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pJEJTTST FE.m JOT.
Wilmington, North Carolina.
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V i PUBLISHED
E VER Y Fill V A Y MORNING.
". TEHITCS.
Three Dollars Per annum,
ADVANCE.
ad visaTisEMEarTs 1
jNot exceeding a S ite inaerted at ONE. DOLLAR
jtbcflrt, and T WUNTV-FIVt: CENTS jfpr each aubse
fluent insertion. J
io Subscribers taken for less than one year,
and all who permit theirsubscripticjn to run ovfer
!a year, without giving notice, ae considered
'bound for the second year, and so oh for all suc
ceeding years'. s . I
fio paper discontinued until all arrearages are
paid, unless at the option of the Editor.
. Ujr- OFFICE on the tfouth side of Market Street, be
'I jw the Couit House.. . I
, - Office of the Porstmouth & Ronnoike R. R. Co.
:-'') i rotrsmouth, Va. Maj 2Sth, 16'J8. j J
Great Cert tral Route
BETWEEN TllK
NO RTII A ND SOUTH,
fVta Mc Portsmouth "and Roanoke Rail-
roaid, and the Chesapeake Bay
Steamboats,'
IMlROUGil froai! Halifax,
ffA New" York, in FORTY ON
-licln THREE HOURS IN AD
N. C. to
ONE HOURS,
ADVANCE OP
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ANY OTtiER LINE, and this wtthnul a mo--4
orient's night travelling vn raiht Ad south- of
f Philadelphia, and WITHOUT THE LO-SS
4 OP SLEEP Thus i v
i' From Halifax to Portsmouth, G
hours.
!: . , rortsm-jtitlvto Baltimore' 14
Bulunioreto PhiLu'eliii.ia. 8
Philadclphiu tuNew Yok, 8
36
Stoppages,
5
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'. 'J" Leaves Halif.ix every Sunday, Wednes
day and ! Friday, Baltimore eycrv Monday,
Wednesday and Friduyj and .Wlushinton Guy
;CA3ry; Wednesday. -.Fare from Halifax to Phiia
tfilphiar inciuding every expense! (meals, porler
uge, &c.) J I
s, To be. published until' forbid in the Augusta
'Chronicle, Savannah iGeorgian, pivarlesCon
'Courier, Norfolk,' Herald,. 'Baltimore 'Patriot! &
American -National fn'elligeticrr,' U. S.Guzctte,
Pensylvanian, . and NeV York Star, and ac
counts seait to the' Office of the Portsmouth &
Roanoke Railroad Company. i 125 tf
n "i Travellers gbing North,
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ftV THE WILMINGTON & RALEIGH , RAILROAD
, . . COMPANV'jSLINE,
. A T C ' roistiiop t full ir infnmip.d that hfv vl
v'vwi j i i J
JJLfind the route through Halifax, Gary s, Pe
Icrsburg, Richinoiid, Washington, and Baltimore,
I the most expedvlious, the time from Charleston to
iNew York being by this line (through Petersburg,
f 5tc.) half a iay less, than by any oihet interior
Tronic. . ' ' "
! The Petersburg: Railroad Company
lliave always locomotives, with coaches, &o.
tit Gary's, ready to proceed imoiediately for the
North, upon the arrivul of the passengers; and
travellers are referred to Mr, B-F. Halsey, their
aenl at HrtlitMX. upon whose representations
ilhey may iinplieidy rely.
i . There no uncertainty or detentioti
"on this, route. All the lines uorih of the Roanoke
! run ill regular connexion and the' engineers
i jsiiig careful, circumspect, , and sober, and every
''other precaution taken to re'nder this line safe and
Comfortable, tha attention of the public is invited
! tO it.
A i- flo-fnt attends at Garv's. and takes
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''chai fire of all bagage,,and accompanies the same,
wiliiout tronuie to ine iraveuci, .in ic way iy
"Washin;toii .
torchririr Rnilroad Can Dairy's Office, ; )
4nti.H22d, 1633.
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NOTICE TO MERCHANTS.
LL Mercliandise; &c. intended to ba for
W, warded on the Railroad, must be sent be
tween sunrise and eight o'clock-, - A: M. Any
thing sent aftet thtt time cannot be taken on that
day. ? Nothing will be received, unles it is put
up in thetftdst substantial man ier. Every thing
must. have the owner's name marked distinctly
on it, aiisl a bill accompanying it, specifyrng the
tatight, stating who ills from, who it is for, and
where it is to be lefi. '. .
