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"IWe will cling to tho pillars of the temple of our lihertics, PIERRE F. LABORDE, Editor. amW. F. D Pubisher. andl if it must fall wve wvill perish amidst the ruins." VOLVTIE We. Wg1efil Couri Uuusm. U . August t. V3Z9. - ~.~ TERMS. The EDGFELD ADVERTISER i' pub lished every Thursday morning at Three Dollars per annum, if paid in advance Three Dollars and Filly Cents if not paid before the expiration of Six M outlas from the date of Subscription-and Four Dol lars if not paid within Twelve Monihs. Subscribers obt of the State are required to pay in adrance. No subscription received for less than one year, and no paper discontinued until all arrearages are paid. except at the op lion of the Publisher. All subscriptioni will be continued un less otherwise ordered before the expira tion of the year. Any person procuring five Subscribers and becoming respont-ible for the same, shall receive the sixth copy gralis. Advertisements conspir nously inserted it 62J cents per square, (12 lites, or less.) for the first insertion, and 43:1 ets. for each continuance. Those published monthly. or quarterly will be charged $1 per squar for each insertiin. Adverikements not having the number of insertions marked on them, will lie continued until ordered out, and charged accordingly. All communications addressed to the Editor, post paid, will be promptily and strictly attended to. W. F. DURISOE, Publisher. Feb 7. 139 Valuable Lands for Sale. 3 1s T IE subscriber will dispose of all his Lands, consisting of about 1400 acres, viz: The tract on which lie now resides, contain ing about 900 acres, lvicag on the Stig.. Road leading from Edge6eld'Court House to .Augnta, within 4 miles of the Court House, and 1 from Augusta. On the premises are good Build ings, and an Orchard of two thousand and eight hundred fine Fruit Trees. Also. the place formerly owned by E. 1. Youngblood containing about 350 acres, with necessary buildings. all new. Also, the place known as Bellevue, within 2 and 3-4 miles of the Village. It has a two story Building, and is as fine a situation as any in the District. It contains 100 acres, 10 gf which are cleared. -'Allthe tincts cotaiuliout 700 acres of fine timbered wood-land. and all have fine springs. Pirsons desirous of purchaing may examine for themselves. - The terms will be accomnidating. W. B. AYS. May 4.1839 tf 14 Abbeville Lands for sale. [ ILL he sold fordivi-ion at Ahbheville C. H. on the first Monday in 8,-ptember next, 1571; acres of valuable lands, it 2 tracts, viz: 1000 acres. known as the Wallerville tract. lying S miles south of Greenwood. otn the la tlns road-this tract is well improved. and in a high tate of cultivation. with 501) acres cleared -there are on it, an excelle it iwo story dwel ling house, good Gin-house. Barn and Carriage house, with all other necessary out buildings. and an eccllcent well of good water in the vard. The other tract contains 576 acres. adjoining Newmarket. within two miles of the Green. wood Academies. It has 100-acres cleared, 40 of which are fresh-a good Dwellin1g house and Kitchen. with other out buildings. and an ex cellent Spring of good water within 200 yards of the house. Terms made known on the day of sale JOHN PARTL' 'W. June 1st, 1839 ab 19 The Col. mbia Telescope will publish the a bove till the lay of sale. and forward the ac count to the sulbscriber, at Newmarket, 1r nay. ment. J. P. DISOLUTIONV. T HE Copartnership o111 L.JEFFEv~Rs& Co of Hamburg. South Carohir a. was dis. solved ont the 1st of Augusr, 1838, by mutua consent. All unasettled business ofthie concern will be attended to by H. L. Jtfiers. I1 L. JEFFERS. Rt. B3AfRBER. Hamburg, May 2 1839 -ac 16 I beg leave most respectilihly to inform my frivnds, and the public g~enerally. that Mr. IIUotPHREs BOULwARE has associated himnseli with mue, and thant the business will hereafter l'e done uder the namneof JE-FE RS S& BOUL. WA RE. and hope that a conttinuation of the liberal patronage hitherto bestowed, will be mnerited and received. HI. L. JEFFERS. Hamburg. May 13. 