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WEWS & PLANTERS’ GAZETTE. ID. . COTTING, Editor. No. 35.—NEW SERIES.] News and Planters’ Gazette . terms: Published weekly at Two Dollars and Fifty Cents per annum, if paid at the time of yub.se ri bin<r; or Three Dollars if nut 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 arrearages. IET Litters, on business, mustbepostpaid, to insure attention. No communication shall lie published, unless toe are made acquainted with the name of the author. TO ADVERTISERS. Advertisements, not exceeding one square, first insertion, Secenty-fne Cents; and for each sub- I sequent insertion, Fifty Cents. A reduction will j be made of twenty-five per cent, to those who I 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 Executors, 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 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; and Letters of Dismission, sir 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 2J, P. M WESTERN MAIL. By this route, Mails are made up for all Oifi ces in South-Western Georgia, Alabama, Mis sissippi, Louisiana, Florida, also Athens, Ga. and the North-Western part of the State. arrives —Wednesday and Friday, by C 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 0 A. M. 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. Bv 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 rysvillo, Goosepond, Whites, Mill-Stone, llarri sonville, and Ruckersville. Arrives Thursday 8 P. M., and Closes same time. 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. 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. COTTING & 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, DEALER IN Choice Drugs and Medicines, Chemicals, Patent Medicines, Surgical and Dental Instruments, Perfumery, Brushes, Paints, Oils, Dye-Stuffs, Window Glass, fyc. Spc. REDHORTAr J AUGUSTA, Ga. October 12, 1843. ly 7 HAVILAND, RISLEY & Cos. Near the Mansion House, Globe and United States Hotels, AUGUSTA, GA., DEALERS IN CHOICE DRUGS AND MEDICINES, Surgical and Dental Instruments, .J Chemicals, Patent Medicines, Perfumery, Brushes, Paints, Oils, Window Glass, Dye Stuffs, &c. See. Being connected with Haviland, jjgBBBII Keese & Cos., New-York, and Hav gEjir iland, Harral & Allen, Charles ton, they are constantly receiving fresh supplies of every article in fnr line, which they are enabled to sell at the lowest market prices. 03“ All goods sold by them, warranted to be of the quality represented, or may be returned. Augusta, August 1843. 51 _ i New Goods. The Subscriber is now receiving his sup ply of Spring and Summer itt*y floods. Os the latest Style and New Pat terns. AMONG THEM ARE : Worsted Bareges and Balzarines, for La dies Spring Dresses, Printed Lawns and French Muslins, Lace Muslins and Organdy do. Cotton Balzarines and Organdy Ginghams, I Superior Earlston Ginghams, i Do. Chusan do. French and American Calicoes, a great va riety, Super, plain, black and blue black Silks, Do. Plaid and Stripe do. Gros de Swiss Foulard do. Fancy Shawls and Ties, Do. Scarfs, Bonnet Ribbons and Neck do. Leghorn and Straw Bonnets, Lawn and Silk do. Bonnet Hoods, Linens and Long Lawns, Super, wool dyed black Broadcloths, Do. blue and invisible-green do. Do. black Cassi.neres, Fancy do. a great variety. Super, black Drap d’etc and Barpone, a new article, for Gentlemen’s Summer Coats, Brown Linens and Linen Drills, Gambroon, fig’d. Barpone, and cotton Pon gees, Brown and blue Domestics, Georgia Nankeens, Hosiery and Gloves, Linen Cambric and Silk Handkerchiefs, Saddles, Bridles and Martingales, Shoes, Black and white fur Huts, Leghorn and Palm-leaf do. Hardware and Cutlery, Crockery, Sugar, Tea and Coffee, Powder and Shot, j Nails, Ac. See. Also.—A great variety of articles too numerous to mention, which lie offers on terms to suit the timess. O IT CALL AND SEE. . I\ COKART Washington, March 28, 1844. 31 £fHfeCC > U4(l9?slls. THE MAD ENGLISHMEN. A Story of Ostend. —Journeying lately in the diligence from Ostend to Ghent, 1 fell in with a Belgian Travelling companion, with whom I had some agreeable chat rela tive to the country through which we pass ed, and its inhabitants. He was a native of Ostend, a town which lias endured many vicisitudes of fortune, and of which he seemed to know many amusing stories. Oneofthese l shall try to recall to remem brance, in the words which it was told. In the year 1817, two Englishmen ar rived at Ostend; end from their movements appeared to be two singular originals. One was short, stout, and red haired; the other was tall and thin. The short one was named Richard Mowbray, and Install companion was William Featherington. Both were in the