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I WILLIAM E. JONES & Co. AUGUSTA, Ga. SATURDAY MORNING, AUGUST 17. 1839, III -No 94
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A UGUSTA.
FRIDAY MORNING, AUGUST 1«.
“Our political prospects from the indications of
public opinion, arc, as far as I can judge, favora
ble. Judge Dougherty is charged, and the report
is circulated to his injury, with having signed the
memorial paying the interference of the Legis
lature, in favor of the proposed “15 gallon law.”
It is however, untrue, and it becomes the duty of
the press as well as of his friends, to remove this
impression at least, as the public mind is peculiar
ly sensitive upon the subject.”
The above is an extract from a letter from a
friend in the country. We presume it is but
simple justice to both the candidates for Governor,
to say that neither of them have signed the anti
retail memorials to the Legislature. Whatever
may be their opinions, (and we do not know the
opinion ofcither) standing as they do before the
people, it would be manifestly improper for them
to do so. The successful candidate will be a co
ordinate branch of the government with the Le
gislature, and should not therefore do any thing
to influence the action of the Legislature.
The Norfolk Beacon states that the following
vessels of war arc lifting out at the Navy Yard,
at that place. Frigate Brandywine, Com. Bol
ton, destined for the Mediterranean; Sloop of war
York Town, recently launched, and the Schr.
Grampus, Lt. Com. Paine, for West Indies. The
frigate Potomac is in the Dry Dock undergoing
repairs.
The packet ship Duchess of Orleans, which
sailed from Now Yura, for Havre, on Friday, the
9th, took out £90,0(10 in specie.
The York Express of Saturday says:—There
I is no new feature in the Money Market, except
that Specie has fallen, Mexican dollars only
command 1 per ct., and half dollars £ per et., —
Gold hears little or no premium. More disposi
tion is manifested to invest in Stocks 'o day, and
things appear a little easier, although they arc
exceedingly close.
Our friend of the Petersburg Inlelligencer has
very properly brought to notice an extraordinary
paragrapli in the last Enquirer in reference to
Mr. lay. It is nothing less than an exultation
on the part of that print, that the Abolitionists of
the North have given Mr. Clay some Iruubb
about lim views on slavery Wnat will not an
unscrupulous "sinker or swimmer” do to prove
his fealty to power !—Richmond Whig.
From the Petersburg Intelligencer.
Mr. Clay.
The people of the South have been coaxed and
persuaded by every artful manner of means,
through the columns of the Richmond Enquirer,
to act on the belief that the Abolitionists of the
North would not support the re-election of Mr
Van Burn it, “the Northern man with Southern
principles.” No doubt those artful moans, such
as suppressing Mr. Clay’s great speech against
the wild and ferocious designs of those fanatics,
have been successful in very many instances.
But the truth is mighty and will prevail. The
Abolitionists will support Mr. Van Buren, or
they will take no part in the election. They will
not support Mr. Clay. We thank Mr. Ritchie
for unwittingly furnishing his readers with the
following item of intelligence:
3QQ 0 §
“In the meantime, the Abolitionists are giving
- the orator some trouble. Whilst ho was at Ro
chester, some of the most, prominent ‘Whig’ Ab
olitionists addressed him a letter. expressing the
deepest regret at his views on the subject of sla
very, as publicly explained, and requesting to
know bow he could reconcile his notions with
the principles of the Declaration of Indepen
dence. — Enq.
t <3 fe {3 i 3
From Hvva-.a.— Captain Pedersen, of the
brig Patsy B. Blount, arrived this morning from
Havana, reports that on the Stub of July, a
Spanish slave schooner arrived at Havana, a
prize to H. B. M. brig Snake. The vessel was
captured on the 3d of July, at which time she
had 175 slaves on board. They were landed at
Jamiica, and the schooner brought to Havana
for trial. — N. Y. Cum. Adv.
Writing for the Press— The Pittsburg
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of unnecessary trouble on publishing and their
workmen, and it occasionally happens that manu
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printer’s hands, that they arc, for that reason
alaitc, thrown under the table :
■‘Every word, the sense of which is not per
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cularly observed m writing proper names. An
observance of this rule will scare the author
against the vexation of ha>ing his article incor
rectly cop. ed. and. what to a conscientious man
will be an equally strong inducement, it will
sive the compositor a great deal ot time mid trou
ble—liie first of which is money to him, and of
the second he has plenty, without finding it in
decrypt) "ling hieroglyphics.
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that it can he divided it found necessary.
3 Pun '(nation ought to be either correct or
not attempted; the villanous habit some writers
have of dashing their productions is a great bore
to a printer, if the writer cannot do it as it
ought to bo done, he had better leave it altoge
ther to the compositor
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Chief Justice Marshall was transferred from
political life to the bench. He had been a mem
ber of Congress, a member of the Virginia As
sembly, a Foreign Minister, and a Secretary of
State to the United Slates. But from the mo
ment he put on the judicial robe, he disappeared
forever from the political arena.— Boston Cour
ier.
The laws of Louisiana place the husband and
wife upon equal grounds. They give to each
the control of their property and to the survivor
the right of dower in the properly of the deceas
ed.
