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SOUTHERN RECORDER*
,,V OIIIEVE & OBME.
illlLLEHUEVILLE, OEOItOIA, THUtSDA Y IIOHNI^U, HOVEJIUEU 1, 1839.
So. U—VOi
vThc BkcokhkK i» published weekly, on Hsncock
1 } l,c * „ Wnvnohmi JeflVrrton, at I lime Dollnrn per
‘ u in advance, or. Four butliirv, if not paid bo-
fop'
I .Hi r *| e y, ....
r« "conspicuously inserted «t 'be usual
AuT *?In«o scnl,, mi! u specification of the numlwr of
rtlonV' ill be published until ordered out, and charged
jcconlissjX'
„ three m the ntiernoon,
iinvhielitlie property is Bit un«.—Notices
JjS'intistltc given in a public gazette sixtk days previous
for Ite sale of persoiinl property must lie given
rv Inner FORTY days previous to the day of snip.—
" lk,! .o'tlie debtors und creditors of tui cstutc, must
MftEd for FottTV days,
^f^ire.tliat nppbentlon Will
Jinan for leave
^hasitiess in the line of Printing, vv ill meet with prompt
at the Rr.i oBPKK Offick. -
* r«Trtts on business) must be postpaid.
.. Li nnnlientloR tvill lie mode to the Court of Or-
b° ,l< . , lo , c j| land, must be published for fouh
300 IIAI.ES COTTON
a^^AiUTED before the lOUi of
&
October 25
November next, and One
Fourth Cent more given for Cot
ton not stuined in packing, bv
i. S. CALHOUN.
40 :st
'DIVIDEND Ho. 30.
Bank State of «enrRta,
SataKnah, Iflth October; 18:12.
WARE-HOUSE
W Antl Commission Business.
L still continue lilts above business in all its
various brandies, and shall be glnd to serve our
friends and the public. Our H ARE-HOUSE it in Die
centre of the burineu part of the City. Liberal advan
ces Of course made on produce in store.
. , , HEES & ANDERSON.
Augusta, October 11. :W—ot.
M
Sum hut’s t*om > ,..av
MRS. NORTON.
HE Board of Directors having this day declared
a dividend of Four Dollars per Share oil the Cu-
Stock of this Bunk
IbTjmli ult., die same
T
toi Stock of this Bank, for the six months ending on
H'.'uhl, ult.. die sutue will lie paid to the respective
Stockholders thereof, or to dicir order, on audsifter
Wednesday next, the 24tli inst.
[4()2t] A. PORTER, Cashier.
Conttniaaiottcrs' UnU, I
Mn.I.F.IUIF.VH.1.E, 25th Oct. 1832. \
0 RI>EnEI>, That on Wednesday the Hist of
die present month, the Book of Assessment for
Tiueadue the Corporation of the Town of Milledge-
.ille, be closed, and that execution do issue immediate.
Irtlioreafter, against defaulters.
Extract from the minutes.
(iEORGE W. MURRAY, lutemlont.
Asxta ITa«mosh, .Secretary. 40 2l
m
silhKOA
OEOBUIA HAT MANUFACTOK Y,
REMOVED.
R ankin & evans respectful-
ly inform their former customers
and the public generally, that they Imre
removed theirestaldisluueut from No. 27‘J,
the store they formerly occupied, to tlm
store No. 282, Broad street, directly opposite their old
stand, und a lew doors above the GLOBE UOTFI.;
where they have on hand a large assortment of
Hai# of ait shapes and qualities,
of their own manufacture, warranted ; to which they
would invite the attention ot Merchants and others—
their facilities are such, ns to enable them to oiler to
country merchants Hats of every quality, on as good
terms ns they can he purchased in any other market.
They would particularly invite the attention of gen
tlemen who study economy, to their FIVE HOLLA It
HAT, an article which they hud manufactured ex
pressly for rat ail custom, and whose beauty is sulli-
oient, of itself, to tecommeiid it. They have ulsoou
hand a large assortment of
»U]V$TA1IL|]
And Fuiiry Itounets.
Also gentlemen a and childrens
fur und cloth caps, of the lute-t
patterns.
R. &, E. would enution their
country friends against being de
ceived; their store is now on the
south side of Broud street, a few doors above the (Jlobt
Hotel.
Augusta, Oct. 6 38—18t
Hark! thru’ the dim wood Hyiug,
With a tinmiii,
Faintly the wind* are xighing—
•Summers gone!
There, when my bruised heart foeletli,
Ami the pub* moon her face re.retdelh,
Darkly my footaep Hteulcth,
To weep alone.
Hour after hour I wander.
Bv men unseen—
And sadly my wrung thoughts pontW
On
Imt hath lx
.Summer’s gone!
There, in our own green bowers,
I jr ago,
Our path through the tangled flowe
Trending slow;
Oft huml mid in hand entwining—
Oft side hv wide reclining—
\\ c’ve watched in its crimson winning,
The sunset glow.
Dimly that sun now burnetii
For me alone—
Spring after spring returnoth ;
Thou art gone!
Summer’s gone!
Still i
Still
Tin
sth
u its freshi
Betv
cheek playeth
ravetli
i the tn
Still the blue streamlet gusheth—
Still the broad ri\er rushetli-—
Still the calm silence husheth
The heart’s disuuse:
But ichu shall bring our meetings
Buck again 1
Whut shall recall thy greetings—
Loved in i
* gone!
"I’ll bo .hot,"exclaimed llugg, "If any Yankco
pnillar that e»er sleppctl ’twixl here ami the other
side ol the end of the yettrlh, ever treed Sam
llugg. It's n lie, whoever saitl it. Rut did you,
in good earnest, see Divine Goodyear’s house
floating down stream, with the family in it ]'
“ If I did'nt, tuny I he rowed lip Salt River."
