Wheeling compiler. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [i.e. W. Va.]) 1829-1831, 1830-06-30
yyEH0LE No. SO.

ltioncd lnclooat, the oNowing advertise
nept chanced to meet lie malden's eye:
"An elderly gentleman. with comfort
able property, and correct habits, wishes
FIR a heipmate 10 cheer his widowed state.
/ She must D. good looking, neal and intel.
hgeni; but youth is not required. A place
/ # meeting to settle prehminarIes will be
Iaoao:gtcd, when letter requesting tho
same shall be left a, the post office, direc.
ted to y. l."
Aunt Betty smote her heart three times
when she read this. %. T. stand FOR Oil
YER Teazle,' thought she; it's Just as
guessed; and he has chosen th,s delicate
say Of uaumating his particular rcgurd for
me-
Sho persuaded one Of her young friends
to write letter, with a solemn promise Of
secrecy. The answer came as expected,
and green hue that wound round the
village scAoci house, was appo.J'ed as. tho
place of meeting
Aunt Betty rose early on that evenllul
day. SIX times the l0rk was heated be
fore she could make her Hnglea curl 10 her
satisfaction; and her whites best sutfsn-
ed lawn apron was put on yi;h the most
becoming formality. lie VIII see az a
glance thought she, that am good look
/ mo and neat; and It will no, take him long
long To discover that | am 'ia.eligeRt"
The Captain .elt little anxiety about
personalities likewise. lie wore MS gold
buckles. lis diamond rings, ms nicely Plal.
ted hand rufiles, and his gold.headed ca0e,
Where womca are concerned, what man
was ever old enough TO be wise!
Aunt Betty was on the ground three
quarters of an hour before the appointed
time, and her maidenly modcsty bad led
her to mutIle her person 80 closely, that
the shrewd old Captain at first had 20 sus-
picion whom he was dealing w,;h. Tie
took her hand and pressed Il lendCsly;-
the pressure was gently returned. tie as
kcd her permission to sec tue ice OF her
TO whom he was so much indeoted Nun,
Betty, in great agitation, removed he.
hood, and looked up TO HIM IA w'ed.ied
smiles. The Devilp exclane' ,'e iro.
!ane lover, aud throwing her ncoc p.lmf
into her face, he walked off fas'si haf ne
had for thirty years.
Several communications we're
afterwards sent 10 .. J., bu, the Captain
acvcr failed to swear roJndIy az ihe boy
who delivered them; and they wee All
committed u the flames unopened. For
the remainder of his hle, he and Aunt Bet
~ lived or much the same terms that eXis-
ted between their rival cats, who, iter
glauug and growing by the hour together,
ended their conference 10y hearty clap
per.clawIng, and went of bowling, to meet
and clapper claw again.
Yet when the old man died, Aunt Bet
ty wept bitterly and wore mourning. Il
shall always believe, 10 the day of my
death, said she, that Captain Ieazle had
great regard for me; though he, poor
man, had q strange way Of showing IT.
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Gen Jackson had majority Of sixty
four in the House Of Representatives at tho
opening Of the last session Of Congress,
aad Mr. Clay had majority Of twenty
two at It's close.-Ihese facts were pub
llcly stated; by member Of Congress IN
this place, a few days ago, in the presence
of four other members, who were friendly
TO the General at the opening OF the ses-
sion. aud who admitted their correctness.
This is the first instance In the annals Of
this country in which any President ever
lost 90 great a number Of friends IN one
session.
The editor Of the Creole, at Donalds-
vile, who has Jus! returned from visit to
! New Orleans, gives a sort OF chart du pays
Of aflns lhere.-"New Orleans" says
he. at this time, holds out faIrer show
Of Improvement than ever. Three humid
red houses arc said to be building, and its
numerous suburbs are extending IN every
direction. The rail road from New Or
leans 10 Lake Ponchenrain, which u ae-
tually advancing with every probability OF
success. NAV be considered as The open
l;,g ola now ora for LouisIana--an era
! winch shall sec Us attain a Distinguished
,lrcc orono.t he most powerful states"
WARNING 10 sMUGGLERs.
T1,aed states vs.. Dagid Hudsoa. -This
vas an action 10 recover the penalty lor
: ~, iafuclion Of the u. S. revenue laws,
{ and cane on Tor trial before tbc u. S. Cir
T. cuil Court. at It's late term holden in this
place. Il being one Of considerable inter.
est and importance, We have obtained some
lofd.c leading facts Of the case, as under
stood by a gentleman who was present at
the trial. Hudson, It scems, j. an Eng
lt.t..--,, tgho las hoo, eornoffr,c corcorn-