prime of life, between forty five and fifty five. From head to foot both were gentlemen, and their pass ports were in the best order and regularity. Upon stepping ashore, they were conduct ed, at their desire, to the Scheldt inn, in the Gudule Street. The host was by name Rysvoort, and his inn had by no means the best reputation in Ostend. The in keeper was of course enchanted by the ar rival ofsuch unlooked for guests. They occupied the best apartments in his house, and ordered the choicest fare. The cook busied herself in setting before them a most miserable dinner, and our host did the same by two bottles of execrable wine. The Islanders ate and drank with the most perfect satisfaction. But tiie reckoning? Upon this head the host was quite at ease. The next morning his enormous charges were paid with the utmost indiffererence. Thus far all was excellent; but Van Rys voot, unused to such birds of Paradise, fear ed every moment they might depart, and continue their journey to Brussels. He very eagerly concluded that the English men did not cross the sea to see Ostend merely, and to pay roundly for his bad cheer. The pair however, showed no signs of de parture; a dilligencc offered them every opportunity. The Englishmen remained quietly; all intercourse with the town’s people they avoided; the sights they trou bled themselves not at all about. Every day they walked into the country, and ate and drank, smoked, slept, and read the pa pers, and lived as quietly and peaceably as angels. No letters came to them; they sent none off; the world was dead to them, and they were dead to the wofld Every third morning fSUy regularly paid their bill; took nothing off, although the landlord daily charged a three fold price for every thing. Van Rysvoort spoke i usually but little la, and troubled himself l PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY MORNING. WASHINGTON, (WILKES COUNTA, GA.,) APRIL. 25, 1844. about his guests still less, since they paid I so well; but these self same Englishmen j took up all his attention. He puzzled his i brain over and over again and at last : took his wife into his councils; but as they j could hot even conjointly solve the mystery they consulted with friends and neighbors upon what these Englishmen could possi bly he doing at Ostend. “They are spies,” said one. “Birds of flight, who are escaping punishment says others. At last the town clerk, who had been | some years in England settled the matter. | “Do not trouble your heads: I’ll tell you wiiat these two Englishmen are; they are ; nothing more or less than mad Englshmen. IDo you know what that means? Listen and I will tell you. I knew in London a man who in his old ago, took to leading such a beggarly life, that for fifteen years he lived as the most wretched of paupers. From his fellow.beggars lie received every sort of annoyance; bismodeof life brought on him cudgelings and imprisonments; but he still persisted. At last one morn ing he was found in a lane frozen dead! And listen, he left a will—valid and drawn up by a notary —in which he disposed of more than £50,000 to a village he had ne ver seen nor known.—Confess that he was a inad Englishman. Such are those now lodging in the Scheldt.” So spoke the clever man. But Van Rysvoort answered “Mador not, they are good customers; they live, and pay well; they never complain; and if I only for five years could keep such guests, I should become a made man.” A week after this consultation, and three after their arrival, the Englishman called their host, and thus addressed him. Her. Van Rysvoort, yotir hotel pleases us very much, and if our proposition pleases you, j we may continue our acquaintance with j each other. “My lord,” answered the delighted host, with a low obeisance, “I am quite at your disposal ; say your wishes, and they shall become mine ; for I know what I owe to such distinguished guests.” “My good friend,” said the little fat man j “ your hotel is by no means so large as ii ought to be ; you know you have but three apartments in which a gentleman can he accomodated, and these look upon the street. , The rattle of carts and carriages makes i noise w ithout end. We love quiet. We ! are here every instant disturbed. Our ; health must sink under it. In short, the noise is unbearable.” “I am very sorry to hear it my lord : what can Ido ? You are quite right. It is true the traffic is without end, hut I can. not shut up the street.” “Certainly not: hut the thing is not so difficult after all.” “ What does my lord mean ?” “ The cost cannot be important, and wo ! willingly bear the half.” “Pray, continue, my lord,” cried out the landlord with a frankness and warmth most unusual