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COLUMBUS SENTINEL AND HERALD.
VOL. Vid.j
Pi> BLISFinO EVERY TJTtJKSDtY MORNING BV
JAMES 11. CAMPBELL,
ON BROAD STREET. OVER ALLEN AND I'OUXC’s,
M’iNrosri row.
1 HRMsJ—Bubacrfotiou, three dollars per an
noiii. payable in a Lance, or Fipi dollars, (i.i ail
oases eat icteJ) where payment is no! :n vie bef>re tliv
expiration of the year. No subscription received for
less than twelve months, without payment iuadvance
and no paper <li’continued, except at the option of
the Editors, until oil arr&ara", ;3 are pai 1. *
ADVERTISEMEN iVJ c oosptcuausly inserted a*
one dollar per one hundred words, or less for
tiie first insert! m, and Firry cents for every sniise
l‘icnt continuance. Those sent without a speeitica
tion oi tlio number of insertions, will be published
until ordered out, and charged accordingly.*
Sc. Yearly advertisements. — For over 21 and
not ejeee ling 36 lines, fifty dollars per annum] f,r
ovr lti, an 1 not exceeding ■> 1 ii n -s, thirl a-Roe dollars
per annum ; for less than 12 lines, twenty dollars
■per annum. ’ J
3d. AH rule and figure work double *he above n: ices.
Legal Aovertisements published at the usual
rates, arid wita strict attention to die requisitions of
the law.
All Sales regulated by law, must be made before
the Court House door, between the hours of 10 in .! 1( .
morning and 4 in the evening—those of Land in
the county where it is situate ; those of Personal
Property, where the letters teetam-Vary, of a Imi.n
istration or of guardianship were obtain ■ i and are
required to be previously advertised in some public
Gazette, as follows:
Sheriffs’ Sales under regular executions for thir
ty days, tin for mortgage fi fas sixty days before
the day of sale.
Sales of Land and Negrots, bv Executors, Ad
ministrators or Guardians, for sixty days before
the day of sale.
®ai.Eß of Persona! Propcr'y (except Negroes) forty
days.
Citations by Clerks of the Cour's of Ordinary, upon
application for letters of administration, must
be published for thirty days.
Citation! upon application for dismission, bv
Executors, A hniniitrators or Guardians, monthly
for SIX MONTHS.
Orders of Court; of Ordinary, (accompanied with a
copy of the bond or agreement) to make titles
to land, must, bo published three months.
Notices by Executors, Administrator-: or Guardians,
of application to the Cou:t of Ordinary for leave
to sell t lie Land or Negroes of an Instate, four
MONTHS.
N otic.es bv Executors or A Immistra’ors, *r> ifo? Debt
ors and Crc ILors u! ar Estate, for six >c*eks.
Sheriffs, Clerks of Court, Jet:., will be allowed
the usual deduction.
{LT’ Letters on business, must be post paid,
to entitle them !o attention.
The following persons have kindly consented to act
is Agents for the Sentinel ami Herald :
Col. C. Parker, Coll xlensvillo IVlonroe countv.
J’eter Cone, Esq., Eden, E Ingham county.
Rev. Reuben E. Brown, Perry P. O. II vision co.
Thos. H. Key. Esq., Drayton, D >a!y ooun'y.
Col. Tiros. J. llolmes, Concord, Baker co.”
Srr,t’EN Id. Crane. Esq., Da'ilouega, Lumpkin co.
Col. John Dill. Fort Gaines. Ga.
John C. M xnsh aai, Greenville, Ga.
I'i. J. Wood & Cos . St. Jos yih, Flor.
Noursf., Brooks & Cos., Apalachicola.
J. S. Y ARnnotrati. Lumpkn. Stewart conn'y.
J \s. Buchanan, Cuthb rt, Randolph county.
J. W. Bacii elder, La Fayette,Chambers co. Ala.
Charles Murphey, Decatur. DeKnlb county.
WARS HOUSE
a&’d commission business.
TIIE undersigned takes leave to inform his friends
an 1 the puulie generally, that he will continue
flte Ware-House and Commission Business, to which
his atention will lie exclusively confined ; and by strict
attention thereto he hopes to merit a continuance of
Catron igo which has been so liberally bestowed upon
iru. rte will attend to the sale of Cotton from wa
gons or ii store, and from a general acquaintance with
me purchasers, and true situa'im of the market, he be
lieves that, he can, generally, more than save the com
mission m the sale of Cotton.
Lib trl advances will be made on produce or mer
chandise in store. W.\l. P. KINGK.
C.ilii'nb is. Sept. IS. IS3B. 3Jy |
TO PLAXTKRS.
fTl.'lE subscriber oilers for sale, upon reasonable
J& terms for cash nr mum long time, as may suit
Ihe convenience of purchasers, the following tracts ol
Gal in Alabama. It is unnece ar>’ to say any tiling
ii regard to lie quality. Bit Lwill remark, dial some
of tlu- best settlements in the Shite arc included in
these lands. Purchasers need have no fears abo il
titles—they .shall be satisfactory,
ii 4 12 29 Section 1? 11 23
XV 3b 12 29'SEqr II 1 1 26
N 1 12 25 EJX E J 11 11 26
Section 8 12 2b N 1 11 28
SW nr 5 12 2b S 12 1-1 2'J
Id half NE qr 4 12 2b V Sb 1-4 29
NW qr 5 12 26 S 23 11 2'J
HK qr * 5 12 26 S* 11 14 29
SE qr 4 12 26 S 11 14 30
W half NW 1 3 12 2b S 10 14 30
Section 17 13 28; W 31 11 30
Section 9 13 28 W 7 16 28
N 21 15 2J E ‘ 33 16 29
W 32 13 20 VV 33 16 23
XV half SF. J 32 13 20 3 25 10 29
W half NEi 32 13 26 W U lb 27
NK qr 31 ’l3 26 S 2 17 28
E half SF. qr 51 13 26 NT 28 17 28
15 half N\Vi 31 13 26 N 21 17 28
SK qr 29 13 25 N 18 17 28
SW qr 11 13 26.S 29 17 2.9
NWJ SE J 11 15 26 S 27 lb 27
SE qr 30 13 2* [■> 15 15 27
NW qr 11 13 2b NT 12 15 28
S 23 14 271 V II lb. 28
W 17 14 27 S 3! 13 29
K 19 11 27 S 2 15 28
j.g 30 11 27: Section 3 15 23
E 52 14 27j N 3 lb 26
S 3 14 27| W 2 ) lb 30
N 3 1 4 291N 18 lb 29
sW qr 34 Ii 29’ N 29 ];, 29
\V NW J 31 11 29; E 23 15 SO
yp 19 II SON 21 15 29
Section 21 14 26 N 8 15 29
Section 25 14 26 S 27 IS 26
S 35 14 26 W 33 18 23
April 26. 13tjan.l IT. S. SMITH.
