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THE STRATAGEM.
I really don’t know 'which I love
best,”, said Jane Man vers to her friend
Maria Westall, as she returned from
splendid party, where she was the “ad
mired ot all admirers,” “ William Stan-
From the Cincinnati News.
EARLY TIMES IN INDIANA
Said .Major Oudesley os he casually
dropped in on us yesterday mornihg and
commenced talking away in his usual
quiet, chatty and peculiar manner—
“I*m sick and tired of this artificial way
of doing things in these latter days.”
\ “Why so Major**
" There 19 an eternal sight to much
parade about every thing that is going
on. I was at a wedding last night—
the daughter of an old and much esteem-
JUDCE MAORAWSYARN. -
About a Mocking Bird 4nd a Jackass.
BY F.VEKrOUTT,
Judge Magraw, and the sad. end he
came to, will bo remembered by many!
When sometime back, yjPJfits in the
habit of visiting St. Louis,' tna favorite
house was the “ Planters;” and his fa
vorite seat, especially in the evenings,
was either of the two front benches.
Judge Magraw was the body of fun
and the soul of sentiment; so, of course,
he always had a bard set about him,
and the way they used to stay out, at
night, sitting with their legs cocked up,
was a caution to careful people.
On the Judge’s last visit to St. Louis,
he sal up, as usual, one night, telling
stories and things, till nearly the whole
crowd died, laughing! Each one, as
he was killed, took himself off to be bu
ried, till, finally, there were but three
survivors! These, to save their lives,-
insisted upon taking themselves off, also,
when the Judge, desperately rushed up
stairs to his room in the third story, open
ed the window to its widest gape, gave
one look up at the heavens, another
down at the brick pavement, and then,
without n prqver, threw himself on
the bed,—for it was a warm night, and
the Judge wanted plenty of air to as
sist his snoring. Well, the Judge’s last
pital one, and, peace to
ton or Frederick English. Out of a host
of admirers that my fortune, now that I
am an heiress, has brought to my feet, I
have selected them. They are neither
rich; both are filled with sentiments of
honor, as far as expressions and conduct
go. Both love me. Neither have ex
pressed it in strong terms, but; either
only wait for the necessary encourage
ment, I am sure, to pop the question.
To either, ray fortune wotdd~biB“lii^ ad
vantage. They may—it is -an ungen
erous thought, but 1 cannot help enter
taining it—love my fortune, and not me.
Marian, I have strong thoughts of putting
their love to the test.”
“How can you do it ? ”
“ I have thought of a way. You may
remember that 1 had a cousin who was
pposed to be lost at sea, and the
property which has made a poor, unno
ticed girl so much courted, was to be
his, if he were living.”
'’Yes, but you have bad full and pos-
blood and slime. As near as we could
make oaf its dimensions the serpent was
about sixteen feet in length, and at the
thickest part it was about the size of the
leg of a stout man. It was.31 boa con
strictor, and its bite was notpoisonons;
although it left a mark on my arm which
did not wear off; for some years. For
many days afterwards I shuddered at
the sight or at the even mention of a
snake of any description, aud for a long
time after I occasionally screamed oiit
in my dreams. Nor have j altogether
got rid of my horror even athis day.
A LEGEND OF BYFtEljj.
ed fri&td was to be married, and I wB( _
urgently invited that I couldn’t help go- j slory was a capita. «„«, »..u, ,.cucc iu
mg ; there was so much fuss and -par- j ^j 3 S pjri| we’re going to—spoil it, we
add was perfectly disgusted. I couldn t ] j- oar 1
help comparing the proceedings where I .,' You see, It , a clever young fel-
a couple was married ,n Lawrenccburg | j ow was giving his reminiscences of
many years ago, when Indmna formed g pajni f r0 m which country he had just
part ot the North Western Territory:—
At that time the settlements of the emi
grants were mostly confined to the
rich bottom ltnds of the water courses.
Lawrcncburg was then a small village
with a few log cabins. My father was
acting magistrate for the district, and
very promptly attended to 'all the vari
ous duties of*that office, in addition to
which he was in the habit of doipg a
good deal of manual labor on bis own
hoCk.”
was when you was’nt big
* > much Major ?”
