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THE SOUTHERN SENTINEL Is published every Thursday Morning, IX COLUMBUS, GA. BY WILLIAM H. CHAMBERS, EDITOR AXD PROPRIETOR. To whom all communications must be directed, post paid Office on Randolph Street. Terms of Subscription. One copy twelve months, in advance, - - 82 50 * “ “ “ Not in advance, -3 00 .. .. g jx “ “ “ - 150 Where the subscription is not paid during the year, 15 cents will be charged for every month s delay. No subscription will be received tor less man six months, and none discontinued until all arrearages are paid, except at the option of the proprietor. To C lubs. Five copies twelve months, - Teu “ “ “ - * * 1C 00 ZsT The money from Clubs must in all cases ac company the names, or the price o* a single subscription Will be charged. Rates of Advertising. One Square, first insertion, - - - SI 00 <■ “ Each subsequent insertion, - 50 A liberal deduction on these terms will be made in favor of those who advertise by the year. Advertisements not specified as to time, will be pub lished till forbid, and charged accordingly. Monthly Advertisements will be charged as new Ad vertisements at each insertion. Legal Advertisements. N. B.—Sales of Lands, by Administrators, Ex ecutors. or Guardians,are required by law to be held on the first Tuesday in the month, between the hours of 10 In the forenoon, and 3 in the afternoon, at the Court House in the county in which the land is situated. No tices of these sales must be given in a public gazette sixty days previous to the day of sale. Hales of Negroes must be made at a public auction on the first Tuesday of the month, between the usual hours of sale, at the place oi public sales in the county where the Letters Testamentary, of Administration or Guardianship, may have been granted, first giving sixty Pays notice thereof in one of the public gazettes of this Htate, and at the door ot the Court House, where such sales are to be held. Notice for the sale of Personal property must be given in like manner forty days previous to the day ol sale. Notice to the Debtors and Creditors of an estate must be published forty days. Notice that application will be made to the Court ol Ordinary for leave to sell Land, must be published for FOUR MONTHS. Notice for leave to sell Negroes must lie published tor four months, before any order absolute shall be made thereon by the Court. ... Citations for Letters ot Administration, must tie pub lished thirty days—for dismission from administration, monthly six months —for dismission fiom Guardianship, forty days. ~ . , Roles for the foreclosure of a Mortgage must lie pub lished monthly for four months —for establishing lost papers, lor the full srACE ol three months lor com pelling titles from Executors or Adinini-trators, where a Bond has been given by the deceased, the full srACE ot Publications will always be continued according to these legal requirements, unless otherwise ordered. SOUTHERN SENTINEL Job Office. HAVING received anew and extensive assortment of Job Material, we are prepared to execute at this office, all orders for JOB WORK, in a manner which can not be excelled in the State, on very liberal term.*?, and at the shortest notice. . . We feel confident of mir ability to give entire satisfac tion in every variety of Job Printing, including Boohs, Business Cards, Pamphlets, Bill Heads, Circulars, Blanks of every description, Hand Bills, Bills of Lading, Posters, <s•<*• dpe. sc. In short, all descriptions of Printing which can be ex ecuted at any office in the country, will be turned out with elegance and despatch. Dyeing and Renovating Establishment. P.ERTHOLI) SENGER AATOULD respectfully inform the ladies and gentle- V \ men of Columbus, and vicinity, that he is still at his old stand on Broad Street, near the Market, where lie is prepared to execute all work entrusted to him, in tiie various departments of Dyeing, Scouring, Renovating, & Bleaching new and old clothing. Ladies’ Silks, Mcrinoee, and Satins, cleansed of stains and impurities, and colored to any shade. Also finished to look and wear as well as new. Cotton, Silk, and Woolen goods bleached or dyed, in the very be=t manner, and with despatch. Also, Most-rine Blue, Turkey Red, &e. &.<*. Gentlemen’s garments cleansed and dyed so as not to soil the whitest linen. Carpeting renovated and made as good as new. I'Vf- All orders thankfully received and promptly ex ecuted. Columbus, March 21, 1850. __ tt Planters, Take Notice. Saw Mills , Grist, Mills, Factories, Gin Gear, liice Mills, and Sugar Mills. rpHE firm of AMBLER & MORRIS are now JL ready to build any of the above named Mills, pro pelled by Water, Steam or Horse. Our work shall be done in the best possible manner, and warranted interior to none now in use. Roth ol the above firm are practi cal men. and attend to their business in person, and will furnish Engines for Steam Mill-', Grist or Saw, and set either in complete operation. I'he firm can give the best assortment of Water Wheels and Gearing, ot any in the Southern States, and will say to our employers, it a Mill or any of our work does not perform in the busi ness for which it was intended, no pay will be exacted. Try us and see. AMBLER & MORRIS. Jan. 24, 1850. 4 Important TO MILL OWNERS AND PLANTERS. rpHE undersigned will contract for building Rock L. Dams, or any kind ot rock work and ditching, in any part of this State or Georgia, in the most improved manner. TIMOTHY B. COLLINS, Fort Mitchell, Russell, County, Ala. Dee. 6, 1849. 