News & planters' gazette. (Washington, Wilkes County [sic], Ga.) 1840-1844, October 21, 1841, Image 1
J>. Cf. COTT IN,. Editor. No. B.—NEW SERIES.] mm & PLANTERS taZETTE. terms: Published weekly at Three Dollars per annum, it’ 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, without the settlement of all arrearages. (CP Lifters, on business, must lie post paid, to insure attention. No communication shall be published, unless we are made acquainted with flic name >j the. author. TO ADVERTISERS. Advertisements, not exceeding one square, first insertion, Seien/y-fire Cents; and for each sub sequent insertion, Fifty Cents. A reduction will be made of twenty-five per cent, to these who advertise by the year. Advertisements not limited 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 he adver tised in like manner, forty days. Notice to Debtors and Creditors of an Estate must be published 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 A GENTS. THE FOLLOWING GENTLEMEN WILL FORWARD TIIE NAMES OF ANY WHO MAY WISH TO SUBSCRIBE : J. T. <Sj- a. 11 IV. intend A. D. ,Stalham,Danburg; ! Mallorysvilie, B. F. Talom, Liucoln- Fdix G. Edwards, Pe- ton, tersburg, Elbert, 9. A. Luckett, Crawford <7m. Grier, Raytown, ville, Taliaferro, W. Daienvort, Lexing- James Bell, Powelton, ton, Hancock, S. J. Hush, Irwington, Win B. Afelms, Elbor-j Wilkinson, ton, ; Dr. Cain, Cambridge, John A. Simmons, Go-j Abbeville District, sben, Law In, I South Carolina. jtzA, sj ,iaj c-:v e .ls, c.-it—t* Jin ■- -J*. POST OFFICE, ( Washington, Ga., January , 1841. AUGUSTA MAIL. ARRIVES. Monday, Wednesday, and Friday, at 5, A. M. CLOSES. Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday, at 24, I*. M. MiLLEDGEViLLE 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. 1. ATHENS MAIL. ARRIVES. Sunday and Wednesday, at 0, A. 51. CLOSES. Sunday and Wednesday, at 9, A. M. ‘ELBERTON mail. ARRIVES. CLOSES. Thursday, at t), i. M. j Turn- day, at 6, P. M. | LiNGOLNTON MAIL. ARRIVES. CLOSES. Friday, a 1.12, M. j Friday, at. 12, M. J.Ts.’ Wljiwiwpi 1 * f i ifVUAl.'.t Gir Wo are authorized to an nounce GIDEON G. NOiiMAN, Esq., as a j Candidate tor Receiver and ‘Tax ‘Collector, for the ; county oi Wilkes, at he Eiec:.ou n J anuary j liex t. ‘October 14, IbII. (hT ‘Ve are authorized to ci nounce WILLIAM 51- BOOKER, Esq. as a Candidate tor Receiver ami Tax Collector, tor the County of Wilkes, at the approaching Election. July 29, 1841. 48 hh We are authorized to an nounce JOHN B. JACKSON, Esq., as a Candidate for Receiver and Tax Collector tor the County of Wilkes, at the Election in January iiey. August 18, 1841. 51 {£?* We are authorized to an nounce THOMAS A. HEARD, Esq. as a Can didate for Receiver anil Tax Collector of Wilkes county, at the Election in January next. September !l, 1841. 2 For Sale, a The Subscriber oilers for sale, the premises on the Northeastern corner of the 8 juare, at present occupied by Mr. R. 11. Vickers, as a Tavern.— Fr.mi. convenient locality, it is well suited lor ■ either a Tavern, private Boarding-house, or a private Residence. Any one disposed to pur chase, cau do so upon reasonable terms. JAMES N. WINGFIELD. July 8,1841. 45 For Sale, The Subscriber offers for sale his fgMk place, within one mile of Raytown, • ■S’llsS? 1 Taliaferro county, situated on LAL~ia. Beaverdarn Creek, adjoining James Bro >.. , usq. and Messrs. Luckett’s. The im provements are good, with a Gin and Gin House. There arc about Three Hundred and Sixty A cres in the Tract, and about 175 Acres of which are woodland. The place is very healthy, and there is a good Spring of Water near the Dwel ling-House.’ Also. —A Tract of Land in said county, situa ted between Raytown and Washington, on Har den’s Creek, containing One Hundred Acres, adjoining Mr. Joseph Campbell and Mrs. Ran dolph. About 00 Acres of this Tract is Wood land—with some improvements thereon. Any person wishing to purchase the above property can have them on reasonable terms. Apply to TERRENCE ROARK. Ravtown, August 18,1841. ts 51 . i ‘ss si Sii way, W l l SI is & € ’o. Respectfully in form tin Citizens of Wilkes ami adjoining,.Counties, that they are now opening, and offer for sale on the West side of the Public Square, a General Assortment of STAPLE AND FANCV DRY GOODS, Ha-rrttrm m e 9 Hals, BOOTS, SHOES, &.'