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About The McIntosh County herald, and Darien commercial register. (Darien, Ga.) 1839-1840 | View Entire Issue (May 14, 1839)
(§§!)£ ( f|§t: ( |§ntelj |l§o#ttftj llfm#* UY H. STYLES BELL. Terms of Siiibsrription. TIIK Herald is printed on a large imperial \ sheet, with net? type, at S3 per year, in nd ’ ance, or Si at the expiration of the year.— No subscription received for a less term tiian one year, and no (taper discontinued until nil arrearages are paid, except at the option of the publisher. ■tales of Advertising, f jiueas of Cifciinn, .... js;t 00 Nat tee to Debtors and Creditors, (40 days) 3SO Pour Mouths Notices, - - - - 4 00 Sales of Personal Property, by Executors, Administrators,or Guardians, - 325 Sales of Lands or Negroes, bv do - - 475 Application for Letters of Dismission, • 600 Other .idverttsunenta, #I.OO per square first inser tion. and 50 cents per square for cncli epgtinuanee. I Advertisements should always have the desired ! munirer of insertions marked upon them when hand ed in. otherwise they will be published till forbid and charged accordingly. o- Notice of th# sale of Laud and Negtocs by Administrators. Executors, or Guardians, must be ; uuUiaised utliv days previous to the day of snle. The sale Personal Property, in like manner. I anal he ptridfehed forty days previous to the tale. Notice to debtors and creditors of an estate, must ; b published fttriydays. sotice that Application will be made to the Court i f Ordinary, tor leave to sell Land or Negroes, must ! i ur momha. Notice that Application will In* made for Letters of must I** published thirty days, and j ot*Letters of Dismission, six months. State* of Geo,—Liberty County. UY Elijah Raker, Clerk of*the Court ofOrdina j ry for said county. James Dorsey, and knrali Smyl&e, have applied for letters of administration of the goods and chat- } tell, rights and credits, that were of Archibald Smy lie, flic of said c6un y, deceased. These are therefore, to cite ami admonish all and : singular, t e hind red ami creditors oT the said de- : erased, to file their objections, (if any there be) in my ! office at HinravilK on or before the first Monday, in | May next, otherwise the said letters may lie granted ! as applied for. Given under my hand and seal at HinfsviUe, in said county, this fourth day of Afmch, in the year j L. 8. of our laOid. eighteen hundrotl and thirty nine, j and m the sixty third year of American Inde* | pendenc\ pa 9 E. BAKER, C. C. G L. C. ficorsriti raaiiiirn County. Joseph Thomas, applies for let- j ▼ T of and mi lustration of the goods, chattels, j rights, and cr*lha of Dymau Dai row, lau* of auid county, daceas.d. These are therefore, to cite and admonish, all and singular, the kindred and creditors of the sit’d de ceased, to file tie ir objections (if any they have) in the office of the Clerk of the Court of Ordinary at Jefferson, w ithin the time prescribed by law, other wise th* said Joseph Thomas may obtain the letters applied for Given under the Ireml and seal of the clerk at L. 8. sakl Court, this sixth day of February, eighteen hundred and thirty-nine. ap 9 JOHN BAILEY, C. C. 0. C. Fifty Dollars Howard. RAN AW AY from the subscriber iu Humbert; on Lite 28th, February, liis negro ntan THOMAS, lie is about 28 years of age, five feet 10 inches high, dark Complected, and pleasant countenance He is a blacksmith by trade ami has doubtless procured j free papers from some per-on. and lias gone to work ! at that business either in Sou’ll Carolina or Georgia. | lie is in all probability lurking about Savannah, ns I understand he in the steaml'wit “Thorne.’ I When be left, he had on a red flannel sltitl, black | sattittet pantaloons, and now broadclothcoataitd new . beaver lutt. Any person delivering said negro to me, or will lodge hint in any safe jail so that I can tret him. shnll receive the above reward 6 . R I. TOWSQN. Jttn. Hamburg S. C. Match 2lth, 1839 —ap 2-3o> CKOilhll LUMBKR C’OM'J*. ; subscribers, agents of said company, j JL offer to contract for delivery ai Darien, or elsewhere, of hard Pine lumber of the best] quality, sawed to any dimensions that may be j required, and ut low prices. They will have on hand at their depot in this city, u good sup- j ply of lumber of various sires. WOODBURY & STACK POLE. Darien, Jau. 22,1831). 