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.->....:. . . . : ; . Bi" ROCKWLLI, & RAIIPORD, momba ssras AND- " STATE BIGUTV ADVOCATE, Published Weekly in the Turn nf ii ll dgevillc' at three dollars per annum. pavable is advance. r -y Advertisements inserted afthe usual rate :; •hose sent without a specified number of inser tions. will ' e published until ordered out, and charged accordingly. Sales of Land, by Administrators, Esmutnrs, Guardians, are required, by law. to be held on •Ia first Tuesdav in the month, between the houis nf ten in the forenoon aud three in the afternoon. th . cou n-hon3e in the county in which the property is situate. Notice of these sales must b« given in a public ga««e sixty days previous to the day of sale. Sales of motocs must ho at public auction, on" the first Tuesday of the month, between the usual hours of sale, at the place of pub lic sa ics in the county where the letters Testamentary, of Administration or Ouardian shin, may have been granted, first giving sixty s"™ notice thereof, in one of the public ga " 7 teS of this State, and at tiuo door of the nnurt-house, where such sales are to be held. Notice for tho sale of Personal Property must Ije given in like manner, forty days previous to t!, *Nou'ce todie Debtors and Creditors of an Es tate must he published for forty days. Notice that application will he mane to ,) ie Court of Ordinary for leave to sell Rand, nust be published four months. ' Notice for leave t<> sell Negroes, must be published for four months before any order ab sclute shall be made tlfrreon by the Court PDETBV. [For the Georgia Times.] Vicissitudes. I've looked on the sky when the first blush of morning, , . ... O'er spread iisfiir bosom with the onentuay. The flush of the rose leaf was'hrightly adorning, Tim light floccy clouds fast fleeing away. But long ere the sun, in his zenith of glory, ii.i l fljshol o'er the world his enlivening glare; The gathering tempest tolJ the sad story, Thai gone were the glories once centering there. Cv'n so arc the dreams nfmir happiness clouded. In the gathering shade of idversity’s gloom, Our anticipations too soon are enshrouded, In the darkness of death,aud sink to tuo tomb. I've seen the tall ship her white saiis unfurling. Like a spirit of light as she moved from the shore And the wild sportive waves round her lolly prow curling. As if joying like life, for the treasure they bore. I earae-hnr till mast like the torrent crush'd willow. Lay riven and rent on her rock-shattered side; Her pennon* ana streamers were drenched in the billow, . . ... ~ That yawned to engulph her m its wild tide. 'Th thus with our barks upon life's stormy ocean. Thus driven and tossed tnrougb its dark twav fog wave, When storms flout the skies with their dreadtu: coin motion t Tho skill of no pilot, sulTiCcs to save. I've looked on the rose in the pride of its bloom- More fair than the sun-beam that pencils the west; And the bud but half-opened uow beauty assum ing, . As the dew drop still lingered a gem on its breast. But the thoughtless one past and sue slack and this lair flower. Admired till it withered and drooped its young head. Then left it neglected, the child of an hour, its leaflets all scattered lay -scentless ami. •laud.” j And thus 1 have thought is the innocent beauty, ' All lovely in youth and peerless in Inrm ,! Whom the spoiler has ryft from the garden ci duty, . Then left to the frowns of adversity s storm. Oh thus still to time, our blisses and pleasures. Are yielded and nought of tho past can we save, . The dreams of oar manhood, life's earliest trea sures, , Arc buried alike in his Lethean.wave. ” • HI ISC ELLA .1 HOI S. From the Mew E gland iloguzine. SELECTIONS FROM THE PAPERS OF AN IDLER. No. IV. thoughts o> com vers ution. There arc many persons who commit ndiojs sins with the longue in the several forms of profanity, indecency, deliberate slimier, perjury, vfcc. Ot these 1 hare nothing to say—these are