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Stale of(>eo.—Liberty County.
UY Elijah Baker, Clerk of the Court of Ordina
ry for said county.
James Dorsey, and Sarah Bmylie, have applied
for letters of administration of the goods and chat
tels, rights and credits, that were of Archibald Smy
lic, late of said county, deceased.
These arc therefore, to cite and admonish all ami
singular, the kiifftred and creditors of the said de
ceased, to file their objections, (if any then* be) in iny
office at Hinesville, on nrbefore the first Monday, in
May next, otherwise the said letters may be granted !
ns applied for.
Given under my hand anti seal at Hinesville, in said
county, this fourth day of 3/arch, in the year
L. S. of our Lord, eighteen hundred and thirty nine,
and in the sixty third year of American Inde
pendence.
*d 9 R BAKER, C. C. O. L. C.
Georgia—Camden Connt).
41H7’ IIE REAS, Joseph Thomas, applies for let
v w ters of administration of the goods, chattels,
rights, and credits of Dyman Darrow, late of said
county, deceased.
These are therefore, to cite and admonish, all and
singular, the kindred and creditors of the said de
ceased, to file their objections (if any they have) in
the office of the Clerk of the Court of < rdinarv at
Jefb rson, within the time prescribed by law, other
wise the said Joseph Thomas may obtain the letters
applied for
Given under the hand and seal of the clerk at
L. S. said Court, this sixth day of February,
eighteen hundred and thirty-nine.
np 9 JOHN BAILEY, C. C. O. C C.
Fifty Dollars Upward.
RANAWAY from the subscriber in Hamburg
on the 98th, February, his negro man THOMAS,
he is about *2# years of age, five feet Iff inches high,
dark complected, and pleasant countenance. He is
a blacksmith by trade, and has doubtless procured
free papers from some person, arid has gone to work
at that business either m South Carolina or Georgia.
He is in all probability lurking about Savannah, as
1 understand he engaged in the steamboat “Thorne/
When he left, he had on a rod flannel shirt, black
sattinet pantaloons, and new broadcloth coat and new
beaver Imt. Any jw rson delivering said negro to
me. or will lodge him in any safe jail so that I can
get him. sliall receive the above reward.
R L. TOWSON Jun.
Hamburg S. C. March 21th, IKl9—ap 2-3 m
CFOIU.IA LUiM BKIt COM’l*.
ml IK subscribers, ugciiis of said company,
offer to contract for delivery at Darien, or
elsewhere, of hard Pine lumber of the best
quality, sawed to any dimensions that may be
required, and at low prices. They will have
on hand at their depot in this city, a good sup
ply of lutnltcr of various sizes.
WOODBURY & STACK POLK.
Darien, Jan. 22,1838. 3w
Justices Court for 1830.
A COURT, for the 271st District, will l>c holdr.n
at the Court House in the city of Darien, on tile
4th Monday of each month—to wit
Monday 28th January, 1839.
Monday 25th February, “
Monday 25th March, “
Monday 22d April, “
Monday 27th May, “
Monday 21th June,
Monday 22d July,
Monday 2t!th August, 11
Monday 23d September, “
Monday 28th October, “
Monday 25th Novcndtcr, :l
Monday 23d December, “
A pannel of 7 Jurors, will be drawn at each term
after the first.
NELSON W. CARPENTER,
Justice rtf the Peace for 271 si. District,
Darien, January 29st, 1839.
The Carolina Hotel,
AT PRIVATE SALE.
a THE proprietor of the CAROLINA
HOTEL, in Broad street, Charleston,
wishing to engage in other pursuits, of
fers his valuable establishment at pri
vate sale. The Carolina Hotel ranks arnonst the
very best establishments of the kind in the United
States, is situate in the finest street, in the immediate
vicinity of the most busy part of the city of Charles
ton, and has always commanded the very best pa
iron age.
Hotel consists , t vo very fine three and a half
story brick buildings on the north side of Broad st.,
commanding a front of 51 feet, with anew and ele
gant three story range of brick buildings running
from Broad, to Chalmers street, *290 feet. On Chal
mers street there is aiso a large three story brick
building, of 51 feet front; all the buildings are con
nected with each other. On the premises are also
two large and convenient Kitchens, Servants apart
ments, and all other necessary out buildings, of brick.
