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THE WEEKLY GEORGIAN
la ruiuiNiD la mi
City of savannah'
' WILLIAM It. 0111,1,001,
musittn or TiirtAwaor tiis union, and
CITT AND COUNTY PRINTER.
WEEKLY PAPER—Thrrk Dollars. ptr an-
uum,—Payable in ndvance.
ADVERTISEMENTS intoned at the Chariot-
con met.
B3* Pollute must be paid on til Communica*
TIOKI, and tellers of business.
WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 7, 1839.
KJ^Guv. Gilmer, we understand, hat hod n re*
Upte, and it atill dangerously ill. Hope* of hi*
recovery, we aro glad to learn, arc, however, itill
entertained.
O* The Bonni oi Directors of the Monroe Rail
Rond and Banking Company, have declored » divi*
dend for the iatt tit month*, of three dollurt per
ahare, on tho capital atock between Macon and
Foraytb,and a proportionate rate on the attention
i above Fortyth. _
THE CROPS.
A correspondent, residing in Liberty county,
writoi (31st July)—“ Com Crop* very good—Cot
ton (S. I.) promitQ well, provided there i« a late
' fall. The late rains have enlivened and puilu-d for
ward the Cotton crops very much.”
It it supposed ihnt Mr. Clny, Mr. Van Boren,
and Mr. Rivet, will bo at Saratoga at the tamo
time.
The Florida war hat cost the people of tbit
country, tho immense sum of $15,869,097, as well
u the lots of many of ber bravest and best men.
The Hon. John Quincy Adam* hat written a lei.
ter, in which he expresses tho opinion that tlie‘‘fil*
teen gnllon” law it injudicious, imprudontund ahould
be repealed.
James Caragus, Esq., of Chnrloiton City County,
Va., it ta'd to have been recently murdered by his
atep*ton, named Benson Hopkins. A slave partici
pated in the murder.
It it ttated in tho New York Star, that ten thou
sand persons visited tho British Queen on Sunday.
It it announced in the New York papers that she
will certainly anil on Thursday, 1st inst. with tho
Great Wettem. Heavy bets aro said to have been
made in England on the arrival there—the Queen
being the favorito at odds#
/
Swartwout’s nomination, for the Vice Prcsidon-
/ cy, says thoS.ilem Advortiser appeared not only In
the N. Y. Commercial, but in several other papers
in the interior of Now York—one of which was the
-V Ontario Repository. The truth i*. Swnrlwout. was,
at that time ono of the “A rad eapunt" of the Fede
ral party, and the attempt of so no of their pipers
to disown him, since the exposure of his “peeunin-
ry Irresponsibility,” is ungenorout in tho extreme^
ROBBERY.
On Monday night, tho store of Mr. John J. Wa
ter, was broken into by some villain or villains.
It was entered by culling away the wood, and break
ing off tho hook* of tho door. Some Corporntion
bills and cents, were taken out of tho till—nlso,
from (ho Store, a blick pantaloons, and a small
quantity of loaf su;nr. Other articles not missed,
may hove been taken at tho same lime. The po
lice should look io this.
Itnppnnr* that wenre to liuve still larger ships
ll an the Queen. The Great Western steam ship
company ure preparing to build an iron steamer,to
run in cnnneciion with their present ship. She is
to bo numod tho “ Now York,” and will huvn en
gines of one hnunnd horse power.
Frmn»be Army encampment at Troninn, N. J.,
we learn that on the 27th ult. thn United States
troops now assembled there were reviewed by the
Secretary of War, ond made quite a brilliant dis
play. Nearly all the ladies, as well ns the gentle
men of Trenton end the neighborhood, wero pro-
sent on the occu-ion,
The CHEROKF.KS.-~It i* stated on the authority
of the Boousville Emigrant of the 11th inst. that a
war is now raging among iho Cherokens, between
the Ridge anil Ross parlies. Thu Recount states
that thn Ross party hud murdered nU the chieftains
nf the Ridgd pnrty ex-ept one, and lie rallied his
pirty on the 28ili ult. and, a battle ensued which
resulted in thn death of from forty to seventy on
both sides. Rost whs umong the slain. Bushy
Head, a chief of great popularity, who has always
acted ns pacificator, is now endeavoring to recon
cile the parties. The Cherokee*, it is said, refuse
to receive the beef the cnntructine agent has fur
nished them, and threaten to take his life unless h
pays them the monoy.
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SAVANNAH, SATURDAY AUGUST !0, 1830.
No. 24
CONNECTICUT ABOLITIONISTS-WHIGS.
G3" We most respectfully dedicalo the following
to the editor of the Macon Mettenger. He will
therefrom see that all partirt in the North are not
Abolitionist !
We copy from the Columbian Rcgiiter, an able
democratic print, published at New Haven, Conn.
It proves conclusively, that the Abolitionists und
Whigs go together in tiint State:—
" The last Register undertook to toll n Georgian
editor who were abolitionists in Connecticut.”—
Palladium.
True—and wo mean every l»*sdy shall know that
tho Legislature of Connecticut, which was federal
in both brunches, voted mil A the abolitionist in
denying the righti of the South—while the demo
cratic members opposed them. But the Palladium
hus not " undertaken to tell” anything about it s nei
ther has any other fcdcru\ editor in Connecticut—
noilhnr dare they, ono nor all, any anything upon the
subject—for fear of toeing the volet of tho uboli-
tionists. ’ Neither can they cxplnln the conduct of
tbo federal members on that occasion, without ac
knowledging them to bo abolitionists, or that they
violated their consciences ami their oaths by voting
nroinst tho report of Mr. Blown. Speak out! if
y.iu have anything to say why condemnation should
not lie passed upon you.—Col, Regitler.
A Popular Lawyer.—Tho practice nt thebnr,
of Mr. Prentiss, of Mississippi, who resigned his
soul in Congress, last year, is stated, incredible, ns
it appears, to bu worth $100,0(10 per nnnum.—
Tho lawyers have had great pickings in Mississippi
within a year, but we doubt tho correctness of the
above statement.—N. Bedford Mercury. (Whig.)
And this Mr. Prentiss is tho man, who said he
was too poor to remain in Congress. What sort of
An idea lias n modern 11 Whig” of richet, if $100,-
000 per nnnum bo poverty ?
But we see that Mr Prentiss is to be tho
<• Whig " candidate for tho Senate of tho U. Slates,
vertut Mr. Walker. So then, Mr. P. was t»o
poor to sit in Congress, ns a Rcprceentative, but
not too poor to occupy n place there ns a Senator!
What nice distinctions cun bo drawn by " Whig”
hair-splitters!
WHAT IS A “WHIG?”
