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PLANTER’S HOTEL.
SAVANNAH, GA.
I^mI THIS establishment is now open for
l 89P KM the reception of boarders. It has recent-
ly been fitted up with new furniture of
trie neater* style, and is now under the
management of the subscriber, who
pledges himself that nothing on his part
siiTlI be wanting. Ills TABLE shall be served with the
best the market and country can afford, and his HOUSE
attended by the best and most trusty servants.
Gentlemen and their families can be accommodated
w jth front rooms of the neatest style, No Bar will be
kept open in the honse to disturb those who may please
to favor him with their patronage.
Persons arriving on the Railroad, wishing to stop at
this Hottse.will direct their baggage to be sent to the
Planter’s Hotel. J. SLATER.
Savannah, Sept. 29, 1840. 16—Cm
Valuable mils and Land Tor Sale.
THAT valuable Property, belonging to
the estate of Gen. Win. P. Ford, known as
bis "Mill Place,” in Randolph county, three
and a half miles from the Chattahoochee, is
now oifered for sale. The body of Land on
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 superior firings for
sawing and grinding, not surpassed by anv in the country.
A further description is deemed unnecessary, as persons
desirous of purcliasing, will view the premises, and by
calling on the subscriber, he will take pleasure in shewing
the property. JAMES P. HOLMES,
For die Executrix.
Fort Gaines. Dec. 1, 1840. 26—tf
FOR SALE.
Two 40 acre lots—one in the 16th
district of the second section, being Num
ber 389; the other situate in die 4th district
of the first section, being No. 311. Per
sons wtstmig to purchase, will apply to die subscriber
at Mountville, Troup county, Ga. Nov. 30, 1840.
24—13t NATHAN V. BODDIE.
WESTERN BANK OFcl^ORGIA, \
Rome, December 30, 1840. j
/"VRDERED, That the Stockholders in this Batik
V-g he required to pay TEN DOLLARS per share,
on the Stork held by dieui respectively, on or before the
fifteenth of March next ensuing.”
By order of die Board,
30-9t R. A. GREENE, Cashier.
TOli. XI.
Ml LLTtDGfiYILLE, (Gi.) M All CM YH41.
PUBLIC SALES.
WILLIAM D. MIMS,
ATTORNEY AT I.AW,
W ILL practice LAW in the Courts of the Flint Cir
cuit, and in die couuties of Jones, Twiggs and
Talbot.
References.—Col. E. Hamilton, Fort Clopton, Ira
F.. Fort it Co. W. A. Ross, Solomon, Gridin & Kind,
and J. J. Gresham, Esq., Maeon; Farrer &. Hayes,
Charleston; Wimberly tic Jones, Savannah; Barnard
Hill, Esq. Talbotlon.
OFFICE over While it Carter’s store, Cotton Ave
nue.
Macon, Jan. 12, 1840. 32—52t
ALFRED A OVERTON,
.ittorney at Emu>,
MADISON, MORGAN COUNTY, GEORGIA.
January 26, 1841. 13t—32
PUBLIC HOUSE.
CLINTON, GEORGIA.
THE Subscriber, respectfully informs his
friends and the public generally, diat he has
opened PUBLIC HOUSE in this place, in
the house formerly occupied as a Tavern by
Messrs. Gray tic Jones, fronting the public square, and
assures bis friends, that no pains will he spared to render
diose comfortable who may favarhitu with a call.
MICHAEL SULLIVAN.
January 1, 1841. 20—3t
Administrator’s Sale.
A GREEABLY to an order of the Inferior Court of
DeKalb county, when sitting for ordinary purposes,
will be sold before the court house door in Walker coun
ty, ou the first Tuesday in March next, lot of Laiid, No.
99, in the 29th 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
A DMINISTRATOR'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 the 8th 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 dav.
JAMES HAGIN, adm’or.
November 25, 1840. 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 Swaineshorough, Emanuel
county, on the first Tuesday in April next, all the real
estate in said county 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. Jannarv 10, 1840.
ELIZABETH NEELL, adm’rx.
31 WILSON RHYNER, adm’or.
Administrator’s Sale.
A GREEABLY to an order of the Inferior Court of
Wilkinson county, when sitting for ordinary purpo
ses, will be sold before the court house door in the town
of Irwinton, Wilkinson county, on the first Tuesday in
April next, the Land and Negroes belonging to the estate
of Joel Brewer, deceased. Terms made known on the
day of sale. January 22, 1841.
JOEL RIVER3. > . ,
34 JAMES GIBSON. J ““ on -
Administrator’s Sale.
A GREEABLY to an order of the honorable the Infe
rior Court ofTwiggs county, when sitting as a Court
of Ordinary, will he sold at the court-house door, in the
town of Marion, within the legal hours of sale, on die first
Tuesday in April next: Lot of land number 44, in the 27th
district of originally Wilkinson, but now Twiggs county.
Terms cash, or funds at par with Charleston funds, and
sold as the property of Soloniomon Wright deceased.
ROBERT A. EVANS, adm’or.
Januaiy 23, 1841. 34
N OTICE.—All persons indebted to the Estate of
Robert B. Haynes, late of Forsyth county, de
ceased, are requested to come forward aud make pay
ment to the subscribers without delay; and all those to
whom the estate is indebted, are requested to present their
accounts properly attested in terms of the law.
MILLY A. C. HAYNES, adm’rx.
GEORGE BABER, ) . ,
B. F. BOMAR, $ adm ore.
January 1, 1841. 31
Administrator’s Sale.
U NDER an order of the inferior court of Jones
countv, when sitting for ordinary' purposes, will,
within the legal hours, be sold, before file 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 n
Barron, the place whereon Wiley Chappell, late of Jones
coanty, resided; sold for a distribution among the heirs
Terms made known on the dav of sale.
GABRIEL H. CHAPPELL,
PETER NORTHERN, ) 80
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 furniture, &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.
