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About News & planters' gazette. (Washington, Wilkes County [sic], Ga.) 1840-1844 | View Entire Issue (Sept. 28, 1843)
NEWS & PLANTERS’ GAZETTE. D.. COTTING, Editor. No. S—NEW SERIES.] News and Planters’ Gazette. terms: Published weekly at Two Dollars and Fifty Cents per annum, iVpaid at the time of Subscri bing ; or Three Dollars if not paid till the expi ration of three months. No paper to be discontinued,unless at the option of tlftiTlitor, without the settlement of all arrearages. O’ Litters,on business, mustbe post paid,to insure attention. No communication shall be ■published, unless we. are made acquainted with the name of the author. TO ADVERTISERS. Advertisements, not exceeding one square, firet insertion, Seventy-Jive Cents; and for each sub sequent insertion, Fifty Cents. A reduction will be 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. Sales of Land and Negroes by Executors, Ad ministrators and Guardians, are required by law, to be advertised, in a public Gazette, sixty days previous to the day of sale. The sales of Personal Property must be adver tised in like manner, forty days. Notice to Debtors and Creditors of an Estate must be published forty days. Notice that application will be made to the Court of Ordinary, for leave to sol! Laud or Ne groes, must be published for four months— notice that application will be made for Letters of Administration, must be published thirty days; and Letters of Dismission, six months Mail Aifrasgcmcntg. POST OFFICE, ) Washington, Ga., Sept. 1, 1843. $ EASTERN MAIL. By this route, Mails are made up for Raytown, Double-Wells, Crawfordville, Camack, Warren ton, Thompson, Dearing, and Barzcha. * ARRIVES. Monday, Wednesday, and Friday, at 9, A M. CLOSES. Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday, at P. 51 WESTERN MAIL. By this route, Mails are made 17 Mr all Offi* ces in South-Western Georgia, Alabama, Mis sissippi, Louisiana, Florida, also Athens, Ga. and the North-Western part of the State. arrives —Wednesday and Friday, by f> A. 51 closes — Tuesday and Thursday, 1 12 M. ABBEVILLE, S.C. MAIL. By this routes Mails are mad: up lbr Daubyrg, Pistol Creek, and Petersburg. ARRIVES. Tuesday, Thursday, aud Saturday, by 1 P. M. | closes. Monday, Wednesday, and Fri i .y, at GA. 51. 1 LEXINGTON MAIL. By this route, M ills are made . for Ce.Lrs ville, State Rights, Scull-shoals, and Salem; * arrives —Monday and Friday, at 9 A. M. closes —Tuesday and Saturday, at 9 A. M. APPLING MAIL. By this route, Mails are made up for Wrighfs boro’, White Oak, Walker’s Quaker Springs. arrives —Tuesday and Saturday, by 9 A. M. closes —Monday and Friday, • t 9 A. M. ELBERTON MAIL. By this route, Mails are nv- ’ ■ up for Mallo rysvillo, Goosepotid, Whites, M .i-Sione, Harr:- sonville, and Ruckersville. Arrives Thursday BP. M, vi I C ‘os same time. LINCOLNTGN MAIL: By this route, Mails are made up for Reiiobuth, Stoncy Point, Goshen, Double Branches, and Darby’s. Arrives Friday, 12 M. | Closes same time. [LT The Letter Box is the proper place to de posite all matter designed to ne transported by Mail, and such as may be found there at tne times above specified, wui be despatched by first post. JVilkes Agricultural Society. AT a meeting of the Society, held this morn ing, it was Resolved that Premiums be a warded lor the following Stock to be exhibited on Friday the 20th of October next in Washington: For the best Horse. Do. Colt, under one year old. Do. Cow. Do. Native Cow, which if she be the best Cow exhibited, may take both premiums. Do. ‘ Bull. Do. Boar. Do. Sow. It was further Resolved, that none shall com pete for the premiums who have not become members by paying the admission fee of One Dollar and signing the Constitution ; though all persons a|Mjivited to attend and exhibit their Stock. FRANCIS T. WILLIS, Secretary. O’ The semi-annual meeting of the Society will take place on Friday the 20th of October, at which time a public Address will be delivered by a member of the Society. September 7,1843. 2 COTTING &, BUTLER, ATTORNIES, HAVE taken an OFFICE in the rear of Willis & Hester’s Store. January, 1843. 28 For Sale • The Subscriber offers for sale his ’ 9*.>iw Land possessions of near fourteen ■■uUk hundred Acres, lying in the county IwjsUgS. of Wilkes, twelve miles West of Wasli.ngton, on the Scull Shoal Road, on Kettle’ Creek. There is attached to the premises, a Saw-Mill in fine operation, and a Corn 51ill on a small scale—a commodious Dwelling, a well of fine water, witHftrther necessaries. Persons wishing to purchase would do well to call on the Subscriber —he is determined to give a bargain. He would also offer a liOt, No. 241, in the county of Dooly. D. WATIES McJUNKIN. Wilkes co.. September 7,1843. 4’.