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MILLEDGEVILLE, GEORGIA, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 15, 1859.
u OR ME & SON,
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three m tue afternoon, at the Con rt-
in which the property is situate. No-
I'rles mast be given in a public gazette
" ' 1 st o thp day of sale.
le of Personal Properly must be gtv-
imis to lie day of sale.
stTEN' DAY: P r ^ £ re j ltor6 „f an Estate must be
; '.,:ished DIRTY will o«
hand
oe made to the Court of
Negroes, must be
■1!nary 1 " 1 f TIV „ months.
jiiiahe* 1 r \otters->f Administration must be pnh-
jn-ATioSS.n Dismission from Administration,
nr i thirty dny. - Dismission from Guardianship.
nthiy :nonUi
i Anys-
icyfoys. r eclo S ure of Mortgage must be publish-
C' for/i'»r months for establishing lost papers.
]m-ntklyi» r J f thrrf months—for compelling titles
,r'.hefuli sp c j A j mi|lislralors> where a bond has
■an E ' ec !‘ 10 ,’ e -eased, the fall space, of three months,
ft!'"ations will always be continued according to
1 : ‘ At requirements, unless otherwise ordered,
ibe !e_- 1 ,. f p[unting will meet with
ITTO& ETBWYCaK-e£l
—©O’©—
FARE reduced.
—aO©—
jVr'4f and Passage as Low as by any other
C vBlN PASSAGE Sl‘5 :
j>y t] ic splendid and commodious
S'lf J3 1ES
AUGUSTA, 1500 tons Capt. M. S. Woodhull.
pi DlliliA,'J"0fl tons Capt. Isaac Crowell.
ALABAMA. 1:1011 tons Capt.G. It. Selienck.
And iirst class Propeller
qug of THE SOUTH, 1,100tons..
Cant. T1
ipt. Tho’s Lyon,
to the old established
New York and
These Steamships belon
favorite line, known as the
■‘ rillim h Steam Navigation Company, 1 and in com-
vcommodations and fare, cannot be excelled,
are commanded by experienced, skilful,
, -'ui and polite officers.
padelfokd, fay & CO.,
Agents, .Savannah.
SAM’L.L. MITCHILL & SOX,
Agents,New York.
2D. i«53 20 tf
June 2!
Hardwick & Co.,
FA CTORS
AND
COMMISSION MERCHANTS,
3AY STR2EY,
33:a\F:£Mn2Q3l0aa C£-r3j.o
, HARIIWICK. w. H. MANSFIELD, C. C. HARDWICK.
July 21, 1857 29 lyU
White’s Cotton Seed Planter.
r r H E undersigned have used “White’s Cotton Seed
J- Planter,” and tir.d that it deposites the seed in a
nanow and straight line,even in the roughest lan.!—,
thereby rendering the subsequentwork much easier.—
It soves much seed, and is a machine
and not liable to get out of order
Baldwin County,Ga,. July j, 1858.'
D. PRITCHARD,
B. H. MYKICK,
J.C, WHITAKER.
JOHN SPEIGHTS,
astly managed
J. S. SCOGIN,
N. J. ROGERS,
H. ROGERS,
1 R. M. ORME, sen
I CHAS. Du BIGNON,
I JACOB COBB.
ROBERT W. TRAPP,
W. J. T RAY.
SAM’L H. HUGHES,
The Cotton Planter, recently patented by T. W.
White, will be exhibited by me soon in various parts of
tills State. Being HINGED to a common Scooter stock,
and following directly in its furrow, it adapts itself to
all tile irregularities ol the land, and plants equally
well wnothar in smooth or rough ground, but will not
cover except on even lan<i. It is light, durable and sim
ple : and with little modification plants other kinds of
seed ; and deposits guano in the drill. These machines
are being now made under the supervision of the Paten-
tee ; and Orders directed to him or me at Milledgeville,
will he answered. M. M. HALL, General Agent.
August 10, 1858 3 •> iy
STOVES.
i XEW COOKING STOVE, with furniture,
i. also a second hand PARLOR STOVE, cheap
,r cash. Apply to L. KLN11LLD.
February 1, 1859 5 tf
Monticello High School.
3v£ale and Female.
r |1IIE TRUSTEES of the Monticello High School
congratulate themselves upon having secured
the services of A. S. Franklin A. M., as Principal
for 1 859, at a salary of Fifteen Hundred Dollars,
who will be assisted in tbe Male Department by
Air. John Almond, an experienced and successful
Teacher; and in the Female Department by Miss
Sarah E. Smith, of the Monroe Female University,
a t borough scholar and accomplished Lady. The
Principal was born and educated in the South ; is
identified with ns in feeling and interest; recom
mended by tbe Faculty of Emory and Henry Col
lege, Virginia, as a critical scholar and a man of
rare ability for any place of superior responsibility ;
by Professors Smith and Williams, of Oxford, Geor
gia, as a laborious, critical, and successful teacher
ol the Classics ; and by many others as one of the
first Teachers and Scholars of the South. We,
therefore, take great pleasure in recommending
him to the friends and patrons of Education, and
solicit them for their patronage, believing that no
High School will afford superior advantages to
ours. We, together with citizens of this place, ob
ligate ourselves to all that patronize the School, to
be vigilant in watching over the conduct of the
Students, and reporting to their Parents and Guar
dians faithfully ; so that, from the vigilance of the
Teachers, Trustees and Citizens, there will be very
little, or no danger, of any bad habits being formed
by their sons and daughters while attending School.
