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. SALES .OF LAND, by Administrators, Ere-
eutors or Guardians', are required by law to be
MftI Oa ths first Tuesday in the month, between
the hours of ten in'the forenoon and three in the
afternoon, at the court-house in the county in
which the property is situate. Notice of these
areto be given in a public gazette SIXTY DAY S
previous to the day of sale.
SALES OF NEGROES most be at public
auction, on the first Tnesduy of the month, be
tween the nsnal hoars of sale, nt the place of
GROCERIES
AT APALACHICOLA.
FBI H E subscriber has just received per achoon-
. JL ere Maty, Hannah and-Elizabeth, and Erne-
line, from New Orleans, the following groceries:
20.000 lt». Bandit,
60 barrels Pork,
60 do Whiskey,
16 hhds, primn New Orleans Sugar,
30 bbls. Rum,
160 casks Nails, (assorted,')
50 bbls. Flour,
100 coils bail Rope,
100 pieces Kentucky Bagging,
30 coils Manilla and tarred Rope,
0 pipes Cognac Brandy and Holland Gin,
50 bags prime Havanas Cufibe,
26.000 best Havanna Segars.
The above, together with his stock on hand
is the best assortment ever offered in this market,
all of which tvill be sold low ibr caskor approved
paper. C. E NORTON.
Apalachicola, May 10—-1—tf “
COLUMBUS. GEORGIA, SATURDAY, JUNE 3, 1832.
nP"
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DAYS' notice thereof, in one of the public ga
vottes of this elate, and at the door of the court
house where such sales are to be held.
Notice for the Sale of Personal Property must
be given in like manner for FORTY DAYS
previous to the day of sale.
Notice to the debtors and creditors of «n Estate
mast be published FORTY DAYS.
Notice that application will be made to the
Court of Ordinary for LEAVE TO 8ELL
LAND, mast be published FOUR MONTHS.
Notice for LEAVE TO SELL NEGROES
must be published for. FOUR MONTHS, be
fore any ordor absolute shall be ptadelheieon by
the Court.
HEW FIRM.
GENERAL AGENCY
g| AU.
COMMISSION BUSINESS,
Columbus, Georgia.
T HE subscribers respectfully acquaiut their
friends and the public that they have form
ed a connexion m the above business, under the
game und style of
SHORTER, TARVER # C°
They have commodious and extensive arrange
ments in progress for the reception and storage of
produce, and will be prepared to make advances
on tho same while in store or under shipment to
New Orleans or New York.
E. 8. SHORTER,
BENJ. P. TARVER,
May—13—1 JAMES H, SHORTER.
THE
WARE-HOUSE
AND
r~n
mm
Commission Business
W ILL be continued by the subscribes* un-
derthe firmof S. K- Hodges & Co. who,
while they feel grateful for former favors will on,
dcavonr to deserve u continuance of them.
^ SEABORN JONES.
8AMUELK. IIODGES.
Qjt Consignment—And trill be sold on accommo-
diuing termss
400 bbls. Sugar,
120 sacks Coffee,
1,000 bushels Salt,
14 quarter casks Wine,
3,000 lbs. Castings,
20,000 lbs. Bacon,
4 boxes white Havanna Sugans,
6 dozen pairs Boots,
6 boxes Hats, various qualities,
10 bbls. Salts.
100 pieces Bagging,
Bale Rope,
Iron, Steel, Nails,
Shoes, Pumps, Ac.
Upper and Soal Lculhar,
Syrup, Sweetmeats, Sec.
Sept. 17—18—tf
SHORTER, TARVER & Co
H AVE receivod by the late arrivals the fol
lowing {foods en consignment, which they
offer on favorable terms.
65 barrels choice Cider,'
30 boxes Newark pippin' do
70 barrels Cincinnati Whiskey,
00 barrels N. Orleans Molasses,
12 hhds. Bacon,*
20 barrels pickled Pork,
10 drums Figs,
6 boxes Havannnh Segars, Del l'ino celebrated
manufacture,
50 boxes Virginia and N. Carolina Tobacco,
S quarter casks Malmsey Wine,
150 sacks Salt,
20 casea Lemon Syrup and Limo Juice,
30 barrels Sugar,
Barrels Irish Potatoes,
20 sacks prime green Coffee,
5 barrels genuine Monongahela Whiskey,
12 patent barehoar Ploughs, made hy E. Parsons,
Enfield, Connecticut,
Cognac Brandy, together with u variety of
other articles.
