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EDITKD BV TIIOUAS IJAYWIS,
VOL, V. NO. 41.
'jlfjje of £sT,nicni,
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year, and no paper discontinued, but at the option of the publisher, until all arrear
ages are paid.
ADMINISTRATOR’S SALE. —-Will be sold at Hie Coutt House
floor, in the town of Newnan. Coweta Co. agreeable to an order
of the Inferior Coutt. on the first Tuesday in January next, a lot of
Land, No 200. Ist dist.-sis said Co. as the ptopertv of lynathun Smith,
late of shift county, dead. life benefit ot the heirs mid creditors of
said deceased. JNO. MURPHY. Adm.
Oct. 23. 40—9 w
Administrator s sale —wm be sold, on the first Tu sday
in January n xt. within the legal hours of sale, before the Court
House door in Ihe town of Hawkinsville. Pulaski county, one lot of land
No. ninety-five. (!)”>) in the fourth District of Originally Dooly, now
Pulaski county, as the property of .lames p. Cherry deceased.
Sold for the benefit of the heirs and creditors of said deceased. Terms
m ide known on the day of sale. DUNCAN L. FLEMING, Adin'r.
October 12. 1838. 40.—9 r.
ADMINISTRATOR'S SALE.—WiII lie sold, on the first Tuesday
in January next, at Hawkinsville. Pulaski county, agreeable to
uu order ot the Inletior Court of said county, when sitting for ordinary
purposes, all the lands belonging to the estate of Joseph .1 Bracewell,
late of said county deceased. B. W. BRACEWELL, Atim'r.
October 10. 1838. 40.—9 t.
IScymiiage Female Sentititsitf,
RE wdl be a public examination of the Pupils of this Institu-
B tiou on Thursday, November Sth.
N. LONGFELLOW, Principal.
Scottsboro', Oct. 20, 1833. 40—2 t
STOLEN from the Suh-cnl ers some time the latter part of last
week, one chest containing sundry articles of apparel, thiity-five
dollars in cash, ami the following notes of hand, which we notify tile
public, have been stolen, and the makers thereof, ami forewarn them
from paying them or either of them unless presented by the payers.
ANAMAS BROUGHTON,
WILLIAM BROUGH I ON.
COPY NOTE.
On or before the 25tb December next we promise to pay William and
Ananias Broughton or bearer Three hundred and Fifty dollars, value
received, 19th July, 1837.
Signed, GEORGE S. BLACK.
Ui.PHREY W. COBB.
COPY NOTE.
On or before the 25th of Dei ember, eighteen hundred and thirty
eight, we promise to pay William ami Anaidas Broughton, or bearer.
Three hundred and fifty doilais. value received, 19th July. 1537.
Signed, GEORGE S. BLACK,
L’.MI’HREY W. COBB.
GEORGIA, DeKalb County,
Fersoually appeared before me Ananias Broughton, who being duly
sworn, deposeth and saith that the above are substantial copies of the
notes stolen from his possession. hi,
ANANIAS X BROUGHTON,
mark. *
Sworn to ami subscribed before me this 2d October, I'3B.
28—ts LOCHLIN JOHNSON. J I. C.
r-T-W WA KB.HOI'SE
Ejj’-'s- <■'' » *' B r<- :i -■ 'i
Commission Business. J.
THE undersigned having taken the Ware House formerly occupied
by Mr Benjamin Baird, on Green street, off rs himself for the
tiansaetion of the IPAIIE HOUSE AND COMMISSION HUSI
NESS, ami respectfully solicits a shun of public patronage. Atrangc
nieilts have been made to afford liberal advances on l.'otlui and Goods
iu store Insurance has been effected to cover all produce in -tore.
Augusta, Oct 9. 1838. 38—3 m. HENRY RIVES.
CIEORGIA AGRICULTURAL IMPLEMENT MANUFACTORY AND
I" AUGUSTA IRON AND BRASS 101 NDRY, corner of Jones and Cum
ming streets, second corner above the Planters' Hotel.—The subscriber would call
the attention of Planters and others to tne assortment ot AGRICULTURAL IM
PLEMENTS, &.c. which he lias on hand, consisting of l*lou«lis of tlie most ap
proved kinds and of the dilferent sizes, from light on -horse to lira, y four-horse; llitl
aide and Drill Ploughs, Seed Sowers, Harrows, Thrashing 'la< bines, Corn isliellerr
dilferent kinds; Corn ami Cob Crn-li rs, a nrst rate article; Wheal Fans, Hoiniiiv .Mills’
Cylindrical Straw Cutters of dilkrciit sizes; al-o, various other Straw Cutters- Su
gar Mills, Paint Mills, Turning Lathes, Ciieidnr Saws, Tv re-bending .Machines’ &c.
