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TI.HE AXI> LIFE.
BY C. D. STUART.
Professional and Business Cards.
"l. H. SAFFOdLDTTrT"
Attorney and Counselor at Law,
SAN DEES VILLE, GA.
Will practice in the counties of Wash
ington, Montgomery, Tatnall Emanuel and
Jefferson of the Middle Circuit, also the
counties of Telfair and Irwin of the South
ern Circuit. Office in Sandersville.
February 22, 18 4—tf
BEVERLY D. EVANSr~
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
SANDERSVILLE, GEORGIA
WILL practice in the counties of Wash
ington Burke, Jefferson, Scriven, Emauuel
Laurens, Wilkinson and Hancock.
(Office in Court House on Lower Floor.)
Feb. 1, 1853. 1—Iv
There is a dark and mighty sea,
Which restless rolls its tide,
And countless rivers silently
Into its bosom glide;
That sea is Time! upon its shore,
All gloomy with the past,
What wrecks of ages evermore
Life’s river-streams shall cast.
There, shivered in the sand are strown
The proudest works of Art;
There pyramid and sphynx, o’erthrown,
Or dust and mould are part;
There beggars sleep, embraced by kings,
And there all silently,
Beneath oblivion’s awful wings,
Nations and races lie.
O dark and mighty is that sea,
The restless sea of Time;
Its waves unto Life’s river streams
With solemn music chime;
And phantom-men and nations tread
Its grim and gloomy shore;
The living to the land of death
To welcome evermore!
[For the Central Georgian.]
A FAIRY TRIP.
BY ADA.
One of Ihe Mean Men.
JAMES S. HOOK,
Attorney at Law,
SAjYDERSVILLE, GEORGIA
WILL PRACTICE IN THE COUNTIES OF
) Washington, Burke, Scriven
Middle-circuit, j• Jeffcrso S and Emanuel.
Southern Circuit. | - - - - Laurens.
Ocmulgee Circuit | - - - - Wilkinson
[Office next door to Warthen's store.]
office. jan. I, 1852. 51—ly
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Attorney at Law,
SANDERSVILLE, GEORGIA,
feb. 17, 1853. • 4—ly
. JNO. W, RUDISILL.
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
SANDERSVILLE, Ga.
Jan. 25,1853 52—Iv
" MULFORD MARSH,
Attorney and Counsellor at Law
Office, 175, Bay street, Savannah, Ga.
feb. 22, 1853. * 4—ly
S. B. CRAFTON.
Attorney at Law.
SANDERSVILLE, GEORGIA,
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Laurens, and Jefferson, should business be em
rtustedto his care, in either of those countie
feb. 11. 4—tf
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Attorney at Law.
SCARBOROUGH, GEORGIA.
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trusted to his care in any of the Courts of the
ATiddle or Eastern counties.
Afarch 14, 7—ly
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ATTORNEYS AT HAW.
SPARTA, GEORGIA
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joining counties, and the Supreme Court.
MARK JOHNSTON, j R. M. JOHNSTON.
March 22, 1853. 8—tf
Dr. William L. Jernigan,
HAVING -permanently located hitn-
w self in Sandersville, respectfully offers
A his professional services to the citizens
of the Village, and county. When not oth
erwise engaged he may be found at his Office
at all times.
Sandersville, March 8,1853. 6—ly
W. L. HOLLIFIELD,
SV&OBON BBNTXST.
SANDERSVILLE, GEORGIA
may 10, 1852. 16—tf
SCKA3rTON.|JOa&SOJV A CO
G It O C E it fi>.
Savannah, Ga.
T - *cranton, } a .
JOSEPH JOHNSTON.
W. B. SCRANTON,
No. 19, Old Slip. N. Yor
4—ly
feb. ,23 1853.
Many instances have been cited of mean
ness, and several persons have been held
upas examples, possessing^ that quality in
the superlative degree. One of the most
‘eminent men,’ of this class that we ever
knew was a ‘boss carpenter,’ who lived not
tar from Massabchusetts. He bad, of course
a younger apprentice, on whom his mean
ness was concentrated, like the rays of the
sun covered by a turning glass.
