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THE ROME COURIER
<8 PUBLISHED EVEUY THURSDAY MORNING
BY A. D(> EDDLEMAM.
•■T B'h 8T8■
Two Dom.abs per nnh'im, II paid in advance;
'Two Dollurs nml Filly, Cents If. paid within six
months; ot Three Dollars at tho end of the yoar.
llatoi at Art vor t lalnlt.
Lboau, Advkbtis«.iients wjll be Inserted with
Strict Iittentiph to'lho roquirtiptents 6f the law,' nt
tho Ihirotyinp rulu.-t.- r
. Four Months Notice, - • - . ■ 8“
" Notice to Dehtori and Creditors, ■ 3 25
Sale ol Vorsonal Property, by Excon- ) 3 2 g
tors, Administrators, &c. 5
Sales or Land or Negroes, 00 days, ( a 00
per square, J '
- Hi
Candidates announcing their mimos, will bo
larged $3 0|), w|iloh will bu required in advance.
' Husbands ndvertlsins their wives, will luki:har(jed
S5 00. which 1 »ilist always bo paid in advance.
Ytberni'deiliicliims iVlII be made In fuvbr oftliose
ho advertiao by the year.
Z B. W. ROSS,
( O l! N T B S T .
Hume, Georgia... .. OJfice over JV. J, Onibery
*’ Clothing Store, .
Imml
^Ujuary 16,1851■ /
FRANCIS U. ALLEN,
• f -I WHObBSAUS AND; IlETXlL
[Dealer in Staple and Fancy
Rome, Ga„ January 2, 1851.
■
■ to ealai! it, .LIN & BHANTLY.
WARE HOUSE, COMMISSION'* PRODUCE
ME UGH ANTS,
, Mania, Gt?. -.
• ^Liberal advances made op any article
".TS, 1850.' ; ly
•«? A. »; KI5«I * CO. ■
COTTO V-GtN MANUFACTURE RS
llame, Georgip.
May 0.1^30. ,■
HLg vV J <12 ‘*n£.»IK*BU<*
/\TTO It N.jn YS AT LAW,
ROME, GA.
•- NfeviSa, 1856.- ir-
unuts tuancHAN. H oh»»i as t. iiahiltun.
• HAMILTON & DABDKSMA.
« Factors & Commission Merchants,
' ' SAVA NS AH, GEORGIA
• bk 3, IS50, I 12tn
■ciiarim r Hamilton. thomas haiidsii ,n.
a . ; HI Dill .11 AN Ac IIA MIL ON,
-'■Warehouse & Commission Merchants,
j MACON, GEORGIA.
^)c i »T, lAf)°. _ l l*2m.
A . K . I» T T O n\
A TTOIiNEY A T LAW,
Rome., Gem girt.
YlUi Pre - .ico in nil tlie Counties of tl.o Cli»*ro
e dllrcuit. 4b Sent, f>, lSoft.
5.10. 11
ROMK COURIER.
{jq)»The Sennteon the 28th, ultimo, pas
sed n;joint resolution to make bounty land
warrants assignable^!! passed the House
early in Ibe session.
fltgp-Tbo Mobile Prices Current of the 15th l
ult., estimates the.present cotton crop at frpm
2,100,000 to 2,200,000 bales—this loo not
withstanding the largely increased receipts
at New Orleans. The high stages of all the
water courses has caused the crop to be hur
ried to market very early this season, which
accounts for the large stocks. Prices, the
Augusta Price Current thinks, must react,
unless a panic causes holders to force their
stocks on the market.
&S»The National Intelligencer,, from the
census returns received, puts down the whilp
population of the U. Slates at 20,067.720,
and slaves 3,070,734. The representative
population is about 21,710,000. The ratio
of representation will be about 93,170. The
free States gain six and loose four members,
and the slave States gain four and loose six.
(Jij-There was a grand celebrtition at thfe
Tunnel! near, Winchester, Tennessee, on Hje
22d inst., in honor of the near completion of
that great undertaking. Daylight tvos blown
through it on the night of the 21«t, and ma
ny Indibs and gentlemen passed through,—
Speeches were made by Mpssrs.- Stevenson
(the President of the N. & C, Rondj Carter
and Venable. This, is tbp first Tunnel evpr
blown through the Cumberland,Mountains.
