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^Tlanter’s hotel.
SAVANNAH, GA.
THIS establishment is now open for
the reception of boarders. It has recent-
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tiiiiij
ly been fitted up with new furniture of
the neatest style, and is now under the
management of the subscriber, who
__ i pledges himself that nothing on his part
shall be wanting. His TABLE shall be served with the
best the market and country can afford, and his HOUSE
attended by the best and most trusty serv ants.
Gentlemen and their families can be accommodated
with front rooms of the neatest stvle, No Bar will be
kept open in the house to disturb those who may please
to favor him with their patronage.
Persons arriving on the Railroad, wishing to stop at
this House.will direct their baggage to be sent to the
Planter’s Hotel. J. SLATER.
Savannah, Sept. 29, 1840. 10—0m
Valuable HIHIs aud Land for Sale.
THAT valuable Property, belonging to
the estate of Gen. Wm. P. Ford, known as
his “Mill Place,” in Randolph county, three
and a half miles from the Chattahoochee, is
now offered for sale. The body of Laud on
which the Mills are erected, contains some fourteen or fif
teen hundred acres, some of which is “just as good as
dirt generally gets to be,” well adapted to the cultivation
of cotton and grain. The Mills have superiorfixings for
sawing aud grinding, not surpassed by any in the country.
A further description is deemed unnecessary, as persons
desirous of purchasing, will view the premises, and by
calling on the subscriber, he will take pleasure in shewing
the property. JAMES P. HOLMES,
For the Executrix.
Fort Gaines, Dec. 1, 1640. 26—tf
WESTERN BANK OF GEORGIA, )
Rome, December 30, 1640. (
h4RDI'.RF.D, That the Stockholders in this Bank
lie required to pay TEN DOLLARS per share,
on the Stock held by them respectively, on or before the
fifteenth of March next ensuing.”
By order of the Board,
30—Ot R. A. GREENE, Cashier.
WILLIAM D. MIMS,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
-yxriLL practice LAW in the Courlsof the Flint Cir
V V cuit, and iu the couuties of Jones, Twiggs and
Talbot.
References.—Col. E. Hamilton, Fort & Clopton, Ira
I'. Fort it Co. W. A. Ross, Solomon, Griffin & Land,
and J. J. Gresham, Esq., Macon; Farrer &. Hayes,
Charleston; Wimberly & Jones, Savannah; Barnard
Hill, Esq. Tulhotton.
OFFICE over White Sl Carter’s store, Cotton Ave
nue.
Macon, Jan. 12, 1640. 32—52t.
ALFRED A. OVERTON,
Attorney at i^atr,
MADISON, MORGAN COUNTY, GEORGIA.
January 26, 1641. 13t—32
VOL. XI.
MILLED GLV1LLE, (Gl.) 2ft, 1041.
HO. to.
PUBLI C SALES.
MISSELLANY.
Cash for Corn.
S EALED proposals will he received up to the lGtli
inst., for furnishing the Penitentiary with 1000 bush
els of prime bread corn, for which the cash will be
puid on delivery. January 8, 1841. 30—It
PUBLIC HOUSE.
CLINTON, GEORGIA.
THE Subscriber, respectfully informs his
friends and die public generally, that he has
opened PUBLIC HOUSE in this place, in
the house formerly occupied as a Tavern by
Messrs. Gray & Jones, fronting the public square, and
assures his friends, that no pains will be spared to render
those comfortable who may favarhini with acall.
MICHAEL SULLIVAN.
Jauuary 1, 1841. 20—3t
Notice.
FTIIIE subscriber will in future charge the customary
fee of ONE DOLLAR, for each note attended to
by him in the Central Bank; also for taking out and for
warding grants, duplicates, testimonials, &c., One Dol
lar each.
All communications, postage paid, will meet with
prompt attention. WM. G. LITTLE.
Milledgcville, Oct. 1, 1840. 16
FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC G00DS7
AT WMQLSSAUS,
DICK & HOLMES*
No. 17, Vendue Range, Charleston, South Carolina.
f AVF, now in store, 500 bales and cases, Brown and
Bleached GOODS of the most popular brands,
with an extensive supply of PRINTED and STRIPE
goods—also, a large and general assortment of all the
leaning -‘-r 1 *'°c«‘ssary to make up a complete
stock for the most extensive x-ounuy oiuie.
As Agents for several Manufacturers, we are constant
ly supplied by direct importation, with a general assort
ment of Woollens, Cottons, Linens, Hosiery, Silk and
Cotton Umbrellas, &c.
|O’ All of which we offer at our usual low prices for
Cash or Notes with Town acceptances.
DICK & HOLMES,
Commission Merchants Sf Auctioneers.
February 1, 1841. 32—3t
-g ^ A SACKS genuine Petit Gulpli Cotton seed,
lOU for sale by
NICHOLS & DEMING.
Miiledgeville Feb. 8. 1841. 34—3t
IT
A CARD—TO THE LADIES !
MRS. C. HOFFMAN,
AUGUSTA, GA.
R espectfully informs the ladies of mu-
ledgeville, aud likewise her old friends in the Coun
try, that the Jflillinery anil Dress making bu
siness in all its branches will still be continued, and she
may he found at her old stand, in the New Buildings,
second story, opposite the late" Planters’ Hotel, where
she will be ready at all times to furnish her customers
with the very latest style of French Millinery; latest style
of London and French Dress .Making, &c. &c. at very
short notice. Mrs. H. would respectfully inform her
friends, that in the selection of her Goods and articles for
Millinery, she has as heretofore exercised her best taste
and judgment.
[C? All orders entrusted to her care shall receive
prompt attention, and all work executed in the latest
fashion with neatness and dispatch. Having received
the latest fall fashions and engaged superior hands, she
feels confident of giving satisfaction to all who may pat
ronize her. November 9, 1840. 13t—tf
_ FOR SALE.
Two 40 acre lots—one in the Kith
district of the second section, being Num
ber 389; the other situate in the 4lh district
^of the first section, being No. 311. Per
sons wishing to purchase, will apply to the subscriber
at MountviUe, Troup countv, Ga. Nov. 30, 1840.
24—13t NATHAN V. BODDIE.
