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SANDKRSVILLE, SPARTA & EATONTON, GA., THURSDAY, JUNE 21, 1855.
<&or§iatt auir f:rosl
A Weekly Miscellaneous Journal,
published M &*1.YDEMIS m/-«,
^prta anfr fefomto-n,
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\o adcertise Off the year, occupying a spec.jieU space.
Legal .IdvcrliseMcnls..
sales of Lund and Segroes, by “Administrators,
Vv.-ctit.ors or Guiirdiaus, are require., by law to
r . i ol | the first Tuesday in the mouth, between
me nours of lo in the loruiioon and 3 m the alter,
noon, at tiic Court House iu tue County in .whicn
the uroperty is situated. ....
Notice o; these sales must be given in a public
caiette 4U dnvs previous to the day ol side.
P Notices for die sale of personal property must be
eivea iu like manner 10 days previous to sale day.
S Notices to the debtors and creditors ot an estate
must be published 40 days. , , ,,
Notice that application will be made to the Court
of ordinary, for leave to sell Laud or Negroes, must
be published two months. ... ,.
Citations tor letters of Administration^ Guardian
ship. &c„ must be published 30 days-^tor dtsmis-
eiou from A.-iiuinist ration, monthly, six months for
dismission from Guardianship. 40 uuys.
Kates for foreclosure ot .-i uigage. must be pub
lished monthly, fir four• months—\fpr establishing
I«.t papers, for the full space of three months—
for compelling titles from Executors or Administra
tors, where b.lnd has been g ven by the deceased,
the full space of three months. _ -
Publications will always be continued according
to these, the legal requirements, unless otherwise
ordered, 1 at tiie following
KATE S:
Citations on letters of Administration,. &c. -$2 75
do. do. Dismisso'ry from Admistration, 4
do. do. " Guardianship, 3 00
Jaiavc to sell Land or Negroes, 4 00
Notice to Debtors and Creditors, - 3 00
Sales of personal property, ten days, 1 square, 1 50
Sale of Land or Negroes by Executors, &c., f‘ 5 00
Estrays, two weeks. 1 50
Tor a man advertising his wife, (in advance,) 5 00
Announcing candidates, ' 5 00
Large letters and cuts will be charged by the
space they occupy.
Lctters'ou business must be Post paid to entitle
them to attention. . . ' .
We have adopted the above rates from the
Uilledgeville papers, by which we will be governed
in .ill eases. Advertisers are requested to pay par-
ticular attention to these rates,'and they can make
out what will be the cost of their advertisements as
well as we can ourself.
I'WJ.tb Work of all kinds done
ttifh neatness and despatch.
DR. BRANHAM.
A T the earnest request of many oi my old
Friends and patrons I have determined to re-
nmiji in Eiitonton and continue me Practice of MecP
icine. Porter lm services To the citizens of Eaton-
on and Putnam county, and will attend faithfully
to my Profession. I will give special attention to
obstetrical cases, aim tiie diseases of women and
children. Having had many years experience in
he petctice, 1 hope to get' my share of patron
age. My office is in thedionse occupied by Wm,
A. Reid, E.-.q., as a law office. Calls left there, oi
atwyresideucR will be attei.de 1 to.
JOEL BRANHAM.
13th, 1855. o g-
DAVIS & WALKER
EAToNTON, GA.-
D EALER^ in GfoceiU-s. Tobacco, Cigars, Sniffi
Shoes, lints, Rriigs, Patent Medicines, Ikirif
Moilow and V’oqd ware, Cutlery, Powder and Shot’
Caudles, Soups, Crockery, Fine Liquors and Wines,
and various otnenartitlcs. Call an.t examine before
purchasing elsewhere. Bargains can be had. *
' April 18. 1SK4.
<U\R( IMS
JXice Things for Little
HOUSE PALNTING',
f 11. -2if& a CM a.4 V
in tis Various iStuanilns,
EXEoflTll PROMPTLY A.N1) WITH DESPATCH
M HA\ ING a number of hands in connection
with mo, I urn prepared to do jobs not only
in Pqtmnn but iu liq; adjoiningco liities. Any coni
Hiunieatioii from abroad will reach me tlirouj.1i the
Post Office here. I am also prepuret( To t‘\e. -ite pa
pering with-neatness, and op g< too terms.
April, IS, 1S54. JEFfKHSON WKIGiiT.
RABUN & SMITH,
• COMMISSION MEiiCHANTS.
SAVANNAH, GA..
r ENDER their services to “he Planters of Geor
gia. iu.tlie sale ol Cotton and other Produce.—
Having had many year- experience, they Hatter
tliemselve^ on being able to gi\e satislactiou to
their patrons. They 'vill not engage iu specufeitiou
of any kind whatever. Orders tor Bagging, Rojie-,
and Family Supplies wilh-be filled prompuy and at
the lowest market prices.
