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POETRY,
Campbell's lines upon Ihe rainbow have
always been considered one of his most
beautiful productions; yet if the following
lines upon the same subject are not more
beautiful, we are no judges of poetry. —
Louisville Journal.
The Rainbow.
BY AMELIA.
1 sometimes have thought in my loneliest
hours
That lie on iffy heart like the dew on the
flowers,
Os a ramble I took one bright afternoon,
When my heart was as light as a blossom |
in June:
The green earth was moist with the late
fallen showers,
The biecze fluttered down and blew open
the flowers,
While a single white cloud to its haven of
rest.
On the white wing of peace floated off in
the west
As l threw hack my tresses so catch the
cool btecze,
That scattered the rain-drops and dimpled
the seas,
Par up the blue sky a fair rainbow unrolled
Its soft-tinted pinions of purple and gold!
’Twas born in a moment, yet quick as its
birth,
It lias stretched to the uttermost ends of
the earth,
And (air as an angel, it floated all free,
W ith a wing on the earth and a wing on
the sea.
How calm was the ocean! how gemle its
swell!
lake a woman’s soft bosom, it’rnsu and it
fell,
While its light sparkling waves, stealing
laughingly o’er,
When they saw the fair rainbow knell
down to the shore;
No sweet liyin ascended, no murmur of
prayer,
°t I It'll that the spirit of worship was
there,
And bent my young head in devotion and
love,
’Neath the form of the angel that floated a
bove.
How wide was the sweep of its beautiful
wings!
How boundless its circle, how radiant its
rings!
It I looked on tho’sky, ‘twas suspended in
air,
If I looked on the ocean, the rainbow was
there;
Tims forming a girdle as brilliantjand whole
As the thoughts of the rainbow that circled
my soul—
I,ike the wing of the Deity, calmly int
ituled,
It bent from the cloud, and encircled the
world.
There are moments, I think, when the spir
it receives
Whole volumes of thought on its unwritten ’
leaves, 1
When the folds of the heart in a moment
unclose, I
Like the innermost leaves from the heart of ;
a rose;
And thus, when the rainbow bail passed
from the sky,
The thoughts it awoke were too deep to
pass by;
It left my full soul like the wing of a dove,
And fluttering with pleasure, and fluttering
with love.
I know that each moment of rapture or pain
Hut shortens the links m life’s mystical
chain;
l know that my form, like that bow from
tin; wave,
May pass from the earth and lie cold in the I
grave,
Yet O when death’s shadows my bosom
iiucloud,
When I shrink from the thought of the cof
fin and shroud,
May Hope, like the rainbow, my spirit un
fold
In her beautiful pinions of purple and gold.
Margaret Davidson.
Says her mother, “About three weeks
before her departure, I one morning found
her in the parlor, where, as 1 observed, she
spent a portion of her time in retirement,
I saw that she bail been nineli agitated ami
seemed weary. 1 seated myself by her,
and rested her head on my bosom, while 1
gently pressed my hand on her throbbing
temples to soothe the agitation of her
nerves. She kissed me again and again,
and seemed as if she feared to trust her
voice to speak, lest her feelings should o
verc-oute hei. As 1 returned her caress, she
silently put a folded paper into inv hands.
I began to open it, when she gently laid
her hand on mine, and said in a low, trem
ulous tone, “not now dear mother!’ 1 then
led her back to her room, placed her upon
the sofa, and retired to examine the paper.
It contained the following lines:
TO MY MOTHER
Oh mother, would the power were mine, j
To wake the strain thou lov’st to hear,!
And breathe each trembling, new-born
Within thy loudly listening ear. [dho’t
As when in days of health ami glee
My hopes and fancies wander’d free.
Hut mother, now a shade lias past
Athwart inv brightest visions here,
A cloud of darkest gloom lias wrapt
The remnant of nty brief career!
No song, no cello can 1 win,
The sparkling fount has died within.