He is prepared to do heavy Iron Turning, or any other work in his line at short
notice.
The Iron ami Brass Foundry is in full operation, having a first rate workman to
superintend the business, ami a good stock of the best piz iron and coal on hand.
Those in want of machine or any other kind of Castings, may depend on their bein'-
well done end of good quality.
Castings forCotton Gin Gearing, always om hand ; also,Mill Irons,&c.
s—ts ROBERT PHILIP.
JOIN bascombe. :
THIS renowned and ever memorable HORSE, will
£& "feupy hi- old stand at the Hampton Course, in the
’nW Tv vic '"’. t J r nl Augusta, umlermy direction. Col. L'row
ell, his owner, after return tig from his tour through
the North, East, and West, has come to the conclusion, to allow ItinHo
remain with me another season. Ajiplii atintis were made iu various
sections of our country; unlimited business was guaranteed; large
sums offered by various gentlemen for the service of the Horse; but
Col. Crowell threw aside all minor considerations, all pecuniary mo
tives, when, ou his return, lie found so many solicitations, from various
quarters of the South, to allow the Horse to remain with me. that he at
length yielded and gratified their wishes. In fact, BASCOMBE has
so many warm admirers, that they nearly view him as their common
property. BASCOMBE has attained his end in one point; he has put to
rest all those little, petty slanders, relative to impotency, as he Iris proven
himself as sure a foal-getter as any horse that stands on four feet. His
first get was dropped this season ; each and every person s colt, in dif
ferent parts of the South, is the crack and brag coll ; in fact, for game
like appearance, quickness of action, sprightliuess and playfulness, un
»ui passed
He will commence his season on the L>th of February nextto ter
minate on lh« 15th of July.
Terms— sloo the season, and $1 to the groom. Good lots fine sta-
Jiles. pastures, ami provender, will be provid d for the mares ; no Haiti -
it y for escapes or accidents Persons sending mares, are particularly
requested to semi their pedigree ; ol.so. notes made payable to John Crow
ell. or bearer; the expenses of the mares to be paid before taking them
away. .Mures remaining with the Horse, will be well taken care of at
50 cents per tiny .Servants with them fe ' gratis.
It is useless to mention pedigree ami performances ; BASCOMBE’S
•peak for themselves; the world know them; his name will bo handed
down from Turfite to Turfite; and when no mo-e. the bosoms of future
sportsmen will swell with tin oliou and delight, when th-y bear men
tioned the name of BASCOMBE. F. W LACY.
October 9, 1838. 38—8 t.
([/"The Charleston Mercury, Columbia Te!cs-ope, Milledgeville
Standard of Uni in. Macon Telegraph, Columbus Herald and Sentinel.
Athens Banner. Savannah Georgian. Montgomery (Ala ) Journal, and
Raleigh Register, will give the above eight weekly insertions, and for
ward their bill to F. W. L.
RUNAWAY NEGRO.
/KT 7 Ran away from the Subscriber, on the 13th of Septern
her, a negro man by the name of WARREN, about 25 or
/ 26 years old. having lost some of his fore teeth It is pre
suiiied that he has -biiped his course for Charleston, S, C.
A liberal reward will be paid for his apprebension'aiid sal's- keeping, so
that I get him again.
BYRDM. GRACE.
P. S. Letters will reach mo cither at Columbus, Geo., or Henry
Court House. Ala.
ff/" The Georgia and South Carolina papers will copy the above
fur lim'-s, and forward their accounts to this office.— Columbus Sentinel
On. 23. 1(1—It
tjSOR SALE.—The Subscriber offers for sale his house and lot, con
taining about ten acres of land, at Midway, >4 miles from Mil
edgeville, half a mile from the Oglethorpe I'nive sity Those wishing
to purchase a most healthy, dcsirabld residence, will do well to apply
• o, i o - 1 L. COWLES.
J "'y >7 26—ts.
of fllwit®
BBs LEBWE VILLE, GEOHGH. TUSESBAY MOBNBIW, OtTOBEK tLO, BS»S.
MILLEDGEVILLE COURSE, GEORGIA.
THE Annual Jockey Club
Vah meeting w ill commence
011 Moa'lay, the 12th of No
vemlier next, and conjimie
- ’sixdays. The following pur
'[ ■ Ww. ses w ill be given.
j 1 *'''■ ■ —' * >osl ln ' iP
. ’ / •-- foui mile heats, entrance five
hundred dollars, two hundred
~" ~ ami fifty forfeit—3 or more to
make a race: to close the first of October, and name at the stand.
