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Notice of the Tockoa and Tallula Palls ,
in Georgia , by A. Poster,
(Communicated for Siliman’s Journal.)
In a southern excursion duriug the au
tumn of 1827, I visited the Table Moun
tain, in Pendleton, S. C. and the Tockoa
and Tallulah Falls, in Habersham, Geor
gia. Those only who have visited this in
teresting section of our country, can justly
appreciate the beauty and magnificence,
and the wildness and sublimity of the irutu
ral scenery around the southern termina
tion of the Blue Ridge.
It is now in my power to gratify the curi
osity of my northern friends, by describing
everything that delighted or astonished our
little party of travellers. But to the admi
rer of his Creator’s works, never yet in
their native richness and variety, described
bv the geographer, sketched by the artist
or sung by the poet, permit a traveller to
recommend an excursion, along the western
and mountainous border of North & South
Carolina, and Georgia. If you have ima
gined southern scenery to be tame and uni
form, your disappointment, like my own,
will be most gratifying and complete. A
brief sketch of the two principal Falls, is
all that will, at this time, be attempted.
Tockoa F ill is in a small creek of the same
name, just before it runs into the Tugalou,
one hundred and fifty miles above Augusta.
The perpendicular fall is one hundred and
eighty-six feet measused by a line. It s
surrounded by no wild scenery. The rivu
let disturbed by no rapids, moves with a
gentle current, and drops without warning
into a beautiful basin below expanding into
fine rain before it reaches the bottom ; and
the breeze which always plays there spreads
a thick spray around, and ornaments the
falling water, the rock and shrubbery, with
rainbows A carriage road is within a
stone’s throw of the fall, and our party rode
to the base and to the summit of the pre
cipice.
Two beach trees grow near the base,
which are so closely covered with names
down to the ground, that he who will catve
his own, must intrude upon a present occu
pant. Old venerable names have been ob
literated to give a conspicuous position to
some young aspirant for immortality.—
These beaches, said a lady of our party,
are the political world in miniature.
The Tockoa produces a sensation rather
of the beautiful than sublime—it pleases,
but it does not terrify—it satisfies, but does
Dot overwhelm our expectatian. It is a
fine preparation for the tremendous scene
ry which awaits the traveller sixteen miles
northward.
The rapids of Tallulah are in Georgia,
ten miles above the union of the Tallulah
and Chatooga rivers, which form the Tu
galou, five mil jf from South Carolina, and
about twenty miles from the line of North
Carolina The river w hich is 40 yards wide
above the rapids, is forced, for a mile and
a fourth, through a range of mountains, into
a channel scarcely tiventy feet broad. The
mountain receives the water into a broad
basin, surrounded by solid rock, one hun
dred feet in height. Here the stream pauses
in anticipation of the awful gulf—then rush
es down a cataract 40 feet—then hurrying
through a narrow winding passage, dashing
from side to side against the precipice, and
repeatedly turning at right angles, is preci
pitated one hundred feet—and in a moment
after fifty feet more—and then making
many short turns, it rushes down three or
four falls of twenty and ten feet. The sum
of the fall in the distance of a mile, is esti
mated at 350 feet.
The rapids, however splendid, apart
from the sublimity with which they are sur
rounded, are only an apendage to the stu
pendous banks ot solid rock, descending
almost perpendicularly to the water on Doth
sides of the river, and varying in the dis
tance of a mile, from seven hundred to
one thousand feet in height, so that the
Stream literally passes that distance through
the mountain, or rather through the high
lands that connect two mountains.
The visiter approaching from the west
finds an easv descent for the last mile, and
drives his carriage to the very edge of the
gulf. No unusual appearances (if pointed
rocks or brokeu lands admonish him that
the Rapids are near, till suddenly he sees
the opening abyss. He advances cautiously
from tree to tree, till he looks down upon
the water. Instantly his mind surrenders
itself to the overwhelming sensation of awe
and amazement. He neither speaks nor
smiles—and even a jest or smile from a
friend is painful to his feelings ; which par
ticularly with the ladies, (as at Niagara
falls) are often relieved by weeping. Some
of the company hurrying down to the brink
without giving the mind time to collect it
self, experienced dizziness and faiutness,
and were obliged to crawl back.
