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i LAW NOTICES.
| -T— - ="~~ 1
’ Robert B. tester
attorney at law,
Tazewell Marion County Ga.
March li 1843. n — lv -
William Mi/ell,
rj ATTORNEY AT LAW;
‘ Tazewell, Marion County-, Ga.
March 5, 1845, U
LAW NOTICE.
1 -WTrAVING associa'od ourselves togrthei in the
1,11 practice of tire LAW under the name ot
™ STEINER &. RIOHAtIDb,
rl-we will aiten t the several Gourts tit the Counties of
, |Chambers, Russell, Macon, Tallapoosa & Randolph,
*n>l the Supreme Court us the State.
4 Olce next door to the
EVAN Id- RICHARDS.
Feb. 28 1845. ,
James Kl> Mitchell,
■\ ATTORNEY AT LAW,
jjl Resilience— Lumpkin, Georgia.
WILL devote his attention hereafter, exclusive
ly to his profession, and will attend punctu-
Sdly to all business entrusted tohis care, in any coun-
ACf Vin the Chattahoocliee or Soulh-Western Circuits.
M Feb 5, 1845 6—ly
1 J. s. lUitciicll-,
ATTORNEY AT LAW.
Syarksville, Lee Cos. Ga.
Fobruarv’s, IS 15* ®—ly
William B. Martin,
’ SOLICITOR and attorney at
LAW.
OfFiCR. in Girard, Alabama.
IWJ E.'iPliC TFULLV lendtrs Ins professional
serv dev n ihe publi.: generally ;he takes this
Orel ho J of apprisin; hts patrons, tnat he makes no
Collcciiom for le>s than ten per cent, on any Bum
Hoi exceeding one thousand dollars, his rcasorfs for
this puV> i ‘ation, id'og v general n nice lo those who
have already inirutU him wuh liieir bustiica-:, wita
out special contract; that they may wnlidraw the
sairto it’ they prefer, and a<l future patrons if any, may
expect to be governed by this no'ice.
\VM. 13. MARTIN.
January 8, 1845 *—ly
’
LAW NOTICEt
William B. Pryor
.) “iTir A£> settled himself in the Towri of L.aGrange,
JljL Troup county, Georgia, and will practice
t Uw in the counties of Troup, Meriwether, Coweta,
f Campbell, Carroll and Heard, of tlie Coweta Circuit
and Harris, Muscogee aud Talboi of the Chatta
hoochee Circuit.
Ue6 18. 1844 51 —ly
k
Taylor & Gonelte,
ATTORNEY'S AT LAW;
CUTHBKRt, (RANDOLPH CdtTDTY ) Gx.
THE undersigned having nssocia ed themselves
in the pracncc of die Law, will give their nt
tern tort t any business confided to the in i,i the coun
ties of Randolph, Early, linker, Lee, Sumter. Dooly
and Decatur in the Southwestern, and Stewart of the
Chattahoochee circus. They will aso attend tho
courts in Barbour and Hennr counties in Alabama.
WILLIAM TAYLOR.
LEWIS A.GUNKKE.
Norombcr IS 1844. 46 ly.
Charles S. Itecso,
ATTOHNEV AT LAW;
Crawford Ala.
j Sept. 18, IPI4. 38—ly.
* r— — ‘
K. 11. Platt,
f ‘ ATTORNEY AT LAW,
Albany - , Baker Ctruniy, Oa.
Jan 1.1845 I—f
Darks <& Stephenson,
\ AT T ORNEVS AT LAW;
talbotton, ga.
iVMEi M. BURKS, J
i Olßi L. STEPHENSON J
Feb 28. 1844 9-^tf
OOLaUITT & COOK,
t ATTORNEY’S AT LAW;
> LA ORANGE, GEORGIA.
(Will practice in the counties of Troup, Meriwether,
Coweta, Fayette, ami Carroll.
Walter T. Colruitt, Columbus, Ga.
{Wm. C. D. Cook, La Grange.
; April 23 34—ts
| DISSOLUTION.
Law firm of IVERSON, FORSYTH
i ■ & MEIGS, is dissolved by ho retirement of
k V. MEIGS. Esq. The business of the office
4,U coati med by Alfred Iverson, and John For
ty t h, under the style of
I * IVERSON & FORSYTH.
i try* & F* have removed to th e new building
Broad Street, near the Market. Office
_C .lairs, over M. Bran nan’* Store.
>NovM. 4- f
CLASSICAL
AND
pff&TSC 3MATI3AL 33H03Z..
i npllß subscribor respectfully informs iHo public
JL that he will resume his labors on Monday the
6th January, i’.i the house which lie occupied during
trio past year, adjoining Mrs. Tickncr.
Students are prepare l for any collogo which either
Parents or Guardians liny .designate. The price
for fuition will vary according to the branches wfi ; ch
the student is directed to study, from $6 to sl2 50
nerses|ju of eleven weeks.
‘ W. B. LEARY.
p0c.25. 5-2—if
iTHJKAKD.
A NOTE of the undersigned by
Henry L. Kllison^daMisirator'’of R. M. Ho,
ney deceased, for U dotlayßnd 18 cents, due the
Btu day of J n iary 13 UjylVfri'.ce is hereby given,
to the sail Ellison, of the same
toanyonebut all parsons are likewise
0 lutioned against for RiidVite.
HAM es S. nHNSFORD.
county,
Columbns
FORSYTH & JETER, EDITORS. J
HARDWARE, &c.
A Tom Iron
1)0 15 Tons Castings.
