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der mortgage f» fas, sixty days before the day of sale.
Sales of Land and Negroes, by Executors, Adminis
trators or Guardians, for sixty days before the day
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Lull or Negroes of an estate, For r months. 1 T3ERRY DAVIS’S Pain Killer.
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ors and Creditors of nn estate, for six weeks. ‘ Aug. 28
£Ijc Columbus (inquirer.
A STRICT CONSTRUCTION OF THE CONSTrrimoN-.~AN HONEST AND ECONOMICAL ADMINISTRATION OF THE GOVERNMENT.
COLUMBUS, GEORGIA, TUESDAY MORNING, OCTOBER 23, 1849.
NUMBER 43.
Wl public that lie contiuui ....
f a n..ss at las old stand, over the Hardware Store of
J. Ennis Co. and solicits the orders of his friend* and
the public. He is prepared to make Gentlemens’
Conts, Vests and Pouts, in the latest style and
neatest manner. _
Gentlemen furnishing their own materials, will find it
to their advantage to give him a call.
K/* 11 i* priivs will be moderate, and no effort on bis
part shall be wanting to give perfect satisfaction.
Cutting and Repairing done at short notice.
THOMAS DANN.
Columbus. Oct. 2, 1840 40
A LI T .11 or Turk’s Islnnd SALT.
A FINE lot for sale at wholesale or retail. This
Salt is fur superior to the Liverpool or common salt
Meat, 1
H worthy the attention of
to Lan'if, | Planter, and araBYf
and E. BARNARD & ( O.
June 2f., 1849 96 4m
A mipidy just
ROBERT CARTER.
B. A. RICHARDS’
Ilf gf111 STORE,
AT TIIB OLD STAND OF J. & J. DAWSON.
1 have just returned from New York, and have been receiving for the last three
week*, the largest and most extensive stock of Dry (ioo-J.s I have ever purchased, for the Fall and
Winter trade. I feel encouraged and thankful to the citizens of Columbus and surrounding country,
for their liberal patronage the past year, and I beg to assure them that I am now prepared to give
them even greater satisfaction than before. I have made arrangements with a large importing bouse
in New Vork to forward me Goods every week, so that I shall be enabled always to give my custom
ers goods which are fresh and new.
My present stock is too extensive to particularize, 1 will merely mention a few leading articles, viz :
Fancy Silks, Embroidered Alpacas, Pongee Silk—for dresses,Ginghnms, 3,000 pieces Prints,
of everysba le and figure, 4,000 pieces IIleached and HroWii Goods. Nhnwls, Visitces, AlniitlllRR,
llonncts, lints, Caps, ami a large l-»t of Shoes, of different qualities, &c.,&o. If you will give me a call,
you can be suited both in quality and price.
1 have also purchased the finest and most extensive stock of
LINES.
BY WILLIAM WALLACE.
Written on the occasion of Robert Walsh, Afneri*
can Consul at Paris, taking side with the Tyrants of
Europe, while they were engaged in crushing Liberty in
Hungary, Germany and Italy :
Yes, back with him! back with the one who could
stand
With n smile for the'Tyrants while Patriots bled,
And the Banner of Stars which he held in his hand
Rustling only to tell us that Freedom was dead /
The Banner that Hancock ami Adams unfurled,
That Washington planted on Tyranny’s tomb,—
The only thing yet speaking hope to a w'orld,
Like the robe of ail Angel displayed in the gloom f
Ay, Nicholns! shout over Hungary's grave,
If America's herald feeds Tyranny’s springs :
Let Radet>ky in red saturnalia rave,
While bis lViilsh twines a wreath for the demons
called Kings.
Roar, Oudinot, roar for your Traitor of France!
Seek bis capitol throned in your blood-dripping cars.
And exalt on the point of your butchering lance,
Asa proof of Am honesty, Liberty's Stars.
Ob, think of it, Freemen ! in workshop and field—
Ay, think that the. gold that rewarded your pains
Went to purchase for Kings an American shield,
As they threw over Italy Galia’s chains :
And hear, if ye can, ’mid your rage, that the sons
Of Pulaski, DkKalr, Kosciusko, were there,
And their swords drawn for Freedom, ay, hear it! the
cloths, cassimcrcs ami vestings,
for Ci-mtlcmcn.H wear, that has over been brought to this market. They were selected by O*
II. KKTZ, who will superintend the Tailoring Department iv my counting room and 2d slory.
tuve ills j on baud a fine assortment of
GENTLEMEN'S READY HADE CLOTHING,
which will he sold low.
P. S.—I)o not forget, it is in the store formerly occupied by J. J. Da
MW CLOTHING STORE!
T/XJ.Jjiii'Mil) fis IDAit-tiiLLs
CLOTHIERS & MERCHANT TAILORS,
{Next door to Hill, Dawson if* Co. Broad street, COLUMBUS, (ia.)
ARE now receiving an entire now stock of READY MADE CLOTHING,
Cloths, Cassimcrcs, Vestings, Hats and Caps, Trunks, Carpet Hags, Valises,
hI a general aH.sortm«nt of Men's Furnishing Good#, which wa sell on the most reasonable terms, and to all
n at the name rates. Our friends and the public generally, are respectfully invited to examine our stock
making purchases, as we are eonfideut we ran offer greater inducements than have ever before been offered
this market. Our stork consists, in part, as follows :—
>r«ss and Frock Coat«, of various qualities; 1 Pants, of ail kinds and colors ;
losiness Coats, “ “ i Vests—Satin, Silk, Cloth, of various styles of G»
Fashionable Over-Coats and Cloaks; | a good assortment of Boys' Clothing, Round Jackets;
Long black, blue and Taylor gtay Beaver Overcoats; Long, old fashioned CLOAKS.
