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a* THE (.l OIK.IA niKKOR, IS PUBLISHED EVERT SATURDAY, By il. (lianliiei* & J. L. Bull, ( Editors and. Proprietors.) At THK.EE DOLLARS a year, if paid in advance, or FOUR DOLLARS, if not paid until the end of the year. Advertisements will be conspicuously inserted at One Dollar per square, (15 lines ot less,) the first, uud >0 cents for each sub sequent insertion. All advertisements handed in far publi cation without , limitation, will be published t il forbid, and charged accordingly. Sales of Land and Negroes by Execu .,rs, Administrators and Guardians, are re ared by law to be advertised in a public rv.izette, sixty days previous to the day of s ile. The sale of Personal property must be ver ise' 1 iu like manner forty days. Notice to Debtors and Creditors of an «* Tate must be published lorty days. Notice that application will be made to t,ie Court of Ordinary for leave to sell Laud mid Negroes, must be published weekly for l,iar months. {rj** All Letters on business must be fust paid to insure attention. JOB PiUN TING. (10NNECTED with the office of the j MIRROR, is asplen lid assortment of ii 'is S i&'Si 33 j i, nd we are enabled to exeute ail kind of Job u „rk. in the neatest manner and at the siiort *h notice. of every deicn.KiJU wul cousiaiitly be kept o» hand.such as Attachments, Justices’ Executions, do Summons, J m y do H übpocnas Clerk’s Recognizance S.fieri Facias, Appearance Bonds, Ca. rfa. Declaration —Debt, 1 ieclu ration \ssumpsit. Sheriff Deeds, Tis Collector Executions, Blank Notes, fee _ 1 RWINTON & SIItEN Tijy t;; ~ ,hlic are respectfully informed !L tut tin steamers Irwin roNand Sires v PI nii. as regular packets between FLOR ENCE and APALACHICOLA, (touching ;Vr iobi,) liM.ori'i each place alternately, cve- J'y \Viid ies lay and Saturday. The patron of the public is resp ctfully solicited. "'Freight and passage, at customary rat s, f winch apply to the Captains on board, or BE \T,L, HILL A- LAURENCE, Florence. FIELD & MORG AN, Irwinion: DODGE, KOLB & Me if AT, Apalachicola. Florence, August 20 20 - Ware Slaiise -V. Cwnusloii B USINESS. __ ' 111 lE* subscribers having f I 1. purchased the Ware 1 occl, i ,ied t,} EEvg mtk lolniD. Pitts & Cos. havo as sneiited tuems-lv.js together tor the pur posa of transacting a general CO u L-- MON BUSINESS, under the name anti style of RE ALL, HILL ’C LAURENCE. As our attention will be p irtieu’arly directed to the receiving and torwar ling goods and cotton, we shall muse every arrangement ncujsiary, for storing and taking care ot the same. ~ The busiuess will be conducted by Air. A . W. Hill, and we pledge ourselves that n itliing shall be wanting on our parts to give general satisfaction. With these assuran ces, we hope to receive a libelal share ot pub lic patronage. R bF, A LL f A. W. HILL. M. J. LAURENCE. July 20 15 . “ J7B. ST Aliß, FORWAR3IMS Ail CMVIISSION MERCHANT, Nl. JosCitlh Fla. January 19, 1839. War Hojisv A FomnaissioH B (J S / N E S S. a’flHE subscriber respect I fully notifies his friends and the planters of Stewart county, that he will be pre pared to forward Goods and Cotton the en su'-i" year. He has ma in every necessary arrangement to secure the safety ot Colton and Goods consigned to him. . He hopes to be able to give satisfaction, and respectfully refers the public to those tor who uheh is done business m «j»s *]« re * tofore. H W. WOODWARD. Florence, S e P ( g7 eowhin 2- ALAB.VM \ IsANDS FOR SALE. (entire 7 14 Hi N. half 8 Id 30 . S. half 4 14 30 S. half <5 14 S. half 11 I * *2 P. half 34 19 28 W. half 29 l r * 20 S. half 31 I® K. half 21 22 S. half 32 18 “8 N. half 33 20 -G W. half 26 15 -4 P. half 29 16 25 N. half 9 14 30 K. half 2 18 2o Entile 33 15 25 \nv of the above Lands will be sold on to suit purchasers, bv application to John D- Pitts, Esq. Florence, Ga. or to toe THE MIRROR. , PROSPECTUS OF THE SOUTHERN LITERARY MESSENGER. rpHIS is a monthly Magazine, ilevoted A 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, m 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 are incidental, only, not primary. They are dross, tolera