The torch of earthly hope burns dim.
And fancy spreadsjier wings no more;
And Oil, how vain and trivial seem
Tlio pleasures that 1 prized before.
My soul with trembling step and slow,
Is struggling on through doubt and stife;
Oh may it prove, as time rolls on,
The pathway to eternal life
Then, when my cares and fears are o’er
I’ll sing thee as in days of yore. f
I said that hope had passedSfrom earth.
’Twas but to fold her wings in heaven;
To whisper of the soul’s new birth,
Os sinners saved, and sins forgiven.
When mine are washed in tears away,
Then shall my spirit swell its lay.
When God shall guide my soul above,
By the soft cords of heavenly love,
When the vain cares of earth depart,
Ami tuneful voices swell my heart;
Then shall each word, each note I taise, j
Burst forth in pealing hymns of praise,!
And all not offer’d at his shrine,
Dear mother, 1 will place on thine.
“It was long before I could regain snffi
eient composure to return to her. When
I did so 1 found her sweetly calm, anil she
greeted me with a smile so full of affection,
that I shall cherish the recollection of its
| brightness until my latest breath It was |
the last piece she ever wrote, except a par- J
oily of four lines on the hymn ‘I would not
live alway,’ which was written within the
last week of Iter life.”
Here is a noble sonnett by Lowell, a
young poet of Boston, who has at a very
early age given good promise of future em
inonc ■! It is horn a small collection of his
fugitive pieces recently published; a little
volume which gives abundant evidence of
inherent vigor and animation, as well as fa
cility and freedom in versification. Inlook
ing through its pages, it is impossible not
to bo struck with that vivifying spirit of
strength which pervades all the inequalities
of his composition, and keeps constantly
on the mind the impression of power and
intrepidity . —Newark JJtlv.
THE STREET.
They pass ine like shadows, crowds on
crowds,
Dim ghosts of men that hover to and fro,
Hugging their bodies round them, like thin
shrouds,
Wherein their souls were buried longago,
They trampled on their youth, and faith
and love,
They east their hope of human-kind a
way,
With heaven’s clear messages they madly
strove,
And conquered, and their spirits turned
to clay ;
Lo! how they wander round the world,
their grave,
Whose evoi-gaping maw by such is fed,
Gibbering at living men, and idly rave,
” We only truly live, but ye are dead.” j
Alas ! pom fools, the anointed eye may ‘.race ]
A dead soul’s epitaph in every face! .
From the American Messenger
“ When there's it Will there’s a Way.”
When I was a little girl 1 used to go to
the same school with a poor lame girl
whose inline was Jane. She seemed to he
very sad, seldom joining in the sports of the
other girls, and on this account l began ra
ther lo dislike her. There was no reason
why 1 sltoultl, for she never did me harm,
but on the contrary showed me many little
acts ol kindness. 1 often felt that it was
wrong, but the more she endcavoredpo win
my affection the more I stvoided her.
1 could not then account for her conduct,
but now that I am older and can moreeasi- !
ly read my own heart, 1 can understand it. ‘
Jane was a Christian, and her behavior was
an illustration ol the text, “Love your ene
mies, do good lo them which hate you;”
and lam suie that I sull'ered myself tho
punishment which such goodness inflicts
mi the wicked, lor her kindness was like
coals of lireon my head. I knew that she
was worthy of my affection, and that her I
misfortunes called for my sympathy and
assistance rather than my scorn and dislike,
but 1 was wilful and wicked in regard to
her. At last my teacher observed my con
duct, and taking me aside one day, asked
me tho reason of my dislike to Jane. The
reason was the very one which I could not
give, and so I told her. She conversed
with me seiiously on the impropriety of
my conduct. I had nothing to urge in my
defence—nothing to say against Jane, but
that I could not love her. My teacher told
me during the coming week to try and be
kind to Jane, and see what would be the
effect on my own heart of speaking kindly
to her, and paying her those little attentions
which her lameness might render accepta
ble. I remember plainly the earnestness
with which I answered, “there is nothing j
which 1 can do for bet, she does not need !
my assistance.” And the reply of my
teacher is ns plainly fixed on my mind,
“Oh, il you desire to do good to her, vou
can, When there is a will there is a way.”