There are nine fine parlors, forty-eight neat and com
fortable chambers, a large and elegant ball room, one
large dinner room, ancLone large sitting room for
gentlemen, a bar room, store room, and two pantries.
There is a private entrance in Broad street for ladies
and families. With the Hotel will be sold the whole
of the standing furniture, requisite for the proper
conducting such an establishment, all of which is
neat and new, and has been carefully selected.
Any one wishing to engage in the business, will
find an opportunity in this offer, for a safe and very
lucrative investment, and if the brilliant prospects of
the city are realised, it is believed that no establish
ment of the kind in the United States will compare
with it in profit. For terms, and other information,
apply to ELLIOTT, CONDY & DAWES,
Corner Broad street, and East Bay, Charleston,
ap 9
OF every deserption executed at the of
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LIST OF LETTERS
TTEMAINING 111 the Post Office, Darien, Ga.
X. 31st March, 1833.
A
Allen Henry, .4 3 Adams Eliza
Adams John It
B
linker Francis Hostel I) M
/hub,ink Samuel Hak~ • ‘‘l*-
/turret E/! „ „ 3,tck lien ’ <> L
i*, uer. Tints. 1).
C
Curly Fanney Cannon Henry
Cardona Maryann Caulder Margery
Campbell Fl) Cahooti Isaiah
Chase Daniel 2 Clark Iteuben, Jr.
D
Donna/d John Paris Henry G
Demera Lewis Done Joshua, Jr.
Dnryee. J L Donly John
Dellagall Eiltc’d M 2 Daniel he nth
Ihirfee Philip 2
E
Ellis James
F
Fish Mark Frasher Garrison
U
Gigntlliat Benjamin Gould Ann It
f iignilliat John 2 Garland Susan
Green Cunt John 2 Glover J V
II
Hazzard Thus Fuller Hutto James
Hale William Houston Hanot
Houston Thomas Halt M m
Hazzard M m W Hobart Thadus, G
J 1
Jeffrey Wat Johnston James
Jet-raid Jeramiah Jackson John
Johnston Jesse Jackson Geo. F
K
Kennedy Mary.
Lord. Ethridge., G /ear Capt
Lee Ann Oher Lyles Benjamin.
Ijiint Ezra Jr
Me
McDonald. Mm B Murry John
Mac Guire Thosll% Mclntosh Lachland
McClure John My gait Alton.
Marshal Antonia
O
O'Brien Milt Obery John J
Oilena S Owens Samuel.
O'Seal Charles
P
Perkins Basil Perry Charles M'2
Preble John H Phitson Thomas
PaineVoshua Pollster Thomas
Perry William Pollster Joseph
R
If ichmond James T ByalPs Jordan
/lush G W Itamsey William
Hagers Washington Jlentz Capt
8
Swedzer William Studstil Hustil
Stebbiiis Charles Smith Oar
So rants William Smarts William
/dataller Sarah W Savage John
Shaw Samuel Sams Susan.
Smith II C
T
Trezcrant Elizabeth Temberlin Jacob
Tre z era nt Geo W Tanner Vinson 2
Trezevant Charles S
W
W\„g Matilda H Wirksom Isarel
Wallace Jack Williams John
Wright Sarah William Williams
While Grace Whitney Edmond.
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Yotxnge M’i//iat
ISAAC SNOW, P. M.
Darien, Ga.
NEW GOODS
HE SUBSCRIBER is just opening a fresh as
JL sortment of select
Consisting of the following articles, viz : Irish Sheet
inlrish Linens; Linen Cambric Hdkfc; Russia &.
Scotch Diapers; Curtain do; Bird Eye do; Linen
Table Covers; Corded Skirts; English and American
Print*; French Muslins; Picnic Gloves; Fancy and
Satin Scurfs; Gauze Shawls; Spun Silk Hose; black j
and white half hose do; Cotton do; Footings, Edg- i
ings, and Insertings; Con Ribbons; Linen and Cot
ton Musquito; Nettings; Marseilles Vesting; striped j
Last ings; Linen Drills, und Georgia Nankeens, for :
Gentlemen’s Pantaloons. Together with a variety of
other articles, all of which will be sold cheap for cash.
