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BY 11. STYLES IJF.LL.
Term* of Niibftcri|tioii.
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vance, or S4 at the expiration of the year.— <
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Rates of tdvertiiiig.
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Notice to Debtors and Creditors, (40 days) 3 50
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tion, and VJ cents (p'r 12 tin •*) for ‘eh continuance, ,
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ttnle and figur* work always double price.
Advertts Mi ‘tits should always have the desired
tm.uber of insertions marked upon them when hand
ed in, otherwise they will be published tilltorbid and
charg'd accordingly.
’ Notir of Lite sale of Land attd Negroes by
A 1 mntstrators. Executors, or Guardians, must be
publish *d sixty days previous to the day of sale.
Toe sale of Personal Property, in like manner,
must b- published forty days previous to the sale.
Notice to debtors and creditors of an estate, must
• ■ it'iblish ands .rty days.
N>i t 1 t lit triplication will he made to the Court
if ) di i irv. f>r Dave to s II Land or Negroes, must .
!• vt'ili.h and four noii'Hs j
Jvi-v in A o di -ation will hr mud* l for Letters of j
Vln o'st. iti m. must be published thirty days, and
“L -rs of Dismission, six months.
n rir!, r*irf vV ero.
Commission merchants,
Darien. Gro.
May I, 1839.
it o afro iV eranr,
Com mission Merchants.
Darien , Ha.
Geo. T. Rogers,
H. A. Crane.
30BT. WAL SH & CO,
Commission Merchants,
Hr rural Agents, and Auctioneers,
DR I NS H ICK, O I.
.Imtice* Court for I
A COURT, for the 271 st District, will beholden
xm at the Court House tn the city of Darien, oa the
4th Monday of each month—to wit
Monday 28th January, 1839.
Monday 25th February, “
Monday 25th March, “
Monday 22d April, “
Mond iy 27th May,
Monday 24th June, “
Monday 22d July,
Monday 26 th August, “
Monday 23d September, u i
Monday 28th October, “ <
Monday 25th November, 44 !
Monday 23d December, “
A pannel of 7 Jurors, will bedrawn at each term
after the first.
NELSON W. CARPENTER,
Justice of the Peace for 271 si, District,
Darien, Januar]fc29st, 1839.
Lcorsiiii—Vlrlntosli Fount}. J
WHERAS, William A MeTtflosh, pplien for -
Liters of Administration, on the Estate of George .1 j
Noble, late of said effunty. deceaaud. These are , ,
therft i ft* cite, and admonish ull, and singular tlie j |
Kindred atm creditor* of said deceased to be. and ap- t
pear at my office within flic time prescribed by law, (
to s-ow cause, if any exist, why said letters should ■ <
not be granted.
Given under my hand at office, thi* 2ffth day ofi t
Juno. 1839. j v. .Townsend. * ,
june 24th. Clerk, Q. O. j
Castnm lloiimc SI. Alary*. ‘
DIRECTIONS FOR ST. ANDREWS ‘
R I R.
ANDREWS INLET li. s in hit 31 il.” N ,
- j |
trance between Cumlwrlsnd and Jekyl Islands, have j |
ingeleven feet water onth * bar at low tide ; distance j ,
from the Light House on Little Cumlwrland Island, )
North point, about seven miles. There are 3 Buoys (
for the entrance; one large Buoy placed just within
thehur in three fathoms, low tide; one Spar Buoy on j
a spit off the North point of Little Cumberland Isl- |
and. and one Spar Buoy in the middle ofthe sound, ,
on a shoal, made at the mouth of the great Sat ilia
ri v er. I
Bring the Light House to bear W. by N. t when
the outer Buoy will be in a range with Light House, ,
and run for it till over the bar, and up with the out- (
er Buoy; the South point of Jekvl will then be N. |
W 1-2 W.: alter the course N. W by W until be-’
tween th points of Cumln-rland and Jekly Islands,!,
and abreast of the Spar Buoy off Cumberland point,
leaving it to the South; where will be found good ,
soundings from 3t05 fathoms near the shore.
