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Tilß GEORGIA MIRROR,
19 PUBLISHED EVERT 9ATURIMI,
Ity B. «jiiirdiier& J. L. hSuII,
(Editors and Proprietors,)
At THREE DOLLARS a year, it' paid in
i.Jvauce, or FOUR DOLLARS, if not paid
until the end of the year.
Advertisements will be conspicuously
inserted at One Dollar per square, (15 lines
m less,) the first, and 30 cents for each sub.
sequent insertion.
\!1 advertisements handed in f»r publi
cation without » limitation, will be published
t II forbid, and charged accordingly.
Sales of Land and Negroes by Execu-
A liiinistraiors and Guardians, are re
tired bv law to lie advertised m a public
t■; i/.ette, sixty days previous to. the day of
s do.
'The sals of Personal property must be
ver ise* 1 in like niauncr forty days.
Notice to Debtors and Creditors of an
e tate oust be published forty days.
Nonce that application will be made to
i ic Court of Ordinary for leave to sell Laud
~ id Ne roes, must be published weekly for
i ur months. , .
Letters on business must oe
f .isr paid to insure attcu;ii>n» _
JOB V TINTING.
«'I•)N N E ‘TE ) with the o:fice ol the
J ,Vlf flit ) t, S I Splendid assortment of
xJ.* *j.,. . ... .
ind we are e.i rued to e scute all m-’v! ol Job
„ ~,-k, ii the neatest manner’and .u .he snort
si notice.
of every descnpuj.i will constantly oe kept
«'n hand, such as
Justices’ Executions,
(i-> Snmnms
J try ho
Subp-enas
Clerk’s Recognisance
Scion Facias,
A'tpearauce Roads,
Ca. Sa.
Deciaration—Debt,
Declaration *- Assumpsit,
SiieriiT De-ds,
h'a ; C (Hector Executions,
p,; ink Notes. Are
iil vViN i'ON & SIREN
.''J.. >{ , ir req> • jrfu IV informed
i that tilt .tea-tiers Irwintonand SIRKN
v'.;: tar, as regular packets between k EUR
I NCE •o l \P VL AClilCOijA, (touching
t |d ! i I •a.Ti' e.ic >pi ice alter* ••itely. eve
ry Veliesd iv ui I Saiur lav. The patron
-1 of t re public D •■•qv.ot.ihy -a! i.
%'i-.,-,t a.ii pass atcusmmary rat s.
f , , ,ieh apply to tiicC.ipmmsou board, or
,0 BEALL, HILL 6c LAURENCE,
1' Tirence.
PiFLD MOTH AN. lrwiiuou.
Dob iE, K >LB \ MeKA Y,
Th .rcn* e. A - !i £’
Wire ilf>ii*e -
Ii USiN ES b . .
rm 'i \y | i« 'iillihS
r :'~7ni 1 ‘ purchased the Ware
■■ W House lately occupied by
John 1) Pitts A. Cos. have .is
, for t ie pur
s.-,,•.* j.» t l Vila .. s . )\l3* IS -
tine of trails i •.ting a V*‘ •< v ,
S! >N BUSINESS, under the name and
Stvl** of
BSSALL, HILL LAEhhNCn.
\ i mr attention will be n irtioubirly directed
f„. ree-ivin- a.. I farw.tr hag goods and
v;. shdl make every arrangement
no -wary, for storing and taking care ol tuo
S ' j' I) isiuoss will be conducted by Mr.
A. w: Him., and we .ledge ourselves that.
H im' shall b ■ vintia/.m our parts rogue
girt? sitis'a -tion. With
c ■-,T3 h »pa to reec.v '-i hb'-ial saate o p---
lie patronage. R _ , p n - XTj r J(
A. W. HILL.
1,1. -1. LAt'HENCE.
.1- J >0 1">
* "J. B.'STARIt,
\t Mieapissioa
MERCI(A At L
rill. -.5 Ob s' p2S} 4H.
