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VOIe. XXXVI
MILLEDGEV1LLE, l UESDAV, SEPTEMBER 2, LS45.
NO. 49
<lo«a .one linndred words
A Jiuiui»lr»lors, Executors,
to be held on (lie firs*
ing might* fait !’ roplioJ tho widow, na four stout
moil ruised her from the ground und carried her in.
to tho house, where her wounds were demonstra
ted to consist of a contusion on the bump of philo
progenitiveness, and the loss of a half squaro inch
of the corrugated integument of her loft knee.
Captain Suggs and Lieutenant Snipes now re
sumed their game.
.. ------, , •Lewteimnt,’—said Suggs, as he dealt the cards
■ -1*111 SRXT Y°0 A Y*^not*<>«^the*niofi In on? of "hr —• must-thereh, the tray for low-we must
-•■■it?* ol lh|s8ut«»ft«d st the door or the Court- j court martial that old airnm in tho nrnmSn’ *
fl—.Vbar* such aalaa ara to lie held. ’
aale of Personal Property,
*1-1,11# month, oelweea me noursencn in the lore*
T***"*y lkrM |a the afternoon, st the Coun-lmuae, in the
aM***.* | :,h the laiidia aitualed. Notice of these naira
ja a public gatetteSIXl Y DAYS previous to
A *ti , ’fNKaROB3 mu hi be at s public suction,on the first ‘
*•**?•• Uli e month, between the usual hours of sale, nt the j
T«t**y . ll e gft | ea {„ the county where the letters teslainen
^^J’Ad.aiaiatration or Uuardianahip.ri
I t‘'f..f?*"".-mxTY DAYS notice 111
door of the Court-
courf martial that old ’otnun in the morninV
• l'won’t do, Cnptuin—tho truy 1 mean—to he
sure we must! Site’s vicrlated the rules of war!’
•And Yul!er-legs, too!’ said Suggs.
•Yes, yes , und Ynller-legs too, of
we kin ketch
I *I^.aforlheaaleof Peraonal Property, must ho given in
"""'a,, PORT Y days previous to the dev of ante.
I *•« S-te ilin Debtors snil Creditors of nn Gaiale time I hr I
uubad FORTY days-
® u-tOatliat application will bo made to the Court ofOrdine- *
fcrlaVve to aell LAND, inual be |Hihliahed for FOLK , him,’replied Lieut. Snipes.
SOUTHS. ,. c...„„i..c .1 ' 'Yes, d—d ef 1 don’t!—court-martial ’em both
& , o'Nr^"l^?; l o^r^bTo;m'%tH 1 b^,n.^ I « »«"o ns the aun rises-drum-head court-martial
ihaCmirt. 1 »» ®htt* !’
® fljjaf loss fur letters of Administration, must be published
sJrftfdsv*— 1lor dismission from administration, monthly »U
Jor dismission Iron* Guardianship,Jortydayi
[The following original chapter is in Hooper’s
fcSfpSjdT^flJ ha t’P iest v , ein - and we , ar< ; 8[ a,ified ">« ‘Spirit’
three mos/fts—lor compelling title. frouiF.aecu- l* the medium through winch It is first laid before
-Admin i«lr a lorn, where a llnnd ha. been given by the
'S^M.tiufktttvaee of three months. i
s.hilrtiloni will et'vnye be continued recording to these
/yljre'ouirements, unless otherwise ordered.
*fe^£^2s^sS rn,p,,,,,en '
POETICAL.
[VROM THE HEW MIRROR.]
the FETTER 'NEATH THE FLOWERS.
Cupid hung hie garland gaily
O'er a maid in seeming play;
Sage Esperience whisper’d daily
"Break the chain while yet ye inny. - ’
“Why." cried ahe, “’tie but a toy,
Formed of ninny a f ngrant flower;
Let me still its bloom enjoy—
I esn break it in an hour.”
Long she sported, freely,lightly.
Width her soft end glowing chain,
“Nay, itclaeps my heart so tightly,
1 must breuk the toy in twain! 1 "
Vein resolve! the tie that hound her
Harden'd 'neeth her struggling will ;
Feel tho blossoms fell erounii her,
But the fetter linger’d still.
STAN Z A S.
There's not n cloud with brilliant dies,
That's decked with golden hue,
But brings to mind thy dove-like eyes
Of Heaven’s resplendent blue:
Aha! those brilliant lints must wane
Beneath the shadesofeven;
But ult! tlm«e evee with lovo again
Will kindle olt in Heaven.
| never hear e plaintive bird
Awake her morning glee,
But brings to mind the songs I’ve heard
Sootten sung by thee :
Alts! what charm that bird can wake
When once of life 'tis riven ?
But with new joys thy voice shall break
Upon the bliss of Heaven.
MISCELLANEOUS. "
[from the n. y. spirit of the times.]
I ANOTHER CHAPTER OF 'SIMON SUGGS.’
Cap/. Suggs anil Lieutenant Snipes “Court
Martial'’ Mrs. Haycock.
[Some tnonlhs since, we published a chapter
I from Simon Suggs—we now publish the following
| chapter giving the court martini und conviction of
Mrs. Haycock. That our readers may uudjr-
Mid how Mrs. Haycock got into the scrape, we
re-ptibliah a part of the preceding chapter.]
The guard was set, the women summarily quiet-
I ed,the mass of the company stowed away in the
stable fur the night; and the Cnptuin and "Lew.
tenant Snipes” sat down with a bottle of bald.faco
I between them, to a social game of "six cards, sev
en up." by a fire in the middle of the enclosure.