49 6ln To Physician?, Druggists • AND COUNTRY MERCHANTS. UR. J. N. KEELER & RRO. most respectfully solicit attention to their fresh stock of English, French. German and American Drug-. MecWines,Cliem ioals. Paints, Oils, Dye-stuffs, Glassware, Perfumery. Ao. Having opened anew store, No. 294 Mark. ‘ St., a\*th a full supply of Fresh Drugs and Medicines, we respect fully solicit country dealers to examine our stock before purchasing elsewhere, promising one and all who may tie disposed to extend us their patronage, to sell them genuine Dmgs and Medicines, on a- liberal terms as any other house in the city, and to faithfully execute all or ders entrusted to us promptly and with dispatch. One of the proprietors being a regular physician, affords ample guarantee of the quality of all articles sold at their es tablishment. We especially invite druggists and country merchants, who may wish to become agents lor Dr. Keeler’s Celebrated Family Medicines, (standard and popular medicines,) to lorward their address, boheiting the patronage of dealers, we respectfully remain KELLLR- Cc JLiKU. Wholesale Druggists, No. 249 Market St., Phil a. Oct. 11, 1819. ~ ly_ Marble Works, JEast side Broad St. near the Market House, COLUMBUS. GA. HAVE constantly on hand all kinds of Grace Stones Monuments, Tombs and Tablets, of American. Italian and Irish Marble. Engraving and carving done on stone in the l>est possible manner, and all kim.s of Granite Work at the shorte-t j IADDEN _ P. S.—PJaistcr of Paris and Cement, always on hand for sale. ... Columbus, March 7, 1850. ’0 tl WINTER S PALACE MILLS. {FAMILIES, by leaving their names with me, can be “* supplied remdarly by mv Waeon, at their residences, with MEAL and HOMINY, of best quality. JO. JEFFERSON, Clerk. Fob, 28, ISSO. ts NORTH CAROLINA Hutual Life Insurance Company. LOCATED AT RALEIGH. S. C. rpHE Charter of this company gives important advan- I tagesto the assured, over’most other companies. The husband can insure his own life for the sole use and “benefit ot liis wife and children, free front any other claims. Persons who insure for life participate in the profits which are declared annually, and when the pre mium exceeds S3O, may pay one-halt in a note. Slaves are insured at two-thirds their value for one or five years. Applications for Risk? may be made to JOHN MI NN, Agent, Columbus, Ga. £ Office at Greenwood &. Co.’s IV arehouse. Nov. 15,1849. ts WINTER’S PALACE MILLS now a good supply of fresh ground Flour, ol “ll three qualities; say FINE, SUPERFINE, and FANCY brands; each kind is made from the best ol Western Wheat, and the only difference is the color. The price by retail is, for Fine, S3 per half barrel;'Su perfine, $3 25 per half barrel; Fancy, §3 50 tier hall bajß'l. Discount made to those whohuv to sell again. I'JTarter barrels are sold proportionately cheap. / - JO. JEFFERSON Clerk Dec. 27 1849. sets VOL. I. Haul’s Merchant’s 3lagazine AND COMMERCIAL REVIEW. Established July, 1839, BY FREEMAN HUNT, EDITOR AND PROPRIETOR. Published monthly, at 142 Fulton street, A etc York, AT FIVE DOLLARS FEK ANNUM, IN ADVANCE. TIIE “Merchant’s Magazine and Commercial Re view,” will continue to include in its design even subject connected with Commerce, Manufactures, and Political Economy, as—Commercial Regulation, Com mercial History and Geography; Mercantile Biogra phy ; Essays from the ablest pens, on the leading ques tions of the day, relating to Commercial Adairs ; De scriptive, Statistical, and Historical Accounts of the va rious commodities which form the subject of Mercantile Transactions; Port Charges; Tariffs; Customs and 1 Commercial Regulations; Treaties: Commercial Sta tistics of the United States, and the different countries ol the world with which we have intercourse, inehding their Physical Character, Population. Productions, Ex ports, Imports, Seaport?, Moneys, Weights, Measures, Finance and Banking Associations; Enterprises con nected with Commerce, embracing Fisheries, Incor- E orated Companies, Railroads, Canals, Steamboats, kicks, Post Offices. Ac.: Principles of Commerce. Fi nance and Banking, with practical and Historical De tails and Illustrations; Commercial Law and Mercan tile Law Reports, and Decisions of Courts in the United States and Europe, including Insurance, Partnership, Principal and Agent, Bills of Exchange, Sale, Guaranty, Bankruptcy, Shipping and Navigation, &c , and what ever else shall tend to develope the resources of the coun try and the world, and illustrate the various topics bear ing upon Commerce and Commercial Literature : and we may venture to say that no work heretofore published embraces in its pages so large an amount of information | on all there subjects, as the nineteen volumes now com pleted. Our means of enhancing the value of “The Mer chant’s Magazine and Commercial Review,” are con i staritly increasing; arid with new sources of information, and extending correspondence abroad, and other facilities, which nearly ten years’devotion to a single object has ! enabled us to make available, we shall be able to render the work a perfect rade mectitn for the Merchant, Nav igator and Manufacturer, as well as to the Statesman, Commercial Lawyer, and Political Economist, and in i deed, all who desire information on the multifarious op erations of business life. “I am a man. and deem nothing which relates to man foreign to my feelings.” J a VIGOROUS LIFE, OR A KINKELINE ON SELF-PRESERVATION. Only Turnty-Firc Cents. THIS BOOK, just published, is filled with useful information on the infirmities and diseases of the human sy.