offences, many of them against the Jaw ol the land, and ail of them against the law ot God I am not writ ng as a Christian, a moralist, or a legislator. lam speaking of man as a so cial being, and of the pleasures which be long to him as such. The cold blooded an I malicious slanderer is, like a pirate, 'i t enemy of the human race, and de serves to he treated with no more mercy than a man would show a snake, which had by some means or ot icr found its way into his nurserv. The law, which should order a to.igue thus otrending, to he pluck ed out by the roots aadthowu to the dogs, Muld not bo-too severe to those who esti mate tho turpitude of crimes by the mo* kves which load ha them, as well as the [consequences which they produce. . i'ro faao or tilthy conversation is seldom hoard aow-a-davs, in a drawing-room or at a dianor-tablc. An old debauchee somc tiines grows obscene over a second bottle especially if tii«re are any young trier b'-ar him to be edified and instructed by his abominations ; but in such a man— wiws* mind, having lost tho vitality o youthful passion, lias grown rotten to the R 'ro —tiio loathsomeness of whose Vico is * *'b, that the poison commonly bangs "rib it its own antidote. When 1 wee one of thcM gray-lieadcd mom* tor? 1 cannot holp wishing to be, like Abci | Homo, a caliph for 2i hours that * j might have the* pleasure of rending him I a moral lecture—two stout slaves, m the mean time, administering the bastinado, to keep his attention from flagging. Hut there are many men about in the world, who break none of the command ments and often J against no laws, human or divine, and yet whom it requires a tru ly L’l.rietian forbearance to put up with,in the social intercourse oflifc;—men, whose i tongues scent to be given them tor no oth (or purpose than to make them disagreea j hie,—wno ore not only dull tliemselvts. but the cause of dullness in others. At j t lie head of ail these, both on account ol > their own high pretensions ami my own special intoleran e and dislike,—let me put tiio professed wits, including, under this, denomination, all wags, droH fellows, sto ry-tellers, practical jokers, &c.—from him who earns the reputation of wit bv never omitting an opportunity of saying a cru el thing, to the humble genius, who neve; lets a word go harmless, that can. by anv torturing, lie made susceptible of two meanings. These are a numerous and thriving class ; they have a sleek, well-to do-in-the-Wi>rld sort ot look, an expression of self-complacency, a proneness to laugh at their own jokes, and, by the time thc\ are respectably advanced i.i life, they ac quire a rotundity of figure and a ros ness of gill, from the number of good dinners they ha e eaten, and bottles of wine thev have swallowed. To me, these same men of wit, these droll fellows, arc more tiresome than good honest asinine stupidi ty, that has no thoughts, and pretends to none. Their conversation is ever on tin same key. Their thoughts do not flow from their minds by an unforced impulse, nor are they presented in their na tural shapes,.—but are tortured and warped into strange and uncouth form . All things ate looked upon with a view to suggest ludicrous images and associa tions, and a subject as grave ns Hamlet will, in passing through tlieir minds, ac quire the motly livery of a harlequin. Now a joke does cry well to break the even and monotonous How of life; but a perpetual joke—a rattling shower of fri volities, from morning till night—there is something truly frightful,in the idea. A dance is well enough, at the proper time, but who would desire to jig it through the streets on his daily concerns? An occasional glass of soda-watc is very plea sant, but who would wish to have tho .wi borne acid bubbling up and taking him by the nose every time lie drinks a draught of cold water l Mirth should be the em broidery of conversation, not the web; and wit the garniture of the mind,not the fur niture. There arc certain moods of mind, in