Aboutthie time, the widow Haycock desired to pu9-
I cm herself of a certain "plug” of tobacco, where-
withal to eupply her pipe during the watches of the
sight; The tobacco was in the cart, which with a
| men others, stood in the road twenty slops or so
from the front door. Now, as the widow Hay.
eock was arrayed rather grotesquely—in a red-
i flannel wrapper, with u cotton handkerchief about
herhead—she did not wish to be seen as she pass-
ed out. She therefore noiselessly slipped out, and,
ibesentinel having deserted his post for a few mo.
menu to witness ihe playing between his officers,
I succeeded in reaching Ihe cart unobserved. As
| she returned, however, with the weed of comfort
is her hand, she was challenged by the sentinel,
vhohearing a slight noise, had come back to his
post.
Stand!’ said he, as the old lady was climbing the
| fence.
‘Blessed master V exclaimed Mrs. Haycock , hut
the soldier was too much frightened to observe that
she spoke English, or to recognize her voice
'Give the counter sign or I'll shoot said lie,
bringing his gun to a 'present,’ but receding to
wards the lire ns lie spoke.
Instead of tho counter-sign, Mrs. Haycock gave
l scream, which the sentinel, iu his fright, mistook
for the wur-hnup, and instantly fired. The widow
dropped from the fence to the ground on the out.
| side,and the sentinel ran to Ihe Captain’s fire.
In a moment was heard the thundering voice of
Captain Suggs;
‘Turn out, men ! Kumpny fo-r-m I’
The women in the store screamed, and tho com
ping formed immediately in front of the door.
The Captain was convinced that tho alarm was a
humbug of sumo sort; hut keeping Ihe farce, kept
“P his own importance.
'Bring your guns to a level with your breast, and |
firs through tho cracks ot the fence !’ ho ordered..
An irregular volley was fired, which brought
down n poney und a yoke of steers, hullered to |
their owner’s carts in the road ; and frightened
'Yellow-lcgs,' (who had slyly taken lodgings in n
hllle wagon,) nearly to death.
‘Over the fenco now ! Hoornw ! my gnlyunt
•olluntsres I shouted tho Captain, made enthusias-
lic^by the diaclmrge of the guns.
The company scaled the fence.
'Now charge hnggonets ! Hoo-aw ! Let ’em
hive the cold steel my brave boys !’
This manoeuvre was executed admirably, consi
sting the fact, that the company was entirely with-
®W bayonets or a foe. The men brought their
P'ices ton proper position, ran ten steps and find-
,n l nothing olso to pierce, drove the long projecting
rim rods of their rifles deep iu the mellow curth !
Tickle all them skelps, Csp’en Suggs, or they’ll
’Jnfel'said a derisive voice, which was recognized
it belonging to Yellow-legs, and a light form flit-
hk from among ihu wagons and carts, and was lost
■a the darkness,
'Somebody kill tliHt critter!’ said Suggs, muclt
Hailed. But the‘critter’ had'evaporated.’
A careful examination of the field of battle was
l ’“* made, and the prostrate bodies of iho pony,
'hsosen, and the widow Haycock discovored lying
V'hey hud fallen. From the last a slight moan-
'"2 proceeded. A light was soon brought.
Iwhat's the matter, widder—h’>rl?’ inquired
"“gg*, raising up one of Mrs. Haycock's huge legs
“P®a Ins fool, by way of ascertaining how much
ld * was left.
‘Only dead—that’s all, said the widow aa her
lM| th fell heavily upon the ground, with oommonda-
bl « resignation.
'•shaw !' said Suggs, 'you ain't bad hurl. Wber
“outs did the bullet hill*
‘All over! only shot all to pleeea! It makes no
°“di tho’—klecn through Mid through—I'm • *°‘
the public.]
Capl. Suggs and Lieut. Snipes ‘Court-martial’ Mrs.
t Haycock.
Great was the commotion at Fort Suggs on the
morning nexwtfter the occurrence of the events
' related in the Inst chapter. At Fort Suggs we say
—for so had the Captain christunod ‘Taylor’s store’
J and tlte enclosure thereof. Nor let any one re-
I ■ prebend him for so doing. It was but the ex-
I itibitiou of a vanity, which, if not laudable, at least
| finds its sufficient excuse in a custom that has pro.
1 vailed,‘time out of mind.’ Had not Romulus his
j Rome 1 Did not the pugnacious sou of Phillip,
I call his Egyptian military settlement Alexandria ?
j And to descend to later times und to cases more di-
j rectly in point—is there not a Fort Gaines in Geor-
I gia, and a Fort Jessup in Florida? Who then
[ snail carp, when we say that Captain Simon Suggs
bestowed his name upon that spot strengthened by
( his wisdom, and protected by his valor !
| Great then we repeat, was the commotion at
| Fort Suggs on the morning iu question. Tlte fact
| had become generally known—how could it be oth.
I erwise with thirteen women in the immediate vi.
i cinity!—that Mrs. Haycock was to he ‘court-mar.
f liuled’—on the morning ; and the commotion was
the consequence. The widow herself was suffer.
1 ing great ineutul disquietude on this subject, iu ad-
I diiion to considerable physical discomfort occu-
i sinned by the fall and the rough handling of the pre-
i vious night. Under such circumstances, it could
j hardly be expected that her woes would fail to find
■ utterance. And it would have been equully mi.
J reasonable to suppose that her fellow gossips would
restrain (lie natural propensity of the sex. Let the
reader then imagine—if he be not too nervous—all
the uproar and din which three dozen women can
make under the most exciting circumstances, and
he will have some faint conception of the commo
tion at Fort Suggs on the muniing of the trial.
It was at an early hour; in fact—speaking ac
cording to the clironumetrical standard in use at
Fort Suggs took Lieutenant Snipes asides to
consult with him in regard to some of tlte details
of the preparation for the Court-martial.
"Snipes,” said the Captain, as lie seated himself
a-straddleof tlte fence,and snw his Lieutenant safe
ly adjusted in a like position— 1 "Snipes, as sure’s
you’re horn, tliar’s a diliikiiity about this here
court'inartial. Now I want you to tell me how wo
are to hold a drum-head court-martial when we aini
got a drum!”