J. w. kabcn,- of the late firm of rai-.un & whitehead.
W. H. SMITH, “ 1 “ SMITH LATH LOP.
Savannah; June 24, 1854. * 10-fira
professional k business toils.
Produce Depot —Atlanta, Georgia.
THE subscribe r s expect to keep constantly on liand
t gu-ui supply of Bacon, Lard, Cortf, Oats, Stock
Peas, Me l, Flour, &c., and in fact everything Geor
gia tnd Tennessee produces; and will be pleased to
supply- the citizens of Sandersville”, and surround
ing country on favorable terms.
SEAGO & ABBOTT,
oct17 2oy
IVAllNOCK & DAVIS,
[ Successors to Cuibedge & Brother. ]
WHOLESALE AND RETAIL
BOOKSELLERS & STATIONERS,
NO. 152, CONGRESS STREET,
Soulh-side Market Sqaare,
SAVANNAH, GA.
J. G. M Warnock. | Wm. E. Davis. -
May 24th, 1855. * 16tf
To My Friends in Eiitonton and
Vicinity.
H AVING sold out my entire interest in the prac
tice of Medicine to Dr. R. B". Nisbet, 1 can
most cordially recommend him to t'
safe, prudent, and skillful physician
may be iulineuced by me, I will stat
vices cun be lmd in coilju ion wit* . . ; nytifne,
free of extra charge. ROLERi' Ai'.iMiS.
Jan. 20,1854. . 3-tl
yt
To those who
will state that mv ser-
mm -a iiiaatia,
FACTORS
AND
COMMISSION MERCHANTS,
SAVANNAH, GA.
O UR promptness- and personal attention to till
business, entrusted -to our charge, having met
witlqappruvul, we beg leave respectfully to say, our
office is continued at the old stand. Plantation and
Family supplies forwarded at the lowest mafket
prices, and liberal advances made on Produce Mi
Store, or upon Railroad Receijits.
P. 11. BERN. .
JOHN FOSTER.
Savannah, May 16,1854. -4—ly
FRANK LIN & Jil’ANTLY,
FACTORS .
AND COMMISSION MERCHANTS
SAVANNAH, GA.
June 6th, 1848. " . . 7—1 y
J. E. WILLIAMS,
[Formerly of Knoxville. Tmni\
COMMISSION MERCHANT,
AND DEALER IN
j Lard, Corn, Oats, Vt heat ,nn3 Produce
f e •s’-dly, .Johnson s Ware-house, Atlanta,- Ga.
•df Orders from a distance promptly attended
10 . fcb7—2o.y
Bam
DR. LAWRENCE.
1 HA it moved my office to the building occu-
l*a-d a- a drug store.by Messrs. GKAVBIT.L &
11 Alt iV ELL, where 1 snail always be prepared to af-
professional calls.
M. J. LAWRENCE, M. D.
"an. 13th, 1855. 2-Jjf
S. S. DUusosam,
t'iSIIIO.V.tSiEE TeiiEOi:
\\ r E warrant to pleasd all who wish*the latest
, * ’ style of dress. SiioJ> up stairs, over C. D.
icon’s store,
toil 18, 1854.
Dll. It. B. NISBET
0 FFEKS his services to the people of Putnam, in
the practice of Medicine and Surgery. Can
* y :i y* ^ found at his office—at the ol<i* stand of
-n.lain, Lawrence & Adams—,, r at his house (the
% fenced 6 0l R * Adums i) unless profession-
jjui. 20th, 1855. 3-tf
JOHN A. WRIGHT,
51 DENT HffiEk DENTIST.
EATONTON, GA.
' 15, 1854.
J * W V7VSJ.
& GOHiAISSION MERCHANTS/
Ho. 94, Bay Street, Savannah, Ga.
"mtrv UI ’-°tton and all other
F lkmtxg,
Savannah,
j Lambeth Hopkims, -.
) _ Augusta.
. ( J- J. Cohsk, Charkaton.
S.J): BRANTLEY & CO.,
!•!§£ /arr^ ^ ^ »(ipAi^
; Savannah, Ga.
A RE now receiving and will keep constantly .on
hand a large quantity of Drugs, Miglieines,
Perfumeries, Brusltes, Fancy Soaps, Paints, Oils,
•Window Glass, &c., &e„ which will be sold very
low for .cash, or approved credit.
S. D. Brantley, M. D. I Titos. S. Powell, M. D.
. -Nov. 25, 1854. • n32-tf
BOOT SHOP.
