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A SCENE IN FKOO'I OWN.
The most remarkable dog light on re- j
yeord, perhaps, come oft’ at Irogtown, |
It heate all pl> y “.u- . ■
~f tlie kind'wevv.T Ganl • “<■
ed the entire ro4h|UyyMk v 1,1 one genetal j
indiscriminate law
nits or suit* Imßn'ts—distraction ul
the town, its downland ruin !
A fanciful gonitis named Joe Tucker, I
a man about town —MUdicr—without ,
visible means of Biippori--3kdo-n<>thing,
loafing, cigar smoking sort of fellow —-1
owned a yellow dog; it eliclOrfelligent., j
and ratlier pretty breast, always at
heels and known as well as his urasterj
and liked far more, by the Frogtowners®
One day Joe and li ¥ were passing
.-aid,ugly alongside
of a, wood on to .ioe
Tucker’s dog—knoeKeumm heels over
head, and so frightened Boh Carter’s
wife—who ipus passing towards her bus
band’s blac*pitb shop with his dirwtor
—that she stwtbled backwards, and l*r
old Brn bonnet,flopping off. scared the:
horse attftclioJHttjtlie wood wagon. He
started— barber pole—up
set the h’wHß l - half < which
ing downjijrinrdWs refreshment
struck one of Gtofcdjds children on tjjjl
head, killed stone dead, atm*
so alarmed that she'dropped
a stewpan of HwDoimig oysters into thej
laj>, instead of the dish, of a customer
who sat waiting for the savory concojM
tion, by a table in the corner Mrs Gnnffl
bo screamed, the child screeched, anrQ
the customer yelled! ,1
“(), oli 1 h-h-h-h, my poor child U’crietß
Mrs.(Jumbo. jBL &
‘•Kli, eh, eh-e-e-e-c-e-e-e!” screamed theft
child. if ‘ m
“()h, murder-r-r.r! O, by everlasting
sin, I’m sealled to all eternity! Mur
der-r-r-r-r-1” roared the customer.
The horse, a part of the wagon, and
some of thcjvQod, were on their madp
career. Th*>'. vnerof the strangemcg]
came out of the store just in time to see
Joe Tuckerjjpize a rock to demolish the
strange do*aml not waiting to see Joe
‘•let drive him such a pop on the
hack of theSs<Sr. that poor Joe fell forty
rods up thipkfreef, and strikingwhe foot
of a long ladder, upon which Jim Elder
berry was perched, paint pot in hand,
Rom ‘• thirty t. Lerrafirma—brouglij^j
ladder. Jim amHPliiWf)ot-rtawling t'ftj
the earth—iHpplmfPpoor Jim for lifeg]
and sprinkling the blue paint copiously !
over the broadcloths, satinets, and eali-1
coes of Abraham .Miller, a formal and j
even tempered Quaker, who ran out to j
the door just as the two dogs got fairly j
at it—hip and thigh—nip and catch. A
glance at matters seemed to convince j
Abraham of the true state of the case ; and
in an unusually elevated voice, Abraham
called out to Joe Tucker, who had right
ed up—
“ Joseph Tucker thy dog’s fighting.”
‘•Let’em’figlit it out!” replied the
pugnacious owner of the strange dog.
“Let ’em fight it out, I’ll bet a load of
wood, mv dog can eat any dog” in town,
and lean eat the owner!”
We have said. Abraham Miller was a j
mild man; Quakers are proverbially I
so. But the gauntlet thrown down by I
the burly stranger from the country,
stirred the gall of Abraham, and he rush-!
ed into the store, from the back-yard;
having slipped his collar, Abraham
brought forth a brindle cur, long, strong,
and ail-poweduLg, fe
“Frii-iul,’ SaT<l tne excited Quaked ‘
Hiiv doer shall ho well beaten,*l promise
tluie! I Like ! seizu upon hint, Turk—here :
hoy l” and the clog wen at it..
