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CHAPTER THE COUNT.

Deep night in New York Night to the high
and the lowly--the vicious and wretched--to all,
it was deep night THE gas lamps threw a
pale and sickly light upon the now almost vaca-
ted streets-for it was deep night Now and
then vigilant Waterman crawled out Of his fa-
yorite drinking saloon, though not very often, to
see that nobody had carried off the city ! lThe
author intends this as joke, and the reader is
requested to laugh)
In a fashionable oyster saloon in Five Points,
in a stall, sat two men, One was the Count de
Flunkey-the other, Henry Podgers, son of old
Podgers, wealthy retired clam merchant. The
Count de Flunkey was apparently between twen-
ty-eight years old He was dressed III armor,
wore military cap, with feathers and his. feet
were encased in russell boots. His companion.
Podgers, was about nineteen. He wore 3 new
suit Of ready made clothing, a white hat, cloth
pumps, and--in a word-his appearance spoke
of fashion. The ordinarily handsome, and in
genious countenance of the Count de Flunkey,
was now covered with frown. He was abstrac-
ted. He would take a spoonful of oyster soup
and raise it to his mouth-then, his coal black
eagle eyes rolling wildly the while he would slob
Der, like the Arabian charger at his oats, and
thesoup would drip down upon his mailed breast.
Atlength bringing his clenched fist down upon
the table with tremendous force, the Count cried,
"By Heaven, Sary Ton1pkins must be mine =
Hol without there Bring me ten cents worth
Of gin I"
1t was drank
And the Count; telling the bar-keeper Is
charge it" left the saloon arm in arm with his
friend, the young and accomplished Podgers.
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Volume 1, Number "A.
gabbath geaaiuo,

Consolation. 4s
PILGRIM burthened with thy sin,
Come the way to lions gate,
There, till mercy let's thee in,
Knock, and weep, and watch, and wait
Knock HE knows the sinners cry
Weep HE loves the mourner's tears
Watch l-7-for saving grace is nigh;
Wait-tii1 heavenly light appears
Hark! it is the bridegroom's voice
Welcome, pilgrim, to thy rest
Now within the gate rejoice,
safs and sealed, and bought, and best.
Safe--from all the lures of vice.
8 Sealed-by signs the chosen know,
Bought by love, and life the price,,
aBlest--the mighty debt to owe.
Holy pilgrim what for thee,
In word like this remain
From thy guarded breast shall fee.
Fear, and shame, and doubt and pain. vis
Fear--the hope of heaven shall fyS So
Shnme--from glory's view retire,
Doubt---in certain rapture die,
Pain-in endless bliss expire.
CRAssE
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CHAPTER II.
gARY TOMPKINS.

