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About News & planters' gazette. (Washington, Wilkes County [sic], Ga.) 1840-1844 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 7, 1843)
NEWS & PLANTERS’ GAZETTE. D.. COTTIMtr, Editor. No. 15—NEW SERIES.] News and Planters ’ Gazette. terms: Published weekly at I'wo Dollars and Fifty Cents per annum, it paid at the tune of Subscri bing ; or Three Dollars if not paid till the expi ration of three months. No paper to be discontinued,unless a! the option of the Editor, without the settlement of all ifc'rer rages. D* Litters. on business, must be postpa id, to insure attention. No communication shall be ; published , unless toe are made acquainted with the name of the author. TO ADVERTISERS. , Advertisements, not exceeding one square, first insertion, Seventy-Jive Cents; and for each sub sequent insertion, Fifty Cents. A reduction will be made of twenty-five per cent, to those who advertise by the year. Advertisements not limited when handed in, will be inserted till for bid, and charged accordingly. Sales of Land and Negroes by Execut ors, Ad ministrators and Guardians, are required by law, to be advertised, in a public Gazette, sixty days previous to the day of sale. The sales of Personal Property must be adver tised in like manner, forty days. Notice to Debtors and Creditors of an Estate must be published forty days. Notice that application will he made to the Court of Ordinary, for leave to sell Land or Ne groes, must be published for four months— notice that application will he made for Letters of Administration, must be published thirty days; and Letters of Dismission, six months. Mail Arrangements. POST OFFICE, > Washington, Ga., Sept. 1, 1843. $ EASTERN MAIL By this route, Mails are made up for Raytown, Double-Wells, Crawfordville, Camack, Warren ton, Thompson, Dearing, and Barzelia. ARRIVES. Monday, Wednesday, and Friday, at 9, A. M. CLOSES. Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday, at 2,], P. M WESTERN MAIL. By this route, Mails are made up for all Offi ces in South-Western Georgia, Alabama, Mis sissippi, Louisiana, Florida, also Athens, Ga. and the Nortii-Western part of the State. arrives —Wednesday and Friday, by 6 A. M. closes —Tuesday and Thursday, at 12 M. ABBEVILLE, S.C. MAIL. By this route, Mails are made up for Danburg, Pistol Creek, and Petersburg. ARRIVES. Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday, by 1 P. M. closes. Monday, Wednesday, and Friday, at G A. M. f . LEXINGTON MAIL - *By this route, Mails are made up for Centre- Ville, State Rights, Scull-shoals, and Salem. arrives —Monday and Friday, at 9 A. M. closes —Tuesday and Saturday, at 9 A. M. APPLING MAIL 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 are made up for Mallo rysville, Goosepoud, Whites, Mill-Stone, Ilarn sonville, and Ruckersville. Arrives Thursday 8 P. M., and Closes same tune. LINCOLNTON 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. EF 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. ’ ij® We are authorized to an noui \ EDWARD R. ANDERSON, Esq. as a cal late for Sheriff, of Wilkes county, at the elect \i January next. Nl her 30. 1843. 14 statFoTgeorgia, WILKES COUNTY. W. vernor, and to us di (6as) wSfr rected, requiring us to /ttAa cause an Election to be held on MONDAY mi t * 3e *”" st^ot REPRESENTATIVE, in the House of Representatives of the Congress of the United States, to fill the vacancy caused by the death of the Hon. John Millen. We the Justices of the Inferior Court for the county a foresaid, hereby give notice, that an Election will be held at the Court-House in the Town of Washington and at the several Election Pre cincts in said County and State aforesaid, on MONDAY the first day of JANUARY next, for a Representative to fill the aforesaid vacancy. LEWIS S. BROWN, 1. 1. c. IIEZEKIAH L. EMBRY, j. r. c. / JAMES HARRIS, j. i. c. WM Q. ANDERSON, j. i. c. A. S. WINGFIELD, j. i. c November 30, 1843 14 Notice to Debtors and Creditors. ALL persons indebted to the Estate of Timo thy T. Smith, late of Wilkes county, de ceased, are requested to pay the same immediate ly, and those having demands against the Estate will present the same in terms of the law for pay fcnPEfrWAßD R ANDERSON, Adm’r. Nov ember 30,184.1. 