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Newspaper Page Textj if i: fjymojt pv > Pakk & Rogers, PUBLISHED EVEItY TUESDAY AT 1 XIIISEE DOLLARS PEll ANNUM. ... .nVKK Tl ' V M ENTS ptibli.-hctl at thr esnal rates. A 1 • .r« . ,.y th*» Clerks of tlio Courts of Ordinary that * . u ,j. vie for Utters of Administration, must be I III > i V I) vVS ,.t least. pB** 1 ; . , 1N I’v-tiMors .md Admini5tratorsfor Debtors and Crcdi- ! ■ S ‘ *' * m i-’i in their areounis. must he published SIX WEEkS. 1 ’^icofNcrrm- >hy Executor.' and Administrators must be ad* '*'* p i -|\ I V DAYS before the d.tv of sale. v ®! n , . • -,.i "ii 1 prop rt> ax ep? uctrn cs) of testate and intes- **’' r ' ’ 1X /.verr.t"ff and A hninistrators, must be advertised lactic rat t.ite V'l S YOL, h. fOKTY l>. <>u r t« • ('*Ordtu *ryb >i 'i.Jiu.Tt ionsby Executors and Administrators for Letters Dis- HILLEDGEWLLE, (Gi.) APRIL 24, im HO. 44. . Administrators and Guardians to the o sell Land, mustlie published FOUR month^ ^ ni ust he published SIX MONTHS, tn *■ ’ linas f«»r Foreclosure of M*rttia^es on real estate must A, V r ‘Vt*ue*l once a mon’h for FOUR MONTHS, b* n of peal E ate by Executors, Administrators and Guardi i 1 I,,-published SIXTY DAYS before the day of Kile.— an *’ .. ,i.v must he made at the court house door between the The-*® " , pi,, the morning ard four in the afternoon. No sale hAiirs *•' i’ 71 - 1 A USEFUL HINT TO YOUNG MSN. For your own comfixt for your friend’s so. lace, for the sake of your eventual prosperity, cultivate a strict and manly habit of economy. It is impossible to raise a good character with out it. And this one single article, ec- nomy, connected with moderate talent, will recom mend you to all from whom you may wish confi dence or expect remuneration. Assistance, should you need it, will not be withheld, if it ia know n, that your care of personal expense in correct. frsii'l Oric the IK TlUil ill,I, unless so expressed in the advertisement. r*o( tl. Court nf Ordinary, (acrompmleit with a copy ' „nt) to malic titles to land, must be advertised ;.-r MONTHS at b ast. . l)es m ,dcr executions reeularly granted liy the courts, ~ I lvcrti-cd I'lllllTV DAYS—under morgage executions O'" ,", .. s—Salas of Perisbalilc Property under order of Court, ri,v ; K.,,|vcrti<ed -enerally, TEN PAYS before the day of sale. I "pier- for Advertisements will be punctually attended to. . V I t.(‘*tcrs direr ted to tils Office, or the Editors, must'be pnst-pa" 1 - ‘ entitle them to attention FEDERAL union job office. ■ mr[; have recently made large additions to our JOB * * OFFICE,and are now prepared lo execute with neatness and despatch, ALL KINDS OF Plain, Ornament'll and Fancy fruit as CIRCULARS, ET8, '4i HAND BILLS, Hs LABELS, Ac, Ac. Ac. We have now on hand a laree and extensive assortment of 8 £> 4* XP 9 , HOOKS. I’AHFHL CARDS, Fsed by the ditl'erent Leqal Officers of this State, of the most approved forms. Persons wishing DEEMS or BLANKS of any kind, can be supplied by the Beam, Quire, or single copy, by calling at the Federal Union Office, in the Upper Tenement of the brick building, below t bison's Tavern, on Greenc- strcct, formerly occupied by the Darien Bank. PAKK <fc ROGERS. The extensive circula’ion of our paper in Georgia and Ala- bima, and in other States, offers to our patrons and others, having advertisements, an opportunity of giving general pub- icjty to their notices, &c. GLOBE HOTEL. n 1% Saddlery Hardware, Harness, Tranks, It /up*, <$c. SMITH A WRIGHT lESPF.CTFl 1.1.V inform tlKtr old (mtrons and the public generally, that they now have on hand i>t their eld es alilishniem, at NEWARK, New Jerry, a splendid MiorniMil nf S\ DDLERV , and all oiler articles in that line, to which they would solicit the attention of snob as may want, and who feel disposed to favor them with their custom, being confident that they can please in quality and style better Ilian they have tierelnfoi" been enabled to do. Newark, New Jersey, February 17, 1838. 261-37 PI RLIC SALE. ffMIE subscriber will offer at public sale on the premises -*■ on the 7th day of MAY next, ids Valuable PLAN TATION on Yellow River, ill Gwinnett county, con taining Four Hundred Acres of first quality up Land, with Eighty acres of cleared land, in a state of high cultivation. Tin* premises bo on the public road leading from Lawrence- vtlle to Decatur, h> the way of the Stone Mountain. Terms made known on the day »(' sale l*eb. 13, 1838. 38-tds ALONZO A. CADY. niSNEKAL SPRINGS. \ ’OTICE is hereby given, that the subscriber living in Cass county, Georgia, five miles south-east of Cass- Vtile, has on hts premises various Mineral .Springs, consist ing of Chalybeate and Sulphur; he lias also Eimestone of the purest kind, and he w ould also give general information, that be intends openings HOARDING HOI Sfc. for •Ac reception oT all persons who may w ish to visit this see- y.on of country, and tost the virtue of the water, and he promises to spare no pains lo render all w bo may call on him as comfortableas circumstances will admit. February lo, 1333.-231-36 ALLEN PINSON. FIFTY DOLLARS REWARD. I EFT MY HOUSE on the 25th instant, a negro J man by the name of ROB, and his wife CELIA. Bob is about sixty years of ace, spare made and yellow complexion, speaks gravely, and is quite intelligent. Celia is about fifty years of age, heavily made and dark com plexion. The said negroes were purchased by me from Mr. Maurice Martin, of Baldwin county, where they have some children, and may possibly aim to get there. They also formerly belonged to John Dismnke, who then lived in Monroe county. They are well acquainted in that county, and I think have a son there. I think Mr. Dismnke now lives m Memviother or Talbot County, and possibly owns •ome ot their children, i will give the above reward for their delivery to mo near Whttesville, Harris county, Ga., or twenty five dollars for their confinement in any jail, so tlwt I get them. Any information concerning them will be thankfully received. OBt.D PERKY. Wbitexville, Ga. March 29 42—4tw t m tf WESTERN BANK OF GEORGIA, j Rome, 29/A March, 1338 J W HEREAS, information has been received from creditable sources, that the several Banks in the Cities of Augusta and Macon, are at this time refusing to re ceive the Bills of this Bank in payment of the debts due their Institutions, Be it lienfoie Resolved