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IfllSCELfjANY.
DISAPPOINTMENT.
Twas ever thus, from childhood's hour
I've seen my fondest hopes decay;"
There always comes a soaking shower
Just as 1 wish to go away;
I never laid a plan to go
Forth (rom the town fresh air to gain,
But when the weather came to know
About it, it was sure to rain.
From the N.'V. Day B ok.
Dr. Okah Tubbee. Chief of the Choc
taws. A few days ago we published the
very romantic story of the brief courtship
and sudden marriage ot Okah Tubbee, the
chief of the Choctaw Indians, as copied
from the Medina Citizen, the editor of
which was in one of his happiest veins
when he wrote the "romance," and possi
bly had no idea that the wonderful Okah,
who 4,can play on over one hundred dif
ferent musical instruments (! , and is mas
tcr of seventeen (!) languages" humbug
ged him as badly as he did ii is enamored
bride, when he told her "that seven years
ago that very day, he had a dream, in
which he saw a beautiful woman who
was presented to him as his wife, and that
fince then he had been wandering up and
down the earth in search of hcf. but to no
purpose, until this providential meeting
had brought 'him face to face with the
identical image whom he had seen in his
dream."
We are sorry to spoil such a fine ro
mance, but, as in the case of the Hoboken
' Gipsies, the truth may as well be told,
that Mr. Gardiner, the English gentleman
who is about to take Dr. Okah to Europe,
may also take with him a few more events
in the strange and eventful history of the
Chief of the Choclaws!
During the years 1S33. '34 & '35, when
"Natches-under-the-hill, was in all its
g'ory, a bright mulatto known as Julius
Cary, the French nigger, belonged to a
band of negroes who made a precarious
living by the music they discoursed in
the dance houses, which gave that partic
ular locality its high reputation. Julius
could then play upon the triangle, flute,
tamborine, bass drum and the bones, which,
with the exception of the Jewsharp, was
he extent of Jiis musical acquirements: as
to his linguistic skill, he must have made
great progress since 1S35, as the only
languages he could then sneak were bad
English, nigger French, and the flash lan
guage used by his associates "under lhec,uv presence
hill" but time accomplishes wonders.
and vagabonds of boll, sexos. were driven!
from their haunts in Natches, Julius
for Cincinnati, where he performed on I
something less than a hundred musical in-!
struments. at the Dutch balls and dances
in that city, and finally went to England 1
with a gentleman as his servant. Ik-ing j
a shrewd, smart fellow, he soon attracted!
attention on the other side of the Atlantic,
and discovering lhat the English were
lierce abolitionists, he resolved to become ; licuhrs,, lative to this amorous and ac
tion; so he contrived to show off his mu -' complishefj?) Indian Chief and his
sical talent, and was forthwith set down j fair bul ""rmnate DesJernona:
a prodigy, a wonderful prodigy, jJrs. Okah Tubbee. It is hinted that
bought up on a Mississippi cotton planta- i her "course of true love'' is not likely to
tion, where his humanity had been crush-!,un smooth; that a dusky sister, or per
C1 by the iron foot of slavery, notwith-1 haps half a dozen of them, has, or have,
landing which, he-had risen superior to j rights precedent to hers. Besides, the
lash, and the despotijm of the over-poor deluded girl may have become the'
sr, and stood on British ground, a re- j step-mother ofimore little straight-haired
deemed and disenthraled genius, of the ' urchins than in her haste she stopped to
ost marvelous and interesting character, j anticipate. This falling in love with an
After a large amount of sympathy had Indian, on a canal boat, beats anything
en expended upon the marvelous Amer-jthat can be found in any cheap, yellow
lcan negro, whose hi&hlv wrought stories -nnvA uh ' c&r
Vl deplorable condition while a slave!
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,,n Cotton and rice fields
had never t
en, he returned to Cincinnati, where 'oNew York, Sept. S.-Money is- without
saw him in 14 amusing his auditors by
detailing the manner in whinh 1 h art
jdayed upon the credulity of the English
Shortly after this we lost sight of Julius
and did notsee him again until 1849'
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hen' mak,ng a "yng visit through New
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England, we stopped a day at the Marl
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l,oleI' ln Bosln- Upon entering
lhc ParIor vve covered an elegantly
drcssod gentleman carelessly but grace
fully reclining upon a sofa, surrounded by
a nu mber of ladies and gentlemen who
: appeared to be greatly edified by the wit
or wisdom that flowed from his lips. His
tawny complexion, together with the rich
and beautiful Chinese robe that adorned
his person, impressed us with the idea
that some illustrious eastern nersona
was an honored guest a the Marlboro.
A closer inspection, however, at once, re
vealed the features of the long lost Julius.
