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Slate of Geo.—Liberty County.
I IV Elijah Baker, Clerk of the Court ofOrdina-
II ry for said county.
James Dorsey, and Sarah Smylie, have applied
for loners of administration of the goods and chat
tels, rights and credits, lhat were of Archibald Siny- j
lie, late of said county, deceased.
These are therefore, to cite and admonish all and
singular, the kindred and creditors of the said de
ceased. to file their objections, (if any there lie) ill my
office at Hine.s\ille, on or Indore the first Monday, in
May next, otherwise flic saijl letters may be granted
as applied for.
Given under my hand and seal s( Hinesville, in said
county, this fourth day of March.-in the year
L. S. of our laird, eighteen hundred und thirty nine,
and in the sixfy third year of American Inde
pendence.
pa 9 E BAKER, C. f*. O L. C.
(h-orgin—Ciunden County.
WHEREAS, Joseph Thomas, applies for lei- j
tars of ndinimstration of the goods, chattels, |
rights, and credits yf Dymnn Darrow, l*te of said
county, deceased.
These are therefore,to cite and admonish, all and
singular, the kindred and creditors of the said de
ceased, to file their objections (if any they have) in
the office of the Clerk of the,Court of Ordinary at
Jefferson, within the time prescribed by law, other
wise the said Joseph Thomas may obtain ibe letters
applied for
Given under the hand and seal of the clerk at
L. S said Court, this sixth day of February,
eighteen hundred and thirty-nine,
ap 9 JOHN BAILEY, C. C. O. C Ch
Fifty Dollar* Howard.
R ANA WAY from the subscriber in Hamburg
on the 2Sth, February, his negro man THOMAS, j
he is a Iron t 28 years of oge, five feet 10 inches high,
dark complected, ami pleasant countenance. He is j
a blacksmith by trade, and has doubtless procured j
free papers from some person, and hus gone to work I
at that business eiiher in South f Carolina or Georgia. :
He is in all probability lurking about Savannah, ns
I understand lie engaged in the. steamboat “Thorne.’ j
When he left, he had on a red flannel shirt, black
sattinet pantaloons, and new broadcloth coat and new
beaver hnt. Any person delivering said negro to
me, or will Ibdge Inin in any safe jail so thnl 1 can
get hnn, shall receive the above reward.
R. L. TOWSON. Jun.
Hamburg S. O. March 21th. 1839 ap 2 3 1 n
GEORGIA LUMBER CO.HT.
THE subscribers, agent* of said company,
offer to contract for delivery at Darien,or
elsewhere, of hard Fine lumber of the best
quality, sawed to any dimensions that may he
required, and at low prices. They will have
oil hand at their depot in this city, a good sup
ply of lumber of various sizes.
WOODBURY & STACK FOLK.
Darien, Jan. 142.1986. **f
Justices Court for 1839.
A COURT, for the 271st District, will lie holdcn
at the Court House in the city of Darien, on the
4th Monday of each month —to wit
Monday 28th January, 1839.
Monday 25th Februury, “
Monday 25th March, “
Monday 22d April, “
Monday 27th May,
Monday 2tll> June,
Monday 22d July,
Monday 2bth August, “
Monday 23d September/ 1
Monday 28th Octnlrer, “
Monday 25th November,”
Monday 23d December, “
A punnet of 7 Jurors, will be drawn at each term
after the first.
...... ei/vii” -ttr r\ k nriPA''T'f'n
NELSON W. CARPENTER,
Justice of the Peace for 271 at, District,
Darien, January 29st, IN3O. |
The Carolina Hotel,
at private rale.
a* THE proprietor of the CAROLINA
HOTEL, in Broad street, Charleston,
wishing to engage in other pursuits, of
fers his valuable establishment at pri
vate sale. The Carolina Hotel ranks amonst the
very best establishments of the kind in the United
Slates, is situate in the fines street, in the immediate
vicinity of the most busy part of the city of Charles
ton, and has always commanded the very best pa
tronage.
