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NEWS & PLMTERS’ GAZETTE.
D. G. COXTIIVU, Editor.
No. 34.—NEW SERIES.]
NEWS & PLANTERS GAZETTE
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TO ADVERTIISERS.
Advertisements, not exceeding one square, firs 1 ’
insertion, Seventy-five Cents; and for each sub
sequent insertion, Fifty Cents. A reduction will
be made of twenty-rive per cent, to those 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 be 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
. senes, must be published weekly fotfour months;
notice that application will be made for Letters of-
Administration, must be published thirty days;
‘“■el Letters ol Dismission, six months.
May siioks. “
TO- WIT, the following: Ladies’ Kid, Calf,
and Prunelle Walking Shoes ; Women's
sew’d Kip Shoetees ; Boys’ Calf and Kip Shoes,
sew’d and peg’d ; Coarse Brogans, making my
assortment complete from the smallest size to
the largest extra size, low for Cash.
A. L. LEWIS.
December 16, 1841. 16
JYotiee.
A LI. persons indebted to the late firm of Mc
-tjL MILLAN & VINCENT, are requested to
make payment immediately to
JOHN 11. DYSON.
January 6, 1842. 19
HAVING purchased the Stock of GROCE
RIES of Air. George W. Jarrett, the
Subscriber will continue the business at the
Store formerly occupied by Mr. Jarrett, and will
sell upon the most reasonable terms. Persons
in want of Groceries are respectfully invited to
call. EDGAR VINCENT.
February 10,1842. 3m
I'amily Groceries.
MERRY & POPE,
OFFER the following articles, among a vari
ety of others, cheap lor Cash :
Sugar, Coffee, Tea, Candles, tallow,
Molasses, Do. Sperm,
Loaf Sugar, Candies, Cologne Water,
Salt, Rock Salt, Essence Peppermint,
Mackerel, Nos. 1& 2, Do. Lemon,
Lamp and Train Oil, Opodeldoc, Camphor,
Spirits Turpentine, Shaving Soap,
Alcohol, Salcretus, Castile Soap,
Porter, Segars, Crackers, Tamarinds,
Cut Tobacco, Snuff Raisins, Almond ,
Spanjph Tobacco for > Vinegar, Wb ,ug,
smoking, J Spice. Nutmegs, Pepper
Chewing Tobacco, Nails, Ink, Ly:.barge,
Glass, White Load, Kisses, Sugar Pimps,
Putty, Lead, Shot, Mustard, Brooms,
Blacking, Matches, Paint Brushes,
Chloride of Lime, White-wash Brushes,
Pearl Ash, Copperas, Gold-Leaf,
Salts, Magnesia, Alum, Lemon Syrup,
Castor Oil, Sweet Oil, Copal Varnish,
Soda Powders, Leather Varnish,
Seidiitz Powders, Ketchup, f’eppers,
Washing Soda, Pickles, &.c. &c.
April 14 33
AND
KiMmaiNi©,
THE Subscriber takes this method of infor
ming the citizens of Washington and the
surrounding country, that iie has permanently
located himself in this place, and is well prepared
to execute every kind of work in his line of bu
siness, such as
Repairing Watches, Clocks, 4- Jewelry,
of every description, at short notice, and war
ranted. He is also prepared to manufacture any
part of a Watch, and will warrant it not to be
inferior in point of workmanship or action, to the
former. He is well supplied with all kinds of
materials of the best quality and selected ex
pressly for the purpose. He will devote his
whole attention to the business, and from his
long experience in the same, will not hesitate in
saying, that he will be able to give general satis
faction to all who may patronize his establish
ment. He may be found at all times at Keen’s
old stand, where he offers his services to the pub
lic generally. All work entrusted to his care
will be promptly attended to and neatly des
patched.
A. W. KING.
Washington, April 14,1842. 33
Aid, Teachers having demands against the
Poor School Fund of Wilkes county, will
please render them in to the Secretary, before
the first of May next, at which time the same will
be distributed to the several Teachers having
claims, in proportion to their demand.