As soon as his quick eye discovered the
face of his old "master,' as he used to
call us when he wanted-a quarter, he, suns
cercmonie, left his admiring auditors and
in the most courtly maimer made for us.
As he approached, we laid in a manner
expressive of surprise, ''Why, Julius,
what in the world are you doing here?'
'Hush! hush!" said he,!sh3kiug his head
and raising his hand "Don't call me Ju
lius I am not Julius l-ary, now I'm
Okah Tubbee, the Chief cf the Choctawsl"
Amused lihe fellow's ingenuity in the
art of humbugging, wc told him to ex
plain, whereupon, ordering; a servant to
tiring him a rocking chair, he drew it
close alongside, and "spreading himself,"
told us his story, in the course of which
he said lhat he made a goofing of it in!
England by beillU a ;,nOO: down-llodi!fn
slave," but lhat here he ccjuld excite no
sympathy in that way unless he pretend -
ed to be a fugitive, and then they'd want!
to run Dim oil to Canada, w here he had no
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desire to go; so he concluded to turn In-
diem and give concerts, aud as it was arc beginning to cultivate it. ib.
just as easy to be a chief as a &nnmo?i '
Indian, he chose to be the former, that he j & fUi)t qfic a S. Mail Si jam
might attract more general attention, be-1 plying to Havana and Chagies.
sides the especial notice of the belter por-j ve learn that the U. Sta cs Mail Steamer
tion of society, in which he had been ; Cherokee, which left this port on Tuesday
quite successful. As to the matter of gi v-1 afternoon for Chag.es, via, Havana went
ing concerts, he said lie didn't know one"; well armed, having on hoik! ten fine guns,
note from another, but he could play by !six of which are to be placed on board ihe
ear on several instruments, and especially ! steamer Falcon. We leajn that the corn
on a Mute, one of which he stuck into an j manders of these vessels love instructions
old tomahawk, and then, to the admiration to resist promptly, for thi future, any in-
of tne crowd, he played beautilully on the
handle of an Indian tomahawk, w hich
was Considered a wonderful perlormance
He said he was doing a good business in!
Hoston that he had married
an accom -
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plished white lady
who traveled with
him, and in short, that he was going it
mighty strong, and begged us not lo ex -
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time to reply, an elegantly dressed lady
entered the parlor, and approaching the
chief, said to him in a most affectionate
manner-My dear, our carriage is wail-
ing, will you honor us with your compa-
nv" rertiinlv"s-dd he and withal
nyt i crtaini, sjiu no, anawitna
knowing wink, he bowed himself out of
and in a few minutes there-
after, we saw Okah Tubbee, the Chief of
tho nhnrfaws. and his white wife, dashin
Washington street in an elegant:
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f a t .rrc lr"it,ri hi Ifiir nlonrlwl nni'floe'
Being obliged to leave in the next train,
we savv 00 more of Julius, nor heard of
him unUl wc read the slor' 01 h,s r0"
mantic courtship and marriage amid the
thunders of Niagara's cataract,
Since tl,e above was written we noticed,
on casting our eye over Rochester Daily
Advertiser, the following "additional par
Commercial and Money matters.
change. On call it continues in fair sup
f nl Tk . i u.
ter demand for paper, but rates are with
out variation-. The best short paper goes
at 10 a 12 per cent, with 'a favorite signa
ture occasionally at 9 per cent. Some of
the binks are doing something on call,
but generally Jthey confiac themselves to
discounting for their regular dealers. The
regular houses in the street appear to be
quite easy. We hear of ho new failures,
and the last one reported cannot be traced.
The high rates for papeW are maintained
as much by the decrease of confidence in
such security as by ttje scarcity of money.
The result of one i of 'Vhe recent failures,
says a morning paper, has increased this
want of confidence. The party is charged
with having borrowed laive sums, in one
case 70,000 and in another 30,000, of
foreign houses upon certificates of produce
deposited in warehouses, which property
he had removed without, returning the
certificates. The p irty ia since jhscond
ed, having been last sect! about a fortnight
ago. The affairs of the
'tv
concern
are al-
most a total wreck. Such breaches of
mercantile faith as this iive a shock to
the commercial community, and act inj'u
riously upon all after negotiation?. There
will, doubtless, be more caution used
hereafter in lending prP strange receipts,
to ascertain that the goals ate actually
unrcrnoved, and warehottsmen will refuse
to deliver goods on order! without t lie ic
tum of the warehouse receipt. The safe
ty of the mercantile community requires
lh:)t this course should hi adopted. ib.