Fifth Avenue Time, night. Scene, Temp
kns the retired lobster dealers princely mansion.
Bright the gas-lamps shone over fair women and
brave men, (this expression is original with the
author) and all went merry as several marriage
bells. The spacious and gorgeous furnished
drawing rooms of the princely Tompkins were
thronged with the beauty of Fifth Avenue
Like pure diamond amidst trinkets of brass,
shone Sary Tompkins. The pen refuses its Of
fee. And the author must content himself by re-
marking that she was supremely beautiful. How
truly and beautifully has Keats said !:
Tt is a hard thing to describe lovely woman"
"Count Alfred de Flunkey !nncried a servant
in livery. s.sp 5 .l
The Count entered. A smile lit up his noble
countenance, Bowling with exquisite grace to
the assembled elite, he advanced with lordly
strides towards his botrothed Sary Tompkins
The merry night. sped on The silver winged
hours few by. Still the brilliant assembly at
Tompkins remained. The best feeling prevailed
Wit, sentiment, beauty and chivalry, crowned
the glowing hours But oh, bark The bell
rings. "A huge man with q fiery nose enters the
"marble halls" of Tompkinsy In. a voice Of
thunder, he cries:
Ladies am genl'men, I'm perlicemen and
nothin' shorter, an I'll ak ye if Count de Fun
key is in this ere august 'sembly Cause if he
is, I'm ordered to arrest 'im unless he immejitly
squares up his wash-bill with Mrs. Bridget G..
F1annigin.v
Fellow, away Slave, avauntl" cried the
Count de Flunkey, in voice hoarse with pas
sion and-gin
ssNot by a Did sight, ole feller; yer
must pay this ere bill or go ter the toombs y
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And now, breathern and soldiers, | bid You
all farewell Many of us may fall in the battle
Of tomorrow God bless the souls of the fall
len Many of us may I've to tell the story of
the fight to- morrow, and in the memory of all
wen everest and linger the quite scene of this,
Autumnal night
Solemn twilight advances over the valley
the woods on the opposite nights fling their long
shadows over the green Of the meadow; around
us are tents of the continental hosts, the sup
pressed hustle Of the camp, the hurried tramp of
the soldiers to and fro among the tents the still
ness aed awe that marks the cave of battle
When we. meet again, may the shadows Of
twilight be flung over apeaceful land. God in
heaven grant it. Let US pray.
PRAYER OF THE REVOLUTION
Great Father, we bow before thee We Invoke
thy blessings, we deprecate thy wrath; we return
the thanks for the past, to ask thy aid for the
future. For we are in times of trouble, oh
Lord and sore beset by foes merciless and IN.
plying. The sword glems over our land, and
the dust of the soil is dampenedE with the blood
of our neigkbors and friends. A
Oh God of mercy. we pray thee to bless the
American arms. Make the man OF our hearts
strong in thy wisdom bless, we beseech thee,
with renewed life and strength, our hope, and
they instruments, even George Washington;
shower thy counsels on the honorable the Con-
tinental Congress visit our host. comfort the
soldier in his wounds and Affections, nerve him
for the fight, prepare him for the hour of death
And in the hour of need Oh, God Of Hosts,
do thou be our Stay and in the hour Of triumph,
be thou. our glide. &, -
Teach us to be mercifuI. Though the memo
ry Of calling wrongs be at our hearts, knocking
for admittance, that they, may fill us with the
desire Of revenge yetfet us, oh Lord spare the
yanquished, though they never spared us, in the
hour of butchery and hloodshed.
And in the hour Of death, do thou guide US
to the abode prepared for the blest so shall we
return thanks unto thee through Christ our Re
Edeemer. God prosper the cause. Amen
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gl isGellaole n =

1.-THE following cannot fail be approximately those of
READERS who acquainted with the New York Ledgers
style of advertising They publish in country papers por
ton of what purporg to be Brilliant Romance and if
there anything interesting in the story at that particular
point is Short and the reader is informed that This
all of this highly interesting story that will be published
in this paper :" &c 4 M9y q.
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Our affections for our children ard grand.
children garland the heart with the buds and
blossoms Of second sprilg they are the holy
band whose miraculous touch can bid the thorn
# mortality break forth into lowers even IN the
winter Of our days.
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Forgive to to be Forgiven.

Of him that hopes to be forgiven, it is lndls-
pensable required that he forgive It is there
fore superauous to urge other motive On TINS
great duty eternity is suspended; and 20 MN
that refuses to practice it, the throne OF mercy
is inaccessible, and the Savior has been born IA
vain. ss
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B. D. Blackwell, Publisher.
g i ft's 81 q q 1 !.
Iron EHE PREss.l
To Mary.