May 19—1
NEW _STORE.
J. S. SMITH & C«
H AVE commenced business in this place,and
taken the Store next door to the Columbus
Bunk, and offer foi sale a handsome assortment of
Dry-Goods, Clothing*,
Hats, See.
AMONG WBICR ARE THE FOLLOnriNO: .
Rich Prints, French Drilling
Foulard Muslins, London do.
White do. White silk Pongee
Irish Linens and Lawn* Hdkfs.
White Cambric Linen Fig’d do. do.
Hdkik. Gentlemen's white and
Bordered do. ' fig’d Cravats
Borage Shawls Marble half Hose
Crape Scarfs \Vhite do. do.
Do. Shawls Lambswooldo.
White and black- Lace Clark’s Spboi ColtSn
Veils Pins and Needles
Green Gauze do. Patent Thread
Black Italian and Gros Shoe do.
de Nap Silks Cotton and silkUmbrel-
Fig’d changcabtes do. las
Itu. and Canloo Crapes Bonnet Wire and Reeds
Bl’k fig’d Crape Robes Osnaburghs, Fustians
Ginghams Bed Tick*
Furniture Prints Brown 3-4 Homospun
Ladies white silk clock’d “ 44 do.
H036 Chock’d do.
Cotton do: do. . Carpeting Rags
Shell, tuck and side Green Table Covers
Combs and stumped Buize
Brazilian do. Dunstable Bonnets i
Binding, &c. 1 case fine Leghorns, &c.
READY-MADE CLOTHING
HAT3 a
As we intend selling for cash, purchasers will
find our prices low. J. S. SMITH & Co.
Columbus, April 6—47—tf
IKrorcrffSL
T HE Subscribers have just received and of
fer for sale, upon accommodating terms, the
following articles:
Shoe Store.
E. WELLS & <}«■ k
H AVE removed to the Brick Building (text
door above Win. D. Hargrove's, in Broad
Street, where they offer fbr sale, oh reasonable
terms, . ...
BOOTS AND SHOES
or every description, of their own manufacture,
consisting of
200 pairs gentlemen's Boots
300 do. calfskin Shoes, high and low quarter,
100 do, calfskin Pumps,
73 do. buckskin Shoes,
50 do. sealskin Puirips,
200 do. Brogans.
300 do. course Shoes,
Ladies’ prunella Boots and Shoes of various
kinds,
do. Morocco Siloes,
do. Sealskin do.
do. Calfskin do. -
do. Leather walking Shoes and,Boots,
Misses and children's Boots and Elioes, of every
description.
N. B.. All work of their own manufacture,
warranted not to rip.
July 2—7»-tf t
COTTON GIN#
fOll SALE.
INGLE and double breasted Cotton Gins,
K7 with und without cast boxes, and of various
aims, for Hilo on consignment, by
SHORTt.lt, TAttVER & Co.
May 26--2
NEW GOODS.
L. C. ALLEN
HAS RECEIVED AND IS RECEIVING, 1118
PALL AND WINTER
„ GOODS,
W HICH he will sell on accommodating
terms. His stock is comprised in part of
the following articles, viz:
London Dufiil, Rose and Point Blankets,
Super blue, black, brown and olive ClVliis,
Black Lasting, Benvertoena, Fancy Cord,
Red and white Flannels, Canton Flannels,
Red. white and figured Valencia Shawls,
Bombuzoltes ana Bombazines,
Merino Circassians of vurious colors,
Cashmere Handkerchiefs,
-Bandanna, flagg, Pongee and plaid Silk Htlkft.
Super Italian Cravats, various colors,
Colored Crape Camblet,
Cotton and Linen Drilling,
Ladice’ silk, cotton, and worsted llosc,
Gentlemen’s do. do. and half do.
Ladies’ and gentlemen's Gloves of various kinds,
Cambric. Swiss, jaconet and book Muslins,
Super bleached and brown Linens,
Brown and bleached Shirtings and Sheetings,
Domestic Plaids. Bed Ticking, Russia Sheeting,
Printed Bed-spreads. Counterpunes,
Italian Groa die Naples, Muslin Robes,
BarSnet and Duchine Silks,
Silk and Cotton Umbrellas, <&c.
