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MILLGDOI3VILLK, GEORGIA, MONDAY EVENING, APRIL 2. 1837.
No. !), „r VOL. VJ1I.
KR is published week'y, on
nn VVnvne nnd Jefferson,
f riie Krcobdk
n ..•„(• k Stri’lH, .
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»' [. " ' :0 |) O ltai s, if not paid before tint end of the
or I <> lir u ’
r*'; conspicuously inserted at the
t).stiiil r ii**
Of the number ol.
til «n
riiosc
nsertions, will be published, un-
|,mt, unit charged accordingly, a
0 , an I negroes, hy Adminisli'gtorl.
_ " .....S or flunrdintis. nfe required hy law, to
*‘ V ' 1 cm tin* first Tuestluy in the month, he
b ' th°. hours often in the forenoon and three
•* nip afternoon, at the cnurt-l.o.ise of the coun-
| property is dlnate.-Notice, >f
*• ip of land most be given in a public gasnte
lim days, and negroes, rohrr days, previous
<° v'p'Ip ofthesaiu of personal property must he
' tpViUe manner, koktv days previous to the
' ' | t . \|«,i. notice to the debtors and cre-
'' estate must he published for rouvv
go
d
dlnrs uf an
•ation will he made to the
Notice thnt applicn
„ m.dinarv for leave to sell land, must he
Court 111 •
ed for four months.
the line of Printing, will meet
•at the Kttconnt.R Ovkick.
publish''
til ini.no’
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COWflB §§, HOTOS.
ntHFI Subscriber tenders his acknowlcdg-
1 meins to his friends and i he public generally,
r III,, very liberal patronage heretofore receiv
I, nll d solicits a continuance of their favors.
K aiders bv ihe year or half year, will be re
c ,'vfd at Twelve dollars and fifty cents per
I„,h—mall and horse per day, at one dollar
I ,;f| v cents. His liar will he furnished with
liquors, and his table with the best the
* mlrv affords; his stables ara large and airy,
|ill at all times he supplied with plentiful
render and an attentive ostler.’
JOHN DOWNF.n.
jl|p, March 26 8 - 3i*
MAHON, GEORGIA.
r Jtllls establishment will lie open-
.1 ed oil the 26th iiist for the re
ception and accommodation of Tra
■C* «L vellers and regular Hoarders, under
thesineiintendance of the undersigned. Ibis
is a large Hiid commodious huildiug, is situated
on the corner of Ylulberrv and Second streets,
fronting the Court-house Square, and expressly
calculated for a PUBLIC HOUSE, being en-
tm lv new. three stories high, in an elegant si
tuation for business, immediately at the junction
of Hie Forsyth and Federal roads, with all con-
Yemeni buildings and an extensive Stable.
file Subscribers pledge themselves to devote
(liesr entire attention to render such as may call
on them comfortable; and from their experi
ence in this line of business, they can hut believe
that they will give general satisfaction. Their
Ta If. Bar and [stable will bn well fm nished with
the best the market affords.
T H Moreland,
C. Townsend
February 19 ’ '— A—tf
LAW.
HF. undersigned have united in the PR AC
Tlt'E OF HIE LAW, who will attend to
the business of their profession jointly, in the se
I counties of the Flint, and in the counties
of Troup and Muscogee, the Chatahoochie Cir
cuit.
ARSALEM H. CHAPPELL,
THO MAS N. BEALL.
February 17 3
Votiun ll\ns.
rpHE 8UBSCRIUF.U wishes to lijf irm his old
_L customers of Baldwin and the adjacent
counties, that he intends early in this month,
taking his old stand on Wayne street, near Capt.
Jarrait’s, for the purpose of
Repairing Cotton Gins.
Having provided suitable materials for the pur
pose nnd experienced woikincn, he hopes he
«ill be able to give general satisfaction to all
those who limy favor him with I heir custom
JOHN SMYTH.
N. B. The Subscriber has for sale at his stand
it Monroe county, NE1V (JIN'S, ready for use.
J. 8.
Milledgeville, Sept. 4 31—tf
GEORG! A, Haul^county.