COVINGTON FEMALE SCHOOL.
W E call the attention of all who feel an interest in
Educating their Daughters, to the following:
The FEMALE SCHOOL in Covington, Newton
county, Georgia, will commence on the first Monday in
January next, underthe care of MISS KELLOG, whose
competence to discharge the duties of tutoress is unques
tioned by all who know her; all the branches taught in
Female Schools, will be taught by her to perfection
Professor Hadaman will give lessons in French, and
Mr. Gotenburger, will give lessons in Music.
Covington is a very healthy place, and hoard can be
had in good private houses or Taverns at moderate prices.
JOHN N. WILLIAMSON, ) H
CARY WOOD, > a
RICHARD KENNON, ) S
December 30,1840. 6t—30 *
‘ REINDEER.
THIS thorough-bred Race-horse (own bro-
'therto Alice Gray,) will stand the next season
.at Hillsborough, Jasper county, under the care
of Mr. John Wvnkns, and will he let to mares at the re
duced price of 825 the season.
REINDEER was sired by the celebrated Henry, the
competitor of Eclipse; his dam Sportmistress by Hickory,
(the best son of imported Whip) his grandum, Miller’s
Damsel, the dam of American Eclipse; she was sired by
imported Messenger. Great grandam, the imported
mare by Potoxas, great great grandam by Gintcrack—
Snap Dragoon, by Snap—Regulus—Bartlett’s Childers
—Honey Woods Arabian, out of the Two True Blues.
REINDEER is achesunt sorrel, 16 hands high, of
large hone, strongly made, short hack, fine eyes, and of
commanding appearance. He was bred by Thomas
Pearsall, of Long Island, New York, will be 9 years old
iu May next. There is not a better blooded horse in the
United States, either native or imported.
JOHN T. LAMAR,
JOHN WYNENS,
December 1st, 1840. 24—2fit
CANO.
THIS thorough bred Race Horse, having
' proved lame since he was transferred to the sta-
.hie of Col. Hampton, it has been deemed advi
sable by his owners to let him make a Spring Season, at
his stable on the Lafayette Course. To afford breeders
an opportunity, therefore, of raising colts of the most ap
proved blood, he will be permitted to visit a limited num
ber of Mares, not exceeding 30, at $75 the season, and
$1 to the Gloom.
Ample preparations will be made for the accommoda
tion of all Mares sent to him, and they will be taken care
of on the most approved plan, at 50 cents per day, and
no charges for negro boys attending them.
The performances of Gano on the Turf, are too well
known to require repetition here. He is a beautiful ma
hogany bay, 16 hands 1 inch high, of great symmetry, and
possessing superior hone and muscle. He was sired by
Eclipse, out of Betsey Richards, a full sister to John
Richards.
AU expenses will be required to be paid before the Mare
leaves the stable.
THOMA8 J. WALTON,
AUGUSTUS LAMPKIN.
Augusta, February 2,1840. 34—5t
Administrator’s Sale.
A GREEABLY to ail order of tire Inferior Court of
DeKalh county, when sitting for ordinary purposes,
will be sold before the court house door in Walker coun
ty, on the first Tuesday in March next, lot of Land, No.
99, in the 28th district and third section, of now Walker
county. Sold as the property of Willis P. Palmer, de
ceased, for the benefit of the heirs and creditors of said
deceased.
H. D. PALMER, adm’or.
November 16,1840. 22
DMI NISTRATO It'S SALE.—Will be
sold before the court house door in the town of
Waresborough, Ware county, on the first Tuesday in
March, next, One lot of Land, No. 31, in die 6th district
of Ware county, sold as the property of Joshua Cravey,
deceased. Sold for the benefit of the heirs of the said
Joshua Cravey, late of Decatur county, deceased.—
Terms made known on the day.
JAMES HAGIN, adm’or.
November 25, 1640. 25
Administrator’s Sale.
A GREEABLY to an order of the inferior court of
Emanuel county, when sitting for ordinary purpo
ses, will, within the legal hours, be sold, before the court
house door in the town of Swainesborongh, Emanuel
county, on the first Tuesday iu April next, all the real
estate in said countv that belonged to Michael Neell, late
of said county, deceased; sold for the benefit of the heirs
and creditors of said deceased. Terms made known on
the day of sale. January 10, 1640.
ELIZABETH NEELL, adm’rx.
31 WILSON RHYNER, adm’or.
N OTICE.—AU persons indebted to the Estate of
Robert B. Haynes, late of Forsyth county, de
ceased, are requested to come forward and make pay
ment to the subscribers without delay; and all those to
whom the estate is indebted, are requested to present their
accounts properlv attested in terms of the law.
MILLY A. C. HAYNES, adm’rx.
GEORGE BABER,
B. F. BOMAR,
January 1, 1841.31
Administrator’s Sale.
U NDER an order of the inferior court of Jones
county, when sitting for ordinary purposes, will,
wilhiu the legal hours, be sold, before the court-house
door in the town of Clinton, Jones county, on the first
Tuesday in April next, one hundred and fifty acres of
land, adjoining Daniel Scott, Joseph Day and Benjam u
Barron, the place whereon Wiley Chappell, late of Jones
county, resided; sold for a distribution among the heirs.
Terms made known on the dav of sale.
GABRIEL H. CHAPPELL,
PETER NORTHERN, >
January 12, 1841. 31
Administrators Sale.
O N Wednesday the 10th day of February, 1841, will
be sold, at the plantation of Mathew Williams, late
of Irwin county, deceased, all the perishable property
belonging to the estate of said deceased, found on said
plantation, consisting of one yoke of oxen, horses, hogs,
farming utensils, household furuiture, &c. sale to con
tinue from day to day until all is sold. Terms made
known on the day of sale. At the same time and place
will be hired out two small Negroes, and the plantation
rented. December 19, 1840.
REBECCA JANE WILLIAMS, adm’rx.
29 WRIGHT PARKER, adm’or.
N otice. —All persons having demands against
the estate of Mathew Williams, late of Irwin
county, deceased, will present them in terms of the law;
and all persons indebted to said estate are requested to
make immediate payment. December 19, 1840.
REBECCA JANE WILLIAMS, adm’rx.
