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miL.LEDORVIL.LE. OEOKOl.i, TIJESDAV DIOK^ING, JANUARY C, IN35.
BB ... P"» iiiih.W
I»o. 51—VOL. XV.
rr*The U-KcorinKR i* published weekly, on Hancock
..t between Wayne and Jefferson, nt Three Dollars nor
,tr ,,n niivuble in advance, or Four Dollars, it'not paid be-
• l "l tl.e end of the year.
,or . lVKRT isr.MKSTS conspicuously inserted at the usual
! Those sent without a specification of the number of
^leriions. will be published until ordered out, and charged
'^lesof'^nnd and neeroes,hy Administrators, Executors,
u-nlians, are ret|uire«l by law to be held on the first
r ' lav in the month, between the hours often in the fore-
r " 6 and three in the afternoon, at the Court-House of the
n °mitv in which the property is situate.—Notices of these
c le" ‘must be given in a public gazette sixty days previous
•I the day of sale.
1 \ tices for the sale of personal property must be given
• I ke manner, FORTY (lavs previous to the day of sale.—
«7 n „(i C e to the debtors and creditors of an estate, must
\lno. j* |)r porty davs.
"*Notice that application will be mode to the Court of Or-
iwi'rv for leave to sell land, must he published for four
** i'll business in the line of Printing, will meet with prompt
mention at the Rf.coruf.ii Officf..
| vtTF.RS (on business) must be post pan!.
KrA'VFORDVILLE ACADEMY will he open-
fly e *rf for (he reception of pupil* on the 1st Monday I
• January next- T |,e Board of Trustee* have se- ‘
red the services of Mr. Graves, late of North Cu-
ndiiiH, as Rector for the ensuing year. From the ve j
fluttering testimonials in his possession from tin* |
Inn«t respectable sources, ns well ns from the high
renutfttio" of the Uollego (Chapel Hill, N. <’.) nl i
which be received bis education, the Board have the
fulled nsoiraiiee of his capability of dischargiiuj the
duties of his station. In addition to the more ordinary
branches, lie will leach the Latin, Greek and French j
Isnciia'es* Chemistry, Natural Philosophy, Logic,
m. i/Jfrk Aleehra.the various branches of the Muthc- ;
JX 0 "*;. Ami Willi the view of rendering the In- J
jliuili"’" every way vvorlliy of |.ul.lie patronage, file .
Hoard intend shortly to procure n complete set of j
Wlimil apparatus, cele.strml and terrestrial globes, Am:. 1
L’ntler those circumstances, they confidently invite Hie .
public to avail themselves ot the superior advantages j
of this school.
Itv order of the Boatd.
’ L. 11 MERCER, Sec’ry. |
December 10. 1831. 43 4t
■ fioson Acndeiiiy, Lexington.
T lJE Trustees take pleasure in iiitoriniug the pub- j
lie, that such arrangements have been made for I
the ensuing year, us will render this Institution a most |
eligible situation for the education of youth of both j
8f| 5 es >fi<,q Ttiacher, who has afforded uopreccdenl-1
ed satisfaction to the patrons in the Female Depart- j
meat, is re-engaged. Mr. Lewis, than whom few gen
tlemen in the Slate are more favorably known as a|
classicul teacher, will lake charge of the Male Acadc- i
my parents and guardians are respectfully invited
to consider the advantages which the Institution pro* |
I» g t ^ir 5> Lewis will give lessons in Music.
December 4. 47 tf j
WANTEB IMRLD1ATKLV,
A GENTLEMAN, qualified (and well recommend- \
ed.) to teach the higher brandies of Emin e
Education, in a seminary in the vicinity of .Milb*dge- :
vide. Liberal terms will he offered to such an one. if j
immediate application be made. Empire at Hie Re
corder Office.
December 23 4!) tf
A Tcadirr Wanted,
A T White Plains Academy, (ircenc county, G«. !
A gentleman who can coma well recommend- I
fd inn good English and Classical scholar, would do I
well to apply immediately.
EDWARD I). ALFRIF.ND, Sec’rv B. T. I
White Plains, Greene county, Dec. *2.1 4!) 3t
(iLOlSE TAVUKN, illouliicBo.
rip m: subscriber informs Hie pubMc |
r»i ■ iih ■ that he has taken (lie (ifM)RL i
|nhg&t TAVLin ill the town of Mnnticclln, t
Jasper county. 11 is entire peis nal at-
1 tention will he given to the House; his
attention shall be good. The fatigued and weary tra-1
veiler will not objeet to tin? refieshmenls afforded by ,
liisHMJ, and he flutters himself that the STABLE
department of his House, will not he siirpas-od by :
any in the country. He is well acquainted with the j
people of this and the adjoining counties, (having for
a long time supplied them with horses ami mules) and 1
wliih; lie invites drovers to call on him, he promises to
a«nt them as far as he can in selling their stock. !
Lots with good troughs will bo always kept lor their J
accommodation. In inviting the public generally and
the lor me r and late patrons of.tho GLOBE, particu
larly, to call upon him, he assures them that nothing :
shallb.: wanting tin his part, to establish uuaiii for the J
Gi.ontc, its former reputation as a Public House.
WILLIAM GOOLSBY. '
Dec 28 4 ( .) tf |
1 .10R S VI.t:, on moderate terms, :i AiUW
SUjLKY Sind HAKNI^SS. Apply at
the Recorder (lllice.
September 30 36 tf |
‘ .Huston I Nolicc.
lien ry C. Professor of Music,
tf £ ESPEGTFULLY lenders his services t<» the. La
W « dies mid Gentlemen of Milledgeville, and it*
vieii.il \, t«» give instruction on the Pisano Forte
and Violin, also, in Vocal .Music, and hopes
by stilct attention to his business, io merit the patron
age of n liberal public.
N. B. Mr VVhIsu also begs leave In inform the
public, that he*- engaged permanently »»' Ihe Musi
cal department nl the Hermitage Female Institute at
Scnttshormigh.