3w Justices Comt for 18311. A COURT forth- 271st District, will beholden at the Court House in the city of Darien, on the 4tli Monday of each month—to wit Monday 2bth January, 1839. Monday 25tli February, “ Monday 25th March, 1 Monday 22H April, “ Monday 27th May, Monday 21th June, “ Monday 22d July, Momlay 2tith August, “ Monday 23d September, “ Monday 28ili (Jetober, “ Monday 25th November,” Monday 03d December, “ A pannel of 7 Jurors, will be drawn at each term after the first. NELSON W. CARPENTER, Justice of tiw Peace for 271st, District, Darien, January OOst, 1830. Tlic Carolina Hotel, AT PKIVATE sale. THE proprietor of the CAROLINA ‘ii! . HOTEL, in Broad street, Charleston, ’J {I \ \o£ w'shing to engage in other pursuits, of- j fers his valuable establislunent at pri vate sale. The Carolina Hotel ranks amonxi the very best establishments of the kind in the United States, is situate in the fines, street, in the immediate vicinity of the most busy 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 t., commanding a front of 51 feet, with anew and ele gant three story range of brie.k buildings running from Broad, to Chalmers street, 200 feet. On Chal mers street there b also a large three story brick j building, of 51 feet front; all the buildings are con nected with each other. On the premises arc 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 an establishment, all of which is neat and new, and has been carefully selected. Any one w ishing 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 ghe 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, Owner Broad street, and East Bay, Charleston. ■P 9 zt &rn OF every desorption executed at the of fice of THE DARIEN HER ALD. jisot wbwwswm jsli NEW GOODS. SUBSCRIBER is just opening a fresh as- JL aorttnent of select ’ Consisting of the following article!, via ; Irish Sheet ings; Irish Linens; Linen Cambric Hdkfs; Russia & Scotch Diapers; Curtain do; Bird Eye do; Linen Table Covers; Corded Skirts; English and American j Prints; French Muslins; Picnic Gloves; Fancy and | Satin Scarfs; Gnuze .Shawls; .Spun Silk Hose; black j ! and white half hose do; Cotton do; Footings, Edg ings, and Inserting*; Cap Ribbons; Linen and Cot- 1 ton Musquiui; Nettings; Marseilles Vesting; striped Lasting*; Linen Drills, and Georgia Nankeens, for ■ Gentlemen’s Pantaloons. Together with a variety of j other articles, all of which will be sold cheap for cash. Ladies’ and Gentlemen, are respectfully invited to call and exant me for themselves. nth 19 ** H \V. HUDNALL DOKOY StEAiYI SAW MILL, WILL lump on hnnd a large supply of LUMBER of all descriptions. Cargoes wilLbe sawed to Order. Five wharves arc at-j inched to the Mill, and the Lumber will be de livered within reach of the vessel loading. Apply to P. R. YONGE & SONS, Agents. Darien. January 22. 1839. YEW SPRING A SrfflfflEß GOODS. THE SUBSCRIBERS have received in addition in their stock a variety of SPRING & SUMMER GOODS, amongst Which arc French Painted Muslins Light Prints Check'd, Cambric and Swiss Muslins Black Gro de Swiss Silks Furniture Dimity Linen Sheetings Titblo Diapers Byrdseye and Russia do Cotton Fringes Irish Linen Dress Shawls and Scarfs Linen Cambric Handkerchiefs Parasol* and Umbrellas Corded Skirts Silk Kid and Lisle Gloves Silk and Cotton Hosiery Ladies’ Corsets Georgia Nankeens Drillings, Vestings, &o. &c. Which are offered on the usual terms by J A S. II ROKKNBAUUH. Darien, March 26, 1839. ('o-1 *artnershlp \oflc e. THE SUBSCRIBERS have formed a Co-partner- j ship In the city of Darien, for the sale of Dry Goods, Groceries, Hard Ware, Ac. Slc. under the style of N. M. Calder & Cos. N M. CALDER, JOHN HUGHEY, n. j. McDonald. Darien, Feb. sth, IB*J9. *frd> j- Notice* \LL persons indebted to the subscribers by note or account, will please settle the same forthwith. CALDER & HUGHEY Darien, Feb. sth, 1839. mh 2G-2m CIAP'I !IJM KVf); or, The W./nnl of lhe Sen. A Romance. By the Author of “The South west,” “Lafilte,’ 4 “Burton,”2vols. Just rcccvi ed and for sale nt the Herald Office. mhs Notice. THE .SUBSCRIBERS woul T inform the citizens of Darien, and its vicinity that they will earry on the HOUSE CARPENTERING BUSINESS, in all its brnnehex, Imilding or repairing. Ail contract* ! promptly attended to. N. B. They also eontract now, for buildings to be . finished next w inter. mh 20 &D.&J. P. WOODBURY, j S’<£.