29 WRIGHT PARKER, adm’or.
j adm’ors.
A DMINISTRATOR’S SALE.—Will be
sold on the first Tuesday in MARCH next, be
tween the usual hours of sale, before the court-house
in Marion county, by order of the honorable the Inferior
court of Talbot county, when sitting for ordinary pur
poses, Fraction of Land, No. 188, containing seventy-
five acres, lying in the eleventh district of originally Mus
cogee, but now Marion county; sold as the property of
George Kellum, late of Talbot county, deceased, for
the benefit of the heirs and creditors of said deceased.—
Terms on the day. October 20, 1840.
25 TALIAFERRO RUSH, adm’or.
Administratrix’s Sale.
O N the 23d day of February next, will be sold at the
late residence of Simon Strickland, deceased, all
the personal proDerty of said deceased. Sale to continue
nuifi uav to day until an «»—n. *—m
STACY STRICKLAND, adm’or.
DeKalh county, January 5, 1841. 31
Executors’ Sale.
A GREEABLY to an order of the inferior court of
Washington county, when sitting for ordinary pur
poses, will, within the legal hours, be sold, before the
court-house door, iu the town of Talbotton, Talbot coun
ty, on the first Tuesday in April next, one tract of Land
containing two hundred two and a half acres, more or
less, known as No. seventy-four in the seventeenth dis
trict, second section, of originally Muscogee but now
Talbot countv, belonging to the estate of Reding Pate,
deceased. Sold for the benefit of the heirs and creditors.
Terms made known on the day of sale. Dec. 29, 1840.
ELIZABETH PATE, ex’rx.
29 GREEN B. BURNEY, ex’or.
Administrator’s Sale.
O N the first Tuesday in April next, will, within the
legal hours, be sold, before the court-house door
ill the town of Holmesville, Appling county, the follow
ing property, to-wit: all the real and personal estate of
Joseph H. Lamb, late of Appling county, deceased,
which has not been disposed of heretofore, consisting of
one Negro man by the name of Davy, about fifty-five
years old, and one lot of Land containing four hundred
and ninety acres, known as No. 426, in the third district
of Appling county, well improved. Sold for the benefit
of the heirs and creditors. Terms made known on the
dav of sale. December 18, 1840.
31 BENJAMIN LEGGETT, adm’or.
Administrators’ Sale.
A GREF.ABLY to an order of the inferior court of
J\_ Telfair county, when sitting for ordinary purposes,
will be sold, on the first Tuesday ill MARCH next, be
fore the court-house door iu the town of Jacksonville,
Telfair county, between the usual hours of sale, the fol
lowing lands, viz: half of lot of Land known as number
two hundred and sixty-nine, lving in the first district of
originally Appling but now Telfair county, also, one lot
in the same district and county, number two hundred
and twenty-one, lying on the Ocmulgee River.
REBECCA SWAIN, adm’rx.
M. G. WILLCOX, adm’or.
December 22,1840. 29
Guardian’s Sale.
U NDER an order of the honorable the inferior court
of Jones county, when sitting for ordinary purpo
ses, will be sold before the court-house door in the town
of Clinton, Jones county, on the first Tuesday in April
next, within the usual hours of sale, Fifty acres of Land,
ill said countv, adjoining lands of McLoud and others,
sold as the property of Ann Chapman, minor. Terms
on the day of sale January 5, 1841.
31 NATHANIEL TURBIVILLE, guardian.
Administrator’s Sale.
O N Saturday the 20th day of February next, will be
sold at the late residence of William Martin, late
of DeKalh comity, deceased, all the personal property of
said deceased, consisting of Corn, Fodder, Oats, Cattle,
Hogs, Horses, Oxen, Cart, Household and Kitchen Fur-
nititre, Stills, Tubs, and other articles; all sums of five
dollars or over on a credit until the 25th day of Decem
ber next, small notes and approved security will be re
quired. The Plantation of said deceased may be rented
on the same day. January 5, 1841.
30 C. MURPHY, adra or.
N OTICE.—All persons indebted to the estate of
Wm. Martin, late of DeKaib county, deceased,
are requested to make immediate payment; aud those
having demands agaiust the estate are requested to pre
sent them legally authenticated within the time prescribed
by law. Jauuary 5, 1841. , ,
*30 C. MURPHY, adm or.
Administrator’s Sale.
O N the 4th day of March next, will be sold at the
late residence of William Smith, late of C°hb
county, deceased, all the personal property of said de-
ceased. Sale to continue from day to day until all is
sold. Term at sale. January 8, 1841.
31 JAMES C. SCOTT, adra’or.
Executor’s Sale.
GREEABLE to the last will & testament of Charles
/ 4 Lively, late of DeKaib county, deceased, will be
sold to the highest bidder, before the court-house door in
the town of Decatur, DeKaib county, on the first Tues
day in March next, within the legal hours, a STALLION
IIORSE, about eight years old, five feet ten or eleven
incoes high, good bone, muscle and action; a credit of
twelve months w ill be given; note and approved securi
ty will be required. January 5, 1841. 4.
*30 ISHAM A. GOBER, ex’or.
’ NOTICE.
A LL persons having demands against the estate ot
Nattain Fish, late of Jasper county, deceased, art
quested to present the same: and those indebted to 3aid
estate, are requested to make immediate payment to the
undersigned. CALVIN FISH, Executor.
November 11, 1840. 22
WOMAN.
For roughest path, in darkest glooms,
There is a star with bright clear ray ;
There is a flower that ever blooms,
Aud, like a rose-tree ’mid the tombs.
With beauty glads our way.
’Tis Woman sheds so fair a light
Upon this weary pilgrimage :
She is the flower whose beauty bright
Fills youth with visions of delight,
And gladdens sinking age.
In vain each thing may smile around,
No joy can he where she is not;
But, where her angel form is found,
The wilderness is magic giound,
The desert a most holy spot.
1©l T tt MONTHS after date application will be
made to the honorable Inferior Court of Washing-
deceased. —
September 18,1840.—15
AN INCIDENT IN 177S.
