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TO .
They tell me I am foolish.
To love so wildly now,
But they know not how I cherish
Thy long remember’d vow.
They tell me I must banish
All hope to call thco mine,
But how can memory leave thee,
Since all its hoards are thine.
They censure and rebuke me,
They smilo and then caress.
But still my tutored feelings,
Heave not for thee the less.
For I feel that all my being,
Is knit unto tiiino own,
And smiles and censure given,
Fall on an ear of stone.
Thou wast my early vision,
My soul’s endearing dream,
And while my bark is roving,
Down life’s too rapid stream,
B it. LORD has just re
ceivcd from New York,
aud is now opening at his old
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Ladies’ and Gentlemen’s Gold Lever and L’Epine
Be its path or smooth or broken,
I shall i till unchanged rejoice,
While I hear what once was spoken,
Repeated by thy voice. M. II. R.
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From, the Cincinnati Chronicle.
THE COURTSHIP AND MARRIAGE OK TIIK EL
DER JOHN ADAMS.
Some years since I spent a college vaca
tion in the ^owii of Weymouth, Norfolk coun
ty, Massachusetts. While there I attended
church one Sunday morning at what was call
ed the old Weymouth meeting house, and
heard a sermon from the venerable pastor,
the Rev. Jacob Norton. About tiie same time
in company with a friend, I made Mr. Nor-
ton a visit, spent a delightful hour with him
and his agreeable family, and, in fact, became
Ffigeolots" and Violins'; \V:ilkin;;~Cuncs TMathemat- 1 much interested with the old gentleman. I
„r\! Instruments; Salts of Vinegar (a new article); mentioned my visit to an aged but intelligent
Silver Table and Tea Spoons; Chess Men; Opera lady of the parish, whose acquaintance I had
lasses ; Pistols, &.c. See.
O'Clock and Watch Repairing attended to as
nil.
Athens, July 13—17tf.
PROSPECTUS
1 Xor cl and Interesting Weekly Publication,
T.i be commenced on Saturday, the 6th of July, en
suing, to be entitled
The Spy in Philadelphia,
A N D SIM RIT OF TH E AG E.
S T is very philosophically observed by Addison,
that our greatest pride arises from doing good to
each other, or in other words, from being individually
servicea.de to society. This can t-c best effected by
proper application of our intelligences, meting
made. The lady loved the church as she
did her own soul; it was the place where she
had heard from infancy to advanced age, the
words of eternal life, and it was literally to
her, the very gate of Heaven. Next to the
church itself, in the scale of her regards, was
her reverend pastor, Mr. Norton.
. Weymouth is situated twenty or thirty miles
northwest of the old Plymouth Rock ; it was
settled not long alter our forefathers landed
at the latter place ; and of course this church
must be among the most ancient of New Eng
land churches. This estimable old lady be
guiled me of many a delightful hour at differ
ent times, in giving me the traditionary histo
ry and relating anecdotes of the old church
the ordinary civilities of his house ; he was
not asked to partake of the hospitalities of
the table, and it is reported that his horse was
doomed to share with his master the neglect
and mortification to which he was subjected,
for he was frequently seen shivering in the
cold, and gnawing the post of the parson’s
door of long winter evenings. In fine, it was
reported that Mr. Smith had intimated to him
that his visits were unacceptable, and he would
do him a favor by discontinuing them ; he told
his daughter that John Adams was not wor
thy of her; that his father was an honest trades
man and farmer, who tried to initiate John in
the arts of husbandry and shoe-making, hut
without success; and that he seat him <o col
lege as a hist resort. He, in fine, begged of
his daughter not to think of an alliance so
much beneath h; r.
¥ Miss Smith was among the most dutiful
daughters, but she saw Mr. Adams through a
medium very different froiq that which her fa
ther viewed him. His vision was clouded bv
the film of prejudice,hers was assisted by the
warm and radiant glow of affection, which
magnifies every fancied excellence an hun
dred fold. She would not for the world of
fend or disobey her kind father, but still John
saw something in her eye and manner, which
seemed to say “persevere,” and on that hint
he acted.
