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[NO. 2.
VOL. XXIV.]
MILLEDGEVILLE, GEORGIA, TUESDAY, JANUARY 24, 1843.
It \ KKIK VE O K .n E ,
£ PI TORS ANP PROPRIETORS
Penitentiary,
•llilledgecillc, 17/* Jmn'tj. 1S43.
Greene 2d
Morgan..... 1st
in June and December
TERMS.
Ttie Recorder is published weekly, on Hancock
. t nearly opposite the Masonic Hall atTHREFDoL-
ner aiiuiin pavablein advance, or Four Doli.ars,
' ) ii I before the end of the year. No paper, in any
. i e n t out of the State, without being first paid for in
" ' .. (>r anv new subscriber taken for a less period
, ( . i-EAR. unless paid for atthe rate of FourDol-
annum, in advance.
t oVEitTISEMESTS conspicuously inserted atthe usual
fnnse sent without a specification ofthe number
^ertions, will be published until ordered out, atid
, r .e l accordingly.
. 7«, of Land i id Negroes,by Administrators, Exec-
;v , r ; i;,r li ins, are required by law to be held on
’ .' fn^slav in the montii, between the hours often
e forenoon and three in the afternoon, atthe Conrl-
,se of Lie county in which the property is situate.—
itices of these sales must be given in a public gazette
(r y lays previous to tlie day of sale.
Notices f 'r the sale of personal property must he given
' ik-* manner, FORTY days previous to the day of sale.
'■ to i lie debtors and creditors of an estate, must also
oublisned for FORTY days.
/.tire that application will be made to the Court of
VriiT-v for leave to sell Laud, must be published for
A LL articles manufactured in this Institution will I Putnam 3d
be solt
• us sold at the lowest prices, for Central Bank,
specie funds, or State 6 per cent, bonds at 60 cents for
the dollar. CHAS. H. NELSON, P. K. |
i January 17, 1843. 1 if
SOUTHERN CIRCUIT.
OFFICE BANK OF DARIEN, I
MtLLEDGEViLI.E, January 13, 1843. j
A LL persons indebted to the Bank of Darien or
| Branches, are hereby notified that all paper now'
j due and unpaid, will be placed in the htinds of an
| attorney for collection, if not paid previous to the re-
I turn day of the next Term of the Superior courts.
J. R. ANDERSON, Agent.
January 17, 1843. 1 7t
v T H s
villi
\d I| j,ineis in the line of Printing will me
until mention n the Recorder Office.
v r re its on business, must be post-paid*
7= ) ir ; ib.'Tiber*. in requesting the direction of their
changed from one Post Office toanothet, are de-
j m ,. v ,. rv instance, in making such requests, to in-
is is well ofthe name of the Post Office from which
. j,. s ir,-it idiaiieed, as that to whichthey maythere-
Ceiilnil .Honey Wanted.
U rxNl KD, ill Ex iiao.o for goods at the “usual
low prices.” *.*0,000 in Central funds at
P, ir Call lit I lie sign lit tile New l)rv Goods Slore.
E. W. BANCROFT.
Milled;.’eville, .1111,^7. 1813. 1 tf
January 17, 1S43.
>e\v Goods aaain al Bancroft's.
J„st III C'l .V rune opening 40 JltlfhtlLllS, such as
I l\ IWUi YDS 3 brown Homespun, 6ipr yd.
j 5.000 4-4 do 8 to 12* “
11 ,|e- lb d Ticking, good 15 “
lull do Ladies'white cotton Hose, 12£ nr
do Id’k, w’te, and slate do (fine) 25 to 37^ cts.
bales brown cotton Jeans and Drills 12.^ “
150 ps Fancy Prints, 12A to 20
50 lbs. black linen Thread,
H„ sewing Silk,
50 (ini lasting Velvet and suspender Buttons.
1 |,a!e plaid Liiisev (for negroes) 25
5i|i|'l v■ i-. bleached Shirtings, 12^ to 15
il l wool red Flannels, 25 to 31 “
Hu white do,
Mk and colored Eng. Merino
I J.5 worsted and cotton Shawls,
Negro Kc
AUGUSTIN II. 1IAKSELL,
rittoruey a! /. a re,
Hawki.nsvii.le, Geo.
January 10. 1843. 52 m3m
JAS. A. II. MACON,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
STARKVILLE, Let Co., Ga.
Will attend the courts of the Southwestern Circuit.
October 18. 1 *42. 40 ly
w
a. c. hott
TILL practice law in the several counties oftlie
Flinteircuit. Office at Jackson, Buttacounty, Ga.
^ptember 13, 1842. 35 t!
LATAMTE A WHIGHT,
A T T O R NEYS AT LA W,
IRfVINTON. GEO.
Will practice in the counties of Baldwin arid Wilkinson,
ofthe Ocmulgee Circuit; and in Twiggs, Pulaski, Irwin
Telfair, and Laurens ofthe Southern Circuit.
J. I.. LATAMTE,
June 21.1842.—23 if J. S. WKJGHT.
PETEK A DAM A,
ATTORNEY AT LAW, .
DUBLIN, Laurens county, Ga.
Mav 17,1842—18
tf
KEENE A Mi ll K \ It V ,
ATTORN E Y S AT L A W,
MA DISOy, Morgan County, Ga.
April 26,1842.—15 tf
tit ton Cambrics,
si, t
o(l ( |„/. head Handkerchiefs, 2
good mixed Sattinets, 5:
101) <Jz. Tavlor’s 300 yds. spool Cotton,
brown Linens for aprons, &c.
tine hit ds-cve Diapers, 37^ cts. per yd.
gents, blk and colored Kid Gloves, 75 to $1 “
31 to $1
25 to $3
31
25 to 37 £
31 to 50
F-M
25 to 3Q
4 t„$l
nr silk Pocket Hkts.,
beaver Hats,
624 to i?I “
$3 51) to $7
$3 50
The above mentioned Goods nre fresh from New
l uk. mid will he sold at “astonishing low” prices for
T:\TK \ L MONEY. Persons in want of Dry Goods
v111 cl,, well to call at the Sign of the “New Diy Goods
more goods can he bought for one dolla
Court Calendar, lor 1813.
[arranged FOR THE SOUTHERN RECORDER.]
Superior Courts.
Ollt Til
,1 Mo,icv,
titan cat
i Uo, had
at any
other store
.crior ot G
eorgia, fi
„• $1 in
Specie.
ri«*a>e
call and s
oe. Net
U doort
o the r
ost Office.
