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"'.IE TAYLOR’-ft GHOST.
In a certain northern city, which a '
flaitermg Frenchman has Bics-canuxi the
modern A mc-us there dwelt a solxr citi
7ieu, by ua.lt a baser. Fortune had
MBie and upni; hi& affair*; and finding that
the acrid li.fi used bun well, be wisely
determined to use himself stdl better.
CifK mice id-.itted turnips and the hero of
our <de m numMc imitation of so srneat
an riafflple, took a gnuj farm within an
easy waik of tiie f it of philosophy, iie
iujf however a prudent as well as a pros
per'MJs man, he only rusticated dttrinj the
dsy»b'.i* retor.**d to “set the •poiigt, I’and 1 ’and
talk over pies and pastry in tl:c evening,
lu t ie»e morning and evening peram
bulations lie frequently met with a little
cnppl body, hobbling along m the “dot
aad-carry-o.ie” style. A few friendly
salutations passed between the pedes- ]
than*; and at length Muster Brow nbread .
came to understand that Master Thim
bles was the tailor of the very villagem'
winch hts own farm was situated. Hav
mg obtained this piece of information, be
inquired no further; but, l,ke many other
pr uound speculators, coneieved he new
all t.iat waste be known on the subject.
It happened that iu the same t illage there
resided another tailor also named Thim
bles, and also a cripple; but inasmuch as
Dame Nature had been still mo-e parsi
monious in the article of legs to tyunbles
Secundus than she was to Thimbles Pri
mus, he (viz. Secundus) was forced to
content himself with sitting always on the
hoard at home and keeptog in good order
the patches and politics of his native vil
lage. His utility, however, could not ex
tend Ins days beyond their allotted span;
he sic erted, died, was buried: and for
some days Mr. Brownbread observed,
that the village bad a melancholy look
more black coats than usual were requi
sition and a certain gravity in every coun
tenance, indicated that ti.u community
had sustained a public los*. The worthy
baker, actuated by natural sympathy, in
quired who had been taken awuy from the
evil to come, and was answered w ith a
sad shake of the liead—“Poor Thimbles
the cripple tailor.” On hearing this he
thought with an affectionate remembrance
on the kind greetings, which had passed
between him and the (supposed) de
funct.
Some natural tears dropjied, but he
wiped them soon. The old consolation
came to his mind— mors omnibus lumrnu
nis. (| won’t swear that lie thought in
Latin, hut that’s all one.j lie became,
at l ist reconciled to the idea that poor
Th.mhles had gone to “that bourne
whence no traveller returns.”
Matters were in tins state when the ba
ker one chill December evening, to bar
out the biting frost had stopped an hour or
two longer in the village and taken an
additional cupot the “barley breed* But
the best of friends, and more the best of
wliis ejr, will not make a prudent Scotch
nian sit too long. Our hero buttoned
his coat, shouldered his cudgel, and,
While’s holding fast his gude blue
bonnet,
While’s coning o’er sonic auld Scotch
Sonnet,
Had just reach a bottom in the Toad,
where he could hear the winds whistlin''
above; but all around was calm as the
peace that hallows the heart of the righ
teous. The baker perhaps, might have
moralized; but stump—stump —he heard,
or thought he heard, the well-known
sound of the tailor’s crutches, as plain as
if the green turf had not spread Us folds
over the fragment of his limbs. The ba
ker was no coward—he ran not at the
first alarm but calmly fixing his eye on
the horricou, lie saw tlie very ghost of the
tailor’s dandy hat, alternately raised and
depressed keep time to the fast advancing
clatter of his spectre crutches —un fan
tome bniteuz what mete man could with
stand? The baker took to his heels, and
with a ghastly visage, and hair on the
end, regained the party he had left just in
time lor each guest to carry the painful
tale, with all appropriate additions and
amendments, to the remotest corners of
the parish.
The winter had nearly passed awav
before any prudent man dared to venture
across the “Powburn hyllw” under cloud
of night; and even the minister’s exhorta
tions were never half so afficaciousas the
fear of “the Cripple Ghaist” was. in mat
ing frail fol -s keep good hours: nor was
it till the long warnings of summer, that
our friend, the baker discovered there
had been two tailors —the one resting qui
etly in his tomb the other all flesh snd blood
(save his timber leg) still hobbling on
“life’s dreary road.”
