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About News & planters' gazette. (Washington, Wilkes County [sic], Ga.) 1840-1844 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 3, 1842)
NEWS & PLANTERS’ ©ALETTE. D. f-f. COTTIMU, Editor. No. 23.—NEW SERIES.] itlHi & PLAKIERS MIETTE. terms: Published weekly at Three Dollars per annum, if paid at the time of subscribing; or Three Dollars and Fifty Cents, if not paid till the expi ration of six months. No paper to be discontinued, unless at the option of the Editor, without the settlement of all arrearages. O’ Letters, on business, must he post paid, to insure attention. No communication shall he published, unless we are made acquainted with the name of the author. TO ADVERTISERS. Advertisements, not exceeding one square, first insertion, Sevchly-Jive Cents; and for each sub sequent insertion, Fifty Cents. A reduction will he made of twenty-five per cent, to those who advertise by the year. Advertisements not limited when handed in, will be inserted till for bid, and charged accordingly. 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Friday, at 12, M. j Friday, at 12, M. j Seminary JY&tes* THOSE who have {riven Notes for their Subscription to the Female Seminary, and are not now prepared to pay them, are requested to call at the Bank and pay up the Interest to the first of this year. The Interest, must be paid punctually or the Principal will b'o collected. SAMUEL BARNETT, Treasurer, Washington Female Seminary. January 27, 1842. tit kks^iks^ PTHIE Subscribers having purchased the Stock of Goods recently Mark A. Line’s, offer them at reduced prices for Cash, or on a credit till Ist January next to punctual customers. Being determined to sell they feel confident that price will be no obstacle in furnishing all who desire to purchase. FRANCIS T. WILLIS. SIMEON HESTER. January 27 . 3t. Washington, 10th January, IS 12. 7I4HE Co-partnership heretofore existing be tween the undersigned, under the firm of CALLAWAY, WILLIS & Cos., is this day dissolved by mutual consent. The business will be closed by M. P. Calla way and C. L. Bolton. FRANCIS T. WILLIS. M.P. CALLAWAY. JAMES NOLAN. CHARLES L. BOLTON. January, 1842. t 20 •Y&lice, PTUIE Co-partnership of Cozart & Wooris, is this day dissolved by mutual consent.— Green P. Cozart, alone, is authorized to settle the business of the firm. G. P COZART. JOHN G. WOODS. January 8, 1842. 20 HWKNHfIo ALT persons indebted to the Estate of Thom as Blakey, iate of Wilkes county, deceased, are requested to make immediate payment, and those having demands against the same will pre sent them in terms of the law for payment. WM. Q. ANDERSON, Aduvr. January 27 22 A Hit to VUUfiflh Jan. 1842. Grahams Lady’s &. Gentleman's I 1 ith more Nptcndtd Embellishments than a ny other Magazine in the Union. This work, devoted to both sexes, opens a New Volume with the number for January, 1842, with an ot Contributors of talent and fame, which no periodical in the country can boast or pretend to rival. 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These beautiiul engravings will, thereiorc, form a feature in Graham's Magazine, in every number, so that we shall be able to distance anything like competition on tins ground. These plates are the most expensive that can be got up lor a Magazine oi large circulation, n, conse quence ol the great price of prim ing— being more than double that ot line engravings—and the necessity ol reduplicating the plates; our e dition already rendering it necessary that tM'o or three plates ol the same subject must be prepar ed lor every number in M inch they are used.— We now print an edition greater than that of any cotemporary lor t.lie iast year, and confidently assert ihat at the same rate of increase M'e shall issue, in 1842, an edition of not less than 35,000 copies moutniy. Our Splendid Steel Engravings. We have aiso entered into a distinct and per manent arrangement with Rawdou, Wright, Hatch & Smilhe, and w.tli A. L. 