E. \V
. BANCROFT.
Mi ll.'.l
Seville. J;
in. 17, 1:
843
1 2t
Hi ad
This-
MS cad
Vliis.
14 11E
undersign
ed liavit
ng detei
■mined
to move to
1 ,1,0
West, and
l ’
.orv dot
drous t<
a close his
speediR
r as possi
hie, tnos
t eames
itly requests
i lh “*»
lO him t<
» come t
onward
and pay up
delay. T
lie remai
mder of
Ilia Stoi
i*k ot goods
.Id for less
than N.
■w York
cost, f<
»r cash only
JANUARY.
2d Monday, Richmond
“ Chatham
FEBRUARY.
1st Monday, Paulding
2d “ ’ Clark
“ Cass
3d “ Walton
“ Crawford
<• Wilkes
“ Cherokee
4th “ Jackson
“ Meriwether
“ Forsyth
“ Upson
MARCH.
1st Monday, Coweta
“ Morgan
“ Marion
“ Lumpkin
“ Pike
“ Laurens
“ Taliaferro
2d “ Colttmhia
“ Fayette
“ Greene
All w
in .1 1
chase great bargains, call and ex-
for tl
emseive
i, 1843.
v. THOMAS B. STUBBS.
Jan
51 4t
Jt.ni.nry 3, IN 13.
New
Goods Again.
\r
HIE
4
if those
-4
| Brown Homespuns, 6] yd.
do. do.
UlC
i tiui
red Silk
8,
Wu
e HI
.<-k do.
fur aprons,
6-4
Swiss
Muslin
fine at 50 ct-«.
300
yard
spool c
>tton,
Mo
,« ..f
those lint
hl’k ribbed cotton Hose a 31.f pr.
Br.
tv 11 .•
dint, Jea
n> and Drills,
.50
111‘1't‘v
rich En
glish Chintz, at 31] cts.
50
do
do
do 16 to 20 cts.
Fi i
■ .1(0
• net Mu
linn and Bishop Lawns,
I’in
d Gi
.chains
,! 25 and 31 cts. vd. &r. &<-.
hand
ft III#
KC sloth of Woollens,
' I' ll
s Bit
ailcloths
, Cassinters, Sattinelts, Kentucky
Jeans
Kit
-ovs, M.
rinos, Motts de Laities, and other
l Mvl-
t w i
iter stood
s, which will be sold at very reduc-
ed i.r
* the sen
son is advancing.
He
er that
1! goods arc priced For CENTRAL
.Mom
Y.
E. 'V. BANCROFT,
Next door to the Post Office.
Jni
inirv
3. 1843.
51 tf
3d
! 4th
r G lb ■ 4 ■-* y
THE pleasant and very desirable residence
at Midway, neat this place, formerly owned
by it. K. Hines, Esq., more recently by Mrs.
Egerton. This property is convenient to
nr best ,)!' schools, sufficiently so to Oglethorpe Um-
■erritv, and quite so to the Female Academy. Thepre-
liises’i-oinprise ihirty acres of land, and have thereon a
.'.1,1,1 and convenient dwelling and all necessary out
louses, in complete repair. The situation is unrivalled
n lieahn.and handsomely located and ornamented. The
incietv equal to any in the country. Any one desirous
>f purchasing is invited to call and examine for himself.
Huns will be accommodating—adapted to the times.
Alsu, any description of FURNITURE, and an extra
juantityof Beds, Bedding, Mattrasses, Ac. Ac., tor sale
ow. Apply to tne subscriber. _
“ ■* R. M. ORME.
Milledgeville, July 26, 1842. 28
To (lie Planters »f Georgia.
a penny saved is two pence earned.
riMIE subscriber is now offering to the Farmers of
I Georgia. “ Mim s Wrought Iron Plough Stock.”in-
'ented by Messrs. Seaborn J. A Marshall Mims, of
Oclebbahau county, Mississippi, and patented by them.
This Plough in every respect is' the most desirable Plough
Stock ever offered to a Planting community. It com
bines durability with convenience—it will last a great
many years without repair or expense, and will admit of
every variety of Plough hoes, (three tooth harrow ex
cepted) with perfect convenience and facility—it is not
heavier than the ordinary wooden stock, yet far stronger
and being so verv simple in its construction that any
blacksmith in the country can make them.
Sample Ploughs may be seen and tried at Mr. Dense s
simp in Milledgeville, at Mr. Martin's Shop in Sparta,
and at Mr. F. B. Bellingslea's in Washington, Wilkes
county. Let the Farmer examine the Plough, atid he
will purchase t he light to use them.
The subscriber proposes to sell county Rights on the
most accommodating terms.
'77“ All communications on this subject, post-paid, ad
dressed to me at Milledgeville, or Washington, Wilkes
countv, will meet with immediate attention.
B. L. BARNES.Agent,
For S. J. A M. Mims.
^December 28.1841. 50
I'almvra Academy.
r 18 Hi: School in this Institution commenced ope-
-I- rations under the superintendence of Mr. W.
Smith Titus, ot- the first Monday in January, and will
continue until the second Friday in November next.
Itrnis of tuition for the scholastic year:
lor the rudiments of English,
“ English Grammar or Geography,
“ The higher branches of English,
“ The I.atin or Greek language,
Hoard may be had in the village in respectable fami
lies, foe s j x dollars per month, including washing, lodg
es* room rent and firewood.
Die qualifications of the Rector and the plan of in
struction required by the Trustees, will ensure the
merited reputation which this institution has acquired
Dr the rapid and successful progress of its pupils.
By order of the Trustees.
JOHN W. PITTS, See'ry-
Newborn, January 10, 1842. 52 4t
MAIL. ARRANGE MJE NTS.
NORTHERN MAIL
Dae daily at 10 A. M.—Closes daily at 6 A M.
COLUMBUS and MACON MAIL
Dae daily at 5 A. M.—Closes daily at 8 A.M.
SAVANNAH MAIL
Due daily, Mondays excepted.
Closes daily. Saturdays excepted, at 12 M.
PIEDMONT MAIL
D tp Tuesday,Thursday, and Saturday, at 5 A M.
Closes “ « 11 A. M.
HAWKINSVILLE MAIL
Due Tuesday and Friday, at iOA.M.
Closes “ “ at 12 M.
n COVINGTON MA7L
J; ue ™£nday, Weduesday, and Friday, at 3 P. M.
loses Tuesday, Thursday, art Saturday, at 6 A. M.
