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COLUMBUS SENTINEL AND HERALD.
VOL. IX.j
PC I9HED EVER V THURSDAV MORNING BY
J. H. CAvIPB&LL. &. J. H. WILSON,
ON BROAD STREET. OVER ALLEN AND YOUNG’S,
m’inr sh row.
T.j.R..Ls—dJiMeripuon, three dollars per an
njrn iay*ble m a lvance, or four doll vrs. (in ail
case ** .cied) vheie payment is not made before the
expiration of the year. No subscription received for
less than t velve months, without payment madvance,
and no paper discontinued, except at the option of
the Eiitors, until ail arrearages are paid.
ADVfiii riSii Vf.£N CS c mspicuously inserted a
one doli.ar |*cr one hundred words, or less, for
the hrst mseriion. and fifty cents for every subse
quent continuance. m Those sent w.thouta specific i
tion of tlio number of insertions, will be published
until orh ;red out, and charged accordingly.
2d. Yearly advertisements—For over 24, and
not excee ling 36 lines , Jifly dollars per annum ; for
ovr 12. and not exceeding 21 ,tfies. thirty-five dollar*
per annum ; for less than 12 lines, twenty dollar*
per annum.
3d. Ail rate and figure work double the above piices.
Legal Advertisements published at the usual
rates, an l with strict attention to ihe requisitions of
the law.
All Sales regulated by law, must be made before
the Court House door, between ‘he hours of 10 in the
morning and 4 in the evening—those of Land in
the county where it is situate; those of Personal
Property, wh ire the letters tes amontary, of admin
istration or of guardianship were obtained—and are
required to be previously advertised in some public
Gazette, as follows:
Sheriffs’ Sales under regular executions for thir
ty days, uii ler mortgage fi fas sixty days, before
the day of sale.
Sales of Land and Negroes, by Kxecutors, Ad
ministrators or Guardians, for sixty da vs before
the dav of sale.
Sales of Personal Property (except Negroes) forty
DAYS.
Cit ATIONS by Clerks of the Conr’s of Ordinary, upon
application for letters of administration, must
be published for thirty days.
Citations upon application for dismission, by
Kxecutors Administrators or Guardians, monthly
for SIX MONTHS.
Orders of Courts of Ordinary, (accomoanicd with a
copy ol the bond or agreement) to make titles
to land, must be published three months.
Notices bv Executors Administrators or Guar lians,
of .ipolioa'ion to the Court of Ordinary for leave
to sell the Land or Negroes of an Estate, four
MONTHS.
Notices bv Executors or A Iministra’ors, to the Debt
ors and Credi.ors A ar Estate, for six weeks.
Sheriffs. Clerks of Court, &c., will be allowed
the usual deduction.
Jljjp 1 * Letters on business, must be post paid,
to entitle them to atfen'ion.
The following or-i ms have kindly consented to act
as Agents for the -Sentinel anil Herald :
C >?. C. Parker, G >ll •dsnsville VI mroe county.
Peter Gone. Esq., Eden, E fiigham con ity.
R ;v. iIeOBBX E. Shown Perry P. J Hustonco
Thus ! d Key. Esq.. Drayton, Dooly county.
Col. fir is. I. H ulmes. C incurd, Baker co.
Strpen D. Jranc Es p, Dahlonega,Lumpkin co.
Col. I• ihn Dill Fort Gaines. Ga
John 5. Vlvngham Greenville, Ga.
E. L V iod Go St. Joseph, Flor.
Nourse Brooks & Cos.. A lalachicola.
J. S. Ya us touoH Lu nokt i. Stewart county.
J as. Buch an an. Cuthb rt, Randolph county.
J. V. B ACHLLDKR.I.a Favette, Chambers co. Ala.
Charles M DRPHEY Deca'ur D’-Kalb countv.
<rf AciU HOCJSJS
AVn CMIMI4SION BUSINESS.
fB’N 1.5 iiiJersigned iaaes leave to inform his friends
JL aul the puolio gen'rally, that he .vul coniiiue
the Ware-House and Cos mnission Business, to w.nch
his ateli ion will lie exclusively -confined ; and by strict
attention thereto he hopes to merit a continuance of
patron ige which lias been si über.illy bestowed upon
him. ic tvill a teni to the sale of Cotton from wa
guns or in store, and from a gener and acquaintance with
the purchasers, an i rue sruau iu of the market, he be
lieves that he can. g-nerally, more than save the com
mission in the sale of Cotton.
Liberal advances will be made on produce or mer
chandise in stor -. WM. P. YONGE.
Colunlnu. Sept. 18,1838. 33y
STOLEN OR RUNAWAY
FROM the subscriber, on the 30ih of October,
1838, at night, a negro man and his wife. I'be
man is about 24 years of age, and Ins wife is about the
same; the man is about five leet eight inches high,
with a small scar on ms xft cheek ; he lias on Ins right
hand two still’ fingers. Avitli a running sore o.i them,
rather round shouldered, rather bow-legged; when
walking his toes turn in a little, speaks fist if question
ed. else slow in speech ; Ins complexion is a copper
color; his name is NAT. His avilc is about five met
high, well set, a common black, with a scar on her lefi
arm about four inches from her band joint, about the
eize of a dollar, one upper tooth out ext to the eye
tooth ; when walking Iter toes turn out ; she is quick
spoken and nigh minded ; her name is PR ISC I Li. A.
Any person apprehending said Negroes and deliver
ing! Item to me in G >mu it county, on the road lead
ing from Covington to Lawcenceviile, will receive a
reward of Fifty Dollars, and all reasonable expenses
paid, and One Hundred Dollars for the p osecuium to
conviction of the thief. SAMUEL RAWLINS.
Gwinnet co. Nov. 17. 42.f
ALABAMA LANDS FOR SALE.
N. half 3 14 30
S. half 4 14 30
N. half 8 14 30
N. half 7 14 30
S. half 7 14 30
S. half 6 14 30
S. half 11 14 23
S. half 20 13 . 28
S. half 31 19 28
N. haif 38 19 29
S. half 36 19 29
W. half 29 16 26
N half 6 16 30
K. half 21 22 26
E. half 22 13 23
N. half S3 20 26
S. ha.f 32 18 28
VV. half 26 15 24
S. half 29 16 25
E. half 2 18 25
Anv of .hu above lau Is -aill be sold on terms to suit
purchasers, by application to John D. Pitts, Esq. Flo
rence, Ga. or the subscriber, at Macon.
Juiy 26. 26 f J. CO A LES.
