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SEVENTEEN. AROI.IJTK on.MAN In diildhooil, when my girlish ovc Glanced over life’a uiifiuird green. Thought* undefined, nnd sweet, and new, Would blend with thee, sweet seventeen. My walks prescribed, mv .n How bright the sun. how free the nir, aeemed circling o’er bright aovcnleen! Thirteen arrived, hut still tuy book, My dress, were wntchml with aspect keen ; Scarce on a novel might I look, And bails—iintst wait lor seventeen. Fourteen allowed the evening walk, Where triendship’s evo illumed tiio scene, The long, romantic hosom-tulk, Thot talk which glanced at jcvcntccn. The next revolving circle brought A quicker pulse,yet graver mien; I read, I practised, studied,thought, For what! to stop at seventeen. Sixteen arrived, that witching year When youthful hearts like buds are seen, Ready to ope, when first appear The gonial rays of seventeen. They came—have passed—think not, fair mail My hand slit 11 draw the magic acreen ; But’lhis I urge—fill well your bends, And guurd your hearts for seventeen. HAVE I PAID THE PRINTER 7 When the coin storm howls round the door, And you by light of taper, Sit closely by the evening lire, F.njoying the last paper— Just think of him whose work thus helps To weurnwny (lie winter, And put this querv to vourself— Have /paid the Printer J From east and west—from north nnd south, From Innds beyond the water, He weekly brings you lots of news” From every nook and quarter: No slave on earth toils inure thuu he, Through summer’s boat nnd winter; How can you, Jar a moment then. Neglect to pay the Printer l Your other hills you promptly pay, Wherever you do go, sir— The butcher for his ment is paid, For" sundries” is the grocer; The tailor nnd the shoemaker, The hatter nnd the vintner,— All get their pav— then why neglect To settle with the Printer f MISCELLANEOUS. [FROM THU PHILADELPHIA SATURDAY MUSEUM.] A THRILLING SKETCH. The Suicide! BY DAVID P. BROWN. A short time after my admission to practice, but long before that practice commenced, when 1 had much more leisure of every kind than business of uny kind, I concluded to spend a few days with my relatives at Mansfield, in New Jersey. I ac. cordingiy sot off upon my journey, and had proceed- edafevv miles below Camden, nbsorbed in my own meditations, with nothing either to attractor interest me, when suddenly, the shady, solitary, nnd which I was J. II. STEELE & P. TMWHATT, Editors. ago, tall and magnificently proportioned, nnd with short, thick, black curly liuir, and features altogeth er Roman, lie advanced with u slip neither “rush nor diffleult,” and took his stand beside his powerful antagonist. It was so arranged that they were alternately to throw the bur thrice,nnd it fell to the lot of the stranger to commence. As I have uiicady said, or intimated, the general outline of his figure indicutcd great strength, and the line propor- lions of his limbs were perceptible to the slightest glance, notwithstanding lie was hut indifferently if not coarsely clad. Upon rolling up his sleeve, preparatory to this dibit, ho displayed an arm which struck all present with mute amazement. It was n perfect model of strength and symmetry. No artist, in his warmest fancy ever chisseled or do. linuated such an arm us that. He seized the im mense bar, and comparatively without etlori, whirled it around his head, nnd threw it further than most men could carry it, hut still not beyond the mark which gave victory to his competitor in the previous struggle. It now became the turn of tlie Jerscyman to throw. Ilo threw and far cxcell. cd himself. The air was rent with the npplnttsc of Ins friends. Bets were doubled and redoubled up. on him, yet still the strungcr smiled, ns though ut. terly indifferent of the result. Even his adherents as though they knew their man, although evidently anxious, betrayed no symptoms of diemay. They threw again, and ugain the Jerscyman was suc cessful. The lust and decisive trial of strength and skill now arrived. The smile of the stranger gave place to an expression of the most delermiu cd resolution; liie recklessness of his air was gone, and “cNery petty artery in his body swelled with giant’s strength.” lie grasped the bur ns if all past were spun, nnd passing it, with the quid' ness of lightning, around ids head, hurled it many, many feet beyond the furthest mark. Mis nnlu_ nisi stood appalled ; in n moment the whole aspect of things was altered. Merriment and griefchang cd sides. The Jerscyman, however, accustomed to triumph, still made Ids last effort, and a prodigi ouseffort it was ; but the charm was destroyed, for he was of that number with whom effort depends os much upon sneer ss, r.s success upon effort ; he threw—he threw desparingly—and he lost. Gratified, I scarcely know why, by tho result, I resumed my little journey, inusing upon the past event, and comparing these villugo heroes, in their limited sphere of action, with those thunderbolts of war, who, not more influenced by ambition, though acting upon a wider field, wield the power of migh tiest monarchies and subjugate the world. Ten years rolled on—with what various inci dents and changes, it is partly the design of these hasty pages to show—when, one morning, in the latter part of the autumn of 182-, after I haa become sufficiently known to induce some persons, at least, to suppose my professional services might be de sirable—when, I say, two persons were ushered in. to my study, and in one of them, 1 almost immedi ately recognised, though I had never seen him since, the victor of the bar. He was not materi ally altered, except that bis person was somewhat