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About Georgia times and state right's advocate. (Milledgeville, Ga.) 1833-1834 | View Entire Issue (June 5, 1833)
VOL. I—MO. ai. GEORtiIA TTIMLES AND ' , i,, published once a week, in the l ' i \lAle*l«cvillc. at THREE DOL ' aninnii, it paid in advance, or i. vltS, at the end of the year, "ldvertiseinents inserted at tli« usual ' oL. said wiiliout a specified mim ?•Lotions, will *« pubished until 'J out and charged accordingly. .Sales i IV Administrators, Executors, or *■;„r,. required, by law, to he held '" '■'Tuesday in the month between < ’ J ,t tcn in the forenoon and three Halienionii. at the court-house in the which the property is situate. • t i„.so sales must be given in a crazetle sixty days previous to the r I Sales of negroes must be at •aucliou, on the first Tuesday of the ■ i.ftwccn the usual hours ol sale, at 1,. „f public sales in the county ltK letters Testamentary, of Adiuiu- L or Guardianship, may have been „i | irs i living sixty days notice tliere " of the public gazettes ol this 1 ini at the doer of the court-house, 1 su ch sales are to le held. Notice of Personal Property must be mlike manner, forty days previous j, v of sale. Notice to the Debtors C jitors of an Estate must lie pub ( for forty days. Notice that appli mU be made to the Court ot Ordi f r leave to soil iiaud, must be publish ,r months. Notice for leave o sell must be published lor four months B a ’ n y order absolute shall be made on iiy lh« Court .fils! |»us>ii*lu’d. noTmics \ State Eight's Advocate I Office, Milledgeville. j thk prizes DRAWN IN TIIK lialaf-bi iiPjUL-iJIAV OF TIIK m\"A fiualif >, and the lid !ui\ :i»i; improvemeuts; WITH THE \w !;k*s\ \.hi: a i:. iftllVom the Muiitt in til UooLln, ,(.u. till f vti iniiiitlioiio;'t!>uul>} (ill 1 ouimivsiojtcr.s* ('net' Tlirvo Dtillnrs. i. u icrest w ineu is man lfesied 111 rough- 1 tie St ip. In be possessed of inform.i to the interesting section s!!i« Cherokee country, and the rias'-e "f all information that can lie i... n regard to its geographical posi -tbe quality of its land—iw bountla cmiiscs, roads, &<•. lias induced abinbers liereof, at the cnlri-.ttie* ol persons, bv industrious application, ii r siilcralile expense, to uudertako iih kSion ot this little volume. They f: ,;. , with the hope, that ils nselul will l:e appreciated by all who are ill icit in liie acquirement ol Ibis iinpor !o.-ie n ol'imr Stale. The publishers oil! i tli.it they (lonot over estimate > n: i.n.iii,ot it imparts, and the great i iiiciiiT ami facility, by which it can j quin'll; and, altbo’ there may lie in-, .••.-in it descriptive character, rlro.ii ii'ility that entirety carnet returns but always made by the District Sur rs) yet. as u is ihe most correct that • .sued, without a personal know if> very lot, it must lie considered the nil an, noil Ihe nature of llie case ad os. Os one fact, the reader isgiiaran tr.at tliis Hook wears a enrreet and al stamp —-as it was copied with no ■y irmu the Numerical Hooks, now ol n the Executive Department of the !. alter those Hooks were thoroughly [linedby the late Hand Lottery Gone ii"n>rs. The accuracy and fluidity of I'ialnv cl each lot, vv as asi i rl,lined, !■ \ cr.il reference to the field notes of llie n '■ .. .1 v "i5.,111.1 their del.ieiied pints In'-■ ■:■ >ulerata, may lie stated, lliatthe "I > aeli lot, in us district ami section, i. 'lrawn. m u hose eapl.ui’s district. ||"l| .1 cun lily, are equal IV, and rutin - .tl'.ntie. Il iiti-l lie a ilesirnble I'lip ct " i mi' drawer, anil the purchaser, to a Hook nf Ihe kind we lierewtlh s-ali -11 in. puiilic ; as It embodies iri a eoiu ■ed iin portable form, all the lne ■!,,'i nd riu.. l i"ii u hieb both purchaser ovi'i canid have, without ocoular 1; ■ t irmu it,formation dially pm o., ii procured otherwise. a look will contain a Numerical list of " dtuinmii in the differentsections of bini l.otlery, excepting such as are Mi third quality; and if any of the I quality has any improvement on il, 11 also will he embraced. To each be affixed a letter «, A, nr r, w liicli pistes tin. quality; it for the first, A b ti'/ntl, anil c lur the third ; and have " tied the Nos. ol acres improved— “b'Ur's name, the district in which l at " in as fortunate drawer, and the la which he resides, and the No. of 1 ■■ ' and llie district and section in which hjcated. \\ henever a district is not . E «|"I particularly, the reader will 1 \ 6at all the lots in said district, (as J fJ l:iand other districts,) are returned nillly—T, leach district ilslmundary *■' ■ with sente brief, but applirahh re puhlislw-rs fnrliear any further e\or 'tins, tin i r “littleeffort" -prefering 116 merit and usefulness slull speak - audibly its own praise. Such as it . ?