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tax Law.
Ay Art to lery and. ctAlecl a Tar f/r each of V*epelit<cal
ye. irn 1 <i2 and ! <r&,ai*d thereafter, wUu repealed.
H,,:r, MI. 11-it f by thrSiutte and J!»,<*• of /?/-
// •ii v/ i ltl> CK ofttu! ,%ttC »/<; ■«,'(, 1 1 , (n tifncrul Assembly
fur!, 'hid Uis U dty t tUicUd by tUs authority*#V*e mime.
Tf4.it f/(»ai» and «ft :r the pa* *.ge of this act, nil real
and |w.-r»<wud estate wjtlnn tbi* HUte, whether owned,
by lidvldurUa or corporation , resident or non-reakiont,
snail Im* !1 able to tixatiwi, nufcyect to the exempt* inn herein-
He*. 1. And he. U further en/trlnt, Tint the term “real
#i.iiii, w it/a«| in fhUfcct, shall he cf/n*traed to include
tend U***|f, nil buildings or other article* erected upon,
or tfixotl to, the name; all min**, mineral-*, f -'lte, «ml
qiarrit* In and under the tame, except mine* belonging to
the /.i .'r, ati l the term “pereonal e*tate,” it 4 used in thin
net, »h tli h.j construe! to inelu !c all ch ».t moo'. ,d* U *
due frw'H solvent ilelHorr, whether on note, Mil, draft j
Ju i ■* •- l or mortgng .*, or o|M-n »«sei*iwtJ, koo*w, w-ren
mi'! iw.: luintUae, r .jMt.il Invented in fhl)>;>lriK or t- nnuge, !
or oaHUd oUterwine inveKte I, uegr 1 rl.itck, pleasurecar
rl-ig»v, iiubUo stocks, ami steels iu nnulcd corporation-*;
nl jo hip n portion of the capital of Incorporated c mipnnlca
liaiilc u> timiHon on tiudr capital ua ah.UJ not Ik* invented 1
in real*»r iHjrrtnal entatc.
ii. And bs it farther marled, lliat the following
properly shall he enentpted from 1. ition, to wit: All
uiptcd fn-m taxation, by the Oonatlfutbn of this
Plate or under the Constitution of the I’nltcd Htat j , all lands
hdoiijrlrig to this rSfate or the Cuitml Htu-iw, every hnildiint
erected nr the u. y of and uanl by a college, incorporated
M«Md«my or otlo-r w.nilnarjr of learning, every building
for public worship, school house, court houw,
ntid Jaß, anil the several lotM whereon roeh
ere situated, arid all thy furniture belonging to each
of tlicm, all books and philosophical upp vrutus not held as
merchandise, and f»r the purpose of sale, every poor
litiUßC, alms bouse, house of industry, and any house be*
looglng to any dnrltahlc institution, and the real and per
sonal c:>t ite belonging to any charitable institution or con
lice ted with the sums, the real and personal estate of any
public liiirary, and other literary associations, nil stocks own
ed by the fcute mid by literary and charitable instituons, al -o
all jd infeati'in and nic dianlcal tends, all household and kitch
en furniture not above tbu Value of three hundred dollars, not
held for purp'ea* of sale, or as inerchandiw, all libraries—all
p'*ultry aml #llOO value of other property belonging to each
tax payer, and also the annual crop* ami provisions of the
citUcat at this State, and ail tire arras and other instru
ments .and all munitions of war not held a* merchandise, and
all wearing apparel of the tax payer and family, and the
holder or owner of stock In any incorporated company
liable to taxation •>% its capital shall net be taxed us an
Individual for such stock.
tfw;. 4. And belt farther enacted , That nil lands held
under warrants, and surveyed, but not granted by tint
JP at<-, • hull la! liable to Uxutiou In the same manner os if
Actually granted.
ft. vl>«/ be It further mueb'd, That all monied or
stoek corporations deriving income or |>roflt from their
capital or otherwise, except ua before excepted, shall bo
liable to taxation.
Hw\ U. Awl be It. furthfi 'enacted, That each and every
free pevson of color hi tins Htute betwceen the ages of
dahteen and fifty shall bo taxed annually the sum of five
d jUhts.
t>r.u. T. An/lbeU farther enacted % Th;»t the stun of five
doll ms fitinll Ik* levied upon till practitioners of Law or
J'hytte or Dentistry and Dugitevrean Artists.
&i.c. 3. And he it farther enacted, That each and every
male cßlz*qg between the* of twenty-one nod sixty
yearn, shall ne taxed unnuaJly hereafter, twenty-live cents.
Bkc. U. And be it finiticr mulcted, That the receiver of
tax returns In etch county, Khali receive all returns to him
on the oaths of the per:-<>n« making them and at such vul
uurtou us they way iillix, and If any person shall fail to
make a return, or to uffix a value, the receiver shall make
such valuation, ami tucsesa the Uxfhereon from the heat infor
mation in his power tu obtulu, luul in warn where no return
f miiiv.ll* or no valuation made by the persons returning, he
hall assets it ilouble tax.
Bk<*. 10. And be it further mulcted) That It shall be
he duty of the receiver to assess all real uud personal en
tile not returned or not nrowed by the person returning
the same nt the full market value.
Hro. 11. And be it further eutcUul, Tliat the receiver
*f tax returns shall require nil 4 persons to give In
each and every tract or parcel of laud, hi? or ahe
may own, specifying It* locution, quality, and the num
ber of acres, if known, und the aggregate value, includ
ing the value of tlio buildings, machinery, toll bridge* ar
f orrics on the same, a classification of the personal cutate
subject to taxation, us defined in the second section of this
act, specifying the number of n<gro/!ave* und their aggre
gate value, and Ihe aggrogito of all other chattels,
moneys, dents due or to become due from solvent debtors in
whatsoever form, nud ouch classification sliall be entered in
separate columns.
Hko. 12. And im it further enacted , That the Rcdtelvers
of tax returns throughout the State shall administer to each
and every person giving in his or her taxable property,
the following oath, to wit: You do solemnly Swear (or
ftlllnn) us the case may he, that the, account which
you now give in is a just and true account of all
t lie taxable property which yon were possessed of,
held or claimed on the first day of January last, or was In
forested In or entitlhd either in your own right or in
the right of uny other person or perilous what Hoover, as
Parent, Guardian, Executor, Administrator, Agent, or Trus
tee, or any other manner whatever; and that it is not worth
more than the valuation you lutYe affixed to it, to the best
of your knowledge und belief- -so help you God.
E no. Id. A Hit be it farther enact*'./, That it shall ho the
duty of the several tax Receivers within this Btatc to
take in nil taxable* heroin before enumerated, and
enter the same in ills book or digest with the ap
praised value thereof, follow lug the classification speci
fied in Urn second and eleventh sections of this net,
and fc turn a copy of the sumo made out in air and legible
hand writing, to the Comptroller General, and one to the
Clerk of the Inferior Court, and one to the tax collector, «>n or
before the Ist day of duly In each, year in which digest shall
be carefully undo out, an abat met, stating each subject of
Taxation, the amount «>f aggregate value efc ich, the num
ber of acres of land, number of slave*, polls, free persons of
color, probations, dentist i and deguunv.in Artists.
Bee. Id. And be it further enacted, That when the
Comptroller Gcnei-.il shall have received said digest,
lie is hereby required to examine the same cm fully,
to detect any error or errors therein contained, and
having correctud the same, if any shall bo found to
exist, ho shall then foot up each column und ascertain
the aggregate amount of each and oil the digests, and report
the same t o his Excellency the Governor, who with the as
sistance of the Comptroller sh ill asses* such a rate per coat,
not exceeding 112tli of one per cent, on the entire amount
as will raise an amount of revenue corresponding to the
wants of th* Hate, und notify the several Tax Collector*
throughout the State of the rate |>er cent, so imposed, and
the amount to be ct dieted by him in each county.
800. l."». And be it further enacted, That the amount so
required to l»o assessed and collected, shall not exceed the
sum of three hundred and seventy-five thousand dollars
annually.
Bee. Id. An -the it farther enacted. That the amount of
tax to he paid annually to the State upon the amount of real
and personal estate taxable under this act, shall be l 12th of
one per cent., which shall be levied and collected and
accounted lur according to the existing law, together with
the j»oU tax and tax on practitioners of law, medicine, free
negroes, dentists, and Dugusrrcau artists.
Bee. it. And be ttfilrthcr enacted by the avihotHy afore
mid. That it shall be the duty of tlm Comptroller’ Ge
neral, with the assistance of the Treasurer, after the re
turns of taxes have been made l>y the tax receivers of the
several counties in thin Btute, to make an estimate of the
sum total of taxes which will lie vr.Kvl under this act ac
cording to the per o int. a*ses*wd, and if it should appear
that the sum total should exceed the amount of (fixes re
quired by this act to bo raised; thou the Comptroller Ge
neral shall Issue his circular directing the tax collector* of
this State to unike such deduction in an equal ratio upon
evrry tiling taxed according to value, as will reduce the
sum total of taxes, as nearly to the amount required by this
act to bo raised, iu» is practicable. Thu Comptroller speci
fying the percent, deduction necessary to be made.
* Bee. 18. And be it further enacted, That the tax re
ceivers and collectors shall receive the suuie compensation
now allowed by law.
800. ID. And be it farther enacW, That to net the
digests os provided for in the Vtli section of the act of Is 15,
for the receivers, the default list shall be deducted, and for
the collectors the insolvent list shall be deducted from the
total antoiPt of the digests, and that all taxes due and
payable under nny of the provisions of this net, shall be
paid in gold or silver, or in the bills of specie paying Rank*
of this Btatc.
Boc, 2d. And l# it further enacted. That the fourth
and fifth sections of an act passed the 22d of February,
eighteen hundred ana fifty, to levy and collect a tax for
each of the political years, ISV‘ and ISM, and thereafter,
be, and the same are hereby continued in fUU force and
effect, saving and excepting;eo much of the fourth section as
in the following word*, to wit: not being over sixty years
of age, or valueless from decrepitude i r disease.
Sec. 21. And he it farther enacted, That nothing In this
net shall no *o construed as to relieve Dank*, Railroad*, or
agencies of Foreign Bonks from uny special tax heretofore
assessed on them or any of them.
Sec. 22. And be it furtive enacted. That all laws and
parts of laws militating again.** thi.* act, except such part*
of the tax acts now in force in this Btate, ;i* may bo ne
cessary to carry out tins act, and which are declared in
full force, be, and the same are hereby repealed.
JAB. A. MEIUWLTUF.It,
SpMker of the House of RepreecntaUvos.
ANDREW J. MII.LEU,
President of the Senate.
Approved, 9th January, ls‘»2.
HOWELL COBB, Governor.
SIPPLKMEJfTAII Y TAX ACT.
AN ACT supplementary to an act, entited an act to levy
and collect a tax for the. political years 1552 and 185*2, ap
proved January 9,1952.
WUUKA.S by the fifteenth section of the above entitled
act to levy and collect a tax for the pollflca! years 1552 and
1953, It Is enacted that the sum of three hundred and sev
enty-five thousand dollars shall be raised for the support of
thv Government of this Btate for each of said years; and
whereas, by the fourteenth section of said act, it has been
further enacted, that to raise the said sum, for said jiolibcd
years, not more than ©ue-twclftU of one per cent. shall l»
assess'd on the actual value of all the property liable to
taxation under the provisions of the above entitled act;
and whereas, his Excellency, the Governor of this Btnte, in
a special message made to the House of Representatives,
has expressed his doubts whether the said sum of three
hundred and seventy-ftva thousand dollars, accessory for
the support of the government of this State for each of the
said political years t<v> and ISW, can be raised by the as
sessment of only one-twelfth of one per ccut. on the estima
ted value of the property subject t«* taxation under paid
act, and bath recommended to the General Assembly, as a
precautionary measure, in cuo the t-aid rate per cent, spe
cified In Said act shall not be sufficient to raise the said sum
for said political years iNTci stn.l to pass an act supple
plement iry to sain act, authorising him and the Comptrol
ler General, on the return by the several tax Receivers of
thi* State of the Digest of property sutfieet to taxation un
der the provisions or said act, and the value of the same,
and upon the examination and footing up c f sakl Digest, it
shall satisfactorily appear to them that the said sum of
three hundred and seventy five thousand dollars cannot
be raised by an assessment of one-twelfth cf one per cent,
on the value returned la said Digest, that they may be au
thorised and empowered to increase the said rate per cvnt.
so much, an t no further, a* may be sufficient to raise the
said sum of three hundred and seventy-five thousand dol
lars as aforesaid: now, therefore. for remedy whereof, 1
Suctuxs Ist. Be it nutated bis the Scroll* and Ucueeqf
RepreomitatU* if the State if (Axuwhf, in General .I*.
eembtymei, und it is hereby enactrd by the authority f
the same, That if, upon the return the several Tax Re
ceiver* of this Stale, of their respective I)ipu, contain
ing the property subject to taxation, and St* value, in pur
suance of the provi-dons a* are contained iu the saw! act en
titled an act to levy and collect a tax for the political years
1552 and ISSSJ, it shall appear to his Excellency, the Gover
nor, and Comptroller General of this Bute, upon the exami
nation tut 1 footing up of the same, that the said stun of
three hundred and seventy-five thousand dollars, necessary
for the support of the Government of this Btatc, for the
sold political year*, cannot be raised by un assessment of
one-twelfth of one per cent, on the aggregate value of ail
the property as returned by raid Digest, and subject to t ax
ation, then, iu such case, it shall and may be lawful far hi*
Excellency, lK»e Governor and Comptroller General of this
Bute, and they ore hereby authorized to increase the said
rate por cent, specifier! in laid tax act, so much, ami no
mure or further, than will be sufficient to raise the sahl sum of
three bundled and seventy-live thousand dollars, necessary
for the support of the Government of this Elate for each of
the ftolitioif years oa aforesaid; and thereu|>cn forthwith
to issue an order to each of the tax collectors of thi* Btatc,
requiring them, and each of them, to proceed and collect
and receive of :ti)d from each tax payor the amount of his
tax at and after the rate per cent, so increased, and neces
sary fur tire purposes aforesaid.
