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BY 11. STYLES BELL. Terms of SuVseri|ition. THE Herald Us printed on a large imperial sheet, with new type, at (8 per year, in ad vance, or $4 at the expiration of the year.— j No subscription received for a less term than ! one year, and no paper discontinued until all arrearages are paid, except at the option of the j publisher. Itates of Advertising. . j Ivtlers of Citation, .... $3 00 Notice to Debtors and Creditors, (40 days) 3SO Pour Months’ Notices, - - - - 400 Hales of Personal Properly, by Executors, Administrators,or Guardians, -3 35; .Sales of Lands or Negroes, by do. - - 475 1 Application for Letters of Dismission, - 600 Other Advertisements, SI.OO per square first inser- | lion, and 50 ceuls per square for each continuance. Advertisements should always have the desired number of insertions marked upon them when hand- | ed in, otherwise they will be published till forbid and * charged accordingly. |T*r Notice of the sale of Land and Negroes by ■ Administrators, Executors, or Guardians, must be i published sixty days previous to the day of sale. The sale of* Personal Property, in like manner, must be published forty d-ys previous to the sale. Notice to debtors anO creditors of an estate, must . -hcpuhlished lofty days. Notice that Application will be made to the Court | of Ordinary, for leave to sell Lund or Negroes, must be published four months. Notice that Application will be made for Letters of Administration, must be published thirty days, and j of Letters of Dismission, six months, f- ‘ ■ ■ ■■ ■■ State of Geo.—Liberty County. RY Elijah Buk-r, Clerk of the Court of Ordina ry for said county. James Dorsey, and Sarah Smvlie, have applied ; for letters of administration of the goods and chat tels, rights and credits, that were of Archibald Smy “lie; iare nf said romi'y , dc'rn vd - These are therefore, to cite and admonish all ami singular, the kindred and creditors of the said de ceased, to file their objections, (if any there be) in my office at Hinesville, on or before the first Monday, in j May next, otherwise the said letters may be granted : ns applied for. Given under my hand and seal at Hinosvillo, in said county, this fourth day of AJarch, in the year J L. S. of our Lord, eighteen hundred and thirty nine, and in the sixty third year of American Inde pendence. pa 9 E. BAKER, C. C. O. L. C. Georgia—Caimlcn County* WHERE AS, Joseph Thomas, applies for h’t- i tenol administration of the goods, chattels, rights, and *rilits of Dyman Darrow, late of said county, daceas*'!. . These arc 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 (Jourt of Ordinary at Jefferson, within the time prescribed by law, other 'i-isc the said Joseph Thomas may obtain the letters appd ;d for Given under the hand and sea! of the clerk at L. S said Court, this sixth day of February, eighteen hundred and thirty-nine. p 9 JOHN BAILEY, C. C. 0. C. C. Fifty Dollars Howard. RANAWAY from the subscriber in Hamburg j on the 3Sth, February, his negro man THOMAS, he is about vSH years of age, five feet 10 inches high, dark complected, nnd pleasant countenance. He is I n blacksmith by trade, and lias doubtless procured j free papers from some person, and has gone to work at that business cither in South Carolina or Georgia, j He is in all probability lurking about Savannah, ns I understand he engaged in the steamboat “Thorne. 1 \ —When lie h ft, he had on a red flannel shirt, black j satlinet pantaloons, and new broadclotheonl and new beaver hat. Any jicrson delivering said negro to me, or will lodge him in any safe jail so that I can gel him, shall receive the above reward. R L. TOWSON. Jun. Hamburg S. C. March sMth, 1835—ap2-3in GEORGIA LUMBER C OM’P. THE subscribers, agents of said company, offer to contract for delivery at Darien, or j 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 Court for 1 SU‘J. A COURT, for the 271st District, will beholden 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 2ith June, Monday 22d July, Monday 26th August, “ Monday 23d September, “ Monday 28th October, “ Monday 25th November,” Monday 23d December, “ A pannel of 7 Jurors, will be drawn at each term after the first. NELSON W. CARPENTER, Justice of the Peace for 271 si, District, Darien, January 29st, 1839. The Carolina Hotel, AT PRIVATE SALE. Jigidx THE proprietor of the CAROLINA Rssslßt HOTEL, in Broad street, Charleston, ‘■* SW wishing to engage in other