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A , - C J ' • "rd : • rih step they take. try again. „ o0( ] 6 torv it told of the tutelar saint of prin ' = hilosophic Ben Franzlin. Having spent lf a mcht in putting some intricate matter in V,> r e~ly for the press an unlucky accident "f'ltoved his whole work. 1 lie types fell to the ' r :,, H j lay in a scattered heap of what is tech ,ll v"called pi —though printers find it harder i/lest than anv other commodity in the world uninitiated reader must understand that in K i ft ji,.j down types, it is not merely the laborof them up that is lost. Thecoufusionin f ftliicli they are thrown requires five times the lor to put them j„ ort jer for setting , that the setting demands. Well—Ben of course j' oked hard at the “wreck of matter,” but as the 0 * „ o es, he said not a word : and went to work ' repair the mischief. lie did not even avail !°i self of the use ofother types, but applied him * If assorting those he had thrown down, and that Jcompliahed, set then, a second time, llis mot was‘‘try again and after this victory over ac ,Vllt he went to a sounder, healthier sleep, than [fli had been tormented with dreams of a neglee ' If we cannot get overall the effects of an acci lellt we cau defy the anguish of it, by an attempt ,i reparation. And when that attempt is wholly, or even partially successful, the triumph is as sweet as Ctesar evet knew, and much cheaper Une feels as if he had conquered fate and placed misfortune at defiance. It is an honest joy, and an innocent one So to all men, in well doing wc commend the rule “ try again Subject for a Pencil. —We know of few descrip * on* that can equal in pathos the following pic *■ t- Sterne’s Captive falls far below it. It is from the pen of one who sat for his n , ; ciure :—‘‘Country editor seated on a three stool, before a rickety pine table, in a sno , , om endeavoring to perpetrate a paragraph the married state, while his youngest “pledge 4t 9 ir’mout dispositioned urchin often months .•••learning blue murder because his moth neglects him in her boisterous efforts to con ,;r ~ jj,.| husband that her bonnet is fast getting in. tof fashion, and requites remodelling, and re tooling. and retrimming.and refrizzlccumtwisti eating at Mrs. Flounce the milliner s.” A Lady's Latin ; —Corn*’ here, Arabella, dear, ami tell me what Latin is! Why, Latin, ma, said Arabelle. is—am o, 1 love; am at he loves; am-amus, we love; that’s Latin. Well, it does sound dreadful pretty, tho’, don’t it ? says 1 ; and vet. if L-tin is love, and love is Latin. you hadn’t "no occasion --and 1 got tip and siipt my hand in i'bYs—you hadn’t no occasion to go to the Combined School to larn it, for natur. says 1, teaches tint a—and 1 was wisperin’ of the rest o' the sentence in her *nr. when h o mother said, home. Come, Mr. Slick, what’s that you are a say ing of? Talkin’ Latin, says] a winkin’ to Ara bella, ain't we. Miss ? Oil )es, sai • she, return in'the squeeze of mv hand and lariin’; —oh yes mother, alter all, he understands it complete.— take my seat here, says the old lady, and both on you set down and talk it; for it will be a good practice for you ; and away she sailed to the end of the room, and left us a—Talkin Latin. Sam, Slick , 2d senes. A ft/ekwayrnsn outwitted.— “ Stand and deliv er," were the words addressed to a tailor travelling an foot, by a highwayman, whose brace of pistols looked rather daigerous than otherwise. “I’ll ii.) that with pleasure,” was the reply, at the same time handing over to the outstretched hands of the robber, a purse apparently pretty well stock 'd; ‘-but,” continued he. “suppose you do me a boor in return. My friends would laugh at me were 1 to g* home and tell them I was robbed with as much patience as a lamb ; s’pose you fire vour two bull dogs right through file crown of mv hat; it will look something like a show of re sistance.” llis request was acceeded to; but hardly had the smoke from the discharge of the weapons passed away, when the tailor putie 1 out a rusfv horse-pistol, and in his turn politely re the thunder-struck highwayman to shell ou every thiug of value, his pistots not omitted, ;bout him. ANOTHER FIRE IN CHARLESTON. Hv the Charleston Couriei of Mot lay Cm, wp team that another tire occurred o ii.a.. city on the morning previous, {2d inst.) which consumed ‘he f uadi Ware-fc' u°e of esgre. Revnolds, Clara A:Re' :i. / retin:, street, together with the Wi?. - ••(] ! the o. • buildings on the prem ,K t duelling ot Mr. John Strohecker i:h adio-ftitig lot. The Theatre was in emi •: t