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About News & planters' gazette. (Washington, Wilkes County [sic], Ga.) 1840-1844 | View Entire Issue (Nov. 3, 1842)
MWS & PLANTERS’ GAZETTE. . . COTTING, Editor. Vo. 10.-NEW SERIES.] HEWS & FLAMERSJAZEIU terms: Published weekly at Three Dollars yet annum if paid at the time of subscribing; or Three Dollars and Fifty Cents, if not paid iii; the expi ration of six months. No paper to be discontinued, unless at the option of the Editor, without the settlement ot all arrearages. D* Litters, on business, must be post paid, to insure attention. iVo communication shall be published, unless we are made acquainted with the name of the author. TO ADVERTISERS. Advertisements, not exceeding one square, first insertion, Seventy-five Cents; and for each sub sequent insertion, Fifty Cents. A reduction w ill bo 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 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 anu 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 he published thirty days; and Letters of Dismission, six months. Mail POST OFFICE, > Washington, Ga., January, 1842. $ AUGUSTA MAIL. ARRIVES. Monday, Wednesday, and Friday, at 5, A. M. oi.oses. Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday, at 2J, P. 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 6, A. M. LEXINGTON MAIL. ARRIVES. Tuesday and Saturday, at 2, P. M. CLOSES. Monday and Friday, at 0, A. M. ELBERTON MAIL. ARRIVES. CLOSES. Thursday, at 8, P. M. | Thursday, at, 8, P. M. LINCOLNTON MAIL. ARRIVES. CLOSES. Friday, at 12, M | Friday, at 12, M. |yWe are authorized to an nounce JOSEPH T. BLAKEV, Esq. a Candi date for the office of Receiver and Tax Collector for Wilkes county, at the Election in January next. October 20,1842. 8 “COTTING & BUTLER, ATTORNIES, HAVE taken an OFFICE over G. P. Co zart’s Store. January, 1842. 28 FALL The Subscriber is now receiving and has on hand a General Assortment of GOODS, viz : Cloths, Casshneres, Saltinetts, Kentucky Jeans, ilinseys and Kerseys, Red, White and Green Flannels. Mousseiin DeLains, Satin, stripe and black Shallys, Black Silks, Shawls and Ribbons, English Straw Bonnets, Leghorn do. Palm-leaf and Cyprus Hoods, Hats &’ Caps, Blankets English and American Prints, Ginghams ; Linen, Cambric and Silk Handkerchiefs ; STOCKS, Brown Shirting and SHfifA’”” Hardware and Cutlery, CROCKERY. Saddles, Bridles and Martingales. SHOES. Sugar, Coffee and Tea. Drugs and Jifedicines. NAILS. Window-Glass,&c.&c. ALSO, A great variety of Articles usually kept in his line, which he offers on very reason able terms. €f. P. COZART. October 13, 1842. ’ 7 •Wotice. 4 LL persons indebted t® the Estate of Zecha fit*- riah BoWman, deceased, late of Elbert coun ty, are requested to make payment, and those ’ having demands against said estate, are hereby notified to present their demands duly authenti cated to the Administrator, within the time pre scribed by law, this 14th October, 1842. JEREMIAH S. WARREN, Adm’r. October 2(1 fit 8 | ill. P. iiiliuwuy & Cos. RESPECTFULLY inform ttieir friends and • ustomers, that they are now receiving from New-York and opening at their NEW BRICK STORE, A SELECT STOCK OF Fall anti Winter Among which may he found the following: Clothe, Cassimeres, Sattinets, Kentucky Jeans, Flannels, Linseys and Kerseys, BLANKETS, Muslin de Lain, plain and printed; Ahpacca Cloth for riding dresses ; English and German Merinos; Pilot and Beaver Cloths for overcoats; Hats and Bonnets, new style; English and A merican Prints, Shawls, a great variety, &c.. Hardware and Cutlery, Crockery, Saddlery, Shoes, GROCERIES, Bagging and Twine. Also, a few casks CHEESE. Ail of which, they trust, cannot fail to please both in styles and prices. Washington, Sept 29, 1842. 5 SHOES. JUST received, a few cases of NEGRO BROGANS, very heavy, made in the best manner and of the best materials. Also, SHOES of other descriptions—offered at reduced prices for Cash. A. L LEWIS. October 13, 1842. 7 PERSONS indebted to me are notified that I have left my Notes in the hands of A. L. Alexander, Esq., on whop they will please call and pav up. MARY SHEPHERD. October 27,1842. 5t 9 Bacon* Oik| y k POUNDS BACON, of first-rate J*. vUll quality', lor sa’e at. 8 cents, by R. 11. VICKERS. October 13,1842. 