MONTICELLo an ,i STAN FORD VILLE MAIL
ue Wednesday at 3-e M—Closes Monday at 8 P. M.
RAMAv MAIL
Due Wednesday—Closes'v e H nesI lay at 12 M.
E- Da GGE tT, P. M.
Milledgeville Post-Office, 7
December 5, 1842. i
Madison
Union
Monroe
G winnett
Butts
Elbert
DeKalb
Gilmer
Hall
Putnam
Talbot
Bulloch
“ Cobb
“ Macon
“ Newton
“ Baldwin
“ Walker
“ Murray
“ Washington j
Effingham, Thursday after
APRIL.
1st Mondav, Walien ,
“ Walker |
“ Wilkinson
“ Muscogee
“ Campbell
Rabun, Thursday after
Wayne do do
2d Monday, Carroll
“ Dade
Twiggs
“ Randolph
“ Catnden
" Habersham
“ Hancock
“ Henry
“ Montgomery
Tattnall, Thursday after
Emanuel
Pulaski
Chattooga
Franklin
Heard
Glynn
Jones
Oglethorpe
Floyd
Sc riven
! 3d Mondai
2d Monday, Decatur
JULY.
4th Monday, Wilkes
AUGUST.
1st Monday, Paulding
2d “ Clark
“ Cass
j 3d “ Walton
“ Crawford
“ Cherokee
4th “ Jackson
“ Emanuel
“ Dps.m
“ Meriwether
“ Forsyth
SEPTEMBER.
1 st Monday, Pike
“ Morgan
“ Laurens
“ Taliaferro
“ Marion
“ Coweta
“ Lumpkin
2d “ Columbia
“ Greene
“ Harris
“ Madison
“ Union
“ Monroe
“ Fayette
“ Gwinnett
3d “ Elbert
“ Butts
“ DeKalb
“ Gilmer
“ Hall
“ Talbot
“ Putnam
4th “ Newton
“ Baldwin
Cobb
“ Macon
“ Walker
“ Murray
“ Bulloch
“ Washington
OCTOBER.
1st Monday, Warren
*‘ Wilkinson
** Camjibell
Musrog^e, Tuesday after
• Walker “ “
Rabun, Thursdav after
2d Monday, Hancock
“ Camden
“ Dade
“ Twiggs
“ U.indolph
“ Henry
li Habersham
“ Carroll
“ Montgomeiy
Tattnall, Thursday after
3d Monday, Emanuel
“ Pulaski
4th
4th
Sti
ll rt
“ Lincoln
“ Jasper
“ Houston
“ Troup
“ Early
“ Irwin
“ McIntosh
Liberty, Monday after
Bryan. Friday after
Chattooga
Oglethm jie
F ra nklin
Jones
Heard
Floyd
Sc riven
“ Stewart
“ Lincoln
“ Jasper
“ Houston
“ Troup
“ Eatly
“ Irwin
Telfair, Thursday after
Bulloch, last M mid ay
NOVEMBER.
1st Monday, Bibb
Effingham, Friday after
Telfair, Thursday after 4th 2d Monday, Jefferson
" I “ Dooly
[3J “ Burke
“ Sumter
Monday
' MAY.
1st Monday, Burke
3d
4 th
Bibb
Chatham
Dooly
Jefferson
Sumter
Thomas
Le
Wayne, Thursday after
4th Monday, Thoma3
“ ‘ Lee
Lowndes, Monday after
Ware. Monday after
Appling, Thursday after
4th Monday, Camden
Lowndes, Monday after 4th " n ’ M°"‘ la >' a [' er
McIntosh
Monday
Ware, Monday after
Appling, Thursday after
JUNE.
1st Monday, Richmond
“ Baker
j Liberty “ “
I Bryan, Friday “
DECEMBER.
- 1st Monday, Baker
12d “ Decatur
InTcrior Court*.
$10
15
20
25
EASTERN
CIRCUIT.
Wayne
Last Monday
in December and May
Camden ....
i=t
in January and June
Glvnn
.2d
in “
McIntosh...
3,1
in il
Bryan
.4th
in “
Liberty
.2d
in “
Bulloch
.1st
in February anil July.
Effingham...
.2d
in “
Chatham ...
.3d
in “
MIDDLE
CIRCUIT.
Columbia...
. 4tli Monday
in January and June
Washington.
• 4th “
in January and July
Montgomery
1st “
in February and Augus
Tattnall ....
.2d
in “ “
Emanuel....
1st
in January and July
Srriven.....
,2d
in “ “
Burke
1st
in 11
Jefferson...
3d
in “
Richmond..
1st
in April and 3d in Sept.
NORTHERN CIRCUIT.
Madison 2d Monday in January and July.
Elbert
Oglethorpe
Lincoln...
Hancock..
Warren...
Wilkes....
Taliaferro.
WESTERN CIRCUIT.
Franklin 4th Monday in January and July
Twiggs...
...4th
Monday
in January and July
Lowndes..
.. 1st
in February and August
Thomas..
. . 1st
in January and July
Telfair
.. 1st
in April, 2d in October
Irwin
. . 4 th
“
in January, 1st in July
Laurens..
. . 1st
in June and December
Pulaski...
... 3d
in January and July
Appling...
. . 3d
*'
in June and December
Ware
11
in 44 “
FLINT C
IRCU1T.
Bibb
. . 1st
Monday
in March and September
Houston..
.. 4th
•*
in January and July
Butts
“
in Innuarv and July
Crawford.
...3d
“
in Mav and November
Upson .. .
..4 th
“
in 44 “
Pike
..1st
11
in June and December
Monroe...
...2d
in 44 44
Newton ..
. .4th
in 11
Henry ...
..4th
in January and July
CHEROKEE
CIRCUIT.
Paulding.
.. 3d
Monday
in Mav and November
Cass
. .4th
“
in 4c “
Cherokee.
.. 1st
“
in June and December
Forsvth..
. . 4,
in Mav and November
Lumpkin.
..3d
in June and December
Union .. .
.. 4th
in 44
Chattooga
.. . 1st
in August and February
Gilmer...
...1st
11
in July and January
Murray...
... 3d
in 4 4 4 4
Walker..
...3,1
in “ “
Floyd....
. .4th
in “ il
Dade....
in June and December
COWETA
CIRCUIT.
Fayette..
... 3d
Monday
in January and June
Carroll...