Lieutenant Snipes looked very much puzzled,
and in fact he was exceedingly puzzled, and lie con
sidered the matter for several moments, but could
see no way by which tho "diffikilty” could bu sur
mounted. At length lie remarked,
* It does look uukerd, Capling!’
•Yes. Yousee when these here court-mnrtials
is jumped up all of a sudden, like this, they’re ah-
leeged to be of the drum-head sort—tliut’s what I’ve
alters hcarn. Well now, supposin’ we was to hold
one without the drum, and hang or shoot that ever-
lastin’ sho.dovil; would the law justify us in doin’
so? Sometimes I sorter think it would, and then
it looks sorter jubous. What’s you’re opinion Lew-
tenant?’
‘That’s it—what you jist said,’ replied Lieuten
ant Snipes, deferentially.
‘Good!’ said the Captain—‘lowtenants ought to
think jist as their captings do. It’s a good sign.’
•It’s what I’ve alters done, and what I alters ex
pects to do,’ replied Snipes.
•Well, well!’ remarked Suggs, whose chief ob.
ject was to impress Snipes with the idea that tiie
widow’s life was in actual danger—and through
his Lieutenant, croato tlte impression upon Mrs,
Haycock herself and all the rest—‘Well, well, don't
you believe that ef I was to get a bar’l, or some
thin’ else pretty nigh like a drum, und hold the
court-martial by tlmt—don’t you believe that would
justify us ef any thing was brought up hereafter,
supposin’ wo was to condemn the old woman to
detli?’
‘Belikes it would,’ said Snipes.
‘1 know it would!’ said Suggs emphatically.
‘I know so too!’ remarked the lieutenant, with
increased confidence.
‘Well, now, a\\ that's settled,’said tlte Captain,
with an air of satisfaction—'the next tiling is, how
are we agwine to put Iter to deth ?’
•Why, we aiut tried her yit!’ suid Snipes.
‘To be sure! to lie sure! I’d forgot that! but
tltar’s no way to get round condemnin’ of Iter—is
lhar?’
•No way as I see !’
•It’s u painful duty, Lewlenant! a very painful
duty, Lewlenant Snipes; and very dislressin’.—
But the rules of war is very strict, you know!’
‘Very strict,’ said Snipes.
•And officers inustdo their duty, come what may.’
‘They’re ableeged lo,’ said the lieutenant.
•Alt! well!’ remarked Captain Suggs with con
siderable emotion, 'it’ll bo lime enough to fix how
we sltall execute the old critter at tho trial, You
think tho bar’l will do?’
‘Jist as good as any thing,’ replied Snipes—‘a
bar’l and a drum’s sorter ulike, any way.’
• Well, you’d belter go and fix up as well as you
kin, und the niuur’ ol the ensu will admit. Officers
oughlcr dress as well us they km nl sich time, ol
no oilier, I must go and brush up myself,’ And
with that, the consultation between Captain Suggs
and Lieutenant Snipes, ended ; tho former going
ofTto pul himself a little mure in military trim ;—
while tlte latter industriously employed hiiuself in
disseminating the result of the conference.
It was with extreme difficulty that the Captain
arranged his own satisfaction, and made it befitting
so solemn and impressive un occasion. After u
great dual of trouble, he did however contrive lo
cut a somewhat military figure. With a sword lie
was already -‘iudifforenlly well” provided ; having
found one—rusty and without a scabbard—some-
whore about the premises. This lie buckled, or
rather lied to his side with buckskin strings. He
wore at the same, the identical blue jeanes frock,
coat which hat aince become ao familiar to tlte peo.
pie of Tallapoosa—it wai then new, but on this
there were, of courie, no epaulelts. Long time
i lie outward edge. In lieu of a crimson sash, he
fastened uiouud his waist a white spot on it. And
litis was an admirable substitute, except that it was
almost too short to tie before, nnd exhibited no in
considerable portion of itself in a depending triun. -
gle behind. The chapeau now alone remained tc i
lie managed. This wus easily done. Two aides i
of the brim of his capacious benver were stitchec I
lo the body of the hat, and at the fastening on the i
left side, Mr, Suggs sewed a cockade of red ferret ■
ing, nearly as largo as the bottom of a saucer.— -
Thus imposingly habited—and having first stulfiv d
the legs of the pantaloons into the tops of a ver y
antique pair of hoots—Cupt. Simon Suggs wee t
forth.
At the upper end of the enclosure, and standin g
near an empty whisky barrel, was Lieut. Snipei .
He Imd not been so successful us the Captain ilm
tlte matter of his toileite. Around his black woi il
hut was pasted or stitched, a piece of deep purpl e
gilt paper, such as is often found upon bolts of liner ..
Upon this was represented a buttle between a lio n
and u unicorn ; and in a scroll above were certai u
letters, which as Lieut, Snipes himself rcinarket I,
‘don’t spell nothing’that he could comprehend.- -
Iu his hand was tho handle ol a hoe, armed at oc c
extremity with a rusty bayonet—the only weape -n
of its kind, ut that moment, to be found iu the git r-
rison at Fort Suggs- Equipped thus, and provide ed
with a dirty sheet of paper, a portable inkstac d,
(containing pokeberry juice,) and the stump ol u
pen—nil of which were upon the head of the ban el
—the doughty lieutenant awaited the moment wb cn
it should please Captain Suggs to arraign the pr is.
onor nnd proceed with the trial.
Tallapoosa Vollanlnres, parade here !’ thundo red
Captain Suggs, as he walked up to the barrel.
Very soon the ‘component parts’ of the ‘Vol; un-
tares’ were grouped about their Captain.
'Form in a straight line !’ squealed Lieutcni ini
Snipes.
Tlte company took the form of a Imlf-moon !
Captain Suggs now ordered Mrs. Haycock to
be brought out; whereupon Snipes went into the
back-room of the store, and directly appeared again
leading the widow—who limped considerably, and
howled like u lull pack of wolves—by the band.—
The Cuptain, however, by a judicious threat of in-
slant decapitation, reduced the nuise lo a series of
more sobbings.
