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~ ~ “ ‘ —— —■— ■ ■-- ■ —W—w— mm ®}e lltfttuf tj lifer ft f6y MY H. STY LES HELL. Terms of Subscription. THK 1 1 r:n Ai.n is printed on n large imperial “beet, with new type, at s>:t per year, in ad vance, or S'l at tlie expiration of the year.— No subscription received for a less term than one year, and no paper discontinued until all orrearmges are paid, except at the option of the publisher. SO* Advfrti*ement published at the usual rates. ------ ■ -i j —■ BY AUTHORITY. EDUCATION. AN ACT ffi establish a general systen of Educa tion hy common Schools, Sec, l. He it enacted by the Senate and House of ‘ RejHv.'.’ ntntiws of the State of Georgia in General j Assembly met, ami it is hereby enaciw by the autho- ! rtty of the same, That from and after the first day of j January, eighteen hundred and thirty-nine, the funds ! of this State heretofore known ns the Academic and l >f >or School Funds, be, and the same are hereby con solidated, and together with the interest on one third ’ part of the surplus revenn*'. derived to this State from the Unitea States, nnd heretofore set apart for j that purpose, shall compose and constitute a genera! i fund tor common Schools, for the State of Georgia. See. i. And be it further enacted by the uuthority aforesaid, That within ten days after the reception i of such notice, the School Commissioners shall ns- | semble together, and elect from their number a Presi dent of the Board, and a Secretary, and shall also appoint a Treasurer, who shall give bond nnd secu rity to the Commissioners for the time being, and their office, in such sums ns they may fix upon, conditioned faithfully to discharge Ins duty as Treasurev, and should any vacancies happen in such board of Commissioners, by death, resignation or otb-rwise, the same shall be filled by the board Sec. f. And be it further enacted by the authority That it snail be the duty of the School Commissioners in each division, or n majority of them, to lay ofl* their respective counties into school j districts, conforming, as nearly as practicable, to the j present Militia districts, in the same, in a manner most suitable and convenient for the purpose contcm- ‘ plated in this act. Sec. 6 And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That they shall apply for, ami receive : from the state, their proportionable share of the gen- ; eral fund for Common Education, and shall appor- j lion and divide the same among the several School i districts in their divisions, in proportion to the num- j ber of children in each between the. ages of five and fifteen years, nnd shall make an annual report to the Governor, of the number of School districts in their j respective divisions, the districts from which reports j have been made to them, and the defaulting districts, the length of time a school has been kept in each, and also the amount of funds receiv ‘d by themselves or treasurer from the State; nnd from taxes raised, and in what mai n** * the same has been expended, and j the number of chi Iren taught in each district, whieh j report the said C nnaisMoners shall enuse to he rc- ; corded by the ft cretary, in a book kept for that pur- j pose. See. 7. And be It further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the Commissioners of each School j division, shall, by this act be, nnd they are hereby constituted a l*dy corporate, under the name and style of the Commissioners of the Common School, and are made capable of suing and being surd, and ; the. Trustees of the several school districts of each di- j vision shall also lie a body corporate, under the name and style of the Trustee.s of the district schools, with like powers as above, both of whieh said Corpora- j lions, shall be allowed and entitled to own real cs- . late and other property, upon which to erect School I houses, und for other purposes connected with the j schools. Sec. 9. Anil Ik- it further enacted by the authority j aforesaid, That the Trustees shall within 15 days j after their appointment, proceed to ascertain the j iv.mber of free white persons in their respective din- • tricts, between the ages of five oral fifteen years, and , return the same to the Commissioners of the School j division to which they belong Tiny shall nlso rc- j reive from the school Commissioners, or their Trcn- ! surer the funds to which they are entitled under the i law, and on the first Monday of November in each year, make a report to the saiil Oommissioaers, show- I ing tic* amount received, the manner 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 their j 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 places for the inhabitants arid scholars residing in the sain'*, shall employ and pay* teachers and visit the schools, > at least twice in th* year. Sec. 10. And be it further enacted by the authority 1 aforesaid, That the Commissioners and Trustees j under this act, shall hold their office for twelve j months, or until their successors are elected, and re ceive no compensation for tlieir services. Sec. 11. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, 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 School fund, which apportion ment shall le made (by the last census, until the next census be taken, and then by that) according to the j number of free white persons,’between the ages of live and fifteen years, of which he shall give to said , commissioners, in each division, immediate notice, j Sec. I*2. And be it further enacted by the authori ty aforesaid, That no moneys received from the State j by the Commissioners for School purpose*, shall be j expended for any other purposes, than for paying j teaclicrs and purchasing books and stationary for J children whose parents are unuble to furnish the , ante. Sec. 13. And be it further enacted by the authori ty aforesaid, That after these schools shall have gone j into operation, no Trustees for districts shall be al owed to receive any funds from the Commissioners, unless they shall have mad j a return signed by a j 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 Inc authority aforesaid, That all moneys not drawn by any such <U faulting district sliail be added to tlic amount to t>” distributed the next year, and apportioned among all th"districts in such divisions. Sec. 15. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That should the. Commissioners, in any J division, fail to apply for, and distribute the. fund r>- ceived as directed by this law, tlial shall be subject j to a suit for damages, at the instance of the truste.es j of any district in such division, in any court of law 1 in this State having jurisdiction, and the amount of j damages so recovered, shall be collected out of the j private properly of such commissioners, and not j from the funds of the School. Sec. 17. And be it further enacted by the, authority aforesaid, That all white persons between the ages of five and fifteen years, snail !>e allowed to l- taught | as scholars in the respective districts in wliieh they ; 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, j though no one over the age, of fifteen years and under ; twenty-one, shall be excluded from said Schools. Sec. 18. And lie it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That in those counties where the inhabi tants are thinlv settled, the commissioners may, if they think it ‘best refuse to lay off the same into school districts, but they shall employ a suitable number of Teachers who shall under their directions, teach school not longer than three months in any one district or neighborhood, so thatevery section of such county shall receive, as nearly as can be, equal ad vantag £ from said fund; and it snail be tae duty of the Commissioners of any such county in v.’.sicn the itinerating system may be thought best, to mention •h same in th -ir annual report, and so far as relates | county of Baker, the Commission': rs.-hallcon- iisraa uumsußsr mmwwsmmm* . fine th cm selves to the three Military districts of said rounty See. 10. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid. That the Commissioners nnd Trustees : elected as aforesaid, in the foregoing act, before they ! enter u|M>n 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 wherethey reside, via : 1. A. 8., j do solemnly swear, t*'at I will faithfully perform all j the duties required ot me hy law, ns Commissioner of Common Schools, orTrusteoof Common Schools, I as the case may Im\ JOSEPH DAY Speaker of the House of Representatives. ROBERT M. ECHOLS, President of the Senate. Assented to, ‘26th December, 1837. GEORGE R. GILMER, Governor. AN ACT, I To amend an net, to establish a general system of ! education by common schools—assented to ‘26th Decemljer, 1837. See. 1. Be it enacted by the Senate ami House of : Representatives of the State of Georgia in General | Assembly met, nnd it is hereby enacted by the. autho rity of the same, That the second and third sections j of the above recited net, be, und the same are hereby ! repealed; and in lieu thereof, that each county in this state, shall be