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NEWS & PLANTERS’ GAZETTE.
D. G. DOTTING, Editor.
No. 20.—NEW SERIES.]
NEWS & PLANTERS’ GAZETTE.
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Sales of Land and Negroes by Executors, Ad
ministrators, and Guardians, are required by law,
to be advertised, in a public Gazette, sixty days
previous to the day of sale.
The sales of Personal Property must be adver
tised in like manner , forty days.
Notice to Debtors and Creditors of an Estate
must b forty days.
Notice that application will be made to the
Court of Ordinary, for leave to sell Land or Ne
groes, must be published weekly for four months;
notice that application will be made for Letters of
Administration, must be published thirty days;
and Letters of Dismission, six months.
AGENTS.
THE FOLLOWING GENTLEMEN WILL FORWARD THE
NAMES OF ANY WHO .VtAY WISH TO SUBSCRIBE :
J. T. <s• (J. H. Wooten, A. D. Slat /t,DanbuTg,
Mallorysville, B. F. Talom, Lincoln-
Felix G. Edwards, Pe- ton,
tersburg, Elbert, O. A. Luckett, Crawford-
Gen. Grier, flay town, ville,
Taliaferro, IP. Davenport, Lexing-’
James BeU, Powelton, ton,
Hancock, S. J. Bash, Irwington,
1 Vrn. B. Nelms, Elber- Wilkinson,
ton, Dr. Cain, Cambridge,
John A. Simmons, Go- Abbeville District,
slier., Lincoln, South Carolina.
Mail Arrangements.
TOST OFFICE, \
Washington, Ga.., Dec. 10, 1840. <j
AUGUSTA MAIL.
ARRIVES.
Monday, Wednesday, and Friday, at 5, A. M.
CLOSES.
Tuesday. Thursday, and Friday, at 12, M.
MILLEDGE VILLE MAIL.
ARRIVES.
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CLOSES.
Monday, Wednesday, and Friday, at 11, A. M.
CAROLINA MAIL.
ARRIVES.
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CLOSES.
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ATHENS MAIL.
ARRIVES.
Sunday and Wednesday, at 9, A. M.
CLOSES.
Sunday and Wednesday, at 9, A. M.
ELBERTON MAIL.
ARRIVES. CLOSES.
4 Thursday, at 8, P. M. | Thursday, at 9, P. M.
LINCOLNTON MAIL
ARRIVES. CLOSES.
Fr ; day, at 12, M. | Friday, at 12, M.
Look Mere !
ALL our debtors must pay up. Every
person indebted to us either by NOTE or
ACCOUNT, are earnestly requested to call
and settle immediately- Those who have
suffered their Notes and Accounts to stand
over ever since we commenced business
without making any payment on them, can
not expect longer indulgence; and will
find them in the hands of an Attorney, un
less paid very shortly.
BURTON & PELOT.
January, 7th, 19 ts
Caution !
Jk LI, persons are cautioned against trading for
_/\ a certain NOTE of hand, made payable to
JOHN W. HEARD, or bearer, for between 70
and 80 dollars, and dated sometime last fall, date
and amount not recollected, it is however the on
ly note ever given by me to said Heard. The
consideration of said note having tailed, I shall
not pay the same, unless compelled by law.
GEORGE W. JARRETT.
/an. 7, 1841. ts 19
CMUTIOJY!
ALL persons are forwarned from trading for
a certain NOTE of hand, given by me
payable to WILLIAM S. THOMAS, tor about
Tiro Hundred and Fifty-Six Dollars, and dated
on the 6th instant, and payable on the 25th of
the present month; as said note was wholly
without consideration, and was given by me un
der a misunderstanding. Therefore 1 shall not
pay it unless the law compels me.
WILLIAM F. SOIIAN.
January 7, 1841. 19 ts
Sale of Real Estate*
THE Subscriber offers for sale a PLANTA
TION, thirteen miles from Columbus, on the
Lnvrrange road, containing THREE HUN
DRED and SIXTY ACRES of LAND; 130
acres in cultivation —100 of which is fresh.
There is upon this tract, every thing necessary to
a Plantation; well watered, &c.
|l>’ Further particulars are not necessary, as there
is a person on the premises who will take plea
sure in showing the above, to any one desirous
of examining them. N. B. LYON,
Beaver Dam, Wilkes County, Ga.
