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I DIE subscribers having
I L purchased tle Win
‘ ' r ’Y M I louse lately occ ipied by
.]?. si HiZ&h Jnlm D. Pitts iV Cos. have as
Roeiated tliemsclves together for the pur
p .sc of Ha IS f-tiilg a general COMMIS
SION BUSINESS, under the name and
style of
BEVEL, HILL & LAURENCE.
As ..or a’feoh . i will he particu ar.y duected
to the r - -"ic' ■ - m l f.r.v ir .ug good* ami
cotton, we shall m> r -arrmgenicn
necessary, lor storiugaQ’l tak ug cue oi tin*
same.
Tiie busin -ss will be condi c 1 by Mr
A. W. Ilitr,, and we pledge u solvet tin
n (thin ; s!i ill b - w mti.ur on onr paits to giv.
gai. ri! sit is’ a:tio l. AV r ' h t ics; ,iss u.m
--<; e, v• h ipe to roceive u lib :ia's are ol pul -
In pat ioa re.
1 E. T. BEALL,
A. W HILL
M. J. LAURENCE.
July “20 15
J. B. ST A UR,
F3IWAWI=i M3 Gi ni!35!3M
ME licit A NT,
St. Fla.
January 10, l Sod.
"DRY GOODS.
rjn IE subscriber having recent’y repleo
ishrl his st ick, invites his custom
ers and the public generally, to call and ex
amine for themselves, llis goo Is ire new
and well select*- Ia id lie is offering them on
as goal ter u? as any in the mi diet. IL
stoc., consists in part of the following:
Wool ms, S tft'm -tts,
A variety ol Pro id Clotus,
Circassians, Merinos,
Boubnzines and Bomb izettes.
Red and White Flan ml,
A good assortment of
t'ly .Ff i’le Cla thins;,
A large supply of ID.) I'd and SHOES,
ok ; I'K uks's v X I UllU'S
SAITLIS, 9TIDLESAND MAdTINIALS.
Crockery, Ihrdiorre and Cillsry,
With a variety of other articles su table
to the season, which he takes great pleasure
in oFa ring to his custom and the pub
lic, at liis new store on the North side Cen
tre street.
Jan 12 40 TUO : GARDNER.
IVc'V G ffoilw! At* »v Gomls ! !
fIA LE Subscriber has just received, per
l St-amer-SIREN, a fresh snpitv of
STAPLE AND F ANO Y Dlf G >ODS
AND READY MADE CLOTHING.
Broil Cloths. S ittinetis, C rssemere-', (-a n
lilets, Merinos, Sin'leys, etc. etc. Low
for cash or to undoubte I creditor*.
JOHN P. lIARVEA.
July 0. 1350 13 .
»v S.i’e.
Tnilß subscriber off-rs for sale
JMSeSg. L 1,1 asomblo terms, IjOtoi
.and No. 133, *■» the Sp3i| <lis
.l trict of Slew irt comity, witu <>-
ther n.. adj lining, 65 acres well i nprovu
with good buildings. Any one desirous of
purchasing a zoo 1 seitlement of Land wo aid
do well to'call and view the premises, liv :
and naif miles fro o Florence.
S. B. STRICKLINQ.
*July 5 31 3 ~ !_
H IN RYA. G ARRETT is the author
,sed agent, to take nates, receive cash
an I rive re mints for any demands due the
Mate an 1 Female Academies at Florence.
May 6 l THE TRUSTEES*
T[ • S ibicriber will attend to the eollec
tian of all debts dun the la*e firna of
Gardner <N Barrow, up lo April, 1839.
Persons indebted to sab) linn will please
make •avme.ttt iimnc li.uely
* -.-u ift (i ii> BAKivOWj
FLORENCE ACADEMY,
fllil E exercises oi the rVt.de JJc| - e--t
A oi lire F'torcnce Academy, w I com
mence on Monday next, ?t!i inst. un<»cr
superiuteudcnce of Mr. Gnor.ot' J. !! -
Cli sk. y, who comes well recon-'u-nueii '
as au iustrueter of youth. Tin I ilia v g
will be the rates ot tuition, por quarter: i
Orthography, Reading aud VVritmg 31 0i
do do do witu Arithmetic, 5 0
English Grammar and Geography, fj 0'
Higher English Branches, S 0
Languages, 1) 0
'l'hc Female Department will cou iisn'"
on tlie same day, under the dire ; i»n
Miss Maruaret Haiivkt. Os Msi H ?
vey’s qualifications the Trustees dee i ; t v. •
necessary to speak, as they are t», w
known to require any recommeml.atio j fra;
them. Tie terms of tuition, will bj t'l
same as stale above, and lor
Drawing and i*.l ilting. 13 tv
Nee idework an extra charge of j
Board can be had, lor m il -s and fs i,'
in tiie most respectable houses, at
ble prices.
