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BY AUTHORITY.
EDUCATION.
AN ACT to establish a general system of Educa
tion by common Schools.
Sec, I, Be it enacted by the Senate and House of
Represents!ires of the State of Georgia in General
Assembly met, and it is hereby enacted by the autho
rity of the same, That from and after the first dsy 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 arc hereby con
solidated, and together with the interest on one third
part of the surplus rerenne. derived to this State
from the United States, and heretofore set apart for
that purpose, aliall eotn|x>sr 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 from their number a Presi
dent ‘ the Board, and a Secretary, and shall also
appot ‘ a Treasurer, who shall give bond and secu
rity u. the Commissioners for the lime being, and
their ortice, in such sums as they msy
fix upon, conditioned faithfully to discharge hisduly
as Treasurer, ands lion Id any vacancies happen in
auch board of Commissioners, by death, resignation
or otherwise, the same shall be filled by the board
itself.
See. 6. And be it further enacted by the authority
aforesaid. That it shall be the duty of the Sell* >1
Commissioners in each division, or a majority of
them, to lay off their respective counties into school
districts, conforming, as nearly as practicable, to the
{.resent Militia districts; in the same, in a manner
most suitable and convenient for the purpose contem
plated in this act.
See. 6. And be it further enacted by the authority
aforesaid, That they shall apply for, and receive
from the slate, their proportionable share of the gen
eral fund for Common Education, and shall appor
tion and divide the same among the several School
districts in their divisions, in proportion to the num
ber of children in each, between the ages of five and
fifteen years, and shall make an annual report to the
Governor, of tbs number of School districts in their
respective divisions, the districts from which reports
hart been made to them, and ih'defaulting districts,
the length of time a school bss been kept in each, and
also the amount of funds reeeired by themselret or
treasurer from the State; and from tales raised, and
in what manner the same has been expended, and
the number of ehil Iren taught in each district, which
r-port the said C > nmissioners shall cauie to be re
cord -d by the Secretary, in a book kept for that pur
pose
B*o. 7. And be it further enacted by the authority
alorcsaid, That the Commissioners of eaeh 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 made capable of suing and being sued, and
the Trustees of the s*veral school districts of eaeh di
siston shall also lie a 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 otlir property, upon which to erect School
houses, and for othtr pur{>oses connected with the
schools.
B<*c. 9 And be it further enacted by the authority
aforesaid, That the Trustees shall within 15 days
after their appointment, proeeed to ascertain the
number of free while persons in their respective dis
tricts, between the ajesof live and fifteen 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 said Commissioaers, show
ing the amount received, the manner of its expendi
ture, the number of children taught in their district,
the length of time which a school has lieen taught,
and the compensation paid to teachers and their
names. They shall locate and superintend the erec
tion of suitable School houses in their rS|>ertive dis
tricts, at the most convenient and suitable places for
the inhabitants and scholars residing in the same,
ahall employ and pay teachers and visit the scliools,
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 services.
Sec. 11. And be it further enacted by the authority
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 School fund, which apportion
ment shall be made (by the last census, until the next
census be taken, and then by that) according to the
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. 12. And be it further enacted by the authori
ty aforesaid, That no moneys received from the State
by the Commissioners for School purposes, shall be
expended for any other purposes, than for paying
teachers and purchasing books 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 sl
owed to receive any funds from the Commissioners,
sinless they shall have 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
5..-c. 14. And be it further enact'd by the authority
aforesaid, That all moneys not drawn by any such
defaulting district shall be added to the amount to be
distributed the next year, and apportioned among all
ihe districts in such divisions.
See. 15. And he it further enacted by the authority
aforesaid, That should the Commissioners, in any
division, fail to apply for, and distribute the fund re
vived as directed by this law, that shall be subject
to a suit for damages, at the instance of the trustees
of any district in such division, in any court of law
in this State having jurisdiction, and the amount of
damages so recovered, shall be collected out of the
private property of such commissioners, and not
from the funds of the School. .
See 17 And be it further enacted by the authority
jrforcsaid. That alt white person, between the age,
of fire and fifteen year., shall be allowed to be taught
a. scholar, in the respective district, in which they
reside or in ease their location may make it income
nient in the adjoining district, by making applica
tion to the Trustees thereof, wlio may prescribe,
though no one over the age of fifteen years and under
twenty-one, .hall be excluded from said Schools.