ROYLAND BEASLEY, Sec’y.
March 17, 1842. Com. Poor School.
notice,
npilE Subscriber, having bought out the in
terest of Mr. Joseph Moseley in the Shop
lately occupied by him, will continue to carry on
the
Cabinet • linking Business ,
at the said Shop. All orders for work will be
punctually attended to.
JOSEPH GARDNER.
April 7,1842- 3t 32
NEW GOODS.
The Subscriber is now receiving and lias
on hand a handsome assortment of
Syr inf/ *V Summer
AM B
CONSISTING IN PART OF
English and American Prints.
Furniture Do.
Piaid Ginghams.
Plain I)o.
Printed Lawns anti Muslins.
Jackonett Muslins.
Book and Mull do.
Check do.
Plain and figured Swiss do.
Black and White Netting
Thread Edgings and Laces
Bobinet do. do.
Scollop Trimming and Inserting
Black and White Italian Crape
Crape Leisse
Lawn, for Bonnets
Fancy Shawls and Ties
Worked Collars
Irish Linens and Long Lawns
Bird’s-Eye Diaper
Brown Holland
Grass and Brown Linen
Dowlass and Oznaburgs
Linen Towels
Silk anil Cotton Umbrellas
Brown Shirtings and Sheetings
Bleached do. do.
Gentlemen’s superfine Hoskin Gloves
Ladies’ Kid and Silk do.
Mits.
Bonnet Ribbons
Cap do.
Belts
Plain Lustring and Neck Ribbons
Silk Handkerchiefs
Black Italian Cravats
Stocks.
Sup. Wool-dyed Black Cloths,
Do. Blue, Olive, Brown do.
Invisible Green do.
Cassimers,
Vestings,
Ermonetts and Cash morels
French Drap d’ etc.
English do. for Gentlemen’s Summer
Coats and Pants.
Georgia Nankeens,
Ladies’ black and white Cotton Hose
Silk do.
Cotton half Hose
Leghorn Bonnets
Plain English Straw do.
Palm Leaf Koods.
Black and White Beaver Hats
Palm Leaf do.
Leghorn do.
Gentlemen’s fine Calf Shoes,
Ladies’ line Slippers,
Vv aiking Shoes,
Children’s i jc-tihor&Morocco do.
Gaddies, Bridie? aad Martingales,
Nails,
Hardware .nd Crockery,
I h’tigs, & c.
Sugar, Tea. and Coffee,
And a great variety of articles usually
kept in his line, which he offers low for
Cash, and on very reasonable terms to
prompt customers.
G. P. COZART.
Washington, April 7,1842. 32
Keep Cooil
FANS
For sale at
H. S. BELCHER’S.
April 14. 33
To the Public*
THE undersigned will commence a School
in the house formerly occupied by Mrs.
Aiiison, on Monday the 16th instant, designed to
be one of a permanent character. This Institu
tion does not appear before the I’ublic in an atti
tude of hostility to any other, but only in that of
friepdly rivalry, soliciting a share of public pat
ronage so. far as it may merit. It is the desire
of the Subscriber to connect the interest of the
community with that of this School. This he
will endeavor to do, first, and chiefly, by perse
vering effort on his part to raise the standard of
solid Education, and to confer its benefits, to the
utmost of his ability, upon those committed to his
charge : And, secondly, by reducing the Rates
of Tuition so as to correspond with the present
pecuniary pressure, which has touched our own
community as well as the country generally,
with its withering influence.
Pupils will be prepared for admission into any
College, either Northern or Southern.
Rates of Tuition :
Ist. Orthography, Reading, Writing, with El
ementary Geography and Arithmetic, $4 50 per
quarter.
2d. Practical Arithmetic, Algebra, Geography,
Grammar, Natural and Mental Philosophy, Lo
gic, Ilelle-Letlers, and Chemistry, $6 25 per
quarter.
3rd. Latin, Greek and French Languages, Ge
ometry, Day’s Course of Mathematics, including
Logarithms, Trigonometry, Mensuration of
Heights and Distances, and Surveying, $8 per
quarter.
