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CASSYILLE, GEORGIA. THURSDAY, MARCH 4, 1852.
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PLAIN AND
NEATLY EXECUTED AT
The Standard Office,
BUSINESS DIRECTORY.
MARGES A. illGGS,
A T TORN E Y AT LAW,
CASSVILLE, GA.
Wii.i. attend promptly to all business eon-
tided to liis care. k
May 29, 1851.
17—tf.
JAMES MILNER,
A T T O it N ivY AT LAW,
CASSVlltliE, 6A.
May 15. 15—tf.
JOHN 4. flUlVFOitD,
A T T O 11 N U Y A T LAW,
Uassvillc, Ida.
Wii.i. attend punctually to any business en
trusted to his care.
May 15. >S-tf-
(. K. PVrtKOTT,
Fainnount, Gordon Co. Ga.
May 1. 13—ly.
CASSVILLE. GEO.
Such as Pamphlets, Handbills, Business
and Professional Cards, Visiting and Ad
dress Cards, Legal blanks, Posters, Blank
Notes, Bill heads Circulars, Catalogues, La
bels, Horse hills, &c. &c.
We think we can give satisfaction botli in
the execution and prices of our work, and Flat you will ped and poard mit him,
Marriage Ceremony,
AS REAP BY SQUIRE GABLE.
You broomish now, you goot man dare,
Vat stands upon de vloor,
To haf dish woman for your vife,
And lub her ebermore;
To feed her well mit sour-crout,
Feans, puttermilk and shecse,
And in all tings to lend your aid,
Dat will bromote her ease.
Yes, and you voman vat standing dare,
Do bledge your vord dis tay,
Dat you will take for your husband,
Dish man, and him opey;
solicit a share of the public patronage.
JULIES M. l'ATTON. A I! DA JOHNSON.
PATTON & JOHNSON,
ATTORNEYS AT LAW,
Cassville, Goo.
Will practice in the counties of Cass,
Cobh, Chattooga, Floyd, Gordon. Murray,
Whitfield ami Walker. [Feb 12.
WM. H. UNDERWOOD & J. W. H. UN
DERWOOD,
Vash, iron and mend him clothes,
Laugh when he smiles, veep when he sighs,
Dus share his shoys and voes.
Yell den, I now, vidin dese vails,
Mit choy, and not mit Uriel',
Bronounec you both to be one mint,
Yon name, .von man, von peef;
I poo'olish now, dese sacred panns,
Dese matrimonial tics,
Pefore mine vife, Got, Kate and Poll,
And all dese gazing eyes.
plained of fatigue. He had ridden fifty
miles that day.
• There was a time,’ hs> remarked,
* when I could have done that thing al
most afore breakfast, but I ain't good for
it, now, no bow ’
• And where might you come from V
demanded the first stranger. Col. K
whom I remarked, from the
first arrival of the last traveller, as curi
ously watching him, with something like
a look of recognition.
• Fairfield’s my district,’ was the
prompt reply.
4 Fairfield ! You’re an old man like
myself,’ said Col. K .
It was not so easy to separate them ;— both pistols
4 A short ways beyond the eighth mile
post.’
4 That’s what I call old ! I’m some
thing over that myself. Have you been ^ ess ’ an< ^ ^is e p" l£0( lcs numerous, was a
and, after the lapse of several minutes,
when K lay down upon the bench
from exhaustion, while bis enemy had
disappeared, it was discovered that the
fingers of the former still clutched and
held a handful of the long grey hairs of
B . The latter was no more seen
at the 4 Bull’s Head.’ The proprietor
kept him out of sight till night, and then
sent him to a distant tavern, where he
lay perdu till K had left the city.