Jan. 5 3!) BY THE THUS, E......
CABINET FURJSi ii ~ T
f i EORGE H. & WM. J. AVILLEtv.3
NIT respectfully inform the citi/.ens ol
Florence and tlie surrounding country, that
they have permanently locate I themselves in
Florence, anil are prepared to execute in
ill'- most neat and woikmanlike style, .Side-
Boards, Bureaus, Tables, Chairs, Work
and Wash Stands, and Furniture of every
description used in this section of tlie coun
try. They Hatter theiuseiv. s, from their
long experience, that they will lie able to
give general satisfaction to those who may
favor them with their patronage.
April !) 52
J: A. 11. JIACO V,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
STAUKSi/ILLE. LEE COUNTY. GEOR'IA.
'^3I7"ILr J attend the Courts of the CHAT
>r TAHOaCHF.E CIRCUIT,
Nov. 25 .35 lv
WILLIAM l{ MAY~~
Attorney at Law,
STARKSV 1L LE, Lee county, Ga. wil 1
practice in all the counties ot tlie Chat
tahoochee circuit.
March 10 4d lv
I>r. %V»w. ST. i3.4rit.vi t
LUMPKIN, (i A.
(1 AN, at all times be found by thoia wish
J ing his services, at kis office, 3e
house of M. McCullar, E®q. when ut_ru
essie-. My > ngaged.
J m 26 4 2
L \ W NOTICE.
'IT HE undersigned have associated them
I selves in the PRACTICE OF L A\\
under the firm of Bull Ac Mitchell, an
vil I attend promptly to all business eutrus'
•ej to their care in the Courts ol the loi
■owingcounties, viz.
Stewart, Sumter.
Muscogee, Lee, Ga. and
Randolph, Barbour, Ala.
J. L. Bull may be found at his olio e i ,
f'Morence, and J. M. Mitchell, at his otTio
a Lumpkin, Stewart co. Ga.
JESSE L. BULL,
JAMES M. MU’CHELL-
Feb 1. 47 St
" ALABAMA LANDS
FOll CALF.
V HALF 9 14 30
~l . S. half 4 11 30
N. half 8 H 30
N. half 7 11 30
S. half 7 14 3 1
S. half 6 14 3 •
S. hilf 11 14 2>
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
E. half 21 22 26
E. half 22 13 28
N. half 33 20 26
S. half 32 18 28
W. half 2G 15 21
S. half 29 16 25
E. half 2 18 25
Any of the above Lands will he soli! on
:i*rm* to suit purchasers, by application to
folm D. Fitts. Esq. Florence, Ga. or to the
subscriber, at Macon.
.1 uly 26 18_ J. COWLES
GEORGIA —Lee County.
IT appearing to the Court that Malichl O.
Snellgrove. administrator with the will
mn-xed. of Robert D. Respess. deceased
has mismanaged the estate of said de c sod.
;11 this, to wit: That the said M d'C ii O
Snellgrove has removed a part of the ne
croes of said estate from the county of Lee,
aforesaid, and from the plantation of said es
tate ; that the said Malichi O. Snellgrove has
neglected to hire out the negroes or rent out
the lauds of said estate, which lias injured
tiie said estate; and t"at the said Malichi
£(). Bnellgrove has otherwise mismanaged
sai l estate to the injury of the same.
It is therefore, on motion ol Isaac Ii on
and Robert G. Ford, securities of said Mali,
chi (). Snellgrove, ordered and adjudged by
the Court, that the said Snellgrove shew
cause at the next term of this Court, to bi
ll Id on the first Maud iy in S-pt -mber next
whyh - should not give other securities, and
ft-sail Isaac Tison and Robert G. Ford
li’ disehar e I and relieved from their seeu
rityship as liis securities on the said Admin
istration, or tlie said Snellgrove b- disehar -
•and from said Adinmistr.i’iou and the same
be revoked.
An I it is further ord-red, that he be serv
'd with a copy ol this Rule twenty days be
lore the said next term ot this Court.