ARCHIBALD CLARK,
Superintendent of Lights & Buoys.
June |B, 1836. 4t
For Sale.
Tlie HOUSE and two LOTS occupied
by the subscriber. Also, one House and
3 Lot corner Scriven and Second street. —
I ii A Iso one House and two Lots on Second
street, near the Lodge.
SAMUEL P4LMER.
ap IC-3
Marble.
The subscriber will furnish the Citizens of Darien |
,tnd its vicinity with Gravestones and Tombtabies,
of all descriptions, on reasonable terms, and of a first
rate quality. Any persons wishing either of the
above, will please leave their orders, with Mr John
Milchel.
AMOS STEVENS.
Darien,-Way 28th 1839.
ieorgia— Me I ntit-li County.
FOUR months after date, application will be
made to the Honorable the Inferior Court of
said County, when setting as a Court of Ordinary, j
for l°ave to sell Bedford, a part of the real Estate of
John G 811, late of s id county deceased.
JOHN F. GREEN, • ‘ ) FxfCUtor .
HUGH FRASER GRANT. ( xecuM>ra ‘
May 26th, 1839.
Notice.
ALL persons are forbid trespassing in anyway
on the Tract of Land, in the State of Georgia, situ
at and in Afclntosh county, bounded on the South and
West by lands of Alex W. Wylly, Esq. on the
East by lands ofCapt. Philson, on the North by a
Branch of the Sapello river.
Col. Charles H. Hopkins, will act as my agent, j
JAMES Fit IP P , JR.
Beaufort. SC. June 19, 1839.4 t. |
BRICKS.
HOWAItD; & a AGE
A RE ready to contract to deliver at their yard.
Honey Gall) or elsewhere, Bricks of a superior
quality, on reasonable terms. *
They have on hand 150,000 which they will
sell cheap for cash. They will furnish Ist, 2d or 3d
quality as may be required.
Letters addressed to them at Brunswick will be at
tended to.
Brunswick, June I8 ; 1859. It.
NEW GOODS.
THE SUBSCRIBER is just opening a fresh as
sortment of select
j Consisting of the following articles, viz : Irish Sheet
ings; Irish Linens; Linen Cambric Hdkfs: Russia 6l
Scotch Diapers; Curtain do; Bird Eye do; Linen
Table Covers; Corded Skirts; English and American
prints; French Muslins. Picnic Gloves; Fancy and
fShtin Scarfs; Gauze .Shaw Is; Spun Silk Ilosc; black
.atjd white half hose do. Cotton do; Footings, Edg
ings, and Inscrtings; Cap Ribbons; Linen and Cot
ton Musqmto; Nettings; Marseilles Vesting; striped
Ladings; Linen Drills, and Georgia Nankeens, for
, Gentlemen’s Pantaloons. Together with a variety of
other articles, all of which will be sold cheap foreash.
Ladies’ and Gentlemen, arc respectfully invited to
call and examine for themselves.
mh 19 H W. HUDNALL.
DO ISO Y STEAM SAW MILL,
WILL keep on hand a large supply of
LI MHEH of all descriptions. Cargoes
will be sawed to order. Five wharves are at
tached to the Mill, and the Lumber will be de
livered within reach of the vessel loading.
Apply to
P. R. YONGB & SONS,
Agents.
Darien. January 22,18.39.
NEW HPBIIHJ A Mi yun.lt GOODS.
1 HL SUBSCRIBERS have received in addition
in their stock u variety of SPRING & SUMMER
. GOODS, amongst which are
French Painted Muslins
Light Prints
Check’d. < ainbrie and Swiss Muslins
lllack tiro de Swiss Silks
Furniture Dimity
Linen Sheetings
Table Diapers
llyrdseye and Russia do
Cotton Fringes
Irish Linen
Dress Shawls and Scarfs
Linen Cambric Handkerchiefs
Parasols and Umbrellas
Corded Skirts
Silk Kid and Lisle Gloves
Silk and Cotton Hosiery
Ladies’ Corsets
(ieorgia Vink, ens
Drillings. Vestings. &c. &c.