PL V VTA MON AND LAND* PJil SiLB.
| s'! 4,5 sjb.'cnber offers lor saie ms Plantation on
JL tne Uohee creeit, near rfan i Fori, hi Rus.ell
county, Ala, cou istmg of 1120 acre.--, the greater pari
of winch is first ra>e lime lands, 200 acres uu l.ra good
•euce and in a fair state of cultivation. There is a
small never-failing si ream of tvaier running ihrougn it;
also a good spring near ih- centre of the improved |
lands, and go >d dwellings and ail necessary out bund- ‘
ings. A Jin House an I Screw are now being erec;- !
ed’ on the premises. Persons wishing to purchase
would do well to call.
Also 3 or 4000 acres of first rate lands, on the Cow
gtecreek, hi Barbour, near the line ot Russell.
JNO. CROWe.LL.Jr.
August 27. 1533. 30 f
VALUABLE PLANTATION Foil SALE.
PMN-1E subscriber otters for saie, on easy terms. Hie
JL following rich auJ va uabie PLANTATION,
in Stewart county, to wit ; In the 24. h district of
Stewart. 6 .nties east >1 Laminin, containing 1,700
acres. 1.000 of which are cleared and in hist rate or
der, and all the open land fresh.
Tne village to vVtuch this plantation is contiguous,
is pleasant and remarkably healthful, aifording goud
society, anl excellent water and Femaie Schools,
&c Tne surrounding con try is also pieasant aud
settled by uitellig tut and worthy people. Corn, Fod
der. and Stock of every kind, may b ■ bad on the r*lun
la ion. Terms easy. Apply to the proprietor m Go
tu.nbis, or to Join D. Puts, of Florence, Stewart
coun’v. Ga* WILEY E JONivS.
Nov. 8. 1833. -IQ.f
CARIIUOB SHOP.
nrsQa & *H3J.irT,
Oglethorpe Street. .Vorthof Calnoun'e Hotel,
HAVE just received anew assortment of good
CARRIAGES selected from some of the best
manufactories at the North. Ttiev haviug taken par
ticular patns to have them made to suit this country,
and to insure satisfaction to purchasers, they will war
raot them for one year with fair usage. AU kind of
Carriages made to order. Carriage and Harness’ re
pairing done in very tie a’ style by good Northern work
men. Also, a good assortment of Carnage materials,
all of which they will sell low for cash or approved
paper.
Feb. 16. 7y
GltOCGaiEk.
•w g* .fk BBLS old Rectified Whiskey
Ov 30 bbls. Mooongahela do
20 hbls. N. E. Bum
25 do Gin
20 do Peach Brandy
50 do Sugar
30 hags Cotfee
25 boxes Tobacco
100 pieces Dundee Bagging, for sale bv
ALLEN &. YOUNG,
Sept. 12. ISSB. S2tf No. I M -Inrush row.
PETIT GULF COTTON SEED,
AT reduced prices, warranted genuine, and for
•ale by YONGE & ELL IP.
March 15. 6tf
WHO WANTS A FORTUNE 1
$30,000 for $lO.
GEORGIA STATE
LO i'TERY.
D. JS.
CAPITAL PKIZL:
$30,0001!
GRA.xO SCHEME.
1 Prize of *>oo,lo is §30,000
1 10,000 “ *O,OOO
1 “ S.IKA) “ 5 OUO
1 “ 3 317 “ 3 317
2 Prizes of 2 5)0 “ 5.000
4 “ 2,000 “ 6 UOO
10 “ 1,500 “ 15,000
200 “ 500 “ 100 000
63 “ 80 “ 5.040
63 “ 60 “ 3,780
126 “ 50 “ 6,500
&c., &c., &e.
27.814 Prizes is SSOB 437.
Tickets only $J0 —shares in proportion.
Tickets for saie by J H. ANDRE WS, Columbus.
Ja. Orders from ihe couiUry, enclosing cash or prize
ickets, post paid, will be promptly attended to and tile
hawing forwarded as soon as received by mail.
March 14,1839. 6 ly
COLUMBUS WHOLESALE AND RETAIL
3AO JIsOAX ATAAO-slO J3U,
At the sign of die Golden Saddle, a few doors be
low D. H mgerfortl & Co’s, and nearly
opoosite Urqutiart & Ware.
\V. WADE & CO.
HAVE now on hand a complete assortment of
articles appertaining to ‘heir line of basiness :
AMONG WHICH ARE
Spanish, Quilted. Overlaid and Shafted Saddles,
Plain, 3 >ys’. Race. Altakapas, and Planters’do.
Large and Extra Large do
Ladies’rSail lies, of every quality and size.
BRIDLES OF ALL KINDS.
Some good for fifty cents; Saddle Bags, Carpet Bags;
Valines; Stirrup Leathers; Sircingies and Girths.
tIARNESS—Coach. Gig and Dearborn, from the
cheapest to the best. TRUNKS, of every descrip
ton.
The above articles are of their own manufacture,
made under their own immediate inspection, of the
best materials, and by superior workmen. Also, on
band,
ENGLISH SADDLES, BRIDLES AND MARTINGALES.
Coach. Gig. Tanlein, Sportsmen, and Waggon
Whips; S’irrups, Bus, Spurs, Buckles, Hames, Col
ars. Cut Tacks, Trunk Locks, Horse Brushes and
lurry Combs, Trace and -Halter Chains.
ALSO—A good assortment of Coach and Gig Har
ness Trimmings; Piated, Brass and Japankl do.
ALSO—A good aisortnien! ot Skirling, Harness,
ind Bridle Leather ; black, blue, red, yelioi ‘, green.
iud cochineal Morocco Skins; Buffalo Robes and Bear
Skins.
N B. Traders who may buy to sell again, will be
furnished on as good terms as can be bought either in
New York or Newark. Country merchants are re
spectfully invited to call and examine our goods and
prices, and satisfy themselves.
Ujp* REPAIRING done on the most reasonable
terms.
A-iril 29. 1837 31y
CABINET AND UPHOLSTERY WARE
HOUSE.
CO ATSIilj “VI ANT & ANDERSON
OS T respectfully infoitn the citizens of Colum
iYm. bus, ami its vicinity that they have removed
from their former stand, to the store lately occupied by
Vic Arn, in Broad-street, nfearly opposite the Insurance
Batik.
Thev have now on hand an elegant assortment of
FURNI i’URE of their own manufacture.
—ALSO—
Paper Hangings of the latest patterns with suitable
Bordering, Ornaments, and othor materials for Cur
tains, &c.
Alverscfto puffing, they would only solicit a call
which would enable Ladies and Gentlemen to judge for
themselves by examining the articles.
Ail orders will be executed with promptitude. Cur
tains put up in the most fashionable style. Rooms
neatly papered. In short, any thing in their line will
be punctually attended to.
Aug. 25. 3fiy
JOHN E. BACON &Cos.