Ladies, gentlemen's and children’s SHOES*
A variety of men's,, youth's und children’s
HATS & CAPS.
HARDWARE 7 # CUTLERY,
©tocfceca nitlr «rlasg=toate.
ALSO,
One case superior SHOT GUNS.
Nov 10—26—tf
COLtMBITS
BOOK STORE
I HAVE just received at my Store, tho fol
lowing now and other interesting publica
tions:
Kugene Aram* a novel, by the author ol relhain.
The Forsaken, a tale, 2 vols.
Tho Polish Chiefs, un historical romance, 2 vols
Family Library No. 29, Court and Camp ol Bo
naparte,
Parly’s Columbus,
Universal Songster,
Flute Instructors,
Rowlett’s Interest Tablos,
Coleridge, Shelly and Kent'* works
Scott's Napoleon, 3 vols.
Cook's Morgagni, 2 vols.
Dt pvecs’ Midwifery,
EbOrle's Practice of Medicine, 2 vis
Turner's Chemistry,
Bichat’s Anatomy of Physiology,
Ainsworth's Dictionary,
Methodist Hymn Books (pocket edition.)
Prayer Books (do.)
Rhnd Boxes nnd Inkstands,
•Port Folios. Visiting Cards, Blank Cnrds, &c.
Together with a great variety pf books und fancy
urticlos too numoroosto particularize.
April 20 E. S. NORTON.
BOLTING
C L O T H S,
O F the fi
side by
May 14—52—-If
The Spring and Summer
Atocftof ©o®®#
O F the Subseribors have just been received
and opened. The etock consists of every
article usually found in an assorted stock, viz.
Fancy and staple Dry Goods, Hats, Bonnots,
Shoes, Saddlery, Crockery, Hardware nnd Gro
ceries, all of which are offered at fuir prices either
for cash or good paper. Purchasers arc request
ed to cull und look through.
LAW1ION &. HOWELL.
May 4—51—3t
o. w. DlliXtXXffaHADK,
il.ts FOR SALE
~M AA BARRELS prime pickled Pork, put
JL VIF up uudur'inspeclibn 41 Cincinnati,
20,000 lb... Bacon.
60 bbls. Mackerel,
100 -do New.Orluuns Molasses,
00 do Western Whiskey,
200 do New Orleans, Sugar,
50 do low priced Sugar,
.200 sacks Liverpool ground and Turk's Isl-
: nnd Salt,
150 bolts Browa’s celebrated Kentucky cot
ton Bagging,
100 sides upper Leather,
3.000 lbs. sole Leather,
SO coils bale Ithpo,
5.000 lbs. bine grit Grindstones.
. May 19—1 it
Cflottyf ug-
" J. S. SMITH & O.
NEXT DOCK TO THE COLUMBUS SANK,
Hast:received a handsome assortment of
STOCICSR CLOTHING,
Consisting of
Black Bombnzino COATS and COATEES,
Do. Circassian do. do.
Brown and Graen Merino Circassian do.
Casinctt Frock and Dress do.
Black lasting do. do. do.
ROUND JACKETS.
Black Bombnzino Round Jackets,
Brown Linen and Colton do.
Do, Striped do.
VESTS.
White and figm-ed Marseilles Vests,
Do. no. Valencia do.
riuin do. Silk do.
Do. do. Velvet do.
Do. do. Swansdown do.
PANTALOONS.
Black Bombazine und Lusting PuntaloonSi
Do. Circassian do.
Brown and black Brochillus do.
White and brown Linen Drilling, do.
Do. Colton do.
Drab Merino Casimere Pants,
Do. Roan do. do.
Cord and Russia Duck do.'
Fustian do.
Linen Shirts with Ruffles,
White do. •
Brown do.
Linen and Cotton Draws,
Negro Slothing.
All of which they offfer for sale at low prices.
Columbus, April 14—48—tf
4,000
bushels ground Alum Sait,
20,000 lbs. i ' ‘
Swedes iron.
1,000 lbs. Cast Steel,
1,000 |bs. Gorman do.
l,.0t>0 lbs. Sheet Iron,
600 Russia Sheet Iron
1,000 Hoop Iron,
200 bbls. New Orleans Sugar,
~ 8 hhds. St. Croix do.
