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Newspaper Page TextVCjttfS*, — ) 1 SOUTHERN RECORDER. MILLEDGEVILLE. GEORGIA. SATURDAY, DECEMBER 30. 1838. nj' rin’ Rk.C’iRIisii is published tveildy, on ijnoicU street, between Wavne mid .1. ItVrsnn, j Tirec Dollars per annum,payable in nilvance, r t'our Dollar*, if not paid before the end of ' AoVKRTi'KMKHTS conspicuously inserted at usual rates. Those sent without a specifica- j ,,, of the number of insertions, will be publlsh- <( | until ordered nut. and charged accordingly. Sales of laud and negroes, by Administrators, Executor*, or Guardians, are required by law j,, l„. held on the first Tuesday in the month, be tween the hours of ten in the forenoon and three in the afternoon, at the Court-house ofllie coun ty in which the property is situate.—Notices of tur sale of land niiisl he given in a public gnr.etlc sitrr days, and negroes, forty days, previous to (lie tiny ol ilale. Notice of the sale of personal propel ty must 5,, ;ieen in like manner, foiity (lavs previous to ( l„. ilny of sale. ’.Iso, notice to the debtors and creditors of an estate must be published for for ty this*. Notice that application will be made to the Court of Ordinary for leave to sell land, must lie published for FOUR MONTH*. All business ill the line of Printing, will meet with prompt attention at the RncutinF.il Office. I.k r rttiis (on business) must be post paid A CARD. ' J'lllE Winter term of the Sparta Female Aca demy will commence the second Monday, 1-th .1 a unary. Besides those engaged the last year. Mr Twiss will lie associated in the in struction and superintendence of the Academy. I he building will he improved, the Library, < Inunirul and Philosophical apparatus enlarg ed, and the institution placed on a more perma nent basis. TUITION. Primary Departments, $ Id 00 Junior Class, 12-1 00 per year Senior Class, 32 00 Music, fit) 00 Lectuies in Mineralogy, Botany and Chemis try. a separate charge of !*t 3 each, per letm. Drawing, French and Spanish, a separate charge. Board, $ 10 per month. Sparta, December 1 45—3t MISCELLAir?. 47, or VOL. IX. lp= HENRY B MERSIIDN, we are audio- risc l to say, is a candidate for Receiver of Tax Returns for Bnldwin county, at the election in January next. December ft 45—4t O'J’We ueaulluniseil to announce IOHN R SVIlTrf, E-q. a candidate for Tax Collector of Bal.lwii cou-ty,at the ensuing electio;. in Julius BOOKS xMmWstm , MORGAN COUNTY. t|"XHE Scholastic exercise* of this institnti- I tion will commence on the first Monday in January next, tinder the superintendence of Mr Thomas McGrudkr, a graduate of Frank lin College, who is highly recommended to the rustors as a person well qualified to instruct youth in the various branches of an Academic education. Madison, December 4. 45—4t Windsor llill Select School. A VARIETY OP X.ACT AMU Miscellaneous books j NOR SALE nt reduced juices.ut Mr. Edward 4 Johnson’s Bookbiiulcry, opposite the Re- cor.ler OlTice. November 2*2 43—tf SA L) D L E MAN U FACTO A Y BY S.VCIVXI 6L WEIGHT. AT THEIR Ot.n STAND, THE GOLD SADDLE, •NEARLY OTP SITE THE UNITED STATES MOTEL, AUGUSTA, GEORGIA, HERE you can purchase good_ Saddles w Bridles,'' Mailt ga'ies, Whips',Collars,H ir- nes-, Spurs, Trunks, V.tlliccs. Poitmanteaus, &tc Jta, .-ikins,skirting, Bridle, Harness and Side Leather! Also, Bits and Stirrups of every descrip lion und nt the lowest prices. November 3 41—121 .VAtWtiA VsViVYN * rNKORMS his friends and the public, that he L continues to >air Watches &. Clocks lleps at the Shop lately occupied by Mr. Templeton Reid, with whom for a number of years he wot k ed in the capacity of a Journeyman. Orders will lie (Imnkiully received, and executed with care and promptness. Reference can be made to Col Rick'd Blount and the Rev. Charles Williamson in particular, ami tiie citizens generally of this place. Milledgevillo, June *28 22— LAW NOTICE. rj’sBE ti'ideoig md linve associated themselvea J in the P.tAC • ICE OF THE LA A , under tlie firm ot BEALL ^ MILLER. They will attend the Superior courts of the South ern *; loose of Houston aiM Bibb of the Flint, ami Joun« a d Wi’kiuBon of tin- Ocmulgee Circuit.