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IJY 11. STYLES BELL.
Trrms of’ siilM('ri|tion.
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vance, or |4 at the expiration of the year.— |
No subscription received for a less term than
one year, and no paper discontinued until all
urrearages are paid, except at the option of the
publisher.
Kates of AUvcrlising.
Letters of Ciutuon, - - - $3 00
Notice to D ‘btors mid Creditors, (10 days) * 350
Four Mouth*’ Notices, - - - - 4 (X)
Bales of Personal Property, ly Executors,
Administrators,or Guardians, - il
Sales of Land sor Negroes, by do. - - 475
Application for Letters of Dismission, - 000
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tion, and 50 cents (per 12 Im-’ ) for each continuance, I
or space occupied equal to 12 ,mes brevier type.
Rale and figure work always double price
Advertisements should always have the desired
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ed in, otherwise!hey will be published till forbid and
charged accordingly.
nrS otice of the sale of Land and Negroes by
Administrators, Executors, or Guardians, must be !
published sixty days previous *o thedny vs sale. |
The sale of Personal Property, in like manner, !
must be published forty days previous to the sale.
Notic- to debtors and creditors of an estate, must
be published forty days.
Notice that Application w ill be made to the Court
of Ordinary, for leave to sell Land or Negroes, must
hr 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.
Fifty Dollars Reward.
RAN A WAY from the subscriber in Hamburg
on th 28ih, February, His n**gro man THOMAS, j
he is about 28 years of age, five feet 10 inches high. I
<iark complected, and pleasant countenance. He is
a blacksmith by trade, and has doubtless procured ;
free papers from some person, and has gone to work \
at that business either in South Carolina or Georgia, j
He is in all probability lurking about Savannah, as j
I understand he engaged in the steamboat “Thorne.’ j
—When he left, he had on a red flannel shirt, black j
sattinet pantaloons, and new broadcloth coat and new [
beaver hat. Any person delivering said negro to |
me, or will lodge him in any safe jail so that 1 can
get him, shall receive the above reward.
R. L. TOWSON Jun.
Hamburg S. C. March 24th, 1830—ap 2-3 m
gPlgia lumber eoM f Ft |
FBI-IE agents of said company,,
JL offer to contract for delivery at Darien, or j
elsewhere, of hard Pine lumber of the best j
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 & STACK POLE.
Darien, Jan. 22, 1839.8 w
Justices Court tor 1839.
4 COURT, for the 27lst District, will be holden
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 95th March, “
Monday 22d April, “
Monday 27th May,
Monday 21th June,
Monday 22d July,
Monday 26th August, “
Monday 23d September, “
Monday 28th October, “
Monday 25th November, “
Hand a y 23d DefceinNfc u
A panned of 7 Jurors, w ill bedrawn at each term
after tli^first.
NELSON W. CARPENTER,
Justice of the Peace for 271 si. District,
Darien, January 29st, 1839.
Oglethorpe House.
iggsjL THE Public is respecuuny mrormea
that this establish merit continues un
Her the direction of the Substriber, !
who hopes, by unremitted exertions to merit a
continuance of the patronage he is grateful |
for having heretofore received. The house
is large, airy, and convenient, with spacious ;
piazzas on every side—the charges will be (
commensurate to the times. The prevailing i
sea breezes and pure air, render this perhaps j
the healthiest and most comfortable Summer
residence in the State—salt water baths may
be had a short distance from the ltouse—also
good stabling for horses.
R. W. HOLMAN.
Brunswick, April 27th, 1839.
Georgia—Mclntosh County.
WHERAS, William A. Mclntosh, applies for
Letters of Administration, on the Estate of George J
Noble, laic of said county, deceased. These are
therfore to cite and admonish all, and singular the ;
kindred and creditors of said deceased to lie and ap
pear ut my office within the time prescribed by law,
to show cause, if uny exist, why said letters should ,
not be granted.
