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Newspaper Page Text% THE SOUTHERN BANNER, In publisksd la Athens, Ga. n few yards west ofthe Post-O.'Bcc, every Thursday moraine* TBIIM h,—Three ilollaf* peryesr,payableiu advance, ur Four dollar* at the end ofthe year. Any subx-ribvrtaUiug to give notice of bia deaire to diacon- tiuue hi* subscruuiyn at (.lie expiration of the time for which it ha* been paid, will be considered as wishing to continue it, amt held liable accordingly. No paper will be discontinued, (except at the option oftlic publisher,) until all arrearage* are paid. Ltdtl AnVKKTiitKMCSTS inserted at the nsual rates. X3" Announcing candidates for office, Five Dollars, papa- tlr la O* Husbands adrer!i*ing their wives, will be charged $5. to be paid invariably in ndvancr. Other Advertisement*, SI 00 for every twelve lion* of small type, (or spice ctpiivalcm.) first insertion, xml 50 cent* for each *reKlf rominuance. If pnlilished every other week, 62) centa, and monthly. 75 ee it* for esch eontiiriance. tipceial contracts may lie made for advertising by the year. AovKiirisKUKXrs should always have the <le tired number of insert'.oit* marked upon ttiem when handed in, or otherwiae they will be published till forbid and charged accordingly. XT’AH Letter* to the Klitor on matters conncctedxvitli the est il lishinetit, must be putt paid in order to secure attention. COURT CALENDAR. SUPERIOR COURTS. EASTERN CIRCUIT. Chatham, 2d Monday in January and May. Bulloch, 4th Monday in March and September. KiTinnh.tin, on the Thursday after the -1th Monday in March, and Ftiday afier 1st Mnnd. in Nov. Camden, 2d Monday in April and 4th Monday in November. Wayne, on Thursday after 1st Monday in April, and Thursday after the 3d Monday in November. Glynn, 3d Monday in April, and Monday after the 4th Monday in Novemberl McIntosh, 4th Monday in April and Monday after Court in Glynn. Liberty, Monday thereafter, and Monday after court in McIntosh. Ilryan, Friday thereafter and Friday after court in Liberty. MIDDLE CIRCUIT. Richmond, 2d Monday in Januury and 1st in June. Columbia, 2d Monday in Marclt and September. Washington, 4th Monday in March and September. Montgomery 2d Monday in April and October. TalnaU,Thurs’y after 2d Mona'; in April and Oct. Emanuel, 3d Monday in April and October. St-riven, -lilt Monday in April and October. Rurke, 1st Monday in May and 3d in November. Jefferson, 3d Monday in May and 2d in November. NORTHERN CIRCUIT. Wilkes, 3d Monday in February and 4th in July. Taliaferro, 1st Monday in March and September. Madison, 2d Monday in March and September. Elbert, 3d Monday in March and .September. Warren, 1st Monday in April and October. Hancock, 2d Monday in April and October. Ogletborpe, 3d Monday in April and October. Lincoln, -lilt Monday in April and October. WESTERN CIRCUIT. Clark. 2d Monday in February and August. Walton. 3d Monday in February and August. Jackson, 4th Monday in February and August. Gwinnett, 2d Monday in Marclt and .September. Hall, 3d Monday in March and September. Rabun, Thursday after the 1st Monday in April October. Habersham, 2d Monday in April and October. Franklin, 3d Monday in April and October. CHATTAHOOCHEE CIRCUIT. Marion, 1st Monday in March and September. Harris, 2d Monday in March and September. Talbot, 3d Monday in March and September. Stewart, 4lh Monday in April and October. Muscogee, 4th Monday in May and November. CHEROKEE CIRCUIT. Paulding. 1st Monday in February and August. Cass, 2d Monday in February and August. Cherokee, 3d Monday in February and August. Forsyth, 4th Monday in February and August. Lumpkin, 1st Monday in March and September. Union, 2d Monday in March and September. Gilmer, 3d Monday in March and September. Murray, 4th Monday in March and September. Walker, on Tuesday after the 1st Monday in April and Octolier. Dade, 2d Monday in April and October. Chattooga, 3d Monday in April and October. Floyd 4th Monday in April and October. SOUTHWESTERN CIRCUIT. Macon, 1st Monday in April and October. Randolph, 2d *’ ** “ WESTERN CIRCUIT. Franklin, 4th Monday in January and July. Rabun, _ 1st Gwinnett, 2d Jacksor., 1st Clark, * 4th Habcrsh’m,2d Hall, 4th Walton, 3d in July and January, in June and December, in January and July, in April and October, in July and January, in “ “ in May and November. OCMTLGEE CIRCUIT. Wilkinson, 2d Monday in July and January Jones, Jasper, Rahlwin, Greene, Morgan, Putnam, Twiggs, Lowndes, Thomas, Irwinj Telfair, Laurens, Pulaski, Appling, \V arc, in January and July, in “ *• in June and December. 