January 19, 1339-
War House - latsiusawa
B U S / iV E $ 8.
subscriber respeet
i fully, notifies his friends
mil the planters o'-Stewart
county, that he will be pro
pared to forward Hoods and Cotton t ie en
\osr. Me has made every necessary
arrange ue.it to secur-the safety ol Cotton
and Goods co-nigned to him.
He hones to be able to give satisfaction,
a id respectfully refers the public to those for
whom he has done business in ,
tofnre. H. W. WOODWARD.
Florence, Sept. 7 eow.'hn 2.
ALABAMA LANDS
FOR SALE.
Entire 7 n £
N. half s i ‘ £
8. half -1 H £
S. half a 11 30
S. half 11 It 20
S. half 31 19 £
W. half 29 19
S. half 21 18 - 28 '
E. half 21 2d
S. half 32 13 23
N.’ half 33 21) 26
W. half 26 l a 0
S. half 2b Id 2o
N. half 0 H 90
K. half 2 13 23
Entire 33 13 ~ 3
Vnv if the will be sou on
• 'ms to suit purchasers, by applicatio' to
hn !). Fitts, M»q. Florence. Ga. or to the
» bscriber, at M . on.
THE MIRROR.
PROSPECTUS
OF THE
SOUTHERN LITERARY MISSCfIGER.
fftHlS is a monthly Magazine, devoted
-I chiefly to Literature, but occasion
ally finding room also for articles that tall
within the scope of Science ; and not pro
essing au entire disdain ol 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 inoral 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, oceu
py their due space in the work: and it ;s 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 attemion to
books that deserve to be read—and to wart?
him against wasting time and money upon
that large number, wlwch merit only to be
burned. In this age of publi--atious that by
their variety and multitude, distract and o
venvhelmu 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 docs wish to discriminate.
Essays and Talks, having in view utility
or amusement, or both; Historical sket
ches —and Reminisknces of events too min
ute for History yet elucidating it, and
heightning its interest—may be regarded
as forming th»* staple ot the work. And
of indigenous Poetry, enough i- 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 one alone,
hut manvt The public mind is feverish
and irritated still, from re mt political .
strifes: The soft, assuasive induouce of Lit
erature is needed, to allay that (ever, and
soothe that irritation. Vice and lolly are
rioting abroad:—They should be iiiven b;>
indignant rebuke, or lashed by ri T ale, in
to their fitting haunts. Iguana e lords it
over an immense proportion ol’ out peo
[lie: —Every spring should he set in .••.•;■ m,
to arouse the enlightened, and to increase
til**tr number; so that the crc-i icniy of
popular government .nay no . g t brood,
like a portent'aus cloud, over the destinies
of our country. YnJ to accomplish id
these ends, what more powerful agent can
be employed, than a periodical on toe 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 A a -Uhi x
luu, I’d-It- ore l.ut two LAucary periodicals
Northward of that pity, 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 r.nd tasts, we may justly claim, at
least, an equality with our brethren aid a
domestic institution exclusively our own,
beyond all doubt, aifords us, ii we choose,
twice the leisure lor reading and writing
which they enjoy. t •
I t was from a deep sense of this ’oral want
that the word Southern was engrafted on
this periodical: and not with any ! -ign to
nourish local prejudices, or to advocate sup
posed local interests. # Far Irom any such
thought, it is the Editor's fervent wish, to
see hie North and South bound endearing
!y together, forever, in the silken hands of
mutual kindness and atlection. 1* m horn
meditating hostility to the north, he has al
re.t lv drawn, and he hopes hereafter to
draw, much of his choicest matter tnenee;
and happy indeed will he deem hi itself;
shoul 1 Jus jKigos, by inJiiviuj? c*d-i1 region
k’i > v tlie 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 sacred ties
of fraternal love.
The Southern Literary Messenger has
now been inexistence four years—-the [ire
sent No commencing tire 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 :t falls not iurt ler short
of them, than human weakness usually
makes Practice fall short of Theory.
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,ption of the Editor.
Richmond. Virginia.
Keltic Yo’.is* Aco on sit*.