We would call particular attention to our stock of Merino, Cotton, anti Sdk UNDERSHIRTS and
tAWERS—Fancy Cravats, Suspenders, Glove*, Linen Cambric Hand kerchief*, Stocks, Collars—Dressing
ms, Ac. Our st u k of the above articles j* fur the most extensive and varied ever before offered in this mar-
and we defy all competition in this particular branch of our business.
White and colored Cotton SIIIIIT.H with Linen Bosoms.
Ladies’ Merino and Silk 8HIRTS and DRAWERS.
have ma le arrangements with a celebrated Fashionable Hatter at tin. North, by which wo shall always keep
the most Fashionable Hat* and Cap* on hand.
Cloths, Cansiincrcn, Vesting*, Ac. Ac.
That were drawn for your fathers when sunk in de»-
pair!
O, Heaven! but to think that when Lauds were dis
cerned
With Republican flags where the Tyrant’s unfurled,
Anil they thought, at the least, that a sympathy burned
For a Patriot’s struggle in Jefferson's world—
But to think that the rod which our ancestors wrought
To guide Tyranny’s linghtning from Liberty's shrine,
Was employed by a wretch in such way that it brought
The red thunderbolt down on her temple divine !
Back, miscreant, back! ny, the wonl has been said !
And the spirit of Washington still we can sco
In the Chief of a Laud that the Patriot dead
And the Patriot living have sworn shnll lie free!
Yes, Panderer, hack—No! to Nicholas fly !
Not a welcome catisi thou from thy Countrymen meet:
The Living would shrink as thy form hurried by,
And the Dead mutter hate at the sound of thy feet!
[N. Y. Tribune.
ffilje jFarmcv.
Preparation of Wheat Seed.
By sifting, witli suitable sieves, the largo plump
berries may be separated from tho small nnd shriv
elled, which will make a great improvement.—
Then wash thoroughly m water, stirring violent
ly, and skim off all floating substances. Violent
washing will rub off the seeds of fungus which
might cause smut or other diseases, and destroys
the eggs of insects; and hv skimining, the light
seeds and other refuse substances may be ex
cluded.
Various steps are used ns a further prevention
of smut, &c., lor which we have recommended
violent washing. Tho following is cheap, conve
nient, safe, and probably as effectual, as any; and
it lias important advantage of floating oats, and
grains of comparative lightness, that would sink
in pure water.
Make a solution of salt as strong ns it can l»c
made, which is probably about one qunrt of salt to
two gallons of water. * In this steep the wheat,
and remove worthless matters that nso ; also the
grains of wheat of comparative lightness. It is
best to soak the wheat twelve or twenty-four
hours*, but when thus prepared if the weather is
favorable, it will keep in good condition for sev
eral days or weeks if the brine is strong, as the
wheat .will not vegetate in it.
We have kept wheat a week or two in this
way, and a farmer informed us that he had pre
pared his wheat in brine, when his interval which
no intended to sow, was overflowed, and lie kept
it in the brine three weeks, and, as it was then
late, he then spread and dried it and sowed it tho
next spring with success.
After soaking wheat in brine, drain it off tho
brine, which is a good manure, and add suflicicnt
slacked lime to make it dry enough to sow. Sow
soon after the limn is added. If any accident or
storm prevents sowing soon, return the grains to
the britio as the best preservative.
Delaware Journal.
jMtffcan atfe.
From a private Journal of the Late Campaign.
THE PLAZA BE TOROS.
BY JOHN OF YORK.
One bcsintiful Sunday aflernrxm, a small party
of us who had been’dining with Captain Me
K . casting about for some way of killing time
other than by sleep, concluded to go to the Plata
dr Toros n nd see a bull fight. I had seen several
before, and with no very agreeable impressions;
hut time hung heavily without hooks, and, as the
boy said of the skinned cels, I was getting used
to “the sport.”
The private cab of Captain G soon brought
us to the IMaza. We were a little too early, and
thereby Imd a fine chance to see what sort of peo
ple were our companions. Thcjy were like the
above articles
tfu-q procured the services of a FIRST RATIO TAILOR, and will make up tin
to order, and warranted to give natisihctiori.
io foregoing list is not intended toemunjr.iie all of the diffjivnt articles kept l>y ip, or to folly specify the va-
i* qoa’itie*; hut on examination, our assortment of article* for Gentlemen*’ Wear, will be found to tie attract-
extensive and full.
CF" I'erHons wanting any thing in our lino, will nave them-olves much time and trouble by railing nnd examin-
mr Htoek before making any purehaoeN.
AMES D. WILLIFORD.
loliimbun, Sept. 25,1819
NEW FALL & WINTER
Ilf illBI.
J. & JT. KYLE,
TAKE this method of acknowledging the encouragement and decided preference
extended lo them, the past season, by their former customers, and to inform them that they have now
i.'n Store the MOST EXTENSIVE assortment of DRY GOODS they have ever yet exhibited.
C IT" One of the Firm, long experienced in the bu<ino*n, ha* ju«t returned from New York, anti has purchased
*n< I enraged the newest and MOST DESIRABLE PATTERNS, which may arrive by every Steamer,
to • hat tneir customers may always rely on finding in their Mock every thing desirable, nnd at the LOWEST
ma Act price*.
ON HAND,
30 cases Negro Linscys and Kerseys ;
5,000 pairs “ Shoes ;
Sept. 25, 1849
3,500 Negro Blankets;
100 doz. Negro Wool Hats.
38 If
CHEAPER THAN EVER!
fill AND WINTER CLOTHING,
/ T THE OLD STAND OF
LOVE’S APPEAL.