4th 4 lit 4th 2d 1st 3d *’ in “ “ SOUTHERN CIRCUIT. 4th Monday in January and July. “ in February and August, in January and July- in January, 1st in July, in April, 2d in October, in June and December, in January and July, in June and December. Ribb, Houston, 4».h Butts, 2d Crawford, 3d 1st 1st 4th 1st 1st 3d 3.1 4th FLINT CIRCUIT. 1st Monday in March and September, in January and July. Upson, Pike, Monroe, Newton, Henry, 4th 1st 2d 4th 4th in May and November, in “ ** in June and December, in “ “ in in January and July. CHEROKEE CIRCUIT. Paulding, 3d Monday in May and November. Cass, 4th “ in “ “ in June and December, in May anti November, in June and December, in ** *’ in August and February, in July and January, in “ “ in ** 4i Cherokee,1st Forsyth, 4th Lumpkin,3d Union, 4th Ch'tiooga.Ist Gilmer, 1st Murray, 3d Walker, 3d Floyd, 4th Dado, 1st “ in June and December. COWETA CIRCUIT. Fayette, 3d Monday in January and June. Carroll, 3d Meriw’r, 4th Troup, 3d Coweta, 4th DeKalh, 2d C’mpb’ll,2d Cobb, 3d Heard, 4th in January 3nd July, in April and October, in June and January, in June and December, in July and January, in June and Dccemt>er. POETRY. in May and November. SOUTHWESTERN CIRCUIT. Randolph, 2d Monday in January and July. Lee, Early, Baker, Decatur, Dooly, Macon, Sumter, 4th 2d 4 th 1st 4th 1st 3d in February and August, in January and July. in *» “ in April and October, in June and December, in February and August. From the Louisville Journal. The Rainbow. .■» »T AMELIA. . 1 sometimes have thought in my loneliest hours, Thai lie on my heart like the dew on the flowers, Of 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 breeze fluttered down and blew open the flow* ers, . While a single white cloud to its haven of rest, On the white wing of peace floated off in the west. As I threw back my tresses to catch the cool breeze. That scattered tbe raindrops 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 has stretched to the uttermost ends of the earth, And, fair as an angel, it floated all free, With a wing on the earth and a wing on the sea. How calm was the ocean! how gentle its swell! Like a woman’s soft bosom, it rose and it fell. While its light sparkling waves, stcaliug laughingly o’er, When they saw the fair rainbow knelt down to the shore; No sweet hymn arcended, no murmur of prayer,. Yet I felt that ihe spirit of worship was there, And bent my young head in devotion and love, ’Neath the form of the angel that floated above. How wide was the sweep of its beautiful wings ! How boundless its circle! how radiant its rings! If I looked on the sky ’twas suspended in air, If I looked on the ocean the rainbow was there; Thus forming a girdle as brilliant and whole As the thoughts of the rainbow that circled my soul, Like the wing of the Deity, calmly unfurl’d, It bent from iho cloud and encircled the world. There aTC moments, I think, when the spirit receives Whole volumes of thought on its unwriiten leaves, When the folds of the heart in a moment unclose, Like the innermost leaves from the heart of a rose; And thus, when the rainbow had passed from the sky, The thoughts it awoke were too deep to pass by; It left mv full soul like the wing of a dove, All fluttering with pleasure, and fluttering with love I know that each moment of rapture or pain But shortens the links in life's mystical chain; I know that my form, like that bow from the wave, May pass from the earth and lie cold in the grave; Yet, oh ! when death’s shadows mv bosom uncloud. When I shrink from the thought of the coffin and shroud, May Hope, like the rainbow, my spirit unfold In her beautiful pinions ot purple and gold. MISCELLANY. CHATTAHOOCHEE CIRCUIT. Stewart, 4th Monday in January and July. Marion, 3d *• in May and November. 'Muscogee,4th “ in January and July. Talbot, 3d “ in June and December. Harris, 4th “ in “ “ FOUR JIOXTR’S NOTICES. in May and November in June and December. in April and October. Early, 4th Dooly, 2d •Sumter, 3d Lee, 4th Baker, 1st Decatur, 2d “ -■ “ - ' “ OCMULGBE CIRCUIT. Morgan. 