P ELS'IN ALJk-I^syOo before me Daniel Roe,
ami saith oVwuV/’i that heieceivctl from
Samuel Roach, j tiff., al^pte of liaod, given liy
Larkin Chivers, to said Roach, for 66 dollars,
dated some time in June 1826, and made pnytl-
hlr some few days thereafter ; nnd that the said
note is lost or so mislaid that it cannot he come
at, nnd I forwarn all persons from trading for
said note, or from paying the amount thereof to
any other person except myself.
Daniel line
Sworn to and subscribed before me this 2d
March, 1827.
James W. Alexander jun
March 17 7 Bt*
A LI, persons having any demand against the
.. JL estate of John Howell, late of Houston
comity, dec’d, are requested to render them in
in terms of the Inw. and those indebted, are re
quested to make payment immediately.
HENRY PITTS,nud t r ,
THOMAS HOWELL, j
Match 7 7—fit
GEORGIA, Newton county.
rilllOMAS G KLN<j of Captnin Pening-
R_ ton’s district, tolls before John Witcher,
Esq
One Dark Brown Morse,
lonfif su itch tail, right hind foot white*, some gray
hails in Iii8 forehead, about four (Vet Id inches
hit'll, supposed to he 12 or 13 years old, apprais
ed hy Thomas Wright nnd Lemuel Duster to
forty-five dollars, this 7th March, lb27
Lcmbtth II plans. Cl'k
March 17 7— 3t
Notice.
4 LL persons indebted to the estate of Jo
.1JL hoph Bagliey, deceased, are requested 'o
oin n forward and make immediate pay men
Also those having claims against said estate
a ill pri sent <1 em properly attested within th
itnc prescribed hv Inw.
Charles Coarsey, Adin'r.
Elizabeth Bagbey, Adm'rx
March 15 7 4'
A LL prrsons indebted to the estate of Joel
a Finnegan, late of Covington, Newton (tilln
tv, dec'll, are requested to make iniinediat.
payment, as the situation of ihe estate is such
that no indulgence enu lie given; and those to
whom file estate is indebted, arc desired to pre
sent their claims duly nttestrd, within the tins.
presetibvd by law.
Francis Kirby, f . , ,
Thomas Baber. \ A '’ m rB -
March 17 7—fit
\,.\vv.
mHE undersigned have united in the i'R \( -
I IT CL OF THE LAW, and will attend to
the business of their profession jointly, in the
irs of Green. , Morgan, Putnam, Jasper,
Uuucuck, Taliaferro, Oglethorpe and Clark.
WILLIAM C. DAWSON,
YELVERJUN P. KING.
ir.lf. C. DA H'SON will attend the Courts in
Hie nullities of HeKalb, in the Chattahoochie.
Keaton, in the Flint, and Walton, in the Wes
tern fir
fliecp.esboro', Jan.
1—13t
Dissolution.
T HF. Copartnership heretofore existing be-
tween the subscribers, under the firm of
Th KNOii it. PHILLIPS, is this day dissolved
5» mutual cunseut.
Isaac Ticknnr,
Bierpnnt Phillips.
likiuntsville, 1st March, 1827
*
■pi ilN’F.SS will be continued bv PIF.RPONT
J J PHILLIPS, who respectfully solicits aeon
tf iiaiiceoflhe libeiol encouragement for which
ke returns Ids gruteful acknowledgments.
Blountsvill.-, Vlarch 13 7—3t
\ LL persons indebted to the estate of John
Prator, late of Morgan county, deceased,
are requested to make immediate payment, and
those to whom the estate may he indebted, will
please render in their accounts properly attest
within the time prescribed hy law.
RODERICK LEONARD. Adm’r.
March 8 6—(it
Notice.
\ LL persons having demands against the
estate of Nicholas Currey, dee d, late of
Washington county, are desired to present them
duly nuthenlirated, and all persons indebted to
sai.l estate, are requested to make immediate
payment to
ROBERT CURREY. or ,
JAMES M. FRANKLIN,}
March 5 fi —fit
V LL p r-ons indib’.u.l io he e- a., ui u .
limn Wilson, sen. late < f Green count
dec'd, a e requested to mnkn immediate pa
inent, and nil there having d-mauds ngni -
s-dd eslat. , are in reby notified to render the
in properly attested within the lime prescribe,
hy luw.
Thomas Wilson i ,
Abraham Greer $ ‘ X ° rs
March 13. 7—fit
boating.
