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Bv \Mum ~’ i— ■■"■lß II ■ Til HI I 1 ilfBH II H fli()e ( |§§cf§itfoolj BY H. STYLES BELL. Terms of Sulrarrlpfion. THE Herald is printed on a large imperial sheet, type* at $3 per year, in ad vance, or 84 at the expiration of the year.— No subscription received for a less term than one year, and no paper discontinued until all arrearages arc paid, except at the option of the publisher. Rates of Advertising. Letter* of Citation, - - . $2 75 Notice to D btors and Creditor*, (40 day*) 325 Four Months’ Notices, - - - - 4 011 Sale* of Pergonal Property, by Executors. Ad iniutairutors, or Guardians, -3 05 i Sate* of Lands or Negroes, by do. - - 475 \ Application for Letters of Dismission, - 600 I Other Advertisement*. SI.OO per aqunre first inser -1 lion, and 50 cents per square for each continuance. should always lime the desired of insertions tnurked upon them when hand ed in. btherwise they ill be published till forbid and chart;ed accordingly. Cir” Notice f the sale of Land and Negroes by Administrators, Executors, or Guardians, must lie published sixn Jays previthis to the day of sale. Tha sale of tvraoaal Property, in like manner, must be published forty deyu previous to the sale. Notice to debtor* end r§ditors of an estate, must be published forty day*. Notice titai Application will be made to the Court of Ordinary, for leave losell Land or Negroes, must be publish >d four montlm. Notice that Application will be made, for Letters of Administration, must be published thirty days, ami of Letters of Dismission, six months. Stale of Geo.—Liberty County. BY’ Elijah Baker, Clerk of the Court of Ordina- | ry for said county. Jamcy Dorsey, and Sarah Smy lie, have applied j for letters of administration of the goods and chat* 1 tels, rights ami credits, that were of Archibald Smy- ] lie, late of said coun y, deceased. These are therefore, to eitc and sdmonish all and j singular, the kindred and creditors of the said de- | ceased, to file ihcur objections, (if any there Ik-) in my ; office at HinesviUe. on or before tbs first Monday, in j May next, otherwise the strtd letters may be granted ! as applied for. * Given under my hand and seal at HinesviUe, in said •county, this fourth day of Jfnrch, in the year ! L. S. of our Lord, eighteen hundred and thirty nine, ; and in the sixty third year of American Inde pendence. pa 9 E BAKER, G\ C. O. L. C. Georgia— Camden County. ■ MTIIEREAB, Joseph Thomas, applies for let . T lers of administration of the gooA,chattel*, rights, and credits of Dyman Harrow, late of said county, deceased. m These arc th-refore, to cite and admonish, all and singular, the kindred and creditors of the-so id de ceased, to file their objections (if any they hirst) in , the office of the Clerk of the Court of Ordinaiy tu Jefferson, w ithin the tunc prescribed by law, ntw wise the said Joseph Thomas may obtain the letter* 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. • ap 9 JOHN BAILEY, C. C. O. C. C. Fifty Dollars BeVttit RANAWAY from she suhseriber in Hamburg on the2Blh, February, his negro man THOMAS, l he is about 2* years of age, five feet 10 inches high, dark complected, and pleasant countenance. He is a blacksmith by trade, and has doubtless proettred ! free pa|>et* from some person, and has gone to work j nt that business cither in South Carolina or Georgia, j He is in all probability lurkiyg about Savannah, os I understand he engaged in the steuinboot “Thorne.’ —When he lft, he bad on a red flannel shirt, black sattinet pantaloons, and new broadcloth coat and new beaver hat. Any person delivering said negro to me, or will lodge him in any safe jail so that I can get him, shall receive the above reward R. L TOWSON Jun. Hamburg S. C. March 24th, 1839—n]2-3m UKOttlilA LUMBER COM’P. HE subscribers, ngents of said company, offer to contract for delivery nt Darien, or elsewhere, of hard Fine lumber of Ihe best quality, sawed to any dimensions that mat be required, and at low prices. They will have on hand at their depot in litis city, a good sup ply of lumber of various sizes. WOODBURY & STACKPOLE. Darien, Jan. 22, 1839. 