\\ Inch are offered on the usual terms by
J. & S II ROKENDAUGII.
Darien, March 2(>, 1839.
Fresh Raisins, &<-.
BOXES FRESH RAISINS—AIso,
Preserved Ginger
Scott’s assorted Pickles in Jars
Fresh Sweet Oil, and
Superior Imperial and Young Hyson Ten.
Just received and for sale by
feb 26 J & S H ROKENBAUGH.
Nottee.
A LL Persons having claims against the Estate
of WILLIAM A DUNHAM, lute of M’ln
tosh county, deceased, are requested to hand in their
claims duly attested—and all those indebted, are if
likewise desired to make immediate payment to the
subscriber. CHARLES WEST, Executor.
Darien, April 9th, 1839.
Thundering Spring.
THE proprietors of this natural curiosity, respect
fully inform their friends mid she travelling public
generally, that they are prepared to accommodate all .
who nmy favor th>*m with a call. The very short 1
perindA,vhieh has intervened since their purchase,
addedtn a scarcity of materials, has rendered it dif
ficult to improve as extensively as they desired; yet
tin y know themselves willing to devote their undivi- 1
did attention to promote the comfort and convenience
of visitors and travelers.
The w ater combines high medicinal qualities, eon
taining strong impregnations of Saltpetre, Magnesia,
ascertained from a partial analysis. We deem j
it unnecessary to append to this notice, a list of cer
tificates relative to cures effected’by using the Water,
as the doubts ofthe sceptical would not be removed,
and those who would believe, may credit the asser
tion, as such cell be proved at any tfm*. Several
cases of violent Rheumutrsm he Ve been entirely re
lieved; also Tetter, Scald head, running Ulcers, &c.
Inti viduals laboring under. Dyspepsia, will expe
rience great relief from 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 leapt some of the mineral
properties ofthe water; and also the nature of some
of the diseases whicli 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 UpsDn county, is in
a healthy region nearly surrounded by large hills on
the north side of the Pine Mountain. A considera
ble quantity of game abounds in the woods adjacent,
for the delight of sportsmen; and Flint River is suffi
ciently contiguous to afford amusementtothe angler.
Families desiring it, can find ample seclusion from j
dusty streets and miasmatic regions of the lower
counties, 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 wilfbe prohibited.
Good order will be strictly enforced.
Afflicted persons will have aseperate table prepar
ed if desired, where they can have all the attention
paid hem they may require.
The Bar will be supplied with choice Liquors of
various kinds, and attended by an efficient bar-keep-
RATEB OF BOARD.
Persons per day, &J 00
Persons per week, ------ (j 50
Four weeks and longer (per week,) 5 50
Families stationary, per month, ” - 500
Children and servants half price.
Horse per day, - - 75
Horse per week, - S3 00
Horse per month, - 12 00
Individuals wishing to remain one week or longer,
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,
; thatthegreat similarity between the noise oecasion
; ed by the spring and the rumbling of distant thunder, j
I suggested the name.
For Sale,
LANDS, belonging to the he ire of the late
Hon. John Houeton ATJntoeh , viz :
100 Lots or more in the city of
Darien.-—Also, 22 tracts of
Land, containing In all about
8000 acres,
Lying in the county of Mclntosh, and on the wa
! ters of Sapelo and South Newport rivers.
ONE TRACT in Liberty countj. contain
| in? 400 acres.
No part of any of those lands are more than four
miles from salt tidewater, a small portion has been
planted in Colton, but are most to be valued for the
Pine Timber and Eigtit Wood.
The re-survey can be seen,also the original grants
orextractsfront the SurveyorGeneraTs office, by ap
ply irigto REUBEN KING, Agent.
Darien. .Way 21,1839. 8t
N. B. Owners of Satv Mills are requested to look
1 atthetistbrr.
DAIiIEN, GEOIKiIA, TUESDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER 17, 1839.
UNEXAMPLED
MAMMOTH SCHEME 11!
