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MONTPELIER SPRINGS.
riMIE Proprietor of the Montpelier Springs, he,.-
8 leave to notify the Public that a Can ia re and
Jour Horses, with a careful Driver, will commence
r uining from Macon on Tuesday next, leaving the
Central Ilotel, at 4 o’clock on Tuesday, Thursday, and
Saturday—and return, on Monday, Wednesday, and
Friday.
June 9 33:f
FOR THE INDIAN SPRINGS.
ACCOMMODATION LINE.
THE Subscribers take pleasure in an
nouncing to the citizens of Macon, and
j I Wk ' Jt- — t | lg pui,!,,. generally, that thev will run a
regular Four Horse Coach to the Imdiay Spki.vgs, via
'Forsyth—leaving Macon Tuesdays and Saturdays, at
5 o’clock, A. M.; and the Springs, on Thursdays and
Sundays, at 6 o’clock. A. M.
Every pains will be taken to render the passengers
comfortable. Passengers will be called for, and left at
their respective residences in any part of the city. Fare,
*6. C. L. HOWLAND Sc CO.
ZPj- Scats can be taken at the bar of the Central Ho
tel, or with the subscribers. C3r No seal secured until
the money is paid. C. L. H. Sc CO.
July 14 (Messenger and Telegraph.) S3
'OCHMULGEE STEAM-BOAT COMPANY,
incorporated by the legislature or Georgia, is 1835,
For the transportation and Insurance of Mer.
chundiec and Protluce, between Savanah
and Darien, and Darien and Macon—
touching at Hatokinsville, and the principal
Landings .
TIHIS Company will run their Steam-boats as high
up as Macon as long as the state of the River will
admit; and for low stages of the waters they have pro
vided, and are now running l’olc-boats of such light
draft of wa'er as will admit them to run at any stage of
the Rives, which are towed up by their Steam-boats
two-thirds us the distance, thereby greatly expediting
the transportation of Merchandise during the Summer 1
and Fall season' ; and their Steamers will be in com- !
plete repair, and ready fur business, as early as the Ri
ver will admit.
TIIEIR BOATS ARE:
Steam-boat Comet, Captain Brandy, i
Steam-boat Alatamaha, Captain
Faylor,
Steam-boat Oehmtilgee, Captain
Blankitrfhip;
And a large number of TOW-BOATS, which will
bean complete repair.
I >r further information apply to
RCA & COTTON. Macoiv,
J. VV. LATHROP, Hnwkinsville,
PH R. YONGE Sc SON, Darien,
'VII. PATTEBSON Sc C<X, Savannah,
McDOWELL, SHANNON «c CO.,Charleston,
SCOTT, SH AFTER & MORRELL, New York,
. Agents.
Jilv 14 33 if
Macon Steam-boat Company,
SsSSsf llfiSksC
\T/’OULD inform the merchants and public, that
» * they are now building a iVcie Stern-whed Steam - '
bout, and six neu- Tub Boats, which will be added to
the line early in September next; at which time the
C impany’s boa's will be in complete order for running,
a' soon as the River will admit. ’Pile Company wHI
have next full, in the line, fiveS’eani-boats and sixteen
Tow-boats, and with these facilities they will be able to
have a Steam-boat, with two tow boats, leave Darien
f r Macon, regularly every three days, and they pledge
themselves that despatch shall be given to goods ship
ped by the line ; the Company, or Agents, have no in
terest to 6ervc but their patrons.
J. GODDARD, President.
July 21 3ti;3l
r r e s ii
GARDEN ||fi* SEEDS.
JUST received, a large assortment of Garden Seeds !
among which are the following :
Early June Peas
“ charlton do
“ bishop prolific do
Large white marrowfat do
Dwarf blue imperial do
Early china dwarf Beans
“ mohawk do
“ six weeks do
Du'ch cascknifa do
Large Lima do
Early sugar corn
“ Tuscarora do
“ Dutch or sp’g Tumip
Large English liorfolk do
White flat do
Red top do
R ita Bag* do
Scotch Kale
Sea do
Cayenne Pcppor
Bell do
Purple Egg Plant
Curled eress or pep’ grass
Large Tomato
Vegetable Oyster
Curled Parsley
White mustard
Long White Okra
Giant Asparagus
Scotch Leek,
Early sugar loaf Cubbage
Early York do
Large do do
Early drumhead do
J .arge do do
Green glazed do
Long blood Beet
Early do. Turnip do
Early F*encl» sugar do
White Onion
Red Onion
Scarlet Carrot
Orange do
Early cluster Cucumber,
Long green do
Early short green do
Superior Water Melon*
Large musk do
Fine, nutmeg do
Green Citron do
Dutch summer Squash
llimh Crookneckned do
Ice Lettuce,
Ice cos do
Imperial sugar loaf do
Long scarlet Radish
I/ong salmon do
Cherry turnip do
Early Cauliflower
Late do
For eafc by J. H. & W. S. ELLIS,
. Cotton-Avenue.
