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“UNITED WE STAND DIVIDED WE FALL.” newnan, Tlmrsdu>. A )i'il >4. I ‘i-fi. FOIL PRESIDENT. MARTIN VANf ; BUSIES* OF NEW-YORK. FOR VICE-PRESIDENT. RICHARD NI. JOHNSON, OF KENTUCKY. Union Electoral Ticket. THOMAS ANDERSON, of Franklin. WILLIAM BULLOCH, ofChatham. SAMUEL GROVES, of Madison. THOMAS HAYNES, of Baldwin. REUBEN JORDAN, of Jasper. WILSON LUMPKIN, of Clarke. WILLIAM PENTECOST, of Jackson. THOMAS SPALDING, of Mclntosh. JAMES C. WATSON, of Muscogee. WM. B. WOFFORD, of Habersham. THOMAS WOOTTEN. of Wilkes. Cotton Market. Augusta, : • 15 a 18 1-2 Macon, ‘• • “ U 7 Columbus, i : 11 a 17 There is a great dearth of news—there 19 nothing late or interesting from cither Florida or Texas. General Scott was, at the last accounts, concentrating his forces, end has no doubt, ere this, struck a decisive blow at the enemy. France has again changed her Minis.ry ; and throe ol the assassins who made the attempt on the life ol the King, have been beheaded —others imprisoned for a long term of years. Europe is tranquil, with the excep tion of the civil war raging in Spain. Our Congress, as yet have not done much ol any im portance —the members seem to have spent their time very agreeably by snarling at each other —they will pro bably adjourn by the latter part of May. Our indisposition prevents us from giving any editorial this week. To Editors and Printers. As the Proprietor of this paper wishes to de vole the most of his time to his professional cosiness, he will sell an interest ot o .e half, or the whole of The Palladium ; he now offers a moiety or the whole for sale. Should an ap plication be made for the moiety, he would pre fer a practical printer as a copartner, especially, to take charge of the mechanical branch of the business. The paper has a good circulation, and more Job Work than we can piocure hands to fulfil- The terms will be liberal, and time given for the grea.er part of tin purchase mo ney ; - rt- pjst paid, win meet with ini mediate attention. Editors in ibis section of our country with whom we exchange, will oblige us by noticing the above. [From the Darien Telegraph, of April 5.] Latest from Florida. We are furnished by Capt. Rogers, of the schooner Imperial, which arrived here on Wednesday evening 30th ult. from Picolata, with the news that a number of Indians were in the neighborhood of Volusia. On the 24th inst a sentinel was shot down by them, and they tired into the camp, killing two men who were uncon sciously piaying cards, and wounding a third. General Scott was understood to have marched on the 25tl> ult for the Ouithlacoochcc from Fort Drane. He is to cross the river, and reach the Indian encampmenL There he will give the enemy battle, if they do not come to terms. It was not known whether any communication had been opened by Osceola, with the army, since his famous talk with Gen. Gaines. It is reported that the Louisiana volunteers have proceeded to Tampa. Prov sioris are said to bo very searce in Florida. Cattle are plenty e !Mu<h, but com and bread is difficult to be had. The military stores are nearly all removed from Picolata to Black Creek—and each cargo of provisions that arrives ut the former place, is not permitted to be landed, but di rected to be conveyed to the latter. No more troops are expected at Picolata. Very late from Maj. Gen. Scott. —We were put in pos session of some interesting information from Florida, by n gentleman of the Louisiana Volunteers, who left Fort Drane on Moneay last. Gen. Scott inarched to the Ouithtacoochee on the 25th ult., with his whole force.— The Louisiana Volunteers had proceeded to ■ ampa Bay, where they were to be disbanded. We regret to kirn 100 oi this gallant brigade were on the sick list. Il is not generally known, that 28 of the New Orleans Dreys were at the fall of San Antonio. So little have (ho perils of Indian warfare affected these brave fellows, that they go directly to Texas, when they are discharg ed by Gen. Scott. It was generally believed when our informant left, that the Indians had retreated to the ever glades, and many were known to he in the rear of Gen eral Scott’s army. It was pretty well ascertained that Oseola alone, ol all the Indian Chiefs, was for continuing the war. No hope was entertained of getting the Indr ens to stand another regular'engagement. [We post pone some curious particulars of Gaines’ battles, and In dian fighting in general until our next.] THE CREEKS. On the 23d inst. the chiefs of the. Creek nation held a council at Luchi poga for various purposes. The com pany of contractors, accompanied by Capt. Page and Col. Hogan, met them on the 26th. upon the subject of their removal to the West We are informed that these gentlemen were very favorably received by the Chiefs, and their “talk” very attentively listenee to. Many of the influential chiefs promised to emigrate with their towns. \Ve arc happy to state that great hopes are en tertained of tlio speedy removal of a large portion of these people during the spring and summer. In anticipation cf such an event we learn the contractors have made and are still making extensive arrangements for the immedi ate opening of camps, supplies of provisions, wagons, See. Sic. We Heartily wish them succe is. As there seems to be much diversity of opinion nbioad in respect to our red neighbors the Creeks, owing to the c ontradictory statements which appear in tho different papers of this and the adjoining Stales in regard to them, we state that as far as can be judged from overt deport ment and verbal profession, the Creoks are desirous of preserving the present friendly relation* between them- | solves and the whites. Howard’s Volunteers, consisting of about 200 men, are now stationed at Bry ant’s Ferry, on ihe Georgia side of the Chaitahoochy, where thev have b. en lor about two weeks. They have no doubt had a salutaiy effect in checking theincursions „f the Indians, for since they have been stationed thus, •he Indians hhvekepl their own side of the river, and as far as our knowledge extend*, been perfectly peaceabl . Colt J. VV. Burn itt, of Jasper, and Col. Anderson of DeKalb, have been associated with the Agent, Col. Hogan, in the investigation of fiauds alledged to have been committed in the purchase ot Creek lands. [Columbus Sentinel. OPINIOKB. JVete Serin —No. 3. Homer V. M. Miller, j Fi. Fa and Rule against the vs. > Sheriff In Troup Superii Stephen O’Kelly, Court, August Term, 1835. In the above ease, a li fa m fovor of the plaintiff whs levied upon a nctaofhand, payable to the defendant as his properly, by tin She.iff ot said county. Ihe coun sel for both the parties in interest consent, that the ques tion now before tiie Court, shall be governed by ihe de cision of the Court, as to whether chases in action, are le gallv subject to levy and sale by the Sheriff under execu tion. XX hat is a chose in action? “Choses in action are debts owing, arrears ol rent, legacies —residuary person al estate, money in the funds, &c. where a man hath not the occupation hut merely a bare right to occupy th thing in question, the possession whereof, may however be recovered by a suit, or action at law,” Ist Bacon’s Abr. 480 —2-1 Black. Com. 356. “A bill of exchange be ing a chose in action, and a mere security for a debt, it is not to be considered as goods and chattels, and it there fore does not pass by a bequest o‘ all the testator’s “pro perty”—in a particular hotis", though bank notes wou and have passed, they being quasi Cash, and upon the same principle a bank note, or bill, cannot be taken in cxccu- I lion, or as a distress for rent,” Cliitty on Bills, 2. Mr ! Chitty in Iris gene,a practice (a most valuabl Work re cently published) page 99, vol. Ist. remarks that “the principal distinctions F. tween personal tangible property in anc j choses in action are several —First t ie former (personal tangible properly in possession) whe ther money or goods, tnay be taken in execution and so and for the debt of the owner, wnilst he either has or is enti tled to immediate possession, whereas no chase in action. or mere security for a debt, or performance ot a contract can be so taken or legally seize and or transferred— not even a bank note, and a fortiori, not a bill of exchange, promis sory n, te, or check on a banker, or a deed, ot anv wri ting although the money thereby secured might be im mediately received.” The counsel for the plaintiff in his argument contended that inasmuch as the judiciary act of 1799 declares all the property of the party, shall be bound from the !ime of the signing of the judgment a gainst him, the execution issuing upon such judgment might properly fasten upon the promissory note in ques tion, as the property of the defendant, and that the she riff'might legally advertise and