African CWom. Eitht baJes of cot
Inn from Mnnrnvi ttA hmndr Iw.l,,.
from Natal have been (received" in this1
j country, being the first shipments of ihe!
kind from Africa. The soil and climate
are said to bo very favorable for cotton
growing, and some of ihe native chiefs'
sult or indignity
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; them by any of the Spijiish ves
eis oi .
war. This is the right Spirit. It will
meet the hearty approval j of the whole
j American people. The jcommauders of.
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iho inscr-li niml ,.e. i,i-n nr,A ;a'
j enCr.d Naval officers, and !il they come:'"" -
. into contact with any of the Spanish hire-j : : "7
i : u,. ...tii..-. Li . r Remarkable Preservation. A remar
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steamers and the old Caledonia, or llaba-;
ftCro, before long.-A YSun.
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ll0W TO ENCOURAGE AB0LI -
TIOMSTS.
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Ve extract the following admirable re -
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C- from Va ' al a d,fincr ! g,ven lnm 111
Prince Edward Co.
-Talk of encouraging South Carolina!
i la infnrnet anil linHiiotiPP mnn'"1"! JllHrcIl
1 dangerous to the Union
than South Caro -
j Jina, which you may encourage.
When you reject those who have battled
for Southern rights, and had the temerity
to resist Northern aggression, and when
you put in their place men who have con
tinually thought the South wrong and the
North right, will you not thereby encour
age the aggressive spirit of the North?
Will they not say "behold the reward of
those who stand out against us?" Will
you not also do much to deter Southern
men from defending the rights of their
own section? The Northern portion of
the Union has the power ambition natu
rally turns its eye to her, as we see from
brilliant examples too palpable before our
eyes. Party leaders and the party press
must look chiefly to her for aid and assis
tance almost every other influence be
guiles public men into the fold of the
North. Let Southern voters fail to sus
tain those who are true to Southern rights,
and the doom of the South is sealed for-
e-cr. In your, enort then to restrain
South Carolina; sec that you do - not en.
courage the spirit of Northern aggression.
Seward, Sumner & Co', v say that they
may do what they ple; se about slavery,
and the Union will be in no danger, be
cause the South will not dare to resist
anjTthing. Will you nut strengthen them
in that opinion, if you raise-the cry of U
nion, Union, merely Ijeeause Southern
Representatives did notaid thei Northern
majority in passing measures, which near
ly all confess did not give justice to the
South? I
I am not an agitator never was, and
in my nature never can be. I love ease
and quiet too well, Dut I will never sur
render the dearest rights of my constitu
ents even for peace. There is a mode of
preventing effectually all further excite
ment on the slavery question. It is, to
yield unhesitatingly to the North whatev
er she claims. Yield her the right to 'ax
you for the purpose of fostering her own
interests; lo exclude you entirely fiom ihe
common territory of the Union; to abol
ish slavery in the District of Columbia;
finally yield up to the slaves themselves,
and you may have a calm of the Dead Sea
You may have repose, but it will be
"slecn that knows no waking." If vou
wish this calm and this repose, take your
representatives from the school of politi
cians to which 1 have alluded, and which!
may be designated as that of the "South
ern men with Northern feelings.
Gold in South Carolina. A piece of
gold, about the size and shape of a man's
foot, was found in York ville district, S.
C. a few da vs ago. It was worth about
S2,000.At the diggings where U,is
nirP' "Ai; fmmrl. t ivi n t v -nr.f nrwt n Imlf
pounds of gold have been collected by;
three persons, during the last six weeks.
Astonishing Fecundity. The Alex
andria Gazelle, says:
In Schuylkill countj', Pennsylvania,
there died last year a man named Michael! Sewing Machine. W c had an oppor
Drcss, .iged forty, who was the father of , tunity, on Monday last, of examining one
twenty-one children, by his wife Kate j of Hlodgttt and Lerow's Improved Uota
Dress, aged thirty-nine. The first child j ry Sewing Machine, at Yarbrough's Ho
was bom in 1829, and the last in Februa:jtel in this City. This machine is most
ry, lSriO. She had twins five times, and j ingeniously contrived and constructed,
in February, ISIS, had four children at j though it operates in a simple manner,
one birth making twenty-one children and can be worked by a lad or a girl of
in twenty one years and six children twelve. It can be made lo sew a yard
born in a space of eighteen months! per minute, or sixty yards per hour; and
The four children at a birth were nppa-jthe work is executed just as well as L
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died about four weeks, another eleven '
months, the third a little over a year, and j
the fourth, a fine boy is still living. There !
