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MACON TELEGRAPH.
By M. Bartlett.
S ^^The Telegraph is published weekly
neon. Ga.—Office on Mulberry street, a
.I. slin Pncf i.fli Ad
MONDAY MORNING, OCTOBER 27,1828.
Volume II.......Number 43.
frods north of the Post office.
TERMS.
Ur a Year, . . -
hr Six Months, •
X IS ADVAUCE.
♦8 00
2 00
\von, SaU, Whiskey.
i The subscriber* have lately received
land ofl'er for sale, the following arti-
1 cles:
300 barrrels Whiskey
100 „ Gin
15000 lbs Iron . . , ,
1800 bushels SaU
60 barrels Mackerel
10 „ Apple Brandy
10 N. E. Rum ...
A quantity of Sugar, Coffee and Mofcuiei
tetter with a general assortment of Hardware,
Nails and Blacksmiths Tools
KIMBERLY & CHISHOLM.
| tpril 14 . ! 15
WAREHOUSE.
T HF. Subscriber having taken the
WARE-HOUSE lately occupi
ed by Harrison' Smith Esq. tenders
his services to his friends and the
public in general, inthe business of Re
ceiving, Storingandforwarding Cotton. Hispersonal
attention wlllbe devoted to alltnose who may favor him
with a call.
JOHN P. BALLARD.
September 12,1828.38.
[GODDARD & LANGDON,
fAVE just received, direct from New York', and
I offer for sale, at tho lowest market price for cash,
100 bbls Baltimore Rye Whiskey
100 » „ „ old „ „
50 „ N. E. Rum ; , .
60 „ Northern Gin
80 „ extra prime Green Coffee
80 „ Greer. Coffee
90 kegs Nails (assorted!
30 bbls super fine canal Fioor
8 „ Butter Crackers
6 mats Wine Bottles
22 bhds Prime St. Croix Sugar
5 do do Potorico do
10 do Molasses - . , ,
30 boxes Bloom Raisin*
2 ticces Rice t '
1 pipe Currant Wine
60 boxes American Segars
120000 lbs Flat & square swedes Iron
3 bundles Hoop do
2000 lbs German Steel
3000 lbs English Castings
8 bbls old Alonougahala Whiskey
1500 bushels Salt
150 pieces 42 inch Bagging
200 lbs bagging Twine
4 pipes Holland Gin
6 do 4th proof Cognao Brandy
3 hhds 4th proof Jamaica Rum
25 bbls loaf& lump Sugar
30 do Mackerel, No. 1,2, & 3
5 do. Connecticut Shad
10 kegs Cavendish Tobacco
40 bags Shot, assorted
15 kegs Gunpowder
8 crates Crockery assorted
1000 tbs. bar Lead
6 dozen Hor.s
20 reams wrapping Paper, 15 do. writing do.
40 doz. No. 10 Cotton Cords
8 coils Rope
30 boxes Spermaceti & Mould Caudles
2 bales Osnaburg*
. 2 casks London Porter
2000 cut Tacks, 20 b*xes soap
1 bbl Lemon Syrup
5 boxcsChocoInlc, 3000 Spanish Segars,
Cherry Brandy, Stoughton Elixer, Wines, Cor-
lids, Domestic Goods. &c. die
Macon, May 23,1828. ’ -
BANK OF MACON.
I/)mHE Stockholders are hereby notified, that an
il* Instalment of five pr. cent on the original sub
scription will be required to be paid at the Banking-
house, on or before the 15th day of November nest.
By order of the Board,
Macon, Sept. 17th 1828 JAMES REA, Carr K
WAREHOUSE -
- AND
commission business.
A
T HE uhdersigned having lately erected a large
and convenient Ware-House, and a suitable
Wharf, at this place, tender their services to their
friends and the public in ttm above line of buiiness,
with assurances tbat any business confided to their
cam will'receive.strict attention, and their bestez-.
ertions will be used to give general satisfaction to cus
tomers. The Ware-Houses, neing new, safe and com
modious, situated near Mr, John T. Rowland’s and
next below Mr. Thomas P. Bond’s, on wharf-street,
near the river, are very conveniently arranged for the
transaction of business.
