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?I I S € I] r. I- A N Y . From the Cincinnati Journal. Beauty. 'There’s beauty in the lofty pins That scorns the passing gale, When winter, in his reckless wrath, Sweeps o’er the shrinking vale. There’s beauty in the dashing shower That welcomes in the spring, And in the thousand graceful forms Which summer hours bring. There’s beauty in the bonding sky, Clad in its azure blue, When fleecy clouds are gliding by, Hiding its face from vie-w; And on the s ea, when silence deep Sleeps o’er the mirror’d wave, Where the coral many a fathom down ' .Adorn’s the.soaman'B grave. The face of smiling infancy. Is it not sweetly fair? For Heav’n, with an unerring hand, Hath stamped its image there. And passing beautiful to all The cheek of youth appears, Ere its first freshness hath been drown’d, Or blanch’d with bitter tears. Yet lofty pine and graceful flower, In summer beauty gay— i The passing pageants of an hour— In time shall pass away. Tho budding earth and placid sea In lurid flame will roll; Yon smiling sky of blessed light Be like a mighty scroll. The terrors of that dreaded hour With wrathful arm be hurl’d, While the archangel’, trumpet speaks The ruin ofa world. Ye gentlo ones, in youth’s first bloom, Seek ye, while yet ye may, That living beauty of the soul 'Which never knows decay. O, give to him who gave your Ufa Your childhood’s earliest love. And seek, through trial, toil aud .strife, A lasting home above. So when eternity shall burst Upon your dazzled sight, Your dwell forevermore In blessedness and light. M. D. EDITORIAL COURTESIES. *1 mint speak in a passion, and I will do it in King Cy mbyte!’ vein.”—Shakspear. If Socrates, or any other sensible ancient, could be resuscitated, and have a half-a-dozen flaming rhapsodies on the benefits and bles sings of the ‘'press,” put into his hands, what a glorious and mighty change would he sup pose had taken place in ibe ordering of public affairs, since the time when the Athenian rab ble were led by the nose by every noisy dema gogue who chose to spout nonsense to them in their market places. How the good man’s heart would be filled with rejoicing as he read glowing descriptions of the tremonduous capa bilities of this mighty engine, wielded solely for the benefit of mankind, and of its unweari ed exertions to disseminate useful information and correct knowledge of political events to the meanest citizen of the state! He would i suppose, that with this almost omnipotent pow- ’ er arrayed on the side of virtue, and watching , with untiring vigilance over the true interests ' of all, that this wicked world must have been transformed into a sort of Utopia since bis time —a place from which all prejudice, venal ity, corruption and sycophancy were swept a xvay, and where the governors and the govern ned would emulate each other in their exer tions for the common weal. But, if after pe- j rusing the aforesaid rhapsodies, the said Soc- i rates could have a quantity of newspapers ta ken indiscriminately from different parts of the country placed before him, there is strong rea son to believe that an attentive perusal of their i wlegant contents would materially change his opinion. He would find the gentleman presi <ii»g over one half of the press stating that the other portion of their editorial brethren were, without exception, the greatest set of rascals, scoundrels, rogues, thieves, and vagabonds that over existed on the face of the earth; and that they were the most vile, the most degraded, the jnost contemptible miscreants that could, by u»y possibility, disgrace humanity. On the other hand, he would find the party accused in these gentle terms, asserting that their assail ants were well known to bo such infamous li ars, so totally destitute of every spark of hon esiy, so stamed with infamy, so branded with convicted falsehoods, as to render any thing they might say unworthy of the slightest no ttce. Poor Socrates would be sadly puzzled, and think there was more in this than he ever “dreampt of in7i?s’phdosophy,”A that truth still I- rpt her ancient station at the bottom