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03“ Which is General Taylor’s latest and most favorite
march f Give it up ? March \he fifth.
OJ” Lorenzo Dow defined a cleath-feed repentance to be |
burning-out tlie candle of life in the service of the devil, and
blowing the snufTin the Lord's face.
The Best Recommendation* —Nicholas Biddle, Esq., late j
President of the Bank of the United States, once dismissed a
clerk, because the latter refused to write for him on the
Sabbath. The young man, with a mother dependent on his
exertions, was thrown out of employment, by what some
would call an over-nice scruple of conscience. But a few
days after, Mr. Biddle being requested io nominate acashieiq,
for another bank recommended this very individual and men
tioned this as a proof of his trustworthiness. “You can trust
him,” said he, “for lie wouldn’t work for me on Sunday.”
Mor. Lawrence Munificence. —Win. Lawrence,of Boston,
lately deceased, left by Ins will 920,000 to the Groton Acad
emy. The amount is to remain on interest till it reaches
830,900, then to be appropriated for purposes of instruction,
charity to the indigent pupils, <fcc'. This institution has
heretofore received large sums from the Lawrences. Gro- 1 :
ton was their native town. —Springfield Republican.
(jnil.i Perch'i. —This article continues to be imported in
very large quantities, in order to meet the numerous and
extensive demands which are made for it to be appropriated :
to the very many purposes to which it is now found to he ap
plicable. A vessel juet arrive in the docks from Singapore j
inis brought what we believe to bo the largest importation
which has been made atone time, consisting 0f3291 pack
ages, 710 lumps and 10,101 blocks of the article. —London
Paper.
Colion for,Shod’. —The London correspondent of the New
York Comnvi*c?aLAdvertiser says:
There is anew patented material for )>oots and shoes,
called the l’annas corium, or leather cloth, invented by a
person nanusd Hull, which has met with a great share of pat
ronage, from the Royal family down. T lie material is cot
ton but has the glass and general appearance of leather, and
receives a polft if from ordinary blndking nnd in the same
way. It is us :d only for the upper part of the hoot or shoe,
the sole being leather. It is said to be as durable as leather,
never cracks or splits and possesses the advantage of no!
drawing the,fool—a great desideratum for persons with ten
der feel. They yield to the action of the foot without the
slightest pressure. 1 speak from experience, having used it
iu my family.
If “this should prove correct, anew source of consumption
will be opened for our raw material, of limits almost indefii
nite.
Discovery of California Gold , a Century Ago. —At a re
cent special meeting of the New \ork Historical Society,
the ltev. .Mr. Hatfield read a communication, which was
heard with deep interest.and surprise. Mr. H. presented
some of the incidents of a forgotten history—incidents which,
providence of God, saved California from becoming a
British province, more than a hundred years ago.
It appears that a British vessel touched on the coast of
California, in 1717. The captain being detained there a
long time, had repeated communications with the shore for
water and fuel. He then sailed for China, where his vessel
was lost in an affray with the Chinese. On his return to Eng
land, he reported to the Government that he found in Cali
fornia a black earth, in which was mingled what appeared
to bo gold—that he pul a large quantity of it aboard, for the
purpose of having it tested, which was lost with the vessel.
By the providential loss of this specimen, California, with its
mineral wealth, has been reserved to become one of the Uni
ted States.— Christian Observer.
Steamboats Lost on the Mississippi. —The Cairo Delta of
the 9tl, ult. contains a list of the steamboat disasters which
have happened on the Mississippi River, amounting in all to
25-1 ; by which it appears that 167 boats were sunk, 71) burnt,
and 5 blown up. The Delta says it isjndebted for tiio list to
the oilier rs of the steamer Shunt Paul who prepared it express
ly for that paper. Estimating each boat and cargo destroy
ed at 920,00, tfm total would be 95,000,000. The proba
bility is. however, that the loss greatly exceeds this sum, as
many of the boats were of the first class, with full and valua
ble freights.
Cigar Smoking. —An anti-cigar smoking calculator, esti
mates the amount of smoke putfed out of the mouth annually
in the United States at ninety millions of dollars. lie as
sumes that there are fofir millions of smokers, who smoke on
nil ave rage six and a fourth cents worth of cigars daily.
