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COLUMBUS HF.NTfNF.fi AND SERALD.
VOL. X.J
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sd. All rule and figure work double the above piic^s.
Legal Advertisxmf. xts published at the usua !
rates, and with strict attention to the requisitions of
the taw.
All Sales regulated by law, must he made before
the Court louse door,between (lie hour* of 10 in the
morning and 4 in the evening—those of Land it.
the county where it is s;tua‘i ; those of Personal
Property, where tbs letters testamentary, of admin
istratlon or of guardianship were obtained—and are
required to hr previously advertised in some public
Gazette, as follows:
Sheriffs’ Sai.es under regularexectt’ions for tiiik
ty days, under mortgage ti las sixty days, before
the day of sale.
Sales of Land and Negroes, by Executor'', Ad
ministrators or Guardians, for sixty days before
the day of sale.
sales of Personal Property (except Negroes) forty \
DAYS.
Citations by Clerk? of the Cour's of Ordinary, upon
application for letters of administration, must
be published for runny days.
Citations upon application for dismission, by |
Executors, Administrators or Guardians, monthly j
for six months.
Orders of Courts of Ordinary, (accompanied with a
copy of the bond or agreement) to make titles |
■ro land, must he published phree months. !
Noticf.s by Executors. A Iministrators or Guardians,
of application to the Court of Ordinary for leave
to sell the Land or Negroes of au Estate, four
MONTHS.
Notices by Executors or Administrators, to the Debt
ors and Crodhorr ■>< an Hstat*\ so- six weeks.
Sheriffs. Clerks of Court, will be allowed
the usual deduction.
Letters on business, must he tost paid,
to entitle them to attention.
MANSION iuorsir.
JACOB BA it ROW,
U J ESPEOTFUI.LY informs the pubitc that he
jK.sL has opened a HOLFtSE in the business part of
Broad Street for the accommodation of Travellers,
and has built new stables on his o vn let by the solici
tation of his customers.
March 21. ‘ 5 ts
y.v w.
THE subscribers havingconirbcicd theitlscdvc.a
the practice cf LAW, will attend all the
County Coin is of the Cht.'tahoeel.ee Circuit, and the
adjoining coun.ies ol Alabaeis., Office in Mclntosh
Row, iin mediately over Allen f’ i oiigg's Store.
ALEP F.I * IVERSON,
June M. 19tf J. M. GfTKRH V.
COLUMBUS IIOTTVL, 1810,
f pPltle subscriber respectfully informs his friends and
Jj_ the public gen -rally, that he “till continues to
occupy tho above establishment, where he. promises
refreshment and comfort It; the traveller and border.
His own persoi.il at to. Don will be ghicn to his busi
ness. in which bo hopes io giv general satisfaction,
ami share a libera! patronage amongst, his brother
chips. . .J'v“S,ld If. I -VEKA EG.
Columbus, Ga., Jsn. Cl, iß4e 61 ts
<• vuti >TAT.Gt oil SODA vr tr:-.;;.
f KJV IE subscribers are now prepared to iurni h their j
M. cnsto n .TS an.l the public v/ub .Carbonated oi J
So.il Water. i j
I’.i oi app trains is corrtri.r.i’d in such a manner, j
lifii of soeii materials as to prevent the pcssibiiily t j
mv inotalic or delenoiis impregnations.
TAYLOR & YVALICKiI, j
Sign of the Golden Mortar, Broad si. Columbus. !
April 2L I_OY
POUT & HAMILTON,
ATTORN “AS AND C ‘ *.\’SEM.-OP.S AT I AM,
Lumpkin, Stewart e ujoy, Georgia- j
V. L.i.t \M .t. FORT,
. JOHN 0. HAMILTON.
September P, ls-10. ’h t
V\l. IT A til. K I’LAJfT VI ION FOll SALE
dTIiJN I'AINING Two Hundred Two and a Ha!
H.. 0 Acres of Land.mixed with oak and pine. ‘1 here
ire eighty acres cleared. Also, a comfortable dwel
inu. with all necessary out offices, a good gin house
Did packing screw, a peach and apple orchard. the
;■ ntiro under good fence. It is situated within 1 miles
of Columbus, joining the plantation formerly owned!
oy Thomas C. Evans, Esu. Persons wishing to juir
jijase cannot find a more desirable location than the
aiio ottered for sale by the subscribers.
JOHN CODE,
Dee. 6. 44tf JOHN Q.ITIN
• THOMPSON’S UTERINE TRUSS.
Jhi effectual and radical cure for polapsus \
uteri .
THE suhsrribers have taken the agency for the
above valuable instrument, and have now on
liand and wilt constantly,keep a variety of patterns,
which they will sell at iVI inufacturers’ prices. These
Trusses arc superior to any instrument ot the kind
ever invented, and are now extensively employed bv i
coin of the most eminent practitioners in the United I
States.
We annex the certiffcalrofthc late Frefessor Eberle. |
who used them with great success in his own practice, j
* CtxoiNtfv r ri, Ohio, May 51th, 1839. j
‘ l have carefully examined the Uterine ‘1 rnss in- 1
x by Dr. Thompson of this Slate, and I can con- j
li.lei'll? declare, that it is unqttvstion dflv the mov I
perfect atitl useful instrument of the kind that lias evei j
been offered to the public. It differs essentially in j
construction from the Utero Abdominal Supporter !
constructed by Dr. HuH,and is in all respects a far!
mperior instrument.’
The subscribers have also r.'iciv;d the agency ff>r
F>r. Chase’s Improved Surgical Truss, which is uni
versally- admitted to be the most certain and lasting
cure ever discovered for Hernia or Rupture.
TAYLOR & tVAKHR. Druggists,
Sign of the Golden Mortar, Broad-si.
Columbus. June 20. 1539. 28‘t
WARE HOI
AND COMMISSION BUSINESS.
f'g'y’lK tin lorsigned would inform his friends and
a the public generally, that he will continue the
nb.>ve business at his Old Stand in Front street, oppo
site the new bn :k building of James 11. Shorter, Esq.
ml that Ins personal attention will be exeli.-u.vl_v devo
ted to the ame. By strict attention thereto,he hopes
to have a continuance of the liberal patronage hereto
fore bestowed upon him lie will us usual attend to
the sale of Cotton, from wagons or in store; and from
a .*enoral acquaintance with the purchasers and true
situation of the market he bebev'-s he can generally
m ire thau save the com nission in the sale of cotton.