arc now twelve of the whole number liv-
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k.thle instance of retoverv from the effects;
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r " N T a, bavin, occurred hte 1 with the right to sell these machines: He
Chronicle, N. as hav mg occurred late-, h
near Estleviile, in Atlantic county, .conttmp ,ftlefc; J?a' 3 tnP 10 lhe
Mr. Samuel Evans with a team of mules j vvlern part o u e iaic
! was in lhe woods a"d ;yhilc J.iauHn l a usT0Je maddncs severs I
preparatory to loading from under a , aZZl d
! large tree, he was struck down, with his montns Pasl Wl;n ,mucn advantage ana
1 ' o ,fr- . . Hi success. Standard.
four mules, by an electric shock. He, ,
not ,ose n,g consciousness, oui ne was
wholly unable to move hand or foot, andj
his mules were in me same neip.css con-
j dition. After remaining id thi state fo.
minutes, vitality returned,
ifirst in lhe forefinger and thumb on one
hand, enabling him to rub them together.
Fearing the mules might recover before
he could get from among them, and in
their struggles injure him, he worked his
fingers and by slow degrees regained the
use of his hand, then his arm, &c, when
by great exertion he dragged himself out
of reach of the mules heels. I he mules
gradually recovered also, and he got them
upon their feet. A bright red line mark
ed his arms and down his chest and les.
He felt sore for some days after the oc
currence. There was acloudless sky at
the time, and no indication of lightning
or rain. The tree was completely shiver
ed to spliuters
, Frederika Bremer on Married Men.
The Boston Atlas says that - Benedicts
should make the accomplished Swede
their best bow, and give her ;-'a piece of
plated in token of their thanks for the fol
io vvi rig; 'hearty "testimony in' their favor as
a "class. " M oreoVer, itiey should all join
fervently in the wish that hcrtioxe may
come soon, to enjoy what -she appears so
soulfully to appreciate, the value of a good
married, man.:?lShe say: '
, "I confess, then, th3t I never find, and
never have found a man more loveable,
more captivating, than when he is a mar
ried man; that is to say, a good married
man. A man is never so handsome, nev-
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er so perfect, in my eyes, as in hen he is
married- as when he isa husband, and
the father of a family supporting in his
manly arms wife and children, and the
whole domestic circle, which, in his enr
trance into the married state, closed around
him, and constitute a part of his home and
his world. He is not merely enobled by
this position, but he is Tcttia'Hy beautified
by it. Then he appears to me as tho
crown of creation; and it is only such a
man as this who is dangerous to me, and
with whom I am inclined to fall in love.
But then propriety forbids it. And Mo
ses and all European legislators declare it
to be sinful, and all married women would
consider it a sacred duty to stone me.
Nevertheless 1 cannot prevent the thing.
It is so and cannot be otherwise; and my
only hope of appeasing those who are ex-
cited against me is in rny further confer
sion, that no love affects me so pleasantly;
the contemplation of no happiness makes
so happy, as that between married people.
It seems to me that I, living, unmarried,
or matcless, have with that happiness lit
tle to do; but it is so, and it always was
so.
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Deaih S Tecnmsch.The ' honor of
h.avin5 k,lled lhe ?nd,an cl,ief Tecumseh,
o Jong enjoyed by the late Colonel Rich-
aru m. .jonnson, was never entirely irec
doubt and dispute. I he last preten
sion put forward in the case, is that of a
Mr. Jacob II. Moleman, of Kentucky, who
was a private in Captain SlugerV compa
ny of mounted volunteers at the battle of
the Thames,
bout hitv pounds, ana is Kept in operation
by a treddle, which is worked by the foot,
leaving both hands to attend to the thread
and the cloth. But vve shall not attempt
any thing like a description of it, as every
body who can have an opportunity of
witnessing its operations will no doubt
Mr. Rest on, of Wilmington, is here
n Aged l.ady i lierc is, a lemate
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is 133 years of age. She is quite active,
lively and cheerful converses fluent!-,
reads well without the use of glasses." She
says she docs not feel the effect of her age,
except as regards her hearings-she is
slightly deaf. This too, is partly the re
sult of accident. She has noiv , living
within one mile of her residence, craml
children to the ninth generation. So says
the Augusta Constitutionalist.
Self-Mam'age.ln a New York pa
per we find the following announcement:
"Married, on the afternoon of the 12th,
at Glen Haven Water Cure, by-themselves,
Wm. L: Chaplin to Miss Theodo
cia Gilbert, of that establishment. "
This Chaplin is the fellow that stole
some negroes from Washington some
time since, anjl for whom his friend .-forfeited
20,000 bail, rather than bring him
to trial. This is the first announcement:,
of a man marrying himself that we rccoU
lect of ever seeing It is what is gener
ally styled "living with a woman;" and
we -expect in-this case she is a member of
the jcolored society, as Chaplin's affinities
were alvvavs in that quarter :
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