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IS PUBLISHED EVERT SATURDAY,
By B. Clardner \ J. L. Bulls
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ot less,) the first, and 50 ceuts for each sub
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Sales of Land and Negroes by Execu
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ared by law to be advertised in a public
, Gazette, sixty days previous to the day of
s tie.
The sale of Personal property must be
advertise* 1 in like manner forty days.
Notice to Debtors and Creditors of an
o.tate must be published forty days.
Notice that application will be made to
i:te Court of Ordinary for leave to sell Laud
mid Negroes, must be published weekly for
t iur months.
All Letters on business must be
r „sT paid to insure attention.
—HWInTON
fTItilS public are respectfully informed
3 that the steamers lawix roN and Siren
will run as regular packets between F LOR
KNCU and 4 PAL VOIIICOLA, (touching
lit lol.,,) leaving each place alternately, eve
ry Wednesday and Saturday. The patron
age of the public is respectfully solicited.
Freight and passage, at customary rates,
for which apply to the Captains on board, or
BEALL, HILL & LAURENCE,
Florence.
F'ELD & MORGAN. Trwiulmi.
DODGE, KOLB N McKAY,
Apalachicola.
T'lorcn 'ft. August 20
\VA?t. tfo jsp&Caatm «iosi
liUSIN E S » .
V.JK Invjujx
a 1 puicltHsed thti
fern- -M b >'
John l». Pitts & ( o. have as
sociated themselves together f-r«!io }>'£
p ise xJT transacting « general a . '
jsl'.lN BUSINESS, under the name and
aiyle of
HS VLf.y HILL Si, I.AURRNCK.
:As ourarnmnon will be particularly directed
to the r. -Viving and forwarding goods hint
<• ,t to a r.shall make every arrangement
ue -is . ;y, fi. storing a:td taking care of the
ormt. .
The business will be conducted by .Mr.
-A. W. Hill, and we pledge ourselves that
ti tilling sh di be wanting ou nor paits to git e
general satisfaction. With these assuran
ces, tve hone to receive a libeial share oi pub
lic patronage.
F.. T. BEALL,
* A. W. HILL
M. J. LAURENCE
July SO 15
* Nctile Your Accoiuit*.
\LI, those indebted to the late lirin ol
11ARVKY& CHASTAIN or JOHN
P.H ARVEY, are requested to come for
ward and liquidate their accounts by the
Inst return day in January, or they "'ill find
them in the hands lan officer lor collect • n.
JOHN P. UAUY> \.
Dec- 2f> 3d
iL&ff' .1 'it fir ti. ~
yjtHE s'lLscribcrs have this day associated
I. themselves for the purpose of plead
ing and practicing law m all tiie comities ot
the Chattahoochee Circuit,and in the coun
ties of Dooly, Thomas and Decatur, under
the name oi (Jraybill fc Bonner. Crime at
Cqthbert, Randolph eoitntv, Georgia
GRAYBILL & BONNER.
Jan, Ist, 1840. H *£
SAVE COST.
rfi he notes and accounts ot C. 11, Ans
i tin, Ar Cos, have been left in my hands
and 1 ini compelled to put them in a train
of collection. All those so .indebted are re
spcctfnlly invited to attend to the settlement
of the same. _ „„ .
JUNIUS JORDAN.
Jan, 3. 1640. 4t 40
A YOUNG MAN, who can give unques
tionable reference, wants a situation
as overseer, for the year 1940 Apply at the
store of McCullar & Perry, Lumpkin, Ga
On. 2 2 30 ls
•" CAUTION.
VLL persons are hereby cautioned
against trading for a certain Promissory
Note given by the subscriber to 1 bntuas
Glover for Four Hundred Dollars, dated
*ome time in February 1939, and duo the
25th of December last.
The consideration for which said Note was
given, is about to fail, and I am determined
not to pay it, unless compelled by law.
ELISHA FOLSOM.
January 19,1840 3tp
* ©roccries, Groceries!
I A & E. BEALL, have just received
their large stock of
Groceries, l sr.
and will hereafter keep constantly on hand
a full supply of
Cotton Bagging and Rope,
Sugar, Coffee, and Molasses,
Brandy, Gin, Rum, Whiskey,
Nails, (assorted ) Iron. cVe. Ac.
