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“Certainly, certainly,” cried Mr. White;
“ but am 1 awake ! is it possible that there
is such deceit in woman, such a mercenary
spirit in man ! So you are to marry this
suitor before he discovers your property,
and then endure the taunts and well merit
ed abuse of a disappointed foitun Imnternfl
your life? Thank Heaven. lean still pro
vide yon all things necessary, and shield you
from such a fate. Hut it may be, Lucy,
that Mr. Devereau truly loves you, and will
wish to take you as you are. ’
“ I will never be his wife, father,” she
answered ; “he will not desire if. 1 mark
ed his air of consternation as be surveyed
our neat parlor.”
That evening as lie and Lucy sat at the
roseclustered window, she mentioned the
difference of her circumstances now, ftom
what they were when she parted from him.
“Yes,” he replied, “ you really look like
a little rustic ; there is no taste among these
country trumperies. 1 wonder you could
leave your excellent aunt to drudge nftor
such an invalid rustic as you call mother,
there.”
•• Mr. Devereau l” cried Lucy, rising
from her chair with an aiv of lofty majesty,
■’ my parents are noble. 1 heir sis the no
bility of truth and honor, of disinterested
ness and piety. lam proud of my mother,
sir: while the name of tny aunt must ever
bring a pang to my heart, and a blush to my
cheek. There, sir, read this letter.”
Mr. Devereau read; muttered a few
curses on woman ; told Lucy that she must
henceforth regard him as a stranger, and
early in the morning took his departure.
Lucy White became in time the happy
wife of her faithful Theodote Sheldon, and
had reason to be proud of him as one of the
first and most honored of her country’s rep
resentatives. Mrs. Clarendon, after weary
ing out all her fashionable relatives, was
glad to find a shelter under Mrs. White’s
humble roof, where she forgot her pride,
and became useful and happy. Mr. Her
bert Delancey Devereau very naturally fin
ishing a course of frivolity and dissipation
with crime, ended his career a vagabond
from justice in a foreign land. Mrs. Lucy
Sheldon has three beautiful daughters, who
are pious, learned and accomplished ; but
she resists all the entreaties of her city ac
quaintances to give them a fashionable edu
cation, declaring that her prayer to heaven,
is, that the Lord will never return to her
own lip the bitter cup which her dear mo
ther once drank at the hand of an Educa
ted Daughter.
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Hints to Young Farmers. — Culture of the
Mind. —You know well that one piece of
land, a garden for instance, yields vastly
more than another piece of ground of equal
natural fertility. And you know equally
well, that one man abounds more in knowl
edge and usefulness, than another to whom
nature has been like bountiful. It is culture
it is the industry and perseverance of man
exerted in one case and not in the othei,
and produces the marked contrast in both.
The cultivator is sure to be rewarded in har
vests, for the care and labor which he be
stows upon his soil—and the reward is no
less certain to him who devotes his leisure
hours to the culture of his mind. The soil
administers to our animal wants. Knowl
edge not only greatly assists in supplying
these wants, but is the primary source of in
tellectual wealth, which dollars alone cannot
give ; and when consorted with good habits,
tends to refine, elevate and distinguish men
above their fellows. Talent is not heredita
ry. You will see, on looking around, that
most of the distinguished men of our coun
try have sprung from humble and obscure
parentage. They aro indebted for present
distiention, to the culture which they them
selves have bestowed upon their minds.—
The road to usefulness ar.d honorable dis
tinction is equally open to you, and the time
has arrived when you must decide, whether
you will compete for the noble prize.
If yon wislijto be prosperous in your busi
ness to know and profit by the improve
ments ot the agp, cultivate your mind ; for
this is the great labor saving machine. If
you wish to see your children intelligent,
thriving and respected teach them, by exam
ple, to cultivate the mind. If you would he
useful to your friends and merit the confi
dence and esteem of your neighbors, seek
early to qualify yourselves for the duties of
social life, by the culture of the mind. If
you aspire to intellectual enjoyments which
flow from the study of the material world from
the order, harmony and beauty, which meets
us in every walk, iu the manifold and won
derful works of the Creator,’ cultivate the
mind.
