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I r i i r; ' 2. iv I - .1 5 ; ; . i - ; - ! . - - , : ' I , vi". i. 'A1. ' i. . - if; ir-. f V S7. ' HUH m M ,k; 1 , f 7 - r--'--'- -;mv, - .' y.Vv ;-") --.."iTA A INDEPENDENT IN ALL SERIES VOL. THE LIVE GIRAFFE, 1 PUBLISHED. WEEKLY BV K. XIAISPEIt WJIITAItEO, ( Editor and Pboprieor. wJi--f :y-r-r .-v--'- --f -.-' Terms of Subscription. -v- iTERMSijTwo dollars per innura. pavible on dsliv- V jn - ' I "ll 1 ll'llll t I.--J'l .' Vrj of fi.st 'number ; two dollars and fifty cents if paid V i Jn sixmontlis stlirce dollars if not paid till end oTyear. r H V The Liie Giraffe vrill .be sent to subscribers at the " , fol&jwinjr raiei : . -, j , ' A single subscriber, one year, in advance, $2 00 &rh To a Clubyf Five " " .;.y- u ) 8 00 i vr-t To a Club of Ten, the money accoinpanvinj the ' - .. order,! ' . .. - J- - , - 15 00 j .c- i . . - - . , J V . . t " V . 1- v in their stjbscripjfions or ordering, a discontinuance, . Wnprsnm allnw thpir war fo Mnirp withniif riniw. Hrz-zz'&z-'?ihf .'rMl bje charged three; dollar per annum, if not id within six months after , such expiration, Wbett aniindividal sends as a Club, and the money , Terms of Jldvcrlisinq. ' One square, (14 lines or less,) first insertion, $1 no ... . Contracts will be made with persons wishing: to ad vertise at ilite b)Ytregttlttr jrates fr three, six, or twelve months ; a liberal deduction will be made in the case ofuch contracts. '. - .. I " person advertising for twelve mcr.t lis, will be en "iitled to tint " Giraffe '? gratis for the time.' " " !4,All money sent.at the risk ofj the Editor. v ' , XEWSl'APERS. fI.VSoritew-t-Bi'do 'not gifp express rotice i - ; iJias not all been collected, bvv makmsr bimself verson- . responsible, the papers will be sent; but in this t ' ' , 4 . ? .iv C-oascif paVmeut b delayed more tlia n two montiis, full J jl Vuf"ceimust;be.paid,-.J,:; . . ; : - some hand .."f ; . -".'iix months onlv. at nc dollar. ( lu WDlCil '. si' ,toihe contrary j ire considered wishing to coo- : ,.iiDue ineirsuoscripijion. ; i"jt;t ; - " -St thir hewpapefy the;;p'fihlisherjmay continu'erto t'-end thenj nntil all arfeafairesaTe p.id. - . - '.; i- ! " i teJhey are Ur&r -' flT: T'tT 1 "r V - V 7 ' - - Tnen I(mS gentleman, e .rr;iJiiy4he' bil 'fiW dlJAiidwcpn- r lam. xittontbs.vowi Mo, y have you - Fashionable Caxl ANr act.. tjhe tSaxp- thland e-cldest of the crowd, and evi- :W:i?.?r "fc maiffmke County with inch a stomach. ;How do you do ir.y dearT ' uty ;-weU? .ieatly a man of marked rank and esteem iKufinfe te thank yon:' (They kiss.) How hare 4 them, hailed to. us. saying, that we rjv;-; been this age?' 'Putty we. .HoV.haejwere gwine in the rong derectshun." A! ' : ;ssibjekS;v.:;. v , t. i . Ut)lain' of men aatJin' performsuch wonders? V,,u been?' ' Vrv well, thank vo'uV " Pleat f This wnv leads toTrs. . if I am not .f -. : v ntrwsnjwaet, trom i&e - ( uevs- w i v 'w iev are i au a t: f,. 4r --Aiv. tJisKiit v fill, . i .. "T" - r. .. : :; -1 tx: -fjSZ in ;Bt t0 y, Yrti very bnght-hutVhiifctaken; does it hot? said I. riljeavife f intentionalfraiiflV 6. The United States Counts s have .also rcpat- ' ' dly "dexrided ihaf a PostmaftUr .ho neglects to O petform liis ntyf rgiyrpaohable notice, as ' .- jpquirea royfiiie i-w-vw Ix-i -Yr : 'esrle't ot aerswn'to 'take from, the office rews- papers "addressed to flnn, renclers tnni'ostmaster Uable the publisher fojne Pjic?; 1 )f erery De8crfnti6n and in the host' Style, lpxef ntea artnis umce : . jE-ilBRAfjrfGr SUCH AS ' ' yft Business CardsVisiting Carols , 3?larik Notes, fBjitrll cads, Briefei?Hand Bills, r teJJoV'ts PampfiTms, Blakk'a of ' and any other -work . J 5 -usually done in Printing f ?feif.' 0.ffice. .. ' f ' -V. lw.opriefOT " of.. fii Iayefiiiraa as- 'asutesl)i8 fi-iends and the public generally, that their orders for any tlung m the . - '' !