■ &.-• j ‘i’lieir Goods having been selected in ilie j Philadelphia and New-York .Markets with ! great care ami attention, and the STOCK BEING ENTIRELY NEW, and pur chased principally for CASH, is confidently offered as equal to any in the place. Having commenced with a view to a permanent Business, they intend -selling their GOODS at such prices as will ensure them their share of business. They would call attention particularly to their Stock of As they have been selected with much at- ! tention, and tor Variety and Richness ofi style, cannot ho excelled. Their Slock consists in part of, Plain and figured, Black and j Colored, Gros de nap, Gros de Rhine, Lus- ; tring and Chenea SILKS. Embroidered , and Fancy, Silk, Merino, Thibet, and Cotton SHAWLS;] Plain and Hemstitch Linen, Cambric, and : Silk HANDKERCHIEFS. Embroidered, plain, figured, & i second Mourning Mouslin DeLains. Striped, ligured &, plain Chal ! leys. Thread and Bobinct Laces, I Edgings and Footings ; Capes & Collars ; j Scollop and Inserting Trimmings. English, French and American | Prints and Muslins. Codon Cambrics $ Plaid, Hull, Book, and Jackonet MUSLINS. English, French, and German MERINOS. AH Pacha Cloths , anew arti cle for Ladies’ CLOAKS and RIDING DRESSES. New Stylo, Florence, English,; Straw Bonnets, and Hoods. Gauze, Grodena , and Chenea I Ribbons ; Wreaths, and Sprig's. Silk, Cotton and V orated Ho siery. Silk, Huskin Sc Worsted Gloves. Tapes, Needles, Thread, lint ions, &c, eve. Jl-4, 1-1, and 5-4 Bleached and Brown Shirtings. Red, Wlike, Green, and Salis bury Flannels. Rose, Whitney, and Maccinau and Negro Blankets. Wool-dyed, Black, Blue, Mix ed, Oxford Mixed, Drab,Brown, Green, and Invisible Green Cloths. Pilot Cloth, an Extra Article for Over Coats. Plain tmd Ribbed, Rite k, Blue, and Drab Cassimers. Plain and Fancy, English and French Satins. Vestings, Plain Cut Velvets, Silk, Cotton, &. Worsted Shirts, and Drawers ; Assortment of Satinets, and Kentucky Jeans, Fur, Silk and Wool Hats, Fur, Cloth, and Seal Caps, Ladies’ and Gentlemens’ Boots and Shoes of every description. Negro Shoes, a medium and ex tra article. Hardware, Crockery, Drugs, Groceries, &c. &c. September 30, 1841. 5 CUTTING &, BUTLER, ATTORNIF.S, H'AVE taken an OFFICE over Cozart & . Woods Store. March 11,1841. 28 ADMINISTRATOR'S SALE. Will be sold at the Court-House door in Wash ington, Wiikes county, on the first Tuesday j in December next, within the legal sale hours, by order of the Honorable Inferior Court oi said county, while sitting for ordinary purpo ses, A Tract of LAND, well improved, lying in said county, on the waters of Beaver-dam Creek, containing six- hundred and thirty Acres, more or less, joining F. G. Henderson, and others, belon ging to the Estate of John W. Jones, deceased ; to be sold subject to the Widow’s dower. Terms made known on the day. CHRISTOPHER BINNS, Adm’r. Sept. 30,1841. 9t 5 | AOUR mouths after date, application will he I made to the Honorable the Inferier Court of Wilkes county, while sitting as a Court of Or dinary, lor leave to sell the LAND belonging to the Estate of John T. Dent, late of said county, deceased. THOMAS BLAKE Y, Adm’r. July 8, 1841. mini 45 JpOUR Mouths after date, application wi 1 he -* made to the Honorable the Inferior Court of Wilkes county, while sitting for ordinary pur poses, for ieavc to sell the LAN DS belonging to the Estate of Asher Layne, deceased, this 10th of August, 1811. THOMAS L, PSALMONDS, Adm’r. August 12. m4m 50 IVASIia.\fTOA T ANARUS, (WHILES COIKTV, OCTOBER 21, fs.g|. I _ THE SUBSCRIBER IS now receiving an extensive supply of all kinds ol GOODS, generally kept in this I section of the country. All of which he oilers I lor sale on rea. ■ . e terms, particularly to those j who wish to purchase for C l Sll f MARK A. LANE. Washington, Sept. 30, 1841. 