1HF. undersigned having
connected themselves
in the Boating business for
Jibe present season, will de-
•her Colton in Savannah at the customary pri
To prevent loss to the owners or them-
Selves, they have made arrangemints to have
*r.'iy bag insured. Liberal advances will he
’"'"leto those who may think proper to ship hy
«ad every exertion used to obtain the liigh-
* sl market price. They w ill have a Flat ready
dart upon the first rise of the river, and one
* ver J month afterwards during the season.
F.DW. CARY,
„ JOS. H. BIGH AM.
-^■ia _ 38—tf
MILL* -Tons53,
Barber and Hair-Dresser,
T) F.SPECTFULLY returns his thanks to his
J A. friends, his customers and the public genp-
1 y, and informs llirni that he continues the a-
"'e business in all its various branches, at the
Sl&w OP XHB ro;<X3,
* ■ I* uncock street, a few steps East of Lafayette
’ opposite the Recorder Printing Office,
icrehe hopes to meet n continuance of past fn-
ors and a share of public patronage. He pro-
is.-s constant, assiduous, and industrious atten-
o" to the duties 0 I Iris profession, and hopes to
mi nt the requests which he makes He has on
, " B ' r P Razors, good Soup, essential oils,
a. s.ime Curls, 8ic.,nnd will endeavor to ren-
1 "is customers agreeuble, beautiful and plen-
,ant March 12 6—tf
Notice to Creditors.
A LL persons having legal claims against the
jl\. estate of Garrotte Brown, late of W ashing-
ton county, deceased, are requested to render
them in duly authenticated within tile time pie-
scribed by Inw, and nil those indebted to the sai.l
estate, are requested to make immediate pay
ment.
M. BROWN, Ex’or
Nov. 14, 1826 ni9m
Fifty Dollars Reward.
Notice Brands, for marks may be
altered•
S TH\YI.D or STOLEN from the
sometime duriu
subscriber
the months of July, Au
gust or September last, about 3 ? HEAD OF
LIKELY VOUNG STOCK CATTLE, branded
with the figures seventy-eight (78,) the most
part of which were tnaiked with two splits
in one ear and one split in the other, and the re
mainder with two splits in one ear and a smooth
crop in the other. Any person delivering said
cattle to me, or giving me information so that I
get them, shall receive a reward of Twenty Dol
lars, or if stolen, I will give a reward of i ifty
Dollars for the delivery oftlie cattle, together
with the apprehension and conviction of the per
son or persons stealing said cattle.
ANGUS McLEOD.
Montgomery co., Ga. Feb. 20 4—eowl Aog.
A LL persons hnving demands against the es
tate of M. MrCorqoodtile, late of Washing-
<°a county, deceased, urn requested to present
emtothe subscriber in terms of the law, and
mse indebted to the said estate to make imine-
fate payment,
Nine months after date, appli
cation will be made to the honorable the In
ferior court of Warren county, when sillies
for ordinary pitrpn-es, for leave to -tT all tin
real estate of Abner Huff, late of 3aid county,
dec’d—for the benefit ft 'he lo irs
JON ATHAN HUFF, Adm’r
January 8,1827 to9m
tyarthtj
Adm'r.
T-i?
Nine months after date, appli
cation will be mad.- to ih- Court ol Ordinal-}
of Green ronntv.foi leave to sell the reul es
tate ofCba.Ie- Peek. deceit' ed
.1 AMES CULBERSON, Adm’r
February 10* 1827. luOm
From “ Head Pieces and Tale Pieces.'' By
a Travel tin;' ,Trtist.
THIS WAY IU RISC.
