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i uri-.l by law to be advertised in a public j
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s lie.
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A nd we arc enabled to e~mte all kind of Job
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IXiVIM L’ON vV SIIIEN
raiilE public are respectfully n.lmaned
A that Hi* steamers U-v.xroN and!Sibkx
will run is reaul.r packed between l' LOlv
rNCI' an I \P VLACiIICOiA, (touching
at 1 •aviim each place alternately, cve
rv We I I-K !IV Ml l .'sainr lay. Ihe patmn-
J,-,,. the o .bite is respectfully solicited.
'Vrei.'ht and trot-m*. at customary rates,
fur w.licit ap.=•'> m ilieCaptiunsori board, or
JUS.VLL, HttaL & LAURENCE;
1' i jreucc.
pißfiO Nr MO’l t VN. UwiMini).
DO!) IE, IvOLU & AIcKAY,
Apalachicola.
Fiorcrt'-e. Angusl 30 20
Ware Mkiw & iiiVsVioii
ii U S-I N K
___ riAUK subscribers having
r7| S purehared the Ware
b J House lately occupied by
John I>. Pdf’ & <’■••■ l i,;tv,! ;,s '
i }.... t fl *rct f«*rtu<* pur
Vuse of tr insiieti’n; a general COM V IS,
SID.M BUSiNKSS, under the name and
style of
UtiVI.L, HI Id. & I.V'URKAVi-..
As our att-do.n will be part.en'arly directed
tn tbe reaeiviag and forward,2
otto,, we shall mike every arMugemon.
n-eerotrv, tor storing:!d taking care of the
“¥fc I,u uncss will be conduct-d l,y Mr.
A W. lltui., anil we pledge ourse-.v s l.ia.
~ Ihishall be w ti.ting on our paVts to give
m-t ral-itiAfaetioM. With there assnran
, , V e li'n 'to recaiv • a lib nal 6 rut oi pub
he patronage. rp B v A T,L,
A. W- HILL
M. J. LAURENCE.
July 20 15 _
" J. V>. STAILM,
FORWARDING AND COMMIS SON
ME ROHAN TANARUS,
SI. Joseph, Fla.
January 10, —-
Settle Your Accounts.
ALL those indebted to the bite firm of
A. H ARVEY&CHASTAIN or JOHN
j. HARVEY, are requested to come for
ward and liquidate their accounts hv the
Inst return day in Jatumy, or they will bud
them in the hands of an officer tor eo I Iced; n.
JOHN P. HARVEY.
Dec- 08 38
D.nr jyoticf.
THE subscribers have this day associated
themselves for the purpose of plead
ing and practicing law in all the counties of
the Chattahoochee Circuit,and in the coun
ties of Dooly. Thomas and Decatur, under
the name ot Graybill A' Bonner. Office at
Cull,bert, Randolph county. Georgia
GRAYBILL fc BONNER.
-Jan. lsD l?_40. t( 40
SA VE COS T.
THE notes and accounts of C. H, Aus
tin & Cos, have been left in tny hands
a„d 1 ini compelled to put them in a tram
of collection. All those so indebted are re
spectfully invited to attend to the settlement
of the same. JUNJUS JORDAN.
Jan, 3. 1840.
A' YOUNG MAN. who can give unques
tionnble reference, wants a situation
w, overseer, for the year 1810 Apply at the
store of McCullar S Perrj-, Lumpkin, Ga
Oct • 23 29 W
THE MIRROR.
Groceries, Groceries!
FtV E. BEALL, have just received
their large stock of
Groceries, isr.
and will hereafter keep constantly on hand
a full supply of
Cotton Bagging aud Rope,
Sugar, Coffee, and Molasses.
Brandy, Gin, Rum, Whiskey,
Nails, ( assorted ) Iron. fee. tVc.
'1 heir friends and the public, generally,
are respectfully requested to give them a
ball.
J 4. 1840 39
JVKW GOOiS». r “
fIUIE subs-libers have just received at
their stors next door to Mr. 11. W.