which a joke *s as nauseous as a pill; bul your professed wag, either does not heed or does not care for. them, iic would jest with vou by the tiOil-SldC OT VO ill it - nig mother—would greet the sun-rise from Mount Etna with a pun, and tell you agood one on the Table-rock at Niagara: The contemplation of moral or intellectu al greatness never elevates him Into a mo momentary self forgetfulness, nor makes him forfeit his reputation for con sistency. There can hardly a greater misfortune happen to a young man, than that he should be persuaded, cither by himself or by his friends, that lie has a talent for a vv.it, a turn for satire, and a keen sense of the ludicrous. The notion, I once cmbrsced, seems to effect a revolu ! tion in the whole man. The reputation I thus acquired, justly or not, he feels bound i to maintain ; and what toil and trouble j does this necessity impose upon him! Ev | cry body has learned to expect a laugh | when ho opens his lips, and so he will not I open them, unless he can create a laugh. ! If he venture upon a sober remark, a jest is supposed to be liiddcn under its folds. However many thoughts aud images may come thronging to his tongue, he must wait to speak till lie cun speak in his vo- I catiou. l'lie natural grace of his conver i sation vanishes, and,by degrees, the whole ’ mind becomes perverted and incapable ot i serious action and manly exertion of so j ber thought. i A class analogous to these last, consists j of those whose conversation is made up al ! together of anecdotes, and who are cum j moiilv esteemed very pleasant men, and. ! as such, are in great demand at aii dinuer ' parties. My objection to these talkers. I is, that they make that the staple of com - vernation, which should only be an -orna i ment and an append; ge; for where u mat; 1 has that peculiar gift, the power of rela j ; UV - auocdotcs and telling stories well, he l is apt to employ it exclusively. ’• here i; I a want of continuity in a conversation ! ma de up of isolated narratives, which i: unsatitnetory to the mind. There h.-omc biting d,-agreeable in hearing constant I lv “talkingof guns reminds me ol a story : I used to hear my grandfather toll;” or i * w Ucn I was in Europe i heard Lord A t (story-tellers arc apt to *e vain.) relate a I his tabic;” or, “my old Irietid Mr IS | as od to toil a story. One goes away 1 ron I s uch a conversation, as if ha had been at i | least of scraps, and had come away lun ’ The mind craves some more sub* "'siautia! Ibod. \'e want to have prinei . 1 1 'lea diacusscd, j>ositions attacked and de ’-! lendea bv sound arguments, aud the very ! i web and woof ot the mind displayed. N< ’; one over recollects, loig, a conversatioi 'I made up wholly of detached narratives ,l 3 thread of connection is necessary u 1 ! have a vvid impression long survive tu ; -und Ot words. All this is upon tne sup ; on that the stories are now, C ooc *7lll, iE I? i: VIS. LE, OCT9SJEK. EG, ES33. • and well told ; but, unfortunately, mosi ; new stories are not good. anJ most good | ones are not new, and it is very easy to : spoil one that is both good and new, by | the manner of narrating it. There ;s another class of persons, with I whom it is somewhat annoying to me to ue present, and these are (to coin a word ! for myself) the Exatgeiiatoes. These are they vvhoare always ready to dig. to Uint, to expire at. the common occurrences ot life; who are in the heights of rapture I and tho depths of despair ; who an ready to give the world—ail thev am worth, for white might be purchased at a very cheap rate. 1 cannot go along with these people. I am a plain man, an ) have neither magnifying nor bcuvtifving glasses for mv“mind’s eye.” To me n whale is a fish, and a cloud is neither an elephant nor a weasel. I can eat a fig with none the loss relish because I know that with a solar microscope I could see turtles and crabs crawling over its sur face. In the presence of such magnitii cent talkers I am like a dwarf, standing by the side ol a giant—an owl endeavoring to follow an eagle in his flight. There is. too,a singular improvidence in such con versation. A man ought to be as chary of his superlatives as of his Sunday suit’: they are too precious to be worn ever, day. for suppose something should ci- I cur. which really c ill for very strong lair > guago ; vvliat is’to be done’? We can j say no more than we have already said. I dozen times a day.