The mirror. (Florence, Ga.) 1839-1840, July 20, 1839, Image 1

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THE GEORGIA lIIKUOK, IS PUBLISHED EVERY SATURDAY, II v B. Gardner «Sfc J. K. Hull, (E fitor s and Proprietors.) At HI REE DOLLAIIB a year, if paid in advance, or FOUR DOLLARS, if not paid until tlie end of ths year. Adveritskmknrs will be conspicuously inserted it (Jne Dollar per square, (15 lines or less,) tlie first, and 51) cents for each sub. sequent insertion. All aTvertisemmts handed in fur publi cation ivitlioul , limitation, will be published tiil forbid, mil charged accordingly. Sates of Land and Negroes by Execu tory Ad nhiistrutors an I Uuirdiaus, are re quired by law to be advertised in a public C i/. -tte, sixty days previous to the day of sale. Tiu sale of Personal property must be •fiver ise' 1 in like niauner forty days. Notice to Debitors and Creditors of an estate must be published forty days. Notice that application will be made to the Court of Ordinary for leave to sell Land and Negroes, must be published weekly lor four months. All Letters on business must lie posr paid to insure attention. JOB PHINTING. (TONNJvJ FED with the office of the J \ilil.l >,l. is a splen lid assortment ol And we are enabled to exettte all kind of dob work, in the neatest m inner and at the sliort st notice. of every description will constancy be kept on hml, such as Attachments. Justices’ Executions, tin .Summons, Jury do Snbp.enas Clera s Recognizance, S,fieri Facias. Appearance Bonds, (J i. Si. Deed nation —Debt, I led iralion Assumpsit, - Sheriff Deeds. Tax C diector Executions, 111 .ok Nmes. tec. __ A;*;vT , os»i Tiiissio * Hoii*c. JritliE subscribers have as il sociated themselves to get her as COMMISSION MERCHANTS, under the name and style ol ~ .gosi.v I*l r * s A Cos. Tliev have purchased the commodious WAREHOUSE and CLOSE STORE, lately occupied by Jerniga.., Laun;nce & Cos where tliey will receive COL ION or GOODS in store, ami advance only upon cot ton in their possession and under their c0n t,..1. Tiieir charges wilt be as customary. The business will be conducted by John D. Pitts. We solicit the patronage of tin public, and are prepared to give Columbus prices lor Cotton. 1 JNO. D- PITTS, M. J. LAURENCE. Florence, Nov. 10 <35 tl J. I*. STARK, F3mvnm AM3 COMMISSION MERCHANT, W!. Joseph, Fla. January 19, 1839. DRY GOODS. r TVIR subscriber having recently replen- L isheJ his stock, invites his custom ers and the public generally, to call and ex aniiue for themselves. His goods are new stud well selected and ho is offering them on as goad terms as any in the market. 11l stock consists in part of the following: Woolens, Sattinetts, A variety of 15r0.nl Cloths, Circassians, Merinos, liomha/.ines and Bombazetles. lied and White Flannel, A good assortment of Heady divide Clothing* A large supply o( 1K)0 and &11UKJ5, oehtemrn’s A*l> f.VOIKS SADDLES, BtdiDLES AMD MARTiNGALS. 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 lic, at his new store oil the North side Cen ,rCJan7l»' 40 TIIO : GARDNER. IVcn Goods! Sew ! ! rnUE Subscriber has just received, per .1. Steamer SIREN, a fresh supply oi STAPLE AND FANCY DRY GOODS AND READY MADE CLOTHING, p,road Cloths, Sattinetts, Cassemeres, Cam -I,lets, Merinos, Shallevs, etc. eic. Low for cash or to undoubted creditors. JOHN P. HARVEY. July 6, 1830 JDS For Sail*. rw 111 E subscriber offers tor sale « *- on reasonablo terms, Lot ol Land No. 133, in the 22d dis trict of Stewart county, with o tber I,mo- adjoining, 65 acres well improved with good buildings. Any one desirous of purchasing a good settlement of Land would Ho well to call and view the premises, and naif miles tiom Florence. S. 15. STRICKLING. July 5 31 3 OK THE FIKST TUESDAY Iff SKPTEMBR NEXT* "IT7TLL be sold before the Court House Y door in the Town of Lumpkin, un .ler and order of the Interim Court ot Stewart county acting as a Court ol ordi nary. Lot of Land No. 171, in the 21st. district of said county, sold for the benefit of the heits ami creditors of Samuel En nerson, deceased of sfiid county. I ertns made known on the day of sale. MARGARET EPPERSON, June 27, 1839 19 Adm rx. the: mirror. FLORENCE ACADEMY. 