We, as we intend to establish at this place a School
of a high grade, further obligate ourselves to do
whatever will promote the interest of the School,
by freeing it from immoral scenes, discountenanc
ing extravagance, and contemning all immoral and
vicious practices which are likely to corrupt
Youth.
HENRY S. GLOVER,
Major DAVID MERIWETHER,
REUBEN JOFDAN, JUNIOR,
CARDIN GOOLSBY,
Doctor THOMAS C. BRODDUS,
CHARLES S. JORDAN,
WILLIAM C. PENN,
Judge W. R SMITH,
F, M. SWANSON.
SESSIONS.—The first Session will commence
on the second Tuesday in January, and close on
the second Wednesday in July. The second ses
sion will commence on the second Tuesday in Au
gust, and close on the third Tuesday in November.
Full attendance desired on the iirst day, with as
many of the Parents as possible.
COURSE OF STUDY will embrace such Studies
as will fit Students to enter the J unior Class in any
of the Colleges in the United States, and those not
wishing a Collegiate Education, can pursue such
Studies as will tit them for the active pursuits of
life. Music, French and whaleverelse iu the Cat
alogue of Studies will he taught.
THE PLAN OF INSTRUCTION will be thor
ough and impressive. The Mathematics will be
taught Analytically and Synthetically, so that a
thorough acquaintance with the logic of this im
portant Science will be obtained. Practical ques
tions in Arithmetic, Mensuration, Trigonometry
and Surveying, with field exercises, will be daily
given. The Ancient Languages will be taught
Analytically and thoroughly. Mental training is
the grand desideratum in studying the Classics. In
order to secure this, extracts from the most approv
ed Authors will be daily read and analyzed, togeth
er with written exercises, weekly, in Arnold’s Lat
in and Greek Prose Composition. The reason for
every Case, Mood and Tense, will be required.—
The Natural Sciences will be taught according to
the most approved methods; illustrated by Appa-
tus. Music will be taught on the Piano and other
Instruments, together with Vocal Music.
DISCIPLINE will be mild and firm, such as
Students with honorable views and feelings will
regard as reasonable arid proper.
PRIZES.—For the best declaimed extracts, a
Gold Medal will be awarded at the close of the
Spring Session ; also, one for the most rapid ad
vance in tho Classics and Mathematics.
QUARTERLY CIRCULARS will be sent Pa
rents, showing the standing of each Student.
SOCIETIES.—There will he two Literary So-
POETRY.
LANDRETHS’
WARRANTED
GARDEN SEEDS,.
T'OLLARD SEED, Rufa Baga, Turnip Seed,
* Ac., Ac., just received and for sale at
J. CONN & SONS Variety Store.
Milledgeville, Jan’y. 11, 1859 2 tf
sAuewakd f
O N' tlio morning of the 16th ult., NVARREN IN-
LOW came to my stable and hired a Horse
and Baggy fur a few days, and having failed to re-
tum, 1 am apprehensive that he has made for parts
unknown. In low is a small man, five feet four or
live inches high, about twenty-five or twenty-six
rears ot age, dark complexion, a'nd dark eyes, a
small goatee and moustache, and weighs about 135
or 110 pounds, and had on w(ien he left dark clothes
an.! a blue blanket, and a low liat or cap.
The Horse is an iron grey, about eleven years
old, crooked in the hindlegs, and rather stiff: in
thin order, with long tail and mane.
The Buggy is a side spring, (or Concord) and I
believe one of the right springs is broke; blue
color, with the name of R. H. May on a plate be-
i nd. The above reward will be paid tor the ap-j cieties, which will afford splendid advantages for
pr-liension of the thief with the property, or $25 , improving in Composition and Debating,
ty A ilurs . e , aud Uuggy, or $25 for the thief lodg- LIBRARY.—There will be a small Library for
»u in some jail. ELIJAH CONNER I the rise of Students for which there will be a charge
Warren ton, Ga., Feb. 8,1859
6 fit
J. C. DANIEL,
ATTORNEY AT LAW, I
Jacksonville, Selfair County, Ga. j
ji J AA I.\'G removed from Milledgeville to Jack- j
f- sonville, will attend to all business entrusted ,
him with promptness. Particularattention paid ‘
17 tf
to collecting.
April 2
$20 Reward.
MY bov BILL, who I bought of General
^ fllyrick five years ago, left my premises on
2.the night oTthe 25th ult. without a pass or
an v cause for leaving. Bill is 40 years old, copper
colored, (> feet high, weighs about 170 pounds; he
wore off a white long haired overcoat and a high
crowned black hat.
The above reward will be paid for the delivery
of said boy to me in Stewart county, or a liberal
r ‘ "ard for his confinement in Jail, so I get, him
again. W. II. DISMUKES.
Florence, Ga., Jan. I!, 1859 2 tf
of fifty cents to the advanced Students per Session.
TUITION.—There will bo four Grades or Clas
ses :
FIRST CLASS $16 00
SECOND CLASS 25 00
THIRD CLASS 30 00
FOURTH CLASS 35 00
MUSIC 40 00
Board can be had, in private families, including
Washing and Lodging, at ten dollars per month.
