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BY AUTHORITY.
EDUCATION.
AN ACT to establish a general system of Educa
tion by common Schools.
Sec, 1, Beit enacted by the Senate ami House of
Representative* of the State of Georgia in General
. Assembly tnet, and it is hereby enacted by the autho
rity of the same, That from and after the firnt day of
January, eighteen hundred and thirty-nine, the funds
ot this State heretofore known as the Academic ami
Poor School Funds, jjc, nmltheaame are hereby con- j
aolidated, and together with the interest on one third
part of the sunihts revenue, derived to this State i
from the United States, and heretofore set apart for
, that purpose, shnll compose and constitute a general
fund for common Schools, for the State of Georgia.
Sec 1 And be it further enacted by the authority j
aforesaid, That within ten days after the reception :
of such nmiee, the School Commissioners shall as
semble together, and elect front their number a Presi
dent of tbs 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 as they may
fit upon, conditioned faithfully to discharge hisduty
asTreasureV, and should any vacancies happen in
such board of Commissioners, by death, resignation
or otherwise, the same ahull J>e filled by the hoard
itself.
Bec. f. Ami be it further enacted fy the authority
nforeuid, That it stall be the duty of the. School
Commissioners in each division, or a majority of
them, to lay ofl their respective counties into school
districts, conforming, as nearly as practicable, to the
present Militia districts? in the same, in a manner
most suitable and convenient for the purpose* contem
plated in this act
Sec, *i. And be it further enactcdby the authority
‘formmd, That tf*r> shall apply for, and receive
tram tile state, their pronrirtionabfe share of the gen
oral fund for Comm a Education, and shall appor
tion and the same among the several School
districts 4* th*ir divisions, in proportion to the num
ber of children is <®mh, between the age* of five and
fifteen years, taw shall make an annual report to the j
Governor, of the number of School districts in their
respective divisions, the districts from which reports j
have been made to them, and thcl faulting districts,
the length of time a school has been kept in each, and j
also the amount of funds received by themselves or j
treasurer from the State; and from taxes raised, and ]
in what manner the same has been expended, mid j
the number of children taught in each district, which j
report the said Commissioners shall cause to be re- j
corded by the Secretary, in a book kept for that pur- j
pose.
Sec. 7. And be it further enacted by the authority
aforesaid, That the Commissioners of each School j
division, shall, by this act be, and they* are hereby j
constituted a body corporate, under the. name ami j
style of the Commissioners of the. Common School, j
and are made capable of suing and being sued, and i
the Trustees of the several school districts of each di
vision shall also be a body corporate, under the name j
and style of the Trustees of the district schools, with j
like powers ns above, both of which said Corpora- I
lions, shall !>e allowed and entitled to own real cs I
tale and other properly, upon which to erect School I
houses, and for otic r purposes connected with the i
frciipobh..
j). And be ii further enacted by the authority j
aforesaid, That the Trustees shall within 15 days |
after their appointm*nt, proceed to ascertain the
number of free white poi sons in their respective dis- j
tricts, between the ogee of five and fifteen years, and I
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 w hich they are entitled under the J
law’, and on the first Monday of November in each j
year, make a report to the said Comniissiooera, show- ‘
ing the amount received, the manner of its expendi- j
lure, 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 their
names. They shall locate and superintend the erec
tion of suitable School houses in their respective dis- j
tricts, at the most convenient and suitable [daces for
the inhabitants and scholars residing in the same,
shall employ and pay teachers and visit the schools, j
at least twice in the year.
See, 10. And be it further enacted by the authority j
aforesaid, That the Commissioners and Trustees
under this act, shall hold their office for twelve i
months, or until their successors are elected, and re
eelve no compensation for their services
Sec. 11. And be it further enacted by the authority j
aforessid, That it shall 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 Seh m>l fund, winch apportion
ment shall be made (by the last census, until the next
census be taken, and then by that) according to the 1
number of free white persons, between the ages of
five and fifteen years, of which he shall give to said
commissioners, in each division, immediate notice.
