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suring election.
POSSET.
CHANGES.
A child is playing on the green,
With rosy check and radient mein;
But Borrow comes —the smile’s departed,
I le weeps as he were broken hearted :
But see, ere yet his tears are dry,
Again his laugh thrills wild and high;
As lights and shades each other chase,
So pain and joy flit o’er his face,
And nought shall have the power to keep,
His oyes one moment from their sleep:
And such was I.
A youth sits with his burning glance,
Turn’d upwards to heaven’s blue expanse;
What is it o’er his pale cheek flushing ?
What thought has set the life-blood gushing f
II is of many a deed sublime,
That he will do in future time—
Os many a struggle to be past.:
Repaid by deathless fame at last;
lie thinks not on the moments gone—
lie lives in fiery hope alone:
And such was I.
Sunken those eyes and worn that brow,
Yet more of care than years they show ;
There’s something in that cheek revealing
The wound that knows no healing;
He lives, and will live on and smiTe,
And thoughts he cannot lose, beguile;
He’ll shun no duty, break no tie—
But his star’s fallen from the skv:
Oh! pitying Heaven the wret ch forgive,
That bears, but wishes not to live,
And such am I.
THE FAITHLESS HUSBAND.—Percival,
H comes not —I have watched the moon go down,
But yet he cornea not —once it was not so
Ho tliinks not how these bitter tears doth flow,
The while he holds his riot in that town.
Yet he will come and chide, and I shall weep;
And he wiil wake my infant from its Bleep,
(To blend its feeble wailing with my tears,
O ! how I love a mother’s watch to keep,
Over those sleeping eyes, that smile which cheers
My heart, though sank in sorrow, fixed and deep,
t had a husband once who loved me—now
He ever wears a frown upon his brow,
And feeds his passion on a wanton’s lip,
As bees from laurel flowers a poison nip;
But yet I cannot hate —O ! there were hours,
When I could hang foiever on his eye,
And time, who stole with silent swiftucs’s by,
Strewed, as he hurried on his path with flowers,
timed him then —ho loved me too—My heart
Still finds its tondnasa kindle, if he smilr;
The memory of our loves will ne’er depart-
And though he often itung me with a dart,
enom’d arid barb’d, and wastes upon the vile,
Carrasses, which his babe and mine should share*
Though ho should spurn me, I will calmly bear J
His madness—and should sickness coinc and lav
its paralyzing hand upon him, then “ 1
l would with kindness, all my wrongs repav
t-mil the penitent shonld weep and sav-,
Bow injured *nd how faithful J been.
ACRARII, LUMPKIN COUNTY, GEORGIA. DEC MBE lit 14. IN
THE OLD SOLDIER.
He had been to the Pension Office. The
generosity consists in deferring a benefit till the
recipient is past the enjoyment of it—or the
justice in withholding the veteran’s due till he
is ready to go down to the grave—(generosity
or justice, call it what you will ; we can call it
neither)—had at last awarded to him his pen
sion. An infirm old man ! The burden of old
age, and hope deferred, had made him sick at
heart, and sick of life. The death, film was
even now measurably drawn over the eye, once
sparkling ; the pace which once was firm and
confident in the strength of youth and the pride
of patriotism, had become irregular and totter
ing ; and the manly form, once eiect and com
manding, was bowed down. Age suffering
had done it. He was a stranger in t,e Metro!
polis . infirmity and neglect could break down
his body, but his spirit had better sustained itself;
and a bitter sense of the neglect ho suffered
from those who should have remembered him,
had kept him in solitude. He would not offer
a living comparison between the condition of
men who had achieved, and the men who have
profited by the achievement, without exertion
of their own. The conscious victim of cruel
neglect and ingratitude, he considered the tardy
justice of his country as a mockery, and nought
but his abject poverty, and a wish to be ‘square
with the world,’ had induced him to apply for
it. He had applied, and received, and ‘ now,’
said he, “ I will pay my debts, and die.’ The
c hange of objects in the city bewildered him.
He gazed upon the spacious and elegant edi.
fices w hich had in his absence superceded old
and familiar objects; but h e gazed with hurried
and irregular glances, as il doubting his senses.
The bustling forms of a generation who have
forgotten the Revolution, flitted past the old
man, without heeding him; the pensioner was
alone in a c ity ! Amazed that the lapse of time
had wrought sucl, wonders, he felt like a stran.
get in a strange land, and that, too, on the very
soil he had defended.