VATE Jiow have tile bfcsi materiuis for "making
V \ fine tio.jts, and :l- good workmen as are to be
found anywhere, and are fully prepare tu liiuke as
neat a tit,’ and put up us serviceable and fashiouiib.’e
a boot, as cun ye done in tiie whole country. \V c
warrant our work, and where tnere is a failure to
fit, there will be lio sale piovtdea thy boots are
returned to usdn food otuer. Either of us will be
prepared anywhere and on all -Occasions to take
measures, and nave hoots, made aihf .delivered as
directed. For the convenience ot our friends ami
customers in Ealoutyu, -and surronudiilg country,
wc'will keep -a box at Messrs Davis dc M aiker’s
store, where all ,persons wishing repairs done to
their boots'ig- shoes, can write their names upon
•them, mid drop in them written directions for tiie
rqjmirs ihey wish niaue, andqmt them in uur box.
Me will send to town every' Tuesday for all such
jobs^ and return lh"e work Weri clone, jmiic.uajly oh
the Tuesday.utter, at' farthest j and gene rally sooner.
Reader, please snow this notice to your associates.
We.solicit the patronage of all ou' friends, who
want neat and faithful, work. Give us.u trial, and
We warrant to please.' -
JAMES 0. & J: C. DENHAM.’
Oct. 7th, 1854.
S UCH as Candies of various sorts, Nuts of differs
ent kinds, fruits of all kinus to suit the sea
sons, <fcc. &c. &e. ^
'ALSO
SEGARS, TOBA CCO, AND SNUFF.
Gall and taste for yourselves.
F. M. ARNAU.
May 17 18oo * * ly
1853. Spring Trade. .1855.-
W Ai/S\YORTfl’S- CASH LICHEE
Nil 115. Congress Jit., opposite Pulaski House
SA VAN SAM GEORGIA.
I S now receiving ajarge and well selected stock
of
FANCY & STAPLE DRY GOODS,
to widen tne attention ot peiSons visiting •tnis mar
ket is most re.-peeifu.ly inritew.
By doing a icgumi GAhli BUSINESS we are
ubie to .-ell our goods at much lower prices than
uiose doing a long-creoirtrade. We do not have
to tax tile casu buy er for mug credits and bad debts.
Persons buy if.g goo- s for cash win tii.d it to their iu-
teres v to pul cause of a »
.Regular cash house,
us by- so doing they eau euect a saving from 10 to 15
percent on the ..-tuounthoi tn. n bills,
ill new styles "of
DRESS' GOODS, . '
we are exhibiting, l onted Linens; Beautiful Bro-
t-adcsBarege Robes ; Rn.-n Piuiu bilks ; Tine Organ
die Muslins, piiutej Ffeucn eombries. Fine 1'riniey
Brilliants; irein-i,, American and Lnyiish l'riirts;
■Giiullies and Ghallie Barages ; While Canton t rape
..Shulls; New Siyie .Spring Ginghams, anu goods of
other fabrics.
Embroideries. '
Beautiful Gijnpsene,-.Venice J oint, Maltise, Cam-
ori.-mm Swi.-s. Collars anu bleexes in setts, FiLe
Embroidered and Item stiteneu Hanukeichiefs, lu-
lants W aists, Swiss aUeTCambric; Edgings and inser-
tings, Flounces »nd Bands, Under Hauabth. Collars
Mouridug and Sleeve-, etc. etc.
SPRING MANTLES AND SCARFS.
In Ibis branch of our trade we taksihe ieau and are
->lt-.rit)g a --ealltitlu assorinient ot the latest-and
lasirionah.e pullerns iu all t..e most desirubje col
ors. * - _
HOUSE KEEPING GOODS,
l''-4.11-4, and 12-4 Barnsley Linen Sheetings, 4-'4.
•1-4, 8*4, 10-4, 11-4, and IxA Superior Cotton Sheet
ings. Fine and i-i-uimTui Toi.c-t (.guilts aim" Cduirter-
paties, PBlow Case Linens and Coitons, Scotch and
Russia Diapers and Ciush, liuekaback Toweils and
Towellings, Superior Linen Table Damasks and
Napkins, CurtuinAiusiins, Fine Dinlety, Ticks. &e
. WHITE GOODS.
of everv description, stvlo. and viirietv.
HOSIERY.
A fail and complete assortment of Mens, Ladies,
Bfly s and Misses, of the best German and English
manufacture.
PLANTA TION GOODS.
Striped ami Plain Osuaburgs, Marlboro Stripes and
Denims, Heavy Brown Cottons, Plata Handker
chiefs <&e. »fee.
Persons favoring us with.a call may be assured
that they will meet with honest and honorable deal
iug and procure the best goods at the lowest pos
sible prices. . »
mar 8 tf
r |' , JIE subscriber begs leave to announce tothe-eit-
Al izeiisof Washington and the adjoining coun
ties that he has jtist ijhished liis
NE W STORE
On the site where the old one was burned. And
is now receiving a large and well selected assort
ment iff
FAMILY GROCERIES.
Consisting in part of * *
BACON, SUGAR, COFFE,
ALSO
Iron,
Nails, '- f
Trace
Chains, * .
Tabs,
Buckets,
Pails,
Cotton .