™ 11 ''hoped, it will he pronounced | - 's r < spectjiilly deilicaled to tho pce "oeorgia, by the publishers. ?r s. (postage paid,) enclosing Three '■’• will he promptly attended to. .VI SLADE. -Mill, dgevtl.il', K »» rw l"«'*teH to announce that M.\|. will, Ll 1 V 'l W - ' NUNES ot Mi I ,r | r ‘ J " "* candidate for Di'inpltoiltu '.at the next election. jisko a»A«n» autaatwa aamMta«*a. i lajiAKTOsr & War* House ami Commission Merchants , MACOX, (i HOIK* IA. ■BLANTON & SMITH, \M3 mission Merchants , Macon, make liberal ad | vances oil Crtton in store, and on shipments; i also on NOTES and other properly deposited in ' their bands. j Their Ware-Houses arc more convenient to the ; business part ot town than any other, possessing the advantages of a Y\ harf, and are more exempt I Irom danger by lire than any other in Macon. m. ix hi SATE of Milledgeville, and his mother, have i taken the csUihlishment in Macon, formerly kept by CharlesWilliainsou, Es(j. known as the IVA SUING TON Ii I LL. I lie house has undergone thorough repair, and with other improvements, a Dining Hoorn, eigh* ly feet in length, lias been added to the south , w'ing ol the building. The bedchambers have i been rc-pyintcd/and llie furniture is entirely new, j particularly beds, ills servants, the same as were employed irt his house at Milledgeville. From the central situation of his establish ment and Jiisloug experience in the business, he confidently looks to the public lor a liberal share of patlrouage. Macon, Ocf. 23, 1832, 30 SUBSCKIBEU continues lo niukeiuks *- and gudgeons for tub-mills at ten dollars a set, ami oilier castings for saw or griss mills, at sixty-five cents per pound.—lie also repairs ■guns ami pistols at very high prices, and shoes ; horses at $1 l>o if the cash is paid-down, or if done in payment of a debt, but if charged, $1 I 50. lie also sells new scooters at 14 cents per ' pound, or makes them w hen theirori is found at | 37 i each. I. T..CUSHING j February, 1833. ts jaojj uKßrartmra c lip’every description, executed with neatness w "and despatch at THE TIMES and STATE EIGHT’S ADV OCATE Office, by M. I). J. SLADE. ADMINI.NTUATOtt’S SALE. Postponed. i GHEEABLY to an order of the Inferior | Court of Bald win county, when sittingfor 1 ordinary purposes, will be sold at at the Court ; house ia the town of Milledgeville, on the first Tuesday in August next, within the legal hours of sale three lots of one ucre each, in said town, known as lots No. 1,2, and 1, in spuare number 70, as the property of John Troitftnan deceased. Sold for llm benefit of the heirs of said deceased. Terms on the dav of sale. HIRAM B. TROUTMAN, Adnfr. May 14 7—o WU&uu .Nll'l’mki Joiicm, ATTOIUIEV AT LAW, ’ISfIJ.L still continue to practice Law. Any v? business confided to bis management will ! be promptly and faitbfullyalteniled to. I Milledgeville, March 22, 1533. THK NUMKRUCAIi ROOK or uU Prizes AN!) drawers names and residence, Gold Lottery, lately drawn, is now J preparing, and will shortly issue from the Geor-! gia Times Office, price Ten Dollars, bound. Orders for the same, will be received by M. L). J. SLADE. ! May I, 1833 i \\ A tu bs-:h a k e r, rjSIIE subscriber respectfully informs bis friends a. and the public, that he lias taken a part of the store occupied by James M. Green & Cos. where be will attend to VVatchrepairing in all its branches—Also, Engraving of every de scription. Ladies and Gentleman's visiting cards, neatly engraved—door plates, newspaper cuts, &e. . N. B.