When Charles Yorke was returned a
member for thr University of Cambridge,
1770, he went round to thank those who
voted for him. One of these was Mr.
who had a large and very uncomely phy
siognomy. In thanking him, Mr. York
said:—“Sir, I hare great reason to be
thankful to rnv friends in general; hut 1
confess myself under a particular ob
ligation to you for the remar able coun
tenance you have shown me on this occa
sion.”
A husband, whose ears were constant
ly assailed by the unruly tongue of his
wife, liore the sound of her incessant a
larm with the greatest patience. It is ve
ry clear, said one of his friends, “that vou
tire afraid of your wife.” nin not it
frtlid of her,” said the husband, “but of
the noise she make*.”
The Yew hurvport, Mass. Herald snvs
th<• jad in that town is now, and has
bee i fi»r the last six weeks, without a te
nant.
FOlillM/V
FRoJfFk VNCE
The New York Courier and Journal
of Commerce of the 17. h contain* Havre
advices to the I Tib of April, received ly
I t. ship Fortune.
The cholera was spreading dreadfully
at Paris, ai.d creating much alarm. It
was attacking all classes of citzens with
out distinction, though tiie physicians
hav if g acquired skill ly experience were
able to counteract it more aifectuately,
and the iiuiniier of deaths was rather <h
□uiii-bed.
‘i he Official Bullet in to the 4th April
at midnight, states the whole number of
peisons attacked by ti e Cholera at Paris
at 1 305. Letters from Havre with ac
counts one day later, slate the who r
number then, at about 17fK). whk h woukl
make an increase of 3 .jit in “4 hours.
Th** departure of the n ail allows us to
make ixit few translations. Those sc
have wul sji.iw the stale of the public
mind, uiuhrj this dreadful| visita
tion.
It is said the news from Italy ljecome- 1
every day more warlike and that although
the Emperor ot Austria give* assurances
of his pacific intentions from Vienna, that
his troops are daily approaching cheer to j
the l reach division at Ancona, and his !
army materially increasing in nuiibcr in j
that quarter.
The Chamlver of Deputies of France
has voted the Budget of the Minister of
Frances, with.nit amendment. The Chol
era seem- to have cured them of the i
captious disposition they have hitherto
shewn.
/’oris sth April 1332—The official
bulletin of Cliotar* from the 3d at 4 o’-
clock in the aitemoon until middne of
yesterday, the 4th April, states the number
of deaths at 10. ——of which 03 are men
and 44 women, and the whole number of
new cases 326—0f which 2i are soldiers
of the garrison.
Tins list only containing the new cases
which have appeared in the last twenty
hours indicates a daily inciease m the
number of person* attacked, from which
it is presumed that the epidemic has not
yet reached its height. However, those
physicians who have become weli ac
quainted with the disorder have observed
that in general the symptoms are more a
larming than during the first week it
made its appearance. M any persons at
tacked, to whom medical aid’ was admin
istered in time, will, there is almost a
certainty lecover.
I lie people oi Fans whose minds are
preoccupied with ideas of poison diieei
their attack w ith as lit'le reason and with
us little moderation as the cholera. Yes
terday and tn-day a bewildered populace
| frightened by the terribie disclosures
ol the I’refect oi Folice which denounced
j tn the public a band of poisoners,—assas-
sinated m the street Saint Dennis,at the
market at Vangerard and near the Hotel de
\ die, five individuals suspected oi having
| mixed poisonous substances in the wine
of the tavern keepers, others only esca
ped troin the exasperation of the people
through the protection of an armed force,
which however was not everywhere iuc
cessful m saving the victims of thc stipid
belief that it was possible to poison water
in the wells and fountains. Thecal on
the National Board under circumstances
where the maintenance of public trauqjd
ity is important to every citizen, did not
bring out one tenth of that body to tleir
different places ot assembling, Thetroips
of the numerous garrisons of Paris were
almost alone employed to suppress die
internal feverish agitation in the captul
which does such serious injury to com
merce.