1 1 >HE exercises of the Male De| irtti ent A of tlie Florence Academy, wdi cum uience on Monday next, ?tii inst. un‘,crtb r superintendence of Mr. George J. ?lr- Cleskey, who comes well recon mended as au instructer of youth. The follown g will be the rates ol tuition, porquaiter: Orthography, Reading and Writing $4 o'> do no do with Arithmetic, 5 0 English Grammar and Geography, (j Os Higher English Branches, 8 (F Languages, 13 Os The, Female Department will commecef on the same day, under the direction cl Miss Margaret Harvey. Os Mis3 Hir vey’s qualifications the Trustees deem it u> necessaiy tc speak, as they are too wall known to require any recommendation Iron them. The terms of tuition, will bo tli' same as stale above, and for Drawing and Painting, I*2 0 Needlework an extra charge of 3 0 Board can be had, for males and so nalce in the must respectable houses, at r.insouß ble prices. Jan. 5 39 B Y TIIE TRUST E cabinet furniture.' 1 1 EORGE 11. <N WM. J. WILLEh.B VT respectfully inform the citizens of Florence and the surrounding country, that they have permanently located themselves in Florence, and are prepared to execute in the most neat and workmanlike style, Side- Boartls, Bureaus, Tables, Chairs, Work and Wash Stands, and Furniture of every description used in this section of tlie coun try. They flatter themselves, from their long experience, that they will be able to give general satisfaction to those who may favor them with their patronage. April !) 52 J. A. H. TIAC'OA, attorney at law, ’ STASKSVILLE. LEE COUNTY. GEORP-IA. ’ST7TLE attend the Courts of the CHAT >V t a hooch eh circlti. Nov. 25 35 ly WILLIAM R MAY, Attorney at Law, STAIIKSVILLE, Lee county, Ga. will practice in all the counties of the Chat tahnochee circuit. March 10 43 ly Hr. Win. M. Ilai'dwi A:; LUMPKIN, GA. {1 AN, at all times be found hy those wisli- J ing his services, at kis office, ar tae house of M. McCullar, Esq. when notpro fessioe-Jly t ngaged. J in 2G 42 LAW NOTICE. rpilß undersigned have associated them. A selves in the PRACTICE OF LAW. under the firm of Bull & Mitchell, and will attend promptly to all business entrus ted to their care in the Courts of the tol lowing counties, viz. Stewart, Sumter. Muscogee, Lee, Ga. and Randolph, Barbour, Ala. .T. L. Bull may be found at his office ii Florence, and J. M. Mitchell, at his office n Lumpkin, Stewart co. Ga. x JESSE L. BULL, JAME SM. Ml TCII ELL Feb 1. 47 8t .Vo / # cc mm l9 is sol it I ion . f|!llE late partnership existing between the subset ibers in the mercantile bu siness in the county of Stewart, in the State of Georgia, has been dissolved, by mutual consent, ever since the 4th day of the pre cut month. John S. Rice is authorised to close the business of said concern. JOSIAH DICKINSON. JOHN S. RICE. June 11,1839. 11 6t ALABAMA LANDS FOR SALE. XT HALF 9 11 39 i. x . S. half 4 11 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 26 N. half 6 16 30 K. half 21 22 26 E. half 22 13 28 N. half 33 20 26 S. half 32 18 28 W. half 26 15 24 S. half 29 16 25 E. half 2 18 25 Any of the above Lands will be sold on terms to suit purchasers, by application to John D. Pitts, Esq. Florence, Ga. or to the subscriber, at Macon. July 26 18 J. COWLES. s2o© REWARD. i > AN AWAY from the subscriber, $4 XAs on the 21st of March, ult. ane gro mannatned STEPHEN a car penter, by trade; —said negro is a botit five feet 10 inches high, and is about forty years of age, dark complected, speaks very quick when spoken to, and has a large scar over his left eye, and another on his left shin occasioned by the kick of a horse, he has a small white speck on his right eye and is a very intelligent negro, he has. no doubt procured free papers from some white person. 1 purchased him from Mr. David Price, of Stewart county in the fall of 1837, and he has no doubt gone back to Stewart county, where he says he has a wife and children. When lie ranaway he had on a new beaver hat. a pair of old boots, a red flannel shin and sattinet pantaloons, and he also, took with him a bag containing many other different kinds of clothing. Any per son who will apprehend and deliver said ne gro tome ini Hamburg S. C. or lodge him in some safe jail so that 1 can get hint again, 6hall have the above reward. T. G. SALDAVIA. Hamburg S. C. March 211839, 52 IK&t>3oXrC3i» SO* 13® &» PROSPECTUS OK THE I SOUTHERN LITERARY MESSENGER. ' HIS is a monthly Magazine, devoted chiefly to Literature, but occasion ally finding room also for articles the fall within the scope of Science ; and not pro essing an entire disdain of tasteful selections, though its matter has been, as it will con tinue 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 hi literature nr in moral sci euee, otherwise unobjectionable, as to gain admittance for lie sake of the more valu able matter to which they adhere: bu' w henever that happens they are incidental, only, not primary. They are