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SPY IN THE WEST.
VOL. IK
An Independent Republican Newspaper, Published
at Auraria, Lumpkin County, Georgia, devoted to the
preservation of the Union, and Sovereignty of the
States. The sycophant of no Party—the slanderer;
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EXECUTORS AND ADMINISTRATORS’ DUTY
Notice to Debtors and Creditors tn be publishep I
4<ix weeks. —Prince’s Digest, page 157. j
A l intended Sales oi goods and chatties, belonging |
to testators or intestates goods and chatties, shall
published in two or more public places its the parish ,
[county] where such effects are to be sold, and in the
gazette, at least fortv days before the day oi such in
tendedsale.—lsl.
AU sales to be between the hours ot ten and font
o’clock, and if continued from <lay_ to day . notice to
be given thereof on the first day oi sale, ibid 167 _ I
ftiiles of real property to be on the first 1 uesday in |
the mouth, at the place of public sales,alter sixty days ;
publication. — find 171.
Application for Letters of Dismission published six
months. — ibid 168.
ESTRAYS.
To be advertised by the Clerk of the Inferior Court
sHEPJrrs
That advertise with us are notified that to make
their sales legal, those for April must appear on the
first day of March.
For May, by the fifth of April
For June, by the third day of May.
For July, by the thirty-first day of May.
For August, by the filth day ot July.
For September, by the second day <’f August.
For October by the sixth day of September.
For November, by the fourth day of October.
For December, by the first day of November.
Persons indebted to the Intelligm.cei are m.nfied
that we will receive in payment. Bills ot any denomi-
Sr Jyl*. solve’l Bank, <l.i»
pkofosa. s
Farpufi/tdibqjaarw weekly Newspaper. al Auraria
(ieorgui, to be entitled
TEI E ®AK K*
AND
SPY IN THE WEST.
Tn the publication of this Paper, the. Editor will from
time to time, furnish the public with all the intormn-
Lm he innv be enabled to procure, m rein urn to (he
tn-ev-s ot'lhe Mines !n addition to which, he will
"airily be turm.hed with a series of Es-ays. written
bv I Iterary Gentlemen, w ho have taken a Geological
vu.woi tins country >n winch will be shewn the com
.,|,.n. arrangement of the different tetratn ot earths and
t-o* ks. t .ruling tin . interesting sert.-n ot cmntry and
wh it kind t «>>ld i« most usually t"und. Ill* Ldi
t vi!l emle ip.ri.t ..II times Io pr.um e from Mme
literary uvm and pri'CicM rtN-rvm such
H. isndlkiep up acomlant tax cst.gaboii
ot the carions minerals found in lluscountry
In the way • I Mucellantion . m 1 ter, no win mak
th** best sete'ethw* • hi- power belli 4 a dome lu
an f -reign nature .
\ ~1 1(| s the |mlit : .--l roil-'- id this paper, the
I. -Id ,r will endeavor to pursue a liberal course keep-
i-q -I ,|| times h’n t-ol open to the discussion o
]...!< u d subjects. w,i. n may be of mien- t to
the country. ... ,
In relation to his own p> ’ opmmn’. Im con
sidersth m to be such as Im eh.- n maintained in tin-
Southern States, from the adoption ot the Federal
C-rns-iimion down to the present time. beli'-xc
that Federal encroachments, should be guarded
agniist with vigilence and repelled with promptness
Y»-t. however, in contending tortbe Rights ot the
States, he cannot go tot he extraordinary and danger
ous extent of some of the politicians in a sister State ;
because he believes it would ultimately end in the de
struction ofthe government tind all its right-
Ills opinions however he considers n.s nothing more
than the opinions ot any other individual, he will
therefore endeavor to net the part •>( a faithful Jour
ndid without being subservient to the views ot any
part >. leaving hi* paper open to the investigation ot
truth, and all hit- r< sting s injects by ail.
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MILTON U GATH RICH I -
ft I- ? ' ■■ i
Prospectus
or THE
WESTEKX IIER I LI)
P N:<ei r <i at Auririi. Lumpkin County Ga.,
BY HOLT A JONES.
