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-Fd"We will cling to the pillars of the temple of our liberties, PIERRE F. LABORDE, Editor* W. F. DURISOE, Publisher, and if it must fall we will perish amidst the ruins." VOLUME IV. Eagefnela Convt HOUSe, l,4A C. June 6,18- NO.M&S TERMS. The EDGEFIELD ADVERTISER i% pul lished every Thursday morning at Three Dollars per annum, if paid in advance Three Dollars and Fifty Cents if not paid before the expiration of Six Months from the date of Subscription-and Four Dol lars if not paid within Twelve Months. Subscribers out of the State are required to pay in advance. No subscription received for less than one year, and no paper discontinued until all arrearages are paid. except at the op tion of the Publisher. All subscription will he continued un less otherwise ordered before the expira tion of the-year. Any person procuring five Subscribers and becoming responsible for the same, shall receive the sixth copy gratis. Advertisements conspicuously inserted at 62j cents per square, (12 lines, or less,) for the first insertion, and 43 eits. for each continuance Those publi-;hed mon ihly, or quarterly will be charged $1 per square for each inqertion. Advertisements not having the number of insertion-A marked on them, will be continued until ordered out. and charged accordingly. All communications addressed to the Editor, post paid, will be promptly and strictly attended to. W. F. DURISOE, Publisher. Feb 7, 1,-39 PROCLAMIATION. EXECUTIVE DEPAILTMENT, COLUMBIA MARCH 13,1V'9. By 11is Excellency PATRICK N OB L E. Esq. Governor and Conmnander-in-chirf, in and ore the State of South Carolina. W HER EAS, information has been receiv ed in this Departument, that a most at trocoius murder was committed in Laurens District, on the 6th of this month, by Carter Parker on the body of Jefferson Roseland. and thatsaid Parker has fied from justice. Now, know ye, that to the endjustice may be done, and that the said Carter Parker may be brought to legal trial and condign puishment for his offence, as aforesaid. I do hereby offer a reward ofTHREE HUNDRED DOLLARS. for his apprehension and delivery ivoo any jail in the State. Carter Parker is described as being about 36 years ofage, about fi feet lj inch high, light colored hair, heard inclininag to red. dishness, rather a thin visage, sandy complexion talksquick,and cuts his words short; face tolera bly broad at the eyes, but narrow at the chit; a smll piece broken. off of oie of his front teeth; broad shoulders, slender waist, has a halbit of sucking his teeth, large knees and k'nock kneed: he is a blacksmith by trade, and fond of ardent spirits. Given under my hand and seal of the State. at Coltambia. 13th day of March, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight htun dred and thirty-nine, and in the sixty third year of the Inudependence of the United States of America. PATRICK NOBLE. By the Governor. M. LAsoaR. Secretary of State. March 21. 1IL3. f 7 State of South Carolina. ABBEVILLE DISTRICT. IN EQUITY. Andrew Kirkpatrick and wife and others, Vs. Bill for George Bowie, Partition. George Weatherall and others. IT appearinz to my satisfaction, that Sam tel Norwood and Lucinda his wife. Rich ard Hodges and Marv his wife, George Weath erall, and George Bowie, Defendants in this case. reside beyond the limits of this State: Ordered, that they severally do appear and plead, answer or demur to the bill aforesaid, within three months from the publication of this order,or the said bill will,as to them,respec tively, be taken pro confesso. BENJ. Y. MARTIN, C. E. A. D Coinmissioner's Office, 28th February. 1839. ma~r $11,75 ac 5 State fr :'otith i-oiilia ABBE VILLE DISTRICT. IN EQUITY. William Chiles,) Bill to have re vs funded part Vincent Griffin and others. )of Legacy. T H E Complainant having filed his bill mn mU.ay office, and it appearing toa my satis faction that Williatn Wailer Senr. Williatm Walier, Jun. Doctor Mordecai, and Carisline his wife, anad George Holt and Mary Ann his wife. defendants named in the said bill are. and do reside without the limnits of this State ; Therefore it is ordered, that the said defendants do app>ear and plead, answer or demur. to the said ball, within three months from this date, or the bill will be taken pro confesso as to them. BENJ. Y. MARTIN. Commnissioner's Offce, Feb-22,-1839 w a P $11.75 ac d N~ew spring and Summer GOUDS. T H E Subscribers beg leave to inform their customers and the public generally, that they are receiving and opening a splen'did as eortment of Sring anti Summter oods; Emobracing every variety of British, French and American, Staple and Faitcy Goods, whaich have beena selected with great care. TIhey invite their friends to give them a call, and they shall have good bargains. G. L. & E. PENN & GO. March 21, 1839 7 tf Spring and Summer O LOTHING.