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NEWS & PLANTERS’ GAZE'P l>. U . ( OTTIAW, Editor. No. 7.—NEW SERIES.] News and Planters ? Gazette. j TERMS: Published woekly at Two Dollars and Fifty j Cents per annum, if paid at (he time of Subscri- ! bingj or Three Dullard if not paid till the expi ration of three month*. No paper to be discontinued,unless ai the option of the Editor, without the settleinem of all arrearage*. IBP L liters, oil bur mess, must be post pa id, to i insure attention. No communication shall he published, unless we arc made acquainted with the name of the author. TO ADVERTISERS. Advertisements, not exceeding one square, first 1 insertion, Seventy-fire Cents; and for each sub- J sequent insertion. Fifty Cents. A reduction will ■ 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- j bid, and charged accordingly. tittle sos Land and Negroes by Executors, Ad ministrate rs and Guardians, are required by law, ! to be advertised, in a public Gazette, sixty days j previous to the day of sale. The sales of Personal Property must he adver- j tised in like manner , forty days. Notice to Debtors and Creditors of an Estate must be putpinhed/orty 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, six months. Mai! Arrangements. FOST OFFICE, ) Washington, Ga., Sept.. 1, 1848. $ j EASTERN MAIL. By this route, Mails are made up for Raytown, Double-Wells, Crawfordville. Camack, Warren ton, Thompson, Doaring, and B irzeha. AREIVES. Mo.iTfV, Wednesday, and Friday, at 9, A. M. j CLOSES, Monday, Wednesday, and Friday, at 18, M. | WESTERN MAIL. By this route. Mails are made up for all Ofli : 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 6 A. M. closes— Tuesday and Thursday, at 18 M. ABBEVILLE, S.C.. MAIL. By this route, Mails are made up for Danburg, Pistol Creek, and Petersburg. CLOSES. Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday, by 1 P. M. ARRIVES. ?>Xojday, Wednesday, and Friday, at 0 A. M. LEXINGTON MAIL. By this route, Mails are made up for Centre- ! vilie,. 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 O ik, 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 rysvilie, Goosepond, Whites, Mill-Stone, llarri souville, and Ruckersville. Arrives Thursday 8 P. M., and Closes same time. LINCOLNTON MAIL. By this route, Mails are made up for Rehobotli, Stoiiey Point, Goshen, Double Branches, and j Darby’s. Arrives Friday, 18 M. | Closes same time. O’ The Letter Box is the proper place to do 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. COT TING &, 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, 1848. 88 NELSON CARTER, -:V DEALER IN Choice, Drugs and Medicines, Chemicals, Patent Medicines, Surgical and Dental Instruments, Perfumery, Brushes, Faints, Oils, Dye-Stuffs, Window Glass, <| -c. $-c. UE B ”MORTAR. | AUGUSTA. Ga. October 12, 1843. ly 7 FIRE FnSURANCET rplIE NEW-YORK CONTRIBUTION- X SHIP FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY have established an Agency in Washington, Wilkes county, Georgia, and are now prepared to Insure Buildings and Merchandize against loss or damage by Fire. v Capital f300,000, All paid in and .safely invested. Applv to WILLIAM S. HEARD, Agent, Washington, Ga. September 19, 1844. 4 GUARDIAN’S SALE. WILL be sold on the first Tuesday in No vember next, before the Court-House door in. Cobb county, between the legal hours of sale, the following projierly, to-wit: Lot of Land, No. 38, in the 30th District and ‘ 2d Section of Cobb county, (originally Chero kee.) Sold as the property of Henry F. Bailey, a minor, ior the benefit of said minor. HENRY F. ELLINGTON, Guardftn- ; August 89, 1844. 1 WAREHOUSE AND Commission Business, Broad Street, Augusta, Ga. (|M]O undersigned thankful for the patronage heretofore received, respectfully inform his friends and the public generally, that he still continues the WAREHOUSE AND COM MISSION BUSINESS, at his old stand on Broad-street, (long known as Rees & Beall’s) and will give strict personal attention to all busi- I ness entrusted to his care. Liberal advances made on cotton instore. I His Commission for selling cotton, is reduced from this date, to 25 cents per bale. WM. A. BEALL. j Augusta, Sept. 16th, 1844. 