- leeward* ESCAPED on the 18th inst. from iny 1 custody, YVILLIAM GREEN, under sen tence of imprisonment in the Jail of Mcln tosh County, for harboring a slave. The said William Green is about forty years of age, fair complexion, and has a wild express ion of countenance. lie resides on the Honey Gall Creek, a Branch of the Alata malia, in Glynn County, and is well known in and about that neighborhood as a notori ous rattle thief. The above reward will be pa hi on delive ry of said Green to myself, at rny residence, or to my deputy at Brnnswiek. JOHN FRANKLIN, ap 30 SheriffG. Cos. Fresh Raisins, &t% : A /V BOXES FRESH RAISINS—AIso, j tIvF Preserved Ginger Scott’s assum'd Pickles in Jars Fresh .Sweet Oil, and Superior Imperial and Young Hyson Tea. Just received and for sale by feb26 J & S 11. ROKENBAUGH. Carriage for Sale. THE SUBSCRIBERS have for sale a splendid upw four wheel BUGGY CARRIAGE and HAR NESS. The Carriage is made of the best materials, and is warranted first rate, togethai with the Harness. They will he sold cheap. mh % S. I). & J. P. WOODBURY Darien Hunk Hills. BILLS on the above Banks taken by the subscri ber for DRY GOODS —consisting of French, English and American Prin.s; Silk Lawns; Ghallie’s Paramatta Cloth, (anew article for gentlemen’s Summer Coals, &c,V, 5-1, 4-4, 3-4 bleached and ! brown Sheetings ana Shirtings; Georgia Nankeens; white Jeans; coloured Drillings; Damask Table Dia per; Birds Eye Diaper; Vestings; Bear Duck; Ho siery, &c. &c. Also, for Groc ries, Hardware, Cut lery, Hats, Shoes, Iron, or any other articles I may i have for sale. My assortment is now good. SAMUEL M. STREET. ! ap Bth Broad street, (Vivian’s Range.) Notice. ALL Parson* having rlaims against the Estate of WILLIAM A. DUNHAM, late of M’ln j tosh county, deceased, are requested to hand in their j claims duly attested—and all those indebted, are likewise desired to make immediate payment to the subscriber. CHARLES WEST, Executor. Darien, April 9th, 1839. Brought to Jail, /\y the 14th inst. a negro named AHRAHAM, says lie belongs to Mr. Potter, of .Savannah. He is about 5 feet 6 inches in height, dark complex ion, says his age is 23. ! BENJAMIN GHOOMEB, Jailor, M'lntosh County. Darien, April 16tb, 188 ft. IJoartl*. 50,000 feet up country saived BOARDS, 7-8 to 1 inch thick. For sale by mh 12-3 t SAMUEL PALMER. DUNBAI MOSEL, Attorney at Law, Brunswick, Geo. j his professional services to thepti’ lie. : X * He •will practice in the Courts of the Eastern I District, and attend atricUyto any business entrusted ’ to his charge. ap 9 DAKIEN, GEORGIA, TUESDAY MORNING, MAY 14, 183‘J. DARIF.N, Bth April 1839. Notice IS HEREBY GIVEN to DOCTOR WIL LIAM C. DANIKLL, that / (nol ” Quirun i/ue") have, this day, deposited in the Post Office at Darien, a letter to hull at Savannah— which letter is printed, iontains “ thurt ac count of hoiiic remarkable incidents ” iu his life, anil is not “.4 Challenge .” THE PUBLIC Is informed that copies of the above men tioned letter may be had by application to me, at Darien. Alt postages being paid. THE DOCTOR Is informed that he may have two hundred and five copies—/Vee— gratis — for — nothing — by him to be distributed lo each member of the Legislature of Georgia, in the year 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 Cos istitutionalist; the Georgia Journal; the Standard of Union, and the Macon Mes senger, arc requested to give the above two insertions and forward their bills to tin office of the M’intosh County Herald, for payment, ap 9-2 t RIOO He ward. ■fib ANA VVAY from tlie subscriber about the lOtlt I inst. a negro fellow, [a jobbing carpenter] nam ed DICK, or RICHARD, about 25 years of age, and 5 feet, 9 or 10, incites high; be is a good looking ne gro, of black complexion; has a grunt look, and speaks very impertinently, and was, when a boy, accustomed to house work. It is supposed be will make for Charleston, or Georgetown, where his lather (named Abraham) is thought to be he having been sold in Charleston some years ago Richard has hern for the last 12 or 18 months taking carpen ter's jobs on bis own account, both in the city ami neighborhood, and is well known in Bitrkc county, and at the Richmond Baths, where he was engaged all last summer. 1 will give the above reward if ta ken out of the state, and brought to meat Augusta, or fifty dollars if lodged in some safe jail where I can get him, nnd a suitable reward if taken up in this neighborhood on cither side of the river. JOHN CARMICHAEL. April Ifi §9OO Reward. A BSCONDF.D from iny plantation on the 2d in ,/m. stant, my negro mail SAM, and woman DE LIA, both very dark complected: SAM is 38 or 40 years of age, 5 feet H or 9 inches high, inclined to he grey—had on when he left country home spun clothes. DELIA is about 40 years of age, stout made, and a little pocked marked Said negroes are supposed to have been taken off by a man calling himself Willinm Bowen, from whom the same was purchased. The above reward of jp2oo will be 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 nnd delivery in any jail in this State, for each of said negroes, with all reasonable expenses. 