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BY AUTHORITY.
EDUCATION.
AN ACT to establish a general system of Educa
tion by common Schools.
Sec, I, Beit enacted by the Senate and House of
Representatives of the State of Georgm in General
Assembly met, ond it is hereby enacted by the autho
rity of the same, That from and after the first day of
January, eighteen hundred and thirty-nine, the funds
•of this State heretofore known as the Academic and
Poor School Funds, be, and the same are hereby con
solidated, and together with the interest on one third
part of the surplus revenne, derived to this State
from the United States, and heretofore set apart for
that purpose, shall compose and constitute a general
fund for common Schools, for the State of Georgia.
Sec. 4. And be it further enacted by the authority
aforesaid, That within ten days after the reception
•of such notice, the School Commissioners shall as
semble together, and elect front their numlter a Presi
dent of the Board, and a Secretary, and shall also
appoint a Treasurer, who shall give bond and secu
rity to the Commissioners for the time being, and
their successors in office, in such sums ns they may
fix upon, conditioned faithfully to discharge Ins duty
as Treasurer, and should any vacancies happen in
such board of Commissioners, by death, resignation
•or otherwise, the same shall be filled by the board ,
itself.
Sec. 6. And be it further enacted by the authority ;
aforesaid, Thai it shall Im* the duty of the School
Commissioners in each division, or a majority of!
them, to lay off their respective counties into school j
districts, conforming, as nearly as practicable, to tin*
present Militia districts; in the same, in h manner
most suitable and convenient for the purpose contem
plated in this act.
Sec. 6. And be it further enacted by tlie authority
aforesaid, That they shall apply for, and receive
from the state, their proportionable share of the gen
eral fund for Common Education, and shall apimr
*lion and divide the some among the several School
vlistricts in their divisions, in proportion to the num
l>er of children in each, between the ages of five and
fifteen years, mid shall make an annual report to the
Governor, of the number of School districts in their
respective divisions, the districts from which reports
have been made to them, and the defaulting districts,
the length of time a school hnslieen kept in each, and
•also the amount of funds received by themselves or
treasurer from the State; and from taxes raised, and
in what mißßcr the tame has been expended, and
the number of children taught in each district, which
report the said Commissioners shall cause to lie re
corded by the Secretary, in a book kept for that pur
pose.
Sec. 7. And be it further enaeted by the authority
aforesaid, That the Commissioners of each School
division, shall, by this act be, and they are hereby
constituted a body corporate, under the name and
style of the Commissioners of the Common School,
and are nuude capable of suing and being sued, and j
the Trustees of the several school districts of each di
vision shall also Ik? n body corporate, under the name
and style of the Trustees of the district schools, with
like powers as above, both of which said Corpora
tions, shall be allowed and entitled to own real es
tate and oilier property, upon which to erect School
houses, and for other purposes connected with the
aehooLkp■-
Sec. 9. And be it further enacted by the authority
afofeiAid That Ow Trainees shall w ithin 15 days J
after their appointment, proceed to ascertain the
number of free white persons in their respective dis
tricts, between the ages of five and fifte*n years, and
return the same to the Commissioners of the School
division to which they belong. They shall also re
ceive from the school Commissioners, or their Trea
surer the funds to which they are entitled under the
law, and on the first Monday of November in each
year, make a report to the saULComtuissioaers, show
ing the amount received, the maimer of its expendi
ture, the number of children taught in their district,
the length of time which a school has been taught,
and the compensation paid to teachers and tneir
names. They shall locate and superintend the erec
tion of suitable School houses in their respective dis
tricts, at the most convenient and suitable {daces for
the inhabitants and ncholars residing in the same,
shall employ and pay teachers and visit the schools,
at least twice in the year.
Sec. 10. And be it further enacted by the authority
aforesaid, That the Commissioners and Trustees
under this act, shall hold their office for twelve
months, or until their successors are elected, and re
ceive no compensation for their service*.