ted only because it.cannot well be severed from the sterling ore wherewith it is incor porated. Reviews and Critical Notices, occu py their due space iu 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 warn him against wasting time and money upon tiiai large number, which merit only to be burned. In this age of publications that by their variety and multitude, distract and o venvhehnn every undiscriminating student, impartial criticism, governed by the views just mentioned, is one of the most inesti mable and indispensableofauxiliaries to him who docs wish to discriminate. Essays and Tales, having in view utility or amusement, or both; Historical sket ches —and Remimse.nces 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 Poetrv, enough is publish ed—sometimes of no mean strain—to man ilest 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 o«e alone, but manyt The public mind is feverish and irritated still, from re’.ent political strifes: The soft, assuasive influence of Lit erature is needed, to allay that fever, and soothe that irritation. Vice 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 ot our peo pie:—Every spring should be set ;n motion, to arouse the enlightened, aud to increase tlmir number; so that the great enemy of popular government may no longer brood, like a portentous 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? Tlte 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 tlie actual literary taste of the Southern people, compared with those of the Northern ? No : for iu wealth, talents and taste, we may justly claim, at least, a ; equality with our brethren mil a domestic institution exclusively our own, beyond all doubt, atfortls us, it 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 engrailed on this periodical: and not with any design to nourish local prejudices, or to advocate sup posed local interests. Tar Iron! any such thought, it is the Editor’s fervent wish, to see tne North and South hound endearing ly together, forever, in the silken bands of mutual kindness and affection. Far from m dilating hostility to the north, he has al ready drawn, and he hopes liereattcr to draw, much of his choicest matter thence; and happy indeed will lie deem himself, should his pages, by making each region know the otlier better contribute in any es seutia! degree to dispel the lowering clouds that now threaten the peace of both, and to brighten and strengthen the sacred ties of fraternal love. The Southern Literary Messenger has new been inexistence four years—the pre sent No commencing the fifth volume. How far it has acted out the ideas here ut tered, is not for the Editor to say; he be lieves, however, that it falls not further short of them, than human weakness usually makes Practice, fall short ot Taeory. CONDITIONS. 1. The Southern Literary Messenger is published in monthly numbers, ol 64 large suoe; royal octavo pages each, on the best ol paper, and neatly covered, at $5 a year— payable in advance. 2. Or five new subscribers, by sending tlieii names and S2O at one time to the edi tor, will receive their copies for one year, for that sum, «> at >4 for each. 3. The risk of loss of payments bar sub scriptions, which have been properly com mitted to the mail, or to the hands of a post master, is assumed by lus editor 4. If a subscription is not directed to be discontinued before t:,: first number of the next volume has been published, it will be taken as a continuance tor another year* Subscriptions must commence with the be ginning of th>* 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 curred as soon as the first number ol' the volume is issued : and after that -time, no discontinuance ol a subscription will be permitted. Nor will a subscription be dis continued for any earlier uotice, while any tilin'* thereon remains due, unless at the option of the Editor. Richmond, Virginia. Nettle Vo ir Accounts. VLL those indebted to the late firm of HARVEY & CHASTAIN or JOHN P.HARVEY, are requested to come for ward and settle immediately, as I tin anxious to close the business' I can be found at the back room of the old store