4UCHARD HERRINGTON. Seriven County, March 4th—ap 10 Prospectus OP THE GENTLEM AN S MAGAZINE. ■[■TOW publishing, in monthly numbers, thelarg _Lul est and chewiest periodical in the United States, THE GENTLEMAN S MAGAZINE, edited by Win. E. Burton, Philadelphia. 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Several Engravings will be given in the course of the year, arid the proprietors pledge themsetvesto produce an agreeable book—an epi tome of Life’s adjunctive*—a Literary Melange, pos sessin” variety to suit all palates, and sufficient in -crest ’to command a place upon the parlor table of every gentleman in the United States. An Engraved Title Page, of superior production, embracing every possible variety of EDITORIAL DISPLAY, anil executed in the first style of Art, by J. A. Adams, of New York, accompanies the Octo lier Number. TERMS —Three Dollars per annum, in advance. ’ To induec subscribers to forward their names imnte ’ 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 Christinas next. The subscription to the Gentle man’s Magazine will, for a single copy, be invariably Three Dollars per annum, payable in advance ; but a Five Dollar Bill will produce Two Copies to the some 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 Georgia—Mclntosh County. WHEREAS, Roswell King, applies for letteis of dismission on the estate of Pierce Butler, late of retfh County deceased. These are therefore to cite and admonish all, and singular the. kindred and creditors of said deceased to be and appear at my office within the time | ro scribed by law, to shew cause, if any exist, why said letters should not be granted. Given under my hand at office, this 23d day of February, 1839. J. E. TOWNSEND, feb 26 Clerk, C. O. Georgia—Mclntosh County. WHEREAS, John Hutson, applies for letters of Administration of the Estate of Ann Hutson, late of said county deceased. These are therefore, to cite and admonish all, and singular the kindred and creditors of said deceased to be and appear at my office within the time prescribed by law, to shew cause, if any exist, why said letters should not be granted. . Given under my lautJ at office, this —id day of February. 1530. J. E. TOWNSEND, fib 28 Clerk, C. 0. g® atKa^gft STANZAS, TO THK MEMORY OP RICHARD BACON, JR. “YVe liave been friends together. In sunsliinc and in shade.” 11 To Death’s lonesome vale thou hast gently de scended, And mnde thy cold bed with the grave of the Year.” Friend of my soul! while yet I hear Thy kindly voice’s farewell tone, Thou sleeiwst with the slumbering year, And wintry winds around liter moan 1 Gone, with thy geniu’s kindling fire— Thy manhood’s glorious promise vain; And I must tune my mournful lyre, To breathe for thee a funeral strain. All! feebly roams my hnnd along, O’er trembling chords to sadness strung; For thee, thou child of joyous song! How can the solemn dirge be sung 1 Full oft my lyre its note of wo, Hatli waked, when grief my soul to bend ; How shall I hid its numbers (low, For thee, mine own familiar friend 1 Tliou art not dead—l see thee still, For Memory wakes her magic power ! Again we climb the wooded lrill, Or seek the valley’s vine-clad bower; Now by the wild brook’s prattling stream We roam, witli careless spirits blest, Or watch the day-god’s parting gleam Gusli from the chambers of the West. “Tis noontide in the leafy June I Beneath some tall tree’s fragrant shade, Where soft winds breathe a whis|itted tune, Our forms along the turf are laid ; And there while griefs and cares retire, A ml we, alone, In peace recline, Tliou kindly list’st my simple lyre, And 1 do joyous list to thine. The Autumn’s pensive days liave come, And Death o’er Nature’s bloom hath passed ; Among the funeral woods we roam, Where leaves art rustling on the blast. And while the breeze goes wailing by, And trees their leafless branches wave, We muse how Life’s bright hopes must die, And Man lie slumber ill the grave ! Alas ! alas !