B>:c. 2. And be Ufurther enacted by the authority afire
mid, That when the tax collector of any county shall
hereafter issue :m execution fur taxes in arrear, the same
shall be directed to all and singular the Sheriff* anti con
stables of thii State, and shall be levied by either officer
when the tax due does not exceed thirty dollars; but
where the tax exceed* tliat sura, the execution shall be
1 ew»**d by the Sheriff alone, and said officer* shall be liable
to be proceeded against by rule in their respective court* as
is prescribed by law in relation to other executions.
• Sac. 8. Amibeit further enact/dly tie anthnity afire
mid, Tliat ail laws, or part* of law*, minuting against
thi« act be, aim the same ure hereby repealed.
Approved January 21,1852.
AN ACT to require all WUls of personal property, to be ex
ecuted and proved in the same maimer a* is now prescrib
ed by law, for tlie execution and proof of Dc vlae-s of real
estate.
Boc. 1 .Beit enacted by tie Senate and House of Rep re
ftnMivM of #k Stott nf Gtorflo, in Control AtmiMj
#
j met, and it U here'Sy enacted l/y the authority of the tut me,
, an«i after the first day of June next, all wills and
testaments of personal property shall be m writing, and
j signed by the party mi wilting and bequeathing the nano*, or
• by some other jierNon in his presence, and by his express di
rections, and siiall lie attested and subscribed in tlie pres-
I ertce of the said testator by three or Pair #!.!*.« wiU»cmc«,
or else they shall b- utterly void and of no effect,
j Hf*:. *l . Aml be ilf urttier enartni by the ei nthority afore
-1 said, That all laws and |«rts of laws now of force in this
State, and applicable to the Revocation of devises of real es
tate, fhaii extend to Wills and testaments of jiersonal pro
periy.
ty. 3. And 1* it further enacted by the authority afire,
said, That all laws and parts of laws now of force in this
.State, prescribing the mode of proAf of devise* of real estate,
j are hereby extended to Wills and testaments of personal
property.
j Pzc. 4. And be it further marled fry the auUmrlfy af/rc
-1 sab/, That tills act shall not be construed to extend to nun-
I cupative wills.
5. And be. its urther etuudexl try the. authority afore
j *"<'/. Ilia* is wwn as this act shall be passed, it shall be the
duty of the tiovtmor to cause the same to be pii!*h.die<l in
three or more of the public Gazette* of Out State, at letrt
on .0 in every week until the first day of June next, and that
til laws and |‘arts of laws militating against the provisions
■A this set, lie and the fat le are hereby repealed.
A;*provt i Jl*t January, 1 Sft2. ftb 6, wj 1
AN ACT topr. vide for the Kducation of the P.-ior.
( Pr.cnnxl. I*' it enacted by the General AwmMy of the
Mate of Georgia, That eighteen hundred and thirty-three
-hi.i -of the ca]-lUI sU. :k of the Rank of the of Geor
gi!, eight hundred am! ninety shares of the capital «tock of
the Rank of Augusta, and one hundred and eighty-six
ids .rei of the capital stock of the Georgia Hail lUnuiind
Hu..king Company, all belonging te thi* .State, be hereby
setajiart as u permanent fund tor the education of the poor,
and tli" -.iid fund shall be increased by so many shares of
the capital stock of cither of said banks as can be pur
rhaM 'l with the une.vp"ruled balance, if there be any in
I the Trwsory, of the thirty thousand Dollars api»ropriated
I to defray the expenses of the Htute Convention of ISSO,
| and with ail the available assets of the Central Rank, after
j the payment of its debts, and the Treasurer of the titate is
1, reby required to make such jrarchasc, in whole or in part,
according to the means at any time available therefor, and
tbe .-criji of the Hl'Mks w> i.<:longiug to the fctate, and is to
b<- |iur* l: tse<l, Bhnil be under the control and management
• l the Treasurer for the purpose aforesaid.
tie:. 2. Tiie income of tlie permanent fund aforesaid .-hall
be divided yearly among tliOM* counties which may have at
tb • Treasury of this Htute by the first of December, in each
ye.«r, lUls of their poor children, la the manner hereinafter..
po.ntedout, tfw* diviwon to be in pr<*j>ortion to tin: number
of name* on the respective lists ami the quota of each
‘•ouuty, to be paid to the tehoolcommisekiner’s order under
the **••;! of his office.
Hkc.3. The Ordinary of each county shall be ex officio
m;1iooI coinnil'-doner thereof, and fhaii take an oath and en
ter Into an obligation as jiart of liis official temd as ordinary,
to discharge all the duties of He fund Commissioner as pre
reribed by this ;icf, and to faithfully apply all the money
which may emne into his hands in that capacity: he shall
also be entitled to retain ns a compensation for his services
as such commissioner, two and one half per centum, upon
all such monies as he may receive, and the some per cen
tum upon all such monies as he may pay out under the pro
visions of this act. Provided, That no provision of the
foregoing act shall repeal «»r militate against the provisions
of AU act assented to the 24th December, 1547, prescribing
the mode of disbursing the Poor School fund, end the elec-
L dos lAistrict Tiea.-users, entftle*l an act to amend an
act to provide for the education of the Poor, so far as the
countk-f* of Lumpkin and Uv.bun are concerned.
Hmj. 4. And be it further enacted, That all the duties
imjMweil by the promops of this act upon the Ordinaries
of each county, shall, in the county of Chatham, be dis
charged by the Justices of the Inferior Court, and the said
Justices are hereby authorized to appoint one or more lit
and proper person, who shall act as School Commissioner
or Commissioners for said county, and who shall discharge
the dutio* imposed by this act, upon the select commissioner,
under such regulations us the said Inferior Court may pre
scribe.
'Hhc. 6. And be, it further enacted, That the county of
Union be exempt from the provisions of this act, ami that
the Poor.Hchool fund of suid county, be disbursed under
the heretofore existing law. Provided, that said county is not
to tie excluded from the benefits of any fund raised under
this act.
H»:c. (>. The duties of School commissioner in each county,
sludl he the following : he shall levy and cause to be col
lected by the Tax Collector of the county, such tax as may
he rccoinmcuded by the Grand Jury of the first Superior
Court in each year, for the |«urpose of educating the poor,
and jdnsl! ’take charge of the same when collected, lie
shall, each year, between the first of September and the first
of November, make uml keep in u book for that purpose,
a list of all such children in the county, between the ages of
eight and sixteen years, ns he may deem unable from the
poverty of themselves or parents, to procure ft plain Kug-
Ibh Education, without public assistance; und to assist him
iu making such list, he shall appoint two persons in each
Militia District to give him information respecting the poor
children thereof, which persons, shall take an oath, in wri
ting, before the Ordinary, to faithfully discharge the duties
of their appointment, U m| to.return only such children as
in their opinion are entitled to the benefits of this act —he
shall, within the first week of November,each year, forward
•me copy of said list for that year to the Treasurer of this
State, and shall by the first of December, in each year, have
at the State Treasury, his order under the seal of his office,
for the quota of his county, in the State dividend aforesaid,
—he shall lay a copy of this list for the year next last, lie
fore the Grand Jury of the first court in each year, and shall
also lay before them his written estimate of what county tax
"ill he necessary to secure the tuition of all such children
as may he entitled to he placed on the list for the year then
pre cut—be shall pay teachers of |>oor children in the fol
lowing maimer, that is to say : he shall keep on file every
such uccouut for the tuition of children on the fist for each
year m shall bo rendered to him, on or before the 25th of
December, in that year, proven by the oath of the Teachers,
specifying the number of days each child was taught, not
exceeding the usual rates of such teachers, nor exceeding
such maximum as may be established by the Ordinary in
each county ; and after the 25th of December, he shall pro
ceed to pay all Midi accounts in full, if the hinds in hand
he sufficient, or ratcably, if iiiHiitfieient, and always keeping
as a fund for the next year, any surplus which may be left.
Skc. 7. The Judges of the Superior Courts shall give this
act specially iu chut go to the grand juries of the first Courts
in each year, together with suggestions anil arguments
upon the duty and policy of educating the poor. Provided,
that, the returns i f i»oor children in the counties, embraced
iu the third and fifth sections of this act, shall he made un
der the oath and iu the inauner prescribed in the sixth sec
tion: and ordinaries in said counties, shall be entitled to re
tain their commissions on the Htute fund received, but not
on its disbursement.
Hkc. S. All laws und parts of laws at all conflicting with
this act arc hereby repealed
JAB. A. MERIWETHER,
Speaker of the House of Representatives.
ANDREW J. MILLER,
President of the Senate.
Approved, 22d January, 1859.
HOWELL COIIII, Governor.
AN ACT for the relief of married women whose husbands
have deserted them.
Sue. 1. lie it enacted by the Senate and House of Hep.
rase nU dices of the State if Georgia in General Assembly
convened, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of
the same, That In all cases where a married woman lias
been deserted by her husband, und has, while so deserted,
by her exertions and those of her children, or otherwise ac
quired property of any kind, the same shall he exempt from
the pay meat of said husbands'* debts, and he vested in said
married woman, for her sole and separate use, not subject
to the debts, contracts or control of said husband.
Approved December UO, ISSI.
AN ACT to amend the net of eighteen hundred and thirty
t\,.'lit, regulating the taking testimony in certain eases.
fthe St'nate. and House qf Ibp.
>u •datirm ts the State of (horgin in General Assembly
wet, and, it b herein/ enacted by the authority of the
name, That in addition to tho cases already specified in the
act a ( sited to twenty-eighth December, eighteen hundred
and thirty-eight, the party plaintiff or defendant, where lie
has but a single witness to prove any particular point or
fact in his case, may take his testimony by commission ex
actly us in cases provided for by said act of eighteen hun
dred and thirty-eight, with the restrictions and limitations
therein set forth.
Approved, January 5, 1852.
FIKTKKN IKU.LAKS REWARD. '
r> AYVWAY from my premises in Burke county,
A on the 23th January last, my Boy HENRY. He Yr
is about 5 feet $ inches high, yellow complexion, aboirt *
2d years of age, and weighs about 175 pounds. It is aYSL
likely he is lurking about or on the Savannah river, as he
has bet n a raft hand on said river. 1 will give sls for the
boy, delivered to me, or lodged in any safe jail so I can get
him. Or if said boy has a free pass, I will give the above
reward, for suflicicu; proof to convict the person for giving
said pass.
Any informattrm of said boy, addressed to Gerard Post
Office, will be tnaukfully received.
feß-wtf J. R. MOBLEY.
BTOP THE VILLAIN.
IVAWAWAY from tho subscriber, on the sth •
\ inst., (after having knocked his young master
down with an axe, fracturing his skull considerably, '
and leaving him, as he supposed, dead) a bright mu
hit to (nearly white) Boy, about 2t years old, named HEN
RY, chunky built, about 5 feet 8 inches high, with light
sandy or brown hair, rather coarse and bushy, and inclined
to curl a littlo, gray eyes, cheeks frequently flush, and is
much given to smoking; lias on his left hand, just where
tho forefinger leaves it, a largo scar from a knife; his left
leg, also, lias a large scar from a burn, the leader of the
ham having been considerably drawn, so that the left leg
is a little more wrooked than the other. Both legs are in
clined to knock-knee, lie is of a lively turn, and can do a
little at dressiug plank and putting up weatherboarding,
and may attempt to pass himself as a carpenter, and will,
no doubt, try to pass as a white or free man, under the
name of MATHEWS. It is confidently hoped and believed
that the public, and especially every father, will take some
interest in apprehending and bringing to justice so daring
a villian.
A liberal compensation will be given for his apprehen
sion atul delivery in any jail so that 1 get him.
PITT S. MILNER.
Barnesvtlle, Feb. 16, 1532. fe2o-6m
fc3F"Tho Tri-weekly Savannah Republican and Colum
bus Enquirer will please copy for two months. P. $. M.
GLENDINNING * CO’S
A jTARBLK WORKS, Broad street, Augusta, Georgia,
it l Where wo have on hand and will continue to keep a
large stock of both Italian ami American Marble, for
Monuments, Toombs, Head Stones, Ac., to which we res
pectfully call the attention of those wanting work in our
ine. We are now prepared to fill all orders at short no
tice, in as good style and as low as work of the same quality
can Im» furnished for from any establishment in the United
State®. Plans and prices will be seut those who cannot call
and examine for themsclvcsl
P. S.—Order* from tlie country executed with neatness
and despatch. d 27
PHILIP A. MOISE,
DRUGS and MEDICINES, PAINTS, 0115, OEU
} .{ DYE STUFFS, WINDOW GLASS, BRUSH-
Lj± ES, PERFUMERY, PATENT MEDICINES,
INSTRUMENTS, Ac., Ac.
Xo. 105 Broad Street, Augusta, Georgia,
ITm now on hand a very bqjge Stock of tlie above articles,
which are offered for sale at very low prices, and ou accom
modating terms.
Country Merchants, Physicians and Planters arc
invited to call and examine, before purchasing elsewhere.
jalC-w
DISSOLUTION or COPARTNERSHIP.