VLL those indebted to the late firm of
11A RV E Y <Jc G’ll AST AIN or J Oil N
'’.HARVEY, are requested to come I'or
. ml and settle immediately, as 1 am anxious
c j.,se the business* [ can be found at the
ruck room oi the ol*l store of Smith Ac in
,, v. JOHN P. HARVEY.
Oct 17 23
Tub print in (;
NKATI.I E'iEOUTftt) AT Tins OTrYUj?.
e>2e ©acjßßßßaiß am.
B« O THE n JfM*. : TH* f.V
TRt LAdGtSi NEWSPAPER IN IHc ,Vllt,LD.
proprietors ol this msnuiiioiii sheet
A the ‘"YTreat Wester**” among the news
papers, have the pleasure of spreading before
the reading public a weekly periodical con
t fining a gre.ter amount and variety ol'tise
iul and entertaining nnseellanv, than is to be
found in any si.mlarpubbcation in the world.
Each number of the paper contains as
large an amount of reading matter as is found
in volumes of ordinary duodecimo, which
cost two dollars and more than is contain
ed in a volume ol Irving’s Columbus, or
Bancroft's History of America, which cost
three dollars a volume—-all for mx ceu;s a
number, or three dol'ars a year. ”
BHO 1 HER JONA l HaN being a genu
ine Yankee, and thinking that some things
can be done as well as others is determined
to present to 1 is readers a MEDLEY hith
erto unrivalled by any other paper, of j
Anecdotes, l-’acelia, Quiddities,
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Asa family newspaper Brother Jonathan
will be touud to present attractions beyond
any other.
“He comes, the herald of a noisy world.
News fro n all nations lumbering at lit* back."
Tbe earliest intelligence, foreign and do
mestic, and ihe latest novelties in the litera
ry world, will be promptly served up for the
gratification of the reader.
(£/■ -Strictly neutral in politics, it will
contain nothing in favor of or against anv
party, and will as sedulously avoid any of
the controversies which agitate the religious'
community. Sirict morality, virtue, tein
peranee, industry, good order, benevolence,
and useful ness to ourfellow men. will be ad
vocated and im ideated in every page of
Brothei Jonathan.
Ter ,sos Brother Jonathan—s3 a year in
advance. For Five Dollars, two copies of
he paper will be sent one year, or one copy
two \ ears.
The EVENING TATLER * s publish
ed every day at the same office, and is put
to press at 12 o'clock meridian, in-eason for
the great northern, cistern and southern
mails, which all close at about J o’clock, P.
VT.
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 ttie adver
tisement.
Al! communications and letters should he
addressed, postage paid, to.
GRISWOLD & Cos.
162 Nassau si. New York.
August, 1839.
PRO R\ SALS
For publishing in the town of Irwinton, AI
ah i na, a iceekty Newspaper , to be entitled
the
i ie w jtou culls©.ifi vis .
HAVING heard many complaints of tho
want of a Newspaper in this town, ('e
be conducted in a gentlemanly-like unmicr,)
the undersigned have been induced by tin
earnest solicitations of many friends, to em
bark in tlie undertaking.
In assuming the duties consequent upon
such an enterprize, we feel deeply conscious
of tlf responsibility which will devolve up
onus; and knowing, too, the diversify of
the human mind, xve cannot flatter ourselves
that v.e " ill be able to i’lf.ask all. But,
so far as ottr humble abilities exten *, xve
will at all times be found striving to elevate
the standard of Taunt and correct moral
pmnciflks. It xvi'.l tie our object to ad
vance »lie prosperity of the Eastern section
of our State, abounding, as it does, in so
many natural advantages, and. as a necessa
ry consequence especially to promote the
interest of our own town. Our aim xvill be
to render our paper useful and valuable to
all classes of tlie community—in short Lit
erature, Useful Information, Agriculture.
Foreign and Domestic Intelligence, xvill each
reeeivrt a due peri; a of our attention.
