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gia, or perhaps tn the Southern country,
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a State or Territory in the .Union, to which
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ken. !
Storage' A Commission**
THOMAS DAWSON, has taken fora term
of years, that-extensive Brick Eire Proof
Ware lI'OUSE, & CLOSE STORES, in the
City of Augusta, formerly occupied by Messrs. !
Musgrove <Sc Buslin, and recently by E. Bustin. ,
Esqr. Ho will attend to any ordersan lifeline, j
mid those who confide to him their busiuess, may
rely with confidence on his best exertions for their
interest.
AUGUSTA, Aug 15th. 1837.
The undersigned having leased tba Ware House, •
at present occupied by him, t* Genl. Thomas •
Dawson, will retire from the business after the
first of Sept, next; ha solicits for Genl. D.. the pa
tr#na«« of ins former customers and friends, be
liaveing that all business confided to bis charge, I
w ill be piomptiy attended to.
EDWARD BUSTIN. |
Augusta, Aug. 15th, 1837.
(f7=“ Milledgeville Recorder, Journal, Standard, ;
Columbus Enquirer, Washington News, Soutli
.crn Whig, and Edgefield Advertiser, will give the
above six weeklv insertions.
Aug. 22 32—fit.
H. & .1. SHOTWELL,
Urn grists, llacon,Ga.
UipHE SUBSCRIBERS (former partners of
■ Ellis Shotwell, & Co.) have resumed their
busim -.sunder the above firm, at their old stand
opposite the Brick Tavern, and will keep a gener
al assortment of Drugs. Medicines, Surgical aed
Instruments, Paints and Oils, of all kinds, Win
dow Glass, assorted sizes, Glass-Ware for shop
furniture. Perfumery, Fancy Articles, Brushes of
every description, Botanic and Patent Medicines
Carpenter's preparations, also be: Essays Medica.
Dye Woods, and Dye stuffs, and a great variety es
Miscellaneous Articles, which they have received
a large supply of. and intend keeping their stock
constantly replenished, so as to be able at nil
times to supply Dealers, Physicians, Planters and
others who may favor them with their custom.
Intending to he permanently engaged iu this
business, the subscribers from their long experi
ence, hope to render it worthy the patronage of
old and new customers. Orders by letter will
meet the same attention as if made in person.
N. B-Garden Seeds, assorted, warrented fresh
\ liberal discount made to country dealers.
11. &J. 8.
•tlct. 11 -39—ts
Money Lost!
SOMETIME in March last. I received a letter
from Capt. Levi J. Knight, enclosing a note
anade by John F. Clements of Lowndes County,
for five hundred dollars, to bo offered for discoirit
at the-Cc.titrul Bank. At the proper time the note
was discounted, and on the 17th day of May, I
enclose.! in a letter to Captain Knight, four hun
dred ami sixty nine dollars, which letter was on
• the s-pne day, deposited in the Post Office in
ghi» place, djcctcd to !. ,irn at Franklinville Post
(Office, Lowndes County Georgia.
A few days since I received a letter from him,
.dated 12tb July, informing me that my letter con
taining the money above mentioned, had not been
received by him, which leaves no doubt that ithas
been purloined at some Post Ollie?.
These outrages arc becoming so frequent, that
it is con Jdeted hazardous to risk money by the
mails, and call aloud for prompt and etli lent ac
tion on the part of the Post Master General.
Capt. Knight authorises me to say, ehat he will
make ample compensation to any person, who
will detect this nefarious transaction and bring
ho offender to justice.
'i\ HAYNES.
Valuable I/anils for Sale.
THE subscriber offers for sale, on accommo
dating lerois, three squares of first rate
PINE LAND, in the 9th District, Dooly County,
ten miles from Drayton, near the road leading to
Traveller's Rest, and about six miles from the
Rest. The re is on the premises, a new Log
Dwelling House and Gin House, and other out
Buildings, Negro Douses, as well as about
oue hundred an I veuty acres of Cleared Land
which is mostly ricli and in good repair. The
settlement Las - v. ral line Springs of cool water
.on it.
The termiwdl he liberal, and may be knownby
applringto I OILS VI. EVERETT, near Dray
ton, Dooly (,‘<»ni|tv. 1 1 :or<ria, or so
CH Alt LES IL EVERETT.
Pyrt Valley, Houston County.
Attgsßt.3o, 1837. 35—til
31 illedgeville Theatre.
7KIO LET, either for the approaching sstiscn
1. or for a term of years, the THEATRE in
this city. -To a good company of performers, a
better opportunity is seldom offered tliaa is pre
sented at this establishment during the session of
the Legislature, and the races which take place
over the Milledgeville Course. It will be rented
on very favorable terms, mid every information
given, iiu application, either personally or by let
ter (post paid.) to
1 P. L. ROBINSON.
(t7° The New York Times, and other papers
with which we exchange, by giving the above two
or three iusei tious, will.confer a favor which shall
be duly reciprocated by the proprietor of this pa
per.
