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[COSAM EMIR BARTLETT— EDITOR] ' THE DEMOCRAT, will bo published every week in Columbus, Muscogee County, Georgia, at Three Hollars per annum if paid in advance, or Four Dollars at the end of the year. It is expected that all application for subscription from a distance, will be accompanied with the money, Advertisements will be inserted at reasonable rates. Sales of land and negroes, by adminis trators, executors or guardians, aro required by law to be held on the first Tuesday in the month, between tiie hours of ten o’clock in the forenoon fy three in the afternoon, at the court house of llio county in wm-li the property is situated. Noti-o ol these sales must i»«» given in r p-.ttic Gazette sixty days previous to the day of sale. .Notice ot the sale of personal property must be given in a like manner forty days previous to the day sale. Notice to debtors and creditors of an estate, must be published forty' days. Notice that all application will be made to the court of ordinary for leave to sell land must be published four months. PROSPECTUS, For publishing at Columbus, Gaa Political and Miscellaneous Newspaper, to be entitled the DEMOCRAT In presenting to the puiilic ins Pros pectus for anew paper at Columbus, the subscriber does not deem it necessary or expedient to go into a minute detail of his political doctrines, or of his particular ▼lews in regard to the various topic* which now engage public attention. He pre sumes that his character as an editor is ton well known in Georgia to allow him to gain credit among any party, with mere professions aud empty promises. The public will he apt to look to the past in for imug their estimate of the future, and by that ordeal is he willing to be tried. In the numerous political discussions, which the events of the day have called forth, Ins opinions ol men and things have been free ly expressed, and aio doubtless familiar to many of those to whom he now looks lor patronage and support. Tltoso who have hitherto approved of his sentiments and been satisfied with tiio manner in which he lias urged them, will, ho trusts, still con tinue their confidence, without the renew nl of pledges, or a formal confession of faith. *n reference however to the present State of parties, he begs leave to remain, that he trusts the absence of all political excitement, will prove propitious to the cause of truth; and that now all parties, by whatever names they may have been dis tinguished, will be permitted to labor for the general welfare, unobstructed by the jealousy, or the rancor of by-gone feuds. Toe undersigned will endeavor to extend Still further this cordiality of feeling, and to allay the occasional symptoms of ex.cerb ation to which a warmly contested election may give rise; and in this, and whatever else he may undertake for the purposo ol advancing the prosperity of the state, ho vill count on the cordial co-operation of every good citizen, however they may have previously differed on points of polit icul faith. Attached to the doctrines of the Revolu tion, and holding in high veneration the memory of those Sieioes and sages by whom our liberties were achieved, and our present admiiable form of government es tablished, the subscriber will endeavor to manifest the sincerity of his profusions, by exciting a feeling of attachment to the Union, tod encouraging an entire confi deuce in the institutions of our country. He will inculcate the doctrins that it is better to bear a slight and temporary evil, against which we have a constitutional remedy, than to hazard all for whxh our fathers fought and so many martyrs labor ed and bled He •vill not in any respect, overlook or disregard the rights or the in terests of his own state; yet he must always •view particular rights and interests, as re latively connected with others, and ho will never consent to tile sacrifice of a greater for a lesser good. The subscriber will endeavor to make The Democrat a vehicle of general intelli gence, ana an interesting pero lical to the gentleman of literature, the agriculturalist the merchant and the mechanic. C. E. Bartlett. ANEW map OF GEORGIA. »ITHE subscribers have now under the A hands of the engraver in New York, a complete and splendid map of the state of Georgia, the