ot Smith fc Win frey. JOHN P. HARVEY. Oct 17 28 ’ JOB PRINTING »3Lt>3iSW«a* BA* IT ITCBSttBam as®®* brother j».r.mi,i.r, TH: LAHufcS 1 NEWSPAPER IN IHEWUt.LD. r IOiE proprietors ot tins mammoth sheet -R- the “Great Wester'” among the news papers, have the pleasure of spreading before , the reading public a weekly periodical con taining a gre.ter amount aud variety of use ful and eutertaining miscellany, than is to be found in any similar publication in tile world. Eacti number of the paper contains as large an amount of reading matter as is found in volumes of ordinary duodecimo, which eost two dollars ami more than is contain ed in a volume of Irving’s Columbus, or Bancroft’s History of America, which cost three dollars a volume—-all for six cents a number, or three dolhtrs a year. B RO 111 ER JON A J II AN being a genu ine Yankee, and thinking that some tfiim.s can be done as well as others is determined to present to his readers a MEDLEY hith erto unrivalled by any other paper, of ; 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, &c. <scc. &c. Asa family newspaper Brother Jonathan will be found to present attractions beyond any other. “He comes, the herald of a noisy world, News from all nations lumbering at lus back." The earliest intelligence, foreign and do mestic, and the latest novelties in the litera ry world, will be promptly served up fur the gratification of the reader. OlT 5 ” Strictly neutral in politics, it will contain nothing in favor of or against any party, and will as sedulously avoid any of tlie controversies which agitate the religious community. Strict morality, virtue, tem perance, industry, good order, benevolence, and usefulness to ourfellow men, will be ad vocated and inculcated iu every page of Brothei Jonathan. Perms of Brother a year in advance. For Five Dollars, two copies of the paper will be sent one year, or one copy two years. The EVENING TATLER is publish ed every day at the same office, and is put (o press at 12 o’clock meridian, in-cason for the great northern, eastern 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 ilieir papers to this office, containing the adver tisemenf. All communications and letters should be addressed, postage paid, to. GRISWOLD A* Cos. 162 Nassau st. New York. August, 1839. PROPASALS For publishing in the town of Irwinion, Al abama, a weekly Newspaper, to be entitled the 12£WS \TO\ CnROIfICLK. HAVING heard many complaints of tho want of a Newspaper in tins town, (te be conducted in a gentlemanly like manner.) tlie undersigned have been induced by the earnest solicitations of many friends, to em bark in the undertaking. Id assuming the duties consequent upon such an euterprize, we feel deeply conscious of ilie responsibility which will devolve up on us; and knowing, too, the diversity of (he human mind, wee muot Hatter ourselves that we will be 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 * lje prosperity of the Eastern section of onr State, abounding, as it does, in so many natural advantnges, and. as a necessa ry consequence especially to promote the interest of our own town. Our aim will be to render our paper useful and valuable to all classes of tiie community—iu short Lit erature, Useful Information, Agriculture, Foreign aud Domestic Intelligence, will each receive a (in** porlimi *»l our attention. In iegard to Politics, we deem it neces sary to say, that we shall give the general Political intelligence of the whole country while, at the same time, as conductors of a Free Press, we will fearlessly, anti without favor or affection, advocate and support all such measures as will, in our opinion, pro moic our general prospeiity as a people, and the perpetuity of our rights and liberties. Our pipe will be purely Republican, as oractiscd by those great Apostles ot Liberty, JEFFERSON and MAD ISON—prefering them as our guide, rather than the hew liuht, sklf-stiled Democratic Republi cans of the ptesent day. We ate “strict constructionists’* of the Federal Compact, ,i ul shall, therefore, oppose all schemes ot I iternal Improvement, except by the States themselves, as a part of that “American