1839 ac 16 NEW FIRV IN H AMBUR G, S, C. T HE Subscribers beg leave to inform theiu friends, and the public generally. thai they have associated themselves together in thei Toivn of Hamburg, for the purpose of trans acting a general Groceryj and Commission Business, in which capacity they offer thiemselves to the public, and hope,. by a strict and close attentiuon to busines, to receave a liberal shure ofrpatron age. Their Stock shall e ver be comphosed of the anost choice and wvell selected articies usually kept in a Groccry and Stanle Dry Godds line. All Orders, or letters addressed to -them, for any article, or business on Cotmmission, shall meet with carefiil attention aind destpatch. HEFNRY L J EFFRFRS. HU.\IHREYS BOULWARE. IHamburg, May 13, 1839 a.6 FOR SALIa. H1 TE plantation whereon the sulawriher n--w resides on Chavers's Creek. contauining about 230 acres. C. BRI:E'rIAl'T. Judy 2. 1Q39 ac 2'2 Jprenies- Wianted. O 'E or two Boys, from 14 to 16 vears o] :.ge, who can read and write well, will li ,-,twU as anni-entices at thmis Of Tie. PRO(C LAAM A TION. EXLCU' IVE Ul P.AR1 1NT, Cohumbia, S. C. July 5. 1839. W HEREAS. informatior. hais bren reei ed at this Departmnent, that Wilha Ducks, late of St. Stephens Parish. was mit dered by two rugitive Slaves mred Ilen and Phillis, on tire 17th day of'June last. in t Parish of St. Johns Berkley. while conveyi said fugitivestothe Work Ilorse in Charlesto NOW KNOW, YE, that tothe end jnsti may he done, and that the perpetrators of ti atrocious mnird-r ma be brought to legal tri and condi; 11 punishmeit. I do hicreby ofier a i ward of TIElE HUNDRED anid FIFT DOLLARS for their apprehension and deliv rv into some Jail of this Sate. or two linndr bollars for the apprelensionr of flenry nlone at his d'iivery into s ine Jail, or one hundred a filiy Dollars for the apprehension arid delive of Ihills alone into somie Jail of the State. The description of said slaves by the witr ses before the Jury of Ingnest is as itlows - Her ry i., dcserbed as rather a light calo. ed blai ofmiddle hejia. stot in his liframe. about ; vears of a:.c, il remarkabty thaicL.r -cki and ci 'of his snall toes turnimg out Phillis is of col m11ni size. ofa dark complexion. abrout thir ye-tr- faee or pera ps inire. Wh'it - ppi hiended b-y said tincks -hey reported the tatnies aid declired tit they ir;d coine fri hevond Savannah in a Ste'ai Boat to Chark to;, and that tle% belonged to a pcrson nan Wells or Xelch, Henry is believed to be I same slave who was acivertised as having rt away fromr Wiilium Ilicknan on the 30th May last while conveying him lroin Charlest to ,lorida. The des, ription of'the two is similar that the identity is highly probable. I is described in the advertiseurent, as low statne has a ren-arkable ineck, when walkii fromn or up to one has it trick of'turning his he. onl ore side, both of Iis sma:1 toes stauding a from his f'et. rnd as having been raised iin Ben fort Disrirt. near Brooaktons Ford. anid at oi time belonging to Jesse J. Clilion in that neig borhood. Giveu under my hand, and the seal or ti Stani, at Columbia. the 5th day of July, the year of our Lord one thousand eig hunidred and tirirty nine, and in the sixt fourrtir year of tire Independence of t United States of America. PATAIUCK NOBLE Dy the Governor. .M. LABoRDE, Secretary of State. July. 18 f 24 PaCLAMATION. EXE'UTIVE DEPARTMENT. CoLUMaA, dOUTU CARo.INA, Jun" *24th. 1639. By his Excellency PATnicK NoBL:, EK Governor and Commnander-in- Chief .nd ocir the State oj South Carolina flEiHAS, infornation hasbeenreceiv at the Department, that oar the 29th MAy, last.hetween tie hours of 1'Jand 3 o'clor P 1-. two negro children, Harry and Sar the