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THE GEORGIA. JOURNAL,
WILLIAM 8.'ROCKWELL,
■ • nubli»hed twice • week during ihe .e.sion of the L«-
fialamrc, and wuekly for the remainder of the year.al
IM comer of Wayne and Hancock Streets, at THREE
IXJLI.ARS per annum, in advance, or rOUR DOL-
I tliri at the end of the year.
I'he Paper will not be eent to any peraon out of the
State, until the aubacription mouey is paid in advance,
TBSfffiMW inserted at the usual rates.
y fl. B. Sales of I.AND, by Administrators, Exe-
• ulora or Guardians, are required, by law, to be held on
the first Tuesday in the mouth, between the hours of ten
ia the forenoon and three in the afternoon, at the Court
house, in the comity in which the property Is situate.—
Notice of these sales must be given in a public gazette
SIXTY DAYS previous to the day of sale.
Sales of NEGROES must be at public auction, on the
first Tuesday of the month, between the usual hours of
sals, at the place of public sales in the county where the
i.iters testamentary, of Administration or Uuardiauehip,
inav have been granted, first giving SIXTY HAYS 110-
lice' thereof, in one of the public gazettes of this Slate,
,nd at the door of the Court-house, where such sales are
to he held. .
Notice for the sale of Personal Property, must he given
in like manner, FORTY davsprovious to the day of sale.
Notice to the Debtors and Creditors of an Estate must
be published for FORTY days.
Notice that application will lie made to the Court ol
Ordinary for leave to sell LAND, must be published for
FOUR MONTHS.
Notice for leave to sell NEGROES, must bo published
for FOUR MONTHS, before any order absolute slmll be
made thereon by the Court.
fill business of this kind continues to receive prompt
attention at the Olfico of the GEORGIA JOURNAL.
r%t
VOLUME XXVII.
MILLEDOEVILLE. TUESDAY, JUNE T, 1830.
NVMUEIt 43.
BLANKS.
T HE following arc among the BLANKS that arc kept
constantly oil hand, and for sale, at the JOURNA1
OFFICE:
Indictment*,
Declarations,
Beil Bond*,
Drdimtis (for Intern)
Jurv Summonses,
Subpoenas (S. At I. Court,)
Claims—Afful’ts. At Bonds,
|)o. Forthcoming Bonds,
Executions (8. At I. Court,)
Cost Executions,
Sheriff's Bill* ot Sale,
Do. Deeds,
Justice's Summonses,
Do. Execuctions,
Tax Collect*! s do.
Deeds,
Mortgages*
Licences to
Bank Checks
Sei. Fas. for Fd’nt. Draw*,
Gamut*,
Letter* of Administration,
Do. Temporary,
Do. Testamentary,
Do. Guardianship,
Administrator’s Bonds,
Bonds of Adtn’r*. with the
will annexed,
Guardian's Bonds,
Warrants of Appraisement
Executors, Administrators,
ami Guardian’* Deeds,
Letters of Dismission of Ex
ec utors,
Do. of Administrators,
Du. of Guardians,
Mu
5 Lit
The New Georgia .1 list ice.
-Apply to Thomas Purse,
J UST published At for sale
.Savannah; Thomas Kir
Lumpkin, Athens
I*rice $4.
nov. 17—tf
nhards, Augusta: William
the subscribers ut Milledgeville.—
R. A. GREENE,
J. W. LUMPKIN.
NEW GOO 118
AT TilK
HIille«l&eville €lolliiii« Store.
ff Ml E Subscriber Inis |U*t received a Iresh supply ol
I. DRV of superior quality, suitable
fC, r |||. present and approaching season. Ami he is pie-
ji.ired with good workmen to make them up to order into
articles of gentlemen’s wear, in the best manner, ami
most fashionable stylo. _ __ __ , „
\lso,a cr.Miriral assortment of ItlADk
CLOtilMD, of various qualities,
.4// the work tear run tul,
N. B* The above articles will be sold very low for
Cash. . A. C. VAIL,
april 28—tf :
\on(n:.
\ LL persons indebted to the subscriber, either by note
or hook account, prtft ions to the first ol January,
1 i:»5, are requested to call and nettle the same without
THE GIRL OF CADIZ.
BY LORD BYROIf.
'he follow inf ion| wm written by Lord Byron in the original
M. 8. of Ciiildc Harold, in the pleee of the Song of Ines.
which has been hitherto auhatituted for it in all the published
editions:
Oh never talk again to me
Of northern climee eud British Indies j
It ho* not been your lot to see,
Like me, the lovely girl of Cedis.
Although her eyes be not of blue,
Prometheus-like, from Heaven she stole
The fire, that through those silken lashes
In darkest glances sortn to roll,
From eye* that cannot hide their flashes;
And as along hnrboaom aleal
In lengthen'd flow her raven tresses,
You’d swear eacji clustering lock could feel,
And curl'd to give her neck caresses.
Our English maids are hard to woo,
And frigid eveu in posseasion-t
And if their charms be rare to view,
Their lips are slow at Isove's confession.
But horn beneath a brighter sun,
For Love ordain'd the ditaniidi maid is,
And a ho, when fondly, fairly won j
Enchants you like the girl of Cadis!
The Spanish maid is no coquette,
Nor joys to see her lover tremble,
And if she love or if she hate,
Alike she knows uot to dissemble.
Her hoart ran ne'er lie bought or sold,
Howe'er it beats, it beats sincerely;
And, though it will not bend to gold,
'Twill love you long and love you dearly.
The Spanish girl that meets your love,
Ne’er taunts you with a mojk donial,
For every thought is bent to prove
Her pits-iou in the hour of trial.
Whan thronging fuemen menace Spain,
She dares the deed and share* the danger,
And should her lover pressthe plain,
She hurls thespeur, her love s aveuger.
And when, beneath the ev ening star,
Site mingles in the gay Bolero,
Or sing’ to hur attuned guitar
Of Christian kings or Moorish hero,
Or counts her beads with fairy hand
Bencuth the twinkliug rays of Hooper,
Or joins devotion's choral hand,
To cliauut tlio sweet uud hallowed vesper
In each of her charms the heart must move
Of all who venture to behold her;
Then let not inaids, less fair reprove
Bocvuse her bosom is not colder;
Through many a clime 'ti* mine to roam
Where many a soft and melting maid is,
But none abroad, and few at home
JUuy match thedark-oyed Girl of Cadis!
sweat; and to enhance my vexation, I heard an In*
dinn drum, Accompanied by several voices, on the
‘ No
del
i assortment
In future Good* will he sold low for Gush.