...3d
“
in January and July
Meriwetht
r.. 4,H
“
in April and October
Troup....
.. .3,1
in June and January
“
in June and December
DeKalb..
... 2d
“
in July and January
Campbell.
... 2d
“
in June ami December
Cold
in 44 44
Heard...
...4th
“
in May and November
SOUTHWESTERN CIRCUIT.
Randolph
....2d
Monday
in May and November
Lee
44
in February and August
Early....
...2d
“
in January and July
Baker
...4th
in 4 4 4 4
Decatur .
44
in June and December
Dooly
...4th
44
in June and December
Macon...
.. 1st
44
in February and August
Sumter...
... 3d
“
in February and August
CHATTAHOOCHEE CIRCUIT.
Stewart ..
.,.4,h
Monday
in January’ and July
Marion...
... 3d
in May and November
Muscogee.
...4tl,
44
in January and July
Talbot.. .
...3d
44
in June and December
Harris ...
...4th
in 4 4 4 4
LAW OF GEORGIA.
AN ACT to repeal an act entitled an ad to extend the
time for fortunate drawers in till the Land Lotteries,
and in the Gold Lottery, to take out their grants, as-
sente
(1 to 10th Dr
cember. 1841,
and to iimi
the
for the fortun
He drawers in
said Loiter
es to
out their gran
ts ; and to prov
de for the d
ispo-
of the same.
if not granted
vithin the li
n it a-
and to provi,
e for taking out
head rights
3d
* in
“ “
. 4th
4 in
“ anti June
1st
1 in
February and July
. 1st
4 in
February and August
• 2d
4 in
February and August
1st
4 in
May, 4th in September
, 1st ‘
4 in
June and December
Suction 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House
of Representatives of the Stale of Georgia in Gen
eral Assembly met, and. it is her cby enacted by the 1
authority of the same, Tlmt an act entitled an act to
extend the time for kite fortunate drawers in all the !
Land Lotteries, and in the Gold Lottery, to take out :
their grants, except in the counties hereinafter except
ed, assented to 10th December, 1841, be and the same (
is hereby repealed. I
Sec. 2. And be it further enacted by the authority
aforesaid. That the fortunate drawers in the Land \
Lottery of 1821. embracing the counties of originally
Dooly. Houston, Monroe, Henry and Fayette ; and the
fortunate drawers in the Land Lottery of 1827, etn- j
bracing the counties of Lee, Muscogee, Troup, Coweta,
and Carroll; and the fort mate drawers in the Land
and Gold Lottery of 1832, embracing the county of
originally Cherokee but now Cherokee, Forsyth. Cobb, I
Cass, Lumpkin, Gilmer, Murray, Walker, Paulding, [
Dade, Chattooga, Union, and Floyd, shall takeout
their grants ori or before the first day ot July, eighteen j
hundred and forty-three, or the same shall he consul- j
ered as reverted to the Slate : Provided always. That |
the operation of this act shall not apply to lands drawn
by orphans, until twelve months after the youngest one
shall have attained the age of 21 years, only so lor n„ ■
to authorize the commissioner, or commissioners, to |
issue certificates to the highest bidder, as hereinafter
provided. But a grant in no instance shall issue on j
said certificate, until the purchaser shall file the affida- i
vit of two or more respectable witnesses, that the privi j
lege of the orphan or orphans under the provisions of this
act, have expin d; Provided further. That if any per
son shali apply for a grant for any of the lands men
tioned in this act, at any time before the first day of
July next, anil leave the price of the same, and the
grant or grants cannot he prepared in time, that the
proper officers shall be, and they ate hereby required,
to issue grants as of the date of the application.
Sec. 3. And be it further enacted by the authority
aforesaid, That said ungranted lands shall be exposed
to sale, at public outcry, before the Court-house door
in the several counties where said lands are situated,
bv one or more commissioners to be appointed by the
Executive, who shall give bond w ith good and sufficient
security to the Governor and his successors in office,
in a sum not less than double the amount of th** grant
fees accruing to the State from the number of ungrant-
ed lots in the county or counties in which he may be a
commissioner.
Sec. 4. And be it further enacted by the authority
aforesaid, That said commissioner ot commissioners
shall advertise the limes and places of said sale in such
public gazettes ns may be designated by the Executive;
that saitl commissioners shall offer said lands fur sale
at the minimum price now established by law, to the
highest bidders, and keep ,t bo k or books, in w hich
shall he registered the ungranted lots, and the names
ofthe highest bidders, with the amount of their bids;
and upon payment of the money, he or they shall give
a certificate of the payment to the purchaser, setting
forth the number of the lots and the amount of his bid,
which said certificate shall be sufficient authority for
the grant to issue to the putchaser, except in the case |
hereinbefore provided. And if payment is not made j
oil the day of sale, the lot tnny be resold ; which fact
shall be noted in the commissioners’ register, and also j
in the certificate given to the second purchaser.
Sec. 5. And be it further enacted by the authority
aforesaid, That said commissioners shall make a re
turn of their proceedings under the provisions of tiiis j
art, and pay over to the Treasury the amount of money
collected by them, on or before the first Monday in No
vember, eighteen hundred and forty-three ; and the
Governor shall issue his warrant on the Treasurer in
favor of said commissioners, for such amountas ho may-
derm reasonable and just for the time they were em
ployed, and the responsibility imposed upon them.
Sec. 6. And be it furtfier enacted by Ike. authority
aforesaid, That front and immediately after the pas
sage of this art, any person applying to take out any
grant in the above described counties, shall take an
oath that he is the proper owner of said lot, or the law
ful agent of the owner thereof, and shall produce a
power of attorney from the owner of sa:d lot, properly
attested: Provided, That any judgment creditor, or
the attorney of a judgment creditor, residing out of the
State, muy lake out such grant, upon making and filing
his or her affidavit, that he or she is a judgment credit
or ofthe drawer, arid applies for the grant for the pur
pose of selling the said lot under his or her execution.
Sec. 7. And be it further enacted by the authority
aforesaid. That the money arising from the sales and
grants of the lands embraced in this act, shall bo paid
into the Treasury of this State.
See. S. And be it further enacted by the authority
aforesaid, That it shall he the duty of the Governor to
cause the publication of this law immediately after its
passage, in two or mere of the papers iti Milledgeville,
and for as long a period as he may deem necessary to
give it general publicity.