greater part compiled from actual survey, with all the districts careful ly laid down aud numbered, the whole com pleted wiifi great labor and exactness from the latest and most authentic information, in a style not inferior to any thing yet pre sented to the public, w ith a table of distan ces from the seat of government to every county site, or place of importance in the State. The districts in the new purchase and lower counties are all numbered in the corners so as to enable a person to ascer tain the < xact situation of any lot of land and will be painted and finished off in the neatest manner, a part of them canvassed varnished and put on rollers, the balance on thin paper nicely folded in morocco covers and will be for sale in Mdledgcvdle by the Ist us October. Those ou rollers at five dollars, and the pocket map of the same size, at four Hollars. Persons resid- Ing at a distance wishing to procure the tnap can do so by sending by the members os a sufficient number of them will bo kept tn Milledgevtlle during the session. Carlton IVelborn , _ Orange lircen. TO RENT TIIF. subscriber has three enmforta -111, lEL *''« dwelling li.im.es to rent iho en taniig year: ihero are attached tu ' tch, all necessary out houses, and good garden spats Appl* to J unes Van Ness or to the uuderaigned 0,1 jomn n page rosedale I dnr/t kuo-.v hour it happened when we were house-hunting me other day, that nobody ever thought of Rosedale. 1 should have objected to it, as out of distance—it’s and good six miles off; and as being uterly uu reconitueudabiu by one rational persoe to another. .Neviliei less is Rosedale r*ne of the pret tiest cottages that over sprung into exist ence hi brick or on paper. Ali strangers go to see it, and lew “cols of spruce gentil -1 y !lr(! • v<) well wonh seeing. The ra pid succession ol occupiers is the more ex traordinary matter. Every body willing to come to Rosedale, hut nobody stays. ° Eur this, however, it is no*,'difficult to assign very sufioient caus\ Every room is in masquerade : the saloon Chinese, full of jars and niadaiins and pagodas; the li brary Egyptian, all covered with hierogly phics, and swarming with furnituie ciuco diles and sbpynxes. Only think of a cioc odile couch and xpliynx sofa ! They sleep in lurkisli tents, and dine in a Gothic chapel Now English ladies and gentle men in their every day appural look excee dingly out ol place amongst such mummery. The costume wont do. 1' irst on the list of tenants was a bride mid bridegroom come to spend itte early months of their nup'ial life in this sweet re tirement. They arrived towards the end of August with a great retinue of servants, horses, dogs, and carriages, well bedecked wii li In id 1 1 favours. I lie very pointers had white ribbons round their necks, so spleaded was their rejoicing, and had each as we weie iucrediblv informed, catena huge slice of wedding cake when the hap py couple returned fern church. The bride, whom every body except myself cal led plain, and whom I thought pretty, had he n a great heiress, and had married fir love the day she came of age. She was slibgt of form and pale us complexion, with a profusion of brown hair, mild ha zel eyes, a sweet smile, a soli voice, and an air of modesty that clung about her like a veil; I never saw a more loveable crea ture. He was dark and tall and stout and bold with an assured yet gentlemanly air, a loud voice, a confident manner, and” a real passion for shooting. They stayed just a fortnight, during which time he contrived to get warned oft half the m inors in the neighbourhood, and cut down the finest elm on the lawn one wet morning to open a view of the high road. I hope the mar riage has turned out a happy one, foi she was a sweet gentlo creature. I used to see her leaning over the gate watching his return from shouting with such a fond pa tience ! And bound to meet him when ho did appear ! And the pretty coaxing play fulness with whcly she patted and chided her rivals the dogs ! Oh I hope she is haopy ! hut I fear, l fear. Next succeeded a couple from India, be fore whom floated reports golden and gor geous as the clouds at sunset. Inexhaus tible riches; profuse expenditure ; troinen dious ostentation; unite trd of luxury ; or tolans; becafieos; French-beans at Christ mis; grean-pens at