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ATHENS, GEORGIA, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 18, 1842.
VOL. X—NO. 49.
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IS-?-
G EOIIG1A, GWINNETT COUNTY.
Court of Ordinary, September Term, 1841.
O N application of Samuel F. Alexander and Mitch-
el Bennett, administrators on the estate of John
Turner, dec’d, showing that they have completed said
administration, and petition the Court for letters of
dismission :
It is therefore ordered. That all persons concerned,
show cause on or before the first Monday in May
next, why said letters dismissory should not be grant
ed. And it is further ordered. That a copy of this
rule be published in one of the public gazettes in this
judicial circuit once a month for ,hn space of six
months heforc the granting said letters.
1 certify that the above is a true extract from the
minutes of satd Court, this 6ih day of September,
1841. HENRY P. THOMAS, c. c. o.
Sept. 17—27—(itn.
MONTHLY NOTICES.
GEORGIA, HALL COUNTY.
W HEREAS Thomas Hvrd, Administrator ol
Thomas Covington, deceased, applies to me
for Letters of Dismission from said Administration :
GEORGIA, HABERSHAM COUNTY.
W HEREAS Mary M. Russell applies to me for
Letters of Administration, (with the will an
nexed,) on the estate of David Russell, late of said
county, deceased.
These are therefore to cite and admonish all and
singular the kindred and creditors of said estate, to
be and appear at my office within the time prescribed
by law, to shew cause, if any they have, why said let
ters should not be granted.
Given under my hand, this 31st day of January, 1842.
LEWIS LEVY, c. c. o.
Feb. 4—47—30d.
GEORGIA, WALTON COUNTY.
W HEREAS Garland W. Prince, Guardian of the
heirs of Kimbell Prince, of Virginia, applies
for Letters of Dismission from said Guardianship.
These are therefore to cite and admonish all and
singular the kindred and creditors of said d eceased, to
be and appear at my office within the tin e prescribed
by law, to shew cause, if ar.y they have, why said let
ters should not be granted.
Given under my hand, this 10th day of Jan, 1812.
JOHN H. KILGORE, c. c. o.
Jan. 28—48—*01.
This is therefore to cite and admonis i all and singu- G E( _)RGIA, HALL COUNTY,
r the kindred and creditors of said deceased, to be j William TI Tavlor or
,d appear at my office within the time prescribed by U/ HER CAS \\ ll.ara H. Ta } lor ap
lar
and appear at my j
law, to shew cause, if any .exist, why said Letters shouit.
not he granted.
Given under mv hand, this 13:h day of Dee. 1811.
E. M. JOHNSON, c. c. o.
Dec. 21—11—Cm.
GEORGIA, FRANKLIN COUNTY.
Court of Ordinary, September Term, 1841.
ri'MIE petition of William Cawthon. administrator
X on the estate of Joseph Walters, deceased, shows
that he has completed the business of said estate, and
prays to be dismissed :
It is therefore ordered. That the said W illiatn Caw
thon be dischaiged and dismissed at the next March
term of this Court, unless good cause he then shown
to the contrary, and that this order be published once
a month until that time.
K true copy from the minutes, tins St.* bep . loll.
TIIO’S KING, c c. o.
Sept. 17—27—fim
W HEREAS William H. Taylor applies to me for
letters of Administration on the estate of Eli
jah Taylor, late ot said county, deceased.
These are therefore to cite and admonish all and sin
gular the kindred and creditors of said de ceased, to be
and appear at my office within the time prescribed by
law, to show cause, if any they can, why said letters
should not be granted.
Given under my hand, this 21th day of Jan. 1842.
E. M. JOHNSON, c. c. o.
Jan. 28—16—30d.
POETRY:
GEORGIA, H ALL COUNTY.
Court of Ordinary, January Tjtrm, 1812.
Present the Hon. James Law, D. II. McCleskcy,
John Barren and Joseph Danagan, Esquires.
O N the petition of Beniamin F. Porter, Adm’r of
Mary Whitmire, dec’d, showing that he has ful
ly administered said estate, and praying to be dismis-
Se On/crcJ, That all persons concerned appear and
show cause, if any exist, in six months, why Letters
GEORGIA, GWINNETT COUNTY.
W HEREAS Harrison Braswell applies tome for
letters of administration on the estate of War
ren Bagwell, late of said county, deceased :
These are to cite and admonish all and singular the
kindred and creditors of said deceased, to he and ap
pear at my office in the time prescribed by law, to
shew cause, if any they have, why said Letters should
not be granted.