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The reputation of the Magazine thus far, would be a sufficient guarantee for the future; but that it may be seen that nothing has been left undone to maintain every department of the work, and to elevate the literary, as well as the pictorial department, we beg leave to announce a host ot talented and elegant American writers. Lint of Contributorn. In addition to tha old contributors, whose names and articles have given a high celebrity to the Magazine, a number of new ones, it will be perceived, are added, o! worth and note, so that we may fairly say thru, we have the strength of American talent enhsted in the work. l'heo. S. Fay, author of “ Norman Leslie, the Countess Ida,” &c. Miss E. Leslie, Morton Me Michael, Esq. lion. Robert T. Conrad, Philadelphia, Mrs. Ann S. Stephens, Chas. J. Peterson, Esq. l)r. Revuell Coates, Rev. Thos. 11. Stockton, Mrs. li. S. Nichols, E. Armstrong, Esq. Dr. J. K. Mitchell, Park Benjamin, N.York, Emma C. Embury, Douglas Jcrroid, Eng’d. Geo. P. Morris, ‘ James F. Otis, N. York. John S. Du Solle, Esq. J. Ross Browne, The Author of‘Stanley,’A. M’Makin, Esq. Edgar A. Poe, Philadel. E. Holden, Esq. T. G. Spear, do. .1. Beauchamp Jones,Bal- Auihor of • Howard timore, Pinckney,’ J. E. Dow, Wash’ll City, j Mrs. Catharine Esling, Mrs. E. F. Elliot, Boston, Mrs. E. C. Stedman, Louis F. Tasistro, Mrs. Lydia Jane Piers 3 ,11. W. Herbert, author A. M. Elwood, of ‘Cromwell,’ ‘The J. R. Lowell, Brothers,’ &-c. WASHINGTON, (WILKES COUNW, GA.,) FEBKIMKV 8, 11*12. Robert Morris, J. E. Snodgrass, ■ 1 ‘liny Earle, M. D. I’ercie H Selton, .1. S. Freligh, Herman l’rintzhoffi 11. Percival, Mrs. V. E. Howard, Mrs. Lambert, Mrs. E. Ashton, Mrs. A. S. VVhelpley, G. G. Brooks, Mrs. M. S. B. Dana, Martin Thayer, George Lunt, E. G. Mallery, J.Tupham Evans, .1. Tomlin, R. M. Walsh, Thomas Ilanton, W. Gilmore Simms, S. 1). Anderson, Mrs. St. Leon Loud, .1. W. Forney, H. Hastings Weld, 11. S. Vernon, Professor Ingraham, au-S. W. Whelpley, A. M. t.lior ol La Fitte, William Duane, Professor John Frost, Rufus Dawes, Philadelphia, (diaries West Thompson Professor N. C. Brooks, J. 11. Dana, Baltimore, A. A. Irvine. In addition to this brilliant array of names known to fame, the distinguished services of a host of anonymous writers of no ordinary abili ties will give worth and character to the pages of the Magazine. The series of the well-known nautical papers entitled “Cruizing in the Last War,” and “ The Reefer of ’7(i,” have had a run unequalled by any series published in any Mag azine tor years. The author promises to open a new series of “ Tales of the Sea,” and from his known abilities as a depictor of sea scenes and life, much may be relied upon from him in main taining the popularity ol the Magazine. Papers may be expected during the volume also, from the author of Ihe well-known articles entitled “ The Log of Old Ironsides,” besides a variety of choice articles in prose and verse, from various writers of celebrity, as Contributors to the pro minent Magazines of the country. Sterling Criticisms. The critical department shall still form a dis tinctive character of the work, and is under the control of a gentleman of critical acumen and re pute, long established, and held every where second to none for sagacity and an honest, tear less independence. The review of books may therefore be expect ed to be candid and entirely free from tiie inane [luffing which marks the bookseller’s hack; but shall be thoroughly impartial and severely just. Time of Publication. Tim work will tip t.u1.i...--- .... ti.a f;j'st o, the month in every quarter of tiie Union. The mo;;: I distant subscribers will consequently receive i ’ on that day, as well as those u'lio reside in Phi- I ladelphia. 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Woods, in the late firm of CO ZART & WOODS, intends continuing busi ness at the same Store formerly occupied by said firm, lie has a well-selected stock of GOODS on hand, which ho will sell on very reasonable terms. The Subscriber earnestly requests all those indebted to the late firm, either by Note or Ac count, to call and settle immediately. G. P. COZART. January 13, 1842. 20 •/Votive, ,4 LL persons indebted lo tiie iate firm of Mc ■ - * MILLAN & VINCENT, are requested lo 1 make payment immediately to j JOHN H. DYSON. | January 6, 1842. 19 JYotice, ALL persons indebted to the Estate of Ed ward Jones, late of Wilkes county, deceas ed, are required to make payment by the first of February next, or they will be placed in the hands of an Attorney lor collection, and those I having demands against the said estate, will pre- | sent them in terms o, law for payment, to FELIX G. HENDERSON, Adm’r. de bonis non, on said estate, j January 13, 1842. 