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S • THE GEORGIA MIRROR, 13 PUBLISHKD EVERY TUESDAY, Ijv 12. R.irdiii'r A: J. L» kSull, ( E litors and Proprietors.) At niU.EE DODLARS a year, it' paid in advance, or FOUR DOLLARS, if not paid until the end of the year. Ydvertisements will bs conspicuously inserted it One Dollar per square, (15 lines or lass,) U ie irs, » cents for each sub sequent insertion. \ll a tvertisenvmts linn led in for publi cation vitlionl t limitation, will be published ti l forbid, an 1 charged accordingly. Soles of Land and Negroes by Execu tors, Yd uiuistrators and Guardians, are re quired by law to be advertised iu a public <1 i/.ette, sixty days previous to the day of sale. Tht sale of Personal property must be a lver ise<' in like m inner torty days. N nice to Debtors and Creditors of an estate nust be published lolly days. Notice that application will be made to the < lourt of Ordinary for leave to sell Land and Negroes, must be published weekly lor four months. , . „ r- s. A il Letters on business must o ““ JOB PiUNTInG. /NdVMivCl’El) with ih ■ o ice of the W MUI 11‘dit. is a sple.i h 1 apartment ol ds 7 '£ J.’ .j* -2 J \n I we are enabled to exettte all kind of Job c .vork. in the neatest manner aud at the short st notice. __ T^ , . of every description vviii con.suutly be kept o.i hand, sucli as Attachments, , Executions, rio Summons, Jury do Su'oprcms theta’s Recognizance, S icri Facias, Appearance Rands, O.i. Sa. Declaration —Debt, 1 Jee.iaratioii Yssumpsit, Sheriff Deeds, M’-ix Collector Executions, Idi ink Notes, Arc tV 111*4910 !l House. ~ r ■ 1 HE subscribers have as . f I sociated themselves to ! as COMMISSION <***£»«** MERCHANTS, under the iiqmp nnd stvle ot r/iir.v £>. rri'TSVCo. qq,„v Inve purchased the eonmiodious WYRE-JK>USE and CLOSE STORE, h,eiy .pied by .lernigan, Laurence &Cos where they will I‘ec 1 ‘ ecf ‘ ive CO | lION GO )DS in store, and advance only upon cot t.,., j u their possession and under tlieir con t 01. Their charges will be as customary. The business will be conducted by John TANARUS) l>,tts. We s .licit the patronage ot tint pit!,lie, and are prepared to give Columbus | prices for Cotton. p M. J. LAURENCE. Florence, Nov. 10 33 ts J. ]>. B I'AKii, F33WARDINB AMO .COMMISSION MERCHANT* St. Joseph, Fla. January 19, 1839. DRYGOODS. r*p *i 15 »uW:ritiar having recently re.pleu .l. ished his stock, invites his custom ers and the public genera;!*, to call and ex amine for themselves. His goods are nns and well selected and ho is tillering them on as good terms as any iu the nicker. ilis block consists in part of the Inflow lug . Woolens, iSatthietts, A variety of Broad Oiotlw, Circassians, Merinos, Bombazines and Romba/.ettes, Red and White Flannel, A g 10 1 assortment of £isa:Vj «TI.J Ac Clolhi <*»» A large supply ol BUY) L C> and -aiiOL.-, OBNTEMBS’S ANU LADIES SADDLES, BRIDLES AND MAfITINCALS. Crockery, Hardware and Cutlery, With a variety of other articles suitable to the season, which he takes great pleasure in offering to his customers and the pub lie, at liis uew store oa the-North side Cen tre streH. __ _,.-« Jan 12 40 THO; GARDNER. Nl-W STORE. rqpilE undersigned liaving associated .1 them selves under the name and style of ll.irvev &‘Ch istain, offer for sale anew and <v»ll selected Stock of Goods, \V ares. Hud Merclian lize, from Charleston, viz. Broad Cloth, S.ittinctts, Emernetts, Merino, Silk Lustring and Mattronas, French Muslin, do Ginghams, do Prints, Scotch Ginghams, r Anew assorted Stock ot English and \- rnerican Prints, Furniture Prints, Bonnets, H its, Shoes, of all kinds, Bridles, Saddles and Martingales. Besides a variety of oth er articles too tedious to mention. W hich will be sold low for cash or undoubted cre ditors. Tlie pnbli* are requested to call aud ex amine for thomselves. JOHN P. HARVEY, MORGAN CHASTAIN. March 26, 1339 50 rpIHE SUBSCRIBERS have just re -JL ceivcd a select lot of GROCERIES, which they offer on reasonable terms for Cash. - ROOD Ac TALMAN. Dec 15 37 ts mOSI’ECTIS OF TIIE SOUTHERN LITERACY MESSENGER. fJIHIS is a monthly Magazine, devoted J- chiefly to Literature, Imt occasion ally finding room also lor articles tkn fall within the scope of Science ; and not pro essiug an entire disdain of tasteful selections, though its matter has been, as it will con tiaue to be, in the main, original. Party Politics, and controversial Theol ogy, as far as possible, are jealously exclu ded. They are sometimes so blended with discussions in literatuie or in moral sci cnee, otherwise unobjectionable, as to gain admittance for the sake of the more valu able mtitvr to which they adhere: bin whenever that happens they are incidental , only, not