-.! .jr -V '" ' i I Job Panting Line :V -will he jexecutedtwith despatch and i hi the best tyle, and at the very lowest pacts possible v-tiWr Sept. 44850.; j' cixyriixxG emporium WII,t,IAITIS; CO., j(LiT E. L. IIardiko, Eatrtteville Street, "i RaleIgh, N. CI) 1"l5frEl QPfiNTHIS SPRING WITH A LAR 4 1$: ' ; 'GER Stock and better 'facilities than we hive ever had before. Our stock includes FINE DRESS AND BUSINESS CLOTHES; for Men, Boys, and Children. Also, a large tassort tnent of Servants' Clothing, with an endless va i riety of tETS, Fcrkishino Goots. ; ;. WE have now connected vitfr our business. Cuttintr and Manulacturing. to be conducted bv ??r: Shejwood;,, whose; reputation as an : Artist, w this 'State and vrrgiata- is too well ' I known to require comment by require comment by as. t 1 his branch of the business will be in full operation on the 1st r of Aprilf by which time we wilk have received ! our entire stoclcof Cloths, 'Cttssiineres,!iuwi Ves J lings, all of which have been selected with special -j rpgarjl to '. qualify and taste. Ve will take great .. rdeaure!in furnishing those who.' may! ideeire to liae thatr clothes made to measure, i j . , We shall endeavor to conduct the busines of this department with the- same promptness! jthat has t. , characterized our business heretofore, and respect ' fully invite the attention of all. -. 1 1 . ' March 24, lSSfo 4G 6t- . . rplIOSE FOND OF DRESSINfil WITH i NEATNESS and igentility areequested i -j tocll and examine the following business suits . jest received : - ?y- , . r. -U , fibbed Tricot Cass.: CoatVPantsiand yest(to v " , Hrresppnd.) f f : ; A j 7f-V Plain v. do do - do' do different.ioiorsr r 1 v -IVhtte: Checked and Dotted Duck Linen ; w ' WM -H VVIT.T.1AMS CM. V, nUrth2llS57. X: '-".'-Vtv 46i4tr:,ThenGrgimtic,turnedto Gcnl. -Know-NoUi-1 " JamesDang to Mary Day. : " ,V t : ,rwfatfto TH INGS, J II. , . fob. the giraffe. Summervillk, Harnett Co. , ") ' July 30th 1857. ) Mk. Editor : I'see that some person, who seems to complain at the course which certain men pursued concerning the local matters of Harnett County, has been writing from the Post Office at Kinnie's Creek, at whom I am somewhat surprised. "Why, there are some men in Harnett, that have beaten bob-tail, (and it is said that bob-tail- beat the Devil) and why should he complain at such men as these 1 knowone lon2 waisted man with a head, and a knotty face, who had in laying ofi' the site of Harnett ; my friend makes such a complaint, i.. " which site has no less than fourteen corners, xvnd, finallj', this long waisted, big headed, knotty faced fellow attempted to swallow this , er day and he had got so that he was hoajst fourteci cornered, hundred acre piece of land. ! ing on his Democratic principles. But I am And after he had nearly swallo'wed it, he took i sorry to learn that hi3 speech has not got a'notion that he would get a seat in the legisla- right. And the worst of all is, I think it nev ture, (the Senate I think it was, for his head er will. I admonish my Democratic friends is too large for the House of Commons) ' but he concluded that apiece of land with so ma- ny corners for a county site would nol digest well, and oneway in open court hssays" was choked." But he said he vomited it up. So in thopae of six months after I that, he found that he; -was disappointed in ffcttinjac a tried for, ,out)D eight lmdr:eii(ififty$eyen vo ters (in 'Harnett) eleven liundred knd forty three" petition erst 0ent & the legislature ; and hewar not'enoked when .air the spurious elglat-hamdred and fifty seven voters and makeeleven hundred and forty three peti ti6nerg;and hanlj epiirious names? If you can sendus wOrjlovef here4, how it is done, for the man thatgot choked . trying to swallow the count; site can do it," and not more than half try. Yet the manwho wrote from Kin nie's Creek complains of sorrymen in Harnett. Well, Mose yov&Q Jsf this 'time that this long waisted, inshy hetded man is not chok ed. Xet we ivere a little sorry for that Giga n- tic man (for we think' he.certainly; is a Gigan tic fellow) at one time. ne used to bea Dem- -ocrat and when no was firm m his Democrat ic principles, this hill (the county fsite) be came corrupt with know-nothingism, andsby swallowing ithe took a bitter' Know-Nothing pill, and hbv retnjnirig fo histvOtnit,' be came corrupt. . I wish he had- swallowOd the county site a little sooner than ho difL. for he was h'enAsourtdr the' hill Was soundU'ba now Kney havvtoi kc-Ticr vnlh their Know-Noth- ingtsm ana aemocracyuiey ,ureeu corrupuou. I thirik lhat my long waisted bn&hy; headed man (Sir,; Gigantic) stayed frotnlu