Easter; strawberries always ; u chariot and six; twelve black footmen ; aad parrots and monkeys beyond all count. These were amongst the most moderate of the rumours that preceded them ; and every idle person in the coun try was preparing to he a hanger-on ; and every slurp-keeper in L 5. on the watch for a customer ; when up drove a quiet-look iug old gentleman in a pouy-chaise, with a quiet-looking old lady at his side, and tooK possession, their retinue following in a hack post-chaise. Whether the habits of this Eastern Croesus corresponded with his modest dehut, or his niaguificietit repu tation, we had not time to discover, al though from certain indicators, I conceive that much might bo said on both sides. They arrived til the middle of a fine Octo ber, while llto China roses covered the walls, and the Chiua-asters, and dahlias, and fuschias, and geraniums in full blow, gave a summer brilliancy to the lawn ; but scarcely had a pair of superb Common prayer-books, bound in velvet, and a bible witti gold clasps entered in possession of the pew at church, before “there catre a frost, a nipping frost,’ which turned the China-asters, and the China roses brown , and the dahlias, and geraniums black, aud the nabob and the nabubess blue. They disappeared the next day, and have never been secu or heard of since. Then arrived a fox-hunting Baronet, with a splendid stud and a splendid fortune. A young man, a single man, a handsome mau! Every speculating mamma in (ho country fixed her eyes on Sir Robert for a son-in-law ; papas were sent to call ; bro thers wero enjoined to go out hunting, and gel acquainted; nay even certain of the youut; .adies themselves (f grieve to say it!) showed sy mploms of condescension which might almost have made their grandmo thers start from their graves. But what could they do? How could they help it, poor pretty things? The Baronet, with the instinct of a determined bachelor, avoided a young lady as a sparrow does a hawk, and discovering this shyness, they followed their instinct as tho hawk would do in a similar Case, aud pursued the coy bird. It was what sportsmen call a fine open sea son, which being translated, means every variety of wintery weather except frost— dirty, fogey, sleety, wet; so such of our belles as looked well on horse-back, took the opportunity to ride to cover and see the hounds throw «fl; and such as shone more as pedestrians would take an early walk, exquisitely dtessed, sot their heal'n’s . >ke, towaids the general rendezvous. S ill Sir Robert was immovable. He made no COLUMBUs-’, GEORGIA, SATURDAY MORNING, OCTOBER 23, 1-30. morning calls, ac.eptM no invitations, spike to no mortal till he had ascertained •hat ihete was neither sister, daughter,aunt, or Cousin iii ihw cusp, [!•? it opt (rom tvu iv petticoat «is uit tamed tiie coiH-iniuu of the plague, shuned b»ll-rooms and diaw ing-ro ms, as if they were pesl-hnuses, and filially had tiio comfort of leaving Ruse dib) without having even bowed to a fe male during his stay. The final cau-e . f Ins departuie has been and fLuemly reported; some hold tbit he was frightened away bv Miss Amelia Singleton, who had nearly caused him to commit involuniaiy h nui cidt;, ( is tint the word for killing a wo man ! ) by crossing and re crossing before his hunter in Sallow- ii- ld-lane, therhy put ting him in danger of a coroner’* inquest; whilst others assert ihit his landlord, Mr. Walker, happening to call one day, found his tenant in dirty boots on tile sphynxstda, and a Newfoundland dog, diipping with inud oil the crocodile couch, and gave him notice to quit on the spot. For my part I regard this legend as altogether apoclny phal, invented to save the credit of tho house by assuming that one of its many in habitants was turned out, control v to his own wish. My faith goes entirely with tho Miss Amelia version of the history ; the more so, as that gentle damsel was so inconsolable as to marry a former beau, a small Sqniio of the neighbour hood, ratlmt weather-beaten, and not quite so youn« as he hid been, within a month after she had the ill luck not to be run over by Sir Robert. However that may have been, “thence ensued a vacancy ’ in Rosedale, which was supplied the same week by a musical fami ly, a traveling band, ditnns, trumpets, harps, pianos, violin*, violiucellos, trombnbs, and