primary. They are dross, tolera ted onlv because it cannot well be severed from the sterling ore wherewith it is incur po rated. Reviews and Critical Notices, occit py their due space in the work : and it is the Editor's aim that they should have a three fold tendency—to convey, in a condensed form, such valuable truths or interesting in cidauts as are embodied in the works re viewed,—to direct the readers attention to books that deserve to be read—a:iJ to wan him against wasting time and money upon that large number, which merit only to be burned. In this age of publications that by tlieir variety and multitude, distract and o ve. whelnm every undiseriminating student.. impartial criticism, governed by the views ju«t mentioned, is one of the most inesti mable and indispensable of auxiliaries to him who does toisit to discriminate. Essays and Tales, having in view utility or amusement, or both; Historical sket ches —and Reminisencks ofeventstoo min ute for History yet elucidating it, and heightuing its interest—may be regarded as foniiioq the staple of the wprk. And of indigenous Poetry, enough is publish ed—sometimes of no mean strain—to man ifest and to cultivate the growing poetical taste and talents of our country. 'Phe times appear, for several reasons, to demand such a work—aud not one alone, but inanyt The public mind is feverish anil irritated still, from recent political strifes: The soft, assunsive influence of Lit erature is needed, to allay that fever, and soothe that irritation. Vice anil folly are rioting abroad :—They should be driven by indignant rebuke, or lashed bv ridicule, in to tlieir fitting haunts. Ignorance lords it over an immense proportion ot our peo pie:—Every spring should be set in motion, to arouse the enlightened, and to increase their number; so that the great enemy of popular government may no longer brood, like a portentous cloud, over the destinies of our country. Ynd to accomplish all these ends, what more powerful agent can be employed, than a periodical on the plan of the Messenger; if that plan be but car ried out in practice? The South peculiarly requires such an agent. In all tho Union, south of Washing ton, there are but*two Literary periodicals! Northward of that city, there are probably at least twenty-five or thirty ! Is this con trast justified by the wealth, the leisure, the native talpnt, or the actual literarv taste of the Southern people, compared with those of the Northern 1 No: for in wealth, talents and taste, we may justly claim, at least, an equalily with our brethren mil a domestic institution exclusively onr own, beyond all doubt, a fords us, if we choose, twice the leisure for reading and writing which they enjoy. It was from a deep sense of this local want that the word Southern was engratted on this periodical: and not with any design to nourish loeai prejudices, or to advocate sup posed local inte ests. Far from any such thought, it is the Editor’s fervent wish, to see me North and South bound endearing ly together, forever, in the silken bands of mutual kindness and affection. lai from meditating hostility to the north, he has al ready drawn, and he hopes hereafter to draw, nini’b of l.io choicest matter thence; and happy indeed will he deem himself, should lus pages, bv making each region know the other better contribute in any es sential degree to dispel the lowering clouds that now threaten the peace ol both, and to brighten ami strengthen the sacred ties of fraternal love. The Southern Literary Messenger has new been inexistence lour years—the pre sent No commencing t lie fifth volume. How far it has acted out the ideas here ut tered, is not for the Editor to say ; he be lieves, however, that it lulls not further short of them, than human weakness usually makes Practice fall short of Theory. CONDITIONS. 1. The Southern Literary Messenger is published in monthly numbers, of 6-1 large superroyal octavo pages each, on the best of paper, and neatly covered, at do a year— payable in advance. 2. Or live new subscribers, by sending theit names and S2O at one time to the edi tor, will receive their copies lor one year, for that sum. o> at $4 for each. 3. The risk of loss of payments for sub scriptions, which have been properly com mitted to the mail, or to the hands of a post master, is assumed by the editor 4. If a subscription is not directed to be discontinued before the first number of the next volume has been published, it will be taken ns a continuance for another year. Subscriptions must commence with the be ginning ot the volume, and will not be ta ken for less than a year’s publication. 