Their frieuds and the public, generally,
are respectfully requested to give thetii a
eall.
Jan. 4. 1840 3D ___
WILLIAM Ti -MAY
\ttorncy at Eaw,
STARKSVILLK, Lee county, Ga. wit
practice in all the counties ol the Chat -
tahoochce circuit.
March 10 48
Randolph Sheriff sale.
VM/HLL be sold on the first Tuesday in
v v MARCH next, before the court house
door! in the town of Cuthbert, Randolph
county, the following property, to wit,
One Lot of Land, known as number 279,
in the Bth district of formerly Lee now
Randolph county; levied on as the property
of Reuben Slaughter, to satisfy two Fi Fas
from a justice’s couit in favor of Benjamin
T. Emanuel,administrator on the estate of
Elijah Johnson, deceased, vs the said Reu
ben Slaughter. Levy made and returned
>o me hy a constable.
Richard davis, Dep. si,ft.
Jan 25. 1840 42
Coroner's Sale.
\TTILL be sold on the first Tuesday in
VT March next before the Court House
door in the town of Lumpkin,Stewart coun
ty, within the legal hours of sale:
One House dud Lot in the town of
Lumpkin, where now Mark M. Fleming,
keeps a Confectionary, taken as Hie property
of M ark M. Fleming, to satisfy a fl fa issued
out of the Inferior court of Stewart county,
in favor of Leroy M, Wiley, Thomas Parish,
John R. Marsh.dl, Thomas Norris, and
Henry R. Banks, vs. M. M. Fleming, J.
M. Sullivan, A. li. Pope, W. Li. Cain,
and Neil Robinson. Terms cash.
JAMES JONES.
GEOllGlA —Sumter Counttj.
V®/ HERE AS Marshel Douglas ap
* v plies to me for letters of
Administration on ihe estate of Jesse
Lee, late of Barbour county, Alabama, tins
is, therefore, to cite and admonish all and
singular the kindred and creditors of said
deceased, to bo and appear at my office
within the term prescribed by law, to show
cause, if any they have, why said letters
should not be granted. Given under my
hand at office, this 15th dav of Jan. 1640.
42 edm. Nunn, c c «
“GEOirJIA /WHEREAS FiH'dmg
Suriltr County yT. Hanson applies to
me fur letters o*’ AdmmUtration on the Es
tate of Martha Hanson, late of Said county
deceased, this is, therefore, to cite and and
admonish all and singular the kindred and
creditors o said deceased, to be and appear
at my office within tiic time prescribed by
ia'.v, to show cause, if any they have, why
said letters should not be granted.
Given under my hand at office this 7,‘ u .
•jay of J an. 16-iO.
EDMUND NUNN, c. c. o. j
ITTILL BE SOLD, before tin . I
V V of tne Court house, in Montgomery,
county, on the first Tuesday in February
nest, between ihc usual l»:,urs of sale, and
persu uit to the last w>lm Clement Bryan,
late ol Randolph couu.v. deceased, between
3 and 5 liic.isand acres of land, consisting
of Swimp, Hammock and i’ine hunts, ami
lying on each side of the Orctn-e river.
Person* engaged in tiie business oi Iriniish- |
nig the Darien Steam Saw Mills wi fi lim
ber, by rafting down the river, would do ;
tvell to attend, as the pine lands afford a ’
large quantity of valuable timber suitable i
for t'»c purpose. Tiie lands will be put up
in such quantities as will suit purchasers,
and the terms will be twelve months credit,
with two good securities.
D. (j! BRYAN, | Eseculors -
November 25, 1839. 27—tA.
FOll 8 A LED IOTE"N T
1 1 H 1 E House an 4 Lot on whic h I reside
-H. Possession given immediately, Utin.s
will coriespotid with the limes.
JUNIUS JORDAN.
January 18. IS4D 3t 4J
I^OU R monjhs after date, application
4L will be made to the honorable tiie in
ferior court of Lee county, when sitting as
a c< lift of" ordinary, for leave to sell the res
estate of Silas Mercer, late of said county
deceased. ANN MERCER. Adm'rx.