fuller, and broader ; lie Imd the same nir of compo- sure, and the same pleasant smile that he was wont to have ; and yet the business upon which lie came was dark and terrible. Me revealed it all—but in n manner, ns if lie had not the least concern in it, and without alleging bis innocence, still with all tho duuntlesncss of virtue. Ho hndbecn charged,togeth er with the individual who accompanied him. with passing counterfeit notes of the Bank of the United States, and bail of five thousand dollars had been cxucted and given for his standing his trial at the approaching term of the Circuit Court, for this hein ous and hazardous offence. The day for trial came. Ho was arraigned, and as he uttered tho words not guilty, my eye fell upon him for a moment, and I observed the same fixed firm and resolved expression of countenance that years before lie bad displayed when summoning, ns it were, his whole body and soul for the lust phy sical effort which 1 have already described. The Jury was cmpannelled; bis trial, nnd it was an awful one, proceeded, and still ho remained the same. Hay after day, during which the protract, ed investigation continued, hud no effect upon him. He told me, it is true, lie would rather they had sent MILLEDGEV1LLE, TUESDAY. MAY 10, 1843. apparently deserted scenes, through passing, opened upon a Surge field, where 1 saw ns- | sumbled from five hundred to u thousand people, 1 n bullet through his heart, but lie said this with the who broke in upon the stillness of the rural scene j by occasional fits of laughter, nnd other boisterous j demonstrations of'mirth and amusement. It mat-j tcred but little to me, so that I arrived before night fall at the place of my destination, how the inter mediate time should be occupied, und, influenced by youthful curiosity nml the novelty of this cir- 1 cuinstance, I proceeded, at once, towards what up- poured to be the main point of utiruction, where I beheld all tho athletes of the country for miles around engaged in their various sports. It seem ed that there had boon a horse-race in the neigh borhood, which, having terminated, us usual, by j elating most 4 ol tiie winners, and depressing the j losers, was succeeded by all sorts of wagers and 1 games, by which the spoils of former success might : bo enhanced, or tho mortification of former dis- i appointments or losses repaired or diminished. ; Some were wrestling,others jumping, others run ! ning, and others pitching quoits. But tho greater portion of the crowd were surrounding, in the most ; intense anxiety, about a dozen men of largest and placidity, and in the same tone and compo sure that would characterize most men in express ing their preference of one dish to the exclusion of another at a festive or social repast. To soy there fore, that 1 attached but little importance to bis dec laration, is to say what will readily be conceived. Ail entiro week was occupied by tho evidence and tiie discussion of bis case, during all of which he never lived up to it, bu: was tho same wonder ful and unchanged being. It avails nothing to say wlmt labor and what exertion wero bestowed upon bis defence; it is bis history, not mine that I am wri- ting. Tho current of the evidence was unquestion ably against him, and even tho law, that was reli ed upon mainly in his behalf, was considered by the distinguished Judges, before whom he was tried, as incapable of affording him any relief—in a word lie wus convicted. Several of the jury, in pronoun- cing the awful verdict of guilty, sunk into their seats, overcome by their sympathies. They were husbands and fathers, ami lie, as it appeared, though never breathed by himself, had a wife and five most muscular frame, apparently Jcrscymen, all | helpless children. I ventured to look ut him once of whom seemed to be engaged in wlmt is called throwing the bar, an athletic sport too well known to require any explanation. This, upon drawing near, I perceived to bo no children’s play—the bar, 1 should suppose, weighed from twenty to thirty pouude, at least, scarcely n competitor among them was less than six feet high, and most of them strongly knit, and lilted, at all points, for their her culean task. There was one among them, how- i more, nnd 1 saw him again as 1 had Inst seen him —unmoved nml immovable. “What a piece of work is man !° Tho marshal approached to take him into custo dy ami conveyed him to the prison ; and I then od- vanceii to take my leave of him, nml to inquire whe ther there was any further service I could render him. He suitl he dcsired to see his wife. It was tho first time the tender and endearing name had hook his hand and withdrew In one hour lie was a dcudman! Upon going into Court, immediately after leav ing the gaol, for tho purpose of moving for a new trial, I met a friend of his, who had faithfully watched tho course of the trial, and who, with hor ror in his face, loin mo that B. Imd, to use his own uigungo. ripped himself open with a knife directly after l had left him. Supposing that this wus either an error, or that perhups B. Imd inflicted some partial injury upon his person, under the idea of exciting the consideration of ilie Court in bis be half, I bestowed no great attention upon it, until shortly afterwards I heard it repeated from other quarters, accompanied by details, which rendered t a subject of much more serious consideration. Accompanied by the gentleman who ussisi.ed mo in his defence, I again botqok myscif to the prison— inquired tho fate otthe prisoner from Lhekoeper— and found—he was no more ! After 1 had left him, ns has been dccribcd, ho doscondod into tho yard which is attached to the gaol, when lie borrowed what is generally call, ed a clasp-knife from some of the many felons there confined, and instantly turning round an angle of the building, to avoid observation, he plunged it in- to his body just below his breast bone, culling him self in tho direction of two sides of a triangle, ami when first discovered, ho hud inserted knifb, hand and all in the gaping woun ', exclaiming nt the same time, “I cannot reach iny heart /”— He walked firmly towards the steps by which ho had descend ed, and nt tho foot of which lie fell.