3\v Justices Court for 1 HUH. A COURT, for the 271st District, will be hidden at the Court House in the city of Darien, on the 4th Monday of each month —to wit Monday 28th January, 1839. Monday 25th February, “ Monday 25th March, “ Monday 28d April, “ Monday 27th May, “ Monday 24th June, Monday 22d July, Monday 26th August, “ Monday 23d Septcmlier, “ Monday 28th October, “ Monday 25th November, “ Monday 23d December, “ A pannel of 7 Jurors, will be drawn at each term after the first. NELSON W. CARPENTER, Justice of the Pence for 271st, District, Darien, January 29st, 1839 The Carolina Hotel* AT rRtVATE MALE. THE proprietor of the CAROLINA HOTEL, in Broad street, Charleston, iliußl W'shing to engage in other pursuits, of fers his valuable establishment nt pri vate sale. The Carolina Hotel ranks amonst the very best establishments of the kind in the United States, is situate in the fines; street, in the immediate vicinity of the most bu3y part of the city of Charles ton, and has always commanded the very best pa tronage. Hotel consists of two 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 also 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, and one 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 au 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, an 9 ■>w TOOTirarasT” OF every deserption executed at the of fice of THE DARIEN HERALD. &S9ID LIST OF LETTERS REMAINING in the Post Office, Darien, Ga. 31si March, 1839. A Allen Henry. A 3 Adam* Eliza i Adams John It B ltaker Frauds Russel I) M Rurbank Samuel Raker Capt. Ilarrel E II Ruck Hemy L I Raird, Rev. Thus. 1). C I Curly Eanney Cannon Henry i Cardona Maryann Caulder Margery Campbell F I) Cahoon Isaiah Chase Daniil 2 Clark Reuben, Jr. D Donnahl John Doris Henry <I Demera Lewis Done Joshua, Jr. Dnryee J L Donly John Dtllagall Edit'd W 2 Daniel Kenth DnrJ'ee Philip 2 Ellis James F Fish Mark Frasher Garrison G Gignilliat Benjamin Gould Ann R Gignilliat John 2 Garland Susan Green Capt John 2 Glover J V H Hazzard Thos Fuller Hutto James Hale William Houston Harlot Houston Thomas Hall H m Hazzard Win H’ Hobart Thadus, G J Jeffrey Win Johnston James Jerrold Jeramiah Jackson John Johnston Jesse Jackson Geo. F K Kennedy Mary. L lard Ethridge, G Loir Capt hec Ann Oher Lyles Benjamin. I.uni Ezra Jr Me Me Donald I I’m R Murry John Mac Guire Thus 112 Mclntosh Each-land McClure John Mygatt Alson. Marshal Antonio O O'Brien Wm Obery John J (Mena S Owens Samuel. O’Neal Charles V Perkins Rasil Perry Charles W 2 Preble John It Philson Thomas Paine Joshua Pollster Thomas Perry William Polister Joseph R Richmond James T RyaJVs .lonian Rush G W Ramsey William Rogers Washington Re.ntz Capt S Sweetzer William Sluds/il Ilustil Slebbins Charles Smith Oar Savants William Smarts William Savaller Sarah W Savage John Shaw Samuel Sams Susan. Smith It C * T Trezerant Elizabeth Temberlin Jacob Trezevanl Gen W Tanner Vinson 2 Trezerant Charles S W Wing Matilda II Wirksom Isarel 14 allace Jack 14 itliams John WriglU Sarah William Williams White Grace Whitney Edmond. Y Vonnge H’i//iai ISAAC SNOW, P. M. Darien, Ga. YEW GOODS. THE SUBSCRIBER is jut opening afresh as sortment of select sasas-j Consisting of the following articles, viz : Irish Sheet ings; Irish Linens; Linen Cambric Hdkfs; Russia & Scotch Diapers; Curtain do; Bird Eye do; Linen Table Covers; Corded Skirts; English and Ameriean Prints; French Muslins; Pienic Gloves; Fancy and Satin Scarfs; Gauze ,Shawls; .Spun Silk Hose; black and white half hose do; Cotton do; Footings, Edg ings, and Inserting!*} Can Ribbons; Linen and Cot ton Mutquito; Nettings; Marseilles Vesting; striped Lostings; Linen Drills, and 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 HUDN/ILL. DOItOY STEAM SAW MILL, WILL keep on hand a large supply of LUMBER of all descriptions. Cargoes will be sawed to order. Five wharves are al taclfpdto the Mill, and the Lumber will be de livered within reach of the vessel loading. Apply to I*. It. YONGE & .SONS, Agents. Darien, January 22. 1839. NEW SPUING A SI linen GOODS. THE SUBSCRIBERS hare received in addition to their stock a variety of SPRING & SUMMER GOODS, amongst which are French Fainted Muslins Light Prints Cheek’d, Cambric and Swiss Muslins Black Gro de Swiss Silks Furniture Dimity Linen Sheetings Table Diapers Byrdscye and Russia do Cotton 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 arc offered on the usual terms by J. & 8. H. ROKENBAUGH. Darien, March 26,1839. Co- Partnership Notice. THE SUBSCRIBERS have formed a Co-partner ship in the city of Darien, for the sale of Dry Goods, Groceries, Hard Ware, See. Sec. under the style of N. M. Calder & Cos. N M. CALDER, JOHN HUGHEY, N. J. McDonald. Darien, Feb. sth, 1829. mh 26-2 m Notice. 