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and nature stirring strongly within liis lieortf «a3 n 1mj»py smile nbntil his fadt (I eye, nml
he xx hispered unto me, * nty bay has liemi
tl astray, hut God will nrtt forgot that he
was once the prop and pillar of his father’s
house. One hour's sincere repentance will
yet wipe away all his transgressions.’ When
we parted, he wo-, I know it. perfectly hnp-
towards him of whose blood lie was frann
lie lifted op bis sullied face from the unheal
ing bosom, and, gently stealing himselfawaj
front tile bed, rushed into his parent’s arms,
and lay there delivered up to all the perfect
love of childhood’s forgiving heart. All ln» .1
father’s frowns were forgotten—Ms sullen py— and happy, no doubt, he continued Hu
rt—his menaces, that til he died. William ! litany a pang hast
The son took his hands from before his
eyes—gazed on the celestial expression of
Ins father’s countenance—and his soul was
looks—his stern w ord . I
had so often struck terror to his wandering thou sent to thy father's heart! but believe
sou!; his indifference—his scorn, and Ins cru- thou 1 his, that thou tnadcst amends for them
,.|ty.- He remembered only his smiles, all at the hour of his dissolution. Look, the
and the gentlest sounds of his voice ; and smile of joy, at thy deliv franco, is yet ii|>on
happy now, as in heaven, to feel himself no his face. ’
more neglected or spurned, hut folded, as in
former sweetest days, unto the yearning bo
som of his own bind father, the child could
hear to turn his eyes from that blessed cm-1 satisfied,
brace, towards the dead old man whom, mi “ Alas ! also !” he said in an humble voire,
hour ago, he had looked on as his only guar-1 “ w hat is reason, such poor imperfect miscr-
(lian on earth besides God, and whose grt'y able reason as inine, to deal with the dread-
hairs he had, eveu as an orphan, twined] ful mysteries of God ! liver since I forsook
round his very heart. 11 I do not ask thee,
Jamie, to forgot 'thy grandfather—no, we
too will often speak of him, sitting together
by the. ingle, or on the hillside,—but -1 be
seech thee not. to let all thy lo
my Bible. has the very earth ceased to shake
and tremble beneath my fetrt. Never, since
1 spurned its aid, have i understood one sin
gle thought oftny own bewildered heart !—
truth, faitlvpcncc and virtue, all at
with him in the grave -but to keep all that I once deserted me together. Ibcgrorto think
thou canst for thy wretched father ’ Sighs, of myself as of the beasts; that perhaps my
soils, tears, kisses, and embraces, were all (be better fellings xx ere a reproach or a riddle to
loving child’s reply. A deep and divine joy | me, ami I believed in my perplexity, that tny
iiad been restored to him, over whose loss ol-1 soul was of the dust. Yes ! Alice, 1 believed
ten had Ids pining childhood went. The] that thou too wort to perish-utterly, thou and
beauty of bis father’s face revived—it cmilecH all thy sweet babies, like flowers that the
graciously upon him, ask did of old, when] cattle-hoofs tread into the mire, and that
the floor, he. went up to the bed side, and
kneeling down, held up his little hands, palm
to palm, and said a little, prayer of Ins own,
for ill*' life oi him who was h ing dead w illi-
io the touch of Ins balmy breath. He then
climbed op into the bed, and laid himscll
down, as be had been want to do, by the old
man’s side.
“Never,” said the Pastor, “saw I love
kc this’’—and he joined his sobs to those
that were fast rising from os all at this in
supportable sight. “On! if my blessed
rlvildshould awake," said his mother, “and
find hinm If beside a corpse so cold, be will
lose his senses—I must indeed separate
him from his dead grandfather.” Gently
did she disengage his little hands from the
shrouded hieast, and bore him into the midst
fits in her arms. His face became less
deadly white— his eyes less gluzedly fixed
—and, drawing a long, deep, complaining
•sigh, lie at last slow ly awoke, and looked bc-
wildcmllv, first mi his mother’s fare, and
then on the other figures sitting in silence
by tile uncertain I tmp-ligbt. “ Gome, my
sweet Jamie, to thine own bed, said his
weeping mother. The husband followed in
his love—and at midnight the Pastur ami
myself retired to rest—at which hour, every
room in the cottage seemed as still as that
wherein lay ail that remained on earth of the
Patriarch ami the Elder.
