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YOJL* 3. THE KEORSIA IHKRUIS, 13 PUBLISHED EVERT SATURDAY, By 3. (wiirdacs* *3k J. L. Ball, ( tedilor* and Proprietors,) At THREE HOLLARS a year, if paid in advance, or FOUR DOLLARS, if not paid until the end of the year. Advertisements will l>« conspicuously inserted it One Dollar per square, (15 lines ot less,) the first, and 50 cents for each sub. sequent insertion. All a Ivertisenwnts hantled in f*r publi cation without t limitation, will be published t 11 forbid, and charged accordingly. Sales of Land and Negroes by Execu .irs, Ad ninistracors and (itiardians, are re luired by law to be advertised in a public i l.izutte, sixty days pi. vious to tlie day of s Tie. The sale of Personal property must lie and ver ise' 1 in like in inner forty days. Notice to Debtors and Creditors of an state must be published forty days. Notice that application will be made to i ic Court of Ordinary for leave to sell Land id Nairoes, must be published weekly for i.'ttr months. A.ll Letters on business must be i ost paid to insure attention. “""JOB TTun r in g 7“ C"I ONN EC Pri i) with the office of the j oItRR >l, is a splen.ii 1 assortment of *f Q. £ 'Jf S. jf'JZi 4 nd we are enabled to e.tcute ail kind ot Job « ork, in tiie neatest maimer and at the short si notice. of every description wi.l constantly be kept on hand,such as Attachments, Jus tees’ Executions, do Sum.nous. Jury do fk ibpicms, Ciers's iieiog'ii/.ance S iieri Faoias, Appearance H inds, 4 11. Sa. D •claintion—Debt, Declaration Vssmnpsit, Sheriff Deeds, Tit C .Hector Executions, JJitijjk Notes, fen " iII.WIN I'llN X SiIfJSN rsiHE public are respecifully inforoied JS t.iat th * steamers Irwin con and .Siren will rn’i as regular packets between FLOR ENCE and \ PAL VCIIIOOLA, (touching *t I ill,) leaving each place alternately, eve ry Wednesday and Saturday. The putrou u'l’ • of the public is respectfully solicited. Freight and passage, at customary rates, for w.iicb apply to the C ipiainsou hoard, or to . BEALL, HILL & L \URENCS, Florence. FIELD 5c MOR HN, Irwinton. DO DDE, KOLB 5c Alts KAY, Apalachit-ola. Florence. August 20 W'tre "J n f Sc Toai *t4**Y4>» ' ~]J IJ S INESS. r 111 iE s iii.cribers having r 4- JT 9 - purchased the Ware I ' louse lately occupied by >»*•• s -CS* folio i). Pitts 5c Cos. have as sociated themselves together lor the pur pis t of transacting a general COM >. Iri sh >N BUSINESS, under the name and style of BSAI.h, HILL & LAURENCE. As our attention will be parties arly directed to the receiving and forwar *in;g goods and cotn i, we shall make every arrangement ii-ocesjary, for storing and taking enre ol the same. , Tile business will be conducted by Mr. A. W. Hill, and we pledge ourselves that n ithing shall be wanting on our p uts >o give gMcril satisfaction. With those assuran ces, we hope to receive a libel al share of pub* lie patronage. p rs A. W. HILL. M. J- LAURENCE. July 20 do mWA'DIG vn MTdISSIOH MEUCUAjS / , Si. Joseph* Fla. * .Tanwirv 10, 1839. __ Connni^iosi BUS IN ES 8 . IA HE subscriber respect fully notifies his friends and the planters ol Stewart county, that he will be pre pared to forward H mds and Colton the en suin'' venr. He lias made every necessary arrangement to secure the safety ol Cotton and floods consigned to him. He hopes to be able to give satisfaction, and respectfully refers '.he public to those for whom he has done business in ' hne here tofnro. |l. W. WOODWARD. Florence, Sept. eow.,m “ALABAMA LANDrf FOR B ALE. FT* NT IRE 7 ,14 ill N. half 8 I 4 * S. half 4 11 30 S. half 6 14 30 S. half 11 14 29 S. half 34 13 23 W. half 23 14} r" S. half 2d 18 ll E. half 21 22 26 S. half 32 10 23 N. half 31 20 26 AV. half 28 15 'i S. half 29 16 N h i's 3 14 30 E. half 2 18 25 E Hi e 33 15 25 Anv of the above Lands will be sold on terms to suit porch ins by :>tmhrn‘ton »o John D. Pitts. Esq. Florence, (*a. or totne Stio.-cribv, at >lai on. _____ ■ l».a l CUffLha. 