to him. “ You have behind your house, a small garden, in which nothing grows ; the old wall is also in ruins. Could you not build there a small house, with three comfortable rooms, and there we shall find a quiet lodg ing ? If you freely give into our plan, as we have said, wc will pay the half. When vve leave, the house will belong to you ; but should this not please you, we must go, although we would willingly remain.” Van Rysvoort seized eagerly upon the proposal, finding his own advantage in ev. ery view ; he kept his customers, and en larged his house at their expense. The same evening the hottest Van Rys voort consulted with a builder, who, at one and the same time, was his gossip and god father. The builder set briskly to work next morning ; for the Englishmen would admit of no delay, and as they marked out the ground, all was quickly in progress. From morning till night Mr. Richard Mowbray and Mr. William Featherington never left the workmen. Van Rysvoort took great interest in what was going on, but said nothing. It is true he was not quite contented that the haste with which the Englishmen hurried on the building gave no great guarantee for its durability. He would have been better pleased, per haps, had the building not been raised quite so much in the corner by the old wall, and that it had been carried up a story or so higher; but his guests were inexorable, and would only allow of one floor. In 14 days the garden-house was completed, as if by magic. The Englishmen were so de lighted, that they took immediate posses sion. Van Rysvoort and his wife were now convinced that none but mad Englishmen would leave a good dry house for anew and wet one. However, that was the bu siness of his guests, and being to all appear ance a freak, they resolved that it should be well paid for. The entire building, ac cording to the accounts of the artificers employed upon it, cost 2374 florins—a sum which the innkeeper considered so unrea sonably low, that he increased it to 4748 florins—for his own benefit. Monstrous as was the bill presented to them, the English men paid it, the avaricious host consoling his conscience with the reflection, that it was all little enough for accommodating such crazy lunatics within his premises. This matter being settled, the English men, now installed in their garden-house, seldom made their appearance out of it. They ate, drank, smoked, and read the pa pers as usual, but the most curious part of our story is, that they allowed no one to t enter, and even made the beds themselves. All this time their accommodation was j not of the best order. Perhaps the Frau j Van Rysvoort w ished to try how little they i could be pleased with it. Nothing could I be worse than their eating and wine—for honest Herr Rysvoort’s reasoning was, that before mad Englishmen shoulJ drink of a good vintage, they must learn to value it. The facility with which they paid his dou ble charges was only equalled by the tin ccmpluiniugness with which they swallow ed his ill-prepared viands. The more shamelessness he exhibited, j the greater became the forbearance of his i guests. The brain of mine host was al ways at work to solve so much mysteiy ; lie even ventured to display a certain dog ged anger ; still, he moved not the equa nimity ot his customers. The most puz zling and annoying circumstances was the making their own beds. Why did they keep themselves locked in? Why did they burn a light all night? They moved into the garden for quiet sleep; and yet, since they had possession they appeared not to sleep at all! Van Rysvoort lost himself in w ild conjecture. He stood at the win dow whole nights watching the light at the Englishmen’s rooms ; and at last so puz zled his senses with his guests, that he could no longer enjoy life. The bewilder ed and tormented landlord now took a good friend or tw'o into his councils, and the re sult of a long deliberation was, that the two Englishmen were neither more nor less than false coiners. Van Rysvoort, not a little alarmed at this verdict, passed in review the whole of the gold pieces he had receiv ed from tiie Englishmen, hut found amongst them not a suspicious piece. Urged by his thrifty better half, he took a guinea to a neighboring Jew money-changer to ascer tain its w eight arid purity. The Jew made every usual test, but declared it good.