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Miscellaneous * facts.
r.T-r.i the Salat hi el.
THE FALL OF JERUSALEM.
The fail of our illustrious and unhappy city
was supernatural. Tl'.e destruction oi the con
quered was against the first piinciples of Ro
man poliev; and, to the last hour of our national
existence, Hume held out offers ol peace, and
i imenteJ our frantic determination to bo undone,
•llut the decree was gone forth from a mightier
throne. During the latter days ot the siege, a
hostility to which that of man was as a grain ol’
sand to the tempest that drives it on, overpower
ed our strength and senses. Fearful shapes
and voices in the air; visions starting us from
our short and troubled sleep; lunacy in its most
hideous forms, sudden death in the midst of vig
or, the fury of the elements let loose upon our
Unsheltered h ads, we had every terror and evil
that ould beset human nature, but pestilence,
the most probable of all in a city crowded with
famidling, the diseased, and wounded, and the
deo Hut though the streets were covered wi*.i
the unburied; though every wall and trench was
teoiin ig though six hundred thousand corpses
lay hung over the rampait, and nuked to tit
suu—i> •stilenee came n >t; tor if it had com ,
the netny would have been scared away. It
the “abomination of desolation,” the Pagan
standard was fixed, where it was to remain un
til tile plough passed over Jerusalem.
On this night, this fatal night, no man laid, his
\cnd upon nis pillow. Heaven and earth were i
i:i conflict. Meteors burned above us ; la
ground shook under our feet; the volcano blaz- i
ed; th .> wind burst forth in irresistable whirl
winds, tar into the desert. We heard the bellow
ing of the distant Mediteranean, as if its w aters
were swelled bv anew deluge. Ihe lakes and
rivers roared and inundated the land. Ihe fie
ry s word shot out tenfold fire. Showers of blood
foil, rhunder pea'.jd from every quarter of the ;
heavens. Lightning, in immense sheets, of an
intensity and duration that turned the darkness
into more than day, withering eye and soul, re
turned from the zenith to the ground, and mark
ed its track by forests in flame, and the shatter
ed summits of the hills.
Defence was unthought of, for the mo'tal
one ill v had passed from the mind. Our hearts
quaked for fear, but it was to see the powers of
heaven shaken. All cast away the shield and
spear, and crouched before the descending
judgement. We were concience smitten. Our
erics of remorse, anguish and horror, were heard
through the uproar of the storm. We howled
to the caverns to hiJo us; we plunged into the
sepulchres to escape the wrath that consumed
the living. We could have buried ourselves un
der t iiountams.
I knew the cause, the unspeakable cause,
and knew the last hour of crime was at hanii.
A few fugitives, astonished to see one man
among them not sunk into the lowest feeble
ness of fear, came around me, and besought me
to lead them to some place of safety, it such
were now to be found on earth. 1 told them
openlv that they were to die, and counselled
them to die in the hallowed ground of the tern-
pie.—They followed, and I led them through
the streets eneu bered with every shape of hu
man suffering', to the foot of mount Moriah.
But ueyond that we found advance impossible.
P.les of cloud, whose darkness was palpable,
even ir, the midnight in which we stood, cover
ed the holy hi!!.” Impatient, and not to be
daunted at any thing that man could overcome,
I cheered mv disheartened band, and attempted j
to lead the’ way up the ascent. But I had |
scarcely entered the cloud when I was swept
downward by a gust that tore the rocks in a
flinty shower around me. “Now came the most
and last wonarubS sight, that marked the “f
rejected Isreal.”
While I lay helpless, I heard the Whirlwind
roar through the cloudy hill, and the vapors be- ,
gan to revolve. A pale light, like that of the
rising moon, quivered on the edges; and the
clouds rose rapidly, shaping themselves into the
forms of battlements and towers. The sound
of voices was heard within, low and distant, yet
strangely sweet, Still the lustre brightened, and
the airy building rose, tower on tower and bat
tlement on battlement. In awe that held us j
mut s we knelt and gazed, upon this more
thru mortal i.ehitecture, that continued ri
sing and spreading with serener light, still sofl
and silvery, yet to which the broadest moon
beam was dim. At last it stood forth to earth
and heaven, the collossal image of the first tem
ple of the building raised by the wisest men,
and consecrated by the. visible glory. All Je- ’
rusalem, saw the image, and the shout that in 1
the midst of their despair ascended from its
thousands, told hat proud remembrances were ‘
there. But a hvmn was heard that might have !
