Carolina Watchman

              ltlt mmmmmmmmmmmmmw*w>t mma *^***^^^** l ttm **^ ■ sketches i qf the revolutionary war in n carolina i was busily occupied one summer's morning . m y garden when i was saluted by an old tibioned farmer on his way to mill he rode a stout well-limbed active young horse with die , oanner of one early accustomed to the saddle ,',.] managed him in his hmri »«, with the tact j address nf a man f nd of *• pet ani.ma mm old man's hat was low-crowned and . niched but looked as if it had once been loo ,-, or cocked up — i style which bihmc may re feet as incidental to many a revolutionary li i ni the weather invited to rest ; wc both seemed tn enjoy shade and convei - ; ,: n ; and serrations casually made — in which pro a u tbe ok man's appearance assisted — we l the limes of the devolution he silting m rse iiir like m my good talkers he ha 1 • to alighl ') and i standing on the other t ■ f mv fence iu the garden both ol us ha yi - by some fine oaks which refreshed the road ],. which he was passing in this way i picked up the following narra tive of tim surprise at m'ixtibe's the inhabitants of a large plantation on the r , ad lea-ling from the town < i charlotte lo beat lie's ford on the catawba were alarmed one morning in early autumn by the report of a rmintry lad that a detachment of british light s with a line oi empty baggage wag r.s ere nn their march to procure forage f r the english troops under lhe command of lord crnwallis who had his head quarters in the t - untv town of mecklenburg north carolina 1 as the boy passed the firm-house he gave he alarm and galloped on the women weie non seen straggling after him — some loaded with the rifles and accoutrements of the men | who were at work in the fields — while others assisted by the negroes led lorth horses from ibe stables and hastily saddled ihem fir the ser ' vice the men were promptly armed the women in i children with such necessaries as could be patched np were mounted by twos and threes , upon the horses and accompanied by the ser vants directed their course ihrough lli woods to such neighbors as were mist retired from the main road although the boy who gave the alarm had used every exertion and mounted upon a jaded colt just taken from the plough had dashed thro lhe most direct by-paths the men had scarcely time to conceal themselves iu a deep thicket j ami swamp which bordered one extremity of the plantation before the british videttes were in sight they halted upon lhe brow of a hill j above tin branch of a creek fir lhe approach of tin main body and then iu complete order advanced to the plantation after leconnoitering the premises and find iag no one present luit all appearances ot the hast v flight of the inhabitants lhe dragoons dis mounted the horses were tethered an i a gu lid detailed s.ime sumpter horses wen harness ed lu the farm wag ms and parties began to load u i h ihe \ iu ious products < f the fields ; — ii the military baggage wagons under ll.e charge of a rear guard gradually arrived and • •• employed in gathering the new i-nn and carrying stacks of • ats and of the freshly pull rd ci rn-lodder l . practici with our countrymen led to precaution hy their early contests wilh lhe aborigines to form associations '.\ ith their w igh i rt f«n mutual support iu case of danger and i isits of fiic iship or business they . always hore arm there were twelve men now lying in close ambush on the edge ol die plantatim i im had all acted on scouting par '. lifjjwen < xpert in the use ■-( the rifle and per fectly acqua inted with all the peculiarities ofthe country they were divided at regular dis tances in couples concealed very near to each other that thev might readily communicate and have aid in their conceited action for it had ln-en agreed among ihem to await the relieat rf the british in the hope thai they might re cover sonic portion of their plundered crops hid avenge their injuries upon the invaders kiili lhe greatest prospect of sueeess h v;is with much restraint however that they bw the fruits if their industry thus suddeivy ithdrawn ; while the soldiers enjoying the prospect of free living shouted joyously amidst :,, ir plunder separate parties regularly de tailed shot down and butchered the hogs and cakes — hunted and caught the poultry nf differ ed descriptions which on a large plantation brm the luxury of a farmer and are the pride ad favorites of the good wife and little ones in full view of this active scene stood the fi inii:iu'ler of the british forces — i portly tl ir tl,cheerful englishman — me hand on each side **• the doorway of the farm-house where the racers were enjoying the abundant provisions spared fir lhe owners of ll.e plantation and ir friends the soldiery assisted by dogs in eager chase 01 be poultry had struck down some bee-hives pitied of hollow gum logs ranged near the b^rfen fence the irritable insects dashed af er lie men and at once the scene became one 01 u proar confusion and lively excitement — l w officer laughed heartily at the gestures and series of the routed soldiers — the attention of c guard was drawn to this single point while •• distance in the iie'.ds the wagons were seen sl 1 ' m ly approaching with their cumbrous loads i'l • me owner of the plantation had cautiously pproacbod under cover within gun-shot of