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VOL. X.--NO. '271
SHERIFF CANDIDATES.
IP JOLTY.
To the Free and Independent
Voters of Adams County.
FELLow CITIZENS:
Through kind persuasions from
many of my friends, I have been induced to
curer myself as a candidate for the
Office of Sheriff,
at thl ensuing Election, and respectfully
solicit your votes. And should Ibe so for
tunate as to receive your confidence, by be•
ing elected to that office, I pledge myself to
discharge the du'ies of the office with fideli•
ty and impartiality.
FREDERICK: DIEHL.
Franklin township,
March 19, 14.39.
lIV4 RAN V &LT
GEORGE W. M'CLELLAN
Returns his sincere thanks to his
friends and the public in general., for placing
him on the returns with the present and
former Sheriff, and again offers himseh
onco snore as a candidate fur the
Olike of Sheriff;
at the "-suing Election. Should he be
honored ith their confidence in placing
him in that office, no exertion on his part
shall he wanting to a faithful discharge of
the duties of that important trust
March 19, 1t339.
FOR PROTHONOTARY
A CARD.
FRIENDS having annrainced my name
to the-Yotcrs of Adams county for
the Office of ` Register and Recorder, I
would take the liberty iespectfully to offer
myself a candidate for the o , llce of Pro
thonotary; and solicit the rages of the
public.
AMOS MAGIN LY.
Fiiirfield, April 2, 1 E 39. le
tlio Freemen of 'lawns
U ouuty.
FELLOW CITIZENS
I offer myself to your consideration
for the office of PROTHONOTARY, at
the ensuing el-ction—should I be so for
tunate as to receive a majority of your
votes, I pledge. soli to discharge the du
ties to the best ofriny ability.
JOEL B. DANNER.
Gettysburg, Juno 24,1939. 11-13
FOR REGISTER & RECORDER
To Um- Yotevs of ,clams
C ovaity .
FELLOW CITIZENS:
lOffer myself to your consideration as a
candidate for the offices of Register and
Recorder, at the ensuing election.
Having, from practical experience acqut
red n perfect knowledge of the duties of
those offices, I hope if elected, to be able to
do the business promptly, correctly and in
person.
The Public :4 nimble Servent,
WILLIANI KING.
Gettysburg, Feb. 26, 1839.
To thi! Independent Voters of
Adams County.
FELLOW-CITIZENS :
I offer myself to your consideration
at the ensuing General Election, as a can
didate for the (Aces of Register 4• Record
cr : And pledge myself, if elected, to die.
charge the ditties of those offices with fi.
delity and promptitude.
JACOB LEFEVER.
March 19, 1P:19.
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FOR CLERIC OF THE COURTS
To the Independent Voters of
Moms County.
FELLOW CITIZENS :
I offer myself to your consideration
es a candidate for the Office of Clerics of
the several Courts at the next General
Election. Should Ibe so fortunate as to
he elected, 1 pledge myself to discharge
the duties of the Office faithffilly.
THOMAS M'CREARY.
St rahan Township, July 30. 18—to
To the Voters of ad« 1118 County.
FELLOW CITIZENS:
I offer myself to your consider-
ation as a candidate for Clerk of the Courtq,
at the ensuinu b election, being well acquaint
ed with the business of said offices, Fehall
endeAvor to discharge the dutiesihereof
with fidelity.
S. R. RUSSELL.
Gettysburg, July 23, 1539. tf-17
XI A UT AT 011E1E0E,
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IVI" practice LAW in the several
Courts of Atlanta County—office in
ClAmbersburg Street, one duor west of slr.
Euettler's Store.
Gettysburg, April 30,1839.
the Star & Banner : escape. escape. Stop a minute—as I shall be shot
rg Street, a few doors west of i
if I am suspected of the least thing, I have
declared that I would not meddle with the
the Court-House. business one jot farther than just sufficient
to gain my money. Look you, sir, here is
the key." At these words, he produced a
small file. "With this," continued he, "you
can cut through one of those bars ; the door
will not be over wide, to be sure." He
pointed as he spoke to one of the narrow
apertures by which the light was admitted
to the dungeon. "Now, you sec, you must
saw off one of those bars near enough to tho
bottom to allow you to pass."
