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VOL. VI.
ATHENS* GEO. SATURDAY* IBAKH1 3, 1838
The Smithcraft Daaii&er,
IB PUBL.ISIIKD IN THE TOWN OF ATHENS GEORGIA,
EVERY SATURDAY,
BV ALBON CHASE.
TERMS.—Throe dollars per year, payable in ad-
Vance, or Four dollars at the end of the year.
Any subscriber failing to give notice of his desire
to discontinue bis subscription at the expiration of
tho timo for which it has been paid, will bo consiii.
•ered as wishing lo conlinuo it, and held liable accor-
■ding.'y. No paper will tie discontinued, (except at
Die option of the publisher,) until all arrearages are
paid.
(UTAH Loiters to tlio Editor on matters connected
with the establishment, must he post paid in orderto
secure attention.
t ites of Advertislntr.
Letters of Citation, ... §2 75
Notice to Debtors and Creditors, (40 days) 3 25
Four Months’ Notices, . . . 4 00
Sales of Personal Property, by Executors,
Administrators, or tiu' jdiuns, . 3 25
Sales of Lunds or Negroes, by do. 4 75
Application for Loiters of Dismission, 4 50
Ollier Advertisements, 75 cents for every thirteen
lines of small type, (or space equivalent.) first inser
tion, ami 50 cents for ouch weekly continuance. If
pnbh-dicd every oilier week, t>2 1-2 cents, nnd month
ly, 75 conts for each continuance. For a single in
sertion only, -51 00 per st/unre.
Advertisements should always have the desired
number of insertions marked upon them when hand
ed in, otherwise they will be published till forbid
and charged accordingly.
iLTN'otice of the sale of Land and Negroes by Ad
ministrators, Executors, or Guardians, must be pub.
halted sixty days previous to the day ofsale.
The sale of Personal Property, in like manner,
must !h; published forty dan* previous to the sale.
Notice to doctors ind creditors of an estate, must
be published forty days.
Notice that Application will he made fothe Court
of Ordinary, tor leave to sell Land or Negroes, must
be published Jour months.
Notice that Application will be made for Letters
of Administration, must be published thirty days, and
or Loiters of Dismission, six months.
Agents tor tlic Manner.
Lnwrencrritlr, A. R. Smith, Esq.
Carnesville, A. E. Whitten, Esq.
Clarksville, Lewis Lew, Esq
Monroe, Leroy Pattillo, Esq.
WESTERN AND ATLANTIC
RAIL ROAD.
TO M\!> OWNERS.
P ERSONS owning Land in DeKnlb, Cobb. Cass,
and Murray counties, over which the route of
the Western and Atlantic Rail-Road passes, and es-
pecially Guardians, Executors, or Administrators,
having legal control of any 1-ot or Lots of Land, on
said route, are respectfully requested to attend at the
Commissioners’ Office, in Marietta, Cobb County, at
uny time, to suit their convenience, in the month of
April or M«y next, for the purpose of having their
claims, (if any,) against tho Slate, adjusted and set.
tied, for the concession of tho right of wav for said
Rail.Road, over their Lots of Land, respectively.
By order of the Board of Commissioners.
C. L. HOLTON, Scc'y. j>ro tem.
Feb 17.—18—4t.
O r* Tho Augusta Constitutionalist and Sentinel,
Columbus Enquirer and Sentinel, Atiicns Banner nnd
Whig. Macon Telegraph and Messenger, Milb’Jge.
ville Standard of Union and Recorder, and Savannah
Georgian. *viil each give tho above 4 weekly inser
tions. ami forward their accounts to the Board of
Commissioners, at Marietta, for payment.
REMOVAL.
\V. P. SAGE,
^.,47 OULD most respectfully
r ww inform his friends, and
the public generally, that he has
removed his
Watch and Jewelry
listablishiuait,
To the old stand, formerly occupied by B. B. LORD
&. CO., next door to the store of S. J. Mays, where
i.e has opened a choice and handsome assortment of
Watches, Jewelry, &c. &c.
consisting op
Geld Watches of all descriptions.