his ° usc ; the rest ofthe party his neighbors with . icare advanced sufficiently near for the ac j n of their rifles the distress and anger of ,, cse me » were raised to the highest pitch by he rer-l-u • <• . . • mess merriment of their enemies and e midst of the tumult their feelings over - ai uu bounds of preconcerted prudence the carolina watchman bruner & james i _, > " keep a check cto at.l vorb e.l'f.ors v proprietors \ is sarr - ( new series rclers whurrl \ number 40 of volume i salisbury n c february 1 1845 " boj s !" rried one of the sturdy limners i can't slaud this — i take thft captain every one choose his man and look to yourselves the words were scarcely uttered in a sup pressed tune hut wi;h an appropriate decision of notion when the sight uf his rifle waslhrown upon the i ill br a*i ul tbe laughing englishman who siidde;i1y foil prostrate f ma the door-posts a -■ ilie smoke from die rifles rose after their sharp and quickly repeated reports lhe com mander nine men and two horses lay dead o wi uuded on tlie ground the trumpets immediately sounded a recall but hy the time the scattered dragoons hade il leeted nrnnited and finned a stragg'ing f.re ; from a different di e.-tion into which the con cealed sci uts had exten led showed the unerr ing aim nf each american marksman and in creased the confusion of surprise 1'eif ftlv acquainted with vvvry f-ot of the ground ih americans constantly changad their position giving in their fire as they loaded so that it appeared to the british they were sur rounded by a large force every | reparation for defence attack and re treat was made with the discipline of soldiers j luit the alternate hilly and swamp land and thickets su completely sheltering the ameri j cans they set on the hounds against a foe ' scarcely visible except from their deadly ef ; lects the doss at first seemed to take the track : and were followed hy the soldiers the fore | must hound ran close upon the heels of one of the scouts who had mist discharged his lifle and was in fill retreat after his companions — ; but as the dog closed with open month he was shut dead with a pistol drawn from the rifle man's breast the next hound stopped at lhe dead dog smelt at the body rave a whining howl and the whole pack retreated from the c.ilitest a large number of the dr ig ions were s!n t i down the leading horses iu lhe wagons wen ! killed before they could ascend the hill the i road was blocked up the soldiers in charge ! of the wagons cut loose some of the surviving animals and galloped after their retreating com rades the country people early advised of the ad vance of the foraging party mounted their hors es rifle in hand from every direction ; and oc ! cupying well protected positions along the main road precipitated the retreat of the british into chat lot te — he survivors swearing there was ! in l a hush on the read that did not contain a rebel in the graveyard at charlotte a large marb'e monument is inscribed as sachxd " to the memory of jen george gjraham who died on ihe 28th of march 16jg in the sixty-eighth of his age 4 " he lived inure lhan half a century in the vicinity of this place and w il i . alous and ac tive defetader of his country's rights in the rev olutionary war and one of the gallant twelve who dared to attack and actuafy drove lour hun irerj british troops al mclntire's seven miles north - f charlotte on lhe 3;d of october 1783 george graham tilled many high and re sponsible public trusts the duties of which he discharged with fidelity he was the people's friend not their flatterer and uniformly enjoyed the unlimited confidence and respect of his lel lo\v citizens fjssil remains i is not perhaps generally known that the largest collection of gigantic animal remains ever discovered in lhe l t . slates is now in the central glass cases at the patent office in the long room in care of the commissioner of that oflice these remains are the properly of t u bryan oi ai ssouri who in the summer of 18-3 at great expense and with incredible per severance and labor had them sought for and disinterred from an alluvial deposite in boston county in that s ate in conse quence of indications ol their presence ac cidentally observed by a farmer in digging for a well they must have remained in ail probability thus inhumed centuries upon centuries if not thousands of years : for it is not a conjecture by any means too extravagant to say that they are altoge ther antediluvian in their characteristics they are now deposited in the patent of fice a waiting the action of congress which mr b yan has invited in a petition to pur chase ihem lor lhe government as abori ginal memorials worthy of national pre servation they consist of bones and teeth ofthe great american elephant the mas todon megalonix and fossil horse some of the animals to which these bones be longed judging by analogy must have been from twenty to thirty feet high and large and long in proportion these fos sil remains all in perfect preservation have been pronounced by scientific mem bers of the asylum of natural history new york who have carefully examined them not only the largest collection but the most perfect specimens of the kind ever discovered in this country — nol int a french chemist is publishing an account of ' the m ist s ibtle p lismis punch thinks that the