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CHARLES RUSTON,
TO Planters.

A lKlN'S Corr and Cotton Cultivator.
II This truly useful agricultural improv-
ment, has been fully tested by highly res
pectable and practical planters who afterful
trial, say that by its use, in the cultivation
of Corn, Cane, or Cotton, there is a saving
of at least one third the labor to man and
horse over the common plow. It's new
invention. Patented March 30, 1915.
Planters are invited to call and examine it.
A supply on hand and for sale by
TUNNARD 4 HEDENBURG.
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Carriages, Harness. Whips, &c,

TNHE Subscribers assortment of Carria-
i ges. Harness, whips, &c. is now COM
plete, and he invites an examination Of
his stock before purchasing in New Or
leans, as he guarantees his prices as low as
as any in the South.
Nareroom corner of Third and Florida
Streets. Manufacturing and repairing in
superior style at the old established stand
corner of Main and Church Streets.
TUNNARD & HEDENBURG.
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0arowarf at .. G. alontau.
House Furnishimgs.

House Furnishings.
'WATER Cisterns, Drippers and Ewers !;
W oval, octagon and colored Hall Lamps
enamelled Stew Pans; block tin and iron
Sauce Pans; turned brass Preserve Ket-
tles cast iron and earthen Spittoons: oval,
square and Gothic Walters; Salvers and
Tea Trays; Lamp Globes; Glimmers and
Wick rich center table French Busters
common Yankee ditto; common, wooden,
Furnished, Brittania and silver plated Ia
bic Castors, at d. c. MONTAN'S
iul3. Church street
Wooden Ware, Brooms, Brushes, &c,
HAND Brooms; Wisps Hearth, Borse'
ii White wash. Marking, scrubbing: Cob
web and Paint Brushes Churns Reels
Butter Dashers; Towel Rollers; Butter
Stamps; Wooden Spoons; Salad Forks
Wooden Pals; Piggins; Cedar Tubs;
Water and Well Buckets; Coco Dippers
Wash Boards; Wood Scoops Trays, Pals
&c. ID. Z. MONTAN,
iul4. Church street
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CisterM Making.

THE subscriber, is now prepared to
A make Cisterns to order, in the very
best style and will warrant his work. He
will keep stock Of the best lumber al
ways on hand, ard will attend to putting
his work up. Carpenters work, and re-
pairing attended to. 6. l.. SEES.
Near the Jesuit College.
10 Orders left at the Post office address
sed as above will meet prompt atten-
ton. iunt-29- 6m.
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Toilet SOap.

TNaylOr's andJ ules Haule's chrystalline
Il soap balls brown and white Winsor
soap, Monster and Palm soap, Omnibus,
Pencine, Transparent, Floating, Jenny Lind,
Guimauve, Amandide, Erasive and other
varieties oil soap can be had at the Drug
Store of WM BoeEL.
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GREENWELL SPRINGS.

NHE fhOf hlE1OhO OI t0lS de-
l. lightfnl summer resort, on the banks of the
river Amite, beg leave to call Public attention
to the fact, that the springs are now open, for
the resception Of visitors Conveyances may be
had at Bears Livery State on Third Street, and
the ride to the springs is over road not surpas-
sed in beauty ofscenery by any in the State.
April 22d 1855 I'm n
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TISH LINE Floats, assorted sizes; Linn.
L erick and kirby bent Hooks; Fish
Lines, assorted sizes Shot Pouches Pow
der and Pistol Flasks; Double and Single
barrel Shot Guns-On hand for sale by
may IL. d &. MONIAN.
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Urnts. Clotbing emporium,
First Arrival of the Season
AT THE ONE PRICE
Clothing Emporium.