The boy, whom we will call Joe, and
who was very cunning withal t was obliged
to submit to much rigor as regarded the se
verity of his labors and the scantiness of
his clothing and food. One evening, Joe
was supping on the fragments of a repast
tbat bad been set before spme guests—the
good wife ‘had company’ that afternoon—
and lie committed the enormity of apply
ing a lump of butter that was left on his
plate to a chunk of gingerbread which he
was about to swallow. Alas, for Joe, bis
master opened the kitchen door just as he
was opening bis mouth, and before he
could swallow the delicious morsel his crime
was detected.
The indignant master was struck aghast,
at first, by this specimen of juvenile turpi
tude, but he seized the young epicuie by
the hair of the bead and gave him an un
merciful beating.
Joe went to bed sorrowing, but comfort
ed himself with the reflection tnat be was
fourteen years old, and he bad but seven
years more to be flogged tor eating butter-
ed gingerbread. -
Joe was ingenious, and before he had
composed himself asleep that night be had
formed a plan of revenge upon his master.
According to his plan he arose early the
next morning, and as he was hurrying on
his clothes, he muttered—
‘I’ll fix a story on the old feller—I’ll raise
the laugh against him—I’ll larn him to
lick me so like blazes.’
As soon as Joe was dressed, he rushed
into the streets, and ran toward the princi
pal hotel, bavvliug lustly, and stimulating
the most clamorous grief. As he tore along
the street, bellowing like a yearling bull,
hnd rubbing his eyes with^a dingy pocket-
handkerchief, he naturally attracted the at
tention of every person within sight or
aearing. By the time he had reached the
front of the hotel, quite a crowd was ready
to intercept him, as he made a faint to rush
by.
“What’s the matter ?” eried a dozen
voices.
‘O, dear, 0, dear 1 its so dreadful 1’ bel
lowed Joe, twisting his countenance into
the similitude of a baked apple.
‘What’s so dreadful ?’
“Oh my master’s dead—died sueh an
awful death, too—O t dear,dear !’
Wour master dead 1 awful death ! How
did it happen l Stop your confounded
bellowing, and tell us about it.”
O, dear, said Joe, his voice broken with
counterfeit sobs, you know what a smail
soul my master had ; wot an old feller (sob)
he was for money (sob). Wal, it ’pears
that somebody (sob) had suthin agin him
him (sob,) and went last night—O, dear,
its so orful!’
“Look here, young man ! stop that cry
ing and tell the story !’
“Wal, my master used to sleep (sob with
his mouth wide open, a snoring, (sob) and
somebody went last night and bated a steel-
trap with afo-pence and set it on his piller,
and hitched his soul afore momin, and left
his body in the bed. Boohoo hoo! O,
dear, dear!’
And with this Joe made a break through
the astonished crowd and disappeared a-
round a corner, while the welkin was ring
ing with shouts of laughter.
Joe’s master did not hear the last of his
awful decease for a long time, and those
who knew him best declare that Joe’s story
was no my lb, atfd that the longer diis body
walks about clutching everything that “the
law allows him,’ the strongest evidence he
gives that he is troubled by no such incum
brance as a soul.
It had been raining all day, and as it was
still too damp to walk, I determined to spend
the afternooa in reading. It was not long
after I commenced reading, before drowsi
ness began to steal upon me, and I was soon
transported by some kind Fairy to her
beautiful palace iu Fairy-land. After bav-
ing,partaken of some refreshments, the good
Fairy invited me to accompany her in an
afternoon ramble. She showed me all her
shrubbery and flowers, which were very
beautiful, and quite different from any I had
ever seen before. There were beautiful
fountains and dashing waterfalls in the gar
den, which gave a most agreeable variety
to the scenery.
While we were looking at the fountain
in the centre of the garden, and admiring
its beauty, the sun, (after having been wrap
ped up all day in a thick mantle of cloud,)
suddenly burst forth with all his wonted
brilliancy, kissing the bright wafers at our
feet, and instantly forming a magnificent
rainbow, which appeared just above our
heads in the spray that fell from the top of
the fountain. As it was growing late, and
we had a good many other things to look
at before our return to the palace, we in
voluntarily left this charming spot.
