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than the two others. The poor “beset"
cue. kurw uot wnat tq do: lie w?» attache*!
hi« house, its location, and every thing
about it. but to ffve in $u :h incessant thral
dom was out of the question, anil in a fit of
s !een and despair, he put an advertisment
in tiie “Moruing Ilerald,'” offering it Tor rent.
Miss BuJ was congratulating he.aaii o
the manner iu which she was giuff,tally
drawing a line of circumvaliution round her
prey, when the no.iee of Mr. Siuglesiiles'
pi.ijocted removal caneiit her ey ■. an I per
plexed to kuow whu t.'id r msod so sudden
and uuloaked for an event, she deter ruined
to find it out.
Mr. Sitiglesi let v. is usually so very meth
odical i.i his mnuMii ' ,l, i.i it iu lies hour
of goi.ig ii hi :iu I ret lining 10 his home,
i her a rarely occuri I the deviation of a
iliiu'l'e, And liytsey. as sjon as she saw him
leave tin* and ior lui i turn tire corner n! the
street, s rr-vued her h ad in a large flove
culored :i' .u '. litre over h r loan slloul-1
ders a stri tol i! * ; lac.-, and tripping over
the way, was sum heard -inching at the)
highly hurnislied rippef ol the. bachelor.— I
Jacob lie Til and obeyed the summons, but j
•.v is somewhat reiucunt to admit the lady. |
who cam .» untie r ] ratence of examining i
the house before engaging it lor a Iriend.— '
Recollecting, however, that as his mastor j
never returned until halt an Ii >ur before the |
hour of dining, them could be no great j
hum in complying with her request, lie a
but ushered her In with true African urban
ity. Borides wishing to unour .Mr. Single
sides’ niative for renting his house. Miss
Bud was actuate! by another powerful
i rincialn of curiosity. She wished to in
spect every tiling about the bachelor's es
tablishment; so after patting a few loading
questions to Jacob, while shn peered into
cverv nook anil era iny, she made a feint of
retiring; but nos inner had Jacob withdrawn,
than slipping olflirr shoes to prevent be
ing overheard, she stole stealthily upstairs,
thinkiug to have a peep into the bachelor’s
bed-room, although her maidenly delicacy
strongly argued against the step. But,
“when a woman deliberates, she is lost,” and
in went Miss Bud in breathless trepidation.
She was charmed ivitli every thing she saw
—such exquisite order, combined with
such solid comfort!—such a display of just
lastc in the pattern of the bed and window
curtains! “not gaudy but neat.” While ir,
this state of .delicious excitement, she fan
cied she heard advancing steps and voices.
Poor Betsey Bud tlew about the room like a
pent up rooster, and quite as red. Once shi.
felt inclined to take a desperate leap from
the window, but her courage forsook her,
and again shescampered r.nd fluttered about
iu agony. By sorn? accidental circumstance,
Mr. Singlesides had returned to his house
very soon after having left it, and the first,
object that presented itself on entering, was
Mrs. (Gossamer, seated near the centre ta
ble, negligently turning over the leaves of
a book she had taken from it. With a slight
excuse for her freedom, she named her
desire to look at the house, which she pro
posed renting, as it appeared far prcfeiabls
to her own. The “beset bachelor’' inter
nally groaned, as he preceivetjdiow fairly he
had rendered himself liable to female imper
tinence and intrusion ; but hoping that his
misery, which now seemed to have reached
its climax, would soon have an end, he ex
erte<L»h:mself to make a show of civility,
while he conducted the widow through the
rooms on the first story. To preclude any
further examination, lie remarked that the
upper part was precisely on the same plan;
but this would not satisfy Mrs. Gossamer,
who declared that she never engaged a
house without first iiaving made herselfin
fimatewith the geography of it. “So come,
Mr. SinKit>»>des.” she cried, gaily—“lean
•he way.” “You will excuse me, madam,”
said the bachelor. “Indeed I will not,”
said the undaunted widow, running towards
the staircase, followed by Mr. Singlesides.
“Into every room except this," lie said,
placing a resolute hand on the lock of his
chamber door. “Nay, but I must, sir.”—
“Impossible, madam.” “lain determined
upon it.’ - “Ma’am. 1 swear—.” “Come,
do not swear, for I am resolved to have a
peep into this Blue Beard chamber ofy ours."
“You cannot enter ma’am; if you choose
to overstep the bounds of propriety, lon
not.” “Nonsense, Mr. Singlesides, your
opposition only' inflames my miositv.”