The following good verse*, (nay* the Home Journal.)
are ndopied to such general use—so many people'*
“sentiment* betterexpreBsed’’—that wo publish them
with unusual pleasure:
Go and forget thee ! Bid the torrent flowing,
Turn backward to it* wild ami unknown source;
Bid the stern tempest through the forest blowing,
Stay but a moment in it* onward course.
Bind with a silken chain tli • fleeting hours.
That glide in Nilenre through each summer day;
Call hack to freshness last year’s faded flower* ;
Or, still (lie dashing of the ocean’s spray.
But do not hid me go, nor yet forget thee,
Nor think il wrong that I do not obey ;
I would not that the hour wherein I met thee,
Should from my fond remembrance pass away.
I would not linveit vanish like a vision—
Like a sweet dream that fade* with morning light;
But shrined in holy memory’*dear elysian,
With thoughts that cheer me through the darkest
night.
Go and forget thee ! Better that I perish
Now while the cup of hitlernen* I hold ;
Oh ! why wilt thou not let my spirit cherish
The gracious love that lingemyct untold ?
Oli! why not let me pour tho holy treasure—
A gentle hnlm—into thy shrinking heart!
'Twild yield a gladness which thou ennst not measure,
And calm thy sorrow* when thy tears shall start.
Oh ! then he mine, for in thy sweet confusion,
I've read the love thou didst not dare to own ;
Thou canst not tell me ’l was a fond delusion,
And that thy voice was only friendship’s tone ;
Thou wliisperedst once that it was hut to try me.
Thou httd'st me banish love from out my breast;
Let not the thought that thou hast trifled by me,
Come like a shadow o’er thy future rest.
Oh ! call me hack ; by all the sunny hour*
We’ve passed together heated side by side—
By all the cherished joys that once were oure—
Oil! let me, dearest, claim llieo for my bride.
Quench not the flame that in my breast is glowing,
Nor seek to stifle that which burn* in thine,
But let our loye, like streams united flowing,
Mingle with each other ’till mine he lost in thine:
(From the South Carolinian.]
Southern Clovor.
It is somewhat astonishing that, among the va
rious projects for improving our lands, it seems
never to have attracted general observation that
we have in every garden a plant more completely
adapted to that purpose, and more suited to our
climate,tlmn any other. I speak of the Tomato;
and I affirm, without hesitation, tlmt, if employed
as a fertilizer, it would do more for us than clover,
or any other green crop, has done, or can do, for
the North.
If any one will go into his garden in the fall of
the yenr, and observe the immense quantity of veg
etable matter deposited by this plant, nnd its cflect
upon the soil, he will he convinced of the truth
of what I say. The soil all around and under it
is left rich and black and loose; ami whatever veg
etable is planted after it, the succeeding year,
grows off witli a vigor equal lo that imparted by
any other vegetable manure.
1 know n gentleman of some experience and
considerable judgment, whoso practice it is to have
all the tomato balls that he can procure to he
gathered every fall and thrown into his horso and
cow lots, to lie mixed witli the dung, and carried
out into his plantation the next spring. Care is
taken, in the cultivation of his corn nnd cotton
crops, not to cut this plant up. It docs not, as is
well known, expand tunny great extent until late
in the season, and, therefore, interferes but very
slightly, if at nil, with the crop; and its beneficial
efleets upon his land are found to exceed those of
the pea.
A small lot might be selected to lie planted with
this vegetable exclusively lor the sake of the seed.
These might he scattered, far and wide, over the
plantation; and, if this were done, I will answer
for it that he who makes the experiment will, ill
the end, not lie disappointed.
I do not see why the wod might not lie washed
out, and mixed with small grain when that is sown.
It would not have grown up before the grain is
cut, and then, i suppose, it would cover the ground
more completely and more uniformly than any
other weed.
I hope il will bo tried. Like every oilier method
of improvement, ol poor land, its effects must
necessarily he slow. Such land,at first, will not
produce plants of great size. Neither would this
produce clover or anything else vigorously. Those
who are of a sanguine temperament, and expect
wonders to Ik» effected outright, would he disap
pointed. Hut those who are patient and diligent
(and none else overdid, or ever will, succeed in
anything) nre earnestly invited to consider those
suggestions ami institute experiments, with a full
conviction that their pains and their labor will (in
the end, I repeat) he well rewarded. This is a
good season to gather the pods ami seeds.
A poet in lilts Keene (N. II.) Republican, celebrating
the works of Daine Nature, Iiiim an idea which comes
very near being original, if not quite so:
“She next made woman—so the story goes—
Willi uii improved material nnd art;
Gave her a form, the choicest one of those
That make aught beautiful, and to her heart
A power to soften man’s—anil forced the rose
It* blushing tint to her soft cheek* imparl—
Then chopped the rainliow tip, and with the chip*
She went to work and finished off her lips!”
PEARLS*
TO BE TKKAHtJRED 111* IN THE CASKET OF MEMORY
—At flint setting out upon a viciou* course, men are t
little nice and delicate, like young travelers, who at first
are offended at every speck of dirt that lights upon them,
but after they have been accustomed to it, and have
traveled a good while in foul way, it ceoseth to be
troublesome to them to be dashed and bespattered.—
Till at son.
That loved hint of Paradise, Christian contentment,
can sit and sing in a cane of affliction and confinement,
or fly at liberty through the vast expanse, with almost
equal firmness arid satisfaction ; while “even so. Father,
* nth good in Thy sight,” is I he chief note* in
SMITH 110.
Ha
BROAD STREET,
COATS.
here may be found the largest assortment of FASHIONABLE READY MADE CLOTH-
, ever before offered in this city, and at prices lar below those formerly asked. In the list of
Ics now offered, may he found—
VESTS.