Mr. Smith, like a good parson and affec
tionate father, said, that if they would marrv
with his approbation, he would preach each
of them a sermon the Sunday alter - the joyful
occasion, and that they should have the privi
lege of choosing the text.
After the due preliminaries of courtship,
the appointed time lor the espousal of the el
der dan ! liter, Mary, arrived, and she was uni-
ted to Mr. (Ta..cli iu the holy bonds, with the
approval, the blessing, and benediction of her
parents and all her friends. Mr. Smith then
said to ner, “Mary my dutiful child, I am
now ready to prepare your sermon for next
Sunday ; what do you select for your text ?”
Said Mary, I have selected the latter part of
the 4‘2d verse of the 10th chapter of Luke.
“ Mary hath chosen that good part which
shall not be taken from her.”
“ Very good, my daughter,” said her father,
and the sermon was preached.
Mr. Adams persevered iu his suit in defi
ance of all opposition. It was many years
after, and on a very different occasion, and in
resistance of a very different opposition, that
he uttered these memorable words, “ sink or
ceremony, to which it exposed me. At the J called inthe language of palaces his closet,in
head of them, was my introduction to the sov-1 to the entre rooms, I presented to him Mr.
ereign. I desired to do all that full respect John Adams Smith, as public secretary of the
required, but not more: yet—the external legatiqn, and Mr. Ogle Tayloe, as attached
observances of it—what were they ? They I to it personally. Other special presentations
defy exact definition before hand, and I had took place ; among them, that of the Prince
never seen them. From the restraints, too, of Hesse Homberg, by Lord Stewart, both
that prevail in these spheres, lapses, if you fall distinguished in the then recent battles of the
into them, are little apt to be told to you, continent. The Prince Regent moved about
which increases your solicitude to avoid them, these rooms, until he had addressed every
I had in softie of my intercourse, caught the body, all awaiting his salutation. Doors hith-
impression, that simplicity was considered I erto shut now opened, when a new scene np-
best adapted to such an introduction ; also, I peered. You beheld, in a gorgeous mass,
that the Prince Regent was not thought to be I the company that had turned off to the right,
fond of set speeches. This was all that I I The opening of the doors was the signal for
could recollect. Rut simplicity, all know, is the commencement of the general levee. I
a relative idea. Often it is attainable, in the remained with others to see it. All passed
right sense, only through the highest art, and ouc by one, before the Prince, each receiving
on full experience. a momentary salutation. To a few he ad-
I arrived before the hour appointed. My dressed conversation, but briefly, as it stop-
carriage having the entre, or riglit to the pri- ped the line. All were in rich costume,
vate entrance, I went through St. James’s I Men of genius and science were there; the
P.irk, and got to Carlton House by the p ived nobility were numerous ; so were the milita-
way, through the gardens. Even this ap- ry. There were from forty to fifty generals ;
proach was already filled. I was set down I perhaps as many admirals, with throngs of of-
at a side door, where stood servants in the ficcrs of rank inferior. I remarked upon the
Prince’s livery. Gaining the hall, persons number of wounded. Who is that, I asked,
were seen in various costumes. Among them pallid but with a countenance so animated ?
were yeoman of the guard with halberts in « That’s General Walker,” I was told, “ who
their hands; they had velvet hats with wreaths I was pierced with bayonets whilst leading on
round them, and rosettes in their shoes, the assult at Badajosand he, close by,°tall
From tiie court yard, which opened through but limping ? “ Colonel Ponsonby ; he was.
the columns of a fine portico, bauds of music left for dead at Waterloo ; the cavalry it was
were heard. Carriages as in a stream, were thought had trampled upon him.” * Then
approaching by this access through the doub- came one oflike port, but deprive_d of a leg.