Given under mv hand, this 7th dav nf February.
1842. ' HENRY P. THOMAS, c. c. o.
Feb. 11—18—30d.
GEORGIA, WALTON COUNTY.
W HEREAS David Thompson, adm’r of John L.
McKinney, applies to me for letters of dismis
sion from said estate :
These arc therefore to cite and admonish all and
singular the kindred and creditors of said deceased, to
he and appear at my office within the time prescribed
bv law, and show cause, if any they can, why said
of Dismission should not be granted; and that tins letters should not be granted.
rale be published according to law.
A cop, ftono «. **«^£jS5fc^S*C tefc
Jan.
-13—8m.
GEORGIA, FRANKLIN COUNTY.
Court of Ordinary, January Adjourned Term, 1842.
Present their Honors, Robert A. R. Neal, lhomas
Morns and John II. Patrick, lis p'ir
ilit.ia auwui'i uv» p■ on......
Given under mv hand, this 18*h November, 1841.
' JOHN H. KILGORE, c. c. o.
November 20—37—Cm.
GEORGIA, HALL COUNTY.
W HEREAS Jacob Elrod, Adm’r, and Levina El
rod, Adrnr’x of Adam Elrod, dec’d, apply to me
for Letters of Dismission from said Administration:
These are therefore to cite and admonish all and
singular the kindred and creditors of said deceased, to
r I HIE petition of Samuel Sewell and David Va^h- £e and'appear at my office within the time prescribed
B n n Administrators Ol the e*ta Ji U Josn _ , , . Il'nntrtliov ran whr «nirl IpMptq
_ an. Administrators of the estate
ell, deceased, shows that thev have completed the
business assigned them, and pray to be dismissed.
It is therefore Ordered, That the sail Samuel Sew
ell and David Vaughan he discharged and dismissed
at the next September term of this court, unless good
cause ho then shown to the contrary, and that this
order be published once a month for six months before
that time. , . ia , t v icto
\ true cony from the minutes, this 1 <th Jan, 18t„.
* 3 T1IOS. KING, c. c. o.
Jan. 21—IS—8m.
by law, to shew cause, if any they can, why said letters
should not be granted.
Given under my hand, this 15th day of Dec., 1841
E. M. JOHNSON, c. c. o
Dec. 24—il—Cm.
GEORGIA, GWINNETT COUNTY
Court of Ordinary, September Term, 1841.
O N application of David Delk, executor on the es- &
tato of David Delk. dec’d, showing that he has
completed the administration on said estate, and peti
tions the Court for letters dismissory
I, is therefore ordered by the Court, that all persons
concerned show cau-e on or before the first Monday
in May next, why said letters should not be granted.
And it is further ordered. That a copy of this rule oe
published once a month for six months before the
granting said letters dismissory, in some public gazette
'"i certify'that the above is a true extract from the
minutes of ,.,id c
Sept. 17 —27—8m.
1841.
c. o.
GEORGIA, GWINNETT COUNTY.
Court of Ordinary, September Term, 1841.
O N application of Clark IIowcll anil David Delk,
administrators on the estate of David Deik, de
ceased, showing that they have completed said admin
istration, and petition for letters of dismission .
It is therefore ordered. That all persons concerned,
show cause', if any they have, on the first Monday in
May next, why such letters should not be granted.
And it is further ordered. That a cony of this rule be
published once a month for six months ir. a public ga
zette, previous to their said dismission.
1 certify that the above is a true extract from the
min„m.of»idcn»
Sept. 17—27—6 m. ___
GEORGIA, HALL COUNTY.
Court of Ordinary, January Term, 184-
Present the Hon. Joseph Dunagan, James Law, Da
vid II. McCleskey and John Barrett, Esquires.
O N the petition of Raymond Sanford and L. B
Hutchins, F.xec’rs of Thomas Burford, dec d
shewing that they have fully administered said estate
and praying to be dismissed therefrom:
Ordered, That ali persons concerned appear and
show cause, if any exist, why Letters of Dismission
should not be granted; and that this order be pub
lished once a month for six months, tn some public
8 T“ P , f»m.h. -^irsss^sjgfa-k.
Jan. 7—13—Cm.