Sec. 11. Andl>e it further enacted by the authority
aforessid, That it shull be the duty of the Governor:
annually to distribute to the Commissioners of each
School division in the State, their proportionable
part of the Common School fund, w hich apportion
ment shall be made (by the last census, until the next
census betaken, and then by that) according to the
number of free white persons, bet ween the ages of
five and fifteen years, of which he shall give to said
Ijjmmmissioners, in each division, immediate notice
9 See. 12. And lie it further enacted by the authori
ty aforesaid, That no moneys received from the Suite
®y the Commissioner* for School purposes, shall lx: j
expended for any other purposes, than for paying
teachers and purchasing books and stationary for
Ipiildren whose parents arc unable to furnish the
Same.
W Sec. 13. And be it further enacted by the authori
ty aforesaid, That after these schools shall have gon*
Into operation, no Trustees for districts shall be al
lowed to receive any funds from the Commissioners,
ftnless they shall nave made a return signed by a
majority of their number, showing the amount re
ceived by them, and how the same has been expend
ed, and that a school has been kept in their districts,
M ieast three months in the year preceding, or then
jjading
I Sec. 14. And be it further enacted by the authority
jpfrri —--- 1 Thtt* all moneys not drawn by any such
defaulting district shall be added to the amount to be
distributed the next year, and apjiortioned among all
.&•-districts in such divisions.
Sec. 15. And lie it further enacted by the authority
jSdbresaid, That should the Commissioners, in any
jSvision, fad to apply for, and distribute the fund re
chi ved as directed by this law, that shall lie subject
pp a suit for damages, at the instance of the trustees
..hr any district in such division, in any court of law
is this State having jurisdiction, and the amount of
Homages so recovered, shall be collected out of the
private property of such commissioners, and not
from the funds of the School.
1 Sec. 17. And be it further enacted by the authority j
, aforesaid, Tliat all white persons between the ages
of five and fifteen years, shall be allowed to be taught
was scholars in the respective districts in which lliey
reside, or in case their location may make it inconve
nient in the adjoining district, by making applica
tion to the Trustees thereof, who may prescribe,
though no one over the n of fifteen years and under
twenty-one, shall be excluded from said Schools.
Sec. 18. And be it further enacted by the authority
aforesaid, That in those counties where the inhabi
tants are thinly settled, the commissioners may, if
they think it best refuse to lay off the same into
•chool districts, but they shall employ a suitable
number of Teachers who shall nnder their directions,
teach school not longer than three months in any one
district or neighborhood, so thatevery section of such
countv shall receive, as nearly as can be, equal ad
vantages from said fund; and it shall be the duty of
the Commissioners of any such county m which the
itinerating system may be thought le-si, to mention
the same in their annual report, and so tar as relates
to the eoumy of Baker, theCommtssion -rsshall con-
Iff fßjiutcislj ffottirftj
DJ3U&££!SSar
fine themselves to the three Military districts of said
I county.
See. 10. And be it further enacted by the authority
aforesaid, That the Commissioners and Trustees
elected as aforesaid, in the foregoing act, before they
enter upon the duties of their offices, shall take the
following oath before any Judge of the Superior
Court, Justice of the Inferior Court, a Justice of the
Peace, in the county where they reside, viz: I. A. 8.,
do solemnly swear, that 1 will faithfully perform ull
the duties required of me by law, as Commissioner
of Common Schools, or Trustee of Common Schools,
as the case may Iw.
JOSEPH DAY.
Speaker of the House of Representatives.
ROBERT M ECHOLS,
President of the Senate.
Assented to, 36th December, 1837.
GEORGE R. GILMER, Governor.
AN ACT,
j To amend an act, to establish a general system of
education by common schools—assented to 36th
December, 1837.
Sec. 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of
j Representatives of the State of Georgia in General
| Assembly met, and it is hereby enacted by the autho
j rity of the same, That the second uiul third sections
| of the above recited act, be, and the same are hereby
| repealed; and in lieu thereof, that each county in this
l state, shall he considered and known as a common
school division; and that on the first Monday in
March, in the year eighteen hundred and thirty-nine,
and on the first Monday in January, of every year
: thereafter, or so soon after the above mentioned days,
as the same can be conveniently done, the justices o
the inferior court of each county in this state, shall
by order, entered upon the minutes of the court, np
! point five fit and proper persons ns commissioners of
common schools, in the division wherein such justi
ces may reside, and shall within ten days, thereafter,
cause a certified copy of such appointment, to be de
livered to them, which shall be sufficient notice of the
| same. And such commissioners shall continue in
office one year, or until their successors shall be ap
! pointed.
