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MSDJBSHIA 3PESBE3
AND
STATE KIGHTS’ ADVOCATE,
Published Wttkly in the Town of Millcdgttillt
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Advertisements inserted at the usual rates:
those sent without a specified number of inser
tions, will he published until ordered out, and
charged accordingly.
Sales of Land, by Administrators, Executors,
or Guardians, are required, by law, to be held on
the first Tuesday in the month, between the hours
of ten in the forenoon and three in
at the court-house in the county In which the
property is situate. Notice of these sales must
be given in a public gazette sixty days previous
to the day of sale.
Sales of negroes must be at public auction,,
on the first Tuesday of the month, between
the usual hours of sale, at the place of pub
lie sales in the county where the letters j
Testamentary, of Administration or Guardian
ihip, may have been granted, first giving sixty
days notice thereof, in cue of the public ga- j
xettes es this State, and at the door of the
court-house, where such sales are to be held. :
Notice for the sale of Personal Property must
be given in liko manner, forty days previous to j
the day of sale.
Notice to the Debtors and Creditors of an Es
tate must be published for forty days.
Notice that application will be made to 1
the Court of Ordinary for leave to sell Land,!
must be published four months.
Notice for leave to sell Negroes, must be
published for four months before any order ab
solute shall be made thereon by the Court
E are authorized to announce Capt. VVM.
*» F. SCOTT, as a candidate for Shcriir of
Baldwin comity, at the ensuing election in Jan
uary next, August 7, 1833.
»»rE are authorised to announce JOHN M.
if CARTER as a candidate for Sheriff of
Baldwin county at the ensuing election.
Oct. Uth, 1533. 3D
11^ E are authorized to announce Maj. \VM.
II \Y. CARNES, as a candidate for Comp
troller General. ts. !
|
\\TV. are authorised to announce SIMMONS j
ft CRAWFORD, as a candidate for Comp
troller General.
October 23th, 1833. 41
To the Public.
\\TE the undersigned, take pleasure in saying
T T that we have witnessed many of Mr. John
11. Wright’s operations in Dental Surgery, in
its different branches, setting or engrafting new ;
Teeth ; plugging those which are cavernous ; re- |
moving fangs, and carious ones, so often the
source of chronic disease. His operations are
performed with scientific skill and ability. We
therefore, confidently recommend him to the
public.
GEORGE R. BROWN. M. D.
JOHN U. GORMAN, M. D.
Milledgcville,23d Sept. 1833.
Augusta, 18 th March, 1833.
I have inspected a number of cases iu which ;
Mr. John H. Wright has operated on the Teeth |
fur their various conditions and affections, and 1 ;
take pleasure in staling, that all 1 have seen, ap- ;
pear to he done in thc'moot substantial, safe, and ;
satisfactory manner. 1 have no reason to believe j
that any of his operations have been l»y j
ill consequences.
M. ANTONY, M. D. j
Augusta, March Uth, 1833. !
Mr. John 11. Wright lias operated on teeth in j
my family, and among my acquaintances, in a ,
manner wholly satisfactory; and 1 can therefore, |
without hesitation, recommend him to others,
particularly for the tender carefulness with which j
he performs those parts, necessarily painful. I
JOHN DENT, M. D. !
• JOIST'S!- WRIGHT,
OF GEORGIA,
RESPECTFULLY informs the public, tha
IS he has taken a Room one Door South of
McCombs* lloteK where he will ,je ~ rr '
reive the calls of those who may be ctL? ircu . 3
bis attend or. Me will perform all opperatto. nR
the Teeth and (Jorw—such as Cleaning,
Removing Fangs, Fngrafting and bx
trading Teeth. And his patients may rely, that
|*o no case will he perform an operation, that is
unnecessary.
Sept. 25 37 3iu
WAREHOUSE,
factorage &. Commission Busiuess
AUGUSTA, Geo.
Subscribers beg leave to announce to
- their friends and patrons, and to the country
in General, that they have removed to the large and
commodious Fire Proof WAKE-IIOUSfi
‘>n the south side, upper end of Broad-street, late
ly occupied by Jno. C. Holcombe, where they
"ill continue to transact the above busines in all
its legitimate branches. They renew their pledge
t° abstain from all speculations upon cotton, and
are prepared to extend the usual facilities upon
produce in store. They return their thanks tor
l *ie liberal share of patronage already conferred,
*'md solicit its further continuance.