5 ADA IS & IfOPI INS, WARE-HOUSE COMmSIO^MERCHAOTS, AUGUSTA, GEO. , j JOHN M. AIIaMS. LAMISETH lIOI'KIXS. Augusta, October 6, 1841. lot 7 WATCH Sb CLOCK aßPia,sasKrG. 1 pallid Subscriber returns his thanks for the I - a - custom heretofore received, wishes to in- 1 form bis customers and the community general ly, that, i.e lias just received a good simply of •‘•I Materials for Repairing Watches* Oloc&S; dc. A large supply of all kinds of Chrystals and Spectacle Glasses. Also, a few pair SILVER SPECTACLES and PENCILS, For sale by R. 11. VICKERS. I, 1841. ts 7 vlPcw Warn s ijtjr Ca IC O U i<J 1C AJE $. THE SUBSCRIBER, ll,is just received, anil is daily receiving, a Large Assortment of e um v P• : ft - 5 . :pa h © 8 ra Evil LI CON SITING IN PART OF : Brown Sugars, of the various qualities, Coilhe and Teas, of the different j kinds, •] Loaf and Lump Sugars, Raisins, in half boxes, to suit fam ilies, Prunes, Almonds, Molasses, Rice,! 1 epper, bpice, ldace, doves, Cinnamon, Ginger, Nutmegs, Patent ‘Fallow and Composition 1 Candles, Box Salt, Snuffs, Blacking, Shoe Thread, Dye Stulls, Bar and Fancy Soaps, Alum, Salt Petre, Writing Ink, Rilled Foolscap &, Letter Paper,! A genera! assortment of Nails, Shot, Gunpowder, Bar Lead, Fine Chewing Tobacco. Cut Tobacco, for smoking, A good assortment of Cigars. W indow-G i ass, &■ c. Also, a Genera! Assortment of Liquors, Wines, Cordials, Lemon Syrup Apple Vinegar, Slc. All of which will ho sold low for CASH, m m on3!i mu. Persons wishing to purchase any article in this line, would do well to call and examine my Stock, as it has been well selected in the mar kets of New-York and Charleston. ID’ Store or, the Northwest side of the Public Square, in the New Building lately pu s up by Mr. John D. Thompson. GEORGE W. JARRETT. October 14,1841. ts 7 e ON the night of the 21st oi September inst., a GOLD HUNTING WATCH and CHAIN were feloniously taken from me The Watch is Numbered 2103, and was made in London ; the name of the maker is not recol lected. Any person bringing the Watch and Chain to the Subscriber, will be handsomely re- ‘ warded and no questions asked. WILLIAM F. SOI IAN. Sept 30, 1841. 3t 5 Strayed or SStolen s From my Stable, on Friday night last, the Ist instant, a Sorrel Horse, wt !f!il one bind foot white, long maue and tail, and the inane lying on the left side. Said Ilorse is about fifteen hands high, and nine or ten years old. Any in formation of said Ilorse will be thankfully receiv ed and all reasonable expenses paid if said horse is delivered to me in Crawfordviile. WILL'AM LITTLE. October 4,1841. 2t 7 GEORGIA, Elbert county. Tolled before me, James H. Rey ryah nolds, a Justice of the Peace for T*]|l -aid County, by William Roebuck, A 4 yjA . bright Bay MARE, about tour rr - —i~*TT ears old, five iee ! high, black mane uiui tali; no marks or brands visible, and apprais ed by James J. M • Allister and Fleming A. Alex ander, to Forty-two Dollars and fifty cents. Given under my hand this 25th Sept. 1841. JAMES H. REYNOLDS, J. I*. A true copy from the Record ofEsfrays in the Clerk’s Office of the Inierior Court oi Elbert county, this sth October, 1841. WILLIAM B. NELMS, Clerk. October 14. 3t 7 EXECUTED AT THIS o) p H © I □ PUBLISH K 1 / EVERY Till lIS DAY MORNING. \ KO U S. From the Gift for 1811 . THE TOUGH YARN. j OR, TIIE CAUSE OF JACK KOltlNSOx’s LA.MK XICSS. nv SKUA SMITH. Major Grant of Massachusetts was re turning home from Mooseheail Lake, where j he had been to look at one of lii-s newly pur j chased townships, and to sell stumpage to I the loggers for the ensuing winter, when he stopped for the night at a snug tavern in one j of the back towns in Maine, and having j been totlie stable, and seen with his own j eyes that his horse was well provided with j hay and grain, he returned to the bar-room. ! laid aside his cloak, and took