Here are no artificial embellishments.—
The scenery wears the artless robe of na
ture’s wildness. The romantic variety,
magnificence and sublimity of Jehovah’s
works are untouched by human hands.—
The Rapids are in the bosom of a forest,
in which are seen burrows of foxes and dens
of rattlesnakes, and in which are heard the
howlings of wolves, and the screaming of
©agles—there the wild deer bound grace
fully through the small bushes, and pass the
trees rifted by lighmiug.
In front of the spectator the perpendi
cular face of the rock on the opposite shore
presenting an endless variety of figures and
colors—brown, white, azure and purple—
overhanging, receding, angular and square
surfaces—figures, in bass relief, ornament
ed with shrubbery—small rivulets, falling
in graceful cascades and wn the precipice—
the opening abyss lined will* massive rock
—the foaming, roaring water, at the bot
t >m encircled by rainbows, all seen at one
view, produce sensations unutterable. The
feeling once enjoyed you desire no recall,
but it can be recalled only bv placingyour
self again upon the spot. Nor does the
scenc?ry lose its powers by long and minute
examination 1 lingered about the Rapids
three days, and the effect was rather heigh-
tened by new discoveries, than weakened
by familiarity.
The most magnificent general view is
fn;tn a part of the precipice which projects
over the abyss twenty feet, and which is
gained by a descent of fifteen feet. This is
hi if win between the commencement and
termination of the Rapids, near the highest
part of the mountains through which they
pass, not less than one thousand feet above
he water, and affords the best view of the
second and third falls, one of which is al
most under the projection. Our company
had just gained this site, sufficiently agita
ted with our situation, w hen instantly a peal
of thunder burst over us, and the rain des
cended upon us. The young ladies took
shelter under a projecting bank, from which
one step might have precipitated them one
thousand feet into the foaming river ; the
rest of the party crowded under a single
umbrella, upon the point of the overhang
ing rock. The rock-house, formerly the
entrance of the Indian’s paradise, but now
the eagle s habitation, was before us—ilie
earth in front, and on either hand, opened
wide and deep—over us roared the thun
der—under us, at about the same distance,
were seen and heard the pouring and dash
ing of the cataracts—“heaven’s artillery
played around—and the wind swept by,
with great violence. At this moment, a
large pine near us was rifted by the light
ning, and its trunk entirely splintered to the
ground. Echo answered echo from side to
side, rumbling long and loud, through the
caverns of the broken mountains. We all
trembled, and looked on each other in si
lence. The ladies sustained the shock
with unexpected equanimity, and kept their
places In half an hour the cloud passed
over—the wind slept—the sun casting its
brilliant rainbows about the falls, spread
over the wilderness a mild and enchanting
serenity, and we pursued our discoveries
with augmented interest.
Th is however was the most sublime and
awful hour of my life Perhaps few have
ever been favored w ith a display more mag
nificently impressive of the power and pre
sence of Omnipotence. Heaven and earth
seemed to display their most terrific opera
tionsand conspired to make us feel our own
feebleness.
The R ork House is an entrance appa
rently ten feet square, leading into the per
pendicular face of the rock, too far down
the side to be accessible We were informed
by the guide, of an Indian tradition, that
this is the door of paradise They had
frequently traced their lust companions to
this spot, aud could never hear of them
again; situ e which, no Indian has been
known to hunt alone near the Rapids of
Tallulah. At present the less superstitious
eagle finds this a safe retreat to rear her
young.
There are places of descent to the edge
of the river; two of these meet a ihe
same place, and ihe other leads to the bot
tom of the upp*r Fall. The other falls have
been approached very seldom, and only by
fording up the stream Both descents can
not easily be performed the same day : ihe
upper one to the fall, is the most interest
ing. To look out at the opening of this
deep gulf pays the excessive fatigue of the
lower descent but the view from several
positions above, produces the most en
chanting eff er of grandeur and sublimity.