October 8, 1840. (6) s.mßm.
WASHINGTON, (NVILKES COUNTY, GA.,) JANUARY 14, 1841.
NEW STORK.
Subscribers have just received
and are now daily receiving and t>-
pening, at the New Brick Store on the South
side of the Public Square,
An entire new and extensive assortment of
m to a
Such as are kept for Retail in this section
of country, which they offer to their friends
and the public In general, on reasonable
■terras. Persons wishing to purchase, can
obtuiiwood bargains by giving theSubscri
-1 hers at all.
COZART & WOODS.
Dec. 31, 1840. ts 18
kLook H e re. cnD)
BARG AIN S ’ BARG AINS!!
rpilE Subscriber is now receiving and opening
a large Stock of Goods, purchased by him
self in New York, at reduced prices, which lie
offers for cash at lower prices than ever bought
in this market.
His customers will be furnished on a credit as
usual, at very reduced prices.
Those who wish bargains, would do well to
.call and examine his stock before purchasing
lesewhere.
The assortment is general, and comprises al
most every article usually kept in a Retail Dry
Goods Store.
MARK A. LANE.
October 15, 1840. 7 ts.
Caution .
A LL persons are hereby cautioned against tra
ding for one note of hand given to Jame:
Mull or bearer, for Five Hundred arid Nineiy
six Dollars and Fifty-six cents. One given to
John G. Crane, or bearer, for Five Hundred ad
Forty Dollars. One otlmr note given to said
John G. Crane, or bearer, for about Five Hun
dred Dollars. Another payable to Frederick
Law rence, for about One Hundred & Fifty Dol
lars; all 01 which notes were given sometime
about the middle of October last, and I under
stand, are made payable on the first day :>f Jan
uary, 1841. I have good testimony to prove
that said notes haye been made payable
0:1 tiie first day of January, 1642—according
to the contract in fulfilment of which said notes
were given. JAMES M. SMYTJIE.
Frances A. Lifham, Security.
December 17, 1640. 1(1 ts
Tailoring .
‘■’’HE Subscriber respectfully informs the C : -
* /.ens of Wilkes county, that, he has located
himself .at Major Johnson Norman’s, nine miles
west of Washington, where he will be happy to
serve all who may wish to have any tiling done in
his line of business. All his work will be exe
cuted in the most neat, faithful, and fashionable
manner. The following are his cash prices :
Making lirst-rate Coat : : : : $6 00
Edging Do. : : : 3 00
Ditto, second quality : : : : 5 00
Ditto, third quality : : : : 4 00
Making Pantaloons or Vest : 1 50
Ditto, Overcoat : : : : : 7 00
Cutting Coat ::::::: 50
Ditto, Pantaloons or Vest : : 25
lie will be thankful for any custom in his busi
ness ; and as his-prices are verv low, lie lias de
termined to keep no books, and do altogether a
cash business.
JOHN H. RHODES.
September 14, 1840. (3) ti.
J For Sale 9
A PLANTATION,
THIRTEEN MILES- FROM
COLUMBUS,
ON THE LAGRANGE ROAD.
ffiMlE Subscriber would soli low aud upon ac
commodating terms, a PLANTATION, 13
miles from Columbus, on the Lagrange road,
containing TWO HUNDRED ACRES of
LAND ; forty acres of which were cleared last
year. There are upon the premises a n.,, ? a
good Dwelling House, and every ue
cessary outhouse ; and well supplied
with good water.
For further particulars, apply to
A. R. LYON.
October 8, 1840. (6) s.m.3m.
GUARDIAN S SALE.
Will be sold on the FIRST TUESDAY In
April next, before the court house door
in Wilkes county, pursuant to an order
of the Honorable Inferior Court of said
county while sitting for ordinary purpo
ses, the following property, to wit:
One Tract of Land,
containing about six hundred and forty a
cres, more or less, lying on the waters of
Kettle creek, in Wilkes county, adjoining
lands of Bennett, Truitt, and others.—
Sold as the property of William H. Dan
iel, decease i, late of said county, for the
benefit of the Minors, of said deceased.—
Terms made known on the day of sale.
KINDRED JACKS, guardian.