Given under my hand at office, this 20th day of
June, 1839. j. E. TOWNSEND,
junc 24th. Clerk, C. O.
Custom llou-< St. Marys.
directions ron sr. Andrews,
BA R.
ANDREWS INLET lies in lat. 31 deg. N. !
J9lon. 81 deg 32 min., in the State of Georgia En
trance between Cumberland and Jekyl i.-.lands, have
ing eleven feet water on the bar at low tide; distance
from the Light House on Little Cumberland Island,
North point, about seven miles. There are 3 Buoys
for the entrance; one large Buoy placed just within
the bar, in three fathoms, low tide; one Spar Buoy on
a spit oirthe North point of Little Cumberland Isl
and, and one Spar Buoy in the middle of the sound,
on a shoal, made at the mouth of the gTeat Satilla
river.
Bring the Light House to bear W. by -V, when
the outer Buoy will lie in a range with Light House,
and run for it till over the bar, and up u itli the out
er Buoy; the South point of Jekyl w ill then be N.
W - . 1-2 W.; alter the coarse N. W. by W. until be
tween the points ofCumbcrland and Jekly Islands,
and abreast of the Spar Buoy off Cumberland point,
leaving it to the South: where will be found good
soundings from 3 too fathoms near the shore.
ARCHIBALD CLARK,
Superintendent of Lights & Buoys.
Jane 18, 1836. 4t
For Sale.
jga The HOUSE and two LOTS occupied
by the subscriber. Also, one House and
Lot comer Striven and Second street.—
l g -f Also one House and two Lots on Second
street, near the Lodge. SAM O EI> PALMER.
ap 16-3.
Marble.
The subscriber will furnish the Citizens of Darien
and its vicinity with Grave stones and Tombtables
of ail descriptions, on reasonable terms, and of a first
rate quality. Any persons wishing either of
above 4 will please leave their orders, with Mr. John
Mitchel. AMOS STEVEN'S.
Darien,-Way 28th 1839
&shi> jiDjuaiHßsr uuß&sgiwißS&a
NEW GOODS.
FBI HE SUBSCRIBER is just opening a fresh as-
Jfl. sort meat of avlecl
Consist ing of the following articles, viz : Irish Sheet
ings; Irish Linens; Linen Uanibrie Hdkfa; Russia &
Scotch Diapers; Curtain do; Bird Eye do; Linen
Table Covers; Corded tSkirta; English and American
Prints; French Mus'mis; Picnic Gloves; Fancy and
Satin Scarfs; Gauge Shawls; Spun Silk Hose; black
and white half hose do; Cotton do; Footings, Edg
ings. and Inserting*; Cap Ribbons; Linen and Col
ton Musquito; Nettings; Marseilles Vesting; striped
listings; Linen Drills, and Georgia Nankeens, for
Gentlemen’s Pantaloons. Together with a variety of
other articles, ail of whie.h will be sold cheap foreash.
Ladies’ and Gentlemen, are respectfully invited to
cull and examine for themselves.
mil 19 11 W HUDNALL.
DOIIOY ST FA 31 SAW MILL,
WILL keep on hand a large supply of
LUMBER of ull descriptions. Cargoes
will be flawed 1o order. Five wharves arc at
tached to the Mill, and the Lumber will be dc- j
livercd within reach of the vessel loading.
Apply to
I*. R. YONGE & SONS,
Agents.
Darien, January 82,1839.
NEW M'UIMi A sni tlllK GOODS.
THE SUBSCRIBERS have received in addition
to their stock a variety of SPUING & SUMMER
GOO DS, amongst which are
French Fainted Muslins
Light Prints
Check'd, Cambric and Swiss Muslins
Black tiro dc H.Viss Silks
Furniture Dimity
Linen Sheetings
Table 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 Colton Hosiery
Ladies’ Corsets
Georgia Nankeens
Drillings, Vestings, Ac. &c.
