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THE mrsisK!rai: a Hill be published every SATURDAY Morning j In the Two-Story Wootf.cn Building, at the Corner of Walnut and Fifth Street, IN the CITY of MACON, GA. ?5V n'.H. B. HAHCISOA. TKR M S . I'or t!io Paper, in advance, per annum, §2. j jP not paid in advanco, §2 50, per annum. If not paid until the end of the Year $3 00- Aiverti«omeuts will be inserted at the usual rites —and when the number of insertions de sired is not specified, they will be continued un til forbid and charged accordingly. O'Adverlisors by the Year will be contracted with upon the most favorable terms. • [pySales of Land by Administrators, Executors nr Guardians, are required by Law, to be held on :iie first Tuesday in the aiouth, between the hours „(• tea o'clock in the Forenoon and three in the Af ternoon, at the Court House of the county in which the Property is situate. Notice of these Sales must be given in a public gazette sixty days previous to the day of sale. O* dales of Negroes by Administators, Execu tors or Guardians, must be at Public Auction, on the first Tuesday in the month, between the legal ‘•hours of sale, before the Court House of the county where the Letters Testamentary, or Administration .ir Guardianship may h >vo been granted, first giv ing notice thereof I'or sixty days, in one ofthe pub lic’gazettes of this State, and at the door of the Court House where such sales are to be held. Uj- Notice for the sale of Personal Property must be given in like manner forty days previous to -the day of sale. qj-Notice to the Debtors and Creditors of an Es •ate must be published for forty days. r"j»Notice that application will be made to the (’unit of Ordinary for leave to sell Land or Ne groes must be published in a public gazette in this Sate for four months, before any order absolute -an be given by the Court. 'Citations for Letters of Administration on Estate, granted by the Court of Ordinary, must ba published tiiikty days for Letters of Dismis-; sion from the adininistrationofan Estate, monthly ji,r six months— for Dismission from Guardian s!iip forty days. (jj*Rci.f.s for the foreclosure of a Mortgage, must be published monthly for four months— for establishing lost Papers, for the full space of hiked months —for compelling Titlesfrom Lx ecutors, Administrators or others, where a Bond, j has been given by the deceased, the full space of | riiurr. MONTHS. \ B. All Business of this kind shall receiv [ urompta.tentioDßt the SOUTHERN MUBEI M | -Office, and strict care will bo taken that all legal I A IviM tisetnents are published according to Law. Uj- All Letters directed to this Office or the [ Editor on business, must be post-paid, to in- I siiro attention. /^I) £3 o c t r g . The Bliitd Boy’s bcni at I*l:iy. IIY ELIZA COOK. The blind boy’s been at play, mother, And inerry games we had ; We led him on our war, mother, And every step was glad. But when wo found a starry (lower, And praised its varied hue, A tear came trembling down his cheek, Just like a drop of dew. | AVe look him to the mill, mother, I IV b ere falling waters made A rainbow o’er the rill, mother, As golden sun-rays played ; But when we shouted at the scene, And hailed the clear blue sky, He stood quite still upon tiie bank, And breathed a long, long sigh. I IV’e asked him why he wept, mother, Whene’er we found the spots I Where periwinkles crept, mother, ft O’er wild forget-me-nots : m “Ah 1 me” he said while tears ran down As fast as summer showers, M “It is because I cannot see M The sunshine and the flowers.” I fill, that poor sightless boy, mother, Has taught me 1 am blest, I For I can look with joy, mother, H On all I love the best; I And when I sec the dancing stream, And daises red and white, I I’ll kneel upon the meadow sod, H And thank my God for sight. I How Uncle Bill ‘Did a Landlord.’ ••There lived some years since in albriv- P? Connecticut river village ot N. Hamp- Hirc, a lively little old man of sixty years *oo was familiarly called ‘Uncle Bill.’ Bile was poor, fond ol a drink, and when 4>rt o f change, always ready with some tinning expedient to procure one. Spne hot summer's day the old man came potVmg and sweating into the porch of ihe | village tavern, where sat Mr. 8., the land- I W’ whom ho thus addressed : 'll Tike to lost every thing in your gar la I; landlord ; jest as I came along 1 see II rj 3 dozen cows in there, but 1 drove i 1 before they done much damage.’ '■ - bich obliged to you for your trouble,’ '• t^ 1 ; * won *• you take a drink ?’ Hj hui t care if I do take a cooler; made i 'rather warm ruunin’ after the tarnal Ijlj 10 <>!d m3 n took his liquor, and after )>' sm© llls B^ort pipe, sat down to take a fjfiK ■', U^ C( 1 away in silence for a long H'- ' l,u oklitig occasionally with a self m l' r °bably at the funny forms i I' 1 * (1 by his smoke-wreaths. Iv ,f e i| tln S up at last to go,he said, ‘Did’nt j )e UU , ’ lll dlord, how the cows got into pen- ;arden.’ b lu,;f Mr. 8., ‘ how was it ?’ tm "’ ' to °b down the bars, and drove e s, ■" ,n yself!’ ftt: • ol ‘d fellow stumped off, leaving ■i Ued Mr. B, to the laugh of the by THE SOUTHERN MUSEUM. VOLUME II Alexander and llic Africans. Alexander, the conqueiorof the world, in one of his expeditions came into Mare- j donia, situated in an obscure corner of Af rica. The inhabitants dwelled in humble cottages, and were neither versed in the arts of war, nor yet subject to a conqueror. On the arrival of Alexander, he was con- j ducted to the dwelling of the chief, who placed before him dates, figs, and apples of pure gold. ‘ Do you eat gold here V said Alexan der. ‘ You being able, as I suppose,’ replied | the chief, ‘to obtain provisions in your | own country, for what except this have 1 you cotne hither V ‘ It is not for your gold that T have come,’ : replied Alexander, ‘but to become better 1 acquainted with the customs of your peo ple.’ ‘ Since this is the case, (hen,’ added the chief, ‘ tarry here as long as thou wilt.’ During this colloquy, two citizens came for judgement. The plantin’ said : ‘ I purchased of this man a piece of land, and turning up the soil, I discovered a valuable treasure contained therein ; yet this man refuses to receive it again.’ Then the other replied : ‘I am as conscientious in this matter as my neighbor. I sold him the field with all that was therein concealed. Therefore the treasure is his own.’ The judge then repeated their words, that he might he su;e he understood the meaning of each, correctly, and after a lit tle reflection,thus spoke: ‘ You,’ said he, addressing the first, “have a son—have you not 1 ?’ * I have,’ replied he. ‘And you,’said he the other, ‘ a daugh ter V * Yes.’ ‘ Well, then, the son shall many the daughter, and the treasure shall be the marriage portion.’ Alexander seemed perplexed. ‘ls my sentence unjust/’ said the chief. ‘ By no means,’ said Alexander, ‘ but to me the decision seemed strange and pecu liar.’ ‘ Mow then would the affair have been decided irt your own country/’ ‘ To speak truly,’ said Alexander, ‘we should have detained the two men in pris on, and have taken possession of the treas ure for the king.’ ‘ For the king !’ said the other in aston ishment.—‘Does the sun shine in that land V ‘Surely.’ ‘ And does it rain there?’ ‘ Yes.’ ‘ Are flocks and herds there V ‘ Very many.’ ‘ It is well then, that the Great Being who rules over all things, should permit the rain to fall upon that land, and the sun to shine there for the sake of these inno cent beasts, but you do not deserve it.’ t3PThe Boston Post thinks that Samuel Johnson L. L. I)., was a coarse libeller of the fair sex. It was he who said that— Ladies set no value on the moral char acter of men who pay their addresses to them—the greatest profligate will be as well received as the man of the greatest virtue, and this by a very good woman, by a woman who says her prayers three times a day. Newspaper Blunders. —Proof readers sometimes occasion most ludicrous mis takes in the newspapers. The John Bull relates a couple of instances in its own ex perience:— About two years since, we represented Mr Peel as having joined a party of “ fiends,” in Hampshire, for the purpose of shooting “peasants and only last week in a Scotch paper, we saw it gravely sta ted that a “surgeon” was taken alive m the river, and sold to the inhabitants at 6d, and lOd. per pound. A green one. —An exchange tells a good story of ail innocent countryman who chanced to be in one of our cities on Sun day, and concluded to go to church. Ar rived there, he waited outside for a mo ment, when, to his profound surprise, the organ struck up, from which he concluded some sort of a “shake down” was about to commence. Just at that moment, a gen tleman invited him to walk in and take a seat. —“Not ’zacly, Mister—l ain’t used to no such doin’s on Sunday, and besides, I don't dance." A Goon one. —The following is vouched for by the Baltimore Clipper : A Dutchman from the \\ : est went to pay his Excellency the President a visit. He happened to call just as the President and four others were sitting down to dine. The President asked him to be sealed, at the same time enquiring il there was any thing new or strange in the country. “No, I tinks not, except one of my cows hash five calves.” “Ah ! indeed—and do they all suck at onetime 1” “No sar,’ replied the Dutchman ; “fnur on ’em sucks while the tudder looksh on ; shust as I dosh!” The hint was so magnificent that a clean plate was immediately ordered and the Dutchman seated at the table, where he partook of a comfortable dinner with his i Excellency the President. ( MACON, (GA.,) SATURDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 