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almost swimming in a puddle of filthy and offensive water, that had forced itself through the pores of the moist earth and found a resting place in the dead man’s coffin. On gently elevating it 1 was startled almost 10 Irenzv by a gutteral sound proceeding from about the mouth of the poor man, who was lying cold and stiff in the icy arms of death. My phil osophy and religion were now completely put to a stand. Could it be a voice from the dead 1 had heard, or was it the freak of a disordered fancy ? Be it what it might I thought myself in its pow er, and as such was resolved to renew the effort until 1 became more fully convinced of its char acter. On a second trial, how ever, my mind was completely re lieved trom its fear by evidence afforded of its being produced iVom the gurgling of the water that had gathered in his throat. We now proceeded to raise the * body from its narrow place of con finement, which, to me particular ly, as I stood at the head, was no easy task. Having elevated i; as high as my own head, I was forced to stand in tins position, with his ghastly face nearly incon tact with mine, and all the bles sings it confercd upon my olfac tories, nearly suffocating me be fore 1 could get one of the das tardly fellows outside the grave to extricate me. At length, by my repeated remonstrances and threats, R was induced to lay held of his arms and relieve me ot my burden. Our attention was now directed to the filling up of the gr ive, which was consumma ted in such a little time, and the appearance of day not as yet to he seen gleaming above the hori zon, wo entertained good hope of completing our expedition with considerable credit to ourselves in the eyes of all who were at all acquainted with it. We took up the line of march from the grave by engaging four to the body, and the rest to carry the tools. We had not proceeded far, however, be!ore we discovered a mistake which we thought likely to prove troublesome to us. In the burry of the moment, we had inadver tantly carried him on his belly in stead ol his back; the conse quence of which proved to be a complete emptying of all the in ternal viscera from-die abdomen, which had so recently been open ed for the purpose of autopsic ob servations. We were soon re leived of this difficulty, however, bv the interposition of R who gathered up the intestines in his hands and bore them off triumph antly to a neighboring fence, at the same time letting drop an oath which 1 dare not repeat. — When we had ourselves safely crossed the fence, a change of procedure was entered into in re lation to carrying the body : cer tain portions ol the w inding sheet were tightly drawn around the arms and legs, and a pole ran thro’ them, each end of which was ele vated on the shoulders of two of the company, and thus the body was borne off as successfully and expertly as ever swineherd car ried hog to market. We leave the lmmagination of the reader to depict for himself, the ludic rous appearance presented by the motley group composing ourcoin pany, as we bore the man of tiie shades so ruthlessly on the w ind ing way, over field and woodland heath and meadow, carefully se lecting the most retired and un frequented paths as those which suited our purposes best For me, I felt something like one might feel who has ventured on the shores ol Styx, and stolen from old Charron’s self one of the shades of the departed which he had not safely secured in his boat, and now was bearing him in triumph he knew not where. MEDICUS. [to be continued.] For the Southern Post. Messrs. Editors : The num ber oi your paper containing an article from “The Scribbler,” on the subject ol “ Old Bachelors,” has just fallen into my h aids, and without intending a direct reply to that piece, I would here take occasion to animadvert for a mo ment upon some of the senti ments therein expressed. In do ing so, 1 wo dd, by no means, be considered as advocating the postponement of the subject of matrimony, until all the sunny feelings oi the heart have passed away, and the thousand streams oi toe affections nave been frozen by the chilling blasts of age ; but,' Mr. Scribbler, when you urge j matrimony, urge it in a respect iul manner, and, above all, point oui the “ mode and manner of redress” to tiiose who are suffer ing under me privations of celi bacy. Before proceeding farther, how ever, permit me Here to premise, that mere is a difference between marrying and marrying well. All men who get married do not get a wife* One gets a lady who sits at tiie head ol his table, boxes the children, culls the servants, and scoids all who come under her jurisdiction—who calls him “my dear” in company, and abuses him by his fireside— who meets him with a scornful look, when he hoped for a smile—who, in short, opposes every thing, is pleased With nothing, and cannot even pleaso iierseii—,nis is marrying . but to be joined to one who, by her angelic smiles, is continually chasing away the frowns of care winch have gathered on your brow'—one, who in health is a joyous spirit urging you oil to the acquisition ot new pleasures, and restraining their excesses, and in sickness is a guardian angel to watch by your bed-side and alle viate your misery—one, who moves in majesty among her household and controls their ac tions as by a spell—one, whose \oiee is music, whose look is gen tleu ss,whose will is her husbands —fins is marrying well . What s,i y you then, Mr. Scribbler ? do you advise us to