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 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 in literature or in moral sci ence, otherwise unobjectionable, as to gain admittance for the sake of the more valu able matter to which they adhere: bu> whenever that happens they arc incidental, only, not primary. They are dross, tolera ted oulv because it caunot well be severed from the sterlirg ore wherewith it is incor -1 porated. Reviews and Critical Notices, Ticcu 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 wastiug time and tponey upon that large number, which merit only to be burned. In this age of publications that by their variety and multitude, distract and o verwhelmn every undiscriminating student, impartial criticism, governed by the views just mentioned, is one of the most inesti mable and indispensable of auxiliaries to him who does wish to discriminate. Essays and Tales, having in view utility or amusement, or both; Historical sket ches—and Reminiskncks 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 uo 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 manyt The public mind is feverish •v>4 irritated still, from recent political strife The soft, assuasive influence of Lit eratus is needed, to allay that fever, and me that irritation. Vice and folly are rioting abroad:—They should be driven by indignant rebuke, or lashed by ridicule, in to their lifting haunts. Ignorance lords it over an immense proportion of our peo jjjo:—Every spring should be set in motion, to arouse the*enlightened, and to increase th*ir number; so that the great enemy of popular government may no longer brood, like a portentmus cloud, over the destinies of our country. And to accomplish all these ends, what more powerful agent can be employed, than a periodical on the plan of the Messenger; if that plan be but car ried out in practice? The South peculiarly requires such an agent. In all the Union, south of Washing ton, there are but two Literary periodicals! Northward of that city, there are probably at least twenty-five or thirty ! Is this con trast justified by the wealth, the leisure, the native talent, or the actual literary taste of the Southern psople, compared with those of the Northern? No: for in wealth, talents and taste, we may justly claim, at feast, an equality with our brethren md a domestic institution exclusively our own, beyond all doubt, atfords us, if we choose, twice the leisure for reading aud writing which they enjoy. It was from a deep sense of this local want tint the word Southern was engrafted on this periodical: and not with any design to nourish local prejudices, or to advocate sup nosed local inte ests. Far from any such thought, it is the Editor's fervent wish, to see toe North and South bound endearing ly together, forever, in the silken bands ot mutual kindness and affection. For from meditating hostility to the north, he has al ready drawn, and he hopes hereafter to draw, much of liis choicest matter thence; an 1 liapnv indeed will he deem himself, should lus pages, by making each region know the other better contribute in any es s.-ntial degree to dispel the lowering Hoods that now 'threaten the peace of both, and to brighten and strengthen the sacred ties of fraternal love. The Southern Literary Messenger has now been inexistence four years—the pre sent No commencing the fifth volume. How lar it has acted ont the ideas here ut tered, is not for the Editor to say; he be lieves, however, that it falls not farther short of them, than human weakness usually makes Practice fall short ot l henry. CONDITIONS. 1. The Southern Literary Messenger is published in monthly numbers, of 64 large superroyal octavo pages each, on the best ol paper, aud neatly covered, at $5 a year— payable in advance. 