,Tbo merchants will be hjcld responsible in
e7er,y case, fi5t: the freight on every thing sent by
them. 'Merchants having consignments of jvro
duce, and other articles from the country, roust
take them away the day that they arrive, as the
Company will not be responsible for any thing
fcuiTerecJ to remaiu at the Depoj all night..
Articles will ba deliverd at, anil uken from;
lho following points on the road, viz. Rocky
Point ; Depot, VVutcr I Station,-' near Burgaw
Swaiup.and the Depot near South Washington.
.1 ! : b. L jU. SAUNDERS-, ; .
.' ' Agent of Transportation.
Moy 12th, :33.; 122 tf
- ; RATES OF TOLL
--: ATNIIE NEW BRIDGE, NEAR HILTON.
YCOR a Gig, ory Sulke y and Horse, twenty
JX: cents (20 cents,) Wgon nd four: Florses,
fifty cents, (50 cents.N a four wheel Wat on and
-two Horses, twenty tve cents, (25 cents,) for a
.Carnage and Horses, thirty cents, (30 ceats,)
for a Cart and one Horse' sixtfL. .nu fin
V Ur .a lan and Horse, ten cents. ( 10
for a Ckrt with Oxen, twenty cents, (20
twenty five ceBts, (25 cents, for a foot Passenger,
two cents each, (2 cents,) for Tuikies, one cent
each, (1 cent,) For single ilorses, four cents each,
4 cents.)- -' V
,.r if ? A Crue copy frdin the minutes. - ; -
2 TiipS. F. DAVIS, Clerk.
: Lv NOTICE,
siT- HEREBY forewarn an persons from trading
JLL for a Note of J.Hand girenby, the.subsctiber
to John Qurry 'dat'ed some time in June last, six
months after date for thirty dollars, as 1 am de-
cents,
cents,!
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Lcrtuutcu boi w pay aaiu note, s ty wa n
lently obtained against me. 4 . '-?. ' . '
.,'. '. . . . S. W. MOR5E. ,
. AagURt 13th, 183d. r.'- 135 If. K
SPUING VILLA
FREXCU AND EXGL1S1I SEMINAR Y
For Young JLadirs,
J BOBDENTOWN, NE"W JERSEY.
IHE duties of this Seminary will be
resumed on Monday, the 24th September
next. . - . '
The peculiar feature of this establish
ment, consists in its being essentially a French
School, that language being constantly spoken
by the pupils, in their intercourse wii"h each other
and with their tekchers.
The department of modern larifftiages
is under the charge of the subscriber himself,
assisted by a lady lately from France.'
The English department is entrusted
to Miss M. Turner, from Bosumwho is assisted
by Miss E. Lunt, from Portsmouth, N. H.
Music is taught by Mr. Edward
Hansen, from Denhiark".
Drawing, Mr. Engstrom,
. Dancing, ' Mr. H. Whale.
For inforiiiation concerning the charac
ter of the Insjitiftion, the subscriber begs leave to
refer to Col. J. D. Jones, and Levin Lane, of W il
mington, Mr. Winder, of Smifhville, Gen. V m.
Hill, of Duplin county, and 'John Burjiwyn, of
Newborn, who now have children ufTOer his care.
A catalogue containing terms &c. may
be had fit this office. For further particulars,
application ntay be made either personally, or by
mad, to 1 ; . ...
A. N. GIKA-UL T,
138 If Principal.
.To ; 'Printers aiul l;ublisliersj
flUlE subscribers have just .completed
. .their rtv specimen book of light factd book
and job printiltg types, flowers,' amjL iinamenLs
the contents ff whuh are herewith partially,
ijiveu. . ' ' 'I
- Diamond, Pear!, nos. I and 2, -''.-..Agate,
nos. 1,2,13, . j
A gate, jdn Noi ;paiVi'l . body , , '5
Nonpareil, nos. 2, 3," ui;d4,'
Min lunette, nos. and2, ' ;j
Minion, i;os. 1, 2,3, and 4j , 1
Alinionon Brevier body, ; V
Brevier on Alio. on Lody, ,
Brevier, nos. 1, 2, 3, and 4, -.
Brevier o.n Bmgtois body ', 'i
.Brevier on L6i:g Primer body,
Hurgeois on Brevier body.
Burgeois, nos. 1, 2, 3, and 4, -
Burgjfois on Lbfig Krimer body, . i
Long Trituer, nos. 1, 3, and 4,
Long Primer pn iS 111 all Pica body, ji
Small Pita, nos. 1 aiid 2,
' Pica on fcmail Pica body, ' . . ?