The cause of this fierce momentary j was n’t man enough for that! But
conflict may be readily conjectured by | coul(] ¥ec> everv uow aU(] then> that he
all those who have any knowledge of the j lookedabouti ' and that fae carricd h ; 3
history of the Tory ascendency of South
Carolina during the Revolution. It in-
as we ran, but didn’t touch
him. He still went clear. He wheel
ed suddenly into an old road, and for a
moment I lost him. This made me
wild. What with spur and sabre, for T
gave my horse both, I seemed to fly. I
was soon in the road myself, and he still
was fifty yards or more ahead. Anti so
we kept for a mile. Then the distance
shortened, and I felt sure of him. I
whooped tc him to stop and meet thi
man he had challenged ; bat no ! h
/arts nnit jfimrirs.
volves a story, which, front the lips of
K , whose digressions were end-
EOME, GEORGIA,
Will practice L.nv iii all the counties of j
the Cherokee t tr« ti». (except Dade.) They!
will lioib personally r end allthe courts. J.; Let no man dare asunder put,
\V. H. Underwood wll attend the courts of j Let no man dare tern sever,
Jackson and Habersham counties of the Wes- . , ,
tern cim.ti Boll, will attend the sessions ! A,ld 3™ bnd ‘ ;kroom *“*• > ou shto P’
of the Supreme Court at Cass ville and Gaines-1 I’ll not let go your collar,
And, as de sacred Scriptures say,
Vot Got unites togedder,
ville. All bu-iocss entrusted to them will
be promptly and 'aiihfully attended to.
Office next door to Hooper & Mitchell,
“Buena Vi-ia House,” Rome. Ga., at which
place one or both will always be found, ex
cept when absent on professional business
April 24—12—ly.
J. D. PHILLIPS,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
CASSVILLE, GEO.'
2-ly.
Feb. 19.
DR. MILES J. MURPHY,
PlIV^OMEDTfAL OR BOTANIC PlIYSICIAN,
• IJA V hVvTi'lennallertify-lor.deif aOt'itrtcfS-
Jl ville, will attend promptly to all calls ns
Physician or Surgeon, hoping fifom a well
founded medical education and successful
experience to merit and receive a liberal
share ol patronage. [EP“ Particular atten
tion paid to diseases of females.
Office at 11. M. Morgan's Store, opposite the
Cariersville Hotel. [F'eb. 12
T. A. ItriEKE.
C.W. DE.MIXG.
BURKE & DEWING.
Book Sellers, Stationers, Neivspaper
and Magazine Agents,
Madison, Ua.
Jan. 15, 1852.
49— I v.
AUGUSTUS R. WRIGHT,
CASSVILLE, GA.,
Will practice Law in the several courts
oi Law and Fruity ill the Cherokee circuit.
April 24. 1 ~2 —ly.
DAWSON A. WALKER,
attorney and counsellor at law,
.sipring: Place, Geo.
Refers to Kerbs & Hope, Augusta, Ga.,
Wiley, Banks, & co, Charleston, S. C.
A. Wells & co., Savannah, Ga.
April 24. 12-1 y.
' JAMES 0. LONGSTREET,
A T T 0 11 N E Y AT LA W ,
CALHOUN, GA.,
Will practice in the several courts of the
Cherokee circuit.
Refer to Hon. Jon’S P. Kisg, | Augusta,
R. F\ Poe, j Ga.
Richard Peters, Esq., Atlanta, Ga.
W. Akin, Esq., Cassville, Ga. led by one of the lirin at the Manufactories of
April 24. } ■ j Higintul and France,) which they offer for
sale at as low rates as they can be purchased
■ in anv citv of the Union.
C. & II. UVMUI’OY,
i direct importers and wholesale deal
ers IN
I Crockery, China & Glass ware,
NO. 145 MEETIXG-ST.,
Clitiriolon, S. C.
HAVE always on hand a large and exten-
' sivc assortment of the above Goods, (select
Pefore you answer me dish ting,
Dat ish—vare ish mine tollur r
€jit itanj-Ctlltr.
Legend of the Revolution.
THE OLD WHIG AND THE OLD TORY.
BY W. GILMORE SIMS.
I cannot now recollect how old I was,
-when I foiwuF myse-If ene—afternoon, ~a-
all your life in Carolina?’
4 It’s my native State !’ said the otb
er.