Nov 1. 1839. 32
"■ IVfcfW GOODS.
rfJUE subs'tiliers have just received it
J. their Ntot . next door to Mr. H. W.
Woodward, on Centre street, a large and
general assortn«nt of
S-apje, and Fancy
wx ao ands >
Consisting of
Colton Bagging, Negio Cloth,
Linseys, Cotton Osnaburgs,
Readymade Clothing, Blankets,
riais. Boots and Shoi s,
Togetiier wtthall other kinds of Domes
tic Goods suitable to the season.
Their supply of FANCY .GOODS is
large and well assorted. They invite their
frieuds and the public generally, to call and
examine for themse.lv < s.
S. W. BENNETT & Cos.
Nov. 23 33
Wi*. VI'.TI. Harflniol:
LUMPKIN, OA.
(NAN, at all times be found by those wish-
J iug his services, at his oliicc, or e
house of M. McCullar, Esq. when not pro
cssiot-'ly * ngaged.
J in 28 42
ALABAMA LANDjS
FOR SALE.
{ENTIRE 7 14 30
li N. lnlf 8 14 30
S. half 4 14 30
S. half 6 14 30
S. half 11 14 29
S. half 34 19 26
W. half 29 10 28
S. half 23 "18 28
E. half 21 22 2G
S. half 32 18 28
N. half 33 00 26
Y\ T . half 26 15 24
S. half 29 16 25
N. half 9 14 30
E. half 2 18 25
Entite 33 15, 25
Any of the above Lands will lie sold on
erms to suit purchasers, hy application to
John D. Fitts, Esq. Florence, Ga. or to the
subscriber,- at Macon.
opt _ 3 J COWLES
4 LL ptiions having deman Is aj a osi the
Estate of Robert Silas are requested to
present them agreeably to law, and all per
sons indebted to the Estate are requested to
make immediate payment
SAMUEL ADAMS, Admr.
hn 15 1610 ltd 42
iKLtßßasrsab qua. jkisibir'&as’t a* 1349*
PUBLIC SALE. I
CIIIIE Public is hereby notified, that 1
will offer at public outcry and rale, at
the Court ilouse in LaGrange. Troup
county, on the first Tuesday in February
next to the Inchest bidder:
I’hirty likely youug neernes, two of
whom are good House Carpenters.
The commumity and the world shall
know, that this arrangement is made to pay
off my debts, and are positively but respect
fully assured .bat (here will be no bye bidding
A credit will be offered tint if t lie first day
ol January, 1841,. with approved security.
WILIE WOMACK,
LaGrange, Jan. 18, 1840. 2t 42
ADMINISTRATOR’S SALE.
\ GREF.ABLE to *n order of the him
. orable the Inferior court of I.oc conn*
ty, when setting for ordinary purp .ses, wil 1 I
be sold on the first Tuesday in March next,
between the usual hours of' sale, before the
Court House, and .or, in tfie town of Newton
Baker county, lot of laud. No. 369 in the Ist
district of formerly. Early, now Baker coun
ty, as the property of Silas Mercer, late
of said county, deceased. Sold for the
benefit of the heirs and creditors of said
deceased—Verms made known on the day.
ANN MERCER, Admrx.
Jan 7 1840 id 41
FOUND
BY 11 ic snhscri 'er two pieces of cloth
ing on the 19th iiMt., on the road lie
tween Florence MiiOj.tinpsey Hall’s. The
owner can have the same by giving a satis
factory description and being qualified to
the same within two months and paying for
the advertisement.
E. DASHER.
Jan. "2, 1810 Qt 42
;■? © 3? t? IB
‘ i * and
F.iT. TDK M! EKOK,
TO THE DEPARTING YEAR.
Aoao,
Oil! farewell cigh'evu thirty nine,
’i’hou soon wilt he forever gone;
Thy moinhs, thy days ua longer mine,
To work tvhat’s good, or do what’s wrong,
e
More, fraught wiiii ill to methou’st been,
Than years before thee were.
And all toy fljeiiug in nil nts seem,
To me, the eh uie of some past year.
Y>t. with regret I from thee part, ,
And would th it thou could’st longerstay,
Pei haps some good might cheer this heart.
Before another new year’s day.