— Ono of them may hi all times be found at their ot fl e, -lari-n. Twiggs county, Georgia, where no miiuiiic.itions addressed to them on busiuess will receive proper attention^ l 'MIS Institution, formerly under the superin- e tendence of Miss S M Andrews, will tie opened for the reception of student* on the fit si Monday in January, 18.'9, under the conduct of ike subscriber, who has removed with his family to Windsor Hill, near W rigli sboro’, Columbia c un ty, with the design of rendering this School a pei • uianent Kstahli^hment The objects proposed to be effected by the re establishment of this once flourishing private Sr minary, are the fallowing :—To reduce ike expe.t ses ot pupils to meet the exigencies of lie tim-*s— to remove children and youth lo n distance from temptation and the poisonous influence of vicious example—to substitute » family < c nomy with nr* fives of seif respect and mom I obligation, fo» t o severer meiliuds of Uisi ipline usually piaciised in public schools. To effect the first—Board and Tuition have been reduced much b**l< w the ordinary rates—tone c-implish the second, a site h is been selected for the School so retired ftoui flic village as to render a prohibition of all intercourse, except of necessi ty, practicable In reference to tlie third,arrange ments have been made with Mr. H Gibson, on whose premises 'he school will lie opened, to ad mit into his family all pupils from abroad ; when the same attention will be paid to their manners moials. habits and comfort, as to those of iiis own children, and where they w-ill be continually un der the eve of th ir instructor. KATE? 1 OF lUl ilOIS, BOARD, fee. Reading. Orthography, nod Analysis of the > English L lnguage, pej session, J §6 Ot Penmanship, Ariihnieiick, l.nglish Gram-i mar, Geography, History, U Rlietoriuk. > 9 00 per session, ) Algebra, Euclid,Surveying, Logick,Natu ral and Moral Phil sotiliy, Chemistry & the Laim.Gieek and Italian Languages, ( 14 00 per session, Board, including, room, fuel, lights, beds, and washing, will be furnished by H. Gibson at # 40 per seshiou, each session to continue five months N. B All young gentlemen of approved talents and character, w ho are in a course of preparatioi for the Ministry, in either the Metimdis , Piesby teriau or Baptist Churches, trill receive their tuition gratis Although the School is designed principally for males, a class of Misses under fourteen years ol ige will be received and taught, in qddilion to the other brandies, iNeedie Work, Painting, and Mu sic if desired. Fiom the liberal patronage afforded the subscri I) r at Crawfordville lie hopes, by exclusive atten lion to his School, with »lie above advantages con nected with it, to merit a favorable remembrance bv • liberal public A S BAYLKY VVindsor Hill, C lumbia county, Nov 9 41—6t ROBE JT A. BEALL, STEPHEN F MILLER Marion, November 22. 44-8t Law tiPace. rTTHE undersigned liti* removed to,andisper- t man.ntly located al the new town Columbus, in Muscogee oounly, where lie may at all times he consulted when not engaged upon the circuit. He will regularly attend the sittings of the Superior Enins ol the Chattahoochie circuit. ULYSSES LEWIS. Ian 14 50—eowtf To the Heirs of Leu’ii Uewit, deceased, to wit : Le vin Gilstran John Wallace Epps Wallace, Edm Sykes, and'the Guardian of Etleanor Demit and Janies Hays ; Y OU will please take notice, that after the ex pimiton of ninety days, I shall apply to the four! of Ordinary of Pulaski county, when sitting for ordinary purpose*, (or a division of the real and personal estate of Lewis Dewit, late of Pulas ki c.uuty, deceased. ZILPIIA DEWIT, one oftlie heirs. October 10 38 3m O N or hefore the twenty-iifth day of Decern- I ' ■" _ her, 1823, I promise to pay Edward Garland or hearer, twenty-five dollars, value received.— Date not recollected. (3igue.|) SIMEON DURHAM On ot before the 25th December, 1828, I pro mi-e to pay Theophilus Dean or bearer, j£ 10, va lue received. (Signed) ANTHONY JOHNSON. On demand 1 promise to pay Theophilus Dean Or hearer, & 3 50 cents, July 1828. JOHN B. FITTS. On or before the !5th day of December next, I promise to pay John Dean or bearer, $ 1137 50 cents, value received, this 1.3th August, 1828. (Signed) THOMAS B. WHITE. On or before the 25th December, 1829, I pro mise to pay fohn Dean or beaier, $1087 50 cents, Y<ilue received, August 13th, 1828 (Signed) THOMAS B. WHITE. GEORGIA, Jones county. Personally appeared before me in open Court, Theophilus Dean, who being sworn, saith that on Ike 30th day of August hst, he was in possession of tlie original notes, of which the above and fore- *oi g are substantial copies, that there were no credits on the same, and that on the same day a« •oresaid, the same were lost out of his possession, ®ad are now lost, so that he cannot line! die same THEOPHILUS DEAN. Sworn to. and subscribed before