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VOL. 2.
AUGUSTA, GEO.
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DIRECTIONS
Salei nf Land and Stamm, by Administrators. Ei-cti-
(Jir , nr Guardians, are required, by law, to be held on the
.rst Tuesday in the month, between ete hours of ten in the
,renoon anil t'.tren in the afternoon, at the Court-house of
■ be county in which the prop-rA; is situate.—Notice of
'-here a ties must be liven in a public gazette SIX TV days
previous tptho day of sale.
’ Notices of the. sale of personal proper! v mint be given in
ke manner, FORTY days previous to the day of sale.
Notice to the debtors and creditors of an estate, must be
published for FORTY days.
Notice that application will be made to the. Court of Or-
liunrv for levue to sell land, must be published for FOUR
MONTHS.
BIOGRPHIACAL.
Sketch of Isabella, of Spain, selected from Irving's
Life of Columbus.
Cotempnrary writers have been cn-
• liusiastic in their descriptions of Isabel-
but lime Iras sanctioned il»*ir eulogies*}
!n> i s (ii!i> of the purest and must beauti
ful charactcis on the pages of history.—
She was well formed, of tlie middle size,
witli great dignity and gracefulness of de
portment, and a mingled gravity and
w'cctness of demeanor. Her complex
ion was fair; her hair auburn, inclining
to red ; her eyes were of a clear blue,
with a benign expression ; and there was
a singular modesty in her countenance,
gracing, as it did, a wonderful firmness
,f purpose, and earnestness of spirit.—
Though strongly attached to her husband,
and studious of his fame, yet she always
maintained her distinct rights as an allied
nrince. She exceeded him in beauty, in
personal dignity, in acuteness of genius,
and in grandeur of soul. Combining the
active and resolute qualities of man, with
the softer charities of woman, she min
gled in the warlike councils of her hus
band , engaged personally in his enter-
prizes, and in some instances surpassed
him in ilia firmness and intrepidity of her
measures; while, being inspired with a
truer idea of glory, she infused a mice
loftv and generous temper into his subtle
and calculating policy.
It is in the civil history of their reign,
however, that the character of Isabella
shines in us i illustrious. Her fostcringand
maternal care was continually directed to
reform the laws, and heal the ills engen
dered by a long course of internal wars.—
She loved her people, and while coiuinu-
illy seeking their good, she mitigated, as
much as possible, the harsh measures of
her husband, directed to the same end,
but inflamed bv a mistaken zeal. Thus,
though almost bigoted in her piety, and
perhaps too much under the influence of
ghostly ad Tiers, still sin* was hostile to
every measure calculated to advance re
ligion at the expense of hum initv. Site
strenuous! v opposed the expulsion of the
lews, anti the establishment of the In
quisition, though, unfortunately for ^pain,
Par repugnance was slowly vanquished by
her confessors. She was always an advo-
ate of clt'uieiicv to the Moors, although
she was the soul of the war against Gren
ada. She considered that war essential
to protect the Christian faith, and to re
lieve her subjects from fierce and formi
dable enemies. While all her public
thoughts and acts were princely and au
gust, her private habits were simple, fru
gal, and unostentatious. In the intervals
ofstate business, she assembled around
her the ablest men in literature and sci
ence, and directed herself bv their coun
sels, in promoting letters and arts.
Through her patronage Salamanca rose
to that height which it assumed among
lhe learned institutions of the age. She
promoted the distribution of honors and
rewards for the promulgation of know
ledge, she fostered the art of printing, re
cently invented, and encouraged the es
tablishment of presses in every part of
the kingdom; books were admitted free
of all ilu'V, tint! more, we are mid, were
Mjrinted in Spain, at that early period of
thwart than in the present literary
age.
It is wonderful how much the destinies
of countries depend at times upon the vir
tues of individuals, and how it is given to
great spirits, by combining, exciting, and
directing the latont powers of i nation, to
stamp it, as it were, with their own great
>iess. Such beings realize the idea
guardian angels appointed by heaven
watch over the destines of empires. Such
had been prince Henry tor the kmgd >m
of Portugal, and such was now for Spain
the illustrious Isabella.
demand intelligence of tlie first order; and
accordingly, nothing is more common
than to find men, eminent in this depart
ment, who are almost wholly wanting in
the noblest energies of the soul, in rnrag*
ination and taste, in the capacity of enjoy
ing works of genius, in large views of hu
man nature, in the moral sciences, in the
application of analysis and generalization
to the human mind and to society, and m
original conceptions on the great subjects
which have absorbed the most glorious un
derstandings. The office of a great gene
ral does not differ widely from that of a
great mechanician, whose business it is
to frame new combinations of physical
forces ; to adapt them to new circumsran-
tances, and to remove new obstructions.