-Pu a, nos. , v, and 3, "
Pica on English body, , I
English, ribs 1 and 2, , .
Great Primer, Paragon, Double English,
Double Paragon, Canon, 'L
. Five line Pica to twenty, , j
Eight line Pica Gothic, condensed to 25, !
Severtline aiid ten line Pica ornamental,
6, 7, 9, 12. and 15 lines Pica shaded,
8, TO, 15 and 16 lines antique shaded.
Also, a large and beautiful collection of ftowers,
from pearl to seven lines pica, which are not. to
be found in any other specimen, a new assort
ment of ornamental dashes, a variety of cferd
borders, near two thousand, metal ornaments,
brass rules, leads of various thickness, astrono
mical and physical signs, metal and brace dashes,
trom li to oO e ns long, great primer anu uouuie
pica scripts on inclined b- dy, diamond, and non
pareil niusic ot' Various kinds, antique tight and
heavy tVce twe line letter, full face Roman and
Italic nonpare 1, minion, brevier, long primer,
and other blacks, nonpareil, minwn,' and brevier
Greek, Hebrew, and Saxon.
A large variety of ornaments, calculated par
ticularly for the Spanish and South American
markets. Spanish, French, and Portuguese ac
cents furnished to ordtr, with every other -article
made use of in the printing business' All of
which can be furnislu-d at thcrt notice, of as good
quality, and on as reasonable terms, as at any
other establishment.- ;-!
;.:' , CONNER & COOK, ) ;
Corner of Nassau and Ann streets,
New York, il
August 15th, 188. 13U3wr
f3Propriet.rs of newspapers printed within
any paitof tht Uuitcd States, or the Canadas,
who willeopj the above advertisement thiice
times, and forward a copy containing the same,
will be entitled to their pay in .'any type cast at
our foundery, provided they take twice the amount
of theif bills ill type. l
DWELLING HOUSES ,
' FOK SALE. L -
PHE subscriber ofiers for: sale that de
sirable, and pleasamiy s touted HOUSE
AND LOT, on the north side of Market btreet,
between Second and Thiid Streets, at present
occupied by Air. A. A. Brown. ; Tins is a large,
convenient, and pleasant house, and the lt is
-unusually large, With every convenience, vacant
space at both ends of the house, a largj yurd, and
aline garden spot, stables, o:c. and sikle in the
most healthy uud pleasant part of Wiunmgum.
- ALSO, " ' : .
Thai cotivenier.t and pleasant BRICK
DWELLING, with an excellent store under
neath, situated utar the Tdwn Hall and adjoih
ing 'Air. John W ouster's, at present occupied by
Airs. Latpey re. Thisris a very convenient and
pleasant house, in ex!eelleiiL rtpair, near the
market, and very convenient. to the business part
of the town. T'h'e lot extends from Alaiket
Street back lo an ulley. -
For particulars, apply to Alr. ,v m. WiLon.
1 T. H. BYRNE.
August 3d, 1838. -. .. '!.'.,-:.- '433 tf
JHarblc JflomimcntSyi
AND " TOBlBSTOriKS OF EVERY
DESORIPTION, - !j
Mahufacitired at Nor walk, Connecticut, by
1 CjT.DUNCOMB.
MATTHEW LAWTON, Wiliainston.'l
CALEBS BELL, Newbern, '. Ar.nf
WM- tFUAlN, Wfshington, N. C. f
CHARLES MQULEjS, . " . J .
53- ORDERS are solicited and re
ceived at the Cabinet Wareroobi of Air. Law ton,
where specimens may be seen, arid alLnecessary
information given. TV .'; L
Wilmingtou,
KcpClsti lb38. u 140, it
JHE subsdnberv having -iquaJiiwfi at
"-.the laU terra", of the : Court of Pleas, and
Quarter Sessions r New Hanover county, as
deceased, requests all persons indebted to said
estate to malyr pay rneut to herself, or to L. H.
Marsleher. Em. who is legally authorized to act
tor crj and all persons having claims against
said estate to, present them within the time re
qutred by jaw, to either of usforipayroenmr
this uoucc wfll be plead in bar of recovery. :;:
& - . .y. r M. A. RIVERA. !