next publication of the sort will bo five min utes advice to a young wife on the care of an \ old husband ; or the young ladies ready pow j oner se-quo-ya : or geo.ice gues the editor of the cherokee advocate gives tin following interesting account of se-q.no ya the distinguished man of that nation who invented the alphabet of ihe j cherokee language after spending much time nnd labor in attempts to mature his system of arii'i metic in which he made some progress se-qno-ya eventually gave it up as im practicable but adhered to his habits ofj industry observation and reflection in ihe public affairs of his iia'ion generally se-quo-ya never performed an active part al hough constantly alive to the happiness and prosperity of his people — of this fact and of his strong attachment to his coun try la gave lhe strongest evidence in ins ». in his efforts to re-unite into one ho tly the eastern and western cherokees and to secure for their government lhe adoption of their existing constitution — lie w:ts president on the part ofthe wes tern cherokees met in convention to effect the lirst of these highly important mea sures and was one of the frame rs and signers ofthe other the council of ihe nation out of respect l for his character and in consideration of bis great invention have allowed him for many years an annual pension at the j last session of the council this pension was i increased to three hundred dollars to be paid yearly to him during his natural life and afterwards to his wife in case she shall survive him ij.it what has become of this remarka ble man whose native genius has struck light from darkness — conferred inconceiv ; able blessings upon his people and achiev ed for his own name an enviable distine \ tion among those lew truly great names wilh which are connected imperishable honor ? is he still alive ? or does his ven erable head repose beneath some unknown clod ol the grand prairie these are questions that we cannot now satisfacto rily answer in the summer of 1812 influenced per haps by a desire to explore lhe western prairies and become acquainted with his red brethren who roam there free and untrammelled se-quo-ya having loaded several pack horses with goods visited in company with a number of cherokees the comanche i idians after remaining wilh them some time he made his way with a son and two or three cherokees into nor thern m.'xico towards chi-hua-hua and engaged a while in teaching the mexicans his native language since then several reports concerning him have reached his friends in this coun try that which se«-ms to be most pro | bable when the hardships to which in his 1 wanderings he has been necessarily ex '. posed are remembered in addition to his decrepid form and lhe weight of many years is that ihis truly great man lull of years nnd of honors sleeps thu sleep of death in some wild and unknown spot far from his wife his country and his people capture of a vulture a letter from get a little village i the borders of the valley d aure upper pyre ne.es contains the following interesting de fails : " two mountaineers while out sport ing at the back of ihe p.-ak of tremassaig nes perceived hying over their heads a vulture of enormous size ; taking advan tage of the moment when this leviathan of the air was within shot one of the sportsmen discharged his gun loaded wilh live small bullets the vulture wounded in the wing fell with considerable lorce to the bottom of a ravine tail her the two men hastened to secure their captive the one who had fired pioud ol his ex ploit seeing the monster of a bird extend ed on a rock had lhe imprudence to at tempt to secure it whilst living but the bird furiously attacked him with his im mense claws and severely wounded the man in his neck wilh his beak and it is supposed he must have been killed had it not been for the presence of mind and cool intrepidity of his companion who wilh lhe muzzle of his gun almost touching the vulture discharged its contents in the head of ihis terrible bird the creature was subsequently measured and found to be live feet in length — upwards of live feet english measure — from the beak to the eud of his tail ; his feathers handsome and s'rong ; his legs stout and as hard as steel there was a remarkable circumstance at tending the capture of this bird which no one has hither.o been able to explain and that is that he had attached to his left leg a silver bracelet very strong and of neat workmanship to which was appended a small tablet on which were to be seen en graved three grecian letters it was remarkable also that the upper and thickest part ofthe beak was perfora ted and it had the appearance of having been used eiiher with a cord or small chain the bracelet has been presented to m t , of bagniere de bigorrs who at taches great value to it the flesh of the , bird was found to be perfect carrion and was thrown away the wounded man is , in a state of great suffering a 1 hough his ; life is not considered to be in danger a young lady astonished a party the other ; day by asking for the loan of a diminutive ar ! gentous truncated cone convex on its summit j and semiperforatcd with symetrical indeuta | tions or in ether words a thimble bo.