GE O. W . WAY ’ S
C AUIII XG C 11 EPOSI'I’OaT,
CORNER of Oglethorpe anil Sr. Clair street, inl
ine Lately “i the rear <Jt’ the City Hotel. The
subscriber respectfully informs the \>uW\z that he is
now receiving a general assortment, of Carriages oi all
descriptions, to wit:
Coaches, Coaehees, Chariottees, Cabriolets, dickey
~;at Barouches, one and two horse evton don-top Ba
juches, three seats extend m-top do., U.f gies. four
wheels, far one and two horses, two wheel do., Sulkies
of every description.
Tite’ above Carriages are superior to any over re
ceived m this market, and cannot be surpassed for ma
terials. style an I durability. Any ar tele purchased
from this establishm nt can be d.-pended on.
Call and sec, and I will sell vo t bargains.
Carriages of every description furnished to order, by
addressing the undersigned.
° GEO. \V. WAY.
I have a general stock of Coach Materia’s, which I
will sell low 3 . Repairing done in the very best man
ner and by Northern Workmen. G. Vv . ‘A .
Feb. 1. Mv
CAtiRIAGK SH IP
M’ss3 St txawrr.
Oftekorpe Street. Narlhaf Calh;.r* ffitrl,
HVVK just received a ne v assortment of good
*C \HR I AGES selected from some i fthe best
manufactories at the North. They having taken par
ticular pains to have them mr.de to suit lots country,
and to insure satisfaction to purchasers, thee will war
rant them for oti3 year with fa r usage. All kind of
Carriages made to order. Carriage and Harness’ re
nairin/done in vot e neat style by g tod Nortncrn work
-ten ° Also a wood assortment of Carriage materials,
a’l of which’ they will sell low for cash or approved
Teb.l6.
■ JIEWSPU'.VG OdOOS.
THE subscriber Ins just received, a fresn
supply of FANCY AND STAPLE DRY
GOODS of the latest f.tshi ns andunportations.
READY MADE CLOTHING. HATS, BOX-
N ETS AN D S H OES.
He would invite his customers and thy public
cenerallv tocall and examine Ins sto-k before pur
chasing elsewhere, ns they no doubt will be -tilt
ed with the quality and price. lie is determined
to sell low for cash.
Country merchants will be
prices.
May 21,-7-tf
GLASS.
FOR SALE, by the subscribers,
150 boxes Pittsburgh Glass.
100 do Bedford Crown G'a -,
50 do Boston do do
assorted sizes,cheap for casln & KV AN - S ,
Anri! 1-3. 10tf Oglethorpe st.
JIJ STARR. Commission Merchant St. Jo
f seph, Florida. March S. stf
COLUMBUS WHOLESALE AND RETAIL
I >if
j - I the ::igii oi the Golden Saddle, a few doors be
low D. Hunger! >rd Co’i. and nearly
opposite Ljqunart & Ware,
w*-, ..p, VV.WADtSkCO.
i ‘ . no von “ rod a complete assortment of
artiedas appertaining to toeir tine of basiness :
—AMONG WHICH ARE—
Spanish, Q.uilte i, Overlaid and Shafted Saddles,
Piain, 15 >vs’, Race, Altakapas, and Planters’ do.
Large and Extra Large do
Ladle*’ da] l.es, of every quality and size.
EaiOT.ES OF 4.7.1, KINDS.
Some go'id f>r tifty cen‘s;Sa Idle Bags. Carpet Bags;
v tuices; Stirrup Leathers; Sircingles and Girths.
, HARNESS—Coach, Gig, and Dearborn, from die
c.icapest to ilic best. TRUNKS, of every itescrip-
Yhe above articles are of tln ir own manufacture,
made under tiietr own immediate inspection, of the
best materials, arid by superior workmen. Also on
hand,
exslisii saddles, dridi.es and martingales.
Coach. Gig, Taniem, Sport-turn, and Waggon
Whips; S irrupi, Bits, Spurs. Buckles, Haines, Col
ars, Cut la- ’-.s, ‘l'runk Locks, Horse Brushes and
Curry Combs, Trace and Mailer Chains.
ALSO—A good assortment of Coach and Gig llar
n-’ s Trimmings; Plated, Brass and Japan'd do.
ALSO—A good assortment of Skirting, Harness,
J and Bridle Leather; black, blue, red, yellow, green,
and cochineal .Morocco Skins; Buffalo Robes and Bear
Skins.
N. B Traders who may buy to sell again, will be
’ornwhi and on as good terms as can be bought either in
New 1 (i'll or Newark. Country merchants -are re
spectfully invited to call and examine our goods and
prices, and satisfy themselves.
REPAIRING done on the most reasonable
♦ ran.
April 29, 1937 31y
CABINET AND UPHOhSTEUY AVAIIE
HOUSK.
_ con*3i,iiaH & andshscn
jfcfOST r ipec’f.Tily inf nin the citizens of Colum-
Ins, an ! its vicinity that they have removed
from their f inner stand, to the store lately occupied by
Me Am, in Broad-street, nearly opposite the Insurance
They have no v on hand an elegant assortment of
FURNITURE of their own manufacture.
Paper II mgings of the latest patterns with suitable
Bordering, Ornaments, and oilier materials for Cur-
Adverse to puling, they would only solicit, a call
vhieli would enable La lies and Gentlemen to judge for
themselves by examining the articles.
All orders will be executed with promptitude. Cur
!a:rj -; put up in the most fashionable style. Rooms
neatly papered. In short, any thing m their lino will
be punctually attended to.
Aug. 25. 36y
JOHN E. BACON &. Cos.
AfIEiTS FOR Till: SALE OF THE
I X )1A S’ S PA:VAC JS A ,
7T.1 VE just received a’fresli supplyot this valuable
LJH. rein - !y for the cure of Riieiiiiia ism, Scrofula or
King's Evil, Gout, Sciatica or Hip Gout, Incipient
Cancers, Sait Rheum, Sipliiiitic and Mercurial dis
a- :-s, particularly Ulcers and painful affections of the
hones. Ulcerated Throat and Nostrils, Ulcers of
every description, Fever Sores, and Internal Abscess
es, Fistulas, Piles, Scad Head, Scurvy, Biles, Chro
nic Sore Eyes, Erysipelis Blotches, and every vaiiety
of Cutaneous Affection, Chronic Oa arrh, Heatlaci.c,
proceo-Jing from vitiation; AtT-ctions of the Liver;
Chronic iirdammation of (he Kidneys and General De
bility, caused by a torpid action of the vessels of the
skm. It is singularly efficacious 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 crcumstancos of the
ease will dictate; but for a general remedy or Purifi
entor to remove the cause, The Indian’s Panacea will
gen-'rally be iound 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.