Sec. I*2. And be it further enacted by the authori
ty aforesaid, That no moneys received from the State
by the Commissioners for School purposes, shall lie
expended for any other purposes, than for paying
teachers and purchasing book* and stationary for
children whose parents are unable to furnish the
ame.
Sec. 13. And be it further enacted by the authori
ty aforesaid, That after these schools shall have gone
into operation, no Trustees for districts shall be ai
owed to receive any funds from the Commissioners,
unless 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,
at least three months in the year preceding, or then
ending.
Sec. 14 And be it further enacted by the authority
aforesaid. That all moneys not drawn by any sucli .
defaulting district shall be added to the amount to be !
distributed the next year, and ap|H>rtioneU among all 1
thedastricts in such divisions.
Sec. 15. And be it further enacted by the authority ;
aforesaid. That should the Commissioners, in any
division, fail to apply for, and distribute the fund re
ceived as directed by this latv, that shall be subject !
to a suit for damages, at the instance of tire trustees ■
of any district in such division, in any court oflav.
in this State having jurisdiction, and the amount of i
damages so recovered, shall be collected out of the
private property of such commissioners, arid not
* from the funds of the School.
Sec. 17. And be it further enacted by the authority !
aforesaid, That all white persons between the age's
of five and fifteen years, shall Ik; allowed to lie taught
as scholars in the respective districts in which they
reside, or in case their location may make it inconve- \
nient in the adjoining district, by making appliea- j
lion to the Trustees thereof, who may prescribe,
though no one over the age of fifteen years and under
tyenty-one, shall be excluded from said Schools.
Sec! 18. And be If further enacted by the authority i
alCesaid, That in those counties where the inhabi-;
taris are thinly settled, the commissioners may, if
they think it best refuse to lay off the same into
schsol districts, but they shall employ a suitable
, najjber of Teachers who shall under their directions,
v te*s school not longer than three months in any one
* ,;,ar; or so that every section of such
k shall receive. as nearly ns can be. equal ad
[ E from said fund; and it shall he the duty of
the , --ixniaaM.tv r . of any such county in which the
P inner < it*C ysi in may be thought best, to mention
the -1 ** >n til- ir annual rejKirt, and so far as relates
* , i .i be -Siatysof Baker, the Contmissioncrssliall con
fine themselves to the three Military districts of said
j County,
See. I‘* And be it further enacted by the authority
aforesaid, That the Commissioners and Trustees
. elected ns aforesaid, in the foregoing act, before they
enter upon the duties of their offices, shall take tlie
following oath before any Judge of the Superior
Court, Justice of the Inferior Court, a Justice of the
Peace, in the county wherethey reside, vie : 1 A. H .
j and” solemnly swear, that I w ill faithfully perform all
I the duties required ot me by law, as Commissioner
of Common schools, or Trustee of Common Schools,
as the ease may he.
JOSEPH DAY.
Speaker of the House of Representatives.
ROBERT M. ECHOES,
President of the Senate.
Assented to, 3Gth December, 1H37
GEORGE R. GILMER, Governor.
AN ACT,
To amend an act, to establish a general system of
education by common schools—assented to 20th
December, IN.'! 7.
® oc * 1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of
Representatives of the State of Georgia in General
; Assembly met, ami it is hereby enacted by the uutho
| rity of the same, That the second and third sections
j ol above recited act, be, and the same are hereby
repealed; and in lieu thereof, that each county in this
stale, shall be considered and known as a common
| school division; and that on the first Monday in
! March, in tlie your eighteen hundred and thirty-nine,
ami 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, ap
point five fit and proper persons as commissioners of
common schools, in the division wherein such justi
ces may reside, and shall within tettdays, thereafter,
cause a certified copy of such appointment, to be de
livered to them, which shall lx? 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
aforesaid, That it the said commissioners, or any of
| them, shall be unable at any’ time to procure the ser-
I 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 act as treasurer, who shall give bond and
security to bis excellency the governor, and his suc
cessor for the faithful discharge of his duty, us 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 laid out agreeably to the fifth section of the
above recited act, three trustees, all of whom shall re
side in the district for which they shall he appointed,
and shall lie notified of their appointment within ten
days after it shall be made.