Sec. 9. And be it further enacted by the authority
aforesaid. That when any person may have had lands
surveyed on head rights, and the time may have elapsed
for taking out the grants, such persons shall be entitled
to receive their grants upon the payment of the usual
fees: Provided, the same has not been granted to some
other person.
Sec. 10. And be it further enacted by the authority
aforesaid, That all laws and parts of laws militating
avainst this act, be and the same are herein- repealed.
WILLIAM B. WOFFORD,
Speaker of the House of Representatives.
ROBERT M. ECHOLS,
President of the Senate.
Assented to 28th December. 1842.
CHARLES J. McDonald, Governor.
in July and January
in June and December
in January and July
in October, and 2d in May
in July and January
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Gwinnett... .2d
Jackson.... 1st
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OCMULGEE CIRCUIT.
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Agency«
T HE undersigned tenders his services to those
who may desire to have Grants taken out be
tween this and the 1 st July, the expiration of the time
of granting under the foregoing act—to the provisions
of which he refers for specific information, as to what
is required of applicants.
Terms—One dollar for the first grant, and 50 cents
each for any additional number. No application will
receive attention, without the price of '* re "
milted. CHARLES E. RYAN.
Milledgeville, January 10, 1843. 52 tf
From Blackwood’s Magazine.
The Advcntnm of Two Niclits.
* * * I was carried by tlie course of
my journey into Liverpool. After my pro
fessional labors were over, I had no friendly
circle to retire to, in which to while away the
memory of the disagreeable incidents which
beset the path of every person in business
—1 bad no place in which, by the kind in
fluences of ftiendship and sociality, the
wrinkles could be smoothed from the brow
of care, and the wig, as it were, fitted on
the bald head of disappointment. I spent
whole days in work and whole evenings in
loneliness! I put up at the Saracen’s Head.
The barmaid was a man, and the chamber
maid dreadfully ugly. In short, she might
nave supplied the place ofthe sign board at
the door, if time or bad weather had oblit
erated its paint. Under these circumstan
ces, it will not be surprising that I hailed
he advances towards an acquaintance
nade to me by a gentleman in the next
itox, with no little satisfaction. He had sat
•n the same seat for several nights, and
Gradually his face assumed a more friendly
■xpression, till when he actually spoke, we
both fell as if we had already been acquain-
ed for a long time. He was a man about
orty years of age, but retaming, by a con-
■iderable effort, the appearance of youth,
H.is hat was always set fashionably on one
tide of bis head—his hair scrupulously
brushed—his waist was very much tied by
an exceedingly tight suitout, and his trow-
sers firmly fixed down by the help of bright
polished straps. His hair was not red,
hut certainly not very far removed from
it ; his face was very fat, his eyes very
• mail, his nose large, and altogether he
gave you the idea of a person who was con-
iiderably too big for his clothes, and who,
instead of enlarging his habiliments,
brought matters into correct proportion by
diminishing the size of his body. But the
:ffort. though well intended, was in vain ;
.’or wherever the botton allowed an escape,
i protuberance was sure to make its ap-
tearaitce, and his figure had consequently
lie look of a pillow tied round with a num-
oer of strings. He opened his mouth and
rniling so as to show his white teeth, of-
ered me his snuffbox, and said the weath-
■r was very hot. As we agreed in opinion
we resolved to prove that we were in ear-
test in what we said by calling for two
tumblers of cold without.
‘ I p’rceive you’ve been in this c’fiee
room every night for a week,’ he began.
‘ 1 think you’ve hit on tlie extent of my
ojourn here exactly.’
‘ Git, by datl, I’m the wonderfullest fel
low for taking notice of things !’ he said.—
‘ Nothing escapes me ; all my friends agree
I’m the terriblest hand for keeping my eyes
open.’
‘ Then it won’t be very safe,’ I said, ‘ to
have a secret in the company of such an
Argus.’
‘Argus is a Fire Insurance; uncle Bob has
some shares in it. Oh,you don’t know halt
the things I’ve wormed cut of people, just
by using my own quickness ; I’ll he bound
you never met with such a fellow. Your
name’s Smith, isn’t it T
‘ Yes.’
‘ Told you so ; nothing escapes me ; I
saw it on your bag, and asked tlie waiter.
Smith’s rather a common name, I think.’
‘ The commonest in England.’
‘ There—I was right you see. ‘ You’ll
soon see what a power of observation l
have ;—p’r’ans you perceive it already V
‘ Yes, I think your remarks hitherto have
shown great quickness. \ou have said the
weather was hot, that my name was Smith,
and that the name of Smith was common.’
‘ What a memory you have ! Now it’s
the only thing 1 fail in, that memory. I
never recollect things—never could : I was
always the cleverest boy in the school for
getting up my lessons at home, but some
how 1 always forgot them when I had so say
them to the master. It’s a sign ot ge
nius, they say, to forget things—I do al
ways.’
‘ It’s a misfortune.’ said T ; ‘ but when a
man lias brilliant natural abilities 5
‘Ah, that’s the very thing! there’s no
use for memory, then ; but it’s sometimes a
misfortune, too, to have those brilliant natu-
i al abilities. ‘ Pon my soul, I sometimes
wish I was an ass.’
* Indeed !’
* ’Twould be such a relief. There ain’t
a fellow of my acquaintance that doesn’t ap
ply to me now whenever he’s in a difficulty.
I’m the boy for getting them out of scrapes;
there’s no end of five pound notes I’ve lent
fellows, and given them such advice ; ’pon
my honor, 1 wish they did’nt all think me
so clever. They all thought I wrote ‘ Ci
cely, or the Adventures of a Coxswain,’ but
I did’nt. It’s a fact. 1 did’nt upon my
honor.’
‘ You mean Cecil, I suppose I’
‘ Exactly ; but I told you I always forgot
things. But it’s the girls I’m such a fellow
with. There ain’t a girl in Liverpool that
does’nt make me her confidant. I know
the secrets of every one of them ;—’pon
my soul, I could make you laugh for a
month.’
‘ But is it only as confidant they employ
you V I inquired ; ‘ for though it’s a very
honorable post, still it strikes me to be of
rather second rate importance compared to
the object of their attachment,’
‘ Yon think they ain’t in love with me,’
replied my friend ; ‘ stop till you’ve been
awhile in the town, you’ll soon see whether
they are in love or not. Some ain t—of
course they can’t all be—I confess that ;—
for I hate boasting ; but somehow I like to
be second fiddle in those matters—I like to
help people off; I daresay I’ve been tlie
cause of marrying forty couples in this very
town.—Only last month I got William Sni-
vett married to a girl with six thousand
pounds.’
