. B. Hart,
Mrs. Whit ock, Mrs. Mart.
Any member ol the committees may obtain funds
i by calling on A J. Mil.cr,at his office on Campbell
street.
aug 20 M. M. BROWN. Scc’y.
<Sj' AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY.— The Agri
cultural Society of Richmond county will hold its
Annual Meeting, at Spring Hill, on SATURDAY
the 24th inst,at It) o’clock, a. m.
aug 20 it WM. LOKHSTREET, Scc’y.
277“ VVc arc authorised to announce Mr. JOHN
C. SNEA D, as a candidate for the offices of Clerk of
the Supeiior and inferior Courts of Richmond
county, at the election to be held on the first Mon
day in January next. aug 19
(Xj’ We are authorised to announce GAHEY ft'
PARISH, Esq., as a candidate for the old! e of
Sheiilf of Richmond county, at the approaching
election in Januaay next. aug 19
TO THE VOTERS OK RICHMOND COUNTY*.
Fellow citizens: —1 older myself as a candi
date for the office of Sheriff of Richmond countyt
j at the ensuing election, and respectfully soiici
vour support.
_ aug 17 UENJ. BRANTUY.
iffj- THE AMERICAN SILK GROW Eli AND
FARMER’S MANUAL —A monthly publication
designed toextend and encourage the growth of Silk
throughout the United States. Edited by Ward
Cheney and Brothers, Burlington, N. J.,and pub
lished in Philadelphia, at the low price of One
Dollar a year.
SCT Subscriptions received at this office. aj
Cf Doctor J. J. WILSON offers his profes
sional services to the citizens of Augusta and its
vicinity, fie will be found at the corner of Centre
and Telfair streets. trwlm aug 17
II 'j*NOTICE. —The Rail Road Passenger Train,
between Charleston and Hamburg, will leave as
follows:
UPWARD.
Not to leave Charleston before 7 00 a m.
“ “ Summerville, “ - -S 30
“ “ Uoorges’, - “ - 10 00
“ “ Branchville, “ - 11 00
“ “ Midway, - “ - 11 30 m.
‘ “ Blackvillc, - “ -100 p. m.
“ “ Aiken, - - “ - 3 0!)
Arrive at Hamburg not before - 400
DOWNWARD.
Not to leave Hamburg before 6 00 a. m.
“ “ Aiken, - “ - - 730
“ “ lilackville, “ - • 930
“ “ Midway, “ - - 10 30
“ “ Branchville, “ - - 11 00
“ “ Ccorges’, “ - - 12 00 m.
“ “ Summerville,“ - - 2 00p. m.
Arrive at Char'cston not before 300
Distance —13dmiles. Fare Through —510 00.
Speed not over .20 miles an hour. To remain 20
minutes each, for breakfast and dinner, and not
longer than 5 minutes for wood and water at any
station.
To stop for passengers, when a white flag is
hoisted, at either of the above stations; and also at
Sineatiis, Woodstock, Inabinel’s, 41 mile T. 0.,
Rives’, (Irahams, Willeston, Windsor, Johnsons,
and Marsh’s 'l'. O.
Passengers up will breakfast at Woodstock ani
dineat lilackville; down, will breakfast at Aiketl
and dine at Summerville. may 21
A REAL BLESSING TO MOTHERS.
DR W. EVANS’ CELEBRATED SOOTHING
SYRUP, for Children Cutting their Teeth. This
infal.ible remedy has preserved hundreds of chil
dren, when thought past recovery, from convul
sions As soon as the Syrup is rubbed on the
gums, the child will recover. The preparation is
so innocent, so efficacious and so pleasant, that no
child wi,l refuse to let its gums he rubbed with ii
W heu infants arc at the age of four months though
there is no appearance of teeth, one boit.e of the
Syrup should be used on the gums, to open the
pores. Parents should never be without the Syrup
in the nursery where there are young children; for
if a child wakes in the night with pain in t c gums,
the Syrup immediate y gives ease, by opening the
poles i n.l healing the gums; thereby preventing
convulsions, fevers. &c. Sold only at Dr. Wm.