GEORGIA, ) L Samuel C. \\ r yche
Lre County. S (:,erk of the et P"I of
Ordinary do certify that tlie above and fore
going is a true copy taken from the minutes
tills 19th day of July 1839.
SAML. C. WYCHE, c. c. o.
July 19, 1839.
~ To <lt>! Its of T tv ibu;
Property.
rXIHIRTY days from this date, I shall
l proceed to collect the taxes due the
corporation as directed by the Ordinance
to that effect. „ ,
M. J. LAURENCE Asj r. A. CM.
4uiy vu
ga* A'ttorss's :i/-l asss*
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OF TIIE
SOUTHERN LITtSAhY MESSENGER.
is a monthly devoted
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ally finding room also for aiticles tha fall
within the scope ol Suiknck ; and not pro
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tinue to be, in the main, original.
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cnee, otherwise unobjectionable, as to gain*
admittance for the sake m the more valu
able matter to ulnch they adhere: bu»
whenever that happens they are incidental,
only, not primary. Pbey arc dross, tolera
ted onlv because it cannot well be severed
from the sterling ore wherewith it is incor
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Rkvikvvs and Critical Noticks, occu
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ve.whelmn every undiseriniiiiating student,
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just mentioned, is one of the most itiesti
mahle and imlisi disable ol auxiliaries to him
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Essays and Talks, having in view utility
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ciiks —and Rkmi.mxk.ncks of events too min
ute for History yet elucidating it, aud
heightiiiug its interest may be regarded
as forming tlm staple of the work. And
of indigenous Poktry, enough is publish
ed—sometimes of no mean strain—to man
ifest 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,
but mauyt The public mind is feverish
and irritated still, from recent political
strifes : The soft, assn isive influence of Lit
erature is neede I, to allay that fever, and
soothe that irritation. \ ice and folly are
rioting abroad :—I hey should lie driven by
indignant rebuke, or lashed bv ridicule, in
to tlieii fitting haunts. Ignorance lords it
over an immense proportion of our peo
pie -Every spring should be set iu motion,
to arouse the enlightened, and to increase ]
heir number; so that the great enemy of
popular ,r ovemment may no longer brood,
like a portent-ous cloud, over the destinies
of our country. \ud to an omplish all
these ends, what more powerful agent can
be cm ployed, than a periodica) on the plan
,f tlie Messenger; if that plan be but car
ried out in practice !
The South peculiarly requires such an
igent. In all tlie Union, south of Washing
ton, there are hut two Literary periodicals!
Northward of that city, there are probably
it least twenty-five oi thirty ! Is this con
vast justified'by the wealth, the leisure,
he native talent, or the actu il literary taste
,f the Southern people, compared with
hose of the N irthem 1 No: for in wealth.
Clients and taste, we may justly claim, at
least, au e(]Uahl>l with our hrethien mil a
tumestic iostitnfion exclusively our own,
bevbn-1 all douht, ■ for N ns, if ve choose,
twice the leisure foi* reading and willing
which they enjov.
It was from a deep sense of this local w ant
mil the word Soutiikun was engrafted on
liis periodical; and not with any design to
murish local prejudices, or to advocate sup
nosed local intc ests. Far from any such
bought, it is the Editor s tervent wish, to
see tiie North and .South bound endearing
ly together, forever, iu tlie silken bands of
mutual kindness and affection. Fat from
militating hostility to the north, lie has Hi
nt lv drawn, and he hopes here liter to
draw', much of his choicest matter thence;
mil haopv indeed will he deem himself,
hould liis pages, bv miking each region
now the other better contribute ill any es
-ential degree to dispel the lowering clouds
hat now threaten the peace ol both, an.
o brighten and strengthen the sacred ties
of fraternal love.
The Southern Lit-rary Messenger lias
iow been in existence four years the pre
sent No commencing tlie fitth volumk.
How far it has acted out the ideas here ut
t-red, is not for the Editor to say; he be
lieves, however, that it falls not further short
of them, than human weakness usually
makes Practice fall short of Theory.
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Richmond, Virginia.
NOTICE.
TAKEN Up and (brought to Jail at this
place a negro man who calls himself ;
Jim about thirty five years o ! d, who says lie j
belongs to Barfly Fox of Junes county and
that he , un away from his plantation in ba
ker county. The owner is requested to
coine forward and comply with toe term
of Law and take him away.
Starksvillc, Lee co. Ga.l a .
