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p a ., ig ht e ls,i;hecks, Garda , Bit
of every ,legoription, ntati:
Wliveat the lowest rash.Drices
0111•111011 a .
y.
Indian Vegetable )Pills.
tO.l . the North Arne-icon College of Jealth. As ap..,
pears by the fulloiring circurnstaices, aie fast su
perseding the use of all other hill: as a UNIVERPA4
itESIEDY, jor the pal tficatin ri of Iq (duo& and as a
consequence, the eradication of 9ISEASE from the
HOIIIII7 sys TEM. .
• 331 )31.5 & JAMES 11.1. TTY,
VirAY . ,-/-Nti.heen duly appoint , : County Agent
furithe sale, n large or small'uantitics, of the
named article, suggest the fidlowin as strong pre.
ip
sumptive proof, that the claiin of his medicine to
public conbdencr, is founded on unquestionable
and we believe, tingoestronabte autltority.
Letter from ',lr. Caulfield, Travdling Agent for
the United States. ' I
- - - \-1.1c.,,,,,r5. T. &J. BED Y. '
L herewith _unclose for your st,r,vice in the way
of ad:-ertising, the notice ot t.
Stieht & E
.r NlcniSli,
successors to Kenn & 'Stie - der, Rladdig, who are
agents 6sr .Braudr.rth Pills, and re hap , for of urn.
You will perceive the force of the language, un•
der these cirZonnstanres, and my IJusiness is to ap
prise you of the testimony Which die gentleman to
whom they refer have alrerdy give r,—four of them
prior to the refer, nee, %I:0, one, ..I , r. G. 11. Miller,
I
since the rellsri hcc, lilt se Illoot 1) ing informed of
it by me, or . ht anv manner all idin(g to it.
.STteirrnal& Ar i li NG 11 1, (as sueretirs to Kr int
& Stichter,-kea , lifig. ) haying Iceduly apreintid
county agents fin the excellent an superior medi—
cine above named, are now preps ed to supply the
demands of former agencies, and will he gratified
by the il ppOilltille!, I. and ~...ii ;ply Of iew once, on the
-usuaLliberal, terms.'
"For the':charuenr of these pits, we rifer with
confidence, 'hut without asked Cr tisent, to the fol.
lowing named gentlemen, who hate. sold them long
enough to know lheir 'roe valtlv in compari , on
1
with any others now lit in II leer. 'heir relative lo
cation gives every facility t. the ,
‘ ) . ,quirer who lic—
serves to obtain, either fo: title 4 use, a first rate
article."' . k
To take them in consecutive or l fier, then Mr. C.
W. Porter, P. M., Maiden Cruel:, [.I .1 11, 2.G. took of
me on commission, 6 i‘. , .7.. Since lrat toile. be pur
chased of li. & S. Ile-ding 6 doze', and on the 411,
1 1
inst. took 6 d07...11 of me, stn it • tat be nicer had
a medicine %%hid' brofQ,ld back .in good n tcp :rt.
nor one which had so ready a silk... As he is rust
Master, any person can easily artd ch. a ply ascer
tain whether my O.:welly C.::11 be impeardied and at
the same time learn what other pi ls, tie sells Cir has
sold. - ,
.. .
Mr. G. El. Miller, late of Brickensville, had re
/
quested me to appoint him an roVent for Wowls.
dont; because he well know the v hie or' rite article.
April 20th he' took of me 4 dozer, and on the 24th
inst. he had sold_ 26 boxes, it heir in Womelsdorf,
u new article, and bouzlit '2 ckze more
This statement is similar to th ..loregoing,
i
To Mr. iWKinty; one dozen w tie sent at a ven
ture, pertiaini in Lb• , .:ember. Jan 2.1, 1 left him 2
i
'dozen on commv.sion, and on the Ili!) inst. he paid
me I,r 7 dozen stating, as do thi others, that JIG
medicine with winch he is acquai nted has as. good
a name and no ready a sale.
Peter Kline, P0..1 Master, has
has the while strutting. probably
-ccn, and Who states, that poothe
dcrcd him an'y 'service, but that
that he is persuaded to persevere,.
deit is will entirety recover.
Samuel (leeklor, Past Master,
Lot tAates, that he finds 4 ot . thcs.;
them—that dm' he had these le
-4,nd the othcrs sorra! ) earn, of
zbuut 11l boxes where he hos a c'
other sort, lie mentioned a wol
rirez.everal yeais sufraed by th • rheumatism, and
ilitanzh ether remedies had b -en invoked, sue
not' found any , benefit, save n the use of these
1 ,1:1:. . I,
1 ,could RcH much general an particular intor- -
monies but i.iiii II defer to:: into convenient oppor.
t leity :in i xii.esition whici, musts interesting to all
%Ai), ari%liiilile to disc:l.es. To,tlWe kisincii: In hand,
Ihr '7 , leribee, I have paid the ittention it seems
to merit, and 1 thus leave it_ wth the earnest d'e
tire that it may be'read with c Indor, anti produce
t:ic or ct: to which truth is al...vact:: entitled.: '
I i•spectfully,
R. iil:.‘ :41 EP F. I,D,
Travelling Art. United Slates.