Mail Robbery —The Knoxville' (^’enn )
Register, states that the way mail from Dal
ton to that place was robbed on tl)q, night of
the 11th ulti, at Campbell’s Statio.o, The
bag was taken from the boot'while' the dri
vers were engaged m arranging the lidrses
near, '.he liable.
The mail hag was found riaxt morning near
by, robbed of its contents with,Jhe exception
of a single newspaper.
Atlanta and West PpiNT Rail Road.—
We learc that the cars nre now rnnning reg
ularly to Palmetto, a distance of twenty-five
miles, on this rond. It is thought it will be
completed to Newnnn by the middle of June.
The groil southw estern mail has been trans
ferred to this route.
TV . 1» . IVILKINS.
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
Rome, Georgia.
CrBR TO
t.!‘ Hon. a F. voutur,CHARI,KSTn.V, V O.,0|
AT CAVK SrltlXG, Ga.
IIoil \V. II. UNOKUIVOOU, UO.IIE. GA.
Hon. william E/./.Attn, DKCA'rnn, oa.
Yl i July IS, 1830. ■ .11 ly
N . J . O M n M K G «
»RAPE It AND TAILOR,
Broad Slrcect Rome, Ga.
Ictobcr 10, lSoO.
G. W. BEAL i;,
DRAPER A ND TAIL O R,
, j Broad Street Rome, Ga.
pictobor 10, 1850.
will examine care folly into this mnttor, and
act ty.jth prudence, forecast and discretion ?
Bishops Capers and Andrew.—Tho Oo-
liimbhs Enquirer in giving place to ’the-able
and pntrioti^LcUer of Bishop Capers, accom
panies it with the follow ing well limed and
appropriate remnrks:
“It is time for such men to fling themsef
between the madness that would destroy the
country, and that country ’s interests and. se
curity He.is a Carolinian by birtlv.nnd edu
cation, his patriot father ^ght in the wars
of the revolution, he hlmsOThns labored with
a zeal nnd eloquence, and an untiring faith;
to better the moral condition of man for a
long series of years, and now in the decline
ol his useful lifo, w hen ho finds the Union of
his country in danger from tho revolutionary
movements of Ins fellow citizens, he feurloss-
lhCmidst of
^VP-. Sx.WIMtiftlP'vofce,
against their suicidal course. i!Bt • brother
Bishop, the gifted,pious and respected, Aq-
drew, set the nqhjo example when the voice
of a faction were proclaiming disunion in
Georgia. We lionpr them for tne noble stand
they have taken, and shall rost satisfied in
the,belief that when such^ men spenk, "the
gobbling ol 1 deinogoguos 'will be silenced.”
The'Chattanooga Advertiser says ,
The Gen. T. C. jpinqs^ referred’ tb'in' the
following paragraph vy|iiclt,.we copy, frpm
the “NnBhville Daily Gqzotto,” is the , sqm,e
gentleman who was recently elected a Sena
tor id Congress (tom Khodo Islandr - We
presume Gcu. Jarnep, wllh v'Itlt'-Chltftsifofegti
before he returns home,'ah lie is a slocT“ Aij 1
er i.I the *,(East Tcnpesseq,Mining and M(in-
ufocturing Company,” whpse head ^quarters
are nt this place! 1 - tf .!■ ,i»yim »nat !
Cotton Factory.—We nre informed thnt
Gen. T; C. Jtm.e's, of Rhode Island, will
visit Nashville in a low days, for the purpose
of consulting with our capitalists upon 1 the
subject Of estnbliShlrfg n CcAtou Factory in-
this place. Gen. James is one of the'first
cnpainlists ap'd' mailiifacfnrirS of tBo North,
a maij of great resources and cnterprize,.and
we feel confidence,' if'hid efforts are sqcilnd-
ed by our citizens, they will be highly. Suc
cessful. That
the mnqufactu
branches, we suppose
fact” with her' citizens,' and we doubt pot,
they will hail the visit of Gen, James with!
