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MILLEDGEVILLE, GEORGIA, TUESDAY, JULY 5, 1859.
NUMBER 57.
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r rri■ >' ? - ,>r _|-,' r ‘i)- lsm ission from Administration,
;iv:t r,.r Dismission from Guardianship.
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, : «fnrF° rM establishing lost papers.
three m^s-Cor compelling titles
■ "" nr Administrators, where a bond has
Ft'-" 1 '’? , oased, the fall space, of three months.
:venbyt i 1 'always be continued according to
itie"* wi em ^ t , unless otherwise ordered.
legil ro., . ; of p RIST1SG w iH meet with
.. Rk( . okrf ,r Office.
Ilf I® 8 M - COTTING will open her school
ir j for boys and girls, Monday the 4th day ol
July next. Positively but. sixteen pupils admitted.
June 21. 1859 05 3t
DR. J. W. HERTY,
TENDERS HIS PROFESSIONAL
SERVICES TO THE
CITIZENS OF MILLEDGEVILLE AND
VICINITY. .
OFFICE AT THE DRUG STORE OF
H E R T Y & G E S N E R.
Milledgevile, May 10,1859 19 tf
WAREHOTSE 1X11 flUilWM
MERCHANTS
rill be made to the Conn of
■ 11 I.ami or Negroes, must be
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GROCERIES. 1859.
ar\(FCT CA.IiA.103B,
J,rri Vh'FIJL for the increased patronage of the
F:\\”l. r be<r leave to inform their friends
1 : they are still at their old stand,
lc l > ‘ , p os t Office, where they would be
; 'tu"\vait upon them with a full assortment
"i]'articles usually kept in their line of busi-
r.vliich they will sell as low for cash, or on
! ls t]ie market will allow,) consisting in part
. '’.'foiloivingarticles:
STEWART'S A, II. & C. feUGATl.3.
r-nsh'd, Pmvder’d and Loaf do.
U W COSTA RICA and RIO COFFEE.
i , MOLASSES and N. O. SYRUPS.
j,'CON Hauls, Shoulders & Sides—LARD.
i . ,1, Young Hyson and Oolong Teas.
Tah"cco? I Starch, Iron, Nails,
S;:;"; iffi ! cast & now steel,
; v : ling and Garden Hoes. Axes.
f K ,c ami Log Chains.
- and Short Handle Shovels and Spades.
,i . nre ]r or :;s. Wooden and Hollow Ware.
Hardware and Cutlery,
li-je, Plaster and Cement.
Whies, Brandies, Whiskeys,Gin and Rum.
oils A Varnish, and various other articles.
CALL AND SEE!!
Milledgerille, May 10, 1859 19 tf
MACON, (3-a.
COATES & W00LF0LK
n A,^,i LS f°, ciaff d Aether and will occupy the
new I IRE PROOF WAREHOUSE, now being
erected opposite Messrs. Hardeman & Spark’s.
Libera] advances made on Cotton when asked
in ,° n< ‘ rs ,01 ' .flagging, Rope, Groceries, &c.,
shall have our persona! attention.
YVe hope, l,y prompt attention to business, to
merit a liberal share of patronage.
N. Coat es, Jas. G. Woolfoi.k.
June 7, 1859 ., :i 4m
Notice.
THE Subscriber’s HOUSE will
be opened for the reception of
MEMBERS to the Convention
111 June next, also for BflEembers
to the next legislature.-
d see me. E. S. CANDLER,
idgeville. May 24, 1H&9. 21 tf
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AGRICULTURAL
[Machinery and Implements.
GRAIN CRADLES.
Wood ami Wire braced. 5 and 6 fingers. Price 3|
to 5 dollars.
SCYTHE BLADES,
--aglis.lt Patent, American Silver Steel. Price 75c.
to $1 J5.
SICKLES’ REAP HOOKS,
si blades, Scythe Stones and Rifles.
mi EAT FANS,
Grant’s Patent, Excelsior, &c. Price IS to 40
dollars.