But knowledge is not always wisdom, and
therefore, he as set upulous in regard to your
studies, as you are iu regard to the seed
which you desposite in the soil. You will
reap whatever you sow ; and the mind is as
liable to be cumbered with weeds as is the
soil. Read, therefore what tends to instruct
you in your business, to establish you in good
habits, and to fit you for the responsible du
ties of life. Acquaint yourselves with the
inventions and improvements of modern art.
Make yourselves acquainted with the gen
eral facts of science, with the wondrous
laws by which the Almighty governs all
things around us; and with the endless illus
trations of laws, in the world and all its parts.
The facts of natnral history will afford abun
dant matter for agreeable and useful knowl
edge. The plants, the animals, the miner
als, the soil of your country and of other
countries—the changes of the seasons the
make ami composition of all that surtound
you, duly observed, and made the subject of
reading, of conversation, of reflection, will at
once store your mind and raise’.your ideas of
the wisdom and goodness of Him who form
ed you such as you are. Temperance, self
government, and moderation, avoidance of
nil abuse of the body, are written in the
Very make of the body itself. And it will
heuce plainly appear, that when our Maker
pays, abstain from all impurity, he does hut
eay, “Do thyself no harm.” Who aims
gt excellence will be above mediocrity ; who
pt mediocrity will fall short of it.
Tie thermometer at Belfast, Maine,
ot) the 29th ultimo, stood at 12“ below zero.
Roger Sherman was naturally possess
ed of strong passions; but over these he at
i length obtained an extraordinary control.—
; He became habitually calm, sedate, and self
! possessed. He was one of those men who
are not ashamed to maintain the forms of re
ligion *u his family. One morning he call
ed them together, as usual, to lead them in
prayer to Hod ; the “ old family Bible” was
brought out and laid on the table, Mr.
Sherman took his seat, and beside him pla
, red one of his children, astnal! child—a child
: of his old age; the rest of the family were
seated round the room ; several of these
ware now grown up. Besides these, some
of the tutors of the college were boarders in
the family, and were ’'resent at the time al
luded to. His aged and now superannua
ted mother occupied a corner of the room,
opposite the place where the distinguished
Judge of Connecticut sat.
At ‘length he opened the Bible and began
( to read. The child, which was seated he
| side him, made some little disturbance, up
on which Mr, Slu r.nan paused and told it to
be still. Again he proceeded ; hut again he
paused to leprimand the little offender,
whose playful disposition would scarcely
I permit it to be still. At this time he gently
tapped its ear. The blow, if it might he
called a blow, caught the attention of his
aged mother, who now, with some effort,
rose from her seat, and tottered across the
room. At length she reached the chair of
Mr. Sherman, and in a moment unexpected
ly to him, gave him a Mow on the ear, with
all the power she could summon. “ There,”
said she “ you strike your child, and I will
strike mine!”
For a moment the blood was seen rush
ing to the face of Mr. Sherman ; hut it was
only for a moment, when all was calm and
mild as usual. He paused —he raised his
spectacles—he cast his eyes upon his moth
er—again it fell upon the book, from which
he had been reading. Not a word escaped
him ; but again he calmly pursued the ser
vice, and soon after sought, in prayer, an
ability to set an example before his house
hold, which should be worthy of their imita
tion. Such a victory was worth more than
the proudest victory ever achieved in the
field of battle.
Short Den/s. —The days are so short at
both ends, just now, that there is no middle
at all —morning and night fairly dovetail to
gether. We get off our roost in the morn
ing with the rest of the chickens—put on
our he-pantalettes—go to glass and fix the
vegetation about the caput —then turn round
and hump our nasal protuberance right
smack against sundown. We then take a
slice of bread and toast it—(that’s break
. fast) —lay a bit of meat upon it—(that’s din
ner) —place anotherslice of bread, soaked
in tea, top of that—(which is supper)—then
devour the whole, and goto bed again. Oh,
these January dribblets of light, called days,
are so insignificant that it’s hardly worth
ono’s while to get up at all: hut lie dor
mant, like a woodchuck in winter. As we
heard a Paddy’ remark yesterday, “And
faith the days are nothing at all, at all. Be
me soul, it’s dark before it's light. — Sunday
Mercury.
