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Nf o3b 3x THE UEOKtiIA HIKES OR IS PUBLISHED EVERT SATURDAY, By B. Clardner \ J. L. Bulls ( Editors and Proprietors.) At HI REE DOLLARS a year, if paid in ndvance, or FOUR DOLLARS, if not pai* 1 until the end of the year. Advertisements will be conspicuously nserted at One Dollar per square, (15 lines ot less,) the first, and 50 ceuts for each sub sequent insertion. AH advertisements handed in f®r publi ,!«tion without » limitation, will be published t II forbid, and charged accordingly. Sales of Land and Negroes by Execu t 1$ . and ninUtrators and Guardians, are re 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 1 height* euu*e Oivomij tfiy Scatafj<£,<» #f.