THE SUBSCRIBER has just received by
j. steamer CRESCENT CITY, from New
York, a large and beautiful assortment of
GENTS FURNISHING GOODS,
Consisting OF Linen Bosom Shirts; Silk.
Cotton and Merino under shirts Shirt Col
lars. Linen and Cotton Draws; Hosiery,
Gloves, Suspenders, Linen and silk Pocket
Hdkf, Cravats, Neck Ties; Scarfs Stocks,
&C.. all of which have been selected from
the most fashionable houses in New York,
and will be sold at low prices. In order to
do Justice and give satisfaction to cash buy
ers; he has made it rule in all cases to
deduct ten per cent for cash, and will in all
cases strictly adhere to that principle.
sept6-y. w. ID. PHILLIPS
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Mechanics Tools.

Mechanics Tools.
DENCH Screws, Cabinet Clamps, Spear
ID T. Jacksons Saws, Plains If all kinds
Augers and Anger Bits, Brace and Brace
Bits. Hatchctts, Hammers, Carvers Tools,
Gimblets and Coopers Bits, Cooper's Riv-
cts &c. D. c. MoNTAN. Church st.
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THE DAILY COMET.
Published Daily Mondays Excepted
G. A. PIKE, Editor & Proprietor.
-e>o-1-------
Office on Third Street.

"Terms.-THE subscription is fixed at the
rate Of IS 90 per annum, payable in advance, or
So 90 at the expiration Of SIX months. The week
iiy is published at ~ 50 per annum, invariably in
advance. Both will be punctually delivered with
in the limits Of the City by the carrier.
~Advertising.-O Dollar per square
1or the first insertion, and half that amount 1or
ever subsequent inserti0n-ten lines or less, con-
sstitute = square.
Yearly Advertising.-Me Ira
ders and others, will be contracted with on the
xnost reasonable terms.
~JOb.WOfk.-Ou facilities for doing
job Work with neatness and despatch-in all va
.ieties Of colors, cannot be surpassed by any es-
Establishment in the City-such as:
LAWYERS BRIEFs-BALL TrcKErS-POsTERs-BIIL
ssIEADs-BLL or LADrNGs- s-PROGRAMNEs-ELEcr
trICE srs-DRuGGlsrs' LABELS CARDs-CIRcuLvRs-
.and VISITING CARDS. For farther particulars, we
vnvite you tocall and see our specimens.
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~ We are authorized to announce TETER
STUBBLEFIELD Esq, a. . candidate for Parish
Constable. The polls win BE opened st Justice
Walkers Office, in Ward No 2, Dn Monday the 9Th
November. tt eTLk
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Wooden Ware

Wooden Ware /!
A XE, Hatchet. Tile, Anger and Chisel
II Handles, Clothe Li:e Reels, Horse
and White Wash Brushes, Paint Brushes
and Sash Tools, for sale by .i
d. c. MONTAN, Church st.
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1Millintrp \ fanfp Wadhs.
d O'CON0R, .
IMPORrER AND DEALER IN
Fancy Dry Goods and Millinery d.

Fancy Dry Goods and Millinery.
OPPOSITE THE POST 0yy1CE,
On THIRD Street, Second House From 1axrel
THE NEW AND SCI ECT assortment
L offered at this New Store deserves the
particular attention of Ladies. The fol-
lowing list will give an idea Of what msy
there be procured, on the most reasonable
terms: Ladies Paris Silk Bonnets; Ladies
All Hair Bonnets; Ladies Straw and Hair
Bonnets; Florence, English and Dunstable
Bonnets; Grey and other fancy Bonnets;
Misses Silk and Straw 3onnets: do. do.
do. Flats do. Boys Hats snd Caps; Rib
bons, Flowers and Plunes; Mantillas
Cloaks and Shawls; Cashmere Scarfs, new
style; Parasols, Corsets and Undeyskirts
Emb. Bands, Edgings and Insertings; PLAIN
and Emb. Pocket Handkerchiefs; Plain
aud Emb. Collars; do. Chemisettes and
Sleeves; Thread and Cotton Edgings
Woolen and Silk Neck Ties; Ladies Ho-
siery and Gloves; Plaid Calico for Dresses
at 1Oc. per yd. do. Ginghams at 12Ac. per
yd. Muslin Delain at Csc. per yd. Damask
and Emb. Curtains Choice Woolen Plaids
for Dresses; Colored and White FIannels;
Domestics and Irish Linens Jaconet. Swiss
and Nansook Muslin; Plain and figured
Bobbinets; Gents Gloves. Hosiery and
Cravats = Perfimery of all kinds; Hair
and Frizetts. Also, fine assortment of
Cnrls, FuIs, and Swans Down, Black and
White Ermine, for Trimming. Also, a
variety If other articles at .--...
O'CONOR'S NEW STORE,
jan-16.ly. Baton Rouge, La
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NEW VARIETY STORE,
Lafayette ST., at Mrs. EIuestOn OIL

