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COLUMBUS SENTINEL AND HERALD.
VOL. VIII.]
PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY MORNING BY
JAMES H. CAMPBELL,
ON BROAD STREET, OVER ALLEN AND YOUNG*?,
Af’INTOSH ROW.
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2d. Yearly advertisements.— For over 24, and
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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
fie county where it is situate ; those of Persona!
property, where the letters testamentary, of admin
istration or of guardianship were obtained—and arc
. equired to b ■ previously advertised in some public
Gazette, as follows:
ghe hi ffs’ Sales under regular executions fi >r Tink
tv DAYS, un ler mortgage fi fa3 sixty days, before
the day of sale.
‘.Sales of Land and Negroes, by Executors, Ad
ministrators or Guardians, for sixty days before
tho day of sale.
Sales oi Personal Property (except Negroes) forty
days.*
Citations by Clerks of the Courts of Ordinary, upon
application fo* lk-tteps of administration, must
be published for thirty days.
Citations upon application for dismission, by
Executors, Administrators or Guardians, monthly
for SIX MONTHS.
Orders of Courts of Ordinary, (accompanied wilh a
copy of the bond or agreement) to make titles
to land, must be published three months.
Notices by Executors, A lministrators or Guardians,
of application to the Court of Ordinary for leave
to sf.li. the Land or Negroes of an Estate, four
MONTHS.
No riCE.s bv Executors or Administrators, to the Debt
ors an 1 Creditors of ap Estate, for six weeks.
Sheriffs. Clerks of Court, Ktc., will be allowed
the usual deduction.
|l -TF* Letters on business, musi be post paid,
to entitle them to attention.
The following persons have kindly consented to act
as Agents for the Sentinel and Herald :
Col. C. Pakkek, Collocfensville Monroe county.
Peter Cone, Esq., Eden, ETngham county.
Rev. Reuben E. Brown, Perry P. O. Houston co.
Titos H. Key. Esq., Drayton, Dooly county.
Col. Tnos. .1. Holmes, Concord, Baker co.
Stepen D. Crane. Esq., Dahlonega, Lumpkin co.
Col. John Dill. Fort Gaines. Ga.
John C. M \ngh\m, Greenville, Ga.
E. J. Wood & Cos , St. Joseph. Flor.
Nourse, Brooks & Cos., Apalachicola.
J. S. Yaiuihouoh, Lumpkin. Stewart county.
. Jas. Buchanan, Cuthb rt, Randolph county.
J. W. Bacheldfr.Lr Fayette,Chambers co. Ala.
Charles MuRruEY, Decatur. DeKalb county.
WAR?! HOfTSU
A COMMISSION BUSINESS.
undersigned takes leave to inform his friends
JaL and the puolie generally, Jhat he will continue
tho Ware-llonse and Commission Business, to which
bis atcil’ion will be exclusively confined ; and by s’rict
attention thereto he hopes to merit a continuance of
patronage which has been so liberally bestowed upon
him. lie will attend to the sate of Cotton from wa
gons or in store, and from a gener and acquaintance with
tho purchasers, and uue situation of the market, he be
lieves that he can, generally, more than save the com
nrs.siontia the sale of Cotton.
Lib tt! advances will be made on produce or mer
chandise in store. W.M. 1. YONGE.
ColumbiH, Sept. 18. IS3B. 33y
JAMES H, IXINO iDS,
WATCH XlAllim A PUD m VTJJSbSiUK,
2d floor north o f Klvlin's Confectionary, fir’d st.
aft ESPECTFULLY informs his town anu cot;n
try friends that he i:a3 just returned from Ne.v
York wim a very rich addition to his stock of Goods,
and ladies and gendeinen wishing Watchesor Jewelry
of superior quality, have now an opportunity of sup
plying themselves with articles tiiat cannot be sur
passed.
Rich fine gold Jewelry,
Silver Ware, plated and Tancy Goods.
The following articles comprise a portion of his stock,
and lie will sell tin as good terms as any other establish
ment in Georgia.
Gold and silver Lt vers,
Anchor escapement Duplex,
H< rrizontal 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, enamelled an !
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,
Howie Knives, Dirk and Pen Knives,
Scissors, Thimbles, Ladies’ splendid Oad Cases,
Head Bands, Combs, Belt Placques,
Revolving silveryuounteu Castors,
Plated Candlesticks,
Fancy Bellows,
Cloth, llair,Crumb and Hearth Brushes,
English rifle belt Pistols,
Sword Canes, *-
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 tune) to perform well.
Gold and silver work, and jewelry, made an ! repaired.
Engraving neatly executed. Cash, or goods,paid for
ord gold and silver.
Columbus, April 13. IF’’
GEO. W . W AY ’ S
CARUIAOE REPOSITORY,
CORNER of Oglethorpe and St. Clair street, itn
meiiately in the rear of the City Hotel. The j
subscriber respectfully informs the public that he is
now receiving a general assortment ol Carriages bl all
descriptions, to wit:
Coaches, Coacbees, Chariottecs, Cabriolets, dickey
eat Barouches, one and two horse extension-top Ba
tches. three seats extension-top do.. Buggies, four
wheels, for one and two horses, two wheel do., Sulkies
cf every description.
The above Carriages are superior to any 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 b.t - tins.
Carriages of every description furnished to order, by
addressing the undersigned.
GEO. W. WAY.
I have a general stock of Coach Materials, which I
will sell low. Repairing done in the very best man
ner, and by Northern Workmen. G. W. W.
Feh. 1. 52y
’ ( ARIUAfiE SHOP.
JVrXtJjQ Si PHICISITT,
Oglethorpe S'rect. Xorthof Calhoun's Hotel,
HAVE just received anew assortment of good
CARRIAGES selected from some of the best
manufactories at the North. They having taken par
ticular pains to have them made to suit this country,
and to insure satisfaction to purchasers, they will <var
rant them for one year with fair usage. AH kind of
Carriages made to order. Carriage and Harness’ re
pairingdone in very neat style by good Northern 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 SPRtKG GOODS.
THE subscriber lias just received, a fresh j
supply of FANCY AND STAPLE DRY
GOODS, of the latest fashi ms and importations.
READYMADE CLOTHING. HATS. BON
NETS AND SHOES.
He would invite his customers and the public
generally tocall and examine his stock before pur
chasing elsewhere, as they no doubt will he suit
ed with the quality and price. He is determined
to sell low for cash.