A. L. LEWIS.
N. B.—Stated recitations in the Bible will be
required of all the Pupils sufficiently advanced
to profit by them.
April 14, 18-12. 33
COTTING & BUTLER,
ATTORNIES,
HAVE taken an OFFICE over G. P. Co
zart’s Store.
January, 1842. 28
PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY MORNING.
WASHINGTON, (WILKES COUNTY, GA.,) APRIL 21, BS 32.
•IVip Spring §* Summer
H. S. BELCHER,
Has just received from New-York, a very handsome assortment of
DM T GOOD®,
Which are offered at a very smali advance for CASH.
.jyp Those who wish to purchase good Goods and CHEAP
Goods, are respectfully invited to examine the Stock before purcha
sing) as it is believed that greater inducements are now offered than
Ever hare been, or ever can he,
unless there is a MIGIIT\ change in the times.
The following articles comprise o portion of his present SforJ- :
Brown Sheetings 38 inches wide, It) cunts per yard,
Bleached Shirtings and Sheetings, I2J to 25 cents per yard.
A fine assortment of Prints, French Cambrics, Lawns and MnsTins,
Jackonett Muslins,
WORSTED CRIiA\ EL, all colors. AW;s few Patterns for
working.
Blue, mixed and stripe Jeans and llpjnospuns,
Linen Drillings ; Brown Linens; Irish Linens, and Grass Cloth,
Super. Wool-dy’d Black aiM Invisible Green Cloths,
“ “ “ Cassimere; Black Drap d’ete,
Linen Cambric Handkerchiefs and Long Lawn ; French work'd Collars,
Black and White Cotton Hose ; Black Silk Mitts.
Palm Leaf IIA r l\S.
Pins, Needles, Spool-Thread, &c.
Gent’s. Black Silk Gloves, Stocks, Fancy Scarfs and Sucks.
o ir The above Goods and many others can bo found at the Sum of the
CHEAP CASH STHRE.
April 14, 1842. 33
STOCKHOLM mnm.
rSpIIE undersigned, Stockholders in the Bank
-1- oi the State oi Georgia to the extent of up
wards ot Fourteen Hundred Shares, [1400,] and
in number, Thirty, hereby give notice for a Meet- ]
mg of the Stockholders, to be held in the Bank
ot the State of Georgia, in the City of Savannah,
on Wednesday, the twenty-seventh day oi’ April j
next. The objects of which Meeting are as fol- :
lows: .
Ist. To examine into the nature, kind, and ex- j
tent of the debts due to and from the Bank—
u hen contracted, when due, and howTecured.
2d. 1 o examine the Minutes of the proceed
ings ot the Board ot Directors, and ail the Books,
papers, and correspondence ot the same, both to
and by its officers.
od. .1 o ascertain if there be anv Director or
Directors elected in said Bank on the part, of the !
Stockholders, who are not bona Jiile, entitled in ‘
his own right to the requisite number of shares j
to qualify him or them as such.
4th. To rev ise and amend the By-Laws,
otii. To reguiate voting by proxy, in order to I
forbid officers of the Bank procuring, acquiring, j
or rating proxies, either to themselves or others, j
fith. To revise the compensation (fixed by the
Stockholders hitherto,) of the President, and
consider the propriety of reducing the salaries
and the number of the officers generally, and to
examine the securities given on their bonds.
7th. To consider the propriety of applying to
the Legislature to alter and amend the Charter
of the Institution, and in what respect.
Bth. To investigate the affairs of tiie Bank, j
and the management of them, in every particu
lar, since the last Meeting of the Stockholders, i
Inasmuch as no authority exists in the Charter 1
for the voting by proxy, except in elections, ali
Stockholders are earnestly requested to attend in ;
person, and votes on questions will be taken ac- !
cording to the scate in the Charter.
The President, Cashiers, and Agents of the j
Brandies are respectfully requested to prepare
statements of each, giving exact particulars of
all the assets and property of each, their liabili
ties, &c., &c., to be then and there laid before j
the Stockholders.