MASON & RANDLE.
August 1 31—ts
WAREHOUSE.
AND
Commission SSttsiitcss.
r |MIE Undersigned having token that esten-I
1 site FIRE.RROOF WARE-HOUSE, on
t.'mapbc.ll-street, recently occupied by Messrs .
Planters and Merchants in the above business, j
His arrangements arc such us will enable him;
'0 make cash advances to any extent on Cotton |
tErcd with him ; and he hopes from many years ;
< xperience in the Colton Trade, and strict per- ;
Su »al attention to all business lie may he favored
'Uth.to share a portion of public patronage, am j
porticularly of his former friends and customers.
R. MALONE- J
. Tj* Tha business of M A LON E & SIM l AR L
■’cunti lined ta Savannah, under the management
"i Mr. 11. Sistare. ,
, O' All the papers of M iltedgevillf. Southern
inner, and Washington News, will each pub
hah the above oim uioatli, aud forward then ai
poutiti for payment to ,
VugusU, Sept. II 37 1 m
The llnnsitta Homkc,
"3" ’ ag iin opened for the season, for the aecoci
modsliott of the Members of the 1-eg!sta
ture, and Visitor* t.-Tti# undersigned "ill
11 c every exertion to render litem comfortable
WM. W. CARNES.
Milled->*•. "e. Oct. H 33.
MEDIC ,VL CASID.
* HUS, in consequence ofcircumstan
f, ces Wanspinng preventing his being in a
, oreign country at this time, as ho had anTicipa
j ed ’ a ‘ ,d t 1,1 bJJition to that the grateful rccollec
imnoftae very extensive patronage extended to
| him in this city the last season, with the earnest
solicitation of numerous friends for his longer
continuance among them, has determined on
spending the’ensuing winter in Milledoeville.
Dr. l*. lor several years has devoted” his entire
attention to the treatment of chronic or inveterate
diseases in different climates. Persons unac
quainted with Dr. P’s. reputation as a practitioner
ot the Healing Art, on applying to him will be re
ferred to Ladles and Gentlemen of the first re
spectability who have experienced the surprizino--
ly beneficial effects of his treatment, lie invites
persons afflicted with what they may consider
incurable disease to give him a call: Those un
aole to do so, will be waited upon at their respec
tive places of abode by request. Persons who
may wish his opinion relative to the nature of
their ailments are apprized, that no charge will
be made, unless they actually place themselves
under his care. Dr. P. may be seen at his Office
on Wayne street the first door to the Post Of
fice, or at the Union Hotel kept by Maugham
and Searcy where he boards.
Dyspepsia and I.ivcr-roniplaiui.
! Dr. Pet- rs professor of Physiological Medicine,
has succeeded by chemical analysis and tynthe
j sis in forming a compound from several proxi
| mate vegetable principles to which he has given
the name M.dicinx Slomcchiaeet Ilepatiex, which
has proved f.tr more efficient than tiny remedy
heretofore discovered in curing those! distressing
maladies of mind and body, which are generally
comprehended under the sweeping terms Dyspep
sia and Liver-complaints. It is likewise an almost
, certain cure for enlargements of the Spleen
| The above Medicines consist of three different*
: preparations two of which are to be taken inter- j
f mtlly... .the other to be applied externally over
*He diseased parts ; not the, least liarrn can result
! from using them, and they are perfectly pleasant
to take and the same food may be taken and em
| ployment pursued that would be proper were the
patient not under their inlluence. They areput
up in parcels with full directions for use. From
one to three parcels will be accessary'to complete
a cure. The price is $o a parcel, any person
| sending $5 in a letter, (post paid) stating wher
! he wishes the .Medicine sent, will receive it b
; Mail-
Among the symptoms of Dyspepsia and Livcr
compl iiuls, me flatulency, sourness or burning iu
the stomach, melancholy, irritability, disagree-j
able taste in the mouth; great irregularity cfl
appetite, wliicli is sometimes voracious and atj
other times greatly deficient; thirst, fetid breath, |
nausea, weakness of the stomach, acid eructa- !
lions, palpitation, drowsiness, irregularity of the
bowels, pressure on the stomach after meals, pain
in the head, dizziness or veriigo; confusion of
mind, attended with loss of memory, a gnawing
in the stomach vVnen empty,chilliness,affection of
sight and hearing, pain and weakness in the
back, languor, disturbed sleep, cold feet and
bauds, tremor, uneasiness iu the throat, cough,
pain in the side or breast, &c.
