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VOLUME VIII.
O U R C O N S C I E N C E—O U R COU N T R Y O UR PAR T Y.
MILLEOGEVILLE, GEORGIA, FRIDAY MORNING, MAY 21,1841.
P. L. HOBINSON, Proprietor.
NUMBER 17.
From the West Tennessean.
A PARODY.
the “oak” of o. r. morris.
ful reverse for one so young, so beautiful, ami so in-! ing and sensible man. Wli t a scene for a<painter ! !
| ordinately ambitious. She looked bark upon Eng- YVhat a moral for a philosopher! What a lesson for}
land with feelingsof grief and burning indignation—| a legislator!
The process was not submitted to a new revision
irritten on hearing of the intended desecration of Bunker Hill, contempt of self, and hatred of the laves under which
she suffered. And fir what had she ensured this ter-
Wnrkmen, spare that grniintl!
Touch not a single clod !
For every turf around
By patriot feci was trod.
'Twits there our galjai.t band
Did war’s dark t<urent stein ;
Here, let old Buuk.-r stand
A tit' ntunent to them.
That old il 1 listt iuus liil!.
Whose glory and renown
The earth and ocean fill.
And would you ui<; it down ?
W orkinen. Ia> dow.i your spatles.
And let the hill alone ;
'Twotild raise their sleeping s' ades
To touch a single stone.
When war hadjnst begun.
Our fathers sougltl its height;
'Ttenched on its top they won.
Here,too, renown in finlit-
Warren, the brave, fell line ;
A oil some of freedom’s band :
Winkineti, heed the patriots te;ir,
And let old Bunker stand.
Our heart-strings round 'bee ding,
Close at thy soil, old Hill
And here may freemen hi ing
Tlieii votive off rings still.
Old Hill ! the stonn still brave !
Ami wiirkuien leave the spot;
If patriot tears can
| rible conflict, which, first and last, had given her umri
| unhappiness than had been crowded into her previ-
i mis existence
as was staled in the Journal <Je Paris. The servant
THE FIRE JUMP. | How this mighty effect was produced was ofcourse
i Witen crossing the mountains from Texas i nI „ 'tot disclosed to so numerous a party, hut two nwval
Santa Fe, we passed along the brink of a frightful ‘| , « , sen' were perfectly aware t»f the mode of
| precipice, railed the “Fire Jump,” about which our 'T pratio "’ a " d the i,,ve, » or offered to go into details
. , . | guide told us the following story:—Col. Torn was a
having returned to life, recognized a man m whom; M in
Halt breed, well known a lew years a”o through all
she had adored, and who, directing Iter prayers to-! ,c ..-n -a’ „ • . , . *■ ,
« VI ,. , , c , , . . , , , . . i i■ i the villages in lexis, living at times with tlie Indi-
»Vhv, nothing but the foolish vanity wards the only adorable Being, minted the house of' _ ,1 , , • r tt .1 1 .
I .. . A. . , b . • , ! ans, a shrewd cunning fellow, not brave, hut execed-
ol wearing a cast-off pearl! the surgeon, who was doubly unquiet on her account ;_|. . ■? „ .. ,
I 0 l> 11 r\ 1 1 • , , , - I , ei , ,, . 1 nglv wicked. He was the son of an American tran-
rSut Kose Mac Urne had a muul elastic and vigor- and lusown. bhe retired to hide herself in a distant • , , • ,, . ■ , ■
■ . . 1 1 .• 1 • , 1 I • , . , , 1 ; per, who tiensbed in the snow one winter night in the
; mis ; n soon rebounded from depression, and began village, fearing to men the nidges or the officers, w ho, 1 -n . . • m ,
■ 1*1 c I C r.| , ? . - , b , • , ■ , , II- • mount.nit-, while 10111 was yef an ini nit. Tom oh- , , . . . ,
to think of new schemes of conquest. She looked with a dreadful 1 re, incessantly haunted her tmagi- | ta | ||e< j t))e tit!e 0 f CJolonel from the Americans on no- ‘ to l,e ‘"‘hpletely "nder I|IS ™ntml, which, from what
j around among her companit 11 most of them were | nation. The \ ill dnous accuser remained unpunish- j ( . olll)t () f a mart i a l j, n( ] commanding'manner which lie ’ n,ir ‘"dormant lias had an opportunity of observing,
t tall and robust—some of them were very handsome | ed, because hi> crime, though manifested to the eyes j was He spoke Spanish and knew ,1 ‘‘ !,cl,eves 10 ,H; rea,| v the case. The instrument
so clear to tlie j CHOtIgh English to mingle with the trader* ' and be | ,l,at " ro "!- r| '‘ Urri!de f ff ect on Saturday, lifting
I he people | ||Sef(1 j t „ ,|iem-as an interpreter, being also conver- 1 in, ° ,l,eair a boat weighing two and a half tons, and
women. She counted them, and counted tlie crew, of two individual witnesses, was not
Tl tere were sixty-two convicts and fifteen men. Re-j eyes of the magistrates and the laws.
were half across the Atlantic, Rose Mac i subsequently became acquainted with the resurrection 1 c _, lf e , • .