THRESHING MA CHINES,
jtV.ovn’s Virginia, Wheeler’s and Georgia made.
Price 33 to 50 dollars.
HORSE POWERS,
Sinclair's and Whitman's Lever Powers, one and
t "" horse Rail Road Powers. Price $ 100 to $ I-10.
STRAW CUTTERS,
L'liuckand Fodder Cutters. Price 5 to 30 dollars.
CORN SHELTERS,
' : ‘bnus sizes and Patterns Price to 15 dollars.
WEEDING HOES,
i oy i' 1 s Collins’, Weed's 1 trades’ Patent, Clement’s
{;' :i3,1 ' YY oodStraw Rakes, Cultivators. Harrows,
, l0Us ’ Lorn Mills, Churnes, Wheelbarrows, &c.,
1 ; All lor sale at the lowest prices, by
IVATfHYi WEED, Macon Ga.
LABORERS WANTED,
A BOUT twenty hands are wanted bytlie sub
-CM- scriber to work in a Brickyard. A liberal
price allowed. E. T. ALLING.
Milledgeville, June 7, 1859 23 tf
FOR SAZiZL
A CHOICE lot of BACON,'cheap for
J-i- cash or approved credit.
COMPTON & CALLOWAY.
May 17, 1859 20 tf
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tlie attention of his friends and the citizens
generally, to his stock now on hand of
SADDLES AND BRIDLES,
(ridfng and wagon) Bridle leathers, do. Bits, com
mon and tine silver plated. 11ALTERS, single and
double Bug-gy Harness, Buggy Whips,
and various other articles in bis line too tedious to
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anted to stand.
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Milledgeville, Feb. 22,1859. 8 tf
POETRY.
METALIC BURIAL CASES
THE FUTURE LIFE.
How shall I know thee in the sphere which keeps
The disembodied spirits of the dead,
YY lien all ot this that time could wither sleeps
And perishes among the dust we tread? >
For I shall feel the stings of ceaseless pain,
If there I meet thy gentle presence not,
Nor hear the voice I love, nor read again
In thy serener eyes the tender thought.
Will not thy own meek heart demand me there?
That heait whose fondest throbs to me were
given ?
My name on earth were ever in thy prayer,
Am] must thou never utter it in heaven ?
In meadows fanned by heaven’s life-breathing
wind.
In the resplendence of that glorions sphere,
And larger movements of the unfettered mind,
Wilt thou forget the love that joined us here ?
The lo^e that lived through all the stomy past,
And meekly with my harshest nature bore,
And deeper grew and tenderer to the last.
Shall it expire with life and be no more ?
A happier lot than mine, and larger light.
Await thee therefortbou hast bowed thy wiH
In cheerful homage to the rule of light,
And lovestall, and reuderest good for ill.
For me, the sordid cares in which I dwell.
Shrink and consume my heart, as heat the scroll;
And wrath has left its scar—the fire of hell
Has left its frightful scar upon my soul.
Yet though thou vvear’st the glory of the sky
YY iit thou not keep Ihe same beloved name,
The same fair thoughtful brow, and gentle eye
Lovelier in heaven’s sweet climate, yet the
same ?
Shalt thou not teach me in that calmer home;
The wisdom that I learned so ill in this—
The wisdom which-is—till J become
Tliy tit companion in tliat land of bliss ?
William Cult-ek Bryant.
Here is a little flower, from the Louisville Jour
nal, whose perfume k the soul of sweetness.
Will the friends I love be near me
When I die?
Will they shrink to touch ihe pallor
Of the lips that turn to meet them,
Trembling with the last “Good-bye ?”
May my father’s arm enfold me
When 1 die,
They will shield my heart from terror
YY’heu I go to meet the shadows
That beneath the flowers lie?
And my mother, sweetest mother,
YVhen 1 die,
I would have thy voice to soothe me
’Till it mingled with the music
Of the angels in the sky.
Brothers, sisters, kiss me often
When I die,
And my lips will smile inclosing
, As if clasped in dreams so golden
That I will not wake to sigh.