\e.s in tlie desert the accustomed route m dumas say is marked by a white line of blenched bones extending to the horizon this ex 1 traordinary circumstance it may well be supposed aroused all my attention i call \ ed to b.?chara who however did no wait for my question for he at once read my desire in my obvious astonishment the dromedary ," said he coming to my side and commencing the story without pre lnce " i.s not so troublesome and impor tunate an animal as a horse he coutin ues his course without sioppinjr without eating without drinking — nothing about : him betrays sickness hunger or exhaus tion the arab who can hear from such a distance the roar of a lion the neigh of a horse or the noise of men hears nothing from his haghim but its quickened or leng hened respiration ; it never utters a i complaint or a groan but when nature i.s vanquished by sulfering — when priva ! tions have exhausted its strength — when life is ebbing the dromedary kneels down s'retehes out its neck and closes its eyes : its master then knows all is over lie dismounts and without any attempt to make it rise for he knows the honesty of its nature and never suspects it of decep tion or laziness he removes the saddle | and places it on the back of another dro medary and departs abandoning the one lhat i.s no longer able to accompany him when night approaches the jackals and j hyenas attracted by the scent come up j and attack the animal till nothing is left j but the skeleton we are now on the highway from cairo and mecca twice a year the caravans \ go and return by this route and these bones are so numerous and so constantly j replenished lhat the tempests of the de sort can never entirely disperse them — ! these bones which wiihoutaguide would i lead you to the oasis the wells and foun ; tains where the arab finds shade and wa i ter and would end by conducting you to ! i the tomb ofthe prophet these bones are ': ! those of dromedaries which perish in the ■ ; desert if you look attentively you will i ; see some bones smaller in size and of a | different conformation these too are the i ' wrecks of wearied bodies that have found ; repose before they reached the goal — j they are the bones of believers who de ! ' sired to obey the prophet's command lhat ; i all the faithful shall once in their lives | ! perform the holy journey ; and who hav ing been too long deterred from underta j i king it by cares or pleasures commence • their pilgrimage so late on earth that they , j are obliged to linish it in heaven add t ! to these some stupid turk or bloated eu i : nuch who sleeping when be ought to ; have his eyes open lias fallen and broken ; his neck ; give the plague its share which : j of.en decimates a caravan and the si | moon which ofii-n destroys one and you j will readily s <* that these funeral guide \ posts are planted wilh sufficienf frequency to preserve the road in good order and to ! point out to the children the route pursu ! ed by their lathers — quinze jours on si nai by m dumeis territory of nebraska the secretary of war proposes to estab lish a new territory nt the eastern slope ofthe rocky mountains on the head wa ; ters ofthe imatte and the arkansas to be called the territory ofthe nebraska we believe this islhe indian name ofthe platte river this territory would be on our own acknowledged soil and would com mand the grand pass between the atlan ; tic and pacific oceans near this spot rise the lofty peaks of lhe northern andes around whose brows circle perpetual snows o i either side roll down the wa ters which mingle wi h the gulf of mexi co on this side — vith tbe gulf of california on tbe south-west and with the broad pacific as it washes the western coast of america the advantages of this position in a military or colonial point of view are im mense it would make the journey of the emigrants west comparitiveiy easy — they would have both defence and rest i*.i case of interlence from foreign powers the troops ofthe nation would be ready to descend eiiher on the south or ou the pa cific outlets of oregon or move on the bri tish territories of the north it is the great central position of the north american continent marked out by the god of na ture as remarkable by ihe magnificence of its mountains its streams and its ex tent ! whoever possesses and brings up future generations on this high central plateau will be unconquerable in position and energy the secretary also recommends a chain of military posts on our own territory ex tending from missouri to the rocky moun tains against this no nation can say a word it is our own soil and we must possess it a fellow feeling — every day life says ma jor freas often contradicts received opinions one charles gross in new york last friday night knocked down in the street a fellow whom he caught feeling as he said in his i coat pocket the poet must have been mista i ken when he said " a fellow feeling makes us wondrous kind a very polite lady seeing a doctor opening his lancet to bleed her begged him to desist as she never had any thing to do wuh doctbinal i points kindness to animals the following which we copy from the massachusetts ploughman we commend to the special reading of every one who has charge of beasts of burl hen the ex ample of the owner of the runaway oxen alluded to cannot be too general 1 follow ed if kindness instead ofthe brutal treat ment usually meted out to dumb beasts by their drivers were resorted to we have no doubt that many