2m a Ct REN SI IA W’S Improved Antifriction Gins, > warranted equal to any m the Southern i States, tor sale by A. A. CLEVELAND. Washington, July, 1844. ts 50 Helling off at Cost. r|MIE Subscribers respectfully inform their friends and the public in general, that they are now selling oft'their STOCK OF GOODS at Cost and Charges. They would particularly invite (heir custom i ers to rail early and select such Goods as they may want—and to those who have open accounts | with ns, Goods will be charged as heretofore :at Cost pr ces. Our Stock of Goods is very I general, of recent purchase, and our terms can ! not fail to be entirely satisfactory to all. Call and see. BOLTON & NOLAN. July 16, 1844. 47 Dissolution. ! nMHE copartnership heretofore existing in the X name of PALMER &. McMILLAN, was : dissolved on the Ist instant, by mutual consent. . Those indebted, will please call and settle by I note or otherwise. JOHN T. PALMER. H. McMILLAN. July 10,1844. ILTThe business will hereafter be continued by the Subscriber, who solicits a continuance oi the patronage of Ins former customers. JOHN T. PALMER. July 11, 1844. 46 NOTICXS. Bacon and Lard. For sale by JOHN D. THOMPSON, j September 5, 1844. 2 To Teachers. j \ TEACHER wanted to take charge of the Rock-Spring Academy, in Wilkes county, ■ for the ensuing year. For particulars, apply to ’ the Subscriber, living 14 miles N. W. of Wash ington. L. M. HILL. October 3, 1841. 0 Notice to Debtors and Creditors. ALL persons indebted to the Estate of Wil liam C. McKinney, late of Lincoln county, j deceased, are requested to pay the same immedi j atoly, and those having demands against the I Estate will present the same in terms of the law for payment. ‘ GEORGE McKINNEY. Adm’r. I October 3,1844. 6t 6 Notice to Debtors and Creaitors. ALL persons indebted to the Estate of Wiley Hill, late of Wilkes county, deceased, are requested to settle the same immediately, and those having demands will please present them in terms of law, for payment. L. M. HILL, Acting Executor. September 5,1844. fit 2 Notice to Debtors and Creditors. ALL persons indebted to the Estate of Mica jah Antony, late of Wilkes county, deceas ed, are requested to make payment immediately, and those having any demands will present them in terms of the law for payment. MARY ANTONY, Ex’x. September 26,1844. 6t 5 ADMINISTRATOR’S SALES. be sold on Friday the 25th day of Oc ** tober next, at the late residence of Mary Gaar, deceased, late of Elbert county, all the Stock of Horses, Cattle, Hogs, &c., Corn, Fod der, Cotton, &c., Household and Kitchen Fur niture, Plantation tools, &c , together with a va riety of other articles, not here mentioned. And at the Court-House door, in Elbe rt coun ty on the first Tuesday in December next, One Tract of Land, lying on Beaverdam Creek, ad joining R. C. Adams, J. M. Cleveland and others, and all the negroes belonging to the Estate of said Mary Gaar, deceased, in pursuance of an order of the Honorable the Inferior Court of said county, while setting for Ordinary purposes.— Terms on the day of sale. JOSEPH RUCKER, J ... WILLIAM B. WHITE, ( Aumr s ‘ October 6, .1844. 3 ADMINISTRATOR’S SALE. [postponed.] TX/TLLbe sold before the Court-llouse door * * in Lineolnton, Lincoln county, on the first Tuesday in December next, agreeable to an or , der of the Inferior Court of Lincoln county, the Tract of Land, whereon Robert Ware, (late of said county,) resided, containing4oo Acres, more or less, lying on the waters of Grey’s Creek, adjoining lands of John Bentley and others, sold for the benefit of the heirs and creditors of said Estate. Terms made known on the day of sale. N. C. WARE, Adm’r. September, 26, 1844. 5 EXECUTED AT THIS o) p p- (j: © E a WASHINGTON, (WILKES COUNTY, GA.,) OCTOBER 10, 1844. 3/MiscfUancov.g. From Arthurs’ Ladies Magazine. THAT HOLE IN THE POCKET, j In this lies the true secret of economy— the care of sixpences. Many people throw I them away without remorse or considera tion—not reflecting that a penny a day is more than three dollars a year. We would complain loudly if a tax of that amount were laid upon us ; but when we come to add all that we uselessly tax ourselves for our penny expenses, we shall find that we waste in this way annually quite enough to supply a family with winter fuel. It is now about a year since my wife j said to me one day, “Pray, Mr. Slackwater, j have you that haif dollar about you that ! gave you this morning ?” 