danger, and had it rot feeu for the great ex «i;ions of the firemen and citizens, must have fal ’» a prey to the devouring element. t tie Courier remarks, that “the loss of the pro ctors of the Coach establishment will, it is sta 'S, be about 26,000 dollars, of which only 6,000 ” i insured, and that was a on the stock.” I -’ 1 - "'trohecker’s house was also uninsured, and is, •hewfore, a total loss to that gentleman. The Courier thinks that the fire was better managed ’iian any tire that has occurred in that city for t-otne time past—little confusion having occurred, ami the measures adopted for its suppression being taken with a promptness and decision that caused them to be effluent, and bv this means prevented •>conflagration of the most dreadful character.— his thought to be the work of an incendiary. Southern Post. TEXAS. . Che following interesting items we copy from 'tie N. O. Com. Bulletin slip, by express mail of yesterday:— We regret to learn from the Red Lander, pub tshed at San Augustine, under date of October Cth, that the Indians and Mexicnns threaten an te iet hostile movement against the white settle "icnts. Gen. Rusk (says that print) had thought proper to order out two hundred fighting men in addition to the number already in the field, a force seemed amply sufficient to check further depre ssions and put an end to hostilities. An express, received a few days since from Gen. A u sta ted, that the tear gnard of Capt. L. H. k *H.>bet’s company wete attacked by the enemy, marching from Fort Houston to Nacog 't*»s The enemy were concealed, and after •Ge f-w rounds, retreated. Our loss was one and three wounded—that of the enemy not Remained. 1 pon the receipt of this intelligence, Gen. ! immediately repaired to his assisrance, with " 0;U o, ‘e hundred and fifty men, and has since ,'lad them. The Cherokees are friendly, and d?e pledged themseUcs tofight for us. Wc are inclined to the opinion there are uot a sufficient' number of the enemy, at present embodied, to ren der them formidable: yet shouid we delay to meet and conquer them, their cumbers will con tinue to augment and annoy our frontier. in ot: ormation of the statements of the Red Lauder, respecting a rise immg the Indians and Mexicans against the Texiaus, we copy the fol • lowing from the Opelousus Gazette, of the 27th ! ult.“We learn from a gentleman just arrived • from Jasper county, lex is, that the Indians had j killed several Texiau soldiers, and taken possess j ion of Fort Houston situated in the vicinity of : Trinity river. The authorities of Jasper county, | h£d given orders for a draft, which was to have taken place on Saturday last.” ram FLORENCE, GA. Saturday, November 2 7, i 838. The paper we had the good fortune to ob tain having given out and our supply not having arrived, (which w look for every day,) we there fore cannot | rom se our subscriber when the Mir rot w ill again appe .r ; so soon, however, as w e can possibly resume, we assure our patrons we will do so ; w e think our suspension will be of but short duration. The Governor’s Message has crowded out our usual quantity of Miscellaneous matter, as well as caused us to curtail our Editorial remarks. Our readers, however, will lose nothing by the ex change, as it is a most interesting document, lor which we solicit an attentive perusal. COTTON MARKET. A good deal of Cm on has come into our town the past week, and met with a very ready sale.— W 1 quote 1 Ud during the week. We are aware that an impression has gone out that there were no cotton buyers in Florence, or that Florence did not afford as good prices as some other tow as; nowt) is is altogether a mistake, as all the cotton which is or may be brought to this place does and will bring as good prices as can be had in Columbus or any other town bordering on the Chattahoochee. We would therefore, in vite our country friends to come in with all the ! cotton they have, as the “Rhino” is in waiting for them, and we dare not promise that by holding lack there is anv probability of doing better. We would furthet remark, that our merchants are receiving their fall and winter supply of goods, considerable hare arrived and more expected every day; and they are determined to sell them on as accommodating and liberal ts mis as they can be had elsewhere in this region round about; so that Florence will hold out a great inducements to planters as any other place in this section of the country. STEAMBOAT SUNK. We regret to learn that the steamer Floridian, while on her passage up from the Bays, was sunk on the 6th inst. just