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[NEW SERIES.] VOL. II. CAfflDEW, SOUTH CAUOLIU, WEMESDA1, JANUARY SO, 1841. NO.7.
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^ ' POETRY. ~
From the Vermont Spirit of the Age.
SWITCHES.
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JVI1S9 CjlTlUJ l\g?lUU iiuguoia.
A epruco littlo girl, about twenty,
Fell in love with Sir Anthony Alfred De Lane,
Who, all the world said, had cash plenty ;
But not, doarest madam, you'll please understand,
'Twas not for that roason, as I know,
The ladioa, you know, in the whole world,
Never think, in such matters, of rhino !
Sir Anthony's whiskors wero large, and so black,
And hi.; hatr lay in tsurh pretty ringlets,
And they nostled around his classical brow,
And tangled poor love's purple v.'inglcts.
Sir Anthony's eyes were as soft and as blue ;
His voice, like the winds, when they minglo
Their inurinurs at eve, in the bosom of June,
He wore on his finder a single
Gold ring, with a stone of remarkable cost;
His waist was as small as a lady's ;
And his cheek was as soil and as clear and as warm,
As the check of a young girl of Cadiz.
Ilia fact were as small as a boy's of sixteen,
And he trod the old earth with such hauteur,
Xo wonder, Miss Agatha's suitors all fled
In despair, when Sir Anthony sought her.
Sir Anthony rode and Sir Anthony sung,
Sir Anthony played very finely,
Sir Anthony danced like a roe in the spring,
And lolled on a sofa divinely,
Misa Agatha asked lier 'Pa and her 'Ma,
Ero the flowers of May should be wilted,
The wedding should he,
The frock and the cake
Were done, end the comforter quilted.
Sir Anthony sat or.c evening at tea.
With a noli me tangcre phiz on,
When a fellow looked in, in search of a man,
Who had broke from tho Windsor State's Prison,
Sir Anthony ate, and Sir Anthony frowned,
Eut the fellow grew saucy and bolder,
Walked up to Iris 6;de, 'with how are you my bird,'
And bid his broad hand on ins snouiaer.
Sir Anthony looked at the man with a stare,
And called on the landlord to take him
Away. Tb.cn ordered his servant, black Sam,
To collar the scoundrel and shake him.
But the fellow just gave Sir Anthony's curls,
A twitch with his thumb and fere-finger.
But, ye Gods 1 a cropped ear 1 and a bald pate that
clionu
Like ice where winter moons linger;
So they marched Sir Anthqny off to his home,
With a face that could not bo painted;
Poor Agatha's 'Pa, end Agatha's 'Ma,
One swore, and the other she fainted.
Tlic neighbors all grinned, and the talk of the town, I
Was the source of extremely great pain, old
To?ladies, the morul I pray you will heed,?
Miss Emily Agatha Jane, oh!
ac.? ?a????aa?:xzammo?? hi
MISCELLANEOUS. _
From Graham's Jlasazme.
YOO-TI-IIU.
BY J. ROSS BROWNE.
I. The Consultation.?Yoo-ti-hu, the
handsomest and sprightlicst Page in the
suite of Pokatoka, King of the Gazeret,
imprudently fell in love with Onianca, the
flower of the king's harem. Pokatoka,
though sadly afflicted with rheumatism,
was partial to the amusements of the harem.
It happened that he had a slight
suspicion of Yoo-ti-hu's integrity, and this
rendered him perfectly miserable. Tallyjang-sang,
Great Nazir, or Chamberlain
of the Harem, was sent for.
'Mirror of Vigilance.?Quintessence of
Piety,?and Disciple of Wisdom,'?such
were the Grand Nazir s titles, and so the
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king addressed mm. - ?y til W\j ivuuu lu^
skill in the affairs of the heart. Well we
know thy penetration is never at fault.?
We have required thy presence to demand
if thou hast noticed any thing peculiar
in the conduct of our peerless Omanea,
since the addition of Yoo-ti-hu to eui
suite?'