by the President and Board of Di rectors of (lie Western Bank of Gf.oiiuia, That altho’ we dr-em the course pursued by those institutions uncalled for. either Ov*m the circumstances of the Bank or the form- •flr interooixse maintained between our respective Institu tions, -yet this Bank will continue to receivo the Bills of the Jhinks <jf those Cities, in payment of its due*, and that this (Institution invite monthly settlements with those In- sstitutions, and propose to balance arrounts with Specie, or I Hi LI. s on New York,at the customary premium. Resolved, That to secure the confidence ol the nummnni- 'ty in the circulating medium of the country, anil to facili tate exchanges and intercourse between tho Banks of this State, it is necessary that the Banks of this 8tate resume Specie payments at as early a day as practicable, anti that Thursday, the 25th day of October next, be proposed for that purpose. WILLIAM HARDIN. President JAMES LIDDELL,) JOHN T. STORY, } Directors. ROBERT WARE, 1 {Attest ] Z. B. HARGROVE, Cashier. 42—2t. L AWS AND JOURNALS.—On Saturday the 28tb of tins instant, contracts will be let to the low est bidder, at the State House, tor distributing among the several counties of this Stale, the Laws and Journals ol the last General Assembly. They will be delivered to contrac tors on the Saturday following, (5th May.) BENJAMIN T. BETH UN E, S. E D. Milledgeville, 17lh April, ™ "• € • OOO ACRES VALUABLE LAND FOR w SALE. Will he sold, at Public Auction, on the first Tuesday in June next, in the town of Starkville, Lee coun ty, ifnot previously sold at private sale, the following settle- merits of I^incI : One sell lemem in Baker county, containing 1750 acres of the best Chickasaliatchee Lands, with 350 or 400 acres un der cultivation, in good repair, with eomlbrialile log Houses, consisting of lots Nos 06, 97, 104, 105, 136, 137 and 145, all adjoining, in the third District—Messrs. James and Green iggins, i ear the premises, will show them to any person w ishing to purchase. One settlement of 606 acres, in the third District of Lee county, consisting of lots Nos. 107, 108 and 109, Lots Nos. 278 and 279, in the fourth Distiict, Randolph, containing 405 acres, “ 87 and 106, “ 11 11th “ “ con taining 405 acres, w “ 332 and 270, “ “ 4th “ “ con taining 405 acres, “ 238 and 224, “ “ 4th “ Early, con taining 500 acres, “ “ 105, in the 3d District !*ee, containing 202 1-2 acres, “ “ 270, in the 3d District Lee, containing 2t 2 1-2 acres, “ “ 186, in the 3d District Baker, containing 250 acres, 60 improved, *‘262 in the 3d District Baker, containing 250 acres, rected the march on Koningberg. Such was j from my grand iather Sir Pheiitn) you would the terrible battle of E\lau, fought in the j not find a properer person in a summer’s depth of winter, amidst ice and snow, under circumstances ef unexampled honor; the most bloody & obslinatly contested that had yet occured during the war; and which, if Napoleon did not sustain a positive defeat, he underwent a disaster which had well nigh proved his ruin. The loss on both sides was immense, and never in modem times, had a field of battle been strewed with such a multitude of slain. On the side of the Russians, twenty five thousand had fellen, of whom about seven thitu^and were already no more: on that of the French, upwards of thirty thousand were killed or wounded, and nearly ten thousand had left their colors; under pretence of at- mf |{M. N. J. GODWIN respectfully infor s her 1YI friends and the public, that she will continue to keep open this establishment during the preseiit year, for the ac commodation of HOARDERS and TRANSIENT persons; every effort will he made to render comfortable all such as mnv patronize the house—and to give general BatiHfaction. Milledgeville, January 1, 1838.-28 FOR SALE. fWlllAT beautiful, healthy, and commodious lot, on which I the subscriber now resides, nt Midway, two miles from Milledgeville, and a half mile fromthesite of Ogle thorpe University. It contains ten acros, and has on it a large,convenient, and pleasant DWELLING IIOI'SE* with out house*, a well of oxellent water, and a spring be sides many other udvantages. For terms apply to R. K. Hines, Esq. October 9th, 1837.-16-tf JOHN A. CUT!I BERT. i&mv* & our:s# Q’ismrizsPe MILLINER AND MANTUA MAKER, UESPECTFULLYtn- forms the Ladies of Mil- ledgevilh and its vicinity, that she has permanently located he r >elt in MIL- LLDGEYILLE, on Hancock-street, (nearly opposite the court-house,) where she intends carry ing on the above business in ell its various iiranehes, and hopes by her assiduity and attention, to merit a liberal .share of patronage She has row on hand a beautiful assortment of BON NETS, trimmings, <fcc. of tin* latest fashions Ladies wishing articles in her linewiT please favor her with a call. A11 orders executed witli nearness, promptness and des patch. March 13, 1838. 6t-38 30 improved.—Mr. James L. Rosa, living in the 4th district i tendin'? to the Wounded, and did not make dolph. | their appearance to; several days afterwards. The above Lands have all been carefully selected, and are > The Other t rophies of VfCtorv were nearlv all of the firs, quality, an J w.U be «jM «. j ^Uy balanced; the Russians had to boast GEO B. vv ardlavv. ; ot the unusual spectacle of twelve eagles Also, one other will, ment, CoiiiainiuR 12W Acres, being |> nn , thpir antairniilsfe- u-LUp tkei- Vm.l lou Not. M3, ]J4,145, in the 3d i,*. ; s*ript Lee, Nos 295, 296 , tdk , iro " 1 tne . ,r antagonists w Bile they ha< and 297, in tho lilt distrirt Randolpii. 1111 adjoining and j made Spoil Ot Sixteen Ot tile RllSSia guns aild fourteen standards.—Hardly any prisoners were maid on either side, din ing the action; but siY thousand of wounded most of them a fcooelesS state were left on the field of ehoitrn Lands, rent anting between 75 and ii,“* acres im proved Lan and a first rate Mill Seat, to he sold on anO'bRr account and on the same terms. GEO. B. WARDLAW. April 17, 43—It. M~ OOK AT THIS.—The undersigned offers for MjS sale one hnndr'd shares of stock in the Monroe Rail Rond Bank, for which J w ill lake one hundred and twenty five dollars per share cash. I also offer for sale two thirds of the McDonough Factory, situated two and a half miles north west of McDonough, in cohiplete operation. I will lake a good prieefor the Factory, sons to allow the purcha ser a chance for t make a good interest on the money in vested. Terms ir.ade known by applying to the subscriber in McDonough, Georgia. 