"Oh, never mind," said Vevancourt, "I'll
manage to get through."
"But you must leave enough of the iron
to tie the rope to."
"Where is it?"
' "Here," answered the turnkey, producing
n rope knotted at intervals. "It is comps.
ed of linen, as you see, that it may be thought
you made it yourself out of your sheets; it !
is of the proper length. When you get to
the last knot, let yourself fall gently down;
the rest is your own lookout. 1 have some i
reason to believe you will find near the spot .
a carriage with horses to put to, and friends
who expect you. 'I h. I know nothing'
about, of course. By-the-by, I forgot to
merition that there is a swine, just on the
right of the tower, who will send a musket
ball through your head to a dead certainty ;
if he sees you. However, you will choose
a good dark night, and watch the moment •
when the soldier is napping. You run some
risk, but—"
"Good, good," cried the Chevalier ;, "at '
all events, I shall not die her. like a dog."
%V by I don't know," brawled the jailor,
with a stupid lurk, "that may happen, nev • I
ei thele,s."
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-"With 9 wectest flower , enrich'd ,
From Yarious gardens cull'd with care."
I IiiOND3CII. WllO HE'LL litA2.lOlV.
To save my lifo I can't tell why
I feel so fond of Harry ;
Ho's handsome and ha's rich 'tis truo—
I wonder who he'll marry !
He sometimes goes to sco Jane Smith,
But she's so light and airy,
I know he does not think of her—
I wonder who he'll marry !
And there is lovely Annette Lyle r
Who waltzes like a fairy,
At balls he seems so lend of her—
I wonder who he'll/Larry
And then he seems so intimate,
And likes his friends to carry,
And introduce to Betsy Jones—
lWendor who he'll marry !
And then again I hear it hinted,
Ho loves Miss Emmy Barry,
Who's old enough to bo his Ma—
I wonder who ho'll marry !
And then when be gallants me home,
Ho never fails to tarry,
And acts so like a lover dors—
i. wonder who he'll marry !
TRES DANDY.
Give me a demijohn - of gall,
A pen of cano'reed, split with a broad axe,
A sheet of paper broad as Congress Hall,
And vig'rous nerves as tough as - cobler's wax;
Let me bo starved, and poor and meanly clad,
Encircle mo with duns to make mu mad,
Coddle my scullpit with the flames of brandy,
Then let mo writo•how much I hato a dandy.
Ye rnincing,squinting,smoke-faced pretty things
With corsets lac'd as tight as fiddle strings,
Crook'd as a toad, and supple as a cat—
About the WAIST D sharp, the RATE B flat.
Ye cringing supersorvicoablo slaves,
Yo self-complaccnt, brainless, heartless knaves;
Yo lizard-looking apes with cat-fish gills,
To scoundrels,go and pay your Tz zon's ilium.
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ILN UNCOIZEZZON
In Heath's Book of Beauty, for 1839, is
a very clover tale by George Irvine, Esq.
entitled "The Lady of the Lattice." The
hero of this tale is the Chevalier de Vevan•
court, who finds himself a political prisoner
in the chateau of an old jealous governor,
who has a wife. His escape is singular
enough.
-- In this present abode, Vevancourt under.
wont the proper formulary of fetters, black
bread, dirty water, dr.c., according to the
most approved receipts used in such cases.
His cell, which was situated under the plat.
tbrm of the keep, was vaulted with solid
masonry, the walls were of most despairing
iiiekness, and the tower itself hung appal..
ently over a precipice. Escape seemed to
tally out of the question.