Sec. 2. And be it further enacted by the authority
I aforesaid, That if the said commissioners, or any of
j them, shall be unable nt any time to procure the ser
vices of a treasurer, as contemplated in the fourth
section of the above recited act, it shall, and may be
lawful, for the president of such board of commis
sioners, to aet as treasurer, who shall give bond and
security to his excellency the governor, and his suc
cessor for the faithful discharge of his duty, as trea
surer. And the said commissioners, within ten days
after their appointment, shall by order entered in the
minutes of their board appoint for each school dis
trict to be luid out agreeably to the fifth section of the
above recited act, three trustees, ull of whom shall re
side in the district for which they shall be appointed,
and shall be notified of their appointment within ten
days after it shall be mode.
Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That if the jus
tices of the inferior court of any county, shall not
within one month after the time herein before fixed
for that purpose, select and appoint five commission
ers, as aforesaid, who shall accept their appoint
ments, the said justices of the inferior court shall
themselves discharge the duties of commissioners in
I their division; and unless said commissioners shall,
| within one month after their appointment, select and
apjKrint three trustees in each district or division,
who shall accept such appointments, the justices of
the peace, and such other person as the justices of
the jK*ae.e may appoint, shall discharge the duties of
trustees, in any district in which such appointment
shall have been omitted; and the commissioners’ ap
| pointment by the court, may fill hv election any va
cancy which may occur in their noard, during the
year; and a majority of commissioners, and of the
trustees, shall be competent to perforin the duties re
quired of them respectively.
Sec. 4 And he it further enacted, That it shall be
the duty of the trustees of the school district, to col
lect by subscription, such sums as the citizens of the
district may 1m willing to subscribe, which shall be
applied to supply an amount of money, in addition
to what may be allowed by the state, so us to enable
them to employ a suitable number of teachers in the
district, provided there shall be no liability on the
trustees for said subscription money, further thun to
transfer the said list of subscription to the teachers
where such school may be tauglit.
Set. 5. And be it further enacted, That the justi
ce* of the inferior court, in the several counties, in
this state, Im*, and they are hereby authorized, at
thair discretion, to levy an extra tax in their respec
tive counties, not exceeding: fifty percent, on the gen
eral tax, which shall be added to the common school
fund of saic county, and paid over to the commis
sioners aforesaid, by the tax collector, who shall give
bond and security for the same, as in case of other
bonds, for extra taxes.
Sec. (J. And l>e it further enacted, That the trus
tees of any county academy, he, and they are hereby
authorized, to pay over to the commissioners of com
mon schools, any funds in their hands.
Sec. 7 And be it further enacted, That his excel
lency the governor, within the month of January
next, be required to cause so much of the above re
cited act, as this act docs not repeal, together with
this act to l>e published in the newspapers of this
state, and also, to cause the same to be published
with the arts of tin* present session.
Sec. 8. And be it further enacted by the authority
aforesaid, That the eighth, twentieth, twenty-first,
and twenty-second sections, and so much of the ninth
section as refers to the notice to lx* given by a justice
of the peace and free holder to the trustees of their
election, and so much of the sixteenth section, as re
fers to the balances in the hands of trustees of acade
mics and their treasurers be, and the same is hereby
repealed.
JOSEPH DAY,
Speaker of the House of Representatives.
CHARLES DOUGHERTY,
President of the Senate.
Assented to 29th December, 1838.
GEORGE R. GILMER, Governor.
.Justices Court for 1839.
A COURT, for the 271st District, will beholden
at the Court House in the city of Darien, on the
4th Monday of inch month—to wit
Monday 28th January, IKK).
Monduy ‘2sth February, “
Monday ‘2sth March, “
Monday 22d April, “
Monday *27th May, “
Monday ‘24th June, “
Monday 22d July,
Monday 28th August. “
Monday 23d September, “
Monday 28th October, “
Monday 25th November, “
Monday 23d December, “
A pannel of 7 Jurors, will be drawn at each term
after the first.
