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of Union, arc particularly requested to givethei
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TO ADVERTISERS ABROAD.
Persons, at a distance, who are desirons
of giving their advertisements an extensive
circulation, are respectfully informed that
THE STANDARD GF UNION pre>ents the
means of spreading them before a larger
number of readers than any paper in Geor
gia, or perhaps in the Southern country,
with but a single exception. There is not
m State or Territory in the Union, to which
it has not found its way ; and scarcely a
Post Office in this State where it is not ta
ken.
MEW €K>OI>S.
••
FBI HE subscriber has received a part, and is
M now recci viujj his FALL AND
H INTER STOCK Ob' DR I GOODS. among
w ich may be found the following articles, viz : I
Superfine Broad Cloths; different colored Cas
simeres; do. Vestings; Rich Embroidered and '
I'ij'd. Satins; Silks, do.; a new artieio called
Reps. G g'd and plain; plain black Isabella, do;
Black Silk, fig'd. and plain, of the best quality— ;
some 40 inches wide; India and Sarsnett do.:
Parisian and Hcrtianni Gause; I’lain Satin check
and fig'd Shallys aud Sballyetts—a new article; j
the French Brocade for thv head ; German and |
English Merino's and Merino Gross De Naps. J ;
Circassian, Jackouct, mid Cambrics of different
qualities; plain, fig'd., dotted, mid check'd dotted [
Swiss Muslins; Irish Linen Sheetings 12 4;
Lawns and Diapers; Supeifiue Linen Cambrics;
Pongee; Ladies embioidcrcd Linen Cambric ,
Capes, and Becket lldk'fs; Muslin Capes and J
Collars. Fur Capes; Boas anil Ruffs Down do.'
Ladies finest Kid Slippers, bl’k. mid col'd.—new- •
est style; Gold, Silver mid Bronze do.; White!
and black Sattin do.; Kid, Calf, Morocco and -
Seal, Village Walking Shoes ; W ater proof du. 1
a new article of French do. ; a general assort- j
ment of Ladies, Misses, and Childrens Shoes;
Gentlemen's and Boys do.; Gent’s, fine Calf skin
Boots; Opera and Navy do.; Kid, Morocco and
Dancing Bumps.
CROCKER Y, Il A RDH'ARE 8, SI DDLERY,
each a goo I assortment. PERFUMER Yif
STATIONARY. BRUSSELS if SCOTCH
CARPETING.
Ready made Clothing.
A large and extensive assortment, among which
may be found, Gent's. Cloth Cloaks; Cloth. Mo
hair and Mnckina Over Coats ; Frock and Dress
Coats. Pantaloons and Vests. Shirts, Bosoms
•nd Collars; Merino and Cotton net Shirts and
Drawers; Flannel do. STOCKS— a good as
sortment. Ladies Cloth, plain and fig’d. Merino
Cloaks.
He would respectfully ask the attention of Blan
ker* to examine his assortment of NEGRO
SHOES &. BLANKETS, as he has a larjrc as
sortment of each, and WILL SELL THEM
AT AUGUSTA PRICES.
To those who visit Milledgeville, for the pur
rose of buying their Fall and Winter supplies of
Dry Goods, he would, with his friends and the
public, most respectfully invite them to call aud
examine.
JAMES IL SHAHAN,
October IL '«)—tf.
11. A J. SHOTWELL,
Druggists, .11 aeon,
THE .SUBSCRIBERS (former partners <;f
Ellis Shotwell, &. Co.) have resumed their
hasim is under the above firm, at their old stand
opposite the Brick Tavern, and will keep a gener
al assortment of Drugs. Medicines, Surgical and
instruments, Paints and Oils, of all kinds, Wiu
/t»4V Glass, assorted siz.es, Glass-W are for shop
furwiurc. Perfumery, Fancy Articles, Brushes oi
xjvcry description, Botanic and Patent Medicines
•Carpeutar's preparations, also his E.-ssays Medico.
f»yc Woods, and Dye stuffs, and a great variety <1
JiiiaceUaueous Articles, which they have received
a la»ge supply of, and intend keeping their stock
constantly replenished. so as to be able at ali
times to supply Dealers, Physicians, Planters and
others who may favor them with their custom.
Intending to ho permanently engaged in this
business, the subscribers from their long experi
enco, hope to render it worthy the patronage ol
-tj and new customers. Orders by letter will
niees. tho same attention as if made in person.
f Seeds, assorted. warrtnted fresh
4 liberal to country dealers.
11. & J. H,
•tigt. JI
THE subscriber having purchased the entire
interest of Col 11. It. Ward in tho stock o!
goods belonging to Cowles A; Ward, the bud
nets will be conducted hereafter by him alone.
The subscriber tbaukful for past patronage hopes
that by a strict atteutiou and exertion to please, to
merit a continuance of the same, fOWLrs
July V> ‘Vi—tf.
We are authorized to
aunoonee SEABORN RANEY, a» ■ candidav
to represent Lowndes County, in the Legislature
at the ensuing election ig pest.
Milledgeville Clothing Store.