Yarns, &c. Ac.,
And every thing usually kept, in his
line, which he oljers.at Ins usually
LO W PRICES:
CALL ANI) SEE HFM AND YOU
WILL NOT EEPENT IT.
- Z liRANTLEY.
May "17, 1855. ’ ’ ’ ti '
: • NOTICE.
J AM compelled to .collect itll the hiqucy due me,
and wisn to" do so witliout running uuy man
to cost, but (inlessl am paiil. orurr.aigemciits made
to enable me to pay’ my debt-s, another return
day will not pass without my holes and accounts
being.put in suit. . P. E. PRICHARD.
Eatonton, Jau. 13th, 1855. _ 2tf
ISEGKO SHOES
FOR SALE AT COST.
\ L -MtGE stock oi very heavy, uoubfe-soled
negro shoes of oak-tanned and iiemlock bot
toms, warranted not to rip, and of superior quality-
tor sale at cost. Planters -hud .nerehautH wovld do
well to bring on tlreir measures mid hurry tlieif'
orders, for it they let-this- chance slip, they will be
apt to go farther and do worse.
„ ‘ JAMES C. & J. 0. DENHAM
Oct. 7th, 1854. 25—ly
TOWN PROPERTY^
ron mar,iBi'
I .-UOl an omi in thiscitv wil I J HE undersigned offers for sale upon very liber-
of markets Strict attcntionwill n Ur ? icn d's J- alterms tiie following property, ,to wit :
I “ismess,andthe usual facilities afford d S1VEn to t^tee lots with fine dew lioases-just completed:
ALSO,
■Thirty acres of wood-laud within the corporate,
limits of the town of Kat-ynton. T. Tff NISON.
• Dec, 2,1854.—3-3-tf
r I' , HE subscriber respectfully- begs leave to in
JL loriii tiie citizens' of \\ ashington and aujom
iug Counties, llmt lie-lias re^utqed his business iu his
NEW STORE
And keeps constantly on hand an assortment of
FAMiLk GH0LERIES
Sudi as Butter, Bacon, Corn Meal, Sugar, Coffee,
Laid, Flour, Rice, a choice lot oi pickles, also Sal-
arytus Jte, Hi:., &C.,
ALSO
Bar soap, Tea, Almoflds, Filberts, Walnuts, Rai
sons. and ail kmds > of-Nyits, Candies, Oranges, Lem‘-
ons, <tc. . . •
ALSO -
Spun Cotton, Olockery, Tin Ware, Salt, and in
fact all things usually kepi‘ire a complete Family
Grocery.' Fresh sujiplies received Tveeklv. Call-
and see him. J. A. NORTHINGTON.
May 17, 1855. tf
KY BEE A*.
In my dream, methmight 1*4rod,
. Yesternight a niomitaifi road ;
NatroVas A1 Sirat's^qia.ti,
High as eagle’s flight, it ran. -
Overhead,-a roof of cloud
Witli its wdigiit sl'llitmdsr bowed;.
Uuderueqlh, to leffJaiid .right,
Blankne^ and abysmal night.
Here and. ' wild-flower blushed,
■ Kow:aao%t?«v‘i blid-'sotjg gushed;
.Now aijd thin, through ruts ol shade,
Stars shoue opt and sunbeams played.
But the goodly company,.
Walking in that-path with me,
One by one the brink o’erslid,
One by one (ho darkness hid.
Some with wailing and lament,
Some v.ith cheerful courage, went;
But, of all who smiled on mourned,
Never one to us returned.
Anxiously with eyo and ear,
Questioning Unit shadow drear,
Never hdufi in token stirred,
Never answering .voice i heard 1 -
I Sleeper, darker!—lo! UlL-lt
From my leet the pathway inelt.
Swallowed by the black despair,
And the hungry jaws ufaiF.
Past thestoiiy-throated caves,
Strangled by the wash ol waves,
Past the splmti- red crags, I sank •
Qu a green and Bowery bank— » •
Soft as fall of thistle down,
Liglitly as-a cloud is blown,
- Soothingly- as childhood pressed
To the bosom oi its rest.
Of the sltarp-homed rocks instead,
Grcen.the grassy cifrpets spread.
Bright with waters, singing by
Trees that propped a golden sky.
P”inlesF, tru-tfu) sortow-free, - .
Old lost faces welcomed me,
With whose sweetness of content,
Still expectant hope was blent.
Waking while the dawning gray-
Slowly brightened into day,
Pondering'that vision (k-d,
Thus unto myself I said:
‘ Steep, anl hung with clouds.of strife,
Is our narrow- path oi life;
And ourdeath tl>edreaded fall
Through-the dark, awaiting all.
“So with paiuful steps we climb . -
Up the dizzy way of time, '
Ever in the shadow shed
By the forecast of our dread.