‘Hadn’t we better fix some way to have reiusic,’
said Suggs, and march round the house unco, be
fore wo proeeod to the trial ?’
Lieut. Snipes suggested that there was no dru m
or fife, as the Captain knew, on the premises ; but
that ‘undo Billy Allen’ was an excellent drui nmer,
and Joe Nulls a first rate pet funner on the fil fo#and
that perhaps those individuals might, for tho ] nonce,
he induced to make vocul imitations of tht tr re
spective instruments, and witlt their hands‘ga ' thro'
the motions’ indispensable to Ihe proper efi’e ct.—
Cupt. Suggs immediately spoke to those gent! ernen
and they'kindly consented’ lo servo on the very
equitable condition of receiving a ‘drink’ eats, h, us
soon us the afiair was over.
The ‘Vollantares’ were now formed in do uble
files, and between two columns Mrs. Haycock, i sup.
ported by a female friend on each side, was plat :ed.
fool!” exclaimed a voice from tho fence-corner,
• outside, which was instantly recognised ns belong,
ing to Yellow.legs—"lie darsent no more kill you,
'un lie dur to fight an Injun I”
The widow looked up, hut took no comfort from
t Jie words. Captain Suggs, highly indignant.
teized a large stone and projected it with Titan-
I ike force, nt the dirt-eater ; but it struck the fence.
Yellow legs, not ul all alarmed, turned his Imck to
Suggs, and mndo a gesture expressive of the high,
i 1st degree of contempt, and then bounded off.
‘‘Lowluuunl, prepar’ for execution !” snid the
( Japtuin, as he ruiuruud to the barrel.
Mrs. Haycock renewed her lamentations and
t nttreaiics.
“I wish,” suid Suggs, in fil of mental abstrac-
i ion, hut soliloquizing aloud ; "tliur tons some way
t 0 save her. But el I waste let her off with a fine,
I . might bn Inyin’ myself liubie to be tried for my
i )wn life.”
“Oh yes ! Captain Suggs, I’ll pay any fino you’ll
pm on mu—I’ligive up all the money I’ve got, ef
you’ll jest lot me off—do now, deur Captain—
THE LONGEST LADDER IN THE
WORLD.
On approaching the roads of James Town, in
the Island of St. Helena, your attention la attracted
by an enormous ladder, that extends from the town
beneath lo a fort Jirccily over tlie town, on the
8iimniil ol a lull 600 feet high. On inquiry I found
'.hat sentinels were placed both beluw and above,
for the purpose of preventing any one asconding or
desending without an order from the town major.
1 his regulation was adopted in consequenco ol ihe
number of accidents, attended with fatal conse
quences, that had occurred. Together with a com
panion, after dinner. I rambled down to the guard
house, and having found tho town major there, we
obtained an order to permit our ascent.
The ludder is composed ofsteps more than three
feet in width, and some four inches hi breadth,
firmly fusioned in sides of great strength. On
cither side is u hand rail, of sucii a width ihut you
can conveniently lay a bund on either side. The
steps are upward of IS inches apart, nnd great
numbers of them much decayed. At regular dis-
ace.-
“Hey ? Wlial ? Have I been talkin’ out loud ?” ! tances are small seals for resting places. On one
inquired Suggs, starting with a disconcerted rook s ‘ de ' "diliont the ladder, a description of slide has
from his reverie. | been formed, along which pullies are fixed, fur the
"Yes, yes!" answered tho widow with grent! purpose it would seem, of raising anything from
.earnestness ; "you said ef I’d pay a fine you’d i 1 *' e town beneath, or lowering from the foil above,
spar my life—didn’t you now, dear, good Cupt. ] Tha face of the hill, against which tho ladder is e.
,/iSuggs ?” ’ reeled, is extremely sleep, so as utterly to preclude
•'■Ef I did I oughtent to ’a done it. 1 don’t think ! lll<! idt ' n ofali y ascent without artificial means ; in
I’d be jestified ef I wus to let you off. 'I’lio rules ! |»I u °es there are purfuct precipicor, tiiu rocks cum.
•of war would hold me ‘countable ef I did—don’t ■ pletely overhangm
The Shah or P*»wa.—Tb* Mm'Imj*oapant
of tha King of Psrsia is axuacto* frama buar «e-
cently reoeivsd in tliia city fram aa Amartcan fAn-
tlemnn in Persia. . y
“ While the present Sbab ia rather aevera, be
has not a character for wanlon cruelty, ae tome of
Itit acts might seem to imply. On bit aeceeeioii to
the throne for example, two of bie younger broth
ers, of whom lie bad some apprehenekma ae likely
to become hi* rivale, were in prison ut Ardebil;
and one of hit first acta was to send officer! to Ar*
■lebil and put out their eyea.
Un the irrivai of the officers at the prieoo# they
announced to the two princes the death of the old
king. a. d tho prosperous accession of their elder
brother to the throne. The brothers exeroesed
their high gratification at the intelligence. ‘Wall#’
suid iho officers, ‘now wliut will you give ua for an
num ciug it to you—what ia our Moorhtalik ?' a
present, to which tiie bearer of good tidings, ia
the East, regards himself as entitled.) ‘Almost
any tiling,’said one of tlte unsuspecting brothers;
what must we give you ?' ‘Your eyes, replied the
officers, und then immediately passed the hot iron,
which was ready at the door, over the eyes of those
two line young men. This cruel deed he basal-
ways disavowed, charging it upon Ihe importunity
of his prime minister. And ills said that his Ma
jesty’s deep grief on account of it had not a little to
do, in inducing him to put that obnoxious minister
todeutli. While we were at Tehran, one of these
blind brothers visited the capita) and desired to be
conducted into the presence of the Itingt but his
Majesty could not bear to seo him.
fjuoii after bis accession, also, the king invited
some ten or twelve princes—his uncles and cousin*
—on one occasion to bruakfnst with him; and while
at breakfast his officers, who- had been instructed
Fin tiie subject, rushed into the apartment and seiz-
eJ each one u prince, nnd bound him up upon a mule
and thus they were nil hurried off to the royal pris
on ut Ardetiil,—their great trains of attendants
i stili uniting ut the door of the palaoe, unapprized,
j for sumo time of what' had happened. But the
-good of the country doubtless required some such
I dis| usitiou of these rustless, haughty princes, who'
! who were swarming at tiie capital and perhaps
] this summary method of disposing of them, was,
j on the whole, less humiliating, as it was less trou
blesome, thunu iiioic formal arrest and reinovul.