The present generation looks with interest
and respect upon any thing connected with
the roost soul-stirring events of our Revolu
tion—witli the memories of their fathers, who
suffered and triumphed in that glorious cause
And well they may, for never did nobler men
lift their arms and shed their blood in a nobler
struggle, and never has any commotion of
States given rise to more interesting and strik
ing events. And shame upon the sons of
America, in whose veins courses Revolution
ary blood, if they cannot sympathize in the
suffering, deprivations ar.d toils of their sires,
or if tlieir blood does not boil at the thought
of their wrongs. Let us trust that every drop
of that sacred blood will beget a spirit of the
same stamp. If there is, indeed, this love of
by-gone days, the following short story, from
the lips of one who has now gone to join his
fathers, will attract some interest. There is
nothing very extraoadinary in it—it is but
one instance among hundreds, which show of
what romantic scenes our border was often
the theatre. I will give it as nearly as pos
sible, in his own simple style, with hut little
embellishments of my own.
“It was a hot, oppressive day in August,
1778, as I was returning from the woods a-
bout twelve o’clock, to my house which was
situated on the Schenectady road, a few miles
from Albany, I was surprised to bear the re
port of a rifle. It appeared to proceed from
my little cabin, and also as if fired within it.
The horrid thought that the Indians were
committing their infernal ravages upon my
helpless family, for a moment rivited me to
the spot and froze my blood. But soon, an
ger and revenge, joined to the feelings of a
husband and a father, roused me to the high
est pitch of courage and daring. I rushed
rapidly on through the undergrowth of bushes,
fired with the determination to spend my
strength to the last in defence of the objects
dearest to me on earth. I remembered their
utterly destitute condition, for my two eldest
sons had gone to town, and none remained at
home hut my wife, and daughter of about six
teen, and two little children; and so the sava
ges could meet no very great resistance in
making sure their prey. Pushed on by these
thoughts I hurried forward. But here, most
fortunately, my knowledge of Indian warfare
showed me what folly such haste was, and
that my rashness would lead me into some
snare of these crafty villains, and suggested
that by proceeding and acting more cautious
ly and deliberately, I could make my assistance
of much more effect. And a most happy idea
it was—for having stopped suddenly behind
a large tree, and looking carefully around, I
eilipil o eioiro^y/x *• flftjr jranrla frnm mP
creeping like a serpent through the bushes.
Having watched him long enough to assure
myself that he had not perceived me, I follow
ed his example, dropped down silently among
the undergrowth, and slid along quickly to
ward the clearing on which my house stood.
When I arrived at the fence which enclosed
my little patch of land, I had a full view of the
state of the case. My wife and daughter, hav
ing, I supposed, seen the Indians skulking in
the forest had barricaded the door, and kept
up a kind of defence through the window, with
an old gun which was in the house. And I
saw, also, that their courage and skill had done
some execution, for two worriors stiff on the
ground told the merits of the trusty old piece,
and proved that the vonten of the white men
were not mere squaws. But the Indians
were fast gaining ground in spite of their loss,
and five were already battering tliedoordown,
while four more were rushing up to their aid.’’
“At this juncture I raised my rifle and sent
a bullet which soon found its way to the very
heart of one who was foremost of those run
ning towards the house. The fall of their
companion brought the others to a stand for a
moment, to see whence this unexpected mes
senger came. Just then I perceived a flash
from the opposite side of the clearing, and the
death-cry of another monstrous savage an
nounced that the cold lead had settled him,
while it struck double terror into the remain
der, who stood fixed with astonishment at
being thus brought between two fires. My
own surprise at this new ally was quickly re
lieved by seeing my two sons bounding across
the field towards the house. Hope now re
joiced my heart, & re-loading my rifle, I leaped
the fence, and ran to the rescue, calling to my
hoys to come on. They obeyed most cour
ageously, but they had just reached about the
middle of the field, when the eldest, who was
foremost, dropped dead by a shot from an In
dian standing near the door, but the yonger
one, who had not yet discharged his gun, made
the red skin pay for tlie act by the forfeit of
his own life. My remaining son was then met
by the two out of the four who were run
ning towards the house. One of them rushed
upon him with his knife and tomahawk—the
other I laid low with a discharge from my ri
fle, and coming up to the first, who had closed in
with my son, I gave him a teiTible whack
with the but of the gun, which laid him stun
ned at my feet. But now our turn came, for
our victory was but short. Two or three
bullets whizzed among us one of which struck
my shoulder and completely disabled me.
We nevertheless moved on towards the
house.”
“The demons had at length broken the door
down, atid we came up in the time to see
them commence their diabolical work. One
had already struck the murderous tomahawk
into the temple of my wife, who had sunk to
til? floor, and he was then tearing off the bloo
dy scalp. Two others had despatched the
little ones, and another one was raising his
powerful arm to give the fatal blow to my
daughter, when a noble looking savage, who
appeared to be the chief of tlie party, hurled
the weapon from his hand to the other side of
the room, and saved her from the deadly
stroke The first one drew back from his ex
pected prize with evident disrelish, while the
Chief tied her arms in the manner in which
they always do their captives, and then turn
ed round to attend to the rest of the proceed
ings. How I was thunderstruck to discover
that this savage was the far famed Brant. I
recognized him immediately, for having re
sided up the Mohawk Valley, I had been well
acquainted with him. He knew me, also, and
walking up to me, said that we were his pris
oners, and had better yield without resistance,
otherwise he would despatch us as he had my
wife, and children. Seeing that our efforts
would be in vain, I told my son we had better
surrender. They then tied our arms behind
our backs, while Brant bound a piece of cloth
over my shoulder. Then going up to my
daughter, he led her out and told us to follow.
We proceeded a short distance, and turning,
we saw our little cabin enveloped in flames
and becoming the umeral pile of the wife of
my youth and the children of my latter years,
while a few rods from me laid the bloody
corpse of my first born. I turned from the
sickening sight.”
“Two Indians having remained to take care
of the dead, the rest of us proceeded towards
the woods, upon entering which we met the
Indian whom I first saw creeping among the
hushes. He spoke a few words to Brant, and
then joined our party. Our course led directly
towards Schenectady, which we passed at the
distance of a couple of miles that same after
noon. About ten miles up the valley of the
Mohawk, we came upon a party of Indians of
one of the hostile tribes. Brant committed
us to them, and then went off that very night
in a southerly direction. I have never seen
him since.”