prropertV of Stiles livers, % ere stolen fre his plaint:ionr ont the Horse Shoe, St. Barlh onrews Parish. Colleton itstrict, South Carr net. by soie person rtn'known. Now in-ow n:. Thai to the end, jtstice oi be lone and that the parl etrator of this ofier may be broghl to legal trial. and condign pr iishitent: I do hereby ofIr-r a reward of Tv Snrdred Dollars. for his apprehenrsion and c victr'n in any Court of this State. Sad necro chi!dren arc described as ahn seven years orage. likely antd well .'rou n. They ar-- carpable of'telbng tire nanir. of' 1h1 parent.:. aid probably tire name of tie pian tion, "May Bark." Ilarry's pirenis are Prin and I'anrny, and Sary's purents are Scipio a Diana. Given nder rmy hand and the seal of t State at Columbia. tie 24th dav of Jrr in the year of our Lord one' thousa eight lundred and thiray-nine and in t s;xty third year ofthe Inrdepenrrdence oft United States of \mierica. PATRICK NOBLE, Governor, By the Governor. 31. L.ABORDE, Secretary of State. JuIly 4 r 22. PROCLA. AMTION. EX EC UTVIE D LPAnuT.M ENT, CU LUititA ttARe'H 1M3,R 39. By His Ercellency P A Ti'RIC NOBL E. E Governor anid C'odarannder-irn-chief. in and i the .Statt of Southa Carolina. '' H~ h..A5, irriniror Ira. has ben rece edirn this Deprarenrt, thrat a mrost troeions mrdrner was coinmitted ini Lanr. District, on ther rith of this mnonthr. hay C'ar Parkxr on tire bod y of JeIJcrson Rowlanda thrats:nd Pa:Rier has f1--d fromri jnrstice'. Now, knorw yr., that so the end *,nstic~e may done, aud that tire said ('arter Prker tmay brontghlt to legaI trial and coneligr it ishinu for tars otfetnce, as afor. said. I do hierehv otle reward of'THIREE~ HUNDRED VuL',LLAi for lhis appreh. nsior tand delivery iano anyj ai thre at::te. Cairter Parke'r as descrribed br'ing aborut 3i yeairs orf aci. aibort Ii fret I .1 it high. lighat colred hair, heanrd ineilb~:i to r dishiness. raUncer a thin n'isage. sanidy e~rnlexi talksquiick.and cents Iris words short; face tore bly broad at tire eyes, bunt unarrow at tire chrir sanall piece broken ofi' of one oh' his front tee broad shoulders, slender waist, hras a habhit sucking his teeth, Irrge knees arid ki rnuek knel he is a blacksmithl by trade, atnd find of ardt spirits. Given under my hand an'd us'al of tire Sta at Colombiia. 13th dary of Mlarch, irn 1 year roour Lord one thousand eight hr fired anrd thirty-rune, andi irn tire sixty th year of' tire ndrependenrce of the U'ni States of Armerica. *PATRICK NOBLE By the Governor. ~M. LAntonny., Seretary of State. NOT I CE A LARGE amrotut of' nroes and nerota due to Lorrarin Ge'dditngs, formearly Hamburg. hras been placed inr thre hrands of i saabseriber. with rte positive directrorn to up~on tall trnehi of them'r. as are nor settled oin br'fore thre first M'rond~ay inr .inre next J. P. CA RROL L. A tiarneyj Public Notice IS hereby nivern, that a Petition signed thre citizens at Edgefield.Court Hourse. v Ire apresenrted ton the H onorarble tho Senatea House of Representatives of the Stmnno of Sia Carolina, at ts'ne'xt session, for the inco~rpc tin n ofie Villagceof Edeefield. Ir ceteM ces UA TRIMONY y e. 1 That mn ianst lead a happy life, d 2 Who's free from matrimonal chains; ,d 3 Who is direct, d by a wife. Id 4 Is sure to sulfer ihr his pains ry I Adam could find no solid peace -2 When Eve was civen for a mate; ,k 3 Until he saw n woman's litce 4 Adam was in a happy state. 1 In all the femrle face appear , 2 lypocricy, deceit, and pride; ir 3 Truth, darli.g of' a heart sincere, n 4 Ne'er's known in woman to reside. I What tongue is ahe'e to neafold m1 2 The fidl:eboods that in woman dwell, of 3 The worth ini woman we behold "1 4 Is almost imperceptible. WO le 1 Cursed be the foolish mann, I say, 2 Who chaanges fiomt his singl ness, Sd 3 Who will not yield to womian's sway, it 4 I6 sure of perfect blessedness. I To advocate the ladies' ease. von will read the 1st and :k-2nd and 4th lines'together. e Ship of the Line Pennsylcunia. in aY w. B. TAPPAN. ht "1 Leap forth to the careering seas," V- () ship ofloftv nane! And toss upon thy native bireeze The stars and stripes of famee! And hear thy -thna.ders o'er the deep Where vatnting navies ride Thou hiast a nation's pemis to kecp Her ho:or acd her pride! 