—He was borne to the apartment of the doctor ; all assistance wna in vain ; he uttered not a groan to guess at, but de claring his innocence, nml requesting that his re. mains might lie left to the disposition of his friends —expired. For the last of these details, I am, of course, in- debted to those who were present and witnesses at this mournful scene ; what is still to ho told, is re lated from my personul knowledge. Upon expres sing an inclination to sec tho body, the keeper led the way for me and my companion to the chamber ol death. Upon entering, a truly frightful specta cle was exhibited. Wo passed through a long range of gloomy apartments lined on cacli side with fel ons, and malefactors of every possible description, embodying the idea of heil and the fallen angels. All was silent and black and fearful as night—not a syllable was uttered, not a smile to be seen—eve- ry human being seemed awe-struck and confound, ed. Upon entering the chamber, as I have suid, by tho dim light which was afforded from the heavily barred and grated windows, 1 saw the body stretch ed upon a coarse pallet, or matrass in the centre of the room, nearly surrounded by a host of criminals equipped in their prisoner garb. They fell br.ck to allow us to advance ; their eyes were all fixed, they stood like so many shocking statues—not a tear was shed, nor a breath drawn. They looked as if the sources of their grief were exhausted with those of virtue. Their eyes glared while they rested on tho remains of tho deceased. One of them, then approaching the covering of the corpse with a mo. lionless and solemn step, withdrew it from the body —and we saw sill that remained of one of the most powerful and extraordinary men that lived in tho tide of time ; a man who might have stood by Ctc- sar. I shall never forget tho effect of that moment; it was a scene that was fitted for the pencil of Angelo. Tho body was entirely exposed ; the arms folded across the ample breast; tho frame and limbs huge, but of the most exact symmetry, nnd tho fuco exhibiting the same fixed smile, which had been displayed in life, nnd particularly became tho mar ble features of death. The partial rays of light ad- muted into the room, centered all upon him ; and there .vcrc so much beauty—so much serenity—so great a contrast between him und all about him, that, instead of inspiring horror, it overcame me iih admiration. They mny talk as they will of their Socrates and their Catos, who, in the decline of life, antedated their doom, in allhumun probabil- ity, hut a few months—men in whom the vital principle was nearly extinct—and whoso feelings were enfeebled and obtruded. Here was a man with ull the vigor and energy of youth about him, with no fume, with no iinmorlulity to put him on— who never dreamt of commemoration on the histor ic puge—and who know nothing of tho precepts of phylosophy ; and yet who, nevertheless, showed that the love of glory is not u more powerful incen tive of human courage than a sense or fear of shame. Thus ends the case of poor B . I omitted, however, to mention that the crime of passing coun- terfeit notes, with which he was charged, was al leged to havo been committed at a horse-race in Delaware County, and that a portion of his defence connected in his allegation was that tho money was received by him as stakes, and put down without knowledge of its spurious character. At a horse- race ! It was there, 1 first beheld this unfortunate man. It was there in all human probability, his career of vice commenced—and it was there, alas * it terminated. Such is the frailly of mankind, that very accomplishments are frequently our lures to destruction. To excel in anything becomes a sub jeet of admiration—and, intoxicated with applause, we pass step by step into tho flowery ambush, nor dream of our danger until, liko the covert serpent, it uncoils itself to sting our joys to death. ever,“in form und bearing proudly eminent,” the escaped his lips. Application was accordingly made docidud favorite of the ring, who, with but little np parent exertion, though with vusi skill, easily boro off the prize, and wus proclaimed victor by loud and repeated acclamations. It was readily per- to the marshal to grant him tho indulgence, and to accompany him to his dwelling, but whether it was from fear of his escape, or to avoid the naiufulness of the scene, certain it is, the ofliccr mildly hut ceived that tho conqueror was a Jerscwnau from j firmly refused. “Never mind,” said l to his pris the unreserved delight expressed by almost all | oner, who evinced a momentary air of pcevishi around him, and from the general huzza for New Jersey. Hint made the welkin ring. 1 confess I have always belonged to the weakest party, and, though half a Jerscyman myself, I felt mortified that the victors should glory 60 immoderately in their success. Thu favorite nnd successful com- ! petitor was hoisted upon their shoulders, nml para- > ded through the field, and wagers to any amount within the limited means ofllio betters, wore offer- cd upon h'm against any one who could bo produc cd; but so decided Imd