About sixty yt-Hi-a ago (for this hirto
ry t a lent aa to the exact date,) them
dwelt n ’he town nf Groenehn, si Unit 6(1
on the west coast of Scotland, a certain
merchant named Duncan Menzies, i’n
• nost dia inguiehet) inhabitant. He was
a trader in extensive ba-j'.iess, having
he entire otvnership of two coasting
'es?el’ i , besides a l;irge share in a Three
masted \Ve»t-lndiainan, that was sem
-egnla-ly once a year sweeping tips the
river, laden with produce of anotliet
zone, and putting to shame with hri
> bite lofty sails, as she drew in towards
he quay, the humbler erttf, whose un
couth looking hull? and sooty canvass
crowded the port Mr Menr.es, or
Mingus, a? it was pronounced, was not
only the richest merchant, bat a' th
time we take up otir t.de hail attained
hi* highest civil dignity in ho pi tc ,
iz. that of baillie or chief nngis rate ;
ho was also an elder of the kirk,—ar
ffine, as it is managetl in Scotland, of tr
small ecclesiastical dignity ; mid withal
held the military rank of captain in th
Greenelm militia. These honor 5 , how
ver, were not till of the baillte’s seek
mg ; they rather devolved upon him ns
i n* ce-sary coneornitant of his rising
fortune, aud he submitted to their in-
lliclion accordingly. We do not mean
•’ say that he was not proud of all an t
- acli of (hem; but there were goto
points attending them,—and more par
ictilarlv the ttm-- those different du ie
deducted Irotn what was formerly tie
vuietl to his peculiar affairs,— -vhi h, c
.se his own expression, were fashions.
E en at the pn udegtof his . fficial mo
merits, too, there wag a feeling of atvk-
arduess he could not overcome, whirl-
amped the satisfaction he might be ex
•ecied lo feel. It was, for instance
i*h sotrething amounting almost u
hame that he made his way throo h
he crowd of urchins assembled at tin
it»or to see the baillie ist-ue tnrth in ln-
et’i»ie.-it:i|s when the militia were m
duty ; anti on such occa-ions it was oh
-it d I.at he frequently reached thi
rendezvous in a mot e profuse perspira-
•ou than ei'ht r he weather or the di--
tnce accounted fir. Neither tvn® h
t ertect . u««, 1 Len, in 'lie m igi-'leria
cha' actcr, he was marshalled to church on
he Sahhalh, by two haltienii rs tlresse
in rt-d coats, the count il foil .wing at a
spectable distance, an.l the proce«-siin
■ronglit up by the town crier. E.pi
vhpn standing at the plate in his capon
y of pltier, 'here was some hing annoy
<S in hein? slack up for the gaze o
the public when every other Chnsria'
va? allowed to pass quietly < n and ii
tieing coustraineil for half an hoar to
•ether, with the polite humility esteem
- I decorous in a servant ot the poor, (.
hob hi head to every dull (inkle whirl
the halfpence made as they descend*:
into the'pewter basin. Du' the roun
inghou s e was his proper clement ; there
he found h-imspll at home ; ai d with hi-
h-itthi k p>-n firm ytnpressed he
tw<*pn hi« lips, his sq»«t figure in a well
orn coatie, or short coat, of a pnuf)
colour and a ruler in hi« left hand,
which it was his custom to retain even
Iter leaving the de k, he fell hirnmlfn
man ot'more consequence, and actually
commanded mote respect, 'han when
mrounded hy the pomp and cirrtim-
t.ince of t flicial dignity. There was a
hat lime only ona quav in Greenel - ,
hich ran out from the side of ihe whar
or breast a considerable distance in’
Hie -ea, and formi r g a curve toward-
he end, cuulined the shipping in a proi-
'y secure and commodious basin.
A 1 the entrance of the quay, and only
epara'ed front it by the breadth of the
treet, stood the haillie’s house., a largt
hrep storied tenement, about two-thirds
of which yvpre ilevo-ed to business, an*'
he remainder to domestic purposes. I’
was distinguished from the rest of lit-
houses in the street bv i’s greater height,
and In a huge heiun wlti< h projected
r m the highest window of the ware
house, somewhat in the form of a gal
lows ; from this beam depended a hick
rope, whi h. to the eye of an inlander
uui-t have added to the sinister appear-
.•ncp of the machine ; hut in the inn
do k at the end, and bio. ks at Ihe up
per par', a denizen of th* coast migt
recognise that sort of fa. kle hy whirl
heavy good* are hoisted into the ware
house. The affairs of the counting
house were managed under the ma-
e.’e snperintendance, bv a youth " hos>
name was Wat 1 L- p, a distant relation < ‘
he late Mr*. M nzies (for ihe haillif
was now a widower.) and whowa® p* 1 •
milted to lot k forward to a sh ire in the
•oncern. The domestic economy wa
'be sole direction of an only dangbtpi
misnon eted May, for her name shook 1
have been April. She was a tair Imit-
■ d, blue eyed, r Itjfir complexioned Scot
ish las-ie, as gay as 'he latk singing in
•he oiorning sun. and as sweet and mo
tlest ami graceful a- th* primrose of tin
spring. She was the light ol her fath-
.■r’s eye nnd the pride of his heart; tin*!