Tilts GxSErrr Intviug been t.-in-ferrcd by pur
chase fi> the undersigned, will in lutur 'lie conducted
by them c-'n jointly ns Editors a.id Proprietors The
tea* >ns whu h have impelled them to nn undertak
ing ai once s.» laborious and responsible, a-the con
duct of a public J iiriuii.in connee’ion w ith their pro
f.-ss’n'tia avocations, may be read in the present tow
r ing aspect of the political horizon, produced bv
the fearful prevalence of the doctrines vt the I’rv'i
dents ill-starred Proclamation—doctrines at war with
the genius ami spirit ol onr Government —in (heir
nature. foreign to its theory—in their tendency, de- ,
st.-uctisto its character as a confederated ’epublic,
bv overturning the rights and soverr-gn'v of the
S (\t,-s which Compose it. and in their final end and
effect, baleful to the J.brrties < Mhe people.
To contribute our let l ie aid in the great work of
producing a conformity in the p-i-tii rs <>l the Feder
al Government. !<» its true and -- t-Hisl theory in
restraining its action within its orism -t. a-. I v ell dr
fined Constitutional limits; in • ne \ >r ! to dethc- ie
the misrule of revived Fe-’er-lom a> r- >• the
, . ■ I ' ’
build up true and genuine S’n'.e r gh’- doctrine
“LET THERE BE HARMONY IN THINGS ESSENTIA L—L IB ER ALI TY I N TIII NG S NOT ESSENTIAL CHARITY IN All,”
AITRARSA, EUMPKIN COUNTY, GEORGIA, APRIL. 26, 1831.
in its primitive purity, strength and beauty, untram
i melted with the conditions, restrictions, limitations
land refinements of the political weather-cocks of the
present day—these may be numbered among the ob
jects, to the accomplishment of which, our humble i
exertions shall be devoted, with a zeal and we trust
a sincerity not unbecoming their importance.
; Nurtured and brought upas we have been, in the .
admonition of the Republican State Rights doctrine
—in a contest in which their preservation is sought
on the one hand by the lovers of Constitutional Lib
erty, and threatened on the other by the renewed as
saults of re-animated Federalism, it may be easily:
conjectured on which side we are to be found. We
| aspire to belong to the Republican State Rights Party,
I professing such principles as sustained the Fathers of
that faith in ’9B and ’99—as bore that party in Geor
gia triumphant, through the political conflicts of ’25
and 26, and to which it has not proved recreant in
’32 and’33 We claim to be disciples of the School
of Jefferson, as taught in the Kentucky and Virginia
Resulutions. But professions of republicanism have
become mere cant, when every party lays claims to
that title, from the Union Democratic Republican par
ty of Georgia, up to the great National Republican
>' party of the Union, and back to the remnant ot the
' party which rejoier din the subsequent election ot a
! Sedition law Judge, as the triumph of the Democratic
: Republican partv New England! Equally vague is
I the pretence to belong to the State Rights Party, since
many of those who profess to be State Rights adher
ents. deny to the States all ether rights but those of
rem -nstrance and submission. Stilt more uncertain
is the profession of belonging to the Jeffersonian
School, since many who pretend to be followers of
i that Patriot, publish to the. world, the preposterous,
I the humiliating notion, that the labours of his whole
life were intended to prove that the Stateshave only
the right ot petitioning for a redress ot grievances--of
remonstrating against unconstitutional Federal Legis
lation, and finally “when all other remedies fail” of
protesting!!! 'l’o prove that our profes
sions are not oi this character, let the columnsof the
Herald ne our witness
Th-- ears of the people have of late been drummed
almost to deafness with the continued and popular
cry of Union! Unioi!! Union!!! We too proless,
not emptily, to love and venerate the Unio’.. and to
be as highly sensible of its incalculable value and itn.
portanee, as those who are most loud and boistersous
in their clamours But w'e seek to have a Union in
truth and indeed; a Union ot States in its pristine
beauty and simplicity; in its original heidihtu! vigour
and purity We would be spared to pan of viewing
our own native Georgia, in whose bus<nn we have
been cherished; upon the fruits ot whose soil we have
been reared; in whose bonntiful institutions, we have
I been educated ; a mere speck upon the map of a great
consolidated empire, stripped of her ancient rights,
and disrobed of her premeval sovereignty, by the a
gent she had helped to create; proud as we are, and
as we have reason to be of her name and ot her peo
ple— ardent as are our affections tocher, sooner let it
be written that “she was hut is no more ” We
would have her as of right she should oe. -sovereign
member—an integral part ot a great contededatcd Re
public, which shall continue the pride of the world—
the hope of Freedom—whose living principle shall
manifest itself, not in the pomp and splendour <>! an
immense and all controlling central power; but in the
happiness and prosperity ot every one. even the
1 least of its members.