GEORGE E. O’BRIEN,
(Successor to A. C. Pail,)
Rl'.Sl’l'.C I l-l LL\ informs his friends
and the public, that he has recently re
i turned from New York, after selecting a new
| and elegant assortment of Spring and Summer
| Clothing . has also every article connected
■ with his line of business, which he cxnects in a
I few days.
> lie has nlso cn h ind,nn extensive assortment
of Cloths, Cassinters, Vestings, Hats, Hosiery,
4'-’. some oi which arc of a very superior qual
ity.
Also,
A general assortment of Ready made Cloth-
I ing and Linets, all which he will dispose of on
I the most accommodating terms..
Having made arrangements with Mr. Josiah
Doles (of the late firm of Doles <k Choat,) to
superintend the Tailoring Department, whose
1 celebrity in tjie art of cutting is well known to
the citizens of Milledgeville and the public gen
' orally, will ensure in every instance first rate
and fashionable fits.
To those who may wish to have Garments
made to order, he Juels confident of giving en
tire satisfaction.
orders punctually al tended to.
j The Subscriber having engaged in the cut
ting department of Mr. George E. O’Brien,
1 pledges himself to use his utmost exertions to
' please all those of his friendsand sorer cuslo
| mors, who mav favor hint with a call.
JOSIAH DOLES,
April 11, 1837. 13—ts.
NKW lISTABLISIIMIINT.
TH E ST.A ND formerly occupied by Mr.
John IL W are, and recently by Ms. J.
Doles, in thiscity, has been fitted up and furnish
ed at considerable expense, and is now open to
! customers. In the arrangement of the establish
: ment, the Confectionary department is entirely
, seperate and distinct from the Bar and Billiard
Room. To this arrangement the attention of
! the Ladies of Milledgeville and the County ad
! jacent, is respectfully invited ; having adopted
I the plan with a view to their accommodation, the
I proprietor hopes to receive a portion of their
patronage. The stock now opening is large,
well assorted,ttnd of superior quality ; a few of
the leading artcles are subjoined.
Candies, assorted, liaisons, Almonds, Pre
serves, assorted, Jellies, assorted, Jams, assor
ted, Perfumery, al various kinds, Dried Cit
ron, Currants, Prunes, Figs, Cordials, assor
ted, Champaign, Madeira, and other wines.
| Cizn/ZZcs,Sperm and Tallow, Loat'Svg/rr, Tea,
'in Caddies and Boxes; Old London dock
Brandy, Monon. Whiskey, Yellow Spanish
I Sugars, Principee, do. Pepper Sauce, Ketch
up, Pickles, assorted, Capers, Olives, Crack
. ers, Cheese, Chewing Tobacco, Snuf, fyc. fyc.
■ all of which will bo sold at a moderate profit for
cash ot approved credit. Milledgeville, March
223, 1837. March 21 10—ts.
Troy 21585,
THE undersigned informs his friends and those
of the law firm of Cutter ts Cornwell, 'hat
he intends resuming the Warehouse and C'ommis- .
siott business at the store next above the one re- ;
ccutly occupied by T. J. Chare, on the margin of
East Macon, known as the town ofTroy. He fur- '
thrr informs the public that he has bought his
Goods, &<■., and having now on the Way, from Now ;
5 ork and other places. Dry Goods and Groceries. :
together making his stock complete, which will be
sold low for ready pay. he will lie ready to receive
Cotton early in the fall, and be prepared to make
advances. He would particularly notice to his
fi ieiidsthe great advantages his Warehouses have
over those in the dense part of the city with regard
to fire, they being detached from other building and
at a distance from any street or lane and well en
close. 11. 8- CUTTER.
ffz” The Macon Messenger and Telegraph. Mil
ledgeville Journal and Standard of Union, will
publish the above until further notice. —Georgian.
Capital Stock 8>.500,000--AII paid in.
IVERSON L. HARRIS,
AGENT at Milledgeville, of the Georgia in
surance and Trust Company, will takcFlre
aud Marine Insurance out he most reasonable
terms.
THOMAS S. METCALF, Pres’t.
Wm. T. Gould. Sedr’y
Directors of the. Georgia Insurance and Trust Com
pany, Xovcwber Mh 1636.
Samuel Hale. Benjamin 11. Warren,
David If. St. John, Elisha Morton,
Adam Johnston, Edward Thanas,
Jacob Moise, James P. Stu irt,
Solomon Knet land, Samuel II P ck,
Hays llowdre, Isaac T. Head,
Pleasant Stovall, William H. tlorgan,
Artcmas Gould, Harper C. Ltryion,
John M. Adams, John V. Cowli ig,
Andrew J. Miller, Edward Padelfoid.
Nov 17—44
40 HUD'S St. Croix Sugrr,
20 “ Porto Rico ••
10 “ New Orleans “
40 bbls double relined Loaf “
25 “ single “ •* “
10 Boxes W bite Havannah “
150 Bags Green CoH’ec,
50 •• Java
10 Casks Rice.
50 bbls N 0.2 Macketcfl,
50 “ No. 3
50 half bbls Nol &2“
150 bbls Phelps & Barbers Gin,
100 “ N. E. Rum,
75 •• N. Whiskey.