1000 Pair Traces.
3000 Weeding Hoes.
, 50 D->4. Cwlins Axes.
300 Casks Nails’
Together with an extensive assortment ot
For sale lower than ever offjred in this market by
HALL MOSES.
East side broad street, above the market.
January, 1 1845, l—6m
NEW GOODS ! NEW GOODS !!
THE subscriber is now receiving at the old store
former y occupied by Messrs. Stewart &
Fount line, and more recently by Messrs. Hill, Daw
son & Cos, an entire new and desirable assortment of
PAlttlLY GROCERIES &C. &0.
which lie ofl'vrs to the public at prices to suit the
times. H. McKAY.
Dec. 4, 1844. 49—'I’
FAI.lt AMD WINTER
S. B. II A MILTON,
( Next door to Jtimes Kivlin.)
HAS commerce;! receiving a large stock of Fall
and Winter Clothing, which will be sold cheap
for cash.
Cloaks and Overcoats. *
Beaver, Pilot aud Flushing Over coals and Frock
B’ue, Black, Olive, Green and Brown, Frock and
Dress Ciats. Cass Twede and Sattineit Sack and
Frick Coats, Kentucky Jeans Frock, Dress and
Sack Coats,
Pantaloons.
Black and Blue Clolo and Cass Pan's,
Diagonal. Plaid and fancy Cass do.
Satinet, Tweede and Jeans do
Vests.
Plain black and figured Satin Vests,
Black silk velvet do.
Fig. “ “ •
Woolen •’ ”
Cloth, Cass and Cashtmere 11
Gent’s Dressing- Gonnds.
Huis and Gaps,
Merino, Lambs and Flannel shirts and drawers,
While and colored Linen and .Muslin shirts.
Suspenders, Stocks, Collars, Cravats and Gloves
Colton, Silk and Merino half hose,
Si k and Co'tou Umbrellas &c. ftc.
Octobei 15 1844. 43—if.
MOODY & DURR,
ARE receiving a large apd well assorted stock
of GROCERIES, and
which have been purchased in New York and New
Orleans lor CASH, and will be sold at prices io suit
the limes.
Also, a heavy supply < f
Bagging, Itopc and Twine;
of good q alities, which will he sold lower than ever
offered in tins market before. Call, examine and buy,
.While it is clicap; Feb. 26, 1845 9—tl
MILLERS! MILLERS!!
TT’SkUTOH BOLTING CLOTHS, a'.l the difler-
JLr cm Numbers, Anckor Brand.
Just received and lor tale, hr
L; J. DAVIF.S.
Nov 6, 1844 43—if
(MO CE R Its S
qpST/f
THE Subscribemcing abbut/to clrlie his 1u i
ness. ‘ il dispo* ofl.it enfre stock of Groce
nes al COST. H an*rs wisliilg to lay in their
Spring supp i have uSh’ an o/purturdiy of saving
from 15 to 20 per cent otmheir pfrchaseS.
His Stock Consists °f l^e M l,nom S
20 Tons Swede’s ir^/assorted,
.00 Kegs Nails, • do.
3 Tons Castings, do
Cash German and Blister
100 Bbls MolaSsesf
30 Hhns. N. Orleafs aniHt, Croix Sugar.
100 BbK Flour. /
20 Boxes Tobaccf.
1.000 Sucks Salt, / m
100 do C(>v*e.
Lonf, Crushed, Pojvred, and Climbed Sngar ;
Otard, Champaigne and AiWtican h ran
dy j Chattipa gne, Matflra, P- r l . and \\ ine.
A general assoiUncK of Hardware
Family Groceries, &.W
Op;o8ile G. W. L)Ward’s Hotel.
f John r. bk^is.
Columbus Ga., Ms ch, 19, 1845. 12—2 t
NEW MARBLE YARD.
THE uti lersigned havingconimencnd the above
business, under the firm of MADDEN, AD
AMS, & Go. at Columbus, Ga. a few doors north
of the Market House, on Broad street ; they will he
cnab'ed (o furnish all kinds of MARBLE WOKIC,
much as Monuments, Tomb Stubs , Cfiinincy pieces,
Tablets , Jfaarth Slones, Table Tups. Facings of Firt-
Tlar.es, and all kinds of Granite VFook.
BoUi being PRACTICAL Mechanics, they will be
enabled to furnish all articles in ihoir line, cheaper
;Worr any other iahment in this pan of the coun
try.
P. S. They will attend personally to the lettering
and carving department $ and ail orckri fiom ihe
country wid b atltfodccf to with the same despatch
as if ordered in person.
J. H. MADDEN,
P. ADAMS,
Columbus. Ga. Dec. 4, 1844. 49—ly
PAINTS OILS, GIftSS Ac.
pkUL ROSSIG^L*
{At the BljWDrug Store.)
TTS constantly reiving and liffon hand supplies
H of extra u"d N^^l, i Vhitc Mkad in Kegs of 50
and‘2s tb> of
Sperm, and jlp'Mts of Turpentine,
Varnishes of all bjm\, Vermillion. Venetian
red, Spanish brown, LBfeH)lack, Chrome yellow,
Vellow ochre, green, Veidigris,
terra de sienna, gold lc)9Bhie, Chalk, black lead,
San-1 paper, piiuiicc stone, paint brushes,
window, coach and piqjfre ol all sizes nud
choice qualities, togcUA- article usually
kept m Drug S oros t Wthe and at very
lO* Purchasers do
promptly a 1 ten led to.
March 12 1815. 11—ts.
FORVHE LADEII.
