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WEWS & PLANTERS’ GAZETTE.
. G. COTTIW, Editor.
No. 25.—NEW SERIES.]
NEv/s<!i PLANTERS’ GAZETTE.
/TERMS:
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it paid *at tjftime oi subscribing; or Three
S Dollar* anpifiy (jents, if not paid till the expi
ration aXx months.
J UTper to be discontinued, unless at the
of the Editor, without the settlement of
S ‘arrearages.
tO” Letters, on business, must be postj aid, to
•insure attention. No communication shall be
published, unless we are made acquainted with
the name of the author.
LAW NOTICE.
jmsas sarrsß3*
ATTORNEY AT LAW.
OkT Office in Mr. Barnett’s new building, North
west corner of the Public Square.
\ Washington, Wilkes county, o fa., )
\ December 32, 1842. ( 17
IHIIIMiSY IF- ©©LLIEYa
ATTORNEY AT UW,
Washington, Georgia.
ITT Office over Callaway & Co’s. Store.
February 2, 1843. 4t 23
COTTING & BUTLER,
ATTOItNIES,
HAVE taken an OFFICE in the rear of
Willis & Hester’s “Store.
January, 1843. 28
The Subscriber*
VX/’ISHING to close business, offers atUedu
* * ced Prices, his present STOCK, consist
ing in part, of the following :
MFj Ladies’ Kid and Calf walking j
wTJ , Shoes, just received.
‘*o9 Misses Calf and Seal do. do. |
Children’s Shoes,of various kinds
.jy’s Calf and Kip, sewed and peg’d. Shoes,
Shoes, sewed and peg’d. a variety,
Women’s sewed and peg’d. Kips,
Women’s fine Leather Bootees,
Gentlemen's fine Calf Boots,
Coarse Brogans, men’s and boys, best quality,
Do. do. extra size,
Men’s Leather Slippers,
Men’s Calf and Seal Pumps.
ALSO,
Ladies’ Kid Buskin Ties, and a case of Gentle
men's sewed Shoes, soon to arrive.
Also, Factory Oznaburgs, at, 9 cents per yard,
and woolen Kinseys, nearly a yard wide, at 28 to
30 cents, which article was sent invoiced at 45
cents, and cannot be bought at the Factory now
at much less than 40 cts. by the quautiiy.
U* Persons wishing any of the above articles,
will do well to call at the SHOE STORE of
A. L. LEWIS.
N- B.—Persons indebted on account will please
call and settle at the earliest possible date.
January 12, 1843. A. L. L
Removal.
THE Subscriber informs !iie public that he
iias removed from Tyrone to Crawtord
ville, where he has permanently located himself,
and will carry on the business of manufacturing
COTTON-GINS, and will deliver Gins to any
part of Georgia or South Carolina, to order.—
I’crsons wishing any correspondence with the
Subscriber, will please direct to Crawrbrdvilie,
Taliaferro county, Ga., where all orders in my
ine of business will be thankfully received and
will be promptly attended to by the Subscriber.
I return my thanks to Old Wilkes for her pat
ronage, and yet hope not to he forgotten by her,
Ibelieving as I do that I can do as well by the
•Planters in furnishing them with Cotton-Gins as
lany man in the Southern States.
S. R. CRENSHAW.
J January 5,18411. 19
I
J Tailoring Establishment
| Removed over H. S. Belcher’s Store.
I rpilE Subscriber begs leave to inform the pub
lie 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 for Cash. Cotton, Ilog-meat,
Lard, Meal, Flour, or Irish. Potatoes. .Persons
wishing to patronize a TAILOR that is willing
to comply with the Times, can do so by applying
to the Subscriber.
WILLIAM F. SOIIAN.
October 13, 1842. 7
ALL persons indebted to the Estate of Mary
Hughes, deceased, late of Wilkes county,
are hereby notified to make immediate payment
to the undersigned, and those having demands a
gainst the same will present them in terms of the
law. BARNARD 11. HUGHES, Adm’r.
January 5,1843. 6t 19
JVotice.
ALL persons having demands against the Es
tate of Larkin Clark, late of Elbert county,
deceased, will present them as the law requires;
and those indebted to said estate will please make
immediate payment to
ROBERT McMILLAN, Executor.