At these Rapids, I very forcibly felt the
influence, by which the primitive worship
pers selected grand and terrible scenes as
the most favorable places to hold converse
with the. Deity. The mountain s top—tho
deep valley—the base of the waterfall—and
the mouth of the grotto, were selected by
the rude inhabitants of untaught nations as
the dwelling place of a presiding divinity.
I left this place with an unsatisfied curi
osity, convinced that a year might have
been consumed in examining every object
interesting to a scientific traveller.
In preferring the Rapids to the Table
Mountain, as 1 decidedly do, in common
with many of superior taste in scenery, I
would object to no part ot the admiration
so justly and so latgely bestowed on the
atter. Ech presents scenes like no other
in the United Slates ; the one is so per
fectly unlike the other, .and both are so
remarkable that a visit to the one, in no
respect, supersedes the propriety of seeing
the other.
The effect from the top of the Table
Rock is one unmixed overwhelming sensa
tion of the sublime, as the spectator walks
along the edge of the sloping precipice for
the third of a mile, his mind demands time
for expansion, to receive the full influence
of its new situation. This is accomplished
by tixing the attention on each object sepa
rately—the falls of Slicking before him—
the plantations below him—the mountains
around him, and thct broad bosom of the
forest spreading every way : but the effect
of the precipice under him prevails over all
other emotions. As the spectator walks
half a mile under the precipice, the height
of which is at t’.iis distance about seven hun
dred and thirty feet, and the base of which
contains a narrow path, mid way between
the summit and base of the mountain, a
variety of emotions is enjoyed too com
plex to be definitely described. Objects
pleasing novel, beautiful and sublime are
every moment demanding his attention. On
the sumo it .his countenance is grave his
words few, and his imagination strongly
excited. At the base bis countenance is
lighted up, and his conversation animated
and brilliant. F>r bis visit to the summit
he feels rewarded, and bis mind has ex
panded. With his visit to the base he is
more than satisfied ; he is delighted ; his
feelings have been kindled—the company
are endeared to him, & on retiring he says,
‘no day of my life has passed more agreea
bly or moie profitably.” The best judges,
however, unanimously express a preference
for the rapids of Tallulah. As atthe Table
M ountain, so also two days at least , should
be devoted to ihe Rapids.
Mud Cieek Fall is twenty miles north
of Tallulah. I did not visit it, but was in
formed 1 bat the whole fail of the cataract,
is two bundled and eighty feet; that it is a
large creek, aud the effect eminently inter
esting.
The Curribee Mountain, one mile from
the Tockoa Fall, affords a rich reward for
the toil of gaining its summit. On the north
is a view of the Blue Ridge, surpassed in
its prospect of “mountains piled on moun
tains,” H erhap* by no other site in the Uni
ted States. On the South Georgia and
South Carolina, with the exception of a
few plantations on the Tugalon, presents
one unbroken forest as far as the eye ex
tends As you traverse this forest you will
sometimes see splendid situations insulated
from the rest of the world, the fertile val
leys, surrounded by the conveniencies, the
elegancies, and the domestic retirements of
social life. The fertility of the soil, the sa
lubrity of the climate, the vicinity of boat
navigation ; in a word, every natural ad
vantage unites to persuade us that cultiva
ted plantations, elegant and happy homes,
and spires of churches may be seen from
the Currehee, as they are now from tho
top of Mount Holvoke.
REMARKS.
The mountain rock through which the Tallulah
passes, is of a dark grey, sometimes approaching
a blue color. The firsf bed of rocks, descending
perhaps one hundred and fifty feet, is irregularly
broken into masses of all forms and sizes ; then
succeed others with long parallel seams, dipping
in a regular line with the fall of the river. These
rest upon a third class of rocks, solid and
of a light grey, which form the bed of the
stream. Thfe Indians say that no fish, (not even
the smallest minnow.) are found above the Rapids.