hushed the world beside. Never fell on my ear,
“never on the human sense, a sound so’ ma
jestic, yet so subduing; so full of melancho
ly, yet of grandeur and command. The vast
por:.i! opened, and irornit marched a host, sie
as man have never seen before, such as man
shall never see but 0n,.0 again—the guardian
angels of the city of David! They came forth
glorious, but woe in all their stops; the stars
upon their helmets dim; their robes stained;
tows flowing down their celestial beauty. “Let
us go hence,” was their song of sorrow. “Let
us go hence;” was answered hy echoes from
tlio mountains. “Let us go hence,” swelled
upon tlio night to the lhrthest limits of the land.
—Ttie procession lingered long upon the sum
mit of tho hill. The thunder pealed, and they
rose at the command, diffusing ray3 of iigi*
a:ver the expanse of heaven. Their-chorus vvn
iiearj, still magnificent and melancholly, when
their, splendor was diminished to tho brightness
of a star. The thunder roared again; the clou
<ly temple was scattered on the wind, and dark
ness, 1 io oico of the grave, settled upon Jeru
salem!
Some months ago, on • o< tho partners of an
old anJ long since dissolved firm, recollect!-,
that among the property of the company then
was an e>ta!e at tile South which had been ‘a
ken, rather than nothing, for a bad debt; and it I
Lay somc.vhvic in one of the regions lately be■!
come so famous for gold. The musty deed
was looked tip; and the land examined when
sure enough a mine was discovered upon it, ot
surpassing richness. As the best means ot
bringing property into market, a charter was
obtained for a Company, and the estate p it in at
the round sum of five hundred thousand dollars,
divided into five thousand shares ot one hun
dred dollars each. Lest half a million should
prove to be an inadequate guess, the stock was
chiefly distributed among family friends. W ell,
the work was commenced, and one stamping
machine was found to produce fifteen hundred
dollars per lav, with an expenditure o three
hu idre \ l iving a nett profit of twelve hundr and
dollars a ,iav. V-startling beginning! 12 hun
dred dollars a day is $370,000 a year, calcula
tin'six Jays to the week, which by the way is
the inode of calculating which produces most
gold from all mines. Then it is only necessa
i v to increase the number of stamping machines
in order to double, treble or quadruple the pro
duct. Four stamping machines operating at a
clear profit of twelve hundred dollars, is five
thousand dollars a day, more or less. We state
round numbers, for i few thousands any way
are of no consequence in su h a concern. 1* iy ■
thousand dollars a dav, is i million and a halt a
year. We stop here. Otiiors can calculate the
effect of a still greater number of machines, and
go <>n till numbers fail. Suffice it to say, the
shares arc e irt at at five hundred dollars each.
—JV*. ¥. Journal oj Com.
! Poping Me Question. — 1 “Oh beautiful, oh!
more than beautiful! for thou to me art like a
! dream unbroken,” exclaimed the young leader
of Israel, “let me, let me breathe my adoration.
I offer the not “tnpire; I offer thee not wealth:
SI offer thee not all the boundless gratification of
| magnificent fancy—.hese may be thine, but a'i
these thou hast proved —but if the passional af
fections of a spirit, which ne’er has vie! ed to
the power of woman, or the might of man—if the
deep devotion of the soul ot Alroy be deemed
an offering meet for the shrine of thv surpass
ing loveliness, I worship thee, Schirene, I wor
ship thee, I worship thee!
“Since I first gazed upon thee, sitiee thy beau
ty first rose upon my piesence like a star, bright
with my destiny, in the still sanctuary of my se
cret love, thy idol has ever rested. Then, then,
I was a thing whose very touch thy creed might
count a contumely. I have avenged the insults
of long centuries in the best blood of Asia ; I
have returned, in glory and in pride, to claim
my ancient sceptre; but sweeter far than ven
geance, sweeter far than the quick gathering of
my sacred tribes, the rush of triumph and the
blaze of empire; is this brief moment of adoring
love, wherein I pour the passion of my life.”
[ Wondrous Tale of llroy.
“■■rpelual Youth. —l saw lately, in a newspa
p r, the death of “Miss Ebzabeth B .”