December 17, 1840. 10 tds
ADMINISTRATOR'S SALE.
Will be sold on the first TUESDAY in
February next, at the Court House in
Wilkes county, agreeable to an order of
the Honorable the Inferior Court of said
county, while sitting for ordinary purpo
ses, a
JVegro Jtlan Sam ,
belonging to the estate of James Boatwright,
deceased, late of Wilkes county. Sold for
the benefit of the heirs and creditors of said
deceased. Terms of sale made known on
the day. Z. SMITH, Adm’r.
December 3, 1840. 14—m2m
IjMJUR Mouths after date, application will be
made to the Honorable the Inferior Court ot
Wilkes County, while sitting as a Court of Ordi
nary, for leave to sell a PART of the REAL
ESTATE of WILLIAM 11. DANIEL, de
ceased, late of said county.
D. W. Me J UNKIN. Admin.
Oct. 29, 1840. 0
PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY MORNING.
ADMINISTRATOR’S SALE.
Will be sold at the late residence of John
W. Jones, deceased, late of Wilkes
county, on Wednesday the 20tli of Janu
ary next ; all tlie
Perishable Property
of said deceased, consisting of stock of hor
ses, Mules, Cows, Hogs, Household and
Kitchen furniture, Plantation tools, Corn,
Fodder, Wagon and Harness, Ox cart and
Oxen, one fine Barouche, a quantity of
Pork, one good Gin and running gear,
and one set of Blacksmith’s tools.
ALSO,
At the same time and place, the Plan
talinf will he RENTED, and the NE
GROES Hired.
CHRISTOPHER BINN'S, Adm’r.
December 10. H4O. 15—ids.
ADMINI STRATI >R’S SAI ,K.
Will be sold on the First Tuesday in February
next, before the Court-house dour, by order of
the lion, die Interior Court of Wilkes county,
between tire legal hours of sale, the following
property; to-wit,
ALL that Tract or Parrel of Land, known as
the Crosby Tract, lying on the waters of Kittle
Creek, in said county, belonging to the Estate of
William li- Daniel, late of Wilkes county, de
ceased. Terms at time of sale.
11. W. McJUNKIN, Administrator.
Nov. 19, 1840. 12
GEORGIA, Wilkes county.
Matthew F. Tollson, tolled before
me this day, a BAY MARE, about
aISI 5 feet high, with a small star in her
fTYAI forehead, some saddle marks, a Sad
by. V. bliaiii June and Nicholas Wylie, at Fifty
Dollars, this 38 ih Dec. 1840.
FRANCIS McLENDON, J. P.
True copy from the Minutes, Dec.2B, 1640.
ROYLAND BEASLEY, Clerk 1. C.
Do.. 01. 3t 16
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SHOE STORE.
JUST Received, a lot of beautiful
XS'fc&M & mAm
(LATEST STYLE.)
Factory Cloth
will be sold either by the yard or by the piece.
A. L. LteWIS.
January 7, 1841. 19 ts
,1 Eist of AA fters
REMAINING in the Post Office at Wash
ington, on the Ist day of Januarv, 1841.
A
William W. Arnett, -Mrs. Nancy Anthony.
J. W. Anthouy,
B
Henry Bruce, Madison Bell,
C. J,. Jlaitie, Johnson W. Bridvvell,
M. E. Bowdre, M iss Kczii. Burton,
Dr. John Boyd, John Bell,
Miss E. A. Booker, James Burnett,
O.
James A. Olivers, 2, Rev. J. A. Carter,
Mrs. Sarah Carter, Peter C. Carrington,
M l. s Caroline Crane, Chapman ik Thuruitt.
Miss Rebecca Crawford,
1)
Mrs PhebeW.Douglass, Talbot Davis.
Richmond Dorough,
E
Ilenry F. Ellington, James K. Elliott, 3.
F
Simpson Fouche, G, Rev. Ignatius Few.
G
Joseph GattrelL
11.
Upton S. Heath, 5, John P. Hammock,
James T. Hackney, Miss Eliza J. Heard,
John liuskey,
Rev. Wyche Jackson, John Jackson,
William Junes, Samuel Jones,
K
John Killgore,
L
Micajah A. Lane, Dr. Thos. 11. Lawrence,
Law rence & l'eteet, 7 Col. R. 11. Long,
Frederick Lawrence, Benjamin Luker,
Nathan Lyon,
M
Augustus C. McMeekiu, Mrs. Lucinda Mabray,
J. Bichel A. Masse, James Moore,
N
Edward Nonlv,
P.