vomit un til "it feoured, for, after he returned! to it he got on the dark lantern side ancfreared down on; thje democratic ticket. , r. ;v He. would be a know-nothing,-, democrat rlug-ugly, oam-tederalist; tie would be a oern- cratjwith manyja ils. "While : Jn this situa Jtion. he .goes to Raleigh" to see if . his petitions 1 nad reached there: 7 By Jim 4 time you rinay U - -.t-'f t- " , i - guess ihatJbis Bides are noto very long fbrof course tbeyajre well staffed after Bwaliowing so many large bitter (piui H And- when be ot to, Raleigh he found .a:gbod old thinfac dem-? .ocrat pitting ui onehouse he- turned to; the other hous.and on -oneliad he found good looking doe facedf, buckeyed man sitting; and on'the otHerfiide he found .long legged '.Col. Sharishm ; he tarned agliff and ia7 Pp, kh). Ikce a Qax haired man. Oh I Pujnpkhor face you are the man that holds these petitions which ibrksr so many tinHa and' which" made 1140 petitioner of 850 vctersl' wil when MrJ Gigantib found thai; aU'.his petitions were thereit semedthat.rromi ".the1- corruption poison mat naa.coiieciea in nun irpm me mix ture KnowNothingisia i and f Democracy, that he was in a Tago and inashed his teeth at Thin face' JJuck-ye anA 3ol.V- Sharp shin; We care not for boundaries, mountains nor m. Creation's our Forest, RALEIGH, N. C.v THURSDAY AUGUST 6, 18 . ..! , ing and said," General, this set has stained your acts with long black lines. Comeliow, sir, let us lay their project low : . viJ Now here's my hand to join the band, k To meet your cr.ud in gloom j land ; - J But stop awhile, said Pumpkin face, Don't go eo fast ui that dark place ! Come on. come on, dear Pumpkin facet : And join us in our mighty race ; f ' There's thin face, doe face sha p shin, all, Let's give them now a mighty tall. .( Here it seems that Gigantic came to him self a little when Pumpkin face spake to him but it was only to obtain the good will of j Gehl. Know-Nothing. Now, it seems like Uhere is some error in - Gigantic's course, but jthatman who" wrote from Kinnie's Creek ' might have known that it was the poison of Know-iothmf?;sm that he mixed with hisDe- i - . j mocracy. We know, Mose, that' you are not j a political man, but you know that it will not ; do for a man to take two strong doses of med- I j icine together. Though I think Mr. Gigan- j tic is on the mend. I heard from him the oth- of Harnett to be cautious how they swallow Know-Nothing pills", for you see that they Have ruined one whom we believed was. a good Democrat. I will close by" say ing that may pass through Harnett again at s0me time. And I will then let you, know "more more about thq matter. - t a shower ycslerd iy. your peophi well?' I Quite well, thank you, how ai yours?' 'Very well, I'm obliged to yo? 'Have you seen Mary B lately?;,kN'o, h I've seen Susan C--',' You dota'So lu4 she well Very well I b lieve.' Risi.ig. i Must you go?' ' Yes, indeed; jhave sevea calls to make.' 'Do call again soon.ham you hut you don't call on mo dnce in afj age.' 'Oh, you should not say so; I'm sure I'm very good.' 'Goodbye.' A Mother's Counsel. . Forty years ago a mother stood oh the greeu h.Ils pf Vermont, holding by the righUI was thmken as how you d Uk:e to see mm hand a pou sixteen years oiU, mad with thefjline." . r .- love' of the sea. And, as she ttdby the.) great temptation ot tne ." F . . life is drink Promhe me, before jbu"uit your mother s hand that you wiirnerer 4jrtiikj!r I yavo her iherDidmise.' and I went thobrbad' I gave herjiha promise,' and I vent tuobraa j glbbelover Calcutta, the ' Medj terra nan, Sao Francisco, the Cape of Good Hdpei'thf Nortb pole and the South, 1 saw tnernjriyn forty :years,and .1 .never saw- a laK'fille with sparhnjiquO !Jf. b v thW card? n, gateonTtbe! ffreetrhiMde: bf Vermoriti did.not riser before me; and to-oa at siartrmj-Up are innocent of the tasted LET THE LADIES vBEWAREIt IS Stated Aailatejy some workmea fell sick in ml ITS wonting ou an appie-greeu siiji,uic.ij piece of the silk was exami ned by a chemt and it was found to nave been colored wi coDDer and: arsenic. These substances ad hered itit sligLtly to the silk, were detecte in handling,' in the f shape. of powder, an werei thus inhaled in the fangs. An orde was issued prohibiting the future use of, this garden gate a sunny m ,i niug;shetaid, ;Ed5 distance in advance ot the old gentleman, win; they tell mefcr I never saV theoccajf Vll0m we afterwards learned was Deacon in thaAha great lemptation of the Seamaatif the church, consequently we seperated he kind ofs coloring matter Many of thesel courage and ventured upon the threshold. s.'