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UY H. STYLES BELL.
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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
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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
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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\|