0 holy is the cov'nantt made With thee and us to-day None fiotam the compact shrinks afraid, n No traite'r uters nay! We pledge ottr fervent love, and thou d Thy glorious ribs of* eok, kv Alive with e: who cannot how To kIns, nor k iss the yoke! Speed lghtni-gs o'er the Cnrib sea, 'i- Which deeds of hell deform; Ated look! her hands are spread to theo " Where 'ifric's robbers swarn. r. Go ! lie upon the .gean's breast, v'e) Where !'parlle Emerald Isles )I2 And seek the lawless Suliot's niest, nit And spoil his cruel wiles. - And keep. where ao the ncercthat ships, !ir Stern watchen their highwny. - And promptly. throuagh thy iroti lips, re ad When nrged. onr tribute pay; Yea, show thy bristli- g tee'th of power he Wherever tyrantts bind. P it pride of their ow: little hour he A freeborn tuoble mind. be Spread out those noble wings of thine! While criane doth gove'rn ten, 'Tis fit such btwark of the brine, Should leave the shores of PF..EN ; - For hid within thy giant strength Are germs of welcome pence, And sech as thon shalt cause at length Man's feverish strifes to cense. sq. ., From every vale, from every crag, Word of thy beauty's past. iv- Anad jey we that eeur cotunery'. flag at Stre'ams f'rom ety towern. meanst erAssutred thatt in thy r'rowiess, thou aid To leer. will witn reneow,, le Whose soens cane die, beet knoew not how le To strike that pentnon doewn:! mnt r a IYiscellaneouis. S.________ *From Afrirea's inndnaiary. cha THE. OUnIasu 0-raso.-We have ~d- seen everal nutimnals eof the aboave class in Otn thia.,& in rat he~r coeuntt ries: buet ne ver~ sn w nor -a- e'ven hennire uefeane to cottarett~ with the fe a miale ouarang eatanag.no int t the poassession og of Dr: S. 1M. E. Goeent, andl to be seen ed; at nr miassieon ptremises. ant Jeneny, (lien soa the Dr. calhs her.) was obtained lay him abaont five monaths ntao, le. fromt to getntlemtana of this town, whlo lead be ptnrehase'd her' fr'om a native, a few mronths edShe is foaur years old, and mlensutres two feet feour intches in height, beinag as well . proportioned, anal as mneh like alhenmeat species an the formantion ofl the ditTirent paarts oaf the~ boday, as anoy oaf ite samae clhaw of atnmals oh whic'h we heave tany record. She was tatken qluileyona by soe native Ah'ric'an-, tad was --hinging toe the ablodmen of oheur nmothae'r when the later was killed by hethem. Her teeth are regealar atned perfect. neShe ha- fouar inceisors,. sand two canince, andI orsix mtolare. in e-nch jaw, atad presenats the exact aeppenara nce of a humitan faee antd The lengrh of time she has beent in a domrresticated state, aind particularly the last five tmontths,. have servned to dlevelope thte asoonishing degree of sagacity-ap dn proachitng almost to reaan. wtith whaich hher species 'are fuarnishe'd lby the great ra. Cr'eatoar of man and brute. It is tno small amsmnt to us. andl qutite na relaxaion care, to take a peep at Jenny necasionallyt see her go through her variois exercises, all of which are most ob-diently performed at the bidding of her master, and mark her divertiu powers ofitnitation. She is chain ed by the neck toa piece of wood driven in the groiund. the end of which is about eight inches above the turface A lin.' just high enough to admit for her grasping it by a slight spring ttpward, is fastened by one endi to the back wall of the kitchen, and by the other to a fine orange tree which sh ades the spiot. Jenny's movements on ihis titeht rec.e are truly diverting. She n only suispeinds with ease by either hani or either