— Now was the honest innkeeper quite at his wit’s end ; so was his wife ; ands 6 was his gossip, and god-father, the builder. Things went on in this manner until Oc tober,when the Englishmen suddenly chan ged their mode of living. Each bought a gun and a shooting pouch, and went out — but never togetiier—as they said, to sport upon the dunes and canals. At last, one evening Mr. Featherington called the inn keeper, and informed him that they were both going upon a three day’s shooting ex cursion. And sure enough, the following morn ing, long before sunrise, a carriage was waiting at the door, and the Englishmen in full sporting trim, jumped into it,and drove off. So precipitate we're they, that the inn keeper had no time to make his lowest bow, nor wish them a pleasant excursion. Dur ing the next three days, Van Rysvoort was in a state of considerable perplexity. The Englishmen had taken with them the key of the garden-house ; and a hard struggle ensued in his breast between curiosity and discretion. Curiosity said, break open the garden-house ; discretion said, such an in trusion would lose him his guests. Wednesday, the forth day from the de parture of the Englishmen, arrived, and still thc-y did not appear. In the evening a council was held in the inn ; the sitting was long and stormy, all sorts of surmises and strange hypotheses were indulged in. On the Thursday, Van Rysvoort put on his greatcoat most wofully, and went to give information to the police. He, how ever, took this step very unwillingly, as he wisely calculated that, in the event of his guests having met with an untimely end, he could not quietly possess himself of their valuables. The commissary and three gensd’arms attended at the inn, to clear up the mystery. Asa matter of form, three knocks at the door summoned to a surrender. Os no use, no reply. Then, as a matter of course, followed the forcing the entrance. The happy long-wished-for moment now was arrived. Lo ! what came to sight ? Noth ing, liberal ly nothing ! The police functionaries and the inn keeper started back in amazement. Then followed a long-drawn breath from the head-over-hcad peeping band of curious friends and relatives pressing on the back ground. A gensd’arme drew his sword and valiantly rushed into the apartments. But there was nothing to encounter but two empty trunks and an open letter. With these trophies he hurried back. Anew movement then took place. The commis sary read as follows : “My dear Van Rysvoort—Convinced that you are as well versed in tiie chroni cles ofyour town as you are in your led ger, of whose exactitude you have left us nothing to doubt, it may be useless to tell you that Ostend, in the beginning of the seventeenth century, was mixed up in the war then raging between Spain and Hol land. Your town was, from the year 1001 to 1604, exposed to those vicissitudes that all so situated are liable to, until the Dutch garrison was forced to yield to the Spanish general Spinola. Amongst the defenders who fought like heroes under the colors of the United Provinces, were many English men, sons of the first families of our coun try. In this band was one of our ancestors, who was treasurer of the expedition. Be fore the town capitulated, he with great caution hid from the capture of the Span iards the treasure box. Soon after, he returned to England and died, but not before he had given to his family some intelligence of the concealed treasures. This good fortune has devolved upon us : your house and garden were poin ted out as the spot. Once upon our track. we lost no time in installing ourselves in j your inn, and soon found reason to be sat- : isfied with our operations. We have sue- i ccedcd without giving rise to any suspi cions, in obtaining possession of the troas. tires so long arid deeply hurried in oblivion, and in appropriating thorn to ourselves, their right destination. How we operated i need now no longer he a secret ; but, Herr ! Van Rysvoort, we must premise our dis closure by declaring upon our honor as gentlemen, that we have fairly let yon into one half of the treasures. So long as Os. j tend exists, no innkeeper will have again such profitable guests. You have robbed us through thick and thin as though we had fallen into the hands of a banditti. You have not only doubly, but hundredfold chi caned us. We were determined to shut our eyes to your proceedings. As we promised you have profited. In the furthest room you will find a por- j tion of the floor broken up : you will also find a hole ten feet deep, at the bottom of which lies an iron chest. We took our time in removing the old ducats of Charles V. The chest wo bequeath to you, with the recommendation that you fill up the chasm again at vour convenience. Perhaps you will wish to know how the I “mad Englishmen” are really named. We J ; are very sorry in this respect to be unwil- ; j ling to oblige you. The discovery would’ i be of no use, as we firmly intend never to j ] set foot again in your memorable town, or |in your inn. Do not trouble yourself with j any reflections upon our conduct. The j ’ finance minister of Queen Elizabeth can alone call us to account; and he, good j man, has already given up his claims full I two hundred years ago ; so, upon his score, we lightly trouble ourselves. For the future, in laughing over the very j questionable conduct you have shown us, 1 we shall always bear witness to the high j esteem with which we are impressed as to j your character as a man and innkeeper.