7 Washington hall THE Subscriber, feeling thankful ■ for the patronage heretofore receiv ed, wishes to inform his friends and -‘LicgHja. customers generally, lhat in conse quence oi the hard times, he has reduced his T AVERN RATES to the following prices : Man and Horse, per day, $2 00 Do. do. all Night, Sup per and Breakfast, 1 50 Dinner and Horse-feed, 75 Man, per day, 1 25 Horse, per day, 50 Board and Lodging, per month, 18 t Day Board, per month, id 09 ROBERT 11. VICKERS Washington, Wilkes co / Oct. 13,1842. S 7 ADAMS & HOPKLsS, FIRE-PROOF WARE-HOUSE, AUGUSTA, Ga. THE Subscribers respectfully tender their thanks for the patronage heretofore receiv ed, and again otter their services to their friends and the public in the Ware-House and General Commission Business, for the Storage and Sale of Cotton, receiving and forwarding (foods, pur chase of Merchandize, &c. Personal attention.will be given to the trans action of business, and the interest of the Planter carefully guarded. As heretofore, we again pledge ourselves not to engage in the purchase or speculation in Cotton. Liberal advances will at all times be made on Cotton in Store, and insurance against fire to the full amount of the advance, will be effected by us without charge to the owner. LAMBETH HOPKINS. JOHN M. ADAMS. Augusta, October 1,1842. G Notice to Debtors and Creditors. A LL persons indebted to the Estate of James Lindsay, late of Wilkes county, deceased, are requested to make payment immediately, and those having any demands will present them in terms of the law for payment, to HENRY P. WOOTTEN, i r , , WILLIS H. LINDSAY, < r ' x rs ‘ LETITIA LINDSAY, Ex’x. T lA,A ‘ FOUR months afterdate application will be made to the Honorabie the Inferior Court ot Wilkes county, while sitting as a Court of Ordinary, for leave to sell the Land and Negroes, belonging to the Estate of Thomas Blakey, de ceased. WM. Q. ANDERSON, Adm’r. Sept. 5, 1842 BLANKS. SHERIFFS, CLERKS, &c., can be supplied with the following BLANKS, at the Office of tiie News and Gazette: Sheriff’s Deeds, Sheriff’s Executions, Tax Collector’s do. Ca. Sa’s. Letters of Administration, Do. do. with will annexed, Do. Dismission, Do. Guardianship, Administrator’s Bonds, Guardian’s do. Delivery do. Subpoenas, Bench Warrants, Recognizances, Writs of Assumpsit, Da Debt, Commissions for Interrogatories, Warrants of Appraisement, Marriage Licences, &c. &c. 33” Any kind of Blanks can be furnished at show notice- April, 1841. PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY MORNING. WASHINGTON, (WILKES COUNTY, U.W KOVOKKIt it, 1842. REMOVAL. rpilE Subscriber has removed to the Storr A lately occupied by Messrs. M. P. Callawaj &• Cos., wiiere lie hopes all those wishing Good.’ cheap for Cash, will call. 11. S. BELCHER. 1 October 0,1842. 0 Bonnets and Ribbons, OF the latest Patterns and most fashionable Style, together with all the necessary Bon net Trimmings ; English Straw, Dunstable, Tuscan or Florence, Silk, Willow, and Tissue Bonnets; Palm Leaf Hoods ; Rich Fall Hat and Neck Ribbons, and Bonnet Silks, Just received at BELCHER’S Oct. 6, 1842. Cheap Cash Store. Silk and Cotton Umbrellas and Parasols, Oct. 6,1842. At BELCHER’S. Rich fig’d. Silks. Alapacca Lustris, Thread, Mechlin, I,isle Thread and Bobinet Edging, White Goods oi all descrip tions, &c. &c. 8-4 Mousselame, Brocha, Meri no, Bob Roy, and Cashmere Shawls; Fancy lldkls. and Rich Velvet Points, at BELCHERS Oct. fi, 1842. Cheap ('ash Store. yards Calico, At Oy to 37 cts. per yard ; 4-4 wide at 25 cents; Ginghams, Merinoes, Red and White Flannels, bleached and unbleached Sheetings & Shirtings, 50 doz. white Cotton Hose, at 12} cts. per pair, 30 “ white, slate, black and mix’d. Cotton Hose, 25 to 50. Call at BELCHER’S Oct. 6,1842. Cheap Cash S'ore. Tailors’ Trimmings, In all their varieties. Rich Coat, Over-coat and Vost Buttons, Coal and Vest Binding ; Silk and worsted Ser ges, &c.&c. &c , at BELCHER’S Oct. 6,1842. Cheap Cash Store. Cheap BOOTS & SHOES. gif') Gents, fine Calf Boots, at $5 50. T| __ Do. do. extra, 6 50. Ladies’ Kid Ties & Buskins, Do. Seal & Morocco Shoes, Men’s ami Boys’ Russett Brogans, Do. do. Kip do. Boy’s and Children’s Shoes, of different kinds, On hand and for sale at BELCHER’S Oct. 6,1842. Cheap Cash Store. To the Gentlemen. Just received at BELCHER’S QUI'URI-'iNE black and blue Broadcloths, *"3 Reaver Cloths, Fancy & Biack Cassimeres, .Vestings, Stocks, Scarfs, Cotton Shirts, o:i and Woolen Under-Shirts and Drawers, i ton and worsted half Hose ; Buck, Hoskin .ad Woolen Gloves, &c. &c. Also, a fine assortment of Ready-made Clothing, Frock and Dress Coats, Over-Co<*, Pants and Vests, Cheap. Oct. G, 1842. Collins’ Axes. F.ORGJA & KENTUCKY PATTERNS, AX at s>l 75, for sale at BELCHER’S Cheap Cash Store. Oct. 0,1842. 