- Pulisville, May 29 I i V.'.l-11
The following named gentlimen compose the
n,i „I „,nts for this county ant vicinity. sa far as
they are at precnt received. 1 , :her names will be
ad.iod as agents shall be appoi Jed. " .
T. &J. BEA.TTV, POIIs•VIUC, -
Daniel Say lor,SchuN 11; ill Il aV en,
c a let, Wheeler. Pinegrove: i
John Snyder, P. M. Prietient,burg,
.1. 51 G. 'Hatt, Port ( . I;to , m,' 1
11. K. Milli;r, 11eKeansburg
Wm. Taggart, Tamaqua, .
I'. Drey & Co. Tivrearora,
Samuel 11.,ver, Middle Port,
Seidel & Co. Hamburg, •
J Wiest., Klingerstown, j
Aaron Alattlicws, M. P. Loi
Jacob Kauffman, . Upl
--:= K auffinan, d
F. Harrier. PI M. Nlillerwbur
S. S:iindel, Graiziown.
Principal Odin, 16!) P,a
• W11.1 4 1i
Vice l'rcos'il
!Salmon, Nhad
& Mass. No. I M
No. 1 Salmon,
Mc Shad,
Shad,
Cod: Fish;
Burlington Herring,
Digby do '
B,logna Sausages,
Smoked Beef,
Smoked Tongucs,
Jeriioy & Western [lams
Shoulders& Finch,
Cheese.
Pine Apple Cheese,
SapSagu do
Fruit,
Fresh Pickles.
Just received and fur sale
• • E. Q,. Sr;
May 29
Riding, Sitlimy"
J rei:eivr4 fresh su
perior inanoractured If(
IVhijm which will he sold ci
Al-th!a lot of neat walking
switeheP.
Oitcn[AnD
GE grown
litA3.constantly Rn han
ALK;BEER, ALE, FOR;
STOUT, which he is alw
sale and retail at the lowes t
. May `22. •
'TILE FORSAKEN TO TOLE FALSE ONE.
BY TIFIBIAC nAirsaa BAYLEY. ,
I dare v lthee to forget !
Co ander . where thou wilt,
•
Thy hand upon the ves , ers: ; lielm,
, Orin tae sabre's hilt:
Away ! thou'rt free ! o'er hind and sea,
Go rush to danger's brink !
But oh, thou CBILSL not fly from thought!
Thy curse. will be—to think !
of Lading and
printed at this
Forgct me ! No, that Olaf not de!
•
haunt thee in thy eltiep— '
lu dreains thoult chng to:slimy rocks
'l . li4t.hver!iang the &ail:
Thnirit ehridi lb, aid ! n' feeble aim
St:AI - ail thee from thd brink,
And when then wak'et inxud dismay
Thy curse will be—to think
FORTY-ONE TONS OF INDIGO
01t,THE C.IREFVL DEALER.
Let us begin with a mrixim. Though such a
commencement may a little startle the mere amuse
nista seeker, we 'oust disregard his very natural
Isar of being itistruckil for the sake of the i:iiposing
air that it gtv!s to the armies. In matters of bus
iness, if you can help it, as far as possible never
commit 3 utast-If by. speaking hastily."
We have propounded our aphorism, and we now
proceed t.) roe its value by the narrative of a fact,
which,, should it read a little like a tale, we shall riot
be sorry fur, tint merely plume ourselves upon the
attractive manner in which we have related it. It
is not our fault if we be naturally eloquent. But
this will not make us vaino . or we have much grea
ter sins than eloquence to Answer for.
Men with linen aprons before them have some
times very creditable feelings, and a coat out at the
ell , ow•s may often be buttoned over a generous breast.
It may be even suspected tbii - f\rnaidens with serge
gow ne on their backs may bud their susceptibilities,
th - Ough I know these latter have been shamefully
monopolized by young ladi'ea who "are votaries to-the
excitement of elegant, fiction.
gold to a man who
near 60, whil'n
r remedy has refl.
this has, and now
am fully persua-
ells the oditr pills,
equal to 8 or 9 of
s than 4 tnonths,
hese he now sells
di for one of t 1 1 ,2
lan who has do-
If the above proposition) can be tolerated by the
reader, let him read on, and know that the hero of
this' little moral sketch was a deuce and canny
Scot, making up, by their great variety, for the lim
ited extent of his dealing*. He was a chapman in
a promiscuous line. In fact‘--why should we attempt
to disguise the truth 'I —lie kept %hat in London
would be called a chandler's shop. He condescen
ded, merely for" the convenience of his immediate
neighbours, to sell candles E 0 low as a farthing a
piece—indeed he would, for the donee, furnish light
so attenuated that your night purchase two fora far
thing, and yet he had small beer in his emporium
more attenuated still. He also sold dyeing materi
als, among which I might have classed his small
ale, and he had cot-ulna indicus to set off against a
halfpenny's worth of salt, benne against two sheets
of parliament cake for a flambee, and indigo by the
pound against snuff by the half ounce.