— \V<: Kaye used un-j common language on common occasions, j and it has no peculgir significance now j that tiie occasion is an uncommon one. I j Another class of disagreeables arc tlir. j inquisitors, as they may be termed ; in-: deed they have as little mercy as if they ! really belonged to the holy office. These < a-e the men who pass their lives in asking ! questions. They have a penetrating a- ! pent, and their countenances acquire a; peering, sharp expression, as if they were! in the habit of peeping through key-holes! into closets and drawers. Tiny have a i ravenous curiosity about trifles—an itch to j be acquainted with minute details and in significant particulars. They arc indiffer ent as to the mental qualities of a distin guished man'; but they are anxious to know how tall he is ; whether he is hand some or not; wliethe lie chews tobacco »>I- not 5 It.Att? mojlj* #•?* iI. livii* I \r» line A-.* They a re scrupulous in exacting geograph ical, chrono’ogical. and histo ical illustra tions. They cannot enjoy an anecdote . without knowing its exact date, the place where it happened, and what became ol . the parties alter it was all over. They nave not the; power to enjoy a goo ■ thing without any ils or huts; they cannot open their mouths and shut their eyes with the unsuspecting good faith of childhood ; they ; on what tree the iiut~ grew. IOSC cXtv i the blood-suckers of society ; they fasten themselves toyou, but unfortunately there is no such tiling as gorging them—they generally have short memoiics, and have consequently a never-failing resource in asking the same questions over and ov< i again. To have the full enjoyment of one of them, it is necessary to travel with him in a sta . rah: treat, and your enemy has no mercy.— You have the incessant battery opened up on you. “Do you know who lives in that! house T “ llow lar is it the next lav*.rn: I ', “Who do you think will Sic out* next! ! President ?” *• How do cattle ssll down! | youi- way ?” “ ho writes Major Down- j ! leg's letters Is business pretty b/isfc ; j your way ?” “ Is there much doing in the j ! shoe line !" &c. &c. It is like a continual j dropping of water, and will wear away ! the patience of dob, or a henpecked hus i band. The wretch will take no hints— ! vou may growl at him, like a bear—you may breathe hard, as if you were asleep— it ail avails nothing—Tour doom is sealed, and yon may as \ve;l make up.your mind ; to submit to it, without a struggle and with Christian resignation. The last class oi social sinners I shall mention is the most numerous one. These are the CossirEits, whose whole talk is about persons—tattlers. Acddling busy Oodics, anxious to know what their neigh bors have ior dinner, and how much they paid lor it. '1 hey pass their lives m watching and speculating on the conduct ot others. They are pei jietuaily wonder ing why ri quire ii. painted his house green what Mrs. A.gave for her new I leghorn bonnet—whether Miss C. refused Mr. D. —whether the widow E. means to marry : Air. TANARUS., a man ten Tears younger than she is, 6ic. In all subjects pertaining to love and marriage, they take a peculiar inter est. ll a youi g man is seen walking twice with the same young woman, especially i: lie olier her his arm—whew, what a con sternation is produced ! what shaking o; | heads, what uplifting of the eyes and : hands, v. hai hints, surmises, ajad inueudos. ; There is no more peace for either ot thi . aioroaid young j<usont. They must, “run into the dangt-r to ovoid the appreheu , | sion,” and become actually engaged to ; escape the groundless imputation ol being ; so. Two or three oi tlieso bustling busy - . bodies are euaugii to keep a whole villagt ! itt hot water, and to draw ns effectual i line between the you.