Sec. 3* And be it further enacted, TlmUf the jus
tices of the inferior court of any county, shall not
within one month after the time herein before fixed
for that purjxise, 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
their division; and unless said commissioners shall,
within one month after their appointment, select and
appoint three trustees in each district or division,
who shall accept such appointments, the justices of
the j>eucc, and such other person us the justices of
the peace may appoint, shall discharge the duties of
trustees, in any distriet in whirh such appointment
shall have been omitted; and the commissioners’ ap
pointment by the. court, may fill bv election any va
cancy which nmy occur in their board, during the
year; and a majority of commissioners, and of the
trustees, shall be competent to perform the duties re
quired of them respectively.
Sec. 4 And be it further enacted, That it shall he
the duty of the trustees of the school district, tocol
leot by subscription, such sums us the citizens of the
district may be willing to subscribe, which shall be
applied to supply an amount of money, in uddition
to what may be allowed by the state, so as 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 than to
transfer the said list of subscription to the teachers
where such school may be luuglit.
Sec. :> And be it further enacted, That the justi
ces of the inferior court, in the several counties, in
tins state, be, and they are hereby authorized, at
their discretion, to levy an extra tax in their respec
tive counties, not exceeding fifty percent, on the gen
eral tux, 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. 0. And.be it further enacted, That the trus
tees of any county academy, be, and they are hereby
authorized, to pay over to the commissioners of com
mon schools, any funds in their bands
Se<*. 7. And 1m; it further na- ted. That his excel
lency the governor, within tn month of January
next, be required to cause so much of the almve re
cited act, as this act does not repeal, together with
this act to be published iri the newspapers of this
state, and also, to cause the same to lie published
with the acts of the present session.
Sec. ft. 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 be given by a justice
of the peace and free holder to the trustees of their
I election, and so much of the sixteenth section, as re
fers to the balances in tlie hands of trustees of acade
mies and their treasurers be, and the same is hereby
1 repealed.
JOSEPH DAY,
Speaker of the House of Representatives.
CHARLES DOUGHERTY,
President of the Senate.
Assented to 29th December, 1838.
GEORGE R. GILMER, Governor.
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Justices Court for I H JO.
A COURT, for the 271st District, will be holden
at the Court House in the city of Darien, on the
Ith Monday of each month—to wit
Monday 28th January, 1839.
Monday 25th February, t; *
Monday 25th March, “
Monday 22d April, “
Monday 27th May,
Monday 24th June, M
Monday 22d July,
Monday 28th August, “
Monday 23d September, “
Monday 28th October, “
Monday 25th November, “
Monday 23d December, u
A paimel of 7 Jurors, will Ije drawn at each term
! after the first.
NELSON W CARPENTER,
Justice of the Peace for 271*t, District.
Darien. January 29st 1839.
Ur'JiI&'ZZXQ,
OF everv ftescription executed at the of
fice of THE DARIEN HERALD.
DAItIEN, GEORGIA, TUESDAY MORNING, MARCH 5, 18:10.
WOMAN’S LOVE.
I love the stream that fioweth
Amid the desert waste,
Where the dark pilgrim goeth,
With joyous, eager haste ;
It flows to tell the traveler there,
Os other climes more bright and fair,
Where glide those gentle streams above
The fountains of eternal love;
And like that stream is woman's charm,
It cheers the desert waste of life.
It soothes the bosom’s wild alarm,
And calms the burning brow of strife, —
It flows, when man each blessing knows
And still mid life’s dark ills it flows.
I love the smile that lieamcth,
In sad afflict ion’s hour,
When life a desert seemeth,
And sorrows darkly low’r;
It beams, to cheer the weary heart,
To hid the shades of care depart.
And like the rainbow in the sky,
To tell that brighter hours are nigh,
And like, that smile is woman's form,
In pain and danger ever near;
And thro’ the sunshine and the storm,
Its presence can forever cheer;
it cheers, when Joy’s bright beams are shed,
It cheers, when Hope itself is dead.