A Whig of the present day belongs to neither tho
Hampden, tho Sydney, nr tho Washington school,
whether we speak of England or America. In
Englund, they ure time-terver*—in America they
are Federalist.
A modern " Whig" is olio who lias forgotten the
riuciplo* of the Revolution of 1776—or one who
nevor knew them!
This is our most brief definition of u “ Whig’ of
these our days.
Compliments to the American Ladies.—
Capt. Maiikyat, spooking of an examination of the
pupils at a female academy at Albany, says :—
•* As young Indies aie assembled hero from every
statu of the Union, it was a fait criterion of Ameri
can beauty, and it must be acknowledged that the
American women uro tin: prettietl in the whole
world.”
If the Indie* do not vote him a man of taste, thoy
arc insensible to flattery 5 that's all.—N. Y. Paper.
Rodkrt Owen.—The Tory papers continue to
blow up Lord Melbourne for having presented Ro
bert Owen at Com t.—N. l r . Timet, (Whig)29/Ao/l-
Just ns^tlio modern ‘-Whig” papers aro " blowing
up” tho Dum -cracy of Indiana, for supporting
Robert Dale Owen, for Congress. The younger
Mr. Owen does not hold his father’s opinions on
religious matters—yet is he persecuted for his
father't (not hit own) sentiments. But this is
„ Whig” justice!
THE ARMY.
Extract from Mr. Butler's address at West Point-
“The American Army is maintained for purpo
se# iho most weighiy and beneficent.! It is kept
up, not for conquest or aggression; not to over
awe a restless population, or to decorate a pageant,
nr to furn'sh toa favored few tho mum* of liveli
hood at the expense of tho rest of thn community;
hut to preserve to us the blessings of cx'erunl peace
Hnd domestic tranquility ; to uphold tho civil [low
er ; to maintain inviolate the liberties of ihn citizen
to secure from foreign powers the faithful discharge
of the duties th-*y oweu* ; and to protect our conn-
try front those trespasses, which thn proud and the
powerful are so prone to commit, on the interests
and honor of 1 lie weak and uniefendnd. Tho vo
cation of the A merman soldier may, therefore, be re
garded as not less ncce«#ary and dignified, than
that of our other public functionaries. All of them,
whether executive# legislative, or judicial—whether
engaged in civil or in military life—are the servants
of the people; und it is l he duty and privilege ofall, to
labour for the common good—to spend and be spen,
in the public servico. The trust' assigned to ih*
military i* alikaeminent and honorable. It is their
high province to guard the temple of American li-
jberty; to defund it when menaced by open assault
or secret machination* 5 and to secure to all a safe
and ready access to its altars.”
KT An official account of,a.battlo between tho
Toxian troops and tho Cherokuos, Cuddocs, und
other Indians, appear* in tho New Orleans Dee.
It is taken from the Redlander, a paper published
nt San Augustine, Texns, dutod July 20, 1839.
Gen. Rusk whs tho commando? of tho Tcxian
forces, and victory rewarded his vulour. We ex
tract the following:
Our in** wn<, two killed, one wnnndod mortnlly
and five slightly; to wit:— D. H. Rogers, of Cap:.
Tipp’s company; John Cm no, of Harrison's com
pany; H. I*. Cron»on. of same; Hooper, II. »M.
Smith, and Ball, of Burrellsou’s command; Salo
mon Albright, of Capt. Vnnsinklo’s company; Geo.
S. Daughter, of Cupt. Box’s company, slightly.
Col. Landrum was not able, having so much fur
ther to march, ^participate in tho engagement, but
has been ordered to join this morning. AH behav
ed so gallantly, that it woulJ be inviduous to par
ticularize. Tho uction commenced about a half an
hour before sunset which prevented pursuit. M-n-t
of'hcir bnggage was cap ured, 5 kegs of powder,
250 lbs. lead, and many horses, cattle, corn, and
othur properly-
By order of K. H. DOUGLASS,
Brigadier General Commanding T. A.
Jas. S. Mayfield. Aid-de-camp.
A letter from Gen. Rusk, dited 17th inst. has
u1*-< just reached this place in which ho remarks
—We have had another engagement to-day with
tho Indians, who esennoda very strong position.
The contest Insted nn n-uir and a half, when we
charged and druvo them from their station, in
which, however, they sustained considerable loss,
tho nmount of which is not yctnstertuiiicd. Bowles
was found among the dead. Their numbers wore
very considerable, I think 5 or COO. Our loss was,
2 m<*n killed and upwards of 20 wouuded, amongst
whom are my brother and Major Augustine. ofSan
Augustine county." Wo are happy to leirn that
everv precaution has been tnken to cut olf the re
treat of the enemy, and thereby prevont a protruc ed
war. Wo ahull anxiously awnitfnrthcr intelligence
from that quarter, and will endeavor te keep our
readers promptly and correctly advised on this im
portant subject"
P. S. All the iibovo news is corroborated by per-
sons direct from Nacogdoches, (Tcxus,) to this
place.
General Orders,
No. 41.
The resignalion
The Philadelphia Ledger, speaking of the fashion
of going without vest* and stocks in Cliesnut street,
says, “the tailors have loft out pockets in the panto -
loons# and we expect the next thing will bo to leave
off the legIf that should be tho case they will
expose the natnro of the bail which the dandies
often given them for security.
The Army and Navy CliYonicle says thnt tho
Court of Inquiry in the caso of Commodore Elliott,
has adjourned, but from (he mast of testimony to lie
examined by the revising power# it will bo some
time before the opinion is made kuown if indeed it
be mado known at all. without a call from Con
gress# or its being such ns to require a ceurt mar
tial.
In the Army and Navy Chronicle, the resignalion
ofLIeut. Edwin W. Moore, ef tho l*. S. Navy, is
officially annmncod. It is understood that Lieut.
Moore resigned in consequence of his having accept*
ed the command of the Toxian Navy. At the lima
that Lieut. Moore's appointment was first rumored,
It wni stated that a number of Midshipmen in the
V. S. Navy, would also resign end accept commit*
•ions in the service of Texas. The report in rela
ilea to Lieut. Moore having prove*! true, it la
hqught that In relation to tire Midshipmen will also
bufwn4tob*wrrecL
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Adjutant General'! Office,
I’aslringlon, July, 3 J, 1839.
n -f die fn'lowiug officer* bH*e
been accepted, by the Presid-nt, to lake effect ul tho
da.-'t set opposilo their respective names:
Colonel E. Cutler, 4th infantry, 31st August,
1839. -
Eii>t Lieut- E. C. Rost, 4th Artillery, 31st July.
1839. ' *
Fir*l Lieut. J. P. Harrison, 6th Infantry, 22d Ju
ly, 1339.