In conformity with the foregoing, they hereby
give public notice, that a Meeting ot all the
Stockholders of the said Bank of the State oi j
Georgia, is hereby called and summoned to he j
held m the Banking-House, in the City of Sayan- j
nah, on Wednesday, the 27th day of April next,
commencing its.sitting at 10 A. M.
C. P. Richardsone, Gouid & Buckley,
G. R. Hendrickson, James M’Laws,
N. B. Knapp, G. B. Gumming, Pres’t.
Win. Patterson, Execu- pro tempore Savannah
tor Estate ol D. Mon- Insurance and Trust
gin, Company,
J. McDonald, James Dickson,
L. F. Harris, Hiram Roberts,
i). R. Rolfe, Janet Evans, per Attor’y.
F. Porcher, C. P. Richardsone,
Luke Christie, J. P. Screven,
Francis Foley, Martha Hines,
T.J. Parmelee, D. O’Byrne,
John M. Turner, Ad- John Bradley,
ministrator of Jacob G. W. Wylly, Trustee,
Abrahams, M. Hopkins,
11. O. Wyer, Thomas Purse,
C. B. Carhart, Cashier Jas. M’Laws, Trustee,
of the Mechanics James M’Laws, Attor-
Bank, ney for W. W. Mont-
J ame.s \V. Davies, gomery, Trustee.
March 3,1842. 8l 27
GEORGIA, 1 Whereas, Joshua Morgan i
Wilkes County. $ applies to me for Letters of |
Dismission as Guardian for John Scott.
These are, therefore, to cite, summon, and ad-|
monish, all and singular the kindred and creditors
of said Minor, to be and appear at my office,
within the time prescribed by law, to shew cause
(if any they have) why said letters should not be
granted.
Given under my hand at Office, this 14th day
of February, 1842.
JOHN H. DYSON, c. c. o.
February IT. m6m
ißank of the State of Georgia,
Savannah, February 25, 1842. j
\\/T HERE AS a paper lias been published in
the Savannah Republican oi the 21s in-I
stwii, calling a meeting of tiie Stockholders in
tins Institution on the 27th day of April next. — j
The Board of Directors deem it due to the vast j
majority ot the Stockholders not connected with j
| this movement, to express publicly its views in j
; relation to it.
; In the opinion of this Board, it is a duty incum- j
bent on the Directors of every Bank, (derivable
not oniy from its charter, but from considerations j
ot good faith paramount thereto,) to hold its af
lairs at all times open to the inspection and e:c
----j animation ot those whose interests are committed |
|to their custody. In this view of the duty which \
- devolves upon it, this Board reiterates the call i
i which has been made, and expresses the hope !
| that since it lias been made, it will he responded j
I ! by a meeting sufficiently large to give a tuii
j representation to the interests, and a fair expres
j ston to the wishes ol the Stockholders.
It therefore earnestly requests all who can at- ■
| ieud, to be personally present, and those who can j
| by no possibility be in attendance, to send their I
j proxies. The oniy evil that can be the result of
I the contemplated meeting (other than that which
j the agitation of ifie question at a time of general i
: depression and universal panic must necessarily j
; produce,) is the non-attendance ot tlie Stock
holders, thus leaving the interests of the Institu
tion in tiie hands ot a few \\ fio cannot fully rep
j resent tiie interests ot the u-hole.
i To arrest as tar as it can, the injurious conse- i
’ quences of which the call for a meeting of stock- !
j holders at this time is productive, this Board
f deems it proper to allude more particularly to it.
At a period when the public mind is excited a- j
gainst all Banks, by reason of tiie gross luisman
| agemeut of many of them in our country, any
| movement of the kind contemplated, is calcnfd.
ted to operate injuriously on this, or any otlicfc
! institution : add to this consideration, which ap
i plies generally to ail moneyed institutions, the
J tact, that heavy losses have recently accrued at
j our branch at Macon, which in a time of unpre
j cedented difficulty have been promptly met by
I the Bank, and it will be perceived, that the move
; ment that has been made, is eminently calculated
i to injure this Institution, and when the circum
stances attending on this call are duly consider
j ed, it will he difficult to escape the conclusion,
I that evil to a greater or less extent, may be its
i consequence.