Ah, the world will soon forget me
W lien I die,
And its flowers will bloom as brightly
And its birds will sing as sweetly,
Though 1 loved them and I die.
SUiZS&l11
FOR SALE BY
S. G. PRUDEN Eaton ton,
J. T. MARTIN Sparta.
C. A. VINCENT Greenesboro.
March 29,1859 J3 ly
May 17,!>.7)
20 2m
CARPETING, FLOOR OIL CLOTHS
and
OPHOLSTERY GOODS.
DL subscriber lias constantly on hand a full
•if'-utmem.of tilts followings goods, to which
■ ‘‘■ i =11 of purchasers is invited.
C &3.t‘,23«Tj ?S ‘ G ._En g lish Y T elvet Medal-
;r.; '| Tapestry Velvet, English Tapestry
" i*. YY ire Brussels, English and Ameriapn
1 0's. superfine two Piys—all wool; and Cot-
" A ool Carpets—Ilemp, Wool, Dutch, &c.
S *4IR CiXtlPETS—^Velvet, Brussels,
_"“‘Ci and Cotton—of all widths.
—Wool and Linen,from 1 to
'■•liii. Bordered Crumb Cloths
1 Sizes.
FLOOR OIL CX.OTHS-1 English and
•■uit'aii. varying in width, from l of a yard to
and oi all qualities.
GOODS— Satin and
1 ! ‘Mmasks, Cotton and wool do.—Broca-
a P*-Lace and Muslin Curtains.
'^AOES, COBtiTICBS and fixtures
heck Matting of all widths, always
; oigs, door Mats, &.c.
STOVES.
A NEYV COOKING STOVE, with furniture,
also a second hand PARLOR SI’OVE, cheap
for cash. Apply to L. KENFIELD.
February 1, 1859 5 tf
‘iteand <•
Rug
hm-.'iisions of entries and rooms being giv-
;; and carnets \v ill be cut to fit, without
cinrgo
' v ''uiticed Upholsterer will cut, and prepare
''inflow, Damask, Lace and Muslin Our-
D. LATHROP.
1 LI Congress st. 57 St. Julian st.
•"mall, Ga., May 10, 1659 19 12m
»ks for sale at this Office.
DAWSON & KIBBEE,
Attornies and Counsellors nt Law,
HA 1VKTNSVILLE 4 VIENNA, GA.
M R. K. will have entire control of collections,
and Mr. D. will attend, for the present, all
litigation. They will practice law, and give atten
tion to any business that may be entrusted to their
management in The counties of Lowndes, Dooly,
Pulaski. Brooks, Houston, YY’ilcox, Echols. Macon,
Irwin, Clinch, Worth, Telfair, YVare, Berrien, Cof
fee, Laurens, Sumter, Appling, Twiggs, Lee
Pierce, Baker, Dougherty and Miller; and in Su-
premo Court at Macon, Milledgeville and Savan
nah ; and Federal Court at Savannah; and also
in adjoining counties on special engagements.
CHAS. C. KIBBEE THOS. II. DAWSON.
Hawkinsvillc, Feb. 21), ia~»9 l.Y
New Clothing, Hats, 4c., 4c.
AT THE
MLEDGEV1LLE CLQTDIS6 STORE.
HOTEr. KO. 1,
J UST received, a general assortment of men’s.
youths and boys, very superior spring and
summer clothing, of the latest fashion, all made to
order and the work warranted. Also, a fresh sup
ply of men’s and boys hats of various styles and
qualities, all of which will he sold on reasonable
t erms - . „ . .
A. C. VAIL, Agt.
May 3, 1859 13 lf
Tom Stoops.—I never undertook, but
once, said Tom, to set at naught the au
thority of my wife. A on know her way—
cool, quiet, but determined as ever grew.
Just after we were married, and all was
nice and cosy, slie got me into the habit of
doing all the churning. She finished
breakfast rather before me one mornig, and
slipping away from the table, she filled the
churn with cream, and set it down just
where I couldn’t help seeing what was
wanted. So I took hold readily enough
aud churned till the butter came. She
didn’t thank me, but looked so nice and
sweet about it, that I felt well paid.