so complete was her dominion over hi*
affection, that, in thp common phra-e,
he could have tinned the old man round
her finger. Her power over the baillie
1 was ofieu a source of great couafoil lo
Witt Lee, win although el ver an'
steady in the main, wits apt to take ‘cam
■.tecrie lil 5 ,’ as his master termed them
In fact, ho was somewhat self willed re.
•II occasions ; hut, except in the »ai!
lit? contrived to gain his end by artful
.manoeuvres r-a her (han open rebellion,
—so much so indeed, ns frequently t
ippear to give in with unwillingness into
schemes which he had himself suggest
>al. The firmnes ot the you'h’s char
act- r, al length, in some measure, g"
Tie mastery over the milkier soul of
his master, nnd except on great occasi
ons, when 'ho wrath of the Ittierwas
raised to a nit'-h which the clerk did no-
kink p’tideoi to tempt further, 11 -tv wa-
lather th • m-diator between two riva'
powers, than s pleader for mercy, in fa
vour of the we.iker tiarty. H j r media
ton very seldom failed ofi's effect, for
site was as powerful wi'h Watt Lee m
with her la her. Wh.-ih 1 r it was grati
tude for her kind qlfices, which had
iip.m' 1 *! in'o a warmer n"'iehment, or
Accident, blind contact, or tlie strong
Necessity of loving, ^
I know it.it ; not Wait did love his cou
-•in (twen'y times removed) with a v>.-
itemenre prop r'ioned to the turbulcn
s'rengtli of his character. The baillie
vas not perfecilv saiisfietl with the evi-
lent partiality of the young people —
Watt, to he sure, was come of gentle
kin, and was a shrewd, active follow,
i‘nd hy this lime, well nigh indispensa
ble m the business ; hut his whole in
cotne amounted to no more than fifty
""tads per annum, togwher with- hi
t’u me prospects, depending on Ihe bail
It*, him elf. T hi latiier, too, was prou.
of his daughter, ami thought, perhap
with good reason, that she might asptrt
to h much higher match : she yvas tbr
ailuiiration of all the young men of the
town, who 'oaeied her health in huge
bumpers of rum toddy, after the fashion
of Gieeneltn ; and even the stranger*,
lie observed, whom bu-iness already
uvught from far and near to this rising
ort, threiv ‘ sheep’s eyes’ at her as a he
tipped along. More than one of hi
mercantile correspondents too—good
ten ami yvarm—who had experienced
us hospitality, remembered in their let-
iers the sweetness of the. May tl >wer. a*
iiev gallantly termed her, and inquired
warmly after her health. No positiv<
teclaration, how, ver, had as yet been
nada by tiny of her admirers, and Iht
•ailite IIt the allair to chance or de»ti
•y- Watt L»« —» aUiovityigYru
either bv bis own poverty or (he bat)
lie’s sou r looks ; he was secure of May’-
flection, and he was determined t<
natty her. Oi'lltis he did not m iki
nv secret, hut, wi'h an impudence pe-
dtar to himself, took every opportune
y of inmnua'ii g his purpose lo his em
ployer. This produced much dissenti
m between them, but at length answer
■d the k l ive’.- purpose completely ; th.
vrath ol the baillie became less bitt< t
very time, and al lengtn the dose w
ri pealed *o frequently., that it ceased to
■e offensive, simi by degtees impercep-
itilel) him- If, lie came to lo- k ot.