4 .aders will not,
caunc :<i, a . ,.)tten the beautiful and pa
thetic story of the “ Elder's Death-Bed,”
which we republished from Blackwood’s
Magazine, in May. The packet ship Cou
rier, which arrived on Saturday, lias brought
us the number of this excellent work lor
May, containing a continuation of the occur
rences at live “ sweet lonesome. Cottage of
the Hazel Glen,” under the head ofthe “Pe
nitent Sou.” The interest created by the
perusal of this appendix to the story, falls
somewhat short of that felt on reading the
funner, it is true ; yet, as it is from the pen
of the same captivating writer, and as we
have no doubt that, although it may not
produce the same lively emotion it will still
be read with great pleasure, we have lost no
time in presenting it to mir renders. The
powers of tile writer, it will be observed, nu-
pear to the same advantage as before ; and
although the subject was in a measure ex
hausted, still the reader of refined sensibility
will find all the nobler feelings nnd sympa
thies of his soul, enlisted in the case of the
“ Penitent Son."—.V. Y. Spectator.
he was wont to totter after him to the : hee.p-
foid,—and to pull primroses beneath his lov
ing eye, from the mossy banks of the little
sparkling burn ! Scarcely could the child
believe in such a blessed change. But the
kisses fell fust on his brow,—and when he
thought that the accompanying tears were
neither thou nor they' were ever, in your
beauty and your innocence, to see the face
>f the Being who created you !”
Wild words seemed these to that ltigh-
snuled woman, who for years bad borne
vv ith umlimiuUhed, nay, augmented all’ertion
tile heav iest of all afliietions, that of a hus-
From litarkuood's Edinburgh Magazine
(for m.xv.)
THE PENITENT SON. .
Death brings to those who have been long
dreading its approach, by the bedside of one
tenderly beloved, a calm in which nature
feds most gracious relief from the load of
sorrow. While we yet hear the faint mur
murs of the unexpired breath, and see the
diin light of the unclosed eyes—we watch in
agony all the slightest movements of the suf
ferer, and to save tile life of friend or of pa
rent, we ourselves would most gladly die.
All the love of which our hearts arc capa
ble, belongs then but to one dearest object;
and tilings, which perhaps a few days before
were prized as the most delightful of earth’s
enjoyments, seem, at that awful crisis, un
worthy even of the affections of a child.—
The blow is struck, and the sick-bed is a
bier. But God suffers not the souls of them
who believe, to fall into an abyss of despair.
The being, whom for so many long years
we have loved and reverenced,
“ Has past through nature tu eternity,”
and the survivors are left behind in mournful
resignation to the mysterious decree.
Life and death walk through this world
band in hand. Young, old, kind, wise, fffol-
ish, good and wicked—all at last patiently
submit to one inexorable law. At all times;
and in all places, there are the watchings,
and weepings, and wailings, of hearts severed
or about to sever. Yet look over land-scape
or city—and though sorrow, and sickness
nnd death, be in the groves and-woods, and
solitary places among the bills—among the.
streets and the squares, and the magnificent
dwellings of princes; yet the great giad spir
it of life is triumphant, and there seems no
abiding place for the dreams of decay.
Sweet lonesome cottage of the -Hazel
Glen !—Even now is the merry month of
May passing brightly over thy broottty braes;
and while the linnet sings on earth, the lark
replies to him from heaven. The lambs are
S laying in the sun-sliine over all thy verdant
noils, and infant shepherd and she.pher Jess
arc joining in iheir glee. Scarcely is there
a cloud in the soft cerulean Iky—Save where
a gentle mist ascends above the dark green
Sycamore, in whose shade that solitary-
dwelling sleeps ! This little world is filled to
the brink with happiness—fur grief would
be ashamed to sigh within the still enclosure
of these pastoral hills.
Three little months ago, and in'that cot
tage we stood together—snn, daughter,
grandchild, pastor, and friend-Aby the death
bed of the Elder. In thought,\are we still
Standing there ; and that night or death re
turns upon me, not dark and gloomy, but
soft, calm, and mournful, like the faee of
heaven just tinged with moonlight, and here
and there a solitary stiu-.
