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[From the Georgia Journal ]
FOSSIL REMAINS.
\Ve place on our outside page to-day.
the account es the Fossil Rones recently
discovered in the neighborhood of Bruns
wick, Georgia. We barely wish to call
the attention of the scientific, to the par
ticular bones discovered. The statement
says, vertehne molar and other frith, and
portions of large tusks resembling ivory
have been found, as we presume from the
statement in juxtaposition, or nearly so.
The editor of the Brunswick Advocate
supposes them to have been the first spec
imens of Fossil Mammalia found in Geor
gia. We are happy in having it in our
power to correct him. Fossil Remains
of one of the most extraordinary animals |
of the ancient World hare been found on j
the continent of Georgia, and are de
scribed in the annals of the Lyceum of Nat-!
ural History of New York, in 18124, sup
posed to be from flic pens of Drs. Mitch
ell and Cooper. They were bones of the '
animal known by the name of “Megatht
rium,” meaning .“.a great wild beast.”
The Megatherium of the ancient world is
thus described by one of the most cele-J
brated Geologists of the present day. l)r. !
Buckland says—
“ The size of the Megatherium exceeds
that of the existing Edentata, to which it
is most nearly allied, in a greater degree'
than any other fossil animal exceeds its
nearest living congeners. With the head
and shoulders of the Sloth, if 'combined'
in its legs and feet, and admixture of the
character of the Ant-eater, the Armadillo
and the Chlamyphorous; it probably also
still further resembled the Armadillo, and
the Chlamyphorus, in being cased with a
bony coat of armor. Its haunches were
more than five feet wide, and its body
twelve feet long and eight feet high; its
feet were a yard in length, and terminat
ed by most gigantic claws; its tail was
probably clad in armour, and much long
er than the tail of any other beast, among
extinct or living terrestrial Mammalia.
Thus heavily constructed, and ponderous
ly accoutred, it could neither run, nor
leap, nor climb, nor burrow under the
ground, and in all its movements must
have been necessarily slow; but what
need of rapid locomotion to au animal,
whose occupation of digging roots for
food was almost stationary? and what need
for speed for (light from foes, to a crea
ture whose giant carcass was encased in
an impenetrable cuirass, and who by a
single pat of his paw, or lash ol his tad,
could in an instant have demolished the
Congar or the Crocodile? Secure within
the panoply of his bony armor, where
was the enemy that would dare encounter
this Leviathan of the Pampas? or, in what
more powerful creature can we find the
cause that has effected the extirpation of
his race?”— Britlgtwuhr '/'realists VI
1-29.
From the fact that (lie remains of this
wonderful animal have hern chiefly found
in America, even as far .North of the E
quator, as the United States, in the marsh
es of the Isle of Skiddawav, we should
have had little hesitation in ascribing
these newlv discovered fossils to that ex
tinct class of animals.
Me were particularly .struck, however,
with the remark concerning the iron/
tusks also found in juxtaxposition, as we
suppose, with the molar teeth. Os course
we cannot venture to assign the particu
lar animal to which these have belonged:
and all we arc saying on this interesting
subject, is but conjecture. Remains of
a large animal have been found at Epples
hcini, in the province of llesse Darmstadt
in Europe, as also in several parts of
France, Austria and Bavaria to which
Naturalists having given the name of Di
votiierium. This was the largest of ter
restrial animals, and was supposed to hold
an intermediate place between the living'
race of Tapirs and the extinct Mastodon. ■
The Dinothcrimn GisanUmm is calculat
ed by Cuvier to have reached, if not ex
ceeded the height of eighteen tat.' The
entire head recently discovered at Kpples
lieim, measured three feet in length, and
nearly the same in breadth. The lower
jaw was nearly four fat long and contain
ed at its anterior extremity two large tusks
curved downwards similar to the disposi
tion of the tusks now found in the upper
jaw of the existing, ]\'a/n/s. From an
accurate analysis of the organs of this
animal as far as they have been found,
naturalists have pronounced the Diuothe
rium an Aquatic animal; an inhabitant of
fresh water hakes and Rivers.
TL he animal subsisted on aquatic vege
tables and roots. The tasks were used,
ns is supposed for the purpose of sus
pending the head at the surface of the
water during sleep, as »ce-il as instruments
of defence. If an accurate examination
of these remains be made, we should be
highly gratified to see it made public.