Milledgeville, December ‘10 50 4t
Nos. 30 A 52 \Yilli:tni Nt. Yrw-York,
BKTWKK.V I'fVE ASl) WAU, STRKET8.
fHNIIE -'UBSHRIBER-S having taken the above
Is. W are-ILms' s for a term of years, inform the
niercbauts m ibis place on i \ icimty, that t' ey are now
opening an entire .\>W Stock of St:Q|ll( k Dry
Goods, «»f their o\Vl: I 3B1 |MM't 311 iOSIS and I’O-
ccnt Parcliiiscs, cHlculuted tor the South- |
Vl'll I'l'iitlc, which are offered for sale for cash "r I
approved credit. They are induced t<» open tlmir j
goods ibis early, to remove objections that ;iih of<eu
made, that the stocks of our city nru not complete nt >
this season oP (lie year.
DOKEMl'S, SLY DA.MS & NIXON.
January 1, 1885. 50 l*2t
W ILL BE SOLD on Tuesday the lOtli day of
February next, at the late residence of James
R. Lavender lute of Newton county, deceased, the I
whole of the personal property, belonging to said de- J
ceased. Terms made known on the dav of sale.
HORACE J. BATES, Adm r. |
December 20, 1834 ids
.RILLLDGIW ILLi:
Ar.ihonsed by thetienerul Assembly ofthe State of Georgia j
I/nine Fortune stands in merry mood.
Pouring herJarors to the crowd ;
!)*• reach/ friend, before they fall —
Who kuo ns but you may catch them all.
u oxi: y'Tji one yj
“ lots* or novEV :
W HEN we consider I hat Fortune is daily dilLis
ing wealtli and happiness in ail parts and every
• Tiler of Ibis extensive country, through the medium
•l die lottery Ny*lt*in, that scarcely a day or
\ week w heels by us. \\ i III out bringing the intelligence,
b it some, one ol our friends or lellow-citizens has
b iwa a f J rizr, and that it only requires an investment
d the trivial sum of '£Vu Dollars, to give us a
GOOD CHANCE for Tuoiily i housand
!?«I3:iru —Surely it is unnecessary to urge upon
tb s lihend and enlightened people die policy ot step-
• i ig in tin* way lo wealth and the favor of Hie /iropiti-
• ■ v Dame.
the \r:V i’ Ditiwni;
WILL TAKE PLACE, AT THE LOTTERY OFFICE
LY THE TOWN OF MILLEDGEVILLE,
ON Til F.
I'irst Saftsrdcy in February
Or sooner, if lh“ sale of Tickets will permit—at which
time, there will be Floating isa lli(‘ V- heel,
several large and comfortable piizes.
Now. to th wo w|u» li ne !».?en irdortiiuate. the wa
ter is troubled—cmiie. step in the way of fortune—
who kn.nvs hut you may he.made comfortable, mid
healed of all the misfoilutie* and wounds, by drawing
one of tin? Capital Prizes now rio.ititii in die Wheel.
Try the Medicine. Buy a 'Picket, and he easy, he
comf ’ita'de, h<* happy. ’This is the l list of C/lC
Fourth litty'v r/rntriny, ami without a
The Young Mother*
She stands amidst the glittering crowd,
'Plie same in form and face,
As when at first her sweet cheek glowed,
Even in this very place.
'I’lie same bright tresses bind her brow,
The same rich pearls Iter hair,
Her lips ii just as roseute now,
ller hands us soft und fair.
She looks the same young radiant brida
As when we saw her first,
When in her Hash of happiest pride
Cpon our eyes she burst;
And even now she leans, ns then,
^ Upon her husband's arm ;
Yes—’tis the very same again,
With every faultless charm.
Yet there’s a change—her eyes are still
.Most beautiful and bright';
Rut they seem hetieuth their lids, to fill
With softer, tenderer light.
Her voice is sweet, and rich, and low,
Rut just as musicul;
Rut ’tis grown more like a river’s flow.
Than u fountain’s laughing fall.
Still, still she smiles as radiantly,
When friends arc sparkling near;
Rut in her smile there's less ot glee,
Ami more of bliss sincere.
’Tis tint the brilliant scene around
That her quiet heart beguiles ;
In her pure spirit may be found
The fountain of her smiles.
Now, ever and anon, her eye,
Is fixed on vacancy,
Ami she seems to listen earnestly;
For ’midst the revelry,
In fancy comes an infant’s wail,
Ur its i¥iiirmtiring in its sleep :
Ami the splendid ball seems cola und pals,
\\ ben such visions o’er her creep.
And though the scene is very fuir,
She weuries for her homo,
And thinks the hour lo lake her there
Will never, never come!
.She, who once watched the time in pain,
That would too quickly flow,—
Ob, sure she might be gayer then,
Rut she is happier now !
What with telling the news for the public good, i must have shifted horses in Kimballton at three further learned that Mr. Higginbotham had Ib Mr
service an Irishman of doubtful character, whoa
he had hired without a recomniemutiod, on tbo
score of economy.
* May I he hanged myself/ exclaimed Domini*
ous Pike, nfoud, on ranching the top of a lonely
hill. * if I"il believe old Higginbotham ia unhang
ed, till 1 see him with my own eyes, and hear t!
and driving bargains for his own. Dominions was j in the morning
so much delayed on the road, that lie chose to put i * Now we shall hear all the particulars,' shout-
up at a tavern, about five miles short of Parker’s j ed the crowd.
Falls. After "tipper, lighting one of his prime | The coach rumbled up to the piazza of the ta-
cigars. lie seated 1 himself in the bar-room, and J vern, followed by a thousand people; for if any
went through the story of the murder, which had »»> ! m Itnd been minding his own business till then,
he now left it nt sixes and sevens hear the news
mown so fast that it took him half an hour to tell.
There was as many as twenty people in the room,
nineteen of whom received it all for gospel. Hut
the twentieth was an elderly farmer, who had ar
rived on horseback a short time before, and was
now seated in a comer, smoking his pipe. When
the story was concluded, he rose up very delibe
rately, brought his chair right in front of Domini-
ciis, and stared him full in the face, puffing out
the vilest tobacco-smoke the pedler had ever
smelt.