'There is a lone dove,' replied the Grand
Nazir, in his own mysterious way, 'whose
nest is in the grove of love. Even as this
emblem of tenderness awaits the coming
of a prisoned mate, so pines in secret rm
lady Omanea.'
'And by whom think you, wondrou;
Tally-yang-sang, is this change effected.'
'Your mightiness would scarcely than!
me if I made known my suspicions, since 1
they implicate your greatest favorite.'
'Ha! 'tis Yoo-ti-hu ! I thought so ! II
knew it!?he shall die.' I
'God is great,' muttered Tally-yangsang.
'Let the page's head be brought to me,' ;
said the king, 'as a token of my displeasure.'
'With all my heart, sire. I dislike the ]
youth and your highness shall be obeyed.'
The Grand Nazir bowed very low, and
left the audience chamber.
II. The Three Wishes.
Yoo-ti-hu, being accidentally near,heard
what had passed. In the bitterness of !
despair, he rushed from the palace, and
roamed to a solitary retreat in the gar- 1
dens. \
' ? T?L_ !_J 1 J
'How miseraoic am i, nu cneu, iu iu>u
so hopelessly and so madly. Grant, oh,
inventive genius! that I may evade the .
vigilance and persecution of Tally-yangsang.
Grant that the fates may aid me in
this dilemma.'
'Yoo-ti-hu,'said a voice from the shrubbery,
'thou h ast incurred my displeasure;
but, nevertheless, since thou art in a dan- (
gcrcus situation, I promise three such
things as thou shalt choose.'
'Verily,' quoth Yoo-ti-hu, 'thou art a
bountiful genius; and it is a sin to reject
aid from so high a source. Know then,
generous spirit, that I have peculiar occasion
for a bow and a quiver of arrows.'
'A modest request,' observed the Genius,
'and fortunately, I have by me such (
an one as no living archer ever shot with; (
for look you this way or that, such are its
virtues, that it will hit the mark exactly in
the centre.'
'Bless thee a thousand times!' cried Yooti-hu
in an ecstacy of joy; 'and since thou ,
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art so Kind, 1 iancy l may crave a lute,?
with which 1 shall be satisfied, were it never
so small.'
'Thou shalt have one, my son, of such "
exquisite tones, that when the sane is e
played, all living things shall skip and
dance,?so pleasant is the music.' (
'Delightful!?excellentP cried Yoo-ti-hu.
'What next?' said the Genius.
'Indeed, thou art too good,' replied Yoo- j3
li-hu; 'I am going now to rove the world
as a simple minstrel. I shall live on birds,,
and amuse myself with my lute,?so I need
not!ting more.'
'But, son, I solemnly sweer thou shalt
have three things, be they never so costly.' r
'Well, good Genius, since thou art so .
kindly disposed, I shall choose an inex- 1
haustible purse.'
'The xorv thin*? I have in mv pocket,' *
quoth the Genius, and handing the inex-!
hauslible purse to Yoo-ti-hu, he disappear- 1
cd imcdiately.
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III. Tally-yang-sang in a Plight.
Yoo-ti-hu seated himself on tiie steps j,
of a fountain to admire his bow and his i ]<
lute. Tally-yang-sang, chancing to roam j '
in the vicinity, espied the page, whercup- f
on he assumed a .'cry severe countenance, j
and approaching the spot, spoke thus:? r
'Yoo-ti-hu, thou art an unfaithful wretch ! j
Thou hast betrayed the confidence of thy>
king. Thou hast entered his harem and j
stolen the heart of Omanea ! Know t
then, that I a:n commanded to carry him r
thy head, as a slight token of his displea- c
sure.' ; (
'Verily, great and worthy nazir,' quoth,
Yoo-ti-hu, *1 can show thee pleasantcr',
sport than that. Seest thou yon Bird of .