Lafayette ST., at Mrs. HuestOn Old
ST Nd.
II MAINE, has the honor to inform
l.. the ladies' and gentlemen of Baton
Rouge, that he has now on hand large
stock of French, German and English
Fancy Goods, Ribbons. Hosiery and a
very select assortment of Perfumery, all OF
which will be sold at very lew prices
Ladies and Gentlemen are respectfully in
vited, to call and examine his stock, be-
fore purchasing elsewhere and they will
find it to their advantage to purchase OF
him. ijan. 4-yl F. MAINE
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lust RECEIvED,-FARINA'S GEN
y uine Cologne Water do. of Roses.
Metallic powder Roxes; Fresh powders
French and American; Tooth Brushes
Combs. Smelling Bottles, and numerous
ther articles, suited to the ladies toilet ia
le For sale b. J. L. VALET.
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SHOVELS, SPADES.
A MES and Rowland Spades, Dirt and
II Scoop Shovels, Rakes and Garden
Hoes, Ladies Flor"l Hoe, Rakes, &c.
D.. MoNTAN, Church st.
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Music Teaching.

NOTICE TO BUILDERS.-The un-
IN dersgned is now prepared to manufacture
oy Steam power at the shortest notice all kinds
of Sash, Blinds, Windows, Doors, &c-letters ad
dressed to him at the Post Office at Baton Rouge
will meet with immediate attention.
sept-3-tf. J. w. BROWN.
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We are authorized to announce r b. SANS. %
a candidate for Justice Of the Peace, inward No.
/, Election the 5th oi November 1855. ,,4t
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Smiths Tonic.

rNOOTH POWDERS-Mastcha Tooth
i Paste, Charcoal Tooth Paste, Bal
samic Tooth paste-rose sented, Deutlllmo
Tooth Powders-for sale by
augl7 II. L. WADDlLL.
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MADAME F. MAINE Modiste de Par
lt1 is informs the Ladies of Baton Rouge
that she is now ready to make and trim
bonnets to order: at very reasonable prices.
She has large stock of flowers, ribbon and
other trimmings on hand, of the very la
testtashions. The ladies are invited to
call and examine them at The New Variety
Store
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CORN SHELTERS.
YANKEE, Southern and Boston, fol
i sale low by D. c, MONTAN
Church st.
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Jules Hauers Depilitary Powder.

juice 11du0I D0P111VoNy 1VWV0I.
N7ARRANTED to remove the thickest
w Hair, in five minutes, without iniu-
ring the skin. For sale by WV. BocEL.
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EDITOR or Co,sETs-Pease announce II. ".
BABIN, as a candidate for Sherfn Of this Parish,
at the approaching election. 7sA1gi D.
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~EDIroR OF THE CoMET.-You will please an
Assessor, at the next November election. ~
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We are authorized to announce J. ID. ~STUART
as candidate for District Attorney Of this, the
Sixth Judicial District. Election hrst Monday IN
November aF sf4.t =. ra-sr ~ qee
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NHEESE.-2O boxes choice new Cheese.
y Just received and for sale by
;une 1A.v- JOSHUA BEAL.
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EDITOR OF CoxEr.--You will please announce ir
your paper, that B. ?. BRYAN, ista candidate
Tor Clerk Of the District Court, At the approach'
ing election. rs s Ae .ssssss&E~
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EDITOR or THE CoxET.-Please announce A. "
VAIL, as a candidate for Representative in tho
Lower House of the Legislature. a-.fs -Saa2
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4m;isB GanSiaates.


