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Si tocckln Xamtln NdDspapcr—-SDcootct* to Nahs, fjolittcs, Citcroturc, 0cncral intelligence, Agriculture, &c. &c.- i -$cnns: ©too EJoIlctvs in airoentee,, m\Y SERIES—VOL. I., NO. 17. ATHENS, GA., THURSDAY MORNING, OCTOBER 28, 1847. UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA LIBRARY S, iUTHERNWHIG : RZIt,AIR, AY TWO DOLLARS A YEAR! J. lLfmaSTY Ac T. M. 1AHPK0, Xdttor* and Proprietor*. b*. rsofCitktioa t to Defter* M4MPW« 8m •fPerwn*! Property, by Executors, Adnunts- - irstors. or Guardians 3 50 CUm Of L.sdaitr Sa^rr-s, t*y 4a.' 4 75 Application lor Lattcraof Dirawaion 4 50 * Other AdrertiMroeau will be cbargcd • 100 for awry tweWc lines of small type, or less, first insertion, and 50 esniaforasch weekly continuance. If published every other weak.MJ cents fe*each continuance. If publish, ed once a month it willba charged 75 cents each time. For a single insertion, 11 00 per square. Advertisements, when the number ofinsertions is not marked upon them,will be published till forbid andebarg- ' 93r Notice of the sale of Lands and Negroes, by Ad- ministratera. Executors, or Guardians, must be publish ed sixty bats previous to day of sal© The sale of Personal Property, in like roenner, must be pobfiebed roan DAYS previous to day of sole. tar Notice to debtors and creditors of an estate must be piblhbcd roxT v oats. »5* Notice that Application will be made to the Court of Ordinary for leave to eell Land or Negroes ©l)c Southern lDl)ig. JLTHBN8. OEOKQIA; Thursday Reralsg, October 5S, 1847. IT Tbs soldiers of the War of 1812, who served under the lute President Harrison, together with the'friends of that lamented Soldier and Statesman, have been invited, by n preliminary meeting, held a few days since, to convene in the city of Cincin nati on tho 6th of November next, to consult upon the moat suitable measure for erecting a monument at North Bend, designed to be a memorial of the national gratitudo to that illustrious patriot. ' See what we are doixo !—A writer in the Mo- bilo Advertiser, not an cncm/ to the war, gives the* following shocking narrative ‘ “ Somo scenes which we occasionally witness here Would shock the morals of any robber in the States. A few days ago, just at mghtfell, a Mexi can camo running into the hospital, crying most ■Heoaaly, and making all sort* of gesticulations. Wo followed him to his house, when s sight shock ing to behold, 1 bo rst opon us. On the floor was ly ing^ Mexican, pierced in the breast by a ball, from Mexico would never have offered terms so pre posterous, if she had not been encouraged by the no territory party, by the Nueces party at home, by the party which has denounced this war as aggressive, unholy and unjust on our part.—Union. This is a very unkind bit at Mr. Poik. I!e was of the * no territory party,’ at the commencement of tho war—else bis message of December, 1846, did not speak truly. In that document, he expressly declared that * the war had not been with a view to conquest.* It was only for ‘indemnity* and the pay- of‘pecuniary dr.nands.’ But hit him again, good organ. Mr. Polk has been too modest by half. —Rich. Republican. COURT-MARTIAL. The following are members „-f the court-martial which has been instituted Imi'je trial of Lieut Col. Frsraont,of the regiment oimoauted riflemen: Brev. Brig. Gen. G. M. Brooke, Colonel 5th Inf. Col. S. Churchill, Inspector General. Col. J. B. Crane, 1st Artillery. Brev. Col. M. M. Payne, 4tb Artillery. Brev. Lieut. Col. S. H. Long, Corps of Top. Engs. Lieut. Col. J. P. Taylor, Subsistence Department Lieut. Col. DeRussv, Corps of Engineers. # Brev. Lieut. Col. H. K. Craig, Ord. Department. Maj. R. L. Baker, Ordnance Department. Mai. J. D. Graham, Corps of Top. Engineers. Maj. R. Delafield, Corps of Engineers. Brev. Maj. G. A. McCall, Asst Adj. General. Capt. John F. Lee, Ordnance Department, is ap pointed the Judge Advocate of the court. The court, we understand, is ordered to assem ble on the 2d day of November next at Fort Mon roe, Va., being the most convenient military station where adequate public Quarters can be furnished for its accommodation.— Washington Union. The New York Mirror states that arrangements arc in progress for the purpose of appointing, at some early day, delegates to a State Convention of the people, to make a forma! nomination of Gen. Tsylor for the Presidency. Judge Wm. B. Cajxtbell.