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The Western Herald.
By fl. HOLT, Jr. & W- E. JONES.
VOL. I.
* IMP—BB| ■■ Hl II
PUBLISHED EVERY FRIDAY MORNING.
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iLj 2 * All Letters to the Editor or Proprietor, on mat
ters connected with the establishment, must be post paid
in order to secure attention.
iCZr 3 Notice of the sale of Land and Negroes, bv Ad
ini listrators, Executor s, or Guardians, must be published
sixty dais previous to the day of sale.
riie sale of personal Property, in like manner, must be
published forty days previous to the day of sale.
Notice to debtors and creditors of an estate must be
published forty days.
Notice that Application will be made to the Court of
Ordinary for Leave to sell Land or Negroes,must be pub
l |iShed four months.
Notice that Application will be made for Letters of Ad
min, stration, must be published thirty days and for ;
Letters of Di wssion. ax months.
4. B, & El- EIOLT.
CONTINUE h> practice Law in Copartnership, and
may be addressed or consulted on professional bu
sincss.eitlicr at Auraria or Dahlohnega, Lumpkin county.
Feb. 14.—43—ts
Wf LI,IM E. JONES,
Attorney at Law.
■JT AS removed to Dahlohnega, the county Site of
.(I. Lumpkin county, and will attend the Superior
Courts in this and the neighboring counties.
Jan. 31.—41—ts
GEORGIA, LUMPKIN COUNTY.
WHEREAS Harvey Small, and Susannah E.
Snow, appliy to me for Letters of Administration
on the Estate of Morgan H. Snow, late of said county
l* deceased.
* These arc therefore to cite and admonish all and singu
» lar tho kindred and creditors of said deceased to be and
appear at my oilicc within the time prescribed by law, to
shew cause if any they have, why said Letters should not
’ be granted. Given under mv hand this 7th February
1834. M. I>. QUILLAIN, c. c. o.
Feb. 14.—43—30 d.
It PUBLIC SALE.
a AM/ "“*l. he sold on the first Tuesday in May next, at
L ▼▼ the Court Houm m Gainesville, Hall county,
■ two Xe oo < Jiris, named (Iracd and > 'liarlohc. about 11,
I iuWMS years of age, the property of Phittp Johnson,late
■ of said county ikccascu. Terms male known on the
day of eale.
’ THOMAS M. JOHNSON.
LEVI PHILIPS.
PARTON LOVELESS.
ISA AC LEON MID.
» • 11 irs of P. Johnson deed,
i, Feb. 11. 42 - tds
SAMIEL J. BEEBEE,
I Bullion and Exchange Office,
31 HALL STREET,
NEW-YORK.
|~|UR( , H ASI'.S (told in Bar or Du<k, nt the highest
| l.remtuni. Gold can be in cortec'ly iksivi lin
ibis city, as at the .Vint. C'anm'sten sent to the above
■I oflicc, will m:et with tho greatest dispatch, and the pro-
| cecds paid by draft ut sight. 1-1 pci cent Commission.
Nov. !•’> |' W•• 111
rl NOTICE.
• A \1 A'» expcrenceit i> ’he Mining business who can
74. give the Lest references for his cliaicter and abil
** itiea, wishes in g< l employment in a mine,Vein or deposit.
(Enquire at this Office.
August. 10—IS ts.
(■old Lot* I'm Naic in t'hcrokcc.
No. 287,2nd District, Ist Section,
No. 579. 3rd District, 4th 'vclion. For further
1 information, address A. B.GREENE,
< Nov: 9. —31 —ts In Augusta. Georgia
' To Gold Aline Speculators.
A HE Undersigned tenders his services, as an Pipe
■ . n need practical liner, to examine anil test any
* Lot in tho Goli) Region, disbeheveing in auv certain theo
’ , ry until proven by practice, he will warrant is opinion
when given to lie correct, Ins puce tor examining and giv
ing a verbal, or written opinion, as may be required of any
i Lot, will lie twenty five Dollars Letters encloscing that
► amount in Cash, »» ill be strictly attended,and all neees ary
. information given, he may at all times |> e found ut L< ath-
L ' cr’s Ford or m Auraria Lumpkin countv.
h - D.C. GIBSON.
k Augnt 10.- I*—tf,
TO LAND 111 ATERS.