System" which has proved so ruinous to the South, and which was attempted to be ias lened upon us, under that most pliiisibi.l and specious pretext, the “GENERAL WELFARE.” Believing, as we do, that it is me duty of every good citizen to cher ish with jealous care 'the “Union of the States, and the Sovereignty of the States,” and as this cannot be done without a strict adherence to the Constitution itself, we shall not be sparing in our denunciations of tho 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 the Government, but ot the entire country. With regard to the ques tion which is now agitating the country rela tive to the Currency, we now, unhesitating ly de;lare our hostility to the ihrice-rej ed Sub-Treasury System, tending as it doe>* in aur opinion, to an increase of Executive power, which has already been claimed aid exercised to an alarming extertt, in more i* stances than one, if not by the present in cumbent, bv his immediate predecessor, in whose “footsteps” he is endeavoring to tread. We expect to encounter many petals, ma ny adverse winds; yet aided by the strong breath of public favov and support, the trad; winds of ourworld must waft us clear of onr troubles—we dare raise our anchor, unfurl our sheets, and venture boldly upon our new snd iiittei• <| course. What shoals and quick aatids, what rocks and hidden perils await ns “alas, we know not!” L*t us but clear ttie harbor and »et fairly “under way.” ilien we will tear uot iing. Noe is thisthe vain boast made when danger is ver in the distance. It is our firm determination, made alter se rious thought, and weighing well the diffi culties we are to meet with. The Chronicle will be issued as early as the nec-ssary materials can be obtained from New York, which will he in Decem ber or early in January next. It will be printed ou a large imperial sheet, contain ing twenty-four columns, with entire new type, and will not be surpassed in beauty by any paper in the Southern country. JACK HARDMAN.’ RICH 4RD RUE MOONEY. TERMS.—Three Dollars per annum, payable invariably in advance. Irwintoa. Ala. Oct. 10, 1839. IRWINTON MASONIC Lottery , Authorised by an Act of the Leg islature of the State ol Alabama. To be drawn in the town of Irwinton. Barbour county, Alabama, on the FIRST WEDNESDAY in APRIL, 'B4O, or soon er, il the tickets can be sold—for Ihe pur pose of erecting a Masonic Hall *u the town of Irwinton, schhhk. 1 PRIZE 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 ttie prizes to bo 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 eit her of Ihe man agers, by letter, (or otherwise,) post paid, at Irwinton, Ala. Any person wishing to purchase a quanti ty shall be allowed a liberal discount. W. S. TAYLOR. ) A. P. CRAWFORD, } Mauagets. JOHN CHAIN, S October IS; 1839. 09 td ST.JOSEPHAN3 lOLA RAILROAD. U|3UE undersigned announces toAhe pub- I- lie that the St. Joseph and lola Rail Road is now completed and open for purpo ses of transportation. Cars, suitable for th- transportation of all kinds of merchandize, budding materials and liv - stock, are provided. A wharf and ware house are erected at the Chipola Depot, where goods and pro duce to and from the interior, will lie receiv ed or delivered. The houses and cotton sheds atvhed to the Rail Road at lola and St. Jos v, h. are large md commodious, and cotton and other merchandize, if so directed, will be placer at either point, under cover. The despatch, economy and safety with which merchandize anil produce inay be transported by the new route, through the ritv of St Joseph, when practically tested, will be fully appreciated by a discerning public, and all th • undersigned now asks, is. tint the Planters. Cotton buyers and Mer chants ff the interior, will make the experi ment, confident that it will result to their profit aud satisfaction. Rates of Charges established an the St. Joseph i!y lola Railroad, TRANSPORTATION. Passengers, 5 7 00 each, Children, under 12 vears 50 „ MBRC’HANDIZE. On each bale of Cotton 15cts pi bale On Llltds, Barrels, half and qr. Casks, Tierces, Boxes Bales, or packages of Mer chandize, at literate of. ...10 ~ bbl. On each bag of Salt, Coftee, Pepper At Pimento, Corn, Oats or grain of any kind, not measuring over 5 ft;... .10 ~ bag. On all Iron castings, kegs of shot, lead, or nails, grind stones, mill stones, and alt heavy articles, at the rate of 5 „ 1001 b. LUMBER, fcr. Lumber, tec 2 50 pr 1000 ft. Bricks, 3 00 ~ 1000 Shingles, put np in bundles, 50 „ „ „ in bulk, 1 00 ~ „ Staves, 2 00 „ ~ Ho p poles, 50 ~ „ Wood 2 00 „ cord. Pine or oak log-, hewn or rough 3 ~ cubit ft. Cedar logs 14 . lenieW Gigs and Carts, 1 00 each. Four wheel Carriages. 