Springs impregnated with lime and iron are
found in the vicinity. Allum and a hill contain
ing a mineral resembling coal, are situated be
low the Rapids
A few white pine and hemlock trees grow upon
the Rapids They are the only trees of the kind
which I have seen in South Carolina or Georgia,
gentlemen from both these states were of our par
ty, who had never before seen the species. None
of our company had seen the spruce pine in these
states. We noticed eight species of oaks, white,
red, black, Spanish, post, black-jack, chesnut and
live oak.
From the Charleston Mercury.
Sir T propose to show in this letter
that, if there is capital sufficient in this
place, it could be more profitably vested in
the establishment of Factories, than in any
other way
To establish Factories three things are
to be considered —lst, the Capital, 2d, the
Power, and 3d, the Profit.
Ist. The Capital. —Though capital in
this place is not distributed among the peo
ple at large, there is more than necessary
in the hands of a few monied men, whose
patriotism it ought to he, and whose inter
est it would be, to vest it in the establish
ment of Factories Besides, if among us
there are those who would have the mind
to petition, I have no doubt (if Columbia,
a place ot immense water power, does not
get the start of us,) that the Legislature,
which heretofore has expended thousands
of dollars for the up-country, and barely a
jot on us would grant their aid to, or take
a large part of the stock of, any manufac
turing company of enterprising individuals
in this city. Nor can any one doubt that,
if encouragement is held out to foreign
manufacturers, the advantages of profit are
so obvious, that they vvoulo bring their
capital here. Whether they be encourag
ed or not, they will ultimately be among
us; that is, so soon as the competition of
Goods in the market becomes domestic , an
event which the Tariffs of 1824 and *2B are
producing; and which is about to be has
tened by the prodigious European capital,
everyday migrating to the Northern States.
2d. The Power. —Compared with the
Northern cities, our materials for building,
the mechanics’ wages, the machinery and
wood, the food of steam power ; that power
which is to be preferred to tide water, we
have as cheap.
As to manual labour, I would rather it
be of the white population ; not that it is
so cheap, but, because white labour would
irculate more variously the price of its
wages. Even white labour here can be had
•is ctyeap as at the North. The lowest wa
ges in the North is the Agriculturist s, be
ing 47 cents per day. In New York, Cat *
pouters and Bricklayers get $1 75, and
Ship-joiners $2 75 per day Men in the
Factories at Patterson, get from $1 to $1
25 per day. The lowest price of man la
bour in the Factories all over the North is
75 cents per day each, which is $234 75
cents per year
How many able bodied white men are
there among us, out of employment, who
would thankfully labour f>r 75 cents a day,
at any kind of work 1 How many poor
people would hire out their children, ifsl
per week and their boarding per head, could
be got as in Lowel ? How many poor fe
males in this place, I would like to know
by their industry, as females do in the
North, pay for their board and have $1 50
over at the end of the week I
Did we use white labour, it would entice
many enterprising people from the old
countries, fetching across the waters the
skill and saving industry peculiar to their
respective mother institutions, to be subsii
ted in the place of black population at all
times suspicious. For instance, what a hap
py accession to the wealth of the city,would
have been the Swiss, who lately left it for
want of employment, and were the best
part of them weavers and spinners.
But, after all, every thing considered,
black labour in time will be to us, what
iron and coal arc to Great Britain—a riches
which will overstep all the bounds of nor
thern wealth. ‘ The opinion, unfortunately
for tbe South, prevails, that slaves have
not the capaciiy to work in factories Any
one who has seen a factory in operation,
must confess, that less skill is necessary in
it, than in any other occupation. It requires
no more effort of mind and body to thread a
needle or to learn the use of a pair of scis
sors, lhan to attend to two power looms in
operation, or the spinning frame or the
mule. Indeed the aptitude at c tching at
tbe grosser arts, if I may use the expres
sion, seems peculiar to our blacks, as is
generally so with the unlearned every
where, who never busy themselves about
•he higher concerns of intellect, and are
sensibly wrought on by any thing novel
Does it not require more body and mind
to stoop down and pull up the weakly from
the vigorous cotton plants, which little ne
groes are wont to do, on the plantations,
than to stand between two power looms in
operation, occasionally “mending a thread
and “putting anew spool in the shuttle.”