4LL persons indebted to the subscribers by note or account, will please settle the same forthwith. CALDER & HUGHEY. Darien, Feb. sth, 1839. mh 26-2 m C 4 APT AIN KYD; or, The Wizard of the Sea. / A Romance. By the Author of “The South j west,” “Lafitte,” “Burton,” &c. 2vo!s. Just recevi -1 <>d and for sale at the HeraldOtfice. mho DARIEN, GEORGIA, TUESDAY MORNING, APRIL 30, 1839. DARIEN, Bth April 1839. Notice IS HEREBY GIVEN to DOCTOR WIL LIAM C. DANIELL, that l (not” Quicun que") It >ve, this day, deposited in the Post Office at Darien, a letter to him at Savannah— which letter is printed, contains “a short ac~ count of some remarkable incidents' * in his ! life, and is not “A Challenge ” THE PUBLIC Is informed that copies of the above mon j lioned letter may be had by application to me, at Darien. All postages being paid. THE DOCTOR Is informed that he may have two hundred and five copies— free — gratis—fin' — nothing — by him to be distributed to each member of the Legislature of Georgia, in the year 1 830, and an extra copy for every member of that Senate. S. M. BOND. The Brunswick Advocate; the Savannah , Georgian ; the Savannah Republican; the Au gusta Constitutionalist; the Georgia Journal; the Standard of Union, and the Macon Mes senger, are requested to give the above two insertions and forward their bills to the office of the MTntosU County Herald, for payment, ap 9-21 filOO Rnvard. AN A WAY from tlu subscriber about the 10th inst. a negro fellow, [ft jobbing carpenter] nam | ed DICK, or RICHARD, about 25 years of age, and ! 5 feet, 9or 10 inches high; he is a good looking nr- ! I gro, of black complexion; has a grunt look, and ‘■ speaks very’impertinently, and was, when ahoy, accustomed to house work. It is supposed he will make for Charleston, or Georgetown, where his father (named A bra hum) i thought to be lie having been sold in Charleston some years ago. Richard lias been for the last 12 or 18 months taking carpen ter’s jobs on his own account, both in the city and neighborhood, and is well known in Burke county, and at the Richmond Baths, where he was engaged all last summer. I will give the above reward if ta ken out of the state, and bronght to meat Augusta, or fifty dollars if lodged in some safe jail where I can get him, and a suitable reward if taken up in this neighborhood on either side of the river. JOHN CARMICHAEL. April Iff 8800 Rnvanl. A BSCONDED from my plantation on the. 2d in* slant, my negro man SAM, and woman DE LIA, both very dark complected: SAM is 38 or 40 years of age, 5 feet 8 or 9 inches high, inclined to he grey—hud on when he left country home spun clothes. DELIA is about 40 years of age, stout made, and a little pocked market! Said negroes ore supposed to have been taken off’ by a man calling Jiimself William Bowen, from whom the same was purchased. The above reward of S2OO will he paid for the apprehension of the said William Bowen, or any other white man convicted of stealing or har boring said negro slaves, or S2O for the apprehension and delivery in any jail in this State, for each of said negroes, with all reasonable expenses. RICHARD HERRINGTON. -Serivcn County, Murch 4th—ap Iff Prospectus OF THE OX! NTLEffiAH’S MAGAZINE. |Af OW publishing, in monthly numbers, thclarg- est mid cheapest periodical in the United States, j THE GENTLEMANS MAGAZINE, edited by i Wm. E Burton, Philadelphia. The proprietors have much pleasure in announc- I ing to the reading public the complete success which has attended the establishment or this Magazine—u ; success far beyond their utmost expectations, and ( considerably exceeding the prosperity of any other publication in America. The daily increasing sub scription list, and the numerous commendatory no tices of the press, attest the merits mid the popularity of the Gentleman’s Magazine, each number of which contains more original matter than any other month ly publication in tlie United States. The contents embrace a fertile range of Amusing and Instructive Subjects, by Authors of celebrity. Original Talesof powerful interest; Humorous and Graphic Delinea tions of Men and Manners; Novel Sketches of Fo reign Lands; Poetry; Characteristic Studies; Essays on Popular Subjects, and Biographical Notices of I Celebrated or Eccentric Persons, with many origiuul anecdotes. The lives of Paganini, with likenesses; Prince Puckler Muskan ; Dickens, (Boz,] the author the Pickwic papers, with a likeness; Dr. Jno. Faust, the Sorcerer ; The Duchess of St. Albans, and Zin gha, the Negro Queen, have already been given.