Paradise, with plumage more bright than ,
the colors of Iris? Behold, your highness, (
how I shall shoot him!' Yoo-ti-hu drew <
Kic Iiau-?tl-uf hit; five??and let flv an ar- .
row. The bird fell quivering among the |
bushes. Tally yang-sang was no less pi- ous
than philosophical, and this feat stir- ,
prised him exceedingly. With curiosity
depicted in his countenance, he walked
forward to where the bird had fallen. <
'A little farther,' said Yoo-ti-hu.
'Here?'
'Still farther.'
'Here, then.'
'On.'
'Now?'
'Yes?then; lies the bird. But tell me,'
said Yoo-ti-hu, with a boldness that sur
prised the Grand Nazir, 'dost thou certainly
mean to carry my head to the king?'
'God is great,' quoth Tally-yang-sang.
< Anrt lUnhnmmed is his Pronliot!' added
, You-ti-hu; with which he started up such
a tunc on his lute, as caused the venerable
chamberlain to skip and dance like one
. possessed of the devil.
'The spirit of Ebris seize thee!' roared
. Tally-yang-sang, capering about among
the bushes, and leaving a strip of skin on
I every thorn, 'the devil take thee for mush
, cian!' and on he skipped and danced till
. the tears ran down his cheeks?the blood
r streamed from his jagged and scarified
^ limbs?and his capacious breeches were
completely torn from his legs. Yoo-ti-hu
, continued the music with unabated ardor.
Tally-yang-sang forgot his orisons and pa.
ternosters*, and up down?left hand and
right hand?ladies chain?balancee?reel
?jig?and Spanish waltz,danced the bare
egged amateur, roaring with pain, and ut:ering
horrible imprecations.
'God is great?' quoth Yoo-ti-hu.
'His curse be on thee!' roared Tallyyang-sang.
'Music has charms,'said Yoo-ti-hu.
'Exercise is the staff of life,' philosophised
Yoo-ti-hu.
'Blast it!' shrieked Tally-yang-sang.
'Piety is pleasant,' moralised Yoo ti-hu.
'Damnable!' roared Tally-yang sang.
Yoo-ti hu perceived the vigor departing
Tom the limbs of the Great Nazir, wherejpon
he struck up a still livelier air. Taly-yang-sang
curvetted and pranced?
whirled hither and thither his bare spinlies,
and leaped madly among the thorns.
In an agony of pain he cried, 'Dear, genie
Yoo-ti hu,?I beseech thee to stop!'
Verily,' quoth Yoo-ti-hu, -I value my
icad.'
T shall not harm a hair,' groaned Tally*
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'Words arc cheap,' said Yoo-ti-hu.
'But I swear?I solemnly swearl' pitcDusly
cried Taliy-yang-sang.
'By what?'
By the Prophet!'
'Nay.'
'By God himself!'
'Swear by thy beard!'
'Never!'
'Then dance!'
Another good hourdid Tally-yang-sang
:aper about, roar and blaspheme, till crujllv
excoriated from head to foot.
'Do you swear?' asked Yoo-ti-hu.
'I do.'
"Bv that which is sacred?"
"By my beard/'
I:i a truly pitiable condition the Grand
^azir limped toward* tlx- palace. Youi-hu
followed?admiring the bandy and
acrificed legs of tlie great Tally-yangcng,
and muttering benedictions on the
;enius.
IV. Yoo-ti hu in Danger.
Tlic great rajas, moguls, and lords of
jlazaret, belonging to the court of I'okaoka
had sallied oul \v>th the king, to take
l stroll in the royal gardens.
*'Io!'cried Yp1 i: 'rii, high master of the
bstivitics, 'what fantastic clown comes
lithcr?'
'An Egyptian dancer,'quoth the king.
'A seJt-punjshed JNIusselman,' added a
aja.
True,' said a grand mogul, Tor behind
lim walks his koran bearer.'
'Rather a shia with his talisman,' observed
a lord of Gazaref.