Til II rOI*AIIT.\KRSHIP heretofore existing under
the linn of KERRS A HOPE, in this City, and of
KERRS, HOPE A CO., in New York, has been dissolved by
the death of ANDREW KERR, and by mutual consent of
the surviving partners. The business of the Copartnership
wjjl be settled by either of the subscribers, who will sign the
name of the firm iu liquidation. JOHN KERR,
JAMES HOPE,
JOHN HOPE,
Survivors.
Notice Is given, that debts due KERRS A HOPE,
unless paid, or satisfactorily arranged during the present
ppring, must necessarily, and without any exception, be
But in suit. mhl7-d3Awßin
SALE AT AUCTION or A VALUABLE
FACTORY AND MILL PROPERTY.
G\ TUESDAY, ISth MAY next, will be sold, on the
premises, to thediighcst balder, all that Valuable Pro
perty owned by the Curt right Manfacturing Company, sit
uated at the Long Shoals of (he Oconee River, in the coun
ties of Greene and Putnam, consisting of about 900 Acres
*«f Land, including water power, a Cotton Factory, a Flour
ing, a Grist Mill, and a Saw Mill, all in operation, and anew
Bridge, across the Oconee River. Also, a Store Building
aud abaut 50 Dwelling Houses; together with an assorted
•tock cf foreign and domestic, Goods, of about SIO,OOO
value, Ac. The same comprising the entire personal pro
perty. real estate and stock, in trade, of the Curtright Man
ufacturing Company. The same being sold for no fault of
the Works, but to close a copartnership.
Full information can be obtained by applying to the su
perintendent on the premises.
Term* of bale will be favorable.
•PU-W 4 HENRY MF.RRELL,"Agent.
LOOK HERE.
'T'IIK hi B*( HIHI H offers for Sale hh RESIDENCE
.s i 'S’(SI, f-ohb county, furnisheil thoroughly. There
•reOAcre* of attached to the house, »11 under good
Mievi withi all necessary out-buddings. The house is one
of tho host finished anil most desirable in the Cherokee
country. Roswell is 18 milts from Marietta, anil is consid
,,, “5T ~u ! lt " f il * sta'iety and location, one of the
most delightful in the State. Also, a fine Farm, containing
n 1 ?'" -I! *l° * rrc! ' " f hand, (about 2W cleared,) a
Weil fimrhtd anil cmnfurtaMc House, with suitable out
buildings, together with every thing necessary to carry on
the hrui, which is now under cultivation. The above will
be sold together or seitarately, anti possession given as soon
as destntl . iorftmt.gr particulars, enquire of
fM latvdiwtf ROBERT A. LRWIg, Savannah.
\ Sentinel, 1 findanotice
of the firm of BAKER, GUCBLK A CO., being dissolv
i am authorised to state to the public generally, that the
individual who caused such a notice to he published had no
authority to do so *>T “•*‘"ompany. The firm itas dtanged
of mutual consent, from BAKER, GRUBLE A CO to that
by the BEARING STEAM MILL COMPANY. ’
All orders addressed to the Dear lug Steam Mill Comnanv
will l>e promptly attended to by t Ji
jett-sf A. F.. STURGIS, Agent
BOLTIXG CUITIIS, Os warranted qnaKty Rtmistied
an«l put up in bolt* to order.
Mill fltoM Plaster, prepared for backing Mill Sioncs, cheap
aud id the boat quality, for sale by
WM. R. SCITIRMFJL
|alß wtf Ausnwu. G
NOTE LOST.
LOST OR STOI.KV from me in Burke MW—n
county, a BUCKET BOOK, containing a IfcQMfej
Note of One Hundred and Ten Dollars, dated 11®?-/ 59
October 11,1851, made by Michael King, pay- I'- il
al 1* to Timothy Donovan. I forewarn all persons against
iradipg trt said Note. jtM-tf TIMOTHY DO.NOVAN,
1852. PROSPECTUS 1852.
OF THE
SOUTHERN CULTIVATOR
X, FOR 1852.
Dr. DI\IEL LEE, D. BEDfIOYD,
Kutffiß. | AmrAMT Editor.
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and i* exclusively devoted t« Afrrieultnre, Horti
culture, Floriculture, Domestic and Farm Economy,
TiliiiL'e and Husbandry, the Breeding and Ruining
of Domestic Animals, I'oultry and Bees, and the
general routine of Southern iiautintr and Faruunir.
The new volume for 1 - v, 111 he issued on a royal
octavo sheet of 32 pace*, wit I, NEW' TYPE. F i i. r
PAPEK, AND BEAUTIFUL ILLUSTRATIONS!
It will contain a much greater amount of isater
tlian heretofore—will discuss a greater variety of
topics, and will be in every respect Tint rektAori
ccltcual Paper in the Soltii 1 and equal to any in
the Union!
Friends of Southern Agriculture!!
A« the Cultivator wan t he First journal established
in the Cotton Growing fitutes, exclusively devoted
to the interests of the Planter; and as it. has ever
been an earnest and consistent advocate of those
interests, we confidently hope that, having fostered
and sustained it tints tar, your cordial and generous
sui.jM.it will still be continued.
Blasters, Farmers,Gardeners, Fritt Growers,
Stock Raiseis,, Nurserymen, und all connected in
any way with the cultivation of tiie soil, will find the
Southern Cultivator replete with new and valua
ble information; and richly worth ten times the
rilling sum at, which it is afforded.
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please forward them as early as possible.
Iff? “All hills of specie paying Banks received at
par— and ail money Kent by mail will be at our
risK.
W. S. JONES, Publisher.
Auerunta, Go., January 1, 1852.
THE REMEDY FOUND AT LAST.
TIIII >ll*ll A .Vl* riUCCKfeiri has attended the use of
that wonderful Ointment MARSHALL’S MAGICAL
PAIN ERADICATOR. Every body that has used it, speaks
we!l of it, and what “every body says must he true.”
Since the first of January last, upwards of 700 Certifi
cates have been received, testifying to the good effects and
Superiority of Magical l’aiu Erudicator.
In some very few instances this |>rc]>ur&tion has not given
entire satisfaction, but just look, for a moment, at the number
who have been benefitted. Seven hundred voluntary tes
timonials have been given, and certainly not less than five
tunes this number have experienced the good effects of this
Ointment, in the same space of time.
Tiie public will please bear in mind that tills is a purely
Southern preparation, and is entitled to tiie patronage of
Southern people. As no charge is made, Fliouid no be
nefit be received, give it a fair trial, and in ninety easel
out of a hundred the greatest success will he sure to follow.
For further particulars, and a number of certificates, you
arc referred to the pamphlets, to be had at any of the
Agencies.
The diseases which Marshall’s Eradicntor will cure, are
Rheumatism, Acute and Chronic, Lumbago, Painful Nerves,
Scrufula, Bpinal Affections, Dislocations, Sprains, (Edematous
Swellings, Tumors, Ganglions, Nodes, Wens, Praises, Strains,
Weak Joints, Contracted Tendons, Head-Ache, Gout, Pals}',
Tooth-Ach, Ac. For sale by
HAVILAXD, IUSLEY A Co., Augusta, Ga.
1). R. PLUMB A Co., do. do.
D’ANTIGNAC A BARRY. do. do.
BARRETT A CARTER, do. do.
WM. K. KITCHEN, do. do.
W. 11. TUTT, * do. do.
P. A. MOIBE, do. * do.
And by W. 11. AJ. TURPIN Proprietors, do. do.
It is also for sale throughout the State, by the principal
Druggists.
N. B.—Be careful to look for the written signature of J
E. Marshall on tiie wrapper of each box. None is genuine
without it. 026
rS'* G UWBMi W»S t GVXB!
On Mclntosh street , two doors from Georgia Kail road
Bank.
JUST RECEIVED, per steamer Africa, the largest
and best assortment of ENGLISH GUNS ever offer
ed in this city, comprising every variety, from London and
Biriiiingham makers, at the lowest rates for cash.
Double and Single Barrelled GUNS, all sizes and prices.
A fine assortment of Single and Double Barrelled GUNS
for boys.
RIFLES and Double GUNS, of my own make, one barrel
Ride and the other Shot, a line article for hunting deer and
Turkics.
Colts’, Allen’s, and other REVOLVERS; also Single bar
relled, Sllf Cocking and Rifle PISTOLS, cast steel barrels.
Common Pistols, all kinds ; Percussion CAPS, of Wester
ly Richard’s, Cox’s waterproof, Walker’s andG. D. French,
and Military Caps. •
A great variety of Powder FLASKS, Shot BELTS, and
Game BAGS, of the finest Patterns.
Also. Wash Rods, Drinking Flasks and Cups, Nipple
Wrenches, Pocket Compasses, Screw Drivers, fine large
hunting llorns, and everything in the Sporting line.
Being a practical Gun Maker myself, and having these
guns made to my order, expressly for this market, persons
Imying will get a much better articles than is sold at the Hard
ware Stores, and at equally low prices, and all warrant
ed to shoot well.
Powder and Shot, Wholesale and Retail, all varieties.
N. It.—RIFLES made to order, and all kinds of Repair
ing and re-stocking GUNS, done in the best manner and
warranted. oto-1y E. 11. ROGER*.
REUBEN RICH’S PATENT CENTRE VENT WA
TER WHEEL.
CIAUTIO.Y.— Having been informed that a certain per
> son named Reed, is vending a Water Wheel upon
which the water is conducted by means of a spiriai scroll, as
upon Iteuhcn Rich’s “Patent Centre Vent,” we hereby notify
and caution the public, that we will prosecute, in ail in
stances, for any evasion or infringement upon said patent,
l>oth the maker and party using, and will be thankful for
any information referring ua to parties thus trespassing.
GIN DR AT A CO.
Montgomery, Ala., June 11, 1850. Jb2l-tf
THE MONTGOMERY MANUFACTURING COM
PANY’S IRON WORKS.
MONTGOMERY, ALABAMA.
M ANIiKACTT UI!, in superior style, Horizontal and
Upright STKASI ENGINES, of all sizes: Steam
BOILERS; LOCOMOTIVES ; Cast Iron WATER WHEELS;
Sugar MII.I-S ; Saw and Grist Mill IRONS, of every varie
ty, (including Iloxie’scontinuous feet for Saw Mills;) Kn
gine and Hand LATHES; Iron aud truss CASTINGS, of all
kinds, Ac., Ac.
All orders filled with despatch.
ap22 • OINDRATACO.
IMPORTANT TO MILL OWNERS AND MANU
VAOTUKtiIto.
Uiirtrallcd. Improvement in Water Wheel*.
TIIIC SI IN HIIIKIIS are sole agents for making and
vending the l>est Water Wheel in the world, known as
Vomlewater s Water Wheel. -We challenge the World to
produce its equal. It has but recently been introduced to
the public, and found to be far iu advance of all other
wheels, both in power and economy in water, every drop be
ing effective, vuid none wasted. This Wheel is not in the
least affected by back water. As we prefer them living
placed below tail water in every instance, consequently we
get every inch of head; they being entirely of cast iron,
simple of construction, nre not liable to get out of order,
and are more durable than any wheel now in use. We
have recently put one in operation for George Schley,
Esq., at his Belville cotton factory, to whom we would give
reference. See certificate annexed.
All orders for Wheels or Territorial Rights, will meet with
attention by addressing the subscribers.
J AGGER, TREADWELL k PERRY.
Albany, New York.
Or to their Agent, J. J. Kidbe, Augusta.
[CRRTiriCATK.]
Augusta, Gn., March 24,1551.
Jaeger, Treadwell k Perry—Gentlemen :—I have the
gratification of informing you that your Vandewater Wheel
was successfully put iu operation at my factory last week,
and it worked to perfection. Its simplicity, durability, and
uniformity of speed, are recommendations alone ; but above
ull, its highest encomium is the small quantity of water it
takes as compared with other wheels. I have been using
one of Reuben Rich's Centre Vent Wheels, of three feet
and a half diameter, and eleven inch bucket, the discharge
openings measuring 40t) inches. I displaced that and put
in one of yours of six feet diameter, with discharge open
ings measuring 270 inches, and your wheel run the same
amount of machinery that the Rich Wheel had driven, and
there was a difference in favor of yours of eight inches in
the depth of water in the tail race. I feel no hesitation in
recommending your wheel to all manufacturers and mill
owners, believing it is the greatest wheel of the age. Wish- •
ingyousuccdh in the introducton of so valuable an im
provement, I main,(very respectfully, yonrs, kc.
mh26-wly GEORGE SCHLEY.
I IMPORTANT TO MANUFACTURERS.
X kinds of
COTTON and woolen machinery,
of a superior quality, SHAFTING and MILL GEARING,
with improved Coupling and Pulleys, Self-Oiling Hangers
(which require oiling only once in three months); LOOMS,
of a great variety of Patterns, for Fancy and Twilled Goods,
from One to Eighteen Shuttles; also, for Plain Goods, capa
ble of running from 150 to 170 picks per minute.
They are enabled, from their extensive Improvements, to
produce YARNS and GOODS, with comparatively little
labor; ami all Manufacturers, before purchasing their Ma
chinery, will do well to visit Philadelphia and vicinity,
where they can see the Machinery with all the latest im
provements, in full and successful operation ; or they can
be referred to Factories in almost every State South and
West, by addressing a line to the Subscribers.
ALFRED JENKS k SON,
Feb. 1552. fels-ty Bridesburg, near Philadelphia.
N. B. Plans of Factories, with the location of Machinery,
the simplest method of driving, and calculation of speed,
furnished free of charge. wly
AUGUSTA FRENCH BURR MILL STONE MANU
FACTORY.