Second Lieut. J. Darling, 5th tufantry, 15th Au
gust, 1839.
By ordor of Major General Macomb.
R. JONES, Adjt. Gen.
NAVY ORDERS.
July 16—P. Mid. J. C. Williamson, Navy Yard,
N.Y.
17—p. Mid, W. T. Muse, steam ship Fulton, as
acting master. Carpenter, W, Knight, Navy Yurd,
Norfolk.
16—l’. Mid. W. P. McArthur, detached from
ship Fulton, and on leave,
29—P. Mid H. L. Chipman, steam ship Fulton,
P. Mid. J. M. Frailoy Rendezvous, Philadelphia.
APPOINTMENT*
July 18—Willium Kni«lu. Acting Carpenter.
RESIGNATIONS.
July 16—Edwin M. Moore, Lieut. William Far
row, acting Boulswain.
A Fine Bundle op Fellows.—The following is a
copy of a toast given ul a colcbratiun of tho fourth
ult. at Madison, la.
Tkt Independent Order of Odd Fellowe.—
Wo know them to be good fellows; wo see they are
happy fellows; we hop* they may live to bo old fal
low* j that thoir sweethearts may prove them to bo
gallant follows 1 tbair wives faUnfol fellows; and
may all their #9«» ho periotic follows.
[pun THE OEOttOtAN.]
JAMES FENNIMORE COOPER.
It'has been tho fate of Mr. Coapan to bo thn
especial mark at which tin pointless arrows of
Federalism have been aimed fur many years. Tho
author of “The Spy,” “Tho Pilot," of'“Lionel
Lincoln,” and of many other historical novels which
have justly gained for him, tho name of thn Wai
ter Scott of America, has been sorely persecuted
by the opposition presses of his own country. Tho
“Whig” papors, from Col. Wtcnn's blanket shoot
down to tho starveling “ Whig" 6 by 9 of Coopers-
town, havo lovcllod ul! tholr gun* to bntter down
his good tiunio. Whence is all this ? Simply be
cause Mr. Coupkr has ever been a Democrat In
pulitirs—and has always hud the munlinoss to avow
his sentiment*. Our heart tins sickened when wo
have seen thu contemptuous, nnd ungoneruus
charges made against cine of our first uuthors, by
" Whig” papers. Wo have blushed for our coun
try—and sorrowed that every particle of national
feeling—of American pride, hud apparently expired
in those, wlio, although our opponents, were never,
tholes* Ainuricnns. . . (
No writer—not even excepting the graceful Iuv-
1 no hiinsulf—has dona more to establish a charac
ter for American literature than Mr. .Cooper. No
man has suffered more from thu venomous attacks
of tho British Tory periodicals—whose sole busi
ness it i<, under tho pretence of reviewing literary
productions, to hew and buck down every opinion
advanced in favour of Democracy; and when an
American niuhor comes within their reach, thoy
deni out their blows without mercy. See how the
Britiih Quarterly—tho Foreign Quarterly—and
Blackwood, all, like so many fierco animals of the
hyena breed rushed at Mr. Coopkii, und emlcit-
vuured to tear in pioces his “ England.” And, to
our shame bo it spoken, thoir sentiment# were re
echoed by thu modern " Whig" press in the United
States. Where, then, was our national pridu?
Where our love of country 7 Buried in tho iniro of
party.
No people in the world h ive displayed more
vaunting—or have been more boastful for real or
itnnginnry victories, than the English Tho chil
dren of that country- ure tuught to beliovo that
Great Britain was uble to lieat—nay, hud bouton
every other nation. All their historians have taken
this cun— they have all tnude tho flouts nnd armies
of Britannia “invincible”—their pools have strung
their lyres to the sumo tune—und tho nursery maids
sing of the “Wooden Walls of old England”—or
the “ Bnttlo of Dunkirk /" Even Sir John Bur-
ootnk bus been mado a hero, nnd tho American
troops aro shown to have “ ranawuy," while Gun*
oral 1'ackknham made General Jackson beg for
bis life! Such absurdities lmvo been said und snug
—while pensioned caricaturist havo boon engaged
in illustrating them.
But, although no Englishman has stated tho facts
concerning tho various engagements which took
pluco by- laud or sea, during tho Amorican Revolu
tion, an Amorican has boon found to do so, in luu-
gunge as brilliant as it is truo—us cliusto ns it is
forcible,
Mr. Co ’PER in his “ Amorican Naval History,”
has done justico to the gallant dead, und covered
himself with honor. Ho lias proved himself ,t faith
ful historian, while lie has opened the eyes of lliusc
cun lid but deceived persons, who were lod to form
erroneous conclusions from' iho fulso data furnished
by English writers. However Amoricans «f thn pro.
sentday may act, posterity will bo gratified to Mr.
Cooper, for his great work, Indeed, no mun with a
spark of patriotism or grutitudo in his bosom, can
rise fruin tho perusal of that book without fooling
proud that I10 is an American citizen, uiul iliuukfo!
to its gifted author.
Wo cun only bestow our mho of applnuso to Mr.
Cooper. Would wo could upon the eyes of his
virulent enemies—of those who would brook his
noble spirit, aud destroy his fortunes! But cer
tainly no dcmocracic republican can side wiih such
men. No—they will rush to his support.
At this time it would ho well for the freo and
unbought press of the country, to express its opinion
of Cooper’s Aiuctican Naval History. I:t ionn
would ut once disurut tho foes of Mr. Cooper—tho
loos of literature mid of genius, in Ins person.
[FOR THE GEORGIAN]
" Much ado about Nothing.”—Shakspeare.
The '* Prickly Pear Club,” after 11 deep slumber,
havo once more congregated, and made a great
pother. Thoy lmvo ibis lime made more mix-lakes
tlinu they over did before. Indued, wore I one of
tho ruder sex. I should say they had “ waked up
the wrong passenger." The only sensible man of
the f uternity seems to bo the President, who wish
ed tho Club to ho wiso, for once in thoir lives, nnd
pass the mutter ill silence. But, now that they
have ridden on their “ high horse,” it is hard to say
where they'll stop; hut one thing I know, thnt thn
"Old Woman,” with no other wenpun than tho dis
taff, could disperse tho crowd.
And, sinco I mentioned thut snmo “ old woman,”
Mr. Editor, permit mo to inform you thnt she sits
before mo while I write. She is more profitably
employed in knitting a pair of stockings for a grand**
son while I am engaged in scrawling off these hyre*
oglyphi'-s for your printer. Sho never wipes her
spectacles to read your paper (which «he is very fond
of) unt l after dinner, when sho takes her placo in
tho rucking chair, and holds your ample sheet in
hnr once beautiful, though now rather sh-nder hand.