The above maladies lead to organic affection of
stomach, liver, and heart, terminating in Dropsy,
Consumption, Apoplexy, &c. according to the
climate, habits, age, sex, and temperament of the
patient.
Mdltdfrtoilk, Oct. 30, 1833. 42-...
Jones County Tax Collctor’s Sale.
RUTILE be sold at the the Court-house door in
IT Clinton, Jones County, on the first Tues
day in December next, the following Lauds viz :
211 acres of Land on Cedar creek iu Jonts
county, ujp.imus lc::u:.r ■ anLl li,l -‘1
Thomas IV right, to satisfy his tax tor 1833, tax
§1 12 Acts.
Also, IH| acres adjoining Day, on Ceder
creek iu Jones county —sold as the property ol J.
D. Barfield, to satisfy his tax for the year 1832,
tax §1 Edicts.
70 acres, Newton county, adjoining Glass, Lit
tle nvcr—sold as the property of Luke Champion,
to satisfy his tax for the year 1832. lax 37 cts.
202 J acres, Hd. No. fi. Muscogee county
sold as the property of Catlet King, to satisfy his
tax for the year 1832, tax 76cls. -
202$ acres, Marion county, 2 and. No. 157, taken
as the property of Seaborn Hightower, to satisly
bis tax for the year 1832, tax blots.
202 J acres, 2d quality, Houston O fl. No. 240,
—sold as the property ol 1) illiain King, to satis
fy his tax fur the year 1832, trx sl.
100 acres, Bibb County,adjoining Bullock, 1 o
besufhy creek—sold as the propeity of «Tlliam
Eaton, to satisfy his tax for the year 1832, tax
" ->(j U acres, Dooly county, 7 <l-N°. 210—sold
as the property of'*'; Haws, to salis,y h,s tax iur
th* year 1832, tfi-t 45 cts.
202 1,2 acres, Housi'm connty, 6 and. No ,3
sold as the property of fUiliii.ni *■ ~. 'a n > > 1 0 J
his tax for the year 1832, tax $1 55 cts.
202 1-2 acres,Lee county,2s d.No. ‘.30---sold a
the property of Daniel McDonald, to satisfy hi
tax for the year 1832, tax $212 cts.
THUS. IT. CHOAT, Tax Collector.
October 30, ltds-42. _
THE SOI : XHEII.\ AGBICI ! LTI ! *
KIST.
AND REGISTER OF RURAL AFFAIRS.
\rOL. VI. OCTOBER, 1833. Contents :
Part 1. Original Correspondence.
ART. LXXII. An address delivered befor®
the Agricultural Society of Sontli Carolina, at th
Anniversary Meeting, August 20th, 1333, b
Daniel K. Whitaker.
LXIV. Account ot an Agricultural Excursion
! made into the South of Georgia in the winter ol
1832; by the Editor, (Continued from page, 4l>t>.)
| LXXV. On the Advantages and Disadvanta
ges of locating a Planting Interest ill the South-
western Prairies; by A Planter. .
EXXVI. On Gama Grass— A probable botani
cal error respecting this grass corrected; by N.
11. llerbemont. _ ,
LXXYJt. Gama Grass —Its Culture r ®® om “
mended—with some remarks upon the grass 1 rip
sacurn, and its species ; H. B. Groom.
LXXV 111. On Rust in Wheat; by lhoma»
i i’arker. „ „ ,
Part ll— Selections.
ART. LX VI. The Vices, and Disagreeable
I Habits of the Horse. . . , ~
LX VII. Ok Gardening— No. o; by Alexander
I Gordon, _
LXVIII* Under Draining; by B.
! LXIX. Transplanting ’trees.
Part HI Miscellaneous Intelligence.
Soan Ley, Domestic Wipes. Method of obtaining
1 cream from milk, Useful Table, Irish Potatoes.
Manures, Poultry. .... .
Just published by A. E- MILLER.
I 1 a\ v . ,j t Broad-Street, Charleston.