PLBFIJifIEIIW BMISHES Ac.
(At the.
f ÜBIN’S Extracts, Afui/e Turk, Eau de La
■ A vande, French and Colgne, Orange
Flower Water, Train’s par^^Wash Il ills, Fancy
Soaps ol all kinds and chr UHfcualiiles j Ivory, Buf
falo and Bone Handle Toop Hashes, Hair Brushes,
Nail Brushes Poma'utnJDx Mljow. Genuine Ma
cassar Oil, Bear’s Oil Antique do Nois
eit and Pate D’Amandp for soflerag and whitening
ihe hands. Also a of Toilet and
Fancy bottles, PunMnl’s, Preston s*c
jP PAUL KUfaIGNOL.
March 12 1845. W 11— ts.
NOTICE.
STRAYED from tho Subscriber a sorrel mare
Mu|e, with a blaze in hor free. Information
concerning the above will be thankfully received.
ROBERT TANNER.
Feb. 26 1845. 9—ts.
11. TANNEK.
BOOK-BINDER.
Columbus Ga.
THREE door* bi'low the Post Otlicu, on Ogle
thorpe eirtet.
Jan. 12 1845. 7—ly.
TUBS UNION OF THE. STATES, AND THE SOVEREIGNTY OF THE STATES.
COLUMBUS s GA. WEDNESDAY. MARCH 26, 1815.
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The following poem was written by pupi.
Gs the Utica Female Academy—a girl of
iix'een! It is justly characterized by N. FI
Willis as “Wonderfully original and beauti
ful r”
WATER.
Whers does the water spring, gladsome and bright ?
Here in ihe leafy grove,
Bubbling in life and love.
Born of the sunshiue, up leaping lo light,
Waked in us pebbly bed.
When the still shadows lied,
Gush ug, o’evfldwitig, down tumbling, for Sight.
Where dot s the water flow ? where glides the ril! ?
Now’uealh ihe forest shade,
Then in die grassy glade,
Dancing as freely as child of the hill.
Bright cascades, leaping,
Silver brookscreeping,
Wearing the mountains, and turning the mill.
Where does the water dwell powerful and grand ?
Here where the ocean foam
Breaks in its ribbed home.
Dashing,land-lashing, up bounding, wrath spanned }
An -n sweetly sleeping.
Soli dimples o'er creoping,
Like a babe on its mother's breast soothed by her
hand.
Where smiles the dew-drop the night shadows woo t
Where ihe young fiowrets dip
Leuvmg each pertuuicd lip,
Close in the rose’s heart, loving and true;
Poised on an emei aid shaft.
Where never sunbeam laughed,
Deep in the dingle— the beautiful dew !
Where glows ihe water pledge, given of old ?
‘Tis dropped down from Gad's throne,
When liie showi r is gone,
A chain of pore gems, linked v ith purple and gold ;
Is Eden litas blushing,
With inlinily gushing,
A line from the Book ol Life, its loro half untold.
The bright bow of promise; the signet of powor ;
The crown of the eky ;
The pathway on high,
Whence angels bend lo us when darksomo Goads
lower,
Breathing so silently,
Kindly und truthfully—
Oh ! their wings for a shield, m ihe wreath beating
hour !
Then we’ll love the threads lacing our beeutiful world
Tangling the sun-beams,
Laughing in glorious gleams ;
The Wavelets alt dimpled, and spray tresses curled i
The tear on the dower’s breast;
The gem in the ocean's crest ;
And the ladder of angeis, by raiu.drops Impended.
Blanch*.
MISCELLANY. _
FOH 1 HE TIMES.
A CHARACTER AND INCIDENT IN WES
TERN GEORGIA.
“ I long loved your daughter, my suit you denied.’’
* * * * * *
You have had the odd trick long .Rough; yield
thee ilew, sir, to the futen of hearts.
fivery man, woman and child (particularly
the lasi) in ihe county of knows
—of the Village of— is par
ticulaily partial to those miniature likenesses
of Divinity, ycleped children, end hence, is
universally popular with the mothers. The
fact is, he would he one of the finest fellows
in the world, but for one failing , and even
that was counterbalanced by a host of noble
and generous qualities. Hut let me uitro
duce him to you—“ why, what’s the ma ter,
did you never eee shoulders be line ? If this
introduction was real and not imaginary, you
would certainly reply as others .have done
before you, “not such sholders.” On be
holding our hero, the fir-t thing that we think
of, is the wood cut, over Hie newspaper ad
verlisemeni of Hygeari pills, of Atlas carry
ing the world on his shoulders, and it is
some time before we can think of any thing
else but shoulders. Suffice it to say. huge
as those shoulders are; his limbs and cliesi
are ,in proportion—besides which he mea
sures five feet nine and a half inches in his
“stocking feeli” Now though was
always considered the “best man” in the
county, and did actually whip the bully ol
_— a- county —yet never was he known
to export his great strength, but in pro ecting
the weak from ibe strong; We shall here
relate one anecdote of , which while
it bears high testimonials of his chivalry,
shows his disinterested goodness of heart.