Well, when the next churning day came
along, she did the same thing, and I fol
lowed suit and fetched the butter. Again
and again it was done just so, and I was
regularly set for it every time. Not a
word said, yon know, of' course. Well,
bye and bye this begun to be rather irk
some; I wanted she would just ask me, but
she never did, and I wouldn’t say any
thing about it to save my life. So on we
went. At last I made a resolve that I
wouldn't churn another time unless she
asked me. Churning day came, and when
my breakfast—she always got nice break
fasts—when that, was swallowed, there
stood the churn. I got up and standing
for a few minutes just to give her a chance
I put on my hat and walked out of doors !
I stopped in the yard to give her time to
call me, but never a word said she, and so
with a palpitating heart I moved on. I
went down town, and all over town, and
my foot was as restless as was that of
Noah’s dove. I felt as if I had done a
wrong. I didn't exactly feel how—but
there was an indescribable sensation of
guilt resting on me all the forenoon.
It seemed as if dinner time would never
come, and as for going home one minute
before dinner, I would as soon have cut tny
ears off. So I went fretting and moping
around town till dinner hour came. Home
1 went, feeling very much as a criminal'
must when the jury is out, having in their
hands his destiny—life or death. I
couldn’t make up my mind exactly how she
would meet me—but some kind of a storm
I expected. Will you believe it—she
even greeted me with a smile—never had
a better dinner for me on that day; but
•there stood the churn just where I left it.
Not a word was said; I felt confoundedly
cut, and every mouthful of that dinner
seemed as if it would choke me. She
didn’t-pay any regard to it, however, hut.
went on just exactly as if nothing had
happened. Before dinner was over, I
had again resolved, and shoving hack my
chair, 1 marched to the churn and went at
it, just in the old way! Splash, drip, rat
tle—I kept it up. As if in spite the but
ter never so long coming! I supposed the
cream standing so long had got warm, and
so I redoubled my efforts.
Obstinate matter, the afternoon wore
away while I was churning. 3 paused at
last from real exhaustion, when she spoke
for the first time, “Come. Tom, my dear,
you hare rallied l/ttil butter milk Ion" enough
it is only for fun you are doing it!” I
knew how it was in a flash ! She had
brought the butter in the forenoon, and
left the buttermilk in, for in6 to exercise
with ! I never sat up for myself in house
hold matters after that.
The Fame op Wasiiinoton Ikving in
Spain.—James Brooks, of the New Xork
Express writing from the Alhambra, says :
“I write now under the shadow ot the
walls of the A lhambra. I mount hut a
few steps, and ihe glories af the Vega,
made almost American* by the spirit of
the pen of our countryman, Irving, arc be
fore me-
Washington • Irving, quoting quaintly
Spanish Priest’s story, lias peopled almost
every hill and valley here, and hereabout
in all Granada, from Malaga to Cordova
even, and hence is to Andalusian and
Granadian scenery what Walter Scott aud
his poems and romances are to Highland
life and story. The Spaniards arc as
proud of him as we are. They show the
room in the Alhambra where he stayed
and studied, the balcony out of which he
looked upon the city, the walks he took,
Ac., while they add on, as usual, many ro
mances. Washington Irving thus has be
come the hand book, the guide-book of old
Moorish Granada.”
A Courteous Retort.—A local minis
ter in England, wlio was distinguished for
disinterested labor and ready wit, devoted
several years of the last part of bis life to
gratuitous labor in a new cause in a popu
lous town about three miles from bis res
idence, to which place he walked every
Lord’s Day morning, preached three times,
and then walked home. On one Lord’s
Day morning, as he walked along, medi
tating on his sermons for the day, he met
the parish priest.
“Well, ,” said liis reverence, “I
suppos# you are ou your way to your
preaching again ?”
“Yes, sir,” was the modest reply of the
humble minister.
“It is high time Government took up
this subject, and put a stop to this kind of
traveling preaching.”