WASTED
rXXIIREE or four firstrate workmen at the 1 ai-
F loriug business, to whom «itlhe g'. v '“ tlle
highest puces. A ’ • j_
Mi . i»■ .. get tile, Oct* 30, ! 33 *♦
>«WTIAG
lof every DESCHUTIOX done
at THIS OFFICE t
<5, ssaa.
I MiSCELLASEOUS.
DlCfit. DOLEFUL.
[ v SKETCH FKOM NATURE.]
It was to the iate Captain Chronic, R.
N., I am indebted for the pleasure of be
ing but very slightly acquainted with
Richard Doleful, Esquire. The father of
Dick had, during tliu Captain's long and
frequent absences on service, acted as his
agent and factotum : receiving . his pay
and his prize-money, managing his dis
bursements, and investing the annual sur
plus to the best advantage; and I incline
to attribute to old Chronic’s kindly and
grateful remembrance of the father, rather
than to any persona! regard for the son,
his tolerance of the latter as the almost
daily visiter at his house. Dick’s “ good
friends” are “ sorry to admit” that there
arc many bud points about him ; hisd’best
friends” compassionate aim into the pos
session of ten times more: hence it may
be inferred that Dick, upon the whole, is
a much better person than the best of his
friends. Yet I,who do not presume to be
his friend, consequently have no motive
for speaking in his disparagement, must,
ahow him to be a very unpleasant fellow.
-Now, as the term “ unpleasant fellow''
may be variously interpreted, I would
have it distinctly understood that I do not
mean to accuse him ofever having thrash
ed his grandmother, or kicked his father
down stairs, or poisoned a child, or set life
to a barn.or burked a female, young, beau
tiful, and virtuous, or encouraged an <ur
gan-grindcr or a Scotch bagpiper to make
a hideous noise under his window, or, in
short, of any enormous wickcdness;l mean
—and whether his case may be rendered
better or worse by the explanation, must
depend upon individual tasic—l mean only
that he is a bore.
For the lastihree years of his life, the
Captain, whose health xvas gradually de
clining under the effects of an uncured and
incurable wound in the side, had scarcely
ever quitted his house; and for a con
siderable portion of that period lie was
unable, without assistance, to move from
his sofa. In addition to his sufferings
from his glorious wound, he was subject
to the occasional attacks of inglorious
gout, and of three visits a day from Dick
Doleful. Under such a complication of
ailments, his case, both by his friends and
his physicians, had long been considered
hopeless. Indeed the Captain himself
seemed aware of the fatal character of the
last-named malady; and more than once
expressed an opinion, that if he could be
relieved from that, he had strength and
stamina sufficient to conquer the others. 1
paid him a visit one day, and entered his
room just Mr. Doleful was leaving it.—
Doleful sighed audibly, shook his head,
muttered *• our poor dear iriend !” and
withdrew. This, from any other person,
I sliuuld iiUTO * 1 inti! y. tllilt
our “ poor dear friend” was at his last
gasp: but being acquainted with J\lr.
Doleful’s ways, 1 approached the Captain
as usual, shook his hand cordially, and, in
a cheerful tone, inquired how he was get
ting on.
“Ah, my dear fellow,” said he, at the
same time slowly lilting his head l'roin the j
sofa-cushion, “I’m glad to see you ; it does i
me good ; you ask me ho.\v 1 do, and you
look, and you speak as if you thought j
there was some hie in me- But that Air.
Doleful—! Here he comes, Sir, three
times a day; walks into the room on tip
toe, as if he thought I hadn’t nerve to bear
the creaking of a shoe; touches the tip oil
one of my lingers as if a cordial grasp
would shatter me to atoms; and says,
‘Well, how d’ye do now, Captain !’ with
such a look, and in such a tone —! it always
sounds to tny cars, *\V hat, ar nt jou ocad
yet, Captain V Then he sits down in that
chair ;—speaks three words in two hours,
and that in a whisper; puils a long face ;
"’cezes out a tear—his dismal undertaker
countenance lowering over me all the
while! I’m not a nciyoE? until, but—,
and here he rose from his sofa, ana struck
a blow on a table which made every arti
cle upon it spin, and roared out in a voice
loud enough to be heard from stem to
stern of his old seventy-four, the Thunder
er : ■“ I’m not a nervous man ; but il—n
me if he doesn’t sometimes make me fancy
i I’m riding in a hearse to my own funeral,
with him following as chief mourner. J
shall die of him one of these days,” added
he empirically, “I know 1 shall.
i. He is not exactly the companion for
an invalid,” said I; “ the chcoilui address
of a friend, and his assuring smile, are im
portant auxiliaries to the labour of a phy
sician ; whilst, on the contrary, tnc—
“ Avc, aye; the bore of such \ isits as
• Ids! They would make a sound man
sick, and hasten a sick man to the gi a\c.