AGENTS F iK THE SALE OF THE
I VI>IA A’ S PAXA CE A ,
JW AVE just received a fresh supply ol tins valuable
JLJ. remedy for the cure of Rneumausm, Scrofula or
Iving’s Evil, Gout. Scia ica or Hip Gout, Incipient
Cancers, Sait Rheum, Stphiiitic and Mercurial dis
eases, particularly Ulcers and painful alfections of the
bones. Ulcerated Throat and Nostrils, Ulcers of
every description. Fever Sores, and In.emal Abscess
es Fistulas, Piles, Sea and Head, Scurvy, Biles, Chro
nic Sore Eyes. Erysipeiis Blotches, and every variety
of Cutaneous Affection, Chronic Caiarrh, Headaci.e,
proceodtng from vitiation; Alfections of the Liver;
Chronic inflammation of the Kidneys aul General De
bility . caused by a torpid action of the vessels of the
skin. It is sing ilarly elficacious in renovating those
constitutions which have been broken down by injudi
ci jus trea inent, or |uveuiie 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
assi-cn’ applications, which the c rcumstauces of thv
cr.se will dictate; hut for a general retnq ly or Purifi
r ator to re move the ctuxe she Indian’s Panacea will
gen-rady be found su'ficient.
The following certificates, out of hundreds similar
which might be procured are given to show the effect
of the Indian’s Panacea, in the various complaints
therein mentioned ; and also to exhibit in 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 very severe an l 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. Kingst.
Charleston, July 12 1831.
I was afflicted four years with an ulcer in the leg.
occasionally acrotmianied with erysipeiatious inflanvi
tion and an excessive pain in the leg an l ancle j >in'.
Several eminent Phvsicians exerted their kill upon if
i hut without permanent benefit. In this case, five bot
tles of the Indian Panacea made a perfect cure.
MARGARET A. WEST, Market st. 121.
July sth. 1637. sly
PACKETS FROM ST. .JOSEPH TO
NEW YORK.
f 13Hfollowing substantial and fast sailing
Jl vessel will run as regular Packets between
St. Joseph and New York, and will take freight
and passengers low.
Brig H \RTI EY, Ryder, master.
CUMBERLAND, Darling, master.
“ SADI, Vincent, •*
Also, the new aud splendid ship SPRING.
For Freight or Passage apply to
E. J. WOOD >Sc CO, Agents,
St. Joseph, Flor.
Nov. 1, 1537 24y
VALUABLE PLANTATION FOR SALE, |
C> TAIN I NG Pvo Hundred I'woanda Ha f
Acres os Laud with oak and pine. There
arc eighty acres cleared. Also, a comiortable dwel
ling, with ai necessary out otfices, a good gin house
and packing screw, a peach and apple orchard The
I entire under gon I fence. It is situa ed within 4 miles
iot yo.u nbiis. joining the plantation formerly owned
by f. 10 nas G. Evans. Esq. Persons wishing to pur
chase c uinot fin Ia m ire desiraole location Than the
one o.fered for sale by the subscribers.
JOHN CODE.
Dec. 6 44tf JO dN Q.UIN.
LAW NOTICE.
THE subscriber has resumed ihe practice of tne
LAW ai Co.umbos, Ga. He vili be prepared
1 1 make advances on Notes placed in his hands for
collection, provided the parties are unquestionably sol
vent, and the terms can be agreed upon. His office is
on Broad street, directly over the Planters’ and Me
chanics’ Bank. c>. AK..VIS THONG BAILEY.
Mi v 23.1 1833 igjf
LAST NOTICE.
’ notes and accounts of Calhoun & Bass have
M. been placed in my hands for collection. Persons
indebted will do well to call immediately, and make
satisfactory arrangements, o herwise they wil, be sued
on tm nediately. JOMAH MORRIS
v -9- 43 f
U. G.iliSfElAli ji CJ.,
COMMISSION’ A>* D FORWARDIXG MERCHAXTS
APALACHICOLA, FLORIDA, ’
Will advance on Cotton shipped to Havre, Liverpool
and New York.
D. Golstei.ve,
H. D. Daroes. Apalachicola. Oct. 25. 3Stf
JUST RECEIVED
A BARRELS first quality RUM, and for sale
OU low by WM. R. JONES.
Columbus, Nov. 15.1538. 41 ts
BS. HAWLEY, wholesale and retail Drug
• gist, at Apalachicola and St. Joseph, Floripa.
Nov. 1, 1837. *4tf
‘WE HOLD THESE TRUTHS TO BE SELF-EVIDENT, THAT ALL MEN ARE BORN EQUAL.’
COLU.YIBJS, GEORGIA, THJRSDAY MORNING, MAY 9,1839.
THE NEW YORK WEEKLY WHIG*
/MVIE Second Aun.ai Viwmt ot The New
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us patrons and the public. During the brief year ot
its existence, it has been favorably re eived, and now
enjoys a steadily increasing patronage and sale of 5 to
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cated by its title. It will support the cause of Consti
tutional Liberty, Social Order, and ihe Supremacy of
the Laws with its whole heart and soui, and expose
corrup’ion, peculation. Jacobinism, disorganization,
and dernagoguism in high places, with nomealy-molith
d phraseology or craven spirit. It will call knavery
and hypocrisy by their righ names, and hold them up
to the contempt of a deceived aud despoiled people.
Briefly, it will labor to restore the good old days when
integrity and ability were the chief passpo ts to pubhc
-tation. anJ when high functionaries seriously implica
ted in peculation and gross negiect of duty would have
scorned o hold otfic • an hour until the charges were
o i trial disproved and overthrown. It will fearlessly
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[r will war against the corrup ing influence of Execu
tive Patronage, ihe seductions of Power and Expedi
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mands of the times In short, no labor or zeal will be
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The New York Weekly Whig will henceforth
be issued every Saturday on a large imperial sheet of
go id paper in the Quarto form (eight ample pages to a
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pies, and at that rate for any larger number. No sub
scription will be received without payment in advance
nor will any paper bes nt after the period of such
subscription lias expired. Otir patrons may therefore
be assured thit they will not be troubled to stop their
papers when they shall no longer want them Please
ad ir ss, J. GREGG YVFLSON & CO.
March 2,1839. 93t 127 Nassau street.
IMPORTANT NOTICE.
FOR THE AFFLICTED THERE IS A
BALM IN GILEAD.
rHE citizens of Zebuion, in Pike county, are
hereby notified, that Mr. H. G. JOPINSoN of
ihat place, is the authorised agent for selling BRAN
DRETH’S VEGETABLE UNIVERSAL
PILLS, and has his CER TIFICATE of Agency
and a fresh 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 place, as he is offering for sale the basest
counterfeits. Purchase only of the known and autho
red Agents, and you are on the sure side.