£ DYSON, Jauer-
ii tire Department. <■»
Allllcdcevdie. 2911i May. 1839.
YX7llEiikAii,liy' au Act. »»; me t.e.ier
i f al Assembly, passed the 26ih De
cember, 1838; entitled "An Act, to
provide lor the call of a < 'o.ivcution
or reduce the number ol the General As
sembly of tbe Si ale ol Georgia, au-l for o
lliec purposes therein named,” il is ptovided
that it shall be the duly of His Excellency
the Governor to give publicity to the aiier
alious and ameudmeuts made in the Coiisii
tutiori, in reference to the Reduciioii of
the number of meiiibeis coumo mglheGen
eral Assembly, and the firstml outlay in Oc
lo .er, next alter tbe rising Ot said Conven
tion, lie shall fix on for ilie Ratification of
the People, of such amendment?, altera
tions, or new articles, as they im.y make for
the objects of reduction and equalization of
the General Assembly only, and if ratified
by a majority of the ml ers, who vote on llie
question ol RAH HICA'iIUN" or "No
RATIFICATION”—then, and in that
ev eut, the alieratiobs so by them made and
ratified, shall be binding on Die people ol
this State, and not otherwise.”
And whkiras, the delegates of the peo
ple of this Stale, assembled in Convention
under it|p provisions of the fielore rtciied
ac', and agreed to, and declared the follow
ing t i be ‘‘iterations and amendments ol the
Constitution of this s?tate. touching the rep
resentation of t Vie people iu the General
Asse "b!y there 1 '!, to-wit:
The ( invention assembled under an act,
•to provide lor the call, of a Convention,
to reduce the number of the General As
sembly, of the Slate of Georgia, and for
other purposes therein named," passed tiie
2Gih day of December, 1838, l aving n et un
tier the Proclamation of the Governor, on
Monday the 6th day of May, 18’9. propose
as the final result of their deliberations, the
following to be amendments to the Consti
tution ofllie State of Georgia, anil present
the same to liis Exce'hncy the Governor
of the Stale, that publicity may be given to
said alterations and amendments, according
to tbe si> tli section of tlie act, under which
the Convention assembled.
AMENDMENTS TO THE CONSTI
TUTION.
OF THK
STATE OF «EOI?CJIA.
The House of Representatives shall be
composed of members from al! the counties
which now are, or hereafter may be inclu
ded within this State, according to their
respective litiiubcrs of free |w*rsous, and in
cluding three-filtlisof all the people of color,
to be as cerlaiued by an actual enumeration,
to be made from time, to time at intervals ol
seven years as now by law provided Each
couuly ■•hall fie entitled to one member
Each couuty having a representative popu
lation as above specified, of six thousand
persons, shall be entitled to one minion and
member, and each county having*mb iep
resentative population ot twelve thousand
prisons, shall fie entitled to two additional
members, but no county shall have more
than three members.
Tlie numbers of which the House of Re
presentative »ill he composed according to
the aforesaid ratio, and the last census, shall
not In r "after be increased, except w hen a
new county is created ; and it shall he ihe
duty of the Legislature, at their session,
to ’be hidden next after the e nume
ration provided for by law, so to regulate
the ratio of representation, as to prevent
such increase.
The Representatives shall he chosen ati
nu Ily ou the lirst
such day ol election shall be altered
by law.
The Senate shall consist of fnrtv six
members, elected annually on the first Mon
day in October, until such day of election
shall be altered by taw and shall be compos
ed of one member from each ol the toriy
six Senatorial Districts following :
1 Chatham am! Effingham.
2 Seriven aud Burke.
8 Richmond and Columbia.
4 Lincoln and Wilkes.
5 Elbert and Madison.
6 Habersham and Lumpkin. •
7 Union and Rabun.
8 Forsyth anil Hall.
9 Jackson and Franklin.
Iff Clark and Oglethorpe.
11 and Putnam,
12 Tablet ro and Warren.
13 Hancock and Baldwin.
14 Washington anihJefferson.
15 Emanuel and Montgomery
16 Liberty and Bry-m.
17 Tattnall and BnUoclj.
18 Mclntosh and Glynn.
19 Camden and Wayne.
20 Ware and Lowndes.
21 Telfair and Appling.
22 Laurens and Wilkinson,
23 Pulaski and Twiggs.
24 Bibb and Crawford.
25 Jones and Jasper.
26 Butts and Mi nroe.
27 Gwinnett anil Walton.
28 DeKalband Henry.
29 Newton and Morgan,
30 Gilmer ami .Murray,
31 Cass and Cherokee.
32 Cobh and Campbell.
3 ! Coweta anil Fayette.
