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NEW GEORGIA SCENES., ; If there be any body forlornraMd witb eat ing cares, or crossed in love of moncypocbon- driac bed-ridden, molested of dons, the victim of domestic tyranny 01106 ?.ttan sort of melancholy as Burtonjts anatouwzea let him takev comfort. DeHverince, ease, nay, gladness is at hand for 1xngstbket, is publish ing a fresh series oj Georgia Scene" Ob, pleasant land of Georgia, if these are the things one may see there 1 What a country of - eachinatlons l what a land of horBe-laugh must K bVl The minor Wrritnelit of smile mast be a thing to 'which nobody condesoends there : a broad grin is 1 jBaddesaspecUf face that isaver aeesj: a tear must be a thing unknwnv except it at rfert; Which aconvulsion of Maie vtifczgat0vy tfckredbeyond all endurae, tnkes start froindaticing eyes. TTbe, brats the new tales is- entitled The QsityiiW It is a histotyof tbe social Jbeneftu which the esUbfohmert'r tountry ewspapeK produces in a quie t and good-humor-Wllage.1 Gnairillt, "it will readily be conceiv- ed,"k a place not to be found in the maps, although there l b; many; Southern towns that might well bear the name, hwtead of rejocing In the loftier ' qogntwieifbf JaaVingtoh, Columbia, Rome, ; or Athena, . The primitive habits and temper of the place are a perfect image p what Southern towns l,pncewererbut have: (alas 1), ceased to be, in the march of improvement ; and they are thus de scribed za,,, ...... . . . . r .f. lf tkneefonCSy there was a handsome thifty " lime inasre in Oebrtria, which we beg leave to designate' by the name of Giutivie, In no village did.ia najmony and good , feeling prevail than in this. The surrounding lands, which were rich, 4wera aw nod by the villagers, who usually vifeited them for an houror twointhe forerioon,' and spent ."the esfcoLthe daya SOciSj cibatbshady siaVoflttaito street' in summer, and on the sun. nv side in wister, At these .meetings, of course, the affairs of the nation were daily discussed ; but. as thejasse ssemhlwjtih ;but'fiewfCM6s, were all of due way ef flnfllTng,'e discussions were r always .of , h'most te.mperaw .characyjr. Even the very few Who differed frbm the majority had the utmost indulgence, extended td their opinions. Xawye ejer andj Lawyer, Moore headed the ma jority, and exercised mUd- but unlimited au thority vej thpuva ail matters of.politicef. lii- l deed, I may say in aJ matters of public interest. What , ,ts ( fefaaj-kable, the leaders, . thenwelves a484 ipev.ery1 thing except aajp the merits of their ilientacaaes. In the disctassion tof Ifiese, to be jsure, Jhey were sometimes,' as one of them used to say, Mjprer;.r.tij)on .each other ; but the tjtness ,was always orgetteq as soon as the cettjjdn itwasjended .Where such oreVfin pretailed among the husbands, of ccnrtatVe:ter. feeling prevailed among their vftyjts. -7 each other with the freedom ot relations, lnchangedcooking receipts, garden seeds, flower seeds, shrubbery in short, every thing, that could delighi the eye eV the palate. Theco9serjDrrice was; that all the good things, and" sweet things, and ; pretty things that' were found in one family, were found in all ; so that the stranger who tf sltecf the village invariably no ticed the remarkable coincidence which fie found in every thing ' in, every family. rf f he remained long enough he was sure to have; a fair opportuni ty of making comparisons" for thV unbounded hosmtalitv of the villaffers. male and female. I introduced him to one or more meals with every ! family.' . . Ii In this little town, the seat of a quiet rarely broken, there is the sudden apparition of a Strang er, who stops at its only inn. That it had even one, betrays it to have been either the county town ur a piace, u a cerium uiagutiuup , ur, tiir poll' tics' brought their improvements, .the ever-open doors of Southern hosbitalitv forbade the en- I couragement of those seats of discomfort where a gtbbewooking sign promises Entertainment for Maa and Horse.' '' The" port of the visiter, ami the curiosity which, his movements excite, are rkscribed to the "fife ; , ... " : ' ' Thus stood matters in the happy village when a stranger made fags appearance at Mr. Grubb's tavern. He dropped m at night,' just at supper time, was seated at the table, supped, and rising, was, by his own request, immediatejycopducted to his room. . Af supper he was seen to raise bis eyes from his plate but twjee or thrice,' and then, as it seemed, only to take a hasty general survey of the bearders. The next morning he did not leave bis room until summoned to the breakfast ta ble This meal he disposed of as he bad theone before. - Leaving the table, lie spent three hoars in rambling over the town and neighboring hills. On his' return, he seated himself in the piazza. Ljust long enough to be asked and to give his name. and again took his room.;, HisiftnteYaa