1st Monday in March and September. Green, 2d ** " “ Putnam, 3d “ “ “ Baldwin, 4th Wilkinson, 1st Jones, 3d ** Jasper, 4th “ “ SOUTHERN CIRCUIT. Laurens, 1st Monday in March and September. Twiggs, 2d “ ' in April and October. Pulaski, 3J “ “ Irwin, 4th “ " “ Telfair, Thursday after the 4th Monday in April and October. , r • •’ • Thomas, 4th Monday in May and November. Lowndes. Mood, after 4th Mond, in May and Nov Ware, Monday after Court in Lowndes. Appling, Thursday after Coutt in Ware. FLINT CIRCUIT. Craw ford, 1st Monday in February and August. From the Orion, for January Revolutionary Incidents. THOMAS HEYWARD. The following amusing and interesting incident was related to the writer, some years sine*, by the venerable and learned Chancellor Henry William Desaussure, who, at that time, was the only surviving Carolina Judge, who had participated in the F OUR months aftei date application will bo | deeds of the American Revolution. Ofthe made to the Honorable Inferior court of Wal- , nanyga | lant heroes of that eventful era, ton county, when sitting for Ordinary purposes, for I ltf ®j . * leave to sell one negro man, named David, and all who were afterwords elovoted to a scot on the real estate, belonging to the estate of John A. Pencil in South Carolina, Chancellor Bondurant, late of said county, deceased, (the Desaussure was, for many years, the only widow’s dower excepted,) said land lying in the survivor. The others, a noble and illtism- counties of Walton and Jackson. All to be sold as | OHS band of patriots, comprising the Rut- the property of said deceased, for tlte benefit of the heirs and creditors of said deceased. NANCY BONDURANT, Adm’x. Nov. 16—36—4m. ledges, Heywards, Draytons, Matthews, Fames, Grimkesand Watties, had been long gathered to the last resting place of their fathers, full of years, and full of honors.— Feeling that he was the sole connecting link between the judicial heroes of the rev- F OUIt months afterdate application will be made to the Honorable Inferior court of Walton , a " d ‘" e i " ir f.w said countv, deceased. - state, it always gave him great pleasure and JOEL D. TRAMMELL, Atlm’r satisfaction to relate to them some ofthe dc bonis non with the will annexed, scenes through which he and his compatri- Jan; 4—43— tin. | ols j„ arms hud passed. F OUR months after date, application will be I Judge Desaussure was only sixteen years made to the court of Ordinary of Jackson I eld, when the city of Charleston (ell . into county, for leave to sell all the real estate of Glenn j the hands of the British, blit his gallantry Phelps, late of said county, deceased, for the bene- and activity in the cause of liberty, had al* fit ot his heirs and creditors. - ready rendered him sufficiently conspicuous HARRIET PHELPS, Adm’x. “> be.noticed, and roughly treated by the Dec _ 2| 4i | m .« I mentals of tyranny. His arrest and deten tion on board a prison-ship were immedi- Upsott, Pike, Monroe, Butts, Newton, Henry, Houston, 4th Bibb, 1st 2d 3d 1st 3d 4th 2d in March and September. in April and October. F OUR months after date application will be ately ordered. In this loathsome confine- made to the Court of Ordinary of Oglethorp. ment he remained for several months, dll county, for leave to sell the real estate of Edward r j n a which time lie was transferred to the Cox, late Ot sa.d ExecV north, and there exchanged, after witnes- Nov. 23—37—4m. j sino* many indignities offered to his fellow prisoners. It was remarked by Judge De- “ in May and November. COWETA CIRCUIT. Meriwether, 4th Monday in February and August. F OUR months after date application will be made sausstire that'the treatment of the prisoners to the Honorable the Interior court- of Gwin- b y the Hessian officers Was milch more uett county when 8iuin S |or Ordinary purposes for cf>une| and ctful lhan that w hich leave to sell the real estate of Philip Isley, late ot , c 1 . r , ... , „„ , said county, deceased. ‘hey received from the British. The for- J. W. DEMBY, > , mer, not being familinr with the English J. A. NEESE. r mrs ' language, used to address tlie prisoners as Nov. 23—37—4m. '- “ Mr. Rebel,” without intending anv dis- T710UR months sf»r dsto opplicstion will b , respecl, or un&rslandlng