German flutes—noise personified! an incur nation ol din! Tile fmtily c nsisted of three young ladies who practised regular six hours a day ; a governess wno played on some instiument or other from morning till night ; one fluting brother ; one fiddling di’to ; n violinceiling music-master ; and a singing papa. Tile only quiet person amomg them, the “one poor half-penny wottli of bread to this monstrous qu nii y of sack ’ was the unfirtunato mamma, sole listener, n« it seemed, of her innumcrous choir. Oil how we pitied her! She was a sweet placid-looking woman, and young er in appoareuce than either of her daugh ters, with a fair open forehead, full dark eyes, lips that seemed waiting to smile, a deep yet cooi colour, aud a heavenly com posure of contonance, resembling in featu res, expression, and complexion the sm ill Madonnas of Raphael. We never ceased to wonder at her happy serenity until we found out that the good lady was deaf, a dis covery which somewhat diminished tiie ar dour of our admiration. Haw ibis envia ble calamity befell, I did not hear, —but of course that din ! The very jus and man darins cracked under the incessant vibra tion ; I only wonder the poor house dirl not break the drum of its ears; did not burst from its own report, and explode like an overloaded gun. One could not see that unlucky habitation half a mile off, without such a feeling of noise as comes over one in looking at Hogarth’s enraged musician. To pass it was really dangerous. One stage-coach was overturned, and two post chaise ran away in consequence of their uproarious doings; and a sturdy old-fashi oned country gentleman, who rode a partic ular anti-musical startlish, blood-horse, be gan to talk of indicting Uosedale as a nuis ance, when just at the critical moment, its tenants had the good fortune to discover, that although the hermitage with its vaul ted roof made a capital concei t room, yet that there was not space enough within doors for tlioir several practisings, that the apirtments wore too small, and the parti tions too thin, so that concord was tin tied into discord, and harmonics went crossing each other all over the house—Mnzirt joistled by Rossini, and Handel put down by Weber And away the)’ went aiso. Our next neighbours were two ladies, not sisters, except as one of them said in soul; kindred spirits determined to retire from tlie world, and emulatu in this sweet retreat tho imo-ortal friendship of the ladies of Llangollen. The names of our pair of friends were Jackson anti Jennings, Miss Laura Jackson (I wonder whether Laura really was her name ! She signed liersolf so in prose and in vet so, and would cortain ily for more reasons than ono dislike an appeal to the Register ! besides she ought to know ; so Laura it sli (|i be ! ) M i«ts L tu rn Jackson and Miss Barbara Jennings, commonly called B.tb. Both were of that unfortunate class of young ladies, whom the malicious world is apt to call old maids; both rich, both independent, and both in the fullest sense of the word cockneys Laura was tall and lean, aud scraggy aud yellow, dressing in an Arcadian sort of way, pietsy much like an opera sli'-pht-rdess without a ct volt, siugtng pastoral songs pro digiously out of tune, aud talking in a di r p voice, with much emphasis an 1 astounding fluency all sorts rtf sentimentalities all tho day long. Miss B irhara on the other hand was short and plump and round faced and ruddy, inclining to vulgarity as Laura to affectation, with a great love of dancing, a pleasant chuckling laugh, and a most agree able habit ol assentation. Altogether Bab was a likeable person in spile of some non sense, which is more than could honestly bo said for Iter companion. Juxla-posilion laid the corner stone of this immortal friendship, which already las ted four mouths and a half, and cemented by resemblance of situation, and dissimi larity of character, really bade fair to con tinue so tu j mont'v longe . ILtli hud been heartly weary of ’heir previous situation': Laura keeping boose for:: brother at Al dergate street, whete us she said she was overwhlmed l.y odious vulgar business; Barbara living with an aunt on I'n.h street H If, where siio was tiled to death of hav ing notiiing to (]<>. Both had a passion for the country. Loire, wiioexcept