marry uncondi tionally, unj at all hazards, or should we marry well f Again, “ The Scribbler,” in his article, gives no regular defi nition of a Bachelor, but rather intimates that all unmarried men under the age ot 25 should be con sidered as belonging to that class. He then goes on to give a descrip tion oi the life and character of a Bachelor, his manners, &c., and then holds up the picture before their view, to Irigtiten them into matrimony. He seems to speak experimentally on the subject; knows very well what kind of iurmture decorates their rooms, and at w hat hour of the night they return from their wanderings —and, irom his intimacy on these subjects, i rather opine that “Q” is some reformed old Bachelor, wiio had been well nigh stranded on the rocks oi dissipation, but was in due season picked up by some tender hearted female and placed in a comfortable situation. 1 not lie feels verv grateful. But, Mr. Scribbler, you have mistaken tiie signification of iiacnelor, and have confounded tiie term with that of debauchee ; you appear to think them synony mous. If, so-, you mean o say tne description vou have given of tiie habits oi a Bachelor applies to every unmarried man over the age ot 25 ; if you say that all, or even a majority of the unmarried men over the age of even 30, are as dissipated in their habits, as you have represented them then your position is not correct.— Don’t confound terms, sir; take the condition ol a Bachelor who is a fair example, and it is bad enough : in the name of all that is honorable, then, do not mis represent. But, sir, yon seem to be very solicitous that ail our young men should be married ; you have ex horted them to it, and you have held up their picture to scare them into it. But if that picture be correct, and the ladies believe it, none of them who have the least self-respect would suffer such a man as you have described to come into their presence, much less could she entertain the least spark ot the tend t passion for him. \ou will thus be instru mental in effectually preventing tiie very object, you seem desir ous to promote. So then, if your tale be true, and it is really desir ous that young men should get married, you have been very un kind in exposing them—and if it be not true, I leave you to your own reflections. But if it be so great a desideratum in the regu lations of society, and for the hap piness of individuals that all the unmarried should change their state, why has not “ The Seri - bier” or some other tender phil anthropist, who has been redeem ed from the thraldom of celibacy, and whose heart yearns over the desolate and miserable condition ol those who still remain subject j to its dominion : why has he not' furnished them with a plan of op eration ! why has he not pointed out to them the “ mode and inoa -B,|res of redress” ? Lt is true, he \ has said that “all men have some thing about them to please some body ; ’ but the question is, have all women ? lam w ell aware that there is not the least difficulty in loving a handsome lady; and the greatest difficulty is to keep from ! loving iliose w ho are beyond our grasp. But, perhaps, the very one which a Bachelor might fan cy, could see nothing in him to ad mire ; and those who could see that “ something about him to ! please somebody,” perhaps, have nothing about them to please any body. Still Mr. Scribbler says marry, and I have no doubt w ould add, well too, if you can. Hie labor , hoc opus est. Here conies that melancholy monitor from the tomb of departed years, if you can , to remind one of his many unsuccessful attempts. One remark of 4 The Scribbler’ I cannot pass in silence. He says, (quoting from memory,) that “no o’d Bachelor will ever get to Heaven.” How' do you know, Mr.Q. ? Will you be kind enough to give us the chapter and verse of that text, and answer us where do you think Paul is ? Os one thing, however, I am certain that if their exclusion depends up on your testimony, they are sure Oi admittance : you will not be there to give in your evidence —and if there, 1 doubt whether it would be received, inasmuch as in the former part ol your life you were w hat the Lawyers particcps criminis . In the close, sir, I would say to you confidentially, that I am ex ceedingly desirous of finding out who you are. I h ive a few friends who have seen your “exposition” of their*situ it'On, and are anxious to extricate themselves from it as soon as possible, and they are so licitous of holding a consultation with you, and obtaining the ben efit of your experience in the mat ter. Any information on the sub ject left with the Printer, will be thankfully received by the sub scriber. Q. S. LABOR AND RECREATION. It is said that in the town of Marblehead, the girls have made improvement in ironing, which beats tiie steam-engine on com mon roads all hollow ! They spread out all the clothes on a smooth platform, and fasten the hot flat-irons to their feet, and skate over them, ad libitim. This is combining the recreative with the useful and ornamental. HEALTH OF THE CITY. It is generally conceded that the sickness ol our city has dimi nished. The new cases are not many, and those are of such a character as yield rapidly to med icine. The interments are few er. Indeed, the weather and ev ery thing, within the seem to work in our favor for the better. Business is more active. Bur., there is still and uiger. Until we have a frost, no one unaccli mated can feel himself safe—at least so agreeth the medical fac ulty. N. O. Picayune.