* 2 WARE-HOUSE AND COMMISSION BUSINESS. AUGUSTA, GA. “INTENDING to establish myself in Augusta in the above business, I offer my services to my friends and the public, and shall be in Au gusta, ready to receive consignments, by the middle of September. My charges will be the same as those at other Fire-proof Warehouses, except that for those who consign me their Cotton, I purchase goods free of commission. Liberal advances made on produce in store. D” sly office will be at Clarke & Roberts’ Fire-proof Ware-House, where ail Cotton con signed me will be stored. FRANCIS T. WILLIS. August 24, 1843. 52 STOVALL &, SIMMONS, COMMISSION MERCHANTS, AUGUSTA, GA., rriHE undersigned having associated them selves under the firm of STOVALL & SIMMONS tender their services to the public in tlie transaction of a GENERAL COMMIS SION BUSINESS at the Fire-Proof Ware- House lately occupied by Stovall, Simmons & Cos., on Broad-Street. Particular attention will be given to the Stor age and Sale of Cotton and receiving and for warding of Goods; and liberal advances made on Cotton in store. slr. John Robson, of Madison, will make ad vances on Cotton consigned to us, and tiie A gents of tiie Georgia Rail Road Company will forward tiie same, and despatch Goods to our customers. Checks on the different Banks and Agencies in the interior will be procured and forwarded to suit the convenience of customers in making remittances, when desired. PLEASANT STOVALL. GREENVILLE SIMMONS. Augusta, August 24th, 1843. (it 1 ALivMS & HOPKINS, FUSE-PROOF WARE-HOUSE. AUGUSTA, GA., August 22, 1843. fjpHE .Subscribers respectfully tender their A thanks for the liberal patronage heretofore received—and again offer their services to their uiends and the public in the WARE-HOUSE & GENERAL COMMISSION BUSINESS in this city. Prompt attention will be given to ihe Storage and Sale of Cotton, forwarding Goods, purchase of Merchandize, shipment of Cotton, &c. Proceeds of Cotton will be remitted (if so instructed by tiie owner) in Bank Checks payable at Washington, Greenesboro’, Madison, Eatonton, Milledgeville, Covington, and Colum bus, or in Bulk Notes by mail. Messrs. F. C. McKmiey & Cos. of Madison, will act as our Agents for the forwarding of Cot ton by Raii Road, make advances on Cotton eon ■'igued to us, receive return sales of Cotton, and pay over proceeds at Madison if desired. Messrs. McKinley & Seymour are our Agents for forwarding Cotton per Rail Road from Greenesboro’. ADAMS & HOPKINS. John M. Adams. ) Lambeth Hopkins £ August 31. 9t 1 TO MERCHANTS AND PLANTERS. HAMBURG, (S.C.) July, 1843. I BEG leave to inform vou, that I continue the WARE-HOUSE and commission BUSINESS at my old stand, known as the Wa ler-proof Warehouse. Detached as it is from oth er buildings, its location renders it nearly as se cure from fire, as if it was fire-proof The floors have been elevated above the high water mark of the great freshet of May, 1840. Planters will tlius be secured from the possi bility of loss and damage by freshets. 1 avail myself of the present occasion, to re turn my thanks to my friends and patrons, for their liberal support during the past season. I solicit lrom them and the public generally, a con tinuance of this confidence, and assure them that in return for their patronage, I wi.l use my best personal efforts to promote and protect their in terests, committed to my charge. In addition to this assurance, I pledge myseii that I will in no case purchase a bale of cotton, directly or indi rectly. I will attend personally to the sale and forivarding of cotton to Savannah or Charleston; also, to the sale pf Bacon, Flour, &c. &c., and to the receiving and forwarding of goods to the up country. Having a fine wharf attached to my Warehouse, no wharfage will be charged on Cotton consigned to my care, either for sale or to be forwarded to Savannah or Charleston. My commissions for selling cotton, will be 25 cents per bale, and 12J- cents for forwarding. I will also attend to the buying of goods per order. Verv respectfully, yours, &c. G. WALKER. August, 1843. 52 months after date, application will be made to the Honorable the Inferior Court of Elbert county, while sitting as a Court of Or dinary, for leave to sell all the Lands and Ne groes belonging'to the Estate of Haley Butler, deceased, this 15th May, 1843. EPPY BOND, Adm’r. June 1. ‘ rn4m 40 lifOUR months alter date, application will be made to the Honorable Inferior Court of Wilkes county, while sitting as a Court of Ordi nary, for leave to sell all the Real Estate of John S. Walton’s minors, lying in said county. I. T. IRVIN, Guardian. June 15,1843. mini 42 WASHINGTON (WILKES COUNTY, GA.,) SEPTEMBER 28, 1848. C OMMUNICATION. FOB THE NEWS & PLANTERS’ GAZETTE Mr. Editor :—Sense I writ my surcular, ! which was published in yore newspaper, | I’ve bin soundin the people, to see how it I takes; and, I tell you, it goes at the most surprisenest rate you ever knowed any tiling in all yore life. The way 1 come it over those who advcrcate a United States Bank, a Tariff, &c., is a sin to Crockett. They think because I aint much lernin, I never seen or read the opinions of Wash ington, Madidon, Jackson and Calhoun up on these