, I was a tow-headed brat
ght or ten years old, when
11 am about to narrate oc
curred, bat I remember all the particu
lars as well ns though it occurred bat
yesterday. You see it was about din
ner time one day in the fall of the year,
when the old man being engaged in lay
ing in a supply ot wood for the winter,
drove up his ox team with a pretty solid
load of fuel.
Just then a young and unsophisticat
ed couple entered the village, hand in
hand, inquired for the Squire, and were
duly directed to the house. The youth
was barefoot, and wore a coarse, but
•clean, tow linen shirt and pants, and
rough straw hat of home manufacture.
His fair companion was dressed in blue
striped cotton frock, pink cotton apron
Fifty year3 : ng<¥ every tf wh in New
England could boast of one witch at
least—somehow or other the breed seems
to run out—’twould be difficult now, tc
* scare up* one of the wired sisterhood.
Bj’field, in Essex Co. was famous for
growing witches as well as porkers—but
it’s done away with. Tuggy Noyse
was the last of ’em—and in he/ day,
she was one of*
returned, and he told, among the rest,
a bird story, that was a Zectle too feath
ery to swallow. It was about the Duke
of Modena having taught a whole avia
ry to whistle an overture, or something
of the kind, and then, by.the way of
closing the performance, advancing and
firing a pistol, when the songsters would
suddenly drop to the ground, turn over
on their backs, and appear to expire,
as if each one had received an especial
bullet.”
“ Why,” said I, “R , that’s noth
ing to what I’ve known an Alabama
mocking-bird to do ! He used to mock
everything earthly, until he made the
whole neighborhood so ashamed of it
self, that it was afraid to own its name
to travellers. You see, this mocker sat
up in a China tree, in front of the house,
which was separated from the road by
4 lawn, and, the first thing, he began at
the birds about, making them all quit,
in mortification. The cats were his
next victims, and I wish I may be shot
if there was a ‘ Tom’ to open his lips
for three miles round. Dogs, hogs and
cattle generally followed, and even Dea
con Good, that used to give out the
hymn, had to clear out to next county.
Well, finally there was nothing left but
a jackass belonging to an old neighbor,
and called Johcnus, and be came to see
what he could do for the credit of the
itive proofs of his decease.’
" I know it, hut the world does not,
can ray two favored lovers be ac
quainted with the fact. I therefore pro
pose to slate in the papers that my cous-
m is not dead, as was supposed ; to give
up for a lime my splendid establishment,
and to retire into comparative poverty.
It is said that kings and heiresses rarely
hear the truth from the flatterers by
whom they are surrounded. This will
at least test my friends. What think
you of my plan ? ”
“ Excellent—try it by all means.”
The idea was acted upon, and it was
curious to see how Jane’s admirers drop
ped off one by one. Her two lovers
waited upon her at first in her retire
ment, and Jane was more puzzled than
ever which to choose. Frederick Eng-
Jvstice Winslow.—What do. you know
about JijJm Wadleigh’s sleeping in meet
ing? ;
Witness.—I know all about it, ’taint no
secret, I guess.
Justice.—Then tell us about it; that’
just what we want to know.
Witness, (scratching his head.)—Well,
the long and short of it is: John Wad-
leigh is a hafd-working man ; that is,
he works mighty hard doing nothing;
and that’s the hardest work there is
done. It will make a feller sleep quick
er than poppy leaves. So it stands to
reason that Wadleigh would naterally
be a very sleepy sort of person. Well,
the weather is sometimes naterally con
siderable warm, and parson Moody’s
sarmons is sometimes rather heavy-like,
[“Stop, stop!” said Justice Win
slow.—“No reflections upon parson
Moody,; that is not what you were call
ed here lor.”]
Witness.—l don’t cast no reflections
on parson Moody. I-was only telling
whatl know about John Wadleigh sleep-
Such a time as ther’d be in the parish,
if Tuggy had been raal-treated! Calves . _ 0 ,
and sheep would lie down and give up ing in meeting; and its roy opinion, es-
the ghost, without any ceremony. Clap j pecially 111 warm weather, that sannons
boards and shingles would fly off the that are heavy-like, and two hours long,
buildings—bricks be hurled from chim-! naterally have a tendency
ney tops, and generally well behaved | [“ Slop, stop, I say,” said Squire
clocks would strike as many times in I Winslow ; “ if you repeat any of these
were the number of years i reflections on parson Moody again, I’ll
of Tuggy’s pilgrimage on this sublunary I commit you to the cage for contempt of
sphere. j court.”]