America has made large contributions to
the Natural History ot the older periods
of the World, and we doubt not but Geor-j
gia may aid much, in the acquisition of
this Scientific knowledge.
From the \\ ilmir.gton (Del.) Gazette.
The Fats. of a Murderer. Many:
of our readers will no doubt, recollect a
tragical affair which occurred at the the
atre in Monticello, Georgia, a few years
since, in which the sou of one of the
most respectable citizens of tins state-'
Caleb Ross, Esq. of Laurel, was shot bv
a man named Augustus L. Glover, and
w 10 it was stated, had previously niur
icered several other individuals. Mr
" m, 08 *,: ' lB c ; x P en ded a large amount of
•’ niv exerted all his energies in
endeavoring to ferret out the murderer of
Ins son; but all Ilia clforts have, we be-
lieve, thus far proved entirely unavailing.
But, we learn from the Arkansas Times, i
of the 19th of March last, this monster in j
human shape, has at length been overtak-'
en by a just and wise Providence, in his
sanguinary career; .and fell by the same'
weapon w ith which he has brought sever
al of his fellow men to an untimely grave.
It appears that Glover Ims succeeded in
evading the laws, and escaped from just
ice by concealing himself in a remote
part of the State of Arkansas, where he
had married, and has been residing.
The Times says that on the 4th of
Marjjli last, Glover was assassinated while
travelling the road from his residence on :
the Bedford Bayou, to his father-in-law’s,
Mr. G. B. Watson, sr. He was in com
pany with his wife, a young lady and
two gentlemen, in all five persons. One
of the company only had a gun, and that
not charged. As the company reached
an open space in the road, immediately
on the bank of the bayou, gun shot was
heard to fire from the opposite bank
of the bayou, and some of the shot
penetrated the clothes of several of;
the company. At the fire of the gun,!
Glover dismounted and took the only gun
in the company and repaired- behind a
tree, and called for the powder and shot,
swearing he would ascertain who the
d— and assassin was. As his friend advanc-!
ed towards him with the powder, &.c. a j
ritle was tired from the same place, and ,
probably from the same hand: the ball
penetrated the breast of Glover, and
passed out under the shoulder blade, of
which wound he died in a very few min
utes. A Mr. Innerson, whose residence
is near the scene of murder, with whom
it is gain G. had a dilliculty a few days
previous, has been arrested on suspicion
of having committed the murder. This
is another exemplification of the Scrip
ture saying, that he who sheds a brother's
blood, by man shall Ins blood be shed—
'and is sufficient evidence of the fact, that
i the murderer though he may fora time
evade the justice of the law, he cannot
-escape the wrath of a wise and just God.
| Mr. Billion Bull's lament on the death
i of Nero, one of the lions long kept in the
| collection ol wild beasts at the tower of
London.
j (From Douglas Jcrruld's •Men of <'hnrneter.')
‘1 don’t wonder at vour grief, .Mr. Hub;
no doubt the animal was attached to you,'
remarked John. ‘Attached ! 1 believe he
was: he and roar when I came within a mile
of him ; my own wife did'nt know ntv step
better than he did ; and now he’s gone.— j
l’oor dear Nero's dead!’ ‘What uh.it |
was his complaint ?’ asked John. ‘1 can't |
say for certain, but I think his death lay-d
at the door ol a d-d stockbroker,' exclaim-,
ed Bub. ‘What could a lion have to do!
with such a person !’ inquired Applejohn.
j‘ \ on see, the old stockbroker, after he’d
I had lus bellyful watching the hoars got up
the pole, wanted wliat you call excitement,
, and would lease Nero—would poke him
about to get up a roar. Well, one dav the
old fellow somehow or another steals in a
big blue cotton umbrella: and there lie;
stood, as I heard, laughing away as if lit' 1
was winning upon Change, and poking
j tho royal animal under the right shoulder.