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W ilmingtop, Sept. 17th,1838. '- 140 3 w'
; EXECUTOR'S SALE. '
rilHE subscriber, as Executor? of Mrs
t Sarah Stone, late of Raleigh, deceased, Will
ff S P"blJc auction on Manday and Tuesday
the 29th and SOth days pf October next, at licr
plantation, about ten miles eait of Raleieh toll
the crop of COTTON, CORN, and FOD DER
and all the stock of riORSES, C A TITLE, arid
HOGS, and the PLANT ATION UTENSILS
eonsistincrof P -"A RTS WAfjoK' nf nrtoi,'
&c. and on Wednesday the 31st of October all
the NEGROES belonvinv in tM Jj,..
SiX in number consisting of men, women, Lois
girls, -and children, will be offered for sale. The
negroes will be sold in families, rursuamlo the
directions of the will.,
; . TEHEES." -! - . I
i he crop and plantatjon utetjjsils will
be sold on a credit of . six months, for all sums
over 510 for $10 and -under, casu. !a part fof
thenegroesj to the amount of about 3.000, will
be sold on a credit of; six months, for notes neo
liable and payable ot th.-. Bdnk of the State'Vfr
North Corolina, in ila'leigl. ; and the balance wll
be sold on a credit of six mouths f-Cond and
satisfaciory security will be required (oi the pur
chase money, before' tfie property is c langed. I
V. , w '; D stoneJ
.Raleigh, N. C. Sept 3d1838; 1M) Gw'
fTbe Avetiser, Wilmington, Snectator,
NeSvbrn, and Western Carolinian, Salisbury,
will please publish the aLove for six wi eks, and
foiwurd their account to the Standard offic.
- I - -I;.-, . Price 84, 50. I x.
STRAYED OR STOLEN,
FINE looking, HOUND SLUT; she lis
of a bindie or tan. tall and -crenliiW-Iv fin.
i hei form, her face rather ki uv. indicating a'e.
I will give finy person who wiil deliver herjlo
meia reward of TKNjDOLLARS.
- 1 Ji t H - VV M. S.
September l ljli, 1S38.
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lASHEl
130 3w
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riiHE Brick Stores near the South East
, I corner of the Town 1 Iaui., at present occu
pied by Charles Nixon, and Dr. Vy. Possessk'n
givjhi -1st October next!; i Apply through Messrs
R,.W. Brown cc Son, to ' . !
1 i s. b Everett!
S,.o.ithville, N. C, 15th Aug,, lh38. 135 tf.
NOTICE, ' f"
A LL persons are cautioned against trusting
JX any person whatever, for or on acccuntfof,
iheSteum Packet GOV. DUDLEY, without: a
written .oider from me, as I will neither' sign
riorfpay any bill, without such wiitten order
peingpresenicu as a voucher tor tne same
THOS. J. IVY
J:
TO REM 7
:ND possession given on the 1st of October,
the comtortable L WLLL1N;G HOUSE pn
Maicet street, at present occupied by Mr. G. K.'
Frerfch. I
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I i . ! R. II. COWAN. f
September 21st, 1838.
A0 zwi ,
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SAJOU General;; JAMES B. WHIT
FIELD, has appointed the following days
fur reviewing - the several Regiments 11 ihe-3d
Brigade of the Militia bf North Carolina, viz.?!
The Ist Regiment, Eupliti Go. on tlie22d Otiti'ter net,
2tli ' Onslow1, " 241 h j
, : 3f)tli New Hanover, '27th ' J
3tti - M ' ' -Brunswick, " 29th ' j
The Commanding. Qfiicer of each Regiment
abovi; named is hereby required to have his Regi
ment?, in complete order;, ut the usual
place
review, at nooni on the appointed day.
. I By crder of AJajor General Vhi
field. S
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JESSE PIP
K4N, '
Aid de Campi
140 4w
Lefioir County , 4th Sept. 1838.
Megimental Orders.
rtIE companies Composing the 3.0th
- Iegiment North Card! in a Militia are hereby
requed to parade in Wilmington, on! Saturday
the 2J7th of October next, for Inspection and
Reviw. Line to be formed at 10 o'clock- j
ByJ order of Major General J. B. Whitfield.!
Tle Officers, N oncommissioned - Officers, arid
Alusfcians, will meet in Wilmington, bn Fridby
the 2th, at 10 o'clock.-for inspection and drjtil-,
prepared with their returns, as fey law required '
-Tle 'Commissioned;; Officers ; will J meet fin
Couij Martial, at 4 o'clock. P. M. of the 2Sth,to
elert Lieut. Colonel. CaptrThos. W. Browr;,
of th Wilmington Militia, will superintend the
clectibn, and certify the! result to the Coionel. j
Byj-order of L. H. Afarstelb-'r, Ci loncl Ccm
landing 30th Regiment N. C. Militia. j
"'.. R.iF.-Brown, Adjutant. '! y
eE-t. lyih, LtiZti. . u 140 Gw
PJ"O.TZCE.!
