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NEW SERIES-YOL. I., NO. 3.
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colm McLeod, one of the company some
distance along the road the less to at
tract alien lion. A great many met him
as they were going home from church,
and his appearance only caused occa
sionally a laugh and a stare at the tall,
awkward, slipshod appearance of the
ungainly Irish woman. McDonald, of
Kingsburg, Malcolm McLeod, McKin
non,-of the Strailh, and the lovely Flora
were taken, carried to London and con
fined in the tower as prisoners of state,
to be tried for their lives for “ aiding
and abetting attempts against the life
and crown of Kirfg George II.”
The Prctepdor had ««»eaped Lt> Fqake,
and not fifteen thousand persons existed
“ the kingdom who bad sfiow£l any
miscellaneous.
From tha Boston Tost.
attachment to him while be was in arms,
so that the good KingGcorgc’slife was in
a great deal ofdangert Prince Frederick,
the licir-apparent, and great-grand-fath-
cr of Queen Victoria, visited Flora ir
prison, and by his,exertions she was ac
quitted. The nobility honored her with
calls, and magnificent gifts to that ex
tent that the tradition exists here, in
Carolina, that “ she received golden or
naments aud coin enough to fill half
a bushel.” Her residence, during the
time she retrained in London was sur
rounded by the cart iages of the nobility
Flora McDonald—Her Heroism in aiding an( J gentry, who calicd on her personal-
the escape of the Pretender—A Prince oj | v> an ,| congratulnted her on “.her en-
the Royal Family broiling Fish Jor his terprise, her courage, her loyalty, and
Supper, and sleeping in a Cate—Ilis her release.” Lady Primrose, a favor-
Ronumtic Escape—Malcolm McLeod | cr of the Pretender introduced her to
going lobe Hanged—Flora a Prisoner I court society; she was presented to
-—Acquitted—Marries—Sails to Sorlh King Georgpc, and in his rough style, he
Carolina—In the Revolution true to her | inquired, 14 How could you dare succor
oath of Allegiance—The Americans lie- i thd enemy of my crown and kingdom !”
torious—Ret urn to Scotland—Lady Flo* | \VIth perfect simplicity, she replied,
ra heads the Ship's Crrir ami Flogs the {«« Jt was no more than 1 would have done
Frenchman—Arrives Home—Sleeps with j for your majesty, had you been in the
her Kindred. * like situation.
Fayetteville, N. C., May 2?-, 18t7. A coach and four were fitted up for
One of the early settlers in North Car- her return to Scotland, and for her es-
olinn, was the celebrated Flora McDon- corl she chose a fellow prisoner, Malcom
aid, who when a young and beautiful I McLeod, who usctl afterwards to boast
girlaidcd in the romantic escape of “the | that he “went to London to be hanged
Pretender,” Prince Charles Edward Stu- j hut rode hack in a coach and four with
art. I nrn indebted to the courtesy of! Flora McDonald.”
some of the inhabitants here, to the Ilis-1 She afterwards married Allen McDon
ald, the son of the Laird of Kingsburg,
and heir to his estate and title; so that
she became mistress of the same man
sion where the un fortunate Prince passed
his first night in the Isle of Skye, aftei his
romantic escape from the king’s troops.
Dr. Johnson and Mr. Boswell, in their tour
to the Hebrides in 1773, were hospita
bly entertained by Laird Allan and La
dy Flora, and had the great satisfaction
of being put to sleep in the same bed
where the Prince Charles Edward slept
twenty-seven years before. She then
possessed the enthusiasm, and much of
the beauty face and form of her youth,
and in the Doctor’s Journal we learn
that she and her husband ‘were about
preparing to emigrate to the colony of
North Carolina, to join her friends on
Cape Fear Uivcr.
They moved here, and resided a num
ber ofyears at Fay *ttevillc, and after
wards farther up the country. There
arc persons living near here at this time
who knew her, and recollect her staid,
matronly look, as she attended church.
In a former letter I spoke of the two
creeks crossing at this place. There is
a tradition, here that some unseen spir
it revealed to Flora McDonald, while
Scotland, in 1S41, who visited her grave,
remarks:
There is not so much as one of that
family in the land of the living. At the
end of two years the body of her 'hus
band was deposited by her side—where,
alas, all her ofispring now silently slum
ber. Thus is Flora McDonald—she who
was once beautiful as the flower of the
morning—now reposing beneath a gre’n
hillock, and no monumet as yet ey?r
been erected to perpetuate the memory
of her faithfulness or her achievements.