pursuits, of ■jaAjS fers his valuable establishment at pri vate sale. The Carolina Hotel ranks amonst the very best establishments of the kind in the United States, is situate in the finest 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 nnd a half 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 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 barroom, 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 and new, and has 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 A DAWES, Comer Broad street, and East Bay, Charleston, ap 9 itßixsnszs r-‘S 9 OF every desorption executed at the of fice of THE DARIEN HERALD. s&ssraa m&Mmst umisrn mmmmwmm* NEW WOODS. THE SUBSCRIBER is just opening a fresh as sortment of select Consisting of the following articles, viz: Irish Sheet ings; Irish Linens; Linen Cambric Hdkfs: Russia A Scotch Diapers; Curtain do; Bird Eye uo; Linen Table Covers; Corded Skirts; English and American Prints; French Muslins; Picnic Gloves; Fancy nnd Satin Scarfs; Gauze Nhawls; Npun Silk Hose; black and white half hose do; Colton do; Footings, Edg ings, and Inscrtings; Cap Ribbons; Linen and Cot ton Musquito; Nettings; Marseilles Vesting; striped Lasting*, Linen Drills, and Georgia Nankeens, for Gentleman’s Pantaloons. Together with a variety of other articles, all of which will be sold cheap for cash. Ladies’ and Gentlemen, are respectfully invited to call and examine for themselves. nth 19 H. W HUDNALL. DO BOY STEAM SAW MILL, W ILL keep on hand a large supply of LUMBER of till descriptions. Cargoes will be sawed to order. Five wharves are at tached to the Mill, and tile Lumber will be de livered within reach of the vessel louding. Apply to ’ P. R. YONGE & SONS, Agents. Darien, January 22,1839. SEWSPRIItID a SI mint goods. THE SUBSCRIBERS have received in addition 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 do Swiss Silks Furniture Dimity Linen Sheetings Table Diapers Byrdseye nnd Russia do Colton Fringes Irish Linen Dress Shawls and Scarfs Linen Cambric Handkerchiefs Parasols nnd Umbrellas Corded Skirts Silk Kid and Lisle Gloves Silk and Colton Hosiery Ladies’ Corsets Georgia Nankeens Drillings, Vestings, &c. &c. Which arc offered on the usual terms by .! th S. II ROKENBAUGH. Darien, March 26, 1839. _ Co-Partnership Notice. THE SUBSCRIBERS hoveformed a Co-partner ship in the city of Darien, for the sale of Dry Goods, Groceries, Hurd Ware, Ate. &c. under the style of N. M. Calder fit Cos. N M. CALDF.R, JOHN HUGHEY, n j McDonald. Darien, Feb. sth, 1829. nth 2(i-2m Notice. VLL persons indebted to the subscribers by note or account, will please settle the same forthwith. CALDER & HUGHE Y. Darien, Feb. sth, 1839. mh 26-2 m CIAPTAIN KYD ; or, The Wizard of the Sea. J A Romance By the Author of “The South west,” “Lafitta,” “Burton,” Ac. 2vols. Just rccevi ed and for sale at the HeraldOffie.e. mhs Notice. THE .SUBSCRIBERS woul l inform the citizens of Darien, and its vicinity, that they will carry on the HOUSE CARPENTERING BUSINESS*, in all its branches, building or repairing. All contracts promptly attended to. N B. They also contract now, for buildings to be finished next winter. i -t; s. D & J P WOOPBI RY. .*s2s Reward. EBCAPF.I) on the lMth inst. from my custody, WILLIAM GREEN, under sen tence of imprisonment in the Jail of Mcln tosh County, for harboring a slave. The said William Green is about forty years of age, fair complexion, and has a wild express ion of countenance, lie resides on the Honey Gall Creek, a Branch of the Alata maha, in Glynn County, and is well known in and about that neighborhood as a notori ous cattle thief. The above reward will be paid on delive ry of said Green to myself, at my residence, or to my deputy at Brunswick. JOHN FRANKLIN, ap 30 SheriffG. Cos. Frcsli Raisins, Ac. A BOXES FRESH RAISINS—AIso, ! jml Preserved Ginger Scott’s assorted Pickles in Jars Fresh Sweet Oil, and Superior Imperial and Young Hyson Tea. Just received and for sale by feb 26 J. & S. H. ROKENBAUGH. Darien Hank Hills. RILLS on the above Bunks taken by the subscri ber for DRY GOODS —consisting of French, English and American Prints; Silk Lawns; Challie’s Paramatta Cloth, (anew article for gentlemen’s Summer Coats, &c.); 5-4, 4-4, 3-4 bleached and brown Sheetings arid Shirtings; Georgia Nankeens; white Jeans; coloured Drillings; Damask Table Dia per ; Birds Eye Diaper; Vestings; Bear Duck; Ho siery, Sic. &c. Also, for Groc ries, Hardware, Cut lery, Hats, Shoes, Iron, or