NELSON W. CARPENTER,
Justice of the Peace for 271st District.
Darien, January 29st, 1839.
ttogera eranr,
Commission iflrreliant*.
Darien,-Ga.
Geo. T. Rogers,
H. A. Crane.
OFFER their services to the Merchants of
the interior and the public generally, for the
purchase or sale of PRODUCE or MER
CHANDISE, and will pay particular attention
to the RECEIVING and FORWARDING
BUSINESS, having every facility for giving
| despatch, and pledging their personal attention
i to all business entrusted to ttveir care.
Darien, Jan. 22d. 1839.
WANTED.
A convenient DWELLING HOUSE,
suitable for asmall family. 15. further
**-!** particulars inquire of the Editor 4 this
.HIM-mner.
DARIEN, GEORGIA, TUESDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY 12, ISIUJ.
Uortm
For the Darien Herald.
THE CAVALRY CHARGE.
To horse ! to horse ! the trumpets sound,
To horse ! the gallant warrier calls ;
And o’er the plain let us swiftly hound,
Amongst the whistling bulls.
Soldier, stop not to view the sight,
’Tis now no time to stand ;
But haste, and in the thickest of the fight,
There meet them, hand to hand.
Heard yc not the trumpets blast ?
See ye not the a word and shield ?
O, coward ! stop and be the last
To reach the glorious battle field.
The word is heard, and off they start,
And each their bright blades draw ;
With anxious mind and gallant heart,
They plunge into the war.
Oh now they in deadly fight engage,
I see their keen blades flush on high";
And now with angry look and furious rage,
In blood their sabres dye.
Charge! charge again, is the warriors cry,
Yield not an inch in fight:
For who would not be prowl to die
In a cause so just and right 7
Ilnrk! in the foe-mans’ ranks I bear
The dumping word defeat!
Hark ! now the shout, and now the cheer,
And now the cry “retreat!”
Murk how their ranks before us yield,
Behold on every side they fly,
And haste to quit the bloody field,
Before they all shall die.
Hush’d and still is the warlike trump,
Which called the soldier to the field—
Silent and mute is the cannon’s roar,
Which forced the focman’s ranks to yield.
Ah! thanks to God ! at Inst ’tis done,
Our praise we raise to thee ;
A-glorious battle we have won,
Fought in the cause of Liberty.
T. S. H.
WHITTEN FOH TIIF, DARIEN HERALD.
The A<l vo ii Hires of a Moiiiiliiins Iti.lo.
It wns about eight o’clock, as I was landing
on the steps of the , expecting to get sorqe
orders from our superintendant, relative to the
business of the day; when he came down from
his house, smilingly extending his hand, as lie
affected a slight cough by way of clearing his
throat, and Englishing his thoughts, as lie still
laboured under the disadvantages of the Ger
m in ideom, and always felt a considerable in
convenience in expressing his sentiments,
however familiar the subject might be to him.
“Hem! Hern ! fine morning sur”, —lie said, as
I shook his hand in acknowledgment of the
justness of his remarks, “veil sur” how you felt
this morning—you probably like an excursion
with the ladies this morning to the mountain?
“Beuntifull day,—and a little change will do
you much benefit.” “Nothing much to do to
day,—huh!” “You goto my house, Miss
Taylor of P , and other young ladies
there, and you go with them ?” As cordial an
invitation as this, I dare not refuse, and parti
cularly one that would relieve me from the
monotenous routine of my engagements about
the , gave me a great deal of joy,—
though not unmingled with some little presen
tations which I could Hardly account for; a
seeming chill, or shudder, as I contemplated
the engagements of our excursion in perspec
tive, which bonded an inate feeling, as if things
were not likely to turn out as agreeable as an
adventure of this kind would induce one to
suppose. However, those feelings were soon
reasoned away, by gayer prospects, as it
was in the month of October, and having been
standing, nearly in the same placp all the morn
ing, or shifting a little, as the.sun warped
around the corner of the building, to get in its
rays and feel the genial heat, therefore, attri
buted my nervous feeling to the chill air.
