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ATHENS, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 28,1848. U '‘' VERS!TY 0F GEOa ™ U3R ™
VOLUME IVI. NUMBER 25.
Miscellaneous.
The Heir of Lina.
BY WILLIAM J. SMELLING.
. There is a beautiful Scotch ballad by
ibis title, that I never saw but once in
my life ; but it made a very strong im
pression on me. As the ballad is not
to be found, I will endeavor to tell the
story in prose.
The Laird of Linn, in Galway, was
one of the richest landed proprietors in
Scotland. Besides his lands and dwell
ings, he had Hocks and herds and a good
store of gold. Moreover, he was a man
of frugal and parsimonious disposition,
so that the gentlemen of Galway avoid
ed his company, and the whole country
side cried shame on hita. Nevertheless
bis riches grew and increased to a
mighty sum, and there was no telling
what Leans of treasure he had snuglv
concealed.
The Laird of Linn did not marry till
late in life, and his wife died within a
year after fheir marriage. She left him
one child, a son who was the joy and
plague of his existence. Though natu
rally ol a noble and generous temper,
lie was wild and reckless and extrava
gant. Seeing and bearing his father
ridiculed every day, for bis miserable
temper and habits, he resolved at all
events not to be like him, and spent all
the money lie could lay his hands upon,
among low and dissolute companions,
in drinking and riotous Jiving. So true
it is that one extreme often produces
the other. It was in vain that his fath
er remonstrated with him; he onlv
grew worse as he grew older and older.
At last the Laird of Linn lay on his
death bed. He had outlived all his
near relations, and he had uo friends,
so that he was in a manner obliged to
leave all his substance to his son, and
besides, next to his gold he loved his
prodigal heir. Previous to his death,
lie called the Heir of Linn to his bedside
and spake thus to him :
** My son, when iny lips are cold in
death and my tongue silent in the grave,
I know li.ow it will be with you. You
will spend all the substance ofyour an
cestors, and all the gold I have got to
gether, in dissipation and extravagance.
.Nevertheless, I do not wish my son to
live a beggar. Therefore give heed to
iny only command, and if you disregard
«l, may a father’s curse cling to you.
You know the upper chamber of my
house in Kippletrigan. It is now lock
ed up, and I have thrown the key into
the sea. When you have not a friend
xvho will lend vou a bawbee, and when
you are actually suffering for a crust fo
appease your hunger, break the door
•open, and you will find a certain relief;
hut if you open the room before that
time, I say again, may a father’s curse
cling to you.”
would buy it. I will go and break open | your hand and seal, and 1 will
the upper chamber. My father told me '~
I should find relief there, and perhaps
be meant treasure. If it should prove ! people
so I will be a wiser man than I was, j inouey,
and not waste it upon knaves/'
be done.
John of the Scales knew that few
to lend money to
To the house he went, then, and ; just seen what reliance is
broke the chamber door open. He " ‘
found relief, indeed. There was no-!
thing whatever in the room exceptin,
see what poured out upon his seat so ns to ruin
his authority so signally as this judgment
— .must be supposed to do, until ihe year
the country had so muchjlS4S. * * But wc are not toimagine
common thing j “this vial will^otally destroy the Papacy,
nd he had ! though it will exceedingly weaken it.”
be placed j Fleming had previously assigned the
friends in such a case. He had not j commencement of this century, corre«-
thc least idea that the Heir of Linn i ponding with Napoleon’s attack upon
would ever be iheownomf * !.i.« /.r i> c ... . 1
high stool, and directly over it a halter j part of the sum. He therefore called j
dangling from a hook in the ceiling,— (for pens, ink, and paper, and sat down
He looked up, and read these words: j before the company, and wrot
‘ Ah, graceless wretch and wanton
fool! lou are ruined forever. This is i former master,
the only relief for those who waste their j Then the Heir of Linn strode to the
patrimony as you have done. Behold, I window and. ojiened and took out a
then-put the rope round your neck,! bugle from under his tattered gaberdi
and save vour family the disgrace of 1 and Mnw till iLp ii.lctc „i.
coin rattling about his ears. I will ’not
say that he felt no pain in his neck the
next day, but at the moment he fell
none. Joy rushed into his heart like a
torrent, at seeing himself rescued from
death and beggary. The space between
the ceiling and the roof contained an
enormous treasure. On the upper side
of the board from which he thought to
hang himself, was fastened a letter ad
dressed to him. He hastily tore it open
and read us follgws :
“ My Dear Son—I know your char
acter, and thatnocxposiulation or advice
can wean you from the desperate course
you are pursuing—nothing hut mis
ery sharper than death,can work a cure
on you. If, therefore, your misfortunes
and sufferings should be so grevious
that you prefer death to enduring them,
1 have some hope that you will not rash
ly encounter them again. You have
made the trial—take my gold, redeem
your land and become a wiser and bel
ter man.”