one jaunt to M legate, |,a | never been out oHNfc; sound ol 13 nv-bcll, that she might ruralize alter the fishion of the poets, sit under trees and gather loses all day long; 13 ib, woo in spite of early trips to Palis anil Russels and Amsterdam ami Brighton, had hardly s< eu agieeu field except through a coach window, was on her side poss< sed with a mama lor notability ami manage ment ; she yearned to keep cows, fitteu pigs, 1 ree( l poultry, grow caboages, make hay, brew and bake, and wash and churn. Vis ions of killing her own mutton flitted ovor her delighted fancy; and when one eve ning at a hall in the Borough her favorite partner hud deserted her to dance with her m ice, and Miss Liura, who had seen Miss Steward's letters, proposed to her to retire from the world ami iis vanities in imitation "f the illustrious retluses of Llangollen, Miss Bnbara caught above nil things with me prospect of making her mvn butter eve ry morning for breakfast,* acceded to the proposal most joyfully, The vow of friendship was taken, and nothing remained hut to look out for a house. Bnbara wanted a farm, Laura a cottage ; 13 nbara talked of cows aud clover, Luna of Nightingales and viole's; Bn ba il sighed far Yoikshire pastures, Lima for Welsh monlains ; aud the scheme seemed likely to go <ff for waul o! an habitation, when Rosedale in all the glory of advertise ment shone on Miss Laura in the Mnruing Post, and was immediately engaged by tiie delighted friends on a lease of seven, four teen, or nnn and twenty years. It was a ra.v. bloody Match evening, when the fair partners arrived at the cottage. Miss Laura made a speech in her usual stylo on taking poses sion, an invocation to friendship and rural nature, and a deprecation of cities, society and men ; at the conclusion of which Miss liaibara under went an embrassa le ; and having suficntly ad mired wonders within they sallied forthwith a candle aud lanthorn to view their ruralities with out. Miss Laura was better satisfied with tins ramble than her companion. She found at least tree3 and priin-roses. whilst the country felicities of ducks and chickens were entirely wanting Bab, however reconciled the matter by supposing they wero gone to roost, and a little worn out by the journoy wisely followod their exam- ple Tho next day saw Miss Laura obliged to in fringe hor own most sacred ami inviolable rule, arid admit a man—the apothecary—into this mai den abode. -She bad sate under a tree the night before listening not to, but for a nightingale, and was laid up by a most unpastoral lit ol tue rheu matism Barbara in the mean while was exam ining her territnry by day-light, and discovering f csil cause of vexation at every step. Here siie was in the country, in a cottage ‘-comprising,” as the advertisement set forth, “all manner ol convenieco and accommodation,” without grass or corn, or cow or sheep, or pig or chicken, or larkcy or goose ; —no laundry, no brew-house, no pig stye.no poultry-yaid ! not a cabbage in J in tho gmdcu ! not a useful tiling about the houscl 1 Imagine hor consternation ! But Barbara was a person of activity and re source. .biic sallied out forthwith to the neigh bourin'* village, bought utensils and live stock; turned the coacli-housa into a cow slab; projected a pig-stye in the rosery; installed hor ducks and geese in the orangery; introduced lire novelty ot real milk pans, Churns and butter prints amongst the old china. Dutch-tries and stained glass of that make-believe toy the Gothic dairy; placed hei browin'* vessels in “ the housekeeper's room,” which to accord with tue genius of the place had been filed up to represent a rrobber’s cave; depos ited her washing tub in tiie bailor's pantry, winch with a similar regard to cong.uity had been deco rated with spars anil shells like a Nereid s grotto; and finally, in spite of all warning and remonstnnee drov i,er sheep into the shrubbery, and tethered her cows upon the lawji. This last snoke was too much for the gar doner’s patience, h" betook It nose If in all baste to B, to apprise Mr. Waiter; and Mr. Walker armed with Mr. Samuel Tomkins atiri a co pv if the Ic ise maue Ins appearance with breathless speed at Hosedate. Bar bara, in spite of tier usual placidity made good battle ou this occasion. She cried and scolded atari