The ladies were all in expectation when I
arrived at our Supcrintendant’s pretty little
mansion, horses were at the gate, and riders in
full dress, whip in hand, and ready to mount
as soon as the party said ready. As some of
the ladies were not very expert in horseman
ship, they had concluded to go in a waggon,
and deputing me, as coachee! they tip’d the
reins to me, as I mounted on the sides of the
waggon and cramped myself down on a tem
porary seat, w'thin a foot of the front board of
the waffS" 11 , bringing my knees to about an
angle of 45 dc. in a juxtaposition to my nose,
to make room for the other seats. On these
seats however, with as gay a company, no
coachee ought to feel ill at ease,—six young
ladies! from fourteen !to twenty! and whose
beauty ranged in something near the same
ratio, or speaking more grarnatically on the
subject, they ranged in the same comparative
mood as the declension of certain parts of
speech, “pretty ! prettier!! prettiest!—that is
taking them by couples; —but even in this
mode of classing them, I do not wish to be un
derstood, that I am detracting from either of
them, in their separate persons, any of the nu-
merous charms which ull amiable young ladies
possess; nor, neither could I undertake by the
same rule to decline the ntetar of a kiss, (sup
posing one to have been taken all round)
sweet! sweeter t! sweetest!!!—but would
equally suppose that the ruby lips of each,
would impart the same sweet and facinuling
sensations as the prettiest, and therefore, will
give them the merit of being as ail agreeable
and charming a load of exotics, (for by the by
they were all foreigners) as ever travelled over
mountain road.
From the little villa we left, to the foot of
the high range of mountains, generally termed
the FishhiU mountains, is about three miles
over a well regulated and flinty road, that pas
ses through the beautiful little Huiulet of Mat
trawan, wending around the southernmost part
of the town, leaving at the right, the beautiful
Episcopal church, whose architectural gran
deur, rivals the combined majesty, of the Grc
eian and Corithian order of which it is com
posed ; and continuing its course over the
Fishhill Creek, through the famous “Pancake
Hollow,” which extends about a half a mile,
gradually ascending towards the mountain
“row.” This row, as it is termed, runs pnra
lell with the range, ond promiscuously settled
by the mountaineers, whose log houses, clay
cliimnies, and thatched roofs, betoken the pov
erty of their inmates. The road here, becomes
very difficult to pass in a waggon, wending
around the mountain on the brink of a deep
ravine, where the constant hum of the wind as
il gushes through the gaps, and the gurgling,
and rushing sound of the mountain rivulet
wending its course through the fragments of
fallen rocks, and trees that have been hurled
from their base by the sweeping tornado, palls
the mind at the grandeur of the scene. Our
course had now almost become impassable from
tha fragments of rocks, and lose masses of
earth and paving stones that have rolled into
the narrow track of the mountaineers curt, by
the torrents, that rush down the sides of the
mountain, making u channel of the road, until
it finds an outlet in the ravine below. Our hor
ses not being used to travelling over a road,
that nature had paved so promiscuously, stag
gered from side to side, —now giving the wag
gon a sudden lurch, as they attempted to catch
themselves from fulling over the huge masses
of rocks, and then falling on the tongue and
and waggon ns they recovered their balance,
bringing the waggon to a poise on the lower
wheels, and sliding the seats down as if it would
precipitate the fair adventures over the sides,
down the deep ravine, which was always anti
cipated by u loud scream of horror, as they
clung to each other, in hopes of relief from the
eminent danger—and then with a laugh of af
fected eountgc, when the danger was over, ridi.
cule the thoughts and fears they were betray
ed into.
“Hoy,” I exclaimed, cheeking the, horses as
we arrived at a narrow rail bridge temporally
thrown across Hie ravine for the wood cart—
“Khali I pass on ladies—or do you prefer
walking across?” 1 inquired with a smile,
which rather questioned the romantic courage
of Miss Catherine, “What, cross that little
bridge!” She. exclaimed. “Afraid to cross in
the waggon!” said Miss Mary of the backseat)
“A little dit<-h like that,” — sigiiifiicuntly said
Miss Augusta at my right: “Not I,” responded
Miss Taylor of the middle seat. At this mo
ment the right side horse, who was standing
very uneasy, started off, pulling his companion
along with him, which brought the right fore
wheel with a terrible jolt against a large stone,
grinding off to the outer edge with the wheel
ou the end of the rails which tipped down, so
as to throw the waggon quite forward over the
gulph below.
