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TD&* a- HE GEORGIA nilSKOlt, IS PUBLISHED EVERT I.VTCROAT, if y B. Gardner &. J. la. Bull, f Editors and Proprietors.) THREE DOLLARS a year, if paid in ratice, or FOUR DOLLARS, if not paid til the eud of the year. ADVEtTitRME.r ri will b* conspicuously iserted it One Dollar per square, (15 lines less,) the first, aud 50 cents for each sub qucnt insertion. All advertisements handed in far publi ition without » liufttatlon, will be published I forbid, aud charged accordingly. Sales of Land and Ne;i'oes by F.xecu rs, Administrators and Guardians, are re ared by law to be advertised in a pu' lie i/.cite, sixty days previous to the day of de. The sde of Personal property must lie ver ist"! in like maulin' forty days. Notice to Debtors and Creditors of an , tate must he published forty days. Notice that application will be made to ie t jowrt ut Ordinary for leave so sell Land ad Ne pnes, must be published weekly for tour months. . p ."* All Letters on business must be i ,»s r eAin to insure attention. “ JOB L’IUNTiNG. (1 ON NEC rial) with the oiffee of the J .MIRROR, is a splendid assortment ot iS Q*iS £ jg- Jgj v n 1 we are enabled to exciue ail kind of dob u v>fW, in the neatest maimer ami at the hiioit -51 uotice. . . , of every description will constantly ue kept on hand.such as ’ Attachments, * Justices’ F. seen lions, do Saiinimins, Jury do Subpoenas, Clerk’s Recognizance Seieri Facias, Ap inaraiice Ronds, Ca. Si. Declaration —Debt, Declaration — \ssumpsit. Sheriff Deeds, Tax C dlector Executions. Blink Noses. to- iTivvTs roN si hen. rsill.l public are respect fully informed M \h it the steamers Irivin ion and Sihkn m ~! run as regular packets between FLOR I’NCE and \PAL VCUlCOLA,(touching at lola.) leaving each place alternately, eve ry Wedue* lav mid Saturday. The patron ■tl r . „f me public is respectfully solicited. ‘FreObt and passage, at customary rates, for which apply to the Captains oil board, or BEALL, IIILL & LAURENCE, rjoreuce. FIELD A; MORG VN. Irwinton. DODGE, KOLB 5c McKAY. Apalachicola. Florence. August -0 IV.»J*i* 'I > l* n tfc i't) in mssioil li USINESS. riA.lE subscribers having ? W L purchased the \Vare j ■""Vwm ■sf [louse lately occupied by John D. Pitts & Cos. have .m --eoci.itel then,si;lyes together for the pur pose of trail-1 tuv: a general CO 1 -!• - SI >N BUSINESS, vxuJer the name and style of lIF.ALL, Illld. & LAURENCE. As our attention will be particularly directed to the re.e living and forwar-hng goods and cotton; we shall make every arrangement necessary, for storing and takiug care of the same. . , , „ T!i- business will be conducted by Mr. A. W. Him., and we pledge ourselves that nothui'- sh ill be wanting on our parts to give gener.Tsatisui -tion. With these assuran ces, we 'npe to receive a libeial share ot pub lic patronage. rp A. W. HI EL. M. J- LAURENCE. July* 20 _ 15 J. 15." ST A HR, FQHWAIIIM3 W CTVI\I!33ION MERCHANT. St. Joseph, Fla. January 19, 1839. DRY GOODS! fTUIF. subscriber having recently ropb-n --i ished his stock, invites his custom ers and the public generally, to call and ex amine f>r themsejves. H'* goods are new and well selected and lie is offering them on as good terms as any iti the mirket. His stack consists in part of the following: Woolens, Sattin 'tts, A variety of Broad Cloths, Circassians, Merinos, Bombazines aud Bomb v/.ettes. Red and White Flannel, A good assortment of Sternly Hlude Clothing , A large *upi4y-at 800 PS and SIIOLb, GK n’Te'IKN'S AND T»%DIF3 3AI3LcS, BRIDLES AMD MA3TINGALS. Croc/cert/, Hu iho ire and Cutlery, With a variety of other articles suitable to the season, whii-.h he takes great pleasure in oTering to his customers and the pub lic, at liis new store on the North side Cen tre street. . „ Jan 1-2 49 THO: GARDNER. noticeT : ~ THE firm of C. H. AUSTIN & Cos. is this and iv dissolved by mutual consent. All those indebted to the concern are ear nestlv requested to c.oine (orwar I aud settle the same. The unsettled business ot the concern will be settled by either of the sub scribers. C. Ik AUSTIN’. H. P. 11R VNDIN. Florence-, Oct. 3, 1919. 