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Newspaper Page TextNEWS & PLANTERS’ GAZETTE. 1# . <* . C* O ’ rTI (w , Mi il it or. No. 36.—NEW SERIES.] NeWS & PLANItKS BAZETU terms: Publislied 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, without the settlement o i all arrearages. O* Litters, on business, must be post paid, to insure attention. No communication shall be ■published, unless we arc made acquainted with the name of the author. TO ADVERTISERS. Ados rlisemenls, not exceeding one square, first, insertion, Seventy-Jive Cents; anil for each sub sequent insertion, Fifty Cents. A reduction will be made of twenty-live 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 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 mouths. Mail ikrr&Eagements. POST OFFICE, l Washint'lon, Ga., January , 1842. \ ! AUGUSTA MAIL. ARRIVES. Monday, Wednesday, and Friday, at A. M. CLOSES. Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday, at 2), P. M. AIILLEDGEVILLE MAIL. ARRIVES. Sunday, Wednesday, and Friday, at 8, A. 31. j CLOSES. Monday, Wednesday, and Friday, at 11, A. M. j CAROLINA MAIL. ARRIVES. Monday, Wednesday, and Friday, at 11, A. 31. j CLOSES. Sun lav, Wednesday, and Friday, at 8, A. 31. ATHENS MAIL. ARRIVES. Sunday and Wednesday, at 9, A. 31. CLOSES. Sunday and Wednesday, at 9, A. M. ELBERTON MAIL. ARRIVES. CLOSES. Thursday, at 8, P. 31. j Thursday, at 8, P. M. LINCOLNTON MAIL. ARRIVES. CLOSES. Friday, at 12, 31. | Friday, at 12, 31. NEW SHOES. rnO-WIT, the following: Ladies’ Kid, Calf, JL and Prunelie Walking Shoes ; Women's sew’d Kip Shoetees ; Boys’ Calf and Kip Shoes, sew’d and peg’d ; Coarse Brogans, making my assortment complete front the smallest size to the largest extra size, low for Cash. A. L. LEWIS. December 19, 1841. 19 jytmee. A LI, persons indebted to the late firm of Mc /V MILLAN & VINCENT, are requested to make payment immediately to JOHN 11. DYSON. January 6, 1842. 19 HAVING purchased the Stock of GROCE RIES of Mr. George W. Jarrett, the Subscriber will continue the business at the Store formerly occupied by Mr. Jarrett,and wiil sell upon the most reasonable terms. Persons in want of Groceries are respectfully invited to j call. EDGAR VINCENT. February 10,1842. 3m Family (wpoceries, MERRY & POPE, OFFER the following articles, among a vari- ! ety of others, cheap for Cash : Sugar, Coffee, Tea, Candles, tallow, 3loiasses, Do. Sperm, I,oaf Sugar, Candies, Cologne Water, Salt, Rock Salt, Essence Peppermint, 3lackerel, Nos. 1& 2, Do. Lemon, Lamp and Train Oil, Ojtodeldoc, Camphor, Spirits Turpentine, Shaving Soap, Alcohol, Saleretus, Castile Soap, Porter, Segars, Crackers, Tamarinds, Cut Tobacco, Snufij Raisins, Almonds, Spanish Tobacco/for \ Vinegar, Whiting, smoking, J Spice, Nutmegs, Pepper Chewing Tobacco, Nails, Ink, Lytharge, Glass, White Lead, Kisses, Sugar Plums, Putty, Lead, Shot, Mustard, Brooms, Blacking, 3latches, Paint-Brushes, Cltioridc of Lime, White-wash Brusbi Pearl Ash, Copperas, Gold-Leaf, Salts, Magnesia, Alum, Lemon if Caslor Oil, Sweet Oil, Copal V. Soda Powders, Leather • Seidlitz Powders, Ketchim, Washing Soda, it April 14. NOTICkT” riMIE Subscriber, having bought out i. terest of Mr. Joseph Moseley in the Shop 1 itcly occupied by him, will continue to carry on the Cabinet making Business , at the said Shop. All orders lor work will bo punctually attended to. JOSEPH GARDNER. April 7,1842 3t 32 EVERY VARIETY OF KB&xrvasre* EXECUTED AT THIS ® IF IF 0 © E , •IVr Spring i If. S. BEECHER, Has just received from New-York, tt very handsome assortment of on i* go of* s, Which are offered at a very small advance for CASH. j {Q 35 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 have been , or ever ran be, unless there is a MIGHTY change in the times. The following articles comprise a portion of his present Sfoel : Brown Slmetings 38 inches wide, 10 cents per yard, Bleached Shirtings arid Sheetings, to 25 cents per yard, A fine assortment of Prints, French Cambrics, Lawns and Muslins, Jaekonett Muslins, W OUSTED CREWEL, all colors. Also, a few Patterns for working. Blue, mixed and stripe Jeans and Homespuns, Linen Drillings ; Brown Linens; Irish Linens, and Grass Cloth, Super. Wooi-dy’d Black and Invisible Green Cloths, “ “ “ Cassimere ; Black Drap d’etd, Linen Cambric Handkerchiefs and Long Lawn ; French work’d Collars, Black and White Cotton Hose ; Black Silk .Mitts. Palm Leaf HATS. Pins, Needles, Spool-Thread, &c. Gent’s. Black Silk Gloves. Stocks, Fancy Scarfs and Socks. Qzj” The above Goods and many others can be found at the Sign of the CHEAP CASH STORE. April 14, 1842. 