Till' Fubsrril'er, thankful for the kind patronage heretofore
extended to the late Ann of Schikml’ r k Wigaxd, would
respectfully inform his friends and the public, that he contin
ues to execute orders for his well known Warranted French
BURR MILL STONES, of every desirable size, at the lowest
price and shortest notice. He also furnishes
ESOPUS and COLOGNE STONES,
SMUT MACHINES, o£'various patterns,
BOLTING CLOTHS, of the best brand.
CEMENT, for MB use.
And every other articl* necessary in a Mill.
Also, for Planters, small GRIST MILLS to attach to Gin
Gears.
All orders promptly attended to.
„ WM. R. SCniRMER,
wtf Surviving partner of Sehirmer A Wigand.
COTTON AND WOOLEN FACTORY FOR
SALE.
BY YVRTC K of a Deed of Trust from the Warrior Man
ufacturing Company, to the undersigned, as Trustees,
dated March the 18th, 1551, and recorded in the Probate’s
office, In Book Y, pages 716, 717, 71*, 719, we will sell at
pubile sale, on MONDAY, the 7th day of JUNE next, in the
City of Tusskaloosa, State of Alabama, the following pro
perty, conveyed in said Deed, viz: The Cotton and Woolen
FACTORY’, belonging to the said Warrior Manufacturing
Company, with ail the fixtures and machinery.
This property consists of about seven acres of ground in
the said City of Tuskaloosa, on which are erected the Facto
ry buildings. The power is of steam, of one hundred horse
power. The machinery is nearly new and complete, con
sistingchiefly of 78 Power Looms, 24 Spinning Frames Dead
Throstle of 12$ Spindles each; 4 Ring Spinning Frame?, of
12$ Spindles each; 42 Cards; 8 Speeders, coarse: 2 do.
fine; 5 Draw Frames; 6 Railway Draw Heads ; 2 WQlows;
4 tappers, with Suction Fans; 1 Machine for covering 1
Rolls ; 1 Spiral Gear Cutting Engine; 1 Banding Machine;
110 Loom Beams; 4 Dressers; 4$ do. Beams; 5 W&rping
Frames; 2 Spooling do.; 1 Wool mule of 80U Spindles; one
30 inch YVool Brakcr; one 24 inch Finisher for Carding
Wool Rolls; one 4$ inch Wool Braker; one 96 inch Finish
er with Rubber Condenser for manufacturing; 1 Wool
Picker; 1 large 15 feet Engine Lathe; one 6 feet Screw
Cutting Lathe j 1 large size hand Lathe; 1 small hand do.;
1 Bolt Machine; 1 Universal Chuck; 2 sets Stock and Dies;
1 set Blacksmith Tools complete.
The above machinery is propelled by a Double Cylinder
Steam Engine, 2 Cylinders of 14 inch bore, 4 % feet stroke,
8 Boilers each 80 feet long, 40 inches in diameter, with two
15 inch flues each.
The main Factory building is 150 by 50 feet, four stories
high, with an Attic. Engine Room 39 by 28 feet. Boiler
room ami Machine shop 52 by 45 feet, two stories and a
half high. Blacksmith and Carpenter’* shop 58 by 82 feet.
There is also attached to the Factory &*» feet of 6 inch
Steam Pipe, for heating the building, and 6 large Water
Cisterns, with 300 feet of Hose, and 6 playing pipes for ex
tinguishing fire.
There is also an Office near the Factory, with two rooms
and fUrniture, also a large size Iron safe.
The whole us the above buildings are built of brick, and
well ventilated.
Terms of Sale will be made known by publication, pre
vious to the day of sole.
J. J. ORMOND, I _ 4
A. S. SICOLSOS, )' Trustees -
Tuskaloosa, February.% 1552. ap€-v3
STRAYED, from my residence in Polk conn
ty, on the Sd Inst., a Sorrel HORSE, about 9 V
years old, 16 hands high, white face, and I think one white
foot behind. He has a very heavy mane and taD. of a red
color. Also, at the same time, strayed, a Bay MAKE; no
white except two white marks behind the wethers, caused
by a buggy saddle; also, a very uncommon mark on the
sharp bone below, ranging downwards from the left eye.
The hair is mixed considerably with white, as to make it
quite an ohiect of distinction. Said Mare is about 4 years
old, and about 15V haunts high. B. J. WIISOS.
Yedow Stone P. Q„ Polk eo. »l'lo-w2
DISSOLUTION.
TTTE, the undersigned, have, by mutual consent, dis
v Y solved otur connection in the practice of Law.
• STEPHEN? t BIRD.
CnwfoniriDe, Gth April 9,1592, apH-dtu
AUGUSTA, GA., WEDNESDAY, APRIL 28, 1852.
WEEKLY
CHRONICLE & SEMEL
POETRY.
Prom the St. Louis flepublicOH.
BROKEN BARBITON—WITHERED LAUREL-WREATH
AND BROKEN HEART.
A SCENE FROM ELLWEr’s ZAXOSI.
It was the dose of day upon the shores
Os beauteous Naples. The low murmuring waves
That rose and fell upon tiie “ ffiren’s sea ”
Gleamed like pale rubies in the sunset glow;
The dim isles, veiled in mists of silver, rose
Far thrtmgh the dim and shadowy atmosphere;
The pale, sweet stars shone calm and beautiful
In the blue diadem of night, and shapes
Os lovt-lines* and beauty seemed to steal
Forth from the soft and deepening shades, as Love
And star-eyed lb jigand pensive Memory
Steal from .the twilight of the heart. Afar,
lake a huge column moving in the heavens,
Soared the gray smoke of old Vesuvius,
From Us broad ba?e of lurid flame; the shaft
Os Maro’s tomb al>ovc the beetling cliff
Was drawn against the deep blue sky, and soft
The scattered gardens of the Caprea shone.
Like “ wrecks of Paradise.” No human voice
Broke the deep spell us silence and repose
That rested like a calm, mysterious dream
Upon the landscape, yet the air still seemed
All mu. s icai and strangely eloquent
W itli the hushed cadences and passion-sighs
Os deep and burning love.
Ah mid this scene
Os loveliness and deep serenity.
The traces of despair and woe and death
Were darkly visible. Tiie twilight’s last
Fwuft, rosy .-mile of gentleness and love
Ftole softly, calmly, beautifully through
The parted vines that bloomed and clustered o’er
The window of an humble cottage home,
And fell upon the white brow of the dead,
As human love fall* vainly on the heart
Os cold despair. Alone the minstrel slept
la his unbreathing rest. Upou the floor,
Beside him, lay the cherished laurel wreath,
His only wealth, the guerdon of his toils,
The one dear boon for which, through weary years
Os bitter sorrows, he had patiently
Struggled and suffered, pouring firth his wild,
Deep soul of music, while keen agony
iVus tearing his great heart. There," there it lay
All pale and withering, like the throbless brow
Whence it had fallen.
Tli ere beside him, too,
Broken and iflent lay his barbiton,
His own familiar, in whose spirit tunes
His spirit e’er had found in joy anti grief
A faithful echo. It hail been his friend.
True and unfailing, mid the darkened wrecks
Os human friendships. It iiad been his love,
liis child, his life, and his religion, lie
Hail talked to it at twilight’s wizard hour,
The hour that now closed over it and him,
And it had answered him in tones of more
Than earthly sympathy. Anil he had won.
With its dear aid, the wreath so fondly deemed
The emblem of fame’s immortality.
But now the dust was on its loosened chords,
That, like his own dark tresses, swept the floor,
To sound no more, save when perchance the wind,
Straying at night-fall through that ruined cot,
Should gently stir them with its breath of sighs,
To one low wail, one melancholy moan,
For him who had so fondly loved them.
*Twas a scene
To move the heart to tears. The world around,
The air, tiie earth, tiie sky, the ocean, seemed
Flooded with beauty; every isle that gleamed
In the deep sea, and every sweet star Lie
That glittered in the blue sky, seemed a bright
Calypso of the heart, yet in that lone
Ami silent cottage home, the minstrel pale—
The wreath that he had purchased with tiie cries,
The wild shrieks of his spirit—and the lyre,
The sole companion of his life of toil,
liis heart’s dear idol—moldered side by side, /
Unheeded by the careless race of men.
Louisville, Feb., 1352. Mattie.
From the Eagle & Examiner.
LOVE TflE OLD. •
by i.. vnmiiiiA Shits.
I love the old, to lean beside
The antique, easy chair,
And pass my Angers softly o’er
A wreath of silvered hair ;
To press my glowing lip upon
The furrowed brow, and gaze
Within the sunken eye, where dwells
The “ light of other days.”
To fold the pale and feeble hand
That on my youthful head,
Has lain so tenderly, the while,
The evening prayer was said.
To nestle down close to the heart,
And marvel how it held
Such tomes of legendary lore,
The chi onides of ElilT
Oh ! youth, thou hast so much of joy,
So much of life, ami love,
So many hopes,—Age has but one,
The hope of bliss above.
Then turn awhile from these away
To cheer the old, and bless
The wasted heart-springs with a stream
Os gushing tenderness.
Thou D eadest now a path of bloom,
And thine exulting soul
Springs proudly on, as tho’ it mocked
At Time’s unfclt control.
But they have inarched a weary way,
Upon a thorny road,
Then soothe tiie toil worn spirits ere,
They pass away to God.
Yes, love the aged,—bow before
The venerable form,
So soon to seek beyond the sky
A shelter from the storm.
Aye, love them, let thy silent heart
With reverence untold,
As pilgrims very near to Heaven ;
Regard and love the old.
A New Book.
The following brief, yet complimentary notice of
rt new book: “Lays of the Scottish Cavalbers, and
other Poosns.” By William Edinoustoiino Aytoun,
editor of Blackwood's Magazine and Professor of
Rhetoric and Belles I.cttres in the University of
Edinburgh, is from the accomplished editor oftlio
Louisville Journal , than whom no man in this
country is more competent to express an opinion
as to the merits of a poem:
This delightful volume commences with a brief
account of the battle of Flodden, in which fell the
flower oftlie Scottish army, including the brave
and chivalrous King James IV. The poem which
follows it, entitled “Edinburgh after Flodden,”
conveys the whole thrilling history to the mind, as
if it hud been an event of yesterday. The wild
romance and picturesque character of Scottish
minstrelsy impart to all these “ lays” a peculiar
charm. The prose introductions are concisely and
clearly written, and, by furnishing historical facts,
increase the interest of the lyrics. From “ The
KcecutUm of MoMrose," we give the following three
stanzas, descriptive of the “Great Marquis” on
the scaffold:
“ A beam of light Ml o’er him,
Like a glory round the shriven,
Anti he elimltttl- the lofty ladder
Ah it lucre the path to heaven.
Then came a flash from out the cloud,
And a stunning .thunder-roll;
And no one dared to look aloft,
Fear was on every soul.
There was a nothar heavy sound,
A hush, and then a groan; .
Aluldarkness swept across the sky—
Tae work of death was done!”
“ The Heart rs liruee" commemorates the attempt
of the Lord Douglas to convey the heart of Scot
land’s lung to tlic Holy Land, and bury it by the
grave of the Saviour. In a dream he receives a
prophetic warning of the fatal termination of the
adventure, which is thus rendered by the bard:
“ Last night as in my bed I lay
I dreamed a dreary dream i
Methought 1 saw a I'ilgram stand
In the moonlight’s quivering beam.
“ Bis robe was of flic azure dye,
Snow-white his scattered hairs,
And even such a cross he bore,
As good Saint Andrew hears.
“ ‘ Why go ye forth, Lord James !* he said,
* W ith spear and belted brand ?
Why do you take our dearest pledge
From this our Scottish land ?
“ ‘ The sultry breeze of Gallilee
Creeps through its groves of palm,
The olives in the Holy Mount
Stand glittering in the calm.
“ * Bat 'tis not there that Scotland’s heart
Shall rest by God’s decree.
Till the great angel calls the dead
To rise from earth and sea! .
“ * Lord James of Douglas mark my rede!
That heart shall pass once more
In fiery flight agaiust the foe
As it was wont of yore.
“ 1 And it shrslf pass beneath the cross,
And save King Robert's vow;
But other hands shall bear it back,
Not, James of Douglas, thou!”
Our space will not allow of many extracts, yet wc
would fiiit give one or two others. *■ 7V ['Burial
March ts Dundee" is prefaced by a short biography
of John Graliame of Claverhousc, raised to the
peerage by the title of Lord Viscount of Dundee,
in flic reign of James VII. The stern loyalty and
gallunt l>earing of this officer is finely portrayed in
this volume. His death on the field of battle, at
the moment of victory, is the subject of the poem.
In his last address to bus soldiers, lie thus arouses
them to action:
“Strike! aDd when the fight is over,
If you look in vain for me;
Where the dead are lying thickest.
Search for him that was Dundee I”
Cheerily then comes in dhe next verses—tlic lulls
re-echoing their answer to bis call, and the
“Challenge-trumpet
pounding in the pass below— ’*
Afterward, the powerful description of the battle,
as follows:
“Like a temptest down the ridges
Swept the hurricane 6f steel,
Rose the slogan of Macdonald —
Flashed the broadsword of Locheiil!
Vainly sped the withering volley
’Mongst the foremost of our band —
On we poured until we met them
Foot to foot, and hand to hand.
Horse and man went down like drift-wood,
When the floods are black at Yule,
And their carcasses are whirling
In the Garray’s deepest pool.
Horse and man went down before us—
tiling foe there tarried none
On the field of Killiecranbie,
When that stubborn fight was done f
“And the evening star was shining
On Schdialiion's distant head,
When we wiped our bloody broadswords,
And returned to count the dead.
There we found him gashed and gory,
Flretched upon the cumbered plain,
As he toM us where to seek him,
I nthe thickest of the slain.