1 felt in my j waiscoat pocket, and I felt in my breeches \ pocket, and I turned my purse inside out, but it was all empty space—which is very different from specie ; so I said to Mrs. Slackwater, “I’ve lost it, my dear; positive ly, there must be a hole in my pocket!” “I’ll sew it up,” said she. An hour or two after, I met Tom Stcb bins. “How did that ice-cream set ?” said Tom. “It set,” said I, “like the sun, glori ously.” And as I spoke, it flashed upon me that my missing half dollar had paid for those ice-creams ; however, l held my peace, for Mrs. Slackwater sometimes makes remarks; and, even when she as sored meat breakfast next morning that there was no hole in my pocket, what could I do but lift my brow and say, “Ah ! isn’t there ! really !” Before a week had gone bv, my wife, who like a dutiful helpmate as she is, al ways gave me her loose change to keep, called fora twenty-five cent piece that had | been deposited in my sub-treasury for safe | keeping ; “there was a poor woman at the | door,” she said, “that she’d promised it to 1 for certain.” “Well, wait a moment,” T cried ; so I pushed inquiries first in this di rection, then in that, ami then in the other ; but vacancy returned a horrid groan. “On my soul,” said I thinking it best to show a bold front, “you must keep my pockets in better repair, Mrs. Slackwater; this piece, with I know not how many more, is lost, because some corner or seam in my plaguey pockets is left open.” “Are you sure V’ said Mrs. Slackwater. “Sure ! ay, that I am, it’s gone !” My wife dismissed her promise, and then, in her quiet way. asked me to change my pantaloons before I went out, and to bar all argument, laid another pair on my knees. That evening, allow me to remark, gen tlemen ofthp species “husband,” I was very loath to go home to tea ; Iliad half a mind to boro some bachelor friend, and when hunger and habit, in their unassu ming manner, one on each side, walked me up to my own door, the touch made my blood run cold. But do not think Mrs. Slackwater is a Tartar, my good friends, because 1 thus shrunk from home ; the fact was that I had, while abroad, called to mind the fate of her twenty-five cent piece, which 1 had invested, in smoke, —that is to say, cigars, and I feared to think of her comments on my pantaloon pockets. These things went on for some months ; !we were poor to begin with,and grew poor | er, or at any rate no richer, fast. Times grew worse and worse ; my pocket leaked worse and worse, even my pocket book U'as no longer to be trusted, the rags slipped from it in a manner most incredible to re late ; as an Irish song says, “And: uch was the fate of poor Paddy O’More, That his purse had the more rents, as he had the fewer.” At length one day my wife came in with a subscription paper for the Orphan’s Asylum. I looked at it, and sighed, and picked my teeth, and shook my head, and handed it back to her. “Ned Bowen,” said she, “lias put down ten dollars.” “The more shame to him,” I replied. “He can’t afford it ; he can but just scrape along any how, and in these times it aint right for him to do it.” My wife smiled in her sad way, and took the paperback to him that brought it. The next evening she asked me if I would go with her and see the Bowens, and, as I had no objection, we started. I knew that Ned Bowen did a small bu- j siness that would give him about S6OO a year, and I thought it would be worth while to see what that sum would do in the way of house keeping. We were admitted by Ned, and welcomed by Ned’s wife, a very neat little body, of whom Mrs. Slack water had told me a great deal, as they had been school-mates. All was as nice as wax, and yet as substantial as iron ; comfort was written all over the room. The evening passed, somehow or other, though we had no refreshment, an article which we never have