Till", subscriber, living in the lower part of Ellijay
I'own m Gilmer county, on the direct road leading
Mk from *a*d town to Sanders, on the Federal Road, having
furnished himself with Maps, l ottery Registers, and
cither necessary information tn relation to Lands in Gu
in"r. »ud the adjoining counties, tenders lu* service* so
■ all those wbo may be in search of Lands, in th. abov
M Section of country, to show lands m giv ;ch infonua-
tian as may b? desirable to owners, or others interested.
H ho w ill also act a-* Agent in purchasemg lands at Slierifl
Sale,in LI ner county, his charges will be reasonable in
proportion V» In* trouble. J AME's B. HFNSt'N.
K June SI, —15—if.
■L ilail N-ici‘ift'*>
sold on the tir-t Tucsdav m
w w April next, at the ('wait House door in th:
(own of' Jam sville. Hall county , w illun th< usual hours
** ql'mlc, »*w following projK rty, to wit ;
One Negro woman bv the nmne of Sophia,
about thirty foe years old, levi,d on as the property e
Bradlcv fUltwii, <o saiisfv a mortgage fi. fa. in favor at'
Camoil Forgasan. vs. sa:J Daliva. Property
out irt »*»d ft. fa.
Four Hundred Acres of Land, more or less;
* levied on **tt» property of Isaac Sow HI, to saL.-fy a
L martgagt h- fa. m favor of James U. Jo.i <. sad
*" Sowell. Property pmiitcJ out in said ft fa
Tw o hundred acres of land more or leM ad
| yuning Leathers font, levied <m as the property of Ha<’v j
<\ Talutn, to satisfr two h. ft*, one m favor of" Rwbrit
I * Patton against Snow & Tatum. K<:e . tlu rtn lav »r <■: !
i I It Jlia-n J. Tanin t*. B ijaar. iC. J.-na- .11 XII c |
1 Ttttmu. Property pomt fvW by I'. V N _ |
! I fa y
Notice.
ALL persons who are indebted to the Majistrates and
Constables of this district for costs, on Notes and
Accounts, placed in their hands for collection, arc reques
ted to come forward and settle the same, otherwise exe
cutions will issue, indiscriminately against all who disre
gard this notice, within one month.
JAMES CANTRELL, J.P.
JAMES PRATER, J.P.
HEDGEMAN GREEN, L.C.
ABEL WINNINGHAM, L C.
March 10th, 1834.—46—4 t.
NEGROES WANTED.
lIBERAL prices will be given for Negroes. Apply
Jat this office.
Nov 23.—33- If.
•
ADMINISTRATOR’S SALE.
W 4/ ILL be sold on the first Tuesday in May- next
V V at the Court House in Paulding County, a Lot of
Land containing 40 Acres more or less, as the property
of/Robert Carroll deceased sold.by order of the Inferior
Court of Hall County, when silting for ordinary purpo
ses, tenns made known on the day of sale.
GEORGE JPILKIE Adm’r.
March 7 46—tds.
FOR SALE.
118 NEGROES, &c.
Office Superintendant of Roads, <§-c.
Eastern District, January 11, 1831.