—and tliou art dead ! The friend so true—beloved so well! While Hope her wildest visions spread — Fond Memory, cease thy magic spell! There’* gloom along thy mountain’s side, And by thy free brook’s pebbly shore ; There’s sadness in thy Summer’s pride, For thou, my friend, will come no moVe ! And thou didst die in manhood’s prime, From home and fond delights away ; While I, beneatli a distant clime, Was doomed in loneliness to stray. I might not murk thy gathering care, When sickness lone thy form did how ; Nor cheer thy sorrowing henrt’s despair, ‘ Nor wipe the deutii-dump from thy brow ! Anil thou dost sleep that hallowed sleep Which earth may ne’er disturb again; No more thy sorrowing eye shall weep, No more thy breast shnll throb with pain ! And oft at morn, at noon, and eve, With pensive steps w 11 mourners come, Alone o’er buried hops to grieve, And weep above thy narrow home. But now, farewell! —hard, hard to speak, Toone of heart so pure ns thine! These flowing tears adown my cheek Too well proclaim the grief of mine. In yon bright heaven a glorious rest, We trust, henceforth remains for thee; But the cold turf which wraps thy breast Is all that now remains to me ! C. W. Everest. Norik Carolina, Feb. 2,1839. “Poor Jack.” —“Let no eye be turned away from this until it in read.” The following account is given by the Rev Leigh Richmond, an having been re lated by a Minister in a meeting of the British and the Foreign Bible Society. A drunkard was one day staggering in drink, on the brink of the sea. Ilis little son by him three years of age, being very hun gry solicited him for something to eat. The miserable father, concious of his pov erty and the criminal cause of it, in a kind of rage, occasioned by this intemperance and despair, hurled the little innocent into the sea, and made off with himself. The poor little suffererer, finding a floating plank by his side on the water, clung to it. The wind soon wafted him and the plank into the sea. A British man of war passing by discov ered the plank and the child, and a sailor at the risk of his own life, plunged into the sea and brought him on board, He could inform them little more than that his name was Jack. They gave him the name of Poor Jack. He grew up on board that man of war, behaved well, and gained the love of all the officers and men. He became an officer of the sick and wounded depart ment. During an action of the late war an aged man came under his care, nearly in a dying slate. He was all attention to the suffering stranger, but could not save his life. The aged stranger was dying, and thus addressed this kind young officer:—‘For the great attention you have shown me, I give vou this only treasure that I am pos sessed of. Presenting him a Bible, bear ing the stamp of the British and Foreign Bible Society. It was given me by a lady —has been the incans of my conversion, and has been a great comfort to me. Read it, and it will lead you in the way you should go. He went on to confess the wickedness and profligacy of his life before the reception of his Bible ; and among other enormities, how he cast his little sou, three years old, into the sen, because he cried to him for needed food. The young officer inquired of him the time and place, and found here was his own history. Rea der, judge, if you can, of his feclicg, to re cognise iu the dying old man, his lather, a dying penitent under his care ; and judge of the feelings of the dying penitent, to find that the young stranger was his son, the very sou whom he had plunged into the sea, and had no idea but that he bail imme diately perished. A description of their mutual feelings will not be attempted. The old man soon expired iu the arms of his son. The latter left the service, and became a pious preacher of the Gospel. On clos ing his story, the minister in the meeting of the Bible Society, bowed to the chairman and said, “ Sir, /am Poor Jack!” THE LOTTERY TICKET. We once heard the Rev. E. T. Taylor, the far-famed mariner preacher, of Boston, relate a story, in his own peculiar style, of the most pathetic character. A lady of his own acquaintance, who was in good cir cumstances, had married a mail who event ually became a drunkard—and so far ru ined himself and family that his wife, though a woman of a delicate constitution, w r as reduced to the alternative of providing a scanty subsistence for her husband and children by her own labor at the wash tub. At length however, heartbroken and destitute, she determined, much as she disliked that species of gambling, to pur chase a lottery ticket, with the hope that, I if she should be successful, her husband might once more enter into business and become a steady man. She accordingly obtained the ticket, and laid it carefully aside. Time rolled around, and the day for the drawing of the lottery arrived. The result was announced, and with unspeak able joy the poor woman was informed that her ticket had drawn a prize of ten thousand dollars. Almost