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y Hie * of ih 1 * sale of Land and Negroes by
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Tttttctfttf, €o.
Commission Merchants,
Darien, Geo.
May 1,1839.
Itoflrrs ,V era nr,
Commission Merrbnni*.
Darien , Ga.
G*o. T. Rogers,
H. A. Crane.
St O B* . WALSH & O Oy
Commission Merchants,
Gtneral Agents, and Auctioneers,
BRUNSWICK , GA.
Justices Court for 1839.
4 COURT, for the 271st District, will beholden
At the Court House in the city of Darien, on the
4th Monday of each month—to wit
Monday “28th January, 1839.
Monday 25th February, “
Monday 25th March, “
Monday 22d April, “
Monday 27th Muy, 11
Monday 2tlh June, “
Monday 22d July,
Monday 26h August, “
Monday 23d September, “
Monday 28th October, “
Monday 25th November, “
Monday 23d December, “
A pannel of 7 Jurors, will be drawn at each term
after the first.
NELSON W CARPENTER,
Justice of the Peace for 271 si. District,
Darien, January 29st, 1839.
Georgia—Mclntosh County.
WHERAS, William A. Mclntosh, pplies for
letters of Administration, on the Estate of George J.
Noble, lata of said county, deceased. These are
Iherfore to aha, mid admonish all, and singular the
kindred and creditor* of said deceased to be and ap
pear at my office within tliaiime prescribed by law,
to a iow cause, if any exist,, why said letters should
not be granted.
Given under my hand at office, this 20th day of
June, 1839 J. E TOWNSEND
June 21th Clerk, C. O
Custom House St. Marys.
DIRECTIONS FOR ST. ANDREWS
BAR.
CdT. (ANDREWS INLET lies in lat. 31 deg. N
81 deg32min., in the State of Georgia En
trance between Cumberland and Jekyl Islands, 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 arc 3 Buoys
for the entrance; one large Buoy placed just within
the bar, in three fathoms, low tide; one Spar Buoy on
a spit off the North point of Little Cumberland Isl
and, anl one Spar Buoy in the middle of thtsound,
on a shoal, made at the mouth of the great Satilla
river.
Bring the Light House to bear W. by N., 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 Jekyl will then be N.
W. 1-2 W.;alter the course N W. by W. until be
tween the points of Cumberland nnd Jekly Islands,
and abreast of the Spar Buoy off Cumberland point,
leaving it to the South; where will be found good
soundings from 3 tos fathoms near the shore.
ARCHIBALD CLARK,
Superintendent of Lights & Buoys.
June 18, 1836. 4t _
For Sale.
The HOUSE and two LOTS occupied
by the subscriber Also, one House and
Ia y Lot comer Seriven and Second street.—
Also one House and two Lots on Second
street, near the Lodge.
SAMUEL PALMER.
ap 16-3.
Marble.
The subscriber will furnish the Citizens of Darien
and its vicinity with Grave stones and Tombtables,
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
Mitchel.
AMOS STEVENS.
Darien,.May 28th 1839.
;e ir?ia—lfelntosh County.
FOUR months after date, application will be
made to the Honorable the Inferior Court of
said County, when seuing as a Court of Ordinary,
for leave to sell Bedford, a part of the real Estate of
John G B >ll, late of s id county deceased.
JOHN F. GREEN, ) Executors
HUGH FR ASER GRANT. ) Lxccutors.
May 26th, 1839.
Notice.
ALL persons are forbid trespassing in anyway
on the Tract of Land, in the State of Georgia, situ
ated in .Mclntosh 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.
JAMES FRIPP , JII.
Beaufort, 8 C. June 19, 4t.
’ bricks:
ARE ready to contract to deliver at their yard,
(Honey Gall) or elsewhere, Bricks of a superior
quality, on reasonableterms.
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 18,1839. 4t.
NEW GOODS.