The Heirof Linn did notleave the spot
without pulling up a prayer to heaven
for the soul of the parent whose admira-
laden with in
and save your family the disgrace
ending in a beggar.'*
“ Very excellent counsel,” said the i of servants rode
Heir of Linn, “ and as I must either hang mounted, leadin'
or starve, I think I’ll even take my 1 ’
father’s advice, and hang. It’s the
shortest death of the two,” so he mount
ed, fastened the halter around his’neck,
and kicked the stool from under him.
But the Heir of Linn was not to die
sn. The board on which the hook was
driven gave way with his weight, and
he fell to the floor with a shower of gold
be the owner of a hundredth j the authority of Rome for a great obscu-
—‘ " ' ' inlPopety. But the fixing nf the
1S48 for the vial that would great-
the pro- | !y weaken, though not destroy is most
it to his j remarkable; for never, has the Papal
1 authority been so near its downfall as
within the last four mouths when the
Pope seemed to have fan all prestige
} ,, , . . . - •? , that surrounded him solar that the peo-
and blew till the joists and rafters shook | plewcre on the point of imprisoning him.
and right scoffingly •
with the din. Presently a fair troup
up,
i popery alone,
But it is not in o
well armed and that Mr. Fleming shows Ids accuteness
~ule with them, j of interpretation. Allud
They dismounted struction of the French monarchy by
and brought the bags of gold into the > the former revolution, he says.* “ This
judgment will probably begin about the
1794, and expire about the
hall.
“ My father’s land is my own again !
<l,. ur^: i" i i °
■ J • t. • i* , • •« O I . 1 tliSWUl 111(7 \Clll
cried the Heir ol Linn, joyously, and ; 184S.” Upon this ihe New EtHamfPu-
before the company had recovered from ' ritan of this
their astonishment, he had counted \ warranted
down to John of the Sca’es thejust
he had agreed to take. Then turning
to his servants, ho said, “ Scourge ;
eck remarks
nphasis—“ Now here
The Sabbath iu Paris.
The number of distinguished preach*
ers in Paris has surprised me. *1 ex
pected to find “ a city wholly given to
idolatry.” Butin the pulpits of this city
-—besides a host ol preachers less dis-
tinguished—there are at least six or
eight eloquent and powerful advocates of
Christianity. The French temperament
is full of oratorical lire, and Paris to-day
is witness that the spirit of Bosquet and
Massillon is not dead.
When a son of New England first
wakes up iu Paris on a Sunday morn-
ing, he finds it hard to convince himself
that it is really the Sabbath. Thestill-
ness, the sucred calm of this holy day
are absent. Iu the streets he finds ev
erything going on as usual. The shops
are all open, the masons and carpenters
work on the houses, and ifie carls
the de- ! lumbering through the streets. It is a
day of extra fetes, and the shops are
closed a little earlier than usual, to give
all lime to go to the theatres or other
places of amusement. I remember
Sunday mornin
something truly wonderful—that,
ing a hundred years before the time first
named, he should have fixed on 1794
olutlon,
this viper out ol theHouse of Linn with | tor the era of the first French
dog^ whips.” And it was done. { which was to begin the des
Ihe company now crowded round j the French monarchy, and on 1S4S
him, congratulating him on recovering! the year which was to finish it.
political.
The Hon. E. C. Cabell, of Florida,
addressed the citizens of Jacksonville,
East Florida, on Saturday, the 26th ult! j the people
The Jacksonville Republican describe "* '
his reception there as being highly on
thusiastic and gratify:
spoke principally on me comparative
claims of Taylor and Cass to the confi
dence of the Southern people.