I love the flower that bloomctli,
Above the silent tomb,
Where Death's cold worm consumctli
Man’s beauty and his bloom ;
It blooms to keep the mourner there,
From all the pangs of deep despair,
To tell that man’s best hopes are given,
To bud on earth and bloom in heaven ;
And like that flower is woman's love,
No sorrow cafl its freshness blight,
It blooms, e’en death’s cold form übovc
In misery’s deepest,darkest night;
It blooms when joys the bosom fill;
Mid care’s worst pang, it blossoms still.
It. M. C.
Savannah, Ga.
A PSALM OF DEATH.
‘ Daar, beauteous Death! the jewel of the just
Shining no where but in the dark,
What mysteries do lie beyond they dust,
Could we outlook that mark!’
Henry Vaughan.
THE REAPER AND THE FLOWERS.
There is a Reaper, whose name is Death,
And with his sickle Keen,
He reans the bearded grain at a breath,
Ami the flowers that grow between.
‘Shall I have nought that is fair,’ saith he;
‘Have nought but the bearded grain;
Though the breath of the, flowers is sweet to me,
I will give them all back again.’
He gazed nt the flowers witli tearful eyes, *
He blessed their drooping leaves ;
It was for the Lord of Paradise
He bound them in his sheaves.
‘Mv Lord hath need of the. flowerets guy,
The Reaper said, and smil’d
‘Dear tokens of the earth are they,
When he was once a child.’
‘They shall all bloom in fields of light,
Transplanted by my care,
And saints upon their garments white
These sacred blossoms wear.’
And the mother gave it sears and pain,
The flowers she most did love ;
But she knew she should find them nil again,
In fields or light above
O, not in cruelty, not in wrath,
The Reaper came that day,
’Twas an angel visited the green earth,
And took the flowers away.
From the Southern Recorder.
MARRIAGE.
Though young in years. I perhaps have
viewed this subject with an eye of scrutiny,
rarely found among mankind. Than matri
mony no social relation is more universally es
tablished ; and to obey the mandates of the
laws of nature on this subject, is a duty we owe
not only to the dictates of our own feeling*,
but to the solemn injunctions of Heaven. But
to marry those whom we love not, is a practice
that merits God’s displeasure, and calls aloud
for the denunciation of the human family.—
Let us strike at the root of this evil. We are
all ready to admit, that the custom of marry
ing, apart front considerations of genuine af
fection, is common in the world; and that
wealth, that monster that stalks abroad in the
land, exerting his baneful influences through
out creation, is the governor supreme in form
ing matches between the sexes. Unfortunate
ly no land nor country around which the man
tle of civilization lias been thrown, isfree from
this vice. A vice too that will crush to nothing
ness that germ of American happiness that has
so long been, and is now being fondly nurtured.
I say where the blessings of civilization have
been felt, this principle reigns predominant —
and much does it argue in behalf of the culture
of the mind. Better, far better had the germ
of civilization never been called into existence,
than for it to have brought with it, or been ac
cessary to an influence that is striking at the
foundation of the fairest fabricks of happiness,
and must ultimately, if not checked in its ca
reer, submerge the world in woe and misery.
Who, to an extent greater or less, has not felt
the force of what I am saying ? and who has
not witnessed unions formed where that love,
whose principle claims a higher destiny than
a mere cultivated passion, produced not one
emotion in the bosoms of the parties concern
ed. And at this state of things who can won
i der, when these principles are instilled by pa
; rents (whose opinions children generally hold
sacred; into the bosoms of their sons and
daughters. Almost as soon as they arc capa
| Sale of receiving instruction at all, they are
I tausht, to reverence riches. Great pains are
taken to rear them in the most approved walks
of life; they have bestowed on them till the
intellectual cultivation within the grasp of the
age—and for what ? that they may reap the
glories of science? that they may be Hold tip
as models, to guide tlie rising generation in
their searches for knowledge ? Not so—but
that they may marry fortunes!