IftO bugs Green Coffee,
10 bags Java do.
40 bbls. best Flour,
50 boxes Soap,
24 doz. Lemon Syrup,
6 doz. Wine Bitters,
400 lbs. soft shelled Almonds^
-30 kegs Dupont’a Powder,
20 kegs common do.
250 kegs Nails, assorted siZes k
120 bbls. Molasses,
8 bbls. Loaf Sugar,
40 boxes Sperm Candles,
15 bbls. Northern Rum,
20 bbls. Muckerel,
350 pieces best Kentucky Bagging,
125 coils Rope,
20,000 lbs. Bacon.
Together with divers other articles, consti
tuting a full assortment of Groceries
SMITH &. MORGAN.
Muv 3—51—tf
JUST RECEIVED
By steamboat Gcorgiun, a general assortment of
JAPAN WARE,
Copper and Zinc Kettles,
Pewter Basins und Plates,
Sheet Copper,
Do. Lead,
Do. Zinc,
Do. Russia Iron,
Do. Brass,
Hoop Iron.
ALSO ON HAND,
A GENERAL ASSORTMENT OF ,
TIST WARE.
AH of which will be sold at tire lowest prides,
wholesale and retail.
CP Cash paid for old Pcwtor.
HARVF.Y HALL.
Columbus, Dec. 17—31—\f
COLUMBUS
,F the first, second and third qualities, for
STEWART & FONTAIN
NOUR8E & CLARK
UAVE JUST RECEIVED AH ASSORTMENT i>F
WHITE BEAVER HATS,
A eplehdid article.
4/-S0,-SUMMER CLOTHING
May 14—52—tf
ON CONSIGNMENT
AND FOR SALE HY
Shorter, Tarver Sf Co.
liftibls. NEWARK ClDfiR, first quality.
Columbus, M»y 25—jR'
HAT STORE.
* M *
NOURSE & CLARK
H AVE received from the Factory by the late
arrivals,
Hats of the latest fashions,
—CONSISTING or —
Black, While and Drab Rocky Moun
tain Beater and OUer
HAT#.
Of a very superior quality, making their assort
ment extensive and complete.
.—ALSO—
GAPS*
Conflating of Seal* Leather, Chinchilla, Circa*-
*um and Children’* fancy silk.
READY-MADE CLOTHING
O’ Cash paid for Halting Fur*.
"• 10-if
Feb 17-40
New
L. J. DAVIES# Co.
H AVE just received an elegant assortment
of Spring Goods, and at reduced prices.
Among them are the following articles, viz:
Italian, Ibstring, sinCnew- and sarsnett Silks;
Gro de Nap und gro de Swiss do.
Colored Satins; striped Palmyreen*;
Foulard Muslins (new style!)
French and Belgian Ginghams;
.Do. do. Calicoes;
Sarsnett CAtnbric end Cambric Muslins)
Swiss, book and mall Afuslins;
Lace Capes, Caps and Collars;
Bohkinct Lace and Thread Edgings;
Crape and Gauze Hdkfs ; Muslin Bund6|
Lthen and linen cnmbric Hdkfs.)
White pongee do.;
White and green gauze Veils;
Gentlemen’s ranaoni silk Half Hose)
Do. do. cotton do.
Iaidics’ silk and cotton Hose;
White and brown silk Gloves;
Gentlemen and ladies’ Ilorseskin do.;
Bead Bags and Puraes; silk dp.;
Brown and green Parasols;
Do. "do. Umbrellas!
Leghorn and danstabic Bonnets
Belgian stripe do.;
Fancy, gipsy and open work do.;
English chip do ; ,
Oil Cloths; Fustians; Tickings;
Apron and counterpnin Checks.
A COMPLETE ASSORTMENT OF
flfilKwar#
Of nil kinds.
ALSO,—A Urge assortment of
STTICMEB. CLOTHING.
(CHEAP.)
White Sutin Beaver HATS—BOOTS
AND SHOES
Hardware St Cutlery,
Crockery, Joiner*’ Tools f lye.,
April 27-<(h—tf
GROCERIES,
For Cotton, Pipe Staves, Hides
or approved paper.