Mill.-dsjeville, Feb 17—tf A. C. \ AIL.
G O L D.
riMIK Subscriber has now on hand and intends keep-
| in" a constant supply of Gold Foil lor Dentistry.
ALSO—A large supply of Gold Leaf, for Gilding.
I have also on hand and intend keeping
ol Wigs* nml Toupee* or Scratches I
■of « vii rusty of colors. n
Milledgevillo, Oct. 22—tf A. C. > AIL.
~ New Tailoring Establishment.
fllHE Subscriber respectfully informs his friends and
I. the public, that ho Ims co n I m iiuifaclaring
Garments of ull kinds, to order, at his old .stand, known
l “ Alillertgeville Clothing Afore,
when* lie lias now oil baud and intouda keeping an ex
tensive assortment of Cloths, Cntnimeret, Sattvirt*,, I ext-
ingn, Aw:. of various colors, and very superior quality.—
Also a great variety of Trimming* by the pice
cr quantity ; of a quality uot to be
A NIGHT IN THE WOODS.
BY WM. J. SMX1.LINO.
I wad .wee so unfortunate as to he benighted while
limiting the Buffalo. I started early in the morning,
though it was so cold that each particular hair of my
whiskers accreted a portion of my vital moisture in
the form of mii icicle, and a stranger might have ta
ken me for the Genius of Winter, direct from the
North Pole on a visit—Nevertheless, I kept on the
even tenor of my way, though the temperature was
lower than human charity, confiding m iny Indian
mittens and hunting shirt.
I wandered far info the bare prnririe, which was
spread around me like an ocean of snow, the gentle
undulations here and there having no small resem
blance to the ground swell. When the sun took off
his night enpof mist, (for the morning was cloudy)
the glare of the landscape, or rather snowscane, was
absolutely painful to my eves; but a small veil of
irrecii crape obviated that difficulty. Towards noop
| was aware of a Buffalo nt s* longdistance, turning
up the snow with his nose and feet, and cropping the
withered grass beneath. I always thought it a deed
of mercy to slay such an old fellow, ho looks so dis
contented with himself. As to the individual in
question, I determined to put an end to his long tur-
Indent and evil life.
To this effect I approached him as a Chine sc
lalefaetor approaches » Mandarine, that is to say.
other s*de of the wood. Now, thought I, I have
Inin down supperless, whet) there was a wigwam
within a quarter of a mile where I might linve claim
ed hospitality. I strove to rise; but my coverlet was
now frozen, and kept me ns close a* if I had been
cased in mortar—I grinned with fretfulneas to think
tlmt I should be obliged to lie till noon next day, be*
fore the sun would effect my release, mid for a mo*
incut I would cry to my swardiy neighbors for assis
tance. Unwilling, however, to he the laughing
stock of savages, I summoned nil my philosophy,
and slept again. It should not be forgotten that the
raven, kept up his ominous noise all the while, ns
though he were my evil spirit. I slept, I said; but
upon reflection, I recall the assertion ; such a state
of faculties cannot he called sleep. The Buffalo
rose again and stood beside me. I could feel his hot
breath upon my face: mclhought it savored of sul
phur—and I could see every vein and muscle, even
the hole where my bullet had entered, just ns my
knife had laid them bare. I strove to cry out, but
my utterance was choked by a mouthful of wool, and
I was compelled to be silent. My tormentor did not
give me much time to reflect; for he suddenly
perked up his tail, and bellowed loud mid long—and
at his summons a vast herd of his fellows came
hounding into the wood, and ranged themselves
around me, and joined in the note of the leader.
Somehow or other, I thought they were not Buffalos,
at one and the same time. They had horns, uud
shaggy hair and tails, and four legs apiece ; yet, as
I looked at them, I thought I could discover exagur-
nted resemblances of the human, face divine. One
of them looked like Powers, who was linngcd for
murder. I was frightened nt their aspects, and in
voluntarily looked up at my friend the raven.—
Strange to tell, his beak gradually elongated us I
gnzeif, till it was as long as, and very like, a limit*
boi’a. How he kept his seat I knew not; hut he
grasped it with all his claws, which looked like those
of a Bengal tiger.
This was enough ; I wished to see no more of
him ; hut now the quadrupeds were quadrupeds no
longer. A score or two had reared upon their hinder
legs, and each gallantly given his hoof to his partner.
All at once the piper on the tree struck and the ani
mals began to dance. Fast and furious was their
mirth; negroes in the cornhiiskiiig are fools in com
parison. The creature I had shot was pre eminent
for his superior size and supernatural agility, and
remarkable for his hare and beggarly looks, ns well
as for the vitrified appearance of his eyes, which
put me in mind of two burnt holes in a blanket. I
shut my eyes, and prepared for death ; for it seemed
inevitable that I must he trampled to pumice in the
twinkling of an eye. They hounded about me, and
grn/.ed at every step.—The naked rascal, especially,
sprang aloft repeatedly, directly over me, and how
he failed to alight on my carcass I cannot tell.—I
have seen a mountebank dance among eggs without
breaking any—ami it was wonderful; but how I es
caped being trampled upon was still more so.
At last the figure was complete, blit the dancers did
not stand still. They resumed their natural position,
and pushed nt me with their horns, and flung up
their heels at me. A hundred times my nose was
grazed by them; but still, ns if by a miracle, the
skin remnined unbroken. My nreh enemy seemed
Intake peculiar pleasure in this pastime, which he
practised, 1 thought, with the same feeling that makes
an Indian try how close lie can strike his arrows to
a prisoner without hitting him. I could do nothing;
so I grinned and bore it like a martyr.
The piper struck up again, and the dancers re
commenced jUut the air was now' changed for one
more lively fluid as they vaulted they bellowed in
chorus, but still their voices were like the human
voice, and I could distinguish the burthen of the dit-
From the London Literary Gazette.
THE TIN TRUMPET, OR HEADS AND TALES.