The history of this singular individual was so
extraordinary, that I cannot forbear communica
tingsuchportionsof ittothe ladies ,f my acquain
tauce, as come within my recollection. It has
the advantage of being authentic, if not interes
ting—for tho facts which I shall relate are no
toriously true.
If you have ever stopped at the little old
ante-revolutionary city oi’ A ,on your pil
grimage to Mount Vernon, perhaps I can recall
her to your recollection, bv her . mall, light,
perp, n icualar form, her tasteful, dress, her
girl-like trip, her laughing bin * eye, golden rin
glets, smooth, delicately tinted cheek, coral lips,
j pearly teeth,lounded neck,-mall handsome feet,
slim waist, beautiful bust, graceful motion,
j perfect mouth, and—in short, 1 have no lou ~
| you fell in love with her. I think I saw you
i one day. standing upon Newton’s -t, •*, it,.
’ ■“
r- „ ~*'e„t and heard von snv she wa
shops, on King-0..
more like a real sylph, than any unng vou na
ever seen.
Well, sir, isl had told you that this littie fairy
was seventy five years old, you would not have
believed but that I was joking: but mv- rtheless,
I should have spoken nothing but the naked
truth. Long before the revolutionary war
ob, she must have been older, for at that time
I she was the belle of IV illiamsburg, the toast of
| Norfolk, and the barbacue of all ‘hat part of
Virginia. Colonel H. whom Mrs. H. allows
fto be sixty-live years old, told me that win n a
boy, his uncle, old William 11. nf King and
Queen, wa.-; near getting into, a duel on her ac
count, with Major S. who died some years ago,
of old age. in fact there is no telling how old
she was ; her origin is not recorded. Lik • that
ol the pyramids, it rests solely upon tradition.
My good sir, she must have been more than
seventy five when you fell in love wiih her.
At the time of tho capture of Cornwallis, she
was in love with a young midshipman of the
British navy, by the name of Gimbold, who
made a narrow escape by jumping into James’
river. After this, --he remained single, in spite
of various offers iron several generations of
•men, down to the present time. Many are the
hearts and souls, which, f 1 fc■ liujii Hahn s, have
become roast meat for her sake. But th, ita
del of her affections remained firm. In vain
was the raw recruit and tho old veteran brought
against it; the wall was closed up with the
“ English aead.” Her heart was in the bottom
of Junes’ River, with Thomas Gimbold.
But the most melancholy part es her death is,
that the mystery of perpetual rejuvenescence has
died with her. Ihe whole case clearly proves,
that a woman can keep a secret; and it estab
lishes beyond a doubt that she can make scien
tifi’ discoveries. Nay, more, it proves that a
woman eun act upon principle, for had she dis
closed her secret of eternal youth, the world
would have been turned upside down. In the
hi-tory of a woman, an epoch, dreadful to ima
gine, would have arisen. We should not, thence
forth, have been able to distinguish our grand -
mothers, whom wo may not marry. We should
have fallen in love with our great-aunts. The
oid ladies having more art than the young, would
have a decided advantage over them. A queen
°f May. might have had her great great grand
mothers, for maids of honour. We should ha
had no respect for the aged. A bachelor, w.
had no particular fancy for octogenarians, would j
have been obliged to pray the gods for help to i
enable him to distinguish them, nnd strength to |
resist their charms. M hen lie thought himself
the happv bridegroom ot blooming nineteen, he
would suddenly have found himself the unfortu
nate stepfather of five successive generations.
But I will not dwell on the picture. It is suffi- ;
cient, that Miss Betsy had the skill to discover, j
the constancy to preserve so dangerous a secret;
and she had ’ her reward. She flourished iu
eternal youth. But like all great public bene
factors, her motives and character wore misun
derstood, her memory was bitterly execrated by i
the old maids, of the Old Dominion. Even 1
when alive she did not escape persecution. . I
have when a boy, seen very respectabl ladies
of mv aunt dbagail’s acquaintance, work them-,
selves up into a perfect agony in sp aking ot
her. “She paints,” said Miss Coldcream; “she
nowders,” observed Miss Starch ; “she has a
false face,” exclaimed Miss Looking-glass, |
“she sleeps in kid gloves,” shouted Miss
Whale! >ono; “she blankets htrself,” shrieked
Miss Magnesia; “but her lips,” said Miss Ver
million ; “and her neck, said Miss Powderpufl.