“Dread nu a-x%-tory (wivednhiiic,
01 the untried aud unknown;
Yet the end-therenl may seem
Like the falling of my dream.
“And this heart-consuming care,
All our fears ol iere or there,
Change and absence, loss and death,
Prove but simple lack of laitli.”
Thou, Oh Most Compassionate!
Who didst stoop to our estate,
Drinking of the ettp we drain,
Treading in our patli of pain—
Through the doubi and mystery,-
Grant to us thy steps to see,
And the grace to draw from thence,
Larger Dope and confidence.
Show thy vacant torfib ard let,
As of old the angel sit,
Whispering, by its open door:
“Fear not 1 He hath gone beforel”-
young ladies wear on their-chatelaines
now,' but sensible substantial orna
ments—a ’ signet-ring- of Iter grand
father’s §,smc.lling bottle covertal with
silver filagree ; a little golden box' in
the fc.rm of book with clasps* Which
Wabash .youngsters declared tb Be the
per-ajHrtm-jnt in P.ortcliester House.
Here for several years he had * vegeta
ted in a.sort of semi-fabulous existence
as the “old gentleman very many
of the younger Itvdies. being absolutely
unaware-of him ;-till one evening a
(\
Medical
r jnllE undersigned will cemtinue to practice meiB-
X cine in all its bruit-lies, urnr respectfully offers
ins services to the citizens of Snnuersville and trie
county of Wuskingtun. -His office is near his house
wiicj-e he af all times may be foumf when not pro
fessionally engaged.- A. A. CULLENS,
jan 24 . . .. ( 53nv
-G. ti. CARPENTER.
House Carpenter and Joiner.
•YTITILL attend promptly lo.any .business in his.
V V line either in mulcting or in -repairing Houses
in liuucoek and adjoining eounfies. The bei-t refer
ences cm be given. Rates tq'sHit the times, Bet
ters addressed to him at.Cnlverton) Hancock younty
will receive prompt attention. . Bin .
Jan 18
BEJt.SMS FOR SME
AT THIS OFFICE
THE PRETTY OLD -LADY.
The following exquisite thing which
we find in Household "Words, is prob
ably from the pen of Cltarles Dickens:
She must have been very,’very beau
tiful, when-young; for in my childish
eyes she hail scarcely any imperfect
tions, and we all know what acute and
untueKciful critic-, children' are. Her
hair vvas quite.white, not silvery, not*
powdery, but pure glossy white, re
sembling spiin glass. I have never
been able tomake iny m nd up vvhetli-
er .she wore a cap, a luwnl, or one of
those silken head-coyeringBof the last
century called a'calash. Whatever
she wore, it became her* infinitely. I
incline, <m second thoughts, to the ca
lash, and think site wore it in lieu of a
bonnet, when she .went abroad, which
was but seldom. The portrait I have
of the old lady is, indeed, blurred and
dimmed by tiie lapse of many* winters,
and some tears. • The title of the pret
ty-old htdy was not given to her light
ly.. It was bruited many years ago—
when ladies of fashion yfev.tr drunk to
in public, and' gentlemen of fashion
\v.ere drunk to in public-—that the
pretty old, lady, was a '‘reigning toast.’
A certain gray Bilk dress; which as it
always ha I.square Greases in*it, I'
conjectured to be always new, decora
ted the person of tne pretty old lady.’
She wore a -profusion of black lace,
whicli-mus.t % have been priceless; for it
was cpntiuuidly being,mended, and its
reversion was much coveted bv. the
old- lady’s female friends.. My ailrit
Jaiie, who'.was-tremeiidbusly. oldy and'
was a, lady, but. whose faculties, de/
old lady’s snuitfbox but, which.I be-
lievejiow, to itave beeu a jiouncet box
—the sume perhaps, which the loid,
^ho'was perfumed like a rnlMTner,
held ’twixt his linger and thuiiib, up
on the battle field, and which, ever
and anon he gave his nose.
-1 trust I am not treading on danger
oils ground when I say, that two'.of
tlfb chief prettim sscs of the.pr tty
old lady were her feet and their cov
ering. ‘To ladies’ eyes a rouitd, boys!’