His venerable appearance attracted the no.
tice of a passer-by, who, perceiving that the old
man was bewildered, tendered his services to
conduct the soldier home. ‘ Home! 1 have no
home ! I was at home here in ’76, but I am for.
gotten now.’ A transient glance of anger flash,
ed in the veteran’s eye ; but in a moment it pas.
set! away, and the vacancy of his countenance
returned. ‘Where ami!; Oh, I’ve been to
lake the gifl of Congress ; let me go pay my
debts before I die. I can’t live long ; and I
can’t live long ; and I don’t wish to. The gift!’;
here again his eyes were lighted, and his
bearing spoke the proud and wounded vpirit
broken, but not subdued. An honest feeling of
indignation mastered him ; striving, as if strong
in the pride of youth, to avoid the impertinent
and unfeeling curiosity of the crowd who sur
rounded him, ho sank, exhausted, to the pave
ment.
“Take him to the police-office for a vagrant!’
said one of the crowd.
‘ Take yourself to the devil, for one of his
limbs !’ retorted the honest fellow who had first
a ..ressed the veteran. * But, (catching him by
the collar, as he essayed to walk off,) stop first,
and give me the aid man’s pocket book! I
saw you take it—hand over directly, or I’ll tear
you limb from limb !’ ‘Throttle him !’ cried
one of the crowd—‘a scoundrel—rob a pension
er !’ • Down with him !’—‘Strip him !’—‘Take
him to the Police !’—and the old man’s wallet
fell from the culprit, in the scuffle.
The pensioner was recognized by someone
in the crowd, and he passively suffered himself
to be put in a coach. He was conveyed to a
shelter—and having happily fallen into good
hands, attention for a couple of days partially
restored his exhausted energies. An indistinct
remembrance of the events we have narrated,
flitted occasionally across his mind, but he re
membered the events of’76 better than those of
yesterday, and the countenances of those who
had been his companions in arms, were mor
distinctly marked on his memory th in the new
ones he had seen a day before. When about
to be put in the stage which was to carry him
home, the old man’s mind again wandered ;
‘That’s right, carry me to Congress ; give me
my due , I have fought for it; Congress said I
should have it!’ The old man’s wallet was put
into his hand: *Oh yes, I knew I should get
it; they could not so soon forget the old soldier;
but so late ; let tne pay my debts, and die ,* I
can live no longer ! But somebody stole it;
they got it away from me ; they cotdd’nt do it
fifty yeais ago ; but I’ve got it now have’nt 1 1 ;
no, they did’nt keep it; they would steal the
old man’s money ; they could not keep it; the
God ofßattles would blast them for it ; God
have mercy on them ; they did’nt fight for it ;
let me pay off my debts, and die ; my children
are all dead ; my wife died in ; inthepoorhouse;
and me ; I don’t want to live any longer ; nobody
knows me now ; let me die !’
The stage stopped at Hitherto, during
the ride, the old man had been silent. Forget
ful of the present. Inattentive to things about
him, his mind was buck among other scenes.
A long, long reverie, and one from which he
was never to awaken ! His lips moved rapidly,
though no sound was audible ; involuntary and
spasmodic motions evinced the activity of his
mind ;he was busily communing with the
friends, and reviewing tho events, of his youth.
Poor old man ! fifty years since seemed to him
but as yesterday. One of the lone and isolated
survivors of another and a better race, he hud
no communioj) ‘vit.it tfcoge about L&g. pwqi-
It comes, the Herald of a Golden World.
ling upon the hardships, the privations, the dan
gers, the escapes, the victories, of another age,
his frame, infiun and old, could not support the
recollection, as once, in the day of his strength,
he withstood the reality.
* Hark !’ murmured the old man. All eyes
turned to him. He raised himself on his staff,
and leaned forward. His eyes beamed with
supernatural animation, and conti acted fearfully
with his shrunken countenance ; his hat had
fallen off, and his silver locks, moved by the
breeze, gave additional wildness to his aspect;
his lips compressed, bis posture firm. O God,
was it his death-struggle ! The roll of a dis
tant drum feel on his car ; he grasped his staff
firmly, as once he had held his firelock ; A bug
le sounded clear and full beside the coach
‘For Congress and the People, cha— ’ His
voice ceased, he feel back to his seat, a husky
rattling in hts throat succeeded ;
The spirit of the Revolutionary Patriot had
departed ! Lowell Times.
Variety of Scolds. —“ln the whole course of
my reading,” says a celebrated writer, ‘which
has been both extensive and desultory, Ido
not recollect having ever met with an essay
on the science of scolding, yet that it is redu
ced to a perfect system, and that the practice
of it has long been a ruling passion with the
fairer part ofthe creation, few men will deny.
