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COXSTITU TIO IV.
\( T to niter and change the third and seventh
liMiis of tiie first article of the Constitution,
i the third section of the first article oi tire
..limitation of this State declares, that the Senate
. lie elected biennially, on the first Monday in N’o-
liter, u it til such day of election he altered by law;
„i sliall be composed of one member front each
unity, to he chosen by the electors thereof:
Until vs. the seventh section of the firstarticle of
, Constitution of this State declares, that the House
Krprescntatives shall he composed of memlters
, m :! ll the counties which now are, or hereafter may
included within this State, according to their re-
... il. :• numbers of free white persons, and including
, filths of all the people of color; the actual enu-
mmi sliall be made within two years, and within
v siihseipieiit term of seven years thereafter, at
li nine and in such manner ns this convention may
I'ni li county containing tliree thousand per-
agri'eahlv to the foregoing plan of enumeration,
milled to two members; seven thousand, to
. mi-nihers: and twelve thousand to four mem- j
;u ach county shall lave at least one, and uot * 1?HE
hi four members; the representatives shall be I " 0,1
umimdlv on the first Monday in November,
av of election be altered hv hi
mem
BV IMKIt A ROGERS.]
JOHN NUTT,
.Itloriici/ ut Emr,
Jacksonville, Telfair Co.. Ga.
June 6, 1843. 01—Gm
t'lUUE, GEORGIA, AUGUST 2*2, ISIS.
[VOL. 11. MO. 10.
Greater Bargains now olfered by
tic
Ehangc in Business.
subscriber wii! make a change in business on
the first of July, and it will become necessary
lose as soon as possible the business of the old con-
w __ Untij | cern. I would respectfully say to those with whom we
,.l 'enumeration shall be made, the several i l,ave small arc onnK that the payment of them by
tall be entitled to the following number of 1 4th of July, will greatly oblige
respectively; Camden, two: Glynn
. , I.thcrtv. three; McIntosh, two; Bryan, one;
;mi. four: Effingham,two; Scriven two: Mont-
n, , rv. two; Burke, three; Bulloch, one; Jefferson
j;, : Lincoln, two; Elbert, three; Jackson, two;
1,' iunond, three; Wilkes, four; Columbia, three;
\\ rren, three; Washington, three: Hancock, four;
mic, tic, three; Oglethorpe, three; and Franklin, two:
\. W iiEtir.As, the said recited sections require alter-
..'uni—to the end, therefore, that said sections may
I... altered:
<m i ion 1. Br it enacted by the Senate ami House if
si ntatires of the State af Georgia, in General A-scm-
i ii nut, ami it is hereby enacted laj the authority of the same,
t as soon as this hill shall be passed, agreeably to the
r , imeineiits of the Constitution, the following shall lie
,:„|,!rd in lieu of the sections above recited, to-wiu in
t„ ni the third section of the first article of the Consti-
iresaul, the Senate shall he elected biennially
E. W. BANCROFT.
J line 27.1.-13.
.11. S. B A EE, .V CO'S
Gaiiif Express ami General Usrr-
wfir/liiim and Uouiuii.ssion lintsc.
pyrari Tl
j ■< '• : v "
f SHI i. Central Rail Road Company of Georgia, hav-
1 ing granted to the subscribers the priv ilege of run
ning an EXPRESS over their Road during the present
year, with the privilege of an apartment under their own
lock, they offer superior advantages for the prompt and
safe conveyance of valuable articles, specie, &c. and are
in hopes of being able to m ike an arrangement with the
Post Office Department, by which they will be allowed
to carry a Mail Bag.
They are prepared to receive ana forward coo ls of
first Monday in t ),tuber. and shall consist of forty- | ... \" e > ™ l» r 'l* * r - ' «•> receive an i forward good, of
., . ,, members, and shall he composed of one memlmr 1 f/'" r a,,J from ftavannah and Macon n,id
-..I .1, .»• ...l,-.j. .r. 0 i, 0 ii | ititornieiliate places, and between huvaniiah and Char-
i each senatorial district, which district shall be
i„ -ed of two contiguous counties, not including the
, .niy with the largest representative population, which
constitute a separate district; which districts sliall
!,. rrmged and organized by the General Assembly, at
--ion when this shall he adopted, and if any new
; ; h -'.sal! he hereafter formed, it shall be annexed to
, r tin- districts from which it was taken; and that in
hr, i of ii.« seventh section of the first article oftlie Con-
-lituijou. tl»e following shall be adopted: the House of
!»..i,i. .I'ntahves shall he composed of one hundred and
ii. .*! v■ members; each comity shall have one Keprcseu-
and no county shall have more than two Kepre-
v. -lathes; thirty-seven counties having the greatest po-
1 iImui. counting all free white persons, and three-
• of the people of color, shall have two Represents-
. the said apportionment shall he made by the Gen-
cr .l \ssouihiv, at liie session ai which this section sliall
1 adopted as an alteration of the Constitution, by an act
> introduced after the adoption thereof. and a new
; oiiionment sliall he made at the session next after
. i li future enumeration of the inhabitants of this Slate,
in ale under tin Constitution and ! iws tiiereof, hut at no
oikur time.
WILLIAM B. WOFFORD,
Speaker of the Douse of Representatives.
ROBERT M. ECHOLS.
President of the Senate.
Audited to. 27th December. 1^12.
CHARLES J. McDonald, Governor.
\ \ APT io alter the third section of the fourth article of
the Constitution of this State, so far as to authorize
tii»- people to elect the General Mil'll a officers of this
Si < nos 1. Ur it enacted hi/ the Sinai*' and House of
R, tin <• Matins of the State, of Georgia, in General .!>*-
y, hi not. and it is hereby enacted by the AiUhoiity of the
yThat from and immediately after tins act shall
1: .- passed in conformity with the Consiitntion of this
Stale. it sliall and may he lawful for all Major Generals,
in I Brigadier Generals, to be elected by the people of
tli* respective Divisions or Brigades, and ail persons
w inject to do militia duty, shall be entitled to vote for
Ur -ame. only.
i. 2. And he it further enacted hy the authority afore-
«That all Jaws and parts of laws, militating against
•ui> a* t. he and the same are hereby rept.tied.
WILLIAM B WOFFORD.
Speaker of the House of Representatives.
ROBERT M. ECHOLS,
President of the Senate.
.V-ented to*iit!i December, 1M2.
CHARLES J. McDONALD, Governor.
Pi
lesion, with the greatest safety and despatch; and will
also pay particular attention to the purchase of goods,
collection and payment of drafts, notes and hills, and
transacting all kinds of business in the above places.
They have also extended their arrangements to run an
Express by the Southern Boats, to Picolata, in Florida,
ami intermediate places on that route.
Ma< on—Office at the Washington Drill.
Savannah—Office at No. 153 Bay street.
Do. S. Pliilbrick, Agent, for receiving and
forwarding goods and merchandise.
Charleston, S. C.—Amos Head, Agent, office No.
1)5 East Bay.
' M. S. BALL A CO.
Juno 7, 1*13.
JOSIM w
] 'vim
^COMMISSION
j *jj MERCHANT.
J«oi| S. 1VA XX.1 //, Cl E o.
July 11, 1-13.
. COMMISSION BUSINESS
f Spill, iliuliTsigii 'd lav formed ;i |i:ul!ier<i:i;i for (he
* IniiiNiiclion of u Facturugo and ('oiniiiissiiiu Ihi-i-
iie^s. in the city ol tjavami.-ili, and will open an nllice
on the first day of August next. They intend to give
their personal attention to the business, and hope to
merit, ami if so, to receive a liberal share of public
patronage.
JOHN L. SW1NNEY & Co.
Partners—Ji
J '
February.
(IN L. Swinn
mks H. Be ax
I 13.
AV
T Id In entitled an act In amend the first section
of tiie liiu J Article of the Constitution of this State.
\\ ni in v-. the above section amongst other things, pro-
\ ,i|cs that ill cases of joint obligors, or joint proinis-
,,,rs. residing in different counties, the suit may be
..MiuLiit in either county, and a copy of the petition
aid process, served on the party residing out of (lie
('(•iinty. ill which the suit may hy commenced, shall he
deemed sufficient service under such rules and regu-
kitions as the Legislature have or tnay direct;
A - o Wii k it e as, hy the existing laws of this State, the ma
ker and indorsers of promissory notes, residing in the
same county, maybe sued together in the same action,
l,ii! when they reside iu different counties, it has been
ruh-d by the courts, that they cannot he joined upon
fin'ground that they are not joint obligors, nor joint
preini .sors. in the sense and meaning of the above rc-
i it,si clause of the Constitution, and therefore in such
r . .. parties are compelled to bring separate actions
;i la ercat increase of costs and expenses, both to the
plaintiffs and defendants:
A> ii Whkrkas, the said first section of the third article
requires amendment:
it enact, d by the, Semite and House of Rep-
, i nt,iltr.s of the Ciiate of Georgia, in General Assembly
nut. anil it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, I
That SO soon as this act shall have passed agreeably to
the requisitions of (he Constitution, the following shall j
thriti a part of the said first section, of the third article of ;
ill, (Vnstiliiliou of this State, and to he inserted therein
immediately niter the clause above recited, to wit: And
m rase of a maker and indorser, or indorsers of protnis- j
Miry notes residing in different counties in this State, the
same may he sued in the county where the maker re-
-idcs. nuda copy of the petition and process served on
tiie indorser,or indorsers, residing out of the county, in
oliii h the suit may be commenced, shall be deeniedsuf-
tii n ut sen ice under the same rules and regulations as
the Legislature have, or may direct in the case of joint
obligors and joint protnissors.
c WILLIAM B. WOFFORD,
Speaker of the House of Representatives.