THE SUBSCRIBER i just opening afresh as
sortment of select
Cousistingof the following articles, viz : Irish Sheet
ings; Irish Linens; Limn Cambric lidkfs; Russia &
Scotch Diapers; Curtain do; Bird Eye do; Linen
Table Covers; Corded Skirts; English and American
1 Prints; French Muslins; Picnic Gloves; Fancy and
Satin Scarfs; Gauze Shawls; Spun Silk liose; black
and white half hose do; Cotton do; Footings, Edg
ings, and Inscrtings; Cap Ribbons; Linen and Cot
■ ton Musquito; Nettings; Marseilles Vesting; striped
Lasting*; Linen Drills, and Georgia Nankeens, for
Gentlemen’s Pantaloons. Together with a variety of
: other articles, all of which will be sold cheap for cash.
Ladies’ and Gentlemen, are respectfully invited to
call and examine for themselves
mh 19 H W HUDNALL.
Donor NT I.A >1 SA XV >111.1.,
WILL keep on hand a large supply of
LUMBER of nil description*. 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 11. YONGE & SONS,
Agents.
Darien. January 22, 1839.
NEW 81‘RIMi A hnilll lt GOODS.
TtfE SUBSCRIBERS have received in addition
to their stock a variety of SPRING & SUMMER
GOODS, amongst which are
French Painted Muslins
Light Prints
Check’d, Cambric and Swiss Muslins
Black Gro de Swiss Silks
Furniture Dimity
Linen Sheetings
Table Diapers
Byrdseye and Russia do
Cotton Fringes
Irish Linen
Dress Shawls and Scarfs
Linen Cambric Handkerchiefs
Purnsols and Umbrellas
Corded Skirts
Silk Kid and Lisle Gloves
Silk and Cotton Hosiery
Ladies’ Corsets
Georgia Nankeens
Drillings, Ventings, &c. Ate.
Which are offered on the usual terms by
J & S. H. ROKENBAUGII.
Darien, March 26,1839.
Fresh Raisins, Ac.
4/i BOXES FRESH RAISINS—AIso,
Jt V/ Preserved Ginger
Scott’s assorted Pickles ill Jars
Fresh fifweel Oil, and
•Superior Imperial and Young Hyson Tea.
Just received and for sale by
feb 26 J. & S. H. ROKENBAUGII.
Notice.
A LL Persons having claims against the Estate
IM. of WILLIAM A DUNHAM, late ol M’ln
losh county, deceased, are requested to hand in their
claims duly attested—and all those indebted, arc
likewise desired to make immediate payment to the
subscriber. CHARLES WEST,Executor.
Darien, April 9th, 1839.
Thundering Spring.
THE proprietors ofthis natural curiosity, respect
fully inform their friends and the travelling public
generally, that they are prepared to accommodate all
who may favor them with a call. The very short
period which has intervened since their purchase,
added to a scarcity of materials, has rendered it dif
ficult to improve as extensively as they desired; yet
they know themselves willing todevote their undivi
ded attention to promote the comfort and convenience
of visitors and travelers.
The water combines high medicinal qualities, con
laining strung impregnations of Saltpetre,
Six.., ascertained from a partial analysis. We deem
it unnecessary to append to this notice, a list of cer
tificate* relative to cureseffected by using tne water,
as the doubts ofthe sceptical would not be removed,
and those wlio Would believe, may cremtHhe asser
tion, as such can be proved at any time. Several
eases of violent Rheumutism have been entirely re
lieved ; also Tetter, Scaldhead, running Ulcers, Ac.
Individuals 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 least some of the mineral
properties ofthe water; and also the nature of some
of the diseases which have been cured at this place.
We areaware ofthe 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 hilts on
the north sideof the Pine Mountain. A considera
ble quantity of game abounds in the woods udjacent
for the delight ofisportsmen; ar.d Flint R ver is suffi
ciently contiguous to afford amusement to the angler.
Families desiring it, can find ample seclusion from
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 le strictly enforced.
Afflicted persons will have a seperate table prepar
ed if desired, where tljey 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-
RATES OF BOARD.