Iverson & Bonner, - - - - - * - -1
Lovel & Hammond. - - - - - - - I 9
2d day—Mile heats, for a fine Silver Pitcher and Cup, worth §2OO.
for colts and fillies, 2or 3 years 01d,§25 dollars entrance—3 or more to 1
make a race.
Also, on the same day. there will he a MATCH RAfIE for §SOO- ■
a side, between Major Row ell’s Truffle Colt and Col. A- H. Rehau's
G fftanah.—Mile heats.
3td day—Two mile heat, free for all, Purse, $ 300.
4th day—Three “ “ “ « Purse. 500.-
slhday—Four “ “ “ •• Purse, 1000
6th day—Otic mile heats, best 3in 5. Purse. 400.
11. F. YOUNG, & CO. Proprietors.
Milledgeville July 31st. 1838. 28—wilt.
I. GOOD ■. —The suhscrihet has the pleasute to infotin his friends
J.M and etistomers, that in addition to his former stock, he is now re
ceiving a new and general assortment of Fall and Winter. Fancy and
Staple Goods, w hich has been carefully selected by himself in the
Charleston. New-York, and Boston markets, from the latest arrivals
from Europe, w hich he will dispose of at the loxvest prices, to responsi
ble customers, at the usual credit. Thankful lot the past patronage of
his (riends and the publie, he I opes to merit a continuation of the same
and respectfully invites them to call and examine his stock, whit h will
he cmistantlo replenished by frequent and regular remkam es from his
friends in New-Yotk and < harle-ton.
He also has on hand, a large lot of the best Cotton Bagging—Negro
r-hoes—Blankets—Wool Hats. &c. &c. &c.
JAMES T. TANK.
September 11. 34 gt
ffi B. \vTfOR(’E & co.
V-J WHOLESALE SHOE DEALERS,
A irgusta. Georgia.
1000 —One Thousand Packages Boots and Shoes, comprising
every article ia the line, which can be sohl as low as in the Not thorn cities —ail ar
rangements being with manufactures direct. .V full assortment of all kinds of
Lenther.
Atigustn, March 20.. IL W. FORCE &. CO.
0" AW.—Tlie subscribers has removed from Clarksville to Cassville, and will prac
s J tice Law iu all the Counties cf the Cliorokee Circuit, and in the Comities of
Cherokee mid Benton, Alabama. His olilce is in the W ing of Dver’s Store.
April 24 11—ts WM. H. ST E E LAI AN.
STOLEN ftom behind the stage belonging to the People’- Line, be
tween Kennetla’s stand ami Sparta, a black leather trunk, contain
ing sundry wearing apparel marked T. W. II ; a pocket case of surgi
cal instruments : a pocket case of tooth extraciittg instritnicn s . a
manuscript copy of medical lectuies as delivered by the professors at
tached to the College of Physicians and Surgeons at New-Yotk in 1835
and ”.:6; a pair of pocket pistols; a dirk; a pocket hook containing a
numb 1 of papers and documents addressed and belonging to T. W.
Hotsfield, and of 110 use to any othei person ; a st.tn of money in specie.
Any person finding any of the above articles w ill please direct a letter
through the Post Office directed to T. W. Horsfield. care of R. T. Hors- I
field, M D.. No. 145 Eighth Avenue, New-York, will he suitably re
warded ; or at the Agent’s of the People’s Line at Wn teuton, or at
Win. McKie’s, al Sparta. Oct. 24. 40tf
Ml SCE LL A NIEOIISi 7
From the United Serrice Journal.
EXTRAORDINARY SECT OF FANATICS IN INDIA.
Ever sim c I have been in India I have heard ol a class of Mus
sulmans, the disciples of a sect or saint, by name Shaikh Ruffin, who
in order to impress the tinbelievi is with iliettiith ol the Mussulman's
faith, imparted to his followers th p i.ier of phingingswords and dag
gers into their bodies, cutting off tlteir tongue, living it anil pulling it
together again, cutting off the Iti-ad and limbs, scooping out the eve,
and in truth, doing with their bodies whatever it pleased them Iodo:
all of which, Col. G , m company with a cleigv man, a Mt.
R , h.id seen, when th latte: glow sick and ran out ol the pl,ice,
declaring it was the oowi r of Satan, which to this dav he believes,
and the C olot-iel, Unit it is done 1 lining It Ihe power of the art magic, at
which I, of ctiiitsr, laughed and declared that so stum as 1 man of the
r ■giniein (by the na tie of Shaikh Kureeti, one of these Rufiai,)
should return irom furlough, I would wiimss tlieexi ibittou.