, ,1 c 11,1-, , , ,, sant witfi the language of Ins Indian mother. 1 ho. j ......
laid a plan daring enough for the hehneted | o! this girl, and loaded with reproaches the execrable |. |low n to | )(> creal ras( . a | | K . xva , l( ,| craU .,| j,.. I displacing at least 14 or 15 tons of water, was only
ISlbs. weight. Our informant has handled it, anti
kicked it round a room w hen charged with its deadly
contents, so portable and at the same time so safe is it
—a point of vast importance, when we remember the
the 1
fore th
Orne h
Joan of Arc, in the full tide of her inspiration. Sim j author of her misery : hut, in this immense city, hist Americans amJ Spaniards, on account partly for hi*
communicated the plan to the women, wlmh ilex en- ofl in e was soon forgotten, and the monster perhaps . .-i , , „ . , , *.
-ii .-ti 1 1 111 , , , 1 f : usefulness w lien he chose to make luBisell serviceable,
tered into liearti v and warmly. Kose might have still breathes: at least, he lias not public V suffered .... . .,..,1 , „ ,, , , ..
.. , . 3 , , , 1 , - , 1 , 1 J 1 and partly lor Ins reckless and buniorous disposition:
Itninil lovers enough, not iwitiistandiiin tlie strict Or- the punishment which he deserves. : 1...1 .1.0 1 *.1: |._,„ 1 i* , ,, , ... ...
, .. , ~ b , , . . 1 1 ., r . . , . , , . ,ii, • • ,, but the Indians bated him with deadly hostility. His
ders of tlie officers ; hut she chose hut one, and that A book sh >uld be published containing a col lee- 1: 1 . - .-
’ ’ 1 1 >nof-ri’>t intelligence made him Jeared amor
; liiled in with five and a half tons of solid timber, and
Gb
inces ami tender notes ^ottn pass- . tion of cases in which innocent persons have been at(|J lh y were j ea | oi;s oflhe ,,i ood tl)at ran his
in*. Jjiving under the rule of tlie Spani-di Govern
ment, they oulil not kill him witliout being punished
ween them, unperceived by otlnrs ; for ihe art- uunished, in order, h\ showing the causes of error, to
sc was like a Glacier when the eves of the olfi- | avoid them for the future. Perhaps s<mie man of the 1
: lilt
| for it, and ti 1 is made their hatred tlie more hitter.
q> nil-
li-s slinli harm it tint.
1 was the pilot !
|ed betw
| ful Rose was like a Ulacier xxlicn the eyes ol the otli- | avoid mem tor me luture. t'erimps
j cers were upon lier, and her lover was capable of; law may undertake thi- important work.
I playing as deep a game as she. !
At length the important hour arrived—every pie-1 WALKING WITH GENTLEMEN,
caution had been taken—all things were in readiness,
j The vessel stood for the La Plata, to exchange car-
| goes and take in refreshments. They entered the
huge arms of that silvery river, and cut its waters
daily accidents that are occurring from the detonat
ing shells now used in our service.
Hi
Mr. Ji llerson held Patrick Henry to he tlie greatest
orator that ever lived. A late No. of the London
knew well the hostile feelings of the Indians with ' < *" : ' r,er, > expresses the opinion that “he possessed
whom lie mingled, ami the delight of Ids existence! * l,c "" ,,,rn - e,m,s °, f ,,ral °7». as P‘-' l» a P s * as
•I, is rciillv abomm.W,!’ s«i,l .Miss S„pl,ia Sin- •» sdn n, , .l.-vils and | »;y ^ d^Mt^g. n,.l, tl.e
From the M:is«i.-linsei,s I. ! with the ;ii roxvv flight of a bird. At length Buenos
THE BOLD ANI) IiEAUTIFU Li CONVICT. I Ayres lay before them in the di'tance, with tlie broad,
_ , .... ! clear, liright moonlight spread over it like a heavenly
Rose Mac Orne was a rare sample of bcottishbe.au-: ’ rp . , b , 1 .. ..
,, 1 1 1 1 r 1 1 1 , robe. I lie wind died away, and tlie vessel lav gent-
tv. Her eyes deeply blue, ns Loch Lomond; glowing ; . . .
' • . , . . ,1 1 ; lv moving on the bosom ol that majestic river, like a
cheeks; hair light and glossy, parted over her broad * - ... . b . J
, , r , , ■ .- , 1 child playing itself into slumber,
forehead, like (olds ol llaxed colored satin; features , w u .