34 Me riwether and Talbot,
35 Pike and Upson.
"*6 Houston and Macon.
37 D inly and Irwin.
38 Thomas and Decatur
39 Baker and Early.
40 Lee and Sumter.
41 Randolph and Stewart.
42 Muscogee and Marion.
4.3 Harris and Troup.
44 Heard and Carroll.
4e Paulding and Floyd.
46 Chattooga, Walker and Dade.
And whenever hereafter the Legisla ure
shall lay off and establish anew county, if
shall be added to the most contiguous
Senatorial District, having the smallest re
presentative population.
JAMES M. WAYNE,
President of the Convention.
Attest:
Lccikn Latastk Sec'rv of the Convention
1 therefore, in conformity with ihe pro
visions of th" before reciu and art, to hereby
give publicity to the same, and enjoin each
: voter for members of the General Assembly
i ofthis State, on the first day therein spe
eified, to-wit : on the first Monday in Orto
bor usxt, to give hie vote ol “RATIFICA
tion” or "Ratification,” as prove
ded in said act, and the presiding officer*
certify the same to tins Drj ailment accor
diugly.
Given ur.rier my hand and seal oi tl e Ex
ecutive Departim i:t at the Capital, m Mil
ledgevil.e, this the day and year first above
mentioned.
GEORGE R. GILMER.
By the Governor
John 11 Si'i kj.k. Sec. Ex Pep.
J.VC . r L.r. iUM :■ OX/D, ’
/• i o>h ihc I .ml if a Cotttjtuwon,
SLcicfecs l»y L;ii*if;>J,iglaf'
# i;v j«hn is y al.
THE NEW LY-AlAlviilED MAN.
“As I live, (here she gi es now ! Look !
look ! The very woman I told you so much
01. 'l i e most beautiful creature, and ihe
most of a o*>, hang it! I've no patience
vviili you newly-married men! Why don't
you look, George, liev ?”
“W ell, Harper," yawning, and turning
languidly toward « group of fashiouablv -
dressed women, who appeared to be passing
out of some church, auction, or fair in the
neighborhood, "well. Harper, to oblige you,
I will look---which is ihe lady? ’
"W liieli ? Ilow c.myou ask, after seeing
that step, and carriage, and tire swaying ol
those white osirich leathers, and the cast
ol that magnificent drapery, and the—-
zounds and death ! what alls ihe man ?”
Harper - Harper! it were as »;:uch as
your life is worth—”
".So, so, waked up at last, are you ? Pale
as death at the sight of a beautiful woman,
married .hough you are, and newly married
ton—-actually muttering in your sleep !--
One would believe you rchear-ing a speech
for the jury, in a capital case, or acting
Macbeth in the dagger-scene, to look at
your bands, your eyes- -to see yon, as von
stand there, with your lips moving, and
sweat —-ay, George, big drops of sweat
standing upon your forehead !”
"llarper—-Harper !’’ gasping for breath
ami playing with his fingers, and trying to
smile, "you have no idea who that woman
is, hey ?”
“Not the least in the world.”
‘Nor whether she is married or unmar
ried ?’
“Maul, wife, or w idow 7 No.”
‘\our hand, my dear fellow! I've
wronged you. I had an idea that you were
desperate and wicked enough-- but no mat
ter - ilow could i J-rt«" lir*D ji an ass l"
‘‘Nothing easier in the world - for a mar
ried man. But I say though. George, there
seems to be a kind of a—-of a—what d’ve
call ii J—-you men that make poetry, and
speeches, and wry faces, and do tragedy in
the public streets—a kiud of a mystery here,
hey ?”
'■Rather. But before I explain that mys
tery, my friend, there are two or three ques
tions. if you please, that must be answered.*
■Must be answered, hey ! And by whom V
•By you, Harper.’
■Must V
‘Must, Harper, must. I’ve no time for
ceremony.’
•Nor I neither, George : and, therefore.