Certainly, Moore ; we can’t refuse; but
to.ladieS’feet, a round boys, also, it
you please. Now the pretiy old lady,
laid the prettiest, of feet, with the
ni.-st dedicate as gray silk stockings,;
tiie understandings of tiie finest, sof
test most lustrous leather that ever
tamo from innocent kid. I will back
those !eet (to use-the parlance>)f this
horse racing age), and those shoes
and Stockings against any in the kno>v
world in ancient or modern history-or
romamic ; against Dorothea’s tinydyeu
dabbliiig tii the stream ; against'Musi
dora’s paddling ,in the cool .brook
against- Sara la Baignouse swinging in
lier siiken hahimock ; against De
'Grarnmont’s Miss Howard’s green
stockings; against Madam ie-Rorn
padour’s golden clocks and u d-heC'K d
mules ; ugainsi'Noblet, Taglioni, Ccri
io’s, against Madame Vestris’s, a
modelled in Wax by Signor N. N
There are no such foet (is the prett)
old. lady’s now ; of, if any such exist
their possessors don’t know-how to
treat them? The French ladies are
rapidly los ng the art of putting on
shoes* and stockings with taste and
I deliberately declare, iu the tace ol
Europe, that I have Hot seen* within
the lust three months in- Laris—from
the Boulevard des Italiens to the
Ball of the Perfect of the Sejne—twen
ty pairs of irreproachable ftet. Tl
systematically arched instep, the g- o-
metrical ankle, ‘the gentle curves and
undulations, the delicate advancements
and retrogession of the foot of Ucauty
are ail things ratling into decadence.-
The American overshoes, the machin
made hosiery, and the trailing drape
ries, are completing the ruin Of shoes
tnd stockings.
The pretty- old lady had never been
married. -Her lather had been, a man
Of fashion—a gay man—a first-rate
buck, a sparkling “rake ; fie had
known lords, he hail driven curricles,
he had worn the finest fine linen, the
most resplendent of shoe buckles ; he
had ouce come-into the posse-sio i ol
five thousands- pounds sterling, upon
which capital—quite casting tire grov
elling doctrine of interest to the wind
—he had determined to try the fas
cinating experiment of living at tiie
rate of five thousand a year. In this
experiment he succeeded to his heart’s
content for the exact period of one
year and one day, after which he had
lived (at the sajiie rati) on cree.it;
after that on the credit of his credit;
after that on his wits ; after that ip the
rules of the Ring’s Bench ; after that
on the certainty of making so mam
tricks, nightly, at whist; and, finally
neat'eoffin-with plated nails ai d hand-
cayed some-what towards the close of genteel tea-tableS. - I loved her fond
' ™ : j_ ...:ut„ .
her life, was nevey ^o ooherent (^ys on
the subject of May-dtty. and the sweeps
as when he speoulated as to . “who
-was -to have the* lace” after the -old
lady’s demise. JBut my aunt Jane
died firat, &i)d her doubts were never
solved. Mope than this I can remem
ber a fat faced old gold watch which;-
the pretty old lady. wore at her waist
a plethoric mass of wheeling gold,
like an oyster grown rich, and know
ing the tinie of ; day. Attached to
j this shd'WorS. some trinkets— not < th e
I nonsensical cifarms or breloqt^es -tb^t
tion, had seen her two ugly, si
married : had with so me nati^tFaeaF.i,-
refused Capt. Cutts, of the Jiiie,
wiio.ni she loved—but who had noth
ing but his pay—arid* had contentedly
accepted tfie office of a governess ;•
-whence, after miioh self denial, study!
striving, pinching, and saying—^how
many times her little cowebs of ewpo.-
my were ruthlessly swept away by’.her
gay father’s turn for. whist and hazard;
cobwebs that took years to reconstruct
she had promoted herself to the dig-.;
nity’of a schoolteistiess ; governing in
that capacity, that fine old red-briek
ladies’ seminary at Paddington ; puILd
flown for the ritilway now ; Portchcs-
ter House.
’Twas there I "first saw the old lady;
for I bad-a cousin* receiving her “fin-
ishiug”.at PottcheSter Ilouse, anti
twas there ; being at the.tirne some
eigl/t years of age ; that I first’fell in
love with an astonishingly beautiful
creature, with raven hair and gazelle-
Hke eyes, who was.'about seventeen,-
and the oldest,, girl in the school.
When I paid my-cousin a visit, I was
occasionally, admitted ; being a mild
and watery disposition, aiid a very
little boy of-my age; to the honors
of the tea table.' -I used to s$t oppo
site to tliis.black eyed'Juno, arid tie
fed by her w-itli -slics Of t’neSe curio ils
opea work' -crossbarred jam tarts,
whifh are eo frequently met with at:
Its, arrived at foiChester House, for
•somebody *aged 73, and. tfie ^.-ook re
marked to the grocer’s young man
that the “old'gentleman”. h id .lied that
morning. .. . * .
The pretty old lady continued tfie
education of generations of black-eyed
Juiios, in French geography, the use
of the globes, a’nd the usual branches
of a .polite education, long after her fa
ther’s death. Hrrbit is habit; Lieuten
ant Colonel Cutts had died of feV.er in
the Welchcren expedition—so the
pretty-old lady kept school at- Por-
chester House untii she was very old,
-when she; retired, she devised all her
savings to her.ugty sister’s children;
aitd calmly, cheerfuHv placidly, po*-
qiafed to Lay herself down in her grave,
lfors had been a long journey - and a
sore servitude ; but,, perhatw, some-
tiring wtes said to her at tlic end, about
being a good and faithful servant mid
that it was well done.