“ Mr. Cabell (says I he Republican.) al
so referred to the ground less charge made j
against Mr. Fillmore, which he thought i
was well iltasirate-d by ihe speech of j
McAllister, of Georgia, who asserted!
that he bad heard Mr. Fillmore deliver'
an Abolition speech in Ne .v York iu 1844,;
which was said to bo well described in
a letter at that lime published in thcDe- i
mocralic papers iu Georgia. Yet when j
this same letter was brough
which was to describe Mr. Fillnn
Abolition speech, lo, not
breakfast a French-; slavery was to bo found
the papers do not always sjm
gerntinglj—at least in this cas
not.” * ° ° *
they d«»
The Double tiautc.
We should iroagitte that by thi* lime.
South had Iteconm
aware of the double game that Looolu-
coism is attempting to play upo„ ihu
Mr. Cabell! subject of slavery. H«*rc Gen. Cass is
! upheld asa “ Northern man with Soutli-
iern principles,” while in the free Slates
{ he is represented as au ardent Wdumt
! proviso man. Such Ins undoubtedly
I was eighteen months ago, and that he is
■ still such, at heart,-there is every rea
son to believe.
The following letter, says tin: New
Orleans Bee, was written •• by a gentle-
mau of high respectability ami mature
judgement.”
Detroit, Aug. 20. ]$43.
Gents: Slopping here on my way
light,' North, 1 have sought (juicily to aso-it.iiu,
si Gen. Cass’ friends, what are
and what would
i the Wibuot l'ro-
i • . — y - . o: j— luiiuou it. a siii-
ms patrimony, and excusing their own j gle correspondence between prophecy ' bave not been
gleet and ingratitude. But he said
them, “ Caitiffs, slaves, dogs, begon
Pollute the floor of my house no long
If ye enter my grounds again, I will | prophecy
have the servants loose the dog
To Master Lackland he said, “ Come
to my arms-—come to my heart, my
brother ! Live in my house, and share
with the Heir of Linn in all things.”
And the Heir of Linn became ano
ther, man, and was an ornament to his
country, anti a blessing to his tenants.
Remarkable.
In the year 1792 there was reprinted
in Boston an unpretending little work,
whieh had been originally published in
London nearly a century before, name
ly in the year 1701, entitled the Rise
and Fall of Papacy, by Robert Fleming.
The cause of its republication in Boston
was the astonishment and inlereslexciled
matt opened his eyes with astonishment j being reported as the principal topic of j viso, provided he
when I told him that the theatres in . the speech ! And this letter, which jirov-11 h ive uo hesiutiii
London were not open on {Sunday.—> ed the extreme frailtyof Mr. McAllister’s ! {South
Why, said he, what do the people do | memory, turns out to have been written ! lion U
with themselves? j by that gentleman himself, who wj
, But it the stranger will turn aside ' its date, on a Northern lour ! But
the destruction of j lb ‘ s crou 'd and enter some of the j most complete refutation of Mr. McAllis- 1 here are the must rabid Wibuot P
churches at the hour of prayer, he will ter’s statement, Mr. C. read to the as- j men of his own parly. This is iiuiori-
mbly a letter from Mr. Fillmore himself, j ous and acknowledged. Take this fact
rept away by the infi- j (in reply toone written to him by a (which, if the individuals were known
~ _ losing the print-1 in the {South, the names of such fierce
ed remarks of Mr. McA.) iu which he > Proviso men as Collector I
expresses surprise at the assertion, and Judge Hand, Chancellor F;
attended an Alxdi- j and others I do not remember, woub
tion Meeting or made an Abolition speech • make evident,) with the other importaa
the State of New York, in the xcholv and acknowledged fact, that G**u. Cas
i_ j find there are yet many thousands who :
and fulfilment is wonderful, but such a' arou,,d them. I have seen reli- ! memlierol Congi
! j double one, showing both beginning and S‘ ous audieuces iu Paris as large and a
'* j end is still more so.” Coupled with the j attentive as at New York: and hav r
_ egard to Popery, it tnav I beari l the gospel of ourcommon{Saviour | declares that he
Well justify the attention that has been preached as faithfully in French
re-awakened to Mr. Fleming’s remark- ! English,
able work.—Boston 'Transcript.