been bis superiority, that ! no one could be, for some time found, willing or hardy enough to incur the disgrace of what was considered an assured defeat. At length, n rough i greasy.looking individual, apparently u butcher, made his way in among them, actuated, probably more by mortification than desire of gain, and in quired whether they would hot against any man on the ground 1 •* Yes ! ves !” wus tho unanimous an- ! •wer,nnd every mnn’s hand sympathetically nnd eagerly drew from his pocket the voucher for his sincerity. The butcher and some few of his friends obviously from the sister Stmt* of Pennsylvania, co vered the bet#, and nothing remained but to pro* | duco theii champion. This was soon done, us he had no doubt been previously selected. Passing to the skirls of tho crowd, while all eyes anxiously pursued them, they brought forward a young man, who appeared to have been an unconcerned spec tator of the struggle, but who nevertheless, instant ly acquiesced in tho proposition made to him. From upon tho refusal, “never mind, it would be but a sad parting and can answer no possible purpose, but to sharpen your mutual afflictions. We will endeuv- or to obtain a new trial, and you can theu.it is hop ed, meet in more favorable circumstances.” “But,’ said lie, “if I don’t sec her it will kill her.—And bis voice seemed a littlo broken as ho spoke, yet bis fuc2 was calm and gave not the slightest de notement of the horrible tempest that must have been raging in iiis tortured ami heaving breast.— “ Well,” said lie, “very well—I have no more to say—but I would rather they would nut a bullet through me and again his sinews gw elicit, but the game determined smile routed upon bis brow, like a sunbeam gliding a terrific nnd approaching storm. I left him ; li iving traced him through all the vicis situdes of grief and calamity, I left him still the same. O.i (lie ensuing morning, for there is something attractive in tho firmness of soul, I visited him at Ills prison Ho received me with his accustomed maimer, without any complaint, any murmuring. He took from his pocket some papers, upon which he desired me to bring a suit, nnd to account to iiis wife for the proceeds. *‘I hope [ shall be able to account to you,” I replied, actuated by a disposition to encourage and sustain him. “Very well,” said ho, “nccou-l to me,” and handed me tho documents. 1 begged Inin to be composed and I would see him again in the course of tiie morning. “An f i I com posed he replied smilingly ; “do you see any A Duel avoided.—A famous duellist challenged on Irish barrister for somo remark made by tiio barris er while the duellist was giving his testimony on the stand in seme important case. The barris. ter knew precisely as much about fighting as a fancy boxer knows about Milton’s “Paradise Lost.” His friends told him, however, that there was no way to avoid the scrape, and it was certainly expected from him either to fight or apologise. Tins settled the point; for the proud littlo Hibernian, though he would rather eat limn fight, still infinitely preferred being shot to making nn apology. So the two duellists, with their seconds, &c., were soon upon tho battle ground. The challenger was notorious ns a great pistol shot, nnd hud fought some half- dozen duels before, in one of which ho was so badly wounded as to be left a cripple for life. When other preliminaries were arranged, he re- quested, through his second,! no favor from his ad- versnry, which was permission to stand against a mile-stone that w ns on tho chosen ground. He sought no advantage, but wished to lean upon tho stone, being too lame to stuiul erect without sup port. His request was at once granted, und just ns tho w’ord was to be given, the little lawyer issued bis mandate to stay proceedings, as be also had a request to make. In tho gravest mar.uer in tho world he solicited permission to lean against the next mile stone ! and the j«iko was so good that tho challenger took Iiis revenge out in a hearty roar of laughter, with, drawing his deadly defiance, nnd declaring he could never shoot a man of such excellent humor. Skctclicn uud Illustration*! ol* Medical Delusions, Quackery.—It ia a singular thing in history, that neither thought nor study, nor apprenticeship! nor preparation of any sort, is ncccssurv to accomplish the perfect quack. He springs out nt once from obscurity and ignorance ; completely consummate. Liko Pallas, when she jumped nil armed from the brains of Jove, so is tho quack. He is cased nil over in native brass, from top to toe—armed in scale, like the serpent, nnd like him, he is not want ing in fangs. Other pursuits require patience, time, reading,and long practice, before the profes- -sion is allowed to act. The lawyer studies five years, the surgeon, tho physician, tho apothecary, the painter, nnd the sculptor, ns many ; the shoe maker, the carpenter, the joiner, cucli has his long period of probation. But the quack has none! He is utterly ignorant of simples. The natures of tiie commonest herbs arc unknown to him. lie is ignorant of tho alphabet of medicine. Yet he thrives ; ho runs laughing through (and at) the world. A celebrated quack was unco visited by an old acquaintance, from tho country. (They had been parish bojs together, bad tossed dumps into u bole together, nnd had cheated each other at marbles.) “ Ja’m glad to sec Ihee'st got on so vinely, Znm,” said tho rustic ; “but how is'l man 1 Thee know'st, thee never had no more brains nor a pumpkin.” He was proceeding in this agreeable manner wlicn the quack took him to the window, and hade him ccunl the passers by. After the lapse of a minute or two iio