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About News & planters' gazette. (Washington, Wilkes County [sic], Ga.) 1840-1844 | View Entire Issue (Nov. 30, 1843)
— - 11 ... ... JL! J. ■’ ■ “."ILL .J." 1 L 1 i L IW , J . NEWS & PLANTERS’ GAZETTE. I>. . COTTIAG, Editor. No. 14.— NEW SERIES.] 1 News and Planters’’ Gazette. V terms: ■ Published weekly at Two Dollars avd Fifty ■ Cents per annum, if paid at tlie tunc of Subsiiri ■ biqg; or Three Dollars if not paid till the expi ■ ration of three months. | No paper to be discontinued,unless al the ■ option oftf.he Editor, without the settlement of ■ all arrearages. |jj O’ Litters, on business, must bepostpaid, to |l| insure attention. No communication shall he IH published, unless we are made acquainted with ■ the name of the author. I TO ADVERTISERS. II Advertisements, not exceeding one square, first n insertion, Seventy-Jive Cents; and for each sub- Hi sequent insertion, Fifty Cents. A reduction will Hi be made of twenty-five per cent, to those who R advertise by the year. Advertisements not PL limited when handed in, will be inserted till lor- Pj/y'jd, and charged accordingly. t Sales of Land and Negroes by Executors, Ad nimstrators and Guardians, are required by law, o be advertised, in a public Gazette, sixty days irevious to the day of sale. The sales of Personal Property must be adver ted in like manner, forty days. ! Notice to Debtors and Creditors of an Estate inust 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 for four months— notice that application will be made for Letters of Administration, must be published thirty days; 1 and Letters of Dismission, six months. Mail Arrangements. POST OFFICE, > ; , Washington, Ga., Sept. 1, 1813. \ EASTERN MAIL. IBy this route, Mails are made up for Raytown, Double-Wells, Crawfordville, Camack, Warren ton, Thompson, Deari.og, and Barzelia. ARRIVES. Monday, Wednesday, and Friday, at 9, A. M. I;: I CLOSES. ft, ITaesday, Thursday, and Saturday, at ‘2l, P. M WESTERN MAIL. Ii By this route, Mails are made up lor all OfK | j ces m South-Western Georgia, Alabama, Mis s’ : sissipjii, Louisiana, Florida, also Athens, Ga. and | the North-Western part of the State. | | arrives—Wednesday and Friday, by G A. M. J closes —Tuesday and Thursday, at I'd M. ABBEVILLE, S.C. MAIL, pi > Jy this route, Mails are made up for Danburg, IV* Pistol Creek, and Petersburg. if ARRIVES. II Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday, by l P. M. [J CLOSES. I Monday, Wednesday, and Friday, at GA. M. % LEXINGTON MAIL. By this route, Mails are made up for Centrc ville, State Rights, Scull-shoals, and Salem. arrives—Monday and Friday, at 9 A. M. i closes —Tuesday and Saturday, at 9 A. 51. APPLING MAIL. j By this route, Mails are made up for Wrights boro\ White Oak, Walker’s Quaker Springs. arrives —Tuesday and Saturday, by 9 A. M. closes —Monday and Friday, at 9 A. M. ELBERTON MAIL. By this route, Mails arc made up for Mnllo rysv’iile, Goosepond, Whites, Mill-Stone, Ilarri sonviile, and Ruckersville. Arrives Thursday 8 P. M., and Closes same time. LINCOLtVTON MAIL. By this route, Mails are made up for Rehoboth, Stoney Point, Goshen, Double Branches, and Darby’s. Arrives Friday, 12 M. | Closes same time. O’ The Letter Box is the proper place to de posite all matter designed to be transported by Mail, and such as may be found there at the times above specified, will be despatched by first post. I O A ■’ r|A lor sale at Three Dollars per I XjL-Ld JL Sack. Apply to BOLTON & NOLAN. October 19, 1843. 8 | CUTTING & bUtLErT” | ATTOKNIES, HAVE taken an OFFICE on the North side of the Public Square, next door to || the Branch Bank of the State of Georgia. | October, 1843. 28 I PHILADELPHIA NEW CASH Sim I Goods Cheaper than ever ! | J. MAYER & BROTHERS. Respectfully inform the citizens of Washington and vicinity, that they have ■ opened a | Stock of Goods I In the New Building on the West side of the || Public Square, one building above Messrs. 80l- I ton & Nolan. Their Stock consists of || American and Foreign Dry If Fancy Goods. 1 Boots, Shoes, Ready made Clothing, H and many other articles too tedious to mention. II Call and suit yourselves. Terms I Cash. ■ November 9,1843. 