“After having dragged our weary limbs
through the tangled forests of those western
wilds, we arrived at Niagara. We remained
there about three months, when my son and
myself were transferred to Quebec. From
that time I have never heard of my daughter.
My only son died in prison at Quebec; and at
the end of the war I returned into the States,
without any property, aud deprived of all I
once held dear on earth, to begin this dreary
life over again.”
THE DEVIL’S CLOCK.
The town of Herringhausen, not a hundred
miles from Frankfort, is one of the most pic-
turisquely antique in Germany, and contains
about twelve thousand inhabitants. I like to
prepare my readers with a tolerable idea of
the locality wherein the events narrated trans
pire—for then I may hope to impress them
with at least a twofold sympathy in my drama
tis persona. The streets in which Herr Bom-
garteu had his residence was among the oldest
in the town aforesaid, and his residence was
among the oldest in it. He was himself, also,
a high-dried piece of antiquity, usually envel
oped in a cloud of smoke from sunrise to sun
set, except only when his fair daughter sat
beside him at their evening meal and talked
over the affairs of the day. On such occa
sions, he would narrate incidents iu llis pro
gress through life, and dwell upon the difficul
ties attendant upon acquiring the indepen
dence which they enjoyed. He had one pas
sion in excess—an intense love of music; and
had at one time been no mean proficient on
the violin. At the festivals held periodically
in all the principal German towns, bis judg
ment was appealed to; and indeed, no meet
ing of the kind was complete if he, by chance,
were absent. It may, therefore, naturally be
inferred that his daughter had been early in
structed in the elements of the art; and at
nineteen she was a piauiste of considerable
attainments. These circumstances formed
the basis of a desire which became stronger
with his years, and which confirmed a resolve
that she should wed one of the most accom
plished musicians of the age. They say that
when all other passions die, ambition survives,
and acquires a force proportioned to its soli
tariness and singleness of aim. Certain it is,
that out of many suitors whom the beauty
and gentleness of disposition of Azalin attract
ed to the domioilcuf lien Dumgai icu, not pno
icnipulniN washe on the score of musical
perfection) was permitted by him to continue
his visits, qlnxiety for the fulfilment of a
hope being usually in proportion to its strength,
her sire, as the young lady approached twen
ty-one, began to experience a dread that he
might not live to see her settled. This prey
ed upon his spirits deeply, and urged him to
publish, as widely as possible, his intentions.
To that end he invited to his house, on a cer
tain day all the class-musical who chose to
compete for his daughter, declaring that at
midnight he would decide on the claims of the
aspirants. Now, it is necessary that I should
inform my readers that in the grand apartment
in Herr Bomgarten’s mansion, there was i
piece of furniture supposed to have been fa
bricated by a Hungarian musician, and which
exhibited so much of apparent wilfulness, that
it had been denominated, by common consent,
the Devil’s Clock.
The time-keeping edifice struck all manner
of hours in all manner of ways; but whatever
might be its vagaries, was always true to the
solemn “twelve” of midnight; so that Herr
Bomg-arten, not without reason, fixed upon that
hour to decide his long cherished scheme.
The day at length arrived; and it may be
imagined that not a little preparation had
been made. The pianoforte [one of Komer’s
latest improvements] was placed under a mir
ror of immense size and exactly opposite to
the [fatal] clock.
Azalia was dressed in a holliday suit, and
looked lovelier than usual; and from this cir
cumstance her father augured a propitious fin
ale. At about eight o’clock in the evening,
the visitors were all assembled; and the play
ers who ventured to offer themselves as com
petitors for so beautiful a prize, were four in
number. They severally sat down to the in
strument; and each appeared, more than his
pedecessor, to astonish the audience; and it
was generally imagined that the last perform
er would be entitled to become the fair girl’s
husband. But ere Herr Bomgarten had quite
resolved in his own mind the exact merits of
each candidate, another stood beside the in
strument, and, rather by signs than words, in
dicated that he too must try his skill.
The guests seemed extremely puzzled at
this singular appartiion; for up to that mo
ment the gentleman had not been observed in
the room at all! One or two persons, indeed,
declared that he had actually stepped from
the clock case as the last player of the four
concluded his fantasia! Be it as it may, he
sat down to the piano, and produced—but it
is wholly impossible to describe the sensation.
He now withered up the heart with the iutinsity
of his pathos, and again enchauted the soul with
multitudinous images of delight. Then would
he pour over the imagination a storm ofharmo-
nies that exalted it almost to frenzy, andanon
subdued it to the placidity cfchildhood. He was
the man: yet, who was he] The question was a
fearful one. He was handsome, but his as
pect was singularly wild and melancholy. He
executed with marvellous ease, but his mind
appeared [judging from his eye] to be wan
dering over fields of thought remote fiom that
in which he was engaged. He rose. Herr
Bomgarten sprang from his seat, and would
have embraced ftltn, but was repelled by his
peculiarity of mien. Few minutes had he to
decide, for midnight was at hand. As to the
pretty Azalia, she wore no expressionsave on
ly that of extreme pallor, and of some internal
agitation; but when the strainger, as the clock
struck “twelve,” touched her hand to depart,
she arose at once, and without any apparent
reluctance. The most surprising part of the
whole business was this—that the stranger,
holding the hand of the young lady, proceeded
at once to the Devil s Clock, and, giving
one melancholy glance at the company, touch
ed a spring and retired within its case.
As the door closed on the Fatal couple, a
murmur of horror ran through the assembled
guests. The unhappy father was so affected
that he fainted away; and as sensation return
ed, he declared that he repented him solely of
having, as it were, interfered with the decrees
of Providence. “Ah!” he exclaimed, would
that I had selected some honest youth amon<*
our neighbors, for her husband! Carl Von
Muller for instance—who loved in return, and
whom I drove from the house.” Scarcely had
he made this avowal, when the clock-case
opened, and the stranger, stepping from it,
said, in a sepulchral voice: “If your daugh
ter, O man of ambitious views, were now mar
ried to Carl Von Muller, would you give her
your blessing]”—“I would! I would!”exclaim
ed the old man, sobbing. “Then,” exclaimed
the apparition, “come forth, ye happy pair!”