y ait Le.: as his future S' n in-law. Mat
rs were in this position when the
'Vest Indian argosy arrived, and for y
vhile i.rove all though s of his daughter’s
marriage out of the baillie’* head. Evet
War L e was so completely engrossed
■V th multiplicity ol business which
'b.s'event produced, that he saw very
i tie of May till titter ihe discharge
he vessel. At length the hustle yva
.ver, ao'l things subsided into their tisti
d s'ate ; the ship was laid up in the
I i. k to undergo some repairs ; the chi-
,o was shipped off hy coasters lo other
.ort", or hoisted into Ihe warehouse
aid Ihe counting-house assumed its ac
customed appearance of quiet industry
I I michi aim st have been forgotten tha
u' h an *' vent had occurred, eo totally
wore all ve-tiges of its effects remove
>r concealed, but for one troublesoru
nemento, which now began (ogive Wat
i<> little uneasiness, lo addition to her
isnal freightage of rum, coffee, and so
par, the goi d ship had been charged
nth a West Indian planter, returning L
si-' native count ry, to breathe the coole
trot the Scolti.-h coast for the briet
pace it might lie his fate to breathe a-
II. He had gone out to push hi* for
u ,e when very young, and, from th r
noanest offices nnd. rUken by Europ*-
iu«, bad ri-en to be the posse*s r of a
,’ery cnsitlerable plantation, with a snf-
lici. ot con piemen! of Hie black cattle
used in that quarter of the world for its
nl'ivation.
[Thi« planter becomes a rival, and
i.i- riches secure 'he baillie, who, horv-
ever. finds great difficulty in deciding
how to get rid eflho contumacious Walt;
u hen Mr. Shelldrake (the rival) .oggests
quarrel anil his di-missal j
it wa« an act, however, easier talked
id than executed ; the baillie tried i
over and over again in his mind, hot ihe
.| {fi ol'v was to manage i* so a® to hav*
* me colour of justice on his side ; with-
ut thi* it could cot he thought ot,—the
whole town would cry shame on him. It
at la t occurred to him, that it would bt
a very en a y matter 'or him to pu*d
wme of the dispute 0 , that were of al-
o\"‘t daily occurrence b r tween him ecd
1 is self willed rink, jn<t a step or two
hi herio terminated. ‘ |fts bio -d will
then ho up,’ -aid he ; ' and, if I am no
mi-ti’en in \V ,tt, he’ll give me cause
enough to pack ui n alniui his btisine
—and may he a rule ■ if no a ban at the
1 ul o’hi n.’ Whether it happened tha'
M ty got s*'m > tntimal’tOTi of ihe line ol
iction determined on by the confedt -
•ate*, nnd give her lover the hint, oi
whether the honc°t badUe went too in-
artilicially ahoul it, we cannot very
veil *av ;-buHtho u-xt morning, when
hi* employer ivafked into the counting
asien a chair to the click*, and tie yoo
• ell on. As for myself, I can elide
house wjih a stntelv step, and a **>uf vt#. plown the rope after you, as 1 have of-
tge, and sat him*elf down on the oppn * *en done.
ficull as it is now-a-days to gel « tight
r speech of you. I will coh#ive to b«
I eked into the ware-house lo-night*
.litre ymi can eii-ily join me by the
door which communicates with thedwel-
ling house, and which is never locked,
V u shall theu, for waut of a better
•node of egress, jnst make the venture
you did when y ou were lauie,—descend
into the street, from the upper window*
y the crane—only I will dike mire t®
oppn
i'e sit^e of the desk to watch for cause
>f offence, lie-found the usually ramp n
vViitt in a temper no par fee’ly angelic,
hat no Christian man could haveetdPhi
cries grained word to him In vairHit
'ried to start some sohj -ct on which
they tnigh' have the good f .rtflne to dif
er ; Walt was . f hie patron’s opinion it
. very thing. H . even ordered him to
alt * an entiy which he know to he
vrong, in the bn ,k- ; but Watt, with
.’ul so much as arguing ihe matter, al
though on those points he was purlieu
tally ticklish, obeyed without a mur
mur ; and alien the hipllm affected t"
li«cover the error, took tnrwhole mat-
'er on himself, blaming his oivn prer.ipi-
atinn, and erasing the entry with much
apparent contrition. In short, the ene
ny was fairly b. fflid, and Watt main-
t .ioed his stool in triumph.