At this critical juncture. Miss Bud, near
ly driven out of her wits, was just in the
act of hiding under the bed. She was en
tirely concealed except one long log which
p’oti ruled from beneath the valance, when
tue door flew open, and in came Mrs. Gossa
mer. “Gracious Heaven !” exclaimed she,
starting back with well feigned surprise—•
••wh it do 1 behold! Really, Mr. Singlesides,
had I known—could I possib y have nntici
patad this —pardon me, sir—but I must sav,
it is the last sight 1 should have expected to
see. O! for shame, Mr. Singlesides—a
mau of your unblemished reputation; re
ally, lam shocked—amazing—disgusted.”
“Madam,” cried Mr. Single-ides, glaring
at Betsey’s leg, “l solemnly affirm that I
do not know to whom that limb belongs."
“Impossible, sir; l would swear toil among
a regiment of legs.” ‘‘Your knowledge far
surpasses mine, madam,” cried the bache
lor, elevating his voice to a higher pitch,
and streatching out Ids clenched fist—-“ 1
again solemnly pri est that I know no't
to whom that limb belongs.” “Then I’ll
venture to assert you are among tlie verv
few men of the city who are unacquainted
with the leg.” “That’s cruel, shameful
slander,” screamed Miss Bud, struggling
Irom her hiding place. “Miss livutj ft mi,
by all that’s dreadful!” exclaimed Mys.
Gossamer with a theatrical start. “Yes—j
the woman you would injure iu the tender
est point,” said the weej ing spinster. “<),
Mr. Singlesides," she continued—“l sun
placed in nil extremely delicate situation—
-1 can scarcely explain mysul:, my situation
is of such a delicite nature—l feel faint—
overcome—hartshorn, if you please—drops
of any description.” “There is nothing of
tue kind about this house,” said Mr. Single
si Ins—-“it is not used to be troubled with
h sterical females; and I must say, ma’am,
tbit yov.r appearance h°re rise to
mist nnpleasont suspicions against we."
Miss Bud attempted to give an account of
herself, fiv.ji illy iutarruptrd her scarcely
coherent narrative, with floods of tears.—
M.s* G--Xanter regarded the scene with
an i icr lol«ne s-niiy, when at length she
s lid, “Well, I tv’ver more spirited ac
ting than w display <| on both sides. Re
ally. Mr. Singlesidcs, and Miss Bud, you
would do well to enrol your names among
the first strolling company yon meet. But
I will intrude no longer, and in future 1
xhall take cove how I pr»r :» bachelor's
house.” With these words, she indignant
ly wi'fidrow.
“T ain forever nnrin**>*," whimpered Bet
sey Buff; “she will proclaim it from one
en 1 ofthe town to the other ” “Anti l shall
be- laddered and Uugbetf at,” thought Mr.
Singlesides, who was peculiarly tenacious
of his fair fame. “1 never ean survive dis
grace.” squeaked Mi»s Bn.d->—“l shall cer
tainly imitate the chaste Lucrctia.” “Do
not say so. Miss Bud.” “Indeed I shall
gut an end to myself,” '‘Oh! Miss Bud.”
“Upon my houor, 1 will commit some
dreadful act.” “You talk rashly, madam,”,
cried the bachelor, who erceived that Bet
sey would suffer as much Irom the blasting
breath of calumny as himself, and in a fit of
unnatural pity he made her an offer of his
baud!?
Air. Singlesides had never before been so
much excited; his discretion and judge
ment were completely under tile dotniuion
of the contending teelings at work in bis
breast, or lie never conid have terminated
■he scene by such a magnanimous act of
self immolation. .
Miss BuiJ returned home with very dif
ferent emotions from those with which she
had left it. She seemed to tread ori air,
mil cotild scarcely behaie herself wiiii due
•ecoruni on the occasion. Before his ex
itc.nent had subsided, Mr. Singlesides
vrote a note to Mrs. Gossamer, explanato
iry ofthe recent occurrence,and closing with
an earnest request that it might “never be
made the subject of discussion.” The love
ly widow was warbling her sweetest stains, to
a pale, intellectual looking voting man, who
wns hanging over her entranced, when this
iv is handed in, “Is that a biiletdoux from
one of y»ur thousand admiers/” asked lie. j
“It is from your uncle,’’ replied Mrs. Go*- i
s uner. “Fromjmy iincie! what can he
possible have to correspond with you about ?”
••It is in reference to a laughable adventure
—-I will tell it you;” and she began ,i re
lation ol the late rencontre.
From her account it appeared, that Mrs.
Gossinnr had sten Miss Bud in Mr Sin
glesides’ bed-room, and believing some
tiling ludicrous might result from it, partic
ularly as she had seen the bachelor on his
way home, t.iie went to iiis house on pre
tence of renting it. an ! purposely insisted
on being ndiuhtcd to his sleeping apart
jient.