The head of the old man lay on its pillow
stiller than in any breathing sleep, and there
was a paleness on his face that told the heart
would beat no more. We stood motionless
as in a picture, and looked speechlessly on
each other's countenance. “ >ly grandfather
has fallen asleep,” said the loving boy, in a
low voice, unconsciously using, in his sim
plicity, that sublime scriptural expression
for death. The mother, unable, to withhold
her sobs, took her child by bit little hand,
and was leading him away, when at ohee
the dreadful truth fell upon him, and he
knew that he. was never again to say his
prayers by the old man’s knees. « Oh! let
me kiss him—onoc only—before they bury
trim in the fotfl earth •” and in a moment,
the golden «urls of the child were mixed
with the grayjiadrs of the lifeless shadow.—
No terror baa the cold lips for him ; and
closely did h* law his cheek so smooth to
those deep wrinkles, on which yet seemed to
dwell a la*t loving smile. The father of the
boy Based piteously upon him, and said un
to himself, “Alas! lie hath un love to spare
for me, who have so long forgotten him.—
Jamie—my little Jamie U^wl^d he now a
loud, “thou wouldjj notfyqn so were I to
die—thou vAkddst not kisigo thyywn fa
tiler’s lit>s-iU»y fvefe dlBujese are, coldci
and winter than the clay The childjieard
well, even where he lay on the bosom of
llpt corpse, the tremuloi© voice of In* father;
shed by his own father, for the unkiodnessf band’s alienated heart, and had taught her
sometimes shown to his child, he could not children the precepts and doctrines of that
contain those silent self upbraiding*, but with religion which he in his delusion had aban-
thicker sobs blessed him by that awful name, dotted. A sense of the fearful danget he
and promised to loiv him beyond even him had now escaped, and of the fearful wiekcil-
who was now lying dead before their eyes, ness, brought up fiom the bottom of her
“I will walk along with the funeral—and ] heart all Iho imuxtiiiguishahle love that bad
see my grandfather buried, in our own Initial- lain there through years of sorrow—and she
place, near where the Tent stands at tliqj went up to him and wept upon his bosom.—
Sacrament—Yes, 1 will walk, my father, by j “ Oli! say it not, that one so kind as thou
your side—and hold one of the strings of tile could ever believe that 1 and my little ones
eollin—and if you will only promise to love would never see their Maker—they who
me for ever as you now do, and used al-1 were, baptised in thine own arms, William, by
ways to do long ago,I will strive to think of that pious man, in the. name of the Father,
my grand-father without weeping—aye— the Sou, end dm Holy Ghost!” “ Yes ! my
without shedding one singic lear —and Alice ! 1 feared so once—but the dismal
here the child, unaware of the. full tenderness I dream is gone. -I felt as if the ground on
of his own sinless heart, hurst out into an which this nur eixvn sweet cottage stands,
uncontrollable flood of grief. The mother, had been undermined by some fie ml of dark-
happy in her sore affliction, to see. her darling] ness—and as if it were to sink down out of
hoy again taken so lor ingly to her Husband’s J sight xxitli ali its t batched roof so beautiful—
heart, looked towards'them with a faint its cooing pigeons—its murmuring beehives
smile,—and then, -with « beaming counte-1 and its blooming garden. I thought of the
nance, towards the exnired saint; for she] generations of my fore-fathers that bad died
felt that his dying words had restored the in the Hazel Glen—and they seemed tome
sanctities of nature to her earthly dwelling, like, so many shadows vainly following each
With gentle hand, she beckoned the Pastor] other along the hills. My heart was dis
and myself to follow her—and conducted us (printed within me; for the faith of my ehild-
awny from the death-bed, into a little par- bond was iirtertnined with all myaJlections,
lour, in which burned a cheerful fire, and a with all my love for the dead and the. living—
small table was spread with a cloth whiter for thee, Alice, and our children, who do all
than the snow. “You xvill stay in our cot 4 1 resemble thee, both in beauty and in hino-
tage all night—and we shall all- meet tngetb-1 cencr, whether at the bosom, or tottering a-
er again before the hour of rest;” and so long the greeimvord, nnd playing with the
T 1
executive Drr.mTME.xT. geo
Mill.I ur.i.MLLl., Oth August, lsZU.
HE Commissioners of the l.und Lottery
bnv ir-g informed the Executive, tlmt they
will not be j>r« pared to commence drawing tno
«nmr sooner tliun Friday the first day of Sep
tember next :
NOTICE ES THEREFORE GIVEN,
In pursuance of the ititli section of an act of
(lie (lie General Assembly of this Slate, passed
Ifitli December IkIh, that nit Friday the lira!
day of September next, the drawing of said Euud
Lottery will commence at the State-House.
Jty order of the Governor,
JOHN BIRCH, Stc’ry.
The Editors of the Georgian, Augusta Chro
nicle, ami News, arc requested to discontinue
(lie notice in relation to the l.und I.ollery here
tofore published in their papers, and insert the
above.
NOTICE.
W ILLIAM IE CRENSHAW, having joined
the firm of Bradford, Hepburn k. Daiiclly,
ns a joint and equal copartner, the business will
hereafter In: conducted under the firm of
CRENSHAW, BRADFORD & Co.
by which firm all contracts made by Bradford,
liepburn rc Dunclly, will lie settled.
Hill mm If. Crenshmc,
Bradford, Hepburn Dnnclly
Milledgeville,July I, iH-io. 21—tf
saying, she calmly withdrew.
daisies in the snn. Sucli thoughts were in-
Thcre was no disorder, or disarray in the deed woven through my heart, and they
oom in which wc now sat.Though sickness could not be torn thence, but by a heavy
had been in the house, no domestic -duties hand.—Alice the sight of tliec and-them
had been neglected. In this room the Patri- drove me mad ; for what sight so insupport-
arch had, every evening for 40 years, said I able to one who has no hope in futurity as
family prayers—and the dust had nut been al- the smiles and tears of them he loves in liis
lowed to gather there, though sickness had | distraction !”
kept him from the quiet nook in which he I He who spake was tro common mail—no
had so long delighted. The servant, with | common man had been 1 his father. And lie
sorrowful but composed features, brought to gave vent to his thoughts and feelings ip a
us our simple meal,'which the Pastor hies-j strain of impassioned eloquence, which,
sed, not without a pathetic allusion to him | though above the level of ordinary speech,
who had been removed—and another more J may not unfrcquently lie heard in the cottage
touching still, to them who survived him.—■! of the Scottish pensanf, when the discourse
That simple, but most -fervent aspiration] is of death anil of judgment. All the while
seemed-To breathe an air of comfort through] that he was speaking, the wife kept her
the house that was desolate—hot a deep] streaming eyes close to his face—the gray-
melancholy yet-reigned over thciiouso, and] haired Postor beheld him with solemnlooks ;
the inside of the cottage, now that its ancient | the mortal remains of his father lay before
honor was gone, felt forlorn as its outside j him—and, aslie paused;there rose the sound
would have done, had the sycamore, that] of the swollen flood.