6t 14 . you ‘rjawimtiL executed at this \ . ® !F (F 0 © g a Fall and Winter CiJ'ttO 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 rales. Worsted Goods: : Chusans, Tesans, Crape de Lyons, Mouslin , deLaines, Grode Nap Marinos, Alpaca’s of all colors and qualities, plain and figured Printed Cashmere D’Escasse, anew and beautiful arti cle for Ladies’ Dresses, Aeolians, Parisians, Bombazines, and Merinos. Silk Goods , Comprising a splendid assortment of Fancy, Black and Blue-black, plain and figured, black and white Satins, Velvets, some new styles for Dresses, Gloves 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 and broche Satin Gros de Naples Bonnet Ribbons. Shawls. Woolen and worsted winter Shawls, new styles Thibet 4,5 & 0-4, mode colors. Black Mourning and colored Marino. Mouselin de Lane 4-4 to 6-4, plain &embroid’d. 10-4 Herman Siik Shawls, new and very fine, 8-4 Damask Silk “ Drapers 9 Goods. Fancy Vestings, new style, Cacheinire figured Velvet and black Satin Vestings, Cloths and Cassimers, black, blue, green, claret, Cadet and drab Cloths, Black, blue and fancy Cassimeres, Cravats, splendid soar! Cravats, Italian and Eng lish Silk Cravats. ALSO, A general assortment of English, French and American Calicoes, Satinets, Kentucky Jeans, Linseys, Kersey, Blankets, 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, Bridles, Collars, Nails, Hardware, Cutlery, Crockery, Groceries, Paints, Oils, Drugs and Medicine.-, with the u sual variety kept in a country store. Those who make it an object to get Cheap Bargains, and new and fashionable Goods, would do well to call at W. S. HEARD’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, Perfumery, Brushes, Paints, Oils,; Window Glass, Dye Sturts, &,c. &c. Being connected with Haviland, Keese & Cos., New-York, and Hav ggjjry iland, Harral & Allen, Charles- JUnl ton, they are constantly receiving tresh supplies of every article in • their line, which they are enabled to sell at the lowest market prices. ILF All goods sold by them, warranted to be of the qualify represented, or may be returned. Augusta, August 1843. 51 EXECUTORY SALE. Will be sold on ihe first Tuesday in January next, at the Court-llouse door in Elbert coun ty, between the usual hours of sale, the fol lowing Tracts of Land, belonging to the Es tate of Mrs. Nancy M. Hunt, deceased, viz.: 280£ Acres lying in said county, adjoining Eppy Bond and others; 459§ Acres in said county, on the waters of the Beaverdam and Doves’ Creek, adjoining Betsey Ham, et. ai. ; 200 Acres on the waters of the Beaverdam Creek, joining lands belonging to the Estate ot 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. VM/'ILL be sold on Wednesday the twentieth * * day of December next, at the late resi dence of Argyle Norman, deceased, in Wilkes county, a part of the Perishable Property, con sisting of Horses, Hogs, Cattle, Sheep, Corn, Fodder, Oats, one yoke of Oxen and Cart, one set of 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. 11 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 Inferior Court of said county, while sitting as a Court of Ordinary, One young Negro man by the name of John ; one Negro woman by the name of Siiva, and one Negro girl by the name of Agga, belonging to the Estate of M. C. Upshaw, deceased. Bold for the benefit of the creditors. Terms on the day of sale. THOMAS J. HEARD, Adm’r. November 1,1843. 12 EXECUTOR’S SALE. Will be sold on the first Tuesday in February next, before the Court-House door in Elbert county, agreeable to the will of John Davis, deceased, Three Negroes, by the names of Lee, Sim and Mary, as the property of the Estate of John Da vis, deceased, for the benefit of the heirs of said deceased. Terms will be made known on the day of sale. THOMAS JOHNSTON, Ex’r. ’ November 15,1843. ■ m2m 13 WASHINGTON, (WILKES COUNTY, GA.,) DECEMBER 7, 184. CHEAPER THAN EVER. WILLIS & HESTER, HAVING removed their Stock of GOODS, into the Store formerly occupied by Mr. | A. L Lewia, offer them for sale at prices as low j or lower than can be procured in Washington, j Their Stock consists, in part, of the following j 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 Jaekonet Muslins, Marseilles Quilts 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 retail Stores. Thankful for the favors which have been be- ! stowed on them heretofore, they invite their 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 lor Cash or credit November 23, 1843. 13 PHILADELPHIA NEW CASH STORE. Goods Cheaper than ever I J. MAYER & BROTHERS. RESPECTFULLY inform the citizens of Washington and vicinity, that they have j opened a Stock of Goods In the New Building on the West side of the Public Square, one building above Messrs. Bol ton & Nolan. Their Stock consists of American and Foreign Dry <s• Fancy Goods. Boots, Shoes, Ready-made Clothing, and many other articles too tedious to mention. ; Call and suit yourselves. Terms ‘ Cash. November 9,1843. 3m 11 Cl AT r r * or sa k at Three Dollars per l) XJL M-J JL Sack. Apply to BOLTON & NOLAN. October 19, 1843. 