But she can enjoy n joke as well as thu best of tis—
aye, as well as tno, whoso aunt she h, and who am
2(1 years younger. All, mo! I remember aunty, as
fine, as she always was a sweet woman. No one
could come near her for beauty or propriety. She
was then tho happy mother of ton delightful chil
dren—many of them nearly grown. At that period
I went to Europe, with my brother, and mixed, l.kc
other giddy girls of my ago, in tho gay scenes of
Puris—in more sombre,'yet more magnificent Lon
don, nnd ran with glee, in Auld Reekie, down
the Coalton Hill. But th se days liuve passed—
nias! for me they’ve passed for ever, as I am now
•too dry nnd wrinkled to attract the notice of a cox
comb, or even 10 invite the attention of th >ae who'
have hud the good tentt to cutoff their ugly beards,
und trim their lanky hair.
Pardon me, dear Editor, for tliis rambling pre
face, as “ auld lang tyne," when it springs up, car
ries me away with resistless force.
To resume, my dear Sir, (aunty does not know
but that I am writing to cousin Emma, who is now
at the Springs) I would recommend tho young men
of tbo “ Prickly Pear Club," to find some better
business thun abusing our sex. If thoy are men of
fortune, they should, to repair tho wrongs they huvo
attempted, enter into a subscription for the support
of tho Female Orphan A»ylum—if they arc not,
they should take the *pe<*die*l mo le of “ making
themselves scarco,” and burn tho minutes of their
‘ Club.” At to tho old men of that “Club,” they
•should havo more sense, than to expose themselves
to laughter. I rctnombor hearing when I wa» a
little girl, that
" Ho who has no hair may lawfully wear a trig!"
But I never heard thnt an old man, who hus no
sense should pretend to ha wise.
The “ snufftaking" gentleman, who stood “cor*
rected,” ought to know, that no lady, who U not
•Urcbad up, U ashamed to he called 1 " woman.
Our first parent* wore man nnd woman—but this
was before gentle or nngentleancn were able tu
form “ Prickly Pear Clubs,"—or dandies strutted
with grout pinchbeck brooches, conLiiuinj " weep
ing willows,” or nttlpfiiduue portraits of ihoir.ima
ginary “Indio loves,!’ in thoir black satin bosom*.
To bo dune, this wns before their immortal pro
totype, Narcissus,^ fell in love with himself, nod
tlicu pell into tho brook und get drowned. Whe
ther a Coroner’s Inquest was liuld on him or not,
I'm sure I cannot say—but, perhaps, some “ pre
mising young man of Savnnnnh,” who knows the
luw, and of enurso, belongs to your learned liar,
might tuko your renders in tow, (I read tliut nasty
fellow Maruyatt yesterday, lienco my nautical, cr
naughty, allusion,) und toll them. 1 agree with
Mr. Pinch o' Snuff, in one thing, nnd hope thut
himself, nnd till oilier members of thu Club, will
bring wearing “pinafores” into fashion. Thev
should take the pluco of these plaited silk excuses
for undergarments; ntul I would he glad to see
every ono »>f tho nhgallant “Club,” by Mmiduy
next, at farthest, going to tho Post Office, for “ lot-
tors and papers,” with a milk white “ pinafore "
tucked under thoir chins:
Tho “old debater” seems to be n man of know
ledge—but not of tente—for if be had arty ho would
have staid at home.
Tho man with the “poetic eyo”—is the man for
me (but why not a Byronio eye—a Hai.lkck >ye
or tin eye to tho windward—Marryatt, tho brute
ugnin!) I'm sure we’d know ns much about it,
us we do of the "poetic eye." I am at that ago
when ull '1 vanity" and “sensual "passions havo
vanished. And if ho can love truly—or rather light
the true Platonic fire, he will find jn ine u recipient
of his flame. I um anxious to see if ho “ rould
do to ugnin !” A line, addressed to “ O. M.,” at
tho Georgian, will bo attended to.
Aunt bus just said, “ why, Sali.Y, what n long
letter you are writing!" so I must ttop—nnd let
the “Prickly Pear Club” also slop, when they have
taken up no much of tho od tor's time ami space, us
I have. Ilulfa column is enough ill nil conscience.
1 AN OLD MAID.
P. S. No “ lady " or woman, ever wrote a letter
without a potltcriplum. Mine is to toll you, thut
the “ Old Woman " will give the P. P. C. a dress
ing, when slichnsrend their “Journal.”
Mem. She hus just taken tho Georgian, Into
her hands—and she opened her tortoise shell silver
mounted -box, three timo# in a minute! Why
I declare, sho hus left tho lid open. Look out
Metsieurt of tho P. P. C.
[for THE GEORGIAN.]
FROM THE JOURNAL OF THE PRICKLY
PEAR CLUB.
Thn Soeretnry huvi ig boen for some days absent
from town, on a social mission 011 behalf of the
Club, thu public mny have thought it silent, from
tbo closo control of tho wet nurse proposed by Finn
McCoul, or from the effect of the sharp firo opened
upon it by “ An OM Woman.” Neither is the case,
ami the Secretary again rosiunus his pen for the
enlightenment of a partial and approving public
Tho President roud to a full mooting-the rum*
munication published in tho Goorgian, over tho sig
nature of" An Old Woman;” together with the re
mark of its worthy editor, pledging himself that
tho writer of tho article, was ttuly and veritably
what she called herself. Tho communication, ho
thought, therefore, should bo treated witli ail poss bit*
respect oil account oi its signature, and the best
tiling tlio Club could do, would be, to puss it over
“ tub tilenlio." #0 for as it rolotod to thu Prickly
Pear Club. No one present ho hoped, but had too
Hindi gallantry, to bandy words with a woman, old
or young, and it would bo saving tho credit of thu
Club, without again oxpusiug itself to thn further
animadversions of tbo fuir sex. Discretion he hud
always though* tho better part of valour, and it was
of no uso to heard the lion in his very den. He
recollected, he’mid, three or four linos of poetry
that had givet him great respect for the nuthor's
talents, uud ho thought they iniqlit be aptly quoted
on this occasion. Here, tho President witli the uir
of u mail, whr thinkt he is snyiug a good thing,
repeuted tho following lines:
. “ Natu c impartial in her ends,
When "ho mado man tins strangest,
F'*r HltiO strength to m ike amends,
Made worn in's tongue the longest.”
