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|§6r Ilwtf j( IJY 11. STYLES BELL. Trrms of’ siilM('ri|tion. THE Herald is printed on a large imperial sUeel, with new type, at $3 per year, in ad 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 Othsr .4 lvertiasments,sl IK) for I*2 lines first inser 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 number of insertions marked upon them when hand 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 af:e. %