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No. 12.—NEW SERIES.]
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J3ST3T33tcnIS?
ATTORNEY AT LAW.
QT Office in Mr. Barnett’s new building, North
west corner of the Public Square.
Washington, Wilkes county, Ga., )
December 22, 1842. ( 17
COTTING & BUTLER,
ATTORJXIES,
HAVE trj'en an OFFICE in the rear of
Willis & Hester’s Store.
I January, 1843. 28
Dentistry .
JOHN A. CLEVELAND, Dentist, expects
to be in Washington in the course of two
or three weeks. May 25,1843.
Njw Goods.
The Subscriber lias received from Ncw-
York and Charleston, a splendid
assortment of
Staple and Fancy
Dry Goods,
Adapted to the present and 5 ! pproaching
Season. Also, a general asl itment of
Hardware and Cutlery, Hats, i
Boots, Shoes, Bonnets, Sadlery,
Drugs & Medicines, Paints, Oils,
Groceries and Confectionary,
All of which will be sold on the most rea
sonable terms for Cash or Credit.
A. A. CLEVELAND.
Washington, Ga., May 25, 1843. 4t
CANDLES: CANDLES!
5 boxes best Sperm Candles, at 33 cts. per lb.
10 “ Hull & Sons best Patent Candles, at 17
cents per pound, just received and for
sale by HEARD &. BROTHER.
June 1,1843. 40 .
Sugar and Coffee.
6 Hhds. best Ncw-Orleans Sugar at 8 cts. per
* pound,
2 Hhds. 2d quality do. at 7 cents per lb.
2,000 lbs. Rio and Java Coffee, at 12$ cents.
1,000 “ Refined Loaf Sugar, at 12$ “
1,000 ‘.‘ best Steam-refined Sugar at 14$ cents,
Just received and for sale by
HEARD & BROTHER.
June 1,1843. 40
Coach mflakiny,
THE Subscriber having procured the servi
ces of Mr. N. Long, is now prepared to do
any kind of work in the above business.
(Hr Repairing of every Description,
done at the shortest notice, and on the most
reasonable, terms.
ANDREW 11. CALDWELL.
June 8,1843. ’ 4t 41
BOOTS AND SHOES.
100 pr. Kip peg’d. Brogans, at .SI to L 12$ cts.
100 “ Calf, Lasting, and Morocco Gaijer Shoes,
from liji2 to 2 50 cts. per pair, a fine ar
ticle, and made to order.
15 dozen Ladies’Kid Slippers and fancy Chine
Buskins at $1 to 1 25.
Ladies’ Calf and Kid walking Shoes,
Children’s Brogans and Slippers, of nearly
every variety.
Just received and for sale by
HEARD & BROTHER.
Juno 1, 1843. 40
Georgia Nankeens.
100 pieces Georgia Nankeens, at SI 12$ cents
a piece. Just received and for sale by’
HEARD & BROTHER.
June 1,1843. 40 <
Molasses, i&c.
15 barrels New-Orleans Molasses,
Cider and White-wine Vita -nr.
Ginger, Pepper, and Ai.spico,
Weeding Hoes, Scythe Blade ,
Collins’ Axes, Trace Chains,
In Store and for sale low for Cash, by
HEARD & BROTHER.
June 1,1843. 40
‘ Bleached Slieetiasg-s,
A superior article, of 12-4 Sea-Island,
“ “ “ “ 12-4 Linen Sheetings
at 87$ cents per yard. For sale by
HEARD & BROTHER.
June 1, 1843. 40
Nails! Nails!
25 kegs Nails just received, and for sale at
7 cents per pound by the kerr.
HEARD & BROTHER.
June 1,1843. -j0
Sheetings and Shirtings.
12 bales Brown Sheetings and Shirtings, just
received and for sale at sto 10 cts. per yard, by
HEARD & BROTHER.
