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COLUMBUS SENTINEL AND HERALD.
YOL. VIII]
PUBLISHED EVERV THURSDAY MORJTISG BY
JAMES H. CAMPBELL,
OX BROAD STREET OVER ALLEN AND YOUNG’S,
m’intosh HOW.
TKRMS—SuDseripuon, three dollars per an
num, payable in advance, or four doll \rs. (in a
cases ex iCIeJ) where payment is not ma le before ib
expiration of tne year. Nn subscriplioirreceived I
less than twelve mouths, without payment ina ivane
and no paper discontinued, except at the option
the E liters, until ail arrearages are paid.
ADVER. l’l3i& and CVTS coospic.iousty inserted a
one dollar per one hundred words, or less, foi
the tirst insertion, and fiftv cents for every subs-'-
quent continuance. rnose sent without a specific i
tion of tlio nu nber of insertions, will be published
until ordered o it. and charged accordingly.
2d. Yearly advertisements —For over 24, and
not exceeding 36 lines, fifty dollar * per annum : f>r
ovr 12, and not exceeding 24 lines thirty-five dollars
per annum ; for less than 12 lines, twenty dollars
per annum.
3d. All rule and figure work double the above prices.
Legal Advertisements published at the usual
rates, and with strict attention to the requisitions of
the law.
All Sales regulated by law. must be made before
the Court House door, between the hours of 10 in the
morning and 4 in the evening—those of Land in
the county where it is situate ; those of Personal
Property, where the lette.rs testamentary, of a Iniin
istration or of guardianship were obtained—and are
required to be previously advertised in some public
Gazette, as follows:
Sheriffs’ Sales under regular executions for thir
ty dAY3, under mortgage fi fas sixty days, before
the day of sale.
Sales of Land and Negroes, by Executors, Ad
ministrators or Guardians, for sixty days before
the day of sale.
Sales of Personal Property (except Negroes) ronTY
DAYS.
Citations by Clerks of the Cours of Ordinary, upon
application for letters of administration, must
be published for thirty davs.
Citations upon, application for dismission, by
Executors, Administrators or Guardians, monthly
for six MONTHS.
Orders of Oour's of Ordinary, (accompanied with a
copy of the bond or agreement) to make titi.es
to land, must be published three .months.
Notices bv Executors, Administrators or Guardians,
of application to the Court of Ordinary for lea ve
to sell the Land or Negroes of an Estate, four
months.
Notices bv Executors or Administrators, to the Debt
ors and Creditors .( an Estate, for six weeks.
Sheriffs. Clf.rks of Court, he., will be allowed
the usual deduction.
lEU 2 * Letters on business, must be post paid,
to en'itle them to attention.
WARE HOUSE
and commissi business.
THE undorsigned takes leave to inform his friends
and the punlic gen -rally, that he will continue
the Ware-House and Commission Business, to which
his atentinn will he exclusively confined ; and by strict
attention thereto he hopes to merit a continuance of
patron ige which has been so liberally bestowed upon
him. He will attend to the sale of Cotton from wa
gons or in store, and from a gener .1 acquaintance with
the purchasers, and true situation of the market, he be
lieves that he can. generally, more than save the com
mission in the sale of Cotton.
Lib -ral advances will be made on produce or mer
chandise in store. ffM. P. YONGE.
Columbus, Sept. 18, 1838. 33y
.IAMBS 11. Lfii ISO .DS,
WATCH itfAilEXt A IS TE JH tATEC/EEI!,
id door north of Kivlin's Confectionary , Rr'd at.
ESPEOTFULL Y informs his town and coun-
SJb try friends that he ha3 just returned from New
Yorx with a very rich addition to his stock of Goods,
and ladies and gentlemen wishing Watchesor Jewelry
of superior quality, have now an opportunily of sup
plying diems-Ives with articles that cannot be sur
passed.
Rich fine gold Jewelry,
Silver Ware, plated and Fancy Goods.
The following articles comprise a portion of las stock,
and he will sell on as good terms as au„ k oilier esiauilsli
ment in Georgia.
Gold and silver Levers,
Anchor escapement Duplex,
Horizontal and vertical Watches, of the finest
finish—all of which he warrants first rate time
keepers.
Setts of Ladies’ Earrings and Broaches,
Diamond, Ruby, Emerald, Opal, cnanielled and
every description of Breast Pins and Finger
Rings,
Gold guard and fob Chains,
Seals, Keys, Lockets and Trinkets, of all kinds,
in great variety, and most superb manufacture,
Gold and silver Spectacles,
Silver Spoons, Butter Knives,
Superior Razors,
Bowie Knives, Dirk and Pen Knives,
Scissors, Thimbles, Ladies’ splendid Card Cases,
Head Bands, Combs, Belt Placques,
Revolving silver mounted Castors,
Plated Candlesticks,
Fancy Bellows,
Cloth, Hair, Crumb and Hearth Brushes,
English rifle belt Pistols,
Sword (Janos,
Four sided Razor Strops,
Silk Purses. Perfumery,
And every other article usually found at Jewelry-
Stores.
J. H. R. as heretofore, will repair and regulate
CLOCKS and WATCHES of every description, and
warrant all (that were made for time) to perform well.
Gold and silver work, and jewelry, made and repaired.
Engraving neatly executed. Cash, or goods, paid for
ord gold and silver.
Columbus, April !3. loy
G E C>. W . VV AV ’ S
CVIUUVGE REPOSITORY,
CORNER of Oglethorpe and St. Clair street, im
■nediatelv in the rear of the City Hotel. The
subscriber respectfully informs the public that he is
now receiving a general assortment of Carriages oi ail
descriptions, to wit:
Coaches, Coachees, Chariotte-s, Cabriolets, dickey
sat Barouches, one and two horse extension-top Ba
juches. three seats extension-top do., Buggies, four
wheels, for one and two horses, two wheel do., Sulkies
of every description.
The above Carriages are superior to anv ever re
ceived in this market, and cannot be surpassed for ma
terials, style and durability Any article purchased
from this establishment can be depended on.
Call and see, and I will sell you bargains.
Carriages o f every description furnished to order, by
aJdressing the undersigned.
GEO. W. WAY.
I have a genera! stock of Coach Ylatorials. which I
will sell low. Repairing dme in the very best man
ner, and by Northern Workmen. G. W. W.
Feh. 1. 52v
CA BUI age” MI op 7 ”
RT&SQ <k PJttSXirT,
Oglethorpe Street Worth of Calhoun Hotel,
HAVE just received anew assortment of good
CARRIAGES selected from some rfthe best
numir.iui.Tir., at iK M.trtL T \ev having taken nar
ticutar pains to have them ma le to suit this country. I
and to insure sa'isfactinn ‘o purchasers they t ill war- !
rant them for one year with stir usage. AH kin I of ■
Carriages made to order. Carriage and Harness’re
pairing done in verv neat style bv good N irthern work
men Also, a good assortment of Carriage materials
all of which they will sell low for cash or approved
paper.