4 Then you must have sarved on one
very long time in telling. I may dismiss
it in a few words. Iv and B
were playmates in boyhood. They grew
up to manhood together, but separated,
side or t’other, in the Resolution !’ was as their fathers did, and as was frequent
ly the case, taking different sides in the
great issue between the colonies and the
crown. The fluctuation of the contest
found the two parties alternately in the
ascendant; and, at such periods, neith
er exhibited much forbearance in the ex
ercise of power. Hate took the place
of former intimacy, and a wild spirit of
revenge was begotten by fr equent exces
ses. K—- — and B s — were yet
scarcely men, when ilicy <,„.je to'blows.
the remark, made with singular quick
ness.
The person thus addressed, was rising :
at the moment, and about to enter the
tavern. He cast a sidelong and suspi
cious glance at the speaker, and answer
ed in rather low tones :
I reckon I did.’
•\ ‘ Them were the days that tried men’s
souls 1’ remarked Col. Iv . in lh?
soiqewoat stale phrase, as if all days
born jn Collin ton’ (Colleton.)
* Ah! well. I ^jtetl ,-*rrgry
pleased listener, as usual, to a group of hole a7d eorner inX’olHnton. and almost'
backwoodsmen, sitting upon a bench the name of every man and woman that
in front of a Carolina tavern. While was ever born thcre ’ Vm a Coll.nton
they chatted, an old man rode h from raan * and if y ou sarved in J our
the country. He was well mounted ;—
U HAST A IN & YOUNG,
AT'TGXI.ISraKXS AT XA’tr,
ELL1JAY, GA.,
W ill practice iu tiie counties of the Cher
okee circuit.
April 24. 12—ly.
Jail. 15. 1852.
49— lv.
SO. M UTIAL INSf HANCE CO.
ASni llV HULL, President,
C. F. McCAY, Actuary.
A MiON CHASE. Secretary.
T HE ti.ulersigned, Agent of the Southern
Mutual IiiMiranee Co. for Cass co. will
KOBERTH. TATUM,
ATTORNKY AT LAW,
TRENTON, GEO.
Business entrusted to his cure in any of
the Counties of the Cherokee Circuit, will ] of white person
meet with prompt attention. j square—opposite Priee
and though evidently one who had some
time since compassed the usual limits of
human life, he carried himself with all
the erectness of a Colonel of Dragoons
The landlord, an excellent fellow, who
was quite as fond as myself of telling or
listening to a story, received the old man
with peculiar difference. He whisper
ed me :
4 This is old Col. K , of St.
Georges, whom they eall King K ,
in those parts. He rules the parish.’
I watched the new comer with great
attention. He sat down with the group;
talked about cotton, which then brought
good prices ; and, it appeared w; ex
pecting his wagons that night. The old
fellow seemed to be very well known,
and was very communicative. He evi
dently felt his po-ition to be quite se
cure in the esteem of everybody. He
spoke of his wife as old as himself, and
quite as vigorous, and he confessed to
fully eighty winters of experience. I
Nov. 21.
43—tf
take risks or 1 louses. Furniture. Stocks of Goexls,
.Xtgrots, <IV,j-c; also insurance on the lives ,
Office corner of public j have observed that, whan men have fair-
lorc - ! ly passed the middle peiiod of life, and
DANIEL S. PRINTU
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
ROUE, GEO.
Also Agent tor the Bank of the Sy.te of
South Carolina, ami will m-VX^^ttnccs on
Cotton shipped to Charle: ^jafiny charging
legal interest for the time tl^^Sdice is made
Sept. 5, 1850. -tf. '
JNO W. BURKE.
Irit. 15, 1852.
! can no longer ventu e to claim to be
. . | py . \rrvT3n “ ' y onn S- the y ,hen become P roud of their
A. ALlitAAiMJLK, ; years So manifold are the subjects and
WHOLESALE AND RETAIL DRUGGIST, i the forms of human vanity. Our Col
W. K. COURTNEY,
attorney at law,
JfrKENTON, GA.