-tem. It addresses it elf alike to I outh, Manhood and Old Ape. and should be read by all. The valuable advice and impressive warning it g.ves, will prevent years of misery and suffering and save, an nual fv Thousands of Lives. Parents by reading it. will leam how to prevent the destruction of their children. remittance of 25 cents, enclosed in a letter, addressed to Dr. KINKELINE, 1 Human street, Phil adelphia, will ensure a book, under envelope, per return of mail. Dr. K., fifteen years resident Physician, 1 Human st. may be consulted confidentially. He who places himself under the care oi Dr. K /TWty •jeligftush- confide in his honor as a gentleman, and confidently rely upon his skill as a physician. Persons at a distance may address Dr. K. by letter, post paid, and be cured at home. „ Packages of Medicines, Directions, &.c. forwarded, by sending a remittance, and put up secure from Dam age or Curiosity. . Booksellers, News Agents, Pedlers, Canvassers, and all others supplied with the above work at very low rates. [April 4. 14 ts Memphis Institute, MEDICAL DEPARTMENT. ‘ r IMTE regular course of Lectures in this Institute will 1 L commence on the first of November, and con tinue until the last of February. The Anatomical De partment will be opened and ready to receive students by the first of October.. The Memphis Department will be under the direction of the following PROFESSORS. Z. Freeman, M. D.. Professor of Anatomy. R. S. Newton. M. D., Professor of Surgery. H . J. Hulce, M. D., Prolessor of Theory and Practice of Medicine. W. Byrd Powell, M. D., Professor of Physiology, Pathology, Mineralogy and Geology. J. King, M. D.. Professor of Materia Mcdica, Thera- I peutics and Medical Jurisprudence. I J. Milton Sanders. A. M., M. D., Professor of Chem istry and Pharmacy. J. A. Wilson, M. D., Professor of Obstetrics and Dis- j eases of Women and Children. CLINIQUE LECTURERS. I Medicine. —Prof. H. J. llulce. Surgery. —Prof. R. S. Newton. 7a. Freeman, M. D., Anatomical Demonstrator. 1 I’he fees for a full course of lectures amount to 8105. | Each Professor’s Ticket, sls. Matriculator’s, $5. Dem- I onstrators Fee, 810. Graduation, S2O. Those desiring further information will please address ; their letters (post paid) to the Dean ; and students ar : riving in the city will please call on him at the Commer | cial Hotel. R. S. NEWTON, M. D„ j Dean of the Faculty. LAW DEPARTMENT. ! Hon. E. W. M. King, Professor of Theory andPrac • tiee of Law. JonN Delafield, Esq. Professor of Commercial Juris ; Prudence. Terms per Session SSO All communications pertaining to this department must j be addressed to E. W. M. KING, Esq. Memphis, Tenn., March, 1850. The Faculties, for intellectual abilities, moral worth j and professional acquirements, will compare favorably with the most distinguished in our country. The medi i eal faculty constitutes an anomaly in this or any other country—all of them are able lecturers and the best of teachers. Those who contemplate our geographical position, and the extent of our population, can have no doubt as to the eligibility of our situation for an enterprise of the kind. As to health, including all seasons of the year, we deny that any other city has more. A common error exists in the minds of many students relative to the place of studying medicines; those who intend practicing among the diseases of the West and South should certainly educate themselves at a school | whose Faculty are particularly acquainted with those diseases. That the public may be satisfied of the permanency of i this school, we feel it our duty to state, that the Trus tees and Faculty form a unit in action, which augurs well for its future success ; and that the peculiar internal organization which connects them, cannot be interrupted. E. W. 31. KING, President of the Memphis Institute. April 11,1850. 15 ly TROY WOO BEN-WARE MANUFACTURING COMPANY, VRE now ready to commence operations, and will promptly supply all orders with which they may be favored, for every description ol Hollow Wooden-Ware, ; embracing Buckets, Tubs, Pails, Cans, <Sbc. See. The : Company will be ready by the Ist of March to enter ex tensively into the manufacture of I “ CHA IRS, of which they will be able to turn out a very’ superior ar ticle. *TU R N ING. Bod Steads, Wagon Hubs, and every other description j of Turning, neatly done. The Manufactory is situated at the mouth of Mulber ry Creek, 12 miles’from Columbus, 20 from Opelika, and 22 from West Point. The Company is thus afford ed facilities for transportation in every direction, and will be able to famish their goods in every section of the country at short notice, and on reasonable terms. Orders left at the stores of P. Spencer, or B. Jef ferson, in this city, will be promptly filled. All orders through the mail, must be directed to R. G. Jefferson, Columbus, Ga. We shall be happy to accommodate the world generally, and our friends particularly. N. B.—Persons wishing to purchase privileges for manufacturing purposes, can do so, as there rye a num ber of Water Lots upon the premises for sale. Columbus, Jan. 3,1850. 