Thus the beauty of the world shall piss
away.”
The English historians, with all-.that
bitterness that characterizes that nation
towards an honorable foe, have never
VOLUME XV. NUMBER 14.
once in any history of England or Scot- the outward appearance of a gentleman
land, deigned to menliou her name. Not- is to bfc pitied.* * I have takenthe trou-
I am to judge of that, sir; what next V
Nothing, only I love you, aid take a
neiespaper.*
At this, Messrs. A, B, C, and D, burst
into a loud laugh, and exclaimed in one
voice—‘ so do we—I love you to dis
traction and I take four papers! ha !
ha! ha!* •
* Silence !* said the lady; *in one
month you shall hear my answer. You
may all withdraw.*
At the end of the month the five suit
ors again'appeared. Turning to each
in succession, the lad^thus answered:
‘Riches arc not productive of happi
ness!’ ‘Boasted pdbjjity. of blood is
the poorest of all rceomme lixpdnn.*—.
Fame is fleeting ; and he that Ims but
ltlet
tory of England, written by an Ain
can, nnd to the sketches of North C;
lina,” by the Rev. Wm. II. Foote, for
the following account. After the disas
trous battle of Cullodcn, April lGih,
1740, which resulted in the total over
throw of tjm*rmy of l ' lc Pretender, ma-
ny of hil followers were taken and hang
ed, and la reward of .£30,000 ottered for
iho per: ion "of the Prince, dead or alive.
up his residence on South Uist,
onribrthcrWestcrn isles, and for a while
was conccalc#at®rmaclet with Laird
McDonald, ofClan Ronald. The officers
of King George, hearing of his place of
rendezvous, some 3000 soldiers were
sent to search for him.
It took a woman to lay a plan for his
escape, and another to execute it. La
dy McDonald proposed that the Prince
should be sent off* of the island openly,
in the garb of the female acting as ser
vant for a lady who should accompany
him. The beautiful Flora McDonald,
a relative of the Laird and Lady, was
onavisitfromthe lisle of Sky e, having
shortly before returned from Edinburgh,
where she had just completed her edu
cation. She was asked after two or
other young ladies in the house had re
fused, if she would venture to act as es
cort of tfic Prince, and conduct him to
the Isle of Skye. Her heroic reply was,
** Since I am to die, and can die butoncc,
lam perfectly willing to put my life in
jeopardy to save his Royal Highness
from the danger that now besets him.”
An officer of the King’s army named
O’Neil, who was favorably disposed to
wards the Prince, accompanied Flora
to a enve in a wild part of the island,
where they found his highness, in a
coarse, rough garb, broiling a fish for
his supper. An arrangement was made
by which the Prince was to go as an
Irishwoman named Betsey Burke and
Capt. Hugh McDonald of the King’s ar
my, the husband of Flora’s mother gave a
passport for young Neil McDonald, Miss
Flora, her waiting woman Betsey Burke,
and three others, to leave the island in
a boat. As Capt. McDonald gave a let
ter recommending •• Miss Betsey” as
«• a good spinster,” it i* supposed that
he knew or mistrusted the arrangement,
but very artlessly he appeared to know
nothing about it. Allen McDonald, of
Kingsburgb, and whom the accomplish-
•cd Flora married some four years after,
arrived about the time the party was
fohying, with a company of Ihidiqrs look
ing for the Prince. Little did he ima
gine that he was near at hand in the habit
' *1 awkward Irish girl.
val on the island a furi-
i on, their passage was a
but the oarsmen arriv-
sidence of Lady McDon-
af Skye. Flora- accora-
j to Portairc, and there
^ When they parted, the
Princb affectionately kissed herand saiJ,
« Gentle, faithful maiden, I entertain the
hope that wo shall yet meet in the pa
laceroyal.” They, however, never met
% - again—“ the hopes of the Prince were
as unsubstantial and evanescent as the
shadows of the clouds, and'tTie fogs that
rest upon the hills.” His escape was
| .not the work of his chivalry or courage,
but of woman’s tenderness and loyal
feelings of Scottish hearts. More than
fifty of the poor Highlanders had bad
charge of the Prince, and hundreds more
‘ could immediately have found him, but
not a Scottish man or woman was will
ing to betray him, though Ihe princely
fortune of $150,000 would have been
the reward. Before the Prince and Flo
ra parted, he carried the pack of Mal-
withstanding their petty spite, the name
of Flora McDonald will be a watchword
for heroism, truth and purity, when those
of the proudest nobility of that day—
even King George himself, shall be “ for
gotten, and sleep in dull cold marble.”