Will give diligent attention to any busi
ness eiitrjt-ied to his care in the Clieroke cir
cuit -
.V G...«., } Tren , 0 „, G ..
G. R- Buck, ( Lexington,
Rev. T. Morgan, ( Tenn.
April 24. 12—ly.
JONES & CRAWFORD,
ATTORNEYS AT LAW,
CALHOUN, GA.
April 24. '
12—lv.
WM. T. WOFFORD,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
CASSVILLE, GEO.
March 15 * tf
E. D. CHISOLM,
attorney at layv,
VAN WERT, GA.
Will practise in the Cherokee circuit, and
will transact any business entrusted to his
care.
Jan. 29, 1852.
51—lv
XfilSI
DR. ROBERT C. YVORD,
Office,—N. East oft he Court House.
Jan. 15. 1851. 5Q»ly.
w s, however, an old man ev
idently. His white hairs and furrowed
visage were a conclusive proof of bis
frosty experience— 4 frosty, but kindly’
—and the facility and freedom with
which he spoke of old times, and his
great knowledge of details, particularly
during the revolutionary period, assured
all who heard him, of a personal knowl
edge of the events related, which couid
have come from no other than a personal
experience. He had gone through sev
eral anecdotes which I found singularly
fresh and pleasing, when another travel
ler made his appearance. This person
seemed to be quite as old as the former
!1 made, about the middle
t complexion, grey eyes, and
lures, token separately
whole, the expression was
sing. There was some-
ig obliquitous and indirect in the cast
by letter, are assured that they w ill be «i|^bis eye, and a lurking shadow of sus-
faithfully served as if they were present J ’ , , ,
select for themselves; and by conforming tc; picton and mistrust seemed to gather be-
this assurance, we hope to gafu the confidence | Death fcjg white eyebrows. He.
aP all u-lin Jnol W rtK lie _ °
• like the former, was ereet also in his car-
; riage, his step was firm, and his figure
.4llitiil;i, Georgia.
DEALER IN
DRUGS, MEDICINES,
Enylisk, Fetich and American Chemicals, Ser
viced and Dental Instruments,
PAINTS, Oils, Dye Stuffs and Window
Glass. Perfumery. Fancy Articles, : tushes
of all kinds. Bronze*. F'aney Soaps. Trusses.
Tanners’Tools, l)ntggists’*GIass Wa e K -
tracts. Denti--s’ Gobi i. Tin Foil, Pore -
lean Tee h. Pa-ent Mer ’ er, &c.
Together with a ittll sup ly of every a'-.i-
clc usual!v found in the line, which 1 offe; at
the lowest market j rices ior cash or approv
ed credit.
My arrangements with established honscs
in New Yotk. give roe facilities enjoyed by
few, for selling pure articles, and at the lo\v-
est prices.
February 12. 1S52.
CHAS.O. MARTINDALE. GEO. WM. U ALKF.R.
0. 0. MARTINDA1E & (’0.,
wholesale dealers in
Groceries, Wines & Liqu
NO. 88, EAST-BAY STREET.
CORNER VENDEE RANGE,
Charleston,
PERSONS ordering Goods from
of all who deal with us.
Jan 15. 1852.
young days in those parts, we ought to
know one another. My name’s K ;
but what may your’n be, old gentleman?’
The latter hesitated, but at length re
plied, firmly,
4 My name’s B ;’ and he moved
as he answered to the tavern entrance.
4 What!’ was the exclamation of the
other. 4 What! you don’t tell me that
you are Phil. B , the son of old
Harvey B , of M C set
tlement?’
•The very same,’ said the other, now
turning full upon the questioner ; ‘wbat
do you know about him or me ?’
4 What do I know about you ?’ cried
the other, with a shout, and starting up
from his scat; 4 what, don't I know a-
bout the bloodiest toriesin the whole set
tlement? Oughtn’t I to know you?—
Oughtn’t you to know me, and to fear
me, too? Have you forgotten this?’—
and, dashing off his bat, and thrusting
up his hair as he spoke, he showed a
great scar which traversed nearly the
whole line of his forehead.
pistol ready in his hand. There was
but that one chance for him. I kept on
the left side of the track, and pushed the
harder. The hoofs of the two horses
now began to come down together, with
one sound only, and I made ready to
cut hitn down as soon as we should
close. His pistol didn’t scare me. My
blood was like fire in my brain. 1
would have followed him, as we rode,
into the thick of Tarleton’s Dragoons.