2. Or fivv new subscribers, by sending then names and 820 at one time to tha edi tor, will receive their copies for one year, for that sum, or at §4 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 ofa post m ister, is assnmed by the editor 4. If a subscription is not directed to be discontinued before the first number of the next volume has been published, it will be taken as a continuance for another year. Subscriptions must commence with the be ginning rtf the volume, and will not be ta ken for less than a year’s publication. 5. The mutual obligations of the publish er and subscriber, for the year, are fully in c„rro l : ,s soon as the first number <*• the volume is issued : and after that time, no discontinuance of a subscription will be permitted.- Nor will a subscripts 1 be dis continued for any earlier notice while any thing thereon remains due, unless at the op'ioo of 'he Editor. Richmond. Virginia. Settle Y«iit \t i(i up indebted to the late firm n r *ll\ RVE YAsCH \ STAI Nor .11 >IIN p »J\RVEY. ar“ requested to come for ward and settle , mnediatelv, as 1 am anxious to close the business- 1 can be tonnd at the back room of the old store of Smith * 'V.o frP„ jmi n p. ha n VK\. Oct 17 23 JoSTf RIN N TIN G 1 JTEATL7 EXEOUTEn AT THIS OrEfCE. »3L'Q®36Sr©a» CA» iTOTaSOISiB S©4 BROTIIF.SC J0.V.1T11.1.V, THc LARGES I NtWSPAPERIN iHE WURLD, TTUIF proprietors ol tins mammoth sheet -1- the “Great Wester- ” among the news papers, have the pleasure of spreading before the reading public a weekly periodical con taming a gre ,ter amount and variety of use ful and eatertaining miscellany, than is to be found in any similar publication in the world. Each number of the paper contains as large au amount ofreadiug matter as is found in volumes of ordinary duodecimo, which cost two dollars and more than is contain ed in a volume of living’s f’ol inbus, or Bancroft’s History of America, which cost three dollars a volume—all lor six ceuis a number, or three dolhus a year. BKOi lIERJONA I HAN beinga genu ine Yankee, and thinking that some thin s can be done as well as others is determined to present to I is readers a MEDLEY hith erto unrivalled by any other paper, of 1 Anecdotes, Facetia, Quiddities, Amusements, Geography, Romance, Allegories History. Religion. Accidents, Jests, Sports, Biography, Learning, Spectacles, Bon Mots, Morality, Sorrows, Conversations Marvels, Sufferings, Crimes, Music, Tales, Dramatics, News, Trials, Drolleries, Novelties, Truths, Erratics, Oratory, Teachings, Essays, Poetry, Wisdom, Eloquence, Philosophy, Wit, Wonders, fee. fee. fee. Asa family newspaper Brother Jonafhan will be found to present attractions beyond any other. “He comes, the herald of a noisy world, News from all nations lumbering at his back.” The earliest intelligence, foreign and do mestic, and the latest novelties in the litera ry world, will be promptly served up for the gratification of the reader. o J** Strictly neutral in politics, it will contain nothing in favor of or against any party, and will as sedulously avoid any of the controversies which agitate the religions community. Strict morality, virtue, tem perance, industry, good order, benevolence, and usefulness to our fellow men, will be ad vocated and inculcated in every page of Brothei 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. The EVENING TATLF.R is publish ed every day at the same office, and is put to press at 12 o’clock meridian, in -cason for the great northern, cistern and southern mails, which all close at about 2 o'clock, P. M. All coUnfry newspapers who give tins prospectus 3 insertions, will be entitled tfi 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 fe Cos. 162 Nassau st. New York. August, 1339. PROPOSALS For publishing in the town of Irwinton, Al abama, a weekly Newspaper, tv be entitled the UtWOTOi'l CHRONICLE. HAVING liear.l many complaints of tho want of a Newspaper in tliis town, (te becouducre i in a gentlemanly-like manner.) the undersigned have been induced by the earnest solicitations of many frieuils, to em bark in the undertaking. In assuming the duties consequent upon such an enterprize, we feel deeply