20 Jt the: hibror. PROSPECTUS OF THE SOUTHERN LITERARY MESSENGER. THIS is a monthly Magazine, devoted chiefly to Literature, but occasion ally finding room also for articles tha fall within the scope of Science ; and not pro cssing 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 arc sometimes so blended with discussions in literature nr in moral sci ence, otherwise unobjectionable, as to gain admittance for the sake of the more valu able matter to which they adhere: but 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- { porated. Reviews and Critical Notices, occu pv 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 wasiiug time aud money upon that large number, which merit only to be burned. In this age of publications that by their variety and multitude, distract and o ycrwhelmn every uudiscrimiiiating student, impartial criticism, governed by the views just mentioned, is one ol the most inesti mable aud indispensable ofauxiliaries to him who docs wish to discriminate. Essays and Talks, having in view utility or amusement, or both; Historical sket ches —and Rkminise.n’ces of events too min ute for History, yet elucidating it, and heightniug 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 ifest and to cultivate the growing poetical taste and talents'pf our country. The times appear, for several reasons, to demand such a work—and not one alone, but matiyt The public mind is feverish and irritated still, from recent political strifes: The soft, assuasive influence of Lit erature is needed, to allay that (ever, aud sontiic that irritation. \ ice and folly 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 pen picEvery spring should be set in motion, to arouse the enlightened, and to increase tlietr number; so that the great euemy of popular government may no longer brood, like a portentous cloud, over the destinies of our country. Yuil to accomplish all these ends, what more powerful agent can be employed, than a periodical on the plan of the Messenger ; it tha, plan be but car ried out in practice l The Soc rii peculiarly requires such an agent. In all the Uuiou, 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 talent, or the actual literary taste of the Southern people, compared with those of the Northern? No: for in wealth, talents aud taste, we may justly claim, at least, an equality with our brethren mil a domestic, institution exclusively nur 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 engrafted on this periodical: and not with any design to nourish local prejudices, or to advocate sup posed local iuteiests. Ear from any such thought, it is the Editor’s fervent wish, to see tiie North and South bound endearing ly together, forever, in the silken bauds of mutual kindness and affection, Lar horn meditating hostility to the north, he 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 the other better contribute in any es sential degree to dispel the lowering clouds that now threaten the peace of both, and to brighten and strengthen the sucted ties of fraternal love. The Southern Litemiy Messenger has new been inexistence four years—the pre sent No commencing the fiktu 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 fails not farther short of them, than human weakness usually makes i 'racticc fall short ot Theory. CONDITIONS. 1. The Southern Literary Messenger is published in monthly numbers, of 64 large suoerroyal octavo pages each, on the best ot paper, and neatly covered, at >5 a year— payable in advance. 2. Or five new subscribers, by sending theii names and S2O at one time to the edi tor, will receive their Copies for one year, for that sum, oi at §1 tor 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 di-.fcontmued 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, aud will not be ta ken so • less than a year’s publication. 5. The mutual obligations of the publish er and subscribe, for the year, are fully in curred as soon as the first number of the volume is issued : and after that time, uo discontent incc of a subscription will be permitted. Nor will a subscription be dis continued for any earlier notice, while any thing thereon remains due, unless at the option of the Editor. , Richmond. Virginia. NOTICE. I OFFER anew store House in Florence, for sale, on north side of Centre street first after the tavern. The house is nearly finished, large and commodious; in the most convenient place for a dry goods or grocery store. Those wish ng such proper ty Wool I do well to call, as a bargain can be had. Applv to 11. W. Jernigam or A. S. WAY. Oct 12 3t 27 ©©stdjbjtcr aaas* tttSOTHKU JOA\ITMt. f.V, T THE URGES! NEWSPAPER IN THE WUhID. ilk proprietors of ibis mammoth sheet the ‘-Great Western” among the news papers, have the pleasure of spreading before the reading public a weekly periodical con taining a greuer amount and variety of use ful and entertaining miscellany, than is to be found in any siinilarpublication ill the world. Each number of the paper contains as ’arge an amount of reading matter as is found in volumes of ordinary duodecimo, which cost two dollars and more tlnm is contain ed in a volume of living’s Columbus, nr Bancroft’s History of America, which cost three dollars a volume—all for six cents a number, or three ilol'ars a year. BROTHER JONATHAN being a genu ine Yankee, and thinking that some things can lie done as well as others is determined to present to 1 is readers a M E DLE Y hith erto unrivalled by