Milledgeville, Aug. 22. __ 32- ts
Jackson Oaßl*
cij,,,ii THE subscriber tenders his thanks
10 '*’ s * r ‘ eil ds and the public general
IJJjiwß b' l >’*'■ *bu liberal patronage they have
heretofore extended to him; ami hopes
by the attention of himself and family, to merit a
continuance of their support. He has doubled
the sized his Dining Room, so as to be able to
accommodate nearly twice .ao many at the first
table as he could at the last session of the Legis
latm-e, and 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 be strictly attended to. His fare shall be the
• best the country affords, and as usual, the terms
; modej'-ate.
TRY UNCLE SAM AGAIN,
i at his Old Stand.
i He will also take a few monthly or yearly
Boarders ami Families, during the summer.
He also tenders himself to the Legislature, as
; a candidate for COM PTROLLER GENERAL,
I at the uext Session.
SA M L. BUFFINGTON.
Angnst 22, 1837. 32—lit
iLa Fayette Stall.
THE 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 bouse is as well calculated to render comfort
as any other establishment in the city ; and every
exertion on my part w ill be made te accommodate
those who may favor me with a call.
The subscriber will give his personal attention
to his patrons, and will have .the entire manage
ment of the bouse.
WILLIAM ROGERS.
■IT’ The Stage Office ol the People’s Line is
kept at this house, the stages daily leaving for
Montgomery ami Augusta.
Milledgeville, Ga. Aug. 1, 1837. 30—fit
(kr* The Columbus Enquirer and Herald, the
Macon Messenger, the Augusta Chronicle &• Sen
tinel, and Athens Whig, are requested to publish
the above six times. W. R.
THE Subscriber very respectfully informs his
friends and the publick generally that ho
has located himself at the Marrietta Hotel, Cobb
C. IL, where he offers bis services to search out
and test the value of Gold and Land lots, and to
make a true return to applicants in the counties of
Cobb. Paulding, Floyd, Cass, Cherokee and For
syth; at the low rate of five dollars per lot; at the
above stated place, reference may be had to the
State and Check maps, the quality Book, ami nu- |
merical list. -Patronage iu the above business I
will bv thankfully received by
DANIEL MAY. [
March 11. 1835. G1 ts.
THE GEORGIA AND CAROLINA AL
MANAC, FOR 1838.
This Almanac, is now ready for delivery.— j
Dealers and others wishing to be supplied, will I
please send ih their orders early. To our coun
try-friends, in Georgia and the upper part of j
Carolina, all we will say is, that this Almanac |
is truly what it purports to be, a Georgia and
Carolina Almanac. The calculations are by a
native Georgian—its contents embrace every
[ thmg for their information, that its space would
allow, and it is printed at home.
-contents.
Solar and Lunar -Eclipses for 1838.
Phenomena of the Planets for 1838-.
Chronological Cycles for 1838.
The Anatomy of Man’s Body, as governed
by the twelve 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 bolding the
Election of State Officers, and the times of the
Meeting of tlto 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 declention of the sun, the moon’s
place, time of high water at Savannah, moon’s
: phases, equation of timoj and the gardner’s
callender for each month in the yean
An Astronomical Ephemeris of the Planets
Places, for the first, seventh, thirteenth, nine
teenth, and twenty-fifth days of eachmonthj for
t the year 1838.
List of Members to Congress from Georgia.
Times of holding Superior Courts in the dif
ferent Counties of Georgia.
Times of holding Inferior Courts itl tlte dif
ferent Counties ol Georgia-.
| Banksand Branches in Georgia-.
I Police of the City of Augusta.
Post Office Department, Augusta-.—Marl Ar
rangements, Rates of Postage, dec.
Principal Officers of the Federal Govern
ment.
Rates of Foreign Coins and Currencies, Us
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 es Freights* between
Savannah and Augusta, revised and correc
ted.
Rates of Storage and Commission in Augusta.
Rates of Dofkage, 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 Caroli
" SOUTH CAROLINA.—Times of holding
Courts of Sessions and Canamou 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
j ton.
The Chancellors in Equity.
Time for holding the Courts of Equity in the
! different Districts of South Carolina-together
| with the names oi the different Comtpissiouors
i and Registers,
! Members to Congress from South Carolina.
A tiecdotcs, &.c.
(T.y» Editors in Georgia, and the upper part
; of South Carolina, with whom wc exchange,
will confer a favor by giving th* above oxe or
< tu’o insertions in their paper.
of llhwiu
jaaa.a.<«l oina v, tuesdav octobiu i?, ish.
iTJillcdgcviJLe Clothing Store.
GEORGE E. O’BRIEN,
to A. C. fail,)
RESPECTFULLY informs his friends
and the public., that he has recently re
turned from New York, after selecting a new
and elegant assortment of Spring and Summer
Clothing , lias also every article connected
with his line of business, which he expects in a
few days.
lie has also on hand, an extensive assortment
of Cloths, Cassimers, Vestings, Hats, Hosiery,
lVc. some .of which are of a very superior qual
ity.