Seaborn J. Pollard, 2 Dennis Paschal!,
Thomas Pullen, Dr. William ii. Pope,
R
Thomas Riddle, Dr. Albert Rees,
Mrs. Maria Ross, William Rail,
Miss Elizabeth Stone, Dr. A. 11. Shepherd,
Reuben Smith, Dr. .1. Simmons,
John K. Sandwitch, Mrs. Ann Smith,
T
Benjamin Thurmond, Lewis Turner,
Nathan Truitt,
V
Edgar Vincent.
W
George R. Wright, John Wilkinson,
Thomas Wootten, Ceazar Walton,
Dr. D. Wiikes, Julia Wiukfield,
Willy Wingfield, 95
ID* Persons asking for letters from the above
List, will please sav advertised.
JOSEPH W. ROBINSON, I>. M.
Jan. 7 19
TO PRINTERS & PUBLISHERS.
TIIE subscribers have made arrange
ments with the manufacturers for keeping
on hand in this city, a general assortment
of TYPE, PRESSES, CASES, FURNI
TURE, and PRINTING MATERIALS
generally, which can be furnished to order
at twelve hours notice. We have a suffi
cient stock now in store, to enable us to put
up a complete News or Job Printing Office,
without being obliged to order any portion
from New York. As this Warehouse lias
been established at the earnest recommen
dation of many friends in the interior towns
we beg leave to claim from them sufficient
patronage to enable us to increase and keep
up the establishment on a scale sufficient
to make it an object to all parties.
All the above materials are sold on the
same terms as in N. Y r ork, with the usual
charges for insurance, freight A exchange.
BURGES & WALKER,
85 East Bay, Charleston, S. C.
Dec. 17. 16
[postponed]
ADMINISTRATOR’S SALE.
Will be sold on the FIRST TUESDAY in
FEBRUARY next, at the court house door in
Wilkes county, agreeable to an order of the
Hon. the Inferior Court of said county, while
sitting for ordinary purposes,
TU*O JVEGROES:
A WOMAN, by the name of MARY, about
twenty-two years of age ; aud a boy, nameJ
COLEMAN, aged about seven years. Sold as
the property of Elizabeth Bennett, deceased, late
of said county. Sold for the benefit of the heirs
and creditors of said deceased. Terms Cash.
CHENOTH PETEET, Adm’r.
January 7, 1841. 19 tds
ADMINISTRATOR’S SALE.
Will be sold at the Court House in Cassvihe,
Cass county, on the first Tuesday in Februa
ry next, agreeable to an order of the Honora
ble Interior Court of Wilkes county, while
sitting for ordinary purposes.
LOT OF LAND number 534, 19, 3, Cher
okee originally, now Cass county
ALSO,
On the same day, at Cuthbert, in Randolph co.
Lot number 216, in the fourth district, originally
Lee, now Randolph county.
ALSO,
At the Court House door in Wilkes county on
the same day (215) two hundred and fifteen a
cres of land, more or less, on the waters of Clark’s
creek adjoining Lewis Moore, and others. All
belonging to the estate of John Moore, deceased.
Terms made known on the dav of sale.
SARAH MOORE, Adm’x.
J. P. HAMMOCK, Adm’r.
Decembers, 1840. 9t—l4.
We Take the following from the Troy Budg
et. It is, as Samuel Weller would say, “wery
excellent and worry much to the Point.”
PAY THE IT,INTER.
Original “Long Time Ago.”
Hero comes winter, here comes winter,
Storms of hail—and snow—and sleet—
Pay the Printer, Pay the Printer,
Let him warm his hands and feet.
Here comes winter, here comes winter,
Whitening every hill and dale ;
Pay the Printer, I’av tiie Printer,
Send your money by the mail.
Pay the Printer, pay the Printer,
Alt remember his just due,
In cold winter, in cold winter,
He wants cash as well as you.
Merry Winter, Merry Winter,
It will he if all do right;
Pay the Printer, pay the Printer,
Do the thing that is polite.