le gates that separated the royal residence I As he moved slowly onward, the whisper
from the street. The company arriving by I went, “That’s Lord Anglesea.” A fourth
this access, entered through the portico, and j had bccu wounded at Suringapatam ; a fifth
at Talcvcra ; some had suffered in Egypt;
some in America. There were those who
hud received scars on the deck with Nelson;
others who carried them from the-days of
Howe. One, yes one, had fought at Sarato
ga. It was so that my inquiries were an
swered. All had “done their duty this
.. _. , „ , . _ with as much grace as possible, as many a
them out according to the necessities of the coinmu- 1 and its different pastors. prudent father has done before and since that
nity, and less lamenting the decline of public virtue , She informed me that Mr. Norton was or- 1 time. Mr. Adams was united to the lovely
than checking the progress of public vice : for vice | duined their pastor when about twenty-one 1 Miss Smith. After the marriage was over,
rc-tardod is virtue advanced. As the direction and ^ i .1 . . . 1 . 1 . . _ »
discussion of measures of national and state polity
turned off to the right. I went to the left,
through a vestibule, leading to other rooms,
into which none went but those having the
entre. These consisted of the cabinet minis
ters, the diplomatic corps, persons in chief
employment about the court, and a few oth
ers, the privilege lining in high esteem.
Knights ol the Garter appeared to have it, for I was the favorite praise bestowed. They
I observed their iasignium round the knee of I had earned a title to come before their sover.
several. There was the lord steward with eign, and read in his recognition their country’s
his badge of office; the lord chamberlain with j approbation. The great number of wounded
his; gold stick, and silver stick. The j was accounted for by recollecting, that little
foreign ambassadors and ministers, wore their I more than two years had elapsed since the
national costumes; the cabiuet ministers, such armies and fleets of Britain had been libcra-
as we sec in old portraits with bag and sword; ted from wars of extraordinary fierceness
the lord chancellor, and other functionaries I and duration in all parts of the globe. For
of the law, had black silk gowns, with full so it is, other nations chiefly fight on or near
wigs ; the hishops and dignitaries of the their own territory; the English every where
church had aprons of black silk. The walls I Taking the whole line, perhaps a thousand
swim, live or die, survive or perish, I give my j were covered with paintings. If these were I must have passed. Its current flowed through
historical, so were the rooms. As I looked I the entire rooms, got onward to the vestibule,
through them, I thought of the scenes de- and was finally dispersed in the great hall
scribed by Doddington; of the Pelhams, the I where it *>tood in glittering groups of frag.
Bolingbrokes, the Hillsboroughs; oftheancc- ments. Those who composed them, found
dotes and personalities of the English court I themselves there, by a course reverse to that
and cabinet in those days. The Prince had of their entrance, and went away through the
not yet left his apartment. Half an hour 1 grand portico, as their carriages came up.
went by, when Sir Robert Chester, master of
ceremonies, said to me in a few minutes he I From the Portland Courier.
would conduct me to tl\e Prince. The Span-1 GREAT UPROAR IN DOWNINGVILLE.
heart and lumd to this measure.” But though
the measure was different, the spirit was the
same. Besides, he had already carried the
main point of the attack, the heart of the
young lady—and he knew the surrender of
the citadel must soon follow. After the usu
al hesitation and delay that attended such an
unpleasant affair, Mr. Smith, seeing that resis
tance was fruitless, yielded the contested point
art; the business of the daily press, the full application
of Addison’s remark is necessarily neglected, and the
consequence is, that vice, shielded by wealth and
worldly influence, are abroad among the people, not
only unsuspected, but courted and requited; and
that a publication is nocess .ry which will not only
detect, but oxliil.il these wolves iu sheep’s clothing to
putilie scorn—a mark by which others will be warned
from their intent and a service be rendered to society.