CHARLES E. NORTON
I NFORMS Morchonts and Planters visiting
Apalachicola, that ho ha, just received from
New Orleans, u largo and extensive assortment
of Groceries, ujiich added to hia former supply
from New York, makes tils assortment as com
plete, if not superior, to any ho hue ever offered
to tho public.
His establishment will be supplied ns often as
once a month, that Iris customers may be sure at
any time of finding, a good aSfurtment.
Merchants and i’lanfora will find it to their ad
vantage to give him a call, aa it is his intention to
sell at moderate prices, for Cush, Colton, Pipe
Staves, Sides or approved Paper.
Just received at above,
NUN sacks Green
(MI by schooner
cheap for cash.
Apalachicola, Dec. 20,1831—34—istf
r Havanna COFFEE*
r Magellan, and to be sold
L. C. ALLEN
nAS DECEIVE!) PER STEAMtOAT BALTIMORE,
Cognine BRANDY,
Junmiaa and American RUM,
Holland and American OIN,
Madeira, V
Mctsuillus, f WOTES,
Sweot, . y
Loaf and Brown SUOAR,
Prime COFFEE.
TOBACCO.
A lurgo assortment of JOINERS' /TOOLS,
Blue plains.
Which he offer* for sale on his usual low terms.
Dec. 10—30—tf
®f®090.
POWEttS & NAFEW
A re no\V opening their assortment of Goods
tor the Spring nnd SumhiCr, consisting of
super blue-, black and brown Cloths, Linens,
printed. Muslins, Cnlicoes, Ginghams, Silks,
Fancy Shawls end Scarfs, Ribbons, Bead Bags,
Gloves. Sec, Also, Enninetts, Yellow Nankeens,
Black Prlncetta, French Linens and Drillings,
SUj. For gentlemen’s wear. Black and Drab
BeoVer Hats, superior qyulity.
Ready-made Clothing.
Columbus, March 8—43
THE CORK ££0.
From Talesand Sketches, bg ffeurp QlassfurJ Bell.
“ Hu tvho lias beon at Rdtterdom will
remeipber a house of two stories, which
stands in the suburbs just adjoining the
basin of tiie canal running between that
city and tho Hague, Leyden, und other
plnces. I say lie will remember it, for it
must tfnve been pointed Out to him as
having been once inhabited by the most
ingeitirous artist that Holland ever pro
duced, to sny nothing or his daughter,
tho prettiest ntaidon over born within hear
ing of tho croaking of a frog. It is not
with the fair Blanche, unfortunately, that
wo have m present any thjng to do; it is
with tho old gentleman, her father. His
profession wns'llml ofasurgicnl-instfunfont
maker; but his fame principally rosted on
tho admirable skill with which ho con
structed wooden and cork legs. So groat
was his reputation in this department of
human science, that they whom nature or
nocident had curtailed, caricatuied, or dis
appointed in so very necessary an appen
dage to thu body, came liotpitig to him in
crowds, and, however desperate their ca
ses might be, were very soon, (as tho say
ing isl set upon their legs again. Many a
cripple, who Imd looked upon his defor
mity as incurable, and whose only conso
lation consisted in un occasional hit at
l’io vide rice for liuviog trusted his making
to a journeyman, found himself so admira
bly fitted, so elegantly propped up by
Mynhcei Turningvort, that he almost be
gun to doubt whether a timber or cork
supporter was not, on the whole, superior
to u more common-place and troublesome
one ol flash und blood. And, in good
truth, if you had seeu how very handsome
and delicate wore the understandings fash
ioned hy the skilful artificer, you would
have beon puzzled to settle the question
yourself, (ho moro especially if your real
toes were tormented with gout or corns.
One morning, just us Master Turningvort
was giving the last polish to a calf and
ancle, a messenger ontored his studio, to
speak classically, and requested that lie
would immediately accompany him to
the mansion of Mynheer von Wodenblock.
It was the mansion of the richest mer
chant in Rotterdam; so the artist pm on
his best wig, uod set forth with his three-
cornered hat in one hand, and his silver-
headed stick its the other. It so happen
ed, that Mynheer von Wodenblock Imd
been very laudably employed, a few days
before, in turning a poor relation out of
doors; but in endeavoring to hasten the o-
dions wretch’s progress down stairs by a
slight impulsovj posteriori (for Mynheer
seldom stood upon ceremony with poor
rotations,) ho had unfortunately, lost his
balance, and tumbling headlong from tho
top to the bottom, he found, on recover
ing Ids senses, that he had broken his right
leg, mid that he had lost three teelh. He
at first thought of having his podt rela
tion tried for murder; bill being naturally
of a merciful disposition, ho only sent
him to jail on account ofsomo unpaid debt,
leaving him (hero to enjoy the comforta
ble reflection, that his wife and children
wero starving nt home.