Though it is but a tiny thing, a tin trumpet, we
must take another blow Rt it. It is lively, and re
minds us (in more ways than one, as we shall show
at the close of this notice) of by-gone days, when
fairs were suffered, and children were permitted to
he merry: i. e. before the Schoolmasters strode broad
to make Utilitarians of four years old, and philoso
phers of five. In the chubby times of hoops and
hopscotch, when “Tom Thumb” und “ Goody Two
Shoes” were unproscrihcd nursery books, and the
infunl-vy of Britain were not trained with the gravi
ty of Spaniard*, a tin trumpet was equally noisy
and agreeable to urchin ears and lip*. But blessed
be the inarch of intellect, and the spread of knowl
edge! we have lived to see a “talented” and prac
tical epoch. A kite, now, is made to tench aerosta
tion and electricity; a peg-top serves to illustrate
mechanics; a foot-hall projectiles, and. perhaps geo
graphy; a skipping •rope, geometry and the laws of
,motion; uiarbleu, the fine arts; and cards and coun
ters, astronomy and ethics. Moral philosophy may,
for ought wc know, he inculcated with a ruttie, and
physics with a drum ; and ns w o assert we arc daily
improving, wait hut another lustre, and,
Good Heavens! how wise we shall he!
As yet we are not wise enough to keep out of /ate,
where the professors get the oyster and the dispu
tants the shell*:—
-replied, 'and yours are too small for
* small-
. ... --rpaiead in thin or
i»:iv other place. . ,
Having nit experienced (/litter from Charleston,.anu
having arranged to obtain early information of the fasli-
ha feel* confident of giving general satisfaction, and
Bullsits a share of public patronage. A. C. VAIL#
NOTH't. . ,
A LI. persons indobted to the subscriber provinnsh to
_/Y the present veer utc requested to untie » i|b .H. J.
1 * * * * uthorised to
K BN A N,* Esq. Attorney at I.« w—lie being an
collect tii.* accounts clue up to the 1st Jauuary last..His
0.1ic<* on the Court-house Square. A. C. > AIL.
Mill. dgovillc, April
A GOOD second hand Lk E I will be sold 1°W
for Cash, by A. C. \ AIL.
loricu EXTIIA.
T *IE Subscriber having patiently wailed for a long
time with the expectation of hi" customer* «mBing
ti settls, Hut all to very l.ttlc purpose—lie therefore deems
it necessary to jog their memory once mure
them, if their accounts nre not settled with
lav, cost wilt he added thereto. A
Mil ledge villa, Feb 23
4,000 BUSHELS SALT
ITIOR SA LK at the IJont L,indimr,nl 75 cents pnrbush-
cl (cash,) in ciiisiititios to .nil pnrchs.crs Irom hve
sh-ls upwards.' NICHOLS ii DEMING.
Milledgetillo, Mnrcli IS
til inform
m furlli.nl
C. VAIL.
“ Rou.c him nbaut, anil lonzchim about,
Ami frighten him out of bin .kin.”
1 am unable to any how long the sport continued;
but nt the time, it seemed to Inat a century.
All tilings must have an end, and nt Inatllie entcr-
prmie, like n serpent Rut the purity only dialed I tainujept was over, and the gnmbulz ceased. A
ill, respect to the posture, for the aforesaid jMihage eatne o’er the spirit of my dream. 1 thought
factor experts to receive puin, whereas I intonded to (he horns of my persecutors straightened and clinng-
F
TTlTOiCs HOTEL
On the Sqvart frontinf' the Market, and adjoin
in'' the. Court llvu't.
T ,HF. Subscriber nnnnunces to his friends and the
public generally, Hint be line Icnmd that large ami
rnimnmliomt e.lnblinliinrnt recently occupied by Junior
Hush, where lie will ho Imppy to nccominoibite nil who
may liivor him with their pntronnen, and nrmiros them,
that bis best efforts shall be used to pleaBo.
Ilis table shall at all times be aiippltcd with the lies
the market afford ; his Bar with the choicest liquors; and
bis Stables, with an abundance of pruvcmler, attended
bv faithful Ostlers. .... , .
’From the superior skill of Ins Mother and findersi in
this line of Imsinesa, from the many advantages winch
hia house affords, together with bis unceasing exertions
III please, be datlere himself that lie will be able to render
to all the most ample satisfaction.^ ^ HAMNER.
Columbia, S. C. Sept. 30,1033.
Tlic Female Acndeui)
O F MILLEDGEVILl.E, i« under the ehargeof Mrs.
SWIFT and Miaa SWIFT The elementary
branches of education and Music, are taught by these
Indie*, who are eminently qualified to instruct in the va
rious studies of their respective departments.
feb 23—tf /i.V the Commixnionere of the Attulemy
H
SAMUEL ROCKWELL
AS removed his I.nw Office to the Masonic llall,
_ over the Store of Cowles & Ward.
Milleilgcville. March 29—tf
CENTRAL HOTEL,
MACON, GEO KOI A.
T HIS Establishment is now under the control of the
Subscribers, who pledge themselves to render eotn-
fortnhle those who may call jm them- y W , LUAM8(
JOHN I). RAMEV.
[TT Tile Standard of Union, Augusta Constitutional
ist, Macon Messenger, and Columbus Enquirer wil
sert the alaive weekly aix times.
feb Hr—If
B ROKE Jail inUum county, on the 14th in»l«it,
three Negro Fellows, to wit: ISAAC, about Jo
vears old, daik complexion, and said he belonged to Lit
tleton Spivey, of Houston county—alaollOIl ft junta,
la-longing to'Wm.Grccdwood, a negro trader.
inav 24—3t AI.DEN MICKFd.BERRY, Jailer.
T'
EATONTON HOTEL.
E subscriber would respectfully inform his friends,
and the public at large, that he has taken chergeof
that new and commodious TAVERN recently erected in
. F.atnmon, west of the court-house square, on the site of
the old tavern formerly occupied by Nethan Lyon, where
lie will be happy to give hie attention to the want, and
comfort of all who may favor litm with thcircginpany.—
His house having been specially erected for a Tavern,
being commodious, situated in a central part of the town,
his stables large and well provided with attentive ostlers,
induces him to flatter himself with the belief that he will
merit and slinre a due proportion of the public patronage,
lie pledges himsell to endeavor to promote the com ort
nf such ..may give him a <•«»• , HT ^
Recording to customary rates. JAMta w iviun i.