Ono morning, the turnkey, whose office
it was to bring the prisoner his daily lois.
erable pittance, instead of leavin ,, , after
having deposited it on his wooden t able, re
mained standing before him with his arms
folded, and regarded him with a singular
expression. Their conversation was in gen
eral confined to a very few words, and was
never commenced by his keeper. Vevan
court was, therefore, not a little surprised,
when the man said to him,
"Sir, you no doubt have your reasons for
calling yourself Mons. Laterer. I have no
thing to do with that; it 'is not my business
to verify your title. Yeimay call yourself
1 -Peter or Paul, for all I care, but I know
' (here he gave a most knowing wink with his
left eye,) that you are M. Theodore Anian
dee Francois, Chevalier de Vevarcourt, and
cousin of Madame In Dutchesse de Made.
Well," added he with an air of triumph, al
ter a moment of silence, and looking fiend
ishly at his prisoner:
"And," said Vevancourt, who thought •
that his position could not bo made much
worse than-it was already, by the avowal of
his proper name, "suppose I am the Cheva
lier do Vevancourt ; what good will that do
you? •
"All the good in the world," answered
the turnkey in a low voice. "'hark ye! 1
have been handsomely tipped to mist your
ROBERT S. ediTOX, EDITOR .11.1 VD PROPRIETOR.
criithrtneazaraih tivizawzaltrie oewcozazaza u 0 aaapa.
Vevui:court, in his joy at the prospect of
escape, had no tune to pay attention to this
1 silly sounding observation of one who ap
pea red to be a mere rustic boor; he instain
iv si t to work, and spent the whole Light in
filing through the bar.
'I hinking, however, that the commander
might pay a visit in person, he took care to
conceal tho effects of his labor by filling the
incision with the crumbs of bread rolled in
the rust, so as to give it the color ut iron,
and then waited for a night that should suit
ibis purpose, with concentrated impatience
of mind.
At length, during a dark and lurid au
lemma night, he completed his operations.
The bar was pawed through, the cord firm.
ly attached to it, and Vevancoert, having
with some difficulty sqteezed himself 'tiro'
fo -- -'4,g, waited, with his feet on the
Afasonry which projected beneath the-win
io., and his hands tightly grasping the end
of the bar which remained for the most oh;
score part of the night, and that hour in
which your watchful sentinel is generally
fast asleep, that is to say, two hours before
daybreak. Being well acquainted with the
duration of the di ff erent vvatclie,i, and the I
times at winch the guard went its rounds,
circumstances which prisoners even invol- 1
snotty chiefly occupy themselves m wirer- I
taining, he watched the moment, when
about three quarters of the duty of the seri•
tinel was expired, and the man himself snug
in his box to avoid the fog, Beefing certain
that he had united all the chances most fii-,
vorable for Ins evasion, he beg an to descend
knot by knot, suspended be tween heaven i
and earth, but eh:toiling his cord with the
strength of a giant.
1
All appeared to be going on prosperously;
he had already arrived in safety at the last'
loot but one; when, just as he was about to
let himself slide off on to the earth, be
thought it would be more prudent to feel
.for the grouhd with hie feet, but no ground
was to be felt.
This was not altogether encouraging; he
was bathed in sweat, fatigued, perplexed,
and in a situation where his life depended
on a mere toss up ; he was on the point of,
taking all chances and leaping down, when
a gust of wind blow off his hut; luckily ho i
listened for the noise he expected it to make
in falling, and hearing nothing, a vague sus•
picion of his situation struck him, and he
began O:i Until( it possible that.sonie snare
had been laid fur him, though why or
' wherefore, he was unable to conjecture.
In this uncertainty lie almost determined
to defer the attempt to sonic other night, and
in the meantime resulved at least to wait for
the first uncertain glimpse of light, which
moment neght be almost as favorable for 1
his flight as the present. Ills uncommon
strength enabled him to climb back to his
dungeon, but he was almost exhausted as
he arrived at the projecting stone under the
window, where he remained watching like
a cat at the end of a gutter. In a short
time the first dim beams of the morning
broke, and he then perceived, as ha moved
the floating cord backwards and forward, a
trifling interval of sonic hundred and . fifty
feet between the last knot of it and the poin
ted rocks of the precipice.