Wooihvmd, on Centre street, a large and
general assortnumt of
Staple and Erin/
® near -a © © afe §»
Consisting of
Cbtton Bagging. Negro Clot!,,
Unseysv Colton Osnabnrgsi
Readymade Clothing, Blankets,
rims. Boots anil Siloes,
Together wtthall other kinds of Domes
tic Goods suitable to the season.
Their sup dy of FANCY GOODS is
large and well assorted. They invite their
friends and the public generally, to call and
examine for themselvf s.
S. W. BENNETT & Cos.
Nov. 23 33
MFil) rcTTT
15 r. t. IftMVl'itOiVG,
fI 4 ENDE R S his professional services to
J- th» inhabitants of Florence and vi
cinity.
He has been in practice same (lor 8 years
in S. C. and Ala. Being educated in the
most respectable Schools of this. Country
and Europe, aud by slrict attention to his
p-ofession and to that alone, he is in hopes
iie will merit a liberal share of patronage.
Those wishing his services, in ly find him
at all times, unless professionally engaged,
at the Flic® lix ll ltCl.
a :•* )*5 --i 13 141) 38
Br.""W in. M. SiTritw i a,"
LUMPKIN, GA.
('I AN, at all times be found by tlio<*e wish-
J ing li is services, at his ‘oflire, or oc
house of M. McCullar, Esq. wheti oot pro
ession-’ly engaged.
Jan 2G '42
\VrL LIA M it MA Y ~
A ll ovsi-cv Jst Law,
STARK. 8 Vi LLE, Leo county, tla. wil
practice in all the counties of the Chat,
tahooohee circuit.
March 10 48 ly
AL A J3A .\ ia. LV N I)5
FOR SALE.
Entire ~ 14 30
I N. half 8 14 30
S. half 4 14 30
S. half 6 14 30
. S. half 11 14 29
S. half 34 19 28
W. half 29 16 26
S. half 20 Ift 28
K. half 21 22 26
S. hdf 32 18 2ft
N. half 33 20 26
W. half 2G 15 24
S. half 29 If, 25
N. half 9 14 30
K. half 2 18 25
Kntiie 33 15 25
Any of the above Lands will be sold on
ei ms to suit purchasers, by application to
lolin D. Pitts, Esq. Florence, Ga. or to the
übscriber, at Macon.
cpt 14 3 J COAVLES
GEORGIA, ) Before ire, Davi.
£itci6<iii county. yC. Sears, one of tin
Justices of the peace, in and for said county,
personally came Peter Richardson, and a
it-r bring dtilv sworn, depositli an>l sailh
that a certain Deed made by John R. Brooks i
to Peter Richardson and William Rawls,
tlte f'.ventv third November. 1838, to lot of
bind No. 33, in the 25th district of Stewart
comity, is lost or mislaid, so that I cannot
find it.
Sworn to and - subscribed before me.
PETER RICHARDSON. 1
DAVID C. SEARS, J. P.
Dec. 30th, 1839.
NOTICE.
iOST or mislaid a certain Deed given
-J to subscriber and William Rawls, by
John It. Brooks, to lot of land No 23, in
the 25th district of Stewart county, dated
the 23rd November. 1838.
PETER RICHARDSON.
Dec. 30th, 1839. ltmdin 40
NOTICE.
A LL perons are hereby notified tint
the late firm of •* STREET &
TIIOP- ON, ” was dissolved by mutual
consent on the I7rh uay of-May last, and
that sinec then a receircr lias been appoint
ed by tbe Court of Chanecry for this county
to collect all debts due said late firm, and
Park G Street, has been restrained by de
crea of said court from so doing. All per
sons are hereby required to come farward
and settle with the receiver, whose receipt
will be valid and no other w 11.
R. .T. MOSES, Receiver.
St. Josephs, Dec. 2, 1859 4t 39
CAUTION^
ALL persons are hereby cautioned
against trading for a certain promisso
ry Note given by myself to Z; chariali Wil
liamson, for twenty dollars, dated sometime
in the latter part of December, 1839, tbe
precise day not recollected, as the consider
ation lor which saidjiote was given having
failed, 1 am determined not to pay it
TIIOMASA. GOULDING.
Jan. 13 2P40. 2t* 41
CAUTION.