Sec IK. And be it further enacted by theautlionty
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
achool districts, but they shall employ a suitable
number of Teaches who .hall under their directions,
teach school not Wager than three month, in any one
district or neighborhood, so thatevery section of such
cou-ity shall receive, ns nearly a. can be, equal ad
vanutgj from said, fund; and it .hall V tbs duty of
•he Commissioners of any sn-.h county in which the
itinerating system may be thought best, to mention
the rime in their .nnu.l report, and so far asrelMes
to the county of Baker, t’.fOoutraisstoaers'lwllMn-
J&sm SSSBIKKgIWQSaSci
fine themselves to the three Military districts of said
. county.
Sec. 19 And be it ftrnher enacted by the authority
aforesaid. That the Commissioners and Trustees
elected as aforesaid, in the foregoing act, before tl-f
enter upon the duties of their offices. mite the
following oath before uny , “ J tt® *” Superior
Court Justice of *n tßrior Court, a Justice of the
i- mseounty where they reside, viz; I. A. 8.,
W* solemnly swear, that 1 will faithfully perform nil
the duties required of me. by law, as Commissioner
of Common Schools, orTrustceof Common Scliools,
as the case may he.
JOSEPH DAY
Speaker of the House of Representatives.
ROBERT M. ECHOLS,
President of the Senate.
Assented to, 96th December, 1837.
GEORGE R GILMER, Governor.
AN ACT,
To amend an act, to establish a general system of
education by common schools—assented to 26th
Deeemlier, 1837.
Sec. 1. Be it emu-ted by the Senate and House of
Representatives of the State of Georgia in General
Assembly met, and it is hereby enacted by the autho
rity of the same, That the second and third sections
of the above recited act, be, and the same are hereby
repealed; und in lieu thereof, that each county in this
state, shall be considered and known as a common
school division; snd that on the first Monday in
Mareh, 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 u
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 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 lie it further enacted by the authority
aforesaid, That if the said commissioners, or any of
them, shall be unable at any lime to procure the ser
vices of a treasurer, as eonlemplnted in the fourth
section of the above recited act, it shall, and nay be
lawful, for the president of such board of commis
sioners, to act as treasurer, who sliull 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 laid out agreeably to the fifth section of the
above recited act, three trustees, all of whom shull re
side in the district for which they shall be appointed,
and shall be notified of their appointment within ten
day* after it shall be made.
See. 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 fire 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 peace, and such other person as the justices of
the peace may appoint, shall discharge the duties of
trustees, in any district in which such nppoimmert
shall have been omitted; and the commissioners’ ap
pointment by the court, may fill by election any va
cancy which may occur in their hoard, during the
year; and a majority of commissioners, and of the
trustees, shall lie competent to perforin the duties re
quired of them respectively.
Sec. 4 And lie it further enacted, That it shall lie
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 what may tie 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.
Sec. 5. A rid be it further enacted, That the justi
ces of the inferior court, in the several counties, ill
this stale, lie, 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 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. 6. And be it further enacted, That the trus
tees of any county academy, lie, 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 llie above re
cited act, as this act docs not repeal, together with
this act to be published in the newspapers of this
state, und also, to cause the same to lie published
with the acts of the 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 be 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
mies 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.
Bay. Bricks and Pork.
AA TONS prime Northern Hay,
20 M. Bricks,
10 Bbls. Mess Pork,
For sale by
jan 22 2w WOODBURY & BTACKPOLE.
C.EOR.GIA LUMBEK COMT.
THE subscribers, agents of said company,
offer to contract for delivery at Darien, or
elsewhere, of hard Pine lumber of the best
quality, sawed to any dimensions that may be
required, and at low prices. They will have
on hand at their depot in this city, a good sup
ply of lumber of various sizes.
WOODBURY & STACKPOLE.
Darien, Jan. 22,1839. ‘ 3w
Justices Conrt for 18JJfJ.
A COURT, for the 871st District, will be holden
at the Court House in the city of Darien, on the
4th Monday of uadi month—to wit
Monday 28th January, 1839.
Monday 25th February, 11
Monday 25th March, “
Monday 22d April, “
Monday 27th May,
Monday 24th June,
Monday 22d July,
Monday 2f*.h August, 41
Monday 23d September, 4 ‘
Monday 28th October, “
Monday 25th November, “
Monday 23d December 44
A ffrnnd of 7 Jurors, will be drawn at each term
after the first. w CARPENTER, .