4t 20 Notice to Debtors and Creditors. A LL persons indebted to the Estate of Joseph | Henderson, late of Wilkes county, deceas ed, are requested to make payment immediate- j ly, and those having demands will present the same in terms of law for payment, to FELIX G. HENDERSON, ). MITCHEL HENDERSON, \ “ rs ’ January 13, 1842. (jt. 20 •Votice* ALL persons indebted to tbe Estate of JOHN RETAN, deceased, are requested to make payment immediately, as no further indulgence can be given. LEWIS S. BROWN, ) , , , JOHN H. DYSON, j AUni rp ‘ January 6, 1842. 4t 19 sty Take • Yotice. THOSE who are yet in arrears to the late concern of LANE & WINGFIELD, are informed that payment must be made by Janua ry next. Otherwise, their Notes will be left in the hands of an Attorney for collection. 1 have now been engaged four years in settling up said concern to the neglect of much of iny private business. The debts due us are of four to six years standing, and longer indulgence cannot be expected. A. S. WINGFIELD. September 9, 1841. 2 EVERY VARIETY OF sr©a wKtsrcntsro* EXECUTED AT THIS ® 0 © Jg ~ PUBLISHED EVERY TII Ult S) A Y MORNING. fKteccUai rot ts. “I car t alibi'd to take a newspaper,” was I the ansvpr wo received a few days ago, j from a veal thy farmer ofour neighborhood j when aKcd to subscribe for our paper.— j He wasthe father of a large family, and I from hiianswer we were induced to believe I that no icwspaper ever entered the walls of ; ! his dwelling, and that himself and family, were ulerly ignorant of the many interest ing evats now transpiring in the world : and whit is worse, liked v to remain so: un- I loss irneed he belonged to that class of.— j the pot of their neighbors and the abhor fence >fprinters—called borrowers. Not ! afford o take a newspaper! and yet this in- I dividisl could spend hundreds to adorn the I persots of his children to make them a; ■ pear cspeetable, whilst the mind was neg- I lectec Catft afford to take a newspaper! j YVhatdocs this mean ! It means in plain j Englsb this, I cannot afford to inform my- j selfogive my family the means of infor- j matim and instruction. [ prefer ignorance j to inolligenae—and rather than spend mv tnonty, would see my family become dull, j stupil dolts—despised by themselves and j ridicAledby all. Money before knowledge I is tin language of those who being able to pay per the excuse referred to in the com menlement of this article. But newspaper borrowers ! what shall we say of them ! Mill you subscribe for our paper ! Ob I no, I believe not, 1 get my neighbor A’s pa perevery week and that will do for me ! | Suijt answers we have frequently receiv- edriand an answer containing more double refined meanness could not be found. But i asile from the meanness of reading a bor rowed newspaper, when the individual coild well all’ord to take one for himself, it B plainly dishonest, “flat burglary.”— You deprive your own neighbor of his riflits, M'hich lie has paid for n-ith his own ! mlnev, and prevent his family from obtain- I, tUo i n l’ui million, always rtOJJVeyed I tltrough the public press. Will vou say | tljat your neighbor has already read it and ; gkve it cheerfully. That may he true, and I ypt the case is not altered. A newspaper if useful for reference as well as for pres ent reading: and then your neighbor lias tjao much politeness to refuse vour request, knowing that one who is mean enough to make ihe request to borrow—would be just mean enough to resent a refusal. Besides, the printer has his rights, which are gross ly violated by the system of borrowing—lie is in fact robbed and spoiled. He expends his time, labor, talents, and money and his paper, for the gratification of his subscri bers, and the support of himself and fami ly, arid yet the reward comes not, because, forsooth, many of his readers arc borrowers. Now we ask all such, is it fair ? is it hon- est ? Do you give to the printer any value for what you receive. And after you have , read a borrowed newspaper, does your con- ; science approve the deed ? If it does not, : and if you are now satisfied that you have injured your neighbor and cheated the printer Ly being a borrower, go and sub- i scribe at once for a newspaper, and when a friend calls to borrow yours, tell him to “go and do likewise.” — Miltonian. DEACON SLOW. Deacon Slow had three sons, who were I roguish