ALL persons are hereby cautioned
against trading for a certain Promissory-
Note given by the subscriber to Thomas
Glover for Four Hundred Dollars, dated
some time in February 1839, aud due the
25th of December last.
The consideration for which said Note was
given, is abont to fail, and 1 am determined
not to pay it, unless compelled by law.
ELISHA FOLSOM.
January IS, 1849 % -ft
51 Alt'llAalTT 3S<lXt.
J Teacher Wanted.
ONE who cau come well recommended
as a good English Teacher, of sober,
aud industrious habits can meet witli em
ployment, and liberal wages, by applying to
either of the subscribers on fiamiahatchee.
Stewart county, above Florence.
JAMES PAt’E.
W.M. HILLIARD,
FIELDING SHARP.
JNO. FIZGKRALD.
Jan. 7. 1840. 3l 39
JOWSEECWS
OF TIIK
SOUTHERN LITERARY MESSENGER.
TEA lllS is a monthly Magazine, devoted
JL chiefly to Literaturk, but occasion
ally finding room also for articles tha fall
within the scope of Science ; and not pro
essing an entire disdain of tasteful selerfion*\
thotfgh its mtitter has he-u, as it will con
tinue to be. m tlie main, original.
Party Politics, and controversial 7V:. oL
ntry, as far as possible, are jealously exclu
ded. They are sometimes so blended with
discussions in literature or in moral sci
ence, otherwise unobjectionable, as to gain
admittance for the sake of the more valu
able matter to which they adhere: bu'
w henever that happens they are incidental,
only, not primary. They arc dross, tolera
ted only because it cannot well be severed
from the sterling ore wherewith it is incor
porated.
Reviews r. id Critical Notices, occii
py theirdoO vi-we i t the work : and it is tlie
Editor's aim that they should liavx a three
fold tendency—to convey, in a condensed
form, auch valuable truths or interesting in
cidents ns are embodied in the works re
viewed, —to direct the readers attention to
books that deserve to be read—and to ware
him against wasting time ami money upon
that large number, which merit only to be
burned. In this age of publications that by
their variety and multitude, distract and o
verwhelmn every umiiscrim'mating student,
impartial criticism, governed by the views
just mentioned, is one of tlte most inesti
mable and indispensable of auxiliaries to him
who does irish to discriminate.
Essays and Tales, having in view utility
or amusement, or both ; Historical sket
ches—and Reminisences of events too min
ute for History. y<-t elucidating it, and
heightning its interest—may be regarded
as forming the staple of the work. And
of indigenous Poethv, enough is publish
ed—sometimes of no mean strain—to man
ifest and to cultivate the growing poetical
taste and talents of our country.
The times appear, for several reasons, to
demand such a work—and not one alone,
but manyt The public in hid is feverish
and irritated still, from recent political
strifes : The soft, a atasiv- influence of Lit
erature is ner led, to allay that fever, and
soothe that irritation. Vice and folly are
rioting abroad :—Thrv should be driven by
indignant rebuke, or lashed by ridicule, in
to their fitting ha-in-' ; . Ignorance lords it
over tin immense proportion of our peo
pie:—Every'spring should be set hi motion,
to arouse the enlightened, and to increase
their number; sc that tile great enemy of
popular government may no longer brood,
like a portentous cloud, over the destinies
of our country. And to accomplish all
these ends, what more powerful agent ran
be employed, than a periodica! on the plan
of the Messenger; if that plan be but.car
ried out in practice ?
The South peculiarly rertUires such an
agent. In all the Union, south of Washing
ton, there are hut two Literary periodicals!
Northward of that city, there are probably
at least twenty-five or thirty ! Is this con
trast justified by the wealth, the leisure,
-the native talent, or the actual literary taste
of the Southern people, compared with
those of the Northern ? No: for in wealth,
talents and taste, we may justly claim, at
ieast, a t equality with our brethren md a
domestic institution exclusively our own,
beyond till doubt, affords us, if wo choose,
twice the leisure for reading and writing
which they enjoy.