March 10 20
E'ein’s Patent Ttotri*- Knife Pistole.
OJt ELGIN’? Pa'ent Bowie-Knife Fietole. jur re't
vea end fcr»*!c by
ROBXNPOK, WRI6MBT it cc
CENTRAL HOTEL,
MACON, GEORGIA.
M THE subsoribei respectfully inf >rms his friends
and the public in general, that he has taken the
above named Establishment, which having been
recently thoroughly paired and enlarged at great ex
pence—is now open lor the reception of Travellers,
Boarders, Sfc. Tlie chambers are large and airy—lie
servants competent and attentive. Ills Table shall
constantly be supplied with every delicacy the Season
and Market will turnish. His Bar is stocked with the
choicest Wines and Liquors. And in order more effec
tually to make it a first rate House, he has called to his
aid the services of Mr. A. Elder, of Baltimore, whose
long experience at Barnum’s City Hotel, has justly en
titled him to the reputation of a Caterer for the public.—
The subscriber, therefore, hopes by his unremitting ex
ertions to please, to receive a liberal share of nntronnge.
HORACE R. WARD.
N.B. Gwd Stabling attached to the Hotel, with faith
ful and attentive Ostlers.
December 16 Btf
TO RENT,
Ar,v THREE Fire-proof STORES, fronting on Sd
street; Three Fire-proof STORES, fronting
l ~ on Cherry-street.
They ore large and commodious, and well calculated
for any kind of business, and will be fined up, as to
shelving nnd counters, to suit tcnan'9. These fronting
on Third-street (directly opposite Messrs. Rea & Cot
ton’s, and J Cowles, Esqr.’s ranges) are now ready for
occupancy, and possession immediately given. 1 nose
on Cherry-street will be ready by the Ist of October
ge.x'. Rent will be reasonable, and commence from
Ist oi Choker. Apply to
DAVID RALSTON.
N.B. Several very niry ROOMS on .‘he second floor
of the above buildings, suitable for Lawyers JV'ces,
will aleo be rented. D. R.
July 7 37tf
TO RENT.
M THE desirable residence on the hill, built by
Gen. Robt. A Beall, and lately occupied by l>r.
Randolph, the enclosure contains an extensive
variety of choice bearing fruit trees selected ut the north,
and ornamental shrubbery.
ALSO some business houses well located on Cotton
Avenue, for grocery and provision stores.
FOR SALE.—Several valuable city lots, and 16
acres improved land bounding on the city Common* .
Troup’s hill and the Houston road, (distant one mile
front the court house) with an extensive elevation in
front, aff.rdinga commanding view of the City and sur
rounding country, and well adapted for private residen
ces, the whole, or a part of which will be sold on ac
commodating terms by earlv application to
WM.B. PARKER.
March 17. 21rf
FOR RENT.
THE one story HOUSE,on Cherry-street, next door
to the corner of Third-street, at present occupied
by Mr. McElroy, it contains four rooms. Possession
given Ist October. For terms apply to
REA Sc COTTON.
July 21 39tf
TO RENT,
rjIWO large front Rooms on the second story of our
J. stores, on Third-street, suitable for sleeping apart
ments or offices. Possesaion given Ist of October next.
For terms apply to REA &. COTTON.
July 21 39tf
FOR RENT.
THE brick Store on Third-street, adjoining the sub
scribers' (formerly occupied by Williams Sc Brad
ley.) Possession given Ist of October next. For terms
apply to REA Sc COTTON.
July 21 3'Jrf
For Sale.
a THE small House on cotton Avenue, at pres
ent occupied by C. G. St. John as a jewelry store, j
Also for sale, an experience cook Woman. Ap
ply to JAMES A. NISBET. j
December 2. 6 j
FOR SALE,
w. The commodious HOUSE, now in the ocru-
P?ncy of George W. Maliary, situated on the
Federal Road, about one mile from the city.—
Attached to the lot are fourteen acres of good Land, a
fine well of water, good Orchard, and all necessary out
buildings. For terms apply to Dr. A. BABER, or
LG. SEYMOUR.