1 ly A CARD. deGraffenried & Robinson, BOOKSELLERS AND STATIONERS, /"NFFER for sale the largest assortment of School. , yj Miscellaneous, Law, Medical and Theological \Vorks; NOVELS, &c. by the most popular authors; Stationery of all kind’s. Letter and Foolscap and - “ rapping PAPERS ; Ink, Pens, Slates, See. ifcc. &e. blank books, j Gl every kind, for sale, and made to order, <tc. B. B. DE GRAFFEXRIED, j t j i ROBINSON. Columbus, Jan. 31,1859. ts €l)c kioulljcrn .Sentinel. ! Countv Surveyor. v ft THE undersigned informs his friends and the Planters of Muscogee county, that he is prepared to make official surveys in Muscogee county. Letters addressed to Post Office,Columbus, will meet with prompt atten . tion. WM. F. SERRELL, County Surveyor. Office over E. Barnard &, Co.’s store, Broad St. Columbus, Jan. 31,1850. 5 ly MRS. BARDWELL, YTTOULD inform the Ladies of Columbus and its 1 V vicinity, that she has just returned from New York with a handsome stock of MILLINERY, LACE j CAPES. &,e., and trusts the Ladies will give her an carle call. She opened on Wednesday. April 11, 1850. ’ 15 ts ! TEAS! TEAS! DIRECT from the “Canton Tea Company just re ceived and for sale by ELLIS,'KENDRICK & REDD. ; Feb. 7,1850. 6 ts NOTICE. r TMIE firm name of “M. 11. Dessau, Agent,” is changed, ; X from this date, to M. H. DESSAU. Columbus, Feb. 7, 1850. 6 ts METALLIC OR VULCANIZED Rubba Machine Belting. AAA FEET of the above BELTING, suitable s\J for all kinds of Machinery—from 1 to 20 inches wide—warranted superior to leather or anv kind of belting in use, for its perfect equality of width and | thickness, which it will retain, and for its great strength ! and durability—does not slip on die pulleys and costs | less than the leather belting. Sold by the subscriber at ten per cent, on manufacturers’ prices. Also. 300 lbs. Steam Engine PACKING, for Piston Rods, Straw Jionts. Cylinder Heads, &c. Also, 500 feet of Vulcanized Steam Engine IIOSE, for Hydrants passing hot or cold water, &.e. WADE & CO. Sign of the Golden Saddle. Columbus, April 4,1850. 14 ly O AAA FT. of Kimbel’s Patent Machine stretched O.UUU LEATHER BELTING, from 1 inch to 14 inches, suitable for all kinds of Machinery, Gin Bands, Sc c. Sold by the subscriber for teu per cent, advance on ihe manufacturers’ prices. WADE &. CO. Sign of the Golden Saddle. Columbus,April 4,1850. 14 ly jr;-A Globe Hotel, MU BUENA VISTA, MARION CO., GA. 15Y J. WILLIAMS. March 14,1850. 11 ts DE BOW’S COMMERCIAL REVIEW, A MONTHLY JOURNAL OF Agriculture, Commerce, Manufactures, Internal Im provements, Statistics, general Literature, etc. Published iu New Orleans, at 85 per annum. The bound sets of this Review complete, from Janu ary. 184(5. nearly four years, may be had at the office. These volumes contain a mass of information in re gard to thp population, resources, wealth and progress of the South, itrevery department of industry, etc. to be had from no other source, and must constitute an im portant addition to the library of every planter, merchant or citizen. * A lew sets remaining, for which the proprietor solicits orders. Planters having estates for sale or wishing to pur chase, bv advertising in the Review, will be able to reach the whole planting interest of the South. Address J. D. B. DeBOW, New Orleans. Williams & Howard, i ATTORNEYS AT LAW, I 7 COLU3IBUS, GEORGIA. ; ROUT. R. HOWARD. CHAS. J. WILLIAMS. | April 4, 1850. 14 ti” J. D. LENNAR I), ATTORNEY AT LAW, TALBOTTON, GA. WILL attend to business in Talbot and the adjacent counties. All business entrusted to his care will meet with prompt attention. April 4, 1850. 14 ly KING & WINNEMORE, Commission Merchants, 3IOEILE, ALABA3IA. Dec. 20,1849. [Mob. Tib.] 15 ts THIS PAPER IS MANUFACTURED ISY TIIE Rock Island Factory, NEAR THIS CITY. Columbus, Feb. 23, 1850. 9 ts TO RENT, TILL the first day of January next. The old printing office room ot the “.Muscogee Democrat ” Apply at this office. 18 ts. GREAT COUGH REMEDY! AYER’S Chcrrr Pectoral. * FOR TIIE CURE OF Coughs, Colds, Hoarseness, Bronchitis, Whoop ing-Coughs, Croup, Asthma and Consumption. In offering the community this justly celebrated rem edy for diseases of the throat and lungs, it is not our wish to trifle with the lives or health of the afflicted, but frankly to lay before them the opinions of distinguished men, and some of the evidences of its success, from which they can judge for themselves. We sincerely pledge ourselves to make no wild assertions of false statements of efficacy, nor will we hold out any hope to suffering humanity which facts will not warrant. Many proofs are here given, and we solicit an inquiry from the public into all wc publish, feeling assaued they will find them perfectly reliable, and the medicine worthy their best confidence and patronage. FROM BENJ. SILLIMAN, M. D., L. L. D.,ETC. Professor of Chemistry, Mineralogy, ffe., Yale College. Member of the Lit. Hist. Med. Phil, and Scien. So cieties of America and Europe. “I deem the CHERRY PECTORAL an admirable composition from sotne of the best articles in the Mate ria Medina, and a very effective remedy for the class of diseases it is intended to cure.” New Haven, Ct., Nov. 1, 1849. PROF. CLEAYELAND, of Bowdoin College, Main Writes—“l have witnessed the effects of your “Cher ry Pectoral"’ in mv own family and that ot my friends, and it gives me satisfaction to state in its favor that no medicine I have ever known has proved so eminently faithful in curing diseases of the throat and lungs.” ‘'REV. DR. OSGOOD. Writes—-“ That he considers “Cherry Pectoral” the best medicine for Pulmonary Affections ever given to the pub lic,” and states that “his daughter after being obliged to keep the room four months with a severe settled cough, accompanied by raising of blood, night sweats, and the attendant symptoms of consumptions, com menced