At these words, the door of the room opened,
and Carl Von Muller and his lovely bride en
tered, approached the master of the house and
knelt at his feet.—“Now,” said the strainger,
“let me turn this gloom into merriment. My
name is Mcndelss/um the composer; I have just
returned from Italy; I am the bosom friend
of Carl Von Muller: the clock has a communi
cation with the Church of St. Ruque; 't^ie tho-
risles, who always sets it right, from some su
perstitious feeling, play a variety of tricks
with it by day; and I have been the means of
doing an act of friendship and of justice.” As
to the moral—but no; we will think of that
some other time; for now, it behooves us sole
ly to be joyous—and a merrier, a happier
evening, was never spent in the good old town
of Herringausen. .
corf ariarf with food, wUre
preventive* ot
AN IRISHMAN AND THE RHEUMATISM.
The following amusing anecdote is copied
from the Boston Manuel.
Well thin, I tuk a very bad cold as long ago
as St. Patrick’s day; and faith now and want it
a hard one! Botheration to it—it gave me
such a rheumatiz in the legs that I could’nt
stand up without falling down—and whinever
I walked, faith and ’ouns I just stood still! and
whin I went to bed, I set up all night. Well, me
oold woman docthoed me, as she used to in
my oun country; but a devil a bit the good did
it do.
If I was in a free counthry, I could not git
freed from the rheumatiz; so I sent for the
docthur. And whin he did come, and sure
thinks I, now I’ll be aftlier getting well in less
than no time. So he walks up to me, and
says be, “Let’s see your tongue.”
•*.M.e tongue is ye a i»e anner seeing! -lAonc
you mane me leg,’ says I, ‘for faith, that’s
what pains me.”
“No, I mane your tongue,’ says he,’ that
will indicate the state of your legs.
The devil it will, ‘what a sthrange counthry
this free counthry is. So I put out me tongue
and the docthor said it was a very bad one,
entirely.
And now, says he, let me have your wrist.
My wrist, says I, ‘don’t you mane me kneel
for shure nothing is the matther of me wrist.
No, it’s your wrist I want, says he, to be
after feeling your pulse.
After feeling for me purse. Ah, ye devil
ye! and is that your game, says I.
Your pulse, not your purse, says he.
So after feeling me pulse, as he called it, he
said I had the Inflamatory Rheumatism, and
that I must be bled. Weil Misther Editor, he
bled me and then give me some white pow-
thers to take, and I got worse every day iv me
life. Faith now I could’nt straighten me leg
at all. at all; and me misthery was complete—
it was. Well, this docthor attended me six
montns—ana i groua worse au tne time, oo
I told him not to come any more, for he did
me no good. And sure, in less than an hour
he sent in his bill, and oh murther! be char
ged me $100—and all for making me worse.
The devil take ’im, says I. It was my purse af-
ther all that he wanted. This country is most
too free for me; faith it is.’ Well, the black
guard that brought the bill said it must be paid
thin, or the docthor would be afther gitting an
execution on ivery thing we had.
Oh, murtheration! said the ould woman, is
that monsther of a docthor going to execute
me dear man!’ So she ran to the Sivings
Bank, and was back before she stharted, with
the money, and give to the blackguard, who
made thracks with it. What a devil of a free-
country it is, thought I—and what free doc-
foors!
Well, Misther Editor, just at this moment
John Carney come in, and tould me there was
a place at No. 40 Salem strate, where they
could cure the rheumatis before a man had it.
Faith, now, and how are they afther doing
itl says 1.
They stame it out iv’m, says he.
I’ll be afther thrying it, says I. So John
got a coach and tuk me right down there.—
Well, the Thomsonian Docthor told me I could
walk home before night. Devil a bit, says I,
for I can’t stand on me throtters. We shall
see, says he. So he give me a cupful of stuff
to drink, and oh! St. Patrick want it hot! But
this wan’t afther beinpf a beginning. He then
gave me some medicine in a way that was
sthrange enough [injection] and afther that he
put me in a stame box, and sweat me. Blood
and ’ounds what a staming I got. But I felt
all the better for it. He then put me in bed,
and put a young stame-hox to me throtters.—
Thin he brought me a cupful of stuff he called
coffee, snd said Lobalia was in it.
What will it be afther doing to me, says I.
It will make ye vomit, says he.
What! says I, you don’t mane to say I shall
puke up the rheumatiz.
I should’nt wonder, says he. So I down
with it.
Oh, murther, what a dose! says I. In
stead of fow-Billy, I think it’s /tig/i-Johnny, for
sure it’s high stuff!
Well in less than no time I felt very bad en
tirely—-just as if I had two Kilkenny cats in
me. But afther I vomited fraly, I felt like an-
ither man. He then put me in the stame box
agen, and stamed me a few minutes. I thin
dhressed myself, meself, and as thrue as I’m
an Irishman, I could walk quite asey—and in
a few days I was well entirely. I only had
to pay thra dollars for being cured. It is a pret
ty free counthry, afther all thinks I. Well,
whin I went home that night me ould woman
did’nt know me—and faith, I hardly knew me
self! I was not the same man at all that I was
in the morning—and Bridget could not belave
her own eyes. She said she had been afther
hearing much about stame; but she did not be
lave before, that they could stame a man well
in less than no time.
They are vary kind paple down to the doc-
thors and I recommend all my countrymen to
go there when they are sick.
Good use for Tobacco.—Not long since a
rat took it into his head to cut holes in my
house. I tried a variety of experiments to
keep him out without effect. At last I boiled
a strong decoction of tobacco, and poured it
hot on the places where he was at work. He
has quit his depredations, although in one
place he had cut the hole almost large enough
to creep through, I have tried the same exper
iment in other places, and find that rats will
not eat wood saturated with tobacco j* 1 *®®;—
Would it not be well if some one building
houses, garners, would try it on a large scale!
Ths cost will be trifling, and as I ask nothing
for the discovery all may try it who are dis
posed to do so.
The Yeas 1840.—The superstition of the
past ages attached much prophetic importance
to the year that has just dosed. The year 40
has always been regarded with apprehension
by popular credulity. Sven Kings have been
imbued with the superstition, It is related of
Louis XV, that on the night of Dec. $1, 1740,
he watched the hands of the clock with much
anxiety, and that when the hour of midnight
tolled the knell of the old year, he exclaimed
with evident joy: “There! it has passed!”