—The Nashville Ban ner, of the 12th Inst., says: "The high compli ment was paid to this gentleman, on Friday, by the Tennessee Legislature, of electing him unanimous ly to the post of Judge ol the 4th Judicial CiicuiLin place of Hen. A. Carutbers, resigned. Judge Camp bell, it will be recollected by our readers tance, was the gallant Colonel of the 1st Tennes see Regiment which so distinguished itself storming of Monterey. He has also represented the Smith county District several times in Congress.’ Hogs is Ohio.—By a census of the swinish mul titude in Ohio, published in the Cincinnati Atlas, it appears that that species of population is increasing at the West quite as fast as that of the bipeds. The" whole number of hogs in Ohio is now bnt little short of 2,000,000. _ This is “ glory !”—It Is said that the wife of Captain Thornton, who sacrificed bis life in the CA(£OoJ;hjB eennfry, js sow «n Lew is (Del.) county poor house, In a state of partial de rangement. This is another leaf of laurel chaplet si James K. Polk. Learned Wood Sawyer.—We have in this city “ U,P£« CAUFOBNIA. i Germ.n, .bout 30 ve.ra of .p!, who w»i .duett- I, webelit.p,tb»iI^w*rC.Ii^rila vJZnito* Ifci... ^*J:extfellentL*tinist, m good Greek end Hebrew Bchol- - BoLwilh uppaflKabwnum w. a ar(aIK j .p^ke and writes French, Spanish, German until lately, deceived bv traveller, uuefc n ,c- |[1( J am l j, aI1 excellent mathematician.— customed to aeociau the idea ol beauty and tt- WjLh ail these accomplishment,, he i, compelled tiUty-tvilh ho. much jiatice may ho inferred Item , or w ,„ t of emplovmcI , t] to uw wood foI . the subjoined extract from a letter recenUy receiv- v „ mg __ Drtrail j ourn j. ed in Worthington, Mauaehneetu, from one of tlio « armed emifianta” deepatebed by Ur. Polk, eoon j D - - If we aro overpowered," ray, the Governor after tho vu begun, to go upand posse*. thie mod* j ol Jalisco in a recent address to his constitneots, «n Canaan this land flowing with milk and hon- “ by the conquerors of the North, let ns e 1 oy. Confessing himself a moot egrcgriously ham- "ton grave with onr enemies, end our motto will be bagged tan, he thus writes: I —" * Jalisco lost her independence, but linked her honor with her tomb.”’ Beautiful sentiments these, but alas! the people that utter them have lost \« The land hero ia very poor; not a vegetable is rained. All it is fit for is grass, and that all dries «p in summer and blows away. There is no rain 1 from May to September. Not a tree grows within SO miles of this. A few scrub boshes are seen, and they hanlly furnish wood enough to cook with. All I can aav about the land here, and 1 mean within a circuit it 20 miles, is, that it ia one largo sand bank, where vegetation starts up in the spring, then dries up and blows away. If there arw any with that wish to emigrate, let them go any other than to California. Never was any taken in so the 7lh regiment oiNew York volunteers. i find it almost a paradise, and here a, living on aea biscuit, pork and an enemy, exposed to wind, weath er, and bullets rattling among us, and all for •even dollars a month. Biue coats, red patches, and death perhaps—a gloomy prospect, in- S X AS tl Wc weai expected to fine SaTce^n 3F . _ "'BLOODLESS ACHIEVEMENT.** In h» Message to Congress in 1845, Mr. Polk annonneea ths consummation of the annexation of Texas in these jubilant strains: ** ThU accession to our territory has been a bloodless achievement. No arm of forca. has been MMBfiMfopatbefeaelt. Tbs sword has had j viettuy. Wc bare cot ronght to ex- ‘ conquest, or our a reluctant people. It u e of each people to the great principles ol our federative Uniso.” .Wo hope he will use this paragraph as s fsxt in his next Massage. Tho commentary, from his pou, t now that wa ore seeking " to extend our territorial can instit Jtions on a reluctant people,” could not tr The * Barburners” held a great meeting in Albany, a few days ago, and were addressed, among others, by John all the attributes of men determined to be free and to be just. Jfliscdlaneotts. Live not to Yourself. BY REV. J. TODD. On the frail little stem in the garden hangs the opening rose. Go ask why it hangs there. - “I hang there,” says the beautiful flower, “ to sweeten the air which man breathes, to open my beauties, to kindle emotion in his eye, to show him the hand of bis God, who penciled each leaf and laid them thus oo my bosom. And