A btrge tent was act-oidingly pit, lierl, and fifiv l.'iiip-. I’m uishetl,
and plates full ofarsenic, anil quantities ofa plant ot ibe cactus tribe
filled with a milky juice, a drop of which, if 11 fail on \ mir skin, Idis
ters it, and a vast quamity of the emu g ass b ingles u; bracelets,
wort) by the women, and daggers an I words, and Hi ngs like thick
s eel skewers, un i other horrid looking weapons like a httii her’s steel,
only with a handle coveted with chains, and about twin y Roflais to
beat all manner of o'rmns, and so, when all was ready, alioti. five t>f
the officers left the mess table wit b myself, and along with us a hunt a
hundred sepoys crowded into the tent. When we were seated and
silence obtained, the work commenced by a sort of chant from their
sacred books, the drum beaters joining in and keeping time; the
chant increased at length both in noise and velocity, until having
worked themselves into an ecsiacy, they seized hold of the instni-'
ments the body kept in a sort of swinging motion, plunged the skewer’
instrument, one through each cheek, another thro> git the tongue, a
third through the throat, and then commenced stabbing themselves
with swords and daggers, and all sorts of nasty instruments. Others
cut off their longue anti having roasted it in the fire put it in their
month again, when it immediately united, they eat the arsenic tint!
the blistering milk plant, whilst others mttucl.ed the glass bangles as
though they were the greatest delicacies. This was all done "within
.1 ball a yard of my knees, for they came up close to me with many
lamps in order that I might see there was no deception; and I do
assure you that it made me feel sii k, and produced anything but an
agreeable sensation on my mind, for to this moment I know nut what
to think of it. lam not superstitious ; and although the Colonel and
numerous most respectable natives had declared to me that they did
actually tin those things, and that if a sense were to be in anv manner
trusted, they had seen it all done, I would nevertheless n:i4 helievt- it.
I was told beforehand, that it required laith and purity on the part of
the performer, and that not a drop of blood would follow, but that
otherwise, a few- drops of blood would sometimes follow the instill
ments, and tire pet lot rner would rertuve some slight injury.
On taking my departure from the tent I happened to sav that I
should, at all events, think more honorably of their prowess if I saw
them exhibit in the open face of day, and rlivested of noise, m< tiou,
paraphernalia, &.<*. On the following day, while redming on tnv
touch, at about two o clock, reading an English newspaper, without
a.seivantora soul near me, in rushed their Kazee, (priest or fudge,),
his hand lull pf instruments, which throwing upon the ground, he
seized one, plunged it through his cheek on the left side, another on
the tight, a third through his tongue upwards, so that it stuck into his
nose, another through his thioat ; lie then stabbed hinist If with a bright
sharp creese, which entered bis body about three incites; not a drop
of fell; he was going to cut off his tongue, when I begged of
him to desist. I was, in truth, perfectly nauseated at the sight” ' The
man was ina state of phrenzv, and really looked fright lid, his face
stuck full of instruments and stabbing mui cutting himself v iih all his
might. 1 sang out for some: people and t trued hi it out.
I have now told yon what. I have seen, and 1 will not ask you to
be lieve, it, for I know not mysi If w hat to think. There an- many
persons of very strong minds in other icspecis who firmly believe,
and who do not hesitate tn declare their belief, that although driven
out of Christendom, demonology, witrhcrafi, m cromattcv and do
entire list of black and foibitftb n infs and powers are abroad and in
full existence in India. And I must declare that I will never again
trust mv sense if I did not see all tli.it I have I Id you. I examined
the instillments, — I saw litem drawn mil of the flesh, and no scar or
blood or mark left ; I also saw a man eat and swallow three ounces of
arsenic, and mine It and swallow glass bangles itimtmeiable ; and yet,
although “seeing is believing,” I can scarcely say that 1 believe what
before a court of justice I would swear I have seen.
LOVE AND MARRIAGE.