To show the simplicity of labour in a sac
tory, I beg leave to quotp the two follow
ing passages from an article iu the > din-,
burge Review, for June 1827 t “A boy
or girl, ol from 12 to 14 years ot age, can,
with ease, attend to two power looms; and
can,by their means, produce three times as
much well woven cloth as could be produc
ed bv the best hand weaver.” Again —
“ The spinning jenny of Hargraves has
been brought to such perfection as to ena
ble a little girl to work no fewer than from
eighty to one hundred and twenty spin
dles. * I myself have seen at Baltimore, a
little girl attend to her own and the other
two looms of her sister, who was for a short
time absent from the factory. If further
proof is wanting, 1 refer the reader to the
Report of the Select Committee of North
Caiolina, on the manufacture of cotton,
&i:. Among other things, the committee
report that Mr. Donaldson, the owner of
two factories, one at Fayetteville and the
other at the falls of Tar River, “ says that
lie has been for some time in the habit of
working blacks in his -actories, and that he
not only finds them equal to whites in apt
ness to learn, and skill lo execute; but all
things considered, he actually prefers them ”
Mr. D. further states, “ that lie has had
several superintendants from the North,
and all of them, with the exception of one,
decidedly prefer black help, as they term
it, to white : with the blacks there is no
turning out for wages, and time lost in vis
iting musters and other public • xhibitions.”
Tiie advas tages of bla< k labour over
white labour are, as the North Carolina
Committee says—“ that black labour can
he made permanent by purchase”—that it
is servile and like a machine can be used—
that it can be made to work early and late
without complaint—that “ lives to work ”
whereas the while labourer “ works to live ,’
and maintain his family —an 1 lastly that ii
is cheaper than the white labour of the
north
The fact of the price of a slave’s sub
sistence bei g less than that of a white man
at the north is conclusive, that the price of
the slave’s labour must also be less. How
ever, as it is my wish to prove every thing
by facts, I submit the following relative es
timate of black labour here and white la
bour at the north. The wages of an able
bodied manufacturer in the north, averages
at the lowest 75 cents per day ; excluding
the Sundays, his wages per year ate $234
75 cents
Prime slaves can be hired in this
state at SSO per anuum SSO
Winter clothes, 5 yards at 50 cents
per yard - - 2 50
Summer do. 7 yards at 14 cents per
yard, (which all planters do not
give) .... 93
1 pair of shoes ... 87 1-2
1 peck of corn per week, averaging
per year 75 cents per hushel, per
year - - - 9 75
1 gill of salt per week at 43 3-4 per
bushel per year - - 621-2
1 blanket every 3 years at $2 50 per
blanket per year • - 83 3-4
$65 56 1-3
Deducting $65 55 1-3 from $233 75 cts.
the difference in favour of black labour is
$169 18 2 3; and it is 84 43 2-3 less than
the average annual wages of the 381 men,
the 386 women and 686 girls and boys at
Patterson ; that is if 150 per head be the
correct calculation, as published in thePat
tersou Intelligencer. A girl at 14years old
gets at Lowelsl per week and her board,
the lowest wages; calculating the price of
her board at the lowest sum, say 75 cents
per week, and adding to
annual wages, it amounts to s9l ; which is
$25 43 2-3 more than the expenses of b. s
mg and subsisting an able bodied slave here
Slaves of the age of 14 and 15 years being,
what planters call half hands, are hired and
subsisted at half the price of a prime hand.
Taking then hall the items above stated,
excepting the price of the winter a id sum
mer clothing, the shoes and the blankets
which I will make the same, the price of
the labour of half a hand per year is $35
35 1-2. Deducting this $35 35 1-2 cents
from the s9l, the difference then, in the
price of the labour of a black girl or boy,
and that of a boy or girl of the same age at
the north is $55 64 1-2.