During the last winter and spring. I was afflicted
with a v-.-ry severe and distressing Rheumatism, occa
sioned by exposure in bad weather. I 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, King st.
Charleston, July 12. 1 S3l.
T was afflicted four years with ari ulcer in the leg,
occa-'i mally accompanied with crysipclatious inflama
■ion and an oxers -ivo pain in the leg an 1 ancle j.inr.
S yera! eminent Physicians exerted their skill upon it,
but without u-Tivi inent benefit. In tjiis case, five bot
tles o f the Ino! vn Panacea made a perfect cure.
M \TV : VIET A. WEST, Market st. 121.
Julv sth. 1537. 5! v
71 VMPTO2J CaUIISB SWEEP STAKES
Air is, list l has been, saa! of iale years, with
J-iL llie proprietors of the did’rent Race Tracks of
our co.m'rv. to aiver ise their Stakes,atid, in my opin
i hi. the . close at too early a period, to give the own
ers of colls a lair opportunity of testing their racing
i qualities, l communicate, therefore, to the Sporting
j world, my present plan, rules and terms.
There will be kept open stakes for two and three
I year olds, to be run for every successi e year, and not
to lie closed until one month previous to the race
I ! >ec!aratioa fifteen days before tiie coming off of the
Stak'-s of one thousand dollars entrance, will be two
mile heats. Forfeit, 5590; declaration, SIUO. Three
entries to form a stake.
Stakes of five hun Ired dollars entrance will be mile
hea’s. Forfeit, §250-; declaration, §75. Three en
tries to constitute a stake.
Dashes of two or one mile, 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 riie Hampton Course, or to Copt. Win. G. Nitmno,
Secretary of die Hnmnton Jockey Club, Augusta, Ga.
Sept. 27, 1833. 35nSu F. W. LACY.
STAGS LINK
FROM COLUMBUS TO WEST POINT.
TdiNHE public are informed that a line of STAGES
iy. lias been put ou the route from Columbus to
‘•Vest Point via Whitesville, leaving Whiteside’s
Tavern every IVlondav and Friday at 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 i Saturday a’ 4 o’clock A. M., and arriving at Co
lumbus at 5 o’clock P. M. the same dav.
WHITESIDE & DUNCAN.
May 28. 1338. I7if
N. B. A Hack will be m readiness at VVest Point
•o c ;avfv ii iss >n • rs to La Grange or Lafavette.
JPAdtGTai D tt)3l Si’. JOSliPil TO
NKIY Yvlfllv.
THE following substantial ami fast sailing
vessel- will run as regular Packets between
St. Joseph and New York, and will Ujjtc freight
and passengers low.
Brig II \IITS. EY, Ryder, master.
“ CUMBERLAND, Darling, master.
“ SADI, Vincent, “
Also, the new and splendid ship SPRING.
For Freight or Passage apply to
L. J. \\ UOD *.V CO, Agents,
St. Joseph. Flor.
Nov. 1. ISS7 24 y
GIiaC’EHIES.
i,*tf JN BBLS old Recuhed Whiskey
*} 4Jr 30 bhls. Mor.ongahela do
2d bbls. N. E. iljia
25 di Gm
20 do Peach Brandy
50 do Sugar
30 bags Co.fee
25 boxes Tobacco
100 pieces Dundee Barging, for sale bv
ALLEN & YOUNG,
1-2 1823. 32 r N-i, 1 M-Intosh ro-.v.
YONI3S &
CONTINUE to rec ive and oilei for sale all kinds
ofStaple an-i fancy Drv Goods. Boots, Shoes,
i Tats.Sa-.t ilery. Hardware. &c. together with a good
suppiv of Groceries,all of which will be sold on the most
favorable term-;.
Feb. Ist 1-3?. 52 v
D. GOLSTEIJfE & CO.,
COMMISSION’ ASI) VORWVRDING MEHCIIAJCTS,”
APALACHICOLA. FLORIDA.
Will advan •’ on Cotton shipped to Havre, Liverpool
j an i Ne w York.
D. Goj.sTEl.ve,
; H. D. Dakosx. Apalachicola, Oct. 25. 58tf
7 BBLS. nickeled SHEEP MEAD.
20 b ixes fine Scotch Herring,
4 bbls. Cranberries,
29.000 h ‘-t Spanish Cigars,
Just received and for sa'.e bv
Feb. 1.1838. 52 f ‘ YONGE & ELLIS.
yjj A BBLS Newark Cider,
-L Id boxes fresh Lemons,
• n-r received, and for sale bv
.March 15. Gif YONGE & ELLIS.
‘AVE HOLD THESE TRUTHS TO EE SELF-EVIDENT, THAT ALL MEN ARE BORN EQUAL.’
COLUMBUS, GEORGIA, THURSDAY MORNING, JANUARY 3, 1838.
j HEW AUCTION AND COMMISSION
HOUSE.
I rXIHE undersigned will open a house in the above
sL business, on Broad street, at the old stand of
J. T. NILES & Cos., on the 22d OCTOBER. All
business entrusted to their care will meet with prompt
attention. They will attend to the buying of Cotton :
also to the receiving and forwarding Goods.
BENJAMIN B. MORRELL,
WALTER S. C. VONGE.
REFERENCES.
George Whitman, N. Orleans.
Stewart & Cobb, do
James M. Yarlton, Mobile.
Stanton in. Pollard, do
Cummings Spiker, Montgomery.
McKenzie Ll Adams, do
S. M. Robinson, do
Bvnj. Wilson, do
J.W. S. Read, do
J. S. Calhoun, Columbus.
XV rn. P. Yon go, do
J. T. Niles, do
E. & F. Bradley, do
Columbus, Oct. 17, KGB. 37>f
COLUMBUS COTTON FACTORY.
owners of the Columbus Factory respect-
M. fully inform the public that it is now in operation.
They have on hand a general assortment of YARNS,
vhich may be had at ali times at the most reduced
prices.
Their Wool Carding Machine is also in operation,
anil any tiling in that iine will be done at the shortest
notice.
I. A number of boys and girls wanted to work
at the Factory, for which the most liberal prices will be
given by the week or month. Apply to
STEWART & FONTAINE, or
S. K. lIODGES & CO.
Columbus, Feb. 8 6;f
HOUSE AND SIGN PAINTING.