And, then, that face ol his ! 1 could nt
help saying to him the otlier da}, that
when I shot away the fig are-head ol t.ie
French frigate, La Larmoyeusc, l should
have liked to have had his to stick iq> in its j
place.” _ ,
“ It is evident his visits are irksome aim.
injurious to you. W hy» then, do jou cn-:
courage them!” |
« [ don’t encourage them, and it ho had
any feeling he would perceive 1 don't; b.-.t
bores have no feeling. Resides, I can t
altogether help inysclf. His lather was
uaclul to me; lie managed my money
matters at home when 1 was afloat—-a
kind of work 1 never could have done lor
. myself—and so well, too, that I consider j
my present independence as ol his crea
tin''. Remembering this,l could uotdcoent
; Iv loss the son out of window, do you
iliink 1 could ? Eh ■ ’
I My honest opinion upon the matter be
| i!i o one which might have put the Captain
to some trouble at his next interview with
the gentleman in question, 1 suppressed it,
and merely observed, “.Mr. Doleful has
told me how useful his father was to you.”
“ A ye,and so he tells every, bodvand so
he reminds me as often as I see him,and
Hull x the bore. Now, I am not an un
grateful man, and am as little likely as any
one to forget a friend, or a friend’s son ;
but every time Ibis King of the Dismals re
minds rnc ot mr obligation, i consider the
debt or gratitude as somewhat diminished;
so that if 1 livemuch longer, the score will
lie entirely rubbed out, and then d—n me,
but I will toss him out of the window.”
Alter a momentary pause the Captain
resumed:—
“ Then, there’s another bore of his. We
take physic hacause we arc obliged to take
it: it is'nt that we like it, you know ; no
body does, that ever I heard of. Now, he
fancies that I can't relish my medicine
irom any hands hut his, and he will stand
by when I take my piils, anti tny
draughts, and my powders. Ipecacuanha
and Dick Doleful! Faugh ! two doses at
once ! Will you believe it tny dear fel
low ! the two ideas are so connected in
my mind that I never see physic without
thinking ol Dick Doleful nor Dick Dolelul
without thinking of physic. I must own I
don’t like him the better for it, and that he
might p» ceive. But, as I said before,
bores have no feeling—they have no per
ceptions—they have no one faculty in na
ture but the faculty of boring the very
soul out of your body.”
Seeing me take a book from amongst
several which lay on the table, lie continu
ed : “ Aye. there's Mr. Dick again! 1
send him to get books to amuse me, and
that’s what he brings. Pretty lively read
ing for a sick man, ch ? Nice things to
keep up one’s drooping spirits ! There’s
, Reflections on Death,’ Dodd’s ‘Prison
Thoughts.’ the ‘ Deathbed Companion,’
‘Hell; a Vision.’ I must have a fine na
tural constitution to live through all this!”
I took my leave of the invalid, and, at
the street door, Dr. Druggem, his physi
cian, and his surgeon, Sir Slnshley Cut
tnore, who were about to visit him. 1
mentioned that 1 had jiist left their patient,
sullering under considerable irritation,
caused by the unwelcome irrtcrference of
Doleful; and ventured to express an opin
ion that a hint ought to be given to the
latter, of the desirableness ol' diminishing
both the length and the frequency of his
visits to the Captain.
“Hint, Sir?” said Druggem ; “a hint
won’t do. Slight aperients will have no
effect in this case ; 1 for administering
a powerful cathartic :—this Mi*. Doleful
must be carried ell at once—forbid the
house, Sir.”
“I am quite of Mr. Druggcm’s opinion,”
Wir Stlushlcy ; “the Captain must in
stantly submit to the operation ; he must
consent to the immediate amputation of
that Mi. IVoM'u), or ]’j| no t answer for
his life a week..”
The next day Mr. Doleful favored me
with a visit.