* Indeed ! how did you manage !’
* I took awayljer character, I spread re
ports among all my friends of what I had
seen—though I never saw any-thing 1
was a little stupider. Don’t you think it J was only able to jump to the top of the wall,
would be better V [ where he lay spread across it, exposing an
‘ Oh no ! I admire clever people of alO irresistible mark to the cudgels ofhispur-
things.
‘ Do you V said my friend;—literary peo
ple 1 fellows that write books ?’
‘ Oh, of course 1 I think an author the
first of men.’
‘ Women I women ! I mean women !—
We have got an uncommon stock of lit
erary ladies in our town. Hanged if I don’t
know half-a-dozen myself.’
* And their secrets V I inquired laugh
ing.
My companion seemed absorbed in
thought, and after a long pause suddenly
asked me,
“ Were you ever in Bristol, sir V
‘ I have lived many years in the neigh
borhood.’
‘ You have 1 That’s all right. What a
fellow I am for finding out things: there
ain’t such a nose iD England.’ He seem
ed so delighted with himself for having
made the profound discovery, that he went
on for a long time drinking bumpers and
making speeches in praise of his own acu
men. His egotism and vanity were very
amusing, and, as he seemed very good na-
tured and obliging, I took rather a fancy to
my new acquaintance. When we had sat
a long time together, counterbalancing the
extreme heat of the weather by the process
I have already described, he pioposed a
walk into the streets before separating for
the night. On a table at the door of the
coffee room was a tray filled with dirty
ty tumblers, empty decanters, biscuit plates
and other relics of an entertainment.
uers, who layed on as if they were thresh
ings a sack of wheat. The struggles of my
friend were tremendous, and his bellow-
ings immense. In his efforts, his garments
in many quarters gave way, and at last he
managed, more dead than alive, to tumble
himself over the wall into the stable lane,
and there he lay roaring for mercy as if the
sticks were still in full practice on his ribs.
But his enemies were not yet done with
him. A little man climbed over the wall
with great difficulty, and catching hold of
my poor friend’s collar, threatened him with
tremendous puuishment if he did not at once
tell who he was, and his intentions in hold
ing conversation with his inmates at that
hour of the night. Thinking it high time
to provide for my own safety, I betook my
self to the Saracen’s Head with all conve
nient expedition, and was just refreshing
myse!f with a tumbler, when my acquaint
ance made li 13 appearance.
‘There ain’t such a fellow in England,*
he said, ‘in getting out of a scrape—you
wouldn’t have managed to get away so
cleverly—would you J Confess, now.’
‘ ’Pon my word,’ I 6aid, ‘I don’t see so
much to boast of. You have been nearly
beaten into a jelly.’
‘Yes, but I’ve escaped the police officer.’
‘How did you manage V
‘Why that old monster, it turned out,
was the father of the wrong woman, and
Sophy—the sweetheart of Sam Horrox,
lived in the next house. They had been
on the watch for two or three nights for
The
ood nature of my friend could not resist.-^wmte Irish captain that is paying his ad-
tportunity of displaying itself. dresses to the young lady’s fortune ; and if
tlie opportunity of displayi
‘ That poor fellow, the waiter, has got
tired with his day’s work,’ ho said. ‘I think
I’ll just carry these things to his pantry for
him. It’s in our way to the front door.—
He accordingly lifted the tray and proceed
ed towards the street. My old enemy, the
hideous chambermaid, hearing our steps,
concluded it \va3 somebody requiiing her
aid, and rushed forth from a corner with
a bed candle in her hand. But the ama
teur waiter, not perceiving her approach,
pushed against her with such force that in
the recoil he tumbled fairly on his back,
while tumblers, plates, and decanters fell
in broken fragments on his face. He was
a most hideous sight to see. Blinded with
the dregs of so many jugs and bottles, and
perhaps stunned withiiis fall and the show
er of crockery on his head, he lay mute and
molionlcau. r l'Ko cliamluirmaitl. in the
meantime, was by no means respectful in
her observations on his awkwardness ; and
the waiter, on his arrival, was no less ob
streperous in condemnation of his intru
sive curate. At last my friend was raised,
and on paying for all damage was allowed
to depait.
‘ There ain’t such a fellow in England,’
lie said, ‘ for handling a tray. I think na
ture must have meant me for a waiter ; for
I’m hanged if that horrid old chambermaid
wouldn’t have killed any other man than
me with her confounded candlestick poked
right into my eye.’
I was delighted to find that he did not
entertain a lower idea of his dexterity in
consequence of his recent failure, and away
he walked, arm-in-arm, tovvaads the quiet
part of the town. When we got to Queen
Anne Street, he said, ‘ By the bye, I pro
mised to look after Sam Horrox’s sweet
heart during his absence—lie’s only to be
awav three weeks. Come down this side
stieet anti you 11 see what c. lollow I am
for helping my friends.’ He took me down
a sort of lane, and to follow his example, we
climbed over a low wall, and leaped down
in a little green al the back of one of the
Queen Anne Street houses.
‘ Now hide yourself in that corner, and
you’ll hear how I plead the cause of Sam
Horrox ;’ so saying, lie went close to the
house and began to cough in a very maik-
ed manner,just under a window in which
a light was visible.
‘ She’s not gone to bed yet—writing 1
daresay to poor Sam—how delighted she’ll
be when I tell her how faithful he contin
ues. !’
‘ Have you heard from him since his de
parture then ]’ I asked.
‘ Not 1 , but I’ll tell her so, just to please
her—Sophy !’ The candle evidently was
moved in the upper room—and encouraged
by the symptom, he redoubled his coughing
with more violence than before. The win
dow was gently opened, and a soft voice in
quired—‘ Who’s there I’
‘ A friend.’
‘Who is it I I don’t know your voice.’
‘ He wrote to me to-day—such a letter—
all full of love—and told me to call on you
to-night, and tell you he adored you. He’s
a devil of a fellow for constancy, you may
depend on it, he’s wishing he was here at
this very hour. What shall I say to the
poor fellow in return ? I shall write to-mor
row.’
“ The governor has been in a dreadful
passion all day, replied the voice.
‘ Oh cuss him—he’s a regular beast !—
You ought to see what’s said of him in tlie
letter—’ pon my'soul ’twould do your heart
good to see what an example is made of the
old snob. What has he been flaring up
about V
‘ He says he hates all the Irish—and offi
cers in particular.’