conscious of the responsibility which will devolve up on us; and knowing, too, the diversity ot the human mind, we cannot (latter mtrselv, s that we will he able to please all. But, so far as our humble abilities extend, we will, at all times be found striving to elevate the standard of truth and correct moral PRINCIPLES. It will be our object to ad vance the prosperity of the Eastern section of our State, abounding, as it does, in so many natural advaut..ges, and. as a necessa ry consequence especially to promote the interest of our own town. Our aim will b to render our paper useful and valuable to all classes of the community—in short Lit eratnre, Useful Information, Agriculture. Foreign and D unestic Intelligence, will each receive h dii- portion ol our ;i?tcntion. In tegard to Politics, we deem it ueces sarv to say, that we shall give th* general Political intelligence of the whole country while, at the same time, as conductors of a Fp.ee Press, we will fearlessly, and without favor or alfeclion, advocate aod support all such measures as will, in our opinion, pro mote our general prosperity as a people, and the perpetuity of our rights and liberties. Our pipe* - will be purely Republican, a> nractised by those great Apostles ol Liberty j EFFERSON and MADlSON—prefering them as our guide, rather than the kf.w- Limr, self stiled Democratic Republi cans of the present day. We ate “strict constructionists” of the Federal Compact, and shall, therefore, oppose all schemes ol Internal Improvement, except by the States themselves, as a part of that “American System” which hai proved so ruinous to the South, and which was attempted to be fas tened upon ns, under that most plausible and specious pretest, the “DENtK VL WELFARE.” Believing, as we do, that it is the duty of every good citizen to cher ish with jealous care the “L mon or Tin States, and the. Sovereignty of the States.” and as this cannot be done without a strict adherence to the Coswti'.ntson t' s ' h. w e shall not be sparing in onr denunciations of the attempts which are and have been made by the late as well as the present Ad ministration. to control, not only the mon ied facilities of tlm Government, but ol tin entire country. With -egard to the q»e tinn which i«now agitating the rountrv rela tive to the Onrr-nev, we now, uohesitarriu'- Iv |:,re onr hostility to the tlince-rej- • e l Sub Treasury Sw -n. tending as it dor in stir on nion. to a:, in ■•e isc of E\ecjif»« power, which fns air- iy bee • claimed * and exercised 10 an alarming extent, in more »■ stances than one. if not by the present 1 cimbc.-t bv his imtnedi.de predecessor, tit he w eudeavorit g mtr.* and, \vv \riiecl to <*> con .♦< r '■ V pe* • If'* | nv a<|vef-e wed-; yet aided by the Rttw? breath of public and support, the tr.«i^ wind* of onrworld must waft us clear of our troubles—we dare raise our anchor, unfurl our sheets, and venture boldly upon our new snd untried course. What shoals and quick sands, what rocks and hidden perils await us “alas, we know not!” L:t us but clear the Inrbor and get fairly “under way,” ihen we will fear nothing. Nor is this the vain boast made when clanger is yet in the distance. It isonr firm determination, made after se rious thought, and weighing well the diffi culties we are to meet with. The Chronicle will be issued as earlv a* the necessary materials can be obtained from New York, which will be in Dec'■tu ber or early in January next. It will be printed on a large imperial sheet, contain ing twenty-four columns, with entire new type, and will not be surpassed in beauty by any paper i.l the Southern country. JACK' HARDMAN,* RICHARD RL’E MOONEY. TERMS.