* Will you make affidavit,’ demanded he, in the
tone of a country justice Liking an examination
•that old Squire Higginbotham of Kimhalltun, j
was murdered in his orchard the night before last, j < _ t j t t ^ ^
and Ibuntl hanging on his great pear tree jester- | awfully at the ostler for not bringing him a fresh j whip lash, Co bring it down like a feather on (h«
The pedler. foremost in the race, undid the , from his own mouth ! And, as he’s a real shaver,
door and discovered two passengers, both of whom I’ll have the minister, or some other responsible
had started from a comfortable nap to find them- | person, for an endorser/’
selves in the centre of a mob. Kvery man assail-1 It was growing dusk when he reached the Toll
ing them with separate questions, all propounded ( house on Kimballton turnpike, about a quarter of
at once ; the couple were struck speechless, though ! a mile from the village ol that name. Jli« little
one was a lawyer, and the other a young lady. j mare was fast bringing him up with a mao OQ
4 Mr. Higginbotham! Mr. Higginbotham ! Tell horseback, who trotted through the gate a few
us the particulars about old Mr. Higginbotham! !* j rods advance of him,nodded to the toll gatherer,
bawled the mob. » What is the coroner's verdict ? j and kept on towards the village, Dominicus wte
Are the murderers apprehended? Is Mr. Iliggin ! acquainted with the toll-man, and while making
, hot ham s niece conic.out of her fainting fits ? Mr. i change, the usual remarks on the weather passed
, | Higginbotham ! Mr. Higginbotham ! !' j between them.
The coachman said not a word except to swear | » | suppose/ said the pedler, throwing back hi«
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s to a l’i i*c!
dav morning ?’
‘I tell you the story as I heard it, mister/ an
swered Dominicus, dropping his half-burnt cigar;
4 1 don’t say that I saw the thing done. So I
can't take my oath that he was murdered exactly
in that way.’
4 But I can take mine said the farmer. 4 that if
Squire Higginbotham * v *as murdered night before
last. I drank a glass of hitters with his ghost this
morning. Being a neighbor of mine, he called
me into his store, as I was riding by, and treated
me, and then asked me to do a little business for
him on the road. (In didn’t seem to know any
more about his own murder than I did.*
4 Why then it can’t he a fact!’ exclaimed Dom-
iiiicus Bike.
4 1 guess he’d have mentioned if, if it was/
said the old farmer; and lie removed his chair
back to the corner, leaving Dominicus quite down
in the mouth.
Here was a sad resurrection of old Mr. Higgin
botham! The pedler had no heart to mingle in
j the conversation any more, hut comforted him
self with a glass of gin and water, and went to
lied, where, all night long, he dreamt of hanging
on the St Michael's pear-tree. To avoid the
old farmer, (whom he so detested, th t his sus
pension would have pleased him heller than Mr.
Higginbotham’s,) Dominicus rose in the gray of
the morning, put the little mare into the green
cart, ami trotted swiftly away towards Parker’s
Falls. The fresh breeze, the dewy road, and the
pleasant summer dawn, revived his snirifs. and
team of horses. The lawyer inside had general-1 mare's fl .nk, 4 you have not seen any thing of old
ly his wits about him. even when asleep ; the first Mr. Higginbotham within a day or‘two? r
thing lie did, after learning the cause of the ex- j ' Ye*,’ answered the toll gatherer. • Ho
citement, was to produce a large red pocket-book.
Meantime, Dontinicius Bike, being an extremely
FROMTHF. NEW-ENGLAND .MAGAZINE.
.111*. llK$?tfii!l>otli:tnrs Catastrophe.
•• A young fellow, a tobacco-pedler by trade,
was on Ins wav Iron* Morristown, where he had i encouraged him lo repeat (he old slo-
dealt laraely w'iili ihe Deacon or (lie Shaker ser- r >’’ ha ' 1 rl " ,|e l,ee n «»V body awake lo hear it.
dement, to the village of Barker’s Falls on Sal
mon River, lie bail a neat little cart, painted
green, with a box of cigars depicted on each side-
putinel, and an Indian chief, bolding a pipe and a
golden tobacco-stalk, on the rear. The pedler
drove ;i smart little mare,and was a young man of
excellent character, keen at a bargain, hut none
the worse liked by the Yankees; who, as I have
heard them say, would rather be shaved with a
sharp razor than a dull one. F,specially was he
beloved by the pretty girls along the Connecticut,
whose favor he used to court by presents of the
best smoking tobacco in his stock, knowing well
that the country lasses of New-England are gene
rally great„pcrformers on pipes. Moreover, as will
he seen in the course of my story, the pedler was
inquisitive, and something of a tattler, always
itching to hear the news, anti anxious to tell it a-
I ^OIt SAL F, several valuable NEGRO FEL
LOWS, one a very good carpenter—Also, one
or two likely hoys. For further information, refer
ence may he marie to the Recorder Office.
Sept. 14 tf.
W ILL RE SOLD, in Scotishnrnugh, to the high
est bidder, on Friday, tlie Dili of January, 1835,
on a credit until the middle, of December next, my lot
ami houses in iScottshorongh. together with household
furniture, some cows mid calves, ami other articles not
necessary to mention m every instance. Rond and
good security will he required of the buyer.
REUBEN FITZGERALD.
December 30. 50 2t
N TH A Y1'] D,|or was stolen Iroin the stable ol the
subscriber in Milledgeville, on m! about the'iOth
nt November lust a large Norrol Horse, with
prominent Itip honei, or acc>uding to. the usual ex-
prcision, row-honed ; he has a star or white spot in
his forehead, and both hind Icet white. 11 is age not ex
actly known, but said to he 7 or 8 years old. He Inte-
?V belonged to Win. E. Jones, Esq Editor of (be Whig,
at Athens, and is well known in the Northern and
North-w estern parln|of this Slate. 1 will pay Twen
ty Dollars for the delivery of the horse at my stable in
Milledgeville ; and if stolen, Fifty Dollars, for the ap
prehension and prosecution of the thief to conviction.