Country merchants will be supplied atredneed
prices. NULL .McNAlli*
May 21,-7-tf
GLASS.
I7JOR SALE, by the subscribers,
’ 150 boxes Pittsburgh Glass.
100 do Bedford Crown Glass,
50 do Boston do do
assorted sizes, cheap for easily & EVANS,
April 12. 10tf Oglethorpe st.
COLUMBUS WHOLESALE AND RETAIL
SADDZ.XIH7 WAIU2-HOUS3S,
At the sign of the Golden Saddle, a few doors be
low D. Hungerford 4z Go's, and nearly
opposite Usquharl & Ware.
HW. WADHi & CO.
A V E now on hand a complete assortment of
articles appertaining io their line of basiness :
—AMONG WHICH ARE
Spanish, Quilted, (Jvci laid and Shafted Saddles,
Ihain, Boys’, Race, Atiakapas, and Planters’do.
Laige and Extra Large do
Ladies’ Saddles, of every quality and size.
BRIDLEg OB’ ALL KINDS.
Some good for fifty cents; Saddie Bags, Carpet Bags;
Yaliees; S'irnip Leathers; Sircingles and Ginhs.
HARNESS—Coach.Gig. and Dearborn, from the
cheapest to the best. TRUNKS, of every descrii>-
tion.
1 he above articles are of their own manufacture,
made under their own immediate inspection, of the
best materials, and Ly superior workmen. Also, on
band,
ENGLISH SADDLES, BRIDLES AND MARTINGALES.
Coach, Gig, Tandem, Sportsmen, and Waggon
Whips; Stirrups, Ei s. Spurs, Buckles, Hames, Col
ars, Cut I acks. Trunk Locks, H*>rse Brushes and
Curry Combs, Trace and Haitcr Chains.
ALSO—A good assortment of Coach and Gig Har
ness Trimmings; Piat and, Brass and Japan’d do.
ALSO—A gooJ assortment of Skirting, Harness,
and Bridle Leather ; black, blue, red, yellow, green,
and cochineal Morocco Skins; Buffalo Robes and Bear
Skins.
N. B. Traders who may boy *o 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 cull and examine our goods and
prices, and satisfy themselves.
nF* REPAIRING done on the most reasonable
terms.
April 29, 1837 31 y
CABINET AND UPIIOhSTEHY WARE
HOUSE.
COWZ£I/3IAKr & ATtfBUnSON
MOST respectfully iqfoim the citizens of Colum
bus, and its vicinity that they have removed
from their former stand, to the store lately occupied by
Me Am, in Broad-street, nearly-opposite the Insurance
Bank,
They have now on hand an elegant assortment of
FURNITURE of their oan manufacture.
—ALSO—
Paper Hangings of the latest patterns with suitable
Bordering, Ornaments, and other materials for Cur-,
tains, &c.
Adverse to puffing, they would only solicit a call
which would enable Ladies and Gentlemen to judge for
themselves by examining the articles.
All orders will be executed with promptitude. Cur
tains put up in the most fashionable style. Rooms
neatly papered. In short, any thing m their line will
be punctually attended to.
Aug. 25. 36y
JOHN E. BACON & Cos.
AGENTS FOR THE SALE OF THE
INDIAN’S PANACEA,
WW AVE just received a'fresh supply ol this valuable
K- JSL remedy for the cure of Rheumatism, Scrofula or
King's Evil, Gout, Sciaiica or Hip Gout, Incipient
Cancers, Salt Rheum, Sipiiiiitic and Mercurial dis
eases, particularly Ulcers and painful affections of the
banes. Ulcerated Throat and Nostrils, Ulcers of
every description, Fever Sores, and Infernal Abscess
es, Fistulas, Piles, Sea and Head, Scurvy, Biles, Chro
nic Sore Eyes, Erysipelis Blotches, and every variety
of Cutaneous A Tection, Chronic Catarrh, Headact.e,
proceeding from vitiation; Affections of the Liver;
Chronic inflammation of the Kidneys and General De
bility, caused bv a torpid action of the vessels of the
‘kin. It is singularly efficacious in renovating those
constitutions which have been broken down by injudi
cious treatment, or juvenile irregularities. In general
terms, it 13 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 circumstances of the
case will dictate; but for a general remedy or Punji
ralor torc.-nov* the cause, The Indian’s Panacea will
generally be found sufficient..
The following certificates, out of hundreds similar
which might b procured, are given to show the effect
of the Indian’s Panacea, in the various complaints
therein mentioned ; and also to exhibit in the most sa
tisfactory manner its superiority over the syrups in
common use.
Charleston. Nov. 15, 1831.
D iring tho last winter and spring. I was afflicted
with a very severe and distressing Rheumatism,occa
sioned bv exposure in had weather. 1 now take great
pleasure in stating, that six bottles of Indian Pana
cea, restored me to perfect health, and I confidently
recommend it to all similarly afflicted.
john Ferguson, Kingst.
Cn \rlfston, July 12, 1831.
I was afflicted four years with an ulcer in the leg,
occasionally accompanied with erysipelations incarna
tion and an excessive j ain in the leg and ancle joint.
Several eminent Physicians exerted sheir skill upon it,
hut without permanent benefit. In this case, five bot
tles of -be Indian Panacea made a perfect cure.
MARGARET A. WEST, Market st. 121.
July sth, 1537. s!y
HAMPTON COURSE-SWEEP STAKES
& S it is, and has been, usual of late ytai'3, with
ia. the proprietors of the different Race Tracks of
oltr country, to advertise their Stakes, and, in my opin
ion. they close at too early a period, to give the own
ers of coiis a fair opportunity of testing their racing
qualities, I communicate, therefore, to the sporting
world, my present plan, rules and terms.
There wilt be kept open stakes for two and three
year olds, to be run for every successi e year, and not
to be closed until one month previous to the race.—
Declaration hfleen days before tho coming off of the
race.
Stakes of one thousand dollars entrance, will be two
mile heats. Forfeit. 3500; declaration, SIOO. Three
entries to form a stake.
Stakes of five hundred dollars entrance will he mile
hen's. Forfeit, 3250; declaration, $75. Three en
tries to constitute a stake.
i> .shes of two or one mtle, to suit the convenience
of parties, that is, the amount to be run for.
