News & planters' gazette. (Washington, Wilkes County [sic], Ga.) 1840-1844, July 28, 1842, Image 1
NEWS & PLANTERS’ GAZETTE. **. . COTTINO, Editor. No. 48.—NEW SERIES.] HEWS & 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 piper to be discontinued, unless at the option of the Editor, without the settlement oi alt arrearages. 13* Litters, on business, must he post paid, to insure attention. A r o communication shall he published, unless wc arc made acquainted with the name of the author. TO ADVERTISERS. Advertisements, notexceeding one square, first insertion, Seventy-fee Cents; and for each sub sequent insertion, Fifty Cents. A reduction will be made of twenty-five 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 bylaw, 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 bo 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 Arrangements. POST OFFICE, > Washington, Ga., January, 18 12. $ AUGUSTA MAIL. ARRIVES. Monday, Wednesday, and Friday, at 5, A. M. CLOSES. Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday, at 21, P. M. ” MILLEDGEVILLF, 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. Saturday and Wednesday, at 9, A. M. CLOSES. Saturday and Wednesday, at 9, A. M. ELBERTON MAIL. ARRIVES. CLOSES. Thursday, at B,l’. M. j Thursday, at 8, P. 51. LINCOLNTON MAIL. ARRIVES. CLOSES. Friday, at 12, M. | Friday, at 12, M. O’ We are authorized lo announce llenry P. Wootten and John B. Kendrick, Esq’rs. as can didates for Justices of the Inferior Court of Wilkes county, on the first Tuesday in August. CTWe are authorized to announce Capt. A. S. Wingfield and James Harris, Esq. as candidates , for Justices of the Inferior Court, at the election to be holden on the first Tuesday in next month. COTTING & BUTLER, ATTORNIES, HAVE taken an OFFICE over G. I’. Co zart’s Store. January, 1842. 28 Boater F. FicMeia,, HAS taken an Office in the new brick build ing on the South-west corner'of the Pub lic Square, owned by Bolton & Nolan, where he may be found during the day-time, and at night at his residence. July 7, 1842. 3t 45 Notice* THERE will be an Election held at the -Court-House in Washington, and the sev eral precincts of Wilkes county, for two Justices of the Inferior Court of said county, to fill the va cancies caused by the removal of Daniel Lee, Esq. and the resignation of John T. Wootten, ‘ Esq., on the first Tuesday in August next. II L. EMBRY, ) LEWIS S. BROWN,. [■ J. I. C. i WM. Q ANDERSON, ) July 7,1842. 45 PROSPECTUS OF THE REVIVED. ‘Pick your Whig flints and try your Rifles again.’ fTIIIE design of this paper is that of a I’eimy Weekly Journal, to be published in Augus ta, Ga., in connection with the Chronicle &. Sen tinel, at One Dollar and Fifty Cents per annum, based upon the great platform of Republican ‘ Principles. PRINCIPLES: 1. One Presidential Term. 2. Restriction of Executive patronage. 3. Limitation of Executive power. 4. The Rights of the States. ■ 5. A sound National and Local Currency. 6. Economy and Retrenchment. 7. Asa means of carrying out these great and important principles, the Reformer revived will advocate the elevation of Henry Clay, of Ken tucky, to the Chief Magistracy of the Union. The Reformer revived, will be as large as its predecessor, the Reformer, published in 1840, devoted exclusively to the great purposes for which it is established, and will he issued the first of September, or earlier if the subscription will justify. TERMS: 1 Copy one year for §1 50 6 “ “ 800 12 “ l5 00 20 “ “ 20 00 O’ The cash must accompany all orders, or the paper will not be forwarded. Depreciated money taken at its value. July 21,1 12. . 47 THE WINE CUP. JIY A CONNOISEUR. Drink! The goods the gods have given Ne’er sliOulu Selected: Is wine a worthless gift, that Heaven Meant should be rejected. Then fill, fill up the joyous cup! All the dancing bubbles That gayly swim ’round the goblets brim Are potent charms for troubles. They bid us sip the flowing stream, Wine to taste is sinful! But let the dull fanatic dream And take of water his skin full. Prophets of old, as we are told, Loved this liquor divine, And are we to-day wiser than they That we should drink no wine ’ They tell us wine shortens our life, But that we need not fear. One hour in wine with joy is rife More than a sober year. Then let them prate, and vegetate Like weeds of a puddle born, We’lh gather the flowers of the rosy hours, And leave the sober the thorn. s’ Hurrah for the grape juice! brimming high Fill the wine cup to the brink! Farther above earths’s cares we fly The deeper that we drink. Fill up! wine must efface the rust Os care that dims our souls; We will not heed Time's headlong speed, But help him as lie rolls. ICT The above is specimen of drunken poetry, here is the sober side of the question—we leave it to any unprejudiced judgement if the temperance people havn’t the best of the quarrel, both in po etry and morals. THE