frantic with joy she ran to her husband, and, throwing her arms about his neck, said, “ O !my hus band, now we shall he happy—now we shall live as we once lived ; 1 have drawn a large prize in the lottery !” “Don’t be too sure of that, woman,” said the wretch, looking into her face with the utmost composure, “ Don’t be too sure of that; for I found the ticket in your drawer, and gave it to Mr. for a glass of rum !” The transition from sudden joy to sudden grief was so great that, no sooner had he concluded, than the unhappy woman dropp ed at his feet, it lifeless corpse ! Alas ! these stories, touching as they are, are nevertheless stern realities ! * Reason for not Fiohtino a dewel. — M. ile Langcrie and M. de Montando, both remarkable ugly men, quarrelled, and chal lenged one another. Arrived at the place of meeting, M. de Langcrie stares his ad versary in the fare, and says, “I have just reflected: I can’t fight you.” With this lie returned his swoid into the scabbard. “How, sir, what does this mean ?” repli ed M. dc Montandc. “It means that I shall not fight.” “What! you insult me, and refuse to give me satisfaction ?” “If I have insulted you, I ask a thousand pardons ; but I have an insurmountable reason for not fighting with you.” “But, sir, may one know it ?” “It will offend you.” “No, sir-” “Youassure me?” “Yesl assure you.” , “Well, sir, this is it—if we fight, accord ing to all appearances, I shall kill you, and then l shall remain the ugliest fellow in the kingdom.” His adversary could not help laughing, and they returned to the city good friends. Seminole Anf.cdote. The intrepid bravery and tender affec tions of one of these Indians are strikingly verified in the following anecdote: —Hav- ing taken refuge for some time in the city of San Augustine, and got the name of j Peter, he moved his residence to St. Anas- j tasia’s Island, which makes the hnrboi of the city, employed as a hunter by Mr. Fish, an English gentleman, who owned that Isl and, and who give it eeledrity by the cul ture of the sweet orange. Peter being ab sent, a party of his enemies crossed the riv er, surprised the habitation, and murdered his wife and two children. On his return lie did not hesitate a moment on the course to pursue; he fastened up his house con taining the dead, repaired to Mr. Fish’s dwelling, near by, to borrow a gun that Mr. Fish had made with a large bore, ex pressly for shooting ducks in large flocks. In this Peter put an uncommon load of buck shot, and getting into his canoe, pro ceeded up the river, all alone, about six miles, to a creek, on the main, as though instanct had pointed out to him the way they went. He had ascended the creek, when a distant ernyke, curling above the forest, apprised him of an Indian camp. He landed, and, taking his course through the woods of a hostile country, discovered four Indians sitting on a log, side by side., and a fifth near by employed in cooking ; he circled round so as to bring the four in range, crept up close, fired, threw down his gun and rushed up with his tomahawk. The report, the fall of four Indians, and Peter’s presence, armed with sucli a weap on, were so sudden and impressive, that the one who was cooking neither attempted defence nor fight, but became an easy prey !to vengeance. But this time he found that VOL,. 1. NO. 17. one of the fallen was but wounded, and was endeavoring to reach his arms ; but Peter had the advantage in being already armed. On searching, he found the scalps of his wife and children stretched and hung out to dry, which he brought off’, with several articles of property they had stolen, some of their arms, and the scalps of the five In dians he had killed, the greatest of all trophies, in his conception; returned home and buried his wife and chihlrtn the same evening, and literally pined to death over their grave. This anecdote I had from Mr. Fish, who pointed out to me poor Pe ter's grave. [St. Augustine Herald.) Queen Victoria. —The Richmond En quirer published a letter from Mr. Ste venson, our Minister to Great Britain, in which he describes the person, appearance, and has its of the Queen of Great Britain. Mr. Stevenson writes from opportunities of close and frequent observation, which few persons, even of the highest rank in the kingdom, can have had. He says. Os the Queen, I suppose you will expect me to say something, and express my opin ion. The pi css in both countries gives the most flattering accounts of her beauty, wisdom &.C. Indeed, it is the fashion here to represent her (as I suppose they do nil