considered nnd known us a common ! school division; and that on the first Monday in March, in the yenreighteen hundred and thirty-nine, nnd on the first Monday in January, of every year j thereafter, or so soon after the above mentioned days, I ns the same can be conveniently done, the justices o j the inferior court of each county in this state, shall j by order, entered upon the minutes of the court, ap ! point five fit and proper persona as commissioners of common schools, in the division wherein such justi ces may reside, and shall within ten days, thereafter, enuse n certified copy of such appointment, to be de livered to them, winch shall be sufficient notice of th<T same. And such commissioners shall continue in I office one year, or until their successors shall be ap pointed Sec. 2. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, Thut if the said commissioners, or any of them, shall be unable at any time to procure the ser vices of a treasurer, ns contemplated in the fourth section of the above recited act, it shall, nnd may be i lawful, for the president of such board of conunis- I sioners, to net as treasurer, who shall give bond nnd | security to his excellency the governor, and his suc | eessor for the faithful discharge of his duty, ns trea surer. Ami the said commissioners, within ten days ; after their appointment, shall by order entered in the i minutes of their board appoint for each school dis trict to be laid out agreeably to the fifth section of the above recited net, three trustees, nil 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 made. Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That if the jus- I tices of the inferior court of any county, shall not i 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 | monts, the said justices of the inferior court shall themselves discharge the duties of commissioners in their division; and unless said commissioners shall, I within one month after their appointment, select nnd appoint 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 peace may appoint, shall discharge the duties of j trustees, in any district in which such appointmert shall have been omitted; and the commissioners’ ap i pointinent hy the court, may fill by election any va cancy which may occur in their board, during the year; and a majority of commissioners, and of the trustees, shall be competent to perform the duties rc -1 cpiired of them resjvertively. See. 4. And be It farther 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 be willing to subscribe, which shall be applied to supply an amount of money, in addition to w hat 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 taught. See. 5. And be it further enacted, That the justi ces of the inferior court, in the several counties, in this state, be, ami they are hereby authorized, at their discretion, to levy an extra tax in their respec tive 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, forextru taxes. Sec. 6. 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 hands. Sec. 7 And be it further enacted, That his excel lericy the governor, within the month of January i next, be required to cause so much of the above re j cited act, as this act does not repeal, together with ! this act to be published in the newspapers of this ! state, and also, to cause the same to be published with the acts of the present session. Sec. 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 j section as refers to the notice to be given by a justice ! of the peace and free holder to the trustees of their ♦ lection, and so much of the sixteenth section, as re ! f#*rs to the balances in the hands of trustees of acadc * mies and their treasurers be, and the same is hereby J repealed. | JOSEPH DAY, Sneaker of the House of Representatives. CHARLES DOUGHERTY, President of the Senate. Assented to 29th December, 183 ft. GEORGE R GILMER, Governor. Hay, Bricks and Pork. • J rJN TONS prime Northern Hay, “ 20 M. Brinks, 10 Bbls. Mess Pork, For sale by jan 22 2\v WOODBURY & STACKPOLE. GJBORGIit LUMBER COM’P. 1' HE subscribers, agents of said company, - offer to contract for delivery at Darien, or elsewhere, of hard i’iric lumber of the best quality, sawed to any dimensions that may be required, and at low prices. They will have on han 1 at their depot in this city, a good sup ply of lumber of various sizes. WOODBURY & STACKPOLE. Darien, Jan. 22,1839. 