There is as much harmony comparatively
speaking in the boisterous pipes of a regular
bred, out-and-out scold, as in the astonishing
cadences of Mrs. Wood, or the melting ap
pogiaturas of Braham, indeed, even th most
celebiated and experienced physicians assert,
that it is ofthe most essential benefit in many
cases, which I would attempt to divide into the
following classes, viz;
“First The constitutional scold, who prac
tises for the benefit of her health.
‘•Second.—The beautiful scold, who is put
out of temper, because she cannot bring her
complexion to its usual pitch of perfection even
with the aid of the captivating patch.
“Third.—The authorative scold, who dischar
ges her spleen to support her dignity, and will
not permit the least infringement on the pre
rogative ofthe petticoat.
“Fourth.—The matrimonial scold, who reads
certain lectures for the information of her hus
band’s morals, recommended to the very an
cient and numerous family of the hen-pecks.
“Fifth.—The dramatic scold, alias stage
shrew who endevors to convince the world that
she can rant off the stage as well as on it.
“Sixth.—The patriotic scold, who vocifer
ates for the good of her country, to display her
great knowledge and party principles.
“Seventh.—The inebriate scold, who, hy
forming a cordial alliance with certain strong
liquors, is wrought ub to frenzy, in which she
strikingly evinces the aident disposition of a
women of spirit.
“Eighth,—The cummon scold, though last,
not least in fame, who may with the utmost
propriety, he styled a professional virago, pos
sessed of a volume of voice combining vast
compass and inexhausted strength especially
in the upper notes. She is so well established
in the ancient art, mystery and practice of
scolding that all others implicitly submit and
leave her the undisputed heroine of the field of
tongue.’
A Utile beyond the Yankees. —However ad.O l
the Yankees may be in matters of manufactui u
and traffic, yet they fall infinitely short of some
others in slight of hand in matters of theives
and robbers. The following circumstance
which is said to have happened in a neighbor,
hood city is a very happy illustration of this
remark. A gentleman had a valuable watch
stolen from his person and advertised that he
would give the thief fifty dollars for its restor
ation, and that no questions should he asked.
A short time after, a man called on him and
iuformed him that on payment of the fifty dol
lars the watch should he restored. The money
was handed to the stranger and the watch to its
rightful owner, who remarked that although he
was under an obligation to ask no questions, yet
he had a curiosity to know in what manner he
had obtained the watch and wonld make that
inquiry, leaving hisanswer or refusal at his own
option. The man readily inquired of him
whether he did not recollect that on a certain
night a man put his hand on his shoulder, sav
ing how are you and instantly asked pardon for
his abrupt salutation as he was mistaken in the
person he supposed he was addressing at the
same time patting him on the shoulder in the
manner he did at the time referred to. The
man recollected the circumstance, and the
! stranger said at that time he took his watch.
The man was much gratified at the recovery of
j his watch, and so much amused by the manner
in which it was stolen, that he stepped into a
j shop of his acquaintance to tell the story,
i While recapitulating the circumstances he at
tempted to pull out his watch, when lo it was
! gone again the rogue having stolen it the se
cond time, while telling the manner he stole
it the first. This certainly beats the Yankees
“all hollow,” as the saying is.—. Yew england
Weekly Review.
Conjugal Love. —A late London Journal
contains an account of a most extraordinary
attachment between husband and wife, deman
stiating how deeply the joys of wedded life may
be implanted in the heart, and how fatal the
consequence is of their sudden uprooting. The
case occurred in Islington, it was this; —The
wife of $ po.cr mail had di^tf —Jjs Jjad approach -
ed the coffin to take a look at the once
loved partner of his joys and sorrows between
him and whom there had n< ver been heard, in
Jffly years, the voice oi dissension. As his eye
fell on the inanimate from, he suddenly dropped
down, and before medi'-aluid could be procured
died!
The reader may fancy what must have been
the happiness enjoyed by such a couple, during
I the period of fifty years. How smoothly ran
the stream of their joys—how blended their
affections—how united their hearts! “Destiny’s
relentless knife could not sever the tie which
connected one of them to life without cutting
asunder that which bound the other.—Phila
delpliia Herald.
“A man had a young wife—-took into his
head to be jealous of a friend—no cause, dare
say. Wasgoing from home, one day—meant
to tell her to avoid company of said friend but
by good luck asked advice ofanother—sensible
man—knew better—said never do that!—way
to make her think of him if, never did it before
women do any thing tell not. Try her—tell her
to be sure not to ride upon old Towler, great
savage, watch dog, while you are absent—see
what’ll happen.