An attempt at Murder and Robbery. —We
have just been informed by a gentleman
from .Milledgeville, that on Saturday night
last, Dr. Taylor of this county, while travel
ing after dark, near the half-way house, be
tween Milledgeville and Macon, met a man,
who was on foot, with a gun on his shoulder,
and had passed him but ten or fifteen steps,
when he was fired upon, and dangerously
wounded, fifteen or sixteen buck shot enter
ing his back. The assassin proceeded to rob
him of what valuables were to be found up
on his person, and made his escape, leaving
Mr. Taylor in a state of insensibility.—San
dersvillc Telescope, ‘3rd inst.
The first of the year opens for the eighth
time upon us, with the Seminole within our
border. He stridesupon the land and builds
his camp fires as of old—his rifle is heard in
the hammock and pine barren, and the bugle
and the drum, the armed rider, and glitter
ing bavonet, still remind us that war is in our
path. Shall we hope for peace —and that
the soil shall no longer drink the blood of
our people, and the white man shall walk
undisturbed over the breadth and length of
the land 1 We may—ami the Young Sol
dier of Chippewa will have hound another
laurel on his brow from the land of flowers
and blood— Florida. — St. Augustine News.
To cure Sheepskins with the wool On. —
Take a spoonful of alum and two of salt
peter; pulverize and mix well together,
then sprinkle the powder on the flesh side of
the skin, and lay the two flesh sides togeth
er, leaving the wool out side. Then fold
up the skin as tight as you can and ha rig it
in a dry, place in two or three days, as soon
as it is dry, take it down, and scrape with a
blunt knife till clean and supple. This
compleets the process, and makes you a
most excellent saddle cover. If when you
kill your mutton you treat the skins this way,
you can get more for them from the saddler
than you can get for the wool and skin sep
arately disposed of otherwise.
N. B. Othei skins which you desire to
cure with the fur or hair on, may be treated
the same way.
Industry. —Every young man should re
member that the world always has and al
ways will honor industry. The vulgar and
useless idler whose energies of mind and
body are rusting for want of exercise—the
mistaken being who pursues amusement as a
relief to his enervated muscles, or engages
in exercises t lat produce no useful end, muy
! look with scorn on the smutty laborer en
gaged in his toil. But his scorn is praise.
Ilisccmtempt is an honor. Honest industry
will secure the respect of the wise and good
among men, and yield the rich fruit of an
easy conscience and give that hearty self re
spect which is above all price.
Toil on then young men. Be diligent in
business. Improve the heart and the mind
and you will find the well-spring of enjoy
| ment in your own soul and secure the confi
deuce and respect of all those whose respect
’ is worth ajteflbrt to obtaid.
B<Duni>aiißißH sa as©Ha il il
Sweet pot atoe Cos fee. —Sometime ago we
saw in a Memphis paper, a recommendation
of sweet potatoes as a substitute for coffee.
The freak took us a day or two since, to
make a trial of it, by way of experiment.
Yesterday morning we drank of‘the pro
ceeds’at braekfast, and hope to do so this
morning. A middle size sweet potatoe was
prepared, and then, while in the raw state
sliced. These slices were then cut across
wise, so that when the operation was over
the pieces were square and precisely of the
magnitude of ordinary dice. These were
then toasted slowly over a fire, as one does
coffee. The moisture of the potatoe gradu
ally evaporated, and m about the time that
coffee would he prepared for the mill, the
potatoe substitute wu®ready for the same
process. The grinding was carried on easily
and perfectly, and the grains came out pret
tily from the mill. The beverage was made
yesterday by the French method ofdrippitig,
and we have seldom drank a cup with great
er pleasure. This potatoe coffee is as strong
and dark in appearance as any other, and
only differs in taste from “ Havana,” by
reason of a slight resemblance to cocoa. It
takes very little sugar, and is a substantial,
cheap, and no doubt, healthy drink. Who
else tries it 1
It is better coffee than we ever drank in
North or South Carolina, Georgia or Ala
bama, at any breakfasting house on a route,
and we would particularly recommend it to
the landlady on the southern bank of the
Roanoke. We hope to see our planters
try it, and doubt that many who live far
from or inconvenient to market, will dr
well to introduce it. Poor people in tin
city can make coffee for a week, with a pic
ay lie’s worth of sweet potatoes. — N. (J.
Crescent.
Attention. —The following does justice t >
the feeling of moral propriety which we tru.-t
will ever reign predominent in the mitnl
and conduct of every American woman ;
1 “Why did you not take the arm of my
brother last night ?” said a young lady to
her friend, a very intelligent giri about nine
teen, in a large town in New Hampshire,
“ Because,” she replied, “ I knew himtto
be a licentious man.”