me in open Court, this 27th October, 1828 F. SIMS, CPk. On motion,it is ordered, that the several makers the said notes, and all persons interested there- *•> 'hew cause at the next term of this Court, why t>e copiesaloresnid should not be established in ,IH ‘ I the lost originals aforesaid A tni»* co|>y taken fr »in the minutes of Jones Su D'rior court, this 28ih October, 1828 v FREDERICK bIMS, CPk November 8 nHro JACKSON ACADEMY. I IHIS Institution will be opened again on ih. first Wednesday in Januarv next Tin male department under the personal snperiuten ilenoc of Mr Walter T. Knight, in whose literary Siscientifie acquirement* (l.e Trustees have tin most rontidenee He lias taught several years Academies in the Suite of New'Vurk with g.eal success, and has brought with him the must satis factory testimonials of his exemplary and mora character. T he Female department will continue untlei he direction of Miss Susan Rlica, the present to structress Miss Rhea has, during the course ol Iter experience, given ample evidence of Iter skill and abilities in t ile business of leaching, and very general satisfaction to her patrons. i lie Academy is situated on a delightful omi nenen in the village, lour miles North of the In lian Mineral Spring, inns healthy a section of country as any in the State ; the moral and reli gious state of society in Jacksou is of such a char acter, as to render it « suitable and desirable resi dence lor youth Tne Trustees solicit the pat ronage of the people ol the low country who nt >ke the Mineral Spring a place of retreat Irom disease during the summer months, und recom mend the Institution with ionfidence to the pat ronage of an enlightened public generally Board can he had in respectable families tor £6 per month By order of the Board of Trustees, WILLIAM V BURNEY, Sec’y. Dec. 13 46—eowilm The Editor of the Macon Talegraph will please insert this notice in his paper twice a month tor two months, and forward his account lo the Se cretary. T\r01TCE.—All persons indebted to the estate *j of Aaron Tomlinson, deceased, are quested to make immediate payment; and those to whom the estate is indebted, are requested to render in their accouuts duly Authenticated within the time prescribed by law. R. L. GAMBLE, Adm’r. November 17 43—fit JULIUS C. ALFORD JjHAVIMO permanently located himself in Cov- ___ ineton, Newi'on county, will attend to the PRACTICE OF LAW at home, and the adjoin ing counties. November 3 41—fit GEORGI A, Jones county. W HlpRE AS Stephen Bevins applies for let lers of dismission from the estate ol John Bevins, deceased; These are therefore to cite and admonish all and singulur the kindred and creditors of itiid deceas ed to lie und appear at my office within the time prescribed bylaw, to shew cause, (if tiny they cun.) why said letters of dismission should not be grain ed Given under my hand, this 7th Hey of July, *828 CHARLES MACARTHY.c.c.o July IS " l6,n f a EORGIA, Baldwin comity.—Witness Rich * T ard M Orme, administrator of John Oime, Jr late of Chatham county, deceased, applies for lettersof dismission front said estate : These are therefore to cite and admnntih all aud singular the kindred and creditors of said deceas ed to be and appear al nty oftice within the time prescribed by law, and shew cause, if any they have, whv said letters should not be granted — Given under tny band this 7tli »( M"?;' 8 * 8 R. A. GREENE, c. c. o. May 10 a* 6 ™ Sufferings from Famine.—There wot lately living nt Frankfort in Germany a man who resided in Manhcitn, when that dace was besieged ami taken by the "reneh. The following account of his suffering!) was taken front his month, and as nearly ns possible in his own words.— During the progress of the siege, and when tho firing become so frequent ns to render exposure in the streets dangerous to the inhabitants, the eellnrs of the hou ses became the only secure places of re fuge. To the cellars most of the people betook themselves with such provisions as they could. These cellars being strongly Arched over, it was n rare circumatanctl that a bomb, after falling through the roofs and floors had force enough left to pene trate them. The person whose sufferings uro now to be tietailed, retreated to Ida cellur, which was connected bynnother nt the other end of the building by a vaul ted pussage, occupied by his nvo female loiuestics and a hoy named Ernest. A hout the centre of the vaulted passage was a flight of stone stairs, lending to the kitchen above. One morning, the firing from