There were a great many fruit trees in
the garden filled with the most delicate and
delicious fruits.
At the bottom of the garden was a little
brook, flowing gently alorg, its waters spark
ling like diamonds, as the rays of the de
clining sun fell upon it, darting between
the branches of the beautiful trees which
grew upon either bank.
My companion informed me that the fo
liage ol these trees was always green ; fur
nishing a delightful retreat for the lovely
light winged songsters of the grove, that I
had been admiring so much ; and also i
pleasant resting-place for the weary travel
ler, was found beneath the cool and refresh
ing shade of the stately trees.
As we approached the brook, we heard
these little aerial songsters sweetly carol
ling their evening songs, perched upon the
boughs of the trees, and almost concealed
by their luxuriant foliage. I supposed they
would have been frightened when we drew
nearer, but they only sang more sweetly, as
if conscious of the admiration with which
their music filled us. My kind friend told
me that she went to hear them sing every
evening, and that they were not afraid of us
because no one ever disturbed them.
I was much pleased with all I saw, and
began to wish I could remain in this delight
ful country, where every creature appeared
so happy; but my attendant informed me
that all the inhabitants of that country were
not so happy as those lhad seen. She told
me they were subject to the same misfor
tunes and sorrows as the inhabitants of
earth, and were happy only so long as they
performed their duty, and listened to the
sweet and cheering counsels of Hope. She
also informed me tbat Hope was one of her
Dearest neighbors, and best friend.
We conversed about her for some time,
and the influence she exercises over her
neighbors. I was very anxious to become
acquainted with one who was represented
as being so kind, and who contributed so
liberally to the happiness of others; but as
I intended to make only a short visit to the
Fairy, I did not expect to have the pleasure
of seeing her. We continued to converse
upon this agreeable subject as we proceeded
on our way.
Soon after crossing the brook, we heard a
noise that ajipeared to be very near us—a
noise as of some one in distress. We stop
ped and listened in order to ascertain from
what direction this signal of distress pro
ceeded. Presently we discovered at a short
distance from where we were standing, a
beautiful girl, sketched on the ground be
neath a shady tree, apparently suffering
very much ; but whether mentally or from
some external calamity, we could not deter
conversed together for some time, and when
the stranger departed, the poor girl tbat we
had been observing with so much interest
and sympathy, arose and came towards us,
appearing quite cheerful, though traces of
tears might still be seen on her face. I sisk-
ed the Fairy who the beautiful stranger was,
that had been able to exert such an influ
ence over the young girl. She told me that
she knew her well; her name was Hope,
the same person about whom I had inquired
only a short time before. She also told me'
that she employed her time in going about
doing good, as in the present case. She
was always seeking out the afflicted and
distressed, and whispering words of peace
and consolation, thus encouraging them to
persevere in the discharge of their duty, and
delivering them from the power of that
most pitiless enemy Despair, who is ever
trying to persuade them that their situation
is much worse than it is in reality.
He is very much opposed to Hope, and
tries to prejudice every one .against her;
but ho is not often successful, though some
are so foolish as to believe what he says, and
refuse to listen to Hope when she offers to
give them her assistance.
By this time the girl had reached the
place where we had seated ourselves, and we
entered into conversation with her about
the beautiful stranger. She seemed to be
very grateful to her benefactress, and spoke
of her as her best friend.
We asked her what was the cause of her
distress ! She then informed us that she
was an orphan, without friends, and that
the people with whom she lived treated her
very cruelly. She had been listening to
some advice from Despair, which made her
more miserable than before, and was be
moaning her hard fate, when Hope, (who
happened to be passing that way,) stepped
and spoke encouragingly to her, telling her
not to listen to Despair any more, but to
persevere in the performance of her duty,
assaring her that she would be rewarded for
it in the end. She told her that she would
be miserable So long as she continued to
cherish her friendship for Despair. She
also promised to visit her frequently, and
give her such encouragement and advice as
would be beneficial to her.