CHILDHOOD'S HOME. *
How the heart leaps at the sound, and
the thoughts go eagerly back p> its scen
ery, its waters gleaming in the sunlight
or murmuring in melody and singing
themselves to rest beneath I he shadows,
or raising their riplels to kiss the moon
beams, its sky with its morning light,
and its evening crimson, its breezes la
den with fragrant wealth, home from
the cells of a. thousand flowers, its
school-room on the hill-side, with its
ports and happy faces, the “village
church” with its quaint old steeple, the
well-worn path to its steps, and the mer
ry peal of its bell, the homestead whose
every object is treasured in the memory
ah a sacred thing—all,, all have a home
in the heart, though it. may be chilled by
the roughening tempests of maturer
years. Let them gush up a cool spring
whose gathering tide has borne us to the
ocean of waves and storms—we love to
listen to their music.
O tell .ns the taka that once were so dear,
O sing us the song* ibat we then loved to hear.
The tales that we heard, when, around the old hearth,
A bright hand we gathered, in joy, and in mirth, •
’Neath our own happy roof, tho home of our birth,
Long long ago, long ago.
O sing to us now of our childhood'a yonng dreams.
That long since have faded, like sun-se.'tng beams;
We remember all well—the calm settingaun.
The fiock’a tinkling bells, the bee's busy hum.
The hrook too that mumured so near our old home.
Long, long ago, lung ago.
In a journal now in the possession of
the Dighby family, I found the follow
ing authentic account of one of Tuggy’s
freaks. It seems that a mug of cider
and a pipe of tobacco would have pre
vented the whole row—but, by the
Witness.—I don’t cast no reflections
on parson Moody. I was on\y telling
what I know about John Wadleigh*;
sleeping in meeting.
Squire Winslow.—Well, go on, and
tell us about that. You wern’t called
We seo'hem again all we then loved an well—
We hear softy stealing that old village bell;
How oft it awakened -that deep pealing chime,
A thousand pure thoughts in life’s early tgne—
They’re treasured there yet, though dimmed be the
AN INCIDENT OF THE WAR.
Among the volunteers who went from
Tennessee one year ago, were-an old and
sturdy man with his three sons. They
served gallantly under Gen. Tailor .at
Monterey, and at Vera Crux and Cerro
Gordo under Gen. 'Scott. In the cam
paign two of the o.ld man’s sons were
killed. A few days since, the survivors
of this family, a father and one son, re
turned to their native State; broken in
health and destitute, they started from
this city on foot for their homes;at a
little distance from towu they entered a
dwelling and asked for water; they were
invited to a seat, and a long conversation *
ensued; they were asked what they
thought of Mr. Polk, when the old man
responded in this wise: “One year ago
1 left Tennessee with my three boys to
fight for my country; then we four were
all Polk men, we supported him for the
Presidency, aud four belter friends or
warmer supporters James K. Polk never
had ; well, two of my boys sleep in death
before the walls of Monterey, and myself
and this one surviving boy are permitted
'to return ; we went away the friends of
James K. Polk, we return to Tennessee
the friends of our country, aud all I have
to say of Mr. Polk is, I hope Qod may
convict and couvert his soul aud take
him to liimseltVfor he is unfit to govern
the destinies of this people upon whom
he has already heaped curses. Myself
aud boy are his friends no more.-”—
Nashville Orthopolilan.
Long, lung ago, long ego.
D sing 1 hem again, for they bring
back
faded track—
ire withered of dreams that are fied,
nd loved ones, that sleep with the dead.
lish’s visits in a short time became more
like angels*—that is, few and far be
tween—while William Slauton
constant.
Upon one of them he said, “ My dear
Miss Maivers, I have known you long.
In the days.of your prosperity, surround
ed as you were by many lovers who
were affluent, I did not dare to disclose
to you a passion which has grown and
strengthened with my acquaintance.—
Now that you are poor like myself, the
difference that had else hermetically
sealed my lips from divulging my heart’s
E asssion, is removed. I am not affluent,
ut I can support you with respectabil
ity at least, and if you will accept for
your husband, one who loves you de
votedly, I do not think you will ever
1 egret the hour that makes you mine.