TPLICATION Will be made at the nkt
ifeession of the Legismiure of this St-ateflo
ameiHd the Inspection La-ws relative 'to lumber
i if- ,!.. a 'I it 1 -i I--.-
anci jimuer,- to rar as ue pon 01 j v linnngioii is
concerned. - j j
September 10th, 1838. . ' . 140 3Wr
Il A HINT.
THE undersigned resned fully invites nil those
in his! debt for freight ! or 'passages, 10 rail aind
settle the same with Major James T.; Alillier.
Piepring u go south Iwith my steamboat, 1 fiid
it very difficult to buy articles for the many uies
required, without collecting vihat is due tor rjst
services.'.' ' 1 f : - - . j . 1
' The price for a passage to aiid frrni Snuh
viiie ii tte Cotton Plat , hereaft-. wirf be S'l j&0
be.iiig as low as I can '.afford., I Ai$ no ' rsk
for freight or baggage 'under any circumstances.
Aly contract is with those that employ me. lf
thty do not like my terms, they can go elsewhere.
' This notice is intended for all persons thjat
may ant my srrvices!up the Cape Fc4ri as wjell
as doviu to SmithViile !J . ! 1
; DOYLE O'HANLON .
..Wilmington, Sept. 2 1st, 183. .MtJf.
! COPARTNERSHIPS 1
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TIfE subscribers Have this day entered into
a Copartnership. tuidtrthe firm of j I
jrailiES COSTHT, & COi j
for th transaction of a GENERAL COM
MISSION BUSINESS. They will pay.ptr
ticutarkttention to the sale of Lumber, Timber,
aiid any otheyKind of country produce that may
be sent to their care. They have 9 large wharf,
and the lest timber pefi in the placp. which enables
them 0 keep timber on baud fvir a price, without
any risk of its being lost.
' - LMILES COST IN, I
! ARTHUR LEWIS4
Wi:iain2ton, N. C. . :; i
Sept: Tst, 1838. f 1 ' t - 138 3mt.
PERSONS having unsettled accounts with the
subscriber, are requested to come forward arid
settle the same without) further delayjj If thty
should neglect to do so; they will find their ac
counts In the hands of a collecting officer. ?- 1
TEE CAPTURED LEPR AUCTI KVS.
A ,TAIE. !
The broad, rubjeund face ofjTim Daty,
the cosey proprietor of the j Goat, arid
Churodash. shone out vuh:rhbre, than
usual brightness on the chill autumn even
ing to which our present tv'ntinrr " refers.
And so it well miht, loir many and mer
ry were the faces thct frightened round
the cheerfql turf fire upon his kitchen
hearlh, and copious and' frequent wert?
the demands for ale, pipes tind potteen.
" Well, boysf" said old Shawn O'Tool,
the father; of the fparty, sence it'is'my
turn to tell a story, ril tell you a thrue
one, that Mil make you know a-sacret
may be some ov yous never knew afore.
Becpo'rse.'yous all heertd tell one lime or
another, ot a lenrachaun ?"
Gartainly?" said Ned Ryan ; "they
hreforjall the-world like a little quid man
about two feet high, and they .have a bag
of goold on their backs, and) they must
give you the goold- if you're only lucky
enough to ketch hould 6v one of them.
But they saj- they run as fast as the very
mischief." 1 j
14 Nabocklish ! Ned, alannai" said old
Shawn, with the conscious smiles of su
perior knowledge on his lips, and a dim
pie of delight in his still rosy cheek that
would have become five-and-lwenty
" Nibocklish ! Ned, alarjna, don't b'leeve
the half of what you hear. The thieves
of the world, even if you cotch one of
hem, '11 be bound he'd-find a way to
slink out of the bargaiujift the same as
the one that I'm going to tell you ahout."