much satisfaction and in the proper spirit, t
scripture truth, which,'like nil truth, has
been verified a thousand limes. Tho fol
lowing story may serve to illustrate tho ver
ity Of tl»is text.--Allow me;to pronlfflre that
my story is a true nno iu all particulars :
Some 30 years since, a Ina of one of our
Eastern fitatos, about 10 yohrs of ago was
sont liy 'his employer to entry a basket, heav
ily ladened with wares, to n purchaser.—■
Whilo staggering under Us weight up a
somewhat steep hill, a gentleman of about
30 years of age pottered his assistance, and
liogufled the lediousness of tho way by n
pleasant anecdote, good advice and kind
words, They parted—15 years passed away
—the senior of these, two, now nearly 50
y enrs of ago, sot. in hip study with n melan
choly countenance and a sad heart. His door
opened, and his'young and facinating daugh
ter just blooming into womanhood, entored
to announce that a gentleman desired to see
bfr father^ “ Show him
aqugTiuTr, nnd’-'dfo' jWl niy , ' i
ourselves.” Tho old a gentleman entered,
” Well, sir, was his salutation, “ have you
considered uiy proposition “ I hnvo, and
detetmined, lmp|,en*whai may, I will not
force or sway,iiy aii}- net' bf fnine,- the will
of niy child. 1 site shifll’ho left to • her own
free choice.” “ Then,sir,'.to morrow, by 3
o’olpek, your property must go into the hands
of the sheriff, unlejs vou T finijiimo friend to
pay the S2d,(u)0. n Tpu lie salB with a sneer
and coldly bpwiBg'le'ft thti’h'oosij- The poor
father’s lienlt''wair racked. l am U beggar—
my daughter homoless—hihave no 1 friond to
filler resistance in this hput>qf„my severest
.^InNhq midst of tlioso’bluer' refleetidnW, f a-
'ghlrt hls daugRtcr’feuteroS, introducing n gem-
tleman of some 28 years .of age, a stranger.
“ Am i in the presence of Mr.;G-——J"
b peinff
on,our,i of his liabilities, tlial Ti’e might loan
the neccssaty funds to .relieve Ins wants.—
Nor was ho shocked at tho menti»n of the
large amount of. $20,00(1,. He handed him
his check, which was duly hnuortd—the fu-
1 thci Was’Cnco ninroahimpy man—his daugh
ter wait not''hotiiilosa;' no--had fuurid. some
friend to piy, despite the. oncer, qf*hjs hard:
niCKE SON,
DRUGGIST—ROME. GEORGIA.
• - WHOLESALE AND HETA,!^ DEALER IN
0K.UOS, MEDICINES, PAINTS, OILS, DYE-
, STUFF8, PERFUMERY,.5se.
ctobor II), 1850, Broad Street,
WM. PtJItKS,
?11IO N A BLE gmi LOR,
Broad Street It fang Georgia,
LE subscriber takes this incWoa of informing
lis frieniis, timUlio public Kenorally, that ho is
nrodto execute all work entrusted to his enre.
eels.confident of his ability to please nil who
ay.ra ; Vouf him with a call. Ho pledges himself
litVno garment shall hmve his shop until tho cus-
mer be pleased with the fit. The undersigned
irmauuntly located in Home, and hopes to mor-
ibftral share of tho public pntronnge, there bo-
r no risk incurred on the part of'the patron,
[aripeijt shn(( ieavo my shop until sntisfuQth
jiveny ' . WILLIAM l’UKKS.
0ICE’S HOTEL'
ROME, GEORGIA.
; > •
MRS. MARY CHOICE
-BUnly or Dnhloncga, Ima tnltcn olinrgo of tlio
■BUOTEL, and made extensive preparations
■•Jiomfort and convenience of those who may
$.4 R coll* From her long experience,
ntly hopes to give entire satisfaction
rsltors and Permanent Boar dors.
t5,L8Q0. 43 l’Jni
,ns will he carried (o and from
> the Hotel, free of charge.
| . . COD LIVER OIL.
jcbrnted.clire for Cuusmnjiljon, Sproli.m
1 its fernis nml various other dis-
ieived 20 gal*, direct f r0 m the inanu
Vusltton, Clark & Co.—warranted genu
J,by BATTEY. & BHO.
I8SMN/I v, I'hoict'i llcleJ Ran?"
It A TS,
“ “ 'iBoot Maker.
lily, iii a neat
inlikl'iil for
The Proviaion Crop.