saunol depend upon his opposi-
the interference of Northern ngi-
:il! tutors on the slavery question. 1 liml
that his most intimate political friends
ble wisdom had discovered a means of ^ * be ver iHcation of its interpretations
raising him from beggary and despair
to affluence, and of weaning him from
the lollies and vices which had dis
graced his character. To evince his
gratitude he resolved lo mend his life
from that day forward, and become all
bis father’s heart could
of prophecy in regard to the fall of the
French monarchy. We say interpreta
tions of projjhecy; for Mr. Fleming mere
ly aspires to the rank of an interpreter
of the mystical vaticinations of the Rev
elations. He assumed at the outset that
Biblical students are agreed upon cer-
more trial of the-false friends
whom he had wasted his lime, his sub-
With ificse words ihe ol.l m „ a fell ‘"u- hiS c . h ^ ler - H f
ick on hi. niiw nnrl lore ke P‘ his newly discovered weald.
But first he thought lie would make '? !n P°j n ', s ' such ns that Pupal Home
' the Babylon ol the Apocalypse ; that
the seven heads of the beast are the sev
en forms of the civil government that
back on his pillow and expired.
The Heir of Linn did not grieve long
for hi3 parent. He soon threw open his
bouse to nil coiners. His forest fell be
neath the axe, his chimneys were al
ways smoking, a hundred men eat daily
At his board, and he bought him horses
and hounds, and be lent money without
counting, to his dissolute companions.
He feasted and drank, and gained as if
ho could not get rid of his substance fast
'enough in all these ways, he took no
care of his affairs but gave up the gui
dance of them to a bailiff* or steward
‘named John of the Scales, who was a
knave and notorious usurer. John
cheated his master in various ways, ami
put more (ban half Lis rents aud moneys
into bis own pocket.
At last, what the Heir of Linn’s fath
er had foreseen came to puss. His mon
ey was nil gone, and he had no means
of keeping up bis excesses except bv
'selling bis lands, but there was no one
•rich enough to buy them except John
*of the Scales, and every one knew how
lie came by his money. The young
Laird was in desperate want of cash to
pay his gaming debts, and was more-
yjver heated with wine, when his unjust
steward offered to buy bis estate. It was
Ahard case,but after much reluctance he
Agreed upon‘the bargain.’ “Give me
gold good John of the Scales, and my
lands shall be yours forever,” said the
Heir of Linn.
Then John counted down the good
yellow gold, and a hard bargain he had
•of it. For eveiy pound that John agreed
to pay was well worth three.
The last money went like the first.
And the Heir of Linn was a' beggar.—
tie first went to the bouse that had
Hincc been bis ofWn, but now belonged
’to^Jqbn of the Scales, to seek some re
lief. He looked into the great banquet-
•ing hall, but there was go feasting going
on in it. The fire was out, the dinner ta
ble was taken away, and all was deso
late aptl dismal. •« Here's sorry cheer,”
said jtfae Heir of Linn.
, Jphfr would not give him a penny,
but told him to go to the friends he had
spent few money upon foolishly. He
did so» bat it aid no good, Some of
them pretended they did not know him,
and oat one would lend x him a farthing,
Or offer him a dinner. So he wandered
about forlorn and hangry* for two days,
foFwork he could not, and to beg he
was ashamed. At last in his extreme
misery he bethought himself of his fath
er’s dying words.
‘ l '.* v I’haye not gold the old house in
Kippletrigan yet,” said he, “ for no one
succeeded each other in the Roman na-
secret, liifbe'lieard JohiiRRhe Scales j ! io " : that the,government „f the Pope
was going to give a great entertainment,
and that all the lords and ladies of Gal
way would be there.
When the Heir of Linn entered his
j A Poor Scholar.
■ One of our somewhat famed scientific
and literary men of Boston was recent-
,r the I Se si - ? ° r - chi,ry T " yi " r ' s i;,r 1 sm u:
course of his life.
The Southern people must
vinced, that, in Mr. Fillmore
presented a candidate
1 himself ^
>nhy
The Kiiig Suakc.