“They will have rather hard work, sir,”
replied the imperturbable minister.
“I am not very sure of that,” rejoined
the priest; “at any rate, I will see whether
I cannot stop you myself.”
“I judge,” said the worthy man, “you
will find it more difficult than you suppose.
Indeed, there is but one way to stop my
preaching, but there are three Avays to stop
yours.”
“What, fellow, do you mean by that ?”
asked his reverence, in a towering passion.
“Why, sir,” replied the little preacher,
with most provoking coolness, “why, sir,
there is but one way of stopping my preach
ing, that is, by cutting my tongue out.—
But there are three wmys to stop yours—
for take your book from you, and you
can’t preach ; take your gown from you,
and you dare not preach; and take your
pay from you, and you won't preach.”
The parson vanished.
A Particular Providence Exemplified.
Sir Harry Lee, of Ditchley, in Oxford
shire, ancestor of the late Earl of Lichfield,
had a mastiff which guarded the house and
yard, but had never met xvith the least
particular attention from his master, nnd
was retained for his utility only, and not
from an}’particular regard. One night as
his master was retiring to his chamber, at
tended by his faithful valet, an Italian,
the mastiff silently followed him up stairs,
which he had never been known to do be
fore, and, to liis master’s -astonishment,
presented himself in liis bed-room. Being
deemed an intruder ho was instantly order
ed to be turned out; which being complied
ivith, the poor animal began scratching vi
olently at the door, and howling loudly for
admission. The servant was sent to drive
him aAva}\ Discouragement could not
check his intended labor of love, or rather
providential impulse ; he returned again,
and was more importunate than before to
be let in. Sit Harry, Aveary of opposition,
bade the servant open the door, that they
might see what lie wanted to do. This
done, the mastiff, with a Avag of his tail,
and a look of affection at his lord, delibe
rately Avalked up, and crawling under the
bed, laid himself down as if desirous of ta
king up his night’s lodgings there. To
save farther trouble, but not from any par
tiality for his company, the indulgence was
allowed. About the solemn hour of miil-
iiight the chamber door opened, and a per
son was heard stepping across the room ;
Sir Harry started from his sleep ; the dog
sprung from liis covert, and seizing the un-
Avelcomo disturber fixed him to ihe spot!—
All was dark, .and Sir Harry rang his bell
in great trepidation in order to procure a,
light. The person who ivas pinned to the
floor by the courageous mastiff roared for
assistance. It was found to be the valet,
avIio little expected such a reception. He
endeavored to apologise for bis intrusion,
and to make the reasons which induced
him to take this step appear plausible ; but
the importunity of the dog, the time, the
place, and the manner of the imlet, all
raised suspicion in Sir Harry’s mind, and
lie determined to refer the investigation
of the business to a magistrate. The per
fidious Italian, alternately terrified by the
dread of punishment, and soothed with the
hope of pardon, at length confessed that it
Avas his intention to murder his master, and
then rob the House. This diabolical design
Avas frustrated only by the instinctive at
tachment of the dog to his master, which
seems to have been directed on this occa
sion by the interference of Providence.—
How else could the poor animal know the
meditated assassination ? How else could
he have learned to submit to injury and in
sult for liis well meant services, and final
ly seize and detain a person, avIio, it is pos
siblo, had shown him more kindness than
his owner had ever done ! It may be im
possible to reason on such a topic, but the
facts are indisputible. A full length pic
ture of Sir Harry, with his mastiff by his
side, and the words “More faithful than
favored,” are still to be seen at the family
seat at Ditchley, and are a lasting monu
ment of the gratitude of the master, the in
gratitude of the servant, and the fidelity
of the doy.— The Irish F/iend.
Reading in the United States—Mr.