"I should like to have seen the old sinner; I
dare say he prayed like a horse."
“ Yrs, that he did. I heard him snortin, * Now
I lay me down to sleep,' as he went past the cove
where I tied my boat to (he (op of a big tree, u
hundred loot high."
** T'hna they communed togothor till the first
blush of the morning appeared in the oast, anil
the gradual opening of the scene showed the
swelling stream rolling dawn in boiling eddies,
and its dark brown surface strewed with the spoils
of the earth. The gigantic trees on the bottoms,
is they are called in the language of the West,
stood midway quivering in the waters, with no
thing but the branches visible. Tile first and se
cond banks ol the river hud disappeared ; tint!
wherever the hauks receded from the shore, the
waters rebelled over the earth, sweeping along
with them every loose thing on its surface. The
picture ol the Deluge was renewed; for the solid
ground was uu longer a place of safely, anti the
scene was as solitary as that which the world ex
hibited when all that remained of its living my
riads was sheltered in Noah's ark, floating about
at the mercy of a shoreless ocean Ihttt tumbled
round the ball."
We close this brief notice witlt a whimsical anti
It timorous narrative of a boatman, giving a full
and true account of the discovery of a famous
traveller, who was, all the world knows,set ashore,
or threatened to he set ashore, from a steamboat on
the Mississippi, for intruding against rules into
(lie “ Ladies’ Cabin."
most TilX lU.ISOIti MOSTItr.Y MAtlA/.lSK.
Fninlliitrity t or The Widow’* Witf.
“'Til distance lends onclnuiunaut to the view."
Campbell.
Why is it that fumiliurity breeds contempt I
private hoarding.
TO jltenibei's ol »lt< - LcKisluUm;, and
* Olliers.
M RS. GOMW1N informs the Mein- |
Ivors «f the Legislature, und other*, that
she will he prepared to neconitnoduto frofn
Fifteen to Twenty Oentleinen
ARB and FOIMilNO during the ap
proaching session. Her Stable will Ik.* attended to by an
aueative OstU'r, und the horse* of ull who muy cull on her,
will luu* good van* taken of them. I lor house in in u con
venient nit nation, und her room* as comfortable i»h uny in
thejiluci*. if not the most so. Her house is on Wayne
ttoevifOn tin* comer obliquely from (.’apt. Jnrratt’a well
lujoun boarding- House.—She nocud that assistance, which
in rcduectfullv solicited.
Nmcdgevillc Oct. 4 37 5t
Dame Fortune stands in merry mood,
Pouring her furors to the crowd ;
lb* remiy friend, before they fall —
Who knows but you may catch them all,
MOTS EY !^MON EY 2
“lots or ivzocjxrsr:!”
W IIKN we consider Hint Fortune is daily diirus-
ing wealth and happiness In all parts and every
earner of this''extensive country, through the medium
of the l.om-ry System, thilt scarcely a day or
vtcek wheels by ns, without bringing the intelligence,
tfc"t some one of our friends or fellow-citizens hns
ikHwnn I’rise. and thnt it only requires an investment
.1 the trivial sum of Tcu Hollars, to give us a
GOOD CHANCE for Tweuly Thousand
Dollars—Surely it is utinedes.sry to urge upon
this liberal and eulighleneil |>co|ilo the policy ol stop-
pi«{ m the u>ap to uieulh and the farar of the propiti-
evt Dome.
The First Day’s Drawing having been COMPLET
ED, the SECOND DAY'S D UAH’ISO will take
plsce on the
Eighth day of December next,
atlhe Couii-Hotisc. in (he Town of Millrdgevillo, al
Ihe hour of 10 o’clock, A. M., «t which time, there
will be deposited in the Wheel,
FACTORAGE
And Commission ItusiiKsx,
f IIE UNDERSIGNED intending lo remora to
JL Qavuminh,early in the month of October, offers
iiis services to his frienda and the public, in the transac
tion ol ft Gcncrnl Factorage and C’om-
Ikllt^iOfil Blisine^ lie will make cnsliadvuu-
CC9, or acceptances on actual shipments of Cotton
In addition to which, he will
continue the carrying trade l»e-
tween Savannah i Charleston,
(or which, be is now Gnishiug a
large New Steam Bout, the Free Trade,
of light draft of water, built of the best material*, cop
pered and copper fastened, with two twenty-six horse
Engine?; and at the proper season will ruu one or two
Steam Bnafk, with Tow boats, well manued, between
Savannah nud Macon.
lit* ha-j large Fire-Proof Shod*, for Ihe storage ol
Goods arid Produce, directly on the Wharf, to sure
the expense ofdraynge.
AJI articles intended for shipment by any of the
boats, whether to Macon or Augusta, w ill bo stored
gmli*. G B. LAMAR.
September 29 97 Ot
Is if E-PROOF. WARE-HOUSE,
•:IVaVST>1.
H EAUB a WILSON continue lo truusuct
thr FACTORAGE ami
Coiiiini^ioii liusinfcs,
and will be obliged by a portion of public patronage
Angonia, Sept. 29
1 Prize
of 8 10.000
T PrlJf
of $ OOO
I “
of
1.000
1
44
of
500
1 “
or
»oo
1
44
of
400
1 “
of
HOO
1
44
of
300
1 "
of
700
1
44
of
200
In addition to those now flouting,
viz:
1 «f$50U0-I$ 700--$ 500—$300,
of $ 100;
And the First Drawn No. will be entitled to a Prise of
1,000 DOLLARS.
Thfue who feel disposed to acquire fortunes with little
trouble, will do well to make early investments it:
thii Ijottery ; as it is but seldom that such strong in
dtHwnents are held out to fortuner seekers, and high,
ly prvksble, thnt when the pieseut opportunity is past
inch another will not soon occur again.