43—4tU JOHN DAILEY Jvn. A MASON AND CARPENTER TO (llltE OFT, E NQUIRE of R. J. Nichols, Milledgeville, or Fran cis Tufts, Blountsville, Jones county. April 3, 1833. 3t-41 JIISCFLFAAFOFS. INION l’ARTY of Jasper County, are requested ■et at the Court House ill Monticello, on WED- f|3HE UNION *. to meet at the • , NESDA V, the 25th inst. (court week) for the purpose of •«l®ciing Dck'gaioH to aitenH the Congressional Conven- lobe held in Milledgeville, in May next bEVERAL OF THE PARTY. UNION MEETING. The Union Party of Wilkinson County are requested lo Bieet hi Irwinton, on Saturday llie 28th inal., for th® P ,j r- pnae of appointing deleaaies lo the Convention in Milleugo- ville, on the first Monday in May next. T%TOTICE The Siikrikc's Kales of JOMES J, County will hereafter he published in tlie Federal Union. January 13, 1833. , .™- i»k-S0 DANIEL NEWNAN SMITH, sheriff. ^J®TIUE.—The Sheriffs’ Sales of COWETA A*I Ctuiniy, will hereafter be pubiisbed in the Federal Uanon. February 22,1833. , *-37 THOMAS HUGHEY, sheriff. From BlackwodiI’s Magazine. THE BATTLE OF EYLAU. Feb. 1806. Never in the history of war did two ar mies pass a night under more awful and im pressive circumstances than the rival hosts who now lay, without tent or covering, on the snowy expances of the field of Eylau. The close vicinity of the two armies, the vast multitude assembled in so narrow a space, intent only on mutual destruction; the vital interests to the lives and fortunes of all which were at stake; the wintry wilderness of the' scene, cheered only by the watchfires, which threw a partial glow on the snow clad heights around; the shivering groups, who in either army lay around the blazing tires, chilled by giniiess of impenetrable ice; the stern reso lution of the soldiers in the one array, and the enthusiastic ardour of those in the other; the liberty of Europe now brought to the is sue of one dread combat; tho glory of Rus- siaand France dependent on the efforts ol the mightest armament that either had yet sent forth; all contributed to impress a feeling of solemiiit} , which reached the most inconsid erate breast, oppressed the mind with a feel ing of anxious thought, and kept unclosed many a weary eyelid in both camps, notwith standing the extraordinary fatigues ol the pivcee ling days. 'Hie battle began at daylight on the 8th of February, in the midst of a snow storm At an earlv hour of the day Augerau’s column, of 16,000 men, was enveloped by the Rus sian masses, and with the exception of 1500 men was entirely destroyed. Napoleon him self was in most imminent hazard of being ta ken prisoner. He had slept at E'lau on the night before, and was now in the churchyard, where the cru.-h ?of the enemy’s balls o.i the steeple showed how nearly danger was approaching. Presently one of the Rus sian divisions, following rapidly after the fu gitives, entered Eylau by the western street, and charged with loud hurrahs, to the foot of the mount where the emperor was placed with a battery of the imperial guard and a personal escort of a hundred men. Had a regiment of horse been at hand to support the attack, Napoleon must have been made prisoner; for though the last reserve consis ting of six battallions of the old guard were at a short distance, he might have been en veloped before they could get up to his res cue. The fate of Europe then hung by a thread, but in that terrible moment the em peror’s presence of mind did not forsake him; he instantly ordered his little body guard,, hardly more than a company, to form a line, in order to check the enemy’s advance, and despatched orders to the old guard to attack the column on one flank, while a brigade of Murat’s horse charged on the other. The Russians, disordered by success, and ignorant of the inestimable prize which was almost within their grasp, were arrested by the firm countenance of the little band of he roes who formed Napoleon’s last resources; and before they could reform their ranks for a regular conflict, the enemy was upon them on either flank, and almost the whole division was cut to piecies on the spot. This dread ful slaughter continued throughout the day, the Russians and the French alternately re pulsing each other, both sides fighting with most deperate intrepidity, and every charge leaving the ground covered with carnage. Towards evening the Prussians, under Les- tocq, advanced against the division of Friant. The French were driven before them. Mar shal Devoust in vain attempted to withstand the torrent. “Here,’,’ he cried, “is the place where the brave should find a glorious death, the cowards will perish iu the deserts ot fcsi- berie.” Still the French were driven on with the loss of 3000 men, and the whole Rusian line was pressing on to victory, when the rapid knignt of the north fell, and the battle was at an end. This was the first heavy blow which Na poleon had received in European war. He had once before been on the point of ruin, bu f it was in Syria, & a British ofticcr had the honor of making the conquerer of Italy re coil It is now unquestionable that at Ey lau he was defeated. At ten at night he gave orders for kis artillery and baggage to defile to the rear, and the advanced post to retreat. He was on the point of being dis graced in the eyes of Europe when he was saved that disgrace by the indecision of the Russian General. A council of war was held by the Russian leaders, on horseback, to decide on their future course. Count Osterman Toletoy, the second in command, with Generals Knoring and Lestocq, urged strongly that retreat was not to be thought of; that Napoleon was beaten a pitched bat tle.; that whenever army gained ground would he reputed the victory, and that-the tiue policvwas to throw their whole force upon him without delay. Bui Bi-wwa*. satisfied with his triumph, _ passe battle, and fell into the hands of the French. Never was a spectacle so dreadful as the field of battle presented on the following morning. About fifty thousand men lay in the space of two leagues, Wt/'bffing in blood. The wounds were for the most pa?t °f *he severest kind, from the extraordinary quan tity of camion balls which had been discharg ed during the action, ami the close proximity of the contending masses, to the deadly bat teries which spread grape, at half musket shot, through their ranks. Though stretch ed on the cold snow, and exposed to the se verity of an Artie winter, they were burned with thirst, and piteous cries were heard on all sides for water, or assistance t* 1 extricate the wounded men from beneath the heaps oi slain or load of horses by which they were crushed Six thousand of these noble ani- malsencumbered the field, or maddened with pain, were shrieking aloud amidst the stifled groans of the wounded.