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K WILLIAM. E. JONES. AUGUSTA, GEO., THURSDAY MORNING MARCH i, 1838. [Tri-weekly.]-Vol, H.-No 25.
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DAILY TRI WEEKLY A hi) WEEKLY,
At No. Broad Strut.
TERMS —Daily papci, Ten Dollars per annum ■
in advance. Tri-weekly papsr, at Six Dollars i.i
advance, or Seven at the end of the /ear. Weekly
pa|<nr. Three Dollars in advance or Four at the end 1
of the year.
CHRONICLE AND SENITNEL
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Wednciday Morning, Feb. 28.
vßsttkkb Cuhiiexct!—A twenty dollar bill j
on the Dank of Macon, payable at the Branch
in Columbus, dated 9th|May, 1837, signed Philip
Dash, cash’r. jand N. K. Nowlcs, president, was
yesteiday offered in this city. It would be well
to guard against such imposition. The plate is
evidently genuine, but has been filled up to
defraud. The Bank of Macon has been extinct
six oi seven years.
Theathk.—Mr. Hackelt takes his benefit to.
night. He presents an attractive bill, and we
■ may expect rare fun. We presume no one will
> fail to go and see for themselves.
- The packet ship Algonquin, from Liverpool,
was below at Philadelphia, on the 23d instant.
The Rev. Win. T. Brantley, who was recently
■ nstalled pastor of the Baptist Church ofCharles.
t on, has accepted the Presidency of the Charleston
1 College. _
The burning of the building at the Military
Academy, West Point, will prove a serious loss
to iJie Government. The damage is estimated at
$50,000. Thus in a few hours, what has been
the labor and workmanship of years has been
destroyed.
I Mom. Ixdiax DspuxnATioMs.—“On Friday
evening last,’ says the Tallahaxse Floridian, of
the 17th i«st. “we learn, another attack was
made by the Indians in the neighborhood ot Cok
Gamble’s. A Mr. Johnston was shot in the
thigh, and kis house sol on fire, but his family
made their escape: A Company were on the
ground in lime to extinguish the fire, and gave
immediate pursuit after the Indians. Thirteen
were counted by Mr. Johnston, after he was
wounded. We have not heard of the success of
the party or of the situation of Mr. Johnston.”
The Whig Convention of Rhode Island have
nominated the Hon Win Sprague, of Warwick,
as their candidate for Governor at their next elec
lien. He has accepted the appointment
The Senate of Indiana have decided by a vote
of 30 to 15, that the suspension of specie pay
ments by the banks in that state was justifiable
and necessary.
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A traveller who has been among the Manean
Indians, contradicts the report of the death of the
whole tribe by small pox; not more than one
fourth of the tribe had died.
The Filet is the title of a paper just comrnenc
*d in Boston, to sustain .the interests- of the
XwftflScn.
During the past year 1,145,790 lbs. of hops
, Were inspected in the city of New York. Fees
I for the inspector, $991.
I A Texas paper slates that nine tenths of the
people of Texas are opposed to the annexation
of that ctobntry to th# United Slates, and will
vote against it.
Market. —The N. O. Piaayune Os
the 21st inst. says:—“Confidence has been
somewhat lost in the market within a few days,
and the demand has rather abated. Prices are
quite unsettled, and have evidently a downward
tendency. Intelligence from Europe is looked
(Ur with interest.
Libiiiatiox or Mr. Gbrf.lt.—Mr. Grcely,
who was arrested and imprisoned by the author
ities of New Brunswick, while employed by the
government of the state of Maine, in taking the
census of the disputed territory, has been libera
f ted. His release was probably occasioned by the
call in congress for the production of the corres
pondence.
An effort is making in the Maryland Legis
lature for a law constituting it a penal offence to
rob and plunder gardens, fields and orchards. —
Now it is only a trespass.
The Savannah Piice Current ofthe 16th inst,
■hows an export of cotton to Great Britain since
Ist October, bales 378,500
, And 123 vessels loading, all of
which will probably have sail,
ed by 15th March and the
average quantity of Cotton
by each 1425 bales fihe aver,
age at Sav is 1512,) 175,000
553,500
Deduct arrived in Great Britain
in November and December, 60,000
493,500
Excess of Stock of American
' held by Spinners on Ist Jan.
this year over last as estimated
|k by Colin Campbell & Son, 10,000
Stock in the ports of Great Brit
ain Ist ult. of American de
scriptions, 88,000
Assuming that all vessls now
I loading will have arrived in
\ 1 Great Britain by the 15th
April, the supply will be from
Ist January to that date, 691,500
i*Vie consumption last year was
$ computed at 15252 bales
weekly —this year it may be
15.800, say from Ist January
to 16th April, 15 weeks, 237,000
The export of American may be
, 5000, but say 8,600 245,500
n Probable stock of American in
f British ports 15 April next, 346,000
The stock of American in Liv
•rpool on the 14th April,
1837, was 188,000
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From the Cleveland Advertiser.
IMPORTANT PROM THE WEST.
Cleveland, Ohio, Feb. 16.