Notice.
IT3HE subscriber will in future charge the customary
J. 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, «tc., One DoF
lar each.
All communications, postage paid, will meet with
ompt attention. VVM. G. LITTLE.
Milledgeville, Oct. 1, 1840. 16
“FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC goods,"
AT WHOLESALE,
DICK A II OLIVES
No. 17, Vendor. Range, Charleston, South Carolina.
H AVE now in store, 500 hales 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
leading staple articles necessary to make up a complete
stock for tine most extensive Country Store.
As Agents for several Manufacturer*, we are constant
ly supplied by direct importation, with a general assort
ment of Woollens, Cottons, Linens, Hosiery, Silk and
Cotton Umbrellas. &c.
(CT All of which we offer at our usual low prices for
Cash or Notes with Town acceptances.
DICK tic HOLMES,
Commission Merchants Sf Auctioneers.
February 1, 1841. 32—3t
A CARD—TO TIIE LADIES !
MRS. C. HOFFMAN,
AUGUSTA, GA.
R ESPECTFULLY informs the LADIES of Mil-
- ledgeville, aud likewise her old friends in the Coun
try. that the .tlillinery and Mtrex* making bu
siness ill all its branches will still be continued, and she
may be found at her old stand, in the New Buildings,
second slorv, 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 Loudon 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.
(KjT All orders entrusted to her care shall receive
prompt attention, and ail 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
ronizeher. November 9, 1840. 13t—tf
COVINGTON FEVALE 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
comity, 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 Iladaman will give lessons in French, and
Mr. Gotenburger, will give lessons in Music.
Covington is a very healthy place, and board can be
had in good private houses or Taverns at moderate prices.
JOHN N. WILLIAMSON, ) H
CARY WOOD,
RICHARD KENNON,
December 30,1840. 6t—30
REINDEER.
THIS thorough-bred Race-horse (own bro-
'tiier to Alice Gray.) will stand the next season
_ at Hillsborough, Jasper county, under the care
of Mr. John Wynkns, and will he let to mares at file re
duced price of $25 the season.
REINDEER was sired by file celebrated Henry, the
competitor of Eclipse; liis dam Sportmistress by Hickory,
(fiie liest sou of imported Whip) his graiidam, Miller’s
Damsel, file dam of American Eclipse; she was sired by
imported Messenger. Great grandam, the imported
mare by Potoxas, great great grandam bv Gimrrark—
Snap Dragoon, by Snap—Regnltis—Bartlett's Childers
—Honey Woods'Arabian, out ofthe Two True Blues.
REINDEER is a chesnut sorrel, 16 hands high, of
large hone, strongly made, short back, fine eyes, and of
commanding appearance. He was bred by Thomas
Pearsall, of Long Island, New York, will be 9 years old
in May next. There is not a better blooded horse in the
L’uitcd States, either native or imported.
JOHN T. LAMAR,
JOHN WYNENS,
December 1st, 1840. 24—26t
GANO.
THIS thorough bred Race Ilorse, having
proved lame since he was transferred to the sta
ble of Col. Hampton, it has been deemed advi
sable by his owners to let him make n Spring Season, at
his stable on the Lafayette Course. To afford breeders
au 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, aud
$1 to the Gioom.
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 hoys attending them.
The performances of Gano on the Turf, are too well
known to require repetition here. He is a beautiful ma
hogany bay, 16hands 1 inch high, of great symmetry, and
possessing superior bone and muscle. He was sired by
Eclipse, out of Betsey Richards, a full sister to John
Richards.
All expenses will be required to be paid before the Mare
leaves tlie stable.
THOMAS J. WALTON,
AUGUSTUS LAMPKIN.
Augusta, February 2,1840. 34—5t
JAMES C. BOWER,
.tUmrmcy mi Mmsm.
Resides in Iiaiubridge, Decatur county. Georgia,
And will continue the practice in file counties of Decatur,
Randolph, Baker, Early and Thomas.
Casta for Corn.
S EALED proposals will be received up to the 16th
insL, for furnishing the Penitentiary with 1000 hush-
els of prime bread corn, for which the cash will be
paid on delivery. January 8,1841. 30—It
ill persons having demands against
±1 tlie 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.
A DMINISTRATOR’S SALE.—Will be,
sold on the first Tuesday in MARCH next, be
tween file usual hours of sale, before tlie court-house
in Marion county, by order of the honorable the Inferior
court of Talbot county, when sitting for ordinary pur
poses, Fraction of band, No. 188, containing seventy-
five acres, lying in the eleventh district of originally Mus
cogee, hut 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.
Tax Collector’s Sale.
W ILL be sold on the first Tuesday in Ann next,
before the Court House door in the town ol
Monticelio, Jasper county, the following property, or so
much thereof, as will satisfy the tax due thereon, and cosh
160 acres of land. No. 54. in the 6th district, first sec
tion, Cherokee, levied on as the property of Lovick Mer
it, deceased, tax 16 cents and cost.
160 acres of land, No. 38, in the 16th distrtict first
section, Cherokee, levied on as tlie property of Barbaria
Merit, deceased, tax 12 cents and cost. January 25,1841.
33 B. T. DIGS BY, t. c. j. c.
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 property of said deceased. Sale to continue
from day to day until all issold. Terms at sale.
STACY STRICKLAND, adm’or.
DeKalb county, January 5, 1841. 31
Executors’ Sale.
A GREEABLY to au 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, in 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 ill the seventeenth dis
trict. second section, of originally Muscogee but now
Talbot county, belonging to the estate of Reding Pate,
deceased. Sold for the benefit of the heirs and creditors.
Terms made known ou the day of sale. Dec. 29, 1840.
ELIZABETH PATE, ex’rx.
29 GREEN B. BURNEY, ex’or.
Administrator’s Sale.