D. ft. MITCHELL.
Milledgeville, Tier. 27 50 4t
BEOBGIA, llonl^oiiirry T oiiaity.
inferior Court Sitting for Ordinary purposes, adjourn-
Term, 1834. Present their Honors,
NORMAN McRAE, ^
JOHN PETERSON, |
WILLIAM JOYCE, } Justices
FARQUAR!) McRAE, I
KENNETH M’LENNAN, j
YTBON the petition of John McArthur and William
WJ Alston, ax administrators oil the estate of Jainex
McLeod, late of said county, deceased, praying a dis
mission from their administratorship.
It is therefore Ordered by the Court, that all per
sons concerned, or in any manner interested in said
estate, appear at the January Term, 18:15, of said
Court, to shew cause (if any they have) why the said
John McArthur ftid William Alston, should not he
then and there discharged from their said administra
tion on said estate.
And it is further Ordered, that this «rder he publish
ed in one of the public gazettes of thi* Slate, for six
months.
A true extract from the minutes of the Court afore
said, 2d June, 1H34.
ALEXANDER C. McLENNAN, c. c. o.
June II. 1834. iiitiin
JOHN BROWN IN
) Libkl for Divorce,
> in Thomas Superior
NIN. > Courti
ELIZABETH BROVVNIN. ) Court, " !
I T appearing (o the Court, by the return of tb
SlmriIf, that Elizabeth Rrnwniii, the defendant, is ]
(lot to be liiundii! (lie county *• It B.uti motion t>| Jhiim » ,
J. Scarborough, plaintiff's Attorney, ordered, that »nr- (
vire he perfected on the said Elizabeth Brow it in, by i
publishing this Rule in one of the Gazettes of this <
State, once a ninnlli for three months pioceeding the I
best term of this court.
A true extract from ihe minutes of Thomas Supe t
riur Court, 9th October, |H34,
MALCOA] FERGUSON. Cl’k. s c. j
Oclobr 15. 1731. :W in 3nt
GEORGIA, Tltointt* COUItty*
\\7 IIEREAH Henry Math, applies to me fir I'M-
Tv ters ol administration, on the estuto of I lea
Bor Nick, deeeusrd :
Tlieso are therefore to cite and admonish nil and sin
gular the kindred and creditors of said deceased, to he
jmd appear at my ollir* within the time IumJ by
l®w, to shew cause (if any they have,) why said letters
••muId not he granted. Given under ni) hand at of*
*»«•, this 7th day of Aognst. 1*34.
Neill McKinnon, e« 0
A(I|u»i7, IW4. II mt.M
All tht! Brizes to he lloating from I he commence
tut! lit, except the follow ing, deposited as lot lows, v i y. :
first Day s Drmcing —*2 Brizes of 5,(Hit). I ol 1,001).
I ot 0>>0 I nf atUI, I ot 700, I ol '700, | of 500.1 ol 400,
lot 330. I ot 20 ).
Second Dm/ s Drawing—1 Brize of $ 10.000, I ol
1,000, | of000, | of800, 1 of700, 1 ol (iOO, 1 of500,
O'400, i ol 1 300, 1 ol 200.
‘Third Duffs Drawing—I Brize of $ 10.000, I ol
1.000, I of 900. I of 800, I of 700, I oftJOO, 1 of 500,
I of 400. 1 of 300, I ol 200.
Fourth Dn if a Drawing—I Brize of ?! 10,000, I ol
1.000, I offtiio. I of800. I of700, l of000. I o 500,
I nl 400, 1 of 300, I of 200.
Fifth and last Drawing-1 Brize of $ 20,000. 1 ol
1.000, l of Olio, 1 of 800. 1 Ol 700, 1 oltiOO, 1 of 500.
1 of 400. I of 300. 1 of 200.
And on the commencement of tlie First, Second,
Third and Fourth Day’s Drawing, the first drawn
number shall he entitled to a Brize ol 1,000 dollars,
and on the conclusion of the last Day's Drawing, the
first and last drawn number shall lo- entitled to a ca
pital Brize of $5,000 each, in n iditinn to such Brizes
hs may he drawn to tiled numbers. The whole Lot
tery to he completed m
FIVE DAYS DRAWING!
i*rizr.s Only io he Ortnm,
The whole of the Brizes payable hi sixty davsaftej
each Day’s Draw ing—subject to a dcductioi of fifteen
percent. All prizes not applied for in twelve months
from each drawing, to he considered as a donation to
the funds of theMilludgevillc Street Lottery.
The drawing to take place tinder t • .s superinten
dence of William IT. Carnes Samuel liujpinglon, Sa
muel Itockwell, Win. II. Torrance, lluritdtll T. St it bis,
Joseph Stovall, J. IT A. Sanford, Hubert McCombs, anil
John II. Ware. Commissioners—also, a Board of Visi
tors.
Present Price of Ticfrcfs.
Whole* - - - S IO OO
Halve* ... it OO
<{uai*(er* - - .IO
For sale in a great variety o| numbers at the Commis
sioners’ Office, on Wayne street, opposite the Rost-
Office and Slate Rank.
O" Orders for Tickets, from any part of the United
States, (post paid) will litre I will* prompt attention.
Address BBfYOR BRIGHT,
Ser'ry to Commissioners
Milledgeville, December 23.JIH34.
1 ^0UR months afterdate, application will he made
. to the Inferior Court of Jasper county, silting
for ordinary purposes, for leave to sell ihe real estate
of Sherod Malone, late of *aul county, deceased.
NANCY M \LONE. Adm’rx.
GEORGE MALONE, Adin’r.
September 3. 1831. 33 4m. j
BilOUR montlna't'T dale, application will he made.
H 1 to the honorable tho Interior Court of Morgan ;
county, when tilling lor ordinary purpose*, tor leave '
to sell l >t No. |t»5. filth district U/mcounty, lor the I
benefit of Turrera Shaw, Minor.
HORACE T. SHAW, Guardian. |
September I, I834. 4in
Gt’orglit, VI illiiitfcou Comity.
J 08IAII RAM AGE. ol Cnpi. M« Cook’s district.
toll* before me. one largi (iorrel lloi'M*.
oippoved to be .ihonl 11 years old, branded w lilt A R
on tile right *h‘ lilder, *.#n|b hind b et amt It'S left f*n •
oel white ; withs streak ill his face ; left e\e oil.—
*enr on Id« lump, minkeil oil l»l* *hi u de. 1 w i Ii ip m
\pprni«ed by Jolui AY lit** ler and Oi.ijiirl Met’. iA, L.
bo WArth Imelvndollar#ami fifty ranis,
. TAOM tei STENt F., J. R
JLirue Rlmrl from I’l* minutes.