It was a delicious madness that I felt,
when I thought that in a few minutes
only, I should see him lying under my
feet. He knew his danger. He knew
he couldn’t stand before me. He was
afraid; dreadfully afraid, but be kept
his senses. I could see him every now
and then looking round to mark the dis
tance between us, and then how I shout
ed to him ! I remember every word I
said. I tried to goad him so as to make
him turn about. I didn’t wish to cut
him down without giving him a chance.
His face was mighty pale, but his lips
were close set, and his eyes were open
His
Ev
erything ran through my thoughts in an
instant of time. With three bounds
more I should overhaul him certain, and
I threw up my sabre, gave my horse the
rowel all the way np, rashing bis flanks
for six inches, and rose up powerful in
my stiirups! Ob ! he was the luckiest
, , „ villain. Just then he pulled the trigger
tound the family homestead a heap of i T , , , T
. , 4 upon me. But I wasn t hurt I 1
ashes, and the mother of K was , 1 , , , . ,
brought down my sword with a sweep
that would have cut through the carcass;
but the blade seemed to hang overhead,
CsT A reward of S500 will be given
to the first active man who discovers a
single newspaper borrower that is wil
ling to admit that there is 44 anythin*
published now-a days worth reading.”
* o
he spread of the Bible knowledge,
with its attendant blessings, among the
[j Cherokecs and Choctaws, has been re
markably successful and extensive.
The Indians often assemble in bodies of
700 to S00, many coming on foot from
10 to 40 miles, to hear the gospel
preached. A result of their increasing
religious intelligence, is the formation of
temperance societies among them.
CiT Punch recommends, as a sure
preventative of railway collisions, that
each train have one of the directors se
curely fastened in a neat iron chair,
placed directly in front of the locomo
tive.
were not calculated to try men’s souls! were separated without doing each
wl»4re, they have any to be tried. Butj ytbcr mischief, in the separation of their
K—— contiuued : j ^.veral parties. Iv was one of Ma
as Fairfield your native district ?’ i r,f >n’s men ; B became a Lieutcn-
&>,’ somewhat deliberately, 4 1 was a ’i of Loyalists, sometimes commanded |
by a British Colonel ; at other times, a dreadful starc .
p-articulanyYwwa, J., the close of the war, j , iino wag C0Iri ^LT5afe^ d it.
being uniter the commanti ot Lruger,
Leslie or Cunningham. While on a
scouting expedition, with a small squad
under his own control, B penetra
ted the old settlement of his boyhood.—
K and his father, the one with
Marion, the other with Sumpter, were
both absent. When they returned they
ffiF Promises made in time of afflic
tion require a better memory Ilian peo
ple commonly possess when they reach
prosperity.
dT Simeon Stevens, Esq., a respect
able citizen of Newberry, N. H., came
to his death lately by the instrumentali
ty of a borrowed newspaper which he was
carrying home, when the wind took it
away. He chased it. through the drift
ed snow, and died with fatigue'soon af
ter recovering it.
dT There is a ntaa in Troy so mean
that iie never has anything to fit him.—
In purchasing boots or breeches, ho al
ways takes the biggest pair be can ,get
for the money.
murdered. The sister, who escaped to
the house of a neighbor, and who had
once been au object of B ’s pas-, , , T
J r and almost fall backwards upon me. In
sion—who was supposed, indeed, to have : T , , , .. „
1 r . . another moment L understood it all. My
regarded him with favor, in spite of her , , , . - , ...
° 1 horse reeled under me, stuck out ms
father s wishes—was the first to report j , ^ . . . . „ . T
,. forefeet in the air, and rolled over. 1
against him. ohe alleged that he him-;, , . , ... ~ „
, , , . , bad just time to slip oft as he was fall-
self had put the fire to their dwelling, . , . ‘ .