_Eatonton, April 5—6t
G EORC.IATciark county.—Abrah.m Silvev, of the
2-3th District G. M. posted before John L. Wood,
Esq. on the.7tb inst. a sorrel Horse, 16 or 17 veers old,
blaze face,switch tuil, left eve out, shout 5 feetjhirn ; sp
praised ip ,30. ROBERT LIGON, C. I. C.
myM-ni
■■flirtit. lie was. grim looking barbarian, nml if
n heard he n mark of wisdom, Potcrtho Hermit was
n fool to him. So when I had attained a suitable
proximity I appealed to his feeling* with a bullet,
lie ran and I ran; and I had the best reason to run,
for he ran nftcr tnc, and I thought that a pair of horns
might destroy my usual equanimity and equilibrium.
In truth I did not fly any too fast, for the old bashaw
was close behind me, and I could hear him breathe.
I threw awny my gun, and, as there was no tree at
hand, I gained the centre of a pond a few yard* in
the area, such a* are found all over the prairies in
February. Here I was secure, a* though in a mag
ic circle, well knowing that neither pigs nor Buffa
lo* can walk upon ice. My pursuer was advised of
this fact also, and did not venture to trust himself on
so slippery a footing. Yet it seemed that he was no
gentleman; at least ho did not practise forgiveness
of injuries.—lie perambulated the periphery of the
pond till I was nearly ns cold as the ice under me.
It was worse than the stone jug or the black hole at
Calcutta.—Ah! thought I, if I had only my gun, I
would soon relieve you from your post. But dis
content was in vain. Thus I remained, and thus he
remained, for nt least four hours. In the meanwhile
I thought of the land of steady habits; of baked
henna, and punpkins, and Codfish on Saturday.
There, said I to myself, my neighbor’s proceedings
would he reckoned unlawful, I guess; for no one
ran hold ill custody without a warrant and sufliciciii
reason. If ever I get hack, 1 won’t he caught in
ich a scrape again.
Grief does not Inst forever, neither does anger—
and my janitor, either forgetting his resentment,
which, to say the truth, was not altogether ground
less, or thinking it was useless, or tired of his self-
imposed duty, or for some reason or other, hid me
farewell with a loud bellow, and walked away to a
little oasis, that was just in sight, and left me to my
meditations. I picked up mv gun ami followed; he
entered the wood, and so did I, just in timo to sec
him fall and expire.
The sun was setting, and the weather was getting
colder and colder. I could hear the ground crack
nml the trees split with its intensity. I wan at least
twenty miles from home ; and it behoved me. if I
did not wish to wake in the morning and find myself
dead, to make a fire ns speedily as possible. 1 now
first perceived that, in my very natural hurry to es
cape from my shaggy foe, I had lost the martin skin
wherein I carried my flint, steel and tinder. This
was of little consequence; 1 find often made a fire
by the aid of my gun before, and I drew my
knife, and began to pick the flint. Death to my hopes !
at the very first blow I struck it ten yards from the
lock and lost it forever in the snow.
Well, said I to myself, I have cooked a pretty
kettle of fish, and brought my calf s head to a fine
market. Shall I furnish those dissectors, the wolves,
with a subject, or shall cold work the sntne effect on
me that grief did on NiobeT Would that I had a skin
like a Buffalo! Necessity is the spur as well as the
mother of invention, and, at these Inst words, a new
iden flashed through my brain like lightning.—I ve-
rily believe that I took off the skin in fewer than ten
strokes of my knife. Such a hide is no trifle: it
takes a strong man to lift it; hut I rolled the one in
question about me with the hair inward, and lay
down to sleep, tolerably sure that neither Jack Frost
nor the wolves could get at me through an armour
thicker and tougher than the seven-fold shield of
Ajnx.
Darkness closed in, and a raven began to sound
his note of evil omen from a neighboring branch.
Croak on, black nngel, said I; I have heard croak-
inga before now, and am not to be frightened by any
oft your color. Suddenly a herd of wolves struck
up at a distance; probably excited by the scent of
the slain Buffalo. Howl on, said I; and being among
wolves, I will howl too—rfor I like to he in the fash
ion; hut that shall be the extent of the intimacy.—
Accordingly, I uplifted my voice, like a pelican in
the wilderness, and gave them back their noise with
interest—then I layed down again and moralized.
This, thought I, is life. What would my poor moth-
ed into ears, their hoofs dropped and gave place to
claws, their wool uncurled and became gray, their
houtri lengthened, and their tnils grew bushy. In
Jiort, they were honest bona fide wolves; but still
the same fiendish resemblance to humanity blasted
my eyesight. My arch enemy was still distinguish
ed by the absence of epidermis and cutticle. Sud
denly lie howled, long, loud and shrill. That howl
thrills through my brain now, and I shall never for
get it. Then came another dance, and the very
trees reeled with affright. Snapping, snarling and
gnashing of teeth succeeded : and it was nil at tne !
I would have given the world to have been able to
close my eyesshut out the hideous spectncle—
hut no, I coulirnot do so much ns wink; I was fas
cinated, and could not help staring at these accumu
lated horrors.
At the conclusion of the dance, they nil stood
around me in silence. The skinless leader Barked
sharply, and at the signal, they all shook themselves,
in the manner of a dog coining out of the water.
There they stood, and shook,and shook, till I thought
they would shake themselves out of dieir skins At
every shake showers of fleas fell upon me ; the at
mosphere seemed full of them. Then, nt nnoiher
bark of their leader, the wolves all disappeared.
I had been flea-hitien three times in the course of
my life, hut that was cakes and gingerbread to what
I now suffered. I was stung all over; 1 think the
i point of a pin placed oil any part of my body couid
I have not missed a puncture. I was maddened with
pain, and prayed mentally for death to end iny mise
ry; but lie could not come. I thought of the cattle
stung in hot weather by horse-flies, and my heart
pitied them. The worst was yet to come. The fleas
entered my ears and devoured my brain. They as
cended my nostrils, and thence finding their way
down iny throat preyed upon iny vitals. The pas
sage be in" open, keeping my mouth shut was of no
avail. I looked up nt die raven, mid his duplicate
sat beside him ; and still as I gazed his figure seemed
to multiply till every branch of the tree bent under
a flock of ravens. This was not nil ; their number
still increased, till the air was literally alive with
them. They flew around inc and alighted on my
body, and pecked me, and croaked in every sharp
and flat of the gamut; and I hnd no power to resist.