A case was recently {rie l in Riid ind, Vermon', in which a Miss
Manson recovered §1425 of a Mr. 11 ratings, sot a bteach of mar
riage coiltract. The curiosity of lite thing is, that the Vermont
.Judge charged the jury, “ that no explicit promise was necessary
<>)</>• < emscieme—Oter C»ii>ilnj-—Our
Io bind the parties to a martiage contract, but that long continued
attentions or intimacy with a female, was as good evidence of intend
ed matrimony, as a special contract.” The principle of tlte case
undoubtedly is, that if Hastings did not promise, he plight to have
done it! And so the law holdshim responsible for the non-perform
ance of his duty. A most excellent decision—a most righteous
judge—compared with whim Daniel would appear but a common
squire. We have no idea of a young fellow dangling about a wo
man for a year or two, without.being able to screw hjs courage to the
sticking point, and then going off leaving his sweetheart*half court
ed ; we hate this everlasting nibble, and never a bite—4his beating
t|ie bush and never starting the game—-this standing to the rack ami
never touching the corn ; it is the cry ing sin of fin; age. There is
not omr girl in tyventy can tell whether she is courted or not. No
that when Betty Simper’s cousin asked her if .Billy Doubt
ful was courting her, answered— ‘ I don’t know ’xacr'y—lie is .sor
ter courtin’ apd sorter not courtin’. ’ We liava n.-, dpiibt that this
Hasting is one of ‘ sorter nut’ fellows, and hjost heartily do
tve rejoice that the judge has brought him upstanding with a §1425
verdict.
I’he judge says, “ that long continued attentions,” or ‘ intimacy,’
is just as good as a regular promise. Now tve do not kuoyv yvlut
would pass lor ‘ intimacy’ according to the laws of Vermont, hut
supposing ‘ attentions’ in visiting a girl tyvice a week, and estimating
the time yvasted by Miss Manson at each visiting, to be yvortli a dol
lar, whii h is dog cheap, Mr. Hastings has been making a fool of him
self tout teen years and some odd yveeks.
This decision snakes a new rein to the layv of love, and we doubt
not yvill tend to the promotion of matrimony and sound morality.
[Utica Democrat.
From the New Orleans Picayune.
THE SPIRITS OF THE SWAMP.
Reader, were you ever belated and lost, in the syvamps that lie in
the t ear of this great city ? The perils of rubbers on the shell-road
o! which so much h is be.-n said, are nothing in comparison yvith the
horrors that may there beset ywtt. Listen to my stoty.
I had been gunning afoot of a muiky afternoon 011 the Metairie
Ridge. Thoughtless of the lapse of time, I found, when night set in,
that I was on the borders of the Great Prarie which skirts the upper
parts of Lake Ponchartraiu ; and the last glimmerings of daylight
yvi.-rt l just illuming the yvestern side of that vast expanse, as I again
entered the thicket, to limit mv ivay home.
With the commencement of night, there also commenced a dismal,
drizzling rain, accompanied by let hie flashes of lightning atid distant
thunder. The miserable plight in which 1 soon found myself and
I all my equipments, it is not necessary to describe. I plodded on,
being exceedingly anxious to reach the citv. Intending to come in
by the way of the Bayou Bi id, e, 1 proceeded on mv course for some
time after 1 crossed the Next Canal and the Nashville Rail Road—
when, by some singular mishap, 1 left the Metairie road, and
plunged"into the wood to the tight. Whether there was a fork of
the toad tn that direction, or whether I was stupefied with fatigue,
or misled by a “ xx ill-i.’-lhe-wi-p,” I cannot say ; but one tiling is
cert lin I haveno recollection of my tramp after leaving the road,
until 1 found myself entangled in thickets, and briars, and decayed
timber, with my feet embedded in mud and water, wliicjt reached
■ almost to my knees.
i 1 had evidently strayed some distance from my course, but to re-
I gain it was out of mv power. The thick tlouds shut out all aid
xvhit h I might otherwise have obtained, from my knowledge of the
constellations.
\\ hen I had sufTuientlv aroused my energies to reflect upon mv
situation, I seemed spell-bound. The thick darkness xvhicli slit tiuded
that spot was li.iriibie. It s'-emetl as if ail *he earth was shut out
from me. Even the diamond upon my finger refused to lend a beam
of light.
In the midst of my gloomy musings, a hoatse sepulcbural sound,
resembling in some respects a fLiiirrah of trumpets, broke upon mv
'ear from the ground beneath my feet. At first k s'-emed to he far
ihnx'n hut gradually rising and becoming more distinct, the infernal
music appeared to lie d im ing upon the surface of the foul and
I pestiferous pou] in which I stood.
| In a feyv niumeiits I hear I the taint notes of a numerous chorus of
j unearthly voices, chiming in Horn underground yvith the blasts of the
trumpet. As the sound appro.iclie.l nailer ami nearer, about to
emerge into the open air, and so profusely scattered, that for some
oistance lotrnd me, every spot seemed to lie studded yvith speaking
creatures, my feelings wete unutterable. I made an efflu t, however,
to collect mysell an,l to abide the result, yvh itevei it might be.