This remark fastened itself upon my
mind--** When there’s a will there’s a way.”
It rung in my ears until 1 determined to fol
low the advice of my teacher .ml put it to
the proof. I began to look wdi interest;
upon Jane, and was surprised to see how
pleasing her face became, and how kind
and amiable her manners appeared. I was
now at every leisure moment by her side;
I assisted her in her lessons, and supported
j her when she walked. I shared my little
j delicacies wi;h her, and induced her to take
! part in our amusements.
Long before the week was out, my tcach
jor said to me, smiling, “Do you find it so
dillienlt to love Jane? Is there nothing you
can do for her?” I answered her frankly—
"(Hi, I have learned that what you said is
(truth —When there’s a will, the way is
plain.”
1 have related this simple anecdote in or
der to impress upon my young readers the|
importance of my teacher’s maxim. It
has been of great use to me in other things,
and helped me mil of many dillieuliies. It
has taught me how to answer such ques
tions os these: flow can I serve my God?
j What can l do for my Saviour? What good
can I do my fellow-men? llow can I be of
! use in the world? “When there’s a will
; there’s a way.” When 1 love God truly,
I can find, or rathet He will show me.
! some way to serve him. When I really j
love my fellow-men I can do them good. —
‘Love in the heart to God and man is what j
is needed; when it once exists it will find a
way to show itself. And a little child ran 1
do a great deal. God says that “He will
use the weak and foolish things of this
world to confound the mighty,” and these
words ought to give strength even to a child
to do good. If you love God, ask him to
; show you the way to serve him. and he
; will certainly do it. The little acts of bc
( nevolence and self-denial by which a child i
manifests its love to the Saviour rnav be i
: felt by thousands who do not know from |
i whence the influence comes,
Martha.
Death by Starvation is a common oc- ;
ctirrerice in England, where money is so a
hundant that the capitalists are glad to make 1
loans at two percent per annum. Maria j
Dillaway and her infant child were recent
ly found dead in the great and magnificent |
j city of London- The Jury, uihieli exam
j ined the case, were appalled by the evi
- donee of poverty ami wretrJicilness which
! the place presented. At the back of a lane,
| bounded upon the opposite side by tile- i
; kilns, were a number of plots of garden
ground, having scattered a few wretched |
looking hovels, the residences of some ;
poverty-stricken creatines, who hail There I
sought shelter. The place consisted ofj
one apartment, live feet eight indies in j
width, twelve feet and seven or
eight feet in height. It was constructed of (
old bricks, boards, aim oilier half perishing
materials, without any flooring, old bricks
and stones trodden here and there mto the j
soil and ( lummy earth, being the only ex
pedient resorted to for diminishing the cold j
and dampness arising from the soil, the j
wind and wet finding their way through !
the thousand crevices left uncovered in va
rious parts of the structure. In this place |
had resided the father, four children, and j
the mother and child upon whose bodies !
the inquest was held. The witnesses all j
agreed that the death was accelerated by j
the want of food. One testified that ap
plication for relief had been made to the j
parish, and refused because the man whs
not horn in it. Daniel Dillaway, the hus
band of the deceased, was then railed, ami
appeared to be overcome by the melancholy
circumstances, Left Inline on the morning j
of liis wife's dentil for a short lime, when |
she complained of severe pain, although ‘
nothing serious was apprehended. Had 1
been out of work twelve months, during |
which time the only money which lie had
obtained consisted ol a few halfpence,
picked up from his former shopmates.— :
Heaven preserve our happy country from j
the intrigues of demagogues, despots, and
aristocrats, who would reduce us to this \
sail level by special and class Legislation j
and a bloated currency.