Ladies’ and Gentlemen, are respectfully invited to
call and examine for themselves.
mh 19 H W HtJPNALL.
DOBOY STEA AI SAW MIC L,
WILL keep on hand a large supply of
LUMBER of all descriptions. Cargoes I
will be sawed to order. Five wharves are at
tached to the Mill, and the Lumber will be de
livered within reach of the vessel loading.
Apply to
I*. R. YONGE & SONS,
Agents.
Darien, January 22.1839.
NEW SPRING A SI IHILK GOODS.
THE SUBSCRIBERS have received in addition
to their stock a variety of SPRING & SUMMER
GOODS, amongst which are
French Painted Muslins
Light Prints
Cheek’d, Cambric and Swiss Muslins
Black Gro de Swiss Silks
Furniture Dimity
Linen Sheetings
Table Diapers
Byrdseye and Russia do
Colton Fringes
Irish Linen
Dress Shawls and Scarfs
Linen Cambric Handkerchiefs
Parasols and Umbrellas
Corded Skirts
Silk Kid and Lisle Gloves
Silk and Cotton Hosiery
Ladies’ Corsets
Georgia Nankeens
Drillings, Vestings, &c. &c.
Which are offered on the usual terms by
J. & S. 11. ROKENBAUGH.
Darien, March 26, 1839. •
Co-Partnership Notice.
THE SUBSCRIBERS haveformed a Copartner
ship in the city of Darien, for the sale of Dry Goods,
Groceries, Hard Ware, &c. &c. under the style of N.
M. Calder & Cos. N M C ALDER,
JOHN HUGHEY,
N. j. McDonald
Darien, Feb. sth, 1629; mb26-2m
Notice.
4LL persons indebted to the subscribers by note
or account, will please settle the same forthwith.
CALDER & HUGHEY.
Darien, Feb. sth, 1839. mh -26-gm
CAPTAIN KYD; or, The Wizard of the Sea.
A Romance. By the Author of “The South
’ west,” “Lafitte,’* “Burton,” &c. 2 vols. Just receiv
ed and for sale at the Herald 1 Jif.ce. mh 5
DARIEN, GEORGIA, TUESDAY MOHNINC2, APRIL IG, 183D.
[IMBI.ISHKD BY KE4IIBBT.]
From the Christian Index.
To Abolish (l<- ltcliUliUK of Spiri
tuous Liquors.
To Ol'R FELLOW CITIZENS OF GeORCIA. —The
undersigned were appointed a committee at a
meeting of a respectable number of the people
of Putnam county to address you upon the
subject of the evils which ufllict our whole
community, originating from the practice of
retailing intoxicating liquors in our State. We
know that in coming forward to address you,
we stand exposed to all the prejudices, which
usually assail attempts at the reformation of
great and prominent evils. The advocates and
the victims, alike rally to their perpetuation,
and proscription places its hand upon all who
dare to raise, or assemble around the new
stuudard. The imagination is set most ac
tively to work, to hunt up spectres to alarm
the inconsiderate and to bias and influence
their judgements. The ever active vigilence
of Liberty und Freedom is aroused, least some
great constitutional right shall bo invaded.