Why do not the “ universal British na
tion” show the magnamitj' taught them
by Shakspcnr ? In the play of King
Henry IV., where Lord Douglas, a Scot,
is taken prisoner, nnd is in the hands
and at the disposal of Prince Hal, after
wards King Henry V., the poet put into
the mouth of the Prince this eloquent
nnd magnanimous speech:
“ Go to the Douglas, and deliver him
Up to his pleasure, ransomlcss and free.
His value, shown upon our crests to-day,
Hath taught us how to cherish such high deeds,
Even in the bosom of our adversaries.
But we may ns soon expect to see the
stars shine by day, or the sun rise at
midnight as expect an English historian
to speak well of a foe, however brave oi
deserving. The celebrated Marshal Mc
Donald, among the greatest soldiers of
modern times, and one of the brilliant
lights that shone around Napoleon, was
a son of Neill McDonald, who figured
the short conflict between the Pretender
and King * George II. He moved to
F ranee after the battle of Cullodcn where
the hero of “ Wagram” was born.—
Among the most deserving, intelligent
and patriotic of the North Carolinians, are
the descendants ofthc Highland Scotch,
and long will they leach their children
to pronounce and cherish in grateful re
membrance, jhc name of Flora McDon
ald. Yours, Communifaw.
Diana, or any body of that sort, until!
the wasp seems inclined—as at this!
moment—to settle.—Then do as I do i I , [ c<
uow.* Whereupon,dipping the feathcr-
AN AFRICAN OPHELIA.
Yesterday quite an amusing c
- - c , took
before Recorder Genois. An
«... .. irc-(vu|iuu,uipjmiK iuu iuauiui- j o r ° woman, as black as the ace of
d end of the pen in the cruet of salad i s P a ^ es » kv the name of Let tv, about a
oil, I approached the wasp, and in the Y ' *
softest and tenderest manner possible, ‘ “
just oiled it upon the body—the black
and yellow, like grooms’ waistcoats—
when down it fell, turned upon its back,
and was dead in a minute. * There,
girls,’ said I,« sec what kindness—what
a little oil does. Now, here’s my moral
and example. When a husband comes
home in an ill humor, do’ntcry out and
My at him; but try a little oil—ir
treat your husband like a wasp
fact,
THE SHILLING AND GUINEA.
Some lime f^b the Duke of Buccleuch,
in one of his walks, purchased a cow
froma person in the neighborhood of
liavc ascertained th'at none of you, who! Dalkeith, and left 'orders to send it to
’ ' * his palace the following morning. Ac-
ble to find out the name of the newspa
pers for which you all subscribe, and I
have ascertained th'at none of you, who
have boasted of wealth, nobility, fame
or fashion, hare paid the jirintcr. Now
gentlemen, this is dishonest. I cannot
think of marrying a man who would be
guilty of such an net. .1 have learned
that E not only subscribes for a paper,
but pays the printer in advance ! There
fore, 1 say, he is the man ; I give him
my hand with the full conviction that he
is one in every way calculated to make
me happy! '
Need wo extend our narrative ? The
disa ppointed gentlemen disappeared quite
suddenly, and the lucky suitor was un
ited to the object of his devotion, and,
in a few years, by honesty and indus
try, became not only <a distinguished, sure
but a wealthy man, and was esteemed
by all who knew him. Young men, he
paid the printer. Is there no moral in
this ?—Washington Dee.
HOW HE WON HER.
Wc hope the moral of tho following
sketch will bo productive of much good*
Young men who arc ambitious of suc
cess in the matrimonial line should stu
dy well the grand secret. Our friend
who furnishes the sketch says he sees,
no reason why it should not be true.
A young lady of eccentric character,
but of rare endowments and extraordi
nary personal attractions, had five suit
ors equally assiduous in their attentions.
Unable to decide upon which she would
bestow her hand, she gave them notice
to call upon her at a certain hour on a
certain day, and each state his claims
in the presence of the others. At the
appointed time the lovers arrived.—
Four of them were confident of success,
but the fifth had a downcast look, and
6ighcd when he beheld the object of their
devotion.