AND YET ANOTHER.
The citizens of Monticello, in Jasper county are
hereby notified, that Messrs. KELLUM & MAX
EY, of that place, are the authorised Agents for the
sale ofthe BRANDRETH VEGETABLE UNI
VERSAL P LLS and have their CERTIFI
CATE of Agency, and a fresh supply of the GENU
INE PILLS from ihe 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, anil perhaps their lives
I would give them timely caution not lo purchase Pills
of Messrs. Hurd & Hangerford. who it seems are of
fering spurious Ptlls on Dr Brandreth’s credit.—
Touch not the unclean thing.
JOHN B. PEABODY. General Agent
for Georgia, Alabama and Florida.
Columbus. May 14 lptf
READY MADE CLOTHING,
CHEAP FOR (JAcH,
Next door lo the Bank of Columbus.
JS. S.vll t'iri has commenced receiving his
• Siock ol Ready Made Clothing, consisting ol
o*ei* Coats, Cloth Cloaks, Boston Wrappers. Blanket
UoaiS, Frock and Dress Coats, of every description,
Blue. B.ack Cadet mixed Cloth Pants, Cassiniere do.
Kentucky Jeans Frock arid Dress Coats, do. Pants;
Biack and ligured Silk Velvet Vests; Woolen Vel
vets; Plain and figured Satins; Cloth & Cassimere, to
gether with some low priced ; a beautiful style of Silk
and Joiton Umbrella-; Fine Bools, Shoes and Pumps;
Snk, Woollen and Cotton Shirts and Drawers; Cot
ton S urts with Linen Bosoms and Collars; Colored
do.; Linen Ruffled do.; Silk, Cotton, and Merino
hail Hose; Gloves; Suspenders; f.inen Collars and
Bosoms; Stoc s os every variety; Cloth and Hair
Brushes; Cologne; Fur and Seal Caps; Hats;
Travelling Trunks and Bags, &c.
The above articles have just been received, arid will
be sold as low as they can be had for cash in this mar
ket.
Columbus Nov. 29. 43tf
DISSOLUTION.
/ copartnership heretofore existing under the
JL name an,l style of McKee & Prickett, is thi-,
dav di-sol.ed by mutual consent. Either of the sub
scribers is duty uthortsed to settle the business of the
ri in. The business will be continued, as heretofore,
by rl C. McKee, who would most respectfully return
his thanks to his former customers aud the pub ic. and
respectfully solicits a continuance of the patronage so
ub raliy bestowed heielofore. He designs to keep
constantly on hand a supply of good Carriages, si iia
ble for this market. Also intends to carry ori the bu
siness as heretofore in all its various branches.
P. S All kinds of Iron work done at ihe shortest
notice. Also, a good assortment of Carriage Materi
als, which he will sell low for cadi.
HOCKLEY C. McKKE,
Apri16,1839. ABRAM L PRICKETT.
Ail persons indebted to said firm ate invited to come
forward and pav up as longer indulgence cannot be
given. April 16, 1839. lltf McK & P.
NEW SPRANG GOODS.
subscriber has just received, a fresh
supply of FANCY AND STAPLE DRY
GOODS, of the latestfashi as and importations
ready made 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 be suit
ed with the quality ..nd price. He is determined
to sell low for cash.
Country merchants will be supplied atreduced
prices. NEILL McNAIR-
May 21,-7-tf
C >FARI’NER*HIP NOTICE.
AE..LCN & YOUNG have associated wiih them
M.-ssrs. John G. Young & Thomas H. Stephen
son. The business vvi I hercaLer be co ducted under
the name and style of Alien, Young & Cos. at the old
stand,No. l,MclntoSii Row.
L. C. ALLEN,
HIRAM YOUNG,
TH S. H. S TEPHENSON,
JOHN C. YOUNG.
Allen & Young wouid request ail those indebted lo
them by note or account, to call and settle the same
mmed iately. Commbus, April 1. 1839. 9tf
TO SELL OR RENT
THAT wetUn nvn liousesituat. don Broad street,
in the city of Co.uinbus, formerly occupied by
James H. Reynolds, as a Jeweller’s and Watchma
ker’s store. The lot is eighteen and an half feet in
• ront by one hundred and forty eight deep. The store
is eighteen feet front and sis y-two feet deep, a well
finished dwelling over the same, a good kitchen and
other outhouses which are now under ent for one year
from the 18th of November at $250. The whole
wnl be sold at a great bargain, or the store rented on
good terms. For further particulars enquire of James
Kivlin.
N. B. All the watches which were left with J. H.
Reynolds for repair, are left in the hands of J. Kivlin.
f'lie owner- thereof ar requested to call and take
them away. JAMES B. REYNOLDS,
452 Grand street, New York.
Columbus, Feb. 27, 1839. 4 3m
COLUMBUS COTTON FACTORY.
JNHE owners of the Columbus Factory respect
. fully inform the public that ii is now in operation.
They have on hand a general assortment of YARNS,
which may be had at all times at the most reduced
prices.
Their Wool Carding Machine is also in operation,
anil any thing in that line will be done at the shortest
notice.
j. A number of boys and girls wanted to work
at the Factory for which the most iberai priees will be
viven 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 ali 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 arefarsu
perior to anv offered for sale in a Southern market.
His shop is one door below Kivlin’s Sans Souci.
June 28 2ly STATES LEWIS.
CHATTAHOOCHEE COMPANY’.
Columbus, April 2,1839.
THE Company was this day organised by the
eltciion of seven Directors, to-wit;
George R. Clayton, John VV. Campbell,
Seaborn Jone--, Thomas Hoxey. and
Daniel McDougald, John Woolfolk, Esqs.
A. B. Davis
The Directors then proceeded to the election of offi
cers. when George R. Clayton, Esq was electee
President, Seaborn Jones, Esq. Vice President, and
Edward Carey, Treasurer.
The Vice President and Treasurer mt.y be found at
the Counting Room of Messrs Calhoun & Bass every
dav. from 9 o’clock in the morning until 1 in the even
ing, for the purpose of receiving additional subscrip
tions for the slock of >aid Company.
Extract from the Minutes.
EDWARD CAREY, Treasurer.
April 2. 9 f
LOST,
ON the 15th of September last, by the subscriber,
living in Chambers county, Alabama, in Carroli
countv, near Carrollton, one pair saddle bags, contain
ing one blue cloflt coat and cloth vest, somewhat worn,
with other clothing and inticles. Also, a deed to a
certain gold lot of land, >yuig in the sixteenth district
nd fourth section No. thirty-nine, given by Agness
Addison lo Stephen Nolen of Newton county, Ga.
witnessed by William Clark, J. P., Mary Ann Nolen.