Accordingly, great generals, away trout
the camp, are commonly no greater men
than the mechanician taken from bis work
shop. In conversation they are otten
dull. Works of profound thinking on
general and great topics they cannot com
prehend. The conqueror of Napoleon,
the hero of Waterloo, undoubtedly pos
sesses great military talents ; but we have
never heard of his eloquence in the senate,
or of his sagacity in the cabinet; and we
venture to say, that he will leave the world
without adding one new thought on ihe
great themes on which the genius of phi
losophy and legislation has meditated for
ages. We will not go down for illustra
tion to such men as Nelson, a man great
on deck, but debased by gross vices, and
who never pretended to enlargement of
intellect. To institute a comparison in
point of talent and genius between such
men and Milton, Bacon, and Shakspeare,
is almost an insult to these illustrious
names. Who can think of these truly
great intelligences; of the range of their
minds through heaven and earth; of their
deep intuition into the soul; of their new
and glowing combinations of thought; of
the energy with which they grasped and
subjected to their main purpose the infin
ite materials of illustration which nature
and life afford ; who can think of the forms
of transcendent beauty and grandeur
which th°v created, or which were rather
emanations of their own minds; of the
calm wisdom and fervid impetuous imrigi-
natioii which they conjoined ; of the do
minion which they have exerted over so
many generations, and which lime only
extends and makes sure; of the voice of
power, in which, though dead, they still
speak io nations, and awaken intellect,
sensibility, and genius in both hemis
pheres; who can think of such men*, and
not feel the immense inferiority of the
most gifted warrior, whose elements of
though'-are physical forces and piiysical
obstructions, and whose employment is
the combination of the lowest class of ob
jects <nt which a powerful mind can be
employed ?—Dr. Charming's Character
of Bonaparte.
Industry.—It has been wisely ordered
by a benificcnl Providence that the ne
cessities of man, properly administered to,
should become sources of enjoyment; and
though, according to the primal curse, the
field of existence must be moistened by
the sweat of his brow, ye: that his very la
bour should give health to the body, and
contentment t® the mind. It is univer
sally observed, by such as have looked
upon life with thinking eyes, that those
whom necessity requires to be constantly
employed, are the most cheerful among
mankind ; while, on the contrary, the dis
ciples of sloth, they who “ cling to their
couch and sicken years away,” are irras-
cible in temper and diseased or imbecile in
body ;• unsatisfied with themselves, and
unsatisfactory to all around them.
The salutary influence and the necessi
tv of activity, host as regards the mental
and corporeal functions, are not denied,
even bv those who purchase ease at the
expense t>f health, and for a state of un
enviable and bloated quietude, bapl
spirit and vivaciiv which industry only can
enjoy. Nature, bv hm secret aBd mys
terious promptings, leaches all who liv
tint exetcise is requisite ; the child cha
ses its hoop or ball, in obedience to hei
felt commands, until his cheek glows and
his brow glistens from the salubrious pas
time f the sportsman awakes tfit? mornin
with the reverbera.ed thunder of his war-
indolence, until existence become;
den, and the grave a bed of rest,
try is the friend of virtue; and inc
is the handmaid of vice. The act
seldom criminal ; but the- most o
who yield to guilty inticements,
have their lapse from rectitude to
of idleness, which, leaving the he;
cant, gave full opportunity for tl
passions ami desires of our nature
ert their power.—Merchant's Telcgr
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MAGNIFICENT NUPTIA1
The nuptials of Mademoiselle L
with the young Prince de la Mos
(the Son of Marshal Ney) have beei
brated with princely magnificence,
tween 15 and 1600 persons were c
bled at the fete given by M. Lafir
evening of the marriage day. I, n
the company were several peers a
number of deputies, generals, me
ters, *fec.. Upwards ot 500 ladi ,
remarkable for their beauty, and ad
newest costumes, presented an encli
coup d'ail. The evening comment
a concert, in which the principal s
of ihe Opera took a part. Rossini
sided at the piano. In the interval;
bride and bridegroom wmlked arm i
through the apartments. The bride
a veil and robe of the most cosilv
lace ; on her head was the nuptial
of orange flowers ; her ear-rings
formed of two fine emeralds encirclei
brilliants, and from which hung, it
of a triangle, three large diamonds, i
nated by three large pearls cn po
diamond necklace surrounded her
and, in the words of the old ballad’
light through the ball.” The ex
paleness of her countenance, ren
till more striking by the raven blac
of her hair, and the melancholy e
sion of her eyes, offered a singular
trast to the costliness of her dress ai
scene of splendor amidst which she
ed. The bridegroom had notUiK
markable. He is under the middl
and his countenance rather devoid
ression. His youngest brothe.
Duke of Elchingeu,) was one of tin
young men of the party. About
morning, the windows of the drav
were thrown open, and offered so,
entrances to a splendid temporary r
tory. Here was spread a table ca
of accommodating 100 guests at a tin
Phis table, the whole length of whic
magnificent plateau, was sparkling
gorgeous service of plaie, intersp
with vases of flowers, and covered wi
that unbounded wealth could procu.