It was on May-day that, along with my
venerable friend, I again visited the cottage
of the Hazel Glen. A week of gentle and
sunny rain had just passed over the scenery,
and brought ail its loveliness into lift*. I
could scarcely believe that so short a time
ago the whiteness of winter had shrouded
the verdant solitude. Here and there, in
deed, a pateli of snow lay still nnmolted,
where so lately the deep wreathes bad been
drifted by the storm. The hum of insects
even was not. unheard, and through the glit
ter of the stream the trout was seen leaping
at it? gaudy priy, as they went sailing down
the pools with their expanded wings. The
whole glen was filled with a mingled spirit
of pleasure and of pensiveness.
As we approached the old Sycamore, wc
heard behind ns the sound of footsteps, and
that beautiful boy, whom we bad so loved
in bis affliction, came up to us, with a smi
ling fare, and with liis satchel over his shoul
der. He was returning from school, for the
afternoon-was a half-holiday, and his face
was the picture of joy and innocence.—A
sudden recollection assailed his heart, as soon
as he heard our voices, and it would have
been easy to have changed liis smiles into
tears. But we rejoiced to see bow benignly
nature had assuaged liis grief, and that there
was now nothing in memory, which he
ould not hear to think of,-even among the
lauses of his pastimes. He led the way
tappily and proudly, and we entered once
more the cottage of the Hazel Glen.
Tlie simple meal was on the table, and
tile, husband was in the act of asking a bles
sing, with a fervent voice. When lie. ceased,
he and his wife rose-to bid us welcome,and
there was in their calm and quiet manner an
Assurance that they were happy. The chil
dren flew with laughter to meet their broth
er, in spite of the presence of strangers, and
we soon sat ail down together at the cheer
ful hoard. In the. calm of the evening, hus
band and wife walked with us down the glen,
;is we returned to I lie Manse—nor did we
fear to speak of that solemn night, during
Vi hic-b,so lwpny a change had been wrought
in a sinner's (icart. \Ye parted in .the twi
light, and on looking back at the Hazel Glen,
we beheld a large beautiful star shitting l ight
over the cottage. EREMUS.
D. LYMAN, Jnn’r,
on ras run sale at sav annau run r.s uv the
».vr.r.:
7 Boles London Duffle Blankets,
3 do. Bristol ditto,
5 do. Rose ditto,
August l 25—fit
JOHN LUCAS,
II/ S OPFVHD A
HOUSE OF ENTERTAINMENT
In liis new building at tiic corner of Greene
and Wilkinson streets, between the slate-house
square and government house.
Igeville, August lo
gave it shade and shelter, been felled to the
earth.
“ I call the Almighty to witness,” said the
agitated man, rising from liis seat, and pacing
We had rat hv ourselves for about two] along the floor, “ that these hands are. yet
hours, when the matron again appeared;| unstained by crime. -But oh! how much
not as when we had first seen her, wearied,] longer might they have so continued! Why
worn out, and careless of herself, but calm | need the unbeliever care for human life ?—
in her demeanor, anti with her raimentjwh.it signifies the spilling of a few drops of
changed, serene and beautiful in the compos
ure of her faith. With a soft voice she ask
ed us to come with her again to the room
Where Iter father lay—and thither we follow
ed her in siknice.
The body of the did man had been laid
out by the same loving hands that had so
tenderly ministered to all his wants and sible, at tiie same time died away in my
wishes, when alive. The. shroud in which | heart—leaving it a prey to the wretchedness
he was now wrapped had been in the cut- and cruelty of infidelity. Shapes came and
tage for many a long long-year, and white, as templed me in the moors—tv ith eyes and
it was, even avi the undriven snow, scarcely
was it whiter than the checks and the irteks
now bound in its peaceful folds. To the
eyes of my childhood the Ekler’s face had
voices, but unlike the eyes and voices of
men. One had a dagger in its hand—and
though it said nothing, its dreadful face itie.i
ted me to do some murder. . I saw it in the
sometimes seemed, even in its benignity, toe] sunlight—for it was the-very middle of tin
austere for my careless thoughts, impressed day—and I was sitting by myself on the
as it-ever was with an habitual holiness.— wall of the old sheepfold, looking down in
But all such austerity, if indeed it had been nn agony on the Hazel Glen where I wasborn,
ever there, death had now removed from that] where I had onre been so happy. It. gave
silent countenance. His last moments had | me the dagger—and laughed as it disap
been Messed by hisson’seontrition—his pus-j neared. I saw—and felt the dagger distinct
tor’s-prayers. And the profound pence which t ly for some minutes in my hand—hut it
liis parting spirit had enjoyed, left an cx- seemed to fall down among tile heather—Si
pression on liis placid features, consolatory large blots of blood were on my fingers. An
and sublime. icy shivering came over me, though it was a
The Penitent Son was sitting at the lied-j sunny day k without a cloud—and I strove
side. We all took our places nearhim, and] to think that a brain-fever had been upon
for a while remained silent, with eyes fixed me. I lay for two days and nights on the
on that ^countenance, from which beamed I hill—and more than once I saw my children
.the best memories of earjh, and the loftiest | playing on the green beside the water-fall,
hopes of Heaven.