—Subdued by loss of blood, tamed by cold, exhausted by hun ger, the foeman lay side by side amidst the general wreck. The Cossack was to be seen beside the Italian; the gay vine dresser, from the smiling banks of the Gayonne, lay astern with die peasant from the plains of the Uk raine. The extremity of suffering had ex tinguished alike the. fiercest ami the most generous passions.—After his usual custom, Napoleon, in the afternoon, rode over this d’eadful field, accompanied by his generals and staff-, while the still burning piles of s3erpa!len and Sausgartent sent volumns of black smoke over the scene of death; but the men exhibited none nf their wonted en thusiasm; no cries of \ ive I’empereur were heard. PUS H. “Man still is man, and tho** who boldly dare, Shull triumph over lh« »on» of cold deapair.” Riding the other day ii a stage coach, all alone with an Irish gentleman, we became qui'e sociable, and he gave me this account ol hi- life. “YV hen twenty years of age I was at school learning surveying and navigation. ‘And do you rn an to travel? said my master.— ‘What think you of America? said I, for we were then in Dungannon, county Tyrone, Ireland. ‘America,’ repeated he, ‘America is a-growing country—go, John, and behave yourself as becomes a true Iri-hman, and you may eat white bread in your old age, and drink a glass of old sherry.’ At a little more than 21 I sailed from Cork, in the good ship Queen Dido, and landed in 57 days at New Castle. I hied me up to the city in a trice, and wandfered through the streets a stranger for two days, when on the third, who should I happen to meet but Ned Mc- Closky, an old townsman. ‘By gracious!’ said he, ‘icthis isn’t om old friend John Varn- ham! When did you come? In what ship, honey! How were all at home? Why your cheek looks red as a potatoe, man.— You’d grow white in this country, boy, but (running on without waiting for an answer,) what’s your motto?’ ‘What’s my motto?’ enquired I, ‘what is that? -'A short bit of a sentence to direct you in life. You’ll have to take one. See,’ continued he, touching a flask of whiskey which he carried, and pointing to a buxom looking huzzy that was just passing—‘a short life and a merry .one,’ that’s my mo'to. Good bye, John, I’ll see you again,’—and away he flew, half seas over, bound for a short life, methought, whether for a merry or a sail one, was a matter of doubt. Going up Chesnut street—thinks I, docs every man take a motto on setting out in life? What shall 1 choose? A motto! Let me see—when upon an inner doof. I saw in large letters—PUSH. ‘That shall be .my motto, said I, and on the impulse of the mo ment, my right hand was on the door, mv foot over the threshold, I found myself in the middle of an olfice of some sort. After pausing a moment, a genteel man stepped up and inquired my business. ‘To tell the honest truth,’ said 1, ‘none special with any one mortal man in particular, but 1 am an Irish lad, a perfect stranger, just come to America to seek my fortune.” ‘Have you money?’ said the gentleman. ‘Nothing but five guineas, the gift of my angel mother,’ said I, ‘common learning, Irish honor, and a heart to be grateful to any one that will put me in a way to he useful.’ ‘Why,’ said the man, smiling, ‘I like your frankness, and really will venture to trust something to that face. You can write; very well—then copy that paper.’ I did so, and found myself in a snug birth, with plenty to do for an indus trious man—plenty to eat and drink for a temperate man—and satisfactory compensa tion for a reasonable man. My employer was a scrive - er, and some times dealt in the purchase of real estate on speculation. Hearing him deliberating, one day doubtfully about a purchase, “Push,” whispered my good genius. ‘It cannot fail, sir,’ said 1, and if I might be permitted I would gladly take half the bargain. ‘On your luck and judgement, John,’ said my employer. We bought the property, aided by a loan, and in ninety days realized a thousand pounds. I was now two and twen ty; the bloom of my cheek had the freshness of youth and health—a pit or two of the small pox did not mar my good looks—my hair twisted about my forehead in clusters of curls, which, though I seemed careless about them, were matters of some little vanit>, and 1 did not like to part with them; my skin un day. ‘Did you ever know an Irishman that had not a warm heart forever the ladies? ‘Not often, said I.’ ‘My good fortune,’ continued he, ‘in several bargains began to be rumor ed around; and as 1 went constantly to church with my master, several damsels looked kindly on me; one more especially, the daughter of a wealthy merchant over the way, and her brow it seemed to me relaxed from the prudish severity of an heiress, when her eye met mine. Push, said my good ge nius. ‘And blessings on you my sweet dam sel,’ said 1. halt whispering as 1 took an op portunity to pass by her side, half a square on her way home from meeting one after noon. ‘And church is doubly pleasant when you and the like ol you, attend morning and evening—No otfence in saying so l hope, i lost. He played again and again, still he to tell the truth next time. The exposure was too humiliating for the high spirited youth to bear. He saw his friend and en treated him to tell Mr. M. that he drew the wine himself. His friend laughed and told him he would for an oyster supper.—The bargain was struck—he acquitted Montgo mery in Mr. Markley’s eyes; hut the poor boy was destitute of money. He had already taken some*)ong steps aside. He took an other, and resorted to his masters drawer for money to meet the expense of the supper he had promised. YY bile they sat in the cellar to which they had repaired, a gaiming board was produce^; and he was asked to play tor a small sum. The thought struck him that here was a chance to win the money he had taken from his master, and return it. He played and charming lady.” “Me, sir?” replied she, but not very invitingly nor very angrily.