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V Oh. 11. THE ( Alt LYE T 1$ published evwy Saturday V. L jtOItLYSOJY, fVarrenton , Geo at th ee dollars per ain urn which may he discharged by two dollars and jif/y if paid within sixty days of the \ f ))i\ •f, of subscribing. Adv rt'sements conspicuously inserted at seventy jive cents per square for the’ first insertion, and fifty cents for each subsequent insertion Monthly inser tions charged as new advertisements . j Advertisements not Limited when hand- 1 ed m. will be inserted until forbid, and changed accordingly. Miscellaneous. The following humorous article we copy from the Hemorr tie Mirror, a spirited little theatrical paper publish ed in this city. It is one of the best things of its kind that we have seen for many days, though evidently ba sed ni the old ami familiar story of . Monsieur Tonson* The fact that there are five or six respectable indi viduals of the name of J-*tfES attached to the'Fremont Company, is known] to all who take an interest in matters connected with the drama. The ar ; tide will explain the rest. Boston Gazette. •MR. JONES.* 1 was considerably amused the oth er evening at the theatre It was a night when nil the Joneses had a fin | gcr in the dramatic pie, A French gentleman, with fr;zzl and hair and white kid gl ves, who sal in the same: box, appeared to take an intense in*; teresl in the performances* Being B stranger, lie addressed himself to me several times. lie was wonder ] fully d< lighted with the versatile tal ents of ‘Mr. Jones.’ k ßy gar ’ said he, he is de -wonder of de world.* First the gorgeous Turkish pavil lion of Jones No. 1, excited his ad j miration. H>’ inquired the name of the artist. It is ‘Mr. Jones* ‘By gar. he is von grand painter. Mr. \Chone he is called. Me is a great man? I w.JI write down ids name.* Presently Mr. Jones No. 2 made his appearance in tasteful .costume, and sung ‘March to the hutth field.’ Fhe French gentleman was in extanes. •Sare, that Fa fine singer. Me ap pp rs like N p ! on- before the imper ial guard. What i his name?’ It is Mr .Jones.* Monsieur ChoneV he re- < p ! ied with extreme surprise, *b* gar! h is a great man —he paint, hr sing I writedown Ids name gain.’ Not long afterwards Mr. Jones No. 3 -ip -eared on th** tepis as Gobble. The gusto with vvhi h iie fed and li k * ed his lijts attiv.ched his attention. ‘There is on gram! acteur Who is he?’ That is Mr. Jones.* T e French nian stared with doubt and amaze ! tneiit! ‘Monsieur Chone again! By ] g.ir he is every body? he paint, lie; sing, he eat like < n cal without choking! By gar 1 am surprise! 1 wi|- write down Isis name once more, j in the course of t e piece, whi h was Paris and London . the Freru liman .vas interested in another huractei. A v> n<-g exquisite held hack hF head. s!>ut liis eyes and flirt and a white hand- j ken Inet. with ail the grace of Brums] no 11. I was the character of Froth , •Sure, I trouble you; *ut who is that acteur. who lisps like one sir king P*-* ‘F is Mr. Jones •Monsieur Chone! I All the world is Monsieur Chone! > car! lie, is even body! I hope, salt} y*m no impose on me. By gar! mv head is turned! Monsieur Chone again! but I. will put down his naim ! hi on after, lie asked another gentle-| nian sitting near, ’iie naineot an actor, more youthful than any o the otheis. who appeared promise ot some H amn u , i’ \ I’nibcr 28, 1829. comic merit. Ir. was Jones N ‘Who is that, Sare.. if it n<>t tmu e y ut’ It is Mr. Jones ’ w,s the .eply. I > 1< r uclhu.io jnuiprd fronfi his s. . ‘By gar! ail the acteur in this house j Mr. Chone.! Me play every thing. II sing, he paint, he eat, he vapour, h i seam put*—by g.ir, he is every uody> and every body is him. 1 will ask hi> : name no more. All the gentlemen aie j Mr Chone. Monsieur Tohsou is come | again ! ! 1 will look no more, but f\l : ,e | liave wrote nothing in ni\ bo k but M insieur Chone!’ Presently, M s. Sally Trots, tin cook, arrested his notice, and looking: carefully around, to sec if no one ob served him, he enquired the name of the actress. ‘lt is Jones,* was the re j pty. The poor From It gentleman I s l l ali patience. Me looked fiercely in the face of his informant, uttered a passionate ‘tain* and slainbered out <>l the box. *By gar,’ said lie, .| will tiave no more of Monsieur Chone,— Me has got in my head, and 1 shall get him out nevare.* l\) the Editors of La Gazette Courier cl Enquirer Messieurs .* Me never have see some queer (ouiree like dis. Me liuguoge do very much trouble me his pronun nation. I shall fell you. V<*n nte embark in Bordeaux for l Amerique, I no very well understand de English. Me capital* e telt me, lie h vosi tin guage wbicJi i <an learn to easy, and iie promise to give any instruction on de voyage. So, veo 1 came on de board, I say, ‘Capitaine, how you call in English, von vessel, bailment} De Capitaine he reply me, ‘sheep Lh Hen , ver well; we shall see. I say von day to de cook, vat d> sailors call docteur , *Monsieur Ic Medicin. how yon v&llde petit morceun debois. dis lit piece of de wood \vin h is applicable tor to make burn da fire?’ He say me, ‘sheep ’ Mafed. say 1 in myself, it seems as if it make no odd whether, de wood be a suir.li piece or a gr am! quantity, for it is all sheep. So, te ; 1-1 de Capitaine apperceive dat 1 very , well learn de English, I s*y him, ‘Capitaine, in your <.-ontree de wood is sheep.* ‘No,’ he reply me, it is ; very dear; but you do not pronounce de word correctly —you should s >y, cheap.* 1 remark him, ‘I not can make discovery f any differ rice in de pronounce.’- He reply me, you|pro nouncc all ds satin as de sheep, and inouton, whereas (here is much d;ff r ence*’ And so* Messieurs Editeues, 1 was very much embarrosse? for whether de word was sp I! s h-i p, or c h-i-p ore h e a p. or s-h-e-c-p. ithave to me oil de sa lie prouoociation. Bnt never mind. It is not possible for lie to compreliendre von linguage vitch have n rules for de pronon e; and l viil tell you, Messieurs, of de other grand mistake into which 1 fed down, I reasoned in myself in dis way. if words which are spelled differently hav dc same p.ouurxia tion, it is not posuble but and t de words terminating wid de same I t ters will he pronounced in de same way. But we shall see. After me arrive in Piiiladelphi , von day me take a promenad ‘ wid one j gentlemens, up de street of de Val nuts, ami veo 1 arrive at de corner <*l de Six street, I say to my friend, ‘L os go thrujf de square at W .shington.’ Mv friend not can stand under me, and he ask m p to m repetition of what I say. I tell him dat, ‘on my voyage from La France , tie Capitaine ;d de vessel sa), ‘de sea is rnjf; and jas l find in de Dictionary dat dc iwo idru is spelled rough. I have de same pronunciation for de word t h r-o-w g h.* My friend ho tell me t I naive oist.ike, and dat I should Biy throj Fh bein , very well. On . tme d.\y me dine at von large p spti.i i the ladies and gentiemeus; and ven vlo.isiour, who was cutting vmi very and li ions ham fjamhnj ask me if I vould b ‘ help to \ piece, and on via-), nle I would have i>? I answer, ‘S iir. if you please, ti deside next the hoo. ’ vi! do companie iivmediately look at ter me, and some young lady have vei tnuch the appearance to laugh; but I oo can tell for vnt. At length a po lite gentlemans who sat near me, ■ wlnsp r sue softly, and say, ‘Monsieur j pardonnez moi,ii ut you have make von ; slight erreur in votre pronounciation — h oug his pronounced hock.* \at shall J do? I vas mortify se ! vervly, to a/)pear so ignorant in d< go >d society, arid I resolved to regain t/y reputation, so, 1 say to yon lad) ■pposite me o f j rle table, ‘Madame, dis pa try is made of very white dock.’ She look to me vid astonishment. All le rest of de companie regard me, aim l feel very nun li bashful. ‘Duck!* sav one— *M<n k!’ say anoder. D y suppose, probtement, dat l vould sa\ duck, i den explain. Say I, dong h do it not pronounce dock}— Oh no, s -v the lady, it is pronounced doe. Eli bien. Me try again. I say to yon oiler lady, M. dame, you have a very disagreeable ko. She no comprehend me. 1 repeat—Madame, you have von very ugly ko. She no understand me. 1 den say in French toux. Oh, Monsieur means koff, say von of de gentlemens, ‘which is de protiouncia tion of c o u g-hd —lt appeal* to me as if de letters o n g h have all imagina ble pronoun iation. But never mind, say I; if I make mistake, it is de lin go age vat is to blame, and not me. So 1 make other attempt. I say to von gentlemens,‘dis meat is Dot toss He reply me, Monsieur, t o u g his pro nounced tuff —Here again I find my self where I start, and I am quite sure dat de Capitaine of the ship have de true pronunciation, and dat the oder person make joke of me.—But ma foi 1 vas perforin von gr at mistake; for j von other day, 1 was to take a walk • on horse back, (promenade a chevat.J in the centre®* wiien I saw in a field . min at work. Say Ito de man. Veil, my friend, how ? many acres can you plnff in a day? Me look at We with a ear f great stupidity, and ask m“, Sair, I no understand you. I say, ‘M ’ you not call dat machine von plnff? Me reply, No Stir, we call it i plow. and it is spelled plou gh. Vat shall I do? To tie thought so ignorant of dr English pronunciation by a common pi iff nai , vas tor, much for me to car ry. So, to save iriy character, I say to and ‘ man, Sair, viil you permit iny horse to drink out of your trow? IF answered me. Sair, you mean troff. I is sp- Met t-r-o u g h. Messieurs Editors, it is enoff {<* try the patience of a saint thorojjly, to make so many mistake. I am almost in de