Nil LLEDOKVILLE
STREET LOTTERY.
A.thoneeil by th. Gonural Assembly of 'he Slain of Georgia.
SCMJWJtMJE.
1 Prixc ot'S 90.000 in
4
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ft
ft
ft
ft
ft
ft
ft
ft
ftft
•10
U.10
3.000
H I’ri/.c,
do
do
do
do
do
do
do
do
do
do
do
do
do
do
37
1
In
$ 90.000
30.000
20.000
0.000
<1.500
4.000
3.500
3.000
2.500
2.000
1.500
1.000
3.500
2.500
13.000
00.000
10.000
5.000
1.000
WOO in
NOO is
700 is
GOO is
500 is
400 is
300 is
200 is
lOO is
50 is
20 is
i*
J-rtH than Two Milanks la a Prize!
All the Frizes In he lloating from the commence
«*ce|,t Ihe following, deposited ns follows, viz
tint Daft Avrairing.—2 Frizes of 5,0110. 1 of 1,000
1 ol IKK), I of 800,1 ol 700,1 of GOO, 1 of 500, l of 400,’
1 of 31)0, | of200.
® ee#, ui Dap t Drmcinp—1 Prize of $ Irt.OOO, 1 o
1 •!“'• I of800, 1 of 800, 1 of 700, 1 ol GOO, 1 ol 500
•VjW. I of 1300,1 of 200.
laird Dap's Draining—I Prize of $ 10,000, 1 of
,wu, I of 1)00, 1 of HUO, I of 700, J of GOO, J of 500,
U(4W), 1 of 300. l pf 200.
i Dap’s Drawing—I Prize of $ 10,000, 1 of
U ®°- 1 of 000, 1 of 800, 1 of 700, 1 of GOO, 1 of 500,
IJW. 1 of 3110, 1 of 200.
nnhanH last Detnoiau—1 Priv.e of « 20,000. I of
1 of000. 1 of800, 1 of 700, 1 of GOO, J of 500,
lo p'H),lof300, 1 of 200. .
Ana on (he commencement of the First, Second,
nrd and Fourth Day’s Drawing, Ihe first Drawn
"1st ier shall be entitled lo a Prize of 1,01)0 dollars,
*™ on the conclusion of Ihe last Day’s Drawing, Ihe
o', 8 ,"'! ' Bs * drawn number shall be entitled (o a ca-
Util Prize of $5,000 encli, in addition tn such Prizes
7* ™*ydrawn to then numbers. The whole Lot-
,er y to he completed in
five days drawing:
S*rixet Only to be Mtrairu. .
M l ri' V h°l® °f ,lie FrUes payable in sixty davs after
' ' Day's Drawing—suhjert to a deduction of fifteen
fro ” nt ‘ lurtoes not applied for in twelve months
Ik.r 8 ™ 1 wawing, to he considered us a donation lo
,''"di of t l-Milledgeville Street Lottery,
j 8 d r aw’iiig (o take plaue under Ihe siiparlnlen-
d illium IF. Carnet, Samuel llujjiin^lon, Su
in'. f^thuell, Il'iUinm II. Turranee, F.tekiel E Fork,
Jtk! u» •fames S. Calhoun Robert Mr Cumin and
luri 11 ,lrt| f-ontiitUsinneri—ulso, a Board St Vlsb
tarty t M»rtee of Tickrla.
Slolfk . - . $M»»«
... .1AO
. ‘lu.rtrpN -
*®t«ahti
Wanted to nire
[NOR several months, or longer, A <»oosl Coolt.
p Any person having such, will receive good wag
es, by making the same kuowu at litis utlice.
October 20 40 2t
#' ISI OFI,ETTEIW rotnaining in tho I*o««
M_A Office at Bainhriilgu, October 1st, which if not tak
en out hy January Jut, 1839, will be 80Ut to the General
Font Office us ffeaff lottery.
A. F. S. Arnett.
B. Eliynbotii Babb, James Boll 3, Elisha Brooks.
C. John CryineM, Jesse Corhntt, James Callahatul,
John Cook, Thomas Conner, William C’oar, Kaubcn
Cotio.
D Alex. Douglas!*, Hugh Davist.^
y. Effmuml Eulghmn, Dr. William Flaks.
G. Jane M. Gamble
II. Willio Homo, Elisha Hmlgo.*, John Iluntor.
JoJ. W. H. Jourtlun, Timothy T. Johnsou, Sumitol
hn«on, William John, WAV. Justice.
K. Moses Kolby, Jantos Kelloy.
L. AVilliam Lyon, Lewis Low is.
M. Tliotnas Moore 2, John B. Mills, Thomatt Ma
ples, Daniel Mobly.
N. Ijowis Newsom, Jos. Newberry.
O. r rimunis Oliver, Jotliro Oshcll.
V. James Baden.
H. Jos. Quinton.
IL John Rich, James Rich, Martha Rigiu, Ephraim
Ui'olon 2, A. B. Ridley, Harris Ricks.
"s. John Statnllv, Timothy Saunders, Jeremiah
Slade, A. D. Smart, Wright Saunders.
T. John Taylor, Jesse Tomlin, Miors Tate.
V. Horace fc. Vann.
W. Martin Walden, Ezekiel Waters, Jemima W o»>-
ten, Eli.us Wester, Robert Will
31. R. MOORE, I*. M.
OdnlH*r 1
PIE DUO AT MAIL ROUTE.
f HI Ills route extends Irmii
1. Milledgeville to lite City
tf Washington, and is so called,
■ecaiise it passes a considerable
■ extent,with (he Blue Ridge, ill
full and magnificent display.