No one of the Subscribers to that document j
has ever intimated to the presiding officer of this
Institution, or to any member of this Board, a de
, sire to have a irmetmg of Stockholders; the call
itself has never-been communicated directly to,
; or been iaid before this Board, and the first noti
fication given was the insertion of it in the col
! umns of.one of the gazettes of this city. Such
I course not only indicates a want of courtesy, but
i exhibits a distrust of the members of this Board,
j which cannot fail, within the sphere of its influ
! once, to affect injuriously, the interests of the In
! stitution over which they preside, which distrust
; was not necessary in effecting the call, arid was
! therefore entirely gratuitous.’
What motives have influenced to such course,
the Board leaves to the decision of the public.
Resolved, That the foregoing be published in
the gazettes of Savannah, the Constitutionalist,
Augusta, the Recorder, Milledgeyille, the Whig,
Athens, and the News, Washington, Wilkes
county, Georgia.
True extract from the Minutes,
I A. PORTER, Cashier,
j March 10. 7t 28
Tor Mire .
A NEGRO WOMAN, a good plain Cook,
and a BOY, may be hired for the balance of
the year. Apply to
SAMUEL BARNETT.
300 Dollars Central Bank Mon
ey for loan, or anv part of it. Apply as above.
! April 14, 1842’ 8t ‘ 33
A-i-uaci Lfimeesio.
SSS ‘—y -
A PANTHER’S LEAP.
A WESTERN SCENE.
j l 'Oh, how tiio mother loves the child she nurs
ed !”
It was a fine morning in August, when
j little Samuel Eaton was about seven years
j old, that be was making a dam in the brook
| that ran before his father’s door. Me was
an only and beautiful child, his mother al
most idolized him. There he was, with his
trousers tucked up above his knees, work
ing like a beaver, his mother’s bold eye
gloaming out from beneath his sun-burnt
hair, and with some of his father’s strength
tugging at a large stone in the bed of the
I stream. “ Sammy, you’d better come in, I
; hadn’t ye ?” said Hannah, in a tone half;
mother, and half mate. “No-o-o, 1 guess i
| not yet,” said Samuel.
An acorn came floating on the water ;
the boy took it up—looked at it—was plea
sed, and ‘ reckoned In hix mind there were
more up the gully,’ and when Ins mother’s
back was turned, off lie started for tin a
oorns. The gorge of the mountain into
which he was about to enter, bad been form
ed, (the work of centuries,) by the attrition
of the stream he had just been playing in ;
and walking on a level that bordered each
side of the water, lie boldly entered the ra
j vine. An almost perpendicular wall or
j bank ascended on each side, to the height
\ of a hundred feet, composed of crags and
rocks, fritted by decay and storm into fan
tastic shape and position. A few scattered
bushes and trees sought nourishment from
the earth that had fallen from the level a
boveand excepting their assistance and the
unseen surface of the rock, this natural par
apet seemed inaccessible, but to bird and to
beast. About an eighth of a rnile from the
entrance, a cataract closed the gorge,
throwing up its white veil of mist in seem
ing guardianship of the spirit oftlic waters.
The verdant boughs hanging over the bank
cast a deep gloom upon the bed below—
while so lofty was the distance, they seem
ed to grow out of the sky, blue patches of
which were to be seen peeping between
them.
Hannah Eaton soon missed her boy. but ‘
as ho had often wandered to the fields where !
Ills father was at work, she concluded lie ;
must he there, and checked coming fears
with the hope that lie would return at the
hour of dinner. When lie came, Josiah
nor any of his men knew where he was. j
Then the agitated mother exclaimed, ■He’s i
lost! lie’s lost! and my poor boy will starve ;
and die in the woods!’ Gathering cour
age, she hastily summoned her family a
round her, and despatched them all but her ■
husband to search in different directions in i
the neighboring forest. To him she said. ;
•Scour every field you can call your own,
and if you can’t find him, join me in the ]
gorge.’