any other articles I may 1 have for sale. My assortment is now good. SAMUEL M. STREET, ap Bth Broad street, (Vivian’s Range.) Notice. ALL Persons having claims against the Estate of WILLIAM A. DUNHAM, late of M’ln tosh county, deceased, arc requested to hand in their claims duly attested—and all those indebted, are likewise desired to make immediate payment to the subscriber. CHARLES WEST, Executor. Darien, April 9th, 1839. Brought to Jail, ON the 14th inst. a negro named AHR AHA If. says he belongs to Mr. Potter, of Savannah. | He is alx>ut 5 feet 6 inches in height, dark complex- I ion, says his age is 23. i BENJAMIN GROOMES, Jailor, M’lntosh County. Darien, April 16th, 1839. Boards. 50,000 feet up country sawed BOARDS, 7-8 to 1 inch thick. For sate by mh 12-3 t irAMCiti. PALMER. DUNBAR MOBIL, Attorney at Law, Brunswick, Geo. OFFERS his professional services to the pu'lie. He will practice in the Courts of the Eastern District, and attend strictly to any business entrusted to his charge, a P Paints and Oils. KA KEGS English White LEAD Vr 75 do American ditto—Also, Greer, and Black PAINTS. Just received and for sale by may 7 J. & S. H ROKENBAUGH. DARIEN, GEORGIA, TUESDAY MORNING, MAY 28, 1839. UNEXAMPLED MAMMOTH SCHEME !!! The following details of a Scheme, of a Lottery, to be drawn in Doeember next, warrant* us iudeclar ing it to be UNPARALLELED in the history of Lotteries. Prizes to the amount have never before been offered to the public. It is true, there are ma ny blanks, but on the other hand, the extremely low charge of ISO per Ticket —the Valve and Number of the Capitals, and the revival of the good old cus tom of warranting that every prize shall be drawn and sold, will, we are sure, give universal satisfac tion, and especially to the Six Hundred Prize Hol ders. To those disposed to ndvenluro we recommend early application being made to us for tickets —when the prizes are all sold, blanks only remain—the first buyers have the best chance. We, therefore, em phatically say—DELAY NOT ! but at once re mil and Jrans-mit to us your orders, which shall always receive our immediate attention. Letters tube ad dressed, and applications to l>e made to SYLVESTER & CO., 156 Broadway, New York. HjT Observe the Number, 156. $700,000 !1 S $500,000 !! $*25,000 ! 6 prizes of $*20,000 ! ! 2 prizes of $15,000 !! II prizes of SIO,OOO ! Grand Real Estate and Bank Stock LOTTERY. Os Property situated in New Orleans, r r The richest and most magnificent Scheme ever presented to the public, in this or any other coun try. TICKETS ONLY s‘2o, Authorized by an Act of the Legislative Assembly of Florida, and under the Directions of the Com missioners, acting under the’same. TO BE DRAWN AT JACKSONVILLE, FLORIDA. December Ist, 1831) SCHMIDT & HAMILTON, Managers. SYLVESLEIt & CO., 156 Broadway. New York, Sole Agents. NO COMBINATION NUMBERS ! ! ! 100,000 tickets from No. 1 upwards, in succession, The deeds of the Property and the Stock transferred in trust to the Commissioners appointed by the I said act of the Legislature of Florida, for the sccu- ‘ rity of the Pi ize Mulders. SPLENDID SCHEME! ! ! I Prize—The Arcade—-286 feet, 5 inches, 4 lines, on Magazine street; 101 feet, 11 inches, on Natchez street; 126 feet, 6 inches, on Gravier st. Rented at about $37,000 per an num. Dollars. Valued at 700,000 l Prize—City Hotel—l 62 ft on Com mon street, 146 feet. 6 inches, on Camp st. Rented ut $25,000 — Valued at 500,000 1 Prize—Dwelling House (adjoining the Arcade) No. 16, 24 ft. 7 inches* front on Natchez st. Rented at $l2O0 —Valued at 20,000 1 Prize—Ditto (adjoining the Arcade) No. 18,23 ft front on Natchez st. Rented at $l2O0 —Valued at 20,000 1 Prize—Ditto (adjoining the Arcade) No. 20, 23 feet front on Natchez st. Rented at sl2oo—Valued at 20,000 1 Prize—Ditto—No. 23, North east corner of B; sin Custom-house street; 40 feet front on Basin, and 40 feet on Franklin st. by 127 ft. deep in Custom-house st. Rented at slsoo—Valued at 20,000 1 Prize—Ditto No. 24 South west corner of Basin & Custom house street; 32 feet, 7 inches on Busin 32 feet, 7 inches on Franklin, 127 feet, 10 1-2 inches deep in front of Custom house street. Rented at slsoo—Valued at 20,000 1 Prize—Ditto—No. 330, 24 feet, 8 inches on Royal street, by 127 ft. 11 inches deep. Rented at SI4OO. Valued at 15,000 . 