—Three Dollars per annum, I payable, invariably in advance irwinton, Ala. Oct. 10, IRWINTON MASONIC Lottery , \ UTHORISED l>y an Act of the Leg Im. islatnrc of the State ol Alabama. To be di.uvn in the town of Irwinton. Barbour county, Alabama, ou the FIRST WI. DN ESDA Y in APRIL, >340, or soon er, if the tickets can be sold—for the pur pose of erecting a Masonic Hall »n the town of Irwinton, M'ili-iUF. 1 FRIZE of $5,000 1 „ „ 2,000 1 „ 1,000 4 „ „ 500 4 „ ~ 250 20 ~ „ 100 24 „ „ 25 5000 „ „ 3 5055 Prizes. Not two blanks to a Prize. All the prizes to he put up in one wheel, and the numbers in another and drawn out Done publicly, under the superintendence of five Commissioners. Price of tickets THREE DOLLARS. Half and quarter in propoition, which can be had by application to either of the man agers, by letter, (or otherwise,) post paid, at Irwinton, Ala. Any person wishing to purchase a quanti tv shall be allowed a liberal discount. W. S. TAYLOR. ) A. P. CRAWFORD, > Manageis. JOHN CHAIN, ) October 16. 1839. 29 td PLOjRENHEACAUEM V. r jn HE exercises of tile Male De| A of the Fffirolice Academy, will coni mcnce on .Monday next, 7th inst. under th superintendence of Mr. George J. M-- Cleskky, who comes well recommended as an instructer of youth. The follow g will be the rates of tuition, por quarter: Orthography, Reading and Writing ?1 O’ do do do with Arithmetic, 50- English Grammar and Geography, 6 <K Higher English Branches, 8 0 f Languages. 10 0 The. Female Department will commerot on the same day, under the direction V Miss Margaret Harvey. Os Miss Hs vey’s qualifications the Trustees deem (t V' , > ueeessary to speak, as they are too we known to require any recommendation fro.'- them. The terms of tuition, will be th* same as state above, and for Drawing and Painting, 12 0' Needlework an extra charge of 3 0 Board can be had, for males and feuxlTf in the most respectable houses, at ranoii-- bin prices. Jan. 5 39 BY THE TRUSTEE-.. STRAYED, ROM the stable of John A Merchant, in this place, I nn >l ie eight of the 10th inst. -Wraafcw a chestnut SORREL HORSE flax man. and tail, three white legs, shod all round, blaze face, 6or 7 years old. Any in donation respecting said lionse will be ihankiully received ; or any person delivering him to Julius Echols, in Lumpkin, or the subscriber in Florence, shall he liberally re garded. WM. L. SOI 1 HALL. Nov. 12 32 <J GEORGIA — Lee County. \yK7~HEREAS, John Mclnuis applies to II me for letters of Administration on the estate of Archibald Mclnnis, deceased, 'l'lns is therefore to eit* and admonish ail and singular, the kindred and creditors of -aid deceased, to be and appear at my office, within the time prescribed by law. to shew cause if any they have, why said letters Imuld not t»e granted. Given under my hand. At office, this 6tb November, 1839. 32 SA.M’L C. WYCHE,*. c GEORGIA — Lee County. •x y HE REAS Robert G. Ford applies to • v me for letters of Administration on the estate of Joseph Merchant, deceased. This is therefore, to cite and admonish, all am. singular the kindred and creditors of said deceased, to be and appear at my office, within tiie tune prescribed by law, to shew cause, if any they have, why said letters should not be granted.- (riven under my hand at office, this 6th November. 1839. 31 SA.M’L C. WYCHE. c. c- o. \ D M IN IST !IATORS’ SALE! IIHLIj he sold, at the late residence of W Galha Mathews, dec’d. in Stewart couftty. on Fri'lay, the 27th DECEMBER next, all tbe Perishable Property of said deceased, consisting of five head of Horse*, two Mules, two yoke of Oxen, one Cart, stock of cattle, consisting of about s»venty •md ; hogs, goals, one double Barouch and Harness, a quantity of Corn. Fodder, Pota to<»«. ('n'fini in the seed, one Cotton Gin. ! Farming tools, household and kitchen Fur | oilure. besides many other articies. Sale 1 !<• continue from day today until all are sol J. ' Terms of sale made known on th< day.— j Also. L n I to rent and Neg.-O'-s to Lite. '■ iin f «»•«. ANDfcRSON C . MAI HK WS J s ]aNF* M (THEWS, A'lm rx. j Not. 15, 1839. td T/XTS S3 Xir.iUNf;?! OCTSj Eirum the Columbus Sentinel. UNECDOIE. The stage was soen to dr.