3w Justices Court for 1830. j 4 COURT, for the 271st District, will Vie holden i at the Court House in the city of Darien, on the 4th Monday of each month—to wit Monday 28th January, 1839. Monday 25th February, “ Monday 25th March, “ Monday 22d April, “ Monday 27th May, Monday 24th June, Monday 22d July, Monday 2fith August, “ Monday 23d September, “ Monday 28th October, “ Monday 25th November, “ Mondav’ 23d December, “ A pannel of 7 Jurors, will be drawn at each term after the first. NJJLSON w CARPE \TER. Justice of the P-ace for 271st District, Darien, January 29st, 1839. mssrasr*’ .j OF everv description executed at the of fice of THE DARIEN HERALD. DARIEN, <iKtHtC.IV, TUESDAY MORNING, MARCH 20, 1839. S)OC*Vg. From the Southern Literary Messenger. YOUTH. “ There was a time whan mellow, grove and stream, The earth, and every common sight To it it- did seem Apparelled in celestial light,— The glory and the freshness of a dream! It is not now as u has been of yore,— The things, which 1 have seen, 1 now can see no more!” Wordsworth. I. Oh! give us hark the happy time In life’s young hours, When roving in a fairy clime, ’Mill fadeless flowers, The heart leaped up in its young delight, At the meanest thing that hails its sight;— When we saw a beauty, in the days of yore, And heard a music we shall hear no more, — In the Heaven above, and the Earth below, — In the rain-bow’s arch—in the river’s flow,— In the flowers that flush in the steps of Spring, The fountain’s gusli, and the butterfly’s wing; When the sen, and t he earth and the star-gemmed sky Were filled with a brightness and melody, Ere the corking cares of life had sway, Or custom had chased the charm away! U. Oh! it is not now as it was of yore,— The sjh‘ll hath departed forever morel The rose still gladdens the face of Spring. Still the butterfly glances his golden wing: The bow still gleams in the Heaven above— The emblem eternal of Peace and Love! The waves still leap on their march to the soo, — The fountain still gushed in melody: Yet tho’ their Ime be ns bright, nnd ns sweet their tone, We see not—we hear not—ns once we have done, — For, the charm is now broken, —tho fairy spell gone! t)h ! give us back the happy time Iu life’s young hours, , When joyous we roved in a fairclime, ’Mid fadeless flowers! 111. The charm is broken, —the fairy spell gone, And wiser and muldcr the hearth hath grown ! We’ve learned to onweavo the cunning woof Os the bow, that spanneth yon star-wrought roof; We hear no more in the thunder-tone The angry voiceof th’ Invisible One; The lightning leaps on its dazzling path No longer the fiery sword of his wrath! We have lifted the veil 1 und the cold halt. ,*f Truth Hath broken the vision that gladdened our youth, And its golden dream, yielding lo reason’s proud sway, In life's sadder wisdom hath melted away 1 But what tho’ that dream were deceitful and vain 1 Oh! who would not wish to live o'er it again I We’ve entered the garden,—we've plucked from the hough,— We’ve tasted the fruit, —arc we happier now 1 Oh ! give me back the happy time. In life’s young hours, When joyous we roved in a fairy clime. Mid fadeless flowers. ELIA. saaaoaaa&syg< __ From the London Lilcrury Gazette. THE PLAY AT VENICE. Some years since, a German Prince ma king a tour of Europe, stopped at Venice for a short period. It was the close of summer, the Adriatic was calm, the nights were love)j r , the Venetian women in the full enjoyment of those delicious spirits that in their climate rise and fall with the corning and the departure of this finest season of the year. Every day was given by the illustrious stranger to researches among the records and antiquities of this singular city, and every night to parties on the Brenta or the sea. As the morning was nigh, it was the custom to return from the water to sup at some of the palaces of the nobility. In the commencement of his intercourse all national distinctions were carefully suppressed. But as his intimacy increased, lie was forced to see the lurking vanity of the Italian breaking out. One of its most frequent exhibitions was in the little dramas that wound up those stately festivities. The wit was constantly sharp ened by some contrast of the Italian and the German, some slight aspersion on Teu tonic rudeness, some remark on the histo ry of a people untouched by the elegance of southern manners. The sarcasm was conveyed with Italian grace, and the of fence softened by its humor. It was obvi ous that the only retaliation must be hu morous. At length the Prince, on the point of taking leave, invited his entertain ers to a farewell supper. He drew their conversation to the infinite superiority of the Italian, and above all of the