a seat by the box stove, which was waging a hot war with the cold and raw atmosphere of Novoin ■ i bf T„ File major was a large, portly man, well j to do in the world, and loved his comfort, j Having called fora mug ofiiot flip, he load- | ed his long pipe, and prepared lor a long j and comfortable smoke. He was also a j very social man, and there lining hut one I person in the room with him lie invited him I to join him in a tumbler of flip. This gen- l tinman was Doctor Snow, an active member j of a Temperance Society, and therefore he ] politely begged to he excused ; but having I a good share of the volubility natural to his i profession, he readily entered into converse.- ( tion with the major, answered many of his | inquiries about tile townships in that section | of tlie State, described minutely the process of lumbering, explained how it might be made profitable, and showed why it. was of ten attended with great loss. A half hour thus passed imperceptibly away, and the doctor rose, drew his wrapper close about j him, anJ placed his cap oil his head. The I ma jor looked round the room with an air of uneasiness. ‘ What, going so soon, Doctor ? No more j company here to-night, think ? Dull busi- | ness, Doctor, to sit alone one of these long j tedious evenings. Always want somebody j to talk with ; man wasn’t made to he alone j you know.’ ‘ True,’said the Doctor, ‘ and I should be ] happy to spend the evening with you hut 1 liavo to go three miles to see a patient vet to-night, and it’s high tirn• • 1 was oft’. But luckily major, you won't be left alone after all, for there comes Jack Robinson, driving liis horse and wagon into the yard now ; ami j 1 presume lie’ll not only spend the evening with but stop all night.’ ‘ Well, that’s good news,’ said the major. l if lie'll only talk. Will lie talk. Doctor ?’ j ‘Talk? yes! till all is blue. He’s the j greatest talker you ever met. I'll tell you what’tis, major, I’ll bet the price of your reckoning here to night, that you may ask him the most direct simple question you! please, and you sha’n’tget an answer from him under half an hour, and he shall keep talking a steady stream the whole time, too. ‘ Done,’ said the major; ‘ tis a bet. Let us understand it fairly now. A’ou say 1 may ask him any simple plain question, ! j please and he shall be half an hour answer- ] ing it, and talk all the time too ; and you j will bet my night’s reckoning of it.’ ‘ That's the bet exactly,’ said the Doc- j lor. Here the parties shook hands upon it. just as the door opened, and Mr. Jack Rob- j inson came limping into the room, support- j ed by a crutch, and with something of a j bustling, care-for-nothing air, hobbled a lotig toward the fire. The Doctor introdu- ! ced Mr. Jack Robinson to Major Grant, and 1 after the usual salutations and shaking of hands, Mr. Robinson took his seat upon the other side of the stove, opposite the major. Mr. Jack Robinson was a small, brisk man, with a grey twinkling eye, and a knowing expression of countenance. As lie carefully settled himself into his chair, resting liis kune limb agamst the edge of the stove-hearth, he threw his hat carelessly upon the floor, laid liis crutch across liis knee, and looked round with a satisfied air, that seemed to say, ‘Now, gentlemen, if you want to know the time of day here’s the ! bov that can tell ye.’ ‘ Allow me, Mr. Robinson, to help you to ! a tumbler of hot flip,’said the major, raising the mug from the stove. ■ With all my heart, and thank ye too,’ j said Robinson, taking a sip from the tumb- | ler. ‘ I believe there’s nothing better for a j cold day than a hot flip. I’ve known it to ! cure many a one that was thought to have : the consumption. There’s something so— “ And I have known it, said the Doctor, shrugging his shoulders, “to kill many a one that, was thought an excellent constitu tion and sound health.” ‘There’s something so warming,’ contin ued Mr. Robinson, following up his own thoughts so earnestly that he