Which arc offered on tile usual terms by
J. & S. H. KOKENBAUGH.
Darien, March 2<i, 1839.
Fresh Raising* Ac.
J BOXES FRESH RAISINS—AIso,
Tt\/ Preserved Gitigw
Scott’s assorted Pickles in Jars
Fresh Sweet Oil, and
♦Superior Imperial and Young Hyson Tea.
Just received and for sale by
fel> 26 J & S. H. ROKENBAUGH.
Notice.
VLL Persons having claims against the Estate
of WILLIAM A DUNHAM, late of M’ln
tosh county, deceased, are requested to hand in their
claims duly attested—and all those indebted, are
likewise desired to mak** immediate payment to the
subscriber. CHARLES WES F, Executor.
Darien, April 9th, 1839.
THundering Sprint;.
THE proprietors of this natural curiosity, respect
fully inform their friends and the travelling public
generally, that they are prepared to accommodate all j
who may favor them with u call. The very short |
period which has intervened since their purchase,
added to a scarcity of materials, has rendered it dif
ficultto improve as extensively ns they desired; yet
they know themselves willing to devote their undivi
ded attention to promote the comfort 8 ud convenience
of visitors and travelers.
The water combines h"Ji nudicina qualities, con
taming strong impregnation., of Saltpetre, A/agnesin,
&c., ascertained from a partial analysis. We deem
it unnecessary to append to this notice, a list of cer
tificates relative to cures effected by using the water,
as the doubts of the sceptical would not be removed,
and those who would believe,may credit the asser
tion, as such can be proved at any time. Several
cases of violent Rheumatism have been entirely re
lieved; also Tetter, Scaldhead, running Ulcers, &c.
Ind victuals laboring under Dyspepsia, will expe
rience great relieffroro the use of the water. It is
known to be highly efficacious in relieving all cutane
ous diseases.
It is due to ourselves, and for the information of
the public at large, to state at least some of the mineral
properties of the water; and also the nature of some j
of the diseases which have been cured at this place. !
We are aware of the prejudices generally engendered :
by vaunting advertisements of like character.
The location of the spring in Upson county, is in ‘
a healthy region nearly surrounded by large hills on .
the north side of the Pine Mountain. A considera-j
hie quantity of game abounds in the woods adjacent,
for the delight of sportsmen; ar.d Flint R veris suffi
ciently contiguous to afford amusement to the angler. [
Families desiring it, can find ample seclusion from
dusty streets and miasmatic regions of the lov/er
count ies, at the Thundering Spring,* where no pains
will be spared on the part of the proprietors, to rend
er their visit agreeable.
Gaming and other irregularities will'be prohibited.
Good order will be strictly enforced.
Afflicted persons will have a seperate table prepar
ed if desired, where they can have all the attention
! paid ihem they may require.
| The Bar will he supplied with choice Liquors of
• various kinds, and attended by an efficient bar-keep
! er.
RATES OF BOARD.
Persons per day, - -- -- - SI 00 !
Persons per week, - -- -- - 650
Four weeks and longer (per week,) 5 50
Families stationary, per month, ” - 5 00
Children and servants half price.
Horse per day, - - 75
Horse per week, - $3 00
Horse per month, - 12 00
Individuals wishing to remain one week or longer, j
will please to make it known at the bar.
JOHN L. COCHRAN,
A J. McAFEE.
Upson County, Ga. June sth 21-3 mos.
* For the information of those who are unacquain
ted with the origin of the somewhat protentous ap- |
pellation of this place, it is perhaps due to observe, J
that the great similarity between the noise occasion- ,
ed by the spring and the rumbling of distant thunder,
suggested the name.
DUNBAR MOREL,
Attorney at Law,
Brunswick, Gen.
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 ®
Twenty Dollars Reward.
STOLEN from my stable on the night of the 7th
inst. two milesftom Centersvillnge, Camden county,
A Sorrel Ilorse,
about eight years old, middle size, or upwards, with
a blaze face, both hind feet white, and a small white
spot on one thigh.