They will be fully prepared to accommodate their cus
tomers, in advances on Cotton stored with them, ei
ther in Cash or in Groceries at the lowest market pri
ces. Their charges will be as low as any similar es
tablishment in this place. A share bf tne public pa
tronage is respectfully solicited.
NAPIER, MUNROE & Co..
Macon, August 23,1828 24-tf.
NAPIER, MUNROE & Co.
(East corner of the new Court home Square and Bridge
TJTfAVE received by late arrivals and offer for sale
4£A at fair prices for cash or approved credit,
15000 lbs. Sweed Iron, assorted size*
30 bbls Baltimore Whiskey
10 „ Northern Gin
4 Pipes Holland Gin
6 Hhds 1st quality St. Croix Sugar
2 ,. Coffee
8 Bags „ 1st qaality
2 Qr. casks Teneriffe Wine ■
1 Cask London Porter.
ALSO ON HAND
SALT, MOLA88E8, BAGGING, PEPPER,
Spice. Ginqek, Copperas, Nails, Hoes,
COTTOIf CARDS, BATS, SUSIS, &C.
Together with their remaining stock of
DRY GOODS,
Crockery and Havdvjare,
All of which will be offered very low for cash, or
approved paper. Persons visiting this place to pur
chase goods, are respectfully invited to c«»1 and ex-
amine our goods and prices. Macon, June 30.
Fas\uona\i\e Summer Goods aud
CLOTHING,
ITUST received nt the Mann Clothing Store of L.
bp FITCH A CO. consisting of Bombazines, Cir
cassians, white and brown Drillings, Russia Nankins,
India do. Velvet Vesting, Florentine do. Marseilles
jad Valencia do. silk Velvets of all colors. India Le-
I uni ine, white linen and silk Hose, cotton do. flag and
Ibamlanna Handkerchiefs, India do. Italian and India
ICravats, plaid and white do. silk and common Sus-
Ipaddrs, Russinn Betts, Gloves, 8tocks and Stiffeners,
■ Cloths and Cassimeres, shirting Linens. Paddings,
I tewing Silk. Havana and leghorn Hats, Shirt Collars,
[gold and sliver Epaulettes, Lace, Cord, Stars, &c. die.
. READY MADE CLOTHING.
I Blue, brown and black DRESS COATS, FROCK
I COATS and COATTBES
I Fine Bombazine Frock Coati and Coattees
ICimtsian Coattees •
[Brown and white linen JACKETS
I Circassian and striped Jackets
| Velvet. Marseilles. Florentine and Valencia VESTS
Doming Gowns
■ Fine Ruffled Shirts, (linen.) Cotton Shirts
Silk enmbtet and crape PANTALOONS
Cnncan and Circassian do
100 pair French and Russian drill do
Stripe end silk drill do _
Fine homlmzine and Nankin do
White and brown linen do
Denmark satin do
Mixt and purple drill do
Cloth and cassimere do
Common striped do Satin sane do
__ Dutch Trowscrs, die. Ac. ....
t The above Clothing is made of the best materials,
11# the latest fashions, particularly for customers, and
I PHI he sold low for cash.
TAILORING,,
I Carried on In all its various branches, with neatness
I bddespatch. L. FITCH & CO. •
SPRING AND SUMMER
CLOTHING & HATS.
P. JUDSON A. Co. have just received
at their Clothing Store and Hat Ware-
House, a general assortment of
n
[louse, a general assortment of
, CLOTHING AND HATS,
■ -Jofthe most approved fashions for the
I pretent and approaching season, which are offered low,
I Md for Cash only, • ■
1 A liberal price will be paid for Beaver and Otter
l»t. March 1
Drugs, Medicines, &c.
t A General Assortment of well selected
and Genuine DRUGS and MEDICINES,
with Instruments of various kinds,suitable
for Physicians, Families or Retailers—
Just received and for sale at Savannah or
Also—r ig r g e stock of Paints, Oils, Glass, Dye-
oods Dye-stuffs, Nails, Tacks, Castings, &c in quan-
B t° suit purchasers jdy 3
^ JUST RECEIVED,
fgNE Case fine Black and Drab Beaver Hals.
” 1 do. Castor and Roram do.
J do. Saddles anil Bridles ;
Which are offered low, by •.
. NAPIER MUNROE A Co.