Boston Traveller.
mmm
ijyou think they would, Lewlenant
At tho bottom we found no sentry, and so pro.
“Mighty apt ?” snid Snipes, ns he sharpened tlte . cefi ded to ascend nl once, nut had nut attained above
point of his rusty bayonet on a fragment of rock, i height of one hundred feet when we lien rd a
by way of preparing for llio execution uftlio wid. ! vo ‘ ce hailing us and perceived u sentry culling on
ow. ; us to return, who in Ins wail; Imd been concealed
Mrs. Haycock adjured Cupt. Suggs by his nf- i I*® 11 ’ t* 3 when below by an intervening projection.
^ /cation for his own ofispritig, to impose a fine, in- 1 wo had lo go, and having shown our pass,
’;»ieud of'hnukin’ her poor fatherless cliildr un, or- , alld . S!l lisliud tho Cerberus, commenced our uscenl
Jins!” Tears came imo Suggs’ eyes at this np- , a g n * n > At first wo proceeded rapidly, but soon
peal, and tlm sternness <>l liio officer was lost in i ^ ou,ir ^ dtRl answer, the heigh* of each step
the sensibility of tlte inuu j causing considerable exertion. More slowly then
Don’t you think, Lewtennnt,” he asked, "bein’ wo moved along, attained tlte third resting place, | Legislature, &c., and thnt the body should convene
as it’s a woman—a wiililer woman tou—the ruleol ”d*cn we seated ourselves, and turned to view the ' in u specified time. Ail this has been done in its
war would’nl he as severe on us for letlin’of her i l ? wn * l01leal ' , ‘ with its narrow streets and confined j order. But tiie Constitution also provided that a
xiff. pruvidin' she paid a reasonable fino ?” | situation, cowering, ns it were, between the two ; general election for the Legislature, &c., should be
“They wouldn’t he severe atoll!” replied i hilU lliut snemed to press it on cither side, held m October of every year. Now the Leg-
j Aloft wo turned our eyes, anxiously wishing our- I istature recently elected, adjourned over lo the time
selves at the lop, but we bud tho best part uftlio ns- fixed for tiie regular annuul session, thus giving to
cent yet to accomplish, and to our task we once themselves by their own voto.the character of a
more went. As wo attained u greater bight wo | Legislature elected iu October. Tho propriety of
j Florida.—We perceive lliut our young sister of
i tiie Peninsula, is already in a peck of troubles, from
I which we despair oi delivering her. The Consti-
| union of Florida provided that on her admission
i into tlm Union, writs of elealions should be forth-
| with issued by ihe Governor forlhechoico of a
^.Snipes.
,, “Weil, well, widder ! Bein’as it’s you—a par
Iticular friend undcloso neighbor—and bein’ us you
nro a widder, and on tho 'count of feelins for Billy
Haycock, which wus your husband afore ire died. I
s'pose I’ll have lo run the resk. But it’s it orful
'sponsihllity I’m a taking, jist for fiioudi/ii'p, wid.
der
found the steps getting more and more out of re-
pair, in some places two or three steps together
i broken, so that we lind to clamber up the bust way
' wo could. On, on wc went, with alternate rests ;
Mrs. Hayc ock interrupted him witlt a torrent of | ^ ll! t°' vn i tho hay and shipping beneath gradually
thanks and benedictions. ! b ' ;came morc ml " ul0 ‘ 1,10 ,nov “'S b< ’ llies
•‘Thar aint many,” continued Suggs, “I’d tuke al, "° 9t ml ' e f‘ Wbun wu reached within u hund-
sich a ’sponsibrlits for : I may he a-running of Nil/ \ led , 0 ^ lbo to l )| lbo unasua faliguo almost over-
own neck imo a |taller!” ' ] lowered us ;—the dizzy height so affected us lliut
“The Lord in Heaven purvent your over suffot : «'o felt ns if we could scarce preserve ourselves
in’ bekase you’ve tuk pity on u poor widder lilti
mo !” was the grateful woman’s ejaculation,
"Hows’ over," addled Suggs, “to shorten the mat.
ter, jist pay down twenty-live dollars, and I’ll par.
don you el 1 do git into it scrape about it—1 nov
r , ,, i . ' aonyou el 1 do git into it scrape about it—l oover
‘Music to the front/ shouted Suggs, and the or. cou| > d bar se ” a w ^ , it slrikes lno
der was promptly obeyed. jighl here !” and the Captain placed his hand up.
‘Uomuanv' march! j . , . . . 1 .* 1
r. . v , \ . . , , , . . , .... ion his breast in a mosi impress! vo maimer.
1 1 )uh——iiuIt.a null.n.dim. \vonl 'iiiip pKi v A I Inn f 1 .
did Captain Sugg* employ himself in devising ex|ie-
del"
Dub—dub-a dub-a.dub,’went ‘uncle Billy At Ian,
inclining dangerously from the perpendicular, in
order to support properly a non-existent drum t
‘Phee-ee.phee-fee,’ whistled Mr. Nalls, u« his
fingers played rapidly upon the hole of iiis imag in
ary fifo !