33 I T&iloriL&g Prices 2^ro- I’BMIE Subscribers having associated them ” selves together tor the purpose of carrying : on the above business in all its various Branch es, and believing from their experience in busi ness that they will be enabled to render general satisfaction, would respectfully submit to their friends and the public the following prices tor Work, by which they expect to be governed hereafter: Fine Corded Coals, Dress Sf Frock, $9 50 Plain do. do. do. 8 50 Plain Coulees, 8 00 Thin Coats of Bombazine and Corded, 7 50 Plain do. do. 7 00 While or Brown Linen Coats, 4 00 ; Bailor Pantaloons, 3 00 Plain do. 250 j Double-breasted Vests, 3 00 j Plain do. or Rolling Collar, 2 50 j Over Coals and Cloaks, each, 11 00 i They will continue at the (Shop formerly oc cupied by J. T. Palmer, East side of the Court- House Square. oir REPAIRING and CUTTING done promptly, and on reasonable terms. JOHN T. PALMER. hector McMillan. February 21, 1842. 26 TO THE PUBLIC. Tailor’s I*rices Mcduced. rg'HJE Subscribers respectfully inform the in- JL habitants of Washington and the Public generally, that they have removed to the East 1 side of the Public Square, where they are pro- 1 pared so make GARMENTS in the most iash | ionablc and best style, at the following reduced I prices, for cash : Frock Coat, corded or bound, $9 50 j Dress Coat, do. 950 i Frock or Dress Coat, plain, 850 Gaiter Pantaloons, 3 50 Plain do. 3 00 Rolling Collar Vest, 2 50 Double-breasted Vest, 3 00 I McGRANAGHAN & DONNELLY, j Washington, February 17,1842. 3rn mmn ,'-!&M9THETAILORS,j V. p OL Y ! . , C .) inform the i . that in : ’ ‘ ‘ I t j rv-.'-omyo :TA ■ T „:.v ■. niii-.g to M SOHAN. Meep • j FANS For sale at 11. S. BELCHER’S. April 14. 33 171 OUR months after dale application will be made to the Honorable the Inferior Court of Wilkes court, while sitting as a Court of Or dinary, for leave to sell a lot of Land, No. 233, in the 10th District, Carroll county, G.r., belong ing to the Estate of Rebecca Allison, deceased. G. E. RAREST RAW, Ex’r. March 17, 1842. mitu 20 PUBLISHED IiVEIIY THURSDAY MORNING WASHINGTON, (WILKES (Ol \TY, G.\„) MAY IS I*2. To the r 1 11 11 1 undersigned will commence a School -B in the house formerly occupied by Mrs. • Allison, on Monday the 18lh instant, designed to |be one of a permanent character. This Institu | lion does not appear before the Public in an alti j tude of hostility to any other, but only in that ol ( | friendly rivalry, soliciting a share of public patyj ronage so far as it may merit. It is the desir/ | j of the Subscriber to connect die interest oi tie j | community with that of this School. This /e | will endeavor to do, first, and chiefly, by peae | veriitg eiFort. on his part to raise the standaa ol i solid Education, and to confer its benefits, t/the utmost of Ins ability, upon those committed p his J | charge : And, secondly, by reducing the fates j J of Tuition so as to correspond with the njbsent j | pecuniary pressure, which has touched oft own j | community as well as the country generally, | with its withering influence. / Pupils will be prepared for admissiouiuto any | College, either Northern or Southern/ Rales of Tuition : j Ist. Orthography, Reading, Writing, with El- | i ementary Geography and Arithmetic/#4 50 per i | quarter. 2d. Practical Arithmetic, Algebra, Geography, j Grammar, Natural and Mental Philosophy, Lo gic, Belle-Letters, and Chemistr/ 86 25 per ‘■ quarter. f 3rd. Latin, Greek and French languages, Ge ometry, Day’s Course of Matheii/tics, including Logarithms, Trigonometry, Mensuration of Heights and Distances, anil Srveying, $8 per quarter. / a./l. lewis. i J N. B.—Stated recitations h the Bible will be required of all tiro Pupils /llliciently advanced to profit by them. f April 14, 1842. 33 in formal loti fl “ait feel. ryiHE Subscriber wiAcs to procure informa- JL tion concerning JOHN McREA and | JAMES McREA, son? of James Me Rea, who j formerly resided in Alexandria, D. C. Any per | son who has any kno/ledge of the said John & ; James Meßea, or wiJ has any knowledge of any i other child of said .limes Me Rea, will confer a | great favor by coun/unicating it to the subscri i her at Washington/Ga. G. L. MKESTRAW, Ex’r. of I R. Allison, deceased. Uj’ The Naticial Intelligencer, Washington I City, and Chronicle, Mobile, Ala., will publish : the”above to the Amount of -35. and forward their j bills to G. L. Knjtestraw. | April 21, 1 - I£. 