Hotel consists of two very fine three and a hall
story brick buildings on the north side of Broad st.,
commanding a front of 51 feet, with anew and ele
gant three story range of brick buildings running
from Broad, to Chalmers street, 290 feet. On Chal
mers street there is also a large three story brick
building, of 51 feet front; all the buildings are con
nected with each other. On the premises are also
two large and convenient Kitchens, .Servants apart
ments, and all other necessary out buildings, of brick.
There are nine fine parlors, forty-eight neat and com
fortable chambers, a large and elegant ball room, one
large dinner room, and one large sitting room for
gentlemen, a bar room, store room, and two pantries.
There is a private entrance in Broad street for ladies
and families. With the Hotel, will be sold the whole
of the standing furniture, requisite for the proper
conducting such an establishment, all of which is
neat find new, and ha* been carefully selected.
Any one wishing to engage in the business, will
find an opportunity in this offer, for a safe and very
lucrative investment, and if the brilliant prospects of
the city are realised, it is believed that no establish
ment of the kind in the United States will compare
with it in profit. For terms, and other information,
apply to ELLIOTT, CONDY & DAWES,
Comer Broad street, and East Bay, Charleston,
ap 9
OF everv deserption executed at the of
fice of THE DARIEN HERALD.
J&S?3) ora&ssiwaHßa
LIST OF LETTERS
HEMAINING in the Post Office, Darien, Go,
r 31st March, 1839.
A
: Alien Henry. .4 3 Adams Eliza
| Adams John II
B
linker Francis Basse! B M
Burbank Samuel Baker ('apt.
Barret F II Buck Henry F
Baird. Her. Thos. 1).
C
I Curlu Fanney Cannon Henry
; Cardona Maryann Caulder Margery
\ Campbell Ft) Cahoon Isaiah
i Chase Daniel 2 Clark Itruben, Jr.
D
Bonn aid John Baris Henry (i
Bemera he iris Bone. Joshua, Jr.
j Buryee J F Ihmly John
Bellagall Fdw'd WZ Daniel Kenth
Burfee Philip 2
Fills James
F
Fish Mark Frasher Garrison
a
Gignillial Benjamin Gould Ann B
Gignilliat John 2 Garland Susan
Green ('apt John 2 Glover J V
H
| Hazzard Thos Fuller Hutto James
Hale William Houston Hariot
Houston Thomas Hall 11 m
Hazzard ll’/n H’ Hobart Thadus , G
J
Jejfroy Win Johnston James
Jrrrotd Jeramiah Jackson John
Johnston Jesse. Jackson Geo. F
K
Kennedy Mary.
Ford Klhridgo , G Fair ('apt
Fee Ann Oher Lyles Benjamin.
Funt Ezra Jr
Me
McDonald I I'm it Murry John
Mac Guire Thos HZ Mclntosh Lachland
McClure John My gait Alson.
Marshal Antonio
O
O'Brien Htn Obery John J
(Plena S Owens Samuel.
O'Neal Charles
P
Perkins Tlasil Perry Charles II 2
Preble John II Philson Thomas
Paine Joshua Pollster Thomas
Perry William Polister Joseph
H
Richmond James T By all's Jordan
Rush G W Ramsey William
Rogers Washington Rentz Capl
s
Sireetzcr William Studstil fhistil
Slebbins Charles Smith Oar 1
Savants William Smarts William
Sara!ter Sarah W Savage John
Shaw Samuel Sams Susan.
Smith II C
T
Trezcranl Elizabeth Temberlin Jacob
Trezerant Geo W Tanner Pinson 2
Trezevant Charles S
W
lLing Matilda II Wicksom Isarel
Wallace Jack Williams John
Wright Sarah William Williams
White Grace lE hitney Edmond.
Y
Yoivigc U illiam
ISAAC SNOW, I*. M.