— The new publications are reviewed in full ; liberal Extracts are made from rare and valuable works presenting a complete account of the popular Litera ture of the Day. An Original Copy-right Song,not otherwise to be obtained will be given, with the mu sic in every number. The Gentleman’s Magazine contains Seventy-two j extra-sized Octavo pages of two columns each, form ing, at a close of the year, two large volumes of one thousand seven hundred and twenty-eight columns —each column contains more than an octavo page of average proportion, and each monthly number has ■ more reading matter than a novel. The work is neat ly printed, on good paper, and stitched in a neat colored cover. Several Engravings will be given in the course of the year, and the proprietors pledge themselves to produce un agreeable book —an epi tome of Life’s adjunctives —a Literary Melange, pos sessing variety to suit all palates, and sufficient in -erest to command a place upon the parlor tabic of | every gentleman in the United States. An Engraved Title Page, of superior production, embracing every possible variety of EDITORIAL DISPLAY, and executed in the first style of Art, by J. A. Adams, of New York, accompanies the Octo ber Number. TERMS—Three Dollars per annum, m advance. To induce subscribers to forward their names imme diately, the Publisher begs leave to offer the follow ing extra inducements for Clubing, the advantages of which proposition can only remain in force till Christmas next. The subscription to the Gentle man’s Magazine will, for a single copy, be invariably Three Dollars wirannum, payable in advance ; but a Five Dollar Bill will produce Two Copies to the same direction, or a Club of Ten Dollars will com mand Five Copies. Editors who have inserted the former Prospec tus, will confer additional obligation by substituting the present notice, and may depend upon the contin uation of the exchange. ap 15 For Sale The Sloop Merchant of Darien. .Site is about G3 tons burthen, can carry upwards of 300 hales cotton, and is in every respect well calcu lated for the river and coasting trade, if desired.— Credit will be given on a part of the purchase. Ap ply to L. BALDWIN, E.sq Savannah, or to the un dersigned in Darien. b MITCHEL, WYER 6c CO. Darien 26th March 1839 The Savannah Gcorgion will publish the above three times a week for one month, and send their b’M to this For the Herald. A Vision. No cloud was on the sky, ’Twos dark and blue, ’twas beautiful! The dew was still tqion the grass, And like diamonds sparkled In the light of the ascending sun. The foliage of the dark green pine Whispered harmoniously To the gentle morning nqnd. y* The dark green sea was smooth As the polished mirror— No swelling storm had dash’d a wreelc Upon the snowy beach, but here and there Flocks of sand-birds withnoisy cry Suck'd up the insect from the wet sand; Sea shells of pearly white, And varied hue, form’d a payment vt. On the sounding shore—- ***** * Truly as nature in her wildcat state, V ‘ i . The agile deer with nervous limbs O’er the ennmmcl’d beach moves in pride, Not yet startled by the Huntsman’s horn, Or hounds deep mouth’d ery, lie snuffs the sea breeze, crops the weed Which fringed the Ocean shore, And then with the speed of light Upon his hoofs gained the wood. • ♦ ♦ * Now upon the Ether’s wing a human voice Is borne, ’tis gentle, soft, and musical As the departing sound from an airy harp, As clear as the voice of a “silver bell,” When mellow’d by distance, and the stillness Os the midnight hour. It grows upon the ear, And as it grows, a form of most angelic mould Trends lightly, or os the morning mist Before the stirring nir skims the beach, She seemed a being not of Earth, hut Heaven. Her form waa light, but round, and full, With limba, which tapered in exaetest Symctry: the hands, the feet, all Were master piecea of the architect divine. The fuintest blush upon the petal’d rose Could scarce be brought to vie With the tide of life which revelled ’Neath the polish’d downy surfuco Os her snowy skin. No raven wing Or suns bright r..y could equal the Glistening blackness of her flowing Wavy hairs. The opening of the sweetest Morn in spring, the mellowest lighlof heaven Were but mist to the light and softness Os her black expressive eyes.’ Innocence look’d out from every feature Which were so form'd, so placed. That one gave to the other, the intellect Each cast upon its neighbor. Good-will Was there, peace, joy, content, and love Hud nestled, in the eye, the mouth, The nose so finely shaped, the dimpled Check, and fair proportioned brow. Oh, she Was beautiful! No slatucd Venus Or Minerva wise, no Dmnna Be she ever so chaste, could stand beside her, And not feel the littleness of all Their boasted charms. The Suinl, From off his knees, would spring to get one look, And be revived to more sincere devotion. The sensual man abash’d, would Blush to view his vile deformity, When ut the purity of her soul he look’d As it beamed with living light From this shrine of Heaven-born virtue—, The wisest of the Eust, he who had tulk'd With the. stars, or revdtled in the mysteries Os nature, would bow in adoration— My dreaming sleep surprised. ...... The voice which wa so sweet Increased in volume, nor lessen’d In its melody. The words I heard Each on a flood of music flowing— I tried to catch their import, But too slow, the sound departed, Mingling with the pine leaves song— It died upon the air. **•** She stood upon the Ocean’s shore— The brinity waters kiss’d her naked feet And seem'd to gain new life As sparkling, they broke in diamond drops Around her ancle so chastely beautiful — The sun arising imhe greatness of his strength, Even he seem’d to exult at the vision (Jf so fuir a form ofsxeellencc. The little birds, whm she approach’d, Forgot to fly, and e’en their food Remained neglccud, as with passing notes They joined her morning song. The absent deer returned With graceful lope and ears erect She charm’d ; no longer shunned But listen’d with delight. Oh the scene! ‘Twas beautiful! The wide concave above, So blue,—the broad spread (lowing seu—• The piny forrest—the glittering sun— The single deer, the tiny piping birds, The enammei’d bcuch — The whispering air, the morning hymn, And the seraphic being, all combined— Oh, ‘twas a sight I could gaze upon And wish, no other wish, No other sight to see, no other sense To feel, than all I saw, and felt In that last dream of mine. LE ROM. A fowi affaih. —They have got to run ning down wild fowl on the eastern rail roads, as we learn from the Boston Times. On a recent occasion the locomotive on the Boston and Salem road was put nnder full way after a wild goose, which it caught and cut its head off on the track. Thisisa new use of the power of steam never dreamt ofin the wildest of imaginings—y Chasingasing a wild goose hv mJi p imeß. RUSSIA AND CIRCASSIA. Odessa, Feb. 0. The accounts which we receive from the Anapa are of the highest importance. The Lesgliis, the most numerous |tribc of Cir cassia, who have been subject to Russia ever since 1829, have revolted against that power. They have massacred the civil and military who were in their villages, nor have they stopped there—they have invad ed Georgia, and have invited the inhabitants to take arms against Russia. Gen. Jest, military commandant of the territory of the Lcsghis, has been obliged to make his troops retire into the fortified pluccs, till the arrival of the reinforcements, for which lie has applied to Gen. Golovinc. The letter lias sent General Orlotf with a brigade of infantry and twelve regiments of Cossacks against the rebels, and is going to march in person with ail the remaining troops that can be spared from Tiflis. He has even ordered the detached corps of Gen. Rajewski to join him. It is doubtful whether it will be possible to subdue the Lcsghis, a warlike tribe who have the most inveterate hatred of ever thing that bears the Russian same. Deserting continues to prevail in our army, especially among the Cossacks of the Blnck Bea, who desert in such numbers that they are no longer employed in the advanced posts. The regiments of infan try posted in the entrenchments are guard ed’ by the Don Cosscaks, the only corps that remained entirely faithful to the Czar. You may imagine what is to be expected from the troops whom it is necessary to place under a guard in the presence of the enemy. The revolt of the Lcsg his is ascribed to Mr. Bell, the agent of England in Circassia. This indefatigable man, who is well ac quainted with the language and manners of the people of the Caucasus, has introduc ed himself among them under various dis guises, and exhorts them to rise against the Russians. lie spares neither money nor promises to induce them. It is affirm ed that he has visited in disguise. Tiflis and other towns of the countries subject to the dominion of Russia, and that he has