inquired bow many bad passed : the tiller of the land answered, “ no inly—or mayhap, a hundred,” “And how many wise men do you suppose were n. mongst this hundred ?” said tho other. “ Mayhap, one,” wus tho reply. “Well,” returned the quack, “ all the rest arc mine.” This story is, perhaps, somewhat musty, but it is a good story nevenlieless, und comprehends a mor al. When we declaim against the iniquity of quueks, wo should at the same time laugh to death the folly of those who seek them. They arc the cause of quackery. They are as much answera ble for the spreading of the vice, as the mother is, who feeds her favorite fool with stolen sweets, nnd wails over his misdeed* at thn gallows. If the gap. ing blockhead, and vaporing coxcomb, did not loi- ter nnd swagger about the“streets of London, with pockets crying to bo picked, the picker would turn Iiis baud to an useful trade. He would never re- quiru either the pump or the trend.mill. The fol lowers of quacks are the cause of quackery. They are tho cause of all the nttrocious homicides that huve ever been committed. One simpleton bears testimony to Mr. Quackall’s virtues; another to Ins manners ; a third attests Iiis wonderful cures. Nothing was ever so sudden, so certain, or so mar- vellous ! His ‘vonderful voiiders,* us Mathews justly culled them, arc the theme of the tea-table, und the gossip of tiio nursery. The witnesses are not to be withstood. One blows his penny-trumpet, another w inds his horn, a third cackles, n fourth brays, and tho end is—what ? Why, that another victim is added to the list, nnd the fame of the brute.deity extended ! The pros- elytes of an idiot of this sort arc its basest flatter, ers ; but it must be owned, they also efficient friends. They stick at nothing for his sake. I lav- in<r themselves taken his merits upon trust, they in sist upon propogating them after the same fashion. They assure their friends that“T/u? universal an• limorbons drops," have cured twenty thousand peo ple in one year, all of them given over by regular physicians. Tho are sceptics of the faculty; but idolaters of any empiric. They would faint with shame, were forced to walk from Temple-Bar to Tyburn, with fools’ cap9 on their bends : yet they swallow tho most monstrous absurdities, without fear or shame. They arc the jest of their com- pauions, and the contempt of all the world besides ; but for tho sake of some broken apostle, they sub. mil and humble themselves to the dust. “Aye, tread on mo ! spit on mo ! despise me !” are the words of the illustrious Muwwonn; “ I like it !” and so say they. “ They likes it!” Nevertheless, such likings or dislikings, is not the only tiling to be heeded. It is no answer to tho motherless child (who asks,“ Where is my mother V 1 ) to say “ we delivered her over to old Martin Van Butchcll ! Wo considered that lie, having painted his pony, was fully qualified to doctor her ; but, poor woman! —she died somehow, under bis infallible metli id.’’* An empiric says, ton person with a complaint in the organ of lieu ring, “Sir; you must apply blisters; I know from experience they will remove afflictions of the cars.” If a second consults him, the same remedy is proposed ; the same to a third, a fourth, and—for in the tact he possesses hut one remedy for all the varieties of the disease of this organ, though arising from tho most opposite causes; in one, perhaps from some mechanical obstruction, ns from hardened wax, and plugging up of the men- tu«; in another, from an influmation of the mom* bra no lining the ears , und in a fourth, from some affection of the porlio mollis, or branch of the nil- ditory nerve, that is spread over tho windings of the cochlea.—Physic and Physicians. The Biblf. for the Blind.—It gives us great pleasure to announce that the entire Bible for the use of the blind lias been completed by the Ameri can Bible Society, under tho superintendence of Dr. Samuel G Howe. It has been a work of great labor nnd cost, but what philanthropist would stop to count the cost of such an undertak ing ? If we cannot give sight to this unfortunate cluss of fellow beings, wo ure enabled to illuminate their minds und cheer thoir hearts.—N. V. Com, Adv. VOL. XXX1V-JNO 33. To Farmers Daughters. I have talked to you so much about every day business,you will think it the only matter 1 consi der tiny way important; I can assure you this is a mistake. I look upon mental culture ns of equal moment, hut us all the wise beads in creation dis cuss this topic,I leave it with them, nr.d again tuke up the old theme of work, work.—“Spring lime of ycur is coming,” or to uso tho language of the old poet Solomon, “the winter is past, the ruin is over uud gone, the flowers appear on the earth, the time of singing of the birds has come, nnd the voice ol tiie turtle is heard in our land.” Nature will soon enrobe herself in her rich green mantle, tastefully interwoven with flowers of every hue, from the colourless lilly, to the deep dye of the rose and peony. Now, you cun assist the noble Dame in the arrangement of her toilette. She is like some other ladies, and loves to be decked with bright ornaments. You can embroider tho hern of her garment, put here a lenfuml there a flower ; in another place a small tree, shrub or vine, and you may finish off with an edging of Purpio Sbude, or rows of White Fringe or Purple, as may suit, your taste.