The eminent danger which now met them
so full in the faco, soon dissipated their reckless
and illtinicd courage, and they simultaneously
screamed for help, “Oh—oh—oh exclaimed
Miss Mary, wringing her hands, we shall he
killed in this dreadful place”—“Do, do, stop the
horses” sobbed Miss Augusta—“We are going,
going down, cried Miss Catherine, and with a
violent effort, rolled over the side of the wag
gon pulling Miss Taylor’s shawl, and the sleeve
of her dress with her, to save herself from
falling down the ravine, and scrambled clear of
the wheels, through the bushes behind us. I
had by this time cleared myself of the waggon,
and had the horses by the head, remonstrating
with them for being so much alarmed, as the
danger was nothing if they would only set still;
what I said, was of very little cumulation, but
out they huddled, on top of each other at the
greater risk of rolling down the ravine than
being precipitated with the waggon. When
they were quite clear of the waggon I led the
horses across the bridge, with no very good
feolings, for the road and horses, for spoiling
my good humour, and the excursion; while the
ladies followed at a short distance, as I led the
horses across the beautiful table land, to a small
log house, which some of the mountaineers
occupies at the base of “Solomon’s Barricks,”
or the Beacon Hills, as the peak is commonly
called. The company on horseback that iiad
proceeded us up, were in waiting for us lu re.
A little refreshments from the cool chryslaliz
cd waters that (lows from the shaded rocks,
and we proceeded Oil up tin: mountain again ;■
our party, however, of the waggon, going on
’'foot, deeming it unsafe to go any farther in it,
I shouldered a small basket that the ladies had
filled (as I afterwards discovered) with cakes,
fruit and a bottle of really dclictable peach sy
rup by way of refreshments. The road now
became steep, and very fatiguing, loose stones
that gave way under the foot at each step,
wrenching the pretty, delicate little ankles of
the ladies, and not unfrequently slipping from
under their feet entirely, and bringing them on
their hands and knees, which I endeavoured
to alleviate, but us often made the matter worse.
A basket on one arm, two misses on the other,
and a miss step of cither of us, was unfortu
nately followed by allgoingdown in trying to
hold the other up,—like a crowd on the ice,
sure to kick each others feet from the other.
This was positively too much to bear, and to
give utterance to vexed feelings. I dare not, for
I should have been put out of the pale of their
good graces—there I was, tongue ‘tied, and
hand lied, could not give assistance, or be gal
lant if I wished—and dare not give vent to my
vexation which increased with every new
slip. And .the ladies getting a little fatigued,
lost much of their good humour, and seemed
absorbed in securing a good footingon the road
which added no little to my chagrin, as I be
lieved they misconccrved good intentions into
carelessness, in affording their assistance. In
this moody humour, we wound around the
mountain, gathering mountain roses,and twin
ing them in with the laurel for wreathes, and
contemplating the beautiful and picturesque
scenery that surrounded us, with the foilage
tinged with the autumnal frost, giving them a
beautiful golden hue, as the rays of the sun
broke through the windings of the road upon
them. We wound round the last turn in the
road, which had almost carried is around to the
eastward of the summit, and now the grey
crist of “Beacon Hill,” burst on us, cheering
our wayward course, and affording ns a hope
of rest, after so much toil, we gained the top,
without much difficulty, and indulged our
anxious eyes and mind with the contemplation
of the most delightful view of the majestic
Hudson!—the checkered fields of old Duchess,
gcnj’d by the richness of her thousand beauti
ful little Towns and Villas extending as fur ns
the eye can reach: while in the. distance,
Orange and Ulster, spreads their verdant hills
and dales, beauties of nature that can only be
appreciated, hut not told. The contents of the
wicket basket, by this time lmd been overhaul
ed, and very neatly arranged by the matron
like care of Miss Mary of the back scat, who
invited the party to partake of the collation, us
seemeth best to our appetites. The adven
tures up were now laughed at, heartily, and
forgotten by all, as adding a little spice to an
excursion up the mountain—but though the
pust was forgotten, the day seemed to bring
forth events, at hazzards, whither we needed
them or not. Miss Augusta in skipping about
on the fragments of rocks that covered the
brow of the hill, unfortunately slipped, and
rolled between two pieces of rock, shoulder
foremost; where she lay wegged fast, until I
could assist her from her awkward situation. —
“Poor Girl! I exclaimed, now we are done”—
for she had scratched herself so as to make il
bleed freely, which so frightened the balance
of the ladies that they determined to return.