Here Mis- Whalebone fell .nto hysterics, and
Miss Coldcream . gan o foam at the mouth;
Miss Starch tainted. At length Miss Looking
glass, aft i a little reflection, spoke up; “I’m de
termined,” said she “to find out il'key-holes will
serve my purpose ; she shall come to my house
and take the blue room, and keep it a fortnight;
and then, said she, while a buz of applause went
round the room, “then we shall be mistresses ol
the gieatest invention female ingenuity ever
discovered. Then shall the whole army of
bachelors yield, and the glorious company of
unmarried nieu be subdued. Then shall our
sex be respected, admired, adored:” Her en
thusiasm was contagious. Mi ; s Starch forgot
her dignitv, and clapped her hands. Miss \ cr
tillion absolutely coloured ; Miss Powderpufl,
for the first time in her life showed her teeth,
and Miss Whalebone, to my astonishment, ca
pered about the room like a frolicsome child.—
But the secret was never discovered. Miss B.
always dressed one undressed within the bed
curtains. At last, the opinion was advanced by
Dr. Brown, that she changed her skin every
spring, and that further enquiry was useless.—
Many thought this a ruse ot the doctor’s to keep
his profosssional faith inviolate. But as he
happens to be still alive, I will say n • more up
on that subject. ‘He knows all about it!’ said
Miss Looking glass, ‘the vile wretch attended
her through her last sickness. But he is an
old Bachelor, what can you expect of him?’
Alas, poor Miss Betsy ! she fought long and
manfully against hue, but the old tyrant has
conquered her at last. Peace be to her shades!
i If ever I go back to Virginia, I shall surely make
! a visit to the spot to see what the stone cutter
has put upon her tomb stone.— W est. Monthly
Mag.
THE CARNIVAL IN PERU.
FROM TEMPF’s TRAVELS IN PERU.
Dead asleep—Comical merriment —Costune of
the Cholas.
Feb 2S.—Had a stranger tor the first time
entered potusi about noon on this day, ho might
have imagined that he have arrived in an unin
habited city. All doors and windows were clo
sed; business of every kind was at a stand, and
even the market-places were deserted and with
out any supply of provisions; not a living soul
was to be seen in the streets; the wary condor,
which usually shuns the abode of man, soared
over the town as in surprise at the dessolation;
a deathlike silence prevailed, as though the in
habitants were slreti hed in their tonilisifo or
stretched in their beds, dead asleep! ;*
Y esterday being shrove Tuesday, the erf&re
day and night were spent in one eontinued
round of mirth and fest vity peculiar to these
people, who, at all times, prefer their numerous
” to their few days of work; but, on this
hoitU"*.,- ~ , ■'■* of the concerns of this
festival, a.. ou “‘“ , ‘-•mrlon <, lirr the
world or the next, ar* ,l tol v a ““- * n
purpose of devoting them wholly aim ‘“l’ f y |
the enjoyment of the last day of the carnival. ,
Grandfathers and grandmothers, with one
foot in the grave, withdraw it on this occasion’
for the last feeble hope in the dancing ring of
younger generations. All seem inspired with j
the innocent folly of the first ehildhood and the t
whole population, male and female, become
blended as in one family paity of joy and jubi
lee. Being one of them, I should feel forever
ashamed had I declined performing my pail; I
therefore dealt and root ived, with inconsiderate
prodigality, show -rs of flower, powdered starch,
and bonbons; Ip< ted the ladies and vas pel
ted by them with dozens of egg shells, tilled
with perfumed waters, which are sometimes
poured, even to drenching, upon some favorite
victim, and a well directed shot in the face with
one of those egg shells is not at all times agree
able; but, as all sufler alike, no one can feel an
grv at a fellow sufferer’s joke
“Nor jest mean insult where ni< n sympathise.”
Such was the scene yesterday, and such ex
haustion occasioned by dancing, racing, singing
screaming, and unbounded indulgence in drink
of all sorts for twenty-four successive heursthat
this day one-halt the inhabitants kept their beds
from inebiiety, and the other half from exces
sive taligue; that it is to say, some were as in
toxicated with joy as others were with drink
ing.