The following details of a Sciikmk of a Lottkry,
to be drawn in December next, warrants us in deelar
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 an: ma
ny blanks, but on the other hand, the extremely low
charjjf of SSO per Ticket—the Value *np Number
i*l 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 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 (ran. s-mit to os your orders, which shall always
receive our immediate attention. Letters to be ad
dressed, and applications to be made to
SYLVESTER & CO.,
150 Broadway, New York.
$ V Observe the Number, 156.
35700*000 !! ! $.500,000 !! $25,000!
6 prizes of $20,000 ! !
2 prizes of $15,000 ! !
3 prizes of SIO,OOO !
Grand Real Estate and Bank Stock
LOTTERY
Os Property situated in New Orleans.
TN The richest and most magnificent Scheme ever
presented to the public, in this • r any other coun
try.
TICKETS ONLY sgO,
Authorized by an Act ofthe 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, Managers.
SYLVESLER & CO., 156 Broadway.
New Yo r k, Sole Agents.
no combination m mllhs ! ! !
100,000 tickets from No. 1 upwards, in succession, i
The deeds of the Property and the Stock transferred
in trust to the Commissioners appointed by the
said act ofthe Legislature of Florida, for the secu
rity of til** Prize, Holders.
SPLENDID SCHEME! ! !
1 Prize—The Arcade—2Bf> feet, 5 inches, 4 lines,
On Magazine street; 101 feet,
II inches, on Natchez street;
126 feet, 6 inches, on Gravier st.
Rented at aboui #67,000 per nn
>''• Dollars
Valued at 700,000
I Prize—City Hotel—l 62 ft on Com
mon street, 116 feet. 6 inches, on
Cump st. Rented nt #25,000 —
Valued at 500,000
1 Prize—Dwelling House (adjoining
the Areude) No. 10, 24 ft. 7 inches
front on Natchez st. Rented
at #l2O0 —Valued at 20,000
’ Prize—Ditto (adjoiningthc Arcade)
No. 18, 25 ft fronton Natchez st.
R nfi'd at $l2O0 —Valued at 20,000
I Prize—Ditto (adjoining the Areude)
No. 20, 23 feet fronton Natchez
st. Rented at #l2oo—Valued at 20,000
1 Prize—Ditto—No. ‘23, North oust
corner of B silt if Custom-house
street; 40 feet front on Basin, and
40feeton Franklin st. by 127 ft.
deep in Custom-house st. Rented
af #l5O0 —Valued t 20,000
1 Prize Ditto—No. 24 South west
corner of Basin & Custom house
street; 32 feet, 7 inches on Basin
32 feet, 7 inches mi Franklin, 127
feet, 10 1-2 inches deep in front of
Custom house street. Rented at
#lsoo—Valued at 20,(XX1
1 Prize—Ditto—No. 339, 24 feet, 8
inf lies oil Royal street, by 127 ft.
11 inches deep. Rented at SI4OO.
Valued at 15,000!
I Prize—2so shares Canal Bank
Stock, SIOO each 25,000 (
1 Ditto—2oo ditto Com do, do tlo 20,000 !
1 Ditto—lso ditto Mechanics’ nnd
Traders’ dodo 15,000
1 Ditto—loo do City Bank do do 10,000 j
1 Ditto—do do de do do do 10,(XX),
1 Ditto —do do do do do do 10,(XX) j
1 Ditto—so do Exchange Bank do do S,(XX)
1 Ditto—so do do do do do S,(XX)
1 Ditto—2s do Gas Light Bank do do 2,500
1 Ditto—2s do do do do do do 2,500
1 Ditto—ls do Mechanics’ & Tra
ders’ do do 1,500
X Ditto—ls do do do do do 1,500
20 Ditto each 10 shares of the Louis
iana Slate Bank, SIOO each, each
Prize SIOOO 20,(XX)
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,(XX)
Prizes. $1,900,000
TICKETS #20 — SO SHARES
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 that 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 !
JTf 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 u, together with a
paper containing the advertisement.
SYLVESTER & CO., 156 Broadway, N. Y.
May 2!, 1829. ami! Dec. 1.
I Pills and Phoenix Bitters.
Health—the Poor man's wealth—the Rich Man's
Bliss.