Itfurthennare stpjie ure-.l lr.un tin conver
sation that eusu ’J. linn a deep and roman
tic attachment existed between the narrator
and the pers in that listened, who was ne
phew to Mr. Singlc-ibles, and heir of his
fortune, provided lie remained single du
ring life. Mrs. Gossamer's attentions to
tiie uncle, therefore, were intended to pro
pitiate his good opinion and induce him to
reverse the ordor of his will; and Mr. Sin
glesides being ignorant of the preference
entertained by .Mrs. Gossamer for his ne
phew Frederic, naturally appropriated the
attentions to himself.
“Then you have done fer yourself with
iny uncle,” said Frederic, laughing. “Not
at all—l have a capital plan: it has this
moment struck me. Return here in an
hour and you shall hear of a way in which
you may gain your uncle’s consent to our
marriage.” Instead of either a written or
verb si’message from the widow, as he bad
imagined, Mr. Singlesidas was startled by
the unceremonious entrance of that person
herself. “There is only one condition,
sir,” she abruptly began, ‘on which i will
cousent to keep secret what 1 have seen."
‘•Name it, madam.” said Mr. Singlesides,
apprehensive ofsoitie new pvii. “That you
will make ms your wile, .sir.” “Impossible,
madam; I—l—." “No apologies, sir—we
understand each other I presume—good
day.” “Stay, Mrs. Gossanmi—l Chnuot—”
“O well, Sir- no compulsion; yru
may do as you please, you know ” “Really,
Mrs. Gossamer, it I could consistently-—/’
“1 repeat, you can do as you please, Mr.
Singlesides; but believe me, I shall not
keep silent; indeed 1 shall goto the expense
of having caricature cuts engraved of ihe
whale scene—not omitting the memorable
leg discovery.” The vision of the bow
window of,i book-storo, stuck full ofllte.se
execrable prints, was too much for our
tiiii lnrlui, .uni, jusi n- ilic widow was ma
king her exit, he recalled her, and in faul
tering accents assented to the proposed
terms of accommodation. “Am I in my
senses I” asked the unfortunate bachelor as
soon as the light form ofth** widow had es
caoed through the door. “Do I really ex
ist ? Yes,” lie added, reasoning with
Descartes, “1 think, tiietefore, I exist.”
Burying his f;tee in his hands, lie continued
in this attitude many minutes,until aroused,
by the entrance of a person whom he recog
nisei! as his nephew. Frederic gazed at
Ids uncle with an inquiring eye, remarked
his haggaid appearance and expressed the
greatest apprehciis'nn about his hpaltli.
“.Something extraordinary must afflict yon,”
said he; “and I hope you will not refuse
mo the privilege i l’svmp ithising with you.”
Mr. Singlesides'emotions were 100 violent
to be pent up in his own breast. He told
his distressing entanglement, and even as
ked for advice. *•[ will not only advise,”
said Frederic, (being previously instructed
bv M is. Gossamer.) -but also make a pro
position. I will myself mary the widow,
provided you annul the clause in your will
which disinherits ine in case of my marrying.
As for,the maid, you must leave her vi h
oat explanation or apology. Your secret
will be safe, when Mrs. Gossamer is your
niece.”
Mr. Singlesides had too long appreciated
the blessings of liberty, not to seize the first
occasion to release himself from shackles,
wilh which t’ne delirious excitement of a mo
ment had encumbered him. Very soon af
ter the Interview between the uncle and ne
phew, the widow and the latter were uni
ted under the roof of Mix Singlesides, who
bestowed a substantial benediction on them
by settling a liberal nuuuity M upon i tie bride.
Meanwhile Miss Bud remained immersed
in matrimonial preparations—alas! too pre
mature. She did not tail, however, to re
mind her intended husband of her existence,
by repeated messages and presents, which
were almost entirely disregarded.
'I here was an unusual air of bustle and con
tusion about the quiet and orderly domicil
ol the bachelor; who himself whs busily
employed in superinten ling the packing of
several trunks, with a countenance ou which
was strongly impressed mingled feplings of
satisfaction aid regret. A gentle tap at Ihe
door, drew ins attention—-it was a maid with
a plate ol batter-cakes and Miss Betsev’s
compliments. “D—ii Miss Betsey,” cried
Mr- Singlesides; slamming the door in her
lace. The following hour he was oil'to Tex
as.
Miss Betsey Bud ; but we will draw a
veil over her sorrows. No, we will leave it
for an instant unclosed, and just glance at
her as she paces frantically from room to
room, calling nut in allusion to Texas,
“Well, well indeed, may it be called ‘rogues
refuge.’" M. G M.