o! a well. 1 Ic would find these virtuous vehicles of knowl edge and information made up of quack adver t semt nt*, dreadful munlers, dreadful poetry, J . Miller ,s’s, and editorial personalities; in t lie latter oi w hieh he would see all the coarse ness ot les oM mt my Aristophanes ten times trebled, without a single redeeming sprinkling of his wit and humort and ho would be lost in Utter amusement to find that the very worst *iad most tgnorent portion of the people fr, c . cording to. thei i own showing) had been,, by, i some strange fatality, elevated to instruct and amuse the rest. There are some subjects which it is necessa ry to aid by a slight stretch of the fancy, or a little exaggeration of language, in order to give them point and effect; but to de scribe just as it is, the manner in which 1 editorial warfare is carried on in the country papers of the United States, other words than are to be found in Walker or Webster must be sought-for; they are too tame, too weak to eonvey any idea of these Billingsgate personal ities. “A beggar in his drink. Would not bestow such terms upon his callet,” as the worthy conductors of the press think proper to bestow upon each-other. Wherein the utility—the advantage of all this to the public, or what is more, to themselves, con sists, it is not easy to discover. If they are, what they say they are, would it not be their policy to agree and keep it concealed, and not blazon forth each other’s infamy to the world? And what has that world to do with disreputa blequarrelsand low abuse, farther than to laugh at and despise them for it? the public of this day, as of yore, “care not a toss up Whether Mossop kick Barry or Barry kick Mossop;’’ and after looking on for some time, and amus ing itself with the noise andsputter of the en raged belligerents, come to the conclusion that they are both contemptible creatures, and pay no further attention to the matter- In fact, nine-tenths of the papers have, by this degra ding conduct, in a great measure lost the pow er of affecting character either by praise or censure: there are many who pay no sort of attention either to what they say of public men or ofeach other; and if there are still those who, making a deduction of ninety.nine per cent., think “there must be same truth in i what the fellow says,” their number is fast, di minishing. A paper is at present lyipg before us, from which better things might have been expected, as it is published in a decent neigh borhood, and contains some good reading mat ter, in which, amid two-thirds of a column of abuse, one of the most moderate sentences is, that his opponent is “a liar by nature and a thief by profession.” After going on for some time with unabated spirit in this strain of un mitigated abuse, he winds up with the following magnificent piece of composition. “If the-riv er Amazon were made to run-through his (his opponent’s) soul, more time would be taken up in cleansing it of its depravity and filthiness, than was required by tho ancient river to cleanse the celebrated stables, wherein a thou sand oxen had been stalled for almost as many years!” This appears to be only one of a se ries of articles on the subject! and the offence, as far as we can make it out, for which all these hard words arc let loose, seems to have been the copying an article without duo cred it, or something of the kind of equally vital im portance to the community. We have not seen the replication to this choice morcciu, but presume it will be in the same style of impas-. sioned and elegant invective. , Now is not this and such as this abominable! and hundreds of instances could be pointed out of still greater magnitude, in which the perso nal appearance and family connexions of a man are ridiculed—charges of not having paid his tailor’s bill, or any thing else, no matter what, that depravity can invent or blackguardism utter, aro put forth. Opprobrious epithets from such sources, when applied to those who have been long before the public, and whose characters are well and favorably known, can do but comparatively little harm; they may exclaim with