34 • Yotice . of the State of Georgia, i \ Os Savannah, April 19, 18’42. \ N Moniay, the 2d of May next, an Election will 1 i held at the Banking-House in Sa vannah, between the hours of 10 A. M. and 2 P. M., for Ei jit Directors, on the part of the indi vidual Stofkhclders in this Bank, to serve for twelve moots from that date. By orefer of the Board, A. PORTER, Cashier. April 2i 2t 35 GUARDIAN’S SALE. WH J, be sold (without reserve) for Cash, on tjie first Tuesday in June next, at-the Court-House door, in Washington, Wilkes coun ty, within the usual hours of sale, Twelve JVegroes , consisting! of Men, Women, and Children. | The property of Joseph G. Serines, Minor. Sold ■ by order of Court. PAUL J. SEMMGS, Guardian. I _\ pril -A 1842. J* 35 ! H SEQUEL TO “CAPTAIN RICE’S TREAT.” Some few years since, a gentleman resi j ding not a hundred miles from this, t ravel ihi ilie neighboring State of Arkansas on a collecting expedition, had occasion to call ’ upon a “customer,” whom we shall call ; John Smith—not the immortal John Smith, Jr., who writes for the newspapers, but in ail probability a relation of the “great ori ginal,” whose portrait hangs upon a peg against the cabin wall. Beimr, as he | thought in the neighborhood, hut not know j ing precisely the whereabouts of the afore i said John Smith, he accosted a copperas- ; I striped specimen of the old North Carolina j | State, who was rather listlessly at work in i front of a cabin, liewing out an axel-tree ; lor an ox cart from a pine sapling. Traveller —Good morning, sir; will you j have the goodness to direct me to Mr. John j j Smith's ? N. C.—Certainly, sir; ifthere is anything ! j in this world I do know, it is the way to ; : John Smith’s, Why, John Smith and me ! came out together from North Carolina.— j We cut that new road leading across that : | branch and over that bill. Wc— Traveller —But, sir, will you have the j kindness to tell me were ho lives ? N. C.—To bo sure 1 will. As I was ! say'ing, if there is any tiling in this world i do know, it is the road to John Smith’s.— j Why, sir, John Smith and me married sis- ■ ters ; and lie has got the smartest wife in j all these diggins. She Traveller —No doubt of it, sir; but sir, 1 want to see him, and have nothing to do with the good qualities of his wife. Will | you direct me? N. C.—Of course I will; asl said before if there is any thing in this world I do know it is the way to John Smith’s. But as I was observing, his wife can spin six cuts a day besides attending to family fixings. Traveller —She may spin sixty for all I j know or care ; but that has nothing to do with my question. I wish to find her bus- i band—will you toll me where lie lives? N. C.—Will I tell you where John j Smith lives? Well, that’s a good one. i | tell you again, that if there is any thing in this world I do know, it is where John Smith ives. Why, sir, as I said before, we came j from North Carolina together. And lie has j a yoke of the truest pullingo.xen in all these parts. His negro man Jim is the smart est— Traveller —3ly dear sir, it is growing j ! late, and I wish to get on. If you can di- ! rect me, why don’t you do it? I ask you again, will you tell me the way to John Smith’s? N. C.—llavn’t J told you a dozen times, if there is any thing in this world I do know it is whore John Smith lives? Havn’t 1 told you that we came from North Carolina together? But speaking of bis hoy Jim— he can pick out his hundred weight of cot- j ton in a day, and shell out a turn of cory . for mill at night, and no mistake. Besides, j sir Traveller —Zounds, man ! what have 1 to do with Jim—or bis cotton—or his corn? I have asked a plain question, which 1 will ask again. Is there, oris there not, such a man as John Smith living in this ‘section,’ and if you know the way to his house, will you point it out to me ? N. C.—And zounds, man! liavn’t 1 been a telling you all the time that there is such a man as John Smith living in these dig gins ; and ifthere is any thing in the world Ido know it is the way to his house? I tell you again, we not only came from North Carolina together, but cut out that new road leading across tiiat branch over the hill.