ROBERT M. ECHOLS.
President of the Senate.
Assented to. December 28, I <12
CHARLES J. McDONALD, Governor.
April 4, 1813. vl
AT Til E N E\V
ii. 33. SUIT!!,
COTTON FACTOR
C 0 M MISSION MERC U. 1A T T,
A'o. I ' •, llay street, Savannah, Ga. JlT
t illlF. undersigned informs his friends and the puhlii
X generally, that he will continue to tran.net tl.e ..
hove business' and respectfully solicits a share of their
patronage. Having Incited permanently in Savannah,
and intending tn bestow his entire personal attention to
the business, in which he has had considerable experi
ence, he indulges the belief that those who favor him
with their business will have no cause to regret it. Lib
eral cash advances will he made on cotton in store when
required, and orders for Bagging. Family supplies, Ac.,
promptly attended to and in strict compliance with di
rections. _ RANSOM II. SMITH.
Savannah, June 27. 1 J 43. 1—tl
NOBEE A. BARBEE A CO.
SAVAXX.II/, a A.
TAK ES this method of informing tl. ir friends
and the public, that they still continue to trans
act a General Factorage and Commission : : ■'■
siiit'ss. Orders for Bagging. Bale I! 'pe. Fam
ily supplies, or other communications, addres-
S? sed to them, either winter or summer, will
icct with faithful and prompt attention.
August 1, 1843, whin—7
'ua.tiTltoiv, habdeihan, a CO.
FACTORS
ANI)
an .VE/M L COMHISSJOX
MERCHANTS,
N A! I, G .\
Savannah. July 2(1. 1~ 13.
AN BC03I.1I1SSK
WARE-HOUSE
S.l VAXXAII GA.
i N it O tl S I O 1* c.
Jl’ST RECEIVED r^.
Bool si ii d as—
PAIR negroe's thick Ida, k and russet
M Rl hrog.nis; also, a further supply of La-
Gent's Boots and Shoes.
, r.,-e Ladies'finest Philadelphia Kid Slips;
Ladies’ finest New York Kid Slips;
Ladies’ fine drab French tie slips;
Ladies' Philadelphia Prunella siips;
I., ihiek -olcd spring heel slips;
I .; s j icncli morocco French tie slips;
I. tine Jersey calf swd. hrogans;
*■’ n French Boots; do. do. call swd hrogans;
Gent's goat, velvet, and ktd slips; which will lie sold
•■ m (dr (-'entral money.
E. ALEXANDER.
Milledg.ville.May I5 : 1S«3._ _
''glliK su'iavrihor would respectfully inform his friends,
® ( 'otmuers and purchasers in Dili GOODS throiigh-
eiil ti, Stine, ihat lie has purchased the entire interest in
-s a’ this place, and will hereafter continue it on his
on., -unnt. lie will lie ahl-* to offer greater induce-
iap its tic* approaching Auliirn'i than ever before, an 1 would
r;-dully.solicit n continuance of that patronage which
f o I,ecu so liberally bestowed heretofore.
li. W. BANGKOK 1 .
Mdledgeville, July 10, 1843.
EXECUTIVE BEiMK ;'.TIENT, \
Mii.i.kkgkvili.g, April 22,184.!. j
rj^llE petition of David Yancey,formerly of Billup’s
5 District, Oglethorpe county.'shewing that he is the.
n.'litful drawer of lot niimher 220. in tiie Gth district ol
In c county. and that said lot of land has through mis*
;k- been "ranted to David Young of Bdhtp’s District,
Oglethorpe county, and that said grunt cannot be pro
duced at this Department for correction.
■ > r ,lured, That unless sufficient cause be shown to the
enntrary, within six months an alias grant do i*sue to
D ud Yancey the rightful drawer of said lot, and that
tins order he published for six mouths previous to the is
suing of said alias grunt.
«;,n J. u. HORNE, S. E. D.
Treasury Odice. (
Milleihieville, Feb. 20th, 1313. >
l iF.RSOXS presenting coupon Warrants for interest due
! on the Bonds of the State of Georgia, at this office, for
payment »ill in every instance he required to accompany
I V t!i|ll g willi the bonds from wtiicli said coupons are
■ lipped- Nolice is hereby given to all concerned, that on
failure to nrcsent the bonds, tho warrants for interest will
not lie cashed. B- B. SMITH. Ta.
February 20, 1343. 3o if
<iiloI>C Hofei,
s P II 1 x G FLAG E,
Murray Co., Ga.
J acob CARROLL, formerly of Hightower, res
pectfully informs his friends and the public, that he
has purchased the above establishment of Geo. W.
U acasser, and is now prepared to accommodate those
who may favor him with their patronage, in a style not to
be surpassed in the up-country. In a word, he will spare
tin pains to make comfortable all who may give him a
call, and calling once he feels satisfied will be an induce
ment to call again.
Cf Drovers are invited to call, as he is well prepared
to iiccotimiodate them, having a full supply of provender
wnh good stables and large lots.
July 25, 1813. G—Gt
¥ A C T 0 U
Com mission ITIercJisiiit,
Savannah, G v.
B. Particular attention will be giv
dhice and Merchandise.
0—
KT N
warding produce and Merchandise
August 4, 184;
■L ~ v>J »
id
jl jl it
Thun was over f: note n be fore in Georgia.
fSAilli Smiiuier season being considerably advanced,
A 1 have concluded to sell the balance of my Sum
mer Stoek of
FANCY GOODS
2f> per cent, lower than any mail or merchant in Georgia,
quality and style both considered. All in want of Cheap
Goods, are respectfully invited to call immediately or as
soon as convenient, at SIIABAN’S.
Milledgeville, July 11. 1813. 4—tf
T -
LAW NOTICE.
H F, undersigned having associated themselves in
the practice of Law, will give their personal atten
tion to all professional business confided to them, in the
comities of
COBB,
FORSYTH,
CHEROKEE,
HALL, and
GWINNETT.
Address hiiiniious *V Bumbo,
Lawrenceville Georgia.
JAMES P. SIMMONS,
KIXCHEN RAM BO.
July. 1843. K_4t
JACKSON,
WALTON.
NEWTON,
DEKALB,
I'ntertainim'iit.
11A \ l.N'G been misrepresented to the |
travelling public, in regard to my prices for
l*T* §8 ellt et'iainincut, it is hut justice both to myself
V ?ilisk» : (nd thi'.iu. in this manner, to state that my
charges tor Supper. Lodging, and Brcalfast, and Horse
feed, are hut S>| () i.
Dinner and Horse feed, 50 cents.
FRANCIS TUFTS.
Bloiintsville, August 4, 1843. 8—3t
.lust Received,
ip> CASES spring style Beaver and Silk Hats ;
S case blue (round crown) Hats;
5 00 Leghorn and s.-a grass summer hats, at 82 a.83;
—ALSO OFFERING—
2.000 Palm Leaf Hats, 12 l-2c;
2.000 do. do. from 25 to 02 I-2c:
Please call and see. at the sign of the New Dry Goods
Store, where Central Money is received at par.
E \Y. BANCROFT.
Miik.lgeville. April 17. 1843 44—tf
Great SCimIaction in Prices.
j ~N conscipience of the great improvement in Centra
_ Funds, we are now ready to oiler greater induce
metits than ever before, to purchasers of Dry Goods.
Now offering—
3-1 Brown llomcspnns. at 4 1 2c per yard;
3-4 Bleach'd Homespuns, at fit:
4-4 heavy Brown Sheeting, at 1) to !2c;
I 4 Bleach'd Sheeting. It) yard, for ,81 ;
Be l Ticking. 10 yards for 81;
lied Ticking, 15 to 20c per yard ;
300
ptei
jil;
M;
IIP. undersigned, late of Eatonton. Georgia, res
pectfully informs his friends and the public gener
ally. that he has taken a ware house in Savannah, for the
purpose of conducting the business of a Factor and
Commission Merchant. From his long and intimate ac
quaint nice with the interest of the Farmers and others of
the interior, he flatters himself lie understands, ami he
pledges himself tohise the most untiring efforts to pro
mote them sn far as they may be confided to him. He
gives the most unqtialiiiied assurances that he will not he
engage !. or he concerned in speculations in cotton or
other produce in any way. The usual advances will he
mafic on produce in store. He will he at his post by the
2fith September, and will from that time he pleased to
receive and forward goods: receive, store, and sell cot
ton, and execute any other commission that may he en
trusted to him in bisliuc of business.