Macon, I’ilib county, Georgia.
NOTICET^ 2 * 5 ”
1“ HEREBY fonvarn all persons from
trading for any of tbree’prom’.ssory notes
made by the subscriber, bearing date seme
time in February last, and due the first day
of January 1840, one for $845, to Gresim
U* Oglctree, also one to Leah Simons for
Bi°2 50, one to John A. Raeden for §>422,50
the last being credited with 95 dollars. As
I apprehend some danger of the considera
tion tor which said notes were given failing.
I will not pay them except the above named
holders shall make gaoii and lawful titles to
| Lot No. 47. in 22d district of Stew
art county. MOSES RAMSEY,
December 7, T 839. 05
WOMAN’S WIT.
The following dramatic passage ie con*
cerning Gustavus Vassa. when that distin
guished monarch took refuge from the Dar
nish usurper in Delacarlia. to mature his no
ble plan of his country.
‘Onthe little hill just mentioned, stood a
very ancient habitation, of so simple an ar
chitecture, that you would have taken it for
a hind’s cottage, instead of a place that, in
times ot old. had been the abode of nobility.
It consisted of a long fartnlike structure,
formed of fir. covered iu a strange fashion
with scales, and odd ornamental twistings in
the carved wood. But tlm spot was hallow
ed by the virtues of its heroic mistress, wiio
saved, by her presence of mind, the life of
the future deliverer of her country.
Gustavus. having, by an evil accident, been
discovered in the mines, bent his course to
wards this house, then inhabited by a gentle
man of the name of Pearson, whom he had
known in the armies of the late adminis
trator. Here, lie hoped, from the obligation
lie bail formerly laid on the officer, that lie
should at least find a safe retreat. Pearson
received him with every mark of friendship;
nay, treated him with that respect and sub
mission which noble minds are proud to pay
t > the truly great, when robbed of their ex
ternal honors. He exclaimed with such ve
hemence against the Danes, that instead of
awaiting a proposal to take up arms, offered,
unasked, to t-y the spirit of the mountain
eers; and declared tlr.it himself and his vas
sals would be the first to set an example
and turn out iiinier command of his belov
ed general. Gustavus relied on Iris word,
aud promising not to name himself to any,
while he was abseut, some days afterwards I
saw Pearson leave the house to pul his de
sign in execution.
L-nder ihe specious cloak ni a zealous afiec
tiou for Gustavos, the traitor was contriving
his ruin. The hope of making his court to
the Danish tyrant, and the expectation of i
large reward, induced him ro sacrifice Ii is
honour to It's ambition, and for the sake of a
tew ducats, viid.ite the most sacred laws of
hospitality, by betraving his guest. In pur
suance ~1 that base reso'ution, he proceeded
to one ot (’hristiein’s officers commanding
in the province, and informed him
tavus was his pi:toner. Having committed
this treachery, lie had not the courage to
face his victim, but telling the Dane how to
surprise the Prince, who he said, believed
himself under the protection of a friend, he
proposed taking a wider circuit home while
they, apparently unknown to him, rifled it
oi its treasure. “It will he an easy matter,”
said lie, “for not even my wife knows that it
is Gustavus.’ -
i he officer, at the head of a party of we’-l
anned soldiers, marched directly to ihe lake.
I he men invested the house, while the lea
der, abruptly entering, found Pearson’s wife
according to ihe fashion of those days, em
ployed in culinary preparations. At some
distance front her. sat a young man in a rus
tic garb, topping ott the knots from the bro
ken branch of a tree. The officer told her
he eaine in King Gliristiem’s name to de
mand the rebel Gustavus, who he knew was
concealed under er roof. The dauntless
woman never changed cnlour, she immedi
ately guessed the man whom her husband
had introduced as a miner’s son to be the
Swedish hero. The doer was blocked up
by soldiers. In an instal l she replied, \ ith
out once glancing at Gustavus, who sat mo
tionless with surprise, “ifyou mean the mel
ancholy gentleman my husband has had here
these two days, he has just walked out into
the wood, on the oilier side ofthe hill
Some ot these ssddiers may readily seize
him, as he lias no arms with him.”
The oilicci, uui suspecting Uie easy sim
plicity ol her manner, ordered part of Ids
men to go in quest ol him. At that moment
suddenly turning her eyes on Gustavus, she
flew up to hi,ii, aud catching the stick out
ot his hand, exciaimed. in an angry voice,
"un.'unnerly wretch! What, sit before
your betters ? Don’t you see the King’s
officers in the room ? Get out of mv sight,
or some ot them shall give you a drubbing!’