—Jobingand copper-plate printing, neat ly executed—Gold melting—the patronage of the public is respectfullysolicited. VVM. VV. IIOOPEB. Macon, May 12. 18tf himinun) Crawford | |E Columhiacoiinty, is a candidate for Comp " " teller General, at the approaching election. May 15 its—3t FOUR months alter date application will be made to the lion. Inferior Court of Jofferson county, when sitting for ordinary purposes, for leave to sell the land and negroes belonging to llie heirs of John Marsh, dec. ASa HOLT, Guardian. Mayß, 1533. 1,8-lm NOTICE. rgMIE subscriber oiler? for sale a valuable sel ls tlenicnt of Land on Long Cane Creek, (i miles souili of LaGrange. There is on said pre mises a large improvement w ith aSaw and Grist Mill, (in good order) commodious buildings, good orchards, a cotton machine, &c. Persons wishing to purchase will please call on me. ELIJAH HARALSON. Troup county, Ga. May 4, 1833. 11l gtp Will be pitbiived inti few days, SiO 5K8&123 itJ? 0)4)1/ail? a ADOPTED in Convention, by the Judges of _ the Superior Courts. Price One Dollar.— Orders enclosing the sunt of one dollar, address ed (postage paid) to M. D. J. SLADE. May I, 1833 FOBt SAI.Il —LOTS OF I. V\ l> mios. ISiiS, mil I»i*4. 1 til Sec. Il I S'), ‘id “ 2(1 do 21, ‘ifith “ “ do 17. 1 Ith “ “ do AIso—GOLD LOT 1187,:id Dist. 4th t Section. Apply to JOHN M. CARTER. I Milledgeville. May -’0 •■WI lim WWII ok AST thi.no—Truth briru oi it w&riiai.i. S au. i nokk ukk aisvhh.”—llora, k GEORGIA TIMES PRINTED A til I»Ji{iaMil.f> BY fIAEnADCKE JT. SLADE, at THREE DOLLARS Pi;u A A ALAI. | Jl ISCELI. A A EOL S. From the Lodiets Magazine. L'KOAVAIAO THE WISEST, Not many years ago. it happened (hat a young man from New-York visited London. His father being connected with several of llie magnates of the British Aristocracy, the young American was introduced into the fashionable circles of the metropolis, where, in consequence ol his very fine personal ap pearance, or that his father was reported to be very rich, or that he was anew figure on , the stage, he attracted much attention, and l became quite the favorite of the ladies. This was riot at all relished by the British beaux, but as no very lair pretext offered for a rebuff, they were compelled to treat him civilly, i Thus matters stood when the Hon.Mr..VI.P.A: | lady m idea partv to accompany them to their ■ country seat in Cambridgeshire, and the A merican was among the invited guests. Nu- I tnerous were the devices to which those de 'volec* of pleasure resorted in order to kill that old fellow who will measure his hours, when lie ought to know they arc not wanted, and the ingenuity of every one was taxed to ! remember or invent something novel. The Yankees arc proverbially ready of ! invention, and the American did honor to bis | character as a man accustomed to freedom of ! thought. He was frank and gay, and entered into the sports and amusements, with that unaffected enjoyment which communicated a , part of his fresh feedings to the most worn out fashionists in the party. His good na ture would have been sneered at bv some of the proud cavaliers, had he not been such a shot, and he might have been quizzed had not (lie ladies, won by his respectful and pleasant civilities and his constant attention f in the drawing room and saloon, always show edjtheinselves his friends. But a combination was at last formed among a trio of dandcis, stanch patrons of the Quarterly, to annihilate the American. They proposed to vary the eternal evening waltzing and piping, by the acting of charades and playing various games, and having interested one of those indefati gable ladies, who always carry their point in the scheme, it was voted to be the thing. After some few charades had been disposed of, one of the gentlemen begged leave to pro pose the game called Crowning the Wisest.’ This is played by selecting a Judge of the game, and three persons, either ladies or gen tlemen, who tire to contest for the cown by answering successively the various questions which the rest of the party are at liberty to ask. The one who is declared to have been llie readiest and happiest in bis answers re ceives the crown. Our American, much against Ins inclina tion, was chosen among the three candidates, i lie was aware that his position, the society with which he was mingling required of him the ability to sustain himself, lie was to be sure treated with distinguished attention by his host and hostess, and generally by the party hut this tvas a favor to the individual, and not one of the coinpuny understood the character of Republicans or appreciated the Republic. The three wortlieis bad arranged that their turn for him should fall in succos sion, and he the last. The first one, a perfect exquisite, and with an air of most inellablc condescension but his question. “If I umJcrsand rightly the government of your country, you acknowledge no distinctions of rank, consequently you can have no court standard for the manners of a gentleman, will you fat or me with information where you best school of politeness is to be found!” “For your benefit,” replied the American, smiling calmly, “1 would recommend the Falls of Niagara—a contemplation of that stu pendous wonder teaches humility to the proud est, and human nothingness to the vainest. It rebukes the triller and arouses the most stu pid; in short, it turns men from their Idols; & ’ when we acknowledge that God only is Lord, 1 tve feel that men are our equals. A true ■ Christian is always polite.* There was a murmur among the audience, but whether applause or censure the Ameri can could net determine, as lie did not choose to betray any anxiety for the result by a scru tiny of the faces which he knew were bent on him. The second now proposed his question. He allected to be a great politician, musta clioed and whiskered like a diplomatist, which station he had been coveting.—His voice was bland, but his emphasis was very significant. “Should I visit the United States, what sub ject with which I am conversant would most interest your people, and give me an oppor tunity of enjoying their conversation?* “You must maintain as you do at present, that a monarchy is the v. iscst, the purest, the best government, which Die skill of man ever devised, and that a demo -rasy is utterly bar barous. My countrymen ire proverbially fond of argument, and will m* etyou on both these questions, and if you choose argue with you to the end of your life.” Tho murmur was reno eil,but still without any decided expression of the feeling with which his answer had been received. The third then rose from his seat, and with an assured voice, which seemed to announce a certain triumph said. “I require your decision, on a delicate question, but the rules of the pastime warrant it and also a candid answer. You have seen the American and the English ladies; which arc the fairest.” The young rcpublicon glanced around the circle. It was bright with flashing eyes, and the sweet smile - which wreathed inanv a love- MILLEDGEVILLE, GEORGIA, JUM: i. 1833. ly lip, might have won a less determined pat riot front his allegiance He did not hesitate, j thought he bowed low to the ladies as he an ; stvered. I “Tho slandard of female beauty is, 1 be lieve, allowed to he the piwer of exciting ad miration and love in our sex, consequently ‘ those ladies who are most admired, and helov jed, and respected by the gentlemen, must be j the fairest. Now l assert confidently, that ! their is not a nation on earth, where woman , is so truly beloved, so temleily cherished,so j respectfully treated, as in the republic of the j Lui led Stales; therefore, the American ladies I are the fairest. But,” and he again bowed | low, “if the ladies before whom I have now : the honor of expressing my opinion, were in Imy country, we should think them Amcri | cans.” i The applause was enthusiastic ; after the ; mirth had subsided so as to allow the Judge to i>e heard, ho directed the crown to the , Yankee. •From the Heirs London Weekly Messenger. LONDON THEATRICALS. I Cove xt Gaiidkn.