“ Nonsense,” was the reply of the sister,
“ If you refuse the attentions of all licentious
men, you will have none I can assure youi v
“ Very well,” said she, “ then I can dis
pense with them altogether, for my resolu
tion is unalterably fixed.”
Comfort. —People’s ideas of comfort vary.
A celebrated hangman in England, showing
the gallows attached to Newgate, observed
to the bystanders that he had hung twenty
persons on it at one time ! Someone sug
gested that it was too small. “ Oh, no!
bless your honor,’’said the hangman,“twenty
five people could swing on that gallows
comfortably /”
The Comet. —A late French paper says
that the brightness of anew Comet in Draco,
has, up to the pesent time, gone on increas
ing as to its nucleus, but there has been no
increase in its tail. Its passage to perihe
lium will take place in December; audit
will continue approaching towards the earth
until the 15th inst. From its elements, it is
calculated to be the return of the same com
et seen in China in 1301, it having thus
made a travel, since that time, ot more than
500 years.
National Peculiarities. —There are cer
tain peculiarities of language which distinct
ly mark the difference between an English
man and an American. For instance when
an Englishman wishes to offer a wager, he
says, “ I’ll lay what you like.” The Amer
ican, “ I’ll bet you a dollar.” “We went
on a jolly spree,” says Jonathan. “We
had a bit of p. lark,” says Johnny Bull. Am.
—“ I’m busy now.” Eng. —“ I’m busy ;W
now.” Am. —“ He’s an odd chap.” Eng.
—“ He’s a rum customer.” Am. —“He g>t
very angry.” Eng. —“ He got so wild !”
Am. —“ Well, ye see, we went then, ye see.”
Eng. —“ Well, ye know', we went back, ye
know,” &c.
The English generally use the word
“ clever” in its proper sense, whereas we
substitute “ smart;” but how the Cockneys
ever come to pronounce hill, “ ill,” and ill,
“hill,” and say nothink instead of “ noth
ing,” is more than we can imagine.— Sun
day Mercury.
Legalised and. systematic Robbery. — The
Deeds of Abolition. —The persons whoi are
called a Vigilance Committee of the Aboli
tionists at Albany, have published a full re
port of their doings in relation to slaves du
ring the past year. They state that they
have aided about three hundred and fifty
runaway negroes since the opening of navi
gation last spring. Os these fugitives about
150 were men, 150 women, and 50 children.
Most of them came from Virginia, Mary
land and the District of Columbia, and near
ly ot quite a hundred from Washington and
Georgetown. These fugitives have gone
chiefly to Canada, and the sum of SSOO has
been expended for their hoard, passage, and
expenses.
A Novel Sight—Temperance among the
Indians. —After the conclusion of the Trea
ty with the Chippewas, on Lake Superior,
a Temperance meeting was held, speeches
made by the Government Agent, Mr. Stu
art; by Win. Brewster, agent of the Amer
ican Fur Cos.; by Mr. Platt, Attorney Gen
eral of Michigan, and by a large number of
warriors. A great many signed the pledge,
and Mr. Brewster pledged those present that
the American Fur Company would send no
more whiskey into the Indian country. —
Temperance has thus outstripped civiliza
tion.
—r""~7 — . 1 ’
There is something in the rich endow
ment of a woman’s love, which exceeds all
human bliss. llow low is ambition, how
poor are riches, how insipid is pleasure,
when void of this enlivening spirit! Love
cannot be deemed a distinct passion, but ra
ther the informing soul of every other senti
ment of affection in the human breast. It
refreshes labor, relieves care, and gives en
joyment to pleasure. It not only inspires
our morals, but our religion is cold philoso
phy without it.
” Abolition Hi Massachusetts. —Petitions
are in circulation in every town of Massa
chusetts, intended to be sent to the State
legislature and to congress. That to the
state is to the following effect:
“1. To forbid all persons holding office
under any law of this state, from in any way,
! officially, or under color of office, aiding or
abetting the arrest and detention of any per
son claimed as a fugitive from slavery.
To forbid the use of our jails, or pub
lic property of any description whatever,
within the Commonwealth, in tho detention
of any alleged fugitive from slavery.
“3. To propose such amendments to the
Constitution of the United States as shall
forever spperate the people of Massachusetts
from all jtonndfcion with slavery.”