JEREMIAH CLARK.
August 2, 1843. ITt
.fOIIA T. BOWL,AND,
Central Bail Bom! from Sava nnali
io .11 UCOll, Geofgi.t.
rrillis Road is open for the transportation of passen-
jr.irs daily (Sundays excepted) from Savannah to
McCall's, a distance of 187 1-2 miles. The distance
from McCall’s to Macon is 2 I 2 miles. The whole hue
w ill he opened ill the month of October next.— I he mail
and passenger trains leave Savannah and McCalls.it B
o'clock, a. m., and run through in twelve hours. 1 here
is a tri-weekly line of Steamers between Charleston aud
Savannah, leaving Charleston on Tuesday’s. Thursday's,
and Saturday's at fi a. m., and leaving Savannah on the
same days iff the week alter the arrival of the Cars.
There are two lines of Steamers from Savannah to
Florida, and three regular lines of Packets to New
York.
Fare from Savannah to McCall's in Passenger
Car, 00
In Baggage do. 5 00
Children under 12. half price.
Savannah. August 15, 1843 0—1 It
calicoes, at 20 yards fi
200 “ calicoes, at 10 to 1*2 l-2c ;
1 1 French calicoes, at 31c;
Georgia Nankeens, at si per piece;
Brown cotton hose, at 10 prs for $1;
White cotton hose, * pair for * 1;
White hose, at 20 to 30c:
Linen cambric handkerchiefs. at*2T>c;
do. do. do. at 37 1-2 to
4- 1 Cotton Diaper, (» yards for .*$1;
5- 4 Jackonet Muslins, 31 to 50c;
5-1 Cotton Cambric, 0* yard* for $1 ;
do. do. 25 to 50c;
5-4 IMaid Cambrics. 31 to 50c;
Furniture Calico, 11 yards for $1;
do. do. 12 I-2 to 25c ;
Cotton Stripes, at 10 yards for S*l ;
Black Bombazines. I to .*?2 per yard ;
Rich Black Net Shawls 5toJjj?S;
KicJ. Black Lace Veils, at £1 75;
Rich White Lace \ ens. ai .7-1 id,
Lisle Thread Lace, at 12 yards for 37 l-2c;
Cotton Cnibrellas, at 75c to $! 75;
Parasols, (gingham) at 75c;
Parasols, silk, ^1 75; Sun Shades, $1;
Laces. Mu>iius. and Trimmings;
Col d French Muslins, 25c per yard ;
do. do. 37 1-2 to 50c;
50 doz. Palm Leaf Hats, at $1 25 per dozen;
aVc. iVc. &c. iVx.
Suffice it to say, vve arc ready “as usual,” to supply
mends end cu>tomers with Dry Goods lower than ever
before, and lower than can be purchased at anv other
store in Georgia. C K XT Ii A fj Tl.\f)S AT PAH.
E. W. BANCROFT.
Milledgeville, June 20, 1343. 1—tf
GEORGIA: ~
A Proclamation,
n q Chiri.es J. McDonald. Governor of said State.
To the Honorable, the. Justices of the Inferior Court of the
several counties in this State.
11 ERE A 8, a vi tcancy tins occurred in the House j
of Representatives of the Congress of the United
States, by the resignation of the Hon. MARK A.
COOPER, a member elect from the State of Georgia, j
for two years from aud after the third day of March
1843. . I
Now in order tl^t said vacancy may he filled, and in
pursuance of law. 1 Have thought proper to issue this |
my writ of Election, hereby requiring you the said Jus-
tices aforesaid, to cans.- an election to he held on Moil- I
day, the second day of i Ictober next, at the several pla- j
ces of holding elections in vour counties, giving due no- j
tice thereof, for a Representative to till said vacancy.—
And I do further require you to make a return of the [
said election, to the Executive Department iu the time I
prescribed by law.
Given under mv hand, and the great seal of the State, j
at the Capitol in Mdledgeville, this the 2l)lh day of
July, 1-13, an! of the American Independence the six-
ty-eighth.
Charles j. McDonald.
Bv the Governor:
J. \V. A. Sanford, Secretary of State.
August 1,1343. 7
GEORGIA.
A Proclamation.
Ily Charles J. McDonald. Gtcermtr of said State.
To the Honorable, the, Justices of the Inferior Court of the
srcrrul counties in this State.
VT7-II1.RI.AS,a vacancy lias occurred in the House
, , of Representatives oftlie Congress of the United
States, hy the resignation of the Hon. JOHN B.
L \M AR "a member elect from the State of Georgia,
for two years from and after the third day of March,
Now,in order that said vacancy may be filled, aud in
pmstiaure of law, I have thought proper to issue this
mv writ of Election, hereby requiring yon the said Jus-
tiers aforesaid, to cause an election to bo held mi Mon
day the second day of October next, at the several places
of holding elections in your counties, giving due notice
thereof, fora Representative to till said vacancy.—And I
do further require you to make a return of the said elec
tion. to the Executive Department in the time prescribed
by law.
■ Given under mv hand.and tiie great Seal of the State,
at the Capitol iu Milledgeville, this the 10th day of
August, 1843, and of American Independence the
sixty-eighth.
Charles j. McDonald.
Bv the Governor.
J. \V. A. Sanford, Secretary of State.
August 10, 1843. 9
Take Xolice.
T\7TLL he sold to the highest bidder, without reserve,
>V oil the first Tuesday in September
next, at the Court-House in the City of Milledgeville.
Five negroev, to wit: Sylvester a man about 41 years old;
.Murffliis wife 20. and theirthree children. Maria 13, Jack-
sun 11. and Hudson 1 year old.—Terms Cash.
GEORGE LEEVES.
Milledgeville Augusts, 1843 . 8-td
Next' Goods at
V IEW’ goods just received, among which are the
following which are offered low:
20 (irass cloth Shirts, $1 25 :
JOdo/.. Ladies super Kid Gloves, from 37 1-2 to 87 1-2;
5 .. “ “ blk.do do 37 12;
5 pieces Crimped Dimity, $2 00 per yd.;
Thread Edgings;
Coronation Braid;
100 pieces rich Bonnet and Cap Ribbons;
50 do/,. Taylor s spool Cotton ;
00 “ Clark’s
French Tapes;
6 Nest's fine Baskets;
12 do/. Gentlemen's light colored Cravats,
6 “ Super light Kid Gloves;
G “ “ black “ “
IndiaRubberSuspenderssuper. at,?2 2->;
do do do £1 59;
do do do 90.
July 25,1843. . ri ~ 2t
BACON! BACON! !
-g tX AfWtLBS, I’rinie Bacon, c(*isisting of
Iff Hams, Sides, aud Shoulders, just
received and for sale low hy
WRIGHT & STETSON.
E 9 uB>lic Safe.
THE subscriber will sellathis
residence, known as Green Hill.
in Jones county, twelve miles |'||[
rp above Milledgeville, on the road h.-,R| —
to Montieello, on Wednesday, the first day of November
next, his Farm, containing four hundred and sixty-five
acres of land; one hundred finely timbered. Also. Ins
crop of corn fodder, aud oats; aud stock, consisting of
horses, pork and stock bogs, cattle and sheep, oxen and
cart, cotton gin—cast gear, large kettle, plantation tools,
household and kitchen furniture, and various otherarti-
eles too tedious to enumerate; sale from day to day, mi-
til all is sold. Terms on the day.
N. B. Any of the above named property will he sold
privately on application. My creditors are solicited to
assist me in squaring the yards, as I intend selling until
my liabilities are ail settled.
August 5, 1843. ft—>~2t
Jailer’s Notice.
BROUGHT to Jail, on the 20th
of February, 1843. a runaway ne
gro boy, says his name is Jacob or
Dahy Ba/.kn. a family nick name,
about GOor f>5 years old, dark com-
plection. 5 feet 4 1-2 inches high,
! and weighs about 150 Ihs. Says
he belongs to John E. Ward of Savannah, Ga. The
owner is requested to come forward, comply with the
law, otherwise he will be sold on the first Tuesday in
Seniember next, for his jail fees.
THO’S. ROGERS, Jailer
of Muscogee county.
Columbus, July 31, 1843. ^ ^
BLANK DEEDS
For Sale at the Federal Union Office.
MISCELLANEOUS.
THE “ODD FELLOW,”
OR
THE SECRET ASSOCIATION;
A TALE,
PORTRAYING THE PRINCIPLES, CHARACTER. AND USEFUL
NESS OF THE ORDER OF “ODD FELLOWS.”