the use of the‘Cherry Pectoral,’and had com pletely recovered.” HEAR THE PATIENT. Dr. Ayer—Dear Sir: For two years-I was afflicted with a very severe cough, accompanied by spitting of blood and profuse night sweats. By the advice of mv attending physician I was induced to use your “Cherry Pectoral,” and continued to doso till I considered myself cured,and ascribe the effect to your preparation. JAMES RANDALL. Hampden ss. Spktngfhxd, Nov. 27, 1848. This day appeared the above named James Randall, and pronounced the above statement true in every respect. LORENZO NORTON, Justice. THE REMEDY THAT CURES. Portland, Me., Jan. 10, 1847, Dr. Ayer: I have been long afflicted with Asthma, which grew yearly worse, until last autumn, it brought on a cough which confined me in my chamber, and be fan to assoime the alarming symptoms of consumption. had tried the best advice and the best medicine to no purpose, until I used your “Cherry Pectoral,” which has cured me, and youmav well believe me. Gratefully yours, J- D. PHELPS. If there is any value in tife judgment of the wise, who ! speak from experience, here is a medicine worthy of the i public confidence. ! Prepared by J. C. AYER, Chemist, Lowell, Mass. Iff!? Sold m Columbus, by Dajifbrth &. Nagel, and R. Carter, and bv Druggists renerallv, May 2. is dm COLUMBUS, GEORGIA, THURSDAY MORNING, MAY 30, 1850. MAY DAY POEMS, COMFOSED BY 3IRF. CAROLINE LEE IIENTZ, i AXD DELIVERED BY THE YOUNG LADIES OF HER STOOL AT THEIR CELEBRATION OF THE IST OF j MAY, 1850. Ist. POLE BEARER. MISS CLARA HAMILL. | Behold the coronation bower, 1 Decked like a bride, for this gay hour; There let us lead our chosen queen; And ’neath this canopy of green With classic rite, and glowing lay ; To her, the wonted tribute pay. 2d. TOLF. BEARER. MISS MARIA BRODNAX. But see’st thou not that maiden fair, With flowery wand and queen-like air, Who from her lofty stand, awaits Our entrance through the royal gates ? Salute her sister, for I fear ■ She deems us but intruders here. Ist. TOLF. BEARER. Oh! Maiden of the flowery wand, That seems an emblem of command, But whose mild eye disarms our dread, May we this verdant carpet tread, And usher in our youthful band, To Flora’s green, enchanted land I For in her realms, we seek a bower, To crown the Empress of the hour. FLORA.—MISS EUGINIA MOFFITT. My name is Flora, maidens fair; These are my realms, this bower my care, I’ve decked it with the sweetest flowers, That ever sprang from vernal showers; I’ve bid my handmaids search the glade; I’ve led them through my deepest shade; I’ve culled the blossoms of the field; The hoarded wealth the valleys yield, And with my garlands, decked a throne, That England’s boasted Queen might own. SECOND POLE BEARER. Most gracious Flora, let thy bower Welcome the Queen of this bright hour, And give this young, and virgin train, Admittance to thy fair domain. FLORA. But what credentials, canst thou name, To prove her proud and lofty claim I For my pure gates shall ne’er unfold, To heartless wealth, or grandeur cold ; Nor will I yet, for beaut} ’s pride, Yield the fair scenes where I preside, For wealth may veil the heart of guile, And so may beauty’s syren smile ; The first, will vanish with a breath, The last, in the cold arms of death; To Virtue’s claims, and hers alone, Will I accord yon flowery throne. FIRST TOLE BEARER Sweet Flora! then thy realms are ours, While wing their flight these festive hours, For worth must ever grace the maid, To whom our annual, vows are paid. What though her cheek, and brow be fair, Tis virtue, stamps true beauty there, A beauty, that will bloom and shine, When fade these flowers, that round her twine. SECOND TOLE BEARER. No venal motive ruled our choice, In this free land the people’s voice, Their own, elected Queen proclaim; Though boasting, no imperial name, The blood, in royal veins that flows, No purer, brighter, current knows, Than that which warms our freeborn hearts, And light, and hope and joy imparts. Love, is the empire that we own, : Love, is the basis of our throne, | In love, our maiden Queen we chose And wove the crown to deck, her brows. FLORA. | Come on, then, ye united band, ! And by the power of this green wand, ! That owns a more than magic power i Within the shades of this sweet bower, ! Let no unhallowed passion dare, i To breathe and taint the fragrant air, And let no cold and callous heart, In rites so lovely, bear a part. Far from these hands let baneful pride And envy too, their dark brows hide, Nor let the cynic’s scowling eye | Our unpolluted pleasures spy. j Advance young maidens—yours the bower ; | It waits the coronation hour. BOTH POLE BEARERS. Thanks gentle Flora —Enter in 1 Fair maids and let our rites begin. THE CORONATION. Address of the first Maid of Honor. MISS AMELIA BARDW’ELL —TO THE QUEEN. Votaries of nature and of truth, Ere yet, our flowery rites begin, Let innocence, and joyous youth, Your smiles of approbation win. i Think not alone for vain parade, We gather round this votive shrine, Nor deem that pride exalts the maid For whom, these vernal honors shine. In this sweet spring time of the year, When nature, wakes from wintry gloom, Bids earth, her robe of beauty wear, And decks her cheek with living bloom. When the winged minstrels of the grove, The boundless air with music till— i When all is redolent of love— Shall ice, this genial influence chill? Ah! no—our hearts confess its sway— We too—by winter’s reign opprest, With rapture, hail the kindling ray That plays o’er