Persons wishing to make their entries, will please
direct their letters to the subscriber, acting proprietor
of the Hampton Course, or to Capt. Wm. G. Nitnmo,
Secretary of ‘he Hampton Jockey Club. Augusta, Ga.
Sept. 27, 1338. 3.5-iGni F. VV. L ACY.
STAGE LINE
FROM COLUMBUS TO WEST POTNT,
pfSpiHE public are informed thai a liuf of STAGES
i5.. has been put on the route from Columbus to
West Point via VVhitesville, leaving Whiteside’s
Tavern every Monday and Friday at 4 o’clock A. M.,
and arriving at West. Point the same day at 5 o’clock
P. M.; leaving West Point eve y Tuesday, Thursday
! and Saturday at 4 o'clock A. M., and arriving at Co
lumbus at 5 o’clock P. M. the same day.
WHITESIDE & DUNCAN.
May 28. 1838. 17tf
N. B. A Hack will be in readiness at West Point
to convey passengers to La Grange or Lafavette.
PACKETS FROM ST. .JOSEPH TO
NEW YORK.
Till*’, following substantial and fast sailing
vessels will run as regular Packets between
St. Josepii and New York, and will take freight
and passengers low.
Brig IIYR.TLEY, Rvrfer. master.
“ CUMBERLAND, Darling, master.
“ SADI, Vincent, . “
Also, the new and splendid ship SPRING.
For Freight or Passage apply to
E. J. WOOD & CO. Agents,
St. Joseph, Fior.
Nov. 1, 1837 24v
GROCERIES.
-s £fs\ BBLS. old Reclined Whiskey
E. O'O’ 30 bbls. Monongahela do
20 bills. N. E. Rum
25 do Gin ‘
20 do Peach Brandy
50 do Sugar
SO bags Coffee
25 boxes Tobacco
100 pieces Dundee Bagg<|fc. for sale by
ALLoITx £; YOUNG,
Sept. 12, 1333. > :!2 f No 1 M -finish ro v.
’srorcoje ci siiXiS
CONTINUE !<• receive and oifei for sale all kinds
of Staple and fancy Drv Goods, Boots, Shoes,
J Hats, Saddlery. Hardware, &c. together with a good
supplv of Groceries,all of which will be sold on the most
favorable terms .
Feb. Ist IS3B. 52v
D. GDLSTEIVE & CO.,
COMMISSION’ AND FORWARDING MERCHANTS,
APALACHICOLA, FLORIDA.
Will advance on Cotton shipped to Havre, Liverpool
and New York.
D. Golsteine,
H. D. Dardi.n. Apalachicola. Oct. 25. SS;f
7 BBLS. picketed SHEEP HEAD.
20 boxes fine Scotch Herring,
4 this. Cranberries,
20,000 best Spanish Cigars,
Just receiv'd and for sale by
Feb. 1.153:-. 52ff ‘YONGE & ELLTS.
4 BBLS Newark Cider,
25 vJt 10 boxes fresh Lemons,
just received, and for sale by „
March 15. 6tf YONGE & ELLIS.
‘WE HOLD THESE TRUTHS TO BE SELF-EVIDENT, THAT ALL MEN ARE BORN EQUAL.’
COLUMBUS, GEORGIA, THURSDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 0, 1838.
NEW AUCTION AND COMMISSION
HOUSE.
THE undersigned will open a house in the above
business, on Broad street, at the old stand of
J. T. NILES & Cos., on the 22d OCTOBER. All
business entrusted to their care will mee’ with prompt
aitention. They wili attend to the buying of Cotton ;
also to the receiving and forwardin ‘ Goods.
BENJAMIN B. MORRELL,
WALTER S. C. YONGE.
REFERENCES.
George Whitman, N. Orleans.
Stewart & Cobb, do
James M. Yariton, Mobile.
Stanton & Pollard, do
Cummings & Spiker, Alontgomery.
McKenzie & Adams, do -
S. M. Robinson, do
Benj. Wilson, do
J. W. S. Read, do
J. S. Calhoun. Columbus.
Wm. P. Yonge, do
J. T. Niles, do
E. & F. Bradley, do
Cof’tmbtis. Oct. 17,1838. 37tf
COLUMBUS COTTON FACTORY.
rgNHE owners of the Columbus Factory respect- ,
-B. fuiiy inform the public that it is now in operation.
They have on hand a general assortment of YARNS,
which may be had at all tunes 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.
.jp” A number of boys- and girls wanted to work
at the Factory, for which the most liberal priees will be
given by the week or month. Apply to
STE WART & FONTAINE, or
S. K. HODGES & CO.
Columbus, Feb. 8 6tf
HOUSE AND SIGN PAINTING.
THE subscriber respectfully informs the public
generally, that he is ready to execute all orders
in the above line of business, in the neatest manner
and on the jagst reasonable terms. He has also for
sale, a splendid assOrttirenUof Wtntibw sksttes; or-fSTfr
ous sizes, made of the best materials, which are far su
perior to any offered for sale in a Southern market.
His shop is one door below Kivlin’s Sans Souci.
June 28 21 y STATES LEWIS.
DRS. HOLT AND PERSONS
i © RE united in the practice of Medicinv, Their
Xm. 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 the practice of Medi
cine, Drs. H. and P. tender their services as Surgeons
of some experience in the higher operations—such as
operations for all diseases of the eyes, for Hernia, Li
thotomy, &c, &c.
Maroh 23. 12v
VALUABLE LANDS FOR SALE.
THE subsetiber intending to reernbark in the
mercantile operation in Cuthbert, and wishing
to remove his hands cn another situation, offers for
sale his valuable tract of Land whe eon he now lives,
being known as the former residence of Benjamin
Holland, lale of Randolph county, deceased, lying in
said county, and situated immediately on the road
leading to Fort Perry and Lumpkin, 5 miles north of
Cuthbert, containing 810 acres, of which there are up
wards of 225 acres of open land under a good fence,
and in the highest state 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;
said farm being well watered, having several first ra.ie
springs-of pure water in different directions through
the plantation. On the premises there is a good dwel
ling House, 46 feet long, wilh a passage of 10 feet,
with two good brisk chimneys, tolerable good out
houses, such as. negro bouses, cribs, stables, &c.; also
a good gin house, a good gin and gear and packing
screw ; also there are a first rate peach orchard and
S.n extensive garden. Said premises has all the, natu
ral advantages which could be desired. It has an ex
tensive outlet for stock, several good springs quite con
venient to the yard, having a good welt of water in the
yard for poultry ; in fact, it is one cf the most beauti
ful, romantic, and healthy situations in the country,
having on it a good stream for a water gin and grist
mill; also a blacksmith shop and a good set of tools ;
also I can furnish the purchaser on the place with
stock of all kinds, and provisions the first year. Anv
persons wishing to purchase good'land a handsome
situation in good fix, with all those advantages, can
call on the subscriber, on the premises, who will give
favorable payments, or Mr. Z. Sawyers, one mi e on
the road leading to Cuthbert, or Lewis W. Baker, on
the DAYIC
Sept. 25, IS3S. 35 9t
ACRE? OF LAND FOR SALES.