For himself (bo said) ho must confess ho hnd
great respect for that useful member belonging to
tho fair sor, and was ut nil times extremely cureful,
never to prt *oko the rattling of ono, about his own
oars, flohs'l known somo mon who hnd occa
sionally been rush enough to enter the lists witli
them, but hn had obsorvod, that they invariably
name off* second best, even when the Indy wns
young, und tie chances thereby seemingly in thoir
favour. From tbo specimen before tbo Club, it
s semed to him, that the sex could uso the pen with
quite us much skill on occasion, as it could its mom
niturnl weapon. Witness how completely, poor
Tantnlus hnd been used up, to sny nothing of the
rather rough handling that wo ourselves had receiv
ed from tho “Old Woman.” Ho hnd hoard it
whisp *rcik about, thot tho editor was mistaken us to
the sex of the author, and that somo man had pul
on the Iran’s skin in order to play tho champion.
Now if this was so, it did not at nil alter tho case,
for tho writer, to judge from tlio style, had at any
rate, only to put on petticoats, and no ono could, he
would venture to say, tell tlm imposition. Could
w<» bo certain that this surmiso was correct, we
could then treat him like the jackass in the fable,
but having adopted tho disguise ho has, as gentle*
men, we must consider it sacred from search or in-
tru-ton. He would remork in conclusion, that he
thought thoy should particularly, take no notice of
the attack on old m*n, a* it scorned principally le
velled at Tnntalus, and ns most of the members of
the Club hud arrived at that time of lift*, when any
thing like discussion on tho subject, would imply
consciousness, and udmit that there was nt loust
•onto room for doubt. For his own part, however.
his withers would be unwruug,” take what course
they might, for he never felt younger in his life.
The President seated himself gravely, and a tall
gentleman,of rattier prepossessing appearance,dark,
thin hair ond saturnine complexion, got upon his
legs with a jaunty, frisky air, nnd said, though he
had just been admitted to thn Club, ho could not
let tho opportunity pass, without saymg a word or
two on the subject, and he was sorry to say that a
sense of duty compiled him to differ with the Presi
dent. Hu thought the communication demanded
somo notice from the Club, boenuse the writer had
given as a reason, why marriages were so scarce,
tliut the young men (not to mine? the matter,) were
all “ per neeetlUalem," fortune limiter*. For hit
own part, bo stood “ ikujourt prelto defend
himself from such an aspersion, and he did this the
mors readily, os there were x fow persons about
town, who, always on tho “ qui vice” for little
pieces of slander, had connected hi* name, with two
or three affairs of the sort, and pointed at him os
an example. Hence he considered it rather per•
tonal, and took it Upon himself to glvu the insinua*
lion a flat doniul. No min had been more gon#ral in
bit attention and admiration, towards women, than
himself, but like all public benafector*, had received
as bis reward, calumny on every hand. He had
long been a beau about town, tod dandled 00 his
kuon, some of the fair imos, who wore now most
ready to join tlm hue and. cry ngnlust himself and
others, because they had not married, lie would
ask, ifyuung bdiesdid not find plcusura in flirting,
nnd if so, wholliar they might nut to hu thankful, to
any ono who would tnnko love tu tliutu# wlmthei
seriously or not ? For tho timo being, they w -re
happy ut tiny into;—but nlns! the world is un*
grateful, nnd I will (hn cminlud d,) lieu my country,
to Europe,—any whore, whore linuosl, modest murit,
may bo npptvc.nted.
Ho took hit seat amidst a general excitement,
and gnvo pluco to our snuff tuking friend, who had
for soinu timo been watching for u cliunco to tuko
the floor. Ho said ho wa* sorry that tin* gentleman
w ho hud preceded him, hud worked hiinsulf into
such 11 pussion, for ho saw no occasion for it, llo
agreed with our worthy President that tlio whole
miller wus not worth tho discussion, nnd that tho'
hu himself wns personally alluded to by tho old Indy*
ho should bo silent us to her. Though hi* sincerity
wu* culled in question, ho was too woll known for
a staid and serious mun, tu bo supposed guilty of
joking with sucli a serious subject. As to women,
ho agreed witli Sliulispouro thnt
‘•Tis grenlor skill
In n truo Into, to let tlioiu huvo th-lr will,
Tlm very devils cannot plague them boiler,"
but ho did think tho surmlsu as to the tex of tho
author, worthy of somo notion. If it were 11 mun,
who had assumed the siguuturo of “ An Old Wo
man,” ho should fusion it upon 0110 of two persons
in town. Tim ono a bachelor, nnd tho othur u mar
ried mun. Tlio lutter, ho hud observed, was always
forward in hi* praise of women, bringing thominat
“feast, fast, and funeral,” and it seomod to him,
that it was rallior ironical, for I havo always re
marked (continued ho) that thnso couples which
loved least, wero slwuys most fond in public, of
culling each other " my dear!” Now, women cer
tainly havo many perfections, and nre worthy of
much ndmir.uinn, but when I hear so much prni«c
exprettul and so much love exhibited, I cuuuot
but think, that
“ Wo men nriy sny more, swear more: but Indeed,
Our show*are more lliuu will; for still wo prove
Much in our vows, but littlo In oar lovo.”
I always think, too. of tho fox without ids tail, when
I hear *0 much pr&ito of murried life. I remem
ber hearing onco, at tho North, nn historical lecture
by a reverend gontlumiui, “oh the clinmetiirnf Po-
calmntus."—It wns eloquently sketched, uiul she,
with Imr sex. (of whom n largo number composed
tlio audience) canto in for 11 liigli oidogimn. Tho
orator closed Ids address by quoting tho following :
“Oh! woman! uugelsox! where’er thou art,
Still thou nit heavenly. Tlio rudest dime
Roll* not thy flowing glnsmn of nature,"
and by a gallant aud touching allusion tu his own
wife. She, huwnvur, wu* prcHom# and full tho irony
to keenly, thut sho could not lieipexcluiining lohur
friend* around, " I wish ho cou'd say such civil
things at home /" As to tlio bachelor I ref- r to, he
hns prnbab'y ulwuy* prnisud women to secure tholr
general good will. How ho bus succeeded, I do
not pretend to sny, though thoy like lluttury, but
certain it is, tlitll either ho hns not been successful
in any individual cute or ho hns not proved his
sincerity. He acts very much like tho physician,
who takes great pleasure in recommending hi* pill*
to oilier*, without ever dreaming oi swallowing any
himself. As to iny friend (ho snld) who hus just
[roll Tint, oitntiaiAN.]
Mr. Editor;—Occasional nbioncn IVom town,
A) thermometer ranging from 05” to 90°, and
«W»vo nil nil iiidisjioiition to hurry myself upon tlio
consideration of “ An Old Woman," (my nmxlrn
being“fostimt lent)},") havo all inducod jno to reply
to tbo piece over tho oliuvo signature, at my conve
nience. Your unfair correspondent nppeutod to
1)0 quite dissatisfied with Tuntnlusnnd tho P. P. C.
thut tlio “ hnpkiiuyod tliemo” (old womun) was
" treated with too littlo justico and too much ridi
cule J" Now, Sit*, I um not Inclined to quibble with
" An Old Woman;" or to contradict hor, being an'
admirer of antii/uUiei, natural or artiflolal, " in
their placet," (und you will allow thut any tiling,
however admirable, when in ronirotomp* loses all
its magic to tlio eyo or oar, nnd it# abtence would
thou constitute its “chiufost charm,”) but when or
whore did old woman become a hackneyed theme ?