Brutus, “I am arnie d so strong in honesty That they pass by me as the idle wino, Which I regard not;” hut suppose an honorable and sensitive man, just commenced his carreer, attacked by one of those literary scavengers, what exquisite pain must it give him to find himself dragged forward and slandered in this mftnner. And he has no redress; he cannot reply, or at all’ events if he does, it will be a most unequal match, for he will be temperate in his lan-, guage, and anxious not to assert anything but what is strictly true. It would be like a gen tleman neatly dressed in light-colored unmen tionables and white kid gloves, engaged in a combat of throwing mud from a kennel with a ragged and tattered miscreant; his adversary, being well practised at tho game, throws ten j handsfull of dirt for his one, and quickly be , spatters him ajl over, while the few additional piece* that ho could send, would never be dis cerned on his opponent’s already soiled and fil thy garments. The best way certainly for those who are well enough known to afford it, is to pass all such attacks over in absolute si lence. Blackwood’s Magazine, whose person ality has at least always prostituted humor and ability to make it go off, has never been so enraged by any of the retorts of its adversa ries as by the real or affected contempt of the Edinburgh Review. Notwithstanding the yi rulenl abuse that has from time to time been bestowed upon it, the Edinburgh has never, since the commencement of Blackwood, hit it ■ appear that it was conscious there was such a I journal in existence. i We arc not very sanguine in anticipations of anv speedy and effectual change for the better in this world of ours; but we do think the time is fast coming when, with a few exceptions, this custom of the present race of public journ als in the United States will be regarded with unqualified contempt. There aro already symptoms of better things. Most of the city papers in New York, and indeed in all large towns, have lately amended their ways consi derably in this respect, though they were nev er one quai ter so bad as their rural brethren; ’•nd thereinto several journals xbnt are rcspcc ’ab.’c ar. J entertaining, repositories of news, jknowledge, literature, and fashion; while their trifling disputes are conducted in a pleasant and gentlemanly spirit. Clashing interests and parly views will always preserve some portion of personality in the world; but it would be more agreeable to all concerned to settle their little affairs of the pen by good-na tured raillery, light repartees, and polished sar casms, such as pass in decent society, in pref erence to vulgar slang and porter-house fig ures of rhetoric. Let such contests be carried on like two gentlemen engaged in a bout at foils, in which both exert their utmost skill and ingenuity, in a friendly temper; and when a “palbable hit” is given on either side, let it be courteously acknowledged, and then try it a gaie; and not like a couple of -ragamuffins in the street, who fight and tear themselves to pieces for the amusement of the spectators. From the Illinois Backwoodsman. A BRAVE GIRL. In this State, no minor can obtain from the county commissioners’ courts a dicense to marry, without first obtaining the consent of his or her parent or guardian, and, without such license, -cannot marry in this State. Young couples frequently fly to the opposite side of the Mississippi, where no license is required. These “runaway matches,” as they are called, are very frequent. A laughable oc currenee of that kind happened a few days ago, which has made much sport in this re gion. A Miss , about 17 years of age, who is the heiress to an estale valued at sl#,ooo, lately runaway in company with a bridesmaid and her lover, who was nearly thirty.