At length there yvas a dim glotv, apparently of pltHsphorescence,
affording a sickly light to Hie rvhole of the surrounding yvater. it
gradually became mure ami more distinct as the chorus of voices
ascended towards the surface.— Presently, the source of this light—
a light so pah', so death-like, that it yvas even more execrable than
Hie deepest darkness—reachi d the open air and met mv bewildered
senses.
1 iie light proceeded from the choristers themselves. They
from the black, thick, foetid waters in numbers yvhich it was
impossible for me to reckon. They yvere of Liliputian size, and of
a thousand fantastic forms, such as mv fancy had never depicted—
I all gliding about as il endowed yvith xvings. The substance ot these
figures seemed to partake of nothing in common yvith animated
existence. Now they would seem to be mere dancing spots of dull
phosphorescent light, and then assume a livid hue as if they em
; bodied all the secret soutces of disease, and death, and putrefaction.
All the yvltile, the choir kept up their hateful usic, till, each in
dividual having fixed itself in a quiescent slate on the bosom of the
pool, they all joined in an obstreperous finale, xvhiclt yvas still louder
and more discordant than any of the previous performances, and
yvhich yvaketl the echoes slumbering in that solitude.
The music having ceased, a ghastly looking figure, which set-n ed
to be the Chief, rose from the yvater, and poising himself a shi rt
distance in front of me, discoursed to me thus:
“ Wh it lias impelled thee, adventurous stranger, at this the mid
night hour, to violate the sanctity of our retreat ? Hast heard of our
community, and, yvith the reckless spirit of inquiry common to mor
tals, art studious to cultivate an aeqauintance with us?”
To this salutation I replied in the best wav I could, that I had no
particular anxiety to he on intimate terms xvith them—but, as fate
had placed me in their company, I xvould thankfully receive and
cherish any information they might please to impart.
Here the ’runipets gave another flout ish, anti the choir a lengthen
ed peal—with li In ing ended, the spokesman proceeded:
“ Know then, courteous stranger, that I have been monfirch of
this spot Irom the day that your proud citv was founded. Mv sub
jects from thence forward have been daily flocking to mv realm.
I hev are the < lhereal spit its which emanate from the mouldering
hones, and the disbotiored human carcasses upon yvhich veil have not
liestoyved the poor boon of a quiet resting place. lloyv many that
have die<l in your midst in years gone by, were interred iu a yvay
unfit even for a favorite brute ! And what thousands upon thousands
after enjoy ing a temporary rest in their narroyy dyvelling, Irave been
i jecti tl, like a tenant tit yvill, f r the first new comer that fonld pay
the requisite rent ! In vain does lhe surviving relative, yvlicn chance
leads him tn your < ity, seek for the grave of his kinsman. The spot |
yvlieic he lay cannot he found, or if found, the tomb lias been robbed
of its tenant, to make room lor another. Thus reckless arc ye ol 1
the ashes of Hie dead and Hie sensiliiliiies of the survivors.
“ but think not that the neglected and violated r< mains of poor
humanity are entirely without recompense. True, they are deprived
of the soothing influences of the verdant sod, the tiversliadoyx ing
yviilow, the grateful rose, and Hie frequent visits of former friends
and associates—but«all this is made up. In these deep and gloomy
“ Hades," yvliere the font of living mortal has never before loiteied,
the remains of the dead congregate and form a companionship purely
their iiyvit. 'i he tot rents of rain that syveep your city , bring hither
lhe oozing particles of decayed mortality—and here under my potent 1
yvaud, they assume the forms which y ou now behold.”
Ihe voice yvas suddenly hushed, and Hie spirits began to disap-I
pear, and th<‘thii-kets and trees all became a mass of human bones. I
mil lhe long, (angled miissofyvlii.lt I had caught a glimpse by the
dim lights, yvas traiisfni nied into great flakes of Imman hair, and I
seemed to he in the midst ol (h ath, in all its most repulsive phases.
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11 ulibed my eyes, and took another look. Ti e candle on the man
tle piece yvas nearly expired in lhe socket, affording merelv occasional
fl'ishes to illumine mv chamber. Near the caudle-slit k yvere ranged
preparations from the* drug-shop, mote aliliot rent to mv fancy th in
Hie spiiiis yvith xvliich 1 had just on holding converse. The jar of
jelly, with whose assistance I liqd been forcing down the last dose,.
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bad been left uncovered, and it was overrun yvith myriads cf pismires.
Iu the dis ance, 1 heard the abominable tlisi .rd of a charivari band—
and, looking tfown at my feel, as 1 sat in the rocking chair, 1 found
they were actually submerged in warm-water. 1 had listlessly fallen
asleep while bathing my feet.