A large and varied assortment of richly colored Silk
and Satin Vests, of all pattern* and every variety of
style, among which arc many altogether new and rare,
which cannot ho surpassed by any Soutliern establish
ment ; also, Cloth Vests of all kinds and colors.
Plain and Fancy Cravats# Suspender*, Stocks Col-
lar*. Handkerchiefs, together with a complete assort
ment of Kid, Silk, Cotton and Leather Gloves, of all
colors, ami at any price.
SHIRTS AND DRAWERS.
Merino, Silk and Cotton Undershirts and Drawer* ;
and white or colored Cotton Shirts, with Linen or Fancy
Muslin Bosoms.
blue black Dress and Frock Coats ;
" brown and olive “ do.;
Black, brown and olive Cloth Sacks ;
“ “ ** Tweed do.;
8*liiietund Kentucky Jeans Business Frocks ;
levery other desirable pattern, style or quality.
Ikinds of fashionable Overcoats and Cloaks.
PANTALOONS,
Bat variety, consisting of Black Cassimere, Fancy
IchCassimere, Versailles Cassimere, Sheen’s grey
lhlack Doe Skin, black Satinet, and Gold mixed
Taney Tweeds.
—AN EXTENSIVE VARIERY OF—
CLOTHING, ROUND JACKETS. dLo., A ^. K8n onei whn ^ croued lhe Al i amiCi to id
Il prices. Silk, Cotton and Gingham (J MBRELL \S, Travelling Trunks Valises, C.trjKjt Bag*, a Htory of a storm, when tho rain poured down in
its celestial song.
1 resolve to neglect nothing to secure my eternal
peace, more than if I had Iwen certified that I should die
within the day ; nor to mind unylhiug which my semis?
duties demand of me less than if I had been insured I
should live fifty years more.—Cheney, M. I).
Some men, in their worldly trade, inav say, at the
year’s end, they have neither cot nur lost; hut thou canst
not say that at the day’* end of thy soul; tholi art at
night better nor worse Ilian ihou wast in the morning.
Talent Auwuiked.—As it is in tlio body, so it
is in the mind; practice makes it what it is, and
most even of those excellencies which are looked
on as natural endowment*, will bo found, when
examined into more narrowly, to be the product of
exercise, and to he raised to’iliat pitch only by re
peated actions. Some men are remarked for
pleasantness in raillery, others for apologue* and
apposite diverting stories. This i* apt to be taken
for the effect of pure nature, and that the rather
because it is not got by rules; and those who ex
cel in either of them novor purposely set them-
Reives to the study ol it us an art to be learnt.—
But yet it is true, that at first some lucky hit
which took with somebody, gains him commenda
tion, encouraged him to try again, inclined his
thoughts and endeavors that way, till at last he
insensibly got a faculty in it without perceiving
how, and that is attributed wholly to nature
which was much more the effect of use than prac
tice.—Locke.
very other article of Gentlemen’s outfit, either desirable or useful, cheaper and better than can
iind elsewhere.
•uch torrents, that the ocean rose six inches.
“ There’s no mistake.” mi id he “ because the
captain kept a mark on the side of the vessel.”
r articles of Clothing are all manufactured by us at tho North, under the constant supervision
•of the firm, who having selected the in tterial* with groat care, we arc enabled confidently
r to our old customers, and toall who nny f.tvor us with an examination, that no establishment
PKe South can offer cheaper or better Goods.
Fbctober2, 1819 04 tf
‘ You look like death on a pale horse, 1 said Jem
to a toper, who was growing pale and emaciated.
‘I don't know anything about 'hat,’ said the
other, ‘ but I’m death on t .ule brantyi Mr, Horn.
Jmeterate.
Stopping Gullies.
There is no rolling lam! worth much that will
not wash into gullies. The goodness of land de
pends upon its subsoil; and the subsoil that is too
hard ami tight to yield to the torrents of rain that
somelimcs fall, is too hard and tight to produce
much of a crop, after tho little vegetable mould
that lies on the top is exhausted.
Until very deep ploughing, therefore, becomes
prevalent, wo may expect our lauds to wash, if
they arc of any account; and even then, perhaps.
For I think, with the open texture imparled by a
warm climate, and tho floods of rain prevailing
in the lower latitudes, it would require deeper
ploughing than can he performed by horse power,
to prevent washing in these Southern States.
it becomes, therefore, a matter of no ordinary
importance to know how gullies can be effectually
stopped. It is said by those who have made the
attempt by throwing in logs and brush, that they
cannot he stopped. Their ineffectual efforts have
filled their minds and their mouths with tho max
im that water will hare its way; and, seeing it
flow round their logs and rubbish, they have, many
of them, betaken themselves to cutting ditches to
give il a straight send; forgetting, tiiat flow as it
will, if unimpeded, it carries with it, in solution,
the very finest mould on the. plantation.
I say gullies can he effectually stopped; ami I
ay it, because I have tried it, ami the method is
easy. It does lot the wafer have its way, as it will
have; but it stops the sand, and that detains the
mould; and tho labor is not half equal to that of
cutting ditches. The method is short.
Begin at one sido of tho gully, at a distance to
which the water cannot rise, am) drive down a short
stake. Carry a row of stakes, thus driven in,
across the gully to an equal distance on the other
side. Let tho stakes be near enough to each other
to admit of wattling. Then wattle them with
brush. Pine brush is the best, because it more
completely intercepts the sand. The water will
pass through tho brush, but the mould will be de
tained, ami your land saved. Several of these
rows should be run across tho gullies, at proper
distances, from top to bottom. This is a good
season to begin. A Book Farmer.
Agriculture and Manufactures in Georgia.