At least, I will try never to give you
cause.”
“ I believe you, dear William,” said
Jane’ “ and if you will accept a beggar,
witch of Endor! I-would have given a I here to testify about parson Moody,
barrel of‘old orchard’ and a keg of the j Witness.—That’s what I am trying to
best Virginia weed to see the fun. J do, if you wouldn’t keep putting me out.
Syphax And it’s my opinion, in warm weather,
Rowley, Byfield Parish Feb. 5, 1789. folks is considerable apt to sleep in
—Last Thursday, Tuggy Noyse came to meeting; especially when the snrraon
our house and asked for a mug of cider —I mean especially where they get
and a pipe of tobacco—which we thought | pretty tired. I know I find it pretty
proper to refuse, as it might induce her j hard work to get by seventhly and eighth-
to come oftener. She immediately walk- j ly in the sarmon myself; but, if I once
ed oft looking very sullen. We thought j get by there, I generally get into a kind
no more of the matter till my hired man, 1 of a waking train again, and make out
Samuel, came into the house at dark, j to weather it. But it isn’t so with Wad
saying he could not stir the oxen past} leigh. I’ve generally noticed if he be-
the house where ’J’uggy. lived. ' gins to gape at seventhly and eighthly,
I immediately went to his assistance, j it’s gone goose with him before he gets
and found the sled in the middle of the ■ through tenthly, and he has to look out
road, as he said; the load light, the j for another prop for his head somewhere,
sleighing good, and a pair of my best j for his neckisn’t stiff enough to hold it
oxen attached. I applied the goad to ; up. And from tenthly up to sixteenth-
ihem till* I was tired of it, to no purpose.j ly he’s as deadjhravdoor-nail, till the
We then went back to-the fcarnf^qn-; amen brings th?pebple ~0p't<i prayes,
other yoke of cattle, and put them on! and Wadleigh comes up with a jerk
likewise, but it availed not. While we j jist like opening a jack-kuife.—Scba
were whipping and goading our team to; Smith.
desperation, Tuggy appeared at the
door, and lifted her four finger in the
fine bonnet, nnd coarse brogan shoes country . Up he came lo the fcnce un .
•wrtnout stockings. _ der the china tree, and first he takes a
These were their wedding dresses, 1| j 0 breath, and then out he rips,
and their severe | and a better bray, prdiaps, hadn’t been
t mnm ca c* i, ear< j often, but ’twasn’t a circumstance
•ough independence they manifested
«nade an impression upon my mind that
will never be effaced.”
“ We come to get married,” said the
young man to the old lady, my mother,
who was properly busy among the pots
and kettles.
“ That’s very good business,” said
4heold lady, smiling graciously, “though
you appear to look rather young, but
there’s the Squire, just drove up, he’ll
splice you in less than no time,” so out
she bolted, to give that important func
tionary due notice of the business in
band.
“ I can’t stop till I unload this wood,”
said the old man, “tell them to come
oot here.”
And out they came—the old man was
•on the top of the cart,-and every time
be.tbrew off a stick be asked aquestion.;
Before be was fairly unloaded he had
the youth’s whole story, having ascer
tained the names, ages and residence of
the parties, bow long ho bad kqown the
young worflan, if be really loved her,
' tsSnSSrsZCgzi >-
simple and satisfactory answers lo all
the questions propounded.
In the meantime, thecld lady, per-
' ^standing Dad’s way of do-
bad sent me out to say to the
i there was a wedding com-
, r lie house, and by the time the
1 unloaded, quite a crowd bad
to witness the ceremony.
The old fellow having pitched out his
last slick, and picked up his long goad,
stood up in the cart andpommenced the
performance. . *. ■
*• Just jine bands,? said he to tbeyoung
couple.
“I’m satifiedwitb bolhye t
ed he, “ you’ve a perfect right to get
married,” aud he united ’em iu short or-
D'ALEMBERT.
D’Alembert was the son of a celebrat
ed lady, of high rank, who, to conceal
her indiscretion, caused him to be expo
sed on the steps of the. church of St.