\VM. P. VU.XGK,
Columbus, Sept. ID, 1539. S3v
He h is in store for sale,
Liverpool and 3.own Salt in sacks,
Chewing Tobacco and Sugars,
Ciiamoaig 10 Wine, in baskets and boxes,
Bagging and Bale Rope
LOOK AT THIS.
RUN* AIV U'f.un the subscribers, about the first j
March last, a negro uian by name Presley, i
about forty years ot age, somewhat rey h.ur, very 1
thin, or perhaps no hair on the top of the h ad. quite !
black eves small and deeply sunk in the h ad. wide
between the teeth,’broad shoulders, ami stoops, he is I
rather intelligent, though .unprepossessing in appear-i
ance, makes greai prolcssioit ot religion, and pray> tti ;
public every o uioriunitv. He was m the iictghoorhoo<i ;
of Greenville, Meriwether county, som ■ til ecu days
after leaving this place; where he leu on the 29sh nit.
taking his wife with him, who belongs to Freeman
McClendon, living near Greenville; she is by the
name of Julia, twenty vears of age, common size, a
bright copp r color, and ver iiktly. It is believed
r lat they were taken off by a white man, and probably
t avelltug west in a gtg, as such nforinatioti reached
Mr. McClendon.
A suitable reward will he given for the apprehen
on of said negroes and thief who eairied them away
ad information given to either of the subscriber?
FRF.EMAN McCLENDON,
JOHN C. MANGHAM.
\ aril 16, IS4O. 9tf
aEW BOOKS.
THC subscribers have just received a large sup
ply of Law, Medical Theological, Miscellane
ous and School Books, to which they invite the atten
tion of the public.
NORTON dt LANG DON.
October 7, 1640. 34 St
| & KUGiIiCS, Attorney at Law, Guthber
i ia.fi Georgia.
Jan. 2j. 1640. £) ts
*'A€rsi.vcii:
; COMMISSION BUSINESS,
CHARLESTON, SOU TH CAROLINA.
\ IE subscribers continue their business at lhei>
iS. old stand, on Biyee Cos. whxrf, Chaileton,
and aie prepared to make liberal advances on Cotton
consigned to their care.
COuLINS & CLEVELAND.
S.-pf ember 5, 1840. 29 2m
U7\R VIIOUS2 AND
COMMISS I >:* BUSI.VSS9.
THE undersigned having associa
( <*> H fed themselves under the firm of Hall,
lit--.- ... Ruse Hi Cos. for the purnose of traits-
acting a general Commission and
*..-o vVarch-iiise business; would inform
tfieir friends and the public, that they are now prepar
ed lo atteii 1 t any business entrusted to their charge.
Their VVdiehou-e being constructed of Brick and
detached from all other buddings, may be considered
in all respects as entire Fire-proof. Planters will
therefore find it for their interest to store with them on
account ot the great saving in the premium of Insur
ance, and the additional safety to those who do not
insure.
They are prepared to advance liberally upon cotton
and other merchandize stored with then, and their
rates c>f storage and commissions, and all other char
ges will he as low as those charged by other houses in
tiie 3 ati'c line of business.
7. A. DEBLOIS,
H. T. HALL,
if. N. RUSEi
j TilliV TTAVE NOW IS STORE FOR SALE.
COl| bags prime Havana Coffee,
Si) 1 ) piec s best Kentuekv Bagging,
150 coils best Kentucky Rope,
25 bales domestic Goods received direct from
the manufacturers.
August 29, 1840. 28r.fi
CO El MISSION BUSISESS.
* rnniHW subscribers nave tins day formed a connec-]
J3. lion, under the firm of ROWLAND f; BAR-j
S TOW. or tiie purpose of transacting a CjEKEK> |
AL,€OM.JIIS.iION BUSINESS? in BAVAN- |
NAIL ) J d r ;iotilar attention wn be paid to receiving i
and forwarding Produce and Merchandise. ‘They I
ar. not in eresied in any of the Tran -put tat ion l ines,
at*'] assure their friend-, that, in aii cases, such con
veyances shall be sefect-d as to promote their inlet -
cst. Wff.T.IAM H ROIVLANtJ, !
ELIAS B BARSTOW.
Savannah, 2u h June. 1840.-5 in6l-22
TAVBiIJI F. t U s tUi.
4f Ft, >t previously disposed of, will be sold cn Tm*s- !
j*. day. the 1 r-th day of Septcmbc next, by the sub
scriber, nt. public auction, that well known Tavern and !
furniture, known as the TALhOTTON HOTEL.!
This house is well established art iin good repair with !
all ttecc-s try outhouses convenient. Persons desiring !
to piiretu- e surh properly are requested to c ii and |
examine the premises* terms ill be made, liberal, and |
lmlisnottihlc iitles piveti. .B. WHITiIURST.
Talbotion. Ga., A ugtisi 11 1840. 25 tds.
PHOENIX HOTEL,
T.umvkin, Suwart County , Georgia.
f T'vlE subscriber having taken tiie above house,
JsL situated on tnc North Erst corner oi the court
hoitrfc sqiui.e, foruierly < veupied bx Mr. Beachani.
takes pleasure in informing lit:; friends pud,the public
gem-raliy. that this new and eoinmodiutly establish
in nt is now completed,And in every way fitted up
fir tlm accommodation ot hoarders and travellers • the
.suliS'i Iher wiil give lit-, personal attention to the super
vision ot the house, and no pains or expense will be j
spared to render all comfortable who may favor him I
with a call.
N. P. ii is stToTfis arc escwDau't.- nd will at all times !
be uotm'i'iilly supplied with provender, and attended ]
hv a ste:nh. industrious and tru ;y outlet. who will at !
all tiiivs hi in his place and subject io*he c,,mnisn-ls
of ti e visitor. GIDEON H. CKOXTON.
.Tan 25—01-ts
DisxhUA iOX.
I P'XX;*? cnn.irtnership heretofore existing under firm j
jJL ofDrs. CHD’LEY & S'iTiLE.Y, is this day
! dissolved hv mutual consent. ‘J he hook* arid accounts
I are in ihe hands of Lr. Schley, v. ho is authorized to J
settle them. Persons halt bu dto: he firm <re respect- |
fully requested to call as earlv as possible and settle, j
W. S. Oll’.Pf EY,
V M. K; SCHLEY.
July 23, 1840. 24 ts
LAW NOTICE.
rTTVIE undersigned will attend to ihe PRACTICE 1
f* OF LA'.V, in the name of JONES & BLN
NING. in most of the counties of this Circuit, and a
few of the adjoining c.iutlpes ot Alabama. Their
Office wiil be found near the Oglethorpr House.