THE subscriber having determined to settle in
Macon, Ga. will seli his lands in Russell county,
Alabama, (containing six hundred and eighty acres,
hut wiil sell one half of Ihe land to suit purchasers.)
ten miles from Columbus, between Ihe big and Wide
Uchee creeks. On the land is a comfortable dwelling
house and out houses, and good stables, &c. with up
wards of one hundred acres in cultivation, with good
water and several springs. Also is situated in a
neighborhood of good society, and within one mile of a
good school and church. Possession will be given at
anytime after the first of October. The purchaser
will have ihe privilege of ourchasing all my stock of
cattle and bogs, also corn and fodder, and many things
of convenience, all of which I will sell a* a reasonable
price. Indulgence will be given to suit the purchasers.
STERLING LANIER.
Reference: Dr. Pleasant Phillips, Russell co.
Russel co., Sep. 6, IS3S. 31 if
IMPOR’TAJiT NOTICE.
FOR THE AFFLICTED THERE IS A
BALM IN GILEAD.
ngNUE citizens of Zebulon, in Pike county, are
JiL hereby notified, that Mr. H. G . JOHNSON, of
that place, is the authorised agent for selling BRAN
DRETH’S VEGETABLE UNIVERSAL
PILLS, and has his CERTIFICATE of Agency
and afresh supply of the Pills from the General Agency
in Columbus.
And they are further cautioned against purchasing
Tills, for BRANDKETH’S PILLS, of Mr. John
Neal, of that place, as he is offering for sale the basest
counterfeits. Purchase only of the known and autho
rised and you are on the sure side.
AND YET ANOTHER.
The citizens of Monticeiio, in Jasper county, are
hereby no’ified, that Messrs. KELLUM & MAX
EY, of that place, are the authorised Agents for the
sale of the BHANDRETH VEGETABLE UNI
VERSAL P LLS. and have their CERTIFI
CATE of Agency, and a fresh supply of the GENU
INE PILLS from the General Agency in Columbus.
And lest any among them, who wish to purchase the
genuine medicine, should be deceived by the counter
feit at the peril of their health, and perhaps their lives,
[ would give them timely caution not to purchase Pills
of Messrs. Hurd & Hangerford. who it seems are of
fering spurious Pills on Dr Brandreth’s credit.—
Touch not the unclean thing.
JOHN B. PEABODY, General Agent
for Georgia, Alabama and Florida.
Columbus, May 14. 15tf
NOTICE.
THE CONFECTIONARY’ business heretofore
carrie ’ on by Code & Quin, will hereafter be
con'inucd at he old stand on Bread street, by
Columbus, Aug. 22. -29 if JOHN QUIN.
LAW,
rgIUE subscribers having connected themselves in
J§_ the practice of LAW, will attend all the
County Cour's of the Chattahoochee Circuit, and the
adjoining counties of Alabama. Office in Mclntosh
Row. immediately over Allen & Young’s Store.
ALFRED IVERSON,
June 14. 19tf J. M. GUERRY.
LA W .
TEfIHE undersigned, having associated themselves
JSL together for the practice of LAW, at Lumpkin,
Stewart county, will promptly attend to all business
’ with which they may be entrusted.
A. M. HUGHES,
U. S. MITCHELL.
Lumpkin. Oct. 10. 1838. 37m6m
STM AY ED OR STOLEN,
y BOUT Ihe 10th May last, a large bay HORSE,
tong tail, rather sway back, racks easy but short,
a few marks of the saddle and harness. Information
or delivery of the horse thankfuliv received and libe
rally rewarded. YONGE & ELLIS.
June 7. ISif
JUST RECEIVED
pe BARRELS first quality RUM, and for sale
Oil low bv WM. Rl JONES.
Columbus, Nov. 15,1838. 41if
WANT D,
A HEALTHY’ WET NURSE, for which a
libera! orice will be given.
July 10. ‘ 23tf S. M. JACKSON.
petit gulf cotton seed,
T reduced prices, warranted genuine, and for
iSL sale by YONJE & ELLIS.
March 15. 6tf
mt jtfTkBBLS. RECTIFED WHISKEY', just re
crived and for sale by
Aug. 22. 29:f S. M. JACKSON
RAYMOND & ALLISON, wholesale Grocers
and commission Merchants,Apalachicola. Flor.
Aug. H. IStf
P O K T R Y.
THE LAST LEAF.
BY O. W. HOLMES.
I saw him once before,
As be passed by the door,
And again
The pavement stones resound
As he totters o’er the ground
With his cane.
They say that in his prime,
Ere the prtming-knife of Time
Cut him down,
Not a better man was found
By the Crier on his round
Through the town.
But now he walks the streets,
And he looks at all he meets
Sad end wan.
And he slakes his feeble head,
Tha* is seems as if he said,
‘ They are gone!’
The moss” marbles rest
On the Up* ’hat he has prest
In thiir bloom.
And the tvmcs be loved to hear
Have beencarved for many a year
On the tomb.
My grandmtmma has said—
Poor old lar# she is dead
Lone c£TO |—
Tha‘ he had ft Roman nose,
And his cheek was like a rose
In the snow.
But now his rlose is thin.
And it rests upon his chin
Like a staff;
And a crook is in his back,
And a melancholy crack
In his laugh;
For me to sit and grin
At him hye;
But the old thne-cornered hat,
And the breedes. and all that,
Are so qiyer!
And if I shoutl live to be
The last leaf ypon the tree
In the srqing,
Let them smile, asl do now,
At the old forsake) bough
Where I clin;.
From the Democratic Review.
AN INCIDENT AT SORRENTO.
BY WILLIAM CJLLEN BRYANT.