Also,
A general assortment of Ready .made Cloth
ing and Linezs, all which he will dispose oi on
the most accommodating terms.
Having made arrangements with Mr. Josiah |
Doles (of the late firm of Doles &. .Choat,) to
superintend the Tailoring Dcpiirtiuent, whose
celebrity in the art of cutting is well known to
the citizens of Milledgeville and the public gen
erally, will ensure in every instance first rate
and fashionable fits.
To those who may wish to have Garments
made to order, lw feels confident of giv mg en- j
lire satisfaction.
(I'f’All orders punctually attended to;
The Subscriber having engaged in the cut
ting department of Mr. George E. O’Brien,
pledges himself to use his utmost exertions to
please all those of his friends and for uer custo
mers, who may favor him with a call.
JOSIAH DOLES,
April 11, 1837. 13—ts.
NEW ESTABLISH.IIENT.
THE STAND formerly occupied by Mr.
John H. Ware, and recently by Mr.. J.
Doles, in this city, has been fitted up and furnislr
ed at considerable expense, asd is now open to
customers. In the arrangement of the establish
ment, the Confectionary department is entirely
seperate and distinct feom the Bar and Billiard
Room. To this arrangement the attention ot
the Ladies of Milledgeville and ‘lie County ad
jacent, is respectfully invited ; having adopted
the plan with a view to their accommodation, the
proprietor hopes to receive a portion ot their
patronage. The stock now opening is large,
well assorted, and of superior quality ; a few of
the leading tu tcles are subjoined.
Candies, assorted, liaisons, Almonds, Pre
serves, assorted, Jellies, assorted, Jams, assor
ted, Z’er/hmerrjt, of various kinds, Dried Cit
ron, Currants, Prunes, Pigs, Cordials, assor
ted, Champaign, Madeira, and other wines.
Candles, Sperm and Tallow, Loaf Sugar, Tea,
in Caddies and Boxes; Old London dock
Brandy, Monon. Whiskey, Yellow Spanish
Segars, Printipee, do. Pepper Sauce, Ketch
up, Pickles, assorted, Capers, Olives, Crack
ers, Cheese, Chewing Tobacco, Snuff, fpc. Spc.
all of which will be sold at a moderate profit tor
cash or approved credit. Milledgeville, March
22d, 1837. Alarch 2J ~ 10—ts.
Troy Hill,
THE undersigned informs his friends and those
of the late firm of Cutter ts Cornwell, that
, he intends I'csnin ing the Warehouse and Commis
sion business at the store next above the one re
cently occupied by T. J. Chaee, on the margin of
East Mac'ii, known as the town ofTroy. Hefur
tlior informs the public that he has bought his
Goods, &c., and having no\v on the way, from New
York and other places, Dry Goods and Groceries,
together making his stock complete, which will be
sold low for ready pay. he will be ready to receive
Cotton early in the fall, and be prepared to make
advances. He would particularly notice to his
friends the great advantages his Warehouses have
over those in the dense part of the city with regard
to ./ire, they being detached from other buildmg and
at a distance from any street or lane and well en
close. U. S. CUTTER.
The Macon Messenger add Telegraph, Mil
ledgeville Journal and Standard of Union, wii!
publish the above until further notice.— Georgian.
Capital Stock 8500,000—A1l paid in.
IVERSON L. HARRIS,
AGENT at Milledgeville, of the Georgia in
surance and Trust Company, will takeFlre
ami Marine Insurance ou the most reasonable
j terms.
THOMAS S. METCALF, Pres’t.
Wm. T. Gould, Sccr’y
Directors of the Georgia Insurance and Trust Com
pany, tlovewber Ath 1830.
Samuel Hale. Benjamin H. Ifarreri,
David IV. St. John, Elisha Morton,
AdamJohnstoh, Edward Thomas,
Jacob Moise, James P. Stuart,
Salomon Kneeland, Samuel If- Peck,
Hays Bowdre, Isaac T. Heard,
Pleasant Stovall, H'illiam H. Morgan,
Arlemas Gould, Harper C. Bryson,
John M. Adams, John V. Cowling,
Andrew J. Miller; Edward Padelfo, d.
Nov 17—44
40 HDD’S St. Croix Sugar;
20 “ Porto Rico “
10 “ New Orleans “
40 bbls double refined Loaf “
25 “ single “
10 Boxes White Havannah w
150 Bags Green Coffee;
50 “ Java “
10 Casks Rice,
50 bbls N 0.2 Mackeicli,
50 •• No. 3 “
50 half bbls Nol &2“
150 bbls Phelps At. Barbers Gitl,
100 “ N.E. Rum,
75 “ N. Whiskey.
20 Motiong. “
3 Pipes Cog. Brandy
5 “ 11 dim
2 Puuceons Jamaica Rum,
20 half &.quarter Cask Wine (variouskimis)
50 Baskets Champaign *• (Fancy Brands)
50 doz. bottles choice Mada. Port 4:. Claret
Wines.