-g people of differ- Tent sexes, a* if they lived in differem ; j hemisphere. * i 1 have u jurfect antipathy to there per * j sons. They are frequently as venuniotn • is viper?, and thrive only on the carcass* ■ , • of slain reputations. At any i ate, the habi of constant personal talk, indicates n.n in-1 curable emptiness ofthe mind, an l I know of no infliction more intolerable than that pl q mind which is at once restless and vapid, v hsell deluges you with '“one weak, I washy, everlasting flood” of gossip, scan- • dal, petty details, and stale anecdotes.— j ;letter to live under the leaden, poppy-1 wreathed sceptre o r th Trass. Words-: worth haapAvrilten four fine sonnets on Personal taik,” which I recommend to! every body to read —ih for nothin,; else, as j a proof, how sensibly a great genius can write. ’ * If-, f Ais ATreatsare. [TranslatGi from the French ] The clock of Notre Dame was just toll ing midnight. I was hastening borne to my Hotel in the Suburb St. Germaine, when I crossed the Poiut Xeuf, a horse,! driven rapidly in a gig, stumbled and toll.; ■Sparks of fire flew in all directions, from J die violence of the fall, and a scream o j alarm in a-female voice issued from l!;c| interior of the carriage. I hastened to j yield my assistance, and arrived very sea- > s itiably, for tlic driver rcckk-ss of every j tiling else,had rushed to his horse’s head. I and vainly endeavoured to get the animal, i which was dangerously hurt, upon his legs j again. J The iadv had fainted. I took her out; in my anus, ands xited her on tiie side walk. As fear*had been the principal! •ause of her swooning, siie soon opened j her eyes ; her senses roturned, and in ! i. and trembling voice, she iltanked i ii. ; tor the* kindness Iliad, shewn her.— ‘ You will -permit me Aladame,” said J i •' to coin plate the good work begun by so: happy a chance: you certainly wiil not refute me the pleasure of seeing you safely home.” “I am sorry to give you so much trouble, Sir, but 1 accept your invitation thankful ly : my abode is nut far irom this; I shall not detain you a moment-” The driver received a five franc piece from the lady's hand; she comforted him as weii as -she could, and we directed our : Course to Heine direct. “ hal number Aiudame i” “ Forty.” We were there in a few minutes. I was retiring. “Not y«Ji,”said tiie lady, “you must riot refuse some slight reftesu-! ment.” rji| t , »rtij'Uv.''il.uv?l htiiUucoo f*s sirw. - - , ,ew words that 1 coulu not retrain accept- 1 ing the invitation; more particularly ;e.| Lite stranger was very beauttlul. t; thcrc'bre entered; an old servant opening | the door, , “ I shall treat you without ceremony .Sir, and receive you in my bed-room, it is absolute! v too cold in the parlor. Now i never enter a bed-room, especial ly a voting lady's, without dcngudul, emotions, i always identify m\selt witn metttvrrrtty when so near its altar; an I consequently the sight ot a fine bed, li:e mysteries ol which sSI my imagiuuuoii at work, g'- c rislit to my heart. lieircsn.neais \\ . i'c ?•■**■—th-.; la.lv and invself s ate.l ourselves at a marble 1 1 bio. Tiie conversation of eouiye turned upon the accident to w.iich she bad so ueaily fallen a victim. “ Do you feel any pa n, Madam ? ’ .ask ed I. “ Not the slightest Sir. Fright made me faint, bull am now perfectly well.” •• Then 1 shall always biess tiie occur rence that procured me the happiness oi your acquaintance.