;iltliougli I don’t much like your manner,
nor yi'ur look, no* vnnr language-—you'll
exi use me, but tr y iot n is, that you are
rather too fond ot ifie.i ark and the Bowery,
for a married m n hey ' rather 100 much
given to the melo-dlamnlh', (fir everyday
people ; to out Heroding Herod, on small
netasions —to Cool-ing Kean, where Loth
are out of place. Ilmvrvcr, as 1 said be
fore, although 1 don’t much like your way
ol popping the question, still out of mercy;
sheer mercy-—to your earnestness and
waywardness-—*
‘To the point, Harper, to tlie point ! My
waywardness will uot bear trifling wiih.juM
now.”
•Very well ; to the point then. Propound
your questions, keep your temper, and alter
you are satisfied, we’ll have a bit of a blow
up, if you say so ; at and if, on the whole, it
should appear expedient, under all the cir
ctiinstances ; hey ?”
‘With all my heait! Are you acquainted
with tl at woman V
‘No.*
‘Have you ever spoken to her ?”
•Never.
‘How long is it since you first saw her?’
‘Three months,’ counting his fingers,
‘five days; two hours, and a pulling out
his watch, ‘and about a-—a---’
‘No trifling, if" yon please.*
•I am particular, because you are. 1 saw
her fiist, as you may remember, for I told
you of it the very next day, on the fourth ot
July last past.”
•And are you sure, quite sure, that the
woman we just saw turning that corner, is
the very woman that Millar, the profligate
scoundrel, appeared so infatuated with ]'
•The same. He grows more aud more
infatuated every boor; he follows her every
where; by Jupiter! there he is now! 1
knew lie could'nt he far off.’
‘llnper!’ struggling with himself, and
trembling with suppressed rage, as if un
determined whether to follow the parties or
uot. "Harper!*
•Bless my heart, George, what ails you 1
Are you ill P
•Harper! Have you seen any thing like
encouragement on her part V
‘Can't sav I have. George. But then, you
know, the fellow’s reputation—
• The puppy !’
‘I say nothing about his wealth, and
courage, and personal appearance, nor do'l
care much about his gentleness, and smooth
ness, and preseverancp; they are all well
enough in their way ; but hi« reputation,
that's the thing! The poor creature’fi ’ll
never stand that, you know !'
‘His reputation for what V
‘J-'or what! Why for success, to be
sure ; for being such a favorite with the
most prudish and cautious of our fashiona
b’e women; for being so faithful and so
trustworthy! Ah, my friend, there lies the
danger, alter all!’
‘Danger, indeed ! The miserable, ef
feminate wretch; how ,an a foil grown
i woman stomach such a thing! Were ! a
woman, apomirs to me 1 should quite as
soon fall m love with a girl u|iori the
rigged out as Romeo or Ham’et ’
j 'Nevertheless, my deor fellow, 1 have my
1 fears.’
‘Your fears! How? What?’
*4 aui afraid those very things have lutd
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their influence with that lofty-lookiug ere*
Hire we saw.’
‘Aliair*, hey 7 And whetefore; wj.ere
for- ? Tell me why you arc all, id V
•Bless my soul, how «ugi i you aie !’
•Let me know the woist, my tilted; the
very worst ; I cnti bear it.’
■You can bear it' W hy, what ett earih
bare you to do wish the bisniss, hey?
You ; a married man; n.anted, a* y<u
yoi.rsi It assnic toe, to the iovtlkst woman
I ever saw !’
•Uh, my liimd— ’
•Zounds, n an don’t firing my Land off!
Auglt - no- awglt! It rtuduos me r&thcf
too much of
•1 he desperate grasp thy frame might feel
1 brougli lrrble bars ot liras* or s*t cl,’
‘Harper—Tom— I cannot bear tl.is.’
‘Bear whai / \\ by don t you explain
yourself? I ere au, i, boxing all. loni.tl the
compass, to find out something, whit h two"
words from you would ch ':r up, J efi-re y ;
md yet, for want of a little, a veiy htiie ;
not more; ihau luilf-a-t! noble-lull; of that
common sense, which you iwit me with
having so much ot, you leave me to guess
all sorts of things to y our-disadvantage.’
‘io my disadvantage ! Hew ?’
‘Letyou know the woist. Ley? tKexery
worst * You can bear it, hey ? And | r;.y,
sir, what business have yon; a marued
man; to know the worst ol any other wo
man alive, but your owu wile ? Have a
care. George.’