Justice of the Peace for 271st, Dialnct,
Darien, January 29*t 1839.
OF every deserption executed at the of*
lice of THE DARIKN HERALD.
DARIEN, GEORGIA, TUESDAY MORNING, APRIL 2, 183‘J.
For the Herald.
Wsmnnii Love.
Fain would my muse the love of woman sing,
And the rich fruits which from her virtues spring;
Fain paint her worth, the sympathizing tears
That dim her eyes when miseries tale she hears.
Oh rich in virtue, skilled in every art,
That sooths the mind, or heals the bleeding heart j
Thy generous soul leavrs nothing yet untried,
To ease man's lot, or blessings rich provide.
When the rude storm runs howling throughout the
sky,
And from the surcharged cloud red lightnings fly;
The ivy still the rugged oak entwines,
It fears no lightnings flash—no raging winds.
Mclliinks of woman’s love ‘tis emblem meet,
By keen misfortune rendered doubly sweet;
That twines its magic folds around man’s form,
That fears no earthly ill—no worldly scorn.
Darien, .March 23,1839.
For the Herald.
“The Mill small Voice.”
When mental darkness wraps the soul
In clouds of dark dispair,
And notan earthly hope is left
The lonely heart to cheer.
When life seems but a feverish dream,
And anguish rends the breast;
And earth has not a haven meet
In which the soul can rest.
There is a voice, a “still small voice,”
Directed from übove,
That whispers to the aching heart,
There is a Qod of love!
That voice the dying christain hears
When on his bed of death;
That voice the saint like martyr cheers,
While flames devour his breath.
Yes ! dark would be man’s lot on earth,
And life a mockery prove,
Did not that still small voice declare
There is a God of love!
Darien, .March 23d, 1839.
In the Bijou Almanac for 1839, edited by L. E. L.,
is the following which she wrote a short time previ
ous to her leaving England:
FAREWELL.
My liule fairy chronicle,
The prettiest of my tasks, farewell!
Ere other eyes shall meet this line,
Far other records will be mine;
How many miles of trackless sea
Will roll between my land and me!
I said thine elfin almanac
Should call all pleasant hours back ;
Amid those pleasant hours will none
Think kindly on what 1 have done 1
Then, fairy page, I leave with thee,
Some memory of my songs and me.
Tlic Snow-Storm.
The cold winds sweep the mountain's height,
And puthless was the dreury wild,
And, ’mid the cheerless hours of night,
A mother wandered with her child.
As through the drifted snow she pressed,
The babe was sleeping on her breast.
And colder still the winds did blow,
And darker hours of night came on
And deeper grew the drifts of snow—
Her limbs were chilled, her strength was gone.
“0,G0d,” she cried, in accents wild,
“If l must perish, save my child!”
She stripped her mantle from her breast,
And bared her bosom to the storm,
And round the child she wrapped the vest,
And smiled to think her babe was warm.
With one cold kiss, one tear the shed
And sunk upon a snowy bed,
At dawn, a traveller passed by ;
She lay beneath a snowy veil;
The frost of death was in her eye;
Her cheek was cold, and hard, and pale;
He moved the robe from off the child,
The babe looked up, and sweetly smiled.
~ saaaoaaa&srea
From the Newark (N. J.) Daily Advertiser.
THE WIFE AT HOME.
It has been one of the most serious ap
prehensions, that in the multitude of our
associations and public combinations, men
and women might chance to forget that
they have any thing to do individually. Me
have societies to take care of our health,
and societies to take care of our kitchens.
Alms-giving so far as done at all, is done
chiefly by wholesale. Perhaps tve may
sec the day when we shall dine together,
like the Spartans, and when ail family
cookery and education shall he done upon
the large scale.
These thoughts were brought to my mind
with greater force than common, a few
days since, upon my making a visit to the
house of Mrs. Nelson, the wife of a reputa
ble farmer, a few miles from our village.