Vs she spoke, she struck him a blow on ri,e
back.with ail her strength : and, opening a
side door, “there, get into the sculierv,”
cried she “it is the fittest place for such com
pany .’” ami giving him another knock, she
Hung the stick afiei him and shut the door.
"Sure,” added she in a great heat, “never
woman was plagued with such a iout
ol a slave!”
The officer begged she would not disturb
herself on his account, but she, affecting
great reverence for the King, and, respect
tor his representative, prayed him to enter
her parlour while she brought some refresh
ments. The Dane civilly complied; per
haps, glad enough to get from the side of a
shrew; and she immediately flew to Gusta
vus whom she had bolted in, and by means
id .i back passage, conducted him in a mo
ment to the bank ofthe lake, where the fish
ers’ boats lay, and giving lum a direction to
in honest etirate acioss the lake, committed
him to Providence.
SAGACITY AND FIDELITY OF THE
DOG.
A few days since we received the follow
ing remarkable, account ofthe sufferings of
a human being, and his relief through the
instrumentality of his faithful dog, from a
triend and acquaintance iri Tennessee, in
whose veracity the most implicit confidence
can he placed.— Greenville Mountaineer.
“William Y. fiance is the hero of ihe
following tale. He is one of those good ea
sy kind of men that we frequently meet with
, in Posing through life. He was very fond of
sport, and one night as lie and i>is dog went
a hunting, no: far from the house his (hithful
companion treed a Racoon, il.mce com
menced cutting down the tree, but owing
to the darkness of the night, it lodged a
gainst another ;he cut that down alsot which
somehow became entangled with it, so that
it ted upon liis head, and held him so fast
that he could not extric: te himself from his
unpleasant situation ; and his arms were al
so confined in such a manner that he could
not use them. His dogescaped injury, and
waited some lime for his master to gel up;
hut finding him unable to do so, he went to
work with hi> fore feet to scratch liis master's
head loose, at which he labored for twqdays
and nights without effecting his purpose.
About 10 o’clock nri the third day. the dog
found that he must have mote help, or liis
master would perish. Away home he went,
and gave them to understand that it was not
as well with his master as it might be. The
lamily followed him to t l '? place where
(lance lay, and louuil him still alive; but the
dog, in trying to relieve him, had entirely
; scratched off one of Iris cars close to his
| head. The tree was cut in two aid rolled
I off poor H i nee’s head. The conpany in
terrogated him as to his sufferings vith hun
ger and thirst. He answered the i, that riie
only thing lie suffered for was a r.’iew of to
bacco. He is still living, in good health,
and at work on the Georgia Railßo. l,—
There are many ol 1 1 re most respe-.table cit
izens of this eoimiv who will vouc*i for the
correctness of the above statemenis. This
among the ipany talcs told ofthe faithfulness
aud sagacity vt the canine species, only goes
to prove that they are in possession of more
knowledge than is generally imagined."
THE MIRROR
OTfl)mag<pa a
Saturday, Her. 7,1839.
i'or PrnMm.
GEORGE M. TROUP.
FROM MILLEDGEVILLE.
We have received no news from the Leg
islature, later than Dec, Ist. the last Mil
ledgcvilie papers not having come to hand.
Up to that time, but little business of im
portance or general interest, had been trans
acted in that body. The Alleviating bill of
Gen. H. H. Tarver, had received an unfa
vorable report from the committee on the Ju
diciary to w hom itjlrad been referred, which
report had been adopted by the House, se
ven only voting against it. Gen. Glascock’s
Bank Bill, atter being amended so that its
principal features were lost, wss rejected in
the Sens e by a vote of 39 to 41. It was
thought, however, that the vote, would be re
considered. aud the bill put iuto such a shape
that it would pass.
The bill, to arrest the progress of the
State Rail Road at Cross Plains, in Murray
county, has been negatived by a vote of 41
to 40. An attempt to reconsider, wns !oq
also, the vote being 45 to 40, The road,
therefore, will not stop short of Chattanoo
ga, on the T'-nnessee River.
The question of our relations with the
State of .Maine had not come up for discus
sion; considerable interest will doubles* be
excited on its aunounceirient.
REPORT ONTHE STATE FINANCES
We deeply regret that our limits forbid
the insertion of this able and important doc
ument. It. is the most interesting Stale pa
per that has made its appearance in Georgia
for many years. This however, we were led
s o expect, from the eminent and statesman
like abilities of the gentlemen comprising
the commute'*, as well as from the nature of
the subjects submitted to their research, it
exposes the manifold errors of our State Le
gislation for the last ten years, upon the sub
j ject of finance, and particularly the estab
lishment and management ol’ the Central
Bank. Ii is made perfectly clear, that an
unwise and ruinous policy prevailed in its
original creation, and that the institution
ought forthwith to be abolished, which
course is earnestly recommended to the
Representatives of the people. The injus
tice and inequality of the present system of
State taxation, is adverted to, as well as Its
inefficiency for the purposes of government;
a better and equable system is therefore pro
posed, which it is probable the Legislature
will adopt.