20 Monong. •“
3 Pipes Cog. Brandy,
5 •• II Gin,
2 Punceous Jamaica Rum,
20 half&quarter Cask Wine (various kinds)
50 Baskets Champaign •• (Fancy Brands)
50 <!oz bottles choice Uada. Port & Claret
Wines.
100 Dintijohns nss’d. sizes,
250 Kegs Nails & Brads ass’d.
100,000 Pounds Hv.ccds Iron, well as.'d.
3,000 “ Plough Mould.,
1.000 •• Nail Rods,
1.500 “ Land lion,
1 000 “ Hoop "
L00<) •* Scroll "
1.500 •• German Steel,
I 000 •• Cast
1,001) “ English & American Blister Sice’
10,000 •• •• Castings ass’d.
50 Kegs White Lead,
500 GaPg. I.iu-eed Oil.
500 •• Lamp “ winter strained,
50 hhd». Molasses,
10,000 ik'sh. Sail.
50 Boxes Spr.sn Candles,
30 •• Tallow “
100 “ 8✓ JO &■ 10* 12 Glars,
50 fit;* Shot,
1.000 Pounds Bat Lead,
1 >0 C asks Dexter Lime, fresh
150 “ Thomaston “ “
25 “ Plaster Paris,
400 Pieces Oikoys heavy Hemp Bagging,
10,1)00 Pounds Guild StotnSs.
BA LT, One Dollar ver bushel, far sale by
NCCHOL3& DEMING
Jziz 27
I
Georgia, thlsr.h boilmag, 12,1&37..
| Milledgeville Theatre.
fST* LET, either for the approaching season
I H. or for a term of years, the THEATRE in
; this city. To a good company of performers, a
■ better opportunity is seldom offered than is pre
! settled at this establishment during the session of
| the Legislature, mid the races which take place
I over the Milledgeville Course. It will be rented
!on very favurnblo terms snd every information
given, ou application, either personally or by let
ter (post paid,) to
P. L. ROBINSON.
(l y* Tha Now- York Times, and other papers
with which wo exchange, by giving the above two
or three inset tions, will confer a fxvor which shal.
be duly reciprocated by the proprietor of this pa
per.
Milledgeville. Aug. 22. 32—ts
Jhacksoii Hall.
a THE subscriber tenders his thanks
tn his friends and the public general
ly, for the liberal patronage they have
heretofore extended to him; and hopes
j by the attention of himself raid family to merit a
1 continuance of their support. He has doubled
I the sizcof his Dining Room, so as to be able to
j accommodate nearly twice as many at the first
table as lie could nt the Inst session wf the Legis
lature, mid added three more Rooms to his es
tablishment, which will enable him to supply
large Rooms for large Counties.
He has also added largely to his Stables, which
will bo strictly attend d to. His fare shall bo the
best tlic country affords, aud as usual, the terms
i moderate.
TRY’ UNCLE SAM AGAIN,
at bis Old Stand'.
He will also take a few monthly or yearly
Boarders and Families, during the summer.
He also tenders himself to the Legislature, as
a candidate for COMPTROLLER GENERAL,
at the next Session.
SAM'L. BUFFINGTON.
August 22. 1837. 3*2—lit
ILa Fayette Ilall.
FgNHE undersigned respectfully informs his
friends and the public generally, that he has
taken the LA FAYETTE HALL, in Milledge
ville, formerly kept by Gen. D. B. Mitchell.
This house is as well calculated to render comfort
as any other establishment in the city ; aud every
exertion on my part will be made to accommodate
those who may favor me with a call.
The subscriber will give his personal attention
to his patrons, ami will have the entire manage
ment of’tbe house.
WILLIAM ROGERS.
(Ije* The Stage Office ol the People’s Line is
kept at this house, the stages daily leaviug for
Montgomery ami Augusta.
Milledgeville, Ga. Aug. J, 1837. 30—Kt
CC/* The Columbus Enquirer and Herald, the
Macon Messenger, the Augusta Chronicle <fc Sen
li i :l, and Athens Whig, are requested to pablish
the above six times.- W. It.
THE Subscriber very respectfully informs his
friends anti the puhliek generally that he
has located himself at the Marrietta Hotel. Cobb
C IL, where he offers his services to search out
aud te-t the value of Gold and Laud lots, mid to
make a true return to applicants in the counties of
Cobb, Paulding, Floyd. Cnss. Cherokee and For
syth; at the low rate of five dollars per lot; at the
above stated place, reference may be bad to the
State nid Check maps, the quality Hook, and nu
merical list. Patronage in the above business
will be thankfully received by
DANIEL MAY.
March 11. 1835. 61 ts.
THE GEORGIA AND CAROLINA Al -
MA.NAC, FOR 183&
This Almanac, is now ready for delivery.—
Dealersand others wishing to be supplied, will
please send in their orders early* To our coun
try friends,- in Georgia anil the Upper part of
Carolina, ail We will say is, that this Ylmanac
is truly what it purports to bej a Georgia and
Carolina Almanac. The calculations are bv a
native Georgian—its contents embrace every
thing for their information, that its space would
allow, and it is printed at home.