subjects. But I tell you, if they think so, they’ve waked up the wrong pas senger. Now, sir, to let you know I have read them, I will write them in my letter. Before doing so, I will state, that I also know that when the U. S. Bank bill was passed during Gen. Washington’s adminis tration, his Cabinet was pretty much divi ded upon the subject. Gen. Washington wouldn’t listen to their talk, but made them write their opinions down on paper, so lie could study over the matter well. Mr. Hamilton, 1 believe, wrote in favor of it— but Mr. Jefferson opposed it. Well, Wash ington, after bavin read and studied their arguments, koncluded he would sign the Bill charterin the Bank. So you see Gen. Washington was a Bank man. Mr. Madison, when he got to be Presi dent, recommended the re-chartering of the Bank ; and the bill passed Kongress, he signed it. Here’s what he sed about the Bank, in his Message of 1815 : “ Tiie arrangement of the finances, with a view to the receipts and expenditures of a permanent peace establishment, will ne cessarily enter into the deliberations of Congress during the present session. It is true that tiie improved condition of the pub lic revenue will not only afford the means of maintaining the faith of the Government with its creditors-inviolate, and of prosecu ting successfully, the measures of the most liberal policy ; hut will also justify an im mediate alleviation of the burdens imposed by the necessities of tvar. It is, however, essential to every modification of the finan ces, that the benefits of a uniform National currency should he restored to the commu nity. The absence of the precious metals, will, it is believed, be a temporary evil ; but until they can again he rendered the general medium ofexchange, it devolves on the wisdom of Congress to provide a substi tude, which shall equally engage the con fidence, and accommodate the wants, of the citizens through the Union. If the opera tion of the State Banks cannot produce the result, the probable operation of a National Bank will merit consideration.” This portion of Mr. Madison’s message was referred to a select kommitte, of which Mr. Calhoun w'as cheerman. On the Bth January, 1816, Mr. Calhoun reported a bill for the which passed both Houses of Kongress the same session, and received the signature of Mr. Madison.— Two-thirds of those who voted for the re charter of the Bank were the friends of Madison and Jefferson. So, Mister Editur, if Madison recom mended the Bank, and then signed the bill after it passed, he, as well as Gen. Wash ington, must have bin a National Bank man. I will also give you somethin Gen. Jack son said about a Bank. In his Veto Mes sage, be says : “ That a Bank of the United States, com petent to all duties which may be required by the Government, might be so organized, as not to infringe on our own delegated powers, or the reserved rights of the States, I do not entertain a doubt.” So, we see “ Old Hickory” also, believ ed a Bank could be chartered on Constitu tional grounds. Here’s what Mr. Calhoun said about the Bank : “ It is said that the Bank had no agency, or at least efficient agency, in the restora tion of specie payment in 1817, and that it had failed to furnish the country with a uniform and sound currency, as had been promised at its creation. Both of these al legations I pronounce to be without just foundation. To enter into a minute ex amination of them, would carry me too far from the subject, and I must content myself with saying, that having been on the politi cal stage without interruption, from that ’ day to this—having been an attentive ob server of the question of the currency throughout the whole period—that the Bank has been an indispensable agent in the res toration of specie payment; that without it, the restoration could not have been effect ed, short of the utter prostration of all the monied institutions of the country, and an entire depreciation of Bank paper ; and that it has not only restored specie payment, but has given a currency far more uniform, between the extremes of the country, than wag anticipated or even dreamed of at the time of its creation.” As I have given you what Washington, Madison, Jackson and Calhoun sed about a National Bank, I will also give you some of PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY MORNING. their sayins about the Tariff. Although a grate many of nabors arc afrade of it, (for they all believe it is sumthin like the grate Dragon spoken of in Scriptur.) Yet it ap pears, these grate men advercated it!