100 Diinijtthus ass il. sizes,
250 Kegs Nails &• Brads ass’d.
100,000 Pounds Sweeds Iron, well ass’d.
3,000 “ Plobgh Moulds,
1,000 “ Nail Roils,
1,500 “ Band Iron,
•1,000 “ Hoop “
1,000 “ Scroll *•
1,500 “ Gorman Steel,
1,000 “ Cast
1,000 “ English & American Blister Steel
10,000 “ “ Castings ass’d..
.50 .Kegs White Lead,
500 Gai’s. Linseed Oil.
500 “ Lamp ■“ winter strained,
50 bhds. Molasses,
10,000 Bush. Sal).
j 50 Boxes Sperm Candles,
I 30 •“ Tallow
100 “ gzJO & 10x12 Glass,
'■ 50 Bags Shot,
j 1,000 Pounds Bai Lead,
j 150 Casks Dexter Lime, fresh
j ISO “ Thomaston “ “
| 25 - Plaster Paris,
400 Pieces Gilroys heavy Hemp Bagging,
10,000 Pounds Giiiid Slones.
1 SA LT, One Dollar per bushel, for sale by
NICHOLS <!c DEMING
June 27 21—ts.
Our Conscience —Our Conn tOur Forty.
ITB EM’clßaucoiis.
J....,, ■ .-- - * =====«=» (
THE PIRATE SHIP.
“ 1 wondw what .can have become of ;
Morgan’s squadron ?” exclaimed the Cap
tain, addressing old Tom ; “ it should have
heaved in sight long before this.”
“ Mayhap the Commodore has taken a
prize or two, and is busy with his
prisoners.”
“ As you were with yours, Tom, at Ve
ra Cruz,” said the Lieute-nan't, ‘‘.when you
flung ’em overboard by the score. I’ve
beard say that one or two of ’em threaten
tened <o visit you on your dying day. Is
that true ?”
“ No more of that, mess-mate,” replied
Tom, scowling on the speaker with an ex
pression of countenance as savage as that
of Polypheme when ke woke and found his
only eye put out, “ no more of that, it’s
what I don’t approve of.”
The Captain he re burst into an uproari
ous laugh. “ And so Tom is actually afraid
of a visit from a eliost or two 1 For shame,
Tom ; what would old Olonoissay to this?”
On die morning, however, a cry of land
was raised from the mast-head, followed al
most immediately by a shout from the same
quarter that a Spanish gaßeon was heaving
in sight. In an instant all was bustle and
uproar, and the wild cheers of exultation
raised fey die crew soon brought up the
Captain on deck, who immediately began
giving orders to his men to see to the gun
and tlie state of the rigging, and, in short,
to make every preparation for a desperate
conflict. These orders were promptly com
plied with, and, all sails being set, the ves
sel soon came near enough to the Don to
perceive that he also was on the alert, and,
confiding in his superior .weight of metal,
evinced not the slightest indisposition to
come to close quarters.
“ Bravo,” exclaimed the pirate chief,
eyeing the Spanish ship with a seaman’s
steady g' ,ze ’ “ s * ,e car, ies a Bold front;
well, so much tbc better, it proves she is a
prize worth tussling fei’j” then turning to
his Lieutenant, “ barti?t’> comrade, pipe all
hands to prayers, and be d—d 10 yon.”
Scarcely was the order issued thail
whole ship’s company made their appear
ance on deck, while their commander, put
ting on an air of uncommon sanctity, seat
ed himself on a gun and began reading one
or two chapters of the Bible.
******
This farce continued for full half an hour,
when Captain Davis, returning the Bible to
his Lieutenant, with a special command
that it should be deposited in the securest
parts of the cabin, started to his legs, and
j exclaimed with a blasphemous oath, at the
; same time pointing to the galeon which Was
now fast bearing down upon them, “yon
der lads is the enemy; twenty piastres to
him who first boards her; ten to him Who
! kills the first man ; and, d’ye hear, no quar
! ler—down with them all; dead men tell no
tales you know.”
While lie thus spoke, bis eye chanced to
fall on Trevanion, (a yonnij man who had
been captured, but spared through the cle
mency of the captain) who stood some pa
ices off, gazing at the approaching Kessel
with looks of mingled hope and curiosity.
' '“Kill the spy—heW down the traitor.”
An angry murmur here rose among the
crew, who crowded close tip to Trevanioii,
As if they Would have hacked him to pieces.
The Lieutenant was the foremrtst, and was
Actually preparing to level his pistol At the
youth’s head, when the Captain, after wrest
ing it from his band, shouted in a voice of
thunder, “down With your barkers, the
first who stirs, dies. D—it, have yoii no
sense of religion, lliat yon thus set your
Captain’s authority at naught? Away; each
man to his post; See, the Don is preparing
his broadside ! As for this yourister, since
he is resolved for a few lionrs to remain neu
tral, I will put it bill of bis power to be
treacherous, so down with you below decks ;
and Woe to you if you play the satne boy’s
game to-morrow.”