June 1, 1843. 40
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20 cases latest sly.'e Ha:.-', coL.-as’ir-r of black
fasionable Fur, Suk v , m- >*,
Black and white 8.-0.i.l br <•. -•.
and will be y 2:.. • >n,*- ihe
ordinary prices, by
i • iff:
i At;
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i .. i,;.". ert.l m pro
cession to the Me i.od: • Church, where an Ad
dress will be delivered by one o: tic.’ Brethren.
The Br( tiiren at tj,p nei.:hlorr..- Lr.'.••• a
Chapters— is , nmsieii’ and visi'isigßic . . i
are particularly invited to join the process . •
with their proper badges and jewels, and the
citizens general’','are invited-to attend at the
Church.
W. B. BOWEN, Secretary
.May. 18,1843. ’ 38
GUARDIAN’S SALE.
WILL be sold on the first Tuesday in July
next, before the Court-llouse door in the
Town of Wa rrenton, Warren county, between
the legal hours of sale, the following property,
to-wit:
Two-thirds of a Tract of Land, containing
three hundred Acres, more or less, lying in the
counties of Warren and Taliaierro, situated on
the waters of Beaverdain Creek, adjoining lands
of R. V. Asbury and others, belonging to the
minors of Joseph W. Luckett, late of Willies
county, deceased—to-wit, Patrick 11. and Robert
E. Luckett—for the benefit of said minors.
HUGH WARD, Guardian.
May 1,1843. 9t 3(1
GUARDIAN’S SALE.
~\\f ILL be sold on the first Tuesday in July
* * next, before the Court-House door in
Washington, Wilkes county, between the legal
sale hours,
A Negro boy named CHARLES, about 25
years of age. Sold by order of the Court of Or
dinary of Wilkes county, as the property of Jo
seph G. Semmes, minor. Terms Cash.
PAUL J. SEMMES, Guardian.
June 8,1843. 41
ADMINISTRATOR’S SALE.
WILL be sold to the lowest bidder, on the
first Tuesday in July next, before the
Court-House door in Washington, Wilkes coun
ty, between the usual sale hours,
An old Negro woman named CIILOE. Terms
made known on the day of sale.
B. A. ARNETT, i , , ,
WM. FLORENCE, S r,s
ANN ARNETT, E.x’x.
June 8,1843. 41
ADMINISTRATOR’S SALE.
TJM/TLL be sold on Thursday the twenty
* * second day of June next, at the late resi
dence of Claborn Sandidge, deceased, in Eibert
county, all the Perishable Property (except the
Negroes,) belonging to the Estate of said de
ceased, consisting ot Horses, Cows, Hogs, Sheep,
Corn, Fodder, Household and Kitchen Furni
ture, Plantation Tools, and many other articles
not here mentioned. Sale to continue from day
to day until all is sold. Terms will be made
known on the day of sale.
JAMES M. SANDIDGE, ). , ,
ANDREW J. SANDIDGE, ( AUmrs
May 3, 1843. eow4t 37
GEORGIA, ( Whereas, Zadock Smith, ad-
Wilkes County, j ministrator on the Estate of
James Boatwright, deceased, applies to me for
letters of Dismission.
These are therefore to cite, summon, and ad
monish all and singular the kindred and creditors
of said deceased, 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 24tli day
of May, 1843. JOHN H. DYSON, c. c. o.
May 25. mfim• 3!)
PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY MORNING.
WASHINGTON, (WILKES COUNTY, GA.,) JUNE 15, 1848.
From Ihe Orion for April".
THE KISS.
’ ny THE AUTHOR OF. “ TALES OF TIIE FAC RO
LETTE HALL.”