For a time, the lion treated the old fool;
; with proper contempt ; but at last, Nero;
I pounced upon the umbrella, dragged it 1
through the bars and afore you could say
’stop,’ swallowed it complete.’ ‘Wliat!;
1 the umbrella !’ cried Applejolm. ‘1 come
just m time to see tin' handle disappear
down his throat : 1 could swear to it
round wooden handle, with live hits of
inother-o'-poarl like shirt buttons.’ ‘And
did the umbrella kill the lion !' asked
John. ‘Whv, some of our people said
he'd digest it—but all 1 know is this: af
ter that, whether the disease arose from ,
sympathy, or whether it were something]
in the nerves, 1 can't rightly sav : bu; this j
I know, from the time that Nero swallow-!
ed the umbrella, il never came on to rain
that tin* poor animal didn't swell three
times his proper size.’ And Mr. Rull'on
Huh narrated th.se xtraordinarv event with
a gravity which lelt nothing for Apple
john to hazard even as a doubt. ‘And
was he the last of the lions?’ inquired
John. ‘I he last and the best,’ answered
Rull ‘Poor dear fellow ! how housed to
love me ! 11a ! Mr. Applejohn, it would
have done your heart good to have seen
him and me play together with a shin of
heel: how Id just grease his whiskers
with it, and then take it awn\ to tease him,'
and then how he bed jam bis nose be
tween the bars, and loop up his lip o’ each
side, and drop his under jaw, and push
his paw sideways out, fishing after my
jacket; how he’d keep up a rattling
growl, ami I talking and chatting to him
ad the \vmile—and the ladies ami gen linen,
countesses, and dukes yml lords among
i o!, b perhaps, looking on, and all more
delighted loan it they was at a rational
play. And then, when I throweil him the
lione, to see him drop down upon it like
a thunderbolt, and pull it with his two
paws like any Christian under his breast,!
with his eyes looking murder at any body
as should touch it ! 11a! that was a brute
—and he’s dead.’ ”
[trout the Western Georgian J
Mi:. Editor: —lt must be deeply m-1
teresting to the people of Georgia, to
know that the work on the Alain Trunk
Rail lload, passing from the Chattahoo-;
chee River through the w hole Cherokee
country, to some point at or near Ross
nlle, is now in rapid progress. The
BRUNSWICK ADVOCATE.
Rail Road from the Southern termini to |
sonic point near Cassville, a distance of l
fifty miles, is now tinder complete con
tract. And from the acknowledged re
! sponsibility of the undertakers, the pub
lic may be assured that the enterprise
; will advance to its completion.
The public has done little more than
erect castles of air, on the subject of In-
Itornal Improvement, and the people of
this State, until recently, have been be
hind most of their countrymen. But the
energy, vigor and enterprize of the pres
ent Board of Commissioners appointed to
I superintend this public work, has redeem
ed the character of the State from the re
proaches heretofore so justly merited,
; lrom our sloth and indolence on this sub
ject. It is with pleasure that I record
this testimonial of praise to the commis-i
sinners for their public acts, since I have
the pleasure of knowing them intimately:
and believe that the public service could
not have been more certainly advanced, j
by the appointment of any other men in j
Georgia. Much is also due to Col Long,.
the principal Engineer, for the rapid ad
vancement of this enterprize. The sub-;
j'*ct of Internal Improvement by Rail |
Road, has been a subject of much reflec
tion wit!) me for a number of vears; and,
within my knowledge the same diligence,
industry and enterprize has never been
brought to bear on any other project of
the kind. Within the short space of
twelve months, this distinguished Engin
eer has accomplished more than ever was
done under the same circumstances. In
deed, the people of Georgia and of this
country especially, are indebted to him
more than to any fortuitous circumstance,
lor the establishment .of this Rail Road.
The state ol Georgia, instead of being in
the wake of her sisters, presents the
pleasing spectacle to her friends, of tak
ing the lead of the whole of them. And
j for this we are indebted to Col. Long, the
principal Engineer, and the present Board
|ol Commissioners.
[From tlic Ceylon Chronicle.]
{ Bowi'Au i r.. The genuineness of the
, following statement may be depended np-
I on. Sergeant Abraham Millington’s
memorandum concerning the demise of
! General Bonaparte: “< )u Sunday the
Bill May, 1>:21, I was sent for, while at
tending divine service, to make a tin cof
fin for General Napoleon Bonaparte. On
! Monday the 7th, I was ordered to attend
|at Longwood House for the purpose of
! soldering up the body of General Bona
parte in tlie tin collin, which was perform-j
ed in the following manner, in presence I
ol Generals Bertrand and Moutholon, j
Madame Bertrand, the French chaplain !
the French surgeon, Mr. A. Darling, Dr.-
Rtishop, 11. M. i2b‘th regiment of foot,!