@a .4sN a laBY r.w. 81 IS 49,
~ All maiden hear my plaintits song,
That swells with love for thee
This life would smoothly glide along;
If thou would'st smile me. #a
Come give the music of thy voice,
To bless my lonely hours s
And strew this dreary path of life,
With loves most choicest flowers.
IT'S long since first thy gentle look, fs
Stole softly to my heart;I "a s8ls sa
ssis Yet still it is my guiding star se s8 81
- My LIES most sunny part.
And oh ! I would not lose that gem
For all this worlds estate 8 i'sa
q Nor east q shadow Ger thatslook S s8
TO win the smiles of fate. Sra !,
.sasssss rod 81 eTs -
know that others seek thy hand,
The sons of wealth aud PRIDE
-. I've seen them happy with thy look. q
And finger by your side
Yet when the rose that decks thy cheek,
Shall fade and die away,
Their once warm hearts viii coidly view
Thy bsaat3ss sad decay 1i4 9'
-ns'f cannot boasta title great,
sg4 Believed with drops of fame;
But I've heart of fadeless love,
A pure and honest name.
sTis seldom through the Palace halls,
49, i That love viii deign to roam;
{ Her favored haunts and happy smiles
Are in the cottage home.
Though fortunes frown hangs Ger HE now,
IT'S but lifes changeful scene, ss
" The spots thatdook so barren now, AZ ss.
vs: May soon be bright and green.
The early sun oft hides his face,
And wells his golden rays,
= Yet darkest mornings often brings st a93
81 The light of brightest days. 4 = sssssg ,,a
ss fs8 isss 1afls aeR fF 3 s{4
e would not think thy beauty gone
When LIES young days were DER,
Nor viii this heart af mine ere change,
Unless to love thee more. % aa8s ls
& 81 Then wilt thou, Mary, smilssand bless
r e,l This lot which fate has giEen,
I'd be- thy faithful guard through life,
And thou lead me to Heaven. g i54ss
"a 81 y
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Onrprayers and Gods mercy are like two
buckets in a well while The one ascends the
other descends.
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line IOlOWlng interesting DISCOURSE was uellV-
cred on the eve of the battle of Brandywine, by
the Rev. Joab Trout, in presence Of Gen. Wash
ington, and large portion Of the American
ARMY @ M
Revolutionary Sermon. ga
They that take the sword shall perish by the sword
Soldiers and Coatnt,ynse,s:
We have met this evening perhaps for the last
time. We have shared the toll Of the march, the
peril of the fight, and the dsmay Of tie retreat
alike; we have endured the cold and hunger,
the contumely of the internal foe, and the cour
age of foreign oppfessors. We have sat- night
after night, beside the camp fire we have to-
gether heard the roll Of the reyellie, which called
us to duty, or the beat Of the tattoo, which gave
the signal for the hardy sleep Of the soldier with
the earth for his bed and the knapsack for his
pillow.
And now, soldiers and brethren, we have met
in the peaceful valley on the eve Of battle, while
the sunlight is dying away beyondy onder heights,
the sunlight that tomorrow morn will glimmer
on scenes of blood. We have met, amid the
whitening tents of our encampment; in the time
of terror and gloom have we gathered together
God grant that it may not be for the last
time. IS k#
1t is a solemn moment. Brethren, does not
the solemn voice of nature seem to echo the SYM
pathies of the hour? The flag of our country
droops heavily from yonder staff-the breeze has
died away along the green plain Of Chadds Ford
the plain that spreads before us glittering ID
sunlight--the heights of the Brandywine arise
gloomily and grand beyond the waters Of yonder
stream all nature holds pause Of solemn silence,
on the eve Of uproar and bloodshed and strife Of
tomorrow. ..8
ssThey that take the sword, shall perish BY the
sword "
And have they not taken the sword
Let the desolated plain, the blood sodden val
lev, the burned farm house blackening in the
sun, the sacked village, and The ravaged town,
nswer-let the whitening bones Of the butchered
farmer strewn along the fields Of his homestead,
answer-let the starving mother, with her babe
clinging to the withered breast that can afford
+3A8S fset48t& sS&t &8sft fS8AtsN@
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BRILLIANT ROMANCE.
SARY TOHHPKINS
BY LIEUT.. BRICK, B. A. R.
(Bare-footed Rangers.

Author of The spectre swill-tub,'' The last of
the PolIywogs,', Sc The Haunted Reer Barrel y sscs
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AVN U lsA3J
IN 1t r1ll % \ o. 1t & /.

Mrs. Grumpy, in looking over. the advertise
ments the other day, saw one headed Radical
Curesa '' Well, )" said she, "I'm glad if they
have got a way to cure them radicals, for they've
been turning the world upside down ever since I
was gall a
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When is man like a rooster When his
head is combed, (and which accounts for the
term jolly old cock. "
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A Dublin mercer, Recommending piece of
silk to lady for a gown, said 4 .ae
I'D Madame it will wear forever, and make q
petticoat afterwards" 9isf no
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s'a Do you go for the liquor law, SSam?o
. "An but the law.n
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!" wants to schipp in the Lucilla, = said
Dutchman to. a clerk ina shipping -oilice.-
We'll, /" said the clerk, pen in hand, eyhat's
your name 2" 1T is Hans Vanasnlananderda
evaneymendeymit eitenschupfey dsnsdftesc
hupyoneinrompln said the Dutchman gravely.
! " POUNDS ~ cried the clerk, '1do you know
what it is in English y Jaw, ich does,p said
the Dutchman, it ish Won Smidt. " S.
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The following interesting discourse was deliv-
cred on the eve Of the battle of Brandywine, by
the Rev. Joab Trout in presence of Gen. WASH
ington, and d large portion Of the American
ARMY @ M
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It is Just as sensible move to undertake to
get married without counting. as to attempt to
succeed in business without advertising. s4
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How could you make thin child fat?
Well, just pitch him out of the window, and
he win come down plump. %
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Just like at.-An Irishman dropped letter
into the Post Office, the other day, with the fol-
lowing memorandum on its corner for the benefit
Of all indolcnt postmasters into whose hands it
might fall please hasten the delay of this i"
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There is a man in this place whose memory is
so short that it only reaches to his knees. Per
consequence he has not paid for his last pair Of
boots.
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Hitting them Right