reasoned and implored; it was as much « Mr. Walkt r, and Mr. Samuel Tomkins aided by their mute witness the lease, and that very clamorous auxiliary the gardener, could do to outtalk hoi. At last, however, t.toey were victotious. Pu«r Miss B ib’s live nock were forced t*< make a m pid retreat, and she would probably have marched off at the same time, had iiotau in cident occur td which brought tier visions of rural felicity inucl*nearer to the reality than could have u. ?en anticipated by the liveliest imagination. The faroiei'fc wife of whom she had made her’purchases, end to w bom sutx unwillingly addressed liers elf to resume thejn, seeing to use her own words, “how much Madam seemed to t.ike ou at parting i.iti> the pool dumb tilings,” kindly offered m accommo date tin in ash ardors at a uiytltialu sttpeinl volunteerin' al o lessons in the chickovi rcaring and (i | ig-feedmg .department, H | which tho lady lid to be su.-e stand r<* .her in need. Os < ourse Ba.’bara closed with this pto posal at « word «te never whs so happy' in Iter file; her cow*, pig t, ands muhry, ert pension , close by, where she mi gfax see them ct lay hour it she liked, and sne he»- self with bo h bonds full, feoruu g H t the farm, jnnf orderi «g at the cottages., and dis playing nl3 that cam be imagined of ignor ance and good I rumour at bulb. Her « untaken were innumerable. Once for iiistai c»', sh i carried away by irmiii fi.rn fi mu auu key,' »>>so nest sho bad ine ill-!v dt to dts.’Ovei ,thtr tion eges, justrea dy to bm civ, and afier a sev ore combat with the furi ni and injured het ,brought them home to H ro dalo as fies. '-I »tJ—under a notion i a Jici new in nalut >•! hiUpry, that turkeys la y »*t their egg* m u 9v Another liue *»h VOLUME FIRST—NUMBER J discovmuj a hoard . f choice double daahfi roots in a tool-in.use belonging to her ofd enemy the gatdener, atm delivered them u» the r..nk f>r Jerusalem artichokes, «bo FWiesseil them as such accordingly No end to B ii bare's blunders! hut her good-humour, her rlieeifnlness, Imr liberality and the hap py frankness with which she laugh* and it fi* r own misi likes, earned her li lUinplian ly through. I veiy body Itkid her, especially a snug little curate who lodged at the very fann-lionse at brie her pig* and cutils wero boarded, and said iwt-uiy limes a day that Mis* Biib.ua Jennings was llio pie us at. test woman in England. Buibaiy was oever so happy in her lilt* Miss Laura, on hor part, continued rheu matic and pouriy, tint] kept closely to her bed-chamber, the Turkish feat, with no other cons I 'lions than novels fro in ihe next town and the daily visits of ihe apothec uy. She '.vus slicked at Miss Barbara’s intimacy with tho firm people, and took every op. poiluuity i 1 'oiling her *u. Barbara, never very (oud of her fair companion's harangues, and not the more leconciled to them frnu* their being directed agrinst her own partic ular favorites,Van away as often as she could. So that ton two frieuds had nearly arrived at the point of not speaking, when fliev met one afenoou by mutiiil appointment in tb« Chinese Silnon. Miss B rboru blushed and loocitcd silly, and seemed trying to say some thing which she could not bung out. M iss Laura tried to bhisii lather iinsiu cesslullt. She however c uld talk at ali linits, her powers of speech neie nevr known to (ail; and at (lie end of an oration in which sin* proved, as wax pretty evident, tbit they h.nl been mi-taken in supposing the cotnplinyof each all.sufl) i«nt to the other as well as in their pi in of seclusion from the world, sho invi'ed Miss B irhsra,-after another vain at tempt at a blush, lo pay ilie lsi honouis to slieir fiiendsltip hv attending Imr to the hy menal alter, windier she hid promised to accompany Mr. Opodeldoc on the morning after the next. ,‘l ciin’i” rplied Miss Barbara. “ Ami why no i ' resumed Misi Laura. Surely Mr. Opodel ‘ “ Now, dun t beaiigij! 1, interrupt'd our Bah. “1 can’t be your In idem-aid ihe day after to-morrow, because I am going to bo mariied myself to t!i" curate.'