I'our n clock P. .1/.—The great eleva
tion of the temperature has changed a
little the external character of the epide
mic. 1 hose attacked become less cold
and inn pie, and heat is restore it with
more facility, hut a tendency to typhus is
perceptible w ith some. The tongue, the
dry and red slips, a slight delirium, evince
an alteration in the symtoms hitherto
observed, and renders necessary a
change in tlte mode of treating the disor
der
i his day the attacks on persons sus
pected of poisoning have not been renew -
| cd and Parts has been more tranquil. The
! police has as yet discovered nothing winch
has given cause to suspect that there is any
ground for Mieving there have been ac
tuarl cases of poisoning, hut they are on
the tract ot intrigues which have been set
on loot to make people believe iu attempts
of this nature.
1 here are certificates from Messers.
Orpia, Baruel and Besyeaux, and one
from Julia de Fotrianylle, member of the
Sanitary Commission of the Medical
School, which attest that the substances
submitted to them contained no poisons
whatever. However, such is the irrita
tion ol the public mind at Paris, that these
proots are not considered sufficient.
I hey accuse the physicians themselves
of poisoning the people, and it is there
fore not to he wondered at they do not
give credit to the physicians when they
assure them that there have been no ca
ses of poisoning. This state of things is
the more unfortunate as the lower classes
continue to drink to excess and are thus
prepared to become new vietuns to the
coleru. I hey are impressed with the i
dea that the cholera has never existed,
and will be very difficult to make them
sensible of their error. Some fresh oc
cuirenees have just come to our knowl
edge, which show to what extent the ex
nsperution of the popnlance is carried,
line morning au individual having 1 wen
surprised in « ciowd, stealing a five franc
piece from the pocM of a person stun- i
«Jirg rear him cries down lnm poison,
was HtthicdiaYt lv heard; tlie uuftwHinate i
raun was knuestd down a ladl dog m t
upon b’m trhirh tore bis breast; at la.-t
be was earned from die place de,
f iritl , v litre the affutr happened, to j
tiie bridge of Arcole and thrown in the
river.
Tiie incredulitv as to the evidence of
cholera, is not vet overcome. This -if- !
ciitrVar.ce is the cause that a number of!
sick are not carried to the hospitals ex- .
cept when at tbe last extremity and when ;
all the efforts of art are u«e|<'s.«. The i
news from tiie departments do not this!
day bring accounts of any well authenti- i
cated cases of cholera, except at Colais, j
wlierc, it appears, the disorder has shown ■
itse-It in spite of the quarantine regain- |
lions—w Idle it continues unknown at Ha- j
ire,Dieppe, and other seaports where a 1
iree intercourse with England has been i
permitted.
Doiii> ri( rn:?i~ j
C ktroi.ee J^ne/s. —The follow ingcotr.-
mumeiiUoi!, taken from the Athens han
u*r of the 22d instant, will be read with'
i merest.
‘Having r*eent!y retuned from the Cher
okee Natiou, 1 feel it my duty to give such
intelligence as may he of some interest to
the public.
“ 1 learned from a native, that when the
Delegation returns from W ashington Ci
ty, it is contemplated thai the principal
part of tiie Idians would hold a meeting 1
in agitate the propriety of y.elding to tiie
, wishes of the General Government; and
1 he gives it also as his opinion, that there
! will he a treaty effected during the present
, summer. 1 ascertained while in the na
; tion, tiiat many of the persons who have
opposed the views of Georgia, have here
tofore obtained valuable reservations in
Hall and Haliershum an sold them, and
are now comfortably settled on the most
i desirable spot,- in the nation. I heard of
: one individual who Inis been favored w ith
tw.j reservations, one in South Carolina
and one in Georgia, and was moreover
permitted to give maud draw a valuable
prize in one of Georgia's Land Lotteries.
1 Ins man is now living on a beautiful
; farm ill tin: Cherokee country, willing, no
doubt, to take another r-serv ation, or re
j ceivc a oomtortahle portion of the money
that may be fuiniiy pii.d ! v the Govern
meat for the Indian com.trv. One thing,
, perhaps unknown to inur.v, I would inen
t.on. I have been informed, and my in
j formation proceeds from a source that
j may he confidently relied on, that some
1 individuals claiming the right to eminrate,
, hive been engaged in purchasing the In
i dians’ improvt ineiiis at a reduced price ;
| paid too in merchandize at a high percent
i and having them valued as their own im
: provcuients, trie Indians still suffered as
j before, to remain on eorgia land.