-The Subhscribers have just received a handsome and general assort mnent ofgroods for Genat's Spring and Stummer Coats. Pants, and Vests, which they are lire. pared to have ma'de up. in the very best style, and on the most reasonable terms. G. L. & E. PENN & Co. March 21. 1839). 7 tf .Jpprentices Wanted. O si-.or awo Boys, froma .14 to hG years or ire, whoa cani read and wvrite well, will bema.i ,.is annrentices at this Offie' Valuable Lands for Sale. T HE subscriber will dispose of all his Lands, consis:ingtr of about 1400 acres, The tract on which he now resides, contain ing about 900 acres, Iving nii the Stag.-, Rtoad lending from Edgefield'Conrt House to Augusta, within 4 miles of the Court louse, and 19 from Augusta. On the premises are good Build ings, and an Orchard of two thousand and eight hundred fine Fruit Trees. Also. the place forperly owned by E. J. Youngblood containing about 350 acres, with necessarv buildings. all new klso, the place known as Bellevue, within 2 and .4 miles of the Village. It has n two story Building, and is as fiue a situation as any in the District. It contains 100 acres, 10 of which are cleared. All the tracts contain about 700 acres of foie timbere-d wood-land and all have fine springs. P: rsonr desirous of purchasing may examine for themselves. The terms will be accommodating. W. B. MAYS. May 4. 139 tf 14 South Carolina Copper, SEET IZRON & TIN WARE .Manufactory. I WOULD respectfidly inform the Mer chants a;nd Plan'ers of this State, and all who may please to give me a call, that I have located at Hamburg., S. C., with a view to a permanient residence; aid engaged in the maiufactnre of Copper, sheet trot.; and Tin Ware-which I will furnish by If'holesale or Retail, of the best quality. at the lowest rates. Having experienced Northern Workmen, and being a practical nechanic myself.1 cana at tend to Roofinz. Guttering. and Spouting; and all other Jobs of'erery description in my bsi iess, achich shall be eell done, and on short notice. All orders will be thankfully received and promptly attended to. A suprrior assortment of Japanned Ware Also, Stamp'd Plates, all sizes, just received. A. B. CHURCH. Hambnrg, March 28, 1839. tf e Copper, Sheet Iron, and Tin Ware Manufaclory. AUGUSTA, GEORGIA. - I HE Subscriber has just recnived, A large f assortment of Copper. Sheet Iron and Tin Plate; which he will imannfacture to any pat. tern. usual in snehi Ware: such as. STOVLS. STOVE PIPES, STILLS, STILL WORMS. and every variety of Tis WARE. He solicits the patronage of his friends and the public in general, in South Carolina and Georgia. as lie intends keeping a con sant 2nd ftll sipply of the above articles, his eu.tomers will not be disappointed from the vant of maaaterials B. F. CH I W. The highest price will he given for Old Pewter. Copper. Brass and Lead. Angns~ta. Ga. A pril115. 18:39 tf 11 $205 Reward. R ANA WAY from the Subscribers, on the .i 2011th of %pril, two negro boys: one van ed (,'ESA l?, he'onging to Robert .J. Butler He is abou; 21 or 22 years of a. e, 5 feet 9 or 10 inches; h- is a little inclined to be of a light complexion. He has on one side of his ace a sna I white spot. Onone of his hands 3fingers have been cut with a Gin saw. Speaks very quick, when spokena to. The other ntnaed STEPHEN, beloags ta Lucius L. Hall, living alout 7 miles frPim Hamburg. le is of a dark complexion, 5 feet 10 or I I inches high; speaks very quick, when spoketn to. His face is very short and broad. He wore off whent he left, a pair of blue hotnespun pantaloons. and an old wool hat. They will try to g'et to Kentucky. Ctesar was brought frotn Kentucky when he was about ten years of age. and Ite has per sataded the other boy off with him. We will give the above reward to any person who will lodge thema in any jail, so that we can get them. LUCIUS L. HALL, ROBERT J. BUTLER. May 2, 1839 tf 13 $100~Reward. . NAWVAY from the Subascri - ber on the night of the 5th of ]JflFe~ruary last, from may place two miles ftoma