Miss Augusta limped very had, and most
strangely, the only horse she would ride, had
gone down Ihe mountain again. Mr. T ,
offered to lake her in his arms, on his horse,but
J unfortunately, said “such a delightful adven
ture, and really so full of ihe romantic! If any
one should happen to meet you on the road,
they would say another A/alcom,” which did
not please A/iss Augusta’s sober feelings, and
declined. We were a long time in getting
down to the.table land; and then a change was
made in riding, Mr. T took the waggon and
1 the horse,'while Miss Mary that of Miss
F . and so wended our wuy down the moun
tain. Wo proceeded very slowly down Ihe
road, until wo arrived at “Pancake Hollow,”
when Miss A/ury, wished to gallop her horse,
probably to got home sooner, or possibly to
show the good “puncakeans,” how well she
could ride —but be that as it may,—she rode
through the hollow! Site chicked up her
horse, —chirped to him, and he pricked up his
cars as if he recognised the will of the rider,
and sett off in a round trot, that set Miss Mary
jolting up and down most unmercifully, and the
more site pulled on the bridle rein, the harder
the rascal seemed to trot, treading up, as if
treading over bars, or afraid to soil his feet in
the hollow. Imagine to yourself, a lady on a
high trotting horse! —the most awkward tiling
in the world there ; but she could not help
herself, and rode the whole length of the “hol
low,” before she could check him. This was
almost too much for her. I saw tfic tears stand
ing in her eyes as I rode up, but she brushed
them away, and with much good humour said
“said what a contrary brute!” and “What a day
of contraries,” I echoed—and offered to change
horses, but this she declined, sa; ing she would
make him gallop before site got home. She
checked him up again, uud lie ambled off with
a mischievous sort of a trot, pointing iiis cars,-
und nose very knowingly at a teamsters cart,
which was approaching from an opposite road,
which so alarmed my companion, that I feared
some serious accident and threw myself from
my horse, to protect her while the cart passed
by. This last adventure of the day fairly
blotted out my good humour, and I verily be
lieve, nothing less than some lucky adventure,
such as falling in love, or filling dotw and
breaking my neck, would have restored it—but
as neither of these happened, we tyie home,
concatenating ideas about the and no
doubt Miss Mary, as well as myself put it
down as a “chapter of accidents.”
FJANK.
VOL. I. NO. 4.
From the Mobile Chronicle.
THE METHODISTS.
The Natchez Free Trader contains a
statement of the progress of this branch of
the Church in Texas, which must be truly
gratifying to all lovers of evangelical piety.
“The Methodist hare alone in that country
twenty societies, and three hundred ail’d
twenty preachers—including six elders and
three exhorters.—One of their Missionaries
—the Hev. H. Alexander—lias travelled
this year, in the course of his circuit, twen
ty-two hundred miles on horseback, contin
ually exposed to all the dangers and vicis
situdes, and enduring nil the privations at
tendant upon such a tower through a dis
quieted and unsettled country.”