A friend has politely furnished us with an
Extra from the office of the Toledo Herald, da
ted the 12th, containing the following interes
ting particulars:
Silence Uuokkn.—S. M’Night, postmaster
at Detroit, passed through this city this day at
IS o’clock, with despatches from Governor Ma
son to the President of the United Sates. Mr.
M’K. brings intelligence that a force of about (
500 was collecting 7 miles above Detroit, in the
vicinity of that river, whore it is presumed the
ice has formed a bridge, and that they were
coming in from every direction. We understand ,
(he object of the despatches is to supplv the
frontier with more regular troops, as the militia
cannot be relied on, and where the former are
to come from remains to be told. From another
quarter we learn that between 5 and 600 nlen
are Upon the peninsula opposite Sandusky,
waiting the arrival ol their baggage, and (rom
another, that a considerable number are under
way (rom Kentucky. Mr. M’Nighlsays that it is
rumored at Detroit, that a party of British In
dians were about to crews in the neighborhood
of Fort Gratiot.
Sutherland was in town yesterday,* and we
understand set out for Detroit this morning.—
Gen. M’Leod, recently from Canada, is expected
here this evening on his way up. He was a
half pay officer in the liritlsh service, in
whom the patriots place much confidence. A
gcnleman by the name of McGuire, from Lon
don District, left here yesterday morning! he says
he was in the patriot service on Navy Island,
and seems better to understand the movements
and designs of the patriots than any one we
have yet seen, lie says but few ol the arms
were taken at Fredonia, and they were of but
very little value. He thinks that more that
enough are in safekeeping for their purpose.
Gen Van Rensselaer. —lnconsequence of a
report which has reached the authorities here and
at Oswego, that Gen. Rensselaer Van Renssela
er is, or was in Ibis vicinity superintending a
military expedition against Canada, we address
ed a letter to Mr. Mackenzie, with a view of
acquiring some correct information on the sub
ject. His answer, dated at Canton, fit Lawrence
county, is as follows:
■“These rumours must be untrue. All Conner
lion, military or political, between General Van
Rensselaer and the Canadians now sojourning
on this frontier has entirely ceased at his own
personal request, and without the most distant
intention, on either side, to renew it hereafter. I
can assure you in the most distinct and positive
terms that as far as|my knowledge extends, that
gentleman neither has nor cxcrcisesany authori
ty, either direct or implied, for carrying on expc l
ditions in our behalf against the Colonial author
ities in Canada; and I am satisfied he Would be
one ofthe last men on this continent to counten
ance a report seemingly intended hy its inventor*
to involve homeless exiles in new and formida
ble difficulties with the just and equitable gov
ernment which affords them iis powerful protec
tion,” — IVatertoion Jeffersonian.
The Baltimore Republican, of the 21st inch
says: The “Globe,’ 1 of Monday night slated that
General Jackson hail been again attacked with
hemorrhage from the lungs, and expressed great
apprehension of the result.
The Nashville “Union’’ express slip of the
15th says, “we slate with great pleasure on the
information of a gentleman just from the Hermi'
lage, that the general's health is so much improv
ed that he can now leave his lied) and that he is
rapidly gaining strength. No further danger
friui tne present attack is apprehended,”
From the JV Y Courier ii Enquirer,
CIRCULAR PETITION.
The Van Duren parly in Congress have as
sumed the ground that they will not charier a
National Bank, even should it he demanded by
a majority of the people —and Mr. Van Buten
is pledged t« veto any such institution, even it
it should be carried by tbc unanimous voie ut
both branches of Congress. This is what he
calls acting up to the will of the people, as he
understands it. A distinguished senator has
remarked once or twice on the flour of Congress
that he Would never introduce any proposition lor
a National Bank, till he should see the strongest
indications that the people of the United Mimes
had themselves resolved that such an institution
should be established. When that time will
come, we cannot undertake to pr diet, though
wc are well aware that thousands of those
who were engaged in the des ruction of the
old hank bitterly lament the evils which they
have been instrumental in bringing upon the
country. The following petition which is in
form of a circular, has been handed to us for
publication!
Circitlrtr Petition i
The friends of a tried sound CurftiHcy
throughout the United Stales, are requested to
execute and forwatd the annexed petition to
their respective representatives in Congress.
To the President of the United Stales, the Senate
and House of Representatives.
Your pc.ilioners lake this method to express
their sentiments on the two great points now so
deeply agitating the councils and people of our
hitherto prosperous country.
First we declare ourselves opposed in every
form to the untried experiment of the Sub Treas
ury Bill now under consideration.
And in favor of a National Bank, with a suffi
cient'capital to lurnish an uniform sound cur
rency.
The states to be allowed, if they choose, to
take a majority of the stuck, and to issue their
own stocks payable at a future day, in part pay
ment, as shall he deemed most advisable by the
collected wisdom of Congress.
And your petitioners will ever pray.