The “Union of Church and Stutc,” the right
of the poor to do as they please, their subjec
tion to tltc dominion of tbe rich, some trick of
a political parly, a sectarian measure, and ma
ny such other caul phrases, are the notable
arguments which are ever and anon, opposed
to the march of reformation. Dut, fellow cit
izens, we feel that you have too long known
the crying evils, to which the retail of intoxica
ting drinks has given birth, to listen for a mo
ment to such aspersions upon motives. We
represent upon this occasion, a constituency
composed of the Christian and the sinner, tltc
Methodist, //aptist & Presbyterian, tltc Union
and the Slate Mights man, the Lawyer and the
politician, the Doctor and the Divine, the rich,
the poor, and those of competency, the tempe
rate, tlie retailer and the purchaser, the farmer
and the merchant; ull these compose that por
tion of our fellow citizens, who lately assemb
led at Eatonton, and prepared and signed a
memorial to the next Legislature of our State,
to prohibit the trade by retailing ardent spirits,
and appointed us their committee, to invite you
to co-operate with them, in the great and tho
good work. We approach the task with un
feigned pleasure, fortified by the conviction of
our rectitude, and the unanimity of those in ‘
the midst of whom we reside, we can but be
lieve that the same moral sense, which lias a
wakened here the energies of this great reform,
will not slumber in the bosom of other com
munities as respectable for their virtue, intel
ligence, ami moral worth. On Sunday the 24th
day of February a portion of the citizens of
Eatonton assembled at the church; for the pur
pose of considering upon the subject, and out
of a congregation of about 120 persons, 108
signed the memorial. Another meeting in a
nother part of our county has been held, and
with corresponding success and equal unani
mity. Upon a subject so vitally interesting to
all, could there be otherwise than unanimity'?
We invite you fellow-citizens, individually, to
look to the ucigborhood of a retail grocery, to
the condition of those who frequent it and sat
isfy yourselves, whether the retail there car
ried on, has produced most good or harm. If
the quantity of harm prevails over the good,
ought not the evil to lie suppressed, and will
you not lend us your aid In its suppression?
Look to your courts of Justice, and see how
many of the affrays and riots, which engage
the time of the country, happened in, or at a
grog shop. Look to the many murders and
manslaughters which are almost every where
to be met with, and see how many arise from
fends engendered while the parties were at the
grocery ! Against the influences of those re
tail shops, the law frowns with indignation.
The keeping of a tipling house for theencour
agement of drinking, is an offence against our
laws, and punishable with loss of liberty or
property, and yet these same laws license the
community to retail the intoxicating spirits
which are there drank. Drunkenness is made
no excuse for crime, and yet we make it law
ful to retail the intoxicating draught, which
turns reason from her throne und whilein that
i overthow crime is perpetrated. Could we ask
Ia stronger argument for our cause than that
which your own laws furnish 7 Look around
you fellow citizens and see how many objects
of charity have been made so, by frequeting
these retailing shops. How many widows and
orphans, pennyless, and helpless, whose hus
bands and fathers, were the too frequent visi
tors of them. Look at these tilings, und answer
candidly to yourselves, whether the evil ought
not to be exterminated. Massachusetts and
| other States at the North and East, have adop
; ted a similar course. Our sister and adjoining
State Tennessee lias acted likewise. Other
Southern States are now moveing in the mat
ter. The ball is rolling onward, and gaining
at every turn, and thougli we cannot claim tbe
high gratification ofhaving first put it into mo
tion, let us fellow citizens, participate in the
pleasure ns well as the honor ofhaving added
to its revolutions and its magnitude.
Your fellow citizens,
MYLES GREENE, j
JOHN B. DAWSON |
JOSJAII FLOURNOY, l
THOMAS COOPER, , Committee.
JOHN C. MASON, |
J. A. MERIWETHER, J
The following is the form of aPelition which
has already been signed by near 300 persons
in Putnam, and no subject can present more
nnanmity.
State of Georgia: To tbe Senate and House
of Representatives of this State for 1839. The
undersigned citizens of this .State believing
that the retail of spiritous liquors, is an evil of
great magnitude among us, come into the Le
gislature by Petition and ask you in your wis
dom to pass such a law as will effectually put
a stop to it. We do not here attempt to name
the mischief that has been done in the State
by quartering upon our towns, cities, villages
and highways, retail shops. They are so man
ifold as not to have escaped the painful notice
of every member of your Honorable body.
Your Petitioners come with the more confi
dence because several States in this Union
: have already passed such a law as to make
j penal the retailing of intoxicating drinks.
Surely a trafic which is full of evil, and only
evil, should be banished by law, if it cannot be
done otherwise. Let it be done, and your pe
titioners as in duty bound will ever pray, &c.