200 „ LIVE STOCK- Horses and Oxen, 3 00 per head. Cows and Calvus 2 00 ~ ~ Sheep and Hogs 25 ~ <• Poultry 1 00 „ huu’d WHARFAGE. On each bale of Cot on, 3 cts per hale. On each bbl of Merchandize 3 ~ Ob 1 . On all other heavy goods, 10 „ 1000 STORAGE. Vie foUoicing rates will be charged for all Goods, tyc. stored in the Company’s Ware- Houses : On each bale of cotton, not exceeding 60 day 5...... 15 cts. pr balp. On each barrel of Merchan dize d0.......... «10 ,» bn’' On all measurement Good ~ 2 ~ foot. Iron castings aud all heavy articles, 5 ~ 1001 b. JOHN D. GR \Y. Agent. St. Joseph, Oct. 28, 1833. 61 I¥KW CiftODS. THE subs ibers have just received at their stot'. next door to Mr. H. W. Woodward, on Centre street, a large and general assortment of Staple and Fancy 39 3$ «■•© D©B» Consisting ot Cotton Bagging, Negro Cloth, liinseys, Cotton Osnaburgs. Readymade Clothing, Blankets, Hais. Boots and Sho< s, Together with all other kinds of Domes tic Goods suitable to the season. Their supoly of FANCY GOODS is large and well assorted. They invite their friends and the public generally, to call and examine for themselv' s. S. W. BENNETT Sc Cos. Nov. 23 33 Copartnership. THE undersigned have formed a Copart nership for the transaction of business tinder the name and style of W FYI KF.Y Jk HORBH. They have now on hand aud expect to keep a well assorted stock of DRY GOODS, Crockert/, Hardware, Cutlery, Sy. They intend to keep a well selected stock of Ujods at Friendship, Snorter county. A. B. C. WINFREY J. B. MORGAN, Florence, Nov. t3 IS *J> 3) Ifi '3 & Iff 0 For the Mirror. THE DYING INFANT. The rising tear of sorrow st-unds In that fond mother's eye. As o'er tho couch she clasps her hands. To see her infant die. And as the tears of grief and wje, Flow initialed with her prayers, She feels, whai ail around must know, Her babe is (Yee'd from cares. P>ut, though convinced that it is free From worldly cares and pain, Yet still, she cannot bear to seo That infant lifeless lam. What tho’ some friend shwld kindly say, “Your babe is gone to rest,” Do those kind words one pain allay, That beats within her breast 7 Ah, no! not every soothing word, In holy writ contain’d, Can now, one moment's ease afford T* a mother’s heart thus pain’ll. If then, that book, so full of love Thus tails to give relief, Let her, who sorrows as the dove, Give vent to all her grief. Weep then, fond mother, weep away, That burden from your sou I, Since nothing else can pain a!lay, O, weep without control. *■ W. SlsSjf AiMl;0?/3o From Be Soul,tern Literary Messenger. THE BACHELOR BESET; or’ the rival candidates. The house of Mr. Stnglcsides was situ ated in one of the pleaxautest parts of the city ; it was a snug, commodious building, painted white, with a pretty var indaii. green Venetian blinds, and modestly overtopped by a slate-colored roof. Beiore the door was a prim looking row of trees, trimmed into proportions - swclly corresponding with one auotlier, aud r te whole fenced in by a white paling, along the lop of which rau a cornice, garnished with a formidable array ol sharp nui 8 or spikes, whicu presented a military air of defiance. Besides these defensive ap pliances, the dwelling was guarded on the sides and iu the rear, by a high brick wall, which showed a no less hostile aspect, be ing surmounted by Iragmeuts ot bottles that threatened laceration to all wiioshould attempt to reach its height. From me neat ness and order of all around, one might rea dily conjecture this to be lite abode of “sin gle" bles-edness;” and so it was—for Zncha rialt Sitigleside was fast hastening