Left to the solitude of his cabin, whither
old Tom had hurried him, muttering, as he
thrust him down the companion ladder,
many a tough curSe On the Captain’s folly
in having anything to do with shch a <kfair
weather spark.” John’s thoughts were of
the most distracting nature pdssiblet Now
be determined to rush tip -on deck and
meet art honorable death, fighting side by
side weth tlic Spaniards-, and now, as he
recalled tile immage of Mary,, he desisted
from bis desperate purpose. No, he Said,
while there is ?ife there is h«pe, and possi
bly a few’ hours may pibciH’e me release
from my prison. Courage then, all may
yet be well-.
His reverie was here broken in upon by
the tremendous uproar that now raged up
on deck. To every broadside poured in
by the Don, the pirates responded by a
fierce yell of derision, and a ebnnohade
that set die vessel quivering from stem to
sterm. Oh, how often did John pray for
the success of the Spaniards, though his
heart sank within him* while ever And
anon lie heard the pirate chief cheering on
his men in such terms, as “ give her grape
enough laris* hurrah for the blatk ffag—
now’s your time, Jack lay us alongside
her, and twenty piasters to him who first
tnotmls ■her dec’k*
And how roared the lir.rrk'rthe of battle.
Hark ta the crash of the falling mast—the
demoniac cries of the bucaniers—the blas
phemous oath, the wild hurrah—the tramp
ling of feet on the crimsoned deck, and the
instant rush of life in one shrill, agonizing
scream from some wretch shot right through
the heart ! And while this wholesale car
nage is going forward all is peace and gen
tleness in -surrounding Nature ! Heaven’s
countenance is radient with smiles—the
wind, but of late so fresh, is lulled—the
sea sleeps with scarce a wrinkle on its sur
face. Ob, muo, man! if this world be
“ a wale wf Hears” it is ithon chiefly that
dost ma'ke it so ?
Three times were the pirates repulsed,
and as often did they make good their foot
ing on the enemy’s deck, John mean
while kept listening to the uproar above
bis head with feblings <->findescribable agi
tation, which soon increased to such a de
gree that he could ‘bear it no longer, and,
unarmed as he was, wits iu the act ol .rush
ing up to take part with the Spaniard,
when two men came down bearing old
Tom, mortally wounded, in their arms,
whom, with the utmost sttng froid they’'left
to bleed to death on the cabin floor.
Trevanlon’s feelings were now directed
into a new channel. He approached the
wretch, and strove to staunch the blood that
was flowing from a gaping wound in his
head.. But the veteran waved him oil’.
“ Avast, brother, avast,” he feebly gasped
out, “it’s no use whatsomever—all’s up
with me, <ho’lT it might have been other
wise had the Cap’ll given orders to board |
in time. In the good old days of”
“ Let me raise yow said John, sof
tened by the sight of the pirate’s agonies,
“ and you will breathe more freely,” at the
same time applying his handkerchief .to the
wound.
“Who speaks?” exclaimed t'he dying
man, deliriously. “ Are you going to
shove me over board ? Avast heaving—
I an’t dead yet! Ab, they come! they
warned me they would come, when I flung
’em to the sharks at Vera Cruz Save me,
brother'!—see, they swarm In crowds a
bout me!—now they are standing right
ahead ! —now —pipe all hands to prayers—
that’ll keep ’em off ! ! —Hah, hah !” and
raising himself with difficulty, the fear strick
en wretch just managed to scrable on his
knees, and clasp his hands in prayer, when
he fell bac'k, and lay sU’.etched a corpse at
Trevanion’s feet.
As the young man stood fixed in contem
plation of the ghastly object before twin, bis
ears were sainted by a tr.em-eijidous shout of
“Hurrah., the Don has struck his flag!”
The sound thrilled to John’s heart like 11m;
trump of doom. ■“ Gone, all gone,” he
said, and for the moment meditated suicide
—but soon bis belter genius came to his aid.
he heard the voice of Captain
Davis, in t 0 *l ,e lieutenant’s question
of “ What shall we th.’ with the prisoners ?”
make answer. “Overboard P’ilh them a,.,
then look to the piastres, bring them on
board, and scuttle the ship.”
For some lime after this brief dialogue all
was comparative siilence on board the pirate
ship. At the expiration of an hour. lioKv
ever, the quick tramp of feet again sounded
on the deck, for the ruffians were returning
from the -captured vessel, laden with plun
der. In a few minutes steps descended the
companion, and TrevaniOn could distinctly
hear—for he had now retreated to his own
berth—one or two niert arranging the ta
bles, and m iking preparations for a night
of unusually drunken revelry, while others
were piling up bags of moidores, piastres,
aAd other treasure, in a spare corner of the
cabin.