About a year since a refractory son nt Vul
can —forgeti ing, or if remembering, disregard
ing that sacred command of scripture which
leaches us to ‘love our neighbors as ourselves,’
having had some disagreement with a respect
able widow lady, his immediate neighbor
(though injustice to our sex in general, and
Vuleans in particular, we must state that
this worthy was pretty much in the same
situation that the god was. when he went
up to Olympus with the hope of making up
the quarrel with his parents) brought Ins fist
into sudden add rather violent contact, with
that part of the lady’s face which is never
appropriated, (and we speak it with all reve
rence) by our sex for any other purpose but
kissing. While the whole community were
venting their indignation, at this great
breach of etiquette, and threatening all kind
of actions (against the perpetrator) but the
right one, outstripping us all. in
gallantry, walked round to’ the residence ol
liie lady (horsewhip in hand) with whom ho
was perfectly unacquainted, and in the pre
sence and hearing of the enraged thunder- j
bolt manufacturer, offered to hold him (and
Vulcan was some pumpkins himself,)’ until
she had inflicted fifty lashes on his coatless
back. This offer the lady with becoming
delicacy declined, .but thanked ,
warmly for the offer’. Such is , he
was thirty-three when the events about to be
related, took place, and was considered a
confirmed bachelor—stop gentlemen —“ hear
before you strike,” he was not called a bache
lor because he was thirty three—but for the
reason that he always expressed the most
heathenish scepticism as to the power of the
boy god; and truly no person who knew —
would to any one haveaccused him of feeling
“the strong necessity of loving” any but a
Tom and Jerry, ora gin-toddy—and those he
really loved strong. I have said that *“
had but one failing—he gambled—not occa
sionally but always—that is when ever he
had the “needful” or could “ get a crowd,”
but he was still looked on by the community
as an hoDoratile man, although he had been
pursuing the very respectable avocation of
what he facetiously called ‘gentleman sports
man” for twelve years. Some months ago,
an interesting widow o! twenty-three came
to reside in the village, and as fate would
have it, put up at the tavern where
was boarding. About one month after this
event, a gentleman asserted in the presence
of a larre company who had assembled at the
Poet Office to discuss the great questions of
tho dav, (in what village ate they not dis
cussed) that had not touched a
card in two weeks. Os course a general
smile of iucredul.ty followed the remarks and
from divers whistles and clearings of the
throat it was plain that the gentleu an would
have to bring stronger evidence lo prove the
truth ofhis statement, than hie bare assertion.
This was soon furnished, however, by one of
the company’s declaring in positive terms.
that there had been several of ’s pro
fessional brethren in Town, besides (oh,
what a temptation for to resist) a
“sneer” aud that -—— had “the tin but
could not be induced to play. The mystery
was soon after explained by the following
Conversation which took place between
and myself. “Good morning
Squire—“good morning what can
Ido for you this morning, (a pause.) “Oh
nothing particular Squire, only a little ad
vice I want from you, and 1 should like to
gel your assistance in a little matter I have on
hand.” “Will —* any thing I can do
for you will be done with pleasure—it is pro
fessional advice you wish.” (here a long
pause ensued “hem” three times
and replied) “Yes—no Squire not exactly
professional advice (and ho blushed for the
first time in his life.) “Well state
your case, you know you can confide in me
—if you are in a difficulty and 1 can extricate
you, you shall soon be relieved.” “Squire,
I believe you are my friend, and I might as
well come spang out with the truth—Squire
I’m in love. Knowing ’s celebri
ty for practical jokes, I replied with some
warmth, “that I had business of importance
to attend lo that morning, and did not wish lo
be trifled with. He answered w ith an earn
estness of manner, it was impossible loaf.
fret. “Squire, [ wish.l may land in
(we will not call the .place by its usual geo
graphical appellation, it was a more tropical
climate however, than Sum lives under) if I
aint in loVe with the Widow, and I’ll marry
her or bust wide open.”
After a courtship of two weeks
had sttcceded in winning the heart of the
young widow, but—alas! “The course of
ttue love never did fun smooth’” the lady’s
fattier being a strict member of the church,
opposed the marriage, urging as an insur
mountable objection, that ——was a
gambler, and for this of course she was com
manded to discard him. The object of
’s visit then was, to request me to
see the old man with a view of obtaining his
consent to their nuptials. My visit was un
successful —the father declaring to the last
that he would never emsent for bisdaughter
to marry a gambler, and accordingly had the
widow removed to the residence of Itis son
in-law, about 6 miles from the Village.
* * * * *
About one week after our conversation, at
5 o’clock in the afternoon, a vehicle was
heard going through town with such celerity,
that tlie astonishment created by it, produced
several serious accidents lo our good villa
gers.
For instance it caused to make
a ttiiscue, (for which he anathematized the
cue most vehemently) to put his
glass down (it had been full of brandy) after
only drinking three quarters of its contents,
and what is still more remarkable—Ur.
who had his pipe just loaded—with
a blazing lucifer within tkree inches of it—
was actually seen to extinguish the said
match and placing the pipe in his pocket,
t ushed over to the Post Office to ascertain
what the d—l brought the stage in so early;
It was not either the d—l or tho stage, but a
buggy drawn by a horse containing
and his ■ - intended. The horse when
taken from the stable one hour previous was
whole, hut as he had accomplished the C miles
in a half hour—and the weather was exceed,
ingly hot and sultry—ha could easily have
been sold as a clay bank. Os course the
buggy and its inmates shared the same fate,
and as he sprang Iroui Ihe buggy
delighted at the success of Ins coup de main,
would have been a fine representation of the
flying indian (see circus bills,) being ore
mass of clay from head to foot.
As— was under the firm belief
that the “angry father was pursuing in hot
haste,” he was sot immediate annexation.