"0 ho, M. le. Commandant!" said the
chevalier, with the coolness that character.
ized. him, "I have the honor to be your
most obedient very humble servant." Hav
ing reflected some minutes on this adroitly
intended plan of revenge, he thought it best
to re.onter his cell. He placed all his clothes
on his bed, left the cords outside attached
to the bar, to encourage the idea of his fall,
and quietly ensconcing himself behind the
door, he waited for the arrival of the tree
cheiousjailor, with one of the iron bars he
had sawed off in his hand.
The turnkey appeared in duo season, ili.
tiler sooner than was his usual custom,
impatient to enter into possession of the
property of the defunct. He opened the
door with a careless whistle, bur no sooner
had he arri ved ut the proper distance that,
Vevancourt applied n top of Itle irqn Nu
',}a-vnArr.r.F.ss AND Ii'DEIE.4V
with such anatomical precision and poetical
justice to his orr2on of acquisitiveness, that
the traitor fell as if shot dend,without utter
ing, a v..ord.
The chevalier stripped his bridy with the
skill of a cnrnp smiler, dressed himself in
tho clothes of his victim, imitated hiu walk,
and, thanks to the earliness of the hour,
and the drowsy inattention of the unsuspect.
ing sentinels, effected his escape.
A stranger alightill from the eastern
stage, just arrived at the Mlle inn of our vil
lage, and from the acc9mpanying "haul"..l
trunks by the driver, indicated his intention
of stooping for the night. He was young,
well dressed and with gentle though manly
filatures, a physiognomist would have told
you of a frank and generous heart there,
though weighed down with some secret re
morse or misfortune.
Shortly after supper, the young strangzr
retired to bed. I- was:standing in the hall
door of the inn, (being a physician and a cit
izen of the village) when the young man
went up stairs; the glance of his restless
eye st r uck me, as I thought it mirrored the
workings ore troubled mind. In the mor
ning he did not make his appearance at
breakfast. I felt intuitive ly apprehensive
! —ran up stairs—called; hut the echo in
the hall answered ins. 1 burst open the
door, and the inanimate form of the young
stranger lay befhre me. He had poisoned
himself wi!h laudanum ! Upon opening his.
trunks to discover his relatives, if any, his
family were found to be old and respectable.
He was a laws er, young and in the May
' spring of life. In one of his trunks, were
the letters of a kind old mother I—the tver•
nings, the incentives to the path of virtue !
'
The solicitudes, oh ! the anxious solicitudes
I —the prayers for his prosperity ! and tar
, ther down, and preserved with scrupulous
' care, were the cherished letters of the loy•
ed! No mother's tears moistened the pal
lid cheek I no bright eye of aflection cheer
ed the agony of death! •'he died and made
no sign!' Feelings of delicacy for that
family, were they not all gone, would even
' have prevented' the penning of this; it is a
true narrative, stripped of varnish or color.
Few knew the motives that iuduced that
young stranger to rush wildly into the pre-
Bence of his God. What was It, do you
ask, young ion just launching on the stream
of life:? le was the bowl—the enchanting,
the ruinous b0w1 4 41-he bowl, wheao itdiu•
ence the light of education, the-paternot
entreaties, the mother's prayers, the bern•
tog beacons, could not drive from his lips;
that caused him to leave,lo-a fit of remorse,
his newly adopted state, where a lucrative
practice ever awaited him, and rushing to a
far-offspot, end a life that had made him a
the slave to a despicable passion.
GRANT TEIORBURN'S OPINION OF
Those consummate blockheads, the back-"
dors, they too must join the hue and cry to
deface and defame the most beautiful part
of creation. Conscious that they are run
ping contrary to all laws, human and di
vine, they come forth with hard words in
place of argument, they arc not able, say
they to support a wife; why, it costs you
, more in six months for the soda water you
drink, and the cigars you smoke and give
away, (two articles that you can well dis
pense with, and an article that your lathers
never saw) than it would take to support a
sensible woman for a twelve-month. Ile
that hangs creation on his arm, and feeds
her at his board—lie that hears the young i
ravens when they cry, will never sutler the
young Yankees to starve. When you have
got money enough to buy furniture, you will
then go to housekeeping and marry. Here
the fowl of the air will teach you—in the
spring lie looks nut for his mate—he has not
got a stick or straw towards housekeeping;
together they gather the sticks and the
straws; in a few days a dwelling is prepa
red for the young. But the bachelors in
every thing put the cart before the horse,
always wrong end foremost with thorn.—
They say as they get a nest they look fora
bird, thus running quite cross grained in the
face of nature.