.Must 83.1828 . 34
SUMMER GOODS, ,
THE subscribers announce to the public that they
A have received tbelr SUMMER SUPPLY, con
^""2 "fa,variety of
Rritish, French and American Goods.
*** *'yle. They have been bought at the New
ri i Wc Honi. a considerable part of them at the on-
r“ package sales, and will be sold at very low prices
Go^l ' 'They will also continue to receive freah
v'l'Stolted to the present and coming seasnus.
J*ly2G 33 1 A. CILUS&Co.
WARE-HOUSE
AND
Commission Business... .Macon.
PHILIP COOK,’ ,
H AVING taken for the enproaehing season, the
large and convenient WARE HOUSE of Har-
reylf Rodgers, (formerly occupied by Jesse Stratton,)
next above John T. Lamar’s, tenders his services to
his Friends mid the Public generally, in the storing,
soiling or shipping of their Cotton, as may be desired.
From his long acquaintance with many of the Plan
ters in this and the adjacent counties, he flatters him
self to meet with a liberal encouragement.
Either himself or Jamss 8. Weeks* may be con
stantly found at the Ware House,
aug 16 ‘33 - • ,
A. SiaugVilev St C. Labuxau,
B RATELUL for the share of patronage which has
been extended to them, they again tender their
services to their friends and the public generally,
FOR THE TRANSACTION OF THE
STORAGE
AND
Commission Business,
AT THEIR OLD STAND,
"IN THIS PLACE, ON THE USU.fl. TERMS.
Their Warehouses are In good order for the recep
tion of Goods and Produce, and they pledge them
selves that every atttention shall be given to business
confided to tlwm, and their best exertion's used to give
satisfaction to their employers.
Augusta On. August 22d, 1828. fltt) ■ ‘‘
FOR SALE.
40©©““'
good Bacon, on a credit until
day of
the 1st day of January next, for ap-
DD,
proved paper by GODDARD & LANGDON.
6Y pe* Barrets prime PORK, for sale by
KIMBERLY & CHISHOLM.
sept 6 36
MISCELLANY*
REMOVED.
|HE SUBSCRIBERS have lately removed from
_ their, old stand, to the corner, house bn Cherry
Street, formerly occupied by Messrs. Ralston &Jones,
where they will keep on hand iri their usual exten
sive way a general assortment of Hard Ware, Groce
ries and Dry Goods.
Oct. 3 40 KIMBERLY & CHISHOLM.
DISSOLUTION
OrnHE FIRM of Hill St Stone is this day dissolved
i5 by mutual consont. The business.of said firm
will hereafter be continued by the Subscriber
Savannah, Oct. 7,1828. J. STONE.
BAND FOB SALE.
fJllIE subscriber will sell on the roost reasonable
L terms the lollowing loti of LAND, viz
Number.
District.
County.
67
21
Muscogee
77
2
Coweta .
118
6
Carroll
118
, 11 • ..
Houston
275
IS / fc
Irwin
141
12
Irwin
116
28
Lee
297
15
Lee
317
3
Appling
' 64
7 '
Gwinnett
ir p:
Franklir
July 21
n county.
4m 29
JOHN H. PATRICK.
NOTICE.
Alt persons indebted to the Georgia
Pafnofestablishment.forsubscription
or Advertising, previous to June 1827,
the time of the transfer to Mr. E. H.
— Burritt, will settle their accounts with
M. Bartlett, who is authorised to close the business.
April 15,1828. C. E. BARTLETT.
COMMISSION BUSYNESS
IN DARIEN. ..
T HE subscribers' respectfully tender their ser
vices to the Receiving and Forwarding of Goods
and Produce—ample Wharf and Store room, together
with several years experience in the business, and a
steady locatioa in the place—will enable them to give
the greatest facilities’and /strictest attention to the in
terest of their employers.
HAWES & MITCHELl.
■ Darien. Aur. 7.1828. 33 ■■ • •.
S'&CGTOSAdUa
Commission Business.
SA VANN AH.
T HE undersigned continue* -the above Busines*
in Savannah, and will be thankful for any con
signment his friends may favor him with t he is at all
times prepared to advance three fourths of the value
of anysbipment of COTON forwardedto him for sale,
by return mail of the bills of lading for the same when
they are received. R- MALONE.
Savannah, Sept. 18,1823. , .
reference,
Jobs T. I.awa*. D. Ramto.x—Macon; .