the besiegers seemed to rage with uncommon violence j the earth shook with the explosion from tiie batteries; and the hoy Ernest left his master, to sec what the terrible loudness of the fire indicated, lie had hardly time to make his egress from the vaulted passage, when n noise aud crash equal to the loudest thunder involved the master in dust anil darkness. A load of rubbish chunked up the door way, extending some feet within the on- rnnee of tho room. A shell hail fallen upon the house and exploded on the arch ed passage at the entrance of the cellar, miking its inmate a prisoner. The re mainder of the story we present in the language of the relator: When I had a little recovered from my surprise, I found the entrance hermetical ly sealed against ingress or egress ; and what was, in tny circumstances, equally dreadful, a tinder-box, candles, mid a lit tle store of provisions, which were jus 1 without the collar door, in an excavation in the wall of the passage, were lost. 1 might have crawled thither from my mat tress and secured them, but the masses of stone piled on each other forbade the most distant prospect of hope from any exer tion of my own. I threw myself hack in an agony of despair. In the confusion w Inch reigned without, 1 must remuin for gotten! All the horror of my situation onto upon me at once, and my heart died within me. To udd to my misfortune, my candle wits nearly burnt out ; with what feelings did I watch its glimmering elite socket! Its last flash was like the trrow of death passing through my henh. I now wept like a woman amid the darlr- ,ess of my unseen abode, that was, as far is I could judge, niv charnel vault. Denth rom hunger was before me, with all its keenness of sufferings. The dull anti as t were remote sound of the guns from vithout, so different in intensity from what had lately been, told to me that the tttnss iter posed between myself and the upper world must he very considerable. I felt my heart shrink up at the discovery of toy situation. The hours lingered into ..gcs ; but it was long before the feeling f hunger afTectcd me--bo nmol was ny mind occupied with apprehensions for he future, nml filled with hopes anti fears of continual ehh and flow. In groping round me I found two stale crusts ol' '•road and some wnter yet reuiniued in a vessel by the side of tny mattress. Both I used voraciously, yet at every mouthful nty apprehension for the future-increased, anti u hundred times did 1 feel around me for some other relic of food. 1 had, I'then thought, no alternative hut to die Why should 1 fear to do so ?—hundreds, per haps, thousands, were at the same tno tnent dying above, hut a short distance lioin me, in the violence of angry pas stotis, and with horrible lacerations. 1 should go out from life like a taper ; and most probably the pains of such a death uuii been greatly exaggerated. Such were -ny self comforts—refuges from despair. I soon found a sensation of emptiness come over me, bordering upon faintness, imilar to w hat many people feel who de lay a rnenl to a very late hour. It appear ed to me that my eyes were weak, and 1 fancied if I hail had light near me that still I could have seen nothing distinctly. This sensation was accompanied by p tre mor of the eyelids and swimming in the head. I tried to relieve myself by giving way to sleep, the inclination for which cume at times very strongly over me, but I could not gain more refreshment than a restless doze imparts, and this was al ways cut short by some horrible vision, that prevented its affording me the least benefit. Now I thought I was seated at a splendid feast, Inhere all thnt could at tract the palate anti delight the senses was hefore tne. 1 was touching the rich est viands— nay actually lifting the envied morsel till it touched my mouth, and its flavor was in my nostrils, when I was n- waked by some hideous phantom snatch ing the uiitasled morsel from my shrivel ed lips and dashing it awny. Sometimes I found myself in a delicious island, where the finest fruits grew in nature's prodigali ty ; but on tnsting them, they were nau seous nnthsickning, mere soot slid ashes; and if I sought to relieve my thirst from the pure limpid streams that rati in crys tal among the luxurious scenery, I found them chunged into hitter blood. Every thing seemed to combine to mock my suf ferings and edge my tortures. I was af flicted by spasms and twitching sensations internally, as if the viscera were drawn together and expanded too suddenly.