THE sol)-criber 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 most reasonable terms. He has also for
sale, a splendid assortment of window sashes, of vari
ous sizes, made of the best materials, which arc far su
perior to any offered for sale in a Southern market.
His shop is one door below Kiviin’s Sans Sonet.
June 23 2]y STATES LEWIS.
DUS. HOLT AND PERSONS
,Q RE united in the practice of Medicine. Their
XsL Offices are on Broad street, just below die City
Hall, and on Randolph street, in the upper tenement
of Calhoun’s Granite Building.
Besides the usual branches ofthe practice of Medi
cine, Drs. H. and P. tender their services as Surgeons |
of some experience in tiie higher operations—such a.-
operations for all diseases of die eyes, for Hernia, Li
thotomy, &o, &c.
March 23. I2v
HEADY MADE CLOTHING,
CHEAP FOR CASH,
Next door to the Bank of Columbus.
¥ S. SMITH has commenced receiving his
civ 8 Stock ot Ready Made Clothing, consisting of
Over Coats, Cloth Cloaks, Boston Wrappers. Blanket
Coa s, Frock and Dress Coats, of every descrip!ion.
Blue. Black. Cadet mixed Cloth Pants, Cassimere do.
Kentucky Jeans Frock and Dress Coats, do. Pants ;
Black and figured Silk Velvet Vests; Woolen Vel
vets; Plain nji.i figured Satins; Cloth & Cassimere,to
gether with some low priced ; a beautiful style of Silk
avid Cotton Umbrella-; Fine Boots, Shoes arid Pump?;
Si k, Woollen and Cotton Shirts and Drawers; Cot
ton Shirts with Linen Bosoms and Collars; Colored
do.; Linen Ruffled do.; Silk, Cotton, and Merino
haif Hose ; Gloves ; Suspenders; Linen Collars and
Bosoms; Stoc sos every variety; Cloth and Hair
Brushes; Cologne; Fur and Seal Caps; Hats;
Travelling Trunks and Bags,&c.
The above articles have just beer received, and will
be sold as low as they can be had for cash in this mar
ket.
Columbus, Nov. 29. 43tf
’ RACES.
THE annual Races over the Beitraud Course,
Montgomery, Alabama, will commence on the
22J of January, 1839. The following Purses will be
rim for:
First day—l mile heats—purse - - §3OO
Second day—2 mile heats—purse - - 500
Third day—3 mile heats—purse - - 700
Fourth day—4 Four mile heats—pursp - 1000
Fifth day— mile heats, best three in five, - 300
The purse of each day’s running will be hung up at
the stand on the day of running.
TAYLOR & BROWN. Proprietors.
Nov. 22, 1838, ‘ 42td
6sf> ACHES OF LAND FOR S > l E.
subscriber having determined to settle in
A Macon,Ga will sell his lands in Russell county,
Alabama, (containing six hundred and eighty acres,
but will sell one half ofthe land to suit purchasers.) j
ten miles from Columbus, between the big auJ little
Uchee creeks. On the land is a comfortable dwelling
house and out houses, and good stables. &c. wish 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
any time after the first of October. The purchaser
will have the privilege ot ourebasing ali my stock o',’
cattle and hogs, also corn and fodder, and many thincs
of convenience, all of which 1 will s-dt a ! a reasonable
price. Indulgence will be given to suit the purchasers.
STERLING LANIER.
/’ ftrenee: Dr. Pleasant Phillips, Russ’ II co.
Russel co., Sep. 6, 183?. 31 if
IMI?OIt 92ANT >7OTICE.
FOR THE AFFLICTED THERE IS A
BALM IN GILEAD.
FSjNHE citizens of Zebulon, in Pike county, are
JfiL hereby notified, that Mr. H. G. JOHNSON, of
that place, is the authorised a-rent for selling BRAN
DRE Til’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
Pills, for BRANDRETH’S PILLS, of Mr. John
Neal, of that price, as he is offering for sale the basest
counterfeits. Purchase .only of the known and autho
lised Agents, and you are- on the sure side.
AND YET ANOTHER.
The citizens of JVlonticelio, in Jasper county, are
hereby notified, that Messrs. ICELLUM & MAX
-12 Y, of that place, are the authorised Agents fur the
sjle of the BRANDRETH VEGETABLE UNI
VERSAL P LLS. and have their CERTIFI
CAT E of Agency, and a fresh supply of the GENU
INE PILLS from the General Agency in Columbus.
And lest any among them, who wis’i to purchase the
genuine medicine, should be deceived by the counter
feit at the peril of their health, and perhaps their lives,
I 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 thine.
JOHN B. PEABODY, General Agent
for Georgia, Alabama and Florida.
Columbus, May 14. 15tf
NOTICE.
THE CONFECTIONARY business heretofore
carried on by Code & Q/nn, will hereafter be
continued at the old stand on Broad street , by
Columbus. Aug. 2-2. 29if JOHN QUIN.
LAW.
THE subscribers having connected themselves m
the practice of LAW, will attend all the
County Courts of the Chattahoochee Circuit, and the
adjoining counties of Alabama. Office in Mclntosh
Row, immediately over Allen & Young’s Store.
ALFRED [VERSON,
June 14. 13tf J. M. GUEKRY.
LA W .
THE undersigned, having associated themselves
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. IS3S. 37mSm
STRAYED OH* STOLEN,
ABOUT the 10th May last,a large bay HORSE,
long tail .-rather sway back, racks easy but short,
a few marks of the saddle and harness. Information
or delivery of the horse thankfully- received and libe
rally rewarded. YONGE & ELLIS.
June 7. IStf
JUST RECEIVED
p? /\ BARRELS first quality RUM, and for sale
O 1? low by WM. R. JONES.
Columbus. Nov. 15,1838. 4itf
WANT D,
A HEALTHY WET NURSE, for which a
liberal price will be given.
July 10. ‘ 23:f S. M. JACKSON.
PETIT GULP COTTON SEED,
AT reduced prices, warranted genuine, and for
sale by YONGE & ELLIS.
March 15. g,f
TONS UlON.assortelT
as V/ 230 casks Nails, just r ceived and for sale bv
J*. M. Jc JA3. BLAIR. Broad street.
Columbus. May 9. ]4 f
— —U
RECTI FED WHISKEY, just rc
fj hJ? e--tved and for sale bv
Aug. 22. 23 f ‘S. M. JACKSON.
P O E T 11 Y.
au English Annum for 1839.
THE DYING ROSE.
BY MISS 11. F. O-tCLD.
Not for thy hvatity, dying re c,
Dos: thou tip i) my breast recline,
Thy short an t silent life to close
So near the latent siting of mine.
