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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, Printed at short notice, at this Office.