Fair is thy site, Sorrento ! green thy shore ;
Black crags behind theepierce the clear blue skies ;
The sea whose borders riled the world of yore,
As clear, and bluer still before thee lies.
Vesuvius smokes in sight whose fount of fire,
Out-gushing, drowned be cities on his steeps;
And murmuring Naples,spire o’erfopping spite.
Sits on the slope beyorii, where Virgil sleeps.
Here doth the earth withflowers of every hue
Heap her green breast when April’s sun is bright—
Flowers of the morning-rd, or ocean-blue,
Or like the mountain dost of silver white.
Currents of fragrance frim the orange tree,
And sward of violets, breathing to and Iro,
Mingle, and wandering ml upon the sea,
Refresh the idle boatmm where they blow.
Yet even here, as underhnrsher climes,
Tears o’er the loved aid early lost are shed ;
That soft air saddens wjth the funeral chimes,
Those shining flowers are gathered for the dead.
Here once a child, a pbyful, smiling one,
All the day long carasing and caressed,
Died, when his little toigue had just begun
To lisp the names of those he loved the best.
The father strove his struggling grief to quell;
The mother wept, as mothers used to weep ,
Two little sisters wearied them to tell
When their dear Canos would awake from sleep.
Within an inner room his couch they spread,
His luneral couch ; u/h mingled grief and love,
They laid a crown of ro>t-s on his head,
And murmured, * Brighter is his crown above.”
They scattered around him, on his snowy sheet,
Latuim.ii, o straigi oi &uiuiy-cotofsa gebi's,
Sad hyacinth and violet dim and sweet,
And orange blossoms on their dark green stems.
And row the hour is come—the priest is there—
Torches arc lit—the bells are tolled—they go,
With solemn rites of blessing and of prayer,
To lay the dear remains in earth below.
The door is opened—hark, that quick glad cry !
‘ Carlos has waked—has waked, and is at piay !’
The little sisters leap and laugh, and try
To climb the couch on which the infant lay.
And there he sits, alive, and gaily shakes,
In his full hands, the blossoms blue and white,
And smiles with winking eyes, like one who wakes
From a deep slumber at the morning light.
From ihe Christian Statesman.
‘ The fool hath said in his heart there is no God.’—
Psalm 14.
‘No God! No God 1’ The simplest flower
That on the wild is found,
Shrinks, as it drinks its cup of dew,
And trembles at the sound :
‘ No God !’—astonished Echo cries
Ftom out her cavern hoar,
And every wandering bird that flies
Reproves the Atheist lore.
The solemn forest lifts its head
Th’ Almighty to proclaim ;
* The brooklet, on its crystal urn,
Do'h leap to grave His name.
High swells the deep ar.,l vengeful sea,
Along its billowy track,
And red Vesuvius opes his mouth,
To hurl the fulsehold back.
The palm-tree, wilh its princely crest,
The cocoa’s leafy shade.
The bread fruit, bending to its lord,
In you far island glade ;
The winged seeds, borne by the winds
The roving sparrows feed,
The melon, on the des< rt sands.
Confute the scorner's creed.
‘ No God !’ With indignation high
The fervent Sun is stirred,
And the pale Moon turns paler still,
At such an impious word !
And from their burning thrones, the Stars
Look down with angry eye.
That thus a worm of dust should mock
Eternal Majesty 1 L. H. S.
Putnam and the British Officer. —It is well
known that in the time of the nisi French war;
much jealousy existed between the British
and Provincial officers. A British Major |
deeming himself insulted by General (then
Captain) Putnam, sent him a challenge. Put
nam, instead of giving a direct answer, re
quested the pleasure of a personal interview]
with the Major. He came to Putnam’s tent |
and found him seated on a small keg, quietiy j
smoking his pipe. He demanded what com-;
munication, if any, Putnam had t make.
’ VYhv, you know,’ said Putnam, * I’m but a ‘
poor miserable Yankee, that never fired a i
pistol in mv life, and von musi have an undue ’
advantage over me. Here are two pewder-:
kegs: 1 have bored a hole and inserted a!
slow-match m each ; so if you will just be sol
good as to seat yourself there, I will light!
the matches; and he who dares sit the long
est without squirming, shall be called the
bravest fellow. 5 The tent was full of officers
and men, who were hugely tickled at this
strange device of the ‘ old wolf, 5 and compel
led the Major by their laughter and exhorta
tions to squat. The signal was given and
the matches lighted. Putnam continued smok
ing quite indifferently, without watching at
all their progressive diminution ; but the Brit
ish officer, though a brave fellow, could noi
help casting longing, lingering looks down
wards, and his terrors increased as the length
of his match diminished. The spectators
withdrew one by one to get out of the reach j
of the expected explosion. At length, when ;
the fire was -within an inch of the keg, the!
Major, unable to endure ‘onger, jumped up,!
and, drawing out his match, cried, ‘ Putnam,,
this i3 wilful murder! draw out your match —
I yield !’ 4 The devil!’ cried Putnam. ‘my
dear fellow, don’t be in such a hurry; they're
nothing hut kegs of onions /’ The Major was j
suddenly missing, having sneaked off.
A ‘HIGH FLOWN’ NEGRO.
I was joined by George Edward Fitz Au
gustus Seaton, a colored man, who discharged
the functions of waiter at the Qiy Hoiel.
He informed me that he was going to mar
ket ‘fir de social object,’ as he declared,
ol purchasing tvegetables and otfer animal
matter for de immediate consumption of de
establishment. Having nothing better to do,
I agreed to accompany George Edward Fitz
Augustus, ansi we accordingly set off for
Catharine Market. When we arrived at that
depot of natural animate and inanimate pro
ductions, my companion walked up to the
wagon of a fat countryman, and after peering
for some time at his stock, inquired, -if dose
were good taters?’
‘Yes, Sir/ responded the countryman.
‘A tater,’ resumed George Edward Filz
Augustus, ‘ is inevitably bad unless it is inwa
riahlv goaf. Dere is no mediocrity in de
combination of a tater. De exterior mnv
appear remarkably exemplary and beaut'i
somc, while de interior is totally negative.
But, Sir, if you wends de article upon your
own recommendation, knowing you to be a
man of probability in vour Iransactimrs, I
without Further circumlocution takes a bush
el!’
George Edward now passed to the stall
of a dealer in eggs and butter, and taking a
quarter of a dollar from his vest pocket, com
menced an inspection of the latter commodi
ty. ‘You call dat good butter?’ demanded
he with a disagreeable expression upon his
counteance, as if an ill flavor suddenly in
haled.