Feb. 16. 7v
NEW SBR XG GOODS.
THE subscriber has just received, a fresh
supply of FANCY AND STAPLE DRY
GOODS, of the latest ftshi ns andimnortations
READY made CLOTHING H ATS. BON
NETS AND SHOES.
He would invite his customers and the public
generally toeall and examine his stock before pur
chasing elsewhere, a* thev no doubt will he suit
ed with the quality md price. lie is determined
to sell low for cash.
Country merchants will be supplied at reduced
prices. ‘ NEILL McNAIR-
M tv -21.-7-tr
GLASS.
SALE, bv tue subscribers,
150 boxes Pittsburgh Glass,
100 do Bedford Crown Glass,
50 da Boston do do
assorted sizes,cheap for cash.
. ‘ T. &M. EVANS, (
_Aprfl_l2. IQtf Og'etiio pe st, !
AG Ei s^ t '. OR THE sale op chick-
CMira G f!l \E £ I * 3ro . po f ES - . i
W A .Tpnt<= r .. 1 , “■ Go. have b-en made
th? cell-brat. 7xl° ° f PIAN '° FORTES from
Biston sf, a ? ,a,lUlac,or - v “ f Chickering & Cos.,
ot Piano F l >r.eT.a| t Th" e Manuf r , n ,' Sh a , nv ‘F'scription j
vered at this place, with rhe addin ‘ ‘ rT^i
of transportation from Boston • anrl n v rharge
will suit persons desirous of purchasin'*.. SUCh tern,s as
Oaiumhus August 2 183S. ‘ f
gulf ( tvi- i
YOXJE * ELlksi’
L
COLUMBUS WHOLESALE AND RET.AIL
3A0J1.3H5r W-AIU2-HOUS3,
At the sign of .he Golden Saddle, a few doors be
low D. Hiingerford & Co’s, and nearly
opposite Ujqubarl & Ware.
VV. WADIS & CO.
HAVE now on hand a complete assortment of
articles appertaining ‘o their line of basiness :
AMONG WHICH ARE —
Spanish, Quilted. Overlaid and shafted Sad lies,
Plain, 3 >ys’, Race, At taka pas, and Planters’do.
Large and Extra Large do
Ladies’ Sad lies, of every quality and size.
BRIDLES OF ALL HANDS.
Some good for fifty c-nts: Saddle Bags. Carpet Bags;
Valices; Stirrup Leathers; Sircingles and Girths.
HARNESS—Coach.Gig. and Dearborn, from the
cheapest to the best. TRUNKS, of every descrip
ion.
The above articles are of their own manufacture,
node under their own immediate inspection, of the
>est materials, and by superior workmen. Also, on
land,
ENGLISH SADDLES, BRIDLES AND MARTINGALES.
Coach Gig. Tan lem. Sportsmen, and Waggon
Whips; Stirrups, Bus, Spurs, Bjcktes, Haines, Col
ors, Cut Tacks. Trunk Locks, Horse Brushes and
JurryOombs, Trace and Halter Chains.
ALSO—A good assortment of Coach and Gig Uar
ii'-ss Trimmings'; Plated Brass and Japan’d do.
ALSO—A good assortment of Skirling, Harness,
md Bridle Leather; black, blue, red, yellow, green,
m l cochineal Morocco Skins; Buffalo Robes and Bear
Skins.
N B. Traders who may buy to sell again, will be
furnished on as good terms as can be bought either in
New York or Newark. Country merchants are re
spectfully invited to c ill and examine our goods and
trices and satisfy themselves.
T^J 2 ’ REPAIRING done on the most reasonable
icrms.
Atiril 20 1837 31 y
CABINET AND UPHOLSTERY WARE
HOIiSE.
CO*?ZEZ.!KAN & ANDEJISON
MOST respectfully infoim the citizens of Colum
bus. and its vicinity that they have removed
from their former stand, to the store lately occupied by
Mt-Arn.iri B-cad-street, nearly opposite the Insurance
Bank.
They have now on hand an elegant assortment of
FURNITURE of their own manufacture.
—ALSO—
Paper Hangings of the latest patterns with suitable
Bordering, Ornaments, and other materials for Cur
tains, &c.
A Iverse to puffing, they would only solicit a call
which would enable Ladies and Gentlemen to judge for
themselves by examining tin- articles.
All orders will be executed with promptitude. Cur
tains put up iri the most fashionable style. Rooms
neatly papered. In short, any thing in their line will
be punctually attended to.
Aug. 25. 36y
JOHN E. BACON &. Cos.
AGENTS FOB THE SALE OF THE
INDIAN’S PAJACEA,
HAVE just received a fresh supply ol this valuable
remedy for the cure of Rheumatism, Scrofula or
King’s Evil, Gout, Sciaiica or Hip Gout, Incipient
Cancers, Salt Rheum, Siphilitic and Mercurial dis
eases, particularly Ulcers and painful atfecdons of ilie
bones. Ulcerated Throat and Nostrils, Ulcers of
every description, Fever Sores, and In ernal Abscess
's, Fistulas, Piles, Sea and Head, Scurvy, Biles. Chro
nic Sore Eyes, Erysipelis Blotches, and every variety
of Cutaneous AtfecUon,_Chronic Ca arrh, Headaci.e,
proceeding from vitia-ion; Affections of the Liver;
Chronic inflammation of the Kidneys an 1 General De
bility, caused by a torpid action of the vessels of the
skin. It is singularly elfieaciotls in renovating those
constitutions which have been broken down by injudi
cious treatment, or juvenile irregularities. In general
terms, it is recommended in all those diseases which
arise from impurities of the blood, or vitiation of the
humors, of whatever name or kind.
Some of the above complaints may require some
assistant applications, which the c rcurnstances of the
case will dictate; but for a general remedy or Purifi
calor to remove the cause. The Indian’s Panacea will
gen -rally be found sufficient
r Fhr f)!i/tain£( ccrfifioaiHP. out of liiuidmls similar
which might be procured are given to show the effect
of the Indian’s Panacea, in the various complaints
therein mentioned ; and also to exhibit in Ihe most sa
tisfactory manner its superiority over the syrups in
common use.
Charleston N0v.15. 1831
During the last winter and spring, I was addicted
vith a very severe and distressing Rheumatism occa
sioned bv exposure in had wea'her. I now take great
pleasure in stating that six bottles of Indian Pana
cea, restored me to perfect health, and l confidently
recommend it to all similarly afflicted.
JOHN FERGUSON, lying st.
Charleston. July 12 1831.