given to the landlord, war Asaph Doolittl. v All tbe vil lage had now seen himmen, onen, and chil dren and all were curious CojStnow wHo he was. Thelaiidlord told the genflemen the' gentlemen told their wives, and the wives told the ir children that it was Asaph. DooliUle ; and this was all that ftjay f them could telL ; Dinner came, and Asaph 01a as oerore. Aner airmer ne asked for his horse to take : a ride. . Mr. Grubhs complied pwitli his request ; and was relieved of a little anxiety when he saw him set out without his portmanteau.' " Asa ph took the big road that led north was gone about two boors i-f t turned, arid took the other end of the same road was gone about as long again return ed, and tcwklo his rootn, Anothertupper, night, and . breakfast passed Sat m had die firat.-r" After I Asaph jookanothef ridV eaat and( west, that corwoowdj . u f L n. : . : i 1 1 f- 1 . j 1 i iu luionuop, 1 uree wo,Qie uays ata ue spena in uo l ing nothing but eating, sjeeping, -reading, writing, add. I . ramoung inrongn anu arouna tue vniage. o the mean tn? the cttlzemdne and'an." lecame exCeedfniflv distressed to know who this Mr, Dopliule wasaod. where be "'was f tOjri ; and What be war after." v BveVy meeting waapened widi the question," 'Have yoii Annul otrt any rtrtrfg about ooiiiue.. and the 'ques. tion was inrariabljr answered in the negatiwi.-' Ifttier weret thr'niat eC i SnWted ducussion, the ar peatanee of Mr. Doolittle checked it as instantly as funWar prtceiiiSo .would bave,do4e J As they had waited a reaonabteHnefor Mr.DoOtirae to make him . self known. mod he bad net dona - n 1, stood ready to show him the usu, jKmuduie pf 1 vULa8t5filrt k WlI?wid them oprWluns,tT VI mo Hoing mey leu luemsmvea ai perlect Jwberty to Uiiok whailhey pleasecUof Mr Jpolule';.aSstU if tlWW. zcept the- yoqitalsdifs-: fToJ M:DeolhUe was fair to look unbn) thoueht vrv hard thine f l.im A r.. weighfnj'tnd probabtnies. ofhtt beii) thls orrmt b& character, theaettleaffowe brnfr 1 mm opinion that he hadedtee to cheat therp oot of tbelr aome way or mner, tney didn't Wrkh jracny iiowbitTirttilorriinTmonl , - t miwj vpvi fanasikBwojMHWiaiiti ha had inquired of ibair negross bow much land ibsir rnasttrs owned, and how many jaf groet they worked. 1 Their mseteions were ooofirmed wnenn the morning of the fantM dev.; be asked the landtordto iwroducav. titna to rhecterk oTiti9leBwrtt:sM-itS-'CM5F ttta ooart fet a rtl of ! newspapers containing mo aaven rmemmt At ue saeua mm tag oarer ww tee Mooesdinc from th court. These he iuul lookfi W over sarefully tayear bWk, aoroade notes vnoa menu, it was now cenoenuea Vat wssso be done with this Mr. DooUttfer-and Bifc iy rjg propoaea nas aim on wu The suggestion p Jlr.TttJis aporn do aaop ed oflthand :' for thevire foltt somewhat sadden in such matters. The5 conservators or tm jaws, iuwever inteneee,-witb arguxnenU which admiiw ably hit off the style of appeal among our coun trymen : But the barristers protested against such e out rags. They represented tbe work! as looking with in tents) interest udoo the Brand eximent of the A mertcati Goyenment- etved myikns as standing ready to barst the shackle ofdespotism, and tise to the dignity of freemen, as soooas we should convince them thai man H capable" of self 'government. . Wbat said oneof tliern.' wilt be tbouehl of tis when A shall be-proclaimed through all Europe that m this, land of liberty, and in this village renowned for tu intetligenee, hosDttaluv.end itooAorder. alreebort ton of Colum bia, travelling, as he aupposed, under the safegaardof tbe American aagle, was widen on a rail r, TUis ap peal, which covered BiHf's face with blushes, (for he now saw plainly that he had like to have mined the world,) quieted the malcontent lor tue time oetog. . Asaph U thus let off upon patriotfe ebnsidera- tions, but the mystery -with which he continues to be enveloped ejccUes a very general and just in- dignaUon t Still, as they were satisfied that he was after no good, theyentertained cruel suspicious of As aph, and looked at hiriyLCCordingly. Even those crood ladies who a day or two before had'been so atfxious to know wh he was, now when asked tbe bid question by their children, bawled out furious- ly that they didn't know Mr. Doolittle -and didnt want to knoiim -and hoped they never, would 'know him and would have been riffht fclad if 1 there had never been a Doolittle hate bed, born, or created. Here, now i hope you're satisfied." A etrdden lights however, is at 'last let h unqn Asaph purpoges, and we are at once launched tnte the new ewof which Gnatvflle "is hjpdonirng conscious. ne, is mien upon asiuqg up.aw paper, and is neither a Jesuit m disgoise, e stray et-prince,'! writer 0 travels nor a lan3-stealer, 1hen comes a display of ihe'Stat of polrtiea in the ertY tof gnats:;- They ar treeitdously Jemr- sonian there, poor Asaph is a first troubled at th4a-4e having beeu bred in an'ennoBrte faith . lia'fcasV' however, " thV nnteiiai tf ; first-rale -.. - ' ... ... f td,e9cra'V W iP-Ta isefaciliry of caofona- ing to that wtkh'ia ;for his ''personal advantage; and accordingly he is-afr a ;' .If a ,-;ti t , . t: : aew internal strug-J gles, manufactured into a patent Republican f 'T P: rrr-, M .ao many others have since been. ' On thc-eertine4 of the fou'rfii daV. AsliDh did norrelire lo hia toom Jii reel lylejfte suut per, a, usual, bMt conversed freely .with the land lord and with ether persons to Hvbom be was irrtrodoced by1 his tiost. 