6. The mutual obligations of the publish er and subscriber, for the year, are fully in curred as soon as the first number of the volume is issued : and after that time, wo discontinuance ot a subscription will be permitted. Nor will a subscription be dis continued for any earlier notice, while yna thing thereon remains due, unless at the option of the Editor. NOTICE. [N conformity to a Resolution of ihe Flor ence company, will be sold on tlie Ist Monday in July, two wharf lots. Terms made known on the day of sale. 11. W. JERNIGAN, Agent April 15 1839. 1 TTENRY A. GARRF.TT is the author _i I- ised agent to take notes, receive cash and give receipts for any demands due the ,n'e and Female Academies at Florence. M May 6 4 THE TRUSTEES. mim a* asm Prospechtt 1 soft es i: i: \ “ fa e: ii er. \ T the earnest solicitation of a large J-I number of our fellow-citizens, we is -uea Fiospeitus for the publication of a weekly paper to he styled THE JSOUTH ERN FARMER, aud devoted exclusively to the improvement of Agriculture, and the general interns' of the I’limter. \\’e are ; persuaded that a work of this character is essentially needed iutliis State; that its ad vantages are duly appreciated ; and that we have only to commence the publication in order to be patronized anil sustained by the great body of the people. At tbe North, where works of tliskind have long been fostered and encouru"t'd. Ag riculture is studied as a department of sci ence, and is therefore in a continued and rapid state of imprnvem nt: in consequence j of which, industry and economy are pro moted in all classes, and the substantial coin ortsof life are accumulating around every hearth. \Ve, of the South, have always beensu linely neg'igeutof our best interests in ref •rence to this subject, and it is now high im« that we should shake off our lethargy, md our shameful dependant s upon ti e for every valuable sugp *stion in Ag riculture as well as Literature. Why is it, that the fresh -nd fertile fields <f the South cannot vie in the quantity and qualitv of (heir productions, with the old and worn out fields of the North 1 An answer may be found in the fact that Northern fa. Tiers de vote more attention and study to the im provement of ti e various branches of Agri culture. With the advantages in point of soil and climate, which our Southern States undoubtedly possess, we see no other reason for tbe paucity of tlieir productions, than impe’fection iu the Agricultural system here iu vogue. Agriculture may be considered both as an art and a science, depending upon innumet able sources for its perfection, and applica ble to every spot of earth Inhabited by man ; and no individual can acquire by his own ex perience alone, more than a limited degree of knowledge on the subject. A paper ol thekindwepropo.se to establish, will ofi'ei great advantages for tlie -interchange of ex perience and opinion, by which every indi vidual may possess himself of the combined observations of a great number, with whose interest his own is identified. By this means u general intelligence in relation to agrieul tural subjects, and a competent knowledge of the principles that govern its operations will be diffused throughout the community, and thus afford increased stimulus and en couragement to all who are engaged in its pursuits. We conceive onr undertaking to lie a laudable one, and therefore respectfully call upon the public for patronage aud sup port. Communications from practical men, on practicable subjects, will, at all times find a place in the columns of tbe SOUTHERN FARMER, null Ii *»in tbo intorest which some of our intelligent friends havealreadi evinced for its succe-s. we h v<* no doubt ol being able to pre«eut to the public an inter esting and valuable paper. The publication will be commenced as s >on as a sufficient number of subscriber are obtained to authorize it. 'PERMS. Tbe Southern Farmer will bi published weekly, on fine paper, in quarto fuiai, at the rate of Three Dollars per an num, i lyablt, in all cases, in advance. Sub scriber to t lie Georgia Mirror will be en titled to receive »he Southern Farmer at Two Dollars per annum. Both papers will heseut i'o one address for Five Dollars. GARDNER A BULL. Florence, Ga. May 17, 1839. 'LANir FOir SALET" HP HE Subscriber would sell the follow* Jl iog Lots of Land low lor cash: No 58, 16th dist. of Dooly. No. 229 do.. do. No. 2. 