M. I. Tobias levers, full jewelled, chronometer bal.
nnee, in double and single eases. Silver do.
French, Cooper &. Co’s. Fine Duplex and Levsk
Watches.
(•old and Silver Lepine do.
Silver Levers, with from five to fifteen jewels.
Also, a great variety of Common Silver Watches
GILT CLOCKS, of various Patterns.
One of which is
A SPLENDID MANTEL CLOCK,
In which a Sen .Scene is represented, with a
leautiful view of
A Ship under fill! Sail.
Vases and Flowers. Also, a tasteful selection of
&. BIUCAST-FUtfS.
Gold Watch Chains, Keys and Seals.
Gold, Gilt nnd Pearl Belt Buckles.
Gold and Silver Pencils.
Gold, Silver and Steel Spectacles.
■Sflteer SSUttcif 2Warr.
Fruit Baskets, franch and Plain Candlesticks,
Castors, Snuffers and Trays.
Brittania Tea and Coffee Setts.
Astral Lamps and Shades.
Mahogany and Rose-wood Dressing-Cases.
Cocoa and Rox.wood Flutes, silver and ivory moun
ted, with from one to eight keys.
Octave and Piccolo Flutes. Clarionets.
One Kent Bugle. Guitars and Violins.
Violin Bows. Violin and Guitar Strings.
O'A Iso, Instruction Books for the above Instru
ments, and a choice collection of Music for the Pi
ano, Flute, Clarionet, &.c.
O'clock and Watch Repairing,
In all its branches, will continue to be attended to.
Persons patronizing this branch of the establishment,
may depend upon having their work done in the hest
manner, and at modorntc prices.
Athens, Jan. 6 42—if.
SILK CULTURE.
fENHE MORUS MULTICAULIS, or the Largo
-fit Leaf Chinese Mulberry,
TREES 1 The produce from Cutting:
CUTTINGS, \ tho two last seasons.
of
3,000 TREES
20,000
The price of Troes, without side branches,
Under 5 feet, 25 cents cnch.
Over 5 and under 7 feet, 37 £ cents each,
Over 7 feet, 50 cents each.
Cuttings—One eye, §35 per thousand,
*• Two eyes, 55, 44
“ Three “ 75 “
The Tree is oasily propagated from Cuttings, and
the growth in the southern Slates, is more than doub
le that in the northern, in the same time. Of tho
Callings I obtained from Prince &. Son, at Flushing,
Long Island, but 17 in 100 produced trees; of the
Cuttings from them, more than 75 front 100 was
obtained, and the height of them ;& from 7 to 10 feet
tho present year. They should be put into the
ground between this and tho 1st of April. The
above Trees and Cuttings arc for sale by
JONATHAN MEIGS,
Augusta, Georgia.
N. B—They will be carefully picked and sent
NEW TAILOR'S SHOP.
t •& HE undeisigned, re.
” coolly from^hcCity
of New York, respectful
ly informs the citizens of
Athens, nnd the adjacent
country, that he liasoprn-
cd a Shop in tho House
formerly occupied as an
Office by Doct. Ware, in
this place, near the State
Bank, where he will bo
happy to execute any or
ders with which he may
he favored in Lis lino of
Lusinoss. He has had
THE PUBLIC
4 RE cautioned not to pay any Notes or Book Ac
counts due to the subscriber, either to “Will"
lain M’Rryde or any other person, who may
present them fur collection, as they are not author
ized by mo, and the said Wm. M’Bryde having been
gui!$ of a breach of trust
S. W. BO AG, Charleston.
P. S.—The Columbus, Macon, Millcdgeville and
Athens papers, will please insert the above three
times, and forward their hills to Charleston for pay
ment.
Feb. 10 47—3t-
MONROE HAUL.