0 Bank of the State of Georgia,, Branch at Washington, Oct 3,1842. Notice is hereby given, that a Reduction of 10 per cent, is required on all paper running in Bank, to commence at the first renewal after the Ist November next—when a larger rednetion is required on some paper, a special notice will be given accordingly. By order of the Directors. SAMUEL BARNETT, Cashier. October 6. 6t 0 Tailoring Establishment Removed over H. S. Belcher’s Store. HP HE Subscriber begs leave to inform the pub he and his former customers, that in conse quence of the present Hard Times, he will make up Work in a Superior Style of Fashion, at a reduced price tor Cash. Cotton, llog-meat, Lard, Meal, Flour, or Irish Potatoes. Persons wishing to patronize a TAILOR that is willing to comply witli the Times, can do so by applying to the Subscriber. WILLIAM F. SOHAN. October 13, 1842. 7 LUUiI AI I HIS. -BL THE Subscriber offers tor sale, on accommodating terms, the large three Story BRICK BUILDING & LOT, now in the occupancy of Messrs. Willis & Hester, on the South-west comer of the Public Square, containing nearly three A cres of ground, and is one of the best Garden- Spots in the Town. From its locality, it is bet ter suited for a Tavern than any other building in our Village, and by very little expense, may be fitted up tor that purpose. The Store-Room is large and convenient, with a good Brick Count ing-Room adjoining—the w'hoie Fire-Proof. It will be sold for Cash, or on a credit of one, two, or three years, if required—and ottered for one third of the original cost. If not disposed of be fore the first of January next, it will be Rented . for the ensuing year. A. S. WINGFIELD. October 13, 1842. tt 7 GEORGIA : 1 Whereas, Berry A. Arnett, Wilkes County. J Administrator on the Estate of Robert L. McKinney, deceased, applies to me for Letters of Dismission. This is, therefore, to cite, summon, and admonish, all and singular, the kindred and creditors of said deceased, to be and appear at my office within the time prescribed by law, to show cause, (it any they have,) why said letters should not be granted. Given under my hand at office, this 28th of Sept. 1842. JOHN H. DYSON, C. C. O September 29. m6m 5 |_ A1 ISC ELL AN EO US. THE TORY GALLANT. BY WALTER fIERCY. In the Revolutionary War, while the British forces were in possession of the city pf New York, a young officer rode up to an inn which he had been credibly informed was tinctured with Toryism, although it was forty milesJ'rom the city. He rode a beautiful horse that seemed perfectly train ed to his service, and his d’ ess was neat, and trimmed to an unusual degree. What with a regularand fair complexion, a red coat and trim as if were but a day old, buff small clothes, and boots in theYnilitary style, and a sjiow white plume that nodded over his brow, he was an object to entrap a whole coterie ol damsels, and to bring every man to bay, Whig or Tory, long enough to get “one look at him.” He dismounted, gave his horse to an ostler, and stepped up the platform. The landlord was a stoutly’ built man, having high cheek bones and rather u large mouth ; but these marks of physiognomy, which might indicate a choleric and sensu al character, were opposed by the double expression that lurked in his small blue eyes, a trait that would puzzle an entire stranger who would stake his purse upon a conjuclure as to his real character. He saw at once, that the stranger was fully a ware of his importance as a British officer and treated him accordingly. The officer as we have said, had been informed that the landlord was at heart a Tory, although the Whigistn of the village made it impru dent for him to blaze it abroad. Moreover, there were two or three brother officers lod ging in the next town whom he had left be hind. “Being anxious,” as lie afterwards said, ‘to pass a few days in this charming hamlet, and to ascertain those particulars in regard to the fairer portion of its popula tion which every’ gallant is bound to note upon the tablet of his re 001-lec-tion.’ ‘Ha, landlord,’ said lie as lie caught a slight glimpse of his host. ‘Your servant, sir!’ was the host’s reply. We ought to have mentioned our landlord’s name, before, but we hate interlining ; so here it is, Eliakim Ruggles. ‘I think it probable, landlord,’ said the officer, ‘that lean find accommodation with in your house for a transient visit of a few days—you understand me.’ ‘Ay, ay', sir, as long as your honor plea ses.’ ‘And give your eye, landlord, to that Bu cephalus of mine ; you understand me.’ ‘Sir V ‘All, take good care of that beast—that horse—you understand me?’ ‘Av, ay, your honor. Jack!’ Here, sir,’ cried a red headed urchin of the landlord’s. ‘Show that gentleman to the best room.’ ‘Ay, ay, sir,’ cried the little Ruggles, who had caught his father’s phrases. The officer was accommodated. It was early in the afternoon that he had arrived there, and after tea ho took a short ride for the pur- i pose of looking at the village, and particu larly, ho said, in order that he might obtain a glimpse at the surrounding scenery from the hill yonder. Tie had written his name on the tavern register, and there it was in a wonderful flourish and parade of Penmanship—‘Captain George Fudge,’ ect On returning to the inn lie seated himself upon the platform where the land lord and a few tavern loungers were col lected as usual at sunset. ‘l’ve hardly a chance,’ said the landlord, to ask the news, sir ; I ’spose there’s something stirring ?’ ‘Why indeed,’ replied the officer, slap ping his small clothes with his glove, ‘the rebels talk as loud as ever, but ’pon honor we have little to do in the way of our pro fession—you understand me.’ ‘Ay, sir, New York's safe enough, I spose.’ ‘Bless me ! we live luxuriously in that city. We have balls and parties, and par ties and balls. It would be refreshing ’pon honor, to have a little fighting as well as dancing.’ ‘You are too young, sir, I ’spose, to have seen a great deal of hard service ?’ ‘By no means, landlord. I was at Lex ington, indeed I was—so earlv in the war UU ifc someining there, iiad it not been for the sly and unsol dier-like conduct of the rebels—you under stand me—l have had five horses shot un der me—leaped four six bar fences just a head of a bullet—shot 21 men, stabbed 11 all standing—hand to hand—indeed I have.’ Here the loungers were gaping with wonder and curiosity, but Mr. Rug gles maintained his grave, dubious physi ognomy. ‘Why—at a skirmish near Boston,’ con tinued the Captain,‘l was taken prisoner, but the scales turned. I saw a stout regi ment ofours not far off—knocked one guard down—brushed by another, run a gauntlet along a sharp fire of musketry ; swam a strong current and mounted Bucephalus at the head of our gallant company: indeed I did, landlord, you understand me.’ Not long after this, Capt. Fudge called the landlord aside, and after some conver sation was heard to say, ‘Y’ou will procure me, landlord, the privilege of paying my respects to Miss Wheeler, although iier fa ther is, you say, a Whig.’ ‘All right, sir,’ replied the landlord. The fact was, our captain in his ride, caught a glimpse of a young lady who was the daughter of Mr. Wheeler, in the neigh borhood of the tavern. He appled to the landlord for his assistance in obtaining an ! introduction to the family, although he al j most despaired of overcoming tlio obstacles j which the Whigism of the father would probably throw in the way of an intimate acquaintance with his daughter. The coil slant recollection which the Captain had of hisown personal beauty and bis power over the sex prevented any doubt in his mind as to the success in the subsequent points, pro ! vided lie could once obtain an opportunity i of employing his addresses. At this time a small detachment of Amer ! lean soldiers lay at no great distance from i the village, and this circumstance the land lord well knew. Capt. Fudge, however, was not aware of it, and if he had been, would not have relied upon his own troops which lie had left a few miles off, and his fellow officers who were engaged yet near er to him in such recreations as the times permitted. The landlord procured for him the de sired introduction. The father was cold j but tolerably civil, and the daughter was I declared by the Captain to be incomparably the most victorious rebel he had met with in two campaigns ! After his visit he made the landlord aware of the character of his designs toward Miss Wheeler, llis plans wore laid and his visits were continued , nearly a week with what seemed to the sui tor a manifest advantage to his purpose.