— Push, said my good genius, for my heart faultered a little. ‘YY'ho else but your bonny self, miss,’ continued 1, ‘lor that speaking eye and tell-tale lip—say that it is your mo ther’s daughter who has a kind heart and gentle affection—and’ ‘Fie, Mr. Yarn- ham,’ said she, for it seems she knew my name—‘I am sorry if there’s any thing in my countenance so communicative as to warrant a gentleman who is almost a stran ger, to address me in such a manner, and in such a place. No young woman should lis ten to that sort of address, certainly without a mother’s.’ And methought she half lin gered instead of quickening her |iace, to hear if I had any thing to reply. Push said my good genius. ‘In Ireland, dearest,’ saiij I, ‘our fathers often make love going home from clmrch, and if you would give me leave to ask your mother’s approbation’ here I stammered in spite ot my motto. ‘O, as to that,’ said the smiling gil l, ‘you may say any thing to my mother you please.’ The same evening, "eturning from bathing in the Delaware, for tie day had been sultry, a sudden bustle and try c! distress, arrested by attention in, at thit hour, an ui.frequented place. They cry o’a fellow mau in trod !| le is always, you knew, a command to a true Irishman to Push. My cane* was my sbel- lalah; one villain reeled in an instant with a broken head, and the other, though twice’ my size, suk beneith an arm that was nerv ed by humanity aid duty. Assistance soon gathered, and on jlacing my .prisoner in the hands of an office:, who should lie wounded and bleeding before me but the honored la ther of— ’ ‘fiah your sweet-heart—the pretty damsel you had half courted coming from meeting?’ ‘The very same. 1 took him home, where he introduced me as the saviour of his life from robbeis and murder crs. In less time than a ship eould sail to Cork and home-again, I was Junior partner in the whijt^ale srore, and the loveliest girl that has jived for a thousand fears blesssed me with her heart and hand. Thank God I have been prosperous in my basket and my Srore. Our children are a blessing to us, as I hope they will be an honour to their coun try, and we have enough for them and our selves, and somewhat for the jioor.” Tho stars that £uitl<* the wanilorer right, Are virtue fair and hdnor bright, Be temperate, ateailv, junt ami kind, Then push, arul fortnne you shall find. So far as the story is a long one, I pray you, Messrs. Printers, to remember it is an Irishman’s story. So far as I have any thing to say, 1 preserve the character of yours to serve. v'ieor of youth, unacquainted with the enoi j ^ sleeve was white as snow, and except mous losses of the Frence army, an e - j j wag a jjttle bow kneed, (I had that hausted by thirty six hours on horsebaek, di- FR0GRES8 OF ERROR. “Avoid the Progrem of Error.” Great crimes generally spriug from small beginnings, as well as great Lees ajtd great cities. The heart grows hard and wicked bp degrees, and probably the worst man that ever lived can recollect the time when he shuddered, and hesitated at the idea of com mitting n small offence. The truth should be often impressed on the young—say to them “avoid the appearance of evil,” for eveiy time you deliberately do a wrong thing, you pour a dose of poison into the heart, which will tend to destroy conscience, and break down the principles of virtue, you ought to cherish. The traveller who put up at the old sign ol Gen. Wayne, in Altsbury, did not leave that house without shaking hands with, and praising somewhat, Montgomery Rosco, the innkeeper’s son, as fine a-little hoy as ever blessed a parent with the full blossoming of early promises. He was so obedient to his parents, so attentive and respectful to stran gers, so kind and invariably polite to every one, and with all, he learned so smart at school that every one loved and admired him. Few youths ever left home with fairer prospects and with better character than did Montgomery, when at the age .of 15, he was sent to Philadelphia and under the care of a business doing merchant, that he might get an into the busltif ss ? as would justify his father in setting mill !ip * n a store 1.0 AL- bury, for this was the destiny he hat! parked out for his favorite child. His history is di rectly in point in establishing what 1 said at the beginning; and though few may have passed through as singular a complication of circumstances in their way, I]am tully satisfied that his, in all its main and general features, is the history of thousands. I said he was apprentice to a merchant; it was Mr. Markley; his master esteemed him highly and placed in him unlimited confi dence. For a little while he remembered the kind admonitions of his faithful lather ol selecting company—was conscientious in the discharge of every duty—and tried as well as he was able to avoid the appearance of evil. One day, however, he went to a neigh boring store a moment to see a young gen tleman and return a borrowed hook. His friend, very politely, drew a glass ol wine from one of the casks, and pressed him to drink—he did so and departed. The next day the same person stopped to see him; he happened to be alone; and the strong desire not to he behind hand with his new neighbor, overcame the scruples of con science; and he treated him in turn to a glass of wine. In the hurray of the moment, he did not stop the liquor properly.—His master came in—saw the neglect, and enquired— “Montgomery, have you been to the wine cask?” It was an awful moment to him, he dare not pause to think—he yielded to anoth er temptation and answered tremblingly, “no sir, I have, not.”