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Hfje llwnitj W&db* ’ jis m mwwim^mm* BY It. STYLES BELL. Terms of Subscription. THE llekai.d is printed on a large imperial Sheet, with new type, at $3 per year, in ad vance, or $4 at the expiration of the year.— No subscription received for a less term than one year, and no paper disconflnued until all arrearages are paid, except at the option of the publisher. # Rates of Advertising:. -■.iter* of Citation, - - - $} alec to Dcjior* and Creditors, (40 days) 3SO iur *1 jnuu’ Notices, - - - - 400 Sii-MJt Personal Properly, by Executors, .VI ninisirators, or Guardians, -3 35 or hv do. • • 4 to 1 * k L‘tiers at* Dismission, - 600 >, k ..1 tvflrtisemeiita, sl.oofor 12 iinrs first inscr m. tad 50 c mu (p r 12 lin-<) for rfich cominuance, r space oecnpied equal to 12 lines brerici typ*- Rirt<* ard fi;urt work always doublepri<**. nts should always navo the desired i it o >sr of insert ions marked upoa them when iinnd d in, otV-rwiseth*y willbe published till forbid and na.**d accordingly. y Hie * of ih 1 * sale of Land and Negroes by \J utaiiirators, Executors, or Guardians, must be •a ths ini sixty days previous to the day of sale. I\n sale of P rsoual P op**rty, in lik** manner, a ist publish *d forty days previous to the sale. 2 nice to debtors nd creditors of an estate, must n rmblis t *d forty davs. V i ic * that Application will be made to the Court of Ordinary, fir leave to sell Land or Negroes, must b'publish‘a four months. V Hie s that Aooliemtion will lv made for Letters of V 1 ninistr ition. must be published thirty days, and if L'tiers of Dismission, six months 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 saaac&aaa&srao 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>