... , , 1 -lit ti Midnight came. Rose had an eve like a burning
which a shrewd and active mind had strongly tie- ^ ^
veloued: a tall, muscular frame, «>l stately proportions, ! b .'' .
and .1 firm, elastic, rapid tread, winch she had ac- . ,, , ,
i ta'-.ea hts turn to be pilot, and till slept save him ami
qniret m c-n \ ' ,t " Hie convicts. He sat at the helm, looking out upon.
•Down tlie rocks she leaped along, _ the water, and listening to the “silence audible.”—
There was a silent motion ol tlie sails announced by
a low whistle from the pilot. In twenty minutes every
man was bound fast and gagged, tlie convicts were!
Jet,>n. rascality to aggravate them. He Would steal from (
‘Oh, shocking” chorussed a number of voting la- whites whiskey enough to make a whole Imli;
dies w ho were silting around.
c risis was at hand—all looked to her for
Her lover, according to his promise, had
‘Pray, ladies, what is the matter?’ said Henry Jones,
as he joined tlie cotorie.
‘The mattei!’ cried all at once: ‘why—’
‘One at a time, if you please, ladies, really it is too
hard that so many sweet voices should combine to at
tack a poor mortal like myself, who, having but one
pair of ears, can attend to no more than oik* at a time.
Come, Miss Singleton, w ill yon tell me w hat causes so
much indignation?’
‘Why, this morning, Helen Clark walked down
broadway with Mr. Stone, ‘and look his arm; and
. . 1*11*1 I From the Old Dominion.
yw" a,1(l " ! ,l,e ,l,ecan,,,#a ! Ir ‘ tto " i ,tl , CH ARMING CONSISTENCY.
drive oil tlie horses and seii them to the Spaniard*. 1
He would interpret for the Indians when selling their I iH> , ‘ ons,5tenr > ,,fth <‘ mprp P nr, - V ha ‘ ks ' v, ‘° con ‘
-kins to the traders, ami invariably contrived to make P 1 " 1 '? ma J or,, . v °‘ Impresses in this country, ol both
to himself half ihe advantage of the trade. ' ,s a ,,iarvpl anda wo ' H,er ‘ T,,p . v ran sa y and
At length, Ids depredations became of so notorious w,,h a most astomsli.ng facility; one day
and villainous a nature that the Spaniards would no
longer protect him lur lit**. He had been chased a
" hole day through the valley and tip the mountains
side, by a band of tin* Apaclms Indians, when his
horse gave out just at tin* p >st now known as the
I ire Jump.” The animal fell near the edge of the
the evening she was on the Battery with Mr. Lewis ptectpice, ami t > prevt
. ' . ► 1 ! t . I r 11
Like rivulets of May."
Her youth was unfortunate, for her mother had died
during her infancy; and In r selfish ami profligate la
ther had abandoned her before she reached the dan- | armed, and the vessel in full prize to the prisoners !—
gerous age ol fifteen. Great noise was made about the vessel seized by the
Many were very anxious to take her into their ser- j women, and brought triumphantly into port. The
vice, for slu* was as neat and thrifty as n brow nie, and “ Ladv Shore,” (for that was the vessel’s name) was
had the obsequious manner of their countrymen, united 'crowded with South Americans. The bravery of the
with their proverbial knowledge of the most direct! women xvas loudly applauded, and in three days the
road to favor and fortune. Her greatest misfortune j richest young Spaniard in the city offered himself to, ,
was her beauty. Often, after the mo*t unremitting , the bold and beautiful Rose Mac Orne.—Her pro- sa * I ,IS company, partly of his ptotection.
efforts to please, poor Rose was accused of a thousand tnise to the pilot was forgotten. Tlie ambitious * 111 1 s? 1 •
faults, and dismissed by prudent wives and mothers, Scotch woman now wears pearls and diamonds in
I* st she should become too dear a servant. Scotch plenty; and most of her sister convicts are at the head I t*l , on e*» she takes hL arm site tan enjoy nei-
nt tin
md took his arm also!'
‘And is that all?’ said Jones quietly.
l AU!' exclaimed the young ladies, aghast with
horror.
‘Wdl, ladies, I think Miss Clark was perfect!x |
right; shall I state my reasons, and trx to coin iuce you?’ j
‘Oil, you can never convince ns!’
‘At least, I can try . I believe that yon will grant, i
that xvhen a lady walks w ith a gentleman, it is for the
him by the fallen steed, lit
at tuallx pushed lilt* poor dx ing iior
to tlie al»\ s> below. A hollow log
over tilt* rock itt-
iv ne tr tin* spot;
he heard the nppioneh ol hi* pursm-ns, and jumping
into th*' log, he turin d it ox er ami lay concealed, as lie
thought, beneath it.