“I call,” said he, “(o lament with you
the unhappy state of‘our poor dear friend’”
and he burst into tears.
Now, as 1 knew that the state of “our
poor dear friend” was no worse than the j
day before, I interrupted his pathetics by i
telling him that I was not in a lamenting!
mood: and, rather.unceremoniously, adv
ded that it was the opinion of his medical,
advisers, that the state of “our poof dear |
friend’’ might l»c considerably improved
if he, Mr. Doleful, Would be less frequent
in his visits, and if, when he did call upon
“our poor dear friend,” he would assume
a livelier countenance.
“Well ! Bless my soul ! this is unex
pected—very unexpected. I — l—l—Ale !
The son of his friend—his best friend !
Why though I say it, had it not been for
my poor departed father—[And here he
burst into tears again—] I say, had it
not been for my poor father, the Captain
might, at this moment, have been
'V,.i| ;u o matter —but Ale ! how vety
odd! I,who sacrifice mvscl: for the
poor dear sufferer i wii!'. BF', mei niwy
noon, and night, though ;t afflicts me to
see him—as he roust perceive ; he must
observe how I grieve at his sufferings—
lie must notice how much I feel for him.
Whv,dear me! What interest can I have
in devoting myself to him 1 Thank Hea
ven I am not a legacy-hunter.” .
This voluntary and uncalled-for abne-j
gation of a dirty motive, placed Mr. Dole
ful before'me in anew Till that,
moment tlic suspicion of his being incited j
by any prospect of gain to bore “our |
poor dear friend” to death, had never on- 1
jered tnv mind. !
Captain Chronic lived on for a twelve- j
month, during the whole of which, except i
the very last week, Dick Doleful, spite ol \
remonstrance aud entreaty, continued to!
inflict upon him his three visits ;i er diem. I
A week before his death, the Captain,who
till then had occupied a sola, took to bis
jl ed ; and feeling bis case to be hopeless,
! und conscious that he had not many days
to live, lie desired that his only two rela
tions, a nephew and a niece, might he
sent for, and that they alone should at
tend him to the last. Dick, greatly to his
astonishment, thus excluded from the bed
chamber, still continued his daily three
[visits to the Rawing room. Upon the
I last of these occasions, so vehcmeutly did
I be insist upon seeing his “poor dear inend,”
j ihat, without asking the C aptain s jiertnis
-1 .-ion, he was allowed to cuter uif bed
| room. The opening of the door awoke
the Captain from a gentle slumber into
.\\ hich ho had just before fallen, l’crceiv
jiag Dick, he uttered a faint groan. l)iek
approached the bed-side, as usual on tip
toe ; as usual lie softly pressed the tip of
the Captain’s fore-finger ; squeezed out
the usual tribute of one tear ; and with
the usual undertaker-look, and in the usu
al dismal tone, he said, “Well, how d’ye
do now, Captain ?” The C.ijHain faintly
articulated, “Dick, you’ve done it at last!”
101 l back upon his pillow, and expired !
At about ten o'clock on the same mor
ning, Dick Doleful, looking very like an
undertaker’s mute, called upon me. He
was dressed iu black and had a deep
crape round his hat. “The .dear depar
ted !” was all be uttered.
“Is it all over with the Captain, Mr.
Doleful ?”
“He’s gone ! Thank heaven I was with
the dear departed at his last momenta. If
ever there was an angel upon earth !
so (food, so kind, so honorable, so every
thing a man ought to be,—Thank heaven
1 did my duty towards the dear departed.
This loss will lie the death of me. 1 hav’nt
the heart to say more to you ; besides, the
will of the departed will be opened at
twelve,tand it is proper that some disin
terested Iriend should be present at the
reading. Good morning. Oh ! the dear
departed I But he’s gone where he will
get his deserts.
At about two o’clock Mr. Doleful was
again announced. I observed that his hat
was dismantled ol the ensign of mourning,
which it had so ostentatiously exhibited
but a few hours before. He took a seat,
remained silent ibr several minutes, anti
then burst into a flood of real, legitimate
tears.
“Be composed, my dear Sir,” said I,
“recollect your grief is unavailing; it will
not recall to life the dear departed.”