The only adequate counterpoise agalnsUthe
evil effects of suddenly acquired wealth in
our country, is to be found in the education
of tilt mass ofthe community. Enterprise
will amass riches, and wealtli brings with it
a desire for power, to attain which the posses
sor Wdl pursue the shortest possible way, to
wit. by addressing himself to the cupidity of
the people. If then the people be left in
ignorance, the inevitable consequence will be
that their avaricious propensities will get the
mastery, there being no proper countercheck,
in the absense of knowledge. By cultivating
knowledge we place in possession of the poor
man a safe guard which by creating a claim
to respect and consideration, different from
that of gain, dt prives the latter of a groat por
tion of its seductiveness. In this country es
pecially, wdiere the people are the source of
power, ought knowledge to be imparted to
the poor, as without it their passions will con
stantly mislead them. If we desire to see our
country great we must first see that the popu
lation is so instructed as to understand then
rights, and, understanding them, to know how
to protect them.— Balt. American.
Stop John Brown-— The Baton Rouge Ga
zelle gives a general invite to aM creation to stop
one John Brown, who absquatulated from that
place a short lime since. The Gazette might •»
I well azk lolka to ' atop one John Smith.”
From the /.tuirville Journal.
THB FALLEN O.NE.
File lark sings blithely ami the wild flowers bloom
In summer lime above his pulseless breast;
And low winds niodn Urdiind ilie silent tomb
Whete be unconscious bath his dreamless rest
His heart is hopeless, amt the vermeil dye
Which dwelt upon fcis lip ha h passed away—
Death sleeps serenely on the biillianl eye
Which flashed with thought and glowed with
passion’s ray!
Oh.dften to his brow in life's sweet spring,
V isions of hope and beaming beadtjjr cimei
And as the hours went by on iiijiid wing.
His spirit dreamed of triumphs and of fame.
Soft as the lute when love’s hand sweeps its
strings,
The rich tones were which dwelt upon hit
tongue,
But like the roir which o’er reused ocean rings,
When on the winds his soul its passion flung.
He loved to climb the stlmrriit of the hill,
When each glad bird poured out its heart in
song;
And walked delighted by the murmuring nil,
Which flashed in sunshine as it leaped along.
His fancy then, from themes romantic wrought
Wild tales of happiness and love’s couitol,
Or traced the brilliant chain of thrilling thought
Which hinds ambition to its glittering goal.
One gentle spirit mingled with his dreams,
And shared the empire of his heart with fame;
Fairer than she ne’er strayed by fabled streams,
Or o'er the vision of rapt poet came.
He was the sunlight of her being’s world,
And she to him the poetry of life:
The slenderest trees which on her forehead curl’d
Was talistnanic o’er his spirit's strife,
A change came o'er him—years had flown awiy!
His hopes a wreck were tossed on I’assiun's
sea;
His feel from Fame’s h gh path had gone astray,
And from bis heart had passed her melody.
The star which rose so brightly on his morn.
Now shown hut dimly to his darkened view;
High on excitement’s wave his soul was borne
Far from the scenes where first his beitijf
grew.
His bark was on the waters dark and wild,
And crazily upon its course was driven,
Though love ruse o’er him, and with accents
mild
Strove to reclaim him back to love and heaven.
Hut Love's appeal was vain;—the howl—the
game,
Had wrapped his spirit in a starless night;
And on the brow which once had burned for
fame,
Were Scorn’s deep scrowl and dark Suspicion’s
blight.
Drunk with the fury of his maddened brain,
VV ith quivciing step he pressed to Ruin’s verge,
Beneath which roars an all destroying main,
Whcrv harpies’ shrieks break o’er the collud
ing surge—
That night bird, foul Remorse, above him
wheeled,
And flapped her wings ahJ screamed loud
o’er the wave;
His vision wandered, and his spirit reeled,
And down he sank loan unhonored grave!
The lark sings blithely & the wild flowers bloom
In sUinrnei lime above his pulseless breast;
And low winds moan around the silent tomb
Where he Unconscious hath his dreamless rest.
His heart is hopeless, and the vernnl dyo
Which dwell upon his lip ha* passed away—
Death sleeps serenely on the brill ant eye
Which flashed with thought and glowed with
passion’s fay! RIULL.
THE MAD HOUSE OF TURKEY.
11l MISS I'AUDOB,
No traveller who can string his nerves to the
trial or rather who will not sutler himself to lie
scared by the idea of a Turkish mad house,should
fail while at Constantinople, to visit the Tinier*
haze or lunatic establishment, dependent on the
mosque of Solimante. He will encounter noth
ing to disgust, and comparatively little to distress
him, for all is cleanly, quiet, ami almost cheerful.
For myself, t morbidly sensitive on such occa
sion, I shrank from the task which I was never
theless resolved to achieve, until the eleventh
hour, and my only feeling when 1 looked around
me,
“Whore laughter is not mirth; nor thought the
mind,
Nor words a language, nor even men mankind,”
m the madhouse of Sollmanie, wa» one of intense
relief, on finding that my own diseased fancy
had so far outrun the reality.