In regard to Politics, we deem it neces
sv.-y to say, that we shall give the general
/Political intelligence of the whole country
while, at (lie same time, as conductors of a
Frkk Pukss, xve xvill fearlessly, and without
favor or afl'sctioii, advocate and support ail
such measures as xvill, in our opinion, pro
mote our s*neral prosperity as a people, and
the oerpetuitv of our rights and liberties.
Our p ipe*' xvill be purely Rkpurlu x.\, as
practis :.| by those great Apostles of Liberty,
JEFFERSON and MADlSON—preferi.ig
them as our guide, rather than the nkxv
li ;t!T, SKt.F-STiLKD .Democratic l,e|>ubli
cans of’ tlie present day. \v e ate “strict
construbtioniats” ot the bedcrai (.ompact,
and shall, therefore, oppose all schemes ol
Internal Improvement, except by the States
themselves, as a part ot tuat “American
System" which lias proved so ruinous to the
| South, and tvliich xvas attempted to he fau
| tened upon its, under that most plausiblk
i and spixTous pretext, the “GENERAL
I WELFARE.” Believing, ns we do, that
it is t ie d'ttv of every g■>***! ’itizen to clier
!is 1 1 with j i'ious care tiv.* "* \lo.v of thk i
Status, and t:ik SoVKRFtaxTY ok thf.
' St ,tks.” and as this eaur.ot be done without
* a strict adherence to tiie Constitution 11 bo If.
I we shall not be sparing in our tlertunoiatiotm
of tlie attempts w'.iieii are and have been
! nude by the late as well as the present ML
mini-tration, to control, not only the inun
j ied facilities of the Government, but ol the
! entire country. With regard to the ques
tion which is now agitating the country rela
! tiveto the Ciirr**iicv, we noxv, unhesitatiug-
I ly ifi* dare our hostility to the thriee-reje-*'-
ed Sub-Treasury System, tendieg as it does
in our opinion, to an increase of Execu“»«x
! power, which has already been claimed -*«d
exercis 'd to an alarming extent, in more »<*
stances than one. if not by the present t!»
cumbent, by his immediate predecessor, irs
whose “footsteps” lie is endeavoring to tread.
We expect to encounter many perils, ma
, nv adverse v-dtids ; vet aided by the strong
break it of public, favor and support, the trade
winds of ourworld must waft us clear of our
troubles—-we dare raise our anchor, uuliiri
our slmets.iind venture boldly upon onrnew
snd course. What shoals and quick
a unis, what rocks and hidden perils await its
•■alas, we know not!" 1, *t us but clear the
harbor and get fairly “under » y.” llien we
will tear nothing. Nur is tliisthe vain boast
made when danger is yet it> the distance.
It is our firm determination, made after se
rious thought, an*' weighing well the ditfi
cui.ies we are to meet with.
The Chronicle will he issued as early ns
the necessary materials can be obtained
from New York, which will be in Decem
ber or early in January next. It will be
printed on a large imperial sheet, eontaiu
ing twenty-four columns, with entire new
type, and will not be surpassed in beauty by
any paper in the Southern comitrv.
I ACT HARDMAN."
RICH VRDRU ii MOONE V.
TERMS.—Three Dollars per auuuin,
payable invariably i>i advance.
i wihipo. Da. Oct. 10, 1 S3!).
m vviNton masonic ‘
Lottery,
\ UTHORI.SE D by an Act of the Leg
£ Y islntitre of the State ot Alabama.
To lie drawn in the town of Irwin on.
Barbour county, Alabama, on the FIRST
WEDNESDAY in APRIL, 'B4O, or soon
er, il the tickets can be sold—lor the pur
pose of erecting a M isonic Ilall >u the town
of Jrwiuton,
sniGTl£.
i ritiZE of $3,000
1 „ „ 2,000
1 „ 1,000
4 „ ~ 500
4 „ 250
20 „ 100
24 , „ 25
5000 „ „ 3
50 !r!> Prizes. Not two blanks to a Prize.
All the prizes to be put up in one wheel,
and the numbers in another an.l drawn out
Don* publicly, under the superintendence
of five Commissioners.
Price of tickets THREE DOLL ARS.
Half and quarter in proportion, 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 qiratlti
ty shall lie allowed a llieral discount.