Jim Sullivan’s Adventures in the Great
Snow.
Being a ninth extract from the legacy of the late
Francis Purcell, P P. of Drumcoolagh.
Jim Sullivan was a dacent, honest hoy as
you’d find in the seven parishes, an’ he was a
beautiful singer, an’ an illcgaut dancer intirely,
an’a mighty pleasant hoy in himself; but ho
had the divil’g bed luck, for he married for love,
an’ av course he never had an asy minute afther.
Nell Gorman was the girl he fancied, an’ a beauti
ful slip ot a girl she was, jist twinty to the min
ute when he married her. She was as round
an’ as complate in all her shape as a firkin’ you’d
think, an’ her two cheeks was as fat an’ as red, it
id open your heart to look at them. Hut beauty
is not the thing all through, an’ as beautiful as
she was, she had the divil’s tongue, an’ the divil’s
temper, an' the divil’s behaviour all out; an’ it
was impassible for him to be in the house with
her, for while you’d count ten, without havin’ an
argument, an’as sure ns she riz an argument
with him she’d hit him a wipe iv a skillet or
whatever lay next to her hand. Well, this
wasn’t at all plasin’ to Jim Sullivan yon may he
sure, an’ there was scarce a week that his head
wasn’t plaslhered up, or his hack hint double, or
his nose swelled as big us a pittaty, with the vi
leneu of her timper, an" his heart was scalded
everlastinly with her tongue; so lie had no pace
or quietness in body or suwl at all at all, with the
way she was goin’ on. Well, your honor one
eowld snowin'evenin’ he kim in aither his day’s
work regulatin’ the men in the farm, an’ he sat
down very quiet by the fire, for he had a scrim
midge with her in the loomin', an’ all he wanted
was an air iv the fire in pace; so divil a word he
said but dlircw a stool an’ sat down close to the
fire. Well, as soon as the woman saw him,
‘Move aff,’says she,‘an’don't he inthrudin’ an
the lire,’ says she. Well, he kept never mindin’,
an’ didn't let an to hear a word she was savin’;
so she kim over, an’she had a spoon in her hand,
an’ sbe took jist the smallest tasie in life iv the
boilin’ walher out iv tile pot, an’ she dhropped it
down an his shins, an’ with that he let a roar
you’d think the roof id fly all' iv the house.—
‘Ho vldyour tongue, you barbarian,’ says she,
‘you'll waken the child,’ says she. ‘An’ if I done
right,’ says he, lor the spoonful of boilin’ wather
riz him intirely, ‘l’d take yourself,’ says he, ‘an’
I’d slulfyou into the pot an the lire, an’ boil you,’
says he,‘into castor oil,’says he. ‘That’s purty
behaviour,’ says she; ‘it’s fine usage you’re giv
in’ me, isn’t ill’ says she, geltin’ wickeder eve y
minute; ■ Gut before I’m boiled,’says she,‘thry
how you like that,' says she ; an’, sure enough,
before ho had lime to put up his guard, she hot
him a rale terrih o clink iv the iron spoon acrass
the jaw. ‘Howld me some iv ye, or I’ll murdher
her,’ says he. ‘Will you V says she, an' witli
that she hot him another tin times as good as the
first. ‘By jahers,’says he, slappin’ himself be
hind, ‘that’s the last salute you’ll ever give me,’
says he,‘so take my last hlessin’,’ says he, -you
ungovernable haste,’ says he—an’ with that he
pulled an his hat an’ walked out iv the door.—
Well, she never minded a word he said, for he
used to say the something all as one every time
she dhrew blood; an’she had no expectation at
all but he’d come back by the lime supper id be
ready ; but faix the story didn’t go quite so sim
ple this time, for while he was walkin’, lonesome
enough, down the borheen, with his heartalmost
broke with pain, for his shins an’his jaw was
mighty troublesome, av course, with the threat
meut he got, who did he sec hut Mick Hanlon,
his uncle’s sarvint by, ridm’ down, quiet an’ asy,
an the ould black horse, with a halter as long as
himself. ‘ls that .Mr. Soolivan?’ says the by,
as soon as he saw him a good hit all’. ‘To be
sure it is, ye spalpeen you,’ says Jim, roarin’ out;
‘what do you want wid me this time a day ?’ says
he. ‘Don’t you know me!’ says the gossoon,
‘it’s Mick Hanlon that’s in it,’ says he. ‘Oh,
blur an agers, thin, it’s welcome your are, Micky
ashore,’ says Jim ; ‘how is all wid the man an’
the woman beyant?’ says he. ‘Oh !’ says Micky,
‘bad enough,’ says he; ‘the ould man’s jist all’
an’ if you don’t hurry like shot,’ says he, ‘he’ll
he in glory before you get there,’ says he. ‘lts
jokin’ ye are,’ says Jim, sorrowful enough, for he
was mighty partial to his uncle intirely. ‘Oh.
not in the smallest taste,’ says Micky, the breath
was jist out iv him,’ says he, when I left the.