VALENTINE A. ttllAZZrXL,! Ik.
Alter an early breakfast at Morristown, the to-
baceo-peiller, whose name was Dominicus Bike,
had travelled seven miles through a solitary piece
of woods, without speaking a word to any body
lint himself anil his little gray marc. It being
nearly seven o’clock, be was as eager to hold a
morning gossip, ns a city shopkeeper to read the
morning paper. An opportunity seemed at hard,
when, after lighting a cigar with a sun-glass, he
looked up.ntid perceiving a man coining over the
brow of the hill, at the foot of which the pedler
had slopped his green cart. Dominicus watched
him ;is he descended, and noticed that he carried
a bundle over his shoulder on the end of a stick,
and travelled with a weary, yet determined pace,
lie did nut look as if he had started in the fresh
ness o f the morning, hut had looted it all night,
and meant to da the sanv all day.
* Good morning, mister/ said Dominicus, when
within speaking distance. 4 You go a pretty good
jog. What’s the latest news at Barker’s Falls?’
The man pulled the broad brim of a gray hat
over his eyes, and answered, rather sullenly, that
lie did not come from Barker’s Falls, which, as
being the limit of his own day's journey, the ped
ler had naturally mentioned in Ins inquiry.
‘ Well, then,’ rejoined Dominicus Bike, 4 let’s
bail there been any body
But he met neither ox-team, light wagon, chaise,
horseman, nor foot-traveller, till just as lie cros
sed •Salmon River, a man came trudging down to
the bridge, with a bund.e over his shoulder, on
the end of a stick.
4 Good morning, mister,’ said the pedler, rein
ing in his mare. • If you come from Kimballton
or thai neighborhood, may be you can tell me the
real fact about this alf.iir ol old Mr. Iliggitihot-
polite young man. and also suspecting that a fe
male tongue would tell the story tis glibly as a
lawyer's, had handed ihe lady out of the coach.
She was a line smart girl, now wide awake, and
bright as a button, and had such a sweet pretty
mouth, that Dominicus would almost as lir.vo
have heard a love-tale from if. tis a tale of murder.
4 Gentlemen and ladies/ Haiti the lawyer to the
shop-keepers, mill-men, and factory girls, *1 can
assure you that some unaccountable mistake, or
more probably, a wilful falsehood, maliciously
contrived to injure Mr. Higginbotham's credit,
has excited this singular uproar. We passed
through Kimballton at d o’clock this morning,
! and most certainly should have been informeM of
the murder, had any been perpetrated. But 1
have proof nearly as strong as Mr. I liggiubot ham's
own oral testimony in the negative. Here is a
note relating to a suit of Ins in the Connecticut
Courts, which w as delivered me from that gentle
man himself. 1 finJ it dated at tec o'clock last
evening.
So saying, the lawyer exhibited the date ami
signature of the note, which irrel'ragahly proved,
either that this perverse Mr. Higginbotham was
alive when he wrote it, or.—as some, deemed the
more probable ease, of two doubtful ones—that
he was so absorbed in vvorldy business as to con
tinue to transact ir, even alter fits death. But tin-
expected evidence was forthcoming. The young
lady, alter listening to the pedler’s explanation,
merely seized a moment to smooth her gown and
put her curls in order, and then appeared at the
tavern door, making a modest signal to be
heard.
4 Good people.’ said she, 4 1 am Mr. Higginbo
tham’s niece.
A wondering murmur passed through the crowd
on beholding her so rosy and bright; that same
ham. Was Ihe ujri fellow actually murile'reil, two j unhappy niece, whom they had supposed, on (he
or three nights ago, by all Irishman and a nig authority of ihe Parker's Falls Gazette, to he ly-
ger?' ing at death’s door in a fainting lit. But some
Dominicus had spoken in too great a hurry lo shrewd fellows had doubted, all along, whether a
observe, at first, that the stranger himself had a > young lady would he tptite so desperate, tit‘the
deep tinge of negro blond. On hearing this J hangmg ol a rich old uncle,
sodden question, the Ethiopian appeared to change * V oo see, continued .Miss Higginbotham, with
his skin, its yellow line becoming a ghastly white, 11 smile, 'that this strange story is (June uni'ound-
while shaking and stammering, he tints replied ed, as to myself; and 1 believe 1 may affirm it to
* No no,.' There was no colored man ! It was heerpiaily so in regard to niy dear tincle Htggitibo-
an Irishman that hanged him last night, at eight j dtant. lie has the kindness to give me a home io
o'clock. I came away at seven ! Ilis folks can't ! house, though I contribute to my own sup-
ay at seven !
have looked for him in ihe orchard yet.'
port by leaching a school. I left Kimballton this
ly had the yellow man spoken, when he j morning in spend the vacation of conimei
interrupted himself', and, though he seemed tvea- j with a Itieud about live miles Iron* Parker's
rv enough before, continued his journey at a pace, | t^-lls. _ my generous uncle, whet*he heat'd me on
which would have kept the pedler’s mare oo a j stair steps, called me to his bedside, nod gave
smart trot. Dominicus stared after tiioi in great j ute two dollars and (illy cents to pay my stage
petplexitv. If the murder bad not been committed j fare, and another dollar lor my extra expenses,
till Tuesday night, who was the prophet that had | t.tcn laid the pocket-book under his pillow,
fore mill it, io all its circumstances, un Tuesday [ shook hands with me, and advised me to take
morning? If Mr. Higginbotham's corpse was I suutc biscuits in my bag, instead of breakfasting
not yet discovered by his own famdy, how came j un the toad. I feel confident, therefore, that I
the mulatto, at about thirty miles distance, lo mft my beloved relative alive, and (rust that i
know that he was hanging in the orchard, espe- | shad hod him so oo my return,
daily as he had left Kinthalllon before the unlor- ! 1 lie young lady courtesied tit the close of her
tunale mao was hanged at all. These ambign- speech, which was so sensible and well-worded
ous circumstances, w ith the stranger's surprise | delivered with such grace and propriety, that
and terror, made Dominicus think of raising a | every body thought tier fit to he preceptress ol
sed the gate just before you drove up ; and ^un
der burbles now, if you can see him through th*-
dusk, lie's been to Woodfield this afternoon, at-
lenuirig a sheiifPs sale there. The old man gone*
rally shakes hands and has n little chat with mo;
hut to-night, he just nodded,—as much as tosay v
• charge my toll,' and jnggvii on ; for wherevar
he goes, he must always be at home by eight o'
clock.'