• jd .HE undersigned nas taken the above
•a establishment in JIoUl'OS, Wai*
ton CO., which is now fitted up in fine
style for the reception of
Hoarders and Travellers.
He Hatters him.. If, that by niiremitted attention to
the comfort cf those who call, he will merit a liberal
patronage. J. A. CLARK.
Jan. 13.—43—6t.
O’The Chronicle «& Sentinel and Federal Union,
will give the above 3 weekly insertions, and forward
their accounts for payment. J. A. C.
TO CARRIAGE MAKERS.
T HE Subscriber, residing in MONTICELLO,
GEO., offers for sale, his
Carriage Establishment.,
On good terms. Any young gentleman wishing toon,
gage in the business, would do well lo call and exam
ine it, or write to me for further paiticulars. 1 have a
Superior Lot of Timber,
And a sufficient quantity of Stock, with small con
tingencies. for fi months operation ; ull of which I of
fer for first cost. As I am determined to sell, I
would give a bargain. The Stand, for a limited bu
siness, is not to be surpassed in'the State.
THOS. II. B EVE NS.
Monticcllo, Feb. 10 47—9t.
NOTICE.
F|4HE subscribers inform their customers and the
public in general, lhat they have sold out their
entire slock of Goods to Mr. JOHN H. NEWTON,
who will continue to do business at the same stand.
And we take pleasure in being able to state to our
former customers and tho public in general, that we
have reason to believe they will be well pleased and
fairly dealt by, should they continue their business
with him.
Wishing lo close our business, we would respect
fully request all indebted to us by note or account, to
call and settle the same. One of the firm will, at all
times, bo found at their old stand for that purpose.
G. A. CONNALLY $ CO.
Athens, Jan. 6 42—tf.
AO. 50.
REMEMBRANCES.
Oft at the hour wnen evening throws
Its gathering staile o’er vale and hill,
While h*lf the some in twilight glows,
And half in sihi.light glories still;
The thought of all that we have been.
And hoped ani feared on life’s long way ;
Remembrances of joy and pain,
Come mingling with the closr ofday.
The distant scene, of youth’s bright dream.
The smiling green, the rustling tree;
The murmur cfliio gnss.fringed stream.
The houndiig of the torrent free—
The friend, tv lose tender voice no more
Shall sweetly thrill the listning ear,
The glow that Love's first vision wore,
And Disappointment's pangs, are here.
But soft, o’er eich reviving scene
The chastening hues of Memory spread ;
And smiling cieli d irk thought between,
Hope softens every tear we shed.
Oh thus, when Death’s long night comes on
And its dark shades around me lie,
May parting beams from Memory’s sun
Blend softly in iny evening sky.
,ftl CserUans.
NOTICE.
r^VHE subscriber would inform the citizens of
ninny years’ experience in
the business, ami will de
vote to it his personal at.
tention. His workmen will also be first rate; and
he hopes by his assiduous efforts to please, to re-
ceive a share of the patronage of a liberal public.
17‘Cutting of all descriptions, will bo done on the
shortest notice, and in the most fashionable style.
B. F. CRANE.
Dec. 2.—37—tf.
Athens and vicinity, that he has purchased the
entire Stock of Goods of G. A. CONNALLY &
CO., and will continue the business at the same stand,
whero he is now offering a general assortment of
Goods of every description. He will also continue
business at his former stand near Mr. HANCOCK’S
HOTEL.
He flatters himself that he will be able to please
all who may lie disposed to patronise him, and res.
pectfully solicits the patronage of his former cus-
tomers and those of Messrs. G A. Connally & Co.
JOHN H. NEW TON.
Athens. Jan. 6.—42—tf.
NOTICE.
rjtHE Subscriber has a quantity of the MORUS
MULTICAULIS MULBERRY SLIPS for
sale. F. GIDEON.
Athens, Jan. 27 45—8t.
LIVERY STABLE.