If the proprietor worked his own slave,
in his factory, the price of his labour would
be considerably less.
Seven per cent, interest on
a prime hand, valued at
S3OO - s2l
His subsistence (as above sta
ted) - - 15 56 1-4
His state tax - 75
bill per annum 2
Total, $39 Si 1-4
Thirty nine dollars thirty one and a quar
ter cents deducted from $65 56 1-2 cents
the price of hired labour, leaves in favor oi
the proprietor, if he works his own slave,
$26 24 and a fraction. _
3d. Profit,- No capital in this State
produces as much interest as the stock of
the factories to the north. The interest on
Bank Stock has for many years back reach
ed but 5 3-4 per cent. And 1 am advised
to say, by a very intelligent planter, with
the exception of the Islanders, and a few
river Rice planters, that the interest on tht
whole agricultural capital of this State con
sidering the loss of lives on the plantations,
ill-management, physician’s bills, and the
want of seasons, does not average 5 pe.
cent. Now, it ought to be well known,
that the interest on manufacturing capital at
the North, is usually from 15 to 20 per
cent, and in some instances 40 per cent.—
Indeed, after the Tariff of 1824, the stock
ol the factories sold, commonly, at 40 pei
cent, above par. To how much more pro
fit then could lactories be established in
this place. The advantages we could have
over tbe Northern factories are, Ist— Our
black labour is not only competent 0
ufacture as well, but it is coiisid
cheaper than the white labour
North : 2d. The material of cotton is r
per here, by less the prices of its ’
tation to the North, and its re-traus
tion when wrought and consumed j,| ?’
State. I have calculated £5 35 *
to be the price of the transportation 1 } 1
bag of cotton from Barnwell District
the Edisto river, up to the selling o f\’
New York; which is 1 cent 7
pound. The prices of the carriage to
factory, after selling the bag of cott,>v
New York, of the labour of working it ; 1
cloth, of the carriage of the cloth ba c /
New York, of its storage of comrai&J 1
for selling it, of its insurance, of its
age, of its freight to Charleston of t(1 ‘
missions for selling it in this place
other additional items of value which j
unable to calculaie; hut which n lUs , f
greater than the price of transportation ,
the selling in New York, inasmuch :is
bale of cotton, by being manufactured ‘
increased in bulk, and most generally ■
about three-fold value. 3d. The C ,V
could be delivered at die factoiy j u ‘J' 5
seed, which would not only save the 0 *
waste and bagging, estimated at IQ
cent, and the landing and weighing at .?
wharf, the storage and commission of
Factor, the last items amounting to (,3
per bale, at the present prices ; but t, v p
ing gmned at the factory, the cotton thered
is belter for spinning fine thread ; the
are of greater volume when fresh ; like
green twigs of the basket maker, they C u
be twisted into any consistency. For ff
reason ‘he flossy compact smoothness
East India cotton thread is as yet unrival
ed 4th We could save the expenses and
conveying steam through funnels to ail p ;!rs
of the factory, which has to be clone inEj
gland and at the Nonh, to produce ttu
warm moist temperature, which is thequ 5
lity of our climate. The fibres of cottm
in a cold climate are brittle and snap.
There are many other advantages we Jj aV)
over the Northern manufacturers, for tb
further information of which, I refer ti
reader to the very valuable Repoit of ifo
Select Committee of North Carolina ci
cotton and wool manufacturers, &c.
* The average price of Doctor’s bill on plant*
tion is $1 per head per year.