(they will never hack I’ll warrant you.) l)o yon
deny thair very idiosyncrasy, thnt onoh one pro*
souls a new enigma fur solution, nnd now ratiUCt
for reflection. Each is « modern Pytiiuni, whom
the wisest may coiilomplnto nod loam. But, l am
sure I never before wrote about old womon in my
life; nnd curtniuly I am not loprohansiblo after Mint
horrible divum of mine,—“that twilight of the
»ou ,” for having nil uvursimi to tuch an old wnninti
as that into whioli I was so liootlossly trun*forinod.
You remember Sir, tlio nursery ballad, ami accom
panying pictorial illustration” of tho old woman,
who had
“ Bulls un hor fingers, nnd hell* on her toes,
And she has inifsic wlnruvar she goes.”
Well, inch,ulus, was 1—und w'th inch music. Now,
Sir, in tiioso aforesaid moments of snmniloqiiism,
I had lapsed from n vigorous juvenility uf twenty
two, into ihu waning imbecility uf throe se re und
ten I Whs nut this indued, utoo liunontablo clir no*
logicul blank in one’s oxisloiico to puss awny un
wept, uuhnnoured, and tmsu <g ? Certainly, and I
will propnte to you my old " lady," (for Mr. Ed
itor mlor-us your communication as that of a
“bona fide woman," adding* “ami n fine old lady
sho is too,") only a quetlion—I moan—in-which I
will allow you tho must unrestricted privileges of
your sex, us to tho nnturo of th 1 answer | i. 0. of
saying ono thing and meaning another; or yet
witli tlio eyes, and no with iho mouth. (I think I
sco you now “ Old Womun," puckering up thut
pretty innutli, nnd snapping thnso bright littlo orbs
nnd then Culling n furtive look in Mia mirror, a*
m irli us to sny, “ nil there wat a timo Mr. Impu
dence, when I could nuke you kneel to tlio power
of these charms,”) uud I will sinke my tricli upon
Mu* issue, thut you, too, will confess yourself horrifi
ed, ns l wns, nt the meta-innrphosis.
’ No v by li./potho is, yon uro u hi Minting ma’don
of hu igintilivo seventeen; tlio lily on your brow;
the dimiusk bursting oii your clieuk. Hyperion
those flouting tresses; liquid dark, and languishing
hose m'rmrs of the soul; aucaoiu's balmy porfuino
011 your lip; the graces sporting in each smile; thu
Sylph* gqnibulling in your tiny foot prints, and try
ing to mimic your wavy locomotion. Minerva's
wisdom, Cupid’s orehi o*s, und Vonus* Cestu*. all,
ull aro y u's. Tho admired .of each; Mia onviod
nfnono, because the universally beloved!!! Now
oldiudy, there you aro, by an tffiort of imagination.
Certainly!
But iu till* picture whore I have enshrined you
fora moment, 1 hopo you will not sny I havo done
preceded q,o, and'lniW. of Mng to Europe, J,. lU.toju.tUt.- and too much ridicule “
- - - - - • • ** • .*V' Huvo 17 However, I II have to put you in tho
pout again, I'm afraid; for a doom, dark ami dis-
either must lmvo been in Puri* before, und wants a
good excuse onco more to tnsto its pleasures, or also
lie is somewhat like tho sngiininu* dog, who seeing
preparations making to kick him down stuirs, con
temptuously walked out.”
Hero the speaker was culled loonier, nnd he con
tinued, " I stand corrected und will only ndd, that tho
■■Id lady’s (tocnll her old woman sounds.too disre
spectful und familiar) romnrks about long luiir, &c ,
had bad some w* *ght about town, and if she would
now only make up, or nt lcnsl recommend, some pina
fores, to somo oftha young gentlemen, who dressed
too loosely, and too much indisrogard to tho conven
tional rules of society, sho would do still more good.”
This gentleman was followed by an old debater,
who, uftur remarking Mint thoy had all " wakod up
tho wrong palsungor.” in saying any Uiingluit good
of tho fuir sex, moved, thnt tho discussion on mar
ried mou and women, maids end bachelors, lie in
definitely postponed.
This question pending, a middle aged man, with
high forehead, delicate complexion, uud piratic eye,
roso and said, that before the subject was dropped,
liGcInimcd attention for the opinions of himself and
the smnll party in tho Club to which he belonged and
represented. Horn several old members looked up
dubiously, ami then settled themselves in llieirclinirs
for u imp. Ho proceeded,*—"! am one who is
ready to accord to women, iff) majority of all the
virtues and graces that buluug to humanity, and I
will admit, Mint,
“ To woman’s gcntlo kind we owe
What comforts nnd deiighis us here;
Thus iu gay hopes on youth bestow
And care they so-itlio nnd age they cheer"
Yot would I adopt a system, that is yet to go int-»
operation ond promulguto doctrines, that must be
universally received and ucted upon, before tho glori-
ousmilienium can come. It is this in which h ichclor*
can set n gh rious example, nnd it is as a duty that
I and others of my opinion, huvo remained bache
lors. My belief then is this,Mint u*all iuvo is founded
on vanity nr sensual passion, and tiiat as there it
none wholly pure, until wu drive all, excopt broth
erly affection and charity from our heirU, and
cense to iovo and intermarry, perfection cannot
come. Whan Md< is the case, our race censes
to increase. We glido from the face nf tho earth
leaving none behind us to inherit Adam’s sin, and,
the millcnlum and iho day of judgmont. open before
Some may say, that I adopt these sentiment*
because love can no longer bo aroused in my bosom.
It is truo tliol
“Sweeterstill titan this,'than these, than nil,
Is firtt and puuioitate. love,—it stands alone,
Like Adam's recollection of his fall;
The treo of knowledge bus been pluck’d—all’s
known.—
And life yields nothing further to recall
Worthy of Mii* ambrosial sin so shown."
And it i» also a* true, thut I havo oner loved and
could do so again, did not higher principles actuate
ra0l —principles upon which is founded tho pure
soctof tho Shakers, upon which wero built those
glorious structure*coded "Moral Reform Societies,’ 1
ond upon tho establishment of which I stand ready
to devote my life, and spend my last breath.
Here he whs interrupted by loud cries of
order!" "order!" “hear!"“hear!"nnd “Previous
Question !" The question wa# then taken, and tho
subject was indefinitely postponed.