foot--fior her feiet are Well adapted it all the purposes for which the hand is used-but walks in an eree position on the rope, lalatiitig herself with exact precision by the use of her long arms. % ien in good humor. (which by the Way. is not always the ease, fior she too, gets into lits of pausion, and requires the rod of cor reetion,) she performs sonic exquisite feats of agility swincintr front side to side, sup portini her,eit by ine lmb. thenhty anoth er; lying down on the linte, isri arnd legs susipendTed; nakin:: sortiersets: intl in everv pcts.ible, manner showing the great nclivi' E% and quickness of movements peculiar to her race. Her attempts to open the lock. by which her chain is secured, when her master de signs to treat her With a romp among the Iruit trees in the garden, and the privileg-e of picking a sonr-sop, papaw, or. orange. arte remarkahle. Jenny takes the key from the hand of the doctor, sits drwn on the log of wood, ;nd very patiently tries to insert it into the hole of the padlock. Alter repeated failtires, all most patitnlv endured, she succeeds,-the key is inser ted but to turn it around so as to start the spring, is too mntch for lier, and she has to be indigel with some nssistance. Nothing escapes her among the persons in emplby at the inission lionse; and every thing is in.itated so exaetly. thnt nir risi bles are severely taxed-as for instane. Jenny conclude's Rhe otight to do something lowards the washer woman's department: and if she cnn only he indiled wi ith a i, of a water nd I piece of rav, she ruhs shakes-squeezes-wrings with all the in tlene atpplicatiiton of a fit t rate itndre -s. At her meal, too, this imitative fPn!tv i eqally observable. Jeinny uses her ktnift and fork and.spmon, and it' the hiter he held anwvk:.rtiy her toaster demands it from tier. nrders the hand to he turned, which she obeys, atid reerives the handle of the spioOni bet ween her fmiger and ihirnh witi no inconsiderable api4h grnewe. Obsqerving tle boy of the hnse cleaning i the knives1; and lorks liv rubLing them ott the honrd, J.'ntny conchndes that herspoot mttn lit to re c'ive the same at teinti,and Qo gets a stone and cotiitmiences a seris tif rnhi iig, by no meanse alcilated to ai% e a very fine polish. Oliserving the carpenters at work not lone ago she foLnid a nail. ohnined a piece of board, nit'! with a small stone for a ham tier, began to drive it ihie inil as fairly as aiv young apprentice to the trade. Bult the most amusing scene is to wit ness lite efreet of msic (i, her nerves anti passitis; we sometimes indiltge her with It visit itt the missioni honse, take up an ie cortdion antid plny her a tie. Trhe excite ment, t he transport she is thrown into, and her variots gestures and movements nre astonishinig. Shejuntis up and lown oti all fours for a while; then sprines on a chair and has a caper: and sometimes monnts otn the back of the chair, giving all the evi deuce of bein.g perfectly charmed. Should Jetinn ever visit the United State, we np prehend she will atTtord a find of amuse ment for thousands ofr the curious. * FR INCCH .\NT ENGLISH-. We occicpv a gre'at deal of time' in en ho innrd dreinkitig, acid sit thonrs at table, wbile clie French rise dlirectly nature is satisfised anid tproceed to clcrir employmetnts. The two eexes sep~rnce with its. hcct the Fretnch mien and .women. at all time-. anid on all cthie'rts nihike dienese together. Net womnen have shown Cci miteh cracter, been so little Civent to fritter awayv their timene ashe F'rench. Thev' inetituted the or'de'r of the Sooee In ' Mairite: uadianme Roclande de la Trouir frotned an order cif R'eltnses. w'ho shuit thionneves cc all their lives int n cave. to Inmcentsete irrenart tile ntfiliin The Mitiet erOrlenn. Ch--r-. lotte Cor'dniv. Madatme Rotand or the R ev oluttioni. are instnnes of' encthcsiem: Madlame Dacier. Margnise Chactelet.ad amne