8..,h Carter, the smith, coraifig up in
time to hear the stranger’s defiance to j
the town and bent on a fight with some- !
hodv, for tne insult and damage to his i
wife, clasped the collar of the stranger,
and by a sefteg of ten pound tens upon j
the lace, and hack and sides, of his bur
ly antagonist, with his natural sledge!
hammers. Boh stirred up the strength j
and ire of the burly stranger, to the top j
of his compass, and they made the sparks j
fly dreadfully! j
Joe Tucker's dog, rcinforcedby thar
of Abraham Miller, took a freih start,
and bet ween the two, the strange dog
was put, cruelly to his trumps. Deaco*
Pugh, one of the most sedate and sub?,
staiitial, and pious men in Frogtown,
came up, and indeed the whole tovfd
was assembling—and Deacon Fngß
armed with Ifcis heavy walking stick, and
shocked at trie before him, ‘
marched up to tn&Llogs, exclaiming as .
he did so: , ♦
‘‘Fie, disgraceful!—jftm
men; citiajrfßbf Frogtown, will you
stand hywMßP—
“Don't Wee; don't tliee strike ni v dog.
Deacon Pugh!” cried Abraham Sliller,
advancinggppon the Deacon, who was
about to cut right and left among the
dogs, with his cane. .
“Your dogs!” shouted the deacon, with
evident fervor.
“Not my d";M,pwipon Pugh!” echoed
the speaker. jMKffl
“What did yon say so for, then
shouted the deacon*
“I never said rloys, Deacon Pugh.”^
“You did!” shouted wit|Ji
excitement. .
“Deacon Pugh, theapphaks ground
lessly,’’said tho Quaker*
„ “Yc ‘ella falsehood Ahrahaui Mil
ler!” JW.
“Thee utter a mendacious assertion !
reiterated Abriffi am.
“You —you — you tell an infiin'.l 1
lie 1” bawled tbjPdeacon.
“Ihee Jiast pfovoked my evil pa
sions, DcroF’dn Pugh !” shouted the -ta 1-;
wart Quaker, “and l will chastise thee!”
And into the deacon’s wool went the
Quaker, ’lie deacon, nothing loth, en
tered into tii. spirit of the tniug; and
we leave them thus “nip and tuck*” to
; look to the stranger and Bob Carter,
1 who fit and fought, fought and fit, until
| Squire Catchem and the to\vn constable
came up; and in their attempt to pre
| serve the peace, and arreß the offend
| era, the squire was thrust through the
window of a neighboring watch-maker,
doing a heap of damage; while Lawyer
; Hooker, in attempting to aid the con*
i stable, was hit jn u mistake by the furi
ous blacksmith, in the short-ribs, and
1 went reeling down Gumbo’s cellar with
; frightful velocity ! The friends and fel*
; low-elmrchmen of Deacon Pugh, took
I sides against the Quaker antagonist, and
■the shop-boys of Abraham seeing their
Binployer thus beset, came to the res-
HMR while a brace of stray Irishmen,
fulflM®fclor and whiskey, believed it to
be ft “■toe-fight,” tried their hands and
sticks upofi the combatants indiscrimin
ately ; so tmtiton less than one hour, the
quiet and happy town, was shaken from
its propriety, by ‘Wie grand sublimely
j ridiculous and terjriate battle. Heads.and
windows were smashed —dogs barked —
dust flew—labor ceased —and so furious,
inkd. and excited became the whole cont
lnuuify. that a quiet lobker-oii, if there
■ had bu n any, wqpld have swor ®Bfc
place lmd broken Itmse, ana the
Bvil ones were all in Flptowri! Ai
Ifffeaw ilmuderstorm, finally put an end ]
Tto the row. The dogs were all, more or j
Lies.-- killed; a child severely wounded, a
Bbian scalded, si waggon broken, the
ran himself to death, his owner
beaten awfully by Bob Carter,
fftiose wife, and the wives est many
|Bicrs, were dangerously scared; the
Bain ter was crippled, dry goods ruined;
hi and daagpK; two Irishmen,
liqe liicjr, towriWjnstable, Lawyer
EtofgKkcr. Inquire Catchem, and some fifty
mnßs, shamefully whipped ! Lawsuits
ensueikytocds followed, and the entire
peace arnl%odd repute of Frogtown, an
nihilated —all by a remarkabte dog fight.