I was addicted four years with ari ulcer in the leg,
occasionally accompanied with erysipelafious inflama
tion and an excessive pam in the leg and ancle j >int.
Several eminent Physicians exerted their skill upon it.
but without permanent benefit. In this case, five bot
tles of the Indi an Panacea made a perfect core.
MARGARET A. WEST, Market st. 121.
July sth, 1837. 51v
STAGE LINK
FROM COLUMBUS TO WEST POINT.
f’H'IHE public are informed that a line of STAGES
M. has been put ou the route from Columbus to
West Point via Wliitesville, leaving Whiteside’s
Tavern every Monday and Friday a‘ 4 o’clock A. M
and arr ving at West Point the same day at 5 o’clock
P. M. ; leaving West Point eve y Tuesday. Thursday
an 1 Saturday at 4 o’clock A. M.. and arriving at Co
lumbus at 5 o’clock P. M. the same day.
WHITESIDE, DUNCAN &BISSELL.
May 28 1833. 17tf
N. B. A Hack will be m readiness at West Point
to COnv-V oisscn t rs to T.a Grange or Lafavelte.
PACKKTS FROM ST. JOSEPH TO
NEW YORK.
THE following substantial and fast sailing
vessel will run as regular Packets between
St. Joseph and New York, and will take freight
and passengers low.
Brig II \RTI EY, Ryder, master.
“ CUMBERLAND, Darling, master.
“ SADI, Vincent, “
Also, the new and splendid ship SPRING.
For Freighl or Passage apply to
E. J. WOOD & CO, Agents,
St. Joseph, Flor.
Nov. 1. 1537 ‘ 24_v
Ci, C. B AILEY.
(LATE OF THE THEATRE.)
INFORMS his friends, an l ihe public, that he has
taken the house on Crawford street, next door to
■‘ie ‘ V unbus Hotel, formerly known as LANS
BERG’S establishment. His intention is to keep a
genteel House of Refreshment for his friends, and,
pledging his untiring exertions to please, solicits a
siiare of public patronage. His bar will be kept sup
l>lied with a fil’d ail l comnlete assortment ol Wines,
Liquors. Cordials, etc. of choice selections.
Great exertions to pirate—every thing good—jn ires
low —CAS I down upon the counter—all lot tie
benefit of BAIL’. Y— vho is determined, in this new
‘ line of bn in ss,’ to have a good house.’
August 3. 27 if
G UOCr.it IKBE
I,*’ BBLS old Rectified Whiskey
•J 30 bbls. Monoag&hela do
20 bbls. N. E. Rum
25 do Gm
20 do Peach Brandy
50 do Sugar
30 hags Coffee
25 boxes Tobacco
100 pieces Dundee Ragging, fir sale bv
ALLEN & YOUNG,
Sn*. !2 1838. f Vo. 1 VI In’ ,*h row.
VO-NGS & £3 £.£.13
CINTINU E it) receive and oti’ei tor sale ai! kinds
of Staple and fancy Dry Goods. Bools, Shoes,
■ iats. Sid Jierv. Hardware. &c. together wnh a good
supply >f Groceries,all of which will be sold on the most
favorable ferms .
Feb. Ist IS3S. 52 v
I). GDLSTEIXE & CO.,
COMMISSION - .O'D FORWARDIXS MERCHANTS,
AP.VLAJ 11COLA. FLORIDA.
Will ad vance on Cotton shipped to Havre, Liverpool
and New York.
D. Golsteixe,
H. D. Darden. Apalachicola, Oct. 23. SStf
NOTICE.
TIC COXFEC riOVAdV business heretofore
carried on bv Cole it ‘R, nn. will hereafter be
continued at the oil stand on Broad street, bv
Columbus. Aug. 22 29tf JOHN Q.UIN.
7BBLS. pickeled SHEEP HEAD.
20 boxes fine Scotch Herring,
4 bbls. Cranberries.
20.000 best Spanish Cigars,
Just received and lor saie bv
Feb. 1.1 S3*. 52'f *YONG F. & F.I.LIS.
4 BBLS Newark Cider,
JaL “4- 10 boxes fresh Lemons,
pi>: received, and for saie bv
March 15. 6 f YONGE & F.T LIS.
xv~\ v r n,
ft HEALTHY WET NURSE, for which a
X3R. liberal price will be given.
July 10. • y 3 r 3. -M. JACKSON.
‘WE HOLD THESE TRUIHS TO BE SELF-EVIDENT, 1 EAT ALL MEN ALE LC-LN EQUAL.’
COLU YIBJS, GEORGIA, THURSDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER 8, 1838.
A CARD.
THE undersigned will, it not providentially pr<
vented,be in Columbus, .eorgia, on the fir.’
Monday in NOVEMBER, for the purpose of ois
seinuidtiiig a knowledge of ENGLISH GRAM
AIAR, on a plan entirely his own, by which the n
leruive Student may become a competent or practice
Grammarian in twenty days, and at the inconsider.
bie expense of fifteen and -liars. The accompany in,
certificates of Rev. I’hos Henderson. Super me u
ant of the Ch->c;aw Academy, and of Hon. liichar-
M. Johnson, Vice President of the United States, i
is hoped, will at least give the undersigned an oppoi
lunity to test his skid in this indispensable branch o;
education. HORACE T. N. BENEDICT.
Scottco. Ky., Oei. 22 1833.
Choctaw Academy, Ky. Sept. 18, IS3B.
Dr. H. T N Benedict Dear Sir—We, the un
dersigned, from iwentv years’ Knowledge of your supe
rior skill in eaching English Grammar , have no hesi
tation in saying, that v-ur success in this state in im
parling a dioro-igh and well ground- and knowledge of
that useful science, has not been surpassed, nor. in
deed, equalled, by any other teacher. We con-ider
vour plan and system of teaching better calculated to
make a deep and lasting impression on the yorthful
mind, than any other with which we are acquainted.
Yours, most respectfully,
RH. M JOHNSON,
THOMAS HENDERSON,
Supt. Choctaw Academy.
P. S.—As you intend to make a Southern tour, we
take pleasure in recommending you. in the highest
terms, to any person who may wish to employ you as
a teacher of Grammar.
THOS. HENDERSON,
RH. M. JOHNSON.
As Dr. H. T.N. Benedict has determined to travel
South, ami as he is known to m ■ personally, and lives
in my neighborhood, I feel it tnv duty to recommend
him to my fellow citizens, as a man of science and
great respectability, arid in whom confidence may be
olac-d. I, therefore recommend him to the confidence
and friendship of my fellow citizens wherever he may
travel. RH. M. JOHNSON.
S-.t 20 1838. 3^4
Valuable la aDa i-'-nt silk.