Darien, On.
iVEWGOODS
FBNHK SUBSCRIBER is just opening a fresh as-
JL sortment of select
Consisting of the following; articles, viz: Irish Sheet- 1
ings; Irish Linens; Linen Cambric J Idkfs; Russia &
Scotch Diapers; Curtain do; Bird Eye do; Linen
Table Covers; Corded Skirts; English and American
Prints; French Muslins*, Picnic Gloves; Fancy and
Satin Scarfs; Gauze Shawls; Spun Silk Hose; black
and white half hose do; Cotton do; Footings, Edg
ings, and Inserting**; Cut) Ribbons; Linen and Cot
ton Musquito; Nettings; Marseilles Vesting; striped
Lastings; Linen Drills, and Georgia Nankeens, for
Gentlemen’s Pantaloons. Together with a variety of
other articles, all of which will be wild cheap for cash.
Ladies’ and Gentlemen, are respectfully invited to
call and examine for themselves.
mb 19 ft. W HUPNALL.
DUHOV STEAM SAW Ms EXT, I
WILL keep on hand a large supply of
LUMBER of all descriptions. Cargoes
will be sawed to order. Five wharves are at
tached to llic Mill, and the Lumber will be. de
livered within reach of the vessel loading.
Apply to
P. R. YONGE & SONS,
Agents.
Darien. January 22. 1839.
HEW NPRIHO A Ki nniac OOOlhi.
THE SUBSCRIBERS have received in addition
j to their stock a variety of SPRING & SUMMER
GOODS, amongst which are
French Painted Muslins
Light Prints
Check’d, Cambric and Swiss Muslins
Black Gro de Swiss Silks
Furniture Dimity
Linen Sheetings
‘Fable Diapers
Byrdseye and Russia do
Cotton Fringes
Irish Linen
Dress Shawls and Scarfs
Linen Cambric Handkerchiefs
Parasols and Umbrellas
Corded Skirts
Silk Kid and Lisle Gloves
Silk and Cotton Hosiery
Ladies’ Corsets
Georgia Nankeelrir.
Drillings, Vestings, &c. &c.
Which are offered on the usual terms by
J. & S. H. ROKENBAUGII.
Darien, March 26, 1839.
“Co-Partnership Notice.
| THE SUBSCRIBERS haveformed aCo-partner
! ship in the city of Darien, for the sale of Dry Goods,
i Groceries, Hard Ware, Ac. Ac. under the style of N.
M. Calder A Cos. NM C ALDER,
JOHN HUGHEY,
n. j. McDonald.
Darien, Feb. sth, 1829 1 mh 26-2 m
’ N otiee.
ALL persons indebted to the subscribers by note
or account, will please settle the same forthwith.
CALDER A HUGHEY.
Darien, Feb. sth, 1839. mh26-2m^
C 1 APT AIN KYD; or, The Wizard of the Sea.
A Romance. By the Author of “The South
j west,” “Lafitte,” “Burton,” Ac. 2vo!s. Just reeevj
i ed and for sale at the Herald Office. mhs
DARIEN, GEORGIA, TUESDAY MORNING, MAY 7,1839.
DARIEN, Bth April 1839.
Noli™
MS HEREBY GIVEN to DOCTOR WIL
LIAM C. DANIELL, that I (not “Quicun
i/uf”) have, this duy, deposited in the Post
Office ut Darien, it letter to bun at Savannah—
which letter is printed, contains “a short ac
count of some remarkable incidents” in his
life, anil is not
“.4 Challenge.'’
THE PUBLIC
Is informed that copies of the above men
tioned letter may be had by application to ino,
at Darien. All postages being paid.
THE DOCTOR
Is informed that nr. may have two hundred
and five copies— free— gratis — for — nothing
— by him to be distributed to each Inember of
the Legislature of Georgia, in the year 1830,
and an extra copy for every member of that
Semite. S. M. IlONl).