** • “ There was really something romantic in the adventure. Don’t you think so?” This singular question, although very simple in liseil,embarrassed me considera bly. i know not wljat answer I made to it ’; for a cold sweat had overspread m\ forehead. According to my usual praise-worth; custom, I had coursed oxer the lady's bcu with my eyes, and upon the embroider* !ed muslin that covered it, I had seen nu merous drops of blood ! Stramre suspicions assailed me. Tho hour;—the horse’s fall might have been ;* trick ; the unceremonious conduct of my entertainer; her invitation up stairs:— . .flood ; all these taken In connexion mad* ! me extremely uneasy ; but judge my lecl j lugs when a moment after 1 saw the hilt 161 a dagger peeping out from beneath the pillow 1 1 started up. I was pale no doubt; for the lady looked at me with alarm. « What is the matter Sir (” asked she. “ Nothing, Madame, nothing.’’ “ You a;q ar lobe violently affected, are xou i.ii'.vcll ? '-bail 1 ring 1* r i nomas, we can soon prepare \ou a bed.” “ Nothing nils me, I assure you. Cut it ! : s getting late, and 1 tear my lriends wifi j~c uneasy at my absence. I must Leg I your peimission to retiie.’’ j' “I cannot allow you to go in such a : state.” . ;he had seized the.bell-cord. I wouid uot sufler her to ring. « You must take a few drops of ether to events,” Saying this she ran to the door of hci dressing-roomi the light penetrated inti it; oil horrible ! a man’s head hauging nj .ho hair met my gaze I My knees g;»'« 1 way,und i fell back upon my seat; llw ady returned wiih a vial. l’acsing suddenly lretn lethargy to i state ol despair: “ Let me fly,” cried 1 furiously. “No I will receive nothing at yon *! hands. lathis the reward of me set vie 111 tendered you Those words produced a magic effect. r *hc lady rang. Thdfhas appeared, but no order was given him. *>e were al! three mute with •mr-irise. I’lio.n is at last imiiw silence. “ Difl you rim; fir me, Madame?’ “ fihew iheg in out.” I gave her ne time to repeat the or Ft. in two jumps Iwa s out of the hau:.*: th** o’d servant was a tiny hods, but mo keen night -dr calmed my agitation.und 1 stup ed a m meat to breathe freely. “ retch! \vh itis vo.tr mistroas’ mine?” ‘-Mivs * ‘ ‘•■t is well. I sliail now complain o. her.” “dir ?” “ I sliail immediately go to the police ’o’liec.” “ > hv so c fr r” •“ To have her taken up for murder ; tits proofs are ample. ’ “ I don’t understand you Sir.” “ Os whnt profession is your mistress ?” “ Sr.C is an actress ” “Yx hat means the blood upon her led 7 ” •• Y*)'j are under a mistake Sir. Your no doubt saw some tulip leaves that Miss scatter;*.! there thin morning.” “ A nd t/u dagger under her pillow ?” “My misirc-s has several: she was Jo have appeared wills oneto-dav*; she made a selection, and the one you saw, she probably had rejected.” “ But the man’s head in the dressing room t” “It vv.is no doubt one of her wigs; you , must hate recn iul’mm behind.” I in effect, wailed on Miss' * * next day at tiie green room. I told her of my ridi culous terrors, and tliey made us both laugh heartily and long. In short the consequences of (be acquaintance were xvortiiy of the rnaniu r in which it wa formed, and Miss * =* * is now -i\’ wife. T-> the. Edllars if the ,Y. i~. A- ’rcrti.wr : ’ Sir —I ctick'se you a letter lately re ceived by a gentleiivin of this city from hi-; friend Major Downing. I do this with the gentiefnan’s consent; feeling a desire that noire of the Major’s good tilings should be lost to the world \ ours, &c. New-York, Sept, if, I&H3. Washington, Kept. 4th, 1833. . ru ~.I i U4„J Y-„... .1.:. I. r.— I b igot tjek .se i Invent nt to vou before now ; the reason is, I’m over head and ears lately. The President s.vais lie w.cU be outdun by that are John Quincy Adams in nothing; he'sbizzy as a bee in a tar-barrel, mornin, nooJi and .flgiit, writ tin varscs, that he means to print alter iic’s.done i ring [‘resident, and gone back to the Hermitage, jest as Quincy Adams had a book of varies printed drier lie got a wa! jn ticket to go back to tiie bav State. You’ve no ideer liovv bizzy the fliu ral is—lie’s vvriun all the while—it's a ibo'st to see him. Sumlimes be sets and i writes ar, hard as a hoss would canter for {halfan hour. Theirlie'll fetch