8, 1819. ‘•Jlore iSeqtiii-cs More. ” A VISION. John Smith, a trader, sat at the door of his cottage , and an unusual weight of des pondency preyed upon his mind. llis cir- j cuinstances, to he sure, were not so had— ! he was about as prosperous as any of his neighbors; hut then, he thought, could he j escape the endless round of care and vex ation, to which a life of business exposed him ; could he have time for repose, read- j ing and meditation—in short, could he he independent of a selfish and thankless world, how happy he wou’tl be. He j mused upon this thought until that myste- , rious agent, who is supposed to keep watch over the temporal affairs of men, 1 stood by his side. ‘ 1 have -.een, said the strange vis’tor, 1 the current of your thoughts and you long j for wealth. Tell me to-morrow what a mount you desire and it shall be yours. ’ The Speaker then vanished, and a thrill j of delight ran through the veins of John j Smith. But he immediately bethought of | the answer he should return to his new j acquaintance when he re appeared. At J first no difficulty was apparent; but as he had taken up his pencil to make the ne- j cessary calculations, lie found that, the ! question was not to he solved so readily as j he imagined. At first ho set down S2OOO as the sum of his wishes. ‘lt will buy, said lie. this little place, enable me to stock my shop, repair my fences and buy me a good yoke of oxen I shall then he independent,’ He mused on this a while. ‘Still on the other hand, he continued, I should have to labor —sickness might re duce my business to disorder and bring me to poverty. 1 will have SIO,OOO be sides, that my interest money may be am ply sufficient for my support.’ This sum was hardly fixed upon, how ever, ere he foresaw that it would be wholly insufficient. ‘ It will pinch me on all sides still, said he, I could not keep a ca; riage—nor trav el in foreign countries, as 1 often thought I should like to. Besides l should be ob liged to live in a small xyay. It would al low me to he conteif.ed Mid lead an easy life, to be sure; if I xvas satisfied like the untie, with mere ease and sufficient to eat. But I want something more than this. 1 want to live like a gentleman.— I will add —let me see—yes twice as much for a handsome country seat alone, and ten times the amount in bank slock. Say about $250,000. This will ho a capital fortune, and enable me to gratify all my desires.’ Just then anew idea dropped into John’s head. ‘Then, even then, I should find richer men in the country than myself.’ He pondered on this a while. It roused up all the jealousy of his soul. He did not care about outshining them in all the splendor of his establishment and mode of living ; but he felt that the ability to do so would be absolutely necessary to his hap piness—and he was at once launched into a wide ocean of calculations which carried him finally to 10,000,000. With this he was perfectly sure of being satisfied. But he had no sooner came to this con clusion than anew idea struck him. He had thought of travelling abroad—he would meet with men of mammoth for tune in Europe. He considered a moment and then added a cipher to the ten millions. ‘ This sum of 100,000,000 would put me above the fear of meeting a rival in point of wealth.’ But he soon found he was no nearer be ing sati-fied, than he was with the first sum. It appeared absolutely necessary that he should not only be richer than any other man in the world, hut that he should not only he able to establish millions of schools and pay the salaries of ministers and missionaries and print hibles, we., (foi John Smith was a pious man) besides lay ing by some twenty millions per year. In the midst of these profound medita tions, however, on the subjects of fixing the proper sum of his supernatural visi tor, the minister of fate re-appeared. John declared that lie had been unah'e to fix the precise sum, and begged his kind visitor to give him one hour more. ‘My errand is finished ! was the reply. I goto return no more. Look inward and answer thyself the question.—Would thou even be content with the wealth of India, the glory of Alexander, the homage of the world, and a title to Heaven?’ The messenger had just pronounced these words, and was in the act of vanish ing when John Smith awoke—for he had been dreaming— a satisfied man. UsP ‘Did your fall hurt you ?’said one Hatlander to another, who had fallen from the top of a two story house.—‘Not in the laste, honey, ’twas stoppiu’ so quick that hurt me.’ E3?-’ A Lady at sea, being full of delicate apprehensions in a gale of wind, cried out, among other beautiful exclamations, ‘We shall go to the bottom—mercy on us! how my head swims !' ‘Never fear,’ replied a tar, ‘you can never go to the bottom while your head swims !’ Cl* 3 The Boston Post says, a man ought to be ashamed of himself to run away with another’s wife, when there are so many maiden ladies with trunks all packed ready for a start. Encounter with a Wolf. — I have nev* ; er known these animals, rapacious as they | are, extend their attacks to man, though | they probably would if very hungry, and a j favorable opportunity presented itself. I j shall not soon forget an adventure with one of them, many years ago, on the frontiers of Missouri. Riding near the prairie bor der, I perceived one ofthe largest and fier cest of the gray species, which had just descended from the west, and scented fam ished to desperation. lat once prepared for a chase ; and being with ut arms, 1 caught up a cudgel, when 1 betook me vali antly to the charge, much stronger, as I soon discovered, in my cause than in my equipment. The wolf was in no humor to flee however, hut boldly met me full half way. 1 was soon disarmed, for my club broke upon the animal’s head. He then “laid to” my horse’s legs, who, not relish ing the conflict, gave a plunge, and sent me whirling over his head, and made his escape, leaving me and the wolf at close quarters. 1 was no sooner upon my feet | than my antagonist renewed the charge; • hut being without weapon, or any means of awakening an emotion of terror, save through his imagination, 1 took off my large black hat. and, using it for a shield, began to thrust it towards his gaping jaws. My ruse had the desired effect; for after springing at me a few times, he wheeled about, and trotted off several spaces, and stopped to gaze at me. Being apprehen sive that he might change his mind and return to the attack, and conscious that, under the compromise, 1 had the best bar gain, l very resolutely—took to my heels, glad ofthe opportunity of making a drawn game, though 1 had myself given the chal lenge. Dress and merit. —Girard, the famous Fi ench painter, when very young, was the hearer of a letter of introduction to Lanju nais, then of the Council of Napoleon, The young painter was shabbily attired, and his reception was extremely cold ; but Lanjonais discovered in him such striking proofs of talent, good sense, and amiabili ty, that, on Girard’s rising to take leave, he rose too, and accompanied his visitors to the ante-chamber. The change was so striking, that Girard could not avoid an expression of surprise. ‘My young friend,’ said Lanjunais, anticipating the inquiry, ‘vve receive an unknown person according to his dress; we take leave of him accor ding to his merit.’ Motes and Beams. —An honest man remarkable for the singularity and dogded ness of his opinions, had been several times on a jury, atid always entertained notions of law and justice totally at vari ance with the judge and his brother jurors. One of the judges asked him how it was possible that he always gave so much trou ble to the court. He replied with the ut most gravity, “I don’t know how it is but it always happens to be my misfortune, to he on a jury with eleven obstinate men. OfT Woman is just what man makes her. Show her that you admire usefulness more than tinsel ; that you wish for a com panion instead of a plaything; that you esteem beauty ofthe mind more than per sonal beauty, and she will educate herself as to be worthy of your respect and affec tion. An exchange speaks of a lady who entered bet carriage with so much powder on her face that she blew up the driver. A Truth. —He is indeed the wisest and happiest man who, by constant atten tion of thought, discovers the greatest op portunities of doing good, and with ardent and animated resolution breaks through every opposition (hat he may improve those opportunities. The very last curiosity we have seen spoken of in the papers is a “ wheel that came off a dog's tail when it was a waggin' .’ The man that sent it in has re tired entirely from public life. gj'T’ Go slowly to the entertainments of thy fiends, but quickly to their misfor tunes. Enoch says he knew a tnan who sat up all night because he couldn’t decide which to take off first, his coat or his boots ! Napoleon —ln a perilous circumstance, gave an order difficult to execute, and it was represented to him that the thing was impossible. “Impossible !” said he, with emphasis, ‘ that word is not French.” The Best Friend. — The most agreea ble of all companions is a simple, frank man, without any high pretentions to an oppressive greatness ; one who loves life, and understands the use of it, obligingalike at all hours ; above all of a golden temper, and steadfast as an anchor. For such a one we gladly exchange the greatest gen ius, the most brilliant, the profoundest thinker. — Lessing. grT* Profane language is to conversa tion what ten inch spikes would be to ven eering—splitting, shivering anddefacing it. JCT* Mrs. Macauley having published a hook entitled ‘ Loose Thoughts,’ a friend asked Mr. Garrick if lie did not think it a strange title for a lady to choose ? ‘By no means,’ he replied ; ‘the sooner a wo mon gets rid of such thoughts the better.’ TO-MORROW. Wlmte'er tin; grief that dim the eye, Whate’er the cause of sorrow, \Ve turn us to the weeping sky, And say we’ll smile to-morrow, And when from those we love we part, From hope wc eomfort borrow, And whisper to ourarhing heart, We'll meet again to-morrow. But when to-morrow comes, ’tis still An image of to-day, Still tears our heavy eyelids fill, Still mourn we those away. And when that morroxv too is past, ( A yesterday of sorrow ) Hope smiling cheats us to the last, With visions of to-morrow. Little Graves.— Sacred places for pure thoughts aud holy meditations are the little graves in the church yard. They are the depositories of mothers’ sweetest joys—half unconscious buds of innucense humanity nipped by the first frost of time, ere yet a single canker worm of pollution had nestled among its embryo petals. Cal lous indeed must he the heait of him who can stand by a little grave side and not have the holiest emotions of his soul awa kened to the thoughts of that purity and joy which belong alone to God and Hea ven ; for the mute preacher at his feet tells him of life begun and life ended, without a stain ; and surely if this he vouchsafed to mortality, how much purer aud holier must be the spiritual land, enlightened by the sun of infinite goodness, whence eman ated the soul,brief youngsojourner among us ! How swells the heart of the parent with mournful joy, while standing by the cold earth bed of lost little ones ! Mourn ful because sweet treasure is taken away, joyful, because that precious treasure glit ters in the diadem ofthe Redeemer. The Connoisseur taken in.—One day, at an exhibition in Brussels, there was a gentleman, very finely dressed, who seem ed uncommonly attentive to every picture, and condemned, like a modern critic, ad libitum; coming at last over against a high finished piece of fruit and flowers, with in sects placed upon some ofthe leaves, he lifted up his right hand, and applied his eye-glass, which was set in silver, and cu riously chased round the rim ; on the little finger of the other hand, which held the catalogue, he had an antique, set round with rich brilliants. After he had pored over the picture for sometime, lie exclaim ed— “O horribly handled / the coloring is ex ecrable ; —was this thing done for a fly ? Never was anything half so wretched — afly! nothing was ever more out of nature ! ’ This speech brought a group of listen ers about him, when he pointed to that part of the picture where the insect was execu ted in so abominable a manner ; on the ap proach of his finger the ill-done reptile flew away; for it happened to be a real fly. p; y=* Tiie baptismal admonition of the Hindoos is as impressive on the bystander as it is beautiful : ‘ Li l tic babe, thou en terestthe world weeping, while all around you smile, contrive so to live that you may depart in smiles whilst all around you weep. Use of Moonshine. —A drunkard was once made so sensible of his folly, as to re solve on reformation, on finding himself one night endeavoring to light his cigar by a ray of moonshine sttearning through the key-hole. Ct?/”A quaint but witty old English wri ter speaking of dull men. who affect to be very grave, says, ‘they do well to counter feit a reset vedness and keep their chests always locked, not for fear any body should steal treasures from thence, but lest some should look in and see there is nothing in than /’ Affectionate Manners in Ministers. How much ministers and religious teach ers gain by a tender and affectionate style ! I hope, dear brother, you will never with hold the pungent doctrines of the Gospel; j hut 1 do hope you will cultivate their af fectionate solemnity, which accomplishes j much more than harshness. A minister preaches by his looks, his altitudes, and iiis tones, out of the pulpit and iu it, as well as by what he says. Oh ! Ido long to see love the prominent, all pervading characteristic of every Christian. An Irishman, in writing a letter to his sweetheart, asking whether she would accept of his love or not, writes thus : ‘ If you don’t love me, plase send back the letter without breaking the sale.’ following notice was lately stuck up on the end of a country meeting house :— ‘Any person sticking bills against this church, will be prosecuted according to law, or any other nuisance.’ Eccentric Humanity. —John, Duke of Montague, made two codicils to his will, one in favor of his servants, and the other in favor of his dogs, cats, See. Whilst writing the latter, one of his cats jumped on his knee. “What!” says lie ; “have you a mind to be a witness too? You can’t, for you are a party concerned.” If we float over the surface of soci ety with perpetual sunshine and favoring airs, how can vve sound the shoals and gulf which He below ? BOOK AND JOB PRINTING, Will be executed in the must approved style and on the best terms,at the OJJiecof the SCTJTZEPt.IT 2CTSETJIC -BY— WM. B. HARRISON. NUMBER 2. The Pittsburg Mercury, recording the marriage of a Miss Holmes, President of the Martha Washington Total Absti nence Society, to a Mr. Andrew Horn, ap pends the following: Fair Julia lived a temperance niaiJ, And preaclied its beauties night and morn ; But still her wicked neighbors said. She broke her pledge and took a Horn. A Painful Sight. — To see young men lounging about month after month, neither working nor desiring to work ; while— perhaps—poor parents are toiling from morning till night,to support and save them from a disgrace which their own thought* I lessness and laziness-is fast bringing upon i them. But how many such sights are to I be seen in every community ? How many have that sense of shame, which is necessa ry to force them ofi‘ the lounger’s seat; hut enough of that false pride which will not allow them to take hold of employment if it does not happen to be genteel and | profitable! Alas! the fate of such is sealed; they will go down to the grave unpitied, unmourned and soon to be for | gotten by all. Tu-Lirs.—An editor says :“a fairyoung , friend of ours recently invited us to im bibe the fragrance of bet- tulips; we did so with great unction, whereupon she boxed our ears, and affected to say she bad allu sion to a paltry flowerofth.it name.’ ‘Alas, alas,’ lie thereupon moralizes, ‘There is no truth in woman.’ |rT“ When we see a neat, pretty girl, with a free but innocent air, with cheeks which vve can hard y help kissing, and with a pair of heavenly blue eyes, which seem to repose in perfect serenity beneath their silken lashes—we always wish that I she was near a mudpuddle, and that we had to lift her over. Go away, strawber ries, you’ve lost your taste. Oh, mother ! a bee has stung me !’ said a beautiful girl, as she came running iu from the garden. ‘ Never mind child,’ replied the mother, ‘it mistook thee for a flower.’ Chance for an Inference —A little boy of four or five years, was much vexed w ith his grand mother for boxing his ears; but not daring to ‘sauce’ the old lady directly, he took up liis favorite cat, and stroking her back thus addressed tier :—“Well, pussy, I wish one of us three was dead— anditrt(»7 you, pussy, and it ain’t me, pussy !’ A Remedy,— Among the remedies pro posed for the hard times, is one that meets general approbation, namely, that every respectable young gentleman should mar ry a good girl forthwith. Sambo’s Ideas on ‘ Muscular’ Devel opment.— ‘ Crow 1 wan to ax you a con undrum.’ I ‘ Well, Sambo, succeed, I’s open forde queshun.’ ‘ Can you tell me why de art of self defence am like a ribber at low tide ?’ ‘ No, Sambo, 1 dosen’t see no similarity in de two subjects, so derfor, I guvs it up.’ ‘ Well den, I’ll tell you. It is simply bekaso it developes de muscles!’ (Hr 1 What’s the matter, my dear'?’ said a wife to her husband, who had sat for half an hour with his face buried in his hands, and apparently in great tribulation. ‘Oh, 1 don’t know,’ said he, ‘I have felt like a fool all day.’ ‘ Well,’ returned his wife, consolingly ‘ I’m afraid you'll never feel any better ; you look the very picture of ! what you feel.’ J A Cutting Retort. —After the young er Mr. Pirt had made his speech in tiie House of Commons, Sir Robert Walpole |in a sarcastic tone, remarked: ‘1 appre- I hernl the young gentleman has not sown | all his wild oats.’ To which Mr. Pitt re ! plied in a rejoinder : ‘ Age has its privi leges, and youth may have its faults, but the gentleman affords ample illustration that I still retain food enough for geese to peck at.’ Sharp Shooting. —A shallow-headed cox comb, having received a peremptory nay in answer from a young lady to whom in spite of the most significant hints that his attentions were not agreeable, he had ‘popped the question,’ declared that ‘lie wouldn’t live; he would blow his brains out.' ‘ ’Twill boa glorious 6hot if you hit them,’she said, as she turned upon her heel and left the room. A Dre adful Picture. —There is notin any of Bulwer’s drama'ic sketches of the purlieus of London a more startling group ing of horrors, than may be found in the following statement of the Rev. Mr. Phil lips, of a scene he recently witnessed in the wealthy city of Boston. ‘ln a miserable hovel which he entered, he found a man lying dead, with some of the family drunk about him. In the same room with the corpse, a couple were be ing married —the bridegroom wearing the very cloths which the dead man had just cast oft—and every thing was going on merrily as though it was a very jovial time.’ ‘ George, did you ever study as tronomy ?’ ‘ No, but 1 was familiar with several theatrical stars.’