farm; an’says lie-‘lake the ould black horse,’
says he, ‘for he’s shore-footed for the road,’ says
he, ‘an’ bring Jim Soolivan here.’ says he, ‘for 1
think I’d die asy as I could see him onst,’ says
lie. ‘Well,’ says Jim,‘will I have time.’says he,
‘to go back to lire house? for it would be a con
solation,’ says he, ‘to tell the had news to the wo
man,’ says he, ‘lt’s too late you are already,’ says
Micky, ‘so come up behind me, for God’s sake,’
says he,‘an’ don’t waste time;’ an’with that he
brought the horse up beside the ditch, an’ Jim
Soolivan mounted up behind Micky, an’ they
rode all’, an’ tin good miles it was iv a road, an’
at the other side of Keeper intirely ; an’ it was
snowin’ so fast that the ould haste could hardly
go on at ail at all, an’ the two hys an his back
wa-jist. like a snowball alias one, an’ almost
fruz an’ smothered at the same time, your honor;
an’ they wor both mighty sorrowful intirely, an’
their toes almost dhroppin’ all' wid the. eowld.—
An’when Jim got to the farm his uncle was
cellin’ an illegantly. an’ he was sillin’up sthrong
and warm in the bed, an’ improvin’every minute,
an’ no signs av (lyin’ an him at all at all; so he
had all bis throuhle fornothiu’. liut this wasn't
all, for the snow kein so thick that it was umpas
sible to get along the roads at all at all; an’ faix,
instead iv geltin’ betther, next mornin’ it was on
ly tin times worse; so .Lin had jist to lake it asy,
an’ stay wid his uncle autil such limes as the
snow i’d melt.
Well, your honor, the evenin’ Jim Soolivan
wiul away, whin the dark was closin’ in, Nell
German, his wife, begind to get mighty uneasy
in herself whin she didn’t see him coinin’ back at
all; an’ the was cellin’ more an' more frightful
in herst II every minute till the dark kein an. an’
divil a taste of her husband was coinin’ at ail at
all. “On!” says she, “there’s no use in purlen
din', I know, he’s kill himself; he has committed
inlanlycidc an himself,” says she. “li .ea dissi-
l : pa tod bliggard as he always was,” says she,
■ | “God rest his sow). Oh, liiin, isn't it me an’ o <r
! you, Jim Soolivan. thm a the unfortunate wo
; man," says she, •• for ain’t I eryin' here, an’ isn’t j
i he in heaven, the bliggard,” gays she. “ Oh, |
volt, voh, is't not at home comfortable with your
wife an’ family that you are, Jim Soolivan,” says
she, “but in the other world, you amnalhaun. in
glory with the saints, I hope,” says she. “It's I,
that's the unforthunate female,” says she, “ an’
■ not yourself, Jim Soolivan,” says she. An’this
way she kep an till mornin’, cryin’ an’ lamentin’;:
an’ wid the first light she called up all the «»r
-vint by r s, an' she tould them to go out an' to
sarch every inch iv the ground to find the corpse,
“Or I m sure,’ says she, “it’s not to go hide him
self he would,” says she. Well, they went, as
well as they could rummagin’ through the snow,
until, at last, what should they come to, sum
enough, hut the corpse of a poor travelling man, |
that fell over the quarry the night before by ret- j
son ol the snow an’ some licquere he had, may- ,
bo; but, at any rate, he was as dead as a herrin’,.ij
an his face was knocked all to pieces jist like an
over-boiled pitaly, glory be to God: an’divil sc;
taste of a nose or a chin, or a hill or a hollow (■
from one end av his face to the other, hut was nil >
as flat ns a pancake; an’ he was about Jim Soolf ]'
Ivan’s size, an’ dhressed out exactly the same;. !
wid a ridin’ coat an’ new cordheroys; so they ;
carried him home, an’they were alias sure ns (
daylight it was Jim Soolivan himself, an’ they
were wondherin’ he'd do sueli a dirty turn as to
go kill himself forspito. Well,your honor, they
waked him as well as they could, with what
neghbors they could get together, hut by ras in iv
the snow, there wasn’t enough gathered to make
much diversion ; however it was a plisint wake
enough, an’ the churchyard an’ the praist bein’
convanient, as soon as the youngsihers bad their
bit iv the fun an’ diversion out iv the corpse, they
buried it without a greatdale iv trouble; an’ a'mut
three days aflher the burrin', ouldJim Mallow
ney. fioin th’ other side of the little bill, her own
cousin by the mother’s side—be bad a snug bit
of a farm an’ a house close by, by the same to
ken—kem walkin’ in to see bow she was in her
health, an'he hhrew a chair, and he sot down
an’ beginned to convarse her about one thing an’
another, until be got her quiet an’ asy into mid
dling’ good humor; an’ as soon as he seen it was
time, “I'm wondherin," says he, “Nell Gorman,
sieh a handsome, likely, id lie thinkin’ iv’ nothin’
but lamintin’ an’ ihe likes,’ say he, “an’ lingerin’
away her days without any consolation, or get
tin’ a husband,’ says he. •Oh,’ says she “isr’s it
only three days since I buried the poor man,”
says she, “an' isn’t it rather soon to he talkin’ iv
marry in’ agin?" “ Divil a taste,” says he,
“three rays is jist the time to a minute for cryin’
aflher a husband, an’ there’s no occasion in life
to be krepin’ it up ” says be; “an’ besides all
that,” says he, ‘Shrovetide is almost over, an’ if
ye don’t be srirrin" yourself’an’ lookin' about you,
you’ll be late,” say lie, “for this year at any rale,
an’ tlial s twelve months lost, an’ who’s to look
aflher ll e farm all that lime? ” says he. “It’s
th rue sot you, Jim Mallowney,” i-ays she, “but
I’m afe.ired the neigbora will all be talkin’ about
it,” says she. “D vil's cure to I lie word,” says
he. “Ah' who would you advise ?” says she,
“Young Andy Curtis is the boy, says he. * He’s
a likely hoy in himself,” says she; “an’ as handy
a goss. on ai is out,” says he. “Well, thin. Jim
Mallowney,” says she, “here’s my hand, an’you
may b<' talkin’ to Andy Curtis, an’ if he’s willin’
i’m agn cable—is that enough ?’’ says she.