No sooner were these completed, and the
corpse of old Tdni heaved overboard, than
the Captain hliFried below, and accompa
nied by the skeleton of his crew—for the
late conflict had seriously thinned their
numlfers —took Ills seat At the head of the
table. “No business to-night, lads,said
hej “ it will be time enough to divide the
booty to-mofrow,” and he tossed off a latge
horn-full of raw brandy to the Success of
of the black flag-.
From this lime all was ciamottr and con
fusion.
[After the drunker! revelry-, And while
the pirates were asleep, Trevanion cast
loose a boat and went ashore-. The town
that sheltered hini soon afterwards became
n frightful scene of blood.] — Blackwood,
for July.
[From the Pickwick Papers.]
THE COBBLER.
He was a sallow man-—all cobblers are ;
and had a strong bristly beard ; all cob
blers have; his face was a qneef, good na
tured, crooked featured piece of workman
ship-, ornamented with A couple of eyes that
must have worn a very joyous expression
at one time, for they sparkled yet. The
man was sixty by years, and Heaven knows
how old by impri-sOtiment, so that his hav
ing any look approaching to mirth or con
tentment, was Singular enough. He was a
little man-, and being half doubled up as he
lay in bed, looked about as long as he ought
to have heen without his legs. He had a
great red pipe in his mouth, and has smok
ing and staring'at the rushlight hi a state
of enviable placidity.
“ Have you beeh here kmg?” inquired
Sam, breaking thesifente Which bad lasted
for some time.
“ Twelve years,” said the cobbler; -biting
the end of his pij>e as he Spoke;
y Contempt inquired Sara;
The cobbler nodded.
“ Veil, then,” said sam, with -Sonic
sternness, “wot do yoii ptwfeevcfe in bein’
obstinit-for, va-stixig yotiVprecious life avay
in this here magtrified pound? Vy don’t
you give itl and tell the Chancellorship that
y'dh’re werry sorry tor makin’ his court
contemptible, and you won’t do so no
more?” •
Tlfetohbirf pit li s pipe in the 'corner
of his month, while he smiled, and then
brought it back to its old place again, but
said nothing.
“ Vy don’t you?” said Sam; Urging his
question strenuously.
“Ah,” said the cobbler, “you don’i
quite understand these matters* What do
you suppose ruined me, now ?”
‘ Vy,’ said Sam, trimming the rushlight,
‘ I s’pose the beginnin’ was that you got in
debt, eh ?’
‘ Never owed a farden,’ said the cobbler :
‘ try again.’
‘Veil/said Sam, ‘you bought houses.
vich is delicate English far goin’ mad, or ■
took to buildiu’, vic'll Is a meciicaJ term for ;
bein’ incurable.’
The -cdb'bfer-tdtQok his head, :;nd said—
‘Try again.’
‘ You didn’t go to law, I hope ?’ said
Sam, suspiciously.
‘Never in my life,’ replied the cobbler.
‘ The fact <ls, J was ruined by having mo
ney left me..’’
‘ Come, come,’ said Sam, ‘ that won’t
do. I visit some rich enemy ’nd try to
vork iwy destruction in that ere vay. I’d
let him.’
‘ Oh, I dare say you don’jt believe it,’
said the cobbler, quietly smoking bis pipe.
‘ I wouldn’t if I was you; but jt.is itrue for
allithat.’
‘How was it'!’ inquired Sam, Iralf'in
duced to believe the fact already by thelloolk
the cobbler gave him.
‘Just this,’ replied ithe cobbler; 4 an old
gentleman that I wor'k-ed for, down in the
country, and a humble relation of whose I
married—she’s dead, God bless her, and
thank him for it—was seized with a fit and
went oil'— ’
‘ Where ?’ inquired Sam, who was grow
ing sleepy, after the numerous events of
the day.
How should I know where be went?’
said the cobbler, speaking through his nose,
in an intense enjoyment of liis pipe. ‘He
went off dead.’
‘Oh, that indeed,’ said :Sam. ‘Veil,’
‘ Wei!,’ said the cobbler, ‘ he left five thou
sand pounds behind him.’
‘ And very genteel jn him to. do so,’ said
Sam.
• One of which,’ continued the cobbler,
‘ he left to me, ’cause I married his relation
you see.’
‘ Werry good,’ .CHUirmtrred Saim.
‘ And being surrounded by a great num
ber of nieces and nevys, as was always
fighting and quarrelling among themselves
about the pj-®perty, be makes me his execu
tor, and leaves the rest u® me in trust, to
divide araoag ’em us the will provided-’
4 Wot do -yoHiSiean by leavin’ it mi Hrast,’ ’
inquired Sain., ‘‘if it ain’t ready money,
veie’s the use on it ?’
4 It’s a kvw terra, that’s .all,’ said ibeceli
blcr.
‘ I don’t think that,’ said Sam, shaking
his head, ‘ there’s very little trust at that
;lib|L Hows’ever, go on.’