0T obedience to an Act of the Legislature of the State
BL of Georgia, approved by his Excellency the Gover
nor on the 21st day of December, 1833,1 will sell, at pub -
lic outcry, to the highes 1 bidder, at the court-house in the
COUNTY ofELBERT,
On Monday the 17 th day of March next. The following
named NEGROES belonging to the State of Georgia,
and attached to the Lincoln station, together with the
Mules, Carts, Tools, &c. connected thereto:
Kasha, (Mills,) Nich, (Zellars,) Abram, (F. Cullens,)
Lawson, (W atkins,) Armstead, (Glaze,) Tom, (Dallas,)
Moses, (Suns ) Richmond, [Barks,] Wallace, [Charlton]
Isaac, (Brown,) Tom, [Rowell,] and Jeff [Wingfield;]
and
On Monday, the 2 1th day of March next,
hi like manner, at the court house in the COUNTY of j
MORGAN, the following named NEGROES, belong
ing to the State and attached to the Greensborough and
Madison station, together with the Mules, one Horse,
Carts, Tools, ttc. connected thereto-
London, Benjamin, [Bustin,] Willis, [Crosbv,] Abra
ham, [Meatingj Billy, (Kennon.] Axum. [Cargile.] Tom,
[M’Gar,] Ned, [Ramsay,] George. [BcaseJy,] Peter,
|Cargile,] Dick, [Dent,] Henry, [Smith,], Joshua,
[M’Gar,] Jerry, [Runnells,] Larkin, (Porter,) Abraham,
[Collins,] Nathaniel, [Berry,] Joseph, [Pope,] Joseph,
(General Pope,) George. (Winter,) Joe, [Rowland,]
London, (Biiant.) Caleb, [Rowell,] Shade (Jackson,]
Joe, (M’Gar.) Nathan, (Collins,) Berry, (Thompson)
Jerry, (Lumukin,) Harry, (Porter,) Elhck, and Mark,
(Burton) and
On Friday,the 2Sth day of March next,
In like manner, at the Court-house in the COUNT Y of
DEKALB, the following named MEG ROES, belonging
to the State and attached to the Cherokee station, togeth
er with the Mules, Carts, Tools, &c.connected thereto:
John, (Baptist,) Adam, Zach, Jesse, Toney, Hamp
ton, H trry, Tom, (Diummer.) Tom, (Jackson,) Walker,
Jim, (Rutherford,) Moses, (Akins,) Jacob, (Blount,)
Guv, York, Ben, Isaac, Miles, Ransom, Peter, Jim, Bea
ver, and Bob; and
On Tuesday, the Istdayof.lpril next,
In like manner, at the Court house in the COUNTY of
HALL, the following NEGROES, belonging to the
State, and attached to the Gainesville station, together
with the Mules, ('arts, Tools, &c. connected thereto •
Peter. (B i ) Lewis, (Lee,) Hardy, Jerry, (Eidson.)
Jun. (• 'orbett,) Frank, (Willis,) Abraham, (Oglethorpe,
i Billy. (Ketchum,) Davy, (Mahoney) Dick, (Gilliam.)
I Amos, ( 'lahoney,) Isaac, (Hardeman.) Matt, (Smith,)
, Arthur, | Drummond,] Doctor, (Longstreet,) Essex,
[\\ ood,) Toney, ('Toombs,) Joe, (Sorrow,) Jacob, (Free
dman,) Adam. (Lurry,) Freeman, (To wns,) Sam, (Parks,)
.TetT, ( alton,) Peter, (Mills,) Jeff, ( Vahoncy,) Smith,
Henry, (Mahoney,) Henry, (Booker,) and Daniel,
('Toombs;) and
(hi Monday, the 7th day cf April next,
In like manner ut the Court-house in the COUNTY cf
BALD . IN, the following named NEGROES, belong
ing to the State and attached to the Milledgeville and
Hawkinsville, station, together with the Mules, Carts,
Tools, &c. connected thereto :
Scipio, Jesse, July, Andrew, Moses, Ellick, August,
Sam, Plulip, Sandy, Jim, (Hume,) Spanish, Town,
Romeo, Gib, Luke, George (Mann,) March, Joe, Antho
ny, Brutus, Robert, Billy, and Gideon.
For the information of those persons who may wish to
purchase, the tollowing sections of the tiefore inontioncd
act of the Legislature, arc herewith published:
‘•Sr.c. I. Be it further enacted bu the authority aforesaid,
That the said Sup< rintendents and each of them shall,
and they are hereby authorized, as the agent of the State,
to execute to the purchaser or purchasers of said slaves or
either of them, good and sufficient title s (warranting the
title thereof only] for and to snid slave or slaves, and de
liver uhtu him or them, th same, on said purchasers pav
ing in cash one fifth of the purchase money therefor, and
the balance in thi ty days thin after, on tendering to the
said >upennl< nd( nt a certificate from the Cashier of llie
Central Bunk of Georgia, that the said purchaser’s note
for the s.ud balance had b en discounted in said Bank,
which the said Bank is hereby directed and authorized to
do, m such iiMtnncrund on such leans as are usual in dis
counting on loans: Pnndrd the tsimc shall not exceed
t\v< nty tivc hundred dollais,
SBC. 5. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid,
1 hat. on failure of s;u 1 purchaser to pay die said one tilth
of the amount of said purelia/c money, at the time of said
pim hase. the said >U|M rintendcnt shall proceed forthwith
'o ns» 11 said slavt s, not cry mg again the bid of such de
faulting purchaser during said sale, and on failure of said
purchasi r to |x»v tlic balance of said purchase money, or
te nler said certificate as aton said, witliin the s pace ot
Uiirty days after s id sale, said purchaser slvall fortcit the
said oac fifth «• ,iu I. and said Superintendent shall, on
• trtv days notice being given tlurvof, as aforesaid, resell
i slave in the manner, al the (dace, and on the terns
and conditions hcieiu before prescribed.
ft 11.1.1 AMC. LYMAN.