The petition to congresses substantially
the samq as the third resolution.
If it wjere competent for congress to grant
the last prayer, (which it seems is now most
fervently put up,) and “forever seperate the
people of Massachusetts from all connexion
with tlively,” those good people would be
at once cut off from the cotton they wear and
spin—from the sugar, and coffee, and mo
lasses they consume ; : and they would he de
prived of the privilege which their benevo
lence makes so dear to their hearts—that of
clothing in coarse woollens and coarse cot
tons the poor slaves from whom they would
“forever separate,” cutting “ all connexion.”
If congress could thus tabooMassacliusetts.if
it were only forsix months, vve think petitions
ofanqther strain would soon come in cargoes
to congress. We are almost sorry the Con
stitution forbids the experiment.—Philadel
phia Ledger.
The Mormon temple atNauvoo, the most
spacious building in Illinois, has been com
pleted. Its cost was rising Joe
Smith is now erecting another building on a
like scale of cost and splendor, as a public
hotel, to he called the “ Nanvoo House.”
The scathing exposition of his knavish im
postures seems to have very little effect upon
his success.
“Come, gather round the blazing hearth,
And with reflection temper mirth ”
THE HOUR FOR PRAYER.
I loved to steal awhile away
From every cumb’ring care,
And spend the hours of parting day
In humble, grateful prayer.
How quietly the still hour of twilight
steals on. The sun’s last golden ray, which
lingered so long upon the Eastern moun
tains, as “if parting were sweet sorrow,”
lias disappeared. The last rosy tint is fa
ding from the evening cloud. A deeper
shadow settles over the valley. One by one,
night’s unwearied watcher’s shine out in the
“ far off” depths.” The bird folds its weary
wing within its little nest. The murmur of
the bee is still. “ The busy hum of man”
is hushed. For a brief space the restless
world repose. It is the hour of prayer and
meditation—the Sabbath of the day.
“A!! is so stiil, so soft in earth and air,
You scarce would start to meet a spirit there,
Secure, that naught ofsvil could delight
To walk in such a scene on such a night.”
It breathes its own blessed quiet over the
Christian’s spirit, and disposes him to deep
and earnest comrnunings with himself, and
with his Father. The world loses its hold
upon his heart—wealth, pleasures, honors,
earth’s vain array, seem now but what they
are—illusions, fleeting shadows, cares and
vexations, which perhaps too much occupi
ed his mind, and ruffled his temper during
the day, now sink into their real insignifi
cance. He lifts his eyes to the magnificent
firmament above him, and feels he is but a
speck, an atom, in the vast creation; he
thinks of his immortal spirit, and the price
less ransom paid for it, and knows it out
weighs the worth of worlds.
Then serious, but pleasant thoughts pos
sess his mind ; the rapid flight of time; how
soon its last hour shall have struck for him ;
and his ransomed spirit, breathing its last
prayer, and dropping its frail tabernacle,
shall use to its blissful home in heaven. Oh,
what light breaks upon the tomb! what an
effulgence of glory beams beyond it. His is
indeed the common lot, “ ashes to ashes,
dust to dust,” and the clods of the valley are
piled upon his once living, breathing form.
But what then! It is only the senseless
clay which moulders there : death cannot
touch the immortal spirit; that is not shroud
ed in the grave.
But the twilight fades, darkness gathers,
a deeper silence pervades all nature.
It is to him the “still small voice” of his
Father, and he “ wraps his face in his man
tle,” and bows down to prayer.
There is a power in the voiceless elo
quence of the hour, even for the worldling.
Its gentle influence, like a messenger from
Heaven, breathes on his unquiet spirit, and
the warring elements within are hushed.—
Unwonted thoughts press upon his mind. —
The bubbles he has just been so eagerly pur
suing, seem now but bubbles. He throws
hack a hasty glance to wasted weeks, months,
years, that arc gone like a vision of the night,
never to he recalled.
Life, life ! oh, what a vapor ! ’tis a quick
ly passing dream; toil and care, jealousy
and strife, hopes and fears, a weary struggle
for some unsubstantial good, have made up
almost its sum. Ah, how seldom are its
early promises fulfilled ; even if the world
spread all its gifts before men, yet they are
transient as the morning dew. Yes, the
Christian has chosen “ the better part;” his
hope shall not fade away. Well, well, when
I reach that envious elevation ; when 1 have
gathered a little more wealth; when I have
brought a few more worldly schemes to a
successful termination, then my affections
shall loose their hold upon the world ; I will
be a Christian.