Also, the grant and power of att< rney, made by Ste
phen Nolen to Richard Nolen, the dates of the above
described papers not recollected. Also, two bonds
given by Stephen Nolen to Rich ird Nolen, to t** occr
ain lots of land in < berokee,Ga..one lor lot No. 282,
11th district. 3d section ; the other for lot No. 123, 3d
district and 3d section Any information of the above
described articles, will be thankfully received and lib
erally lewarded. RICHARD NOLEN.
April 8,1639. 12m3m
RUNAWAY
FROM the subscriber living at Washington. Au
tauga County, on the 9th inst., a likely negro
boy named BEN. Said boy is stout, well made, 5
feet 6 or 8 inches in height, about 45 or 50 years of
age, hair consideiably gray—no other marks particu
larly remembered. He is also intelligen , and rather
slow of speech. He had on when he went away a
suit of stout kersey. Lis thought that he will atteinp*
by aid of a pass, to return to North Carolina, from
where he was brought. Any person taking up the
saiil boy, and confining him in jail, or giving me such
information as will enable ate to obtain him, shall be
liberally rewarded. A. FRALIOK.
April 19. 12 6t
FIFTY DOLLARS REWARD.
STOLEN from ihe subscriber, on the night of the
sth April, a pacing BAY MARE PONEY,
eight years old, four feet two or three inches high.
Cshe has a lump, or naval jaul, on iter backbone, and
a few white hairs on her oack occasioned from being
overheated by the saddle. She projects forward very
much in her knees, and bo.vs considerably in her hind
egs, and frequently appeals spiteful when approached
by any one. I will give fifty dollars for the poney and
thief, or a liberal reward lot the ponev alone.
D. C. ROSE.
Warm Springs, Ga. April 15, 1839. 11 4t
The Milledgeville Recorder will insert the above
four times, and charge I). C. ROSE.
PORTRAIT PAINTING.
j%ff"R. PARKER respectfully informs the public
I.Y.JL that he will remain some time longer in Colum
bus, lor the purpose of painting Portraits. His rooms
are in Broad slreet, over tiie store of L. J. Davis.
Air. t-arker, from many year’s practice in this pari
■f the country, has found that Ihe climate ol the. South
is particularly injurious to oil paintings. He has. after
much study and many experiments discovered a meth
od of painting and preparing his pictures so as to rtn
der them less liable to be injure J by time and a south
ern atmosphere.
Dec. 6. 44tf
AGENCY FOR THE SALE OF CHICK
ED. ING & CO.’S PIANO FORTES. ,
SMITH, GRIMES fi Cos. have been made l
Agents for the sale of PIANO FORTES, from |
the celebrated Manufactory of Chickering & Cos.,
Boston; and are prepared to furnish any description
of Piano Fortes, at the Manufacturer’s prices, deli
vered at this place, with the addition only of the charge
of iransportanon from Boston ; and on such terms as
will suit persons desirous of purchasing.
Columbus. Angus’ 2. 1838. 26tf
CAUTION.
ALL persons are cautioned against trading for two
PROMISSORY NO i'ES, payable to Win. B.
Robinson It Cos. each for £'ol2 SU-100, dated the 7th
of December last, endorsed by A. B. Ragan, one due
26th tnst. the other due 2G'h June next. Also, a note
for $575, payable to said Win. B. Robinson &. Cos.
dated 26tli “day of February last, and due twelve
months after date—all made by me. The considera
tion for which said notes were given having entirely
failed, f shall only pay the same when the law com
pels me so to do. JOS. A. HERRING.
April 25/ *• 12 31
WARM SPRINGS.
PARENTS and Guaulians visiting the Warm
Springs with their families, will find a good school
in successful operation, under the guidance of Mr.
John M. Bruce, a gentleman of moral character, high
auainmenis, and experienced a a teacher; and those
who know Inin best do (very jus'lj) say, that he is
eiitiiled lo the confidence of the public.
D. C. ROSE.
Warm Springs, Ga. April 13 1839. 11 4i
THE COLUMBUS FURNITURE WARE
HOUSE.
ngNIIOMAS M. SAUNDERS, of the former
Ji_ firm of Saunders & Powers, will keep constant
ly on hand a complete assortment of the finest kind of
furniture. Purchasers, by calling and examining for
themselves, opposite the Columbus Bank a few doors
below the City Hal), will be informed of my terms, &c.
All kinds ol form.lire made and repaired in the
neatest stvle and at the shortest notice.
Feb. 21 3if
PETER CRICHTON
INFORMS the citizens oi Co.uinbus that he still
continues the Baking Busintss at his o.d stand
oil Broad street, opposite Ktvlin’s, where he will he
happy to receive orders for family or fancy bread of
any description. He has on hand a supply of first
quality Flour and other Fresh Groceries which will be
sold as low as they cati be obtained for cash in the city.
Patronage respectfully solicited.
Feb. 28. 4 ly
DRS. HOLT AND PERSONS
ARE united in the practice of Medicine Their
Otfices 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.
Mar.oh 23. 12v
TAKE NOTICE.
ALL persons owing ine, ei her by note or account,
must come forward without delay and make set
tlement, or I shall be under the unpleasant necessity
of handing my claims io an officer for collection.
NEIL McNAIR.
Feb. 14, 1839. 2tf
LOST
ON Tuesday evening last, a petition signed by
several gentlemen, with different amounts, from
one to ten dollars, atii.xed to their names. I. was lost
between Rankin & VYise's store and Blair’s. As it
will be of no service to any person but myse f, the
tinder will confer a favor by leaving it at this office.
Dec. 20. 46tf IDNEY SMITH.
WILuJIAM *v . LOBBi‘I ‘i .
ATTORNe, Y AND COUNSLIIuK aT LAW,
HA YING permanently located himself m Dray
ton. Dooly county,Ga., wnl practice in the sev
eral counties of the Southern Circuit, Lee and Bump
ier of the Chattahoochee Circuit, and Houston and
Macon, of the Fiint Circuit. Any business en rusted
to hts care will be attended to with promptness.
March 14. 6if
SPLENDID VESTINGS.
THE subscribers have lately received an assort
ment of extra rich figured Silk Velvet and Satin
VESTS. Also, plain black Silk and Satin, which
they wid be pleased to make up to order at the short
est notice. HAMILTON, HURD & Cos.
Jan. 2. 4tf
NOTICE.
THE undersigned has located himself at Macon,
as his future residence. During his temporary
absence communications for him tnav be addressed to
the care of J. T. Contant. JAS. R. BUTTS.
Macon. July 1. 1838. 25tf.
1H A V E accep ed an agency for the sale of Dr.
Goelicke’s Ma chless Sanative, for the cure of
Consumption ; and for particulars refer you to adver
tisement in the Federa. Union.