Gentlemen,* said she, ‘you hav
Scotland that she never would prosper! honored me with proposals of marriage.
till she weut into some far country and ' ¥ 1 - - : ‘ l — j —
settled where two things were found ’
df
the form ol a cross. The legend con
tinues to say that she stopped at a place
where two trees grew cross, but she
lost some of her family, and concluded
she had not found the favored place.—
She and her husband and family then
came and settled at Cross Creeks, where
they were among the favored of Heaven.
True to the crown she had received
clemency from, and sworn allegiance to,
when the revolutionary war broke out * My
she stood by the red cross of Englaud, is rich,
and urged the Highlanders in the Cape
Fear settlements to obey the call of King
George, for troops. A portion of a bri
gade, consisting of fifteen hundred men,
was organized ; Donald McDonald was
appointed General by Gov. Martin, and
Allan McDonald the husband of Flora,
was a captain. In a fight with the whigs
they were unsuccessful. The Ameri
cans, under Cols. Lillington and Cas
well, met the enemy on the 27th Febu
ary, 177G, at the mouth of Moore’s
Creek. A fierce battle was fought, and
the royalists were entirely routed, kill
ed, capltrred and dispersed. The hus
band of Flora, with quite a number of
others, was confined as a prisoner of
war for some time. Fortune seeming to
go against them, a portion of settlers,
including some who came over just af
ter the battle of Culloden, in 174G, and
some that arrived later, concluded they
would return to their native land. The
sloop that conveyed.thera home was at
tacked by a Freach vessel, and the crew
was about to' strike the Hag, when our
heroine rushed on deck, called the men
cowards and villains, and declared they
should “ never surrender." A ball from
the enemy’s vessel wounded her severe
ly in the band, but she kept the deck,
aud by her exertions the day was gained,
and they arrived safe in Scotland. Al
lan and Lady Flora took up a residence
in their former home, in the Isle of Skye,
She used laughingly to say, “ I have
hazarded my life both for the house of
Stuart and the bouse of Hanover, and I
don’t see as I am a great gainer by it.”
This excellent woman died on the 5th
of March, 1790, and was followed to the
Cemetery
1 have, as yet, neither refused nor
ccptcd any of you. 1 now desire that
each of you will state your claims
to my hand, in order that I may know
upon what grounds I may be justified in
bestowing it.*
A answered as follows:—
“If you marry me, you shall live in
a splendid house, and have carriages at
your command, and enjoy all the luxu
ries of fashionable life. 1 am rich.*
B spoke next—
My rival has said very truly that he
and he oilers you a strong in
ducement ; but I am of noble descent.
My grandfather was a duke: and, al
though not wealthy, I am of a family
with whom an alliance would be consid
ered an honor, by the wealthiest heiress
of the land.*
C stated his claims thus
‘ I am a gentleman, and have now a
reputation that older persons hav
vied. Next year I shall run for Con
gress, and I have no doubt of success.
By marrying me your name will be
handed down to posterity.”
D twisted his moustache with the
of an exquisite, and said—
‘ Angelic creature ! *Pon my soul I
think you have already made up your
mind in my favor. You knowhow dem-
nably I am admired! Who is the most
fashionable dresser in town ? Who
rides the finest horses ? Who frequents
the most fashionable places? Who is
a better judge of the opera? Rumor
says D, but ’pon honor, I’m too modest
to insist upon it.*
When it came to E’s time to speak,
there was a pause. All eyes were turn
ed towards him. Poor fellow! he was
dreadfully embarrassed.
Well,* said the beauty, • what say
you, Mr. E ?*
in the isle of Skye. A letter-writer from
THE GOVERNMENT OF HUSBANDS.
Punch has been writing some most
sprightly descriptions of “Capsicum
House for Young Ladies,”au establish
ment in which Miss Griffin educates a
select number of young ladies in the
mystic art of being wives, jn one of
the last numbers is contained this lady’s
recipe for governing husbands, or as she
classically calls it, “ ringing their noses,”
graphically illustrated by an example.
For the benefit of the wives that arc
to bo in our circle of readers, but who
will have no opportunity of receiving the
personal instructions of Miss Griffin, we
extract the lesson at length :
Don’t tell me,” said Miss Griffin,”'
kindness is the true killer, gotten illus
trate the agreeable fact; fnr-it^OiipsTCura
House no natural object is lost upon us.