By the Author of “Lafitte”—“ The Quadroons"—“ Capt.
Kyd”—“ The Dancing FeatherSfc.
‘You are certainly not going out to-night, James,’ said a
beautiful dark eyed bride, to her young husband, as he rose
from the tea-table; ‘we have not boen married a m »nth, and
yet you must go out to pass your evenings,” and tho young
wife smiled and panted, and looked reproof and love tn tho
same glam e.
*1 have an important engagement, love,’ he said, smiling
and tapping her cheek with hi*finger.
‘And now your engagement to rne has ended in marriage,
you muot consider yourself freed from any to your wife, I
suppose,’ she said, laughing. ‘But you will not go out such
a wild, blustering night. You can have no business ttiat
calls you forth in such a storm of wind and rain! Stay in
James’ See how comfortable our little parlor looks with its
closely drawn curtains, its two nice rocking-chairs, its
warm, glowing fire, and these hooks and newspapers, and
engravings, to say nothing of my own society!
‘It certainly must be a great temptation, or very pressing
business that takes him forth, sister,’ said the bride’s broth
er, a good looking young man of twenty-one, who made the
third of tho little group about the tea-table. ‘I assuro him,’
he added pleasingly, ‘I should not Ire so ungallant to leave
my wife to pass her evenings alone before the honey-moon
was over. There is to b? some city caucus, and 1 suppose
James expects to bo called upon to make a speech!’
‘No, I assure you,* answered James Layton laughing, as
he buttoned his surtout to his throat; ‘I have a very impo'-
tantengagement, ot'l should by no means quit you, Cather
ine. 1 will he bock in two hours. Let Lewis entertain
you till I return. I know you will excuse me, wife!’
‘On condition you tell me where you ore going,’ she said,
holding him by tiie arm playfully.
‘Well, it i- to a meeting of my club.’
‘Your club!’ repeated Lewis; ‘what club?’
‘The Odd Fellows!’
‘Are you an Odd Fellow James?’exclaimed Catherine.—
‘If I had known it I don’t believe I would have married you!
‘No? 1'hen I should have been an odd fellow all my life.
But what is there so had in being an Odd Fellow, that you
both look so surprised?*
‘I am told it is a secret society; something like the explo
ded masonic fraternity, and I am surprised that any sensi
ble man should belong to it,’ answered Lewis Foster.
‘And 1 don’t like to have a husband who has any secrets
from his wife,* said the bride. ‘Now, James, I shan’t lovo
you half so well, that you belong to a secret club! and such
an odd club’’
‘The name sounds rowdyish, and reckless,* said his broth
er-in-law, gravely.
‘1 don’t believe any good can come ofit,* pursued his wife,
with a slight cloud of disapproval upon her brow.
*1 don’t think it can increase your respectability in the
eyes of sensible men,’ added Lewis, ‘and now that you are
married and so have taken a new position in society, and
have just gone into partnership in business, it would seem to
me, James, speaking in all kiedness and love, t hat you would
be wise to break off your connection with this club, which
perhaps might not have been so censurable in a young man
and an apprentice, hut which certainly now detracts from
your character, and standing.’
The young husband glanced from one to the other of tho
speakers, looking as if he was undecided whether to laugh
outright, or to get seriously anirry with them both. Me
however, suppressed the expression of both emotions, and
quietly resinning iiis chair at the tea-table, and with his
surtout buttoned to I is chin as he was, and then sai I qui
etly and gravely.
‘Catherine, Lewis—you neither of you know of what
you are shaking! So far from what you ignorantly suppose,
the fraternity ol oddfellows is a society in which it is not
only an honor to ho enrolled as a member, hut it is itself nn
association honorable to human nature. The peculiarity of
its designation has misled you. So far from being a frater-
n ty of buffoons, a band of merry-makers, a society of or
ganized folly, as you and others who have not inquired into
its character and pretensions, weakly pretend to believe, it
U an association distinguished for its dignity, solemnity and
luorni iiKijraije ;
‘But what can be its object? asked Lewis, impressed by
his manner.
‘To lessen the ills of mankind; to ameliorate its condi
tion, to elevate the soul of man and restore its moral image;
to advance tho happiness of our race hy drawing closer
the ties of human affection, and strengthen the bond of
brotherhood between man and man.
‘You demand ns much for your society as does Christian
ity itself It asks no more! It takes no wider rang *!* said
Lewis, with ernjihn.si*.
*lf you had said we demanded what Christianity does
not, thou you had uttered what i should have denied. I
do not deny that we aim to as wide a range, for our field as
well as that of Christianity, L the human heart, is human
society! It can cover no more; we'•an aim at no less. But
wo work for man as mortal, and in this life—Christianity
lor man as mortal and immortal! for both this and
the life to come! Therefore, we reject the comparison when
made invidiously; admit it when made on tho basis I have
laid down. Without Christianity this order would have
been what it now is: for its principles existed thousands of
years before the era of Christianity.’
‘Where then did the order begin to exist?’ inquired Lew
is, with surp is * and incredulity.
*1 will reply to you in the language of an eloquent writer
who has recently answered your question: When the Al
mighty Architect of the Universe spake, and this sphere
which wc inherit, burst into light and loveliness, every fun
damental priii iple on which our order is based, was stamp
ed with the signet of Omnipotence upon her young and un
stained being th**re to remain in legiable and enduring char
acters, as constituent elements of her perpetuity and exist
ence. Friendship then wore her silken bonds! Love
breathed forth her strains of mutual sympathy and confi
ding tenderness; while truth, above, around and beneath,
shell forth her blaze of leaving light, as pure and unsullied
as the rays that emanate from the throne of the Eternal
God! Upon these three pillars rests the structure of our or
der, around them cluster our brightest hopes and fondest
anticipations!**
•This is all very pretty, but it seems to m? visonary e-
nougli, said Lewis. ‘Fray what legitimate good, what tan
gible benefit has it ever done, or can it do? It is very fine to
talk about ameliorating^he condition of mankind, enhanc
ing human happiness, and advancing tho human intellect;
this is all very fino. But lay your finger upon a single
good your order has done.’
‘Go with me to-morrow, Lewis, and examine the records
of our doings only for the past year, and the inspection will
he a sufficient reply. There you will find widows assisted,
orphans protected and nurtured, the sick visited, tho prison
ers liberated, and the afflicted comforted and made happy
The principles of our society are those of humanity and re
ligion. It not only prompts the common cause of philan
thropy, hilt insures to its members in the hour of adversity,
a source of safety and comfort that nothing can destroy.—
Tho affection of parents may change; the friendship of* the
world may turn to hatred, and even love may bo transform
ed to loathing and disgust. But the ties that bind us togeth
er, are never sundered; or claims of brotherhood are only
dissolved by death! no, not death can destroy them! they
descend to the widow and the orphan ’
‘You have led me to think vory differently of your or
der, James, said Lewis, *siill it seems to me that Christiani
ty, without this, would do all you pretend ’
‘All men unfortunately, are not Christians. The holy
principles of the Gospel have an influence upon only a por
tion of what is called a Christian community. A society
then, that while it gives new zeal to the Christian who is a
member of it, bends down to the observance of Christiani
ty, and a healthy morality to him who is not a Christian, is
positively a good and useful institution, and certainly does
not militate against Christianity. As I before said, our so
ciety is for Earth, Christianity for Heaven.*
Tara satisfied. Still I do not see in the daily events of
life that you are better or worse for being an‘Odd Fel
low.’ If 1 could see that il made you more charitable than
you otherwise might he, or that it aided a human being who
otherwise would not he aided, I should be half-disposed to
become an Odd Fellow.*
•Many is the penniless and friendless wanderer of our or
der who can attest to its holy charity!’ sa : d James, with
feeling. ‘Italian! reaches the wide world over! Its langu
age breathes iiseloqu *ut tones in the ear ofllie wanderer in
a foreign land, and his necessities are relieved. If sickness
lays it paralyzing hand upon him among strangers, a broth
er of the ‘mystic tie’ administers to his wants, sooths his
distresses, lurnishes him with money, if he recovers, to go
oil his way, or follows him with hon >rable burial to the
torn!*. The sick amongst our own brethren are not left to
the cold ham! of Public charity. They are visited by the
members and their wants ascertained and provided for by
funds they themselves, in health and prosperity, had contri
buted to raise, and which, in rimes of need,’ to repeat the
language of another, ‘they can honorably claim, without
the humiliation of suing for parochial relief ’
‘But what moral influence does your Order exert over its
members? A fraternity of Charity is not of necessity a
school of morals. How are Odd Fellows in their inter
course with the world better than other men?’ inquired
Lewis, apparently interested in the conversation, while the
wife of the eloquent husband sat gazing upon hitn with the
most pleased and absorbed attention.’