GEORGIA, CLARK COUNTY.
ri'lIIIS Indenture, made this tenth clay of January
X 1842, certifies that the undersigned have this day
entered into a co-partnership, in coidiirnitty to the
provisions of an act of the Legislature assented to
December 22nd, 1837, entitled an “ Act 11 i> rise
Limited Partnerships,” as follows, to wit:
1st. The nama of the firm shall be E. R. Hodgson
Brothers.
2nd. The business to be transacted, that of making
and repairing Carriages.
3d. The General partners are Edward R. Hodgson,
William V. P. Hodgson and Robert R. Hodgson;
Special partners, Asbury Hull and Albon Chase—all
residing in Athens, Geo.
4th. The Special parlners each contribute Five
Hundred Dollars.
5th. The partnership to commence the date first
above written, and to continue two years, unless ter
minated, (according to the above recited act,) at an
earlier period. EDW’D R. HODGSON,
WM. V. P. IIODGSON,
R. R HODGSON,
A. HULL,
A. C1IASE.
In person before me, Samuel Frost, appeared the
general partners, and cn oath saith the sums specified
in above certificate, to which this affidavit is annexed,
have been actually paid in by the special partners.
EDW’D R. HODGSON,
WM. V. P. HODGSON,
R. II. HODGSON.
Sworn to and Subscribed before ire, this Kith day
of December. 1842. SAMUEL FROST, j. p.
Athens, Jan. 1-1—14—6t.
The Federal Union will give the above six inser
notis.
From the Louisville Journal.
T!ic Presence of God.
Oh I Thou who fling’st so fair a robe
Of clouds around the hills untrod—
Those mountain-pillars of the globe
Whose peaks sustain thy throne, oh God!
All glittering round the sunset skies
Their trembling folds are lightly furled,
As if to shade from mortr:; eyes
The glories of yon tipper world ;
There while the evening star upholds,
In one bright spot their purple folds,
My spirit lifts its silent prayer;
For thou,oh God of love art there.
The summer flowers, the fair, the sweet,
lip springing freelv from the sod.
In whose soft looks we seem to meet
At every step, thy smiles, oh God!
The humblest soul their sweetness shares,
They bloom in palace, hall or cot;
Give me, oh Lord, a heart like theirs.
Contented with tny lowly lot;
Within their pure ambrosial bells
In odors sweet thy spirit dwells.
Their breath may seem to scent the air;
’Tis thine, oh God! for thou art there.
Hark ! from yon casement low and dim.
What sounds are these that fill the breeze 1
It is the peasant’s evening hymn
Arrests the fisher on the seas,
The old man leans his silver hairs
Upon his light suspended oar,
Until those soft delicious airs
Have died like ripples on the shore.
Why :lo his ryes in softness roll 1
Why melts the manhood from his soul 1
Ills heart is filled with peace and prayer;
For thou, oh God, art with him there.
The birds among the summer blooms
Pour forth to thee their hvmns of love ;
When, trembling on uplifted plumes.
They leave the earth and soar above,
We hear their sweet familiar airs
Where’er a sunny spot is found ;
How lovely is a life like theirs.
Diffusing sweetness all around!
From clime to clime, from pole to polo.
Their sweetest anthems softly roll;
Till, melting on 'he realms of air.
Thy still small voice seems whispered there.
The stars—those floating isles of light.
Round which the clouds unfurl their sails.
Pure as a woman's robe of white
That trembles round the form it veils—
They touch the heart as with a spell,
Yet set the soaring fancy free;
And oh ! how sweet the tales they tell—
They tell of peace, of love, an l Thee,
F.ach racing storm that wildly blows,
Eaclibaimy breeze that lifts the rose,
Sublimely grand or softly fair.
They speak of thee, for thou art there.
And man, proud man, whose footstep springs
Elastic from the dewy sod ;
He born to rule all meaner things,
Shall he alone deny his God 1
lie on whose radiant front is seen
The stamp divine, he fashioned too
With noble face and God-like mein.
Be last to give his maker due 1
Soon shall that heart so vain and cold
Lie mouldering with the silent mould.
And stripped of all save wild despair,
Thou’lt meet, oh God ! and judge him there.
The spirit, oft oppressed with douht,
Mav strive to cast thee from its thought;
But who can shut thv presence out,
Thou Mighty Guest that com’st unsought!
In spite of all our cold resolves
Magnetic-like, where’er we be.
Still, still the thoughtful heart revolves
And points, all trembling up to Thee.