A grave looking member then rose and said bi*
friend who hnd just sat down hnd mad- mention of
a moral Reform Societies" ond ns be knew po*
thing about thorn, tho’ he had heard strungo things
going on in our own city, ho moved that lha President
appoint a Committee of three, to enquire into the
subject, and report at th® next meeting.
The morion being carried, tho Committee was
named, aud the Club adjourned.
We understand that on SsturJnY night last# (be
S in house of John IW». E*q.,of this county, wss
estroyeJ by lighiolngr- iS'athington Spy
M||M| A ad 1<
»l which u perennial anJi mmer*
feanf
is
inul awiiil* thee. Lo! the Mngiclnn's wand ilasho' 1
over you, u darkuus* ensues, an irroslstiblu som
nolency fetters your limbs and falh down your
eyo lids; you havo cousciuusneis, but a total ina
bility of rcsistnneo by word or deed; while you
fool a change, liken cold, dark, lioavy snake creep
ing over you, und Sealing away all tlio witchery
of your loveliness nnd perfection, and you now
are transmogrified into "an old maul" A noisy
captious, perturbed, gouty old man! Red faced;
bait, one eyed, cu*h-oncd,curbunclud,nndcrutcli-cd,
plethoric, sliurtbreatli'd, flannelled, nnd fat! Balt;
jlO'.v would you liko it 7 An old man without any of
ifto intorniodiiito plea sun** nnd changes which
should have brought you to Mils must mionviublo
cliniuctori-* of “ uselessness5" which you say, “run.
derail old MAN good far nothing, unlrtt tu give
trouble to every one about them." But mark!
at th it very point of time it it, that an old man
hr CO met an old woman! And I'll pnvn it.
ilnvQ you tiover roud tlio address to thu Brilhb
Parliament for the “ suppression of old women 0
both sexos?" There tho subject is discussed in
i-Xtcnso The affairs of Ireland, tlio Church of l-*q-
gland, tlio currency of Europouu and Amorican
Mutes, tbo interests of tinocurisl* and pensioners-
ho condition of the army and navy, and the
tight nett of the timet ure all nntcrioinnd os milt,
ion"iight os earth, nir or water;” wliua counter,
weighed with tlio grave subjects involved with the
vital, critical, and responsible question, .
“ Wlnil do*you mean to do with tho u’d women
uf both sexes I"
This elaiiornt® and burned production (whose
merits doubtless, "nn old woman” luu already
analyzed) maintain Unit some old “women are
horn sucli;" like the poet, natcilur non fit. Then*
t-> bo an old womun is the fmt of destiny
-“ 'Gainst which to strive'
Is vuin; or llion, Tyre might yet survive;”
It is a misfortune, and* no error of volition, and
you know Mr. Ed. I am not disposed to sport
with thu misfortunes of Mte humblest.
A custom also is mentioned which obtains in
England, whose abolition likewise is peU.iom.-d
for, viz: that of putting no man under "the wig,’’
until ho become* an old woman,—somewhere
about 711 or 75 year# of oge} whon is super-added,
a toga” or gown, as an indisponsoble and appro
priate iniedeutalism to jlowing loekt, and his un-
sexednes*. Thu# again you perceive my fine
d lady" that wo have more modem examples
tbau tbo primovul rib-of-Aduin uffair, for serving
up an old woman out of an old man. But Uic)
who aro transformed *tro the meanest specimens o'
old men, doubtless that class of whom you spoke
useless, whimsical, a dead weight to all around
them, and us dispensing comfort only when yo u
have put them to bed’" Stc. Ac. These must
constitute that class of tho sisterhood which “ un
old woman" soy * “ e an muke themselves useful by
darning socks, hemming knife towels, ond dusters,
and taking care of baby wliou mutuum and nurso
arc engaged teaching tlio children tboi- prayers,” &w.
Jfcc. &s. Now by all the bluod of nlltlie weird
sisters, that ever did 'Fillet of a fenny snake, in
.1 cauldron boil ami boko,” if you ought not be
asbumed of yourself, old lady, thus lo outrage
nature’s first principles, and put two tune into thu
same hemisphere. You have assumed unauthorised
[>owers, nnd wrested those which are expressly re
served for tho Ethiopian mammy of the Southern
hoaith! You may say that there is but one tun, Co 1
lha other's light is put out, and is now an opaque
body) but this wont do, " Fiat JuitUla” &i. Yon
know the maxim, so apply it# or the • Id ladies w il
hove to cry aloud," oh save mo from my friend."
Now# I flatter myself# that i’vu “muciied you 0
the hip" there# my old My; you must allow m« i*
play angel now, as I am wrestling with out, (only
transformed for tbt present). I maintain (list yuuth
tal, must commence its immortality in youth f if
wa are to be tfer and ever in tt.Un quo, yntmtlst
altnlt, that wa would prefer to flourish ns over
young, than tv*r old. Wo nro all rather apt ta
attain a Tarpeian point in our ago beyond'which -
waare quits unnmbiliotfs or leaping, if We «wbl
help ourselves; but more particularly is this (ha
auo with tho ladles# Mip.rAy I will naypretcoAp
••sign; but tlie foci, no old Indy whn,Jnia stumbled
eitra thnt certain «ge, will deny mo,. After W ’
yenr* (I «m told) a lady'a age is vsryapt founder*
go retro1 gradstiun; or In military parlance to coun
termsreb. And forty years is the "pone etinontm' 1
k 7”“!, wl ‘ 0,1 ,k “»««>» rf-w-t
ed. They liuvu “intultivn suggestions" af an ap
preach to tliia horrible day, and like good soldiers,
mark time, in good time, srty* a learned fe-mnU
writer, not I. You _pcreolv« old lady thaji lean*
“My *Iw nbovo moiiiprubl'c foots to yourself
however, its yon hnve “grand chil Iren}" hot only
to Mu»e "fine old Indio#" who havo fortunately
ttovor been dr verum uatura, subjected to such
“ accident# pertinent.”
I think in my Ist plam I loft a littlo hole through
which I could “ Insiolwata a doubt” (excniio, tht
eri»ni)knnwing that whore one mouse enterics
thousand cun follow; und it I left tho main point of
application, (or what sort at “ an old wotrem^ I
mount) in obteuro, why Mr. Editor,. I could m^wh
a wltolo company of doubta by file, after them.