Hamburg. S. C. a ntegro man nanied BEN, about forty-five - . years old, five feet six itnches high. ,The above reward I will pay for - deliverinag him to ate, or pauttmng him in jail so that I can get bim. THOMAS KERNAGHAN. Hamaburg, March 2ti, 1837 tf 8 Read Quarters. General Orders, N'o. 2. J HARLESTON READ, Jr.,JloHNsCur . NINOtHAMa, and ARTHUR SIMIKNs, have beena appoinated Aids-de-Camps to the Corn ttander an Chief with the rank of Lt. Colonel. They will be obeyed and respected accordingly. By order of the Commander in-Chief JA MES JON ES5, A pril 25 12 Adj. $& Insp. Gen. N~O TICE. A L L Persons indebted to the late Cha - ti Breithaupt, dec'd., are reqi-st ed to make immediate paymient. And If pet-sons having dlemands against the estrt e of said deceased are requtested to present| them duly attested. JOlIN BAIUSKETT, Ez'ov Fteb. 2 . '-. Dassolutjin. ruHIE Copuartnershaip of Kerntaghian & Roo necy. ot Ilamabutrg, So. Cna., was dissolved on thte ~2k instant, by mutual consent. The Bustiness heareafter will be continued bay Thorm as Kernaghan. ona his oiwn accouant. He will receive aill matnev duae the late firm, and will scttle the debts. aal'the samei. T'IIOMAS KERNAG HAN. P. H. IIOONEY Hamburr. 23 lIF. 3m" 8 MiYscelanaeous. k rum tha I askaugtn Uiobe. WORltMAU oF THE JLMA.,UaPATioN Ac' IN JAaMAtA.-ite t(overumet of Grea brLuin lus pouosed to Parliamen thi suspelltss of tilte constituitoU of the isl and of JamUa1ca, and Lu -.utject tile peo pie to ile rute 0l Lie Governor and Coun :il, aud ittree commissiouers.appujuted bj the Crown, superceutng, for live years all tie tuctiouus o the L olo::alAsstenul eleteU by Lin peogle. I he statle ottling: w nice - as given rise to this propustitoi ori6:itates. InI tile pulley which revolution. zeu til detiSuc i-elaizons of this cowon) 'I lie crueelty Imputed to .he local author itll" in tile pumsawtueut of the black popu laLIoU, sauce the negrOUs have becu set Ire( hou, tile coutrol ol their musters, produc ed severiti appeals irutu the k.ughlsu Ad uisuistrat.ut to tile Uolouial Legishalure to Clauge the bystell. lihe latter, nevertiiless, miiitaied it; and then ai act o1 Parilaaniet, autivertiig the internlu regulatious ut ite local Legislature with tu its adasitred sphere of' acaun, havimp ibeen oltaiteu by thle Ministry, the colo ina representative body resolved on re. sistance, by refusing to perunrm any othei legisaatib e RuCiou until the act violating neOrt legislative rightis sbould be repealed. Tins course u1 the island Assemily strip pe., the Guvernor of the uecessary p lice, ol the approporatious, and oL othei esseitials II mailtauiing the Goverumnen o1 tile Island. 'he project ut the Mittiiry proposes to strip the colony of'ail its con stituiuiajl tight., and subject it to arbitra I) authority lot five years, as the correc tive W1 it coniuuiacy. i tie matter as closely scanned, it will be seen that Great Britain, has tiund it iupossiule to liberate the blacks without enisavtug the whites. It is fouid that the severny necessarily exerted by the public authorities to keep the slaves in suburdau ation, sice the immediate supervision 0l masters is withdrawn, is greater than be lure, anti that punishments since the seve rance ofr the community of interest and sy mpathy growing out of the old relations existing between the whites and blacks, are much more fatal. Froni the statements which we give bi-low front an English pa per, it will be seen that the wh"I scheme of British policy, in regard tr , c inl Jamaica, must resolve itself : - ... gle between the races for e.. will end in the exterminati't -. 1 - T.hte period is looked to % , ':. e of suffrage conceded to the free .! ..:: . put the whip of legislation in the ha:i inat numerically preponderating race; and then, it not belore, Jamaica, in its domes tie Government, will he as much a black Government as St Domingo. It will be observed that the British journal from which we quote, looks to the ultimate as cendancy of the negroes in the Assembly of the island, and very naturally antici pates that the onlygqnestion will be "black or n hite," or which race shall govern. The result of such atn issue can hardly be doubtful, when it is stated, on the author ity of the Ministry, that "'There were in Jamaica about 5,000 whites, 28,000 persons of color and blacks, who had been some time free, and 350,000 negroes lately emancipated. The con stituent body had been represented