SEABURN JONES.
H 1 •: NR Y L. BE NNIN 3.
Sept. 18,183?. $3 ts
pr’ SALE
f tract of land, known as The Broken Arrow
Bend, on the Chattahoochee river, seven miles
beiow Columbus, on the Alabama side of th.c river,
containing fourteen hundred and forty-two acres, nine
bun rc 1 of which are equal, if not stmerior. to any land
on the river; with live hundred acres of cleared land
under good {.mce ar.d in a high state of cultivation;
the bahioc -of the tract :s thin oeir out hickory, and
1 june lands, with good water and healthy situations IW
; residence, eti winch put is a good house tor an over
suer and r -aro houses lor tiv.y ncgioes. Poisons w ish
ing to purcliase e. river plantation would do well to ex
amine it while the crop is growing.
JOHN CROWELL. Sen.
, Fort Mitchell, August 12. 1840 26—ts ;
BOOKS ANO STATIONERY.
I mrORtON & J.ANODON, Booksellers, Co-j
i lumbus, Georgia, have just received, and offer j
I tor sale, on ihe most rear: nab e terms a large and
! general irtinent of School, Classical Law. Aiodi- j
I cal,Theological, Historical an 1 Miscellaneous Works, ,
| Also, Bl ink Books, Paper. lrk,U>ulls, Paper Hang
ings, Borders’, fine Cutlery. Fancy Articles', Music, j
I Musical instruments, and Stationary of very de- j
; scttpiioii. Teachers. School Committees etui Literary j
I Institutions supplied at the lowest prices.
Columbus. Ov. 14. 1849. 35 ?t
A t-ARP.
fJSN.IE subscriber offers ins services to the Mer ;
Tl chants. J.a vers, &c. of thi tty, as a general
accountant. T.ioso whose business would not afford
to keep a , emu i.ent Book Keeper, have noiv un op- i
pariuiiity of getting tlnir Books and Accounts written I
up and made out neatly and correctly every month, if j
required, for a moderate comp’ n-a ion.
IP’ wiil also attend to any ether description cf writ !
ing or cu.'iectirg, such as making out Heeds, JVI -|
gages. Colton B.i.s, Invoices, i-c. and respectfully i
sot it? parroiKige. H. G. DONOVAN. ‘
Columbus, Oct. 14, 1840. John |
WILLIAM HENItY HARRISON’S
I IFF, bv different authors, lor salt by
’ N ORTON & LANG DON.
October 7, IS if ‘*4 8t
TO COTTON PLANTERS.
rNNHE subscriber is now offering for sale a quantity
Jti. of valuable land. Persons wishing to establish I
cot on plan ations in anew country, in the finest cotton j
grow ing region of the Bouth, wculd do well to exam- \
ice those lands. They he mostly in the county of j
Macon, and valuable tracts miimaia'ely in the vicint- !
tv of that bCatnnr'l and r ora unite region denominated j
the CiiUHUemtgga ridge, where the atmosphere is pure t
and elastic, and abounding v. uh fresh bold fountains of j
cool fine water as can be found in any mountain region j
of the South. There are also in tiv neigl.borhoi lof i
tin >c lands two or three well improved plantations for !
-a e—some believ.d to be as pr< uctire as anv in j
Ala'tama, as ten bales of cotton to the hand have been 1
made.
Persons wishing to purchase apply to the subscriber,
at Vatverdi P. O Macon county. ALoama.
August 16 -7 3m. H BLACKMON.
The Columbus Enquirer and Georgia Jeffersonian j
l will cop th -above three months and forward their
accounts to the subscriber. H. B.
COItHttISSION BUSINESS.
A PAL ACHIOOL A FLOR IDA.
THE sttlis’ribers having formed a connection for
tne transaction of a general Commission Busi
ness at Apalachicola, tinder the firm of LOCKHART
& YOUNG, solicit a share of public patronage.
HUNKY LOt"KHART.
late or AVanen co., Ga.
\\ M. H. YOUNG,
form Twig s co.,Ga.
REFERENCES:
STttv.tßT & Fo.vtaine, t
ilii-b, Dawsqs k Cos. } Columbus, Ga.
Matthew RoCiXsOT.Esa. S
Willi utt Boyxto.v Lsq. * L kin Ga
\V. A. kAHSoig, Es. S r
Frederick Beali.. F.sq.. Fi, r< ncc, Ga.
A Li. ex & Glennvflie, Ala.
L. C. Habi;iso>. Esq., Irwintou, Ala.
October 1, IS4G. S3 4t
•VT: r/JLD THESE TRUTHS TO HE. SF.fiF-E VTDE' Trn , THAT ALL MEN ARE BURN EQaJAL.*
COLUMBUS, GEORGIA, WEDNESDAY MORNING, OCTOBER 28, 1840.
THK SFiMINOLE>.
Fiom the lime oi the ciiitßtr.eal cruiiitius
of old Ponce tie Leon in search of the Foun
tain ol Youth; the avaricious expedition ol
Pampinlo de Narvez in quest. and
the chivalrous emerprise of Hernando de
Soto, to discover and Conquer a second Mex
o>, the natives of Florida have been contin
taiiy subjected Jo tiie invasions and encroach
ments oi white men They have resisted
them Lot fruitlessly, and are
now batiiintr amidst svvamps and morasses,
for the loolboid d‘ ttieii native soil, withal:
ibe ferocity of despair. Can we worn! ra*
the bitterness of a hostility iliat has been
banded down from father It) son, for upwards
of three cent cries, and exasperated by the
wrongs and’ miseries of'each succeeding gen
eration? The very name of the savages with
which we are lighting, betokens ihetr fallen
and homeless condition. Formed of tiie
wrecks of ouce'powerful tribes, nr.d driven
Irom their ancient seals of prosperi.v and
dominion, they tire known by tire name oi’ <lie
berninoles, or ‘Wanderets.’