dross, tolera ted only because it cannot well be severed from the sterling ore wherewith it is incor porated. Reviews and Critical Notices, occu 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 cidents as are embodied in the works re viewed, —to direct the readers attention to books that deserve to be read —and to ware him against wasting time and money upon that large number, which merit only to lie burned. In this age of publications that hy their variety and multitude, distract and o venvhelmn every undiscriminating student, impartial criticism, governed by the views just mentioned, is one of the giost inesti mable and indispensable ofauxiharies to him w’ho dots ivisli to discriminate. Essays and Tales, having in view utility or amusement, or both; Historical sket ches—and Reminisknces of events too min ute for History, yet elucidating it, and heightning its interest—may be regarded as forming the staple of the work. And of indigenous Poetry, enough is publish ed—sometimes of no mean strain—to man -and to cultivate the growing poetical taste and talents of' our country. The times appear, for several reasons, to demand such a work—and not one alone, in* manyt The public mind isTeverish and irritated still, from recent political strifes : Tlie soft, assuasive influence of Lit erature is needed, to allay that fever, and soothe that irritation. \ ice and lolly are rioting abroad :—They should be driven by indignant rebuke, or lashed by ridicule, in to their fitting haunts. Ignorance lords it over an immense proportion of 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 portcurious cloud, over the destinies of our country. And to accomplish all these ends, wliat 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 the Union, south of Washing ton, there are but two Literary periodicals! Northward of that city, there are probably at least twenty-live or thirty ! Is this con trast justified by the wealth, the leisure, the native talent, or the actual literary taste of the Southern people, compared with those of the Northern ? No: for in wealth, talents and taste, we may justly claim, at least, an ei/uality with our brethren md a domestic institution exclusively onr own, tevond all doubt, affords us, if we choose, twice the leisure for reading and writing which they enjoy. It was from a deep sense of tliis?n"fl? want tliai the word Southern was engrafted on this periodical: and not with any design to nourish local prejudices, or to advocate sup posed local inte ests. Far front any such thought, it is the Editor’s fervent wish, to see tlie North and South bound endearing ly together, forever, in the silken bands of mutual kindness and affection. Ear from meditating hostility to the north, lie has al ready drawn, and he hopes hereafter to draw, much of his choicest matter thence; and happy indeed will he deem himself, should lus pages, by making each region know ihe other better contribute in any es sential degree todispel the lowering clouds that now threaten the peace of both, and to brighten and strengthen the sacred ties of fraternal love. The Southern Lite’Yaty Messenger lias now been in existence lour yeors—the pre sent No commencing the 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 tails not further short of them, than human weakness usually makes Practice. fall short of Theory. CONDITIONS. ]. The Southern Literary Messenger is published in monthly numbers, of 64 large superroyal octavo pages each, on the best of paper, and neatly covered, at 55 a year— payable in advance. 2. Or five new subscribers, by sending tlieii names and s2l) at one time to the edi tor, will receive their copies for one year, for that sum. or at f4 for each. 3. The risk of loss of payments for sub scriptions, which have been properly com mitted to the mail, <y to the hands of a post master, is assumed by the editor 4. If a subscription is not directed to be d’r continued before the first number of the next volume has been published, it will be taken as a continuance for another year. .Subscriptions must commence with the be ginning of the volume, and will not be ta ken for less than a year's publication. 5. The mutual obligations of tin* 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, p„, discontinuance of a subscription will be permitted. Nor will a subscription be dis continued for any earlier notice, while you thing thereon remains due, unless at the option of the Editor. 