1 Cbthfnjr' was found objectionable in him. Tnij "hext day his acquaintance'was considerably extended, embracing anfong others the ; two lawyers. That aight he invited these gentlemen to his room. After a friendly conversation of an hour or two, Mr. Doolittle informed them' that he had visited the place with the design qf establishing t a newspager therea i( Ihere was.aoy likelihood of its being tolerably well patronized ; and he said he would he thank ful to them for their advice in the 'matter. They highly approved of his project, ahdpro- mi sea. nun tqcir assiscance oy purse, pen, and, influence. It was the very thinp they wanted. . There. was talent enotrzh in- this village and th$ neierhborhood around to port a papef handsomely. - As 'there was ho' paper within forty miles of the' place, aU the aayertising custom 01 ne aajoiRingcoumies would certamly flow to this. Withal it would exert a, valuable influence upon the politics of two neighboring counties, which sent a heavy representation to the Legislature, knd which were strongly tinctured with Feder alism. 1 . , " .... . f . v. "What are the politica,of this country ?" said Asaph. . - Oh, Jeffersonian to tlie cote. There is hardly a division sniong as. We all expouse the principle of that great apostle of liber-. Now, Asaph had been thirteen years in a printing- office in Connecticut ; he had been ah appreptice, journeyman, and foreman, and in all that time be bad never set one type, nor seeit one set;, in praise of Mr. Jefferson or of his politics. flis( mother had 'taught mm in childhood to abhor Satan,aftd his father had taught him that if there was any differ ence between Satan and Mr, Jefferson, Satan had tbe beat of it. Thouffh Aaaph was a man of wonderful equanimity, he could not con ceal hie emotions' of sarprtse at hearing jt announced in sober earnest that Mr. Jeffer son was the ' grear apostle of liberty, He started for a moment as if he had seen a ghost, but soon recovering faht self-possession a lit tle, be brought his countenance to the like ness of one wbo holds one end of a string in bis mouth, while h twists the other, and sal mute, while his frinds continued ; f . No other politics will do in this latitude. ATederahaaper would get no snnoort here'. TJbere are biitthree FederaHsUinthe tillageij ana, not xen times toat number in the comity. Indeed, it-is the worst titno thai could be'ae- lected for tbe establishment of such a paper,' wnen ineexctiemetit about the alien and sedi. tion laWs has hardly subsided. But a Re nub. rrrx!- 'P'rapiy. ; n mi u? sure you aUeast two hundred aubscribera ami all ihe.adv ertis'wig custom of thU and sever al netgbboring counties right way,1 anu iis iriejuu&ieriifm..t'rosnr iq call aKJ ee mm agaiA-ine next fBorrtrtjr . He retir. Wbat will Mr C,, my M WV tbik 14 ehall nave to cl$npm&&U Did he'll iasn TOJs TI,UW nt;not JthaJworr as hatter man than I.bave taken bin to be ! I ed to.bed i mni surrrndered himself o t he folf jowmg train 91 renections : w n at W u kx : T Lsifia9'tnlErUlt fi-1 St 77 t I t , . ,...v ... .iiw neat i uat i . ' 1 lav ... I've heard manv. things laid about bird, and naTe JftQfJ sharp things publ&bd a- Ainst !uio, but 11 great ineH have injr. bear I this- riUt&miupver the mattetvi And Uel thought oven the matter until be drppt to gjeep, and could call to mind btrrenr good. thing that fan Jefferson had evedorvf ana that was the writing of the Declaration of In dependence. His dreams were a conlsfced medley of maumand.dadand bos and types, andlMrefferscrn's red;;hreeehes. l ' The next morning jiis frieridcajle(f upon htm betimes, and fie proposed to them to de Vofe th papcr exclusively to arts, sciences, and polite literature : but they told hiin this would never do hne, ; The people were ail politicians ; th pore principles of republi canistn "wefe Jos geiting cleverly in the a cendatft, and it waalfery irapoftanf thai these principles should be pressed home upon the heartst andiinderstaodings of the people at large, Asapb'theiihtfM whether they would take an interest iri the piapeTand take charge of thedilorial department Tfty replied that Ihey , would he . very wil ling: lb do hht for their professional en gagements. When aihorne'lbey would be ever ready to fill the editorial chair; and even on the circuit, when