at home but always want elsewhere, and I returned to our own establishment with mingled pleasure and chagrin. “What a pity,” said I to my wife, “that Bowen don’t keep within his income.” “He does,” she replied. “But how can he on S6OO ?” was my an swer ; “ if he gives ten dollars to this chari ty and five to that, and live so snug and comfortable too ?” “ Shall I tell you V* asked Mrs. Slack water. “Certainly, if you can.” “His wife,” said my wife, “finds it just as easy to do without twenty or thirty dol lars worth of ribbons and laces as to buy them. They have no fruit but what they raise and have given them by country PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY MORNING. I friends, whom they repay by a thousand i | little acts of kindness. They use no beer, ! : which is not essential to his health as it is I to yours ; and then he buys no cigars, or j ice creams, or apples at one hundred per cent on market price, or oranges at twelve I cents a piece, or candy ; or new novels, or | rare works still more rarely used; in short, I my dear Mr. Slackwater, he has no hole in his pocket.” It was the first word of suspicion my wife had uttered on the subject, and it cut me lo the quick ! Cut me ? I should rather say it sewed me up, me and my pockets, too ; they never have been in holes since that j ! evening. PREMATURE BURIALS. The ‘ Philadelphia Newspapers’ of last | j week contains a thrilling article from the ! | pen of Edgar A. Poe. Esq., on ‘premature 1 Burials.’—J’obo buried while alive, he j remarks, is beyond question, the most ter rific of the extremes which has ever fallen to the lot of mere humanity. That it has I frequently, very frequently, so fallen, will ! not be denied by those who think. The boundaries which divide Life from Death, are at best shadowy and vague. Whoj shall say where the one ends, and where the other begins ? We know that there are diseases in which occur total cessations of all the apparent functions of vitality, and yet in which these cessations arc mere ly suspensions, properly so called. They are only temporary pauses in the incompre hensible mechanism. A certain period c lapses, and some unseen mysterious princi i again sets in motion the magic pinions and j wizzard wheels. The silver cord was not ■ forever loosed, nor the golden bowl irrepar ! ably broken. But where, meantime, was | I he soul ) I Mr. Poe records several remarkable cases ‘ ;of life burials. From them we select the following, the reading of which people of tender nerves may omit: of very remarkable character, and i of which the circumstances may be fresh I ! in the memory of some of my readers, oe | curred, not very long ay-, in the citv of Baltimore, where it occasioned a painful, 1 intense and widely extended excitement. | i The wife of one of the most respectable cit- i izens—a lawyer of eminence and a mcm | her of Congress, was seized with a sudden | and unaccountable illness, which complete !ly baffled the skill of her physicians. Af | ter much suffering she died, or was sup j posed to die. No one suspected, indeed. i nor had reason to suspect, she was not ac tually dead. The face assumed the usu- ! j ally pinched and sunken outline. The! j lips were of the usual marble pallor. The i eyes were lustreless. There was no j warmth. Pulsation had ceased. For three days the body was preserved unburied, du ring which it had acquired a strong rigidi ty. The funeral, in short, was hastened on account of the rapid advance of what was supposed to be decomposition. The lady was deposited in the family vault, which for three subsequent years was undisturbed. At the expiration of this term, it was opened for the reception of a sarcophagus ; but alas ! how fearful a shock awaited the husband who personally threw open the door. As its portals swung out wardly back, some white appareled object ! fell rattling within his arms. It was the j skeleton of his wife in her yet unmouldered i shroud. A careful investigation rendered it evi ; dent that she had revived within a few days after her entombment; that her struggles within the coffin had caused it to fall from a ledge or a shelf to the floor, where it