I owards evening, animation being restored,
all again rose, and, according to ancient cus
fong -dressed and adorned themselves in all the
riches and finery they either posessed or bor
rowed, or could in any way obtain: then pro
ceeded in promenade to a short distance from
the town, under the great mountain, there, in
one grand ter iulia to sit and converse, or, for
those who had strength left, to dance till sun
set. Ibis assemblage is for the purpose of “bu
rying the festivities of the carnival for at the
close of the evening, guitars; fiddles, and pipes
lire bound round with black crape or ribbons,
and, with these emblems of mourning, buried in
the eai th, their uses being supposed to have
ceased with the termination of the carnival.
| The scene was as curious as it was brilliant;
! the quantity of diamonds, pearl and gold and
1 silver ornaments that was displayed, accordin'’ ‘
to the circumstances of the wearers, was im
mense. Some of the carings are so ponderous,
as to require I wind the lop of the head o. a gold
chain, the ends of which are attached to the
ear rings, to relieve the ears from the weight.
The Cholas in particular, pride themselves in
the exhibition of their jewelry this evening; their
’ dress, too, is more conspicuous than that ol
1 others; a full-plaited petticoat, containing from
12 to 14 yards of rich velvet or satin, trimmed
with ribbons of the most r audy colors, and
sometimes with festoons of artificial flowers.
A scarf is thrown over the shoulders, but not
so as to hide the shining raven tresses that hang
in plaits down the back; tan the head they some
times wear a narrow brimmed black hat: similar
to those of the Welsh women. The whole
produces a very striking effect on a fine hand
some figure, which, at the age ot twenty they
generally exhibit.
Although the days of the carnival were spent
tumultuous glee and much drunkenness pie
vafied among all the lower orders, quarrels
were few, and in the densest crowd, picking
pockets were never known or heard of.
“ Pel, Fat ish a man to and >?”—A very simple |
question, and a very natural one for a man in a
dilemma to ask vat ish a man to do? Every
man is liable to get into difficulties, fiom which
he may see no possible way to extricate him
self—in that case, vat ish a man to do? If a
man is attacked by superior force, and there’s
no retreat, vat ish a man to do?—lf a man be
comes harrassed in h s financial concerns, and
his resurces are exhausted, vat ish a man to do?
It a man is sober, and industiious, and honest,
and frugal, and willing to labor, and a prejudice
is raised against him, whereby h - is prevented
from earning subsistance, vat ish a man to do?
A young man becoming of age, without friends,
1 vvithont property and without a knowledge ot
any useful employment is thrown upon the
world to get a living—under such circumstan
ces vat ish a man to do? It a man is persuaded
to embark in any hazardous enterprizc, with the
promise of support, anti is deserted at the criti
cal moment, vat ish a man to do! ll a man is
at the mercy of others, and they have no niotcy
on him, vat ish a man to doi—lf a bachelor
tries his prettiest to get a wife, and the deal,
sweet creatures will not smile upon him, vat
ish a man to do? li he gets a wife, and is bles
sed with a house full of dear little innocents,
and they cry of hunger and we have not th
means to appease their wants, vat ish a man to
do?
A man may be placed in a thousan othei
critical situations, which may lead him to Jxx
claim “Vei, vat ish a man to do!”— People's
Press.
THE WESTERN HERALD
AURARIV, GEORGIA, Jf LY 10,1833.
,V'e are author,/. m 1 to anounce t'l 1 .lame of .uaj
JOEL CRA FOR O, Oi Hancock county, for Governor
at the ensuing Election.
—: •
The proceedings of the 4th of July at Lumpkin Court
House unavoidably left out last week. We understand
that manyothertoasts wore drank on tile occasion, though
w§ have not been furnished with them for publication.
Lot No. 1052, in the 12th District, Ist Section, was
sold by the drawer a f w days since for §30,000, to Maj.
’oseley of Greene county. The purchaser was in pos
session at the time of the sale, where he had been npper
ating very successfully for a few w eeks, under a lease.
A bcautitul specimen was found at the Allatoona Mines
county, tenor twelve days since; a rock which
* ~ . .i 1 -'■nude; with particles of gold so
I weigbeu fwenty-ciglu j.. > V erof
| richly interspersed through n, a£ toeommand an
| one hundred dollars, from a gentleman present at tin
timeof its discovery; which offer, was refused by the fin-
I dor, who being like a great many others, in debt, soon had
1 it taken from his possession by a Constable, who hr Id an
execution against him, and tin same is now advertised
to be sold at. onstable’s sale, and will go to the payment
of the finders debts, provided the owner of the land on
whjcb it was found, does not interpose a claim.