sell the same, for the ben efit of the creditor. Is a promissory note tangible pro perty, upon which the officer could levy, and make a va lid sab? >. bat is its character? By the authority al ready cited it is in legal contemplation a chose in action, a id a chose in action is a mere security for a debt, or per formance of a contract The promissory note is not mo ney —but a bare promise to pay money, on a specified day. The money when paid, Would be tangible proper ty, whereas the note is only a promise for its pa> ment. — The defendant has not the actual occupation of the mo ney -pecifi and in the note, but it is only evidence of his right to occupy the same at the time, when it is payable: ! hence the evidence to deliv r a chattel, on a given day. is not to lie considered us the chattel itself—lf this dis unction be kept in view, there can be-no difficulty— We must noi take the shqdow for the substance. I have not been able to find any reported case—Where the principle has been settled, that a promissory note for the paym nt of noney, is subject to Seizure and sale under execution; but I find in the case ol Handy vs. Dobbin, 12 th Johnson’s Reports, 220, this princple established: “bank bills or money and every thing belonging to the debtor of a mi tuie except choses in actum, and articles ex pressly exempted by statute, may be taken in execution.” The distinction bf tween bank notes, and other choses m action, do's not appear to be a very rational one, so far as the prmciple ol the thing *is concerned. A common promissory note is for the payment of money —and a hank note, is far n tiling more. The reason however advanced by tile Court in the case last cited is, “that bank bills aie treated civililer as money, a tender in them is good, unless it be specially objected to al the tinv .” — In the case of the Maine Fire and Marine Insurance Company vs. Lemuel V. eeks and Trusti es, 7th Mass- Reports 438, it was determimd that negotiable notes were not such chattel as could be seized and soi l under execution. The same principle was settled in the cases nf Perry vs. Coates and Trustee, 9th Mass Reports 537- Denton vs. Livinston, 9th Johnson’s Reports 99 In galls vs Lord, Ist Corren’s Reports, 240. How far a Court of Equity would aid a judgment creditor in the application of the defendant's choses in action to the payment of his debt when he had no adequate common law remedy it is not now neeessary to consider. From an examination of the authorities within the reach of til. Court it is of the opinion that the promissory note levied upon by the Sherifi'hcing a chose in action is not such a tangible chattel, as is legally subject to levy and sale —by virtue of ail execution against the defendant. Let the rule against the Sheriff he discharged till’, AM WARNER, Judge Superior Courts, Coweta Circuit, Georgia Rumors al Washington. —We learn from an authentic source, that Mr. Livingston will be sent back to France as minister, although after what has passed, such an ap pointment mnv not be very palatable to Ihe French King. It is laid that Air. Cass wil nevertheless go out of the War Department; and that Mr. King, ot Alabama, and not Mr. Speaker Polk will be Ins successor.— Del. State Journal. HORRIBLE MURDER. On Monday last, on Pine Log. in this Coun ty, Mrs. Morris was murdered by an Indian and an gro which h longed to the family. The Indian has as yet escaped, but the negro and his wile were yesterday lodged in jail, Cassnlle Pioneer. Our Superior Court was in session last week, and two individuals were sentenced to the Priteutiary for four years for assisting in bre king open the jail. They weie Rob ert Beard, (alius Editor of the Midnight Re porter) and McDaniel, an Indian. As the Reporter, as a m itter of course is discontinued, we presume it is an auspicious time for the I resusitation the Pioneer.