—Having seen .Mr. ; Hackett at Drurv Lane Theatre, where be | appeared in the character of a thorough Yun ikee, our recollections of the inimitably hu . mour which Mathews throws into his Jona than were so fresh, that we, like the Athe nians of old according to .Esop, preferred llie | imitative spueak of the actor to the genuine ! grunt of the real porker, and set down Mr. | Duckett's American us a dull mere matter of | fact sort of person. But Mr. liackctt, on Saturday night last, made his appearance in ! a character quite original, and which he has made his own. Nimrod Wildfire hi The Kentuckian, —a bold vigorous impression from the stamp of nature, with all the tire and spirit nf the YVcat Indian character, the pow erful frame of the Northern 1 • uter, the ha bits of the back-woodsinau, the roving pro pensity of the Indian, the courage of a lion and the rluxloniontadc of a Gascon. To u | Kentuckian the province of Kentucky is the | metropolis of the world, a Kentuckian the on jly real lord of the creation, and the himself it he greatest. A Gascon declared that the beds in his castle were stalled with the whiskers of the enemies he had slain ; but the Kentuckian avows that he struck a“stran ger” such a blow that the man disappeared, and all that was left of him was “a grease spot on the floor.” The Kentuckian can “whip his weight in wild acts, dive deeper, stop un der longer, and come vp dryer, than anv man in the States.” Ask him about the country, and he tells you that the soil is so rich that you may go under as well over it.—He him self “is half horse, half alligator, vv ith a piece of the steamboat; and his pony will “run a race round a paddock with a flash of light ning.” Nay, more, he “one day saw a thuii-, der storm coining on about three vaids be hind me. I’ptit spurs to my horse, and away we went full gallop—my marc and the show er,r until after a ride of twelve miles I just got to the stable door as the shower wetted the tip ot her tail.” Such is the character of the Kentuckian, and well did .Mr. Duckett repre | sent it. He looked frank, generous and free —i'.onest upright and downright, and as lie | himself says, like a man who “always goes | the whole hog.” There was a smack of Im i mour, a relish, a novelty about this charac i ter, which wc much enjoyed after the fatigu j ing repetition of the same round of scuti -1 mental ploughboys, lovesick farmers,idle fop i pish gentieificn, and iounging lords, with ! which our stage is infested. This is an ori. ginal character, but to enjoy il properly re i quires somewhat more acquaintance with | the peculiartics of the American character than is to he met with in an English audi i cnce. Wc hope soon to sec some American Smol- Ict or Fielding arise to preserve to us the nat ural peculiarities of their country before all j humor has been evaporated by the alembic I of refinement. America abounds in origi-1 nality—the bold impress of nature. In ma-j ny parts of that country the elements of so- : ciety have just been thrown together, and , the various atoms have not yet rounded into ] that politeness and sameness which at pres ent renders all English society so monotonous to the observer of human nature. The farce into which the character of Nimrod Wildfire has been let in, like a figure by Teniers into a water-colour painting, is a poor atlair—the laugh at Mrs. Trolloppc is only a sneer, and we much wish Mr. Gibbs bad fallen into bet ter hands, for she could have acted the charac ter well. There was one good scene, howev er, where Mrs. Trolloppc writes a letter to Nimrod Wildfire, requesting him to patronise her“ School of Refinement at five hundred dollars per head.” 'The Colonel, imagining she wishes to marry him, orders a covered j wagon, brings in a parson, and comes to car ry her off to tho backwoods by a roup de main. in another scene, having been challenged by sonic foppish English t raveller to fight a duel, he appears dressed like Robinson Crusoe, in bis bun ting-shirt, with a rifle on each shoul- I der, and insists on settling the affair at once. The fellow gets frightened, and, on being asked the distance, says that hall a mile is the right space with rifles. The Kentucky Colo nel demands, “Do you want me to strain my rifle?” Mr. Hackett may ground his repu tation as an actor on his performance of this character. The Editor of the Literaiy Gazette has kindly supplied our memory with the follow ing specimcnti of Kentucky, ; fiont (Ins farce / 1 can out talk any man in the United States, | and give him half an hour’s start, j 1 have hat! a speech in soak these six ; months. lam all brimstone but my head, ! ami that’s aquafortis. I I’istols ! pistols are trumpery : they lodge J :l DJI 11 man’s body, and wound his feel iingsf.t rifle,now, sends it clean through, | and no mistake. Stranger, I’ll bet you 500 dollars I hits you between your eves without touching j your nose. 1 Uncle don’t you know I can Out-eat anv man in the States ! 