Bayne, of the Edinburg Witness, in an ar
tide on America, among other things, says:
“The Americans are an educated, a relig
ious, a temperate people. They are also
eminently a reading people. Books are
not, as here, the luxuries of the teiv, but
the necessary food of the many. ‘Already,’
says Mr. William Chambers, in bis lately
published work, ‘Things as they are in
America,’ ‘certain English publishing
houses are turning attention to the great
and ever-extending field of enterprise in
the United States, where books, as in the
case of newspapers, are not a luxury of the
rich, but a necessary part of the household
furniture of those depending for subsistence
on daily labor.’ Certainly, in every ivay,
a remarkable fact. In saying this, ive are
not unmindful of the fact, that there is an
other side of the picture. But onr conv
plaint is, that it is only ‘the other side of
the picture' that is generally looked at;
and it seems to us of very considerable
importance in these days that the real
greatness of the American nation should
be more fully appreciated.”
Women are called the “softer sex,” because
they are so easily humbugged. Out of one hun
dred girls, niaety-tive would prefer ostentation to
happiness—a dandy husband to a mechanic.”
A Silent Witness.—The late Dr. Arch
ibald Alexander is reported by one who
heard him, to have said in a dedication
sermon, “if this house were to stand for
years, aud not another sermon Avere preach
ed within its walls, it weal I amply repay
its cost. It would stand as a silent tcitness
of the fact that there is a God.” The re
mark illustrates the wisdom of that emi
nent man. The influence of sauctnaries as
conserves of public morals is inestimable.
Wise legislators have recognized it, and
consequently exempted houses of worship
from taxation. Intelligent travellers know
it, and examine the sanctuaries of a com
munity as the best indices of its moral con
dition. It is indeed true that sanctuaries
are, at first, the outbursts of the moral sen
timent of a people, but they, in turn, pre
seri’e, strengthen, and mould that sentiment
into forms of controlling power and perma
nence.
The Death-Watcii.—This name evi
dently has its origin from dark and super
stitions times. It is nothing more than a
diminutive beetle—the little creature that
perforates the round holes in the worm eat
en furniture and Avood work. ‘ The lick
ing.” says an eminent naturalist, “is produ
ced by striking its head against the Avood,”
in the progress of these perforations. And
yet how often has it struck terror in the
minds of the attendants of the sick, and,
from communicating the omen to the pa
tient, the skill of the physician has been
completely baffled ! Even yet, in insola-
ted rural districts, the belief that it is the
harbinger of death remains unshaken.
Good Humor is the clear blue sky of the
soul, or which every star of talent will
shine more clearly, and the sun of genius
encounters no vapors in his passage. ‘Tis
the most exquisit beauty of a fine face : a
redeeming grace in a homely one. It is
like the green in the landscape, harmoni
zing with every color, mellowing the glo
ries of the bright, and softening the hues
of the dark ; or like a flute in a full coucert
of instruments, a sound, not at first discov
ered by the ear, yet filling np the breaks
in the concord with its deep melody.
Alphabetical Queries.—Why is the
letter A like a meridian 1 Because it is
the middle of (lay.
Why is the letter B like a hot fire ? Be
cause it makes oil boil.
Why is the letter O like the ocean ? Be
cause it makes the Sea.
Why is the letter 1) like a fallen angel ?
Because, by associating with “evil,”, it be
comes a Devil.
Why is the letter E like the end of time?
Because it is the beginning of eternity.
Why is the letter F like death ?, Be
cause it makes “all” fall.
Why is the letter G like wisdom? Be
cause it is the beginning of greatness and
goodness.
Why is the letter H like the dying words
of John Quincy Adams ? “This is the end
of earth.”
Why is the letter I like the American
revolution ? Because it is the beginning
of Independence.
Why is the letter J like the end of
spring ? Because it is the beginning of
June.
Why is the letter Iv like a pig tail ? Be
cause it is the end of pork.
Why is the letter L like a young lady
giving away her sweetheart it makes over
a lover.
Wiry is the letter M like the first glass
of rum ? Because it is the beginning of
misery.
Why is the letter N like a newly mar
ried women! Because it is the end of
maiden.
Why is the letter O like a courageous
woman in disguise ? Because it makes her
a hero.
Why is the letter P like tivo wings meet
ing ? Because it makes air a pair.
Why is the letter Q like king? Be
cause it is attached to the Queen.