“ Hear,’said the humbled man, “ how the
worthless Mood ? Be the grave once thought
to he the fiirtl doom of all—and what then is
the meaning oftlic word erime? Desperate
and murderous thoughts assailed me Ivy my
self in solitude. I had reasoned tny self, as I
thought, out of my belief in revelation—and
ali those feelings, by which alone faith ispos-
Mille
27—tf
JAMES FfNIGAA”,
R ESPECTFULLY informs the inhabitant
of Milledgeville nnd its vicinity, tbut lu
carries on PAINTING in general, and earnestly
folicits a shara of the public patronage. All or
ders left (JkAppleloii Rosseter's Store, will In
pnnetuiil^ntleiided to.
Milledgeville, Mav 20 17—121
SHERIFFS 1 SALES'.
W ILL be sold to the highest bidder nt Tr,'*-
nail court-house on the first Tuo*lay i-
September next, between the usual hours , •
ale. the following property:
Jim and his wile Violet nnd Child, Diana 2,7
yeur.i old. May 12 years old, Billy lo, Sam 12,
Charlotte !*. Cvrusa child, Gabriel 6, Jordan 14,
Hercules II, Rachael 111, Harriet a mulatto
girl 10 years old, ull taken ns the property of
James A. 'Pippins, security, to satisfy sundry
executions in favor of the State of Georgia a*
gainst the tax collector of Tattnall county.
J II. STRIPLMQ, D. Sh'JT
July 27.
W ILL BE SOLD,
O N the first T uesday In September next, in
the town of Dublin, Laurens county, be
tween the usual hours of sale, the following pro
perly, to wit:
200 gallons Whiskey, 30 gallons Rum, 150
gallons of Gin, Co gallons Cherry Bounce, ir>
gallons Cogniac Brandy, 15 gallons Wine, 20
gallons Apply Brandy, 1 hogshead and 3 barrels
Sugar, 3(X) wt. Coflee, 200 gallons Molasses,
200 vvt. Tobacco, nnd nn excellent assortment
of Dry Goods; 3 Shot Guns—to satisfy a fi fa
in fuvor of John Tnnuer, against Fuqua and
Coleman; property pointed out by Fuqua—
Coleman security.
4oo iieres of pine land, ndjoining Mrs. Gray-
lium nnd others, on th« waters of the Oconee ri
ves'. pretty well improved ; to sntisfy executions
in favor of Archibald M. D. Wilkinson, against
Willium Spivey; property pointed out by the
defendant.
One ball of lot No. 151, in the second district
on Dry Creek ; levied on usthe property of Tho
mas I’srcy, to satisfy an execution in favor of
David \\ illis ; property pointed out by thepinn-
tilf—levied on by u constable and returned Uv
me. Terms cash.
CHARLES S. GUYTON, Sh’fT.
Julv 14, 1820
and rose, to go down and put them to death
but a figure in white—it might he thou,
thaw is bringing down the loosened torrents Alice, or nn angel, seemed to rise out of the
from the hills ! even so is my soul flowing stream, and quietly to drive the children to-
within me!” “ Aye, and it will flow, till its wards the cottage, as thou wouldst a few
waters are once more pure and bright ns a tottering lambs.”