Natures glowing breast; And white in gratitude, we greet, This fair returning, month of flowers, A youthful sister-hood—we meet To celebrate the blooming hours— But first, from our united band, I A bright, presiding, star we choose, To shine o’er us, with mild command j And round, her modest light diffuse. Friends of the young! behold our Queen! Your beaming eye3 our choice appyove,- Your smiles, like sunbeams, gild the scene, Where merit, wins the meed of love— Then turn, thou maiden soverign, turn— It is thy coronation hour— The heavens with purest lustre burn, Propitious on thy royal bower. This virgin crown! behold how bright—■ Its golden gleam and sparkling ray, Its fair flowers, blushing to the light, Proclaim the diadem of May. Our gentle friend! our hearts tree choice! Receeive the homage, that we pay, While we, with fond, exulting voice Hail thee 1 elected, Queen of May I Rise, honored of each maiden heart, Rejoice in this triumphal day, | And long may memory’s light impart Its radiance to the bowers of May— REPLY OF THE QUEEN. MISS CALLIE HENTZ, TO THE IST MAID OF HONOR. Oh! say, can lin words declare, Thanks for the flowery crown I wear? No ! language, never can impart, The deep emotions of my heart. ! | ’Tis not that on my brow is seen, i This bright, regalia of a Queen, | Or that in Nature’s fairest hour i Ye’ve decked forme this regal bower. 1 But love, spontaneous, priceless love, For me, has reared this vernal grove, And placed this diadem, to shed Its floral splendors on my head. i Sure ’tis the pageant of a dream, i The fairy scenes that round me beam, ! Yet ne'er has sleep’s bright genii given, | Such loveliness to fancy’s heaven— ! Oh ! ’tis no vision, each dear face : That bright ’neath clustering flowers I trace, | Smiles daily round me, sweet and fair; ! Flowers, ret undimmed, by breath of care | And thou, dear maid, who gently bound ; The votive wreath my brow around, No hand, more loved than thine could bring The tribute of rejoicing spring I ; Accept the gratitude I owe, i Its warmth and brightness still shall glow, ! When this fair scene is past away, I And laid in dust, the flowers of May. Address of the second Maid of Honor. MISS JULIA SHOTWELL. | Other hand’s fair Queen, have crowned thee, ! Empress of the passing hour; J Mine, present the fairy emblem, 1 Os thy short but regal power. | Man, proud lord of the creation, | Might the simple boon disdain— Leave to him, the crown of glory, Thine, a gentler, fairer reign. Power is transient, youth is fleeting— Life—a mist—a breath—a dream, Yet some radiant, sunny moments, i O’er its morning shadows gleam. j Moments, when with joy and gladness, j Throbs the warm, and guiltless heart, ] When the clouds of care and sadness ! Like unholy dreams depart. ! Is not this, an hour devoted, To the purest joys of youth ] Does not Nature’s vernal spirit, Breathe this animating truth ? On the beaming brows around thee i Dost thou see one darkning trace ? No! the best and truest feelings, Animate each blooming face. Oh! how sweet! when time has scattered O’er life’s flowers, its chilling blight, To recall, the joys we’ve gathered When May’s vernal sun was bright, Friend of youth’s enchanting season, Sharer of each festive hour— Dear will be the sweet remembrance Os this beauteous May day bower. Lovely scenes may rise around thee, ■ Other friends, thy love may own— j Fairest still, this bower of roses— Dearest still, this May day throne, | Turn then, thou beloved maiden, j Chosen of a loyal band— I Let the thornless badge of merit, | Glitter in thy youthful hand, | Gift of love! how rich the treasure! I Richer blessings still be thine— ■ Flowers of heaven that never wither Wreaths that angel’s hands shall twine. Reply of the Queen to the Second Maid of Honor . I Rise, I pray thee, dear companion, ; Bend not thus the lowly knee, | Love, alone, is my dominion, I And that love is shared by thee. j Sweet the bondage it imposes, ’ Mild its voice—its burden light— | Chains of myrtle—links of roses, i Youthful, loving hearts unite. Prized would be this beauteous emblem, Os the royal right divine, By a stranger’s hand presented, Oh! how dear! when given by thine. If, in after years, the shadow Os life’s deepening cares be ours, Memory, then, with glowing pencil, Will portray, May’s vanished flowers. Sweeter than the breath of roses, ! Richer than the diamond’s ray, i Will remain the dear remembrance | Os this joyous, fair May-day. \ Gratitude, like holy incense, | Shall embalm this holy hour, ; And while life and love shall linger, ! Green shall be my May-day bower. ! Address of the Third Maid of Honor to the Queen- MISS MARY PEABODY. I See this garland, brightly glowing, 1 With the roseate hues of May— j Fairest, freshest, verdure showing, I Woven for this festive day. | We are told in ancient story, ! Wreaths like these were hallowed things, ! Now, they twined the brow of glory— Now, the diadem of kings. ! When, from warlike fieli returning, | The triumphant hero came— I Chaplets green his locks adorning, j Were the brightest meed of fame. j Such exalted memories wearing, \ Honored be the wreath we’ve made, I May no blight its bloom impairing, Cause its blending leaves to fade. Do we come to glory’s portal, As they thronged in day’s of old, While some bard in strains immortal, Deeds of love and valor told ? Is it eagle winged ambition Claims the cold extended vow ? While before the august vision Pale, the trembling vassals bow ? No ! before a purer altar, j We are gathered to