11l HE Subscriber will attend to the roller X. tini! of all debts due the late firm of Gardner & Barrow, up to April, 1839. Persons indebted to said firm will please make pavrvent immediately. Aj.rU 30 H li BARROW HENR Y a. GARRETT is the author ised agent, to take notes, receive cash and give receipts for any demands due the Male and Female Academies at Florence. ‘ May 6 4 THE TRUSTEES. 3S33t>.Ti3aAmnM»Trfl, From Bentley’s Miscellany. TIIE BRIDEGROOM’S STAR, lu nights calm aud clear, ’mid the nrbs‘l n, Uy ’ 1 o trace her bright home in the beautiful sky; And I gaze ousome star, till in fancy I see The far-sbining Spirit still smiling on me. Mirror. Anon. * * • * It is the fifth, and on the fifteenth 1 shall be the happiest of mortal men. Ten short days!—no, ten long, long days’— must fade into longer nights, before I can call my Marion mine. Ten days! why, litre are more than two hundred—almost three hundred hours to be passed; but will not Hope lighten them, will not gentle •Sleep enclose some of them within her for getful curtains, and every moment of time bring me nearer to the goal of all iny wishes and all my prayers! Y’et lam wretched with excess ol Joy—the excess of Joy, at whose approach Fear has grown into excess greater still. Ah! how like to far travel is the journey of life! While distant from its object and its home, the mind feels but lan guid longings lor their attainment, shadowy and unabiding presentiments of possible evil; but as we near them, as the intervening .space ditni'fishes, as tlie thousand miles shorten into one, how beats the pulse as the blood rushes through every vein ! how throbs the heart to bursting! how weary seems tlie way ! how dreadfully arise the spectres of unheard of change or fatal ac cident ! —The last brief tide is the voyage round the world—tlie last few hours is tlie sum and history of human existence. * * * And well might Henry Sturmund flius dwell on the date of his appointed uuion ; for if ever angel were embodied in an earthly form, it was in the idol of his de voted affections. Marion was the loveliest of the lovely, the sweetest of the sweet; so bright, and yet so soft; so wise, and yet so simple; so noble, and yet so tender; that whilist ardent pas sion bent in holy warmth before the bloom ing girl, a feeling allied to adoration hal lowed the presence of the perfect woman. What a countenance was hers—tlie model fixed, but the expression ever varying ! On her ample brow sat Intellect enthroned ; and round that throne what radiance of auburn gold. In her deep hazel eye now lightened the glance of spirit uni essence, now rose and fdi the indescribable meaning? of love. On her rosy lips the smile of play ful innocence was cradled ; nor did the suckling leave its treasure bed unless ex iled for a moment by the advent of sympa thy for sorrow, or of son ow for misery. Such was Marion Delmnr in face, nor was she in person less admirable. Natme had set her seal upon the most precious casket that ever enshrined an immortal gem,—the setting the proudest and most glorious pro duction id' earth, the brightness within an emanation of Heaven. * * * An.l old Time wore on, as trom the creation, regardless alike of the sighs of love, the pangs of disappointment, the delights of pleasure, the shrieks of pain, the shouts of mirth, ti e groans of woe, the levels of sports, the terrors of death. * * * Os ihe ten days, eight were flown ; and whither had they flown, laden with all these millions of blessings and curses? They had flown back in mystery while they seemed to hurry onward—they had returned to that abyss of eternity from which they sprung, and darkness covered them. ** * “To-morrow, Henry,”said Marion clasping his hand in hers, and looking with measureless confiding into his watchful eye, “ to-morrou L , I would be alone.” To a glance that seemed of the kindest reproach, she replied, “Yes, my dearest Henry, on the next morn l will be yours for life and unto death. It is a sohnu act—an act I will fu! til with a devotedness of heart and soul that would satisfy the mast avaricious tniser ol love ; but let me have cnly this one day to prepare myself to be worthy of you, to seek that aid which alone can malfe- our fate what every human promise tells us ii will be—a fate of lasting affection, and joy. Indeed, my dearest Henry, l would 10-rnonoiv be alone!” “Then give me now, for my consent, one more, one last eve of wandering bliss ; let us visit, together tfie spots sacred to our loves—the grove ringing with the song of birds ere they seek their downy nests, the bank redolent of flowers, and the stream gurgling its music in requital for ttieb ouors, the romantic fall where first 1 breathed my vows of eternal truth, and the ruined abbey that o’erteps the scene where those vows were accepted and ratified by her to whom I owe life—more than life; all that can make iiie acceptable, what life can never repay.’’ * * * The dawn of morning! On a lied of sickness, of agony, lay Marion Delinar. Writhing in the torture of that 'ell disease before whose appalling might youth and strength were swept away as grass before the scythe of tire mower. Alas, for Hen ry ! the stern commands of skill forbade him even to approach that bed of infection and deatii. Jsriel was its awful struggle. Distorted were tiie ghastly features of matchless loveliness, but last night beam ing with intelligence and hope; the rosy tints ol health were gone, and that pure solor which had marked ilicsheains ot vita! principle, violets strewed, among roses on i wreath ol snow, no longer natural in motion, had usurped the livid corpse. * * * The tenth day arrived. The vil lage church was decked with bouvhs and blossoms; for the disn al tidings had not reached the sexton, and ho was surveying his cheg,, u j work with an approving glance, when, lo ! the summons came to prepare an immediate grave. In that grave, within an hour were deposited the remains of Marion Delinar, haidly attended to that final abode by the dead-stricken living, whom terror kept from that plague-spotted couch, and whom terror slew in their flight from danger. * * * Not even Henry Sturmond was there to‘sec laid in the cold clay, her whom at that very hour lie was to Ijrve led to the bridal altar. But it was not fear 'hat de tained him ; it was not despair. The blow had stunned bill) into utter insensibdity ; and to have embraced, and kissed, and eu dcared the horrible wreck of all he loved, or to have witnessed it hurriedly shrouded and tossed into the foul ground, irpuld have I been the same to him. Reason was dead. * * * But not forever. She gradually murmuring river, the splashing fall, the mouldering ruin, and Ileury trod the patlis of yesterday, but he trod them alone. ’•Oh, God! oh, God!” he cried aloud in bis agony ; “is there .mother and a better world ?” He dung himself upon the broken stones, once tlie tomb of a warrior knight, and scat tered neat the shrine where kings and abbots had knelt in splendid worship-—he flung himself down, and he essayed to pray. But his lips were parched and powerless, and his tongue clave to the roof of bis mouth. Ifhe prayed, it was the voiceless aspiration of the crushed and overburthened resumed her empire, and with it cam* images of Marion, full of life, and warmth, and perception, and thought, and grace, and love—of Marion struck with disease, tor mented, dying, passive, dead—dead even to 1 his love. “To-morrnw is here,” he exclaimed, a fr> morrow is here, and she is alone /” “The shades of evening had descended upon thejocnral grove, the enamelled bank, soul. * * * As if awakening from a hideous dream, he cast a look toward the calm and starry heaven, and, amazement ! to bis sight was revealed anew an dazzling Star, bright, and soft, and sweet, and lovely, se rene and glorious as his Marion, whom it so splendidly resembled* in every attribute and quality. “It is my Marion!’ lie gasp ed, “it is herself. She is not lost—she is not alone! We are together, for ever and for ever. Come to me, darling of my breaking heart, or take me to thyself.— Come.” * * * In an instant the orb, the new and brilliant lustre of the sky, burst from the •phere, and sunk to the earth, leaving a long white gleam of light behind. It was but an exhalation of the air—a vision for the moment, more unreal and transitory than the mortal brightness which distem pered fancy had elected it to restore. Prone fell the lover to the dust; the sp;irk of life, like the perished Star, was cxtingiiifPhed. * * * Were they united for ever and for ever? They slept together, side by side, ill the same village churchyard, and on a single marble tablet was sculptured—“A FalliSu Star.” Religions Courtship. —A young gentleman happened to sit at church in a pew adjoin ing one in which sat a young lady, for whom lie conceived a most sudden and violent pas sion, was desirous of entering into a court ship on tlie spot, but the place not suiting a formal declaration, the exigency of the ease suggested I lie following plan ; he politely handed his fair neighbor a bible, opened, with a p>n stuck in tlie following text. 2d epistle of John, verse slh. “And now I be seech thee, lady, nor as though I wrote a new commandment unto the, but that