any other paper, of i Anecdotes, Facetia, Quiddities,* Amusements, Geography, Romance, Allegories History. Religion. Accidents, Jests, SporG, Biography. Learning, Spectacles, Bon Mots. Morality, Sorrows, Conversations Marvels, Sn fieri tigs, Crimes, Music, Tales, Dramatics, News. Trials, Drolleries, Novelties, Truths, Erratics, Oratory, Teachings, Essays, Poetry, Wisdom, Eloquence, Philosophy. Wit, Wonders. &c. iVc. &c. Asa family newspaper Brother Jonathan will be found to present attractions beyond any other. ‘•He comes, the herald ofnnoisv world. News from all nations lumbering at Ins back.” The earliest intelligence, foreign and ilo m-stic, and the latest novelties in the litera ry world, will lie promptly served up for the gratification of the reader. (£/“ Strictly neutral in_ politics, it will contain nothing in favor of or against any party, and will ns sedulously avoid any of the controversies which agitate the religions community. Strict morality, virtue, tem perance. industry, good order, benevolence, and useTil ness to ourlVllow men, will be ad vocated and inculcated in every page of Brother Jonathan. Terms of Brother Jonathan— -S3 a year in advance. For Five Dollars, two copies of the paper will be sent one year, or one copy two years. Tiie EVENING TATLER is publish ed every day at the same office, and is put to press at 12 o’clock meridian, in season for the great northern, cistern and southern mails, which all close at about 2 o’clock, P. M. All country newspapers who give this prospectus 3 insertions, will be entitled to an exchange on sending a number of their papers to this office, containing the adver tisement. All communications and letters should be addressed, postage paid, to. GRISWOLD A" Cos. IG2 Nassau st. New York. August, 1839. Cent ca n fees/ '•/ odistn. VT a meeting of the Committee for the . Centeiniary, Rev. E. B. W. Spivey took the chair. On motion I. was Resolved, that we meet on the 25th of October next for the purpose of celebrating the Centennary of Wesleyan Methodism at the following places viz- At Anthony, Lumpkin, and Wesley Chapel and that Bin. Spivey preach at Lumpkin,’ Bio. Wimberly at Anthony, and Bro. Tal ly at Westley Chapel. On motion it was Resolved, that as far as we can that all secular concerns be laid aside, that it be a day of fasting and Prayer and Thanksgiving to Almighty God, for his past favors and, a comiiiuaiion of the same upon us as a Church. E. B. W. SPIVEY, P. C. John D. Pitts, Soc'ry. Waiv IK oust’ & 4 om mission B US INE S S. w» r TMIE subscriber respect s n§T J fully notifies his friends aud the planters of Stewart county, that he will be pre pared to forward Goods and Cotton the en suing year, lie has made every necessary arrangement to secure (lie safety of Cotton and Goods consigned to him. Ho hopes to be able to give satisfaction, and respectfully refers the public to those for whom lie has done business in this line here tofore. 11. W. WOODWARD. Florence, Sept. 7 cow3in 22 C VBINET FURNITUBeT ('I EORGE 11. & WM. J. WiLLEKS JT respectfully inform the citizens 01 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- Boards, Bureaus, Tables, Chairs, Work and Wash Stands, and Furniture of every description used in this section of the coun try. Tln-y flatter themselves, from their lon- ■ ’elite, that they will be able to giv- pens) 1 satisfaction to those who may faiti them ih their patronage. Ajw. 52 A Qitcci Chap.—The lowa Patriot re lates an anecdote of the Rev. Mr. Scott, an eccentric preacher in that neiv-hborliood. who was formerly a lawyer in Arkan-as, to tins effect. When he first hung out bis shingle, he merited on It- A. M. Scott, Attorney at law. The tallest inau in Arkausuw. Shortly aftzr, the river being very low, he proposed wading the stream, which he actually accomplished : upon which the sign was altered, and ever after r*ad in this wise : A. M. Scott, Attorney at law. The man what waded the Arkansaw. \o extractor a letter from Augusta, da ted 12th nstant, says:—“The river is al most dry. Mr. Shultz, expects to raise a crop of turnips on its bed before we get rain; he has actually ploughed up and planted about an acre, above and below the bridge nod laid the worm of a fence.” The New Orleans Courier estimates the loss on this year’s exportation of Cotton from that port at two millions of dollars, ac cording to tbo most mod«t ste calculations. fPiDT/s a h rom the Souther»T,Uterary Messenger. The Innocent Avenger. BY PARK BENJAMtS. “ Phonon. The name ? why dost thou pause ? Clesiphon. ’Tis lon ! lon. Well, 1 knew it would be mine !’’ lon—A tragedy. Duelling is prohibited in the Netherlands by an expressenaetmrnt. When, therefore, there springs up any demon of revenge which cannot be laid except bv the shedding of blood, or when any infringement of the rigid precepts ol the rode honorable demands waste of tile, the parties are constrained to choose their ground, and pace their distances on the nearest spot of earth in the dominions of His Most Christian Majesty, the King of the French. It is now ten years since my friend Monsieur tie Z was, at the age of fifteen sent by hi father, a weahuy merchant in Bordeaux, to learn bookkeeping, in the 1 busiest counting-room in Antwerp, The transactions ol an European mercantile es tablishineet occupy the greater pari of the day before the dinner hour; after which, as it holders closely upon the erening, no or dinary business is suffered to intrude upon hours of rest or conviviality. Neexeat is tiie order oft he counting-house from nine o'clock in the morning until five alter noon; and, except by, leave, the subordinates dare not disobey the injunction; for the eye of a mas ter is upon them, unless it lias gone lor a season, to read, in the many glances as keen and inquisitive as its own, the news and for tunes upon ‘Change. But dinner is the Ru bicon between business and pleasure, activ ity ami indolence. When the sound is heard which gives warning of the approach ol that most welcome event, the shadows begin swiftly to pass away from visages bending o verhuge foliesami bundles tied w ith red tape and the wrinkles which furrowed the most youthful brows give place to a bland and con tented expression ; and when at last the mists of care roll entirely away before the beams of joy, there may be heard, succeeding to the stealthy step and the supppressed whis per, a simultaneous burst of voices in qui*-k merriment, hailing the hour of release with tin:exultation ofsea-tossed mariners in sight of a favoring strand. Alter and riller each day, it was the custom of the sons of the rich merchants—who were in Antwerp learning the art cent per cent far a tray from horn*', and fro u the indulgences always attached to that dear place—to assem ble together in a large room in the coffee house where they had dined. Here might be observed youths of all ages, from the ten der, beardless boy, who had but recently ar rived from some .Spanish or French com mercial mart, to the strong, mustachioed in itiate, who ivas not to pass many more mouths in clerkship ere he assumed the difficult responsibility ol a junior partner. My friend, de Z , was of the former class. He had, however, been in Antwerp a sufficient length «f time to contract a warm friendship for Xugoste k'oret, ahoy younger than him self, yet characterized Ly a demeanor, and distinguished for abilities, which had won for him the respect of every clerk in Antwerp. Auguste was but fif.een years of age. and the only son of his mother. That mother doted on him to distraction. He. was literal ly the light ot her eyes ; for all things seem ed dark since he had been no longer present to dispel the gloom of her lonely widowhood. Her story was, indeed, a romantic one. Her self the only child of one of the old French nobles, slm had mortally offended her haugh ty fatherhy a plebeian marriage witli a young merchant, with whom she had become ac quainted in one of those ways which nobody esteem unaccountable except the interested parties. In her solitary morning rides in the vicinity of her father’s old chateau, she al ways encountered a stranger, whose walks chanced to be in a similar direction, prompt ed, i.s she thought, by an admiration like her own, for a wild sequestered glen through which the path wound, overshadowed by century elms, and traversed by a silver brook let. A cold and silent bow was the first ap proach towan's a mutual acquaintance—a smile succeeded—and at last the stranger ventured a word about the beauty of the place. The lonely daughter of the haughty old marquis deggued a reply It was uot before this conversation, which commenced like the first flowing of the brook at their leet, with a slender vein, widened iuto a broad stream, and finally settled info the lake-liko repose of a deeply-felt and fully expressed passion. Emilie was arous-d to a lively sense of her indiscretion by a furious explosion ot rage from her father, who never having uttered an unkind word to her before in his life, now assailed her abruptly one morning after she bad returned from her accustomed ride, with a shower of invectives, which were quite a surprising and unexpect ed to her ns a peal of thunder would have been from the unclouded sky that was smil ing so lovingiy above her. She did not faint, but she was petrified with fear and astonish ment.