1 wish he’d staid till 1 untied my neckcloth ; I’d have swallowed him whole. You aro like anew pen, and I’ll use you i up to the stump. Stranger, it you think to turn me, you may as well row up the Falls of Niagara in a fisii kettle, with a crow-bar for an oar. 1 say, stranger, if you try to get through that ere sand-bunk, 1 guess you’ll burst your boiler. \ unity, thy name is woman!—that’s Shnks peare, and he is a screamer. lie’ll ride through a crab apple orchard on a streak of lightning. Stranger, it you keep your mouth so w ide open, 1 guess you’ll suii-liuru your teeth. My father can whip any man iii Kcntuck, and I—l can whip my lather. lean out grin a wiid cat. I was in a men ageric once ; stranger, says t, talk o’your wildcats grinning; look here, says I, and I gave one ot ’em a look ; and he turned on his hack and died* I never owned a nigger; butt borrowed one once—he’d a fever and ague ; the fever 1 stopped, hut the ague left him, he was so tar nation lazy he would’nt shake. II you plant a crow bar over night in Ken tucky, it will sprout tenpeuny nails next ' morn ing. | Give us some music, 300 horse power. Il it warn’t true, may 1 he tctotaciouslvex iluuctificd. Btick ine into a split log for a wedge. FROM SKETCHES OF ‘WESTERN AD VENTURES. David Morgan, a relation of llie celebrated Dan iel Morgan, had settled upon the Monongabela, during the earlier period of the Revolutionary war, ami at this lime bad ventured to occupy a cabin at the distance of several miles from any I settlement. One morning m May, 1781, having sent bis younger children out to a considerable distance Irom the house, lie became uneasy about them, and repaired to the spot where, they were working, armed as usual with a good rifle.— Whilst sitting upon the fence and giving some directions as to their work, he observed two In diansupon tlis other side of the field gazing ear* nestly upon the party, lie instantly called To the children to make their escape, while he should attempt to cover their retreat. The odds were greatly against him, as in addition to other cir cumstances, he was nearly seventy years of age, and of course unable to contend with the ene mies in running. The house was more than a mile distant, hut the children, l aving two hiiud- red yards the start, and being effectually covered Ivy their father, were soon so far m front that tin Indians turned their attention entirely lo the old roan. He ran for several hundred yards with ac tivity which astonished himself, but perceiving that lie would he overtaken, lie fairly turned a hay, and prepared for a strenuous resistance.— i lie \\ oods through which they were running were very thin, ami consisted almost entirely ol small trees, behind which it was difficult to ob tain proper shelter. When Morgan adopted the above mentioned resolution, be had passed a large walnut, which stood like a patriarch among the saplings which surrounded it, and it became ne cessary to run back about ten steps in order to re guin it. The Indians became startled at the sud den advance ot the lugitive, and were compelled to hall among a cluster of saplings, where they anxiously strove to shelter themselves.