‘ lie wouldn’t go to the gorge, Hannah.’ ,
1 lie would go any where.’ She knew
not. why, but a presentiment that the boy
had followed the course of the stream, dwelt
strongly on her mind.
‘ 1 can’t find him, Hannah,” said the hus
band, as lie rejoined her not far from the
month of the gorge.
An eagle flew past, the mother as she cn- ,
tered the ravine. She thought to herself,
‘ the dreadful birds are tearing my’ child to |
pieces, and frantic, she hastened on. making
the walls of the cavern echo back with the
screams for her offspring. Her only an
swer was the eternal thunder of the catar
act, raging as if in mockery of wo, and
flinging its cold spray upon her hot and
throbbing temples. 1 Fool that I am, how
can lie hear me V She strained her eyes
along the dizzy height that peered the mist
till she could look no longer, and her eyes
filled with tears.
Who but a mother can tell the feelings
Los a mother’s heart ? Fear fell thick and
r *>t upon the reeling brain of Hannah.—
i ‘ GlKmy hoy—my brave boy will die,’ and
j writing her hands in agony, siie sank to
her liusbhvul’g feet.
The paiiibt < | lo pr deferred,’ had strain-
I cd her hoart-st to the severest tensions,
| and it seemed as ifitlie rude hand of des
: pair had broken them*at].
The terrified husband threw water upon
her pale face, and strove by the arts he ;
knew to win her back to life. At last she
I opened her languid eyes, stared wihlly a
| round, and rose trembling to her feet. As
she thus stood, like a heart-broken NtaVe
‘ all tears,’ a fragment of rock came tumorq’
ling down the opposite bank. She looked
up. A wild scream of joy burst from her i
lips. She was herself once more, for half j
wav up the ascent stood her own dear hoy. i
But even while the glad cry was issued j
from the lips, it turned into a note of hor
ror— ‘ Oh, mercy—mercy.’
The crag on which the boy stood project- j
ed from the solid rock in such a way as to
hang about twelve feet over the bunk.—
Right below one of the edges of this crag, :
partly concealed among some uushes, crou- 1
died a panther.
The bold youth was aware of the prox- 1
imity ofhis parents, and the presence of his I
dangerous enemy, at about the same time, j
He had rolled down the stone in exultation,
to convince his parents of the high station J
he had attained, and he stood vvith another J
in his hand, drawing it back and looking at
them, as if to ask whether ho should throw
it at the terrible animal before him. Till
then, the mother seemed immoveable in her
suspense ; but conscious of the danger of
her son, if he irritated the beast, she rush
ed some distance up the rock, and motioned
with her hands and head that he should not
isl. .• h'APPEL, Printer.
throw, 5 ct, with the feeling mind of child
hood, and a temper Uttlc used to control, he
j fearlessly threw the fragment with all his
might at the ferocious savage. It struck
jon one of In’s feet. lie gave a sudden
: growl, lashed his tail with fury, and seem
| ed about to spring.
‘ Get your rifle, Josiah !’ The poor man
! stirred not. His glazed eye was fixed with
j a look of death upon the panther, and ho
■ appeared paralyzed with fear. His wife
leaped from her stand, and placing her
hands on her husband’s shoulders, looked
into his face and cried, ‘Are you a man.
Josiah Eaton ? Do you love your child V
i He started as if from sleep, and ran with
| furious haste from the ravine.
| Again the mother looked towards her son.
lie had fallen upon his knees, and was
whispering the little prayers she had taught
him, not in coward fear, hut an indefinite
I bought came across his mind that he must
die. The panther was upon his feet. lie
stooped to spring. The distracted mother
could keep still no longer. She rushed up
die steep ascent with the energy of despair
reckless of the danger, thinking only’ of her
son. The rocks crumbled and slipped be
neath her feet, yet she fi-11 not. The sharp
rocks cut her flesh, hut she heeded it not.