But tli' Indians had seen tin* action, and a in udi.-lt
revenge entered into their heads. They t ame to the
spot pretending to believe that their prey had escaped
them, ami 111 milesting great vexation ami dis ippoint-
mt'iit, they dismounted, and s*tiling th< tnselxes upon
of respectable families in Buenos Ayres.
discrimination smiti discovered tlie source of tlie dif
ficulty, and Scotch ambition rest Ived to make tlie
most"of it. To lovers of Iter own rank she xvas al
ternately winning and di'dninful ; determined that
none should break her charms, y< t dealing out
scorn it* each, as their characters xvonld hear. \\ ith
her superiors she played a deep and insidious game.
Trusting to her oxvn strength of pride, she resisted i to ]
their arts, xvliilc slit* almost invariably made them the other. Well, it isjust lil-
v id inis of her own. In all thi*, Rose Mac Orne xvas |
actuated bv something more than a mere girlish luxe
of flirtation and ti iumph—she xvas ambitious, and had
formed high hopes of an opulent marriage. Many a
Cantab and Oxonian, many a testy bachelor and gou
ty widoxver, had got entangled in her toils, and been
disentangled onlv by tlie interference of proud and
prudent relations. At length, notwithstanding Iter
modest manners and apparent at tlessness, the in
trigues of Rose Mat: Orne became as proverbial a*
her hcautx’ ? and she could obtain no service in any
family xvhere there were youth to fascinate, or wealthy
old age to he cajoled.
Hearing an East Indiaman was about to
A Dt bious Reply.
xvas very fond of her husband, notxvilhslanding hi
‘Perfectly.’
‘Well, mile
titer. I11 the first place, they cannot carry on a con
versation unless the man bends forward, in which case,
\ new married lady, who i d,e * p " K ’ f l u:, I‘ty in the pavement may cause him to
they can abuse with epithets which xvonld disgrace a
fish woman in the classic neighborhood of Billings
gate or St. Giles, anil the next, presto—they faxvn,
cringe and flatter xxith tlie suppleness of a xvater span
iel; and yet t!i***c filings claim to he considered MEN—
arrogate to themselves the title of gentlemen—and pre-
• .. . stinie lo direct and control universal public opinion,
Indians from discovering ... . , . .. , ... * 1 ’
. ... , - xv hit 11. ovxing to tlie painful state of ignorance among
xerted Ins strengt.i, and . , y 1111 . .. ,
the people, they are cnabl< ti u* d«*eflectua||y anil rom-
pietely; not by the poxxer of genius and talent, hut !*y
cant :iltd tin* party thill.
We luxe no time to allude P» the glaring inconsis
tencies of the federal editors, xvhielt are like the stars
in the heavens for multitude; our attention is at pre
en! directed to certain individuals, who shall he name
less, professing It* belong to the democratic party.
Previous to the election of Gen. Harrison, these
very cons stent and straightforward editors, xx ho never
look one xv ay and roxv another, who never wear above
their
stumble against Iter, and down they both must go; or, ' " d,e,e l ‘*eir enemy was hidden. 1 he v* retch
her | extreme ugliness of person, once said to a friend—! if a P ;,#spr b > br » 8,, e s a S aiust 1,im ' t,,e resn,t is ,l,e
W hat do von think? Mx husband levs gone and i sa,ne - I*, the second place, they may be separated
: by a croxvd and the hulx b
him.
laid out fifix guineas for :t large baboon on purpose l 1 ’- “ ” * ,l,u IJ ' , K l' bait, "bile bet
det.se nte !” “ The dear little man !” cried the j com P ; "“ (,1 > aff ‘>‘ d '»*?r neither protection nor as
sist:.nee, and max even r< main unaware that any ac-
eident bad happened. Again, the crossings are often
RFCOVFRY OF \ FFMAI F \FTFR EXF- I niuddy, and then a gentleman’s arm xvonld be useful;
CL TION moreover, xvl.en a ladx is fatignetl. she would find the
n*i r 11 • . .• .1 r • 1 support of :m t.rm a very great relit f; so that, whether!
1 he following account of the case of a poor girl . • 1 - r , ,
7fif> is .riven by a cel- 1 <<>r s ''* , l . v > pleasure, or support, a lady should always
take the arm of her companion.’ j
‘You are right,’said .Miss Singleton, ‘but it is not j
owing act
who was unjustly ex cuted in 1
ebrated French author, as an instance* of the injus
tice xx Inch was often committed by the equivocal mode
of trial used itiTVance :
“ About seventeen years since a young peasant
girl, possessetl of a very agreeable fin lire, xx is plac
ed at Pati- in tlie service of a matt depraved by all
the vices consequent on the eorrupti 11 of great cities.