‘We must know the character of him who applies to bo
admitted a member of our Order. It our sacred duty to
keep a watch upon the conduct of our brethren, even in the
common intercourse of life, and in all their transactions
with men, and particularly with one another; to remonstrate
with those who wander from rectitude or tresspass upon
the rules of morality. Iu all ages and in all countries our
Order has stood forth the champion of liberty ami religion!
Wherever she has erected an altar for her worshippers she
lias also dedicated a temple for science and refinement.
‘1 am delighted that what Lewis and I have said has led
to the conversation,’ said the bride with a face beaming
with pleasure. ‘I am glad, James, that you are an Odd
Fellow,’ and I shall always think well of all y rar Order.—
You may go to night. But,’ she added, looking mischiev
ously, ‘I have one tiling to object to in it.
‘What is that?’ he asked smiling and half guessing.
That there is a secret in it. As a woman I must protest
against that.’ , ... .
‘That is my objection, too, said Lewis 1 dislike secret
societies. Their history shows that they have in ullages
been productive of great mischief; been tools of despotism ;
aiding the cause of bigotry and the ctaugmi of the powerful
and bad! If your deeds are so open and honorable whv should
your meetings be held in secret and your proceedings in
session be veiled in mystery? Truth fears not the light.
‘It has been said, in opposition to it, that ours is a secret
•We should be happy to name the author whom we quote
in th s story; but as the article from his pen appeared an
onymously in the Boston, ‘Daily Evening Bulletin lor
Nov. 28, we can only refer to that Journal.
Order hy those who think secrecy is incompatible with in
nocence. True it is, vve are in part, a secret society! but is
secrecy a crime?’
‘Most undoubtedly,’ said Mrs. Layton with an arch look.
‘What woman would deny it?’
Hoc husband smiled and then continued. ‘Secrecy is
rather an attribute of the good. The world itself, the uni
verse. the God of eternal truth, are surrounded with an im
penetrable veil that mortal eye ha:h never pierced! Shill
their existence be denied because their arcana aro not re
vealed at our bidding? Shall wo pronounce them evil be
cause their operations aro hidden from our view and above
our comprehension?’*
‘^et what security has the good man who, won hy your
eloquent account of your Order, fain would join il that ho
may liestow and receive, if need should he, the blessings
that emanate from it, what security has he that in entering
within the mystic veil of your Temple he is not commit
ting himself loan Order, and uniting himself with a set of
men, whose outward charities are but the whitewash to
cover all manner of wickedness within?’
‘He can judge before hand. Tube initiated into our Or
der is not as you suppose ‘to take a leap iu the dark.’ The
fundamental principles of tho Order are before the world!
Its deeds are not concealed from public scrutiny. The con
stitution and laws of our society are within the reach of ail
who wish to examine them.*
‘Vet your proceedings aro kept secret. You have cer
tain initiatory rites that are secret! Vour arrangements in
your halls are mysterious and point to mysterious cere
monies.’
‘Yes, there arc mysteries within the inner veil of our al
tars that no uninitiated eye can ever behold. It is not the mys
tery of mere paraphernalia, but a mornl mystery! Solemn
and suidime truths are there inculcated that have never
reached the ear of any mortal save he who has been pro
ven worthy. They have remained there for ages, hallowed
archives in the sanctuary of our temple; may they ever re
main, unsullied and inviolate.’
‘Howenthusiastic, James,’ said his wife with surprise.—
There must g >od in a society that has so warmly enlist
ed your feelings,* she added paying a deserved compliment
to his virtues and worth.
‘I am almost persuaded to become an ‘Odd Follow.’ ‘said
Lewis seriously, yet smiling at his own ardor. ‘But I must
wait first to have some practical demonstration of its use
fulness upon its members. Who else are ‘odd fellows’ that
I may as you say ‘observe their conduct among men?’
‘You will find many m Boston among the venerable as
well as the youthful, among the rich aud the pour, the hum
ble and the eminent.’
‘But who of my friends .’
James was about to reply when the street d jor hell was
rung and the next moment tho maid came in and said a man
wished to sec tho master of the Itouse.
‘Ask him in?’ said James.
‘He says he is too wet—besides, sir, is a poor looking
man and looks as if he wanted to beg,’ added the girl
pertly.
Mr. Layton rose and went to tho door, where lie saw a
man poorly da l and looking very destitute, who handed
him a dirty wet paper, and said —
‘Read it if you please, sir.’
‘1 have no time now, my good man,’ said James, whose
hour to he at the club had already coni *; ‘I suppose from
your appearance and the title of tho pap3r ‘To all good
Christians,’ that you are in need. There is a dollar for you.
It will get you a supper ami lodging. Good night.’
‘Be so kind as to open the paper, sir, perhaps, sir, you
might he one of- ’ the man hesitated.
His manner led him to comply; and glancing over it his
eye rested -upon a mark near the bottom which at once ar
rested it.
‘Ah, my brother, I am very glad I read the paper,’ ho said
in a grateful tone. ‘Give me your hand.*
‘Thank God! now I a:n no longer a stranger in a strango
land,’ said the man in a grateful voice. ‘I was in hopas
some brother would see that sign an 1 relievo me!*
‘I am glad you have come to me. Walk in, and while
you are drying yourself and taking a warm cup of tea, I
will seo what you are in need of.*
This conversation had been but partially overheard in
the sitting-room and left them in mystery ns to who the
guest was. so cheerfully invit'd in. When they saw Mr.
Layton usher in a young man about twenty-six years of age.
dressed in a thin jacket, though it was in the month of Feb
ruary, a ragged vest and sailor’s trowsera and holding in
his hand an old torn straw hat from which the rain was
dripping they started with surprise. He was truly an ob
ject of any one's compassion.
‘This is ray wife—this her mother! Be seated close to the
fire! Catherine pour out a cup of warm tea for him!’
• 1 on aro too Kimi, sir:' saut me graterul stranger.
Catherine obeyed; but all the while was asking her hus
band with her eyes what all ibis meant. Lewis was also
sorely puzzled. Mr. Layton sat down by him, handed him
the tea and ordered fresh toast for him. When the poor
man had warmed and refreshed himself, he looked round
with m >ro confidence and meeting Mr. Layton’s eye, was
answered by a glance of kindness and sympathy that
brought a grateful snide to his pale cheek, and was not un
noticed hy Lewis. Airs. Layton now hy a side-glance saw
that the man though pale had an intellectual face, and that
his manners wore polite. His voice too, though at first un
dertoned and humble as was natural to a person in his posi
tion, was agreeable and modulated by feeling. She became
interested to know who he was.
‘It is ray duty to apologize to you and your family fir ray
intrusion upon you in this guise,’ lie said understanding the
lady’s inquiring gaze. ‘I feel,’ In added, glancing at Mrs.
Layton ‘that 1 am among friends and that iny narrative will
be listened to not only with courtesy but with sympathy.’
‘James,’ said Lewis addressing him in a low tone of voice
‘before he begins,’ pray relieve my curiosity! Is your guest
an ‘Odd Fellow’ ?’
‘Yes,’ answered Jam *s with a sin’da.
‘This then accounts for this extraordinary benevolence
and unusual hospitality?’
‘Yes. Wc are bound to relievo one another, whatever
the condition cither may ho in,as brothers.’
‘How very singular tho coincidence of his appearance
with our conversation!’
Tho stranger thou began, as in soma sort to apologize for
his claim upon Mr. Layton’s hospitality, to narrate his sto
ry, to listen to which the latter delayed an hour his atten
dance up m the meeting of tho society.
PART II.
The “Camblet Wrapper,” or the Test of
Good Faith.
The story of the Guest with th' Torn Hit and ragged
habiUiments was full of interest to the little party of listen
ers, and was narrated in a pleasing manner. It w.as briefly
as follows: He had been shipwrecked six weeks before on
the coast of Maine, with tlu loss of ev«ry thing; and
had been depandent upon the charity of persons in the
towns he hail passed through for m-»ans to reach Boston,
where he knew he should ho assisted to Baltimore, his res
idence, by the association of Odd Fellows, of which he
was a member. lie said he had loft Baltim >re six m jnths
before as supercargo of a ship bound to the North Sea, and
was shipwrecked in her on h s return voyage.
*1 had no claim,* he said, proceeding oil his narration,
‘upon the citizens of tin small towns I passed through; be
yond the ordinary one of charity, which has hecoim «o of
ten reiterated that I find it has got to bn little heeded. I
knew if 1 could find a brother odd fellow 1 should find a
friend und a luma. In Portland I inquired but found there
was no Order established there; and also in Portsmouth
and other towns. Finally this afternoon I reaclnd Boston
a stranger to every person in it. I had previously drawn
lip a pap >r stating my situation, in which I had put the so-
crot designation of a membership in my Order, knowing
that if by chance I should present it to a ‘brother’ he would
immediately recognise the ‘mystic sign’ and extend to me,
ragged ami wretched as I was, the fellowship of his heart
and hand.’