‘ Yes, Sir, I do—as good butter as comes to
this or anv other plsc?.
‘TVhat do you tink about axing ior-4.?t
bulter ?’
‘ Twenty-five cents.’
‘ Twenty-five cents ! And do you suppose,
for de moment, dat vour butter extensifvs to
such extreme waluation ?—nasty, rancid stuff,
churned over for de’easion!—old butter ren
ovaied!’—said the indignant George Edward,
moving off; ‘but dat’s de kind of negotiation
I frequently meets wilh in dis market!’—
Knickerbocker.
From Blackwood’s Magazine.
BROKEN HEARTS.
I have no great faith, generally speaking,
in what is called ‘ a broken heart.’ In this in
stance lam almost as confirmed a sceptic as
Sam Slick, that shrewdest of Yankee c.lock
makers. ‘ What, sir,’ methinks I hear some
green sentimentalist exclaim, ‘ do you then
attach no credit to the histories of Sappho
and Phaon, Hero and Leander, and a hun
dred others that 1 could mention, who died,
beyond all possibilily of C3vil, of broken
hearts ?’ Unquestionably not: I believe, in
deed, that such people iived, and that in pro
cess of time they were gathered 10 their kin
dred earth ; but I deny that they died, either
directly r indirectly, of the pathetic malady
attributed to them. For who are our au
thoriiies on this point? The poets —a set of
fellows whose indifference to facts is notori
ous, and who tell such preposterous lies, and
with such a grave face too, that there is ac
tually no believing a single word they say !
The case of Sappho, who, these inventive
gentry assure us, flung herself from ‘Leuca
dia’s steep,’ in consequence of having been
by Phaon at n lime when she bade
fr.ir to increase the parish burdens, I take te
/ne neither more nor less than this: Being
women are apt to be at her age, she was one
fine day watching, from the rock in question,
the rich glory of a Grecian sunset, when, in
the ardor of her enthusiasm, leaning forward
to catch a glimpse of the ruddy waves that
broke with a dull, heavy crash upon the shin
gles, she lost her balance, and threw an un
dignified summerset from the top of the pre
cipice to the bottom. There was no senti
ment in the matter; it was purely an acci
dent —an affair, not of a broken heart, but of
a broken neck. The case of Hem I con
ceive to be as clear as that, of Sappho. She
‘ kept company,’ it is well known, with Le
ander, but her father, who was n respectable
man, and in a large way of business, disap
proved of the match, for the fellow had no
thing to recommend him as a son-in law —no
money in the funds—no landed estate —no
investments in houses—nothing, in short, but
a passable face and intrepid impudence.—
Still, notwithstanding these objections, Hero
stuck to her ‘ sweetheart,’ -and persisted in
having stolen interviews with him ; where
upon her venerable parent, like a sensible
man as he was, threatened to lock her up in
a coal hole ; and ; t was in running away from
him just as he was about to put his threat
into execution, that the agitated young wo
man, who hnd rushed out upon the leads of
the house, like Tlebecea when she flew from
the Knight. Templar—made one step too
many—pitched head over heels into the Hel
lespont, and met that death which has im
mortalised her memory. These I contend
are the true versions of the stories of Sappho
and Hero, which are now fir the first time
stripped of the sentimental embellishments
that the poets have flung round them, and
viewed by the sober daylight of common
sense.
But dismissing the ancients, tike ?; modern
instance nr two ofn ‘ broken heart.’ as they
pass current in the social circles, and see wha t
is to he made of them. What more com
mon in the boudoir or the drawing room,
I than such conversation as this? ‘Do you
; know Miss Sims?’ ‘ Yes.’ ‘ Ah, poor thing,
: she is greatly to he pitied. She was to have
i been married to Captain Dobbs,of the En
niskillen Dragoons, hut before the lawyers
! had finished drawing up the settlements, old
I Sims took umbrage at something or othpr ;
: the match was declared off; the Captain was j
I compelled to set out on Dressing business to
i Boulogne, and poor, dear Ethelinda has pver
j since been dying of a broken heart.’ ‘ Bher
me ! you don’t say so ? shocking!’ £ Fac.—
I had a note from the sweet girl hut vester-
I day, wherein she solemnly assures me, in a
! postcript, that she shall n°ver survive the
! shock her sensibility—for she was nM soul,
; you know—has sustained ; and that, though
her napa, bv way of converting her melan-
I choly, has offered to take her to Epsom, vet
! that she has nut the heart to go there.’—
‘What’ not go to Epsom on ihe Derby
! day? Well, I never! Ah, poor thing, her
heart is indeed broken !’ And yet this for
lorn damsel thus said to be dying of thp most
interesting of all maladies, and creating in
consequence a sensation, whenever her name
is mentioned, plucks up spirit enough, a few
weeks afterward, to run off with her father’s
| footman —a smart young fellow, with n glib
tongue, round, laughing face, unimpeacha
ble calves, set off to the best advantage in
white cotton stockings, and standing six feet
in his shoes!
Here is another illustration of a ‘ broken
heart.’ A pretty romantic heiress, who has
just finished her education at one of the rsost
fashionable polishing academies at Chelten
ham or Brighton, falls desperately in love
with a briefless hut seductive voting barris
ter whom she first met at church, and after
wards danced with at an Assize bail. Well,
the affair ‘ progresses but just as it is about
to he wound up by an elopement, it comes to
the ears of the heroine's parents, who, hard
hearted wretches that they are! instantly
whisk her o/Fto some semi-barbarous water
ing place. on _the Cornish or South Devon
Coast—cruel catastrophe ! The aggrieved
fair one forthwith betakes herself to her soli
tary chamber; S’giis and sobs ‘ from the ris
ing oi the sun to the going down of the same;’
reads toufching poems and still more touching
novels, and writes to nil her acquaintances,
woo, devoutly believing every word she savs.