Happy winter, happy winter,
Hark the jingling of the bells ;
To the Printer, to the Printer,
What sad tales their music tells !
Ah ! poor Printer ! —ah ! poor Printer! —
Your subscribers frolic all
In the winter, in the winter,
But ne’e- think of you at all!
MISCELLANEOUS.
From the Knickerbocker.
MATRIMONY.
j -'I jew Reflections by a Disappointed and In
corrigible Old Bachelor.
Such hath ev’er been the stupidity of
mankind, that they could never fully ap
propriate the experience of their prede
cessors, and learn wisdom from the mis
fortunes of others ; but they must continu
ally he traversing the circle of the same
follies which have caused the wretchedness
anil worked the ruin, of generation after
generation of others before them, and of
their cotemporaries around them. Thus
Human Nature is still performing the
same antics it performed two thousand
years ago ; flattered by the same antiqua
ted compliments, seduced by the same an
cient devices, and cherishing the same old
fashioned delusions, that have been exposed
again and again bv tiie poets, philosophers,
historians, and divines, of every successive
age. The world does not grow one whit
the wiser as it grows older; and by the
united confession of every constituent part
of it, is one of the most incorrigible, stupid
old fools that was ever heard or read of.
What is true of the whole, is true of in
dividuals. The boy, despite the best lec
turing, will not appropriate the wisdom of
(lie old man, although lie would save a
great deal of time by it. On the contrary
lie must arrive at the same results by the
same means ; bo first curious, then posi
tive, then wild, then forcible ; by degrees
temperate ; when vice and energy expire
together, and he atones for the past follies
of his own actual career, by the specula
tive wisdom which lie doles out without
stint for the benefit of others. So it is on
this subject of Marriage ; and being so, I
do not fear, in all my severity of experi
enced bachelorship, to animadvert upon it
to the consolation of all well-seasoned,
right and tight old bachelor souls, not
doubting that, however candidly the true
state of the ease may bn exposed, there will
still befools enough in the world to main
tain the necessary succession of their spe
cies.
The old gentleman with whom I have ta-
I ken rooms, is one who claims to belong to
1 the fraternity of old bachelors, but without
any right or title. [ disown and disclaim
I him. He is a bachelor in external circum
stances only, and not at heart; for instead
of maintaining his position like a soldier,
and conducting himself toward the fair sex
like a gallant, he has a craven spirit and a
sneaking and luxurious tendency towards
the domestic atmosphere of the kitchen and
the nursery. 1 have been unable to cure
my friend of his unfortunate delusion. It
is particularly prevalent and powerful o’-
Saturday nights, for which period he re
serves the miscellaneous mending which
the wear and tear of this rude world make
periodically necessary. On these occa
sions, having taken off his coat, and adjust
ed it, with great formality, on the two back
posts of an old fashioned chair, (an heir
loom attached to the mansion we inhabit,)
giving a deep sigh, as he brushes a parting
stroke on the back, to divest it of what he
fancied a slight accumulation of dust, but
discovers to be a threadbare dinginess he
places his shade over his brows, display's
his work upon his lap, with his “house
wife” at his side, and prepares for his task.
Before beginning, however, he gives a side
long-glance at the grate, to take due and
military distance from the fire, deposites
his needle temporarily in his left hand, and
taking the scissors in his right, prepares to
give a proper disposition to his candles, and
gently to clip their wicks. This is the
moment when my mouth always involun
tarily opens to receive his soliloquy.
Drawing a sigh far deeper than that
which the trace of Time’s finger on Ins
U. J. KAPPEL, Printer.
once very respectable coal called fortli lie
begins:
“Ob, how Ido wish 1 had a nice little
wife to do these things for me!”
It moves me, at once ; for I compassion
ate the man, ami I can never permit his
regrets to proceed farther. “My dear Mr.
U , I interpose, if you had a wife, you
would have to designate to her from time to
time what you wished to have done ; and
then, perhaps, at the very moment you
wished to put the garment in requisition,
you would find it in an umvearable state.