O N tlie first Tuesday in April next, will, within the
legal hours, be sold, before the court-house door
in the town of HolmesviUe, Appling county, the follow
ing property, to-w T it: all the real and personal estate of
Joseph H. Lamh, late of Appling county, deceased,
which has not been disposed of heretofore, consisting of
one Negro man by file 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 file heirs and creditors. Terms made known on tlie
dav of sale. December 18, 1840.
31 BENJAMIN LEGGETT, adm’or.
Administrators’ Sale.
A GREEABLY to an order of the inferior court of
Telfair county, when sitting for ordinary purposes,
will be sold, ou the first Tuesday in MARCH next, be
fore the court-house door in tlie 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, lying 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 Ocuiulgee River.
REBECCA SWAIN, adm’rx.
M. G. WILLCOX, adm’or.
December 22, 1840. 29
Guardian’s Sale.
U NDER an order of tlie honorable the inferior court
of Jones county, when sitting for ordinary purpo
ses, will be sold before tlie court-house door in the town
of Clinton, Jones county, on the first Tuesday in April
next, within tlie usual hours of sale. Fifty acres of Laud,
in said county, adjoining lands of McLoud and others,
sold as the property of Ann Chapman, miuor. Terms
on tlie 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 DeKalb county, deceased, all the personal property of
said deceased, consisting of Corn, Fodder, Oats, Cattle,
Hogs, Horses, Oxen, Cart, Household and Kitchen Fur
niture, Stills, Tubs, aud other articles; all sums of five
dollars or over on a credit until the 25th day of Decem
ber next, small notes aud approved security will be re
quired. The Plantation of said deceased may be rented
on the same day. January 5, 1841.
30 C. MURPHY, adm’or.
N otice.—aii persons indebted to file estate of
Wm. Martin, late of DeKalb county, deceased,
are requested to make immediate payment; and those
having demands against the estate are requested to pre
sent them legally authenticated within tlie time prescribed
by law. January 5, 1841.
30 C. MURPHY, adm’or.
Administrator's Sale.
O N the 4th day of March next, will he sokl at tlie
late residence of William Smith, late of Cobb
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, adm’or.
Executor’s Sale.
A GREEABLE to the last will & testament of Charles
Lively, late of DeKalb county, deceased, will be
sold to the highest bidder, before the court-house door in
the town of Decatur, DeKalb county, on the first Tues
day in March next, w ithin the legal hours, a STALLION
HORSE, about eight years old, five feet ten or eleven
incoes high, good bone, muscle and action; a credit of
twelve months will be given; note and approved securi
ty will be required. January 5, 1841.
1 30 ISHAM A. GOBER, ex’or.
NOTICE.
A LL persons having demands against the estate of
Nathan Fish, late of Jasper county, deceased, are
requested to present the same: and those indebted to said
estate, are requested to make immediate payment to the
undersigned. CALVIN FIsII, Executor.
November 11. 1840. 22
F our months after date application will be
made to the honorable Inferior Court of Washing-
Septembcr 18,1840.—15
SALE OF FRACTIONS.
A GREEABLE to an Act of the Legislature of thia
State, assented to 23d day of December, 1839, au
thorizing the SALE OF FRACTIONS in the coun
ties of Decatur, Thomas, Lowndes, Ware, and Wayne,
Will be sold at the Court-house, in Thomasville,
Thomas county, within tlie usual hours of sale, on the
THE OLD BACHELOR
BT MBS. EDWARD THOMAS.
“Think not the good,
The gentle deeds of mercy thoahu done,
Shall die forgotten all; the pooi$tbe prisoner,
The fatherless, the friendless, and,the widow,
Who daily own thfliounty of dftr hand,
Shall call to Heav’n, and pull a fifes* inig on thee.”
Rowe’s Jasx Shore.
“Get me,” said I again, for about the hun
dredth time, to my still wondering footman,
“change for this five pound note, all in silver;
and mind, Thomas, as many sixpenses as you
can with it!”
“Yes, sir.”
What can master possibly want with so
much silver? Always on Satureday night too!”
I heard him say to Matha, my pretty house
maid, twirling the note between his thumb and
finger, while I was slipping on my new Indian-
rubber goloshes, ready to sally forth.
“No good, depend on it!” she rejoiced,
going out, let the weather be what it will,
tramping in the rain and mud. I should just
like to watch him, the old sinner!”
So invariably do the ignorant and narrow
minded judge anything the least mysterious
in our actions by die worst possible standard,
rice—as if virtue never sought the veil of se
crecy for its outgoings!
Matha had no idea that anything but wick
edness, or “mo good,” as she emphatically
called it, could take me from my comfortable
AH
14th District, originally Irwin, now Thomas, and 23d
Early, now Thomas county:
No.
139
140
143
165
172
173
174
Acres.
409 1-2
427
469
273
122 1-2
117 1-4
113 1-4
No.
175
176
177
179
'258
259
Acres.
84
63
42
75-10
172 5-10
187
January 24. 1829.
JOHN HURST, Sh’ff.
34—tds
F OUR MONTHS after date, application will
be made to the Inferior Court of Baldwin county
lor leave to sell two negroes belonging to the estate of
Elisha King, deceased.
BENJAMIN HALL, guardian
of one of the minors of said deceased.
February 23, 1841. 36
Georgia, dunes county.
J ames b. Stephens, ofthe 358th district, g. m.,
tolls before uie one estray mare mule, dark hay color,
no brands, about 4 feet 8 inches high, supposed to be
two years old, appraised by Richard Blow and John Hol
land to $25, this 5fi> February, 1841.
Wilet B. Pope, j. r.
A true copy from the Estray-Book, February 6, 1841.
36 CHAS. MACARTHY. c. i. c.
GEORGIA, Jones county.
W ILLIAM WHATLEY Tolled before me a Jus
tice of the peace in the 300th district Georgia
Militia, one bay Mare, aliout four feet nine inches high,
with a small white star in her forehead, supposed to be
fifteen years old, appraised hv Joel Harm aud John B
Carson, to eighteen dollars, this 13th February. 1841.