not too much pressed with business, they would endeavor to furnish something for the paper ; but as to taking an interest Ui it, though they had no doubJ it would be an exceed i nfflv orofitable enterprise, they tho'ught they could better pTomote It by oemg entirely aisineresieu. Aucr scicm conferences Asaph resolved to feel tbe-pulse of the people with a prospectus? -accordingly he begged the Suhres to write him one suitable to e limeaqd place ; and the mftet rrgadjorned lc eight o'clock that evening. The 41 lagers, who-, had began to be great ly alarmed at these freqaent meetings of the strangeTiWitbtbe head jurists oAthe place, we perfectly transported whBii$ey under stood thatf Mr. Boolittie was going to do no. thing more or leas than eHblish newspaper irtJhfjj. widsj. Some of them had never seen p'rXrUi rig press, but alla? some ad vantage jhft won Id result from tbe project. U would give character to the village en courage yMUhful' genius ; make Franklins of poor children: cive a healthfhTdad to I pajic joyijb(.eightit the ignoriihi'; in spire launapie amuiiion , paveposuige xentrate.iulyeriieetneots right at tlieir doors, The trio tfrjlit norjihe name bf the forfheorn, 'in'aaoS ' Jefer was for ' tfie Jejfersomaii JRe p)ajw$&9P& . : for the4 Scourgr FederA tivandAaph was for the Qna'vUia Gent L After, a kmg and animated debate they discovered that they all agreed r that the Jeffersonian Repub liOTtfmflrsrrWthe tfcouce of Federalism, and that lhearpfer6j'c6uld,only reflecfthe light of KepuDiicanism. ivwsuj thereiore agreeov- uc Mr, tOookttie should namehis paper as he pleased, The prospectus was scon drawn op r it adverted to the rising imjrtftner of Gnatville ( its central, position between 'Brickhead . and Dbgsboroogh ; the vranwunt of taient which lit contained, and whicih was corppeiied io lie, dormant ior the want of.-vehi cle of commonication with the world, &c. The politics of the Gem would be of the Jeflter-; sonian 'school; - hnt, u truth was its' Object its columns 'would be open to all parties whose com munications sbouldbear the impress of moderation and candor. The grand object of the Genr would . be to elevate the standard of publicmorals, as all history had proved that a pure morality ' was the only nnfailmg safegcrardof repoblicao institutions. No pains would be spared to make the Gem use ful to farmers, as they were" at last the the bone and sinew of the countryat the same time com merce and manafacturea would receive due atten tion, 6ic ' 1 A manuscript prospectus was set up at the tavern-door, and Mr. D. concluded to xemain a few days to mark its success before he . proceeded to nave anamber of copies rrinted ftur circulation.- In lees than three days the name of every -man m the village was appended to it,-with" not a few from the country.'- tn the mean time Mr.' grew rapidly in public estimation. Even -those ladies who wished there . never Jiad been a Doolittle hatched, born, or created, ' invited him to their houses, and Went a little beyond their usual civ ilities for his entertainment, Some thought they saw in himah and some likeness of Doctor Frank-hn-takin the Doctor's picture as a fair repre sentation of his person. Such was Jlf r. D.sr encouragement that he rm mediately rented an old back store, gave the need ful directions for converting it into a printing of fice, and left the village in order to bring on his I press. He had not been gone long before his prospectus appeared in all the southern papers ; those' of the Repnhlican stamp congratohUmg themselves and the coinrtry in having added to their corps such an able champion of sodnd prin ciples. They had understood Mr. Doohttle to be, a starjxich and will trie republican of the tU schoolapossesslng talents of the highest order, and character which even Federal malignity had not dared to asperse. The Federal papers, on the other hand, under various headings, such as Ano ther Hireling set to xoerkTko JQevifs Kingdom Extending Tom Jef arson t Lasl bap, announc ed that in some obscure village in Georgia, never before heard of, one Doolrttle, from nowhere, and known by nobody, was about to issue another dis organizing sheet, to be caed the Gnatville "Gem, "all of which betokens that it is to he very hide business." , . . . These notices, some of which reached Gnatville, aided Mr. Doolittle's subscription list owsiderbfy. The citizens of the village considered, him a per secuted man, themselves insulted, and, anxious that he should be placed in an attitade of defence, redoubled their exertlonsin i hhj behalf. ! :i In a few months thepreW was up and fisst number out Thoughit was not much larger than a pane of glass, "it was velf neatly got ipkft contained a handsome editorial, address by Jeter, h spirited vindication of .the, principles of the Gem and of the rank and resjyrisibilily of the village by Moore, and some short bnt well-written extracts from the AuroraTand' Richmond Enquirer; an apology, foundedest thvlmaJlhess bf the exchange )ist as yet and the hurry of igettmg but 'the first number, for thV dearth' 61 'matter iMa few good selections ia prose and poetry,' ' atf several aA; iertisements, one of a cotfviSm bounty.