We cannot shield a troubled breast
Beneath the confines of the blast—
Above, below, on earth, in air ;
For Thou, the living God, art there.
Yet. far bevond the clouds outspread.
Where soaring Fancy oft hath been,
There is a land, where thou hast said
The pure ill heart shall enter in;
There in those realms so calmly bright.
How many a loved and gentle one
Bathe their soft plumes in living light.
That, sparkles from thy radient throne!
There, souls once soft and sad ns ours
Look up and sing 'mid fadeless flowers ;
They dream no more of grief and care.
For thou, the God of peace art there.
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ges of dress which put health in jeopardy. Be
temperate in all things. Reeeive no sub
stance into the stomach which disorders it;
no stimulant which affecls the head ; indulge
no agitating passions. They change the ali
ment of your child. They introduce poison
into its veins, or kindle fever in its blood.—
Experienced m<m will assure you that its con
stitution through life's modified by the nursing
of the first year. One of the most illustrious
living physicians in Paris, while testing the
pathology of disease, in the thronged wards of
the hospitals of that metropolis al ways ques
tions the new patient—“ Were yon nursed at
the. breast of your mother? And how long?”
I would say to every mother, study the con
stitution of your babe. II it have morbid ten
dencies, either hereditary or accidental, bear! ce „ c ; } of love in Lethe’s stream, l turned my
steadily upon them with the regimen best thoughts to war, and was near getting buried
wrecked ere I had mode half the voyage.”—
Here he turned up his eyes, anu in an apostro
phising tone exclaimed—“ Ever adorable Eli
za,” and then despondingly. added—
“ She was not made
Through.years or moons the inner weight to bear
Which colder hearts endure!
But "she sleeps well
By the sea shore whereon she loved to dwell.”
Recorder—“I do not sit here to listen to
a memoir of your life, tior a monody to your
Eliza.”
Richard—Nor do 1 come here to tell it.
Iam charged with being drunk : I admit jhe
charge, and claim the right of being heard in
justification. Now, sir I shall drop metapher
and proceed. Thinking to bury my reminis-
ndapted to their cure, l^et it be your aim to
use as little medicine ns possible, and not cause
lessly to trouble a physician for those trifling
ills which your own patience and firmness
might obviate. Suffer me to repeat it—Guard
your own health and serenity of spirit, for the
child is still part of yourself, as the blossom of
the plant from whose root it gathers susten
ance. Breathe over it the atmosphere ofhap-
py and benevolent affections. Surely you
cannot fail to thank your heavenly Father for
this‘unspeakablegiftand as you lull it to
that sleep which knows no dream of sorrow,
lift prayer — “Let this soul, so lately divided
from mine, live before thee, O God.”
As this fiagment of yourself advances to
wards the properties of a sentient being, yon
will naturally vary your mode of treatment.
The expanding muscles require more exer
cise. The perceptions shoot forth like timid
tendrils under the vine leaf. It loves to in
hale the fresh air, to be carried out beneath the
shade of the green trees in summer. It re
gards the brilliant petals ol flowers and the
perfume of the rose. It listens to the shrill
notes of the bird, and looks with wonder up
on the leaping tuneful brook. It is fitting
that it should find a place among the beau lies
and melodies of nature, itself more beautiful
than they. If your situation allows you thus
to give it exercise, in fine weather avail your
selves of the privilege. If not, furnish it the
best mode of recreation in the open air which
is in your power; but avoid all undue excite
ment. Its nerves are still as a harp imperfect
ly strung, and liable to dissonance.
During this first sacred year, trust not your
treasure too much to the charge of others.—
Have it under your super Attendance both night
and day. When necessarily engaged in other
employments, let it hear your cheering, pro
tecting tone. Keep it within the sensible at
mosphere of maternal tenderness.—Mrs. Sig
ourney.
From the N. O. Picayune.
The Victim of Ambition.