, , , , , . ,. , „ : mg, and to save myself from being cov-
and she believed that it was his bullet ° , TT , , . ,
. . , ered by the body. lie was dead, with
which bad stricken her mother as she i , , r, , T
n i T . - i t» . . . t , the bullet through bis brain. 1 was on
fled. It is due B to state ho sol-; , T ,
, , my feet in a moment, but J was at the
emnly denied the latter impeachment.—; J . ,, . ,
rT , . , , mercy of the villain. My pistols Were
He admitted the arson, and deplored it , , . , , 1
. ,. ,, , , , . . , , both emptied, and my sabre was gone
in his old age—deplored it to the land- „ r , , „ °
- . Z, Vr n i , ! from my grasp, and lay five steps or
lord of the Bull s Head, and to others,; / , ,, ., , .
, , . , „ I more from me, by the side of the road,
by whom be was rescued from the fierce : _ ... . . , ... .
J lie might hare butchered me like a doc,
gripe of K • But Iv could [. ° b
not be taught otherwise.
if he badu’t been so mightily seared. As
| it was, he gave me the other pistol and
4 He left a challenge for me, with my p U shed—never stopping to see what he
sister, the villain ! He boasted that all j jj ad done . [, e )j ad nearly finished
B recoiled, and started, as if to, he wanted was to stand foot to foot with me as }j e jj ad h orse> j f e ]t the bul-
seek shelter in the tavern, but, before; me in fight! and I swore ! there, then, j j et rush a]ong {bc sku]lj tearing away
he could do so. Col. K- , with tiger
like ferocity, sprang upon him. The
other, now that the thing was unavoida
ble ; showed biinseif no ways backward;
aud the two clinched, as if with talons
of steel, one band of K being wound
in with i be long, thin grey hairs of
B. while the fingers of the other
on bended knees in the still smoking
ashes of our homestead, that all other
passions of my heart should give way to
the single one of vengeance !
4 He shall have his wish,’ I cried,
4 but I, too, shall have mine! We
shall meet, foot to foot, and one or both
“ Isn’t the world older than it
used to be ?” said a young hopeful to
his senior. 44 Yes, my son.” 44 Then
ivhat do folks mean by old times ?”
Evidence of Folly.—Refusing to take
a newspaper, and being surprised that
the people laugh at your ignorance.
Evidence of Penuriousness.—Read
ing a paper that another man pays for.
Evidence of Prodigality.—Subscrib
ing to a newspaper and lending it to oth
ers, instead of filing it for future refer
ence.
Evidence of Dishonesty.—Taking a
newspaper and keeping the publisher
out of bis just dues.
Evidence of Good Sense.—Paying
your honest debts promptly, whether
owing to publishers of newspapers, or
others who contribute to your necessi
ties or wants, or else never contracting
deb . fc.
dT The Southern Patriot has been
sui rendered by the stockholders to Mr.
Elford, the junior editor. It will still
be edited as heretofore by Messrs. Perry
& Elford, but the Tri-Weekly is to be
inJnucd.
the skin, and scoring me with a sharp
stroke like that of a cowhide. My eyes
were soon filled with blood. When I
could see again, he was gone. I don’t
think I staggered even, and I reckon he
thought he had missed me. He did not
wait to see. He was too well satisfied 1
of us shall sleep forever at the place of with his own escape; and when I could
meeting !’ ! see again fairly, he was off more than i
How I strove for that meeting, day three hundred yards. I gathered up j
and ni*ht—how I watched and hunted and loaded my pistols, and recovered;
dT The bill before the Legislature of
New Jersoy to incorporate the town of
Rivertown, on the Delaware, contains a
provision requiring each deed for the
conveyance of property to have a clause
that the grantee or lessee shall not per
mit the sale or manufacture of any spir
ituous or fermented liquor on the prem-
: es.