* Oh Lord !—lie's a trump, thatold scoun
drel, after all. The letter is full of disgust
at Irish captains.’
* What letter 1 inquired the voice.
‘ Your lover's,’—replied my fiiend—‘lie
hates them all: one owes him no end of
money for wine.’ (Sam Horrox.it appears,
was in the wine trade.) ‘ But he’ll arrest
him, and squeeze the soul out of him in the
bankruptcy court.’
‘ Who is to be squeezed ?—I don’t quite
understand’—said the lady, perplexed.
* You my dear, he’s such a devil for
squeezing hands.’
‘ Who V
‘ You know very well,’ replied my friend,
‘ so don’t come the pretty behaved at this
•J , 1 1 o U li U11 t lyUlli V, LI IG L/i vLLJ DvIIU ■ vU ti L 1111*7
shook my head mysterious y w en s le was t j me 0 f* T1 jgTit. Tell me you are devoted
mentioned, and said nivet wasarasca 1 t 0 him, anti long for his return—he’ll be
he did’nt marry that poor eu e g ,r > er j back from the London docks in three
father came to me and threatened to prose- w£ekg ,
cute for defamation ; a great coarse beast
of a fellow, a cousin from Aberdeenshire
came up to me in Lord Street, and held a
stick over me, and begged me to consider
myself horsewhipped; but I bound him
over to keep the peace, and offered to spar
with the old governor for fifty pounds; and
the end of it was, that the old fellow was
develish glad to hush it up, and gave his
consent and all the money. 1 hey
married a month ago ; and that ungrateful
fellow, William Snivett.has made me write
an apology in the newspapers, and threaten
ed to kick me wherever we meet.—Was’nt
that a clever trick V ’pon my soul I wish I
‘ Is Captain Oconnor gone to London V
* What the devil do I know V
* Who are you V
* Sam Horrox’s friend—don’t you know
me 1—I’m such a fellow for meetings and
assignations V At this moment the lady
uttered aloud scream, the light was extin
guished, and the back door was suddenly
opened. Two or three men rushed out
into the little green, and pursued my friend.
I luckily effected my escape over the
wall, but bis actions were not quite so
prompt. Being somewhat heavy, and re
strained by the tightness of his clothes, he
I hadn’t been devilish quick at inventing a
story they would have had me before the
magistrate in a moment. But I did them ;
you won’t guess how 1 I’m a strange fel
low, I must acknowledge.’
‘Can’t possibly guess,’ I said, ‘you’re
such a wonderful person fur expedients.’
‘Why, I offered them my card—but I
hadn’t any friends in my pocket—so I told
the old boy to take out his note book and
write down my address. And what do you
think I told him 1 Why, I gave your name,
old boy. ' Smith, ‘says I, lately from Bris
tol, lodging at the Saracen’s Head.—
Wasn’t that clever, eh V
‘You atrocious scoundrel !’ I said, grasp
ing his throat, for I confess I saw so visi
bly the probable unpleasant effects of liis
story, that I lost my temper completely,
‘ bow dare you make use of my name in
such <4 JctcstoKlp stil)tcrf*U£jc
‘Your name,’ he said, almost stifled, and
looking prodigiously alarmed, ‘it’s any
body’s name—I said Smith—Smith from
Bristol—do you think there never was a
Smith in Bristol hut yourself 1 Let me go;
there’s a good fellow !’
I pushed him from me with some vio
lence—but it seemed that nothing could
overcome his equinamity.
‘Many fellows,’ he said, 1 would have been
quite at a loss : but I’m such a good hand
at management, that I put the old fellow
on the wrong scent in a minute. There
ain’t a man in Liverpool could have made
love to the wrong woman in the style I did.
Horrox ought to be very much obliged
to me.’
‘And so ought the Irish captain.’I said
bitterly ; ‘he’ll probably pay you bis thanks
in person.’
‘O Lord ! that’s nothing to what I’ve
done in my time ; but there’s a great plea
sure in being useful to one’3 friend—as
jri-.*.’]] find in a short time.’
‘My dear sir,’ I said, ‘I beg to decline all
your efforts in my behalf.’
‘Nonsense,’ he said, ‘you’re bashful—
and won’t employ me because you havn’t
known me long.’
‘I’ve known you long enough to see that
it is wiser to refuse your aid.’
‘Stuff—don’t be shy,’ he answed, ‘let us
sup together, and I’ll bet you’ll say there
ain’t such a fellow breathing for doing kind
things. It’s an exercise for my talents. I
like to do them. You’ll see before long—
good night.’
All the following day I confess that, even
in business hours, 1 thought of the absurd
behavior of my acquaintance, and the
scrape he had got me into by assuming my
name. On returning to the hotel, 1 was
told that a gentleman had been to call on
me twice. Just when I was preparing to
sit down to dinner, the waiter announced a
little fat old man, dressed in the style of a
methodist preacher, with a rubicund visage,
which contrasted strongly with the solemni
ty of his habiliments. He took a chair, and
sat down near me.
‘You’re Mr. Smith, are you not, sir V
1 bowed.
‘Living at the Saracen’s Head V
‘As you see, sir.’
‘Oh, then there’s no mistake, and you
did me the honor of a visit to my house last
night V
I suppose I looked astonished, for he
immediately added with a smile :
‘Don’t think I am angry in the slightest
degree—perhaps I ought to apologize for
the inhospitable reception I gave your com
panion.’
‘ He deserved all he got,’ I said ; ‘I wish
you had punished him even more than you
did.’
‘ Tastes differ,’ said the little old man,
‘perhaps he thinks he had enough of it—
but be that as it may, I feel highly obliged
to you, I assure you, for your good opinion
of the lady you visited.’
‘ There must be some mistake here,’ I
began ; ‘the person I was with told you
wrong—I never’
‘There is no mistake on the subject,’ said
my visiter ; ‘my two sons are resolved on
the point, and, as they have said it, I be
lieve I can safely assure you that there is
no mistake whatever.’
‘ You will allow me, sir,’ I said, ‘ with
all possible respect for your sons, to inform
you’
* That you were in my garden last night,
at one or two in the morning, serenading
under a certain bed room window—I know
it go you need give me no information on
the point; but since we are both agreed as
to the fact of your having paid us a visit,
perhaps we can settle quite as comfortably
here, as in our little back greeu, the object
of your politely stepping over our garden
wall, and leaving us your address at that
unusual hour.