And shall that day, to-morrow come,
A ml nsli'T in a brighter year—
And thou thyself, forever gone—
While 1 am stiil, a bubble here.
Or shall that year, more sorrow bring
To him, who does already feel
Affliction's ever smurfing sung.
And under pressing fortune reel.
Or still more sad, that year may end
This feeble tenement of clay—
Oil ! in iy it prove a faithful friend.
To lead this souitli.it brighter way.
N. T.
Dec. 31*4, 1839, 11 o'link at night
FO'.l THE MIKBOR.
THE CONSUMPTIVE TO HIS
FLUTE.
My long neglected (lute,
i t ike luce up again,
Though long tuou iuiM been initte,
To hear iliy plaintive strain.
To hear that air ‘ 6 1 iect Home,"
ill\ ( v.:r fivoYite song
Aml from til v pensive liman,
On . coUid 1 hear it long.
It moves me bu-A again,
To once in. happy home —
And hrings in memory’s train,
Thy then melodious tone.
Thou in.ik'stinc think of friends,
Who then to me were dear—
And now dost make amends,
For many a silent year.
1 love thee now, as then,
When in that joylul time,
Thou didst in concert Idcud
Thy notes with Adaliue.
Ah ! yes, full well I loved
To hear thy softer lays—•
And my affliction proved,
Tiie shortirng of my days.
My countenance most sad,
My voice with fecule sw ell,
Mv face with paleness elad,
And hollow cheek »hl tell.
The reason why so mute.
Thou didst so long remain,
Tiie ’■rjisoii why my tlnte
From thee, 1 must relrain.
There is no other one,
That can ihy place supply.
1 love but thee alone
And yet must pass thee by.
No other sound so sweet,
Nor music in my ear.
As thine own notes that greet
This sad heart with thees.
J.'v lonesome wintry hours
Alone, -.houeanst make glad
My oft felt dormant powers
Arouse, and vigour add.
Oh! fare thee veil my flute,
Tbouh well, 1 love thee still,
Thou must henceforth b mute,
No more nif nerves to thrill.
N. T.
Ptficari O*. Go. Jan. 18, 1840.
, From the \Ladies' Companion.
“OUR DOCTOR.”
BY AX.I S. STEi'HEM.
I have had a Felicia us dream, in which 1
have lived over a lew hours ol pleasure.
With it was combined much <tl the poetry
ol sickness—much to make the heart thank
ful. t here was pain, too, but it did nut
seem as such, lor the sufferings of child
hood may pass for the pleasuics ol riper
age. jhe atmosphere was no longer moist
with the morning dew, and the old oak cast
iis Miadow along the front of our house,
darkeumgtlie thick rose-bushes, and form
ing a cool nook for my sistei's play house,
winle the sun fell biiglitly itiruugli its ou
ter branches and quivered over the shoit
■grass in the loiegrotind, like threads ol flex
idle silver weaving themselves into a ground
work of emerald giteu. A soft breeze was
siiriug, such as diaw color to the
lips of an invalid without chilling bis frame
while the river, ts it washed its bauks, and
tiie green tre- s, as they swayed gently to
the whispering wind, gave out a soil sleepy
sound, calculated to soothe even pain to
quietness.
My lather look mein l.is arms, and bore
me carefully out into ttie shadow of tiie
oak. 1 was in the blessed sunlight, for the
first limp, after six long, loug weeks of ill
ness. Oh, how deliciously tlie bland air
came up from ihe river, and swept over my
languid temples ! What a blisslul tremor
ran through my form, as i was placed in ihe
easy cliair which my mother had carefully
arranged for me ! A sensation of new life
thrilled every nerve. 1 was as one lilted
up from the grave into the beautiful light ol
lieaveu, the Inst breath of pure air came to
my cheek with so sweet a touch. It seem
ed as if a cloud of invisible spirits were fan
ning me with their wings. The sluggish
blood started in my veins, and thrilled me
with a sensation of exquisite pleasure The
atmosphere seemed imbued with anew and
more subtle property. My brain quickened
—my senses drank in the perfume ul the
flowers that flushed me liver’s bank, and
responded to Ihe hum of ihe summer insects
wuich haunted the ruse-thickets and the
honeysuckle vines, with a capacity for en
joyment which 1 had never experienced be
fore. My mother carefully lolded me in a
cloak, and Kissing me, exclaimed—' “.See,
how the color is coming to her poor, (hit:
cheeks.”