[A tdan fir s. nding him to the West
l 'dies succeeds no better ; and the plan
er, desperate tvith disappointment, ha?
it* rival wav-laid by a press gang, from
whose clinches he m ikes a most gallant
•scape to tire shore, the house, and his
uits'ress ]
May was sitting alone in the parlour,
when her lover stalk d into (he room
halles* and shoeless, like an appariiiot
>f the drowned ; his face pale with cold
and fatigue, and his sandy lo* k-> hanging
over h ; 8 brow I ke a pound of tallow can
dles. 1 lo His name, Watt Lee, wha'
has come over you ?’ cried his terrified
,<u?tre.-8 ; but Watt without answering,
•at down beside her, all dripping a* he
was, and putting back hi* hair with hi-
blue fingers that he might see and heai
distinctly, turned him°elf on the chair so
is to front May, nnd fixed his wa'ery
eyes on her face.’ ‘ Mav,’ said he a'
ength, ‘ do you rememher that your
fa'her wanted to turn me out of the. bit
tne«s, after a long nnd faithful service
iad tha 1 I enditvd ffiWy the tom"**"- *»* ;
Iiy. J-mtrna •n'frefij.fflg m* tangao be-
veen my teeth, when ne catnn on wlit-
iis blether* jii3t to try the fortitude ot
-rty patience—and all for love of y u
VI ty V ‘ To be sure I do. Watt Lop,’
tit! May ; ‘ but what lias that (o do— ’
And do you remember,’ interrupted
Watt, * tha' I was nearly shipped * ff U
lie West Indies, as innocent of all
houghts or desire thereto as a bale of. z
uaburghs ; and that to escape, I wa*
fain to lay 18 hour* on my hack withoo
turning, and lo swallow clanls of sit'd
luff as it makes my 8"ul sit It but to thi. It
if— and all ft r love of you, May ?’ ‘ Tt
oe sure I do, dear Watt ; yet, y ou know,
the doctor said you were all the better,
• lody and spirit, tor the screed ol castoi
oil you got from him, and of dnclrin-
,rem the minister—but, for goodnes-
"ake nud mine, what has that to do—’
• Th^n know now, cried Watt, iuipa-
neutly, ‘ that my life anil liber'j hav*
o<>en attacked I single handed 1 fougbt
or three hours against sixteen rmirde
rers, set on me by your father and you*
tew wooer—and when they found they
r,mid not kill me so easily, they bound
me hand and foot, anil -Carried me out in-
o the roads, and put me on board of a
ri»ip bound for Africa, and from which I
•-.scaped by little short of a miracle
*oi timing all the way below the watei
till I gained the shore--and all for lovg
My on, May!’ Almost screaming with
-tirprise and horror, May heard thi
dreadful narra'ive, which it would have
.t en impossible for her (o believe bu
(or the irrefragable evidence before hot
in Wall’s person, dripping with the very
vater through which he had swam, an
.raised with the verv blows lie had eul-
., red. Her eyes filled with tears, and
regardless of the damage her dress might
-ustain by the contact, she threw he
*elf into his arm- 5 , ‘ O a hat shall w e do?
rietl she ; ‘ that hateful old villain will
murder you before my eye"—-I atmos
wish you hud gone to—’ ‘ Hush, hush !
interrupted Watt, ‘ I tell you what w
-hall do—you shall run. away with me !
• A likely story, indeed !’ said May, rt.is
mg her head coquetlishly from VVatt’i
shoulder. ‘ I know the baillie,* con
finned her lover, ‘ when nil is over
and cannot be helped, he will rather b
glad, honest man, to have got over th
tash he has between m> and old Shell
drake—at any rate I cannot stay here to
tie mi ned out of doors, transported, poi
-oned. stabbed and drowned—I am off
tonight.’ ‘To-night!’ ‘ Aye, to-night
said Watt, in his most peremptory tone
•and then lowering his voice and 'nkine
Mav hv the hand, added softly, at.d lo
mg fondly in her face, ‘ will you go with
me, May ?’ May still said, ‘ A like
story !’ but in a less decided tone,
have a plan,’ said Walt, uot seeming
i.’ubt ' f her consent, ‘ by which we
beyond the point at which they had'shall have the start a whole night, dif-
[Unfix tufinMy this plan is overheard
”> h e Wesi Indian, who, to divappoiut
'b p m, ryeolves to natch himself, bat
^rowj somewhat sleepy.]