The year 1740 was marked by great politi
cal changes, all over the world. A journal
published the succeding year, called The Po
litical Mercury, says: “Europe, Asia, and
America, have been tlie theatres of scenes at
once new and incredible. Europe presents
an aspect wholly different from that which it
wore the preceding year.” The same jour
nal gives an account of some very destructive
inundations in France, ^precisely similar to
those which have recently taken place in that
country.
A curious parallel may be traced between
the*events of 1740 and 1840. The asppet
of affairs in Europe, has certainly undergone
a great change dfiring the past year. The
most opposite political elements have been
combined, and the principal Christain powers
of Europe, with die exception of France,
have been seen allied to support the empire
of Mahomet. Three monarchs have disap
peared from the stage of action; the king of
Prussia by death; the king of Holland, by vol
untary abdication; the Queen Regent of Spain,
by compulsory abdication. In England, a
queen has been married and shot at, and a
princess has been horn.—In Prance, a new
ministry has come into power and resigned,
and another has succeeded. For the sixth
time, Louis Phillippe has been the mark of an
assassin—Louis Napoleon has made an un
successful attempt at revolutioD; and the relics
of the great Napoleon have been transferred
to France in a national ship.
In Asia, the war of Russia with Khiva, has
developed the far-reaching ambition of the
Czar. England has sent her fleets to China,
and the result may, ere this, have been one of
momentous interest to the civilized world.
In South America, old confederations have
been broken up, and discord and anarchy
have prevailed. Peru and Chili have separa
ted, and the States of Central, America hither
to united, have dissolved into fragments.-—
Y ucatan and Xobasco uai. ju.i;...* —
ico; and Texas is forever released from her
by the acknowledgement ot the independence
of the youthful Repubhc by England and Hol
land.
A new continent has been discovered by the
national ships of the United States and France.
A new political era has been created in this
country, by the complete overthrow of Mr.
Van Buren’s administration. Take it for all,
in all, we must confess therefore, that 1840, like
its predecessor, 1740, has been delivered of
events of no little moment—events less impor
tant in their immediate effects, than in the
coloring they must give to years, perhaps cen
turies, that will succeed.
BEAUTIFUL EXTRACT.
“Go out beneath the arched heaven in
night’s profound gloom and say, if you can,
‘There is no God!” Pronounce that dread
blasphemy, and each star above will reprove
you for your unbroken darkness of intellect—
every voice thatfloats upon the night winds will
bewail your utter hopelessness and despair. T ~
there no God! W no, tnen, unrolled, mat si
and threw upon its high frontispiece tl
gleamings of immortality! Who fashioned ting
greenearth—with its perpetual cooling waters
and its expanse of island and main!——Who set
tled the foundation ofthemountains! Who pav
ed the heavens with cloud, and attuned amid the
banners of storms the voice of thunders, and
unchained the lightnings that linger, and lurk,
and flash in their gloom?
Who gave to the eagle a safe eyrie where
the tempests dwell and beat strongest, and to
the dove a tranquil abode amid the forests
that ever echo to the minstrelsy of Her moan!
Who made thee, oh Man, with thy perfeet
elegance of intellect and form? Who made
lio-ht pleasant to thee, and the darkness cover-
in 01 " and a tor-aid to the first beautifiil flashes
of the morning? Who gave thee that match
less symmetry of the sinews and limb? That
regular flowing of blood? The irrepresssble
and daring passions of ambition and love?
And yet the founders of heaven and the
waters of earth are calmed? Are there no
floods, that man is not swept under a deluge?
They remain, but the bow of reconciliation
hangs out above and beneath them. And it
were better that the limitless waters and the
strong mountains were convulsed and com
mingled together—it were better that the
very stars were conflagrated by fire, or shroud
ed in eternal gloom, than that one soul should
be lost, while M&rcy kneels and pleads for it be
neath the Altar of Intercession.”
Ladies who cultivate flowers will gratefully
receive the following recipe for destroying a
very troublesome reptile. It is taken from
Hovey’s Magazine of Horticulture:
Worms in pots may be easily destroyed,
simply by watering the soil with lime-water,
which may be made by putting a piece of lime,
weighing about two pounds, into a pail of wa
ter; when the whole is slaked and well sthred
up, it should be allowed to settle. The clear
water may then be turned off, and the soil in
the pots should be liberally watered with it.—
The worms will soon leave the premises, by
crawling out upon the surface, when they
may be taken off and destroyed. If any re
main, another watering may be applied. We
have never found any difficulty in destroying
them by this method.
Brandy and Salt as a Medicine.—The
Charleston Courier publishes several columns,
the contents of a pamphlet, oo the efficacy of
Brandy and Salt as a medicine. The author
says it is useful in the reduction of inflammation
of fractured limbs, the alleviation of incurable
sores, cure of ringworms, headache, toothache,
inflammation in the eyes, ague, cholic, pains in
the side, chillblains, burns, and scalds, cancers,
sprains, open sores, &c. See. The recipe is,
to fill a bottle three quarters full with brandy,
after which add as much salt as will fill the
bottle for corking; shake it together ten min
utes; let the salt settle to the bottom, and do
not shake it up before using.
A Cure for Epileptic Fits.—Take the
roots of comfrey, sassafras, burdock, elecam
pane, and horse-redish, of each a large hand
ful, and the tops and buds of horehound and
rasberry, each one handful: put these ingre
dients into a new eartbern pot which holds
two gallons, fill it with soft water and let it
simmer, over hot ashes for eight hours: strain
the decoction and put it in bottles for use:
dose for an adult, a gill four times a day for a
week before both the full and change of the
moon. To my certain knowledge, this pre
paration has been tried and proved effectual,
m a very respectable family in the country,
when all other means had failed.—Henry.