It ie however, to the universal surveillance of
Suhain Mahmoud that the unfortunate who tens
ant the building are indebted (or the only com
forts which they aie still capable of enjoying; for
but a few years ago they were unapproachable
Id the stranger, from the filthy and neglected
slate of both their cells and their persons. By
an imperial order, cleanliness and care have been
secured to them; and the calm, and in many in
stances, affectionate manner, in which they con
versed With ttieir keepers, was a convincing proof
that they were kindly The Turks have,
moreover, a suparstitous reverence for the insane.
They believe that the spirit has been recalled by
its find, and the hallucinated being is regarded
as almost saintly; a beatification, however, ul
which filth appears to be a,most a concomitant
part in the Easi; for whenever you encounicr in
the streets a wild iudktng wreich, have dervish
and half mendicant; so wrblcliadly fifhy that you
dure not suffer him Id comem contact vyilh you
as you pass him—with a beard matted with dirt,
and ell-locks banging about his shoulders, ot
which the color is umlistingUiSltablh, ragged,
swarming with vermin ahd apparantly half stupi
licdwith opium; should you amid your disgust,
make any inquiry a* h“ identity, you arc told
that be is a saint!
This extraordinary race of men (for ihere are
numbers of them about the streets of Consianlt
itopl;) are self-elected in their holiness; and take
up the trade as less ambitious individuals establish
themselves in commerce. They affect absence
of thought, concentration of mind, and, having
progressed gradually to a certain point, ihcy fin
ish with partial aberration of intellect; and this
last may, in truth, he of en real, tor the years of
unwashed and uncombed misery to which they
condemn themselves, are enough to produce mad
ness. Ragged and wretched as I have described
them, these miserable men are, nevertheless, ob
jec's of great vent-rat on to the mass of the people,
and the poorest calmac or porlei will seldom re
(use his parti to one ofcahese silintly mendicants.
The lunaiic establishment of Sulimanie Occu
pies an inner court of the mosque, whose centre
' is overshadowed by several magnificent palm
trees planted round i Spacious fountain. Three
sides of the court are furnished wiih arches,through
’ which the npanrtfenu ol the lunatics are entered,
while each is ventilated by a couple or moic of
large grated windows; the number of patterns in
’ each cell never exceeding that of the windows,
. The most painful object connected with the
i scene was the heavy chain and collar ot iron
worn by each es the lunatics, kop up a
perpetual clanking aa tlu< unfortunate moved in
his restlessness from place to place within his
narrow limits.—Tile bedding was cleanly, com
fortable and promise; and many of the tfemlHlS tis
the cell were eating melons or smo&ing tbbir
chibouks, as tranquilly and its methodically as
though they had been tlmlbr d very different
i oof.
Among the wHolb humber thelo was Hot one
furiously mad, us is so frequently the case in Eu
rope ; and 1 was assured that such patients were
extremely rare Melancholy appeared to lie the
prevailing symptoms of the disease Among these
hallucinated Osmmrlis ; a deep, but byhdnieans
sullen melancholy ; for very few of them relttsed
to reply to an expression of interest or coriililisse
ation; and the feeling of social courtesy, ro strong
among the Turks had in no one instance been
destroyed, even by the total alteration of intellect
which had prostrated every other bond of union
between them and their fellow men.
1 have mentioned elsewhere the surpassing
loVe of the Turks for their children; and I never
saw a more beautiful illustration of parental altec
lion than was exhibited by the first unfortunate
befdrt vVlldse Cell we il'isecrl. Several Greek la
dies actortipalliiil Its, and the madman whoa*
head was pillowed upon Ids kiwn as we ap
proached him, turned his dim olntiy eyes upon
each with a cold unconciousness that whs thrill
ing, until he met the soft, toarfcl eye of a pale
delicate girl, whu was leaning upon my arm.
When he caught sight of her he started from his
recumbent pustule, ami also shrieked out in glad
ness as he exclaimed—“my child ! my child I
they told me that you had abandoned me, but I let
them sayjon without a murmur,tor I knew that you
only lamed ; and you are come at last—wh.y do
you weep ! 1 sec you and lam happy. 1 have
not been alone—look here”—and as he thrust his
hand into his breast, and drew forth a dove which
was nestling there; "I have held .his upon my
heart and usl slept 1 dreamed that it was you,”
After a moments silence ho resumed: “1 would
give you this trembling bird, lor you are uty child,
and I love you; but it will not abandon mo. It
is my friend, m.y playfellow, my child, when you
areaway. It will ijpt leave me, although I urn
mad.—And yet, why do they tell you that I am
mad! It is not so—do 1 not know you! Am 1
not your larlhct! Is it because lam sorrowful
that they have told you this! And again the pale
fauo was bowed down; and one heavy sub which
seemed to rise from the very depths of a crushed
spirit, terminated the sentence- We hurried on
—it was profanation to make spectacle of such
an agony—mindless though it wa.-.
Nor was the next individual with whom we
came in contact less painfully intersting. Strik
ingly handsome, and not above live and thirty, he
had already past four miserable years in the mad
bouse of Solimanie. An Armenian by birth, and
a Catho ic by faith, he had been induced Jto em
brace Mahomeuauistn, but he had paid with bis
reason the price of his uposlacy, and this one
memory hilunted him in his wretched lunacy.