ude Sinel. show ni denth or scienitific teartnitng, almost co" fitned to. the industry nif men. Ifyocn rencd some of the writings of the auethoresses of the tresent. like Madlme Dectevnnit. voni will never haelieve they wvere the proebttionie of a fem-dle. so mflasentticd itt her ebaraeter. The rmn aes exercise all the oenanions acnd encin the emtiotments of men: thev keen te ane counts: chher tre at clihe otirse. and ev"n in~r ta ble; chev' are behind theC encnter. chnv act nis elerke and tnoensintiet,. nni .ft rre in mancnfaettnring towns e.i th-ir l1)fiff it otir latdies musttt taclk eenial, ocir fairmer's dnt~eters leave the eiairf. and tilav the piano. "Bitt." suny we. "the French nre a triflince cintion. h~eennt'e thev thinik enr onsly nhoout trifles. which tmake' tip the sum of life." Sacvsann atnthor: They hiave adlv-acedi eve-tv thiacr to the rank of a seience nr nct art -whether' enttic'L veicr ha:ir. tvin'g vocir ernvat or cooking vocir dinnter; thev have mntennas and inistrucetionts for everv thinig: anid every thing worth do ing cit all they wonld d.. weli,orn to is their ow'n term, they wntnld have perfectionne - Th~e Frech. --F all nacinnta are nin onecni edl tnnd hcuev people: thev mnittt ho dloingr soPe'thinr: btut wie sh.'w a disposicion to trifle nwny mir 1ivaes- to risk thcm in tritlns klights, boxinc matches and steeple chases. We prise urselves on beiig a very chnritable people. What did we suh. -e ihe for the family or Sir Walter Scott? 1.eoss than tell chousand pounds; theFrencl More than rorty thousand pounds for foy, and the most splendid monument in Pe-: Ia Chnise. The English -:re scatiered ill over thle conmient ; unable to fix their thoughts or their feet, runncing over every thini, considering nothing, and instanced l'or their levity: but the French can stay in their own country, and find amusenmeni among ilhemselves, unhilten by our manin of locomotion. Their journeys are gener ally udertaken for bcusincess, private and ptblicor for edncation. or to make researeh es. They are pensioned by eOvernment or they are exiles; or they are on a tour (l icropagandism, risking their lives in aid oh their own parties or opinions. id in Cn tent cis of foreigners. The French show respect to peotle of genius and learning ill society, while we treat thom with compar ative indifTerece, so that a great astrono m1er of our cuntry said that lie never knew ie w:is nv holy until lie vent abroad; and tie wav ve trent the lions ofotne sensou, and forget them the next, certainly proves levily and puerile trifling in our character. Ve titlust, however, except the anniversa ries of the scientifie Asneiation, wheu all the ions are paraided afhoit the country like oilher shows. and so well fed that, like the aiimils in the menneries. the best time for seeitig them is their feeding time 0cle's E p. SLEEPY HOLLOW IN THE OLDEN TIMCS. Washiniton Irviic in the lacst Kiicker hlicker, has ihree or itir artieles, all, in its very best ve-in. anti :mong them a do0 scriptiocn of Sleepy Ileillow. in) the different ern cit it history. The vice of imililence is :lazed, apparentlv in) he f.l rlon% iog pin [tire ofr the aucienlt inabllit4 ils of that bpell houil re!iori: "The holloiw at the ime was inhabit hv fmilie-s which had exisied ctere from ite earliest times. and which by frqttol intermarrinee. liil hemit so iterwoven. n<- t) onke a kind f nturil common vealth. As the fihimilies had grown large: wt ft:rms had vrown smaller, very new gelneralion requirim a new -lnbhdivision and few ihinkin or swariiing from the native hive. In this wny, dhat happ jolden menn had been produced. so inticth extolled by the Poets, in which there was no gold and very little silver. One thing which dontie" contributed t) keep up this antinble mean, was a general rtpug mine to %ordid Nihor. The s-uge inhnlit attis ofSleeipy Hlollow had read in their hible whielh