Queens) as something short only of Divin ity. Now I will tell you very frankly what I think of her, and I had a fair oppor tunity of judging. As to her person and face they are pretty fairly represented in many of the numerous paintings and prints, some of which I suppose you have seen. Sully’s I think as good and pleasing a like ness as any that has been taken. It has been sent to Philadelphia. None of them, however, do justice to the expression of the face. It is certainly not the sort I should cull beautiful—but, when lightened tip by animated conversation, the lace is full of expression and sweetness, and strongly indicative of character. Her man ners are bland and unaffected ; indeed ,there is a simplicity and frankness and engaging affability about her quite remarkable for a Queen. Another striking thing is, the total absense of all ambitious display or desire for admiration, which might be ex pected from so young a person, and she a Sovereign. No one can approach the present Queen without being struck, not only with her easy and charming deportment, and that pecular softness ol disposition and temper, for which she is so remarkable, but with the entire self command and repose of manner, which might be expected to guard a Sovereign of more advanced years and experience. She has, besides, all Un characteristic bon naturel and good temper of the English. In relation to the Queen’s personal habits, I understand she rises between 8 niidfi, breakfasts at 10 devotes herself to busi ness till 2, then exercises, generally on horseback, and that at a rapid pace, going at the rate of 10 or 12 uu hour. Os her horsemanship I had an opportunity of judging, having myself been present in one of her excursions of2Q miles in about 1d hours ; and I ennfassure you ; if she docs not ride like Geasar, or hunt like Diana, she is yet one of the boldest and finest female riders I oversaw. Her attention to business is such, that I understand, if a despach conics while she is at dinner, she commonly rises and attends to it. She has a turn and eupnciiy for bus iness, and will, as she advances, doubtless take even a deeper interest in affairs of stale than she docs at present. Excesbivf, Politeness.— Nine unhappy men were appointed to receive sentence of death for various offences. It so hap pened, however, that in ordering the names of the unfortunate parties, on being convic ted, on his own slip of paper, Baron Graham omited one of them. The ninewere brought up, and the eight whose names were on his paper, received sentence. They then quiled the bar. The ninth stood in mule; astonishment. The clerk, perceiving the mistake called to his lordship, just as lie was opening the door to leave the court. Turning about and casting a look of sur prise at the prisoner, he hurried back to his seat, and putting on the black cap ho addressed the prisoner in the following manner, bowing at the same time a profus ion ofbows: “My good man, 1 realy beg your pardon for the mistake, it was entirely a mistake—'altogether a mistake, I assure you. The sentence of the court on you is, that you be taken to the place of execution, and there hanged by tho neck until you are dead. And the lord have mercy oa your soul. Ido beg ycur pardon. I’m very sorry for the mistake, I assure you.” So saying, ho made another low bow to tlio unhappy man, and than quitted the court. We read in the Bucks County liiU-ligcuccr, a correspondence, creditable in no ordinary degrecioa gentleman in Philadelphia, who after a laps'-’of about 18 years, and alter tho death of his father, fully liquited, principal and interest, the debts of that father ; and wholy by means accumulated by his own industry.” He states, that his father settled above Newtown, Bucks county, some years ago, endowing to a series of misfortune be was obliged to surrender, unable to satisfy the claimsofthose whoreposed confidence in him, lie gave up every thing and removed to Phil adclphia, where jii- s two sons > at l^e mere boys, obtained situations in stores, am! by industry and fidelity, the way of advance ment Was opened before them. The elder, the one above alluded to, commenced business on his own account, and by unwearied atten tlon and strict economy, accumulated sufficient, to pay off his lather’s debts, which amounted to 85000! It is a rare thing to meet with such honesty. What an exa *f*§te youth of our country! What a lesson to jjiflijfc who have been unfortunate in the life ! Honesty like this will always be JK ded. He is a man, all arc not tnH tffiKPTiars the human form.” . *b\|