FASHIONABLE .CREED.
‘•John, what is a gentleman 2”
••Stub toe boots, effort tail coat, and a
high shirt collar.”
“Whi|pisie , chief end of a gentle
st’ find that ?”
-In the first of Jehosaphat,
fl .byUlh chapter and verse.”
“Kigljt, ’What istWgreat work of a
. geimeman
“To borrow! money, to eat large din
ners, to go to the opera, and to petition
! for an office.'!’ ‘
••What is a gentleman’s first dutv to
himself?”
“To buy a pair of plaid pantaloons
and to raise a huge pair of whiskers.”
“Good. Very good. -Now 7 what is a
farmer ?”
“An animal found on the Eastern
coast of Kamscatkv, rather tame, and
can be taught to work.”
“On what’ does a farmer subsist?”
“Onionß and fat pork.”
“Do gentlemen ever partake of that
sort of food ?”
“NeVer. They shudder at the idea.”
“Why dn they shudder?”
“Because tliat qtiality of food is not
1 fa-hionablo, and the onions are offensive
I tn the ladies, “Lord bless ’em ;” besides,
it would put their dem foine little stom
achs out of order, and might give them
attack of the delirious trian-
A WONDERFUL CHARACTER.
It is reported that there now lives an
old man dosya on little Bee Dee, who
never owneßPit one pair of shoes in
! his Hte| and lie says they were so cl—d
’ hot lie never wore them hut once. He
never cultivated the” soil; nevertheless
he has accumulated a considerable sum
of money, which lie deposites in hollow
j trees in the most unfrequented swatnps.
He effects extreme poverty, and when
! applied to for the loan of money, de
, dares, has nonfc; but if the security
j and premium offered pleases him, and
to repay in specie, he will ap-
when he will try to get a lit
tle, wliren he neverkails to do. He has
made his fortune by the sale of fish, the
finest, of which he knows exactly where
to fish for, and honey, which he raises in
large quantities, having Lis bees hived in
swamps for miles around. No music is
|£o charming to his ears as the booing of
bullfrogs, and the bellowing of the alli
gators; for these sang his lullaby when
in iiis cradle, and have been harbingers
of his bravest days fronrhis boyhood to
the present day. He never uses any
other weapon to kill snakes with, tiian
his heels, and there never was but one
known to attempt to J)ite him, and that
one broke otf his teeth without pehetra
ting the skin of the heel. He has never
taken any Doctor’s stuff, nor let them
come near enough to feel his pulse or to
look at his torfgue; and he is now sev
enty years age. Strange as it may
seem that sfleh a character should find
a matg of similar tastes and fancies,
yet ajmli is the case, only that, she is a
U+tle more like him than lie is like him
"df. Has any of our contemporaries as
’ singular a character in their neighbor
hood \ If so let’s hear about him.—
Che raw Gazette.
- A minister, whose piety was gener
ally doubted, approached a mischievous
i urchin, and laying his hand upon his
head, thus addressed him.;
“My son, I believe the devil has got
hold of .you.”
“I believe lie has, too,” was the signi
ficant reply of the urchin.
Th:: substance of the verdict of a re
cent coroner’s jury, on a man who died
in a state of inebriation, was: “Death
by hanging around a rum shop ”
SiN<;n.AK Presentiment.—Dr. Josir.h j
Bartlett, o? New Hampshire, mie of|
the victims of the recent accident
<>n the New Haven -Railroad,’ was vis
ited a few weeks ago at his idence !
by a friend from this city wl invit’ and j
him to spend a few days in JV ‘’ Vork, j
at the then approaching Me< : l3o#|
volition. Dr. B. replied thn J
afford him much pleasure to sj
time in our city 7 , but that he and great
appyeliension of danger to aiu
inented by the fact when he
New York he had engaged hi TBfr -e
in the steamer Lexington, for ’w fatal
trip on which she was burned sen 1-
most every passenger perishe< he
did not reach the wliarf in ; uso o
get on board. He snbsequftitH*.over
came his reluctance to travel, aftonu and
the Convention in this city 7 , an 1 fief fee
fate he dreaded in the” iSHwyin'vn
cars.— N. Y. Paper. J
Approach of a GKEA|aH||mtf.
