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NEWS & PLANTERS’ GAZETTE.
I>. . COTTIAG, Editor.
No. 14.— NEW SERIES.]
1 News and Planters’’ Gazette.
V terms:
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■ biqg; or Three Dollars if not paid till the expi
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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.
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