On. on she struggled in her agony.
Flic ferocious creature paused for a mo
ment, when ho heard the wretched mother’s
approach. True to his nature he sprang at
the hoy. He barely touched the crag, and
fell backward as Hannah ascended tiie op-
! pOsite side.
•Ah!’ said she. laughing deliriously,‘the
j panther must try it again before he parts
j us. my hoy; but we won’t part,’ and sinking
! on her knees before him, she fondly folded
him to her breast, bathing his young fore
| head with hi r tears.
In altera hie in his ferocity, and the man
ner ol gratifying it, the panther again
! sprang from his former situation. This
time he was more successful. His fore
I foot struck the edge oi’the crag. ‘He will
j kill us, mother, he will kill us!’ and the boy
; nestled closer tohis mother’s bosom. The
i animal struggled to bring his body on the
; crag—lns savage features but a step from
the mother’s face. ‘Go away! go away!’
I shrieking, hoarse with horror, ‘you shan’t
j have my child!’ Closer—still closer he
came ; his red eyes flashing fury, and thick
] pantings of his breath coming in her face.
At this awful moment she hearsthe faint re
j port of fire-arrns from the gulp!) below—
the panther’s foothold fails, his sharp claw
j loosens from the rock, and the baffled beast
; rolled howling down the precipice, at the
i feet of Josian Eaton.
The sun’s last rays glanced brightly on
| a little group at the mouth of the gorge.—
! They were on their knees ; the mother’s
: bleeding hands over tiie head of her son.
and the voice of prayer going to the Guar
dian for all Ilis mercy in thwarting the
Panther’s Leap. ,
CLERICAL WIT.
Watty Morrison, a Scotch clergyman,
was a man of great laughter and humor.
On one occasion, a young officer scoffed at
the idea of its requiring so much study to
prepare a sermon, as Ministers usually pre
tend, and offered a bet, that he would preach
half an hour on any passage in the Old
Testament, without the least preparation.
j-Mr. Morrison took the bet and gave him for
Ia text. “And the ass opened his mouth and
■ lie spake.” The boasting officer was little
{ inclined to employ his eloquence on that
i text ; and the humorous Morrison won the
wager and silenced the scoffer.
On another occasion, Mr. Morrison on
j treated an officer of Fort George, to pardon
Ia poor fellow who was sent to the halberds,
j The officer oil, red to grant his request if he
would, in return, grant him the first favor
lie might ask. Mr. Morrison agreed to this.
\nd the officer immediately demanded that
j the ceremony of baptism should he porform
|ed ori a young puppy. The clergyman a
greed to it; and a party of gentlemen as
sembled to witness the nova! baptism.
Mr. Morrison desired the officer to hold
up the dog, as was customary in the bap
tism of children, and said, “as 1 am q Miti
istcrofthe Church of Scotland, I must pro
ceed according to the ceremonies of tlje
Church.”
“Certainly,” said the Major, “I expect
all the ceremony.”
“Well then, Major, I begin by thr usual
question—you acknowledge yourself the
Sifther of this puppy?” A roaf of laughter
1 bhvst from the crowd and the officer threw
j the candidate for baptism away. Thus the
| witty “Minister turned the lauifra&aiust tht>
1 infidel, vV intended to deride the sacred
I ordinance. / ;
Now's Your (lh ante. Girls. —A gentle
man in New York oilers tpmself as a hus
band to any lady holding the prize number
Sofa lottery to win and wear him. Vu>o
j thousand tickets only will be issued, at s>•>.
j The gentleman is to give the drawer of/ the
I prize SSOO if she should be averse to taking
| him for “better or worse,” aid on his/ part
j he will pay SSOOO should he feel itlisin
| dined to take her to wife! No female who
j has passed a “certain age,” or who is sick
j Vv or deformed, will be suffered to purchase
; a ticket. The gentleman represents him
self ns a handsome young fellow, educated
and witty, but without pewter.
A correspondent of the Boston Tran
script says that a small quantity of green
sage placed in the r.ioset will cause red
ants to disappepr
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