— Should any pa it of her mantle be neglected, fill up with rich border of strawberries, and dot with the golden pear, snow pcucli or blue plum. Bui to go on iu a plain old fashioned way, now is the time for gardening, und ns it is u most delight ful employment, I want to speak to you of your taking an interest iu it. There is none more cal. culatnd to improve the minds, us well ns the pity, sical powers of Uio young. It has a more soothing and happy influence than almost any other. Go into the garden when you are listless and low spirited, (as you often find yourselves when you do nothing useful) plant some shrubs or (lowers, set >ut a bed of strawberries, uso tho rake or boo in dustriously in finishing olf borders, form a planta tion of raspberries or any tiling else necessary or pleasant, und by tiio time you feel like resting, all your hyppo will bn gone, and von will wonder why you havo not found out before, that tho garden is tiie place to fn quent, it )ou wish to be vigorous and in good spirits. Tho rage for flowers of all kinds is becoming so fashionable, now,that anyone who is not fond of them is almost wondered at. In this part of tho country you sec ladies handling tho spade and other tools. Spading, hoeing nnd raking arc quite a la inode in our region. 1 was riding through town some time since, nnd passing a garden wlioro every tiling was in a flourishing order, I noticed a lady with her spade, nnd her manner of using it could not have been excelled by Gen. Jackson himself. The gentleman who was with me, lias not done praising her yet. You may say, I have no taste for flowers. The right way to obtain this is to go to woik. 1 knew a young ladv who bad no fond, ness al all for flowers, and never thought of cul. livating any. She received a present of q rose or some other little shrub in a box. At first she cared but little for it, but after a time, when the buds began to expand, she was attracted bv its sweet, ness and beauty, and by degrees her love for it increased, until she wondered she could care so much for a flower. She began to collect slips of diilo rent plants, to tend them wit li most watchful care, and she soon had a very pretty collection,— every little bud that blows, every fresh leaf puts foitli, seems to give Itorso much pleasure, d she would not be deprived of tlie enjoyment heir cultivation affords, for any considern- lion. IT your homes aro destitute of flowers nnd shrubs, you could, in a short time, so much alter tiieir np. pcaranee by planting them out. You can do it yourselves, and you will take more interest in them limn ifyour patents were to do it. Iu travel- l have passed so many houses where not the least flower might be seen, nnd the thought always >vcr me, there is not much care taken at that place to render life pleasant—to throw around he inmates any of its sweetnesses ; to lend them to refinement und love of home ; nnd again, when I have passed u cottage surrounded by trees, shrubs, and flowers, I have thought there is the abode of a woman of delicacy and* taste, it is rcallv cheering to tiro eye of the weary traveller to meet with these tilings, and ho would rather slop to rest, where pains had been taken to tend them, than where it was desolate nml Imre. I speak of these things, because it is peculiar ly the province of woman lo’study whatever makes life agrecablo nnd divest it of wlmt is unpleasant. The more sources a woman has of enjoyment, the better it is fur her. It is her lot, if she is domestic and discharges her duties as she ought, to stay at homo ; it is her lot to be often alone, und uluo to participate largely in the cares and anxieties of life. Aclivo exertion is often a relief to many of of these, and in no purl of her establishment can he make it with so much pleasure, ns in her gar- den. Girls should learn more of theao things, so that when settled, they may seek for enjoyment at home, by performing their duties, and not make it r chief enjoyment to visit and pass about from place to place, I would say again to you, to go to work, cultivate the useful and beautiful, and you ill not regret the time you have thus spent.— You will not look buck and say, it was unprofita- bly employed. Lucy. Tennessee Agriculturist. Non-commitlal.—Ancld woman asked what ; she thought of one of her neighbors by the name I of Jones, und with a very knowing look replied, j “Why, I don’tlike to say uny thing about my neigh- | bors; but ns Mr. Jones, says sometimes I think, nnd then again I don’t know—but n’ter nil I rather guess, he’ll turn out to bo a good deal sucli a man as 1 take him to he. SmokeY Chimnibs.—It has been clearly demon- strated by science nnd practical experiment, tint this great drawback upon domestic comfort is re medied by an unerring nnd simple process, viz : i slight but continued enlargement, commencing at the bottom of the flue, nnd extending to the top. This i* sure to produce a draft, and it is presumed that in most instances of defective chimnios, inat. tcnlion to thi9simplo rule, in the original construe lion, would bo found the cau->o of it.—Piscatquic Farmer. his looks h« might have bocu about twenty years of I want of composuro in mo?” I said nothing, but Argal.—Epaminondns has said that all tho Cretans are liars ; now he was himself a Cretan, therefore ho has lied ; therefore the Cretans are not lift-s ; therefore Epaminondns has not lied, and therefore the Cretans aro liars. Dairy Secret.—Havo ready two pons in boil, ing water, and on the milk's coming to the dairy, take the hot pans out of the water, put the miik into one of thorn, and cover it with tho other.— This will occasion great augmentation in tho thickness and quality of the cream.—Al. Cult. New-York Fashions.