FSrqHH sunsetlfier intending to reeinfiark m the
fIL inerca l tile operation in Cuihbert. and wishing
to remove his hands on another situation, oilers for
sale his valuable tract of Land whe eon he now lives,
being known as tile former residence ol Benjamin
Holland, late of Randolph county, deceased, lying in
said county, and smuated immediately on ihe road
leading to Fort Perrv and Lumpkin. 5 miles north of
Cuihbert, containing 810 acres, ot which there are up
wards of 225 acres of open land under a good fence,
and in the highest jtate of cultivation, well known as
fine Cotton and Corn lands, a large portion of which
will yield with usual cultivation and moderate seasons,
from 1000 to 1500 pounds of seed Cotton per acre ;
sai I farm being well watered, h iviug several lirst rate
springs of pure water in different direciions through
ihe plantation. On ihe premises there is a good dwel
ling House, 46 feet long, with a pissage of 10 feet,
with two good brisk chimneys, tolerable good out
houses,such as negro houses, cribs, s'ables, Jkc.; also
a good gin house, a good gin and gear and packing
screw : also there are a first rate peach orchard and
an extensive garden. Said premises has all the natu
ral advantages whieh could be-iesir-d. It has an ex
tensive outlet for stock, sever 1 good springs quite con
venient to the yard having a good well of water in the
yard for poultry ; in fact, it is one cf the most beauti
ful. romantic, and healthy- situations in the country,
ha-ing on it a good stream fir a water gin and grisi
mill; also a blacksmith shop and a good set of tools ;
also 1 can furin-h the purchaser on the place with
st.-ck of all kinds, and provisions the first year. Anv
persons w ishing to purchase good land a handsome
situa ion in good fix. with all those advantages, can
call on the subscriber, on the premises who will give
avorahle payments or Mr. Z. Sawyers one mi e on
‘he road leading to Cuthbert, or Lewis W. Baker on
the premises. DAVID RUMPH.
Sent 25 1338. 35 9t
NKW AUCTION AND COMMISSI ION
auiisK.
P'H’XLUE undersigned will open a house in the above
1 business, on Broad sire t, gt the old stand of
J. I’. NILES & Cos., on the 22d OCTOBER Au
business entrusted to heir care will meet, with prompt
attention. They wnl a lend to ihe buying of Cotton ;
also to the receiving and forwarding Goods
BENJAMIN B. MORRELL,
WALTER S. C. lONGE.
REFERENCES.
George Whitman, N. Orieans.
Stewart 6t Cobb, do
James M. Yarlton, Mobile,
Stanton & Pollard, do
Cummings & S|>iker, Montgomery.
McKenzie & Adams, do
S. M Robinson, do
Beni. Wiison, do
J.W.S. Read, do
J. S. Calhoun Columbus.
YVm. P. Yonge, do
J. T. Niles, do
E. & F. Bradley, do
Columbus, Oct. 17, 1858. 37tf
COLUMBUS COTTON FACTORY.
rgNHE owners of the Columbus Factory respect
jl_ fully inform the public that ii is now in operati n.
They have on hand a general assortment of YARNS,
which may be had at ail times at the most reduced
prices.
Their Wool Carding Machine is also in operation,
and any thing in that line will be done at the shortest
notice.
K A number of boys and girls wanted to work
at the Factory lor which ihe most iberal priees will be
given by the week or month. A pply to
STEWART & FONTAINE, or
S. K. HODGES & CO.
Columbus, Feb. 8 6tf
HOUSE AND SIGN PAINTING.
’ ?Sldli subscriber respectfully informs the public
JfL generally, that he is ready to execute ali orders
in me above line of business, in the neatest manner
and on the mist reasonable terms He has also for
saie. a splendid assortment of window sashes, of vari
ous sizes, made of the best materials, which are far su
perior to anv-offered for sale in a Southern market,
tiis shop is one door below Kivlin’s Sans Souci
June 28 2!y STATES LEWIS.
DUS. HOLT AND PERSONS
ARE united in the practice of Medicine Their
Offices are on Broad street, just below the City
Hall, and on Randolph street, in the upper tenement
of Calhoun’s Granite Building.
Besides the usual branches of; he practice of Medi
cine, Drs. H. and P. tender their services as Surgeons
of some experience in the hii-lier operations—such as
operations for all diseases of the eyes, for Hernia, Li
thotomy, &c, he.
Mar.vh 23. ]2v
MILbEOGEVIfiLEE COURSE, GA.
jCHIdE annual JOCK V CLUB fall mee ing will
3. commence on Monday, the 12th of NUVEM-
B -.ft next, and continue six days. The following
purses will b given :
Ist day—a post slake, four mile heats—entrance
five hundred dollars, two hundred and fifty forfeit ;
three or more to make a race : to close Ist October’
and name at the sand.
Iverson & Bonner, ]
2d day—Mile heats for a fine silver Pitcher and
Cup, worth S200; for cols and fillies two or three
years o.d, $25 entrance; three or more to make a
race.
3d day—Two mile heats, free for all—purse. s3(jo
1 h day—Three mile hea-s free for ail—purse, 500
sdi day—Four mile -ieats. free for ait—purse ’ 1000
6th day —One mile heats—best 3 in s—purse, 400
H. F. YOUNG it Cos., Proprietors.
July 30. 1838. 31 ir
OSO ACRES OP LAND FOR SALE.
f 8 tl - subscriber Having determined to settle in
JL .Macon, Ga wi.l sell his linis in Russell countv,
Alabama, (containing six hundred and eighty acres’.
iut wiil seh one half of the land to suit purchasers.)
ten miles from Columbus, between ihe big and hide
Lichee creeks. On the lan is a comfortable dwelling
house and out houses, and good stables. &c. wiih up
wards of one hundreu acres in cultivation, with wood
water and several springs. Also is situa ed ?n a
neighborhood of good society, and within one mile of a
good >cno *i md church. Possession will be given at
anytime after the lir-r of October. The purchaser
will have the privilege ot ‘purchasing a! my stock of
cattle and hogs, also corn and fodder, and many things
of c mvenience, all of which 1 will sell a - a reasonable
price. Indulgence will be given to suit the pm chasers.
STERLING LANIER.
Reference: Dr. Pl? asant Phillips, Ru* 3 ii co.
Russel co.. Sep. 6. I*3*. gj t s
A GREAT BARGAIN!
TAN YARD FOR SALE.
THE subscriber otfers his TAN YARD, to
gether with the h uses and outhouses, and
twentv-rive acres of good land all under good encio
s'lres for - ale low for cash or approved paper, on short
time, together with rdl the tools and implements be
ginning to the said Tan 3 ard. There is al-o an ex
cellent well of water and an extra Bark Mill on the
said premises.