Elberton, January 4,1843. 20
TJ'OUR mouths after date, application will be
-*■ made to the Honorable Inferior Court of
Oglethorpe county, Georgia, while sitting as a
Court of Ordinary, for leave to sell all the Ne
groes belonging to tli.© Estate; of Zachariah Reid,
late of Oglethorpe county, deceased.
REBECCA REID, Adm’x.
LINDSAY H. SMITH, Adm’r.
January 26, 1843. m4m 22
I A ‘-UR months afterdate application will be
made to the Honorable the Inferior Court
of Elbert county, while sitting as a Court of
Ordinary, for leave to sell all the Lands and Ne
gr-.ee, belonging to the Estate of George Wyche,
deceased, late of Elbert county, tins 29th De
cember, 1842.
AGATHA WYCHE, Adm’x. with the
will annexed on the real estate,
JY and Adm’x. on the personal es
| tate of George Wyche, deceased.
January 5,1843. m4m 19
To Rent*
THE STABLE situated in tiie rear of the
Printing-Office. Apply to
M. J. KAPI’EL.
February 9,1843. 24
Notice to Debtors and Creditors.
A LI, persons indebted to the Estate of Thom
as J. Ellington, iate of Wilkes county, de
ceased, are requested to make immediate pay
ment, and those having demands, will please
present the same, duly attested, for payment.
WILLIAM B. ELLINGTON, E.x’r.
February 9, 1843. (it 24
-rLOOK AT THIS!
figsjA The undersigned having deterinin
r”*m£L- elO f iil — tb/y off, and Remove
iSIS'HSB —now offers for sale his Valuable
jaMßßft PLANTATION, ten miles East of
w asumglon, containing 773 Acres, more or less.
The said Plantation lies adjoining lands ofO. C.
Arnett, S. Paschall, and others. Upon the prem
ises is a first-rate Dwelling House, Kitchen, Ne
grollouses, Barn, Gin-House, and every other
necessary out-house. The Plantation will be
sold seperate—and if the purchaser wishes, he
can have the Horses, Hogs, Cattle, Corn, Fon
der, Oats, Plantation Tools, &c. Those wishing
to purchase, will please call soon. Indisputable
titles and immediate possession given.
T. F. KENDRICK.
February 2, 1843. 23
ON Thursday evening the 12th instant, about
twilight, some Rogue entered my dwelling
house and carried therefrom a Trunk containing
Seventy-five or six Dollars in cash, and the Pro
missory Notes described as follows : one on
Edward H. Brewer, payable to BudC. Wall, or
bearer, for one hundred and seventeen dollars
and ninety-three cents, due 25th instant; one on
John Downer, for eighty-six dollars and eighty
six cents, also payable to Bud C. Wail, or near
er, due Ist instant; one on Madison Hudson,
for seventy-five dollars, payable to myself or
bearer, due one day after date, and dated 4th or
sth of November last; one on Wada Speed, tor
two hundred and eighty-six dollars and three
cents, duo one day after date, (the date not re
collected,) credited 11th Dec. 1841, for one hun
dred dollars, also for twenty-two dollars twelve
and a half cents, sometime in February, 1842;
two on Arthur Jones, both due 25th Dec. 1842,
(dates not recollected,) the one for ton dollars
eighty-seven and a half cents, and the other for
twelve dollars fifty-six and a fourth cents ; one
on David Bell, for seven dollars and some cents,
due 25th Dec. 1842; one on Nicholas Burlon,
lor seventeen dollars and ninety-three cents,
payable to Robert ,U Edwards, or bearer, (<i e
no: recolk v'Cm',) hie one day after date, .ml >.■•••
ou N.’i l:i :Li ■ • m ‘r : .rs and fh:y com -,
dated 18th June, isi •- i eby caution ail per
sons against trading for any ot the Notes above
described, and ■ - makers thereof against pay
ing them to any person nut myself.
RICHARD W. SNELLINGS,
Flat-woods, Elbert county, Ga.
X.m :.i 19,1843. 22
G&OHUIA", i V. in • a-k K,. Jenkins
Wilkes County. J anti , ic.r,v. M. Jen Ur.;, ad
ministrators witll till! .••tino.VU i.oti'iio }■'.•;■ f
oi Sterling Jenkins, de. . . apply to me tor
letters of Dismission.
These are there tore to cite, summon, and ad
monish ail and singular the kindred and creditors
of said deceased, to bo and appear at my ollice
within the l ime prescribed by law, to shew cause
(n any they have,) why said letters should not be
granted.