In efleeting this object wc shall pursue a yet untrod-
years of age, and that he had been with them, j and all things settled and quiet, Miss Smith
at that time, nearly forty years. She obser- remarked to her father, “ You preached sis-
ved that most of the present parishioners
could remember no other pastor ; but that she
could well remember his predecessor, the
Rev. Mr. Smith, and that he and Mr. Norton
had filled the pulpit for the better part of the
last eighty years. “ Mr. Smith,” said she,
was a very different man from Mr. Norton—
an able man—an excellent man—and a fine
ter Mary a sermon on the occasion of her
marriage; won’t you preach me one like,
wise 1” “Yes my dear girl,” said Mr. Smith,
choose your text and you shall have a ser
mon.” “ Well,” said the daughter, « I have
ish Ambassador had gone in and I was next Extract from a letter from Major Downing’s cousin
in turn. When he came out, the master of Nabby to the Editor of the Portland Courier,
ceremonies advanced with me to the door. I Respectable sir;—As cousin Jack is al
Opening it, he left me. „ I entered alone, ways so mity budge in writing letters to you
The Prince was standing, with Lord Castle- and as he and the President lias showed us a
reagh by him. No one else was in the room, most provoking trick and run off like a stream
Holding in my hand the letter of credence, I of chalk back to Washington without coming
approached, as to a private gentleman, and here, arter tucy had promised over and over
said, in the common tone of. conversation, I again that they would come, and we had got
that it was “from the President of the United all slicked up and our clean gownds on, and
chosen the 23d verse of the 7th chapter of States, appointing me their Envoy Extraordi-1 more good victuals cooked, than there ever
<len path; one where tho necossary thorn shall be ! . . . , r L
mingle,! (not concealed) with contrasting flowers.- Poacher ; but he had high notions of h.mselt
The manner of the “ Spy in Philadelphia" shall he and family—in other words, “that he was
perfectly ilclicato, and uncontaminutcd by cant or something of an aristocrat.” One day she
vulgarity; its censure shall be judicious, its satire ! said to me, “to illustrate to you the character
chaste. Literature, and the arts, shall find in it an of Q , d 0 „ S|nith> J wU1 te| | vou all anec .
imtirnri mwl •rn-iln'.ia Frionn • I .'ItUI I .ltftKirV 1 l * 1 • » l
dote that relates to hunsclt and some other
untired and zealous friend: Dramatic and Literary
criticisms shall meet with most attentive and impar- .
tial study, and sketches of tho Bar and Pulpit of persons of distinction. Mr. Smith had two
Philadelphia shall occasionally appear from the pen charming daughters, (the elder of these daugh-
of competent judges, uninfluenced hy personal ac- ters was Mary, the other name I have forgot-
quaintance or professional attachment. To these te „ v who wcre the admiration of a fl the
recommendations, our Poetical column will add an- . > . , , ,, . ,
other, which, coming from an already popular source, ; ”® aux i an ^ the envy of all the belles of the
will, wc trust, bo equal to that of more pretending I country around. Various sage and deep dis-
public.itions. It is unnecessary to lie more explicit,j quisitiuns were had by the wise ones of the
as we presume the want ot tho proposed journal is ; parish, on the dark question, who would be
not only admitted, but generally/r/1. We therefore 1
nary and Minister Plenipotentiary at the was in all Downingville before, I say, blazes
court of his Royal Highness ; and that I had about it, and I mean to write and tell you all
been directed by the President to say, that I about it if I live, and if cousin Jack dont like
could iu no way better serve the UnitedStates, it he may lump it, so there now.
or gain his approbation, than by using all my Ye see cousin Jack writ to us that he and
endeavours to strengthen and prolong the I the President and some more gentlemen should
good understanding that happily subsisted be-1 he here the 4th of July, aud we must spring
tween the two countries.” The Prince took I to it and brush up and see how smart we
the letter and handed it to Lord Castlcreagb. could look and how many fine things we could
He then said, that he would “ ever be ready I show to the President. This was a Saturday
on his part to act upon the sentiments I had before the 4th of July come a Thursday.—
expressed : thql I might assure the President The letter was to Uncle Joshua, the Post
preference of the distinguished individuals of this, for that he sincerely desired to keep I Master. Most all the folks in Downingville
who had sought them in marriage. Of them 1 up and improve the friendly relations subsis-1 were at the Post Office waiting when the
Zo ...111 I. . Jl.. I a A ... a « .• i _ at i... a* Ll-L I — I mn il /tnmn in (nr tt»n nx'nopfnn fra linnr frnm
Luke.”