Smitten with iter charms, he tried ext rv method to
til, with ! seduce her ; but slit* xvas virtuou*, and resisted. The
ninny ladies on hoard, Rost* re*olvod lo seek emphy- j prudence of this girl only irritated the pa*sion of her
incut among them, and succeeded in being appointed I master, who not being able to make her submit to his
"trussing maid lo ail elderly ladx, xv ho xvas going out ! xvisltcs, determined on the mo t black and horrible re-
to reside with an invalid sou. India! match-making I veugc. He secretly conveyed into Iter box many
India ! opened glorious project* to Scotch ambition.
Rose took unexampled pains to please her new mi?-
tress, and in two daxs she vxas a decided favorite.—
No xvonder the gipsey le t protnd <*l Iter power, for
she never attempted to please wi limit effecting tier
purpose. But xxlien xvas inordinate ambition known
to be a safe-guard either to t tl. ut or beauty ? In txvo
daxs Ro-e xvas to leave England, and her mistress
I tlie custom.’
‘Then make it tlie custom—noth ing is easier. Lei j HasLerl off tlie burning log and sprang to his feet
every la ly xvlio lias mind enough t* think for lu-rself, " ,dl < * Ci r sk ' 11 " | ' :1 ppctl in a sheet of flames. He I
make it a rule never to xxalk with a man site does not i dire " hints' ll upon the ground and rolled, hut the fire!
respect, ami when sin* docs walk with one, hi her al- stdl ‘ l ' 1 "- !,il "* Tlle Hidians yelled ami danced
ways take his arm. I know tint when a lady take a j w ' dl Heto-e to iti- feet again; and rn*li-j
nnu’s arm, people say that tliey are engaged; hut j td Dj-the preripice, qnang oxer the brink: a doz-
surely, no one xvould suppose that she was engaged to t " :,rrt> ''
a dozen different men at once, and they r t either
believe so palpable an absurdity, or grant tint -he tiny
•lot he engaged at all. This once settled, other la
thes xvonld follow her example, and in a short time,
the log, rehearsed to each oilier what tiiex had mien- . .
it. 1 . . . 1 re tit 1 *. • ! s xti e;i laces at any nut* time, were un*panii
tied to dt* to L of. Join had they caught him.— I hits , , .. „ 1
.i„ „ . -i * , . , ■ , remarks aftout “wnWta/ Hero, —'‘■fheohUtrvu-
tne cunning sax ages sat until night xvas dark around ,, ,, , 1 , . , . ...
t i ,t ,111 1 1 it 1 tiu, t\r., •Nr. 1 liev hesitated not to impeach Ins
them, they gathered dry branches and leaves, ami •’ ’ ,.’ ». . , • .
. . . * , 1 -, 1 - .1 ‘ • 1 , , , : courage, lus ability, his virtue, public and pi tvatc, and
commenced iHitltlmg their lor close against the liol- ° 1 1 f , * . ’
succeeded 111 their own estimation, doubtless, in prov
ing conclusively, that “Old Tip” xvas first cousin at
least to a perfect ignoramus. Divine Providence re
moves him from his otfii i d station—and on tlie instant
the darkened eye-halls i f these argils editors are 1111-
*eal(*:l; a flood of ligiil L all at mice poured upon their
iinder'tamliug; they see in Ge:i. Harrison all that xvas
wise, uolde, gifted, good; they talk learnedly and pa
triotically about his love of country, hi* military ser
vice*, his goodness of heart—ami xxe hardly knoxv
what not. Tin y see xvhat no one else ever dreamed
of—and all too in the short spare t*fa single month or
a single tlay. We sav xxith Dominie Sampson—
[>-r-o-tl-i-<r-i-o-n-s! Is it not marvellous that all tln-se
virtues ami excellencies should h ive been completely
hi'ldcil from their xitxx during the whole period of the
Presidential canvas*? W e do not remember that xxe
ever calh tl General Harrison a granny in onr editorial
columns, bin if xve fiad we should stick to it, until con-
x hired to tin* contrary by irie.-istible proof. We
never tbouglit him a great General while living,—xve
think die same of him now he is dead; xve never be
lieved him qualified for any higher station than that of
tin* our whit'll lie filled, creditably enough we pre-
ctl victim then knew but too well that his concealment
xvas discovered, ami a horrid death xx*is designed for
him. He peeped from beneath the log, ami saw that
each man had his bow i 1 band, ami hi* arrow? remix
for use.
1 lie fire kindled rapidly, and the Indians lanelicd
alpud a? the fi line- curled around die rotted lotr. Tom
w as not brave, but it would -n in a* if the miserable
xxr> Irh formed the desperate resolution of dying l>\
tin* fin*, rather than giving tin* Indians tin* delight of
killing him with arrows. This however, xvas a f at
not in human nature to perform, and after enduring
the torture to the last moment, the doom d wretch
things belonging to him, marked xx ith
then exclaiim*
missaire, (a mint
his deposition.
things xvere discovered. Jin* unhappy ...... ... . ...