How ninny mothers, who have spent nights
in watchful anxiety for the return of that ab
sent husband, who is revelling in all the pro
fligacy of the age, and who married her merely
for her dollars, will now make a young man’s
fortune her first object of inquiry. How many
fathers, who have never felt the first nflertion
ate impulse float through their souls for the
companions of their bosoms, will make the for
tune of the young man who is addressing his
daughter, a matter of the first and greatest im
portance. It never occurs to him to ask, is he
intelligent, is lie moral, is he economical, and
above all, is lie honorable. How many acts of
dishonesty of magnitude sufficient to east u
suspicion upon a man’s character, that should
remain forever, are, plastered over and con
cealed by coals of gold and silver; and thus the
shining stuff will enable him to insinuate him
self into the good graces of innocence and vir
tue, to its entire destruction.
Parents, I would have you awake to this sub
ject ; on your shoulders rests the most awful
responsibility ; on you I charge this evil—and
with it hanging like a mighty incubus about
your souls, many of you will appear before
Jehovah’s throne.
Is there a father who is so lost to all the no
bler feelings of Ilia nature, as to sit without a
sigh, and witness the scenes of unhappiness
that result from matrimonial connections
which are brought about without love’s being
the rolling principle in the matter? Is there a
mother, who has all those fine ami sensitive im
pulses of her bosom so blunted, as not to feel
a condemning remorse, when the tale of ne
glect and inal treatment is told to her, by that
lovely daughter who is the pride and solace of
her declining years, and whom she influenced
to marry him she did not love? Alas, I
fear there arc many to be found. I tremble for
the plausibility of this tale. I fenr there are
parents who had rather see their sons and
daughters riding forth on the pinions of nfllu
ance and splendor, with their destinies blend
ed with him, or her, they do not love, than to
see them moving in the more humble spheres
of life, in the delightful enjoyment of a com
panion for whom they cherish the most devo
ted affection. Wo, I must say, to the spirit
that is uctuuting intelligent minds to such a
course. Can they he aware of its unhallowed
tendency, which can only he told by its unfor
tunate victims? Molliers, you who are strang
ers to the sweets of an husband’s smiles, you
whose cheeks are furrowing under the hectic
flush, to you 1 appeal for u true debt ‘ulion of
this picture, which is not one of an idle funey,
hut found in real life. And if so, let me exhort
the rising generation, by all that is sacred to
them in life, not to follow the example of their
unfortunate predecessors. Let affection be
their guide in forming that union that is sever
ed only by death—and they will pass their
lives in peace and happiness. Clinton.
Extraordinary Circumstance—New
South Wales. —We extract the following
from an excellent article in the last Quar
terly Review.
The effect of European colonization up
on the native black tribes has been, as iri
most other new countries, an injurious one.
They are unable to resist the temptation
of spirits, with which the while men sup
ply them profusely,* they’ are averse to labor,
and seldom continue in any agricultural ser
vice. They are, however, excellent marks
men and are sometimes employed as con
stables in aid of the police, on account of
the acuteness of sight and of scent with
which they hunt and trace down fugatives.
An instance of this keenness is said by Mr.
Martin to have occurred during his stay in
New South Wales, under the following ex
traordinary circumstances
“A settler on the great western road was
missing from his small farm. His convict
overseer gave out that he had gone ofl’
privately to England and left the property
in his care. This was thought extraordi
nary as the settler was not in difficulties,
and was a steady, prudent man ; the affair,
however, was almost forgotten, when, one I
Saturday night, another settler was return
ing with his horse and car from market.
On arriving at a part of the fence on the
road side, near the farm of his absent neigh
bor, he thought he saw him setting on the
fence ; immediately the farmer pulled up
his mare, hailed his friend, and receiving
no answer, gotout of the cart, went towards
the fence. His neighbor (as he planly ap
peared to be) quitted the fence, and crossed
the field towards the pond in the direction
of his home, which it was supposed he had
deserted. The farmer thought it strung,
remounted liis cart, and proceeded home.