—Her guardian believed the man totally unworthy of her, had refused his consent. —When they reached >the bank of the Mississippi, the ice was running furiously in the river; but the young lady, expecting every moment her guardian would arrive there in pursuit, urged her lover to lose not an instant in pushing the boat from the shore. His courage seemed to have a good deal abated; but ho, with the owner ol a large skiff, and the bridesmaid, embarked with his intended. They had near ly reached the head of an island, about a third ol the distance from the opposite shore, when the current became more rapid, the cakes ol ice very large, and their situation extremely dangerous. The lover, excessively frightened, and forgetful of every body but his own dear bawled out in the most piteous ac cents, “Oh! 1 shall be drowned!—l shall be’ drowned!” and bitterly reproached his lady love as the cause of his probable death. Sh< uttered not a word, but her courage and pres ence of mind seemed to increase with her per il. A tremenduous cake of ice fairly capsized the boat, but.it was so large that all got on it, the lover rendering her no assistance at all. It bore them to the head of the island, and, as good fortune would have it, the chute between it and the Missouri shore was frozen over, and they crossed it without difficulty. They rea ched a tavern near the river, and, after chan ging thefr wet garments and becoming warm ata good fire, the lover hinted to the young lady that it was time now for them to have the knot tied, as the -magistrate had arrived for that purpose, and was in the next room. She gave him a most withering look of contempt, and declared she would never tmrte her desti n-y with one who was so selfish and cowuidly. It was in vain that he attempted by entreaty and argument to change her resolution. She was immoveable, and replied to him with scorn. A few days afterwards, she returned to tho house of her guardian, thankful that she had escaped marrying a man whose only object was her fortune. Her lover returned to this side of the river also; but such showers of ridicule and coo. tempt wore bestowed upon him that he found it best to decatnp, which ho did a few nights ago leaving behind him a host of unsettled demands. A new Territory. —The Territory of Wisconsin has been devided by law of Con gress; and all that part lying west of the Mississippi, after the third day of July next, is to constitute a separate territorial govern ment similar to that of other territories. Mexico has proposed to submit the difficul ties between her nnd the’United States, to the Umpirage of a third power—which has been acceded to by the President of the United States. Mexico. | The N. O. Bee of ths 7th inst., says: “A ; passenger who came by the U. S. Siiip Con cord reports, that having remained three days at Vera Cruz, he felt convinced from the ru mors in circulation, that the Mexican Govern ment wns in no wise disposed to pay the indem nity claimed by France. We aLo learn from the same passenger that the American schooner Eliza Ann was at Ma tamoras previous to this blockade. She has' been stopped from coming out of this port — she made three attempts but failed. However, they have come to the conclusion to let her pass. She will be here in a few days.— Au. gusia CpHStilulionalist. FRENCH BLOCKADE. The N. O. Commercial Bulletin of the 7th inst. says: “Tho American schrs. Dolphin and Byron returned yesterday from the coast of I Mexico. They were bound hence to Mata, i morns with valuable cargoes ol provisions &c., but were not permitted to enter that port, ha ving been boarded on their arrival by the I French men of war Rationed off' that place, j their papers endorsed, and ordered off. The two vessels were permitted to land their pas sengers and letters, but uo otht r communica tion with the s ore‘was allowed. The rcspcc- I five commanders of the above vessels inform us that they were treated with the utmost po- ! liteness by the officers of the squadron.