, 1 ... 1 1 i*i * . . cu*toms Should l*e always consistent, yet this is not so;
imprisoned. Site defended her*e!f only hy her tears; . , . • ,
. .1.1 1 *, * . , in a large crowd it one p ace, where it is not needed
she had no evidence to prove that site did not put tin* & ' ,
you take my arm; m a large croxvd, consisting per
pieiced him at the moment wuh a fraidit
scream ol ag.mx lie-ped like a ligiitning flash into the
gull below. The Indians threw themselves upon
their facts, and peeped over the brink to see the bur-. . ... . .. r . , , - ,
.*„ 1 i. 1 1 , 1 •, »• , I siime, the t lerk e*f a Loinitv Louri; and lus late pub-
nuig txxlx da'Ii from rock to rock niitn it disappeared | .. J . . ’ ,
lie acts but deepened our convictions upon tl.atpotn'.
* . * .... (bos wo 1 ,Iil I o 1111 vv her e \ a 1*111 le and 111*1 short ningtioilx d.isi. itoiiirotktotoetxuntliltdisaiUK'ared!,. . , , ■ . . * . *.
mg to him, marked with lus name. He I : I 1 < t time, j , . - . , , .• , . ‘ lie acts hut deepened our convictions upon that.min'.
, , ' ‘-(Jarrv Arms” xvou Ii he the word Anyone ofvon beneath a prejectmg crag, hundreds of feet down the | ... , , , • . * .
that he was robbed, called m a com- •, * 4 • e 01 J ou 1 , , , , , ... : U e cannot whecl-a-bout in politics like a .loxxnma
...... .... . , vom.tr -irhe* won d lake mv *.rin at n In oral 1 ,p i 11 Iguttlil TUX mo; aft r W lilcll t'tex CdrulX smoked their I . , 1 , . , . ,
imisiena officer of pisticeA and mad' % •** 1 ,C1 1 , c ' u. a a mm, or at tlie, ® > • , *. ., , circus, tliroxvmg sommersets backwards or forwards;
, , J ’/ . , Siirit.rr* and refuse ii ..the 'ireet because .,1 pipes around the sdd blazmg log, ami the IP] rude pre- , . ,
The “ill’s box xvas searched, and the, a l ,r, "g s * d " n re,l,! ' e 11 •" ll,t treet-—oecause, at one . *. ,*'., i we are nut made of such pliant materials, that like the
n|;icp it k nistomarv iinii tliu otlitT it i> lint Y nu* : Guin , UtHHf lunik i> iiliuu*t IIr Vti\ suinniitot tilt*. ... . . • . .
srovereil. Tlie unhappy servant was ^ 1 11 ciLiomai , am in i i »t i n 1. n< i. A \ow, . . ,, jnillow we ran hem! to everv hreezo; we have a spire
, . f ,Kt (ll , K c|, nn l ( l Lp a Wavs i*n; i \<*i fliis imt ^o* u H)i i n ta u i • Iius or I)eeu p<ujjie(I to 1111* I i*a \ el It r a s • r . ., . * , . , . . * .
She clefemled her^ell <uiiv hy her tears; . ^ ‘ , * *■■ . . / / .1. n * \ (\ n; r/ . r ., rr • of what some call obsfinary, others imJependenre, in
* id u lamp rmutl il diif i/ jw» w/./ »/>/> //»// UIU J II l .A. I/, I ti(lt/f(J.L• i ... it
having granted her pet mi?
■ iritMi, am. m i in .su c»a ; property in her box; and tin* onlv answer to the in . ...... .
, . r r . , , . . n*. * . .laps ol tlie same individuals, you refuse it, because
ion to attend the races, terrogatones was, ihat she was innocent. 1 lie udge?, ' . W . . , . . ,
’ 1 b you arc in another place, ami in tin* last placet/ is ao-
TIIE DEATH DEALER.
bad no siisj.it ion of the depravity of the accuser,
Mi-
and most favored lovers, consented to accompany j whose station was respectable, ami ibex administered j. . * r i
i.;.., i, ,’ , .. . , : i .i , •.. .! • i Clarke has set a good example, ;•"« 1 Impe all the , p c j iriiarv 19tli, has th** folio
she, as a last act of kindness to one of her earliest | mm no Mi.'jm i>*n u. me tir ( ,i tI .m m me „ ..-,,1
surateli; necessary—there s consistency for you:
» “•v»i 10*1 I**, ll text 'w uuv-x/iii jjtiu y | •»»*'«» snv cikuvmi *»«*.- n .|*«.v m>*ivj *■*'/ o v........ *' • v | * - • *
him. R 7
chanced that her heart xvas particularly set upon a | sive, which ought to disappear from our code t* give
large pearl pin, which her mi'tress said she seldom ! place to a simple hilt certain penalty, which would
"ore on accou it of its antique fashion. Rose had leave fewer crimes unpunished. Tin innocent
more than once signified how prettx she thought it, was condemned to he liangi d. I he dreadful offic 1
and wondered, jf „h ( > was rich enough to buy pearls, 1 xvas imTfcetuallx performed, as it xv is the first attempt |
whether they would become her full and snowy neck, i of the son of Die great executioner. A surge >n had i .... . . ... . . . .