My lather met lic-r glance of congratula
tion, and smilling a happy, grateful smile,
looked afl'ectioiiaiely upoiidue, and well lie
might, il lie loved his child ; lor while yet
scarcely entering into my girlhood, 1 iiad
been stricken down with a violeut and dan
gerous illness, which had disolatcd many a
neighboring heartstoue. For weeks 1
had trembled on tiie brink of the grave, a
long feverish dream, lull of delirium and
pain, had been before me, and 1 was but
just recovering from it. With gladsome la
ces and half uttered blessings, ivy parents
left me to the enjoyment of the scene, i
looked eagerly abroad upon the valley.
The gieen, heavy folliage ol tbt piue grove
across the way, shivered and thrilled to tiie
morning air, and a whispering melody stole
out, low and sad, as it the dying flowers
were breathing a requiem underneath the
trees. Above was the blue sky. out to my
feeble vision, it seemed ar. ocean of silvery
billows laiing in dazzling masses tar o
verhead. The brightness pained me, and
1 turned my eyes in the earth again. How
refreshingly green it was! —and the noise ol
the waterlul! near—how cool and melodious
was its splashing music! Strange that ns
monotony should so have pained me during
my fever!
My sisters brought out their playthings,
and heaped ihem on the grass belure me, all
the while laughing and chatting so happily
us they assorted them, congratulating tiiem
selves over and over that 1 was well enough
to come out with them once moie! Now
and tlieu they would look up from their
playthings, dwell anxiously on my lace, and
ask, if 1 were tired, or if they should play
something else ; then one would n.sist on
raising the pillow aliiLle, and would smooth
my hair so kindly, while tiie other ran out
amoua; the rose-bushes, and tearing oli the
great blossoms with merciless prodigality,
brought them for me to look upon. Dear
sister, she little kuew now taint and strength
less 1 was; the very roses were oppressive
as they lay breathing 00l odor and unlold
ing their damask heaitsin nt_. lap.
Untile opposite side o! the river, a little
up the rugged bank, was rooted a slender
,ish, and on one of the topmost boughs, was
just di,u:igiusiiabio, among the delicate
leaves, a dark object which l knew to be one
of the purse-like, hanging nests, built by
the English rub n. J lie owner birds Were
fluttering about the tiee with their Orilhuut
plumage flashing hi the sunlight like a pair
of tiger liliies adrift oil lue wind. I’iiey are
scarce and beautiful birds, Hie very gems ol
the sir—these English robins. 4 am not
ornithologist euougu lo know it they have
any other name. J heir plumage is ol .hi
vid scarlet, changing now an I then in a
siiong sunlight, lo a flower-tike tint, as if the
feathers were tipped with powdered gold.
There wa a spot, just beneath the tree,
ou which my eyes dwelt wiih longing inten
sity. It was one of those cool little hollows
which we often see on a hibken hi lside;
the grass, to a little distance around, was
delightfully green, and 1 couid just dis
tinguish the sparkle ol waters as they leap
ed from a little rocky basin and trickled
down tire bank, giving IrosiiueSs and hie to
the heritage in their pathway, it was lor
that bright water which 1 thirsted with an
absorbing desire. There it was, leaping
and (lashing, as if in mockery before my
eyes; 1 could almost hear it mtiruidring
unde, the grass with that suit liquid flow
which seems almost to quench t Lit st with
ts very melody, and yet it was lorbidden to
tne. Our doctor was a man of much knowl
edge—a successful practitioner, out, poss
essed of inveterate prejud.ces, lie strict!)*
prohibited water in all i ises ol fever. H«
was as stithbo. ii a water-hater as Mr. Wil
lis Tomaso ; one would have thought that
like him, lie suspected, that ’since the worid
was drowned iu it, it has tasted ol shiners,”
and that his patients might ne tainted with
it. Be this as it may, lie would as soon have
administered a dose ol prussic acid, as a
spoonful of the pure cientcut taono SUtier
ing under the disease that was ravaging o ir