A dentist soon supplied the invalid witli
three teeth, which lie had pulled tmt of an
indigent poet’s head atlhe rate.of ton sti
vers a-piece, hut lor which he prudently
charged the rich merchant one hundred
dollurs. Tiie doctor, examining his teg,
and recollecting that ho tvus at that mo
ment ruther in want of a subject, cut it
Carefully off, and took it away With him,
in Ids carriago, to locture upon to his pu
pils. So Mynhcei Wodenblock, consid
ering that ho had boon hitherto accustom
ed to walk, and not to hop, and being per
haps, somewhat prejudiced in favor of (ho
former mode of locomotion, sent for our
friend at the cahal basin, in order that he
might give him directions about the re
presentative with which he wished to bo
supplied for bis lost member. The aril*
ficer entered the wealthy burgher’s apart
ment. He was reclining on » couch, with
Ids left leg looking as respectable as ever,
but with his uuhappy right stump Wrapt
up in bandages, as if conscious and ashamed
of its own littleness. ' Turningvort, you
liavo heard of my misfortune—it has
thrown me into a favor, and all Rotter
dam Into confusion; but let that pass. You
must make me a leg, and it must be the
best leg, sir, you ever made in your life.’
Turningvort bowed. * I do not care what
it costs;’ Turningvort bowed still lower;
JUST PUBLISHED
AND FOR BALE AT Tile
cDlumbus book-store,
, the
LOST VIRGIN OF THE SOUTH,
A N Hi-fpricpl Novel) connected with tiie Indr
an War ot the South, in tho years 1812,13,
14 and 15, and Gen. Jackson, now President of
the United States,
BY DON PEDRO CALENDER.
A tow copies roinniuing on hand.
E. S. NORTON.
May 19—I
„ Insurance.
PM^IlE Augusta Insnrunee and Banking Com-
R pony will insure produce and merchandise
against the dangers of llivcr Navigation «n good
•teamhoata and other rivet cruft, and upon good
vessels from Apalachicola to New Orleans or the
Atlantic cities. ThoV will also tnke fire risks
upon buildings, itierehandiso und produce.
GEO. W. DILLINGHAM, Agent.
Nov 6—26—tf
JOB PRINTING
Neatly Executed at this Office. I coroplishinglt that very morning
provided it outdoes every thing you have
yet mado. I am for none of your wood
en spindlcshanl^. Make it of cork; let it
be light nnd elastic, and Ciam It full of
springs as a watch. J know nothing of
-the business, und cannot be more specific
in my directions; but this I am determined
upon, that I shall have a leg as good as
the ono I have lost. 1 know such a thing
is to be had, antfif I get it from you, your
reward is a thousand guineas.’ The
Dutch Promeiheasdeclared,that, to please
Mynheor Von Wodenblock, he would do
more than human ingenuity had ever done
beforehand undertook (o bring him, with
in six days, n leg which would laugh to
scorn the mere common legs possessed by
common men. This assurance was not
meant as au idle boast. Turningvort was
a man of speculative, its Well as pructical
science—there was a favorite discovery
which lie had long been aiming at, and he
beltevbd he had at last succeeded in ac-
Lihc
FIFTH VOLUME—NOMEBS 3.