Persons per day, - -- -- - 81 00
Persons per week, 650
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, - $3 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 unaequain
! ted with the origin of’the somewhat protentous ap
pellation ofthis place, it is perhaps due to observe,
that the great similarity between the noise occasion
ed by the spring and the rumbling of distant thunder,
suggested the name.
For Sale,
LANDS, belonging to the heirs of the late
Ron. John Houston ATlntosh , viz :
lOOLotsor more in the city of
Darien.- Also, 22 traets 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 county,contain
ing 400 acres.
No part of any of those lands are more than four
miles from salt tidewater, a small portion has been
planted in Cotton, but are most to he valued for the
PineTimbet-ttad Light Wood.
The re-survey can beseen.also the original grants
orextraetsfrom the Surveyor General’s office, by ap
plyingto REUBEN KING, Agent.
Darien, .May 21,1839. 8t
N B. Owners of Saw Mills are requested to look
at thetimber.
DARIEN, GEORGIA, TUESDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER 24, 1839.
UNEXAMPLED
MAMMOTH SCHEME !!!
The following details of & Scheme or a Lottery,
to bedrawnin December next, warrants us lit declar
ing it to he UNPARALLELED in the history of
Lotteries. Prizes to the amount have neve* bepohe
been OFFEiti.D 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 Camtals, and the reviva. of the good old cus
tom of warranting that every prir- shall ! ■ dun
and sold, will, we are sure, give univev: \1 c m .,
tion, and especially to the Six MvNnttED Pbixe Hor.-
DEHS.
To those disposed to adventure we recommend
early application b- ,i <. m.ule ;o .sf > te-kets -wH n
the prizes are all sold, hi:, ;s oirenvoi’- -the first
buyers have ;lie best chance. We. therefore, em
phatically say—DELAY NUT ! bin at once re nut
and (rans-mit to us your orders, which shall always
receive our Immediate attention. Letters lobe ad
dressed, and applications to he made to
SYLVESTER A CO.,
156 Broadway, Ncu York.
Observe the Number, 156.
$700,000 !! ! $500,000 ! 1 $25,000!
6 prizes of $20,000 ! !
2 prizes of $15,000 !!
3 prizes of SIO,OOO 1
Grand Real Estate and Bank Stock
LOTTERY
Os Property situated in New Orleans.
15“ The richest and most magnificent Scheme ever
presented to the public, in this or any other coun
try.
tickets only S2O,
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, Managers.
iSYLVESLER & CO., 156 Broadway.
New York, Sole Agents.
NO combination numbers ! 1 1
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 ofthe Piize Holders.
SPLENDID SCHEME! ! !
1 Prize —The Arcade—2B6 feet, 5 inches, 4 lines,
on Magazine street; 101 feet,
11 inches, on Natchez street;
126 feet, 6 inches, on Grnvier st.
Rented at about $37,000 per an
num. Dollars
Valued at 700,000
1 Prize—City Hotel—l 62 ft on Com
mon street, 146 feet. 6 inches, on
Cantp st. Rented at $25,000-“-
Valued at 500,000
1 Prize—Dwelling House (adjoining
the Arcade) No. 16, 24 ft. 7 inches
front on Natchez st. Rented
at $l2O0 —Valued at 20,000
1 Prize—Ditto (adjoiningthe Arcade)
No. 18,23 ft front on Natchez st.
R nted at $ 1 200— Valued ut 20,000
1 Prize—Ditto (adjoining the Arcade)
No. 20, 23 feet front on Natchez
st. Rented at sl2oo—Valued at 20,000
1 Prize—Ditto—No. 23, North east
corner of B sin if- Custom-house
street; 40 feet front on Basin, 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 Basin
32 feet, 7 inches 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 at SI4OO.
Valued at 15,000
1 Prize—2so shares Canal Bank
Stock, SIOO each 25,000
1 Ditto— 2oo ditto Com do, do do 20,000
1 Ditto— lso ditto Mechanics’ and
Traders’ do do 15,000
1 Ditto— loo do City Bank do do 10,000
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 5,1100
1 Ditto—2s do Gas Light Bunk do do 2,500 j
1 Ditto—2s 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 euch 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 I share of SIOO of the
New Orleans Bank 20,000
150 Ditto Each I share of SIOO of the
Union Bank of Florida 15,000
COO Prizes. $1,300,000
TICKETS $20 — NO 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 sueh 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 !