CONTENTS.
Solar and Lunar Eclipst s for 1838.
Phenomena of the Planets for 1838.
Chronological Cycles for 1838.
The. Anatomy of Man’s Body, as governed
by the twelve constellations, with characters,
explanations, &c.
Moveable Feats for 1838.
Table of the Solar System.
A table exhibiting the Seats of Government
of the different States, the times of holding the
Election of State OfftCels, and the times of the
Meeting of the Legislatures of the several
States.
The Calender of the twelve months of the
year, giving the rising and setting of the sun and
moon, the declcntion of the sun, the moon’s
pl ice, time of high water a Savannah, moon’s
phases, equation of time, and the gardner’s
Callender for each m m h in the year.
An Astronomical Ephemeris of the Planets
Places, for the first, seventh, thirteenth, nine
teenth, and twenty-filth days of each month, for
the year 1838.
List of M jinbors to Congress from Georgia.
Times of holding Superior Courts in the dif
ferent Counties of Georgia.
Times of holding Inferior Courts in the dif
ferent Counties of Georg! i.
Banks and Branches in Georgia.
Police of the City of Augusta.
Post Office Department, Augusta.—Mail Ar
rangements, Rates of Postage, &c.
Principal Officers of the Federal Govern*
ment.
Rates of Foreign Coins and Currencies, as
fixed by Law, and as estimated in the Custom
Houses in the* United States.
A Table of the Weather, by an observer—
extracted from the Georgia Constitutionalist.
Customary Rates of Freights, between
Savannah and Augusta, revised and correc
ted.
Rates of Sion g > and Commission in Augusta.
Rates of Docnage, Wharfage and Storage at
Savannah.
Customary Rates of Freight between the
Cities of New York and Savannah.
Times of holding United States Courts
in Georgia, South Carolina and North Caroii-
SOUTIi CAROLINA.—Times of holding
Courts of Sessions and Common Pleas for each
Circuit.
Associate Judges in the Courts of Law for
each Circuit.
Times for holding Appeal Courts of Law
and Equity,
Times for holding the City Court of Charles
ton.
The Chancellors in Equity.
Time for holding the Court*: of Equity in tho
different Districts of South Carolina—together
with the ifttmes of tho different Commissimitfrs
and Registers.
Members to Congress from South Carolina.
Amscdoms, &c.
(£>* Editor* it) Georgia, and the upper part
of South Carolina, with whom we exchange,
will confera favor by giving thu above oats ot
two iarerliyns in their paper.
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O»sr Cbienriencc—Our Country—Oar Party.
Wiftcellnuemi*.
From the Philadelphia Saturday Kens.
GAMALIEL GAMBRIL;
THE MARRIED MAN.-
Jt is a trtlisxi, ye«we cannot help record
inc H, as it is our deliberate opinion,- that
life is begirt with trouble. The longer we
live the mine we are convinced'of the fuel
—solidly, sincerely, convinced; especially
in eold wenther, when all evils are doubled,
and great annoyances are reinforced bv
legions of petty vexations. The happi
est conditions of existence—-among which
it is usual to class matrimony—are not
without their alloy.—There is a principle
of equity always at work, and, therefore,
where roses strew the path, tliorns are sharp
“stand most abundant. Were it otherwise,
frail humanity might, at times, forget its
mortal nature—as it is apt to do, when not
roughly reminded of the fact—and grow
altogether too extensive for its nether in
integuments.
A stronger proof that "there is naught
hut care on every hand,” and that it is of
ten nearest when least expected, could not
be found, titan in the case of Gamaliel
Gambril, the cobbler, nn influential, anti
well known resident of Ringbone Alley, a
section of the city, wherein he has “a voice
potential; double as the Duke’s.” Ga
maliel’s Christinas gambols—innocent as
they were—terminated in the watchhouse
—in being fined, and in being bound ove>
tn keep the peace —all the melancholy re
sults of recreation. Alas! how often is it
thus! Who, that sets forth to run a rig,
can fell in what that rig mav end? The
laughing child, unconscious of mishap, pur
sues the sportive butterfly, and falls into a
ditch; and man, proud of his whiskers, his
experience, and his foresight, will yet follow
that phantom, felicity,until he gets into a
scrape. The highways and the byways
of existence are filled with man-traps nod
spring-guns, and happy he, whose activity
is so great that he can dance among them
with uninjured ankles, and escape scot-free.
That facnlty. which to a man of sportive
turn of mind, is more preciows than rubies,
rs dented to Gamaliel GatnltriL When con
vivraHv inclined, he is a Napoleon, whose
every battlefield is a Waterloo—a Santa
wh-'se San Jacintos are initiitnerable.