— ib We copy the following information respect ing the Co]u bus Bank from the Enquirer. \ S’ aliorn Jones and J. S. Calhoun, Esqs., and Samuel K. Hedges have withdrawn from this institution, having dispose ! of their entire stock in til Bank. And Eli S. Shorter, James Boykins, and t homes Preston, Jr. Esqs., have b en elected Directors ii their stead. At a subsequent meeting of the Direc tors, Charles D. Stewart, Esq., was elected President, , N exv’Yqrk, March 26. JWtlancholy Accident. —ln the Huuse No 277 Stanton street, which was burned on Thursday night, there resided a woman whose accouclunent took place only about an hour be fore the fire, anti so sudden and rapid was the progress of the flames, that, th ugh the woma i herself was t arried out by some ol the neigh bors, there was no possibility of saving the u i— ortnnate infant, and its brief life was ended by th most horrible of all deaths. Not a particle of its rem hns could be discovered alter the fire. Tho Itou-e was owned by E. F. Purday, but he did not himself reside there. AN IMPORTANT ARREST, For several months past, (says the Baltimore Patriot of Last Saturday,) the t reasury De partment has been in possession of information, calculated to lead to the detection of the per sons engaged in cau-ing the destruction by fire, of the Treasury Office at Washington, a bout three years past. On Wednesday last a person was arrested in the city of New York, charged with firing the building with his own hands, hired to commit the art, as we have heard by some of those who had comini ed hands upon the Pension office, which they wished to have destroyed to screen their guilt Other persons, we before this, .vi been arrested in the Western part of i>e'-| York, one in Vermont and another in Unto. The person that was taken in New York xvn brought on vest rday in tho steam boat line i charge of Blane>, the High Constable of Phi a delphia, Mr. Kdlev, Deputy Marshall ofOhio, and Mr. Mentt of the New York P dice. hese officers ’eft Baltimore this morning with their prisoner for V\ ashington, where the tiial is soon take place. American Energy—-h merchant from New- Yo k was at the London Coffee House in Lud gate Hill, when the news of the greet fire which la ely occurred in this city arrived. His peun is s were totally consumed, and he sou id him self, as in a moment a ruined man. His plan was instantly formed. In fifteen minutes from the time his eyes had rested on the paper, a chaise and four was at Ihe door with which he hurried to Dover. Arriviog in the night he hired a steam boat for 75 guineas, which soo t landed him at Calais. Thence he hastened, with all possible expedition to Lvons. He reached that city eight hours before the news of tho fire, and employed his time in purchasing silk goods to sitelj nu extent, and on such terms as to secure a profit of at least 25,000/, the de struction being principally of French silks, and to so large an amount aslo require more than all the xistiug stock at Lyons to make it good. London paper. Useful Rules foi si certain kind <;f Housewives* 1. When you rise in the morning never be particular about pinning your cli thes so very nicely, y< u can do that at any time. 2. Never comb your hair, or take off your night cap till after breakfast. It is your busi ness to take time by the foretop, and not let him take you so, therefore keep all tight in that quarter till 10 o’clock at least. 3. When )'<>u begin the business of your toilette, you may do it before the window or iu the front entry . but the most proper place is ! in the kitchen. 4 Never have any particular place for tiny j thing in your house ; and tiien you may rest as sured, that nothing will ever be out of place : and that is a great comfort in a family, 5. Never sweep your floor, until you know some person is coming in ; he will then see ho.w neat you are : and besides in such ca ses, even your enemies cannot shake off the dust oh their feet ag .inst you ; though they may the dust of their clothes wiih which ou have covered them by your sweeping. 6. When you have done sweeping leave your broom on the floor: it will then he ba.'dy and, being always in sight ad in the w. y, it will be constantly reminding your husband, when he is in the house, what a smart, nice, pains-taking wife he has. 7’ Never follow the barbarous practice of brushing down cobwebs. —A man's house is liis castle. tnd so is a spider’s:--it is avi la ion of right-, and a shameless disrespect to the fine arts. 8. K'-ep your parlor and bed room window shut as close as possible iu dog da;, s ; this will keep the hot air out—and you will have excel’ lent fixed air inside. 9. Keep your summer cheeses in your bed chambers: —they enrich tho qualities of the atmosphere : and if a stranger should lodge in one of your beds ; if he onul f not sleep, he could at for his refreshment. 10. Never teach your daughters to make ot mend any ot th tr own clothes, it is ‘'taking the bread from the mouth of labor ; —besides it will make them crookt and and give them sore fingers. 