whether you find me here to greet him every morning pr whether vou find me pn the lone ihouutaiii side; with the bare possibility that he will throw me one lassing glance, my end is the same. 1 live not to myself.” Beside yon highway stands an aged tree, solitary and alone. You see no living thing near it, and you say surely that must stand for itselfaloue. “No.” says the tree, “ God never made me for purpose so small. For more than a hundred years I have stood here. In summer I have spread out my arms and sheltered the panting flocks which has tened to my shade. In my bosotn I have concealed and protected the brood of young birds as they lay and rocked their uest; in the storm I have more than once received in my body the lightning’s bolt, which had else des- stroyed the traveller; the acorns which 1 have matured from year to year, have been carried far and near, and groves of forest oaks can claim me ns their pa rents. I have lived for the eagle, which has perched on my top; for the hum ming bird that has paused and refreshed its giddy wing, ere it danced away again like a blossom of the air; for the insect that has found a home within the folds of my bark,—and when I stand no longer, I shall fall by the hand of man, and shall go to strengthen tl|e ships which make him lord of the ocean, and to his dwelling to warm his hearth and cheer his home. I live not to my self.” On yonder mountain side comes down the silver brook, in the distance resem bling a ribbon of silver, running and leaping as it dashes joyously and* fear- t,on ‘ lcssly down. Go ask the lcaper what it is doing. “I was born,” says the brdokj^bgh hp. in-1!» mountain t hut' there I could do no good ; and so I am hurrying down, running where I can, and leaping where I must; but hasten ing down to water the sweet valley,— where the lark may sing on my margin, where I may drive the mill for the ac commodation of man, and then widen into the great river, and bear up his steamboats and shipping, and finally plunge into the ocean, to rise again in vapor, and perhaps come back again in the clouds to my own native mountain, and live my short life over again. Not a drop of water cpmes down my chau- nel, in whose bright face you may not read—“ None of us living to himself.” Speak now to that solitary star that hangs in the far verge of heaven, and ask the bright sparkler what it is doing there. Its voice comes down the path of life, and cries, “I am a mighty world. I was stationed here at the cre ation. I was among the morning stars that sang together, and among the sons TRUTH AND ERROR. BT RICHARD HENRY WILDE. There is a tuneful river In Erin's isle, > Where the sunbeams quiver In silvery smile ; Where the leaves that fall ’Neath the autumn aky, Grow gcui-likc all, And never die— ? And such is the stream by Truth enlightened, That leaves the breast by Witdom brightened, Where even the joys that ito»ns dissever, Are turned to gems that glow* forever. f There is a darkling tide In the Indian clime, . By whose herblcfs sk*» There’s a sulphury a}ime^ And such are the waTer Jii the desert bosom of And the birds of joy Must perish where’e Life at the Spring*. We clipped the following from one of our exchanges a few days since, but can not at this moment recollect to which one belongs the credit of. bringing it to the light. Whether the incident hap pened at Drennen, or Blue Lick, or Har- rodsburg, we are not advised. It is a “ good un,” and will create a hearty laugh wherever it is read : A few days since an elegantly dress ed and handsome young gentleman ar rived at the Springs. Curiosty was on tiptoe; nay it leaped into the very air to discover all about the stranger. The register was examined; his name was entered in a plain round hand—Willie P. Mangum, jr., North Carolina. The sensation produced by this discovery was tremeudous and unparralled. He was the son of a Senator; his father was once President of the U. S. Senate ; and bis family connections had long been distinguished for enormous wealth and unquestionable ability. The ladies immediately emptied their trunks—spent hours in dressing, and ap peared at dinner arrayed in all the splen dor of beautiful laces and cosily silks. At the table all eyes were directed to wards the Senator's son, and many a fair one anxiously desired an introduc- The afternoon passed by—even- w proached—and au hour before the usual time the company assembled