The next morning he went to his neigbor’s
cottage, expecting to see him, but he saw
only the overseer, who laughed at the sto
ry arid said that his master was by that time
near the shores of England.
The circumstance was so inexplicable
that the farmer went to the nearest justice
of the peace (I think it was the Penrith
bench,) related the precceding circumstan
ces, and added that he feared foul play had
taken place. A native black who was (and,
I believe, still is) attached to the station as
constable, was sent with some of the moun
ted police, and accompanied the farmer to
the rails where the latter thought he saw,
the evening before, his ‘deceased friend.
The spot was pointed out to the black,
without showing him the direction which
the lost person apparently took after quit
ting the fence. On close inspection, a part
of the upper rail was observed to be discol
ored,- it was scraped with a knife by tlie
black who next smelt at it and tasted it.
Immediately after lie crossed the fence, <fc
took a straight direction for the pond near
the cottage ; on its surface was a scum,
which he took ttp in a leaf, and. after tas
ting and smelling, he declared it to be
“white man’s fat.” Several times, some
what after the manner of a bloodhound, he
coursed round the lake ; at last lie darted
into the ncigboring thicket, and halted at
at a place containing soine loose decayed
brushwood. On removing this, he thrust
down the ramrod of his musket into the
earth, smell at it, ami then desired the spec
tators to dig there. Instantly spades were
brought from the cottage, and the body
ol the settler was found, with his skull frac
tured, ami presenting every indication of
having been some time immersed in water.
The overseer, who was in possession of tlie
property of the deceased, and who had in
vented the story of his departure for Eng
land, was committed to jail, and tried for
murder. The foregoing circumstancial ev
idence formed the main proofs, lie was
found guilty, sentenced to death, and
proceeded to the scaffold protesting his
innocence. Here, however, his hardihood
foresook him ; he acknowledged tlie mur
der of his late master ; that he came behind
him when he was crossing the identical rail
on which the farmer fancied he saw the de
ceased, and, with one blow on the head,
killed him—dragged the body to the pond,
and threw it in ; but, after some days,
took it out again, and buried it where it was
found.
A GERMAN DUEL.
“Oh !” said the German, with insolent cool
ness, “I remember—fair hair, blue eyes and a
charming voice.” “Well, then,” exclaimed
Frederick, driven to fury, “it is she, with her
fair blue eyes and an angel’s voice, of whom
you robbed me. It is for her that I now de
mand my revenge; and more still, for my
blasted youth, my lifo embittered, months of
anguish and despair, while you have hid your
self from me, like a coward and a thief.”—
“Hold, sir!” interrupted the other, with the
phlegmatic vanity of one proud of the re
proaches and fearless of their consequences;
“spare your own breath and my time. lam
ready to meet you when and where you please.
1 am always the willing champion of my own
gallantries. What is your weapon—sword, or
pisto ?”—“Pistols ure surest and quickest. I
1 wish to send a bullet through your heart’!,
“Your time und place?” “To-morrow, at day
break; five o’clock; atlxelles, under the Abre
benit.” “Enough 1” True to the desperate
pledge, the parlies met next morning. The
clock of the townhouse struck half-past four,
when two individuals were seen by the senti
nel at the Namur gate, walking quickly through
the licuvy fog, such ns is common to this cli
mate, in the autumn season, at that early hoifr.