For instance, last Tuesdays whilst the
Milk Punch Class was on, an enormous
wasp came like a Lilliputian dragon into
the room, and flew from girl to girl. Im
mediately they began to scream, I own
it; this is the sad weakness I have to
fight against; but, somehow, girls
sidcr screams as property they’re born
to. Some of the girls Jlc1fc*f^t the wasp
with handkerchiefs, and that little rebel,
Miss Fluke, seized afire screen. Fcel-
ig that the time was come for me to show
my energy, I exclaimed, with all my
natural vigor, ‘Silence,ladies! silence,
for a moral and an example !’ —my usual
mode of speech when about to submit
any natural object to a social, or, 1 should
say, to a conjugal illustration.
“ ‘A moral and an example !* cried the
iris; aud—-excepting the Fluke—they
rcre as still as mice.
“ ‘Bring me the salad cruet,’was my
command; and, with a thought, the salad
cruet stood upon the table. * Now, y
ladies,* I observed, taking a pen; • now
for the moral aud example. You an
here to be finished for sensible, affec
tionate, but above all, conlroling wives
You arc here to learn how best to subdue
your natural enemies—that is, to govern
the men who may become your husbands
Yes, ladies—for somehow (l can always
tell) I felt the flow of words was coming,
and it was not for me as a woman to
stop it—‘Yes, ladies, theGriffinian Sys
tem will teach you how to control and
overthrow your tyrants. Man, marry
ing us.puts a gold ring upon our third
finger, and, in the arrogance of his bean,
makes us as he thinks, his blushing cap
tive. And shall not man, also, wear a
ring—our ring? Yes, he shall!* Here
that Miss Fluke proposed three cheers,
but, with a look nnd brow of thunder,
I stop pod her. 1 If,* said I,‘we must wear
his ring upon our fiuger, let him—and
not know it, poor wretch ! ftjr that’s the
true triumph—let him wear our ring in his
nose.’ Here Miss Fluke jumped upon a
chair and huzzaed, and—well, this time
1 did not attempt to suppress the nat
ural burst.of delight so honorable to
their feelings—all the other girls joined
in the shout.
“ *A ring in his nose,* I repeated, * not
the bit of shining gold that declares our
slavery, but an invisible, a fairy ring,
that—-like a fish with a hook—he knows
nothing about, only that fie. must follow
wherever it pull3 him. Bless you, my
dears!—there’s such rings in the noses of
thousands of husbands, though—for all
they shave every morning—they never
see ’em.*
‘And, dearest madam,* asked Miss
cording to agreement the cow was sent,
and the Duke happened to be in disha
bille, and, walking in the avenue, espied
a little fellow ineffectually attempting
to drive tho animal forward to its desti
nation. The boy, not knowing the Duke,
bawled out to him, “ Flirnun, conic her
an* gin’s a han* wi* this beast.” Tho
Duke saw the mistake, and determined
on having a joke with the little fellow.
Pretending, therefore, not to understand
him, the Duke, walked on slowly, the
boy still craving his assistance. At last
he cried, in a tone of apparent distress,
“ Come here, mun, an’ help us, an’ as
3 as any thing I’ll give you half I
!” This last solicitation had the dc-
d effect. The Duke went and lent
a helping hand. “ And now,” said the
Duke, as they trudged along, “ how
much do you think you’ll get for this
job?” “Oh, dinna ken,” said the boy,
hut I’m sure o’ something, for the folk
up at the house are good to a* bodies.”
As they approached the house the Duke
darted from the boy and entered by a
different way. He called a servant,
and put.a sovereign into his hand, say-
ivo that to the hoy that has
brought the cow.” The Duke returned
to the avenue, and was soon rejoined by
the hoy. “ Well, how much did y
get?” said the Duke. “A shilling,”
said-the boy, “an* there’s the half o’ it
t’ye.” “ But you surely got more than
a shilling,” said the Duke. No,” said
the boy, with the utmost earnestness,
“ as sure’s death that’s a* I got *; an’ d’ye
not think its a plenty?” « I do not,”
said the Duke; “there must4>e some
mistake, and, as I am acquainted with the
Duke, if you return I think I’ll get you
more.” The boy consented, back they
went.