3m 11 I NELSON “CAiiTElc ■ DEALER IN ■ Choice Drugs and Medicines, j Chemicals, Patent Medicines, i Surgical and Dental Instruments, I Perfumery, Brushes, 1 Paints, Oils, Dye-Stuffs, i Window Glass, Spc. fyc. lwsn"noßTAß. j AUGUSTA - s “- October 12, 1843. ly 7 ■’ jr EXECUTED AT THIS I ! * ©FIFO ©g a Fail and Winter GOODS. THE Subscriber has received his supply of Fall and Winter Goods, comprising in part the following articles—to which he solicits the attention of purchasers, as his prices are fixed at unusually small rates. Worsted Goods: Chusans, Tesans, Crape de Lyons, Mouslin deLaines, Gro de Nap Marinos, Alpaca’s of all colors and qualities, plain and figured Printed Cashmere D’Escasse, anew and beautiful arti cle for Ladies’ Dresses, Aeolinns, Parisians, Bombazines, and Merinos. Silk Goods 9 Comprising a splendid assortment of Fancy, Biack and Blue-black, plain and figured, black and white Satins, Velvets, some new styles lor Dresses, Gle/es and Mitts, Men’s white, black and colored Kid and Silk Gloves, Ladies’ black : Lace, fancy and fillet Gloves and Mitts. A splendid assortment of Velvet, Chine andbroche Satin Gros de Naples Bonnet Ribbons. Shawls • Woolen and worsted winter Shawls, new styles Thibet 4,5 & G-4. mode colors. Black Mourning and colored Marino. Mouselin de Lane 4-4 to G-4, plain &embroid’d. 10-4 Herman Silk Shawls, new and very fine, 8-4 Damask Silk “ Drapers’ Goods . Fancy Vestings, new style, Cachemire figured Velvet and black Satin Vestings, Cloths and Cassimers,black, blue, green, claret, Cadet and drab Clollis, Black, blue and fancy Cassimeres, Cravats, splendid scar! Cravats, Italian and Eng lish Silk Cravats. ALSO, A general assortment ol English, French and American Calicoes, Satinets, Kentucky Jeans, Linseys, Kersey, Biankots, Brown and Bleached Sheetings and shirtings, some 3 yds. wide, Bed tick, Apron Checks, Ginghams, Linens, Lawns, Cambric, Silk and Satin Handkerchiefs, Hats, Boots, Shoes, Clothing, Saddles, Bridies, Collar.-, Nails,Hardware, Cutlery, Crockery, Groceries, Paints, Oils, Drugs and Me icn e-, with the u sual variety key a country .-..ore. Those who make it au object to get Cheap Bargains, and new and fashionable Goods, would do well to call at W. S. 51EA5£’S Nov. 2, 1843. Cash Store. HAVILAND, RISLEY & Cos. Near the Mansion House, Globe and United States Hotels, AUGUSTA, GA., DEALERS IN CHOICE DRUGS AND MEDICINES, Surgical and Dental Instruments, Chemicals, Patent Medicines, i Perfumery, Brushes, Paints, Oils,! Window Glass, Dye Stuffs, &.c. &c. Being connected with Havii.and, Keese & Go., New-York, and Hav ii. axd, Haural & Allen, Charles ton, ‘they are constantly receiving fresh supplies of every article in their line, which they are enabled to sell at the lowest market prices. KF All goods sold by them, warranted to be of the quality represented, or may be returned. Augusta, August 1813. 51 EXECUTOR’S SALE. Will be sold on the first Tuesday in January next, at the Court-House door in Elbert coun ty, be'ween the usual hours of sale, the fol lowing Tracts of Land, belonging to the Es tate ol Mrs. Nancy M. Hunt, deceased, viz.: 2SOj Acres lying in said county, adjoining Eppy Bond and others ; 459jj Acres in said county, on the waters of the Beaverdam and Doves’ Creek, adjoining Betsey Ham, et. al.; 200 Acres on the waters of the Beaverdam Creek, joining lands belonging to ibo Estate of Thomas S. Carter; 400 Acres on the waters of the Beaverdam, adjoining lands formerly belon ging to the Estate of John Upshaw. Also, 131 Acres on the waters of the Beaverdam Creek, adjoining lands of Smith and others. The terms made known on the day of sale. ’ J. V. HARRIS, Ex’r. October 25,1843. 9 EXECUTOR’S SALE. “IM7TLLbe sold on Wednesday the twentieth * ‘ day of December next, at the late resi dence of Argyle Norman, deceased, in Wiikes county, a part of the Perishable Property, con sisting ol Horses, Hogs, Cattle, Sheep, Corn, Fodder, Oats, one yoke of Oxen and Cart, one set ol Blacksmith Tools, Plantation Tools, to gether with many articles not mentioned. Terms made known on the day of sale. JOHN L. WYNN, Ex’r. November 9, 1843. II ADMINISTRATOR’S SALE? VIRILE be sold at the late residence ot Thom * v as S. Carter, deceased, in Elbert county, on the first day of December next, all the Per ishable Property of said deceased, consisting of Horses, Cows, Hogs, Coin, Fodder, Household and Kitchen Furniture, Plantation Tools, &c. &.c. The sale will continue from day to day until all is sold. Terms made known at the time of sale. EDMUND 11. BREWER,’ Adm’r. October 11, 1843. 