WINE CUP. BY MARY T.. GARDNER. Stay—stay thy hand, lift not the cup Os rdfcy glittering wine Though clear its depths, there lurks beneath A curse for thee and thine. Ye say it gives a merry heart, And drives away dull care ; It brings, what else thou wouldst not know, i Unmixed and dark despair. Y’e say it has a power to drown Thoughts of life’s sternest ill, — To bring forgetfulness of woes— And conscience voice to stiil; Believe it not—oh ! never seek Oblivion in the bowl— A draught will only deeper fix The agony of soul. Ye say it stirs the sluggish blood, And bids it quicker flow ; Ye say ’tis pleasant on the lip, And bright its ruby glow. Have ye not seen the flashing light That from the wine cup came, Lead on the tempted, trusting one, To misery and shame ! Then ‘ taste not, touch not,’ —dare ye thus : Your glorious birth-right stain ! Would ye—descendants of the free, Clank tiie inebriate’s chain ! No 1 by the memory’ of the brave Who sleep beneath the sod— Shake off the curse, and give your pledge To virtue and to God. J&teteUaueoits. ADVICE TO THE LADIES. A pretty hand and a pretty foot always go together ; when we speak of the one we always think of the other. For this reason, stopping on a woman’s foot is equivalent to squeezing her hand, and equally proper, but sometimes more convenient, as it can be done under the table. Be careful, how ever, never to attempt it at a crowded table for fear of making a mistake. We once saw a lady very much confused, who was trying to give a signal to a gentleman op posite, and instead of his, she trod and press ed on the corn-covered toes of an old bach elor. He bore it as long as he could, and then very quietly remarked, “ Madam, when yon wish to step on a gentleman’s toes, be particular and get the foot that be longs to him—for the last five minutes you have been jamming my corns most unmer cifully.” THE RIGHTS OF WOMEN. “Some ladies have distinguished them selves by declaiming against the oppression of women which they say exists in our Christian land. They say women are kept in a condition of inferiority to men, and that of right they ought to be equal.” We have been thinking the matter over, and have come to the conclusion that the wrong is quite another way ; and that if rights ought to be divided half and half, we should be for anew division. Not on the ground upon which Miss Grimke goes, that men are not women, or permitted to engage in women’s occupations, but because, when the simple question of superiority is at issue the men always have to give up. If ladies and gentlemen meet on the side walk, who has to turn out ? If there are not seats for all the company, who has to stand up ? When there is danger to face, who must go forward? If there is curiosity to gratify, who goes behind? Ifthere is too much com pany for the first table who eats at the se cond? Who has always the right hand and the most respectable position? We could mention a hundred other cases, in which on the simple question of right every thing is yielded to the women. But there are ma ny cases in which the condition of men is PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY MORNING. WASHINGTON, (WITHES COUNTY, GA.,) .11 I,V 28, 1842. still worse. For instance, if on any pub lie occasion a pew at church or a seat any where he occupied by men ever so respec table or aged, n smirky little beauty trips along and presents herself at the top of the seat, and they must all jump up and clear out as if they had been shot. Especially ! ought it to be noticed, that when matrimo nial negotiations are to be made, the whole burden of performing the delicate and often very embarrassing part of making propo i tnrowri upon tne men, W,inCt!l? W0 ’ ,men sit and say no, as long as they like, and never say yes until they have a mind to. Mrs. Angelina Grimke Weld may show a catalogue of equal grievances if she can. A CHANCE. The editor of a paper in Pennsylvania says he wants a wife, and he thus enumer ates the necessary qualifications of the la- i dy : “She must be a gal whose eyes beam with love, tenderness and pity; twinkle with j fun, frolic and mischief: and light up the ‘ flash with the immortal part of its frail ten ement ; whose countenance is illuminated I by virgin innocence and purity, chastened j by humility, and happy from the practice j of homely virtue, with a heart to feel, a hand to relieve and a boson, to sympathize with misfortune ; one who can mend bree ches, make shirts, scrub floors, peal taters, and cook dinner.” The Picayune says : Had ho been a yankee he would proba bly have appended’ to the list of qualifica tions something like the following:—one that can ride horse to plough, attend to the garden, feed the pigs, drive home the cows, and occasionally lick the schoolmaster ! Courage in the Pulpit and out of it. —ln the year 1330, when the U. S. Ship Vin cennes was at anchor in the harbor of Pen