“Husband took friend’s advice—gave par
ticular orders not to ride dog- wife stared
laughed, promised—never dreamt of such a
thing—afiaid ot dog too—soon, ha’ thought of
riding a dragon , if had'nt been told not. Hus
band gone, went look at Towler directly—gave
him bones—got friendly by degrees; scratched
his head; patted his back; lost all fear; got a
straddle; had a tumble; scratched her face; no
hiding that; when hasband came back, laid all
the blame on him: said she fanci. and dog-riding
must have been something very pleasant, or
would not have been denied to her!”
Caution to the Ladies. —A ludicrous scene
came near being exhibited in the old church in
this town a tew Sundays ago. We give it as i
special admonition to ladies who wear capa
cious great sleeves, to beware v.hat they harbor
and conceal in them. The individual to whom
we allude attended church, and during the ser
vice, thought she felt a commotion inside of oik 1
of the frames w hich kept up the expanded di
mensions of her shoulders. It annoyed her
some and excited her nerves not a little, but
she contrived to quiet her feelings until the ex
ercises were over. When sho got home, she
unloosed her gown and behold! a rat jumpeth
out from beneath her sleeve-stiffner!! His in
tention probably was lo remain there during
the winter, hut for the present he suffers troni
“hope deferr’d.” — Northamp. Cour.
A respectable farmer not more than forty
miles from this place has the singularly happy
talent of not saying a word too much. A youtur
man wishing to obtain his consent to marry
his daughter, called upon him one duy when
he happened to be in the field a ploughing with
his oxen. It was past all doubt, a fearful mat
ter for a diffident man to broach and the hes
itating lover, after running a parallel with the
furrow several times round the lield, and essay
ing with all h : s courage to ulter the important
question at last stammer and out, “I-I-I-I’v bi
thinking, Mr. that—that--as howl-1 1
should be gl gg—glad to m—m—mannar
icarry your daughter.”
Fanner. Take her and use her well, whaw,
baw. Buck.
Fearlessness in the discharge oj Duty. —One
of the convicts at Sing Sing, having been sub
jected to punishment, had vowed the death of
Capt. Lynds the first opportunity. This threat
coming to Capt. Lynds’ ears, he sent for this
convict, received him alone in his bed chamber
and, without appearing to notice any thing
peculiar in his manner, directed the convict <>
shave him.—The convict performed t he opera
tion without any attempt at violence. When
it was over; Capt. Lynds dismissed him telling
him that he had heard he had threatened bis life
but that he knew he would not dare to attempt
it; and that he had sent for him alone and with
out arms to let him see how little he feared
ffim.
A spruce Yankee was boasting of his success
among the fair, and among others declared that
he might have “sparked it” one evening with
a certain celebrated lady whom he named.
‘Why,’ said his companion, ‘did you neglect
such a golden opportunity 1’ Because, he an
swered, ‘she begged to be excused, and I was
such a darned fool that I excused her.
“Why do you not drink it before it is done foam
ing sa’id a belle to her companion as she held a
glass of mineral a fewlinches ofher lips wait ing for
the effervcrcnce to cease. “ Humph, returned!”
she, “do you suppose l am going to drink ii
boiling hot—wait till it cools.”— Balt. I isiler.
Anecdote.— ln a time of much religious ex
citement and consequent discussion, an honest
old Dutch farmer, ofthe Mohawk, was asked
his opinion as to which denomination of Chris
tians were in the right way to Heaven ? “V cl
den, (said he) ven we ride our wheat to Albany,
some say dis is de pest road, and some say dat
is the pest; but I don’t link it makes inu-h in
ference which road wc take; for when wc get
dare, dey never ask us which way we come
and it is none k ofdair business ij our wheat
ii gr,
GEORGIA LEGISLATURE.
IN SENATE, November, 19^fl
Resolution offered by Mr.
structing the committee on free schools, tcPMP
quire into the expediency el providing by law.
lor the examination of school masters, who m %y
teach the beneficiaries of the poor school fbojf-
Notcmber 20, 1833.
Committees appointed lo report Bills.