And the company marched, as il was order, ed,
Suggs, of course, headed the array, walking line It-
wards in order lo inspect its movements ; wit ile
Snipes with his bayonet, walked alongside a nd
kept a sharp eye on tlm prisoner. Tlius tit ey
marched slowly uround llio enclosure, and return eel
to the spot whence they started.
‘Halt! form a round ring ull round the drum !'
ordered tiie Captain, pointing to the barrel.
The‘Vollantares’arranged themselves so as to
describe, not exactly a mathematical circle, but a
figure slightly approximating thereto, witlt til o
Captain, Lieut. Snipes, and tlte widow in the ceil -
tre,
“Betsy Haycock,” said Captain Suggs, you’re*
fetcli up hero accordin’ to tho regulations of drum-•
head court-martial, fur infringin’ on the rules a,f
war, by crossin’of tlte lines agin orders ; and tlm. t
too, when tho fort was under martial law. Fl
you’ve got any thing to say agin havin’ your life
tuk, less hear it.”
Poor Mrs Haycock became livid ; Iter eyes di
lated, aud all iter features assumed that sudden
sharpness which mortal terror often produces.—
Trembling in nil her joints, and with pallid lips site
gasped,
“Mercy ! mercy ! Captain Suggs ! For God’s
sako don’t kill me—oil don’t ef you please ! I on-
ly went for my tobokker—for the lovo of the Lord
don't murder mo ! Have mercy—I’ll never—no
never—ns long”
“It aint me,” said the Captain interrupting her ;
it aint me that’s agwine to kill you ; it’s the Rules
of War. Tho rules of war is mighty strict—aim
they. Lewlenant Snipes ?”
“Powerful strict!” said Snipes.
“You’vo ’fessed the crime,” continued Suggs,
and ef me and the Lewlenant wanted to let you
off ever so bud, the rules of war would lay us lia
ble cf wo was lu. But cimie, Lewlenant Snipes,”
lie added, addressing that person ; “the prisoner ^
has made her acknowledgement ; take your pen
und ink. and let’s go und seo what’s lo bo done a-
bout it ”
The Lieutenant took up his writing materials,
and the couple retired to a corner of the fence
whore they seated themselves upon the ground.—
Directly Snipes was seen to write ; nnd then he
picked up his pen and ink ngain, and they return
ed.
“Wlmt—wlmt—what’s it?" chokingly inquired
the widow, as they resumed their positions ut the
barrel.
"Read out llio judgmenf," snid Suggs with im
mense solemnity.
Snipes rend wliut he Imd written in the fence-
corner as follows :
“Whcres, Butsy Haycock were brought up aforo
us, bein’ charged with infringin the rules of wur
by crossin’ of the line agin orders, and Fort Suggs
bein’under martial law at the time, and likewise
cckuowlidged slm wus guilty Tlmrfore we have
tried her ec.ordiu' lo said rules of war, and con
demns her to bo baggotted to deth in one hour from
this time, witness our hands and seals.”
A paleness, more ghastly than that of death,
came over tho widow’s face as she heard the sen
tence. Falling to the earth, she grovelled at Iho
feet of Cuptain Suggs.
"Save me—pity—help ! for God’s sake ! Ob
don't kill me Captain Suggs !—beg for tne, Mr.
Snipes. Oh, you won’t—I know you won’t mur
der me! You’re jest in fun !—aint you? Yuu
could’l have tiie heart to kill a poor woman creelur
like mo !—and then she added in hoarse whisper
—“I’ll humble myself to you, Capt. Suggs! I’ll
The joyful Mrs Haycock Immediately untied a
Ikoy from her girdle, und handing it to Jier friend,
i sent her into the store, with direefions
! low down, in llio left hand corner
I lierchist,” bring u certain stocking she would find
there filled with coin. This wus sp eedily done,
nnd the amount of llio fine handed to Captain
Suggs.
“This here money,” lie remarked itshoreceiv-
'«d it, “I want you all to onderstaiid, ai nt my mon
ey. No ! no ! I have to keep it lior o !”—sliding
jit down into his pockets—“onlwoll 1 git my orders
aiboul it. It’s the government's nion .ey, and 1 dur-
Benl spend a cent of it—do I Lewteni jnl ?”
“No more’n you dur to put yarur h oad in u bln.
7.in’ log-pile !” answered the Lieuli jnant.
A whistling—just such as alwaj rs implies that
. iomebody, in the immediate mjigh Jiorliood of the
* s liistler, lies tremendously—was I teitrd at this mo
i tient, and Suggs looking round, s uw Yellow.legs
i it his old coi ner, dealing a sup pusitiuus band ol
curds loan imaginary antagonist—as if ho would
i hereby intimuto that Captain ! Suggs would em-
1 we felt ns if we could senreu preser
from falling—yet we persevered and did succeed
iu reaching the lop.
A moment later one human being would have
passed into another world. My companion, who
wus before me, had scarce passed tho gale nt the
top, won he fainted, completely overcome, und lie
afterwards declared to me, that for the lust hundred
feet or so, nothing prevented his physical ener
gies from being overcome by tho fatigue and the
position lie was in, but the immediate prospect of
to "s'arcl! ' feuching n place of safety. Many lives have been
before of i ' 3sl on ,b * s l* ll W e ''. particularly those of passenge—
whom curiosity induced to attempt llio ascent.—
Tho artillerymen and garrisun,ut llio fort are not,
however used to going up and down, exempt from
this is hotly culled in upeslion,. and the people are
invited to elect u new Legislature next Oo'.ober,
! according to the fundamental law. If they do so,
{ there is likely lo bo two Legislatures iu sessional
. the same lime, each claiming loba the proper State
j authorities. This looks se,ually.
Moreover, ut tiie recent session, a caucus, com
posed of less than hull ‘.tie Democratic members of
the Legislature, mat and nominated Mr. Brpcken-
borough as the Democratic candidate for Congress.