hand were griped about his neck with
such a riveting firmness, that, in an in
stant almost, the eyes of the sufferer
seemed to be starting ont of their sock- ^ ^ {g p 05s pble to tell. You m y sword ; then took with all haste to
et9. B -, meanwhile, was by n _° j be lives—both live—and I have la-; the woods, not knowing how soon he
means imbecile or idle. He locked his, bored and p rayed t0 no purpose. Once, 1 might bring his gang upon me. I trav
euerny in an embrace of iron sinews, a * j onljf in t b e war afterwatds, did I en-, e led on foot all night, and was -three
bout the waist, and seened cbiefly bent; counter an( i we were both alone, miles from our camp by morning. I
upon throwing him—a uatter more eas- Wg knew eacb 0 , her at the saroe n)0 . j gofc there £a f e ]y, and from that day to
ly resolved upon than done. And there ment _ j t was c j 05e „p 0n the Eutaw this, never once could set eyes upon my
and thus, these two old grey-headed ggttie^ent. I wui crossing a muddy enemy- When peace came, I thought
men—each more than eighty years of creck fordj whe „ j saw him mounted a j he had left tbecounlry with the British,
age, were renewing the conflict of a half hundred jards or mor e before me. He To think that he should have been liv-
eenrury past, and presenting, in a realj^^ round B j crossed the creek, and ing in Fairfield all the time, and I not!
aud terrific drama, the wrathful spirit of j DStant | y put spurs to his horse, and know it! I reckon he has been rc-eeiv-
that fierce civil war which had never died; wcntoffat fu u speed) an q I after him, ( ing a pension ever since, just as if bc !
hard as I could drive. He didn’t stop had been a tiue man and not a Tory — j
ont io either bosom.
The whole scene was over in
moments.
* 1 to fi»ht—bis heart failed him.
His But I’ll have him yet!’ j
At first, the company, taken took away his strength ; but The old soldier*j
completely by surprise, sat motionless.; be ] ove( j life, and He worked for U j was DOt an ^ “ x ‘ or r , ~ I
But when their first astonishment subsi-; bravely enough, though he wouldn’t; natare ' T> ~ 01,1 r ‘°
ded, they darted in and tore away the; He had an open fieirt before
P ii rmypFRTHll A IT ,
r/.^i . v _ > j was indicative of the possession, io past .combatants from tbe terrible hog offeate j b j inj and y ba j t o rise a hill. Thi-was
Furniture Vr Ure^KOOUlS} time at all events of great strength and i w hich they had taken upon each other, j j n b j s fevor. bat I bad a better horse of
251 KING STREET, activity. He was evidently capable of; tn( l w bicb, by this time, had brought! tbe tw0> a nd onee on a level with him, j
t . CHARI(E3TON.S. C. grea t physical endurance. But he coo-1 both of them down uuon the pavement, j I gained «t every, bound. I gave him
Jan. 15,1852.—6m. * "* ■ - T: :
U diu not survive mm
ntbs, as I sub&equenl’y heard ;
and the parlies, their accounts Snai'iy
settled on carlt!, are r»*»w b*th of ’hen'
in the btmds of the greet avenger!
Literary World.
•' O, Paddy, my boy,” exclaimed an
Irishman, at Deer Island, as he threw
his arms around an old aequainlanee ;
44 it’s glad I am to see you.” The em
brace not being returned, tbe friend ex
plained saying that both of his arms had
been blown off while blasting rock. *Oh
well.’ said Pat, 4 ro matter for the hng,
give us your hand, me boy
In these day® of “shocking bad colds,”
the following from the Philadelphia In
quirer, may he of some service to a suf
fering community:
Paregoric, Syrtip Squills, Syrup To
lu, of each 1 ounce. Syrup of Ipecac
uanha, half ounce.
A tea spoonful occasionally through
the dav, and at night whenever the cough
is troublesome- Renew this prescrip
tion, if necessary. Avoid hot and stira
ulatiog drinks, live abstemiously, chiefly
on vegetable aud light soup diet.—
G nerd affffiost sudden changes, from
warm rooms to the open air, and above
all things keep the feet dry.