As we paused before the grating to his cell, he
bowed Ills bead upon his breast, and murmured
out, “In Nomine Fatri, et Films, el Spiritus
Sanclus A morn”
Ills look was fastened upon my farther, and
some faint, and long effaced image seemed to
rise before him, for he smiled sadly, and extended
towards him his while and wasted hand; nor
could any other of the party succeed ill diverting
his attention. Thrice the same words were
uttered, and always in an accent of the most thril
ling anguish. Sllrfcly his sin Will be expiated on
earth and forgiven at the last day!
Some were merry. und.uxliahstflrl dlfeniSelvcs ih
song and jest; ami some, with a latent leaven of
worfdinoss, asked alms, and laughed out their
soulless Joy an the coins <Wlich we Wuflg to them
rang on the stone work of the window. The
juggler of Sultttm Selim—he who hud taught the
great dues of the land to helteve him gifted with
a power more than human—lie who hud raised
the amusement and the exclamation of wonder—
whose very presence had awakened mirth and
merriment—he, too, was here—caged and chain
ed—the mad (irisdner of three and thirty w.eary
years!—the palest, the saddest and the most sil
ent ol the whold miserable company. His beard
fell to his girdle—his matter lucks half conceal
ed Ins haggard countenance —his hands were
clasped upon his breast—and he did not turn his
head as wc approached him.
Front the mad house we proceeded to the slave
market, a square court, three of whose sides are
built round with low «'u e rooms, or cells, be
yond which projects d wooden peristyle. There
is alwalys a painful, association connected wilh
this spectacle but beyond ibis (and assuredly it
is enough!} theieis nothing cither to distress or
to disgust in the slave market of Constantinople)
No wanton cruel y, no idle insult is (icriiiilted:
the slaves in many instances, select their own
purchaser from among lli„ ladders, and they know
that when once received into a Turkish family
they hedonic members of it in every sense of the
word, and are almost Universally sure to ris in
the world if they conduct themselves worthily.
The negroes only remain In thb Open court,
where they are squatted in groups, until sum.
moned to show themselves to a purchaser; while
the Circassian and Georgians generally brought
there hv their parents at their own request, occu
py the dosed apartments, in order that they may
nut be exposed to the gaze of the idlers who
throng die Court. The utmost order, decency,
and quiet prevail; and a military guard is station
ed at toe entrance to enforce them, should the
necessity for inierterencc occur, which is however
very rarely the case.
1 expected to have much to write on the sub
ject of the slave market, but I left it only with an
increased conviction of the great moral beauty of
thu Turkish character. I am aware that this dc»
claration will startle many of my readers; but I
make it from a principle of justice. I IfHetfc llnft
the establishment existed—l liever tllobght of it
without a shudder, nor shall I ever remember it
without i pang; hut I am nevertheless, compelled
to declare that I did not witness there any of the
liyrrors for which I had prepared myself. The
Tuike never made either a sport or a jest of hu
man sutferings or human degradalion. Not a
word, not a glance escaped them calculated to
wound to wretched beings who Were crouching
on the ground under the hot sunshine—they
made their odious bargains seriously and left the
make!, followed by the slaves whom they had
pun based, without one act of wanton cruelly, or
unnecessary interference.
1 felt glad when, escaping from t is painful
scene, bitter and revolting even under the most
favorable aspect, we found ourselves in the char- J
shoe, surrounded by all ihc glittering lempations
of the East, and deep in (he mys'.ciies of Uin.
keta. The m iming had been a trying one. I
rejoiced to lie enabled to divert my thoughts
frorh the sconces through which we had passed.
A thoueatlil brilliant baubles were spread out
before us —i thousand harangues replete wilh
hyperbole were exhausted on us—all was bustle
and excitement; and I futgel for a while the wee,
ing farther and the spirit stricken apostate of
Solirnanio.
Old Kr.vtcck. — ‘No, stranger, there’* no
place on the jtniversal ’arlh like old Kaintuck,
she liealsall out Wesi, for prettifies*; and foti
might bile down creaticrn.eaJ cot gat fruefa ano
ther ste»9 out efil.”
——, i . , it I
THE WIDDY O’KEEFE. f
A New Title. —Well, now 1 hate kept my
bfeal Anecdote for the laal, and it concerna a mas
ter of cefenioHlbs of A much Inlet day, and with
whom I waa more intimate than with cithei of
the othera- We were both I’addiea, and he was
a fellow townsman of miue, a native of Cork,
and at the time I apeak of tile Heat king of the
ceremonies that ever Bath had, a jovial, high
bred, well-cdllcAted, and witty gentleman. In
the day < of
Our hot youth, wtieil George 111. was king;
there lived in Cork city a little tailor of the name
df O'Keefe, Who had a large, broad, fat, big, bux
om woman of a wife, te whom (having taken it
into his head to diej he left a little power of mo
ney. Thia Wtddy O’Keefe used to turn to ac
count in the way of discounting accommodation
bills for gentlemen abort of cash, and many’s the
genteel slip of paper with my friend’s signature
on due side and my own on ibu other, (sorrow
the muth value mine ’ud lie now ,J we mailed
between Ua tn the crucible of Widdy O’Keefe.