A late writer in one of the public ji
nals represents the king snake of . . -,
South as the natural enemv of the mock-1 li ** l J* J^ose oMward sliow.iurleed, gave > . , . . • , , , ,
asili, a powerful and venomous reptile, i slru, . , S indication o! poetic and authorie I l - h j .'ipenly tu l| cclare,
though not aware that he is the enemy destiny. After greeting Professor B.,!
of any other of the serpent tribe. * • «h«hlw «... ... i
i himself t
the South, however, I believe it is
erally understood that he makes war on
every other species of serpent; he is
most renowned, however, lor combats
with the formidable mockasin, in which
he is believed to be always the conquer
or. He not only attacks the mockasin
when he accidentally crosses his path,
but he hunts him with alt the cunning
and perseverance with which a dog
hunts a rabbit. When he
’ Yt 1 ll,e shabby gentleman went .
this day of agitation about slaver}', th
he is not of the Abolitionists nor with
them. When the old and trusted ser
vants of the Democratic party, such as
Marlin Van Burcn, the first Northe
that he was in great destitution, sought
charity, and hearing that Professor was
u friend lo the cause of education, &c„ i „
find called upon hint as a poor IduUar R’"! Soa'hem ptlne.plcs, and Ben-
for relief. 1 [jamm F. Butler, who used to be the elite!
“ Poor scholar, eh ? Ah ! come in,
sir; walk into my library, sir, I am a
friend to literature, aud shall be proud
butler of Democracy, h
reported the resolution on the su
slavery, which is now put forth
Baltimore Platform—when such
Aedly not two
enthusiastic Proviso advocate,
, the Whigs j and I ask what guaranty Itas the {South
tliat this trimming politician will not de-
the time of need 1 There is,
ho! however, a still more important fact, to
which, iu connection with these suspi
cions, I wish to cull your attention •
Every member of botti Houses of Con
gress from Michigan voted against the
recent Compromise Bill, and in favor of
the Wiltnol Proviso in the Oregon bill.
Now it is said here that Mr. McClelland
is the very ex|x>neul of Gen. Cass’ jiri-
ictually vale opinions and wishes, and iu the
bject of I event of his election will be the Post-
as the I master General. Mr. McClelland is
4 the most rabid Proviso men in
the last of the seven. He then
tains that the 1200 days spoken of
der the several forms of * 42 months,* 11 have ku
a time, times and a half a lime,” &c., | mockasit
fails. He then
round the body of the mockasin and
tightens his folds; and never relaxes
the tenacity of his deadly embrace un
til the life of his victim has become ex
tinct. This is generally
r hou:
class
understand rite : tllld de ; l!ire> ,, ial llu „ evcr
uni...>• i t /n !'l'u Abolitionists, or spoke
Class-icsf replied the fellow, lri „ in lhe wholo co \ n
Lord bless you, what are they ?" ! _ nichmmi 7Ws .
Heavens!” ejaculated the now sme- | T , .
cd Professor, “did vou not say, sir, that!
boldly
ic:wl with i ness
their doc-Jbidd'
of his lif!
father’s hall, it was crowded with richly I a l re lo be! taken for 1260 years. He holds ; brace of twelve hours, an
dressed gentry ; but he was a be^ar! *bat Anti-Christ began his reign in the ! snake holding him as lovingl
in rags. He appealed lo the charily’ oF >' carC06 • for . the Papal form of govern- j Th .
, v ..„ „ ; » q » | Geu. Taylor at Home.
-perhaps less. But j *<■“ «^e? i*>°r j The following is an extract of a let-
ane instance, in which the sir, and so I be, a mighty poor |er j rom
found alive after »..««. ....... - **--*-
l the ki
eher, to hi:
1 his o]>iuiim to the highest
Will he not desert us after the
election ? Let the South look to it; es
pecially alter the last act of Congress
has proved that Democratic Senators
are ready to sell us loo.
Iu haste, Q.
c, that while Cass ik hero
rags. He appealed to the charity ...
ike company that he was starving, say- ! ment
ing. To one he said : «* You have feast
ed at my board a thousand times—will
you now deny me the crumbs that fall
from vour own
ha'vf faLU i ftrrras.and throne'immediately^ruccccd-1 He is nm ofgreat length,
Imes—wifi j* «■» *«*» of the Os.ro Joths; the £ “ ‘ “<* ? “"1 JSf? 1 ?
ly as at first.