“ For John came neither eating bread nor
drinlting wine; and ye say hr. hath a devil”
The old lady, my informant, looked on me
very archly in the face as she repeated this
passage, and observed, “if Mary were the
more dutiful of the daughters,.I guess the oth
er had the most wit.
I could not ascertain whether the last ser
mon was ever preached.
It may not be inappropriate here to remark,
how well these excellent ladies justified the
^ the h W l-df that should find favor in the
upon their love of justice .mil of public virtue, await c ) cs these ladies • But wmlst these care-
! 1 • • *-■-* —fi.i~.i-. fol guardians of the parson’s family were hol-
their decision respectfully but confidently.
CONDITIONS.
The first number of “ Tho Spy in Philadelphia,”
will he issued on the first Saturday in July. It will
bo printed on fine white paper, in eight large quarto
pages and with good type. As it is intended to ren
ding consultation on the subject, it was rumor
ed that two young lawyers, (I think both of
the neighboring town of Quincy,) a Mr.
Cranch and a Mr. Adams, were paying their
addresses to the Miss Smiths. As every man,
dcr the contents worthy of preservation, for amusing ; woman, and child, of a country parish in
or instructive reference, the advantage of the propo- j New England, is acquainted with whatever
sed and more portable size will be evident. The
terms aro §2 por annum, payable in advance, or
Jj$2 50 if not paid tie fore the expiration of six months.
Agents will be allowed a discount of 10 per cent, on
all subscribers they shall obtain, on remitting one
year’s payment in advance, or becoming responsible
for the same, and a gratuitous copy of the paper.
“ The Spy in Philadelphia” will contain humorous
engravings after the manner of tho celebrated Cruik-
shank. They will bo executed by skilful artists and
be accompanied with comic illustrations in prose or
verse from tho pens of original and competent wri
ters.
All orders must be addressed, post paid, to
WILLIAM HILL &. CO.
No. 1, Athenian Buildingt, Philadelphia.
Caro will bo taken to have tho work carefully
packed when sent ont of tho city.
Dissolution.
T HE Firm of SCHOONM AKER & WHITING^
was dissolved by mutual consent on tho 20tli
April lost. All parsons having demands against the
firm, and all those indebted, will call on L. Schoon-
tnakcr for settlement, who is alono authorised to set
tle tho same. LOD. SCHOONMAKER,
WILLARD WHITING.
-July 13—17—it.
I
takes place in a parson’s family, all the cir
cumstances of the courtship soon transpired.
Mr. Cranch was a member of a family of
some note, was considered a young man of
promise, and altogether worthy of tho alii-
ance he sought. He was very acceptable to
Mr. Smith, and was greeted by him and his
family with great respect and cordiality. He
was received by the elder daughter as a fa
voritc lover, and was, in fact, a young man of
much respectability. He afterwards rose to
the dignity of Judge of the Court of Common
Pleas of Massachusetts, and was the father
of the Hon. Judge Cranch of the District of
Columbia.
The suitor of the other daughter was John
Adams, who afterwards became President of
the United States. But at that time, in the
opinion of Mr. Smith and family, he gave but
slender promise of tlye distinction to which he
afterwards attained. His pretensions were
scorned by the family, excepting the young
lady to whom his addresses were especially
directed. Mr. Smith showed him none of
it will hardly be esteemed extravagant eulo.
gium to say that they were, respectively, an
honor to their husbands, the boast of their
sex, and the pride of New England. Mrs.
Adams, in particular, who from the elevated
position she was placed before the world, was
brought more conspicuous before the public
eye, was supposed to hold the same elevated
rank with the gentler sex, that Mr. Adams
did among the men, and she is reported to
have rendered her husband much assistance
in his multiplied labors of the pen. H.
ting between the two nations, which he re gar-1 mail come in, for we expected to hear from
ded as so much to the advantage of both.” Jack.
I replied, that I would not fail to do so. Uncle Joshua put on his spectacles and
The purpose of the interview seeming to opened the mail and hauled out the papers
be accomplished, I had supposed it would and letters ia a bunch. In a minute 1 see
here end, aud was about to withdraw; but I one to Uncle Joshua with the President s
the Prince prolonged it. He congratulated I name on the outside; so I knew it was from
From Rush's Memoranda of a Residence at the Court
\ of London.