—fear at the consequences of her lath er’s anger, and astonishment at the possible manner in which lie could have discovered her interviews w i'h Henri |For6f She had never till that moment reflected how those interviews were to terminate. Matrimony was an event to which they had not evon al luded—so iiiinierous and so absorbing were the other topics which love had' presented to their imaginations. She had known from the first that Ilenii was not noble; he had told her that the nature of his pursuits for bade his associating with the guests who sometimes enlivened her father’s solemn life in the chateau. But she had deferred fur ther inquiries on that subject to the more interesting discussion of each other’s viows, habits, and feelings. When, however, she was so angrily greeted by her till now loud ly doting parent, she comprehended the un avoidable consequences of her conduct at a single glance, fcihe made not one word of reply; lint when, ai the expiration of his threats and denunciations, she was ordered to her chamber, she bowed meekly and re tired, Emiira’s feelings were not to evapor ate, like those of ordinary heroines, in hys teria or impotent ravings. Her's was one of those decided characters which waited not for after reflections to soften away positive determination. Her father had assurred her of one fact, which fixed her mind as firiniy in its resolve as her heart wa6 fixed in its affection. After having reached her room ehc wrote, and instantly despatched a billet —the effect gs v’ *• was t-» * « yost chaise and horses and Henri Forfit to the spot where the road ends in a gate that opens to the glen wheie the lovers had first met- The billet, which had such power, simply leqfuested Henri to be re-idy at the hour «■ deep twiilight near the old trysting-plare, with equipage of travel; aud to this request was appended the rather striking informa tion that her venerated lather had expressed his will tl at she should on the following wed a nobleman as old as himself, to whom he had former y betro'lied her. Emilie had no leisure lor tears, sighs, or repentance, till her lot had been indissolubly entwined with that of the young merchant by “a fri ar of orders gray,’’ w ho consented to admin ister unto them all the requisite formalities of his infallible church, alter having had his conscience salved over with gold euough to have covered it. had it been as btoad as by frequent str-tening it bad become long.— Henri Fotetwasa young man ot a will no less'decisive than his young and beautiful bride's. He had, although she had not, long premeditated the step which had just been taken, and he had so arranged all things that, after the pciforinaiice of the important ceremony, his --hn’ye fair ’ experienced no more inconvenience than if she had been wedded, with customary pomp and splendor iu the hall of her ancestors, and given into the arms hridegraotn by a gratified father. She was, strange to say, quite as happy in a vulgar post chase rapidly wheeled overilie space of some thirty leagues as if she had b> en in a splendid coach drawn lazily bv six fat horses. Before she had per fectly recovered her senses, she looked a round upon a tastefully and elegantly fur nished mansion in the Rue de , Paris. The young merchant’s partner in business had well obeyed liis instructions. A house in the most delightful quarter of the most delightful city in the uuivci-se stood ready for the reception of the happy pair. Your man of trade docs every thing systematical ly. The books of : the house of Arnold, Foret ct Ce. probably display, at this day, the charge of “a house and furniture” to the private account of M. For€t. Were 1 weaving the story of these lovers into a fictitious legend for the amusement of the sentimental. J should doubtlessly, attri bute to them length and felieity of days.— But alas! my pen has be«n dipped in the bottom of that well where truih lies, and 1 must write nothing but truth. The highly respectable firm of Arnold, Foret ct Ce. tuet with many sad reverses of fortune, and liually stopped payment. So satisfied were the creditors with the honesty and ability of the partners, that they all cheerfully acqui esced in an adjustment of their demands, by which the house was enabled, gradually to wind tip its concerns, and not only to dis charge all its debts, hut to present to each of flie partners a cont| etent private fortune. This, however, did m-t satisfy the ambition of voting For6t. He had imbibed the nicest notions of Commercial honor, aud fancied that liis misfortunes had dimmed the lustre of his oivo; though, to the eyeof liis frh ml* they had only been vapors upon the diamond —failing, almost as soon as perceived, from the purity of its brightness. It had been al so the ambition of the voting merchant to reach, by the potent aid of riches, those hon ors denied him by biuh. and reinstate, his wife ill that rank from w hich he had remov ed, her. liis mischances swept his air built castles into night. Not content to live, young and wealthy as he was, upon a small income, he accepted an advantageous offer to remove to the West Indies. Thither he embarked with his wife.