below loh, Ila We under stand she had considerable fr i: ht on boardforour neighboring town lrwinton, but did no learn whe ther she had any thing for this plac« or no. Not having ascertained the particulars we are conse quently unable to give them THE LEGISLATURE. Wf perceive bm little doing in the Legislature as yet, of much importance. The Union party have made a break upon the question of the Sub- Treasury. by introducing, on the 2d day of the session, a string of whereases and resolutions, re commending the plan as proposed by Mr. Van Buren, and denouncing a National Bank. They were introduced in the Senate by Mr. Echols, of v\ alton; and in the House on the 6:h, by Mr. Kelly, Houston. A bill w i!. b ;c«>d : n the House, on the 7th, by Mr. Rockwell, of Baldwin, iu relatiou to the establishment of a Supreme Court, in obedience to Tie requiv "ents of the Constitution. The Election tm Judges of the Chattahoochee, Cherokee and Ocmulgee circuits, took place on the9th and 10th ins . which resulted in the elec tion of M. J. Wellborn, of Columbus, as Judge of the Chattahoochee circuit ; Edwd. Y. Hill, as : Judge of the Ocmulgee circuit, and Turner H. | Trippe, as Judge o! the Cherokee circuit. Also, John W. Wilde was elected Judge of the Court • of Common Pleas for the city of Augusta; and , Levi S. DeLyon, udge of the City Court of Sa- j vanmih. All State Rights men, both good and i true. Ou the 13th the Legislature went into the elec- ) t ion of Solicitors for the Chattahoochee. Cherokee, Ocmulgee and Eastern circuits, which terminated in the election of Benning (U.) for the Chattahoo chee; Foster, (S. R.) for the Ocmulgee; Lump- ( kin, (U.) for the Cherokee, and Owens, (U.) Bli the Eastern. R. M. Onne (S. R.) was, on the same day e lected Slate Printer. The Georgia Journal says:—“We understand ; that the resignation by the Hon. Alfred Cuth- ] bert, of his seat in the Senate of the United States, is in Milledgeville. Whether it has been delivered to the Executive Department, we are not apprized.” Feeling, as we do for our suffering fellow-citi zens whose property fell a prey to the rapacious , hand of tV e marauding savage in 1P36, we cannot refrain from urging .hem to use every exertion to j have their claims upon the Federal Government! satisfied ; and we know of no way by which those j claims can be better advanced than by sending a Delegate to Washinglc to represent them dur ing the eusuiug session ofCotigress. T his course is the more advisable at this time as those claims will io»t assuredly be disposed of in someway or other, and too much cannot be done to have them satisfactorily adjusted. Should the Legislature grant the petition of which we spoke last week, their relief would be but temporary, as they do not expect more t;. n a loan from that body, hence the necessity ot urg ing upon C. r* ts - ivment of those demands which are so ,us:' due, which has been ac knowledged by Col t- to >e equitable a..d right, in order that they may be the better prepared to refuud the amount back to the State provided tl eir requst should b« granted. The course we have suggested is recommended by ourdistingu shed Representative Col. Dawson, who has taken such an active part in favor of our fellow-citizens in this matter, and is still anxious that every thing should be done to have them fa vorably disposed of. We hope, therefore, the matter will be immediately attended to, and a Del egate forthwith appointed. On Thursday last, the Legislature elected the following military officers : Burwell J. Wynn, of Hancock county Major General of the 2d Division, in place of Maj. Geu Montgomery, resigned. Hugh A. Haralson, of Troup, Major Gen of the 9th Division. John YV. Rabun, of Hancock, Brigadier Gen. of the 2d Brigade, 2d Division. Thomas Hilliard, of Ware, Brigadier Gen. of the 2d Brigade, Gth Division. Thomas Beall, of Houston, Brigadier Gen. of the 2d Brigade, Bth Division. John N. Williamson, of' Newton, Brigadier General of the 2d Brigade, 11th Division. B. 11. Patton, of Habersham, Brigadier Gen eral of the Ist Brigade, 2d Division. The Message of the Governor to both branch es of the Legislature, will be found in our columns tc-day. Avoiding all encouragement of party ex citement, it will be found cevoted entirely to the recommendation of matters pertaining to the gen eral welfare now prevailing in our limits, this course is well and wisely chosen ; no inflammato ry rhetoric, no appeal to popular zeal, legitimately find their place.in a public document of this char acter; and at this time they might be considered particularly out of place. The recommendations of the message, seem to be confined ordinarily to topics of a domestic nature, and are generally ot measures which tend to advance the posperity of the State. The practical measures we apprehend will find a ready assent in every reader; those on the contrary, beneficial effects which are ot the fu ture, and rest at present almost entirely on theory, w ill of com se find unbelevers. Such things are to be expected. In the main, however, we hazard no thing in saying, that this messrge will be found an excellent State paper ; a practical business like document.