RECEPTION BY THE PRINCE REGENT—
THE LEVEE.
February 9.—Received t> note from Lord
Castlereagh, informing me that the Prince Re
gent had appointed Thursday the twelfth, for
my reception at Carlton House, at a quarter
past two, previous to the levee.
February 12. Had my reception. A com-
potent knowledge of the world may serve to
guide any one in the common walks of life,
wherever he may be thrown; more especial,
ly if he carry with him the cardinal maxim of
good breeding every xvhere—a wish to please
and unwillingness to offend. But if, even in
private society, there are rules not to be
known but by experience, and ii'these differ in
different places, I could not feel insensible to
the approach of an occasion so new to me. My
first desire w;is not to fail in the public duties
of my mission ; the next, to pass property
through the scenes of official and personal
me on
of Mr,
i my arrival. He inquired for the health I Jack, for the President always puts his name
. Adams, and spoke of others who had on Jack’s letters. We all cried out to Uncle
preceded me in the mission, going back so I Joshua to open and let us know what was in
far as the first Mr. Pinckney. Of him, and it.—But he is such a provoking odd old man
Mr. King, his inquiries were minute. He I that he wouldn’t touch it Ullhe got every one
made others, which it gave me still more pleas- pnf the papers and letters sorted nnd put up
ure to answer. He asked if I knew the la- in their places. And then he took it and sat
dies from my country, then in England, who down in his arm chair, and took out his to-
had made such favorable impressions in their I backer box aud took a chew, and then he
society, naming Mrs. Patterson, since the broke open the seal and sot an cuawe and
Marchioness Wellesley, and her sisters, the read to himself. We all stoo tiptoe with
Miss Catons of Maryland. I replied that. I our hearts in our mouths, and he must needs
did, and responded to his gratifying notice of read it over three times to himself chawing
these my fair countrywomen. A few more his old quid and once in a while giving us a
remarks on the climate of the two countries, knowing wink before he would tell us what
closed the audience. was in it. And he wouldn t tell us arter all,
It would be out of place in mo to portray but, says he, you must all be ready to put the
the exterior qualities of this monarch. The I best side o.'. Thursday morning ; there 11 be
commanding union of them has often been a I business to attend to, such as Downingville
theme in his own dominions. He was then] never see before.
in his fifty-sixth year; buf in fine health, and At that we all cut and run, and such a hub.
majntgjnjnfr tho erect, ambitious carriage of bub as we were, in from that time till Thurs-
early life. I will only say that he made his day morning I guess you never see. Such
audience of foreign ministers a pleasurable a washing and scrubbing and making new
duty to them, instead of a repulsive ceremony. I clothes and mending old ones and baking an
The envoy extraordinary and miuister plcni-1 cooking. Every thing seemed to be in a
ing before sunrise and march’d ’em up and
down the road three hours a day. He sent
to the store and got a whole new set of but
tons and had ’em sowed on to his regimental
coat, and had a new piece of red put round
the collar. And had his trowsers washed
and his boots greesed, and looked as though
he might take the shine off of most any thing.
Lilt the greatest rumpus was at undo Josh
ua’s, for they said the President must stay
there all night. And aunt Kcziah was in such
a pucker to have every thing nice, I didn’t
know but she wood fly off the handle.
She had every part of the house washed
from garret to cellar, and the floors all saud-
ed, qnd a bunch of green brashes put into all
the fire places. And she baked three ovens
full of dried punkiu pies, besides a lew dried
huckleberry pies, and cake, and a great pot of
pork and beans. But the worst trouble wan
to fix up the bed so as tb look nice; for aunt
Kcziah declared the President should have as
good a night’s lodging in her house as he had
in New York or Boston. So she put on two
feather beds on top the straw bed, and a bran
new calico quilt that she made the first sum
mer after she was married and never put
it on a bed before. And to make it look as
nice as the New York beds, she took her red
silk gown and ripped it up aud made a blanket
to spread over tho top. And then she huny
up some sheets all round the bedrvam, and
the gals brought in a whole handful of roses
and pinks and pened ’em up round as thick
as flies in August-
After we got things protty much fixed, un-
cle Joshua started ofl'to meet cousin Jack and
the President, and left Sargent Joel to put
matters to rights, and told us we must all be
ready* and be paraded in the road by nine o’
clock Thursday morning. WellJ Thursday
morning come and we all mustered as soon as
it was daylight and dressed up. The chil
dren were all washed aud had their clean
aprons on and their heads combed and were
put under the care of the schoolmarm to bo
paraded along with her scholars.