repeat i Vows, from lips that do not falter, Willing homage, here is sweet. Bend then, thou enthroned maiden. ’ Thus with Spring’s regalia crowned, : With such blushing honors laden Twine this wreath thy form around. If, at eve, its lustre fading, Sadly whispers of decay, Still the buds their fragrance shedding, Shall recall the bloom of May. Read, beloved Queen, the lesson That these drooping flowers breathe, And in life's fair vernal season, Choose a bright, unwithering wreath. Reply of the Queen to the Third Maid of Honor. Covered with such blooming honors, Vainly would my lips impart To the young and lovely donors, All that fills my grateful heart. Say, shall pride my bosom swelling, Deem these royal rites my due ? No ! each selfish thought repelling— Every claim I yield to you. Well I know this beauteous season, Like a dream will pass lAvav, But my soul shall guard the lesson, | Breathing from the flowers of May. ; Address of the Fourth Maid of Honor to the Queen mss ELIZA WADDELL. ; What though the countless gifts of love, ! Oh, Queen, are lavished at thy feet, Another chosen handmaid comes, Thy smile of royalty to greet They’ve brought thee flowers—l too have flowers Fresh gathered from the green-wood shade, ; The dew of heaven has gemmed their leaves— O’er them the Spring’s first gale has played. They tell thee that, o’er every bud, | Affections holy balm is shed— j Mine, too, the sweets of love shall breathe, When each enchanting tint is fled. ! And must they fade ? these lovely hues, : So warm, so glowing, and so fair, Sweet Flora’s children! must they all The winding sheet of Nature wear? I Oh! why has heaven’s creating hand, j Such beauty lavished but to fade ? | Why spread the skies resplendent blue, When clouds so oft’ its glory shade ? Ah! if such bloom and beauty shone, Forever fadeless on our path— If never o’er the heaven’s bright blue, There floated dark’ning clouds of wrath, Our spirits would too fondly cling, To this,too fair deluding earth— The soul that flutters for the skies, Would sink, regardless of its birth. | Then mourn not, Queen of flowery May, | If all thy clustering honors fade, ! A voice is whispering to my heart— j A brighter crown for thee is made. | Press forward for that starry crown, | Turn not in pleasure’s paths to roam— i Rest not, ’till in immortal bowers, j Angels thy handmaids, heaven thy home. Reply of the Queen to the Fourth Maid of Honor. Oh ! sweetest maid, like evening dew', Thy gentle words distil, And breathing in my heart, awake j Affection’s grateful thrill. j With trible, fourfold, blessings crowned, J Unworthy one to own— j I would that each fair handmaid here, Might share my May-day throne. Address to the Queen , BY MISS HENRIETTA BLACKMAR, Queen of this bright and joyous day, While gathering round thy May-day throne, Our hearts confess thy gentle sway, And fondly their allegiance own; I bring thee here no golden gems— Too oft’ the shining badge of care, Fairer than diamond’s brightest ray Is the sweet, flowery gift I bear. j I’ve searched the valley’s greenest shade, j Fair Flora’s hidden wealth to find— i Culled every flower in bloom arrayed, i And in this rural offering twined. I Born of the sunbeam and the dew, i Sweet nursling of the genial Spring— i So fragrant, fresh, and transient too— j Life’s symbol to thy throne I bring. i Accept the boon, and let it be I An emblem of my love to thee. j Dialogue betieeen Miss Anna Sankcy and Miss Caroline Rogers. Miss Anna Sankey, first. Fair maids! tell me what rites are these ? What animates the field? Why float these chaplets in the breeze, And vernal incense yield ? I ! Miss Caroline Rogers, second. i These boughs we’ve bent, these chaplets wove, ! And decked this simple mound, j Where we may crown the Queen we love, i With wreaths our hands have wound. FIRST. What! here a Queen ! in freedom’s land— I dread a sovereign’s reign, Has not the proud Columbia’s band, Thrown off its regal chain ? second. Yes ! but our hearts own love and choice, Has raised this throne of flowers. FIRST. i Does servitude lift up its voice, j In our own glorious bowers ? SECOND. j No servitude in willing chains— ! No bonds where love inspires. FIRST. All bonds, a freedom heart disdains, All love, enchained expires. SECOND'. | The humming bird bows to the rose, ! The bee to blossom shrines— | That flower with adoration glows, j Which toward the Sun inclines. I Call ye such worship servile ties? | No, sister, this is love, The flame that warms us from the skies, Breath of the heavenly dove. FIRST. Then she’s the Queen, on whose fair brow, Truth, gentleness, combine, And these fair maids, her subjects, who Such beauteous garlands twine ? Around her beam the joy and smiles, That must from fondness flow— And where I fancied fear and guile, I see affection now, SECOND. ] And wilt not thou assert her claim, j And willing homage pay— j To her, we once again proclaim, ’ Our chosen Queen of May ? FIRST. j Lead me to her, and to your lays, ! I’ll join my humble voice— BOTH. | Oh 1 deign, allow our blending praise, j Queen ot our 10-ve and choice. An offering of flowers to the Queen by. MISS ELLA INGRAM : When music, mirth, and flowers, their charms combine j Homage to show to thee, our Queen of May j What purer incense, can be given than mine ? Warm from my heart, as true as heavens own ray ? Take these fair proofs of Flora’s gen-tie sway | Os love, sweet tokens proffered and repaid, Their vernal hues, and fragrance pass away, But love’s celestial blossoms never fade. Dialogue between. Miss Priscilla McKee, and Miss Jinnie Stbtwell. MSS JINNIE SHOT WELL. I.ST. Behold this green l perennial green! Tlie garniture of spring. MISS PRISCILLA MCKEE 2d. And say fair maid, for whom dost thou The classic offering bring f For some young hero who returns,- Victor from warlike plain, With laurels reddened by the blood; His heart poured forth like rain ? Ist Oh! not on such a day as this, Sacred to peace and love, For temples scarred by warring bolts, Have I this garland wove. 2ff In ancient Greece, when heaven taught bards, In notes melodious sung, They twined such wreaths, while the charmed! air With acclamations rung:- Is it such triumphs, thou would’st grace At such an altar bow ? Oh! tell me from whose syren lips The songs of-genius flow.’ Ist Oh!‘ not in these degenerate days Is genius thus adored; No more at its immortal shrine Is balm and incense poured. But leave awhile the bards of Greece*. The classic groves of song, Far simpler themes, and gentler-strains- To this sweet day belong. 2d Who-are these maidens clothed in white V Like Vesta’s virgin train? Ist A youthful band’,—we come to greet 1 Fair May’s returning reign. 2d: And why do bright entwining flowers,. In wreaths each brow surround ? And why is every spotless robe With roseate ribbon bound ? Ist We twine the flowers, because the flowers, Are children of the spring,* We breathe the song, because the birds,. Nature’s hosannas sing. j Sacred to hope, is that soft Hue, | Which dies the summer rose, Therefore around our spotless robes,. The beauteous color glows.- 2d’ Where shall Hay my offering? Here?: Where crown and sceptre shine ? Clustered withhonons—tis enough, I seek another shrine. To her, who on this throne of flowers,- When may-flowers late were gay, In vernal majesty was crowned, Let me my offering pay.. Though gone that season’s fleeting bloom* The memory of thy reign, Still lives unwithered in the heart * Os all this \ irgin train. Ist And thou, my Queen, our chosen Queen, Thy royal brows inclin8 r And let the wreath by friendship wove, An emblem ’round thee twine. As blend these leaves, our glowing, hearts,. In fondest union blend, • And these true hearts now bow to thee, Our Queen—companion—Friend, the: seasons. FLORA. Joyous spring! thy voice of song ! Floats the vernal gales along, | O’er the green and dewy grass, i Light thy graceful footsteps pass r j Scattering blossoms on the trees, Flinging odors to the breeze; Gaily weaving for the globe, Widowed long, a bridal robe r By the carol of the bird, By the young leaves gently stirred. By the blush o’er hill and dell, Blooming spring! I know the welL Spring. MISS JOSEPHINE BROOK?. Flora, from the bowers of May, Spring can never long delay. I have heard the choral song, Roll the greenwood aisles along. And I come to grace the court, Where the rural nymyhs rea®*t. Come, with votive wreaths to pay My homage, to the Queen of May, By the skies of deeper blue By the flowers of warmer hue By the deep, pervading glow, Ardent summer! thee I know. Summer. MISS CARRIE EVANS. Stay, my sister, —do not fear, Though, I come, still linger here, On this festive, gala day. Nature’s classic holiday; Let each season here unite, ! And blend in one harmonius rite, I Let them stay their wonted round. Resting on enchanting ground, ! Let them gather round the Queen Os the joy—inspiring scene. Hark! I hear a rustling sound, Steal across the echoing ground. Mid the sere and changing leaves. Autumn, comes, with golden sheaves. Autumn . MISS SOPHRONLA WOODRUFF, | Richer, summer, than thy bloom, Sweeter than the spring’s perfume, Is the fruit my gamers bear, Are the hues my forest wear. Who for summer’s green would sigh. When they see the seven-fold dyo O'er the autumn's foliage thrown. Nature’s most resplendent zone 1 Sister seasons! do ye feel, Cooler gales around ye steal? Ah ! ’tis she the Queen of frost, Comes, with icy gems embossed. And I fear the flowers of May Will fade beneath her chilling ray. Winter. HISS JULIA COBB. Nay sweet sister—do not fly, We are bound by mystic tie. Though no cheering sunbeams, warm me, IMy chill gale* shall never harm thee, They may talk of winter’s cold And of snows around me rolled, But these spotless robes beneath, Flowers, bright heart-flowerif gaily wreathe. All the home-born virtues come, To my peaceful, sheltered home, All domestic pleasures meet, And play in gambols, at my feet. While the dearest joys of earth. Cluster round my glowing hearth. Flora. Queen of May! these sisters lair— Each from each, the palm would bear, Thou their rival claims shall test. Thou shaft choose the fairest, —best. Sprig. Oh! my Queen —each blooming flower. That adorns thy May-day bower. Is the liberal gift of spring; I, ten thousand claims could bring. All my gems I’ll give to thee, If thy choice shall rest on me. Summer. Nay) my sovereign—surely thou, Wilt my shining claims allow; What are all her boasted charms, * To the glow that summer Warms? She’s capricious, fickle, vain, All her sunbeams, quenched in rain Oft her fairest hopes are crossed, By the blighting steps of frost, And her buds ofpromise laid Low in death’s untimely shade. Glorious are my starry skies, Glorious are my noonday dyes Grand my foliage—deep my >hado Deep by silver moonbeams atade — * All the glory of my rays, When the stare resplendent blaze, All, my noonday pomp, and all Mv waves, on which me moonbeams fall, All by dice, shall be possessed, If thou choose fairest, best. [ To be continued ] NCK 22.