At these words James Layton turned slightly and glanc
ed both at Iiis wife and brother in law, while a quiet smile of
prideful triumph sparklej in Ins eye.
‘I had been to several houses,’ continued the stranger,
‘without obtaining even courtesy from the servant at the
door, yet hoping Providence would at length bring me to
that of a‘Fellow’of our Order, of whom I know there was
a large number in Boston. I had inquired in the street of
two or three, asking if any of them would tell mi where I
conld find an ‘Odd Fellow,’ when taking my question as an
odd one they called me nn ‘odd fellow* and bade me walk
about mv business! I had passed hy your door when some
thing within mo prompted me to turn back and once more
make an effort; fir in finding a member of the Order de
pended my hopes of sustenance anil shelter to-night, as well
as my return to B iltiraorc I now fee! that Providence
prompted ms to call at your door, and I cannot be too grate
ful for your hospitality and kindness to a stranger.’}
‘A brother of our Order is never a stranger,’ said James
kindly. ‘I feel haopy in being the instrument of doing you
the service you need. Our brethren meet to-night, and I
was going out ween you called, to attend the meeting I
will lay your case before it to-night; and as 1 have no spare
bed, if you will p it on this camblet wrapper and oblige me
with wearing this iiat—for the night is rough out—I will
accompany you to a comfortable inn which lies on my way,
and find you a lodging. To-morrow at ten o'clock call on
me here and I will tell you then what we have done fir you.’
The friendly kindness of James’s voice and manner in
speaking to the wayfarer, struck both Iiis wife aud brother,
and his h -arty and cordial hospitality and open-handed be
nevolence made a deep impression upon them. They re
mained silent for several minutes niter Mr. Layton and the
stranger had left, relisting upon what they had witnessed.
At length Lewis spoke with great emphasis and feeling.
•This is indeed wonderful! ilenceibrlh, Catherine, 1 aro
an ‘Odd Fellow.’
‘IIow very extraordinary.’said Mr. Layton, speaking af
ter a few moments* reflection, that in a Christian land such
language should ever fall from the lips of the destitute; ‘in
finding a member of my Order depended my only hopes of
sustenance and shelter.’ Truly Christian'; should he asham
ed that they are outdone in true charity by a mere human
association. 7
The wonts of the wanderer were inquired into hy two of
the ‘brethren’ sent early the next morning hy the Order, to
the inn where James had left him; and in a short time, un
der their kind hand*, there was a manifest change ma le in
his wardrobe and external .appearance. Money was also
placed by them in his hands, and they parted from him
with that fellowship and good will which is so beautiful a
characteristic of their order.
‘it is already past ten o’clock, Jam 's, said Lewis, who had
waited at home to sec the issue of his brother-in-law’s be
nevolent purpose towards the guest of the evening before,
he was, also, after a night’s sleep upon it, less zealous in be
coming an ‘Odd Fellow.’ The arguments of James had
been partially forgotten and their impression in a mariner
passed away. ‘I should not he surprised, brother,’ he said,
laughing, as the hands of the clock indicated half-past ten,
‘if you never saw your new camblet wrapper more!’
‘You will not triumph over me, Lewis,’ answered James
pleasantly; ‘he will yet be here-*
‘You were so generous, too, as to loan him your new bea
ver, bought lately at Barry’s. You had best call in to-day
and purchase another—for your’s is by this time at a pawn
broker’s, or on its way to Baltimore or Symmzonia! Did
you look, Catherine, to see if any thing was missing from
the front entry?’
♦Vide foregoing note.
‘You laugh at me, Lewis,’ said James Layton; ‘but rest
assured you will not have the victory.’
‘tie may be a rogue though an Odd Fellow, and so de
ceive you.’
‘Nfr The principles of our Order have an influence up
on the moral man that no temptations can weaken or throw
aside. If it were not, if he should prove a rogue, yet I
have hut done ray duly in succoring a ‘brother.* I am free,
the guilt remains with him ’
‘And so do the new camblet wrapper and the Barry. If
you see cither of them again 1 will become a member of an
Order whose moral power is such as to bring men’s vices
into subjection toils principles.’
‘Whatever motive, Lewis, may lead you to become an
Odd Fellow, you would, believe me, find it greatly to your
interest to be one, especially if you should travel. Every
where you would find die hand of fellowship extend to wel
come you, aud in tha face of a stranger find the smiles of a
friend. But we never urge, not even invite any one. If
you will be one of us, we will open our arms to welcome
you, love, cherish, defend and befriend you through weal
and in wo.’
‘if your friend returns I will offer myself at your next
meeting. On his good faith, you see I have hung the faith
and honor of your whole order.’
‘And on it! am willing it should hang,’ said James firmly.
There is the door bell.’
‘If it bo your Barry and vvrappor I am an Odd Fellow from
this day,’ said Lewis laughing.
‘A gentleman wishes to see you, Mr. Layton,’ said the
maid.
‘Show him in!*
‘Are you sure il is a gentleman and not the man who was
here last night?’ asked Lewis.
‘Yes, indeed. Don’t I know a gentleman from a loafer
like him! It look me half an hour this morning to get the
mud front his heels off the rug! This is a gentleman Mr.
Lewis you may be sure on it.’
‘h is not your man, Jamas,’said Lewis with a look of
triumph, us the girl returned to the hall.
4 You are right,’ said Jain *s, as she ushered in a very gen
tlemanly looking man w ao bowing politely stood as if he ex
pected to 1)9 recognised.
‘You do not know me, I see, sir/
‘Now you speak, I do,’ said Mr. Layton approaching and
extending his hand. ‘Now, Lewis,^ he said aside, ‘what
think you of my catnblot and Barry?*
His brother made no reply, but stood surveying :ho stran
ger with incredulity and surprise.
‘You will pardon iny delay’ said lie, ‘but I was taken in
hand hy two ‘brethren whom your kind mention of ray mis-
fortune, brought early to ray Inn this morning; and they
would not be satisfied till they had taken me to a clothing
ware-house and provided me with a handsome suit of
clothes besides other conveniences of which I stood in
need. It is not a quarter of an hour since they let me g o,
when I directly hastened hither. Your hat and coat, sir,
I brought and have left in the hall. 1 know not how to
thank you for your hospitality and attention;’ he continued
pressing James’ hand in both of his own; ‘I hope you will
not fad to present rny grateful acknowledgements to theso-
C’ety which has so generously contributed to my aid, and
accept for yourself and family rny bast wishes for your
happiness.*
‘When do you leave?’ asked James.
‘In the cars this afternoon- I shall bo in Btltim)re pro
bably in three days, when 1 will write yon, and assure you
that I have not been ail unworthy object of tho regard of
iny order.’
‘Pardon mi the inquiry—but have you m »noy?’
‘Yes, furnished me by the two ‘brethren’ sent to execute
the will of tho order in iny behalf.’
Shortly afterwards Mr. Drummond, for hi gave his nami
as Hairy Drummond, took his leave, followed by the kind
wishes both of Lewis and Mr. Layton.
‘.Vow, Lewis,’ said Jain 0 s, as the door closed on thoir
late guest.
‘I have sacrificed my prejudices to facts that I can no lon
ger resist. I must yet ask one indulgence, brother. It tho
result turns out as 1 wish, I will be as strongly the advoo ate
of your Order as I have been its oppa.ienl!*
‘N ame what you wish.’
‘Frankly then, l have to confess a lingering suspicion that
while it remains, will not leave in» so free, to act as I
would wish, should I conelu le to be proposed as a candi
date for membership in your noble fraternity. He says lie
was shipweeked six wicks ago on the coast of Maine.*
‘This can be proved, then, hy reference to Topliff s files.’
‘No; yet it would bo well en mgh to look for such a ship
wreck in the reporter’s list. H * said the nim? of his shi p
was the ‘Trident.* But this is not my object alone. If he
was wrecked six weeks ago in .Maine, and is a man of res-
pttclnKUaonnexion m Baltim »re, why did he not Write f TOIII
the first town for in'ans, and there wait till he heard. Ten
days would have brought him a reply and money if his tale
be a true one. Instead of that he wanders from town to
town and is six weeks reaching this city; I must confess
this looks very suspicious.’
‘But he returned tho coat and hat, brother—this was test
enough of his honesty in his narrative,’ said Catherine, vyho
had a moment before entered the room, and was listening
with deep interest to their conversation.
‘It was his policy to do so—besides ha had no further
need of them, being well supplied both with clothes and mo
ney. This goes for nothing with me, I will wait until ha ful
fils his promise in writing from Baltim >re. If he writes,
even 1 will advance no further objections an 1 shall be ready
most cheerfully to enrol myself in a society which is dis
tinguished by benevolence so noble aud by a coJe of prin
ciples so pure!’