Evans’ Medical Office, 100 Chatham street, New
York, where the Doctor may he consulted on all
diseases of children.
PROOF POSITIVE OF THE EFFICACY OF
Dr. EVANS’ SOOTHING SYRUP.—To the Agent
of Dr. Evans’ Siotlung Syrup: Dear Sir —The
£ieat beiieht afforded to my suffering infant by
your Soothing Syrup, in a case of protnuted and
paliifii dentition, must convince every feeling pa
rent how essential an early application of such an
invaluable medicine is to relieve infant misery ami
torture. My inl.mt, when teething, experienced
such acute sufferings, that it was attacked witq
convulsions, and my wife and family s pposed that
death would soon release the babe from anguish,
till we procured a bottle oi your Syrnp; which as
■ .ion as applied to the gums, a wonderful change
was produced, and after a few applications the
chi d displayed obvious relief, and by continuing in
its use, 1 am glad to inform you the child has com
pletely recovered, and no recurrence of that awful
complaint has since occurred; the teeth are ema
nating daily and the child enjoys perfect health.
1 give you my cheerful permission to make tins
acknowledgment public, andwill gladly give any *
information on this circumsti ncc. x
WM. JOHNSON.
TONIC FILLS. —The power of Evans’ Camomile
,‘Pills are such, that the palpitating heart,the trem
ulous hand, the dizzy eye, and the fluttering mind,
vanish before their effects like noxious vapors be
fore the benign influence of the morning sun
They have long been successfully used for the cure
of intesmittents, together with fevers of the irregu
lar nervous kind, accompanied witli visceral on- '
structions.
i bis tonic medicine is for nervous complaints,
general debility, indigestion and its consequences!
i, as want of eppetite, distension of the stomach, acid
ity. unpleasant taste in the mouth, rumbling fioise
in the bowels, nervous symptoms, languor, when
tlie mind becomes Ratable,desponding,thoughtful,
melancholy, and dejected. HypochondiDeism, con
sumption, dimness of sight, delirium, and all other
nervous affections, these pills will produce a safe
and permanent cure.
Evans' Camomile Pills were first introjuccdinlo
America in 1535.
EVANS' FAMILY APERIENT PILLS are
purely vegetable, composed with the strictest pre
cision of science and of art; they never produce
nausea, and arc warranted to cure the following
diseases which arise from impurities of the blood,
viz -.—Apoplexy, Bilious Affections, Coughs, Colds,
Ulcerated So, c Thro its. Sc irlet Fever, A sllimn, Cho
lera, Liver Complaints, Disc ises of theJCdnies and
Bladder, Affections peculiar to Females, a id all
those diseases of wi atsoever kind to which human
nature is subject, where the stomach is affected.
More conclusive proofs if the extraordinary effi
caey oj Dr. Wm. Evans'celebrated Camomile and
Aperient Anti-Bilious Pills.in alleviating afflicted
mankind. —Mr. Robert Cameron, 101 Bowery.—
Disease—Chronic Dysentery, or Bloody Mux-
Symptoms, unusual flatulency in the bowels, se
vere griping, fiequcut inclination to go to tu
nusntus. loss ol appetite, nausea, vomiting, fre
quency of pulse, aud a frequent discharge of a pe
culiar fist id matter mixed with blood .great debility,
sense of burning heat, with an intoleiable bearing
down ol the parts. Air. Cameron is enjoying per
fect health, and returns his sincere thanks for iDa
extraordinary benefits lie lias received.
Sold by ANTONY & HAINES,
Sole agents in Augusta,
•T. M.St T. M, TURNER,.Savannah,
P. M. COHEN & Co.. Charleston
SHARK v ELLS, Milled -evil e
C. A. ELLS. Macon, ' ’
A. W. MARTIN, Korsvth
Wm. H. WELLS, Druggist, Athens.
MARK A. LANE, Washington.
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