Why then, musha now, Shavn a vich
ma chree, did you ever raily hear that
any body had the '-.luck; to grab one ov
them?" said Ned Ryan, who had often
entertained secret hopes of catching a. le
prachaun himself, and was now sorry lo
hear that the immunity of the bag of gold
could be secured tothe faiiy by any means
whatever. 1 . -. ?: , . ; . '-
" Patience a wee wee. bit, Ned a-chra ;
I ni going to tell y.ous an account of a le
prauchaun that was cotched by Baudeen
O'Rnark (rest his soul 1 he and my father
were' boys together :) but he cotched him
in the round paddoclc at 'the back of his
father's haggard, and he corning home
from ihe patthern of TunrJheriristown one
fine moonlight night, about two o'clock in
the rnorri!ng.j 1
" The paddock was coshire at the time,
and jist sarved for a run for the the little
brawn pig, and they ltt, no other baste
into it.
fVThe patlhern vvas terrible well attind
ed entirel jr. j Ten's, pitched on all sides
fiddles playing pots ov beejf bUing
dancingand mutton roasting and
punch making in lashings, and hogsheads
of porter rowling this-a-way and that-a-way,
and every sort ov diversion you
could mint ion going forward.
"Buttruth's truth;, and the bojord wasn't
cleared in a. single tent there trjat day, for
a nater or claner boy than poor Paudeen
sorrow one ov them could jcover the
buckle like him and Viay be the girls
didn't smile on him, and may be his own
swee theart wasn't proud of him.
" Then, sure he fan the fastest in the
sack race, and when not a man among
them could get more than ! about two fa
thom up ! the long- post, IPaudeen clam
bered straight up hv tiptop of it, and
brought down the leg o' mutton and tur
nips in al whiff, and sent;! theni straight
home to his mother, for fear of accidents,-
1 ..i r r.- jr'j.. .1
anu a rflitiin nne ouncray umiier tney
made for the family that Week
"Well,! sure they were all s6 pleasant
that thev niver tLought how time went:
and sure enough it was purty
Paudeen started for home;
late when
4 Whether he had a drop in his head
or no I can't say, but Paudeen mistuck
his way slightly, so that it was nigh, two
o'clock, buttv darling moonlight morning,
when he leaped the ditch? into the coshire
paddock, and then his mind was asyt for
he considered himself at hpme; so he stuk
his hands into his breeches pockets'and
saunted slowly along the -grip p' the fence
up towards the stump of the ould oak tree
that Fin-ma-Coul (they say) cut down for
a walking-stick. .All o a suddent, some
thing or another put it into his head to
stop, andj stop he did. first he looked
down on the airtb, jnusiri? like, and then
he looked up at the purtyj stars Vut when
he tuk his eyes down again what the bla
zes did he see setting on a jgooldand velvet
cushion but a laprauchaun, sure enough,
leering up at him quite cue and crabbed,
and smoking a purty little dudeen of his
own. j j ' : ;l ',, '
"'Save you, Paudeen,' says the le
pra uc ha un. i 1 1
"Save you kindly,.ays Paudeen.
" Why don't you slant) j steady V says
the leprauchahn. r .; .!-.-. '.
Keep a civil tongue in yhur head
says Paudeen : lVs yourself that's rock
in? on vour sait, and not 'me that's on-
steady,': and at that the lapVaibaun laagh-
ed hearty. .' --. - .-r ' ( V
"Those that winjmay laugh pays
Paudecn;jnettiedaVlittl4l May I ax
what's in that bag.at your backr
Ay money says the laprarbapn.
Then let us have aj fair race for it
says Paudeen.- :- -i
" 'Liggum lathe V says thej leprauch
auo, jumping np and cutting three capers,
for all the world like a young goat
" Paudeen made a grab for the velvit
cushion, but sorrow a happulh he cought
but an old airy mushroom
" I'll be with you directly Siiys Pau
deen. '
"'Liggum lath,' says the Kprauch
aun; and, at that, away they both starttd
like the very wind, as fast as their legs
mi Id i-strryt i lii-m rK Ijnra n.hn nSn n -b. il
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and Paudeen hot feoi alter him.
u Five times rouiid and round ihe pad
dock they went, at a rate of going the like
of w hat never -"Was. St en or hee'rd its' I of be-
i fore or ceense. '
"The sight of Paudeen'sr ves was half
laving him when he pursaived that the
thuving leprauchaun had twisted
tail
of his coat un till it was for all the world
like a pig's tail. .
" Oh ! is that the way wid you ?J says
Paudeen. 4 1 often colch a pi itself
by the tail, just this a-ways ' and with
that he made a desperate grab, and
seized the leprauchaun bv the tail, bin it
slipp-d through his fist just as if it was
soaped.- . .
"'Bad scran to you ! says Paudeen,
and round and round they wint again and
again.