X-T Editors of every Paper in the United States, in
the West Indies, in Canada, and other ofthe British
Provinces are requested to insert the alwrve, as a
standing advertisement, until the Ist, of December
next, and to send their account to. us, together with a
paper containing the advertisement.
SYLVESTER & CO., 156 Broadway, N. Y.
May 21,1839. until Dec. 1.
Lifb Pills and Phoonix Bitters.
Health—the Poor man’s wealth—the Rich Man’s
Bliss.
THE CAUSE op BILIOUS COMPLAINT’S
AND A MODE OF CURE -A well regu
hued and proportionate quantity of bile upon the
stouiuch is aiw ay.s requisite for the promotion of
sound h< ftkh—it stimulate:* digestion, and keeps the
intestinal canal free from ail obstruct ions. On the
interior surface ofthe liver is a peculiar bladder, in
which the bile is first preserved, being formed by the
liver fr< in ill - blood, rhe not* it passes into the stom
ach and intestines, and regulates the indigestion.
Thus we sc” when there is a defieiency of biie, the
body is constantly costive. On the other hand, an
overabundance of bile, causes frequent nausea in the
nu mach often promotes veiv severe attacks of
diGas*’, winch sometimes end in death
Fevers i’ways procede by symtoms of a disor
derrd stomach ; ns arc also scrofulous disorders,
and all sympathetical functional, organic or febrile
disease*. I? tom thf sume cause, the natural und
healthy action of the heart, and the whole vascular
system is import'd nnd reduced below its natural stan
dard ; ns exhibited in palpitations, languid pulse,
torpors of the limbs, syncope, nnd even death itself,
in consequence of an overabundance of a peculiar of
fensive substance to the digestive organs.
The approach of bilious diseases is at all times
attended by decided symptoms of an existing disco
sed suite ol the siomucli and bowels; i. e. with those
signs which are known to point out their contents
to be of a morbid irritating nature; but whenever
the alimentary canal happens to be loaded with irri
tating matter, some derangement of the healthy ope
rat ion, i ither 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 of disease its effects are always thereby
much aggravated. The progress oforgunic obstruc
tion is often so rapid as scarely to admit of time for
the application of such aid as is to be offered by art,
vet, in general, the premonitory symptoms of gastric
load are perceptible for a day or tw r o previous to the
feverish paroxism, a period, whenthemost efficacious
assistance may be given, by unloading the stomach
and alimentary canal of its irritating contents, and
thus reducing the susceptibility of disease.
MOFFAT'S LIFE MEDICINE’S, should always
be taken in the early stages of billions complaints;
iind if persevered in strictly according to the direc
tions, will positively effect a cure.
The mineral medicines often prescribed in thesedis
euses, although they may effect a temporary cure, at
the same time create an unhealthy state ofthe blood,
and consequently tend to promote a return ofthe very
disease which they are employed to cure. It is then
by the use of purgatives, exclusively formed of vege
tpble compounds, which, possessing within them
selves no deleterious agencies, which decomposition,
combination, or alteration can develope 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 PIIENIX RITTERS
have proved to be the most happy in their effects in
cases of bilious diseases, of HV purely vegetable
preparation ever offered to the public. If the .Stomach
is foul, they cleanse it by exciting it to throw of its
contents; if not } they pass to the duodenum without
exciting vomiting or nausea in the stomach; stimulat
ing the neighboring vicera, as the liver and paneras,
so as to produce a more copious flow oftheir secretions
into the intestines; stimulating theexhalcnt capillar
ies, terminating in the inner cout, which an increased
flow ofthe useless particles ofthe body, foreign mat
ters, or retained secretions, are completely discharg
ed.
B3* For sale at the DARIEN HERA L D
OFFICE. Aug. 20.