One was an old and withered-looking man.—
The other was but young, who might have
been mistaken for an old one, so stumped were
his features with tho traces of passion and a
life misspent. They followed tin* high road of
the suburb for some time, and then siruck olf
to the right into a narrow and irregular path,
bordered by a rugged hedge, whence, from
time, to time, a bird made its escape with a
faint chirp, frightened from its perch by the in
trusive footsteps. This path led directly to
the tree called the Abre-benit, where the two
friends soon arrived, and where thfcy (I need
not say it was Frederick and his evil genius)
were almost immediately joined by a third—
lie who had given to Frederick the friendly
warning of Leora’s Right. In a few minutes,
Huron Lichtenstein and his two friends were
on the spot. The distance was measured, the
combatants placed, the weapons put into their
hands, and they were told to fire at the fifth
stroke of the cathedral clock. The minute or
two which was still wanting of the hour, were
like an age of dread suspense to Frederick.—
Ilis arm was almost upraised involuntarily
once or twice, so anxious was he to fulfill his
deadly purpose. Tho clock struck one. The
sound was borne heavily on the breeze, which
blew from the city. The adversaries brought
their pistols to a loved. What a terrific lime
for preparation—for aim taking! Two, three,
four, five! The two shots were heard almost
together. Tlie German’s bullet whistled past
Frederick’s ear and lodged in the trunk of a
tree, close behind him. Tho baron himseif
fell shot through the heart: He sprang from
the earth, staggered against a hedge and expir
ed instantly, Ids glazed eyes fixed on his ene
my. Frederick was horror-struck. The last
look of a man slain by one’s own hand, is the
most hideous spectacle in nature ! “Let us be
oil!” said the old mail, with a fiendish smile on
his countenance; “you have done your work
well!” “Leave me!” thundered forth Frede
rick; “leave me ! You urged me to this ; you
are my evil genius, you have ruined me, body
and soul!” “Young man, we are never ruin
ed but by our own doings, by our bad Inclina
tions, vicionsthoughts and criminal passions.”
And, with these words the old man walked
away. Frederick’s other friend and the friends
of the slaughtered baron hastily quitted the
scene, and Frederick was left alone with the
dead I sidy.
Whipping children. —Some folks in the
world are much afraid of having their chil
dren whipped. To such we commend the
following mutter-of-fact anecdote :
The mother and the wife of Govenor
Fitch, of Connecticut, were setting togeth
er, discussing the imputed point of wlup
ping children. Says the mother. “I never
whipped mvson, the governor.” “Madam,’
said the wife “I didin’t now your son, the
governor, when he was young enough to
be whipped, hut I have known him since
he deserved it, most confoundedly.”
Children who arc not whipped, will live
to deserve it most confoundedly.
Cincinnati Chronicle.
Cite him a Chance —The Editor of a
Western paper Informs his readers, that he
I has the worst kind of fever and ague, and,
i asks them to let him off from publihing his
I paper for one week, to give him a chance
I to shake.
VOL. 1. NO. 7.
Death by a mistake.— Tlie coroner held an
inquest yesterday at No. 1 Grosvenor street on
lilt; body of .Sarah l,e Count, aged 3 months,
who died under the following melancholy eir
eumstanco, The deceased was one of a pair
of twins, and according to the mothers evidence
they began to be very troublesome and noisy
when three week* old, and to quiet them she
would administer paregoric, commencing at
IS drops and gradually increasing the dose un
til it reached a tea-spoonful. On Wednesday
evening the children being as usual, noisy, slto
gave the regular dose to one of them, but as
that consumed all she had in the house, she
sent her son out for more, lie returned with
a phial full of what she supposed to be parego
ric, and although the bottle was not labelled,
she did not use the precaution to test its con
tents, but gave a teaspoon full to the deceased.
It turned out to he laudanum, and when that
wus discovered, every effort that medical skill
could devise wus resorted to, to save the life of
the iittle innocent, but in vain, and it expired
yesterday morning about six o’clock. The
druggist who sold the medicine, testified that
he was asked for laudanum, and that he gave
it. -The Jury returned a verdict, that the de
ceased came to her death by taking a quantity
oflaudnnum, administered by mistake.
New York Paper.
Accident. —At an alarm of lire between one
and two o’clock, on Monday afternoon, as the
Humane Engine was proceeding rather swift
ly down Fflh street, • colored matt huving
hold of the rope, when near North alley, acci
dently fell down, and was run over by the en
gine, both wheels of which passed over his legs.
Ho was immediately conveyed into an apoth
ecary store near Commerce street. It is hut
just to state that the members of the Company
made several efforts to rescue him, but tlie
swiftness with w hich the apparatus was im
pelled rendered them unsuccessful.— Ledger.