General B H. RoTnsaroBD. Monroe county;
Col. Joan Batzv, Indian 8pring». fit 39
New Goods &. Nevi, patterns.;
J UST Received from New-York, and now opening,
Blk. Gros-de-Naples
Figr’d. do. do New Patterns
44 Bobinef Lace
Beit Ribbons ■■ ■
English Silk Hosiery
Leghorn Hats
Calicoes New Patterns
Shell Tuck Combs ,
Figured Swiss Muslins, J f.
A superior article of Silk Umbrellas s ,
10 Boxes Shpes comprising a general ssaort-
’ ; ment, almost every Quality.
3 Bale* Brown Shirtings
1 Case fine Boots.. . •*
i H0NGERFORD3 Sc STODD/URD.
MPteawtr 6,1888 w. -
10 do. Morgan’s Gin. 10 do.hew Rum, 4th proof Jamai
ca Rum, dmCogna.o Brandy.HoOand Gin—Port,lene-
riff Canary, and malaga Wines—Lamps,and lamp Oil,
0 bbls apple Vinegar, 1.00 p*. cotton Bagging—5 tons
sweed’s Iron, one bundle German steel, 50 kegs cut
Nails, 10do. Brads, 5 kegs wrought Nalls, 20 kegs Du
pont Powder, Shot and Lead, Cboxes bar Soap, 3 do.
sperm Candlts-Giuger, Pepper, Spjce 1 .Nutmegs,ln-
dico, English Mustard, 40,000 Spanish Segars, 10,000
American do.—1 kegs and 2 boxes Tobacco.
TTie above goods, together with nor former stocr,
comprises a general assortment, and will be sold
^•^giigBroBgASTODDAXP.
* TO RENT, I
■ m From the first day of Oatoher nest, un-
til the first of A igust. thereafter, the
[|m!& STORE HOUSE now in the occupation
MM- 1,rW d &Ta iffia.
July 19 29
30B FEINTING.
T HE Editor of the Macon Telegraph having
just received a large addition to his former
stock of Types and Printing Materials, ia-now pre
pared to do BOOK and JOB PRINTING, at the
shortest notice, and on the most reasonable terms
A good supply of PAPER constantly on hand. 1 "
SPLENDID VIEWS
american'scenery:
O N Friday, the 10th of October, 1828, will be pub
lished by T. K. Gnamtaatnc, No. 64 Spruce
Street, Philadelphia, a volume of splendid views or
American Scenenr as follows:— • a ...
1 A view of Beck’s Shot Tower, on tho Schuylkill,
near Philadelphia, and adjacent scenery.
2 A view of the Light House in Loug bland Sound,
with the adjacent scenery. - '
3 A view of York, on Lake Ontario, with the forttfi-
QftllOQJ, x . 'I'm’. 1
4 Characteristic Scenery on the Hudson River.
5 View of New London, Connecticut, with the ad-
6 ^ffiewVf'Lemon Hill, near Philadelphia, the teat of
7 The^o^nb'of Washington, at Mount Vernon.
8 Viewatthe Great Bend of the Sosqhanna. '
9 View of the Upper Falls Solomon’s Cresk Luzerne
cennty, Pa. ■ • _ .• , ' ,
10 View of the Lower Falls of Solomon s Creek.
11 View of the Cattskill Mountains, from the WP
12 View of Fort Niagara, on Lake Ontario, from the
Light House on the British side. ' ’’
These Views are executed in the best styl* of Phila-
description
^The worSTwin^printedAlssued tombtcriberslnthe
first style, on superior paper, «"5 w ith a handsomely
printed cover, and delivered to subscriber* at the v ery
v — Flexible covers
THE PHANTOM PLAYERS.
—Murder, though it have no tongue, will speak
With most miraculous organ, Hamlet.
There are but few of the boatmen who ply
their small craft along the Delaware river and
bay, who do not remember Absalom Derby.—
He was a little rosy, restless animal, remarka
ble for being a jack-of-nll-trades, and, in ell
trades and occupations, notorious for the pre
cision and effect with which he arranged hi*
green-spotted neckcloth, his neatly plaited
ruffles, andjhis stiffly starched collar. Find him
where you might, flourishing in the depths of
the forest his resounding axe, wieldingthe long
black whip by his ox team, presiding at the dram
shop, tugging at the oar, or floundering witli
his comrade thro* the Rcdlion muds, in search
of water-fowl, Absalom would still be seen with
a certain buckish arrangement of his neck gear,
which circumstauce, together with a pedantic
affectation of talking or all occasions like b gen
tleman and a grammarian, from both which
characters he was far removed, had obtained
for him the distinguishing cognomen of Dandy.