Indeed, our trustworthy friend, Donald M'Grie,
had no small pride in his shop ; and the street in
which he lived in the gude mild town of Aber-.
deem, had just so much 'pride in Donald. neatly
Donald was a safe chief he kept his accoudts accu
rately, both with God and man, for he was as punc
tual at kirk, as in payments, and, as he alliav‘eil no
lo . ng scores wi.h his nei4hbours, he took care never
to tun largely in debt by.crimes of omission, which
roust be same day settled before a tribunal so ow
ful.
•er 114hantango
•er I do
d:)
, (Beflic.l P. 0.)
1 •c sr. 'Philadelphia,
%It WRIGHT',
N. A. t' 4. Health.
ltaelieral.
keral.
NOERSON
22
Gi IF hips.
ply bf beautiful and en
I ding Sulkey, and Gig
,ieap by the suo.eriber.
and riding whalebone
B. BANNAN
1Z R Y.
0. JIVER,
an assw townt of Fres
'?ER, AND BROWN
ys toady to sell wleole
rates.
20-3 mo
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cei witltcach you to piercis the bowels attic Earth , and . bring ottt from 'the Caverns of hiountains,hietals which will give strength to ourliaialsand subject all Nstureto ouruseandplensure".—Dn. JOHNSON.
VOL. xv H.
Remember me!—remember
all—
My lorg enduring love,
That link'd itscilto 'perfidy, :
The vulture and the dor4:
Remember, in thy War* deed,
I never once did shrink,
But clung to thee confidingily
Thy curse shall be , 7 -ie Oink
Then go: that thought will render thee
A dastard in the.fight,
Thol thought, when thou ail. tempest-lost,
• Will fill thce with affright:
In some wild dungeon mayst thou lie.
And, canting each et:ari l link
That binds thee to captivity,
Thy Clf SC shall he—to think!
Go , . seek the merry banqUet-hall,
‘Vliere younger ntirdeuy bloom,
The thought of me shall tricks thee thew.
Endure a deeper gdoulli;:
Thai thought shall turn the festive cup
ryson v, fide you drink,
And alien false bit - lilts are on the cheek,
Thy curse will'be—to think !
Forget me, foloe one, hope it not
Mica minstrels touch ale siting,
The memory of other days:
Will gall thee while theY sing;
The air:, used to love will make
. Tby coward tionseietteeAirhak,
Aye every note will have;its sting :
Thy curse will be—to Mink! •
Having thus sufficie..tly described Ell,mald's cir
cumstances, we must new proceed to narrate the
first grand step that he made towards acquiring the
spletidid fortune that ho, so well deserved and lived
so long to enjoy.
lie was out of indigo ; that is to say, all •the indi
go that he had had gone out from his warehouse by
driblets, 'flit reupon lid writes a letter to a house
in London, a drysalter's in the most extensive line
of business, ordering forty-one lions weight of indi
go,' stating at the same time, that if there was not
a vessel, they must get . ane,.'—Such were the exact
words he used.
NoW,at the time this occurred, communication
between Aberdeen and London was rare and at far
thest, four times in the year was the utmost extent
that Donald and his wholesale dealers ad
dresse,l each other. These latter were very Much
surprised at the extent of the order, and the reader
will not wonder at it when he is informed quit they
never could suppose for a moment that a vessel
could
. ho ordered on purpose to carry folly-one
pounds of indigo ;,so, after much scrutiny of the tut
rx hieroglyphical marks of M'Grio, all the heads of
the firm took it firmly into their said heads that
their correspondent, had fairly written for .forty one
I tons.
They knew but very litle of the man, and of-the
nature and extent of his business; all, hov‘ever, that
they did know was most satisfactory ; they had done
business with him for neatly twenty years, and had,
during all that time, been extremely well pleased
with the punctuality Of his payments, added to
which they had heard that he was wealthy.. Up.in
all these -grounds, they ,without hesitation 4 executed
the order.; but as they
,had not any thing like the
quantity on hand, they were forced themselves to
become purchasers, in order to fulfil the commission.
Having collected the quantity that they supposed
that Donald had spectfied7 they shipped it for ?ibex
(leen, sending with it in invoice, end also a bill of
lading by post. . _
I=l
Weekly by neujannin Schuylkill Conniy, Penngylvania
AND P
SATURDAY MORNING. JULY 31. 1841.
When llVrie receives this precious bill Of lading,
his astonishment was at once ludicrous-and stupen
dous. At length, in order to give himself a little men
tal relief, he determined to set it down as; a hoax,
for, said he, • what on earth can tLe people of London,
mean by sending me forty-one tons of indigo 1" It
was more than sufficient, with the then consump
tion, to supply Aberdeen for a guile Scotch genera
tiOn—twent3 -one years. however, his prudence
still prevailed over every other operation of his
mind.
Like n canny Scot, he kept his perplexity to him
self, for nothing was f,rther from his thoughts than
to run hither and thither with his mouth open, and
the letter in his hand, in order to tell his tale of
Wonder, and excite the stupid exclamations of his
neighbors. Nothwithstanding this stoical conduct,
be could not so far commanu his deportment, but
that those about him remarked a definite, though
mysterious change in his whole man. He was
nearly silent, but the activity of his feet made up for
the idleness of his unique. He was fidgetty,
repeat
edly leaving his shop, without any conceivable rea
m end then returning to it hastily on the same ra
tional grounds. For once in his life, his nei g hbors
thought that wily Donald did not know very well
what he was about.