Given under my hand at Office, this 31si day
of October, 1842. JOHN It DYSON, c. c. o.
November 3. mfliu 10
UHORGIA, ) Whereas, James Harris ap-
Wtilies county. ( plies to me for Letters of Dis
mission as Guardian for’ Barbary J. Watkins,
Roxalina Watkins, and Martha Watkins.
These are therefore to cite, summon, and ad
monish, all and singular the kindred and creditors
of said Minors, 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 13th day of
January, 1843.
JOHN H. DYSON, c. c. o.
January 19. m6in 21
GEORGIA, ) Whereas, Philip T. Thornton,
Wilkes county. ( Guardian of Lucinda Ham
monds and Barberry Ann Hammonds, applies to
me for Letters of Dismission.
These are therefore to cite, summon, and ad
monish, all and singular the kindred and credit
ors of said Minors, 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 Ist day
of November, 1842.
JOHN H. DYSON, c. c. o.
November 3. inOm 10
■7l OUR months after date, application will be
-I- made to the Honorable the Inferior Court
of Elbert county, while sitting as a Court of Or
dinary, for leave to sell a part of the Negroes be
longing to the estate of Larkin Clark, deceased.
ROBERT McMILLAN, Executor.
Elberton, January 4,1843. 20
FOUR months after date, application will be
made to the Honorable the Inferior Court
of Elbert county, when sitting as a Court of Or
dinary, for leave to sell all the Lands and Ne
groes belonging to the Estate of Zachariah Bow
man, deceased, late of Eibert county.
JEREMIAH S. WARREN, Adm’r.
January 5,1843. m4m 19
FOUR months after date application will be
made to the Honorable the Inferior Court
of Elbert county, when sitting as a Court of Or
dinary, for leave to sell a part of the Negroes
belonging to the Estate of Middleton C. Upshaw,
ilpp poopn
THOMAS J. HEARD, Adm’r.
December 6, 1842. m4m 15
~CK)UR months after date, application will be
made to the Honorable the Inferior Court of
Elbert county, when sitting as a Court of Ordi
nary, for leave to sell all the Lands belonging to
the Estate of James Banks, Jr. deceased, late of
Elbert county.
JEREMIAH S. WARREN, Adm’r.
on the real estate of James Banks, Jr.
deceased.
J-a iriiary 5, 1843.
WASHINGTON, (WI3.HES COUNTY, GA.,I FEBRUARY 1, 1843.
1 atßrtftanrwßi.
THE FORGED PATENT:
on, THK REWARD OF VIRTUE.
“Remember you no case like this? Or if
Your memory none records, it is such a one
Your fancy cannot imagine it!”
The changes which the last twenty years
have wrought in Illinois, would he incredi
ble to any who has not witnessed them.—
At that period the settlements were few,
and the spirit of enterprize that now per
vades every corner of the Slate, had not
then been awakened. The bluffs of ’.lie
beautiful Illinois had never sent back the
echo of ihe steam engine. Without a mar
ket, for their produce, the farmers confined
their labors to the wants of their own fam
ilies. Corn was nearly’ the only crop rais
ed, and from the time it was “ laid by,”
near the end ofJune, till “pulling time,” in
November, was a holiday, and the inter
vening peviod was passed in idleness, ex
cept the Saturdays. On that day, duly as
it arrived, the settlers, far and near, col
lected at the distillery, and amused them
selves with shooting at a mark, “ trading
nags,” and too often when the tin cup had
passed freely around, in fighting.
This is by no means a picture of all the
settlements of that early period, but that it
is graphically true of many, none of the old
settlers will deny. But to my narrative.
One Saturday afternoon in the year
1819, a young man was seen approaching
with slow and weary steps, the house, or
rather the distillery of Squire Crosby, of
Brent’s Prairie, an obscure settlement on
the Military Tract. As usual on that day,
a large collection of people were amusing
themselves at Crosby’s, who owned the on
ly distillery In that region ; was a magis
trate, and regarded by the settlers as a rich
and consequently a great man.