These things ought not to be. The
Government might to ascertain at whose
door the sin belli. And here Messrs. Ed
itor®, suffer me to ask, how would this sit
tipo'j the ears of our Noitbern enemies,
who are crying against Georgia “oppres
sion and cruelty I”
There appears to be no disposition on
the part ot tbe Indians to interrupt the
survey of the country, which is nmv rap
idly progressing: some of tlie surveyois
are nearly half done, o hers have but just
commenced. The different periods at
which they entered upon the discharge of
their duties, will postpone the comple
tion of the survey until some lime in Au
gust.”
F am the Federal Union.
Condidale, fur ( ongress. —lt st*cms to
be generally conceded that the Western
I part ot the State is entitled to a member
in Congress—and under the influence of
this concession, the names of several gen
tlemen have been presented to the public
from that populous and wealthy section,
j U ithout pretending to enter into an in
vestigation of the merits or claims of ei
| ther, I shall take the liberty of offering
| that of Col. James C. Watson, of Co
lumbus. Ifan integrity that never wavers
talents of a very respectable grade, an
honesty of purpose which none have ever
questioned -and public stations filled with
honor and fidelity, are to he deemed of a
ny value—then it would seem to me Gen.
Watson can not be well overlooked, i
know nothing of the wishes or feelings of
Gf.n Watsoh upon this subject—but Ffeel
confident that it his friends desire the use
of Ins name, he will not withhold it from
them. Should the choice of a Western
candidate however, fall upon either Dr.
Powell or Col. Milton, the out selected
w ill receive my hearty and cordial support
The Cherokee Phenix in the course of
its remar s upon the articles from their
friend the Journal of Commerce, ad
vising them to remove from Georgia,
says—
The advice, coming from the source
that it does, and liclieving it entitled to
"n nt respect, we esrnestiy recommend
it to a candid consideration of our people.
When w e recommended it to them, we do
it with a confident hope, that they will
not seek their own selfish interest, but the
irterest of the whole nation.
I he Lditor closes his remarks as fol
lows.
AV e are induced to make these, remarks
because we have understood that a pro
position of a Treaty will be sent on to the
Principal Chief in a few dnvs from the
War Department. How far he mnv be
influenced from the advice of our friends
abroad we will not pretend to snv;
hut of one thing we are confident, that no
thing on earth will induce him to work a
gainst what he Inline* llit good uod in
terest of his country.
i ron f« Georgia joutiu'. I
CHF.ROREES The disposition
now ev meed Lv the Northern and Eastern
people to get rid of tiie Cherokee question
air.saljy, and the expectation that the
general government will be a! le to make
a treaty, we have already mentioned. As
yet, however, we hear nothing certain.
No doubt various cgents are at work to
forward the object; and in this we give
them credit for the best motives. It is on
ly tn be regretti and that they did not soon
f r see the matter as they now see it. Fer
lia|e? one of the most« ffertual aids to tiie
accomplishment of this object, is the pro
tection afforded by the L otted States to
the emigrating parties.—The moment the
snell of terror was broken, and a poor
Cherokee ascertained that he could secure
the price offered for liis removal to a letter<
country, n itlmut beuig killed by order of:
his chiefs, there was an end of tiie aristoc
racy. A strong conviction that Georgia
will not submit, and the impossibility nd
mitted by the mos* dispassionate that she
should submit to the creation os a savage
community in her Imsoin, lessees, we may
suppose, tin- zeal of the Indianites; while
the obvious impolicy of strengthening nul
lification at this time can not he without ;
its influence among the leaders. None
now, we believe, would really rejoice in I
an attempt tn enforce the decision, ex
cept the fi w who are ready for a dissolu
tion of the Union. Alrho the Cherokee ;
delegation now at \1 nsliington have not |
as yet the power to treat, the way seems j
opening for cession, which we think wd! 1
certainly take place at sometime; and'
probably liefbre tlip expiration of General
Jackson’s first term. General Newman’*
information, however, that the Cherokee
delegation had “consented to rrromtnend
their people to make a treaty w ith the gov
ernment” turns out to be premature.