When I was not worth 150 dollars,l mar.
tied. My wife earned thiriy•one and a
/ quarter cents with her needle, I earned sev
enty-five cents with my hammer; yet I nev
er to this day was without a loaf of bread
and a shilling ; you have heard how Lawrie
Todd began housekeeping; the inventory
was true; we had but three chairs, r i n e
more than our need ; you may have r, hun
dred, but you can only sit on one 1:r a time.
Had I my life to begin anew and in the
same circumstances, I world just do as I
did then ; at the age of 'oventy-two I would
rather lodge by the gush with the woman
of my choice, thP.O to strut over a Turkey
carpet, ppe on the sofa, yawn by the
piano, and dream over the sideboard, in all
the dark, gloOmv and horrible forboding of
a bachelor of forty, for they know the time
is past=twenty.five years is never to be re
called.
The heart of a man is said to weigh about
nine ounces; that of h woman eight. Ai
ago increases, a man's heart grows heaier,
and a woman's lighter, after she is thirty.
A wag in C—, highly offended a very
worthy blacksmith, by reporting him to be
the greatest thief in the country, and could
prove it. When called upon fornially, to
explain, he declared it was well known. ,
Mr. H. bad been 'in dm habit ler the last
ten yeara uraketing ail Itip axes and plough
shares in the neipbortioetft
From the Saturday Courier
A SCENE IN OUR VILLAGE
BACHELORS
CAUTIOUSNESS WELL. DEVELOPED.—A
party of engineers on the Eastern Rail
Road, who were making their surveys or
the route between this town and Portsmouth.
finding themselves,a short time since,at some
distance from their quarters towards eve
ning, called at a neighboring house to ash
permission to leave their iced and other in•
struments for the night. An old lady ap
peared at the door, and upon hearing the re
quest, "La! wa for the world," said she,
"I'm area rd they'll go g ll. !" "Oh, no, ma•
dam," said the inquirer, "there's ito dna
ger of that." "Oh," said she, "I've heard to
so many accidents by guns and rail roads,
that I should wally be afraid to sleep in the
[INN:3 With thorn ;" and notwithstanding
their protestations, the good lady persisted
in her whim!, and the party were compel
led to shoulder their dangerous implements
and carry them to their lodgings, at some
miles distance to relieve the old lady's ap
prehensions of their "going of."
IVeloburyport Herald.
FAMILY PRAYER.
In binding a family together in peace and
love, there is no human influence like that
of domestic prayer. Uniting theM in a
common object, it unites their sympathies
and their desires. Raising their hearts to
heaven it brings them altogether in the
-presence -of God. The family alter is an
asylum to whicl► they repair from the cares
and toils of fife. Reminding them of the
rest reserved in heaven, it unites thorn in
efforts of btith and obedience for its Attain
ment. Earth has no holier spot than a house
thus sanctified by prayer; where the voice
of supplication and thanksgiving consecrates
every day, where the word of God is de
voutly read, and young and old unite to
show fiirth all his praise. It may bo hum•
tile; but it is holy, and therefore heavenly.
Poverty may be here, and sorrow, but its
inmates are rich m faith, and joyous in the
the fioly Ghost. Sickness may enter it;
but they will come as angels of peace and
mercy, and the spirits whom they release
from the imprisonment of the flesh shall be
united, free and happy, to worship for ever,
as earth did not permit them, a family in
[leaven.
THRILLING INCIDENT.