in the ,daacin£ room. * ^ J v - \ At nine Vclock" p rec I sqly ,y° u ng Man - gum eutered the hall, and a buzz of ad miration followed. One of the belles fortunately attracted his attention, and he ledger to the dance. His every move ment was closely observed, and from the ladies such exclamalion^as ; “ What princely manners! Such nmgnificient figure ! Such a graceful dancer! A love of afoot! Oh, he is a duck of a dear charming fellow!” and other similar expressions, peculiar, I believe, to the IIT We would enquire," for the sake of inform ation,”'if Mr. Shrink,whose re-election as Govern- ol Pennsylvania has created so much exhulta- tioo in the Locofoco ranks, did not approve, by his signature, tho act passed by the last Legislature of that State, in regard to the arrest of fugitive slaves* escaping from their pasters, which amounts to a denial of the right of tye owners to reclaim them, and is in express conflict with the constitution and the laws of Congress 1—Rich. Whig A minor is current in certain circles that the late ^ } „ } j v P. G. Stnyvesant ieitaimnnuity of $1,000 to Bish- fThrough the widening walersof space to play, op Ondcrdoak, on condition'of his resigning his of fice. Rooer.Shsrnar’s Plodbr.—Among the many curiooR'thinga recently exhibited at the Mechanics* Fair, Boston, one of thq Anost interesting was a plough, which formerly belonged to that distinguish-1 ed‘patriot,' Roger Sberoym^f Connecticut, ono of the signers of the Deel&radbifrI Independence. It looked 1U$r Patriarch among the ploughs that snr-l rounded it, and one coaid. almost imagine that lie I saw its former patriotic owner guiding it through of his well-cultivated fields. at ion of the earth. Aye, aye, I there— “ When the radiant mom of creation broke, And the world in the smile of God awoke, And the empty realms of darkness and death Were moved thro' their depths by his mighty breath, And the orbs of beauty and spheres of flame From the void abyss by myriads came. In the joy of youth, as they darted away A Dispute. We were comfortably situated in the stage. The horses were under way, when a young* man continued a conver sation which it appeared that he had broken off at the last stopping place. “At any rate, “ said be, “I do not be lieve the story that Jonah swallowed the whale.” “And what is there so strange in that, young man,” said an elderly deacon on the opposite seat. “ Strange,” said the youth, “ it is ab surd, astonishing, impossible.” “You speak very confidently, sii; wi- 1 set men than you have believed it,” con tinued the deacon, “ and indeed why should not that be true as well as any other part of the good book ?” “1 never saw it in the good book!” exclaimed the other. Then I am sorry to say that you are very ignorant of your Bible, young man, and it seems to me that a person- who shows such a lack of religious knowledge ought not to be so co.ifit on such a subject,” and the old deacon looked at another very sober gentleman who sat opposite to him, as if for his roval. ' ’he othergentleman opened his mouth for the first time, and said— l I perfectly agree with the young n. I do not believe in that story either.” The deacon looked thunderstruck and he stammered out—“ But, I thought that you told me you were a member of church.” Yes,sir, lam, and I believe every thing that is contained in the Bible.” “I beg your pardoiii sir, but—” “ And I beg your's sir, but the youug man said he did not believe that Jonah swallowed the whale.” “Jonah swallowed—whale swallow ed,” said the deacon, bewilderd. “Did you not say, young man, that you did not believe the whale swallow ed Jonah ?” “Not at all, sir—I said I did not be lieve that Jonah swallowed the whale.” “ Well, well,” said the deacon, “that alters the case, and Pin sure that I did not know what you were talking about.” Here the old gentleman opposite took a pinch of snuff, and leisurely observed that such was generally the case with religious Vontioversy : that, ty was talking about one thing, and the other of another. “ Therefore,” said he, in conclusion, “ I very seldom engage religious discussions, and more especial ly do I avoid them when travelling in stage coach.” The deacon looked at the gentleman, as if he intended to know him when he saw him again and the young man went to sleep. During the entire evening the favor ite belle received the most devoted atten tions from Mr. Mangum. Many of the