It was from a deep sense of this local want
that the word Southern was engrafted on
this periodical: and not with any design to
nourish local prejudices, or to advocate sup
posed local inte ests. Far from any such
thought, it is th - Editor's fervent wish, to <
see tiie North and South bound endearing
ly together, forever, in the silken bands *>f
mutual kindness and ideetion. Far from
meditating hostility to the north, he has il
readv drawn, and he hopes hereafter to
draw, much of his choicest matter thence:
and happy indeed will lie deem himself,
should his pages, by making each region
know the other better contribute in any es
sentia! 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 Literaiy Messenger has
now been inexistence four years—the pre
sent No commencing the fifth volume.
How tar it has acted out the ideas here ut
tered, is not for the Editor to say; he be
lieves, however, that it falls not further short
of them, than human weakness usually
makes Practice fall short of Theory.
CONDITIONS.
1. The Southern Literary Messenger is
published in monthly numbers, of 64 large
superroyal octavo pages each, on the best of
paper, and neatly covered, at 55 a year—
payable in advance.
2. Or five new subscribers, by sending
theii names and 820 at one time to the edi
tor, will receive their copies for one year,
for that sum. oc at ?4 for each.
3. The risk of loss of payments for sub
scriptions, which have been properly com
mitted to th- mail, or to the hands of'a post
master, is assumed by the editor
4. If a subscription is not directed to be
discontinued before the first number of the
next volume has been published, it will be
taken as a continuance for another year.
Subscriptions must commence with the be
ginning of the volume, and will not be ta
ken for less than a year's publication.
5. The mutual obligations of the publish
er and subscriber, for the year, are fully in
curred as soon as the first number of the
volume is issued : and after that time, no
discontinuance of a subscription will be
permitted. Nor will a subscription be dis
continued for any earlier notice, while any
thing thereon remains dne, unless at the
option of the Editor.
Richmond, YlrjhtN.
SOUTHERN.
LADIES, BOOK.
EDITED BY.
BY P. C. PENDLETON &GEOR3E F. PiETCE.
To the Ladies of Georgia and to the South
generally, thefodowing plan is most re
spectjuliy submitted-, li is hoped that it
tail recace lluir serious nauition, and
meet their approbation, since it is / r their
especial benefit that the tcor/e is projected .
PROSPECTUS.
In submitting tiie following plan, we
Would first call tlte. attention of the Ladies,
and all those who lt—t interested (and who
are those ih.it do not l ) in the welfare ami
improvement ol the female sex, to the pre
sent condition oftlie Southern Press. Near
ly all tlte publications which issue from
it ore engaged in its. political discus
sions, ami tli.-ir columns teem with accusa
tions, denials, abuse, ami every other form
of wordy warfare—carried on in language,
frequently unfit for “cars polite," and seldom
suited to the delicacy and gentleness which
belong so peculiarly to the Female charac
ter.
Os flm few literary papers published South
of the Potomac, there is notone exclusive
ly dedicated to the LADIES! We have
felt flits ,1s want which might to be sup
plied 1 and we propose to make an effort to
do so, confident that our endeavors will be
crowned with success, ii -ve can only sectitc
the hearty co-operation of those for whose
welfare we are about to labor—'l ire Ladiet
nt the South. Ami we expect, further, that
every intelligent mind among the other sex,
will view with approbation, and aid in sus
taining, an enterprise designed to improve
the minds of those, without whose cheering
smiles and soothing companionship, life
would be dreary and this fair world a desert.
We wish also to afford to the Ladies a
field for the exercise of their own talents,
and for the developement oftlie resources of
their minds. The list of authors tor some
years past, have frequently enrolcd the names
ol Females whose glorious success has shed
an additional radiance on the name ol “Wo
mas." i’lie “lords'of creation" have been
forced to acknowledge that t.,e Female mind
is, by no means, deficient in capacity anil
intellectual endowments, whilst, at the same
time, it is possessed of superior delicacy out!
tact. Long was Woman's mind field in
thraldom, long were her powers underrated,
and forced loren ain inactive or unexercised
by the force of conventional arrangements ;
but her chains are broken, and her liberty
has been proclaimed. Tiie article of Mos
lem faith, that “Women have no souls,” no
longer obtains among us Let the Ladies
now assert their own privileges, and we of
fer them, in our proposed work, a medium
for the expression oi their own views and
sentiments, on all that appertains, in any de
gree, to the welfare and improvement ol their
sex.