1 Prize—2so shares Canal Bank Stock, SIOO each 25,000 ] 1 Ditto —200 ditto Com do, do do 20,000 1 Ditto—lso ditto Mechanics’ and Traders’ do do 15,000 ; 1 Ditto—loo do City Bank do do 10,000 j 1 Ditto—do do do do do do 10,000 ; 1 Ditto—do do do do do do 10,000 j 1 Ditto—so do Exchange Bank do do 5,000 1 Ditto—so do do do do do 5,000 1 Ditto—2s do Gas Light Bank do do 2,500 I 1 Ditto —25 do do do do do do 2,500 I 1 Ditto—ls do Mechanics’ & Tra ders’ do do 1,500 1 Ditto—ls do do do do do 1,500 20 Ditto each 10 shares of the Louis iana State Bunk, SIOO each, each Prize SIOOO 20,000 10 Ditto each 2 shares of SIOO each, each Prize S2OO, of the Gas Light Bank 2,000 200 Ditto each 1 share of SIOO, of the Bank of Louisiana 20,000 200 Ditto each 1 share of SIOO of the New Orleans Bank 20,000 150 Ditto Each 1 share of SIOO of the Union Bank of Florida 15,000 6000 Prizes. $1,500,000 TICKETS s2o NO SHARES The whole of the Tickets with their Numbers, as also those containing the Prizes will he examined and sealed by the Commissioners appointed under the Act, previously to their being put into the wheels. One wheel will contain the whole of the Numl>ers, ! the other will contain the Six Hundred Prizes, and the first GOO Numbers that shall be drawn out, will be entitled to such Prize as may be drawn to its num- j ber, and the fortunate holders of such Prizes will ; have such property transferred to them immediately j after the drawing, unincumbered, and without any Deduction ! Editors of every Paper in the United States, in the West Indies, in Canada, and other of the British Provinces are requested to insert the above, as a standing advertisement, until the Ist, of December next, and to send their account to us, together with a . paper containing the advertisement. SYLVESTER & CO, 156 Broadway, V. Y. may 21 sxsaoasga -- • ““ : ~ ON THF. DEATH OF A SISTER. BV CIIARI.ES sprauuk. I knew tlmt we must part; day after day I saw the dread Destroyer win his way. That hollow cough first rang {he fatal knell, Aa on my ear its prophet warning fell; Feeble and slow the once light footstep grew, Thy wasting cheek put on death’s pallid hue, Thy thin, hot hand, to mine more weakly clung, Each sweet “Good night,” fell fainter from thy tongue. I know that we must part—no power could save Thy quiet goodness from an early grave ; Those eyes so dull, though kind each glance they cast, Looking a sister’s fondness to the last; Thy lips so pale, that gently pressed my cheek, Thy voice—alas ! thou eouldstbut try to speak; All told thy doom ; I felt it at my heart; The shaft was struck—l knew that wo must port. And we hove parted, Alary—thou art gone I Gone in thy early bloom, meek, suffering one 1 Thy weary spirit breathed itself to sleep So peacefully it seemed a sin to weep, In those fond watches who around thee stood, And felt, even then, that God wus greatly good. Like stars that struggle through the shades of night, Thine eyes one moment caught a glorious light, As ifto thee, in that dread hour, Were given To know on earth ivlmt faith believes of heaven; Then like tired breezes didst thou sink to rest, Nor one, one pung the awful change confessed, Death stole in softness o’er that lovely face, And touch’d each feature with n new-born grace ; On cheek and brow unearthly beauty lay, And told that life’s poor cares had passed away. In my last hour, be Heaven so kind to me, 1 ask no more than this—to die like thee. But we have parted ! Afnry—thou art dead ! On its last resting place I laid thy head, Then by the coffin-side knelt down and took A brother’s farewell kiss and farewell look ; Tliobo marble lips no kindred kiss returned ; From those veiled orbs no glnnce responsive burned; Ah 1 then I felt hat thou hndst passed away. That the sweet face I gazed on was but clay. And then came memory with her busy throng Os tender images, forgotten long ; Years hurried back, and as they swiftly rolled,” I saw thee—heurd thee, as in days of old, .Sad and more sad each sacred feeling grew, Manhood was moved, and sorrow claimed her due; Thick, thick and fust, the burning tcur-drops started, I turned away and felt that we had purled. But not for ever—in the silent tomb, Where thou art laid, thy kindred shall find room; A little while—a few short years of pain, And, one by one, we’ll come to thee again. The kind old father shall seek out the place. And rest with thee, the youngest of the race; The dear, dear mother—bent with nge and grief— Shall lay her head by thine, in sweet relief; Sister and brother and that faithful friend— True from the first, and tender to the end— All, all, in