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VOL. I. eijf Grargia Citi.fn S jciMisited. aver/ Saturday morning, in Macon, L'a. on the follow- CONDITIONS : If [ink! strictly in divines - - P or annum U’ not so paid - • * ‘ 3 ,IU 1,0*31 Advertisement* wilt bo made to conform to the following pro vision* of tin Statute: — , * ties of I.and and Negroes, by Executor*, Administrators and ..uard j ms, are required by law to be advertised in a pu.jlic gazct.e, sixty da vs previous to the day of sale. These sales must he held on the first Tuesday in the month,between the hours of ten in the forenoon and three in the afternoon, at the Court House in the county in which the property is situated. The sales of Personal Property must be advertised m like manner for- Notice to nebtow and Creditor* of an Estate must be published forty I . - _,;u made to the Court of Ordinary for -• —fir Disniinol from Adrimimraiion, mission from .u*r(liai*bip./or(y |UUSt be published monthly, fur Units for forec j| lo ° stl , a| K-rs. for the full spa” of three four months— for e ■ f ihecutors or Administrators where f., r c rmpe m? space u/ three months. -SS, C*- inserted, according to the Mow or fe. per annum - $5 60 in advance “ rt lin ** ‘ „ . 3in oo “ “ *• J 0 •• Transient \dvertisemcnt* wiU be charged sl, per square of 12 Imesor les. lor the first and .10 cts. for each subsequent sert.oi..- ou thes. rates there will be a deduction of 20 percent, on settlement, wLii .TverU-em-nts are continued 3 months, without alteration. ,-y i,o iter a except those containing remittances must be post “’r/.timers and others who will act as Agents for the “Citizen’ ni.y retain2o percent, for their trouble,on all cash subscriptions tor *’(lmCß on Mulberry i-trect, East of tin. Floyd House and near the Market. ~ lUaffssionnl Curb. KLLIs A M & 15 E L Is, Attornryi at Law and General LamT Agents, Atlanta, ,<-a„ Will practice in DeKalb and ndjoinintr counties; audio the Supreme Court at Decatur—Will also visit any part of -the country for the settlement of claims, J-c- without suit. | r Bounty fj\ni> Claim* paosKCCTKD with unsr-vTcn. Other on White Hull St., over Dr. Deuny's Drug Store. a. k. xei.lvm. A - BEl^_ .•7 S. & R. p. hall, Attorneys at Lair , Oncost, Georgia. TItVTICE in Itibh, Crawford, Houston. 1 pson, Monroe. Mm-an, T Doolv, Twiggs,Jones and Pike counties; and in the buprome V'irt at Macon, Decatur,Talbotton and Americu*. jyOrrn x over Scott, Cxriiart & Co.'s broaic. April 4, 1350. * ly _ \y in. K. tIcGRAFFENREID, Attorney & Counsellor at Law. . MACON, GA. MT omCS M NC.UU,r.afrOMTK WASHINGTON t; ‘ ‘ • <rALL - March 21 -JSSO. I—ly^ MnHOilley attorney at law, SAVANNAH, GEORGIA. 7*nc 28th, 1850. 1 *" ly F. gT ARRINGTON, Attorney at Lav. r and notary Public, OgU’tliorpe, Macon Cos., 4*14 GEORGIA. 3s-tf AND NOTARY PL'BLIC, —MAGON, GEO. /'COMMISSIONEII OF DEEDS, for the States of Vy Alabama, Louisiana, Mississippi, Texas, Tennessee, Kentucky, Virginia. N-orlh Carolma. South Carolina, Fiori na ..Missouri, New York. Massachusetts, Connecticut. I unn sylvimia. Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Arkansas, Maine, &c. Depositions taken. Accounts probated, Deeds and Mort gages drawn, and all documents and instruments of writing prepared and authenticated for use and record, in any of the above States. Uesiuf.xck on Walnut street, near the African church. ITS Public Office adjoining l>r- M- S. Thomson's Botan ic Store—opposite Floyd House. Macon, June 28, 1850 G REHEM3ER! WH.FX in vour extremity that Dr. 31. S. TIIO3ISON is still in IfUcOU, Gk orgia, and when written to, sends lirine by mail to ary past of the country. Dent give up alt hope without consulting him. June TANARUS, 18:>'n- 11 ls iTJjr ]M% Carnw, Prize Soi, r . For. the Dedication of “ Tempf-rance IIall,” Columbus, Ca., Jan. 8, 1851. rv Mrs. Kate A. du Bose, Sparta , Cos. Air —“ love not.” Lme not! love not! the goblet’s crystal sheen, Though floxv’ry gurbinds brightly round it twine ; Sorrow and wot, pale sisters, weep between, yhoujrli hidden by flic eparkles of the wine. not h lore not! Lore not I lore not ! why. w ill ye drink and die ? Earth is too fair, and earthly hopes too dear; Tlie same glad sun, the same unclouded sky, Will smile for us, when you're no longer here. Love not! love not! Love not! love not! there’s Death within the glass, Soon will it quench the lustre of your eye; Soon o'er your brow a mournful change will pass — Low in the dust that once proud form shall lie. Love not! love not! Lore not! love not! why break the trusting heart, That in your hours of innocence was given ? hy must the blessed Dove of Peace depart I rom her fond breast, by keenish anguish rken ? Love not 1 love not! Love not love not! shall it be* vainly said ? Will yc not break the tyrant’s galling chain? Hash down the bow l! lift np the shame-bowed head ! And in God's strength ye shall be men again. Lore not ! lore not ! Prize Ode. .For the Dedication of “Temperance llall, ’ Columbus, GaJan, 8, 1851. BT DR. C. T. CUSHMAN, Columbus , Ga. Air —“ hail, smiling morn.” Had, bright'ning day ! Oh, let our hearts reioice, !n swelling freedom of the souls of meu ! •from ihe deep snares of Death, with syren voice, f he erring wand'rcr Mercy