—happy fls when fust she became bis own.—and a beautiful boy, their only darling, who was now over six vearsol age. Forming in Martinique a new mercantile connexion, he lived in that island for seven years, and amassed a fortune which placed within his grasp the glittering prize for which he had been so long striving. On the fourteenth birth-day of the young Auguste, liis lather prepared to remove once more to Paris with his w ife and child. But alas!—on the day when they were to have sailed, he was taken ill with a fever, induced partly by the excitement of his occupations, and partly by infection received in visiting the slave-hamlet, to bid adieu to his faithful negroes. From the moment he fell sick he was seized with a strong presentment of death. The fever was not violent, and liis affectionate and devoted wife vainly endea vored to divert the current of his melancholy thoughts. But the strangest effect of his illness was to alter alibis ambitious projects —he expressed himself convinced of the fol ly of liis wordly desires, aid having received from his wife an assurance that she had been most happy in the station rs life to which he had reduced her, exacted from her a willing promise that she would have the young Au guste, their son, educated to commerce at the house of certain friends in Antwerp, so that he should be the artificer of liis own fortune. The pieseniiment of poor Henri Foifet was verified Lie died, leaving all his large fortune to liis wife, to be disposed of as she pleased at his death. Few days elapsed before the heart broken Emilie and her dar ling eon were on the broad waters, returning to their beloved France. Scarcely had she arrived in Paris before she addressed her fa ther, the old Marquis, who had not stirred from his chateau, informing him of all her misfortunes and of her present situation, aud how heartily she entreated his forgiveness. Considering how rich she was.it is no won der that she was again received into the arms of her dodng sire. Old Frenc! Marquises do not dislike money. The father insisted however, that she should not bring home with her that ‘ spring of commerce,” as he called the young Auguste As she had no intention of this originally—being determin ed, though it almost broke her heart, that, jn compliance with the wishes of hei husband she would send tbeirson to Antwerp for three years—s >e signified her acquiescence in her father's will; and, partii g from her dear boy, with many rears afid blessings, she pro ceeded to her paternal domain, while be, under the charge of a faithful servaur, de parted for his school of commercial educa tion. How these facts came to my knowledge is, as a lawyer would sav, immaterial to the point at issue. It is sutfii ient that I have related them for the purpose of enhancing the interest of a thrilling story, in which the young Auguste Fnr6t is a prominent actor and to the truth of which, my friend, de Z —.can testily most s»lemnly. as he was throughout an eye witness. The events »<d m* happened ten years ago, and may be found by the curious succinctly noted in the chron icles of the day. Assembled in that laige room of the coffee house—where they bad nst dined, and where they were wont to as si mble—at about six o’cloi k in evening of a rainy Autumn day, were all the most lespectable clerks of the first commercial houses in Antwerp. Some were sipping coffee, some were playing at dominoes, at.3 others were discussing the various subject* of interest which for the time occnpied their attention. About this hour, .certain officers of a regiment stationed in the town wets wont to resoit to the coffee-house, and ami cably mingle with the clerks in their diver sions or conversation. This evening the of ficers had come in as usual, and the usual hilarity prevailed. Suddenly, from a corner of a room loud voices were heard, as if in angry discussion. All other tongues wer« instantaneously stil 1 , nnd alt eyes were turn ed on the quarter from which the sound* proeeded. A quarrel was so unusual an occurrence, that it attracted universal atten tion. It afterwards appeared that the dis pute arose about a horse, which had heyn purchased by one of the officers from a clerk who was about to leave the town. This of ficer, who was an Italian from Sicily, had, before then rendered himself peculiarly ob noxious to the frequenters of the coffee-room on account of his rude, boisterous manners, his insolent swagger, and bravado. He was a tall, ferocious-looking fellow, mustachioed nDd whiskered in the Fra Diavolo 6tyle, and wore a rapier upon nil occasions. On th* present, the fiist words he was heard to ut ter, after blustering into the room, were—- “The horse 1 bought from Rodolph is un sound.” Rodolph being a Swede and no craven, and knowing that the bully intended the remak for himself, cooly walked up to the speaker, and asked— “ Signor Alonzo, was that sjieech inten ded as a question for my private ear and in advertently muttered aloud,or was it spokeu audibly for the edification of ihisgood com pany TANARUS” “They heard it, Master Rodolph, as well ns you. and can hear it again if they list. The horse 1 bought from you is unsound.” “You oblige me, Signor Alonzo, by your frankness. Will vou reply to my second query of, whether you mean to insinuate that I sold the horse to you knowing him te be defective, or whether he preved, unwit tingly tr both buyer and vender, unsound?’