Sn 4-c. iku.'rrn Division,
Jan. 25, 40—w2tn.
HALL POSTPONED SHERIFF SALES.
ILL Itsold on th first Tuesday in Aprd next.-
▼ ▼ at the Court I lous <k-or m tho town of Gains
vi’.i. Hall County wrthm the usual hours of sale, the fol
lowing property to wit ;
7 i*v nunduxi and fifty acres c-t land more or less and
known by lot No. 61 in the 9 District lot Hall Count',
levieit on as th property of William Dogett, to satisfy
sundry ti fas, is issued irom a Justices Court at the m
! stance of P. Haynes and Co vs. said Dogvtt. Levy
I unde and rcturnwi to me by a Constable.
Tv* o hundred acres ot* land more <>r less lying on the
waters of the grove :v<r, grant-d to Chanty Snuib
whereon J. J. l‘»aw now lives,kriod on as the propertv
. oi l w:• S ruth or hi* uib rest in said land to aaU*tv a ti.
■ fa n faxear of Lawhorn x Venable for the uae of Josiah
I H . bhaw, vs si» ISm.h.
r v , H U3PR n ”7 j.
It comes, tli e Herald of a Golden'World.
AURAttIA, M VJtPIiIX COCSTY, GEORGIA MARCH »1, 1834.
Notice,
THE Copartnership heretofore existing between the
Subscriber and Henry L. Sims is dissolved.
WILLIAM H UNDERWOOD.
March 14—47—2 t.
Notice,
THE subscribers having entend into Copartnership,
m the practice of the LA -will attend to any bu
siness, which may be entrusted to their management, in
the Western and Cherokee Circuits, and one of them will
attend the Superior Courts in the County of Richmond,
where the merchants, and others cf Augusta, will have
an opportunity of a personal interview, on such business
as they may choose to commit to lheir care, their office
' will be kept at Gainesville, in Hall County, Georgia,
' where all communications to them, will be directed.
WILLIAxM fi. V- DERWOOD,
GASTON M. UNDER v OOD.
ICP* The Augus f a Chronicle, will please give the
above a few insertions, and forward their account to this
office for payment.
March 14th, 1834. —47tf.
Lumpkin County Jllarch 7 th 1834.’
TO THE EDITORS OF THE WESTERN HERALD.
ENT. Permit me through the medium of your
If paper, to correct as far as I am concerned, the
charges made by the Grand Jury, at our last Superior
Court, concerning the former Inferior Court of this Coun.
ty.
Ist. For a violation of their contracts with Mr. P. R.
McCrary, by granting to him all tlie unsold lots &c.
2d. For the erection of a small Jail.
3d. For the erection of a Temporary Court House.
4th. For the appropriation 0f5199 25cts, for the mar
king out of the county line.
sth. The contract for the building cf the last Jail with
out giving notice, at ,81,800 ; when the one at Gainesyide
was built for $957, on the same plan &c. In justice to
myself’and for the satisfaction ot my Fellow Citizens.
I am compelled under these circumstances, to say pos
itively that 1 had nothing to do in these transactions,
however high my respect for those Gentlemen of the
Grand Jury, I must correct these charges as far as I am
concerned, and can say that if 1 had done any thing
about the erection of any Public Building, I should have
put them in my humble conception, nearer the centre of
the county.
A. K. BLACKWELL.
March 14—17—2 t.
Major Jack Downing's
LIFE OF
G E .V’ L. AND RE IV JACK SO N,
PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES.
T- «.♦
HAS in the Press, and will publish in a few days,
the Life, Administration, xc. of Major General
Andrew Jackson, President of the United States —By
Major Jack Downing, of the Downingville Militia.