llarlram, wiio travelled through Florida
..1 the latter part of the last century, speaks
ol passing through a great extent of ancient
indtan fields, now silent and deserted, over
grown will) lorests, orange grove-, and tank
vegetation, the site of the ancient A ! achua,
the capital of a famous and powerful tribe,
who in days of old could assemble thousands
at hull play and other athletic exercises ‘over
these then happy fields and green plains. 5
‘Almost evety step we take,’ adds he, ‘over
these fertile heights, discovers ihe remains
and (races of ancient human habitations and
cultivation. 5
About the year 1733, when Florida was
ceded by the Spaniard to the English, we are
told that the Indians generally retired from
i Ihe towns and (lie neighbothood of the whites,
j and burying themselves in tiie deep forests,
j intricate swamps and hammocks, and vast
I savannahs ol tiie interior, devoted ttiein
| wives lo a pastoral life, and the rea ing of
! horses and cattle. These are the people that
received the name of Serninoles, or Wander
ers, which they sliil retain,
i Barnaul gives a pleasing picture of them
at the time lie visited them in ‘.heir wilder
ness; wh re their distance from the abodes
ot tiie white mart gave them a’’ transient and
quiet secuiity. ‘This handful of people,”
says lie, ‘possesses a vast territory, d| East
and Ihe greater part of We-t Florida, which
being naturally cut and divided into thousand
of islets, knolls and eminences, by lire innu
merable rivers, lakes, swamps vast savan
nabs and ponds, form so m my secure retreats
and tempora y dwelling places that effectual
!y guard them from any sudden invasions
or attacks from their enemies; and being
such a swampy, hammock/, country, fur
nishes such a plenty and variety of suppl es
for (he nourishment ol‘ varieties of animals,
that ! can venture to assert, that no part of
the globe so abounds with wild game, or
creatures fit lor the food of man.
‘‘Thus they enjoy a superabundance of ihe
‘necessaries and conveniences of hie, with the
| security of persons and property, the two
| great concerns ol mankind. “The’ hides of
! deer,bears, tigers and wolves, together with
| honey, wax md oilier product ons of liie
• country, purchase their clothing, eqttinage,
end domestic utensils from tiie whites. They
seem to be free from want or desires. No
cruel enemy to dread; nothing to g vo them
I disquietude, but the gradual encroachments
t>( the white people. Tims contented and
undisturbed, they appear as blith turn free as
the birds ol the air, and like them as volatile
and active, tuneful and vociferous. ‘1 lie vi
sage, action, and deportment oft he Serninoles
form the most striking picture oi’ happ ness it;
this life; joy, contentment, love and friendship,
j without guile or affection, seem inherent in
i them, or predominant in their vital ptinciple,
| lor it leaves them with but the last breath of
( life. * * * They are fond of games and
gambling, and amuse themselves like children,
!in relating extravagant stories, to cause sur
prise and mirth. 5
The same writer gives ar. engaging picture
of his treatment by ihese savages.
‘ Soon after entering the I'orestP, we were
met iti ihe path by a small company of In
dians, snrvTtngand beckoning to us long before
we joined them. This v;as a family of Tala
hasochte, who had been out on a hunt, and
were returning'home loaded with bat hacued
meat, hides, and honey. Their company con
sisted of the man, his wife and children, well
mounted on fine horses, with a number of pack
horses. Tiie man offered us a fawn skin of
honey, which I accepted, and at partingpre
settled him with some fish hooks, sowing nee
dles. etc.
! ‘On our return Jo camp in (he evening, v/e
we saluted by a party of young Indian war-
I riors, who had pitched their tents on a green
lemirterce near the lake, at a small dis.ance
{ from our camp, under a litlie grove of oaks
land palms. ■ This company consisted ofsev
jcn young Se-hinolea, under the conduct of a
young prince or chief of Talahasohte, a
town southward in the isthmus. They were
I all dressed and painted with a singular e!e
----j gattce, and rieJiiv ornamented vvirli silver
plates, chains, els. after ;!.e Seminole mode,
; wii ii waving plumes of feathers on their
| crests. On out coming up to them they a
! rose and shook hands, we alighted and sal a
j while with them by their cheerio! fire.
‘The young prince informed our chief that |
lie was if) pursuit of a voting fellow who had i
tied from the town, carry mg nil’ with him
one of Ids favorl'e young wives. He ssio,
merrily he would have the ears of both of
them before he returned. He was rather
above the middle stature, and the most per-
Itcl human figure I ever saw: of an amiable,
engaging countenance, air and deportment;
free and familiar in conversation, yet retain
ing a becoming gracefulness cud dignify.
\\ e arose, took leave of them, and crossed a
jiit'le vale, covered with a charming green
’ lurf, already illuminated by the soft light of
j ihe lull moon.
‘S on after joining our companies at camp,
jour neighbors, tire prince and his associates,
j paid us a visit. We treated them with the
i hrst fare we had, having till this time pre
served our spiritous liquors. They left us
; with perfect cordiality and cheerfulness,
; wishing us a good repose, and retired to their
j own camp. Having a band of music with
. them, consisting ol a drum, times and rattle
jgouid, they entertained us during the night
! with their music, vocal and instrumental.
There is a languishing softness and nielan- .
eholy air in the Indian convivial songs, es
pecially of the amorous class, irresistibly mov
ing attention and exquisitely pleasing, espe
cially in their solitary recess, when all nature
is silent.
Travellers who have been among them in
more recent times, before they had embarked
in their present desperate struggle, represent
ti.ern in much the same light; as leading a
pleasant, indolent life, in a climate that re
quired but little shelter or clothing, and where
the spontaneous fruits of the earth furnished
subsistence without toil. A cleanly race, de
lighting in bathing, passing much of their
time under the shade of the’r trees. w,;h heaps
ts ortiig-.- and other fine fruits or their re
freshment; talking, hogihng. dancing and
sleeping.—Every chief had a lan hanging to
his sice, made of the wild turkey, the ber.uii
I‘ul pink colored crane, or the scarlet fta.nitigo.
With this he would sit and fan himself with
great stateliness, while the young people
danced before him. The women joined in
the dances with the men, excepting the war
dances. They wore strings of tortoise she Is
and pebbles around their legs, which rattled
:n cadence with the music. They were treat
ed with more attention among tiie Serninoles.
U;3ti among most Indian tribes. — Cuuju;
Papers in ihe Knickerbocker.
From the JVrtt) York Sunrity ?>h r'u, 7. I
AN AMUSING SPEC J MEN OF HUMANITY 1
Who ever travels through any of the New !
England Staler, and twigs as he journeys i
the eccentricities ol some ofithe natives, can
not fail to be amused; and may it lie choose, ‘
derive many new ideas in respect to etymo- i
logv and dive-sity of character.