It, offering the p!,in of a SOUTHERN
LADIEB, BOOK, we do not intend that it
shall Oe precisely similar to a work of like
name, at the North. We leave to our Nor
thern cotemporary pictorial representations
of fashion and dress, for tlte embellishment
of their person ; be it ours to provide a garb
of purity, elegance, refinement and grace, fur
the adornment of tne mind.
All that may contribute to form tbe heart,
invigorate the mind, purify the affections,
and refine tiie manners, shall be our especi
al care, that our work may be a useful aid
to the young, and fan. anti beautiful, in pre
paring themselves for the discharge of the
noble and arduous duties which devolve on
Woman; in Iter varied capacity of Daughter,
Wife & Mother,■ And we lepent tint in the
accomplishment of this high enterprise, wc
confidently expect the aid and support of en
lightened and judicious of both sexes. Ar
rangements lor regular aid will be made
with several Ladies, whose productions have
already gained then, high fa-rein the litera
ry world—and several gentlemen of distin
guished attainments h ive already been se
cured as contributors, from whom scientif
ic tracts, with notes, and observations on
the arts, may be expected. This depart
ment oftlie work will receive marked alien
tion. In short, nothing will be omitted
which may tend to give me publication auch
character, as will render it worthy the atten
tion of the learned, and those to whom it
is dedicated— • Ike Ladies of the South and
IVcst. It only remains to obtain the requis
ite number of subscriber*—-say two thou
sand —and if the Ladies will smile upon,
and aid our efforts’, that number wil! not
long be wanting. Let them urge their Fath
ers, llte-bmil, Brothers, and Friends, aud
it is soon done.
05 s * The work will contain sixty-four roy
al octavo pages, stitched in a neat colored
cover, and will appear monthly. Terms:
Five dollars per annum payable on the deliv
ery of the firs! number.
05 s * It is highly important to state, that
all tlie the subscribers names which may be
obtained, shonld iie forwarded by the Ist of
December next. Agents will please bear
this in mind.
07 s ’ The following are some of the con
tributors to tlie work :
A. Church. D. D., Pros’t of Franklin
College Ga.
Professor J. P. \A added. Franklin College.
Hon. A. B. Long-tree!, Pres’t of Emory
College.
T)r. A. Means, Prof Phy9, -Science, Emory
College.
Rev. I. A. Few. Ex Pres'l of Emory Col
lege.
Rev. G. 11. Round, Principal oftlie Geor
gia Conference and Mnntral Labor School.
Rev. Jesse Mercer, Washington Georgia.
Rev. \V. H. Stokes. Washington. Georgia.
Hon. m. Andrews, Washington, Georgia.
Col. J. H. Lumpkin Lexington, Georgia.
Rev. E. L. Witt• cl,. Madison Georgia,
lion. R. M. Clnrlton, Savannah Georgia.
A. 11. Chappell, F.xq. Macon Georgia.
Hon. E. Ntsbit, Macon Georgia.
We shall lu* glad to exchange with those
Southern and Southwestern p ipers who will
putdish out Prospectus.
Macon, Georgia, November Ist, 1839.
Florence Female . Icademy .
THE school will commence nr, the first
Monday in January under the care of
1 Miss Margaret J. Harvev and Air*. Taylor.
Dec. 26th 1839.
mm UI3 LR AWv] OVBs
WHO'S TDK LADY.
All was bustle and contusion among tl
fashionables of a quiet little tu«n in one .
the weste u tier ol coumms of our State,
on Die day proceeding the « retting for a se
lect ball. The ladies became groat preties
trains, and were on foot tor Imufs together,
whilst husbands and lathers were at home
waiting in awful suspense for their return
with the shop-keeper's bill. The shop
keepers were more polite than usual; inas
much as gauze, lace, and ribbons were tbe
only articles in demand, and were bought
without tiie irritating query, vm’t you take
less?’ and not a milliner could complain at
night of a want of custom tin.l n foil purse.