neighborhood. Through six ; on * WCflks
of parching fever, I had tasted water only
once. That one. —it -almost makes me
smite to think of il—the girl, in her haste to
obey a summons from n y sick room, had
placed a brimming ewer on the carpel. All
day 1 had been praying lor water Uue
drop—one little drop was alii asked, but it
was denied to ihc. 1 was alone, burning
with thirst, rest less with feverish pain, and
there, a few yards froui,me, stood the for
gotteu ewer, with tlie coveted moisturedri|i
piug tlrop by droji over its sides. In me
plirensy of desire I crept from my bed and
dragged myself along tiie floor till tiie deli
cious beverage was gained. 1 lifted iny ree
ling head, seized the vessel, and drank—oh,
with what intoxicating delight! Could 1
have coined each drop Ist a a diamuuh attire
moment, I would not have thus enriched
myself. 1 remember it all as a dream, but
jit was a moment of delicious pleasure. L
would almost utter the same pvivalunr to
taste such happiness again. Wlieu the
servant relumed, she found me lying satia
ted and asleep—asleep by the half empty
ewer, with my night-clothes lyipgwet about
me, and tiie carpel under my head- satura
ted with the water, spilt in my eagerness to
drink. The poor girl was dreadfully fright
eued ; a sound rating from “The Doctor,”
and perhaps a trial for manslaughter, were
the most, gentle consequences her imagina
tion taught lier to expect from Iter negligence
After sobbing and wriugiug her hands most
tragically for a sea on, she changed nty
clothes, placed me in bed again, and like a
wise girl, resolved io keep tjerown council
in the affair. That night site was a faiihlnf
watcher, and I had a !«ng, refreshing sleepl
The next morning found me much better,
which the good doctor pronounced as the
result of some half dozen powders which
were to have been taken in roasted apples du
ring the night.
From the day of inv stolen indulgence,
to the time when they earned me into the
open air for the first tune, water hid keen
carefully excluded from my room. Is it to
oe wondered at then th it the “Rock Spring.’*
with its bright grass and pure waters, should
lie the first object to tix my attention 1 My
second shfei lo,lowed tijo direction of niv
eyes, and underatood th ir longing "Xprss
sion.
‘•Yon may Imve *ome —you shall. I will
run and ask mother," she okt laimed, push
ing a heap of inusiin and silk pieces—an el
der-wood pin-case, and a half-dressed doll
out ol her lap, an I jumping up, ran into
tiie house. Directly sic appeared with her
pink sun-bonnet on, and a pitcher in her
hand.
‘•You may havesotnc drink—mother says
you may. lam going alier it. I’ll dip it
out of tiie very cold si part of the basin, and
bring a lot of peppermint and sweet flag
root with it! her ciieeitul voice was lost
on the air as she darted through the gate
and over the old wooden bridge toward the
• Rock Spring."
A few moments, and she came running
back with her bonnet hanging to her neck
hy tiie strings, her generous, bright face alt
ii a glow, and the water dashing over her
hands at each bounding step.
“Here, drink, dink !" she said, eager
ly, holding the pitcher to my innutli---“driuk
quick— quick ! for the doctor is coming !”
A few drops from the offered vessel were
enough to satisfy my cravings. The fever
had left me, and it was rather from a wish
for the taste of water, than from any unnat
ural thirst that I had so desired u draught
from the spring.
The tramp of a horse, steady and sedate
injiis movements, was heard on the bridge.
“There itc comes ! there he comes!" cried
my kind sister, half frightened out of her
wits, and Hatching the pitcher from .ay
lips. she darted into the house. 1, too, star
ted forward in my chair, and would have
followed her, but tiie cfl'nrt overcome my
feeble strength. I fell back faint and pan
ting for breath. Tramp ; tramp; tramp,
came the sound of hoofs over the bridge
then the noise was broken by the gravel at
the cud, and just uaderneain the boughs of
the old chestnut, which siood tii«re like a
veteran sentinel, guarding th • pass, appear
ed “our doctor.”