properly ihe par- X 1 made to the Court of Ordi nary of Gwinnett P<”tof the term. Such blunders, instead of county, for leave to sell all the land and negroes being offensive, were highly amusing to the belonging to the estate of Jesse Davis, late of said young officers and gentlemen OD board the county, deceased. ^ El jIAS DAVIS, A dm r. I prison-ship. Jan. 18 15 1m. | rj*^ fl r j t j s h officers preferred confining He did not like to risk or stake the whole of his immense fortune on what he believed to be n very hazardous game. He had been brought up, and had grown gray in the be lief that England possessed power and wealth which were irresistible, and he had always looked on the colonies as feeble, dis membered communities, totally destitute of all resources necessary for carrying on a protracted war. These impressions strongly riveted on his mind, and that mind considerably biassed by a love for tius world’s goods, he heard of the Declaration of Independence by the American Congress. To him it appeared to lie an act of great indiscretion, and alto gether premature. The total conquest of the country with the confiscation of all the property belonging to the rebels, was to be, he feared, the sad result of this effort to throw off the yoke of the mother country. If he had thought it practicable and safe to take this step, lie would have been one ofthe first to advise it. But as he did not, he was dis pleased at this daring boldness of his coun trymen. Under these feelings, and witli these gloomy anticipations, lie met his son, who had just returned from Philadelphia, after-putting Ills signature to the Declaration of Independence. No sooner did the old man meet his son than he accosted him with great earnestness, and in a quick) short tone peculiar to himself. “Tam! Tam !” said he, “ what’s this you have been doing ? Wlmt’s this you have been doing?” His son very cooly replied—" We have, father, declared the American colonies in dependent of Great Britain.” - “ And what are you going to do now ?” inquired tho old innit. “ We are going to fight, sir.” “ What! you fight Great Britain ?” “Yes, father, and why not?” “ Why, sir, she will overpower yon, whip you, and crush you, and then what will yon do?” “ We will fight them again ?” said the no ble spirited young man. “Yes, and they will confiscate all of your property, and beat you again,and whatthen will yon do?” “ By that time, father, they will have beaten us into good soldiers, and we shall be able to whip them in return,” was the pro phetic reply of the gallant son. The truth of this prediction was fully proven by the subsequent history of our country. The continental armies were beaten, crushed, and overpowered again and again, hut they were ultimately “beaten in to good soldiersand the independence of the country acknowledged, li was known to the young and gallant Heyward, that there was a vast difference betweetf van quishing the armies of a people inspired with a love of liberty, and subduing the people themselves. The one may happen, as it frequently did in our revolutionary struggle, but tbe other cannot, whilst there are valor aud wisdom to direct the councils of a nation. Thomas Heyward was one of the five signers of the Declaration of Independence, who returnedhome and look tip armsin de fence of that independence which they 1 had declared. His colleagues from South Car olina, Rutledge, Lynch and Middleton, did the same, but it so happened that those from the other states were almost all employed in some civil pursuit. The greater part of them remained in Congress a number years 5 and others were sent on foreign missions.— This circumstance, though it redounds to the credit of the Cnrolinn delegates,* is not mentioned to reflect on the character of those illustrious men who composed the Congress of '76. Although they did not (nke up anus hi defence of tho Declaration which they had made, they Were neverthe less, as devotedly engaged in securing its blessings. No man whose name appears on that sacred charter of our country’s glo ry and independence ever laltered or became cold in her cause. In fighting fpr his country, Thomas Hey ward was severely wounded. He had the honor of sealing with his blood the writteu appeal which he had signed with his hand. His was the glory offirst declaring his coun try’s freedom and independence, and then of fighting and shedding his blood to main tain them. He was afterwards elected one of the judges of South Carolina, and dis charged the duties of that office with credit anti ability until 1789, when he resigned his seat on the bench, and retired to private life: :h * 13- F. l\ . frivolous reading engage, their attention, their sole object is to kill time; tliere cau be no doubt of the character of this class.