'1 his work is ornamented with a number of fine engra
vings, among which is a striking likeness of the Presi
! dent, the Author, and several other distinguished char
acters ; also, a variety ofcuts, illustrating a number of
extraordinary and graphic scenes described by the face
tious, eloquent, and learned Biographer.
Extract from the concltn-ion of the Major’s Preface.
“And now I’m near an vend, and I gues as how l’v e
done it purty slick. I raley think this account of the
Life, Adventures, Battels, Hare breath scapes, and the
Glorious Administration of the Gineral, is the cutest
think I’vc ever rote. The Gineral tell’ed me plainly it
was a master work,and that he would rite to Dr. Quin
zyof'Havcrt Univarsity to git me made a Master of Arts,
1 thing this beats my etters all holler and that my repu
tashon as a riter will be stablisht by it, and go down to
posterity sempitarnal with the Ginerals. 1 have rit it
all from the Ginerals own mouth, for when I forgot vv hat
he felled me, 1 went and axed him Over again, and if 1
hadn’t made it myself, why I swore it wud a bin OU>bi
■ ografy.”
j If the letters of Major Jack Downing have crated a
I smile on the faces of ms readers, they may confidently
expect a richer treat from the redoubtable author, in lus
new vocation as a Biographer.
’l’he work will be issued in One Volume 12 .Vo, of
261 pages, well executed, on fine paper, and neatly
bound in cloth, ; at the tow price of one dollar per copy ;
the usual discount to the trade. Flexible covers will be
put on a part of the edition, so that the work can be sent
by mail to those who reside a distance. Editors of
newspapers, [x-nodicals. foe. who publish this annouce
ment a tew times, and inclose us five dollars,/ree of pos~
tape, shall receive seven copies.
Address, Post-paid,
T. K. GREENBANK.
9, Franklin Place, Philadelphia.
March 14—47—4 t
sherili’s {Sales for April in
FLOYD COUNTY.
Lot Dis. See. Property of To satisfy.
69 23 3 Joseph Baily, R. 'l'. Banks,
1077 3 4 11. M Skaggs, Nelms so < handler,
COBB COUNTY.
533 1 2 John Camp, F. Duga?,
1245 19 2 D. McGugan, S. House,
723 1 2 Wesley Arnold, SafFtld so Fears,
775 1 2 Drewry Jeffries, John A'ofi’ard,
MURKA* COUNTY.
j 117 7 3 E. Fain. J. D.Sutton,
. 290 25 12 W, Williford,
60 10 3 J. Speer, N. Freeman,
I 2125 2 H. 1-Coon. J. F. Cash,
321 11 3 J. B. Tally, J. Kirkpatrick,
CASS COUNTY.
195 15 3 J.M. Daviaoa G. W. Moore,
j lte7 4 3 B. Smith. Murphy i Turner,
239 G 3 J. H. Rupert, J. Abrahams,
873 21 2 S. Braswell, James Long,
880 4 3 John T. Gwin W. Jams,
172 15 3 J, Ingram, 11. Rowan,
FORSYTH COUNTY.
I £3 11 W. McNeal, W. T. V. Poole.
325 11 A. Studdard, E. !’>■ Beall,
, 3V9 11 I \V. F. Ropee, H. Fiizsimmon.-,
i 676 II 1 John M. Mile*, Thos. Jackson,
1 260 3 1 D. Siiav, W atersen so Canon,
578 2 I L. Duke, James Austin,
220 14 I J. Stntman, John *1- Sims,
153 3 1 H. S. Dunlap, A. Chas'am,
330 11 John Doner D. Cooper,
CHEROKEE COUNTY.
837 £1 2 E. Kennington, Brunt & Clement*,
452 21 £ G. R»-vnolds, J- Daley,
890 2 2 A. Wiliams, W. H.'Cargile.
686 15 2 E. Pern man, Samuel Byrd,
i 946 15 2 J. Stcv 'ns. J. CasClebury,
I 149 14 2J. H. RustA ET.
‘ Marh’i.—i"
FROM THE ACADEMICIAN-
WOMAN—THE ANGEL OF LIFE.
'When darkness cloth’d this world ©fours
An uuform’d mass it laid;
There breath’d no sweets—there bloom’d no flowers —
No songs in green arcade :
And when that world in beauty shone,
Man gaz’d in wild despair —
He wandered thro’ its sweets alone,
For woman was not there.'