•\\ by, to tell you the tin th. my friend, I— »1
gelling embarrassed, ‘I had an ides* that you
meant something more than you; that you
knew mote ; that is to say; that you; in
short—’
•Exactly. And then, what business have
you ; a married man, as I >aid before, i.ewly
mmricil 100. and married to such a lovely
woman; what business have you to talk
about what you can bear, on account of
any other woman, hey ? Answer me that,
will you V
‘Y on aie right, iny friend; it was very
foolish of me, and must have ..ppcarrd ex
ceedingly strange to you.’
‘5 on may well say that. I’ll be hanged
il J dul’ni begin to think you were jealous.’
•Jealous! 1! I bfipe you don’t im
agine sir;”
‘But, beware of jealousy, saitli Iago;
honest I ago !’
• Sdeatli and fury, man ! What mean
you by ibis ribald tufting?’
•IJoiiy tojty ! \ ou'd belter try fora birth
at uHi'ilcinv Fair.
•W hat a terrible thing to be father in-law,
T o a most magnificent three tailed bashaw !’
•Harper—Tom Harper—don’t drive me
mad !*
‘Mad ! You're mad now, mad as a March
hare! Not satisfied with unquestioned
monopoly ot one beautilnl woman— ’
‘ L nyutstionca, hey ? True—tiue—w hat
an ass J ain (’
‘Ex act-ly, as I said before, cx nct-ly—
them’s my sentiments! By the way,
George, w hen do you mean to let me see
her, as you have promised, face to face, at
your own supper tidde ? 1 don’t half like
this being acquamted with such a glorious
creature at second hand. But, to finish
what I was going to say. Here are you
now. a married inan, tlie hap| it? 4 fellow on
earth, it you are to hi believed* in the actual
possession and enjoyment; »y ,.u nun of
'lie law say- ol the ban' s m st wi man to
lie to n eiwi h herebout ; yet. son e low
or oil er, for st me reason or otiter, (actually
jealous of the favor which another
handsome woman thinks proper to lavish
upon a fellow you happen lo bate most c or
dially.’
■Hate! No, indeed, the poppinjay ! No,
no ; at tlie most, i only despi.-e him just
enough to—well, well, no u alter.’
‘Of a truth, Soli men was more than half
right, w hen he said that jealously is as ciuel
as the grave.’
‘And love —as strong as death!'
‘Bravo! bravissimo ! Thai would be
worth half-a-dozen rounds io you, at a
Fourth of July recitation. And' love as
strong as death, hey ? Bravo! bravissimo!
Hear, hear, lu ar!
‘Have done (with you uonsecse, will
yon ?’
■ Yes—when you have done with youts,
and answered my question.’
•What question ?’
‘What question! Well, hang me if 1
doti’i begin to believe—almost—ihat you
aie afraid to have me see your wile ?’
‘Afiaid! of what? whom? of which ?'
•Not so much of her, perhaps; no, no,
I dare say not; as of me, Tom Harper
your old good-for-nothing, baldpated, single
friend, that seems to play double to every
body.’
•l’sliaw !*
‘1 say, George, you’ve cracked her up so
much and so long, 1 hope she isn't hump
backed—or deaf-—or blind of one eye, hey ?
Docs’nt squint, does she ? Oh, ho ! you
are getting serious, are you ?’
’•You shall judge for yourself. C'crrie
this evening at six—it is now half past four,
you see.’
‘Capital! But I say, George, maybe you
never met with the story of a man, who was
so very proud of his young and beautiful
wife, and so very confident of bis own 1 o!4
upon her afle< tions, if not of her virtue,
that he wouldn’t be satisfied till he had sub
jected her, under the greatest potable dis
advantages, to the admiration ot a dear
friend—just such a fellow as 1 am, to a T
a frosty paled old bachelor?’
•What a coxcomb you are, to be sure !
And what was li e result ?’
‘Olt, you must read the story for yourself.
oil'll find it in the September, or th®
Nights, or the Vicar of Wakefield, T
forget which: but the result was just what
might hi ve been expected, to a proyd and
beaut.fill, a tempted, and a slighted wife.
My maxim Is—never be too sure of our
selves, nor of others, aud where people
withstand temptation, be sure to give them
the whole credit of it. But you husbands
have no idea of this, I believe. Y r ou de
pend. alter all, thousand times more upon
your w ives : upon their lore for your ; and
your forcer over them ; as if, io point of
fact, you i ever thought Os their virtue, or
faith, i.or cared a snrp fur the .eeisttng
power they may happen to bo' blessed with,
as high minded women.’
‘lndeed!’ Pulling our his watch; ‘At
six pifcise’v, you kcow j tuv*« 4 1
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