My frietid came to England, thrived inj-oiiciy, &
became master of the ceremonies at Bath. Heic
was a chance for the Widdy I ller old customer’s
luck had got all over to Cork, and would’nt she
go ID England now and make him introduce her
to the quality thfK'. That ’ud he the test of bis
gratitude for past favors, and n small thiiflo of
money not worlhfmentiuning that was still due.
Well, Mrs. O’Kcele was as good as her word,
and may be she did’nt show her broad barge like
figure trimmed out in ull the colors of ibu rain
bow) and tucked In '‘costliest finery sorely out ol
taste,'’ in the grand pump tootti at llatli; atld not
as a nobody—hot ns a parvenUe, hut parading up
and down in "full peacock,” upon tllb Mtil, arid
the very personal escort of the muster of the cer
emonies himself. All Bath was in commotion.
Who was she! what was she! whence did she
come! The pomp room turned itsolfiiiside out to
look for her equipage, and sUrti CtiUugh there was
one, and an elegant one too; but little did any
one of them fancy that it belonged to W iddy O i
Keefe, the money lending tailoreus from Cork.
“Who, in the name ol heaven, is site !,’ asked
a doxen rennet, friends of (He niasicf, as he retur
ned to the room, after handing her to her car
riage.
"A foreign princess !” burst from one parly.
“Not a bit of it," mysteriously signified the
master.
“Marchioness of !”
“No Marchioness at all,” said the master.
“The Duchess of 1”
“No such thing as a duchess,” said the master.
“She was nothing less than a countess, I’ll be
sworn,” sold Major A , "or you Would’nl
have paid her so much court.”
“Deed and you’re wrong tlietej" cried my
friend; “but come, gentlemen, I’ll nut keep you
any longer in suspense; I’ll tell you Wllat she is,
at all evetus, and who she is you may find out.
•She’s not even a Countess, but by the powers
site’s a great deal better than a countess.”
“What’s that then!” was the simultaneous
question of the group.
“Why, gentlemen, the fact is, thr's a iliicoun.
I lets. The Torch;
( Miss Skouwick. —site was made for a hlgh-
I cr destiny titan to toll tales to moroid minds in
, candle-lights retreats; and she naa come forth
, to shed sunshine and kindle sympathy in the
. Homes of NeW England first, and then m kin*
” dred retirements in the Old World. The
! English will no longer have to turn away from
her pages, disappointed to I)ml there taint
! reflections of a worn-out human life and cha..
racier. They may learn ofher now: she gives
them tbhal is fresh, and tells them much that
is new. She gives them what no traveller
who sees with European eyes can impart;
and what not even a personal survey can com
municate; she gives them American manners
informed and actuated by American life; by
thoughts and feelings growing up f.om birth,
i with which no stranger can iiuerniedtlle. The
benefit is communicated Unconsciously, and
therefore all the more eHicaciously. She
relies on fact, and on her own American heart
I »ud eyes; and it is not fur her to know when
she instructs, when slie surprises tis, ahd what
it is id her tales which is to us most valuable.
She gives us perhaps the first true insl'fltl in
to American life; and for this we should owe
Iter hearty thunks, if her writings had far less
1 of other kinds of merit Ilian they exhibit.
Such is the service she renders to Europeans,
//cr own countrymen and women arc no less
Indebted to her. She gives them back a true
picture of themselves, and of one another; of
tlieir best selves; not as they appear in the
Hullenes of their public orators, and the con
tradictions of their newsp.perfli but as they
are in their quiet homes; living in the atmos
phere oflheir best affections. Slie is no cen
sor, for her trustful and loving nature distjual
ilies her for sufeh an office. NOrart her tales
flatteries; for, much as she loves Her neigh
bors’ kind looks and grateful voices, she
cares yet more for their permanent welfare
No citizen of the United Stales is more proud
of liia country than she—more satisfied about
its destiny; but she sees clearly wherein its
greatness lies, and there is no vain glory in
her patriotic hope. Sue wages war with the
aristocratic spirit under various forms; and
gmidst all her gentleness and casinca ; steadily
upholds the democratic principles in and by
which her country must live peacefully, and
flourish greatly and long.— lonian unit tVest
minster Jteview,
Hors.—ln the year 1837, 13(57 bags first sort,
weighing 255,289 pounds, 1589 bags weighing ,
295,969 pounds and 401 bags lefuse hops, weigh- •
ing 72,390 pounds, were inspected in the com- 1
inonwealtn of Massachusetts- At 6 cents a 1
paliriiJ llye mean value of these hops, tho inspec- ‘
turn tor the year amount to $37-418,88. ,
Tho exports ofTobacco from New Orleans for
the last 4 months have been 4891 hlnls. of which ■
3841 hhds. were to the ports In the United ,
Slates, and 1050lthda. to foreign ports.