.ks are supposed to have gone to 'the Usi-whe Deacon recognized us, and knowing we ted States. - Hggs for Bukns. The white of an egg has proved of late the most" efficacious re medyjbr burns. , Seven or eight successive applications ofrthis ; substance' sooths tji$ pain and excludes the burned parts from iVe air. . Thiff simple remedy seems to used far preferable, fco. coi lodio n,lor eve n, cottonr- or 4 v If. a woman would have the world respect - . . " i-' 'i-''" her husband, she must set the example. ; : 1 v "" ;7 Evert Do g must hath his Day.' ? The' Mobile papers -announce .the marriage. I jwell roam where we please. From the Bedufort Journal. I . Supplinient to the Harp or a Thousand J . airings. - m , j Mr. Edttor : It was not my good lot to hear pronounced the ' celebrated sermon of cne nam fchell' minister upon the text: I . rn-d h Piayed uPon a ;narP of a thousand strings, spirits of just men made perfect." I was fortunate enough, however, to meet with it in its periodical rounds, and must confess that I enjoyed it, wiW peculiar gusto. ! It reminds me very forcibly of an incident that.occured out West here, during mv trav ds a few years ago, in what then was very aptly termed the ' ' Iambus Ignoraritium" of North Carolina. I did not witness the scene myself, but give it to you very nearly verba tim as related soon afterwards by' one of my companions. ' Said he : We were in the shadow of eve ening returning from a deer hunt, in which we had been engaged the best part of the day ; ajnd when about a mile from the place of our lodging a clever old farmers house we met a company of men, women and children, all with "Bib and Tucker," and trudging brisk ly afong the narrow, countryiiighway. From tjhe general appearance of the crowd, and the briskness of iheir movements, it was evident to us that something important" was " on handj t'And you're gwine to'Mrs.-r-, are ye ; rye ain't gwine to meetin" to night ? . I was ,liainking as how yon would like to go to meet- 1 Ah '. well, but we are not apprised that tihere was church in the neighborhood to night.. Sir, will you be so good aa to inform tU where the preaching will be, and who preach- Well,' thar ain't euzactly agwine to be preaching no whar to-nrght, but Bill Snubbs over here (pointing in that direction) is got religion, and agwine to jine meetin', to-night. -By tins time tne crowd nau proceeueu some hurrying ahead to join his little caravan, Whilst we lingered to consult the propriety of deferring till' a late hour both our supper, and f early opportunity to rest urea nature, oi " at of going to see Bill Snubbs "jine meet jjin early opportunity to rest tired nature, or Presuming, however, from the interest that 'the Deacon manifested in the matter that an rr6nce of . the sort, to say the least of it , Was quite a rarity in that section, swe both iem. con. decided to witness the anomaly, to retrace our steps and go to the church. We did sot And very soon arrived t an old house innsiderabW dilflnidftted. and almost entirelv by undergrowth and shrubbery. We felt some degree of hesitancy abottt entering, as the time-worn and weather-beaten fabric apparently ottered little assurance tor the sate ty of its inmates. However seeing a goodly number of ' Brethereen and Sistereen" quite omfortably and unconcernedly seated there- all commingling their voices in a full cho- rus of confusion well confounded, we took f were strangers, met us at the door, and con ducted us to a seat a little to the left and near the venerable pastor, who was then just in the let of inviting his congregation to pray er. Ml knelt simultaneously, and after a most exuberant display of orkonal jeloquence, liuch as you could have heard there only DOUt an nour an a nau in longiiuae we Sivere" all alike. Inresume. sunlcientiv glad to p - - resume our seats. I Amen was ejaculated $ ind with one ccord, all were again