EDITOR COMET Please announce DR.. THOMAS
J. BURLINGTON, AZ q candidate for the Senate,
from the Senatorial District comprised OF the
Parish of East Baton Rouge. n tlfss a.sf
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Anecdote.

The Hon. 4. II. Stephens, Of Georgia,
in recent address at q meeting in Alex
andria, for the bcnift Of the Oyphan
Asylum and Free School of trat city, ra-
lated the following anecdotc:
A poor little boy on cold night, with
no home or roof to shelter his head, no
paternaI or maternal guardian to guide,
to project or direct him on his way cached
at nightfatI the house Of l;ch planter,
who took HIM in, fed, lodgen. and sent
him on his way with his blessing. These
kind attentions checred his heat. and
inspired him with fresh courage to battle
with the obstacles of life.
Years rolled on, and he had reached
the legal professions; his host had died; the
cormorants that prey on the substance Of
man had formed conspiracy to get from
the widow her estate She sent for the
nearest counsel to commit her cause to
linn, and the counsel proved to be the or
phan boy years before welcomed and enter.
tained by her deceased husband.
The stimulus Of warm and tenacious
gratitude was now added to the ordinary
motive connected with the profession.--
He undertook her cause with a will not
easily to be resisted; he gained it; the
widows estate werI secured to her In per-
petuity; and Mr.. Stephens added, With
an emphasis Of emotion that sent an
electric thrill throughout the house, "that
orPirn boy noV stands before yoa.n
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The Yankee and the Devil.


The Virginia Examiner is constantly
giving his Northern freinds, the Yankees
a huntch in the short ribs. The Eiitor Of
that paper has recently been taken to
task for these continual attacks upon
Iankeedom, and replies in n lengthy ar
ticle, from which We extract the following
story written many years since, but mere
ly introduced 10 illustrate his argument.
a Yankee is not to bc known by the
precise spot Of Northern soil from which
he halls. The Yankee cannot be defined
geographically. In a rare book, publish
ed in 1882, in South Carolina, we find
the best portraiture of the characteristics
Of the Yankee we ever saw. If our cor
respondent recognises his own features,
then we part company forever; ifnot then
he and ourselves lave no further cause Of
controversy.
Henry Trevor, the hero of the book in
question had signed bond with the De.
vii, some thirty years before, barterng a
way his soul FRA certain period of unin-
terrupted pleasure and prosperity. At the
appointed hour, but quite Unexpectedly
20 him, the Devil appears and demands
the penalty Of the bond. Trevor tries to
beg of, of course. After long parley;
his somewhat indulgent creditor says:
However, continued he, Il have a VA
rety OF business to attend to, which will
occupy me upon earth for nearly a week.
1t will probably be tour days before | re.
IN to hell. | will leave you until then
to get ready TO accompany me. will
also make you an offer which will afford
you chance Of escape. Provided that
you will deliver me the souls of twenty.
five other persona, will take them as a
substitute for yours, and agree to cancel
your bond Thus speaking, the Devil
disappeared.
We shall let Trevor tell his own story.
instantly set to work, and published
the following advertisement:
WANTED TO PURCHASE
Immediately twenty-five souls. Being
very Bnxious to obtain them and havir 9
an abundance of money, the subscriber
is willing to allow high price and pay
the cast down.
HENRY Trevor.
Expecting Of course great difficulty il
finding out persons willing to sell, [ cm'
ployed most Of the day in circulating this
notice as much AZ possible. Upon retur
ming To M house however, found seve
raj hundred persons already assembled
to treat with me. preceived that they
were all Yankees.
well, my friend;' said L accosting one
Of them, what will you take for you
soulp
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IN ADVANCE.
n Z NJ B L R 50