FBIIIE CAUSF* or BILIOUS COMPLAINT S
M AND A MODE.pF CURE. - A well ngu
lateil iiikl proportionate quantity of bile upon the
f slon,tu, h is always requisite for the promotion of
sotnul heulth— u stiniulates digestion, and keeps the
intestinal canal ull obstructions. On the
interior stirfact of the liver is u peculiar bladder, in
‘v Inch the bile is first preserved, being formed by the
li\ er from the Mood. Thence it passes into the stoni
n''” and ini*•.Mines, and regulates the indigestion.
I bus We see when there is a deficiency of bile, the
body is constantly costive. On the other hand, an
overahundalice of bile, causes frequent nausea in the
stomach ; and often promotes very severe uttaeks of
disease, whichloniettmes end in death.
Fevers always precede by symtoms of a disor
dered stomach; as are also scrofulous disord rs,
and all sy input helical functional, organic or febrile
diseases. Firim the same cause, the natural and
healthy action of the heart, and the whole vascular
system is inquired and reduced below its natural stan
dard; as exhibited in palpitations, languid pulse,
torpors of the limbs, syncope, and even death itself,
m coust'nutMiceofan overabundance of a peculiar of
h us v, .substance to the digestive organs.
1 he apj r ‘ch of bilious diseases is at all times
a,, ‘ > and eided symptoms of an existing disea
sed stale yf the s omach and bowels ; i. e. with those
signs which are known to point out their contents
j to be of a morbid irritating nature; but whenever
| the alimentary canal happens to be loaded with irri
tating matter, some derangement of tin* healthy ope
ration, either of the general system, or f some partic
ular organ of the body is the certain result : and
when this state happens to be united with any other
symptoms °* disease its effects are always thereby
much aggravate and. The progress of organic obstruc
lion is often so rapid as scarely to admit of time for
the applit - ‘of such aid us is to be offered by art,
l y°b *** general, the premonitory symptoms of gastric,
j load an- perceptible for a day or two previous to the
feverish paroxism, a period, when the most cflic cious
assistant may he given, by unloading the stomach
mid alimentary canal of its irritating contents, and
thus reducing the susceptibility of disease.
MOFFAT’S LIFE MEDICINE’S, should always
betaken ill the curly stages of billions complaints;
and if persevered in strictly according to the direc
tions, wiii positively effect a cure.
The mineral medicines often prescribed in these dis
eases, although they may effect a temporary cure, at
I he sonle time create an unhealthy state of the blood,
and consequently tend to promote a return of the very
and i sea si which they are employed to cure. It is then
by the use of purgatives, exclusively formed of vege
table compounds, which, possessing within thein
s'|\es no deleterious agencies, which decomposition,
combination, or alteration can dcvclope or bring into
action; and therefore capable of producing no effect,
save that which is desired-—that a safe remedy is
found.
The LIFE PILLS and PHENIX BITTERS
have proved to be the most happy in their effects in
cases of bilious diseases, of any purely vegetable
preparation ever offered to the, public. If the stomach
is foul, the v cleanse it by exciting it to throw of its
contents; if not, they pass to the duodenum without
exciting vomit mg or nausea in the stomach; stimulat
ing the neighboring vie, era, ns the liver and patients,
so as to produce a more copious flow oftheir secretions
into the intestines; stimulating the exluilent capillar
ies, terminating in the inner coat, which an increased
flow ofthe useless particles of the body, foreign mut
ters, or retained secretions, are completely discharg
ed.
K3* For sale at the DA RIEN HERALI)
orr/cE. Aug. 20.
Fever and Ague Positively
Cured.
ffLlevor 2111(1 Agile is a most obstinate disease,
JT and in warm and humid climates, frequently re
sists every ordiniary mode of cure, so as to become
very distressing to the patient; and by the extreme
debility which the disease induces, it, often .gives rise
to other chronic complaints. Marsh miasmata, or
the effluvia, arising from stagnant water, is the most
frequent exciting cause of this disease; and one of
its great peculiarities is its susceptibility of u renew
al from very slight causes, such as from the preva
lence of an easterly wind—even without the repeti
tion of the original exciting cause. In this, Fever
and Ague differs from most other fevers; as it is well
known, that after an ordinary fever has, once occur
red and been removed, the person affected is not so
liable to a fresh attack as one who wusnot so affect
ed. These circumstances render it extremely difficult
to effect s permanent cure of Fever and Ague, though
10 relieve the patient for the time being is a very easy
task.