— lb. j ......... . ■ ■ -7".. .. .. - . _ . C O IT It T c. 4 L E « » A II . I ■ SUPERIOR COURTS- January. Ist Monday, Richmond, 2d -‘ Chatham, February. Ist Monday, Stewart, “ Floyd, Paulding,Thursday before 2d iMonday, Clark, “ B.bb, “ Macon, “ Randolph, “ Cast,, i 3d “ Walton, I “ Crawford, “ Early, “ Cherokee, i 4th “ Baker, “ Jackson, “ Meriwether, , “ Forsyth, Upson, Lee, Thursday after, i March. Ist Monday, Cowetna, “ Lumpkin, “ Pike, ! - ■“ Sumpter, “ Taliaferro, 2d Columbia, “ Fayette, “ Greene, “ Laurens, “ Madison, “ Marion, “ Monrod, “ Morgan, “ Gwinnett, “ -Union, Gilmer, Wednesday after, 3d Monday. Butts, *• Elbert. “ DeKalb, “ Hall, “ Putnam, •* Talbot, “ Murray, 4th “ Bullock, “ Cobb, “ Dooly, Newton, “ Walker, “ Washington, •• Wilkes, Effingham,Thursday after April, Ist Monday, Warren, “ Wilkinson. “ Campbell, 2d “ Carroll, " Dade, “ Camden, “ Hancock, “ Harris, , “ Henry, “ Franklin, “ Montgomery “ Twiggs, Tatnall, Thursday after, Wayrto, “ “ 3d Monday, Emanuel, “ Habersham, “ Heard, Glynn, “ Jones, “ Muscogee, “ Oglethorpe, J “ Pulaskit Mclntosh,Thursday -after, 4th Monday, Scrivon, “ Lincoln, “ Rabun, •• Jasper, “ Telfair, “ Houston, “ Troup, “ Liberty. Irwin, Thursday after, Bryan, Wednesday after, May, Ist Monday, Burke, .. Appling, Ware, Thursday after, • 2d Monday, Chatham, ; “ Lowndes, ; 3d “ Jefferson, “ Thomas, I 4th “ Decatur, I UNITED STATES COURT, Sixth Circuit for the district ol Georgia— James M Wayne, Circuit Judge—At Savannah, Thursday after the Ist Monday 3d May — Mii.led«evd.i:e, Thursday after the lat Monday Bth November— Rules-day, the Ist Mon lays in each month, upon which days all”writs are returnable to the Clerk’s office in Savannah. District Court— Jeremiah Cuyleh, Judge—ln Sa vannah, 2d Tuesday 13th February—2d Tuesday Bth May—2d Tuesday 14th August—2d Tuesday 13th No vember. GEORGIA, Gilmer County. A MU-EL JONES of the Bfittth District, vrtw G' Tolls before me if' i [ one Sorrel Horse four fl vYi yeare old; 14 arid a half i V. hands high roached mane land switch tail. Appraised by John Patterson C. Aaron Smith to fifty Dollars- This 2d April, 1 and A true Copy of Record. LAR KEN SMITH, Cl’k. I. 839. D. QUILLIAN, J. P. April 28, 15—4 t. NOTICE? PWIHE Sheriff’s'Salts nf Dade County, wi.l I in future be published in the Western i Georgian. ISAAC RANEY, Sh’ff. May 5. ! El IV. FK4HE undereiened will attend (he Courts in all the JB. f’ounttee of the Cherokee Circuit, Habersham and Raburn of the Western, and Cobb of the Coweta j Circust, and also the Counties of Benton and Chero kee Ala. All business directed to their address Ca»s rille, Ga. will receive prompt and punctual attention. WTLLIAM H. STEELMAN, JOHN W. 11. UNDERWOOD. Feb. 10. 4. w, 6mo. MOVEY FOU.W! HICH the owner can have by describing the ▼ V same and paying for this Advertisement, Ap ply to the subscriber iivjog one and a half miles from Rome. ALLEN MARTIN. May 22, June. Ist Monday, Baldwin, •* Richmond, Auqust. Ist Monday, Stewart, Floyd, 2d “ Clark, “ Bibb, “ Randolph, “ Cass, Macon, 3d “ Walton, “ Crawford, “ Early, “ Cherokee, 4th “ Baker, *• Jackson, “ Emanuel, “ Upson, “ Meriwether, •“ Forsyth, i Lee, Thursday after, September. Ist Monday, Pike, “ Gilmer, “ Taliaferro, “ Coweta, “ Lu napkin, 2d “ Columbia “ Madiscm “ Morgan ** Laurens “ Monroe “ Fayette ” Greene “ Marion Gwinnett „ Union 3d Elbert i. Buns DeKalb Hall Talbot ‘‘ Murray / Putnam , Newton , t Cobb Walker Bulloch u Dooly •• Washington “ Wilkes October. Ist Monday, Warren “ Wilkinson “ Campbell * Montgomery 2d ’ Hancock Franklin. Camden Twiggs Dade Henry Carrol Harris 3J Emanuel Oglethorpe *» Habersham / Jones Pulaski ,* H ■ ard ~ Muscogee 4th . Seri ven ‘ Lincoln Rabun Jasper Telfair *4 Houston Troup November. Bulloch, Wednesday be fore the Ist Monday Effingham, Friday after, the Ist Monday, , 2d Munday, Jefferson 3d “ Burke “ Applying Ware, Thursday after Lowndes, Monday after, Thomas, Men. thereafter, Decatur, •* “ 4th Monday, Camden Wayne, Thursday after Glynn, Monday thereafter Mclntosh, Thursday “ Liberty, Monday, ’ “ Bryan, Wednewdtry Or. A. PATTERSON BEING permanently located in Rome, Floyd county, tenders his services to the Citizen* generally, in the practice ol Medicine and its collate ral branches. RdrTie, Jan. 13—1—if. » IL ANO for sale. Subscriber will sell on the first Tuesday lit S May next, a few L.i»ssof Wood Lands, adjoining to the town of Lafayette, Ga., suitable for building or other purposes,—in such size as will suit purchasers. On which, liberal time will be given, (for most of the mon-*y,) with good sacurity for the buiunce dtie. March 29th, 