summer stream,’ said the Pastor with a be- During all this terrible confession, the
nign voice. “ But art thou sure that my fa- speaker moved up and down I he. room—as
ther’s forgiveness was perfect ?” “ Ycs,|we*are told of the footsteps of men in the
William, it xvas perfect. Not on liis death] condemned cell, heard pacing to and fro do
bed only, when love relents towards id! oh- ring the night preceding the execution. “Lay
jec.ta glimmering axvay from our mortal eyes,] not such dread ful thoughts lo the charge of
did the old man take tliee into his heart;] thy soul," said liis wife, now greatly alarm-
hut, William, not a day, no not nn hour linsl ed—“ Hunger and thirst, and the rays of tho
passed over these his silver hairs, in which I sun, and the dews of the night, bad indeed
thy father did not forgive thee, love thee,] driven thee into a rueful fever—and God
f iray for thee unto God and-thy Saviour.— | know s, that the best of men arc often like
t was hut last Sabbath that we stood togeth- demons in a disease!” The I'astor, who
erbv thy mother's grave in the kirk-yard, Hf- had not dared to interrupt him during the
terdivine worship, when all the congregation | height of his passion, now besought him to
had dispersed. He held his eyes on that | dismiss from his mind all such grievous re-
tomb-stone, nud said,‘O Heavenly Father, collections—and was just about to address
when, through the merits of the Redeemer, himself to prayer, when an interruption took
we all meet again,a family in Heaven, re-] place most pitiable and affecting,
member thou, O Lord, my poor lostWil-j The door, at which no footstep had been
liam; let these dronns plena for him, wrung heard, slowly and softly opened, and in gli-
out from bis old father’s broken heart!’ 1 de.d a little ghost, With ashy face and open
The big tears; William, plashed like the j eyes, Added in a sheet, and sobbing as it
drops of a thunder-shower on the tondv- came along. It xvas nn other tUnn that lov-
stonc—and, at the time, thy father’s face] injc child walking in its sleep, and dreaming
was whiter than ashes—hut a divine nssu-J of its grandfather. Not one of us had pow-
rance came upon his tribulation—and bs we] nr to move. On feet that seemed, in the
walked together from the burial place, there 1 cautiousness of affection, scarcely to touch
IRISH ELOQUENCE,
The eloquence of Ireland has great nnd
xtraordinary merits : It lias force, fancy,
fervour, passions, grandeur; and, possessing
these excellencies, it may Ive forgiven for
occasional offences against good taste,—for
a pronencss to profusion of imagery, exag
geration of sentment, and hardness or in-
flaction of style : The truth is, that it is idle
to blame these qualities ; which, equally
xx ith tiie former, belong to a certain stage in
tbe progress of national literature. The
Irish have not advanced to so high a point of
the scale as their brethren of England: nnd
their speech bewrayitli them ;—their oratory,
with all the fresh and rude virtue, exhibits
also many of the defects, that usually charac
terize the literary productions of a compar
atively unrefined people. It is true that oik
of (lie distinguishing qualities of such a peo
ple is simplicity ; hut then it. is simplicity of
feelings, not of taste. Their affections are
jvure and sound ; but, in giving them expres
sion, if they attempt to rise beyond the. lan
guage of common life, they rise into an un
tried region, and become afflicted or extrava
gant. In u tvord, rude nations,like the chil
dren, are. ever mistaking finery for elegance ;
and the same rule holds, with a graduation
of force, through all the successive steps be
tween savage nature and the highest degree
of refinement.
The effect of this remark is not diminish
ed by the undeniable fact, that numbers of
the higher classes of persons in our sister
kingdom receive an education as refined as
the utmost fastidiousness of English taste
could demand. National eloquence, like
national music, is moulded and fashioned
according to the judgment and feeling r.ot
of the higher and more educated members
of the community, who may be said to be
of no country, but of tiie multitude. These,
let it be remembered, are the hearers, the
recipients of eloquence ; and to the capacity
of the recipient, the thing received must in n
great measure conform itself. In effect, no
higher praise can be bestowed on a speaker,
than that be consults the taste of liis audi
ence ; and few and rarely gifted indeed arc
those,who can do this without catching a lit
tle of (lie inclinations which they consult, and
actually acquiring that character which they
in some sense, assume for particular occa
sions.— Quarterly Jlexiew. s
DISSOLUTION.
T HE copartnership heretofore oxistingundei
the firm of Bncrx k; Honrs, is this riay
dissolvcd by mutual consent. All persons in
debted to the linn, will make immediate pay
ment ; and those having demands against the
-nine, will present then, to T. liriten for settle
ment, w ho is duly authorized to settle the same.
MATTHEW HOI’PER.
TIMOTHY BRUEN.
August 1, 1^20 26—4t
Erpnrte—Joins Ci.aiik,
liuvernor of Georgia, j In the District ol tiie
vs. .-United States for the
Xincty-Jnc JVegroes. ) District of Georgia.
INFORMATION.
T HE Governor of the State of Georgia, hav
ing in behalf of the said State filed an In-
formation in this Court, against sundry Negroes,
ninety-five in number, alleging tlmt the same
w ere imported, or brought within the limits of
the United States, nnd of the State of Georgia,
contrary to the act of Congress in such rnse pro
vided, and praying that the same may be de
clared to be forfeited and subject to tbe provi
sions of an act of the Legislature of tbe State of
Georgia in that behalf. On motion ordered, that
the same be filed in tiro Registry of this Court,
nnd that notice tlioreof be given by tiie publica
tion of this order for the space of sixty days in
one of the public Gazettes of the city of Savan
nah and Milledgeville. And it ufurther ordered,
that a commission do issue lo take-the examina
tion of witnesses in the ntrovc case after ten
days notice, by leaving a copy of Interrogate
ries in the Clerk's office, and that said commis
sion be directed to any three or more commis
sioners, with leave to any two er more to act
in the same.