%- up in the tavern el a villau* >a th* St .to ol a short time since, arid pretty early in the morning, one of the j •si.ei qe,*. slfea per forming his ablutions, took ■ •troll around the pub 1 it- square. The adlagers •er* pret ty generally awake and a lew were ceilae ted at the market house, where 11.-a caret,iw of an ox was about to be dissecteu fro bono publico. There was an old well I 9 he mar ket place, which seemed to hare oeen long disused, being closed up at the top W tli hoards, rails, Ac. To this old wed «ere .seen to go two or three of th pilla gers, at first peeping down curious,y. aurl exchanging mutual glances ol suspicion and lea. - : they were presently joined hy others, who proceeded to take Ml a piao'fc from the covering,and very shortly a crow,! had collected, who with eager looks and gestures were striving to get a peep into the old well. Some were seen to turn very pale when a voice lioai I lie bottom call*,! out, Take off another plank, up there, wdi you for it's devilish, dark down here.’ ‘Who is down there ?' (aid one of the bystanders to Iris neighbor. ‘Don’t know—ax turn Jones.’ ‘When did you get down there? who are you ?’ ‘Tftrtfs a pretty question to ax a man, when you know as welll.is I do; let down the bucket, w ill you. ami pull a body up; don't you hear how my teeth’s chatterin' with the cold ?’ •There liar’nt been a bucket here, friend this ten years, for the well's beeu dry elev- en. •That’s a bit of a scrouger,’ said the voice in the well, dor I drawed a bucket full my self yesterday evening, though it does tiPom to bi‘ fiow.' ‘lt most be that some poor crncv ntan has managed to fall down there without break ing his neck, said an alderinanhke tanking personage, with a round of beef iiangu g by a hook in iris hand. ‘Wonder, wliu it can he ?’ ‘Why Squire,'said the butcher, how could he git down there without makiu* an openin'; the well lias been kivered over this ten year —yes ten ! lor it was just affer Mike Uai rag.in was missed, and never heard from af terwards, the well went diy, and how could lie a got down there ?’ •Bother your eyes, up there, why don’t y e let the bucket dou n ; isn’t it rueself (list's froze inti rely ?' ‘Yes yes! Billy, you run and get the ladder at the end ol the house : and San derson you send for your’n, and we’ll splice 'em ; one won't do.* ‘Ilallo! he quick up there, for it’s sliiv erin with the cold 1 am. •Wait a little friend, said the squire, ‘in a minute, llow did you get down there ?’ ‘Be the poweis I tell down, if that’s what ye’re after askin' me; ye're not supposin' such cold quarters are of my own askin ? Hurra up ttieie.’ ‘Aye, aye, lu re conies the ladders.* ‘llow did you (all down there; and who in the devil's name are you >’ said the butch er.’ ‘How did I ! and who am I ! why I was drunk; couldn't pull the bucket to me alter 1 drawed it up; .m I kept its company down here, and bed—d toil.’ ‘Well, who are you ?’ ‘Thunder anJ turf, don’t ye know my spaehe ; it’s Mike Harrigit), to lie sure !’ ‘Mikr Hnrrigan !’ exclaimed twenty fear- Atrickej voices at once—‘it's ten years since Mike was missen.’ Here the village Doctor, with much im portance in liis maimer, was seen talking in a low tone to the tavern keeper, whs ha I likewise hern attracted to the spot, about ‘cerebral inflammation,' manifold ens** of somnolency, catalepsy, and other epsys ali/ins, fee. ’till at length turning to the crowd, lie gave it to them as his opinion that the person in the well was the veritable Mike Harrigan. who hail so mysteriously disappeared ten years previously—‘and now, gentlemen,' said he, ‘you that have hereto fore he p n so sceptical, shall witness one of the triumphs of medical science. I’ll just step to my shop and order some revulsions to he in readmes*, and I’ll bring my instru ments back with me in the twinkle of a pulse :' and away the Doctor scattered, leav ing a host of pale and horror-stricken laces gazing ‘ou space,’ in silent wonder anizo ment. At length the ladders came—were lashed and let down—the doctor returned with his instruments—and now the question was who should descend. ‘J>o you go down. Bob.’ was addressed to a square built loafer who seemed to be tlie most daring of the group. •No you don’t,’ was the reply, ‘when it come* to spcTrils this infant aint there.’ After some persuasion, an o and negro was at length induced to descend ; but he quick ly reappeared, his eye* distended, and every mark of horror and affright upon his coun tenance : *Ky, nobody dar—mus be de debbel fo’ true !’ The butcher swore he would ‘seeforhim self,’ aud accompanied by two of the stou test hearted in the crowd, descended; it was but a short time ’till they returned, how ever, climbing the ladder very rapidly, and with haggard and disordered countenances, each as soon as he reached the top. by a common impulse, streaked it towards lus own home, with all the power and strength lie could put intoshis heeis. ‘This ts strange! very strange!’ they murr. tired, * W>’at can it trean V ‘Cal! down to the man again. Squire P •Hallo, you, down there!’—there was no ansv er. ‘Hallo ! you !’ said the rquire, in nervous, trembling accents, the beet unconsciously dropping from his hand, *nd no answer being returned, the doctor, vri'eii no one else would, venture down, boldly descended alone. He returned, however, in ti short time, hut n t so td; idly as his preenrssrs, and the most visible and prominent emotion dep ete.d on his countenance was mortifies i lion. •Gentlemen,’ said he,’ ‘tin a% Atobody J down there,’ and he gathered up ms 'fixen s 1 and cut out for his office. Af er bteaklast was over and the stage, [with its passengers, h»d left the tavern, tuc iTti kb. 1 Doctor was seen very curiously peering over the hepisler —-Humph/ said he, compres sing his bps when his eye had lit ona name, ‘foot that I was—l must gt) down too! I’— continued he, spe ikirq to himself—‘l that hare studied the subject, written on it! lec tured on it .' to be Foiled ah iir w ith all the eest by the d— and tfthtriloqmst St> wortiit.* And suf* enough it turned ont, as wa* n by bills postwd up in the next tow n the 1 following day. ll *t that erratic g nt> man •r. ken worth*, had been taking a morn j trig'* reheara.it at the expense of the goo< citizens of tha aioaeinentioced village. LIT* MARY LOVE. The Baltimore Federal Gazette say* the following letter w.,a sent to a young lady of respectability, not one bundled ini!«a lirnti that city : R F.SPLENDENT NYMPH. My pericranium, foi a heddominalseason, hath been lascinalCii by the imagery ofyour ni.aiaeulal* personality. When the arriv d eontemp'atmo ot your mental facultie* would illaqueafe in ecstscy the divine | ar id** ol an am home, your bent* 11 philan hropicdisposition induces me t<> supplicate MLlebration under your pariocination. \U:»i I cognisa on the ascending, descen ding, and liorieoataj motion of your refulgent optics, and consliue tin m to th* malefic, my hi art is la6erated and my r'# ks innovate* by a continuation of laehyrmatit a ; but alien illusively appre i.einf rh* xi to be portentous of het en ence I am in#tant»fi*otisly soaring on the pinions ot hope, e*alt*d to the ai n nut of lei resit i al beatiti de. and feel »i proximalion to the inimitable joys of futurity. But oh! the mutability oijr+mality ! ! '| he autopsy ofyour autograph*, addressed to an oriental • wain, in exclusion ofyour vestal devotee,- bid me de*|>*nd and die, notwithstanding your immoaei.blr antipathy to a disconsol ata in a rnorato . >er. fmoourifioabiliiudmiiy impels me to make this declaration on the pit-economy of your amusement ofbehnvi our towards me, ;»w that your exterior de portment as well as confabulation,' makes them compatible with tiie no.st refined eon dignity avid urban'*. I am fair spoken, and wind, till o’ all the hourly circumvolu tions of eternity, be your respondent adorer. No doubt by this tiws yon perceive I am 11101*111011! pret' uded to he. The hetero gei iiiisneaa, hejerociW’tal, and miscrdlane oaa eWusioti* ot my prolific