July 7 37tf
For
OOD lots of Oak and Hickory Land, a few miles
* * from Macon.
Also a FARM of one hundred acres in a good con
dition, for planting, three and a half miles from town
Dcc.2. 6 Apply to JAS. A. NISBET.
NOTICE.
TIIE subscribers having sold their entire stock of
GOODS to Messrs. Fout, Bond & Sinclair, feel
pleasure in recommending them to their former custo
mers and friends ns worthy of their highest confidence,
and would respectfully solicit for them a continuance
of that kind and liberal patronage which has hitherto
been so generously extended to them ; and for which
ihey beg leave to tender their most grateful acknowl
edgements. FORT, HAMILTON A CO.
July 21 39tf
NOTICE.
THE subscribers having purchased the entire Stock
of Forty//amilton Sc Cos., will continue the bus
iness at the old stand, under the name and style of
FORT, BOND & SINCLAIR,
where they will keep a constant supply of all articles
belonging to the DRY GOODS business. They hope
to realize a continuation of the liberal patronage which
has been extended to their predecessors, and to give
general satisfaction to all who may favor them with
their custom. I. E. FORT,
L. A BOND,
E- SINCLAIR.
July 21 39-f
NOTICE.
THE subscribers have sold their entire stock of
Goods to Fort, Bond Sc Sinclair, with a view of
closing up the business of the concern with as little de- j
lavas possible. They would therefore earnestly re
quest from those indebted to 'hem an earlv settlement;
and especially from those whose debts fell due on and
after the Ist of Januarv last.
FORT, 7/A MILTON Sc CO.
July 21 33tf
NOTICE.
np IJE Co-partnerships heretofore existing under the
firm of Han ilton. Hayes A. Cos., nnd Fort, Ham
ilton A. Cos. are this day dissolved. Either member of
the late firms «ill he authorized to receive any moneys
due to either concern, and to sign the name of either
concern, for the purpose of making or receiving notes,
either as principal or endorsers, for the purpose of clos
ing the business of said concerns.
R. W. FORT,
E. HAMILTON,
J. R. //AYES,
IRA E. FORT.
July 21 39tf
DISSOLUTION.
THE Copartnership heretofore existing be'ween the
subscribers under the firm of William Cooke Sc
Cos. in the City of New York, and Cooke Sr. Cowles,
in Macon,is, bv mutual consent, dissolved. The names
of the firm will be used in settlement of the business,
by either party. WILLIAM COOKE,
J. CO TELES.
Mac*»n. June 9 33
THE subscriber is now prepared to execute all kinds
of House, Sign ami Ornamental Painting,
at his Shop, Mulberrv-strect, opposite the Post-Office,
and one door below the Central Rail-Road Bank.
Orders, either in the city or country, thankfully recal
™d.ndp~melT.-i..d.<l». pANIEI T „ A
February 10 16
MACON, (Ga.) SATURDAY MORNING, AUGUST 1338.
POETRY.
From tha MaJisoniaa.
Lists written in dejection.
TO AN ABSENT BROTHER.
When shall we greet thy coming home l 0 gentle Bro
ther tell,
And fill with joy the hearts, where them art lov’d so well,
Now let thy wanderings cease, and never more to roam,
Come to thine Orphan Sisters, O gentle brother, cent*
O when we parted, brother, we owned a mother'* love.
And a father’s gentles; accent fell, like incense from
above.
But He who gave, law fi: to make, thus desolate our
home,
Father and mother,both are dead! O gentle brother come.
We’ve proved the world’s cold charity, and have been
taught to know,
How Slander’s venow’d tongue, makes bitter tears to
flow,
0 then our thoughts will turn to theo, and our once
pleasant home,
Cotne, to thine orphan sisters then, O gentle brother,
come.
Each day that passes o'er us, our prayers to Heaven as
cend,
That God would bring our brother back, to be our con
stant friend,
This power had hope to cheer us, within our lonely home,
Come m .thine orphan eister* then, O gentle brother
come.
Come to the heart* that wait thee, then brother, thou
shult prove,
How constant and enduring, can be a sister’* love.
Once more shall peace, and plenty, smile around our
home,
Cotne to thine orphan aisters then, O gentle brother,
come. E. N. K.
Washington, July 26.
MARY’S BEE.
BY JAMES SACK:.
As Mary, with her lip of roses,
Was trippingo’er the flow’ry mead,
A foolish little bee supposes
The rosy lip. a rose indeed ;
And so, astonish’d at the bliss,
He steals the honey of her kiss.