1838. R. M. AYCOCK. April 7—12—31. NOTICE. JEHU G. CARSON is hereby informed, that his mother is in great need of assistance Irom him. His father died on the 6th November last, and I have no perkon in this country to assist me except my s-m. who has never been apprised of the death of h.s father The Editors of the Southern Recorder will confer a lasting favor on an unforiunatc mother, by inserting this a few times, and requesting all the editors in the State to do so, who are friendly to a poor disKresrsed widow, entirely separated from her relations—and God grant you great success. LUCY CARSON. Brownsville, Jasper county, Merch 9, 1838. TTEditors throughout the State will obhga by com yling with'the above request. NOTICE. rBIIIE the Sheriffs Sales of Lumpkin county, will in future, be advertised in the Wes tern Georgian. SAMUEL KING, Sh’ff. April 7.—12. GEORGIA, Walker County. VNDREW L. BARRY of Cnptaih Smith’s Dis trict, tolled before me a dark Bay Horse, five or six yours old; fourteen hands high; curled tail, md both hind fee; white; no other murk perceivable. Appraised to Thirty-five Dollars October Ist, 1837. LEMUEL HOGE, J. P. The above is a true Cnpy from the Estray Book. JNO. CALDWELL, D. C. I. C. April 7—l2—3t. AdiJiissS*ti-afors A GREEABLY to an order ufttbe l:<xp<-»rrj»b' the, .'ml Inferior Court or Butts county, when sitting for ordinary purposes, will be sold, helure tlmyourt-iioitsc* door, on the first Tti- sd-ty in Jur's be, a e<.n the lawful hours of sale,in the town 61 R >me, Floyd coun ty. Lot No. 33, 23d district, 3d Section, o. ortginuliy Chorcfeee, now Floyd county. And at Pattlding Court House, Puhldaig connty, on the same day, Lot No. 22, 17th district, 4,h Sec tion, of originally Chtrokee, now Paulding county- Both said tracts sold subject tv the widow’s dower, us the property of Dennis McCarthy, decoased. DAVID MARTIN, adnir. March lO.<—B—tds. NOTI C E . month after da’c application will be tm/h to the Honorable • thc inferior Court o-f Gil. mcr County, when oilttng for.orlinary pnrpoKee, lor leave to sell Lot No. 26, inthe llth Distnei. 2 J Section, formerly Cherokee, now Gilmer (?otmty; being a part of the Real Estate of William Ellington, late of said county deceased. L. D. ELLINGTON, Ad’m’r. March 24, 10. w4m. NOTICE. months alter date application will ho wta'Aft to the Honorable the Inferior (fo-nt of Gffiib i County, when sitting for ordinary purposes, fur leu .e to sell two Negroes, being tho Estate of Priscilla Ellington late of sujd Couiny deceased, s<,!J for the purpose of division. L. D. ELLINGTON, Ad’m’r. March 24, ID, w4in. months after date application will be made to,the honorable the inferior Court of Walker county, when sitting for ordinary purposes, lor leave to sell Two Lots of Land, Np. 132<intlje 13th District of the 4th Section: and No. 116, in the 16th District of the 3d Section, it being n part of the Reul Estate of John Gilber, late of Jackson county deceased. ROBERT ALLEN, Admr. March 17, 9 w4m Arrival and Departure of Hlails. JjpilL Milledgeville Mail, carried by Stage, from Decatur to this office nrrrives eve ry Monday, Wednesday and Friday, at 5 o’, clock, P. M., and leaves on every Tuesday, Thursday and Sunday mornings, at 5 o’clock. The Stages from Carrollton & Spring Place meets at this office on every Monciay, Wed nesday and Friday, at 6 o’clock P. M., and leaves on every Tuesday, Thursday and Sat urday mornings at'4 o’clock. The mail for the above routes is invariably closed at B o’clock, on the night previous to their depar ture. The mail from this office to La Fayette, Walker county, leaves on every Tuesday morning, and returns on every Saturday eve ning at 5 o’clock. The mail from Jacksonville, Alabama, car ried by Stage, arrives at this office on every Tuesday and Saturday, at 12 o’clock, and leaves in an hour after its arrival on each day. 7he mail conveyed on horse-back from Fayetteville to this'office, arrives on every Wednesday at 6 o’clock, P- and departs on every Thursday, at ® o’clock, A. M, Rome, Geo., Feb. «5, 1838. OF EVEKI' DETCRIPTION, EXECUTED WITH 5 ATSESS ANI> DESPATCH AT THIS OFFtCF,.