Fever and Agile Positively
Cured.
Fever and Alfueisamostobstinate disease,
and in warm ana humid climates, frequently re
sists every ordiuiury mode of cure, so as to become
very distressing to tit* 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; arid one of
its great peculiarities is its susceptibility of a 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 differ* from most other fevers; us it is well
known, thutuftcr an ordinary fever has once occur
red and been removed, the person afTeCted is not so
liuble to a fresh attack as one who was not, so affect
ed. These circumstances render it extremely difficult
to effect a permanent, cure ttf Fever and Ague, though
to relieve the patient for the time being is a very easy
task.
MOFFAT’S LIFE PILLS AND PHENIX
BITTERS have been thoroughly tested,’ and
proved to he a POSITIVE AND RADICAL Cure
of Fever and Ague. Hundreds of his fellow-citi
zens in the W.-si, have voluntarily come forward to
assure Mr. MOFFAT that the LIFE MEDIOINS
are the only medicines that will I’HORUGHLY ef
fect a removal of this most tedious and disagreeuble
disease.
Others who hove emigrated to that rich and prom
sing portion otour country -men who writ out full
of nope, and conhd :m of winning a competence from
the luxuriance of the soil; or who earned to the out
j post* of our llements the mercantile or t.iehiianicle
•x: • romce ‘ mi in the crowded cities and towns of
Ime der states, have either returned with shattered
i constitutions and depressed spirits, or tney remain
n their new homes, dragging out u weary life ; at
! last to sink under some disease to which they are
predisposed by that terror of the West, the FEVER
AND AGUE. Their hopes are blasted—their busi
ness energies destroyed—their El Dorudo becomes a
desert, and the word of promise, made to the ear, is
broken to the hope.
To thp.se Individuals, Mr Moffat would say—
“ Try the LIFE MEDICINES, and you will yet an
ticipate your most sanguine expec ations, for they
will certainly restore you to health.”
FEVER AND AGUE is a complaint which re
quires 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 Qpist the inroade. The Life
Medicines, when taken strictly according to direc
tions will cure it, and give to the weak and iremb
ling victim ofdiscase, new health, life, and strength.
For lull particulars of the mode of treatment, the
reader is referred to the Good Samaritan, a copy of
which 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 theoffice, 375 Broadway.
All nosi letters will receive immediate attention.
Sold wholsale and retail at the Darien Herald Of
fice.
Darien, Aug. 20ih, 1830.
Oforßia-Mclntosh 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 admonish
all and singular, the kindred and creditors of said
deceased, to he 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.
Boa tßull dlnjf.
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 Boats,
I® the Light House, on Sapclow Island, and will ful
fil all orders at short notice.
JOHN DONNELLEY,
FRANCIS DONStSON.
July 23, 4t.
I— ,rr^ss
THE CLOUDS.
Light wing’d aerial voyagers,
Hotv tranquil on ye sail,
Like Hoops of Sylphs slow floating
In the west wind’s gentle gale ;
Or with white pinions folded up,
Ye hover Heaven’s calm breast,
When the languid breeze at noon-tide
Has lull’d itself to rest.
Fairdaughters of old ocean,
With step unseen ye climb
The chrystal walls of ether,
To rove its fields sublime ;
Shook front your ebon caskets,
Bright liquid gems ye shower,
And carpet earth’s glad landscapes
In robe of green and flower.
Ye weave a crimson canopy,
With fringe of braded gold
Round Sol’s red flaming chariot
To his hall of slumber roll’d;
Or framed in eastern firmament
With pearls dipt in his beams,
Your bridge the skies proud spanning
In gaudy brilliance gleams.
Then gay, romantic.citics
On airy plains ye build,
Strange towers and wizard castles,
Which the smiles of evening gild,—
Their burnished spires and battlements
In gorgeous state arise,
Till the gale like conqueier coming.
The glittering pageant dies.