The. youth who now came up to the
group was apparently about twenty-one
years of age, slender form, fair and delicate
complexion, with the air of one accustomed
to good society It was evident at a glance,
that he was not inured to the hardships of
frontier l ib, or iabor of any kind. But his
dress bore a strange contrast with his ap
pearance 1 manners. He wore a liunt
ing.shirt of ha coarsest iinsey-woolsey, a
common str hat, and a pair of deer-skin
mor.ai.tns. A large pack completed his e
qu'>pun nt.
Every one gazed .with curiosity upon the
new comer. In their eagerness to learn
who he was, whence ho came, and what
was his business, the horse-swap was left
unfinished ; the rifle was laid aside, and
even the busy tin cup had a temporary re
spite.
The young man approached Squire Cros
by, whom even a stranger could distinguish
as the principal personage among them, and
anxiously inquired for a house where he
could be accommodated, saying that he was
extremely ill, and felt all the symptoms of
an approaching fever.
Crosby eyed him keenly and suspicious
ly for a moment without uttering a word.
Knaves and swindlers had been recently a
broad, and the language of the youth be
trayed that he was a “Yankee,” a name
at that time associated in the minds of the
ignorant with everything base. Mistaking
the silence and hesitation of Crosby, for a
fear of his inability to pay, the stranger
smiled and said, “ I am not without mon
ey,” and putting his hand to his pocket to
giveoccular proof of the assertion, he was
horror-struck to find that his pocket-book
was gone. It contained every cent of his
money, besides papers of great value to
him.
Without a farthing—without even a sin
gle letter or paper to attest that his charac
ter was honorable—in a strange land, and
sickness rapidly coming upon him—these
feelings nearly drove him to despair. The
Squire, who prided himself on his sagacity
in detecting villains, now found the use of
his tongue. With a loud and sneering
laugh, he said : “Stranger, you are bark
ing up the wrong tree if you think for to
cotch me with that arr Yankee trick of
yourn.” He proceeded in that inhuman
strain, seconded by nearly tvery one pres,
ent, for the “ Squarr,” was powerful, and
few dared to displease him. The youth
felt keenly his disconsolate situation, and
casting his eye around over the group, in a
tone of deep and despairing anxiety, enqui
red, “ is there none who will receive me ?”
“Yes, I will,” cried a man among the
crowd; “yes, poor sick stranger, I will
shelter you.” Then in a lower tone he
added, “ I know not whether you are de
serving, but I know that you are a fellow
being, and in sickness and want, and for
the sake of Him who died for the guilty, if
not for your own sake, will 1 be kind to
you, poor young stranger.”
The man who stepped forth and proffer
ed a home to the youth in the hour of suf
fering, was Simon Davis, an elderly man,
who resided near Crosby, and to whom the
latter was a deadly enemy. Uncle Simon,
as he was called, never retaliated, ard bore
the many persecutions of his vindictive
neighbor, without complaint. His family
consisted of himself and daughter, his only
child, an affectionate girl of seventeen.
The youth heard the offer of Mr. Davis,
but heard no more, for, overcome by his
feelings and extreme illness, lie fell insen
sible to the earth. He was conveyed to the
house of his benefactor and a physician
called. Long was the struggle between
life and death. Though unconscious he
called upon his mother and sister almost in
cessantly, to aid him. When the youth
was laid upon her bed, and she heard him
PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY MORNING.
j calling for his sister, Lucy Davis wept,
1 and said to him, “ poor sick young man,
your sister is far distant and cannot hear
you, hut 1 will be to you a sister.” Well
did tin’s dark.eyed maiden keep her prom
ise. Day and night did she watch over
him, except during the short intervals when
she yielded her post at his bed-side to her
father.
At length the crisis of his disorder arriv
ed ; the day that was to decide the ques
tion of life or death. Lucy bent over him
with intense anxiety, watching every ex
pression of his features, hardly daring to
breathe, so fearful was she of waking hint
from the only sound sleep he had enjoyed
for nine long days and nights. At length J
he awoke and gazed up into the face of
Lucy Davis, and faintly inquired “where
ami?” There was intelligence in that,
look. Youth and a good constitution had
obtained the mastery. Lucy felt that lie
was spared, and bursting into a flood of ir
repressible, grateful tears, rushed out of the
room.
It was two weeks more before he could
sit up, even for a short time. He had al
ready acquainted them with his name and
residence, but they had no curiosity to learn j
anything further, and forbid bis giving his
story till he became stronger. His name
was Charles Wilson, and his paternal home
Boston.