Sutrii is the dim outline which the
picture in my portfolio presents to me
of the pr-ttv old ladv. Sharpened as
her pretty features were by *age, the
gentle touch of years of peace, of an
equable mind and <*alm desires, had
passed lovingl y over the acuities of her
.tace, jan-l softened them. - Wrinkles
shg'iriitst have had; for the stern usuei*
Timehyill have bis bond; but she had
^smiled her wrinkles awav, or had
laijglred.them into dimples. Our just,
though severe mother Nature, had re
warded her of having worn no rouge
in her youth, noartificial flowers in her
spring; and gave her blooming roses in
itpr December. Although the sun-set
of her eyes had eonie and they could
not burn you up nor melt you asin the
noon-tide; the sky was yet pure, and
the luminary sank to rest in a bright
iialoy»the shadows that it cast were
long, sweet and peaceful—not.
ntirk^xirid terrible. The night was
eomiri^r, but it was a to be night starlit
with faith and hope and not a season of
It was for this reason I think, that,
being old, fee I in? old, looking old,
proud of being old, and yet remaining
landsome, the pretty old lady was so
beloved by all the pretty girls. They
adored her. They called her a “dear
Id thing.” They insisted upon try
ing their new bonnets, shawls, scarfs,
and' similar feminine faf-lals, upon
mr. They made her the fashion, and
dressed up to her. They never made
her spiteful presents of fleecy hosiery*,
to guard-against a rheumatism with
which.she was not afflicted; or entreat--
d her to tieher face up when she had
l tooth-ache; or bawled in her ear on
tiie erroneous assumption that she was
deaf—as girls will do, in pure .malice,
when age forg« ts its privileges, and
tpes the levity and sprightliuess of
youth. -Above all, they trusted” her
with love-secrets—I must mention that;
ough a spinster, tl e pretty old lady
wtis always addressed as Mistress.—
s8he was great in love matters—a com
plete.letter writer, witliout its verbosi-
as prudent as Pamela, as tender as
Amelia’ as judicious as
“HAVE YOU A HOUSE WHERE
YOU ARE GOING, PAPA ?"
Many years ago you might have no
ticed iu one of our large cities, a sor-
row-striken jouha man with a ladv
leaning "upon his arm, making their
way through the crowd and onward,
entering a large handsome house on
street. They ascend silently to a
chamberm the th.rd story, in the
north- west corner of the house. The
room is spacious and airy, the furniture
all rich and elegant, but the room is
riaerl-t.rMxl-.Ga tlw »i^#r>L»icneSS oflW Hlgbt,
for a sick man lies stretched upon the
couch. He is paming for breath, vet
he is fully conscious oi ail that is pass
ing around turn.
The young man who has just enter
ed is his eldest son. In that same
room arc a group of younger children,
trom. Aima, the child of seven, upward
to this eldest brother. T..c wife of
tne sick man, the motlier of the chil
dren, is welt nigh prostrate- in her
grief, for Jt has cubic upon her in an
unexpected inomeut* Two weeks ago
tier liuSuai.d was the strong, active
man ot business, lull of his plans aud
prosperous iu them all.
Tucse two weeks, how quick!?
have they been numbered! The
1 gilt illness, the feeble pallor-struck
name, tUcu tne deepaeaLU fever aud
i the niastery of disease, these have
brought the strong onj to the gates of
the grave, and be has summoned his
tarniiy together that in as brief a man
ner as possible he may dispose of his
property to them.
“ Henry must have the hcusi on
street, undone half of the owner
ship of—;—- block ; Adam and James
the block of houses in place; Ma
ria the one on street Wife and
Anna must remain here, and-
But the lather can proceed no fur
ther. Choking emotion and his great
weakness have overcome him, he fells
back, draws his arms across his eyes
aud remains silent Dear little Anna,
his pet, his darling, site comprehends
but slightly the weaningof their doings,
but her hearths breaking lor her lather,
lie is going to die, to leave them.—
This she kuows; but where is he go
me? _•
'They are not a religious familv ;
they have been kind, amiable and true
to each other, but tney have been liv
ing for this world. Iu tiie bosom of
this child untrammeled thought pierc
es beyond the present, and in that deep,
sad stillness, with the sick man just
about to'^ep into the dark, unknown
future, sh^makes the startling inquirv,
“Have you a house, papa, wtiere vos
are going ?”
O, no! tfie poor man had not a
house prepared for him. He bad nev
er askid tue Saviour to “piepare a
place” tor him, and nobody eise m the
wide universe could give him a heav
enly mansion. Are Uiere not manv,
very tnuuy, who make the same mis
take.—Cong. Jour.