- - , ivohH-n UpbnithtJ whoiethiatitsiOlthe Gem were very WfcsaXisfied with it. ."': J I must here remark tffa Mr. Doolittle was but 1- :. rITT-:.r JT. ready UcoiMitk. UefarficVin defetice of republieMnmr & Thea fovi a ipeclmen of the game which the writtifca.eral paperT mae of Gnatville, tne Cem.itaprir g$du ediiori TV.Gem re- torta, of course, with due spirit ; and areadiiu foreign waV at bncf Ensues, a whic,it; ht : whole excited village (except the tluw federalists) lakes juWWost violent part looking upon the entire bat tle of -human liberty as suddenly transferred to -OSatyiQo; asd 'ltlstaiiiedei 44; &J 0 ' As, However.'Ubme had spare strength for pro scriptions and ctvil wars .at home even while she was overrenning-and aubdaing the wwid t Gafat viHe, in the very height of this mighty contest abroad, was fafnto1reathe her BSperfluous valor in a onAntkvrrf domestic broils. The first of these, had its origin in a lamsoon which Jdtr one of the lawyer foster-fathers of the Gem) writes and publishes against Squire Whatcutr fat knd fierce magistrate, to whose ignorance he imputes the loss of an important cause. At the first sight of the offensive article, the conservator of the Jaws- grasps a cudgel which is a complete Jhand ul, and makes his way, fuming, to the printing office ; arrived at which, he bursts m and accosts the affrighted Asaph with a demand " If he is the author of that pieee l" . Asaph's tongue, though frozen with terror, can still do its office, enough to utter a denial' The Judge, doubly furious at being balked of instant yergeance, thunders out a requisition to be told 44 who, then, was the Au thor!" Doolittle-treraMiily assures him that the immemorial usages of printing offices forbid him to reveal the name of a correspondent A flourish or so of the .cudgel-shot his head soon dissipates, however, his professional scruples, and he pronounces the name of Jeter.. The. Judge retires, and retaliates -upon his assailant by attill more vituperative and description ofhieiffon' and character. 1 he latter now tcga50arn turn io I the printer fo complain of his resinghia, name, r'- "''" -a a. t fL and lectures mm upon the lorty spim m wmcn a press aiming at high moral purposes should be conducted. " Ob DoofitUe,'said Jeter, " it was abom inable to expose jour correspondents in this way. You, ought tp have, iu formed me of Whatcut's demand before you gaye up my hame and'fCw'ould hafe made .fair weather with him, forreally I've nb enmify '.against the oidfeftOw. But now it is irapossiblt?i feaf to'toake peace ; and t can .telj Where this matter will end. The greaisValueVflf a newspapef is in its enabling one to feproye vices 'without being known, and as Iiq Iaw Was open to' vou if he assaulted youiou,cer tainfy, onght to have taken -a . little beating father than to have involved me in this mat Wrand io bave ruined your, gazette forever as an irisirunfrent of moral. refortI),. . . " iootlttte offered the very beat apOTOgy ln tBfef wdfld for what be had donej'jiameiyj that with a-three pound stick flourished over bis beaded bad no reason to calculate upon a. Uttie healing," and that in the surprise of the moment-ha bad really forgotten to cal culate fbe chances of profit and loss from gif ing.up Mr. Jeter's name. . y Tndk jknA Justice the signatures of two antagonists i row bad a regular set-to in- the columns -of the pern; which; very soon in volved half of the county and all tbe village; for both bad extensive connexions and both were very popular. As yet the great esgine of intelligence and morals has only set all the males of Gnatville and of adjacent party by the ears. But presently that teterima causa bellit without which strife is noth ing woman, that is to say-comes m, complete ly . to madden the fray. In Gnatville'' there are two familiesthe Quirks and the Dobsons who hold (but without rivalry) a particularly -eminaot place for respectability, wealth, and worth. .The hei of one these Charles Quirk -has been the rejected suitor of the fair daughter of the- other house. The yormgster a student in the oflBce of one of the editor )a wye rs gets infected with the itch of seeing himself in print, and revenges binw self for some satirical speech which his. lately adored (a giddy girl) has utteredaboot his shape and profession, iy a doggerel epigram His bet ter feelings, however, interpose ; he does not print it.4 One of bis friends, nevertheless, does ; and forthwith a war between the-two families as bitter as the feud of the. Montagues and Capulets or Guelphs and Ghibetlmes bursts out, and enlists every one in the community, young or old, and of either sex... ... While these animosities are at their height ar rives the period of the usual annual elections. 