The New York Evening Post in some
very proner remarks on the late accident
in that city, says. As respects solidity
we hare been going behind hand for years
in the art of building. Our houses have
lost mi strength more than tbev have gain
ed in external appearance. It takes mote
t;nw to demolish one of the secure house sos
the last century, than it does to erect two
o: the same dimension according to the
present mode. The- bricks of one of
the«e old fabrics do not tumble off clean
and fresh as w hen taken from the kiln,
hut become so much broken in lieing se
vered as to rend.-r them unfit for further
nse. The spirit ot false economy in
building lias been carried to such an ex
tent, that citizens are hardly safe in pas
sing the streets.”
riie editor of the Havre Journal states
that he has been assured that fifteen or
twenty thousand persons will repair to
'hat city from countries bordering on the
frontiers, tor the purpose of embarking
for the United States during the ensuing
summer. Already the government, fore
seeing the inconveniences attached to this
continual emigration of persons, who, for
the most part, arrive without resources,
in the French ports, have prohibited the
admission on the frontier, of all such as
did not possess means of pm-sing through
the country, wutliout lieing obliged to re
sort to charity on the w av. But it was
said this means did not prevent these un
fortunate | rsoris from arriving in the
sea ports in the most destitute condition,
and remaining there sometimes a very
long time before the departnre ol a ves
sel
CoLUMRiA, S. C. May 13.
Dr. Cooper's CW.—Tl.e Board of
i Trustees met on Wednesday evening for
the purpose of investigating the charges
; against Dr. Cooper. There were but
j fourteen members of the board pre
| sent.
In consequence of th)- small number
present it was resolved to postpone the
t ml until the regular meeting of the hoard
in December.
Dire. —About “ o’clock yesterday mor
ning our citizens were alarmed 'by the
cry of fire which proved to have had its
origin in the kitchen of the dwelling house
ot Mr. Peter Jarain, at the Sonthernest
corner of St. Philip and lane streets.
The fire arose from the negligence of
some of the negroes, who returning late
from market permitted the flame’of a
candle or torch to reneh some clothes
hung upon a line to dry. The house—a
two story building— and kitchen were
both destroyed. r i hev were the property
of Mr. i hoinas Duggan; and were not,
we are told, insured. The furniture was
Pretty generally saved. Several of the
city Engines repaired promply to the spot
and altho assistance came-too late for
the safety of the one building the progress
of the flames was arrested and the ad
journing house in which Air. Duggan
bins If resided, though immediately con
tiguous, was saved—We arc told 'that a
colored woman was found dead in the
neighborhood of the calamity, sonic few
hours after its occurrence. No marks
of violence upon her person appearing to
justify any other conclusion, it is thought
most probably, that she came to her death
by fright.
Charleston Paper.
Committee of the House ofßepmw n-
i ,at,v '' 8 °" tl,e resolution of inquiry into
circumstances connected with the alleged
, . ,n proposed contract for sup
plying tlu- emigrating Indian, with .
lions:—Mesars. Km,,Wry of Ohio. Drav- :
ton, K Carolina: Everett, of Miwsai-hti-‘
setts; Wayne, of Georgia; Muhlenberg, of
I eiineyKemu; White, ofL/ n.Huh- j
bard, of N f J jm;>tijr
Trent the Federal Vtiivn.
On Tuesday evening Ukh insr. whih
Mr. Robert Long and wife of Jones eoun
ty, were on a visit at a near neighbors,
early in the night their dwelling was dis
covered to be on lire—the alarm was im
mediately giveu and they fl; w with all
possible sjieed to the place having remem
bered that their four youngest children
had been left in the h<ai>e and no othpr
individual on the premises save a negro
woman. Unfortunately tliey were to o
late the flame was too gn at v. hen first
discovered and when they arrived at the
unhappy s;x»t the house was quite to tbs
ground their children whom they lovt-d
tenderly were missing and they trembled
to learn their real condition. After the
heat had in a good measure subsided and
♦lie tmbears grew cool, their bones were
found; the smaller two had been consum
ed as they were placed in the bed: tbe
larger were found in a distant part from
tlieir bed, having wandered tlntin-r proba
bly in quest of the door. Let the above
suffice a» w arning. Parents—as you love
and value your children, w atch over them
and protect their helplessness from such
disasters. thought these parents
when they turned their backs upon their
Indies (we tuay call theru) that they would
never see them more—little thought they
that their adored little ones would be hur
ried from their sight.
rromtW Correspondent of th) Ch COW H R
WASHINGTON, May 17.