W. S. TAYLOR. )
A. P. CR WVh'ORD, [ Manage)s.
JOHN CHAIN, S
OctoVcr 16, 1839. 2D td
3T. JOSEPH AND I3LA RAIL ROAD.
f JAIIE midorsignod announces to tlie pub
! lie that the St. Joseph and (ola Kail
Road is now completed and open for purpo
ses of transportation.
Ctrs, giiivmrefor the transportation of al!
kinds of merchandize, building materials
and live stock, are provided.
A wharf and ware house are erected at
the C upola Depot, where goods and pro
duce to and from the interior, will lie receiv
ed ur delivered.
The houses and cotton s’*eds at".,-lied to
the Rail Road at lola and Sr. Jos v>h. are
I irge md commodious, and cotton and other
merchandize, if so directed, will be placed
at either point, under cover.
The despatch, economy an I safely with
which merchand.ze ami prod tiro may be
transported by the new route, through the
ei;v of St Joseph, when practically tested,
will he fully appreciat'd by a discerning
public, arid all the undersigned now asks, is,
th it the Planters. Cotton buyers and Mer
chants <*f the interior, will make the .experi
ment, confident that it will result to theii
profit and satisfaction.
Rates of Charges established no
lhe St. Joseph $ lola Railroad,
TRANSPORTATION.
Passengers, 8? 00 each,
Children, under 12 years 50 „
MERCHANDIZE.
On each bale of Cotton 15 cts prbale
On [lhds Barrels, half atid
qr. Casks, Tierces, Boxes
Bales, or packages of Mer
chandize, at the rate 0f... .40 ~ bbl.
On each hag of Salt, Coffee,
Popper -V. Pimento, Corn,
Oats or grain of anv kind,
not measuring over 5 ft— .. .10 ~ beg.
On ail Iron ca Tigs, kegs of
shot, lend, or nails, grind
stones, mill stones, aniLall
heavy articles, at the rate
„f 5 „ 1001 b.
LUMBER, <Ae.
Lumber, iVc 2 50 prIOOO ft.
Bricks 3 00 ~ 1000
Shingles, put tip in bundles, 50 ~ ~
~ iu bulk, 1 00 ~ „
Staves 2 00 ~ ~
Ho p poles, 50 „ ~
Wood, 2 00 „ cord.
Pina or dak logs hewn or
rough 3 ~ cubit ft.
Cedar l**gs 1.) . lonic!.
Gigs and Carts 1 00 each.
Four wheel Carriages. 200 ~
LIVE STOCK.
!T-rs*sar>d fix a*. 3 00 per h‘ad.
(' iws apd (’alv :\5,,,,,. . 2 00 ~ *.
Slice *an I Hogs, 25 ~ ..
WH YRFAGn.
On caeh ba'eof Cot on, 3 cts per bale.
(!n each bbl of M«, tliandi/.e 3 *>!>’.
Oil all other heavy goods, 10 „ 1000
STORAGE.
The f Mowing rates let'll be charged for all
Goods, ffc. dared m the Company's Ware-
Houses :
On each bale t»f cotton, not
exceeding (>» days 15 cts. prbale.
On each b irrti of Merchan
dize tty........... 10 „ bbl.
On all measurement Goods, 2 ~ loot.
Iron castings and all heavy
articles,...., 5 1001 b,
JOHN D. GRAY. Agent.
St. Joseph, Oct. 28, 1839. 31
iu:w
rpilF. sui-s ribers have just received at
I their slot . next door to v r. II \V.
Woodward, on Centre street, * large and
general assortn.ulit of
S'ajde and Panel/
. ID 'JVT UUi
Consisting of
Cotton Bagging. Negro ( loth,
Linseyg, Cotton Osnabnrgs.
Readymade Clothing, Blankets,
rams. Boots and Sho« s,
T‘>g**tner with all other kinds of Domes
tic Goods suitable to the season.
Their supply of FANCY GOODS is
large and well assorted. They invite their
friends and the public generally, to call and
examine forthemselv s.