The Brunswick Advocate; the Savannah
Georgian; the Savannah Republican; the Au
gusta Constitutionalist; the Georgia Journal;
the Standard of Union, and the Macon Mes
senger, are requested to give the above two
insertions and forward their bills to the office
of the M’lntosh County Herald, for payment,
ap 0-2 t
100 Rnvnfil.
■ Tfc ANA WAY from the. subscriber about the 10th
JEw inst. a negro fellow, [a jobbing carpenter] nam
ed DICK, or RICH A RD, about 25 years of age, and
5 feet, 9or 10 inches hiifh; he is a good looking ne
gro, of black complexion; has a grum look, and
speaks very impertinently, and was, when a boy,
uccustomed to house work. It is supposed he will
make for Charleston, or Georgetown, where his
father (named Abraham) is thought to be he having
been sold in Charleston some years ago. Richard
has been for the last 12 or 18 months taking carpen
ter’s jobs on his own account, both in the city and
neighborhood, and is well known in Burke county,
and at the Richmond Baths, where ho was engaged
all last summer. I will give the above reward if ta
ken out of the state, and brought to meat Augusta,
or fift y dollars if lodged in some safe jail where I can
get him, and a suitable reward if taken up in this
neighborhood on cither side of the river.
JOHN CARMICHAEL.
April 16
MOO Reward*
\BSCONDED from my plantation on the 2d in
stant, my negro man SAM, and woman DE
LIA, both very dark complected : SAM is 98 or 10
years of age, 5 feet 8 or 9 inches high, inclined to be
grey—had on when ho left country home, spun
clothes. DELIA is about 40 years of age, stout
made, and a little pocked marked. Said negroes are
supposud to have been taken ofT by a man calling
himself William Bowen, from whom the same was
purchased. The above reward of S2OO will be paid
for the apprehension of the said William Bowen, or
uuy other white man convicted of stealing or har
lMTring said negro slaves, or S2O for the apprehension
and delivery in any jail in this State, for each of said
negroes, with all reasonable, expenses.
• * RICHARD HERRINGTON.
Serivtn County, March 4th—up 10
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Georgia—-Mrintosh County.
WHEREAS, Roswell King, applies for letteis
of dismission on the estate of Pierce Butler,
late of said County deceased.
These are therefore to cite and admonish all, and
singular the kindred and creditors of said deceased
to be and appear at my office Within the time pro
scribed by law, to shew cause, if any exist, why said
letters should not be grunted.
Given under my hand at office, this 23d day of
February, 1839. J. E. TOWNSEND,
feb 26 Clerk, C. O.
Georgia—Mclntosh County.
WHEREAS, John Hutson, applies for letters of
Administration of the Estate of Ann Hutson, lute of
said county deceased. These are therefore, to cite
and admonish all, and singular the kindred and
creditors of said deceased to be and appear at my
office within the time prescribed by law, to shew
cause, if any exist, why said letters should not be
granted. .
Given under my hand at office, this day of
February, 1839. J. E TOWNSEND,
feb *26 Clerk, C. O.
From the London Metropolitan.
Stanzas*
The evening tide is flowing
Away to other strands ;
The sunset light is glowing
Upon the shining sands;
The free, light bark seems sleeping
On ocean’s waveless breast—
While Heaven’s bright dews are weeping
In silence o’er their rest.
So ebbs the tide of feeling,
So beauty must decay,
And leave us while it’s stealing
Fur on time’s shores away :
The morning ties that bound us
To life with all its woes,
Must wither too around us,
Like freshness from the rose.
And Love, who once could weave us
A wreath of rosy flowers—
His little bark must leave us,
For other hearts than ours.
Ilis shining freight of sorrows
Arc hid by sunny Hope—
And often, too, he borrows
Iler wizard telescope.
Ami Friendship, too, will falter,
With all its fancied truth,
And perish on life’s altar,
The sacrifice of youth ;
Then who shall blame us grieving
Few hours of morning prime,
Which memory is leaving
As monuments to time.