But for t!i\- precious soul, my flower,
I chose thee as my bosom friend ;
AnJ sweetest in thv saddest hour
The off’rings from thy heart ascend !
I see thee take the hue of death ;
And ne’er again thy fender form
Shall tremble at the tempest’s breath
Or bend and weep amid the storm.
For, like a broken phial, thou
Thine odours on tiie air doth pour,
They are thv passing spirit, now
That earth shai! claim and hold no more !
Back to thy Maker, pure and free,
Unseen thy rising essence goes ;
For tiffs thou art more dear to me—
More lovely s:ili,poor dying rose!
TIIE LOST. HALF-CROWN.
BY C. A. HALSIED ATV THOU OF ‘INVESTIGATION.’
‘What! Eilen in (ears! This is some
thing quite netv'exclaimed a gentle and
sweet-toned voice, !o a lovely JiHle Kir], who
kneeling before a mstie seat,* with iTer head
resting on her arms, was crying bitterly.
‘Why do you weep so, my child? What
can have occurred to make you so very un
happy?’
‘ J have lost my half-crown, mv own. my
very own half-crown,’ said Ellen ‘Campbell;
‘ j;ist too as I was go ng to he quite happy,
and spend it with Mamma at the fancy faiV.
I have been so very careful, that I scarcely
ever took it took it out of my crystal bo.\—
except, sometimes for a minute, just to look
at it, and consider what I should buy; only,
this morning I thought, as 1 was going to
spend ir, and when it would not be much
longer, I would play witli it a little while for
the last time. J’ui, at I was running to the
j arbour witli old Rover (here Ellen’s sobs al
; most impeded her utterance) my foot slipped,
i fell down, and my hdi-cmwn rolled out of
my hand! Where it went, I cannot tell:
but it is gone; and now the pleasure I have
longed for, for such a great, great while, is all
over! Oi:! how I wish I bad never taken
my half-crown to play with—for I cannot
even buy you a keepsake now, as you know
I meant to do!’ and poor Ellen again cover
ed her face with her hands, and burst into a
fresh flood ol fears.
‘ You wiil gain wisdom by this mischance,
rnv little git!,’ said the same soft and soothing
voice. ‘ You will hereafter, believe me, find
that your half-crown is but an emblem of
those sudden and severe disappointments,
which, in future years, will often check vour
faiicst anticipations of happiness; And it
will also teach you caution, in the abuse, or
even too free use of treasures which sepm
unalterably your own. Had you left the
half-crown in your bonbon bnv, and played
with your hoop or ball your enjoyment at the
fancy fair would still have been in store for
you, even had you lost your bail, or broken
your hoop by your unlucky fall. But—do
not cry so very piteously,’ continued her kind
friend, lilting tiie sobbing Ellen from the
ground, and kissing affectionately away Ihe
large tears which, in quick succession, chased
each other down her swollen cheeks: ‘I
knmv that tiie recollection of this adventure
will frequently he of service to you; so we
tv.il not, at present, talk any more on the sub
ject.—and here is another half-crown—so that
you may still go to the fancy fair, and still
buy me a present V
Ellen smiled through her tears, but it was
a smile rather of gn.tihide than of pleasure.
The same sum was there, but it was not ihe
same half-crown which had been hoarded
for so many months by its juvenile possessor,
who bad, with chi M-like impatience, watched
tiie growth of her nccumulnting store, from a
silver fourpence on her birthday ; to sixpence;
one shilling; two shillings ; until it had reach
ed, what to her imagination was great riches,
a substantial half-crown ! No ! Ihe sympathy
and kindness of Gertrude Neville had checked
her sobs, and called up a momentary smile ;
but vain were Ellen’s efforts to speak ; for
though her countenance beamed with grate
ful a flection, her little heart was much too
full for utterance. Like the effect of a sum
mer shower on the fairy rose, which so bends
the fragile stem,and overwhelms the blossoms,
that even the genial warmth of the quickly
returning sun fails to raise its drooping head,
or restore the delicate plant to its wonted
beauty.
Ellen Campbell was a child of acute sensi
bility, and of reflection beyond her tender
years. Young as she was, slit* felt that she
could only blame herself for her loss; and
consequently, her new half-crown was desti
tute of the interest attached to that which
was gone.
And these feelings which so subdued little
Ellen were but the first germs of similar sen
timents, which after having been corrected
by experience, had gradually ripened inlo
salutary habits of self-discipline, in her who
had so affectionately and judiciously reasoned
with the weeping child.
Gertrude Neville had passed that first
spring of life, when the world appears one
verdant meadow; where eve-bright, and
scented thyme,golden cups,and native hearts
ease—are alone beheld ; and where the hid
den nettle has not attained sufficient height
to sling the fingers, which so eagerly and in
cautiously grasp those bright blossoms that
are spread by Nature in such rich luxuriance
before the vivi l imagination of youth. Ger
trude had passed that spring; nay, she had
lingered long enough amidst the roses of
summer, to learn, as all on earth one day
learn, that tiiorns mingle with the sweetest
flowers! Yveli, therefore, did she know, that
Ellen’s adventure with her half crown, was
but a varied form of the same check-string,
which, m some shape or other, is continually
arrestig our career, bringing home to us the
conviction ot the uncertainty of all earthly
possessions; and abating the ardour of tiiat
overflowing joy which beams so beauteous!;,’
on the face of happy infancy; hut which
would be productive of continual disappoint
ment in after years, unless thus early mode
rated by warnings, conveyed by incidents as
apparently trivial, as the loss oi’ poor Ellen’s
half-crown.
And who amonsl us has not felt these salu
tary warnings! Who has not tossed his ball
too far—or suffered his kite to fly too high?
Who has not mourned the disappointment of
seeds which have never sprung up, and plants
that have withered and died? Seeds and
plants bought with such pride for the first
garden, and with silver oat of the first purse,
but which childish impatience caused the
rake to scatter, or the spade to demolish ;
thus rendering futile the gardner’s judicious
instructions! Our entrance into life hears
indeed a c'ose'analogy to our infant
for the mortifications we early experience
may ofemes he traced to that impetuosity
which scatters the seeds, and to those head
strong passions which injure the roois of flow
ers with whose b!osorr.s we might eventually
have been rewarded, ha ! pn'irt ce, persever
ance,and self control been early inculcated
and steadily nrncti-ed.