The Committee ask that some of active
citizens of each county, will present it to the
citizens of their counties, (botli male and fe
male,) forsignatures. We ask especially that
the Clergy would get some active man to pre
sent it in every religious meeting, tliat the same
be carefully kept until the session of the next
Legislature, when it shall be presented by the
members from the several counties they rep
resent
For the Herald.
TO MY COUSIN KATE.
Thou art placed within n fairy boat,
And luunclied on life’s lempestious tide;
Two nymphs are kneeling si thy feet,
Who beg thy little barque to guide :
One seems an Angel bright and fair,
Her dark eye laughing silken shaded,
And in her jelly hair
Bl ight gems are braided.
She points to pleasure’s bowers!
And with a winning look she craves,
To guide thy barque along ill- pearly waves
To her bright land of flowers:
Turn from her tempting look with scorn!
’Tis Vice! Remember
All arc not Angels that bear an Angel's form.
And sec t lie other nymph so fair,
Her bine eye smiling, with love shaded,
And in her golden hair
The myrtle and violet nre braided :
She points above—
And with the sweetest look she craves,
To guide thy barque along the stormy waves,
To bowers of love:
Give her the helm und keep her precepts given;
‘Tis VmnjE! 0, remember
Her ways are pleasant und lead up to Heaven !
ALFRED.
Darien, 1839.
The Troubadour's Bride.
A BALLAD.
“ It is not, young Countess,
Thy dowry 1 sigh for;
Thy eye, bent in bashful ness,
’Tis that 1 die for.
Oh, give methosceyes, linct with morn’s virgin blue,
And through earth, to the grave, I’ll he true, Imlye—
true'!
It is not thy dowry—ah ! no, lndyc—no ;
’Tis thy love-beaming eyes—all my sunshine below.
“ Tby four custles proud
Loom in light from the valleys;
Each harper sings loud
Thy young charms in each pulace.
Brave lane.es arc broken, and plumes soiled in blood;
And for thee lovely msidems cull flowers in the wood.
The baron who woos thee ’ll be first in the hall,
And his coronet brightest and costliest of all.
“ But a gay Troubadour
Though I roam like the river,
Less fickle my flower: *
I will image thee ever.
My heart is as soft as the harp that I bear,
And love, twined with poesy, blooms ever there.
The baron will deck thee in gems and in gold ;
But thy charms I'll embalm in u song to grow old.
“ Look from thy tower, imlye—
List to my numbers!
Eaeli leuf on the aspen tree
Tenderly slumbers.
Away in tiie South, in a valley of light,
Our days shall be numbered by each new delight;
Tlie song of Provence, and its rich, radiant wine,
And its flowers, ladye bright, with my true heart, are
thine.”
The proud Imlye listens
The young pleading lover ;
The silver prow glistens
As gay they shoot over,
Tlie lake’s starry bosom, by our and by soil,
To where paw's tlie ready steed, swift as the gulo.
His foot’s in the stirrup, his hand's on tlie mane; —
Thcy’rcoff and away ! —all pursuit must be vain!
W. F.
The author of the following beautiful and
thrilling description, is unknown to us. We
regret it. It is a perfect master-piece of bat
tles ; completely hurrying away with the read
er’s imagination, into the inidst of the deep
conflict and the death struggle. We hear the
roar of cannon, the flapping of banners, the
heavy tramp of men and horses, and the boom
ing play of martial music—we sec the thun
dering charge, the death-shock of the meeting,
the flash of pistol and bayonet and sabre, and
the sinking of the bleeding, agonizing hosts ;
while the broad and silent advance of tlie dis
tant reserves, and the slow and sole.tnn wav
ings ofbanners, gathering steadily to the cen
tre of the deep and deadly turmoile, fill the
imagination with admiration for the patriot
ism and valor, which wrought so calm a spirit
of martyrdom in the bosoms of those who won
our liberties :
BATTLE OF THF BRANDYWINE.
We had been in the saddle about tin hour,
under the intrepid Pulaski, who, with bis own
hands, examined our swords, pistols, and
other equipments, as if assured that the strug
gle would be a deadly and a long continued
one. The day was one of the most beautiful
that ever bro/ce over the earth. We were
about half a mile from the main body, ranged
along a green slope, facing the west, our hor
ses, about four hundred in number, standing
as patiently as so many marble statues : until
just as the eastern sky began to redden and
undulate; and cloud al'tet cloud to roll up, and
heave like a great curtain up the wind ; and
the whole heaven seemed discharging all its
beauty and brightness upon one spot.