S. \V\ BENNETT Sc Cos.
Nov. 93 33
Fopctrtiiersh ip. 1
F IAHE itudei signed have Corned a Copart-
I norship lor the transaction ol business,
under the name and style of
;%y £ \ i*’«»•: vA»io nu \
They Ii ive now on hand and expect to
keep a well assorted stock of
1)!{T GOODS,
Croeherij , Itardirnre, Cutlery , t)r.
They intend to keep a well -elected stock
of Goods at Friendship. Snirter county.
A. 15. C. WINFREY.
J. B. MORGAN,
Florence, Nov. 23 33
fYotice.
VNY person wishing to exchange a nc
g*o girl. 12 or 13 years of age, fora
brisk, active boy, can be accommodated by
calling on J L. BULL.
Nov 23 33
NOTICE.
S" IST of notes losi or stolen, belonging
*-J to John Pollock formerly of Randolph
hut now ol Baker county. One large Kid
S.,in Pocket Book containing one note ou
l-ixic Boyd for S6OO. given in January 163*),
duo the 2otl) of December 1839 or the first
of January 1810, ten S3O noies, and a $24
pole ali on James Garret of Stewart county,
fv "i atilt tns 23th of December
1636, am! due about the 25th of December
1339, o -c note on Samuel Peters lor sl3 70.
Given about tin* first ot lantiary 16 !3, and
due about life 25th of December 1839. All
th * above described notes made payable io
i he Subsciiber. JOHN POL LOCK.
April 16, 1839. 31 3t
FOR SALE.
V PRIVATE Lol in the Town of Flor
ence, cle ired. b't unimproved, well
situated lor a family residence, on low and
accommodating terms. For futlier partic
ulars enquire at this office.
Nov 30. 1839. 34
-•'/£,(' S'* C, J, *) 0
Femes Ute Sant ern JMeearif Mcssev%t.
THE BACHELOR BESET>
oti' t;;e rival candiuatks.
[Concluded.]
Mrs. Gi ssatner, the charming widow, was
precisely one of those kind of women, who
.oe adorad by t.,e gentlemen, and detested
by the opposite sex. There was just suffi
cient Iretdom in her mauneis to lead li*-r
inuocemly, and without a suspicion ol
being, al all liable to censure, into those
trivial breaches of prudence which the cen
sorious delight to seize upon and magnify
into glaring improprieties.
From the number of beaux who daily
worshipped at her shrine, Mi s Betsey’s
'qqnoiionsions of her as r*a rival wme some
what allayed, unul a circumstance transpir
ed to put hi agitation all her former finis
and suspisions. Missßud was one eveniu ,
as usual, stalking among her morus, feign
ing to be fiusy iu gathering leaves fur her
voracious pets, the silk worms, when who
slioul** enter Mr. Singlesi-.U s' garden, but
Mrs. Gossamer! There she was. advancing
gaily ahjng the middle ivaik, without gloves,
bonne' or shawl ; her hair floating over h r
face and t.eck iu bewitching negligence.—
The apparition of one from the r.oiltcr re
gions, could not have more astonished Miss
Betsey, the sensitive Miss Betsey Bud, who
quivering and shivering, remained gazing at
her wiiii distended eyeballs. This bold
step of l• if* widow was indeed taking the bull
by the horns. She rao about, smelling first
’one flower and then another, when Mr.
>ingle-ides appeared at a window. “Your
garden is charming,” cried she, to him, in a
voice whose cad nee lingered delightlully
on tho car. “You must excuse iny trespass
—the temptation is so great!'—-ami ifer
concluding words wow* accompanied with a
“wretched smi.c,’ as she continued waiting
in expectation of an answer. Wrierlicr it
was the powerful spell ol beauty, or that the
bachelor had not quite forgot hlmsell to
stone, yet irritated and perplexed as he was,
he certainly made an effort to be gracious.
He muttered some w**rds not > xa tly in
tslli"ihle, and waved Ids h ind wi’th >n ac
tiousomewhat resembling the motions of a
dead bodv under the effects of a galvanic
battery ,*vei which might admit of the inter
oreiation of a welcome.