Venetian, acknowledged the darkness in which Ger many had been destined to remain so long, and looked forward with infinite sorrow to the comparative opinion of posterity upon a country to which so little of its gratitude must be due. “But my Lords,’ said he, rising, “'we are an emulous people, and an example like yours cannot be lost even upon a German. J have been charmed with your dramas, and have contrived a little arrangement to give one of our coun try, if you will condescend to follow me to the great hall.” The company, rose and followed him through the splendid suits of a Venetian villa, to the hall which was fit ted up as a German barn. The aspect of the theatre produced first surprise and next a universal smile. It had no resemblance to the gilded and sculpured saloons of their own sumptuous little theatres. However it was only so much the more Teutonic. The curtain drew up. The surprise rose into loud laughter even among the Vene tians, who have seldom been betrayed Into any thing beyond a smile for generations together. The stage was a temporary erection, rude and uneven. The scenes represented a wretched and irregular street, scarcely lighted by a few twinkling lamps, and looking the fit haunt of robbery and as ! sassination. On a narrow view some of the noble spectators began to think it had a kind of resemblance to an Itallian street, and sonic actually discovered in it one of the leading streets of their own famous city, lint the play was on a Herman story, they were under a German roof. The street was notwithstanding its illomened simili tude, of course German. The street was solitary. At. length a traveller, a German, with pistols in a licit around his waist, and apparently exhausted by his journey, catnc heavily pacing along. 11c knocked at sev eral of the doors, but could obtain no ad mission. lie then wrapped himself up in iiis cloak, sat down upon a fragment of a monument and soliloquised. “Well, here have Iconic, and this is my reception. All palaces, no inns, all nobles, and not a man to tell me where I can lie down in comfort or safety. Well, it cannot be helped. A Herman does not much care, campaigning has hardened effeminacy among us. Hun ger and thirst, heat and cold, dangers of war and the roads, are not very formidable after what we have to work through from father to son. Loneliness however, is not so well, unless a man can labor or read. Reade, that’s true come out Zimmerman.” 11c drew a volume from his pocket, moved nearer to a decaying lamp, and soon seem ed absorbed, lie had till now been the on- ly object. Another soon shared the eyes of the spectators. A long, light figure came with a kind of visionary movement from behind the monument, surveyed the traveller with keen curiosity, listened with apparent astonishment to his words, and in another moment had fixed itself gazing over his shoulder on the volume. The yes of this singiila'r being wandered rapidly over the page, and when it was turned they were lifted up to heaven with the strongest expression of wonder. The German was weary, his head soon drooped over his study, and he closed the book. “What,” said he, rising and stretching his limbs, “is there no one stirring iu this comfortless place ? Is it not near day !” Ho took out his repeater and touched the pendant, it struck four. Ilia mysteri ous attendant watched him narrowly, the repeater was traversed over with an eager gaze ; hut when it struck, delight was min gled with the wonder that had till then fil led its pale intelligent countenance. “Four o’clock said the German, “in my country half the world would be thinking of going to the day’s work by this time. In another hour it will he sunrise. Well then I will do you a service, you nation of sleepers, and make yon open your eyes. “He drew out one of his pistols, and fired it. The attendant form still hovering behind him, had looked curiously upon the pistol, hut on us going off, started hack in terror, and with a loud cry thut made the traveller turn— “ Who are you? was his greeting to the intruder. “I will not hurt you was the answer. “Who cares about that? wus the Ger mans’s retort, us he pulled out the other pistol. “My friend,’ said the figure. “Even that weapon of thunder and lightning can not reach me now. But if you would know who 1 am, let me entreat you lo satisfy my curiosity a moment. You seem a man of extraordinary powers.” “Well then,’said the German in a gentle tone, “if you come as a fi'icrtd, 1 shall be glad to give you information; it is the custom of our country to deny to those who will love or learn.’ The former sighed deeply and murmur ed, “and yet you are a Teuton ; hut you were just readinga little caseof strange and yet most interesting figures ; was it a man uscript ?” “No it was a printed book !” “Printed, was it printing ? I never hoard hut of writing? ’ “It is an art, by which one man can give lo the world, in one day, as much as three hundred could give hy writing, and in a character of superior clearness, correctness and beauty ; one by which books are made universal and literature eternal. “Admirable, glorious art ?” said the in quirer. “Who was its illustrious inven tor?” “A German.” “But another question. I saw you look at a most curious instrument traced with figures, it sparkled with diamonds, hut its greatest wonder was its sound. It gave the hour with miraculous exactness, and the strokes were followed by tones superior to the sweetest music of my day.” “That was a repeater !” “Now, when I had the luxuries of the earth ut my command I had nothing to tell the hour better than the clepsydra and the sun dial. But this must be incomparable from its facility, of being carried about, from its suitableness to all hours and from its exactness of time. It may assist naviga tion, astronomy. What an invention ! whose was it ? he must be more than man. “He was a German.” “What, still a barbarian ! A German ! I remember his nation. I once saw an aux iliary legion of them marching towards Rome. They ware a bold and brave blue eyed troop. The whole city poured fourth to sec those northern warriors, but wo looked on them as gallant savages. I one more question, the most interesting of all. I saw you raise your bnd with a small truncheon in it; in moment something rushed out that seemed a portion of the fire of the clouds. Were they thunder and lightning that I saw 1 Did they come by your command 1 Was that truncheon a tal isman, and arc you a mighty magician ? Was that truncheon a sceptre commanding | the elements ? Are von a God ? The strange inquirer had drawn back gradually as his feelings rose. Curiosity was now solemn wonder, and he stood ga zing up in an attitude that mingled awe with devotion. The German felt the sensation I of a superior preccnce growing on himself as he looked upon the fixed countenance of this mysterious being. It was iu that mis ty blending of light and darkness which the moon leaves as it sinks just before morn, j There was u single hue of pale grey in the ! East llmt touched ils visage with a chill light, the moon resting broadly on the hor izon was setting behind, the figure seemed as if it was standing in the orb. Its arm was lifted towards heaven, and the light came through its drapery with the mild splendor of u vision. Blit the German, ha bituated to the vicisitudes “of perils by flood and field,” shook oil'his brief alarm, nnd proceeded calmly to explain the source of his miracles, lie gave a slight detail of the machinery of the pistol, and alluded to tho History of gun powder. “It must he a mighty instrument in the hands of man for either good or ill,” said the form. “How much it must change the nature of war ! how much it must influence the fates of nations ! By whom was this wondorous secret revealed to the traders upon the earth ?” “A German.” The form scented suddenly to enlarge, its feebleness of voice was gone, its attitude was irresistibly noble. Before it had utter ed a word, it looked as if made to persuade and command. Its outer robe had been thing away; it now stood with an antiqne dress of brilliant white, gathered in many folds, and edged with a deep border of pur ple ; a slight wreath of laurels dazzlignly green, waff on his brow. It looked like the genius of Eloquence. Stranger, it said, pointing to the Appc nines, which were then beginning to be marked by the twilight, ‘eighteen hundred years have passed away since I was the glory of all beyond those mountains Eigh teen hundred years have passed into the great Hood of eternity since I entered Rome iu triumph, and was honored ns the leading mind in tho great intellectual empire of the world. But I knew not of these things. 