A I\'ew Invention —The Chicago Journal says, “A friend
has shown us a model fence, designed forour prairies, which
nppearsto he just the thing. It consists of strips of sheet
iron, three inches wide, coated with oil, and painted white. —
These are nailed to posts two rods apart, with a perpendicu
lar strip of board every other rod. The whole cost per rod is ; !
given at less than thirty cents. It is superior to wire from
the fact that it docs not snag so as to let hogs through, and ;
being painted white, cattle will see it, and not run against, 1
it.” °
Washington, mother of the present proprietor of
Mount Vernon, has emancipated an intelligent and even
wealthy slave, a man ofso years, his wife, and ten children, i
with a view to their wish to emigrate to Liberia..
QO"The soil of England, which a century ago was owned ;!
by three hundred thousand persons, is at this time, owned by
thirty-two thousand individuals.
Increase of Newspapers.— ln 1776, there were but thirty
sight journals in the whole country, whereas there are now
over two. thousand. — Phil. Times..
Important Discovery. —The Euglish newspapers inform
us that by rccerinnvestigaiiofts which have been carried on
by the Royal Irish Fisheries Company, it has been ascer
tained the Newfoundland fishing banks- extend eastward
‘across the Atlantic to within 100 miles of the coast of Ireland,
! and that fish enough can ho produced on that coast to supply
all the markets in the world.
| ffj“The correspondent of the Savannah Republican at St.
Mary’s (Gft.,) states tbnt a school of whales, some 25 in num
ber came ashore “dead” ;on Cumberland beach, near St.
-Mary’s on the 26th ultimo.
{KyGen. Gaipesand lady arrived at Cincinnati on the 28th
en route to New Orleans —thcGcneral to take command of
the Southern division of the Army in place of Gen Taylor.
IS Al 535 11'] 11 q
On the 7th Dee., 1849, by the Rev. Wm. I. Harley, Mr.
John J. 11. ILutms to Miss Emily F. Hill, both of War
ren, county, Ga.
On the Ist inst., by Rev. George Granberry, Mr. Wm.
A. Candler to Miss Jam: Embry, all of Harris County.
OEITVAR7,
•• • •
“leaves have their time to fall.
And flow™ to t\ ither nt the north wind’ breath,
Ami Slurs to set—hut. all, ~ ■■
Thou hu-si all.seasons for thy own, O death!’’
Departed this life, at Orange Hill, Fla., on the 18th Octo
ber, 1948, Frances A. Bragg, in her 36th year. She had
been a member of the Baptist church seventeen years, and
was the wife of Henry C. Bragg, late from Albany, Ga.— |
She was the daughter of tho writer of this notice. She lived
a very exemplary life, died in full hope of a blessed immor-j
tality. Sweetly as babes sleep, did she give her life up,!
when called to yield it. Yes, I feel sure I never saw so
easy a death in all my recollection. 11. M.
Died, at the residence of tho Rev. John Hendrick, in Wal
ton county, Ga., on the morning of tho 28t!i November last,
Cornelius Kllett, in the 73d year of his age. The de
ceased was born in Virginia, and moved to Georgia, about
the year 1803. About a year before his death, ho professed
to have found peace with God, through our Lord Jesus Christ;
die evidences of which, continued to brighten until his final
exit.
Lord, I commit my soul to Thee !
Accept the sacred trust;
Receive tiiis noble part of me,
And watch my sleeping dust.
A FRIEND.
A. .SSL** r .B'M a
Jas. M. Sinquefield $1 25, Jan. ’49; Wm. Sinquefield 1
25, Jan. ’49; li. B. Miller 2 50, Jan. ’SO; G. Riley 3 10,
Jan. ’4O; W. B. Dorsey 10 00, Jan. ’49; John Carson 2 00,
I'Vb. ’49; John G. Williams 5 00, Aug. ’SO; D. W. Floyd
62 cts., Jan. ’49; i). Owen, by 11. Brandy, 3 75, Feb. ’SO;
W. Martsliuld 2 50, Jun. ’SO; J. 11. Fielder 1 00, Nov. ’49;
M. McNear 2 50, Jan. ’SO; J. L- S. Foster 3 00, Sept. ’49;
N. J. Patterson, sr., 0 00, Jan. ’49; Jas. Harris 2 00, Jan.
49; Jas. Matthews 2 50, Jan. ’49; J. 11. Stark 9 00, Jan.
’49; V. Sanford for Adv. list. Jesse Perkins 7 50; Jos. Rat
clitic 05, May’49; E. Siatosworth 2 50, Jan. ’49; J. B.
Harrell 1 25, Jan. ’49; C. Purifoyl 67, Jan. ’49; Jas. A.
Spivey 4 13, Jan. ’49; W. B. Pinson 2 00, May ’49; T.