by Sir Lionel Smith as between 1500 and 1600: but the number was perhaps, about 2,000, and neither the colored population nor the blacks had at present any vote in the e lection of the 45 members of the House of Assembly. Fifteen months must elapse before the 350.00) blacks and persons ol color would have any influence on the eore'sentation." When the 350.000 blacks become con stituents of the Assembly, it is not diffi cult to foresee that the colony will ne longer be a white, but a negro colony. That it may be a more qtuiet dependancy andt a mtore valuable possession to the Crown, is quite possible. The negroes may submit more stupidly to the arbitra, ry authority of the mother country thani at intelligent assembly of white men, whe know sotmethinag of political rights; aml this mtay serve to explin that philanthro phy which has beena at wvork, undle the color of emancipating one race, te enslave both. THE MILFORD BARD.-The Delawari Gazette copies the lines of' our poetica. coarresponidetnt "Benedict." uponi the in carceration of the Milford Bard, and in dulges in the following prefatory remarks Baltimore Transcript. We regret to learn from the following lines, of the Baltimore Transcript, thai our old highly esteemed friend, the "ill ford Bard,'' has agaitn fallen into bad hah its, and' become a volutary inmate ea the Baltimore jail, in order to cut'e him. self of his inttetmperate habits cont ractedl as he says, by i complaint ofthe heart ii other days. No poet of this or any othei age has depicted in strongeror more glow ing colors, the thousand evils that are tc be foutnd in the wine cup-no one, per haps, has more frequently atnd sensibl3 felt the poisonous fangs of the "worm a the still," than "the Milford Bard." Th~ most powerful aptpeals to shun the danger thait lie hiddent in the bowl, that we havy ever read, were from his pen-and yet hi thbat has sung so sweetly and written er powerfully against thig most datigeron enemy to mankind; and has drunk its bit ters to the very dregs, is still the slave ts the denmoti of disaipntiotn. We pity him lHe is a tan of the finest tale'nt, and hu for this single fault miriht nanoni nn be very heavy and must be paid in cash-but how can we meet them, if those upon whom we depend, di.sapipoint us? The money we pay for paper, and rent, and wages. counts up bsy the hundred and the thousand. while our claim upon our pa rons count up by threes and tens-the former in the expressive language of the poet, "ehbb out by oceans," while the latter "comes in by drops." In a recent interview with a young clergyman, settled in a country village, who has several small children, he declar ed, that after a deep consideration of the subject, after an examination of all those arguments by which men so often flatter themselves, that they have done their du !y, whn they have only subserved their interest or consulted their convenience, he had come to the conclusion, that it was his duty to send his children to the common district school of the village. "Il" said he "I am really one of my church and of my people, then the school which I assist in providing for their children, is as good for mine as fir them. I shall not be so likely to watch over the school, to exert myself for its advancement, to look after the manners or the children, to cultivate their good affections, to preserve themn from bad habits, front the vices of lying, prrofanity, & obscenity, if my own children are not a mong thetn. Snch is human nature, that I dlare not trust my own ability to per form my duty. ifi set my own interest in opposition to theirs, or sever the connex ion between them," Valuaile Invention.-A powerful hear ing trumpet has lately been invented; it is s0 ('onstruacted as to stand upon a table, and receive the voices of persons in the roomia, which it magnifies to an extraordin ary degree. The power of the instrument is thus described by the inventor; I placed the soniferon at the end of a room sixty feet in length, at the other extremity of which two persons were in low conversa tion. As long as I continued to hold the tube to my ear, I could hear every word they said to each other; but the moment I removed it. I was otly sensible of a mur mur of voices, without distinguishing a srliable. On an experimenter not deaf. the effects ol the instrument are by no means comfortahle as every word -falls with the force or a blacksmith's hammer: and, in addition thereto, it makes the ear ring with noises that no other person per ceives. Help to Vision.