DANIEL SCOTT, J. P.
True copy from Fstrav Books, Feb. 16. 1841.
36 CHARLES MACARTHY, Cl’k. i. c.
N otice is hereby given, that four small notes for
$30 each made by George W. Wardlow, principal,
and Oran B. Tucker, and James Dykes endorsers, have
been fully paid off and satisfied to me as holder of the
same. All are cautioned not to trade for or in any wise
meddle with the same, as the makers are not again re
sponsible for their payment.
GABRIEL B. ROBERTS.
HawkinsviHe, February 15, 1840. 36—3t
KZr 1 Georgia Journal will copy 3 times, and charge
Hansell tic Brantly, Hawkinsville.
Georgia, Henry county.
W HEREAS, Elizabeth McConnell and Peter Z.
Ward, apply to me for letters of administration,
on the estate of Joseph McConnell, late of the State of
Alabama, but whose property and family now resides in
tlie county of Henry and State of Georgia.
These are, therefore, to cite and admonish all and sin
gular the kindred and creditors of said deceased, to be
and appear at my office within the time prescribed by
law, to show cause, if any exist, why said letters should
not be granted.
Given under my hand, at office, in McDonough, this
3*1 day of February, 1841.
34 ABEL A. LEMON, u. c. c. o.
GENERAL AGENCY.
T HE undersigned will attend to the renewal of aH
NOTES that may be entrusted to his care in the
Central Bank, for the customary fee of one dollar for
each renewal, also to tlie taking out and forwarding of
Grants and Copy Grants for fifty cents each. All letters
post-paid will meet with prompt attention.
ALFRED M. HORTON.
Milledgeville, February 16, 1841. 35—tf
DEKALB SPRING RACES
, =«uc, me uiiicu ii,, *,uuiu me irom my comiortaDte
firet. Tuesday m May next, the following Fractions of fireside and book, to brave the inclemency of
the season; “at my age too!” verging on se
venty; “old enough to know better,” thought
Matha—most certainly—had my motives for
these almost nocturnal rambles been any
other than the purest and the most charitable.
I saw, by the significant shake of Thomas’
head, that Matha’s shrewd and ill-natur
ed conjectures found a ready echo in bis bo
som.
I was undoubtedly tlie richest old backelor
in the large & populous market-town of D
in the south of England, and am not ashamed
to confess my wealth was chiefly made in bus-
siness.
I was considered rather mean by some of
my acquaintance who ostentatiously paraded
their names, and a few guineas together, as
annual subscribers to every public institution
in the place. But while “George Frederick
Thompson, Esquire” was blazoned forth in all
the glory of “English type,” for two guineas;
’a friend,” for ten might be seen in modest
brevier!” In truth, my sole delight now
was to “do good by stealth, and blush to find
it fame.”
Why I was a bachelor, with a heart so
warmly alive as mine was, even at that frigid
period of life, to every tender and generous
sentiment, was owing, alas! to the early
blight of an affection which cost me twenty
years of grief and sorrow, and which I can
not even think of now without the bitterest
tear of regret, shed with all the poignancy of
youthful feelings.
I have for years, winter and summer, made
it a point to attend our large meat-market of a
Saturday night, with such a supply of loose
silver in my pocket as should preclude the
possibility of that cold and heartless excuse—
“I really would, but I have no change!” for
so transient is the glow of benevolence some
times, as actually to be extinguished at the bare
idea of the trouble of changing money—(yet
what a sickness of the soul do these few almost
unheeded words cost the forlorn being who im
plores our aid:). Then, as I sauntered leisurely
up and down before the tempting stalls, illu
minated by the strong and vivid light of the
gas lamps, I could mark the countenances of
the different purchasers—observe the wishful
gaze of the poverty-pinched mother, bargain
ing for that breast of mutton “which would
make her seven famishing darlings, such a
delicious Sunday dinner”—see her lips quiver
with hope and fear as she inquired the price,
—detect the nervousness of her grasp, as she
tremblingly and hesitatingly turned over and
over again the delicate morsel. She evidently,
methought, belonged to that truly deserving
and industrious class, called “char-women”—
out all the week working like a slave to pro
cure a few comforts for the Sabbath, to enjoy
at least one day out of the weary seven with
her children and husband, a bricklayer’s laborer,
perhaps thoughtless and improvident, spend
ing nearly all his scanty wages in beer and to
bacco, “still, he was her husband—the father
of her children—the handsome Richard of her
early love, almost as handsome now, and it
was no hardship to toil for creatures so pre
cious to her heart?”
At the moment she was convinced it was
indeed beyond her small means, and she was
turning hopelessly away to seek a less dainty
and cheaper bit, out came the additional shil
ling or sixpence,"as it might be, to complete
the necessary purchase; and the meat was in
her basket, and the tear of gratitude in her
eye. “Go,” I whispered, slipping two more
shillings into lier hand, “and buy a little nice
tea and sugar—I am sure you like it!”
I waited for no thanks from the wondering
woman; I bad no desire to be assured, I was
an angel of goodness;” I know I was hut a
frail and erring mortal, and was content to be
blessed in her prayers, aiming only to exem
plify the poet’s description of a truly charitable
man:
“I mean the man who, when the distant poor
Need help, denies them nothing but his name.”
I will candidly confess, that when I first
commenced these perambulations. I had no
fixed purpose of benefitting my suffering fel
low-creatures; I was influenced more by a
wish to divert myself from the solitude and
anguish of my own thoughts, blended with a
vague sort of benevolence; hut when, after a
little time, I perceived the real good I was
able to effect at the smallest possible sacrifice
of trouble and money, the numberless hearts
I gladdened, and the firesides I made cheerful
and happy, it became the active principle of
my life, and a rich and abundant harvest did I
reap for my labors in the sweet and tranquil
reflections of a self-approving conscience.
