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J§s< Hf clfitfoolj f§Mtftj %strSb, BY 11. STYLES IJF.LL. Term* of Niibftcri|tioii. THE Herald is printed on r large imperial ■ heel, with new type, at S3 per year, in ad vance, or S4 at the expiration of the year.— < No jiubcQfiption received for a less term than I one year, and no paper discontinued until all j arrearage* are paid, except at the option of the 1 publisher. Rates of tdvertiiiig. 4.‘tiers of Citation, .... S3 l*> Notice to Debtors and Creditors, (40 days) 3 50 Four Months’ Notices, - - - - 4 Oil !Ba!e of Personal Property, by Executors, Administrators,or Guardians, - 325 ■Sales of Lands or ‘egrncs, by do. - - 475 Application for Letters of Dismission, - fi 00 Other A I vertisements, SI 00 for 12lines first inser tion, and VJ cents (p'r 12 tin •*) for ‘eh continuance, , or *pae • occupied equal to 12 tin -s brevier type , j 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. VOL. 1. XO. 35. 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#