Or a sooni,' whispered a pious Mahmnncdan.
'A blood stained spirit of Ebris,' renarked
a famous Astrologer.
'Hush!' exclaimed Yptaleen, 'by all that
s terrible!?by monkinand nakir! 'tis Taly-yang-sang,
grand oazirnfthe harem!'
And Tally-yang-sang it was, whose woul
figure approached the paj -ant.
*Vfikt'ai' /?f Pintfl' i i ? I'Hifr ?ivhnl
iyeij i \ji yji m. p-.i > . \,i i' k i
neans this outlandish freak? Methinks it
II becomes thee to tramp about, bare-leg'cd
and bloody, after this fashion. Pro>riety
of conduct, and delicacy, should
listiriguish a master of the harem; and I
micli r-gret that thou hast infringed not
>n!y on these, but on the laws of decen'Sure,
mighty monarch of Gazaret,'redied
Tally-yang-sang, wringing his hands
md smiting his breast, 'thy page deals
with the devil; for, verily, he hath a lute
)f such bewitching tones, that, when the
same be played, I could not help skipping
md dancing among the bushes till my
Jones creaked?my head whirled, and I
was flayed and excoriated within an inch
[)1 my I te?as your liigiiness may see.''
'Taiy-yang-sang,' said the king gravely,
'thy cliaraeter is impeached?thou hast
spoken of impossibilities; in fact, thou iiast
lied."
'By all that is solemn, I have spoken the
truth,' cried the grand nazir.
'And nothing but the truth?'
'As I live!' protested Taily-vang-sang.
'Then Yoo-ti-hu shall lose his head.'
'Nay,?I have sworn ori my beard to
save it.'
'Generous Tally-yang-sang!' cried Pokatoka,
'thou art too lenient of offence.
Nevertheless, Yoo-ti-hu shall bepunished.'
'Certainly,' said Tally-yang-sang, 'it was
my design to have him decently flayed to
death.'
Which shall be done,'quoth the king,
if thou provest the o fie nee.'
Without farther delay the bare-legged
and excoriated Tally-yang-sang led the
way to the palace: and caliphs, rajas, moguls
and lords of Gazaret, followed admiringly
in the rear.
V. The trial and its effects.
The grand council-chamber of the palace
was prcsent'v rr <wdod with courtiers
offieers ofi1.- rua-d. ^i'-nries, mandarins,
.and pashas,?at tne head of whom, seated
I by his queen, and attended by a magnificent
suite of page;, ??,t Pokatoka, of
Gazaret. At a desk, immediately undoi
the throne, sat a venerable Arabian writer,
versed in hyeroglyphics, and ready to
take a minutes of the whole proceedings.
Ranged around, stood a number of bountiful
Circassians, Georgians, Nubians, and
Abyssinians?slaves and witnesses from
the king's harem; but the diamond of these
gems was Omanea, arraigned on charge
of having unlawfully bestowed her heart
on Yoo-ti-hu. The fact is, Tally-yangsang
was determined that the lovers should
both be condemned, and had thus prepared
matters for the prosecution. In order
to establish the truth of his charge, he remained?much
to the edification of the
young slaves by whom he was surrounded
?in the same plightin which the king had
met him.
| 'Quintessence of piety and disciple of
wisdom,' said the king, 'proceed with thy
charge.'
'Know then, courtiers, rajas, mandarins
and officers of the guard,' quoth Tallyyang-sang,
'that Yoo-ti-hu hath stolen the
heart of Omanea, und that his highness,
the king, commanded me to rid the offender
of his head. This very evening I
roamed in the royal gardens, meditating
on the most agreeable plans of decapitation,
when I espied the wicked Yoo-ti-hu.
Having lured me into a horrid bush; he
struck up a tunc on liislute; tne iniernai
strains of which caused mc to dance till I
was fairly torn to shreds, as you all may
perceive. Then?''