several of the French domestics, and j
; Samuel Ley, private in the 20th regiment,
i’l’lie hotly of the late General Napoleon
[ Bonaparte, in full dress was deposited in
a tin c.ofiin, which was lined with white
' '•ilk and cotton. 11 is cocked hat was
laid across his thighs, and on the left
: breast of iiis coat was a gold star and
| cross, and several other medals of the
! same metal, several pieces of coin, of va
! rimis sizes and different value, were also
put into the collin. 11 is heart was depos
ited in a silver urn, or tureen filled with
: spirits, to which I soldered a lid or cover
!of the same material, which was placed
j between the small parts of his Ices. His
; stomach was deposited in a silver mue in
'which there was spirits, which was al
so put in the collin. A silver plate, knife,
tork, and spoon, and a silver service cup.
were also deposited in the collin. Pre
viously to placing the body of tho General
in tlie collin, the tin lid of the collin, be
ing lined with white silk and stuffed with
cotton, was put in its place, and I solder
ed it on the collin, enclosing the late Gen
eral Nrpolcon Bonaparte, and all the
above mentioned articles. 'Phis tin cof
fin with its contents, was then enclosed
in a mahogany coffin, and they were en
closed in a lead coffin, and all were after
wards enclosed in a inaltoganv collin,
which made in all four coffins.”
AHR All AM MII.LINt.TON,
Scrj. St. Helena Artillery.
A iikoad hint A\i) a proper rebuke.
At a social entertainment, some stories
too wonderful to he true, were related by
one of the company. A pause occurimr
in the conversation, another individual of
the party commenced by saving: • Gen
tlemen 1 will now tell my tale. In a vil
lage lived a butcher, who had the curiosity
one day to view the adjacent country from
the top of the church steeple, and, for
that purpose, he was escorted bv the clerk,
of the parish. Soon after they’had reach
ed the top the hells began to ring, w hich
caused the steeple to rock from one side
to the other with such velocity, that the
butcher, unable to hear the effect, (which
completely addled his brains,) leaped from
the top; but reflecting on the risk he ran
in alighting, he suddenly drew his knife
from its sheath, struck it in the wall, and
there hung dangling by it like a hat on a
peg, tiil so.in; persons having obtained a
ladder, lifted him down.” “That must he
a lie!'' exclaimed the person who before
amused the company so much. “And,
pray what have you been telling nil the!
evening ?” said the other. The first j
was confounded.
“Teddy, me boy, jistguess how many
cheese there is in this ere bag, an' faith
I II give ye the whole five.”
"Five, to be sure.”
“Arrah, be me sowl! bad luck to the i
man that tould ve !”
From the Savannah Republican.
The vefy high complimentary order of
Gen. C. Floyd to Col J. W. Jackson, com
manding Ist Regiment, Ist Brigade, Geor-!
gia Militia, we have been favored with for
publication; and while we give place to
it, we cannot but express our gratifica
tion, that Col. Jackson’s command should
have merited so liberal and candid a no
tice.
I/rad-Quarters, L 7 lleg. I•/ Dir. (r.M. \
Savannah, May 5,18 BS. j
GENERAL ORDERS.
Before leaving the city, Brigadier Gen
eral Floyd cannot withhold expressing, j
through Col. Jackson, the extreme grati-j
lication which he experienced on the fld
May Inst, at the parade of the Ist Regi
ment, Ist Brigade, G. M.
To the officers of the regiment, com
missioned and non-commissioned, he feels j
deeply sensible of the sterling military
pride which has characterized them for,
some months past, more especfally ; and
of the unremitting perseverance which has
enabled them to surmount every obstacle
towards the instruction and organization
of those who may have been committed to
their respective commands.
The chief bulwark of our nation's se
curity, is in the military volunteer associa
tions of the young gentlemen of the land;
and so long as there exists that unflinch
ing ardor, and esprit (le. corps which so
pre-eminently signalized the components'
of the Ist Reg. Ist Brigade; our country 1
can rally upon Georgia’s sunny soil, stout
arms and chivalrous hearts, ever ready to
repel invasion from abroad, or repress re
bellion from within.
’Flic regiment throughout the day ac
quitted itself with marked honor. Its
rapidity and accuracy in the performances
of the various evolutions, would not have
been discreditable to veterans, who had
been nursed in the tented field, and innur
ed to all the plans, perils and purposes ot
war. In line, the Brig. General cannot j
but affirm with confidence, that the ardor;
which now animates the materials of this!
regiment, is too well kindled, not to be
communicated so extensively, that its su
periority over others in the state will be 1
well established: and its equality with!
any in the I'nited States, be asserted and
acknowledged.