Thus ebbs the tide of feeling—
So passion must decay,
Till truth stands forth revealing
The realms of better days ;
To tics that withered round ua
New being shall be given,
And happy sons surround us,
In cpiietude — in heaven.
J* rrrr-...--i ~ ——
c From the Parthenon for February.’
My ItrotlK-r.
There is no power in holy men,
Nor charm in prayer —nor purifying form
Os penitence—nor outward 100k —nor fast—
Nor ugony —nor greuter than nil thraq
The innate tortures of that deep despair,
Which is remorse without the fear of hell,
But all in all, sufficient to itself
Would make a hell of heaven—can exercise
From out the unbounded spirit, the quick sense
Os its own’sins, wrongs, sufferance, und revenge
Upon itself; there is no future pang
Can deal lhat justice on the sell'condemned,
He deals on his own soul.
[Manfred.
Oh! thrice happy days of my childhood !*-
The memory of thy blitheful hour* comes now
upon rne like the music of u lone bird from tt
cluster of flowers. How vividly is pictured
on my mind all that nty young home once was;
the little cot embosaomed in the silent dell, the
laughing streamlet dancing by in the pride of
its silver ripples, the old oak tree which stood
before the door, and on whose branches I loved
to sit and rock lazily in every breath that stir
red its leaves, and above all, my good old gray
headed father, who every evening sat beneath
ils shadowy foliage, and told to my eager ear,
tales of other days and other climes.
Those, indeed, were happy hours, but they
are past. The desolating hand of time lias
been upon the abode of my lathers. Ihe little
cot has fallen into ruin, the once gay rivulet no
more entices the wild flowers on its borders to
scatter their perfume on its bosom; its source
lias failed, its bed is dry and parched. The old
oak has now nothing left of its former glory,
save its scathed and withered trunk, a fit em
blem of the one who rejoiced most in its ven
erable and shadowing branches. My good old
father, too, has gone to his rest, the stone
which was placed at the head of his grave, has
fallen to the earth ; its inscription has become
bidden by the moss of time, and I alone re
main to tell that a happy family once dwelt in
that ruined cottage.
I have always looked hack upon my youth
ful days with peculiar and pleasing emotions ;
and even the deepening shades of by-gone
years, but slightly dim their hallowed light.—
A voice from the desolate home, from my
lather’s grave, has been caught on the wings
of the “viewless wind.” It comes swiftly on,
it breaks in a sigh upon my ear; it tells me
what J once was. The sweet remembrance of
the joyous springtime of life, like the volcano
in the sea, bursts its way through the waves
of gu ilt and crime, which long have hidden it
in their depths, and casts light upon the trou
bled waters of iny soul. Then I was as free
and untrammeled as the mountain air, at liber
ty to roam where’er I pleased. Then, though
very young, I loved to sland on the verge of
the roaring cataract, and watch it leap from
crag to crag, seeming as eagerly to seek its
quiet bed among the grassy banks beneath, as
the weary pilgrim through life’s journey co
vets his heaven of rest. Then, too, 1 loved to
climb the craggy steep, fright the kingly eagle
from his lone eyrie on its summit, and think
that as lie, undazzled, dared to lift his eye to
the full blaze of the meridian sun. so would I
meet and withstand the gaze of the great and
mighty of the earth.
My father had but one other child, and he
was a boy. Few would have supposed us
children of the same parents. While to me
was given the appearance of one born under
the sunny skies of the south, with all the dark
er qualities of his character; on my brother
was bestowed the fairer face and the milder
nature of a child of the northern dime
Though so extremely different in our disposi
tions and character, we clung to each other
with a deep and ardent love. It was displayed
in boyhood, while chasing the wild bee to his
home in the tall pines, and in inaturer y ears
when prosecuting our studies under the direc
tion of our father. My fair haired, bright eyed
brother! he stands before roe now, as when in
the glorious days of our youth, he enthusiasti
cally conversed of the happiness wc would see
in after years, and how pleasantly we would
live on together through the bright career of
manhood. But his days were few and passed
llectingly away ; mine have been long and ac
cursed.