-An English paper states that Mr. West, of London. has in vented an instrument called the Standope lens, which for power; distinctness, and the ease with which it can he used.surpas ses every previous attempt. It may be worn like an eye glass. and the prices - 'v from five shillings to twenty. accor it is mounted in gold, -silver, or . perceiving objects invisibe -mites in cheese, cells in ater-its poner is .' : .,., :- lUse will af se m s,'- - e insitue general use. Cold Water for Cn.. '. we know it does from a ph.a' ing in this citv, we have no hesw - publishing the annexed coinmnticatio. -- N. Y. Com. Adr. "During the prevalence of this hot weather there is nothing so grateful to in rants as cold water; these little creatures sufferequally with adults from thirst, es pecially at night: yet. strange to say. the mother either neglects or fears to offer mid water. In my practice, in several in stances, I have been called to see children laboringutnder fever from the effects of thirst, and, upfoni giving cold water, have had the pleasure oif seeing them recover in a very short time, a free perspirariont fol lowing the use of tis natural remed. Real tnirst cantnot bte allayed by any thing as well as by water. When a child is feverish at night, ii will, in a majo-rity of eases, be cured by freely sponging its face and limbts with tepid water, and allowintg it to drink cold water. Let parents who have sickly.children (of any age) follow this p~lan if it does no good, it will produce no evil; but I aml certain, it will arrest much suffering by a very simple and grateful remedy." Mary Bacon's BaconSatved.-T heMaine Legislature has granted a divorce to Col. Ehenezer Cobb and his wife Mary Bacon. Tlhe Colonel is on the wrong side of 50, while the bride hasjust passed the right side of 20. For this divorce, the only course That wisely could be taken, Fair Mary sued-the case was proved, And thus she saved her Bacon! Can any blame the youthful dame, Who gave the court a job? When all the corn is shelled and gone; Say-who would keep the Cobb? Holland.-The draining of the celebra tedl Lake of H arlem, so long contem plated, has at laut been decided upon by the States General of Holland The expense is esti mated at eight millions of guilders. (about three mnillioras of dollars.) It is like add ing a new provice to the country. To preserve a Horse against Bots. Take of bee% w'ax. mutton tallow, and sugar each 8 ounces, put it into one quart o~f wart" milk, andI heat it until it all melts and mixes, then put the whole into a bot tle, and just befotre the wax, &c. begins to bar-. detn, give it to the horse. Two or three tta giterwahls'iVe him physl. come one of the most useful members of society; yet the mouster has long since so fastened his fangs upon him, that he is a burilien to himself, and a source of grief and pain to his friends. Well do we remember having a few years since, visitei the bard, in his "gar ret" at Milford. In one corner of the room was his couch, on which he was lying with a scorching fever upon him brought on by too free indulgence in spirituous li quor. Shelves were erected around the walls which from the ceiling to the floor were covered with books that had been presented to him by his numerou friends, and newspapers, most of which were our own, containing articles from his pen. A number of oil paintings frot his own pencil were hanging around, and oua a chair beside his bed, were several musi cal instruments on which he occasionally am.used himself, when not engaged in his studies. Amiong other things we noticed a bust of himself, prepared by his. own hand and an astronomical instrument of his own construction. composed of a great number of brass and wooden cog wheels and other machinerv made with a simple penknife, and on vhich lie had spent many a toilsome hour. in endeavor ing to explain the regular motions of the planets around the earth. All of these however, were partially 4iished; and whether oir not they were ever com pleted, we have never learied. A num ber of his poetical etiusions were likewise scattered about in diflerent parts of the room. And here in this lonely retreat, for it was but seldom he admitted any one into his study, he appeared cheerful and happy; at least as happy as could be ex pecte Of one in his situation. He is now in a land of