And if the lesson learned has not always
been as dearly purchased as was iittle E lenV
with her hniforovvn, have we not ali our
warnings, in ail ages, and in all stations?
warnings which conumiaUy leach us to con
trol that exaggerated expectation of perfect
joy which is not allotted to mortality. Ask
the sc! 001-boy if any day in the vacation
equals the unrepressed ajp.l irrepressible joy
of the day that ushers it in, the day of 1 break
ing tip;’ or whether (he actual delight of his
holidays ever approaches to the gay colouring
with which anticipation had decked them.
Ask the fair haired girl, the youthful debu
tante of seventeen, if her first ball, her‘coin
ing out’ was delightful as tiie bright visions
which heralded that much wished-lor and all
important period. With some few gladsome
hearts, indeed, the sunshine of life may remain
for a longer time unclouded; hut many an
ingenious mind will acknowledge, that the
result of their anticipated joys was as chilling,
and the illusion ns brief as would he the effect
ol first contemplating, through amber colored
gfiss, a tame prospect, on a gloomy day :
The beholder of which, on lifting up the win
dow, and surveying nature in its true light,
seeks in vain for the sun iv spot and bright
scenes, tin which a few minutes before lie
had dwelt with such unalloyed pleasure and
delight.
Gertrude was an orphan. Site had loved,
and been loved by ihe tenderest of parents.
She was their pride, their hope, their treastre;
the object of their fondest ‘solicitude ; iheir
; most fervent prayers, and she repaid their
anxious affection by a devotion which prov
ed they were ‘ all die world’ to her. And
when these loved beings were taken from her,
Gertrude felt, as did Ellen with her infant
riches, that she had not sufficiently apprecia
ted tier blessings, while they were hers—and
that she find trifled with her felicity.
Gertrude too, had again loved. The foun
tain of i.er affection, which scorned 1o have
been closed tip when her parents died, had
. subseqently swelled forth at die voice of one’
whom site at first learned to regard from her
parents’ estimation of Iris character, anti then
to love with enthusiasm, because he had been
the comforter and soother of tiie orphan’s
grief. He had revived the joys which death
had blighted. The parents she had wept for;
the home she had lost ; all seemed about to
be restored to her; and, in contemplating an
union with ihe idol of her affections; the ob
ject for whom her heart beat with new love,
new hopes, new joys; Gertrude almost for
got the past, and lived only in the happiness
ofthe present. But alas! a sadder lesson
awaited her, and which Ellen’s misfortune
now recalled in full poignancy to her recol
lection. The being to whom she was on the
eve ol’ being united, led away by the ignis
fatuus of golden dreams, and making too
sure of hereditary wealth, which, like Ellen’s
silver piece in the crystal box, had hitherto
remained in quiet security, gradually increas
ing for many years, in an evil hour, been in
duced to remove his treasure—and to traffic
in the fancy-fair of life. He embarked his
all in a vast, but hazardous speculation,which
ended, like poor little Ellen’s fall, in the los3
of all his worldly possessions. The blow to
Gerirude was a heavy one ; for she had not
thought of the future. She had loved with
woman’s first love—the love which never can
he equalled—and she had mourned over her
blighted prospects, and withered hopes, as
woman only can mourn! In tiie depths of
lieu aching heart, were her sorrows hidden
from the observation of those around her;
but in the retirement of solitude, she yielded
to the anguish of her soul, whilst dwelling on
the dangers, difficulties, and depiNations,
which the object of her attachment was pos
sibly enduring in the voluntary exile which lie
had imposed on himself, with the hope of re
trieving some part of his shattered fortune.
But Gertrude, although fond and confiding,
and gifted by nature with ihe warmest feel
ings, was no wordling. She was often a
mourner, but never a murmurer. She had
been early tutored to feel, that the severest
trials may be blessings in disguise; and that
worse calamities may he averted from us,
even by means of those very afflictions which
seem to deprive its of ail our hopes and hap
piness in this world.
In the long proved attachment of an esti
mable friend of her parents, to whose tender
rare, on their death-bed, they had especially
confided the almost heart-broken object of
their earthly affection, did Gertrude Neville
again experience sympathy, comfort, and
support; whilst cherishing in tranquil endu
rance, and patient submission, the hope of
brighter-and happier days. This excellent
friend was Eilen’s mother; and on the child
of her affectionate guardian did this amiable
and gentle being avail herself of every inci
dent and occasion to enforce those habits of
reflection and self-denial, which had formed
her own staying support in many a trying
hour—had enabled her to view the chequered
events of life in their true light; and neither
to over-rate prosperity by a too eager anti
cipation of fancied joys, nor to sink beneath
the weight of despair in that adversity which
she knew to be at. all times, the possible lot of
tiie most highly favored. Her love for her
little favorite, and commiseration for her sor
row, checked Geryauie’s reproof in the arbour,
when trying to sake amidst her fast falling
tears, the weepingWiild showed, by her in
telligent look, that she had derived a salutary
lesson from trie loss of her half crown. In
silence did her judicious monilress lead her
back into the house. Farther reproof would,
at that time have been misplaced, nay, al
most unkind ; for she felt her little hand trem
ble as she endeavored to check her tears—
tears which nevertheless sprang unbidden to
her eyes, and hung on Iter long eve-lashes,
glistening like the early dew on the moss-rose
bud.
Bui the sorrows of happy childhood are
brief; when therefore the sunshine of joy
again lighted up Ellen’s lovely face, amidst
the enchantments of the fancy-fair, then did
Gertrude conclude her admonition.
‘ Here, my sweet love, is another crystal
box, which 1 have bought as a keep-sake for
you—and which I give you on one condition,
that you never spend the new and bright
half-crown, which I have placed as a moni
tor within it. Keep both, my F.lien, in re
membrance of to-day; and whenever you
are tempted to be careless of your treasures,
or yield to inclinations which your better
judgment would condemn, let the sight of the
crystal box remind you bow soon those trea
sures may be lost to you for ever, and how
one id e moment nay render nugatory years
of steady perseverance and caution : and let
the recollection of the ls<C Half Crovn teach
you, also, that losses and di.-appointments are
felt with a ten-fold bitterness, when they are
the result of our own fully.’
E'en assented to the proposal; and Ellen
has since passed from childhood to girlhood ;
and from girlhood to nsaturer years; but she
still preserves the crystal box, from within
which the important silver token lias never
been removed : for amidst various trials arid
disappointments, of widen her infantine grief
was indeed but too truly a type, site has ever
felt the value of the lesson it inculcated"; and
thankfully acknowledges the bent-fit she has
derived iroar Gertrude’s keepsake, .and her
own mi- chance of the lost UAj.r-cnow.v.—
Friendships OjJ'criirj, 1339.
b r.)-n a Mi. < ‘ Lomfon Episodes,’
THE MAD MERCER.—A TRUE TALE.