I do not like the title I have selected for
this story, and yet I see not how I can help
it. It it a ‘Vta; skill to fix upon an
appropil . tg.iom: . ; one designed to
serve asm .tidex loti e tale should never
be vagus o ’ Utn a :s connection with
the body . . mpo- • .: one intended
to attract . . -Id show ..lea. , ouralively,
what the re idea is to t xptci. Some authors,
it is true, select their titles tv..h the rspiers
vi< w of giving no indication oftln charac
ter of their works, and seem to think that
if their bantling has a mime, it is wholly
rimmatorial-what that name is. But as this
latter mode of christening does not agree
with my notions of my previous practice, I
have discarded it, and am consequently
compelled to call my story “The Kiss.”—-
The objection I have to the title selected,
;s that it is too old and hackneyed. When
a little boy, I read a little story, in a little
book, called the “Mirror of the Graces,”
which said little story was entitled “The
Kiss.” Now 1 have lived long enough to
have read full twenty different versions of
this same story ; eacli worse than the for
mer, and all infinitely below the original.
To meet at this time with a tale, novel, ro
manceor poem, entitled “The Kiss,” would ;
at once remind me of the “Mirror of the
Graces,” and ten to one, I should throw it j
aside without reading it. It may very well
be, that a largo portion of the readers of
“Orion” have, like myself, been surfeited
with kiss stories, and would as soon read
kiss verses, as one of them. I know, there-’
fore, the risk 1 run of being skipped by the
grave portion of magazine readers. Still
as the point in the story depends upon a
kiss ; the incidents arise out of a kiss ; and
the denouement is produced by a kiss, I don’t
see, as I said at first, how 1 can well avoid
calling my paper “The Kiss.” How much
1 may have borrowed from the “Mirror of
ihe Graces,” my readers can perhaps de
termine better than .myself, should they j
i-ver have chanced to meet with it, or any
of its multifarious imitations.
The log.cabin of old Jerry Peters was
what longer, better daubed, and more
..ooifortable, than those of the most of his
ne’ghbors. It had the advantage of a plank
r. and was literally papered with a spo
of wood-cut drawings more prevalent
tli.ui at the present day. In short,
Fry’s domicil was decidedly aristocratic,
toil n Its external and internal appearan
rs. Tl. walls of his house furnished an
inter-. library for the natural pliiloso
pi . r (or there you could learn die pedigree
of all r. hor.-.s ever exhibited in the Pin
Hook settlement.
1: w. our first visit to Captain Peters.
Si JaU>- bad invited us to a Saturday
niglu . and as special inducement,
promised that we should open the ball with
the Queen of Pin Hook. Who’this said
queen was, he did not explain, further than
by swearing that “she could take the rag
off the bush, faster than any gal in the set
tlement.”
We omitted to state tiiat Jery Peters had
once been the Captain of the Pin Hook Beat;
that he owned a small tub-mill, and ran a
thirty gallon still, besides being the undis
puted owner of an hundred acres of ridge
land. But beyond all these claims to in
fluence and aristocracy, was his acknowl
edged possession of a live negro. He own
ed but one, it is true, yet that one was bona
fide flesh and blood. And old Prince ful
ly understood his importance, both person
ally and relatively. ITe was the visible
typo of the gentility of the captain’s family,
and was seldom missing when a stranger
darkened the door of his master’s house.—
And good mistress Dolly Peters too, had a
little harmless vanity in exhibiting the nig
ger to her visitors. She had a way of her
own which Prince perfectly understood and
humored, and to one of the uninitiated, this
peculiar way of old Dolly’s would carry
the impression that the Captain was really
a man of considerable nigger property.
When, we had made our bow, and sha
ken hands with Mistress Peters, the Cap
tain and sundry Pin Hookers—boys and
gals, we were, before taking our seat, invi
ted to take a dram.
“Let me have some fresh water brought
first,” said Mrs. Peters, going to the door
and bawling out, “Here you Judy—you
Nan—you Sail! What in the world can
have become of all them niggers /”
“I reckon,” said Jake, with a grin, “they
are all busy getting supper. ’Spose you
call theboys.”
try ; but they too, I’ll be
bound, are out of the way. Here you Ca
to !” no answer. “You Cortgo !” no an
swer. “You, you Prince /”
“ Yaw ! yaw ! yaw ! old Prince call at
last. Well, whose de long tail blue you’ve
kotched dis time ?”
“Ah ! old Prince. Bring some fresh wa
ter, old gentleman. You’re the best nigger
on the plantation. It seems useless to call
any body but you.”