8 ADMINISTRATOR’S SALE. Will be sold on the first Tuesday in January next, before the Court-House door in Elbert county, agreeable to an order of the Interior Court of said county, while sitting as a Court of Ordinary, One young Negro man by the name of Jolrn ; one Negro woman by the name of Silva, and one Negro girl by the name of Agga, belonging to the Estate of M. C. Upshaw, deceased. Sold for the benefit of the creditors. Terms on the day of sale. THOMAS J. HEARD, Adm’r. November 1,1843 12 WASHINGTON, (WILKES COUNTY, GA.,) NOVEMBER 80, 1818. CHEAPER THAN EVER. WILLIS Sc HESTER, i TTAVING removed their Stock of GOODS A A into the Store formerly occupied by Mr. A. Lii.ewib', offer them lor sale at prices as low or lower than can he procured in Washington. Their Stock consists, in part, of the following articles: Cloths and Cassimeres, Domestics, bleached and unbleached Calicoes and Ginghams, Table Covers, Damask Table Cloths, 8-4 by 10-4, a superior article, a good stock of Flannels, Merino and Cotton Shirts, Bed Ticks, of good quality, Muslin Delaines, woolen Shawls, green Baize and green Flannel. Merinos and Merino Circassians, Cotton Cambrics and Jackonet Muslins, Marseilles Quills and worsted Counterpanes, Table Diapers and Bird’s-eye Diapers, Bed Blankets and Duffle Blankets, Crib Blankets and Counterpanes, Camlets, and a gen eral Stock of Hardware and Crockery. And all articles usually kept in retaii Stores. Thankful for the favors which have been be stowed on them heretofore, they invite tiieir for mer friends and customers to call, assuring them if they are in want of an article which they have in their Stock, that it can be had at the lowest possible price for Cash or credit. November 23, 1843. 13 TO MERCHANTSAND PUNTERS. LOf 151 HAMBURG, (S.C.) July, 1843. I BEG leave to inform you, that I continue the WARE-IIOUSE AND COMMISSION BUSINESS at my old stand, known as the Wa ter-proof Warehouse. Detached as it is from oth er buddings, its location renders it nearly as se cure from fire, as if it was tire-proof The floors have been elevated above the high water mark of the great freshet of May, 1840. Planters will thus he secured from thepossi- i biiity of loss and damage by freshets. 1 avail myself of the present occasion, to re- \ turn my thanks to my friends and patrons, for : their liberal support during the past season. 1 solicit from them and the public generally, a con tinuance of tins confidence, and assure them that in return for iheir pationage, 1 wi.i use my best personal efforts to promote and protect their in terests, committed to my charge. In addition to this assurance, 1 pledge myself that 1 will in no case purchase a bale oi cotton, directly or indi rectly I will attend personally to the sale and forwarding of cotton to Savannah or Charleston; at o, io the sale of Bacon, Flour, &c. &c., and to the receiving and turwardmg of goods to the up v ountry. Having a tine wharf attached to my Warehouse, no wharfage will be charged on Cotton consigned to my care, either lor sale or to be forwarded to Savannah or Charleston. My commissions for selling cotton, will be 25 cents per bale, and 12j- cents for forwarding. I will also attend to the buying of goods per order. Very respectfully, vours, &c. G. WALKER. August, 1843. 52 EXECUTOR’S SALE. VITILL be sold on the first Tuesday in Feb "* ruary next, before the Court-House dour m Wilkes county, a part of the Real Estate ol William Hughes, deceased. Sold by an order of Court. BARNARD 11. HUGHES, Ex’r. November lfi, 1843. 12 ADMINISTRATOR’S SALE. ‘S 7 iLL be sold on Wednesday the third day ** of January next, at the residence of Jo seph G. Dupriest, late of Wilkes county, de ceased, all the Perishable Properly belonging to the Estate of said deceased. BERRY A. ARNETT, Adm’r. November 16, 1843. 12 ADMINISTRATOR’S SALE. Will be sold or. ihe first Tuesday in January next, before the Court-House door in Elbert county, agreeable to an order of the Inferior Court of Elbert county, while sitting as a Court of Ordinary, One Tract of Land lying on the Beaverdam Creek, adjoining lands of Elizabeth Tate, Thom as J. Heard and Beverly Allen, containing two hundred Acres, more or less, known as the dow er Tract of Land. Sold as ihe property of the late Robert Middleton, deceased. Terms cash. THOMAS J. HEARD, Adm’r. de bonis non on the Estate of Roben Middleton. November 1,1843. 