— Why, sir, John Smith has the smartest lit tle daughter you ever saw. She has only been to school two years, and has got as far as “ amplification .” Traveller —Confound his daughter, and her amplification, too ! I think you have got that far yourself; for when I a*sk you a plain question, you spin me a long yarn about roads, wives, negroes, oxen, and lit tle girls. Now do, that’s a good fellow, just talk a little more like a man of the world, and tell me the road to John Smith’s. N. C-i—Don’t you ,confound John’s dar ter, mister; she’s my niece, and a smart one she is, too. Why, you are as tedious as a skinned eel ; and won’t let a body di- j rcct you when they are trying to do it with all their might. To be short with you, as j you seem to wish it—l tell you again, that j if there is any tiling in this world 1 do j know, it is the way to John Smith’s. I tell you again, we came from North Carolina together; we bought land together, at a dol lar and a half an acre ; we bought 300 a- ! cres a-piece; we cut out that now road j leading across that branch and over that hill, together. John Smith’s lands lies just across that swamp, but he don’t live there now. You see this land here, sir ? It s just about the finest track you ever saw in your born days. Just look at them tail sweet-gums by the pond ; twig that ’cim- j mon ; aint lie a whapper ? at least three j feet across the stump. You see— Traveller. —l see lam not likely to get j an answer out of you to-day ; so I may as j well keep on. I ask you now, and for the j last time, will you, or will you not, direct j me the way to John Smith’s ? N. C.—And I tell you now, and for the j twentieth time, ifthere is any thing - in this j world I do know, it is the way to John j Smith’s. But 1 must tell you about his fine blooded marc and Timoleon filly. She j tuck the puss last Saturday was a fortnight, I ■ of the Bin Deer Lick course, like falling oil” ah g. She s a hceiy critter, I tell you— and throws it down u little thicker on the girt, and shoots a-head a loetlc faster, than j die fastest kind ot lightning. Irave/lcr. —Good day, sir. And may old ! Nick take John Smith, liis wile, daughter, i negroes, and sundries in gi nerul ; and you ; and your “ amplification” in particular. (Puts spurs to his horse in a fit of absolute despair of obtaining a direct answer to a I simple question.) N. C.—The same to you, sir ; and may 1 old Nic take you and your horse too. Why, 1 never seed such a man. He kept asking, 1 and asking ; and I kept telling, and telling; | and In- wouldn't lislen a single bit. Why, |he wouldn't even wait till Ttold him what j j John gave tor his mare, besides a hundred j other little things that would have been; | great news to him, and made the time pass : otl agreeable. Well, let him go ahead. ; But if he goes on that road he’s started on J in such a hurry, he won't get to John j j Smith’s, and that’s some comfort, anv way. ! j (Resumes the hewing of the axle-tree.) From the Pario ( Ky .) Citizen. EXTRAORDINARY PIIENO.MONON. Case of Miss I’cnehtpe Stout, ofLeesburyh, ‘■ Kentucky. — \\ e have been furnished by ! Elder Gano, with the following statements in relation to the case of this young girl, j from whose thumb hairs have grown out i for sometime. The testimony of intelligent j j and most reputable witnesses cannot fail to : | satisfy the minds of all, who can believe, j j “without seeing” themselves : Having heard much about a singular!’ | phenomenon, that had presented itself at I ; Leesburg, on the person of a little girl, 1 I whose name is Penelope Stout, about tliir- 1 teen years of age, the daughter of an ae- I quaintance, I concluded to visit her and sat- ! i isfy my mind as to the amount of truth i there was, in the many rumours afloat con- j j oerning it. As well as can bo recollected, ! j it was on Monday the 22d of November j ; last, that I visited her. Up to the last fall, j ! 