In Eden’a r >sy bow’r he slept
With solitude oppress'd,
And in his drcams with anguish wept
For one Congenial breast.
In vision’d slumber, who can tell,
The lonely grief he felt,
Or his deep joy when first he woke,
And eve beside him knelt?
And through the devious path of life.
To cheer its gloomy wild,
Man by the angel-friend—his wife,
■Will find its ills beguil’d .
And care, nor sorrow, sin nor shame,
Will in his pathway tread ,-
And sacred virtue will embalm
Their memories whendaed.
—:
Front the Western Carolinian.
ADDRESSED TO R ****** A. S***.
The world is bright before thee ;
It’s summer flowers are thine;
It’s calm blue sky is o’er thee ;
Thy bosom virtue’s shrine;
And thine the sunbeam given
To nature’s morning hour;
Pure, warm, as when from hcai'en
It burnt on Eden’s bower.
There is a song of sorrow
The death dirge of the gay—
That ti Ils thedawn of morrow,
These charms may melt away ;
That sun’s bright beam be shaded,
That sky be blue no more,
The summer flower be faded,
And youth’s young promise o’er.
Believe it not —though mnely
The winning home may be;
Though beauty's bark can only
Float on a summer’s sea—
Though Time our bloom be stealing
There’s still beyond his art
The wild-flower wreath of feeling,
The sun-bcam of the heart.
-
IFrom the London Monthly Magazine.]
THE CON VP T GIRL.
■•q’herc was one, a V. elsh Girl, not above nineteen.
She could not speak a word of English. * * * She was
most dejected of the whole. She used to stand at the
ganrrway from morninir till night, looking on the water
and erving. She would take nothing but a drink of wa
ter, or now and then an apple or pear. < 'wen tin :k« site
came from Beaumaris, but forgets what was her crime.
She was perfectly quiet.”— Evidence of John Owen, Beat,
swain of the Amphitrite, wrecked off Boulogne, Au". Jr 33.
My home ! my home, my mountain home,
I see thee now no more !
Mv path is now on ocean’s foam,
M y lullaby its roar ;
And parting Ilins, my home, from tie e,
No hope the pan*.’ endears—
No voice hath br athed a prayer for me,
Unwept I shed these tears.
Around me crowd strange things cf crime.
Pollution meets mine eye •
But nut a look of childhwd’s time—
Nor tone of home is nigh;
And this, aye Tin-, they ,’tERCY cal;
For her who sought a grave;
Homeless they hold me still in thrall—
Ari outcast, y<t a slave .'
Dark wave! dark wave, that rol : s in piide,
To lash yon distant shore ;
Ob! hear my spirit on thy tide,
To visit it once more:
Ifbut my tears could there find rest,
In m.ngltng with the spray:
I’d fl.ng my fondness thy br
And weep this heart away.
But not thou’rt false as lam whose .1.
Worked madness tn this brain,
V.'i.ose love destroyed wh r. ’cr it fell—
Whose vengeance s ught m vain,
Fare well! I’d sooner trust thy hate,
’Mid ocean’s wildest swell,
Than trust this love to such a fate;
.Vv mountain home, farewell I
From the Sentinel.
Mr. Editor :
It seems to me right dangerous for the people
to let General Jackson carry on as he does; but
I dont know much about it though. If they dont
mind he’ll give ’em smoke yit some these days,
t aat wc case J.im out Fotnebow ?
C. Prater.
mSCEL.L.A3ft T EOIJS-
FROM THE SENTINLL.
Georgia Scenes, Incidents, Characters, A’-c.
THE BALL.