'Stop there!' cried Pokatoka, 'this story
of the lute must be established ere you
proceed farther.'
'I solemnly beseech your mightiness to
take my word,' groaned Tally-yang-sang,
eyeing the lute with horror,?'Do, Great
King of Gazaret! and the blessings of heaven
be on thee!'
'Nay,'cried the king, 'we must have a
fair and impartial investigation. Yoo-tihu,
thou art commanded on pain of loosing
thy head to strike us a tune on thy
lute!'
'For God's sake,' implored the grand
nazir, 'since ye must hear it, I pray and
beseech thee to bind me to a post.'
Exactly in the middle of the court stood
a post., ornamented with divers beautiful
designs, carved in wood and in gold; and
to this was the chamberlain firmly tied.
'Truth is mighty,' quoth the king, 'and
will out. So Yon-ti-hu, in the
name of God and Mahommcd, his Pro
pneir
Yoo-ti-hu forthwith struck up his liveliest
air; and lords, rajas, and moguls;
sages, philosophers and rnamelukcs; officers
of the guard, secaries and mandarins;
slaves, young and loveiy, and old and ugly;
disciples ofMahommed; priests, friars,
saints and heretics; pages, trainbearcrs,
and virgins of incense?sprang to their
feet and danced hither and thither; horn[jipe,
jig and merry reel, in such giee and
confusion as were never heard of before
or since. The venerable writer iiad leaped
from the desk?the decrepit Pokatoka
from his throne ; the sharp featured old
queen from her chair of dignity andjoined
in the general melee. But the groans of
the gouty?the blasphemies of the pious?
the laughter of the young?and the remonstrances
of the sage, were all drowned
in the lusty roars of Taliy-yaug-sang,
who cruelly bruised his head against the
post in trying to beat time?tore the live
flesh from his back so eager was he to
? nnH uttered a horrid imorecation
at every ornament on the post.
'Yoo-ti-hu! Yoo-ti-hu!' cried the breathless
Pokatoka.
'Yoo-ti-hu 1'screamed the dancing queen.
'Yoo-ti-hu! Yoo-ti-hu!'was echoed and
re-echoed around by the nobles and courtiers;
and to and fro they skipped, as Yooti-hu
plied his merriest tunes; the floor
groaning; the perspiration streaming from
their cheeks; and their breath failing at
every jump.
'Dear, pleasant, Yoo-ti-hu," cried the
king, in the heat of a Spanish jig, 'I do beseech
thee to stop.'
'A thousand scguins for silence!' groaned
a gouty raja, prancing high and low in
a German waltz.
'I am shamed?disgraced forever!' muttered
an Arabian astrologer, in the middle
of a Scotch reel.
'Yoo-ti-hu?the devil seize thee!' shouted
u pious Musselman.
'Have mercy!' cried a blasphemous heretic.
'Mercy! Mercy!' echoed the dancers
one and al!?'Do, gentle Yoo-ti-lni, have
mercy, and cease thv accursed music!'
'Pardon him! pardon him!' roared the
magnanimous TaIly-yang-sang?! 1 is ribrattling
frightfully against the post; *in the
name of tiic prophet pardon him ere 1
bruise myself into an Egyptian mummy!'
'Yoo-ti-hu cease! thou art pardoned!'
cried the king, in a piteous tone, 'my seal,
my life on it ihou shall not be harmed!'
'Very well,'said Yoo-ti-hu, still stiikins
his lute; 'but I must have Omanea as :
' bride,'
Thou shalt have her! lake her! she is
thiii'.1!' shotted the rheumatic monarch,
i 'Thy oa !i / u it,' quoth Yoo-ti-hu.
'By a!J that's sacred; by my beard she
is t.h tie!'
Yoo-ii-hu ceased; the dancers groaning
and breathless, returned to their seats; the
grand nazir was taken from the post in a
pitiable plight; and the pious Musselman.
ejaculated, 'Uod is great!'