OBITUARY.
Died, of “Pleura Pneumonia” in Fayette- (
vclle, Talladega Cos. Ala. on the #Sth of :
February, inst., Elder Alexander Watson,
an efficient minister of the Gross of Christ. ;
Mr. Watson was a member of thy Bap
tist Church, for many years, and for six
teen years previous to his death an able ad
vocate of the Religion ol Christ. He oc- j
copied an einiuentsiand among the churches
as a preacher of the gospel, He was .Mod-,
orator of the “Mulberry Baptist Assceia- j
| ton” lor eight years previous to bis decease.
Ili.s death lias deprived the communities, in
which lie labored, of an able defender of the
faith*—of one who strove to keep the “uni- I
ty of the spirit in the bonds of Peace”—ofj
one who spent liis time in trying to per- (
petuute that union and brotherly love which
alone is calculated to advance the kingdom
of the blessed Saviour on earth. Hold'll
1 an affectionate companion and eleven cliil
! iliou (all of whom are females but one) lo
mourn his loss which indeed is an irrepar
able one to them. But they are not left to
mourn as for one without hope, lie eon
versed a great deal for four or live days af
ter the onset of his disease; exhorting those
around him to “strive to make their calling j
and election sure” at the same time saying i
that he feared,not death lor he had -an house I
made not with hands eternal in the llea
veans”—and invoking the Lord to make j
his suffering light and give him grace to ;
hear his disease with fortitude and without j
murmuring—after which “lie seemed to suf
fer a great deal hut bore bis altliciion with |
Christian fortitude and resignation. Tims i
a great and good man is fallen.
Stop death don’t boast of vict’ry
Slop and hear what faith can say,
“Death’s but the gait* to endless glory,
Gate to everlasting Joy.”
“ And when again the Spring
Came forth, her work of gladness to con
trive,
With all her reckless birds, upon the wing,
1 lamed from all she brought, to those she
could not br ng.”
j Died in New Georgia, near Welumpka,
on the morning of the 29th ultimo, Mrs.
Martha M. Mason, consort of Col. Wy
lie W, Mason, in the 3i)th year of her age.
As death gathers to its dreary fold, its
daily victims, that amiable charity which ,
warms the coldest breast, delights to hides)
from view the foibles, and it may be the
vices of the unthinking dead ; while a kin
dred sentiment holds forth prominently the
virtues which may have illustrated their
lives. Not so, however, are we compell
ed to act by our departed friend. A faith-:
ltd portraiture ol'lier unblemished life would
prove her higliesteulogiiini —indeed, in ibis
instance, the insatiate spoiler hath snatched
away from our embraces, one of no ordina
ry loveliness. In all the relations of life,
she was without a superior. In her holy
; walk and blameless conversation, was sha
llowed forth the beauty of that religion,
which sliu professed. The law of kindness
’ dwelt upon her lips, and she had that eliar
ijity which thinUeth no evil. Mrs. Mason
I attached herself to the Baptist Church at
I Eatonton, Ga., in August, 1829; was a
. member of the same church, at this place,
. at the time of her death ; and was ever the
consistent follower of Him, she professed
,to serve. And surely, never was the ex
! ceedmg richness of the promises of our Sa
viour more fully tested than in her. Though
God, in his providence, saw fit to lay hea
vily his hand of aiHiction upon her, yet was
lie ever present lo sustain her, to smooth
her bed, in all that long and wasting sick
ness, which heralded her lo the tomb ; and
lo whisper in het ear, “my strength shall!
be sufficient lor tliee.” Not lieis, were
words of murmuring, or the repinings of
discontent; for pleasant and hopeful
thoughts, like ministering angels, sat around
tile pillow of the dying saint. When as
sured that the conflict was neatly over, she
calmly resigned all lo Him, in whom she
trusted, and fell that she was ready to en
ter into that rest, which he hath prepared
lor those who love him. She hath indeed
a house, not made with hands, eternal in
the II eavena.