—This, however, was impossible,and Morgan, who was an excellent marksman, saw enough of one of them to justify him in risking shot. His enemy instantly fell morttily wounded. The other in than, taking advantage ol Morgan’s empty gun sprung frniujhis shelter and advanced rapidly noon him. The old nan, having no lime to re-load his gun, was compelled to fly a second time —The Indian gained rapidly upon him, and when with in twenty steps tired, hut with so unsteady aim, that Morgan was totally unhurt, the hall having passed over his shoulder. He now again stood al bay, clubbing his rifle for a blow, w hile the Indian propping Lis empty gun, brandished his tomahau k and prepared to throw it at his enemy. Morgan struck with the hut of his gun, and the Indian whirled his tomahawk at one and the same moment. Both blows took effect; and both w ere wounded and disarmed. The breech of the rifle was broken against the Indian's skull, and the edge of Ihe tomahawk was shattered against the rifle, having cutoff two of the Angers of Mor gan's left hand. The Indian then attempted to draw his knife, Morgan grappled him and bore him to the ground. A fuiious struggle ensued, in w hich the old man’s strength failed, and the In dian succeeded in turning him. Flanting his knee in the breast ol his enemy, and yelling loudly, as is usual with them upon any turn ol fortune, he again felt for his knife in order to terminate the question at once; hut having late ly stolen a woman’s apron, and tied it around his waist, lus knife was so much confined, that he had great finding the handle. Mor gan in the mean time, being a regular pugilist, accdrding to the custom of Virginia, and perfect ly at home iu a ground struggle, took advantage ol the aw kwardness of the Indian, and got one ot the fingers of his right hand between his teeth. The Indian tugged and roared in vain, struggling |to extricate it. Morgan held him fast, and began Ito assist him iu hunting for his knife. Each seiz | ed it at the same moment, the Indian by the blade, and Morgan by the handle, but with a slight i hold. The Indian having the firmest hold, be i gan to draw the knife further out of its theatli, when Morgan suddenly giving his finger a furi ' mis bite, twitched the kmle dextwiowly through i liis hand, cutting it severely. Both now sprung 'VU. JEFFERSON JONES. EDITOR. to their feet, Morgan brandishing his adversary’s knife, and still holding his finger between his teeth. In vain the poor Indian struggled to get away; rearing, pluugmgand bolting like an un hrokeucoU. The teeth ot the white man weie like a vice, and heat length succeeded in giving him a stab in the side. The Indian received it without falling, the knife having struck his ribs; hut a second blow aimed at the stomach, proved more effectual, and the savage fell. Morgan thri sttlie knife, handle and all into the cavity of the body, directed it upwards, odd started lo his feet, made the best of his way home. Tho neighborhood was quickly alarmed, and burryiug to the spot whbre the struggle had ta ken place, they found tire first Indian lying w here he had fallen, but the second had disappeared. A broad trail of blood however, conducted to a fallen tree top, within one hundred yards of the spot into which the poor fellow bad dragged him self and where lie now lay bleed in;, but still alive. He had plucked the knife from his wound, and was endeavoring to dress it with the apron which had cost him his lile, when his enemies approached. The fove of life appeared still strong within him however. He greeted them with what was intended for an insinuating smile, held out bis hand and exclaimed in broken Eng lish, * how de do broder ! how de do! glad to see you." But poor fellow, the love was "all on lus side. Their brotherhood extended only to to mahawking, scalping and skinning him, all of which operations were performed w ithin a few minutes after the meeting.- To such an extent had mutual injury inflamed boifi parties. ESCAPE FROM A SHARK. Hardy in his travels through Mexico, gives tho following lively account of an escape from a shark : • I’he Placer de U Picda Negada, which is near Loretta, was supposed to have quantities of very large pearl oysters around it—a supposi tion which was at once confirmed, by the great difficulty of finding this sudden rock. Don Pab lo, however, succeeded in sounding it, and, in search of specimens of the largest and oldest shells, dived down in eleven fathoms water. Ihe rock is not above one hundred and fifty or two hundred yarns iu circumference, and our ad venturer swam round and examined itiu all di rections, hut without meeting any inducement to prolong his