Ready Made Clothing,
At their old stand opposite Mitchell’s Hotel,
And will at all limes be prepared to sell on the most
reasonable terms, every variety of garment, adapted
to the season. SHELTON j- BUSH.
Athens, Jan. 13.—13.—tf.
Ippp
BOOK BINDERY.
to order, on remiltnnco accompanying the order.—
The Cuttings can be sent by stage.
Jan. 13.—43— 9t.
1 J'Thc Chronicle Sl Sentinel, Charleston Courier*
Columbia Telescope, Edgefield Advertiser, Green,
ville Mountaineer, Athens Banner, Millcdgeville
Recorder, Macon Telegraph, Columbus Enquirer,
and Savannah Georgian, will publish the above
weekly, for two months, and send their bills to this
office—Constitutionalist.
T HE Undersigned has just opened a Livery
Stable in the. Town of Athens, immediately
in the rear of Mr. If. A. FRASER’S STORE;—
whero he will keep on hand Vehicles of every descrip,
tion, and good Riding and well broken Harness Hor
ses to lure Persons wishing to travel, can be accom
modated with Carriages and Horses at all times.—
His vehicles have not yet arrived, but are expected by
the first of the Spring.
lie will, also, take, on Livery, tho horses of any
one wishing to place them under his charge.
V. M WELLS.
Athens, Jan. 27 45—tf.
INSTRUCTION
MUSIC.
1V3 "''•''•kT'llALL respectfully informs the pub.
lie, that she continues to givo instructionon the
Piano Forte,
Either at her dwolling-house, or at her room op
the Lot of the Female Academy, at any hour be
tween 8 o’clock A. M. and 10 P. M. She trusts that
her long residence in Athens, and the satisfaction
heretofore given, added to her untiring oxertions to
impart a thorough knowledge of music to her pu-
pits, will entitle her to a share of the patronage of
a liberal public.
O* Her mother, (Mrs. Trouin) will give instruc
tion in the FRENCH LANGUAGE, at her resi-
dencco, where a few Young Ladies can also be ac
commodated as Boarders.
Athens, April 29.—6.—ly.
NOTICE.
P* r *° n * indebted to the estate of Richmond
V. Peeples, late of Walton county, deceased,
are requested to make payment immediately, and all
having demands will present them, duly authentica-
ted, within tho time prescribed by law.
LOUISA S. PEEPLES, Admr'x.
Jan.20.—44—-40d.
GROCERIES.
fllMIE Subscriber is now opening at the Store for-
fi- nierly occupied by Messrs. Sims, Lawrence &.
Co., a general Stock of Groceries, embracing a great
variety of articles usually called for in that lino of
business—all of which will bo sold at a small ad.
vance on Augusta prices, for Cash only. Orders
for any articles will bo promptly attended to.
O. P. SHAW.
Dee. 16.—39—tf.
CEOTBUftft STORE.
T HE Subscribers would respectfully inform the
public, that they still keep up their usual assort-
Subscribers would respectfully inform the
2 citizens of Athens, and the public generally,
that they have united themselves in the above biisi.
ness, in tho Third Story of Messrs. S. Tonney &. Co’s
Book Store, immediately over the Southern Whig
Office, where work will be executed in the neatest
and handsomest style, at the shortest notice.
Day Books, Journals, Ledgers, Record, and Bank
Books. &c., made to any pattern of Ruling or Bind.
>ng- CLARK tj- BURD1NE.
Athens, Feb. 10.—47—tf.
A TALE OF POLAND.
“God tempers Die wind to the shorn lamb,”
said a Polish captive, as she was led by a me-
ihhI to his Master’s palace. The girl was one
of tiiose patriotic females, enrolled ns a corps
to provide food and raiment for the valiant
suffering sons of degraded Poland. Eighteen
years had not kissed her eheek, yet to her
discretion paid homage. The sword of the
oppressor hai! already drank the blood of her
father, the yawning gates of a prison had in
terred her only brother, and grief for the
loss of those she justly loved had made her
motherless. Still her spirit drooped not, nor
did she bend when the storm passed over her.