The bride took her seat at the mid*
his table ; on her right itand wa -
Prince de la Moscowa, and next i<
one of the prettiest girls present
daughter of Fouche. The viands
wines were removed seven or eight t
During the whole time a military
continued playing. M. Lafiite bot
air of the greatest satisfaction, and It
as if it were really the happiest day
life. Every one was anxious to fe’
hint on the marriage, and for his t
ous conduct towards the town of Mu
sen (menaced with complete ruin,
which he succeeded in opening a ere
five millions of frances (£ 200,000
day before. This marriage is look
with a very evil eye in the iFaux!
Saint Germaine, where it is prouoi
a seditious union, M. Lafiite having
his daughter to the son of a man win
accused of treason. In the course t
night preceding the event, M. Lafit
ceived six anonymous letters, in u’
was stated to him that his daughter \
be assassinated, sooner than such a
should be suffered to take place,
days before the one appointed, anotlu
ter was received, stating that Madam
fitte would be immolated at the ste
ihe alter; and two similar letters
addressed to rbadame Lafitte, who be
armed ; no interruption, however »
ceremony took place. M* Lai
to the poor, of his own parish, 1
(£ 400,) and to the poor of the
leven parishes 4000 f. (£ 1G0)—1<
000 f. (£2160.) He gave to eacl
lerks in his establishment 300 f. (.;
The day after the marriage, his d
found in her nuptial corbeille a li.t
: fire on the feathered tribe, anti othess^^r^ Jjftnt, on the first page of which was
j sue dangerous& toilsome modes of recrca- ten, “ I add to the nuptial presents
ion, all unconsciously fulfilling her prov-
.dent decrees.
Hilarity of heart and hardihood of
frame, spirits always jocund, and limbs al
j ways vigorous, courage to face danger, and
Distinction between Military Talent strengii to bear fatigue, can only be enjoy
and general Intellectual Power.-Military ed by him who indurates his body by fre
talent, even of the highest order, is far j quent exposure, and renders it pliant by
from holding the first place among Intel- incessant motion ; who by being alway
lectual endowments. It is one ot the
lower forjns of genius: for it is not con
versant with the highert and tichest ob
jects of thought. We graft? that a mind,
which takes in a wide country at a glance,
and understands almost by intuition the
position it affords fi r a successful cam
paign, is a comprehensive and vigorous
one. The general, who disposes his for-
-ces so as to counteract a greater force;
who supplies by skill, science-, and geni
us, the want of numbers ; who dives into
the cou#cils of his enemy, and who gives
unity* energy, and success to a vast sphere
of operations, in the midst of casualties
and obstructions which no wisdom could
foresee, manifests great power. But still
the chief work of a general is to apply
physical force ; to remove physical ob
structions ; to avail himself ot physical
aids and advantages; to acton matter;
to overcome rivers, ramparts, mountains,
and human muscles ; and these are not
the highest.objeets of mind, nor do they
employed, gives sadness no time to fasten
on his spirits, and earns refreshing slum
ber by useful toil.
A state of case is at best but a neutral
state of being, alike distant trom positive
happiness and positive misery. But it is
the source ef misery ; for as the bark that
is suffered to lie unattended to on the
ocean, its sails untrimmed* and its helm
unguided, may be wrecked by a suddeu
storm, which vigilance couid easily have
avoided ; so, in the voyage of life, he who
pauses supinely on the tide of time, may
be overtaken by the tempests that activi
ty had outspeeded, or be dashed against
the rocks that by the exertions of industry
had been passed in safety.
Industry prolongs life. It cannot con
quer death, but can defer his hour ; and
spreads over the interval a thousand en
joyments that make it pleasure to live.—
as rust and decay rapidly consume the ma
chine that is not kept in use ; s6 disease
and sickness accumulate on the frame of
daughter 500,000 f. (£2000) fc*
Greeks. She may draw on my he
morrow for the sum.” The wit'
MarshaljNey made Miss La fit* e a :
of a splendid prayer book, the
which is formed of a superb dian
This book is valued at 30,000 f. (s-12
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The wealthy house of Baring . ’
in London have obtained a grant t
in Texas, adjoining the Territory ci
kansas, as large as the state ofVirg
and have now a strong company e?
ring the country.—Knoxville Reg.
Some of the Rabbinical writers tell
(and we have every reason to believe
that during the snjurnment in Parac
heaven sent down twelve baskets
TALK, aud while Adam was e;
three of them* Eve devoured up the
or nine!!!
Two sous of Hibernia being a duel
Pat discovers a large bed of ducks c
by the shore. After having his piece
elled for about five minutes, his comj
ion asked him why be did not fire,
replied, “ By zounds I can never get
at one but theres auother swims right
tween him and me.”
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