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NEWS & PLANTERS’ GAZETTE. D. G. DOTTING, Editor. No. 20.—NEW SERIES.] NEWS & PLANTERS’ GAZETTE. terms: Published weekly at Three Dollars per annum, if paid at the time of subscribing; or Three Dollars and Fifty Cents, if not paid till the expi ration of six months. No paper to be discontinued, unless at the option of the Editor, wilhout.the settlement of all arrearages. ID* Letters, on business, must he post paid, to insure attention. No communication shall be published, unless we are made, acquainted with title name of the author. TO ADVERTISERS. Advertisements, not exceeding one sijuare, first J insertion, Sercnty-Jhe Cents; and for each sub sequent insertion, Fifty Cents. A reduction wiil be made of twenty-five per cent, to those who advertise by the year. Advertisements not lim.ted when handed in, will be inserted till for bid, and charged accordingly. 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. Sunday, Wednesday, and Friday, at 8, A. M. CLOSES. Monday, Wednesday, and Friday, at 11, A. M. CAROLINA MAIL. ARRIVES. Monday, Wednesday, and Friday, at 11, A. M. CLOSES. Sunday, Wednesday, and Friday, at 8, A. M. 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 THE NEW WORLD, TilF. LARGEST, CHEAPEST, HANDSOMEST, AND MOST COMPREHENSIVE NEWSPAPER IN THE UNITED STATES. ON Saturday, the second day of January, will he issued i ic first number of the Second V olume oi the Quarto New World. This form, being convenient for binding and preser vation, has, been and is much preferred by great numbers of our readers in city and country.— Each number of tiie Quarto Edition contains the same articles as the Folio, with tiie exceptions only of the advertisements and a few unimport ant news-items of no permanent interest. The second Volume of the Quarto is commenced with tiie new year for the accommodation and convenience of new subscribers, who, at that period, generally determine on the character and kind of periodicals best recommended to their attention and best worthy of their patron age. The New World was begun, in the large, or folio size, in October, 1839. If immediately acquired a circulation unprecedentedly great.— it was ordered to be sent to all parts of the country; it was sold 1:1 great numbers in the principal cities of the Union. The plan upon which it was conducted, was novel and striking. Its distinguishing feature was, that it. republish ed, with unparalleled despatch, the most attract ive portions of new English literature. 011 its broad and ample pages were displayed, in rapid and brilliant succession, Hie latest productions of the most popular authors of the day. Their names formed a galaxy, which shed a fascina t.ng lus:re around the new and copious journal. One star differed from another star in glory, but they were all stars. Not many of the minor lights were admitted into their splendid company. Dickens, Bulwer, Talfourd, Mitford, Ains u orth, Dewey, Sedgwick, Lonff.llow, have few compeers in them lime and few are worthy of being ranked with them. It was not to be wondered at, that the New World became a great favorite with the intel ligent and reading public. There was only one objection made to it—and that was to its size.— The Folio form was the most popular but not most convenient for those, who considered the works which it contained too valuable to be thrown aside. For such readers, the Quarto was commenced in June last, and for such it will be continued. For the new volume, commencing :n January, we ask the subscriptions of all lo\ ers of pure and elegant literature throughout the Muntryj We ask them too to favor us with their names im mediately, that we may not fall short, of the num- \ her that will be required in this form. The rea sonableness of this request will be understood when we state that orders are every day receiv ed for back numbers whicli cannot be supplied. Ten times the subscription price would now be cheerfully paid by those, who delayed to send early orders. The scarcity of old numbers is an admirable proof of their value ; in them are con tained works sold for sixpence and one shilling, which cost in the original editions one dollar and sometimes live dollars. The New Would will be conducted as it has been, with those improvements and additions, whicli time and experience have not failed to suggest. It will be complete in all the depart ments of a first rate literary journal. From the extensive acquaintance enjoyed by the Editors with all the best writers and critics of the coun try, this will be no very difficult task. It will continue to be edited by Park Benjamin and Epes Sargent. This form of the New World will be render ed more elegant in its external appearance. It will be embellished with engravings and music, chosen by a distinguished professor. TERMS.— Three Doi.lars a year, (same as tne Folio) or Five Dollars for two copies, pay able in advance, postage free. Where postage is not paid, it will be deducted from the remit tance. O” All postmasters in good standing are au thorized to act as agents, and may receive sub scriptions at $3 a year, and retain 25 per cent thereof for commission, and remit the balance ($2 25) in funds current in New York. If not current here fifty cents on each $3 subscription be retained. Address, J. WINCHESTER, Publisher. O’ Local agents of integrity and punctuality wanted in every principal town in the United States, where such are not already established. Editors who will give the above an insertion, or otherwise notice the same, will be entitled to and receive the New World in exchange. 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. .[VOLUME XXVI.