Woman came, and with her love. It enter
ed both our hearts, and severed the bund which
held us together.
The young girl who enthralled us both, was
passing lilt! summer on a visit to my father’s
house. Blight and beautiful, with a mind rich
and penetrating, she read the heart by the same
glance lhat won its affections. But why speuk
of her sweet blue eye, her graceful form I Why
dwell on those attractions that were fraught
with wo to us all? It was enough for me to
knew that she was surpassingly beautiful, and
her beauty swept over my strange dark nature
like the gentle breeze over the chords of the
harp of the winds, it called forth the deep wild
music of my soul. The strong tide of love
had long been pent up, and only awaited some
bright creature to put aside the barrier. That
creature came, and the bnrricr was torn away,*
and the full, mighty current of my affections
rushed forth with the accumulated strength of
years, and in its resistless flood, overwhelmed
the fair girl herself, who, all innocent us she
was, had first given an outlet to the impetuous
waters. And my brother too loved. She
struck his heart as the prophet of old smote the
rock, and this rich well-spring sent forth at
her bidding its flow of gushing love, and then
she loved him. Was it not. spoken in the heav
ing bosom, in the glance of her eye, in the
milder, hushed tones of her voice whenever
they met? I knew that my dark nature was I
as opposite to hers as to my brothers; that her
every feeling, her every thought was in unison I
with his; yet still knowing and believing all j
this, I wished her to cast him off as a worthless !
thing, and accept my love ; a love that would
have change,ddter joyous laugh into the wail
of sorrow, and crushed in their birth the aspi
rations of her young heart. I strove with nil
the energy with which 1 was endowed to win
her from him. I paid her all those little atten
tions which women love so much, and called
out till my boards of information and laid them
at her feet. Hut in vain. I who loved the
gloomy retreat and rocky glen, trod with her
the flowery mead and verdant plain; I glowed
in her smile, I bowed my stubborn heart and
wept at the tuleof sorrow as the tear gathered
in her eye; I employed every artifice; I had a
meaning in every wotd; a praise in every sen
tence, all, all to gain her love, and she hated j
me for the very means I used to obtain it.— j
And she was right. One smile, rich from my
brother’s heart, was worth all the hoarded love,
the deep, dark, impetuous feelings of mine'!
Time flew on; the leaf had fallen; winter
had bound up the fountains and covered the
green sward with his snowy mantle ; spring
laid called her joyous minstrels forth tochaunt
a lay to her beauty, and had then breathed
away her soul in the arms of summer ; and
summer was kissing the faded cheek of au
tumn, ere my brother told his feelings. I knew
by his manner that he had told them, and I
knew too that they were reciprocated. And
then I began to bate him with the bitterest,
direst bate. I hated him for loving her, and I
hated him more for gaining her; for I believed,
and perhaps truly, that had he not been there,
I would have had lhat girl’s love, with all the
warm pure feelings of her nature, lavished,
willingly lavished on me.
Down from its high throne, down in its
strength, down upon my heart to check the
flowing tide of love, did I force my gigantic
pride, n was agony; bnf 1 was free. Then
up from the depots of my dark spirit came re
venge; it slew all within its deadly influence.
Olt ! at that moment, even then when I tho’t
I only hated her, even then 1 would have giv
en worlds, had tin y been in my possession,
worlds upon worlds, to have made that sweet
girl doat upon me, as fondly ns site did upon
my brother. All 1 wished, was to have that
deep affection placed upon myself, and to make
her deem in her depotion, that I too was good
and pure. Vain, vain delusion. She knew me
better than I new myself.
A short distance from our residence, or where
our home once was, is a lake. Away, far —
fur way, into the bosom of the hills, wrapped
up and sheltered in their dusky mantle, glad
and glorious in their beauty, stretch its waters.