communications with their inhabitants. Accordingly Licnt. Gcncrag Golovinc has offered a reward of 300 ducats to whoever will deliver uji Mr. Bell, cither dead or alive ; at all events it is certain that no nation will Circassians consider as their protector, as a man sent by Heaven to free them from the Muscovite yoke. Preparations are making here to send 30,000 men to Georgia by sea, and it is affirmed that 10,000 men have already set out from the north of Russia for the same destination, by the way of Moscow and the country of the Don Cossacks. Those troops arc not merely to fill up the vacan cies caused by disease, the sword and de sertion. As for the project of sending troops to the assistance of Persia, we are assured that the army of reserve, of 70,000 men, lately assembled for that purpose in the southern provinces of the empire, will not march unless England should openly commence hostilities against the Bchah. Le Commerce. A Iloosier Story. Htranger—l expect you arc about the tallest kind of a coon there is in this diggins. You little Buff alonian walks into things, like a squash vine into a potatoe patch. 1 come down the other day in this stcam doat Cleveland. Once, coming down, a streak of lightning followed three miles and belter. The captain said it was gain ing on us a little, so he told the man to starboard the helm and let it go by. It did go like a horse, and we were so near it that the passengers smelt brimstone. The captain felt cheap at first, about letting it beat him, and said the stcain wasn't up. 1 told him he did perfectly right to turn out, as there was so many women on board, and then there was so much iron that it drew the lightning and helped it along, so it warn’t fair play. Perhaps you don’t know where I come from—give us your fist now, and I’ll tell you all about it. When I’m home, I stop in the Chuchaholc diggins, in the State of Indiana. We raised ari almighty crop of wheat this year, I reckon nigh upon four thousand bushels, and a sprinklin of corn, oats potatoes and garden sass. You could hear the earth groan all around our settle ment the crops were so heavy, and tliats what gives rise to the stories about the earthquakes to hear; corn grow as it did, and as to the potatoes I’ll be skinned alive if ever I saw any thing like it. Why any one of them warm nights you just go into a little patch of fifty acres close to the house; and hold your car down, and you could hear the young potatoes quarrelling, and the old ones swearing at them because tlicv didn’t lay along and slop crowding. Wily one day one of our squash vines chased a drove of hogs better than a half of a mile, sad they ran and squealed as if the old boy was after them. One little pig stubbed his toe and fclHlown,, and was never seen afterwards. — Buffalonia.fi. A Hospital Distroycd by Fire, and twenty three Lives Lost. A letter from Naples, under date of Feb ruary 16th, says: “Last night a part of our foundling Hos pital was destroyed by fire. Ihe flames spread so rapidly that 23 children perished. One of the nurses in her despair threw herself out of the window with two children in her arms; all three were found dashed to pieces and quite dead in the street. The firemen distinguished themselves by their efforts; three of them were, killed, having fallen from the upper story to the lower, where they were burred in the • 11 VOL. 1. NO. 15. Jonathan outdone. —A short time ago, ‘a fine old English gentleman, ’ in the good town of Burnly, though perhaps not one of the “olden times, ’* always anxious to have the earliest news, went, in the course ■ of his daily rounds, to a Mr. Donniface, who is distinguished for his wit and intel ligence, and inquired of him the news of the morning. Mr. Bonniface hesitated, and stammered out, “ None;” but shortly, as if recollecting himself, told him that the latest authentic news was, that a superband elegantly fitted up steamer was about to cross the Atlantic, from Liverpool, which had on board two acres of grass land, as many rows and sheep, and poultry, &.C., as would fill them with milk and butch er’s meat during the voyage out and home, and that the spirited proprietors intended to bore for coal, which they hoped to find, and thus be prepared for any length of voyage, without the fear of being short of fuel. The old gentleman, astonished, scratched his head, and walked away, mut tering as he went. “These are strange limes ; what shall we sec next !”