“The departed bed and!” exclaimed
he, starting in rage from his chair. “Thank
lieaaen I um not a legacy-hunter, never
theless I did expect You know what
1 did for the old scoundrel, you know
what time I sacrificed to him, you know
how I have watched the hour and minute
forgiving the old rascal his filthy physic,
and yet ! I repeat it, 1 am not a lega
cy hunter ; but I put it to you, Sir, as a
man of sense, as a man of ilie world, as a
man of honor, had’nt 1 aright to expect, a
perfect right to expect What should
you have thought, Sir ? I merely ask liow
much should you have thought?”
“W by, perhaps, a thousand pound.”
“Os course—to be sure—l am any thing
but an interested man ; and had he left
me that. I should have been satisfied.”
“liow much, then, has he left you?”
“Guess—l only say do you guess.”
“Well—five hundred?’*
“Why, even that would have served
as a token of his gratitude ; it is’nt as mo- 1
ney I should have valued it: or had he
left me silty pounds for mourning, why
even that or five pounds for a ring,
even tiiat would have been better than—
But, Sir,you won't Defteve it ; you can’t;
believe it; the old villain is gone out of
the world without leaving me a farthing ! {
But I am not disappointed, for I always j
know the inan. So selfish, so unkind, so|
hard-hearted, so ungrateful, so dishonor-1
able, so wicked an old scoundrel—l Ifj
e* er there was a devil incarnate, take my !
word for it ha was one. But he’s gone
where he will get his deserts.’’ And, so
saving, Exii Dick Doleful.
I it is but justice to the memory of the
Captain to state, that in the body of his'
will lliere had stood a clause to this effect::
“To Richard Doleful, Esq., in testimony
of my grateful remembrance of the ser
vices rendered me by his late father, I
bequeath One Thousand Founds.” By a
codicil of later date, ibis bequest was re-;
duccd to eight hundred ; by a third, toi
live hundred ; and so on, by others, till it
was reduced to—nothing. Thus had
poor Dick Doleful bored his friend out of
bis life, aud himself out of a legacy.
The Pallors love affair.
“ I was a young man then. I had just j
returned from a cruise with plenty of j
prize-money, and went on shore to hare j
a spree. Il was a public house a little out j
of Portsmouth flint I first saw Sal. Such
a craft, sir ! Could you but have seen!
oer! Such top-lights ! —such catheads ! [
She was'nt wall-sided ; she had a bcauti- j
ful hailing in above the bends, with such a,
clean run lore and aft, that she looked for ;
all the world like a regular clipper.— j
There was’nt a rope-yarn out of place.—
Her yards were so square, and her rig
ging'so neatly rattled down, that, Lord
love vou ; the figure bead [of the Queen ;
[Charlotte was nothing to her. Well sir,’
1 told her 1 loved her, and she swore to be
! true to me, Howsctncvcr, Sul had got a.
[ father who wanted to top the officer, and
because lie kept a grog-shop, said liis |
I daughter should never marry a common,
sailor,—she should have nobody under a;
jiettv officer. Now* sir, I only rated an
4. B. what was Ito do? Sal said 1
had belter go to sea again, and 1 m ight be
promoted, and then sue’d have me. Well,!
sir, 1 agreed to this; and at parting she
threw her grappling irons round my neck,
and began piping her eves so that 1 felt a
little queer, and thought my eye-pumps
would go to work, llut I put a gold watch
into her hand, which comforted her a lit
tle ; and then clapping my helm hard a
starbourd, I gave a broad sheer oil, aud
went on board. We were out this cruise
lor eighteen mouths aud 1 bod the luck to
VOUJ.TFE I—.YOI3i;R 4».