12 GEORGIA, ; Wilkes county, j To all Persons interested. Y'OU are hereby notified, that on the first Monday in January next application will bo made to the lnlerior Court of said county, while sitting as a Court of Ordinary, to have the Estate of William Hughes, deceased, distribu ted. WILLIAM HUGHES, Executor. November 21st, 1843. 13 1^0 El! months after dale, application will be X made to the Honorable the Inferior Court of Taliaferro county, while sitting as a Court of Ordinary, for leave to sell a negro namod Daniel belonging to James Thomas Andrew, a Minor. GARNETT ANDREWS, Guardian. September 7,1843. m4m 2 $25 Reward . STRAYED or Stolen, on the ffrafc, 11th instant, from the Plantation of tke Subscriber, situated ten miles west of Washington, Wilkes coun msarAi ty> Georgia, a dark bay HORSE, 8 years old and well formed, he trots and paces tolerably well, has one white hoof on his fore foot, and I think he has a star in his forehead— he has some marks on his loins extending from one hip-bone to the other in the skin, they are very regular on one side, but on the other’they are larger as they extend down the rump. No other marks recollected. As the Horse was rais ed in my neighborhood and cannot be heard from, I am inclined to believe that he has been stolen. The above reward will be given for the Horse and Thief, or Ten Dollars for the Horse. JONATHAN P. DAVIS. EF The Athens Whig ; Recorder, Milledge ville, and Chronicle & Sentinel, Augusta, will publish tlie above three times, and forward their accounts to me at Washington. J. P. D. November 23.1843. 3t 13 P U HUSH E D EVE R Y TIIU IIS DA Y MORN 1N G. £Hi&crli*Hrotio. THE PRAIRIE. j On my return from the Upper Mississip- I pi, l found myself obliged to cross one of ihe j wide prairies, which, in that portion of the j United States, vary the appearance of tlie ! country. The weather was fine—all a j round me was as fresh and blooming as if J it had jur-t issued from the bosom of nature. ! My knapsack, my gun, and my dog, were all I had for baggage and company. But, although well moccasined, I moved slowly along, attracted by the brilliancy of the flowers, and tho gambols of the fawns a round their dams, to all appearance as thoughtless of danger as I felt myself. Mv march was of long duration ; I saw the sun sinking beneath the horizon long j before J could perceive any appearance of | woodland, and nothing in tlie shape of a man had I met with that day. The track which I followed was only an old Indian trace, and as darkness overshadowed the prairie, I felt some desire to reach at least a copse, in which I might lie down to rest. The night-hawks were skimming over and around me, attracted by the buzzing wings of the beetles which form their food, and the distant howling of wolves gave me some ] hope that I should soon arrive at tlie skirts j of some woodland. 1 did so, and almost at the same instant , a fire-light attracted my eye. I moved to wards it, full of confidence that it proceed from the camp of some wandering Indians. I was mistaken : 1 discovered by its glare that it was from tlie hearth of a small log cabin, and that a tall figure passed and re-passed between it and me, as busily en gaged in household arrangements. 1 reached the spot, and presenting myself at the door, asked the tall figure, which proved to be a woman, if I might take shel- j ter under her roof for the night. Her ,-oice j was gruff, and herattire negligently thrown about her. .She answered in the affirma tive. 1 walked in, took a wooden stool, and quietly seated myself by the fire. The next object that attracted my notice was a finelj’ formed young Indian, resting his head between his hands, with his elbows on his knees. A long bow rested against tlie log wall near him, while a quantity of ar rows and two or three racoon skins lay at his feet. He moved not; he apparently breathed not. Accustomed to the habits of the Indians, and knowing that they pay lit tle attention to the approach of civilized strangers, (a circumstance which in some countries is considered as evincing the a pathy of their character,) I addressed him in French, a language not unfrequent par tia 11 y known to the peoplein that neighbor hood. He raised his head, pointed to one of his eyes with his finger, and gave me a significant glance with the other. Ilis face was covered with blood. Tlie fact was, that an hour before this, as he was in tlie act of discharging