Not thus when daikly mustering
Tempestuous strife ye wage,
And furious roll’d through Heaven
Vent all your spite and rage ;
Rous’d from your gloomy chambers
Hoarse throated thunders fly,
In their fiery cars harsh rattling
Across th’ affrighted sky.
O’er earth and the Vex’d waters,
Like vessels of Heaven’s wrath,
Grim fear and death ye are pouring
Along your dismal path;
Where the black and fell tornado,
Bursts from your yawning caves,
Ploughs seas til mountain furrows,
And ivheiins the dark in waves.
When the wild night storms is breaking,
Like spectre ships ye sweep,
In sable squadrons scudding
O’er the blue, celestial deep;
Where yon far watch-lights burning,
Through your dark-rent massesglarc,
And faint the tempest spirits sing
In the gusty midnight are.
But lo ! when skies are purpled
With blush of virgin dawn,
All from your clear fields vanish’d,
Like fairy shapes ye are gone :
So earth’s bright hopes are fleeting,
Thus fade its joys away,
Fit emblem'd by your transientness,
Ye beings of a day 1
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CHILDHOOD.
* * * ‘Oh, hackneyed theme!’
It has long been a secret but favorite enjoy
ment with us, to brood over the dreams, the
lancies, and the errors of our early years. We
smile when we recall the ludicrous mistakes,
the comical misunderstandings, the exaggera
ted conceptions, the overwhelming misteries,
of those by-gone days. Oh ! the trust and
simplicity of that spring-time, when we sat
upon the stone steps of our father’s dwelling,
a pinch of salt (not Attic salt) between our di
gits, waiting, with unexampled patience and
u wearing hope, for the pigeons to cotne with
in reach of our lure ! But turn we from delu
sive hope, to actual fear. Childhood suffers
more from fear than grown children realize.
That which is awful and mysterious to chil
dren, is, to the older, plain as holy writ. They
forget that ‘little things are great to little men.’
They have so long seen all things through the
medium of common sense and actual experi
ence, that they forget the visions which a live
ly imagination conjures up to torment an af
fright. Witness the breathless haste with
which ourgurmants were doffed at even ; the
the frightful visions which were sure to greet
our eyes, did we awake in the watches of the
night. The dark was then a creature; we
should have said, as Coleridge hath it—
‘At one stride comes the dark.’
Oh, the conscience of our early years I—it
might shame the children of larger growth.
Well do we remember the mighty effort —the
unflinching resolution, with which we turned
our unwilling steps from a passage-way which
contained certain tempting lumps, which spread
theirsparkling white cubes, glittering like jew
els, and more valuable than any jewels to onr
enraptured view—saying, with proud resolve,
“Get thee behind me, Satan!’’ By chance vse
were overheard ; our saying was remembered,
and often repeated, among the few wonderful
sayings of our early years ; it has descended,
an heir-loom to younger brokers and sisters
—a monument of our self donfaL
The imagination of out ewly years (—We
VOL. 1. NO. 36.
had no opportunity, when very young, of
hearing music; we had no natural understan
ding of it; it was to us a pleasant mystery’
We recollect the first time we heard a piano ;
we imagined spirits were dancing within th’
body of the instrument; we could gee them,
in our mind’s eye, capering and frisking about
as tho sweet sounds fell upon our mind’s car,
thrilling our soul with delight unspeakable.