— He who chooses works of infidelity or bias- plremy, may be marked as. nu„ infidel and blasphemer. He who revels in works r>f li centiousness has affirmed the unhappy tone of his disposition. The boy who defights solely in books of piracies and murders, will prolmbly meet a murderer’s, doom. He riloue who chooses works of a moral nature lo cheer his lonely hours, has a heart in sympathy with sood- ness. If you could go to a library and,see Hie works chosen by various young men, you would have a sure test of their charac ters. The reverend speaker theu enumera ted the mischief of bad books. A bad book is like a bad man, it may be too stupid, too Coweta, l si Fayette, 2d DeKalb, 3d Cobb. 4 th • M Cainpm-i., . •Carroll, 2d, Heard, 3d Troup, 4lb in March and September. in April and October. INFERIOR COURTS. EASTERN CIRCUIT. - ■*. ?Lasl Monday in December and May | st ** in January and Juno. 2d 41 in 44 « “ £ “ Lj in • “ - - “ in February and July. “ in “ “ u j„ U ** MIDDLE CIRCUIT. Columbia, 4th Monday in January and June Waah’ngt’n,4th Wayne, Camden, Glynn, McIntosh, (Bryan, Liberty, Bulloch, Effingham, 2d Chatham, 3d F OUR months after date application tvill be made jibe rebels in ships to imprisoning them on to the Honorable Inferior Court of Forsyth land, on account of their greater security ill county, when sitting for Ordinary purposes, for I ihe former. There Avas very little possibil leave to sell all the land belonging to the estate of hy of escape from a vessel moored, at an Robert Honea,late j* cobTKtInT chor, somedistance from the shore, and tin HENRY HONE*\J j ^ n,rs ’ j der the guns of a fort or battery. On the Npv. 30—38—4m. contrary, opportunities of escaping on land —— r~ were frequent, notwithstanding the utmost TT'OUR months after date application will be v i gl i ance they could use. Id Charleston tale".* *T.h“. bnStolonEiogu’fto P“‘ estate of Joha Baldwin, late of said county, deceas-1 on board their prison-ships, daring the rev- efl. ARTHUR ERWIN, Adm’r. | olulionary war; but of ail those prisoners Dec. 21—41—4m. | there were surviving only ten or fifteen a may have a power to deceive arid fascinate, as dangerous and damning as Satan trans formed to an angel of light. You put a book into the hands of a single reader, and the thoughts, and feelings, the high aspira tions, the pure desires are re-produced in Ins mind, and in his life they mnv make a. tasting impression, and influence fiis destiny for eternity. Tho influence of that single hook may be multiplied from this to future generations; its records of goodness and precepts of morality only grow brighter in lustre with the lapse of time.—New York Sun. Coing into Bankruptcy. An anecdote is running the rounds of the streets which, true or false, is too good lo be lost. We tell it as it was told lo us. A genuine, unsophisticated Yaukee, some time since, was perambulating our streets, and rending the signs right busily. At lust he stopped oue of our citizens, with the sal utation, “I say mister, cau you tell u feller where the United States bankruptcy place iskept?” He was directed to the district clerk’s office, which he accordingly entered. We must pause here to describe him. He was tall nnd slobby, had a stoop in his ahouldcis. u little head, anti long Cranc’o neck; wore a swallow-tailed coat, with pantaloons that refused to be coaxed much below his knees; boots redolent of grease, and .hat that scorned a rim. Under his arm he held with extreme care a bundle of soiled papers —papers that deserved high respect for their evident antiquity. He gazed round the office, somewhat puzzled to know whom to address. While he stood there, scratching his head, a gentleman en tered, who was addressed as “Judge W.” This let a gleam of sunlight upon his brain. He strode up, touching his honor upon his shoulder, and said, “Are you the man that keeps the bankruptcy matters a-goin?”