He wantons there a moment, lightly—
He sports away on careless wing—
But, ah, why swells that wound unsightly t »
The rascal 1 he has left a sting!
She runs to me, with weeping eyes—
Sweet images of April skies !
“Be this," said I “to heedless missea
A warning, they should bear in mind ;
For oft a lover steals their kisees,
Then flies and leaves a sting behind."
“ This may be wisdom, to be sure,"
Said Mary; “ but I want a cure."
What could Ido? to ease the swelling
My lips and hers delighted meet;
And, trust me, from that lovely dwelling,
I found the very poison sweet!
Fond boy! unconscious of its smart,
I suck’d the poison to my heart!
MISCELLANEOUS.
From the K tickerbocker.
THE CRUSADES.
Bright rose the sun over the hills of Pales
tine, and never, since the world had birth, did
it rise on a brighter or more inspiring scene.
There, her gorgeous palaces and beautiful
temples bathed in the sunlight of an esstern
morn, rose Jerusalem!
• Her towers, her domes, her pinnacles, her walls,
Her glittering palaces, her splendid halls,
Showed in the lustrous air like some bright dream,
Wove by gay fancy from the morning beam.’
Jerusalem ! What hallowed associations
rush upon the mind at that name! Once,
Queen of the East, and mistress of the world ;
unsurpassed in importance, and unrivalled in
splendour; the home and pride of Judea’s sons.
Now, the jackall howles where her kings
reigned, and the crumbled marble, once mark
ing where her warriors slept, now mingles with '
the whirling sands of Arabia.
Under the city’s walls were encamped tht
Army of the Cross. Companions in former
wars, and victors in former battles, they had
come determined to accomplish their errand,
or die in the attempt. There were the flower
nnd boast of Europe’s chivalry. Steel hau
berk and coat ofmail gleamed in the sunbeams
nnd the trumpet’s note of defiance rang on the
the morning air, with the taunting clash of the
Turkish cymbal. That pennon which had
floated o’er the head of its gallant lord amid
former conflicts of his house now danced gaily
to an Asiatic breeze. The emblem of an an
cient line, it was not there to be dishonored ;
the cherished relic of past splendor its fair
blazonry’ was not the e to be stained orsulhed.
Who would blame the enthusiasm which
had thus led them forth to battle ? Who can
censure that piety' which gave strength and
sinew to their arms in the battle’s shock, and
was their last solace in the hour of danger and
of death T Yet, there are those who call the
age of chivalry an age of folly—who de
nounce the Crusades but as an act of madness.
Madness nnd folly they may have been ; un
just they certainly were ; but who of us had
he lived in that day, would not have also bound
the sacred emMem to his shoulder, and follow
ed the crusading host to the holy'land? The
enthusiasm of the hermit of A miens, the oratory
of St. Bernard, and tlie commanding talents of
Faulk, had successively been used to spur them
on to action. The commands of the papal
prelate were imperative, were not these enough
to impel them to almost any deed. But the
Saracen’s insulting heel was on the very sepul
chre of their Lord! The Turk’* proud foot
j spurned the dust once presped by the rncek
| footsteps of C irist ! Jerusalem was captive !
1 Tiirougb her courts and palaces a Moslem
i s’rode in defiance, and reigned w.thout rebuke!
Were they Christians, and endure all this ?
Drawing the avenging steel, thevswo e never
again to sheathe it, till their object wus accom
plished, or till the last drop of their life’s blood
ceased to circle round those hearts which beat
only* for their honor andtbetr God.
But why seek to excuse the Crusades by the
motives which led to them ? It is their cou
-1 seqttencs that gave them importance in his
tory, and furnish ample apology for all their
follies, if not for all their crimes. Apology !
* Sleep, Richard of tlie lion heart,
Sleep on, nor from thy cerements start,”
at tlie wrong done thy memory and thy name.
But the age of chivalry has passed, like a br ght
vision of the morning.
If we contemplate for a moment the dreary
picture which the civilized world presented in
the age of the Crusades, and compare it with
the succeeding, we must allow that the politi
cal advantages resulting from them were such
as Europe will never ceasd to fee!, so long as
her hills shall stand, or her name be know n.