Can the writer of this feeble tribute of
hiendsliip, stay the hand, wit out adding,
that as a wife, she embodied in herself, all
that constitutes perfection in that holy rela
tionship. Bowing at all times, with becom
ing deference, to the judgment of another;
yet she was his counsellor and friend; and
hers was ll>e pleasing task, hers the gentle
hand, to scatter the flowers of love and hope
all along the pathway of his life. Who!
that knew her, can fail to remember, and
temembering, to admire her generous for
getfulness of self, in the all absorbing ten
derness and care which she cherished as a
mother! Alas! for her children, that she
is not! Asa friend, she was ready to sym
pathize in the bright day of prosperity, and
to add to its brilliancy by the cheerful play
of her estimable, social qualities; in the
night of adversity, faithfully to comply with
the holy injunction, to “ weep with those
that inmirn,” and by sweet counsel, lure
the sinking heart, to the indulgence of bet
ter hopes. Amiable and affectionate in ev
ery relation of life, like the sweet flowers
of sprinsr, she hath passed in all her love
liness away ! The placid smile that wel
comed all shall greet its no more ! The
gentle slar, fixed for a fleeting day in the
firmament of earthly love, to dispense its
tender beams on all around, hath passed
forever, from the sphere, its loveliness illu
mined, and sunk below the dark waters of
death ! But thou, that inournest, weep not!
for lo ! tin: light that went dmVn on earth,
hath arisen—a morning slar in Heaven !
P.
Welumpka, Ala., March 2, 1844.
Died on llie 7th inst., in Alabama, Rus
sel county, Elder Gvuus White, alter a
painful ami protracted illness of two yeais, j
ol Dropsy in tin- Chest and Asthma, which
he bore with gn at patience and christiaii
fortitude, lie suffered much, anil his dis-j
ease baiiled and bid defiance to all earthly j
Physicians, however skillful. He had been (
a member of the Baptist Church about 31
years and a minister upwards of thirty.—
lie had served liis country in a military
tine, and as a soldier, he was patriotic, val
orous, ami obedient lo orders, as an officer,
humane, charitable and courteous, as a Chris
tian, studious and devotional to religious du
ties, benevolent to the indigent and needy
of every class, and vve think truly a philan
thropist. As to liis ministerial character
and career, l need say but little, as the last
fourteen years of his life has fully develop
ed that. Though 1 will say so much, that
he had great zeal for God’s glory and for
his own peculiar tenets, and a consistent
reformer, both ill theory and practice, and
in this respect,
“Though dead, he speaks in reasons ear
And in example lives.”
In his illness lie was visited by all class
es and denominations of people, and he ex
horted all to prepare for deatii and judg
ment. And Christians lie would urge lo
live a practical, holy life: often expressing
a full belief and decided preference in favor
of the doctrine mid sentiments lie had might
for the last fourteen years. And would of
ten express that lie had fought a good fight,
&e. He was a decided friend to all benev
olent enterprise, Temperance and Sabbath
school institutions. In Ins sphere, iie taught
by precept and example. He often stated
to all, that die Lord, to some extent, had
blessed liis labors, yet, he had nothing
whereof to boast and should alone be saved
by Grace. And that at times, all through
Ins life, through fear of the pangs of literal
death, he has been subject to temptation :
yet with an unwavering faith, he had strong
consolation in teference to a happy, blisslul
immortality, beyond the grave, where the
wicked cease to trouble and the weary are
at rest. He stated, fora week hefote Ins
decease, that lie bail often vainly hoped to
recover, and yet live to see a reformation.