LlPfc PILLS AND PHENIX
BITTERS have been thoroughly tested, tfnd
proved tobe a POSITIVE AND RADICAL Cure
of Fever and Ague. Hundreds of liis fellow-citi
zens in the West, have voluntarily come forward to
assure Mr. MOFFAT that the LIFE MEDICINE
are the only medicines that will THORIJGHLY ef
fect a removal of this most tedious and disagreeable
and incuse.
Others who have emigrated to that rich and prom
ising portion of our country—men who went out full
of hope, and confident of winning a competence from
the luxuriance of the soil; or who carried to the out
posts of our settlements the mercantile or rnochanicle
experience won in the crowded cities jmd towns of ;
the older states, have either returned with Shattered
constitutions and depressed spirits, or they remain
in their new homes, dragging out a weary life ; at
last to sink under some disease to which they are
predisposed by t hat terror of the West, the FEVER
AND AGUE. Their hopes are blasted —their busi
ness energies destroyed—their El Dorado becomes a
desert, and the word of promise, made to the car, is
broken to the hope.
To these Individuals, Mr. Moffat would say—
“ Try the LIFE MEDICINES, arid you will yet. un ;
ticipate your most sanguine expectations, for they
will certainly restore you to health.”
JjEVER AND AGUE is a complaint which re
quin-.s to be met at its first approach, and combatted
at every stage. Seldom fatal of itself, it reduces the
strength, and impares the functions of the organs, so
that upon the manifestation of disease Nature is un
able, unassisted, to resist the inroad**. The Life
Medicines, when taken strictly according to direc
tions will cure it, and give to the weak and trenib
ling victim ofdisease, new health, lift*, and strength.
For full particulars of the mode of treatment, the
reader is referred to the Good Samaritan, 3 copy of
whicli accompanies the medicine. A copy may be
obtained of the different agents who have the medi
cine for sale.
French, German, and Spanish directons can be
obtained on application at the office, 375 Broadway.
All post letters will receive immediate attention.
Sold wholsale aid retail at the Darien Herald Of
fice.
Darien, Aug. 20th, 1830.
Geor(la-Mcli)toßh County.
WHEREAS, Margaret M. Harris and William
I. King, applies for Letters of Administration, on the
Estate of John Harris, Senior, late of said county,
deceased. These are therfore to cite and udmonish
all and singular, the kindred and creditors of said
deceased, to be and appear at my office within the
time prescribed by law, to show cause if any exist,
why said letters should not be granted.
Given under my hand at office this 12th day of
August, 1839.
J. E. TOWNSEND.
August 13th Clerk, C. O.
Boat Blinding.
THE subscribers wish to inform the citizens of
Darien and the. surrounding country, that they have
entered into Co-Partnership for the purpose of
Building and. Repairing Boat*,
TO the Ught House, on Sapetow Island, and will ful
fil all orders at short notice.
JOHN DONNELLEY,
FRANCIS DO NELSON.
July 53, 4t.
t'OU TUE DtltlEN IIKHALI).
To ITlixs Kill** W***‘*.
My blessing he on thee,
I liOti light-h. eru.il bird I
From my heart's warmest depth
Gushes fervent the word.
Ami had heart stieli power,
A kind spell round thee still
The fond blessing should hover,
To guard tlie.e front ill.
Ever cloudless as now
Be the sunny sky o’er thee ;
Evei thornless ami soft
Be the path-way before thee;
And ever as now
May the bright-footed hours,
In llicir light dance around thee,
Strew that pathway with flowers !
Bright, guiless, and open,
In the pride of thy youth,
Thy fair brow spreads its beauty—
Spotless mirror of truth I
Ami bright from that blue eye
The quick flashes are glancing,
Like light o’er the ripples
Os some sweet fountain dancing.