1 was a child to you, we were all children to the discovciers of these glorious potenccs. But has Italy not been still the mistress of the mind ? She was then first of the first; has she not kept her superiority ? Show me her noble inventions. I must soon sink from the earth —let me learn still to love my country.” The listener started back ; “who, what arc you ?” “I am a spirit. I was Cicero. Show me, hy the love of a paitriot what Italy now sends out to enlighten mankind.” The German looked embarrassed ; but in a moment after he heard the sound of a pipe and tabot. lie pointed in silence to the. narrow street from which the interrup tion came. A ragged figure tottered out with a barrel-organ at his back, a frame of puppets in his hand, a hardy gurdy round his neck, and a string offlancing dogs in his train, Cicero uttered but one sigh—“ls tliis Italy!” The German bowed his head. The showman began his cry.—“llaree show, fine rarer, show against tho wall ! Fine Madam Catarina dance upon the ground. Who come for degalaulee show !’ The organ struck up, the dogs danced, the Italian capered round them. Cicero raised his broad gaze to heaven : “These the men of my country—these the orators, the po ets, tho patriots of mankind ! What scorn and curse of providence can have fallen up on them ?’ Ashe gazed, tears suddenly suf fused his eyes, the first sunbeam struck n cross the spot where he stood, a purple mist rose around him, and lie was gone ! # The Venetians, with one accord started from their scats, and rushed out of the hall. The Prince and iiis suit had previously ar ranged every thing for leaving the city, and they were beyond the Venetian territory by sun rise. Another night in Venice, and they would have been on their way to the other world. From the London Court Gazette, NEW-YEAR IN THE COUNTRY. PART 1. —THE HONEYMOON. “Dear llariiy, how delightful this is—really, quite a picture—the sunny skies of Italy, with its marble palaces and its silver lakes, have nothing that can compare with one of the old, ancestral hails of dear, delightful, smiling England.” “And yet you admired Italy, and grew quite eloquent on its ruined faces, and failing tem ples, and classic pillars. I think you were even guilty of the sin of poetising.” “Ah, but Iliad never seen your country-seat, with its magnificent range of trees, and its green parks with the tame deer, and the while cottages of your contented peasantry; and, in short, are you not her, and do I not like any place with you, dear husband!” “My own Laura! and so you are pleased with this our first New-Ycar in the country. 1 wonder if it will be the same this time ten years ?” “Can you doubt it 1” “You'know it has been our family’s custom, to spend thcNcw-Year here from “ mo 1,1 “Ah! how pleasant 1 mid I hope we shall have no intruders on our Impptncss-on calls from country neighbors—to annoy us with congra tulations they don’t feelj and affect a sympa -1 thy with pursuits they can’t understand.” There was something pleasant in all this pretty interchange of affection —lor Mrs. St. Aubyn was a bride, and felt all the enthusiasm she affected. In a well-assorted union, the first few months of marriage front the spring time of the heart—and Mr. and Mrs. St. Audyn flattered themselves that, however dull the time and however few the visitors, there would be nothing du 1 to them in a ‘Now-Year in the Country.’ Mrs. St. Aubyn had been the belle of the season. No party was perfect without her. No bill went off with eclat unless her figure enlivened the scene; and, worse than all, no men were to be met where she was not. When change, or rather the despotism of love, threw her in the way of Harry St. Aubyn, himself one of the best matches of the day, VOL. 1. NO. 10. they both fell in love, lived upon chicken and sighs for a considerable time, talked sentiment like a French milliner, grew most lugubriously pale and very thin, and finished by dashing ofl’ toGretua in a coach and six, returning totown iu triumph, the hero nnd heroine of the season —made mistress of Harry St. Aubyn’s vast estates, accumulated during his minority, can we wonder at the lavish nffectiondispluyod by both bride nnd bridegroom ? “And how beautiful,” said Mr. H. St. Aubyn, as they continued the conversation which our digression has interrupted, “how beautiful will lie the long winter evenings, with vour sweet guilnr and your sweeter voice! We shall never know a dull hour.” “Yes! and then there will be that hateful season, when all our timo must be passed in town in ball-going nnd Almacks, and fetes champetres; and 1 shall be” “So admired, dearest.” “And you will be” “Quite jealous, if that pretty face smiles on any one save me.” “Dear, dear Harry, shall I sing to you my last new song?” And then the light-hearted bride, after run ning carelessly over the strings, sang the following—necti we say she was rewarded with an affectionate kiss ? BONG. We part—no, on my word we must— I really wod’t allow That day by day, with Clarence