In the midst of this agitation, time and tide, which
wait for no mart, brought 'the vessel that bore the
indigo to Aberdeen. It would seem that, in o , der to
quicken Donald's apprehension, she had an extraor
dinary quick pass ix". No sooner was she moored
that , the captain hastened to find the merchant t.,
whom this large ar.d valuable cargo was consigned.
Having gone previously to the very first merchants,
he by nice gradations, at length arri‘ed at the little
shop of the actual consigneo, hone,t Donald :',l"
Grie. , Indeed, tha skipper was as much astonish('
at the minuteness of the warehouse as M'Gria bad
been at the magnitude of his cargo, for that ware
house, had it contained nothing else, would not
have held the one-fifth part of the consignment.
After the few first introductory sentences, that
made each aware of what was their mutual business,
the -captain became convinced that all was right
from the quiet conduct of Donald, who betrayed nei
ther emotion nor - surprise, though at the same time
his very heart was melting within him, as melts an
exposed ruslilight on a sunshiny summer's d iy,
,4 And sae, sir, ye'tt be sure ye a brought the tottle
of the forty-one tons. A hugeous quantity, eh, sir !
And did ye ever hen any one, men, hse sae I - mettle
before
• Never, Mr. Al'Grie, never. Why, do you know
that the difficulty of getting all the indigo together
had an effect on the roirket. It whe full three far
things the pound dearer on 'Chango the very day I
left London.'
0, ay—portly. It was—was it I Now I'll just
put !e rine. case—not that it is o' the slightest eon
sequpncei but merely to satisfy my conjecture—sup
posing, mon, ye had all this indigo, what would ye
'use, do wt' it ?'
Why,' said the skipper,. I should not have
(might it unless I wanted it ; and if I had wanted it
I should have known what to do with it. That is,
Mr. M'Grie, precisely your case.'
Ah weel, my moo, but you're an unco cannio'
chiel. Do ye na ken whether his precious majesty,
may God bless him, aint gaun to make the volun.
teer laddies wear blue regimentals—blue is a pure
anent colour.'
Why, I don't know, but some report of that sort
may be stirring ; for what with your large demand
and other matters, indigo is certainly getting up.
But my time is precious. Here's your bill of laying
so just sign my papers—ah, all right—when and
whore shall I discharge my cargo I"
Don't lash yourself, there's nac hurry. I'll just
speak to two or three of my worshipfu' correspon.
dents, and let you know on the morrow, or aiblins
the next day after.
_I may line to send to Edinbro'
amend the matter.'
' Ah, yes, I understand, a j,Ant consignment. It
won't prove a bad speculation, I'm thinking. Morn
ing, morning, Mr. M'Griaf'
, So away trudged the skipper, leaving the owner
of much indigo in a state of doleful perplexity, such
as ought not to beta! any honest man. Ail that
night he kept exclaiming, Gude Lord, what shall I
du with all this indigo I Na, na, Donald will nut
commit himself. But it's a micklo heap:'
Very early was Donald abroad next mining, in
quiring of every body all the possible uses to which
ndigo could be put. Ho got but very little satisfac-
non on this point. He began himself to look dark
blue. He haJ almost resolved upon a journey to
London, awful as it appeared to him, to have this
mistake explained, but ho still resolved to wait a lit
tle, and to do nothing in a hurry.
The next thing that happened to Donald, with his
forty-on• tons of dye, was his sad reflections when
an old woman came and bought of him one far
thing's worth of stone blue.
Had ye na better take indigo, my guile friend
says Donald to the old washerwoman quite pawki
ly.
And what think ye, gude roan Al'Grie, I'll be
d dug with indigo in the suds ? Uot uwa, mon, but
yer gafliug a puir old body.' §o oil the old lady
trudged with a damaged temper.
Had I but sold a farthing's worth o' this dam
med indigo, 'twould have been a beginning. Had the
auld washer bodies bee taken to it ! and every little
helps.'
About t'.is time, as the skipper who had just
brought the indigo was just passing the principal inn
of Abt rdeen, he observed a postchaise and four, with
the horses all foam, stop with a most imposing jerk
at the door, and the managing and confidential clerk
of the firm of Hubbens, Hobbins, and Robbins, the
eminent drysalters. The clerk almost flew into the
arms of the skipper, and with breathless eagerriaAs
asked Lim if he had delivered the indigo to Donald
M'Grie
No. It is still in the vessel, but he has the man
ifest and the bill of sale."
Then the property is now vested in him?'
As Securely as the hair upon your own head is
your own property. Ho seems cautious, even for a
Scotehinan.'
Is he in a large line of business'!'
I can't really soy that. We should call his place
of trade nothing better than a chandler's shop in
London. But they manages things is other guess
way here;
• What can he possibly want with this indigo 1
He has actually drained the market, and we have
just received advices that all the crops of indigo have
failed in the West Indies.— There is also a large de
mewl for it from government, and it is now actually
worth its weight in gold.'