Persons wishing to obtain this property cheap,
would do well to make immediate application to
E. EZEKIEL.
or to A. Levison. Esq . in Columbus. Ga.
Columbu . Aug. 29 1c39.I c 39. sol St
THOU ASTON LIHIE FOR SALE
ENQ.UIR E of \VM. R JONES, one door above
G. B. Terry. Esq. Columbus, July 25. 25tf
P O K TRY.
The following exquisite verses have been running
n our head, like a rich strain of remembered music
■ver since we first read them in the American Mon'hi\
Mig zine. If they are not eq-jal to many of Moore’
>est, and much better than Thomas Havnes Bavly’s
hen we are no j't Iges of melody. They are by Chas
F. Hoffman — Wew Yorker.
CHANSONETTE.
She loves —but ’i< not me she loves!
Not me on whom she ponders.
When in some dr am of tenderness
Her truant fancy wanders.
The f >rm that flit her visions through
Are like the shapes ofol. ,
W'here tales of Prince and Paladin
On tapestry are told.
Man rnav not hope her heart to win,
Be his of common mould !
But T—though spurs are won no more
When herald’s trump is pealing,
Nor thrones carved out for • ladye fay-re’
Where steel-clad ranks are wheeling—
I loose the falcon of my hopes
L’pou as proud a flight
As theirs who hawked at high renown,
In song-ennob.ed fight
Ifdarin g then true love may crown,
My love she must requite !
From the Knickrbocker f>r Oct.
THOUGHTS ON HAND-WRITING.
BY THE LATE R. C. SANDS.
I have had reasons for meditating much on
the mystery of hand-writings, though my
reflections have resulted in no new discover
ies; and 1 have neither solved any of the
paradoxes, nor come to a definite conclusion
tin any of the doubtful points with which Ihe
•subjtct is pregnant. The first difficulty
wind! was suggested to niv mind about it,
occurred in childhood. I could not discover
how the rapping me over the knuckles with
a long, round, lignumvitse ruler, until those
articulations were discolored and lame, was
to assist me in using my fingers with ease
and grace, in copying the pithy scraps of
morality which were set before me. My
master, however, seemed to think it was
good fur me. The poor man took a world
ol pains, and gave me a great many, to very
little purpose. He was very fond of quoting
to me a passage fr-on Horace, in an English
version he had picked up somewhere, of the
fidelity of which I have since had niv doubts:
‘ In wisdom, and sound knowledge to excel,
Is the chi f cause and source of writing well:
The manuscripts ol Socrates were writ
So fairly, because he had so much wit.’
I certainly never became a proficient in
calligraphy. I have, however, in the course
ol my life, been consoled for my own imper
fections on this score, by observing scholars,
statesmen, and gentkmen at large, who
passed very well in the world, and obtained
professorships, ’outfits, and salaries, and the
entree into polite society, whose signs
manual were hieroglyphics which Chant
pollion himself would give up m despair.
Their whole manipulation (as ihe learned
would sav,) with pen, ink, am! paper, pro
duced a result so utterly undecipherable, that,
instead ot its ‘ painting thought, and speak
ing to the eyes,’ if their secretaries or corres
pondents had not known what they wanted
to say, or to have said for them, the persons
interested in their despatches might as- well
hire? been in the innocent situation of John
Lump and LooiJf’V when they
had ‘ mixed the bi ly-duPF.ej'B.’
I have known lawyers and dtiSlprs, whose
autographic outpourings the solicjti.’ r a, td
at>< threwry a'-ne m-2..rwou-i hy nroJes-RW?-'*!
instinct; and vet ! bibs in e/raticery of the
former, fairly engrossed, produced suits
which are not vet decided; and the pre
set iptmns of the latter found their wav inti)
the patient’s syslem, and caused a great ef
fect.
There is one ihing, however, on which I
have made tip my mind decidedly; which is.
thai a person who writes so detestable a hand
that he cannot read it himself, acts in an im
proper manner, and abuses the gift which
Cadmus was good enough to introduce into
Err ©
urope.
rite character of mv own writing seems
somewhat amended, since time has laid his
frosty hand upon my head, and cramped the
joints of my fingers. It. is less capricious in
the variety of directions in which the letters
run, and less luxuriant in gratuitous addi
tions to their tops and bottoms, and natural
terminations. They look more like a platoon
of regular troops, and less like a militia-train*
ing ; more like arrangement produced by (he
agency of human intellect, and less like the
irregular scratches made by the brute crea
tion in.the surface of the soil. So that I get
along without any material difficulty ; and
have, indeed, been sometimes complimented
on the elegance of my writing.
One thing which has always been unac
countable to m \ is the nice acquaintance
some persons acquire with the signature ofj
particular individuals, so that they can de
tect a forgery at first sight, however well
it may be executed, and can swear to thej
spuriousness of the sophisticated writing.—!
Neither, for the life of me, can I understand j
the wisdom of the rule of evidence, which 1
makes the question important, whether a I
witness has ever seen the person write, about
whose autography lie is interrogated. lam
sme it would puzzle the twelve judges o. i
Kugland to explain why our having seen a’
man write, should enable us to distinguish thej
character of his hand, anv more than wei
should he enabled to identify his clothes, be
having seen him put them on.
That the intellectual and moral character
of a person may he ascertained from his!
hand-writing, is a theory in which many are
fond of bt lie ving. It seems, certainly, a
more plausible one than those of chiromancy
or phrenology; but beyond a certain extent,
I think u can be shown to he as visionary as
either. Up to a certain point, however, it!
may be far more rational.
The sex of the writer may be conjectured
with more infallibility than any other attri
bute :
‘ The bridegroom’s letters stand in row above,
Tapering, yet straight, like pine trees in his grove ;
While free and fine, the bride’s appear below,
As .ight and slender as her jasmines grow ’
Still, you cannot always tell, from the ap
pearance of a manuscript, whether a lady or
a gentleman has held the pen. I had a fe
male relative, who was a strong, stout-built, ;
woman, to lie sure; hut she wrote a hand so
formidably masculine, that the only suitor
who ever made iter an otTw. was terrifi *d out I
of his negotiation by the first billet-doux he |
had the honor of receiving from her. He j
was a slender and delicately made man, and :
wrote a fine Italian hand.
Next, to the sex. the acre of a writer may
he guessed at with most c?-taintv from the
chirograph. If the gods had made me poet
ical, I would paraphrase t e seven ages of
Shakspeare, (omitting. of course, the infint
in his nurse’s arms.) with reference to this
theme. But I must ‘ leave it to some fitter
minstrel.’ There are. however, more excep
tions to this than to the firmer pros position.