She considered it a necessary offi ring to pur
chase the emancipation of her country, and sti
fled each selfish feeling. 1 need not say she
was beautiful; but she was incomparably so.
—Virtue, beauty and the graces, it would
seem had struggled for the supremacy. Like
FOR SALE,
50 ACRES OF WOODLAND, within - miles
of Town, adjoining Dr. Church, Messrs. W
R. Cunningham and Prince, and lying on the road to
the Princeton Factoiy. JAMES JACKSON.
Feb. 17—48—2t.
NOTICE.
F JJNHE connection that has heretofore existed be-
tween COBB, MOORE & ROBINSON, in
the Black Smith's Busiuesa, has this day been dissol
ved by mutual consent.
The business will in future be conducted by FIN
NEY H. MOORE individually, who respectfully so.
licits a share of public patronage.
The books and accounts of the Firm will be found
in the possession of Finney H. Moore ; with whom
all persons indebted lo the Firm, are requested to call
and settle. COBB, MOORE $ ROBINSON.
January 1st, 1838. 44 tf #
ENGLISH STRAW BONNETS.
A Case of handsome English Straw and Florence
ia Bonnets just received and for sale by
J. W. JONES.
Oct. 14-1-30—if. .
NEGRO SHOES.
Pairs Superior NEGRO SHOES, for
^Wsaieby . J1W. JONES.
Oct. 14—30—tf. - * . £: .
FOR SALE OR RENT,
T HE premises lately occupied by Mr. Alley, in
the rear of Mr. Tenney’s Book Storo. The
Dwelling House is two stories high and contains six
comfortable rooms. Also for sale, a light Carriage
and Sulkey. Apply to
JOHN NISBET.
Feb. 17—48—3t.
NEW GOODS.
J W. JONES is now receiving and opening at
• his Store, his supplies of
FALL AND WINTER GOODS,
which combined with his former stock, renders his
assortment very complete.
Athens, Oct. 14—30—tf.
ETHIOPIAN EXPULSION,
T HE sine qua non »f the United States.
The utile cum duld. Magna est veritas
et jmrvalebit. J. j. FLOURNOY.
Athens, Jan -27 45—tf.
Land Warrants*
A few quires just printed, and for sale at the
d - Office of the. Southern Banner I
guardian angel she appeared over the des-
tinies of her country ; and in the hour of dan
ger, she was ever near, nerving with new en
ergy the sinking soldiers, by ber energetic
appeals to that God by whom the weak are
made strong. “I would,” she said, “that the
helmet were fitted to a woman’s brow, that I
might become a more active participator in
this glorious achievement; that I too might
gather unfading laurels for my country, in the
struggle that awaits her. Again the prowler*
for prey, commanded by the fell tyrant, are at
our frontiers hitherto God has wrought
wonders for us. Toe most sanguine expec
tations ot our Iriends have been more than
realized, while our enemies have witnessed
the destruction ol their fondest hopes. Our
wives and daughters, determined to share the
dangers, are alteady armed with faith, and
hope in Heaven. They go forth to adminis
ter consolation lo the sick and dying, und to
bind up their wounds.—Let the effort then
sweep from the minds of our foe every expec
tation of our country’s downfall. Then
wronged, insulted Poland will be registered
among the independent nations of the earth.”
This affecting appeal to the hearts of the
officers was received, r.ot in the usual man
ner, with loud cheers, but every knee was
bent, and every eye raised to heaven, and
harmoniously did their voices blend in suppli-
eating the protecting arm of Omnipotence in
behalf of themselves, their country, and this
heaveu born spirit veiled in mortality.
The day dawned, and they were ready to
receive the enemy ; they met, and dreadful
was the conflict. Often were the Poles re
pulsed, and as often did they gallantly return
to the contest, shouting, “Liberty or death !”