You don't say so. Why, he was saying dome-
\ • - •-•I2P - -V. -
44;yj a v
-
DVERTISER.
thing like it. No doubt t•ut that soiLe. West India
man has made the run by herself, rind reached this
place without wating for convoy, and brought the
news Of the failure of the erops. Besides, he talked
I srgely about his curretpondents.
I will go with you, if you choose. I 'should
like to ECC how the douce Scot manages it.'
N', good captain.: Just show me the door. If
I prosper, you will just have to take the stuff back
to London.'
•So I thought. But mind your bearings and dis
tance with 14I'Grie. lie is an ovcieautious trades-
ME
It bad been a dull morning with HOnald. He had
sold a little snuff and a little sand, a little cheese,
and a balf•scure of ballads far a half-penny, but not
a particle of indigo, and no more stone or powdered
blue. lie was newer known to glee such short
weight. He had wrangled awfully ,with his few
customers, and was, altogether, in a very misty hu-
moue
• I would just give twa punds Scotch to get out of
this scrape, and some odd Biller over;' and ae he thus
exclaimed aloud, he struck the Pound of butter that
ho was making up o ith his wooden paddles - a blow
so spiteful, that it resounded like the report of a pis
tol.
At this moment the clerk entered. He paused for
a space just within the threshold, scornfully survey
ed the ship a‘id its comeats, looked with an air that
was not far short . 0.1 - contempt on its proprietor, rind
immediately settl" d in his mind hie plan of action.
He was something of the petit maitre, so he plseed
his w hite cambric handkerchief before his nose and
mouth, and then jerking it avvay,exclaiined, 'Faughr
tithing from his waistcoat pocket a smelling-bouts,
which,-Ike Shakspear's popinjay,
Ever and anon he gave to his nose,
• • And took't away again," •
But.it was - Donald who,
" Being angry when it mit came there
. Took it io snuff."
What would you please to buy, honest man
said Donald, pettishly.
• Buy, my good fellow, buy 1 Does any one ev
er buy any thing here 1 You will pardon me, brit
the stench is intolerable,'
Ye fause young callant ! Hero be neathing but
wholesome smells, such as sie puir thread-paper
bodies as your ainself might grow sleek upon. An
ye no like the odour, healthfu' as it be, twist round
your ugly snout, and there lies the doorway. So
tr-inp, ye ne'erolo-Well.'
Pardon me. lam sure, sir, that I did not come
to quarrel with you, but merely to rectify a mistake.
I believe I am speaking to Mr. M'Grie—Mr. Donald
M'Grie ?"
• Ye don't lee nae,' said Donald very moodily.
• I wish to release you from a great deal of unea
siness, in making right this little mistake of yours.'
And pray white may be ye come from ?"
• London, Mr. M'Glie, the centre of the arts, the
seat of sovereignty, the emporium of the world—but
that is nothing bore nor there-1 come front Lon
don, Mr. M'Grie.'
And how might ye made this long journey?
Aiblins by the slow waggon
It is you that are slow, my good sir,' said the
clerk, flourishing his handkerchief t sm . ully. 'Chaise
and four—spanked along—astonished the natives—
never lost a moment, I assure you.'
Ye'll be making a long stay, nee doubt, in bon
ny Aberdeen ?'
Not a moment after I've rectified this little mis
take. Southward ho ! That's the word!'
• So,' thought Donald, 'this spruce young chap is
come, I'm sure, about the indigo. I'll save my two
(muds Scots and the odd sil/er. He did not travel
post for nothing. I shall be clear of my bargain
free. But let us not be in a hurry.'
Ye are come to Aberdeen about the indigo, doubt
less•l' said Douala, after a pause and very deliber
ately.
• Yes. My principals feel sure that you have
made a trifling mistake in the amount of your order;
so, to relieve your anxiety, they have sent me down
to you, to say that they are willing to take the indi
go back, and release you from your bargain, provided
that you will pay the expense of the freight—and a
very generous offer it is, I can tell you."
I am sure that I am over obliged to the gudo
gentlemen. But pray, sir, who may ye be yer 'tin
sel?' A modest young man, nae doubt, but humble
—yer preferment's all to come. One would just
like to know wham one is treating wi'—some juni=
or clerk, or, perhaps, one of the warehousemen 1—
surely ye no be ane of the porters l'
Very indignant indeed was the fop at these de
grading conjectures. With much hauteur he ex
claimed, • I must acquaint you that I am the confl
dentialprincipal & managing director of ere firm's vas
mercantile operatiOns ; that I ain a near relation 'of
Mr. Hubbens, the head of the firm, and that I have
full power and authority to do Just what I please in
this, as in every other transaction. My name, sir,
is Daniel Hubbens, at your service. What do you
say to my offer l'
" I should like to glance at your authority, no of
fence.'
Mr. Daniel Hubbens was offended, however, but
finding the Seutchman firm, he was obliged to give
him the necessary vouchers that he was empowered
to treat with 'him for a re-sale of the nierchandixe.