One night, it is now about two weeks
since—the nsnally quiet precincts of Ring
bone Aliev, were disturbed bv a tremendous
clatter. But loud as it was, the nois , for
a time, continned unheeded. The inhab
itants of’hat I cality—w ho are excellent
and prudent citizens, and nlwavs while they
give ilteir arms and legs a holytlay, impose
additional labor upon their digestive or
gans—worn out by the festivities of the
season, and somewhat oppressed with a
feverish headache, the consequence thereof,
Were generally esleep; and, with no dispo
sition to flatter, or to assume more for them
than they are entitled to, it must he conce
ded that the Ringboners—when they tie up
their heads, nnd take off their coats to it—
are Capital sleepers-—none better. They
own no relationship to those lazy, aristo
cratic rioters, who seem to despise the
wholesomeemployment of slumbering, and,
instead of devoting their energies to the
task, antlise themselves with counting the
clock, and with idly listening to every cry
of fire—w-lio are afraid to trust themselves
Unreservedly to the night, and are so sns
spicious of its dusky face, and so doubtful
of <he fidelity of the "sentinel stars.” as to
watch both night and stars. Unlike this
nervous race, the Ringboners have, in gen
eral, nothing to tell, when they assemble
round the breakfast table. They eat heart
ily, and grumble not about the badness of
their rest; for their rest has no bad io it.
Thev neither hear the shiifers slam in the
night, nor are they disturbed by mysterious
knockings about three in the morning. Tin y
do not, to make others ashamed of thcr
h mest torpidity, ask, “Where was the fire?”
and look astonished that no one heard the
alarm. * On the contrary, when they cout h
themselves, dry are only wide enough
awake to see the candle out of the corner
of one eve, and nothing is audible to them
between the puff which extinguishes the
light, and the call to labor at the dawn.
When their heads touch the pillow*, their
optics are closed, and their mouths are
open.—Each proboscis sounds the charge
into the land of Nttd, and, like eastern
monarchs, the slumber to slow music,
Ringbone Alley being vocal with one tre
mendous snore.-
No wonder that such a praiseworthy peo
ple, so circumstanced, should not he easily
awakened by the noise before alluded to.
Btjt the disturbance grew louder; the lit
tle dogs frisked and barked; tiie big dogs
yawned and bayed; the monopolizing cats,
who like nobody’s noise lint their own,
whisked their tails, and flew through the
cellar windows in dismay. The alley,
which, like Othello, can stand most things
unmoved, was at last waking tip, and not a
few night-capped heads, projected, like
whitewashed artillery, through the embra
sures of the upper casements, dolefully and
yawnfully “vanling to know vol vos the
row?”
The opening of Gamaliel Gambril’s front
door answered (life question, He and his
good lady were earnestly discussing some
problem of domestic economy; some knot
ty point as to tile reserved rights of parties
to (lie iiiatrhnotiial compact. It soon, li<»w
ever, became evident that the husband’s
reasoning, if not perfectly convincing, was
ton formidable and weighty to be resist) d
Swift as the flash, Madam Gainbril dashed
oUtnf the door, while Gamaliel, like “pant
ing time, toiled after her in V-tin,” flourish
ing a strap ii one hand, and a broom in the
Others Though the night was foggy, it
was clear that something iinnsnal was the
matter with Gamaliel, llis intellectual su
perstructure had, by certain unknown
means, become too heavy for his physical
fhnffe work. Mrcd was tritrmphjtrg ever
matter; and, as was to be expected, matter
proving weak, the itntnorlal mind had ma
ny tumbles; but still rolling, tumbling, and
stumbling, Gamaliel, like A phetts, pursued
his Arethusa; not until the flv ing fair was
metamorphosed into a magic stream, but
until lie pitched into an urban water-course
<>f a less poetic nature, which checked his
race, while its waves soothed and measurably
traiiqtiilized his nervous-system. At the
catastrophe, M t*s. Gambril ceased Iter flight,
but after the manner of the Cossacks of the
Don, or the Mahratta Cavalry, kept cir
cling round the enemy; out of striking dis
tance, yet within hail.
“Gammy Gambril,” said she, appealing
to the augnientum ad hominem, in reply to
that ad baculum, from which she fled;
“Gammy, you’re a mere warmunt—a piti
ful warmunt; leave me no money—not at
home these two days and nights, and still
no money —now you are come, what do
you fetch!—a tipsy colder! Hol corn is
good for something, and so is corned beef;
l)«t I’d like to know what’s the use of a
corm d cobbler?”
“ Corneycopey forever? Il’s merry
Christmas and happy New Year, old wo
man!” said Gambril, raising himself with
great difficulty to a sitting posture; and I’ll
larrup you like ten thousand, if you’ll only
come a little nearer. Ask for money on a
Christmas!—it’s too aggrawatin!—it’s past
endurin! I’m bin jolly myself—l’m jolly
now, and if von att’t jolly, come a little
nearer, and [flourishing the strap] I’ll make
you jolly,”
Much conversation of a similar tenor
passed between tl*e parties; but as the ar
gument continued the saute, no new ideas
were elicited, until the watchman stepping
up, became acquainted with the nature of
£te case, and took the liberty of arresting
Gamaliel, his wife promising to appear
against hint.
“You’re my prisoner, Mr. Gambril.
You’re took up, and no mistake.”