‘I assure you, sir, I had no object what
ever—l merely accompanied the person
you astonished with the cudgel; he said
something or other which was replied to by
some young lady whom I did not see ; sud
denly he was put to flight by your appear
ance ; and of every thing else I am as ig-
noiant as that pickled salmon.’
‘ It must he only a failure of your memo
ry, sir; and my two sons, 1 fear, must
come and refresh it. The lady you visit
ed is at present an inmate of my house—a
friend of my daughter’s, sir. Since her ar
rival in Queen Anne Street the attentions
of an Irish captain, of the name of O’Con
nor, have been unremitting; and, as we
have decided objections to his approaches,
we were highly gratified that an English
lover—a man of your quiet habits and re
spectable character—for I have made in
quiries in quarters where you are well
known—has cut out the military wooer,
and I give you notice that your proposi
tions are accepted, and that we shall most
decidedly expect the pleasure of your com
pany to-morrow morning at nine o’clock at
latest. We breakfast punctually at that
hour; and Sophy is of course impatient.’
“Sir,” I said, ‘your language puzzles me
very much.’
‘Oh. no ! it’s very plain language indeed.
\ ou have paid your addresses to my visi
ter. She is a friend of my daughter’s—she
is committed to my charge—and acting in
the mean time as her guardian, I tell you
that there are no objections to your suit,
and that the marriage must take place with
in a month from this time.’
‘By heaven, sir! you take a great liberty
with a perfect stranger.’
‘ Not a stranger.’ he said, 'surely, when
we have met before under such friendly
circumstances in my back garden. But I
will not detain you from your dinner.—
Sophy, I may tell you, has five thousand
pounds, and expectations from her uncle
for as much more. I beg to leave you my
card, and I wish you a very good appetite
for your dinner.
I looked at the card, and saw * Trivett
and Sons, packers and warehouse men—
private residence, 152 Queen Anne Street.’
I must say the pickled salmon remained
untasted. I could not imagine what the old
gentleman could mean, and even doubted
whether he was serious in his behavior.—
One thing was very evident, that he was
determined to force Miss Sophy on my
hands, whether I wished it or not; and such
a reflection did not, of course, tend very
much to raise her in my estimation. I de
termined at all hazards not to allow myself
to be forced—no, not by all the packers
and warehouse men in England—into a
marriage with a person 1 did not know, and
whose mode of yielding to one’s entrea
ties was so vey unusual. I will not con
ceal that there were other reasons that
made the very idea of being entrapped into
matrimony revolting, unendurable. Some
impediments which circumstances had
thrown in the way of a mutual attachment,
wKio.h had subsisted for a long time be
tween me and the niece of Mr. Spriggs,
had been in a great measure removed.—
He had written to me in the kindliest spir
it, and had even allowed me no very indis
tinct hopes of an early interview with his
niece, and, in fact, with the realization of
all my desires. Ho had given Miss Black
permission to receive my letters, and I was
daily in expectation of an answer to one I
had sent her since my arrival in Liverpool.
The idea of allowing myself, therefore, to
be bullied in the way proposed by Mr. Triv
ett was inadmissible, and I made up my
mind to treat any effort made to ensnare or
force me, with the indignation it deserved.
I was engaged in these reflections when
the waiter came up, and asked if it would
be safe for Mr. Skivers to join me at the
table 1
‘Mr. Skivers V I said. ‘Who is he I—
By all means let him come in. Can it be a
challenge?—I thought; if so, I shall soon
set this Mr. Skivers to the right about.’—
But in the midst of these reflections, my
friend of the preceding evening walked up
to where I sat, looking anxiously round at
the other boxes, to assure himself that none
of the Messrs. Trivett were in the neigh
borhood.
‘All right, I see,’ he said. *I’m such a
fellow fot knowing the way to give impu
dent fellows the slip !’
‘It’s a sort of knowledge, sir, I wish to
heaven you would teach to me,’ I said, feel
ing very angry at seeing the individual
who, I could not douht, was the cause of all
my embarrassment.
‘ That’s right,’ he replied, not perceiving
the severity of my speech ; * you’ll learn an
immense number of things from me. I
knew you would see I was an extraordinary
sort of a fellow before you knew me long ;
and I think I may now say I’ve done your
business.’ So saying, he held out his hand
and shook mine, as if he was congratulating
me on some very great piece of good for
tune.
‘ Waiter,’ he said ‘ bring in the kidneys
and a bottle of port wine ; we have a great
deal to do to-night, and had better victual
the garrison.’
‘Ifyou mean, Mr. Skivers,’ I began—
‘ Oh, sink the Mister! Call me Tom.
My name’s Tom Skivers.’
‘ If you mean, Mr. Skivers, to include me
in the number of people who have much to
do to night, or think you will persuade me
to climb over any more garden walls’
‘And get walloped with anymore cudgeli,
elt V he added ; ‘ ’gad, how the old walking
stick rained on your back ! But you should
not mind things of that kind. I’ve had a
stick across my back before now.’
‘ I beg to remind you, Mr. Skivers, that
it was your back was the sufferer, not mine.
Aud as to your having sticks laid on your
back, I can only say 1 am not the least as
tonished, and moreover should not be much
surprised, if my own cane took a fancy of
the same sort.’
«’Pon my soul, it does me good to meet
with a man that enters so fully into the spirit
of my behavior. You think you’ve seen
one of my cleverest performances !—Lord
bless ye!—laughing at old Trivet, and es
caping so neatly, was nothing to what you’ll
see yet. This very night I’ll show you a
master piece. But here come the kidneys.’
The man’s good nature was so impertur
bable that it was impossible to continue an
gry with him long. We supped very am
icably together, and rapidly emptied the de
canter. I was not without some curiosity to
discover what the master piece was he cal
culated on showing me, and I questioned
him on the subject in a way that I fear led
him to believe that I was one of the most
ardent of his admirers.
* I’ll tell you what it is,’ he said,' there’s
no use talking about it. I’m a man of ac
tion, and never waste time in words. Wai
ter, bring in a bottle of champagne. I al
ways feel my genius brightened by a bum
per or two of the sparkler.’
The waiter did as he was ordered, and
proceeded to unrol the silver paper, and un
twist the wire from the cork ; but Mr. Skiv
ers, who allowed no opportunity to escape
him of showing his ingenuity, seized the
bottle, and gave the cork a tremendous turn
with his fiugerand thumb—a service which
in such hot weather, and with such an effer-