A few days afterwards, when Mr. Davis
was absent from home, and Luev engaged
about her household affairs, Wils’on saw, at
the head of his bed, his pack, and recollect,
ing something that he wanted, opened it.
The first tiling he saw was the identical
pocket-book, whose loss had excited so
many bitter regrets. He recollected hav
ing placed it there the morning before he
reached Brent’s Prairie, but in the confu
sion of the moment, that circumstance was
forgotten. He examined it and found eve
ry thing as he left it.
This discovery nearly restored him to
health, but he resolved at present to con
fine the secret to his own bosom. It was
gratifying to him to witness the entire con
fidence they reposed in the honor and integ.
rity of a stranger, and the pleasure with
which they bestowed favors upon one whom
they supposed could make no return hut
thanks.
Night came and Mr. Davis did not re
turn. In the morning she watched hour
after hour for his coming, and when the
sun-set approached and he was still absent,
terrified at his long and unusual stay, she
was setting out to procure a neighbor to go
in search of him, when her parent came in
sight. She ran to meet him, and was be
stowing upon him a thousand endearing ex
pressions of affection, when his haggard,
woe-begone countenance startled her.
He uttered not a word, and went into his
house and seated himself in silence. Ii was
in vain that Lucy attempted to cheer him.
After a long pause, during which a power
ful struggle was going on in his feelings, he
arose, took his daughter by the hand and
led her into the room where Wilson was
seated. ‘“You shall know all,” said he.—
“I am ruined—l am a beggar. In a few
days I must quit this house—this farm
which I have so highly improved and
thought my own. He proceeded to state
that a few days before, Crosby, in a moment
of ungovernable malice, taunted him that
he was now in his power, and he would
crush him under his feet. When Mr. Da
vis smiled at what he regarded only as an
impotent threat, Crosby to convince him,
told him that the patent of his farm was a
forged one, and that he Crosby, knew the
real owner of the land—had written to pur
chase it and expected a deed in a few days.
Davis immediately went home for his pa
tent, and during his long absence, had visi
ted the Land Office. Crosbv was right.—
Tne patent, beyond all dispute, was a for
ged one, and the claim ofDavistothe farm,
not worth a farthing.
It may be proper to observe that counter
feiting soldier patents was a regular busi
ness in some of the eastern cities, and hun
dreds have been duped.
•‘lt is not for myself,” said the old man,
“that I grieve at this misfortune. lam ad
vanced in life, and it matters not how or
where I pass the few remaining days of my
existence. I have a home beyond the stars,
where your mother has gone before me, and
where I would have long since joined her
had I not lived to protect her child, my
own, my affectionate Lucy.” The weep
ing girl flung her arms around the neck of
her father, and poured her tears upon his
bn&m. “We can be happy still,” said she,
“for I am young and can easily support us
both.”
Anew scene followed in which another
individual was a principal actor. I shall
leave the reader to form his own opinion of
it, and barely remark, that at the close, the
old man took the hands of Lucy and young
Wilson, and joined them, said, “my dear
children, I cheerfully consent to your un
ion. Though poor, with agood conscience
you can be happy. I know Charles that
you will be kind to my daughter, for a few
nights ago, when you thought no human
ear could hear you, I heard you fervently
implore the blessing of heaven upon my
grey hairs, and that God would reward my
child for all her kindness to you. Taking
down his family bible, the venerable old
man added, “it is a season of affliction, but
we are not forsaken, let us look for support
to him who has promised to sustain us.”—
He opened the book and read: “Although
the fig tree shall not blossom, neither shall
I fruit be in the vines ; the labors of the olive
I shall fail and the fields shall yield no meat:
the flock shall be cut offfrom the fold and
there shall be no herd in the stall, yet will
I rejoice in the Lord : I will joy in the God
I of my salvation.”
j Charles and Lucy knelt beside the ven
j erableold man, and while he prayed, they
j tvept tears of greatful emotion.
It was a sleepless, but not an unhappy
night to the three inhabitants of the neat and
cheerful dwelling they were about to leave
and go they knew not where. It was then
that young Wilson learned the real value
of money. By means of It he could give
a shelter to those who had kindly received
him when every other door was closed upon
him.
All night long he thought of the Forged
Patent. There were a few words dropped
by Mr. Davis which he could not dismiss
front his mind—that Crosby had written to
the real owner of the land and obtained a
promise of a deed.