of the faul s and tricks to which they arc subjected might be over come amer farmer mr editor : in passing through the town of s a few days since i stopped at the residence of a distinguished farmer of that town it so happened during my short stay his steers which he was work ing at the time by some means escaped him and run away after much running and trouble they were overtaken and brought back which d-me the good man very deliberately and good nafuredly step ped into his corn barn and brought out several clever ears of corn and gave ihem fo eat ; at the same lime patting them on thi sides saying — there buck and bright take that and that and know belter than to run away from me again the steers seemed to forget their skittishness at once and become tame and familiar they in dicated as much as to say — " m is'.er we were afraid wherefore we ran away ; but now we believe thee to be our friend and shall no more fly from thee there thought 1 is a lesson of modera tion and kindheartedness worthy tbe re gard of all those who have the care and management of dumb beasts and it is here noted for the special consideration and behoof of till such as are in the con stant habit of maltreating their domestic animals what contrast this to lhe man ner of some who ins'ead of forbearance and kind dealing upon every occasion of waywardness in their horse or ox hy at him cudgel in hand and deal death anil damnation on his defenceless bead like a very turk !" how many noble animals have their courage broken down and ren dered spiritless by such brutal treatment — it is worse lhan brutal for no brute ani mal will treat his fellow so unnaturally how many colts and steers have been thus spoiled in training to service ! the mer ciful man is merciful to his beast nor are others less culpable who leave ; their cattle exposed to the inclemency of winter weather without shelter and a ! sufficient and proper supply of food man ■ take care of thy beast and be kind to him i else his voice may be heard in heaven ' testifying against lliee ! respectfully b f wilbur father smith and ma'am jones widower smith's wagon stopped one morn ing before widow jones door and he gave lhe usual country signal tbat he wanted somebody i-i the house by dropping the n-i:is and setting double with his elbows on his knei s out tripped the widow lively as a cricket with a tremendous black riblion on her snow white cap good morning was soon said on both sides and the widow waited for what was far ther to be said " well ma'am jones perhaps you don't want to sell one of your cows no how for nothing any way do you ?" " well there mr smith you couldn't have spoke my mind better a poor poor lone wid der like me does not know what to do wilh so many critters and should he glad to trade if we can fix it so ihey adjourned to the meadow father smith looked at roan — hen at the wi low — tt the downing cow — and then at the widow again — and so on through the whole forty the same call was made everyday lor a week luit farm er smith c jiild not decide winch cow he wanted at length on saturday when widow jones was in a hurry to get through wilh her baking f r sunday — and had " ever so much " todointhe house as all farmers wives and widows have on saturday she was a little impatient farm er smith was as irresolute as ever that ere downing cow is pritty fair crea ture — " but he stopped lo glance at the widow's face and then walked round her — iol lhe wid ow but th cow that ere short horn durham is not a bad looking beast but i don't know " — another look at the widow the downing cow i knew bef.rc the late mr jones bought her here he sighed at the allusion to the late mr jones she sighed and both looked al each other it was a highly in teresting moment " old roan is a faithful old milch and so is brindle — but i have known better a long stare followed this speech — the pause was get tin awkward and at last mrs jones broke out — " lord ! mr smith if tm the one you want do say so /" the intention of the widower smith and the widow jones were duly published the next day as is the law and the custom in massachushts ; and as soon as they were outpublisbed they were married a great lie savs the poet crabl.e is like a fish on dry land it may fret and fling and make a frightful l-other but it cannot hurt you you have oniy to keep still and it will die of it i 8el senate of the united states the baltimore patriot i announcing the election of re vf.rdy johnson esq to the u states senate by the legislature of maryland says : the election of our distinguished townsman to that body where the whig party ofthe nation i is as by common consent concent rat ino the best talents within its ranks will be receivrd with signal approval all over the union — lor mr johnson's reputation is a national one — hut no where with siucerer ptide and saiislac , tiuii than in this city where lie has so long re sided his eminent talents — his perfect fear lessness in the avowal and maintenance of his political opinions and his ardent attachment lo the measures of the whig parly and its great leader all conspire to render the choice a oust til and happy one public opinion will ratify without hesitation the decision of the legisla ture " when mr clay and mr webster retired from the senate ot the united slates every one will recollect the apprehension