• So they tell me,' said Dominicus,
‘ I never saw a man look so yellow and thin as
the Stjnire does,’ continued thn toll-gatherer,—
' Says I to myself, to-night, lie’s more like a ghost
or an old mummy than good /(esh and blood.’
The pedler strained his eyes through jlie twl-
light, and could just discern the horseman, not
fur ahead on the village-road. He seemed lo re
cognize the rear of Mr. Higginbotham ; but
through thn evening shallows, and amid the dost
Iron* the horse's feet, the figure appeared dim anil
unsubstantial; as if the shape of the mysterious
obi man were faintly moulded of darkness and
gray light, llomiiiictis shivered.
•Mr. Higginbotham has comeback from tbe
other world, by way of Kimballton t’irnptko,*
thought he.
I leshook the reins and rode forward, keeping
about the same distance in the rear of the gray
old shadow, till the latter was concealed by a bend
of the road. On reaching this point, the pedler
on longer saw the man on horseback, but found
himself at the bead of Ihe village street, not far
from a number of stores anil two tiiverns, cluster
ed round ihe meeting house steeple. On hie left
was a stone wall, nod a gate, (lie boundary of a
wood-lot, beyond which lay an oichard, further
still, a mow ing-field, and last of all, a house.—
These were the premises of Mr- Higginbotham,
whose dwelling stood beside the old highway,
but hud been left in the hack-ground by (be Kins-
bullion turnpike. Dominicus knew the place;
and the little mare slopped short by iuilinct;
for lie was not conscious of tightening the reins.
' For the soul of me, I cannot get by this gate!'
said he, trembling. ' I never shall be my own
man again, till I see whether Mr. Higginbotham
is hanging on tlte St. Michael's pear-tree !'
He leaped from the earl, gave the rein a turn
round the gate post, and ran along the green path
of die wood-lot, as if Old Nick were chasing he-
liimJ. Just then the village clock tolled eight,
and as each deep stroke fell, Dominlciis gave n
Iresh hound anil flew faster than before, till, dim
in the sulilary centre ol the orchard, lie saw the
mem j fulfil pear tree. Onegicat branch stretched from
the old contorted trunk across Ihe path, and
threw the darkest shadow on that one apot.—
But something seemed to struggle beneath the
branch.
The pedler had never prelendrd to more cour
age than befits a man of peaceable occupations,
nor could he account for his valur on this awful
emergency. Certain it is, however, that he rueli-
ed forward, prostrnled n sturdy Irishman with the
but end of bis whip, nod found—not, indeed,
hanging on the St. Michael's pear-tree, but trem
bling beneath it, with a halter round his neck—the
old iden'ical Mr. Higginbotham! «
‘Mr. Higginbotham.’ said Dominicus, tremn- •
loosly, • you're an honest man, and I'll take
hue and cry after him, as an accomplice in the the best academy in the Suite. But a stranger y«**r word lor,it. Have you been hanged or not J*
murder; since a insider it seemed, had really h»»e supposed that Mr. Higginbotham was tf Hie riddle be not already, guessed, a few
been perpetrated. ' ’ | "" object ol abhorrence at Barker's Fulls, and j words will explain the simple machinery, by
■ Bill let the poor devil go.’ thought Ihe pedler. ,l,at “ thanksgiving had been proclaimed for his i which this • Cuming event' was made td ‘cast its
‘ I don't want liis black blond on mv head ; and murder—so excessive was the wrath of the inhub- I shadow before.' Three me*had plotted the rob-
htinging the nigger unhang Mr. Iliggin- [ “"nt* on learning their mistake. I he mill men j 'fry and murder of Mr. Higginbotham ; two of
liotfiam. Unhang ih»* old gentleman! It’s a sin, resolved to bestow public honors on Dominions ’hem, successively, lost courage and ftecl, each
I know; but I should hate to have him come to f^e, only hesitating whether to tar and leather j delaying ihe crime tine night* by their disappear-
have the latest news where vnu did come from, i Hit* a second time, and £ive me the lie !
I'm not particular about Parker’s Falls. Any I With these meditations, Dominicus Pike drove I
place will answer ?’ into the street of Barker’s Falls, which, as every j , . y
' Being thus imnnrtuned the traveller—who wns *>odv knows, is as thriving a village as three cot'-! The selectmen, hy advice ol the lawyer, spoke person of Doiniincua Bike.
as ilf hmking a'lelhm'as*one wouhl desire To meet’ -nn-Vactnries and a slitting mill can make it. The of prosecuting him for a mistletoe. in cm, , J« only remntus to sav. that Mr. Htgg.obotham
io a soffialSe " ( wnod-atipeared to berate ! machinerv was not w in I bo. lew of luting t.nluunded reports, to the great d.s.urhance : «>"k 'he t edler .nto high favor, sanctioned htaad-
a little, as it he were either searching his memory j 'be shop ,lours unbarred, when he alighied ... .he j -f the peace of the Commonwealth. Nothing J *• L'^ou thiii!"rhild^o"aHo'w M
for news, or weighing ihe expediency of telling stahle-yaril of the lavern, and made it his lirst saved etther Iron, mob-law or a cun,. •» ,t 1 Z ti e old
it. At last, mounting on the slop of the cart, he I business to order the mare four quarts of oats. but an e oipienl appeal made hy the I '' <• '« r *'• * ,l ' e . .
whispered in the ear nf Dominicus, though he j Hi* Mcnn.l duly, of course, was to impart 'V, r ' | } i"“!!* i?';,!"^.a!. All,lre,8,n K H ,8W w " r,U > ^ " k ’"' ,n J ‘" tUm * ' aVOr
q»bl have shouted aloud, and no other mortal
i him, rule him on a rail, or refresh him with an j ; lh« «li»r«I was in the act of perpetration,
I I ablution at the town pump, on the lop of which lie i whet. :t champion, blindly obeying the call of fa A.