I happened to turn about, and saw the tall
Pole (Pulaski) bare-headed, tilting his horse,
like some warlike presence come up out of
the solid earth to worship upon the very
summit of the hill behind us; it might be,
(for the noble carriage of the man, the martial
bearing of the soldier, would permit either
interpretation,) it might be in the awful em
ployment of devotion, or iu the more earthly
one; of martial observation: But suddenly lie
reigned up bis charger, shook the heavy dew
from his horseman's cap, replaced it and leap-
ed headlong down the hill, just ns a bright
flash passed away on tho horizon, followed
by a loud report ; and the next instant a part
of our ranks were covered with dust and turf,
thrown up by a cannon ball that struck near
the spot he had just left.
Our horses pricked up their ears at the
sound, and all nt once, ns if a hundred trump
ets were playing in the wind, came the enemy
in his advance. Pulaski unsheathed his sword,
called out a select body, and set off at full gal
lop, to a more distant elevation, where we
saw the enemy advancing in twoeolunts; one
under Knyphauscn, which moved in tremen
dous steadiness, in a dark solid mass, towards
the spot occupied by General Maxwell; the
other under Cornwallis, which seemed to
threaten the right flank of our main body.
Intelligence was immediately sent to Wash
ington, mid reinforcements called in, from the
spot we had left.
We kept our position, awaiting for a whole
Hour, tho sound of conflict; at last a heavy vol
ley rattled along the sky, a few moments pas
eod, and then another followed, like a storm
of iron upon drum heads. The whole air rung
with it ; another, and another followed ; then
gradually increasing in loudness, catne peal
after peal, till it resembled a continual clap of
thunder, rolling about under an illuminated
vapor. But Pulaski, with all his impetuosity,
was a general, and knew his duty too well, to
hazard any movement till he should tie able to
see with certainty the operations of the enemy
in the vapor below.
Meanwhile, several little parties which had
been sent out, came in, one after the other,
with the intelligence that Knyphauscn had
broken down upon Maxwell in magnificent
style—been beaten back again; but that he
had finally prevailed, und that Maxwell had
retreated across the river. A thin vapor had
risen from the green earth below us and com
pletely covered the enemy from our view. It
was no longer possiblo to follow him, except
by the sounds of his trend, which we could feel
in tlie solid earth, jarring ourselves and our
horses; and now and then, u quick glimmer
ing in the mist, ns some standard raised above
it: some weapon flourished, or some musket
shot through it like a rocket.
About an Hour after, a horseman dashed
through the smoke on tlie very verge of the
horison, and after scouring tlie fields, for a
whole mile in view, communicated with two
or three others, who set off in different direc
tions ; one to us, with orders to hurry down
to tiie ford, where the commander-in-chief
was determined to fall on Knyphusen with all
his power, before Cornwallis could come to his
aid. It was a noble but hazardous game.—
And Pulaski, whose war horse literally thun
dered and lightened along the broken and sto
ny precipice by which we descended, kept his
eye warily to the right, as if not quite certain
that the order would not lie countermanded.
We soon fell in with General Greene, who
was posting, all on fire to give Knyphausen
battle and the next inomen saw Sullivan in
full march over a distant Hill to-wards tltc en
emy’s flank. This arrangement would, doubt
less, have proued fatal to Knyphauscn, had
not our operations been unfortunately arrested,
at the very moment we were prepared to fall
upon him, man and horse, by the intelligence
that Cornwallis had moved off to another quar
ter. It was a moment of irresolution—doubt.
It was the death blow to our brilliant hopes to
victory. Greene was recalled, and Sullivan
commanded to linlt.
Hardly had this happened, our horses being
covered with sweat, ttnd froth, fretting in the
bit like chained tigers, und ourselves covered
with duet, it being an excessively hot and sul
try day, When a heavy cannonade was heard
on our right flank, and Greene, to whose divi
sion we had been attached, was put into mo
tion to support Sullivan who we had left home
some hours before. The truth now broke
upon us like n thunderclap. The enemy had
passed, concentrated, we supposed, and fallen
oil our right.