W. Latimer 2 00, April ’49; 11. Varner 3 00, May ’SO; D.
B. Conyers 5 00. Jan. ’4B; J. A. Moseley, by V. A. Gaskill,
2 50, Dec. ’49; Mrs. J. Nicholson, by same, 2 50, March
’SO; Mrs. M. J. Smith, by B. Brantly, 4 00, Sept. ’49.
('XMaumgrar TCiL tra
TO PARENTS AND GUARDIANS.
T lUlii Subscriber, from the extreme low price of Cotton, and con-
Jl. seqUeutly tho great scarcit-’ of money, proposes for himself
to reduce the price of Board fromiiis former rates to the following
prices at the ensuing Term of Lite School, for students in the Mer
•or University. Eight dollars per month, paid in advance for
Board; washing and rooms well furnished: or nine; half paid ini
advance; or ten paid at the close of the term. He pledges himself|
to do every tiling in his power to make his boarders comfortable.
LEMUEL GREENE.
Penfield, Ga., .Tan. 13th, 1319. n3—3t
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“CU. U ‘EL SI J ABBA -MA3■•"!■ ******
BRETHREN, Clerks and others, will confer a favor by send-!
ing to me a copy each of the following Minutes of Associa
tions for 1948: Bethel, Columbus, Ebenezer, Flint River, Reho-
Imth, Sunbury, Western, Alapaha, the two Canoochees, Chesta-j
toe, Echoconna, Harmon'.', Little River, Now Hope, Ocklockonee,
the two Omulgoes, Oconee, Primitive Pulaski, Primitive Look-j
out. Primitive Western, Springfield, Uharlee, Upatqi, Middle,!
:-Mountain, Piedmont, Union, State Line, Lnited Baptist, United
l Chattahoochee, Coimasauga.
To ensure their arrival by the mail, it will be necessary to prepay
them or enclose them in a letter envelope.
P. H. MELL, Gerk of Convention.
Penfield, Nov. 27th, 1348. _
TVTOTICE.—DR. TOMLINSON FORT has now in press, a
1 A Medical Work to bo entitled “Font’s Family Practice,”
which will be printed, neatly bound, and offered to the public, with
the least practicable delay.
Mllledgeville, August I*s, 1848.
i TAISSOLUTION. —The firm of HERRON & ROSSER here
-1 f tofore existing in the practice of Medicine, in this place, is
,this day dissolved by mutual consent. Those indebted to us are,
respectfully requested: to call and settle their accounts either by
cash or note. D- HERRON,
M. F. ROSSER,
Penfield, Dec. 30,1843.. 8. I
JUST PUBLISHED.
THE SOCIAL PSALMIST;
A NEW SELECTION OF HYMNS FOR CONFERENCE
MEETINGS AND FAMILY WORSHIP,
*“s¥ RATION STOW AND S. F. SMITH.
TIIIS srleciion has been in preparation nearly five years.—du
ring which time it lias been subjected to repeated examina
tion and careful revision. The object in its preparation has been
Ito furnish a s lection of choice Hymns, fer tile Vestry and the
Family Circle, of moderate sue and at trilling expense, exactly
United to tho v ; rious stages and conditions of the conference, and
other dev .’'ions 1 meetings usually held in the Conference Room,
at well as in Family Worship. Hymns, for instance, on topics
embracing .; j or, praise,, warning, invitation, entreaty, regenera
tion, rep. ./• S-, filth, times of declension, times of revival, receiv
ing and i! ii- .ng members; the Church in prosperity, and in ad
versity; .M- ’. >na ry, Sabbath School, and maternal meetings; meet
ing and parting, sickness and health, opening and closing year;
brevity of rime; death, judgment, heaven. &c. It has been the aim
to supply ‘ i-m- not. only of elevated poetic and musical merit, but
of true dm ua 1 spirit- A selection of seme of the choicest hymns
ill the IVa , adapted to the design of this book, will here be
found,tog tier with several new hymns, as well as thoso long fa
miliar in tic conference meeting, mid hallowed by early associa
tions of borne, and social prayer. Their familiarity, instead of be
,ing an obj mto them, is their highest praise. That they have
expressed the devout aspirations of those who have passed on to
j the worship of the heavenly temple, gives them a charm which
compositio - wholly new could not claim, in the minds of differ
ent Christians, we believe that most of the hymns in this book will
summon up bwevt and holy recollections.