Students can obtain conveyance at a small cost,
from Covington, Madison, Macon and Eatonton.
Each Student will be required to furnish one
load of wood.
OPFor further particulars address.
A. S. FRANKLIN.
Monticello, Ga., Jan. 4th, 1859 J tf
iBy mother! fans’t Thou See He How?
BALLAD BY STEPHEN MASSETT.
Mv mother i can’st thou see me now,
From the far off realms of light ?
Can’st thou m spirit come again,
And bless me with thy sight 1
Oh! I can see thee, when these eves
Are closed in balmy sleep,
And revelling in happy dreams,
W e sweet communion keep !
Years, years have passed, and life to me
Has been but as a dream,
let often have I yearned for thee.
As sailing down its stream ;
Fond memory brings thee back again,
As thou wert once to me,
When nestled in thy arms I lay,
Or crept upon thy knee !
And when I saw thee in that sleep
From which there is no waking,
And felt as then I gazed on thee,
My very heart was breaking:
Oil! can it be that in that land
Where there is no more pain,
We may once more united he,
Never to part again ?
And shall we meet as we have met,
And be as we have been.
And shall I see thee smile on me,
As I have sometimes seen ?
O God ! if this it is to meet
In Heaven’s own land uf light,
Illume my path, direct my feet,
And guide my steps aright!
From Blackwood’s Magazine.
LITTLE ROSE.
She comes with fairy footsteps ,
Softly their echoes fall;
And her shadow plays like a summer shade,
Across the garden wall ;
The golden light is dancing bright,
’Mid the mazes of her hair,
And her fair young locks are waving free
To the wooing of the air.
Like a sportful fawn she boundeth
So gleefully along;
As a wild young bird she carroletk
The burden of a song,
The summer flowers are clustering thick
Around her dancing feet,
And on her cheek the summer breeze
Is breathing soft and sweet.
The very sunbeam seems to linger
Above that holy head,
And the wild flowers at her eoming
Their richest fragrance shed.
And oh how lovely light and fragrance
Mingle in the iife within,
Oh ! how fondly do they nestle
Round the soul that knows no sin !
She comes, the spirit of our childhood—
A thing of mortal birth.
Y r et bearing still a breath of heaven,
To redeem her from the earth.
She comes in bright-robed innocence,
Unsoiled by blot or blight,
And passeth by our wayward path,
A gleam of angel light.
Oh ! blessed things are children !
The gifts of heavenly love ;
They stand betwixt our worldly hearts
And better things above.
They link us with the spirit world
By purity and truth,
And keep our hearts still fresh and young
With the presence of their youth.
i3.mmM.vm,,
Randolph Lands for Sale.
THE undersigned offers on accorn-
modating terms 18(19 acres of land in
I* 5 ***® Randolph county, Ga., lying from with-
JUSAJHin three to six miles of the Chattahoo
chee river, and within one mile and a half of the
Southwestern Railroad (now building)from Cuth-
i bert to Eitfaula, Ala.
I These lands will be divided into settlements of
300 or 400 (or more) acres, to suit purchasers.—
THE undersigned will buy and sell lands on a Those wishing bargains, healthy and Foductive
1 sum! 1 commission business-will give such in j possessions in this section of the State «ildoweH
formation as the Records and Tax Digests of the to call and see for themselves. Duae lands are
- 1 an j embrace three or four settlements,
LAND AGENCY.
inf.ii
mi nion will be sfrictri
: s i. indications for such adjoining and embrace tliree or tour settlements,
Sieach having » fair proportion of cleared or open
V ' ^ry instance, the requisition is accompa;
with one dollar.
Se
NATHAN HAWKINS A CO
Member 15,1857 37 tf
Downing Hill Nursery.
GpHb ST BsCRIBERS beg leave to call the atten-
< Siu~r" n t!ie PoBlic to their extensive collection of
‘HHRN RAISED FRUIT TREES, and GRAPE
v IN ES.
^ iso, 01} V a MENTAL TREES and SHRUBS.
1 r 1 Catalogues furnished to all applicants free of
ciiargf*. ° ri
•Address—PETERS, HARDEN & CO.,
v- Atlanta Georgia.
o. ig5g 44 4m lw
laud with necessary buildings, &c. &c.
WM. L. CRAWFORD.
Georgetown, Ga., June 15. l -aiH 24 tf
Cotton Ol Wool ItSanufacturiBg'.
WOOLEN MILL of the subscriber, in t
, Milledgeville, is now stopped. It is intend- !
o have the Mill in complete order and ready
ar operation again by the first of May next. Mr.
• Farris my Agent in Milledgeyille and will
gt! ca -“ 1 orders for Cotton Taras, Osnaburgs, Ker-
^ s ’ * c oat t'ne lowest market, price,
v D. A. JEWELL.
November 30,1853 48 tf
A GOOD BARGAIN.
rpiTE UNDERSIGNED who has been suceess-
L fully engaged for the last ten years in the
DRUG and BOOK BUSINESS in Milledgeville,
desirous of residing on his plantation, otters for
sale his remaining Stock, (now small) at a discount
of twenty-five per cent, on New York cost.
’The Stand is one of the most desirable in the
city, being under the Milledgeville Hotel. This
can also be obtained.