The ameliorating hand of charity plucked the
thorn from my midnight piilow, and soothed
the bitterness of my careworn existence?
One evening I was particularly struck with
a young and rather genteel looking girl, in
quiring most earnestly “for a nice delicate
sweetbread.” She could not be more than
sixteen, and in the broad glare of the flaming
gas I saw she was exquisitely fair and beauti
ful. The eagerness of her manner, and, the
evident superiority of rank over the generality
of persons who frequented tlie stalls at that
late hour, had an unfavorable effect on the
young butchers to whom she applied, and
many was the rude and heartless jest she had
to endure from them. Still she went from stall
to stall with a degree of undaunted persever
ance which would have awakened a feeling of
disgust in my own bosom, for conduct so un-
femininely, had I not observed that she fre
quently and furtively dried a tear with the
tattered remains of a once costly foreign
shawl.
“She is no imposter!” I mentally ejaculated,
feeling my own eye become suddenly dimmed
by a tear or two. “That is the tear of modest
misery. The hardened deception would too
gladly parade its grief to excite commissera-
rion and pity-” I followed her like a shadow,
W ILL commence on Tuesday the 4th of MAY,
1841, one Mile and a half from Decatur, and
continue for FOUR DAYS, free for any nag.
First day, mile heats for 3 year old colts, entrance $25
Second day, 2 mile heats, free for any age, “ $30
Third day, three mile heats, “ $35
Fourth day, Sweepstake for Saddle Horses, “ $15
One half the entrance money added to the pnrse of
each day, and the purses made as liberal as the circum
stances of a newly organized Club will allow. There
will also, be a sweepstake for three year old colts on the
first day, entrance $50, three or more to make a race,
to name and close by the 10th of February next.
ROBERT F. HILBURN, Secretary,
DeKalb County Jockey Club.
Januaty 1,1841. 18t 29
BROUGHT TO JAIL, in Mil
ledgeville, Baldwin county, on the
12th inst. a runaway Negro about 35
or 40 years of age, 5 feet 6 inches
high, light complexion, quick spoken,
aagMfettsssays his name is JACK, and belongs
to Win. Henderson, near Tallahassee, Fa. The owner is
requested to come forward, prove proverty, pay charges
and take him away. February 15, 1841.
35 LEWIS A. BOX, Jailor.
~t /?A SACKS genuine Petit Gulph Cotton seed,
I tl" " for sale by
NICHOLS & DEMING.
Milledgeville Feb. 8. 1841. 34—3t
MANHOOD.
BV ROBERT BURNES.
Is there, for honest poverty,
That hangs his bead, and all that ?
The coward slave, we pass him by,
Wc dare be poor, for all that;
For all that, and all that,
Our toil’s obscure, and all that,
The rank is but the guinea’s stamp,
The man’s the gold, for all that.
What though on homely fare we dine,
Wear hodden gray, and all that ?
Give fools their silks, and knaves their wine,
A man’s a man, for all that;
For all that, and all that;
Their tinsel show, and all that;
The honest roan, though e’er so poor,
Is king of men for all that.
Ye see you fellow called a lord,
Who struts and stares, and all that ?
Though hundreds worship at his word,
He’s but a dunce, for all that;
For all that, and all that,
His riband, star, and all that;
The man of independent mind
He looks and laughs at all that.
A prince can make a belted knight,
A marquis, duke, and all that;
But an honest man’s above his might,
Good faith has he, for all that;
For all that, and all that,
Their dignities, aud all that;
The pith or sense and pride of worth
Are higher ranks than all that.
Then let us pray that come it may,
As come it will, for all that.
The sense and worth, o’er all the earth,
May bear the palm, and all that;
For all that, and all that,
Its’ coming yet, for all that,
That man to man, the world all o’er,
Shall brothers be for all that.
as her light agile figure flitted almost noise
lessly from place to place, with the most in
tense interest and curiosity. At last she came
to a stall containing almost every joint of veal,
and I saw her^ eyes sparkle with renovated
hope as she exclaimed breathlessly, “Have
you the sweetbread, sir?”
“How much will you give for it, miss?”
“How much do you ask?”
“Five shillings. Will you give that?”
“ O, most gladly! if you will trust me
part?”
The man’s brutal laugh literally rang
through the wide square, as he replied,
“Come, that’s capital!” Then adding, with a
piece of popular slang too vulgar to repeat, and
which, happily, she could not understand “no,
miss. I can’t give you no trust—you look
too suspicious for me.”
“Why are you so anxious to procure a
sweetbread?” said I, gently touching her
shoulder as she yet lingered there, as it every
faculty was annihilated by this last severe dis
appointment.
She started with a degree of resentment in
her countenance at the liberty, but seeing only
an old man, she replied mildly, “O, sir! it is
for a dying sister—my only friend! She has
not tasted anything solid for the last fortnight,
and to-day, while I sat by her as she slept, she
was dreaming of a sweetbread, and spoke in
her slumber of the good she was sure U would
do her. I should have been here long before,
hut was obliged to finish some needle-work to
obtain money enough to pay for it, and now
they are all gone.”
It is impossible to convey an idea to my
reader of the thrilling mourufulnesf of tone in
which she pronounced these last fewjwords.
Her very heart seemed riven in twain with an
guish at her utter want of success.
“You shall have a sweetbread,” said I, ten
derly, “for your dying sister, and every other
comfort that can alleviate her sufferings, for the
sake of the virtuous and holy affection you
have evinced for her this night.”
The astonished girl, in the first bewilder
ment of delight at having unexpectedly found
a friend in her sore distress, seized my hand
with the spontaneous movement of pure grat
itude, and held it clasped firmly between her
own, which trembled with emotion, but she was
unable to articulate a word of thanks.