— Hollow, aching, gnawing pains, ns if my vitals were torn with pincers, frequently nssailed me, but seemed to diminish in force from repetition. 1 strove with all my might to hear up with patience anil re signation ; nml at times I subdued my bo dily (tain with my mind’s energy, but alas ! such periods were of momentary dura tion. Drowsiness generally accompanied tilts cessation of pain, hut it was only to make me start from hideous visions and tantalizing dreams.. It seemed as if no recollection of my past life—no imnges but such as would distress me to the ut most nt such a moment, were ever re called ; such as they were, they appeared horribly vivid and true, torturing me like fiends. & rendering my mind an instrument of pnin, horrible ns that where the worm tlletli not, anti the fire is not quenched. That absolute weakness which is the fruit of inaction in general, did not route over me liar some days. It is true I had no opportunity of trying my strength ; and I knew not what effect my recent ac cident might have on my frame, in ren dering it less or more capable of resis tance to the approach of hunger. My mind seemed to me first susceptible of the ndvunce of suffering, for my memory was very quickly impaired,—All my. recollec tion seemed in disconcerted links,or united with what had not the remotest affinity to each or either, ns is often tho case in a fe vered dream. Almost intolerable restless ness of spirit at first accompanied my bo dily torment, ending m tleop depression of mind, and sighing. I poured forth my prayers to God, incessantly ; but they seemed to give little or no consolation— Instead of being followed by resignation, (I nm speaking of the early part of my suffering,) 1 felt inclined to murmur the inure at mv destiny, aud to task tho jus tice of the’Almighty in predestinating trio to such a doom. Then my feeling would he converted into keen regret, or rather torment, for my murmuring. The pros pect of denth added weight to my mental anguish, nml suddenly summoned before me, enlarging darkly in bulk, the sins of tny past life, until they arose to lie inue- r.essible liui t iers to tho hope of eternal glory, when nty miserable existence on earth should httvo dosed. I always rate the mental torment I endured on this oc casion as equal to tho bodily, during the time the itudy preserved the consistency of its functions. Afterwards the mind sunk down with it into a species of apa thy no apprehension could rouse. In that dreadful state I demanded of heaven if my terrible sufferings would not propitiate my pins—whether heaven that had so per mitted agony to he heaped upon my head, would not balance it mjninst offences to wnrds its innjesty ! Thus I prayed or murmured. Reason seldom aided mo. I was the victim of suffering’s impulses, and was cast upon wild fancies, enjoying no repose. The stage of my trial soon had its end ; I had no mode of computing time, for the hands of my watch were invisible from the darkness; l knew that it hail concluded just after I hail finished the last drop of n,y water. Tire absenceof tins beverage, though I Imd made it lust me ns long as 1 could, produced a rapid change in my sen- sations; this I well recollect. 1 began to he fainter und more weak, und my limbs grew painfully cold. Shiverings now and Llten came over me; and my mind, contra ry to what hud happened hefore, seemed to have by far the advantage of the body. I wtis conscious of delirium at home, nnd of demoniacal dreams, but at intervals I was more composed, and suffered little pain,hut inexplicable debility. The viscera seem ed to me diminished, and all energy in them extinct, feeling like a dead mass, unit us if those of a deau disemboweled animal lm-1 been placed within me instead of my own. My giddiness of head increased, to gether with spasm!' and deafness. I am certain too, thut about this time 1 became totally blind, at least such is my firm im pression. 1 found too, that in my parox y-miN of delirium, 1 hud attempted to gnaw tny arms, hut tiie laceration was not deep simply from tiie want of physical power to penetrate the muscles will) my relaxed jaws. “When, O God, will my agonies end ?” was my frequent sigh, for I was too weak for an articulateejuculation. 1 seem ed to have forgotten words, even to myself, ns I found when 1 tried to pray: 1 could not connect what I would say, 1 can well re member. At length a repose, which seem ed tiie forerunner of speedy death, came upon tne, though still suusilile, but power less as u corpse. 