We are glad to find paragraph like
the following in the Charleston Mercury
from which we copy it. AS that paper
says, the whole business has been made
to assume ludicrous proportions:
MILITARY AID TO VrRGIyIA.-We are
satisfied that every intelligent man in the
South has been completely disguised at
the broad and pathetic farce that has
been played off before the public about
the hanging of that hoary villain, "Old
Brown" From the 500 invaders i'm pos
session of Harper's Ferry, and the 1000
negroes carried off to the mountains of
Pennsylvania-from the further invasions
and threats of invasion-the arsons and
fear OF arson--the panics and cessation
OF panics-the marches and counter
marches of Governor Wise, the energetic,
and his troops-down to the final climax
of military aid offered by Governor Gist
of South Carolina to the Governor of
Virginia, for the purpose of making GER
tain the aforesaid hanging of Old Brown
& Co.-it is a tissue of disgrace, exagccr-
alton and invention sufficient to stir the
gall of any Southeiner, who has regard
for the dignity and responsibility of the
Southern people. TO us it really looks as
if those in possession of the telegraph
were in league to ridicule the South and
make us laughing stock to ourselves and
before the world. We sincerely trust
that our Legislature, which meets to-day,
will bear this in mind, and take no action
whatever in regard to ourselves or our in
stitution, that may even have the appear
ance of being prompted by the Virginia
farce and its terrorism.
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BledSoe County.

We must return thanks to our friends
in Sequatchie Valley for their promptness
in paying up last week. 1t is worthy of
remark that we did not meet with a sim
gle man against whom we had u claim,
who did not promptly meet it with the
money.
There is one complaint against Bledsoe,
however. 1t mas the most uncomfortable
Courthouse in the State. A reasonable
amount of ventilation is not only desir-
able, but necessary; but to attempt to
hold Court in room well provided with
CLASHES windows and astoye which could
be carried in ones breeches-pocket with
out serious inconvenience, while the Their
mometer shivers at Zero is incompatible
with our notions of justice as well as
comfort. The supposition that any twelve
honest men could render righteous YER
dict in the midst of such frigid surround
ings, is absurd. If the County Court of
Bledsoe don't make an appropriation at
the January term for the benefit of the
Courthouse, the members thereof ought
to be despatched to the arctic regions to
look after the remains ofSir John Frank
lin, or sent in another direction where the
cold is represented to be less intense.
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Incendiary Documents.

The Postmaster General has issued an
order prohibiting the distribution through
mails of incendiary documents, and news
papers. In addressing postmastcrs on the
subject he says:- -... ..
you must, under the responsibilities
resting upon you as an officer and as q
citizen, determine whether the books,
pamphlets, newspapers, &C., received by
you Tor distribution, are of the incendi.
airy character described in the statute
and if you believe they are, then you are
not only not obliged to deliver them to
those to whom they are addressed. but
you are empowered and required, by your
duty to the State of which you are a citi-
zen, to dispose Of them in strict conform
ity to the provisions of the law referred
TO-. The people of Virginia may not only
forbid The introduction and dissemination of such
documents nihm their bortlcrs but, if brought
there in the mails, they may, by appro-
pirate legal proceedings. have them de-
stroyed. They have the same right to
extinguish firebrands thus impiously
hurled into the midst of their homes
and affairs that a man has to pluck the
burning fuse from bombshell which is
about to explode at his feet.
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The CURRENCY.