7 These of course come as opportunely to fhe pre vious dissensions as a body of firemen would who should play their engines upon a conflagration with spirits of turpentine. From this point the tale runs smoothly on to its catastrophe 4 and we shall therefore -leave it, without abridgement, te tell itself: ; w Such was (he state -of things when the general elections came on. No doubt, nine tenths of the country would, have been will ing to have postponed the elections for six oioiitba at least; but this was impossible; As every body - apprehended a dreadful fra cas, every body waft careful to avoid ft ; con sequently, though the' caiivass was hotter than it had eVer been b'efore, it was more peacea ble than it had ever been before to about four oTc lock' in the afternoon. About this time it.becanie certain that Jeter, , who was a candidate, arid Who had neVer been beateu before, was now to be beaten : The Quirks and their friends w?re on his side ; the DoW sons and Whatcuts were against him ; and thus far, so equ ally balanced were tbe par ti es that the twenty or thirty federalists- in the country decided the1 cdntesC Jeiei and his" friends were now ripe for the disappointed rcandidate,sla8lTesort---4geuera4.row. Nor were they at all appeased by eertaio trium phant shouts which some of the victors sent forth.- Things' wWe just ifr this state vrherf Coat ws see t Tsungl frorji eilV grace ry untjter ,the. Emphatic addresaes ,of ai bodi less boot.. , There was a general rush to tbe door to ascertain who tlie sad foot belonged -to, -when it was soon dtsc'overed to be the pro bert of, Cliarlfes 'JJbson v As C6Mt retired, be said he would demand. geoUemanlv satis faction of Dobvotrx and unfortunatefr Dob- eon repfieaVfadyouftmarieAgeyQ andUtl kicie Wfoo.! QUirkt hearl Wat 000 v naactft advanced to the combatants, be I jerked iktl ;Bily Pioes, a Jeter mau, rude My oatf ibis nray ; whereupoti Billy Jeter becameygene rajatrd no pen can describe it. cvretifritri5af Wiid rbice. Bdyfthe? blV WeJob'f tristfjfg with BoWbatebtmofi now v As there is no labor that men tire of soon ex than fiirhtintr, the row was of short dura- tion. U Closed with a singular rencounter. neor pile was retiring irwiir: ?yiuiw.-i tory, when he observed one 1"the Federal ists .calmly seated apart fremi: the crowdi en. joying the sports ef Republicanisftji and, stepping up to bim, thus accosted him ? And what are you doing here jun whip ped, you Federal f . e I Vm a. peaceable man, said the other, "altifS-- . -.&Jw .s0. threesea to-day, Til cool off on you sny how. So saying, he fell aboard of the peaceable man, and trounced him smartly This con duct of Ned could be justified on the srotind that as figtilihg was the oraeTof ther day neutrality was treason ; or, that as Re- publicans must neew os wnippeo, a porwm of Federalists should he. n f Mr. Doolittle had looked through a crack of the loft of his printing office tw tue: scene which I have described nhti I his senses be came bewildered. He thftughi it advisable to seek relief among the groves around the village,' where heafenly pensive contem plation dwelt." Accordingly, retiring by a hack door, and over-passing three fences, he entered a back street, by which he made his way to- the woods. ' Taking his seat at the foot of ah aged oak,, at about. twenty rods dis tance from a public road, he entertained him self in thuSing upon politics, manners, and customs, and good old Connecticut. . He saw a number of groups of persons with the setting sun he saw as he supposed, the last gojiryhe rose1, entered the road, and maied4rowty towards the village. He hadojtproceeded far before he discovered three tnen on horseback meeting htm. He dropped hts hai over his eyes, as if in deep study, and moved on. Like those who had gone before them, they were talking bois terously; about the events of the day. As they passed Asaph,' One of them observed, Isn't that the printer that has kicked up all the fuss V J Yes, said Nat. Whatcut, itsthe very man'and just hold my horse a moment till I do a little printing on his hide." i? So sayirrg, he dismounted -and 'advanced upon Asaph at- a brisk walk ; but Asaph wsUcedasbisklyShshedid. 'Whatcut struck a trot ; ami so did Asaph. Whatcut rose to the- top of his speed J and Asaph did the same. - And now they Went with aush; a mtdstHhe whoops of the spectators. "What cut soon discovered that he was overmatch ed and gave np the ehase crying out, as he stopped, Never mind, old fellow, Til see you to-morrow." - 1 " l.. -MN you wont -muttered Asaph.