— His scheme was confided only to the land lord, Mr. Ruggles. One or two shrewd j neighbors conjectured the existence ofsome special interest between them, but tiiese had no other reason for it than their having noticed the conversation between them, a j slight and momentary shade passed over j the usual hard and unchanging features of j the landlord, like the shadows of a cloud J driven before the wind over a field of wheat, j Meanwhile ho had left the village for a ; day or two —upon what business was not ! known to the captain—and on his return | he hastened his schemes to their consum- i mation. The details were entrusted to j his care and he arranged them with Miss ; Wheeler to her satisfaction and to the Cap- ! tain’s so far as she was aware ofthem. The shop of Mr. Wheeler formed a part , of liis house, and stood upon a corner so that the window of both looked upon a street. — J It) the second story'of the shop there was a door for taking in goods, placed between two windows, and over thisdoor a beam projec ted, with a rope and pulley for the purpose of raising heavy burthens. The captain rightly thought it impossible to obtain the sanction of her father to tiie wishes he had no doubt ’lie daughter entertained in coin inon with himself, and had therefore deli cately hinted to her, after he thought him self sufficiently master of her heart, the plan of admitting him by means of the pul ley and basket into the upper part of the store, and then to her chamber. lie was not surprised, when after some becoming maidenly hesitation, she intimated her as sent to liis proposal ; for he had endeavored | to secure the intercession of the landlord I in his favor, and hisown attractions of them selves, without the eulogium of his host, lie thought sufficient to secure his success. — He had concealed it from her father, yet he wondered that the stern Whig should have so civilly tolerated his-frequent visits at his house. The night came. Beneath the beam stood Capt. Fudge, and he deposited him selfin the basket. High above him was the door of his flushed expectations, stand ing halfopen and partially disclosing the figure of his ‘conquerer and victim.’ lie cast upwards one delighted look twitching the rope, and the basket mounted. It is at the beam, there is but a step to the door, lie raises himself to take it, but the door is closed, the rope is firm ! ‘Pon honor,’ muttered the captain, ‘if it were not a fine evening this would be un- I fortunate ! I would not wait; hut I must; though. Cut it; no, no ; what a tumble ; i ugh ! Stay here all night! pon honor!— ‘My dear, he continued raising his voice so as to be heard at the door ; ‘my dear, just open the door ; you understand me.’ He stooped in the basket to rest himself, casting i anxious looks in every direction to devise some escape but in vain. A cloud came over the moon, and brought others in its trail. A few big drops of rain spatterin'? on the basket. The Captain would have rescued flis plume from the misfortune of being wet Hut he could not hide it, and it soon dropped as the rain be gan tolieatupon it and upon the unfortunate gallant whose curly head it adorned ‘How it does rain !’ muttered the neigh bors to themselves or to their spouses, as they lay on their beds and heard the revi ving sound. ‘How it does rain !’ thought the unfortunate captain. Well was it for him that the basket had the excellent quali fies which the Irishman in the canal as- I eribed to his boot; that of‘letting the water | out as fast as they let it in.’ It is just morning and the topers are a broad and those who rise early for better reasons. ‘Look there!’ cried one, ‘what’s that basket there for with a feather in it ?’ The captain heard a sound and lifted up his head. ‘What under heaven,’ said an other, ‘is that fellow about up aloft in a basket this time aday ?’ A crowd is col lected about him, and at length landlord Ruggles appears. ‘Landlord ; you rascal ; what did you I leave me here for ? But just get me down, and 111 not hurt you for it.’ ‘Hurt me!’— cried the landlord, ‘only think now ; calling me a rascal ; a man strung up in a basket along side of a bouse, blackguarding : For ward march, men!’ Upon this a file of soldiers belonging to iW. J. KAPP E li, Printer. I the American detachment, wheeled around the corner and surrounded‘the spot ; Capt. ’ Fudge trembled from head to foot and beg ged the landlord to get him down. ‘Soho;’ | said the landlord, ‘Captain Fudge, who lias j shot twenty-one men, and stabbed eleven, | leaped four six bar fences just ahead of a bullet, run a gauntlet along a sharp fire of musketry and mounted Bucephalus at the ; head of Ida gallant company ; really afraid !to jump down fifteen feet. But stand on your feet for you may as well come down lat once. I had a good hand at the trigger iin the old French war.’ So saying he took a gun from a soldier, and the Tory captain was about to protest, but was cut short by the crack of the musket; the rope parted and tile basket and captain bounced on the ground. ‘Forward march,’ cried the corporal as his men formed around the gallant, but the crest (alien captain, and he, our inter esting hero ; was safely lodged in the A merican camp. “The world's undergone a nice altera tion since mv last time, certainly. My be lief is, that there ain’t any such thing as a boy left; that there is nothing now between a male baby and a man, and that all the boys went out with his Majesty King George the second.” This is the remark of John Willet of the Maypole, one of the Characters in Barnaby Rudge, and it contains more truth than fic tion. The times have indeed sadly chang ed. One entire portion of human life is struck out. It is now childhood or man hood. There is no conservative state —we do not mean politically. Once there were intermediate states of boyhood—a barefoot ed and bean-porridge eating state ; a spell ing and cyphering period—when they were boys to do the chores and go errands ; when apprentice indentures were in fashion, and the line between boyhood and manhood was well defined by the “ freedom suit.” But there are no suclf things now. The child steps out of his diaper and frock into a “long-tailcoat” and calf-skin boots. He exchanges the nipple for the cigar. Not one of the presen'generation has ever seen a real bona fide “ nine day old” pot of bean porridge. Noah Webster’s spelling-book is crowded out of our schools by high works on philosophy or metaphysics. There are no apprentices now. Young men take a few lessons in the trade they fancy, and set up for themselves. John NVillet was right as “ a general principle,” though he was wrong in that particular case. But the present generation is a destitute, of girls as of boys. It is either a baby or lady—clout or bustle—nursery or parlor. The mother tends her infant or waits upon her daughter. Instead of spinning flax for their father’s shirts, they reel silk for the ladies’fair, and instead of knitting stock ings and mending trowsers for their broth ers, they make lace and stays for them selves. The mother milks, churns, wash es and irons, and the young ladies read nov els, dress, receive and make calls. They make parties instead of puddings, ami cook by the book, rather than from knowledge. We should be delighted to see a genera tion of boys and girls—in looks, actions and dress ; we would then hope for health and strength, industry and sobriety, frugality and economy, prosperity and happiness. We go for protection to this class of our community. Every father should impose a tariff, one that should amouut to an entire prohibition on the introduction of fashiona ble follies into the family. He should pro tect and enforce home industry. He and liis wife and children should enter into a “ Home League” on this subject. This is the tariff that will restore confidence. This is the bank that will freely discount and never suspend. Index. A CURIOUS CASE. A Swedish miller was recently severely fined and imprisoned by the tribunal ofTer melad, Sweden, under the following cir cumstances : The jolly miller was returning home, when he observed that the gallows, erected, as the custom is, on the public highway, was newly freighted with a malefactor, who woe expiating his crime, having been left by the executioners of justice. Per ceiving signs that the man was not dead, tlie miller compassionately cut him down, and brought him to his mill, where he brought him to life again ; but no sooner was the incorrigible rascal fully restored than the first use he made of his renewed lease of life was to rob his benefactor. He was caught in the act by the miller, who was so incensed at his villainy, that ho hanged him up again on the gallows, from i which lie had relieved him. The miller ■ was punished by the court, first for inter -1 rupting the course of law, and then for tak j ing it into his own hands. THE FALLING LEAF. Silent messenger ! thou teachest me an important lesson. But, seemingly, a day or two since, thou comest forth in all thy beauty, bright, green,and lovely—thy brief existence is ended—thy day is past—thou faliest to the ground to mingle with the dust. I have come forth like thee. lam flour ishing for a little moment. The autumn of my days is approaching; and if swept away by no other blast, I shall soon reach this period of existence, and, like the leat just fallen, sink to dust. This is life. May lso live that when I fall, I shall leave be hind me that remembrance of the just which shall never perish. [VO 1 UME XXVIII.