Betsey Bud felt as though she ccu!d hare
chaderiL'ed Iter to single combat. Siie sur
veyed her with the emphatic glare of a
dragoness. an ,| would assured ly have spoken,
,C It the instant. Mr. Singlesides had not r-*-
tr*-de*! from the window, and Mrs. Gossa
mer from the garden.
From tl is time forward, the sole aim of
Mrs. Gossa nerseemed io he the captivation
of tlie bachelor. Perceiving his partiality
for fl iwi-rs. she never came inro the pos
session of a rue plant, without sending him
acottiog; and whenever he was the least
indisposed, Iter inquiries n*-ver ceased until
! toe object of thr.ni was restored to health
These nothing attentions, io seasons of
I indisposition. Miss Run had been most trit
accountably deficit* it in, for which, on ra
il-cti-m, she sincerely reprehended herself,
i determining hereafter to repa r her fault;
an I it was not long before an occasion offer
■ c,| f,„ her -fi-mg so- Th« bachelor was
| seized xvoh aw a<-ute attact of rheumatism.
I yn ss Betsey early apprised ol it, immediate-
I lv dispatched t. long t es-agt of regret and
j c’ond: leoce. accompany., by the skirt of an
t old red flannel pe.ticoat, on which was pin
-1 ned a certificate, penned by herself, highly
I rerom Ks bm own
1 personal experience. Whether these vir
tues were ever put to thvtest inibe instance
of the invalid, is uncertain; for although
Jacob in his anxiety to iMiove Ids n aster,
tried each retq.-e Unit poured iu :ron> ihe
widow and to,ml, jet he might pruclei lv
foivr rejected this, trorn a fcartiiat Miss Bud
meant io intimale by this scingiinvry l.an
ner. that siie ii.ti oiled io pve i o quarter.
Duri'ig this distressing spells, she was ne
ver for one moment < ft her guaid ; hervejee
va ied only from piano to pttiiiissimn, and
siie step|>ed about as noiselessly as time .
Now the widow was not so circumspect,
but. as usual, had had her bevy o! braux
paying Iheir evening boo age. 'i hough
not absolutely vain of her vocal powers,
Mrs. Gossamer never njoyrd herself r ore,
than w hen making melody either with a
select knot el’amateurs.' or warbling toon
entranced listener; and if was difficult a»
'such nmoirds to determine, whether
tier voice, tier Irtrp, or her smile was most
bewitching. Betsey Bud enjoyed the
bought of'what a fiajmy contrast her liu
nane behavior would present, when viewed
with the I■ virv of her t.val, and enjoyed
•he-r concerts, not tor llir-tr tiariliony, Im c
'or the discord they were likely to produce.
It was a bright Ijcautiful night in JuK,
when all wilhm the vicinity of the pretty
widow’s residence were awakened bv
group of serenades, who were strivin*
with all their skill to impart to the fair objeiT
ol ttieir galijutry some i lea of the music of
the spheres. The weather was intensely
warm, the upper w indows of every house in
ihe neighborhood' were cpenfcd to catch
any breeze that night stir—sod carefully
screened within a ! ice net, from tho * noc
turnal disturbers m repose, the roo chetos,
lay* Mr. Singlesides. It had been a rest
less night witii him until the last hall hour,
when sleep Kurd kindly visited his pillow;
but he was renam' and to die miseries of life,
bv the noise of the musicians. The hour
which brought them 'here,' was not only an
evil one to the bachelor, but ilso to hie
guardian angel, Jacob, who, worn witty the
fatigues ofattending liis patient, was rrmst
unfaithfully slumbering on his post. Ever
since his master had lain qnier, Jacob’s head
had commenced a bobbing motion, similar
to that of a belligerently disposed goat; but
his master's voice roused him— and lie
rose, scratching Ids head auu staggering to
the window. "Close in those shutters,"
cried Mr. Sing’esidcs, loud enough to lie
heard on the other side of the s.reet. “Gra
cious goodness,"responded Miss Bud. fris
king from her couch, “they have waked
him up.”