“Come,” I continued, leading her towards
my own house, “you need not fear an old man
—my gray hairs shall be your security.”
On the way she told me her little history,
unwished and unsolicited on my part, for I was
predetermined to relieve her; but there is a
proneness to candor and confidence in youth,
which shows the heart is unsophisticated, and
the bosom untainted by the world’s vices.
She was no high born dame, reduced by ad
verse fate to sudden want and misery to make
an interesting heroine in a fictitious story, hut
the daughter of a lieutenant in the navy only,
who having perished for his country, had left
herself and sister, now dying of a consump
tion, to struggle as they best could, in a piti
less world; their mother having died of the
same fatal complaint some years before her
gallant husband.
On reaching home with my fair, but certain
ly rather doubtful looking companion, Mr.
Thomas opened his eyes to their very utmost
extent.
“Tell Mrs. Williams, “said I, assuming a
tone of unusual authority, the more effectually
to repress bis rising curiosity, “to pack up that
sweetbread I had ordered for my supper;
some tea and sugar, a bottle of sherry, a little
arrow-root, and any thing else she may think
useful for a sick lady—and make haste.”
Thomas vanished without uttering one
word—not even his customary “yes, sir”—
and soon returned, bearing a basket of goodly
dimensions quite fixed, followed by Mrs. Wil
liams, Matha, and the kitchenmaid, at a more
humble distance, evidently all bursting with
almost irrepressible curiosity to see the ex
traordinary being Thomas had informed them
“master had brought home with him.”
It is no consequence how dishevelled or
d isarranged the hair is in youth, the faee from be
neath it always looks lovely.
Clara Graham’s, the name of my new ac
quaintance retained only the least possible ware,
owing to the extreme dampness of the atmos
phere; but it was luxurant beyond what I had
ever before seen, of a rich light auburn. She
sat without her bonnet, having taken it off to
dry, by my desire, enjoying a buiscuit and a
glass of wine, perfectly unconscious of the ill-
natured surmises her unexpected appearance
had awakened in the bosoms of my jealous do
mestics for an old bachelor’s are invariably so.
Oh! nothing is so winning, so beautiful, as
that innate conviction of innocence which
never suspects nor thinks itself suspected.
Suspicion and illiberality are the offspring of
guilt, begetting in their turn that base desire
to deprecate virtue, and bring it down to a
level with its own fallen and degraded state.
The decorous house keeper looked dag
gers at her and myself too, while she enumer
ated the articles she had “condescended to
pack up for such trumpery,” and I read the
words “good-for-nothing baggage” in Matha’s
bright eye as plain as eye could speak, while
Thomas’s expressed all too clearly, “what an
old profligate!”
Seeing me on the move, he said in his- most
obsequious tone, “Shall I not carry the basket
for the young lady, sir? It is very heavy.”
He knew that was the most effectual means
of fathoming the mystery.
“No—I shall carry it myself for her.”
“You, sir?”
“Yes 1. Come, my dear!” and away we
both walked, or I rather tottering under my
enormous load. I could fancy the “O mys!”
and the “Wells I never!” of the disconcerted
group who let us out in silent astonishment.
Clara lived in an obscure street, not far from
my own residence, and I could not help feel
ing a sort of reproach at such virtue and mis
ery strugling unknown and unpitied so near
me. Her sister, a poor emaciated thing, was
awake on our arrival. She hardly noticed the
presence of a stranger, being too feeble to feel
any excitement at passing events, but she said
in the kindest manner to my companion, “Dear
Clara, I began to think you long; the fire grew
low, and I was so cold!’
This drew my attention to the fire, which
was nearly out, and which Clara began busily
to endeavor to rekindle.
“Where is your domestic, my love?” said I
to lier.
“We have not kept one a longtime,’ she re
plied: “I do all for poor dear Gertrude; she
gives no trouble, and besides, servants are ex
pensive, sir.”
“What?” I exclaimed, in inexpressible as
tonishment, “you work at your needle like a
slave, nurse your poor, helpless, sick sister,
and attend to the household affairs, too?—a
mere child like you! Good heavens, it is not
to be thought of.”
Lata as it was, I took my hat and hurried off
to my own favorite surgeon, whom I fortunate
ly found at home, and at leisure to attend me.
I begged him in the first place, to recommend
a nice intelligent woman, as a nurse, which he
did at that moment, and iu the next to return
with me to the house of the poor neglected
invalid.
On examining her symptoms, I was delight
ed to find her complaint was not considered
by him as consumptive, but an obstinate ; ptr
tack of die liver, brought eo by a sedentary
mode of life, and low and improper dieti—
And it is astonishing how much they resemble
each other in appearances The same dry
cough, the same wasted and emaciated frame,
and the same aches and pains over the languid
and enfeebled body. He soon took his depar
ture, to order the necessary medicines Am her,
cautioning the weeping Clara not too noisily
to express her joy at the prospect of her sis
ter’s recovery, as rest and tranquility were
absolutely necessary to second his endeav
ors.
The nurse soon after arriving, a comfortable
motherly-looking sort of woman, after suit*
ble instructions to her to take every care of
the young ladies, and to spare nothing which
she thought might conduce to the comfort of
her suffering charge, I took leave of the grate
ful Clara, and hastened home, fatigued to
death, but most supremely happy.
In a few weeks, Mr. Wentworth had the
satisfaction of restoring his interesting patient
to a state of convaleqceoe.. She was not no
beautiful as Clara, but much more companion
able, possessing a mind stored with the meet
useful and varied information, great conversa
tional powers, and such a deep and enduring
sense of religion, feat it wps impossible to
listen to her vvitbptu becoming wiser and bet
ter, feeling forcibly as I gazed on her young
pale face, truly, I?ord, “out of the mouth of
babes andskuUpgs thou hast perfected praise,
I visited them daily, strictly forbidding
Clara, on pain of my displeasure, to set a
stitch, except for the adornment of her own
pretty person which seemed indeed to be “a
labor of love,” for never before bad I seen
such frilling and flouncing!