In short, ihe whole report exhibits pro
found research, and a clear understanding of
the financial condition of together
with th.* means by which it may be extrica
ted from the extraordinary embarrassments
that weigh upon it, If the Legislature, at
its present session, would strictly follow out
the recommendations and views embodied
in this report, we might hail the dawn of a
betterstate of things than good old Georgia
has experienced for many a tedious day.
MORE TROUBLES.
Missouri and lowa are likely to get into
serious difficulty. An unfortunate state
of things exists at present, ind unless mat
ters recede from the point at which they
have arrived, a crisis may soon be looked lor‘
The military, both of the State and Territo
ry, are in readiness, under the orders ot
their respective Commanders-in-chief, to
sustain at all hazards the acts of their seve
ral governments. The question of dispute
is solely one of jurisdiction, and arises from
the uncertainty of a single word, in the act
of Congress defining the boundaries of each.
The Cherokee s have been muttering for
sometime past, and the probability is. from
the reports which reach ns from that quar
ter, that the Government will soon have an
other Indian war on its hands, of a more for
j midable character, than that which has al
| ready made bankrupt the Treasury, and held
j the nation for the 'ast five years. —
j Twenty thousand stout warriors, judging
| from the success which lias accompanied
I the Seminolean arms, and the millions of
| treasure that have been fruitlessly expended
I in the effort to reduce them, would probably
j overrun and desolate the whole United
j States as effectnully as did tiie Goths and
Vandals of th** North overwhelm and sub
jugate the Southern plains of Europe.
We have received the fust mr; her of a
new (Hiblication in Macon, under the eccen
tric title of Jaji Nkuam Nima, It is to be
“ar, occasional paper—published whenever
the editor pleases.” The number before us
is full of pitli mul humor, and combines in
an agreeable manner, useful information and
sage reflections, with light and desultory
reading. It is spiacd over with original
thoughts, scraps, anecdotes, &c. and alto
gether, forms a very pleasant kind of melange.
It seems to be a publication gotten up upon
the principles expressed iu those lines of
Pitted rus,
Lusus animo debent aliqnando dari.
Ad cogitandmn melior ut redeat sibi.
But we should like to know where on
eirtH, its editor, Solomon Weazle, Esq.
found so much name for his paper. In what
lexicon shall we took to find the meaning
and derivation of the out-landuh term, he
employs as a cognomen ? Chinese, Per
sian or Arabic ?
Mr. James H. Tick Nob has become Ed
itor of the “Nepenthes,” published in Ir
winton, Alabama.
Mr. T. is a lively writer, and the flower
which he has undertaken to cultivate, will
doubtless improve much in odour and ex
pansion, under his direction anil fttendance.
We hope his experiment in horticulture,
will yield him a rich return. We are sorry
to see. however, that his watering pot is re
plenished at the fountain of Van Buren
ism, for while this is the case the fruit must
necessarily be bitter.
ALMANACS FOR 1840.
We have been favored by the publisher
S. N. Dickinson, Boston, with a copy eacb <
of (he American Comic Almanac, the Crock
ett Alamanac and the People’s Almanac, for
1840. In the two first there is lun enough
to “split he sides” of any man who has nut
forsworn la ighiag. The anecdotes are racy,
genuine and new; the stories are related in
(he most laughable manner, and the pictorial
illustrations and wood cuts, are iiresistably
grotesgue and ludicrous. The People's
Almanac is ot a praver cast, containing more
solid reading, and embellished in the most
superior manner. The Astronomical cal
culations embrace the several points of lat
itude between Boston and New Orleans, and
are, so far as we are enabled to judge, pretty
generally correct.
We are indebted to the publisher for the
fun which his present has afforded ns, al
bcit, our sides are yet sore, occasioned by
tiie violent exercise of excessive laughing*
HOUNDING THE SEMINOLES.
The New Yorker, a literary paper, in
the city of Manhattan, is out. upon the pro
position recently discussed in some of tb e
newspapers, to hunt down the Seminole In
dians, with blood hounds imported from
Cuba. The philanthropy of the ed'tor has
sustained a dreadful shock from what he is
pleased to term this monstrous proposition.
Extract front the N. Yorker.