stay. Accordingly, being satisfied that there were nooysiers, bethought of ascend ing to the surface of the water; but first fie cast a look upwards, as all divers are obliged to do, who hope to avoid the hungry jaws of a monster. II the coast is clear, they may then rise wiiliout apprehension. Don Pablo, however, when he ca»t a hasty glance upwards, found that a linto lero, bad taken a station about three or four yards immediately above him, and most probably, Imd been watching during the whole time that he had jbeendown. A double pointed stick is a useless weapon against a tiutetero, as its month is of such enormous dimensions, that both man and stick would be swallowed together. He there fore felt himself rather nervous, as his retreat was now completely intercepted. But, underwater, time is too great an object to be spent in reflec tion, and therefore lie swam round to another part of the rock, hoping by this artifice to avoid the vigilance of his persecutor. What was his dis may when he again looked up to find the pertina cious tiutetero still hovering over him, as a hawk w ould follow a bird ! He described him as hav ing large, rouud and inflamed eyes, 'apparently just ready lo dart from their sockets uilh eager ness, and a mouth (al the recollection of which he still shuddered,) that was constantly opening and shulling, as if the monster was already iu imagination, devouring his victim, or, at least, that the contemplation of his prey imparted u foretaste of the geul! Two alternatives now presented themselves to the mind of Don Pablo ; one, to suffer himselfto he drowned, the other lo he eaten. He had already been under the water so considerable a time, that l e found it impossi ble any longer lo retain bis breath, and was on the point of giving himself up for lost, with as much philosophy as lie possessed. But what is dearer than life? ’llie invention of man is sel dom at a loss to find expedients for ils preserva tion iu cases of great extremity. Una sudden lie recollected, that on one side of the rock he had observed a sandy spot, and to this he swain vulh all possible speed; iiis attentive friend still watch ing his movements, and keeping a measured pace with him. As soon as lie reached the spot, ho commenced stirring it with bis pointed stick, in such a way that the fine particles rose, and ren dered the water perfectly turbid, so that lie could nut see the monster, nor the monster him. Avail ing himself of the cloud by which himself and the tiutetero were enveloped, he swam very far out iu a transvertical direction, and leached the surface iu safety, although completely exhausted. Fortunately lie lose close to one of the boats ; and those w ho were within seeing him iu such n stale, and knowing that an enemy must have been persecuting him, and that by some artifice lie had saved bis life, jumped overboard, and as is their Common practice in such eases, to fright en the creature away by splashing in the water, and Don Pablo was taken into the boutuxorc dead than alive.” ttut !—l should like to take your paper,” said Mr. I.ive-by-borouing, as he looked in upon us, the other day—and we were about to place his name on our list, when (lie veto ing word m*T fell upon our ears, producing an effect not unlike that which was caused by a butt from a similar sheepish animal in our lioylioorl—“I am much pleased with the pa per; I should like to take it; and 1 certainly should— bi t —my dear neighbor Timothy Too-easy takes it, and 1 borrow it ol him every week.” Now this Mr. Live-by-borrowing is far better able to pay for a paj>cr than IDs wor thy neighbor, vet the latter and others of the locndall family, suffer him to wheedle them out of the news, which they fund he ought to] honestly pay for. They are 100 easy for our good, and 100 easy for their own. We will thank the persons who lend a paper to any one who lias never seen a number of it hut we wish every suberiber would muster courage enough to refuse it to those who haunt him every week,or mother words, have fallen into the weakly habit of borrowing.— Dedham Advertiser. A nun who isgood at making * xpbnati ms •md apologies, is sddimi gone I t anv (Jun*