—English Paper. The New Orleans Commercial Bulletin slip of the Olhiust. brings us the following: A CHANCE FOR SPECULATORS. Owing to the large quantity of real estate in the market improved lands in Mississippi aro now selling fornuich less than their real value. Many fine estates are sacrificed under the ham mer. This state of things is accounted for by the fact, that for several years past a vast, a mount of surplus capital has been invested in real est ite, and many planters and merchants have gone indebt for the purchase of wild un cultivated acres. The instalments are now becoming due, and to meet the payments, the lauds are forced into market, and sold by the sheriff nt half their original cost. FINANCES OF TEXAS. The information which we give in relation to Texas may be found no doubt, of great im portance to those who are cmgrating or about to emigrate to that country. It., is no more than justice to such persons that they should know facts at this time, so as to enable them to prepare themselves to meet with case wherev er they may have to pay in the way of cus toms —taxes on lands—or dues on lands. The whole amount of Treasury notes issued from the Republic of Texas, is one million ninety eight thousand dollars. From this amount there has been received from customs for the first quarter, near, $360,000, which will be paid into the Treasury department after the first of this month. The land dues to the government amounts to six hundred and fifty-nine thousand dollars— the taxes to near half a million. Then add to this the three other quarters for customs, taking the first quarter for a data, and we have nine hundred thousand dollars. In addition to all this, the government will lay out two cities— one on Matagorda Island, to be called the city of Calhoun. The other Austin city and to be the seat of Government hereafter. It is a reasonable calculation to say, that, the sale of lots will amount to at least, in the two cities, one million of dollars. Ry this calculation, which is a reasonable and correct one, the Government will have in its hands this year, three-millions fifty-nine thousand dollars—more, than the whole debt of Texas. From estimation from the land de partment, the public land not touched by loca tions or grunts at lhis time, exceeds one hun dred and sixty millions of acres. A largeqtian tily of which is equal to any in the republic. The Government cannot extend further issues of promisory notes to more than seventy-five thousand dollars, as specified and restricted by luw. A FAIR HlT.—The New York Literary Gazette of Saturday relates the following anecdote in illustration of English notions of the U. Slates : “A cockney sportsman, who had read with delight Mr. Hoffman’s new work on the wild sports of America, took passage in a London packet, and arrived here dur ing the present week, in search of wild game. He brought letters to a highly respectable merchant, witii wtiom wet aro well acquainted, and disiied, after deliver ing them, to be directed to the best hunting grounds without delay, as he could only remain here a a few days, purposing to return in the Great'Western. He said that he came to New York principally to shoot bears. Our mercantile friend, satisfying himself that his new acqnnintaricc was per fectly serious, informed him that the sport hod been greally cut up here, and recom mended him to proceed to Philadelphia, lie departs for that city this day; and wo call upon riur friends there to extend to the distinguished stranger their usual hospi tality. Daniel Sweatman. of Alabans, one of the prisoners taken at Windsor, has been pardoned by Gov. Arthur. “Sweat” was , never destined to be hung or shot. When he was captnrcd Col. Prince ordered him to be shot immediately ; at this he very coolly folded his arms and said, “shoot and be d—d.” This display of courage had the desired effect, a gallant officer of the British forces at Malden interfered, and his life was saved. Worthy of Imitation. —The tailors of Buffalo have presented an editor in that city with an entire suit of clothes.. Guess he did’nt get them before he needed them, if he resemdles any of the rest of tlic craft. —Tenn Sentinel. There have been two more attempts to fire the city of Mobil. The Insurance com panies have offered a reward of S2OOO for [he discovery of the incendiaries. n i, - Thf. wav the MATTER IS tsolil IS purified by lire—woman by gold—Mid man by woman. Fire purifies gold—gold ni|>’- “.’.ti corrupts •rv'H *. Vjpj