If I were to attempt a portrait of this excel
lent lady, I could fill a volume ; I can only
(rive a sketch outline. Mrs. Nelson is, in
The American as well as the English sense,
a fine woman.—Temperance, early rising,
industry, and above all serene cheerfulness
of soul, have left on her cheek at forty,
those roses which fashion and excitement
often blast before fifteen. But what I took my
pen to notice, was that truly feminine and
Christian trait of my good friend—she is a
keeper at home. Though I have been a church
going man many years I do not remember
any oneof our clergy enlarge upon this scrip
ture phrase ; and yet the older I grow the
more meaning there seems to be in it. The
best women in the world are those who stay
at home . such is the opinion of the best
judges, to wit their husbands. The worst
women are those who have no home, or
who love all other places better ; such is
the verdict of those who meet them abroad.
A wife in the house is as indispensable as
a steersman at the wheel. Who can count
up the cases where poor fellows have been
ruined by their wives !
This is a hard saying, but if it were sof
tened, it would he less true. Surely it is
no disrespect to the better sex to point at
these rare exceptions, which like the dim
tarnish on the face of the moon, make the
other tracks look all the brighter. After
you shall have exaggerated to the utmost,
the number and the faults of the gadding,
gossipping and idol women, we still have a
million of American house-wives, brigh
tening a million of American homes and
hearts. Her husband is not the meekest
man in the country, nor by nature the most
hospitable, but she makes up for all like the
credit side of an account. In the exercise
of the passive virtues, she finds her greatest
happiness. She holds it to be one of the
very first duties of life to render home de
lightful, first to her husband, next to her
children, and then to all who may enter
her hospitable doors. Early in life, she
observed that several of her husband’s inti
mate acquaintances were becoming irregu
lar in their habits : she and Nelson talked
it over at length. He being a rough man,
declared it to be his intention to break of
all intimacy with Lang and Shepherd, on
the spot. “O no ! husband,” said she, ‘that
would be cruel, remember the proberb ‘A
soft word breaketh the bone.” Let me n
lonc to bring them to their bearings ; at
any rate, give me a month for an experi
ment.” ‘You ! Mary,’ he exclaimed in
astonishment, ‘you amaze me; surely you
will not follow them to the bar room, ns
Jemima Murphy docs her good man.” “No,
said his wife laughing, “hut we women
have some secrets left still. Wait hut a
month.”
The month rolled round. Nelson had
hard work to refrain from falling upon the
two men violently, but he waited to sec
the issue, and even kept out of their way,
that the incantation might be interrupted.
At the close of less than three weeks Lang
and Shepherd were two of the most quiet,
orderly and domestic men in the ncigbor
hood.—“Why Mary,” said Nelson, “what
in the world have you done to them ?” “I!
husband ! I have not exchanged words
for weeks.” “Then you have had some
witchcraft at work.” “Not I,” she replied ;
“the story is soon related. I had observed
for a long time that their homes were grow
ing dismal, and I often told Mrs. Laug
what I had heard concerning her husband.
Indeed I had heard you tell of his repea
ting over his glass that abomidable saying,
‘the devil’s at home.’ After my conversa
tion with you I set to work—not on the
husbands, but their wives. Simple crea
tures ; they scarcely knew what I meant.
They wished indeed that the men would
spend more time at home, and even wept
about their late hours and ititn drinking.
But they were not prepared for my telling
them that they must redouble she attraction
of their own fireside and table—make the
cheer better—the fire brighter—the chil
dren cleaner—the welcome heartier ; call
in a pleasant neighbor to tea —have a little
singing in the evening, and even invitc'to
a comfortable supper two or three of the
husband’s tavern cronies. The thing took
admirably. The wives triumphed, and I
hope you arc satisfied.”
Though it is likely Nelson did not just
then suspect it, this was the very course
which had proved successful in saving him
self from ruinous habits. And most earn
estly is it to be wished that all our towns
and villages were filled with such wives as
honour and love the family institution ! Ev
ery one has made the observation that there
are many more women who are religious,
than men; but the filial cause of this has
not so often been remarked. Divine prov
idence by this discriminating favor to the
one sex, pours influence into the social
fountain. As are the mothers of a nation,
so will be the sons, and in a measure, the
husbands. But to exercise full influence,
the wife must be a keeper at home. She
will find enough to employ her longest
days, in the endless circle of household
cares. While she will welcome the eve
ning visiter, and often enlarge her frugal
board for the bevy of frityids, or even join
in the social party or the cheerful sleigh
ride, these things will be the exceptions,
not the rule. So living, she will give hap
piness to an ever increasing circle. “Her
children arise up and call her blessed ; iter
husband also and he praiseth her.” C. Q.