Both the manner of ilw nomination and the candi
date are the suhjeetof censure, and-a nominating
I Convention is loudly called for. it is-a pity there
hail not been mure discretion and moderation
among the leading man. They have begun with a
j most unpromising kettle of fish —Chart Mir.
j The Mexican Navy,—The Vera Cruz Siglo
Die/, y Nuevo of the ffih ult. furnishes a list of Ilia
very formidable force composing the Mexican Na.
vy Vera Crnz. U is as follows :
Steamer Gaudolupe, 778 tons ; two 68 pounders
amidships, two 12 pounders for carronnaes, aud
one mortar,
S earner Montezuma, 1100 tons; one 68 pounder
, , . amidships, two 32 pounders for carronadcs and one
casualties, and it was only the very week before ! nl0l tni .
my visit to s t. Helena tliut an ui tillers man wus j Brig Mexicano, one 12 pounder amidships, and
killed m attempting to descend the ladder a- , follrte t M1 18 p0UIU | carronaues.
gainst lime for u wager. Ladder Hill fort com
pletely bungs over the bay ; it is of great strength,
ami commands the roadstead beneath.
In tlte batteries are mounted generally eighteen |
twenty-four nnd thirty two pounders, but there ate {
some fotv guns of a larger calibre. A singular ac. *■
cident happened a few years previous on this bade- | Oaff.opsail schooner Morelos; one 12 pounder
ry. A passenger Jrom one of llio slops in the liny 1 •
had ascomlcd to the fort, and looking from llio j
Brig Teraeruznno Libre, one 32 pounder amid
ships, six 18 pound carrouades.
Brig Rompoulleea; six 12 pound cnrronndes.
! Schooner Aguila; one 32 pounder amidships,
ur.d eight carronadcs.
Schooner Libertnd ; one 12 pounder amidships,
amidships.
I Five gunboats, each currying a 24 pounder
: amidships.
( After giving the above list, tho Siglo Diexy Nu*
i cure thus expatiates on their condition :
! “The greater port of these vessels, except the
nnd tiie tiiroe new gun boats, are in a
two steamers
d depredations of her tender fn 01 breaking through
fl-smlk, hot o it aloB "iSnTs ! [!‘ e ‘T! ol ' bi ® , mo ^ ,0 ." d «; P at '^’ 9 ’ llis i,,torM . 1
umacieuskv under the very * B bt ' Uoro . f 1,18 “"T' 1 "! ‘” r P UM ‘ n, , ld 1,6 ordcred
us a high-minded, lionubble officer, aud
to tho Tallapoosa Vollantu res. I like to seo a I were iu the court iff chancery’; lam sure she
The official.Government journal nt Washington
! has tho following items :
For iho formation of the numerous gallant citi
zens who will wish to avail themselves of appoint-
1 1 nen Is in the army, iu expectation of a rupturo with
; Mexico, we deem il proper to state, that we have
learned from tiie War Department, that the pres.
ramparts of one of the batteries, perceived his ves.
sel beneath, und thought lie could roach her with a
stone, hut in his attempt to do so, overbalanced
himsolf, and fell front tiie awful height, being dash.
I ezzlo the public money, or at an y rule, hazard its I ed literally to pieces in tho full. Alter passing un
1 >ssut cards. hour at Ihe fort, wo absconded, hut by the roud, i , , . =
“Charge baggonc.s on that cos sed. punkin.fuced ! « b . iab »•f »'* J make them last sometime Kr^AII o°f “hem
wltelpuf the ilevil !” roared tit e Cuptain iu ti lo 'M\a.—I-rom‘Rtmtiuscence.'i Nttte lean Irao- ' kV i,ite U t one exception, are in want of men, of rig.
pi jrensyofthe moment; and Ltmit. Snipes dash-1 el Liverpool!,met. Ling, and other indispensable necsssariosto fit
pi ungeifth rough Vc'rlickVf^dte ftncT* "BefSroMle 1 r A ? Efficient Sabcas.V-A pastry cook in 1 then, ou, for sea morderdo sen,, service,
ga .Han, Snipes however, co uld recover from the i Lo,kIo,, 1 1 . 1 " 11 il cal ' vblab b » b > u " d V0I >; *>'”*eh,evous
in .petus of the attack and. withdraw the bayonet.! “'IT* I ) . a “ ,r - v -. nnd boln g • ,,ru ‘* "'“‘i lbo , ; u ' )eal ;
thi > dirt-eater Imd pulled it off the hoeliandle, and j
fix'tug it on a dry corn- “ '
shoulder most contumacio uslvv unuur me verv ' i • , ,
no sc of Cnptuin Suggs. ‘ ! •PPW'rt'oo to tie her iu a bag. nn.d curry her a
* * % * # lialf a niiiu from home, and then turn lit' r > u * u In the __
rr,, , , „„ street. Tiie expedient did not succccJ t tiie cut j em mili'nry establishment can in no event he in.
fhe render will pleaso suppose fifteen minutes j was home us soon us tlm- boy. though the oxperi- oreused without the previous legislation of Congress-
o have eapsed, and Capt. 6uggs und his Lieu. | ment was often repealed, ami llio distance of bur ; and, of course, there will be no such appointments
tenant to he behind tho score clmnny, iu private j removal greatly extended. One day, upon sluing I to be made until first authorized by law. Themi.
conversation. the cal unexpectedly return homo, the poor pas.'ry ( litin only can lie called out in aid of tlte regular ar-
Incut, bmpes . sutu o ug gs, “I look upon you ; cook, who had a cuuso of twenty years standing i.'t : .my. ns now by law established.
honor J the court of chancery, exclaimed, ‘oh! that this cttl I There are now attached to tho army many su.
pernumerury graduates of: the Military Academy
Ul r.ir Ih« most active and important service.