| get rated captain of the maintop. So
now I .thought it was all right and got
, leave from the first leftcnant to go to Ports
mouth to get spliced to Sal, lor we were
at ‘Sltcerness going to relit As I had
plenty ot money, 1 determined to make
as short a passage I could and took a birth
aboard ol a shore-going craft called the
Duncan. We were ail ready to start, the
anchor was apeak, and only waited for us
to strike e’ght bells ; just as I was upon
the hind wheel ol the coach, (for I had
taken care to have a berth in the after part
ol the ship,) the clock struck. “Is all
right ?’ said the coachman. “All’s right,”
said I. Away went the coach. And
threw mo flat on my back in the middle of
the road. “ my eyes,” said I, “ who
would have thought that thing would have
turned round ?” at which all Randc burst
into a laugh. The coachman backed his
main top-sail. 1 muffled aloft, and after
six-aud-thirty hours run, wc landed safe at
Portsmouth. , •
Well, sir the first thing I did was to
steer for tSai's. • J ust before I came to the
house, what should I see but Sal rigged out
to the very nines, with the gold watch I
gave her hanging at her side ! She was
as merry as a cricket and was taken in
tow by a shore-going fellow, with his long
toggery on ; iu their wake were three,
more pair, I did’nt know what to make of
it, and gave chase, anil was soon along
side. “ Sal, my love,” said I, “ here I
am, just come from a cruize; I am rated
captain of the maintop, so now we’ll get
spliced as soon as possible,” “ Fellow,”
said she,—yes, sir, 1 recollect the very
words, —“ fellow,” said she, “ I don’t know
you* “ I was taken slap aback, my sails
were all flat to the mast, when the dock
yard matee, (for I found out afterwards he
was one,) said, “ Be off! this is my wife,
and you sha'nt insult her.” “ Your wife,
is she ?” said I “ then here’s clear way for
action.” 1 doused my hat and jacket, and
gave the chap such a broadside as almost
knocked the wind out ol' him. Two of
them began at me, but that I don’t mind,
lor I thought one sailor was as good as two
deck-yard matecs any day of the week ;■
but Sal singing out. “You nasty willin'.”
clapped her lingers into my hair, and:
scratched my face so that 1 culd’ut sec
she then held me so tight that the two lub
berly matecs thumped and kicked me so
that I could not move. When I came ai
little to inysclf they were all gone. That
very night I shipped ou board the same
coach, returned to Shccrness, went oi>
board, and swore I’d never marry another
girl as long as 1 lived.”
ILcnruetl Ladici.
A lady should appear to think well of
books, rather than to speak well of ihcinu
she may show the engaging light that good
taste aud sensibility always diffuse over
l conversation; she may give instances of
| great and affecting passages, because they
1 show the fineness ot' her imagination, or
the goodness of her heart; but all criti
cism, beyond this, sits awkwardly upon
her.
I would by all means have * toffy).««*»»
more than she displays, because it gives
her unaffected powers in discourse; for .
the same reason that a man’s efforts are
easy and firm, when his action requires
not his full strength. She should, by hab
it, form her mind to the noble and pathet
ic ; and she should havd an acquaintance
with the fine arts, because they enrich and
beautify the imagination ; but she should
carefully keep them out of view in the
shajie of learning, and let them run through
the easy vein of unpremeditated thought;
for this reason, she should seldom use, and
not always appear to understand, the terms,
of art ; the gentlemen will occasionally
explain them to her. I knew a lady of
address, who, when any term ot art was : «
mentioned, always turned to the gentle
man she had a mind to cempliment, and,
with uncommon grace, asked him the
meaning; by this means, she gave mca
the air of superiority they like so well,
while she held them in chains. No hu
mour can he more delicate than this.which
plays upon the tyrant, who requires an ac
knowledgmcnljof superiority of sense, as
well as power, irom the weaker sex 1
A lady sporting hei learning, and intro
ducing her verses upon all occasions, re
minds OIIC of a wodmuo wlu> hns a fine
hand and arm, not letting them appear as
; nature & custom authorize,“but is jicrpclu
! ally intruding her separate perfections ia
!to notice. If a woman neglects the do
! tics of her family and the care of her
I family and the care of her children —if she
is less amiable as a wife, mother or mis
tress, because she has talents or acquire
ments, it would be far better it she were
; without them; and when she displays
1 that she has more knowledge than her
| husband, she shows, at least, that no wo
; man can have less sense than herself
But I am sometimes led to think, that
1 men in general arc rather narrow-minded
with respect to their ideas of women.—
Every man, with an elegant turn of mind,
would cx|>cct that his wife should undcr
! stand the modern languages ; but there
1 are many who would he shocked it she
should be able to read Homer and Virgil
l in the originals, or write verses. But why
i jg there such an insurmountable barrier to
our attaining these acquirements ? If it
not because the men choose to dig a trench,
1 ;md throw up a redoubt, to keep u* with
in the prescribed limits ? They need not,
however, be under the smallest apprehen
j Lons lest »ve should become their rivals in
! ih« pursuits of literature: for, as Swift