Roch. Here he was found by a poor wo
man who earned livelihood by her needle,
die. She adopted him, maintained hinvby
the produce of her labor, and placed him
in the College of Montaign. The young
man profiled by the instruction he receiv
ed, so that, like Pascal, he made new dis-
■eries in geometry in his 15th year.—
His name soon became known over all
Europe, and the learned courted the so
ciety of the young student of Montaign.
Such was the fame he acquired by his
early talents, that the lady at last be
gan to be proud of having given birth to
such a son. His foster mother bad been
watched, and, consequently, the real
mother had obtained information con
cerning the fate of the child, but without
contributing to its subsistence. Vanity
brought about what the voice of nature
incapable of effecting. She
Excessive Politcne«.^-Row 1 and Hill
was always annoyed when there hap
pened to be any noise in the chapel, or
when any thing occurred lb divert the
attention of his hearers from what he
was saying. .On one occasion, a very
few days before his death, he was preach
ing to one of the most crowded congre
gations that ever assembled to hear him.
In the middle of his discourse, he nb-
served.a commotion in the gallery.. For
some time he took no notice of it, but
finding it increasing, he paused in bis
sermon and looking in the direction in
which the confusion prevailed, exclaim
ed :
* What’s the matter there ? the devil
seems to have got amongst you.*
A plain country looking man immedi
ately started to his feet and addressing
Mr. Hill' in reply, said : '
‘ No, sir it ar’nt the devil as is doing
it, it’s a fat lady wot’s fainted; and she’s
a werry fat *un sir, as don’t seem likely
to come to again in a hurry.” '
“ Oh, that’s it, is it ? observed Mr.
Hill, drawing- hiabundacrogsbUchinj;
‘ then I beg tlie lady’s pardon—and tho
devil’s own also.*
—out came the bird with a bray worth
two of it, and off went old Jo., wild
and cavortin’, and hardly knowing whe-
iher he had a right to consider himself
a jack, or. not! After a while, however,
he recovered his confidence somewhat,
and up he comes again to the fence, and
first he nerves himself, and next he takes
his wind, and finally out he comes again,
perfectly awful; but ’twouldn’t do, for,
just as easy, old birdee opens on him.
and, Lord! heels, head, mane and tail,
away be went with a roll and a ’ruction,
bringing up, finally, against the road
fence at the bottom of the lawn! Per
haps you don’t believe it? Well, this
was mighty bad, but, after turning it
over in bis .mind a good while, old Jo.
thought it was a leetle too d—d anjack-
assical to be beat by a bird, and so np
he comes, nerving himself again, but
mighty skerry, I tell you ? • Go your
death, old feller,* said the bird to itself,
and go it the jack did, till all creation
stood on end—jackinto the bargain,but
""Out came
fori am little better—
“ Say not so, dearest; I cannot listen
to such wrong, even from your lips„”
‘ Your fortunes will not suffer by the
union.”
That they never can. When shall
our marriage take place?”
Next week, if you will.”
At your lodgings here ? ”
No, at the house of a friend. Call
for me, and we will proceed together
there.”
At the day appointed. William was
in readiness, accompanied by Frederick
English. They were both surprised at
the magnificence of Jane’s attire, and
thought it somewhat out of character
with her circumstances, but how much
more surprised were they, when- step
ping into a carriage with Jane and Eliza,
they were driven to Jane’s former res
idence, and found her still the mistress*
and heiress, had learned the plot by
which she had tested her lovers.
Girls, you who possess money, make
it a point of finding out, before the irre
vocable knot is tied, whether you are
loved for yourself, or your fortune.
EXTRAORDINARY DOG STORY.
Immediately every os stood up straight I, T1, ° <° llo ' v .i-g story of a canine anil-1 *
on his hind legs, 'she then Jetted Set j ! ekw sen the youth. He came.