seated. A few indes jnbable groans from the midst, and1 the Pas- Lbrt aman of tremendous bones and a quantity envelop them, arose : i i I iiiiHir nfni riff tmnninr ,n 9 r i Yrvmrnvw i THE ii XT -J .1 - iuy i3retnereen and Sistereen :As how I reckin' ye all know the object of "this here meetin' tu night. We did not cum for tu hear a sarmon ; and I ain't agwine to nreach tu you tu-night. But, my brethereen and sis tereen, this is what we cum out here tu-nihf and this is the object of this here meetin' to gether. Ye all know as how that Bill Snubbsj over thar, on that ar seat, wants to jine meet- in ; and this is what we cum out here fur, tu give Bill a chance tu jine. Now my brether- uuu oiovutxu, iuuw as now its agin i our rules tu let anybody jine meetin till they is convarted. We ain't agwine to let in the goats wid the sheep : fur the lord has sed : " In that day I will put the sheep on my .right hand in a pen, and the goats on my left hand in another pen ' so my brethereen and sistereen, we'll keep the goats outen our pen, and let them alone fur the lord tu pen when he wants feu. But my brethereen ind sister een, cuming roun tu the question ; Bill Snubbs says he is convarted ; and my brethereen and sistereen I do believe that Bill has put off the old man and put on the new man. Fur you see, Bill use tu be a tarnation bad sinnur. Ye know he used tu cuss and swear up tu a sail or, and he used tu go tu musterin, and get drunk, and fight and scratch everybody like a hoss. But, now Bill says he's quit all that sort er carrien on,, and he ain't agwine tucuss and swar and fight like he used tiiy; That is what makes me believe, -Bill is conyarted - : . '-' iwran mA mirrT'-' . -L.-if " j- ...r - uu is nere, ana ne ean tell vou his self in bis language." As is the custom, I believe, of the Baptist churches, for all candidates for the order of babtism, first of all, to give evidence of their conversion, or some change of heart, in other words o relate their experience to the mem bers, before they ean be acknowledged as a candidate and be admitted into he church. Pastor Davis proceeded to invite Billie to the task. Bill arose, evidently somewhat confused be sides feeling the glow of the divine inflatus be ginning to warm and re-animate his being, be gan his experience. Said he : 4 4 My brethereen and sistereen, I had a dream Jast night about a fortnit ago " ' ' Bruther Snubbs mus sptjak a lectio lou der so the sistereen up here can hear him," interrupted Pastor Davis. 44 Well, as I sed before, I had a dream last night about a fortnit ago " 44 The bruther will speak a leetle louder, so the sistereen can hear him." 44 Well,as I said before, I had a dream last night about a fortnit ago, "' articulated Bill on a pretty high and sharp key. 44 A leetle louder, Bruther Snubbs, the sis tereen up here, can't hear ye yit." 44 Well, as I said before I had a dream last night about a fortnit ago " vociferated Bill at the top of his voice. Just at this moment and old sister, rather hard 'aheerin,' caught the sound and turned around, with her hands up to her ears and her neck considerably elon gated. ' Speak a leetle louder, Bruther Snubbs." " Well, as I said before, I had a dream last night about a fortnit ago "cried Bill very loud. The old sister, hearing him very indistinct ly, projected her neck a little further, exclaim ed--4 'Eh v it X 7 .7 1 t .1, tJud didn't ve ?" responded Snubbs in a modu- r JV lated tone. The next moment he was seen making his way for the door ; and Parson Da- vis closed "jine." meetin" without letting Stubbs SANCO PANZO. Curious. Mode of Getting a Wife- One little act of politeness will sometimes pave the way to fortune and preferment. The following sketch illustrates that fact; A sailor, roughly gaibed was sauntering through the streets of New Orleans, then in a rather damp condition from recent rain and the rise of the tide. Turning the cor ner of a much frequented alley, he observed a young lady standing in a perplexity, appa rently measuring the depth of the muddy water between bef and the opposite side walk with no very satisfied countenance. The sailor paused, for be was a great ad Itoirer of beauty; and certainly the fair face that peeped out from under the little chip RIGHT TO