“So I thinks,” said Prince, “ less you
call the Queen, and she be’s putting on her
shoes an’ tockings. Plenty water in the
pail, old Missus.”
•‘So there is. I declare. Come, young
man, qualify out of the Captain’s last
doublings.”
I was riot a cold water man then, and so
I did full justice to old Jerry’s bald face.
“Whose dis young Buckra ?” asked ohi
Prince, after scanning me very critically
from head to foot.
“Why, Prince,” said the Captain, ‘don’t
you know him? This is young George
Woodcock. He’s studying law at the court
home. Shake hands with him, and tell
him you’re the best fiddler that ever drew
a bow in Pin Hook.”
‘law ! yaw f yaw !’ shouted Prince, in a
key that shook the cabin.
‘T oiing Moss. Woodcock, ha? I beam
tio. n you fore now, young rnossa. Ispeck
dis aiiit de fuss Saddy night you’ve been
out on a spree. Never mine ; Is’e mum as
a goose.’
j 1 lie company were all seated, the pine
; knots threw a cheerful light over the large
room ; old Prince was tuning his fiddle in
| the comer; all were ready for the word,
■ -choose your partners’—still there was a
pans-’.
‘W nat in the world keeps Belle ?’ asked
old ‘llolly.
‘Why,’ said Jake, ‘she's in the kitchen
fizzing with ‘Long Jim from over the creek’
about the first dance. ‘Long Jim’ swears
lie’ll have the first reel with her, and she
promised to go that with George Wood
cock.”
‘Don't let me be in the way,’ I remarked
modestly.
‘You aint in the wav,’said Jake ; ‘but
Lung Jim’ is, and if he don’t take himself
out of the way pretty shortly, he’ll see
sights.’
‘Well, 1 reckon,’said the Captain, ‘l’ll I
settle that fiz in less than three shakes of a
pig’s tail,’and the Captain started to the
kitchen to enforce the rights of hospitality.
It was not long before Captain Jerry re
turned, and with him the lady for whom
the company had been waiting.
‘Ladies and gentlemen, and .especially
Mr. George Woodcock,’said he, with one
grand flourish, ‘this is my daughter Belle
Peters, generally known as the Queen of
Pin Hook. I hope you’ll all git acquainted
with her.’ .
I made my prettiest court-house how to
the Queen ; expressed my gratification and
pleasure at making her personal acquain
tance, and concluded by asking the honor
of her hand for the first dance.
Belle was a coquette, and a fine lady in
her small way, and for each bow, she re
turned me three congees, protesting that
she had been keeping herself especially for
me, and that all the long Jims in Pin Hook
shouldn’t come between me and her.
‘No, by dad,’ put in Long Jim, ‘nor shall
all the boys at the court-house come between
me and you, Belle. You may dance with
George Woodcck the first reel as you have
promised to do, but if lie don’t want to swim
Squash Creek before day, he’d better not
be too imped.)cuius.’
As I had no intention of setting up for a
rival to the demi-savage ‘Long Jim, from
over the Creek,’ as they called him, I as
sured him there was no ground for a quar
rel between us; that as that was my first
visit to Pin Hook, I trusted it would create
no unpleasantness that the Queen honored
me, as a stranger, with her hand in opening
the ball.’
Jim growled some sort of assent, and I
led Belle Peters to the head ofthe room.
Her Majesty the Queen of Pin Hook, was
truly a majestic looking personage. She
was fully (bur inches taller than the ordi
nary height of females, and bulky in pro
portion. She was still, an indefatigable ;
and untiring dancer ; with all her fat, Bel
le could stand three cut-outs by the longest
winded of her admirers. She was, after
all, quite a beauty, so far as a good skin,
regular features, and a sparkling pair of
eyes wore concerned, and notwithstanding
her illiterateness, she was an incessant
talker.
‘Long Jim’ appeared to me, expressly
created as a mate for the Queen, ami I did
not wonder at his jealous regard for her.—
He was, atleast, six feet four in height.—
Just the man had he lived iri the time of the
Great Frederick’s father, to have been kid
napped and sent to Prussia for a grenadier.