So w ith thalhc made off with himself strait to
Andy Cuitis, an’ before three more days was past,
the "eddin’ kem an, an’ Nell Gorman an’ Andy
Curtis were married as complale as possible; an’
it the wake was plisint, the weddin' was tin
limes as ag ecablc, an’ all the neighbors that
could make (heir way to it was there, an’ there
was three fiddlers an’ lots iv pipers, an ould* Con
nor Shamus I lie piper himself was in it—by the
same token it was the last weddin’ he ever play
ed music at, for the next mornin’ he was goin'
home, bein’ mighty hearty an’ plisint in himself,
bo was smoothered in the snow, undher the mild
castle; an’ by my sowl he was a sore loss to the
by's and girl’s twenty miles round, for he was
the illiganlest piper, burrin’ the liquer alone,
that ever worked a bellows. Well, a week pass
ed over smart enough, an’ Nell an' her new hus
band was mighty well contintod with one anoth
er, for it was too soon for her to begin to regulate
him the way she used with poor Jim Soolivan,
sotheywor comfortable enough ; but (bis was
too good lo last, for the thaw kem an, an’ you
may be sure Jim Soolivan didn't loose a minute’s
time as soon as the heavy dhrift iv snow was
melted enough between him and borne lo let him
pass, for he didn’t hear a word iv news from home
sinsl be lift it, by rason that no one, good or bad,
could thravel at all, with the way the snow was
dhrifted. So, one night, when Nell Gorman, an’
her new husband, Andy Curtis, was snug an’
warm in lied, an’ fast asleep, an’ every thing
quiet, who should come to the door, sure enough,
but Jim Soolivan himself, an’ lie beginned flafin’
the door wid a big blackthorn stick he had, an’
roarin’ out like the divil to open the door, tor he
had a dhrop taken.
“ What the divil’s the mallher ?” says Andy
Curtis wakeuin out iv his sleep. “Who’s balin’
the door?” says Nell: “what’s all (he noise for?”
says she. “Who's in it?”says Andy. “It’s me,”
says Jim. “Who are you?” says Andy; “what’s
your name ?” “Jim Soolivan.” says lie. “By
jabers you lie,” says Andy; “Wait til! I get at
you,’ says Jim billin’ the door a lick iv the wat
tle you’d hear halfmile oIT. It’s him, sure enough,”
says Nell ; “I know his speech; it’s his wander
in’ sowl that can’t get rest, the crass o’ Christ
betune us and harm.” “Let me in,” says Jim,
“or I’ll dbrive the doorin a top iv yis. “Jim Soo
livan Jim Soolivan,” says Nell, sittin up in the
bed, an’ gropin for a quart bottle iv holy walher
she used to hang by the back iv the lied, “don’t
come in darlin, there's holy walher here,” says
she; “but tell me from where you are is there
any thing that’s throuhlin’ your poor sinful sowl?”
says she. “An’tell me, how many masses’ill
make you asy, an’by this crass, I’ll bny you as
I many as you want,” says she. “I don’t know
what the divil you mane,” says Jim. “Goback,’
' says she, “go back to glory lor God's sake," says
she. “Uivil’s cure to the bit iv me ‘ill go hack to
glory, or any where else,” says he, “this blessed
1 night: so open the door at onst, an’ let me in,”
i says he. “I’heLord forbid,” says she. “k'y ja
i bora you’d betther,” says be, “or u ’ill lie worse )i r
I you, ’ says he; and wid that he fell lo wallopin’
1 j the door till lie was fairly tired, an’ Andy an’ inn
| wife crassin’ themgclve- an’ sayin’ their prayers
' j for the bare life all the time. “Jim Soolivan,"
I says she, as soon ns he was done, “go back, for
I god s sake, an’ don’t be freakenin’ me an’ your
| poor fatherless childhren,” says she. "Why, you
1 boslhoon you,” say* Jim, - won't you let your
husband in,” says he, “to bis own house ?” says
J he. “You war rny husband sure enough,” says
, she, “but it swell you know, Jim Soolivan,you’re
L ’Literally, Cornelius James —the last name em- :
' ployed as a patronyimic. t onnor is used, invatia- ;
I bly, in the Louth, as the short name for Cornelius, 1
- or “Grohore."