The soil was enriched by the blood of her
dearest sons, but the cry of victory mingled
with the songs of the convoy that beckoned
them away. The enemy fled in wild dissor-
der. alter a protracted struggle.
Wearied with the toils of war, the soldiers
returned to the camp, nor were their women
less in want of rest. The fair Adelia was
alone insensible to fatigue, and as she was
wandering aboat in the field of battle, intent
on her errand of mercy, “Life,” said she,
“may still linger ill some of the fallen ; and
even in death's last agony, I may point them
to a crucified Saviour.” Superstitious feel
ings she had none; but in the midst of her
humane exertions, her arm was suddenly-
grasped by a ruffian, who, in the hour of dan-
ger, had fled from the enemy’s post. The
offer ho knew, would ensure his pardon, and
procure for him future favors from the Rus-
sian commander, whose watch-word was
< booty and beauty,’ and to him did he hasten
with the defenceless but invaluable girl.
During the trial her fortitude was invinci
ble and the dignity of her manner awed even
those to whom she was presented. The Rus-
sian officers hud assembled under pretence ot
concerting measures to renew the engage.
ment,.hut in fact to spend the night in riot and
dissipation. The commander-in-chief of his
majesty’r forces, struck with the beauty of bis
captive, ordered her into confinement; se
cretly detdrriuning a private interview, to con
vince her of his power. For this purpose,
even before the fumes ofthe wine had passed
was kneeling in prayer. In behalf of Po-!
land, did she fervently and humbly ask that
her captivity might in some mysterious man
ner aid her countrymen. She was conclu
ding by imploring fortitude to bear the repeat-
ed insults ol her enemies, and by entreating
protection from the snares of the wicked.
* Be mine,’ said he, ‘ and my arm shall nf-
ford that protection you will seek ia vain from
any other power.’
She nrose, saying, ‘ I worship neither fronts
of brass nor teel of clay ; my trust is in lsr.t.
el’s God.’
‘ Prating fool, your life is in my hands, and
dare you defy me ?’
‘ True, you may kill me; but the Christi-
an ><ars not death, and in that you will re
store me to those sainted parents of which
Russian butchery has deprived me. Go,
pander for a baser monarch, and no longer
disturb my devotions.’
Threats and entreaties were alike fruitless.
‘There is no deed,’ said she, ‘from which
your nation would shnuk; but my brother
would think lightly of ins life, purchased at
the expense of his sister’s virtue. Your glo-
ry may dazzle for a while but it will set iri
the starless night. Begone, I command you,
uo'r think to bribe a Polish maiden.’
He left her, swearing vengeance, and 111
the execution of which, he ordered a menial
to bring her forth for the amusement of the
soldiery, w ? ell knowing that female delicacy
shrinks from the public gaze. She entered
the camp cool and collected ; for if she had
female gentleness, it was united with in.iscu-
line firmness. Tauntingly, she was asked to
sing.
4 1 used to sing,’ said she, 4 for my father;
his spirit may he permitted to hover near and
respond to the song of his child.*
She sung a little ballad, composed by her
self in prison. The words were as follows :—
4 The sun has tinged the western sky,
And cast its shadows far around :
To God I’ll raise the orphun’s cry—
He heard the sound.
When through the gloomy cell I tread,
I raise my feeble voice and sing
To him who is the orphan’s God,
lie knows their wrongs.
And there is hope for misery’s child,
Where despot’s banner never wave—
Whore monsters virtue no’er beguiled—
God’s power to save.’
She ceased. The demon was convulsed
with rage, and ordered her back to await her
wretched fate. Silently she followed her
conductor, but in passing a dark hall, her
hand fell upon a sleeping sentinel’s sword
She grasped it—he awoke not—and iu her
dungeon it drank the blood of the same being
who Srst deprived her of her liberty.