The examination of this document still further open
ed the mental eyes of M'Grie to the value of his late
purchase, and be consequently became more dogged
and consequential.
Mr. Hubbens, perceiving the turn that affairs
were likely to take, and that he had a difficult _task
to perform, at once altered the loftiness of hie man
ner, and said.
'Well, well, my dear sir, the fact is you have long
bought from us. I wish now to see if our very respee
ble film cannot purchase from you. So come down
to my inn, and we'll talk the matter over the bottle
of the best you can call for.'
.ou, there's nee occasion ; just say a' hero.'
'No, no, my dear sir, come with me you must.
am very tired, and the bestisupper that Aberdeen can
produce is providing for us two.'
'Sao ye are prepared for me. I understand. Ye
wad nit hae ta'en all this troublous work for little.
I'll away with you my man.'
And away they both went; in the short journey
to the inn Deltoid cogitating, on the utmost that he
should ask for the re-sale of the indigo, and the ma
nagingielerk endeavoring to divert his thoughts from
the value of the goods in his possession.
The supper and its accessories were the best that
ever fell to the lot of Donald to share; but he was
prudent, and the clerk gained no advantage through
the means of' his lavish expenditure of choice wines,
so, after many flourishes, and much circumlocution,
he Was hated to put the plate questioo to his guest,
•I•Vhat will you take to pass your cargo of indigo
back to our firm?'
•Truth, Mr. Hu:hens, Fin at a loss a hit. ?bat
tvil ye gie. truly 1'
.Why, Mr. M•Grie, the fact is, we have receive) a
very unexpected order fur the article, and our Fop)
have empowered me to come to Aberdeen and Offer
you a thousand pounds to return the cargo just as
you got it. There is a
. gluriuus chalice fur you! A
thouscuid pounds ! Don't you feel 3 ourself in hea
ven 1'
.No, no, I'm better advised thau that comes to. 1
didna buy the mickle lot but upon sound calculatiOna.
I have triem, air, frtens who have the first intent-
pence.'
It is as I suspected, thought the clerk ; he hajhad
the first news et the general failure of the crops;
tell you what It is, Mr. 1114-itie, it is a bold
step, but lake it upon myself to double the offer.
Two thousand, sir, two thousandl Hey
•indeed no, my man. I can make weir o't than
that.
'Well, I must let you keep it,' said the youngskr,
with an uir of ill.affectcd inditTerence.
.Wed, wed, young sir, here's to yer vera guile
health, and a pleasant journey back
'Thank you, sir. May the indigo prosper with
you.'
They drank two glassek of wine each in silence.
The rnuriticu'ion of Hubbcos could not be coneeiiled,
whilst \i•Utw's visage represented content (.40/et!
out iu Flout.
After a considerable pause, the clerk lost his tem
per entirely—his punt taco had lung gone before: n—
and be resumed the attack upon the irnpecturhable,
Donald. At fergth the would-be I urehaser, nut at
all liking the prospect and the shame of an unaue
ct safe! journey back to his principals, in a fit of de
speration pulied out his private instructions, and:said,
, flere, read that, obstinate man of irun that yen arc.
lust so far am I permitted to go, and no farther.'
Itt-Grie read very deliherately that" his host was
einpotaered to offer him the freight both ways, and
four thousand pounds.
, It is driving me hard,' said Donald ; •but as you
are an unco amiable young man, and no to lash you
with your employers, guile men, I'll just consent.—
And to show yon I can be liberal, too, why, kvhcn
ye has settled the reckoning, stand a pint o'
(Ilenliret atween the twa of us.'
After this, the-transaction was immediately wound
up, and the money paid down.
Donald M•Giie took this accession of fortune, coot.
ly and temperately. He reflected that men make a
thousand unlucky fo- one lucky mistake, and that
ca . rgoes.of indigo don't always quadruple themtelves
in price when bought by misadventure. Reflecting
upon all this, he resolved at this, the proper acason,
to retire from businelis. So he made over his stock
in trade and his house—for a consideration, of
course—to his nephew, and bought the lands of
C-- which said estate is, at this moment,
worth five times the money paid for it.
We have made out our case, and that try the
means of no fiction. It well exemplifies our moral.
, In matters of moment, never speak first, and never
speak hastily.' In the Uwe of the most unfortunate
among us, many lucky opportunities occur. It is
neither the learned nor the clever who know be 4,.
how to seize them, and to turn them to the most
advantage. This faculty belongs to the prudent.—
Had Donald M•Grio spoken first, and Spoken the
wish of his heart, he would,have said, 'Pray take fit
ty pounds, and release me - from ray bargain: lie
held his tongue until it was the proper time to 'speak,
and thus realized a handsome independence for him
self and his children.