— Georgia Journal. UNEW YORK ELECTIONS. The returns from the New York city elections reached us yesterday morning. The whig major ity was from 1600 to 2000 votes. Slips from New York by this morning’s ex press mail, represent the-result of the election for the Governor, as a little doubtful. So far, Sew ard, the whig candidate, is far ahead—l 7 coun ties have oniy been heard from.—There are 67 counties in the State, and it is estimated by the Journal of Commerce, that unless the whigs lose in the remaining counties a larger proportion of votes than in those already heard from, Seward’s election is very sale. For the Assembly, in the same counties, the whigs have 29—administration 17 members, show ing a whig loss of 11 compared with last year. Fr«m the N. Y Corn ier Sf Enquirer, of the 29/A. IMPORTANT FROM WASHINGTON. We learn from a source which may be relied on that on Monday last a gentleman of high charac ter. waited upon the President of the United .States and laid before him letters, documents, Ac. Ac. which he had reo ved from France, and which were intentedto prove, that the expedition now fit ting out in Fram e ostensibly against .1 lexica is in realitv intended agains! *he island of Cuba ! ’The communication is sad to have excited considera ble uneasiness at Washington but we are sure un necessarily. France well knows that such a pro ceeding would be looked upon as a declaration of War against the United States, and Great Britain and treated accordingly, and therefore, cannot entertain the idea. After all, is it certain this expedition is inten ded to act in this hemisphere 7 ft is ordered to rendezvous at Cadiz. Now it Ver> Cruz he its object or any other M exican port, we . hould have thought that Guadaloupe or Martinique would be a more natural place of rendezvous, either being b, t a few days .ail fro 1 »he contemplated scene of operations. At auy i :»• there they will have to go. should Mexico be the . bject in view. It is impossible for a large squadron, compo ed of vet, sels differing in their rate of sailing and steam ships, to cross the Atlantic and arrive on the bat tie ground in that order which is necessary to act with efficacy. They must have some adjacent place where they cau marshall their forces and arrange their plan of attack. The Briti h expe ditions to a distant point always found the obser vance of this rule necessary. Jamaica, it will be recollected, was the place of rendezvous for the forces which attacked New Orleans, And what can France expect to gain from the most successful operations against M cxico ? We of course consider the idea of man h’ng on the city of Mexico, or erectinc a monarchy there un der a French priuce, which we have seen sugges ted, as chemerical as the idea that the expedi tion spoken of is intendad to take possession of Cuba. Suppose France possess herself of the Castle of San Juan ue Ulloa and even of the city of Vera Cruz, she will he as far from bringing the men who compose the Government of Mexico to terms a* ever, whilst the climate will make fearful havoc among her forces. Suppose she lay Tam pico in ashes, the men in i»ower in Mexico will look on with indifferece. The truth is, the weak ness of Mexico is her strength. There being no vitality in any part of her system, it is impossible to strike at a vita! point. In tie first instance we believe that Louis Pbil lippe has been deceived by the representations of the French Agents in Mexico too apt to overrate the terror inspired by French power axul not tp estimate sufficiently the obstinacy—stupid enough sometimes—which the Mexicans have inherited from their Spanish aucesters. but he is too ca gacious a i’nnce to persevere in error, lie can not fail to perceive that his new system of block- * ade is about to meet with serious resistance froa England and the United States, and he will find, we think, that one half the which the con templated expedition to Mexico will cost, expen ded amongst the men who now hold the reigns of government iu Mexico, would obtain more fn ii him than any exertion of his power. That pow however; may possibly still be displayed before the Castle of Ban Juaa. But before it at tempts to strike, Louis Philippe’s money will have obtained enough to satisfy the often abused terms of French honor and French glory, and there the matter will end. This at least appears to us the most probable solution of the difficulty. ■ ■■■■!