Our doctor was a character odd and droll
as a character ought to he. lie and his
horse hud grown old with the 'illage. For
ten miles around, lie reigned a perfect med
ical despot. There wu» not a child in ihe
neighborhood who would not run away and
hide itself like a frightened partridge at the
very sight of nis saddle bags- One might
well have judged of his character as lie,
enlarging from under the chestnut, moun
ted on ti piece of living antiquity in the
shape of a venerable horse, whose gaunt
frame looked as ii it had been fed on its mas
ters refuse me ficiucs- The poor beast
had been a patriarch of tiie plough, and
like many wiser animals, never could for
get his old vocation. 11 is propensities were
always earthward ; every tiling about hint
dropped from the grisly hair hanging over
his hoots, to the long forelop, which stream
ed like an Indian’s scalp over his meagre
face and blear eye. 1 m -st except his mane
for that could not he said to have any par
ticular propensity. It was-so matted togeih
er with burs, that it was difficult to guess
of what material it was formed. Nothing
could have |i .n.mixed better than the
horse and bis ar ■> itieuients/ The bridle
bail been siiii-'uc-* witu rain and suushiue
till it rattled ag.iiu-t the poor beast’s ueck
at every footfall ; the saddle was old-—worn
and discolored ; while the leathern saddle
bags, which contained half the contents of
an apothecary's shop, sa-ulod a part and
parcel of the bea«t, so admirably did they
correspond with his sides, which had lost
most o: their hairy coating in tiie agricul'u
ralservica before inenlinir and. But the doc
tor —I cannot say tint he looked exactly
like his horse, though, in some things, there
certainly was a resemblance. The doctor
was about forty, very lean, and crippled
in both- his legs, ijis horse, if .ve may
judge front appearance, was nearly the
same age, blind ol one eye, With a form
guiltless ol more flash than wa; absolutely
necessftrv to hold ,iis riekotiy joints togeth
er. The doctor aliv.iys affirmed that lus
beast, though rather tough in the exterior,
knew mure than most men ; while every body
said that his master w >s as odd as odd could
he, and as ugly in face and person as a man
might reasonably wish to he, had his auibi-
I uun in that line been ever so great, but that
i there was flat 3 physician in the oou&t^t
ITO 4’Je
could coimwte with him in medical skill.
It moulii be unjust to draw a parallel be
tween the and. cior and hk> howe,-farthertba»*
the corporeal poruou ol man and beast was
concerned, fur notwitostaiiduig ins antipa
thy to coin w ater. the doctor was uncommon
ly skilful iu hut profession, had received an
iiiKotpeciionable diploma from the medical.
Hoard in New-Uavcn, and was, moreover, a 1
man ol vast general kuowladge; but 1 nev
er enmd learn that tile horse had ever been
honored with a diploma, or was, iu any way,,
remarkable for scientific remark. Lei Tin*
he as it may, a cannot bedemed that master
and beast could not be more completely
created for each other, than were the doc
tor as we have described him, in his ill-made
clothe:, and huge bar-skin cap, which gavn
his head muen the appearance ol a block
wosp’s-uest; and the ugly animal on which
lie usunily appeared with Ins dutches cros
sed ou his saddle how,.aud ms withered legs
dangling over ihe store ol medicines packed
to his saddlebau*.
1 know that ii is very uncivil to leave the
learned physician so long under iheehest
nui, hui it would be an aggravation ol the
offence had the character of so important •
fuucti nary been est to conjecture. Well,,
lie rode majestically toward the house, aud
after dismounting with some difficulty, pla
ced his saddle-hags over one arm, and Ins
crutches undei both, and advance . into tiie
yard. Wlieu lie saw um silting in the ea*y
chtvir. with my sister's play things seaiteied
about me he stoppedsliort, «ud planting Lie
crutches deep in the grass called out—
“tiulloo, you young chatterbox—how
came you here; doe* that obstinate woman
want lo kill you V *
L stammered out something about my pit
rents having brought me there.
••Moie tools they. You'll catch cold,
and il ou do you'll Uie, 1 can tell them that.
Inn it’ll serve them right---lor what business
had they to let you come out till they had
asked me, i should like to know ! But
you’ll die, and i shan’t pity them.-—a pack,.
• •i luols!"