seemed not to have heard the remark of the Doctor, ‘there is something so warming and so nourishing in hot flip, it seems to give new life to the blood, and puts the insides all in good trim. I And as for cold weather, it will keep that | out better than any double milled kersey or j fearnot greatcoat that I ever see. ‘ I could drive twenty miles in a cold day with agoodmugof hot flip easier than 1 ■ could ten miles without it. And this is a j cob! day,gentlemen, a real cold day,there’s I no mistake about it. This norwester cuts j like a razor. But tain t nothing near so ! cold as ’twas a year ago, the twenty-second i day of this month. That day, it seemed as I if your breath would freeze still before it ■re! an inch from vour mouth. I drove ntv j little Canada gray in a sleigh that duy 12 , miles in forty-five minutes, and froze two of ■ my toes on iny lame leg as stiff as maggots. | Tlu ■m toes chill a great deal quicker than I lit'}’ do oil t’other foot. In my well days I never froze the coldest day that ever bleu . But (hut cold snap, the twenty-second dav j °f Inst November, if my little gray hadn’t ; gone like u bird, would have done the job j for niv poor lame foot. When 1 got home j I found two of my sheep dead, mid they were under a good shed, too. And one of my neighbors, poor fellow, went into the woods j after a load of wood, and we found him next : day froze to death, leaning up against a j j beech tree as stiff as a stake. But his oxen ! I “'ns alive and well. It’s very wonderful I how much longer a brute critter will stun’ , the cold than a man will. Them oxen didn't even shiver.’ • Perhaps, said the Doctor, standing with his back towards Mr. Robinson, “ perhaps ! the oxen had taken a mug of hot flip before j they went into the woods.” By this time Major Grant began to feel a little suspicious that he might lose his bet, | and was setting all his wits to work to fix j on a question so direct and limited in its I nature, that it could not fail to draw from j Mr. Robinson a pretty direct answer. He j bad thought at first of making some simple I inquiry about the weather; but he now felt j convinced that, with Mr. Robinson, the I weather was a very copious subject. He had also several times thought of asking some question in relation to the beverage they were drinking ; such as, whether Mr. Robinson preferred flip to hot sling. And ■ at first he could hardly perceive, if the question were put direct, how it could fail to bring out a direct yes or no. But the discursive nature of Mr. Robinson’s elo quence on flip had already induced him to turn his thoughts in another direction for a safe and suitable question. At last he thought he would make his inquiry in ref- | erence to Mr. Robinson’s lameness. He j would have asked the cause of his lame- j ness, but the thought occurred to him that I the cause might not be clearly known, or I his lameness might have been produced by j a complication of causes, that would allow | too much latitude for a reply, lie resolved therefore simply to ask him whether his j lameness was in the leg or in the foot.— j That was a question which it appeared to i him required a short answer. For if it were in the leg. Mr. Robinson would say it j was in bis leg ; and if it were in his foot, he would at once reply, in his foot ; and if 1 it were in both, what could hi more natur al than that lie should say, in both l and j that would seem to be the end of the story. ! Having at length fully made up his mind as to the point of attack, he prepared for the charge, and taking a careless look at his watch; he gave the Doctor a sly wink.— Doctor Snow, without turning or scarce ap pearing to move, drew his watch from be- | Death his wrapper so far as to see the hour. j and turned it again to his pocket. ‘ Mr. Robinson,’said the major, ‘if’l may j presume to make the inquiry, is your lame- ! ness in the leg or in the foot V ‘ Well, that reminds me,’said Mr. Robin- i son. taking a sip from the tumbler, which he i still held in bis hand, ‘that reminds mo of I what my old father said to me once when ‘ 1 was a boy. Says lie, ‘ Jack, you block- j head, don’t you never tell where anything is, unless you can first tell how it come there.’ The reason of liis saying it was this : Father and 1 was coming in the sc am boat from New-York to Providence ; and they was all strangers oil board—we didn't know one of’em from Adam. And on the way, one of the passengers missed his pock et-book, and began to make a great outcry about it. lie called the captain, and said there must be a search. The boat must be searched, and ail the passengers and all on board must be searched. Well, the cap- tain he agreed to it ; and at it they went, j and overhauled every tiling from one end of the boat to t’other ; but they couldn’t I find hide nor hair of it. Anu they search ed all the passengers and all the hands, but j they couldn’t get no track ou t. And the i man that lost the pocket-book took on and i made a great fuss. He said it wasn’t so j much on account of the money, for there wasn’t a great deal in it ; but the papers in j it were of great consequence to him,.and he offered to give ten dollars to any body that j would find it. Pretty soon after that. I was j : fixin’ up father’s berth a little, where lie i 1 was going to sleep, and 1 found the pocket- ! j hook under the clothes at the head of the j I berth, where the thief had tucked it away j ; while the search was going on. So I took j it, tickled enough, and run to the man, and told him I had found his pocket-book. He catclied it out of my hands, and says lie, “ Where did you find it ?” Says I, “ Un der the clothes in the head of my father’s berth.” ‘ “In your father’s berth, did you ?” says he, and ho gave me a look and spoke so sharp, 1 jumped as if was going out of inv skin.’ ‘ Says he, “ Show mo the place.” ‘ So I run and showed him the place.’ ‘ “ Call your father here,” says lie. So I run and called father. ‘ “ Now mister,” says he to father, “ l should like to know how my pocket-book came in your berth ?” ‘“ I don’t know nothin’ about it, says father. ‘ Then lie turned to me and says he— “ Young man, how came this pocket-book in your father’s berth ?” ‘Says I, “ I can’t tell. I found it there and that's ail 1 know about it.’ • Then he called the captain and asked 11 . J. frititcr. if be knew us. The captain said lie didn’t. The man looked at us mighty sharp, first to father, and then to me, and eyed us front top to toe. We nan t neither of us dress ed very slick, and we could tell by liis looks pretty well what he was thinking. At last be said lie would leave it to the passengers whether, under all the circumstances, lie should pay the boy ten dollars or not. I looked at father and his face was as red as a blaze, i ml I see his dander begun to rise, j Ho didn t wait for any of the passengers to I give their opinion about it, hut savs he to j the man, “ JJod-rot your money ! if you’ve j got any more than you want, you may tiirow it into the sea for what 1 care ; but | if you offer any of it to my boy, I’ll send you i “ here a streak of lightning wouldn’t roach : vou in six months.” ‘ That see ne and to settle the business; the man didn’t say no more to father, and most of the passengers begun to look as if they didn't believe father was guilty. But a number of times after that, on the passage, Isee the man that lost the pocket-book whis per to some of the passengers, and then turn and look at father. And then father would look gritty enough to bite a board-nail oft'. When e got ashore, as soon as we got a little out of sight of folks, father catclied bold of my arm and gave it a most awful jerk, and says he, “ Jack, you blockhead, don’t you never tel! where anything is a gain, unless you can first tell how it come there.” ‘Now it would be about as difficult,’ continued Mr. Robinson altera slight pause, which ho employed in taking a sio from his tumbler, ‘ for me to tell to a certainty how I come by this lameness, as it was to tell how she pouki-i book come in fatiier’s berth. Tli ere was a hundred folks abroad, and we knew some of ’em must a put it in ; hut which one ’twas, it would have puzzled a Philadelphia lawyer to tell. Well, it’s pretty much so with my lameness. This poor leg of mine” figs gone through some most awful sieges, and it “s a wonder there’s an inch of it left. Hut it’s a pretty good leg yet ; 1 can almost bear my weight up on it; and with the help of a crutch you’d be surprised to see how fast 1 can got over die ground.’ ‘ Then your lameness is in the leg rath er than in the foot V said .Major Grant, ta king advantage ofa short pause in Mr. Ro binson’s speech. ‘ Well, I was going on to tell you all the particulars,” said Mr. Robinson. ‘You’ve no idea what terrible narrow chances I’ve gone through with this leg.’ ‘ Then the difficulty is in the leg, is it not V said Major Grant. ‘ W ell, after 1 tell you the particulars,’ said Mr. Robinson, ‘you can judge for yourself. The way it lirst got hurt was go ing in a swimming, when 1 was about 12 years old. I could swim like a duck, and used to be in Uncle John’s mill-pond along with bis Stephen half the time. Uncle John he always used to keep scolding at us and telling of us we should get sucked into thefloome bime-by, and break our plaguy necks under the water wheel. Hut we knew better. We and tried it so much we could tell jest how m ar wc could go to the gate and get away again w ithout being drawn through. Hut one day Steeve, jest to plague me, threw my straw hat into the pond between me and the gate. 1 was swimming about two rods from the gate, and the hat was almost as near as we dared to go, and the stream was sucking it down pretty fast ; so I sprung with all my might to catch the hat before it should go through and get smashed under the water-wheel.— | When l got within about half my lengtli of O J o it, 1 found I w as as near the gate as we ev er dared to go. Hut 1 hated to lose the hat, and 1 thought I might venture to go a little nearer, so 1 fetched a spring with all my I might, and grabbed the hat and put it on j my head, and turned back and pulled for Imy life. At iirst I thought I gained a lit j tie, and 1 made my hands and feet ily as | tight as I could spring. In about a minute I 1 found 1 didn’t gain a bit one way nor t’other ; and then 1 sprung as if l would a , tore my arms oil"; and it seemed as if 1 i could fee! the sweat start all over me right there in the water. 1 begun to feel all at | once as it death had me by the heels, and I j screamed for help. Stephen was on the j shore watching me, but he couldn't get near | enough to help me. When he see 1 could ] not gain any, and heard me scream, he was ■ about as scared as 1 was, and turned and j run towards the mill, and screamed for un cle as loud as he could bawl. In a minute I uncle come running to the mill-pond, and got there gest time enough to see me going j through the gate feet foremost. I ncle said, i it lie should live to he as old as Methuse j lah, he should never forget what a beseech ing look my eyes had as 1 lifted up my 1 hands towards him and then sunk guggling | into the floome. He knew 1 should be 1 smashed all to pieces under the great water wheel; but he ran round as fast as lie could to the tail of the mill to be ready to pick up iny mangled body when it got through, so I might he carried home and buried. Pres ently he see me drifting along in the white foam that came out front under the mill, and lie got a pole with a hook to it and drawed me. to the shore. He found 1 was ! not jammed all to pieces as lie e.xpected, though he couldn’t see any signs ol life.— But having considerable doctor skill, he i went to work upon me, and rolled me over, J and rubbed me, and worked upon me, till bimo-by 1 began to groan and breathe. And jat last 1 come too so I could speak. They j carried me home and sent for a doctor to c\- ! ammo me Mv left loot and leu was terr- [VOLUME XXVII.