1 looked for my deliver ance by death with unconcern. 1 have utt impression that while lying in tins state, I heard the sound of artillery, hut I cannot be certain any more than 1 can tell how long it was before I became wholly insen sible. My next recollection of myself is a most painful one. 1 was 1 could not guess where. Strange voices were around me, and 1 could not see the speakers, from the utter want of vision. The horrible debili ty I felt in body,combined with the activi ty of tny mind during my resuscitation, w its unspeakably painful—so much so thnt the recollection almost overpowers me even now. It appeared that Ernest had escaped the effects of a 13 inch shell, which hurst over the passge to the cellur and broke in the arch. The siege grew warm er, and the city was taken. When mat ters we.re a little quiet, the faithful lad did not fail to implore all he met in my behalf. A humane French officer ordered a search to be made, und 1 was found apparently lifeless, stretched on my mattress. To the cure of a French surgeon 1 also owe ttiy recovery, and the power of now rela ting my suffering. That recovery waa slow. 1 had endured a fasting of nine en tire days. 1 am six feet high, and propor tionally stout; when found n boy coul(J have carried me on his back,'bifid I seem ed shrunk to the lowest stature ; a mere cargo of bone anil skin. Nothing of in convenience remains to tne now from this my severe trial, save now nnd then a stream of horrible vividness, which comes upon me whenever 1 suffer from feverish ness or indigestion, and fearfully recals the past.—Host. Cour. • [From the Token.] THE ITALIAN BOULEVARD. Thire is no other place where human life wears such nu aspect of gaiety, as in Paris. Every thing is here arranged for amusement and pleasure, and to a stran ger, the streets, promenades, anti public gardens, have always the appearance of a file day. The, lively countenances of the mult' ode, the air of sentiment nnd sntis- f tenon which pervades every face, ami, a hove all, the grent numbers of graceful and well dressed femules abroad, unite to impress the new comer with the idea that he is among a people excited by some great orrnsion. But on the morrow the same scone returns ; and nuoin and again, for weeks and months, lie finds himself drawn into iIip gay title, moving, ming ling, nnd sympathizing with it. Alt American usually goes to Paris, af ter having recently left London, and lie therefore sees the former place to great advantage. Nothing can he more unlike than these two great capitals. Loudon is dark ami dirty, canopied wit it f >gx and swimming in mud. The streets lire elm ketl with n mass of carts nnd conches, lords nml porters, ladies nml loungers -all crowding and hurrying along as if they were engaged in n race, und lilc and dentil were on the issue. In Paris it is different. Instead of bo ring along the dirty anil narrow streets, the people seek the Boulevnrds, the gar tlens, or other promeundcs, und even in those parts where business draws togeth er a crowd of people, the characteristic order uml politeness of the French are distinctly visible. Nothing can better mark the difference of manners in the two places, tlmn some particular comparison. In entering a the atre in London, tho crowd rushes nml crushes in by main strength, nml lie who is strongest is tiie best follow, In Paris, the people form in a procession, aud outer with the utmost decorum. In the fashionable walks ns grent aeon trust is exhibited. The crowds whopro- metmtle tho pnrks and gardens of London, for the sake of reviewing each other with morn success, form into two lines, and pass in opposite directions, as if it was all an affair of business nml parade, to be de spatched in a given time, and therefore requiring great system ami effort. In Pa ris, on the contrary, til the gnrdeus of the Tituillcres or the Luxembourg, at the Champs Elyseo or the Boulevard Ital ian, the people are seen engaged in a thou sand different ways. Some nre walking, some sauntering - many nre sitting ou ben ches, others are musing beneath the groves —one is pondering the glassy surface of a fountain, another is gazing on a group of statuary. Here an old mun is looking with a delighted face upon a family ol romping children, attended by their nurse —there a sentimental youth is filling I lie enr of n duenna with idlu compliments, that he may now and then steal some sig nificant speeches into the ear of her beau tiful protege. This contrast might be extended, but we'must close it with the