- If you. do, you may print me in black- letter. Asaph, having lingered in the outskirts ef the town until dark, crept softly by a back: way 5 to the tavern. The hoarders. Were i at supper; and not a few of tjuW disfigured. He listened for a moment, and caught a sin gle sentence, which determined hint to fore go bis supper that evening ' 1 1 " Before that Yankee printer came here, all was peace and friendship ; but ever since he began to send oQt his ihumb-paper, there's been notiung but qdarreling kpd fighting ; and if nobody else will run h.im off, 'I will." Asaph resumed his lonely Walk until late at nightwhen, observing a light In Moores office j he crept softly to the window, 'and fin ding the. squire alone, be tapped at the door. The squire -went to the door, when Asaph saluted him, and begged hi ni to blow out the candle. This done, he entered and uok a seat. ' " ' ' !" ,f- v Major, says he, J'Va thinking I'd bet ter be missing from here as sooh'as old Roan can tike me off.; :"7 : J.'-'' 5:; ' Whyt;ys Asaphy returned - Moore, "there's great "excitement against you. Al most ever man' who has ' been' wbipt tchdav swears he'll whip ybti antM think you had better leave the village for a week or two, at least until the excitemeht'is over, and then return." .. ; - - ' "So I'm thinking' but bow to arrange matters with Mr. Grubbs,' and how to gel money to bear my expenses Oh, tievercmind "that, sais Moore. H Take Quirk's bed there to-night ; Til make things easy with Grubbs, and have your horse hero t wo hours before day in 'the morning, and furuish you the means of getting on." " Well," Major, your goodness makes me feel worse than I have all dav to day ; ' and 1 nave nau. such leelings. to-day as l never had before T shall never come back after 1 start. Major ; and I : was thinking to gi vie you a full power of attorney to deal with my debts and effects aa vou think riffht. I know you 11 dea I justly by me. 1 should like to save my printing materials,, as "they are .all Fm worth ; but if it be necessary to sell then to make you whole, sell them and- Np, Asaph, If hall riot sell them if I never get-paid. ' Say where they shall, be sent to, and I will have, them carefully pack ed up and forwarded ? to you by the first wagon,?; r.r..'y-:i '- .;y'-r Aasusta-was named. Asaph .remained silenta minute or two, obviously deeply af. fected.by tbe AJajor'skindpess. . At length tie proceeded Ybu people of Georgia art a very strange people tiyou, are the; most liberal gene rqus4ea ted. people! ever, saw, when you are in good humor but when, you get mad you fight like all natur,and it seems to makrno odds who. I caat make these things dove-tail at all.' The cur uins were dropped, the candle lighted, the'po we r of attornev executed, and two hours before day Asaph's horse was t the door, with portmanteau on ; and ' before sunrise, be had passed tbe county line.: In a week alter, his printing materials and trunk were-on tn way to Augusta. - r v i ' The vilUge was completely revolutionized Tbe street meetings 1 Were broken up ; lbe social parties discontinued ; and many long yea-rspjused away before the citixensof Gnatville returned; to their lormer' friends shipVrji They ptobabty never would have dotieV so, had. not a revi valof religion occurred ; in the place,fhich embraced WHfctftj. i hab'rtajn?HTiirs banished nmitr from,-)). hearV, utihed then in lovet' anJa?i theta a nobler theme for:on versation than folitics; and constituted them a brotherhood that neither :pblitrca. nor newsnipera nor .. time ahKnlt teM nn fri li .w .-- ..c.aj space IO BOrtu thngpecliafly for the children T Most 1 anrprilV viiet sm iA rmmn 1 . ' tie bdy,efght Or nine years old, wajk aldng Grand street the other dav, on an 1 the tntnnw nf an inin. immm 'T kept by r poor woman, and covered with 6t liciouanears. black hm.anfi .T . "PpiCB. 11, little Toy thought he- never had seen 15 -"T y .". -f',s"a ne woDdprj 9oaL JttiVat l?Vn?roenUo woman was busied at thn far nmA nr.k. ... . Ul") a customer, of the largest and nluJH the walk and down mt a ibu.. n... tt u. .1 t -r : proton w rter in the gutter, and on, on, on, nearly t! mM mmm fswiw akaarw mi . - . at Mar mm rawa . ' , --rr -wuman did not see itapparently nobody saw it but tl J u A h W" TeP f0nd .f Pp,es nd he had no money, and it was plain that he coul 1 easily take the prize, and -who should ln! an 1 iiiiiju sitnius. 