The king snake is equally hostile
scholar; ; , a i„i my fault thtmgh. «r, ! "l cT”,/ Bahi.'n f P tT I I
| h'ere^given to^etn' c mI:lc,,er represented as ^ more trie
kingdom that was to “continue but ashort
harmless to man. He
"toanMter,"Tgaw j TZl}" ! bTMSm fell
through an extensive wood, I met with
fair steed and trappings:" to a!" 1 awa y- and lho lille of University
third, •• I lent you a thousand pounds,! B ' sho .P "' as f ven 10 ar,d
and
er asked
nner of* vile ' l * ,erc was l be commencement and grad-! 7., ® mar ^y w, th ike
said it was a shame that |'“^1 expansion of papal power. /
Un tiie subject of the outpounn.
e vial he says:—“ There is ground to
hope, that
to repay
after idolatry was publicly authorised j
Rome. In that year it was first
and
But,
they reviled him,and called him a spend
thrift, beggar, aud all manner of vile
names. ‘ ‘‘ .
such'a wretched object should be suf-1 Dn die subject of the outpou
fered to come among them, and one, to I, e V1 . he says: ** There isgi
J coiled up so near the carriage truck
ol my wheels actually grazed
whip, probably twenty times in the
course of ten minutes. He would, each
time, raise his head, look at me, and
-hom more than all the rest, his purse j “°P e »
had always been ojien, called on the i ol her such centupy, [ue wrote tu 1701,
about the beginning of an-* wr ! lh t his » bul absolutely refused
° ! *° budge an inch. I left him there. I
l century before the time of which lie
peaks,] things may again alter for the
' better. For I cannot but hope that some
mortification of the chief support-
i shi
'Id judge him to have been about
five feet long, as he crossed the road
just before I came up.with him.
The mockasin is an ugly lookin;
rants to thrust him out of doors.
But one man took his part. It was
Mr. Richard Lackland, a poor younger
son of a wealthy gentleman. He stood i r . . , . *: —n . — r •; — -ov *—
up and said, “I never ate at the board ! ers . of Anitclirist will then happen, and j tomer. He is also short and thick, and
*»t the Heir of Linn, I never rode bis I P? rba P s lhe French monarchy may be- somewhat resembles the rattlesnake in
,} ve( j | gin to be considerably humbled about j * orm and color; though he has more of
i . i that time. • * Ttm tn the pvnirn. i the dark nnnnpro kn#> Uo lo -mphibi-
ofhook
haveroeive gold'noble", n'ntl thaTis' nil I exact 'y fu,file ' 1 in the'Freuch revolution, i jt'itl.line. When attacked on the land,
1 own in the world, aoj here are «ix of' and ,n ,lle rev,val nf Protestant religion “f attempts to seek refuge in the water.
"rviee of the man who e I ' vll,cl1 succeeded that. ■ Oreat stories are told about his venom
er shat against'the ttoor. F™tn another course of remark he and the fatality of his bile ; i, ut I
. s l, ; , 11 draws the conclusion m this more tits-! aeard of
by
sled by mere ap
pearance, and who is careful of what he
says, is indeed high praise. It is not
wondetful that such a man, as Gen. T.
is here shown to be, should so warmlv
attach lo him all who know him, and
will account for and justify the gener
ous enthusiasm which is every where
awakened among the people, to place
him in the Presidential chair. Just
such a man as General Taylor is, the
country wants for President, and wisely
lover! * bere ^ or e has it been decreed bv the
head. We were still talking as I with- i |,e ?,!; le \° P ut 1,im thal " liii;e -
drew, he accompanying tne behind, and , / he bttler was written in bew Or-
I turning towards him, he said hastily, l eans ’ ™ 1 l,e 8 ‘b August, aud thus re- ,
> Sloop, stoop'.’ I did not understand j .!!? Gc[lcril1 Ia 5 1 ‘ ,r - I
him until I felt my head hit against the i , Vj 1 al ,7 "f a ^ back, I called on Gen-
beam. He was a man who never miss- era , fa >’ lor ’ ,u “''"pa'fV with the
edan occasion of giving advice, and i !’2 a ^!‘. e ^" b _°, wa V,'. at , a3 Cbaplam
Slipping a few shill
scholar’s hand, the Professor told him
to—slide.
Stoop a. Little.
The following story, related by Dr.;
Franklin, in a letter to Dr. Mather, has i
been often told, aud is well worth teli- !
“The last time I saw your father,” I
says Dr. F., “was in 1724. In taking
my leave, he showed me' a short way
out of the house, through a narrow pas-
"hid, was crossed by a beamo
horses, or shared his purse, or recetv
favor from hitr. to the value of a farthing.