—Georgia is far in advance of her sister States
of the South in agriculture and manufactures.—
An Agricultural Fair was recently held at Stone
Mountain, where a variety of fabric* manufac
tured at tho different factories in that State were
exhibited, and received the highest commendation.
Among the articles exhibited were cotton yarns,
osmtburghs, shirtings, tickings, sewing thread,
\\„ ..... ... ...« n ..l _..: i ... ..e .....
&c. W r c are glad to record this evidence of pro
gress in manufactures. The increase of this
branch of industry at the South will do much to
advance the prosperity of tho whole country, by
doing away with that opposition to tho protection
of American skill against which tiie manufactur
ers and mechanics ot tho North have long had to
struggle.—Boston Journal.
Modesty.—A lady friend thought tlmt she
should avoid u ccrtcrn dry goods store because they
advertised undress'd linens.
English drink called “ all sorts, ,f made, up from
representative from every class, from the black
rolled priest in iiis stove-pipe looking hat, to the
lepero, who like the observationist, observes in the
daytime what he can steal at night. Tiiero wore
ladies and gentlemen of the highest classes, com
moners and cargadores, loafers, and ladrones—
which latter class the reader will please to under
stand are a numerous horde of robbers to be met
within every part of the magnanimous republic.
The circus is of immense capacity, capable of
holding many thousands, and so far across that
you can with difficulty recognize an intimate ac
quaintance, even by a well known dress. On
the Sunday in question, it was thronged. The
day was one of the many Saint or fete days, and
the people were dressed in their best Finery, as
for a fair. It was a great day for the Plaza de
Toros, too, and we soon learned that there was to
be some extra sport, several fine hulls having been
procured from a distant hacienda, especially for
tho occasion.
At 3 o’clock, four horsemen and six picadorcs
were in the ring, waiting the trumpet signal from
the judges. The butchers on foot were very fanci
fully dressed in embroidered velvet jackets, em
broidered and ornamented pants, buckling at the
knee, parti-colored hose nnd shoes, and caps trim-
mod with silver and gold. Each wore a sash
around his waist, and held in his hand a scarf of
red, yellow or blue, with which to tantalize the
bulls. The horsemen were similarly dressed,
though not so richly, and held long pikes with
which they goad the bull, and when attacked de
fend themselves and horses from their fury.—
There were two clowns, also—the stupidest crea
tures that over played the fool before on audience.
Their entire performance consisted in tossing up
oranges and catching them on their heads when
thov fell down and bellowed in imitation of the
hulls, uml playing disgusting tricks upon each
other.
The trumpet at length sounded, and in rushed a
large brown bull, snorting and plunging about,
mad with pain from the torture ho Imd previously
received. In a moment he was assailed by the
horsemen, and several sharp encounters occurred.
One young man, more expert than the others, got
his pike into the animal’s neck, and actually held
him off for a moment or two. The crowd cheered
loudly, and he seemed in the height of his glory,
when by a sudden movement the bull threw up
the lance and pitched into his adversary. Horse
ami rider were tossed into the uir and tumbled in
the dust—the horse terribly gored, and the man
under him. By great exertions the others suc
ceeded in attracting tho hull towards them, and
the crushed cavalier was borne from tho ring.—
Tho horse was dragged out by mules, dead.
tyext came the cruel torturing that seems to so
mueli delight the Spaniards. The picadorcs, arm
ed with bandarillas, approached him on all sides,
wuvingtheir scarfs ana shouting uthiin all man-
nor of defiance. After having sufficiently bewil
dered the noble animal, one of the most expert ap
proached him directly in front, holding in each
hand a bunderilla. Tho bull pawed the earth for
a few moments and then plunged at him. With
almost inconceivable dexterity, tho man turned to
one side and plunged both into his neck. Others
followed, and ilia short time the panting hull was
completely decorated with the fancy colored cut
paper that is wound around the barbed instruments
of torture, lint still, more cruel Ilian this, a sort
of rocket, that ignites with tho force given in dri
ving il home, was stuck into In* neck, and then
blazed and scorched him till it ended with an ex
plosion, blackening and lacerating tbe flesh, while
llio creature plunged and bellowed fearfully amid
the plaudits of the crowd. While ho was writhing
in pain, and mad as a thousand furies, one of the
picadorcs endeavored to fasten a rosette upon his
forehead. The bull plunged forward and the man
slipped. The sagacious animal caught him on
one side of his horns, and running straight for the
side of the ring, dashed the poor fellow against
the stout wall with tremendous force. A loud
shriek rose from the spectators, and tho man was
finally rescued and borne off*. He had a leg bro
ken, and was otherwise badly injured. I applaud•
ed the bull, and so did many others. The last
scene in this act was the killing of the bull. A
maladorc, with his scarf on one arm, and a
straight sword, after playing around until secure
of his mark, received a charge and killed the an
imal at one blow. The applause that followed
his success entirely dispelled all thoughts of the
wounded picadorc.
Tho next hull brought in was a young one, and
ho could not be made to show fight. The crowd
whistled and hooted, pelted him with oranges, &c.,
and calling out vaca! vara! otro loro!—(cow,
cow—another bull.) Two of tho horsemen who
had not before taken any part, drovo the bull a-
ronndthe ring and threw him several times, to the
great delight of the crowd. This they did by get-
ting the bull ut full speed, catcliiug the tail in one
hand and throwing one foot over the hand—tho
horse is urged faster, and by a sudden wheel the
hull is tumbled, sometimes clear over endways—
throwing a complete somerset. This bull, having
proved a coward, was turned out of the ring.—-
There was an Indian hand, a very good one, too,
playing; and after the second hull had been dis
posed of, there was a short intermission. Our par
ty was seated in the first tier, among a party ol ten
or twelve who seemed to take great interest in the
performance*. While the hand were playing, one
of the picadorcs, a very handsome young man, of
perhaps twenty-five, came over and spoke witli the
ladies, ono of whom, I saw at once, had reason
for the interest she hud exhibited whenever he was
in harm’s way.