5r, and aslant a living sinner, every | , ’ a tenon won., t lust h[ n :l | (in „ harranguo on the tyranny
She
iu «*•* diuiiciiai 111 x/uuiiu, rdiacu iron! •. * ,.. . e it* j r -«i.
old hag hud theo described a circle with I il3 birlh ia . ‘ nidsl ofcam f s ’ am'y our'mother/* aid she.”^
~ ° - - accomnanied its master, and exhibited i t your uiuimc,
;noeu a circle wuu > . , . . 1 7., . J , I
her finger in the air, when each ox bal-1 accom P an . iet j lts °?? ster * ant j ! m y mother, Madan ? You are mistak-
anced himself in the air, resting himself " oaiarm *“ the mldst baul . e ‘ , ln tbe i ™ J . “have no mother hut her who took
only upon one horn, and whirled round | botle £ engagements ,t remained n ® ar eare of urn i"° ™y infancy.” He turned
with a frightful velocity—scattering the ] } be cannon, and earned the match . l k , m her and never saw her more ;
Sarawans in every direction.-^ »£ of — „£ ± a hut continued the afle. — iand , dm
■ »•. • j the square battalions of the Hanoverians,
1 the master of Mustapha received
Bee.
WHITE INDIANS.
In the history published in the New ! tal wound. At the moment when about
Orleans papers of the progress and j to fire upon the enemy, he and several
events of Col. Doniphan’s expedition in i of his corps were struck to the earth by
New Mexico, an account is given of the the discharge of artillery. Seeing his
Sumai Indians, which is interesting to master extended, lifeless, and bleeding,
the curious These Sumai’s live in a! the dog became desperate, and howled
city containing probably six thousand I piteously. Just at the time a body of
birdee, louder and longer, and thicker,
and squarer, and all without the first
flutter, and Johenus looked op once,
IS,” “'Ll;! 1 Sr 1 *?, IZ “ y I could hear the monster hissing and
shoes expression, and just la,d down head lrollmi mv faP ° hllt
and died—■perhaps you don't believe it 7
“ 4 Yes,‘ I do,* said R. , I belie’
“As the rafters on this house arejin-
ed together, so I jine you—you are man
-»od wife—salute your bride. 1 don’t
charge anything for the operation.—
Whoa haw, Buck, get along, Bright,”—
and with an eloquent flourish of his long
stick, be started for auother load of
wood’, leaving the newly wedded pair
£Blid villagers, kissing each other
HORRIBLE EMBRACE.
The following terrific narrative is given
by a slaver:—1 had taken a hasty leap
over a small rut, and alighting on some
thing soft and slippery fell prostrate.—
Ere I could recover myself I felt some
thing twist round my body and roll me
over. In a moment it occurred to me
thatl was within the folds of a serpent. I
was squeezed so tightly that 1 had only
time to give one loud scream forassistance
and inluiively raised my arm upwards
in the endeavor to defend my head and
face; being aware from what I had heard
from others, that the serpent would en
deavor to make a twist round my neck.
inhabitants, who support themselves en
tirely by agriculture'.
This city is one of the most extraor
dinary in the world. It is divided into
four solid squares having but two streets
crossing its centre at right angles. All
the buildings are two stories high com
posed of sun-burnt brick. The first
story presents a solid wall to the street,
and is so constructed that each house
joins, until one fourth of the city may be
said to be one building. The second
stories rise from this vast solid structure,
so as to designate each house, leaving
room to walk upon the roof of the first
story between .each building. The in
habitants of Sumai .entSr the second
tiful son of the seamtress, and repaid her
with interest in her old age the cares she
had bestowed on his chilbood.—Family
Herald.
French soldiers were advancing rapidly
to gain possession of the piece, which
was aimed at them, from the top of a
small risingground. Who would believe
it if the facts were not attested by wit
nesses'" worthy of credit? Doubtless
with a view to revenge his master’s
death, Mustapha seized the lighted
match with his paws, and set fire to the
cannon loaded with case shot; seventy^
men fell on the spot, and the remainder
took to fight. After this bold stroke,
the dog laid itself down near the dead
body of his master, licked bis wounds,
and remained there twenty-four hours
without sustenance. He was at length,
with difficulty, taken away by the corn-
story of their buildings by ladders, j rades of the deceased. The courageous
which they draw up at night as a defence animal was carried to London, and pre-
against any enemy that might he prowl- seated to George II., who had him taken
ing about. ' j bare*of as a brave servant.” ♦
In this city were seen some thirty Al- '" *
believe
it to be a lie, and an infernal insult into
the bargain, and Til come mocking bird
over you, by thunder !* *”—-—
But how Judge Magraw didn't get
whipped, we must reserve for another
occasion, not liking to talk about fighting
on Sttadayx
Come here, you mischievous little
rascal you!”