15th dist. of Early. No 511, 7th dist. of Irwin. No. -108, 38th dist. of Early. No. 130, 12th dist. of Dooly. Apply to the Subscriber in Monroe coun tv Ga. JOHN PITMAN. May 15, 19.39 6 .3t ALABAMA LANDB FOR SALE. jyr IIALF 9 14 30 In . s. half 4 14 .30 N. half 8 14 30 N. half 7 14 30 S. half 7 14 30 S. half 6 14 30 S. half 11 14 29 S. half 20 18 28 S. half 34 19 28 N. half 36 19 < 29 S. half 36 19 29 W. half 29 16 2C N. half 6 16 30 E. half 01 22 26 E. half 22 13 23 N. half 33 20 26 S. half 32 13 28 W. half 26 15 24 S. half 29 16 25 L. half 2 18 25 of the above Lands will be sold on terms to suit purchasers, by application to ! John D. Pitts, Esq. Florence, Ga. or to the subsciber, at Macon. July 20 18 .1. TOWLES. QUIDNUNC. rj|rt HE seasonhavingcom f*C r ' JiJC -I- menced on the first CTK of March, ih>s horse will stand at Lumpkin and Flor ence, each, alternately, three days at a time. Persons may know where he may be found, by counting *he days which lie re mains at each place. He was in Florence on the 3d, 4th and sth ; in Lumpkin fitli, 7th and Btb, anil from thence by niv bouse and Wrn Porter’s on his return to Florence, ev ery week regularly, thereafter. Any solvent gentlemen who will make up a company of 12 mares, shall receive the 12th the season gratis. T. W. PEARCE March 12 43 THE .Subscriber will attend to the eollec lion of all debts dm tbe late firm o( Gardner !c Barrow, up *o April, 1839. Persons indebted to said firm will please make payment immediately April 30 H H BARROW Prom the Terns Notional Inlrllinearer. THE LOAFER S LAMENT. Aik—Exile of Erin. There rnme to tbe wharf a poor broken down loafer, The beard on bis black chin had long been unshorn; For whiskey he sigh'd, but his last spree was over. Ills pockets were empty—his shin plasters gone. But the grog shop attracted his eye's sad devotion, For be knew, that inspired with brandy’s emotion. He bad reeled ou that floor, like a ship in the ocean, Ashe walked to the bar fora smaller of rum. Sad is my fate said the lienrt-br»ken loafer, Tbe dog and tbe tom cat to shelter can flee, But 1 a'nt got a coat, my poor 'arcass to cover And nobody cares a rum smaller for me. Ne*er again iu green Washington square. Can I take a sweet snooze—for the consta ble's there ; He'd carry me offin a style mighty queer, Aud march me to jail in the skip of a flea. Whiskey, my lov’d one! tlio’ sad and for saken, In dreams of the bottle I joyfully come ; But alas! in a stall in fish market 1 awaken, With the skin of my tl r jat just as dry as a drum. Oh, rruel fate! wilt thou never replare me. In a grog-shop again, where no constables chase ine, Whc.e ibe busters I once knew, again shall embrace me, And call for more liquor to welcome me home. Where is the tavern that stood by the market. Where nine times a day forajnlap I'd call. And we, jolly souls, all the evening would lark it, Busters and friends! we have wept for its fall ! No more in that temple the jolly boys meet, No longerwe loafers each other may greet, They tore down the tavern to nuke anew street, In sadness I saw them demolish tbe wall. Yet all its sail recollections suppressing, One wish alone my poor bosom will draw. And bequeath to that Uiud heart a loafer’s last blessing Who'll give me a smaller to moisten my craw. Th°» sleep on the stall where my legs cease tliuir mufiulJ, I'll dream that I float in an alcohol ocean. And quaffing its waves sing aloud with de votion, Whiskey, I Jove thee best when thou art raw. h out, THE FIRST AND LAST TICKET. MASUSCRIPT OF a CRIMNAL. My first ticket was a blank. I was per suad'd by a friend 'o buy it, who tempted me by holding up to view the glittering prize, and exciting my hopes of obtaining t. 1 was not disappointed at tbe result cf my purchase, although a curse involuntarily burst from my lips when 1 first learned it. I hardly thought of drawing a high prize ; yet tbe possibility of being so fortunate kept my mind inconstant burning excitement, I was a voting man then, and could ill afford to loose the cost of the ticket. However, I comforted my* elf with the reflection, that experience must be paid for. I also made a determination that I would not be so fool ish again. I kept it unbroken (dr six months: yet all that time there was a wins pering in iny ear— ,l try again, you may be more fortunate /” It was the whispering of rny evil genius—and I obeyed it. J bought part of a ticket and drew five hundred. 1 bail previously to this, being in a good sit uation, and with every prospect of doing well in the world, engaged myself to Eliza Berton, a young lady who had long posses sed my affections. She was one no, I will not, 1 cannot speak of her as she was We I ', shortly after my good fortune ; I should sax my misfortune —I married lier. I was considerably elated with my luck, and tieated my friend's freely. I did not how ever buy any tickets at that time, though s ronely urged. One evening, after I had been married some months, 1 went out to visit a friend, intending to returu in the course of an hour. On the way to my friend’s house, I passed a lottery office. It was brilliantly lighted up. and in the wipdows were temp tingly displayed schemes of chance, and in vitations to purchase. 