To the captain and corps of the Chat
ham Hussars, Gen. Floyd tenders his ac
knowledgments for their voluntary escort
of himself and staff upon the field ; and is 1
happy in the opinion, that this indispensa-1
hie adjuvant to the infantry of the eastern |
section of our state, is as flourishing and
disciplined as it would lie prompt aiul en-j
ergetic, to demonstrate is practical utility,
whenever an opportunity may he present
ed, by doing the state essential service." !
By order of C. R. Floyd, Brio-. Gen. Ist!
Brig. I st. I)iv. G. M.
MM. B. W HITE, Brigade Inspector, j
There was, we understand, a bloody
piece of work at Smithlield, in this State,
on Friday last. A gentleman from that
place relates the circumstances to us as
follows : —A physician, boarding at a tav-!
ern in the town, offered an insult to the 1
landlady in the absence of her husband,]
and she ordered him, in consequence of;
it, to leave tho house immediately. He I
refused to go, and the bar-keeper,With aj
view to enforce the order, followed him to!
his room. 'The physician, after entering!
his room, drew a pistol and threatened the
bar-keeper with instant death if he ap
proached. ’The bar keeper, nevertheless,
continued to advance, and the physician
shot him through the body, whereupon the ;
former drew a Bowie knife and laid his
antagonist dead upon the spot. The;
physician died with scarcely a struggle,'
and the bar-keeper breathed his last short- \
ly afterward;:.—[Louisville Journal.
-Maii. Rubbery and attempt to Mrn-j
oKit. A man, who calls himself John;
Larker, was arrested yesterday morning by
Willis 11. Blimey, one of the High Con
stables of the city, charged with having:
shot the driver of the United States Mail
near Mobile, Alabama, some time since. I
He was taken before Mayor Swift, anil
committed for further hearing. Mr.]
Blaucy has been on the look out for Lark
er ever since the robbery, and has at
length succeeding in arresting him. Too
much praise cannot he awarded to this
vigilant officer for his exertions in this as
well as all other matters connected with
his official duties.—[Philadelphia Herald.
2d inst.
Inn Sikh s. 'This fine steam Packet
left New York on the Ist inst. for Ports
mouth and Loudon. I'be Courier &. Kn
quirer slip says, “The Battery and w harves
were at the time lined with spectators.—
Success attend her. The Liverpool pack
let ships North America and Siddons, the
i London packet ship St. James, and Havre
j packet ship Utica, all sailed at the same]
i time—wind and weather fair.”
ft is said five cart loads of Letters—j
about twenty thousand—were sent bv the
! packet.
High land Notion of Tootit-Brush- I
ns. A family in Edinburg, was keeping j
; a Highlander to serve them during a visit!
: from a man of tusliion. Dinner having
i waited an unreasonable time one day for;
the guest, Duncan was sent into his room )
to inform him that it was on the table.'
But he not coming, Duncan was sent
again: still they waited, and the lady at
last said to the man, “What can the gen
tleman be doing?” ■ “Please ye, Madam,”
said Dui|can, “the gentleman was only
sharpening his teeth
Further Piirticulars of the latk
Steamboat Disaster. The Cincinnati
“express” furnishes the following addi
tional melancholy particulars of the late
disaster by the explosion of the boiler of
the steamboat Moselle:
The follow ing passengers are ascertain
ed to have been among the killed:
Henry Casey, of Cincinnati, shoemak
er.
Mr. Chapman, of Cincinnati, saddler.
Mr. Douglass, of Chilicothe.
J. 11. Burns, of Philadelphia.
Mr. Stone, residence not known.
A gentleman, name not recollected, a
justice of the peace and postmaster in
the Territory of Wisconsin.
Mr. Parker, of Pennsylvania, wife and
three children.
George Hiker, of Pennsylvania.
Lieut. Col. Fowle, of the United States
army.
It will be impossible to get out the
dead bodies that arc in the boat until the
river falls. She sunk so that the water is
two or three feet on the cabin floor. As
the river is falling fast, the bodies will
mostly be recovered in a few days that
are on the boat. A number were taken
out this morning.
It is supposed that there were nearly
two hundred passengers on board the Mo
selle at the time she met with the disaster.