frequently ex pressed that that l»o(!y was ovstinod like lhe house of representatives to deteriorate in the dignity and capacity of i*s materiel it wa trui lhat evans and crittenden and other men of similar stamp were still there luit il was not to be expected that they could yive up ail plans of personal advancement for the public good and locofocoism was every now and then call huj home some man of superior intellect and virtue and substituting an inferior parly hack in his stead " but we rejoice to perceive that the defeat of the whig parly in the presidential contest is every where strengthening iheir detenu na tion to make the senate more worthy ofthe con servative position which the constitution de signed it to occupy mr evan wh had pur posed to withdraw has resolved to serve out his whole term mr choate always anxious to indulge that tasle which attract him to litera ture rather than to politics retires to give place to mr wehster john m clayton comes back from delaware with as much vigor as he possessed when in 1-*:vj he was one ot the gi ants of lhat assembly ol giants and with a inure matured and instructed wisdom ; and maryland mindful of what she has been in the late con test and emulous of honors yet to he won puts forward reverdy johnson worthy to take his stand amongst the strongest and truest of them all willi the whig talent that is now in tho senate and that which after lhe 1th of march next is to be aided to it it will not suffer in comparison with any of its predecessors nnd will lie the point fo which every true whig in the union will look fir the support and elucida tion of that cause and ihose principles which are yet destined to rise in triumph well said the " lincolnton courier of this state a democratic journal takes the following common sense view of the conduct of bis political brethren in ennett's ease : " the democratic senators prepared a pro tesl against ihe resolutions that expelled the member from onslow wm ennett it will be remember that though duly elected he arrived in raleigh without his certilicate ; while there some one came to his room and left a eertiticate on which he was qualified and which afterwards was proved a lorgerv by the arrival of the genu ine article the friends of ennett contended that he was ignorant of the fraud which is still unexplained :) lhat he was a simpleton any how ; tint he did not know any heller and if lei ofi this tim he'il never do so any more ; hut he was expelled an election ordered and the senator elected again and qualified with 10 op posing votes we cannot agree wilh the par ty in this matter for if a forged note is found in the hands of a poor devil he is brought np to the seratcli fir it and punished bythecrimi nal law of lhe land ; this protest might at least have been let alone miles tin laws are to bn printed on india rubber paper as the yankee proposed so that thev may be stretched a lot when a rich culprit is hauled over the coals it senator stowe's predecessor had been returned last election we should not have ln-en suipris ed to find his name attached to this protest for plausible reasons tie-re are hlack sheep in every flock however and we can only regret that the sable mantle has fallen on a democrat but it is said the devil is not as hlack as he is painted cotton and tobacco we see that the georgia papers are recom mending to the people of lhat slate to divide their lahors between cotton and tobacco — as a mixed crop of cotton ami tobacco would be more profitable than an exclusively cotton one as at present cotton is now at the lowest point of depression — bringing a large number of planters in delit every year thev say that their soil and rlima'e will en al»!e them to raise tobacco of the rery finest kin i that thev will he enabled to raise some of it as line as even cuba tobacco lor the pur pose of making cigars in this section of country our planters are looking to some oth r product than tohaeeo that their labor in iy be divided prolitablj — that product bringing about one half of them in debt at the end of the year and the other half bare ly making im.iii end meet if georgia and the other southern states should commence the production of tobacco virginia planters xvill have almost entirely to abandon the cultivation of that weed as they will excel us in lhat very quality which we now have lhe monopoly — to bacco of the finest quality under these circumstances virginia will be necessarily compelled lo become .-. manuwcuir ing and a grain growing state it is perhaps better adapted to that business than any other state in the whole union having within her borders iron ore lead and rial and water pow er to an incalculable amount — lynch vir causes of lhe decrease of mirriagcs why do n..t young ladies go oil so frequently as for merit ' thev are too nice and too proud c we know of a young lady — not very young now indeed who tii our certain knowledge has refilled nine oilers one because the gentleman could not keep a carriage another because he could not speak the french language a third because he knew nothing of lhe ital ian operas a fourth because he stooped in tbe should ers a fifth because he was a tradesman a sixth because he was not a printer a seventh because he was a tobacco chew er the eighth he was too bashful in company j the ninth because be wore spectacles