The fourth man on whom the Recorder, in
his own polite yet dignified way, called yester
day to show cause why he had been arrested,
was Richard Wright. Richard did not res
pond with the usual “ Here, sir.” but stood up
in the dock. He looked like a monument
erected to misery—like a flag-staffdivested ol
its ensign, still standing over the ruins of a
Tippecanoe log cabin—like a man turned out
the danger which
in the swamps of Florida. I was ambitious
to have my name inscribed on the same roll
with the heroes of my country; but 1 too of
ten found it was not even enrolled on the mess
roll. Instead of a wreath of laurels on my
brow, I came home with a gash on it, made
by an Indian’s tomahawk; and instead ot the
acclamation of my countrymen for my brave
ry, the only thing I got was the ague. Still
(continued Richard) I was not satisfied. Am
bition still beckoned me on, and she pointed to
politics ns the certain road to success. Well,
sir, I entered on it; attended ward meetings;
went to barbecues—made stump-speeches—
tr.ld my “ friends and fellow citizens” that a
crisis had arrived in the affaiis of the coun
try; that the constitution was in danger ; that
the ship of state was sinking; and that unless
1 was elected, the whole country, including
the disputed territory, would inevitably go to
Davy Jones’ locker some fine morning. Here
again, my evil genius interfered ; lor when
the election came on, my short-sighted consti
tuents gave me but three votes ! My luck—
my luck again. Sir, they talk of mounting
the ladder of fame, and ascending its topmost
round. Sir, the simile is an incorrect one;
there is no ladder to fame, nor any round to
the ladder ; if there were, 1 would have reach
ed it. No, sir, fame is like a shaved pig with
a greased tail, and it is only after it has slip
ped through the band of some thousands, that
some fellow, by mere chance, holds on to it.”
Recorder—“ If fame and notoriety be sy-
nonomous, von have now gained what you
have been so long in pursuit of. You will see
your name in the columns ol the Picayune to
morrow—glory enough fur one day l
“ Take him down," said the Rer order to the
officer, and the clerk was ordered to draw out
a commitment for Richard Wright for 30 days.
The Traveller’s Story.
A party oftravcllers, we among the num
ber, were, sealed around a blazing tire, in
tavern upon one of the Alleghany mountains.
The coach had broken down, and per force we
weredetained until the next morning. We had
finished a substantial Virginia supper, and
each one with his feet on the fender, and a ci
gar in his mouth, ruminated upon the storm
without, and the warm cozey comfort within.
Each one in his turn told a story or related
an anecdote, and at last the joke came round
to a hollow-checked individual, who, until
then, had remained silent,
of office, weeping over the danger which « Gentbmen,” said he, fixing a piercing
threatened his country,and inveighing against gr rev e y C U p on one of the company—n Span-
met u party of wagoners, and in their compn
ny i returned to the house: but, despite o»
our rigid scutch, not evert us much as the vil*
Iain’s body could be found. But if I can once
put my hands upon him, if it cost me my lifo
he shall die the dog’s death.”
The stranger arose.and caught the Span
iard by the throat. Tearing open his shirt
collar, he showed the mark of a wound on his
neck. We need say no more. Three weeks
after that, Joseph Gomez was hanged in
the city of Cumberland. «i|*on his own confes
sions of having murdered no less than five
travellers in that very room.
Kosciusko in America.
Kosciusko reached the new world entirely
unprovided with letters of recommendation or
introduction, and nearly penniless. He, how
ever, asked an audience with Washington, to
whom he had boldly presented himself.
“What do yon seek here,” inquired the
General, with his accustomed brevity. “I
come to fight as a volunteer for American in
dependence,’* was the equully brief and fear
less reply. “ What can you do?” was Wash
ington's field question : to which Kosciusko,
with his characteristic simplicity, only rejoin
ed, “Try me.” This was done. Occasion
soon offered in which his tulents, science, and
valor were evinced, and above all, his great
character was duly appreciated. He was
speedily made an officer, and further disting
uished himself.
He fiad not long been in zVmericn, when ho
had occasion to display his undaunted cour
age as captain of a company of volunteers.—
Generals Wayne n«id Lafayette, notwithstan
ding the heat of the battle in which they them
selves were fully engaged, observed with sat
isfaction the exertions of a company which
advanced beyond all the lesf, and made its at
tack in the best of order. '
“ Who led the first company?” asked La
fayette of his comrades, on the evening of that
memorable day'. -
The answer was, “It was a young Pole, of
noble birth, but very poor; his name, if 1 am
not mistaken, is Kosciusko." The sound of
this unusual name, whieh he tould hardly
pronounce, filled the French hero, with so ea
ger a desire for the brave stranger’s acquain
tance, that he ordered bis horse to be immedi
ately saddled, and rode to the village; about a
couple of miles off, where the volunteers were
quartered for the night. ■ • ,•
Who shall describe the pleasure of the one
or the surprise of the other, when the General,
entering the tent, saw the Captain, covered
from head to foot, with blood, dust, and sweni,
seated at a table, his head resting upon his
hand, a map of the country spread out before
him, and a pen and ink by his side. A cordi
al grasp of the hand imparted to the modest
hero his commander’s satisfaction, and the ob
ject of a visit paid at so unusual an hour.—
Foreign Qttnr. Rev.