Woman’s imagination is ever fertile.—
Quick as thought she was arrayed in the garb
of the fallen soldier, and presented herself
before the common jail demanding certain
prisoners for the gratification of his master.
Their names were given, and some of Po
land’s bravest officers were ngain at liberty.
road artcr they had dug you up, and had cut
stick and run for it.
Well, when tea came, he said the same
thing, it s too exciting, give me some water,
do; that’s follerin the law of iHtur. Well
■IS,-
law of :iatur. Well,
says I, if that’s the case you ought to eat
beefj why, says he, how do you make out
thnt are prop.. s i;ion ! Why,says I, if drinking
water, instead ol teu, is natur, so is eatin grass
necordin to nutur ; now all flesh is grass, we
are told, so you had better eat that and call
it vogctah.e; like a man I once seed, who
fasted on fish on a Friday, and when he had
done, whipped a leg o’ mutton into the oveu,
*nd took it out fish; says he, ils ‘changed
plaice,’ that’s all, and «plaice’ aim a bad fish.
'I he Catholics fast enough, gracious know*,
but then they fast on a great rousin big sal
mon at two dollars and forty cents a pound,
and lots of .Madeira to make it float on the
stomach ; there’s some sense in mortifying the
appetite arter that fashion, but plagy little in
your way. No, says 1, friend you may talk
about natur as much as you please, I’ve studied
natur all my life, and I vow if your natur could
speak out, it would tell you, it don’t over.half
like to be starved arter that plan. If you
know d as much about the marks ol the mouth
as I do, you d know that you have cnrniveroua
ns well as graniverous teeth, and thnt natur
meant by that, you should eat most anything
that are door-keeper, the nose, would give a
ticket to. to pass ,nto your mouth. Father
rode a race at New York course, when ho
was near hand to seventy, nnd that’s more
than you II do, I guess, and he eats as hearty
as a turkey cock, and he never confined him
self to water neither, when he could get any
thine convened him better. Says he, Sam,
grandfather Slick used to sav there was an
old proverb in Yorkshire, 4 a full belly makes
a strong back,’ and i guess if you try it, natur
will tell you so too. If ever you go to Con
necticut, jist call into father’s and he’ll give
you a real ri2ht down genuine New England
hreaktast, and it that don’t happify your heart,
then my name’s not Sam Slick. It will make
you feel about among the stiffesf, I tell you.
It will blow your jarket out like a pig at sea.
\ oil’ll have to shake a reef or two out of your
waistbands and make good stowage, I guess,
to carry it all under hatches. There’s nothing
like a good pasture to cover the ribs, and make
the hide shine, depend on’t.
SAM SLICK’S OPINION OF THE GRA-
HAMITES.
1 think, said 1, this is a happy country,
Mr. Slick. The people are fortunately all
of one origin, there are no national jealousies
America known to tub Ancients; The
American Monthly Magizine, published at
New. \ ork, contains a brief nonce ofa volume,
under the title ol Antiquities Americanae, com
prising the result of many years’ investigation
by the Royal Society of Northern Antiquaries
at Copenhagen, upon the long disputed point,
whether this country was or was not known
to Europeans, long prior to its discovery by
Columbus in 1492. The work was recently
published at Copenhagen and lias been receiv
ed in the United States. It is an imperial
quarto of 480 pages, printed in the original
Icelandic, with Danish nnd Latin translations,
having a historical view of the voyages of dis
covery prefixed in English, illustrated by nu-
meious fac similes of the famed Skin Books
of Iceland and copperplate engravings, exhib
iting proofs ot great labor and research be-
to divide, and no very violent politics to agi-1 a °d bearing am-
. . .1 rpi ■* • 1 .* * . testimony to the fact thut America was
tate them. I hey appear to be cheerful and knnwn t( . p* . _ . , „ , " 9
contented, and are a civil, good natured, hos
pitable race. Considering the unsettled stole
of almost every part of the world, 1 thud. I
would as soon cast my lot in Nova Scotia as
in any part 1 know of.