And a smile was on his visage,
For within his dying ear
Pealed the joyful note of triumph.
And the clansmen’s clamorous cheer.
So amidst the battle's thunder;
Shot, and steel, and scorching flame,
In the glory of his manhood.
Passed the spirit of the Gneme!”
“ The Widow of Glencoe," suggested by the niv
fnl massacre ofGieneoc, possesses the same wild,
attractive spirit of description, and “ The leland
cf the H er.fa” is a romantic, melancholy sort of le
gend of a band of exiled Scots, fording, at the risk
of their lives, the swollen and rapid Khine, in or
der to dislodge an army of Germans from an island
of great importance to'the French; but their dar
ing bravery, though successful, was soon forgotten
—for
“ It was not Frenchmen’s blood that Sowed
Ho freely on die Rhine —
. A stranger hand of beggared men
Had done the venturous deed;
Hi ? gicry was to France alone.
The danger was their meed.”
We give bv: one other extract from “Charlie
EdicarJ at VereaiUe*.” The unhappy Prince, re
jected by the -dark-eyed maid of France,” after his
final overthrow at Culiodcn, thus records his sen
timents on woman’s love,
“ Woman's love is writ in water!
Woman’s faith is traced on saad!
Backwards, backwards let me wander
To the noble northern land.
Let me feel the breezes blowing
Fresh along the momntain side I
Let me see the purple heather,
lei me bear the thundering lid 5.
Be it hoarse as Corrievreckran,
Spouting when the storm is high—
Give me but one hour of Scotland,
Let me see it ere 1 die !
Oh my heart is sick and heavy —
Southern gains are not for me ;
T tough the glens are white with winter,
Place me there, and set me free.
Give me back my trusty comrades—
Give me back my Highland maid —
Nowhere boat* the heart so kindly,
As beneath the tartan plaid
MISCELLANY
A Revolutionary Relic;
Ti:c fo’lowing interesting document was recently
found among the papers of Maj. John Jacob
Sehscftujer, a deceased patriot of the Rcvolntion.
It is a discourse delivered on the eve of the battle
of Brandywine, hr Rev. Joab Trout, to a large
portion of the American soldiers, in presence of
Gen. Washington, Gen. Wayne, and other officers
of the Army.
KEVoLtnox inY seiuion.
“They that take the sword shall perish by the sword.' 1
SoUUnaud Countrymen :
We have met this evening perliaps for the last
time. We have shared the toil of the march, the
peril of the light, and the dismay of the retreat
alike: we have endured the cold and hunger, the
contumely of the internal foe, and the courage of
the foreign oppressor. We have sat, night alter
night, beside tiie eaiup fire; wr have together
heard the roll of the revellie, which called its to
duty, or the beat of the tattoo, which gave the
signal for the hardy sleep of the soldier, with the
earth for his lied aud the knapsack for his pillow.
And uow. soldiers and brethren, we have met in
the peaceful valley on the eve of battle, while the
sunlight is dying away beyond vonder heights, the
sunlight that to-morrow morn will glimmer on
scenes of blood. We have met, amid the whiten
ing tents of our encampment; in the time of terror
and gloom have we gathered together—God grant
that it may not be lor the last time.
It is a s letun mouiuut. Brethren, does not the
solemn voice ot nature seem to echo the sympathies
of the hour? The flag of our country droops
heavily from yonder staff—the breeze has died away
along the green plain of (.'baud's Ford—the plain
that spreads before ns glittering in sunlight—the
heights of the Brandywine arise gloomily and grand
beyond lie waters of yonder stream—all nature
holds a pause of solemn silence, on the eve of up
roar and bloodsheds and strife of to-morrow.
“They that take the sword, shall jierish by the
sword.”
And have they not taken the sword ?
Let the desolated plain, the blood-sodden valley,
the burned farm-house blackening in the sun, tile
sacked village, and the ravaged town, answer—let
the whitening bones of the butchered farmer
strewn aiong tire fields of his homestead, gnawer
—letthe starving mother, with her babe clinging to
the withered breast that can afford no sustenance,
let her answer with the death-rattle mingling with
the murmuring tones that marked the best struggle
of her life; let the dying mother and her babe
answer.
It was but a day past and our land slept in the
quiet of peace. War was not here; wrong was
not here, l-'raud aud woe, and misery and want
dwelt not among us. From the eternal solitude of
the greenwoods, arose the blue smoke of the set
tler’s cabin, and golden fields of com looked forth
from amid the waste of the wilderness, and the
glad music of human voices aw*kc the silence of
the forest.
Now, God ot mercy, behold the change ? Under
the shadow of a pretext, under the sanctity ot the
name of God, invoking tho Redeemer to their aid,
do these foreign hireling slay our people ! They
throng our towns—they darken our plains, anil
now they encompass our posts on the lonely plain
of (.'bauds 1 Ford.
“They that take the sword, shall perish by the
sword.”
Brethren, think mo not unworthy of belief when
I tell you the doom of the British is near. Think
me not vain when I tell you that beyond the cloud
that now enshrouds us, 1 seo gathering thick and
fast, the darker cloud and blacker storm of Divine
retribution!
They may conquer us to-morrow. Might and
wrong prevail, and we may bo driven from this
field : but the hour of God's own vengeance will
come!
Aye, if in the vast solitude of eternal space, if in
the heart of the boundless universe, there throbs
the being of an awful God, quick to avenge, and
sure to punish guilt, then will the man George
Brunswick, called King, feel in his brain and liis
heart, the vengeance of tho eternal Jehovah! A
blight will be upon Ids life—a withered brajn, and
an accursed intellect; a blight will lie upon his
children and on his people. Great God, how dread
the punishment!
A crowded populace, peopling the dense towns
where the man of money thrives, while the laborer
starves; want striding among tho people in all its
forms of terror; an ignorant aud God-defying
priesthood chuckling over the miseries of millions:
a protul and merciless nobility adding wtjong, and
heaping insult upon robbery and fraud; royalty cor
rupt to the very noart, and aristocracy rotten to the
core; crime and want linked hand in hand, and
tempting men to deeds of woe -and death—these
are a part of the doom and retribution that come
upon the English throne and tho English people!
Soldiers—l look around upon your familiar fa
ces with a strange interest. To-morrow morning
wc will go forth to the battle—lor need I tell you
that vonr unworthy minister will march with you
invoking God’s aid in tho fight—wo will march
forth to battle! Need I exhort you to fight the good
fight, to fight for your homesteads, for your wives
aiid children l
My friends, I might urge you to fight by the gall
ing memories of British wrongs. Walton—l might
toil you of your father butchered hi the silence i,
tho night ou the plains of Trenton: 1 might pic
ture his grey hairs dabbled in blood; 1 might ring bis
death shriek ill your cars. Shclmiro—l mighttcllyou
of n butchered mother, and a sister outraged ; the
lonely farmhouse, the night assault, tho roof in
flumes, the shouts of the troopers as they dispatch
ed their victims, the cries for mercy ana the plead
ings of innocence for pity. 1 might paint this all
again in the vivid colors of the terrible reality, if
I thought your courage needed such wild excite
ment.
But I know you are strong in the might of the
Lord. You will march forth to buttle on the mor
row with light hearts and determined spirit, though
the solemn duty—tho duty of avenging the dead—
may rest heavy on your souls.
And in the hour of battle, when all around is
darkness, lit by tho lurid cannon glare, and the
piercing musket flash, when tho wounded strew
the ground, and the dead litter your path—then
remember, soldiers, that God is with you. Tho
eternal God lights for yon—he rides on tho battle
cloud, lie sweeps onward with the march of the
hurricane charge—God the awful and infinite,
fights for you, and you will triumph.
“They that take the sword, shall perish by the
sword.”
You have taken tho sword, but not in the spirit
es wrong or ravage. You have taken the sword
for your homos, for your wives, for your little ones.
You have taken the sword for truth, and justice,
and right, and to you the promise is—be of good
cheer, for your foes have taken the sword in defi
ance of all that men hold dear, in blasphemy of
God —they shall perish by tho sword.
And now, brethren and soldiers, I bid you all
farewell. Many of us may full in the battle to-mor
row. God rest the souls of the fallen 1 Many of
us may live to tell the story of the fight to-morrow,
and in the memory of all will ever rest and linger
the quiet scene of this autumnal night.
Solemn twilight advances over the valley: the
woods on the opposite heights fling their long
shadows over the green of the meudow; around
us are the tents of the continental host, the sup
pressed bustle of the camp, tho hurried tramp of
the soldiers to and fro among the tunts, the still
ness and awe that marks the eve of battle.
When wc meet again, may the shadows of twi
light bo flung over a peaceful land. God in heav
en grant it. Let ns pray.
PRAYER OF THE REVOLUTION.
Great Father, we bow before thee; wc invoke
thy blessings, we deprecate tliy wrath; wo return
thee thanks for the past, wo ask thy aid for tlio fu
ture. F'or wc are in times of trouble, oh, Lord,
and sore beset by foes, merciless and unpitying.
The sword gleams over our land, and the dust of
the soil is dampened with tho blood of our neigh
bors and friends.
Oh 1 God of mercy, wo pray thee to bless the
American arms. Make the man of our hearts
strong in tliy wisdom; bless, we beseech thee,
with renewed life and strength, our hope, aud Thv
instrument, even George Washington; shower tliy
counsels on tlio Honorable the Continental Con
gress; visit our host, comfort tho soldier in his
wounds and afflictions, nerve him for the fight, pre
pare him for the hour of death.
And in the hour of defeat, oh, God of Hosts, do
thou bo our stay ; and in tlie hour of triumph, be
tlion our guide.
Teach tis to be merciful. Though tho memory
of galling wrongs be at our hearts, knocking for
admittance, that they may fill us with tho desire of
revenge, vet let ns, oh, Lord, spare tlio vanquish
ed, though they never spared us, in the hour of
butchery and "bloodshed.
And in the hour of death, do thou guide us to
the abode prepared for tho blest; so shall wc re
turn thanks unto tneo through Christ our Redeem
er. God puospek the cause. Amen.
Do Indians Swear?—This is a curious question,
and the answer by Mr. Schoolcraft should put the
white man to tlie blush. This gentleman, who has
for many years closely studied the characteristics
of the race, says: .
“Many things the Indians may bo accused of,
but of the practice of swearing they cannot. 1
have made many inquiries into the state of their
vocahnlarv, aud ilo not as yet find any word which
is more bitter or reproachful than match an nemoaeh,
which indicates simply bad dog. Many of their
nouns have, however, adjective inflections, by
which they aro rendered derogative. They have
terms to indicate cheat, liar, thief, murderer, cow
ard, fool, lazy man, drunkard, babbler. But I have
never heard of an imprecation or oath. Tlie geni
us of the language docs not seem to favor the for
mation of terms t<> be used in oaths for purposes
of profanity. It is tho result of the observation
of others, as well as my own, to say that an Indian
cannot curse.”
Never Get Anorv. —lt does no good. Some
sins have v. seeming compensation or apology, a
present gratification of some sort; but angry lias
none. A man fee’s no better for it. It is really a
torment, and when the storm of passion has cleared
away, it leaves one to see that he has been made a
looii aud he has made himself a fool in the eyes of
others too. Who thinks well, of an ill-natured
man, who lias to be approached in the most guard
ed and cautious way? Who wishes him for a
neighbor, or a partner in business ? lie keeps all
about him in tlie same state of mind as if they were
living next to a hornet’s nest, or a rabid animal.
And ns to the prosperity in business, one gets
along no better for getting angry. What if busi
ness is perplexing, and everything “ goes by contra
ries”—will a fit of passion make the winds more
propitious, the grounds more productive, themar
kets more favorable ? Will a bad temper draw
customers, pay notes, and make creditors better
natured ? An angry man adds nothing to the
welfare of society. Sinee, then, anger is “ nseiess,
needles, disgraceful, without the least apology,”
and found only “ in the bosom of foo&,” why
should it be indulged at all.
A letter writer in one of onr Exchanges disconr
tbus sea upon Jenny Lind’s matrimonial move
ment:
“Mr. Goldschmidt is a small, thin, weak human
article, extremely inclined to take care of himself;
and lias just apostatized from the Jewish faith to
the Christian. lie won Jenny by an assiduity of
attention beyond all parallel. He never left "her
side. Her tastes were his, her opinions were his
own. And in wedding him, Jenny firmly and le
gally so arranged all her property that her husband
will never be able to touch a penny of it, and he
submits to snch a week y allowance of pocket mo
ney, etc., as, in her jmgmont. his good conduct
may deserve. These arc all facts, and you may
depend np them.”
A Gun Gone Off.— Susan Jane Gunn, of Mis
sissipL advertises the ab-sq latulation of her lord
and master, Lawson Gunn, who has vamosed from
those parts in company with Miss Louisa Flournoy,
lie has thus left three orphan children and a grass
widow, to mourn his untimely departure. It is
supposed that he has made his way into Chambers
county. Take it altogether that tins son of a
Gann" has conducted himself most foully.— Mao/n
(Ala.) Repub. _
One of the best things to resist fatigue with, is
music. Girls who “ could not walk a mile to save
their lives,” will dance in company with a knock
kneed claronct and superannuated fiddle from tea
time till sunrise; while a soldier, grown weary
with quietness, will no sooner hear a bugle give a
flourish than he will cat one himself. Whether
men can march twenty or forty miles a day, de
pend* altogether on who Mow* the bass drum.
OUR PICTURE GALLERY.
THE PIRATE’S LOVE; A TALE OF THE SEA.
TIIE PIRATE’S LOVE.