The Free Trader closes with the follow
ing beautiful ciilogium upon the Methodist
Clergy :
“The itinerants of the Methodist Church
—the real unsophisticated followers of Wes
ly and of Whitcfiold—are the most extra
ordinay body of men that ever lived. They
arc the pioneers of civilization ; they heed
not danger, however imminent; they stay
not for luxuries; they are not to tread the
carpeted ball, or to seek learning or plea
sure in cloister or saloon, hut on, on they
go, to the remotest verge of the globe,
wherever erring man has wandered : wher
ever their is one soul to be reclaimed, there
they go, to wrestle with the world, to defy
its temptations, to enlighten its moral dark
ness. Apart from the holy character of his
mission, there is a moral grsndetirc in the
Methodist itinerant as he wends his way
through pathless forests, without associates,
without reward, without even the stimulus
of praise, lie leaves his home, and kin
dred, the tieof early love, perhaps, and goes
forth to stuggle unknown and alone—to
doom himself to poverty, to the gibes and
jeers of the gay, to broken health, to prema
ture old age. And what is his impetus ?
It is not ambition ; it is not pride ; it is not
anv 011 c of the selfish motives that sway
the human breast. What is it 1 Header—
it is to preach the word of life to the poor.
Women. —ln Kentucky there arc colle
ges for women, which confer on their fair
pupils the titles of ‘M. P. L.’ ‘M. A.’ &c.
meaning ‘Mistress of Polite Literature,’
‘Mistress of Arts.’ Somebody suggests an
improvement, and recommends institutions
which instead of these titles, shall give their
students, ‘M. G. I\,’ Makes good pud
dings; ‘H. ti. C.,’ Has good children;
‘K. S. N.,’ Knits stockings Neatly; ‘M.
11. 11.,’ Makes husbands Happy.
London Defaulters. —The clerk of one
of the most extensive parishes in London
lately committed suicide, after fulfilling
some of the most important offices, for u
period of thirty-live years. He had been
for many years acting secretary of the
Savings Hank ami numberless private indi
viduals hud entrusted him with large sums
for investment, all of which had been lost in
his speculations, or made use of to cover
his former defalcations. One widow lady
had entrusted him with *175,000, to invest
in the public funds, and he always paid her
over the interest at the regular period, but
she having had some misgivings, went to the
Hank of England to examine the Hooks,
when, to her astonishment, she found that
her stock had been sold out at various
times, until the small balance of $5,000
only remained to her. This expose led to
others, and terminated on the death of the
defaulter by his own hand.— N. Y- Herald .
If parents would not trust a child upon
the back ofn wild horse without bit or bri
dle, let them not permit him to go forth
into the world unskilled in self-government.
If a child is passionate, teach him, by
gentle and patient means, to curb his tem
per. If be is greedy, cultivate liberality In
hitn. If he is selfish, promote generosity,
If he is sulky: charm him out of it, by
encouraging frank good humor. If he is
indolent, accustom him to exertion, and
train him so as to perform even onerous
duties with alacrity. If pride comes in to
make his obedience reluctant, subdue him
either by counsel or discipline. In short,
give your children the habit of overcoming
their besetting sins. Let them feel that they
can ovcrccome temptation. Let them ac
quire, from experience, that confidence
in themselves which gives security to the
practised horseman, even on the back of a
high-sprung steed, and they will triumph
over the dangers and difficulties which be
set them ill the path of life fire side Ed
ucation.
Benefit nf Life Insurance. —A merchant
of Baltimore, who had died a few days Hgo,
effected insurance on his life in March I*
at the agency fa ‘jftfc ftsV York”
LileTrisurance and Trust Company, for
the sum 0f5,000 dollars, for which he paid
the annual premium of one hundred dollars.
He also kept out a policy with the Bal
timore Life Insurance (Company for the
some amount. lie paid to each office the
additional premium tf fifty dollars for the
privilege of making a voyage to Asia and
back. He returned to Baltimore in Oc
tober and died Os typhus fever. By this
tiinfcly act of prudence, involving an
expense of only three hundred doUwrs, his
family will, before the expiratioi* of this
week, be put in possession often thousand
dollars.
Abtente of Mind. —Various editors through-'*’
out the country have been vieitig with each •
other to see which could fabricate the beat ‘
case of absent mindedness.—Among all. we
have seen, none has been noticed better tin- '"A
the following: A young lady carrigi a \t~. jA
t'l the post Oltice, dropped jSkXHE
instead 1.1 the letter,and did iiflajftp
“If.ike • i ; ! I|„ clerk asked
N II <;.!/.( He.