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■Hot my husband note,” says s+lio. “You’re as
•ibrui.k as can hr consavcd,” says Jim. “ (Jo «
back, in God’s name pacibly to your grave,” says I
iVell. "By ray sowl.ii’s to my grave you’ll siml l
me, sure enough,” says he, “you hardhearted t
bain,” for I’m jist all’ with the cowld,” says he. c
~ ‘Jim Sulivan, says she, "it’s in your docent col- [
fin you should be, you unforthunatc sperit. says <
she; “what is it's annoyin’ your soul, in the wide t
world, at oil ! says she: “hadn’t you every thing I
complete!” says she, “the oil, mi’ the wake, an’ <
the berrin!” says she. Och, by the hoky,” says t
Jim, “it’s too long I’m makin’ a fool iv myself, (
gostherin wid you outside iv my own door,” t
says he, “for it s plane to ho seen,” says he, “you ,*
don t know what you’re saying,” an’ no one else \
knows what you mane you unfortunate fool,’ says i
he; “so oust for all, open the door quietly,” says (
he. “or by my sowking. I’ll not lave a splinter to- (
gether,” says he. Well, whin Nell an’ Andy I
seen he was getting vexed, they beginned to bawl i
out their prayers, with the fright, ns if the life .
wor lavin’them; an’the more he bate the door,
the louder they prayed, until at lust Jim was fair
ly tired out. “Bad luck to you,” says he, for a ■
rale divil of a woman, says he; “I cuii’t get any ,
advantage av you any way ; but wait iHI I get
hould iv you. that’s all,’ says he. An’ he turned
all fromjlhedoor,an’ wintround to thecow house,
an’ settled himself as well us ho cculd in the
sthraw; an’he wag tired enough wid the travcl
lin’ he had in the day lime, an’ a good dale both
ered with what liquor he had taken ; so he was
party sure ol steepin’ wherever he thruc himself.
But. lie ray soul, it wasn’t the same way with the
man an’ the woman in the house—for divil a
wink iv sleep, good or bad. could they get at all.
wid the fright iv thesperit, as they supposed; an’
with the first light they sint a little gossoon, as
fast as he could wag, straight oft’ like u shot, to,
he priest,an’ to desire him, for the love ofGoi’i,
to come to them an the minute, an’ to bring, if it
was {rinsin’ to his raverenee, all the little things
he Itae for sayin’ mass, an’savin’ sowls, an’ ha u
jshin’ sperits, an’ (reckonin' the divil,an’ the lik es
iv that. An’ it wasn’t long tdl his raverenee (
kem down,, sure enough, on the ould gray mar eff
wid the little mass-boy 1 ehiml him,” an’ the pro; /-
er-hooks an ’ hitiles, an’ alt (he other rnystarious
articles that was wanlin,’ along wid him; an’ e.s
soon as be k cm in, “God save all hero,” says b c.
“God'save ye. kindly, your raverenee,”says they.
“An'what’s gone wrongwid ye 1 ” says he; “ye
must I n very bad,” says he, “entirely, to disturb
my devotions,”says he, “this way, jest at break
fast time, ’ says he. “By my sowkins,” soys
Nell,‘its bad enough we are, your raverenee,’
says she, ‘lor it’s poor Jim’s sperit,’ says she; ‘God
rest his sowl, w herever it is, says she, ‘that
wandherin’ up an’ down, opposite the door all f
night,’says she, ‘in the way it was no use at all 1
thy riii’ to gel a wink iv sleep,’ says she. ‘lt’s to
lay it, you want me, I suppose,’ says the priest.
•Kyior raverenee, ’id do that same, it id he plai
sin’ to us says Andy.
Well, there wasn’t a second word to the bar
gain; so they paid him the money down, an’ he
settled the table out like; an althar, before the
door, an’ he settled it out wid all the things ’ne
hail wid him; an’ he lit a hit iv a holy candle, un’
he scathered his holy wather right an’ left; an’
he took up a big hook, on’ he wint an read in’ for
half an hour, good; an’ whin he kem to the end,
he tuck hould iv his little bell, and he h< ginned I
to rivg it for the bare life; an’, by my sow), he
rung it so well, that he wakened Jim S ulivan in
the cow-house, where he was sleepin,’ an’ up he
jumped, widout a minute’s delay’an’ mod right
for the house, where all the family an’ the priest,
an’ the little mass-hoy was assimbled, lay in’ the
ghost; an’ as soon as his raverenee seen him coin
in’ in at the door, wid the fair fright, he flung the
hell at his head, an’ hot him sich a lick iv it in
the fmehead, that he sthrctched him an the floor;
hut faix he didn’t wait to ax any questions, but
he cut round the table as if the divil was afther
him, an’out at the door, an’didn’t stop even as
much as to mount an his mare, hut leathered away
down the borheen as fast as his legs could carry
him though the mud was up to his knees, savin’
your presence. Well, by the time Jim kem to
himself, the family persaved the mistake, aa’ An
dy wint home lavin’ Nell to make, the explana
tion. An’ as soon as Jim heard it all, he said ho
was quite contint to lave her to Andy, entirely;
hut the priest would not hear iv it; an’ be jist rued
him marry his wifeover again, an’ a merry wid
din it was, an a fine collection for his raverenee.