Some years since an acquaintance of ours ;
set out, ort horse hack, from the eastern part j
of Massachusetts for the Green Mountains !
of Vermont. While travelling through the j
town of New Salem his road ltd into a piece i
of woods, of some five miles in length, and
long before he got out of which tie began to
entertain doubts whether he should ever be
biest with the sight of a human habitation;
but as all tilings must have an end, so at last
had ihe woods, and the nut brown house of
a farmer greeted his vision. Near the road
was a tall, raw-boned, overgrown, lantbern
j 1 wed boy, probably seventeen years of age,
digging potatoes. He was a curious figure
to behold. What was lacking in ihe length
of his :ow breeches was amply made up ibr
behind: his suspenders appeared to he com
posed of birch bark, grape vine and sheep
skin; and as for bis fiat, which was of dingy
white felt—poor thing! it had once evidently
seen better days, but now, alas! it was only
1 lie shadow of its glory. Whether the tem
pests of time hail beaten the top in, or the
lad’s expanding genius had burst it out, was
(i Ifictill lo tell; at any rate it was missmg—
and lhroui h the aperture red hairs in abun
dance stood six ways for Sunday. In short,
he was one ol tiie roughest specimens of
domestic manufacture that ever mortal be
held. Our travelling friend, feeling an itching
to scrape acquaintance with trie critter, drew
up the reins of Ins horse, and began:
‘‘Hallo, my good friend, can you inform
me how far i: is to die next house?”
Jonathan started up—leaned on his lme
handle—rested one loot on the gantbril of
his sinister leg, and replied:
‘‘Hullo yourself! bow’d dew?—wall, ! just
can. Taint near so fur now as il used to be
afore they cut the woods away--then ’twas
generally reckoned four mile, but now the
sun shrivels up the road, and don’t make
tnore’n lew. The fust house you come to,
though, is a barn, and the next is a haystack;
but old Hoskin’s house is on bevant. You’ll
be sure to ‘meet his gals long afbr? rou get
there; tarnal rouipt’ critturs, they plague our
tniks more’n little. llis sneep git into our
paster everv day, and his gals in our orchard.
Dad sets the dog arler tiie sheep and me ar- j
ter the gal. I —and the way he makes the
wool, and J tiie petticoats fly, is a sin to
snakes.”
‘I see von are inclined to be facetious,
young man—pray tell me hotv it happens dial
one Oi ~0111 |eis is shorter than the o! tier?’
I never ’lows any body to met! He will) my
grass tanglers, mistur; but scein’ it’s you I’ll
tel! ve. i was,born so al m;t tickler request,
so that when 1 hold plough, I can go with one
foot in the furre'r, and T’other cm lain], and
not lop over; besides, ii is very convenient
when i mow round a side hill.’
‘Very good, indeed—how do your potatoes
come oil this year?
‘They don’t come al all: I digs ’em out;
and there’s an everlastin’snarl of’em in each
hill.’
‘But they are small, I perceive.’
‘Yets, i knows i:—you see we planted
some vvhoppen’ blue noses over in that ere
patch there, and they florislied snail firetllv
that these ere stop! growin’ jist out of spite;
cause they know’d they couldn’t begin lo keep
up.’
‘You appear to be pretty smart, and I
should think von could afford a better hat
than the one you wear.’
‘ Tiie looks aint nothin’; its ail in the beha
vior. This ere hat was my religious Sunday,
go-tn-meetin’ hat and its just as chock full of
piety now, as a dog is full of fleas. I’ve got a
better one, to hum,-hut I don’t dig ’talers in
it. no how.’
‘You have been in these parts some time,
I should guess?’ .
‘1 guess so tew. I was horn’d and got my
bro’t’n up in that ere house; but my native
place is down in Po r duuk.’
‘ Then you say it is about three and a half
miles to the next house?’
‘Yis sit, ’twas a spell ago, and I don’t be
lieve itsgrow’d much shorter since.’
‘Much obliged. Good by.’
‘Good by to ve—that’s a darn slick mare
of vourn.’
~There, reader—there is a Jonathan for
you of u e first water. You don’t find his
equal every where.
The Siamese Ticins. —There are very few
persons who know what lias become ol Chang
and Eng, or where they are. They may by
gratified to learn that they have “settled down
lor life,” on a fine farm in Trapp Hill, a post
town in Wilkes county, N. C. They write us
that they are delighted with their farming
operations, and are as happy as lords.—Bos
ton Transcript.
Charity Rewarded: —During the gener
al massacre o‘ the French in Spain, one M.
i Pierre Bergiere possessed a large fortune in
i Valencia, and was remarkable for his singu
| lar charity. I’ was not enough for him to as
! sist the poor, the sick, and the prisoner, will) j
j continued alms, he visited them and minister
-5 ed to their wants himself in the sick mom and
jin the dungeon. Yet his well known virtues
I d ; d not exempt him from the general proserip
-1 tion of his.countrymen, and he, too, having
been confessed and absolved, was thrust out
to the executioners. The wretch who was
about to strike him was one whom he had
frequently relieved in prison, and, upon re
cognising him, withheld bis arm calling, how
ever, to mind, that Bergiere was a French
man, he raised it again but his heart again
smote him, and saying, “Art thou a devil or
a saint, that l cannot kill thee?” fie pulled him
■ through the crowd and made way fur his es
-1 cape.
Anecdote of the Russian Government. —
When one of Alexander’s visits to Warsaw
was announced, there was not time to c ear
the streets of a quantity of mud which had
been scraped in heaps. The poiioe (Rus
sians) ordered the windows on the ground
fl ior of the houses in these streets to he open
ed, and threw the mod into the rooms! One
of the bells of Moscow was professedly ban
ished to the borders of the icy ocean in Sibe
ria, ihree or four hundred years ago, for hav
ing tol'e 1 the accession of some pretender to
the throne. This man passed himself off as
an emperor who was reported to have lieen
strangled; hut the deceit was discovered, and
his accomplice, the bell, punished by the
- knout, as it was found impossible to send it
to Siberia, according to ttie sentence. On
his accession the present emperor published
an ukase, allowing the hell to return to Mos
cow, hut not to sound; on t.'rc birth of a son
some time after, Nicholas, in a second ukase,
g ! a tiled it a full pardon, and it is now allow
ed to sound. Prince Roman Sangusko was
banished to Siberia aster the revolut on. His
father had never given him an establishment,
but the Russian Government obliges him In
pay to tii -m, annually, the income hi* sou
[ ought to have received. A Jew, whom he
I (tiie Ia t her) had formerly, been instrumental ,
• in bringing to justice, had returned fiont ban
J ishrnent, and incurred she same puni; hmeut:
I to aggravate Prince Roman’s punishment,
! this man was chosen as his companion on tin
| journey and chained with him to the same
iron bar. From forty to sixty are coupled in
| the same manner, and then strung together
jon the same chain. When they hail lor the
[ mght they are no! Unchained, but are crowd
I ed into a sins!! space enclosed hv high stakes
I pointed at the top, without any roof, and so
small that there is not always space lo lit
side by side. A gentleman from Cracow,
being at Warsaw, was imprisoned because
iis wore a ring engraved with the letters N.