According to notice, Col. BAxrHR, Of
Knoxville, addressed large crowd Of
the citizens Of McMinn county, at the
Court House, in Athens, Tuesday, on the
Currency. . We had to forego tho plea.
sure Of being present to hear the talent
ed gentleman, but learn through others
that the effort was an able one--replete
with sound views and good sense. If we
are correctly informed, Col. BAXTER aims
at defect in our laws upon money, TO
use an expression that all can understand.
He is not opposed to the system Of bank
ing, but takes the ground that Tennessee
is one step in advance of her sister States
i'm the business--inasmuch as IL grants
privileges to incorporated capital, which
it not only denies to private capital, but
inhibits the latter, by stringent laws, from
enjoying. What he wants is this: that
corporations and individuals, associated
and private capital, shall be placed upon
the same broad and liberal footing-that
the man who has money to trade upon
shall be restricted no more and shall en-.
joy the same privileges and immunities
as the chartered capitalist. This, he con
tends, will keep capital at home, now
forced by unequal legislation to seek in
vestment beyond the limits of the State
produce competition, and cause money
like other commodities, to find its proper
level and prevent both banks and indi
viduals from exacting exhorbitant rates
of interest.
We regret we did notlfear Col. BAxrEr
on Tuesday, as we should have beer
pleased to place the views of gentle
man of his ability and reputation, upon ,
subject of such large Importance, NOR,
fully before our readers.
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Johnson's New Illustrated and EN-.
bellished County Map,

Of The Republics Of North america, ,cih he
adjacent Countries and Islands, complied.
dra,on m., engartd from The United States
Land and Coast and British Ad,nraity
,SUreyS, and other reliable sources. A SD
perior C5ppcr-Plate Eagraping: Published
Gy JOHNSON & BROWNING, Ne,c York and
Washington.
Mr.. j. r. CoSxEY, special agent for
the above work, is now in our town, and
proposes to call upon the citizens to solicit
subscriptions. lie comes highly recon-
mended as a gentleman worthy and reli-
able in every respect, by friends and ac-
quaintances of ours at Knoxville and 9th
er points, and we therefore commend him
to the attention Of all upon whom he may
call. This Map is the largest, fullest and
most complete in design, detail and finish
of any We have hitherto examined. 1t is
eminently calculated for Colleges, Semi
naries, and all other educational institu-
tons, embracing rs it does an almost I'M
limited amount of useful information,
and which is delineated and grouped
in manner that enables the pupil to
comprehend and grasp it at once. In a
word, it approaches rs near what q MAP
should be as it possible to attain. We
have not room this week for more cx-
tended notice Of this really meritorious
work, and can only add that we have seen
number of certificates from learned and
distinguished men, in which they speak
of it in the highest terms, and commend
it to the patronage of the public.
Mr. Conkey, we learn, will remain here
several days, and we trust the citizens will
avail themselves of the opportunity to ex-
anime the Map for which he is the sole
and special agent for this section, and
subscribe for a copy of IT,
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Union and Planters Banks.

The following proceedings were had in
the Senate on the 9th
Mr.. Trimblc's bill "to renew and extend
the charters of the Union and Planters
Banks of Tennessee" was taken up. and
the ayes and noes having beeen demand
ed by Mr.. Thompson, on the passage of
the bill on its second reading, the result
stood:
AYEs.-Messrs. Allen, Boyd Bradford,
Bumpass, Horn, johnson, Lane, Minis,
McNeilly, Nash, Peters, Richardson,
Stokes, Stovall, and Trimble-l5.
NOEs-Messrs. Hildreth, Hunter, Mick
ley, Mcclellan, Stokely, Thompson, and
Speaker Newman.
In the House a bill to remove the
Branch of the Bank of Tennessee at
Sparta, to Smithville, was introduced,
passed, and referred to the Committee OH
Banks.
On the 10th, in the Senate, the bill "to
reform and regulate the business of bank
ing" was taken up. and read section by
section and after the amendment of va
rious sections, the bill passed on its third
and last reading as follows
AYEs-Messrs. Allen, Boyd, Bumpass,
Horn, Hunter, johnson, Lane, MINIS,
Mcclellan, McNeilly, Nash, Payne, Rich
ardson, Stanton, Stokes and Trimble-lG.
NoEs.-Messrs. Bradford, Hildreth,
Mickey, Peters, Stokely, Stovall, Thomp-
son, and Mr.. Speaker Newman-S.
In the House, the bill to change the
time of holding the Chancery Court at
Harrison, passed recond reading.