‘ Well,’ said the ‘ when 1 was go
ing to take out a probate of the will, *he
nieces and O vys, who Mas desperately dis
appointed at not getting all the money,
enters a caveat against it-.’
‘ What’s that?’ inquired Sam-.
“A legal instrument, which is as inii'cli
As to say’, it’s no go,” replied the cobbler.
“ I see,” said Samy “A sort Os btother
in-law to the have-his-caVcase; Veil—”
“.But,” continued the'cobbler, “ finding
that they could hoi AgWe ainottg them
selves; and consequently toiildn’t get tip a
case against the will, they withdrew the ca
veat, And I paid all the legacies; t had
hardly done it, When one nevy brings ah
acfioii to se* the will aside. The caierathe
oh some fito.taihs afterwards-, before A deaf
old gentleman, In a back room sOtheWliere
down by Paul’s chureliyatd; and after
four counsels had takert a day ajjicice th bo
ther him regulArly; he takes a week or itvb
to consldet and read the exklente hi six
volumes; and then gives his judgment that
how the testator Was hot quite right in his
head; And t must pay all the inbnev Lack
again-, ahd all the Costs. 1 Appealed ; the
case came on before three or four very
sleepy gentlemen, who had heard it all be
fdre in the Otliet cotirt, \x here they’ l re law
yers without work ;‘the only diffeten'ce be
ing that they’re called docto'rs, attd rh the
other place delegates-, If Understand
that; and they very diitifiilly confirmed
the decision of the did gentleman below;
After that we went into jChincefy, wfeei-e
we are still; ahd 'where I shall al'Ways be.
My lawyers have had ail hiy thousand
pounds long Ago; and What between the
estate, as they taSi It, and the costs, I’tn
here for tert ihohsand; And shall stop here
till I die, hVendiiig shoes-. Some gentlehi'en
have Hiked Os bringing it before PirViA
inent; ahd I dare say would haV'e do'tte it,
only they hadn’t time to come to me, &nd I
hadn’t power to go to them ; and they got
tired of my long letters, and dropped the
business. And this is God’s Uulh., vvkihout
one-word of suppression oF ckhggrira’iscrti,
as fifty people; both in tiiis piao* And Otit
of it, very well know.”
The Cobbler paused id Aster'tain What ef
fect his story Would hnVe tSpOti Sard, but
I finding he had dropped asleep, knocked the
I ashes nut of his [Sipe, Sighed, put it down,
drew the bed-clothes Over his Ifead; and
wcftl to sleep;
Tricks at Netcmarkel.— The tricks that
are played A-t Newmarket to obtain unfair
adVAntageS, and the Still better tricks by
which they are sometimes counteracted, fur
nish many-eriliVenitig anecdotes; For in
stance,, the lAte EAri of 'GrosvenoF had a
horse heAvily engaged at the Craven meet
ing ; and a few days before lie was to -run a
report was circulated that Ixercoleighed; But
whence the report? Why, a man had been
j hired by a party to lie all night On the reof
i of liis box to ascertain the fact which he
j proclaimed. His authority, however, be
ing doubted, another was employed to per
form the same office on the following ns-glit,
' which c<»ming to the cars of the tsainer,
was immediately reported to liis iaofele em
ployer.
“Have we no hoFte that cor.ghs?” in
quired his Lol’dship;
“ We hav.t's»n<’, my Lord,” was the rc.
.. . a 1
“Then, Said Ins Lordshim “let him
be put in the box over which the fellow is
to pass the night, and, if be does not catch
his death from the cold northeast wind pud
sleet, we shall do very well.”
Os course the odds became very heavy
□ gainst the hofse frog; (he report of this
PUBLISHED BY F. E.
WIfOEF. *O.
second herald, and his Lordship ptiekcteil
a large sum by his horse, who w.oh bls>r»cc
with .ease.
Still later, indeed, the parties being now
alive (the one no other than Mr. Wilson,
the widest menftier of the Jock ey Club, the
other a noble Duke, then a noble Viscount,)
a very fair adx'fl rrtage was-taken of a report
circulated by one of these wat< hers, vul
garly called ‘ totrtws.’ Mr. was
about to try atw o year-odd colt, and Iliad
entered his trial for the memiwv-
“ We must not try to-morrew, Sir,” sajd
the trainer.
“ Why not ?” inquired Mr. WHsoau
“We shall be watched, Sir,” replied
trainer, “ and the horse’s white fore lleg
will be sure to let out the cat-”
•“ Leave that'to me,” said Mr. Wil so®,
“ 1 shall be at the stable before you go -ont
with the horses ;” and, coming (prepared
witli the materials for the purpose, bepaMH
it d the wliiite fore leg of the old horse,
black, and the fellow one of the colt wb’rt*,
and so they w.ent IO the ground. The old
one, as itnay be imagined, ran die fastest
and longest; 'but, being mistaken by the
“toutcr” for (the young one. his fame <ery
soon spread, ami 'lse was sold next day to
the noble Viscount for 1,500 guineas, be
ing some where about 2,100 ino-re than i»e
was worth.