“ I wish you had not undertaken this thing Lo
renzo,” said the girl, with a slight slight quiver
of her lip. “ Fapo ia well nigh killed, and I fear
harm may come to you.”
“ Never fear, Guadaloupc,” said the young man;
“ I am not so clumsy as to loose my feet like'i’ape.
You know 1 was never touched yet, and there
will he such merry sport with a wild black bull we
have here, as 1 wouldn't miss for my commission”
—and ho curled hi* silken moustache with a con
fidence that drew a smile of womanly pride from
the girl, albeit there was a fearful doubt betrayed
in her moist eye. “Never fear for me. You
shall see what pranks I shall play with toro n&gro.
Why, I have wagered a dozen of Burgundy with
Don Pedro de Avilla, that I will leap upon his
back !” and away he went laughing.
“ Dios mio /” exclaimed the trembling girl, as
she saw tho fierce wild bull bound into the ring*
“ I wish 1 had not come.”
“ Why so?” asked 1. “Lorenzo is fumed for
his dexterity, and now that he lias the assurance
of winning his wager and lhe encouragement of
your bright eyes and prayers, lie cannot fail.’*
“ Oh, there is not such a picardore in all Mexico
as he; but I feel something here, heavy and dis
trustful-something I never felt before. A great
fear seems to have caught my heart with fingers
of iron, and it is full of sad foreboding. Thatnull
i* as fierce us a demon—and see! his horns are
as sharp the point of a lance!”
And so they were. In these days ol degenera
tion in the bull ring, the horns of the hull are gen
erally sawed at the point, ho us to make thorn less
dangerous in case of an accident; but the bull
Lorenzo had to encounter had not been so used—
it was said because he could not be caught.
The trumpet sounded, and the encounter com
menced. The horsemen fought shy and dared
not come up to (he scratch, dealing the bull side
favors but not daring to confront him. In a few
seconds, however, He had tumbled one into the
dust, and a fine horso was taken out of the ring,
dragging his entrails after him. Picadores then
took theif turn, and I noticed that two more had
been added to their number—one an Indian, who
bid fair to rival tho most skillful of them.JJThey
succeeded in fastening several bandarillas in his
neck and one rocket, and the Indian caught off a
rosette which had been placed between the bull’s
eyes. The noble animal was then the very em
bodiment of fury. He rushed at one and another
with terrible force, sometimes falling on his knees
when they suddenly sprang aside. There was a
short pause, and liorenzo walked over to where
several cavaliers were seated, and bowing exclaim
ed, “ now for my wager.” I looked at the girl
beside me—she was as pale as the picture of the
virgin (whoso name she bore) in the cathedral.
Again the picadorcs commenced their play of
torture. Again were bandarillas and rockets fas
tened in Ins tremendous neck. Again he plunged
roaring around the ring, fighting blindly at one
and another in the confusion and clamor. All at
once the Indian, placed himself in front of the bull,
shouted defiance. The animal made a plunge,
and the Indian, placing his left foot between his
horns, sprang clear over him. The air was filled
with bravos that lasted several minutes. It now
came Lorenzo’s turn. Ho faced the bull and wa
ved his cap. I looked at the girl Guadaloupe.—
Her face was hidden in her hands, and her whole
frame shook like the leaves of the aspen. A cry
of horror rose from the crowd. I turned and saw
the ill-fated Lorenzo dangling upon one of the
sharp horns of the furious bull. In an instant
more he was sent high in the air, and his inani
mate body fell heavily on the horns of the beast,
who dashed it upon the ground and trampled upon
it. There was one wild, piercing shriek—a shriek
such as I never heard before, that rent the air, and
hushed the clamorous crowd like magic.
Poor Guadaloupe ! Iler happiness, her hope,
her all but life, had been lost with the wager k !
Strange to say, the fete went on—but I did not
stay to see any more. I had enough of the Plaza
de Toros for one day.—The inveterate.
“TeUitf*
“Why, t
placet I m
you! Iai
ooe poor fellow atari L
then, efit had bea tea
ropes: bat I ntvtrted a
I ttoMht «ff waa L,
*55 ‘Milt. HeCmehM L—,
telllicki. Ho, 1 ttkea off ay I
m y»tewe»,when«ntto
“WhowMitl"
“ Why, I’d noticed ft tall fclbr Oft Oft aMi*
ofthe crowd pick np ft roek.botitwsaal hfeft, fcf
ho threw it down igiln-, toother teller, ft luioft
something, had an eternal Mg hickory (tick ia lift-
fist, and—”
“Wat it the Majort”
“ No I don’t believe it was; as ha walked wwag
before the aknrmage coMMftMdtaadldtffttMft
him any more; beside, be did’nt leok like a maa
what would maltreat a stranger; bat ft* I was a
savin’ sntbin’ at rack roe."
“ Whereabouts did It hit yon Jet"
“ On the head. As I wasMtyin’ 1 kill Jilt get
myself peeled, arid had sort a i‘
eyed lookin’ feller just afore me. aei wae_ttofinjjj
to myself, you're my mut, ears, when entilin’ a
“Did it knock yon down t”
“ Hold on, fdlem, don't be in sneh ft eqnmption
—no, it did’nt knock me down bet— ” .
“ Sort o’ staggered yon 1” ■>
“ No—can't «ay it drd maeh; bn<, as I was ray
in’, the popeyed feller looked as ef be thought he
was about to catch theorfoHeat cowhaDopin he’d
ever seenjn his born days; and Pd jam ft doubled
np these pertater grabbers, calculatin' to plant one
of ’em on the tip of his nose, and knock both hie
eyes back inter the nateral position, as 1 said be
fore sntbin’ struck me.”