He was as ignorant as a bear, and as rough j
and as strong. Nature evidently intended
Belle Peters and Lonj? Jim Buggy for each
other, and it was useiSs for them to strug
gle against the decree. Still, Belle was a
coquette from instinct, and flirted with all
the Pin Hooker’s who paid homage to her
charms, and to the high standing of her fam
ily.
Tiie dance continued amidst uproarious
laughing and talking, no little encouraged
by the liberality with which Captain Jerry
furnished the last doublings. Old Prince
was fast asleep, but it made no difference
in the skill with which he played their fa
vorite tune of‘Squash Creek beauties, how
they go.’ Capt. Jerry and Old Dolly were
both aid-nid-nodding in the corner. Squire
Cooney, the Pin Hook Justice of the Peace,
began to talk wisely and thickly about the
merits of the various candidates then be
fore the people ; and several ofthe younger
men, among whom Long Bm was quite
conspicuous, were getting et.‘Vi rely cantan
kerous.
‘I don’t believe you dare do'h.’- I heard
wicked Will Sanders say to Long Jim.
‘What do you think I’m afraid of?’asked
Jim rather fiercely.
‘Why,ofCaptain Jerry, in the first place;
of Jake, in the second place ; and of Belle
herself, in the third place.’
‘lt’s a lie !’shouted Jim. ‘l’m not afraid
of the whole Pin Hook beat, and I’ll do it
in spite of the big guns and little fishes.’
Belle was on the floor, dancing with all ;
her might and ill-the best of humors, as Long
Jim at this moment approached her. The
.savage threw his arms about her neck, and
kissed her. with a report that sounded like
the explosion of a four-pounder. Belle Pe
ters screamed and struggled with all her
strength and some how in the tussel, fell
heavily on the floor ; the blood ran profuse
ly frqm her nose; old Prince awoke with
the noise, and the fiddle stopped.. Captain
Jerry and his wife threw off their somno-
I lency, and looked aghast at the prostrate
Queen. Long Jim, like all otlie'r fellows
when they commit a great crime under the
influence ofliquor. was completely sobered
bv the extent of the catastrophe, and stood
mute and trembling beside his unfortunate
victim.
‘Who did this ?’ asked the Captain, in a
voice of deep emotion.
‘I did.’ said Jim, doggedly.
‘You did—did you !’ soid the Captain, in
a tone that almost frozen my blood. ‘Long
Jim, if you cross the Creek to-night, ycfu’l 1 .
have better luck than I think you will—
Give me my rifle, Prince !’
‘Slope, Jim—slope !’ cried a dozen voices, j
male and female—slope, ‘or the Captain
will boro you for the hollow horn.’
Jim did slope or run. It was for dear
life, and he made tracks like a wild turkey.
Squash Creek was swam that night in shor
ter metre than it had been since the revo
lution. The Captain’s call for his rifle a
roused Belle from her swoon, or more like
ly, the possum fit she was playing off.—
Prince was in no hurry to produce the ri
fle, and old Dolly, in an agony of terror,
threw her arms about Jerry’s neck, hysteri
cally praying and entreating him not to
murder lacing Jim. Bellealso interposed,
and catching Prince by the leg, just as he
was mounting a chair to reach the rifle,
threw him kawhop on the hard floor; there
she held him, with her foot firmly planted
on his breast.
‘Gorry ’mighty, Missy Belle !’ groaned
Priqce, ‘pull yer foots off dis rugger, less
you want to stop his fiddle forever an’ de
day arter.’
The delay produced by the confusion,
the entreaties, and the tactics ofthe various
parties, was sufficient to save Jim from the
Captain's vengeance. He knew that Jim
was safe, and pursuit useless.
‘Well, if I let the skunk go,’ growled
Jerry, ‘what am I to do ?’
‘Take the law of him,’ said Squire Coo
ney, brightening up at the idea of issuing a
State’s warrent.