was the only hook they satuilied, that laior waq origisenlly iiflicted atpon man ns i punishment I6r sin; thev regard ed iitherefore with pious abliience, and never hiumilitated themstlves to it but inl en5e Orfr extremiry. There seemed, in fact, tio lie a league and covenant ngainst it, tirough the Hollow, na ngainst a common enemy. Wis any one compelled by dire necessity, to repair his house, mriend hi; feices. barn, or get in a harvert, he con sdele'rs it a great evil-, that entitled him in call in the assistance oif hi- friends. He accorditigly proclaimed a "hee," or rustic gatlerinu; whereupon all his neigbhors hnrried to his aid like faithfil al ies; at tacked the task with ihe desperate energy of lazy men, eager to overcome a jth, and wheI it wqas acc.,mplished, frell to eating anti dritnkine. fiddling and dancing for very joy, fihat so- great an amont of lah'or'ha'd been vanquished withso linle sweating of the brow. "Yet let it not be supposed that thi worthy etinmmtunity was without its peri odis ornr'eltous activity. Let but a flock o; wild pigeonluS fly neross the valley, and al~ Sleepy [Ioflow was wide awake in at itn stnnt. The pigeoni seson hiatd arr'ived! Every gtnn aind net was forthwith in re qtuisiuion. The flail wats thmrowtn on the fleiar: the spade rustedh in the garden; the pleutghi stooed idle in the furrow-every otie w'as to the hill side and stubble liehl at day break, to shotot or entrstp the pigeons int their pi'edical miigratioins, "So, liken ise, let btit the word be given that the shatd were asemlintg the Hudceseon, and the weorthcies oif thee Holloiw were tn te seen latunchedl in boats uponi the rivert 'cetting gr'eat stakes, aind stretching their nets, gigantic spider wehe, half nceoss tile stresam. to the annoyance of navigator. Sueh are the wise provision,.cof natture, by wvhich she eqtualizes hnao all'airs. A lageardl at thte plough is oflen extr'emtely industrious witht the f'ewling piece nti fishing act; acid whenever' a man is an in dif'eretnt rartmer. he is apt to lie a first rate spor'tsnman. For catchintg shnmd and wvii pigeons, there were notne thru'ghiout the country to cotmpar'e with the ladlsof Sleepy 1lilliw. Ther tomnan of a Century.-During the Pre'.idenet's sI:,y ice New, York. lie wa: entiied tupon by Hainnah Gotngc. a lady re sieding in thatt city, whoieis in her oae huna dre'd aind foucrh year. She stid th't si< haed seen every Presidenct of the Unitet States. had shaken hands with Washing. tonl, atml w~as quite declighted to see the pro sent incuett. Site walked without as. sistance from her resitdence. Thirty-nine!-There is residing a Chnatagh, act individual tnimed Williant Sinnit, who had, a few dlays since, hi, thirty ninth child baputized by the Rev. Mr 'F---v. The father is 8.5 years of age. H e has been married four times.--Gahtay T :.mss.::- Laugh::w1Incidentd.-Tshe candidates for Cotre; in the Secoud Diktriet, are Mr. McKennv. (W.) and Mr. McLellan, (L. F.) the Inte member. They recently met and addressed a mee tin2 at Jaeksoihorou21. Mr. McKenney first addressel the meeting, and intithe course or his remarks, read from a list of appropriations maide by the last Congress, a pretty large sun for sending a Minister to \lnieet, to form commercial relatioris with that Government. an then inquired of Me Lellan where Muscat was, and what was the extent of its commerce, and said lie would sit down to give his opponent an opportinitv orimparting the desired in formation. McLelinn fitding his aeogra phy at fault, scratched his head, and look: eel ivise-but it would not do-he could not tell where Aliuseat was, though as Mr. McKenney said, he had voted for the bill tnkiig an appropriation for seudiag a iinister to that place. Since this event, Mr. MeLellau hus taken to the study of Geography. Edueatwn of the People.