The Duke rang the bell, and ordered
all the servants to be assembled. *“ Now,”
said the Duke to the boy, “ point me
out the person that gave you tho shill
ing.” “ It was that chap there with the
apron.yflf>oitiling to the butler. The de
linquent confessed, foil on his knees,
and attempted an apology; but the Duke
interrupted him, indignantly ordered
him to give the boy the sovereign, nnd quit
jo became desperately enamored
i»ung man some thirty years her
Some few months ago her Ado-
arried a blooming bride, and the
black-skinned, grey-haired Ophelia has
ever since been on the verge of distrac
tion. Niobc couldn’t hold a candle to
her in the way of grief-—she wept tears
enough to have filled a footbath, and
her sighs almost wore out her lungs.—
Like Ophelia, she tried to drown her
self; but unfortunately for |lie cause of
true hive, the water wastr’t deep enough,
and shaking her draggled pluata^elikenn
excited black duck, she determined not
to kill herself, hut to have revenge. It*
seems that the heart of this sable maid
en,who numbered some fift y or more sum
mers, had been won whilst she was
milking “ a cow with a crumpled horn”
on the Bayou Road. Her lover swore
eternal fidelity, so she told the Record
er, and she surrendered her virgin heart.
When she found out thathc was untrue,
and that he had resolved to take unto
himselfa wife, she was almost crazy.—
Anger, however, got the better of pas
sion, and night before hist she left-her
master’s premises, in order to make a
descenton the abode of her “false lovqr.”
Armed by the consciousness of her own I
nd a tallow candle, she gained j
TRICKING A SANK.
George Arnold, remarks a facetious
litor, a well known wag, kept a lottery
office.for several years in Broadway,
opposite the Masonic Hal! wanting
money, ho was encouraged by Mr.
Chcesbornugh, President of the Fulton
Bank, to throw in his note for discount,
which he did. and it was thrown out.
The worthy President regretted it, and
advised George to throw it in again on
the ensuing day, which he did, and they
tossed it out. llt» tried it again and
again, ami with no better success. At
length he resolved to lie even with them
and take a little sly revenge. He plac
ed up a niacard at bis window—“Ful
ton Bank* notes taken at p*r for hmwy -
tickets!” It was soon buzzed about tho
cilv. “ What is the matter with tho
Fulton Bank?” was asked on all'sides.
At length the President called upon
bin
“ Why, George, what do you mean by
tkat placard ?*’
“Oh, nothing more than I will take
Fulton Bank notes at par for lottery
tickets. No harm in that.”
“ Pray take it down, iny good friend
it docs no good ; take it down, nnd you
may throw in that little piece of paper,
and it shall he done.”
George took down tho placard, and
his note was discounted.—N. O. Nat.
FEAT OF A DRUNKEN MAN.
Thrilling Scene.—On Thursday eve-
ig, just before the steamer Jewess left
V l: i Annapolis, a man, evidently intoxicated,
perceived clinging on the outside of
,, - , , . . muu railing around the steeple of the
lint her determination • -• - »* •• • • • 1 ~
was quenched—she returned ag
nd commenced cutting up all
sorts of antics. After everything in the
persuasive lino had been exhausted, she w .
finally had to he ejected forcibly from j
tho premises. U„t her determination j „ gmic UouS(: „ |n tlmt city .‘ ^
- , „ - . • i.o was observed by the persons below,
an nproufullof stones, and opened dan^rous,situation became tho
source of a most intense excitement.—
After climbing on top of the rail he stood
upon his feet, and Walked nearly around,
ulnr mural cannonade on the house,
The door was almost battered down, j
the window sashes were broken, and
many pieces of furniture severely bruis
ed. The upshot of the matter was that
this ancient African Venus was taken
ihlo custody by two burly policemen,
ami conveyed to the watchhouse. On
being examined yesterday as to the mod
pranks occasioned by the darts of the
boy-god Cupid, she was asked by the
Recorder “ if she loved her betrayer
still ?” Placing her arms akimbo, she
turned up the whites of her eyes and
answered—“ Does I lub him? A
no one kin refrain me from tubbing him. j cxpnsc hiltlsclf lhe sight of a human bc _
He was tome, anti do ambition of my ; Sllch nn „ wful sitU ation was pro-
henrt got do upper bolt of n.y for-lms. I ,| uctive which we Jo not x Vish
1 " ,,lk lle co . w . s !in - v , ! ! to experience ngnin. After staggering
I went to de house, and I smaebod d" : around some distance bo rbtl on the ftt-
wmders, an I d smashed iu.s e I could j side—Maryland m *r.
colched hold of him. I can t live wid-j J .
out him—hut I ’blceves l*d forgive him
if he’d come hack.”