the signs OF the times, the lidon THING s
OF the season, tell who is tie thief.
"Iartcn all the doors of the room let
no one leave it;wnd here landlord 90 and
bring youf wi;c's great hrass kettle"
"Whc--ew! want to know, my s,ar,!
my wie'S-"hcw -ew!" quoth BoniEacc.
~ ny, YOU wouldn't bc more struck if
! told you to 60 to pot."
Bon:!&cc did as commanded; the preat
brass ic,t Jc WIS placed in the middle of
'He floor, It's bottom up-as black sootv
and smoky rs chimney back. The
landlord got into his bar, and looked on
with his eyes us big rs sauccrs.
"lou don't want any hot water nor
nothin' to take of the Jris,lcs on n cri,icr
do you Squarc:' said tic landlord, the
preparation looking aIit;le too much Ike
hog Killing. The old woman's gone TO
bed and the wells dly."
"Now 90 into your barn and bring the
biggest cockcrc! you've got"
"When. you won't bile him, VIII YOU!
hes tough one. can swear Squire. he
didn't steal the watch. The old rooster
kn"ws when it is time to crow, n.thout
looking nj Il watch.'
Go along, or I won't detect the thief"
Bonltace went to tie barn and soon
returned with Il tremendous fat rooster,
cack'lng all the way like mad.
"Now put him under the kettle aud
bow the light out
The OIL rooster WAS thrust under the
inverted kettle and the lamp blown out.
row gentlemen, | don't sposc the
'hlcf Is IN the company; but il he is, the
"Id rooster will crow when the offender
touches the bottom of the kettle with his
hands. Walk round N circle, and tho
cock "'il make known the watch stca!cr.
The innocent need not be afraid YOU
Know
The company then, to humor him. and
c.rry "ut the joke, waII,d round the kct-
Tie in the dark for three or four minu'cs.
"AlI done, gcntlcmcum
"A'i done, WAS the cry; "whcrc's vour
Growing. We heard TO cockadoodc!do.'
"i|rmg us light"
y light WAS brought as ordered.
Nov hold up your hands, good folks.
They were OF cour,c black, rom coming
in contact with tie SCOT of &c kettle.
NV Hn.'
"Ali up," was the response.
"A1---don't know! Here's one
te,'ow who hasn't held up his hands,
"Ah, In! nv OH hey, let's takca peep
II Your paws"
They were "Naminol, and tGcy were
not black Ike those cr the rest Of tie
company.
you'll fnd your watch about him
search"
And 50 it proved. This fellow, not be-
ING aware, any more than the rest. of the
trap that VS. set for the discovery Of the
thief, had kept al,oi from the kettle. lest
when he touched it the growing Of the
rooster should praclaim him rs the thief.
As the hands of all the others were
blackcncd, the whitenrss of his own show
cd of course that he had not dared to
touch the old brass kettle, and that he
WAS the offender. lie jumped out Of the
t'N ,ug pan into the fire, and was lodged
in As uncomfortable place as eithcrNto
wi;-thc jail.
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A New aY to Detect a Thief.