—the old gentleman looked at him most searchingly—then turned and stopped the liquor light himself- The nex: morning the same young gen tleman stepped into the store and asked Mr. M. to sell him a cask of such wine as Mont gomery had given him the evening before. Mr. M- looked at Montgomery again, as il lost. His error was now of an alarming char acter. He became desperate—he took the further sums from the counter, which were necessary to pay what he t orrowed and lost. It was missed—he saw himself liable to be discovered and ruined, and resolved at a sin gle eflint to retrieve his charaqfcjr, byprocur- ing the sum deficient, and depositing it some where where it might be seem to have been overlooked. lie rose, late at night—entered the store, took two hundred dollars and went to a gam- b!;t:" house, where he was confident he could win the money. lit' lost it every cent. The morning came—Mr. M. happened not to examine the drawer which had contained the money himself; and at ten o’clock told Montgomery to carry it to the old bank. Mr. Markley had a large deposite in another bank, and the infatuated youth drew a check on that bank, for the $200; sigued his mas ter’s name to it, presented, it; and was detec ted. . He confessed the whole affair when it was too late; he had intended to deposite the money he thus attempted to draw in lieu of the money lost, and depend on chance to conceal tiie crime yet a little longer. Poor fellow, I savfr him, once afterwards, and with a tear in his eye, and grasping my hand he said—“1 am going to the state pris on, tor >ix penny glass of wine”—alluding to the first error he committed and which had led to all the rest. WAYWARD CRITICISMS. Can a simple swain be happy? Look at.voiing Collin, strolling over the green fields witli his Flora, and pointing at the evening clouds. YY’ould he be happier, if walking with Pharaoh’s daughter? A prince might envy him. \Y 7 e should give thanks for what we have, and thus hope for belter things: so said JZur/pi- des centuries ago. Ii is a gieat soul that can bear adversity without repining itself; and prosperity without making others repine. If life be but vanity and vexation of spirit, why complain that is short? When voung, we wish to be older; when old, to be younger. The age of content is like to-morrow; it never comes until ii is past. YY T e cannot argue with that person, who has not yet risen to that degree of wisdom, ns to be acquainted with his own ignorance. He who never reasons will avoid the danger of reasoning inaccurately. But when a person cannot ren der a reason for his belief, it is evident that be cherishes an unreasonable belief. Too elaborate a reply against an impotent defamer, is only to fire at a target; you waste your powder and ball. It is bes : not to spent of things which are base to do, says E ripides. Duplicity quails before lite simplicity of a noble mind. Hypocrisy sel dom leis more than a half-fledged sentiment flut ter ou: of his lips, lest it should turn and pick his eyes out. One should hardly catch a mouse by treachery. One touch of genius is worth a world of mere descriptor. This is illustrated in the effect of the spectacle of Yorick’s horse. “Labour siood Still as he passed; the bucket hung suspended in the middle of the well; the spinning wheel forgot its round.” Here the eye, and the mind, are filled with distinct images, taken from life; and which give a stronger idea ofthe remarka bleness of tho animal, than the most minute delineation. Marriage enlarges the scene of our happiness and miseries. A marriage of love, is pleasant; a marriage of interest, easy; and a marriage where both agree, is happy. Standard of Rkspectabilitv in Boston. —In a lute trial, reported in the Post, a witneM to whom a quesiion was put as to the respecta bility i f tlie defendeiit, answered:—“1 am not sure, your Honor, that I know how to answer that question, as the standard of respeembthty has varied here lately, I never heard anything against his respectability, and one thing 1 know for a certainty, and that is, he J^as never been ft bank director.” Judges of Music.—A Scotch brigpiper travel ing into Ireland, opened his wallet bv a wood side, and sat down to dinner; he had no sooner said grace than three wolves came about him. To one he threw bread, to another meat, till his provision was all gone! af length he took up his bagpipes and began to piay; at which the wolves ran away. “The Duel fuw me,” said Sawney, “un I had kenn’d ye lrxi’d music ao well, ye should have had it before dinner.” A Court Anecdote.—YY^hen a female member of the British royal family holds n levee, it ift customary for her to kiss the ladies of the no bility, and no others. It happened that the lady of tr.e Lord Justice Clerk was, on one occasion, among the number of those presumed to tho late princess Amelia, who,it ts weli known waft very deaf.—“Stand by for my Lady Justice Clerk,” said the man in waiting. Meanwhilo, some meddling person whispered him that Ilia announcement was incorrect, the lady being n commoner. By this time the kiss preliminary was about to be performed, when out bawhW the man of office through a speaking trumpet, Don’t kiss h r madam—She is not a judy.” ANECDOTE OF NELSON. “I was with Lord Nelson at Copenhagen,” says General Stewart, “wen he wrote the note to the Crown Prince ol Denmark, pro posing terms ol arrangement. A cannon ball struck off the head of the boy who was crossing the cabin with a light to seal it.— ‘Bring another candle,’ said ltis Lordship. I observed that I thought it might be very well to send it as it was,tor it would not be expec ted that the usual forms could be observed at such a moment.—‘That is the very thing 1 would wish to avoid, Colonel,’ replied he: ‘for if the least appearance of precipitation were peresptibie in the manner of sending this note, it might spoil all.’ Another candle being now brought, his Lordships sealed the letter, carefu.ly enclosed in an envelope, with a seal bearing his coat of arms, coronet, &.c. and di livered it to the officer in waiting to rqceive it.” The mournui is reported to have been a critical one, and this note is stated to have determined the event LONG STORIES. Capt. S , of the regiment, during the American war, was notorious for a pro pensity, not to story telling, but to telling long stories, in which he used to indulge in defiance of time and place, often to the great annoynace of his immediate companions; but he was so good humored withal; that they were loath to check hint auiU^dy or harshly. An opportunity occured of giving uJjn a hint, which had the desired effect. He Was d member of a court martial assembled for the trial of a private ofthe regiment. The man bore a very good character in general, the offence he had committed.was slight, and the court was rather at a loss what punishment to award, for it was requisite to award some, as the man was found guilty. While they w r ere deliberating on this, Major , now General , suddenly turning to the president, said, in