strangers; and although he has voluntarily become an inmate of a loathsome prison, he cannot find that repose which he experienced in his lonely garret at Milford, and we trust that measures may lie speedily taken to procure his return to his friends and home where lie will be more likely to find a balm to his broken spirits than can he ex pected in the situation in which he is now, we fear, unfortunately placed. From the Chronide 8r Sentinel. "Money, the sweet allurer of our hopes, Ebbs out by oceais, and comes in by drops." We are not sufficiently acquainted with the history o' the bard. upon whom we have drawn for the above couplet, to de : 'he question whether or not he ever .. -cted nith a newspaper office, - n-%perience has taught us, ---.iki . t -P is no business of life ta .: more applica M.T'.-...'...-.. ...ting office are a -m 2 . ;- -. - .. 'dover a large exi-w . r' .. t.. itndst impjostU!. - personally upon hi: and lincttual paymeut. 1 - h .r0 be emphatically called deho in tnir.e cales out of ten, the prosetaa... a suit at law for their recovery, would u. more than the debt itself, in the waste of time, trouble and expense. If a distant subscriber stops our paper without paying his arrearages, the most we can do is to write him a letter enclosing hiq account, andi then depend upon his honor for the payment. There is no man in our free country, where industry is not only unfei tered by taxms, but whets it can always command honorable and profitable em ployment, who cannot pay at some period of the year, the small amount of a sub scription to a newspaper. And yet how dilferent is our experience as to the facts. How many hundreds are there, who with ample means. will take a newspaper for years, and then move away to some dis tant section or State, and got only tnt pay up for it, bitt not even not notify the proprietor of their intention to remove, and leave to the Postmaster, the unpileas ant task of notifyinig him that the paper is not taken fromt the offte, and that the stub scriber has left the country? In some in stances it is the result of forgetfulness, and we who lose our labor thus, are apt to feel that it is criminal forgetfulness. In other castes it ia the result of dishonesty; the sutbscribter feeling that the distance he tween himself and his ptihlisher is a safe guarud again~t being harrassed by duns, in person, or coerced by law, hardens his heart againsit the stings of conscience and the denmanids of honor and right. There are indeed some who appear to think they contfer a great favor upon alt editor by sub scritbing for his paper; never think of pay iiig; become off'ended when we employ an Agent, at great expense, to go 'to their houses to collect that which should have been paid at our office, and perhap. dis mises him at last without pay, and with a curse upon his head and haif a dozen upon ours. Matty act thus, without proper re Ffli-etion upon the nature of our rights and their own just and honest obligations. To our distant subscribers and adverti sing patrons we say, once for all, we d~e pend upon your honor to pay us-we nev er expect to resort to the courts of justice to enforce our small demands. While thus recounting, however, our troubles and hopes, we feel it a duty incumbent upoin fus to say, that we have very many pa trons, who honorably and regularly pay up their sutbscriptions once every year with nut failure; antd with many expressions of satisfaction for ihe ample betnefirs they re ceive from our labors. If all would do so, our p~ath of dutty wvould he made agreeable and our time, by being uinocnpied in run > ing and sendliu;: after those who fail to follow that good example, would be wholly cldevoed so the improvement oif our paper. - 1Jbar the lsetefit '3f allh der emaen ate MAIRTTRs OF THE PREIs.