Gray, You smile, and sigh, and vow ! Os course, I know, to lose your beau Will cut you to the core— But send me all my presents buck:. We part, to meet no more ! The days we spent with Lady Ghent, The maarpte, the rout, the ball— Our evening walks, our morning talks, He's now forgotten all. / shall be very happy, but Your happiness is o’er ; Oh, no, I cannot break my word— We part to meet no more ! And thus did Ihe two young dreamers whilo away the time, und in the plentitude of their affection deem that all the succeeding ones would be like “their first New Year in the Country.” Part II. — Ten Years After Marriage. Time has dealt gently with our hero and heroine, and as they sate, at the end of the season, in their well-appointed mansion in Ilalgrave Square, you would scarcely have dreamed that ten years had passed over their heads. The lady’s pretty feet were peeping from the velvet slippers which enclosed them, but in her countenance there was something which put to (light all the reminiscences of the smiling bride of ten years ago; and ns she speaks there is a decision in her tone which tlicn it (fortunately) wanted. “Really, Mr. St. Aubyn, it’s quite absurd. The Duke has asked us to spend the New-Yenr with him, amid the festivities ofW Castle; and instead of going there, I ’into be dragged to our dull country-sent, because it has been your custom to do so!” “I tell you, madnin,” —(ho never said Laura now) —“ that go to Aubyn Mall I will; but you seem to have forgotten your penchant for tho place during the honey-moon.” “Without any company to enliven us?” put in the lady. “But shall not I be there?” and as he spoke he mimicked the tones of her voice. “Not a prospect worth admiring,” continued the incensed lady. “What! have you forgotten ‘the magnificent range of trees,’ and its ‘ green park with its tame deer’?” “And its hum-drum conuntry neighbors l” rctoted Mrs. Kt. Aubyn. “Ah! hut you forget itspretly white cottages’ audits contented peasantry ’* “A nasty, dull, foggy place!” and Mrs. St. Aubyn’s pretty cheek looked prittier under lilt-influence of her rising color. “What! in ‘ dear delightful, smiling Eng land’ ? ” “Really, this is too provoking—to have my words thrown in my teeth in this way; but I’m determined X won’t go! ” “And I’m determined that I will go.” “It’s shameful —I, who never crossed you.” “Except about a ‘Ncw-Year in the Coun try.’” “I, who brought you a fortune ” “And spent twice as much the first year ! ” “W’ho made your house the most fashiona ble in town ? ” “Notwithstanding all these numerous obli gations,’’returned Mr. St. Aubyn, leisurely rising, and murmuring with the most provoking culrnnlesH — ‘Pray, Goody, please to moderate;’ “notwithstanding all these obligations, you will find that you will spend the next as you have spent all the last New-Year’s days—in the Country.” Sale of Bachelors.— lt is rumored that the legislature of Tennessee has passed a law mak ing it the duty of the Sheriff of each county annually to make out a list of the Bachelors h) his county, and notify all of said Bachelors who are in a healthy condition, that the law requires them to get married within two months from the time of their notification, and thatat the ex piration of this time, all of said bachelors who have failed to comply, with the requisitions of this law, shall be set up, and sold at public auction by said sheri/t; to the highest bidder, an l that no persons shall be allowed lo bid but old maids. It is furthermore rumored that a sale was re. ccntly had at Jonesborough under this law at which forty old bachelors were sold who from long exposure to cold by sleeping alone, had dwindled down to such complete shadows, tl-,t the more sprightly oid maids who purchas; and them, carried them home on their shoulders., It is also whispered about that the editor if the Tennessee Sentinel, a good brother Demo crat bachelor, was auctioned oft'at that sc’r, and purchases by a very clever stiperanuatcd miss, about forty-five years of age. We most heartily wish them great joy. Perhaps if the. Mayor and Aldermen of our town would pass a similar law, theymight be able, by the sale of bachelors, to raise a fund to pave our side walks. — Alabama Republican. Miss Shirreff.—While this lady was singing at her benefit recently at Baltimor'. the ballad of “Whistle and I’ll come to the , my lad,” a young gentleman in the pi , who was completely entranced, unconsci ously whistled loud enough to he heard 1 \ the whole house. The audience testified l y applause its admiration of the romplimcm.