“ Won’t you lick me, father ?”
“No!”
“ Will you swear you won’t?”
“Yes!”
“ Then I won’t come, father, for Par
son Attwood says, he that swears will
lie!”
ANECDOTE WITH A MORAL.
• When Charles the Second chartered
the Royal Society, it is narrated of him
that he was disposed to give the philo-
J j sopbers a royal, but at tbe same time, a
THE HEARTS AFFECTIONS
We sometimes meet with men who
seem to think that any indulgence in an
efiectionatc feeling is weekness. They
will return from ajourney and greet their
families with a distant dignity and move
among their children with the cold and
lofty splendor of an iceberge surrounded
by its broken fragments. There is hard
ly a more unnatural sight on earth than
one of those families without .a heart.—
A father had better extinguish his boy’s
eyes than take away his heart ? . Who
that has experienced the joys,of friend
ship, and values sympathy and affection,
would not rather lose all that its beauti
ful in nature’s scenery, than be rob
bed of the hidden treasure of his
heart? Who would not rather,bury his
wife than bury his love for her? . Who
would not rather follow his child to the
grave t.han entomb his parental affec
tions? Cherish, then,yourbeart’s best af
fections? Indulge in tbe warm and gush-
ingeraotiousoffilial. parental and frater
nal love. Think it not a weakness—God
is Love. Love God—love every body,
and everything that is lovely. Teach your
children to love—to love the rose—the ro
bin—to love their parents—to love their
God. Let it be the studied object of
their domestic culture to give them warm
hearts—ardent affections. Bind your
“ Be True!—Two little words which
are often forgotten amidst the strifes of
the world. We are all cast upon our
own resources and reflections, and hours
come to every human being when he
needs a little monitor—a sentinel ever
ready and beating at the door of his
heart, to inspire hitn with good resolves.
It is of no consequence what dangers
threaten us—man can succeed and tri
umph if he is only true to himself.—
Blood-freezing poverty, with its world
averting looks, may choke up the Foun
tain of hope ; reverses may impede hts
marches in life; death may strike down
his nearest friends; foul-mouthed slan
der may attempt to sully^ the fair fame
of a good man or ruin his reputation, if
he. be but troe to himself, the honest man
need have no fears—for the triumph of
success, even though it be in after years,
will lie his; and the bark of energy will
outride the storms of ad versity, and bn
will finally have tbe satisfaction of know
ing that his own honest energy has been
the redeeming influence of bts past life.**
Folks don’t go to bed now-a-days—-
they retire. Nobody eats dinner—peo
ple take refreshments. Nobody goes to
church—but attend divine service.—
There is no Sunday—it is Sabbath.—
No one gets his tooth pulled—it is ex
tracted. . Instead of drinking' tea and
coffee, the fashionable only sip a little.—
No one tears a hole in his pantaloons—
but it is no rare thing he lancerates them.
The ladies don’t go visiting-^-tbey on
ly make calls. Young men don’t go
courting—they only step in to spend tbe
evening. Our grandmas used hard back
chairs—but our belles have stuffed backs
to tbeir seats!
“Yes ma’am, that’s a crack article,”
said a store-keeper tp bis lady purchas
er. “Oh, mercy!” cried she “if the
thing is cracked Idop’t want i(?*
playing his head around ray face, but
could not see, either through pain or
horror at my situation. I gradually felt
my ribs bending beneath bis cruel gripe
and imagined that all was over with me,
when, to my inexpressible relief, I beard
the voices of my friends, one of whom,
wilh his cutlass, al one blow, severed
the monster’s head from its body. It
still, however, held me firm in his gripe,
but speedily two or three of my faithful
attendants threw.themselves on the tail
part of the animal whilst another cut
about two feet off from its extremity.—
Instantly 1 felt relieved, but was quite
unable to stand or speak. Fdrtuhate-
ly, water was at band, and I soon came
to myself, though now quite unconcern
ed about pursuing antelope or any other
game, for that day at least. Tbe stench
which proceeded either from the breath
of the serpent or from its fluid when cut
bino Indians who have, no doubt given
rise to the story that there is living in
the Rocky Mountains a tribe of white
ahorigenes. The discovery of this city
of the Sumai will afford tbe most cart-. .• , , lim .