Ah, how many have such promises and
such reasonings beguiled of Heaven !
Youth and Marriage. —Youth is easily
attracted and decided soon. It forgets that
the fanciful preference of a moment may
not safely determine the prospects of a life.
It is unmindful that, looking to this world
merely, occasions will come for which the
graces of the ball room are no sort of pre
pnrntion. It rashly takes the eyes which
ran sparkle in their morning brilliancy, for
those which will weep meekly in sorrow,
and kindle with a steady encouragement in
the midst of care, and hold a light which can
cheer, when all other light on earth has wax
ed him. It is so wild as to mistake the flat
terer of the hour for the same being who
will be the ministering angel of sickness and
decline. It needs to be reminded, that if
there is any engagement in life, which is
not to be formed under the arbitration of
caprice, it is that which is not dissolved, till
the parting shall come at the laden bier, and
the open grave. It must be conjured to re
member that if there is any step in lift; which
requires beyond others to be made rever
ently, discreetly, advisedly, soberly, prayer
fully, and in fear of God, it is that step
which day by day is the most inconsiderate
ly taken.— Dr. Palfrey. .
Wedded Lore. —Oh, conceive the happi
ness to know someone person dearer to
you than your own self—some one breast
irto which you can pour every thought, ev
ery grief, every joy ! One person, who, if
all the rest of the world were to calumniate
or forsake you, would never wrong you by
a harsh thought or att unkind word ; who
would cling to you the closer in sickness, in
poverty, in care, who would sacrifice all
things for you, aVid for whom you would
sacrifice all; from whom, except by death,
night or day, you can never be divided ;
whose smile is ever at your hearth ; who
has no tears while you are well and happy,
and you love the same. Such is marriage,
if they who marry have hearts and souls to
feel that there is no bond so tender and so
sublime.— Buluer.
A Word, to Boys. —Begin in early life to
collect libraries of your own. Begin with a
single book ; and when you find, or hear of
any firstrate book, obtain it, if you can. Af
ter awhile get another, as you are able, and
be sure to read if. Take the (test care of
your books ; and in this way, when you are
men, you will have good libraries in your
heads, as well as on your shelves.
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TRAVELING AGENTS.
The following gentlemen are authorized Traveling
Agents for the “Southern Miscellany.”
Mr. William M. Day.
Mr. Russell J. Miller.
Mr. Lvford A. Chaney.
Mr. A. ill. Gresham.
Mr. Avington IF. Harper.
Mr. Jared E. Kirby.
COTTON MARKET. (
The arrivals for several days past have
been large. Yesterday, more was offered
than usual. A slight decline is manifested
in consequence of accounts from the markets
below. Principal sales are from 4to 5| —
G cents has been paid during the week for
choice, though about 4J is the average for
fair cotton.
Columbus, Jan. 11. —Prices range from 24
to 5 cents.
COTTON CROPS.
The following statement shows the num
ber of bales of cotton received in Madison,
during the months of September, October,
November and December, contrasted with
the receipts of the same months, in Greens
borougli, in 1839, the year of the great crop.
Greensboro’ 1839. Madison 1842.
September, 124 1,859
October, 799 4,557
November, 6,238 5,688
December, 6,G22 4,920
13,783 17,354
Difference in favor of 1842, 3,571.
ELECTION.
An election will be held at tbe Court
House on Saturday next, for five Commis
sioners of the town of Madison. We mean
no disparagement to those gentlemen who
have served during the past year —for ought
\vc know, they have given general satisfac
tion ; but we take this occasion to remind
those who may have this honor thrust upon
them, that there are certain little matters
which will require their attention, and which
they must not neglect if they desire our vote
next year. We have reference to sundry
bad places in our streets, and roads leading
out of town, among the more jyinspicuous
of which is that ugly hole on the western
side of the Court house square—one of the
most convenient places imaginable for a
stranger to break his r.eck on a dark night
—tbe street leading to Beaver Tail, and that
pokerish lookinggully in the Greensborougb
road,[near Mr. Johnston’s Garden. We hope
the selection will be made with an eye to
the remedying of those evils.
“ citizen’s party.”