fti this predicament, afraid to rest om
the dam, ground for fear of rheumatism*
and d termined not to quit the rope by
which the hopes of In* love and hate
-eemed to be suspended, he was fain to
airy a stave fiom the shed, nnd fasten
ing it hy the middle to the iron clif k of
'lie important rope, to rr*t his weary
limb* by sitting on it astride, while he
mbraced the hempen comforter with
tus arms. It was in this singular and
most unaccommodating posture that be
was point'd out by Watt Lne to hit
'rembhng mistress. We do not pre
sume to follow the thoughts of the wor»
hy gentleman while ho sat taking hit
test in so unusual a fashion ; but it it
probable that tiiey may have been some
what disturbed by certain associations
connected with the article be hugged so
losely in its union with the pr*j ctinf
ft . in above, otherwise the swinging mo
tion he was obliged to undergo, from the
rope having already reached its u’moet
length, and his short leg* being in con-
equence, almost entirely raised from
he ground, would assuredly have ?et
nim fast asleep. As it was, he could not
properly be said to be either uslee,. or
iwi.ke, hts thinking faculties remaining
*ii that cloudy state which is the twilight
f the min.', sometimes experienced ia
he heavy doze we eudure rather iiiaa
enjoy after too much sleep, or when dis
ease ore ire prevents the approach of
sound sleep at*all.- Great was the coo-
-ternalion of the intended fugitives at
eeing so unexpected a difficulty in their
vay. Watt’s first thought was to drop
i bag of his own cotton ou 'he offWous
West Indian ; bu' fearing that this might
lo rather more than stun him, ho aban-
lonrxJ Die idea, ftl* n* at vetjejw*, ws#'-
o slide rapidly d- wn on ins stfoui 1 »
**1° s-« • trat « Tm f,r ■-
nembered, would bring up the cuslcRI
house pa' rol irom the quay. The hour,
in the meantime, was stealing away, and
May stood weeping and wringiug her
mnds beside him. At length his deler-
-nination was taken. Hoi ling stronuly
Ihe rope where it wa° fastened to
he windlass, that no din.-!' u ion of scan
ty might he lei heiow, he caused May
nnd > the fasteuiug, and remove the
nd altogether Irotn the roller, thug
. king the bio* k, or large pulley at.he
nd of the pr jeering fceutn, the only
upporter. Then fastening a thick piece
f wood to ihe liberated end of the rope,
m the plan adopted by hi* enemy below,
e fixed himself resolutely astride on
his apparently precarious seat, which
vould have been really dangerous to
ane less accustomed to such fetus, and
oy dint of persuasion, assisted in no
mall degree by main strength, sear'd
Vlay on his knees, and commenced their
lescent. As one cu d of the rope de-
ceoded, the other of consequence rose,
but the whole was managed so quietly,
nd Watt continued to hold so firmly by
he end to which- Sneildrake wa- ap
pended, allowing it softly and gradually
i slide through his hands, that the West
Indian was far up in the air, before, ia
he confused state of his intellects, he
became conscious that be had taken hit
lepnrture from the earth. When he at
length, however, perceived his actual
situation, rising into the air, heaven on
ly knew how nr wherefore, the horror
>f the miserable man was indescribable,
and the hollow groan which at first it-
uetl as if from the pit of his stomach,
md then rising gradually, keeping pace
i'll his ascent, into a desperate shout,
expressive, at the same instant, of a»-
">ni-hment, dismay, expostulations, and
furious reseritmedt, wa* so loud and wo-
fnl, that all idea of the ludicrous, which
tich an exhibition was otherwise well
calculated to inspire, must have been
forgotten during its continuance. Even
Watt L*e himself was in some sort as
tounded bv the dismal noise, and a * Lord
preserve us I’ was devoutly mingled with
he execration in the name of an oppo- ,
site power, which bis fear of its raising
the house prematurely against him eli
cited. There was no time to loee, how
ever ; and he made the rope spin Ibro*
his fingers so rapidly, that in an instant
'he two parties met mid-way, and the
eye® of the upward bonnd, who still held
on like grim death, glared on those of
hi* enemv with a look of rage, so .ab
surdly mingled with deprecation, that
Waff, alarmed as he was, could hardly
forbear from laughing outright. Alter
losing hold of the ascending mpe, their
descent, from the great superiority of
weight on th'rir side, was meets* c ly
pid, bat Watt broke the’ shuck with iris
rnt-.t ■
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