ladies, who thought they possessed some attractions, were greatly mortified at his marked preference, and two or three of the gentlemen evinced the strongest symptoms oflaboring under the influence of envy and passion. Your friends, the witty and graceful CoL-■ ■ — ,and the accomplished and handsome Major , ol God that snouted for joy, it the ere- werc completely thrown.into the shade. . can't bear children,” said Miss Prim, disdain fully. Mrs. Partington looked at her over her specta cles tnltfly before she ropKed. m a Van Burcn, eldest eon of the Ex- doubt the opinion of Die Kindcrhookcr.” The Alba- ttlas, tho organ of this taction of the mildly before she replied. “ Perhaps ifyou could yon wo«M tike them better,” she at last sold—Bos ton rot!. It hasbceh calculated that the man who shaves every day cuts off nearly half a foot of beard per and that a man eighty years of age will have removed in his time 27 feet of hair from his Their silver voices in chorus rung. And this was the song the bright ones sung.'’ And thus God has written upon pie flower that sweetens the air, upon the breeze that rocks that flower in its stem, upon the rain-drops that swell. the mighty, river, upon the dew-drop that refreshes the smallest sprig ot moss that rears its head in the desert, upon the ocean that rocks every swimmer in its channel, upon every penciled shell that sleeps in the caverns of the deep, as well as upon the mighty sun which warms and cheers the millions of crea tures that live in his .light—upon all has he written, ‘None ?F us liveta to him self.' And if you will read this lesson in characters still more distinct and striking you will go to the garden of Gethscmaue, and hear the Redeemer in prayer, while the angel ot God strengthens him. npletely and your bumble servant, Rustic, was driven froqj the list of competitors. The Senator's son was declatlM victor, and nobly did he bear his honors. The next day Mr. Mangum was again the reign ing lion. He was flattered,admired and courted by all the ladies; but tho supe rior tact of the charming belle enable her to engross the attention of the ardent Southerner. Evening once more advanced, and the company again assembled for the pur pose of dancing. Mr. Mangum was again by the side of the happy miss, ad miring her appearance and compliment ing her beauty in the most extravagant language, when a steamboat captain en- tered the room. Looking around biin j for a moment, he remarked to the wri- f ter— “ Well, he is cutting it fat.” “ Who V* I inquired. “ My steward,” he answered.pointing to the Senator's sou. I replied that be was mistaken—“ the individual was Willie P. Mangum, jr., of North Carolina. “ Mangum, ipdeeti !" wm* the reply, it's Tony Welch—my steward, and a very good steward/* ST The New Orleans Picayune perpetrates tbo following; " What evidence has been given to prove that Santa Annals a man of regular habits ? Because bo uniformly retires early.' Thj London Times says : “Government bavo received and are considering a' most * sive plan for the further growth and j couragement of the cultivation of cottc ndla* Hindoo Wires. TheHindoos are only a semi-civilized people, but they seem to have very cor rect notions on csrlaiu points of domes tic economy. In one of their poems which is e u Tilled “The Ocean of Wis dom,” we find the following little rivu let on the subject of the duties of wives. , We know^ not, however, how our mod- The news circulated—Tony saw the j era Belles will be pleased with such a You willread it ou the hill of Calvary, captain and* disappeared—-the mortified (humorous sort of life as the Hindoo po- where a voice that might be theconcen- belle took the first stage, and is now at jet bas prescribed to them, but the men, home deeply regretting that she met aud we imagine, will admitthathe has drawn trated voice of the whole universe of God, proclaims that the highest, noblest deed which the Infinite can do, is to do good to others—to live not to hirpself. OCTOSER. B T XT. C . CLARK . Solemn* yeHie^trtifal to View, . Month of my heart! thou dawnest here j With sad and feded leaves to strew * rslu ft ill—n*4 wlsirhnV^ r j And bars of purple clouds appear, ‘ Obscuring every vre&tenratar. Delicate Compliment.