-On the 18th of September, 1797, the French directory issued the following proclamation; "Or ders are hereby given to the executors o the man lates of justice to arrest and con duct to the prison of La-Force, the editors and printers of-here the papers are named 29 in number)-all guilty of having com spired against the internal repose of the Republic." All the presidents of the Na tional Convention were. with one or two exceptions,journalists. Of the sixty-three % ho attained that honor. eighteen were guillotined, three committed suicide, ei;ht were transported, six imprisoned for hfe, four became mad and died at Bicetre, twenly-two were declared outlaws, and there were only two who escaped without eastigation of some kind. If we extend this synoptical tableau to the entire press. we shall find its proportions pretty exact. There perished from 1789 till 1797 at least one-half of the political writers of Paris. "If we cannot alter things, Why then we'll change their names six." In the days of yore when drinking flip was a fashionable mode of dissipation, a worthy old gentleman came near losing his life by its excessive use. While dan ger thus stared him in the face he uttered a most solemn vow that if he recovered he never would taste another drop of lip. Health was restored, and with it his former appetite returned. Self-denial could not long main tain the eupremacy. "Cuff," said he one day to a favorite and favored slave, 'bring me a mug of beer.' 'Yes massa.' 'Pt in a little old Jamaica, Cuff.' "Yes mash Sa." "Now drop in some sugar." "Yes Iassa." -Cuff, set it down on the hearth: and stick the hot end of the andiron in it." Cuff paused a little. "Massa,me thought you swear you drink no more flip. "This is not flip, Cuff; you may call it warm. -weetened beer with a little rum in it." "Yes massa, me berry tickled to-but but-" "But what, you black rascal'?" "Me berry much afraid debbel set it dows flip."-Barre (Mass.jGaz. Loafers' Fashions for June, 1839.-. -R loRiNGDREss.-Second or third hand coat, ventilated at the elbows, color to suis the fanny or circumstances; vest full bus toned in front, especially in the absence of a shirt or false bosom; hat "shockin*. bad." little or no nap, with the brim rami fled and placed slantindicularly on the head: a lock of hair in either eye, tangled, sorrel-top whiskers, and a crab-orchard heard,pantaloons of various colors,or rather short. and with two square lateral patches. partly concenled by the skirts ofite coat; boots without legs, down at the heel, welt polished with mud, and in a laughingcon dition: stockines very little worn; a cigar should protrude fron the frontal orifce.and brandy or gin take the placeof eau de colo gne. Care should he taken not to make a too frequent use of profanity to prevent being stigmatized as a gentleman. Dinner Dress -As above. Erening Dress.-Ditto. Not long since, the school committee of I ortain New England city, discovered 4 the masters they employed, ..... hours. eaoh sday. fn making - ~- ... snent in school,-or. - on":gr !n;p stated the case, -.- u , .~:.ur. :eav bn his own - WO . : . hi being liscover;.! e, s. : '~mm e '.be miaster before d :- e After being arraign,.: h dictment, and being exp.- . 5'U zuilty and promiseamend men: rc ep to the following.offect. "Gentlemeu,* a -' hld saying. that like begets likethe smal - ness of my salary, and the leanness of your souls l'egels the leanness of my hones. If' I spent all my time in attempting to fill the knowledge-boxes or your children, without making candle-boxes for myself, my sotul would not have the means of keeping its earthly box together,six months lunger." - Longeriiy of our forefathers.-No leia. than thirteen of the filly six signers of the Declaration of American Independence reached the age of eighty years and up-' wardls, viz;.. Charles Carroll of Maryland, ' 95. William Ellery, of Rhode Island, 93 .Tohn Adams, of Massachusetts, 91 Samuel Adams, do. 81 Robert Treat Paine, do. 96 Benjaminfl'ranklin, do. 84 William Williams, Connecticut, 91 William Floyd, of Long Island, 87 Thomnas McKean, of Pensylvania, , '83 Thomas Jeferson,of Virgnia, 83 George Wythe, do. 89 Matthew Thornton, of Ireland, - 89 Framncis Lewis, of Sotuth Wales, 90 Being an average of eighty-six and two months each, and the aggregate excess of the "time honored thirteen" over fourscore is jbst eighty year-s. No deliberative as sembly of equal magnitude was ever mere remarable for' the virtue, temperance and longevity of its members, than the one which declared the American colonies free and independent.-. Cure for Stammering.-Those (a 'cor respondetnt assures us) who suffer under the distressing affliction of an impediment in their speech, may be effectualy cred, where there is no malformation o the or-. gants of articulation, by a persemerance for three or four months in the simple remedy of readling aloud with the teeth closed, for at least t wo hours in the course of each -; daty. The recommender of this simplie erocess adds "Lecan speak With certaintyp br-M.ilsamfyv'f tle remed&.'