It is astonishing how affliction had subdued
the buoyancy of her spirits, winch now rose
above the unatural pressure, with an elasticity
and joyousness truly enchanting; she was, in
fact, a complete personification of youth and
gladness. Some may admire the premature
thoughtfulness which sorrow begets, hut that
can only be from a want of due reflection, for
it is no more natural to think the sweet laugh
ing face of youth louks best when shaded by
grief, than to considm the sun appears to most
advantage when overshadowed by dark and
sullen clouds: No, no; youti* is Uic season
for joy and mirthfulness, and age for reflection
and care.
I confess, at the end of three months of
daily and uninterrupted intercourse, in which
my affection and admiration hourly iocte^d
for them both, I began to feel their society
was absolutely essential to my comfort and
happiness, and am convinced, from what I saw
of her disposition, that had L been selfish
enough to have demanded such a sacrifice, the
grateful Gertrude would willingly have be
come ray wife, to repay the deep debt sbe
felt she owed me;—but no; I wished to he a
friend, a father to them both, and not make
either pay so fearfully for the little good I had
done. I was determined to accomplish the
object now nearest my heart, in a more satis
factory manner, to my own conscience and
the true happiness of the dear girls;.I there
fore took an early opportunity of entering into
a full explanation about the peculiarly delicate
and unprotected state ofthe fair orphans, with
my discreet housekeeper, Mrs. Williams,
expatiating largely on their amiable qualities
and gentleness of manner, but was most guard
ed in my commendations of their personal
charms, beauty, iu the eyes of females of ‘a
certain age,” being considered almost a crime;
and I concluded by expressing a wish to have
them placed immediately under her own pro
tection—I dared not say my own. She was
gratified and flattered by the well timed com
pliment, and graciously consented to receive
the young ladies, “poor things!” and do her
best to make them comfortable and happy.
I piously believed her, for she was a tho
roughly benevolent-hearted woman, although
strictly of the “old school,” that is, she had not
learnt to defy all morality and decency bat
thought it stUl necessary to sacrifice something
to appearances. The moment, however, you
convinced her of the purity of the motive by
which you were actuated, her kww no
bounds; she entered heart and soul into the af
fair, and with all a woman’s tenderness and
tact, devised and invented a thousand plans
to improve ou the crudeness of one’s own be
nevolence.
I departed with the alacrity of a boy to im
part the pleasing negotiation to the dear girls,
taking care to order dinner for three and par
ticularly mentioned a “sweetbread” as one of
the side dishes.
Clara was in ecstacies at the proposal, but
Gertrude received it with more reserve and
caution, evidently weighing the consequences
of such a step in all their hearings—the
world’s censure, the possibility of my repent
ing such generosity, and the misery of resum
ing poverty after tasting such luxury.
I read these painful and conflicting senti
ments on her varied and ingenious counte
nance, which was a mirror of truth and candor.
My advanced age completely banished the
first objection. My assurances that she was
necessary to my comfort, the second. And
she was completely conquered, when taking
her hand, I said—
“Go or stay, my dear children, as you please;
your decision will make no difference in my
final arrangement respecting you both, as I in
tend leaving all I possess equally between you
at my death; having no relations to injure by
so doing, and knowing no human beings more
deserving—and I humbly bless God for bring
long enough to be so useful at last-—only you
might Miss Graham, had you felt so disposed,
have made the short remnant or an out wji'i
existence serene and happy.”
It was the first time 1 had ever used the
formality of addressing her as Miss Graham;
she felt it sensibly, and bursting into tears, she
exclaimed, “My dear, kind benefactor, forgive
my cold calculation, but it was more for Cla
ra’s sake than my own that I hesitated. She
is so young and beautiful, that if I can only
keep her fair fame untarnished, she must set
tle fortunately in life. O! dear sir, that has
been the sole hope of my heart for yean, now
more than ever strengthened, for I shall never,
never marry now!”
A younger and vainer man titan myself
would have been apt to apply the conclusion
of this speech mast to the satisfaction of Ihs
self-love; in fact, I knew from Gertrude’s pe
culiar tone and manner, but too well what it
meant; but having gained my point exactly as
I wished, I affected the most profound igno
rance as to what caused her, a young and pret
ty woman, to make so strange a resolution.
Nothing could exceed the exertions of the
good Mrs. Willion* during my absence, not
the cordiality of her welcome to the “sweet
young ladies,” and never did three happier
persons s& down together. No longer was I
compelled by dire necessity to linger oat my
solitary and unsocial meal, for the sake af de
ferring that period, when left entirely atone far
the evening, I must turn to a book, whafeerSo
inclined or no, to steel me frtom-the opjwnaaiVe
sense of my own loneliness and ernnu.
Gertrude’s painful remembrances of the post,
and Clara’s joyous and sanguine anticipations
ofthe future, kept up a pleasing and varied
conversation to a very protracted hour, alterna
ting from melancholy to gladness, as all in life
woman ®choed^taJh«
iferae gloee^rtotaragainWH^htersSm/eH
eISSII? 11 m r —*«gen» didmyheartopen
sreyoReung sense of
r. almost too muck Id bear. There cer-
r js, to the feeing mind, a degree of pain
rfSr-jrss;
. . 1 than smiles to
‘*by. . -
i received an thefawns I beeped upon
her woh * pnpftrion of foe tariiest thanks,
dehgbted me se there eqaldAe no doubt
«6lt*dLred heartfelt kind. It -was evident,
w® “* ditvetajJut Lu of her attention, tnd fee
watchfulness «*W manner, that she studious-
fy sought every roportnnity el repaying them
to the utmost affeeit power; her hear was no-
ble and gening but it was proud in the last
degree; and every word and sentiment too
Plainly expressed that her happiness would
have consisted in conferring, and not in receiv
ing'favors.