turns again! .1 r’ l Hail, worthy “ Son ! ’ in Mercy’s mission blest, Thy A :tk of Safety proudly w r c descry ! Thy Jewels, sacred most to Honor’s breast, Are grateful tear-drops, sparkling Woman’s eye! Siiiofdhuni. From Sartain's Magazine. The Dangerous Beauties, FROM THE GERMAN OF STOLLK. \ . ( Concluded .) ‘ - 1 he sudden cry with which I had protested against a con tinuance of the barbarous operation, had no doubt reached the tar ol the Counsellor, lie came liastly in and inquired tlie cause of my apparent distress. i our lady daughter,’ said I, not in the politest tone, ‘has been pleased, notwithstanding all 1 could say, to deprive mo of a sound tooth, a service for which I can hardly thank her,’ ‘fcouud r said lie with a shake of the head ; ‘I am a little doubtful on that point. Finille, us the best physicians have assured me, is very skilful, and especially in dentistry.’ 1 have learned that,’ answered 1, ‘although 1 had not tlie slightest desire to test her skill.’ ‘1 on should bo thankful,’ said Junghauel, in a tone of comfort; ‘by a little pain you have been saved much suffer ing hereafter. \ou have nothing to fear from my daughter’s sure hand. Ihe operation is happily over. But, my friend,’ he added, ‘you will need rest; an hour’s nap will do no harm, ls you please, 1 will accompany you to your room.’ i was delighted at thy idea of getting clear for a while of my tormentors. ‘After tea,’ said the Counsellor, ‘we will take a little walk over my estate. It is a fine day.’ 1 was shown a comfortable chamber, beautifully furnished, with a delightful prospect from tlie windows. ‘Here you may find amusement too,’ said my host, point ing to a richly filled book case. ‘lf you need any thing you need only ring.’ \\ ishiug mo a refreshing siesta, the Counsellor withdrew. I was alone. I looked out of the window and was refreshed by the beautiful prospect. ’This is really a charming residence,’ thought I, ‘if it were not for these girls with their devilish pursuits. The old man is much too weak against these furies. That Dieffenbaeli has pulled out one of my teeth, so that 1 spit blood as if I were iu the last stage of consumption, ho really seems to regard as a friendly service; I suppose he is quite delighted with his daughter when she pulis out his friends’ teeth.’ ‘At all events, I’ll not stay here long. 1 will see Oken, however, and fulfil my uncle’s wishes to the letter, and then I’m off. If I w’ere to stay here much longer, I believe Dief fenbach would have my legs and arms off, unless they were first shot away by Nimrod.’ During these cogitations I continued spitting blood ; I felt no pain, but the hole in my jaw was very uncomfortable. ‘I must certainly confess,’ said 1 to myself, ‘I never saw-., more beautilm creatures. They cou!J4hardly be liandsont**- but wh ,it r clfe i i^| see the fl&rd sister, Ernestine. To judge by |>ortrait sbo is softer tlian the others ; she is a naturalist, ands at least does not operate upon human beings, like Louise and J Emilio. What her papa has told me of her fondness for spiders and similar insects is, to be sure, not very recommen datory, but it does not endanger one’s life. This confound ed blood-spitting will never ccaee. I guess I shall get along best with Oken. ‘lt is lucky for me and Minna,’ thought I, continuing my reflections, That these maidens have such singular passions ; and besides, they certainly give themselves no particular trou ble to make an impression upon a young man’s heart; in fact, they seem to be bent upon mu'-treating me. If it were not so, and if they only kept themselves quiet like other girls, I should have to look out for my heart, and no one would wonder at that in the ease of such extraordinary beauties.’ I would gladly have smoked my cigar according to custom but tlie blood in my mouth w’ould not allow it. 1 was great ly excited by the strange adventures which had befallen me within so short a time. A brief hour's sleep on the sofa could not fail to be welcome. I took oft’ my coat, stretched myself out in my shirt sleeves on the sofa, as it was rather warm, and with my remaining ono-and-thirty teeth, laid my tired head oil the cushion. Sleep came, but it was no sleep that could refresh hie. — The torture I had suffered with the weird sisters was worse in my dreams than in reality. Now Louise was shooting oft’ my head, and Emilio was digging at my teeth. So they al ternated, each vision growing worse than tlie preceding.— The perspiration started from me, as if I were in purgatory ; I ached and groaned enough to draw pity from a stone. After Nimrod had shot a hole through my body, so that the sun shone through, then came Dieffenbaeli with a string, on which huug my onc-and-thirty teeth. I was toothless, like an old man of eighty ; but my torture was to be still great er. Dicflenbach produced a long thin iron, sharp as a needle, and was about to operate on my heart. I protested manfully and strove to keep her oft’ with desperation, but it was in vain. Invisible hands seized and held me hand and foot; I could not move; my heaving breast was laid bare, and with a demoniac laugh, the horrible creature plunged the steel into my heart. The perspiration rolled from me. 1 cried out and awoke. After my eyes were open, I thought l was still dreaming, and my hair stood up like so many tapers. Emilio stood in reality before me, a lancet in her hand, my arm stripped up, and a dark red jet was flowing from it into a basin, which a maid-servant was holding. ‘Mercy, what is the matter with me!’ I murmured, in a most melancholy tone for the loss of blood iiad made me faint. • ‘Hush, hush,’ said my murderess, for so I really took her to be ; ‘be quiet, or you will disturb the banduge.’ ‘Are you going to kill me V I stammered. ‘By no means, but your feverish state, a real delirium, in which, as I came into the room withont knowing you were hero, 1 found you, led me to fear the worst; I saw that noth ing but instant bleeding could relieve you. See here for your self, how feverish your blood is.’ But I saw nothing, for my head sank back upon the cush ion and my eyes closed. ‘Only a bleeding,’ sighed I; ‘God 1 thy ways are wonder ful.’ A fainting fit came to my relief. In the course of an hour and a half afterwards. I was stag gering, pretty well weakened by tlie cursed bloodletting, at the Counsellor’s side, over his beautiful estate. ‘1 walk toofor you?’ asked my companion, perceiving the efforts I made to keep up with him, yes indeed, I replied, ‘I feel rather weak.? Junghauel stopped, nndSc kind and sympathizing tone, remarked; ‘My poor fellow, yon little dicamed, when you set out on this pleasure excursion, that you would need to be bled.’ ‘That I confess,’ I ansv/ered. ‘I cannot conceive,’ continued the Counsellor, ‘what blood thirsty spirit lias got possession of rny daughter. I assure you that otherwise she is one of the gentlest creatures in the world.’ 1 could not see it so. ‘But,’ said Junghauel, ‘you must really have been in dan ger. Etnilie has a sharpe eye, and would never have bled you, bad it not been necessary.’ “Jnk|jcnknt in ail tilings—Neutral in NotljiugU” MACON, GEORGIA; SATURDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY 22, 1851. ‘But what could have ailed me?’ I asked; ‘at the *FI i was only a little deranged by the tooth-pulling.’ ‘A little loss of blood,’ continued the Counsellor, excusing ; his daughter, ‘ordered by a careful physician, and effected lv : an experienced hand, never did any harm ; lam satisfied. “I that.’ 1 The singular inan seemed to fiu l**nbD i | all his daughters’ follies. I believe if they had out my hea’* oft he would have thought it all right. ‘And as to tlie tooth,’ said he, ‘you ought to be right glad to get lid of it. I have examined it and agree with Eiui]L 1 dou’t believe it would have held out a year.’ This consultation eonki help mo little. If the tooth not sound. JJ||' W “ bat soundness is. And even if werer'‘* T , .. Joolh out, one might waft tin'll- ‘Vf ‘ ; driven to it by pain. My lost grinder had never given me | tlie slightest trouble. I considered not without anxiety tho wholo state of my health, and reflected whether there might not bo something j out of the way with me, that could attract Dieffenbach’s no tice, for l was not sure that some new operation might not bo ! impending. After \vo bad wandered over a good part of tho estate, and I had admired everything, as the day was declining, we turn ed towards tlio house, w hero the tea-table stood ready. The young ladies tvero again absent. Ilea veil only know where Nimrod was hunting, Dieffenbaeli cutting off limbs, and Oken pursuing her investigations. I was indeed curious about Oken, and I must confess I longed to sec the lovely maiden. In her case one would have nothing to fear; I was not a beetle, butterfly, or tarantula. The Counsellor seemed annoyed at the absence of his daughters, lie must havo felt tho rudeness with which his worthy guest was treated, lie was hard put to it to find ex cuses for the maidens. ‘•You must not take it ill of those wild girls,’ said lie; ‘ I confess it to my sorrow, left to themselves, they havo grown up without restraint, and what with their odd tastes, they havo no idea of what passes in the world for politeness. I see • very well, it can’t goon thus much longer. They will grow perfectly wild ; I must take them in hand. They all love me devotedly ; in this respect I could not wish for better children. lam not without hope of getting them into order. On the whole, I had rather that they should grow up thus, unsophis ticated by city life, than that they should be mere fashiona ble ladies, in whom all naturo and purity of heart are lost.’ I havo never met with a father who seemed to dote so on his children, lie kept on talking about their manifold good qualities. 1 was heartily glad that neither Louise nor Emilio was present. My appetite would certainly have been spoiled. The Counsellor stept to the window. Evening was coining on. ‘We cannot wait any longer,’ said he, ‘Heaven only knows where tho girls are. Let us he seated.’ We took our seats. The exercises had made me light hungry, ?Jhough the remembrance of tho amputated arm ,r ° m Ao-mrtncrsl.ip heretofore exiw.v appetite. JAMES V. CAEUART lUtlful / __ WILLIAM U. CABllAhjjt Jan. 1, IBal. ‘ v • ■-- v - ofoAiiol UieiHrrru.Ttt. Darhar*. fo6nt.liP^ me. As beautiful as her sisters, but gentle, aimiablj in the Jiighcst degree. She did not, like Nimrod and Dicffo\bach, run rudely by me, without noticing my presence, but modest ly bowed to me. She excused herself prettily for being so late, —had she known that so agreeable a guest had arrived, the most interesting scientific investigations would not have detained her. I sat in the third heaven, and had to guard my heart with all my care against the sweet eyes of this charming maiden. Ernestine was dressed, although somewhat fantastically, yet with great taste. One thing I did not exactly like, and that was a heavy singular glittering ring which she wore round her white neck. I could not conceive how this beautiful girl could happeu upon such an odd necklace. Oken took her seat at the table. The conversation be came very lively. It turned upon natural history. Ernes tine spoke with animation ; her dark eyes beamed most bril liantly. To ingratiate myself with her, I pretended to feel a great interest in her favorite science, although I nad never give” it any attention. Father Junghauel was quite happy. Tho good man looked at us as if everything were settled between us. Wine and love overpowered inc with equal facility. Oken was speaking of tho amphibious animals, and men tioning some of tlie latest discoveries made by naturalists; but I troubled myself little with the learned lecture, and look ed only at the beautiful mouth, which spoke so fluently, and at the beautiful eyes, which sparkled so brightly. Suddenly a most singular object was dancing directly under my nose. I stared it with all my eyes, and had nearly fallen backwards, chair and all, in my fright. Merciful Heaven, there was a real, live snake, stretching out to me its horrible head and wicked tongue ! ‘Here you have a very fine specimen of the —’ Ernestine named a Latin name. I was beside myself. From my childhood I had had an extraordinary respect for snakes. With horror I remarked that Ernestine had taken off her necklace, and was holding it towards me. ‘Afraid of snakes,’ laughed Oken, ‘and yet interested in natural history ? That is not possible ! With this, the cursed snake’s head, with its forked tongue, persecuted me like a fiend. The terrible maiden seemed to feed upon my agony. She held the monster right at my face. ‘I pray you for God’s sake!’ cried I coujuringly, ‘free me from this horrible sight.’ ‘I sec nothing horrible,’ she returned very quietly ; ‘just look how gracefully it moves!’ Again the snake’s head danced directly under my nose. I sprang up and began to retreat. Ernestine followed with the snake. ‘I can’t understand,’ now began her father, very cooly, ‘why people have such an aversion to snakes.’ ‘The d—l!’ cried I continually drawing back before the pursuing monster,‘l ern’t endure tlie beast!’ ‘Away,’ said Ernestine angrily; ‘you arc no genuine nat uralist.’ And with that she slapped mo in the face with the snake, and then she wound the animal like a chain round her beautiful swan-like neck. 1 had had enough now of tlie Counsellor’s third daughter. He had seen my annoyance, and had repeatedly bidden Er nestine to desist from her cruel play, but the maiden seemed possessed by the devil, and she tortured me so that the pers piration dropt from my forehead. ‘The deuce take you all three said Ito myself, ns I wiped’ 1 my forehead with my pocket-handkerchief. ‘You won’t’sc me here again very soon. To-morrow I’ll be off, and good by to this house, where no man, no wooer, least cl all can stand it.’ Oken, after she had settled it that no scientific conquest was to be made of me, followed the way of her sisters, and treated me with marked contempt, quite cn bagatelle. My sprouting love could not have been more effectually wither ed. J unghauel remarked, not without dissatisfaction, the change in the behavior of his daughter. He appeared almost to blame me for it. ‘I could not have believed,’ said he, ‘that you would have been so disturbed by a little harmless snake.’ ‘He is frightened, isn’t he?’ said Ernestine, with asinile; ‘yvo are a different sort of people. ‘One cannot help his nature,’ said I, sullenly. e. ‘what do you know of nature? | P'-ay never mention tlie wdi’fcrr®'-. She grew positively uncivil. 1 wrsifirtaLiTqJ 11 I,7l<*Sl 1,71 <*Sl and was about to answer the unfuminine maiden soSpJwhat tartly, when she made a movement of hoi- hand towards her live amulet. I swallowed‘HtH*vet**rt, and resjlv- | ed upon retreat. Suppose,’ said the Counsellor, as he pushed back his chair, ‘suppose we should smoko a cigar !’ The proposal was by no means disagreeable to mo. A burning cigar in my month’ might afford me some protection ! *'*inst the African reptile. I meant to smoke so furiously, f Ernestine and her amulet might be sufiocatcd together. frGJLt you know, dear father,’ exclaimed tho maiden, ‘Bibi j cannot endure tobaoeo smoke ; can you Bibi ?’ # ‘Y on are right, my daughter,’replied the Counsellor; ‘I I forgot it;’ and turning to me, he udded. ‘Excuse me, my dear sir, but the graceful little animal really can’t bear tobacco j smoke.’ And so for tho sake of the graceful little animal, I had to I renounce my habit of smoking after tea. Things were eur -1 ried pretty far. Like her sisters, Ernestine still continued to torment me I was not for a moment free from the fear of the horrible Bibi. ‘lf this naturalist,’ thought I to myself, ‘would only be oft’ | and go to the d—l with her snak#!’ But friend Oken had no idea of going. I supposed she wished to compensate me for her long absence. For two everlasting hours I had to suftl-r; so long the soiree lasted. I could not take any pleasure in the beautiful eyes of Ernestine, for my eyes were fastened ou the snake ; I was in constant dread, lest Bibi should slip off from the neck of his mistress, tho little eyes of the snake glittered most suspiciously. I shall never forget that evening. I thanked my stars that the two other sisters were not visible. Thus far I had had only one to deal with at a time. That was somocomfort, ls •they had concluded a triple alliance, and all three operated upon me at once, I should have been lost beyond redemption. In every evil, there is a good which neutralizes it iusomode greo. I hail suffered so much all day with fright, loss of a tooth and of blood had eomo upon me in such rapid succession, that my energies were completely prostated. Every noise at at the door made me start, for I was in continual fear that either Nimrod or Dieffenbaeli, or both together, would come in and begin to practise somo new and unheard of mischief upon me. Nimrod would have set about snuffing tlie can dles with pistol-balls, and Dieffenbaeli, as soon as she remark ed my feverish condition, would have beeD for administering pills and blisters. Ernestine at last retired. Tho old gentleman, as was his custom, instantly took occasion to descant upon tho merits of his darling, as lie called his youngest daughter. ‘One gets accustomed to lier strange taste in time,’ said he, ‘but I am not without hope she will forget all these things when she is once married.’ I began to long for bedtiino. Thu Counsellor perceived my weariness iu. last, and, to my great joy, accompanied mo to my slecpingfeliaiiiber. W‘Now,’ tb.Al.t I, ‘DTiall lmvo somo rest at lav’ ;Oer all ii?jß,ears, sufferings of the day.’ i. Wo vnA l ed one article. .'flight, and I found myself alone. F was so tinard*.. .u^ 1 ! 1 thirdly undressed, extinguished the lights, and groped in\ * darkness towards the bed. After some fumbling, I fortunately reached my object, drew down the coverlet, and was about to make use of my couch, when I sprang back with horror; I had touched some hard object that moved. If I was not deceived, it was a tortoise. No power on earth could have induced me to use tho horrible bed. While I was thinking whether I should cry murder, or let the matter rest, something bit my great toe so furiously, that I shrieked with pain. A large crab hung on my foot.— 1 danced about so frantically, that at last 1 shook off the mon ster and hurled it againt tho wall. I fled to the sofa. A harrowing thought seized me. ‘What if they have fastened me up in Ernestine’s cabinet ?’ The idea became every moment more and more probable, for all around there was a creeping, and a scratching, and a rustling, that sounded most suspi ciously. Instantly something crawled close to my car. I clutched at it, and seized with a shudder, a great beetle. I hurled it with a fury away from me, and heard it crack against the wall. Scarcely was 1 free from the beetle, when some thing bit the calf of my leg. The idea that tlie new enemy might be an earwig made me raving ; for no living thing had Ia greater aversion than for the aforesaid earwig. I had heard dreadful stories of this creature. I caught like one possessed at my calf, but I could not catch the biter ; the thing had certainly crept up higher, lor I certainly felt a twinge on my thigh. I now sprung from the sofa, and sought for means to light a candle, but nothing of the kind was to be found. I trod upon some frightful kind I of reptile. All the tortures of tho Inquisition were nothing to my situation. I could no more sleep than on tho edge of a precipice ; uiy excited imagination painted everything still mere frightfully. Suddenly I heard a hissing. ‘There’s a snake,’ thought I, ‘I shall certainly be stung.’ I now began to shout like a wounded Ajax. In tho darkness I upset the table—several boxes that stood on it were thrown down and broken, and 1 heard with increased agony how u new biting world was let loose. I raved like a possessed man; it was all one to me whether any one in the house wished to sleep or not. Ai last the Counsellor was awakened. He came with a light in his dressing gown to my chamber, lie saw at once the cause of my outcries, and cried, ‘The thoughtless girl, she will turn tlie wholo house into a cabinet of natural curiosities!’ I seemed to myself like Adam on the sixth day of tlie creation, where he is painted among the beasts. J unghauel transferred me to another chamber, which the naturalists had spared. ‘Here you have nothing to fear,’said my host consolingly; ‘you will sleep all tiio better for tho disagreeable things you have suffered.’ ‘Heaven grant it!’ said I, gathering up my clothes out of the murder-hole. The Counsellor had spoken no untruth. After I had crawl ed about on my bands and feet, and flashed tlie light into all the corners of the chamber, I became pretty well convinced that there were no natural curiosities there, either living or dead ; and so I went to bed once again, but none the less re solved that this should be the last as well as the first night that I spent in W . I determined, all my host's solicit ations to the contrary, to be off at the earliest possible hour, before the charming but dangerous daughters of Jhe Counsc,- lor should have left their beds. After these resolves, I stretch ed myself out and made myself comfortable, while the tor toise in the bed originally intended for me probably did the same. The night passed quietly bv; a sound sleep fell upon me, . so that I had no bad dreams, as I had feared. Hardly had the first light of morning looked into my window, when Ii sprang wildly from my bed, and set about to put my purposes . into execution, dressing myself with all despatch. My pur- j poac was irrevocable. I was delighted at having awaked so early. ‘You will make great eyes,’ thought I,'ye tormenting spirits, n hen you find tho hhd has suddenly flowp. Ilcavdn keep me from such a wife. Oh, my Minna, when, I thigh of your sweet simplicity, what a difference ‘ Soon, beloved girl all all 1 fold thee in rny aym,.’ ‘The cleverest thing,’ thought I, ‘would be certainly to, ad opt the French fashion, witnout a word to any one. I fore see the conflict I shall have with the Counsellor ; he will not lisicn to a departure so much like a flight. I will write to him at the end of the lust day’s journey, and represent to him ] that with the best will in the world I could not consent any longi-r to be the target of his daughters’ humors,’ 1 was re s died to write as politely as tl at 1 might not wound Ihf B>V v 11 '“1° ®k° he satisfied when ko should 1- am all I had suffered from toe A' s,i ' ! r Amid these cogitations, I came at List to tlie end of my | iwik,,.. .::.! >a*just on the point of starling oft', when 1 was stopped by an unexpected obstacle. While I was given up to the glad hope that the Counsel lor's daughters, like all maidens loving sleep, were still deep in the feathers, my d<xir suddenly flew open, and to my no 1 small horror, in came Nimrod with two duelling pistols. ‘Good heaven !’ sighed I to myself, ‘my toriucut is begin- ! liinganew; I must confess the lovely trd>l begins its day’s wor.k betimes. Oh !if I only ouee had this cursed place be hind my back !’ Without my compliments, Nimrod eooly began: ‘Y ou have during the past night injured the property of my sister Ernestine in such a way, you havo shown for several of Ernestine's favorites such a contempt, as border* ujr> insult, and demands atonement. I have considered the atliiir; —wo will exchange three shots.’ ‘Y ou have lost your senses,’ I exclaimed. ‘That you will soon discover,’ she cooly resumed, ‘whether lam in my senses or not. Consider the ease. You have broken tlie shell of a sea-crab, a very rare specimen ; you have thrown a valuable beetle against the wall with a viol ence that ruined the poor creature; you have further broken certain boxes containing insects. Do you not admit these charge's V ‘I wish the d—l had the whole crew of spiders and cep tiles,’ cried I, in great excitement, upon finding myself called to account for my doings. ‘You will please to follow me,’said Louise; ‘injuries of this sort can only bo cancelled with blood.’ ‘Quit these fooleries,’ 1 replied, ‘I light not with ladies.’ ‘Fooleries !’asked Nimrod, stepping up to me with raised pistol, while her eyes flashed. ‘Does your courage fail you?’ ‘For every contest there must be some reasonable ground.’ ‘Y ou are quibbling, sir ; follow me.’ ‘But what if 1 declare that I w ill in no case fight with you? I could not answer beforo God, were Ito level a pistol ut you.’ ‘Y ou need not shoot at me—shoot in the air ; lam the injured party; let yourself be shot at.’ ‘Y our obedient servant.’ ‘I ask for the last time, will you follow me ?’ ‘ln no case.’ ‘Well, then, I will publish you for the must pitiable coward tho sun ever shone upon.’ ‘You will do as you please.’ ‘And I will put a mark upon you that you will carry as long as you live, to remind you of your cowardice.’ ‘A mark?’ I asked myself; ‘what does the horrible crea ture mean ? 1 was exceedingly uncomfortable. Louise ap proached me with her pistols cocked ; her look was fearfully menacing. Ilorror seized mo I began to retreat. The pers piration burst forth. The fury followed me stop for step with pistol presented. At last, excited to tho uttermost, I ex claimed in despair, ‘Let me alone, you hat ful creature; I was just oil the point of leilving this inhospitable house.’ ‘You Are going to leave ” asked l.ouise in a strango trDyfJi tone, and f*at*-.g T never would have come here but for the urgent wish of my uncle.’ ‘Utter no falsehood,’said Lou iso gravely. ‘lt wns not your uncle’s wish alone that brought you here. You had other views.’ ‘lndeed, I had not, lady.’ ‘Did you not come,’ asked Louise, ‘to marry mo, or one of my sisters ?’ ‘GoodHeaven!’ replied I; marry you ! What an idea! it never entered my head. lam already engaged. ‘ What!’ cried Louise with delight, throwing away the pis tols, and almost falling on my neck. ‘You engaged ! Why did you not tell us so before ?’ I knew not what to think as tho charming maiden embraced mo so stormily, and looked at me so joyfully with her beautiful eyes. ‘No one ever asked me about it, lady,’ I replied. ‘And how many unpleasant things would you, poor man, have spared yourself,’said Louise, much excited; ‘1 should not have shot at you, Ernestine would not have worried you with her snake, ner Emilio taken your blood, and pulled your tooth out.’ ‘lt is much to be wished that the latter had not happened,’ I confessed. ‘ Y ou would have found us all very amiable children.’ ‘With all respect,’ I replied, ‘but lady, Ido not exactly un derstand ’ ‘I will solve the riddle for you,’said Louise, every moment growing more and more charming, ‘we too have disposed of our hearts.’ ‘All three 1’ ‘All three! in spite of our unwomanly passions, I confess it, in matters of the heart, we arc still girls.’ ‘1 am delighted to hear it.’ ‘Delighted, are you? So are wo, too. But father, good and indulgent as he is, is on the point of love immovable.’ ‘How so ?’ ‘ He thinks too much of what are called good settlements. Unfortunately our gentlemen are not exactly good, in the worldly sense. One is a penniless lieutenant, another a poor candidate of theology, and the third, a poor artist! But all three are rich in heart and intellect, and real Croesuses in their love for us. ‘ And which of these three happy gentlemen,’ I asked, with a smile, ‘ has secured the heart of the lovely Louise ?’ ‘ The theologian.’ ‘ The theologian !’ I exclaimed with wonder. ‘ Y’ou consider me, then, as quite too wild for the pious man ?’ * Well! a preacher of peace and a bold huntress ’ ‘ Love equalizes everything,’ said Louise wiih a winning frankness, ‘ and do you think I cannot be gentle V ‘ W hat is impossible for jou V \ 1 Oh, I can be as soft as a little lamb.’ continued the beauty, * when it gives him pleasure. But let me go on with my sto ry. Our fatiier insists by all the saints, that he will hear noth ing of these tender relations. We. all three sisters pray to the dear God fervently every day, that the temporal circum stances of our lovers may be improved, so that they may come forward and claim our hands. For their sakes we have driven away many a wooer from W . When any strauge gentleman appears, we sisters instantly form an alli ance ; and if one plot does not succeed, we try a second, and a third. Confess yourself, would you, had you been disen gaged—would you have taken one of us for a wife, after we had show n ourselves to you as we did yesterday V ‘The Devil’s grandmother sooner,’ I exclaimed frankly,— ‘ one’s life would at least be safer with her.’ * Very much obliged,! said Louise with a bow, ‘ a proof of tlie success of our plans.’ I had now to describe my lady love to my new friend, and how I ‘stood in the same plight with the daughters of the Counsellor, as my unole had no suspicion of my love fur Wil helmina. While we was chatting thus confidently, a blooming head was seen at the door, which seemed ta be not a little surprised ;.t our intimacy. ‘ Come in Emilio,’ cried Louise, laughing, ‘ Peace is con cluded ; our supposed enemy is engaged, tve have nothing to from from him.’ Dieffeubach entered and likewise manifested a gentleness of which I could hot have believed the barbarous dentist capable. And soon the Oken made her appearance. They expressed ’ tlu gn atistMiri uw lor tho tricks tliey had played me. Ibey dec-land, ai lltc same time, that if they had not discovered that 1 uas engaged, they liad made all the preparations to ren der Use day more tuloleratoe than the preceding one. I thank ed Heaven that I had got to be on such good terms with them. •', JVc madtj a league of friendship. I could not desire more a , fjjj#?# same time 1 had to agreo to stay stv auahk- ft Mtuds. At u_ t el day. at W . 1| ... in order to l o show niysclt worthy of their .<• heap coals of lire upon their heads, I undertook the office o. inUreessoi with their father, and resolved not to leave \V i until the Counsellor had given his consent to the betrothal of | his three daughters to their respective lovers. In this good work, 1 eventually succeeded; and within a fortnight after ! left W , the three ladies were formally nftianeci to the objects of their choice. In return for all this happiness, the Counsellor undertook to get my uncle to con sent to my marriage with Wiihelmina, and was successful. 1 have seldom htard my worthy uncle laugh so heartily, as when I related my adventures at W . To bring the story to a c lose. Although I brought no bride from \V and although I married the poor widow’s daughter, my uncle took me into partnership. As to the loss of my grinder, the gentlemen who were the happy husbands of the three leanties, never failed to express their sympathy for me ; but Dieffenbach, the operator, always insisted that i deserved to loose a tooth, for appearing to woo one of the sisters when my heart was no longer my own—and my good Wilhc-ltnina always agreed with her. Wo have all been living now, for some years, in the most friendly relations, and in constant intercourse. The descend ants of our four married couples amount to five little gentlemen and seven young ladies. Hence blooms new lows and new romances. It is tile way of the world. Bishop Bascom Again, Hk Escapes from a Mod in New Orleans. — About the year 1830 it was thought advisable, by the