The Recorder, finding that Lefty was!
with all the loose jointed ness of the ine
briate, at the same time gesticulating vi
olently at those below—once or twice,
wo really thought his balance gone; but
staggering back, he continued his peril
ous walk around the.balustrade. Wd
held our breath until it became painful,
and tried to look, away, but like tho
harmed bird under the serp6hl*s eye,
vc cottld not*. With all the contempt
j wc feel for the drunken,, reckless char
acter of an individual who would thus
Alas !* was the reply, «I yield to
these gentlemen. They have the advan- Rubbles, a girl I have the greatest hopes
toge of me in every respect.* And he
took up bis bat to leave.
‘■Stop,’ said the lady; ‘make your
statement, no matter how bumble may
be your claims.*
‘ I am poor.* ‘ Go. on.’
* I am unknown to tbe world. I have
neither the taste nor the means to dress
my livelihopd.
1 -can make
offer you none of
of, ‘ dearest madam, how
our natural enemy to be rung ?*
“ ‘Listen,* said 1, ‘listen and attend,
and you shall have a moral and an ex
ample. When the wasp now in .the
wiudow entered the room, you flew at
it with all kinds of violence. I wonder
it did’nt sting every one of you. Now,
in futnre, let a wasp, when it comes,
have its little bout, and make its little
noiso; do’nt stir a muscle—do’nt move
his serviccjnstantly. “You have lost,'*
said the Duke, “your money, your sit
uation, and your character by your cov
etousness ; learn henceforth that hones
ty is the best policy.” The hoy by this
time recognised his assistant in the per
son of the Duke, and the Duke was so
delighted with the sterling worth and
honesty of the boy that he ordered him
to be sent to school, kept there, and pro
vided for at his own expense.
A BEAUTIFUL SCENE.
Night is upon the earth. Darkness
rests in the valley and on the hill-top.
y But the moon, rising, and chasing
away the clouds, dispels the gloom.—
As slie rolls upward, the stars gather
around her. Come with me and * look
upon a scene of intensely exciting inter
est.
Enter this chamber softty—it is the
sanctuary of innocence—the abode of
love and peace.
Bending beside a table, behold a mai
den—a blooming girl of seventeen—on
her knees. Her efierry lips move, her
graceful form is anxiously swaying to
and fro. She is laboring under
citement. The cool airs gush in upon
her, through the lattice. She is strength
ened. Could we view a more inlercst-
ing picture?
“ Ah !**
Was that a word, or a long drawn
sigh ? List again:
“Ah!” ,
Can she be unconscious of our p:
sence ? Her hand gropes on the floor.
Has she lost a jewel ? Her dark eye
in wild phrenzy flashes. Tho sweet
smile has vanished from her features.
But lo! it returns in triumph. She
speaks!
“Mary! Mary! I’ve killed that old
bug at last /”
Price of a Commission.—In England
commissions in the army arc a subject
of barter, and sometimes bring, com
paratively, immense sums. A Dublin
paper, received by tho Cambria, says
that Col. Perssc, of the IGth Lancers,
who for 52 years served with such dis
tinction in the Peninsula, America and
India, has retired from the army. Col.
Persse received eleven thousand guin
eas bv the 6ale of fu3 commission.—
Nearly sixty thousand dollars for a col
onel’s commission—little fortune.
iccmcuts ( holdout by my rivals.* a lip—but be quiet as a statue of Venus,
Betting.—The Cincinnati News tells
i anecdote of Dan Marble’s, which cu-
, , , . , nously illustrates the insane passiou for
determined to do nmch.el, mummed j lK ., lnl g which is evinced by persons of
^‘.VU peculiar constitution. A man who had
lived a lifetime in the indulgence of his
that he thought some fifteen
lashes would cure her love-fever, and
she was taken oft’to get the dose.
GEN. TAYLOR S SPANISH.
Nothing, wc have heard it said, an
noys Gqh. Taylor more than to have
Mexicans cqtnc to him and address him
Spanish, k During the year he has
been in this country, he has learned hm
word of Spanish, and that is tamos
—the imperative plural of go—begone.
One day while encamped at Saltillo, be
ing very busy in his lent, a Mexican
came up and commenced uttering a
long complaint in Spanish. The old i - . „•
General turned to Maj. Bliss and asked s„ n , n ,i, rn l,
—“ What in heaven’s name does the
ant?” Maj. B. explained that
favorite passion for gambling, was taken
most alarmingly ill. Three or four days
passed away, and the disease having
reached its crisis, his ’medical attendant
informed him that he stood no chance for
recovery.