—N. P. Willis in a lettc from the Astor House, published iu tho Lady’s Book, gives a few brief hints on tho prevailing modes of tho Manhattan city. “Bonnets,” lie says “leaning more to tho lips that the shoulders are beginning to prevail, nnd wi shall soon come to the degnge hat so captivating it the picturos of Greuze, with rim just playing be fore the eyes and set coquotishly astride of the or gans of benevolence. As to the cardinals, or jor kins, or penjitekets, or capes, or short cloaks, oi whatever they are denominated, made of silk, un< pierced with arm-holes, they are certainly “worn* with a prodigality which will soon bring the fasli inn to n close. They wear curls again, long curls thunks to tho gods whoapprcciatcd Hyperion ; ami that terribly light and ready.to-be-scalped look, is, hope, forever passed away from the feminine tern pies. “A head liko a hair sofu is my holy hor A Tiger FIfkt. A man entered tho arena f of the Rajah ofCoorg) armed only with a Coorg knife, and clothed in ,hort trowaera, which barely covered hie hipa, and ex tended half way down hie thigh.. The inntrumenl which lie wielded in his right hand was a heavy blade, aomethingliko tho coulter of a plough, about two feet long, and fu'l three inches wide, gradually diminishing towards the handle, with which it form- cd a rigli angle. The knife is used with dexterity by the Coorgs, being swung round in the hand be. fore tho blow is inflicted, and then brought into contact with tho object intended to be struck, with n force and effect truly astounding. The chnmpi. on who now presentod himself before the rajah was about to be opposed to a tiger, which lie volunteer, ed to encounter almost naked, and armed only with the weapon 1 have just described. He was rather tall, with a slight figuro ; but his chest was deep, his arms long and muscular. His logs were thin, yet the action of the muscles was perceptible with eve ry movement, whilst tho freedom of his gait, and tho few contortions ho performed preparatory to tho hazardous enterprizo in which ho was about to engage, showed that ho possessed uncommon uetiv. ity, combined with no ordinary degree of strength. The expression of his countenance was absolutely sublime when ho gave tho signal for the tiger to bo let looso ; it was the very concentration ofinorul energy—tho index of a high and scltlcJ resolution. His body glistened with the oil which he had been rubbed over in order to promote tho elasticity of iiis limbs. He raised his arms for several moments above Iiis head when he made the motion to admit his enemy into the area. The bars of a large cage were instantly lifted from above ; a huge loyal li. gor sprang forward, and stood before the Courk, waving his tuil slowly backward and forward erect- ing the hair upon il, and uttering a suppressed howl. The noimal first looked nt the man, then nt the gallery where the rajah and the court wore sent, ed to sec the sports, but did not appear at all easy in its present slate of freedom :—it was evidently confounded at the novelty of its position. After il short survey, it turned suddenly round, nnd bound- ed into its cage, from which tho keepers, who stood above, beyond the reach of mischief, tried to force it, but in vain. Tho bars were ihon dropped, and several ernekers fastened to its tail, which project, ed through one of the intervals. A lighted mutch « ns pul into tile hand of the Coorg ; the bars wero again raised, nnd the crackers ignited. Tho tiger now darted into the arena with a terrific yell, nnd, while the crackers were exploding it leaped, turn* ml, and writhed, as in a state of frantic excitement. Ii ut length crouched in n corner,gmtrling 11s n cat does when alarmed. Alcuuwhilu its retreat Imd been cul oil’ by securing the cage. During tho ex plosion of the crackers the Coorg stood watching the enemy, and al length advanced towards it with u slow but firm step. The tiger roused itself nnd ictreiited, the fur 011 its back being erect, and its tail apparently dilated to twice the usual size. It was not nt ail disposed to commence hostilities ; but its resolute foe was not to ho evaded. Fixing Iiis eyes intently upon tho deadly creature, lie ud- vanned with the sumo metisured step, the tiger re treating as before, but stil! presenting its front to its enemy. The Coorg nuw stopped suddenly ; then moving slowly backward, the «i|* raised itself to its full height, curved its hack to the necessary scg. ment for a spring, nml lushed its tail, evidently med itating mischief. The mutt continued to retire : und as soon us ho was at so great a distance that the fixed expression of his eye was no longer dis tinguishable, the ferocious brute made a sudden bound forward, crouched, and sprang with a short, sharp growl. Its adversary, fully prepared for this,, leaped actively on one side, nnd, us the tiger reach- ed tho ground, swung round Iiis heavy knife, and brought it with irresistible force upon the animal’s luud leg. just above the joint. Thn hone wus in. stantly severed, and the tiger effeotuuliy prevented from making a second spring ; the wounded beast roared; hut turning suddenly on the Ci.org, who Imd by this time retired several yards, udwmccd fierce ly upon him. its wounded leg hanging loose in tho .-km, showing that it was broken. The tiger, now excited to u pitch of reckless rage, rushed forward upon three legs towards its adversary, who stood with his hottvev knife upraised, calmly awaiting tho encounter. As soon as tho savage creature was within his read), lie brought down thn ponderous weapon upon its head with a force which nothing could resist, laid open the skull from ear to ear, and the vanquished loo fell dead at his feet. He thou coolly wiped tho knife on the animal’s hide, made a dignified sulum to tho rajah, and retired amid the loud acclamations of the spectators. His hncss informed us tool the man had killed scv. i tigers in a similar manner; and that, altliough upon one or two occasions he Imd been severely latched, he imd never been seriously wounded, rite Coorgs, moreover, are known lu attuck this tcr ude animal in the jungles, with their heavy, sharp knives, and with almost unfailing success. Upon he present occasion, nothing could exceed the cool uutious.and calculating precision with which tho efolutc Hindoo wont through this dangerous per formances Extraordinary Power of Recognition in a Tiger.