About eight o’clock all the village got to- *
gethcr down the road os far as uncle Joshua’s
new barn; and Sargent Joel told us how to
stand, as he said in military order. He pla
ced Bill Johnson and cousin Ephraim out a
little ways in front with each of ’em a great
long fowling piece with a smart charge in to
fire a salute, and told ’em as soon as the Pres
ident hove in sight to let drive, only he care
ful and pint their guns up so as not to hurt any
body. Then come Sargent Joel and his com
pany ; and then coinc the Schoolmarm and
the children; and then come ail the women*
and gals over sixteen with aunt Kcziah at tho
head; and then come all the men ia town
that owned horses riding on horseback ; and
all the boys that Sargent Joel didn’t think was
large enough to walk in the profession got tip
and sot on tho fences along hy the side of tho
road.
There we stood till about nine o’clock,
when sure enough we saw somebody como
riding out of the woods down the hill. Tho
boys all screamed ready to split their throats
hoorah for J.tcksdn, and then bill Johnson fir
ed off his gun. Cousin Ephraim who aint
so easy fluttered, held on to his and did’nt fire
for he couldn’t see any body, but uncle Joshua
on his old grey horse. Along come uncle;
Joshua on a slow trot, and wc looked and
looked but couldn’t see any body coming be
hind him.
Then they all becun to look at one another
ns wild its hawks and turn all manner of col-
ors. When uncle Joshua gc»t up so we could*
see him pretty plain he looked as cross as a
thunder cloud. He rid up to Sargeut Joel,
and says he you may all go home about your
business, and put away your nick .lacks, for
Jack and the President are half way to Wash
ington by this time.
My stars what a time there was then, I
never see so many folks boiling over mad be
fore. Bill Johnson threw his gun over into
the field as much as ten rods, :md hopped up
and down, and struck his fists together likor
all possessed.. Sargent Joel. marched back
and forth across the road two or three times,
growing redder and redder, till at last he drew
out his sword and fetched a blow across a
hemlock stump and snapped it off like a pipe
stem. Aunt Keziah fell down in a connip
tion fit; and it was an hoqr before wc could
bring her tu and get her into the house.—
And when she came to go round the house
and see the victuals she had cooked up and
go into the bed-room and sec her gown all
cut up, she went into conniption fits again an d
had ’em half the night. But she’s better to
day and has gone to work to try to patch up
hcr gown again,
I thought I would just let you know a hot;:
these things, and if you are a mind to send
word on to cousin Jack and tho Presidents
I’m willing. You may tell ’em there amt
five folks in Downingville that would lioar fa
for Jackson now, and I don t believe ther n
one that would vote for him unless ’tin J03-.
ua, and he wouldn’t if ho was.a t afrai-i ot
loossing his post office.
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potentiary from Sicily and Naples, Count Lu-
dolf, had his reception immediately after mine.
When the Prince came from his apartment,
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clutter all over the neighborhood. Sargent
Joel flew round like a raven-distracted roost-
He called out his company every corn
er.
Coincidence.—On the same day that Ke-td
the great tragedian died, a lady also ijied in
this town who had officiated as bridesmaid at
his wedding. Keau was then in nurable cir
cumstances, and the lady alluded.to, lcnt-hira
money to pay the wedding-feet, and o]her ne
cessary expenses, which sum was honoura
bly repaid some ycara after, when the hero of
the tragic muse obtained the celebrity of-be
ing the greatest actor of his davCheltenham.
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