The purchaser can also have a large variety of
PATENT MEDICINES, &c., which are on com
mission
Application mud be made soon, or the present
stock will bo incased. £ } \riirtE.
Milledgeville, Ga., Jan. 4, 1859 1 tf
rr , LAWS FOB. SALS.
1. ■,* UNDERSIGNED offers for sale his valuable
fin. j.e'-'niaiion in Clinch county, containing 1225 acres of
Tii. r ' mn .S lu ."d. There is 140 acres under cultivation.
deeira’ri| Uat! |" n '’ &lld heaithy, and is oue of tile most
a !>av e l‘,. e * ,n lower Georgia. There is on the place
ration" 1 &l '•j U “ a< ’ res ’ ,mw nearly ready fur culti
vate ' p°" sl 4cred as good rice laud as there is in the
place m ers ”" s wrih to purchase can see me on the
ce - '3 miles northeast of Mill Town.
W l c - W - CRAWFORD, Mill Town. Ga.
‘“'ember £, Jgjg 41 tf
Iron and Brass Foundry,
MILLEDGEVILLE, GA.
D UFFLEY, FERRONS & Co. would respect
fully inform the public that they are now pre
pared to execute any work in their line with neat
ness and despatch—such as SUGAR MILL
ROLLS, of any size, turned or unturned, from .$20
to §120 per set; SUGAR KETTLES, front 30 to
120 0-allons ; Saw and Grist Mill Machinery, Fan
ning’ Mill Irons and Gin Gear, of any size ; Fenc-
in'r'for Houses, Gardens. Balconies and Cemeteries
at Eastern prices—work warranted. Sash weights.
Block weights, Window sills and Window caps,
and Door steps made of the best material.
January 25, 1859 4 tf
Folly of Fashionable Education.
BY A REPENTANT FATHER.
As a warning to parents in my station of
life, to give their daughters a genteel edu
cation, I would make my history public ;
and knowing no better way of doing it,
than by sending it to your Waverly, I
have drawn up the following sketch, which
yon will oblige an old man by publish
ing.
I was tbe only son of an industrious,
careful farmer, wlio, dying soon after I
came, of age, left me in possesion of a small
estate -well stocked. My mother being
dead some years before my father, a sis
ter, of whom I was very fond, kept my
house. We were both industrious and fru
gal, andProvidence smiled upon our labors
so that I made new purchases every year,
both of land and stock. In this way we
went on for several years, till, unfortunate
ly for me, (as I then thought,) a neighbor of
ours lost his wife, and prevailed on my
Mary to repair his loss, and take upon her
self the care of his dairy instead of mine.
This was a great stroke ; and I was oblig
ed to look out for a wife when my sister
had left me. Many were my advisers on
this occasion ; and, indeed, it seemed to
me, that I might have had half the farm
er's daughters in my neighborhood. At
length I married a young woman, who ap
peared what I have always found her, a
good-tempered, industrious soul, who has
done everything in her power to make my
days comfortable. We have had a large
family, ten of whom are living; of this num
ber six are daughters ; it is of them I am
about to write.
You must understand that my wife had
a sister who married in the city, and lives
quite in a genteel way, as my daughters j
call it. When our eldest girl was about j
fourteen years old. we were favored with a j
visit from this lady. It may be thought '
our family would appear extremely awk
ward-to their polite relation, having had
no other education than at a day-shool in
the neighboring town, whither the children
walked every morning, and returned in the
evening.
The good lady told her sister it was a
sad thing not to give the girls a chance in
the world, and proposed that the three eld
est should go with her to town for a year
or two; where she would place them in a
good hoarding-school, that they might at
tain a few accomplish men ts proper for young
ladies whose father would be able to give
them a pretty fortune.
Not knowing what accomplishments sig
nified, I was easily persuaded to comply
with the united request of the mother and
daughters; and off went the lattei with
their city aunt. She soon found a school
for them, either in or near town, I forgot
which ; and gave orders to the governess
to teach them music, French, drawing,
dancing, and all that is thought proper to
qualify a fine lady for jassing through
life. Three years passed in this way, du
ring which we often received letters from
the children, telling us of their improv-
ments in many things to which wo were
entirely strangers.
You must know, madam, that this must
have been a very expensive time to me ;
but I did not much mind that, believing it
was all for the good of the young people;
and as my wile told me, it would raise
their fortune.
The period having arrived for their re
turn home, they were accompanied hy
their aunt, who prided herself much on the
accomplishments of lievneices: and indeed,
I cannot hut own I felt myself pleased to
hear them sing, and play on a musical in
strument they brought home with them ;
and also thought their fine drawings and
needle-work very pretty thiug. Very
foolishly I consented that my three young
est girls should return with their aunt, to
receive the same polish which appeared so
charming in their sisters. But the conse
quences of this polite education were not
yet fully visible ; though they began, in a
degree, to make their appearance even be
fore our relation left us.
The report that the Miss C—’s were
come from school, procured us the honor of
a number of visits from the g-ay part of’tlie
neighboring town, with whom, till then, we
had not the least connection ; and at our
house was only a pleasant evening’s walk
from B—, many of our gentry, who came
over to take a cup of tea, were so delight
ed with the situation, and their entertain
ment, that supper-time came before they
could depart ; and then, perhaps, a bit of
cold ham, or a country cheese-cake, would
tempt them to prolong their stay a few
moments; a glass of wine after supper
followed of course, and midnight only put
an end to those friendly visits. The in
convenience to my wife and her maids was
inconceivable : two or three hours sleep is
of great consequence in the country. An
additional maid servant was soon found in
dispensable ; for onr poor girls could do no
kind of domestic work, and their taste for
dress and company took up all their
time.