Bahinet, an eminent Fren.^|As^r<Abrfi^’ )
has published an
which is expected to.
According to this account, it it- ti-i%ru’fß’
est comet which has ever feSn beheld
| by'the eyes of man. Its peri diced re*j||
jln tion is about SOO years. i#ow||
fin the years, 104. iS'W.fli).
’ the last time in 155(v lfs
was jireilic'.il. iml. it fail© Ckt. |
Ail Ihe calcuia! i’ aw. whi<-!
made in reference t> ifc^wp^lafice of
this comet, have been examin
ed by the most empienjßß aon|t r and
the result, is the predicfiosßififs appear
ance between 1856 and 1860.
Charles V. participating largely in the
superstitions prevalent in Iris day, abdicat
ed his throne on the appearance of this
comet in 1556; beljeving its
directed particularly at him, aliholding
the first rank among sovereigns/
A Woilan’B Laugh—A worn an lias no
natural grace more bewitchin j than a
sw'eet laugh. It is like the souni of flutes
on water. It leaps froth her hpart in a
clear, sparkling rill: and the ILe'art that
hears it feels as if bathed in thfi exliiler
ating springs. Have you ever pursued
an unseen fugitive through the trees,
led on by her fairy laugh—now#here, now
there, now lost, now found? AYe have.
And we are pursuing the pandering
voice to this day. S'imetimiit| comes
to us in the midst of care, Or sorrow,
or irksome business : mid then we turn
away and listen, and hear fit ringing
through the room like a with
power to scare away the evil spirit of the
mind.
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HOME GAZETTE.
A |iouTHERN Literary and Family Journal,
Devoted to Literature, the Ladies, Art, Science,
Education, Agriculture, General Intelligence
and Southern, Interests.
Published in Augusta, Ga.
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:%OYTHEK.Y ECLECTIC.
i Slf'llib KAt dy of Maneb, 18.-,:;. the undersign
) ..,i wif, Pe the first number of a Monthly
under the title of The Southern Eclectic,
i.'tJppftriflHed mainly of critical selections from
i.iu- . , pent.-geriodi'-al literal lire of the United
HHgi|p|£fat Britain, France and Germany.
LfSKith this objeet in measures will be adopted
Reviews, Magazines
H’ in this country and in Eu
refully examined, and such
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ertainmeut to our readers,
ic pages of the Eclectic,
als will be sent to us by
ir respective offices of pub
l-ticles we shall select from
[ distinguished authors of Europe, but reaching us
without the delays incident to other modes of trans
mission, will bo almost as fresh us if written ex
pressly for our work.
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tions Avill'Sbe translated for the Eclectic by accom
plished French and German scholars.
It will be readily admitted, we presume,, that the
above class of literature, when properly winnowed)
embodies, on the greatest variety of subjects, the
select productions of the best writers pf the apu
Freon the ainplc vesources thus brought within our’
reach, we shall attempt to supply a growing de,
maud, on the part of a considerable portion of the*'!
i-.-ading public, for a periodical in which all sub-’
j.-i-t- us general and -permanent interest shall be’
higher intellectual tastes, but also to the more’
priqitical and Jgornl sentiments of the people.
In our sections, therefore, from the various de
partments of learning, these productions will be
preferred which most happily combine practical in
struction and Ethical precept with the highest lit
erarv excellence.
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,and such discussions ns will afford them just and
liberal views, without reference to any particular
I creeds, parties or sects.