boys. They were in the habit of; I poking fun at the old leader of the (lock of j sheep, who endeavored to have his share t of the sport by butting them over, a kind of | fun which he often manifested a disposition to play off to the Deacon, as he marched down to salt the (lock ; as these were the duties to which he paid strict attention ; as I lie was exceedingly humane, except he was made very angry—and 1 am sorry to say his anger was easily excited. Now the Deacon's sheep pasture was i upon the Shawrheen river, in tiiis state. which is narrow but deep, and the pasture j terminates in a precipice, which rose sis- i | teen feet above the water, and shelved over I it as a beetle browed house overhangs a j ! narrow street; and the boys after having 7 - ~ | | exhausted all their fuu upon the ram, were j jin the habit, now and then, of squatting j I upon the edge of the precipice, and darting a hat at him, upon which he would come | , with blind fury thereat. The boy who j held the hat could easily leap aside, and i the exasperated rant was quickly cooled by j a plunge headlong down the precipice into ■ the stream. At this trick they were one day caught by the deacon, their father, who took them into a thicket close by, and anointed their i backs thoroughly with the oil of birch, an excellent application on such occasions made and provided, it is not always ef fectual, however, and in this case the dis ease was not cured, and the boys were a few days after waiting at the same place, in order to repeat the joke upon the inno cent and unsuspecting ram; hut on behol ding their father coming at a distance with a basket of salt, they hid in thethicket which I they ltad so good occasion to remember, oc casionally peeping out to watch tire pro ceedings of their father. Slowly came Deacon Solomon Slow, and 1 after he had scattered his salt, he stood up- 5 right, and thought within himself, that it would be amusing to sec tha.ram bolt over the precipice into the river. He saw no { ! one nigh. How should he when the boys | i were hid in the bushes?—and taking off his broad brimmed hat, he made a demonstra tion, which at once attracted the attention j of the lord of the flock, who sat out at full i speed. The deacon had squatted down 1 close to the edge, and as he saw the" t ram • bounding along, he began to cmilo as he | pictured out to his fancy, the ridiculous ! , figure the silly sheep M ould make,bounding j with a splash into the water. The Deacon j grinned; hut, in the midst of his delight at j ! the sheep’s ridiculous appearance, he fir- j j got to jump aside, and the beast butted him over with a splash into the M ater, where he i meant the silly sheep should have gone, j The boys ran out, clapping their hands j and shouting—• \ ou’ve got it dad ! you’ve j got it dad !’ in all the extaey of revenge.— | Deacon Solomon Slow crawled out of his I path, with a visage longer than he ever j wore before. This was his last smile.— He was afterwards called Deacon Solomon hv his neighbors, among whom he lived and I died at a venerable age. FATHER O’FLYNN AND HIS CON GREGATION. Father Francis O’Flynn, or, as he Mas i generally called by his parishioners, 1 Fa j ther Frank,’ M as the choicest specimen you j could desire of a jolly, quiet-going, ease | loving, Irish country priest of the old school, j His parish lay near a small Unvn in the ! Eastern part of the county of Cork, and for | forty-five years he lived amongst his flock, j performing all the duties of his office, and taking his dues (when he got them) with never-tiring good humor. But age, that spares not priest nor layman, had stolen up | on Father Frank, and he gradually relin j quished to his younger curates tiie task of j preaching, till at length his sermons dwin- j | died down totn'o in the vear—one at Christ- j j mas, and the- other at Easter, at M'hich I times his clerical dues were about coming | in. In one of these memorable occasions that 1 first chanced to hear Father Frank address his congregation. 1 have him now j before my mind's eye, as he then appeared; i a stout, middle-sized man, with ample ; shoulders, enveloped in a coat of superfine j black, and substantial legs encased in long j straight boots, reaching to tiie knee, ilis I forehead, and the upper part of his head, ! , Mere bald ; but the use of hair-powder gave j i a fine effect to bis massive, but good-hu- ! j mored features, that glowed with the rich I j tint of a hale old ago. A bunch of large ; gold seals, depending from a massive jack- I chain of the sani” metal, oscillated with j j becoming dignity from the lower verge of j | his waistcoat, over the goodlv prominence jof his ‘fair round belly.’ Glancing his I half-closed, but piercing eye. around his j j auditory, as if calculating the contents of j j every pocket prest nt. he commenced his j address as follows : ‘ Well, tny good people, 1 suppose ye ! knoM’ that to-morrow will be tit” pattern of j Saint Fincen, and no doubt ye’ll all be for j going to the bless.el well to sav your pad j hercens ; but 1 II go bail there’s few of vou j ever heard the rason witv the water oi’ that j | well won t raise a lather, or wash anything j | clean, though you were to put all the soap | lin Cork into it. Well, pay attention, and j I I 11 tell you.—Mrs. Delanv, can’t vou keep j your child quiet while I’m spaking ? | ‘lt happened a long while ago, that Saint j | Fineen, a holy and devout Christian, lived j | all alone, eonvaynient to the well ; there i | he was to be found ever and alwavs prav ■ ing and reading his breviary upon a could j | stone that lay beside it. Unluckily on- j I ough. there lived also in the neighborhood ! a e.allieen alias, called Morieen, and lifts ; j Morieen had a fashion of coming down to j i the well every morning, at sunrise, to wash ! her legs and feet ; and, by all accounts. I you couldn’t meet a whiter or a shapelier ! ) pair front this to Raritry. Saint Fineen, i however, was so disthracted in his iteaven j ly meditations, poor man ! that lie never j once looked at them, but kept his eyes fast j on his holy books, while Morieen was rub | bing and lathering away, till the legs used j to look like two beautiful pieces of alabas- 1 i tor in the clear water. Matters went on I [ this way sometime, Morieen coming regu- j lar to the well, till one fine morning, as site i j stepped into the water -site struck her foot | l against a stone and cut it. ‘ ‘Oh ! Millia, rnurdher ! What’ll I do ?” ; ! cried the caUiecn, in the pitifulest voice you | iever heard. ‘ ‘ What’s the matter V said Saint Fi- j |neen. ‘ ‘ I’ve cut my foot agin this misfortinat j | stone,’ says she, making answer. Then Saint Fineen lifted up his eyes | from his blessed book, and he saw Morieen’s ! legs and feet. ‘Ob ! Morieon !’ says he, after looking 1 awhile at them, ‘what white legs you have j got!’ ‘ Have I V says she, laughing, ‘ and how j do you know that V ‘ Immediately the Saint remimbered himself, and being full of remorse aud con trition for his fault, lie laid his commands upon the well, that its water should never wash any thing white again—and, as I mentioned before, all the soap in Ireland wouldn’t raise a lather on it since. Now j that’s the thrue histhory of Saint Fineen’s ! blessed well; and 1 hope and thrust it will he a saysonablo and premonitory lesson to all the young men that hears me, not to fall into the vaynial sin of admiring the white ! legs of the,girls.’ As soon as his reverence paused, a buzz of admiration ran through the chapel, ac i companied by that peculiar rapid noise ! made by the lower class of an Irish Roman | Catholic congregation, when their feelings of awe, astonishment, or piety, are excited by the preacher. Father Frank haying taken breath, and wiped his forehead, resumed his address. ‘ I’m going to change my subject now, and I expect attention. Shawn Barry ! Where’s Shawn Barry ‘ TI. J. Cv\FI*SI,. j Printer. ‘Here, your Rivirencc,’ replies a voice from the depth of the crowd. ‘Come up here, Shawn, till 1 examine you about your Catechism and doctrines.’ A rough-headed fellow elbowed his way slowly through the congregation, and moul ding liis old hat into a thousand grotesque shapes, between his huge palms, presented himself before his pastor, with very much the air of a puzzled philosopher. ‘ Well, Shawn, my boy, do you know what is the meaning of Faith V ‘ l’arfictly, your Rivirencc,’ replied the fellow, witli a knoM’ing grin. • Faith means when Paddy Hogan gives me credit for half-a-pint of the best.’ ‘ Get out of my sight, you ondaycent vag abond ; you’re a disgrace to my flock.