F., which, it was insisted, must mean, “Nou
veile Pologne.” He was oblig'd to send to
Cracow to obtain certificates that these let
ters were tiie initial of his mother, and that
she had given him the ring.— Athenceum.
FINALE TO A COURTSHIP.
‘Flora ah! dearest Flora
Flora I am come to —oh ! you can decide my
late —I am come, my Flora—ah!
‘1 see you, Malcolm, perfectly. You are
come; you tell me interesting, intelligence cer
tainly. Well what next?’
‘Oli, Flora! I am come to—do— ’
‘To offer me your heart and hand, I sup
pose?’
‘Ves!’
‘Weil do it like a man then, and not like a
monkey.’
‘Plague take vonr seif possession !’ exclaim
ed 1, suddenly slat ting up from mv knee, up
on which I ha fallen in an attitude (hut
might have won the approval of Madam de
Maillard Fruise: ‘you make ire ashamed of
myself.’
‘Proceed, sir. ‘said Flora.
‘You like brevity, it would seem. 3
Yes,’ replied Flora.
‘Then—will you marry me?’
‘Yes.’
‘Will you give me a kiss”
‘You tnay take one.’
I look the proffered kiss,
‘Now tiiis is going to work rationally, 3 said
Flora, ‘when a tiling is to he said, why may
it not he said in two seconds instead of siul
leritig and stammering two hours about it?’
Oh! how cordially do I hate all mysteries!’
exclaimed (he merry maiden, clasping my
hand energetically.
‘Well then’ said i, ‘humbug apart, ‘what
day shall we fix for our marriage.’?
ASTHMA.’—A friend informs us, says the
Floridian, that a gentleman in South Carolina,
has lecti cured of asthma, of many years
standing, by tiie use of the root of the cotton
plant, green or black seed. A strong decoc
tion ol the rout; a tumbler full to be thunk
iliree times * day.
THE TOMATO.— VV e are receiving new
evidence ol the utility of this grateful gatden
vegetable in preventing and curing indiges
tion, and disease of the liver and lungs. A
writer in the Farmer's Register, says it has
been tried by several persons, to his know
ledge, with decided success. They were
aIH cted. says he, with cough, the primary
cause of which, in one case was supposed to
be diseased liver —111 another, diseased lungs.,
It mitigates, and sometimes effectually checks
a fit'of coughing. Ii was used madned
state, with a'little sugar mixed with it, lo ren
der it more agreeable to ihe taste. The wri
ler expresses a conviction that if freely used
in July, August and September, it would
prove c complete ahtidols to bilious lever.
The tomato, to have it in early use, should be
started with us in a hot bed: though if raised
in abundance it may he dried, which is our
practice and may be at command through
the year. The mode of drying is as lollmvs:
“Full ripe tomatos are scalded in hot wall r, j
to lacilitale tiie operation of taking off'(he skin; i
when skinned they are well boiled with a Inile ,
sugar and salt, but no water, a.,d then spread
in cakes about an eight of an-inch tb.ck in
sun. They will dry enough in three or four
days to pack away in bigs, which should
hang 111a dry room.” We consider Affe t>v
malo and rhubarb t He most healthy products
of the garden. .
A Crow wiser than its generation. —We
respectfully tell our bi other-of the Dumfries
Courier to stand about, tor we have.some
thing to narrate that will make him prick up
his ears, the truth of which will be vouched
to the letter. The proprietor pi’ Doonside, in
this’ neighborhood, whose fancy for the rare
and eccentric leads him to have many curi
osities about his fine residence on the hanks
of the Doom, some time ago took a young
Crow from his rookery, winch became very
i;>me, and which Mr. C. taught to speak
several words as plainly as most parrots that
have been taught to pronounce the English
language with propriety. The sooty favorite
was christened ‘Jim,’ artel grew up to crow
hood on the hest term3 with a dog named
‘Whirlie,’ and a fine tom cat —the trio form
ing a iamilv partly more loving and fond than
most lamilv circles in a higher class oi crea
tion. When ‘J ni’ go? his bait, l;e never for
got his companions, but would £ut?ei on a!!
sides ofi is f s an I shout ’ Whirlie, \\ iiirhe, Whir
lie!’ till the dog came to partake, and so well
was ihe cat accustomed to the sound, that she
invariably attended when she heard ‘Whirlie’
called for, so that, to accomodate ihe party,
tl e meal was generally enough for s!l the three
But the crow would not give a peck till
‘Whirlie 5 and he cat were present to start
fair; nor would it go to roost till all the three
came to nestle at the fireside together. But
nature breaks up the -strongest ties among
crows as well ns men. The feathered won
der turned out not to be a Jim but a Jenny
crow, and as she could not go to seek a mate,
by reason of her cropped wings, a mate came
and sought her. Nor was his suit in vain.
‘Jenny’ eloped, but the deuce was that the cat
followed her, and after site had built her nest
on the lowest branch oi a tree, G'imalkin dis-
covered her retreai, and tore it down. Her
liege lord again prevailed on her to make a
fresh attempt, and the lady of the house, with
characteristic f-elings. aided her in licriffirt
at building, by gathering twigs, with which
‘Jenny’ hopped to a high branch and com- •
pleted her nest, which, when last seen, had j
•several eggs in it; But the mischief was,
wherever poor ‘Jenny’ was fed hv her lord
and inns?e r , she. as usual, screeched ‘Whiilie,
; WhirlieF and the rat, sorely troubled at the
; separation, and able to hear it no longer,
scrambled up the tree one night last week, la v
down with the crow upon the nest, and broke
the eggs. The poor crow was thus forced
to returne to Doonside H u e. where she co
quets a little with the res'. ‘Jim.’ but again
feeds and roosts with her old companions— Ayr
Advertiser.