“ Was it the pop-eyed feller T'
“No tir-ee! I knowed from hie build I was a
quicker-motioned man 'an he wae} and had je*
sort o’ rot my upper lip (tiff, and draweo in a long
broth, when sutnin'
alrnck me."
“ Well, what was it?”
“Why, an idear that I’d bettor he a maktn’
tracks from them diggins fast; and beys if loud
only ben about thar that morning, yewd seed old
McCracken a maltin’ the faateat tune for tiro miles
and a leetle better, as ever waa made in Jenferooo!
Whoop! and if you’ve got any mote of that bald
face, pour it out 1”
A Singular Incident.—The Albany Atlas re-
later the history of a singularly romantic incident
which has lately occured in that city. It appears
that in October, 1846, an infant son of Mr. James
Burt, aged four yeara and a half, mysteriously
disappeared. The bereaved parents imagined that
lio had been inveigled off by a circus company
which at that time was performing in the city,
and accordingly Mr. Burt traveled all over the
country in order to ascertain if such was the fact.
He instituted frequent suits in courts of justice
against different circus performers, but did not
succeed in eliciting uny information. Hope, how
ever, did not abandon him, and year alter year
the search was prosecuted. Last summer, alter
traveling more than twelve hundred miles, be
found a lad wjtli a circus company at Bedford
Springs, Pa. whom lie traced to the West Indies
and back again, but who turned out to be the son
of poor parents in Schenectady.
it happened, though that there appeared in the
Syracuse Journal, a few weeks since, an article
describing a little boy who was found with hia
face all bruised nnd bloody, sleeping in a dry goods
box, whence ho had been taken to the orphan asy
lum. The father, after receiving some informa
tion by telegraph, went on to Syracuse, and there
among fifty boys nearly of the same age, and
dressed alike, he recognised his child, and pointed
out the marks of identity which before the inter-
tervietv he had detailed to the magistrate. It ap
peared from the boy’s story that he had been in
vited by a lady into the circus, and was afterwards
taken by her to Oswego, where he was adopted
into her family. Here lie was instructed,to call him
self Frederick, adding the surname of his protect
or—was told that his parents were dead, and was
commanded to call Fmgland the place of his birth.
Good care was taken of him, and his education
nttended to, but lie still remembered his home, and
on tlie 3d ult. lie coaxed the cook of a canal boat
to take him on board, and went as far as Syracuse,
where lie disembarked. There ho wandered
ibotit doing errands, occasionally picking up
A DUTCH Il'llMI
Though unusually a dry place, our court room
was the scene of a deal of luufimMft OftOdft,
last week.' A negro woman wan arraigned far
stealing somedung-hill hen*, and alittleDnehman
who keeps a store near the monib of the Patux
ent river, and to whom the fowl* W bona depo
sed of, was called upon tho stand to be tpmmktoed.
We happened, most unluckily to be abeent at the
commencement of the examination, but on enter
ing the court room some time afterwards, we heard
the following interrogatorieu pwpBtafcd by tte
counsel for the prisoner:
“ Did you ever purchase fliy fowl* of the pris
oner, Mr. h—r . ...
Witness.—“Yeas, wedtd pny somecbeeken
fowls ofthe prisoner.” ... , ,
Counsel.—“ What was ther color of those fowls
Mr.H ? were they whit* 1
Witness.—’“Yaas, dey wash #ite, mitafew
black specks all over un, atVa leetle ret sal gray
on de wings an’ de puck obde prest.
Counsel.—" You mean to eaythen that tiroes
fowls were not white t”
Witness,shaking hi* heed.—“On, no,no, Do
me say da wash wlto, dat iih leavin oat de ret an
an’ de plack.”
de gray an’ de plack.”
Counsel.-" At what time «d you porches*
these fowl* of tbe prisooer, Mr. H t
Witness, after refiecting for some tinro.—“ It
wash just before de ahnow fell.
Counsel—" To what snow do you refer, Mr.
H 1 You know we have had several this
winter.” . , ., „ ,
Witness—“Oh, me means dat whet folia de
night de pig schooner go ashore.”
Counsel—“Do you mean the lastsoow, Mr 7”
Witness.—“ To pe sure; dat iehde varyahnow
t . v L ... e.lVin’ mewanf mil rift timft **
what I wash peen talkin’ a pout all de timeJ
—“H ‘ ’
Counsel—“Haa the prfepnjrhren in the hab
it of visiting your store often, Mr. r
Witness—“Well, ysaay-dkt tohshe some
somedimes ofden and sombJnnefe oUsner.
Counsel—“What do you call often, Mr. H—t"
Witness—“Dat debends vary mash ’pood#
state of de weather.” „ . .
Counsel.—“Well, allowing it fo Beikhr?”
Witness—“Why, denmesay ofifenishonoeeht
a day durin de week and two dime*, it Sadur-
The counsel could proceed no further wifothe
examination, and the little Dutchman retired from
the stand amidst a perfect storm of laughter.—St.
Mary's Beacon.
few pennies to get food with, and sleeping in
dry goods box till
one day ho was found, after
having (alien down tho canal embankment and in
jured himself lie was taken to the asylum. The
subsequent facts were as related above. When
ho was taken home he immediately recognised
his mother, and tho faces with which he bad for
merly been familiar.
None but a pa rent can imagine the joy of the fa
ther and mother on thua recovering the child
which had been apparently lost In th^m forever.