It shall be our purpose to make the Hera <1 wor
' thy the perusal of all class* soi readers—ot those who
1 delight in the pleasure ot romance and the -‘Music lit
' i’oe ry”--of hose who prefer to pursue the delightful
I paths of historic or of scientific research --of those
whose business it is to delve in ‘ mother earth,” in
I pursuit ot her glitteiing treasures, as well ns of those
I who arc connected, either through choice of necessi
ty. W'i’h the agitating political controverities of tne
i day. It the increase of patronage which we seek,
wid jiKlify the measure, the Herald will be enlarged
' > > soon as the materals for that purpose, can be pro
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minysaiiii
ATTOV’NF.Y r AT LAW,
Cherokee Court House, Georgia.
TS now prepared to attend to any professional btisi
siness entrusted to him. He tenders his thanks to
those persons who have, so liberally patronized him in
the Courts where he has practiced Communications
to cn«ure attention, must come post-paid
April 5 —7—ls.
JOHN II’TNPY EFMPKIN.
ATTORNEY AT LAIC
HAVING determined on a permanent location a
Livingston, in Floyd county, respectfully ten
ders his professional services to his fellow-citizens. —
He will attend the Courts in the several counties ot
the Cherokee Circuit; and all Executions and other
business confided to him by Merchants and other per
sons e.t a distance, will receive his prompt and undi
vided attention; and for reference he most respectful
ly refers his fellow citizens to Gen. Thomas Glascock,
of Aagusfa, Col Hunter and Col. Fannin, of Savan
nah.
March 8 p 56
'i'CRMAN WALTH ILU
ATIORN7A’ AT LAW,
HXS l- coted himself at Cedar Town, Paulding
count v, and will attend to any business in the
line ofhis profession, that may be entrusted to his care.
Address, Cedar Town, Paulding County, Georgia.
April 12, —B—ts.8—tf.
SI EP He N~D hugi '“Vs < R \ NE,
ATTORNEY AT LAW.
fjk AVI .G rem ved to Dahlohnega. Lumpkin conn
a ty, now tenders hia professional services to the
tmblic, and will practice in all the counties of the Che
rokee Circuit; aud Carroll, Campbell, DeKa'b, Hall and
tabersham counties.
Having been engaged for three years in gold mining,
he will (assisted bv Mr. GeorgeS. Moody, from North
Carolina) act as agent in the examination, and sale of
gold lots.
Letters upon either branch of the above business,
addressed to me, will be promptly and faithfully atten
ded to.
April 5.-7—ts.
NOTICE.
A LL persons who are indebted Jo the Magistrates
A an 1 C ns’ahles ot'this distticl for costs, on Notes
and Vccotr'is, >lacet! in their hands for collection, a c
r. qio s e.t t<> come forward and settle the ‘.ame, other
is.- executions will be issued, indiscriminately against
all who disregard this notice, within one month.
JVMES CANTRELL, j. r.
JA ES PRVTER, j e.
HEDGEMAN GREEN, l. c.
ABEL WINNINGHAM,!., c.
April 5. —7—4 t.7 —4 t.
NOTICE.
I, ho sold to the highest bider at Leather’s
y V Ford, Lumpkin county, G< orgia, on Saturday
the third lav of ’lay n-’xt. all Iho personal property oi
"organ 11. Snow, late of jaid countv, deceased; con
sisting nf House hold and kitchen furtiitlire, a saddle
Horse, a Gig and harness with -ther articles too tedi
ous to mention. Terms of sain made k own on the
day. HARVEY SMALL, Adm’r.
SUSVN AH I .SNOW, Admr’x.
April sth, —7—tds
I ASH I’OR CA RP > l E RS.
H L b'‘let to the lowest bidder in the town of
▼ v Ehjav, Gilmer comity, on the first Tuesday in
June next, the building ofa Wooden Jail in said town,
a plan ofwhich may best-i-n at the Clerk's office ot the
Court of Ordinary The payments to be made for the
work, and th>- necessary obligation from the undertak
er for its faithful execution, will bo made known on the
day of letting.
CORNELIUS COOPER, j. i. c.
RAI.PH SMITH, j. i. c
B. M. i.RJFFETH, j. i c.
I April 12.-B—td.
NO I H E.