But then he thought it would be far better
i to die and be with the Lord, and wished
: liis Biediren to pray that he might; and no
doubt was enabled to use with eeslacy that
beautiful Apostolic language, O death!
where is thy sting? O grave! where is
tliy victory ? 1, and another intimate bro
ther, two days before his death, conversed
j with him much on the subject of death and
eternity. When lie seemed to possess the
most sublime views with regard to the holi
: ness ol the Deity and his unshaken confi-
I deuce in Him, anil said that he soon should
doium to write. Blessed are the dead who
: die in the Lord, Ac. He then requested,
as he had often done, that I should preach
his Funeral and not exaggerate liis charac
ter. But to tell all, that lie would have been
; glad that lie had lived more holy. But un
der all the circumstances of life, over many
of which he could exercise no control, he
had done about the best lie could,
D is funeral will be preached, if the Lord
permit, oil the fourth Sabbath in March, at
Smyrna Church, Russel county, Alabama,
where his membership was when lie died.
His remains now lie interred by the side of
liis wife, (who died two years since of
’ black jaundice,) near the western bank of
i the t. hattahoochee river.
I To eulogise a man so well known would
; be folly ; or, could we say were united in
him all the good qualities of a statesman,
■ politician, philosopher, soldier, Christian
minister, &c., it would not
have saved him from the destiny that has be
fallen him. Nay. if we could add in refer
ence to his home of clay,
“Underneath this clod doth lie
As much virtue as could die,
Which when alive did vigor give
Tons murli wisdom as could live.”
riien his lale would have been the same.
I Thus died the suffering Christian; aged 61
years and four days. And if in death he
could have used the pen of the ready wri
ter, lie-might have written thus,
“ The world recedes ; it disappears !
Heav’n opens on my eyes ! my ears,
With sounds seraphic ring,
Lend, lend your wings ! I mount! I fly !
O grave ! where is thy victory !
O death ! where is thy sting !”
I*. Reeves.
Feb. 15th, 1844.
SCHOOL FOR THE DEAF AND
DUMB.
It is with much pleasure we inform our
readers in the Southwest, that Mr. S. T.
Potts of Louisville, Miss., has employed a
Teacher to teach the deaf mutes in his own
family and wd take pupils at $lO per month
for board and instruction. The School is
to open on the liist of March. The terms
are very moderate. We hope that this af
flicted class will avail themselves of the op
portunity afforded of securing access to
many sources of information and enjoy
ment.
BIBLE AGENCY.
The Executive Committee of the Bap
tist Convention of the Slate of Georgia have
engaged the services ol Rev. S. E. Gardi
ner as Bible Agent under the patronage of
the Convention. The Committee hope
that all the friends of the Bib.e cause in the
circle of his Agency, will give him their aid
in forming societies and collecting funds
Jirst for the wants of their own county, and
afterwards of the destitute in other counties
in the Slate. The Committee have already
ordered and received a supply of Bibles and
Testaments from the American and Foreign
Bible Society, which will he furnished to
societies and agents, only for cash, at cost.
B. M. SANDERS,
Olt. Ex. Com. Geo. Bap. Con.
PREMIUM TREATISE.—*IOO.
Ihe American Protestant Society
| offers SIOO for the best original Treatise on
the “ hjlumce, bearing anil effects if Ro
manism on the civil itn l religious liberties
of our country to consist of not less than
one hundred pages, 18mo, to be furnished
I by the first of May next; the Society to j
j have the liberty ol using, at a fair compen- j
| satiun, those Treatises worthy of publica-1
J lion, that may not receive the premium.
The Rev. Gardiner spring, 1). D., Rev. j
| Thomas De Witt, I). 1)., and Rev. Thorn-!
I as E. Bond, will award the premium, to
whom the manuscripts, with a scaled en
velop of the author’s name, may be address
ed at this office.
Human Norton,
Cor. Sec. of the A. P. Society,
1 12 Nassau street.
New York, Feb. 18, 1844.