The succeeding winter they received in
vitations to the subscription hall at B— :
and as they had been permitted to attend
such diversions while at school, it would
now have been cruel to have denied them
tho same pleasure ; therefore they regular
ly went to every ball, and generally re
turned some time in the morning, in a
chaise I was obliged to hire on these occa
sions. Thus passed two more years ; my
all accomplished daughters attracted uni
versal admiration among onr acquaintance;
and to do them justice in this point, as far
as I can judge, they certainty are very fine
ladies.
However, I thought it time to send for
my youngest children ; and therefore
wrote to my sister, desiring they might be
sent home, believing I had been at suffi
cient expense already to give my daugh
ters that which I now began to discover
had done them more injury than anything
their greatest enemies could have wished.
My whole family are now at home to
gether. I have a house full of genteel
girls, who can, with the grasshopper in
the fable, dance and sing from morning to
evening every day ; but neither of them
can be persuaded to pay any attention to
plain work, or to assist their mother in
family affairs.
It is now several years that our house
has been a scene of confusion ; a round of
visits are paid and received by my daugh
ters, who seem to consider themselves as
born to no other end than, like butterflies,
to amuse themselves hy fluttering about
from pleasure to pleasure. They read v
great deal of that sort of trash of which I
am informed circulating libraries in small
towns are composed ; and, fortunately,
the)' had also subscribed t.for your New
York Waverly. It will therefore oblige
me if you will insert this letter therein,
that they may he convinced that I feel for
their situation as well as my own impru
dence. Some of them are now marriaga
ble ; but as they have no qualifications to
fit them for farmer’s or tradesmens’ or me
chanics’ wives, and as I cannot give them
fortune to induce gentlemen (?) to marry
them, I fancy they must live single. What
will become of them when I am gone I
cannot tell; their fortunes will riot support
them in the style they wish to live in ;
and, unless they will pay a little more at
tention to the common affairs of life, I fear
they will he very miserable. Perhaps if
some of your kind' correspondents would
give them a little advice on their future
conduct it might do them good ; hut their
mother and myself are thought too old and
uvfushionahle to direct the behaivor of
young ladies who are so genteel.
f New York Weekly and Home Circle
An Affecting Letter from an Unfor
tunate Female.—It was stated recently
that at the burning of a house of ill-repute
in Cincinnati, a few days ago, a young,
accomplished and beautiful girl, a stranger
in the city, perished in the flames. The
following deeply affecting letter was sub
sequently found among the ruins of the
building, and is supposed to have been
written hy the poor, unfortunate girl who
fell a prey to the flames :
IIomc !—O, home ! magical, all power
ful word home ! Oft have I wished for a
home—one that I could return to after a
long absence, when, as now, wearied and
perplexed with many cares of this cold
world, I could find retirement there and
be welcomed by kind friends—be greeted
by those I have known in innocent child
hood. But, alas ! those joys are not for
me. I have heard others talk of their pret
tv homes and aristocratic palaces, hut I
wish not for these, nor could wish for a
proud palace for my home, only for an
humble one ; yet 1 have not this. I have
never known a kind father’s or mother’s
care—a sister’s or a brother’s love. These
have all been lost to me. My infant steps
were not guarded by a mother's hand, or
my infant lips taught by a mother’s gentle
voice to lisp a prayer to God. I am all
alone, without a friend in the world, for I
have placed an insurmountable harrier be
tween me and all that is good and pure.
I can never associate with tlioso that are
respected and esteemed. My home is in
the vile haunts of the abandoned : my com
panions are the. depraved ones whose vices
are ever mingled with oaths.
Oftimes I heard others say this is a gay
life, with all its hellish excitement and all
its would be luxnriousuess, but God has
said, “the wages of sin is death.” They
do not think that when they come to die,
poor, forsaken outcasts, without a friend—
t for when their beauty has faded and their
• health is gone, even their vile companions
| will forsake them, and leave them to die
; in the hospital and be buried in the Pot
ter’s field. It makes me wretched to think
that this may soon be my fate. A few
more short years, and I will be forgotten
by those who now call themselves my
friends. There are many who profess to
he my friends, but I would give naught
for their friendship. Too oft have I seen
the look of pity mingled with scorn cast
upon me by these who think mo far be-
; ncatli them. They, too, have often laid
their heads upon my breast and swore, by
the God that gave them life, that they lov
ed me; but, little do they know how I re
garded their oaths. I have met kind and
generous men who I have liked very much;
yet when 1 think under what circumstan.
ces I have met them, I cannot think of
them with a pleasant thought, but remcra- j
her them with a bitter feeling, which makes |
me miserable. I shall soon leave this j
place, and I hope to find a homo where 1 J
will he more happy, and will try lo forget |
many, many things, and look upward to 1
put my trust in ‘my Father which is in
heaven,” and He will not desert me, al
though earthly friends may vanish like the
dew before the morning sun.
NUMBER 7.
Counsels for the Young.