was so broken as to permit her to escape. A lamp which had been accidentally left full of oil within the tomb was found empty ; it might have been exhausted, however, by evaporation. On the uppermost part of the steps which led down into the dread chamber, was a large fragment of the coffin, with which it seemed she had endeavored to arrest attention by striking the iron door. While thus occupied, she probably swooned or possibly died, through sheer terror; and in falling, her shroud became entangled in some iron work which projected intcriorily. Thus she remained, and thus decayed e rect. MORMON ANECDOTE. It is very common for Mormons, in work ing miracles to practice in the following manner. “One goes out alone in the garb and with the appearance of a poor traveller ; calls at the house of some country farmer at night, leaving some token by which those who are confederates may detect his whereabouts. Another one or more fol lows on and stops near by, so that in the morning he may soon reach the abode of the first traveller, to which place he pro ceeds about breakfast time, coming there just as his predecesor needs him. The first traveller, about day break makes a pi- j teous noise as of one in deep distress, alarm- i ing the inmates, and calling them around j his bed-side. For a while the sick man struggles with disease, and apparently dies in a fit. Just at that moment the second traveller enters—announces himself a dis ciple of the Mormons, and declares it in his power to raise the dead man to life, and putting all aside from the couch of death, commences his necromancy, and soon succeeds in raising the dead to life. A couple of these impostors went out on excursion of this kind about two years or ■ more since, and in the course of their tra- ; vels called at a farm house near Gcnessee. The forerunner called on the plain look- ; ing farmer and represented himself as a 1 i traveller who was poor but on a merciful I eriand. The farmer was an honest heart ed Methodist, making less show than some, | but no less intelligent Christian, or shrewd- j er than most men. The traveller joined j with the family in their devotions, and talked of God and heaven as a Christian. ; No one suspected his hypocrisy. About 4 o’clock in the morning the fani- ! ily were awakened by groans proceeding \ from the lodging room of the stranger.— | The farmer went into the room and was quite shocked to find his guest apparently in the most intense degree of pain. Many ; I remedies were applied, but of no effect; ; j the sufferer grew worse every hour, until j j about seven o’clock he appeared to show ; signs of death. Just at that moment a knock was heard at the door, and another ! stranger entered on its being opened. The family were much frightened and i | consequently much gratified with the arri 'al of any person, although it should be a j stranger. lie was immediately informed j of the case and intioduced into the room, I upon entering which he announced himself I a Mormon priest, and assured the astonish- j cd family he could raise the dying man to ! j life even should he die—and, indeed, to | convince them of his power, lie hoped he j would die, which was soon the fact to all j appearance. The new corner then order- i ed all present to stand aside, and not touch j the corpse or the bed, but to send for neigh- i bors if they pleased, in order to give full I proof of his wonderful work. Just at that moment it crept into the head j of the farmer that a trick was about being I played upon them of a blasphemous char acter, and lie quickly resolved to test the i same. “Hold,” said he, “a moment, and j do not the miracle until I return.” He ! went out, took an axe from the wood pile, j 1 and came in without saying a word, walk-*! ed up to the bedside and addressed the man | of miracles as follows : “ You think him really dead ?” “ 0, yes.” | “ Well then, I will just cut off his head, j to make it sure, for if you can raise to life from deatli at all, you can do it as well j with his head off as on !” and suiting the I i action to the word, raised the axe as if lie, j | would strike, when lo! with a loud shriek, j up jumped the dead man, crying, “Mur- ; der, Murder!” at the top of his voice. Before the proper authorities could be reached the mew prophet and the ;v baulked, put out and tied as if from de vouring plague, much to the amusement of • the sensible man who detected his imposi- ] j tions. Since which time no Mormon finds his way into that region to remain long.