APPOINT HEN T S
For Elder S. B. Churchill. By divine
permission he will preach at die following
placs : At Watkinsville Wednesday night,
28th inst. ; 29 at Pleasant Grove, night at
Atkins; March Ist. on Friday at Marsltill;
Saturday 2, at Bold Spring; Sunday 3, at
Antioch ; Monday 4, at Wright's staud ;
Tuesday night s,at Luwrenceville; Wednes-1
day 0, at Hebron; Tluiisday 7, at Bay j
Creek, Friday 8. at Double Spring; Satur
day 9, at Evan’s station; Sunday 10, at
Monroe, night at bro. Adrms’; Monday 11,
at Bethel; Tuesday 12, at High Shoals:
Wednesday 13, at Freeman’s Creek; Sat
urday and Sunday lGanil 17, at Big Spring;
Monday 18, at Scull Shoals; Tuesday 19,
j at New Hope; Wednesday 20, at Sugar
Creek; Thursday nighl2l, at Madison; I* ri*
day 22, at Holland’s Spring; Saturday and
Sunday 23 and 24, at Sandy Creek; Mon
day 25, at Union; Tuesday 20, at the Cir
cle*; Wednesday 27, at Macedonia; Thurs
day 28, at Sharon; Friday Saturday and
Sunday 29, 30 and 31, at Monroe, and
night at bro. W. Thornton’s.
NOTICE.
THE Managers of the Book Depository
of the Columbus Association have ordered
on a considerable quantity of Sabbath school
hooks. Adjoining Associations can be Inr
uislicd by applying to brother Estis of Co
lumbus or brother Adams.
JAMES PERRYMAN.
NOTICE.
Til E Churches composing the Rehoboth
Association are hereby reminded of the Sab
bath School Convention, to be held with
the Baptist Church in Macon, on Friday
before the third Lord’s day in April. Each
Church is requested to send two delegates
and as many more ,ps convenient. A full
attendance is desired. Brethren from other
Associations are cordially invited to he pre
sent J- R. KENDRICK.
ALL persons having demands against the
estate of Thomas G. Janes, deceased, are
requested to present them in terms of the
law—those indebted to the estate are re
quested to make immediate payment.
ABSALOM JANES,
William f. janes, i „ ,
HENRY A. GIBSON, f x *’
GEORGE W. WEST.J
Jan 8, 1844. Gt 2
DAVID A. VASON,
I ; Attorney at Law.
Albany, Baker Cos., Ga.
,! April 20, 1813. ly
| BORDERS & BRUCE,
f Attorneys at Law.
f Hamilton, Harris Cos., Ga.
A. L. BORDERS.
lj Feb. 10, 1844. w. w. bruce.
’ i Job I'l'iiffing,
i Promptly Executed at this Office.
BIBLES AND TESTAMENTS.
THE Executive Committe of the Geor
gia Baptist State Convention have received
from the American and Foreign Bible Soci
ety, two hundred nnd fifty Bibles and five
hundred Testaments, which are deposited
at Dr. W. H. Turpin’s Drug Store in Au
gusta, to be disposed of at Cost to Bible So
cieties. Sunday School agents, or other be
nevolent associations for the disliibution of
religious hooks. Bibles are at 44 cts. to
$2 33 cts., and Testaments at 11 cts. to 69
cts. a piece. The agents of all benevolent
Societies can obtain them at those prices
for cash, by exhibiting a suitable certificate
of their agency. 11. M. SANDERS.
Ch. Ex. Com.
P. S.— Orders from School Agents with
the money will receive prompt attention.
DENS’ THEOLOGY.
Rev. C. Spariy’s Extracts from Dens’
Theology, on the nature of Confession and
the obligation of the Seal, is a pamphlet of
72 pages. The extracts are given in dou
ble columns, one containing the original
Latin, and the other the translation, with
extensive notes. Price 12] cents per sin
gle copy : $8 pei hundred : $36 per thou
sand. Just published the ninth edition.—
For sale at No. 118 Nassau street.