“ What’ll you hot?” said the patient.
“Bet! there’s no use in belting, for
you’re just as good as a dead man now.
You can’t live more than an hour.”.
“An hour! I’ll just tell you whatit.is r
I’ll bet you an X that I live an hour and
quarter—up with your tin, and sfiow
the Mississippians appeared to he taking
wood from his house. Now, the Missis
sippi Regiment was a favorite of the
General’s, and as they had always con
ducted themselves well, he was in an
unfortunate mood to hear complaints
against them. So, waving his hand to
wards the Mexican, he told him to “ hu-
cbos, huebos, In/cbos /” [eggs, eggs, eggs!]
He had heard some one use the word,
a minute before, and took it for his fa
vorite word tamos. When Gen. Taylor,
in January last, arrived here from Mon
terey, he encamped near town, hut was
not pleased with the location for an en
campment. So speaking on the subject
with a number of officers that had call
ed to pay their respects to him, he told
them that in a few days he should move
the whole army to agua ardiente (the
Mexican word for brandy.) He meant
Agua Nutva.—Snlt. Picket Guard.
Arjy?$SON FQ»:SCOLDING WIVES.
‘Ann! dar6 say you have scolded
your wife very often Newman,’ said I
Old Newman looked down aud his
wife took up the reply—
* Never to signify—and if he has I de-.
served it !* i A
Some three quarters of an hour elapsed,
when the dying man with a convulsive
effort, raised his head, and with his last
gasp, falling dead upon the pillow, ex
claimed—“ Rake t* down—rake it down,
Doctor." ^ - -j
As the Missouri Volunteers, on
their return home, came through Cerral-
vo, they witnessed the execution of a
•Mexican guerrilla chief, who, it was
known, was .an active partisan chief,
and had played a conspicuous part ini*'
the attacks which were made on Amer
icans, and the property of Americans in
that neighborhood. He was told that if
he gave the names of his accomplices,
and such other information as would
lead to their arrest, his life would be
spared. To this proposition he would
not listen ; his own life, he said, was in
the hands of his enemies; he was pre
pared to yield it up, but he could not
consent to betray lus companions. Ho
was then told to prepare for death. Ho
said he was alreudy prepared and would
face it without flinching. He only ask
ed that he be not lied, and that he be.
permitted to face his executioners.—
This request was granted him. Ho
then lit his cigarrito, look his place, and
Imly stood to receive the fatal bullet,
file of men were ordered to load.—
, . ... .ill This done, the word fire was given—an
.tie 1 „ ,h a u et w :re: ■ k1, ! ^
-My,’.aid the old woman, w,.h a l bla ,t i ingfcllow, !m d^.iI.itedconrngo
or at least fearlessness of death, worthy
A volunteer, who has returned froth
the Mexican war, says »“lhave seen the
elephant, trunk, tusks, ancl all, and am
more than satisfied. I went out a Polk
soldier and return a Taylor Whig.”—
Baltimore Patriot.
beauty of kindness which atl the poetry
in the world cannot excel, * IIow can a
wife scold her good.man, who has been
working for her and her little ones all
the day ? It may do for a man to be
peevish, for its he who bears the crosses
of the world ; but who should make him
forget them but his own wife ? And
she had best for her own sake-—for no
body can scold much when lhe scolding
is all on one side.*
IIexuv Clay.—This great statesman,
having recently made a profession of re
ligion, was on Tuesday of last week,
(June 22d,) publicly baptised in a beau
tiful pool near hisjiouse at Ashland.—
of a loftier purpose than could swayiBe
mind of a marauding guerrilla chief.—
N. O. Delta.
Paper Glass.—Prof. Schcenbein, of.
Basle, who invented the gun cottqn, has
lately, to- a certain point, discovered
malleable glass! He renders paper
paste (papier machr.) transparent by caus
in'* it to undergo a certain metamor
phose which he calls Catalytic, for want
of an intelligent term. He makes of
this new paper, panes of glass, vases,
bolting, etc. perfectly impermeable to
water, which may be dropped op; the
The scene, we are informed, was most ground without breaking, arid are pe’r-
suhlimc and impressive. Like David, Meetly, transparent. He also renders pa-
lie may well say, •* It is good for me. per impermeable and pertectly suited
that I have bceu afflictfcd.—Nash. Whig, tur-bauk notes.