1 had been for ten years, regularly labor- ■ j ing at Leesburg as a preacher of the Gos- I pel, and in each month with very few omis I sions, and had become well acquainted with j the citizens who resided there : J considcr ! od tli cm an intelligent and virtuous commit- j j nity ; much more so than the citizens of j small villages usually are. The family of; Mr. T. H. Stout lived in the place at the ! | time of my first acquaintance there: I have j ! known it ever since ; the family is respec ! table, and the parents, i believe, arc truly | pious and would scorn any thing like do- ! ception or mean action. At the time of our I j visit above mentioned, 1 conversed with the j ! citizens, before I called at Mr. Stout's, but one sentiment of belief, was entertained in j the reality of the strange occurrence. On entering the house, I found tiio little j girl apparently well, an interesting child, the picture of artlesness and innocence, anil rather sprightly than otherwise. Every ■ facility was afforded me for satisfactory ob servation ofthe phenomenon. She was sea- j I ted in view of all present, and while her left \ hand was pendent, her right hand was held out with the thumb erect ; several gentle- i men with the members of the family pres- ! ent were seated around or standing bv ; I 1 got her to change the position of her hand . and person several times to relieve her, thinking she was fatigued, for we sat a con siderable length of time ; again having re j sumed her first position, my eve caught a very small hair on theend of her thumb— j not having seen it grow, I removed it and j wiped the thumb with my handkerchief, ’ soon after which, I discovered the end of a small hair presenting itself from the end of the thumb, some little distance from the nail towards the ball ; observing it closely, 1 distinctly saw it grow or lengthen out ; the entire length ofthe hair was not I think, halfan inch ; when itsgrowth was complete ; it stood on the end of the thumb until I took j it off. \ I noticed that the end of the hair ; which came out List was the finest. I could sec no apparent effect whatever produced on the skin ; nor did it require the least effort i to detach it. She informed me there was no j sensation of which she was conscious pro- | dueed by the growth of the hairs, and that i she could not tell unless she saw them, that they were coming ; that when they had to he drawn out, “they hurt a little.” I dis- : covered through her thumb nail for about j j 1 inch of its length, an appearance astho’ i a small splinter Lad been stuck under it j ] and contracted ; enquiring as to the cause j j of this, I was told that Mr. J. Wasson had j ; drawn a large black hair from under her nail, that had grown out several inches, and becoming stationary, had to be pulled out. Her parents in conversation then inforrn i cd me, that the hairs had been growing out ! about five weeks ; that they came irregu- j larly ; that for one week in the five none ap- 1 peared ; and at another time none for a day or two ; sometimes twenty or more would come out in a day. The hairs, they said, were of various sizes, lengths and colours, a deep black, red, brown and pure white, with also different shades of these colours; varying in size from a coarse bristle to such as I had seen, and finer; and in length from one, to six inches, down to the short est and finest visible down, of which there was much produced. They further stated that up to that time, they had seen none grow from any other part than her right thumb, from under the nail ; on the end or inside. From her mother I learned, their attention was first drawn tol’ic strange oc ; currenco in manner. On < . • tolll\ \tMt. ‘ ’ 1 it. J. liA i'l'FL. M* r inter. • it was asleep, having in it a twinkling sen* satioti. Ongoing to the candle to exam -1 me it, sin; exclaimed, “la ! mother if here | is nt a hair growing out of the end of my ; thumb ;’ her mother threatened to slap tier I if she did not hush talking so foolish ; hv this time her cousir., whose attention had been draw n to it said yes aunt it's the truth and you can see it growing.’ That hair grew out to the length of some four or five inches and fell off; and for several weeks the majority ofthe laiger ones that grew j out, fell oil. Her mother said she disregar ! ded tin* superstitious conjectures a j bout it. made by many ; hut being unable to account for it, she had suffered much j uneasiness of mind about the child ; yet she | said up to that time, her general health : seemed good. I was further informed that j she was going to school when this singu j iar growth commenced and so much was I the school interrupted by its occurrence and | tlie frequent visits of persons to sec her, she j had to be withdraw n, and to the constant interruption ofthe family and the suspen sjon of its business every day, she was visi t ted by the curious and inquisitive. And I however much her