!’• J- Burney, ol Madison, Morgan
county, the present Treasurer of Mercer
University, has taken charge of all the
notes and other funds of the Institution, and
all persons having settlements to make with
the Treasurer, will please direct their com
munications to him.
B. M. SANDERS.
JO THE AFFLICTED AND UN
FORTUNATE.
I he Legislature has made ample provis
ion for the education of the indigent Deaf
and Dumb, between the ages of ten and
forty. As Commissioner, appointed bv
the Executive to carry out this humane de
sign, I hereby call upon the parents and
guardians cl such unfortunate persons to
entrust them to my cate, that I may convey
them lo the Institution at Hartford, Connec
ticut, and superintend their education there.
I promise all interested, that those placed
under my care shall receive every attention
in my power—that I will go in person with
them lo Hartford, and see their wants well
provided lor, according to my best ability.
Those inclined to avail themselves of
ibis noble charity of the State are request
ed to be at my house in Clinton, or at Mrs.
Huson’s Hotel in Milletlgeville, by the 15th
of April next, whence they will proceed in
a few days to the North.
I appeal lo the friends of humanity to
aid me in this business. Many of the poor
for whose benefit ibis advertisement is made
may no! read the papers of the day. Will
you not go to them, explain this matter, as
sure them that their children or wards shall
be no expence to them, and that the Com
missioner will do h is utmost to promote
their comfort and improvement.
J. IL CAMPBELL,
Com. of the. Deaf and Dumb.
Clinton, Jan. 11, 1844. 2m
FOUR Months alter date, application
u ill be made to (he honorable the Inferior
Court of Greene county, when sitting for
ordinaly purposes, for leave to sell the real
and personal property of Wrllram B. Ben
nett, minor and heir of Mathew Bennett,
deceased, or so much thereof as may be
necessary to pay liis portion of the debts of
die Estate of bis deceased father, the afore
said Mathew Bennett.
JOS S. BAKER, Guard’n.
Nov. 15, 1843.
FOUR Months after date, application
will be made lo the Honorable Interior
Court of Greene county, when sitting as a
Court of Ordinary, for leave to sell two
tracts ol Land in said county, belonging to
part of the children of Thomas G. Janes,
late of said county, deceased, lor a division.
ABSALOM JANES, T
WILLIAM F. JANES, > „ ,
HENRY A. GIBSON, *’
GEORGE W. WESTJ
Jan. 8,1844.
PROSPECTUS
OF TIIE
SOUTHERN SABBATH SCHOOL ADVOCATE :
A Fire-side Companion for the Families
of Baptists.
The subscriber lias been solicited by a
number of friends, to undertake the publi
cation of a work under lit a above name,
anil arrangements have been made for its
appearance by the first of May next.
No pains will be spared in endeavoring
to make the Advocate of real use to the
cause to which il is devoted, and to supply
in some degree, the place of a Teacher iie
such families as are deprived of the advan
tage of Sabbath Schools. Whatever may
have a tendency to establish and encourage
this blessed Institution among Baptists;
that may be important to the present and
future welfare of children and youth ; and
that may be influential in implbnting princi
ples of morality and virtue in the minds of
all, shall find a place in its columns: and,
besides, it will contain such articles of a
general nature as may interest aud instruct
its readers.
A specimen number will be issued in a
(few days which will bo sent to all who
; may desire it.
TERMS.
The Southern Sabbath School Advo
! cate will be issued on the first and fifteenth
;of each month—each No. to contain eight
j large pages with three columns, and mail
ed to subscribers at one dollar a yeur, pay
j able on the reception of the first No. We
! are necessarily compelled to adhere rigidly
|to the cash system. The work will be
; continued, at least, for one year. Address
free of postage,
THOMAS M. SLAUGHTER,
Dee. 26, 1813. Whitesville, Ga.
* LAW BLANKS,
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