which we ha I Irofn tlie in ginning, mai •»•• one another.” She returned it, pointing to the following: 2d chaptei of Ruth, lOtli verse. “Then she fell down on her face, aud bowed herself to the ground, and said unto him, why should 1 find grace in thine eyes, that thou shouldst have knowledge of me, seeing lama stranger?” He returned the buck, pointing to the 12th verse of the epis tle of John ; “Having many things to write unto you, l would not write it with paper and ink, but I trust to come unto you and speak lace to face.” *' rom the above inter view the marriage took place tlie ensuing week. Beautiful Coincident. — During the morn ing service Jon Sunday last, at Christ Church Salem-stieet, an incident occurred which would have been interpreted, by the ancients, as a signal of Divine approbation. ’J he Rev. Mr. Marcus, of Nantucket, the offici ating minister, gave out to be sung, the 84th Psalm, in which is the following stanza : The birds more happy far than 1, Around thy temple throng; Securely there they build, and there Securely hatch their young Whilst he was reading this Psalm, a dove flew in at one of the windows, and. alighted on the capital of one of the pilasters, near the altar, and nearly over the head ol tlie reader. A note of the Psalm and Hymn to be 6ung had been previously given, as is customary, to the choir; otherwise, it might have been supposed that there was design in the selection, tor the minister an nounced, for the second singing, the 79th hymn, commencing. Conic, holy spirit, heavenly dove With all thy i|uickeuiiig powers; Kindle a flame of sacred love, Jn these cold hearts of ours. The preacher was inconscious ot the pre sence of the bird until the close ot the ser vices; and then the innocent visiter was suf fered to “depart !!> peace.” Boston Transcript.. Scandal-—A Fragment.— “ There are people,” continued the corporal, “who '"an t even breathe without slandering a neigh bor.’ “You judge too severely,” replied my aunt Prudy ; “no one is slandered who does in>t deserve it.” ‘ They may be,” retorted the corporal, ••but I have heard very slight things said of The face of my aunt kindled with anger. 'Ale!” she exclaimed, "Me /—slight things of me ! what can any body say of me /” “They say. ’’-answered the corporal grav ly and drawing his wordslto keep tier in suse pense, “that—that you arc no better than yon ought to be.?” 1 Fury flashed from the eyes of my aunt. “Who are the wretched?” “I hope they slander no one who does not deserve it.” re narked the corporal jeer hrgly, as he left the room. The feelings of my aunt may well be con ceived. She was seneibly injured. True, She had her foibles." She was peevish and (refill; but she was rigidly moral and vir tuous. The purest ice was not more chnate. Tit**' jwp.e Vmn«elf GCPW 1101 boast more piety. Conscious of the eorreetri. oi lier conduct, she was wounded at the re mark of the corporal. Why should her neighbors slander h e s • She could not con jecture. Let my aunt be Consoled. A person lybQ as* can live in this world without suffering slan* der, must be too stupid ol insignificant to, claim attention.. I Vat’s in a name. —There is a firm ia t Boston which flourishes, under the nomen clature of Neal' and Pray. In Madesfone England there is another,of David Shot tc Gbliah Fell. After the passage of a law in, England requiring every man who owned a. taxed cart, to have his name and place of a bode inscribed thereon in lull, very general exception was taken to the act, and various devices were resorted to puzzle the inform*, ers. The best of all wax practised by a Mr.. A.mos Todd, of Acton, in Kent who not on ly bothered the officers of law but complied with its demands and expressed his opinion, of it at the same time in the following line painted in hold characters on his vehicle ; “A most odd Act on a Taxed Cart,” which, can be read, Amos Todd, Actou--a Taxed, Cait. A southern planter having frequently w.