Falls, which, as every : had declared himself the bearer of the news. | I'ke the heroes of old romance, appeared in th.
would have heard him.
* I do lememocr one little trifle of news/ said
lie. * Old Mr. Iliepinhotham. of Kimballton,
was murdered in bis orchard, at eight o’clock last
night, by an Irishman and a nigger. They strung
him up to the branch of a St. Michael’s pear-tree,
where nobody would find him till the morning.”
As soon as this horrible intelligence was com
municated, the stranger betook himself to his
journey again, with more speed than ever, not e-
ven turning his head when Dominicus invited him
to smoke a Spanish cigar and relate all the parti
culars. The pedler whistled to his mare and
went up the hill, pondering on the doleful fate of
Mr. Iliggiubotliam
lligginbotlnim'x cntnitrophe to the onller. lie I of hcnrlfelt gratitude to hi* kcnnfaclreM. lie j " Chri.liiio desili, io bed ; vine* which
deemed it advisable, however, not fo he too po-i- the green cart and mile out of town, un- [ melancholy event. Dunim.cn, I ike Ini* .emu*-
live as to to the dale of the direful fact, and also 1 der a discharge of artillery Iron, the school-hoys. | f 1 ""•» K.mballton, nod established a large to-
bacco inauulactory in my native village.
to be uncertain whether it were pei pet rated by an who lotind plenty ol ammunition in tke neighbor-
irishman and a mulatto, or by the son of Erin a- ing clay-pits and mud hol-*s. As he turned hi*
lone. Neither did be profess to relate it on liis head, to exchange a farewell glance with Mr. Htg-
own authority, or that ol any one nerson ; but ginbotharn s niece, a ball, ol tbe consistence of j
mentioned it as a report generally diffused. hasty-piidding, hit him slap in the mouth, giving !
The story ran through the town like fire among him a most grim aspect. Ihs whole person was
girdled trees, and became so much the universal s0 bespattered with the little filthy mtssibs.
talk, that nobody could tell whence it had origi- that he had almost a mind to rule hark, and
tinted. Mr. Higginbotham was as well known at supplicate for the threatened ablution at the town ;
Baracr's Falls as any citizen id’ the place, being pump; lor though not meant in kindness, it would j
part owner of tbe slitting-mill, and a cousidera- now have been u deed ol charity.
bh 4 stockholder in the cotton-factories. The in- j However, the sou shone bright on poor Domin- j
hoof he had known in the j habitants fell their own prosperity interested in t icus, ami the mud, an emblem o*. ail stains ol un- j „
way of trade, having sold him many a bunch of his fate. Such was the excitement that the Parker’s deserved opprobrium, was easily brushed off w hen aid, bat persisted to the last in hissingulardtabit of
long-lines and a great deal of uig-tail, lady’s I Falls Gazette anticipated its regular day of publi- dry. Being n funny rogue. Ins heart soon cheer- j sleeping in the whole*»f his wardrobe, Which con-
tw ist and fra tobacco. I le was rather astonished ' cation, ami came out with half a form of'dank «dup; nor could he refrain horn a hearty laugh , sisted chiefly of n pair vf breeches, that at aomo
at the rapidity with which the news had spread, paper, and a i olumn of double pica, emphasized at the uproar which his story had excite I. The . remote era had been constructed of blue velfet.
Kimballton was nearly sixty miles distant in r | with capitals, and headed horrid ml'RDF.r of handbills ol tbfsoleeimen would cause the com- ; a sailor’s jacket, nod a frieze overcoat; which #11
straight line* tbe murder bad been perpetrated mr. Higginbotham! Among other dreadful de- niilrnent ol all the vagabonds in the state ; the : exhibited accniiiulfllfU proofs ot the old man s at-
onlv at ei-lit o’clock the preceding night * yet ' tails, the printed account described the mark of paragraph in tbe Barkers Falls Gazettr would be j tacbment. On Wednesday he sent for Mr. M.
»f it at seven in the morn- the cord round the dead man's neck, anti stated re-printed from Maine to Florida, and perhaps j Van buersen. a respectable countryman of hi*.
Ihe number of thousand dollars of which he had form an item in the London newspapers; nod residing in the neighborhood, who had often given
been robbed ; there was much pathos, also, about many a miser would tremble for bis money-bags ' him charitable relief, and privately requested him
d life, on learning the catastrophe of Mr. Ilig- to make his trill! To this gen'lemon's greal*sur«
A CONSCIENTIOUS MISER.
From Vie New-York Courier *V Fnyuirer, Dec. II.
An old Dutchman, named Shumm. who lived
in one of the wretched hovels that Miami in the
rear ol Sbeiill street, and whose apparent poverty
had lung excited the sympathy of his humane
n* in It bora, died on Friday last of asthma, and a
com lira: .0:1 of th< r oisea’.-cs. He was well known
to be of a very obstinate and eccentric disposi
tion; and, although he bad been confined to his
bcfl several weeks, be not only rejected all medical
Dominicus bad beard of
ing, when, in all probability, poor Mr. Higginbo
tham's own family had but just discovered bis
rorpse, hanging on the St. Michael’s pear tree.
The stranger on loot must have worn seven-league
boots, to travel at such a rate.
*• III news (lieslien, they sav/ thought Domini
ons Bike; • bill this heats rail-roads. The fellow
ought to lie hired lo go express with the Presi
dent's Message.'