Now,you don't suppose l would thrust my head in
to 0 bee hive, tn *on bow bonny Is made# do yon f
Oh no, I assure you I hod no intention of oflunding
the dantsois errant of tho dtctafl* and spectacle so
pointedly,as In enter Into the specifications of “sex,
color, or condition." As to ecx, I norait mod ■
eingle term which demited the gender; and Th&vo
shown you that there are old womou of both saxes,
In England as woll as America; (and neuter onos
too, for wliut I know.) Color, I hDv'nt thought of,
except whon I adverted to the African shining Iff*
miimry, extinguished. Aud your condition I Dow
um going 10 examine# my fine efd indy, Uke a good
Health offioorf
" An old woman" wont pretend that sho, end “■
fine old lady" nre convertible terms. Npw Mr.
Editor ifyou hnd nut told us in your print, that a
"fine old/rtdysho istoo,” how should l have known
il 7 An old lady is an old woman, but is the con*
verse a poilulatumf Far from it, for according to
nurzory nrthology# which is certainly orthodox an- .
lliorilyV- " . !'„• "
“Toko nn old woman and roast hor wolf#'
And Ims o h« r woll with cheese, ' f'
And put Iter out of a frosty night
And ten to one nho'll freeze.
Bui lake her again in the morning
And rub hor well down with straw.
An I put hor by tlm fireside}
'Tis tun to one she”! thaw."
Ifyou d-juhl this recipo, try ft MV. Erlilorif you
ilnn*. But not so with n “fineohl lady.'f* Under
the culinary disposition es prescribed h» (he 1st
verse, sho would have eynporated, elhcrealixtA,
nnd there's no lolling what would have became of
Iter,—but we should in all gallnntry hope for iht
beS. Do you doubt this 7 Then you sir, are im un-
bsliever in their divino origin l
Now. I hopo I havo satisfied tire "oW WDtWtii/'
that shu is a "fincM tody; nnd as such^she ought
not to huvo assumed the gauntlet, nnd wiM)!teqeb*
ed lanee end Mnmbrino holm, charge Bxd eet up
with such devoted Quixotism my srf® castle (or
wind-m il.) The head and front of my offbhee,
“ wits all but a dream et the bestv” end l’». saw
for mo, “ wu* happiest when soonest o'er; and sher
-hould, as her Ln Mancha prototype would hive
done, rather liuve como to my rasouo. For if (koto
metal'd Buluumhe* hud lo an night after Bfeht,
heralding thair udvent to Iter windows# by ihoir so
norous biuyhig, she might have dreamed, “Tho
mellow, mellow Itornt," or perhaps rather ceu*
clarion, crate."'
Jr, when proclaiming their proximity by
“ Tims-* evening Dolls, those evening Belle,
(How many a-foiT-thetr music tellsf")
She should hnve compassionated that unfortunate
victim of surb“rAiming ,r Now,Mr. Editor#I've la
bored long, (do pay. " not unwisely, but too we(i,">
and u warning voice I raise; if“nn old woere» n ‘
docs again give me such a tooth-ache as I have hnd
sinco reading her all the way thro' & (I'|iknd Ur
have hid anotherdiemi.) Muy I he broom-him-
died, thimblecruckud, nnd needle-pricked, if with
Prometheus, Ixion, nnd Sisiphns to.the rescue, 1
don’t consign,her over to Hecate as an expinfory
off,-ring, for tin) unpnrdonnbla indiscretion of dreuffs-
ing myself ono of the sisterhood.
Lovingly yours, \
TANTALUS.
P. S. " An old woman" had belter t«ke eart? r Jest
by no extno'dinnry renovating process of netdre,
ho doesn’t turn out to bo a young man of ihftljp
two. » .T#
. [communicated.]
THE LATE LIEUT. JuHN ERASER,
H. B. M. S.
Thu wrlter-nw, with regret, thn demise of liar
gentleman, whom name lidwl* tln-sfl liner, in the
GeoI gian ofyesierd iy. A nobler spirit never opb’d
It* wings to fly to thn mansions of bl»«—tlien thus
of John Fraskb. He w~.» a >e of our invade re la
the Into war. The vossol lie was attached te, was
one of the squadron soot fo take America. In her
way, rih-, with others, took Fretfcrfcn captive. At
St. Simons lived then, nsjivesyet, and long may her
live, tlio Patriarch ol that island, Johm Coorgn f
faq,,* father of Jamks Hamilton Courih, one of
tho m»st scientific nwn in America. There Lfent.
Fraser was one of the conquerors—but the fair
form mid brilliant eyes of a southern maiden, one #f
Mr. CouriR S daught ers, conquered him. He
Stunt'd to his native land, before the power of «n-
dWeipli'icd, but valorous freemen, only-to come to
America once mqreyend unite himsolf for weal or
v«o wi*h Iwr hi* hoart loved. He eeVer left It—
.nd though, e foreigner, ho was a man whose qoal-
itiesof liend and neuit w<s a pnssporttothnlove ef
all.' Ho ever kept Ms pldcwi and did not litter fete,
because ho was not a cltixbn, with cur institutions.
His reasons for not Iwrrmtlng a cltlfo wore"comfet-
entinu*. nnd were re*prc(rrf. Mr. FxA«Rjw'as bro
ther to the late lamented Dr. FtusjCHj formerly is
citizen of this city, nnd ulso of McIntosh County.
Like him, lie wo* ett honorable upright rthnfc^IIe
was thn Ufo end s»ql of any convivial socfcty [t>
which ho mixed—over merry ntid socltfolof^re^al-
ways the gentleman uf the “Id school. Ha.WAV*
truth, an English gentleman in every sense .ofttiio
word—us such ho has descended to the valley of-
Death. As such his memory will be cbcrUbitf hy
all who know him. .. . , "
* Mr. John CoorRR was boro la B
iu lids country long before tho W»r of
Mon, nnd is, perhaps, tbo only man in tho United
States, not born in America, who is eligible to Th»
office uf President. ’ '
Thr Wiathbr.—SuJtry and unpleasant esihe
-eatber has been in New York for som* dsy*, lt U
lass so than enperionced by our. neighbors south,
west and east. The good citiren# of Philadelphia
had it at00In iheshade,and Mmse ofiBaWmoro
04; st Provident 09. The glass,jit urdfoxrjly fa-
vnrable situs'tons, at New York and Boston, ranged
.bout 01. 80 mu. h for the advantage r«y»«r* k o.l by
he latter eilie. i" their fine hurbwsnnd uooUtiuc-
«i ** a breeze.—*Y. Y. titw.ftta, ’27 IK ult.
■ ■ "■ \r)£
Tlra best Joke we have heorl in it long time
cracked by village preacher. He wa» preucldogon
every sultry day, in a small room, und *vn« r,v clt
annoyed by lh-»#e who ca*uall> dropped in «frer tlm
service eornmeneed, Invxrixble ehmlng th« door ef
pre«cMn,ln »to.U»,Joow«J4 patth.n<Ata.'