FURIOUS ATTACK ON MR. VAN AMBURGR, OF AST
LEY’S AMPHITHEATRE BY ONE OF HIS TIGERS.
Since Wednesday last the principal topic of conversation in the
theatrical world has been the furious attack made on Mr. Van Am
burgh, yx hose exhibition at Astley’s Royal Amphitheatre of lions,
tigers, leopards and other animals of the forcst,in the grand zoologi
cal spectacle entitled the “Lion Cotiquerer of Pompeii,” has exci
ted within those few days past so much public attention. Mr. Van
Ambnrgh has been styled by the philobogos of the above equestrian
establishment as the brute tamer, and. certainly the appellation is
xvell applied as the fofloxvihg dat inf} icar’xv'lil prove, for never was
the courage or the presence of mind of man put to a severer test.—
From the information obtained by our reporter vesterdav, from an
authentic source it appears that on Wednesday last a reliersal was
goitigon in Hie circus of the theatre, yvhen Mr. Van Amburgh, wish
ing one of bis tigers to perform a certain feat, yvhich the animal was
utleily unable or tinwilling to accomplish, had recourse to severe
corporeal punishment, yvhich chastisement be inflicted with a large
horsewhip. Smarting under the pain of the lash, the animal be
came itic.-nsed, and suddenly sprang upon Mr. Van Amburgh, who
| instantly yvas hurled yvith violence to the ground, from the stiength
and yveight ol his incensed assailant. Mt. Van Amburgh tvho is of
Herculean case andqi.issessiug extraordinary muscular power, in
stantly pt-ici-ived Hie intcnti. 11 of the animal, yvhich xvas that of tear*’
ing him to pieces, and with the courage and presence of mind which
feyv men possess, seized his foe by lhe lip of the lotver jatv, and thus
pinioned him as a bull dog xvould an ox at a bait. A long and fear
! hd struggle notv ensued, in tlte course of which both the man and
i the tiger rolled over several times. At length Mr. Van Amburgh
I got the better of his foe by throwing him on his back, at the same
; time kneeling on his stomach, and, yvith his other hand, which was
till notv unengaged, commenced striking the prostrate animal with
his clenched fist, the blows follotving in quick succession, over the
head, face and (lar'icul i. ly the nose, until the blood flowed from lhe
subdued animal who here quivered under the grasp of his conqnerer.
1 At length Mr. Van Amburgh, perceiving that he had completely
overcome him, released his hold, and the animal finding himself at
liberty, retired a short distance from his master, and crouched dowtl
as if sev.nely suffering from tlte punishment he had received. It
may here be propet to mention that the pet formers (so we under
stood) did not pay any attention to the strangle, considering that it
, xvas merely a reheaisal of the part te be played in the evening, until
they saxv him administering the severe chastisement as before de
scribed to the enraged animal, and its efforts to compel Mr. Van
Amburgh to releaac his hold. This encounter did not at all impede
1 the entertainments of the evening.— John liull,
The Whigs of the North do not rejoice- so much as we expected
at the result of our elections. Why should they rejoice? The
great question abort which the country is so much agitated has not
been decided in their favor. Out of nine members elected to COll-
, gross, seven ate decidedly against a National Bank, and in favor of
a separation of Bank and State. Out of 272 members of the Le
gislature, not 50 will be found for a National Bank. Why, then,
’ should the Northern Whigs rejoice ? But they may believe that the
i recent elections in Georgia decide thCfate of Mr. Van Buren,, so sap
as the votes of this State can effect the choice of a President by the
electoral colleges. There again the Northern Whigs are at fault. It
' is true that the Stale Rights or Whig presses in Georgia, would pre
- fer his Satanic Majesty for President to Mr. Van Buren ; but we
Ic in assure the Northern Whigs, that neither Mr. Clay nor Mr.
Webster, nor Gen. lliirisnn, cat) ever receive the votes of Georgia;
; and we can assure them also, of this fact, that if a ticket was started,
which we believe can never be attempted, for the election of any
one of the three gentlemen just named, it xvould not receive txvoi
thousand votes, notwithstanding the efforts of the State Rights
\\ big presser, and a few disappointed leaders of the party.—Geo,
Constitutionalist.
The State Rights Whig presses of Georgia have, no doubt, sue
cessfully deceived many ol'the voters, by proclaiming that the ques
tion ol an Independent Treasury or a National Bank, was of secon
dary t onsidci ation, and of little importance. Those who were de
j ceived, must have how their eyes open. If so, what do they noxv be
hold ? That question of secondary consideration and of little im
porMnce, was ihr* pivot upon xvliich the elections turned in Maine,
Alarx land, Illinois, Missouri, Pennsylvania, Ohio and New Jersey.—
And xvhat has been the result of those elections? Will not those
deceived voters call to an account those who have deceived them ?