parents regretted this j misfortune of their daughter, they wished j to see visitors gratified, and though their j circumstances are ordinary, from principle ; they would have scorned to make merehan j diz.e of their child’s affliction. On her visit to Lexington and the treat ment she received while there, we have but j little to say. Her parents were persuaded Ito let her be carried to lhat place, that by a !fair and patient examination, scientific gen tlemen might satisfy themselves as to the fact, and then satisfy the public as to its philosophy. All that was charged any gentleman for a knowledge of the fact, was to explain it if he could. Little did they suppose, their daughter was to be viewed by any one as a suspicious character, and that there would be more effort to prove her a ; deceiver, than to ascertain the fact and its I nature. There are, however, among those j who saw her in Lexington, many most hon orable exceptions ; some indeed who pa tiently’ examined and firmly believed, as we arc informed. I have recently seen in the Western and Southern Medical Recor der, published in Lexington, a piece “On ! the growth of hair in extraneous situations,” \ ;o be found in the fourth number of that I work, and as this case is therein referred to, I I request all who can, to avail themselves of its perusal. They will there find, more light thrown on this strange affair, than can I he obtained in the same number of lines ! from any other source known to us. In order properly to ascertain the fact in tliis case, the most important article requir | ed is good eyesight in an unprejudiced head, j and 1 believe there is enough of this, about j Leesburg, to establish a visible fact. I Vi sited the subject of this narrative again on j yesterday, (Feb. 23,) her parents informed me, tiie hairs still continued to grow, and, have during tho winter thus far ; the ! growth for many weeks past, lias not been j confined to her right thumb, but the hairs come out on botli hands, and from bolii thumbs and fingers, hut invariably on the I inside or from the ends or from under the ] nails. She had been recently very ill ; the seat !of disease appeared to be in the region of j the heart and lungs. She suffered much j from difficulty of breathing attended with \ slight spasms. Since her recovery, M.B. Iltarne informed me that a glutinous sub j stance came out on the ball of her thumb all j over, and when scraped off and taken be j tween the thumb and fore-finger, could, by | gradually separating them, bo drawn out ! to a considerable length without breaking; her father told me that some few days since, i a hair grew out about the middle of her fore j linger on the inside and not falling off', they : attempted to extract it, and finding it more j firmly set than usual, they called in sever ; al citizens to see it, it raised the skin be j fore it was loosened. Soon after my first visit to her. I addres j sed a private letter to Elder Thomas M. Al len of Missouri, in which I stated briefly I what 1 had seen and heard about this little I girl. There being no impropriety in so doing, he caused to he published in the Co j lumbus newspapers, as much of that letter !as related to this matter, lie informs me j recently that a publication or statement ! had reached there alleging that the whole affair was a hoax ; xve know the source ! from whence this report emanated, and deeply regret the gross injustice done the ‘little gril and the family, and the violence j done to truth and matter of fact. And it is this which now prompts us to present to die public the foregoing statements and the cloud of most respectable and satisfactory j testimony which follows. JOHN ALLEN GANO. February 24, 1842. Soliloquy. —To go to Texas or not to go; that am the question ! whether it are better to stay to home and bore these ere ills what we has got, or to take up arms against a lot of Mexicans and Ingints, and, by fighting ’em, kill’em. To fight! to fire ! ’taint nothing more nor hardly that ; but, in that fight of ourn, what bullets may come, when we have shuffled off a shot or so, must bid us consider ou’t. Aye, there’s where it ! rubs ! Rather guess we won’t go, on the ! whole. N. Y. Sunday Mercury. A Mississippian was asked if the people of that State encouraged tee-totalistn. He replied, “Wo aint xactly teetotallers, I though we go in for temperance in a met- I sure.” (VOl 1 \!E Y.WII.