During a recent tour through" tKfc Upper
part of the Stnte, says the Journal £>' Mes-
sengeit^e had ample opportunity iiy observ-
nlion, iB^fcrelty correct conclusion in regard
to the prospects of the wheat and oilier pro
vision crops. The wheat crop is likely to be
an entire failure. The extent of ground plan
ted is not more than one-third ns great as last
year, and the prospects ere not half os good
as they were at a corresponding date. So far
ns the wheat crop is concerned, then, no re
reliance, whatever, can be placed upon it.—
Tho out crop is equally unpromising. It fol
lows, therefore,.that whatever is to be eaten
the coming year must be produced after the
present time.
From all we can lean, the planters are uni
versally preparing to plant increased crops of
cotton, and deciensed crops of corn nnd pro
visions. The result will he, that there will
not lie found food enough to support the po
pulation of the State. Apprehended famine,
therefore, is no bug-bear. Corn i.< already
selling at ono dollar and tweuty-fivo cants per
bushel. Hams 15 cents; Sides at 12^ cents;
and beef at 10 cents. The deficiency in corn
lias already caused tho stock raisers to kill
nearly all their hogs. The pork crop next
full, will, consequently, he necessarily short.
Unless, therefore, an unusually large crop is
planted this spring, there is good reason to
apprehend serious and wide distress.
Tl]^^esent depression in the price of cot
ton shMd servo as a warning to all prudent
and sagacious men. It should prompt them
to produce more provisions and less of the
staple. The immense influx of negroes, nnd
the goncrnl disposition to plnni cotton, nre
likely to bring upon the country just such a
crisis ns we experienced ten years ngc If,
in addition to the depreciation in cotton, we
have a senreity of provisions, the suffering
will he doubled. In 1840 provisions were
abundant and cheap. Now provisions are
very scarce and unusually dear. A fall in
cotton will leave the planter without the
means to purchase, and suflering is inevita
ble. Wo are asked, is thero no remedy ?
Our answer is, yes, there is n remedy, and
the present is just the time to apply it. It
consists in planting more corn, more pota
toes, larger provision crops generally, nnd
less cotton. No man should rely upon his
neighbor; bul every one should attend to thii
matter tor himself. We care not how much
surplus corn is produced the pieseut year.
It will require every bushel of it to bring up
the hogfurop to a fair average. These nre
plain words. Would.to Heaven they were
(ess true than they nr ( fi. They, contain a wnrn-
r -~ which no prudpnt qr patriotic planter will
lect. ij,0\y is .the time to accb^plisjv .the I
Summer in the Heart*
The poet Cow per, in waiting to one of.his
friends upon a mid-winter's day, henring date
December 31st, snys
“I linye frequently*thought with pleasure
of the summer you hnve had in your beat)I
whilst you hnve been employed in softening
the severity of winter in l efialfofso many
who must otherwise have been exposed to
You never said n better thing in
* ...i— * i *p -
It.
your life, than when you xisured T—of the
expediency of a gilt of bedding to those poor
people. There is no one article of this
world’s comforts with which they nre so un
provided. When n poor woman, and nn
honest one, whim wo know well, carried
home two pair of blankets, n pair fur herself
and husband, and n pair (or her six childron,
ns soon ns the children saw them they jum
ped out of their straw, enught them in their
arms, kissed them, blessed them, nnd danced
for joy. An old woman, a very old one, the
first night that she funnd herself so comforta
bly covered, could not sleep n wink, being
kept awake by the contrary, emotions of
transport on the one hand, and the fear of
not being thnnkful enough on. the other.”