JAMES M. DAVIS.
Bellevue, Talbot co., Ga. March 30 1839. 9tf
MATCHLESsSANATIVE.
GIOELICKE’S CELEBRATED GERMAN
T SANATIVE, recommended as being an in
fallible remedy for consumption, just received and for
sale at the P. O. in Greenville, Ga
April3. 11 if MYRON ELLIS.
ROOMS TO RENT.
FOUR ROOMS to be rented in M’lnlosh Row,
well calculated for Lawyers, Docters, or Gen*
tlemen’s Sleeping Rooms.
March 9. s’s M. N. CLARK. Agent.
P () ETRY.
From the Mobile Literary Gazette.
NEW ENGLAND IS MY HUME.
I love this blight, this Southern land,
The land of .ragrant flowers ;
A clime perfum’d with every sweet,
From Flora's richest bowers ;
But still tny heart, though glad it throbs,
How ever far I roam,
Turns fondly back to northern climes ;
New England is my home.
I love this balmy. Southern breeze,
This land so >w et ana bright;
I love its moonlit eve socami,
Its siaritt brt uant nignt
Though tut less bright in colder climes,
My heart can never roam;
Still loving this oweet land of flowers,
New England is my home.
I love this perfumed, fragrant air,
But stiu could welcome northern blasts,
AY i.teh ft at home we greet.
For though in southern climes I dwell,
On southern shores 1 roam ;
My heart slid fondiy turns on thee,
My ioved New England home.
Though southern liearis are warm and true,
And kind the tones which greet;
The voice of earlier friem.s I’d hear,
TANARUS! ose accents doubly sweet.
But oh! ilus heart turns warm .o thee,
N ‘ 1 wever far I roam ;
Though other land may boast their charm,
N> w England is iny home.
My nor hern home, though it can boast
Much that is bright and rare ;
Its flowers—its- dime—ns solt, sweet breeze,
AYi'.h this canno. compare
But while in fragrant ciimes I dwell,
My heart can never roam ;
Slid, hough 1 love ihe balmy South,
New England is my home.
Mobile, April 15 h. 1839. Augusta.
• From Hie Auiciiottii Museum.
THE HANDSOME STRANGER.
AN 01.11 gentleman’s sjorv.
It was on a fine spring nun ning, some years
since, inai I louml myseil in one ol inose
nuisances vviiicti, tor tne convenience of llie
paiieui public, so long plied between New
k orU.and Hung Island, I mean an old Brook
lyn steamboat—now,’thanks to the enterprise
ol a lew individuals, replaced by commodi
ous and i.eat terry boats. A> it is my dispo
sition to seek always for the hidden good in
every apparent evil, and from the most uii
comlorlutile situaiion to extract at least,
amusement, i turn, and my attention to the stu
dy ol the human face divine as exhibited in
the dirty, crowded cabin. In such an assem
blage as i usually lbund in such places, there
must be ol necessity, a large proportion of
insignificant, mexpitssive, and unagreeable
countenances; but the eye that seeks for the
beautilul and the good can seldom roam
through a crowded circle willimit finding,
at least one brow on which it may rest with
pleasure. On the morning hi question, I
was struck with the exceeding beauty of a
head immediately opposite me. A group of
two or tinee persons stood between me and
the individual that had attracted my attention,
so that I could see nothing hut the head —and
l I certainly never saw a more exquisite speci
men ol male beamy. It seemed like a vivi
fication oi one ol Vandyke’s magnificent por
traits. The aai k, clear complexion—the fine
ly chiselled features—the -superb curb of the
crimson lips—the broad aieli of the expan
sive lorehead, and ttie full, dat k eyes lighted
up with an almost dazzling brilliancy lormed
a combination of beauty, such as the old Ital
ian mastcis may have sometimes beheld, when
Venice was the ocean queen, and her children
among the fairest as well as the noblest of
theeaith. The eyes were apparently fixed
on the glimpse of blue skv visible through the
narrow window, while the marble stillness of
the countenance, and almost rigid tranquility
ol the leatures, made me feel as if I was, in
very tiutli, gazing on some wonderous tri
umph of the painter’s art.
While I looked, a sudden turn of the boat
brought the lull glare of the morning sun di
rectly upon those singular eyes, but the radi
ance winch fell vvilii almost blinding power
on the laces of ttjo.se around, seemed to be
to him bm as ilie light oi a farthing candle :
bis glance quailed not lor an instant, even
when it met the blaze'bf the meridian sun.
My imagination was busy employed in weav
ing a fancy web of romantic history, lor this
rarely gilted individual. But I was sudden,v
recalled to every day Me by the arrival of
the boat at the terry, and the usual scramble
to get on shore. 1 tiien perceived that this
magnificent head had actua.ly been wasted
upon a miserable, shrunken, crooked body,
that might have personated Richard the 3d,
as Stephen Kemble is said to have played
Falstalf, ‘ without stuffing.’ He was, evi
dently, l an unfortunate gentleman.’ His
habiliments had certainly not been ‘ made to
order,’ and had long since lost all claim to the
gentility they might have possessed when be
first received them in all the gloss of a Chat
ham street rilacciamento. Altogether be was
an anomaly. If a wlum-ical sculptor should
have joined the god-like head of Apollo to
the distorted body of Vulcan, the effect could
scarcely have been more grotesque. I amus
ed myself as I walked up Fulton, with en
deavoring to form some idea of what possi
ble use the rare gift of beauty would ever be
to this shay waif upon t e world ; but I
could fancy it of no other utility than to ex
cue the sympathy of some good natuied
serving wench, when at some future day its
possessor accompanied Old Hays to Bride
well.
About two years afterwards, I was spend
ing a few weeks at the Springs, when the lit
tle community of fashionables was thrown into
commotion bv the arrival of a splendid car
nage, with outriders, said to contain San
Altesse the Duke del Piombino. Any one
that has ever spent a week at Saratoga, will
not easily forget the insane passion which
is there exhibited lor foreign fashions, and,
above all foreign titles. In fact 1 have heard
it seriously asseried, that a well trained ou
rang oMang, furnished witli a title as a pass
port, and a meeraliaum as an excuse for bis
silence might obtain access to the • best socie
ty’ ol even our own proud city of Gotham,
without much difficulty. The arrival of the
Duke del Piombino created of course a very
great sensation ; and many an old-fashioned
pappa was teazed into a promise of making
an etlbrt to compass the Duke’s acquaintance
in the course of the day, that their daughteis
might have the honor of his hand in the even
ing dance. Never had Saratoga beheld a
more splendid galaxy of beauty than that
which graced the ball that night. But, alas!
the blaze of charms was powerless. The
Duke was not present. Indeed his highness
seemed determined to disappoint all calcula
tion. For three days he was tot) unwell to
leave his room; and innumerable were the
stone bottles of Congress water that were
carried to that honored apartment. For three
days his own six servants, and about half a
dozen others belonging to the house were
kept constantly employed in attending upon
him. In the mean time curiosity was excited
to an almost painful degree. The femmes
des chatnbre belonging to the establishment
endeavored to learn something from bis ser
vants but with little success. His coachman
and outriders were mere Irish hostlers picked
up in New York, and his valet, the only one
capable of giving any information, a stiff.
formal Englishman with a strongly marked
Jewish physiognomy, only stated that his
master lias left JEuiope incognito lo avoid no
toriety.