Torn by intestine feuds, the western world
was at that time the scene of the most bloody
and atrocious wars that ever disfigured the
page of history. The order and beauty of the
social compact, like that of the ocean lashed to
fury by the rushing tempest, was lost in the
wild vortex of raging passions and unbridled
licentiousness. Law and right were neither
respected or obeyed. The sword was the
only passport to greatness, and o; ened the
only path to fortune and to honor. Human
life was held as the sport of any petty tyrant
who chose to take it, and the frequent death,
cry of the murdered rolled wildly up to an of
fended GoJ.
Then came the crusades. Glory, humor,
tality, religion, all pointed with imploring fin
ger to tlie scene of a Saviour’s sufferings and
death. Fame galled upon her votaries to bat
tie to tlie death with Payiiim hosts; Religion
upon hers to wi|»e away for ever from the es
cutcheon of the Christian world, the deep,
damning disgrace of allowing an unbelieving
race to defile the land they loved, the sepulchre
they adored. Then warring nations dropped
their swords, and gave answer to the cry of
vengeance. They came, the noble and the
proud, the young and the ok I, rallying round
the crimson standard. Unity of sentiment
and community of interest have ever given
birth to mutual kindness, and x
“ All those courtesies that love to shoot,
Round virtue's steps, the flowerets of her fruit."
So was it then ; and Europe, purified and en
lightened from this and other causes flowing
from it, woke from the letliergy which had so
long bound her, and advanced rapidly toward
that civilization and refinement which now
ennoble and adorn her.
Tite effects of the Crusades upon literature,
though not immediate, were no less salutary.
Philosophers have moralized, scholars have
wept, over the deplorable ignorance of the
tenth and eleventh centuries. Science slept.
A deatlr-like lethargy had come over her,
which, like the sultry blast of an eastern noon,
had palsied all her efforts, and withered all her
energies. The spirit of poetry had long since
fled. She seemed forever to have forsaken
tho:.c haunts where she once loved so well,
till the Troubadours, catching up the lyre,
then shattered by Time’s ruthless hand, struck
from its long mute strings those strains which
roused nations to arms, and a world to mad
ness. Never was music more magically elo
quent. The lyre which thrilled beneath a
Homer’s touch, or the lapses of the cygnet’s
song, which might have been sweeter; they
could not have been more inspiring. All Eu
rope responded to the strains which swept
over the land, and echoed though her old ba
ronial halls.
Then commenced the restoration of letters
in the west. The Troubadour’s lay was but
the prelude to the diviner strains of a Boccacio,
a Petrarch, and a Dante. Song again re
vived, nnd from the blushing vine hills of
France, from the castled crags of Scotland,
from the wild glens of Switzerland, and the
vegas of romantic Spain, again ascended to
the poet’s breathings, free as their moun
tain air. The very Crusades themselves,
by furnishing the materials from which to
weave the gorgeous fictions of the imagina
tion, and by making the Crusaders acquainted
with all the glowing imagery and fanciful de
corat'ons of oriental literature, gave an im
pulse to letters which will never cease to be
felt, till man shall cease to appreciate and ad
mire the beautiful and the sublime. Can it be,
then, that the Crusaders retarded the progress
of literature ? Rtither, they cherished and
promoted it, when the last flicker of the firo
upon her altar had nearly expired, in sadness
and in gloom.
It was sunset. The rich mellow light
at earned in a thousand variegated hues over
Olivet’s green top. the holy city, and the Chris
tian camp, till at last it met Bethsaicia’s wave,
blushing and sparkling in its embrace. Not
a ripple disturbed the mirrored stillness, savo
where tlie bright-plumed bird stooped to lave
his wing, or taste its refreshing coolness.
Above was the deep blue sky, so bright and
clear that fancy could almost soar to the re
gions of the blest—could almost catch the
harmonies of heaven. All was calm and beau
tiful. Even the stern sentinel, pacing his lone
ly round* for a moment relaxed his iron brow,
and stopped to gaze upon the surpassing love
liness of that hour. #ut a far brighter sight
( met his eve, as he gazed upward, and saw tli©
• consecra’ed folds of the sacred banner float
ing in triumph over the walls and battlement#
of Jerusalem. Yes, that day had seen tlie
City theirs, and the knightly', the good, the gal
lant Godfrey, ns he bent to kiss the tomb ho
had rescued, was seen to dash away a tear of
mingled gratitude, penitence, and veneration,
and then to lift bis hands in mental adoration
to that Being who is ever the same, whether
amid the burning sands of Syria, or the icy re
gions of the Pole. Thus should heroes eon*
! quer. Thus did the Crust ders. Blame r.ot
hastily their misdirected zeal. Censure not
i their holy enthusiasm. Profane not with sa
crilegious touch the moss-grown tomb where
their ashes sleep. Their faults were the faults
of their age—their virtues all their own.