observation, thnt a stranger in England sees tiie worst pnrt of the English, aud in Frunce the best part of the French character. In one country, lie finds himself an outlaw, sus pected nnd repelled, prejudged and sen tenced as a being who hits some design upon the purse or privileges of every man he meets. In the other, he is received with respect nnd kindness. Out of doors, a Londoner is systematically arrogant and repulsive. Liberality ami hospitality he leaves ut home ; nnd there they may be found in their best sense. A Parisian has no home. He lives abroad, nml makes every lounging place, the street, field, gar den, nnd Boulevard, his drnwing room, where he demeans himself with constant courtesy. Among the various promenades, there is none more attractive than the Italian Boulevard, It is a broad street, with nmg nificient houses on either side, principally occupied as cafes. It is near the Chnussee D’Antin, the residence of the higher clas ses in Paris, nnd is n favorite resort of the gay part of the fashionable loungers. In the evening, it is lighted with n multitude of lamps, and nothing can exceed the bril liance of the scene. Thousands of people nre sitting in front of the cafes, where they are served with lemonade, ice-creams, nml cordials, while other thousands nre flowing to nnd fro, presenting n gay nnd mazy spectacle, perpetually changing and arranging like the forms aud figures of a kaleidescOpe. To n rnitttl yet alive to new impres sions, nml plensed with variqty, this scene is scarcely less titan enchanting. But it was my fortune to witness a painful in stance of n contrary effect. While I was in Paris, n young English man by the name of Moore, took lodgings at tiie hotel where I was staying, lie was n singularly handsome man, about a8, and, on acquaintance, I found.him in a high degree intelligent and accomplish ed. It afterwards came to my knowledge, thut he was a man of family, nml some fortune, nnd had spent his life hitherto in a career of deep devotion to dissipation. Tired of London, pulled with its plea sures, rustless & anxious for something to excite his cloyed sensibilities, he came to the great capital of luxury and enjoyment. He had been some time in Peris, when I happened one evening to see him leaning, with u dejected air, against one of the trees, which lino tire walks of the Italian Botilovurd. The light of the Inmps shone strongly around, and displayed the bril liant tide of gay beings, pussing ns usual along the pavement. There was a mix ture of bitterness nnd melancholy in the face of Moore, that made me hesitate to speak to him. When I did s., lie started, ami with evident effort put aside the looks which had attracted my attention. We returned together to our hotel, the conversation turning upon the fart, which to me nppeured singulnr, that suicide should he common among so cheerful h people as the Fteitch. Aloore insisted that there was nothing remaknhle in it. ‘They live,’ said he, ‘ for enjoyment •> tarn life is no longer worth having, when it ceases to afford it. In a place like Paris, where the eup of pleasure is (Veely offer ed, and no restraint is pnt upon him to whose lip it is given, it is soon exhausted. I can hardly think him inconsistent who dashes that cup to pienes, when it can on ly remind him thnt he is the poorest of beggars. The only thing I am surprised nt, is, that the Parisians should choose drowning ns the most eligible method of putting nn end to exsitei.ee. I Irelieve thst stiffoention by charcoal would he a less painful method of terminating life.’ We now arrived at our hotel, nnd par* toil. In the morning, Moore’s servant found his door locked, nnd no one answer ed to Iiis call. Ho entered by force, and discovered that his master wasdoad. He lay in his bud, and had the calm look of sleep. A pan of charcoal was standing in the room, ant! explained the denth of the unfortminte stranger. A brief note was found on his writing table, addressed to the keeper of the hotel, giving certain di- reoiitrtis respecting his etr,sets, nnd adding, ns a thing in which no one could have truch interest, that weariness of life hud led him to put an end to his existence. The New-York Commercial Advertiser of the 25th till, gives nn account ofllie ex amination of Johnson, who murdered Mrs. Newman, which took place on the 24th, bfeore the police magistrates. He stated that he wns horn in Virginia, amt was 26 years of age last January. Became ac quainted with the deceased 5 or 6 years since at her house, the New England Ho tel, in Philadelphia. Thcycntnc to this city in May Inst, noil had been living ns man and wife upwards of 3years. TheVeason they were not married was, that she ItHd a second husband, named Lattell, who left her nnd wns supposed to lie lost nt see, though this wus not certainly known.