ajl other manufacturers of tern
he had ever found the chief bn
his progress towards perfection, KWOttsiet
m us being upparontly impossible to Tn-
troduco into ihedfany thing in the shape
ol joints, capable of being regulated by
the will,and of performing those impor
tant functions achieved under the present
system by means of the admirable median-
mm of thp knee and ancle. Our philoso
pher had spent years in endeavouring to
obviate the grand inconvenience; and al
though I to had undoubtedly, made’ greater
progress than any one else, it was not till
now that he thought himself oomptotcly
master of the great secret. His first at
tempt to carry fl into execution Was to bo
in the leg ho was about to make for Myn
heer Von WodontJlock, It was’on the
0 voifing of tiie sixth day from fbat to which
1 have already aliuded, that with thh ratu
gic log, carefully packed up, the accurals
artisan again made his appearance befbrs
Uio expecting nnd impatient Wodoh-
bmck. There was a protid twinkle io
Turningvort’s grey eye, which seemed to
indicato that hb valued even tho thou*
sand guineas, which he intended for Blan
che’s marriage portion, less than the cole-
brity, the glory, the immorality of which
1m was at length so sure. He united hia
precious bundle, und spent some hour* is
displaying end explaining to tho delighted
bdrglior tiie number of additions he had
made to tiie interna) machinery, and the
purpose each was intended to serve.—*
The evening wore away in these discus
sions concerning wheels Within wheels,and
springs upon springs. When it was time
m retire to rest, both were equally satisfied
with the perfection of the work; and at his
employer’s earnest request the artist con*
sented to remain where bo was for tho
night, in Order that curly next morning
he might fit on tho lintb, and see how if
performed its duty. '
Early next morning till the necessary
arrangements wore conij|)loted, and Myn
heer Von Wodenblock walked forth Id
the street In ecstacy, blessing the inven
tive powers of one who wait able to make
so excellent a hand of his hag: It seemed.
Indeed, to act to admiration ; in the mer
chant's mode of walking there was no
stiffuess, no effort, no constaint. All tho
joints perforned their office without the
aid of either bone or muscle. Nobqjfy,
not even a couhoiseur in lameness, would
have suspected any thing uncommon, any
great collection of accurately adjusted
clockwork unde- the full Well-slashed pan
taloons of the substantial-looking Dutch
man. Had if not been for a slight trek
mulous motion; occasioned by the rapid
whirling of about twenty small wheels
in tho interior, aud a constant clicking
Ilka that of a watch, though somewhat .
louder, lie would even himself have for
gotten that ho was not, in all respects, ss
he used to oe, before he lifted his right
foot to bestow a parting benediction On
hit poor relation. He walked along in
the renovated buoyancy of his spirits
until iio came in sight of the Sladt House ;
and just at tho foot of tho flight of steps
that led up to the principal door, ho saw
his old (friend Mynheer Vanouterti Wait
ing to receive him. He quickened bis
pneo ; and both mutually held oat their
hands to each other by Way of congratu
lation, before they, wore near enough to
be clasped in' a friendly embrace, At
last the mierctiant reached the spot where
Vunouiern stood ; but what was that
worthy mim’s astoniihptent tu see him,
I hough ho still held out his hand* piss
quickly by, Without stopping, even for
a moment, to say, ’ How-d’ye do t* But
this seeming want of poliuAieft arose from
no fault of our hero’s. His own aston
ishment was u thousand times greater,
when he found that he had iio, power
whatever to determine either when.
Where, or how his leg was to move. As
long us his own wishes happened to coin
cide with tho manner in, which the ma
chinery seOpted destined to operate, oil
hod gone on smoothly: and he mad*
mistaken his tacit compliance With its
independent and self-acting pmOeSs for a
command over it, which he now found Iio
did not possess. It Had been his most
anxious desire to stop to Speak with
Mynheor Vanoutern, bet bis teg moved
on, and he found bimoelf liadttib • neces
sity of following it. Many an attempt
did he make to slackeo hiSpnce, but evry
attempt was vain, He caught hold of
the rails, walls,'.ned houses, but his leg
tugged so violently, that he Was afraid of
dislocating his artns, and wag obliged to
go On. He began to get seriously uneasy
as to the consequences of this most unex
pected turn which matters had taken ;
and his only hope was, that (he (mazing
mid unknown powers, which the compli
cated construction of Lis leg seemed to
possess, would speedily exhaust them
selves. Of this, however, heypȣd as
yet discover no syriiptoms. He happened
to be going in the direction of tho Leyden
Canal; and when he orriVodC iO iqql of
Mynheor Tumingvort’s jppso, be Called
loudly upon the artificer to comq to Ms as
sistance. Tho artificer fooked out from
Ids window withifaeoofwonder. ‘Vil-
linn!’ criod Wodenblock, * come out to
me this instant! You have made me a Teg
with a vengeance) It won’t stand (till for
a moment, t have been walking xtruit
forward ever since I lift my own house,
ond,tmle(syoti slop me yourself, Heaven