—One day last week a singular circum stance occurred iu Wombwell’s Royal Menagerie, corroborative of the retentive memory suid to be possessed by this most vicious of tho forest tribe, the tiger. A sailor who Imd been strolling round the exhibition, loitering here and there to admire and Identify some of tho animals with those he had seen !u far distant climes, was attracted hy the strange noise made hy n tiger, who seemed irrita ted beyond enduruicc. Jack, somewhut alarmed, sought tho keeper to inquire the causo of so singu lar u di-piuy of feeling, which, lie remarked, be came more boisterous the nearer ho approached the animal ; the keeper replied, that the behaviour of the tiger indicated either that he was vastly j.leased or annoyed ; upon this the sailor again up* prouched tho den, und, after gazing at the tiger for a few minutes, during which the animal became frantic, with seeming rage 4 iashiug his tail against his sides and giving utterance to the most frightful bellowings, discovered the tiger to be the same an- imal brought to England under the especial enre of tho weather beaten tur. It now became' Jack’s turn to be delighted, as it appeared the tiger was in thus recognising his old friend, nnd after making repented applications to ho permitted to enter the den for the purpose, ns I e suid, of “slinking a fist” with the beautiful animal, ho was suffered so to do ; tho iron door was opened and in jumped Jack to the delight of himself and Iiis striped friend, and the astonishment of the lookers on. The affection of the animal wus now shown, by caressing nnd lick ing tin; pleased sailor, whom he seemed to welcome with the heartiest satisfaction, nnd when the honest tar left the den, the anguish of the nnimul appeared almost insupportable.—Devnnpcrl Independent. Dr. Beach, of New Yokk, lias received ftom Louis l’hillippc, the King of the French,a beautiful gold medal ns a mark of high estimation of his a. hilitics, induced hy a persuul of his voluminous medical work, entitled, *The Family Physician, or Amorienn Practice.* This is tho seventeenth royal present which Doctor Beuch has rccciv- cd. Life in Missouri.—The North Carolina Repot - ur says :—A member elect of the lower chamber f 1 lie Legislature of this Slutc was last year ptr- unded by some wags of his neighborhood that if ie did not reach the state house at ten o’clock on the day of assembling, lie could not bu sworn, would lose his sent. He immediately mourn ed with hunting.frock, Bowie-knife, uud spurred till hu got to the door of tho statu house, where he hitched Iiis nag. A crowd were in the chamber of the lower house, on the ground floor, walking about with hats on nnd smoking cigars.—These lie passed, rail up stairs into the Scuutu chamber, set his rifle against the wall, and hauled, “Strait, gers wltur’s the mail that swors me in ?” at tho umc time taking out Iiis credentials.—‘Walk tins way,’said the clerk, who was ut the same [j lighting a real priucipe, nnd lie wus sworn without inquiry. When the clerk canto to count es, he found there was one senator too many prusLMit. The mistulco was soon discovered, and the huntsman was informed that he did not belong there. Fool who, with your corn bread ! You can’t fluck this child no how you can fix it. I’m elected this here legislalur, und I’ll go again all bunks and eternal improvements, and if there’s any of oratory gentlemen wauls to get skinned, ju&t say the word, nnd I’ll light upon you like a slavey 1 woodchuck. My constituents sent mo here, and if you want to floor this two.legged nniinnl, hop on just as soon os you like.—Though Pin from tho buck country, Pin u lectio smarter tnun any other quadruped you can turn of this drove.’ After this utlmirnble harangue, lie put his rifle, with'Come here old Suke and stand by me!’ ut the same time presenting it ut the Chairman, wh<», however, had scon such people before. After some expostulation the man was persuaded that hu belonged to the lower chamber, upon which lie sheathed his knife flung his gun on iiis shoulder, and with profond congee remarked : ‘Gentlemen, 1 hog pardon, but if 1 did’nt think that lower room was a groggery, may I be shot.” A Bungler in Flattery.—There was my poor friend Snifton, he bated pig and prune sauce as lie hated a poor relative ; nevertheless, fur twenty years did ho consent to cat at Iiis uncle’s table; nor could he find words rich enough wherewith to do honor to uncle’s pig and prune snucc. Uncle died. “Thank It nven, I shall now receive my re ward in hard cash for my sacrifice to that damned pig ami prune sauce.” Tho will was rend, and thus was Snifton rewarded : “And 1 hereby give and bequeath to my dearly beloved nephew, Peter Snifton, iu consideration of his peculiar love of my pig nnd prune snucc, tho whole nnd sole recipe, w hereby he may cook it.” My son, bu wary and uvoid such wretches.— Punch's letter to his Sou* John W. Pauldii g, a son of one of the cap'ori of Major Andre, has been appointed one of the high constables of St, Louis, Mo,

Georgia Historic Newspapers

The Georgia journal. (Milledgeville, Ga.) 1809-1847, May 16, 1843, Image 1