\V ill they not resent the insult offered to their understanding ?— .lb,
Tlie recent elections in Pennsylvania, disclose a fact which is
worthy of recotd in lhe Smith, and shoxvs who are on friends or our
enemies in the North. Bucks county gave at the elections 400 votes
majority to Gen. Porter, in opposition to Air. Ritner, and elected a
democratic member of Congress. Bucks county is composed of
about 31 districts, and among those 31 districts there are 9 classified
as abolition districts. In those 9 abolition districts Mr. Ritner, the
Whigcaridid 'te, received a large majority in every one, while in the
other districts, except three, Gen. Porter, the Democratic candidate
received a majority in every one, especially large in 10, classified as
German districts, ’.'uch a fact requires no comment : it speaks
volumes.— l 6.
NEGRO INSURRECTION.
We arc informed that a meditated insurrection among the negroes
in Alarshall county, was detected a few days since, in time to frus
trate tne purpose of those who were at the bottom of it. The insti
gator of this movement, we learn xvas a white man, as is usual in all
occurrences of this kind, and the plot was disclosed through the fidel*
ity of a slave. The negro in question could not endure the idea of
his mistress falling in a general massacre, and divulged the plot to a
person of respcc Hbilily, li y xx hose advice the negro appointed alight
on xvliich to meet lhe fiend, xx ho directed the plot, for the purpose
of bearing hi- plans in full, anil receiving instructions.
On the night appointed, several jivtstins having secreted them
selves close at hand, lor lhe purpose of overhearing the conversation,
Hie negro met lhe conspirator, and so soon as he had opened his
plans suffii irmly to furnish conclusive evidence of his guilt against
liimselljthe [-.ersons concealed rushed upon him and secured him.—
Aftrr his guilt xvas thus rendered cerlain, the indignation of th.** whole
community m ound, xx as so greatly excited that it was with much dif
(iculiy the friet ds ol lhe laws could save the culprit from the venge
ance of Judge Ly ncli. But, tve are rejoiced to say, that in North Mist
sissijipi a regard for the laws and the Constitution prevailed over lhe
Lynch code, in a case belli r calculated than any other whir h can
p issihiv be emit 1 ived of, tn arouse die passions and impel the citizen
to administi r justice will his own hand.
File Circuit C-mit of .M ushall comity commenced its regular fall
session on yesterday, and, domnless, the fiend xvho could plot so hel
lish a conspiracy against the very existence ofisociety, will immedi
a'l-lv receive that justice w hich its enormity demands and the laxy
awards.— Pontotoc, Miss, Intelligencer.
From the People's Press.
Why is it, that certain pre.-ses of the Sties Ri'hts party are sq
averse to any tiling like an agitation of the bank question iu this State ?
Why are lliey so aveise, at tais time, to any expiessiuii of public opit
uion. in rel ci >ll t > the great iea-lin rqu -s ions oi' th :<liv ? Will some
ol onr mine knowing contemporaries an-iwer these questions for us ?
II our menioi y sitxi-s us right, it has heretofore been a leading charac
teristic ol’Sin e High -' ni 'ii tn seek discus-ion upon the v-uuons and
prominent points ol their p i-ith al doctrines —and to meet fully and
promptly, upon grounds of lair and liberal argument, any great mea-
.ire involving tin 11 piinciplt's. We know- it has been their liwast, that
they went for free and idr discussion. Why is it not so now ? Have
th'- people learned eimi'c'.h. or have they ceased to have any thing to do
with the political aii’urs oftheir country, mher than vote as :t certain
p.ation oljiolitical a fiirants sh dl dictate ? If such is lhe c sc. then is
Hie eoiiilirct <>!’cert 1111 presses fully explained: but if not—if the peo
ple still desire to have a voice—a it'ee vuict—in the affairs pf the nation,
we think it is high time they should speak their rletetipiitatimi ; for late
events too plainly show us, that there is a settled iletcrminntioil if pos
sible. to smother every thing that shall tend to convince the people that
a powe ful mid ctiirupt nioni>-d aiistociaey is not necessary to theji:
well-being. ’l’his. too, leg it he remarked, is done by men and presses,
who claim to adhere to the doctrine of State Rights ! If it is not so,
WE BORDLY CHALLENGE TIJEM ’J’O SIIQW TO THE
RIETOfr.
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