Some people write a puerile hand all their
lives- and the gravest nnx'm, the pro
foundest thoughts, the most abstruse reason
ings, have sometimes heen originally im
hodied in signs as fantast : cal a ibe scrawl
made in sport by a child. On the other
hand, men of regular temperament, and me
thodical habits of business, wilt acquire a
lormal and deliberate character in their hand
writing, which is often not impaired until
extreme age.
The nation, profession, and other acciden
tal pioperlies of a person, ma y also, perhaps,
be discovered in a majority of instances, from
tus chirograph. But it is obvious that there
is no mystery in tins, winch philosophy need
be invoked to elucidate. Mr. Owen’s doc
trine o ['circumstances vxiil explain it very sa
tisfactorily. lam only disposed to deny that
the bent of natural inclination, or the pre
dominance or deficiency of any intellectual
quality, can be ascertained by this test. I
have never met with anv one who possessed
the art of d.vitiation in this wa v ; nor, as the
theory cannot be proved bv any process of
reasoning from first punciples, can it be sup
ported by a lair examination of any miscella
neous collection o autographs. Imagination
may carry us a great wav, and suggest re
semblances of its own creation, between the
characters of mep known in history, and fac
similies of their autographs. But, divesting
omseives of its influence, let us look at the
signatures to the death warrant of Charles I.
or the Declaration of Independence; which
instruments l do not bring into juxtaposition
irreverently, hut because every one has seen
them. I believe it will be impossible, without
the aid of fancy, from recorded facts in the
lives of those who subscribed these docu
ments, compared with the peculiarities of.
their signs manual, to found an honest in
duction m support of this hypothesis.
Some conceited people trv to write as bad
ly as they can, because they have heard and
believe it is a proof of genius. While all vv.ll
admit (hat this notion is very absurd, it is
stiil generally believed that m m of genius do
wrile in a very obscure, infirm, or eccentric
character; and we are told of a thousand
familiar instances;-such as Byron, and Chal
liters, and Jeffrey, and Bonaparte, etc. A
goodly assortment in the same lot ! One
thing is very certain, that those who write a
great deal for the pres-i will soot).write very
badly; without its being necessary to acribe
that circumstance to intellectual organization.
Bonaparte had no time, when dictating to
six clerks at once, or signing treaties on horse-
back, to cultivate a clear running band.—
Distinguished as he was above other men, in
his fame and in his fortunes, I believe we may
also concede to hint the honor of having
written ihe worst possible hand, deciphera
ble by human ingenuity. And when we find,
by the fac-similies of surne of his early de
spatches, how abominably he spelled, as well
as wrote, we are led to infer tha’ a defective
education, and an eagle-eyed ambition, which
soon began to gaze too steadily at the sun
to regard the moles in ihe atmosphere, will
sufficiently account for a matter of such small
importance to so great a man, without re
sorting to ‘metaphysical aid’ to account fir
his bad writing.
The hand-writing of an individual is not
as much connected with the machinery of his
mind, as is the eIT ct of any other personal
habit. Neat people do not always write
neatly : and some very slovenly persons,
whom l have known, were distinguished f*r a
remarkably elegant torrnation ot their letters.
Affectation, on the contrary, being out of
nature, will always betray itself in this par
ticular. as in every other.
I am disposed also to treal, as a fond chi
utera, a me ion I have often heard expressed,
that their is a ..v. , .t,v. r .’. 1 J gentilhy .■qvpy-vtWnmg
io the chirographs of nature’s aristocracy;
supposing sucl) a phrase to be proper. Ev
ery thing else about a gentleman's letter will
lui rush better hints as to Ins breeding and
quality, than the character of bis hand-wri
ting. Set a well-taught boot black and a
gentleman down to copy the same sentence,
on pieces of p iper of like shape and texture,
and few of vonr conjurors in autographs will
he able to guess, from the specimens, which
is ihe gentleman and which is the boot
black.
But to leave this drouihy and prosing dis
quisition, I am minded to illustrate both the*
evils and tire advantages of bad or illegible
writing, by incidents which have occurred,
or are easily supposable, in real lile. Mv
poor old master, against whose memory I
cherish no malice, notwithstanding his fre
quent fustigation of my youthful knuckles,
when lie despaired of my profiling either by
tlie unction ol” his precepts, or the sore appli
cation of his ruler, endeavored to frighten me
into amendment bv examples. He composed
for my use a digested chronicle of casualties
which had befallen those who perpetrated
unseemly scrawls ; and, after the manner of
Swift, entitled his tract, ‘ God’s revenge
against Cacography.’ I have long since lost
the precious gift; hut l have not forgotten
all the legends it contained.
The tale is old, of the English gentleman,
who had procured /or his Iriend a situation
in the service of tfie Ea-t India Company,
and was put to unprofitable expense by mis
reading ao epistle, in which the latier en
deavored to express his gratitude. ‘Hav
ing,’ said the absent’ e, ‘ been thus placed in
a past, wheie I am sure ot a regular salary,
and have it mv power, while I enjoy health,
to lay up something every year to ptovide
for tlie future, I am not unmindful of n/y be
nefactor, and mean soon to send you an
equivalent .’ Such a rascally hand did this
g aieful Indian write, that the gentleman
thought he meant soon to send him an ele
phant. He erected a large out-house fir the
unwieldly pet ; but never got any thing lo
put in it, except a little pot ot sweetmeats,
and an additional bundle of compliments.
Few who read the newspapers, have not
seen an anecdote of an amatuur of queer
animals, win* sent an order to Africa for two
monkeys. The word two. as he wrote it, so
much resembled the figures one hundred,
that his literal anil single-minded agent was
somewhat perplexed in executing this cum
mission, which compelled him so make war
on the whole nation. And great was the
naturalist’s surprise and perplexity, when he
received a letter informing him. in mercantile
phraseology, that eighty monkeys had been
shipped, as per copy o the bill of lading en
closed, and that his correspondent hoped to
be able to execute the rest of the order in
time lor the next vessel!