Never he east down hy trifles. If a spi
der breaks his thread twenty times, twen
ty times Yv ill he mend it again. Make up
your minds to do a thing, and you will do
it. Fear not if a trouble come upon you ;
keep up your spirits, though lie day be a
dark oue.
Troubles never stop forever,
The darkest day will pass away.
If the sun he gone down, look up at the
stars; if the earth is dark, keep your eyes
on heaven! With God's presence and
God’s promises, a man or child may be al
ways cheerful.
Never despair when fog’s in the air,
A sunshiny morning will come without warning.
Mind what you run after! Never be
contented with a bubble that will burst, or
with a firework that will end in smoke and
darkness. Get that which you can keep,
and which is worth keeping.
Something sterling, that will stay
When gold and silver fly away.
Fight hard against a hasty temper. An
ger will come; but resist it stoutly. A
spark may set a house on fire. A fit of
passion may give you cause to mourn all
the days of your life. Never revenge an
injury.
He that revenges knows no rest;
The meek possess a peaceful breast.
If you have an enemy, act kindly to
him, and make him yourfriend. You may
not win him over at once, but try again.
Let one kindness be followed by another;
till you have compassed your end. By
little and little, great things are completed.
Water falling day by day,
Wears the hardest rock away.
And so repeated kindness will soften a
heart of stone.
Whatever you do, do it willingly. A
boy that is whipped at school, never learns
his lesson. A man that is compelled to
work cares not how badly it is performed.
He that pulls off his coat cheerfully, turns
up his shirt-sleeves in earnest, and sings
while he works, is the man for me.
A cheerful spirit gets on quick ;
A grumbler in the mud will stick.
Evil thoughts are worse enemies than
lions and tigers; for we can keep out of
the way of wild beasts, hut bad thoughts
win their way everywhere. The cup that
is full will hold no more ; keep your heads
and your hearts full of good thoughts, that
had thoughts inay find no room.
Be on your guard, and strive, and pray,
To drive all evil thoughts away.
Good Society.—It should he the aim of
young men to go into good society. We
do not mean the rich, the proud, and fash
ionable, hut the society of the wise, the in
telligent, and the good. Where you find
men that know more than you do, and
from whose conversation one can gain in
formation, it is always safe to he found.—
It lias broke down many a man hy asso
ciating with the low and vulgar—where
the ribald song was inculcated, and the in
decent story, to excite laughter, and influ
ence the bad passions. Lord Clarendon
has attributed his success and happiness in
life to associating with persons more learned
and virtuous than himself.Ifyou wish to be
respected, you desire happiness and not
misery, we advise yon to associate with
the intelligent and good. Strive for men
tal excellence, and strict integrity, and
you never will be found in the sinks of pol
lution, and on the benches of retailers and
gamblers. Once habituate yourself to a
virtuous course—once secure a love of
good society—and no punishment would
he greater than hy accident to he obliged,
for a half a day, to associate with the low
and vulgar. _____
Read an Hour a Day.—There was a lad,
who at fourteen, was apprenticed to a soap
boiler. One of his resolutions was to read
one hour a day, or at least, at that rate,
and lie had an old silver watch, left him by
his uncle, which lie timed his reading by.
lie staid seven years with his master, and
said when he was twenty-one that lie knew
as much as the young squire did. Now
let us see how much time he had to read
in, in seven years, at the rate of one hour
a day. It would be twenty-five hundred
and fifty-five hours, which at the rate of
eight reading hours per day, would be
equal to 310 days, equal to 45 weeks;
equal to 11 months; nearly a year’s rea
ding. That time spent in treasuring up
useful knowledge, would pile up a very
large store. I am sure it is worth trying
for. Try what you can do. Begin now.
In after years you will look hack upon tli.c
task as the most pleasant and profitable
you ever performed.
Difficulties Experienced by Ladies
in Travelling.—In no circumstances of
life is common sense a more valuable pos
session than in the vexations, difficulties
and perils of travelling. A woman blessed
with this inestimable quality may travel
along for thousands of miles, with perfect
comfort and case of mind. On the contra
ry, the weak minded and timid female is a
trial to her fellow travellers, to porters,
carriage drivers and all the various atten
dants at the railway stations and ether
places. A woman who will not think
coollv or subdue her fretfulness is in danger
if she goes only ten miles from home, even
though in company, and keeps her friends
in contin^il discomfort. She is never rea
dy when the time for the train to start is
at hand and at last hurries along, tormen
ted hy a vaiu apprehension that she has
left some important matter unaccomplished
or some article behind. She shrieks in a
tunnel, and gets into a nervous flurry at
the sound of a whistle. She can never
find her ticket wlien it is required ; and
when she alights she discovers that she
lias left her shawl, or her parasol, or her,
hook in the car. If such a woman sets out
to travel alone, she is inevitably left cither
standing on the platform when the train
starts, looking for her baggage which has
already gone ahead, or she is carried off
in a car where she has in her trepidation ta
ken her seat, blit which is going in the
wrong direction. A rationally behaving
woman, when about leaving home, endeav
ors, in the first place,*to concentrate all her
.travelling incumbrances as much as possi
ble, and then makes hers^jf as %uch at
ease as possible, under all circumstances of
quiet bustle around her.
Evf. Sight.—Milton’s blindness was
result of over work and dyspepsia.