The broad bluo Atlantic was unbroken by the
slightest breeze, aiul the rising sun was rctleeted
in its mirror-like surfaco. Slumbering on its bo
som lay a small schooner, a mode! of symmetry,
which rose aud fell with the long gentle undulations
of the waters ; tlio sails hong idly from her yards
and booms, and not oven a zcplivr sighed through
the light rigging that fell from 'her taunt masts ;
her hull was entirely black, but from the stern
head to the quarter Btauncheou was a thick range
of guns, whose red muzzles formed a striking con
trast to the sable broadside from which they pro
jected. She was a noble vessel; and her calling
was easily distinguished by her warlike appear
ance.
Her commander, Walter Macartby, was only son
of a wealthy merchant, who had carried on exten
sive commerce from the city of Limerick, but who,
from heavy misfortunes, was reduced to the lowest
ebb of poverty, and who finally died a victim to
the uncertainty of earthly hopes, leaving his son
heir to a barren world. The youth was about
twenty years old when liis tather died ; nature
seemed to have concentrated all her art in mould
ing his outivasd person in ull tlic symmetry of man
ly beauty, wliile bis mind was a strange intermix
ture of recklessness and bcncvolenec ; lie had a
heart which the charms of woman ulono could un
string ; but when the spirit ot revenge or anger
nerved it in wrath, the mad courage of the ifon
lay in his arm, and ho who provoked him soon had
cause to repent his ill-fortune. In the day of his
prosperity he had loved; but now that the fickle
goddess bad trodden down his hopes, lie endea
vored to crush tile passion with all the force lie could
summon ; yet when lie imagined ho had overcome
tlic deep-rooted sensation, still, phoenix-like, it
would rise up again in his soul, and overwhelm all
liis former resolutions. The object of his ill-star
red affection was the daughter of a naval officer of
high renown. In the summer of liis fortune the
lather had encouraged his hopes; but when that
fell, the smile that used to welcome his visit was
changed to the cold, haughty, common-place ex
pression of slender civility, till at length the once
Jiospitablo door was closed to his approach.
His natural inclination led him to tlio resolution
of endeavoring to overcome liis passion by going
to sea. While bis aged father lived, filial tender
ness forbade him to desert his couch ; but when lie
saw the only tie that bound him to the land of his
fathers deposited in the clay, lie wroto a last adieu
to the mistress of liis heart, and departed from th 6
placo of liis birth with but one sigh for bor with
whom he left bis affections. He directed his course
to Portsmouth, whore lie entered on board a squad
ron which was about to sail on a cruise up the Medi
terranean. They had several actions with Hie
pirates whoinfestod those seas, in all of which our
he.ro so distinguished himself, that ho was quickly
raised to a command suitable to bis exploits ; anil
every succcding engagement brought laurels to bis
honored brow. In this manner nearly four years pas
sed away, and at length being rceonuncniled to the
Admiralty Board, they invested him with the coin
mund of a small brig, to sail against a famous
French smuggler that graded on the north-western
coast of England. On tlio third day tiller sailing
from Spithcad, lie bovo insight of liis object, then
about to land a valuable cargo ; and after four
hours’ fighting, in which lie lost nearly one half of
liis crew, he towed tlio prize into port, where,
having delivered her up to the authorities, and re
fitted, he proceeded to London to surrender liis
command. But his littlo vessel was destined to
never reach the laud. When ho was doubling the
Land’s End, a tremendous galo from the north
east set in, and lie was blown out to sea ; however
when the storm began to abate, he again stood on
his former course, anil was proceeding steadily on,
when the bursts of artillery broke over the swell
ing ocean, and the very boavenssoomed to tremble
in echoing back tlio heavy booms. Macartby im
mediately resolved to alter liis course, and be was
soon slashing on towards tlic place whence tlio
sounds proceeded. A few leagues brought him in
sight of two large ships in a hot engagement; and
crowding all sailj hesoon came within range of their
gnus. Tlio British ensign was fluttering from the
mizcu peak of one, whilo that of France spread its
proud folds from the foremast head of the other.
Macartliy did not long hesitate ; but getting his
littlo brig ready for action, he bore up to the assis
tance of liis countrymen. The Frenchman had
boarded bis antagonist, and numbers fell on both
sides ; but when the English beheld the succor
that had arrived, their Biinkcn courage sprung up
again, and they soon repulsed the boarders who
had rushed on them. Broadside after broad
side did the little brig pour into tlio stern of tlio
enemy, until at length, overpowered by the veucw
ed attacks of both crews, and finding their vessel
fast sinking, tlnvFrcnchmun struck, and the En
glish ensign floated abovo theirs, amid tlio trium
phant cheers of the victors. Mutual congratula
tions ensued, and the venerable commander of the
British frigate rushed forward to embrace bis pre
server. Macartby was leaning on his cutlass,
fatigued after the dreadful contest he had so oppor
tunely concluded, whon the frigate’s long-board
crowded with officers came alongside ; but when
lie saw the old commodore with open arms ap
proaching, lie reverentially uncovered, and bowed
low to him. The old man suddenly stopped short,
and recoiling a few puces raised liis hand to his
forehead, as if to bring some recollection thither—•
then, with a tear-drop standing in his eye, lie
stretched out liis hand to Macartby, and said," “And
is Walter McCarthy my preserver?” Emotion
choked liis father utterance, but in a few moments
hecontinued—“Walter I have wronged yon 1 Yes,
by heaven, I have deeply, foully wronged you ;
but a soul like yours must forgive and tlic old
man lowered bis voice while fie said, “I will en
deavor to make amends in some degree, for the pain
I have caused you.”
Marearthy was silent, not a word escaped liis lips;
—but he fervently pressed the commodore’s hand
to liis bosom, and then turned hastily away, to
hide the tribute of gratitudo that rose "to liis "eye.
What must he have felt when the father of her
whose image was eushrined in his soul, once more
took him to liis bosom, and dashed down the bar
rier that intervened between him and the object of
liis early love. The officers and men who were
looking on this scene were filled with wonder, and
most of them shook their heads, unable to under
stand why their old weather-beaten commander
should be so moved. But while they wore conjec
turing tlic cause, u new event called all their en
ergies together; after a sort of tumult below,
which lasted a few minutes, tlio carpenter rushed
upon deck, and with hurried accents announced
that a shot had struck tlic vessel on one of tlie
bilge planks, and she was fast sinking. All was
immediately bustle—each endeavoring to save as
much as he could conveniently carry ; the boats
were soon manned—and, just as Macartby stepped
into tlio lust, boat, and moved away a short dis
tance, liis gallant littlo brig rolled heavily in the
water, and the water closed over her in avast
whirlpool. The same fate bcfcl the French ship
in about half an hour afterwards—and tlic frigate
soon got under weigh, bearing the crew of the
brig and tlic prisoners, in addition to the dimin
ished number of her own men.
* * * * * *
After a tedious journey the Commodore und Mc-
Carthy at length came in sight of their destination.
Oh i how did the restored lover's heart bound
when all the scenes of his early endearments se
verally present themselves to his view, and when
the carriage drove up to the door of the house that
contained his Emily! In a few moments the
lovely girl, with every charm floating around her,
rushed into the arms of her fond father, und then,
with burning blushes snffusing her face and bosom
she paid a tributeof true affection to the enchanted
Macarthy. She was, in truth, a model of female
loveliness. The rich, glossy, black tresses that
floated in un'•entrained locks over her neck, and
fell gracefully back, revealing a noble forehead
white as Parian marble, contrasted beautifully
with the clear transparency of her bosom; while
her easy, naturally majestic carriage and exquisite
ly symmetrical figure left no room for the most fas
tidious critics to stand upon. Then she had
such a heart—and such a spring of noble affec
tions ! In short, she was a paragon of mental and
bodily perfection.
But to our tale. A week passed away, in which
Walter revelled in the delights of mutual love.
But his happiness was too complete—of too divine
a caste to dwell in mortal bosom. lie had walked
out with bis Emily, und the shades of evening
closed over them before they thought of returning
but the moon rose up and shed down her mild
chaste light. It is at such a time that tbo heart
will open, and the most secret workings of its core
develop themselves. It is in such an hour that the
breathings of affection will arise like incense, and
offer themselves in sacrifice at the shrine of eternal.
fldclty. Emilv talked long and endearingly, and
the ravished Walter could have bowed down in
adoration. The hours passed rapidly away, and
the time of parting at length came.
“Walter,” said the affectionate girl, as they lin
gered gazing on the full moon sailing through her
ocean of glory, and a pearl-drop glittered in her
eloquent blue eye—" Walter, lam a little sad;
there is a whispering consciousness within me that
a rude hand will part us. I cannot free myself
from the idea, for I felt the same foreboding be
foreyou went first. But may God avert that stroke,
for I shall sink under its amiction and she fer
vently raised her now strreaming eves to heaven.
“Emily,”said Macarthy, “yourfears are ground
less ; the power is not of earth that can drag yon
from my bosom. Cheer up, Fortune will smile, and
then ”
“Is not that a bad omen, Walter?” paid Emily,
smiling languidly, and pointing to a dark heavy
cloud that rushed over the moon,' and darkened
every object.
“I heed not omens, love,” said Marcarthy,
“when thou art my horoscope, fortune shall pur
sue my tread when thou art the star of my desti
nies. It will rain soou—adieu, Emilv;” and for
the first time, he sealed his parting with an ambro
sial kiss.
The morning came, gloomy and cheerless, and
with it a letter from the Admiralty still more
gloomy to the fate of Walter. It required his im
mediate attendance at London, and he must set out
without a moment’s delay.
He took a hasty farewell from the old commo
dore, but a still more painful and lengthened one
from his heart-bursting daughter.
P li.l ’ said slic, “Walter, I guessed aright.
Adieu. 1 feel our happiness is at an end;” uiid a
torrent of tears gushed from tlio eyes of the fair
one. Macartliy was overcome ;ho once more i tress
ed her to liis heart, and tore himself from her
embrace, and in a few- moment* was on the road.
After a fatiguing journey lie reached London,
and presented himself at the office of the Board.
» hut must have been liis astonishment when he
was there arraigned for appropriating a part of tlic
smuggler s cargo to his own uso 1 anil how nnic.'i
more did lie wonder when his own first, lieutenant
the friend ot liis bosom appeared as liis accuser!
A deep curse rose from liis lips on the villain, and
under a violent feeling of resentment, lie struck
him a blow that felled him to the ground mid de
privedhim ol life. Tlio venerable dignitaries be
fore whom he stood were horrified, and before any
ot the officers of the court could approbond him
he was far out of the reach of their power. Re
wards were offered for his head, but lie Biicccodod
in escaping to France, whore lie stood in doliance
of tho vengoanco. that awaited him in the British
Isles. Hero lie did not long remain inactive; ho
soon was in the command of a noble brigantine
with a daring crew, and lie put to sea with a de
termination to harass tlio enemies of liis peace as
far as lie could.
Tears rolled away, and every day brought ac
counts of the feats of tho “Flying Pirato.” Tlic
most aggravated cruelties lie practised, and lie
sjiowcd no mercy to any who fell into his hands.
Frigates and ships of the lino were dispatched
against him ; yet lie contrived to escape all, and
still continued his devastations on the deep. lie
was well known on ull the coats of England and
Ireland, and his apiibarnncc off'any place was very
seldom unattended by some dreadful tragedy. No
wonder, then, ho was feared by all, and the very
mention of Ins name brought terror to the listen
ers.
We will return to the described partner of his
love. Emily sunk when slie heard the extraordi
nary termination offhis journey; and her constitu
tion gradually withered, until at length the once
lovely girl was reduced to a thing of blight and a
victim to misfortune. Her fond father tried every
method to stimulate her to exertion, and his effort's
were not altogether unsuccessful. She had a strong
mind, but she never could recovor tho “lost bou
quet” of her happiness, and she lingered on, pass
ing her days in a sort of mechanical order, im
moveable by any evont, but listless and without
reflection. Four years passed, and she still re
mained little altered, mid then it was that a for
merly rejected suitor put in ids claim for her bund.
The old commodore was sinking to the grave; and
lie gradually snatched at, the protection thus afford
cd to the last tie of affection that bound him to tho
world. Emily cared not for herself; indeed, when
marriage was first proposed to her, her former en
ergy arose for a moment, but then it foil lower than
before, and she pusaively became Sir William Do
Carton’s bride.
**** » * *
The brigantine was lying-to under tho verge of a
mountain on the west coast of Irclund. There was
a dead calm on the waters oftlie Atlantic, as I have
described in the commencement of this sketch ;
but after a short time a breeze sprung up off tlic
land, and the pirate-schooner moved rapidly away
before it. She bold on licr course dining tho
night, and the next morning brought her in sight
of a vessel of her own size, under a heavy press of
canvass on licr weather bow. Tho pirate pursued,
and as niglit come on they came within range of
each oilier, without waiting for the morning’s light
she ran down on board the chase, which proved to
be an Engish packet, and in a few minutes
grappled her. Then eamo the deeds of blood.
The pirates fouglit with savage ferocity, and tlio
English deck was soon strewed with the brave who
defended her. The pirates, as was their custom,
commenced butchering their prisoners, nnd at
length they dragged the last passenger from liis
hidingrphico, on deck. lie was evidently a gentle
men ; and liis noble carriage, in some re
pelled the brutal conduct of liis enemies. Torches
blazed around, and the scene of carnage lighted by
their yellow glare of a dreadful appoaraucc. One
ruffian stepped forward and raised his cutlass to
bury it in t|ie body of this last victim, when ho
drew a small stiletto and struck tho wretch to tho
heart. His companions now rushed from all sides,
crying in savage tones, “Down with him—down
with him! when a fenmlc staggered forward from
the companion, and threw herself botween the
murderers ami their aim.