—A French offi cer, named Mauperlius, arriving at the Court of Vienna, and being introduced to Maria Theresa, was asked by her if he did not think the Princcs'de w; the most beautiful woman of\he age? “ Madame,” said he, “ I thought so yesterday.” VILLAGE GREATNESS. In every country village, where Ten chimney’s smoke perfumes the air, Contiguous to a steeple, Gentle folks are found, a score, Who can’t associate any more With common “ country people.” Jack Fallow, born among the woods, From rolling logs now roils in goods, Enough awhile to cash on—• Tells negro stories—smokes cigars— Talks politics—decides on wars— And lives in stylish fashion. Tim Ox Goad, lately from the plough, A polished gentleman is now, Arid talks of “ country fellows,” But ask the fop what book he's read, You’ll find the brain pan of his head As empty as a bellows. . Miss Faddle, lately from the wheel, Begins quite lady-like to feel, And talks affectedly genteel— And sings some pretty songs too; But my veracity impeach, If she can tell what part of speech • Gentility belongs to. Without one spark of wit refined, Without one beauty of the mind, Genius, or education, Or family, or fame to boast, To see suck gentry rule the roast, Turns patience to vexation. To clear racb. rubbish from the earth, Though real genius, mental worth, And science will attend you,. You might as well the sty refine, Or cast your pearl before the swine— They'd only tom to rend yon. admired the Senator’s son. The following conundrum recently took a prize cup at St* Louis: Why are the late battles fought by General Scott,-in Mexico, like a suit ofi clothes made by a neat seamstress? Because the work was done as well as it could .be: done without having a tailor (Taylor) to do it! * solitude. . . Amidst the crowd, the hum, the shock ol n To hear, to see, to %el, and to possess. And roam alon^, the world's tired denizen, None that, x _ If we were not, would seem to smile the le&s Of all that flatter'd, followed, sought, and sued: This is to be aloneY this, thisie solitude. -* nbrnic %r j t. r l • *>vr (Byron. the very beau ideal of a. good wife. “She is the true helpmate, who, pos sessing an amiable temper and prudent disposition, proportions her expenditure to her husband’s income. . The godd- j ness of her heart will manifest itself, in feeding holy hermits, in graciously en tertaining her husband's guests; and in showing^ mercy to the poor. Her pru dence .-will be displayed, in providing personally for the future wants of her family, in preparing her husband's meals with regularity, and in maintaining .the just reputation of a good manager.— She will take care so to arrange the cur rent expenditure, as not to encroach on the capital of her husband’s property. Where such conduct in the wife is want ing, though the house should overflow with gold, .yet it shall prove to tho own cr no belter than an empty hoveL.” ; . BEAUTIFUL EXTRACT. Oh, if there is one law above the rest Written in Wisdom—if there is a word That I would trace as with a pen of fire Upon the unsullied temper of a' child— If there is anything that keeps the mind Open to angel visits and repels The ministry of ill—His human lore ! God has made nothing worthy of contempt. The smallest pebble in the well of truth Has its peculiar meanings, and will stand When man's best monuments wear fast aw*y. The law of heaven is lore and though its name Has been usurped by uassiou, and profan’d To its unnlioly uses through all time, Still, the eternal principle is pure; And iu these deep affections that wc fed Omnipotent within us, can we see The lavish measure in which love is given. And in the yearning tenderness of a child, For every bird liMt fdnysvtbove its head; And every creature feeding on the hills And every tree and flower, and ruuniug brook. We see how every thing was made to love, And how they err, who in a world like this, Find anything to hate bat human prid^. The Depth ol Jacob's Well. The Rev. Dr. Wilson of England,— who has recently travelled through the Holy Land and published the results of bis travel under the title of “The Land of the Bible visited nnd described,”— presents the following relation of his vis it to Jacob's Well: At ShechemDr. Wilson found n nant of the Samaritans ’still, and had some interesting conversation with ot their priests. In the immediate neigh borhood is Jacob's Well, where our Lord encountered the woman of Sumaria*and with simplest images instructed her in the sublime mysteries of spiritual truth. The well is situated amid the ruins of a church vfliich once surrounded it. The mouth was covered with two large stones. Rolling away these, the travellers, with their attendants,swung themselves down to a kind of platform, where they kindled a lightc and commenced preparations for ascertaining the depth of Jacob's Well.