IT IS “ PRINCIPLES t E C.l : FOR, AND NOT
MEN”—BUT THEPEOPLE HAVE CHOICE.
To the Voters of Georgia. —ln your hands are placed
the principles of that g v rument. which once brought ~ IU
less pledge from you, fs ih.is than that of their lives, their
fortunes, and their sacred honors, ‘ lodges which were re
deemed -,n their part, amidst he roa.-f musketry, and the
ratling of poinards, that some imes caused the timid to
shrink from the cause of freedom, and espouse the slavish
anti servile chains of bondage, from which you have been
extricated by Ihevxllitnt, the hrrae,and the more undaunted
in the cause ofliberly. The blessings of which, have
bet n by hereditary succession, transmitted to your cure
and protection. But unfortunately for vou, unfortunately
for your posterity, and unfortunately for this count, y,rnen
are about to occupy- a more exalted station in your esti
mation, than those principles, though be they never so
costly. •
It is true tliat during the last few years struggle for
power in Georgia, that the system of electioneering, tar
nished as it has been, with ccnrassing, bribery, intrigue |
and corruption, was well calculated to dupe the ignorant,and
mislead the unsuspecting, and cause them to slumber tor a
time in heedless carelessness, every way content with the
success of their favorite man for office, without the slight
est enquiry into his principles, 01 ‘he total abandonment of
them on his part, at will or pleasure, whenever he might
find it essential to make a sudden tact, to prolong his po
pularity before you. Yes, this has been your unfortu
nate situation; this has been the way that you have abas,
ed your talent, which it would have been better for you to
have buried, than to exhibit, as you will soon have to do
upon the ruins,o[ liberty in its present tottering,dejaced,ai\i}
almost demedished condition. You have suffered your
selves to be led by those who were nnwqrthy to lead you,
you have been led hood-winked by them, over tho brightest
pages ot American history, to the precipice from which
your fathers rescued your liberty-, amidst the ihreatg ;
Kingly tyrants, and the fear of total extermination from
lilt: arm of Brittons power; with all her aids, “ neither fa
nor feeble” you have suffered your reserved lights so abu*.
ed by being overpowered in Congrees already, that un.
constitutional laws are to be heaped upon you, and io ot
for any sort of resistcnce on your part, you consider fr CB .
son, because these same leaders tell you so. Vou have
elected men to high offices, who have changed so often
that their principles are not known to their most inlirnaie
friends, and you have elected one of this sort too, over t
man, merely because he was honest in avowing his senti.
rnents upon a principle, which all must readily acknow.
ledge, would have been more advantageous to the |>eople
of Georgia, than the chance mode in the distribution of
her Gold Mines among her citizens, by which, but very
few individuals have been benefited, and the State in i| s
sovereign capacity, greatly diminished in its resource!
and the government thereby, much weakened; for money
will be power; whether in the hands of individuals or in
the archieves of the government. But this question auH
many others of like importance, is now disposed of, and
in order to atone for past evils, it is necessary that yon
Should watch well for the future, and endeavour to think
some for yourselves, unless you can get men to think f
you at a more moderate price, than that of bartering away
thi dearest principles of the country, in order to promole
the interest of a few of these designing, changing, intreguiir
time serving, seij upplaudirg, politicians of the day, who are
daily calling on you to support such, and such men amon
them, and tcllin g you that this was done to suit “jar
people” ,i.l tilt anotVrl man must bo elected before
the “poor people” can get tbolr rights, and the-word-,
people” has been found by them to have such an all sarins
in flu- nee in the hour of struggle for office, that they now
have the hardvhooJ, to attempt to cram any tiring donn
you, no matter how ncssius or how corrupt so that it can
be aided a little with the helping cry of the “poor people”
These same o(pce hunters, these same changing, in.
trigueing, self-applauding, bartering, timeserving polil..
cians are now endeavoring to fasten down upon you Ike
spurious offspring of the late Georgia Convention. and tell
you that this, even this was done for the benefit of the
“poor people,” and that you must re-elect the present in.