The Fairy invited the poor stranger to go
home with her, and we began to retrace our
steps towards the palace, all the while con
versing about Hope, and her acts of kind
ness. It was nearly night when we reached
the palace. The king of day had retired to
rest beneath a canopy of gorgeous clouds,
and the “pale Empress of the night” had
just made her appearance in the far distant
East, attended by myriads of bright, twink
ling stars. After thanking the Fairy for her
kindness, I bade her adieu, and had just
commenced my journey homeward, when I
was aroused by the ringing of a bell, and I
awoke, and behold 1 it was a dream.
mine.
We had just concluded to go and inquire
into the nature of her affliction, and to offer
our sympathies and assistance, when we saw
some one approach and speak to her. The
approaching stranger was the loveliest crea
ture I had ever , beheld. Her sylph-like
form was clad in robea of almost dazzling
whiteness, and her golden ringlets appeared
like a bright halo around her head. Her
countenance beamed with the sweetest
I won't cover you, heel. I'll be darned if *• look « d *» «"* “ nd
I (Jo,’—as the ragged stocking said to the j thetic, that even the poor sufferer appeared
novel reading lady. j g omewhat cheered and comforted. They
A Melanckofly Confession.—We were
shown by our Tax-Collector, on yesterday,
a ten dollar bill with the following endorse
ment upon it, written perhaps by some
penitent young man, who, mourning over
hie follies, would wain others from follow
ing iu his footsteps. “Youths beware of
gambling; this is the last of twenty-three
thousand dollars, left me by my good old
christain father, the 1st of November, 1851
this is the 1st of September, 1852, all spent
at the gambling table in Charleston.”
How startling and full of melancholly
this confession, that the ample legacy which
a fond parent, after years of toil and denial
had accumulated, and left to his child,
should thus, in the brief space of one year,
be recklessly spent at the gambling table 1
How potent the spell which could thus lead
on step by step the deluded votary to his
doom. Perhaps, now, be who was once
the possessor of this fortune is suffering the
pinchings of poverty, and in the bitterness
of his soul is reaping the fruits of his folly,
a friendless^ and homeless wanderee. Of
all the vices young and old are addicted to,
there is none more seductive and fatal in
its consequences, than that of gaming; it is
the syren song, which lures incautious
youth to ruin; or the Dead Sea fruits, which
is beautiful to the sight, but turns to ashes
in the taste. To the gambling table how
many young men can trace back the com
mencement of their downfall and utter ruin?
Gambling and drinking are twin sisters
and rarely found separate. Is there then
no young man in our midst to whom this
warning of this unhappy youth may be re
peated ? If so, we would say, beware of
the fascinations of the gambling table, and
in the language of the poet:
“■Look round, th* wrecks of play behold,
Estates dismember'd, mortgaged, sold.
Their owners now to jails confined,
Show'eqnal poverty of mind."
[Abbeville Banner.
A gentleman having a horse that started
and broke his wife’s neck, a neighboring
squire told him he wished to purchase it
for his wife to ride upon. “No,” replied
the other, “no, I will not sell the little fel
low, I intend to marry again myself”
A Desperate Fight.
The “Arkansas Shield” contains an ac
count of a desperate fight between a man
and two women on the one side, and a
panther on the other. The tight took place
on Beavor Bayon, Phillips county, Arkan
sas, on the 10th ultimo. The Shield says:
On the 10th, Mr. Grimes had left his
house during the deep snow that then lay
on the ground, to procure some firewood
in the adjoining forest—leaving in the
house, a sick child, his wife, and her moth
er. Attracted by the crying of the child,
it is supposed, a large and fierce panther
approached the door of the house. The
imitative note of a child crying drew to
the door Mrs. Grimes, most fortunately ; for
already was the nose of the fierce intruder
thrust within the door. By an effort she
succeeded in closing the door and shutting
out the panther. An alarm was then giv
en by the ladies, which drew to the house
Mr. Grimes, supposing his child to be ill,
and little dreaming by how fierce an ene
my his cabin was besieged.
Judge then on his surprise upon seeing
coolv seated upon the step of his door a
huge panther. Mr. Grimes advanced and
attempted to get possession of his gun, and
Mrs. Grimes|had, opening the back door,
brought around to him ; crouching, with
tail switching and eyes fiercely glaring, the
panther watched every movement of Mr
Grimes. At the very moment that Mr.