The appellative remained by him for many
years, until a circumstance of greater interest
and importance than any of tho causes of this
nickname, suddenly operated on his title with
thrice the efficacy of even an act of the Legis
lature; and from being laughed at in all places
and by all persons, as Dandy 'Derby, he was
now, in a moment, hailed with becoming so
lemnity as Ghost Derby. This charge did not
happen merely because Absalom had seen a
Ghost, for many men havo seen one of those
dismal creatures without deriving such particu
lar honor therefrom. No:—Dandy had seen
two ghosts, and two ghosts that were more ex
travagant in their appearance and extraordina
ry in their manners, than any apparitions tfyat
have revisited the pale glimpses of the moon,
since the days of John the monk, and his dm
bolical visitants.
It was a cold, gusty evening in the autumn
of 180—,(so runs the legend) when Dandy Der
by and his companion Jonas Jones, were re
turning in a slight batteau, from a ducking ex
pedition, in which they had secured a vast quan
tity of game. Their success, together with the
velocity with which they danced over .the
darkening water, might have elevated their
spirits, had not certain indications of a tempest
been observed. Although sheltered, in a meas
ure, under the lee of the little island, which
now, with its frowning ramparts of grey stone,
presents, such a warlike and formidable appear
ance, where, formerly, nothing appeared but a
body of mud and reeds, they could yet remark,
that, behind them, the winds were sweeping
with a surly im|>etuosity over the channel
while, ahead, the billows were rising and burst
ing in sheets of foam over the shoal tbat lies
above the island.: There was a heavy and om-
nious roar also coining from behind this insulat
ed morass, that to our voyagers conveyed the
same intelligence that a trumpet charge conveys
to the soldiers when arrayed for battle. A
thick gloom, moreover, diffused itself through
the atmosphere, and it became difficult to dis
tinguish objects on the shore. i.
The danger, however, was not immediate;
vessels were seen at, t/ difcrent distances scud
ding with unfurled nneets before the wind, in
search of a harbor, or in pursuit of their destin
ation ; and our sportsmen had been too often
exposed to similar accidents, to be apprehen
sive of tho present. . , •
As a matter of precaution, however, they di
rected their course towards the shore, thus se
curing the means of landing if the violence of
the gate should render such, a step necessary.
It was while approaching this, and just as they
wore bringing themselves in the deeper shad
ows of the forests, that a dark and suspicious
body presented itself before them, rolling sul
lenly over the surges. It might have been a
log, or a drifting boat, or the carcase of some
pnimal; it might have been a seaman’s chest,
or a cask of rum; in fine, it might have been
aay thing else in the world, in the opinions of
the boatmen, except what it really was. at
"It is a dead sturgeon,” said Jones, ax he
steered fall upon it. "It xis a auspicious look
ing creature, rejoined Dandy, bending over
tho bows and starting with horror^ as the boat
struck with a dull heart-sickening jar, upon the
body of ahumanheing, whose/acd, upturned by
the shock, glared with a ghaitly and fearful do-
riCr Any gentleman, postmMter. and others, who
will interest themsalves toprecureten iubsoribers, and
remit $10 to the Editor, shall receive twtlte copite.
From the very flattering patronage already received
(1200 subscribers have put down their names) this
volume will probably bo succeeded by another, as soon
a* other plates can be engraved. All orders from the
T. U K t . ty GREEN&AN^ t ?^4 Spruce St! Philadelphia. ’
RUNAWAY, . r^.-
A FEW weeks since, a Negro Fellow, by the
Jtl name of SAM, well known sbpntMacon, onoof
the Corporation hands, be i* about5feet lOihches high
andstrongbuitt, he will probably attempt to go to
Laurens county. Ajny piwon *rho will deMVerhjm
to the Marshal in Macon, or to me in Twiggs county,
shall be rewarded for their trouble. ..
sep. 10 39 NANCY I. FULLWOOD.