towards his araud climacteric, and from ins first ver ging'to manhood up to the preseut time, love had never sweetened or embittered lus draught of life; and it wasasource ot much self gratulation. that amid the vicissitudes of our ever whirling sphere, womau had not influenced his destiny. A bacitelor, with avowed principles ol abhorrence to the mat rimonial contract, which principles have be'-n vigorously aud consistently sustained through a long series of years, ts not often liable to becore air object of speculation to the lair sex. In the instance of Mr. Mn glesi ies, his pertinacious resistance on first coiniiH-ncm, life, to the advances ot the la dies, had established a conviction that noth ing short of a miracle couid uproot feelings and prejudices, confirmed and strengthened by time- and, that the thawing of a glacier or an iceberg would be quite as feasible an undertaking as that of attempting to melt tire frozen ramparts around hi heart. If in lus youth an 1 manhood, therefore, he had beeu irr.tatcd b> tlte arts ol the de sigmng, they had long since ceased to ruffle his serenity, lie revelled adltbitum, in the “funny and free revelries ot a bachelor, and if the din of connubial devilries smote up.rn ins pars in she qumt of his orderly domicil, he would and vontly h!css his stars that hr was exempt from the evils which distracted his neighbors ana acquaintance. Amon-»ther blessings enjoyed by Mr. Singlesides, was that of having his lionso I hold conducted in the quietest and most methodical manner possible. His domestic 1 arrangements moved ouwaidwitbtbamoi.se less precision, so desirable, yet tare. IL servants perform- and their severa 7 ollVces like the invisible wheels and springs of a tune piece, the results of which appear to the eye without cuty outtertal wtemiprtaodh tpe oth- £T<& er senses. His garden was laid out with mathematical skill, aud iu happy accordance with his conceived opinions ot taste. E«ch walk aud bed had its boundary of stiff box wood—snd bachelor's hat, with southern* wood or old man, were conspicuous etn* bellishrn-nls to almost every parterre. la proof, however, that Mr. Singleside was no* so illiberal as to allow his antipathy to the ladies to militate against his professed ad miration for plants and flowers, a particu lar spot in his garden was appropriated to the culture of old maids, whose still' stems and dusky red petals occupied a small space ofeaitli ; anti lady slippers, maiden’s blush, heart's ease, and even love io a puff, were likewise permitted a place. It must be con fessed, however, that he appeared tacitly to consider this portion of his garden as an ic fected district, for he had caused an inter, veiling row of tall shrubs to be plantptl, su as to intercept it as much as possible from observation, and when disposed to take a turn in his garden, always carefully avoided :hat particular spot. Returning home, sometimes worn and harrassed by every day cares and profession, i! labors, he never fell the want of those pleasing sympathies of conjugal affection, which numbers have so feelingly depicted. hen he closed his door upon the world, it was with very opposite emotions—-he had wiihin him t sweet consciousness of quiet -nd security, untniu&led with fearful antici pations of sour looks aud squalling notes from wife aud children. On tl o opposite side of the street, directly facing the house in which Mr. Sitigleside* lived, stood tii# mansion of Miss Betsy Bud, an elderly gentlewoman, who had survived the expectation, at least, if not the hope, of matrimony. When the reminiscences of past days were sometimes made the tea- able chat of a group of respectable matrons, whose youth l'ad been contemporary with that of Miss Bud, many a racy joke relative to her love adventures was recollected and laughed over. But age seemed to hnv® dried up every avenue to tie tender passion in the heart of Miss Betsy; it was believed that the fireofher juvenile days had burnt out, aud though its violnce had been ex treme, all now regarded her as an extinct volcano. Altin>;igli within a convenient distance for watching the movements of the