The quantity of oil imported into the United
plates during the last year, was 4tj0,86d bids, of I
which IS 1,021 were sperm.
Goitvo the Fiuuhi-A prisoner at the Wayne I
County ylnd./j-nl recently broke through the i
wall of his cell, and afterwards robbed the desk of
the jailor of $l5, to pay liia travelling exponas,
A Posher—ls your (flother’a mother was
my moUier’a limit, what relation would your
greal-prnndfatlirjr bo to my elder brother’s first
] cousin's sort.m-law i
\ GKEKAOLKio an order ol the honorable In
ferior Court of Burke county,while rilling fur
ordinary i urposea will be sold on lim fust Tuesday
in lilny next, at ttie Court House in the town of
Wnyneshorough, between tho usual hours oi tale:
One House and Lot in said town, belonging to the
estate of lomilton Vt atso i.doc'd. Sold subject to
a mortgage in favor of Joseph Cates, K»q t erms
of sals on the day. Purchaser to pay for tides.
JOHN SdXO*\
Feh 93 Aden rof Hamilton Watson, dec'd.
feb 28 wid
——H
!Y OTICE.. • Persona indebted to the subscriber
* * either ky note or book account for the years
1834,'35 and "Ware requested to call on Thos M.
Bfcrrien and Mnlford Marsh, Esqrs. and settle tho
rsmo. icngv ce.-.not be allowed.
I fw 13 1-V Hf. RCfISELI
'****' , ■ .
COLUMBIA SHERIFF’S SALE,
the first Tuesday in April next, Will ba sold
A-F at Columbia Court House, between lha uaual
hours of sale:
A Negro Man by (tie ndtito of Luko, about thirty
years dl uge, dilrk ronlplelion, five feet, lan indies
high. The said Luke has b.-en canfined in (be jail
ill said c'ontliy ns a runaway, and will be sold (ier
suant in an urderufthe Inleridb Churl for jail loes.
leb 27 r RICHARD H. JUNES; Sh'ff.
Georgia. Columbia County :
W ULRICAS Robert A. Allen applied for let
ters of ndministrailoll on the estate of Ro
bert (Vinlrey, (a minor) dee d.
These are (In relure to cite and admotiish all and
singular, the kindred ami creditors of the said de
ceased, to Hlb their objections, if any they have,
withill tile tune prescribed by law, in my office,
td Shew cause why said letters should not be grant
ed. (liven under ray hand and seal at office, tin*
241 h Feb., 1838. GABRIEL JONES, Clerk.
felt 2T 47
Georgia7~columi)t(i Cbuilty: '
WHEREAS llenjainin H. Warren, Ktecutol
of the Will of William McGar, deceased,
appliee for letters UisrniSsory.
ThpeUtjß) IhcrVfbre lo L'lieatid admonish all and
Mngdliit the kindred find creditors of said dr ceased
to bo and appear at my nfliee withih the lihib pre
scribed bf law, to shbw cause if any they have;
why said letters should not ho grunted.
Given under my hand at office, this 24ihday of
February, 1838. GABRIEL JONES, Clerk,
feb 27 47
Georgia, Seri von tTiiunlyl '
Wtl ERE AS, Peter Arnett applies lor Leltera
of Adhlmisiratiob on the Estate of Ailed
Felton, deceased; of this county.
These Ate Ihcteforo td cite and admonish nil and
singular the kindred and creditors of sikid (deceased',
to be and rtp|ieitr at uiy office Within the lime pre
scribed by law, to shew cause, if any they have,
Why said letters should not be granted.
Given nndoi my hand, at ollice, in Jucksonboru';
ibis bill February, 1838,
JOSHUA PERRY, c «. o. s. «.
Feb 9 30d 33
Georgia, Burke county:
WHEREAS, David Tinly applies for Letters
ol Administration, with the will annexed,
on (ho Estate of 'l’llohlas Gabdrd, Isitn of said
county, decuused.
Tliese arc Iherofuhi to rile and admonish all and
singular (lie kindred an i creditors of said deceased
lo file their ohjections (if tiny they have) in nly of
fice within the time prescribed hy law, Id shew
cause why said, fellers slluilld nut he grunted.
Given under my hand at ollice, in Waynesboro',
this 30ih Junuaiy, 1838.
job 2 w3od Til BLOUNT, I) Clk'.
Georgia, Scriveli County:
WHEREAS, Elijah Oliver applies for Letters
of Ailiniitiatration on the Estate of Jacob
Oliver, deceased, of, Ibis comity.
These are therelofo to cite aud admonish ail and
sing tlar thb heirs and creditors of said deceased, to
be and appear at my ollice within life time presari
hed by lu\y. Ip file their objections, if any they
have, to shew causa wny said leltera should lot bo
grunted.
Given under my hand, at office, in Jucksuiiboro'i
this full day of February, 183(1.
Joshua PERRY, <i c. o. a a.