The Disappointed Bride —At an an a*e vht;
the heart is open to every impression:and fcriy
with the same readiness engagements and coa
nections, which in a man of riper years, would bt
the fruit of esteem and observation St.
travelling from his native province, to explan
the wonders of a metropolis which he had as ye!
beheld with eyes only of hope. In the coaci
which was to convey him to Paris, he found 1
young man of prepossessing appeurance;a conve;.
sation soon began that terminated in protestatka
cf friendship, warmly reiterated on both sides:-
Mutual confidence soon flowed from their lip*
and all the secrets of their hearts were reveal^
it was then that St. A learned that his net
friend was going to Paris, to marry a young laci
whom he had never seen, whom his father an
family had chosen for his bride,with the consent 0
her relations. The journey finished without any
accident and they arrived in the morning at Paxil
where they togk lodgings in a public hotel.-
Searcely had they taken possession of their apart
inents, when tire young man was seized with)
bilious cholic, which, in less than two hours, and&
prived him of his existence. Affected with tin
melancholy fate of his youthful acquaintance. St
A-, whose attentions had been unable to raise
him, thought it his duty to inform the fathers
his future bride of the overthrow of his expects
tions, and taking w ith him the letters and the port
folio ol his friend, repaired to the house of tk
gentleman.
Ihe servant w r ho opened the door, consciou
that his master expected his son-in-law, annouuc
ed Bt. A- as such, without giving him time is
explain himself, embracedhim with eagerness, aa
presented him to his daughter as her husband.
St A , naturally gay and volatile, could nd
resist the temptation of deceiving the family a
while longer, and played his part extremely well
lie gave the letters, and being perfectly acquaint
ed with the secrets and affairs of his friend, re
turned the most satisfactory answers- to their
questions. He succeeded, especially in. capth' 4 *’
ing the attention oi the young lady, who witnsidfr
long glances admired the ieatures aild the
shape with which nature had blessed her lover -
Dinner was announced, and St A was plac
ed by the side of the timid bride; and the whch
family yielded up their hearts to joy and satidafi’
tion. Ihe young lady spoke little, answered with
difficulty, and often blushed, while St. A -was
polite and ardent in his attention to her; arl
though the expressions oi hrs face were naturally
serious, his conversation was pleasing and cheer
ful. 6
After dinner, the father entered into all the
tails necessary to settle the marriage, when, £Uu’
deniy, set. A rose, and taking his hat, seem#
anxious to retire, “Are you going to leave us
’Yes, answered St. A——“important busing
compels me to leave you.” “What business cal
you have in a city where you are a stranger, p#
haps you wish to draw money from a bank; BJ
purse is entirely at your service ; but if you vr ®
absolutely have recourse to a banker, I may sed
somebody who will transact the business for yo*
“No, said &t. A , who continued to walk to*
wards the door, and they were soon in the bail,
when addressing the father, “Now, that we art
alone, (said he) and the ladies cannot hear us< l
\\ ill tell you—this morning, a few moments
my arrival, an accident happened to me. I
taken with the bilious cholic, and died. I pro©!*
ed to be burned at t> o'clock, and you will eass
conceive that 1 must attend the place of rendet
vo us, for not being known in this part of the woi*
it 1 fail to be exact to my word, it would awajj
suspicions of inattention to business that woJ
prove very prejudicial to rny character.
The father listened to him with astonishes®
hut taking the whole for a joke, returned to
ladies, bursting with laughter, and related tit
use of his son-in-law’s hurried departure".
While hey were still conversing on the subjet’
o ciock struck, it was soon 7, and the family
alarmed at not seeing St. A . Half an
after the family sent to the hotel to enquire. ™
servant entrusted with the commission asked Rj
him under his assumed name, and received
answer that he had arrived at 9 o’clock in “
morning, died at 11, and was buried at *
would be difficult to express the surprise of
family at receiving this information; and as
A—■ — left his lodgings, and never visited t-’fj
again, a general belief was spread around til* ”
was the ghost that spent the day with Mr.
in social enjoyment and conversation.
DRAWING RECEIVED. . ,
rHE following are the drawn numbers in
Rhode Island Consolidated Lottery? t
No. 6.
9, 8. 31, 33, 54, 38, 19, : lo <
Combination No. 9,38, 54, a Capital Prize, '’
ordered at this office.
LUTHER’ S .
Lottery and * oft*
july 28