— What! sioh men as Washington, Madison and Jackson toadvercate the Tariff! Mr. Editur, if it is surprisin, it is true. “Truth is stranger than fiction.” Gen. Washing ton, in his farewell Address, says: “Congress has repeatedly, and not with out success, directed their attention to the encouragement of manufactures. The ob ject is of too much consequence not to en sure a continuation of their efforts in every way which shall appear eligible.” Mr. Madison recommends the encourage r> ment of manufactures, in no loss than five of his Messages. Mr. Jefferson, in his Message of Nov. 1808, says : “ The situation into which we have just been forced, has impelled us to apply a portion of our industry and capital to inter nal manufactures and improvements. The extent of this conversion is daily increasing, and little doubt remains that the establish ments formed and forming, will, under the auspices of cheaper material and subsist ence, the freedom of labor from taxation with us, and of protecting duties arid prohi bitions, become permanent.” Gen. Jackson, writes thus to a gentleman of North Carolina, in 1824 : “ Heaven smiled upon aud gave us lib erty and independence. The same Provi dence has blest us with the means of na tional independence and national defence. If we omit to refuse to use the gifts which he has extended to us, we deserve not the continuation of his blessing. He has filled our mountains and our plains with miner als, with lead, iron and copper, and given us a climate and soil for the growth of hemp and wool. These being the great materi als of our national defence, they ought to have extended to them adequate and fair protection ; that our manufacturers and la borers may be placed in a fair competition with those of Europe; and that we may have within our country a supply of these leading and important articles, so essential in war. “ I will ask what is the real situation of the agriculturist ? Where lias the Ameri can farmer a market for his surplus pro duce ? Except for cotton, he has neither a foreign or a home market. this not clearly prove, when there is no market at home or abroad, that there is too much la bor in agriculture ? Common sense at once points out the remedy. Take from agri culture in tiie United Slates, six hundred thousand men, women and children, and you will at once give a market for more bread-stuffs than all Europe now furnishes us. In short, sir, we have been too long subject to the policy of British merchants. It is time that we should become a little more Americanized, and instead of feeding the paupers and laborers of Europe, feed our own; or else in a short time, by con tinuing our present policy, we shall be ren dered paupers ourselves. It is therefore my opinion, that a careful and judicious tariff is much wanted to pay our national debt, and to afford us the means of that de fence within ourselves on which the safety of our country and liberty depends, and last though not least, give a proper distribution to our labor, which must prove beneficial to tiie happiness, independence and wealth of the community.” In his Message of 1830, he remarks : “The States have delegated the whole authority over imports to the General Gov ernment, without limitation or restriction, saving the very inconsiderable reservation relating to their inspections laws. This authority having thus entirely passed from the States, the right to exercise it for the purpose of protection does not exist in them, and consequently, if it be not possessed by the General Government, it must be extinct. Our political system would thus present the anomaly of a people stripped of the right to foster their own industry, and to counteract the most selfish and destructive policy which might be adopted in foreign nations. This surely cannot be the ease ; the indis pensable power thus surrendered by the States, must be within the scope of the au thority on the subject expressly delegated to Congress.” “ In this conclusion, I am confirmed as well by the opinions of Presidents Wash ington, Jefferson, Madison, and Monroe, who have repeatedly recommended the ex ercise cf this right under the constitution, as by the uniform practice of Congress, the continued acquiescence of the States, and the general understanding of the people.” Mr. Calhoun, in 1816, said : “ Afford to ingenuity and industry imme diate and ample PROTECTION, and they will not fail to give a preference to this free and happy country.’’ So you see, Washington, Madison, &c. were Bank and Tariff men ; but you know they didn’t know as much as our modern politicians whom we’d rather foller. But, Mr. Editur, I told you at the be ginnin of my letter that I come it over the frends of these measures now', in double quick time. Well, I’ll_ tell you how Ido it: Wherever they read what Washington and Madison sed, and pin me up in too close a corner—l then cry out “Feller sitizens! These mrit are Federalist-; ’ J Republican Government! Liberty! Liber ty ! and the Constitution qf the United I States! Remember yore fathers fit, bled | and died for them ! Bank ! Bank ! Bank ! ‘I ariff! Tariff! Tariff!” The people ho! - | ler “ Huzza !” and I come off konqueror ! Mistur Editur, in konclusion, I want to j tell you somethin as a secret, viz.: I know ! that Washington, Madison, Monroe, were j Bank and Tariff men, but then you know j it wouldn’t do for me to tell the people so, | because if I did, (as they all believe in j Washington and Madison,) 1 would lose my election ! and as I have started out a gainst these measures, consistency wont let me forsake my position, even if I am con vinced of tny error. You know consisten jcy is amity purty thing, and I, among mn i ny others in the same situation, must re | main where 1 am ! 