There 1 Iny bound hand and foot, enduring, what
with fleas mid what with ravens, torments than
which the inquisition has no greater; and all for
huving depriveJ an old Buffoloof his skin.
Again I heard the howl, and again the wolves hur
ried around me. They fell upon me, and my old
enemy flew at iny throat and tore out my windpipe ;
and belted in before my face, then they shifted the
attack to my feet; they tore awny the covering, and
gnawed my toes ; nay, they snapped them off, joint
►y joint, and I could lieur them snap and snarl for
each, as it fell to the ground. I am not sure that I
could have survived this treatment much longer; but
to my great relief I heard a human voice, and my
tormentors fled as if the mammoth of the Big-bone
Licks was behind them I opened mv eyes, nnd
with unspeakable joy beheld a young Indinii with
whom I was perfectly acquainted, standing over me
and the sun ridftig high above the tree ♦ops. He
“ Law (trays Dr. Chntficld)—English—see Hocns
Focus and Chicanery. The following character, or
rather sentence of condemnation, was pronounced
upon it by one well acquainted with his subject—
the lecturer over the remains of the late Jeremy,
Bciitluiiri. In answer to the question, what is this
boasted English law, which, as we have been told
for ages, renders us the envy nnd admiration of sur
rounding nations, he replies, ‘The substantive part
of it, whether ns written in hooks or expounded by
judges, a chaos fathomless and'boundless; the huge
and monstrous mass being made up of fiction, tau
tology, technicality, circuity, irregularity and in
consistency; the administrative part of it, a system
of exquisitely contrived chicanery: a system made
up «f abuses; a system which constantly plnce*
the interest of the judicial minister in opposition to
his duty; so places his interest in opposition to his
duty, that in the very proportion in which it serves
his ends, it defeats the ends of justice.”
“ Lawyer*—generally know too much of law to
have a very clear perception of justice, just ns di
vines are often too deeply read in theology to ap
preciate the foil grandeur and (lie proper tendencies
of religion. Losing the abstract in the concrete,
the comprehensive in the technical, the principal in
its accessories, both are in the predicament of the
ustir who could not see I.omlon for the houses. It
lins been invidiously said, that lawyers pass their
time in taking advantage of their contemporaries;
hut. if we may credit the authority of Foote, they
sometimes outwit the undertaker even nfter death.
That facetious person being once summoned into
the country, by the relatives of a respectable prac
titioner, to whom he hnd been appointed executor,
was asked what directions should lie given respect
ing the funeral. 4 What may lie your practice in
the country,’ said the wag, ‘Ido not exactly know;
blit in London, when a Lawyer dies, his body is
disposed of in a very cheap and simple manner. We
lock it up in n room over night, and by the next morn
ing it has always totally disappeared. Whither it lias
been conveyed we cannot tell to a certainty; but
there is invariably such a strong smell of brimstone
in tho chamber, that we can form a shrewd guess
at the character of the conveyancer.”
Liars is a term almost similar in sound. They
are says our author, “ Verbal forgers—stiflers of
truth, nnd murderers of fact. They will sometimes
attempt to conceal their failing by atTecting a scru
pulous ndlierntir.e to veracity. B , who rarely
shamed tho devil, once said of his friend, “Jack is
a good fellow, but it must be confessed he has his
failing. I am sorry to say so, but I will not tell a
lie for any man. Amicus Jack—sed magis arnica veri-
I love my friend hut I love truth still more.’—
‘My dear B.’ said a bystander, laying hi* baud iip-
oii his shoulder, ‘I never expected that you would
have preferred a perfect stranger to an old acquaint
ance. ”
Another learned profession is thus pithily descri
bed :
“ Medical Practice.—Guessing nt tinture’s inten
tions nnd wishes, and then endeavoring to substitute
mail’s.”
Wc arc not aware whether the following curious
story he actual, or colored, or invented; but ut any
rate si non rtro e ben trovato:
“Our minds nre like certain drugs nnd perfumes,
which must be crushed before they evince their vig
or, and put forth their virtues. Lundy Foot, the cel
ebrated snuff manufacturer, originally kept a small
tobacconist shop at Limerick. One night Iris house,
which was uninsured, was burnt to the ground.—
As he contemplated the smoking ruins, on the fol
lowing morning, in a state bordering on despair,
some of the poor neighbors, groping nmong the em
bers for what they could find, stumbled upon sever
al canisters of iinconsiimed, but half-baKcd gnuIV,
which they tried, and found it so grateful to their
noses, that they loaded their waistcoat pockets with
the spoil. Lundy Foot, roussed from his stupor, at
length imitated their example, nnd took a pinch of
Iris own property, when he was instantly struck by
the superior pungency and flavor it had acquired
from the great heat to which it had been exposed.
Treasuring up thin valuable hint, he took another
house in n place called Black Yard, and preparing
a large oven for the purpose, set dilligcntly about
the manufacture of that high-dried commodity,
which soon became widely known a* Black Yard
stiuft*: a term subsequently corrupted into the more
familiar word—Blackguard. Lundy Foot, making
Iris customer* pay litcrnlly through the nose, raised
the price of Ins production, took a larger house in
Dublin, nnd ultimately made u handsome fortune
by having been ruined.”
Another anecdote is not new, but will bear telling
a man!
ass.’