1 had not tried my luck since my marriage, and had given up buying tickets. As 1 passed by tbe window of Ibe office my eye caught the billowing in illuminated letters arid figures—“slo 000 prize tcdl be heard from this night. Tick ets So.” I hesitated a moment, tlieti walked on ‘who knows but what 1 may, get it?’ Is> and to myself. 1 stopped : turned about; still hesitating; ‘try again,’ I beard, and re tracting my steps, I went into the office. A number of my acquaintances were sitting there smoking. The vender gave me a se gar, and after a while asked me if I should no' like to try my luck in tbe lottery ; which he was expecting every moment to hear from his clerk having gone out to await the opening of the mail. So saying he hand ed me out a package of quartets, which he prevailed on me to take, and pay twenty five dollars; the price he sold them at. The clerk soon came with a list of the drawing; and I left the office that evening one thousand dollars better off than when 1 entered. But where for? For home? No—for the tavern; all went for a treat. At midnight, I went home to my anxious, sleepless wife, in a fit ot intoxication. This was her first experience. * * * A week went by, and Eliza began to smile again. The excitement I was in that night, she admitted as an excuse for my cptiduct. But she tenderly advised me, nay on her knees in the stillness of our charrbet, every night she implored God to have me in his keeping,—to preserve me from temptation. 1 was ashamed of myself; and I solemnly swore to abstain altogether from tickets. My wife was herself auain. Months passed away; a charge was entrusted to my keep ing; a holy charge. I was presented « itli a son. He took his father's name. Thank God! he will not bear his sorrows; his shame ! 1w as happy as man need be for a year. Business prospered ; I enjoyed good health, and was blessed with a happy home where all was peace. Part D. I said Iwashappv—-I was at times; but there was a secret thirst wltliiu for riches ; and yet 1 was not avaricious; nor was 1 parsi monious. IS>it the desire had been awaken ed ; the hope been encouraged, that, by venturing little, much might be had, anil although by lottery gambling, yet a burning thought of gain; of gain by lotteries; agi tated me day and night. In the day time, about my business, the thought that by ven turing a few dollars, 1 might draw enough to make me independent ot labor; to allow me to live at ease, was uppermost in my mind ; and every night I received a large sum of prize money. 1 strove to banish such desires from my mind; but they haunted me like au evil spirit. About eighteen months after taking my oath, a grand scheme was advertised to he drawn on a certain dav in my own town. I felt a strong propensity to try my luck again. 1 was importuned by my friends to buy tick ets; the scheme was good—the chance ol success was so great ; but I thought of the oath I had taken, and was firm in my denial. The day of drawing drew nigh. The ven der who sold me the prize urged me to take a tew-tickets—-I was also urged by others; even in the, presence of my wile But 1 resisted it. Bhe, trusting me, said not a word ; she knew my oath was pledged ; she knew that 1 remembered it,-—and she hart confidence iu r.iy Keeping it sacred. St.<- oniy gave a glance of pleasure, it may be triumph as she heard me 'refuse my friends invitation. That night 1 drecmjrt that a particular number would he a fortunate one ; that I purchased it, and it came up the highest prize. When I arose in the morn ing my firmness was a little shaken ; it was the day of drawing. A friend came into my store in the forenoon and showed me a parcel of tickets ; amongst them l saw the number of mv dream! He offered them to me; 1 forgot myself; I mocked my God ; [ broke my oath; I did not stay in the house at noon auy longer than to hurry through with my dinner. My wile s pres ence was a burden to me; her happy suiiles discomfilted me, and hercheerful tones went to my heart like a reproach. From that day her presence was a curse to me; not ihat I loved her less; not that she had changed ; but how could J stand before her, perjured as I was, and she the while not doubting my innocence; how could I with out (effing my unholiness t A thousand times that forenoon did 1 resolve to seek my Iflend m (1 return liiin the ticket, and so of ten dill I break them. Conscience smote heavily. But tli<» prize, thought 1, will check it Fool, to think paltry gold would reconcile an offended God; would buy off punishment! The lottery was drawn that afternoon. That evening I sat alone with my wife in her room. She was talking of the folly of some men, in not being con (ented with whai they possessed, and lot being ever on the search fur more. 