The father Of the great American States
man was humorous and jocose person.
age, and innumerable are the anecdotes
related of him. As he was journeying in
Massachusetts,, not far from his native
town, he stopped rether late one night at
an inn in the village Of. In the
barroom were about twenty different
persons, who, as he entered, called out for
himto discover a thief. One Of the com.
pany, it appeared, had few minutes be-
fore, had watch taken form his pocket,
and he knew the offender must be in the
room with them.
"Come, Mr. Almanac. maker, you know
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Court, but no one knew for what purpose.
Presently the physician came into Court,
and stated that it would be impossible for
the housekeeper to resume her seat in the
box short of an hour or two.
1t was almost twelve in the day. Lord
Mansfield having directed that the jury be
accommodated with a room, where they
could be kept by themselves, adjourned
the Court two homs. The prisoner, in
The meantime, was remanded to Jail.
1t was between four and five o'clock,
when the Judge resumed his scat upon
the beach.
The prisoner was again placed at the
bar, and the housekeeper brouch, in and
led to the box. The court room was
crowded TO excess, and an awful silence
psEvadel the place.
The cross-cXamining counsel again ad-
dressed the housekccper.
81 have few mo6 questions to ask
you; take heed how you answer, for Your
life hangs upon n thread. Do you know
this stopper'"
81 do"
no whom does 1t belongs!
"To Mr. Smith"
"When did you see it iast?"
'Dn the night Of Mr. Thompson's
DEATH"
At that moment the solicitor entered
the court, bringing with him upon tray,
watc!I, two money-Lags, 4 jewel case
and bottle Of the same manufacture as
the stopper, and having cork in it. The
tray was placed on the table in sight OF
the prisoner and the witness, and from
that moment not doubt remained in the
minds Of any man present Of the guilt Of
he prisoner.
A few words will bring this mvlancho.
ly tie to ia clio >. The house where tic
murder had been committed WIS between
nine and ten miles distant. TIE solicitor,
rs soon as the cross examination OF the
housckecpcr had discovered the existence
Of the closet. and ils situation, hId sci oti'
on horseback with two shcr;Hs of
GERS, and after pulling down part of
the wall of the house, had detected this
important concealmcnt. Their search WAS
well rewarded. the ,hole of the properly
belonging 20 Mr.. Thompson was found
there, amounting in value to some thous-
and pounds; &; ana to leave no room for
doubt, bottle was discovered, which the
medical men instantly pronounce to con-
tain the very identical poison which had
caused the death Of the unfortunate
Thompson. The result was too obvious
to need explanation.
1t need hardly be added, that Smith
was convicted and executed, and brought
to this awful punishment b. his own
means.
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szy-.T GETS as manv papers to real

ET"T gets as many papers to read,
as wants, without paying for them."-
You do "Yes, borrows as many as /
wants from my neighbors, they takes all
the papers and when they are done with
them they 'lets" me have them" Yes,
and you "borrows' all your old shirts,
too, do youi When your neighbors, get
done with them. they "lets" you have
them, do theyl Oh, shamel shame! on
such husbands, fathers, citizens, cl,riStiansl
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lOOO
There said the Devil. holding it up,
do YOU call that thing sou!F
Now, if there is any body in the world
in Purgatory, or in the Lower Regions
perfectly acquainted with the Yankee,
from great familiarity and intimacy, it
is the Devil himself So the foregoing
must stand for what we mean by Yam
kce, when speaking Of the tribe indscrimi.
natcly.
This same Mr.. Trevor describes his
Journey down to the Internal Reagions
with great spirit and minulencss, thus:
and Kalouf were travelling rapidly
down its steep dcclvity, having already
proceeded many miles, when suddenly we
heard behind us p,o Iig.uos chatter 1t
was caused by the ghost of Yankee
pcdler who was jonneying to the other
world, with his cart Of tin.warc and other
notions. The ghost overlook us, and
showed himself to be fully os impudent
and inquisitive as if he were still alive.
lie Immediately set to work 70 find out
who was and where come from.
This is sorter of n slantiadickIer road
stranger, by golly;' said lie.
Yes, rather So
Il guess, Mr.. you've come long wayl
Not very many hundred miles
Il expect may be, you're from the
Northr
No, am not"
Did you come oy the Paint Mountain
or over the Ohio Rverl'
Neither
Hogs and beef cattle sell tolerable low
now, guessr to ascertain whether wa:
n Western mani
Il think it quite probable
Il suppose, Mr., you've had good cot
ton crop this year'
i understand that the crop was abun
dant in Carolina and Georgia
Il recken may be, they raise tobacco
in the parts you come froml' (thinking tC
track me to Virginia.)
They are fond Of tobacco there
Il guess, strangers, continued the Yam
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