— In the hope of never seeing you again, with ; 1 our hearty farewell, we give you leave to j ; call us, and to speak of us, as the Mad Englishmen.” \ ’ Van Rysvoort rolled his eves and bit his j | lips ; but to what purpose ? The first trans- ! | port of rage having passed away, the inn- j ; keeper ended the matter by an observation I I which did honor to his perception. “That I these Englishmen, after all, were not so j j mad as they seemed lo be.” A Dovetailer of Sermons. —The Rev. j j B was what is commonly termed “a j popular preacher;” not, however, by draw- j ingonhisown stories, but by tiie knack which he possessed of appropriating the I thoughts and language of other great di- | vines who had gone before him, to his own j use, and by a skilful splicing and dovetail- j ing of passages, so as to make a whole.— Fortunately for him, those who composed j his audience were not deeply skilled in pul- j pit lore, and with such lie passed for a won der of erudition, it happened, however, | that the doctor was detected in his literary | larcenies. One Sunday, a grave old gen | tleman seated himself close to the pulpit, ; and listened with profound attention. The i doctor had scarcely finished his third sen- ; | tence, before the old gentleman said loud j enough to ho heard by those near him, | “That’s Sherlock.” The doctor frowned, hut went on. He had not proceeded much farther, when his grave auditor broke out with, “That Tillotson.” The doctor bit : his lips, and paused, but again went on.— • At a third exclamation of, “That's Blair,” j the doctor lost all patience, and, leaning over the side of the pulpit, “Fellow,” he cried, “if you do not hold your tongue, you shall be turned out.” Without altering a muscle, the old cynic, looking the doctor j full in the face, says, “That’s his own.” j CC!?” The following observations upon a j common, but incorrect, mode of expression arc from “ Bullion’s English Grammar :” “ It has lately become common to use the present participle passive to express the suffering of an action as continuing, instead of the participle in -ing in the passive sense; j thus, instead of. “The house is building,” j we now frequently hear, “ Tiie house is j being built.” This mode of expression, I besides being awkward, is incorrect, and does not express the idea intended. This will be obvious, I think, from the following considerations: 1. The expression, “is being,” is equiv alent to, “is,” and expresses no more; just as, “is loving,” is equivalent to, “loves.” Hence, “is being built,” is pre cisely equivalent to “is built.” 2. “ Built,” is a perfect participle ; and therefore cannot, in any connexion, express an action, or the suffering of an action, now in progress. The verb to be, signifies to exist; “bring,” therefore, is equivalent to | “ existing.” If then we substitute the sy nonyme, the nature of the expression will be obvious; thus, “ the house is being built,” is in other words, “ the house is ex isting built,” or more simply as before, “ the house is built;” plainly importing an ac tion not progressing, but now existing in a finished state. 3. If the expression “is being built” be a correct form of the present indicative passive, then it must be equally correct to say in the present perfect, “ has been being built;” in the past perfect, “ had been being built;” in the present infinitive, “to be being built;” in the perfect infinitive, “to have been being builtand in the present j participle, “ being being builtwhich all 1 will admit to be expressions as incorrect as n. J. KAPPUL, Printer. they are inelegant, but precisely analogous to that which now begins to prevail. This inode of expression has probably a risen horn assuming that the English par ticiple in -ing corresponds to the Latin par ticiple in ns, which has always an active signification, and that the perfect participle in English coi respi-nds to the perfect parti ciple in Latin, which, except in deponent verbs, is always passive. But since it is obvious that the analogy dews not hold be tween the two languages in tin. latter case, there is no good reason why it should hold in the former. On the contrary, i.s the perfect participle in English has both an