The magistrate was sent for, who lived only
a few hundred yards from the Hotel. So
soon as that important personage arrived, the
company assembled in the parlor. The ‘rely
young lady present was tlie beautiful Mies
but every one who has ever gazed on her
lovely face, will admit that she needs no or
nament. Her large dark eyes do not resem
ble “night and storm and darkness,” gleams
like a seraph from tlie skydesceuding.
Tnose gentlemen who have never seen
Iter, we would advise if they eves visit
and they can get their hearts ensnared to do
it. Mr. who appeared on the
occasion in his business neglege vis—sack
coat and copperas dyed Jean pants —had the
honor of waiting with Miss . But
the person who attracted most attention was
1 whoso coat, pantaloons, shirt
and face being still beautifully embroidered
with clogs, presented a most ludicrous ap
pearance.
The evening having concluded,
withdrew to the bar rroin—to receive the
congratulations of his “friends ami fellow,
citizens” —when jpotalions deep and strong
(even by one temperance man)’ were drunk
to the “health, happiness and prosperity” of
Mr; and Mrs. —> ■ ■
has not touched a chrd since.
and is enjoying the very climax of connubial
felicity. Dno word to “gentlemen sports
men”— if you would be happy—play the
same game did—but play ‘l accord
ing to lfoyfe—follow stlit, or (to borrow an
other of their technicalities,) let the cry be
double and quits.
Talbotton, Ga, March Ist, 1845.
From th'e N. O. Bee, March 10.
A MAN KILLED BY AN ELEPHANT.
We learn by a gentleman who came pas
senger last evening on the s earner Prin
cess, from Baton Rouge, that the large male
elephant of Messrs. Hopkins & Co.’s men
agerie, on Saturday morning killed the per
son who had been for some length of lime
employed to take charge of it. It appears
that the two elephants and a camel had
been sent in ad'ance of the other animals,
en route lor Clinton, the female elepliant
and the camel chained together. When
about four miles from Baton Rouge, tbe
male elephant refused lo cross a small
bridge, the keeper, who was on foot, procur
ed a horse, (.one which the elephant was
accustomed to) for the purpose of driving it
over, and in attempting to mount, the horse
shyed, and threw the man in the road. The
elephant immediately rushed upon him,
caught him upon its tusks, and threw him
forty or filly feet in the air, which was re
pealed a great number of times, the tusks
frequently passing through his body. It
then carried the body from the road towards
the woods, tossing it in the air, at intervals,
until it fell between two fallen trees, which
saved it from further violence. The infuri
ated animalihen returned tonhe road, where
the female elephant and camel had been
chainedto a tree by another keeper, and
rushed upon them, his tusks passing through
tlie camel, knocking down the female ar.d
breaking the chain in two. The enraged
animal then mads oft towards the woods,
carrying the camel by its trunk, aud throw-
ing it at intervals in the air with its tusks.
The other portion of tite caravan new com
ing to the bridge, the elephat returned and
made demonstrations of an attack upon it,
when fire arms were brought into requisi
tion. A number of shots were fired upon it,
but without any effect. Word Was then
sent to the U. S. garrison, and some thirty
or forty of the soldiers were sent to des
patch it with their muskets. The neigh
bors also turned out with their rifles and
shotguns, and some fifty or sixty shots
were fired into or rather upon him, for
the balls were frequently (flattened upon
striking; and fell to the ground. At length
it was determined upon to send to the gar
rison sot a field piece to despatch him, when
one of the keepers procuring a spear, moun
ted a horse and succeeded in wounding the
elepliant until he caused it to scream with
pain and fluidly to yield to subjection,
when it was driven off w ith tite balance of
the animals. This is the same animal which
killed one of its keepers some two or three
years ago at Algiers, opposite this city, and
was only stayed from further mischief after
fourteen shots had been fired into i-.
From the Brooklyn Advi-rtisor.
A SLEIGH RIDE—AN INCIDENT.
Scarcely was the pavement covered by
the fast falling snotv a few days ago, ere the
merry tinkling of sleigh bells, and elierily
bye ! hye! hye ! were heard in every direc
tion. Beaux took this, the first opp rluni'y
of reading their promise to their “lady love,”
ot a sleigh ride the “first snow,” and full
of fun and frol e, away they drove belter
skelter, as if they thought the snow m ght
melt ere they should return. If sleighs could
hut speak, what tales of love and frolic they
could untold, but as they cannot, we have
to rely upon other sources of what tran
spired when others are abroad sleigh riding.
Here is one slight mistake that occurred a
few evenings ago, which we shall relate
just as told to us merely, withholding the
names.
A young gentleman well known in this
city, drew upat.an elegant house in ■ -
Place, entered the building, and presently
re-appeared with a young lady wrapped up
with shawls and cloaks upon his ann He
assisted her into the sleigh, and the hext
moment the spirited animal he drove, sped
with tho velocity of the wind along the va
rious streets iu Myr.le Avenue. The
snowy sides of this delightful road were fol
lowed for somedistance out. On returning,
our hero drew up before the door of an Inn,
where already stood a sleigh with a lady
whose beau had gone to liquor. He en
tered, took a hot punch, and emerged won
derfully renewed in hie inner matt. Il was
pretty dark, but not so much so as to pre
vent him discovering that the sleigh he had
noticed at the door on his arrival had depart’d.