bachelor, she was never detected in the unbecoming act. Her eyes, those “outlets of the soul,” were discreetly confined to her own house hold, and if Mr. Singlesides proved his liberality by Suffering lady slippers and old maids to occupy n corner of his garden. Mis* Bud with true feminine pride, had render ed bacitelor hats and bachelor buttons con tnband plants in her well organized flower kuots. This prudent line of conduct suffi ciently demonstrated that she not oDiy ab stained from evil, but even from its appear ance ; for though it may be heroic to face and overcome temptation, atilt that prudeuca is commendable which guards against ob jects calculated to awaken desires known from past experience to be fruitful of dis content and disappointment. Whatever, theretbiei had been Miss Betsy’s juvenile follies, tlie tongue of malevolence could not now find a single fragment of indiscretion on which to base a tale prejudicial to her cliaractei. It is true, she was sometimes peevish and ill-natured ; but who, that ha* tlte control of several unruly maid ser vants, would not be the same ? And then the equanimity of her temper was frequent ly interrupted by the midnight revelries of neighboring cats, who, entering her premi ses, would scearch and scrumple over her favorite beds of violets aud camomile, roo* up her catnip with unsparing effruntery; and scare her slumbers with terrific seren ades. The respective positions which Mr. Singlesides and Miss Bud maintained in society, were not only similar as bachelor and maid, but they were, moreover, l oth governed by the wive principle of discharg ing dilligently their own concerns, without breaking in upon the rights of others. Their views, however, were not extended to the promotion of universal good ; lor having long lived isolated from all domestic aud so cial ties, they c::red little how the machine ofeivil life worked, provided it did not in* terfere with themselves. Unfortunately though, for tlte peace of these two indiv tdu als, there occurred an unusual nunibet of marriages. Many elderly yvuna la-lies, a bout to hang their harps upon the willow, unexpectedly found themselves convertcii into brides. Indeed, one wedding succeeded to another with such startling rapidity, that alt trembled lest tl eir turn should come next. In the midst of this revival, one who hid been an intimate of Miss Bud, but who lik* herself had remained single, moved off tb» stocks. On learning this news, her ancieu* associate reddened, and unhesitatingly pro nounced her a “fool;” but notwithstanding this harsh and hasty censure, there was soon a visible change in the manners and itVpor*-- ment of Miss Bud. The very next ’ succeeding the event, she was seen at decked out in a style of un-.sual juvenili'y, an 1 Iter usual sanctimonious air changed lor one of unbecoming levity. In ones* notoriously circumspect, tlie gaiety of her attire and obvious inattention to the cere monies ol thp day attracted the notice of all uid it was decided without a dissenting voice, that the wonderful metamorphosis of M iss Bud could only proceed front the b isk way in which the matrimonial market was looking np. l'he favorite meal of Mr. ''inglesides was breakfast. It was a *en»st he loVed to linger over, though his table waS crowned with the simplest tare---tor ho was as abstentious as a camel—but with <t newsp per, his 6iippers siip shod, and leiadrely nibbling a crust ol dty toast, oc-- casiotiallv softened by ati appeal to his cup of coffee, his moments ffew by on augelro wings. To h ive interrupted him at eueh moments, would ti ve occasioned serioite annoyance; therefore, iiis well deseipUr.eA attendant, -fter quietly placing ids meal be fore him, w ouit- instantly wjtlinra'- . iw&ving him to tlie luxury of feeling “nvvet less a loue, than when alone.” Now, t happened, while Mr. was enjoying fits solitary repast, the day af ter Miss Bud’s profanation of bet vtoerahlc, person by youthful gewgaws, and of thv Sabbath by indecorous demeanor, that trie [ floor at the bachelor’* ball was acsaulted by a repetition us raps, which quicken*-* tfc* etep -Of Mr. eeM* *«*** tMWf-