MISCELLANY
List of Letters,
Remaining in the Posl-OJJire at Athens, Ga. on the 1st
of February, 1842.
Arnold, Rev W P
A vcock, J T II C
Adams, N A
Bell, Miss Sarah
Buchanan, David
Biggs, Wm T
Brockman, Moses
Bowen, James
Barrows, John A
Cooper, Arthur
Chandler, Miss Narcissa
Chandler, Isaac
Chesnut. Geo
Coper, Eli
Chandler. Miss Martha A
Currv. Maria
Dennis. Martha
Drennon, Joseph W
Franklin, Nancy
Gee, Mrs Anny
GEORGIA, HALL COUNTY.
Court of Ordinary, September Term,,1811.
Present their Honors Joseph Dunagan, Jarnes Law; Graves, Jas P
Nath’l Smifii, John Barrett, and David IL McCles- Hails, Robt P
koy. Judges of said Court. . . Hancock, C-W 2
O N the petition of James Law, administrator ol Holbrook, Benj
Gadwell Ayers, dec’d, showing to the Court that Hancock, Ann 2
he has completed said Administration, ana praying to
be dismissed therefrom : Feb. 4—47—?-t.
Ordered, That citation be published according to
law, for all persons to show cause, if any exist, why
letters of dismission should not be granted.
A copy from the minutes. Sept, bth, 1841.
E. M. JOHNSON, c. e. o.
Oct. I—29—Cm. ! Jan - 31. 1849.
Hamilton. Mary
lackson, William
Jackson & Jarrall,
Jennings, Calib
Kent, Wm H
Maddox, Jane
Moore, Thomas
Musten, Chas E
Matthews, G G
Niel, Zachariah
Newton, Hezckiah
O’Kelly, James 2
O’Conner, Timothy
Owen. Alfred
Pearsor, Agent
Pope, Mrs Gen B
Rucker. John J
Smith, W P
Werner, Thadeus
Wood, Ch
Wilson, Mrs Nancy
Wlmtly. Geo C
Willingham, Robinson
Wortham, Susan
Wilev, Leroy M
W. L. MITCHELL, P. M.
Salt.
A FULL supplv *ust received and for sale in quan
tities to suit 'purchasers by T. BISHOP.
First Year of Infancy.
The first months of infancy are a spot of
brightness to a faithful and affectionate moth
er. a dream of bliss from which she wakes to
more complicated duties ; a payment for past
suffering, a preperation for fntlire toil.
The construction of the infant’s frame ; the
little beating heart, sending life-blood through
its thousand thread-like channels; the lungs,
fastening with delight on the gift of pure air,
the counties'? absorbents busied in their invis
ible work-shops; the net work of nerves, min
ute ns the filaments of thought, quickening
with sensation; the tender brain, beginning
its mysterious agency; the silken fringe of
the eyes, opening wider as some brilliant col
or strikes the dazzling retina ; the slender fin
gers unfolding themselves ns some new sound
winds its way through the ear’s untrodden
lahnrinth, giving its key tone to the wandering
mind ; all the mystery and beauty of this min-
atnre temple where, the etherial spirit is
lodged, lead the observer to an Almighty Ar
chitect, and constrain him to adore.
We can but le aware that our duty to it be
gins from its birth. Every irritable feeling
should then be restrained, and the overflow
ing joy and hope of our religion l>e onr daily
aliment. Exercise among the beautiful
works of nature, the infusion of social feeling,
and the contemplation of the most cherishing
subjects, should be cherished by her who has
the glorious hope of introducing into this
world a being never to die; who, already a
part of herself, adds warmth and frequency to
her prayers, and “ whom having not seen she
loves.”
The first three months of infancy should be
a season of quietness. The unfolding organs
require the nursing of silence and love. The
delicate system, like the mimosa, shrinks Irom
every rude touch. Violent motions are un
congenial to the new born. Loud, sharp
sounds, and even glaring colors, should be ex
cluded lrom the nursery. The visual and au
ditory nerves, those princely ambassadors to
the mind, are still in embryo .Inure them ten
derly and gradually to their respective func
tions.