— “ I am the Judge of the district court, in which cases in bankruptcy are brought.” “ Well, Squire, it’s all the same, I reckon. Ye’r see 1 want to be ground through this ’ore IraiHimptsj- mill. -GU**’*. •!»*» m»i«, and one thing and another. You can take ’em, Squire, and fix ’em to suit yourself.” The Judge declined taking Ihe papers, and reminded the bankrupt that it would cost him something to obtain the benefit of the act.. “ Cost ? Gaul blast it, Squire, 1 haint got a darned cent—not a darned one; so I’ll, just go through in the State’s behalf ” We were not informed by whut method he fi nally “ got through,” but presume, if at all, it was by a different mode than the one lie desired.— Exchange; Paper. Tbe Difference, v ... , Wheft4tmug Oblate war, Admiral War ren was lying m the Chesapeake, Captain SnuUi was 'Scut by Commodore Stewart, then at Norfolk, to .|U‘gociate : an exchange of prisoners. The news had just arrived of ihe capture of the Java, aud the Admiral speaking of that eveut, asked Capt. Smith how it happened that .our frigates were so successful in taking theirs. Capt. Smith answered that he knew no reason for it, on- less that we fought better. ‘No’, said the Admiral, ‘that cannot he ; but the reason is rival two-thirds of your crews are British seamen.’ 'Then,' replied Captain Smith, ‘the other third being Americans, makes the whole difference.’ The Admiral attempted no further explanation or argument on the . ...- * . kriottv subject. do or $ We doubt if the records of wit can pro- m! .„ ^ j *• dnce a more happy repartee.. It was prompt, and at the same lime goes lo tho very mar row and heart of the 'question. It is one of those pushes that can neither be parried nor returned. It cloved the game: the Ad miral had not another move. Social Kludncsst How r.vvool sra iho nfiusiioiisnrjiinJH*** | How balmy the influence of that regard which dwells around our firesides! Dis- tr.ist aud doubt darken not the brightness of its purity ; the cravings of interest nnd jealousy mar not the harmony of that scene. Parentul kindness and filial aflection bloom there in all the freshness of an eternal spring. It matters not if ilie-world is cold, if we can but turn to our dear circle, and ask and receive all that our own heart claims. > - '‘Mr. •II——,’ said Chnuncey Longdon, a Federal Member of Congress, in 1814-16, to a one-eyed, rough farmer neighbor, ‘ it was always a puzzle to me how so sensible a man as you could be a Democrat—*but nnw- 1 perceive— having only one eye, you can only see one side, or half as much as other folks.’ * Mr. Laugdon,’ replied the other, • wc icrtU m me Uooa Hook that when the eye is single the whole body is full of light.’ * Father,’said a wistful looking loss about the age of sixteen, * 1 know sormhing about grammar, but I cannot decline matrimony, nor see the reason why myself nnd Gilbert- cannot be conjugated.* . 4th 2d 1st Montgom’y, 1st Tattnall, 2d Emanuel, 1st Scriven, 2d Burke, 1st Jefferson, 3d Richmond, 1st and July, in February and August. in January and July, in “ “ in “ ** in “ “ - • in April and 3d in. Sept. northern circuit Madison, 8d Monday in January awl Jely. Elbert, 3d “ “ Oglethorpe,4th Lincoln, 1st Hancock, 1st Warren, 2d Wilkes, 1st Taliaferro, 1st m „ -., in “ and June, in February and July, in - and August, in “ “ in May, 4th fa September, jn June nnd December, — , “ ; ~ — ' , few years- before the death of Chancellor 1 70UR months after dale application will be made n > , nerhnn* at this time not ” totbeHonorablelnferior courtofGwinnett coun- Desaussure, aun pernaps, at Hits lime, not ty, when sitting as a court of Ordinary, for leave to one remains. Some ten or twelve years sell the land belonging to the estate of John Perry, J since, il was proposed for them to assemble deceased. JOHN EVANS, Adm’r. J ju Charleston and dine together, but they Jan. 25—46—4m. | were too infirm to accomplish it. — GEORGIA.OVUNNETT COUNTY. W Kfx™ minor.appliea to ™ of Ihe Decloralioo of Independence. He for letters of dismission from said guardianship. was, at the tune M its occurrence, a very These are therefore to cite and admonish all and I young' man, not more than twenty-five or singular the kindred and creditors of said minor, I thirty. He had been educated in Europe, to bp and appear « “7 °®ce ™thin the tune1 pre- nn( j vva5 heir to a very large estate iu Sonth ^ |_ a*- ilia failiop nteo n ninth Munt nM scribed bv law, to. show cause, if any why said'letters should not be granted. 