'llow many hearts have been agitated ; wound up to the highest pitch, this afternoon, in hopes of drawing a prize., What could I do ? I was there, and had to listen to her, al though each word seemed like a burning coal at my heart. She continued— •And how many have spent that, which should have gone for bread and clothing lor their families; and for what? For a vain hope of obtaining more ! for a piece of mere colored paper! And think you, my hus band, there has been no vows violated, no oath’s broken this afternoon ?’ 1 made no answer, and she went on; ‘lf there are any stich and if they have been unfortunate, how bitter must be their disappointment, and how doubly keen their remorse ! Are you not. David, better pleased with y ourself this evening for not buying tickets ; allowing you had not pledged your oath not to med dle with them; than you would have been, had you purchashed them and made money by it’?’ Thus did the woman talk to me, as though 1 were as pure and guiltless as herself.. She knew not that at the moment her words were like and iggers to my heart; that every motion of her lips my soul writhed in agony; she knew not that my pocket book was crammed with the acursed tickets; blank tickets! And when she poured outlier soul in prayer that night, she knew not that lie. for whom she prayed, dared not listen to her words, hut stopped his ears. So it was. ‘Do my dear husband, stay at home, one evening this week ! You shall read to me, or I will read to you ! come, keep me com pany this evening.’ Thus said my wife one evening as she took me affectionately by the arm, a tear at the same time filling her eye. Brute that 1 was! 1 shook her off re pulsively, scarcely deigning her a reply as I went out. 1 was an altered man ;my innocence had departed from me ; 1 had perjured inysvlf. My oath once broken I still continued to break it. Not a lottery was drawn but that I had some chance in it. I'll luck attended me. Blanks; blanks were my portion. Still 1 kept on. Most of my hours were spent in lottery offices. I neg lected my business; debts accumulated; wants came upon me; and Iliad nothing to satisfy them with but a hope ; a hope, that at the next ing I should I e lucky. A* cares increased I went to a tavern (or re lief. Remorse gnawed at my heart like a worm. It had drank up all my happiness. When I first broke my oath 1 thought gold would still my conscience. Gold I had none, so I attempted to ease it by strong drink. Rum burnt up my tender feelings ; mv better nature ; but it only added to the quenchless fire that was raging at my heart. It was not uncommon tor me at this stage, to get intoxicated every night. Oft have I I staggered home to my patient, dying Eliza; for mv conduct was making sad inroads on a constitution naturally delicate ; and without a shadow of cause fell to abusing her. What insult and misery has not that vvomajj -endured! and all brought on by me her husband, her protector! Abou^ this time our child die'’. I dare not think of his death; how it was Inuught on. The poor child might have lived longer; per haps lie might; but he complained of beiug cold sometimes, of wanting clothes; and sometimes his cry for bread was vain. It was a great shock to my w ile ; and her grad ual fading, day by day sobered me, and made me thoughtful. But what had Ito do with reflection 1 The past was made up of sharp points, and when 1 turned to it I was pierced! and the future; what could \ anticipate ? what was there in store fer me ? So 1 closed my ears—shut my heart to the starving condition ot Eliza, and be came a brute again. Part 111. It was in the evening of a wet, cloudy day, that I sallied forth from my boarding hovel, to shame and sin, to learn the fate of my last ticket, 'i o obtain it, I had to dis pose of a Bible, which belonged to my late wife—my dead Eliza ; and which was the dying gift of her mother. It was the last thing that I Held that had belonged to her. One by one, had I disposed ol what little effects she left, to gratify n.y passion for drinking and gambling. 1 had lost all feel ings of shame. My wife had been dead two years. The ticket I now had was to seal myfate. I had lasted more than one day to obtain means to purchase it; I had even stinted ny drink for means sostroi g was my passion lor gambling. Well I went into the office and called for the prize list. At a glance I saw that my hopes were frustrated; and crushing the list convulsively in my hand, 1 muttered a dee| oath and stulked out of the office. That ticket indeed sealed my late. ‘The world owes me a living, and a living I will have!’ 1 said to myself as 1 turned away with a desparing heart and walked up the street. My mind was suddenly made up to a strong purpose. ‘There is money!’ 