11 1 pnr,'iUA 1.. ri the child stood on. tberb stone, and man, arring impulses agitated his. little bosom He could take if but would it not be bit'te to the taste, hours after he bad eaten it ? $ one would see him but wouU the cheating of a poor aprlfe woman not be a wretched business J.. He stooped down decidedly-, picked up the fruit and carried it back to ih owner. Now tbis-para graph may be read bt many thousand children. We love them all and we ask them to stop one little minute and turn over in their own minds what treri the boys thoughts ss.he walked along Grand street-ancl what would have been his thought the rest of the afternoon, if he had put the appicm his pucnei. view iorlc Sun. A Clerical FoaGea.The Rochester Daily Advertiser of Saturday last comes to Ua with the following details of a forgery com. mitted by a clergyman : Q " Night before last Justice Warner receiv ed a Supreme Court warrant fromUticafor the arreat of a raeihodist clergyman, named Johd P. Backus, wlm was charged with har. ing forged a note of$30a for ninety dayt the forged : name; we believe, beihg Burr. The note was taken '.without suspicion, and has not yet matured, but it has been ascer Uined that all the names 011 it are forged ex cept that of Backus himself. He left Oneida county, nor could any clew to his: wherca. bouts be obtained till a few days ago, when a letter directed to his wife, mailed at Gales, in this county, furnished it. The warrant was placed in the hands of Constable Wil. kinson, who, accompanied by Constable Fielding, proceeded' to arrest the forger. Having ascertained his stopping place and learned he was al home, he was soon in cus tody and brought to the city. JJe confessed the forgery at Oncevstating that a large por tion of the money had 'been expended in the purchase of lottery tickets. , TJiis is npt the only forgery he has coromittcrseveral oth ers having . been perpetrated amounting in gross to about $1,400. He will leave this morning for Utics, where he will be tn ed, and of course sent to the' State prison a melancholy example of an unfaithful spir itual teacher, one whose itcbings for a short road to wealth have induced him to blast bit own prospects and cover his family with dis grace." . INTEGIUTlC . The following admirable article is from that excellent prU tKe Po'rcJTribuDe. We in vite our young readers, especially, to read the ex. tract, and treasure up its precious truths : . Let nojpan expect w prosper m life, or gain the respect and esteem of others, without an andevia. ting course of integrity, and virtoe. He must place his heart upon Truth, and be determined, whatever come to pass, never to yield to vicious influences. It is only by watchfulness and care by sedulously guarding against what is evil in its tendency that any individual can overcome the corruptions of the world and tbe depravity of. his nature. A, slight tampering with sin once yielding to' i base suggestion may pave the way for speedy rhinThose whose good er atopies have been lost to tbe world wbo have fallen in the glory of their days, were led in an unguarded moment from the firm basis of truth and integrity, and ere the realized their situa tions, their names were tarnished, and tbey were lost. Who can tell the power of temptation'. lnawares it comes ' upon us to lead us into er ror and destroy' us. "lVo course can be safe-, but astrictly virtuous life with unbending intefrr ty and coatinuaiwatchfulness. -.-t tYe who are on- the threshbold of life, beware I Have an eye to the allurements of the weridP and gather strength to resist the first temptation t de part from your integrity. Let not a blight tarsisb your fair characters, lest darkness andf fear, like spectres haant fori forever. It ia in your power to become blessings to the world, to exert in in fluence that will tell nobly far virtue and truth. Will you do itl : Or by deviating from tbe path of integrity, following tba bant ef your perverse natures, and associating with tbe vicious and un principled, will fori prove curses to mankind m perish, covered with infamy 1 Beware, tben,.wjjst; you da 'Examile all the niotives that influence your condact, andTf yoii are not satisfied that tbey are grohaded In truth, stay your hand, seal your lipsj and look the dob of your heart. By ths course aooe!wiCyou gain respect-exert a hap py mmwnce, and eahy enjoy the flectiruj ye cf yours existence., 2 j FikU PKoarxcrs res ooodcxops, both orr i os thx Eoos-The Crops off the River, so far as, we have been abbj to Iearn,v,were never better,' and Jthelr condition is improving from m recent rainsi ' 's 1 i! The0 Crops on UiefR(ver; we profess to knoj soinethlhg about,1 from persOdaLobserntion. J is tree that the high noles snfiered somewhat from the lata dtowrhlhsxtmhrm, tha liirht sandv W& soiTered the low, bottoms were thereby beneht ted. So the dry father, so far from being mjj rjouao thecRi;; Unda gswerajly, .wap gteatij fMTM4;.;.f-.Ai Z k--.1,1- w are brougK to the fcbnaasionl there will ts better Crops madf the 'present vean both offend beithr River, tnw has been fbf the last-twenty. ;ft I!Ths pHncit farmer MessrsV'orgVyas; IJevewxiaohason, bysHWa Smiths, larks,r renoeiv Pope, 4oy ruatin, aM N. ;M, lug--raAll he R9 5s0.51i.bt'-1. tj-sUr,j . I State or trie weatner-vy arm jma suty i;rhraw611--amr. not to thtfirrlorv of the rp ft Is-now talljnMuid n6 danger isT apprehendea ra frbetrnofr RemMicw it 1 MS
The Raleigh Register (Raleigh, N.C.)
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Aug. 22, 1843, edition 1
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