THE FORTUNE TELLER.
1 think Mr. Solomon Logical was the most
irascible old man that ever worsted his anta
gonist in an argument, or, fuiling to convince
or confute, knock him down by way of coming
to a conclusion. He was a short pursy gentle,
man of sixty, who hod married late in life, to
have as he said, someone to'make gruels and
toast cheese for him in his declining years.
Asa specimen of diminutive obesity, Mr. Lo
gical might claim the first rank among his
contemporaries. His figure had u most strik
ing resemblance to the Dutch nut-crackers 1
have seen at the toy-shops ; and pet https tha
comparison might be extended, w ith equal jus
tice to his countenance, which was blown up
in bis thundergusts, until it assumed the red.
ness and rotundity which pertains to the me
chanical figure before mentioned.
The family of this gentleman consisted of
his w ife, n daughter of the dclighful age of six
teen, and two little ones, who had numbered,
the one five, and the other six summers. Four
children had passed before him to the grave.
I do give it as my positive and unalterable
opinion, that Julia Logical was the most fasci
nating creature that ever shattered the heart
of a rosebud. 1 will not do her so much in
justice as to attempt a description : but if any
of my readers would behold a being bearing a
little resemblance to her, let him close his eyes,
dream of one of Tom Moore’s Peris, and ho
will be satisfied.
On this daughter, his pipe, and on argument
old Logical doted with the fondness of a child.
“ The girl,” he used to say, “ is a good girl;
a good girl deserves a good husband, and,
d—n me, if she shan’t havo one! She is
worth fifty thousand dollars on hor wedding
day, which she shall never see till a fellow
presents himself who can smoke, produce his
fifty, and maintain an argument. I know
what a husband ought to be.”
After an exclamation like this, the old getD
tloman would puff and simmer like a roasting
apple, and finally sputter himself into a great
rage, simply because no one ventured to dis
pute his plans, and argue with him on the sub.
jeet nearest his heart. This, no person of hie
own household would venture to do, preferring
to a minor ebullition of spleen, which would
attend the neglect, to the tremendous explo
sion which was sure to follow the display of
an opposition to his will. In sac t, old Logical
was one of those testy logicians, who were
never satisfied with victory or defeat, opposi.
tion on submission.
The butterflies in email clothes, who haunt
ed the precincts of his house, hated him as they
did the prince of darkness. Never had a suitor
ventured to intrude his person within old Lo
gical’s premises since he broke his ivory cor,®,
over the cranium of a young gentleman, in cla
ret inexpressibles, who had called after a party
to inquire for the daughter.
“ The rascal,” cried the infuriated parent*
“ the rascal wore a quizzing glass ; no man of
sense or property wears a quizzing glass f
therefore, he must b* a penniless puppy !”
After this melancholy catastrophe, no beau
hazarded an interruption into quarters which
were guarded by a dragon so outrageous.
Julia Logical pined and faded; tvhv, 1 pre
tend not to say; but it surely was not for tha
deprivation that had been inflicted upon her in
the exclusion of her admirers. 1 am quite
sure of countenance from my fair readers,
when I assert that that could not have been tha
cause. Her father appeared to grow fatter,
and redder, and more and more argumentative
every day, and with his increasing size, tier
venom of his disposition toward the young men
of his day deepened in bitterness. He would
ouly allow his daughter to walk in the'gardcn
pertaining to his house, and l.ot even there, un
less accompanied by himself or mother.
It wrs during a fine afternoon in September,
that the whole family were collected ui an ar
bor at the lower part of one of the shady
walks, enjoying the repose and beauty of an
autumnal evening, when a figure was seen
advancing down the avenue, preceded by a
servant. The domestic, in a submissive tone,
announced a woman who professed to have
skill in fortune-telling.
“ A fortune teller,” tcmrcd old Logical.
“ A fortune teller,” echoed Mrs. Logical.
A fortune teller,” sighed Julia.
“ Fortune tellers are cheats,” resumed the
master, “ this woman is a fortune teller; there
fore turn her out."
«* But, my dear father,” said Julia, “ I have
never had my fortune told, and I am so curious)
do let me speak to her for a few moments.”
“ Tum her out ?” shouted the tender pa
rent.
“ But, father, who can tell but she may
know w here your silver knee-buckles are, that
■ ha\ e been missing so long ?—Fortune teller*
NO. 43.