HERE GOES THE POKER’
The British Whigs, with pockets lined with
British gold, and incited with tiie hopes to
engraft British principles in the conduct of
our Government, are boasting very loudly,
and endeavoring to intimidate tiie unterrified
Democracy by offers of large bets. To test
this sincerity, a wealthy gentleman, residing
in Harrison county, Virginia, has authorised
us to publish the following proposition.—
While we are opposed to betting, particularly
0:1 the result of elections, there are so few of
; our friends able to make or take bets, that we
! are constrained to give publicity to the wishes
oi our correspondent. Letters addressed to
Levi D. Slamm, editor of New Era, post paid,
will he promptly attended to.
Sik :—I authorize you to make the follow
ing bets for me :
that Martin Van Buren will be re
elected President of the United Slates.
§•‘3,000 that Van Buren will get the elec
toral vote of New Hampshire.
SO,OOO that he gets the electoral vote cf
New York.
$3,G00 that he gets the electoral vote of!
New Jersey.
$3,000 that lie gets the electoral vote of
Pennsylvania.
$3,000 that he gets the electoral vote of
Virginia.
$3,000 that he gets the electoral vote of
South Carolina.
$3,000 that he gets the electoral vote of
Alabama.
83,000 that he gets'* the electoral vote of
Tennessee.
$3,000 that he gets the electoral vote of
Arkansas, and
83,000 that he gets the electoral vote of
Missouri
The whole of the above bets ($40,000)
must he taken together, and the money staked
immediately. Any British Whig can perceive
that the above States are sufficient to elect!
Mr. Van Buren, to say nothing of his chaucos
in Maine Massachusetts, Maryland, Georgia, j
Louisiana, Mississippi, Illinois, OIL . . id Mi
chigan as many of which States as ho gets
will do for a majority. If the British W nig
have as much confidence in the election of
Harrison as they pretend, or their foreign
fund is not exhausted, I hope they will show
their sincerity by accepting my oiler. As I
have read in your paper an account of some of
the British Whig office-holders suing the
stakes-holder of some bet made in your city,
to recover his motley, I shall require the take r |
of this bet to enter into bonus not lo pursue I
such a dishonorable course-—and that the bet!
shat 1 be considered as drawn, if either candi-!
date dies on or before the fourth o; November; j
and I wili do the same on my part.
lam yours, truly, SILAS M. JONES.
MAJOR EATON “COME AGAIN.”
We extract the following article from the
Ohio (Columbus) Statesman. It, treats Major
Eaton with much kindness—too much, we
think. That gentleman has often been charg
ed with the disunion of the republican fami
ly, in 1830 and if he hopes to play the same
part with like success again, he wiil find him
self touch mistaken. For our part we think
the. administration is happily rid of him, and
we are quite as certain that the Whig party !
will not congratulate themselves upon his
accession. We know some wings whose
; aversion 1o Mr. Van’ Buren will not be in-
creased by the knowledge that it is participa
ted by John Hi. Eaton, llis present rupture
with the administration confirms our convic
tion, and Mr. Van Huron's declaration, that
the latter gentleman had no part in the mis
understanding between Gen. Jackson and Mr.
Calhoun. —Raleigh Standard, 7th inst.
Maj. Eaton has, since ’3(5, been Minister
Extraord nary to Spain. Asa matter of econ
omy, the station was reduced last year to a
simple Cl arge, hence his return home. On
Major Eaton’s return home Vo Washington, in
closing his accounts with the Treasury dc
parlment, several items were disallowed as
“of an unusual character.” We publish an
extract from the Report • f Mr. Forsyth, Sec
retary of State, to Congress, dated Dec. 30,
1838 and regrot that, so trilling .an affair should
operate so-prejudicial to any one’s reputation
as it must to that of Maj. Eaton.
“John H. Eaton, Envoy Extraordinary and
Minister Plenipotentiary at Madrid:
For amount charged by him for con
tingencies from the commence
ment of his mission in 1838, to
June *2O, 1839, consisting of sta
tionary, postages, fuel, newspa
pers, house rent, office furniture,
coach hire, books, pictures, of an
office messenger, carpeting, and
exequators of consuls, <|*2,675 00
Note —Many of the items charged being of
o n unusual character, wit! not be allowed in Ike
adjustment of the Treasury. Mr. Eaton has
been written to on the subject.”
Maj. Eaton mack a speech at the dandies, \
“log cabin” last, night which we may notice j
hereafter. lie comes out a full blooded Tariff
and Bank man, and does not like John C. Cal
houn. it seems. We dislike to say aught of a j
.ran we have long, and so often, and ardently
defended from the deadly shafts of the Nicholas
Biddle federalists, aimed at his feelings with
the venom of fiends.
Had the State Department allowed Mr Ea
ton’s account Mr. Van Buren would have been
held no to public reprobation as pay ing fayor
i'es illegal accounts —and another siring of
extra , agant charges would have followed.-
Now, Mr, Van Buren is too econirnical, and
should be turned out of office because he refu
ses to pay “unusual” contingencies! It is no \
surprise that vte daily hear of the whigs who
sav that they have bean ‘ humbugged.” and i
will no longer support the Harrison party,
From the IVaehvillr Union.
TO THE OLD PATRIOTS OF THE*
SOUTH AND WEST!
Andrew Jackson your old chief, ‘is a pri
vate citizen Vou followed him to the field; j
you fought with him; you conquered with
him; you rejoiced with him. Your fame and j
his fame, your principles and his principles are
identified. He has left the impress of his spi
rit on the people with whom he lias associated
Trough life, noble, generous, brave and inde-1
pendent. He has breathed new life into the;
Republican institutions of his country —and is 1
recognised both at home and abroad aa the
greatest man of the age.
He is now a private citizen. lie asks the:
privilege only which the Constitution guaran
tees to every’freeman, however-huruble. Ilis
old friends call upon as they would upon any
other distinguished citizen in who.-, thev have
confidence, to meet with them a- public, din
ners prepared in honor of him and the prinei-i
| pies which characterized las late adrninistra- j
j tion. Whenever his health has pe.-milted, he
has joined them, and at ether times has writ- i
ten letters of apology expressive of ills views j
with regard to trie great contest now waging j
between the two contending parties in me:
country. His old principles are dear to them
1 —the country’ which he defended, and its in
i stitutions, which he has cherished, are the ob-
I jects oi his first and last solicitude,
j Among the letter? he has recently written
to his friends who have invited him abroad, is
, the fallowing to the committee of the citizens
l of Weakley couniy ‘ *
“Hermitage , S,yt. 1, 1840.