Like a fawn’s, thy light step
Still before me is hounding,—•
And thy laughter’s gay carol
On my ear still is sounding;—
And still on my heart
Os thy young voice’s singing,
With a silvery charm,
The sweet echoes are ringing.
Oh, ne’er may that brow
Be dark-shaded with sadness,
And ne’er that sweet voice
Lose its young tone, of gladness,—
Oh, ne’er from that eve
Fade that beautiful brightness,
Nor o’er from that step
Droop the grace of its lightness!
Earth hath many a sound,
And many a sight,
’ ■!’ heart-spelling music,
And loveliness bright;
But nought like the voice,
And the star-beaming eye,
Os a fair young child,
In her purity.
When my soul has been heavy,
Dark, cheerless, and chill,
Neath the shade ofthe wing
Os its Demon of HI,
Thy smile, like a seraph’s,
Bright, joyous, and mild,
Oft hath lightened and cheered it,
Tliuu beautiful child !
Like tiie beam of a star
Through the night storm’s wrath,
Like (lie smile of a flower
On a desolate path,
Like the song of a bird
In a long prison cell,
With a sweet spell that smile
On my sad spirit fell.
Then the blessing be with thee,
Wherever thou art,
Thou beautiful Child,
Os a sorrowful heart!
And still while to earth
Thy youttg beauty is given,
M;iy all good spirits gird thee,
Thy bright sisters of heaven !
ALFRED.
Never sink Collage, 1839.
THE FATHER.
* A SKETCH.
“lie got th unto the grove, to weep there.’”
It is impossible to take a near view of human*
suffering, even in its ordinary forms, willtmll
feeling how much fiction owes to truth. Im
agination may busy itself with descriptions of
some wide sweeping desolation, in which are
buried families and names ; it may conjure up
scenes to shock, by the extent of their misery,
or disgust by the depravity of their actors.
But truth descends into the human heart and
gathers its knowledge from the source of affec
tion ; where some are dried up by the ingrati
tude of man, and many overflow to irrigate a
thinkless soil. When thus directed we have
at hand the means ofconlinual sympathy ; and,
whether we turn to the right hand or the left,
the heart rightly attuned finds where to drop a
tear for grief, or heave a sigh for error.
Improving the opportunity which a preca
cious spring ottered for an early morning walk
I found myself, a short time since, near the
enclosure of a burying ground on the borders
of the city. Whether it was to hold discourse
with those for whom fate has marked me an
early companion ; or to minister to that mel
ancholy which the smitten must always endure,
I stopped not to inquire, but removing the slight
fastening of the gale, I entered the “city of the
dead” —to read the momentous of earthly van
ity. Among the young spires of grass that
were starting from the graves, were strewed
a thousand minute white blossoms, dotting the
hillocks and casting a slight perfume upon the
chilly air. I gathered a few as I passed on,
and thought them like the promises of child
hood, only blooming for early waste.
Meditating upon the scene before me, I was
tmcocions ofthe presence of any human being
till lifting my eye, I discovered that another
hud entered the enclosure. I had leaned upon
a headstone, and stood unseen by him.
It was a man who bore upon him the marks
of four score years, if grief, Inddfe, had not
mingled in the account. When he first met
iy sight, he was standing beside an nnsoded
grave ; as he gazed downward upon the new.
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made hillock, a sigh burst from his bosom, that
told how much lie had yielded to health.
“And this is all,” said the old man—“all
that youth promised, and manhood labored for.
from among the host of those who shared my
blood, I stand solitary and time smitten, upon
the grave ofthe last oftny children—and there
tvns none to save her upon whom my life rest
ed, My hand, palsied with grief and age, closed
Iter eye ; with tears and prayers I dismissed
her spirit, when mine should have beckoned
her up to her kindred enjoyment,
“I have jgy child, in the silence
of night; and the echoes’ ot yo
told me lam childless. I have gaized nroiintT
upon the crowd—but it is as a peopled solitude ;
there is no cyo to bless me—no tongue to call
me father. Why am I doomed to breathe—
to walk forth among men, without fellowship
in their feelings ;*why, when the sun shines
upon, without warming my frame—why do
not his beams rest upon the sod above me,
while I sleep unconscious of bitterness and
woe.”