— It was. now lime to disclose our plan of operation to our native attendants.— Jacob,' said we, ‘a friend of ours, English traveller,and minister, (the Rev. Andrew Bonar,of Collace,) dropped ihe five books of Moses and the other inspir ed records into this well, about three ears ago, and ifyou will descend and •ring them up we shall give you a hand some bakshish.’ Bakshish?' said' the Arabs kindling at the sound ; * if' there to be a bakshish in the case, we must have it,- for we arc lords of the lawff.* * Well, down you go>’^said we, throwing the rope over their shoulders,** and you shall have the bakshish.' .* Nay, verily,* said lhey t * you mean to hang us; let Jacob do what be pleases.* Jacob was ready at our command ; and, when he had tied the rope round his body below his shoul< ders,hc received our parti tig instructions. We asked him to call out to us the mo ment that he might arrive at the surface of the water, and told him that we should hold the rope as to prevent him from sinking, if there was any considerable depth of Uie element. We told him al so to pull out one of the candles with which he had stored his breast, and to ignite it when he might get below, he looked into the fearful pit on the blink of which he stood,terror took hold of him and he betook himself to prayer in the Hebrew tongue. We, of course gave him no interruption in his solemn exer cise, as, in the^circumstances ot the case, we could not but admire the spirit of devotion which he evinced. On a signal given, we let him go. The Arabs held with us the rope, and we took care that he should descend as gently as pos sible. When our material was nearly ex hausted, he called out * I have reached the bottom'; and itis at present scarcely, covered with water.' Forthwith ho kin dled his iight; and that he might have every advantage, we threw him down a quantity of dry sticks, with which he made a blaze, which distinctly showed us the whole ol the well, from tho top to the bottom. We saw the end of the rope at its lower part; and we put a knot upon it at tho margia above, lj*at we might have tho exact measurement when Jacob might come up. After searching for about live minutes for the Bible among the stones aud toud at the bottom our friend joyfully cried out—“ It is found ! it i3 found! it is found !'* We were not slow, it may be supposed, in giving him our congratulations. The prize he care fully put into his breast; and then lie declared bis readiness, with our aid, to make the ascent. We found it no easy matter to get him pulled up, as we bad to keep the rope from the edge of the well lest it should snap asunder. When became into bur bands, lie was unable to speak, and we laid him down on ihe margin ol the well, that he might collect his breath.— “Where is the bakshish?” were the first words which he uttered, on regaining his (acuity of speech,. It was immetli- acter, allhogh to an extent it is perhaps Glled with the stones which tiro.thrnwQ into it, to sound it, by travellers and pil grims: “Thd adventure which I Have now tieed being, over, we fenderged from the well; and, silling dowu at its mouth* could not btit think of the scenes, and events of other days. We were, near to the very ‘parcel of ground that Jacob gave to Joseph.’ Jacob's Well, was here! liere Jesus, tlio Saviour, sat* wearied with his journey, sufleriug from the infirmities of that lowly human na ture he had assumed, when he came; from beaveu 10 accomplish the work of redemption, which his Father had given him to do. Herrf he spake with, illimitable simplicity qnd majesty, as t*er man spake, setting himself forth: the Sourco and Giver of the copious and satisfying waters of Eternal Lifb.'*, BY THE LATE LIEUT, tt. K.^HOOE, C. S. Hi My life ia like the scattered wreck. Cast by the wares upon the shore ; The broken masts, the rifted deck, _ Tell of the shipwreck that is o’er: Yet from these relics of the storm, The mariner his raft will form. Again to tempt the faithless seh-^ . But hope rebuilds no bark for me. \ Mv life is like the blighted oak, That lifts its sear and withered form; Scath’d by the lightning's hidden stroke; ,l l‘' _ .Sternly to meet the coming storm; Yrt round that sajilcss trunk will twins; The curling tendrils of the vine, And life aud freshness there irapart— Not to the pafsion-blightel heart. 