This Route pulses through F.atonlon, Orrenesbo-
rough, Wushii'ginn and Felerslmrg. Georgia—through
Ahhcvillr. Laurens, Union and York Districts, S. I u-
rolina—through Charlotte, Salisbury and Lexington,
N. Carolina—through Danville, Lynchburg. Lovings-
ton, Charlottesville, ISnrhoursville. Orange, Culpepper
nud Warrenton, Virginia, lotlie City nI \\ ashmgioii.
This Route is particularly recoinended to the 1 re
veler for its salubrity, and the neatness, comfort & a-
hnndance of its Tavern accommodations. In the
richness nn'i variety of its scenery—in its numerous
and thrilly villages—in its Industrious and enlerprls-
ponulation—in its transit within Ihe sacred shades
of consecrated Monllccllo, this Route is without its
equal in the Southern country. Nor have the 1 ro-
nrieturs of this Route, left the traveller to depend for
Ills comfort upon tliguabove natural and incidental
advantages-—they have sought lo make Nature more
kitractive bv procur tie thn ucjiout.thc best NOR 1 II-
ERN COACm:3& FRIMF well broke IIORHEfl;
all placed under it e care und management ol Drivers
and Agents of skill and respectability.
Tills Route will average from 75 to 80 miles per
,l«v The day’s run w ill commence, with one ex-
ceptlon, from 3 to 5 o’clock. A. M-, and terminate
from 0 to 8 F. M ■ • >n the excepted day,.the run w ill
coininence at 2 A M-. and lorminute at!) I. Al.
Ladles may safely trust themselves in tills line, as
.very attention will he paid to litem, and when so re
quested, the Agents will travel with lliem on to lite
I’ltv of Washington. 4 " .
The whole Coeeh, when so desired, can lie engaged
hv Families. Distance G54 miles—Fare $45. Days
ol departure, »" Tuesdays. Thursdays and Hetiirdeys
j 1 All Baggage, parcels. Ac. at,the Hague of
o , wners WILLIAM SMITH.
' Culpepper C. II. Vs. May 15. 1833 6m
COURT.
A witness, by summons, lioine called to the stand,
Arid solemnly sworn, ns he held up Ids hand,
Frocccding lo tell wlmt he heard and he saw,
Woesndlv annoyed hy u limhof the law.
11 Freciselv how fur did you stand from Ihe ptaco ?"
Repented the lawyer, with brow-beating face.
“ Precisely how lur I" said the man, with a laugh—
” Precisely five feet ami an inch ami a half."
- But why so exact F’ Then the lawyer objected,
That such testimony might well he" suspected.
- 1 thought," said the mun, " some inquisitive fool
Might u«k; so 1 measured exact, hy my rule,"
Ou a Lady find Iter Picture.
Original and copy, too,
Weern closely with the art acquainted ;
'Fite likeness, therefore, is quite true,
For both are—eery highly painted.
I’iinldiUK's New itiovcl,
PROM TIIK NKW-YORK AOVOCATK AXU JOCRXAL.
H'eslward Hu !—We have been favored by the
Messrs. Harpers, with the sight of a new novel
under this title, hy the author of “The Dutch
man’s Fireside,"which was announced as in the
press sometime since—atid such is the uualloycd
pleasure we have enjoyed, that we cannot resist
the temptation of communicating to the public
our first impressions, after rising from its perusal,
and attempting to shake oil'the spell in which we
have been enchained tor hours.
The first, and indeed prominent impression,
was that of gratitude to the author, for adding a
choice gem to our national literature. As Ameri
cans, we rejoice over those productions of native
genius, which we think are calculated to enhance
the reputation of our country, in a walk she has
hut attempted. Her claims, for more than half a
century, have been admitted, in arms and in com
merce. There was, however, a dearer and more
difficult glory to win—that of Itttcrs. In lite face
of ancient monopoly, and full in the teeth nferiti-
cal prejudice, embittered hy national rivalry, and
the recollection of past struggles, American wri
ters have had, and still have, the difficult task of
proving lo the world the existence and the power
of genius in this Western Hemisphere. Kvery
new work of merit, therefore, whether in science,
history, poetry, or fiction, tells like a victory.—
The wave of opposition rolls hack, and the wave
of success rolls on at every accession of literary
reputation.
"Westward Ho!" is truly and emphatically a
iuiUuikU (ale. Indeed, as a nation, wc shall soon
he obliged to love ourselves, as deltnenled by the
patriotic, yet discriminating pen of Mr. l’aul-
ding. Most of Ihe characters introduced into the
work are so entirely national, that they could be
pressed into no other service than the author has
assigned them, without violence. This is his
great merit; it is the crowning -excellence; it is
what renders hint emphatically an Arucricau wri
ter, anil what, in despite of his apparent disregard
of foreign criticism, and utter carelessness of its
censure or praise, has giveu him an honorable sta
tion abroad, and at home, among tho writers of
his country.
We will not, at this early period, anticipate the
plan of the work by entering into its analysis.—
The scene opens like the lift of a curtain, and
discloses to the charmed reader, the wilderness of
Kentucky some hall a century ago—of "old Ken
tucky, which, having now arrived at the age of
almost forty years, is entitled to assume the hon
ors of a patriarch among the young fry of em
pires, springing up like mushroons in the vast
valley of the great father of waters. Its early his
tory is a romance—its growth a miracle—its soil
a garden—its women half angel, hall' heroine—
anil a portion of its men, ns hath been credibly
asserted, * half horse, half alligator, with a small
sprinkling of the steamboat,” iVc.