— j Syracuse Freeman. ALPACA. Probably few ladies who wear and ad- i ! mire the beautiful fabric called Alpaca, , | are aware'of the source of its production. J i The Alpaca, is a wool bearing animal, in- : Higenous to South America, and is one of! ! four varieties which bear general points of resemblance to each other. The Lama, one of the varieties, has been long known and often described, but it is only within a few years that the Alpaca has been consul- | ered of sufficient importance to merit par ticular notice. Nine-tenths of the Alpaca is black, the remainder being partly white, red and grizzled. It is ot a very long staple, often > reaching twelve inches, and resembles soft i glossy hair ; which character is not lost in [ dyeing. The Indians in the South Ameri- j can mountains, manufacture nearly all j their clothing from tiiis wool, arc enabled j to appear in black dresses, without the aid ‘ of a dyer. Both the Lama and Alpaca ; arc perhaps even of more value to the na- ; lives as beasts of burden than wool bearing animals, and their obstinacy when irritated is well known. The importance of this animal has already been considered by the English, in their hat,woolen and stuff trade, and an essay on the subject lias been pub lished by Dr. Hamilton, of London, from which some of these details are collected. The wool is so remarkable%being a jet black,glossy, silk like hair, that it is fitted for the production of texile fabrics differing all others, occupying a medium position between wool and silk. It is now mingled with other materials in sucli a singular manner, that while a par ticular dye will effect those, it will leave the Alpaca wool with its original black co lour, and thus giving |ise to great diversi ty. — Iris. Neither llhymc nor Reason. —One of the favorite couplets now in vogue with the lo cos is the following: “I’olk, the young Hickory, Dallas and Victory.” Here says the Rochester Democrat, is neither rhyme nor reason. Ist. Because there is no record that “Old Hickory” ever had any children ; and 2dly, because “ Hickory” does not rhyme with il victory.” but it does rhyme with “ trickery"— thus : Polk, the young Hickory, Dallas and trickery.” A Change of Tune. —For three years past our opponents have charged those who voted for General Harrison in 1840 with having been “ bribed,” “ bought,” and led to the polls while “drunk.” They have now changed their tune, and are coaxing those whom they thus slandered back to their ranks. Their honeyed words come too late, especially as they have not yet , retracted the charge that 145,000 Ameri j can freemen were purchased like sheep in the shambles, and were made beastly drunk j 1 with hard cider.— U. S. Gazette. ill. .1. Kli l 11) L, r r t liter. THE HIGH GERMAN DOCTOR. A high Get man Doctor, on leaving a pa tient lie had been visiting, gave orders to the nurse to give the sick man some poppif 1 and hole ammoniac, stewed in milk ; which the old dame, from the manner of the Doc tor’s pronunciation, mistook for puppies and old almanac , and accordingly, without de lay, she procured a whole litter of little an : imals ; stewed them down as directed, and in spite of all his remonstrances, made the poor patient take them. On the next visit ; of the celebrated quack, he exclaimed with | an air of the most profound importance, “Well nurse how was mine patient by this time?” “ Much better, sir,” replied the nurse; “the medicine had great effect.” J “Ah ! dat is goot ; and pray did you give ! de poppies, and do hole ammoniac, as I tell ■ you ?” “ Oh ‘ yes. sir, the puppies! he hasV j eaten six this morning, and 1 stewed four i more: which he has taken now; as for the I old almanac, I could not get one in all the i parish ; but I found some old newspapers | and stewed them down in milk, which an i swered