Forty dollars will be given for the thief and horse,
with proof to conviction. Or Twenty dollars for
the hor-ie if returned.
THOMAS VICKBY
i June 9,1839.3t*
DARIEN, GEORGIA, TUESDAY MORNING, JULY 30, 1839.
UNEXAMPLED
MAMMOTH SCHEME 111
The following details of a Schkmk op a Lottery,
to bedrawn in December next, warrants us in declar
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 (S2O per Ticket—the Value 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 adventure we recommend
early application being made to us for tickets—when
the prises are ull sold, blanks only remain—the first
buyers have the best chance. We, therefore, em
phatically say—DELAY NOT ! but at once re mil
and fnsns-mit to us your orders, which shall always
receive our immediate attention. Letters to be ad
dressed, and applications to be made to
SYLVESTER & CO.,
156 Broadway, New York.
fV Observe the Number, 156.
58700,000 !! I **00,000! ! *2A,000!
6 prizes of fttlO'OOO ! !
2 prizes of $13,000!!
3 prizes of #IO,OOO !
Grand Real Estate and Bunk Slock
LOTTERY
Os Proparty ritnntrri ill New Orleans.
Vs The richest and most magnificent Become ever j
iiraai-ntAfi to ilift ptiWir, in this or any other coun
try.
tickets only •ao,
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, 1839
SCHMIDT & HAMILTON, Malingers.
&YLVESLER & 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
said act of the Legislature of Florida, for the. secu
rity of the Prize Holders.
SPLENDID SCHEME! ! !
I Prize--The Arcade—2B6 feet, 5 inches, 4 lines,
on Magazine street; 101 feet,
11 inches, on Natchez street ;
126 feet, 6 inches, on Gravier t.
Rented at about $37,000 per an
num. Dollars
Valued at 700,000
l Prize—City Hotel—l 62 ft on Com-
Jiion street, 146 feet. 6 inches, on
Tamp st. Rented at $25,000 —
Valued at 500,000
I Prize—Dwelling House (adjoining
the Arcade.) No. 16, 24 ft. 7 inchcs
frout on Natchez st. Rented
at $l2O0 —Valued at 20,000
1 Prize—Ditto (adjoining the Arcade)
No. 18,23 ft front on Natchez st.
R nted at $l2O0 —Valued at 20,000
1 Prize—Ditto (adjoining the Arcade)
No. 20, 23 feet front on Natchez
st. Rented ut sl2oo—Valued at 20,000
1 Prize —Ditto—No. 23, North east
corner of B tan <f* Custom-house
street ; 40 feet front on Busin, and
40 feet on Franklin st. by 127 ft.
deep in Custom-house st. Rented
at $l5O0 —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 incites on Franklin, 127
feet, 10 1-2 inches deep in front of
Custom house street. Rented at
$l5O0 —Valued at 20,000
1 Prize—Ditto—No. 339, 24 feet, 8
inches on Royal street, by 127 ft.
11 inches deep. Rented ut SI4OO.
Valued at 15,000
1 Prize —250 shares Canal Bunk
Stock, SIOO each 25,000
I Ditto—2oo ditto Com do, do do 20,000
1 Ditto—lso ditto Mechanics’ and
Traders’ do do 15,000
1 Ditto —100 do City Bank do do 10.090
1 Ditto—do do do do do do 10,000
1 Ditto—do do do do do do 10,000
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
1 Ditto —25 do do do do do do 2,500
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 Bank, 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 Bunk of Florida 15,000
600 Prizes. $1,500,000
TICKETS $20 —JV O SHAKES
The whole ofthe Tickets with their Numbers, as
also those containing the Prizes will be 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 Numbers,
the other will contain the Six Hundred Prizes, and
the first 600 Numbers .;hut shall be drawn out, will
be entitled to such Prize as may be drawn to its num
ber, and the fortunate holders of such Prizes will
have such property transferred to them immediately
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 & 60, *56 Broadway, N. Y.