All persons indebted to the estate of Moryan II
Snow deceased, are roqueted to come forward, ami
in>.ke pavment immediately, or thou notes & accounts
will b-- placed in the bands of an officer for collection.
Also, all persons having demands against the estate
of M irpan H. Snow deceased are requested, to present
ihent to us, according to the '.ode pointed out in the
-■tatiite, in such cases made and provided.
\!<o, all per-ons indebteb to the lute firm of Snow
I'alnm, wi<! take notice that, the same must be set
tled w ith use
HARV Y SM \I L Xdmr.
SUSA NN \II E. SNOW Admrx.
April 12—8-ts.
NOTICE? -
Ml the TOWN LOTS, in* the town of Marietta
Cobb coipity. Georgia, will behold, nt p-.P'lic outcry,
on >he 14th day ot April; to continue fiom day to day
until all are sold. Terms made known < n the day i |
sale Given under our hands this |.-*(|| F’ebruarv
1831.
J XMLS T M’AFFF. j i c.
JOHN W LOW’RY. j i c.
I I W ARD U\YS. j. i-c-
LF.MM \ KER I ELY.j i c.
JOHN COL I INS, J. i-c.
march 1—1—55
low \ 1.0 Ite i Ort S \LL.
ri’lHr. SUBSCRIBER w>” for sale at public
■“ nnicrv, on Xi<-' dav lb' 7< . J >!>. next, a number
..fT wn Lots, lying at Win't'O Covita, county,
p. r#r>n« wishing to pure l.a»c, m I do w> 11 to examine
tor themselves. Terms made kr..wn on the day of
ALEXANDER WARE.
April a.— 7—ts.
I OR SALE,
X LOT'- four hui'dred and eighty in the
N R 'bird district ot th- t t> seetii.ri vt originally
Cue kee countv. Pumpkin \ ne creek runs thr.•>
s f...t near its centre. It i* 'aid to c-ntain <. -id.
\ppU to N. B.R’IIA' Ar.rsT
t eb 22 m— : t at MilMgdville.
NOTICE.
"SIHE Subscribers give notice that all powers of a
_H. torney, letters of credit, and all delegated authoi
ny of every kind, to bind their firm to pay money -, oi
to do other services, are hereby revok« <1; and Irom anti
after the date of this notice, are null and void.
ALLENS & PADDOCK.
Augusta, March 29,- G—3t
NOTICE.
f hereby furwarn al’ persons from trading for a Note
of Hand given by me to James Burns, some time
the last of May or first of June, 1833, fur ninety-five
dollars, on demand. lam deterniiued not to pay it,
as the said note was illegally obtained.
VVILLIAM WHITAKER.
April 5.-7—ts.
notlceT -
Four months after date application will be made to
to the Honorable the Inferior Court of Lumpkin
county, Georgia, when sitt.ng for ordinary purposes,
for leave to sell all the Real Estate of Morgan H. Snow,
late of said county, deceased. Sold for the benefit ol
thehi i.s and creditors of said deceased.
H ARVY SMALL, Adm’r.
SUSANNAH E. SNOW, Admr’x.
April 5. —7—w’4m.
GENERAL ORDERS.
No. 1.
Head Quarters, 12tli Division, G. )
Etoivah, Cherokee County, April 10, 1834. f
Order 1st — Major Gen HENRY M. TERRELL,
in assuming the Command of the 12th Division, deems
it only necessary to appeal to that native patriotism
so characteristic of the American Citizen Soldier, to
insure him that ready and efficient support, upon the
the part of the subordinate ol bis command so ne
cessary to ils speedy and effectual organization.
Ordered 2d—That officers having charge of pending
flections and appointments do forthwith proceed to
their fulfillment That where such duties devolve
upon Civil officers, they are respectfully requested to
proceed to the discharge of such duties without delay
rdered 3d-T!iat CHARLES IL NELSON, of
GilmerCounty.be appointed Inspector oi the J2th
Division, with the rank and title of Colonel, and that
he be obeyed and respected as such.
Ordered 4t/i—That Major CYRUS W ATEL’ HOUSE
ofthe county of Cass, and PI 111 J PVA. HLM i'll I LL.
of the County of Floyd, be appointed aids, to the
Commanding General, aud that JOHN BREWSTER
of the Countv of Cherokee, Quarter Master DA
VID IRWIN, of the county of Cass Judgi Advocate,
eachwith the title of Major, and that they be obeyed
and respected as such.