11. But if they should insist on m-riding their own garments, they should do it yvhtle on : this will make them fit belle’ : and the girls can’t leave their work : if they should attempt it their work would follow them. 12. If your husband’s coat is out at one of the elbows, dont m nd until it is out at the oth er : then the patches will make it appear uni form ; and allow ti.at you are impartial. 13. “Never spoil a joke for relation’s sake:’ nor suppress the t nth for anybody’s] sake.—Therefore if you don’t like your husband as well as you ought, out with it, and convince him you are no respecter of persons. 14. You should endeavor not to keep your temper :— let it off as soon and as fast as you can and you will then be as cairn and tjuiet as a | bottle of cider after the cork lias been drawn half a day. - 15. If on any particular occasion you are at a loss as to the course you ought to pursue, in the mu urgeme ,t of yourself or your lainily af fairs. take down the papers winch contain these rules an t read th in over an i over till you have satisfied your mind—and then goon. POOR RICHARD. “miscellaneous. The Bleeding’ Finger. ( Concluded. ) “They passed tho bridge and drew near to the palace, which was the m >st superb that eyes ever beheld. Its magnitude and architecture filled the mind with grandeur, and the richness of its ornaments dazzled the sight to behold. They came at last to a place where the road divided ; one way went directly forward, and the other deviated to the left, which led to the palace. On the confines of the latter stood troops of ny mphs, whom .one could equal in beauty, the Lady with tiie Golden Thumb alone excepted, and such as inmgi ration only has seen. Soma of them played on instruments, the sound of which ravished the ear; others danced with such delightful motion, as put mor’ tal senses into a delirium of pi. asute. They were come to meet the lady and prince, and this way were they proceeding, when Dulimond beh hi the Bleeding Finger point the contrary road. He stopp and, he looked, he considered, his bosom heaved a profound sigh, the war with in him was strong, and his body was motion! ss The Indy did not persuade him by words, she took a more powerful method ; her 1 oks, sor rowful and dejected ; her eyes, with all the well feigned grief of poverty, told him, that in him was all her happiness ce rtered ; with him she | should be blessed; wiutoui hint mis ruble.— Neither did she remind him of the dangers to which he had been exposed, and from which he had been preserved by her; therefore Duli iio and remembered them the mere forcibly. His heart was enslaved by her beauty, he could no longer resist her charms, and again ne b< ga to follow her ; when the air was filled with the most doleful wailiags, and the finger of the naked arm began to stream with blood. “Tho heart of Dulimond was strongly vir tuous : he had bee i nurtured in a sublime mo rality. The remembrance of the firm resolu tions he had so oft. ;i made, to persevere amidst al tßOip aligns in the paths of rectitude and I honor, came with a gleam of heroic ardour upon j his mind, elevated his soul, and made it equal to the glomus contest. He turned his eyes from the witcheries of passion and pleasure, and, with a determined spirit, followed the na ked arm : the blood again more slowly dropped ; but the vast concave of the sky became torlurcd with shrieks, cries, bowlings, so piercing, that distractio i would have seized any one of less virtue and courage than Dultmon I. “Undaunted did h ■ follow his bh eding guide, though the ft- nds now transformed themselves into ten thousand hideous shapes, and chatter ed at, insulted, and assaulted him, w ith a hun dred-fold more malignity and fury than they did in his passage through the Enchanted For* ! est. He came at length to the Lake of Bitter’ ness; but who can describe the dreadful, hor rible. and disgusting animals, by which its xva- I ters were guarded! On the surface, vipers, ’ water-snakes, and dun coloured serpents, hissed terror with their forked tongues. At the bor der lav toads, with sfarting eyes and vast bloat ed bodies; their mouths just above the water, dividing sometimes beneath the slimy sedge, while the lake bubbled poison, and again as. cended to the water’s edge. The bottom was covered over with bzzards, newts, and efts, darting upon their prey ; reptiles, with speckled : bellies and a hundred legs, that shot swift as an j arrow from a bow, w hither their voracity or malice w illed; and spiders, so huge and inflated, | that the shaggy hair of their bodies was like the bristles of the hunted boar ; and their eyes, globular and projected, were as the eyes of tigers watching whom they might devour. “All these, and innumerable others for which nature has no likeness, immediately on the ap proach of Dulimond, ceased their obscene sports, and rancorous wars on one another, and with their million of mouths, came ii voracious swarms, as if in expectation of their prey.