His good time, who placed us here, To live, to love, to die nnd disappeur— .Vhall come and make their quiet bed witth thee, Beneath the shadow of that spreading tree; With thee to sleep, through death’s long dreamless night Willi thee rise up, and bless the morning light. TO A CANARY BIRD. God bliss thee a ad thy joyous throat! Thy thrill, thy churr, thy piercing note, My sweet canary! Thou gush of song, thou water-brook Ofjoy, thou poem, doctrine, book, Vocabulary ! Thou caged-up treasure of delight! That knowcsl lo make a prison bright Through music’s mystery; To swell thy ridi notes in full tide ; Anon, the highest reach of sound divine, Like Paganini! . Where didst thou gain the womlerous lore 1 Where that, which I admire yet more, The glad Philosophy, That smiles at iron bars and doors, — In loneliness a spirit pours Os mirthful minstrelsy. Wert ever old 1 or broken hearted . Hast ever from thy mate been parted, To meet thereafter 1 It cannot be; that gleesome strain Comes from a breast that ne’er knew pain— ’Tis almost laughter. Now thou art still; thy chaunt is o’er; Thou seem’st intent on something more Important to thee; Hast any thing to lose, or gain 1 What think’s! thou of the war in Maine, And Sir John Harvey 1 Would’st Scott, or Prescott, rather be 1 The cotton cron—is’t ought to thee 1 The (.rayon papers— Art rich at heart, or yet to know That silvery stream again doth flow ; Again in music stirs 1 Ah rogue! I see thee, have thee now, That leap from off the transverse bough, That knowing look inspires ; The sound thou lov’st shall now be heard, “Fresh seed and water for my bird, And sugar for his wires.” Dr. T. W. Dvott, the Free Banker of Philadelphia, is on his trial in that city, with that other Loco Foco beauty, C. J. In gersoll, as his counsel. Os course, they both act as crookedly as possible. Ingcr soll tried to get the indictment quashed, but Judge Conrad, overruled him on all his points. By his direction, his hopeful efient refused to plead to the indictment. Ihe Judge ordered a plea of .Not Guilty to be entered. Dyott and Ingersoll refused to have any thing to do with impaneling the Jury. After they had behaved as ugly as they knew how throughout, the Judge ordereda nother pending case to be postponed, (this was Tuesday) and the trial of Dyott logo on until concluded. So there is good reason to hope he will have justice done him. TIIK VILLAGE GRAVEYARD. A FRAU M ENT, The Inst rose tints were gradually disap pearing from the western horizon when I left the village inn and bent my footsteps towards the church-yard. The stillness of the atmosphere—the hush of merriment and business, and the approach of twilight, disposed my mind to meditution and threw their soft influence over me. A short walk brought me to the place which I sought. Plain as it was in its appearance, with no natural or artificial charms, it had attrac tions numerous and powerful for my pen sive mine. Its venerable yew tree—its regularly disposed walks, and its neatly arranged graves, gave it an air of solemn ity, and invested it with a peculiar beauty. Such a spot has nlwuys been delightful to me. llow often in the uucorrupled hours of childhood, did 1 steal from the play ground and alone wander through the grave-yard! How many Sabbath after noon moments have I passed among the tombs, surrounded by the emblems of my own mortality ! Why this was so, I cannot tell. It may have been because my kin dred were there. It may have been be cause some of my first associates—my ami able sister—my tender brother were there reposing in the coldness of their last rest ing place. Companionless and solitary’ in the world, I there found communion and pleasure, and hence I loved to visit it and linger in its borders. I would sometimes remain there till the night shades closed around me, and the dew drops fall fast and thick upon my head. More than once did I lay upon its grassy mounds and weep myself to sleep. The burial place of a village awakens feelings and produces thoughts different from other grounds of interment. I have stood among the mausoleums of the great, and wondered at the pride that could so magnificently decorate its last tenement. I have walked amid the graves of the rich —1 have bent over the vaults of heroes—of philosophers —hut never have 1 hnd the emotions which arise within me in a village grave-yard. I there feel ns if I were among the pat riarch’s of other days—those who long ago acted their