May 2*, 1839. until Dec. !.
___ goagasg,
THE SISTERS.
Come forth dearest, sister, come with me to day,
The spirit of joy is abroad, and at play ;
The rills are unfettered ami dancing in glee,
The song of the swallow sounds blithe ui the lea ;
The trees have put on their gay garments of green,
And ull things ore lovely and gladsome, l ween.
Oh come, and roam with me o’er hill and o’er dale,
For the fragance of morning now flouts on t ho gale;
The birds are all singing their carols of praise,
Each hush has its songster-each grove lias its lays-
And when thou art weary repose in the bow’rs,
Inhaling the perfume of thousands of flow Vs.
W’ at blessing to live in this beautiful world,
Where joy’s glowing standard is ever unfurled ;
It waves in the breeze with its bright varied hues,
In the sun-light of morn —the dawn’s pearly dews:
Ah come, dearest sister, come with me to-day.
And shed o’er my landscape thine, eye’s beumingray.
1 cannot go forth with thee, sister, to-day,
Though thy song of cheerfulness brightens the way ;
I would not o'evslindow thy culm open brow,
Nor breathe all the dark thoughts, which sadden me
now.
Yes—joy may wave o’er thee hoi feathery wings,
But sorrow her mantle of grey o’er nic flings!
I’vc strayed through the pathways of memory’s do
main,
And voices, long silent, have sounded again ;
I’ve been in the tomb’s gloomy shadow to-day,
While thou wert abroad in the sun’s joyous ray.
Dark shades gather round me; —sweet sister, I know
I’m not to dwell long in this vain world below,
Beyond, all is joy in that blessed abode,
Though dark is the valley, and narrow the road,
Which leads to that bright home of heavenly rest,
Where the mourner is gladdened—the weary arc
blest;
But for thee, my sister—on wings of the dove,
I’d long to fly hence to those mansions above !
saag®aaa&syg a
Fur the Herald.
THE WORLD IN MINIATURE.
Il is amusing to look out upon the great Hu
bei ofthe world, and observe the immense di
versity of tastes, passions, dispositions, and fa
vorite objects of ambition, which chequer the
charactorof mankind. To the mind’s eye, they
resemble an extensive nndvariegated landscape
with here a lofty mountain peering above the
clouds, and there a romantic valley protected
from tlte sun ; —displaying in one direction a
busy city breathing the hum of business, and
in another an imposing fabric dedicated to sci
ence ; —now attracting the attention by some
field covered by fierce aspirants to military
glory, and now engaging it with a more peace
ful but less lively scene of agricultural indus
try.
“The whining school boy—creeping like a
snail unwillingly to school” —learning his task
wjth ail the averseness and disinclination,
which would be apt to fill the heart of a con
vict while expiating his crime in the pillory,
looks forward with joy< tis anticipation to the
period when he shall be absolved from all coer
cive scholastic connection with the tyranicnl
teucher, who has so long swayed the birchen
sceptre over him. The upex of the pyramid of
his ambition is redemption from tin; fancied
despotism of the faithful pedagogue. Ilis lit
tle star ofhope beams only upon this event.
A few more years roll around, and his little
circle of interests and connections is enlarged.
He now begins to recur to his former indolence
witli feelings of regret; he sighs over the count
less days of idle amusement and inattention to
study, which he might have spent in cultiva
ting his mind and fitting himself for a conspic
uous station in society. To attain the very
place he once so heartily disputed, now consti
tutes the goal of ltis desire. No longer docs he
burn to scale the barriers of his minority ;but
willingly, would he exchange his manly appa
rel for the puerile garb of which he once so ar
dently wistied to divest himself.
The miniature soldier, with his petit plumi,
and wooden sword, manufactured in the nur
sery to gratify his infant inclinations, displays
by his baby prattling his propensity to become
a sett of Mars, and strut in military costume.