We look for a moment, and hut a single mo
ment, on the fresh untouched wildness of that
•• newest of all possible worlds, the Western coun
try ;” we smell the virgin odour of the woods,
and see the majestic roll of the unvoyaged rivers
— and the scene suddenly shifts to the " Ancient
Dominion,” where Ihe story continences, &• front
whence, hy a natural easy transition, tho reader is
again led by the hand into the wilderness, where
commences a series of adventures of singular in
terest and variety.
There is an air of freshness and originality dif
fused over the whole work; the characters are
marked with distinct features of individuality;
the style is rapid and vigorous; and the story is
neither spun out or delayed by long, dull, diffu
sive dialogues, which neither develop the plot, or
advance the action. Here and there wc detec-t
’■ I slight traces of haste ami carelessness, which
' seem Co indicate that thn writer is too loll of the
main subject to pay particular attention to minor
objects. But the din of politics is in our ears,
and we cannot devote sfiicient time or space to
point them our just now.
Wo say no more. Tho work will speak for it
self. Cannot one see (lie Ohio roll along in such
descriptions as the following ?
••Late in tho still, starry night, as lite Captain
and one /.ephi Teal, his first officer, sat watching
the course of the broad-born while she glh*«,|
along, by Ih. bright he,tin* of the full moon, the
former observed that the river was rising rapidly,
and the force of the current increasing.
"There ha* been a mighty grist of rain lately
up above, and the snows on the mountains mil
have melted in a hurry ' — 1 *
quoth
The parly was seated on the roof of the broad-
horn, which consisted of hoards inclining at each
eml from the centre, so as to let the rain run oil'
and singing or telling stories according to custom
aided hy the indispensable accompaniment of
competent supply of whiskey. Kainsford had
seated himself also upon the roof of the boat, to
eujoy the scene before hint, and was now casting
a glance of admiration on eitlter side, now busy
i"g himself in a labyrinth of reflections, which,
whether he turned to the past, the present, nr the
future, were equally fraught with unqualified bit
terness. Gradually, however, his attention
arrested by the following extraordinary tale.
“Well, then, Captain, iflto won't sing, suppose
you tell us another story,” quoth Cherub Spou
ney.
“ Ay, do now Captain; tell us the story of the
strange cretur you picked up going down the riv
er," said another.
" Ah ! now do, Massa Cappiu Sam,
blackey.
" Well I’ll tell you how it was. We had hauled
in the broadhoru close ashore to wood; wind was
up-stream, so we could'nt make much head-way
any how. Hill told the nigger to cook a few steaks
off Cluinsey—that was what we called the bear 1
shot the day before—well, wliilo we wore a wood-
ing—”
" That story's as long as tho Mississippi," adid
one.
"Shut pan, and sing dump, or I’ll throw you
into tho drink,” exclaimed Spooney.
“ Why, I heard that story before.”
“ Well, supposing you tlid, I did’nt; go on Cap
tain."
" Well, as I was saving. Spoon, tho nigger—”
" I link he might call um getnmau of colour,"
muttered blackey.
“ The nigger went to cook some bear while we
were wooding, so that we might have sontethiu to
go upon. When we came back, what kind of a
varmint do you think we started in the cntiebrake •”
“ I reckon an alligator,"said blackey.
" Hold your tongue, you beauty, or you shall
smell brimstone through a nail hole,” cried Spoo
ney; “ go ahead, go ahead, Captain."
“ Well as I was saying, we started the drollest
varmint perhaps you ever did sec. Its face was
covered with hair, like a hull bull'alo, all but a lit
tle place for its eyes to sec through. It looked
mighty skecry. as though it thought itself a gooe
sucker, and calculated we were going to eat it be
fore we killed it. Hut wc carried it aboard tbe
broadhoru, aud took compassion ou the poorthiug.
1 slapped it on the back, and tuld it to stand up
on its hind legs, and I wish I may run on a saw
yer, if it did'nt turu out to be a live daudy."
" Had it a tail."
“ I'll wool lightning ont of you, Hill, if you in
terrupt me.”
"That's actionable in New Orleans.”
“11a! ha! whoop! wake snakes—go ahead,
go ahead, and don't he so rantankerous," shouted
the audience.
" 1 swear if he once gets my tail up, lie’ll find
I'm from the forks of Roaring river, aud a hit of a
screamer," said Captain llugg.
" Well go ahead—go ahead—tell us about the
daudy, ha, ha, ha! I should like to have seen it
when it stood upon its hind legs. Whut did it
say ?”
•* Why, I asked what they called such queer
things where it came fiom ; and it said ISasil, and
that the captain of the steamboat had put it ashore
because it insisted ongoing into the ladies' cabiu.
Well some of us called it summer-savory, some
catnip, some sweet basil, aud we hud high luu
with the cretur, aud laughed till wc were tired.—
Aud then wo set him on a barrel forked eend down
wards—”
“ Youglt! yongh ! yotigh!" ejaculated blackey,
bursting into one of his indescrihlc laughs
“ No laughing in the ranks there—(brow (hat
nigger overboard if he laughs IVefiire I come to the
right place, and then you may all begin. Well,
then, I began to ask him about himself; ami he
told me that he was a great traveller; and that h
had been so far north that the north star was south
ol Dim. Anil then he asked me, if 1 knew any
thing of navigation and the use of the globes.
‘ To he sure 1 do,' said I; * ain't they made for
people to live on ?’ Then lie inquired if I ever
heard of Hershell.or Hisshcll, 1 forget which ; and
I mid hint as well as a squirrel knows a hickory-
nut from an acron.' ' lie’s dead,’ said the queer
rretur.