uj) agin a i xvirJj bis eyes ruled up to ! die xx ail stock slid fiir ten minutes on u I siretch. Then he'll catch up the Dixonu | ry, and tumble it ox*ta* Iron) one eeml to I tutlier lbr halfan hour io find a rime, ft i does one’s heart good to see him. I criitv ! size on all of his varses and polish cm tor i the press, and that’s what keeps me so | etarnally bizzy jest now. The Ginoral j mcens to write one peece of varses two j volloms long, and it is to be called “ The I deform, or tiie Glcansing of the Angceo j .Stable.” IveuJle give him the name for it. What it ineens l don’t know, but 1 ! know itmeens sumthing, bekase I’ve seen ! a gieat deel about it in tiie nowspajicrs. | jiertickler them that’s on the Giiiend's ■ Mde. J liar is to print it at the Globe ! otfis. Tne Ginerui mcens to git a sub scription paper out before he goes out oi oiiis, and lie swars every to lv that holds an oifis under trim shall take one copy at least, and them that has got goo.l fat unices, n u or a dozen, or he'll turn mm out neck and heels, if your Coilectoi ami Decstrict Aturncy dent have to save it to ; the tune o. txvemy-five or mirty copy** a jieece, I loose my guess. , Hut want's better than all, ,'flr. Van j : u; :ii is written varses too to print when iriseight years is up—fir the enter raijy tlrinks In; shall be president. I3ut I know | a thing worth two of that, lie’s forgot that j I have been nominated—let me alone tor ! *tiat. Mr. Van 'Boren is going to call his ! •• Tammany Haul”—and says fie means to ! write it longer than Homer. What Ho mer means 1 don't know, and the Gineral , says he don't know, but he supposes its ! some of Van Buren's J utch gioberish. 1 spose you’ll be glad to hear that my cousin Zobedce Downing lias got to Washington,lie’s a rale bright feller, only i...-t t.u ia;-x Ju.y. 1 exjH ct to git him sum oflir tho’ i don’t knoxv what yet— \m rum in hojies the Gineral will make him Iris private Hcrretary, for lie’s a cap>- tal penman, and writes a most as good a letter as I do. Blau has engaged him to , xvrite lor the Globe; this winter cummin. He’s a cute feller and I shouldn’t vvondei ’ if you had a letter from him once in a while. He’s got a great genus for milita rv. lie entered trie Downingville Mili tia as a drummer, and the very second uHvhedid Iris duty tliey poiiited him re i com! corporal, and the next choice of offi sers they skipp'd the first corporal, bekasr j lie was a Cl*y man, and pointed Z —-z«< t ' fourth eargeut. 1 | I know you’ll be half crazy till you set i r VOSbU.TBE I -Afl'illßLlt you a little piece he writ last week about '.'uinbridge, whe-e c was made a doctor, lie's got a copy printed on snttin. and j ut iu a gloriots ir.imc, and is a g«-ing-io s* nd it to the college to lie hung op there in one ) ’il;.; lector ryo os. its writ artcr the t'tsliio.i of one An idcon, i thin they call hi m,a feitef’ .hattna as c \ >l l vtrrceS, and a furriner- -I don’t Know wnat cn'or.- try he belongs to, and the Ginerul says he don’t, hut l>-lieves iteY a I ortugee. I tad to recollect Jji’spc'lhrniv! .-rammer a tile. . . , a I with it. Wnen lie fu st ti.i du., it, he read '■ over and over a much us ten times ono trier lather, and hnint sc. a him in siclt a good yew ,eiin a [pug lime- tic reeds it to at) his periitic.il iiionus that culls on ii.tn; anJ they all praise it up to the nines. Tho’ once in a while I can seehnc running It s tung way out in his cheek, when he dunks they aint nobody looking at him. And one of tliese days, I won’t promis you but what I’ll send you a little piece I writ when I want only nineteen years old —don't you think that’ll do?—only nine teen years old—but I’ll jest tell you how it vva-, for it makes me InfV to think on it now—there’s Peggy Bouten the Town lark's daughter at Downingvillc, you know—a plaguy cute critter that, 1 tell you. Siie sent me a vollentine one four teenth day of F-'bby worry, and I sent Iter a yard of green ribbin. and sum varses to boot. She was tickled to death with ’em, and shewd cm to every body, fur and neer, and every body had ’em at their tongs eend for a long time. I showd ’em to the Uincral tulher day. and he larely roard.