— Another reason wns that she hail involv ed herself in debt, by endorsing two notes if $ 400 euch, fora brother-in law— ono of which wns however paid, aud while ar rangements were making for u compro mise as to the second, sha went to her bro ther-in-law's, in the Genassee country, where she wns confined. *he there re presented herself ns married to Johnson. The child was horn in Augu*t ISM7, ami the mother returned to Philadelphia 3 months after. They both represented to Mrs. Newman’s mother that they were married. After arriving here, she put him off by the pretence, if she failed in her new undertaking it would not involve him— He again urged Iter to be married - told Iter he was doing well, anti was determin ed to bring the child home and have her acknowledged ns his wife—that lie would rather be dead than alive, if he must live so. Two or three weeks ago he went for the child, and returned on Tuesday or Wednesday. Stic appeared gl/iff to see the child, but for some time would not sponk to him. lie found on bis return, that every thing Imd been seized for reut— that his office wns destroyed - presses ta ken tlown—materials removed, &c. by the landlord. Site at first made him believe thnt she Imd induced the landlord to dis train, in order to prevent the materials be ing seized during his absence by the man of whom he had purchased them, and to whom he had given a mortgage. But this wns not tyitc, and site had caused them to be seized for rent. Deceased still refused to acknowledge the child,and said sho would not until their present ditfieulites were settled, & then she would see about it. On Thursday morning, he went out with Mr. Hayes, a journeyman printer in his employ, to obtain some money due him — with n view of arranging matters, and go ing to work again. They could not rea dily find the mart, tmd went to several places. At the Btoadway house tin y ob tained something to drink. It was a old rainy day—they stopped nt several places, and drank very freely as they went from place to place.—While walking about, Hayes was relating to him the circumstan ces which had transpired during his ab sence. lie returned to Airs. N’s. house with Hayes, ns he believes, hut nt wlmt hour be does not recollect. He does not recollect going into the dining room, or how he got into the house, or at wlm* tune, or wlmt he did while there. Ho was in liquor, hut is not in the Imfiit of getting so. lie had a pistol about the house; and had told deceased in the morning, that if she did not acknowledge the child, nnd marry him, he would blow Ids brains out, fur that he could not live so. Does not recol lect having the pistol after fits return, or at what time lie loaded it, or where, or whether he loaded it at all. He said there was something that hung over him like » dream—something about a pistol—but wlmt lie does not know. Whore or when he got the bank shot and powder lie does not know, but presumes thnt Hayes must know, ns lie was with him all day. Does not recollect following deceased from the (lining room through the window into the parlor, nor having locked the door. The last time he recollects having seen her wns in the morning, when he tnlked to her about acknowledging the child. He told her he was determined to have the matter settled that day; and from her talk he sup posed that she would consent to settle the matter before night of that day. He recollects something about a pinto), but what be cannot say. Does not know bow bis hantl became hurt. Does not re collect ever having used any Violence to wards her; but she bad several times to wards him. He bad alwnya conducted himself towards her ns a husband, but sha was of a jealous disposition, nml she one« drew a dirk upon him. It wns during the last water-melon lime. There were some girls in the house, und, os he wns passing through the yard, he threw s rind hi one of them without meaning any harm. Sha became angry, said he cured nothing about Iter, &c. frlie wus b high tempered wo man. When It# returned with the child, th* children of Airs. N. were told that the child was her staUt’s.— Here the «xagif> uutiuu glided.

Georgia Historic Newspapers

Southern recorder. (Milledgeville, Ga.) 1820-1872, December 20, 1828, Image 1