an arrow at a raccoon in the top of a tree, the arrow had split upon the cord, and sprung back with such vio lence into his right eye as to destroy it for ever. Feeling hungry, I inquired what sort of fare I might expect. Such a thing as a bed was not to be seen, hut many large untan ned hear and buffalo hides lay piled in a corner. I drew a fine time-piece from my breast, and told the woman that it was late, and that I was fatigued. She had espied my watch, the richness of which seemed to operate upon her feelings with electric quickness. She told me that there was plenty of venison and jerked Buffalo meat, and that on removing the ashes I should find a cake. But my watch had struck her fancy, and her curiosity had to be gra tified by an immediate sight of it. I took off the gold chain that secured it, from a round my neck, and presented it to her.— She was all ecstacy, spoke of its beauty, asked me its value, and put the chain round her brawny neck, saying how happy the possession of such a watch would make her. Thoughtless, and, as I fancied my self, in so retired a spot, secure, I paid lit tle attention to her talk or her movements. 1 helped my dog to a good supper of veni son, and was not long in satisfying the de mands of my appetite. The Indian rose from his seat, as if in extreme suffering. He passed and repas sed me several times, and once pinched me on the side so violently, that the pain near- j Iv brought forth an exclamation of anger. I 1 looked at him. His eye met mine; but his look was so forbidding, that it struck a chill into the more nervous part of my sys tem. He again seated himself, drew his butcher’s knife from its greasy scabbard, examined its edge, as I would do that of a razor suspected dull, replaced it, and again taking his tomahawk from his back, filled the pipe of it with tobacco, and sent me ex pressive glances whenever our hostess chanced to have her hack towards us. Never until that moment had my senses been awakened to the danger which I now suspected to be about me. I returned glan ce for glance to my companion, and rested well assured that, whatever enemies I might have, he was not of their number. I asked the woman for my watch, wound it up, and under pretence of wishing to see how the weather might probably be on the morrow, took up my gun and walked out of the cabin. I slipped a ball into eacli bar rel, scraped the edges of my flints, renewed the primings, and returned to the hut, gave a favorable account of my observations.— I took a few bear-skins, made a pallet of them, and calling my faithful dog to my side, lay down, with my gun close to my body, and in a few minute® was, to all up | pearance, fust asleep. A short time had elapsed, when some voices were heard, and from tlie corner of my eyes I saw two athletic youths making tiieir entrance, hearing a dead stag on a j pole. They disposed of their burden, and asking for whiskey, helped themselves free ly to it. Observing me and tho wounded Indian, they asked who I was, and why the devil that rascal (meaning tlie Indian, who they knew understood not a word of Eng lish,) was in the house ‘? The mother —for so she proved to he—hade them to speak less loudly, made mention of my watch, and took them to a corner, where a conver sation took place, the purport of which it required little shrewdness in me to guess. I tapped my dog gently. He moved his tail, and with indescribable pleasure I saw his fine eye alternately fixed on me & rais ed towards the trio in tho corner. 1 felt that he perceived danger in my situation. The Indian exchanged a last glance with me. The lads had eaten and drunk themselves into such a condition, that I already looked upon them as hors du combat ; and the fre quent visits of the whiskey bottle to the ug ly mouth of their dam, I hoped would soon reduce her to a like state. Judge of mv astonishment, when 1 saw this incarnate i fiend take a large carving knife, and go to j a grindstone to whet its edge. 1 saw her pourthe water on tlie turning machine, and watched her working away with her dangerous instrument until the cold sweat covered every part of my body, in spite of my determination to defend myself to the last. Her task finished, she walked to her | reeling sons, and said, “There, that’ll soon ■ settle him ! Boys, kill yon , and then ] for the watch!” 