8 CUTTING & BUTLER, ATTORNIES, 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 NELSON CARTER, 9 DEALER IN Choice Drugs and Medicines, Chemicals, Patent Medicines, Surgical and Dental Instruments, Perfumery, Brushes, Paints, Oils, Dye-Stuffs, Window Glass, Spc. Spc. red"'mortar .\ ALGUSTA, Ga. October 12, 1843. lv 7 TO MERCHANTS AND PLANTERS. HAMBURG, (S.C.) July, 1843. I BEG leave to inform you, that 1 continue the WARE-HOUSE AND COMMISSION BUSINESS at my old stand, known as the Wa ter-proof Warehouse. Detached as it is from oth er buildings, its location renders it nearly as se cure from fire, as if it was fire-proof The floors have been elevated above the high water mark of the great freshet of May, 1840. Planters will thus be secured from the possi bility 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. I solicit from them and the public generally, a con tinuance of this confidence, and assure them that in return for their patronage, 1 will use my best personal efforts to promote and protect their in terests, committed to my charge. In addition to this assurance, I pledge myself that I will in no case purchase a bale of cotton, directly or indi rectly. I will attend personally to the sale and forwarding of cotton to Savannah or Charleston; also, to the sale of Bacon, Flour, &c. Sic., and to the receiving and forwarding ot goods to the up country. Having a line wharf attached to my Warehouse, no wharfage will be charged on Cotton consigned to my care, either for sale or to be forwarded to Savannah or Charleston. My commissions for selling cotton, will be 25 cents per bale, and 12 J cents for forwarding. I will also attend to the buying of goods per order. Verv respectfully, yours, &c. G. WALKER. August, 1843. 52 EXECUTOR’S SALE. VMTILL be sold on the first Tuesday in Feb * * ruary next, before the Court-House door in Wilkes county, a part of the Real Estate of William Hughes, deceased. Sold by an order of Court. BARNARD H. HUGHES, Ex’r. November 16,1843. 12 ADMINISTRATOR’S SALE. Will he sold on the first Tuesday in February next, before the Court-House door in Lump kin county, agreeable to an order of the Infe rior Court of Elbert county, when sitting as a Court of Ordinary, One lot of Land containing forty Acres, known by number 1114, in the Eleventh District, first Section, formerly Cherokee, but now Lumpkin county. Sold as a part of the Lands belonging to the Estate of JohnS. Higginbotham, deceas ed. Sold for the benefit of the heirs of said de ceased. Terms will be made known on the day of sale JOSEPH SEWELL, J Adm , rß JOHN G. HIGGINBOTHAM, { AQm November 15.1843. m2m 13 PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY MORNING irtforcUaucouG. From the Democratic Review. SLYDER DOWNEIIYLLE: A SEARCH AFTER HAPPINESS 11V JOSEPH 0. NEAL, Author of “Charcoal Sketches ,” fyc. “How happy I’ll be to-morrow !” ex claimed little Slyder Downehylle, in anti- I cipation ofChristmas ; “oh, how happy 1 shall be to-morrow !” “Couldn’t you contrive to be happy a lit tle now ?” replied Uncle John, who had learned somewhat to dislrusl anticipation and its gorgeous promises. “Happy now, Uncle John !” retorted lit tle Slyder Downehylle, rather contempt uously, “happy now !—what with, I should like to know—what shall I be happy with now? Where’s the candy, the cakes, the pies; where’s the hobby-horse that some body’s going to give me ; and all the Christ mast gifts ? How I wish to-morrow had came ; what a long day—what a long eve ning—what a great while I’ve got to sleep!” Little Slyder Downehylle became quite cross, and Uncle John whistled. Twenty four hoursafterwards, little Slyder Downe hylle was still more cross—he had been happy with candy, with cakes and with pies, untill he was very uncomfortable in deed ; he had been happy with toys, until he had quarrelled with his little compan ions and strewed the room with broken play things ; lie had been happy with his hobby horse, until he got a fall. “Oh, what a stupid day !” said little Sl v- I der Downehylle, “I wish to-morrow would j come—l’ll lie so happy at aunt Betsey’s.” j It is unnecessary to intrude at aunt Bet- ; sey’s, for the events there were ofacharac- j ter strongly resembling what had already occurred. Little Slyder Downehylle went J to bed in tears. It was always so with the unfortunate Slyder Downehylle. Throughout life, he wanted something to be happy with ; and, strangely enough, it universally occurred that when he had obtained the thing, it did not prove to be exactly the thing he wanted. His expectations were never realized, and he was, therefore, constantly in a state of disappointment. Unlucky Slyder Downe hylle ! It was deplorable