One light bound and he was in the sleigh;
he seized the reins, shouted his hye ! hye !
hye ! and the horse al his full spoed was on
his way homeward. Sundry little tokens
that Cupid was present were exchanged.—
Twenty times did the little gid give lan
guage more effective than lire tongue can
utter to as many little inoffensive acts. It
is only the married old maids and bachelors,
and those who are “o’er young to marry
yet,” that make the air resoildd with their
merry peals. Two lovers, on such an oc
casion, scarce have need lo speak wiih
their lips; a more effective language can he
uttered otherwise, and it is well it is so in
this instance, for wilt the mrnic of the
bells, the harsh grating of the runners over
the barely covered pavement, and the mul
titudinous folds of clothing against the fall
ing weather, it required stentorian voices
to make eaclt other hoar. On the lovers
flew, until at length thejr stopped before the
house from whet.ee our hero started, and
ere he alighted, stole—yes,stole a kiss from
his companion. He was either clapped in
the face, or had the favor returned with in
terest, as a loud “smack” was heard, which
seemed to surprise him wonderfully; He prof
fered his arm lo assist the lady out, but in
stead of alighting she exclaimed:
“What for you stop dar—is dat de house
you is waiter at?”
If a thousand show balls thrown by vigor
ous arms had struck our hero, he would not
have been more stunned than by what the
snow ball he had been so loving to for half
an hour past, said. In a moment the truth
flashed upon his mind, and he cried “the
wrong sleigh.”
“Where do you live,” he exclaimed to his
lovely companion?
She told him, and jumping again into the
sleigh was about to drive off, when llislady
interrupted him by saying:
“You isn’t goin to tii ive me agin unless
you declare upon your honor as a gemman,
you is’nt goin to run away with dis lady,
and dat you tVoii’t desull me again, as you
did just now, I’se a lady if! is blalt.”
“Goto the and said our crest fall
en hero, as he drove off like an arrow.
When the colored gemman had taken his
horn he It ft the tavern ntuiilled up in a
cloak, as was our hero—entered a single
sleigh wi'h a lady in it, and drove off. He
was a little surprised that his horse had be
come so much livelier in a short time, but
it Was too dark for either party to make any
discovery of their mistake. He too, was a
lover, and had hired Iris sleigh to treat his
Dinah with a ride, as he had promised her,-
and was in'imated in all the’ arts and mys
teries of Cupid’s innocent antics. Once he
undertook to encircle the waist of Ins fair
companion with sinewy arm, hut his liberty
was gently but firmly repelled, and he mum
bled something through and thick rorrtfortei’
about being “berry particular,” which was
not either heard or understood by the lady,
who to tell the truth thought her beau had
taken a trifle too much anil was inclined to
show her pique. Tinkle, tinkle, merrily
went the hells—crack goes the whip—fas
ter spteds the horse. Now they turn a cor
ner and entered a cross street, and the lai'y
was ioclined to ask by what way he was
taking her.-bat does no'. The horse at
length pulled up before a dingy looking
house in Jackson street. Encoding the
lady in his arms, he snatched a kiss from her
ruby lips e.nd exclaimed:
•‘Dar, 1 told you dat you should pay forde
sleigh ride.”
That speech and her olfactory organs,
told her that she was the companion ol a col
ored gemman, and giving one shriek, she
fainted away; A dozen curly headed peo
pie issued from the sliEn'y, and while the
colored man was apologiz ng in the most
humble manner for his mistake, they were
shaking their sides with laughter. The
lady soon recovered under a free applica
tion of restoratives, but would have tainted
again had she not discovered the colored
man was her own father's setvant.
“Pete,” she exclaimed-, “is that you?”
“Gosh Miss, l towl rl was, till 1 found it
was you in de sle'gb, and den 1 decluded It
was’ot. Do you link dis me Miss? —Gosh
O.mily, I'm Iraict it i; deu I’s-e lost de test
[VOL. V.—NO 13.
place in Brookiin; If lis l’ete, Miss do for
give me.”
He dropped on his knees and implored
forgiveness in so touching a manner, that
she told him to get up and drive her home
immediately, and she would never say a
word about it.
“Den tis me,” said Pete. “O Lor! O
Lor! what will disniggardo—l’se ruined,”
continued Pete, but tlie loud laugh of the
colored friends brought hint to li>-< senses,
and he said,“never mind does darkies, Miss,
dey’ve no manners before ladies.
Pete entered the sleigh and was about to
drive off. when our lier.i and his colored la
dy arrived; This caused the mouthsin the
twenty wooly heads to open wider, and an
other laugh might have been heaid for some
distance. A little pouting on the part of the
lady and a good deal of apologizing and ex
planation on the part of our hero followed,
and then a hearty laugh at the ludicrous
ness of the mistake, and by this time they
arrived at Place. Secrecy on all
hands was promised, but the matter was
too good to be lost. It leaked out and found
its way to our office, and we give it to our
readers as told to us.
KITCHEN MESMERISM.
Mr. lied, in the last number of his maga
zine—and a capital number it is—has some
witty remarks on Mi-s Maruneau's letters.—
He concludes them with an epistle frum one
of the kitchen :
’Dear Mary,—^This cums hoping yure
well and to advise you to lam M.sinerising.
Its dun with yure Hinds, aud is easy as tak
ing sites xt Pepel, or taikmgon yure fingers.
If I was nigh you I’d lam you in no tune to
make Passes, which iu only paw ng like,
without touchiiij at sortleboddys face or back,
which gives them a tittevating feeling on the
galvanic nerves, And ihen off they go into a
Prance in a gifly, and talk in their sleep like
Orators, I should say Grades, and anser
wateveryou ax. Whereby you may get your
Fortin told, and find out other fokes sweat
hearts & love secrets. And diskiver Theaves
better then by Bible cj- Key, Arid have yure
inward Disorders told, &. watsgool for them;
Sukey’s was the indigest tales, and to take as
much ruhbub as would hide a shillin. All
which is done by means of the sooihulist,
thats the sleeper, seeing through every thing
quite transparent, in their Trance, as is called
Clare Voying, so that they can pint out
munny hid under the Erth, & buried bones,
Jc springs of water, and vanes of mettle, &
uienny things besides.