‘What’s the crime ?’ asked Jerry.
‘Salt and battery, as 1 should reckon,’ re
plied the Squire, doubtingly. ‘lt may how
ever b@ fellow de seay. - 1 haint sartaiu-’
‘What’s the punishment ?’ again asked
the Captain.
‘Well, I aint sartain about that. As the
Queen haint killed out and out, I reckon it
wont hang him quite. ’Twill whip him
though, I’m pretty sure.’
‘That’ll do,’said Captain Jerry. ‘I hope
they ’ll hang him, but forty save one, well
laid off, will teach him better manners in ;
future. Write the warrant, Squire, and |
I’ll make the affidavy.’
It was court week. .1 udges, jurors, law
yers and witnesses were in attendance.—
Mr. Solicitor Windy had given out the bill,
in the case of the State vs. James Buggy,
for an assault and battery. Captain Jerry
Peters, his wife, his son Jake, and the
Queen, were in attendance as State’s wit
nesses. Being a quasi officer of the court,
i. e. a ‘student at law,’ 1 was not bound
over, though the solicitor sent me before the
grand jury to testify. After hearing and
duly deliberating upon the testimony, the
grand jury found a ‘true hill,’ and Long
Jim had to stand his trial.
‘ ‘The State vs. James Buggy, for an as- I
sault and battery :’ Who appears for the
defendant ?’
‘1 do,’ replied lawyer Wordy.
‘Will you traverse ?’ asked the judge.
‘No, sir ; we’ll try the case.’
‘Very well, sir. Goon, if the State is j
ready.’
Belle Peters was put upon the stand, and j
narrated the circumstances very particular- |
ly, though evidently with a leaning in Long
Jim’s favor. Belle’s portly figure, and
large, good-natured face, apparently made
a favorable impression upon the jury, and
they were prepared to feel indignant at the
discourtesy Long Jim had offered her.
‘Hem,’ said lawyer Wordy, commencing
the cross-examination.
Had there been any dispute or quarrel
between you and James Buggy before the i
night you refer to ?’
‘None, whatever.’
‘Was he not in the habit of visiting at
your father’s house ?’
‘Yes. sir.’
‘What was the object of his frequent vi
sits ?’
No answer.
‘Come, Miss Peters, you must answer the
question.’
‘Well then, darn it; he said he come to
see me, and get his dram into the bargain!’
The judge looked at portly Belle, in
some surprise at her unjudicial language.
‘Well, when he come to see you he gen
erally got a dram, I suppose ?’
‘ln course he did, if dad had any.’
‘You were in the habit of giving a dram
to all the beaux who called at your house?’
‘I can’t say that,’ retorted Belle, pertly;
‘you called there once, and I don’t recol
lect ofgiving you a dram.’
This was considered a good hit, and there
j was a general laugh.
‘ ‘Did the defendant attempt any further
i violence to you than kissing you, on the
! night in question ?’
‘1 suppose not.’
‘Did he ever kiss vou before ?’
Ifl.'jr. KAI’PEL, Printer.
‘Why, yes ! a thqaStSncl times !’
Belle’s naivete created a laugh this time a’
her expense,
•You never indicted him before ?’
‘Pshaw ! no.’
‘The fall, you think was only acciden
tal ?’
‘Haint I said so ?’
j ‘Well ; you don’t want to punish Jim for
! kissing you ?’
‘Not 1: Jim’s a good fellow, though lie
j “ as a little fuddled at the hall.’
‘1 close for the present,’ said Solicitor
I Windy,
j ‘1 shall call no witnesses, was the ati
swer of lawyer Wordy,
j ‘Very well, gentlemen. Will you go to
i the jury ?’
i After a moment’s consultation, both law-
I yers agreed to submit the case under the
I direction of the court.