Messrs, .•'pann, Walker and Burch, vesting
Justices of the Inferior courts, and Grand Ju
rors with power to incorporate county acado
mies.
j vlessrs. Baxter, Danicll, Hilihcusc, Gordon
of Putnam, and Eckley, were appointed a com
mittee, to co-operate w ith the committee of tho
Senate, in investigating the condition and in
quiring into the causes of the failure of the Mer
chants’ and Planters’ Bank of Augusta, with
power to send for persons and papers,
Bills were read a second time in their order.
Bills passed.
i\> create anew division G. M. out ofthe tea
counti s composing the Cherokee circuit end
organize tie same.
To incorporate the town of Etowa, in the
county es Cherokee and appoint commissioner*
for the same.
To create election districts in the county of
Cherokee, and punish those who may attempt
to defeat the same.
November 21, 1833.
The president and members having repaired
to the Representative chamber, both brnnehes
ofthe Legislature proceeded to the election of
a Senator, to the Congress ofthe United Stater,
and on counting out the ballets, it appeared that
John P. King, Esq. ofthe county of Richmond,
was duly elected. The votes were King 142>
Berrien 107, iehols 1, blank 1.
November 22, 1833.
Mr. Wofford introduced a bill instanter, to it*
corporate the Georgia mining company.
.Mr. Hammond, introduced a bill instanter.
tor the relief of the late Cherokee county, in re.-
lationto the payment of taxes.
November 23, 1533.
Committees appointed to report Bills
lilt's passed.
To incorpoiu'o the academy, at the county
site, in Fo sytu c ounty, and appoint trustees for
the same.
November 25, 1832.
Hills j) were reported.
The bill to ii-. - ,'i by lottery, all the frac
tions ofthe < hei it. “ territory, was read a third
time and passed.
JYovember. 26.
The 8 nale agreed to the resolution of the
housi directing an examination into the allairs*
in the Mi rchants and farriers bank, but atn
ended.jt by substituting :or a joint committee,
rtam commissioners to te appointed by thg
Governor.
Ihe order of the day, being the resolutions
offered by Mr. happeli ; was then taken up in
committee <ri the whole. A substitute was qC—
lerod by Mr. Baxter—Mr. Chappell, addres*
sed the Benate a* length in support of the reso
lutions iie u i otter, u, and was followed by Mr.,
1 lesidciu C 000, tor the substitute, alter which
t:io enut: adjourned.
Wednesday, JYov. 27.
Mr. Gordon of J. es, from th: Committee
•m Bank;-, reporv.-j a biii inquiring the 1 erec
tors af the c riial Bank, reported together with
t!u Governor, to sell all the bank stock owned
by the state (provided it be not sold below par)
and vest the proceeds in the Central Bank—
which ws teao the first lime.
i ‘lie Senate resumed the consideration ofthe
resolutions offered b Mr. Chappell, wnd Mr.
Paxti t’s substitute. Expect the reports of
some committees, and some other business of
iittb; importance, the speech of Mr. Gordon o f
Putnam, in support of Chappell’s resolution‘s
and that of Mr. Towns for the substitute engu
ged the attention of the Senate during the set*
ting.
Thursday, JYov. 28.
The senate resumed the consideration cf
Mr. Chappell’s resolutions and Mr. Baxter’s
substitute. Mr. Neel spoke In suppoit ot the
resolutions and was followed by Mr. Baxter for
the sunbsiitutc, who occupied (he floor till tho
hour of adjournment.
EVENING SESSION.
Mr. Daniel occupied the floor in support of
Mr. Chappell’s resolutions till about 4 o’clock.
Mr. Chappell then rose and addressed the Sen
ate till 8. On mo.ion of Mr. Echols, the
Senate then adjourned without taking the vote,
Friday .Vor. 29.
The Senate resumed the discussion of Mr.
Chappell’s resolutions, and Mr. Cordon of Put
nam, occupied the floor about two hours, in
support of the resolutions of Mr. Chappell, and
was succeded by Mr. Towns fur the substitute;
who continued perhaps two hours, and was
followed by Mr. Chapp: 1! and by Mr. Daniel,
both for the original resolutions; after which the
Senate adjourned.
Tito final v..tc in favor of Mr. Baxter’s sub
stitute, as amende!, o.i motion ot Mr. Wouo.’d
w as -i'j to 27.
Saturday, JVor.3o.
Mr. Chappell r.rov.-d tor a reconsideration of
so much e.f ih. journal of yesterday us related
to the vote on . ’i. Vtoilord’s amendment of.
Mr. Baxter's substitute. Hcconsideratiou of
aput of any subject was decided by the Presi
dent. to he out of oukr and the decission was
v:stc.'.or.d by Messrs. Wolford end Tjv;.
SO. 35.