“Yesterday 1 was mismOriZed meeself into
a Trance, and clare voyed the chork Gout in
John’s slotnack as plane as Margit Clifts.
So I proscribed him to take Coliyfiower,
witch by rites should have been Collycintli,
but I forgot the proper word. Howsunt
ineverlie did eat two large ones, and promises
to cunt round.
“ It would make you split yure sides with
Laflln to see me niismerize our ‘ftlminaa and
make him go into all sorts of odd postures &
anticks & capers like a Dotterel, for what
ever I do he inustcoppy to the snapping of
a finger, and cant object to nulhing for as the
song say* I’ve got his Will and h s power.
Likewise you can make the smnhuiist taste
watever you think propper, so I gave him
mismerized Water witch at my command is
transmoggrified on his pillet to Fhampain
and makes him as drunk as Old Gooseberry,
and thep he will jump Jim Crow, or go down
on his bendsd knees and confess all h;s peck
adillos Witch is as divertin as reading the
MisterieS of Paris;
‘The wust to mismerize is Reuben the
Cotchmen, not that hes too wak, f ul, for hes
generally beery; Aud goes off like a shot,
but he wont talk in his sleep, only snores.
“The page is more passable and very cla
revoying. He have twice seed a potof goold
in the middle flower-bed. But tlie gardener
wont have it dug up. And fie says thfires a
skelliton bricked into the stair case wall, so
that we never dares at nite to go up alone.
Also, he sees V sions and can profesy and
have foretold two Earthquakes and a grate
Pleg;
“Cook wants lo mismerize too hut wat
with her being so much at lire fire and Iter
full habbit she always goss off to s!6ap afore
the Sombulist, Tho in great distress about
Mrs. Hardin’s baby witch Sukey offered to
mismerize in 100 ol surrup of Poppies or
Godfrey’* Cordial, but the pore Innocent wont
wake (ip agaiin, nor haveniil for two hole
days. As would be a real blessing to Moth
ers and Nusses iu a moderate way, but mite
be carried too far and require a CroWners
Quest. As yet thats the only Trial we have
made out of the Iloure, But we mean lo mis
tnerize the Baker, and get out ol bin who
does he ready mean to otier to, for he is qui-e
a General Drecr.
“ Sum pepel is very dubbns About Mis
inerizing, and Burn wont have it al any price ;
hut Miss'S for it, very strong, and says tbe
means to believe every atom about it till sum
boddy proves quite the reverse. She prac
tises making passes every day,-antf is study
ing FrenoFogV besides, for she s.,ys between
rite two you may play upon pepet’s penny
craniums like the Piany and put them irto
any Key you like. And of course her lust
perlormance will be a Master piece on the
Head us the Family.
“ To be shure it seems a wonderful power
to be give to one over ones Fellow Creturs,
and as mite be turned lo Divihsh purposes.
But witch 1 cant stop lo pint out, for niakitt
tlie beds. To tell the truth, with so much
Memorizing going on, 6ur Wurks has got
terrible tehih. hand And the carpils has not
been swept fur a week. So no more at pre
sent iu haste from
“Your hiving Friend,
“Elizas PASKMOfTE.
P. S;—A most remarkable Profesy ! The
Page have fortdld that the Monkey would
someday bite M.ssis, & lo / aud behold he
have Hone at hor and made his teeth meet
in her left ear. II that ant profesying I dont
know what is.”
SINGULAR COINCIDENCE.
The appointment of Mr. Bancroft as a
member of Mr. Polk’s Cabinet has created a
great deal of observation, and many of the
small critics of the day have been lavish of
their abuse aud fruitful of their predictions
of his want of capacity. History and expe
rience teaches us differently. Louis Pliil
lippe has at this moment one of tne greatest
philosophical historians of the age at the
head of bis ministry—Guizot; aud formeily
lie had Thiel’s, also an eminent historian, iu
tho same position. Mr. Bancroft, the best
historian of the I'nited States, is now in
nearly the same position in this government
and we have no doubt he has the elements
of ar statesman irt as great abundance as
cither Thiers or Guizot. These facts form a
singular coincidence in the conduct of Louis
l’liillippe and President Polk.
[-V. Y, Herald.
AGRICULTURAL.
AGRICULTURAL IMPROVEMENT IN
VIRGINIA, MARYLAND & CAROLINA fce.
In unison with the views of sundry South
ern gentlemen who are warmly interested in
agricultural improvement, and in accordance
with the inquiries of various friends in the
Noilliern States the undersigned are collect
ing statistics illustrative of ihe vast field for
enterprise presented by the uncultivated lands
of the South. The dilapidated estates, as
well as the virgin soil, in various sections of
the old Southern States, present attractions
which would not long be slighted, were the
facts generally known. Thousands of en
terprising emigrants from the Northern States
would annually select Virginia in prelerenco
to the Western country, were her advantages
presented in a mariner calculated to arrest
their attention. At present, all the Guide-
Books lor settlement point exclusively to the
West; while examination and reflection will
probably satisfy any intelligent man that tho
world nowhere presents a belter field for en
lightened enterprise than is furnished by lha
millions of acres which now invite improve
ment in the high-land regions as well as in
tlie tide-water section of the “Old Domin
ion.”