! ‘Gentlemen of the jury,’said his Honor,
: “the eiidence is very plain in this case.—
The assault and battery complained of,
consists in the defendants having kissed the
witness without her consent, Now, the law
says, that any rude, contemptuous or an
gry touching the person of another, is a bat
tery. If the witness did not give her con
sent, expressed or implied, at the time de
fendant kissed her, then the rude manner in
which it was done constitutes the offence
with which defendant stands charged. Vou
may retire.’
The jury soon after came in with a ver
dict of “guilty.”
‘Very well,’ said his Flonor. ‘To mor
row, at ten o’clock, Mr. Solicitor, I shall
pass the sentence. Should the parties in
this case compromise, in the meanwhile,
let me know, or the defendant may stand a
chance of spending some time in jail.’
Belle, who had taken a seat near me
when she had given her testimony, turned
to me and asked, in a whisper, ‘what the
judge meant by a compromise ?’
‘I suppose,’ said I, ‘lie means for you and
Jim to get married to-day.’
Long Jim looked the very picture of des
pair, at the judge’s intimation of the jail.
Belle’s tender heart was touched. She
made a motion to Long Jim as she went out
of the court-house, which he obeyed. lie
soon after returned, with a bright counte
nance, whispered a few words to squire
Cooney, and they passed out together.
‘James Buggy,’ said the judge, ‘you have
been convicted of an assault and battery on
Belle Peters. Have you any representa
tion to make to the court bijjore it proceeds
to pass its sentence upon you ?’
‘We have compromised,’ said Jim.
‘That is very well,’ said the judge. ‘Du
you confirm this statement, Miss Peters?—
Have y r ou and Jim made friends ?’
‘Certainly; I should say so,’ replied
Belle, ‘ considering the compromise.’
‘What compromise,’ said the judge, ‘did
you make, that you both look so very wel!
pleased ?’
‘The one your honor recommended,’ re
plied Belle, with a simper.
‘I am not aware that l made any parti
cular suggestion,’ said the judge
‘We so understood it,’ said Belle ; ‘so did
George Woodcock.’
‘Well, what have you done ?’
‘ I got married last night !’
This was too much for the gravity’ even
of the Bench to stand. Never since, al
though 1 have had a quarter of a century’s
experience, have I heard such a roar of
laughter as then shook the court-house.
‘Let the defendant,’ said the judge, so
soon as he could command Jiimself- —‘Let
the defendant pay a fine of one cent!’
‘Long Jim from over the Creek’ was a
proud and a happy man. Belle’s oldest
daughter has succeeded her as Queen of
Pin Hook.
South Carolina. Fcl\ 1813.
Longevity. —There is a woman in the
province of Bat inas, Venezula, who is one
hundred and forty-four years old ! She was
born io the year IG.)!>. Her hair turned
entirely gray, and at the age of 133, return
ed to its original color, black, commencing
at the back of the neck to the forehead, but
it is now turning gray again. She lost her
sight entirely at the age of 118, and recov
ered it naturally at the age of 138, in such
a manner tiiat she can thread a common
needle ; she is at present a little deaf. Her
principal occupation is spinning and sew
j ‘ng- *
The editor of theCentreville(Md-) Times
thus acknowledges payments for his paper
and advertising:
“ The editor acknowledges tiiree bushels
of potatoes from a subscriber, for subscrip
tion.
“From another, a veal, ffi subscription.
“ From another, for subscription and ad
vertising, four head of cattle. If money’
can’t circulate, potatoes and cattle will.
“ An editor can get along with almost
any thing except babies and rocking chairs.
A Cautious Judge —The late Chief Bar
on O’Grady, father of the gallant officer,
(Lord Guillimore,) aide-de-camp to her
Magesty, tried two most notorious fellows,
at the Carlow assizes, for highway robbery.
To the astonishment ofthe court, as well as
of the prisoners themselves, they were found
not guilty ! As they were being removed
: from the bar, the judge, in that manner so
! peculiar hisown, addressing the jailor, said,
j Mr. Murphy, you would greatly ease my
mind if you would keep these two respec
table gentlemen until seven or half-past
seven o’clock ; for 1 mean to set out for
Dublin at five, and l should like to have at
least two hours start of thenr
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