G. grasped his gun. and before be could use
it the panther made a spring at his throat
With great presence of mind, Mr. G. grasp
ed the monster by the throat. The
panther got the left arm of Mr. G. in his
mouth, and victory seemed to be with him.
Every muscle of Mr. G. was now strained
to the utmost and a long struggle ensued
the panther was thrown, and by placing
his knee on his neck and still retaining the
grasp he had on its throat, Mr. G. succee
ded in releasing from the jaws of the panth
er his left arm. They again rose from the
ground ; Mr. G. never abandoning his vice
like hold of its throat, had now both of his
forelegs grasped in his left hand; he thus
kept it at arm’s length, and prevented
it from tearing him with its claws. Victo
ry was not yet with Mr. G., and he still
might have met with a Waterloo defeat,
had not the ladies, Blucher like, come up
with reinforcements. A pair of tongs and
a “battling stick” were brought to bear up
on the panther. One blow of the tongs
sent down his throat several teeth, for so
tight was the grasp of Mr G. that the aui
mal’sjaws were wide open. The hereoines
in this fight (Mrs. G. and her mother) con
tinued belaboring the panther until a blow
broke it down in the loins. Mr. G. kept
his hold until the panther breathed his last
and firmly believes that he choked the
panther to death, notwithstanding the aid
given him by the ladies. When captured,
it measured, eight and a half feet from the
nose to the end of its tail. Its skin
now hangs on the outer side of his cabin,
a trophy of a bard and bloody fight.
Conveution of Spirits.
The Sprinfieid Republican reports aspir*
ual meeting at that place.
“Previous to the organization of thecon-
vention, and while the nominating com
mittee were ottt, a lady arose, and facing
the audience, with her eyes closed and
hands uplifted, said iu a somewhat impress
ive manner:
Pete Whetstone and the Mail
Roy.
Pete W T hetstone, of Arkansas, was once
traveling on horsebaek through the interior
of tbe State, and called one evening to stay
all night at a little log house near the road,
where entertainment and a post office were
kept. Two other strangers were there, and
the mail rider rode up about dark. Supper
being over, the mail carrier and the three
gentlemen were invited into a small room
furnished with a good fire and two beds,
which were to accommodate four persons
for the night. The mail carrier was a little
dirty, lousy looking chap, with whom none
of the gentlemen liked the idea of sleeping
Pete Whetstone eyed him closely as he ask
ed—
“Where do you sleep to-night, my lad?”
“I’ll thleep with you, I reckon,” lisped the
boy, “or with one o’ them other fellers, I
don’t care which.”
The other two gentlemen took the hint
and occupied one of the beds together im
mediately, leaving the other bed and the
confab to be enjoyed by Pete and the mail,
boy, both commenced hauling off their duds
and Pete getting into bed first, and wishing
to get rid of sleeping with the boy, remark -
ed very earnestly—“My friend, I’ll tell you
beforehand, Tve got the itch, and you’d bet
ter not get here with me, for the disease is
catching.”
The boy, who was just getting in bed too,
drawled out very coolly, “Wal, I reckoa
that don’t make a bit o’ difference,—I’ve had
it n»w for nearly these seven years,” and
into bed lie leaped along with Pete, who
leaped out in as great a hurry as if he had
waked up a hornet’s nest in the bed. The
other two gentlemen roared, and the mail
boy, who had got peaceable possession of a
bed to himself, drawled out—“why you
must be a set o’ damned fules,—mam and
dad has got the eatch. a heap wurth than I
is, and the small pox on top on it, and they
thlept in that bed last night when they were
here at the quilting.”
The other two strangers were now in a
worse condition than Pete had been, and
bouncing from their nest like the house was
on fire, stripped, shook their clothes, put
them on again, ordered their horses, rubbed
themselves against the gate posts and the
“old seally bark hickory,” and, tho’ it was
nearly ten o’clock, they all three left, and
rode several miles to the next town before
they slept, leaving tbe imperturable mail
carrier, to the bliss of scratching and sleep
ing alone.—Southern Watch Tower.
.,You will sec angels,
You will see angels,
. ^ w hl see angefo,
Coming from the spirit world.”