“ctKntlemex —l am truly sorry tliat the
stare ot my health prevents my acceptance of
tiie kind in. i ation you have been pleased to
convey to me, on behait of the citizens of
Weakley county, to partake of a public din
ner with them at Dresden. I can scarcely
hope to enjoy again, with any considerable
portion of my countrymen, the pleasures of
the festive board; but I am not the less sensi
ble to the kindness which prompts such invi
tations, and which on this occasion, particu
larly, merits the vvanu st expression of mv
gratitude and thanks.
“hi regard to th< struggle between the De
mocratic. and Federal parties, which is now
agitating the country, I now place my confi
dence where 1 have a.ways done, in the dis
crimination. virtue and firmness of the people,
and ldo not doubt or fear the result. The
Federalists’ call themselves Whigs, but the
people cannot but see that they hold no prin
ciples in common with the Whigs of our glo
rious Kevohmion. They will be Federalists
when they get power, by whatever name they
may choose to call themselves before they get
it. They will go for a National Bank—for
Internal Improvements bv the General Go
i verument—for a protective Tariff, unwarrant-
I by the Constiluiion—and for that policy,
generally, which strengthens the General Go
vernment. by taking power unnecessarily
from the States and the people. The Demo
cratic party, on the contrary, have no profes
sions to make which are new or doubtful.—
i hey adhere to the Constitution as it was ex
pounded by the friends of popular Government
—as it was administered by Mr, Jefferson, in
the days ot 1800, and as it has been since
maintained by those statesmen who have re
cognised the principle that the people are able
to gov ern themselves. v
“Thus looking at these parties—Gen. Har
rison representing the principles of the Fed
eralists, and Mr. Van Bureii those of the De
mocrats or Republicans—l cannot entertain
a doubt that the people will rally as they did
he contest between the elder Adams and
Mr. Jefferson, and repudiate, as they did then,
those clamis to power which are inconsistent
with the rights of the people and the States.
“I am, gentlemen, very respectfully, your
obedient servant.
ANDREW JACKSON.”
Thus speaks the man whose long life has
| been successfully devoted to his country.—
Witii no ambition to gratify, with nothing to
hope for or desire on earth* but the happiness
of the American people and the welfare of
iheir Government, he sees the gorgon head of
Old Federalism as it existed in the Hartford
Convention, rising again. Tie was in Con
gress with Harrison more than forty years
ago. He knows him to have been an old
school Federalist—lie has known him inti-,
matelv ever since, and no man in the United
►States is better acquainted with his military
and civil pretensions than Andrew Jackson.
We call upon the old patriots of the South
and West to stop for a moment and reflect.
If ive any of you lost your course and distance?
Have the logs of Federalism shutout the light
of truth? Jackson brushes them away as with
his right arm, and points to Van Buren as a
sure and certain landmark by which the peo
ple may again guide their ship of state into the
harbor of Republican safety. Once more we
ask you to read his letter to Dresden —read it
attentively.
BRITISH INTERFERENCE. . •
Late arrivals from Europe show the deep
interest which the minions of the Crown feel
in the success of Harrison. The Liverpool
Standard of Sept. 4, 1840, says’
“At present Great Britain exercises a POW
ERFUL INFLUENCE over the social, •poli
tical and fiscal atihirs of the United States.—
The dependence of the planters in the South
and the commercial men in the North, upon
the British market, necessarily superinduces
a desire for peace on their part, while it gives
this country a large amount of control over the
public decisions of those bodies. The ultra re
publicans of the States do not relish this con
trol. They see that it. interposes A BARRI
ER AGAINST TIIE WORKING OUT OF
THEIR DEMOCRATIC PRINCIPLES.”
Here you have it. True, the Republicans
do see it. Their fathers did not relish Bri
tish control, neither will they. It is time to
talk about the cartridge-box in sober serious
ness when the official organs of Great Britain
talk of a “control” peaceably obtained which
out lathers resisted at the bayonet’s point.
Freemen of the United States: Shall Great
Britain thus ‘•‘•interpose a barrier against the
working out of our democratical principles !”—
We will wait till November lor a reply.—
Nashville Union.
. THE CREDIT SYSTEM.
‘The credit system benefits young men’
says Junius. .‘Not so,* said au old mechanic
in our presence, ‘and I can prove it (contin
ued lie) by the incidents of every, day. You
know B, was a clerk lor A, at the corner
store’‘Yes, 5 ‘Weli: B commenced business
with a capital of SIOOO, borrowed pf his
former employer A. He went on in a care
ful mariner and paid from S4O to S6O per
year on tire thousand borrowed. At the ex
piration of several years, I was present at
the settlement. Well, (said A.)after_casting;
up the items I find you have paid me S9OO
and still owe me SIICC.’ ‘lmpossible’ said
B. ‘the original loan war; only slooo—-and,
you say I have paid you S9OO and yet $1100 (
remains' 5 ‘The figures show it’ said A—and
so they did; the interest had amounted to as
much as the principal.—This is the credit
system, as it afibets young men, new begin
ners, &,r,.— Nashville Union.
Wr* rrtt’s Wit!—Mr, Webster caution
ed Ins blends m his speech from the Capitol
of Virginia, against dissensions of opinions.
Iri ihe few following words, he gave the cue
of Ifarr sori’s silence, and the refusal of the
\Y tgs to declare their principles like men’
anti l:ke freemen:
“If, nw friends, there be any question or
questions <>l public policy upon which you
and I hold diff-rent opinions, these are not
the topics which will be brought up for dis
cussion to day. [Copers.] Believe me, mv
fitends, l am not yet quite soft enough for
such an operation as that. [Loud laughter
ami great cheering] No, my friends, no,
no.’ We have as we say in the North, “other
fish to fry.” [Cheers and laughter. J
, If Mr. Webster espectc' to'catch gudgeons
in Virginia bv this non committal policy, he
is mistaken. He knows as little of or mor
al character as he does of our DerAtergtic
prior i'ples. V7s are not vet quite soft enough
to be Caught by such flummery and tricks.
• So contradictory are the principles of this
j “ringed, streaked and speckled” party that
they are ail afraid to avow them, lest thev’
: might disagree and quarrel with each other’
The Methodists in Canada.—-Tho Me.
thci.i sts in Can ;da now consist cf nearly 7 one
j hundred thousand souls. They have sprung
j up in a few years from very small beginnings,
and under many disadvantages. It is not
many years, says the Quebec Gazette, since
the only Methodist preacher in Lower Cana
da, was incarcerated several months in the .
Quebec jail, for libel; and in Upper Canada,
there were only a few wandering missionaries.
They hive now numerous substantial clnjr-
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