too that such should he the case, for Slyder Downehylle was anxious to he happy ; he was always looking forward to lit happy ; for something “to he happy with.” He never got up in the morning hut that it was his resolve to be happy in the afternoon—and, if not suc cessful in accomplishing his purpose at that time, lin endeavored as far as possible to retrieve the failure by forming a similar determination for the evening. No one ever had a greater variety of schemes for living happy—very happy—than he ; for living happy next week, for living happy next month, or next year ; hut it appeared to him that a malignant fate was sure to in terfere, in order that his projects might be frustrated. At school, he was always think ing how happy he would he on Saturday afternoon ; but then sometimes it rained on Saturday afternoon, or his companions would not do as he wished them to do on Saturday afternoon, or it may be that al- j though he had toiled hard for the pleasure j on Saturday afternoon, and the toil for pleasure is often the severest of work, he returned home weary, dispirited and out of temper. Ofcourse it was unavoidable that his pleasure should be postponed until some other Saturday afternoon. And it was e ven so with the large holidays. They ne ver were exactly what they ought to have been ; what they promised to be ; what they seemed to he, when viewed from a distance. If Slyder Downehylle went a-fishing, w hy a treacherous bank would often give way, and then—pray who can possibly be hap py when dripping wet, with iris clothes on? Nobody but poodles. What felicity is there in loosing one’s shoe in a swamp? Who is perfectly happy when scouring across the plain, like “swift Camilla,” with old Jen kins’ big dog—that dog always biles, rus tic dogs do—following close at his heels, widely opening a mouth which showed no need of the dentist? Then, if Slyder Downehylle went skating, it not unfre quently happened that lie cried with cold, what a strange arrangement it is not to have the best of skating on the warmest days! At other seasons, there was the sun. It never rains but it pours, in this world. Is it happiness, think ye, to have one’s dear little nose, incipient Roman, or determined pug, as the case may he—all of a blister, and have one’s delectable coun tenance as red and as hot as a scarlet fever? “There’s lime in the sack”—invariably, in Slyder Dovvnehyll’s saek—it would he ea sy to make mortar of it. The young Downehylle, finding that happiness eluded his grasp while a boy, made sure of throwing a noose over its head when he should be a man. What on earth is there to prevent a man’s being hap py, if he chooses—especially if a man has money, as was the case in the present in stance, Uncle John and Aunt Betsey both being gathered totheir fathers and mothers. May not a man do as he pleases ? go to bed when he pleases, and get up when he pleases ? eat what he pleases and drink what he pleases ? A man is not compel led to learn lessons. All his afternoons are Saturday afternoons; his holidays last all the year round. Who would not be a man ? “Oh, when lam a man!” said Sly der Downehylle. “I wish I was a man !” exclaimed Slyder Downehylle. “I want to be a man !” cried Slyder Downehylle, with impatience. Sooner or later, at least in the eye of the j ( law, most boys become men, in despite of’ remonstrance. These boys are remark- ; able for an upstart tendency, and the Down hylies themselves are not exempt from the peculiarity. So Slyder Downehylle was a man at last, though on the whole it must beconfesscd that he did not derive the sat- | isfaction from it that he had been led to ex- | pect. * * * * * * Slyder Downehylle was extended at full length upon a sofa. ‘I say, Spifflikens, what shall I be at? I’m twenty-one—l’ve got plenty of money; I’m as tired as thunder already—whatshall I be at, Spifflikens ?’ ‘Lend me a hundred, and buy yourself a buggy, whv don’t you get a buggy, to begin with ?’ ‘Yes, Spifflikens, I will. You’re right ; the Downehylles were always great on ! buggies, you know, Spifflikens.’ It was Slyder Downehylle’s theory, after this conversation, for he often theorized— that happiness was, to some degree, vehicu lar ; that, like respectability, it was to be found in a gig, if it were to . he found any where. So lie bought him a sulky and a fast trotter—a mile in two minutes or there- j abouts. What could escape a man who, followed so rapidly ? If you wish to be successful in the pursuit of happiness, do not forget to buy a sulky—there’s nothing like a sulky. ‘Alia 1 that’s it 1’ muttered Slyder Downe hylle, as he tugged at the reins, and went whizzing along the turnpike in a cloud of dust, passing everything on the road, and carrying consternation among the pigs, the ducks, and the chickens. Slyder thought that this was ‘it’ for Se vern! consecutive days ; but as the novelty worn off; there’s the rub—(that Hamlet was rather a sensible fellow, did he too keep a‘fast trotter ?’) Slyder was not so sure whether it was the thing exactly, and on the recommendation of his friend Spifflikens, who borrowed anether hundred on the oc casion, he endeavored to improve it a little by drinking champaigne and playing bil liurds, at tho ‘Cottage.’ Fast trotters and champagne—fast trotters and billiards, harmonize very well. Under this combi nation, Slyder appeared to think that ‘it’ was considerably more like the tiling than ! before. He had found ‘something to be hap- ; py with,’ at last, and so had Spifflikens. it was not however so difficult to make Spiffy a happy man, only allow him to go ahead, and say nothing about‘returns.’ He hates any thing sombre, anything ‘dun.’ ‘Now I’m happy,’ said Slyder Downe hylle, as he stood on the portico of the ‘Cot tage,’ and saw every eye fixed with admi ration on his establishment, as the boy led his horse and sulky through the crowd of vehicles. ‘That’s it, at last!’ and he ligh ted another cigar and called for an addi tional bottle of iced champagne. ‘That’s it, certainly,’ remarked Spifflikens, at the explosion of the cork. Slyder Downehylle was perfectly satis fied that this was indeed ‘it’ for a consider able portion of the afternoon, and, to tell the truth, when he remounted his buggy, nodding his head to the bystanders, as lie hung his coat-tails over the back of the ve- i hide, he was not a little ‘elevated.’ ‘There—let him go !’ said he, tossing a half-dollar to the hostler’s deputy. Mr. Downehylle’s sulky flew like light ning across the lawn. ‘Splendid !’ ejaculated the spectators. ‘Superiaw—fine !’ added Spifflikens. The dogs barked, the colored gentlemen who officiated as waiters grinned from ear to ear. There was quite a sensation at the ‘Cottage.’ ‘That’s it, at last!’ said Slyder Downe hylle, triumphantly’. But he forgot that existence, short as it is, cannot be crowded all into the exhilarating moment of a ‘start. ’ Life is not to be distilled and condensed in this way, though his life seemed to come as near it as possible, on the occasion referred to. Why are we made ambitious ? Why will we endeavor to jump over puddles that j are too wide, when we so-often miss immor- | tality by no more than a hair’s breadth ? I But “touch and go” is the secret of great j enterprises. Slyder Downehylle was struck i with a desire to sublimate the sublime—to | “o’retop old Pelion,” and old Pelion, as it was natural he should, resent the insult.— Downehylle was allowed to ‘touch,’ we of ten do that; but there was a veto on his ‘go.’ He wished to shave the gate-post, in his cir cular enthusiasm ; to astonish the natives with his charioteering skill. Yet the pop lars might have reminded him of Phaeton’s sisters weeping, lank and long. It certainly was the champagne; that last bottle, so well iced. Mr. Downehylle was out of his calcula tion by about the sixteenth part ofan inch. He was on a leeshore. A cloud of splinters went up and came down again. ‘There is but a Frenchman the more in France,’ said a Burbon on the restoration. It was also quite evident that there was a sulky the less in existence. — As this could no be considered the ‘fast trot ter’s’ business, he having no further con cern with the matter than to do a certain number of miles in a specific number of minutes ; he therefore went straight on to fulfil his part of the contract, and it ;s to be presumed that he -.vas successful, as noth ing has been heard from him since. ‘That’s not it, after all,’ murmured Mr. | Slyder Downehylle, as he was carried into j the Cottage for surgical aid. - The bystanders, lately so full ofadmira 1. J. hVPPEL, Printer. | tion, ungraciously placed their thumbs up i on their noses, and waggled their fingers. Greatness always falls, when it meets with an upset. ‘What could you expect from n fellow that holds his elbows so, when he drives ?’ j was the general remark. When we are j down every one can see the reason why. i The world is always full ofsagacity, after the event. Slyder Downehylle is known by the col ored waters at the Cottage as ‘the gcmplin that got split,’ and he has so knocked down hy the affair that he felt flat at the slightest allusion to it. He never hunted happines in a buggy again, but went slowly home in the omnibus, and, though it did not en able him to journey very rapidly, lie yet contrived, while in it, to arrive at the con clusion that, if‘fast trotters’ carried others to felicity, the mode of travel was too rough for him. He was puzzled. What could be the matter? He was a man, a man of cash ; money in both pockets; hut yet Slyder Downehylle was not happy, not particular ly happy. Ou the contrary, striking an average, he was, for the most part, decided ly miserable. He yawned about all the morning ; he was not hungry in the after noon ; he was seldom sleepy at night, vexa tious 1 ‘There’s something I want,’thought Sly pe r Downehylle ; ‘but what is it, that’s more than I can tell ; hut it is something to be happy with. What other peoplerret for the purpose that they go grinning about so, hang me if I can discover. Slyder Downehylle was rather good look ing, about these times ; not decidedly ‘a love,’ but well enough ; and so, ,s nature had been propitious, he struck out anew line—a very popular line; the hail tine.— He cultivated whiskers, ‘fringing tin ia . ■ of his countenance;’ lie set up a nmr tache ; he starred his under lip with an perial, and he balanced the superstructure with the classical “goatee 1” Medusa her selfnever had more luxuriant curls. When Slyder Downehylle wanted to find hum e he was obliged to beat the bushes. 11.-; sed half the day with a brush in his h,.nd. in adjusting his embellishments, in givi:.; them irresistible expressions ; and the rest of the time was consumed in carrying them up and down all manner of streets, and to all sorts of public places. Slyder Downe hylle was now the envy ofthe young bloods about town, and was regarded as a perfect Cupidon by the ladies. How, indeed, could it bo otherwise! Birnam Wood had come to Dunsinane, not a feature was discern able. Esau and Orson were shavelings and shavers to Slyder Downehylle. But, notwithstanding the fact that Samson found strength in his hair, Slyder was not so luc ky. A thickest hedge cannot keep out ennui. It is true that the buffalo and the bison at the menagerie took Mr Slyder Downehylle for a patriarch of the tribe, fresh from the head waters ofthe Oregon ; yet, after all, Slyder’s spirit was nearly as bald of comfort as the “hairless horse” that unfashionable quadruped. It must he con fessed, however, that there were gleams of consolation attendant upon his bristly con dition. The servants at the hotels styled him “mounsheer ; how delightful it is to he mistaken for what you are not! People thought lie talked “pretty good English, considerin,” and, best of all, the little boys ran back wards that they might look with wonder at his face, while the mailer chil dren went screaming intotiie house to call their mammas to see the “funny thing.”— But “false the light on glory’s plume;” and it is no less false on glory’s hair.— Even the excitement of such enviable dis tinction as this soon wears away, aud it may be questioned whether, barring the ex pense of soap, a furry-faced gentleman is, in the long run, much happier than the more sober citizen who lias so little taste for the picturesque as to save several times a week, and who is neither a “foundling of the forest” nor a perambulatory Moses, al ways among the bulrushes. Slyder Downehylle, therefore, reinforced his whiskers by an elaborate care of dress. He was padded into a model of symmetry ; but although the buckram was judiciously placed, he soon ascertained that this was not the kind ofbolstering he wanted. The cotton made him warm, hut it did not make him happy—nor quiet. It was “nothing to be thus,” unless one were “safely thus.” Slyder Downehylle began to feel small when his muscular developemerits were hung upon the bedpost. Which was Sly der, in the main, he beneath the cover, or that larger part of him against the wall? He was tired of packing and unpacking; wearied with being “spectacular.” It was not exactly kind in Uncle John and Aunt Betsy—though they thought it was—thus to bequeath their savings to Slyder Downehylle. Their legacy per plexed him sadly. He discovered in a ve ry short time, that money is not in itself, notwithstanding the fact that it is general ly known as the “one thing needful,” the material of happiness. But lie was clear in his own mind that it was something to be got with money. Still, however, he could not find it—that “something to be happy with” that cake, that candy, that sugar-ice, that hobby-horse. When his game was run down, why, it was only a fox after all. ‘Life’s an imposition —a humbug,’ said Slyder Downehylle, pettishly ; ‘l’ve tried much ofthe fun that’s said to be ip it, and I’m beginning to have an idea it’s a con founded stupid piece of business, when a man has seen it pretty much all through, like a farce at the theatre. I’m sure I don’t [VOLUME XXIX.