ous speculations among those who have | v 10 * . . * . „
so long searched in vain for a city of In “^yhytsit, my lords and gentlemen, j 'whole family together by these strong dc
dians who possessed the manners and! saia * ,6 » ‘‘ ** y ou . a vesse J cords. Youcaunot make them too strong.. it — j . , -
habits of the Aztecs. No doubt, we have! water to the very brim, so that it will is love—love to God, love to dy oak, nor the spreading pane, but a
here a race living as did the people not liold a single drop more, yet, putting i bush, an humble, slender, abject bush,
a turbot into the water, it shall not over- i
flow the vessel ?” '
Pride and Humility.—I never yet found
pride in a noble nature, nor horaility in
an unworthy mind. Of all trees, I ob
serve that God hath chosen tbe vine—a
low plant, that creeps upon the helpful
wall, of all beasts, the soft and patient
larnb, of all fowls, tbe mild and guileless
dove. When God appeared to Moses,
not in the lofty cedar, nor the stur-
here a race living as did the ppopli
. hen Gortez entered Mexico. It is a
remarkable fact, that the Sutnais have,
since the Spaniards left the country,
fused to have iutercourse with the mod-
4 . ( The Price of a Ride.—*Tbe Boston
Many were the sage conjectures: that Traveller, uuder this caption, tells a
the fish would drink as much water com- \ ry of h sailor, mate of a vessel-a a
i Mexicans, looking upon them as in- ! pensated for his own bulk—that he wm-. «>'««>'» i-——» «• . * -
— rrM -— 1 * 1 densed the water to that amount—that j with liquor, came across a cow q
ferior people. They have also driven
from among them the priests and other
dignitaries, who formcly had power over
them, and resumed habits and manners
of their own ; their Great Chief or Gov
ernor, being the civil and religious,head.
The country round the city of Sumai is
cultivated with a great deal of care, and
affords food, not only for the inhabitants,
but for large flocks of cattle and sheep.
j ry ot a sauor, mate ui a . *
i-i Boston, who, perhaps a little disguised
As if he would, by these selections, check
the conceited arrogance of man. Noth
ing procureth love Tike humility; nothing
hate like pride.—Felt ham's Resolves.
the air bladder bad something to do with feeding in the streets °f that P ac ®» ,
the phenomenon—and a hundred others, jumped upon lier bot-'k* ■» n 8*
which were propounded and abandoned ; animal started down the stree wt «
in their turn, much lo the amusement of unusual burden, much to to the aa V
the merry .monarch. Atlengili Mr. W ren,
(afterwards Sir Christopher,) modestly
asked,
“ But is your Majesty sure that such
j would be the case ?”,
Aye, there !*’ exclaimed his Majesty,
How long did Adam remain in! laughing, “you have it; always, gentle-
Paradise before he sinned !” asked an ! men, find out whether the thing be true,
amiable spouse of her loving husband.! before you proceed to account for it—
“ Till he cot a wife.” was the very cant! then I shall not be ashamed of the ebar-
asunder, was suffocating ; and when re-| “ Till lie got a wife,” was the very.cauti
iieved frotri its folds I -was covered with reply.
ter I have given you.”
ment of the spectators. Having reach
ed the end of the street, the sailor jump
ed off, and with a loud cry pi “ starboard
your helm !” jerked the cow round by
the tail, jumped on again, and rode back
to bis original staling place. The own
er of tbe cow, upon hearing the facts,
was disposed to sue the sailor for dam-
The following'^passionale lines are
from tbe Knickerbocker:
. Was I a court plaster, I would be
A patch upon her lip:
To spend a lifo in ecsiacy.
», and aip, and sip!
Was I a .pair of spectacles,
' iw dearly I would prise'
u her note,
er in the eyes !
How
simataui u;
ToWfcb
Good Reply.—" If we are to live afte
death, why don’t we have some knowl
edge ofit!” said a skeptic to aclergymao
ag“e;do»eTo'"tbc;cow; bat the matter;“Whydia’ntyouhaye.o^kaowl.dj
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