J3ut x'auueen. cute eiioti'iii. wnne
r . r'. .1 . li i i
th
ey
were runntn?, stooped suuum.v
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anu snatcnea up a line wisp oi coorse
grass, and lined his fist with it (JiVi as
von '-vould if von were jroinir to suie
iiould of a bully big eel,) and tpen he
pushed on afier .tbe leprauchaun very fast
urely. x
in" ' Here s at your sow! you 1 shouted
Paudeen, hurling himself desperately for-,
ward, and, sure enough, saizing the tail
again, but, at the same time, dashing both!
their heads together agin Fin;ma Coul's
stump.
"'.O, murdher ! murdher !' shouted
poor. Paudeen, ' I'm knocked spaachkss
but don t think I 11 iet you escape
that ; it's myself that has a grip
vice And sure enough he did
tifihttiold : but a sort of swound lik
lor all
like a
hold a
e came
over him, during all which he never re
laxed his grip the laste.
JksPut when he woke out of it, wirras
thruer f.'what was Paudeen's supnse to
find himself, at ten o'clock, with the bright
blessed sun shining on him, a.nd he
lying beside -Fin-ma-Coul's stump, and
houlding the poor little brawn pig fast by
the tail. The crathur lay quite quiet
and panting, for it was tirekl 'trying to es
cape. . . --;
. " But how he lce'm there instead of the
Heprachaun Paudeen never could explain;
for-he swore he never TrelaXe-d his hano,
and he had th idintii al wad of grass un
tcssicated in his fist that he saized the de
luding vagabone wid the night afore., But
at any tafe, the lepauchaun was gone, and
Paudeen had no bag of goold; an!d that
shows vus, hoys that a man "may I catch
a leprauchaun and berjust as poor as if he
didn't.
" That's my story. Here's towards
your good health, boys."
Four funny Feilows.'VheQdor Cib
ber in company with three others, made
an excursion. Theodore had a false
set of teeth esecojid a glass eye a third
a cork leg--but the fourth had nothing
in particular except a funny way o sha
king his head.
They travelled in! a post coach, and
while on the first stage, after each bad
made merry with his neighbor's in hi mrty,
they agreed at every, baiting place, to "af
fect the same singularity. When 'they
Came to breakfast, they were all to j quint
and language cannot express how ad
mirably they all squinted lor theyj went
a degree beyond the superlative.. Ajt din
ner they all appeared to have a, cork leg.
and 'stumbling about made more diversion
lhan at breakfast. At tea they uejre all
deaf but at supper, which was at the 'jShip'
at Dover, each man resumed his charuc
ter the better to play his part in -a farce
they had concerted among them. When
thev were ready to gd to bed, Cibber cried
to the waiter ' Here; you fellow take out
my teeth. '
Teeth, sir ?, said the man.
Av. teeth, sir. Unscrew that wire,
and they'll come out together
After some hesitation, the man did as
he was. ordered. This was no sooner
done than -a second called out -'Here
you ! take out my eye.'
Sir said the waiter, ' your eye 1'
Yea, my eye : Gome here, yoiji stu
pid dog. Pull up tbat eyelid.' and it will
come out as ea'sy as possible j ;
This done, the third cried out' Here,
you rascal! take oflf my leg s
This he did with 1 less reluctance, be
ing apprised that it Was cork, and also
:conceiving that it would be his last job.
He was, however, mistaken ; the (ouith
watched his bpporttimty. a nd whilst the
frightened waiter was surveying with rue
ful countenance, the eye, teethvand leg,
Ivinn on the 'table, cried in a frightful
hollow voice Come here, sir take, off
my head Turning around and seeing
the man' head shaking like that of a
chimney-piece, he danced out of the room;
and after tumbling down stairs, he ran!
madly about the house as if terrified out
of his senses, Fltnctr of A necdotes.
A man who expect tot do an intellec
iual business in this world should, in thr
selection of n partner throughiife, choose
one who can bring; seme capital into the
aron
Smith, to one of those extraordinary sen'
sations on whose "existence Plato Vfooncf
ed his beautiful phantasy that all KnOvVT-
lYric
tvdge is only retiieinbrahce, iekceedrngl
" In connexion with the nbenomena c:
memo rv, may I be here permitted tdtatfe
notice of a'cena?n n.ystery of rriaTVa
which has occnsidriafly -pTt.pnfe'd -llsVu
io me, and in voucher'of the eibiitice"
which I have the experience dFrftbefs, icLi
addition to my own. I mean that &trpg$
impression which will occasionnlly cboid
w it hup expected snudennesson die fnfni
that the- scene now passing, and in which
we share, is one which in the very place
' and in the verv words, with the same Der
j sons, and with the came feelings, we liaa
accuiately rehearsed we know not whero
belore. It is one which will-occur xtherjj
' in what is going foryaid there is nothing1"
remarkable or of paitictifar interestih-
volred. While we speak, our forme r
words are ringing in our ears, and -the
! sentetirts vvhich we foim are the faint
echdt s of a rutiveisation had ill olden
Milne, Our conscious thought?, too, asthey
rise, seem to, whis,.t r to each other flint
this is not their fiiM appearance in thia
place. In $hoit, all thai is now beloreuft
set ms the appiratinn of a-dialogue long
departed tne special ' resurnction - of'
scenes and transactions longfgon6: by: )t
I V . kk T .