“An empty-headed youth once boasted tlint lie
had been to two of the most celebrated schools in
England. ‘Sir,’ said a bystander, ‘you remind me
of the calf that sucked two.cows.’ ‘And what
was the consequenceV ‘Why, sir, he was a very
great calf.’ • # #
“ Shooting the r .ong lUnc.—Stretching a fact till
you have made it us long as you want it. Lord
Herbert of Ohcrbury’s tastes have descended to
some of our modern nobility, for he tells us, in h*s
autobiography, 4 The exercises 1 chiefly used, nnd
most recommended to my posterity, were riding the
great horse and fencing. I do much approve like
wise of shooting in the lung-how.’—So does our inge
nious contemporary, Lord G■ - who never suf
fers himself to he outstripped in the marvellous.—
The Marcpiess of I! had engaged the atten
tion of.n dinner party, hv stating that he had caught
a pike, the day before, which weighed nineteen
pounds. Pooh!” cried Lord G- , ‘that is no
thing to the salmon 1 hooked Inst week, which
weighed fifty-six pounds.’ ‘ Hang ii.’ whispered
the Marquess to Iris neighbor, * I wish I could catch
my pike again; I would mhl ten pounds to him di
rectly.’ ”
Our next arc rather more serious specimens:
“ Posthumous Glory.—A revenue payable to our
ghosts; an ignusfatuus; an exhalation arising from
the ashes nnd corruption of the body; the glow-worm
of the grave; a Jack-o’-lantern, of which a skeleton
is the Jack, and the lantern a dark one; protracted
oblivion ; the short twilight tlint survives the setting
of the vital sun, and is presently quenched in the
darkness of night. ‘Ashes to ashes, and dust to
dust,’ may he snid of our fame, ns well as of our
frame: one is buried very soon after the other.— 1
When the rattling earth is cast upon our coffin, it
sends up a hollow sound, which, nfter a few faint
echoes, dies, nnd is buried in oblivious silence.—
That fleeting noise is our posthumous renown.—
Living glory is the advantage of being known to those
whom you don’t know’; posthumous glory is enjoying
a celebrity from which you can derive no enjoyment,
and enabling every puppy in existence to loot his
superiority over you by repeating the old dictum,
that a living dog is better than a dead lion, or by
quoting from Shakspeare—‘I like not such grinning
honor as Sir Waller hath!’ * #
** Scandal.—What one half tho world tnkes a
pleasure in inventing, and the other half in believ
ing.
“ Snuff.—Dirt thrust up the nostrils with a pig-
like snort, as a sternutatory, which is not to be snee-
d at. The moment he lias thus defeated his own
object, the snuffling snuff-taker becomes tho slave
of a habit, which literally brings his nose to the
grindstone.
“ Tomb.—A house built for n skeleton ; a dwelling
of sculptured marble, provided for dust and corrup
tion; a monument set lip to perpetuate the memory
of—the forgotten.
“ Tongue.—The mysterious membrane thntturns
thought into Bound. Drink is its oil—eating is
its drag-chain. * £
“ World—the.—A great inn. kept in perpetual hus
tle by arrivals and departures; by the going away
of those who have just paid their bills (the debt
of nature,) and the coming of those who will noon
have a similar nccount to Mettle.—Dcctssio percunti*
urn, et surrrssio perilururum."
And the last which is a playful though somewhat
touching and exceedingly appropriate termination
to this pleasing miscellany:—
“ Youth—a magic lantern, that surrounds us with
illusions which excite pleasure, surprise, and admi
ration, whatever be their nature. The old age of
the sensual nml the vicious is the same lantern with
out its magic—tho glasses broken, and the illusions
gone, while the exhausted lamp threatening every
moment to expire, sheds a ghastly glare, not upon a
fair table-cloth, full of jocund associations, but up
on what appears to he a dismal shrewd, prepared to
receive our remains. And now, gentle reader, or
rather tuny l call you simple, if you have waded
through this strange ftirrnrgo, here will I bring it to
a close, hoping hv its example the hotter to impress
upon you the pithy precept, that nil our follies nnd
frivolitios, all our crude and undigested notions, all
our “ bald aad disjointed talk,” should, like this lit
tle volume, tcrmiuuto with—Youth.”
local,c;in contend against this factitious popular
ity, endowed with ubiquity, nnd supported by
the keenest selfish interests ? Sir, the only
hope is in the virtue and intelligence of the peo
ple. And yet the people, scattered, dispersed,
without unity of purpose and concert of nction,
can make but feeble head against a corps, pow
erful, disciplined, active and controlled by a sin
gle \\ ill. The truth »>, organization must he met
with organization as faros practicable, or the free-
(torn of election is gone forever.
They ore in the nature of a great n ilitnry en
campment in jhe midst of a peaceful community,
living upon the fruits of honest men's labor, feared,
hated, and yet for the most port implicity obeyed.
Their discipline is exact and their strategy mas
terly. They occupy every important post
throughout the Union. They nre moved by a
single will- An impulse at the centre is felt
throughout theextremmities. They are endow
ed with a sort of political ubiquity. A tingle
word from head quartern brings uj>on foot more than
a hundred thousand office-holders and txvtctante
dispersed Ihnmghout the Union, animated by one
spirit, und intent upon a single object. Reinfor
ced !*y a subsidized press, they simultaneously
utter n spurious coinage of public opinion, which
is borne from the extremities to the centre,
whence tho refluencc sweeps over the entire
Confederacy. By this process, a nan of straw,
or certainly a John Den or Richard Fen, may
ho presented as a Presidential candidate witn
high claims and commanding popularity. To
consummate the neheme, another order issues
for a great Baltimore Convention “fresh from
the people,” to determine precedence between
tho rival pretenders to the throne. The trained
hand is instantly afoot,- delegates nre sent some
w itli and some witliom constituents. They take
their seats in convention, with cap in hand, rea
dy to register the edicts of their chief—the dis
penser of tho spoils ; and these edicts are seut to
all the ends of the earth, as the collected will
and wisdom of “The great Democratic Repub
lican party.”
It is easy to perceive that no merit, however
exalted ; no public service, however illustrious,
can coutend, single-handed and alone, against
this stupendous array of power and influence.
It is easy to see, if the President for the time be
ing shall place himself at the head of this organ
ization, bringing* his official power, patronage,
and influence to bear upon freedom of opintou
ami the freedom of suffrage, that successful re
sistance will he difficult, nay, almost impossible.
It is easy to see that, if the people shall not rise
in their might, w hile it is yet time, and brand
with scorn all arrogant interference with their
rights, and impudent attempts to dictate the
succession, the day is not far distant w hen they
will surrender in despair, and abandon all hope
ol ever seeing another President freely chosen
by tho unbiassed suffrage ol the people.
er say, if she were alive now T I have books of ad
ventures, but I never read any thing like this. I
fell asleep without further ado.