very well.” “O, Tamnation, woman!” exclaimed the : sickened Doctor, as he mizzled: HE WILL NEVER MAKE A MER CHANT. The morality of a distinguished divine I of the present day, that the making the i best of one’s knowledge in buving and | selling, or in other words, the seller’s tak ing the advantage of the purchaser's igno-, i ranee, is quite questionable ; or, more plainly, to use the language of the authoi I of the only standard of morality in Chris itendom.it is not ‘doing to olhers as we ! would should do to us. ’ If, however, ’ the Ministersof Christianity inculcate such ! a standard, is it surprising that there are occasionally to be found p-rs ns ngaged in trade, who like the dry.goods merchant mentioned in the following recita’ of an j actual occurrence, boldly admit that an , honest boy “ will never make a merchant.” A gentleman from the country placed i his son with a merchant in street. j Fora lime alt went on well. At length a lady ca> : to the store to purchase a silk I driy/ and the young man waited on her. i Tint price demanded was agreed to and he 1 proceeded to fold the goods. He discover- , /before he had finished, a (law in ts i and pointing it out to the lady, sai y /.ladam. [ deem it my duty to tell yt ’ gre is a fracture in file silk.’ Os court ! she oi I not take it. The merchant ove jt ’ heal'd the remark, and to the father of the young ma. jj come and take him home; ‘ for,’ s 1 he, I he will never make a merchant. The father, who had ever reposed ; dence in his son, was much grieved, hastened to the city to be informed of his deficiencies, ‘Why will he not make a 1 merchant ?’ asked he. ‘ Because lie has !no tact,’ was the answer. ‘ Only a day l31 ’ ! two ago be told a lady volum . ‘</. who ‘ vas buying silk of him ‘ at tit. g't.nis were damaged, and 110 • ;i lt La r .:i Purehas . ers must lc 1, a* ■,, . ves. If thev i cannot t *>'.< \ei Hava , i: would be foolish in.” ■ .t; ell tk, mos their existence.’ , ‘ And ■’ a: a.I his fault ?” asked tha pa \ us,” answered the merchar ,s very well in other respects.” —^ I lien l love my son bi tter than ever, and I thank you for telling me of the matter. | I would not have him another day in your i store for the world.”— Hunt's Merchant's ! Magazine. : THE COON vs. THE ROOSTER. ‘ A Capital Joke. —The Locofocos oi | Cleaveland, Ohio, recently erected a pole, ! and tied a live rooster in a basket fastened at its end, that their Chapman might crow over the Whigs. The Whigs, not to outdone, got a live Coon and fastened hit on a board, at the end of another po. which was Hnated in like manner as t. and Cock After remaining tip for some tin the Cooney's appetite began to make h. A feel exceeding uncomfortable, and so he-se<Ej to work and freed himself ov gnawing thtw cord which confined hint, and came down® from his elevation in scan h of something ] ito eat But it appears he was watched by ! *the Locofocos, for no soon* r t-ad he s> t his foot upon terra firrna. ‘fat: ..s pursued by the Locos viv> in .-?• s'ruc tion So pen C’ r Itis . life, and litre -i pole, up vi “m ... -q ’’ ••• until 1 he an r- I work, and . i . . the 9 chichi e *'•••• i- ■ >’ Itts enemies.— While it- ‘. ■; htiit- df, the Lonos j were so v.snerated ::iat they started off J for a gun w ■” i>v to rcvi nye th ‘mselves : J but the Com • smelt a rat'ai dby tlietime| thev return'd v. ith the implements of death, * he was oph. — Clay Bugle. What is the American System? —Wh| | George M. Dallas < cut for the country, 1 gave the foEcivu admirable til's q.i :ii, u a speech in the U S.-SenJ| ate in February, 1832. And the answefl is just as good now since Dallas has abanig] doped the coiinfxy to go for Texas antMjg Polk, Hero is the answer: “Its foundation,. Mr. President, is lhS broad art ‘ impregnable principle, of na’ion-9 al independence and its object gycl ten-jg deucy are to give to the American\ r *Jpnm the entire people, as a mass, and in deta ; employment of their own, resources why* j cannot be injuriously affected in war SKA ! peace,through stratagem or design, by at Jna ! other people. Such are its cardinal chaw ’ acteri.siics.” That is worth rememberiutH [VOLUME XXX.