« nessed the depredations committed on his, onion beds, concluded that a young negro, hail stolen them for the purpose of supply ing his neighbors. After vainly attempting to extract a confession from blacky, hcgaVe him a sound thrashing, thinking, no doubt if he was not the thief, he should serve as a proxy un'il the real depredator was found. On the following morning, the negro, see ing a strange animal lurking about the gar den, succeeded in capturing lmn and took him in triumph to his master, who saluted him with, “What do you bring that skunk here for ?” “Me bring him here dat mnssa no more trash poor Rigger;-—bun, stealsmassa’s injun, jist smell he breff.” From the Knickerbocker. BEARDING A SEA LION IN I1IS; DEN. by j. N. rev Isolds, Esq. The island of Sfiilrn Land, which lies, south cast of Terra d-1 Fuego, from which it is separated by the Strait le Maire, whetl, seen from a short distinct, has a most bar- . ren aud forbidden appearance ; but such is not its teal character. The tops oLthe mountains, composed ol immense masses ; of granite, produce, it is true, little, vege tation ; but on their sides, and what may be called the low lands, there is a rich thick mould, formed by the decomposition of their natural productions and beautified « with the most laxuiiant verdure. Near the entrance of Fort Hatches, is a cavern, long known as the retreat ol a few patriarchs of (he ocean, to whom its deep recesses had been until the period of which lam about to 8| eak, a safe protection. The opening of this sea-lion's den is about thir ty feet in width, its base being on a level with the sea, at low water mark. The whole length of the cave, beneath the basis o< the precipice, is two bundled and twenty paces, beautifully arched over with stable mites, and in some places changing its - course Horn a mreci imc, «uii ru. apertures, which communicate with the main entrance. To enter this cavern, explore its secret ’ chandlers, ai.tl provoke a combat with the ancient holders and proprietors of this wdd citadel, was the object ot our boat excur sions. Preparatory to our advance into this ‘cavern liot. That stands all lonely on tlie sea-beal shore. Fires were placed one after another, within a distance of 30 yards between each .two, to answer the- double purpose of guiding our progress, and ot securing a speedy re treat should we be too roughly received by the old phoca, who, with a number of clap matches in bissuite, liad taken up a position in thejfariher eouer ol the den. With lighted torches we now advanced into the abyss, which the ancient Romans would have consecrated to deified nymphs, and the Persians have assigned as the seat of iheir god Mithras. The fires cast a dim, flickering light, which rendered visible the darkness in our rear. Every thing around us seelfted to partake of the gloomy silenco of the tomb, until the stillness was suddenly broken by the roar of the old lion, more ap palling, hy far, than that of his fierce name sake of the Moorish plains. Having ap proached so near that we could see the monster's glaring eye-balls, we discharged our muskets, and continued, alternately re tiring to load, and advancing to fire, until our ears were stunned, and our heads bewil dered, with the reverbertions ol the reports, mingled with the roarings of the whole maddened group, now close pressed and severely wounded. Our lights failing for an instant, we re treated to replenish them. The lashings of the waves at the mouth ofthe cavern, though distant, echoed and rumbled so loudly through the vaulted passages, that we could not hear each others’ voices. As we again moved forward, to discharge our pieces, the old sea-lion broke out into anew paroxysm ( of rage, tearing up the gravel ami, rocks with his elaws and teeth. The white foam, mixed with blood, dropped from hislurg#* rr.l ,on g4>e 5 while so nuarsC, so loud Ami deafeuiog, washi* bowl, that we v ere obliged to stop our ears *itb our hands, to pievent being pained by it. The scene aroutnl ns had now indeed bo conic one of inconceivable wildness and hor ror! Two hundred paces within the mouth of a cave which man had never before en tered. the dim flickering light hf our torches, and tne decaying fires in our rear, together with the suffocating smoke from the frequent firing, rendered ii necessary to retrogade. Nor did we commence retreating a moment to soon. Wounded and infuriated the old lion now began to move toward us. as We gradually returned, step by step, throwing; stones ami firebrands, tok'Cp him in cheek, until we had reached so near the mouth of the cavern, that With deliberate aim, Capt. Palmer, of the Perignin, shot him. This was h'S death wound, although he ha<F previously received no less than ten balls; After recruiting our fires w ith the blubber of our victim, we returned to the charge i an l soon succeeded in taking the reniajurtijf five females and their pups. The obi sUa lion (pkoca juhata) measured ten feet tff* inches in length, and eight foct tnt;»d .tire, shoulders; and, as wc supposed, could no* vvci—h less than four hundred pound*. TKW females were from six to sevea itv leojph', r ; r,d of a more slender frrd>. '**