Then I dreamed—oh, such a dream! Methouglit
my slain enemy enemy rose slowly to Iris feet, skin
less as he was, and gave such a look a* I have heard
called e tanvard grin, in which the doubled distilled
essence and essential oil of spite seemed to he con
centrated. Anon he approached me. and tried to
gore me, and turned me over and over with his nose
nnd feet. At lest he sat down on my breast, and
looking me deliberately in the eye. bellowed, ‘give
me my skin—|ivt tne my skin- I awoke in a cold
speedily unrolled mo, and released tne fiom my du
ranee, laughing heartily all the while. At another
time I couid have trimmed his ears for his imperti
nence; but now I was glad even to be laughed at
I rose to my feet with difficulty, And stamped n rea
sonable quantum of caloric into my toes. They
were so cold that I did not wonder they had seemed
to be bitten off. A further survey convinced me that
my other impressions had been not altogether erro
neous. A herd of Buffalos had indeed been walk
ing about all night, ns was apparent from their tracks
in the snow: and it was*marvellous that none had
trod on me. There was no need to tell me that the
wolves had paid me a visit; for they had devoured
my Buffnlo, and had nearly eaten my counterpane
off me into the bargain.
Ye who have read this talo of truth take warning
by my sufferings, which are engraven on the tablet
of my memory with a pen of steel, nnd are not to be
sneezed at.—Whenever ye shall hunt Buffalo on a
cold day, giva your flint-screw an extra-turn !
At a meeting of the British Entomological Socie
ty, on the 4th of April, a paper was read, develop
ing a plan for keeping flics ou*. of houses. The
means adopted arc simply a net of different colored
thread, the meshes three quarters of an inch square,
which is hung before the window. The flies, it
seems, from the magnifying power of their vision
are stupid enough to suppose that this net presents
again:
“It is not generally known that namoH mny he
affected, and even completely changed, by the state
of the weather. Such, however, is unquestionably
the case. The Into Mr. Suet, the actor, going once
to dine about twenty miles from London, and being
only able to get an outside place on the coach, ar
rives in such n bedraggled state, from an incessant
rain, and so muffled up in great coats nml pocket-
handkerchief*, that his friend inquired, doulilingly,
‘Arc you Suet?' ‘No!’ replied the wag, * I’m drip
ping!"'
The following is new to us:
“ P s and Qs.—The origin of the phrase ‘Mind
your own Ps and Cls,’ is not generally known.—
In ale-houses where chalk scores were formerly
marked upon the wall, or behind the do or of the
tap-room, it was customary to put these initial letters
nt tho bend of every man’s account, to shew the
number of pints and quarts for which he was in ar
rears; and we mny presume many a friendly rustic
to have tapped his neighbor on the shoulder, when
he wus indulging too treely in his potations, and to
have exclaimed, as he pointed to the score, ‘ Giles,
Giles! mind your Ps and Qs.’ When Toby, the
lenrned pig, was in the zenith of his popularity, a
theatrical wag, who attended the performance, ma
liciously set before him some peas: a temptation
which the animal could not resist, nnd whtch im
mediately occasioned him to lose his cue. The pig
exhibitor remonstrated with the author of the mis
chief on the unfairness of what lie had done, when
he replied that his only wish was to Hee whether
Toby knew his Ps from his Qs.
Puns, 8fc.—“ Absurd as it was to expect a ration
al answer from T. H., I ventured to ask how it
came that all our best poets were obliged to write
prose 7 1 Because poetry is prosecribtd,' was his re-
ply. * *
“ Quibble—Quirk—Quiddet.—See Law Proceed
ings. ‘True!’ cried a Indy, when reproached
with the inconsistent marriage she hnd made; ‘I
have often said 1 never would marry t* parson, or a
Scotchman, ora Presbyterian; but I never so id I
would not marry a Scotch Presbyterian parson. *
“ A Coxcomb, not very remarkable for the acute
ness of his feelings or iris wit, wishing to banter a
testy old gentleman, who had lately garnished his
mouth with a complete set of false teeth, flippantly
inquired, ‘Well, my good sir! I have often heard
you complain of your masticators—pray when do
you expect to be again troubled with tho toothache ?
* When you have an affection of the heart or a brain
fever,’ was tho reply. Not less, ready and biting
ie In
NAVAL SERVICE.
The bill making appropriations for tho Naval Ser
vice for tho current year, has at length passed both
Houses of Congress, and, a* it will undoubtedly be
approved by the President of the United State*, may
he considered to he n law. As it will be probably
some weeks before it finds a place in our columns ill
the course of our publication of the acts pussed at
this session of Congress, we have, in the following
lines, summed up, for the information of our friends,
u and out of the Navy, the principal particulars ot
the bill,—[National Intelligencer.
NAVAL APPROPRIATIONS TOR 1830.
For pay of officers and seamen, $2,318,017
Superintendents, constructors, &c. 08,340
Provisions, 782,203
Repair* of vessels, 1,005,000
Improvements at Portsmouth Navy
yard, 07,000
do Brooklyn, 84,300
do Philadelphia, 11,700
do Washington, 37,000
do Gosport, J 07.000
do Pensacola, 40,000
Wharves, Ac. at Pensacola, 150,090
Powder Magazine Sc enclosure of do. 41,000
Ordnance and ordnance stores, 04.000
Contingencies (enmneintud) 321,000
Marine Corps, pay, dvc. <fcc. 288,854
Completing steam-vessel at Brooklyn, 150,000
Completing Navy Hospitals, 45,410
Sites nnd barracks near navy yard nt
Charlestown, Gosport, and Pensa
cola, 150,000
Completing magazines New York
nnd Boston, 14,200
Vessels and expenses of surveying
mid exploring expedition to tho Pa
cific Ocean, 150,000
Employment of naval force in the
npme, if deemed expedient, 150,000
We copy from the St. Louis Republican of tho
3()th ult the following particulars of the late hor
rible transactions in that city :
HORRIBLE TRAGEDY.—At no time,
siuco the commencement of our editorial labors,
have we been called upon to perform so unpleas
ant a duty ns that which uow devolves upon us.
The story, shocking as it is on accouut of the
death of a most meritorious man, and the proba
ble death, of an other ; and revolting as was tho
spectacle afterwards exhibited, shall be briefly
told.
On Thursday evening last, about 7 o’clock,
Mr. George Hammond, Deputy Sheriff, and
Mr. William Mull, Deputy Constable, in tlio
execution of their official duty, left the magis
trate’s office, having in charge a free mulatto
mannoued Francis h- M’Intosh, of Pittsburg,
Pa. Tho prisoner had, sometime in the after
noon, interfered with the officers while engaged
iu arresting two silo is for a breach of the peace,
by which means lie effected the escape of the of
fenders. M’lntosh was then taken into custody*
carried before Justice Walsh, nud, the facts be-
l ing proved, a warrant of commitment rojail was
made out nnd delivered to the officers. Ou their
way to the prison, nud when they had reached
the court-house square, the prisoner inquired
what would be his punishment ? He was told ;
and at that moment ho broke loose from them—
drew a long knifo, and made a pass at Mull, but
missed him. Ilis next stab was bettor aimed,
inflicting a dangerous wound upon the right side.