It is now time for the reader to become
more fully acquainted with the history of
this young stranger.
His father, Charles Wilson, senior, was a
merchant of Boston, who had acquired an
immense fortune. At the close of the last
war, when the soldiers received from the
government their bounty of IGO acres of
land, many of them offered their patents to
Mr. Wilson for sale. Finding that they
were resolved to sell them, he concluded to
save them from a sacrifice of their hard
earnings, and purchased at a fair price, all
that were offered. In three years, no small
portion of the Military Tract came into his
possession.
On the day that Charles became of age
he gave him a deed af the principal part of
his land in Illinois, and insisted that he
should go out to see it, and if he liked the
country, settle there. Wishing him to be
come identified with the people, he recom
mended his son on his arrival in the State,
to lay aside his broad-cloth and dross like a
backwoodsman.
In compliance with this suggestion the
young man assumed a rude and rustic
dress, so inappropriate to his appearance
and manners, as to excite the suspicion that
he had some motives for concealing his re
al character.
On the morning of his son’s departure,
Mr. Wilson received a letter from a man in
Illinois who iiad frequently written. He j
wished to purchase a certain quarter sec- ;
tion at Government price, which Mr. Wil-j
son promised he should have on those terms,
provided he forwarded a certificate from
the Judge oftheCireuit Court that the land
was worth no more. The letter just re
ceived enclosed the certificate in question.
Mr. Wilson had given this tract to Charles
and putting the letter and certificate into
his hands, enjoined upon him to deed it to
the writer agreeable to promise, on his ar
rival in Illinois.
The remarks of Mr. Davis forcibly re
minded young Wilson of this accident, and
on the next morning after he became ac
quainted with the design of Crosby, with a
trembling hand examined the letter and
certificate. It was written by Crosby, and
the land he wished to purchase, was the ii
dentical farm of Davis.
Astonished that his friend, the judge,
should certify that the land was worth no
more, Mr. Davis asked to see the certificate,
and after a moment’s examination unhesi
tatingly pronounced the signature a forge
ry.
An explanation from the young man now
became necessary, and calling Lucy and
her father into the room, told them his sto
ry, and laid before them a pile of patents
and bank notes one after another, til! the
amount readied thousands.
It was a day of thankful happiness to old
Simon Davis and his daughter, and not less
so to young Wilson.
Not long after this scene, Crosby entered.
His air was that of a man who has an ene
my in his power and intends to trample up
on hint. He scarcely noticed VVilson ex j
cept with a look of contempt. After pour- !
ing out all his maledictions upon the fami
ly, he advised them to leave immediately.
The old man enquired if he would give
him nothing for the improvements he had
made. The answer was, l -not a cent.” —
“You certainly would not,” said Wilson,
“drive out this old man and his daughter
penniless into the world?”
“What is that to you,” replied Crosby,
with a look of malice and contempt. “I
will answer you that question,” said Wil
son, and he acquainted him with what the
reader has already learnt. Crosby, at first,
was astonishment, but when
he saw that all his schemes of villany were
defeated, and proof of his having committed
forgery could be established, his assurance
forsook him, and he threw himself upon his
knees and begged, first the old man, then
Lucy and Wilson, to spure him.
His entreaties for mercy were urged in
the most moving terms. Much as they pit
ied, it was impossible for them not to des
pise the abject meanness of his supplies
tions.
Wilson told him that he deserved no mer
cy. That a moment since he would have
driven the family of Povis from their home
without even the means of a temporary sup
port. He would pay Crosby a fair price
for his property, and forbear prosecuting
him, on condition of his instantly quitting
the country.
Crosby accepted the offer. The writings
were made out that day, and before morn
ing he and his family were on their way to
Texas.
j Why should I spin out the narrative. —
I Lucy and Charles were married, and tho’
IW. J. KAPPEL, Printer.
a splendid mansion soon rose up on the farm
of Mr. Davis, both loved far better the lit
tle room where she had so long and any.
iously watched over the sick bed of the
homeless stranger. Mr. Wilson was rich ;
but never forgot those who were in want.
Cheered by tlie kind and affectionate at
tention of his children, Old Simon Davis
almost seemed to have renewed his exis
tence. He lived many years, and long e
nough to tell the bright eyed son of’Charles
| and Lucy the story of the the forged feed.