“The situation ot things at Washington
shames all precedent, and almost surpas
ses Lehef. Reflecting patriots cannot but
feel great apprehension for tbe character
and some for the permanence of our In
stitutions, when they see a system of per
sonal outrage sujierseding order and har
mony, aod the reign of violence disloca
ting the dominion of the law. As it is
understood to he susceptible of proof that
the President declared that Houston had
acted correctly, and that hickory clubs
might to be placed at the door of each
House for the terror, and if necessary, ;ho
punishment ol the slanderers within, the
course which Ins followers have chosen to
take, may l>e referred to the high sanction
which the President has thus given to
breaches of the public peace, and viola
tions ofthe privileges of the members of
Congress; and the same cause may lead
to still more evil and more extensive con
sequences. Members and men walk our
streets now as in fi ar of their lives; star
ing and turning about whenever anew
footfall is heard from behind. Instead of
intellectual calibre, they are compelled to
measure their muscular strength; and in
lieu ot the weaponsof mind, to look about
them for pistols and dirks. It is not now
the man of the mightiest talent, or the
most undoubted w orth, who is tlig stay of
a party, the object of public admiration,
and the most efficient representative of
public opinion; but he who possess a Her
culean club and a Herculean arm to wield
and direct it. When such a state of things
exist is it not reasonable to be appehen*
tied that we are approaching a crisis in
the history ot our Union? Patriotism mav
indulge a different hope, hut reason look
ing to the constant order of things cannot
hut look to the future with a shrinkin<>- and
timid eye,
“General Houston has been presented
by the Grand jury of the District Court
now sitting here fur his assault on Mr.
Stanberry, as a civil offence and a bill
liaving been found against him, he has
been arrested under a Bench Warrant and
is now in the custody of the Marshal.
He will be tried for the offence, 1 presume
during the present term. A bill has also
been found against Major Heard, for the
assault on Air. Arnold, with the intent to
kill, and he is lying in jail, awaiting tri
id. The punishment if he shall be found
nilty, is five years imprisonment in tho
Penitentiary. There is a marked differ
ence between the course of the pariy to
wards Houston and their behaviour to
wards Heard. Houston has been made
the idol—Heard is destined to the victim
oi the party. W bile the former treads
our race course as proudly as though lie
thought the green turf too base to he
touched by his feet, and moves to and fro
amidst a circle of admirres; poor Heard
has not been visited by a single member of
the party since has incarceration Mem
bers of Congres rush to offer bail for the
one, while the other finds no solitary in
dividual of all his former cronies ready
to give response for him. In refer
ence to one none are so great as to over
look him; in the other case, none so poor
as to do him homage; and it is probable
lint lie may go to the Penitentiary without
exciting a single sympathy among all
those tor whom he evinced such ta
wanton willingness to shed his luood.
I do not know whether Congress will
deem it necessary to take notice of this
outrage on Arnold. The probability is,
[ tat lie may not himself bring it forward
mt mny content himself with the success
with which he avenged his own
1 wrongs; hut some ether member after the
recognition by the House of the principle
that this kind of outrage constitutes a
breach of prevdegc, may submit a resolu
tion on the subject, his said that Mr.
Cooke has armed himselfaud that in case
Dr. Davis should be induced to submit hi?
supposed wrong to the fashiuahle inodo
of arbitrament, there will he a consid
erable degree cf uncertainty as to the is
sue.”
An Ox weighed nearly four thousand
(MHinds is now exhibiting i„ Boston. He
is nnlv four years old, of (lie short her -
tied Durham bread, and was rased in
Greenland, New Hampshire. Thi Tinu
*ei:p‘ e »vs, htf is “reuwknl,!.! for utffr t