IRISH BAILIFFS
My tither, who, for reasons registered in the
King's Clench, spent a great many years of his life
in that part of Ireland geographically known as lying
west of the law, was obliged for cattail. reasons of
family to come up to Dublin. This he proceeded to
do with duo caution : two trusty servants formed an
advanced guard, and patrolled the country for at least
lire miles in advance; after them came a skirmish
ing body of a few tenants, who for the consideration
of never paying rent, would have charged the whole
Court of Chancery, if needful. My father Idinsi lf,
in an old chaise victualled like a fortress, brought up
the rear ; and, as I said before, ho were a bcild man
who would have attempted to lay siege to him. As
the column advanced into the enemy's country, they
assumed a closer order, the patrol and the l icket
falling back upon the main body ; in this way they
leeched that most interesting city called Kil),eggan.
What a fortunate thing it is for us in Ireland that
'l've can sec co much of the world without foreign tra
vel, anethat any gentleman for six and eight pence
can leave Dublin in the morning and visit Tunbuctoo
against dinner time ! Don't stare ! it's truth I'm
telling ; for dirt, misery, smoke, unaffected behavior,
and black faces, back Kilbeggan against all Afri
ca, free-and-easy pleasant people ye are, with a skin
as hegrimed and as rugged as your own potntoes.
But to resume.. The sun was just risinOn a de
licious morning in June, when my fattier4—whuse
loyal antipathies I have mentioned made Iltim an
early riser--was preparing for the road. A stout
escort of his followers were as usual under i arms to
see him in the chaise, the passage to and trokn which
every day being the critical moment of in3i laater's
life.
•It's all right, your honor,' said his ownl man, as
armed with a blunderbuss, ho opened the bed-room
door. •
'Time enough, Tim,' said my father ; •close tho
door, for I haven't finished my breakfast.'
Now the real truth was, that my father'esattention
was at that moment withdrawn from his own con.
cerns by a scene which was taking place in a field
beneath his window.
But a few minutes before a hack chaise had stopp
ed upon the roadside, out of which sprang three
gentlemen, who, proceeding into the field, seemed
bent on something which, whether a survey or a duel,
my father could not make out. lie was, not long,
however, to remain is ignorance. One with an easy
lounging gait strode towards a distant corner ; another
took an opposite direction ; while the third, a short
pussy gentleman, in a red handkerchief rind rabbit
skin waistcoat, Proceeded to op , n a matingany boa,
which, to the critical eyes of my respected father,
was agreeably suggestive of bloodshed and murder.
Meanwhile, the little man who olliciatud as ecc
ond, it would appear, to both parties, b4stled about
with an activity little congenial to his shape ; and,
what between snapping the pistols, exa l mming the
flints, and ramming down the charges, had got him
self into a suffiiiint perspiration before he commenc
ed to measure out the ground.
.§hort distance and no quarter !' shouted one cif
tho combatants from the corner of the field.
•Acrosa a handkexchiof. !* roared. tilt
ME!
•Gcntlemeg, every inch of them ll responded my
fattier.
.I`o rive paceg.' cried the little men. 'No More
and no less. Don't forgiti that I QM slog. in thiri
bileinces
.4%. very true remark,' observed my father; 'end
an awkward predicament your's will be if they ere
not; both sbut
By this time the combatants had taken their
and the little num, having delimeted the pistols.
was leisurely retiring to give the word. My fathers
however, whose critical .yo was never at fault. da•
tectsJ a circumstance winch promised en immense
advantage to one at the expense of the other ; in
fact, ono of the parties was so placed with his beet
to the sun, that his shadow extended in a straight'
line to the very foot of his eutagonisf.
'Unfair, unfair!' cried my lather, c petting the wing
dow as he spoke, end addressing himself to him of
the rabbit-skin. •I clove your pardoti for the inter•
ruption,' said he ; 'but I feel bound to observe that
that gentleman's shadow is likely to make a shadow
of hint.'
IVO. 31
4And so it ie,' observed the short man; is thousand
thanks for your kindueFs ; but the tooth is,'l am tow
tally unaccustomed to this kind of thing, and the af•
fair will not admit of delay.
•iloi au boor said one.
'Jut Piro cuiuutes growled the other of ,tho come
batante
.Put them up north and south !' said my father
, Is it thus ?'
, ExaCtly so: but now again the gentleman in t!4
brown coat is covered with the ash tree.'
'And so he is eaid rabbit-skin, Wiping his fore:
head with agitation.
•Move them a little to the left,' Faia he
•'flint brings mo upon on eminenfe,' said the gen
tlornon in bloc ; Wit bo d—d if I be made 's cock
shot of' ' •
•What an nukvrard little thing it is in the hairy
waietcom. suid my father, .he's lucky if he don't got
,hut Mmeeif.
tMay I uever ! it I am not 4ck of you both r
q icuLted tahl,ii-Ain in a passion. 1 •I've moved you
round every pinto(' the eotnpusd. The devil a near=
yr we ate itetn ever:
•give u. the oord,'•said one.
•I )01% might murder,' paid my fatlier.
I don't care,' raid the little min ; nee shall be
hero WI itoonistinv.'
can't Perim this,' said my father ; tAllow me'
—;' so an) tag, he stepped ulsonl the window fill,
and leaped J.:mu into the field.
.Liefore I can accept of your polit'ences, said he of
the rabbit.skin, 'may I beg to knout your name and
position in Society 1'
Nothing more reasonable,' said 'my father...,
Miles O'Slisughi esey, Colour.' of the Royal Beepers
—here's my card.'