Being on a visit to (he city of- , about
ten years ago, my old friend Jack De Bathe gave
me an invitation to a ball, of which he was odg
of the managers. Jack had been the com
panion of my childhood, my boyhood, and
my early manhood, and through many a merry
dance had we hopt, and laughed and tumbled
down together, in the morning of life. Dancing
was really in those days a merry making busi
ness. Except the minute, which was introduced
only to teach us the graces, and the congo,
which was only to chase away the solemnities
of the minuet, it was all a jovial heart-stirring,
foot-stirring amusement. We had noneofyour
mathematical cotillons, none of your immodest
waltzes, none of your detestable disgusting gal
lapadcs. The waltz would have crimsoned the
cheek of every young lady who attended a ball
in my day; and had the gallupade been com
menced in the ball room, it would have been
ended in the street, if there was any virtue ia
shoe.leather. I am happy to say that the waltz
has met with but very little encouragement in
Georgia as yet —the galla. ade, with nene. Ye
fair of my native land ! Ye daughters of a mo
dest race! blush them away from the soil, which;
your mothers honored by their example, and
which is consecrated by their ashes. Born to
woman’s loftiest destines, it ill becomes you to
stoop from your high estate, to ape the indecen
cies of Europe’s slaves. It is yours to com
mand— not to obey. Let vice approach you in
what lorin she may—as the handmaid of wit and
talents, the mistress of courts, or the queen of.
fashion, fad not to meet her, with the frown of
indigi ant virtue, and the flush of offended mo
desty. Ehcre is a majesty in these, which lias
ever commanded her homage —there is a love
liness in these, which will over command the
admiration of the world.—But let me no longer
be serious, upon such a merry occasion.
Though Deßathle is but two months younger
than 1 am, he still dances occasionally; and to
this circumstance in part, but more particularly
to the circumstance of his being a married man,
is to be ascribed his appointment, of manager;
the custom now being to have one third or one'
half the managers married men. This would
be great improvement on the management ot
balls in my day, could the married managers
only manage to keep out of the card-room.
Would th< y tak tne direction of the amusement
into their hands, their junior colleagues would
then have an opportunity of sharing the pleas
ures < f the evening, a pnvilege which they sel
dom t njoy as things are now conducted- How
ever, married men are not appointed with the
expectation tnat they will perform the duties of
th ofli e; but to quiet the scruples of some half
dozen or more “charming creatures, who,
though they never tail to attend a ball, will not
condescend to do so, until they are perfectly
satisfi* d it is to be conducted with the utmost
gravity, dignity, decorum and propriety. For
these assurances, they look lirst to the face cf
the pap-, r, (the ball-ticket,) and if they do i:u£
find on it a goodly number of responsible names,
(such as t>y reasoi.able presumption are well
broke to petty-coal government,) they protest,
it, tell a him .red amiable little fibs, to concca,
the caust,torture two orthree beaux halfto death
w ith sus; ense, and finally conclude to go, just
to keep from giving offence. But if the endor
sers .“p<. nt, giavc and reverend seniors,”
schooled as alortsaid, why then one difficultv
at least is removed; tor though it is well known
that these ate “endorsers without recourse in
the first instancett is i qually well known that
tic y m y . e ultimately made liable; for if the
juniors tail to fulfil their engagements, a lady
has nothing to do but to walk into the card ruom«
take a senior by the nape of the neck, lead hirn
into the ball room, present her ticket with his
name on it in the presence of the witnesses there
assembled, and she is sure of ample satisfac
tion.
hen De Bathle and I reached the ball room
a large number < f gentlemen had already assem
bled. T hey all seemed cheetf’ul and happy.
Some walked Di couples up and down the ball
room ami talkc . with gnat volubility, but non'
of them undt r stood a w ord that himself cr hi;'
companion s ad —
“Ah, eb; h ;W do you ’mow that?"
Because the speakers showi d plainly Ly th :
looks and a tions that their thoughts wcie fan
ning upon their personal appearance, nnd upon
the figure they would cut, before the ladies.
when thev should arrive, and not upon the sub
ject of the discourse; and fmthcrmcre, their
conversation was like that of one talking m hi •
sleep,—without oi er,sense.oreonnexion. Ike
hearer always isade the speak I '* repeat m scr.-
tences and half Eentcnccs. o.itm interrupting
him with “what !” before he had proccede 1
three words in a r tnm>'> anc l then laughed at
fectedly, as though he saw in the senseless nt -
finished sentence a most excellent joke. Thr n
wo lid come h« s reply, which could not be for
ced into connexion with a word that he had
hcardmmd in the course of wiiich he was treated
with precisely the civility which be had receiv
ed. And yet they kept up tne conversation
with lively interest so long as I listened to
them.
Others employed themselves in commenting,
good-humoredly, upon each other’s dresses, ftr •
figure, while sexo took steps —awka-d -
NO. 48.