I shall never forget Green’s countenance,
when the news cante; he was on the roadside,
upon an almost perpendicular bank, but he
wheeled where he saw, dashed down the
bank, his face white as the bleached garble,
and called to us to gallop forward, with such a
tremendeous impulse, that wc marched four
miles in forty minutes. We held on o;tr way
in a cloud of dust, and met Sullivan all in dis
order, nearly n mile from the ground, retrea
ting step by step, at the head of His men, and
shouting himself hoarse, covered with blood
and sweat, and striving in vain to bring them
tostand, while Cornwallis was pouring in up
on them an incessant volley.
Pulaski dashed out to the right, over the
broken fences, and there stood awhile upright
in his stirrups, reconnoitcring, while the ene
my, who appeared, by the smoke and the dust
that roiled before them in the wiiuk to lie
much nearer than they really were, redoubled
their efforts ; but at last, Pulaski.saw a favor
able opportunity.—The column wheeled; the
wind swept acMkiS their van, revealing them
like a bnttullion of spirits, breathed fire and
smoke. He gave the signal; Archibald repea
ted it, then Arthur; then myself. In three
minutes, wc were ready for tlie word.
When Pulaski, shouting ill a voice that
thrilled through and through us, stuck spurs
into his charger ; it wasabalf minute, so fierce
and terrible was his charge, before we were
able to come up with him. What could lie
mean! Gracious heaven ! My hand convulsive
ly, like that of a drowning man, reigned up for
a moment when I saw we were galloping
straight forward into a field of bay Ones: yet
he was the first man ! and who would not
have followed ?
We did follow Him, and with such a hurri
cane t f fire andstCitl, that, when we wheeled,
our whole path lay broad before us, with a
wail of (ire on the right band and on the left;
but not a bayonet or a blade in front, except
what were under the hoofs of our horses My
blood rushes now. like a flash of fire through
my forehead, when I recall the devastation
that we then made, almost to the very heart
of the enemy’s column.
But Pulaski, lie who afterwards rode into
their retrenchments on horseback, sword in
his hand, was accustomed to it; and having
brokenover them once, aware of his peril if he
should give them time to nwakfl from their
consternation, he wheeled in a blaze of fire,
with the intention ofreturning through a wall
of death, more perilous than that Which shut in
the children of Israel, upon the Red Sea. But
no ! the wall had rolled in upon us ; und we
were left no alternative, but to continue aswc
had began.
The undaunted Pole rioted in tlie excess of
his joy! I remember well bow he passed tnc,
covered with sweat and dust, riding absolutely
upon the very points of their bayonets. But,
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nt last, they pressed upon Him, and horseman
after horseman fell from our saddles ; when
we were all faint and feeble, and even Archi
bald was fighting on foot, over his beautiful
horse, with Arthur battling over his head, we
heard the cry of “Succor! Succor /” Imme
diately wc felt the enemy give way, heaving
this way, then that, and finally concentrated
beyond us.
“Once more !” “once more I” cried Pulaski,
and away he went, breaking in upon them as
they were forming; and trampling down whole,
platoons, in tlie charge, before a man could
plant his bayonet or bring His gun to an aim ;
our aspect, as weeamu thundering round them,
was sufficient; tlie enemy fled, and wo brought
off our companions unhurt.
I liuve been in many a battle many an one
that made my Hair afterwards stand when I
dreamed of it:—but never in one where the
carnage was so dreadful: and firing so inces
sant as that which followed the arrival of
Greene. But the enemy hud so effectually
secured his exposed points by ranks of men
kneeling with planted bayonets, that we could
make no impression upon, although we rode
upon them again and again, discharging our
pistols in their faces.