imagination, th* partial evacuation sod disen hogueinent of my s»utiin*nts and disposition towards you, have afforded ineffable satisfaction and tran quillity to my exirarasated and revolution ized system. My contiguity jo your loeal habitation 1 will aupereed* th* necessity of my writing to w»u again and *fl! b* tantamount to an open <l* Lration of my paramount affec ti*na tor nibitreffs of my lutura destiny, till tkv* final ecclairt issement of ail sublunary and mundane con cerns. And ♦*< u when this elas tic mass of corruptible, degenerate, and fal lible flesh which now addresses yoO through the medium of piriora of a goose, should, hy »n omiiipotant order, reassume its native beatific state, from which it was bulled by the nefarious schemes of an apostatized re bel. and be merged into the divine image of its indefatigable and immaculate author, it shall he its employment after the gloriou* diurnal luminary iiaa shed his effulgent rays on the eastern hemisphere, rnd set aloft in edict, to keep vigil over your mortal clay,- till you are likewise removed from this pro bationary purgatory to join the immortal chair in that exalted rwign of endless beati tude, where dolour and condolernent are unknown, and where »c#h«ll be erernally li.'Ppy. Through the gloomy vortex of re volution you will, with instantaneous hilar*— tv and alacrity, make out s re üblication t* tins elaborate mental dislodgm*nt of ardent devotion; my heart is dilated and extended in the anticipation of the unparalleled con descension in addressing your erudite swain I am cosi.ueally yours to the end of time. DAVID CROCKETT. Tiiis honest lievrled backwoodsman will not soon be forgotten. He wa* one ol the • aien, honest, plain-spoken, hiave, gen»rot ts witty and good natured—whose presence i* always welcome, and who are always *u -' rounded by friends. Crockett also posses sed a good share of practical common sense, with great energy *t character, Which gave him much ii.ffuerice among the inhabitants of his native State, whose interests lor a number of yens, lie faithfully represented in Congress. His invaluable maxim—“Be sure you are right, and ilien go ahead,” is worthy to he inscribed in letters of gold, on entrance of every public or private dwelling intheDtid Crockett died like a hero, lie tell lighting valiantly in what he believed to be a noble cause, at the head of a gal lant hand of Texans—and after the action, his body was found, literally surrounded hy piles of his enemies, slain by his sinewy arm. We conversed, not long since, with a gen tleman, w ho was u ith a detachment of troops sent against the Creek Indians in Alabama, in 1813. Crockett was one of the volunteers on tins expedition—and respected for his indomitable couftge, and honored for lug honesty, loved lor his wit and generosity, was the life and soul of the party—many a long march or comfortless bivouac, was cheered aud made pleasant by the jokes, and anecdotes, and storie.s of David Crock ett. Some of his sketches of personal ad venture, occasionally partook of the M#n chausen character. For instance, he one" stated to an admiring gro jp who were dining rifles in hand, beneath the shade *r a jTiaiit sycamore on the banks ol the Escam bia, that he was once our homing accompa nied hy his son. and not meeting with any game, they were in great danger of perish ing from hunger, when they met with a small creek, in the pools of which were *- btindarce 01 smad.fish, which tlvv vainly endeavored toeatch. At length David hit upon an expedient, which proved success ful. He station-d his son near the pools, with order* to stand and scoop the fish out with hi< hand. wheu"*e* he should succeed ,u draining olf the water. He.then proeee iied to the h'-ail of the creek, aed stooping down, In: drew a long breath, and drtnk she week dry in a lew minutes! while his son Swoiked away like a good fellow according to his father's instructions—-am) the banks ot the creek were soon lined w ith cxcelleut