(il,. J,.„| , . < e ■ . , , , • • i . .j , , ,. . , . c : all walk arm-in-arm; tlmy will then sav that you are
wte oared not ask fi.r it out-right, and she never in | purchased the body lor dissection, and it was convex-, .. .. . * ... r? ,
Iip.- i:c. k„ j ,i , ^ ... , , ... * , • , • , engaged t" Mr. Harris, and I to Mi-s Kexmdds; me
tier life hatf t.iought of taking any thins dishonestly. I ed to Us house. On that evening, being about lo; *- ° tit n '
ii llf • , r ; r j , | |. • , ' , ,i i ,: m xt day some one el?e, then they will sav none of us
i>ui xaiutv—vanity, that foolish and contemptible i open the heats, he perceived a gentle warmth about • . . . .
nii • I, ... . , , J, , , , , rn , r ■ i -r r n r t* t t are engaged;—hi a few d'X s the oddity Will nax
p'? ion xx Inch has “ slam its tens of tht*n<aiids, and i the bo lx - . Fite di'secting-knife fell Irotti Ins hand,
..lie* will follow it.’ !
‘Come, Miss Singleton, you are young and pretty;
I; suppose you walk arm-in-arm w ith nit* to-morrow
morning; people will sax we are engaged; in the af
ternoon xxalk on lilt* Battery x'iih your friend Harris,
>ml Mi*s Reynolds ami tmself will he there—we will
spire
of what some call obstinacy, others independence, in
:tr coinj.o*ition, and xvhat we once assert, i? ever after
mainia m d until convinced of our error, if it he one.
We paid all suitable respect—not to Gen. Harrison—
Concerning Die ‘new projectile’ of which xx e gave j but to the President of ihe United States; indeed wp
une account the other flax, the Loudon Times ol did more titan xxe shall ever do again for any mortal
w ing: , man, we shrouded our paper in mourning; but xxe did
An experiment was tried on S durdav afternoon ol | not play tlie hypocrite; we did not disgust the moral
one of the inventions to which we af
tumn. Tlie trial took j !..rc in the grout
that too among the fairest and brightest of’ Goo’s
"otk>, prevailed over the better feelings of Rose Mac
Drue. See took tlie envied pin—wore it to the races
heard James Mac Intyre praise it—told him her
ncu ""stress bad given it to her—ami then, d*ending
and lie placed in his bed her whom lie xvas about to
dissect. H;s efforts o restore her .iiV* wen' effectual ;
and at the same time he sent for a prie?t. on whose
discretion and experience lie could depend, in order
to consult with him on this strange event, a* well a?
give me Iti* arm.’
ihe discovery of the fact, began to devise schemes fur to have him for a witness to his conduct. The mo-
excliaiiging the bauble. inent the unfortunate girl opened her eyes, site be-
Fhe path of sin is steep, and everv step presses lieved hcr?e|f in the other world, and perceiving the
°"e forward with accumulated power. Rose had aj- figure of the priest, xvho had a marked ami majestic
readv committed a second crime to conceal the first, countenance, (for I knoxv him, ami it is from him titat
•"id the plan of secrecy urged her to commit others. I have this fact,) she joined her hands trend, ingh’,
e sold the breast-pin, bought a ring with the mo- and exclaimed, ‘Eternal Father, you know my inno-
np >’ ,!l tlie hope that the pearl would never be inquir- ; ceticc, have mercy on me!’ In this manner she con-
p J r. this side of India. But in this site xvasmi?tak- tinned to invoke the ecclesiastic, believing, in hersim-
tP d,a * ' cry day her mistress missed the jewel, and ! plicitv, that she beheld her God. They were iong in .
Rose went even deeper into falsehood than was ne- ! persuading h.-r that she was not dead—so much had i W( »" an * because site pot her clothes in the same tu .
Cessar .v keep up appearances. 1 the idea of punishment and death possessed her ima- »»••• "‘°' e °* a ma " ! 1 lu , 5 1S almost Pf I" ai l "
"ill not follow Iter through every step ol this I giuation. Nothing could be more touching and more
- lameiul struggle. Ii is sufficient to say tl.at the theft < expressive than Die cr\ of an innocent being, xx in
discovered, and Rose, instead ol sailing for gin- ihu* approached towards him whom she r garded as
worn
olfi and ii" lady xvil! walk with a gentleman without
taking his arm, ami no man will xvalk with a xvoniati
w ho r< fuses it. I? Mi>s Clarke right, and xvil! you f*l-
loxv Iter example?’