" N„ no.’ s»vs 1, 'that won't do, filer's no mis
take in Shavetail, you may swear. I saw a pedlar
with some splendid sausages made of red flannel
anil turnips, go hy our house, and I changed with
him some wooden bacon hams. He came from
Litchfield, where llcrshell lived, aud did’nt say a
word aboot it.’ llete he nimlea note in hi* Imok,
and I began to suioku him for one of these feller*
that drive a sort of trade making hooks about old
Kentiick. and the Western cimmry; So I thought
I'd set hint harking up the wrong treo a little. A ml
I told him sonre stories that were enough lo sol the
Mississippi afire; hut ho put them all down in his
honk. One of my men wa* listening, and sung
nut. • Well, Ham, now yon do take the rag otf the
hush, that’s aartin and I was fearful, tlanily would
find nut I was stnokiirg him; so I jumped up anil
toM Tom. a short horse wa* soon curried; and I’d
knock him into a conked dial it he said another
word. And tint broke up the eunversation." *
There whs an old tiinu in our town, kqctivn hy
tc name of Frank Riddle; his real paternal ap
pellation was riincnc; an t whether he was called
Kiddle ; because being an old bachelor, every
thing went through him, or boeauso no one could
comprehend him, is more than I can say. His
motto through life U;ul been this one, as to famUi-
rity: hut like n great part of the world, although
he said one thing, tn wit, dial there was no creat
ed being which could stand examination, yet he
practised upon another ground, which was, that
perfection was plainly possible; and he had been
itis whole life long trying tu find something which
upon familiar terms, would retain the beauty it
wore afar otf. It was chasing a rainbow. One
hy one, lie dropped (lie. collaterals of his pursuit,
and fixed his whole attention lo one point, the find
ing of a perfect woman. Upon that lie staked all,
aud it was plain, tliut if lie did not find one, he
is a lust man.
W hen a bachelor of spirit makes up his mind
decidedly to do any thing, more especially if wo
man he concerned, it is n hard i use if he docs not
succeed ; to he sure, the finding a perfect woman
would he rather original and unique; hut Frank
was a determined man, and verging to forty five.
For ten long years had our friend and his horse
been upon the track of this Yaukce dttlcinea of
his", and for ten loug years had she escaped him.
In summer when the suit began tn grow angry,
and people collected in force at Saratoga aud else
where tu resist him, would Riddle mount his po-
uy, his coat newly turned, his hoots patched, his
whiskers shaved away an inch or two, and begiu
his yearly jog in chase of perfection, lie loved
his horse, and his horse him; and soberly aud
steadily did the twain suaotcr tin through Ihe ma
ny green and beautiful valleys of New England
camping tinder the broad aud grave elm to cut his
homely meat of browu bread und pickles, or stop
ping at some quiet cottage, black and weather
beaten without, hut enlivened by good nature und
welcome within ; ami there, while he putted head
after head of tile white haired crop of children,
would he dream sweet dreams over a hit of cheese
and mug of biting cider, lie was known aud res
pected through the whole country ; one day play
ing ihe part of a Don Quixote, and the next that
of a Howard ; sometimes curing a sick mau, some
times lecturing n tipsy one ; his Hat wenthor bea
ten, his coat rusty, his pantaloons Ui/cud hare, his
purse in one hand for the needy, and his heart in
the other for the highest bidder,—my hero jnnr
neyed ou, led hy his moral jack u'lanthern. Hut
still it fled. He had asked, it is said, half a doiten
ladies to receive this errant heart of his; hut they
protested they were unworthy of the honor, ami
ont of their otvn mouth, he proved them imperfect
Ten years, I said, he had been upou his voyage,
" and still no laud." lie began almost to despair
Some said he was growing peevish <uid morose, aud
cerlaiu it was, that he had lost his love of nature
the flowers and the clouds, and the blue sky he
began to think puerile ; ho talked politics, .went
to dinner parties, and thought of buying a house
and settling in life; he purchased two bottles of
cologne, mid a whisper went round the village, tlm
he owned a bottle of macassar oil; hut whether
it had any connexion with the little spot of clear
ed ground upon the top of his head, scandal knew
not. It was this wiuter, the eleventh winter of his
search, that Mr. Riddle’s grand climacteric began;
the first steps are to this day wrapped ux deep
mystery. The alarm was given by thu coining m
a new beaver from Huston. Fame took up her
trumpet at once; new, ay, fitsliwned buttons crept
stealthily ou to the coat, one by one ; and then
came a cult', and then an elbow patch, and then a
pocket piece—till at last Ihe door, one origlit Sun
day morning, opeued, aud out walked a superfine
blue coat, with Frank Kiddle tu it. Uuots soon
dwindled iuto pumps ; the old water-lined panta
loons were east to the dogs, and the tailor sent in
his hill of sixteen dollars for :> pair of extra-super
lative unmentionables, with white silk lining.—
And lastly, as the mountains peeped and sprang
up hy degrees above the waste of waters after the
(loud, so did my hero's gills rise, and tise, prouder,
and yet prouder above his uceau of cravat- All
these signs the world took note of; one day it
laid them to Miss A., hut the next to MissD.;
the third, they got more light ou the subject, nud
voted it unanimously to Miss N. At last, howev
er, the truth iu its omnipotence prevailed, ami
widuw G. received tho credit that was her due.—
And uow die beaus of fifty round about, began lo
thank their single stars that they were not such
fools ; aud spinsters smiled upon them, and won
dered how they could talk so; to he sure, they said,
widow G. was not all she might he; but then it is
not every man that can get as good a wife at she;
and a* to Frank fliddl;, she was a plnguoy sight
too good for him. Frank beard not ; and if he
had heard lie would not have cared for tho spite
of the disappointed ; ho had found at last an oasis
in the desert, and |tis heart was light withiu him.
There could nut have been a happier match.—
When an old bachellur actually is touched, ho is
like dry wood, aud tires quick as a bundle of spunk;
and us to a widow, her heart is like an apple, into
vltich a school-hoy has thrust his thumb knuckles
deep to see if it is soft or uot—once wounded, it is
always tender.