A Poitiers journal gives a singular but
interesting account of the effects of a water
spout, which buri.t recently at Gencav, in
the Vienne. It states that the water rush
ed into a conservatory of the chateau
Mqseau, with such force that it curried
.„
away.tv-witil which divided the building in
, and cued the ceiling to fall, bringing
- woman and her child of six
years of ii!re, W'rii slept over. the conserve
tory. The mother had sufficient presence
of mind to lay hold of a piece of timber
which bad hut given way, and .awernftiocl
herself in this manner with her logs in the
water, crying out, `"my child, my child!"
but us it was in the dead of night, her cries
were not far a long time heard, except by
a young female who slept in a part of the
building which had not fallen. The young
woman rose hastily, ran in the direction of
the cries, but immediately on setting her
foot in the room, the floor of which wv s
gone, she fell into the water. The inhibi•
tants of the chateau being at length aroused,
proceeded to the spot, When the Count de
Beaurepaire rushed into the water, nr . ,d
succeeded in extricating the mother tr , an .
almost exhausted state, but the child could
not be found. On procuring 1ig,11 , , a , an d
the water having run off; the levity of the
girl was discovered quite dead, l i nt nothi ng
could be seen of the child. 'it davfi g t,i
the search was being rene•sed with the
same ill success, when sudde, n l y a ' p h,i nt i„
cry was heard, and follow 'lig the direction
from which it proceedeij, what was their
astonishment at percei•ri n —
A.; the child sus
peuded from the branch of a cherry tree in
a wooden waterir.g, pot, into which it bad
miraculously fallen, and which had been
conveyed by the water us it retired to the
situation where it bad been foiled."
Blench of Prow:sc.—The Cleveland
Herald says: Our readers probably recol
; feet that a Ilse, Washburn obtained a ver
' diet of 81000 in the Huron Common Pleas,
against aceutifaitliful swain by the name of
Wells, nod that the lady oflbred to relin
quish all but 8300 of the judgment. Wells
llutught even that sum and costs too much
for his broken -promises, and appealed to
the Supreme Court. At the last term in
Huron county, the case was disposed of,
and a verdict of 8800 and costs awarded to
Miss W. Wells is abundantly able to pay,
though judgment and costs amount to some
81,800, and if the lady relents this time,
she deserves never to be more than half
courted hereafter.
A gloomy TVedding-day.--A short time
ago a wedding coach containing eight per•
sons, among whom were the young bridal
couple, returning from the church, where
they had been mariied, passed through the
village of, Elbing. The -.horses suddenly
took fright started teat a furiotis rate, and
fell with the vehicle into the Elbing river.
Five of the inmates - of the coach found there
a,watery grave; only the bridegroom. his
mother.in.law, and a maid servant escaped.
The dead bodies were found cramped in a
convulsive manner to the seats of the car-
riage.
"What in all creation hurts mare than a
kick from a - pretty girle— Miss. Democrat.
'flint. is more then we can say,as we have
never been kicked by ono yet. We . got
ktcked.over by a horse unce—that hurt
meet cunfoundedly.—Picornc,
[WHOLE NO: 495.
NEW ORLEANS.
We have been kindly permitted to copy
'the following graphic description of the pre•
sent condition of this place, contained in a
letter by a gentleman there to his friend in
this.city :
"Bless your stars, my deai:--,
that yon are not in this city of plague, pes
tilence, yellow fever, cholera and small pox;
the heat is suffocating and yet the mid-day
is the only comfortable, or rather the least
oppressive part of the twenty•four hours; a
'shower is a curs—for the moment giving
ielief, but only thickening and spreading
the effluvia from gutter to gutter through•
out the city. The rats suffer and die, like
men; in a shower you will see them slowly
and by dozens range themselves under the
eaves of a balcony, holding their parched
mouths upwards and open to catch the drop
ping rain. You may oleo them take their
places at the first sound of thunder, and wait
fearless and indifferent - to the few passers
by, to catch the earliest dope; their relief
is a temporary one—they crawl back under
the stores and houses to die, and by their
own decay to quicken the further decay of
their species and ours.