Many, too, musi have rend a sforv which
appeared m the English newspapers, a few
vea s since, of die distressful predicament
into which a po ir fisherman’s wife we
thrown, hv the receipt of a letter from her
husband, who had been absent from home,
with several of his brethren, beyond th- or
dinary time. The honest man stated, in pis
catorial phrase, the causes of his detention,
and what luck he had m~*t with in his fill
ing. Bur the conclusion of his bulletin, as
spelled bv I is loving amphibious helpmate,
was as follows: ‘T am so more !’ The
poor woman gazed a while on this fata] offi
cial intelligence of her husband’s demise, and
then on her eleven now fnherless infants ;
and then she burst into a paroxv nos cla
morous sorrow, which drew around her the
consorts of seventeen other fishermen, who
had departed in company with the deceased
man. None of them could read ; hut t*’ev
caught from the widow’s broken lamenta
tions the contents of the supernatural p'tst-’
script ; and taking it lor granted they had
ail been served in the same manner by the
treacherous element, they all lifted up their
voices, and the corners of their aprons, and
made an uhtlatioli worthy of so many for
saken mermaids. In the words of the poet,
they-nude * ’igh water in the sea,’ on whose
margin they stood ; when one of the over
seers of the pom, who came to the sot,
alarmed by ihe rumor that the parish was
like to he bmthened with eig teen new wid
ows and an hundred and odd parcel orphans,
snatched the letter from the weeping Thetis,
and silenced the grief of the company, by
making out its conclusion correctly, which
was, 1 I add no more
I here is a memorable passage in our an
nals, which must be familiar to those who
have read the old chronicles and records of
our early colonial history. I allude to the
consternation into which the General Court
o( the Massachusetts and their associated
settlements were thrown, when their clerk
read to them a letter front a worthy divine,
purporting that he addressed them, not as
magistrates, hut as a set of Indian devils
The horror-striken official poised in his pre
lection, aghast as was the clerk in England,
Im whose proper psalm a wag had substi
tuted ‘ Chevy Chase,’ when he came to the
words ‘ woful bunting.’ He looked at ihe
manuscript again, and nf era thorough exa
mination, exclaimed, ‘ Yea ! it is Indian de
vils!’ A burst of indignation from the grave
sanhedrim, long, loud and deep, followed this
declaration, ‘[’hey would all have better
brooked to have been called bv the name of
Baptists, pa pi sts, or any other pestilent here
tics, than to be branded as the x r erv heathen
whom they had themselves never scrupled to
compliment, bv c tiling them Children of Beel
zebub. If I remember aright, the venerable
Cotton Mather notes, in his biographies of
the eminent divines of his day, that the inno
cent offender was, in this instance, roughly
handled by the secular arm of justice, for in
sulting the dignitaries both of church and
state, belore he had an oppo tunitv of con
vincing his brother dignitaries that the offen
sive epithet. Indian devils, was a pure mis
take in their manner of reading his epistle;
inasmuch as he meant to employ ihe more
harmless please, individuals. The apology
was accepted; though I observe that the
latter word is, at present, deemed impolite, if
not actionable, in Kentucky; and is as pro
voking to a citizen of that state, as it was to
Dame Quickly to he called a woman, and a
tiling to thank God on, bv Sir John Falstaft.
I know a gentleman who would have been
very well pleased to have received a lucrative
appointment, in a certain state of the Union;
because bis patrimony was naught, and his
professional piofits. to speak mathematically,
were iess. His joy was unbounded, there
fore, on reading a letter from a very great
man, who wrote a very little and a very bid
hand, responsive to his application fir the
post which he coveted. He deciphered
enough of the lelter to make out, that many
were soliciting the siuiion for which he had
applied, and that his testimonials had been
received. But the concluding sentence was
that from the favorable augury of winch tin*
young ambition of ihe aspirant ran at once,
in imagination, to the top of its ladder.—
Though last not least,’ were trie cabalistic
woihls, by trie virtue of which he founded
many Spanish castles; destined, alas! like
those ot Arabian ouch -.ntiuetit, to vanish or
: -Qt ■-2 ‘lrc-Sjfcll id ..-more fKtuet fu{ ma
gician, or the loss of the talisman vvb'ch sum
moned the genii to erect them. might
have launched into dangerous prodigality on
the strength of his anticipated promotion, if
a hiend had not succeeded in convincing him,
that the flourish wiih which the great man
had terminated his honorable scrawl, if if wn
not a verse fiorn the Koran, in the Arabic
character, must have been meant for that
very insignificant and unfruitful expression,
‘ Yours in haste’
No executive sunshine ever beamed on
him. But being of a piiilosopl jc. turn of mind,
lie devoted much of Ids lime, for some years
alter his disappointment, loan analysis of the
precise meaning of these three unlucky words,
and read all die writers on our language,
from the Diversions of Purlev to the last
wonderful discoveries on the subject made in
Ibis country. F suppose that he passed his
time pleasantly in these researches, but not,
I should think, very profitably; for the only
result of all his reading, which f ever heard
him utter, was, that ‘yours, in haste,’ is a
most unphilosophical, ungrammatical and
nonsensical expression, involving a confusion
of time, place, and circumstance. He said,
it was a sorites of bulls; a metaphysical ah
surdity ; a moral insult to good sense and
good feeling; and that he never would con
tinue a correspondence with any person who
had used it in addressing him.
It is very easy to conceive what sad con
sequences may result in affairs of love and
matrimony, from careless scribbling, bv which
ideas may be suggi Med directly the reverse
ol those intended to he expressed bv the
wiiter. In insinuating the delicate ques ton
orally, much ambiguity may be allowed lor,
on ihe score ot anxiety and embarrassment;
and it has always been understood, lliat the
lady’s answer, like a eerlain character in al
gebra, whieh combines the positive and ne
gative signs, must be interpreted by accom
panying ciicumstanees ; or rather, that it is
like the adverb of answer, in some of the
‘lead languages, which is both yea and nav.
and requires an inclination of the head, or
the exp ession of tlie countenance, to make it
intelligible. Lawyers sav, too. that it is dif
fieuli, in many cases, to prove a verbal pro
mise of marriagp. But equivocal writing
has not the advantage of being illustrated bv
tone, glance, feature or altitude, and may
lead to very dangerous consequences.
In that department of the post office, of
which Cupid is master, the mails should con
tain only perfumed and gilt-edge b.llets, writ
ten in fa r, soft, legible characters, like the
correspondence of J die and St. Preux, as
conducted by their inspired amanuensis. I
perceive these remarks have run to a greater
extent than I had anticipated ; and for this
reason, hut more paitieularlv because f would
not encourage fraud or deception, in anv
form or under any pretext. I wiil not even
hint at the possible advantages which may
flow from bid or ambiguous hand writings.
I can conceive no instance in which sound
morality will tolerate the commission of such
a thing, with malice afore-thought, or from
sheer carelessness; uni ss ii he where the
ingenuity of the writer is taxed -for common
place complimentary flourishes, or at the
conclusion of an epistle. It is sometimes a
very perplexing thing to make a proper obei
sance at the end of a letter, when we are at
a In tie loss about etiquette, or fear to he too
formal or too fa milia'-, 100 cold nr too tender.
Whether an imitation of the Chinese or the
Sanscrit characters mav be employed with
proprietv, in anv such dilemma, is a case of
conscience, which I will not undertake to d<*
cide. I must refer the reader to an exce'lent
work by Mrs. Opie. with a most unfashiona
b;e name; and if such an evasion is rot
e'ussrd hv her among the peca dittoes whir.*
she lias denounced, it may he safely resorted
to by the most scrupulous precisian.
I’ rom the Loudon Court Journal.