P . , GEORGIA —Ttoiggt,County,
tTOHEREAS Jakes Wuhum-T *° for
Letters of Adminiftratioa On the estate of Mary
Dawson, late of said county, deceased. ., •
Thue tot therefpn fo cUt and admonuk all and #in-
tutor, the kindred and creditor! of stsd deceased. to be
and appear, at my offet vitUjn theUme^prtienbed by
taw to shew cause if any they ha**, vhy said letters should
*Giveifunder my hand st 0 ^j’rmrl
1828. PETER SOLOMON, c,c. o.
w
GEORGIA—Coweta county.
HEREAS, Mieojoh Horns and Litt&tony Har
ris apply to me for Utters of Administration
the estate oi John Harris, late of Mud county, dee d.
These are there fa's to cite and admonish all end sin
gular the kindred: end creditor, of said deceased to be
and arvear at my office, within the tune rushed by
ES, toZo eeiservant they eon, why
jWd not be granted. Given under my band, at office
thuWd number, 182*,^ # ,
low price ef One Dollar per copy. Flexible covers f orm iiyuponbim L
Willie usedfor country subscribers, so that they can be s»y ou £ re a cowardly fool, Dandy,” exclaim-
bdJpDM, when tliefintejaculation of hotror
warover—"Put about,till l take him up.”.
"Let him go l” returned Dandy, shivering
and looking, askant over his shoulder. "Hi*
eyes are o)ien-~monstrous wide tool I have
heard of saucer eyes,’*bs continued in a solilo
quizing voice.
,.f*Ifnis eyes are sis big as a wa4h bowl," re
plied Jonas, angrily, taking a cord from the
bottom of the boat,“ay, or bigger than a wash
ing tub (hat’s no reason the unfortunate corpse
should go without a Christian grave, or we
without the coroner’s bounty; so hold on the
alack, while I takeahalfliitch round his elbow)”
and so saying, Jonas secuted the body.
"He looks like a gentleman,’’ murmured
Dandy, us the boat’s head resumed its original
direction, and the floating body pressed slowly
into its wake, n> the lull length of the rope:
"he looks like a gentleman, Jonas.” . ;
"Ay,” replied his companion coolly, "but
the water didn’t ckrb' for that—nor the fishes
neither, I warrant me—nor the coroner nei
ther, I fancy; I never heard of • gentleman s
fetching a higher bounty than a common person
like you or me, unless it might have been by
way of advertisement, or a present or so from
bis friends. Whit mikes you grunt so 1
“I tell you what, Jonas," replied Dandy,
putting his hand to his shirt collsr, while the
other was engaged with a rope to which the bo-
In the calmer water, the body had made n
dull and steady resistance; but now that they
were passing the head of the island, where the
winds were stronger and the waves rougher, ev
ery pitch of the boat and body was succeeded
by a tension of the cord, tbat seemed the effect
of a living and voluntary exertion of strength,
which was intolerably uncomfortable to Dan
dy’s meditations.
"He pulls as if he wanted to get loose,” re
joined Dandy, querulously, observing that Jo
nas had not replied'to his first complaint.
"Hang on to him, and if you don’t want to
scrape the barnacles from the keel of yon Tittle
devil, down with your helm—hard dawn,” ex
claimed Jonas; "that little fellow walks like a
drunken man,” pointing at the same time to a
small shallop that came darting by them through
the darkness and the foam, with the rapidity
of a sea gull, and with its agility also, for a flaw
of wind at one moment seemed to strike her,
and bury her frail mast in the' billows, uqd in
the next she was. seen righting, and dnshing
with renewed velocity through the billows.
“I lay, Jonas," cried Dandy, "I can’t hold
on no longer, and I have an ide.a that we shall
swamp afore ever we reach town, ’Tis dirk
as doomsday, and it blows keenly. Look’e
there!'he continued, shivering with cold and
with terror, as an unskilful twist of the helm
threw them broadsidos against a tail and foamy;
surge, which btoke over them, and deluged
them with wator.
“I was thinking so myself," cried Jonas,:*
snatching the tiller and ihb rope from Dandy’s
hands, and ordering him to the bows. "Ifyou.
manage a helm alter that fashion, it may chance
a day or two hence that three carcasses, instead
of one may bo found towingato boat’s tail
and with this consoling assurance, he directed,
the little vessel towards the shore.