Aud now, time sped too fast, almost; spring
came with brighter skies and sweeter flowers ‘thnn
ever bent or bloomed before.' How unwilling we
are tu learn that the world without ‘is hut the re
flex of the world withiu.’ And now might Mr.
Kiddle he seen mounted upon a horse that would
gw any way hut straight forward, hut who chiefly
loved to jump 'ttyixt heaven and earth ;—up and
down went Mr. Kiddle, making a great many
move*, and very little head way. lie looked with
that round in' ngro hat, perched upon his antique
head ; the gills, which seemed waiting but in fair
excuse to make an inroad upon the whiskers; the
nsw blue extravagant-looking coat, round the flaps
of which tic had l» poke a good quarter of an
hour, before he could fiud the pocket; his qneue
standing out at right angles over the stilfcoii col
lar; one pocket flap of the pnolalmiris turned down
to show their white lining; ho now,- thus decked
out, looked very diflerent from what he tsrns wool
to, in fotntcr day*. Ilis motto was now changed;
familiarity no longer bred contempt ; be loved—I
cannot count up the perfections for which he iov-
ed tier; hut one beauty in his eyes, olio winning,
enchanting bcautT, Watt the magnificence of her
idnwctl lucks; they Were auburn, and of a rich-
ger nlrtsed the door and disappeared,
thought a moment, just one; then batterod i
door ; ho demanded entrance, and to
widow ; poor Susan thought that love sun
had luriiRiI his brain; however, she ran •
to state the case. 'Show him up,’ said
Mr*. G. was standing in her loose gown;
Flank entered her room, it white hantlUjP
hound about her head, a comb in her band,
pile of scents upon the dressing case. Mr.
die was a brave man, hat he felt n little
when he foDod himself standing Uefar*
doss—she offended, mid he brimful t
• Madam,’ said he. drawing down his
spoke, over hi* left shoulder, Madan
' 1 have seen a strange man in this Itou
conceive....! presume—1 suppose, mad am-
I.--may ho....permitted....I would say....til
will allow me....to address myself....’ ‘M
coe,’ said tit* lady, layiug dowu bet com
w ill please to come to the point.' The ci
froutery of the widow was more than Frank
‘ I wish to know,’ said be eutphai
who that mau wa* ,? • When,’ answered M
yon will show me your fight to ask, 1 may ;
it worth while to answer—I wisu sir to be al
Frank paced Ihe chamber in agony; he folt tbat
he was now indentured forever to woe) ‘nbd will
yon give me no explanation ?’ ho cried. ‘ Non
sit,'said the adamamioa widow. ‘ Then mndam,
said the lover, throwing the queue back from I
shoulder, and laying Ids hand npou bis heart,
part here forever.’
‘The pcucil of felicity bad sketched happy ace
for t)ie future, trad fancy had built towers too-
too airy to slaud ; 1 hail dreamed of my wife i
babes, aud quiet horoo; buv you with one
swoop, have destroyed all.' Tear* came to !
lief. * * • • As he turned
curuor after louring tbe widow's he caught a glinip
of him that had aroused all this squall; he knew
his head aud Ust. Frank followed hint at a dis-
aoce ; at lust he *nieted a shop; oor hero tut
vt once for the door; it was the palace of Mona,
Murdine, * French hair drossor and purfumer Thy-
air.' Faithless woman! ejaculated Frank, a*
thinking of Mary of Scotland and ber musician,
lie entered the shop. It was empty; there wa*
auodior door; he opened it aud pushed into the ca
binet ; there sat the wretch, aud beside him was a
bundle wrapt iu u kerchief, which thu bachelor
recognized at once. • Aud do you add theft to
your viliuiuy V shouted he, as be seised the
Frcuclimau who rose to receive him, hy the throat;
' is it uot enough to min, but you must rob also ?
'•Ih , September 2h
Tn i nrilnif i ir 'ii ' n ; fi'*i» i
I reckon uc shall have
a powerful freshet, Zephi."
i.Yes,” said Zephi: "i<’s above high-water] , ..
mark alren'lv. anti rise* like the water in a boiling j JfoTTW* Torn r«OT ISTor fr—According to
™ | n e,er seen it so high hut once afore, and the " Asiatic lteseatel.es," a very cottons mode of
when Orson broad horn was | trying the title tn land Is practised m Hindustan
dug ill the disputed spot, in one of
* on eitlter sides pul One of then
there until tine of them is tired,
of being siting Uv the insects; in
diem is defeated. In this enun-
it, mn] uot lit* lawyer, who ' put*
mas
confess, (.unless,’ he cried, ' foryrour days are titmi-
bored.' Tho unfortunate foreigner could scare#
breath, Ictliog alone his Ignorance of English, so
that no coufessinn was forthcoming from him;' atid'
befote Frank could begin again, a side-door open'
of, & out peeped the head of Madame the cook*.
When she saw her master’s situation, her hand m-
stinctively sought tho pokor, but not finding it,
she seixod instead the warming pan, and with a yell
of defiance, set at the bachelor. Dangers seemed
thickening ; oor boro considered ati Instant or two,'
when hearing a moromenl in the rear, hoicleaseri
the barber und stood on the defensive. It was a
moment of interest; the conk-maid waited huts
word ol command te commence the onset; the
Frenchman had grasped a razor, and in tbe rear s
pale jourucytnan braudished a boot-jack. FxaixR
was determined to retreat with honor; so, watch
ing hts opportunity, be pounced upon the suspect
ed bundle, rushed past aud prostrated by Itis impo-
tus tho boot jack holder, and guiuod the highway
in safety. It was then that il occurred to him,
that these stolen goods might prove a stepping-
stone to a reconciliation, und all yet be well. Ho
ller the first tree be kneels down, kissed and them
untied the filial handkerchief, and beheld—the
widow's wig. * * * * •
About three years ago, I was standing in th*
shop of Jones the jeweller, at Hoston, when
sthito cornelian was sent in to he ongraved'for'
Francis riiucue Esq. Tho motto van thus; Fa
miliarity breeds contempt.