One.—A very good anecdote is told in.
itit the i resident's late tour of inspec.
one of the Departments at Washing,
reply, as j turned her adrift. | imho ri ng one of the rooms, tit* exceilant head
he ma tie a minute examiuation of the Mexican | Tho cat, who found tho court ns full iff lawyers 1° ||> at particular brunch of the public service, was
coin i o his hand—"I’ve sa.id it behind your back, i us her muster’s shop wus of tarts, ran like a mnd , m b,s lUle, . 1!I0 "“ lo 1,10 President,and par-
and I’ 'il say it fo you're face ; you’re a gentleman j thing from side to side of tlm court, nnd at length 1 ,■ " r y a " x ‘!‘ U i‘ lo ""l ,rB98 U P.°" l,lm lb e necessity
from (lie top of your head to the end of your big. { over the Chancellor’s lap, throw down his ink, dis- "! MVcr lx -‘ 1U!r ^r accommodations
toe n ittil! Loss go in and liquor ; damn expeu '
ses !' "
diems to supply the
His wife had
eficiency. At Isnglh ha hit
it. His wile nso a large crimson pin cushion, and
this be fastened upon his leA shoulder, haying first
eaused sons white cotton fringe to be attached to
git down on my very knees, and kiss your shoe !
Don’t take my life away with that—“she didn’t fin
ish tha aentenca, but shuddered all over, aa ahe
thought of Snipea’ rusty bayonet.
“Jimniuny Crimminny ! what a cussed old
ir Dig. over the Chancellor’s lap, throw down his ink, dis- . , , ,, 7 £ ‘“‘-'•mnmouauona
expen- j ordered Ins notes, ami created so much confusion in | “'^iE 'h" °" ,ca ; 'h"" ,h *„ bu ' d ‘"K
the court, that fora time it pul a slop to ull pleud- ' r ,' ‘ r ; j resident, said lie,
; ings; till ut length the Chancellor with more warmth ^ of dr' ers m ^ ' V " C ' co f ma,n ® d a num ‘
re Mr., .ban became u man in Ins high station, (but ho had j n' “ ^ " "t!
A o Flattery.—-Can you teli mo whore
Smi lit lives, Mister 7" “Smith, Smith—what Smith? i a natural antipathy to cats,) uslted who liad brought
tlte re are a good many of that name in these parts; j the cal amongst them? Tlte poor boy, who had
my name is Smith.” "Why, I don’t know his oth- | wailed to see how puss conducted herself, was so
er name, but he’s a sour, cross, crabbed sort of a | terrified that he thought it best toconfcss, and accor.
fc! low, and they call him Crab Smith.” “Oil!—I j diugly told tho Chancellor that his muster had often
so ppose I’m the man.” j sent him out to lose the cat. hut she constantly re*
’ — I turned, nun bearing ItU muster say that morning if
A Miss Wanting a Capacity.—A common j l ,e could got tho cal into Ihe court of chancery he
C' Juncilmnn’s ludy paying hoi daughter a visit at ; was sure sho would never get out again, lie had, in
S' :huol, and inquiring what progress sho Imd ntude 1 obedience to bis muster’s wish, though not Iiis or-
i*) Iter Education, the governess answered,- j ders, turned her out among them. Tlio Chancellor
“Pretty good, Madam, Miss is very attentive ; if was a man of humor, und upon inquiring the mime
iho wonts any tiling it is a capacity, hut for that d
l.icinncy; you know we must not blame her.
“No, madam,” replied the mother, “hut I blame
, you for not having mentioned it before, for her fa
ther, thank fortune, can afford Iiis daughter u ca
pacity ; and I beg she may have ouo cost wiial it
mny.
Large for iiis Age.—There is a young giant
; {rowing in Limington, Me. Ho is nine years old,
woiglts one hundred and fifty pounds, and is a very
' :heerfu! little fellow. His father and mother are
)elow the medium size. He has been growing at
t his tremendous rate for about two years, without
life aid of electricity, guano or artificial atimu-
lam-
of tiie pastrycook lie found lie wus plaintiff in a
ease of long standing, (Paste against Puff,) which
he immediately ordered to be set down for nearing;
and it happened that he decreed in favor of Paste ;
though Hie whole counsel were uuaniinuus for
Puff.
Gaming.—It is possible that a wise and good
inan mny be prevailed on lo game ; but it is irnpos.
siblo tiiat a professed gamester should bo a wiso
and good innn.—Lavaler.
American Whalers.—The Americans have six
hundred whale ships in tiie Pacific Ocean, vulued
at more than twenty millions of dollars. Tho
whole world besides has hut half as many whale
ship* as wo.
places, that we have lo keep the most valuable pub-
lie documents"—when suiting the action to tha
word, lie pulled open one of tho drawers—and lo
and boliold it was found to contain—a bottle of
porter, and ii respectable luncheon of crackers and
clieesu !! The contre temps brought up of the wor-
ihy officer with u -‘ioun<l turn,”and the President
laughing; beuriiiy nt tlie joke, consoled him with the
cuuso!aiion, that fire proof buildings were hardly
necesFuny fur sucii valuable* public documents” as
liiesu NE WMaN NOGG.S,—Alexandria Gazelle.
| Illinois Chops.—,\ gentleman who is thorough-
| ly acquainted with Illinois, aud lias recently passed
j ihruugti ibu r*tate, suysihnl tiie crops of eorn and
i wheat, throughout, are very good. Some of the
euro is eight ecu l.-ct high. Iliiimjs had never bo-
forri so valuable props,—JV. Y. Jour, of Com.
Poverty is, except where there is an actual want
of food und ruiment, a thing much uure imaginary
titan real. The shame of povery—the shame of
lieiug though! poor—il U a great and fatal weak*
ness, though arising in this country from the fash
ion of the time* themselves.—Cobbttt.
Silence is one great art of conversation.—He]*
not a fool who knows when lo hold bw tongue; and
a person may gaio credit for sense, eloquence, aril,
who merely aaprs nothing to lessen the opinion which
others hnve of these qualities in lltemaelvei.—/6.