The march of Intellect and rognery,
which appears to have run a dead heat ■»*
the turf, has made people wiser and sliarjiw
respecting sttela malt ter s as these. The
Marquis ®f Exeter keeps bis trying saddles
tinder liis tswn locks; and 'has a machine
for weighing Ills trial riders, which show*
the weight to htnatelf, and to one bnt
himself.
Parisian Lovers.— A mutual passion had
’been formed between a yomng clerk of Paris
and Madame B -, a married lady resi-
ding near St. Germain, who, though ap
proaching the age xis 40, was still hand
some. The clerk, a few mornings back,
paid a visit to the lady, and informed Irer
tba,t he w as about to travel for ten months,
i but was resolved not to go without her;
and, <*o her oljecting to dope witli bitu,
■ declared that if by five o’clock in the niter
noon, lie did not receive from her a promise
to accompany him, he would cotne again
to the lionise, and, if eertaht signals wrre
. not answered, tic would ring the l»vll.
Show Id this bring her husband to the door,
the clerk assured her that lie would first
shoot him, and then destroy feiniselfl Ma
dame B , though under the greatest
agony during the day, remained firm toiler
resolution, The appointed hour arihcd,
the signals were made, an 1 being unan
swered, the bell was rang with great vio
lence. Mr. B-“ 4 rose io go to the dnor,
blit liis wife threw herself at ills feel ami
entreatAd him not to stir; but he brol»
frOtn her-, and had liis hand on (lie lork,
when 'the j-teport of a pistol was hearth On
opening the door, Mn B^— stumbled over
a dead body, tile head of which* split by
the contents of a pistol, was lying on the
step. On seeing this horrible spectacle,
MadAthe B , Who had followed her
husbAnd to the door, fell dead al his feel,
Washington tind Bonaparte;— Each b
Fewarded according to his deeds. Wash*
ington raised a nation to independence.—
From the height of power he quietly with
draws to his paternal mansion-, and is galli*
ered 10 his fathers; Amidst the tears of hk
compatriots ahd the veneFation of the world*
BrtnAparle \vFtstcd from a nation heF Indt
peiufeitee; From the imperial throne he is
precipitated into exile, where the fears of the
natifenS of the earth Would not belieVe hint
sufficiently setune under the safeguard of
the detail. Feeble and fastened th a.rock*
as long as he wrestled with death, Europe
dared not to disarm. At last he expires.
The news of his death, publisTfclTaiTlie gate*
of that palate wisene tlieiconqiicForhrtd t!U»-
sed so many funerals to be proclaitrieH, •*
received withoiit emotion. WhAt catiMetcad
the citizens to weep ? The republic of Wash
ington elsists; The empire Os Bonaparte
has pAssed Aw?y; Washington Fluid Bona
parte bottb sprang from A reprtbix; Both
the ntoeliMgsof liberty, the fornier remain
ed faithlttl to her; the latter betrayed her.
Their destinies, according to t!ieir choice,
will be different itu future ages; The name
. of Washington •will co-ex teiid 'With freedom
from age to age; It will tttark the com
mencement of a new era fbF tlFe human spr
'cies; 't'he nArne of Bonaparte w ill also be
proclaimed by future gt-iierAtions; but it
will n'dtbe accompanied by the benedictions
of posterity. Tyvanis, great and small,
will shelter themselves; Washington ha*
been the firitb.ftil repreSerttative of the wants,
the ideas, the intcllig-ence, and the opinions
of Iris age. Instead ofthlVartintr, he ciico* -
gedllie progress of frtetedom. His dei,irnj‘m
nation was to accomplish. the cO’
herence and perpettiity of L' ( s labors. Tlih
•man, Fvho dazzles and r.stonuhes but Hide*
because he is riatlits'i, has iden'ified his ex
istence with the existence of die country
His glory is the patrimony nf increasing ci
vilization. ; his fame -rises lake one of those
sancti-.uries that affnrd an inexhaustible
soi'.cce of happiness for the human race.—•
Bonaparte likewise had it in his power
increase ike sum of human felicity. At the
head df a nation '.he most civilized, th*
most Intelligent, the bravest and the most
brilliant on earth, what would n w liayj
been the ground occupied by him th»
i {Universe, if, to his heroic qualities, he had
joined that of magnanimity, and if, uniting
Bonaparte and Washington, he had consti
‘ tuted liberty die heir of his glory ! But
this imaieasurable giant did not completely
’ CWUnect Iris destiny with that of his colcm
porery. His genius was of our days, fe.is
i ambition of those that the miracles ot fe: s
> life greatly surp-isscd, the worth of a dui
i dem, and that liis gothic ornament would
1 ill become him. In his eyes, men were but
a means of power; he Ind no common
r sympathies with his fellow beings. Hefi.i j
’ p.r.cw4£ed theu? chains; he ieparuicJ