Miss Betsey’s love had arrived at such at
pitch that she never could, when speaking
of Mr Singlcsides, pronounce his name.-
She generally ran ' (trough the whole tleelen
sion of the pronoun Hr. “Sliarnful," she
continued, elevating Iter voice so as to bo
overheard “sttcii downright barbarity!”
‘'he has not had a wink of sleep”-—“it w ill
ruin Aw health”— “it will be the death of
him.” Alliionjrh the ifi>« "**" was rag***g.
Miss Bud modestly enveloped herself in a
large cloak, and advanced towards a win
dow, whence she could indistinctly
discover the figure of Mrs. Gossamer, hits
behind a curtain, peeping down upon tno
serenaifi rs. “This ought uot to be ru
eouraged,” she soul, firing at the s*ght of
the wniow—-“the civil authority should in
terfera” —“our police regulations aie scan
dalously lax”—"and such a valuable life a*
his is.” Here Mrs. Gossamer give a tamr
titter, which was echoed in a correspo'ndie.
key by one of the party be.oxv. “Gentle
men,’’ called Miss Bud, “there is an unior
tunalc individual in this neighborhood, who
is extremely *ll—will yon please to move
fun her offwitli your music.” A brisk chor
us from the sere traders was ihe only repiy;
and in an agony ot iinagin-ary distress, M,u
Bud paced from window to window, wring
ing her hands, aud tearing the bonfei of tier
night cap. “Mrs Gossamer,” she again
began, “though I have not the horto of
your acquaintance”—these words were de
livered in a tone of mock emphasis—“l
take the liberty f speaking, to request you
will endeavor to silence this uproar.”—
“Madam,” answered an impertinent young
follow of the group, ‘we shall play and sigu
as long as we feel inclined,” and he immedi
ately struck tip in a comic voice,
* Nobody coming lo diary me nobody com
ing to woo ”
Slim wen*, the window shelters, crash,
down upon the silf came the sash, and flap
into bed went Miss Bil l, vowing eternal en
mity to Mrs. Gossamer and every other wid
ow extant.
Mr. SingtesiJes now aiosc and seated
hintse'f, with a groan, Ei the silver rays of
the magnificent orb which streamed full
into his apartment. it was just such a
moon as a lovar or poet might have apos
trophised,—by (turnßjbriglitly beeming, or
partially overshadowed by di iiiirra fragments
of dark clouds. But Mr. Singlesides had
no preteutioos to cither character; he was
a tiling-entirely apart from the romance ac
ting beneath the i iftice of the young ami
gay. and he con'd only continue to 'groan
and prole t against “the intolerable rackj
et."
“Upon my honor,” whimpered Missß’td
in a sympathetic tone, “this is too bad”—
and up again she sprung and rolled herself
in the cloak an l unclosed the window—
“ Gentlemen,” she called in a voice of inild
I expostulation—-“there is in this immediate
| neighbo hood a valuable life at stake"—**ut
a voice m which the very soul of the singer
scemc.l embodied, xs he stood with uplifted
; face towards fii • window ■ f Mrs. G -ssamcr,
' drowned her quivering ascents; and before
Miss Bud could summon resolution to
speak again, the serenading party withdrew,
a** the cbe ing line of the song, “Yes, till
death I’m thine,” died upon the air.
It was not long ere Mr. Singlesides was
able to resume his ordinary occupations;
but the serene delight with which he ust and
to reitirn home Irom the fatigues of his
counting-house, wa* completely destroyed.
His means *<( ingress were so eutiveiy under
the surviellaoce of his indefatigable percecu
tors, that he seriously meditated the plan of
having a communication cut ttyrpugh the
s:dr of the house, leading into the ally, and
which at last lie triumphantly, aaw executed
But here the superiority of woman’s wit
overman's ingenuity, was manifested—for
Miss Bad, by enlarging the borders of her
mulherr ’ domalh, rendered this avenue of
etoup* sew m >v»- mynit t» her vigilance