“Why niv dear,” you would say, “this is
not mended yet !” “No,” she would
doubtless reply, “I forgot it.” “But I
have reminded you of it, love, three or four
times.” “Well, I have had other things to
attend to.” “I should think you might
have an eye to these little things for me ;
it's hut very little that I ask.” “Well, I
will tell you what it is, Mr. C she
adds, growing warm, “if you married me
for nothing else hut to attend to your old
breeches, and mending of shirts, and sew
ing on of buttons, I can tell you what it is,
you are very much mistaken : you think
I have nothing else to take care of but your
old clothes. You don’t consider how much
I have to attend to in And here,
unable to contain yourself any longer, you
would be very apt to interrupt her by sav
ing: “Well, my dear, if you wont scold,
I'll do it myself. 1 would rather do any
thing than hear you scold. “And so,” I
add, “you see, my dear friend, you would
find yourself with your clothes to mend,
and a wife to provide for, into the bargain.
Now, Richard,” pursuing my advantage in
a familiar tone, “what rational object would
you propose to yourself in getting a wife?”
“Oh, I should be so happy ! I should
like her so well!”
“For all the world the plea of a child
begging a bauble of its parents !—and ten
to one the child gets whipt.for his obstinalo
solicitations, while you, not a whit the less
deserving, and without his youth for your
excuse, escape with impunity.”
But to leave our friend : I admit that
if all were perfect, perhaps the most inti
mate social union we could form, would be
the most happy ; but, with the ordinary
amount of human infirmity about us, it
■ seems much better to “let well enough
s alone,” and the part of true practical wis
■ dom, to prefer the known inconveniences of
f’ our present condition, which we fully ap
; predate, yet find very tolerable, to the un
■ certain annoyances of a domestic revolu-
I tion. To some 1 can well imagine the mar
. ried state to be desirable. To an old bach
. elor, with money, but without friends, for
! example : ho may as well purchase friends
in this way as any other ; and if perchance,
as is quite likely, he marries a poor girl,
instead of one he may obtain a dozen very
eager and sociable friends by the bargain.
Indeed, a young man, with a fortune that
satisfies his w ishes, may a great deal bet
ter marry than not. lie must have some
annoyances, imaginary or real. Os the
two, I should decidedly prefer the latter ;
and of the latter, perhaps as agreeable a
one as any is—a wife.
But how inconsiderately are unions of
this kind usually formed ! Not one of the
qualities which fit the parties for it, are the
determining motives to the contract. A
wife’s beauty, which is the chief attrac
tion before marriage, like handsome furni
ture, becomes common by habit: her draw
ing room accomplishments are without
their use in the domestic apartments ; her
wit finds no subject but ourselves, or ours,
when it becomes downright satire : her mu
sic had answered its end, and reposes in the
piano-case from its labors. These are
what won us. A mild temper is not al
ways found behind the mist with which our
imagination lias invested the objects of our
passions. It is learned for the first time af
ter marriage, but rarely learned, even then,
that, whatever may have been the best
means of getting a husband, a good din
ner, and a neat comfortable apartment are
the best means of keeping him : that a
cleverness at housewifery has infinitely
more value than the most brilliant execu
tion ofa w hole opera of Rosssini, and that
a thrifty hand is much better than a bright
eye, “to make a pot boil.” In other words,
the difference, between a useful article of
household furniture, and a merely parlor
onii inent, becomes very clearly discerni
bl<, but in a manner not very conducive to
our comfort or satisfaction !
To form an alliance in business, no con
sideration, can he too careful, no decision
too protracted. Honesty, disposition, abil
ity to discharge the partnership duties, can
not be too rigidly sought for by the calm
est and most dispassionate observation, and
the most diligent inquiry. This is a bu
siness copartnership ; the parties meet but
on*few points, for the transaction —like
clerk and principal, or two independent cit
izens of mere business affairs, with mu
tual intelligence and skill. It may last,
when formed, for one or two years. In the
affair of marriage, when the two parties are
to be amalgamated into one, their situations
in society, and the most essential part of
their enjoyments for life, are dependant up
on its propriety. How brief, oftentimes,
the interviews, how slight the means of in
formation, or acquaintance ! A few bright
smiles, a few confidential glances, a few
witty speeches ; no part of the ordeal tend
ing to give a calm, dispassionate observer
the slightest foundation for a judgment ;
and the two parties are one ! They de
scend from the heaven of their imagina
tions, and fall to the earth destined for the
repentance of mortals.
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