“Back, ruffians,” screamed slie: “he is my hus
band 1 Strike me—avengo your wrath on me, but
spare him.”
Appalled, the grim- pirates shrunk back a mo
ment : then, its if with a signal, a hundred pistols
flashed in the darkness, and the poor victim fell
without a groan. Macartliy, who till now hud been
a passive spectator, rushed forward just ns tlie
gentleman fell, and then he encountered the maniac
oye of the lady. Ho staggered backwards a few
yards; and she, as if suddenly struck by lightning,
gazed fixedly for a moment on liis features, and
then fell prostrate oil the dead body of her hus
band, exclaiming, “Ob 1 heaven, ’tis Wultcr 1”
Macartliy now hastily advanced to raise the lady,
but lie only clasped the corpse of the unfortunate
Emily. Ho knelt down on the bloody deck, and
bent for a time over the lifeless clay of the girl he
still loved—then raising liis eyes to heaven, with
hands elapsed on his breast, “lie seemed to pray
fervently for some minutes. He then slowly rose,
and having taken a last lingering look on the wreck
of beloved loveliness, lie wont on board his own
vessel, followed bv his ruthlcs-crew. His brigan
tine was soon under weigh, and tlie deeds of that
night ended the sanguinary career of tlio unfortu
nate but noble hearted Walter Macartliy.
How to Marry off an Old Maid.—A young la
dy in the neighborhood of Lille, found herself
some seven or eight years since arrived at a pro
per age to marry, and as she was both rich and
beautiful, she did not want for suitors. But Hcu
riette was a little like tlie marriageable girl told of
by the good Elfontaine. She was somewhat diffi
cult in her tastes and found one too tall, another
too short, this one too thin, and that one too fat,
with innumerable other deflcienccs just as objec
tionable as these. Those she had rejected, morti
fied at their want of success, deterred others who
might have wished to try their luck with tlie young
lady, so at last sho found herself almost deserted
and forced to the extremity of “ setting her cap,”
as it is called, for a husband. Several years were
thus passed, when one day an uncle, who was well
acquainted with the subject and to whom the
troubles of Hcnriettc had been told, undertook to
get her married. Being supplied with money and
full power in the premises, lie {took his niece to
the south of France, and while on the way held
with her this littlo discourse:
“My dear niece, the great point of success in
this world is to seize opportunities when they arise.
Now yon have permitted all yours to slip by. This
is unfortunate to be sure, but what is to be done ?
A maiden of your age finds a husband with diffi
culty. It is not so with a young widow. Hence
forth you are no longer Madcmnisscllo Jlenricttc
X, but Madame O , a widow. Your hus
band, who lived only three months after your
union, was an officer who died of a fall from" his
horse while hunting. He has left no children—
“ But, my dear uncle,” —Leave it all to me, and
let us now purchase tlio necessary dresses and the
marriage gilts which your husband would have
given you. See 1 Madame O , here is yotir
marriage ring. Recollect now you are to put on a
mourning figure aud a serious air.”
Arrived at Marsailles, the young widow produc
ed a great sensation in the social circles in which
she was presented. The - reat question among
the young men now was who should obtain the
liana of Madame O ! Many proposed, among
whom one was at last accepted.
The evening before the marriage tho uncle took
liis future nephew aside and said : “ My dear sir,
we have deceived you 1” “How?” exclaimed the
young man. “Am I not then beloved?” “Oh
far from it.” “ Hive you deceived mo then in
respect to her fortune!” “On tlio contrary, she
is richer than I told you.” “What is it then?”
“ Alas 1 A little pleasantry wo made one foolish
day—my nicco is not a widow.” “What? Is
Mon. O. still living!” “I know not how that
may be, but my niece is still a maiden.” At these
words the tuture nephew hastened to protest that
far from being an obstacle, this news served only
to increase his desire for the fulfilment of the mar
riage. The union was not delayed. A trip through
Italy was taken ai their wedding tour before the
happy couple returned agaiu to tlio paternal roof.
Poor Leo.—There is a natural feeling and pathos
in the subjoined lament of an editor for his favo
rite dog, that mnst meet a response in the heart of
all who have ever experienced the delightful com
panionship and more than human fidelity and at
tachment of one of those loyal and devoted ani
mals, that seem to have been especially intended,
above ail others, as the friends and associates of
man. Byron’s famous “Inscription on the Monu
ment of a Newfoundland Dog,” is scarcely more
touching or affective that what follows:
“If an affection that never could betray its friend;
if an obedience, instant, willing, eager; if a faith
fulness that wouldprefer death to an abandonment
of tlie post of duty ; if these three things, called
virtues in nun, are entitled to a record of praise,
then it may not be deemed unfair in us here to re
cord, with kind expressions of grief, the death of
that beautiful creature which has been the house
hold pet of the Editor’s family for ten years past
—our faithful and cffectionate dog “Leo.’ Lover
wasithere a handsomer specimen of bis race, or
one that loved his friends better, or was more
willingly beloved in turn, than that half-reasoning
companion of oar fire-side hours. * *
He cast his last look of adieu upon us on Monday
morning, waved the white plume of his tail, in to
ken of his gladness to behold us even in death, and
ceased to breathe.”
One of Nattrs’s Mint Dbofs.—We have been
shown to-day, by Messrs. Berford <fc Co., a solid
lump of Caufomia Gold, weighing between five
and six ponnds, worth about SI2OO. It was pick
ed up in Becket’s gulch, and has the appearance
of volcanic, or natural smelting.—yMw York Mir
ror.
VOL. LXVI.--NEW SERIES VOL. XVI.-NO. 1.
• IVntenary Celebration.
_ l Thk subjoined letter to the Bavaimnli Republican
. announcing the purpose of the citizens of Liborty
County, to celebrate tho ono liundreth anniversary
of tho settlement of Midway, will bo read with
' peculiar interest by Georgians, especially tlio ua
! tives and their diseoudents of Liberty County:
LinmtTY Co., April 12th, 1852.
J [mrs. Editor): —l'crlmps you aro aware that
tho citizens of Liberty county design celebrating
the centenary, or ono hundredth anniversary of
the settlement of Midway. This probably will
tuke placo somo time in tho month of Decembor
next. The first registry of settlement is dated
December Btli, 1752. It will soon be a century
' since tho puritan pioneers founded the settlements
1 of Midway and Newport. Their devotion to tho
institutions ot religion and education, and their
allegiance to tho cause of liberty and human rights,
not only adorn a page in the history of America,
1 but have produced an indelible impression upon
1 their posterity. Even the passing traveller veno
-1 rates, as consecrated ground, ‘‘their tire-sides and
their altars,” the soil whore they trod in life, und
1 rnulor whoso turf, they now slumbor in peace.
Their descendants have radiated far and wide
throughout our country and in foreign lands, pur
' suing the honest avocations of life. One eharac
-1 teristie trait, the lovo of country, and tho natal
: spot, although common to all mankind, is cmindfet
ly peculiar to them. Like the ancient Hebrews,
‘ they esteem “Jerusalem’' as their “chief joy.”
: Could all the descendants of tho original settlers
1 be gathered back to the “fold” at our ccntcnnriul
celebration, wliat. a glowing of hearts, pressing of
‘ hands, and cordial words of salutation wotild thcro
bo 1 Ancient, scenes and characters depicted, and
deeds of heroism and generosity rehearsed 1 Oh 1
what a re-union of long lost friends and kindred 1
1 What a rubbing up of the ties of consanguinity
and affinity now almost forgotten 1 Would not
the contemplation of our common origin, common
1 purpose, common glory, and common destiny,
1 eauso our hearts to ilow by many currents into
“tho deep blue sea” of brotherly lovo ? To the
' aged with their hoary locks, this would givo solace,
and applause us they leave tho stago of nction ; to
the middle uged, energy and fortitude to press
forward to a noble emulation, and to tho young,
direction would bo given to their aspirations, and
tho lovo of liberty kindled in their bosoms. Will
,you not, then, Messrs. Editors, with tho clarion
notes of the press, trumpet it forth among tho
“hills of India,” and summon tho o.itruy.pilgrims
from old Liberty to repair, once agairn to the an
cient parish of St. John’s.
As you might feel some curiosity, ns antiqua
rians, to soo the names of the original settlers, I
will annex a list ns taken from tho records of Mid
way church. Yours, most truly,
Mkso-Potamia.
REMOVES.
And red. from Dorchester ami Reach Hill, in South
Carolina, to Midway ami Aewport, in Georgia,
for inhabitation:
1. Samuel Bacon and family, Decembor 6th, 1752.
2. Benjamin Baker and family, do. do.
3. I’urmcnus Why and family, March 24th, 1758.
4. John Btovina and family, Eobrunry Bth, 1754.
5. Richard Spencer and family, March, do.
, 6. Richard Baker and family, do., do.
7. Josiah Osgood and family, do. 81st, do.
, 8. Samuel Way and family, do. 81st, do.
9. John Elliott and family, April 22d, do.
10. John Quarto,rinnn and family, May 2d, do.
11. Rev. John Osgood and family, Juno Bth, do.
12. Sarah Mitchell and family, i’ob. Bth, do.
13. John Mitchell nnd family," do. do.
14. Samuel Burnly and family, Juno 12th, do.
15. Edward Way and family, May 2d, do.
16. Edward Sumner and family.
17. William Bakcrand family, May 2d, do.
18. John Shave and family, April 6th, do.
19. Nathaniel Way and family.
29. JohnQuarterman, Jr.
21. Moses Way.
22. Benjamin Andrew and family, Muy 10th, 1754.
23. Thomas Peacock, March, 1753.
24. John Gorton nnd family, March 16tli, 1755.
25. John Winn and family, April 15th, 1755.
25. John Lupton nnd family, do. do.
27. Joseph Bacon nnd family, April 20th, 1755.
28. Joseph Many.
29. Andrew Way and family, May 6th, do.
30. Isaac Girardeau and family, May 6th, do.
31. William Graves and family, February, 1756.
82. John Stownrt, Jr., nnd family, do. do.
83. John Stewart, Sen., nnd family, do.
34. John Graves and family, April 16tli, do.
85. Daniel Dunnom and family, April do.
86. Richard Girardeau and family, 1758.
87. Samuel Janes and family, May 12th, 1758.
88. Palmer Gonlding and family, May 26th, 1759.
39. James Andrew and family, and Lidia Snuudors
and family, March 23d, 1758.
49. Jonathan Bacon and family, March 22d, 1771.
41. William Normal) and family, March 22d, do.
42. Ishom Andrews and family, June Ist, do.
“ Catching a Tartar.',—The origin of this ex
pression, ns nearly ns wo can remember, is some
what as follows :—ln the days when the soldiers
of Christendom were doing battle against tire Tnr
tur hordes, who were enlisted on the sido of tbo
Turks, a Dutchman fighting valiantly on the sido
of the Cross against the Crescent, nnd more dis
tinguished for honesty than for cunning, espied a
Tartar mounted on a horse, whom lie thought
would boa valuable trophy to capture and bring
into camp. To this end the Dutchman seizing a fa
vorable opportunity, sprang upon tho horse behind
the Tartar, and clasped him tightly about the waist.
The. Tartar, os may bo supposeed, clapped spurs
to his horse, and made oil to join his troop, and
tho last that was known of tho unfortunate Dutch
man by his comrades, lie was' going at a ftirious
pace towards the Turkish army behind bis intend
ed captive, nnd singing out at the top of his voico
—“ fee caught a Tartar /”
Mu. and Mas. Goldschmidt. —The distinguished
Sweedish songstress expect* to embark for Europo
about the 28th of May. Previous to leaving the
country, she wiil probably give one or two concerts
at 41cw York, about tho middle of May. This,
however, will depend upon whether a satisfactory
orchestra can be. arranged, for which purnoso Mr.
Goldschmidt went from Northampton to New York
yesterday. It is not tho desire of Mrs. G. to give
any more concerts in this country, but if she sings
again, it will be done in compliance with what is
deemed to be professional eourtesv. She came to
this country to raise a fund to establish free schools
in Sweden. That noblo object has been accom
plished, and the money forwurded to her native
country.
A young lady, of Albany, recently received from
a relative in California, in a letter, a gold watch
and two gold chains. The package did not weigh
an ounce and a half. The watch is a perfect gem.
It is a Geneva lever, lull jeweled , is not much
larger than a dime, and koops admirable tiino.-r-
One of the chains was of gold and agate, very
beautiful and the other was of tho finest California
gold, and about 18 inches in length. Buell a letter
is worth tho postuge at least.
It has been suggested that a national vessel be
seat to bring back those persons who have been
tlio victims of swindling agents for California steam
ship companies, and who are now in a state of ut
ter destitution on the Isthmus, without means to
proceed either- on their journey or return home,
fliis idea is a good one, and humanity requires
that it should be carried out.
The only money they use in tho back part of
Oregon, consists of live stock—a hog paying for a
dollar, a sheep for iilty cents turkies twenty-five
cents and young dogs for a shilling each. If
Smith owes Jones cents, ho sends him five
hogs, and receives for change one sheep, one tur
key and two pups. Nice currency that to do the
Suffolk Bank businsss with.