This was followed by the repetition, in a
rythmetical reiteration, of the words, “We
are all a band of brothers, “We are united
spirits,” <fec., <fec., “from the spirit world.”
This concluded with the query :
“Will jou be united spirits ?
Will you be united spirits ?
Will you be united spirits ?
In this lower world.”
Before taking her seat, she exhorted the
assembly to unity in its deliberations.
Hymns, by very good voices, were also
sung, in which we very ‘harmoniously’
joined.”
Mr. Whittaker, of Troy, said tbat there
was an unpoetical writing medium in that
city, who had, under the spiritual influence
written one hundred and forty pages (fool
scap) of very fine poetry. But decidedly
the most interesting communication of the
atternoon was that made by a gentleman
who gave his name as “Gibson Smith of
Vermont.” He remarked that it was the
first time he had ever had the privilege of
attending a convention of spiritualists,
though Le had met angels m convention
frequently. He had been in the ministry
twenty years, and had probably been an
advocate of the spiritual philosophy longer
than any person present. He came from
the town of Shaftsbury, where, he thought,
some things had been witnessed of a more
wonderful character than in most other
places. Some ten years ago, he had a
promise that he should see the angels. The
promise was fulfilled about six months since.
He had been endowed with tbe faculty of
seeing the internal organs of tbe body—
of seeing disease, and simultaneously, its
remedy. He did it all in his normal state.
His brother Denio, who sat next to him,
had received a similar power.
Mr. Smith was then called upon to give
an account of some of the wonderful things
he bad seen. He proceeded to state that
he bad bad a view of the planets, and of
their inhabitants. The people who inhab
it the planet Mercury, have few or no re
ligious ideas. They are extremely low in
the scale of development. In Venus there
is confusion worse confounded. [This ac
counts for her malign influence over the
sons of men.] In Mars, the condition of
the people was vastly different. Though
not at the acme of development, they are
more developed than the inhabitants of the
earth. In Jupiter and Saturn, they are
still more developed and spiritual. If the
audience could be transported to, and sit
down in Saturn, they would suppose they
were in heaven. Herschel is thinly settled
and all the planets beyond tbat are depop
ulated. This is in consequence of the cold
weather there,, and their distance from the
solar centre. All this was delivered in a
plain and sober style, as if the gentleman
were talking a familiar and every day mat.-
ter.
Two Queer Cases.—There is an old gen
tleraan residing in our vicinity, who has
reached the age of seventy, having amassed
some property, lived well and raised a con
siderable family of children, who has never
yet written or received a letter.
There is another, about fifty or sixty year*
of age, who has always possessed sufficient
bodily activity and mental strength to at
tend to his own matters, who has never yet
been to either Augusta or Hamburg, a dis
tance of not more than twenty miles from
the place of his abode. In fact, we have
heard some say that they doubt whether he
has ever been more than twelve miles in any
direction.
If any of our brethren can produce a citi
zen who has been of less service to the post-
office department than the former, or one
less curious about the world of men around
him than tbe latter, we will agree to treat
to a th rip’s worth of anything tbat may be
called for.—Edgefield Advertiser.
The Carrollton Mirror, in noticing the
marriage of Col. May, to the daughter of
the celebrated George Law, achieved the
following very good hit:
“Perhaps Charley thinks he can serve hi*
country better, by abandoning the dragoon
exercise, and engaging in, the infant-ry
drill.”
A Healthy Country.—A Yankee specu
lator, who has immense tracts of land in
the Far West; used frequently to say, that
a gentleman was travelling there saw a very
old man sitting at the door of a log cabin,
weeping bitterly.
“My friend,’ inquired the gentleman,
‘what is the matter with you ?”
“Why,” replied the old man, “dady ji*t
give me an awful licking, cos I wouldn’t
rock grandaddy asleep.”
The gentleman rode off, fully satisfied
with the salubrity and healthiness, of th*
district, to produce such unparalled instan
ces of longevity.
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A veteran party, man took a paper and
saw at the head.’ Pierce and King; but not
having on his spectacles read it, Pierce for
King.” *A lie! a whig lie,’ says he—be isn’t
up for King, he’s up for President.’