Now, if any of our young friends for older
ones either) feel dull, lienvy, unhappy, in the
midst of plenty,—yawning and stretching
over books or “fancy work,” naiL made
quite stupid, perhaps n littlo pottn^ under
the pressure of the abundance nf“liented air”
with which their rooms nre filled—and be
cause their downy hods, with their abundant
warm covers, have induced them to lio nt
liiasl one hour longer than they ought to
have done ; if these want to feel pnrticularly
happy nnd peaceful, if they want to feel ns
if they too could “dance for joy,” let them
exert themselves ns much vs they possibly
can, now that “Jack Frost” is laying his
icy hand upon the ti eshold of the poor, and
blowing his chilling breath through their
hnlf-glazed windows, and making more cold
their stoves, which hnve long felt but little
fuel to heal them ;—I sny let those exert
themselves in looking uller the poor ; espe
cially the sick, the uged, the infirm, and ll e
little children. Then, inclhiuks, many who
now feel lislleas nnd hard, to ho pleased, and
who hnvo rcallt/ so littlo trouble or privation
that they nre prompt in making “mountains
out of mole-hills,” would be brought, in con
trasting their condition with the destitute
and afflicted, to n sense of their great obli
gation to their Supreme Benefuclcr,—nnd the
language of thoir nmnbicd and lender hearts
would he, “Not more than others I desserve,
yet'God has given mo more,” nnd I shnll
have to render an account to Him of how I
have used it; and under this feeling every
thing like superiority nnd self-consequence
would retire crest-fallen, nnd these in tjieir
turn would become beggars, plcadii^onr-
nostly of Hint who knows nil things not to
suffer them to heconMguilly of tho sin of
forgetting or negleotin^liose who nre needy
' tuvonone to help them. And a blest
consideration would make its way jMo
itch minds, “Blessed is lie that consjlkKth
the poor, the Lord will deliver him iiBmTe
<^|»uhlB.” The rays of the Sun of right
cousness would produce a feeling like balmy
summer in such hearts, where, hitherto, the
coldness produced by indifference, or penur-
iousness, or indolence had too much prevail
ed ; and the effusion .from this summer in
the heart b$, “What shall I r.endfii' unto the
Lord for all.His benefits t"-The Friend.
ply, “that 8*dme fifteen years since you, -aid
ed a friendless boy; often y enrs of age, to
fiarry,his loaded basket up a hill—that you
gqv.e good adyico and kindly words! lam
that hoy.' l’ followed your ndyice—1 have
lived honestly—I'have gained Wealth—and
’now, After manyi'years, I have come to re-
turn itoiyou,,kind sir,dhe bread which you
then mist s V :.|reelyjuppq the waters.” ..
Bishop Bascom Again-
HE ESCAPES PROM A MOB IN NEW ORLEANS.
About the ycai 1830 it was thought ad
visable, hy|lhe leading men in the Coloniza
tion cause, thoo in lls Infancy, to send a so-
crel ngont to the South; and this perilous
nnd arduous office was tendered to Dr. Dns-
com, by tlie Board at Washington; which lie
promptly accepted. A more dangerous po
sition could not have been assigned to him
at that time. The movements of the Colon
ization Society were then regnrded with ex
treme jealousy and distrust by the entire
Sooth. The Society was believed to ho
hostile to tho “peculiar institution,” nnd its
efforts met with the same violent opposition,
denunciation, and threiitonings, in the South,
tbnt nfterwards attended the notion of the
Abolitionists. Indeed Colonization was, at
that time, very little understood, and was,
regarded as synonymous with Abolition. 1 —
The people of the South were consequently
most bitterly opposed to it, and in a Stnte of
violent excitement at the time Dr. Bascom
neceptod his mission'.
His instructions were to proceed to New
Orleans, and, after conferring privately with
n few persons who were known to be favora
ble to the movement, iict ns bethought most
prudent. On arriving there, and consulting
with his friends, he found it would he a most
hazardous undertaking to attempt to hold a
public meeting; and acting under the advice
uf ihose with whom lie consulted, he deter
mined to leave the city without publicly an
nouncing the object of his visit. lie Imd,
however, spoken in several placos in Ken
tucky before going to New Orleans, and,
his position' being known, his arrival had,
theiefnfe, created considerable oxcitemert.
I'his so rapidly increased that a meeting was
held by a number of citizens, at which sever
al inflammatory speeches were dolivered, and
resolutions passed requiring him to leave tile
city. A committco of furious and exeiled
individuals was appointed to wait on him,
and notify him to leave within twenty-four
hours, or take tho consoquoncos. At this
the Hon. Mr. Da.wson, of St. Francisvillo,
afterwards a member of Congress from Lou
isiana, a bold, gallant, nnd impulsive man,
wns on n visit to Now Orleans. He was a
man of real mettle, and no excitement ever
arose, where he was, that he did not joiii one
side or the other, and generally, he wns in
dined to tho wcukev side. True to his na
ture, when tlie excitement arose against Dr.