5 our frend and fellcr-sitizen, JOSHUA WISHFUL. From the New- York American. LADIES’ RIDING. “ A woman never knows the meaning of excr ercise, till she rides on horseback.” Dr. James Johnson. As the time approaches when the ladies, (Heaven bless them !) will be returning with rosy cheeks and happy smiles from the watering and other places of summer sojourn, and when, (Heaven bless them a gain ! say I,) when they will continue the bright and joyous influence that they have derived from their devotion to Dame Na ture, by riding on horseback, let them not deem it presumptuous on the part of one of their devoted cavaliers, if lie begs leave to make one or two suggestions with regard to the art equestrian, in all humility—a vowing it to be his belief that their safety and comfort will be materially aided by at tending thereto. In the first place : The size of the horse should be suited to the size of the lady, but in no case should a pony or very small horse be used ; because the drapery of the habit, always sufficiently flowing to dimin ish the apparent size of the animal, causes a small horse to look too diminutive—vide, for instance, the old pictures of Joseph lead ing Mary into Egypt mounted on an ass. Second : Being sure to insist upon your bridle’s being clean and neat, (for the bri dle is to the horse what the head gear is to man and woman kind,) let your seat in the saddle be firm and erect —your eyes looking straight forward between the horse’s ears, which, it is to be hoped, will be pricked forward. Third: Do take a firm hold of both of your reins, both curb and snaffle, (if your horse’s mouth is very tender, knot your curb-rein so that you can catch it any in stant if you wish to check him suddenly,) and let him know that his mouth is under your control. When you have opportuni ty, on the clear road—check, urge, turn him this way and that, in such manner that you may have confidence in your ability to manage him. Do not think that because you do not tumble off’ata canter, that you can necessarily ride ; and that as a matter of course, when your horse sides to one side I of the road or the other, that it is a vagary j over which you have no control, and in which he is to be indulged. Make sure that his mouth is under your control, under such circumstances, and then give him a good sharp with the whip—it will effectu ally cure him ofsuch nonsense. You will have no safety or pleasure in riding until you have perfect confidence in your ability to manage him. Fourth : Do insist that your cavalier in all cases take your right. So far as you j consider his presence any protection, it is ! your only safety. In that position the gen- I tleman can always seize your rein near the bit, if your horse is restive or unruly ; and if there is any cause that may induce him to think that the animal may be frightened, j he can pass his hand down your rein in a i moment, if it is necessary that he should be j led. Besides, it allows a much greater j sphere for a tete-a-tete. On the other side, i on your left, the gentleman can afford you j no assistance. His horse necessarily is ! constantly pressing against your stirrup- j foot, and his voice must be elevated in eve- j ry thing he has to say to you, which, even in conversation devoid of sentiment, is not particularly desirable : Besides, his spurs, (which no gentleman should ride without,) are not unlikely to get entangled in your habit. m Fifth: Make up your mind that you do not know what exhiliration of spirits, what independence of feeling, what joyousness of freedom is, until you rode on horseback. Make up your mind, that under any cir cumstances, except to guard you from in sult, a gentleman is very little protection, and that your dependence must be mainly upon yourself. Sixth: That a woman never looks so beautiful as, when handsomely seated and gracefully dressed, with heigthened color, on the back of a spirited horse; and that with a little practice and attention to the rules iff horsemanship, she can always make herself mistress of the art. And Last: (He enters upon the confines of so deliedfe a subject with fear and trembling,) that the only dress for the head, combining elegance and gentility, is a broad brimmed, low (not bell) crowned, dark beaver. SNAFFLE. n. J. KAPPEL, Printer. P. S.