1 turned, cocked my gun-locks silently, touched my faithful companion, and lay ready to start up and shoot the first who might attempt my life. The moment was fast approaching, and that night might have been my last in the world, had not provi dence made preparations for rny rescue.— All was ready. Tlie infernal hag was advancing slowly, probably contemplating the best way of despatching me, whilst her sons should be engaged with the Indian.— 1 was several times on the eve of rising arid shooting her on the spot; but she was not to be punished thus. The door was suddenly opened, and there entered two stout travel lers, each with along rifle on his shoulder. I bounded up on my feet, and making them most heartily welcome, told them how well it was for me that they should have arrived at that moment. The tale was told in a minute. The drunken sons were secured, and the woman, in spite of her defence and vociferations, shared the same fate. The Indian fairly danced with joy 7, and gave us to understand that, as he could not sleep for pain, he would watch over us. You may suppose that we slept much less than we talked. The two strangers gave an ac count of tiieir once hi avii ijx been themselves in a somewhat similar situation. Day came, fair and rosy, and with it tho punish ment of our captives. They were now quite sobered. Their feet were unbound, but their arms were still securely tied. We marched them in to the woods otl’the read, and having used them as Regulators were wont to use such delinquents, we set fire to the cabin, gave all the skins and implements to the young Indian warrior, and proceeded, well pleas ed, towards the settlements. During upwards of twenty-five years, when my wanderings extended to all parts ofour country, this was the only time at which my life was in danger from mv fel low-creatures. Indeed, so little risk do travellers run in the United States, that no one born here ever dreams of any to be en countered on the road ; and I can only ac count for this occurrence by supposing tiiat the inhabitants of the cabin were not Amer icans. Will you believe good-natured reader, that not many miles from the place where this adventure happened, and where, fifteen years ago, no habitation belonging to civ ilized man was expected, and very few ever seen, large roads are now laid out, cultivation has converted the woods into fertile fields, taverns have been erected, and much of what we Americans call com fort, is to be met with ? So fast does im provement proceed in our abundant and free country.— Audubon’s Ornithological Bi ography. Spinsters. —Formerly it was a maxim that a young woman should never be mar ried till she had spun herself a full set of linen. Hence all unmarried women have been called spinsters—an appellation they still retain in all deeds and law proceed ings. To the above, the Boston Transcript re marks, that the unmarried young ladies in that city cannot, any of them, according to the above maxim, be considered marriage able. Most of them, however, who have passed their teens, have probably spun “street yarn” enough for a “full set of lin en”—provided linen could be manufac tured out of such immaterial material! A Shower of Puppies. —A Paris paper (so quoted by the Post,) states, that “this morning, the 9th of September, 1843, a shower of puppies fell from the heavens in an orchard of the parish of Saint Giles de Livet.” Punch has since ascertained that the said puppies, for bad behaviour had been kicked out of the dog star, and that pots of bears’ grease may every day be ex pected from Ursa Maior. i?I. .1. KAPPEL, Printer. j Hear the veteran editor, Major M. M. . | Noah discourse about the sex ! One would j think ha was growing young, and had still ! a tender yeanling after the gentile damsels j of the Western world : i Good temper is the chief of female vir | tues. A good temper hides many defects of the out-side and sets off’a homely coun tenance to better advantage than rouge and alcoholic cosmetics. Mow many •“ or nery” little female bodies have we seen surrounded with halos of attraction bv a winning way, a placid, calm, obliging, smooth temperament! Ah ! how many ! A beautiful vixen is like a well-fought bat tle, good to view at a distance ; but very disagreeable to approach nearly. A petu lant, saucy, fault-finding, capricious beau ty is an awful picture to contemplate ; Tal ma’s remarks pop into one’s mind at the first glance—“ In her palace a grinning and