leading men in the Colonization cause, then in its infancy, to send a secret agent to the South ; and ’ this perilous and arduous otiiee was tendered to Dr. Bascom, by the Hoard at Washington; which he promptly accepted. A more dangerous position could not have been assigned to him at that time. — The movements of the Colonization Society were then regarded with extreme jealousy and distrust by the entire South. The Society was believed to be hostile to the “peculiar institution,’’ and its ettorts met with the same violent opposition, denunciation, and threateuiugs, in the South, that afterward at tended the action of the Abolitionists. Indeed Colo nization was, at that time, very little understood, and was regarded as synonymous with Abolition. The people of the South were consequently most bit terly opposed to it, and in a state ot violent excite ment at the time Dr, Bascom accepted his mission. llis instructions were to proceed to New Orleans, and, after conferring privately with a few persons who were known to be favorable to the movement, act as he thought most prudent. On arriving there, and insulting with his friends, he found it would be a nuyit hazardous undertaking to attempt to hold a pu hi meeting; and acting under the advice of those with whom lie consulted, he determined to leave the city without publicly announcing the ob ject of his visit. He had, however, spoken in sev eral places in Kentucky before going to New Or leans, and, his position being known, his arrival had, therefore, created considerable excitement. This so rapidly increased that a meeting was Held by a num ber of citizens, at which several inflammatory speech es were delivered, and resolution passed requir ing him to leave the city. A committee of furious and excited individuals was appointed to’ wait on him, and notify him to leave within twenty-four hours, or take the consequences. At this time the Hon. Mr. Dawson, of St Francisville, afterwards a member of Congress from Louisiana, a bold, gal lant, and impulsive man, was on a visit to New Or leans. , He was a man of real mettle, and no excite ment ever arose, where he was, that he did not join one side or the other, and generally, he was inclined to the weaker side. True to his nature, when the excitement arose against Dr. Bascom, Dawson, al though he w as, personally, a total stranger to him, as sumed a bold stand in his defence, and immediately set about a plan for his protection. How he succeed ed we shall presently see. The committee called on Dr. Bascom, informed hint of the excited state of public feeling, and order ed him to leave the city in twenty-four hours, or take the consequences, which, they asserted, w ould be most serious. ‘Gentlemen,’ said he said in reply, 1 had intended to leave to-morrow morning ; but now since you have ordered me to leave, I shall remain three days longer. I am an American citizen, and claim the right guaranteed to me by the Constitu tion of mv country.” The committee were thunder struck by the boldness of his reply, and hastily let', the room. The committee had scarcely disappeared before the voices of the tramp-men were heard approach ing the room. Anticipating something serious, Dr. Bascom arose, approached the door, and, looking in to the hall, saw advancing towards him a large crowd of rough men, led by one who had the air and dress of a gentleman. He fearlessly confronted them, and demanded the object of their errand.— Mr. Dawson—for it was he who led this uncouth band —laughed and assured him that lie was his friend. The whole party were then invited into his room by Dr. Bascom, when Dawson informed him who he was; reassured him of his friendship, and explained him the nature of his visit. “These,” said he, are all boatmen from Kentucky, Ohio, Vir ginia, Indiana, Missouri, and Tennessee. Most of them have heard you preach in times past; and those who have not heard you themselves, have heard of you from their mothers or their friends. When I heard of your danger, Mr. Bascom, I de termined to go to the levee, and appeal to *hem for your protection ; and you see the result. We’ve just inet the committee, and told them if thev dared to touch one hair of your head—if they dared to put you in prison, we wouldn’t leave a stone of their calaboose standing. There’s a thousand more such brave boys as these at the levee; and they all swear they'll die for you.” Overpowered by the chivalry of Dawson, and, the manliness and affection of the hardy boatmen, L>r. Bascom wept, as the brave and good onlv can weep, as he returned his heart-felt j thanks. That night the streets in the vicinity of the hotel at which Dr. Bascom was stopping, were alive with the brave honest boatmen ot the West, eaclr one ready to peril his life in defence of the “great preacher.” But no violence was attempted; and lnifore he left the city, Dr. Bascom had the pleasure of organizing a promising Colonization Society, ma ny of the most influential citizens becoming life members. The Same in Natchez.— Leaving New Orleans, Dr. Bascom proceeded up the river to Natchez. He had previously written to a friend to procure a church, in which he wished to deliver a public dis course iu favor of Colonization. The church of Dr. NO. 48.