Its a clever country, you may depend, said
he, a very clever country; full of mineral
wealth, aboundin tn superior water privileges
and noble harbours, a large part of it prime
land, and it is in the very heart of the fishu-
ries. But the folks put me in mind of a sect
in our country they call the Grahamites—they
cat no meat, and no exciting food, and drink
nothin stronger than water. They call it
Philosophy, (and that is such a pret»v word it
has made fools of more folks than them ufore
now;) but 1 call it tarnation nonsense. I
once travelled all through the State of Maine
with one of them are chaps. He was us thin
as a whippin post. His skin looked -like a
blown bladder arter some of the air had leaked
out, kinder wriukled and rumpled like, and
his eye* as dun as a lamp that’s livin oh a
short allowance of ile. He put me in mind
of a pair of kitchen tongs, all legs, shaft, and
head, and no belly ; a real.gandcr lookin crit
ter, as holler as a bamboo walkiu cane, and
twice as yaller. He actilly looked us if he
had been picked off a rack at sea, and dragged
through a gimlet hole. He was a lawyer.—
Thinks I, the Lord a massy on your clients,
you hungry, half-starved lookin critter, you,
you’ll eat ’em up alive, as sure as the Lord
made Moses. You are just the chap to strain
at a gnat and swallow a camel, tank, shank,
and flank, all at a gulp.
Well, when we came to an inn, and a beef
steak was sot afore us for dinner, he’d say :
Oh, that is too good for me, it’s too exciting ;
all fat meat is diseused meat—give me some
bread and cheese. Well, I’d sav, I dont
know what you call too good, but it tante
good enough lor me, for I call;if as tough as
fausbong, and thnt will bear chawing all day.
When I liquidate for my dinner I like to get
about the best that’s gbiu., and I aim a bit too
well pleased if I don’t. Exciting indeed !■*
thinks l. Lord, I should like to see you ex-i
cited if it wnsonly forthe full of the thilig.—
What a temptin lookin critter you’d be among
the galls, would’nt you 1 Whyyyqu look like
known to Europe ages before the timu of Co-
Iambus, and that portions of it had been visited,
especially in Rhode Island and Massachusetts.
The celebrated Writing Rocks at Tiverton
and Portsmouth, R. I. and opposite Dighton,
Mass, are described at length, particularly the
last mentioned, the inscription upon which is
explained, ihese monuments are presumed
to have been erections of the middlo ages, and
the one near Dighton intended to commemo
rate the occupancy of that region by North,
men near tho commencement of the eleventh
century.
The reviewer adds: “Our readers will
recollect that the January number of this mag.
azine for 1836, contains a plate and descrip,
tion of a human skeleton, found in a sittino-
posture at Fall River, Mass, in ttie immediate
neighborhood of Dighton Rock. On the brdast
was a curious plate of brass, and the body
was encircled with a belt composed of brass
tub> s. i here were also found arrows of
brass, thin, flat, and triangular in shape. No
satisfactory account has before now been giv
en ot this, or ol the hieroglyphics upon the
rocks. The body was undoubtedly one of the
Northmen who came over in these expeditions,
and was probably buried in the condition in
which it was found.”
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Does any of our readers know what is the
origin or derivation of the word Gas ? The
term gas sprang from the same source a*
ghaiat or ghost, both being from a Teufonie
word signifying spirit or supernatural being,
and variously spelt past, ghsis, or otherwise,
according to the diflerent Teutonic diajects.
Now, some of the mineral springs in Germany
exhale a vapor which hangs a.beve them in the
semblance of a light thin cloud. This, hein*»
seen, was occasionally taken for a ghais or
ghost; but those who had a little more wit
at their finger ends, know the thing to be
neither more or less than a vapor. From the
deceptive appearance, however, arose the
custom of applying the term ghais to-all va
pors or seriform bodies j? and, being adopted