By order of Major General
HENRY M. TF.RRFLE,
CHARLES 11. NELSON,
I). I. 12th Division. G. Al,
April 12.- B—3.
M1 LITA RA’ ENCA 521’MEN T.
AN Encampment will commence at
t Macon, on Monday, the fth day of May
next, and continue tor one w ck. Ihe
ground selected, is in the immediate ’
entity ol the City, commanding an x
tensive view ofthe surrounding err try
andjcalculated for the accommo*’ <on<f
as many companies as may comt. Ihe
Volunteer Corps of the State, are cor
dially invited to attend Tents, Mar
quees. and all other necessary cqiiippa
ges, w ill he provided, Good Board will
be fm-nished by the Sutlerat the rate of
75 cents per day. Previously to the breaking up of
the Encampment, a Gold Medal will be shot for by
the Companies present.
Lieu’t. CONNI R.
teerg’t CHAMPLAIN,
Corp’i BACON,
Priv’ts W LSON.
MORGAN,
WILLIAMS,
DA ILL.
( o'li. of.irrang.frnmAlacon Volunteers
April 19 —9—tdm. ______________
Front If hilaker’s London Magazine,
3VZ3T FXRST DUSI.
Theme are some events m the life of a man
that make an indcliablo impression on 'he mini!;
events ihal, anml the varied scenes ol love, or
war, <>r nml ition, are, to the last hour of ex
istence, as forcibly impressed upon the tablet
of memory, as a' Hie moment when they wete
first inscribed there b. the hndof 'a e <>f
ihts nature isour firs: duel -the rc'elleenon ot
the first time that we stood on the bo’itma-y
Lne that separates the civilization o! tbe an
c ent and mod rn worlds I here are several
kinds of cour.iue, it has been a thousand tunes
remarked, al) of which, if we take the trouble
of metaphysically nr afyzmg them, we shall
f n 1 are but I he eonsctoiisness of our ow n fore
or skill. The squadron of steel clad * uiras
sti r- rides gallai tlv at the square ot infantry,
heedless of the bri-aling Iniym-ts, of the kneel
mg rank, or it.'* rnnrd* runs vt Iley of the re ir.
The sailor, las) ed to the helm, looks c dmiv
on he racing tempos’. Ihe hntsman, tn pur
suit of game, sj rings fearlessly a ross the
vawmil; ’ cfiasni, or boldly attacks the lion i i
Ins |.pr. Habit, and alnn It irdv with dan er,
deaden the instinctive dread of death tm;> ant
ed m ns bv n tare; yet the bravest man tn iv
blanch, and the life’s bio* d cordle in the veins,
when he finds himse f opposed loan adversary,
who, without » xagcr ;„.;r,n. nt twelve paces,
rnttld wieff A huni-b rd. Su< h was my case
when quite a raw ai d inexperienced youngster,
exposed, at the age of .sixteen, to one ot too
most s ipperx tricks that citirne Fortune, hi her
mo-t wav ward hunmur, can play a man. Eve
ryone must recollec the rancorous animosity
that subsisted between ihe J’n'ish anti Amer
n ans fur so’oral v*‘ars after the tertrnnati >n of
:hew■r•» t ' • > n l etwo c< u i. ries. I i :.e bi s
now, tn some degree, softened down this nu»_
Hie feeling; but, in 1818 it blazed fiercely toith
.t Gibraltar, wnere a sight misunderstanding
at one ofthe gu rd-bouses, led to a succession
oi bloody, and, in some instances, fatal ren
ontres between thegarr.son and the officers
ot the American squ idron, at that time in he
i, a y, Similar scenes were enacted at Madei
ra, though With les.- fatal results; and, only a
few months afterwards when the United Stales
i-orvetic Ontario, and the British frigate Hy
perion, were laying m the bay of Callao de
Lima, to so fierce a pitch had this feeling risen,
hat the commanders of the two ships came to
an understanding to allow their offi< ers t<> go
on shore only on alternate days; and by this
timely precaution they prevented a hostile col
lision, which would in all probability have de
prived the services of both countries of some
valuable and gallant officers.
It was during the nooot <le heat of this ran
corous feeling between the two nanons, that I
one evening entered a case, in one of the Bra
zil an outports, to meet, by appointment, a
frit nd, ir< ni whom I was to receive some letters
ot imroduction for the interior of the country,
for which i was on the eve of my departure.