parts and formed their charac ters on the theatre of life. I sec around me the memorials of many generations. I behold the common dwelling of ancestois and their posterity—the dust of parents mingling with the dust ofchildrcn—friends, one in life and one in death, their commun ity preserved, their society undestroysd. The inhabitants of a village in this ref occt have but a step from the cradle to the gtqva. The tomb is ever before their eyes—it -is ever impressed upon their hearts and in all their employments its influence is experi enced. Content to live where their fore fathers lived, they close their eyes on the scenes that first gladdened them, and in peacefulness they lie down among the hal lowed ashes of their race. We sec there no exhibition of pride. All is simple. No expensive monuments are seen ; for their memory is left totlie charge of those who survive them. It is embalm ed in their affections, and watered by tears. Every thing is becoming the place. Noth ing disgusting to the eye is witnessed. Who can tell the influence which a grave yard, under such impressive circumstances, has upon the character? Who can conceive the power that it may exert over the thou ghts and actions? It is an habitual mon itor of the vanity of earthly things. Its voice is every heard calling upon all to regard themselves as the transient inhabi tants ofa fleeting world. It restrains lev ity, and like the presence of some awful spirit, it controls the affections and gover ns the thoughts. Dissolution is an event that is prepared for in time, because of the perpetual exhortations individuals have had to attend to it. They read, in the fate of others, their own destiny. They feel and know that they must die, and hence they make it their business to obtain that purity, that indifference to earth, that love for heav en that can enable their possessor to depart with no bitter remembrance of misspent time and of neglected opportunities ; with no regrets for the past and no evil appre hensions of the future. Good Nature.— “ By Hook or by Crook,” Dame Grundy was the most good-natured woman alive. Come what would, every thing was right, nothing wrong. One day Farmer Grundy told a neighbor that he believed his wife was the most even-temper ed woman in the world, for he never saw her cross in his life—and that sot once he should like to see her so. “Well,” said his neighbor, “go into the woods, and bring home a load of the crookcdcst wood you can find, and if it doesn’t make her cross, noth ing will.” Accoidingly to try the experi ment, he teamed home a load of wood every way calculated to make a woman fret. For a week or more she used the wood copiously, but not a word of complaint escaped her lips. So one day the husband ventured to inquire of her now she liked the wood. “Oh ’tis beautiful wood,” said shc,“ I wish you’d get another load, for it fays round the pot complete !” A man of weak, complying disposition, whom no one fears, no one will be at the trouble to oppose ; while a man ofa strong and fixed character is liable to opposition, at least from those who expect to derive a certain importance from the dignity of their adversary. But he will compel even this opposition into subserviency to him self,-just asjthc mariner obliges the wind that opposes him to help him forward. The injuries we do, and those we suffer, are seldom weighed in the same balance. VOL. 1. NO. 19. L. E. L. The Corsair contains an eloquent notice of the life and death of this gifted and la mented poetess. It is doubtless from the pen of N. P. Willis, and is brilliant and beautiful. We regret that we have only room for a single passage ; It would be difficult to convey to those conversant alone with American society a correct idea of the unhappy prinfulness of Miss Landon’s position in England. Wit cannot easily understand where begins that indefinable tinge of vulgarity, visible only to those who breathe the subtle air of exclusiveness in that aristocratic land, but, as impalpable as it is, the unforgiven sin of society. Miss Landon was brilliant, conversant to a singular degree with all the minute usages of continental and I-ondou society—probably would describe the five shades of good manners and nice elegancy, better than any living writer ; but there was no denying it she was felt by the classes she most aimed to please to be vulgar. It was not her birth—that was highly respectable. It was not her voice, or figure—they were eminently