his ury manner, “Suppose we sentence him to heat two of Capt. Ss—■—’s long stories.” It is said that in some parts of New Ilamp shire, it is so rocky the owners of sheep are obliged to grind the noses of these interesting animals to enable them to get at the strag gling sperrs of grass which now and then peep up between the crevices! A gentleman of our acquaintance, stopping at a tavern in hardhearted state, inquired of the Landlord how he contrived to sow his grain on such a terra firma as that with which he was sur rounded? The man cooly answered, “Sir, we find no difficulty here on that score; wc go round among the everlasting rocks, and when we see an aperture presents, we shoot in the seeds with our muskets; a good marks man, Sir. will m this way frequently sow half a half bushel of grain before breakfast!” The Printer—Many who itiiVO acquired great fame and celebrity in the woild, began their cateer as printers. Sir William Blaclr- stone, the learned Commentator off English Laws, was a printer by trade. King George III was a printer, and not unfrequcntly work ed at the trade, after he ascended the throne of England. We need not say that Franklin was a printer, for this is well known to all who are familiar with his name. Alexander Campbell, the theologian, is a printer. LEGAL DEXTERITY. The snecdote now going the rounds of the press from h London pap r, of General YViron’s advice to the Frenchman, who complained that an Englishman knocked him down whenever he attempted to rise—“My friend, when an Eng lishman knocks you down, never do you get up until he is gone away,” reminds me of a story of Sergeant Davy. The sergeant having abused a witness, as sergeants will abuse witnesses, was on the following morning .whilst in bed, inform ed that a gentleman wished to speak to him; the sergeant concluding that it was a client, de sired that he might be shown up: the visiter stating his name, reminded the sergeant of the abuse which he had heaped on him the preced- ing day, protesting that he could not put up with tie-imputations, and must have immediate sat isfaction, or ho should resort to personal chas- tisement. On this the sergeant raising himself up, said, “But you won’t attack me surely while I’m in bed, will you?”—“Certainly not” said the aggrieved party; “1 should never think of attacking a man in bed.” “Then I’ll be— said the sergeant, as he laid him self down, wrapping the clothes around him, “if I get cut of bed, while you are in this town.” The following beautiful sentiment, tnken from the works of Jean Paul, a German writer, ex- pres-es an exquisite conception, in the happiest manner possible. “Open your heart,” says lie, “to sympathy, but close it to despondency. The flower which opens to receive the dews, shuts against rain.” To sympathize with our fellow beings in their distresses, and to sustain them under allliction, is a duty enjoined upon us by the author of our being, at trie same time to yield, to desponden cy whilst we behold human misery, & suffer our energies to be so palsied as to disable US from tendering efficient aid, is unbecoming, and indi cative of a want of confidence in him, by whose special permission such things are suffered to ex ist. The effect of sympathy is to relieve by sharing, and not to increase by becoming our. selves the victims of circumstances.” RUSE DIPLOMATIQUE. The Cochin.Chinese are a polite people, and punctilious observers of etiquette. At Vung. lam, the chii>f mandarin questioned the proprie ty of one of his rank and numerous titles, hold ing intercourse with Mr. Roberts, who came frono a country where he undersiood there were no titles, and all men were equal. Mr. Roberts, perceiving that unless this objection were removed, all negocintion would be at an end, replied that the mandarin find been in siime measure misinformed. He told him, if his Chinese secretary would take a piece of pa per, he would enumerate ltis own titles and con vince him of his error. The American officers present were of course at a loss to imagine how Mr. Roberts would extiicnie himself from this seeming difficulty. But not so Mr. Roberts.— He dictated as follows:—Edmond Roberts, Es quire, Special Envoy from the President of the United States to the Emperor ol Cochin-China, Citizen of Maine, Citizen of New Hampshiie— and continued enumerating himself citizen of each of the twenty four States; for being citizen of all, he was so of them severally. Before the sheet was half full, the mandarin exclaimed, ,;as unnecessary to go fuither as his titles al ready exceeded ilia own. Had he not been sat isfied, Mr. Roberts intended to enumerate as many of the cities, towns and villages as he could remember, not doubling tire success ol his ruse diplomatique. # Articles from the Modern TVh/g Creed.—T« be a good federal whig requires a belief in the following articles, promulgated in the federal papers. 1st. \Y 7 e believe that “Tom Jefferson secured his election by fraud." 2d- That “Jim Madison ought to have been hung, and that the Hartford Convention wa* an assemblage of patriots.” 3d. That Aaron Burr elected Andrew Jack- son to the Presidency- 4th. That Martin Van Buren can do no right —and that King Biddle can do no wrong. 5th. That the banks ought not to resume till Nichblas Biddle has gone through with his-cot ton specula:ion, and obtained the majority in Congress. 6th. That Henry Clay is the greatest man that ever lived, and Daniel Y\ 7 ebstcr a little greater than he. 7th. That Government ought to take care of Biddle and the Banks, and let Biddle and the Banks take care of the people. New Orleans Southern. A Great Undertaking.—The Buffalo Star- says, tiiat YVebb’s threat of personal chastise ment on any person who alludes to the fact of the $52,000, is equal to us undertaking to cow hide every honest man in the United States. “Enock Lauder,” whose shrcwerl hits at banking we have two or three times copied from the Boston “Mercantile Journal” (VY’iiig) has written a letter on the death of Mr. Cilley. We cut from it tho subjoined extract.—Balt. Republican. “Has this Graves got a wife,” said Miss Fawkes, “and any children?”—“I hope so,” said the Squire, “and when the murderer goes home, and his liith-ones comes running towards Mechanics.