“What! took up a’readvr before the taste
of Chtistmas is out of my mouth? Well, I
never!—did any body ever!—l’m he switch
ed—”
“No swearing. This ’ere is a connubial
case—connubialrties in the street; and the
law is as straight as a loon’s leg on that
pint. You do ’t tind.-rstand the law, I
s’pose? Well, after you're growed up, and
yottr real poppy—or your pa’, as the peo
in Chestnut street would call him—can’t
keep you straight, which is what they
mean by being of age, then the law
becomes your poppy, because it isn’t so
easy to lick the law.—The law, then, al
lows you a wife; but the law allows it in
moderation, like any thing else. Wallop
ing her is one of the little fondlings of the
connubial state; but if it isn’t dime within
doors, and without a noise, like taking a
drop too much, why then it an’t modera
tion, an-1 the law steps in to stop intemper
ate amusements. Why don’t you buy a di
gestion of the laws, so as t > know wh; t’-
riglit, and w hat's wrong? It’s all sot down.”
“The law’s a fool, and this isn’t the first
time I’ve thought so, by a longshot, if it
wasn’t firn the law’, and for being married,
a man miehtget along well enough. But
i ow, first your w ife aggravates yon, and
then the law aggravates you. I’m in a
state i*f agecawation.”
“Y s, you’re a case, that's clear; but it
isi.’tin niv power to help it. You must go.”
“Courting is fun enough. Ihavn’lgot a
wot* Ito say agin courting. It’s about as
good away of ki ling an evening as I
know of. Wash your face, put ona clean
dii key, aud go and talk a* sweet as nugey,
<> molasses candy, for an hour or two —to
say nothing <>fa few kisses behind the door,
as your sweetheart goes to the step with
you. The fact is, I’ve quite a taste and a
genus for courting. It’s all sunshine, and
no cl uds.”
“Well, if you like it so, why didn’t yon
stick to if it’s easy enough; court all the
time, like live pretty people in a pickier.”
“•Not so easy, Charley, asyoit may think.
I ’ you say A, they’ll make you say B.
The young ’mis may stand it, bitt the old
ladies always interfere, and make you walk
up to the chalk, whether or no. Marry,
Or cut stick—“you mus’n’t stand in other
people’s moonshine. Thai’s the way they
talked to me and drtiv me right into my
own mooiishiac. They said marrying was
fun! pooty fun, to be sure!”
Gamaliel, who had been tottering along,
sustained by the officer, now struck an
apostrophi'ing attitude,
“Marrying fun!” ejaculated he, “Yes,
pootv fun! very pooty!”
“Keep a goin’ ahead,” said Charley,
poking his captive with a stick. ‘ Talk a
i on go, and let’s hear the rights of it.”
“When I was a single man, the World
wagged along well enough. It Wasjisi like
like an omnibus: 1 was a passenger, paid
tny levy, and had nothing more to do with
it, but sit down and not care a button for
any thing. ’S;»osing the omnibus got up
set—well, I wa|ks <>ll*, and leaves the man
to pick up the pieces. But, then, I must
take a wife, and be hanged to me. It’s all
very well for a while; but afterwards, it’s
plaguy like owning an upsot omnibtis.”
“Nan!” quoth the knight of the mace,
“wh it’s all that about omnibus?”
“What did I get by it?” continued Ga
maliel, regardless of the Interruption.
“How much fun? why, a jawing old woman,
and three sqnallcrs. Mighty different from
courting, that is. What’s the fun of buy
ing things to eat and things to wear for
them, atid wasting good spreeing money on
such notisense, for other people? and then,
is for doing what yon like, there is no such
thing. You can’t clear out wlieo people’s
owing s’ott so much money you can’t stay
convenient,—No the nabhere’must have
yotu You can’t go on a spree; for., when
von come home, missus kicks up the devil’s
delight. You can’t teach her better man*
ners—for Charliesare as thick as blackber
ries. In shdrt, can’tdo nothing. In-
stead of “yes my duck,” and “no my dear,”
—“as you please, honey,’’ and “when sou
like, lovey,” like it was in- courtin’ times,
it’s a riglar row at all hours. Sorry looks
and cold potatoes; children and table cloths;
bad ofl lor soap; always darningaud mend
ing, and nothing ever darned and mended.
If it wasn’t that I’m particelarly sober, I’<l
be inclined tn drink—-it’s excuse enongh.
Il’s heart breaking, and it’s all owing to
that I’ve sich a-pain in my gixzard of mor
nings. I’m so miserable I must slop anti
sit on the steps.”
“What’s tiie matter now?”
“I’m getting agrawated!”
“Oh, nonsense! you’re oaly arrested;
behave nice—be a man.”
“How can I be a man, when 1 belong to
somebody else? My hours ain’t my own
—-my money ninT my own—.-1 belong to
four people besides myself—the old wo
man and them three children. I’m a part
nership concern,and so many has got their
fingers in the till, that I must bust up. I’ll
break, and sign over the stock io trade to
you.”
By slowly journeying on, Gamaliel and
his escort at length reached the market
house, where this unhappy specimen of a
Christmas frolic was safely deposited until
morning, when be was dealt with as before
stated, and left the office ten times more
than on the previous night.
“If any body wants a family complete to
their hands, and warranted to scold and
squall ns loud and as lang as any, I’ll sell
clttap,” says he; “for I’ll have a real jolli
fication a’New Year’s Eve, if 1 had as
many families as I’ve got fingers and toes.”