those of a lady. She was graceful and self confident. Her books quoted and made the medium of love by the very aristocrats who “turned down the thumb” upon her pretensions. “What a sweet poetess! What a vulgar girl!” was said in one breath, whenever she put her foot on the threshold oi rani .. And this, it may be said now, was the “ashen at the core” of all the fruit ottered by youth and genious to her lips. She felt that she was born for the upper air, but her wings wanting, She was over elegant, over am bitious in her taste for society. She would have given all the concentrated fame of all the poetesses of English literature to have queened it at Almack’s through one forgot ten ball. The late Gen. Smith of Baltimore was the son of a merchant, and was intended for that profession. At the age of 19 he was sent to England and placed in a coun ting-house to improve in his mercantile education. Not satisfied with the restrain ts imposed upon the clerks in the house in which lie lived, he freighted the vessels in which he went out, and sailed for a port in Italy. He traveled over most of the con tinent and relumed to the United States in the same vessel, with Major Andre, between whom and himself was formed a friendship which ended only with the life of that vic tim of Arnold’s treason, and his own dis honorable conduct. Gen. Smith, when a young man, was solicited by the committee of safety of Baltimore to cormpatid a com pany sent by water to Annapolis, to arrest or capture the provincial Governor Eden. The Governor made his escape, and Xheot tempt to nrrest him was unsuccessful. . At the commencement of the revolution ary struggle, Smith entered the service as a captain. He was in the battles of Bran dywine, Monmouth, White Plains and Long Island,and his company covered the retreat of the army through the Jerseys. He com manded at Mud Fort; where such gallant and desperate defence was made against the British fleet. In this engagement he was disable by a spent ball which gave a shock to his frame from which he did not soon recover. lie for one year represen ted the city in the Legislature of the State, and aftciwards was in one or the other , House of Congress until the fourth of March, 1833. Mr. Jefferson pressed Gen. Smith to accept the office of Secretary of the Navy, which he declined, consenting however, to act in that capacity until some suitable per son could be selected to fill it permanently. He served as Secretary for six months or more, but would not receive any compen sation forhis services. He generally while in Congress filled some high station, being Chairman of the Committee of Ways and Means in the House, and of that of Finance in the Senate. When Baltimore was threat ened with foreign invasing, in 1814, he accepted the command of the defending army, and pledged his own private fortune and that of a friend. During the whole term of his command, neither he nor his staff received any pay. His first term of service in Congress commenced in 1793, and lie continued in the House or Senate till the fourth of March, 1833. Congress voted and presented him a Sword for his gallant defence of Mud Fort. His last pub lic service was in the capacity of Mayor of Baltimore, to which he was elected, a few years since, during the period of great ex citement, as the only person who was thought competent, by his personal influ ence and popularity, to allay the spirit of riot and check the exasperated tone of pub lic sentiment, which then disturbed the peace of the city, Irish humor. —A shrewd yankee, for the purpose of arresting attention, caitsed his sign to be set upside down. One day, while the rain was pouring down with great vio lence, a son of Hibernia was discovered di rectly opposite, standing with some gravity on his head, and fixing his eyes steadfastly on the sign. On an enquiry being made of this inverted gentleman; why he stood in so singular an attitude, he answered, “I am trying to read that sign.” A giant mind may be held in suspense ; but that suspense must be brief, and the ac tion which follows it will be more decided and energetic in consequence of that deter mination ; just as a stream rushes with grea- i ter force for a temporary obstructicn.- An Indian being asked his opinion ofa case of Madeira wine presented to him bty an officer, said he thought it juice exttfjjpl ted from women’s tongue and hearts ; for after he had drank a botfka offt, he could talk for ever, and fight duce.