DISCUSS ALL. N. U M B Kmi2m hat, and aubmn cn;!s hanging1 glossy and unconfined over her muslin dress miht t.mpt a curious or admiring glance. Per plexed, the lady put forth one little foot, when the g dlant sailor, with characteristic impulsiveness, exclaimed : 44 TWat pretty foot, hdy, should not be soiled with the filila of thfs -Undi waitamo mentouly, and I will make you i path." So springing "past her into a carpenter's shop opposite, he bargained for a plank boaird that stood in the door-way, and coming back to thj smiling girl, who Vas just co quett sh enough to accept the service of he handsome young sailor, who bridged ibo narrow, black stream, and she tripped aef$St V with a merry " thank you," aid a roguisb ? smilci making her eyes as dazzling as tbe xiould be. .. " Alas, ouryoung sailor wa? perfectly char-. mod. What else could make him shoulder the plank, and follow the little wi'ch through the street to her home. She twice performed the ceremony of M walkings the' plankr fttd each time thanking him with one of her elo- quent smiles. Pi esent'y our young herd daw the young lady trip up the maible steps of a palace of a house, and disappear within 1 . . T!. .ll'' us ro e woou entrance, xviji iuu raomena he stood looking at the door, and. then, with itj- a wonderful big ?igh, turned awtySIsposecl 4 , ; ' : lT.hiaf)iAnkf4T:Ja)inz!..it at the. Afoot. -'otatk 6ld;womanI Returned to bis ship. - g - , i Hur - nl f nt nnilil I rill I rij lit. LuiiijuuuLuiu. .- - ..i. - Jack was speechless witb - amazement.vHe, jUTT' had not dreamed of being exalted , to tho V ; dignity of second mate's office on board one ,: of the most splendid ships that, sailed oUt of'iha port of New Orleans. He knew he was competent, for instead of spending his mohty for amusements, visiting theatres and bowling alleys on his return from sea, he purchased books and became a student ; hut he txpected years to intervene before his ambitious hopes would be realized1.'" His superior officer. seemed ..t6 look upon him with considerable leniency, . and gavo him many a fair opportunity of gathering marine knowledge and in a year, the hand some, gentlemanly young male had acquired, unusual favor in the eyes of the portly com mander, Captain, Hume, who had first taken the smart little gray-eyed fellow, with his - neat tarpaulin and tidy bundle, as cabin-boy. One nig t, the young man, with all the . officers, was invited to an entertainment at the captain's honse. He went, and to his astonishment, mounted .the identical steps. up which, two years before had tripped the bright vision he had never forgotteri. Pit- a-pat Went his brave heart as he was usher ed into the great parlor, and like A sledge hammer it beat again, when Captain Hume ntroduced his blue-eyed daughter, with a pleasant smile, as " the young lady once in debted to your politeness for a safe and dry walk home." His eyes were all ablaze and his brown cheek flushed hotly, as tho noble captain sauntered away, leaving fair Grace Hume at his side. And in all that assembly there was not so handsome a couple as the gallant sailor and the " pretty ladie." It was only a year from that time the sec ond made trod the quarter "deck second only in command, and part owner with the cap tain, not only in hra vessel, but in the affec tions of hU daughter gentle Grace Hume who had always cherished respect, to say nothing of love, for the bright eyed sailor. Hi3 homely but earnest act of politenesa towards the child had pleased the Captain, and though the youth did not know it, was the cause of his first promotion. So that now the old man has retired frrn business narry Wells is Captain Wellshd Grace Hume, according to polite 'parlance, js Mrs. Captain Wells. In fact, our honest sailor is one of the richest men in the Crescent City, and be ow s, perhaps, the greatest part of hisprosperitjrto"his tact and politeness in crossing the street. ' '.' The following is doubtless addressed to old bachelors. We submit At. to a certain institution, not a' thousand miles from this place : . , , vi - ; ' ; You're drying tip, you'll blow away, Then pray no longer .tarry. , Kememberwbat the Bible aaya There is a time to marry. . .1 n is V
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