Irish views of y4;??ertcu.—-We extract the
following from a speech delivered at a din
ner given on Dinas Inland, in the Lake oi
Killarny, by th'.’ celebrated Counsellor
Phillips. At the dinner, our celebrated
countryman, John Howard Paine, was pre
sent, and his health and tlwrt of the distin
guished orator being given together, the
latter gave vent to ids feelings in the fol
lowing most generous and eloquent effort.
“ Indeed, tlie mention of America has
never failed to fill me with the most lively
emotions. In my earliest infancy, that ten-J
der season when impressions, at once the
most permanent and the most powerful, are
likely to be excited, the story of her then
recent struggle raised a throb in every
heart that loved liberty, and rung a reluc
tant tribute even from discomfitted oppres
sion. 1 saw her spurning alike the luxu
ries that would enervate, and the legions
that would intimidate ; dashing from, her
lips the poisoned cup of European servi
tude, and through all the vicissitudes of her
protracted conflict, displaying a magna
nimity that defied misfortune, and a mode
ration that gave new grace to victory. It
was the first vision of my childhood ; it w ill
descend with me to the grave. But if as a
man, I ven-rate the mention of America,
what must be my feelings towards her as an
Irishman. Never, oh never, while memo
ry remains, can Ireland forget the home of
her emigrant, and the asylum of her exile.
No matter whether their sorrows sprung
from the errors of enthusiasm, or the reali
ties of suffering—horn fancy or infliction ;
that must be reserved for the scrutiny of
those whom the lapse of time shall acquit
of partiality. It is for the mm of other
ages to investigate and record it: but sure
li it i- for the men of every a.eto hail the
hosp’tiliiy that retailed the shelterless,!
ami love the feeling that befriended the tin- 1
fortunate. Search creation round, where
can you find a country th n presents so
sublime a view, so interestit g an anticipa
tion ? What noble institutions ! What a
comprehensive policy ! What a wise
equalization <»f every political advantage !
The oppressed of all countri* s, the mar
tyis of every creed, the innocent victim of
despotic arrogance or superstitious phrenzy,
may there find refuge ; his industry en
couraged, his piety respected, his ambition
animated ; with no restraint but those laws
which are the same to all, and no distinc
tion but that which his merit may originate.
Who can deny that the existence of such a
country presents a subject for human con
gratulation ! Who can deny, that its gi
gantic advancement offers a field for the
most rational conjecture ! At the end of
the very next century, if she proceeds as
she seems to promise, w hat a wotiderotis
spectacle may she not exhibit ! Who shall
say for wh it purpose a mysterious Provi
deuce may hot have designed her I Who
shall say that when in its follies or Crimes,
tlt» old world may have interred all the
pride of its power, and all the pomp of its
< ivii’za ion, human nature may m t find
its destined renovation in the new ! For
mi self, 1 have no doubt of it, I have not
the least doubt that when our temples and
our trophies shall have mouldered into dust
—when the glories of our name shall be
but the legend of tradition, and the light of,
our achievements only live in a song, phi
losophy will rise again in the sky of her
Franklin, and glof-y rekindle at the urn of
her Washington.
“ Allow m • to add one flnwer’to tile chap
let, which, though it sprang in America, is
no exoftc. Virtue planted it, and it is nat
uralized every Where. I see you antici
pate me—l see you concur with me, that
it matters very little what immediate spot
may be the birth place of such a man as
Washington. No people can claim, no
country can appropriate him ; the boon of
Providence to the human race, his fame is
eternity, and his residence creation. Tho’
it was the defeat of our arms, and the dis
grace of our policy, I almost bless the con
vulsions in which he had Ids origin. If the
heavens thundered and earth rocked, yet
when the storm passed, how pure was the
climate that it cleared ; how bright the
brow of the firmament was tlie planet which
it revealed to us ! lit tlie production ol
Washington, it does really appear as il
nature was endeavoring to improve upon
herself, nut? that a!! the virtues of the an-
PUBLISHED BY P. 1,. HOS !
v% ago a*; m>. «
: cient world were but so m-.-.n J ste.die.i
i parntory to the patriot of tljf new. iLfi-
I vidtial instant cs no doubt lth< re
j splendid cxempiiticatior s. <■ some .
; qualification. Civsarwas ntWciftil, SBpiu
was continent, Hannibal was pWfent; blit it
| was teserved lot* VvasJiington
all iu one, anti like t*e lovely ■
of the Grecian artist, to exhibit in one
glow of associated beauty, the pride of ev
ery model, anil the perfection of even
master. As a general, he marshal led the l
pe&s:int into n vcicr;ju, mid supplied bj
discipline the absence of experience ; as n
statesman,he enlarged the policy of the •
cabinet in the most coinprehensive* system
of general and such was the
wisdom of his views, and Lite philosophy
of his counsels, that to the soldier and
statesman, he almost added the character of ■*
Sage! a conqtierer, he was untobHed xHUi
the crime of blood ; a revolutionist, he
was free from any slain of treason ; for ag
gression comnu need the contest, and Iris,
country caller! him to the command. .Lib
erty unsheathed his sword ; necessity stain- *
ed, victory returned it. If he had paused
here, history might have doubted what sta
tion to have assigned him, whether at the
head of her citizens or her soldiers, het*
heroes or her pa’riots. But the last glori
ous act crow net! his career, and banished all
hesitation. Who, like Washington, after
having emancipated a hemisphere, resign
ed its crow'n, and preferred the retirement-«f
domestic life to the adoration of a land he
might be almost said to bav“ • created ?