Bounded on every side by mountains clad in
the fresh green drapery of forest trees, it lies
smiling sweetly and screnly, save when the soft
wind conics whispering through the trees, and
breathes sweet music to its waves, and entices
them to leap on in their gladness and kiss the
whisperer. Atone end a brook enters with a
joyous bound as if eager to reach a spot where
it may rest, after ils long and rugged journey
through the mountain glen ; while at tile op
posite shore, it passes out murmuring at being
compelled to leave its calm repose. After a
few short turns, it runs on smoothly and noise
lessly, for the wild flowers shed upon its bosom
their fragrant blossoms, to cheer Us way to the
ocean. Here and there from the surface of the
lake, like the queen of beauty, starting from
the depths of the Ocean sea, rises an islet
blooming with flowers, and covered with trees
laden with festoons of llie wild grape.
Upon this sheet of water, my father had
launched a boat; and often in company with
iny brother, had I whiled away hour after hour,
in sailing over the merry wavelets; betimes
stopping to bring up from their crystal home
its puny inhabitants, and then again gliding
rapidly away, wo would make the air resound
with our shouts of boyish glee.
It was one of the last days of summer, and
towards evening, we had wandered along Ihe
winding shore of that sweet lake. My broth
er and his bethrothed walked together, while 1
stalked gloomily apart from them, apparently
wrapped up in my owm thoughts, but watching
them intently, through every word and look
of love awakened new pangs in my yet unseared
heart. At length we readied the spot where
our boats was moored. I proposed that we
should go over to one of the Islands and gather
some of the flowers which grew upon it in
great profusion. They consented, and w e all
stepped into the boat. My brother took bis
seat next to her in the stern, and, adjusting the
oars, I began to row. We had nearly reached
the landing place, when wc passed under a tree
projecting far over the watdr, and covered
with some of the beautiful blossomsof a paras
itical plant, which hung down most tempting
ly My brother called on rne to stop the boat,
and prepared to gather some of them to make
a wreath for his fair young bride. The flow
ers were beyond his reach, and in his eager
ness to pluck them, he leaned too far; the
boat was pushed away and he fell into the
water. Oh, how fearfully did a fiery train of
dark and fiendish thoughts then flash through
my brain. I knew that he was not able to raise
even a finger to save his life, while too, I knew
that I was a powerful swimmer, able to with
stand the buffetings of the most stormy waves.
If I failed to rescue him, he most die—die in
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untried und with every prospect bright and
cheering : die with the warmth of successful
love still glowing in his heart. When he was
gone, should I not gain the love that he had
gained ? Why should I not succeed where he
had triumphed ? Fierce, deadly was the con
flict between my inad passions and my con
science. The memory of my happier hours—
of the days of our youthful joyousness, plead
for him. But in vain. My heart was changed
to rock. And would I let him die, and bear
tiie mark, the bloody seal of Cain stamped up
on my brow ? Aye 1 in that dark frenzied
moment, I would have borne a father’s curse;
I would have murdered my brother for that
fair girl’s love, and I did murder him.
“Brother, Brother! save me,” came up
from the waters; “oh ! help, or I die.” I
heeded not.
“Save him ! save your brother,” shrieked the
bright creature by my side, and with one strong
bound, she essayed to leap out to his rescue.
But my hand was upon her like the grasp of
death. She seemed to wither under niy very
touch ; I held her firmly down in the bottom
of the boat.
Again came up that wild despairing cry.
But iny heart stood firm. He threw out his
arms in bitter agony, the water gurgled in his
throat.
My God ! I see him now. How slowly he
sinks down through the waters, slowly,slowly,
are the waves loth to close over the head of a
murdered brother ? See ! see! his arm is rai
sed and points at ine. How his body writhes
■ and his fair limbsquiver at the stroke of death.
, He is on the bottom ; his hair clusters thickly
around his brow, and tiie fishes play about his
corpse. A beam from heaven has sought its
way to where lie lies on the golden sand; it
trembles on his body; ‘tis gathering up his
soul—it litis borne it away. Brother, thou art
ut rest!