Iksconib, Dawson, although he wns person
ally, n total stranger to him, nssumodji hold
stand in his defence, nnd immediately set
about a plan for his protection How he
succeeded \ve shall presently see.
The committee called on Dr. Bascom, in
formed him of the excited state of public,
feelings, nnd ordered him to leave the city in
twonty-four hours, or tnko the consequences,
which, they asserted, would he most serious.
•Gentlemen,’said he in reply, “1 had intend
ed to leavtMu-inorrow morning; but now-
hoard npproaching tho’ room. Anticipating
something serious, Dr. Bascom arose, ap
proach^ the door, nnd, looking into the
linll, saw advancing towurds him n large
crowd of rough men,led by 'one wholmd llic
air and dress of a gentleman. Ho fearlessly'
confronted them, and demanded, the object
of thoir orrnnd. Mr. Dowsed—for it was
lie who led this uncouth baud—laughed nnd
assured him that lie was his friend. Tl.o
whole party were then invited into Ins room
by Dr. Bascum, whim D-uvsiii informed him
who ho was; r6-nssurod him of his friendship,
and explained to him the nature of his visit.
“Thoso”snid ho, nre all huatmeu iVom Ken
tucky, Ohio, Virginia, Indiana, Missouri,
nnd Tennessee. Most of them have hoard
you preach in times pnst; and those who
have not heard you themselves) hnve heard
of you from their mothers or their Irieuds.—
When I heard ol your danger, Mr. Il'iacqtn,
']■" ;
;cm lor your protection} tuiQ*you see the.
result. We’ve just met the committee, and
told them if they dm ed (o touch one liuir of
your head—if they dnred to put yon m pris
on, wo woulduT ienve a stono of their cnlH-
hooso standing. There's u thousand mbre
such brave buys ns these at the levcu; and
they.all swear thoyfll dio for you.!’ Over
powered by the chivalry of; Dawson, nnd,
the, manliness nnd affection qf the hardy
boatmen, Dr. Bascom wept, ns tl.ehmvennd
good only can weep, ns lie returned his heart
felt thanks. That night the ; streets in the
vicinity of tho hotel at which Dr.. Uascom
wns stopping, w ere alive^jiih'the,brave hon
est boatmen of tlie \Vcst, cacli one' ready to
peril his liierln dafence'of the ! “groat preach
er.” But no violence.wns attempted, and
before he loft 'the city,' Dr. Bascom had the
pleasure of organizing n promising Coloniza
tion Society, many .of tho most influential
citizens becoming lffo metnbors. ,
,i.The .Same in Natchez.—Leaving Now
Orleans, Dr. Bascom proceeded up the river
to Natcliez. He had previously written to a
friend to procure acliuicli,In which hewish-
c'l to deliver n public discourse in favor of
.Colonization. The church of Dr.; Potts,
who afterward had the controversy with Dr.
Waiiiwriglit, Now' York, Titid-bepii secured
for that purposo; And whdn‘hearrived, which
wns wheat Zhe appointed 1 hour? Dri Bdscoih
proceeded directly to jko. place of meeting.
He was met at the door by the leading mem
bers of the Mcthodht Church of that city,
and also by Dr.' Potts, nil of whom implored
hint not to attempt to speak. ' They declared
that tho public mind wa3 highly incensed
’against him, and that there wore nt that time
a number of armed men in the church de
termined to use violence if lie attempted to
speak. This did not in tho Joasl intimidate
him; but resisting all importunities, Dr. Bas-
com ninrchcdr directly through the church,
•and nscettdBAtha-pnlpit—Knoiultg .Hint dn-
lay w-as dangerous lie did not'tako his sent,
but turning to the audience, told them that
he wns nwnre of the oxci'.sd Rt nto of public
feelings—nwnro of threatened violonco, ufl!
ho asked, as a right, to ho heard before Im
port of the Slate of Illinois, wero. mr.chi in
censed by the depredations of n haml of
liqrse thieves who infested that portion "of
tho cour.iry. Every exertion had been
made to discover tho men engaged in this
nefarious business, but hitherto, in vain; and
valuable animals wore sliilcn, lind lost to
their owners, in defiance' of the utmost vigi
lance nnd care. I
Dining such a stute ofaffairs, the ’ citizens
residing iollie region of the thieves boenme
thoroughly excited, nnd were wound up to
such n pitch of indignntion, that a body of
men wero furined styled ltnngers, whoso ex
plicit duty was to expunge tlie district of nil
superstitious characters, and endeavor to
put a slop to tlie depredations of the horse
thieves.