That very day Jamas took Lawis with him to Topliff *s;
and after turning over a file of papers for several weeks
back, saw under date of December 23, an extract of a let
ter dated Castine, Me., which read as follows:
‘We have had a South East gtie blowing hard for the
last 43 hours, and last night the sh'p Trident bound from
Copenhagan to Baltimore, was driven ashore three leagues
f rom ’ijjht. Outof a crew of twenty-one seven have
been lost, including the captain and in ite. Those who were
saved came ashore with the loss ot every thing. The ship
is fast going to pieces and will probobly with her cargo, be
a total loss. No insurance. Among those saved are the
supercargo and 2d mate, and one passenger, a Swede.*
The young men on reading this paragraph silently ex
changed looks. Lewis saw the expression of tri uraph on
James’ lace and said, as if he were not altogether disposed
to give up.
‘This is all very well; hut he might have known of the
wreck of this ship, and so told his tale.’
‘You are incorrigible, Lewis, I see plainly,’ said James,
laughing. ‘I see you have little faith after all in out Order.’
‘Yes 1 have in it. I believe it now to be all you have
said, but I am, I confess, suspicious of this person whi has
solicited its charity. It seems so strange that a perfect stran
ger to you should have been so harwlsorndy relieved and
suffered to depart. Surely, your open handed benevolence [
which admits no suspicion, must leave you exposed to de
ception.’
•No—for none apply who are not of our Order.’
‘And you contend then that all who are of it are infalli
ble in morals.’
‘Yes, so fir as tiie sacred character of our Order’s chari
ty is concerned. There is r.otou the globe one who would
make it the instrument of fraud or vice.’
‘If vou get a letter from Mr. Drummond, I am silenced
saved in praise,* said Lewis as they parted each to go to his
place of business.
James Layton, it is time to say, was a junior partner in
an extensive Jeweller’s establishment in Washington street,
to which trade he had regularly served an honorable ap
prenticeship. Iiis late employer had a few months before
ink'it him into partnership, and as we have seen he did not
long afterwards remain a bachelor. Hi lived in genteel
style in a pleasant part of the city, and was prosperous in
his affiirs; while he was to be envied as wo have witnes
sed. in the happiness and comfort of his dom »tic arrange
ment. Lewis Foster whose sister h.? had married, was al
so a junior partner in a respectable dry goods’ si *re. Ho
was a young gentleman ofstrict m >rals and of considerable
intelligence. The warmest friendship had long existed be
tween the two young men, and nothing h id ever occurred
to interrupt the harmony of their fraternal intercourse.
A week—ten days—a fortnight passed, and yet no letter
hail bom received from Baltimore. Lewis was about to de
clare himself the victor iu his opinion of the shipwrecked
stranger, and James’ hopes in his integrity to misgive him,
wh *n a letter m vled at Baltimore was brought from tho
Post office. Without opening it Janies left his store an:!
went fo Lewis, and exhibiting tho outside, broke the seal.
As he unfolded it hurriedly a hank note fell from it, and flut
tered to the floor. Lewis caught it up and exclaim ni:
4 A hundred dollar note, as I live! Read the letter!’ he
cried eagerly.
Jam38 read as follows:—
‘Baltimore, March 10, 183—.
‘My Dear Friend and ‘brother’:—I am happy to inform
you of my -arrival here yesterdiy, having been detained in
New York hy illness. I am now quite well again and has
ten to return you my acknowledgments for your kind assis
tance. and that of your Order. Toe amount of m m«*y gen
erously advanced me, and the hill for my wardrobe is some
thing under the amount I enclose, which I beg you will do
me the favor to return to the society, for the aid of others of
tho Order who like me may be thrown by Providence in a
condition to call for its benevolence. I pray you will pre
sent my regard to your family and except the assurances of
my grateful friendship. If you, or any of your friends
should visit .Baltimore, where I shall remain and engigd in
mercantile business, I shall esteem my seif signally happy in
extending to you my hospitality.
Respectfully,
Your friend and humble servant
HENRY DRUMMOND.
To James Layton, Esq
When James had finished the letter ha looked up and
met Lewis’ eve. ... !
‘Forgive me, James, he *>x« laim*d warmly and with much \
feeling. ‘I will no inure doubt, after this, the purity of your
Order, nor the principles of its members, than 1 do the
goodnass of your own heart and theexcellency of your tin
ders anding. From this hour I am heart and hand with
you. In yoar next meeting I ho.>3 you will not forget t o
propose meas a candidate f>r initiation as a rnunbar of tha
noble association of the ‘Independent Order of OJJ Fel
lows.* —
PART III
The “Odd Fellow’s” Widow, or the Year of the
Epidemic.
The vear 183— will long be remembered in New Orleans
for the violence of the yellow fever. Hundreds died daily;
and the sounds of wailing and the groans of the dying took
the place of the light laugh and joyous voices that were
wont to l>e heard in the streets of this gay city. Tho epi
demic had been razing three weeks with unmitigated fury,
mowing down alike native and stranger, the high and the
low, the good and the evil. The living at length were wea
ried'with nursing, or from habit became insensible to the
calls of distress. Many died unattended, and their bodies
were taken from the house by a man with a cart, and haul
ed to the grave yard and there thrown into a wide ditch ex
cavated for their reception. No relative, no friend, no fol
lower fo the tomb! Death, terror and desolation reigned.
The hospitals could receive no more, and the sisters of char
ity and benevolent Roman priests, though constantly enga
ged in administering to the suffering at the risk ot life, could
not meet but a small portion of the demands suffering hu
manity made upon their charity. The theatres and the
masquerades, as usual at thw season were closed, and in
stead the cathedral was throngs, and its floor w» crowd
ed from morning till midnight with kneeling supplinfita (or
Heaven’s mercy. The rijKfend all who ha4 the ability had
fled or were flying daily, and of those who remained, all
were too much lost in their own fears or griefs to regard
those of others.
In such a condition of things it is not surprising that ma
ny, even in respectable positions in society, shuitld perish
unattended, uricared for! Many a luxurious mansion whose
fast occupant expired attended only by a faithful slave, or
perhaps a passing stranger, was locket! and sealed by tho
city magistrate till some living heir should appear. The
pooi, fhe stranger poor,’ were indeed sufferers in this day
of terror and despair. Unable t«> leave the citv for want of
means, whole families, lately from the North, miserably
perished.
It was about three in the afternoon of a day that had boon
most fatal to the victims oftlie epidemic, when a gentleman,
about twenty-eight or thirty years of age, stepped from the
verandah of a handsome Creole house in tho Lower Fau
bourg. He was pale, his dress which was all of white lin
en, disarrang‘d, and his manner restless. He stood still a
moment, then raised his clasped hands to Heaven and said
fervently and bitterly,
‘Oh God, how long shall thy terrible scourge afflict man!
Death and not Life now reigns! Spare, oh spare!’
At th:s moment an African slave appeared crossing the
deserted streets. On seeing the expression of the gentle
man’s face, he asked,
‘Is massa dead?’
cs, go and see that he is shrouded ond I will send a cof
fin. Here is a load!’
At this moment a wagon turned the corner of an adjoin-
ing street ha!f filled with coffins, many of them unpainted.
1 he slow wagon as it rolled along the silent, sunny streets,
sent forth a hollow sound that went to the soul. The dri
ver asked if a coffin was wanted; and the black paid for one
and took it into the house.
‘Farewell, n *ble Vinton/ said he as he glanced through
the open windows of the verandah upon the dead body of a
young man laving upon a sofa. When tho sun rose you
were bu want with health and full of hope. Ere it sets you
will be in your grave! I, too, must take warning! My head
aches, and walking and want of sleep havo made mo fever
ish. I have done my duty in attending Vinton, and will
now seek my home, for Mary will be anxious about me, as
well she may he; for who goes out well at morn may never
see the noon *
The speaker was Lewis Foster! Five years havo elapsed
since the events recorded in the preceding story. During
the interval he had married a lovely girl, James Layton’s
sister, and removed his business to New Orleans, where he
had now been three years a resident. The summers of the
first two years he passed North, where he went on business;
fhe present summer he also intended to go on to obtain
goods, when he was detained by his wife’s illness, who hav
ing shortly before presented h;m with a son, his second
child, had not recovered sufficiently to enable him to leavo
at the time he wished. It was August before she was well
enough 'o travel, as the season was so far advanced
he resolved to remain through it. This was also necessary
to give him an opportunity of examining his affiirs as intel-
ligence had reached him that his clerk whom he had s-nt
North i:i his place and entrusted with all his money, had
proved unfaithful to his trust and taken passage for Europe-
The loss, as his business had hy no means been prosperous,
was so great, that he found he should be under the necessi
ty, unless he could obtain great indulgence from his credit
ors, of making over all he possessed to trustees, in a word
that he must fail.