■■ ■ -■ ii m -!* u BOAT NEWS. Arrived, on Monday last, from Apalachicola, Steamer FRANCKS, with Dry Goods and Gro ceries for H \V. Woodward; and departed the same day for Columbus, Arrived, on Tuesday last, from St. Josephs and Apalachicola, Steamer ELLEN, Allen Mas ter, with Dry Goods and Groceries, for Andrews cY Bemis, F. G. Gibson, 11. W. Woodward and others; and departed the same day tor Columbus. The funeral sermon of A. W. Griswold will be preached by the Rev. T. Gardner,at the Methodist Churrli, inthis place, on Sunday, 25fh inst. at 11 o’clock, A. M. Nov. 17 * 34 FRESH RECRUIT. ~ Till IE subscriber respectfullly notfiiesliis friends J- and the public generally, that he is now open ing a fresh assortment of an<l Fancy Dry Goods, chosen, with much cake, also i» store, GROCERIES , Cotton nagging. Twine, #c. lie begs leave to remind his friends that he will continue to receive COTTON on store at his WARE-HOUSE as usual, and pledges himself to make every effort to give general satisfaction to his patrons, and begs their patronage. H. W. WOODWARD. Florence, Nov. 15 34 FOUND, ~ BY" the subscriber, on the road below Florence, a Bill ot MONEY, w.iich the owner can have by paying for this advertisement and proving the same. J, T. B. TURNER. Nov. 17 34 2t WILLIAM It. MAY, ATTORNEY AT LAW, HAVING located himself in Starksvillee, Lee county, will practice in all the comities of the Chattahoochee Circuit, and in Houston anti Upson of the Flint, and Dooly of the Southern. He hopes, by strict attention to the business en trusted to his care, to receive a liberal share of public patronage. Nov. 15 5t 34 PAl»i;i: AND 8 TAT IOAA Wholesale anel He tail. HTMIE Subscribers have just opened their Fall JL and Winter Stock of fine and superfine Let ter, Cap, and larger PAPERS, most of which has been purchased direct from the manufactures. Stationary of every kind, Blank Books, for city or country trade, Pocket Books, Pen Knives, &c. Which they will sell on accommodating terms, for city acceptances. Blank Books made to order. Printers supplied with Priming Paper, Ink, &c. of the best quality. BURGES & WALKER, Stationer’s Hall, 85 East Bay, Charleston, S. C. Nov. 10 43 3m S TOP THE MURDERERS! #IOOO REWARD, AJ|7’ILL be paid, by the undersigned, for the ?t apprehension of John Step A* Solomon Step, who murdered MARTIN FRALEY, sen. on th« Bth October, inst. near Wolf’s Ferry, in Harden county, Tenn. JOHN STEP is about 26 years of age, 5 feet 8 or 9 inches high, dark complexion, dark eyes, black hair, inclined to curl, and very low forehead. The middle joint of the. fore-finger of his right hand is considarably enlarged, occasioned, it is supposed, by a hurt. SOLOMON STEP is about 23 or 24 years of aije. 5 feet 11 inches high, stout built, a little in ! diced to he stoop shouldered, dark complexion, dark eves, dark hair, inclined to curl, and very high chec k hones. The bone# of his right band have been broken near the middle of the palm, and occasion a considerable ridge on the back of his hand. The Steps formerly resided in the Cherokee country iri Georgia, and it is thought they will either make their way back to Georgia or strike for Texas. The above reward will be paid on their delivery in Harden county, Ten. or a proportionable re.- ward for either. SALLY FRALEY, HENDERSON G. FRALEY. JACKSON FRALEY", SAMUEL LENOX. October 20 34 3t INFORMATION WANTED. rTIHERE was inveigled off from Macon, Ga., X in the winter of 1831, by some person, a Boy, then about ten years old, spare made, black eyes, rather brown hair, and very fast spoken. His re al name is MARSHALL DEES, but the indi vidual who took him off may have changed his name. It is supposed he is in Dooly county Ga. Any information relative to him will be thankfnl ]y received by his brothers and sisters, by address ing this offiee. Ojr’The papers iw the lower part of this State, who feel for the distresses of orphan children will please publish the above, and oblige the broth ers rn 1 sisters ofthe u fortunate boy, who wish to remove t» Texas the coining winter cr spring, and wish him to go with them. Oct. 27,1035, Macon Tdcgrajift