sacola, a fight took place on shore between some American seamen and the Spaniards, during which a number of the former were fatally wounded. Arrests were made, but the judges, jurors, and counsel wore all Spanish, and the assassins were acquitted in the very face of the proof. The Chap- j lain of the Vincennes was assistant counsil i for the seamen, in the case, and in making a report to the government, he remarked j with severity on the administration of jus- j tice in Pensacola. The article was pub- J lished at Washington, and while the ship still remained in port it reached Pensacola, and produced great excitement. The au thor was at once discovered, and threats of chastisement, if not assassination, were thrown out, if he came on shore. He was ; accustomed, one part of every Sabbath, to preach in the Chapel at Pensacola, and pail of the day on ship-board. Sabbath moring came with the threats hanging over his head from some of the most prominent, as well as savage, of the Spaniards in Pensacola. Even the Mayor had armed himself, announcing his deter mination to assassinate the Chaplain.,— Hearing of these threats, on the morning of the Subbath day, not to be driven from his duty, he placed his pistols in his girdle and went on shore. They expected him, and many fierce glances and savage looks were exchanged as he passed from the dock to the Chapel. He entered the crowded church, ascended the pulpit, and deliberately placed his pistols on the desk beside his Bi ble. Prayers were said, the sermon preach ed, and the audience dismissed without any disturbance, except the fierce looks which flashed from eyes full of deep and implaca ble hatred. The Chaplain returned to the dock through the streets, with no protection hut his own moral and physical powers, and reached his ship in safety. He subse quently learned that not less than two indi viduals had been posted, in secret places, to assassinate him, but which they were pre vented from doing by his following another route. In a few days this same Chaplain became quite a hero at Pensacola, in conse quence of his firmness under such uncom fortable circumstances. He subsequently was repeatedly on shore undisturbed. It may not bo improper here to state, that the Chaplain above alluded to is now the editor of the North American.— Phil. Evening Journal. Extraordinary Instance of Gambling. —lt is well known upon the western waters, that the firemen and other hands employed upon the boats spend much of their idle time in playing cards. Ofthe passion for gaining thus excited, an instance has been narrated to us upon the most credible authority, which surpasses the highest wrought fic tions of the gambler’s fate. A colored fire man, on board a steam boat rdnning be tween this and New Orleans, had lost all his money at poker with his companions.— He then staked his clothing, and being still unfortunate, pledged his own freedom for a small amount, losing this the bets were doubled, and he finally, at one desperate hazard, ventured his full value as a slave, and laid down his free papers to represent the stake. He lost, suffered his certificates to be destroyed, and was actually sold by the winner to a slave dealer, who hesitat'id not to take him at a small discount apon his assessed value. When last ’neard of by one who knows him, and who informed us ofthe fact, he was sVi'll paying in servi tude the penalty of his criminal folly. It is a great misfortune not to have mind enough to speak well, nor judgment enough to keep silent. Hence the origin of every i impertinence THE GOLDEN MAXIM. Mr. John Richardson was one of the most respected of London’s citizens. He had arrived young in the metropolis, very foot ! sore, and with five and nine-pence in his j pocket. In the course of thirty years he | had increased the five and nine-pence to j fifty thousand pounds. This was general ! *y considered clever ; but’, in truth, the man j l ,at ! 110 genius in his composition. The lack was more than compensated for by the ! possession of that valuable quality called prudence. lie Was slow, but sure ; dull, but industrious ; short-seeing, ‘but sharp sighted within his ken. lie passed through life acquiring few ideas, but many guineas. He began ignorant and ended ignorant; he began poor, and he ended rich. Mr. John Richardson, at the age of sixty, found himself retired from business, a wid | ower, With one son. Alfred, the son, was 1 a-spirited young man. He despised trade j and tradesmen, and particularly despised the tradesman, his father. lie owned to a very dim notion of the East end of London, but paraded his intimate knowledge of the W est. His associates were entirely aris tocratic. Lord Cheroot, Sir Edward All night, and’the Hon. Tom Daredevil (as he was always called,) were his sworn friends. It was rather an expensive friendship, cer tainly, for amongst them they borrowed of j him something like