—Some few faces do look well in caps, but they would look well anywhere; j they would be divine beneath a beaver, ; with its long black veil flowing behind on I the breeze. I ANECDOTES OF THE HAWK AND EAGLE. In a recent visit to the Kenebec, it was i my pleasure to tarry a short time, quite j near the shore. Early one delightful morn ing, as I stood on the threshold of the door, j surveying the gentle scenery of the river i and watching#br sturgeon, which frequent i ly dart through the motionless surface, and j then with a loud plunge dash again into the I water causing the unfolding riples to float | to either bank—my attention was arrested by the appearance of a large hawk which | was rapidly describing circles in the air. J Presently, with sudden swiftness, he made | a spiral descent, and then darted straight I into the water, from which slowly emer ging lie brought forth a noble shad-fish.— The hawk soon alighted oti the bank with his captfve, and placing the shad in that position which would offer the least resis tance to the air, and therefore the less im pede his flight, he fastened his claws into each side of the fish, and glided off with his booty, passing directly over my head, the clear vista above affording a perfectly dis tinct and pleasing view of the captor and the captured. This circumstance I men tioned at breakfast, when another incident of a similar, but far more interesting na ture, was related, and can be confidently relied upon as being strictly true. Early in the season a gentleman had oc casion, at sunrise, to visit bis wear; and on his return, attrafted by a rustling in the water, he observed a large and fiercely strong hawk struggling to master a very active salmon, which he had dragged to the surface, and was endeavoring to bear away'. With no little difficulty he finally accom plished his object, and slowly began to wing his way for an adjacent thicket. At this moment, the gentleman descried, perched upon a rock overshadowed by a small cluster of trees, a bold and beauti ful eagle, which in common with himself, had been a close observer of the scene that had just been developed. When the hawk had flown a sufficient distance from the ri ver to render a retreat with his prey impos sible, the eagle shot forward with great swiftness, immediately overtook and en countered him. The hawk made a most vigorous and brave resistance, but his in cumbrance was so great, that he was soon forced to submit, when, relinquishing his grasp of the salmon, be withdrew again to the river. The fish was immediately caught up from the ground by tiie eagle, w inch proudly mounted upward with his prize. The salmon, still being alive, commenced a brisk flouncing, and, (taking advantage of t lie eagle’s inexperience of his trick,) af- . ter a lively flutter, bounded from his em brace, and fell once more to the earth.— The eagle made a desperate pounce, and the doomed fish was born upward a second time in the air. The gentleman watched the majestic soaring of the proud bird, and supposed that be was taking his last glimpse of both the conqueror and the vanquished, when, to his great surprise, he beheld them descending rapidly. The eagle either found his prisoner too industrious or too or too burdensome, and once more alighted upon terra firma. Seizing the salmon by the head with one talon, he divided him with the other by tearing him in two. The large peice he resumed, and then swiftly swept through the air with apparent eagerness to reach his resting place. The gentleman ad vanced to the spot, and taking tip what the eagle had abandoned, carried home the tail of a fresh and elegant salmon. The fish was served up at the table and much praised for its fine flavor and racincss, but the in cident was not related until the repast was over. Hawks occasionally engage with salmon that are too powerful for them, and, having plunged in their claws they become entan gled, and are drawn a long distance thro’ the water, and thus frequently drowned. Boston Transcript. Religious Education of Children. —Do not press your children too much during i their early years on the subject of religion. Shew them, by your example, that it is the object of your reverence ; but suffer their religious principles to form gradually, as their understandings open. . Do not make religion appear to them a burden ; do not lay them under unnecessary restraints ; do not let them see religion clothed in a dress repulsive to their youthful minds. To in sun its making a good impression on them, let it be clothed in its native colors of at traction. Study to make them regard it as an object of veneration, but, at the same time, what it truly is, as a source of cheer fulness and joy. Do not let them regard the Sabbath as a day of gloom and restraint. Take them with you to the House of God, and accustom them to regard the institu tions of religion with reverence, but do not compel them, during tiie rest of the day, to remain immured within the walls of your own house. Allow them the reasonable indulgence of air and exercise- air indul gence useful to their health, rational, in it self and no wav inconsistent with their reli gious character ; while the refusal of that indulgence has just the effect of making them regard the return of the day as a day of penance and mortification, instead of hailing it as a day of joy [VOLUME XXIX.