Mhnri’.y' after this build commenced opera
tions, word wits coiivoyod to the lender of
the linneers that n valuable horse which had
been stolon the night previous, could then lie
fouiid hn tho premises of a limn named Burt,
locked up in iho stnliio. Although Burt
heretofore had li’oen looked upon ns an hon
est mnn and nn upright citizen, yot the Cnp-
tnin deemed it Ins duty to at least examine
his farm and learn tho truth or falsity of the
rrpoirt,
Accordingly ho summoned some half do
zen of his Hnngers 'to meet him nt n spot
not fur-iom Bun’s house,.nnd before morn
ing, put lor the samo place .himself. —
Daylight wns hardly discernible in tho oast,
the hazy light of coming dawn had not yet
penotrnied the bottom, where tho suspicious
men resided, as .tlie Hangers, charged with
the fearful mission of life or death, silently
approached, nnd surrounded the dwelling.—
Leaving three of tho hand to guard the en
trance, the Captain proceeded with tlie.oth
ers to the stable, broke open tho door, nn4
found tho missing horso, as lmd been slated,
safely stalled inside.
Not a lingering doubt now remninof of
Burt’s guilt, nnd with stern determination. to
mako such nn examination of him us would
dtiter. others from a like transaction, t‘..'
Rangers returned to , tltfi ‘ house, In tho
meantime, Burt had arisen, nnd upon coming
to the door, was soizoil Iiy Those in wailing,
and uppn.demanding The r.oaren, was inform
ed that a stolen animal wa-> found iii liislita-
hle, and that, he wni -considered a thief.—
Muttering somothing.nbopVVhqkpety t’would
conio to tliis.nt last,” bo quiotly submitted
to whntever, his captors had instore for him,
A short communication was held, aud it
was resolved to hniig the criminal upon a
large ehn tree Hint grew in front ofhis own
houso, it being doomed tluit such an act
would strike terror rad dismay into the ranks
of horso thieves \ \
BUri tyltf Uokc4 Kalf nn Uoup lu jjroparo (*,* P
his death, and the sun had risen in all liis
golden majesty, ere the fatal moment had ar
rived which would laqnch him into eternity.
In vaii! had his grey bended father nnd moth
er pleaded for Bis life, w ith trembling
ing condemned—to be heord one hoar and then Lt'h'o'old'ladY toUcred lorili from The dwel
he would submit to nny punishment of which c „„„!i«nt moo"
he might be deemed deserving. I. lie words
were uttered rapidly, and wore promptly
answered by a man who srose in the midst
of the nudience, and cried, with nn nnlli,
Hint he should be heard. This was the same
Mr. Dawson who had played so conspicious
a part in liis behalf at New Orleans. He
had learned Dr. Buscom’s destination, and,
with iho chivalrous spirit which led him at
first to espouse his cause, hud, unknowing-to
him, gone to Natchez to aid in Ins protec
tion. And here his voice triumphantly .pre
vailed, lie was answered by on almost
unanimous agreement to hear whnt Bascom
had to say, at least lor one hour. Accord
ingly the address was commenced; nnd never
before did the oloquont speaker labor more
powerfully or effectively,, The exciting cir
cumstances under v liich he wus placed seem
ed to act as nkind of inspiration, und nerve
his soul to one of the noblest oflorts of elo
quence.
“ His words saemril oracles,
That pirced their bosoms; sqH each mnn would turn,
Anti goze in wonder oil his neighbors race,
Thnt with iho like dumb wonder answered him.
You could nave heard,
Thejbeniing of their pulses while he spoke. "
And when his hour expired, such wonders
had lie wrought in the minds of liis hearers,
that the cry of “Go on! go on!’.’ was heard
throughout the immense assomhly. The or
ator proceeded for more than an hour longer,
and in the conclusion of his tuldiess took up
a collection for the Colonization. Society.—
Those who so recently were ready to tear • >vor
him to pieces, now rushes eagerly forward “Ca'en
to contribute in aid of thegrent cause. The
collection that day was tlie largest received
by Dr. Bascom in nny city of tho South,
with the single exception of tho city of
Nashville.
ling,.nnd kneeling in suppliant mood to Ins
apparently merciless captors. In Vltln had
the wife of his bosom kuolt in tears of agony,
and qutreated them (is husbands to spare
his life—for each Range! had suffered more
or.less in person,, .autl they deemed tho. 0x7
nmple absolutely necessary to deter others.