* “I mean what I mean;—when a jockey sells a horse to a gentleman, and lie proves broken-witided orspnvined, or false-footed, the inference as to the jockey’s honesty isea sy." At this period of the conversation the eye* of all in the loom, both officers and clerks, were turned upon the disputants. “Gentlemen !”said Rodolph, facing those present, “you are, the most of you, well ac quainted with me and with my claims to t! e title of a man of honor. 1 shall hold no far ther parley with this bully inn soldier’s dress but simply state to yon that 1 yesterday sold him a horse at his earnest solicitation, as suring him at the time that 1 was no judge of the animal, that i had owned the one in question but a short time, and tl at lie must depend on his own judgment, if he chose to give me the price w hich 1 paid for the beast a fortnight before. He took the horse, aid now arcuses me of being to his un soundness’’— Here several #oieea inter rupted Rodolph with “fahaine ! shame! fie. Signor A lonzo !” ‘‘l do not wish, geutiemen, confined Rodolph, “that you should assume my quarrel or invidiously judge betseen us. Although I said that I should hold no further parley with this bully, I did not pieclude myself the privilege of pulling his nose.” Saying which, and suiting the action to the word the impassioned Swede suddenly grasp ed the nasal protuberance of the officer, and wrung if with surprising effect ; for, at first, the Italian bravo recoiled, and the natural ruby of his visage abdicated in favor of a pal lor. which was in its turn driven forth by a blush, which succeeded the shame of palpa ble cowardice exhibited before so large a company. With tbe velocity of thought. Signor Alonzo's rapier leaped from its scab bard and desperately darted towards the breast of Rodolph, who, with a velocity no ways inferior, clenched the wrist of the arm rhat wielded it, and. wrenching the weat on from its infuriated master, coolly took the point in one hand and the hilt in the other, and broke it in twain across'his knee. This movement not only proved that the officer was as unsuccessful in the purchase of rapi ers as of horses, bnt that his strength was dis proportionate to the greatness of his size and the vi lume of his voice. It was hailed with a general shout, as Rodolph, throwing the disjecta membra of the sword out of the win dow, walked slowly from the apartment. This departure broke up the assemblage. The clerks, among whom were my friend, de Z ■ and Auguste For6t, retired to their several homes, and S'gnor Alonzo, boiling with tvrath, marched off with his brother of ficers to his quartets. Every one anticipated a bloody termina tion to this business, but none more calmly than Rodolph. He said that he was weU;a ware that he had provoked almost certain death ; for he was no master of fence, and had never fired a pistol a dozen tinu s in his life. De Z was a friend of Rodolph. nnd late in the evening resorted to his at art ntents. He found Rodolph alone siting by a fire, reading a German translation of Shak speare. “Ah, De Z—— !1 am glad to see you—this English author is the most woe*, derftrl of all the poets. I cannot read him in the original, but it strikes me the Ueriuait. must b« almost as good, for nothing could he better. Here is a most amusing seen* between a Welsh captain aud an English bullying ensign called Pistol. The Welsh man force.s the valiant swaggerer toewallew* a !eek. The scene has a mustM me, for it reminded me strongly of this evening’s reu contre. I wish 1 bad read before ofths great Captaiu Fluellfn’# valor—l think It woul4 hive augmented my ow n-” De Z ■ sat by Hn aids, and SDtenag cheerfully iut6 eonversartOß.th* evening katr almost glided sway, when tb« servant to nonnrerf so officer a* asking admlttaoe*.. “Certainly,” said Rodolph, “I can be seea, and turning Mrde Z——, he simply obtain ed—“Th* challenge J” The word wgfr scarcely spoken before the officer stepped into the room, end placed Don Alonso'* cartel ta the already extended hand of dojph.” “After the insult received hv jt»* friend Signor Alcoa®, Mirusietw