But what then? He was a worthy
gentleman when he bad the means.
That time. * • But as to the expire- j lbe dark coppery hue. He is at
tion of this vial, I fear that it will not he , OU3 > and is sometimes, though
y j j until the year 1794.” This was most j taken j n the water, by t
vord ” ‘ l ‘ nct * orm : ** ^ beru f° re We may justly, ^1 any having died in consequence of it. ailu tlAil „ C55
! —ppose thal the Frettch monarchy, ai-1 The general impression is, thal the skin I Lick Sprin-s, a letv days
... «... =..„,,.h..l ~:n «l apersou bitten by this reptile assumes j L., a belle ’of Bourbon
them at the service of the
band was
And as I atn a gentleman,
lay a finger on him while I wear
A glad man the Heir of Linn, to find * •», , , , , ...
one man worthy lo be his friend. He \ !f_ r d L?
took the six nobles, and advanced to
wards John of the Scales, who was. , , ,
standing at the end of the hall, attired , tb Ir "'I :
in gorgeous apparel.
“You, at least,” said the Heirof L
“ought lo relieve my necessi:
yon j
and I
lands/
Then John of ihe Scales began to re
vile him. and declared that he had given
him much more tor ihe lands than they
were worth, for he did not at all like to
be reminded of his extortion before so
much company. *» Nay,** he said to
lhe Heir of Linn, “ if you will but re
turn me half of what I paid for your
father’s estate, you shall have it back
again,*'
well authenticated account
upon this, he said to
and have the world before you ; stoop^a
little as you go through it, and you will
avoid many hard thumps!* This ad
vice, thus beat into my head, has fre
quently been of use to me ; and I often
think of it when i see pride mortified,
and misfortunes brought upon a people
by carrying their heads too high.
Intrepidity of a Lady.—We copy the
following from the Louisvile Journal:
A remarkable instance of inuepidity
and coolness was exhibited at the Blue
[o, by Miss
nty in this
ul last, inwards the etui of this [that is,' and that the most efieelual "remedy "is | rera^rorn‘^“exeursfen on boreeback!
-■re last] century. . he sound of a vtulnt! I have met with were riding down the long hill about a
These vertfied mte/pretations were , fe* ™e who could swear lo the fact.— j quar , er of a mile Irom the hotel at full
peed, the lady being a little ahead.—
South thau Taylor, who is a .Southen
man and owns hundreds of slaves, just
as Polk was said iu Pennsylvania to bo
more of a tariff' man than Clay, iu the
North, his friends are the most violent
of all Wilmot proviso men. Will the
people be deceived by this double game
now as they were iri ’441—Rich. Whig,
Mr. Fillmore and the Working Men.
Hon. John’ W. Crockett, who is a
sou ol the celebrated David Crockett,
was several years a member of Con
gress from Tennessee, and is now edi
tor of the New Orleans “National,**
bears the following testimony iu favor
of our candidate lor the Vice Presiden
cy : “ We know Millard Fillmore, hav
ing served with him and worked with
him for four years in the national coun
cils, aud we know him to be as free*
from the taint of abolition as any mau
,m-j in this Cuiou. He is a republican of
jj e J the old school, and It j would have to bo
, n _[ unfaithful and untrue to himself u* bo
ent countenance aud looks like the ! u, # ,l f uu a,,( * unfaithful to lho great body
of moral integrity he is represented J >lbe |>e»»ple of this country. He is
I -tiphtuically one of them. He .fee,
it ‘ act,’ and • sympathize’ with abnli-
itnsls us charged, but he‘acts'aud
pathizes with tile great body of lho
revoun^ i l * ie ^‘° Grande. We found the Gener-
I sfnnn°n! al siuin S b y himself on the porch
as quite accessible and '
He
pretend _
fine ey
i his
larkably fin
very
very systematic, p
tual, temperate man, and never touches
wine or liquor of any kind. He is.ready.
to talk upon any thing excepting his ad-] 3
ventures in the recent
of him, that he replied
h is told i honest, hardfisted mechanics aud labor-
i old friend,
•rs ofc
uutry, lor he is one of them.