Evening advanced and the bustle increased.
Beaux just irom the bandbox, might be seen
with a glove in one band ami courage in the
other, tapping at the door of the we, Ithy,
and tipping and bowing as if made of a
vib'.ttory material, with as much cash in
their pockets as brains in tlnur noddles,
and more brass in their face than either.
One ot ihes mushroom gentry, who had
the faculty of talking nonsense, had capti
vated the charming Meliitnble Clarissa
Adclia Bacon, tliiid daughter of the weal
thy Cant. Jacobus Bacon, of the invinci
ble volunteer company of heroes, vulgarly
called 'barefoot.' ..Ito with remarkable vai
or during the bite war effected a bloodless
(not a madless) letrent through n swamp
two miles wide with the enemy in expec
tation at their heels. At the appointed
hour and according to proiiuse, this spring
cl beau vioiitle alluded to pulled the bell nt
the door oftlie redoubtable captain, which
was answered by their female servant, who
among the rest was preparing for the ball,
and in her best ‘lob aud tucker,’ made a pd
lite bow and invited tin* coxcomb in. Twi
light deceived his already defective vision,
(defective. Ibr it is sometimes said that
love, like wine, makes men see double, es
pecially if. they run against a lamp post) and
lie mistook the servant for bis Mchitnble.
Doffiing bis lint aud desct ibing w ith bis bo
dy till the figures ol Euclid, such ns circles,
squares, and triangles, iie at last complet
ed bis bow a hi mode, ami lisp< and the (set
that hr; had‘the nnnaw of being in rendineth
to etchort her to the Athcmbly Room.*
*1 am engaged, ‘sir,* s.ii.l the kitchen
belle.
‘Engaged,’ exclaimed the youth, chop
fullen, ‘Mirth Bacon cnoaued!'
■Oil! it's Miss Bacon you wish to see
then.’ replied thr girl.
Why. yeth—l am mistaken---fauth—-the
devil!—bowing anil talking to tlie servant
gill! YVberth your mistress?
‘Walk into the parlor, sir,’ answered the
insulted gill, I wiil call her.’
Render, wunldst thou know who this
servant t ill might be. i.f whom we have
been chatting? Well, listen arid I'll tell
thee. Didst ever hear ol William K——
once a very Wealthy shipping, merchant of
New Y orli, who through multiplied losses,
was exiled irom the dominion of wealth,
and consequently fashion, and for many
years dwelt obsurely in a country village
with the only remnet of a once large family,
a charming daughter ?
This is the very child. At the age often
she became art orphan, but not friendless
The gentlemanly character «»f her father
even in poverty, had wot; the esteem of all
anil this survivor of his xcmtnulared misfor
tunes found a home and a friend with a
wealthy country gentleman. She grew up
to womanhood, beautiful and accomplished
and beloved by all the family as a sister and
a child. But death claimed her adopted
mother as his ; and her prospects changed.
The woman who mi; plied iter place a few
months aftferwar.ls, vas her antipodes, and
Amanda R stepped forth in the wide
world depei derc np»:i physical strength
alone far subsistence. But the good wish
es of her adopted family went with her, and
a situation in tbe family of Captain Bacon
was secured to her, at which place the tra
der will recollect he <>r she found her. But
I will resume my story.
At an early hour the bail room was filled
with a truly brilliant .iwa, . ige,—There
w ere red cheeks In profusion, some painted
by nature aud others by art.— Bright eyes in
abundance, some sparkling with intelligence,
others with joyous excitement, and among
the rougher sex. many with wine. Mirth
and hillarity bore regal sway, until a disco
v( rv was made —a discovery considered by
that Assemble of equal importance to 11 er
chel's lunar observations. The dance was
suspended notwithstanding Sambo still saw
ed Lis fat-gut, and a whisper ran through
the crowd. The purse proud vinegar faced
Mrs./ had the honor oT making tbe dis
envry- a discovery in which was involved
the reputation ofali presrnt. It was nothing
loss than the lamentable fact that Amanda K
tlte servant girl of Captain Bacon, had im
pertinently introduced herself into the com
pany of her betteis, and actually danced two
cotillions with them before tire degrading
truth was known.