Ou the evening of the third day he ap
peared at the tea table. Every eye was fix
ed upon him as he entered the room, and even
the gentlemen acknovvledgee that he was well
worthy of attention. He was attired in the
r.ch uniform of an Austrian Colonel of Huz
zars and a short Spanish cloak of black vel
vet, such as we often see in theatrical cos
tume, was flung carelessly over one shoulder;
wmle the ladies did not tail to observe that
tiie clasp of his cloak, together with his breast-
pin and ring were of diamonds. But pictu
resque as was his dress, it was scarcely no
ticed by those who were enabled to take a
view of his countenance. The soft, lustrous
eyes, the superb forehead, the exquisite mouth
and the By tome chin ol the noble duke were
exhaustless themes of admiration. His whis
kers were quite unexceptionable—lns minis
faclie was the very bow of cupitl, and when
someone ventured to hint that if his features
were examined critically his nose would be
found to be a little too aqua line—a little too
nearly approaching to the Jewish conforma
tion, the suggestion was treated with such
merited scorn as envy should always receive.
I gazed on him a lo ig time with that dubious
leeling of half recognition which sometimes
haunts us like a remembered dream. I could
not recollect that I bad ever been iu company
with the Duke, and yet I was sore that his
face was not unfamiliar to me.
Great were the heart-burnings that night
in the ball room. His highness did not dance,
but amused himself with watching the many
lovely forms that floated amid the mazes of
the bewitching waltz. Many a blight eye
gr*-w brighter beneath his glance—many
a lair cheek blushed ‘celestial rosy red’ as the
dancer’s gossamer robe brushed the velvet
trappings of the noble stranger.
The next day the duke exhibited himself
on horseback, and thus afforded us an oppor
tunity of observing bis small and beautiful
foot. His form was evidently diminutive, but
the grace!ul cloak which seemed his constant
companion forbade us to discover its propor
tions, aud all were willing to believe that
where the head was so fine, and the extremi
ties so well shaped, the figure also must he
good. As he rode slowly away the same
vague feeling of recognition passed through
my mind; and as be dismounted afier bis re
turn, i discovered the mystery. His horse,
alarmed by some unwonted sound, turned
short round as he was about alighting, and
to avoid an appearance of awkwardness, he
was compelled to dismount with the sun full
m his eyes. He raised his head and met the
lull blaze of light, without a momentary drop
ping ul the eye-lid—and this simple incident
at once dissipaled all my doubts. He was
the strange individual I had met on board the
steamboat—the handsome stranger.
Mv suspicions once aroused, I determined
lo watch the duke very narrowly, and dis
cover, if possible, the meaning of this stir
prising metamorphose. I Ibutid him gradually
making himself acquainted with the loveliest
among the females, and the richest among
the men.
His equipage and servants were always at!
the command wf the ladies whom he honored
with lus admiration, and their brothers could
not be so unreasonable as to object to an
acquaintance wiih a man who displayed the
decorations of innumerable orders of knight
hood —who hinted his consanguinity with the
blood royal of France; and above all who
lost his money at billiards with so much grace
aud dignity.
Among the belles of the season, Matilda
Easton, the orphan heiress of a southern
planter, was conspicuous. She had visited
the Springs under the protection of her aunt,
a sentimental spinster of the old school, who
doated on the production of the ‘Minerva
Press,’ and expected ail kinds of romantic
improbabilities fiom the charms of ln*r be
witching niece. Matilda was ceriainlv a
splendid creature, and vvuh a little more self
dislrust wouki have been a very lovely woman;
but, born at the south, and surrounded hy
slaves from her infancy, she had learned to
look upon herself as a sort of earthly divinity
whom men ought to worship rather than
presume to love. She was just twenty, and
iu actual possession of her immense fortune ;
it was no wonder, therefore, the duke singled
her her out as the object of his special aiten
tion. The undisguised delight with which
Matilda enjoyed the tri rtipli over her rivals,
first made me doubt the betier qualities of
her nature. I, using the privilege of mv
years, endeavored in vain Jo arouse her sus
picions. ami to awaken her to a full sense of
the danger she was incurring iu this intima
cy—but she was too self-wiled lo listen to an
old man’s caution, and nothing was left to me
but to look on while the game was played.
In the course of a short time the billiard
players found that the stranger could iciti mo-
ney as amiably as he once lost it, and many
a precipitate retreat from the summer abode
of,fashion, might be attributed to the grace
with which the noble Duke presided over the
table of fortune. Many a young dandy, who
had dealt out the highest encomiums on his
highness’ affability, was ob'iged to add his re
grets that a republican purse vvas quite insuf
ficient to support so aristocratic an acquain
tance. In the meantime the singular beauty
of his countenance seemed to serve Inn) in
stead of a letter of credit, and wherever he
went he was sure of being well received.—
‘ Why does he always wear that cloak?’ I
asked Matilda, to whom he professed to have
narrated many incidents in his life. ‘Oh,
there is a very romatic story connected with
it,’ replied she ‘ but it was related to me un
der a promise of secrecy; I can tell von
enough, however, to account for his always
wearing it. While travelling through Calabria
he was fortunate enough io rescue a Spanish
Prince from the hands of banditti; in the
sudden impulse of gratitude the Prince threw
his own cloak, with its splendid diamond
clasp, on the Duke’s shoulders, and exacted
from him a promise never to appear without
it until they should meet again.’ * How long
since this romantic adventure occurred V I
asked.- ‘About three years.’ ‘The Duke
has been extremely careful of his royal gift, if
he has been able to retain its first gloss'so
long,’said I; but Matilda deigned no reply
to my intiendo, and I questioned her no far
ther. I remained an anxious, though not an
interesied spectator of the proceed mgs, until I
learned that Matilda had broken off a en
gagement of a year’s slandingwiih her cousin,
a promising lawyer in Charleston, and then,
in disgust, I quitted the Springs.