It was now dark—frightfully dsrk—and the
increasing violence of the gale was such as to
render the further progress in an open boat ex-
ceedingly perilous. They therefore ran them
selves ashore; and mooring the body with a
stone which usually served them as an anchor,
and drawing their skiff high and dry upon the
sand, they looked around for shelter again©,
the storm. '• ?
A few rods from the water, on alow flat
bank, partially sheltered by a thicket of stunted
oaks, stood a cabin of the slightest and poorest;
structure imaginable. It was built of logs and
planks, economically rough-cast with yellow
clay. It had formerly been the residence of
Sambo, an ancient negro, by whose hands alone,
it had been constructed, and by whom alone it
had been inhabited. It was said that this for-,
lorn wrotcb, upon being manumitted by a hu
mane master, in his old age, (hat he might be
comfortable, or, in other words, that he might
not be chargeable, had selected this lodely spot
that he might daily, sitting alone on the pebbly'
shore, look upon the retreating tide, and think
that the billows that swept by his feet, weru
rolling themselves to his own lost land. But
Sambo did not long enjoy this melancholy
musoroent: he died, and wns buried with a*
little ceremony as lamentation, hard bvhis hut,
under the shado of the oak trees, with nothing'
but a huge pebble laid over bis bead end feet,
to indicate the presence of mortality that hod
passed awny. •
Several years had elapsed, and although Sam
bo was stilt present in tho memories of our
voyagers, so little respect had been shown to
his humble dwelling, that it had not only been 1 ,
suffered to go to wreck, but its ruin had been
expedited by the gunners, who usually, whihf'
passing, saluted its windows with a charge of
small shot, or made iu erased portal the target:
for their bullets. , ■ ' ■
It was here that the sporlsmeo resolved to
pass the night. They gathered some drift
wood from the shore, piled it upon the hearth,
and supplying the flphie with splinters tora
from the cabin, rhcjHiad the pleasure of seeing;
u bright fire Soaring up the chimney. The
objects rdfealed by the light were a kind of bed
frame or stall, ntsdo of rails from a neighbor
ing fence, aud strewed with rushes and bunches
of wilhered fern ; a chair with two legs, and a
stool With three, and a broken jug, an old hat.)
S fisherman’s boot, and an old shoe, the handle
of a jack-knife, tho tines of a fork, and sever
al other articles consistent iu moagreness and
roln, with' the hovel itself..
The bottle, the necessary and never-absent.
companion oftlte duck-shooter, was now pro
duced, and wrought so effectually upon tbs
spirits of our two heroes, that they listened
with unconcern to the increasing tempest; ink
deed, they beard it with that kind of enjoyment
which shelter and security, under such circum
stances, always afford.
"This is better than being out on the wild
waters, Jonas!” ejaculated Dandy, spreading
his hands to tho fire, and turning hi* swimming
and black-lustra eyes upon Jonas, m this latter
worthy made a successful effort to balance him
self upon the two-legged chair, by spreading
his own sturdy calves in such « manner as to
supply the deficiency.
"Ay,” replied Jonas, with a thick voice and
a stupid grin, "better than toatingyour.dead
corpses, at the tail of a boat, with a matter of
3evoc thousand crabs in chase, and mayhap •
score or two eels, according to the season.*** 1 '. 1 '
’That is a fearful though!,’ rejoined Dandy,
with a shudder, l I have heard men say, tbat,
nest to freezing ia the wintry snows, drowning
by water is the easiest death, but'—-- *'
‘Drowning by water!* echoed Jonas, with •
hoarse chuckle; 'you wouldn't drown by land,
would you Dandy, boyt*
'It means all one,* returned AbeaTom, 'but;
as 1 was sayiog, I have no conceit of drown
ing whensoever I think of crabs.*
‘Drowning by water, though, is wbat f ags
talking of,’ said Jonas, with great gravity and
determination, making another attempt to Stea* '
dy the infirm choir; 'and I sun of opinion tbat
dy had besn attached—“he jerk* the rope like one who has been under the school “j**t**V
a living creature; end every jetkgoes to my wpliu, and professesrtqbe a scholar,shouldspeag
very soul." ’ * **
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