From the Upton (Eng.) Journal.
VILLANY AND RETRIBUTION.
In the spring of 1833, two young ladies, sis
ters, named Louisa and Ellen Price, of /.Jatigc
noch Park, were placed by their widowed
mother at the boarding sell ool of the celebrated
Mrs. Sherwood, between Powiek and Worces
ter three mile, from the latter place. Louisa
was then above sixteen, and Ellen fourteen
years of age. It appears that Mrs. S. was in
the habit of assembling her pupils and friends
of both sexes every other week, for the pur
pose of performing concerts of sacred music.
To these parties there came, among others,
two young merchants from Worcester, named
Harris and Benson.
We passover the occurrences of threcyears,
during which lime these young creatures, na
turally interesting, and gifted with superior
abilities, were singled out by Harris and Ben
son for their marked and undivided attentions; j
these becoming obvious, were communicated i
by Mrs. S. to the mother, between whom and
the young men an explanation took place, and
they were ultimately received at her house as
the future husbands of her daughters. A
brother of Mrs. Price dying in 1835, left them,
it seems, a sum of money, Oil condition of their
not marrying until they attained, respectively,
the age of twenty-five ; and as the mother re
fused her sanctiou to the marriage of herdaugh
ters until the arrival of that time, the circum-
stance was made a pretext by their professed
lovers to induce them to consent to an elope
ment and private marriage : and in an evil hour
these two innocent girls, with all the fond af
fection of young and confiding hearts, embark
ed their future worldly hopes and happiness in
one frail bark—the honor of t heir admirers—
and eloped wilh them before daybreak from
Mrs. Sherwood’s house. They proceeded to
a neighboring church, (Hallow ) u few miles
off, the keys of which they hud obtained by
bribing the sexton, who asserts that he was to
tally ignorant of their intentions. Here a
mock ceremony of marriage was performed by
an accomplice, who was dressed in tile habili
ments of a clergyman. They resided for some
months after this in a cottage, ornee in the su
burbs of Worcester, and here, in April, 1837,
Louisa, the eldest, gave birth to a daughter, the
child of Mr. Benson, to whom she thought her
self married. In June, of the same year, Har
ris proceeded to Lisbon on business connected 1
with tile firm, where, ns it subsequently turn- ;
ed out, lie married a daughter of Mr. Kent, a
wine merchant, of the firm of Kent und i
Brothers. He returned to England in Febrtm- !
ry, bringing his real wife with him, and pur-1
chased a house at Kempsey, on tile banks of
the Severn. Soon after Harris’return. Benson
left Louisa then Ihe mother of two children,
with whom and her sister he hud been constant- j
ly living up to lliat time, and took up It is rest-1
(fence in Harris’ house, from whence lie sent ■
llie unfortunate victims a letter, stating the fuels
in relation to the villainy practised upon litem,
and offering, in the name of himself und partner,
to make a settlement upon them by way of re
paration.
Words would fail describing the shock pro
duced by the communication of ibis totally I
unexpected blow, which robbed them of all I
that rendered life, in their estimation, worth
preserving.
Ellen died n fortnight after in the. lunatic
asylum, near Droitwich, in the arms of her sis
ter, whose mind it seems was sustained by her
determination to execute a fearful veugeanco
on the guilty causers of their bitter sufferings,
which she too faithfully performed.
Learning that her pretended husband was to
be married on the 19th of March, and that lie
was to return from Worcester to Kempsey on i
Ihe preceding evening in a gig with Harris, to j
(lie latter, site planned and put in operation tile
following frightful mode of retribution :
After strangling her two infants, and leaving
a letter on the table, stating that she would not
let them live to heur of their mother’s disgrace,
she dressed in men’s clothes, armed herself;
with a brace of pistols, and knowing the pro- !
liable time of their approach, took her station <
in a small shrubbery up a steep ascent, where j
the road overhangs the river. Oil the approach |
of tlie gig, it appears she discharged both the !
pistols, one of which look effect in the bruin of
Mr. Ilcnson, who was driving, and who fell
from hist seat; tile horse, taking fright, started
off, and before Mr. Harris could seize the reins
to arrest him, plunged over the cliff’ into the
river, where bothhorse and rider were drown- J
ed. The poor girl was found dead, weltering i
in her blood (having stabbed herself,) across
the lifeless body of Benson. The horse apd
gig floated on to Gloucesterbridge, where they
were tuker. out of the water. Harris’ body
was picked up near Tewksbury ; his young
widow, we regret to say, is likely soon to be- j
come a mother. Mrs. Price fortunately died j
within a month after the elopement. Titus !
have the earthly hopes of five families been
blasted prematurely, and two innocent and
lovely women, who under bright auspices
might have been the ornament and delight of
society, gone down to the grave in sorrow.