Breaking of Eailiioad Car Axles A writer
in the Journal of Commerce attributes tho break
ing of the axlos of Railroad ears to torsion, or
twisting, occasioned in turning curves. Both
wheels aro keyed, or otherwise fastened on the
axlo ;sc that they must have a common velocity, i
In turning curves, the wheel on tlio outer rail must ,
have a motion as much greater than tho other as is |
due to the greater circle wbicliit traverses. The only j
way, therefore, in which the equal speed of the ,
two wheels can he attained, is by the sliding of j
that on the inner rail, so as to compensate for its j
diminished velocity. Tho sliding of the wheel op- ,
erates to twist the axle, mid it generally parts at its ,
connection with the wheels. 1 his #sccms to be .
owing to the whole leverage of tbo wheel, acting .
from its flanch to the centre, bearing on this point. ,
The only elfectuul remedy for this evil, is some ,
method of securing an independent motion to op
posite wheels; at the same time taking the strain (
oil' the axle. This fact may afford a hint to the in- ,
ventivo genius of some of our mechanics.
Important Invention.— The Philadelphia North '
Amoricau mentions an important invention for de
termining the tension of a rod, rope or chain, and I
thereby ascertaining the pressure and weight upon
it. The apparatus is described as constructed of !
two iron levers about ten feet long, with a spring .
balance connected at tho lower end. These levers
are attached above to the tic-rod, nnd clfected by 1
tho weight or pressuro upon them respectively, be- ■
ing arranged with n leverage of 1 lb. to 80 lbs. re- I
latively to the two extreme* of the lever, tho
weight or pressuro is indicated npon a soale of !
measurement on the outside of the spring balance,
to a mathematical certainty. It will determine a 1
pressure up to 40,000 lbs.
Human Natch’.—We all “look down” on some
body. Tho limn of bullion looks down on tho
shopkeeper, the shopkeeper on his clerks; clerks I
turn up their nose at mechanics, while mechanics ’
are abovo associating with hod-earriers; seam- 1
stresses won t associate with servant girls: ser- ‘
vant girls wont speak to radish pedlars, while the 1
raduh girls think it “low and vulgar” to speak to <
the little huzzies who keep the crossing clean.— I
Who the latter “look down” on we have not ■
learned, though there is no doubt that they con- 1
sidcr themselves “far above” somebody, Queer, 1
isn’t it l—licvhaftfe fajitr, *
front th t American MtMtngcr.
The Returna of Prayer.
In one of the rural districts es Wales, in a little
white cottage, with a groen mountain behind and
a bushy lnne in front, there lived a respectable
form-laborer and his wife. They wero not without
some respect for religion, but tiiey were strangers
t) the peace and joy of believing. Os eternity thoy
seldom thought; and whea some solemn providonoe
farced it upon their consideration, they esmtortod
themselves with the belief, that inosmnoh as they
went to church every Sabbath, and lived ssborly
and morally, they had nothing to fear from a God
of love and mercy. But one day, ns they sat to
gether under the faithful preaching of the gospel,
the wife was awakened to a sense other awful wick
edness before a holy God. It soeincd to her as
though the minister saw into her Vert heart, and
brought all lior sins to light. Slid trembled ahd
wept bittorly; she cried unto God, and he heard
hor. Through the great atonement, slm at length
found the peace of God which posset* all under
standing.
The husband did not oppose the religion of hia
w'fe. lie quictlv aocompuniod tier to the ohapcl
whero she had received her first religious impres
sions. He offored no objections wiien she publicly
united with the dissenters. But he sti'l continued
a stranger to true godliness. The pious wife,
watched, and wept, and prayed ovor kirn. Ono
now veer's day sho went into her closet, and there
resolved that sho would devote s portion of every
day of that year to special prayer for her husband’s
conversion. With vehement solicitude sue be
sought the Lord. But months passed away, anil
still the man's heart, was not softened ; he was still
the'tamo kind and sober, but pray less and godless
man that ho had over boon. The last day of the
year closed oter thorn, and the wife's prayers were
unanswered.
On tho morning of the new-year’s day, the wife
again resolved to set opart a portion of each day for
spoeial prayer for her husband, during the next
six months'. And daily her fervent prnyors wore
olt'ered, tbnt tho graeo of God might melt that heart
ofudumant. Thu morning of tho last day of that
half your dawned upon them, and the "husband
went out to his daily toil still ('liristless, still mui
wakened. Ilad her supplications never readied
the merev-seat; hail the great High priest failed to
prosont them ; or did tho God and Father of our
l,ord Jesus Christ refuse to hoar her cry! 0 awful
thought, must tier husband porioh? Such wero
the thoughts which agitated her mind. Sho was *
in an agony; but hor surest and Ouly unfailing re
source was prayer, nnd casting aside her unbe
lieving doubts, she wrestled with God during the
greater part of that forenoon.
At noon her husband returned homo, and with
out noticing ins wifo or oMldron, paßsod into a
buck chamber. When called to dinner bo made
no reply. His with then weut into the chamber,
and found him seated with his face covered by his
hnnds. To hor inquiries he still kept silence. At
last, weeping, sho snid to him, “Husband, what is
the matter; wlmt hnve 1 done, thatyou will neither
sponk nor look your own wife in tho thee?"
“Woman,” lie repliod, whilo tho tears gushed
through hisolonohod flngors—“Woman, the hand
of God ia upon me. Goa hns this day brought all
rav Bins to my remembrance, and 1 am overwhelm
ed.” It was now tho wifos privilogo to point her
husband to tho Lamb of God; nnd by tho graeo of
God, ho too became a trophy of redeeming power. • •
But thoy had unconverted neighbors, and en
couraged by tho gracious answer vouchsafed to tho
wife’s prayers, thoy besought tho Lord for the
conversion of others. A weekly prayer-meeting
was established; God poured out lus Spirit. The
house was too small for tho number who at
tended. It was enlarged; but tho company of be
lievers still increasing, a house of worshipwas built,
nnd a church orgauized. It exists to this day, and
many are still being added to tho number of be
lievers in that Welsh linmlot. Suohwcro some of
tho returns of the prayers of that pious woman.
D. I.
A Moinsn’s Tears.—There is a touching sweet
ness in a mother’s tears when thoy full upon tlio *
liico of her dying babe, which no eyo can behold
without imbibing its influence. Upbn such hullow
od ground tho foot of profunity dares not upprouch.
Infidelity itself is silent, and forbears its scotfings.
And hero woman displays not hor weakness, but
her strength; it is tliut strength of attachment
which cun never in its full intensity bo realized.
It is perennial, dependant upon no oliinatc, no
chunges—out alike in storm and sunshine—it
knows no shadow of turninfc. A father when he
sees his child going down to tho durk valley, will
wcop wheu tho shadow of death has fully come
over him ; nnd as the last parting knell falls on hia
car, he muy say, ‘1 go down to tho grave of my
son mourning.’ But tho hurry of businoss draws
him away ; the tear is wiped from hia eye, and if
when lie turns from his fireside, tho vacancy in the
family circle reminds him of his loss, the succeed
ing day blunts tho poignancy of his grief, until at
length it finds no permanent seat in his breast.
Not so with hor who hue borne and nourished the
tender blossom. It lives in tlio heart whero It
was first entwined in ths dreaming hours of night.
She sees its playful mirth or hears its plaiutive *
ories, she books it. in the morning, and goes to the
grave to woep there.
Poetry . —“Whutwas poetry but tho language
of tho divine embodied in human form—tlio ema
nations of u mind that could drink deeper into
mutters of nature than another, and who express- '
ed it in language that captivated tho heart of hia
follow-man, and thereby instructed him in the
knowledge of God and nature 1 It was beautiful
it was something more; it was. in fact, the harmo
ny of God’s laws in concord brought hoautifully
down to their reason, and socuptßatcd their hearts
with tlio loro of harmony mid tlio love of nuture,
that wherevoverthoy wont it inclined them to seek
for it ovorywhero eiso.”
Tlio little child is dead. Move Boflly round the
house ; treud reverently, when you near the room
whero tho beautiful form lies in its little coffin.
How still; the very shroud seems sculptured ; you
never knew how lovoly he was until now; you
nover knew half his gentle virtues. Over vour
heart the memory of his sweet smilcß hovors'lika
an migel; his oyo was brighter than any yon will
ever see ugain; hia voice more musical than the
sweotestlute. Oh I why will the stranger pass on
unheeding ? why does tho Bchool-boy laugh and
shout oven beneath tho window where he lies I
llow can travellers rattle by so heedlessly 1 how
cun the world, tho heartless world, go on with its
shows, its forces, its pleasure seeking, its tumults
of peace and war. joy mid hatred, when loving,
hiipny-hcartd Willy sleeps unknowing all I
Alas! the little child ia dead, and tiin would tha
stricken soul clotho all the world in mourning.
Habit. —‘*l trust everything, under God," said
Lord Brougham; “to habit, upon which, in aliases
the lawgiver ns woll ns the sohool-nmater. has
mainly placed his rcliuneo; habit, whieli wakes
everything easy, und casts all difficulties upon a
diviutiou trom a wontod oourso. Make sobriety
a hunt, and intemperanco will bo bate fill; make
prudence a habit, und rookless profligacy will be
as contrary to the child, grown or adult, as the most
etrocious crimes are to any of your lordships. Give
a child the habit of sacredly regarding truth; of
carefully respecting the property of others; of scru
pulously abstaining from ull acts of improvidence
which can involve him in distress, and ho will just
as likely think of rushing into an element in which
ho cannot breathe, as of lying, or oheating or steal
ing.” .
Bboodino Plaoib on tub Falkland
By the name of “brooding places,” the navigators
of the south seas understand places selected by
various sea fowls, whore they In common build
their nostsi, lay their eggs, and bring np thoir
young. Here they assemble in immense masses
and m the laying out and construction of theso
Sustry cxlnblUn F« roat «®“tion, judgment and in-
W hen a sufficient number have assembled on
the shore, they appear first to holds consultation,
and then to set about executing the great nurnose
for which thoy havo como together. 8 * 1
First they ohooso out a level spot of sufficient
extent, often of four or five acres, noar the bcuch.
In this they avoid ground that is too stony, which
would be dangerous to their eggs. Next, thoy
deliberate on the plan of thoir future camp? aft«
which they lay out a regular parallelogram, offer
ing room enough for the brother and sisterhood,
somewhere from one to five acres. One side of
the place is boundod by the sea, and is always left
open for entrance to exit: the other three sides
are enclosed with a wall of stones and roots
Theso industrious feathored workers first of all
remove from tho placo ull obstacles to their de
sign ; they take up the stones with their bills and
carry them to the boundaries to composo tho wall
Within this wail thoy build a and
even foot path, some six or eight feet wide, which
is used by day as a public promenade, and by
night for the buck and forward march of the senti
nels,
After they have in this way completed their em
bankments on the throe landward sides, they lay
out the interior into equal little quadrangles, sea
arated from each other by narrow foot'paths, croaa
-Ing at right angles. In each crossing of theao
paths an albatross builds his nest, and in tho mid
dlo of each qiiudrnnglo, a penguin, so that every
albatross is surroundod by four penguins, and
every penguin bos an albatross on four sides
neighbors. In this way tho whole place is regular
y occupied, and only at some distances are ,)Isce»
left free for other sea fowl such as the grocn cor
morant und ao-called Nellyr.
Though the penguin and albatross live so near
and in such intimacy, they not only build their
nests in very different fashions, but the penguin
plunders the nest of his friend whonever it has an
opportunity. The nest of the penguin is a simple
hollow in the ground, just deep enough to keep
its eggs from rolling out, while the albatross raises
o little hill of earth, grass, and mussios, eight or
ten inches high, with the diameter of a wator-pail,
and builds its nest on tho top, whence it looks
down on its next neighbors and friends.
None of those nests in tbeentiro brooding piaoes
arc left vacant for an instant until the eggs are
hatched, and tho young ones are old enough to
take owe of themselves. Tho male bird-goes to ’
tho sea for fish, and when he has satisfied his hun
ger hurries back to tho place of the female, while
she in turn goes in pursuit of food. Even when
thoy are ohauging places, they know how to man
age so as not to leave their eggs for a moment nn
eovered. W hen, for instance, the male comes
back from fishing, he nestles close beside tho fe
male, and gradually crowds her off the nest wit's
such care as to cover the eggs completely with 'Mb
feuthers without oxpoHing them to the air all
In this way they guard their eggs against being
stolen by other females, which arc so gr ~e d v to
raise large families that thoy seize every chance to
rob the surrounding nests. Tho roynf pcn gumU
exceedingly cunning in this sort of. trick and
never loses an occasion that is offered. In this
way it often happens that the bre od of this bird on
growing np turns out to be of two or three differ
ent species, a sure proof thsi their parents were
no honestcr than tlicir neighbors.
. !t ll <>* only interesting but instructive, and even
touching, to watch from a little distance the lift and a
'wooding placse. You can see
the birds walking up and down the exterior path
orp" blic promenade in pairs, or even four, six or
eignt together, looking very like officers promena
ding on a puede day. Then all at once, the whole
brooding pluoo Is in continual commotion, a flock
of theso penguins como back from the sea and
w*ddlo along through the narrow paths, to greet
their mates after this brief separation ; another
company are on the way to get food for themselves
or bring In provisions. At the same time the cove
is darkened by an immenso cloud es albatrosses,
that continually hover above the brooding plaeo
descending from their excursions, or mounting in
the airtogo upon them. Ono can look for hours
and not grow woary of gazing, observing and won
dering at their busy sooisi life.— St. La tere me Jit .
publican.
Tijk Great Northwest.— lt has been computed
flint the Northwest Territory belonging to the Uni
ted States, and now without inhabitants, if as dense
ly populated as Bolgium. would support over m
hundred and ninety rmllisiit qf suit ! Here is
food for thought. _ No one here has any adequate
conception of the immense tract of country aoove
us yet to be inhabited# From the rich quality of
its soil, good water, and the most invigorating cli
mate, it must some dsy bo filled with people pos-
Adwtis* h ghe *‘ 0t