Our reverie at church!—We believe chil
dren indulge moro in reverie at church than
elsewhere; the quiet is so favorable—the ter
moils, and sometimes the prayers, are so com
pletely unintelligible ! There we dreamed
(oh, wicked wights !)—of Fortune’s .purse, and
Aladdin’s lamp and enchanted ting ; there we
travelled with Cruso over the island, enjoying
the scantiness of those resources which led to
the delights of contriving ; there wo sympa
thised with the poor whale on whose backSiu
bad built his fire ; but the diamonds clinging
to the raw flesh, we could never fancy; they
ruined diamonds in our estimation ; we have
never looked on those jewels with half the ad
miration they deserve to command—so invet
erate is early association. There we disposed
of boundless wealth : libraries for one parent
—buds and plants for the other; shelss and
fossils for one sister—prints and work-boxes
for the another; bushels of marbles for our
youngest brother and dogs and a pony for our
most worshipful selves ; all meted out inmost
unrivalled profusion. There we wished the
sparkling wit—the profound learning of nia
turer years, while yet a child in form, that we
might ‘astonish the natives’ of our own house
hold, and enjoy in secrecy their wonder at the
infant prodigy. There we gazed on the bril
liant chandelier which hung in the centre of
our church, and thought what a delightful
swing the fairest might have, seated snugly
within those glittering festoons; orhowgrace
fully they might glide along them, as tinny
rope-dancers 1 One Sabbalh we bad been
looking with much interest at the plates in
Calmot’s Dictionary of the Bible. The reader
may remember the representation of hypo
crites, with wide mouths, the corners ujjraised
to Heaven 1 A similar feature attracted our
gaze at church. We shrunk back instinctley,
saying to ourselves, “Oh, there comes a hyp
ocrite 1”
Our first invitation to the mysteries of geog
raphy ! We understood not North and South
as relative terms. How we pitied the people
on the other side of the globe I—they would
surely fall off! What if we should ‘treed
trough,’ and come in contact I We could not
understand that we were on the outside of the
world ; we certainly seemed as snugly within
as if we had been encased in a nut-shell. Thf!
blue sky was a substance—the skin of the world;
had we been near it, we could hare taken hold
of it, as if it were silk or leather. We hayc
always admired the picturesque fancy of that
youth who thought the planets and stars were
crevices and tattered places, where Heaven
shone through ;—earnests of future splendor
—glimpses of Paradise!
Hotv little we understood of the lessons wfl
mechanically repeated 1 While translating
‘Les Aventures de Telmanque,’ we encounter
ed this phrase, ‘se devour,’which we close to’
translate, ‘he devoured himself;’ a mouthful
unique, we fancy—not, indeed, equaling in
magnitude that of the student who declared hf
had eaten a mountain!—‘Exegi monumentum,’
&c. While translating, in ‘Liber Primus,’this
this passage, ‘Consuctudo dat Celeritatein,’
we made the accusative take procedence of
the nominative, and understood by th* -asser
tion that ‘Prompt attendance on the wants of
customers, would be a very proper means of
gaining patronage.’ And the hymns which
childhood prides itself so much on repeating—
how perverted their meaning 1 how
their holy intent!—
‘Fully builds high upon the sand,
But lowly let my basis be.’
‘Folly’ was a maiden to her childish thought,
whose dwelling was lofty. We could see iui
tail form towering upon a sand bank. ‘Lowly’
was another and a naughty damsel, who was
much inclined to purloin articles which did no)
belong to her, who could not, or would not, un
derstand the difference between ‘raeum’ and
‘tuuin.’ ‘/lasts’ was a vase or flower-pot, which
‘Lowly’ was commanded to ‘let be,’ or in oth
er phrase, not to meddle with.
Our ideas of the Supreme Being were, that
he was a man, but larger, taller, and mightier
than common men ; he had large blue eyes,
and was seated comfortably in an easy chair
covered with flowered damask. We could
comprehend his infinite power, but not his im
materiality. As we gained knowledge, he lost
his human appendages, and we thought he
must resemble a cloud. But even then, his om
nipresence was a mystery.—Our early impres
sions of Heaven werenot at all in its favor. We
were told it was a plaee of ‘perfect rest.’ Di
rectly we fancied a seat that must never he va
cated, a countenance that must ne ver,b* varied
a stillness that must never be interrupted—a
state little suited to our active temperaments,
to which rest in any form was a speeies of pur
gatory. We well remember the awiul sensa
tions and overwhelming train of thought which
seised ns on hearing we should live forever.
Oh, ihe thrilling incomprehensibility of that
little ph raze, ‘forever*! —There was no end to>
‘forever’ —no end! —no end! —We repeated
again and again ; we sought to compared wit&
aught we had ever known, thought, or felt;
but no, it eluded our grasp—it baffled our uj>