Do not willingly deprive yourselves of any
portion of the highest pleasure of which wo
man’s nature is capable. Devote yourselves to
the work. Have nothing to do with the fashion
able evening party, the crowded hall, the chan-
the profligacy of men in power—like any
thing and every thing which told of hopes
blasted, anticipations never redized, and the
mind’s greeny freshness prematurely withered
by the storms of adversity. Could he be
pi need as a beacon light on the shoal of mis
fortune, the most unskilful mariner would not
fail to perceive thore were “breakers ahead.”
But we’il to his examination.
“Mr. Wright,” said the Recorder, “you
were found drunk last night by the watch
man. What are yon?”
“A victim, sir—a victim I” said poor Rich
ard, emphatically, pursing up his brow, folding
up his arms, and extending his legs in a lati
tudinal direction, evincing by his attitude nt.1
eye that lie was prepared to meet with forti
tude whatever further broadsides Fortune was
about to let fly at him.
Recorder—“ Of whom have you been the
victim ?”
Richard— 1 ‘1 have been the victim of man
kind, of the. world, of my own ambition, that
feeling which beckons us onward but to de
ceive, that lures ns forth but to disappoint—
that feeling which
“ Makes the madman who have made men :.vtd.” j
Here Richard buried his face in his hands,
as if the thought, of what ho had been, over
come him a moment.
Recorder— “ What has all this to do with
your being drunk?” ’ .
Richard—“Short sighted mortal-superfi
cial observer of human nature—knoxvest thou
not that there are secret impulses and miseen
machinery operated on by outward causes or
external agents, that set in motion and control
all our actions? Ambition has been the loco
motive by which 1 ever have been propelled
along the railway of life, and never did I start
my steam to perform a journey, that I had not
a blow up before I got to the end of it."
Recorder—“ But the charge against you is
that vou were drunk.”
Richard—“ Yes, and I have been so for the
Inst ten years—drunk with disappointment
and affliction; a species of inebriation for
which the tee-total society have yet otlercd no
antidote.” .
“That’s vot he always says,’ remarked the
watchman, who had the honor of arresting
Richard, “he’s ever a goin’ on with that ’ere
o-anirnon, swingin’ his arms like a horator on
the Fourth of July, and talkin’such big vords
that I’m blowed but I vonders he don’t get the
lock jaw ! Vy, yer honor, he is a valkm dic
tionary, that feller is; but a reg’lar hard von
on liquor.” ' . .. •
“ Base scavenger in the by-ways of justice,
hist thee!” said Richnrd scornfully to the
watchman : and then addressing the Recor
der, he continued—“My bark of hope, your
honor, was long since split on the rock of am
bition, and yon now see before yott but the
wreck of my original self. Sir, when 1 set out
on tny first voyage in life, my sails were well
trimmed, the horizon was bright, the wind fair,
and the sea such as a mariner could wish;
but sir, 1 made for the port of love, and got
iard—who, uninvited, had drawn his chair up
to the fire, “some ten years ago, I came near
being murdered in this very house.”
At tltis moment the Spaniard got up, and
was going out of the room, when the narrator
arose, and locking the only door in the room,
put the key into his pocket, took the Spaniard
by the arm, and leading him up to an old pic
ture, surmounted by the English coat-of-nrms,
in gilt work, run ltis finger along the motto—
“ Iloni soi qui thal y pense,”
said, displaying at the same time the butt end
of a large pistol, “evil be to him who evil
thinks.”