Those who declaim with the greatest ve
hemence against the superiority of woman’s
talents and understandings, generally con
clude their argument by an appeal to expe
tionce, widen they think estahli.sl.es their
opinion, that when woman falls front virtue,
she ext®Pbds man iu the flagrancy of her
crimen, but il this (should we even indulge
them by granting what they might find it
difficult to demonstrate) proves anv tiling,
it is the reverse oi wiiat they allege it iu sup
port 01, as it certainly requires superior abili
ties to excel in both.*
An e legs fitly dressed woman, of prepos
j messing appearance, called upon a physician
noted ior “Ins skill in curing maladies of’the
mind, and related a king and circumstantial
slory of her husbuud being lately attacked
by madness of an uncommon kind : during
the paroxysms of which lie lost his memory,
so as utterly to forget his nearest relations,
and disown even his wife and chi'dren ; and
persist with the si l ongest obstinacy in some
extravagant notion or other, though, in every
other respect, 1o all appearances, in his per
Get senses. A recent loss in business, bv a
man whom he had trusted to a large amount
in sdks, had most pai ticularlv affected him,
so that lie was constantly raving about silks .
and demanded payment from every one he
met. She concluded her account by a flood
of tears, and sharpened the doctor’s attention
by a liberal fee. lie promised to consider
the case with the greatest care, but told her
it would he impossible for him to form a pro
per judgment without seeing the patient.
To this her lender regard made her make
many objections, particularly because the
very mention of a doctor always heightened
his madness, and to have recourse to any
violent methods in his own house would ex
pose him to his servants, which she could
not hear to do, and he would never forgive
should they even prove successful; but these j
dtlficullies were all removed by a proposal,!
which she insensibly led the docfO” to makej
ol bringing the patient to his house, where!
mo notice would he taken of anv noise fie :
might make, and all things were in readiness
for whatever might appear necessary to be
done.
To ibis proposal the lady ror.seuled wilh
seeming reluctance, and promised to decoy
him under some pretence to ootW‘ next morn
m<r, as she had reason to apprehend that the
fit was coming upon him. The doctor pro
mised to lie at home at the lime appointed,
and the lady, at her departure, .secured the
respect and attendance of his servants by her
liberality.
Matters being thus far seft'ed, she went
next morning to the shop of a noted silk
mercer, the natural complacency of whose
temper, with other circumstances, marked
him out as a proper subject for Iter design.
The morning being fine, she walked, attend
ed by a footman in genteel livery. She told
the mercer that she was recommended to
him by a person of distinction, one of his be>4
customers, whom she named, to purchase
wedding-clothes Ibr a young !adv of fortune,
in the country, together with what else might
be necessary for the other ladies ofthe fnnily
on the occasion, and pulling a letter of direc
tion out of her pocket, chose a vast number
of articles, with evident fancy and judgment,
to a very considerable amount, and then,
while the mercer was making out the bill,
ordered a footman to call a coach.
When it came, she bid lire shopman to put!
the things it to it, and turning to the mercer,
told him she was the wife of such a gentle
man, naming the doctor on whom she had
called the day before, and requested that tie
would please to come home with her in the
coach, where her husband would pay him.
He accordingly waited upon her without
hesitation, as, although be was personally
wholly unacquainted with the doctor, and
the circumstances of his family, be knew him
by reputation to be a man of respectability
and properly.
When the coach stopped at the doctor’s,
the lady’s footman knocked with authority,
and the door was opened by another, in ex
actly the same livery, who, remembering her
liberality the day before, received her with
the most obsequious respect. Site Went in
with,out asking any qestions, and showing the
mercer into an outer parlor, with the easy
air of mistress of the house, told him she
would wait upon him directly.
She then went to the doctor, and with
tears in her eyes, told him she had brought
her husband with her, who had never been
so bad as that very morning, having disown
ed all knowledge of her, and every person in
his family, and raised a great disturbance in
the house of otte of her neighbors, from whom
he pretended to demand money for silks he
had sold him. She entreated him to try all
possible means for his recovery, advising him
to take care to have proper assistance at
hand, as he was apt to be very outrageous;
and then, giving him another handsome fee,
said she could not bear to he within hearing
of him, much less see him, in these unhappy
circumstances, arid would therefore now re
tire. She then departed in 1 lie coach, car
rying with her, of course, the silks.
The doctor then waited on his patient,
whom he found sitting very composedly, and,
after some general chat, asked him how he
found himself that morning, and desired to
feel his pulse. Though the mercer ihought
this was something odd, he had accustomed
himself to so much compliance with his ready
money customers, that lie answered him ci
villy and let him feel his pulse; nor had reso
lution, or presence of mind, perhaps, in his
surprise, to contradict the doctor, when he
told him ihat it was absolutely necessary (or
him to rise some blood, but subm.tted quietly
to the operation.
Thinking, however, that he had no further
occasion for the doctor’s advice, he thanked
him very politely, and said that, as he had a
good dtai of bus ness to do that morning, he
should he very much obliged to him to des
patch him as soon as possible ; adding that
tie presumed Iris lady had given him the hill
of the silks and oilier goods she had brought
home, which lie should he very happy to re
ceive, and to have the honor of his future
custom.
1 TiTv dear sir,’ said the doctor, ‘ don’t talk
about silks, it will only make you worse. Ie j !
us talk on general subjects. What do von
think of ine late change in the administm
tinu ?’ Accustomed to complacency in his
intercourse with all who dealt with him, the
mercer, though sorely against his will, talked
politics with the doctor, very coherently and
rationally ; hut at length again urged the
wn-merit of his bill for silks, and added that,
though his lady had said he would pay cash
for them, if he had not the motvy in the
house, a check on his banker would do quite
ss veil.
‘ Poor mat’, 5 said the doctor, ‘ I see, though
he is rot quite so bad as I expected, that his
malady is coming upon him ;’ and then, with
out giving the other anytime to object, he
called to his man to bring the cupping glass
es, and apply them t. the gentleman's had.
‘To mv head, sir!’ exclaimed the mercer,
in a fVight, ‘cupping glasses to rnv head! 1
. o no’ want rny mare o; your rd'see or pre
scriptions, and bag you will pay me for'try
I silks, n 11. i let me go about my business.’--<
1 i’. or gentleman ! poor gentleman !’ said the
doctor, ‘ but it must he done. Come, John,
go on ; don’t he alarmed, sir, though the
operation is a little painful, it will soon be
over. (iO on, John, call in Thomas ami W il
liam. If you struggle, sir, it will only add to
your pain. You shall see, sir, I will despatch
you directly.’