As there is no Eclectic, at this time, in the whole
I South or South-west, and as it is our object in part
Ito supply this deficiency, the advancement of
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Southern institutions, and Southern interests gen
erally, will be kept in view as n preliminary con
sideration.
A Condensed Monthly Review of Current Top
ics—Literary, Political, Religious and Miseellane
ous—will be added, which we hope will compleet
our Eclectic as an epitome of general intelligence.
It will be perceived that our work is not intend
ed, exclusively, for any particular class of readers,
butmoro properly so all reflecting readers of eve
ry class.
As inconsistent with our main design of genernl
utility, all dry abstractions, unfruitful speculations,
pr oWsional disquisitions, sickly sentimentalities,
ns well ns all items of merely transient or strictly
local concern, will be excluded from our columns.
Several persons of distinguished ability will ail
us in our efforts faithfully to carry out the views
we have thus presented; and which we now re
spectfully submit to the consideration of the
public.
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may be necessary to meet the demand, we hope
those who wish to procure the work from the be
ginning will subscribe without-delay.
Specimen numbers will be sent gratuitous, when
ordered.,
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may bo disj osed to act as agents for the Eclectic,
will | dense let us hear from them. Liberal com- .
mission will be allowed. . j
The usual discount will be made to booksclleaß
Editors throughout the Southern and
W. -tern Mates, who may approve the
plan nf mii- work, are respectfully solicited
a- in placing it properly before the public.
who limy e! til publish this l‘rospeetu*.flHH|
iug attention <-• inure important features)
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urge octavo pages, in double eo minis,
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PROSPECTUS ■
of the
SEMI-TV Kl-IKIL* IMiJIOCRAfI
THE undersigned having become proprietM
the “Monroe Democrat” office propose
; Kshing a Semi-Weekly paper to be devoted
Interests of the City of Aberdeen, Monroe
j adjoining counties of North Mississippi. fni
The necessity of such a journal as this, has
been felt. The population of Aberdeen at Jb||
present time, amounts to near five thousand
and ranks the second town in the State;
nre but two weekly journals published in the placV
and they furnish but a small quantum of reading!
matter, compared with the demands of our intelli
gent community, nDd no Semi or Tri- Weekly pa
per is published in any county of this State, North,
of Wan-eu.
a With tjiese considerations in view, we have en
"terd upon this enterprise —not unconscious of the
irißny difficulties we may have to encounter, tho’
confidently relying for support upon the liber
ality of those for whom we “labor. Our whole en
ergies will bi enlisted iti the work, and it is oa
purpose to make the/ Semi-Weekly Hctnocrat,.*j*
herald of the latest news—devoted to Literature,.
Agriculture, the Arts and Sciences, Education and;
thegcneral interests of the South. We trust to be
able to issue a journal, calculated to interest alt
classes of society, without so much regard to mere
party prejudices.
The paper will contain the fullest and most re
liable reports of the Cotton and provision Markete
of Mobile and New Orleans, derived from Tele
graphic Dispatches transmitted expressly for ite
co umns, or compiled from the daily papers of.
those cities.
yrhe political position of this journal, will be'aa
ftananu indicates. Democratic—ever advocating
those great principles of Rcpub icanism, which
were first promu'ged by Mr. Jefferson, and since
sustained and carried out by the long line of il
lustrious Democrats, who have succeeded him iix
Ltbc administration of our government. The prin-
Egip'es of Democracy— when propery expounded,
bi ieve to be those best ca eu aied to insnra
Bfije ; greatest blessing, happiness and prosperity
|§6q tbe American peop e.
IgNo pains will be spared in the mechanical de
■Slpßent, to make the Semi-Week y Democrat th*
“Bgiggt paper pnb ished in the State. It will be
.Hffi&dipu typo entirely new, and the best quality
the southern market affords.
‘BiB- —in advance, or $5 at the end of
ALiS-BfewU sending us three cash subscribers
-, v a copy gratis.
V our pfospectus and our prom-
BBtMtethM4B>od. then withhout
” - we havea right 1-otk
J. G. Markiiav,