He had hardly time for reflection upon the condition of
his affiirs, with a wife and two children, when the yellow
fever broke out and enlisted all his feelings and sympathies
for his family and those of his friends who remained.
Night and day ha devoted himself to the cause of hum in-
ity and up to the time we meet him again, himself and his
own family had mercifully escaped. Vinton’s (who was a
young Bostonian, and had only b 'en a few weeks in tho city)
was ihe fifth death bed he had bent over that day. James
Layton, his broth sr-in-Iaw, was also in New Orleans, and
an inmate of his family; this gentleman was now a widow
er. He had ulso been unsuccessful in business, and allured
hy the rumors of fortunes easily achieved in New Orleans,
had com? out the preceding fall. Hundreds of others had
also been tempted like him; and he found that th* city was
overrun with them, each in turn doornail to disappointm?nt.
He found he coul 1 do nothing, after remaining with Lewis
during the winter, he proposed to return Noah in the spring
with him and his wife. But her illness detained him, and
lie now found himself as well as Lewis, in the midst of a ra
ging epidemic. He was not one to fl?e at such a time and
leave his friend in danger. II .* remained, aa J, like his bro
ther, devoted himself to the care of (he sick.
Lewis Foster took his way home through the solitary
streets at a slow pace. He carried above bis head a thick
umbrella, for the sun was fiery hot. The pavements wore
so hea’ed as to be painful to his feet. Tua air was still, and
as difficult to breathe as if coming from the m nth of a fur
nace. Not a cloud was in the hazy looking sky; and the
dust of the groun 1 was so pulverized by the drought, as to
float for hours after it was disturbed, auJ filling the atin >s-
phere, made it still mure difficult to breathe. As he went
along, groans of the dying, or shrieks of the living over the
just dead, alone met his cars; save at intervals, the voice of
prayer. The dead-cart occasionally broke the stillness, as
it rumbled along slowly with its disgusting load, ever and
anon stopping at a door to add to it. At length, James reach
ed his abode, a neat ver indah cottage with a yard before if,
once green and sJorm-d with flowers; hut now parched by
the heat and dust. Miry was at the door an I fl ?w to m >et
him. Sli3 threw her arras about his neck and wept! For
mietings and partings, th ragh for a few hours, at such a
time, were not without emotion.
‘You are «afo, thank God!* She said gratefully.
‘And you, dearest Mary,’ he ^.aid folding her to hut heart.
‘And th?children?’ ‘Both well. Hjw is Mr. Vinton?’
‘Dead,’ he answered in a tone that wasm?lh idical. This
word of so fearful import was then too comm m in men’s
mouths to he uttered with the emphasis and feeling which
belong to it at other tint's. ‘Win re is James?
‘A negro came for him to see Charles Wdbour/
‘Charles! I met him on ray way to Vinton’s not five
hours ago, and he went in with me, laughed with poor V5n-
ton, told him not to give up for In would get over it, and
then left he said to sea a fellow clerk. Is ho attacked?’
‘James was sent for two hours ago to see him.’
‘Poor fellow! I will go to him.’
‘No, Lewis! Youowe duties to me and tho children! You
shall not go again! Y’ou will be the next victim, and thou
what would become of me?’
‘God!’answered L“wis, solem ily and impressively point
ing upwards. ‘But I will remain with you! James will do
every thing for Charles. I am quite fatigued, and need
soma resl!’
‘Y’our cheek is flash'd and your eyes heavy! Oh, Jain?*,
if you should ha ill! cried the wife with anxious solicitude,
‘//ovv h »t your hands are! Your pulso is fearfully rapid!
Oh God! what is this ? Hi is ill!’ ana exclaimed as her hus
band suddenly grow pale and sunk into a chair pjwerlcs3.
She spoke to him hut ha did nut reply. He grew black
in tho Cure and violent vomiting con firmed thi fearfulsin-
picion of the poor wife! What relief was there! what aid!
Whom could she call! No one! All around her were either
dying or administering to their own sick! She gazed upon
her husband a moment as if to assure h ?rselfof the horrible
truth and than rung ttu air with piercing shrieks for help!
Her voice penetrated a hundred ears, but produced no ef
fect. It was heard with indifference and often echoed hy
the dying with insane wildness. She ceased her shrieks
and administered to him whatever was at hanJ; and tried
to shut her cars to his groans of ag my. It was a terrible
scene and hour for that young and loving wife and mother.
At length she heard a footstep. Sh? looked up. It was
Jam-?*—her brothor! But oh, horror! he was daggering a-
long and his countenance betray ed the fatal signs of the ep
idemic.
‘Mary,* he said faintly, ‘1 have coma home to die!* As
he spoke he fell at his length upon the floor.
The cup of the poor wife was full. She shrieked not
now! She flew to him and raised him up! She kissed him
and hade him live for her! He embraced her and looking
towards Lewis, bade her with his eyes to look only to him.
How dear to her were both. Wbich could she least regard.
Which could she resign?
But we will not dwell upan a scene so full of pain. After
enduring six hours of suffering, L?wis Foster breathed his
last in the arms of hia wife, who th*> next momjnt fell in a
state of insensibility upon his body. An hour afterwards
she was roused hy the dead-carrier, who cam? to remove
the body; for the red cross hud been made upon the door by
an officer wh > had just before oassed in his rounds. She
rose up and gazed upon it as if in a dream. Shs stood si
lently in a stupor of horror and saw the men hear him forth,
and then, forgnful thar her brother lay dying in the sarnu
room, forgetful of her children, she followed and threw her
self upon the corpse. By main force th? man removed her
and then drove on. She stoo I like a statute till the cart was
out of sight, when the sound of bar infant's voice within the
house recalled the mother to herself. She clasped her
hands in silent anguish, and sought hor orphan children.
James lying upon the floor in the agonies of death, first met
her sight. She flew to him and he soon breathed his last
upon her arm.
Again the d ?ad cart came arid the body of her brother was
borne from her sight. She sat upon ths floor and moved
not—nor scarcely hrested as the m *n went tramping out.
She had her two children firmly clasped to her bosom as if
she feared they would return an! deprive her of them!
From this day the plague abated. The number of the
victims was each morning reported less and less, and hope
began to take the place of despair and horror. The widow
lived! She had been saved from the pestilence by the
stronger fever of her brain. Lite was a blank to her, save
that she rcaliz ‘d that hor children lived anJ looked to hor
for nourishment and life. In affection for these she strove
to forget the past. But the blow had been heavy! It had
stunned her nt the first; and now that she could realize it
tiie anguish of her heart wis terrible. A month elapsed and
the city authorities reported the cessation of the pestilence.
At once, as if by mugic, a change cam ? over the late city of
the plague. Theatrects were once m>re thronged with the
gay an! tho busy. I lie good and the evil, and the theatres,
masquerades, and gambling chambers again invited lli3ir
votaries. The cathedral was less thronged, save by the
few humble and grateful; and the city had thrown aside its
veil of m mrning aud assum *d the cap of mirth and f >11 jr.
Yet eight thousand human beings had been swept from :he
city in the seven weeks past!
The tide of busin3ss, of pleasure, of vice and human vari
ety once more rolled on as before. Men began to look after
their interests, anil the creditors of Lewis Foster divided his
goods, save th ? furnishing of a single apartment allotted io
his wife. \ v ith tliia furniture she removed to a small apart
ment, which she rented. Here she waited for health, for
she had been sick both in mind and body, that she might
seek employment in sewing—for she had nothing. Her on
ly relative was her brother James; and she had none but
Heaven to look to—a blest and blessing trust to all w.ao
have faith so to look. But instead of growing better she be
came worse and at length she incurred debts and her physi
cian learning her state, sued and got judgment for bis bill.
It was a bright sunny forenoon in December the most d*.
lightf.il mouth in the year in this climate, mat Mnr !• twter,
who was lying ill of a fever, w.th her two babes beside her,
both weak and suffering from want o. proper nourishment,
was disturbed by the entrance of an officer. He civilly but
firmly made known his busmcaa and proceeded to make an
inventory of the furniture of the room.
She inado no reply but gazed on him with a vacant look
a, if not believing such evil could come upon her and her
children—Her eye followed the motions of the officer with
a bewildering gaze, while she pressed her children closer to
her bosom. A.t length recollection and a proper apprecia
tion of the truth flushed upon her.
‘Surely, you will not leave me destitute? she cried in an
imploring voice. ...
The officer paused, gazed upon her face still lovely in its
pallor and despair, and replied in a tone of sympathy, ‘I am
sorry, ma’am, but I have no discretion!’
She fell back upon her pillow and for a few moments
seemed to lay in silent prayer. The officer suddenly rous
ed her by an exclamation of surprise, while he held up to
her a paper to which was attached a ribbon, which ha
len from a box he was handling, to ths floor.
‘Whase is this, ma’am?’ . ., ,
‘Do not take that sir—It was my husband s-
‘What was his name?’ ‘L*wis r __j