despair. I do not know whai shall I do—fear 1 will not learn and English linguage, although I am so desirous to make acquisition of it. Ho favor me wirli your admonition, end oblige, votre srrviteur, PE RE LA CHAISE. FIIOM THE NEW YORK EVENING PoST MIKE FINK In the Western Souvenir for 182 y oui readers may recollect that there wan at interesting tale, entitled The Last of he Boatmen, ’ from the pen of Mr. Hall. Ih | ; i-t number of Flint’s Western Month* Review contains a sketch ot the extraor thnar v Mississippi boatman who furnished the hero of th .t ‘ale. He was no iniagin ary being nor were any of the odeum stances related of him by Mr. Hall, sue l ashn unta.n able audact , a , ~ <. I nloi s. the terror they inspir ... his extraordinary accuracy of aim. b. any means exaggerations of tin tiuth |'he sketeh from the Western Review, which we have copied in our fn-t page, will w II reward the time its peroral may occu 1 y. MIKE FINK. THE LAST OF THE BOATMEN. Every reader of ilie Western Souvenir, so undeservedly brushed, like summer butterfly, from among its more fortunate ‘ister buttei flies, into the pool of oblivion, will remember the admirable portrait, of M I Ice b nk the last ol the boatmen. Mik Fink was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, where his brothers, t y<% still reside. lie first visited St Louis, as a keel boat man, in the year 1814 or 13, ami • ra sionally afterwards, till 18 when he joined Henry and Ashley's company of Missouri trappers. Many shooting feats “f Mikes are related here, by persons who profess to have witne-*ed them I wiil relate some of them, and you can make such use of them as you please. In ascending the Mississippi” above the mouth of the Ohio, he -aw a sow with tl or 9 pigs on the river bank; he decided m boatman plua-e, lie wanted a pig and t-ok up his rifle to shoot one, tut was requested not to do so Mike, how ver laid lus rifle to his face, and shot at erfi pig successively, as the boat glided up the river under easy sail, about 40 or 30 yards from shore, and cut oft their tails close to their rurnps without doing (hem any harm. In 1821, a short lime before lie ascended the Missouri with Henry and Ashly's company, being on his boat at the landing in this port, he saw an- gu> tad standing on the banks of the river, heedlessly gasping in wonderment at the shore and about him. This lad had a strange sort of a foot ami heel, peculiar to some races of the Africans. His heel protruded several inches in tin* rear of his leg, so as t,” leave nearly a* much iff t e Coot b* hmd as before it. Ih s u shapely foot offended Mike s eye, and outraged his ideas of symmetry so mu> h, that lie deter mined to correct it. He took aim at the boy 8 uniortunatc he I. and actually shot i t away. The boy f< 11, crying murder, and badly wounded. Mike wa- indicted in the 1 Circuit Court in this county for th* offence and was found guilty by a jury. I have nyself seen th * record of the Court It ap peared iu the evidence, that Mike‘s justili ati nos the offence was, ‘that die fellowM long heel prevented him from a genteel boot. Ho particular friend 1 arp ntei 4 , was also a very great shot; and tie and Vllke used to fill a tin cup wth whiskey, and place it on their heads by turns aat shoot at it with a rifle at the distance of 70 yards. It was always bored through without irijtiry to the one on whose head it was placed, i’his was often pei for med, and they liked the feat belter because it showed tlo-ir confidence in each other. In 1822. Mike and hi> two friends, Ca •* penter and Talbot, *• g*'g* l in St i <u s with Henry and A.-hi* y, to go up the dis Bouri with them, iri the three fold capacity of boatmen, trapped & hunters, l’lie first year a company of about ix v ascended as high as the rnou-h of Yellow Slone river, wheie they built a f r fur the pur poses of trade and secunty. From th.- place, smail detachments of men, ten o* twelve in a comp my, were sent out to hunt and trap on the tributary streams of the Missouri and Yellow Stone. Mike and his iwo friend-* and nine others were sent to the Muscle Shell river, a tributary of I hr; Yellow Stone. Wiien the winter set in, M.ke and fits company • iuruerl to a place uear the mouth **f ttie Yellow Stone; an-J prefering to remain out of the frit to y dug a hole or cave, in ti* bluff'bank of the river for a winter house, iu which they re sided during the wi te.. I hi# rov* and a w *rm and commodious uabit tioit. protect .j the inmates Lorn wind and snow. Here Mike and hi* friend Carpentei (juarelied a dendlv quarrel the cause ot which is not certainly known, but it was thought to have been caused by rivalry in lhe good graces ol a squaw* Ihe tjuar *el was smothered so the time, by the t rpositiun of mutual friend*. On the cturn of spring the party revisited the o ?5