Extract from tho minutes, District Court of
Georgia. GEO. GLEN, Clerk.
June 17 25—7t
NOTICE.
TTj'II.L be sold on the 12th September ncxL
v v nt or near the bouse of Amos Sutton, Esq,
in the county of Irwin, about ten miles above
Telfair court-house, the slock of Cattle belong
ing to the estate of James Bentey, deceased, of
Laurens county, containing about five hundred
head, among which are a number of prime Beef
Steers, from four to six years old—-the remain
der are likely stock cattle. Persons wishing to
purchase cither Brel'or Stock Cattle, will find
it to their advantage to attend the sole. The
Beef Cattle will be sold fur cash ; the Stock on
a liberal credit.
ALSO,
Will be sold on the 22d laid month, at tho
house of the aforesaid James Bentey, deceased*
the remaining personal estate of said deceased*
consisting of gined nnd seed Cotton, Suit, iron*
and a few ether Groceries, Horses, Hogs, Slump*
Houschole and Kitchen Furniture, a Jersey
Waggon and Harness, ajid a number of other ar
ticles thereto belonging. Tiie Cotton, Salt and
Iron, will be sold for cash, the other articles on.
a liberal credit.
ELLENDF.R BEATEY, Adm'«..
JOHN GUYTON, Ad mV,
Dublin, July 21 24—7t
A LI. persons indebted to the'estate of Jninca
./ V Bentey, deceased, are requested to muke
immediate payment to the subscribers, other
wise suits will be indiscreminately commenced;
and those having demands against tbe same,
are desired to present them.
F.l.LENDER BEATEY, Adm’l,
JOHN GUYTON, Adm’r.
Dublin, Laurens co. July 17 24—7t.
the first day of September next, will be
NOTICE.
ny of Septeinb
sold at the house of Mary Johnson in Hall
county, all tbe personal property, Household
and Kitchen Furniture, unit Plantation Utensils
of Allen Johnson, deceased. Terms of sale will
be made know n on that davbytbe subscribers.
MARY JOHNSON, Adm’x.
DAVID HARDEN, Adm’x
July 21 22—*116
FROM TIIE It A LIFAX, (n. C.) COliriLF.n.
The follow ing arriom advertisement was hand
ed in a few days ago for insertion in the Com
piler,by n very good looking country gentle
man. Letters post-paid, witli serious appli
cation, addressed to this office, will be duly
attended to.
SEVEN WIVES WANTED.
Ladies of respectability, desirous of enter
ing into the matrimonial state, may hear of
seven gentlemen, w ho are desirous ofsettling
in life, and enjoying true connubial bliss.—
Ladies really of a serious turn, ivith a good
education and engaging manners, can only
suit.
N. B.—No objection to Country Ladies
from any part of the Union.
Societies have been formed in Englhnd for
the improvement of prison-discipline, ind the
reformation of Juvenile offenders. They re
commend h Juvenile Penitentiary, and state
there are about eight thouaand youthful culprits
in and about London. They attribute a portion
ofthe early criminality, to parental neglect
[Democratic J'rcaa. 1
LOST NOTES.
I OST or feioneously taken from me on or
J about the till, of May last, at Bolling Green,
A RED MOROCCO POCKET BOOK, contain
ing the following money and notes: one hun
dred dollar bill on Darien bank, twenty or thir
ty in small bills, one note on Joshua Johnson
for twenty-one dollars 68 3-4 ets. bearing inte
rest, dated 7lh January 1820; one on Thomas
Graham lor four dollars 25 cents, with interest
front the 1st April, due 7th Jnunry 1820: one
on John Phelps for one dollar 25 cents, bearing
interest from 1st of January last, and dated irt-h
February 1820; one on John H. Baugh, due
25th December 1810, for forty-three dollars 78
cents, credited with 7 dollars 25 cents ; one on
Eli Sanderson, due 25th Dec. bearing date 27lh
November 1819, for 22 dollars; one on Samuel
Hemphill for 2 dollars 87 1-2 cents; one on
John Sanderson for fi dollars 37 1-2; one on
William Stephens for25 dollars 12 1-2: oncon
Robert Melinean for 4 dollars 50 ; one on
William Albright, bearing interest from 1st Ja
nuary 1820, for 22 dollars; one nn William Lo-
kev ior 3 dollars 25; one ou Hardy E. Frcunell
for 3 dollars 62 1-2 ; one on Jonathan Sanders
for 2 dollars 37 1-2; one on Stephen B. Stephens
for 3 dollars. The above notes was given to
George Dogge, administrator of $hincin Mann's
estate. Also one note on Jyhn Montgomery,
given lo A. G. Tyler for 9 dollars 5o ; one on
Joshuu Johnson and Thomas J. Gregory, given
to the subscriber, due 25th December 1819, for
20 dollars; one ou Joint M. Moore for 25 dol
lars; one on J. Ktenling for 3 dollars 25; one
on Clmnlar for 6dollars; one on John 11. liattgli
for 20 dollars ; one on Grant Taylor for 20 dol
lars—Besides executions und papers not recol
lected, that is of uo vulue to anv other person
but myself. If any person xviil deliver snid
book us it was when lost, shall have a reward of
SO dollars, or apprehend the thief suits be may
be brought to justice, I xviil pav 100 dollars.