‘ Despatch me, sir,’ replied the poor mer
cer, almost frightened out of his wits indeed,
at toe sight of three or four great ill looking
follows, with the instruments of torture reatlv.:
* Despatch mo! pray sir, do, and pay mo for
my silks j here is my hill, and give me leavy
lo.tei! you, 1 am not accustomed to such
usage.’ ‘lt is all for your good, my dear
sir,’ said the phy-ician, ‘let me beg of you
don't think ot'silks, talk of any thing e!s,*sir t
hut silks; it will make you worse, E assure
von.’ *lt will make me mad,’ said the pa
tien! ‘ that's the very thing,’ interrupted his
persecutor, ‘ I know it will. Aye, poor man,
it is just so—just as she told me. And so,
sir, yon want your money?—make haste,
1 homos. And pray, sir, will you tell me lirnv
much, and for what I am indebted to you ?’
• eor what, sir? lor the silks your wife had
from me this morning ; here is the hill, sir.*
Po >r man ! it is just so—mv wife, sir,
William, fetch the strait waistcoat-—! don’t
like his looks. Pray, sir, who is mv wife ?*
‘\\ by, sir, hint’s a strange question—the
lady who brought me here, sir.’ ‘Mv wife,
is she ? Pray, sir, is shr- not your own wife ?’
‘My wife! 1 don't understand von; my
wile is neither so tall, nor so handsome, nor
so well dressed.’ Ah! said tiie doctor to
himself, who had been much taken with the
piepossessing person and elegant attire of
the lady, if he were to sec mv wife lie would
find her a dowdy to his. 4 No, sir, she is no
wile of mine,’ continued the mercer, ‘and if
site is not yours she must he your kept mis
tress; but I don’t care for that] if you do but
pay me for the silks she got.’ ‘Not a word
about silks, sir, any thing but silks.’ ‘But I
will talk ot my silks, and of the money for
them too. Ido not understand you at all.’
I suppose not, sir, at present, hut you will
remember better by and by. How’ exactly
she described his case ! 1 don’t wonder at
her saying lie was very bad.’
By this time the doctor’s people had laid
bold of the poor mercer, and in spile of liis
roaring and his struggling, clapped half a
dozen dips upon his head. The pain of this
made him mad indeed, so tlmt, making a
desperate eflort, as he was a strong man, he
burst from his persecutors and rushed into
die street with the cup sticking on his head.
Such a sight instantly drew a mob about
him, whom he entreated in vain to protect
him, and assist him to escape, asserting his
sanity, and exclaiming against the usage he
had received ; but they only laughed at the
ridiculous figure lie made, and, as the doc
tor’s house, and the peculiar practice were
well known, they helped his men to secure
him, and dragged him back to hie place of
torment.
Here, though still raging about his silks,
liis money and bis ill usage, he was forced to
submit, and a strait waistcoat was put ou
him. He became at length, perforce, quiet;
and conceiving there must be some strange
delusion or mistake which he could not fath
om, conducted himself so gently, indeed being
much exi nested by the phlt. botomical opera
tions he had undergone, that the doctor, to
ward the afternoon of the day, recommended
him very kindly to take some refreshments ;
and added, that if fie attended to liis regimen,
lie bad no doubt fie would soon perfectly re
store him to health. At this the patient agaiu
started, but, recollecting the treatment fie
had experienced, only said that lie would be
glad if the doctor would allow him 1o go to
h neighboring coffee house, which he men
tioned, where he knew he could get a most
excellent dinner, and (though he had to gulp
down his vexation) actually invited the doctor
to dine with him there, promising to say no
thing about the silks til! a more convenient
opportunity. ‘ Say you so, mv dear sir,’ said
the physicia.i, ‘lam heartily glad to see you
so rational. But, if you will take dinner
with me, you will find that we doctors know
flow to eoi.k ns well as to prescribe/
In fact a most excelled dinner soorr made
its appearance, and the doctor’s lady was
introduced to their compu'sory guest. A
little,■•♦ht, old, uglv woman, deeply pockmark
ed, though exceedingly well behaved, formed
such a contrast to the handsome and accom
plished lady by whom he had been decoyed
away, that the mercer could not help ex
claiming to himself, well, if you do keep a
Miss, doclor, you have some excuse for it,
considering the two—but it is damned hard
I can’t get pay for my silks. The fast was
uttered in a kind of mutter, and the hissing
sound ofjlie last word caught the cars of the
doctor, who immediately said, ‘ my dear sir,
you forget—not a word about the silks —any
thing e'se that you like—shall I help you to
some of this turbot P 1
Thus corrected, trie mercer afe his dinner
in silence ; and even the exhileration of a few
gl asses of wine, which the doclor said would
restore the equilibrium of the animal economy
after the exhaustion of the morning, produced
hut one single exclamation about his silks,
which was as instantly quelled bv the inva
riable retort, 1 not a word about the silks—
any thing but silks—conic, take one glass.
more. 5
To cut the story short, Ihc poor mercer
was thus kept, as it Were, in purgatory alt
that evening and night, and although he had
requested and obtained leave of the doctor to
wiife notes to some of his friends, as these
were conceived to he merely the efforts of a
disordered imagination, not one was sent off;
until the next morning, after having been
very comfortably lodged, with, however, two
men to sleep in his apartment, he bethought
’ mis !i of writing a note to a physician of his
acquaintance to come and see him where ho
wu. This gentleman happened to he well
known to the doctor, the note was despachcd,.
lie arrived soon after, r.n explanation took
place ; the lady and the silks remained unrlis-
Coverab! \ and the doctor had to pay a hand
some sum to the tormented mercer to prevent
a prosecution.
Anecdote of I)r. Franklin.—ln PhiladeN
phiu, the merchants, many years since, set
up an assembly for dancing ; and, desirous
to make a distinction, and to assume a rank
•above the mechanics, they at first proposed
t.us among the rules for regulating the as
sembly : I fiat ‘no mechanic, or mechanic!*
wife or daughter should be admitted on any
terms.’ i hese rules being shown by a ma
nager to a friend (Franklin) for his opinion*
he remarked that one of them excluded God
ohngnty. ‘llow so ?’ said ibe manager.
‘ because,’ replied the friend, 1 he is notori
ously the greatest mcci.an e in the universe,
lining, as the scripture testifies, made all
things, and that hy weight and measwF*.’—
I he intended new gentlemen became asham
ed of iheir rule,struck it out, and no such dis
tinction lias ever since been made there.
The editor of a western paper snvs he has
the f-ver end. ague, and ask- his reathers to
let hi a off fi.orn pul-hiking his paper for oue
we. k, to give bin a ck-viqs (q Fd-.bh.
[NO. 48.