Their two characters, so opposite yet both
so truly amiable and feminine, furnished me
with continued food for reflection. When
Clare kissed me and blessed me, and call
ed me “her dear seooftd 'papa,” I felt it was
the artless effusion of ahnoshinfentile affection,
the heart resounded a bletsing at her innocent
happiness, and then subsided into a state of se
renity amounting nearly to fargetiulnesa. But
when Gertrude silently ancf warmly pressed
ray hand, while her dark Teflective eye
swam in tears, I felt indeed it was from the irre
pressible emotion drawn from the mighty in
dwellings of woman’s loving. Mfcart, andjtbe im
pression defied the power of oblivion to ef
face it.
Yes, yes, hrifeantand valatifa, my lovely
Clare, like fee gaudy and heedloso butterfly,
must excite fee desire of instant pursuit, but
when obtained would she, alas! be more prized?*
While Gertrude, in the unobtrusiveness of her
retiring nature, when once known, must be for
ever loved and esteemed.
I had no profligate son, or artful, desining
nephew, to bestow my darling Clara and ten
thousand pounds upon. But she spared me
the embarrassment of finding a husband for
her, choosing one for herself in the son of her
father’s old oommaader, also a lieutenant in
the navy; and never was their a finer specimen
of a frank, open hearted, honorable young mau
than George Forrester.
Many may think this was not quite so good
a match as her beauty and fascinations enti
tled her to; perhaps not, where riches and a
high-sounding title are considered, how mista
kenly, the only essentials to happiness; but for
my part I do not know to whom one could en-
uum the ivoi tappUiM or a tuna artless girl
so securely, as to a generous, noble-minded,
affectionate young sailor.
Finding all my advice about the propriety
of his taking another voyage, at least, before
the wedding, quite disregarded, I gave my con
sent for it to take place early in the spring, and
a very gay affair Clara is determined to make
it, or rather them; for I find it is the intention
of Mr. Thomas and Matha to be married, too,
on the same day “as dear Miss Clara and Mr.
George.” And if I cannot retain my amiable
Gertrude on any other terms, I think I shall
make up my mmd to be called “an old fool”
by the world, and Secure myself a charming
friend and companion for life.
Let no one imagine, after reading the simple
tale, chiefly founded on facts, that he is too old
to exercise an active benevolence; indeed, as
we approach nearer to the grave, our feelings
of universal charity ought to increase with ev
ery receding year; as, in a short time, we must
appearbefore that Being, who is all goodness,
to reader an account of the manner we have
employed the “talent” entrusted to us, and re
ceive its final reward or punishment.
THE GENEROUS MASK.
A TALK IMITATED FROM THE OEBMiX.
A beautiful lady- of Bordeaux, mourned
with the si nearest grief for her husband, who,
as she heard by report, had perished by ship
wreck. A numerous crowd of suitors, attract
ed by her youth and charms, only waited the
confirmation of this rumor to solicit her hand.
She behaved towards them with the utmost
decency and propriety; yet, as she wished to
make a return for the politeness they showed
her, she made a splendid entertainment for
them on one of the concluding days of the
carnival. While the company, were engaged
in play, a stranger masked mi habited, as a ge
nius sat down to play with the lady. He lost,
demanded his revenge, &■ lost again. This ad
vene fortune attended him ten or twelve times
successively, because he adroitly managed the
dice in such a manner, that the chance was
continually against him. Other players then
wished to try their lock with him, but the ex
periment did not turn to their advantage.
: The lady again resumed her place and won an
immense sure, which the mask lost witira good
humor and gaiety that absolutely astonished
the spectators. Some persons observed loud
enough to be heard, that this was not playing,
but lavishly throwing away one’s money; on
which, raising his voice, he said he was the
daemon of riches, which he valued not, except
so far as it was in his power to bestow them
on that lady; and immediately, to prove the
truth of his words, he produced several bags
of gold, and others filled-with dimends and dif
ferent kinds of precious stones: offering to
stake them, one angle throw against any thing
of the moat trivial value, she might please to
propose. The lady startled and embarrassed
by this declaration now refused to play any
more; and the company knew not what to
think of this extraordinary occurrence, when
an old lady present observed that be must
certainly be the devil: and that his riches, his
appearance, his discourse and his dexterity of
play; all sufficiently showed that he was.—
The stranger overbearing this, profited by the
hint. He assumed the air and style of a ma
gician which could be known only to the lady,
speke several foreign languages, performed
many tricks, and concluded by declaring that
l ,c Kail n u to JurnonJ ■ /vttain person in
the company, who had given herself to him?
and who he protested belonged ta him asser
ting at the same time that he would take her
to himself, and never leave her more, in de
fiance of every obstacle.
All eyes were now on the lady, who knew not
what to think of this adventure; the women
trembled, the men smiled, and the genius
continued to excite the perplexity and admi
ration of the company. This extraordinary
scene lasted so long, that some grave person
ages at last arrived who interrogated the de
mon and were on the point of exercising
him.
The mask, however, turned every thing into
ridicule with so much wit, that he bad the
laughers an Ins side. At length when he
found it was no longer time for raillery, he
took off his mask, which -immediately on die
denouement of his extraordinary entertain
ment by exciting an exclamation from the mis
tress of the house* lathe generous stranger
she reaogaiaad her husband; who having been
•in Spain, had gone from theqpe to Petit
where he made an immense fortune and re*'
turned laden wife riches. He had learned on
his arrival, that tie lady was to give an enter
tainment and a masquerade ball to some par
ticular friends. An opportunity so favorable
to disguise, inspired him with a wish to intro
duce himself without being known, and he
had dfaoesM the meet extravagant dress, be
could meet with. The whole company, which
in a great measure, consisted, of his relations
and friends, congratulated him on Ms return,
and willingly resigned to him his amiable
lady whom be had very justlv^claimed as his
own.