ghastly figure of death will at some fu ture be.” And who ever saw a beauty that was not caprieions unreasonable, al ways for exacting impossibilities, forever displeased at something with which she has no right to feel out of sorts ; ever un willing to award any one his full meed of praise; Perform a service for any one of j those lovely demons and ask the straight j forward question “Is it well done ?” Will she answer as frankly “ yes” O ! no. “ Is it done well ?” “ Well, it is not ill.” “ Are you out for r a walk “ Well, I’m not in !” “ Do you admire Cachemire ?” : “ 1 don’t dislike it.” “ Will you accept me for your protector j through life ?” “Well, I won’t kick you at present ” At the opera, or some other place of pub lic resort one meets a copy of the Mediee an Venus, a star like creature ; full of good points, as spirited as an Eclipse, as beautifully restive as a colt, and like a pumpkin-hearted fellow, he solicits an introduction ; he calls at her home, and is surprised to hear, as lie passes through the hall to the drawing room, an account of Miss ’s battle with a servant girl.— What a Jove-like thunderbolt! Phrenolo gy is a pretty fair science, and should we ever take another wife, (which is not at all likely) we shall examine her head assure as we are human. And tier eyes. They are the windows through which one may look into the hack-yard of her mind, where her propensities, and her likings, her tem per and temperament are stowed away for preservation. A black eyed girl is suspi cious. A great deal of fire lurks behind those Gypsey orbs—generally enough to consume one’s happiness to ashes, which are sprinkled plentifully over the sack cloth we must necessarily wear after tho conflagration. Blue eyes arc verv pretty for waxen dolls ; but full grown ladies are better without them. If large and deep, they make a tolerable impression, and gen erally accompany an even and well-order ed mind ; but light and shaded like a china plate, they betoken a frivolous and weak heart, and are expressionless as muffins.— The lady owners of such optics, had better be left to bestow their undevided affections upon their lap-dogs. A haxel eye inspires at first a Platonic sentiment, which gradu ally 7 but surely 7 expands, and emerges into a love as securely founded as the Rock of Gibraltar. A woman with hazel eye nev er elopes from her husband, never chats scandal, neversacrifices her husband’s com fort to her own ; never fault-finds ; never talks too much or too little ; always is an entertaining, intellectual, agreeable and loveable creature. We never knew but one uninteresting and unamiable woman with a hazel eye, and she had a nose which looked as the Yankee says, “ like the little end of nothin’ whittled down to a p’int.”— Incomparable orbs ; there is a depth of ex pression, a speaking glance that appeals di rectly to the inner, a confidential and af fectionate inspiration; an intellectuality; and many other things thine undisputed right, which have won our devotion, and our admiration. These are the women who make amends for all the faults of the sex, certain. We are surprised that we could have been betrayed into an expose of our sentiments on such a funny subject; hut as it is so, let it go, we merely conclude with saying, that a hazel eye in a female head, seldom roams over the pages of Paul de Kock. Our girls are getting altogether unmanageable—the consequence of peru sing so many naughtyisms and indefensible metaphysics.— Noah’s Messenger. London contains upwards of 200,000 houses, occupies 20 square miles of ground, and lias a population of little less than 2,- 000,000 of souls. Its leviathan body is composed of nearly 10,000 streets, lanes, alleys, squares, places, terraces, &c. It consumes upwards 0f4,369,000 lbs. of ani mal food weekly, which is washed down by 1,400,000 barrels of porter annually, exclu sive of other liquids. Its rental is at least 157,000,000 a year ; it pays for luxuries it imports at least £12,000,000 a year duty alone. It has 237 churches, 207 dissent ing places of worship, and upwards ofsooo public houses, and sixteen theatres. Good. —An up country gallant, not long since, went over to see his “ bright partic ular ;” and after sitting near half a day without saying a word, got up, and says he, “ Well, I reckon it’s gittir. feeden time ; I mustbeagoin. Well, a good evening to you all, Miss Nanat. [VOLUME XXIX.