-Tt has beda observed, that if the French had been an eduratel pcople many of :he atrocities of their Revolution would never have bp pened, and I believe it. Furious mobs aro contlied, not of enlightened men-of imien in whom pa-siors are dominiant over the judgment, been usc the jndgment has not been exercised and infurined, and hab ituated to direct the conduct. A fCetious decltimer eain mitch-less easily itifluence a number of men who acquired at school the rtdineits of knowledge, and who have subseuently devoted their leisure to a .lechanie's Institute, than a multitude who cannot rewl or write, and- who have never practiced reanoiting or considerato ihought. An.l as the education of a people prevents political evil, it effects political good. Desputic rulers well know. that kuowledge is inimical to their powers. The force of Habit strong in Death.. The- friend< oafa dissipated young man hit upon the following novel expedient in the hiope of effecting his reformatioti* Hav ii a couple of collins prepared for the purpose, and placed in the famil) vault,' on his being hrought home one night in a - senseless condition they conveyed him' thither, and slowed hit snugly away- in one of them, a tmember of tho family -ta king possession of the other to watch -his movements. After remaining for some time incased in his "prison house," lie aroused from his sttpor and gazing round itt astonishment at his tiew% residence, ex.: claimed, "A m dead!" "'Certainly," re joined his *epuilebral friend. "[How long have I heen here?" lie asked, "About three years," was the answer. "And how long have yotu been here?" ie again enquired. "Seven years," responded his companion. "Well, as vou have beet, dead longer than I have,'1 suppose yot, know the best place to get something to drink!"-Sunday Mliorning visiter. A Bostonian writes to the editor of. tho New York Visiter that in geting to Illi nois, ie experienced all kinds of go-ahead itiveness. In the first place lie took a steamt boat-in the second place the rail-road the third a mailhcoach-thefourth rode ot borsebaek-sihe filth. went six miles aboot to Terre Haute-and was finally rode out of the village on a rail. lie says ie don't know which to prefer out of the six; but thinks the ltttor method is unquestionably the cheapest. though its accommodations are most wretched. A Tender Heart.-A certain man in Vermont once remarked that his childret were the tenderest hearted beings that ho himn think so, saidh, "because they always ery when I ask them to get a pail of wva ter." The &tilleniumn at hand.-T here is .i Rever-end Mr. Miller pteachitng in the towns in this countty, w'ho is predicting that the world is comitg to an end in 1843. lie founds his docriines and takes his facts ft om the Bible.-~averkill Gazette. Tolerably Black.-T ho Vevay Times intormns us that ithere is a negro in Tennes see, so black that nothing of his persrn -is. dtiscernable except his teeth and the whites of his eyes. Whten he goes-into the woods, it becomes so (lark the birds all go to roost. It is a beatutifttl saying of Coleridge, that "uhe earth, with its scarred face; is the symbol of the past-the air and heaven of futturity." [-lamilton said that aNational PBaak wsin "not a mere matter 'of private property, butt a political machine oi'the highest im rortance to the State. Of this fact tho potliticians of the present dlay are wvellcon vinced, and tnot lcss so the people, who have decidedly condlemncd it. A Description.--Isaae; describe a bat?" "Yes, sir! A hat is an animal about as big as a, stopple-with India rtubber wings nni shoe-string tail-sees best with his eyes shut, and bites like the d-l." Wellerism-"Runtning a risk for -noth-, ittg." as the light fmnaered chap said when he pickedl the editor's pocket of tao corn munications and a piece of rojectod po etry.. Hook say. tha't a village without a black smith's shop ought to be very moral, for it will never be troubled with sice or for:'