take ea r r to circulate the afflicting intelli
gence tliot she is dying bv inch’ s of a broken
heart ! Mark now the sequel of this sad
story! \ertrs elapsed, and one day a stout,
niidd e-aged gentleman with a lin'd head, and
about as much sentiment in bis face a ls a
shmildel ol mutton, meets at a dinner party
a buxotr, red nosed, corpulent dame, the
happy d* •'her of six bouncing children, the
t\o last twins. Observe with what coo! in
differenie they address each other—how com
fortable they look—how thoroughly they enjoy
themseltes ! 1 here is no nonsense—no de
licate huitation ; their appetites—the lady,
von petceive, has been helped twice to tur- •
key, ans a platoul each time; and as for the
gentWii.'ut. tW plies Ids knife and fork with a
steady determination of purpose that might
excite the envy of au Alderman. And who
is this hale, jolly couple, who, if you were to
sing them a love song, would fail fast asleep
under your very nose, and only wake up ip
time to lake you in for a snug rubber nl
whist? Can you ask? Thev are the very
same who, twenty years before, were uni
versally believed to be dying of broken hearts,
because they were prevented from eloping
wilh each other! Gentle reader, whenever
vou hear touching stories of this sort, and I
know of none that are so common, alwavs
bear in mind Sam Slick's sh>. ;. ‘ <i>e orilv
broken heart I ever heard tell of, was that ol
a New York ticket porter, who broke it in
straining at a twelve stone weight!’
From the Philadelphia Saturday News.
A QUEER CUSTOMER.
‘lt is most amusing,’ said Richard Mer
vvn, as he relinquished the attempt to rise
from the gutter at the corner of and
streets. ‘lt is really astonishing how soon
this dreadful climate of America brings on
old age. I shall never survive to get home
arid write a book about the place—never.
Here I am, six feet two, without my stock
ings, sprawling in a dirty, republican gutter,
vrffthout being able to help myself out of it.
There’s a lamp winking and blinking in my
face, as if it wants to laugh, and would, if it
had a mouth ; and a big brute of a dog just
now nosed me to see whether I was good to
eat. VYhal a country ! what gutters ! and
what liquor! I only took nine smnllers of
whiskey, and what witli that and premature
old age, I verily believe I am assassinated —
I’m a gone chicken !’
Mr. Mervyn now clamored so loudly that
assistance soon came.
‘ Silence there ! what’s the mu Iter ?’
‘‘Matter yourself—l’m being done, or as
some people say, I’m doing. The march of
mind has tripped, and Richard Mervyn is
too deep fr himself. Help me out —gently
—there. Aint lin a pretty pickle ? This is
what the doctors call gutta serenn, isn’t it ?’
‘ When I wax at school the boys would
have called you a guttural.’
‘ They wouldn’t have known much gram
mar, if they did. I’m a liquid—see me drip.’
‘Oh! oh!’ said the watch, ‘ den’t try to
tic fssnrrv , T rsru writ xsirnTglT, rtovv
you’ve wiped your face. You’re the chap
that locked me up in my box once, and when
I burst open the door, you knocked me heels
over head, and legged it.’
‘ That’s ms. I did that thing. How do
you like the ups and downs of public life?
Isn’t variety charming?’
‘ If it wasn’t that I’m a public functionary,
and musn’t give way to niv feelings, I’d crack
your cocoa, and ease my mind by doing as I
was done by. I’ll make an examo'e of you.
however. You’ie my prisoner. Hally coo
sho to the witch ’us. That's the Dutch for
being took up.’
‘ Well, give me your arm. Don’t be afraid
of the mud. Gutter mud is Very wholesome.
Look*at the pigs how fat it makes ’em; and
if you like fat pork why shouldn’t you like
what makes pork fat? So—so—steady.—
Now I’ll tell you nil about t’other night. I
was passing you hox in a friendly promiscu
ous sort of a way, I thought you were asleep,
or had run down, and I turned the key to
wind you up. If a watch aint wound up, it
can’t either keep good time, or even go.’
‘ Well, what else ?’
‘ Why, then I wnlch’d the hox, and when
von come out, I hoxed the watch. That’s
all. ft grew out of my obliging disposition.’
‘Ha ! very obliging. Now it’s my turn to
wind you up, and, to do it in the same way.
I'il take you before the watch maker to be
cleansed and regulated. You go too fast,
but I’!! put a spoke in your wheel; he’ll set
you bv the State House, and make you keep
good time.’
‘ Why, wafc'iy, you’re a wag. Why don’t
you say that I was a horizontal, and that you
lifted me up like a patent lever? You’re
awake now ; but that night you wasn’t up to
trap, or you would have caught mo ; I caught
a weazle asleep that time—l put fresh salt on
you for once.’
To add one more to his vagaries, Merrvn
now refused to walk a step further; and sit
ting down on a step, loudly avowed hi.s rey>-
lution, and declared his name was not.
Walker.
‘ Whether your name is Walker or not,
von must go.’
‘ Not without a go cart—you can’t force
me to go—i’m a legal tender, and you must
take me. Havn’t I got an office, or at least
a public situation, here on the steps? If 1
most go, it snail he on Ihe vankee principle
of rotation; bring me a wheelbarrow. Re
form me out regularly.’ ft was procured,
and away they w< j nt. ‘ So we go,’ said Mer
vyn ; ‘ Charley’s making a barrmv knight of
me. Gently over the stones! I don’t like
bumpers excent when I get them of poster.
This is the wav to Wheeling— hurra ! cart
be ft re the horse!’ Arrived at the watch
house, lie insisted upon being wheeled up
stairs, and styled the place a 6}Toie-nail cas
tle. • I’m a modest mart,’ said he, ‘and no
staire". If I can’t have a ride up I think my
self entitled to a drawback.’ So saving h°
attempted to escape, hut was soon caught,
being, as he said, ‘ like Goldsmith’s works,
beautifully chased.’ The punster was soon
carried aloft, and next morning, sober and
penit rat, paid his tipsev fine and his carriage
hire with a doleful countenance.
THE SOLDIER’S REVEL AND THE SOL
DIER’S WIFE.