The natural advantages of Virginia are
unsurpassed by those of any country in lha
world. The rtchnessof the soil in large sec
tions of the Commonwealth still defies the
exhausting influence of improvident cultiva
tion. Even the “worn-out estates,” as they
are sometimes styled, abound generally with
mineral and fossil manures, admirably calcu
lated to replenish the soil wherever misman
agement has robbed it of qualities essential
to successful farming. Tlie land abounds
net only with these manures, but with min
eral treasures of incalculable value. The
mountains embowel iron and coal,transcend 4
ing in quantity any possible requirements of
the largest population which codld be crow
ded for centuries within that ancient Com
monwealth ; while the lime, rnarl, and other
natural fertilizers, abounding nearly every
where in the Stale, furnish, inexhaustible
and cheap resources for rendering Virginia
one of the richest agricultural regions of the
earth. The Atlantic and the Western wa
ters, with numerous bftys and rivers penetrat
ing various sections, furnish facilities for
commerce with other countries, as well aa
for easy communication between the people
in nearly all quarters of the Commonwealth.
The value of the fisheries is largely experi
enced, not merely in the tide-water region,
but to a great extent through the interior;
and what territory any where surpasses the
Virginia mountains in qualifications for sheep
husbandry ! Superadded to all these consid
erations, and equally important with any of
them; is the mildness of the climate—an at
traction alone sufficient to render Virginia de
sirable to thousands of enterprising settlers;
who, when abandoning their homes in the
North, would prefer tho Southern
ture if it could be enjoyed under advantages
like those presented by the Western States
now most rapidly accumulating emigrant pop
ulation.
The men of Virginia, familiar with the ca
reer of Washington, need not be told that,
with such extraordinary combinations of ad
vantages, the ‘ Old Dominion” would not now
be razeed in the scale of States, if the spirit
which influenced that illustrious patriot had
been continuously applied for the last half
century towards the advancement of that
Commonwealth in the career which he fore
shadowed for her in Agriculture Commerce
and Manufactures, additional lo all her politi
cal renown.
The intercourse and correspondence with
which the undersigned have been favored by
many distinguUhed Virginians, and also by
gentlemen of other States, such as Maryland;
Kentucky, the Carolines; arid Tennessee—;
together with personal observation and much
enquiry among the farming community—in
duce a belief that a systematic effort for pro
moting the sale and settlement of uncultivat
lands in those States, may now be made with
strong hopes of successful results. Under
these circumstances; it is deethed essential
by various Southern gentlemen, as well as
by ourselves, to collect all practicable infor
mation concerning the condition and price of
lands in the regions above mentioned, and
all other information which the friends of imi.
provemeut may choose to communicate, for
the purpose of extending a knowledge Os the
advantages presented for Settlers; The gen
tleman to whom this circular is addressed
inav therefore; promote the object, if he ap
proves of it, by communicating to the sub
scribers such facts as he may deem proper
concerning tho number, extent, soil, condn
lion price and products of estates for sale in
his vicinity, with the names of the owners
or occupants, including particulars concern
ing the proximity to water courses ahd min
eral manures; and naps Os the lands should
when convenient,accompany the descriptions.
Where the lands are new whether in the
mountains or otherwise, itis desirable to know
the probable advantages for siieep, husbandry
and grazing generally, as well as for grain
growing, especially as the high lands of the
Southern Stales are beginning to attract, as
they ought to attract largely;^the attention
of wool growers and graziers—while the vast
water power abounding in those regions;
amid inexhaustible supplies of fuel, iron, &c.,
should be specified, as offering multitudinous
rndhcemeuts lor extending manufacturing op
erations.
Gratified to fii-J that the'views here brief
ly expressed have met with the cordial con
currence of gentlemen front the several
Slates above mentioned—gentlemen whose
approbation encourages this mode of acquir
ing and diffusing information concerning
the inducements (Or enterprise presented
by the uncultivated lands within the borders
ot those States —the undersigned will close
for the present, by memtioning that their
connexion with the friends of Agriculture in
various quarters satisfies them that the dif
fusion of accurate Information is only ne
cessary to attract enterprising settlers, whoso
capital and industry would speedly bring
mto profitable cultivation millions of acres
scattered in tracts of various sizes over all
sections of Virginia and the adjuining
States.
JOHN S. SKINNER, Washington.
(Formerly editor of the American Farmer.)
HENRY O’RELLY, Albany,
(Os the New York State Agricultural So
ciety.)
December, 1814.
Day, tlie philosopher, had a freak of edu
cating a wife sot li niseif. He got two or
pliau girls entrusted to his care, on entering
into recognizances to educate and provide for
them. One proved too mulish to make any
thing of. The other grew up every tiling
lie could have wished. And yet he gave up
the idea of marrying her, ( because sho one
day purchased a handkerchief more gaudy
than accorded with his philosophical notions.
Os course, it never came to a declaration. I
wish it find, that one might have seen with
what degree of grace a man could divest him
self of the grave and commanding characters
of papa and pedagogue, to assume the supple
insinuating deportment of the lover.
There are a sot of of mee, whose success
in wooing aud it is unfailing—l cannot com
prehend. Grave, emaciated, sallow divines,
■a ho never look the person in the face whom
they address—who never speak above their
breath—-who sit on the uttermost edge of
their chairs, a full yard distant from the din
ner table. I have never known one of those
scare-crows fail ofgeliing a good and a rich
wile, llow it is, Heaven knows! Can it
be that the ladles a*k them?