The mourner fell forward upon the grave
before him ; as he exhibited no sign of life, I
approached him. His frame, which had lost
some of its height by bending over the grave,
now exhibited all of manly mould and strength
that years of grief had spared. Ilis hat had
fallen from his head, and his gray locks were
strewed around, as if a tempest had swept them,
I spoke—but he returned no answer. There
appeared a sacredness in his grief, upon which,
for worlds, I would not have intruded. I there
fore, waited—but no movement from thebeing
before me, gave token of life. I advanced and
touched him—he testified no sense of my pre
sence. I stopped and turned his face from the
ground—but no change of features indicated
life, and the fixed glossiness of his eyes, seem
ed to say that lie hud passed to the fruition of
his wishes.
Raising his body, I placed myself on my
knees by his side, and with some exertions in
duced symptoms of returning life. The fresh
ness of the morning breeze aided my exertions,
and warmth and motion once more visited hia
limbs. As his eyes gathered back the light,
they rested upon the grave before him, and a
consciousness of his situation returned. “You
have witnessed my unmanly complaints, and
seen me give tip all to sorrow,” said he. I in
timated that I entered the yard before him—
but I had observed him with painful sympa
thy.
“Then yon have known affliction,” said he,
I pointed to early gray hairs and a furrow
ed brow. The sufferer gave my hand a convul
sive grasp, and a slight flush that had suffused
his face, passed off. I aided him to raise from
the damp ground on which he was sitting, and
conducted him tea tomb—where, seating our
selves, I learned, in a few words, the talc of the
griefworn father.
He had lived in one of the eastern states.
The misfortunes and early death of an only
son, had broken the mother’s heart. Site died
soon enough to be spared the shame of a dis
honored youngest daughter. The father gath
ered the little that was left from the wreck of
his property, and with his remaining child—
his eldest daughter, left home, and those scenes
which bettor days had gilded with delight.
Ilis age was supported, and his grief mitigated,
by the assidious kindnessof his child. In this
city, after a short residence, his daughter be
came sick and died. She was buried in the
grave which we had just left.
“From infancy,” said the old man, “that
child had clung to my affections; and when
kindred sunk to the tomb, wealth waisted, and
friends grew cool, she swept from nty mind
the cloud of discontent—her love supported
all. When, day after day, I crept to the bed
in which sickness hud stretched and where
death watched his prey, I have felt that the
hour of seperation was nigh, yet I hoped—not
for life ; no, that was vain—l hoped that (here
was not enough of strength in my frame
to bear her loss, and that I should sink with
her, and know but one pang of death’s bitter
ness.
“But a few mornings since, I sat beside her
—listened with fondness to her voice—feeble
indeed, but to a father's cars, more dear, more
loved, even for its sepulchral tones. Her arms
had been thrown around my neck—l pressed
her closely to my heart, and for one momenta
beam of joy struck upon my mind. I raised
myself to press a kiss upon her forehead—’lwa
cold and white as this polished marble—her
eye was fixed in death,
“They have buried her in that grave—round
which I walk daily, seeking therein tlic only
refuge which is left for my miseries.”
As we rose from the tomb on which he had
been sitting, and moved towards the gate, the
old man looked back upon the grave of hi*
daughter. An agonizing feeling changed hi*
visage—bnt he gave it no utterance. We pas
sed on to tbe street, and were about to seperate
—I extended my hand, in token of my sympa
thy, with the childless and friendless stranger.
He grasped it firmly—and a tear from a foun
tain long deemed arid, fell upon thesymbolsof
pledged sympathy,
“You know not,” said the old man, “how alj
absorbing and long endearing, is the love of a
father for a deserving daughter ! Time, that
quenches other fires in his heart, purifies and
strengthens that affeetion,
K I have,” continued he, “in moments of soli
tude, tried to sound the sources of this feeling
—not peculiar, though strong in my boson#