we may be said, by the rniinory gleam
ot a uasn ot reminiscence io oe reviewinif
in a mysterious niirior the dark reflec
tions of times past, and living over, in
minute and 'shadowy "detail, a duplicate
of the incidents of some pre-existing state."
The above is a vry beautiful and 8CCU
rate description of a phenomenon which,
every one, jwl ose mind is not' entirely
'matter of-fa?.', ha,s experienced at some
time or othj r. There are few indeed
who will nof recognize in the description
feelings which they, perhap?, had sup
posed were peculiar to themselves, and
will be astonished td find that the sup'pb
sed mental idiosyncracy is a characleris
tic ol thy human' mind. We have seen
it stated that Baron Smith was the first
to pourtray this phenomenon. This jia
not so. When but a boy, we were startled
to find a description of what we -had pf
ten felt in the then recent novel of "Gtijr
Manoering. Brown, alias Bertram,
when standing before the castle of ElUin
gowan, from which he had been stolen
when a nieri child thus soliloquizes:--
"Why is it that some scenes awaken
thoughts.;. whicfK belong as it were ltd,
dreams of "arly shadowy recollection;
such as rny oild Brohinin Moonshie would
ha ve oscribejj to a state of previous eiist
ence 1 ' Is it! the viions of our sleep that
float confusedly in our memory, and are
recalled by the apptarance of such real
objects as in J arty respect correspond jtd
the phantoms they pr sented to our ima
giuation?" How ofu n do we find our
selves insociety which ye have never
b fore met, and yet feel impressed with a
mysterious ahd ill defined concciousness,
that neither the' scene, - the speakers, Jibt
the subject are entirely new; nay, fel aa
if we could-janticipate that. part of the
conversation which - has hot yet laketi
place?' j
DugaldStewart, in the last edition of
his great work on the Mind, alludes td
this paragraph, and says Scott is the Erst
writer who hs embodied in words' this
strange feeling. When, before, did tbo
Metaphysiciaii condescend to quote as au
thority the. pages of a romance? and yet
the Waveriyi Novels, caVcfulIy studied,
are calculated to unfold the workings of
the human mind better than the pages bi
all the Metaphysicians that ever wrotP.
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Frtdcritkiburg Arena.
" I,'-: SCRAPS; ' . -'
Ureal ie7i.-T-AleXant:er tail a my
neck; Williani the CofHjuerpf. jrj hV lat
ter days, was1 scarcely able' to move from
corpulency ; Hannibal and Philip ol Ma
don had but! an eve apiece; Csesar ahd
Mahomet were troubled Hvith the falling
sickness; antjl the noilhern hero, Odin, is
said to have been little ele ,t ban a Vora
pound of diseases. When Voltaire" was
first introduced into tbV Prussian Palace;
he was di sired to enter n clojel, where' be
found a little tent led, ttfith the curtains
closed. -The curtains -were tfpened, and
he saw a little withered figuie under the
clothes, shivering with the ague t was .
Frederick the Great. . . 5
A ni 'mtnl Mnimttism Outdone. It
is
said 'that Mr. Perkins has invented a
compound which he calls the "-concentrated
essence of the sublimated spirit of
stVa"ro." A person has only to put a 7ial
of it it in his pocket, snd it will carry him
along at the rate of fifty miles an hour
or by merely "swallowing three drops of
it when you go lo bed at nigbr; in Ihe
morning yfu will wake op in any part of
trie world you choose. Alhcnaruvi.
The SDlendid Bridge over James Ri
ver, Richnfond, for the use. of the : Rich
mond and Petersburgh Rail Road,vas
passed by the Cars' on, Saturday last.
This Bridge is nearly 3000 feet in lengt.'
Il festi upon 19 stone pier, the arebe?
a span of 160 feet. Tlie' floo r fs 60 feet
above the water. The cost of the whole
The following allusions, by B
t i t MILES COSTINi
work was t 10,000.
September 1st. 1838.; ! . ,13S 3moJ -
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