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TIKL* 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. CONDITIONS. 1. The Southern Literary Messenger is published in monthly numbers, of 61 large superroyal octavo pages each, on the best ot paper, and neatly covered, at $3 a year— uayable in advane *. 2. Or five n/no subscribers, by sending theii names and S2O at one time to the edi- will receive their copies for one year, for that sum, o> at S4 for each. 3. The risk of loss of payments for sub scriptions, which have been properly com mitted to the mail, or to the hands of a post master, is assumed by the editor ■l. If a subscription is not directed to be discontinued before the first nu nb-r of the next volume has been published, it ill be taken as a continuance tot anothei yen. Subscriptions must commence-witn tue be ginp. g of tilt* volume, and. will not be ta ken lor loss than a year's publication. 5. The mutual obligations of t!u* publish er and subscriber, for the year, an* fully in curred ns soon as the first number of the volume is issued : ami after that time, no discontinuance of a subscription will he isr.nitted. Nor will a subscript ii be dis continued for any earlier notice, while my (hit,* thereon remains due, unless at the ,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, 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. Sec. &c. 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