Nature moulded his genius for martial exploits
and, ere many annual suns have roiled around,
the world may too fully realize the effects of
that ambition, which faintly displayed itself in
his cradle.
Beside “the dog of war,” our fancy would
fain place the embryo philosopher, who, when
his less intellectual companions are sporting
with the top, stands aloof from these boyish
amusements, and seems employing ltis tender
faculties in the investigaton of the more obvi
ous principles of nature. Ilis soul, instead of
enjoying those diversions which are generally
so congenial to juvenile character, fltruggles to
burst the bonds of nature, and essays to accel
erate the progress of its development. Dis
gusted with school boy pleasures, he pants to
enter the labyrinth of science, and master in
early youth what maturity only can reveal to
his understanding. In predicting the destiny
of that child, we should not as
sociate it with that of Herschci or ffir Isaac
Newton.
Here, we find a lad—the precise converse of
the preceeding portrait; who feels a strong
antipathy to books, and fixes the period of his
perfect contentment, when by industry he has
secured to himself the possession of afarm and
| its necessary appendages. A plough, a hunt
a fruitful field and a yeoman’s independence
are the points toward which his aspirations
tend. When these are attained, he imagines
the seed of desire in his bosom will be com
pletely exhausted. The yellow harvest, the
| golden fruit, the rich waving grain wholly ab
sorb ltis soul. He sneers at the folly of teltol
; ars, who toil over the midnight lamp, and spend
the spring tide of life in search after knowledge;
and is surprised that they can lie guilty of so
! great a weakness ns to prefer painful study to
the delightful pursuitsof agriculture.
There stands the merchant—the busy,active,
bustling merchant—with ltis hopes, his cares,
I his prospects, his all circumscribed within the
limits of a counting room. Worthless to him
are the laurels of the conqueror ; valulcss to
him the honors ofliteraturc; uninviting to him
tlte toils of the husbandman. His nc plus ultra
of human happiness is neither connected with
letters, war nor politics ; but consists entirely
in extensive business, successful commerce and
an abundance of the circulating; medium. As
long as trade remains brisk and drawers full,
1 you might as well attempt to attract the needle
from its tendency toward the pole by the ap
plication of a vegetable substance,as detatch lt is
affections from mercantile interests, by setting
before his con ideration the brilliant example
of a Bonaparte or the undying glory of it Scott.
Hard on lire heels of the merchant, we ob
serve the doctor, with his pill bags slung o’er
his arm and ltis medical nose turned up in
derision of some unhooked, principle he has just
heard from a simple granny. The disciple of
Esculapius is a uni generis sort of an animal—
precise in his conversation, systematic in his
theories, and very technical in ltis language,
familiar with every nook and cornerin the cor
poreal system, as well as every ology from Cra
tiiology to Zoology in alphabetical order, al
ways thoroughly perfumed with emetic and
laudnum, as to give warning to the Rons of
men to abscond, as they value their health and
existence (a wise disposition of Providence, for
if some premonitory symptoms of this walking
pestilence, which “ wasteth at noonday” were
not afforded, many a hapless wight, who is now
in the land of the living, would ere this have
been sleeping beneath the clods of the valley.)
The very spirit of ltis profession is sickness;
and without it he would die like a load in a
vacuum. His school is a skeleton, his books
are bones, his Elysium in the house of afflic
tion, his fame In the register of the sexton, his
glory in the graveyard. But just inform him
j of the fact, that one single chord in ihis “harp
1 of thousand strings” is out of tune, and ten to
one, in trying to restore its harmony, he will
cobble you into your sepulchre. A bad climate
impure atmosphere and thebroath ofcontagion
make up ltis vital spark, professionally speak
ing. In fact, there is only one distinctive mark
betw en a physician and an undertaker: the
former depends upon the latter for celebrity,
the latter upon the former for business. The
whole history of ilis patient may he sumed
up in these three words; visit, prescription,
dissolution.