“ How* shall w’e rank thee upon glow’s page.
Thou more than soldier, and just les.-’than sage!
All t v ow hast been reflects less fame on thee.
Far less than all thou hast forborne to be !”
Such, sir, is the testimony of one not to
be accused of partially in bis estimate of
America. Hippy, promi America! the
lightnings of heaven yielded to your phi
losophy! The temptations of earth could
not seduce your patriotism !
From the N. F. Spirit of the Times.
BULLETIN FROM ARKANSAS.
Batesville, (Ark.) June 5.
Desr P.— What say you to a small!
sprinkling, in the way of a trial for sl.'.ndcr,
which happened not ten years ago, ip a cer
tain pan of the “ Rackeusacks.” ,Her.e
goes: ,
Trial for Slander.—Pclcr Jiguary,
vs. Philander Fortleberry, defendant.
Judge—“ Gentlemen, are you ready for
trial ?’’ '
Plaintiff’s Attorney—“ We are,ready,
and await the defendant’? plea.”
Defendant’s Attorney—“ Will you.iake
a plea of‘ not guilty’ in short ou the re
cord ?” .
Plaintiff’s Attorney— “ Yes. Mr. Clerk,
enter a plea of 1 uol guilty,’ aud issue join
ed.” ,
Judge—Clerk, call uj> the jury aud
swear them.
The jury were sworn, when attor
ney ordered Thomas llombockle to be
colled, and theCierk administered theoatfi.
Plaintiff’s Attorney.—Mr. Hombbckle,
please state io the jury what you know of
this matter.
Thomas Homborkle—Well, lobk here,
boys; it aint much 1 know about it. You
all know me, old uncle Tommy, as you call
me. Well, you all rec>.lle<a that time
when I had the bully fight vith Jim Couch
—1 reckon 1 give him hell. But, bo<s, .’I
tell you he was much of a man. There
sits Bony Greenleaf; he saw it all; anti II
do say it, publicly anil above board, that
Bony did.i’l Uo the clean thing at that timi;,
for when the fight commenced, Jim Couch
was sorter using me up, and then Bonv
shouted tor Jim; but when I begin to come
to my breath, and had the never fail grab
on him, Bony commenced hallotiing for
uncle Tom. But I tell hint I’ll pay bine
for it y et, and that is as good as ii I had’
sworn it.
Judge—What is tlie man talking
The witness must proceed with his .evi
dence, or I will send himto'jad. - ' •
Hombuckle—Look here, Judge; don’t
inst inge on uncle Tommy; he knowHl you
when you couldn’t earn _iour suit.
Judge—-Silence, sir. Mr. Clerk, enter
a fine of S2O against the witness; and if
he was not a poor man, I wtpJd fl !ie Rig,
SIOO.
Hombuckle—-I flare yott'to do it.
Judge—Take him to jail, sheriff.
Hombuckle—Stand b *< k, Dan Potts, we
I will make you thilP.c a .clap of thunder
had struck you.
Plaintiff’s Attorney—May it please tiio
Court, Mr. Hor.i'ouckle is somewhat'corn
ed, and I knor.,-, >ir, he had ho intention-vf'
committing a contempt: he is a privileged
character, and has curiousways about him..
JufUje——Mr. Clerk, swear the witness to.
ansiVerrqrtestions.
Clerk—-Thomas Hombuckle, yftlt S')--
le,mnly swear to make true - and perfect an
swers to such questions as die Court shall
propose to yon.
Judge-—Did you intend to instill the
Court, sir ?
Hombuckle—No, 1 didn’t; I meant no
thing Jjtit sentimentality and fri< ndsbtp.
Judge—Well, go on, sir, nidi jour evi
dence.
Hombuckle---Well, boys, I’ll try to he
short. You all know the dyweh >d 1 e
■ig murder at S>renmersiil!e.; well, that
evening a stranger rid up ; he lit off his.
horse, and walked into a grocery. Il warr.t
long ’fore he commenced i.ovening-«*
swore he could outrun any fillow in Ar
kansas. I stept right up to him; s-iys I.
1 Look here, stranger ; I ain't much at Tan
ning, but 1 can knock the buffaloes <ont ot
von.’ Says he, ‘1 don’t fight.’ 4 Well,
then, 1 says 1, ‘take in your signboard?
Says he, ‘what do you mean by that?*
Says I, ‘lmran to tell you to Jrnsh up?
Well, he kept mighty quiet arter that, but
he got monstrous drunk ’fore n’ght, and
then Philander Fortlebetry proposed -Wfe
should id!'rat?pen’ Irm. says