—If there is any situation truly en viable, it is that of an industrious mechanic who by his own unaided exertions has established a respectable place in society: who, commen cing in poverty, by his skill and perseverance, overcomes every obstacle, vanquishes every prejudice, and builds up for himself a reputation whose value is enchanced to others. And let it be remembered that this situation is attained by all who have health and practical knowledge of their business; industry and virtuous ambiiiou are seldom exerted in vain. Marry Him.—A mot, an advocate of somo literary as well as legal fame, was once called on by a lady not remarkable for youth, beauty or gooJ temper, lor Ids advice to the best melh- od of geiting rid of a rejected admirer. “Ye maun ken, sir,” said the ladv, “t! at I am a namesake o’ ain* 1 am the- cheif o’ the A mots and ye maun just advise me what 1 ought to do with this impertinent sort o’ fellow.” “Oh, marry him, by all means. It is the only way to get rid of ltis importunities.” “I would see him hanged first?” replied she, with emphatic indignation. “Nay, madam,” rejoined Mr. Arnot, “marry him directly, as l said before, and by the Lord Harry, he’ll soon hang himself!” Infuence of the Moon on Timber.—A very intelligent gentleman named Edmundstone, who was for nearly thirty )ears engaged in cutting timber in Demarara, and who made a number of observations on trees during that period, says, that the moon’s influence on trees is very great. So observable is this, that if a tree be cut down at full moon, it will immediately split, as if torn asunder by trie influence of great external force. They are likewise attacked much earlier by the rot titan if allowed to remain to another him, and he looks upon his wife, may God Al- j pgpojj 0 f the moon’s age. Trees, therefore- • » . l i • i * . . . “ ... mighty set before him the picture of trie poor heart-broken woman, that lie has made a wid- ow, and those three little children, that he has made fatherless.*’ Miss Fawkes rubbed the tear from her eye, and Captain Tarbox cried a- men, as solemn as a parish clerk. The Squire was’ut in no humor to say a word about the bank law, so I didn’t at him about it. I reckon there isn’t a braver man than Captain Tarbox nowhere. He was powder monkey in the revolution, and rizto be Captain of a gun brig. He’s over seventy, and, last summer, he tackled a wolf all alone, out in our woods, with no sign of a weapon but an old jack knife, and he used him up proper quick I tell ye. I don’t believe YVcbb would have fitccd that are wolf, P.nd there wouldn’t a’been any objections about jiis being no gentleman neither. The Squire ax’d the Qantain what he would have done, if Webb had ’challenged mill. “Done,” said he, why I’d a’said to him, “I’ll talk with Miss Tar box about it.” The Squi re couldn’t help laugh ing. “Squire Fawkes,” said Captain Tarbox, “I’ll give you r y notions about this here bisi- ness. These kind o’ murderers are the great est cowards in creation, and the most cold blood- ed selfish scoundrels that ever lived. They’ve no fear o’ the Almighty, that’s true enough.— A real brave man is’nt so confounded uneasy for fear somebody else will say he is a coward. Then ye see these fellows are thinking o’ noth ing under Heaven but their own dear selves.— Their wives, that they have promised to take care on, and their poor little children are no mure importance than a pincli <>’ snuff Away they go, and for fearsome high Virginia jack anapes should say they’re no gentleman—whose no, judge neither, like as not—away they go with their rifles and set up for one another, like a couple o’ cock turkies, till one on ’em’s killed. Then tother when he’s murdered him, asks how he does, and hearing he’s raaly dead, he rides offinto another slate as fast as he can go; for, though he’s willing to be shot, ho dont like to be hanged.” A long tail.—The tail of Queen Victoria’s dressmrasures 16 yards, and weighs 20 pounds. Tho Duchess of Kent has the high and mighty honor of carrying the latter end of it, as- sisted by three Right Honorable ladies of nobili ty. One account' says that Victoria has a very coarse, awkward figure, a large flat foot.a beefy ancle, and that her iace is as ugly as sin. which are intended to be applied to durable pi*r- poses are cut oniy during the first and last quarters of the moon; for the sap rises to the tup ofthe tree nt full moon, and falls in propor tion to trie moons decrca'e. An Extraordinary Cure of Deafness.— YVhen authetic cases of benefits to suffering hu manity come directly within our knowledge a* trophies of professional skill, it gives us pleasure to record them. We were waited upon this morning, by a young man, Royal D. Leach, bv name, a resident of Lozcrne county in this state, who came to the city about three weeks since, so deplorably deaf, that he could but faintly' and confusedly comprehend the loudest conversation. He confided himself to the skil ful offices of Dr. J. Togno—whose successful- abilities as an nurist have been so oflen tested and displayed. A transition, no less gratify ing than remarkable ensued. From a» undistin- guishing, benumbing reception of a confused mass of sound, his hearing sense has changed to clear aud perfect aelion. The ticking of a watch, at a distance of nearly a foot, and everr wilt cotton in his ears, he can distinctly appre hend. His gratitude is unbounded, and to use his own expression, “beyond the reach of words - ”—Phil. Gam A Nuisance.—The New Orleans papers comph.in that the streets of that city are infes ted with sturdy beggars, whose “plump well-fed features and athletic forms belie the tales of want and destitution they repeat.” A prince laughing nt one of his courtiers whom he bad employed in several embassies, told him he looked like and ow!. I know not, answered the courtier, what 1 look like; but this I know, I have had the honor Several times to represent your Majesty’s person. A rieh old gentleman at New Orleans, w ho with hie young bride, was horribly beset, night after night, by three or lour thousand professor* of “cat music,” has, at last, purchased from bis tormentors the mercy of their silence, by ae- ceeding to their demands, and giving $1,000 to the Orphan Boys’ Asylum. A New Idea.—The ladies wear india-rubber Cushions between their teeth, that they may talk without causing their jaws to ache.

Georgia Historic Newspapers

The federal union. (Milledgeville, Ga.) 1830-1861, April 24, 1838, Image 1