The si reels were silerr and deserted; the only
sound to be heard was the vesper hymn sweet
ly floating on the evening breeze. On enter
ing me case, I found a group of savage-look
mg Minheiros, who were drink.ng and listen
ing to a love-lay, sung with great sweetness to
a guitar accompaniment, by a mulatto youth;
and a party of four American officers who
were going home, invalided from their squad
ron, round (he H< rn. Forcibly as my attention
was arres * d bv the pictorc-que consume of
he Brazilian motinmu.ctrs—one of those dark
satame groups that die spirt, ol Salvator so
revelled in dehneaimg-n did not escape mo
tm t the subjeifrol d s mr o with the Ameri
can party was Engiu d, agam.-e wh se mstHu
tio’is and people violent abuse and unme.tsured
Hive* tive were levelled, in flt.i l di iwing, ntt-ai
to; e hat so particularly distinguishes our
transatlantic brethren. IXo man, even of liio
most cosmopolitan comet smon, can digest vi
<ueu strictures on the country oi hia birth; the
language of the Americans jarred Violently on
inv eat, but though it sitrn d up the ill biood
e| mv nature, I did not cx.icd. ihmk my *elf
c;<. ed upon to play the. Don Quixote, aud to
run a tilt against all those who should choose
to asperse he majesty oi England.— By tho
voung and ardenl, this feeling, i am aware,
may be siti.mauzi d as ignoble; but those whoso
passions have been mellowed l>y time and ex
perience will, 1 think, own tho prudence of tho
line of conduct I pursued.
1 therefore took my seat, lighted a cigar, and
listened attentively io the beautiful mod uha
sung by the mulatto; there was a plaintive soft
ness in the air. and an exquisite simplicity in
liie words of the duty, telling of ihe pangs of
unrequited love; that hud well nigh allayed the
angry feelings that Were struggling for mastery
n my bosom; when tho stnetur s ofthe Ameri
cans which hud hitherto been levelled at Old
England in genetai, were directed to me per
sonally, and left me but one—one honourable
alternative.—“ When amn o; O'.ly insulin
you,” says mv L"i‘d Chesterfield, “knock him
down.” Il ! did not on this occasion so I>w
his lordship’s ndv.ee a lalettr , I dM s nic
thing which, among honorable: men, is deemed
tantamount to n, and which produced a chal
lenge from one of the party; a demand for im
mediate satisfaction on the following morning,
on the plea that their departure was fixed on
tho succeeding day. ‘•Gentlemen,” said I,
“willing ;;s I sh ill be to give you the satisfac
tion you r quire, I doubt my ability to do so
at the ear y hour you have named; for I urn a
stringer h r 1 , and iriav expt rieiiec some difh
culiy m finding a second am mg my couniry
m n who are quite s'ra t! rs o me; and are,
Hint*»over, est iblisiu d in a < o >n ry wh re tho
liw agamsi duellnij re sev re —ban’s merit
to the shores of Africa I mu, , therefor -, de
fer the reru ontre till 'he evening, not doubting,
in th" mean lime, to find some one to do mo
the office I stand in need of”
A provoking «ne< r plaved round the lips of
hree of the party, and an exclamation of with
ering contempt was on b.o point of escaping
them, when (he foul ivirt hid hitherto been
q ci y .is Mingarce, rose from hia
efi .tr and addressed me with great politeness
‘of mariner: ‘I cannot corneal from my«elf,”
were Ins words, “that this quarrel has been
forced upon yon, and I regret, from the turn it
lias taken, that there remains nothing but tho
las appeal; bm if, as ion s.tv, you are a stran.
ger here, and are like!v m experience any dis.
ficulty m finding a second, I will myself most
willingly <]o you that ofli ’e; for I can conceive
no situation so forlorn, so desolate as that of
1 a man, tn the solitary loneliness ofa foreign
land, without a friend to stand hy him tn an
i honorable quarrt I.”
I he heurtv pressure of my outstretched
j hand mist line told him better than vv- rds
I eouM do, how deeply sensible I wa- ofthe s-r
--vi< ehe was about so render me, \Ve separ
-1 aicd 'I he s,n had scarcely gilded ihe balco
:ni s of the east when I ar >s. , hurried on my
! cioth* s. >nd having given a *ew directions to
1 my eervaot, hastened towards the spot where.
NO. 10.