.’tSKWO.*—• i
Tim STttKAM of Lire.—Tho annexed hcantl- '
ful extract istakon from a sermon preached by th#
much loved and lamented lleber, a short lime bo- -
fotc his departure for India;
"Life bears us on, like the stream of a mighty
river. Our boat, ut fust, glides dowu the narrow
channel, through tho playful murmuring of the
little brook und th* winding of its grnsiy border.
The trees sited their blossoms over our young
heads, the flowers ou lite brink seem to offur
themselves to our young hands; we are happy in
hope, and we grasp eagerly at the beauties around
ns—hut thu stream hurries on, and still our hand#
are empty. 5 ,, f
" Our course in youth and manhood is along
a wider and deeper flood, amid objwcts mart stri
king and magnificent. We are animated by lb*
moving picture of enjoyment and industry passing
before us ; wo are excited by some sbeft lived dis
appointment. Tho stream bears us on, and our
joys and griefs are alike left behind ns.- We may
be shipwrecked, but we cannot be delayed ; wheth
er rough or smooth, the river hastens to its home,-
till the roar of the ocean is in our ears, turd th«
tossing of its waves is beneath our feet, nod tho
laud lcssous from onr eyes, and the floods are lift
ed up around us, and we lake onr leave of eurtl*
and its inhabitant*, and of our still Tutth-nr vuy.
age, there Is no witness sure tho Infinite »od Ete*-
osl.
~-:nooau:— «
A pinch or »ROi , r...Shen»tone thanked liearorr
that his name was not obnoxious to a puo. A
young beau, better known by tho nickuamo of
•• Snulf” than any other, would bare died to be abler
to join in th* prayer, had U* heard the following
dialogue about him tho other eveningAnd so
you realty thiuk," said the beautiful Linda, giving
at ibo same time nne of ber most earnest look*
ont of those eyes which might create a soul under
the ribs of Death t "you really think you might
he induced to marry Snuft ?”..." Ves. I might take
torn at u pinch," demurely answered the lady.
—:oooo0^
An. or axsizk.—On Saturday. Mr. Justice Bet--
sanquot gave a grand dinner of turtle and TCnisM^gi'
;o the whole of thn gentlemen of tho bar attend
ing the Stafford Assizes. Although given,lit)
termed ndeer dinner, which w as done/Metric ;o in
brief time, neither rejdicolton nor rejoinder beit
put in until ail were entiled, when th«ne were t * '
dual drchrutioii) of all being pleated.
ness and massiveness unsurpassed within twenty
miles. True if is. that slanderous tongues hinted
dark things as-to tho native soil of (hose curls,
hut Frank knew uot of it—Hot 1 most haste In
lite catastrophe, if wo may so consider it. Tho
wedding was to tako place ill October; dresses
were making and flowers preparing; the brido-
mnid* counted the weeks, mid days, and hours
that must yet intervene ; anil hours, and days, and
weeks became fewer ami fewer; and all went mer
ry as a marriage befl. It wanted but three weeks
ilr sn’ol the eventful day; it was a line bracing
morning of riept mher. ami Frank strolled round
rather earlier than tn tin I to ask his Indy to walk.
What a happy feBorv I »m,»aid lie, ns he knocked
at the dnrtt. "Was Mrs. (i. up, and would she
walk V The girl tripped up stairs, and in a mo
ment returned with tho answer, • i.,at Mrs.-<».
was up, Imt could not walk thin mm mug.’ I rank
cursed hi* fate, muttered that he was a miserable
dog, and unwilling and unable in ryani uion*. aut
down Utnofeutly upon the du«« step w ■month
his ruffled satis
hinge* creek ; I
out tint la* R "I
tW>d«(*lrue.k:
l’aonr of beino suouteous,—A man, last win
ter. nr some other time. When the weather
frosty, coming out of. a tavorn tofitilc “ blue,” lost
Dio fooling, aud came down plump on the da
step. Endeavouring to regain his fe««, ho :
" We rend that the wicked ttand on slipper, ,
ces. I therefore must be one uf tho rlghteo
fur hang me if t can stand."
Bor4 n it ai. Toast—given at a late annive
dinner oT tho Massachusetts lioruculiurul ^
ty, in Uustou:
WomaK) Like the Inn. indigenous in all
—like tbs Rule, admired by sJI nations—in
equalling tho Cowst.te—in fidelity, the
iu ili:*j>i» 4 *ilion,th© ClenuttU—tna/ ***i« nGv«r
nutiroxiiuiitimito llio inflow hvr
Ujr fauiiiiurty witk lit* B^oktUtrs Buttons.
EiulUh fUrmtuMrtwr,-~A <t*ml b^s I
of uk) of Mr. W r »(wn
ftfcofttl, poW«r; but»t Mwl«i*li Mid
f» r noU» feoMMw, tbu hr*«) femtov, dr*.
«»f ramjitt trfl wJ *»Jv«r. Al haw y*»
WWw*, hiu*h bandit*. In> »bnvol. *>iijr». ‘
•nAhjflBiWm am of *iNer oxqobWj chaagf|i
Duub.-mi -M».vs\. in rtx"dur*. ii&< M*< «f I
Ml imfiifdUu? Hit's*i rfmuM*i«uU?n* > tW'in iti hnowM® nil-
v<*i, in cou»»sqUtf»*.*^M*f i»i anawawiL ba-