Here comes the lawyer, with a quick rapid
pace, restless manner, and calculating phiz, a
real Cassius, who
“reads much,
Is a great observer, and looks
Quite through tiie deeds of men.”
To him, is a matter of vital importance to
encourage neighborhood quarrels, und cherish
the germs of vice implanted iri the human
heart. Like the fox in the fable, who ate him
self the fawn about which the lion and the ti
ger hud been contending, lie involves, if possi
ble, two persons in a suit, animates both to
prosecute the judicial contest, and finally puts
in his own purse the subject of the dispute. At
midnight he .spins the web, and in daylight he
decoys some unsuspecting victim into it. He
loves to deal in the glorious unccrtanties ofthe
i law and operate on technicalities. Above eve
ry thing else, he admirers a fine bill of costs ;
next to that a verdict for his client. Ego pri
mus ; tile secundus, is his maxim. When the
limbs of the law are abroad, vice trembles, and
even honesty is wary.
We might extend this list of exemplifications
to an interminable length. Superficial obser
vation, however, will easily demonstrate, that
in every man’s breast there is a ruling passion,
in every man’s ciiarueter a prominent trait
which clearly distinguishes him ftom his fel
low creatures,
“Happiness is our being, end and aim;”
hut we seek after and find it by different routes.
The philosopher depends upon successful ex
periments, the farmer upon the dews of heaven,
the merchant upon commerce, the doctor upon
disease, and the barrister upon wickedness for
“this plant of celestial seed.” By whatev
er course we move toward the port, be sure of
this; self interest holds the rudder and gov
erns the compass.
“Pleasures are ever in our hands or eyes,
And when in act they cease, in prospect rise;
All spread their charms, but charm not all dike;
On different senses, different objects strike;
//ence different passions more or tess inflame,
As strong or weak, the organs of the frame ;
And hence one master passion in the breast,
Like Aaron’s serpent swallows up the rest.”
ALFRED.
Nevcrsink Cottage, July, 1839.
The confession of one of the culprits, proves
that the disastrous fire at Albany, some time
since, was kindled by three boys, to decide a
bet of cigars, which engine of a certain three
would reach the fire first.
VOL. 1. NO. 28.
I. . For the Herald.
The Last Tear. —There is an hour
when nature sinks and ull her powers, once
gay and buoyant, seem chilled and matron
ly ; tis not a time for mirth or gladness, hut
‘tis when wo shed the last tear o’er depart
ed worth ; or when we quit the last ray of
hope, and the last chord which seemed to
bind the seal to earth is cut in sunder,
Tis thm tve can not weep, the burning tears
have flowed, the fountain deep seems broken
up, anil labors hard to send one shower
more to moisten the cold sod which hides
from us our fondest hopes; and the heart
with tumult wild as heaved the throbbing
breast, till nature scorns to quail, and the
weared heart sinks back to rest! Yes, a
rest which beggars all our efforts to disent
itle ; ’ tis then that language fails to express
the grief we fed : gloom and sadness gath
er on the brow, a cloud impenetrable obscur
esour patli, and life is hut a spell to chain
the soul to misery and despair. We look,
but look in vain for one responding heart,
to whom we can unbosom all our woe and
find relief in friendship ; but friendship
sweet, which should have found a plncc on
earth, has met a cold repulse ; and with
etherinl wings has flitted home to brighter
worlds above. Hut in her flight she turns
n hasty glance nnee more on man, and
points the way to heaven.* A gleam of
light then marks the path, and hope, like
the harbinger of mercy, takes possession of
the soul ; hope which earth can never
disappoint; and joys substantial and endur
ing lake the place of dark despair.
Beautiful Coinciuekce. Quring the morn
ing service yesterday, ut Christ’s Church,
Salem street, an incident occurred which
would have been interpreted by the ancients
as a signal of Divine approbation. The Rev,
Mr. Marcus, of Nantucket, the officiating min
ister, gave out to be sung the 84lU Psalm, in
which is the following stanza:
The birds, more happy far than I,
Around thy temple throng;
Securely there they build, and there
Securely hatch their young.