An Arabian historian says that Yoo-tihu
having, espoused Omanea, carried his
bride to the kingdom of Bucharia, of
which, in the course of time, he became
the king; and with his inexhaustible purse
built a palace of gold, wherein he reigned
for hall' a century, the mirror of monarchy,
and the admiration of mankind.
Louisville, Ky., Dec. 14,1840.
Opelousas, (La.) Jan. 15.
Executions.?On Monday last, three
slaves belonging to Mrs. Preston of this j
place, were executed for the murder of
John P. Moore. The circumstances of
the murder are these. Mr. Moore being
the overseer of Mrs. Preston, discovered
some whiskey in the cabins of the slaves,
and threatened to punish them for it next
day (Monday.) It seems, however that
three or four of the negroes had previously
resolved upon the death of Moore, and
in order to avoid the threatened punishment,
fixed upon that as a fit occasion to
accomplish their hellish designs. Three
of them Zachariah, Jeffrey and William,
(Mrs. P's. carriage driver and a confidential
servant,) went to the house of Mr.
Moore, Jeffrey went in and began to beg
off from the promised punishment, while
Zachariah pretended to be making a fire,
(it being nearly day light,) and William
stood at the door. Moore having refused
to forgive them their offence, Jeffrey leaped
upon him and began choaking him,
calling to the others to assist, both of
tvhnm did so. holding him while Jeffrey
' D
held him by the throat. After they had,
as they thought, strangled their victim,
they took him out of the house, when he
again struggled violently and Zuchariah
struck him with a billet of wood, fracturing
the skull, causing instant death.?
After the murder, they saddled Moore's
horse, and throwing him across the saddle,
carried him about a mile in the woods,
and left him near the road, with his coat
off and one foot in the stirrup, in order to
induce the belief that his horse had
thrown him and {ind paut??>d-his death by
dragging, the girth being~Broiren, aim ttfe
horse standing not far off from his master.
All the above facts were elicited on the
trial, and were confessed by the criminals
after they were convicted. Another negro
belonging to the same lady, was put
upon his trial for the same offence, ana
was acquitted, but it has been ascertained
since, that he participated in the crime?
his name is Morris?and we regret that he
cannot be again tried and hanged.
The whole of this melancholy affair,
can be traced immediately to that wretched
practice of selling liquor to slaves.?
Four human beings have been suddenly
deprived of life, in consequence of the
avarice of some contemptible grog shop
keeper, who was willing to risk the lives
and property of his neighbors, for the
small profit he could make upon a jug of
whiskey. It is high time our good citizens
should take this matter into consideration,
and adopt such measures as shall
put an effectual check to this dangerous
practice, either by law or otherwise.
Measuring Corn.?The following rule
for ascertaining the quantity of shelled
corn, in a house of any dimensions, is by
William Murray, Esq. of South Carolina,
and was read before the St. John's Colleton
Agricultural Society and communicated
hv them for publication in the South
" "J ? I
em Agriculturist.
"Rule?Having previously levelled the
corn in the house so that it will be of
equal depth throughout, ascertaining the
length and breadth and depth of the bulk;
uiuhipi) these dimensions together, their
products by 4, then cut oil* one figure from
the right of this last product. Thitt will
give so many bushels and decimal# of a
bushel of shelled corn.
Example.?The bulk of corn in the ear,
measuring 12 feet long, 11 feet broad and
6 feet deep there will be 310 bushels and
8 tenths of a bushel of a bushel of shelled
corn, or 603 bushels and 6 tenths of ear
corn, as:
12 12
11 11
1 OO
i y^> j
o a
702 702
4 8
C33.6
The decimal 4's used when the object
is to liii'l the quantity in shelled corn,
Locause the d< cimal is half of the decimal
i b', and it requires two bushels of thc<ar
corn to make of shelled corn. In using
\ ihese rules a half bushel may be added for
i fcprv hundred, that amount of cars results
' from* the substitution of the decimals.?