Carlysle, in his eccentric, but admirable,
work upon the French Revolution, when
wishing to stigmatise, in the strongest t rm«
the horrors of Jacobin atrocity, assunilates
them to the barbarities practised by the
Spaniards in hunting down the Indians , f the
new world with blood hounds. How with
ering would he the denunciation of this elo
quent historian, were tbe Spanish proposi
ti n. which is now seriously discussed iu
some of om newspapers, presented to his
indignant eye! To import dogs I’reni Cuba
—to borrow hounds from the Spaniard to
hunt the Seminole ! Who. in the name ot
outraged America, ilatctf to broach this
monstrous proposition? Whence—how
by what process ot infernal inspiration did
such wickedness enter the brain of an A
merican ? Was the cruelty geneiated here
upon our shores—oris it of foreign graft— a
foul bequest—an heir-loom, that has come
down to us from the times of Certes and
Pizarro—the claiming aud the use of which
will publish us ttio lifting Successors and
representatives of the tortures of Montezu
ma and Guatomotzin ? What with the stain
which Gen. Jesup's treachery lias left upon
our flag, the failure that has attended our
arms, and this last monstrous proposition
fora new mode of carrying on the war, it
would seem the aboriginal Floridians
are not to be destroyed without leaving a blot
and a stisma upon our not orial character,
which centuries of glory can hardly efface.
This is very pretty declamation, it is true,
but it is nothing more nor lc«s than another
expression of that “mawkish, miscalled phi
lanthropy,” constantly emanating Irom the
Northern press, in behalf of the treacherous
and murdering savages at whose ha ids the
people of Georgia, Alabama and Florida
have so severely suffered.
What is the object of the war, if it is not
to reduce an enemy that knows n» mercy,
into obedience, and compl nnce with then
solemn obligations, and to punish them fur
the ravages and devastation tliev have com
mitted, aud the thousands of valuable ii. s
that have been sacrificed to their indisvrinti
nate and rapacious cruelty. This being the
object, the war is just, nay, even laudable,
and those means should, of course he used
'n its prosecution, best calculated to bring
it to a speedy and successful termination.—
The same eloquent historian quoted ov tin
New Yorker, says also, that tbe “np-fliot and
net purport of war,” is to bring the etierm
to terms as speed ly as possible by the great
est absolute or impending destruction of iife
or property. Is not the maxim regarded as
true, tliat “all is fair in war,” except the vio
lation of a flag ol truce, or a positive en
gagement? Are not stratagems Slid plans
for drawing an enemy into ambuscade, for
the-purpose of destroying them more easily,
deemed justifiable, and arc they not con
stantly resorted to, even in civilized warfare ?
How much worse is it then to track up the
Indians from the scenes of their depreda
tion and murder, to their fastnesses and hi
ding places, with blood bounds, than it is to
follow them for years with musket andean
non, woundmg one occasionally, hut per
mitting the great body of them to escape to
uew scenes of rapine and massacre? If,
therefore the importation and employment ol
dogs in the war against the Seminole*, would
he calculated to briug the wary savages to
terms, quicker tiiau any other means, wliy 4
then, in the name of outraged justice and
humanity, let them be put upon the scenf.
For ourselves, we think the idea i good one,
and well worthy of serious consideration.
We would almost be willing to take a trip
to Florida, ourselves, to witness the sport;
aye ; sport would it not be,
“Ta bear the hounds
Rend the thin air, and with a lusty cry
Awake tbe drowsy echo, aud confound
Their perfect language in a mingled sound."
Badinage aside, it is high time that this
foolish and extravagant war should he
brought to aelo.se. It is a disgrace to A»
tncricau arms, that a handful of naked and
hnlf-statved creators should be permitted
for five years, to retain possession of a whole
territory, occasionally making sorties into
the adjoining States, ravaging and destroy,
jng as they go, and that, too, rieht in the
face of the United States Army. Forty
millions of dollars have already been expen
ded in military operations against this pe 0 I
pie, and yet the war is no nearer a termina
tion than when it first began. When it is
recollected that our last contest with Great
Britain,'lie “mistress of the seas,” cost ou
ly ninety millions of dollars, we are aston
ished, deeply astonished, at the bad manage
ment ofthe administration which has brought
upon us this national disgrace. But it alj
comes of sending such “ theatrical ” heroes
as Gen. Macomb, and such “ private ” letter
writers as Gen. Jesup to head the operations
against the wily warriors of the swamps.