And when he told the listening boy how his
lather when poor and friendless, was taken
home and kindly treated, and in turn be
came their benefactor, he impressed upon
the mind of his grand-child, that “even a
cup of cold water given from a pure motive,
shall not lose its rewards.”
Connubial Hooks and. Eyes. —Amelia
Simcox, in a letter to Western Editor, un
bosoms her wrongs as follows :
“I married Simcox eight years ago, at
which time my gowns were fastened by
eight hooks and eyes. Now, Sir, you will
readily conceive that no woman can com
pletely hook-and eye herself. When she
becomes a married woman, the hook-and
eye duty naturally devolves upon the hus
band. For the first year of my marriage,
Simcox, like an affectionate husband,
hooked.arul eyed the whole eight ; the se
cond year he somewhat peevishly restric
ted his attention to seven ; the third to six ;
the fourth to five ; the fifth to four ; and so
on decreasing, until this morninsr—the an
nivetsary of eighth wedding day—when
you would have supposed him possessed by
the fondest recollection, he dropped anoth
er hook-and-eye, intimating to me that for
the term of his natural life lie should res
trict himself to one—the hook-and-eye at
the top. \s I know, Mr. Editor, you have
a crowd of female readers, I thought it a
duty 1 owed to tny sex to warn them,
through the medium of your columns, of
the craftiness, and—l must say it—the sel
fishness of Man They will, I hope, take
warning by my condition, and ere they en
ter into matrimony, stipulate for a due per
formance of toilet attention on the part of
their husbands. While in our pride, we
women remember that marriage lias its
bonds, let not the men forget that it has al
so its Hooks and Eyes.”
Private Hiram Jones. —The world is
well acquainted with the military career of
Major Joe Bunker, and among his memoirs
should be inserted his extraordinary sen
tence, for disobedience of orders, upon pri
vate Hiram Jones. Hiram was ordered
out into a piece of swampy ground, to take
a certain station and stand guard. He said
he would “be dud denied if he’d go!”
“You mint?” said the corporal.
“No, I wunt!” said Hiram.
“I’ll report you to the major.”
“Report and be derned!—l aintagoin’to
stand in the mud and catch the ague for you
nor the major nother.”
The corporal reported Hiram Jones to
the major.
“ Want !—Did ho say mtnlV’ said Major
Joe Bunker.
“lie said wunt,” said corporal Doolittle.
“Did you tell him it was my order?”—
asked the major, in a very indignant con
sternation.
“Well, I did, major,” said the corporal.
“Jest go right back,” were the emphatic
words of Major Joe Bunker—“go right back
Corporal Doolittle, and tell private Hiram
Jones he may go to grass!” — Picayune.
Social Affections of Animals. — A profes
sor, in delivering a scientific lecture, refla
ted the following anecdote. A horse had
become diseased with an ulcer which no
remedies could cure, and so he v. as left in
the stable to pine away and die. It hap
pened that a friend paid a visit to the owner,
and his horse was put into the same stable.
The sick horse appeared more cheerful,
and during the visit evidently grew better.
When the strange horse was taken away,
the sick one drooped again. The owner
had sagacity enough to catch at the truth,
and procured another horse to keep perma
nent company with his own, whereupon the
sick horse became better again, and ulti
mately well.
A friend has told us the following story.
He took passage for a disnt voyage. On
board the vessel were t small pigs, which
consorted together a r the voyage went on,
and seemed to tak- - no little comfort :n each
other’s society. One day the Captain di
rected that on’ of the pigs should be killed.
Our friend objected, on account of the affec
tion of th* pigs for each other, but the Cap
tain was unmoved, undone of the pigs was
seized slaughter. The other, with great
anxiety, kept close to his companion, until
he saw’ the blood fly from his neck, when he
betook himself to a distant part of the ves
sel, and skulked. He would afterwards
eat nothing, and in a few days died.—lV
Y. Jour. Com.
\
To stop a fit of Coughing. —A correspon
dent of the London Medical Gazette, states,
that to close the nostrils with the thumb
and finger during expiration, leaving them
free during inspiration, will relieve a fit of
coughing in a short time.
In addition to the above we state from
personal knowledge, that to press the finger
on the upper lip just below the nose, will
make the severest premonitory symptoms
of a sneete pass off harmless. We have
found the remedy useful many a time in
creeping on game in the woods.
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