Mr. Stephens, in his Incidents of Travel,
gives the following sketch of a bacchanalian
scene among tiie Bava inn soldiers, which
be witnessed in the loeanda , at Megara, in
Greece:
About ten o clock Iw r as mused bv the loud
roar ol a chorus, not like a sudden burst, but
a thing that seemed to have swelled up to
ihot point by degrees ; and rubbing mv eves,
and stumbling down stairs. I entered the ban
quelng ball; a long, rough wooden table ex
fended the whole length of the room, supplied !
uith my two articles, wine-flagons and to
bacco-pouches ; Ibrty or fifty soldiers were
sitting round it, smoking pipes and sin T in fr
tvith all their souls, and, at the moment fen
tered, waving their pipes to the dying cadence
1)1 a hunting chorus. Then followed a loner
thump on the table, and they all rose; mv
long travelling friend, with a young soldier
who spoke a little French, came up, and, es
corting me tt the head of the table, gave me
a seat bv the side of the chairman. One of
them attempted to administer a cup of wine,
ami the other thrust at me the end of a pipe,
and I should have been obliged to kicn and
abscond hut lor the relief a (lorded me bv the
entrance of another new-comer. This was
no oilier than the corporal’s wife; and, if I
had been received warmly, she was greeted
with enthusiam. Half the table sprang for
ward to escort her ; two of (hern collared the
President and hauled him off his seat, and
the whole company, by acclamation, installed
tier in his place. She accepted it without
any hesitation, while two of them, with clum
sy courtesy, took off her bonnet, which I,
sitting at her right hand, took charge of. All
then resumed their places, and the revel went
oh more gaily than ever. The lady Presi
dent was about thirty, plainly but neatlv dres
sed, and though not handsome, had a frank,
amiabie, and good-tempered expression, indi
cating die greatest of woman’s attributes, a
good heart. In fact she looked, what the
young man at mv side told me she was, (he
peace-maker of the regiment: and, he added,
they always tried to have her at their convi
vial meetings, lor when she was arnonc ihem
the brawling spirits were kept down, and
every man would he ashamed to quarrel in
her presence. There was no chivalry, no
heroic devotion among them, but their man
ner toward her was as pp * -
w,x. pa j ( | to , hfl influence of woman,
and I question wnether beauty in her bower,
surrounded by belted knights and barons bold,
ever exercised in her more exalted sphere a
more happy influence. I talked with her,
and with the utmost simp'icity she told me
that the soldiers all loved her: that they were
all kind to her, and she looked upon them
all as brothers. Wc broke up at about twelve
o’clock wiih a song, requiring each person to
take the hand of his neighbor; one of her
hands fell 10 me, and I took it with a respect
seldom surpassed in touching the hand f
woman ; lor I felt that she was cheering the
rough path of a soldier’s life, and, among
scenes calculated to harden the heart, remind
ing them of mothers, and sisters, and sweet
hearts at home.
A most hum&rous circumstance. —Yesterday,
our turf market was thrown into a state of
confusion by Gallagher, the ventrilloquist,
who, in order to gratify some friends with a
joke, caused the ass of a turf-seller of the
name of Pat Jennings, to be very eloquent.
It appears that Mr. G. was buying the turf,
when the ass suddenly cried— ‘ Pat, I’m con
founded hungry.’ Jennings instantly got into
a state of the greatest agitation, and blessed
himself over and over. ‘What can this mean?’
asked Gallagher; ‘I don’t know, plnse your
honor, for I nivir heard him spake either En
glish or Irish before ; the Lord betune us and
harm,’ continued Pat, ‘ I will leave him f
upon saying which the ass snorted, ar.d again
said, ‘ I’m growing mad with hunger.’ Poor
Pat roared and fell upon his knees, and had
a crowd about him, and Ihe ass was so fright
ened that lie scampered down the street ; and
raft J; limn gs to ffivs louiuem wo mu lit) i, nu
love or money, take home ihe sagacious ass.
Gallagher and his friends thought it prudent
at this crisis to cut. — Galloway Adv.
Loafer Anecdote. —While we were enjoying
a glass yesterday afternoon, m one of our
coflee houses, there came in a loafer, who
was all pinched up with the cold, and looked
as if he really wanted some stimulus to make
himself comfortable. Going up to the bar,
in a great hurry, he threw down a bit, (the
only one he had, perhaps,) and bawled out;
‘ Give me a glas3-of brandy.’
The person in attendance poured into a.
tumbler the usual quantity, and placed it on
the counter.
The loafer took-it, kinked at it a second
or two, and then said, m a gruff voice:
‘I say, Mister! Do you call that a fair
horn ?’
‘ Yes, I do.’
‘ You do, eh ?’
‘ Yes, sir.’
‘ Well if you no, I Dorr’f !’ said the loafer,
at the same instant seizing the bottle, anil
pouring out as much more.
Having done this, he set the bottle down
again, and then at ‘ one fell swoop’ tossed off
his double allowance and made for the door,
exclaiming, as he went out, ‘ I'm no half
measure man, myself /’— JV. O. Sun.
Betting.— The English are, emphatically
speaking, a sporting nation. Hunting and
racing constitute the most favorite amuse
ments of the higher classes, while those who
are too poor to own packs of hounds, or fuff
blooded racers, content themselves with the
humane amusement of boxing, hear huntings
badger hunting, See., while matches against
time fiil up the interstices of their leisure mo
ments. Hence, betting is an amusement in
which an Englishman delights. Ji is almost
the only argument which he uses—for he is
always ready to back his opinion with a bet—
a custom which, although it may seem strange
and nnenurteous to a stranger, saves a vast
deal of time and temper in logical discussions.
A gentleman belonging to tins vicinity, blessed
with a good constitution, which he had douht
l:>ss irnp'ved by his pedestrian habits, visited
England not long sine- —and while sojourning
in London, he seldom employed a carriage,
but amused him elfby making daily pedestri
an excursions to the neighboring villages and
towns, until his fondness for walking, and the
apparent ease with which lie passed over the
ground, caused him to be waited on by 3
committee from a sporting dub, who in a
very respectful manner informed him that a
match had been made between him afld- a
noted pedestrian for 100 Z. and begging hint
to he in readiness to come on to the ground
on the Thursday of the following week. Our
American friend felt somewhat indignant at
first, at being mistaken lor a sporting adven
turer, and dismissed the commi.tec rather un
ceremoniously—but he afterwards laughed
heartily at the adventure, when he found that
it forcibly illustrated a national irait in Ihe
English character. — MercantUe Journal.
To-morrow. —To-morrow. Who can teff
low much is embraced in this expression?
I hough hut a few hours intervene between
it and us, though it w.ll soon commence its
course, who is there, that can read its single
page and pronounce the character of its
events?
To-morrow?’ It may entirely change the
course of our lives. Ii may form anew cm
in our existence. What we little expect may
occur. What we fear may not i appen.
To-morrow? Away with anxiety. Let
us lean on Providence. There is a Being, to
whom all the distinctions of time are the same,
and who is a Me to dispose every thing for out
‘ wise improvement.— cither, ev.ru.
[NO. 44.