Turn over the war into the hands of a
competent number of our volunteers and
sturdy militia, aud let them be led by offi
cers of their own choosing, out of their
own ranks, and, we venture the assertion
that in four months there would not be an
unconoitered Indian in Florida. If tiie Go
vernment really wishes to put an end to the
war, it cau soon be done. But ive appre
hend that it has been made rather too profi
table as a matter of speculation, to be di*
posed of yet » while. A few more millions
of the people’s money .must be pocketed bv
Mr. Van Buren’s favorites and dependents
before any thing of a decisive character may
be looked for. The public “hirelings” have
yet some space left in their pursts, for the
“yellow boys” to glisten through, anil their
•wallets” can vet contain a few more Sub-
Treasury Bills ; when these are all stuffed,
and their cormorant appetites satiated, then
perhaps we may hope lo see some energetic
action displayed on the part of the govern
ment, in subduing the Seminole Indians.
for the mirror.
Tiie iSbuiti. .Ho. «r,
Wiio, that surveys this span of earth we
press.
This speck ol life in time's great wilderness,
This narrow isthmus ’txvixt two boundless
seas,
The past, the future, two eternities !
Would sully the bright spot, or leave it bare,
When lie might build him a proud tun,, e
I i.et e,
A name, that long shall hallow all its space,
And be each purer soul’s fugii resting p1,,,.,_- •
Lalla Itoulch.
J. G. Whittier, New England's poet,
has often shown himself worthy ol a tin ho
in “fame’s bright temple," by the glow of in
spiration which he has tin own arou:n! .
must every theme his pen lias tollmen.
When will he deign to resume ias lyre ii
fancy,” and give us another burst oi that
pure song, which erst was wont io charm i i.i*
land with its tones of harnnu.v ? He can
not be deaf to th" voice which calls him on
wards in “the patli which leads where tie v
waits,” and tells ol future companion.-lop
with those immortal spirits, who “tmii cl tie*
cliff” before him. If I e is, let him lit* con
tent with the hays lie *! as won, for he w,ll
ascend no higher. Let him linger ami i tie;
bowers, beauty and coiitein| hue that love
liness, to every feature of which lie mice
paid tribute in these glowing verses.
If you have seen a summer rtar.
Liquidiy soft, and faintly far.
Beaming a smiling glance on earth.
As if it Matched the floweret’s both.
Then you have seen a hgl.i le.-s lair
Thau that young maiden’s gbinus v. i re.
Dark fell her tresses:—you have ; ei u
A rent cloud tossing in ihe air
And.showing the pore sk\, between
Its floating fragments litre and there,—
Then you imiy fancy, faintly, how
The tailing tress—-tiie ring-like curl.
Disclosed orsb'idnwvd o’er the brow
A.al neck of that fair girl.
Her check was delicately thin,
Ami through its pure, transcendent
white,
Tiie rose hue wandered out and in,
Asyon have seen the inconstant light
Flash o’er the Northern sky of night.
Her playful lip was gently full,
Soft curving to the graceful chin,
Aud colored like the fruit which glows
i. j'oii'the * tinned pomegranate boughs ;
And oh, her soft, low voice might lull
The spirit to a dream of \di. s,
A* if the voices, sweet and bland,
Which murmur in the seraph find,
Were warbling in a world like this.
WiLLi3 Gaylohi C vtK;- a.i“excellent
lyric poet, but life hi* contempoiaries, lie
* stands aloof,” as if unwilling to “thrust
liis head into the public’s n mth ’’ A more
iterative employment dr übt ss calls ft rtli
his energies, than point . stanzas, or,
“spioiiiug reason into liunnlers rhyme,” but
lie is not the less culpable for permitting
line talents to rust, in a meaner sphere, than
that which they were so admirably fitted to
adorn. No one can read theseve al emena
tions of his genius, without being favorably
impressed with liis power us a poet, and his
goodness as a man. The “lines to liis
mother,” are in themselves a specimen of
that filial feeling which dots honor to the
ueart of the author, and embodies a rich
mine of affection and universal benevolence.
S'here are some well-turned thoughts in the
t flowing, though it is far from being among
the best productions of its author.
INFANCY.
If there be pef’ect joy on earth,
That seems from heaven to have its birth,
It is, to see
The bod, that promises the rose.
Its cradled sweetness soft unclose,
In infancy.
Pure hours! when all of life is light;
W i:en, clothed in robes of stainless white,
The cherub lies;
Beloved with holy tenderness,
And watched by o'bs its seems to bless—
A mothers eyes.
How richer far than summer bir’,
The lisping accents, fondly heard,
As days increase;
When riper meanings light the brow,
And kind affectionchanteth low
Her song of peace !
Oh, lbe.ssed time, when every hour
Flies like the ordor from a (lower.
Serene and free;
When every charm of life is new,
And every scene that greets the view.
Is fair lo see.
Sure wimp these opening blossoms die.
And lade iii beauty lo tiie eye,
None slmuldMeplore;