STATESMEN,
great phi losoph ic
„ .-- .■— j ,— -w Hooker, as-
upon his daughter. For^the ^fen^pd as Sir Charts. Grandison.-^
old lady, with, admirable, Stnl-fibnega- .ij^g-could sqent a Lovetact? at an irii-
ifien.se distance, bid Tom-Jones mend
life ways, reward, the'eonstaney of an
uncle Toby, ami reform a Capt. Boath;
I warrant tjle perverse Widow andJSir
Roger "d^.Goverly would have been
Drought-together, had the pretty old
lady krrovvh’ the partica and been con-
iritod. She waKyoiiscijentious and se-
ere, bat'n6unthl , rMtyit and implicable.
Stie did jioYcunsklgi--every man in love
a -“ty’retcl^v’oi-'ey.erjr woman in love
JLj!3ilIy tbirig.” She ■ was* pitiful, tb
love, for. shehad known it. Siie dnuld
tell a tale of love, its movipg-asariy to
her. Its hero x;i d at Waleitbren.
VYhere shall 1 find pretty old ladies
now-a-days-? W liero' are they gonb*—
the^e gerttle, kindly, yet drgaitisd, sm-
tiqtfated.darin?s,'married and single ?
My young friend Adblesccns comet?
and tells rae that lam-wrong, and-that
i here.fere as many gpol oid ladies’ now
as of yore. It may be so': it may be,
that we think those pleasant compau
iouships lost because-the years are gotie
in whicti We enjoyed them, and that
we imagine'there are no more old la
dies, because those we joved are dead.
jy, wildly ; bu^she dashed my spirits
to the* ground by. teilirig me not to-
jnake feces. I wonder whether she
married a dqke. •
The.pretty.old.Iady. kept school at
Poctehester House, for many, many
years, supporting’and cotnforlipg tbaf
fashionable fellow, • her hither. . She
had sacrificed .her youth, the firstlings
eh her •beauty,' her love, hef hopes
everything. r J3ie gay fellow had
grown a.little paralytic last; >and
becoming y'ery old*and. imbecile’ and
harmless, hadibeen refegnted-te an
When Bonapart’s army were lying
in camp, pravious to the battle of Wa
terloo, they bitterly complained - of
tfieii* ration's,specially tfie bread.—
However’ they’_pn< wp. with it.as longas
they could, when jt fe'w me^ ■ more
daring than ivolfisk, went 'tp the quar
ters of the attached Commissariat Gen
eral*, and Told him; “jfjpu don’t give
us Better rations we wjlYkangpoul
Thy astonished contractor immedi
ately sought an -interview, with the
Entperq^ and told him what had pass
ed.
“Did my mSn -say that ?” saicT Napo-
,-leofe. '
“Tfiay did, Sire,’- replied, the gener-
het hopes | al. •
“Welh.myYriend‘I ‘am certainly*
very sotry for you,” said the Emperor
MISER 1 OF
Probably few
statesmen—few men, that is, who act
ed intimately in public affairs, ss well
aseoiiteinpiuied them from the closet,
ever quilted the stage without a feeling
of profound d iscou ragemenL W heth-
er successful, or unsuccessful, as the
world would deem them,- a sense of
sadness and disa^>poiuunent seems to
prevail over every other sentiment.
They have obtained so few of their ob
jects ; they have liiifen so iar short of
their ideal ; ttiey have seen so much
more than ordinary men of the dangers
and difficulties oi notions, and of the
vice and meanness- of public men.—
Not many Englishmen governed so
loiig or so successfully as Sir Robert
Peel, or set in such halo of blessings
and esteem ; yet shortly before his
death he confessed that what he had
seen and Heard in public life had left
upon his mmd a prevalent impression
of gloom ami grief. Who ever suc-
-eeded so splendidly as Washington?
Who ever enjoyed to such a degree,
and to the eud, the confidence and
gratitude of his country? “Yet,”
says Guizot, “towards the close of his
fife, in sweet and dignified retirement
in Mount Vernon, something of lassi
tude and sadness bung about the mind
of a man so serenely great.” A feeling,
indeed, most natural at the termination
of a long. Kfe spent in -men’s concerns.
Powef iaa heavy burden and man-
’‘kind ah ltd taskmaster to him who
struggles virtuously against their pas
sions aqd their errors." Success itself
cjmriot wipe out the sorrowful impres-
son' which originated in the conflict,
aud tlie weariness contracted on the
scene of ’actions is prolonged even in
the'bosom of repose.—North British
Rgyieui, ,
jit’s a very solemn thing to be mar
ried,’ said Aunt Bethany.
‘Yea/but it’s a great deal more sol
emn, not to be,’ sighed an old maid ©f
forty A *
* The Greatest Poverty.—It has
beeu weil said,- that though a man
without money is poor, a man ifcith
nothing but money is still poorer.
daft.”
Rev. F. Turcott, formerly a
lid Bluest was arrested -on the
for if they said so, they wiH. certainly for defrauding the ^trustees of
church in Troy, N. N. of 8,000.