A gentleman who escaped computes the
number of deck passengers at about one
hundred and thirty; and the cabin pass
engers at fifty. At least two thirds of
this number were killed.
We might fill volumes with the recital*
of the various incidents connected with |
this gloomy occurrence, but forbear com
ments at this time.
Fatai. Conflagration ! On Monday
night last, (in Pike county, within four
miles ol Flat shoals on Flint river,) the
house of Mr. Israel Blackman, took fire
I at a late hour of the night, when all were
| asleep, the old gentleman and 1.-ylv just
j escaped tlie burning ruins, with the loss
i of all their furniture and the lives of 4 sons,
j the youngest of which was eight years old,
| and tiie eldest a young man fully grown;
! also, Mr. John Howard, a man of that
neighborhood, perished in the flames.—
They were all sleeping in a shed room
which had no outside door, and tlie tire
had tiie entire possession of the front
room before the sufferers awoke. The
| scene (as described by a .Mr. Simms, oftlie
i neighborhood,) was such as scarcely could
be imagined—the shrieks and cries of the
| sufferers were heard at the distance of
| four miles ; but every effort for their re-
I lease failed, and tints perished live prornis
j ing young men. [Fayette Ga. Advertiser.
A new propelling Powr.it. 'The
following extraordinary circumstances we
copy from the Montreal 'Transcript of
March I3lst. [The length of the Rail
road from Laprurie to St. John’s, is about
1-1 miles.]
On Saturday last, while the persons in
charge at Eaprarie were busy m getting
out the cars, and putting every thing in
order for the opening of the season, the
car which happened to stand next the
door, and which weighs about 1,200
pounds, was run out upon the main track,
there to await the arrangement of a train
of cars to proceed to St. John’s by horse
power.
This car had doubtless been infected
with a spirit of revolt, for it resolved not
to be conducted by horses, lor which it
had not been constructed, and profiting
by 1 1 10 storm which prevailed on that day,
it determined to travel by wind , and that
independently. It accordingly started
away, propelled by the wind, "and being
missed when another car was run out, a
little boy was despatched to stop it.
1 lie car. however, continued gradually
to mount the hill, at the summit of which
the messenger nearly came up with
it, but having once risen to the sum
mit, it started on the declivity at a rapid
rate, and the messenger returned in de
spair. About four and a half miles from
Eaprarie it entered on the curved track,
and so reduced its speed that a little hoy,
observing its sluggish movement, stepped
up on the side projection and climbed in
side.
1 lie car no sooner emerged from the
curved to the straight track, than it re
sumed apace at which the bov did not
dare attempt escape; and the c.tr, with!
its passenger, arrived at St. John's in one,
hour and ten minutes from Eaprarie.
'Tun Lizard and the Louver Creeks.
i We learn that the Lizard has been rc
! cently rowed by some members of the
| “Lower Creek Boat Club,” and has run
I her mile in Jive minutes and twenty-seven
seconds, being one minute and twenty-
I two seconds less than rowed on the day
|ot the race by the®(iuccessful combatants.
; 'The members of the “ Lower Creeks”
had, it is said, never rowed in a canoe
boat before. This merely proves that the
“Lizard” is endued with vitality. At any!
rale, she is, when impelled by Southern
nerves, whether those of Camden, Chath-j
am, or elsewhere, with her to carry the'
spirit of the “Lower Creeks.” We would !
not encounter them, for, we believe, they
will not "stay beat."
[Savannah Georgian.
Gov. Miller, who lately died in Missis
sippi, used to say that the cardinal prin
ciples of American liberty rested on three
great boxes : the ballot box, the jury box,
and the rartouck box.
True and false Kindness. “Sister
Catharine,” said Alice W., as she entered
her sister’s chamber, “I remember you
said, the other day, you should not wear
your stout calf skin shoes again. Will
you let me give them to a poor little girl
at the door. She looks thin and pale,
and must be cold this morning without
shoes.” “Do not speak to me now Alice,
I do not know where the shoes are and 1
am so much interested in this beautiful
story that I cannot look for them.” “Can
: you not find the shoes now and read the
book another time,” said Alice, as she
; stood beside her sister’s chair; but as she
J looked up in her face, she saw her
thoughts and feelings were far -from the
little child of want, and that it would be
in vain to say more to her. “I do not
love to tell her r.o, thought Alice, ns she
closed her door, “yet what can I do?” At
this moment she thought of a little treas
ure she had been collecting. A pile of
bright shining silver pieces, amounting m
all to a dollar and a half. Her resolution
was soon formed, and tying on her bon
net, she took the little girl by the hand,
and led her to a shoe store at the corner
of the street, and selecting a strong well
made pair, she placed them in the hands
oftlie little girl. A smile lit the pale
countenance of tlie child, and her heart
felt, “thank you Miss W,” resounded
again and again in Alice’s ears as she re
traced her steps to her home.