Sore throat in Straw.—Turn animals so ef
fected, into a pasture where there is fresh feed
and ground to root. It is a dntait* resulting
generally from confinement. Pwnded char-
them open
will usual-
Stagoeks in Swine—To core this
De Greuchy recommends cutting a knot in the
roof of the month till the animal bleeds liber
ally, and Jben rubbing it nith powdered loam
and salt, and giving it a little urine to drink,
Pigabave openings on the inside of the feral
leg* below the knee, from which, when h
health, a small discharge is kept up. A stop-,
page of these orifices is supposea to he one
cause of die staggers; and i
with a cob or other rough i
ly effect a core.
SPINOLOGY.
In these days, when boarding schools for
young ladies are devoted to the fashionable olo-
gies of the day—such as ornithology, ichthy
ology, zoology, and such like, we propose an
additonal science, as a finishing touch to
young ladies’ education, viz: Spinology. Our
grandmothers of olden time, who made good
wives for patriotic men that achieved our in
dependence, knew how to spin. They were,
too, expert at weaveology; and as to cookolo-
gy, none of the learned ancients could go
ahead of them. As a consequence of all this,
they enjoyed good health, and such things as
dyspepsia and consumption were seldom
known. But in modern times these sciences,
so honorable to the matrons of the Revolution,
have gone out of date. A lamentable degene
racy, both physical and moral, has followed.—
Then the country had women, now* we have
none. Females have all turned ladies.
If our fashionable schools cannot be induced
to establish departments in spinology, weave
ology, and the like, we would suggest that
some worthy matrons—if a number qualified
for the business can be found—should go into
our cities and towns and set up spinning
schools to teach young'ladies—not now
spin street yarn—this art they have generally
achieved already—but good substantial wool
and linen, in a work-womanlike manner.—
This sould be preparatory to a High School
for teaching the healthy and ingenious art of
Weaving; and when they have become pro
ficients at both, a good knowledge of cookery
should entile them to a regular diploma with
the honorary degree of F. W.—Fit for
Wives.
Every funeral, says Dr. Johnson, may just
ly be considered, as a summons to prepare for
that state into which it shows us that we must
sometime enter; and the summons is more
loud and piercing as the event of which it
warns us is at a less distance. To neglect at
any time preparation for death, is to sleep on
ourpost at a seige; but to omit it in old age is
to sleep at an attack.
A young city fop in company with some
belles of fashion, was riding into the country
a pleasuring, when they saw a poor rustic
looking country lad at work by the road side.
iuiuaiM^i. " -Low wit to the
damsels by sporting with the poor Boy a igiw
rance, he thus accosted him:—
‘Can you tell me, Mr. Zebedee bow far it
is to where I am going, and which is the most
direct road?’
Poor Zebby, not at all daunted, with the
most sober and composed countenance, re
plied, ‘If you are going to the gallows, it is but
a short distance; if to jail, it stands a few rods
this side; but if to poverty and disgrace, you
are approaching your journeys end. As for
the most direct road, you are now in it and
cannot miss the way.’
Dandy dropped his head and rode on.
Useful Receipt.—A correspondent of the
Buffalo Commercial Advertiser gives the fol
lowing receipt for making a composition
which it is alleged, will render wood entirely
incombustible:—Take a quantity of water,
proportioned to the surface of wood you may
wish to cover, and add to it as much potash as
can he dissolved in it. When the water will
ilusaha! no more potash, stir into the solution,
first, a quantity of flour paste of the consisten
cy of common painter’s size; second, a suffi
cient quantity of pure clay to render it of the
consistency of cream. When the clay is well
mixed, apply the preparation with a brush to
the wood.
Too many persons, in all the relations of
life look upon wealth as the true standard of
merit and pass by the cottage of the intelligent
and virtuous to associate with the ignorant
nabob in his castle reared upon fraud and op
pression. Their standard may suit their pre
sent condition. But if it does not prove their
ruin, it surely will that of their children.—
Their riches may fly with the wind, in a mo
ment, and, then, where is the merit ? Flown
also, leaving them neglected by their old asso
ciates and despised by those whom they be
fore shunned merely because they were poor.
Let those, then who wish true greatness, seek
it through moral and intellectual, rather than
pecuniary culture. Good talents and good
character are the passport to any circle and
any honor worth seeking. Who would not
rather be Lazarus than Dives?
From the New York Star.
Something New.—The onerous duties of
our daily calling are occasionally relieved by
the pleasant employment of chroniclihg some
labor saving invention; and a case of the kind
we have just been called upon to notice.
Col. James Hamilton, one of the Vice Pre
sidents of the American Institute, a mechanic
of great ingenuity and of most praiseworthy
industry, has just completed ana patented a
New Sa te Mill.
Its chief recommendation is great simplici
ty and cheapness of construction. It is be
lieved that the cost of making one of the lar
gest class will not exceed two hundred dollars.
With trifling expense it can be removed and
re-established in any spot where the land is
tolerably even. In short, it can be taken into
the midst of a forest and fully set at work with
a few hours of preparation. Again, it can be
used with any kind of power; but what consti
tutes another and one of its best recommenda
tions, is that it can be successfully used by
manual labor.
It will prove invaluable in the construction
of Rail Roads. It can be moved to keep
pace with the daily wants of the road, sawing
any kind of lumber in the making of them; and
is of so simple a construction that scarcely any
instruction is necessary in order to enable
common laborers to work it. Another striking
feature of its usefulness is, that the lo<»s to be
sawed are not elevated much above foe level
of the ground; and that foe saw passes through
foe log, instead of foe log passing through foe
saw. This is a very great and important im
provement. It saves all the vast labor of hoist
ing up heavy logs and adjusting them to their
proper place; which foe usual mode is slow
and expensive, and it also saves one half of foe
usual space required in the common way to cut
up a log in.
There are many districts of our wide spread
country where foe face of it is flat, and where
the timber abounnds of the very best quality,
but where it is almost valueless, because of foe
great distance to saw mills. This invention will
enable foe owners of such lands to transport the
boards and planks to the nearest point of navi
gation, and by it can successfully compete with
other manufacturers of lumber.
Help others and you relieve yonTBef. Go
and dnve away foe cloud from that fostreMed
friend’s brow, and you will return with a light
er heart.
A person pointed out to a man who had a
profusion of rings on his fingers to a cooper.—
“Ah master.” said foe artisan. “It is a sure
sign of weakness when so many hoops are
used.”