WILLIAM w. hand
GEORGIA, Madi«on county,
This day came William W. Hand before me,
and being duly sworn snyeth, that nt the time
named in this schedule he lost the above named
notes und other papers.
WILLIAM W. HAND.
Sworn to und subscribed July 28th, 1820, lie-
foie me. ROBERT GROVES, a
1 forwarn ull persons from trading for said
notes, untl the makers from puyingthem to any
person but myself.
WILLIAM W. HAND.
August 4 26—fit
P URSUANT to an order of tbe honorable the
Inferior Court of Jones county, xviil be
sold, on TUESDAY, the 5th of September, ut
Clinton court-house, a valuable Negro Wench
mid child—pnrt of the perishable estulc of John
(Vitcher, deceased.—To lie Bold for the benefit
oftlic creditors of snid cstutc.
NATHANIEL W. GORDAN, Adm’i
•T'll v 11. ^
ADMINISTRATOR’S SALE.
TX71EI. BE SOE1) lo the highest bidder at
W Hartford, Pulaski county, on tbe first
Tuesday in October next, on a credit until tho
25th December next, one Square of I.tind, No,
178, 21«t district of Wilkinson when drawn—
Sold in pursuance of an orderfrotn the honors*
ble Court of Ordinary for the county of Jones.
GCSTAVES HENDRICK, Adm’r.
Julv 31. tds.
EXECUTOR’S SALE.
P URSUANT to un order of tbe honorable
the Inferior court of Baldwin county, when
sitlingfor ortlinnry purposes, will be sold on the
first Tuesday in September next, at the court
house in Putnum county, a negro man liy the
name of l'nucli, belongingto the estate oi .In’s
Neves,deceased. Terms made known onthfe
day of sale. IVM. NEVES, ex'or.
•Inly 3 21—tds
olLL BE SOLD,
O N Saturday, the 26th of Aug. .at the late re
sidence of Maurice Moore, dec. in Bald
win county, the personal Properly of said de
ceased, consisting of Horses, two young Mules,
a goodypke of Oxen te Cart, Stock of all kinds
and other articles, unnecessary to mention
lertus of sale made known on The dov
B. B. iMdOflK, )
’ Adm’r a.
NOTICE.
W ILE be sold on the first Tuesday in Ne.
vrmber next, at the court-house in Ogle
thorpe county, one tract of land lying on tbe
waters of Broad river, containing three hundred
and fifty acres : also lot'179, in the 9th district
of Wilkinson county nt the time of survey.
And nt Jackson court-house on the first Tues
day in December next, four hundred and forty-
four acres, on Chandlers creek. The above
being the real estate of Clement Glenn, dec’d,
and to be sold by order of court. Terms miuth
known when tbe land is offered.
WILLIAM GLENN, Adm'r.
July 27 26—tds
NOTICE.
B Y order of the honorable court of Ordinary
of Pulaski county, xviil be sold on the first
Tuesday in September next, at the court-house
in Madison, Morgan county, two thirds of Lot
No. 16, in the 6th district formerly Baldwin now
Morgan county, it being the reale-tate of Har
riet and Mary Gilley, orphans of David Gilley,
deceased. Terms cash.
It. W. W. WYNN, Guardian.
July 28 or,—tds
V wnit enWtwN W qvAc.
2,000 pair of SHOES ou hand, of all quali
ties ;
20t),000 feet of Plank nnd Scantling, at #1 25
per hundred ;
A quantity of low post Bedsteads, nicely turn
ed, at £3
High posted ditto, from 6- to 10
'Fables, from 2 to 10
Windsor Chairs, per doaen, lfi to 20
Curt Wheels, ironed off, lit for use, 28.
Wagons and oIJier similar work,
equally ns cheap;
400 Cast-Steel Axes, ut 2 50
Common ditto, 2 00
Carriage Bruces, 6 00
Shoeing Horses, 1 25
All other Plantation Tools, and Chains of ever
ry description very loxv priced.
Spinning Wheels and Water Vessels as cheap
as tlibv ever could be bought.
11J ’ TAILORING executed with dispatch, and
not exceeded by aqy in the stule for neatness
in the newest fashion.
Broad Cloth Coats made for #5 00
Pantaloons of the sumc, or Cassi-
mrre, 1 60
Summer Coats, 3 00
All other work in tlmt line, equally cheap.
The public are respectfully invited to call and
furnish themselves xvith any of our Manufac
tures, ns it will be to their interest, and for the
prosperity of (bis vuluable and humane Insti
tution
Cash will be given for all the Coal la Tallow
that shrill be delivered in the Penitentiary.
C. M’CARTY, v. k. r
Juucfi 17