Mr. Hammond seized the miscreant by the shoul
ders ; and tho bitter turning around gave him a
deathblow. The blade of the knife struck the
lower part of the chin, cutting ail the large arte
ries of the neck, and passing dowuward. The
victim turned, walked about twenty paces, and
expired. Tho murderer then fled. Mr. M. al
though dangerously wounded, followed him until
completely exhausted. Ilis cries nlariucd the
neighborhood—the fellow was pursued, and af
ter some ineffectual resistance, was taken aud
committed to jail.
The atrocious crime was nown in a few min
utes through the city. Crowds of citizens gath
ered around tho dead body of the victim. ’I ho
murder in cold blood of an officer in the execu
tion of Iris duty—the universal respect in which
that officer was held—the cries of the children
suddenly deprived of their protector—produccd
an instant and iutenso degree of excitcmeut.
Under the influlcuco of these feelings, summary
measures were resolved upon* The murderer
w as forced from the jail by the assembld multi
tude, carried to tbp border of the town and burn
ed to death J Ilis said that several thousand
Wo commend to our readers the following ex
tract from the speech of the Hon. Mr. Mangum,
a Senator iu Congress from North Carolina.
Sir, I pronounce it as my deliberate and solemn
conviction, that if the People, in the ponding
contest, shall not rise in their strength and re
buke Executive interferfence, and the odious
dictation of a successor, unless convulsion shall
produce a new state of things, wo shall never
see another President freelv chosen. Sot more
surely did the Emperors of Rome,}backtd by their
Prcelorian bands, in the. worst periods of her his-
-his
the retort of the long-eared Irishman who being
sre sitipiQ cnnuKii *•* ■iidi"'"'- »•««»» ~ , , ,, , , ,
• n absolute bar to their ontranee, snd therefore do banteringly asked,— 4 1 eddy, my jewel, why don t
■•t mzk. tht ftM»rnrt. you ,«l yotir tin erop,..d f Th.y zr. mo lzrg. for
lory, diclatr tlir succession, than will this organi
zation, htndtil by the Presidint, appoint, from
term to term, his successor. If this tirgaui/.ution
slmll prevail at this time, where is the prouiul of
hope for defeating it in the future? Will the
people ever have a stronger caso, or can the
powers that bo” well have a weaker one ?
Is their nominee either eminent for talent or
illustrious for public service ? Where aro the
fruits of his ability, or tho monuments of his
Statesmanship? Where the proof of elevation
of principle, broad, statesmanlike views, decision
ofcharaclor,orptirepoliticalintegrity ? Where?
Where? And yet, without pretension to dis
tinguished public service ; without eminence of
ability, or (least of all) high public virtue, he is a
powerful and formidable competitor. Who can
estimate tho power and influence of “The
Spoils" Party ? Look to the entire South.
You sec their candidate holding a doubtful
struggle in every State, save ono, from tho Po
tomac to the (itilf of Mexico, against an eini-
ncut citizen of their own, with in .(entity of views,
indenlity of principles, and ■ common interest.
You see him home on without a feeling in com
mon, a principle in common, or an interest in
common, with the great body of our people,
You see him home on in despito of his hinting
been against them upon odious tariffs ; against
them upon the profligate srptandering of money
upon internal improvements ; against them upon
tho slave question ; nnd ngniust them upon o-
very essential view touching the pure and econo
mical administration of this government
persons witnessed the revolting spectacle.
There was'no tumult, no disturbance of any
kind hut the crowd retired quietly to their sever-
a! homes.
We shall not pretend that we do not excee
dingly regret this sanguinary termination of the
tragedy-—For the fair fame of our town, we
could wish it had not .been resorted to. Hut we
believe that if the same terrible scene had been
enacted in any other town ofthoL’nion, under the
same sudden and tumultuous excitement, similar
proceedings would have been adopted. Let tho
veil of ohivion he draw n over the fatal afluir I
M’lntosh came to this city us cook on hoard
tho steamboat Flora, lie was a most desperate
villain. It was understood that he committed n
smtrder in New Orleans less than a year siuce;
aud not long ago he stabbed the mate of the
steamboat Pawnee, while under weigh, for
act he was put on shore and severely wlltp-
PC Mr. Mull is yet living, though his recovery is
scarcely hoped for. Mr. Hatnmond wus a most
worthy man and an honest, capable aud ener
getic officer. Possessed of sound judgement, a
cool temperament and tried courage, he was ne
ver ut a loss what course to pursue iu the execu
tion of his duty. He has loft an afflicted widow,
soverttl children, ant! a host of friends to regret
a dispensation which has cut him off in the
midst of his usefulness.
A parishioner complained to his parson that
his pew was too far from the pulpit, aud that he
must purchase otto nearer. “ Why" said the
parson, “ can't you hear distinctly ?” “ O yes, I
can hear well enough.” "Can't you see P‘“ ,n '
ly?” " Yes, I can see perfectly well.” “ I hen
what ran he tho trouble ?” “ Why thore nre so
many in front of mo, who catch what you say
first, that by the timo your words reach tny ears
they are as flatus dish-water.”—Boston I osL
A young lady 1 <rho has tall her life gone on her
way rejoicinrfn the delectable surname of Sheep
shanks," has*applied to the leg.slature of Pennsyl
vania to change her name. Komew'scacreofan
editor in that quarter, says, “Pshaw! Why dont
the girl "et nterriedt” Dues lie suppose ninrr,age 11
a thing m be jumped into at a bound t No such thing.
There must l»e speech*** ami protestation*,
, nlM Ic, nml Aflorablo Miss——Sheepshank*!
How would that sound? Tho fact is, the young la
dy know* what she is nhout. Doubtless she ha*
been deprived of a number of pretty compl«raentq
already merely on account of her name.
The New York Evening Star says;—“ A Sigk—
All the Abolition men in Connecticut, and they nutn-
o bor a powerful vote, rallied on the Van Bur^j] lick*
Sir, what individual popularity, necsssarily ' et.” Let thwSqutli Uri*