ratulatcd him on his honors |^ be mechanics of the CJiiiicd Slai
aud victories, “ that for his part could ! wil1 g Ior y *»* such a mau as Millard Fill-
> considered so remarkable us to justify i Providence Journal.
j the republication of the liook in 1792.;
| or • But why is it that a new edition has a
. .- 7 I JBut why is it that a new edition liasait- ^
.re growing m l. upon my ruins, red J, |hii llme> in lhe ci „ f Nu ' v 1 »> a rollowi...
gave you a good bargn.n ol my York ! Mr. Fleming is right H^tio— i*‘T ot •"» crew, an Irishi
000 A he fellow was brave, but i ’ *
• . “ , , 0 ,; lenow was
b txing the commencement of the papal . r
power at 60G, and making its duration ', '1 , “ ° f Sr ° g * y el neveromilteil
1260years, ue cnlcttlmed that wesfemld I../, 1 ?" , ! l,,s tW er eve O' tnglit as lie
fiiidtbe“l>eginuingoftbeend”lolwlSti6.' l ° '* 3 Ku,1 | nl(> ' : ^» ‘ I never murder-
But the prophetic reckoning was accord- ‘ “ aD , an , a 110 a,an ever "ordered
ing to the then existing inode, 360 days j "*** &0 hless all mankind.* **
'for a year j whereas actual lime runs, j ■
according to the Julian mode 365 days; Henry IV, of France, one day reach-
for a year—making the nitmber of 1260 ed Amiens, after a long journey. A lo-
l" 3 oy 18 y ears - So according to cal orator was deputed lo barange him,
. T r , Mr. Fleming, the realtime for the fall of; and commenced with a very loti" string
I .‘ erh ?P i 1 "V "P? • r,e » d p *' 1,0 “'ll i Popery to commence would be in 1843.! ol epithets—‘‘Very great soverei °n, very
lend me the sum,' r said the Heir ufLipn. 1 Speaking of the l’upe he says: “ He good, very maguanimons’U-oAnd also,"
1 unrelore give me a promise under cuncot be IV fcj v ? attjr via] interrupted the king—“ very tired.”
he but see those young
life thal he saw fall around him at Bue
na Vista and Monterey, lie would be
willing to be the rest of his days un
known”-—or words to that/irnouul The
minister of whom I speak said that Gen
eral Taylor was a man of the most p.-u-
At a sudden turn of the road, Tne gentle-] dent and sound judgement, of all that
man’s saddle turned, and he fell from ; he had ever seen. It is common lo hear
his horse, but bis foot remained in the ; men who know him well say, “no one
stirrup, and the horse, although his pace ] ever heard General Tavlor say a foolish
was somewhat slackened, kept on bis'thing,” and thal those who question
way, dragging the fallen man upon the Gen. Taylor’s capacity only show
ground. The young lady, seeing this, their ignorance of his character.—-He
reined in her own horse by a sudden
effort, leaped from him whilst he was
still in rapid motion, ran back, seized
the other horse by the bridle, and re
leased her gallant from his perilous sit
uation.
The feat was witnesed by hundreds
at the springs who could find no words
strong enough to express their admira
tion of the daring courage of the beauti
ful young heroine,
has the most remarkable gift of inspir
ing every one who comes in contact
with him, with respect for his opinions
and confidence in his judgement. In
every thing he appears to be forgetful
of himself.
‘‘The Chaplain remarked to me,
while talking, about something else, “I
never saw a man in my life but who had
more or le$s vanity,* and then added,
4 except Zack Taylor/ 80 you see that
more, because be has added to the di"-
nity of their profession, and pursuit;
by raising himself from the position of
the hnmblc, industrious and respecta
ble mechanic and laborer to the front
rank of statesmen.
“From an intimate personal knowl
edge of the purity of his character, his
manner of life, his sympathy with-the
masses, his lofty patriotism and unwa
vering integrity, we express the opinion,
without hesitation, and without dispar**
ageinent to others, that he is the most
suitable man that could be found in the
whole Uuiou, to place on the ticket
with Geo. Taylor/*
An ignorant fellow was boastittg lhaj
in his travels he had been caressed eve
ry where, and that he bad the
great folks in Europe. “Haveyou seen the
Dardanelles ?' asked one of the compu?
ny. “Yes/* replied he, “I dined will}
them at Gibraltar, and fouqd tbezq
ceffept company !’*