— Says he. HI tell you what it is. Major, says he, and ho gin' me a rousin slap on my back, says he, you’re the boy for the gals; Major says ho—says lie, l was young once Major, rays he, and lie gin me a wink would have made you snikker to see it. You'll hear from me again as soon as I can get time. Your friend to sarve, JACK. DOWNING. ODIC TO CAMBRIDGE COLLEGE. Oil th<*u very celebrated Cambridge Colledgst great rcposiio y of knowledge, WheiMhe mind ofiUtiH, By taking sufficient pains. Learning Science and the Arts, And true merit in rewardrd nccv 'ding to its dt*urtn U iihiu tliy di.lingui ilio I walls, And through thy suaarilc hills The gratified spectator loves And delighted moves, ( inni'iTic everlastingsight cTYuokJ And appsra'os of every kind, To enlighten llie mind, riiy beautiful ll >wer* arid ths verdant green grasses And other scenes surpasses, And the gnnlul gales Wafidelicinus perfumes along thy embowering value. And the pretty turtledoves Sets hilling in their groves' I>iit- the happy students are reclined at ease. Under the umbrageous shadow of thy delightful frees. t\ ith the leuderest sensibility imbued, 1 owe thee a debt -f gratitude ; dv praise of thee shall never fail — Oh thou very celebrated "Cambridge Colledge, all hji ii Cum,ns Atmospheric Pubn.imexow.— I'm tunny years fsaysC.ipl. o.ven).tim Fly i :g Diitciimaii has hm n a popular sup rsti iiiuiuimJ a soijici-of terror to in iri.icrs. Fetv iuvi often passed tile (Jape hilt can tell tliei r ■ nle uhal they saw or w njt Olliers hove told ilietii of lies uiischn vuii- phantom-ship. Old .e mien still nolle anay tile tedious nigfit vaUth hi rep .itlng to tin ir young and 111 irv l ooumg o. unities s' ones of tins water spirit ; id litany a stout lie ,rt quailed, as anxiously ,ii y have lisle ed to the freak- of tins airy terror. Tie following circumstance happen ■it to Us dim iX lies voyage, which cdled for ii Hl.l.ty ao a! nn.t forgo feu record of the ••Flying Duichin u.” Ii *lt” ev mu/ ot t i t ,oi April, a lie o.r Be,. >ogr. lb dir icinitu was set Tis or :ur •■: mT *n* • « r e ;ru-k with tit s;u mI .rit. of In r h « -,g *> o i ot r us. we „t f.r co e u •ii ■' l'- ii. ot tie l : . ■ : • n li ' •lie y•• e-S elt ■ •IV _• W® 1 .r s out slii. .--After keeping 1 us tor some in . we liecaiue sur nsn.l-thut site made no net to jmi f hut r>:i lit- <■o stood'*- in-. fi.it , ei-..; so* ir to ti” portin' rcta.iud .vfi (I. (’apt. Own did not i t lull tiruuli t up irta ice to lus proceeding, and we accordin 'v co ition and our course. At sun* t it was observed that she bove-to, old sent a tmy away apparently for the pttr oos nf picking up a min overboard.— Iho n xt morning vve itneliored by Simon’s Bay, where for a whole week, wc wete tit anxious xpect.ition oi Iter arrival j hut it afterwards ppearodtliat at this very period t te Birrcon ta must have been about three hundred mrles irom os, and no other vessel of the same class was ever seen about the Cipr* Ih is is not and in Old, r to aulh. -nticate tiic stories of fear or fanev, or to add to the visionary ter rors of superstition ; hut il is recorded as a -trim-re and at present unaccountable fact, doubtless attributable to natural and proba bly simple causes. I line or accident may -r ive them ; but until then, the imagination of those who delight in unaccountable things mil picture the phantom-ship as nn appari tion of dreadful and supernatural mystery. [O’ren's liarrative. A Voixauxocs Betiakk. —A certain legal wit, heating it stated that ft recent Judge hud made a present of his library to a relation, observed, - that it ejx>ko vol umes for his Lordship’s liberal.ty. Parliamentary Tho only dilli rt ' ce le twei n Dot O’Coniietl and Gully . m Parliment." said a wag, is. Guily ta a Peel i'i*, and IMn * Rc Peeler.