I had been hut.a lew days rmy old winter
lodgings in the Cstv Hotel, when I found the
Duke of Piombir.o was among us. Matilda
had returned to her splendid house near the
Battery and the Duke took up his abode in
the vicinity, determined to follow up his ad
vantage. Living m the house with him, I
could not but olserve the admirable manne
in which he conducted his mai auvres. H 8
fine hoisemanship—his skill in nnisic—hs
vast erudition—all were topics of piaise in
the cireles where he visited ; but I could not
divest myself of the belief that equestrian skill
was all that he actually possessed. The pic
turesque beauty of his attitude as he flung
back the drapery of his short cloak ; and stri
king a lew cords on the guitar, breathed in a
low, sweet voice some simple French or Span
ish love song, was enough to disarm all criti
cism, and many a sensible girl charmed by
the magic of his tones forgot to ask whether
it was the gill of nature, or die effect of cul
tivation. His reputation for learning, he waa
carelul not to endanger. Allusion to strange
personal adventures were much more common
in his month than philosopical discussions,
and he had a tact seldom equalled in turning
the conversation from books to things, from
actions to persons.
At length 1 received a enrd to attend th®
wedding of the rich and beautiful Matilda
Easton. How shall I describe the fairy-like
beauty with which her magnificent ab*>de
was filled on that festal night ? The room*
were converted into Turkish pa villions of un
equalled splendor, hangings of silk and gold
covered the walls, cushions of eider down,
covered with the costliest satins, were piled
upon the floors, the staircases were crowded
with the richest exotics, and every thing
wore tlit appearance of an oriental festival.
1 he guests were attired with proportionate
richness, but murmurs of admiration echoed
through the rooms as the bridal party enter
ed. Six bridesmaids attended the stately
bride, who, in her ricli robe of white velvet,
embroidered with silver and looped with dia
monds, looked ‘ every inch a queen!’ The
ordinary splendor of the duke’s attire left no.
opportunity for greater display that evening,
hut the almost radiant beau v of his counte
nance, flushed as it was with triumph, was
noticed bv all.
The next morning the happy pair left the
city for Washington, hut before dinner tim®
all the Broadway loungers were whispering
some strange story about the duke’s cloak. It
was said that it had been worn less to pro
duce a graceful effect than to hide a most un
graceful deformity—in short the lady's lem
me de chambre has discovered that the noble
bridegroom had a hump hack.
A few months after, Matilda’s vast pro
perty was converted into bills of exchange,
and they departed for Europe, intending to
make the grand tour, while the ancient palace
ol the ducal territory of Piombino should he
newly furnished, to receive its republican mis
tress.
Poor Matilda f Bhe has been for some time
hoarder in a ennveiß in the south of
I* ranee. Her pride will not allow her to re
turn to her native land, and the remnant of
; her fortune has enabled her to- putchase a
home among strangers. l'iie discovery
winch she made ol his personal deformity
was the firs: shock she encountered ; but, to
reconcile her to tins he had shown her a
flew de lys stamped deeply on his shoulder
as with a hot iron, which he informed her,
under a solemn injunction ol secrecy, was an
indisputable proof wf his Bourbon blood, as
all members ol the royal family received that
impression immediately after birth. This
served to console the ambitious wile for many
sorrows. She saw her money wasted at the
gaming table—she heard her husband spoken
ligntly of among his servants —she felt his
estrangement from herself, but still she ceas
ed not to pride herself in the thought that she
vvas the wife a prince of the blood. But the
final blow came, A party of gens de armes
one day entered their magnificent hotel and
seized him as a felon escaped front the gal
lies. The Jltur de lys , the proof of his nival
birth was in fact the badge of merited infa
my !
His history may be told in * few words.
He was a French Jew, whose original em
ployment had been the never lading resoujc®
ol the poor Israelite—dealing in old clothes.
Five years previous he had been branded and
condemned to the gallies for swindling, but
having succeeded in making his escape, he
determined to push his fortunes in America.
‘Ce n’esl que le premier pas qui cent.’ A
run of luck at the gaming table gave him
lunds to commence his grand experiment—
an accomplice less favored by nature, as
sumed the station oF his valet, while he play
ed to perfection the noble duke, and we have
already seen how he succeeded.
Whether his career is yet ended I cannot
say, but my last meeting with the noble duke
♦lei Piombino was during a visit to Fiance a
few months sidee, when I saw him chained
by the neck to a fellow scoundrel, and busily
employed in mending the mad near Paris.
Tlie fate of the lovely Matilda is a melan
choly one; but who ol the loungers in fash
ionable hie cannot recal a somewhat similar
case! When we shall cease to ape foreign
follies and foreign vices—when we shall learn
to value the title of ‘ American citizen’ above
the proudest pedigree that Europecan boast,
then, and not till then, shall wc cease to hear
of such things.
The Infernal Passage. —A passage between
two of tiiese lakes, was so called because it
was perfectly filled with a species of small
gnat, whose siing was instantaneous and ex
cessively painful. There was no way of
keeping them at bay. They attacked our
very eyelids, lips, nostrils, and’ the interior of
the ears! All the flapping of hands and
handkerchiefs was entirely without avail
against the countless legions of such blood
itursty and tormenting animals. Asa last
resource we were obli’ged to roll ourselves
comp etely up in sheets ; yet within these folds,
friendly as they were, we well nigh endured
all the horrors of suffocation, not daring to
leave even space sufficient for respiration;
for the very moment the smallest aperture
was made in our wrapper, in poured a stream
of these malignant little wretches.
Never shall I speak disparagingly of mos
chetoes again after this acquantance with
the gnats that infest the Chinegns of Santa
Miria. However, i: was some little relief to
the torment we suffered just to cast an occa
sional glance upon the whole company, thus
employed : the quickness of their motions,
their extravagant antics, their faces swollen
with rage and bites, all j>ind to present a
picture in which the pa nful and ridiculous
were peifectly hlended. The eff. c:s of these
bites las ed much longer than those of the
moschetoes, and we were obliged to make
use of a wash of laudanum and extract of’
lead, in order to allay the constant irritation
produced.— Steicart’s Bogota.
Old music. —A competent person is busily
engaged in examining and arranging the
hoard of music which has been lying for
years at the British Museum, with a view of
making a catalogue of it, and, of course, ren
dering it available to the musical world. It
is stated that, besides a quantity of printed
compositions, there are a of curious
manuscripts, some the productions of Eng
lish Sovereigns ; and there is no doubt but
some very valuable works will he found
among this hitherto unexplored treasure. —
I’here is a vetv curious specimen in the li
brary of the Welsh school, in Grey’s Jnn
road, of the musical notation <>(’ the ancient
Britons in the eleventh century. I'ne cha
racters are the bardip.letters with some very
curious marks, bur without bars or lines.-r-
Very little of this old harmony has n ye*
been deciphered, for the key to it hs !>eco
! ist for ages.— London Tur.cs.
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