20th da ' ‘ j Carolina. His father was a plain, blunt old Uveh wider my hand this COth day of Jan. 1844, man, With a princely fortune. He was per- - SAM’L F. ALEXANDER, c. c. o. haps tho wealthiest planter in the whole Jan. 25r—46—lOd. | southern country. His estate consisted en mr-j I tirely of Jaad and negroes, a species of prop- %JilOtC€ MrCn JIIHW,** . j arty very easily got hold of by the govern- few of Rodgers’ Pen-Kuives, (single blades) I j r ;' times of civil commotion. Theold just received arid-for sale-low, at .the Book* j man was a genuine whig at heart, but like St °Wust n 1813 1 most old men, was disposed to be* prudent, Tbe Influence of Rooks. >< A discourse on this subject was delivered last Sunday evening by the Rev. Dr. Bacon. The remarks, although embracing little of a novel character, contained much sound and practical knowledge on a theme so di rectly interesting and important to nil.—— The Doctor remarked,'that at no period of the world’s history, was it so necessary to embrace the good nnd avoid the evil ten dency of books as at present. The book produces in the reader the intellectual state of the writer; his thoughts come into being in yonr mind, which is brought into passive coinmnnicatibn with his sentiments and e- tnotions at the time of writing. You look upon the silent page—it fixes your atten tion, and as the voiceless words meet yonr glauce, the eye sparkles with joy or glis tens with a tear, the smile of triumph or the frown of scorn Tadiates or darkens the coun tenance—your mind is like an instrument of many strings responding to a master-hand. The author of a bool: produces in his render moral emotions similar to his own. *He may thus be a spirit of mercy or a tempting fiend. The works which a mau chooses for his habitual reading are an index to his character. If you see a man gathering a- round him works of mathematical science, yon know the general tendency of his mind. If you see another accumulating works on history, yon have the- index to his taste.— One likes Locke 011 tbe Understanding,.an other, Edwards on ther Will, thus youkuow their character aud dispositions. To,some, history is dull and.laboiious, and light and The Bible. Book of books!, deep, wonderful mine, whose shafts ages have assaulted, ages have traversed, and. will y?t traverse! Holy lineage-roll, displaying the record of the in ternal unfolding of the race of man from the hour of its birth—gigantic drama of life's beginning and end ! Drama with dark epi sodes and bloody scenes, but whose morn ings are in light; which commences with mail’s infancy, and ends' where begins a new life after death and the grave. History of histories ! how often have 1 not descend ed into its depth’with an ardent and ihqui ring heart. " Long—long was it to tne dark, mysteri otis, and incomprehensible, and 1 could not seperate the precious metais from the dross and earth which adhered to it; the great pulse of reconciliation steadily beating be neath the varying weal and wo of eurtlily life, amid the solemn blessings and curses (if the'wailing mind, was concealed from me ; long have 1 strayed and doubted, often despairing of the way and the truth. ‘ Yd the eye became, by degrees, used to see by twilight; end even for the least of his in quiring children, does God let his light shine! NoW i walk securely on the Won derfnl course ; and, to my last hoar, will 1 journey on, searching and praying. To effect man's reconciliation with the true life, and with God, the development of his na ture and his farther progress, he most, in the present age, especially, become recon* ciled with the Scriptures.