a hundred pounds a j month, not one farthing of which they made | even a show of returning. But he had his | money’s worth in praise. They assured j him that his spirit, his wit, his good sense, \ were something extraordinary, and for a j citizen almost miraculous. To be sure j there was a manner, an air, a something only to be acquired by companionship with persons of birth; but he had improved greatly, in this respect, they said, and would j in time be perfect. All this was averred to j his face, and behind his back their remarks j were, I doubt not, the same ; that is, unless j Lord Cheroot, Sir Edward Allnight, arid j the Honorable Tom Daredevil were swind- j ling scoundrels, which, as they belonged to | the aristocracy, was not likely. One evening, Mr. John Richardson, that I respectable, elderly, well-to-do individual, j was taken suddenly ill. He went to bed— - and never rose again. Just before his j death he called for his son Alfred, and tak- j ing his hand, affectionately uttered these 1 words in a broken voice : “Son Alfred, I am about to die, and be- j fore I do so I want to say a few words, as I I have always made it a rule ta da every thing in a business-like manner. I shall i leave you more than fifty thousand pounds, j all got honestly. There is something else I shall leave you, almost as valuable. Attached by a green silk ribbon to the parchment on which is written my will, you will find a sealed paper, containing the wi sest sentence ever put together. By acting in the spirit of that maxim, I made all my j money, and by acting in it you may use ! well the money I made. I’m not much of; a philosopher, son Alfred, but I say that all j a man need know is contained in that max- j irn. Do not take it in its vulgar interpre- j tation : it applies to every situation in life, I and if people understood it better they ■ wouldn’t be such fools. As you despise or J venerate tnv maxim, so will you fail or j prosper.” Soon after pronouncing these words, the I old gentleman expired. At the proper time the will was produced and read. Attached to it, sure enough, by a green silk ribbon, was a small sealed pa per, on the back of which was written, in round text, “ The Golden Maxim.” The anxiety was intense as the man in authori ty broke the seal and opened the mysteri ous paper. With a loud clear voice he gave forth the contents, which were as fol lows : You MUST PAY THE BEST PRICE IF VOU WANT THE BEST ARTICLE. At this strange end of their expectations, the audience were variously affected— Some laughed, some whistled, and some were angry, but not one certainly felt the least respect either for the maxim or the eccentric maxim giver. Alfred, for whose special benefit the seal I had been broken, did not affect to conceal j his contempt. As soon as the company had i departed, and he was alone, he soliloquised | thus: “ Well, this is pleasant 1 The old man must not only bore me with his musty max im, but render mo ridiculous before my friends ! As for the fifty thousand pounds, I’m obliged to him there ; but I don’t want his narrow-minded posthumous advice how to use it and conduct myself in the world. These slow-goers are always so ready with their counsel—and a confounded deal more ready than welcome ! I can take care of myself, or I’m mistaken.” The first thing ho did to show that he could take care of himself, was to sell the old house and the old furniture, and take a residence in a more fashionable situation, which he immediately set about furnishing. But here one of his peculiarities came into operatir&L” In spite of being foolishly ex travagant, he had a great notion of bargain ing ; so he went to a cheap establishment and purchased his furniture ; and proudly did he chuckle when he saw the shining mahogany, the brilliant carpets, the res plendent gilding, and thought how little money he had given in return for these comforts and luxuries. It was not long, however, before the shining mahogany went to pieces, the splendid carpets laded and wore out, and the resplendent gilding peel ed off. “Humph!” exclaimed Alfred, musing. 1 “ dad was certainly right here. As far ns more buying and selling went, he knew something, though lie was ignorant on other j points. Yes, 1 suppose in trade the cheap, j cst things are the dearest. Yon must pay the best price if you leant the best article.'’ He now gave himself up entirely to the j society of his somewhat loose but well-born associates. Notoriety was the object of his j existence. lie wished to rank amongst the i first rakes of the day, and become celebra ted for breaking lamps, beating..policemen, driving over old women, and so on ; but eitli or lie hud less spirit or more sense than the rest, for in drunkenness, folly', brutality and vice, they went generally beyond him. Whilst their names were known far and wide, and their deeds were fondly imitated, he was known only as a third-rate genius, and more an. imitator himself, than an ori ginal worthy of imitation. He retired from j the field considerably worse in pocket and constitution. “ Alas,” said lie, “ there was more in that fantastic maxim than I suspected. It does not apply to trade only. I was will ing to purchase notoriety, and find, unhap pily, that the first quality bf that commodi ty costs me more than I can afford. It was foolish to wish to obtain it ; but more fool j ish to expect to obtain it cheaply. Yes— j you must pay the best price if you leant the j best article.” j He had now bidden farewell to his un j worthy companions, and resolved to pursue a better path. Love entirely occupied his I thoughts. He selected.* beautiful, accom plished, and amiable gild, and thought that I if he could induce he# to become his wife, j happiness would be Ins portion forever.— : But she was not easily won. There were ! points in his conduct which she wished to : i see altered, before she could choose him j before all others. These concessions ho i was not exactly inclined tpbnake ; and ; there was Mary Tojuliwa, fVV$i y nice girl, . who was quite ready to have him just as he was. Tie married Mary Tomlins. Six I months after marriage she ran off with En- j sign Jenkins. “Ah!” sighed Alfred, “ what an error j I did I commit. I lost a charming creature ‘ j from idleness and pride. In proportion to j | the pain of acquisition, so would have been I the pleasure of possession. You must pay j the best price if you want the best article, ” j Ho had arrived at a time of life when lovcj generally yields to ambition. Alfred de-l termined to become great, and great as a | philosopher. He would examine into the I nature of man and the constitution ofsocie- j ty, and endeavor to leave the world wiser I and better than he found it. He studied— j he meditated—he wrote—he published ; j but ihe cours’e of his studies and medita- j lions were very prudently and daintily in ! accordance with popular notions, whence j it happened that the books he wrote and i published were somewhat trite and com- j mon-place- He gained no reputation as a philosopher, but lie lost none as a man.— ! Truth was not in his compositions, and, j consequently, defamation and abuse were j not in the criticisms on them. “ I see clearly,” said he, “ that philoso- ! phic fame and the world’s love are incom- j palible with each other. Every man who greatly benefits his fellow creatures, is ha ted and despised whilst living, by the ma- j j jority of those he benefits. The immortali ty of every great benefactor has been pur- : chased dearly indeed. You must pay the j best price, if you went the best article. His hair was by this lime beginning to; grey, and the “old gentlemanly vice,”stir- j red him exceedingly. “ I will make money,” exclaimed he ; “ true, I have already some thousands, but j a wise man should consider these merely j as seed, to produce a plentiful crop, lam: not young enough to enter trade regularly ! but I will speculate. That is the way to j make fortunes in a few years.” Accordingly.he bought ‘hares in Joint : Stock Companies. He became a director of the “ Dover and Calais Tunnel Compa- i ny ;” he held largely in the • Steam Bal- j loon Company ;” ho was greatly, concern- 1 ed in the “ Oxy-hydrogen Gas Street Light- ‘ j ing Company.” Bull, bear, scrip, pretni- ] j urn, were familiar words. He thought, he i dreamed, of nought but speculation—of J j shares going down and getting up in the ! market—of paid-up ana un-paid-up capi- ; tal. But commercial matters, even the most promising, are uncertain. “ The Dover and Calais Tunnel Company,’ 1 “The Steam Balloon Company,” “ The Oxy-hydrogen Gas Street Lighting Company,” & all the other companies went successively to the dogs. A few knowing ones became astonish ingly rich; but Mr. Alfred Richardson was ! not a knowing one, and lost all he had in the world. Some must suffer, that others 1 may enjoy ; such is the tendency of civi’-i- • zation. Mr. Richardson retired to a garret in the neighborhood ofClerkenwell to meditate on his fortune seeking. lie came to the con clusion that wealth is most certainly pro cured by industry and self-denial, and that here, as elsewhere, you must pay the best price if you leant the best article. ■ He had managed to preserve from the wreck of his property just enough to exist upon, and he employed his time chiefly in walking about, and viewing with unavail ing regret those places where lie had for merly exercised influence. But whether this had a bad effect on his spirits, or from whatever cause it might proceed, his health gradually became worse, until at last he was unable to stir from his room. His old severely punished sin, however, once more ill. .1 . ti API’EL, I* r infer. tempted him. Ho could not prevail on 1 himself to call in a proper medical adviser j which any man hm a fool will always do, j even if he pawn his only coat (or the pur j pose. Mr. Richardson availed himself of the services of Mr. Abraham Solomons, who assured him, by advertisement in the news paper, that he was not only the cheapest, ( hut the cleverest sdrgeon in London. Mr. j Abraham Solomons, gave him some hope ! of recovery ; hut finding that he got no bet j ter. he changed his mind, and declared the j case hopeless. “ Mrs. Dickenson,” said our unfortunate • hero. “I am dying. You have been a kind landlady, and shall have all I possess. 