Owe no Man— Tl tis may Lit bad poc- ’
try, but depend upon it, is excellent sense,
it is an old saying that the debtor is a slave
to the creditor. If so, half the world enter
into voluntary servitude. The universal
rage to buy on credit, is a serious evil iu
this country. Many a man is ruined enti
rely by it.
Many a man goes inton store fora single
article. Looking around, twenty things
strike his eye; he has no money, but buys
on credit. Foolish man! Pay day musteomc, J
and ten chances to one, like death, it finds!
you unprepared to meet it. Tell me, ye who j
have experienced it, did tlie pleasure of
possessing the article, bear tiny proportion ;
to the pain of being called on to pay for it
when you had it not in your power.
A few rules, well kept, will constitute
much to your happiness and independence.
Never Iniy on credit when you can possibly |
do without. Take pride in being able to
say, “I owe no man. ” Wives arc some-!
times thoughtless— daughters now and I
then extravagant. Many a time when neith
er the wife nor the daughter would willingly
give a single pang to tho
they urge and tcaze him to get
pleasant enough to be sure to possess, but
difficult for hint to buy: the purchaser on
credit is dunned—sued; and many an hour
made wretched by their folly and indepen
dence.
OM Roberts present the complimcnta to
the ladies, and begs they would have the
goodness to read the last eight lines once
a week ti II they get them by heart, and then
c , „ their own excellent dispositions will
direct.
Never owe your shoemaker, your tailor,
your printer, your blacksmith, or laborer.
Besides the had policy of keeping in debt,
it is downright injustice to those whose
labor you have received all the benefiet
of.
How happy the man w ho owe not a pound,
Hut lays up his fifty each’ year, that comes round :
He fears neither constable, sheriff, nor dun ;
To bank or to justice has never to run,
His cellar wefl filled, and his pantry well stor’d,
He lives far more blest than n prince or a lord,
Then take my advice, if a fortune you’d get,
Pay off what you owe and keep out of debt.
Real Luck. —A grocer in Tc•lioupitoulas
street drew a quarter of the SIO,UUO prize in
the Grand Slate Lottery, Davis *. Cos.,
managers. He bought the ticket just as the
lottery was drawing, and made no little nou
rish with it after he found what it had done for
him.— N. O. R ‘tc.
o
Hr Person, said a gentlemen to the great
Grecian, with whom he had been disput
ing—“ Or. Person, my opinion of you is most
contemptible.” “Sir,” relumed the Doctor,
I never knew an opinion of youlhat was
not contemptible.”
VOL. 1. NO. 11.
Anecdote ok Cooke. —George Frederick
! Cooke was always fond of a frolic on his bene-
J fit night, declaring that lie never took liberties
with his friendsatany other time. Itonce hap
pened, diiriug an engagement at Philadelphia,
that on stieli an occasion lie was short of money,
and at a loss to raise the wind for the accustom
ed breeze. In the dilemma to inspirit himself
in some way or other. Huving reached tho
corner of Cullowhill and English streets, ho
cast his eyes towards the Delaware und per
ceiving one of those enticing signs of three
golden balls, he turned the corner, und enter
ing the fatal door, addressed the man behind
the countorthus: “My name is Cooke. This
!is my benefit night. The manager can’t do
without me, s I am up for Richard 111. I
( want some liquor. I have no money. Now I
propose to hypothecate my royal person for
$lO, and yiiu may lay me on one of your
j shelves.” The joke was a good one, and tho
master of ceremonies paid $lO, and Cooke was
laid tip.
The theatre that night was crowded, and at
7 o’ clock the manager came forward to apolo
gise, staling that villi ihe promission of the
audience the performance would commence
with the fitrcc. lie had sent in different direc
tions, but was unable to find Cooke in the city.