The Spaniard smiled, and said he did not
feel well, hut the stranger swore that no man
should leave the room until he had finished his
story. Requesting ns not to be be amazed at
his conduct, he proceeded :
’“Some years ago,” said tie, “I was travel
ling over these mountains on horseback, and
1 stopped at this very house. The landlord
was extremely obsequious in attending to my
comfort; and, after supper, he requested me
to join him in a bottle of wine. Noihng loath
1 consented, and before midnight four empty
bottles stood on the table end, and he was ac
quainted with all my business. I very impru
dently remarked, in the course of conversa
tion that l had a large sum of money in my
valise, and he politely informed me that he
would take care of it until the morning. Al
though somewhat intoxicated, I did not ap
prove of leaving it in his charge, and wishing
him good night, I took my valise in my hand,
and retired to bed. After I had undressed, I
placed my pistols under my pi’ 1 low, and care
fully, as l thought, examined the room. I
laid myself down, and soon sank into a fitful
sleep. 1 suppose it must have been two hours
alter when 1 awoke, and collecting my scatter
ed senses, I endeavoured to think what 1 had
been about. Suddenly I detected a noise tin
der my bed. What was my horror when 1
observed a small piece of carpet stretched
along my bedside move as though something
was under it. A cotd perspiration statted from
every pore; but, thank God! 1 had presence
of mind enough to prepare for the worst
Grasping a pistol in my right hand, and hiding
it under the bedclothes, i-feigned to be asleep,
In an instant alterwards I saw a trap door,
which had been concealed by a carpet, cau
tiously lifted up, ahd l beheld my landlord,
with a dark lanthorn in his hand, directing
his glittering eyes towards me. Still I moved
not; but, as he turned his back to put the lan
thorn on the floor^ I fired, and ”
“You killed him, did you not!” shrieked
the Spaniard, almost jumping from his seat.'
“Silence! till I have finished !” sa;d the
stranger, and again he touched the butt end
of his weapon. “The instant that 1 fired, the
villain fell.. 1 started up, and merely pulling
mv over coat on, snatched the lanthorn that
he had dropped, crept cautiously down with
my valise in tny hand, to the stable. It was
a bright moon-shiny night, and 1 soon sad
dled my horse. I galloped fen miles, when 1
JEt Won’t Do.
It won’t do to o’o a great many things In
this world—(or instance;—
It won’t do to denounce false teeth in the
presence of dentists, nor in th.c presence of bid
maids who have not bad a sound tooth in their
heads for a quarter of a century.
li won’t do to talk about born flints and
wooden nutmegs when there are Connecticut
Yankees about. . ' * - • •
It won’t do to imagine a Legislature, will
compel the Banks to resume when three fourths
of the members are among those who will suf
fer the most if forced to pay their debts instan-
ter. • •- • ■ •
It won’t do to eat soup, with a two - pronged
fork or toast beefivith a spoon, when anxioua
to dine in great haste.
It won’t do to pull a man’s nose until you
are fully satisfied he has not spunk enough to
resent it by blowing your brains out.
It won’t do for a fellow who is so drnnk, that
he. cannot ree a hole through a ladder, to at
tempt to stand on top of a lamppost or fire plug,
and make a speech to the multitude.
It won’t do to throw off flannel shirts on a
warm day in January, in full belief that there
will be no more cold weather until another
winter.
It won’t do for an editor to wait for a mail
on Friday, until night, before he commences
the preparation of copy.
It won’t do to go too near tliehindbrels of a
jackass, who has been taught to kick at stran
gers.
It won’t do for a man to undertake to drown
himself when he is in the last stage of hydro
phobia.
It won’t do for a lady to presume that every
man is in love with her who treats her civily.
It won’t do for a man to suppose that more
than half the young ladies who tolerate his
attentions have any notion of marrying him.
It won’t do for a man to bump his head
against a stone wall, unless he is completely
convincp.d that his head is the hardest.
Finally,—it won’t do to drnw the conclu
sion that onr stock of ‘it won’t do’s’ is exhaus
ted, just because we happen t« think it won’t
do to give our readers a larger dose at this
time.
A Lawyer Answered.
‘Old Kingsbury’of N. H. was remarkable for
dry humor. As he passed a rye-field one
morning in August, he saw the lawyer of the
village surveying his possessions. Says the
lawyer—“ What makes ybu carry your head
stooping upon yonr breast, lriend K? You
sec me !—1 carry mine erect and upright.”—
“Squire,” answered Kingsbury, “look at that
Geld of grain! The full ears hang down like
mine. But the empty heads stand up like your
own!” /
Astronomy*
« Coffee, which do yon tink dc mos Useful
of de planets— de sun or de moon ?” •* “ Well,
Sambo, 1 tink de moon orter taker de. fits r^ak
in dat ar’ tickler.” “ Wha, whn, wha. why you
tink so, Cuffee ?” “ Well, 1 tell yon; caze she
shines by night, when we want light, and de
son shines by day, when we do not!” « Well,
Cuff, you is de greatest nigger I knose-on—
dat’s a fac.” •
Bad.—Why is death like a percussion gun ?
Ans. Because it’s a debt-o-nater.