— Here, you Tom M’Gawloy, what’s Chari ty V ‘ Bating a proccss-sarver, your Rivir unce,’ replied Tom promptly. ‘ Oh ! blessed saints ! how I’m persecu ted with ye, root and branch. Jim Ilou laghan. I’m looking at you, there, behind Peggy Callahan’s cloak ; come up here, you hanging bone slicvecn, and tell me what is the Last Day V ‘ 1 didn't come to that yet, sir,’ replied Jim, scratching his head. ‘ 1 wouldn’t fear you, you bostlioon.— Well, listen, and I'll tell you. It's the day when you’!l all have to settle your ac counts, and I'm thinking there’ll he a hca- Ivy score against some of you, if you don’t j mind ndiat I’m saying to you. When that i day comes, 1 11 walk up to Heaven and rap at the hall door. Then St. Pettier, who will be takin’ a nap after dinner in his arm-chair inside, and not liking to be dis turbed, M ill call out mighty surly, ‘ Who’s j there V j ‘ It’s I, my Lord,’ I’ll make answer. Av course, he’ll know my voice, and | jumping up like a cricket, he’ll open the I uoor us wide as the hinges will let it, and i say quite politely— • 1 inn proud to sec you here, Father : Frank. Walk in, if you please.’ Upon that, I’ll scrape my feet, and M’alk 1 in, and then St. Pether will say again— i •\\ ell. Father Frank, what have vou got ’ . - C |to say lor yourself ? Did you look M’ell ! aftlier your flock ; and mind to have them | all christened, and married, and buried, ac ; cording to the rites ofour holy church?’ • Nom-, good people, I’ve been forty-five j years amongst you, and didn’t I cliristien j every mother’s soul of you V j Congregation —You did, —you did, — youi IlivirciMe. Father Frank. —Well, and didn't I bury j ttje most of you, too V Congregation. —You did, your Rivirencc. Father Frank —And didn’t Ido my best i to get decent matches for all your little ; girls ? And didn't I get good M'ives for all | the well-behaved boys in my parish ? | Why don’t you spake up. Mick Donovan V Mir.k. —\ ou did, your Rivirence. j Father Frank. —Well, that’s settled:— i hut then St. Pether will say, ‘Father | Frank, says he, ‘you’re a proper man ; j but how did your flock behave to you—did j they pay you your dues regularly ? Ah ! j good Christians, how shall I answer that j question-? Put it in my power to sav j something good of you : don't be ashamed to come up and pay your priest’s dues, j Come, —make a lane there, and let ye all I come up m ith contbrite hearts and open hands. Tim Delany !—make nay for i Tiin : how much M ill you give, Tim ? Tim. —l’ll not he worse than another, j your Rivirence. I'll give a crown. Father Frank. —Thank you, Timothy: the dacent drop is in you. Keep a lane, there!—any of’ye that hasn't a crown, or \ half-a crown, don't be bashful of coming | up with your hog or your testhcr. And thus Father Frank went on encour ‘ aging and wheedling his flock to pay up his ’ dues, until he had gone through his entire : congregation, when I left the chapel, high ly amused at the characteristic scene 1 had ; M'itnessed. HARD TIMES. i These words are in the mouth of almost j every person who is old enough to talk of the times. They are adopted us the lan | guage of complaint or apology by the great j majority of those who are in any kind of ; trouble in relation to their business or J means of subsistence, and form with some the plea of indolence or parsimony. But it ! should be remembered that there are eer j tain standing fads, in the face of which ; few can with justice continue to attribute any great portion of their real troubles to the hard times It is yet true in our coun try that the industrious prudent man will not suffer want. Where health is enjoyed, there is no excuse for miserable-poverty. The earth produces her fruits from year to year as freely as ever; the materials of mechanical industry are abundant, and the wants of our race are not essentially chang ed, and our government does not (at least in comparison with many others,) place the feu in a situation to consume the earnings of the multitude. The grand sources of human enjoyment are neither inaccessible nor exhausted. It our countrymen will cheerfully recognize and submit to the great law of our exis tence in this world—that man must support himself by labor, and if they will abandon a life of speculation and the various modes, both reputable and disreputable, of gamb ling, they will find that the great promise of which the rainbow is the seal, is ever made good, and that the ordinances of the Creator still point, out the path to happi ! ness. I Mill ME XXVII.