"A heavy bronze cloud, or bed of vapor
hangs over the city like a shroud, and
seems there to prevent the escape of the
foetid air below ; perhaps three hours of
high sun will thin its density and bear it off;
but it soon forms again, and every day
broader and heavier. The sun has burned
the city hot—the brick and granite pave
ment and sidewalks cannot by night pass off
the heat absorbed during the day—the dew !
or the rain, they convert into a close and
enervating vapor.
„ 11.1 on do not walk—they drag themselves
along ; throw a stone at a dog, and you do
nut [nuke him break his slow, drooping trot.
The hearses are the only vehicles which
seem to have life and energy about them—,
they aro made to move quick.” .
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ADVERTISING WIVES.
This ridiculous practice, originating
amom , e' the vulgar in a total mtsapprehen
sion of the social compact, and inability to
appreciate the rational enjoyments of asso
ciation between the sexes, is carried to a
length which is totally unpardonable. Per
sons who have voluntarily entered into
matrimonial bonds, can have no right to
inflict their private griefs or sufferings upon
the public. We have seen several odd
specimens of wife-advertising, and husband
advertising, but we 'think the following
"beats all natur," in the way of rebut',.er
and rejoinder. It Is cnt from tbr.) Jefrorson- ;
ville (la.) Journal. The eloquent ex
flunctitications of the gentl e g m Flea aro ,
a caution to all Iloosido,,
rrnnor MY 1 :6 . ; i FE )
E l "our , ) tauu - lvrt Inc will:out c.w.o.
or provocietion. I am .determined to pay
no debts •of her contracting. She is a tri
fling, good for nothing jade, "any wq you
can
,Pot it." I warn all "darkies"lrgainst
liar ooring, feeding, or running away with
IY:tr, under penalty of hiihng their peepers
blackened, and their noaes mashed until
they are as fiat as trenchers.
:Aug 22 JESSE M. FLOYD.
O;] - VERY CLEAR OF
JESSE M. FLOYD, a follow who calla
me his wife, has wickedly showed me the
bottom of his foot, and not satisfied_ with
running away between supper and break
fast, the slab-sided, lanternjawed rascal
has advertised me for a 'jade!" What ho
says about me is as false as he is trifling.
He has "dared de kitchen," leaving me his
children to feed without a cent of money.
I made him a good %%rite, but ho` gi a sour,
itl•naturud, reel-footed,''and bandy-legged
scamp. He can't transmopolate a particle
of syllogistical science, nor can he fusmul
ticate the least fenso•cosnostttiveness from
the volganatorial mind of an idiodisticated
waif. I caution all trangelmanatorial girls
from having any thing to do waft , him, as
he has a white liver. Hoping that he will
continue to measure di, t, and never show
his hatchet face in these parts again, I re.
main,
tiug 29
CIIILD SEIZED DI" A 110 G.—A Mrs. Stone
in Louisville, left her child lying upon the
floor, while sho went a few steps for a buck
et of water. Ilearing.a,,screarn she turned
and saw a hog running across the street,
dragging the child by its foot. By the as
sistance of some men who were passing by,
the child was rescued without very material
injury, but not without difficulty, as the an
imal seemed Mad disposed to give up its
prize. The child was about eight months
old, and entirely within the door, when
seized by the hog.—Phil. Sat. Cour.
A ROMAN PUN.
The attempt, and not the deed, confounds us,"
Shakspeare.
"I wish to pay the subscription of Mark
Antony," said a gentleman last week, step.
ping up to our business desk.
Are you his friend Bruiw.?" inquired it
bystander.
"No," was the reply, "but here is tie)
Cash-us," (Cassius,) as he handed over thu
"two in advance."
The Affections.—Parental love to tLe pu.
rest of all Ituraan affections. Other tied
time or distance may way nut, rivalry,jeal
ousy, envy, or- interest turn into hatred; bat
a parent's love can know none of these
follows its object near ordistunt unabated,:
unwavering, through 'good and evil repine
—through 'glory and Amite:
NANCY FLOOD.