The dreadful preparations was completed
—the ha|f hour had expired—and the cr.imi-
jial was arranged under a' limb of a alone,
elm, over which it rope wffS tbfoWtl, one had
being noosed around the prisoner’s neck; mid
the other end held b) threo of tho Rangers.
Then came a moment uf drendful silence; R
that awful' stillness, which preludes the A
launching of a fellow being . Into eternity—W
while the throe strong men who held the
ropo’s end, gazed fixedly upon tlie Captain
for the signal. It was given by raising the
right arm; nnd already Hie noose; was tight
ening around the doomed man’s iieek, when
the wifo of Burt issued forth from the house
holding an infant, a littlo morb than it year
old, in her arms.
Rushing forward, she fell on her knees
directly in front of tho CuplniiT, and raising
the chill with arms outstretched, t tmvards
him, she exclaimed in tones that would have
pierced it heart of steel : " •
“If you will not spare him for tho sake of
liis grey haired sires, or the wife of his bo
som, spare him, in the name of God,'for* the
sake ot his infant boy!
Another dead silence reigned like a pall
a spot; then, ns though inspired, by
tn itself, the child also , stretched‘out
Is little arms towards its father, hiid ex
claimed, in a voice heard hy all, the single
word:
“Father!”
instructors, is encourngeu unu urguu gn
ify the ambition of her parents. Her brt
does all that is required of it, nnd a go
deauri'qre, for it will not go properly to sle
since you have ordered me to leaye, I shall
remfun three days longer. 1 am an American
Citizen, and claim the right,guaranteed to .me
by the Constitution of .my. country ,’? The
committee were ' s
Gtnr'.itoou.—A clevor girl, whose willing
ness to study equals the utmost wish of her
instructors, is encouraged nnd urged to grat
Her brain
ood
Peep
nt night. She lies awake, or has painful
dreams, Or frightens her friends by walking
about 111 partial sleep of somnambulism, and
is frequently obliged to leave her hooks for
her bed by ‘headache, it is almost certain
thaf tho gcneral health has been saciificed,
or is about to he so though it may require a
medical eye to discern the proofs. The
functions of nutrition have been woakenod,
and perhaps vitiated; and if so; her habitual-,
ly quickened pulse is only carrying the ac
celerated blood to hor organs'to afford mate
rials lor spoiling their structure. Sudden
and frequent fits of complete fainting may
indicate that the bruin is already the scat of
morbid deposit; or, after a row years, during*
which none of her bodily functions gf on os'
they ought, the f#al cough ooincs on, which
shows that tho lungs have principally sufler-
“The muscles of the Captain's face quiv
ered in every.fibre,, and tlie 'men who -held
the rope slowly rclnxed the pressure around
the neck of Burt! when the injfant again ut
tered, in distinct tones';
“Father! Father I”
Ar.d then, ns though despairing of success,
huddled into its mother^ bosom, and burst
into a sobbing cry, ' \ •
It wns more than the Hungers could stand,
and after a short consultation, the rope .vv'cs
taken from tlie criminal’s throat, and ,tho .
band left the spot; and Burt beenme a re-
moived man through jtie powerful effects Of
his “i'i|i/ani’s Appeal."—Columbian ajtdJ
Great West.
ed; liven if no such catastrophe is' to hap- iorcing cannot saft
pen, all the sigiis of vivacity of mind grndu- tion as ir 1 ' “
Jjilly disappear, and’the precocious 'win =n YiK
‘ “ to bo recognizciVJn the flu"
Boyhood.—All otlier beings alike, the boj
excels in games and Teats of strength’
skill, is mosf likely tu excel in more ir
rant ways in manhood.; To develops
mind, and let Hie bodjly health shift *“■
self is the way to get a plentiful Ifliii
very little fruit. A late maturity -k
wailing for. If tho child bo re*? 1 '^
dinary, it ought to make it the
wait with confidence lor wlig*
produce in perfection,