‘Did you ever sec such impertinence?’
say« one.
‘What a brazen thing !’ said another.
‘Why, see how she's dressed!’ said n
third.
‘Suchn character,’ whispered a fourth.
‘They say—but never mind now !’
‘A pot-slew-<‘r inVoi r company—tlte wench .'
chimed in Mrs. 7, , w ith tiist elegance of
expression whie ! d.anirtr i'e ! her, and tur
ning up her nose, adv-'- -d the Indies to leave
the room and no longer be insulted with
her presence. r I I,;S advice was assented to
by the intelligent company, and the poor
but infinitely superior girl was left alone—a
b tslted, and almost nrc-come w ith emotion.
He who invited her thither was the son of
her adopted father, who uni.cd with intelli
gence a graceful and gentlemanly deport
ment, tne command of extensive possessions
in one of the most fertile portions of our
State, lie was alispnt when the revolution
in the ha'l room took place, but returned
just as it was evacuated bv the Indies. As
tonished mi ihecliange.itid perceivtitg Aman
da standing with face suffused v i h-blushes.
Ire iift-dtly inquired the r-ttt'-e. A friend
drew him aside, andcomnvnuicated the facts
as I have penned them—the young man was
enraged, anil with an emphasis adequate to
his just excitement, exclaimed * Whai’a that
purse proud fool—that ignorant parrot of
fashion wo ah. who srm-ns virtue it
ts coupled wAth poverty 1 ?’ - .i.
IT<D <l9.
I ,Ten thous; r and dollars,’ weird hit*
! friend.
•Ten thousand dollars, eh ? \Y*T, Atr.an
:> is worth that sehi'iiLil the I .ughty ba.l
be bargain. T«r. tl cusantl dollars : ami
(■it forsooth, ballanced against virtuous
respectability. IDrc, Amanda, n*y girl.*
said lie, taking Iter by tbe hand and bowing
res pc ( (fully to the gentlemen firesenf, *l p l
us leave this place, where haughty pride,
pampered and fed vit ii crumbs of wealth,
exercises an influence superior to the dic
tates of good sense, where virtue is endan
gered.’
So saying, they left the place mu! return
ed home.
The very next morning after the hai 1 .
Amanita K , the ; our, the slighted, the
abused girl, who was denied the boon of
mixing it, society because she wore th»
russet mantle of poverty, received from the
hands ol the indignant young man, an inurn
ment of writing, securing to her possession
the lull and tintiirided amount ol ten thous
and dollars. This gift, and, the motives
which prompted it were soon made I.noun
to the haughty M is. Z , and envy, mote
rankling and painful than disdain, supplied
the place of the latter. Nor was the cupof
bittermss yet full.—With all the solici
tude ol a mother, she h and laid si.arcs to en
trap the young man it, question as n !»«•-
band for her owu charming gray ey* and daugh
ter, and fondly imagined that his urbanity
was an evidence that she had caught him in
her meshes. But alas! how soon do tlte
most towering expectations fall from high
stations. Ere two mouths had elapsed, the
humble Amanda became the wife of the
wealthy Edgar N . Time rolled on in
its silent course, bearing upon its tide sw eet
flowers and beaming sunshine, and everv
ingredient of happiness for the youthful
pair, and those who turned their backs upon
plain Bacon’s servant girl, became the
courtiers and fawning sycophants of Mis.
N ■, who in her new station, was es
more amiable, no more worthy of esteem, no
mote beloved by the truly good. Twenty
summers haves uce scattered their blossoms
around her quiet mansion, and the slight
ton, lies of tiie frost of age are gethering
lipnu tlte temples oi lier food husband. Yet
love, pute and holy, still warms the domes
tic circle wherein the alter ol' iruc'benevo-*
Inner is reared. The good things of life arm
poured into her lap iu abundance, while she
distributes with a prodigal hand their bless
ings among the children of cheerless pover
ty, Mid it may be truly said, ‘that her chil
dren rise up and call her blessed, her liux
band also, and lie proisetli In r.’