An’ Andy was there along wid the rest, an’ the
priest put a small pinnanee upon him, for bein’
in too great a hurry to marry a widdy. An’ had
luck to (he word he’d allow any one to say an the
business, ever after, at all, so av course, no one of
finded his raverenee, by spakin’ iv the twelve
pounds he got for laying the sperit. An’ tlic
neighbours wor all mighty well plascd, to lie sure,
for gettin’ all the divarsion of a wake, an’ two
weddin’s far nothin.’
J’kimc again,—A lute London paper relates
that during the first days after the accession of
\ ictoria to the English throne, some sen
tences of <:ou (martial were presented for her sig
nature. One was death for desertion; a soldier
was to be shot. The young Queen read it—
paused—looked up to the officer who laid it be
fore her, and sard, “Have you nothing to say in
behalf of this man!”
“Nothing—lie lias deserted three limes,” said
t.ie officer.
‘•flunk again, my lerd,'* was her reply
“ And,” said the gallant veteran, ns he related
the circumstances to his friends, “seeing her Ma
jesty so earnest about it, I said he certainly is a
had soldier; hut theie was somebody spoke as to
his good character, and he may he a good man,
for aught I know to to the contrary.”
“Oh, thank you for that, a thousand times!”
exclaimed tire Queen, and hastily writing “Par
doned, in targe letters on the fatal page,she sent
k across the table with a hand trembling with |
eagerness and beautiful emotion.
A Qitkkh Skiimon.—Every number of the j
'■Sunday Morning Visitor (published at New I
Y oik,) contains a sermon; hut whether the preach- j
er is a Christian, a Turk,or a Nothingarian, re
mains uncertain. He takeshis text where he can
find it. His last sermon is founded on a stanzas
ol Doctor Gridlcy, who died some years ago, iu
this town ;
“ When a few more years are wasted,
VV lien a few more springs are o’er,
When a few more griefs I’ve tasted,
T shall fall to bloom no more !”
And in moralizing thereupon, he urges parents to ■
lake special care of their children; to keep their '
sons from writing ,i etry till they can read the
eatamenl; to give (hern a (logging when they I
need it, and let them go a fishing occasionally.
As to daughters, he thinks they should he dispo
sed ol in the matrimonial market as early as con
venient, because “soon after they ur c live-and- I
twenty, they “fall to bloom no more ;” and ho :
adds, with great emphasis, “paint, gum, whale
hone, hog’s bristles and false hair, don’t make a
lovely girl ol sixteen out of an old maid, by two- |
and-six-pence worth.”— Exeter News Letter
I'ipossi in litus.—A characteristic trait of
Colonel Wallace, a British Officer in the East
Indies, is recollected by those who served willi
the army in the Deccan. At (he seige of Gawii
gluir, lie had been charged with the execution of ;
certain details necessary to the capture of that I
place, A heavy gun had been directed to be
conveyed by night to an important )>oint, and its
transportation over the most rugged mountain so [
long bullied all endeavors, that the artillery olfi- i
cer, in despair, reported the accomplishment of it
to be impossible. "Impossible sir !" exclaimed
t oloncl A allace, who had all his life maintained
tlie most rigid adherence to obedience—"unpss
siblc! hi us see.” Ho then called for a light,
pulled the instructions from his pocket, and hav
ing read them, said, “Oh.no, not impossible, the
order is positive.” The result evinced the effica
cy ot the order, and also afforded another proof
that implicit oliedience, when accompanied by
devoted zeal, will in general overcome every dilli
culiy.
Atmos cm in i c Resistance to Ktium
Tuainh.—This subject seems to be receiving
considerable attention among English Engineers.
An article in the London Railway Magazine for
June, slates that the resistance of the atmosphere
to a railway train in rapid motion, not only tends
te retards its progress, hut causes the ears to
have an oscillating motion. It becomes an im
portant question what figure should lie given to
the cars, so ns to meet the least resistance. The
writer says that projections or recesses on the
sides or tops of the ears, increase the atmospher
ic, resistance more than would he at, first ima
gined. The experiments that have been made,
lead to the inference that the resistai.ee may he
diminished l>y change of form and arrangement,
in a surprising degree. If this can lie done, an
immense sa>ing of locomotive power, and the
reduction of wear and tear of engines, &c. will
be gained.
Hollanders make butter which
preserved as long as their gin. They use no sail, ■
hut liy careful working and heavy pressure, ab
stract every particle of the buttermilk, which is
the great cause of rancidity ; and then liy putting
the pure oleaginous matter hcrmeticaMy scaled,
they secure it against change for a long period ol
time, in any climate. Butter purged of moisture
either from the milk or dissolved salt, will keep
for years, if excluded from the air; and it is
shameful that so much had butler should lie sent
to market, in every thirty pounds of wl lieh there
will lie at least a pint ol fluid to conupt I he whole
.mass. .