A cold chill crept over me tu his repeti
tion ol the words “You will die." Tut*
tears started to my eyes hi spite of a strong
eflort lo prevent tiiem, and shuddering with
ie.tr, 1 closed iwy eyes on the bciutiful
greeu earth with a feeiing of painful and
sudden diead---lfie dread ot death ; oh, what
a host ot terrible and tender feelings are
intermingled iu ihat fear I The doctor rai
sed Ills crutches and hobbled a step nearer
than lie was, doubtless, softened by the sud
den palor that sett led ou my lace.
“Dou’i cry, little chatterbox, he said put
ting my head wi;h Ins little bony hand,
“don’t cry, we s .all raise you yet, i ratiier
guess, bill 1 wouldn’t have given Inurpeticd
or yoe, three weeks ago. There, there,
you little fool, don’t sob so; you’ll make
yourself sick again. 1 did not mean to
iriglileu you, but here shall be iio neglect :
lie broke otf suddenly, drew back th*
hand with which he had been patting my
lie,id, itid passing it over Ins eya s, mutter
iug
“My poor Theresc. If I had given half as
much care to tier as 1 have to you, she
would have been alive now.”
1 looked up; the doctor's face was elo
quent w ith grief, and a tearstood on his lean
check. Poor man ! tiiough odd aud eceu
tnc, he had a hear,. Therese was his el
dest child—a sweet, geutie and most loving
creature. A lew-weeks previous to my ill
ness, she had complained ol headache and
dullness Ibrseveral days.iii succession. Her
hither, who was more than commonly en
gaged m ii is profession, considered her in
disposition as light, aud neglected the first
symptoms ul'iever till ti;ey gained a st cugllt
tiiat baffled even ins great skill. His first
born died; died hy hei father’s negligence.
Ihe pour man felt it to his heart’s core.
No wonder that the tears started lo Ins eye*
when he contrasted my convalescence with
her death.
The doctor was, by far, too odd a man t* '
indulge in genuine feeling lor more tliau a
moment. W ipmg Ins eyes, he resumed lus
usual half comic expression, and called lor
my ipoUier in a voice that brought all the
inmates ot tiie house rushing to the door,
tor they supposed tiiat 1 must havu tainted,
or died, perhaps, iu my chair.
“Take iii.it young-one into the house?”
vociferated lie. pointing to the door with his
crutch, "take tier up aud put her in bed ; ten
chances to one she lias caught her death hy
yi«ur lolly, and if she escapes, there’ll be no
thanks to you fur it, 1 cuu tell you."
My mother strove in v.nu to eotivincehiia
that she acted hy hisordersin convey ing ine
tuto the air, which, indeed, was true. Noth
ing would pacily him, hut he insisted that
I trust be carried to bed ; so I was taken,
terrified aud weak from apprehensions exci
ted by the physician, and carried to my sick
room again. The doctor left me some qui
eting-drops, and departed. 1 felt a sensa
tion of relief when the solemn tramp of hi*
old horse again struck on my ear as he
sulked over the bridge; and when the noou
passed without bringing any of t e unfavor
able symptoms which would baVo been tne
effect of a sudden cold, the apprehensions
which had chilled iny hsart died away, aud
1 slept.
When 1 awoke, ths purple glow of sunset
filled niv room, the windows of which open
ed towards Tail’s liill. The edrtains were
drawn back, and the hill, with its taper
steeple and while houses, embedded arm
half concealed by numerous trees, lay tr«-
foreme, mellowing in the crimson haze of ts
warm sunset. A soft toisiy gloom lay afoog
the ground, aod in the bosum of the trues,
while the church window seemed burGfsk
cd into sheet gold, so strongly did they re
flect the dying light. A few still, mdfu>-
choly moments, and the purple gloom bird
darkened tne whole picture, safe where fjf*
flashing sunbeams played brightly arounw
the glittering churchvaoe and slowlV
peared. Tten night came 6ft. OUe fouro
bright star stole oot, and trembled
mother’s grave. I knew that it wds feis.
resting-place on which the light slept, fs.
could distinguish the marble slabs, embetfc
’ ded as they were in the gathering gloom.
Oh, how solemn and melancholy were ,y«y’
! feelings, as I lay with my eyes Axed on That
bright star, shedding its purple tfant)«t4j
light over the place of the dead—it was ii
: pure, so heavenly! The tears jr©s>Vu oftgir
i my cheeks as 1 gazed, aud Sweet, wiysieriofe
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