One of the most eminent American di
vines having,for some time, been compelled
to forego the pleasureof reading, has spent
thousands of dollars in vain, and lost years
of the time in consequence of getiing up
several hours before day, ami studying by
artificial light. His eyes never got well.
Mulitudes of men and women have made
their eyes weak for life, by the too free use
of the eyesight in reading small print and
doiug fine sewing. In view of these things,
it is well to observe the following rules in
the use of the eyes ;
Avoid all sudden changes between light
and darkness.
Never begin to read, or write or sew,
for several minutes after coming from dark
ness to a bright light.
Never read by twilight, or moonlight, or
of very cloudy day.
Never read or sew directly in front of
the light or window, or door.
It is best to have the light fall from
above oblique on the left shoulder.
Never sleep so that, on first waking, the
eyes shall open on the light of a window.
Do no.t use the eye-sight by light so
scant that it require au effort to discrimin
ate.
Too much light creates a glare, and
pains and confuses the sight. The mo
ment you are sensible of an effort to distin
guish, that moment cease, and taken walk
or ride.
As the sky is blue and the earth green,
it would seem that the ceiling should he a
blueish tinge, and the carpet green, and
the walls of some mellow tint.
The moment you are instinctively
prompted to rub your eyes, that moment
cease using them.
If the eyelids are glued together on
waking up, do not forcibly open them ; hut
apply the saliva with the finger—it is the
speediest diluent in the world—then wash
your eyes and face in warm water.
[Halt's Journal of Health.
A Newspaper Editor.—A newspaper
Editor must, like the Poet, be horn to his
calling, as in the majority of instances, no
amount of training will fit a person for
such a post, unless he have a natural taste
and aptitude for that description of literary
labor.; for alteough many persons are able
to write “leaders” or “literary articles,” for
a newspaper, few can be entrusted with its
editorial control, few can scent out the li
bel which lurks in almost every commu
nication, few can distinguish the report
intended to please the speaker iirstead of
informing the nation, anil the letter writ
ten to serve private interests, instead of
public ends; still fewer who can tell at a
glance the kind of literary or political ma
terial which will promote the circulation
of the journal—in fact, a good editor’s
great difficulty is not as to what he should
put in, but what he should keep out of his
columns. Successful editors have not been
great authors, hut men of good common
sense, and their good common sense has
taught them to write hut little themselves,
but to read, judge, select, dictate, alter and
combine the writing of others.— Chambers'
Journal.
Tobacco and Insanity*—Dr. Harlow,
the superintendent of the Maine Insane
Asylum, in his annual report of that insti
tution, for 1S5S, says;
The use of tobacco, now so general, is
one of the most powerful agents that can
he employed to impair the functions of the
stomach and digestive organs, and prevent
the healthy exercise of the mental powers.
Its pernicious effect upon the brain and
nervous system is obvious to all who are
called to treat the insane. A large class
of our patients have been addicted to its
inveterate use, and in many cases, it has
been a prominent cause in developing the
disease.
The report says further:
The civil condition of those received the
last year was as follows; thirty-six males
and thirty-two females were single; two
were widowers, and seven were widows.
Scarcely any age, sex, or condition in
life is exempt from this worst of human ills.
It seizes its victims at all times, and sea
sons, from all callings and professions, and
we know not at whom the how is drawn,
ready to hurl the withering shaft, we who
can boast of reason and intellectual powers
to-day, may be deprived of the same tomor
row.
The assigned causes of insanity of those
admitted during the year are: 111 health,
twenty-eight; religious excitement, eleven;
domestic affliction, eleven; intemperance,
eight; over exertion, seven; injury of head,
five; puerperal, four; spiritualism, three;
disappointed affection, three; fright, two;
disappointment in business, two; defective
education, two; epilepsy, two; lossoffriends,
one; poisoning, one; paralysis, one.
Hon. Edward Everett enumerates the
following among other evils intftnperance
has inflicted on the country, within the
last ten years, viz :
1. It has cost in direct expenses, $50,-
000,000 aimually : $500,000,000.
2. It. has cost, in indirect expenses, $G0,-
000,000 annually : $600,000,000.
3. It has burnt and otherwise destroyed
property to the amount of $5,000,000.
4. It has destroyed 30,000 lives annual
ly : 300,000.
5. It has made no less than 20,000 wid
ows annually : 200,000.
G. It lias made no less than 100 maniacs
annually : 1,000.
7. It has made, at least, 100,000 orphans
annually : 1,000,000.
S. It has instigated 150 murders annu
ally : 4,500.
9. It has caused 2,000 suicides.
10. It lias consigned to jails and prisons
150,000.
11. It has endangered the inheritance
left us by our fathers, and left afoul blot
on the name of America.
A United States “Nigger.”—William
Lee, formerly of the firm of Phillips, Samp
son & Co., was recently arrested in Paris
by two policemen, who suspected him of
being au Italian assassiu with designs
upon the life of Napoleon. When he was
taken before the commissary of police,
that officer said to him: “I am sure that
you are no red repnblican.” “No,”
said Mr. Lee, “I am a black Republican.”
“ Yoyes roust" exclaimed the commissary;
“ C'cst tin nrgt e. des El at as Unis!"—He
is a negro from tho United States.
From the New Orleans Picayune.
Master and Slave.