What an instructive moral may be gain
ed front incidents of this kind-—incident*
which occur almost daily in the great mass
of society. Tlte simple tale I have told is
not the figure work of fancy wrought tip
from thelitmel material of fiction, but ba
sed upon fact. How often me such farts
exhibited to our view, to the great discre
dit of 'intellectual worth ! Virtue, beauty,
intelligence, moral worth, the highest at*
tributes of intelligent creatures, are often
forced to bow before the gilded shrine of
mammon, whose aheis are oft* n bn,lt up
amid the mouldering mins of Genius, and
w hose sacrificial rites eon fist in the utter
prostration and dislruction of all that is
great hi.(l iu blc in nature, all that is 1 right
•too lovely in humanity.
U. S. CONG!! ESS, f
Monday December3o,lß39.
The House having under consideration n
motion ,o reconsider the vote by which 20,
600 t opics of the President's Message were
ordered to he printed—
Mr WADDY THOMPSON, ofSonth
Carolina, addiessed tlie House as follows : \
I am not wil itigto allow this rnrssace tpf
go forth to the country w ithout comment!,- '
ry or discussion. The annual message of
the President is always ft document posses
sing great interest, as the chart of the annu
al progress of ; Ire Government. This claim*!
more than ordinary r.ttentipr, from the jro- )
I’oi tiuicc, the vital importance of theffop»c*|
which it discusses, and from the nnqne*»
iionable ability with which tltev arc discus-1
sed. Sonic of these topics involve the most I
thorough ntn! and. t-ply interesting change*!
which huve occurred in our country, if not!
in modern times—changes amountin'’ in m
cnmincrcixl and social revolution. They',
are discussed with more than usual ability,!
The message presents an argument upon®
the gieat financial measure, which it vinoi-*
rates beyond all measure—the most .Me*
mtl’ul, and seductive of any heretofore mad#
upon that side. In saying this, I shall not
be suspt rted of any disposition to -roncilL
ate. No, sir, my position w ill, in all human
probability, continue, as it has been in op#
;>o‘ itinn, whatever tuny be the result of th*
present contest for (rower. ! ttm opposed to
the general political tenets and opinions ore
tbe one side, and still mote opposed to tL«;
universal practices of the other—to its ex- r
travagnneo and profligacy, and i
to all its professions.
But, sir, if 1 were disposed to go over, ;
everv one knows that no atonement, not ,
ven a repentance tor past sit s. hnv, i, r j
grant—(or past vit’ prrntion, fitiueic scour*
fill or severe, is required. It ia a most ea # j
service—on saenfiei s whatev* r are icquiirtf •
except of one's conscience; r-r..d on*' of tl.«
rules I undcisiand to be. that n.- questions ;
rue to l.p asked of applicants for autri-s 00-, i
T he message, on us face and iu.pis'g.tmV J
;«t statements of noli,teal doctrine', i- tait Y;fj
ongh. It is State rights through til—ms |
much co, s ; r, as it it !t‘*d been written by i
you. who were bronii’t up nt the feet oft :’;••?»- j
a del. and are of the straiten* sect. Whits* i
reading >t, ! ‘.vaa forcibly icei,hided of tll.Ai?!
rod t,- paper, General’.lack),<t'i«‘s mnioHig,; fi||
1813—mat inns, masterlv c. »‘!p,*(idit>t*v r?fii
(lie State rights doctrine*, f had. ho
days before the appearanro of th-u { iptM'
been appointed an elector of Fr*- ' TittYfCfl
position bv no means aß*sira|»}e one. 'ffit
moral malaria of Jneksnntvu was Jjitetj pefgr
vading the land in its reddest spry •
ly the strongest safeguards tsfUir UorgstfiSp!
I'm It. but the vi-lire Jiinctturag ■ of tTu. ttSws-i
try, were 'levroved i n its proV&s.,.
charm of a great name was «td
tor attempted to he broken, inSonttiCafifell
lina. 1 gave the vote, and h viT sere
brought tix the message, t fytt’tba* f
done up fo| life—that no mm coqbt *t,thrift
in opposition to so go off a State right-.
sidenKis llvat, Butt, sit, it wa*. sw*gM
‘days, owe ftnl* reWiWre