The party at the American on Tuesday
evening last, was a very pleasant affair
The attendance was numerous, and among
the invited guest were many from the coun
try and neighboring villages. As is sure to
be the case when youth and beauty are as
sembled, the dance was introduced, and ihe
poetry of feeling found vent in the “ poetry
of motion.” The cotillon was kept up with
animation and spirit until a late bout, when
—such is the witching influence of Terpsi
chore over her votaries—they adjourned to
the following evening, when the dance was
again tenevved.
We hear tbe supper spoken of in the high
est terms of praise, by all who partook of
the good things prepared for the occasion
by the gentlemanly host, whose kind atten
tion and generous hospitality contributed not
a little to render this one of the most agree
able parties of the season.
Among the decorations of the table, was
a beautifully ornamented cake, which at
tracted much attention. The skill of the ar
tist, we are told, cante near affording a stri
king illustration of the power of beauty, for,
notwithstanding it was made to eat, there
was no one who had the heart to volunteer
a hand to mar such loveliness. The pain
ful duty of applying the knife was, howev
er, performed, officially, by one of the man
agers.
The second evening passed off very agree
ably, and the company separated to remem
ber with pleasure “ The Citizen’s Patty.”
THE EARTH-QUAKE.
1 he earth quake noticed in ourlasf, seems
to haye been very generally felt throughout
Georgia aud Carolina. We have seen ac
counts of it in Charleston and Columbia, S.
C., and in Milledgeville, Augusta, Wash
ington, Griffin, and Pineville, Ga. We
have heard many anecdotes connected with
it, such as the following, which occurred iti
Madison.,
A staid old bachelor who “ lived all alone
by himself,” had, lying upon the window-sill
near his bed, n dried venison ham, from
which he was wont occasionally to appease
his appetite. A neighbor’s cat had taken a
liking to the same dainty morsel, and had on
a former occasion committed extensive de
predations upon it. Our worthy bachelor
was snugged away it) bed —the quilt nicely
tucked round his reclining form,his red night
cap drawn uponhis head, with his nose peer
ing out as it should, and his toes exactly in
the right position—and was just dropping
off into one of those unconscious slumbers
which come at such times to relieve the dull
monotony of a bachelor’s thoughts, when he
was suddenly aroused by the perceptible
moving of his bedstead. Quick as lightning
the thought of the cat and his favorite haut e!)
flashed across his mind, anti as suddenly he
spiting upon his haunches, exclaiming —
“ Hist cat, you !” Jle sat erect a few
moments and gazed round the room —the
door was shut, and all was still. No cat
had invaded his apartment, and the haunch
was reposing undisturbed on the sill—so he
threw himself again into the arms of
Morpheus. Poor old bachelor—his rest was
broken no more that night, hut he never
dreamed that his cat was an earth-quake.
. “THE MAGNOLIA”
For January is received. We have only
had time to glance through its pages and
note the titles of the articles. In typograph
ical execution the work will compare with
any magazine of the country, and is highly
creditable to the press of Messrs. Burges &
Janies. We anticipate a rich feast in the
perusal of this number, from the inviting bill
of fare spread forth upon the cover. We
will take pleasure in noticing the contents
when we have made ourself acquainted with
them.
TIIE ELECTION.
Returnsfrom sixty-two counties have been
received, which gives Mr. Crawford 20,629,
and Mr. McDougald 14,470. Crawford’s
majority G,159, which will probably not be
diminished by the remainingcounties. What
a commentary upon the odious doctrine of
legislative instruction, against which may not
only be urged the instability of tbe instruct
ing power, but the tendency which its exer
cise would have to destroy the character of
the American Senate, and to defeat the vety
object sought to be attained by the wise and
patriotic framers of our Constitution. We
hope soon to sec this pernicious heresy tfis
carded by all pat ties.
(tT 5 * W. Gilmore Simms, Esq., Editor of
the “ Magnolia,” recently paid a visit to the
capitol of Alabama, where he was compli
mented with the degree of L. L. D., by the
University, arid a public dinner by the liter
ati. The following regular toast was given
on the occasion :
Richard Henry Wilde and Augustus 13.
Longstreet of Georgia—Names dear to the
lovers of Southern Literature. The classic
elegance of the one, and the inimitable hu
mor of the other, have placed gems of unfa
ding brilliancy in the coronal of the South.