The difficulty was solved, hy supposing that
the narrator had made h mistake of one day, in
the dale of the occurrence ; so that our Iriend did
not herila'.e lo introduce the story at every tavern
i.nd country-store along the road, expending a
whole bunch of ripauisli-wrappers among nt least
twenty horrified audiences, lie lound huiisell in
variably the lirst bearer of the intelligence, ami
the affliction of liis niece, who bad gone from
one fainting fit to another, ever since her uncle
was found hanging on the St Michael’s pear-tree,
with his pockets inside nut. The village poet
likewise commemorated the young ladie's grief,
in the seventeenth stanza of a ballad. The se
lectmen held a meeting, and, in con-ideration of populace of Barker
Mr. Higginbotham's claims on the town, deter- 1 Dominicus was
and I tie,
ginbotharn. The pedler meditated with much prise lie bequeathed various sums of money,
fervor on the charms of the young school mis- mounting altogether to §3,700, the children and
tress, and swore that Daniel Webster never spoke grand-children residing at Newark and Albany;
nor looked so like an angel as Miss lliggiubo- and confidentially inform*d him where this pro-
lhatn. while defending him from the wrathful perty was deposited, lie then narrated to Bif,
Falls. Van Duersen the following remarkable lacts in hie
on the Kimballton turn- history ;
Iniined to issue handbills, offering a reward of five |,iUu. Ii.ivmg nil Hlnu K tle*iK'<*-tl m visit that filnce. Hu «in(r<l, tlml almtil twenIT npn lie wai
hundred dnllurs for the s>|i|irefien.it>n ol hi* raur- though htiiine** had drawn him out of the most » purtri to a mercantile house in Hamburgh, and,
deter*, null recovery of the stolen |iru|ttrty. Hirei i road Irum Morristown. A* lie approached having been Imtg in it. employ, was frequently
Meanwhile the whole population nf Barker'* thee the ...ppuse.l murder, he ruulinued entrusted with cuusitlerahle .u mi of money for
Fall*. eon*i*tini> ol *hopkeeper», mi»lre»»e» nf tit revolve the circum.laiic., in hi. mind I was conveyance to other e.iabli.hnieni., .n M boor
boarding hoti.es, factory-girls, mill men, and aulotnslied at Ihe a.pect which tbe whole eti.e a*. «f evil influence lie was Induced to violate his
school-hoy*, rushed into ihe street, and kept up vu.n.d. Hud uoii.mg uccui.e.l lu corroborate the trust, and to abscond to tl.l* country with ■
1 ccimiten. ! .lorv of llm firet Iravoller, it might now have been *«•>'• Having arrived, he invested the gi
1 ' . . 1 .1 tl ....I nf it in *1.0 llll.nlms. nt* turn kntltfM. H
pestered w.tl, question., that he could nut .urh a lerrihl. loquacity, a. mure than comp.-u- .lory «l the hr.l traveller. ,t tu.gn. umv nave O.en u »
llm- up the outline, nil .1 brname quite . ..led lor the .deuce of Ihe cotton machines, mmsulered a. .. hoax ; hut the yellow mat. was : part of it to the purchase o two hou.e., which
lie met with line piece of which refrained from th-ir usual dm out r,1 re- evidently imquamletJ either will, the report »r ihe adjoined each other, and which, brtore he had if
[..., Mr. Higginbotham -a, 1 np.-ci to the deceased. Had Mr. Higginbotham fact; here wa. a mystery in hi. dt.maved fected no iMuranee oh hem, were boml !• A#
^ | guilty hoik, no bring abruptly questioned.-— ground. Considering Bus t« juiJ^rncnt of Rftftn
lived
cared about posthumous renown Ins untimely mol guilty look, un being abruptly questioned.— _ » .... ,
glm-t would h ive txulted in tins tumult. Our When, to ibis singular combination ol tuuidmit*, upon Ins dishonesty, be
avoid tilling
I respectable u irr.iiivi*.
corroborative evidence. Mr. Ifiggmbollittm
.1 t r led - i ; and i former clerk of Ills, lo wlioin Do-
| uiiniciis related tbe fact, testified that lire old gen- j gHo«*t would have 0Xui»ea prims turnon! wur si ucu. -» . ’7 ’’"V".”/",' r f ’VT T course of iiidu#,
| lie.... a. custom return home through friend Do.ntnieo*. in the vanity of hi. heart, lor ilivs. added he tallied exactly with ! enm.nder ol hi. hie t.
the orchard, about night fall, with the money and got Ins intended precaution., .ml, mounting on the Mr HiRguibtUh.in a character and h.litia u life; 'W »'"• patahnnny. Wlltuh Ii Hj .
| v tin.hie it ol the store in hi. pocket. The town pur I .elf e. the bearer of I met he had au orchard, end a Ht. Mtcheel’i «>» mah.t.g fuMre.l tuline to the^ vHm«|m
clerk u„.ude,tcd hu. I,tile grtel a. Mr, lltggi.tho- ! the tnieffigenee. wh.ch I caused ,o pvar-ttee. ne t. which he alwuy. pa,sed a, ntghl- had tojure.l », •e l r d«*»o-«Mk ^
^^g^Si^iniedialety became J loll; the i iiciiui.iaiitial evuli-ece appeared ,u He ai|u|tleil swolher flame, aiin.wiia mc uww
discovered in In, own ilo.ltog, with him, that lie | Ihe greit man ol lb" moment,
wa, a ( rosiv old fellow, a, close a, a vice. 111. | » new edition ol the tutnative.
Oelnbsr 95 l^ill
49 3t I
He immediately heeanie ; hill; lit" t ircun.,lanli.l evidence Iippeaied eo i lie adopted another name. »n«, ■ > »»»
incut auil had jii-t began I .troiig, 'hat Duiiiinii u. douliled wlieibcr liie auto- he had left. (.•»'«« “*•** ** •' , J r 1
wa, ,. , r...„ ». C.O.. ... - v,c J .... | -- _..»iive, w.tl. » voter line . graph ptodue.,! hy the lawyer, or tl.c aiei e'e lohaecnnui I aad rj.de mm* retell
prop, rty would de.cend to « pretty niece, who flebl-prea.her, whet, the mail ..age drove ...... j direct .c.imony. ought to be cijutvalenl. MaU- j ■>« 1 ^" '
wa. MW keeping school in Kimbsllion. 1 the vijlsgi street. It hed Irevelted all night, end , mg cutty., inquire, .long the road, the pedler file, he had sueceeaeu. 0 eyeare