■ _ /
tWhiiame Iruniiinr,, ex-ernpressof Mnxico, is
at the White Sulphur Springs, Virginia.
In one of Frederick the Great’s battles, the
horse ol his nephew was killed by a cannon ball,
and it was at first thought the rider was also slain.
“Ah !” said the king, riding by without slopping
“there is the Prince of Prussia killed—lest Ids
saddle and bridle be taken care ol!”
“Teddy, mo boy, jisl guess how many cheese
there is in this ’ere bag, an faith I II give ye whole
five.”
“ Five, to be sure,” says Teddy. “ Arrali
inusha, by me sowl, bad luck to the man that
lould ye!”
“Stick no bills here,” as the loafer said to the
musquitos.
“I’ve got a hilt against yon,’ a s the woodjicck
cr said to the apple tree.
The Tall Gautlcman’t) A.uology.
FROM MY “OLD ROUT FOU U.”
Upliraid mo not—l never swore
Eternal love to thee,
For thou art only four feet high,
And I am six feet three.
I wonder, dear, bow you supposed
That I could look so low ;
There’s many a one can lie a knot.
Who cannot fix a beau.
Besides, you must confess, my love,
The bargain scarcely fair,
Nor never could wc make a match,
Although wo made a pair.
Marriage, I know, makes one of two;
But hero’s the horrid bore,
My friends declare if you are one,
That I, at least, am four.
’Tis true, the moralists have said
That love has got no eyes ;
But why should all my sighs he heaved
For one who has no size 1
And on our wedding day I’m sure
1 d leave you in the lurch,
For you never saw a steeple, dear,
In the inside of a church.
’Tis usual for a wife to take
Her husband by the arm,
But pray excuse me should I hint,
A sort of loud alarm,
That when I oiler you my arm,
That happiness to beg,
Your highest effort, dear, would be
To take me by the leg.
I do admit I wear a glass,
Because rny sight’s not good,
But were I always quizzing you,
I might be counted rude;
And though I use a concave lens—
By all the gods! I hope
My wife will ne’er look up to me
Through Herschcl’s telescope.
Then fare thee well, my gentle one;
I ask no parting kiss ;
I must not break rny hack to gain
•So exquisite a bliss !
Nor will I weep, lest I should hurt
So delicate a flower—
The tears that fall from such a height
Would l>e a thunder shower.
Fareweil! and pray don’t drown yourself
In a basin or a tub,
For that would lie a sore disgrace
To ail tiie Six Feet Club;
But if you ever love again,
Love on a smaller plan,
For why extend to six feet three
A life tliat’s but a span I
Consignees per Month CaVuiina Kail Hoad.
ilAMDuac. August 13, ISB9.
J. S. Hutchinson; Gould Bui', ley; K. L). Cooke;
.1. Mi'likin; J. K. St If. Hora; Moore (V Davis; Hand
ix Scranton; Slovak, Simmons 4c Co.; Treadway Sr
j Ulinn; Sibley & Cr.ipon; Jeffers & Boulwar*; Geo.
, PairottsJ, F. Benson.
DIED,
At Ilia residence, near ,V. illedgcvillc, on Wednes
day, A. M. "lh ol August, Rev. AllertM. Eoer
ton, ant'd 33 years, a native ol’ Randolph, \ cnriont,
but for the last II years a resident of South Caro
lina and Georgia. Ihe whole of his protracted ill
ness was characterized by peace; and the God who
had so signally sustained his mother, brother and
sister, in their dying moments was Ids lirm support
and ground of hope, lie was aide to converse
to the last moment, and to receive the intelli
gence that he was dying, with the joyful excla
mation, “ Bless the Lord, oh my soul.” It was
a dying request that no eulogy or epitaph should
attract attention to him —saying, that there was
but one eulogium he desired, and of that he was
altogether unworthy —“. 4 tinner saved hy grace."
MARINE INTELLIGENCE.
Charleston, August 15.
Cleared*- Ship Medora, Turner, Liverpool! br.
brig Tino, Richardson, Savannah.
Want to sea yesterday —lirig Delaware,. Ross,
ITmulad; brtg Veto, i'earson, New York.
Cf7’ AUGUSTA THEATRE.—The subscriber
having again become the lessee of the Augusta
. Theatre, lias the honor most respectfully to inform
the ladies and gentlemen of Augusta, that he will
commence his dramatic season early in October
next. It is his intention to present a company,
possessing the highest order of bistronic talent.
The management of the theatre, will devolve per
sonally upon the lessee, and every exertion will be
made to merit a continuance of flic patronage,
which was so liberally bestowed during his former
management. WILLIAM C. TORRES.
dSt&trwlm
TO RENT, from the Ist Oct. next, a
[m b til N°- 348 south-side Broad-street,
JSlyLrecently occupied by the late D W. St.