While he was reading this Psalm, n dove flew
in atone of the windows, and alighted on tfio
capital of one of the pilasters, near the nlt.y,
and nearly over the head of the reader. A
note of the Psalm and Hymn to be sung had
been previously given, a*: is customary, to the
choir; otherwise it mighfhavo been supposed
that there was design in the selection, for the
luiakUr utuuounced, Cor the sticoud •mgmf',
the 75th Hymn, commencing—
Come holy spirit, heavenly dove,
With all thy quickening powers ;
Kindie aflame of sacred love,
In these cold hearts of ours.
The preacher was unconscious of the pres
ence of the bird, until the close of the services;
and the innocent visitor was suffered to “depart
ia peace.”— Boston Transcript.
This story may have beeh related in good
faith, and it may not. Some twenty-five years
ago a similar “coincidence” was told as occur
iug, with variations, in Vermont. A good old
minister, whose head was silvered with tlte
frost of many winters, was represented as ris
ing in ltis pulpit, to begin his sermon. —His
text was from Mathew iii. 10. “And lo the
heavens were opened unto him, and he saw the
Spirit of God descending like a dove and light
ing upon him.” The good man named the
text, and recited it with trembling and holy
unction, and while doing so, a dove flew in at
an open window and lighted upon his head.
The incident of course produced a sensation,
and was published through the land as a mar
vel. But an explanation was afterward given
which abateil the interest not a little. The
bird had been domesticated by the good minis
ter, and was in the habit of feeding from ilis
hand. It had proceeded nlong with him on
his way to the ch ureli and lighted upon his hand
before his entrance, and afterward upon his
head in the church, as slated above.
Wall Street, New York.
State of the Market. —The Board of Brok
ers is shaved very thin, and its condition now
is nearly transparent. Our current notes are
uncurrent; and arc now oftener counted than
discounted. Brokers are now breakers, and
many a floating capital lias been sunk in them.
It was proposed at a meeting of merchants yes
terday, that a petition should be presented to
the Common Council, for changing tile first
letter in the name of tlte street, from a W. to
an F.
Dealers in Hardware, say that never found
tilings as hard as now; that tin plates are flat,
load heavy, iron dull, spades not trumps, and
more rakes in the market than inquired after,
brass is however, in demand for politicians:
brads are also in request, but holders cannot be
got to fork them out. Nails wont go by push
ing, and have to he driven.
The Dry Goods merchants say that their
eases are hard,and complain that people pre
fer the hank rage to theirs.
In Paints, every thing looks black, tfiomgh
many attempts to .varnish the thing over.
Shippers of Ashes have had to add sackcloth
to them—as prospects are by no means Pear
ley, and prices are going to Pot.
The Timber trade is pining, and holder*
have to rest upon their ours to stave oft’ the
pressure.
There is no spirit in the Rum trade, and hold
ers of Vinegar looks sour; Champaigne, how
ever, is brisk.
Rlmburb and Senna are quite drugs, but
there is a consumption of Brimstone for match
es; many having lately been made.
Since the disposal of an article in the Fur_
Cap line, at the church door, we have beard ol
no further transaction. Holders of Indigo
look blue, but those deep read, are not green
enough to think that a symptom of the trade
dying.
Starch is stiffening, and Paper is stationary.
In the Meal marked things arc flowery, but
the millers say that the high prices of wheat
goes against their grain,—at which the Ba
kers are also entity.
The Grocers have got along pretty gingerly,
but some having tasted a space of the times,
have bdcome peppery.
Tlvere is no life in dead Hogs, but some ani
mation in old Cheese.
Hills of Exchange ltc wanted, those wfejcji
have c.'ost-sd the Atlantic twice arc inquires
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