1 am, and have been a victim to my con tempt for a noble maxim. Oh ! Mrs. Dic kenson, take warning by my sad example and ever believe that you must pay the best, price if- ” Ilis voice failed—he fell hack on the pil low a corpse. Through life he understood not the Gol den Maxim, so in death he was unable to j pronounce it. MORAL. The earth yields nothing to one who re- I fuses labor. Whatever the object of your ! pursuit, you must give you an equivalent; j and, if that object he valuable, your ofier j ing must be in proportion. You must pay J the best price if you want the best article, LADIES, HAVE A CARE! Vi c the other day hunted up the follow j in g statute of the ancient Virginia code, j which would lead one to suppose that lib- I erty is hardly so extensive in the Old Do ’ minion as the fijir sex would like it to be: Picayune. “Whereas many babbling women slan j der and scandalize their neighbors for j which their poor husbands are often involv i ed in vexatious suits, and east in great dam ; ages: Be it therefore enacted, that in ac ! tionsof slander, occasioned by the wife, af j ter judgment passed for the damages, the j woman shall be punished by ducking; and ; if the slander be so enormous as to be ad -1 judged at a greater damage than five hun : dred lbs. of tobacco, then the woman is to suffer a ducking for each five hundred lbs. of tobacco adjudged against the husband if he refuses to pay the tobacco. ’ A Parson well paid —“Take the cash. — The income of the Archbishop of Canterbu ry is stated :o be £II,OOO a year, which makes £1738 Os. 2d. per week, ill 12 Cs. 6d. per. day, and Cl 13s. per hour, reckoning 24 hours to the day.” This is at the rate of about one hundred dollars for evtfry three hours of breath the Archbishop draws. V hat a charge for working his own lungs, and living !—we and duet for his sleeping eight hours. If for his eating four hours—-(and this is very lit tle, for a higli Englishman usually sits four hours at his dinner table) —for exercise 1 and recreation four hours —it would take our parson the remainder of his four ajid twenty hours to receive and count his cash, without giving him a minute to say his prayers. Archbishops, bower, manage mon ey and divine matters for the most part by deputy, and in this way gain time for ma ny little secular employments. REMARKABLE MAGNETIC ROCK. The following interesting ties are de tailed by the Vicksburg Whig : “ Near the iron mountain in Missouri, : there is a ledge of rock extending for half ’ a mile in length,and several hundred yards :in width. This stone is strongly irnpreg ; nated with magnetic properties, so much, j so, indeed, that it is impossible to ride a well shod horse over it. A gentleman having his horse newly shod once attempted it, but before lie had made two ‘revolutions’ his horse was brought up standing perfectly still. In vain our traveller urged his gal lant steed forward. Persuasions and force proved equally futile, until his patience be came exhausted, and lie sent for a black smith. The son of Vulcan soon arrived, and found the horse standing stock-still and ito all appearances as immovable as the j ruck of Gibraltar. Various experiments 1 were resorted to to relieve the horse, but • all failed. There he stood, and to all ap ; pearance he was likely to stand, with his feet literally glued to the solid and imper vious rock. At last the blacksmith’s eye j glistened ; lie had it sure. He sent off to ! iiis smithy for his shoeing tools, which were, j soon forthcoming, when he proceeded with j all possible despatch to unciincli the nails j which bound the hufse's shoes to his hoofs, j One by one the nails were unclinched ; the , whip was applied to the horse ; and as the ; last nail gave away, he escaped with a bound, but left his shoes wedded to the j rock.” : Curious. —We saw a few days ago, says j the Upper Marlbro’ (Ed.) Gazette, an old j man, who, about 20 years since, was as black as a negroes generally are. His col i or has undergone an entire change, except a few spots on his face, and he is now per fectly white and exceedingly fair. His hair is the only evidence of his ever having been a negro. He isihe property ofThos. T.Summervell, Esq. Weexpecta change of this kind, so radical, is unparalleled. i 7 Many of the pleasures of this world are j to man like the flame of a lamp to a moth— ! dazzling, but destroying. [VOLUIIE XXVII.