Feb 9 3l)d 33
Georgia, BthrfvKh I r 'ollnty':
WHEREAS', William (Jreene applies for Lat
leia oi Administration on the Estate of JiJUIa
W. Bryan, deceased, nf (his county. ,
7'liese are I here lore lo rile and admoiyeh all and
singular the heirs and oreditpVs dl said deceased, to
lie and appear at my office within the lime prescri
b d hy law, to file their objections il any they kavs
to shew cause why said leltera should not hegranled'.
Given under my hand, at .office, in Jacksonburo',
this bill day of February, 1838.
JOSHUA PERRY, c c o a c.
Feb 9 30d 9
Georgia, Sortvcn county:
WHEREAS William .Moure applies for lap
trrs of administration on tho estate ul Luktl
M if gales, deceased. ~ .
These are therefore to cite and admonish all and
singular tho kindred and creditors of the snidde;
ceased, lo he and appear ol ,my office within the
lime prescribed by law, to shew cause if any tlidf
have, wliy said loiters should not lie grained.
Given under my band at office, in Jacksunboro*
this 2Slh day of Jdnuary 1838.
Jim 29 23wtd JOSHUA PERRY, ( Ik.
Georg in, Burke cßfljjty:
WHEREAS Edmund Garlick appligg for let,
tersof administration dehunis non on the
estate of Win. DeWoll, deceased. .
These are then/(ore Incite and admonish ill and
singular the kindred and creditors of said deceased,
to lie and appear at my Office within the lime pre
scribed hv .law, lo shew capm, if any they have';
why said Idlers should not begrimed.
Given under my hand at of (The, in W'aynosßdlo’
this 271 h day of January 1838.
Jan 30 24 T H BLOUNT; b<;r o « o
GEORGIA,) Bylfffc Cou floT( <JJ *rud
Hurke county, f County. ,
1 1 KRKAS Allen .S If Print eicrutor of I'ld-
T ▼ ifilind Prior, dercaird, Inlo of no id county
lifiH pctjjionen tdf , lb'll or* fji«ml*«ory, tint
lie h:iN hilly adminiwtrred mi id nutate
riiesenrc therefore to rile and admonish all «onr
remed to be and appear before «aid court |he Jjrst
Monday in May and llien and lb ere shew raliak
wliy «ni<l lettem atihiild not be granted. By order
of tho court. , ..
T H ti,L(>(J/VT i) e c b * 6}
nov 10 wGm 264
i I'K) lit} !\ j (lot u rnhin county:
WREIIE AS William Yarborough, admipiaVg
lor on the estate of James Yarborough, dc
tensed applies fur letters Uismissury, i
Tliese are therefor lo eile and admonish al( apd
lingular the kindred and emitters,of said itoc'd to hq
ind appear at myoffiei wiltiin the limn prescribed
iy law, lo show cause, .f any they have, why said
'alters should not be granted.
Given under my hand, at office,in Appliugt, ibis
Slhday ofSjspl., ia37.
soot 18 mCt GA URIEL JONES,clerk,
G EOUGIA, > Ry the ( ourlof Otdmary for
Hurke county j said County. .1 .
WHEREAS John .Saxon, Administrator of
John S Kenner, dpoonssd, laio-of said roiffi
ly, have petitioned said court fdrletirrt dismiswfuty
stating that ho has fully ndministerod said estate
these arc tl'.ereli'ire l» cite and admonish all con
cerned, to he and appear before said court on the first
Monday in May next, and I lien mid there shew cause
why said letters should not ho granted. By older ol
the court. i
T. It. BLOUNT, n c c o a •
aov 10 Cm 2C4
G A , I .- Court of Ordinary,
Scriuerl county j ’September Term 1537
UPON application ol Alexander E. Uopson.sdmi
niHtraior dehunis non, of the estate Green I)
Poarco dec d., stating that Inna, fully administered
said estate and prnyni" citation for leiers dismissory,
it is on motion ordered, that the clerk do issue a eita
lion reipnr,,g a )l persons to shew cause why the
samo ..''null nut be granted—and that tho same bo
published once a mouth for six mouths.
A true extract from the minutes, this 12th day of
September, 1837. JOSHUA FERRY, el'k.
nov. 4 mfim 259
GEORG lA, ) By tho Court of Ordinary
lurke county; t Biirkocointly.
WHEREAS Benjamin Mobley,Robert F. El
liston, and Thomas T. Elliston, Kxerntins
if Rotierl Elliston, dor'd , late of liurko county,
iss petitioned > he noun for loiters dismissory.
'l’heaa are therefurn to cite anil admonish all per
tons interested (o file their objections in iho Clerk’s
ffice hy the first Monday in' March next, why said
ellera should not bogrunled.
Ry order of tho court, T. 11. BLOUNT, n.
sepfJsJ§37 mfil 218
WILL be sold on ths fi r st Tuesday in May
next, before the court-house door,in Jackson
lioro,rbelween tho usual hours of sal", the following
projieny. to wit i a negro woman by the name of
Cary and her two children Peter and Henry, be
longing to thaeatateof Ally Ann fimu doeea.ed
sold agreeahlalo an brtfer of the honorable Iho in
ferior court of Scriven county, (iir the benefit ol tho
boil* of »otddeceased.
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