. And so they left Rosedale, sod 1 shall leave them. Fatal Frol ir —About twenty yen I * ago n young i ronthfftnn, mnnrkttblo for nl ronff nerve, r:*>« .t/ ’» party consisting of. a few friends, where gh ists and supernatural agency became the subject of conversation. Alter a tew remarks by mine of the piety, the young gentleman's opinion was a-deed, when lie firmly declared be had no belief whatever in such nonsense, and that he would us soon moot a herd of <h..sls as a flock of sheep, and that he would no morn min i a ni hi m u reputed haunted house, Ilian by his own fi.p side. One or two of the party determined to try his nerve, and one gentleman in particular, offered to wager him a dozen of wine that he would bo a/rai jto sit op all nig/it with a corpse Ho instant ly accepted the bi t, provided be was allowed a file, a pair of pistols and a gWas of grog, and bis own house being made the scene of trial of his nervous faculties. These terms being agreed to, the parj 1 ids separated, and the next evening was lo bo tho time appointed fir ihc decision of the bet The next evening came, and every tiring being in readiness, pistols, file, and grog—tho corpse was brought in by tho party who laid the wagei, assist ed by a friend, enveloped in a large shoot, and placed in u coffin, and set in (lie middle of the room. At tins instant, the young man was called down from the room to speak to a person upon some tr fling business, which he instantly dispatch ed, and and returned upstairs, the parties who hrouglit the corpse in, nller wishing hint a get".} riig it, were oil the point of departure, when ho j earnestly said to them, — “ Now it any tricks are attempted to he played with me, I will fire at the corpse, it or-.o it is for 1 st.nne'y suspect it i* « living being.” They made him no farther a swei to this IV eat than theso ominous words, —“ Remember tv. olve oclnok'.” He was then lefr alone Vfc stirred his fire, and sipped his grog, and made iiimsclfas comfort able as he could possibly th*. At length the so lcmn hour of mid night a rived. As the last stroke vibrated oil the ear, he instantly saw tho corpse begin to move—Ur snatched a pistol from the table, advanced to the coffin, and exclaimed. “if you stir another sto - ,. ] w £ re To this in junction he received no : nswer, —the supposed corpse lose up in thg eof ,n, and stepped towards him. He repeated Iti ; ihi £i jt.it s'. ill advanced lm fi red, and the Ini’to' wa , thrown back in hisf.ee by the corpse, ho tel! t j|| K ground with a piercing shriek, and msr a ’ nnatie,—in which wretched state lie reoiair ,-d 1 .p |,i ß death, which happened about a vent a ter ' J ; i s tragic and truly heart rend- ing occasion A more t une gable instance of cruel folly per haps nevo- Jlred And had but its victim for a momoo t ref seed, he would hare hecn saved; —- but the idea jf the bullet being returned, or per bans oj sho a follow creature, look such an effect on li j nerves that re.v On forsook her empire nevo', to r jt l;rn . A mermen 'e forethought would have sav J( t him. Burn p the time he was called out of the room tc spe Jr to the person who w ished to see him, ( who *-,as a party concerned!, the bullets wore 1 draw , from tiie pistols, and given into I’.O hands | oft! ir corpse, who was likewise one of lire party who , was present when the wager was laid. T' e °° mrrence is never thought of by either of tho a ' t:.r« in this fatally foolish affair, but it occasions a sigh or a pang of remorse.— tmuttnir. ‘ Once' said a Quaker, in a dispute concerning i titles, ‘ I had the honor to be in company with an Excellence aud Highness. Ilis Excellence was the most ignorant and brutal man I ever saw ; and his High ness measured just four feet eight inches. A highlander (whose regiment having been stir i round*'d had cut their way out with tiie hi and sword, wrtir lire loss of half their number ) being the Inst in retie.iting and highly chafed, was slap ped by a frrward Fie. chimin returning from li.e corstiit who cntrgeii'kum w ith his bayonet, but i y.oii finding tin. disadvantage of liis weapon cried i tit “ quarter f!” ‘ Quarter ye ” said OonaM, ‘<« niin kle teefil may i,iiarler ye tor mePv my soul I'f.v line time In .piarter ye ; ye inrun e’en be c u loiitt to he e.iUit in tun!’ making ir.a held tiy from lu* shouldurs. It is mehtinned in the I.or son C- iriui 'hat iho number ofmifiisiy who foil in life d’if. r at conflict* in l**ri«, durinp ’hr. o prin< ipal day. of lcluki, was S 1)00 amt ol'lho .opulnc..and Nutioa tl Ouanis istaiiV and able 'ha' nuuibt