The Illiterate Robber.—A gentleman, pass
ing late at night over the Point Neuf in Paris, was
accosted by a politq and seemingly suppliant
stranger, who asked him to read a paper which he
had just picked up. The gentloman held up hia
lantern and complied. The following is a trans
lation of tlie lines:
read,
Speak not a word when this you’’
Or in an instant you'll bs dead ;
Give up your money, watch, and rings,
Or other valuable things;
Depart then, quickly as you will,
Only remember silence still.
The gentleman thought it best to deliver up hi*
valuables as requited.
The robber was afterwards recognised by the
person robbed, and arrested. His identity waa
positively sworn to, and the following confession
was made by the criminal: “ My Lords—1 con
fess that on the evening specified I met this gen
tleman on the Pont Neuf, and the transaction oc
curred as he has related it; but yet I am far from
being guilty. 1 cannot read ; 1 picked the paper
up, and thought that it might be of consequence.
Boeing that the gentleman had a lantern, I begged
him to do me the favor to read the paper. He
complied, and to my surprise, put his watch, rings,
and money into my hands. I waa so astonished
that I could not ask him what be meant, and anp-
posed the paper was of great value, and that he
had given me his money, rings, and watch to get
rid of me. Thus if any one waa wronged it waa
I, and I hope justice will be done me.” He was
acquitted.—Lon. Times.
Innocent Fibbing.—How many thousands of
fibs are little babies the innocent cause! Every
body says they are sweet, and yet every body whlo
has a nose as is a nose, knows they are Sour.—
All declare them lovely, and yet every body known
that nine babies nut of ten have no more preten
tions to beauty than a pugnowd bull terrier haa
to moral suasion. Their expressive eye* are
praised, while it is a well known fact that all ba
bies squint. We call them little doves, though
one of them will make more noise than a colony of
screech-owls; and all are pronounced ao like their
pappies, when very often it would ptiiale the moth
ers and a Philadelphia lawyer to tell who their
fathers are!
Antiquity.—A lawyer and a doctor were dis
cussing the antiquity of their respective profes
sions, and each cited authority to prove his most
ancient. “ Mine,” said the disciple of Lyeurgne,
“ commenced almost with the world's ere., Ain
slew his brother Abel, and that wa* a eriminal
case in common law I” “ True,” rejoined *eeu-
lapius, “ but tny profession is coeval with foe
Creation itaelf. Old Mother Eve wa* matte out of
a rib taken from Adam'a body, and that wa* inf-
Ijjical operation." Tho lawyer dropped hi* green
IatereetiBg to Harris* Mm.
How TO GET UP A ROW WITH TOOR Wiri—
First flab Take her to tbe theefte. Meet
the prettiest girl in the house, annkeep your lorg-
* ” ’ - her. BereniktojFWH
net: pretty constantly fixed on ber. Remarks
wife that that ia the style of beantyyoo at
Wife will get fidgety and cron*. Oaten*
what
an odd thing it is, no woman can bear to b* told
of any body being prettier than hereeli. Taft
row will he thus put in good tiain, andyoft can
make it more or less strong, a* yett
Second plan.—Wait until yont will teat her
toilet, preparatory to going oot She will he mw
to ask If ner bonnet is straight. Remark that
the lives of nine-tentha of tho women are thinking
whether their bonnets are straight, seasoning thft
observation by ft general series of infection* os
the whole sex, a* being a net of drootff l—fegft
and winding op with a remark font yon never
knew but one girt who had any eorereon scum
about her. Wife will aak who tint om. Yon
witli a sigh, reply “ Ah I never yon rntan- l Wn*
will ask you why you did not many her, then.
You say, abstractedly, “ Ah 1 why Msed T The
row is safely under weigh.
Third Plan—Tell jrour wife yoftftregtjfof
to Paris for a month. She will ask to
you. Reply that that la out of Aft
are going upon bneinSmi. Wife 1 . „
business. Answer that that is a seeiot in which
you
“Ah
tell
the fady will finish foe operation of (Siting
row herself.
uneas. Answer mat inai irmm.t.. »■
i are not justified in revealing. Wife wiB sfty,
h 1 pretty sort of hostess* font yon’re jMM to
your wife of.” Do yon now imtfiOmt am
Romantic Maoriagi«.
nouncements, from tbs
-Tbs I
Press, illustrate how foe Virginia Wa»»dtot
get over tbe disabilities not open fotoi hy fo*;
gtnia marriage laws, when oodnmto
terfere in foe matter:
On thsHMi fees■«» <*» resfe. tot
Rev. D. Wlhoo.Hr. John W.fttoomi
ry.Va., toHksll»>l*r*<AaaBto*M
Oaths IfehinsS^m<h
risk, Mr. J.
Rev. W. F. Irish,
Him Elisabeth T. 1
Dow, JR., AUAU—Thift gvapUft writer mm
through a keen pair of apses, for hasmuli knreaa
nature like a book, and teife KtoftigtoKpoi *Jft*t
aa easy as the hog know Uft I
on tbe foUtea of onr rnoftt
frock,
We strip pleasure tetke afon—toko toroknk,
k, bonastibosdft and aft-ook her of Iror
mm—ftud theosay foots hi tot#**;
■sure in the worldt Wo«folfojlprt»fttoto»
that Hope hold* Intel hotel and<teto*|
bugs into tho moftpuddfet By sums
you frighten happiness ftono jmnr.te
then say that she ‘ left yoor bod ft
out provocation.' This
all I have torey te»k
you a malt
Ratio Meat Cuaiao—TfesMow 1
■ays that foSre ift am
like an old (hshfonod I
to fen hours
oo aid bo done la
It is exhibiting at
JsfdSar.u
■•tf feMOfe Wtei k* mb#'I———v m —,v-
foco preM was very tedifMiit <—£*• tar.