I slowly raised my head from the side of the
bout, on which I had been almost unconscious
ly leaning, and taking the oars I began to row
towards home. A sharp cry arose —it was the
wail and the curse of the broken hearted.
“Slayer of the holy and pure —destroyer of
the beuutiful and innocent —murderer ! mur
derer of thine only brother. Where 1 where
stay the swift lightnings ? W'hy rains not
now upon thee, the fierce wrath of a just and
avenging God 7 Open—open, ye heavens,
and [tour out upon his head thy just revenge !
Gape ye waters, and engulph him in your
depths! Curses—curses on ye, dark and
blotjpy fratricide!”
The. demon was on me—madness in my
brain—my hand was on her throat—one mo
ment, and the golden sands would have received
another corpse; ere that moment passed, her
blue eye was on me and site lived.
Poor girl ! But she is dead now, and they
sleep together on the shore of that beautiful
lake.
Years have elapsed since that hour, and T
have grown old and feeble. Often have I tried
to reason myself into the belief, that my broth
er's blood is not on my head. For did he not
perish by accident ? Did he not slay himself
lty his own carelessness? And conscience,
has always whispered, “you might have saved
him.” I have mingled with the world, and
shown to men a face wreathed with smiles,
and a brow without one line of care. But
they have not seen the heart. The burning
mark is there ; it has been since that darkday,
wearing deeper and deeper; it is driving up
the deep sources of life. Where’er J havegone,
whate'er I have done ; the cries of the Joking
and the loved have sought me out and rung
upon my ear. On every tiling is written, crime.
Oh ! that I might die.
But hark ! it is that same shrill wild cry of
agony. Thy corpse is low, my brother, but
thy spirit is here. How could you look / —Thy
curls hang wet on my brow ! Thine eyes are
sunken and dim ! How icy cold thine hand!
Thou dost beckon me to come ! In thy cold
grave, brother! Gone —his spirit has faded
away, and I am nlone now, but to-morrow
night again, will he come from his grave, and
beckon me with that thin icy hand—soon—
soon—will I be with thee brother. C.
From the Baltimore Sun.
“ A few days since an individual calling
himself Thomas Mumiing, called upon a
slave trader in this city and offered to sell
him six slaves. They were likely looking
youths, male and female but suspicions were
excited whether the salesman had a proper
claim on litem. These suspicions induced
Mr. Slater, the trader, to apply to officer
for assistance, and they soon ferrettod out
the affair. It seems that Mr. Manning, who
some times acknowledges his real name of
Willie Hatcher, belongs to Jefferson county,
Georgia, where he fell in with certain ne
groes, seven in number, who he says,,
wished to emigrate to a free State; but ol
that anon. He carried them to Florida,
where he sold one of them, a girl between
13 andl4 years of age, for $659. From
thence he proceeded to St. Marks, with his
interesting charge, and embarked with
them on board the schooner Mazeppa, of
Boston, for New York, at which city they
arrived, and immediately passed on through
Philadelphia to this city, where, as above
stated, he attempted to sell the negroes.
There is proof, we understand, that the
slaves do not bslong to the person who
wished to sell them ; and that the blacks
state, that so far from their having desired
him to take them out of the State in which
they lived, he had proposed to take them
to a “ free State, ” where they could do as
they pleased. Mr. Tom Manning, alias
Willie Hatcher, was finally commited to
prison.
Fr o i/i the Tor unto Guardian March 2‘ *
We have seen the public accounts, from
which it appears that the provincial civil
expenditure for the last year, over and
above the ordinary annual expenditure, is
20.0001 b. or $80,000; that the annual in
terest on the Provincial Debt ,is 63,0001 b.
$254,000; that there is a deficiency in the
resources of the Province, to meet the ex-,
penditures of the presentyear, of Uo,t?sie. .
0r5300,680, for which the Provincial Parlia
ment is called upon to provide in some
way or another. Such are the first frutts,
on the score of finances alone of the High
Church system of Government comqjsfipMHT
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