1 m Mv life is like a desert rock, f ‘ j 1 m the mid ocean lone and drear; :—tl 1 Worn by the wild waves’ ceaseless shock. That round its base their surges' rear; 1 , Yet, there the sea-moss still will cling— 1 Some flower will find a cleft to spring,-' And breathe e’en there a sweet perfume— For me life’s flowers no more will bloom; ; , A Happy Blunder; There is a moral as well as sojriie biif! mor, in the following, anecdote of apon-' ncclicul parson of the olden time, ex-, traded from an ancient publication ‘ The Rev. Mr. Bulkley, of Colchester; Ct., was famous in his.(lay as a causiil’ and sage counsellor. A church in* h& neighborhood had fallen * into divisions , aud contentious which they were una ble to adjust among themselves. They deputed ond of thcic.number to visit the ‘ venerable Bulkey for his advied, with a request that he would send it thein iu writing. It Whappened that‘Bulkley * had alarm in the extreme }>art of the town, upon which he .entrusted ’ t tenant, and to whrim he must have been about transmitting a letter at tho* same time; in superscribing the, two’ letters, the one for the church \vAs di rected to the tenant, and the bne for the tenant to the church. • The church was convened to hearth© advice which was to settle all their' dis putes. The Moderator read as follows ■: ‘You wilt see to the repair ofthe fences that they may be built ni^h and stroi and you will take especial cafe of tne old black bull.’ This mystical advice puzzled 'the church* at first, but an interpreter twnong the most knowing ones was fouudV who saiti: * Brethren, this is the very advice wc most need ; the direction to repair the fences is to admonish us to lake good heed as to the admission and govern ment of our members; we must guard the church by our Maker's laws, and keep out strange battle from the fold.— And we must in a particular manner set a watchful guard over*the devil, the old black bull, who has done us so much hurt of late.' All perceived the wisdom j and fitness of Mr. Bulkley'sadvice*and * resolved to be governed by it. The corf- ‘ sequence was, all the animosities subsid ed, mid harmoney was restored to the long afflicted church.. STREET-SMOKING. * I knew by the smoke that so lazily curled From hi* lips ’twas a loafer I happened to meet, And I said ‘ if a nuisance there be in this world, ’Tis smoking cigars m a frequented street.*- ’Twas night, and the ladies were numerous arovnd, And in many an eye shone the glittering tear. Bnt the loafer puffed, and I heard not a sound. Save the short hacking congh ol each uxoko**' smitten maid. a sovereign, and to his fullest satisfac tion. A similar-sum we divided among our Arab assistants. The book from having been so long steeped in the wa ter and mud below, was, with the excep tion ofthe boards? reduced to. a tnassoi pulp. In our efforts, to recover it, we bad ascertained -the depth*of Uio welL which is exactly V *seveniy-fiv« feet. Its diameter is abput nine feet. It is entire ly hewn out ofthe solid rock.'and is a work of great labor. It hears .marks about it of great antiquity. ‘The well is deep,’ was the description given ofit by the woman of Samariatto our Loftlj j It, still, as n0w;noLiccd, haa ihe same ebar- “ If there is any body under the can ister of heaven that I have in utter ex crescence,” said Mrs. Partington, “ it is a tale bearer and slanderer, going about like a vile boa-constructor, circulating his calomel about honest folks. I al ways know one by his pbysmahogany. It seems as if Belzabob had stamped him with his private signal, and every thing he looks at turns yaHer.” And jiav’lng jittered this somewhat elaborate speech, she was siczed with a fit, of coughing, and called for some demulcent drops. ^ Hosing colloquy.—‘ Peter, Peter, I see a toad,* said a little darkey to h&’ brother, one day, as they were digging over a heap of manure. ' Where—where am he, Joe?' > Wh; Peter!'* No, I doesn't see "im-^-strike 'im wid 1 dehoe.' - Joe bit the toad a crack, which brought Peter to the ground— ... * Ob! you darned fool, Joe, dat was my loo—I seed dat all dc time.*- > . « - . acricu In ancient The kings And some, with whom Arehutthe being* of. a *u Harejheld the scale of e.r Of mighty war- * k — — Disdaining ^ The LTiiojitsox's Seasons;