New York Police. —A Literary Thief. —
A negro named John Scott was brought up on
Saturday, charged with stealing from Messrs.
Collins, Kcese and Cos. of 264 Pearl street, ten
volumes of Day’s Algebra, four Greek Readers,
three handsome Anuals, and other valuable
books, worth in ail about gf>7. The fellow
stated that he expected to git an appointment
as a professor iu a college to be established by
the Abolitionists, and he wished to prepare
himself for his approaching duties, but not
having the w herewithal to purchase the neces
sary books, he took the easiest and cheapest
method of procuring them, i. e. stealing. His
studies were interrupted for the present, he
having been fully commited for triul.
Pensioners. —According to the report of the
Secretary of War, there arc 41,870 Pensoncrs
ofthat Department. The number who receive
pensions from the Navy pension fund, is 848,
who receive 108,000 dollars annually. The
privateer pensioners nunibar only 30.—Death
is making rapid inroads in the list of revolu
tionary invalid*— scarcely taking up a weekly
paper but we find one or more of these w
thies recorded as having departed tee
J'bourne from which no traveller rctur
ttj
New Specie's of Mulberry.— We >fton
that poplar twigs have sold this \| wt ,ks lmva
high price as the genuine Mows Tty, y or k iu ,d
and report says that one. man hasc store in tho
the amount of 600 dollars I—We hum ofpublio
prohensive that themultxrry excitem,
afford opportunity to some of the wool.
meg genus to engage in speculation. 7
who arc not well acquainted with the mulberry
tree, should know of whom they buy. We
have little doubt that many trees, on cultiva
tion, will prove to be not tbe kind they were
purchased for.— Hampshire Gazette.
The Last. —A Gentleman, in senkingto
wind up his watch, wound himself up, nev
er perceived his mistake till his creditors
objected to let him go on tick any longer.
Ahkhd of the Mummies—They arc show
ing Lot’s wife in one of the Eastern cities.
She is done up in salt, and said to be the
genuine article.
A lot of Texas sugar was received at Cin
cinnati on the 23d ult.
Three hundred and sixty-five brick hou
ses were erected in Baltimore last year.
The Standing Army in the Island of Cuba
is 24,000.
Luck. —An Editor at the West was late
ly knocked down arid severely mauled by
one of his subscribers, because he refused
to take, Putter at 2£ cents a pound, in pay
ment for his paper.
The Army of the United States, as au
thorised by law, would amount to 12,530
officers and men ; hut its entire force at
present is only 8,658, there being 3,880 to
he recruited.
Buckwheat Cakes. —ls any lady ofour
acquaintance will try the following receipc,
and let us know when the hatter is ready,
we will pass judgment on it in person. Be
ing an epicure m the article, we should like
to test it : To three pints of buckwheat
flour mixed into shatter, add oncteaspoon
ful of carbonate of sod*, dissolved ill water,
and one of tartaric acid, dissolved in like
manner; first apply the carbonate, stir the
batter well, and then put in the acid—thus
the use of yeast is entirely superceded, and
cakes “as light as a feather” are ensured.
One great advantage is, that the barter if
ready for baking a* soon as it is made. —
A Treasonable OrrENCE.—A Scotch
man named Henry Johnson, has been lodg
ed in the Toronto U. C. jail for whistling
Yankee. Doodle.
Mr. Jons Tan Bures in ScoTLiNt).—
Mr. Van Buren, son of the President of
the United States, passed through Dumfries
ori Saturday, on a visit to St. Slary’s Isle,
the residence of Lord Selkirk. He was
present on Monday at the election of Mr.
Murray for the county of Kirkcudbright.—
Fddcnlturgh Courant.
A German journal annonees a young
thorcss called Baroness de ClokekrafcegiiJ
toccae Pickalkreneen. If her work* are sip
crooked as her name, people will want *■
double set of jaws to read them.
commend the rase to the attcntiaat jjjEjaß
“Zigzag Society. TmefejO