He presumed the tragedian would be forth
coming in the course of the next half hour. —
As the manager retired he was informed that
a boy wished to see him in the green room.—
He found the lad, who presented a note writ
ten in cyphers, which ho at length translated
thus:
“Mr. Dear , I am in pawn for $10;
send and redeem me, or it will bo impossible
for Richard to be himself to-night.
Yours, COOKE.”
The manager started immediately after the
first star, and found him nicely shelved, and a
plate of crackers and cheese, and a botlle of
brandy by him. In the button-hole ofhiseoat
was a piece of paper, marked “No. 148, pawn
ed for $10” The amount was paid,-a hack
was called, and Cooke and the manager rolled
to the theatre, where the former bad just lima
to dress and commence. “Nuw is tile winter
of our discontent,” &c. It is said he never
played Richard better, or received greater ap
plause. — linat. Era.
Death nv Suffocation. —On Friday
last, a coroner’s inquest was held on (he
body of John Winterscale, a convict in the
State Prison in this place. After an ex
amination tlie Jury returned a verdict, that
“ he came to his death by suffocation in
attempting to swallow a piece of meat with
out mastication.” —It seems that the con
vict above named had been in confinement
sortie six or seven years, and had never
been known to ask for an extra allowance
of food at at any time previous to the adop
tion of the new system of goverrnent; but
that since that change, lie bud several times
requested an extra allowance—and had
even on the morning in question requested
a double portion. This, we believe, it was
not according to the rules or the prison to
allow him. About 11 o’clock (being rather
unwell, and probaly therefore not so strict
ly deal wilh ns he otherwise would have
been) he went to the kitchen and requested
of the keeper there a portion of victuals,
lie received a potato which lie ate; and
during a momentary absence of the keeper,
lie probably caught up a piece of boiled
meat, in In's great haste to swallow which
for the sake of avoiding detection, he lost
his life.
CURE ron INTEMPERANCE AND SMOKING.—INDIAN
CUTENESS.
A friend of ours, who lias had extensive
dealings with the Indians of Mississippi, re
lates the following characteristic anecdote,
which tie says is undoubtedly the Irulii. A
chief by the name of Glover, in some gush of
passion, happened to slay another Indian. The
invariable penalty for killing among those
primitive beings is death, and ihat punishment
is by lHeir custom to he inflicted by the near
est friends of the deceased. These had met
together with the prisoner in their charge to
execute the last sentence on poor Glover. He
asked one favor of the judges before lie died
and as generous enemies, he hoped they
would grant it ns it was the last he would ever
ask of them; it was that he might be per
niilted to take one glass more of liquor, and
smoke one more pipe of tobacco. So small a
request was readily granted; they promised to
postpone the execution until lie drank and
smoked again. Having got them sufficiently
committed to this proposition, he gave them
to underslnnd that he never intended to do
cither. Such is the sueredness of an Indian
promise, that sublc,rfugi U w thus saved Glo
ver’s life and this occurtence took place ten
years ago.
Life and Fahlun, in Sweden, a
few ycar* since, witnessed an incident wich
yiaiTukes of the romantic. In opening a
communication betwen two mines, the body
of a young miner was found in u state ol
com piclVpreservation, being impregnated
with the vitriolic water of the mine, when
exposed to the open air it became stiff. 1 he
features were not recognised by any per
son; but tradition had preserved (he recol
lection of the by which he had
been buried in bowls of the earth more than
half a century ago. All further inquiry was
dropped; when suddenly* & decupid old
woman, leaning on her cruches, advanced
and discovered that the party was a young
man to whom she had been engaged by
’ promise of manage tiftv years beftire. She
threw herself on the body of her former
lover, and bedwed itjwith many tears, faint
ing with joy to have again beheld the object
of her a flection before she dccended to the
tomb. The contrast between these parties,
one of them bi'V/tl during fifty years, yet
preserving alfme features of youth; tho
other, bending beneath the loud of years,
and living, if she could he said to
ini.- an equal space of time, above gftnnnd,
may he conceived, lmt cannot
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The Patriot Trials at Kingston,SflH
The trails of the deluded men who
Windmill Point, hMe terminated. JKK
;..k-n, taj turn* liven excutc.d ‘
an-.i 130 remain o*t scutenc .
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