SPRING.—HaiI lovely spring ! Thou
art ever welcome. Thy coming has long
been looked for, and thy presence has
called forth many a smile of joy and
gladness. I adore thee as being the plea
santest season of the year. Thou has so
many joys—so many sweet tones of melody
twined around thy pathway, that I could
wish thee ever with us. Thou scem’st
to beur on thy wing the sound of many
sweet voices that have long been mute and
unheard. Thou seem’st too, to remind us
of our indebtedness to our God, for the
preservation of our lives through the past,
departed winter. And we cannot, I think,
hut take heed by thy warning—and con
sider beforo we farther advance, that it is
our duty to send up a prayer of gratitude
to the kind Preserver of our lives from
season to season, and thank Him for tho
many privileges that have been bestowed
upon us by His bountiful hand during days
of sickness and pain, and raised us front
the couch of disease, and given us strength
that we may be able to wander forth among
the vallics and plains, to pluck the gentle
flower, that thy warm breezes, sunny spring,
will soon put forth. Thou hast caused the
gentle streamlet and mighty river to burst
their frosty fetters, and to move on again
in their wonted courses. Tbe ice-bound
plain has begun to witness thy presence,
and will ere long wear an aspect of fer
tility and lovliness.—The forests too,
whose stately oaks have long appeared
dead and leafless, arc alike effected by thy
warm sunshine. The favorite thrush,
whose blithsomc notes have been hushed
for many long months by the cold and
rugged winter, is beginning to resume its
wonted visits about our windows, and to
fill the air with its sweet music.
Who docs not love a bright spring
morning ? Who does not love to wander
forth among the fields and groves, while the
buds and blossoms are springing into life ?
No one, I think, who is an admirer of
nature and nature’s works. What can be
more delightful to tho contemplative mind,
than the enjoyment of such pleasures? It
is indeed animating and instructive to
ramble over the beautifully clad fields of
nature, and behold the various plants and
flowers that cover the ground. It seems to
bid the mind hold communion with its God,
and remind us that all we see springing up
arround our paths is caused by the never
failing goodness of that Being who has
promised the annual occurance of the sea
sons.
FORTUNE TELLING.
The trade of telling fortunes with cards lias
of late been extensively carried on by at least
four females in this city, three of whom are
white, and one of them black; and many of
both sexes, who were foolish enough to inquire
into the arcana of the future, have been most
elegantly gulled. The females who carried
on this interesting branch of prophetic and
decretal knowledge had small cards issued,
bearing their names, number, and trade;, and
these were handed by children to young und
elderly ladies and gentlemen in the streets,
to induce them to try their fortunes, and
tempt the future to reveal to them their desti
nies. Among the number who have for some
time flourished in these pretended revelations
of occult science, was Louise Krafts, a native
of Philadelphia, who had been reared in Paris,
and who, with iter husband, occupied apart
ments in a small house, at No. 8 Chrystie
street, whence she sent forth her cards, and
whither she received her company. As many
elderly ladies, in walking out with their daugh
ters, had been tempted by tlie gift of these
cards, attd had found it rather a matter of
annoyance, they induced a gentleman of tbeir
acquaintance to visit the prophetess of fortune ;
and lie, after paying Half a dollar for the privi
lege,had more falsehoods told him than he will
find true in all his life. He therefore yester
day repaired to the police office and preferred
a complaint against Mrs. Kiaft, us a vagrant or
disorderly person, in consequence of whicli
she was arrested and held to bail in SSOO to
keep tlie peace and be of orderly conduct for
one year, under pain of imprisonment. She
gave the required bail, and was discharged.
In her examination, she said she did not
pretend to tell what the real fortunes of per
sons were; but if any were foolish enough to
give iter money, she was willing to receive
it, and tell them as good a story as she could.
Two otiiers, named Mrs. George & Mrs.
Drissinger, who pursued the same enlightened
calling, were also arrested, and Held to bail as
disorderlies. Fortune telling, henceforth, will
be a rather dangerous and troublesome busi
ness, and unless it is carried on in secret, will
subject its authors to the mortification of ar
rest, and the pain and shame of imprisonment.
“Honey Moon.” — Through this word
is in common use, its derivation is little
known, as nothing respecting it is found in
the dictionaries, or
origin is from a custom of the Teuta£SE!l
an ancient people of Germany, who dfsflk
mead, methcglin, a bevrnge Ufh
honey, for thirty days alter wotblHp^