The work contains 359 Hvmns, besides Doxologies in various
meters, not numbered in tho list of hymns. They are the produc
tions of 13! ’ lierent authors: lJsare by Watts, 18 by Steele, 17
by Doddrid r 14 by Newton, 9by Wesley, 6 each hy Cowper,
Fawcett. Ke!!\ and Smith, 4 each by Heber, Beddome, Stennett,
and Toplady, nd others by Swain, Montgomery, Ilart, Dwight,
Barbaukl, llyde, Reed, fleginbotham, Grant, Cennick, Oliver. Ed
ineston, Kim D ■ Floury, Scott, Dobell, Rallies, Pitt, Noel, Med
ley, Cotton, Hyland, Williams, Roden, Cottrell. Logan, Cornier,
Collycr, Mi rmi, Kinkham, White. Collins, Robinson, Duncan,
Stowell, Cob! In, Kingsbury, Allen, Grigg,&c. There
is a large variety of every description of meter, embracing 83 l<ong,
119 Common, 51 Short, and 94 us various peculiar meters.
It was fir-. contemplated having Music in the volume, but on
consultation and reflection it was deemed uuadvisable, as it must
necessarily add to the size and expense of the book, and music not
familiarenoi. ito sing in social worship without notes is of little
avail, and Hein used” hy those even unacquainted with music,
and most of those who usually sing in the conference meeting are
entirely unacquainted with the rudiments of music, arid consequent
ly are in no wav benefited by this addition ; and not unfrequentiy
the spirit of devotion is retarded, by the use of tunes not familiar
to those who usually join m this favorite soul-stirring service.
The work contains tiiree valuable Indexes; an Index of First
Lines, a General Index, and a very full Particular Index of Sub
jects.
The type, and size of tho page, are the same as the 18mo., or
pew size ot tho Psalmist. It, is printed on good paper, and strong
ly bound in sheep, mid is afforded at the very low price of twenty
five ants p<r copy, am! #2 50 per dozen.
*i* Copit'-; fir examination furnished clergymen gratis, on ap
plication to the publishers. The work, in paper covers, can be
sent by mail ui a trilling expense for portage.
PROVERBS’ FOR THE PEOPLE:
A series of Discussions on the Rook of Prove rbs, in which are
graphically delineated the great doctrines and duties which re
late to mini’s temporal and eternal weal. By Rev, E. L. Mn
goon, Cincinnati. 12mo. 90c.
THE CHURCH IN EARNEST:
By John Angel! Jam's. Third edition. 50c.
“Avery seasonable publication, The church universal needs a
re-awakenin” to its high vocation, and this is a book to effect, so
far as human intellect can, the much desired resuscitation.”—A'.
Y. Com. Adv.
This is pre-eminently a Book for the times,—many pastors are
engaged in circulating the work among their people.
THE PERRON AND WORK OF CHRIST:
The Doctrine of the Person and Work of Christ. By Dr. Sarto
lions. Translated from the-fifth German edition, hy Rev. O S.
Stearns. 42c.
“A work of much ability, nnd presenting the argument in a style
that will be new torn -t American readers; it will deservedly at
tract attention.” — If. Y. Observer.
“The earnestness, beahty afid vivacity of its style, possesses the
qualities which should recommend it to the favor of the Christian,
public.”— Michigan Clrislian Herald.
WAY LAND’S UNIVERSITY SERMONS;
Delivered in the Cluipel of Brown University, on many of the
moral and religious topics of tiie day. By Francis Wayland, D.
D. l2mo. cloth. §1.25.
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PRKHEnVF. VO lit TEETH.
DR. SEGER, grateful for the patronage he has received from
his friends and the public in general, and having succeeded
in nil his operations in Dentistry to their entire satisfaction, notifies
the public that, he will still practice as a DENTIST for the next
four or five years, in the counties of Oglethorpe. Elbert, Wilkes,
Greene and Cntwobin.
Terms —A credit of twelve months, if desired, for Plugging—
for Plate-work, half-cash.
CAW his work will lie performed in a neat and workmanlike
manner, and, if it tails, will be re-exeemed free of of urge.
Dee. 7, 1348. ly 43
WASI-I INO TON HALL
ATI/AAT/i, GEOIibIA.
BREAKFAST AND DINNER HOUSE FOR PASSENGERS.
Meals ah'.M Vr in due -"-axon for the departure of the Cars.
A share of Public Patronage is respectfully solicited.
H. c. HOLCOMBE, I “ HOLCOMBE & RICE.
Z-. a, rice. j fob. 24 ly 8
GUARDIAN’S; SALE.—WiII be sold, on Tufisdav the 6th of
February, a negro girl, about the age of 16 or 17 years, foe
the benefit oflegatees. GUARDIAN.
Jan. 14, 1849. td.
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