The relation of master and slave, as it
formerly existed at the South, and as it
still exists generally in the country, pro
duced an identification of interest and mu
tual attachment that secured the happiest
results. The interest manifested by the
black for the welfare of the family of tho
master was scarcely less than that which a
free man exhibits for his own household.—
He was watchful ol the goods, the property,
and the reputation of his master. He felt
a pride in the. increase of the wealth of his
owner; rejoiced iu his prosperity, and
identified himself in every manner with
his fortunes.
Then the slave was entirely depent on
the master. He had no desire to change
his condition, and never rebelled against
salutary control. This dependence pro
duced a corresponding interest of the mas
ter in the welfare of the servant. His
wants were all amply provided for ; he was
protected from the seductions of vicious in
dulgence, and surrounded with the influ
ences of a happy home. This is still the
characteristic of the relations of the master
and slave in the rural districts of the South.
But the introduction of new customs in
our cities has weakened the close connec
tion oi master and servant, producing tho
most serious change in the character of the
latter. A species of quasi freedom has
been granted by many masters to their
slaves. They have been permitted to hire
their time, and with the nominal protec
tion of their masters, though w ith none of
their oversight, to engage in business on
their own account, to live according to the
suggestions of their own fancy, to be idle
or industrious, as the inclinations for the
one or the other prevailed, provided only
the monthly wages are regularly gained.
This has gradually severed the ties which
hound together the master and slave ; re
moved the restraints to vicious or criminal
indulgence ; broken the family pride of
onr servants; and to a great degree
changed their whole character. Nor has
the evil been confined to those who have
thus received a release from the surveillance
of the master. It has created a feeling of
discontent and longing for more freedom on
the part of those servants, who, while kept
in the family of their masters, have oppor
tunities of intercourse with those who hire
their time. We often see sullen looks in
stead of constantly cheerful demeanor;
neglect of duty wheie formerly there was
a wish to execute it with fidelity.
The morals of those w ho have been per
mitted to go forth untrammelled by any re-
strait except the necessity of furnishing to
the master a given amount of wages, have
deteriorated to an alarming extent. They
hare become intemperate, disorderly, and
lost the respect which the servant should
entertain for the master, and their exam
ple is contagious upon those who do not
possess these dangerous privileges.
The worst clothed blacks in our cities
are those who hire their time. The disorders
manifested by our servile eity population
arise almost entirely among this class.—
They have lost all attachment to their
masters. They are no longer identified
with his interests. They have come grad
ually to look upon him as an enemy instead
of a friend.
The master in turn, ceases to feel an in
terest in his servant. He does not feel
called upon to watch carefully over his
her 1th, to provide for his comfort, and to
secure his moral welfare.
We have alluded, in these remarks, on
ly to that practice which, in our large cities
at least, has giown into a habit of permit
ting negroes to buy their time, and to pass
entirely from tinder the salutary restraints
of the master; to become householders, their
houses the rendezvous of fellow slaves, who
are still in their masters’ families—the re
sort of the dej,raved of both sexes, and the
plague spots of a large population. In this
city, hundreds of such places might be
pointed out, in which the slave is the keep
er of the house—a slave over whom the
master pretends to exercise no control,
and for whose benefit and protection against
the grossest vices, lie makes no provision.
A. wide difference exists between this
custom and the permission of the master to
the slave to hire his time, the master
knowing that the slave, by his family ties,
is still under the protection and surveil
lance of a responsible white man—the
owner of the wife of ft is slave. From such
indulgences the evils which are mentioned
do not often proceed,, blit so glaring are
the wrongs of the entire abandonment of
the slave, who provider monthly the stipu
lated wages, that it should be prevented
by law rf the evil cannot otherwise be ar
rested,
Had the Worst of it.—“Do yon want
any berries Ma’am?” said a little boy to a
lady, oue day. The little boy was "shab
bily dressed, and his feet were bare and
travel stained. In both hands beheld up
a tin pailful of ripe raspberries, which were
peeping out from the green leaves ihat lay
lightly over them. The lady told him,
she would like some; and taking the pail
from him, she stepped into the house. He
did not follow, hut remained behind whist
ling to some canaries hanging in their cage
oil the porch.
“Why do you not come in and see if I
measure your berries right ? said the lady;
“how do you know but that 1 may eheat
you?”
The hoy looked archly up at her and
smiled.
“I’m not afraid,” said he, “foryou would
get the icorst of it, ma’mn.”
“Get the worst of it!” said she, “what do
you mean?”
“Why, ma’am, I should only lose my
berries, and you would he stealing—don’t
you think you would get the worst of it?
What strange creatures girls are, offer
one of them good wages to work for you,
and ten chances to one if the old woman
can spare any of her girls—but just proposo
matrimony, and see if they don’t jump at
the chance of working a life time for their
victuals and clothes.
A wag says, tying a mackerel to your
coat tail, and imagining yourself a whale,
constitutes codfish aristocracy.
A married woman was brought before a
Virginia Justice, charged with the larceny
of some pewter plates. After hearing the
evidence and deciding that the woman was
guilty, he ordered that ten lashes shonld
be inflicted upon her husband, who was
then and there present, giving as his rea
son that the Scripture declared that man
and wife were one nesli, and as the wife
was the weaker vessel, it wa3 right that
man should bear the penalty.
Patience is the tree whose roots are bit
ter, hut the fruit is very sweet.