The piece of paste board was complacently handed
from one to tLo other of the pertyi who saluted Mr
father with a smile of most courteous benignity.
Colonel suid one.
Milts O'Sbauglnieesy,' paid another
Of Kdinnahoula Custle: said the third
.A t your service, Acid my father, bowing as he pre
scntt.d his Ltd; , and now to bueinetio, if you please.
fur my time is also
Nery true,' observed ho of the rabbit-skin; 'and.
as you ober‘e,noiv to business; in virtue of which,
C 0 1 ,3 net Miles O'Shaughnessy, I berth) , arrest pm'
in the king's name. Here is the writ; it is at the
suit of Liarnaby Kelly, of Loughros, for the sum of
.1.14142 i 9s. 70.,
Before he could Convlude the sentence, my father"
discharged one obligation by implanting his closed
knuckles in his face. The blow, well-aimed and well
intentioned. sent the little fellow summersetting Idle
a sugar hogshead. But, alas ! it was of no use; the .
others, strong and able-bodied, fell upon him, and
after a desperate struggle succeeded in getting him
down. To tie his hands, and convey him to the'
chaise, was the n ork of a few moments ; and, u my
father drove by the inn, the lost of which caught
his view was u bloody encounter between his own
people and the myrmidons of the lava, who in great
numbers had laid siege to the house during his car.
tun.. Thus was my father taken ; and thus, in f ic.
viard for yielding to o virtuous weakness in his char
acter, was he consigned to the ignominious durance
of a prison. Wus I not right, then, in saying that
such is the melancholy position 'of our country, the
most beautiful traits in our character are converted
into the elements of our ruin?
Lovr. AND G 00SEBERRIR A .S'entittertta/ Stoty
We had u coutin—heigho I shelihe " Onxiolls moth,
or" of a half-it-dozen little cousins, now—well, the
war. in form and feature as far above the coucentra.
ted charms of all the novels that ever wore or will
be written, as Amanda Malvina Fiti Allen was
superior to Mr—Jerry Sneaks. Her voice, it was
Elia the n ild warblings of an Lolian harp as it lulls
the Zephyrs to their t-lumberst—her eyes, look not
upon the stars, you can't match them there, and
the cunning little cipsy had such a way of halfclo.
sing the brilliant orbs, veiling their dangerous
ht erns, and then, with a sudden start, flashing their
death dealing rays upon you, that your very heart
instantly telt the process of combustion—hcr brow
shadtd with her auburn hair, was like a hand's
breadth of white cloud mid the rich lustre of the
Southern sunset—her hands were fitted for nothing
but to sweep the harp's rnelloW chords, and to be
kissed by a lover—and her feet—oh how we adore
a pretty foot . ..—her feet—Titania, Queen of the
fairies, would have given her most beautiful nut
shell chariot, just to have seed that perfect feature,,
we must call it.
Well, we were in a di eadrull condition about that
cousin —sometimes, we'd call her " cousin," it was
delightful to claim relationship with such a perfect
creature—and then we couldnh cull her comic, for
ue laid a sort of trap, that if sue asked as we hoped
she would, why we used not that cousinly title
we had a very pretty speech made up to intimate
that we desired,w hen manhoodLcame, to call her by
dearer name. Dot the provoking little mink never
seemed to notice, whether we rousined her or riot:
She was older than we—and her name was Eloi:
gantina:
One day walking in the garden with the fair one,
we determined to divulge theyet unspoken tale of
Direction which surcharged the heart. We were in
a beautiful walk, fringed with gooseberry bushes,
wlo n, alter the most approved fashion of romance,
sinking gracefully upon one knee in burning words,
e pourer] lorth the story of Cur eternal love.
Eltgantina calmly listened.+—we thought we per:
ceived a kind tear dimming her radiant eye—we
rose, and stretching out our arms, of course, that
she would sink upon and murmur the gentle con
fession of reciprocated enrichment. Reader, she
did no such thing.
She scrcne!y turned and pulled a handful Ed
green gooseberries, and , gravely asked,
"Cousin John, what are th r ese
Gooseberriev, my darling r.legantina I" answer:
cd motif] John.
. .. .
Est ti,cm," she replied, "toone-berries must bei
good for your complaint!"
.
• • a a a ;•
Reader, "Cousin John" mdde trade.
GIVE HIM A Comma—The following anecdote la
from the Natelit?. Courier :—Old T. was well
known several years since km the Yazoo river
. no
lees for his peculiar stutter. Man a dexterous player
at old sledge. Ile once mapeged to get a game
%lilt a gentleman who on sitting down polled out
two hundred dollars. It Was not long before T.
was the owner of half of it, when his adversary
proposed to quit. 1
"Oh no," said T., "gl give me a ch-eb
chance!"
"Chance the &gee !" said the gentleman:" have
you not won a hundred dollMs from me?"
.6 y y.yes," said T., "bt t I want a chance for
't
-t 'tothcr hundred !"
.1 cannot tell thee awl I tea; se the shoemaket
said when he perforated bielfinger.