A CHAPTER ON BEARDS.
Il has been gravely remarked (hat the de
cline and hill o. beards has generally accom
panied and foreshadowed (lie decline and fall
ol states, i'hey were bearded Romans who
conquered (be beardless Cheeks —they were
beardeu Goths who vanquished the tlien
beardless Romans.
Painting lias carried the boldness of ils eu
logiumstill lanher, having made a long beard
one ol the characteristic marks of the Su
preme Being. The Pagan Jupiter, and the
graver inhabitants of Olympus, would not be
known without this majestic appendage. It
was hy touching the beard of Jove that the
suboidinaie divinities swore the most sacred
of their oaths. Philosophy, till ouY smooth
laced days, considered it as the appropriate
symbol ol the profession. Zoilusl, According
to iElian, used to shave his head in order to
nourish the growth oi his beard and critical
discrimination at the same time; and Lucian
informs ns of a certain individual who was
deemed unqualified for a professorship which
lie aspired to, in consequence of the sh >rt
ness of iiis beard. In fine, Judaic rigor,
Egyptian wisdom, Attic elegance, and Ro
man virtue, have been the beard’s fond and
cherishing protectors. The Jews anointed
it with sweet unguents, and the sacred oif
1 ran down from Aaron’s heard to the skirts
of his garment.’ The Greeks, according to
Ai he uses, wore their lieards till they lost them
and freedom together, in the lime of Alex
ander the Great. Alexander himself was as’
determined a reformer on this point as Peter
the Gieal—although, when he compelled the
Macedonians to shave their beards fie as
signed a different reason—namely, that the
iengtli of their beards gne a handle to the
enemy. Among the Romans, shaving was
not introduced, according to Plmv, till the
year of Rome 454, when Publius Sicinitts in
troduced a stock of barbers from Sicily.—
These gentlemen pushed their trade so ac
tively tnat, in the time of Scipio Africanus,
the Roman patricians shaved every day ;
and the period of cutting the heard for the
lirst lime was made the occasion of formal
visits between the various branches of the
aristocracy.
Chrysostom observes that the Kings of
Persia find 1 heir beards knotted or woven to
gether with gold thread, a custom which
was also fashionable among the first kings
of France. The “Egyptian kings, if we may
trust their monuments, were either wholly
shaven, or had their hear s cut into a rhom
bodiai form. The Chinese, according to Re
cent, affect long beards extravagantly ; hut
nature has baulked them, bv giving them a
very diminute growth of hair on the chin.
In Russia, Peter the Great’s well known
shaving edict nearly caused a revolution j
■No shaving,’ was tiie watchword from Pe
tersburg to Moscow ; and the Autocrat was
obliged to employ a certain number of able
bodied soldiers, in order, not so much to se
parate their beards from the Russians, as the
Russians fiorn their dearly beloved beards.
As to France, one of the greatest misfor
tunes which she had ever to lament, namely*
die divorce of Louis le Juno from Glinor or
G.iyemie, resulted from the fashion this
prince wished to introduce of shaving the
chin and cropping the head, the ladv ob
serving that she expected to have married a
monarch and not a monk. The obstinacy
of Louis in shaving himself, and the bnr.w
coficeivprf by Ectior at the sight of a beard
less clnn, occasioned France the less of her
fairest provinces, and was indeed the pri
mary c mse >f the war wit ch raged bt tween 1
Franc* and E gland for four centuries.
In Eng hod the Reformation gradually in
troduced liberty and free shaving; and finally
r x pel led beards and the Stuarts together.
Beards n ade a transitory effort to resusci
tate iheir decaying honors in the ariti-n for
mation days of Queen Mary, hut, during the
civil wars, they dwindled down to little bet
ter than military monstachios.
Passing over to Spain, we ‘boll not find
the grave and magniloquent Spnnia'd behind
other nations in high appreciation of beards.
Quevedo, in Ids ‘ ‘Third Vision of Judgment,’
i produces one of his countrymen, whose
heard lin cl been disordered while he was re
ceiving sentence, refusing to file off in the
guardianship of a brace of evil spirits til] ihey
had recomposed the ruffled emblem of dig
nity with a pair of curling irons. But pone
carry iheir affectionate respect for this dis
tinguishing characteristic of man to a greater
length than the Turks. It is, among them,
the mark of liberty and authority, and many
a Turk would prefer dealfi to losing it. It is
anointed and perfumed, as if it were sacred,
and its preservation is a capital article of the
Mahometan religion.
A Turkish wife kisses the beard of her Ims
bnn I —a child his father, friends swear
bv it, and in parting, reciprocally kiss each
other’s beards with respectful devoiion.—
They even gather up the hairs which drop
from their beards while combing them, fold
ihern up carefully in paper, and carry them
for inhumation to the place where they bury
the dead. Nor w*s the Christian Church, at
• ne t nre, hi hind the Mahometan religion in
evetenre. Not only provincial and national,
but general councils have been convened, sy
nods • nve been summoned, and cloistered
chapters of every denomination have been
a sembled lo consider, at different periods,
die growlh of ihe human visage. Infinite
and suites have been engendered, sometimes
with respect to it* form, at others with re
gard to its existence. The Catholic Church,
iu one age, interested itself in contending for
that pointed form to which nature conducts
it; at a succeeding period anathemas have
been denounced against those who refused to
give it a rounder shape ; and to these other
denunciation* have followed, which changed
it to the squire or the scollop.
Hitherto the disputes were confined to the
W esteiri church, hut when innovation grasp
ed the ons >rs —when the beard lessened inlcr
whiskers, ami the scvfhe of ecclesiastical dis
cipline threatened to mow down every hair
fiom off the ‘ human face divine,’ the Church
es of Asia and Africa took the alarm, and
supported by violei cc, invective, and remon
strance, their rights and title so those undi
minished honors of the i hin which they en
joyed in the west. The Gallic Church alone
made an effectual stand against the radical
change of the ecclesiastical razor.
r ierce contests were waged with various
success hv the Barhites and anti Barhites ;
at length a compromise was made; and the
bishops compounded the matter with their
refractory clergy, by giving up the greater
par l of the heard, lint retaining the growth of
the upper lip in the form of whiskers. Tran
quility was thus restored, and the preacher
‘/ peace, for a considerable time after, ap
peared on all public occasions cn moustache.
exhibiting to his highly edified flock the
fierce, fprrTie a-pert of a German candor, as
an emhf m of ihe Church militant. At
length the persecuted heard was driven from
this, its last important place of refuge in opr
quarter of the globe, and if we except h e
rorne- of European Turkey, now Cuds i:
only asvium in the Oapechin cloister.
From 7000 to fiCOO slaves ere safj so be
imported monthly, in to the Brazils.
[NO. 40.