‘A’e.*,’ replied the young ladie*.
‘Then I have convinced you. ‘Carry arms.”
‘We will.’
‘To-morrow, NT is.- Singleton—’
‘I xvili w alk arm-in-arm xvitli you: and always make p os i t j 011<
tlie gentleman xvho accompanies me, be he who he may, sel j,
I last au-
1s of M r.
Boyd, in Die county of' E*sex, a few iifle? froth town,
i the presence of Sir Robert Feel, Sir George Mur
ray, Sir Henry Hard’iige, Sir Francis Bnrdett, Lord
Ingesire, Col. Gttrxvood, Capt. Britten, Caj.t. Web
ster. ami some other gentleim n. win* all appeared as-
tonislied at xvhat they saw. A boat l.j feet long and
7 broad, vxas placed in a large sheet of water ; the
boat bad been the day before liiled will) solid timber,
4 1 2 feet in dep it crossed iti every direction, ami
clamped together xvitli S inch spike nails. Several
of the gentlemen were Saturday rowed in
tlit* vessel, and e.xamim d for themselves, so that every
doubt might be remoxed a* the cause ot destruction
being external, and not liom the springing ol any
mine. W hen ilie different parties had taken up their
on a >ignal irom the inventor, the boat \\a?
motion, and s'rtu k just abaft her starboard
a*use of the community by an affectation of venera
tion and p sped xvltich we did not feel. We sax' did
md f‘\—'or if tl.i? mock svtnpaihx and grief l.ad
been -i .e re, it ought to have been manifested month*
ago, xx Idle the subject wa* fix ing, instead of this late
period wiicn In* i- dead.—For ourselves, we paid a
r -pt < t to Die office which xxe never would have jraid
to the man; a respect which, in our opinion, the man
never deserved. We felt a sensation of surprise and
regret at his sudden dissolution, on more acrounts
th iii on ; hut for us to talk about his death being a
national calamity, would l ave been not only hollow
punt to lixpocri-y, but insulting mockery. There are hun
dred? of honest ploughmen in this country over x» ho.-e
decea*e we should mourn with equal sincerity, and
whose lo>s we should far more deeply deplore.
bow, ami instantaneously scattered in a thou-and Ira:
Extra Session.—Reader, would you belieie that
the Federal Mini-try, who pledged them*elxes to the
people before their election, that Diex would bring
nients. At the moment of . olli>ion, Die water part- about reform and retrench the expenses of the general
A Dei .ICATK Lady.—There is a maiden lady Iiv- j ed, and presented to the eye of our iuiormaut the
this? city win* is so extremely nice in her notion*
ri0,, s, match-making India,
rted
xvas in a few xveeks bur- Iter Supreme Judge ; "ltd independently of her affect-
>1 female inode?tx r , that she turned oft
tlie modesty of tlie l. lx who xvas ashamed to remove a
table cover lor fear of showing its leg*.
appearance
suffice lie
lightning.
nernmen!, have calffd an extra se-sion ofCongress,
t> convene on Monday the dl?t day of May next?
Well they have, and that at an expen-e to the nation of
of a huge bowl, w hile upon its trouhleil
lot iced a corru-catimi resembling forked
A column of water xvas lifted up in the £115,000 for mileage, and $2,303 fi*reach day tlicv
air like a huge fountain, from xritich were projected, may sit. Any remark from us about inconsistency is
upxvard of main hundred feet, the -hater, d frag- altogether unnecessary—the p* ople knoxv how to ap-
rnetiist.f the vessel, which feil many of Diem several precinte such retrenchments.—Mad. Indiana Courier.
hundred yards distance in the adjacent fields. Our
The Missourian Sold. Mr. Koch recently sold informant examined many pieces, and found the huge j C 1 II. M. Johnson, E:i-"V ;ce Piesmh nr, is a can
hoard a vessel, in w hicii sixtv-twn other con- j ing beauty, this single spectacle was sufficient to ere- ! tlie bones of the animal which he calls the Missourian, j nfils snapped like cirroi', the m i?! . ).,!.o! I ke a t.ce . didat. to represent hi? county (Scott) in Krntttcky,
. - ° - r 1 1 i— i:._i.._:— f, n ,|)e Legislature.
t- were **>und f<*r Botany Bay. I (ti* xvas a pain- t ate tlie most lively interest in tlie breast of an observ- ^ for $50,000.
riven bv lightnin:
confidentially xvitli one or txvo of the distinguished
officers present. In answer to a question from Sir
Henry llardinge, the inventor stated that without a
I.altering train lie could transport on a mule’s hack
the means of destroying the s.'rongest fortress in Eu
rope. The existence of these tremendous powers i^
placed bey ond a doubt, and Die inventor asserts them
\
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