Jolm Apply to JAMES GARDNER, Jr.
auglG trwtf
AaA The subscriber offers for sale his rcsi
* SSSSi ' lcmo V ear tl>e Turkuett Spring. ’I ho
J. iliilLllouse is very commodious and in good
repair the lot of about live acres is well shaded,
and has a large garden, which is good at ail soasens,
with an abundant supply of the purest water. Fiorn
its situation and advantages, it may be made one
of the most desirable places in the nci, hhorhuod of
Augusta, for a winter as well as summer residence.
There is also adjoining it about thirty acres of
wood land, a p*ait oi which would uc excellent for
cultivation and pasturage.
Also, Live Thousand trees of Morus Multi
plies, some of which are now 9 feci high a d H
/medies circumference, from single cuttings p anted
’ in February last. W. C A TLIN.
aiig 16 trwlm
4 DMINIS PR A TOR’S NOTICE—Four months
7V after date, application will he made to the
t ouilof Ordinary ol Kiclimond county, Georgia,
for leave to sell lot No 7. in the 2d District of Mer
iwether county, (originally in Troup county,) be
longing to the estate of Reading Wood, deceased.
4A MU EL HALE, Administrator.
August IG 1839.
THE THITE POMADE DIVINE.
X TEN'- IV ELY used in Europe, never before
A intiodueed into America, an iiif.ilible euro
and a delightful preventive of Chapped Hands and
Lips, Ike. This elegant article gives a delicacy of
fragrance and that natural lieu tuful appearance to
the skin no other preparation of the kind has been
kno in to produce. It immediately removes PIM
PLES and other disagreeable ERUPTIONS. pre
vents HHUISICS from turning.black,cures BURNS
and SCALDS, alleviating pain, and preventing
. blisters, it is also exceedingly useful for SORE
BREASTS. So invaluable is this compound for
every inconvenience to which the skin is liable,
that none who have proved its benefits will ever
willingly he without it.
Sold in Glasses at 25 and 50 cents each, with
full particulars, and directions for use. For sale by
ROBERT CARTER, I cuggist,
Broad si. and at
T. If. PLANT’S Bookstore.
Where certificates of its successful application
may be seen. June 21 swtf
GEORGIA
AGRICULTURE L KHI’OSfTORY.
IRON AND BRASS FOUNDRY,
Cornerof Jones and Gumming streets, first corner
above the ruins of the f-iaiiters’ Hotel.
The subscribers olfer for sale a large and exten
sive assortment of Agricultural Implements, com
prising all ttiatis required to stock the most exten
sive p antalions; Ploughs, Wood’s patent,Freeborn,
Davis’, Howard’s, double mould board, tic.; Culti
vators, for corn and colturi; Harrows of al kinds
and sizes; Wheat Fans; Watkins’ patent and Crutch
Cylindrical Straw Cutters, of different sizes ; Corn
Sliellers ; Corn and < ob Crackers ; Thrashing Ma
chines, Horse lowers; Turning Lathes, Tyre
Bendinv Machines, &c.
Our IRON and BRASS FOUNDRY is now in
complete operation ; having a large stock of mate
rials, and lirst rate workmen, we are able to fur
nish all kindsof Castings, Sic. of asuperiorquality
at short notice. ROBERT PHILIP & ISDN.
July 31 trw4w
TEN DOLLARS REWARD.
RAN AW AY from the subscriber, a negro boy
named GLASGOW, between 19 and 2d years
of age, about 5 j feet high, stout built, very dark
complexion, with a very thick head of hair. He is
supposed to be lurking about Augusta or upon the
Sand Hills. Ihe above reward will be paid for his
delivery, or his being lodged in anv safe jail so
that 1 get him. J.vS. \V. CLABK.
aug 1U tnvti
HEALTH GIVING BEVeKaGI~
rjlllK undersigned have received a supply of
fl Water from the White Sulhhub .-rhino
j Greenbriercounty, Va. 'I be hLh reputation which
the water o. this spiing has a quirtd, in the pre
> ventiun and cuie if disease t, ha. ,o:ig rendered
| an object of peculiar interest to the public. Ex
tensive experience lias dcmonstiated, that it may
| be transported to any distance, ;.;,d kept in barrels
or bolt es for any desiicd length of time, without
I tic siiulitest deterioration ol it. medicinal virtues
j or clliciency. TLRPIN, D’A.sTTGNAC & Co.
| jUly 13 sw6t
MACHINE it V .
VI ILL-CASTING*. Iron Wo,k,.Cotton and all
kinds of MACHINERY, futni-lied of ti e *
best male.ials and finished in the best planner
‘■'l he Savage M,nvfaclurtng i’mi. cii/
who lievo made arriingemenls wiili TTfs-Ts. Fto
vau,, Summons A Co,, of Augusta, Ga., to be their
| \ gents, for receiving consignn er.ts. who are au
thorised to receive payment of b ; l,s a 1 expenses
on delivery by them, of the above described worn
sent to that sect.on ol the south convenient to Au
gusta. ’
Prompt attention will be paid to all orders ad
dressed to iho>e gentlemen, at Augusta, to Tiros.
Lansdai.e, Superintendent of the unfits at the
“ Savage Factory,” Maryland, 01 to
GrAilUfE VVILMAMf?, .'.gent,
aug 5 vvSm Bn tinm re.