active and passive signification, analogy claims an equal latitude of meaning for the participle in - ing ; and this claim has been allowed by the best writers of the English language. The present participle active, and the present participle passive, are not counterparts to each other in signification ; the one signify ing the present doing, and the other the present sutl’ering of an action, for the latter always intimates the present being of an act, notin progress, but com pleted. The proper counterpart to the par ticiple in -ing in the active sense, is the same participle in its passive sense, or some equivalent circumlocution, when a passive sense is not admitted. It is true that of mnny verbs, the partici ple in -ing is not used in a passive sense. For example, we would not sav, “ the hook is reading.” It would he equally incorrect to say, “ the book is being read.” Our not using the former expression in this case, and in others of a similar nature, is ow ing to this, that custom has sanctioned a differ ent mode of expressing the same idea.” Stripping for a Race. —The Vicksburg Whig gives the particulars of an amusing scene enacted in that vicinity a few days since. Mr. Whitney, the oratorical lec turer, walked out about a mile from town to bathe at a spring branch ; he stripped off his clothes, laid them carefully on the bank and went into the water. In a few mo ments he discovered a fellow taking charge of his clothes, and immediately jumped out in pursuit of him ; here a long chase of about half a mile ensued, but wisely tho chap, finding his naked pursuer gaining upon him, took to the briars as a safe re fuge, and thus put an end to the chase. Mr. W. wended his way towards town, having no clothing, save his shoes. He approached a house to tell his sad story', when some ladies, seeing his condition, opened upon him a volley of firebrands which soon put him to flight. Happily, he found a pair of inexpressibles hanging on a fence of which lie took forcible posses sion, and thus relieved from his sad predi cament, he told his adventure and procured a servant to come to town for his clothes. The worst part of tho story is the fact that the professor had S3OO in his pocket, with which the daring thief got successfully off Disappointed Love and its Dreadful Con sequences.—lt was only yesterday that we mentioned the case of a man named Mc- Leod. a resident of Canada West, who, from disappointed love alone, died of a broken heart. Scarcely had our marvel ceased at this singular case, ore we are called up on to record one even more strange. An English paper gives the particulars of a love affair in which a ploughman became deeply enamored of a milkmaid on a neigh boring farm. His fond addresses were cruelly rejected by the fair one, and the disappointed swain, full of melancholy', des peration and vengeance, procured a strong cord,went out to the barn, visited night and morning by the object of his passion, and— tied all the cow's tails together / Expedient for Reducing a Hole. —An Irish weaver just imported from the sister isle, took to his employer iu Kilmarnock, the other day, the first cloth he had woven since his arrival. His employer detected in the cloth two holes, within half an inch of each other, and told him he must pay a fine of a shilling for a hole. “And plaze ye,” returned Pat, “is it by the number of holes, or by the size of them, that you put the line on us ? “By the number of holes, tobesure.” And a big hole and a small one is the same price ?” “Yes a shilling for each hole, big or little.” “Then give me a hould of the piece,” replied Paddy ; and getting the cloth into his hand, he tore the two small holes into one, and exclaimed, “By the hill of Howth, and that saves me a shilling, any how !” Nice Old Ladies. —The nice old lady in Virginia who scrubbed through the floor and fell into the kitchen cellar, is but one among the very nice ladies with which our country abounds. We have iieard of a good old lady in New Jersey who white washed all the wood she burned ; another one in Connecticut who used three times a day to scour the nose of her lap dog, to keep him from soiling the dish out of which he ate his meats ; the same old lady took her food through a napkin ring to keep it from coming in contact with her lips. Avery Hard Customer. —A Michigan editor complains grievously of one of bis subscribers. The fellow will not pay his subscription and threatens to flog the editor if he stops his paper. The Treaty for the annexation of Texas has been signed by Mr. Tyler and the Tex an Minister, and will be laid before the Senate for confirmation as soon as the ne cessary documents nro prepared. [VOLUME XXIX.