— Humanity shuddered, and shrunk: it was a j sight of horror. “The naked arm, in the means time, rested oxer the centra of the lake, the finger ceased Ito bleed, and pointed downward. Thither the | prince east his eye, and beheld the white wand | of Orophahs ; he stayed not to consi ler on the | danger, but quitted his ste and, nd threw j himself, (earless, into the Lake of bitterness. I His arm divided the waters; and though his body seemed to be penetrated and tore by a host of these devouring reptiles, he still had the power to proceed. He arrived at the spot; ad, unterrified, plunged to the bottom. The earth shook, the heavens xvere on fire, and nature seemed ,to groan as though her end was come. He seized the wand ; and, lo ! the lake was no more! He stood upon dry land, his enemies were annihilated, and himself unhurt. “While he stood considering these things, he heard a sound of a multitude singing ‘Praise to the valorous Prince Dulimond, who hath broken the rharms of Hell, and hath delivered ns from the spells of H lakaree. He turned, and saw coming towards him troops of knights Rnd la dies, a id at their head a venerable old mn , leading, ns he thought, tho Lady of the Golden Thumb. “Fear not, valorous prince,’ said the aged knight ‘‘.our trials are past, and your rewar I is come: this virgin is no enchantress.’ “The hapninnss of Dulimond was extreme, when he was informed that H and aka re ■ Irad as sumed the beautiful firm of B’ llitmi te; that the vile enchantress was now no more : that his i v alor and virtue had freed the most angelic princess of the universe, her father, and many other noble knights and Indies, who had fallen into her snares. In his transport, he cast him self at Bellimante’s feet, and kissed her virgin hand, which he was in ecstacy to find was not now stigmatized ty the Golden Thumb. “As for the magician Tomogorod, he because disconsolate for the loss of his daughter; and, some say, he now wanders over the lace of the earth w t tout a settled habitation, and that he is always ttendi dby one faithful demon, that as sists hi n his wants, ai.d revenges him upon his en c . “So en s the tale of the Bleeding Finger.” It is easv to imagine, what effect a story like this would h ive upon John Au ’ley and his dame Ler thy. Had not Mr. Errant, who was still attentive to the supper, occasionally interrupt ed his narrative, to remind his hostess of tho pot’s boiling, tho cock and bacon might have cooked themselves f.r Dorothy. Blue hares, bleeding fingers, enchanted forests, and the rest of the machinery, were thing so amazing, so new, and so true to them, that gaping astonish ment, terror, and agitation, possessed them wholly. And though our narrator could not so far degrade his subject as to lower his language to their exact scale of comprehension, yet his fine words, an I figurative expressions gave, ev- n at the fireside of John Audley, a certain dig ity to his su'nje t that made it more wonder ful. It may be observed too, with what art Mr. Errant threw in his touches, which, though in themselves foreign, and of a heterogeneous na ture to the subject, served his purpose. Thus, though the magician was a character inconsist ent with and superfluous to the tale, he was not so to Mr. Errant. The insinuation, that he was attended by the devil in the shape of a dog, was not lost upon J"hn Audley ; and tho conclu !i g sentence, that again revived this circumstance in his memory, had tissue weight. In short, John’s imagination had been led such a dance, and was so much disturbed, that he could n 4 be said precisely to know, if” he was sitting in a cottage or in an enchanted castle. 