The ‘beautiful tale’ was finished before
; Catharine rose from her chair, and she
j then seated herself at her writing table
and placed a fair gilt edged sheet before
her. Upon this she wrote, in a fine
graceful hand, a few lines, enclosing with
in the paper a costly ring, she directed it
to a wealthy young friend, whose acquaint
ance she was desirous of cultivating.
The afflicted mother of the littic girl
was yet engaged in her daily toils, al
though the sun had almost set, ns the
child entered the room. “Oh mother,
mother!” she exclaimed, see what Miss
W. has given me; now I shall not be sick
so often, and can go out when it ruins.
Arc they not beautiful shoes?” A tear
fell from the cheek of the mother as she
saw tlie gift, raising her eyes, she thanked
her heavenly Father, and prayed for bless
ings to descend on her who had been so
kind to them. Tlie next morning as Al
ice from her window saw the littic girl
pass proud and happy, she felt a deep
thrill of jov in her heart.
Catharine’s gift was received bv her
young Iricnd lrom the hands of a servant.
She read the note with cold indifference
ami then looked for a moment upon the
ring. “It is rather a pretty one,” said she
and placing it upon an already profusely
jewelled linger, the giver and the gift were
alike forgotten.—[Reg. Magazine.
A C itAt.t.KN’dr.. The following appeal's
in the Charleston Patriot: “The writer
ot this is worth S2OOO only—ten per cent,
of that amount in cash, shall be appro
priated fur the relief of the sufferers by
the iate calamity, provided one hundred
other citizens, possessed of the same a
mouiit of property or more, will contri
bute five percent, on the amount of their
property for the same object. If this
challenge is accepted, the editor of this
paper will see it punctiliously executed to
the satisfaction of all parties. Charles
ton, May 3d, 1838.”
The Cherokee Command. We learn
that Governor Gilmer has appointed Gen.
Charles Floyd, to the command of the
Georgia forces in the. Cherokee country.
The number of companies amount to 31.
Eleven hundred are mounted gun men.
The whole number of hi.s command, it. is
said, will he from 2,500 to R.oOO men.—
Hon. Floyd is required to repair with his
stall to New Ecliota, and to report to Gen.
Scott at Athens, (Tennessee.) The staff
attached to Gen. Floyd arc Win. T. White,
Brigade Inspector: Thomas Bourke, Aid
de-Camp : E. 8. D’Eyon, Quarter Master.
[Savannah Republican.
The Canals. All the canals of this
State, equal in extent to GSO miles, were
opened for navigation on the 12th April.
From that day to the 22<! of April, (10
days,) there was received in tolls about
*70,000! Oft hi s sum there was receiv
ed at Albany $11).893 1-1 ; at 'Troy $!),-
000 01 ; at Schenectady $2,277 54. To
tal at thethroe places named, S3I,2GG 00.
The sum*paid at Rochester in ten days,
is $8,588 51 ; at Buffalo 3,303 38 ; and
at Montezuma $5,833 1)9. The canals
were opened this year eight days earlier
Ilian in 1837, during which eight days a
bout 800,000 in tolls have been collected.
[Albany Argus.
Tie Doloi:p. fun. We give the follow
ing as a hint to a class of the deeply af
flicted : “We learn,” says the Athenae
um, “from the French scientific journals,
that M. Magendi continues to obtain the
happiest results from the application of
electricity in eflections of the senses, par
ticularly in that acute disease termed tic
dolotiretix. He causes the electric cur
rent to pass over the nerves by means of
needles of platina, placed at greater or
lesser intervals. In some instances a sin
gle application is said to have been suf
ficient: and, in one case of dreadful suf
fering, in which the patient bad long
been forced, from the pain of speaking,
to express his desires by writing, six ap
plications to the nerve entirely removed a
malady of three years’ duration.”