1 said betwr-c" *»•••*-. 1 iifrrti ulontr meditating some desperate Uni'll. 1 knew jmt the time of night; it was la.e, however, for the stores were all closed, when a man biushed by me. As he passed 1 saw it was the vender of tickets— -the man who had sold me the first and last ticket— the man to whom I had j aid dollar after dollar, until all was gone. He had a t -Unk in his hand, and was probably going home. - •This man,’ thought 1, ‘lias received fiom me even to the last laithing; shall r ot I he ju-tified in compe ling h m to return a part ? at least ought he not be made to give me something to relieve my misery; to keep me from starving?’ Such was my reason ing, as 1 buttoned my jacket and slowly fol lowed him. BeldrJ reaching his house, he had to pass over a lorn )y space, where there were no houses, and ai that time cf the night hut little passing. He had gone over half this space, when I stepped quickly and warily behind him; and grasping with one hand his r ollar and witH the other his trunk iu a gruff voice demanded his moi ev. ILe words were barely uttered before 1 was grappled by the throat, lie was a strong mail and he had a dangerous hold. 1 put ‘orthall mv strength to shake off his grasp, striki* g him at the same time in the face and breast, hut without avail—he still kept his hold. Finding that something decisive must be doue, for 1 could with diflicuhy b:eat)ie, 1 clasped him round the middle, and giving him a sudden jerk, we both fell to the ground. 1 feU underneath and he had me in his power. I struggled in vain to fiee myself. He still held me by the throat, and lie began to cry for assistance. What was to he dine? 1 had a jack knife in my pocket; there was no time for reflec tion ; my left hand was free ; it was the work of a moment; the hot blood spirted from his heart full in my face. ILs hold relaxed, and giving a terrible groan he rolled on the ground in agony. ] sprang upon my feet and snatched the trunk ; as I moved away in the|darkness, the death ra tie ih the throat of rny victim came fearfully upon my ears. What followed until 1 fouud myself chained iu this dungeon 1 know not, 1 had alaint lecollcctiou of flying Irom the spot where lay the dying man: of being aroused in the morning by the officers ot justice; of a court room, where was displayed the trunk Pound in my possession, and the hc'fe taken.fro in the breast of the corpse wnh u.jr name on the handle. 1 have a more distinct recollection of an after trial and of a con demnation ; and to-morrow the jailor tells me lam to die—to be public ly executed. 1 acknowledge the justice of my* punish ment; I deserve death; and may God show mercy to him who showed no mercy ! A Fragment. —Follow him, il ycu have a heart to do it, as he staggers along, now and then licking the ground, till he reaches his once p acelul home. “He's coming,” cry the little innocents, as they look through the window, but it is not the cry of joy, that welcomes the parent as he approaches his tender family ; ah, no ! it is the cry of fear; of horror! See them flee from him as front a monster; look at the broken hearted mother, as she takes up her affnghted boy and bathes him with her tears. “Ah,” says she to her children, “your father once loved you ; once he loved me; he was a kind husband, and a provident parent; but now we are forsaken ; your little tender feet feel the nipping frost ; your bodies shiver with cold; your tattered clothes are falling from vou.and 1 have no new ones to give; you lire hungry, but I have no bread for you ; the necessities of life your father was once wont to bring home to cheer our hearts, are now changed for the bottle, which some demon furnished him with, perhaps as the reward of his day’s labor. O cruel employ er ! come and behold the fruits ot your io iqnitv; see miseries entailed npon the wretched mother, and the worse than lather less children, by yauf thirst of gain !” Let the imagination supply the remaining part of the aw ful picture. Paimt Corn flanter. —Avery ingenious and yet simple contrivance for planting corn has been invented and patented by Mr. John M- Forrest of Princess Ao» County. It is in the form of a plough, and as the furrow is laid ofifby the share, the grains are dropped into it through an aperture io a round revolving box which contains the (corn; and eonple if hoes, adapted for the purpose, throw th* earth from both sides of the furrow and | cover them up* The operation is certau tv ; j and the fixtures arc not liable to be thrown 53 3