5 r Errant had observed the incident cf the bible, „s ell as the wax that was attached to it; and, wiving his walking-stick in a circular and grave manner, touched il, and demt /i ‘eil of J hn wh tit was he had under him. John, who deub ed x\h ther the >tick was a stick, or the wand of Orophalis, rt plied, with a trembling vohe—“The-the-the- li bible—bible, sir!” — “The bible !—ate you sure it is the bible—or are you sure it is actually there ?” “I Ibe live so, sir.” “Be so good as to rise and let me see.” John trembled, rose, and looked, but no bible was there.—llis hair would have lifted his hat off, had it been on.—“ The Lord of heaven bless me!” said John.—“ Christ have mercy up on me !’’ “What is that fastened to thy ?” said Dorothy. John < lapped his hand behind, and ejaculated—“ The Tor i pardon me, miser able sinner: lam bewitched!” Mr. Errant c uld in t forbear laughing at John’s distress : it whs truly ludi rous. J ffin Audley was fitl y convinced hi xvas t oxx more firmly married to the bible than ev r l.e had been to Dorothy h rself; nay, and st ange as it may seem, he thought the last the worst match of the two. To carry such a wen for life was not to be supported. John fell on his kness,—“l pray and beseech you, for the love of Heaven’s nie’’- cy, almighty goodness, and grace, Mr. Conjur or, have pity on me—lam a pc or, innocent man ; In vir meant to offend your worship’s goodness ; indei and, indeed, I never did !” John did not perform his part solus; Dorothy prayed as fist as he; and Air. Errant, ns soon as ho could for laughing, desired John to li.-e, and he would disenchant him; which office he kind ly and faithful'y performed : and after a few consolitory sentences, whit h Air. Errant kiv w perfectly well hoxv to adapt, he prevailed on bis simple, but kind hosts, to prepare for supper. Had it not been for that poxvc rful and univer sal disturber, Fear, it would have been aifih uit to have found, in a like number of persons, a more happy fire-sid”, or or.e round xvhi h there xvas rn re true content, arid native simplicity of heart. Even this very fear had something of pleasure in it, and something enviable. It was a ddirium of the soul, to be at supper with an enchanter; to .-ee a demon, in the (orm of a dog, fixing his eyes upon them; and to suppose that, if the mighty conjurer pleased, he could turn their cottage t ton palace, or fly with them through the air, escort'd by an army of spirits, to the remotest pails of the earth. There is a large portion of the sublime, even to philosophy, in such ideas, notwithstanding their extrava gance; hut, to the simple and believing sou?, they form no incomprehensible world of won ders, which though dreadful, it delights to con template. The present occasion cotrld not fail to recall to the imagination of John Audley his own ad ventures with the ghosts, -and the stories he had heard others relate. An’t please you,” said John to Mr. Etrant, “did you ever sec the Shrieking Woman?” “No.” “No! now I havo seen her three times.” “And pray xvhat kind of a lady is she?” “Why, I’ll tell your honor. As I wur walking home one night front Thom as O’Wilkins’s, (I remember Dame Dickinson had been telling us a mot t of tales about ghosts) and so as I wur turning the corner of Roger Fairlev’s barn, I saxv, what 1 then thought to be a huge black cat; and so it run towards the barn-door, and vanished. So, upon seeing it vanish, I begun to bethink me; and, to tell you the truth, I wur almost afraid to go by the door where the huge black eat vanished. So I stood still a bit to consider; and, as sure as xou arc alive, I thought I smelt a smell o’ brimstone. So to tell you the truth. I began to he morta— giously fright n-d and afraid ! and so, as I wur standing thi re, I heard the most woundy up roar, and squeaking and squalling,a cl scamper ing, it. the ban , that ever I heard sin’ the hour I wur born. So I bethought rn .ti at this barn wur certainly a meeting place for witches and xvizznrds; and, xvhat made it more likely, it wur Saturday night, and the xvind had began to blow as thof hcven and inrth xvould conte to gether ; so that, xvhat with the noise within and the oise without, you never in all xour life heard such a deadly din: I’m sure I never did; except indued, the night that old Miser Gripc gut died. Well, as I tell you, there I stood, quite in astound, and could neither stir foot backward nor forward, and in a deadly taking to be sure, I xvur, as you tnay well think: for you must knoxv, it came into mv mind, that