—Ftederi/ca Bre mer. ' A Beautiful Simile. \,. Wu heard a minister in the pulpit, a short time ago, relate the following historical fact, and apply it to Christian duly. There is an electric force, an unction arising from its contemplation, that ought to arouse, elevate, and quick**!) the feelings of every Christian, in contemplating the beauties ofthe parable. The minister remarked that histririnns said that the eagle, when the clouds blackened and lowered, and the winds nnd storms arose drnLnrful owtorft*, uuinlil tuuifill with iristiflf*. live precision its ability to withstand its force without injury. If the storm bid fatrio rage with too great force, the eagle would flap its bro.ad wings aud soar above it;and from its proud attitude, would look down with senm- ity aud composure on thedevastation below. The application to Christians was to per suade them to imitate the noble eagle When bickerings and strife &roseS(np^*T church or society; when-hostilities werejp* waxing holler and hotter; when Ihe storms of civil and religious discord were rising higher and higher, and tlifii'.wrath of God was thundering by his providence into the ears of his provorators—then they should, on the pinions of their faith^Twe above the world.. This needs no commani. Oh, that Christians would learn to emulate the eagle; and proudly, through Ihe influence of tho Divine Spirit, trample the world benenth their feet A'c-w England Puritpn. True Female Nubility. The woman, poor and ill clad as she may be, who balances her income and ex penditure—who toils and sweats in unre piuing mood among her well-trained chil dren,'and'prbs e nf 8i l ,en, » morning and even inw, as offerings of love to her husband, in rosy health aud cheerful cleanliness, is the most exalted of her sex. Before her shall the proudest daroe bow her jeweled head aud the bliss of a happy, heart dwell with her forever. If there is one prospect dearer than .another to the sou! of titan—if tliere is one act more likely to bend the proud nnd inspire the broken-hearted—.it is for a smil ing wife, to meet tier husband at the door with his host of happy children. How stirs up the blood of an exhausted map when he hears.a rusn of many feet upon the staircase—when tho crow aud carol of their young voices mix in glad confriston—and the smallest (nonots auda^Ks into his was amidst a mirthful shorn. It was a halo from every co the group there. ! There that teamed around joy an$ a blessing Example before Precept. It is commonly found that the general behavior arid conversation of parents, pro duce decidedly deejier impression on .the minds of the young than any formal in structions, however in thcmselvesexcellent. When children are, addressed directly, their minds recoil, or at least their atle.nlion is apt to flag; but their own shrewd observations on what.they- see done or hear said by oth ers, on the estimates which they perceive their parents to form of things and charac ters, and on. the governing principles by which they judge their conduct to lie regu lated, sink deep into their memories, and r ip fact constitute by far the most effective part of education-—Bishop Wilson. • < < “Father, wlint do printers live on ?” “ Why, child ?” “ You said you had not paid him for two or three, years, and you have his paper every week l” “ Take tho child out of the room. ' Wbat does lie know about right and wrong ?” Core for the Piles. . ,< v Mix one table spoonful of sulphur with half a pinlof milk, to be taken the last thing every day, until favorable symloms appear, and then occasionally as the cose may re quire. , The above is a cheapen simple, bu| most infallible remedy for that most painful and unpjeasant disorder, it has been used with complete successor, old and inveterate cases, where individuals had spent scores of dollars in medical advice. ; it is equally useful as a preventive. » it ill injure none, and only requires a trial. India Rubber. -- At the factory of Mill River, near Spring- field, Mass, they manufacture out of this ar ticle Maif bags for the post Office depart ment) hammocks and buckets for the Na tional-ships, and cartridge cases for N*val u<e. One of these hammocks will .contain a sailor’s clothes, and in case of shipwreck, will serve as his “ life preserver” in water. - The cartridge cases, wlibn filled with powder, are air tight, and preserve the cou- teuts from accidental fire or sparks, and from water or dampness. . Great quantities of all these articles are making for the Govt crnipeRt,—^V. Y. Jour. Com.

Georgia Historic Newspapers

Southern banner. (Athens, Ga.) 1832-1872, February 01, 1844, Image 1