cumin nt for Governor too; and why, because he is a
fi iend to the “poor people,” he gives them land ffcc,—
But nough of this sort of meandering in filth to trace the
corrupt motives of men, who would thus wantonly, anil
wilfully, abuse tire influence they may have among the
poor hut honest, and unsuspecting part of the communitv,
and thus gull them, into the support of men for office who
, have no- principles themselves, or who for want e.f Him
ness, can turn a political somerset, in the entire abandon
ment of them, with as much dexterity as ever the champ.
onweathcr-cock.Gov. Lumdkin, himself did, or would
have turned one,whenever la found it necessary, in ordtr
■ etain the confidence of those same “ poor people.”
(To be Continued.)
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FCP. THE WESTERN HERALD.
Mr. Editor, — The lollowing letter was re
ceived a few days since, from an esteemed
friend. If you ll ink it w orthy of notice, give it
a place in your paper and oblige
A SUBSCRIBER.
My Dfak Having a leisure moment,
permit me to entertain you, with a song history
of a short Ball.
I am, s you know, passionately fond of mint
ling, and visiting places of resort and amuse
ment. And being weary of life, rendered doub
ly so (to one of my disposition) by the vain cir
cle where fashion i.as established a kind of for
mal refinement; and where many particular lilies
of etiquette have to be observed, in order to ob
tain a place among the beau monde. And
hearing of a little tillage in the west, which af
forded all the gratifications calculated to amuse
one of my turn of mind ; I instantly tesohed to
pay it a visit. And according!} 1 set to work,
and soon had every thing necessary for a jour
ney, put in ample order. And on a beautiful
morning in June, with high spirits, I sat out for
the village. Time seemed to roll off with un
usual swiftness, and long ere the third days
sun had sunk beneath the western horizon, tr,y
panting steed, brought me in view of the‘prom
ised land.’ Here nature seemed to be spread
out in wonderous grandure and sublimity.—
“Mountains on mountains heaped Olympus
high,” whose lofty tops, ser med to pierce the sky.
But I stopped not here, to contemplate (lie
mighty works of Nature. But on I hurried,
with quickened step.- and hopes elated, and soon
i en t ere (| f**e town. Here and there were to
be seen soul? pfthc specimens, Mcon
tributed so much to the fame oi the village.
Passing along main street, my attention was at
tracted bv a considerable crowd of people as
sembled about the door of a newly hmsuca
building’, l hurried on to a JNren>,ancl was me
at the door by quite a genteel,smn!”s j e acC
lord, and w as show n into a neatly finisher, rooni-
After a short time spent in the adjustment of 1 "}
dross, and receipt; ‘™ e refreshment, I tori;
up my cane and walked in the direT-tien - -
| 1 0
on my way 1 met a tan, raw ovuvv,
lanthorn-jawcd young man, of whom I inquired
the object and infection of the assemblage.
“CV sni 1 he, “we boys ere gwine for to have a
dnsi ntball thar,to night; went you come Mister.”
i answered nothing would give me jpore plea*
sure. Who are the managers of the Ball? “Me
and that ar feller thar,” pointing to a plump
faced, rosy cheeked, little man, who had just
joined us. “What are your terms gentlemen?”
1 next enquired. Sixty two and a half cents for
a man, and sixty two ar.d a half cents for his
paruner,” both responded in the same breath.
I paid the amount without farther ceremony.
Here I cut my intended evenings ramble short,
and wheeled about and set off’ for my lodgings,
with a view of rigging myself out, in my best for
the ball room. On my way, I heard someone
ask, what gals were to be at the “•f'ri'Wck.” A
large man seven feet high, whose brawny shoul
ders would measure four feet, and who seemed to
be rather of the giant race, bawled out in a thun
dering voice,-“my darters and old Tommy Gos
sip’s galls, and all the galls all round about lieer,
and you know there’s no few of um, and then
not quit.” “Good!” I unconsciously exclaimed
in an audible voice. But on I hastened, with a
nimble step to my room. A few minutes spent
in tho adjustment of my.cravat and other habili
ments of dress, and back I hastened with th*
agility of a mountain deer, “ fpr the feast 01
pleasure and the flow of soul.” 1 was met at
the door by ray new acquaintance, by whom f
was ushered into the ball room. The house was
already tilled with a set of as jovial lads as evpi