Why is the letter R like a treaty rati
fied ? Because it is the end of war.
Why is the letter ^ like the end of
hogs ? Because it is the beginning of sau
sages.
Why is the letter T like a victory ?
Because it is the end of conquest.
Why is the letter U like fragrance?
Because it is the center of “bud.”
Why is the letter Y like two extremes?
Because it is the beginning of idee and
virtue.
Why is the letter W like a dying Chris
tian ? Because it is the end of sorrow.
Why is the letter X like a scolding
wife? Because 't is “cross.”
Why is the letter Y like sight? Be
cause it is in the middle of “eye.”
Why is the letter Z like S ? Because it
“iz” (is.)
Trifles in Literature no Trifles.
We hope at some day not far distant to
see a book on books—a ivork that shall gatli
cr from history the abundant facts which
illustrate the power of the Press in Refor
mation or Revolution, for good or evil.—
The author of the little ivork from which
the folloiving striking extract is taken,
could not perform a better service for the
church and the literary ivorld.
We commend this extract from an ad
dress on “The Conservative principle in
our Literature,” by Rev W. R. Williams,
D. I). to the perusal of those who regard
with indifference the corrupt popular issues
of the Press in this country, or who under
value printed truth or error as a means of
influencing the world. It will be found
that the printing-press has more to do witli
damning or saving the world than many
liai r e been accustomed to think.
“The trivial and the ephemeral as they
float by, in glittering bubbles, to the dull
waters of oblivion, may yet work irrepar
able and enduring mischief ere their brief
career ends ; and the results may continue,
vast and permanent, when the fleeting.
causes which operated have long gone by. |
Who now reads Eikon Basilike, the forge- j
ry of Bishop Gauden, ascribed to the.be- j
headed Charles I ? Yet that counterfeit 1
ed manual of devotion (which passed J
through fifty editions in a twelve month) j
is thought by some to have done much in
bringing back the house of Stuart to the I
English throne-
Who m this age knows the ivords of
Lijlebullcro ? Yet the author of that street I
ballad, uow forgotten, boasted of having j
rhymed, by his song, the Stuarts out of;
their kingdom. Thus a forged prayer- j
book aided to restore a dynasty, as the I
ragged rhymes of a street song helped to j
to overturn it- We err grieveonsly, there
fore, if wc suppose that the frivolous is
necessarily, uninflueutial, aud that when
the word passes its effects also pass with
it. According to the Eastern belief, the
plague that wastes a city may be communi
cated by the gift of a glove or a riband.—
The spark struck from the iron heel of the
laborer may have disappeared ere the eye
could mark its trancient lustre, yet ere it
expired have fired the train which explodes
a magazine, lays a town in ruins, aud
spreads around a wide circuit, alarm aud
lamentation, bereavment and death.—
Trifles may have no trival influence.'—
Wbat is called the lighter literature of
the age may be even thus evanescent, yet
not efficacious. By its wide and rapid circu
lation it may act more powerfully on socie
ty than do graver and abler treatises ; and
its authors, if unprincipled, may thus de
serve but too well the title which the in
dignant Nicole gave to the comparatively
decorous dramatists and romance writers
of Fiance in his own time ; a title which
his pupil Racine at first so warmly resen
ted that of “publicpoisoners."
T11B CflILDREX AT IIOIE.
LED, NOT DRIVEN.
A mother, sitting at her work in her par
lor overheard her child, whom an older
sister was dressing in an adjoining bed
room, say repeatedly, as if in answer to his
sister, “No, I don’t want to say my pray
ers.”
“How many believers, in good stand
ing,” thought the mother to herself, “often
say the same thing in heart, though they
conceal, even from themselves, the feel
ing.”
“Mother,” said the child, appearing in a
minute or two, at the parlor door ; the tone
and the look implied that it was only his
morning salutation.
“Good morning my child.”
“I am going out to get my breakfast.”
“Stop a minute ; I want you to come
here and see me first.”
The mother laid her work down in the
next chair, as the boy ran towards her.—
She took him up. He kneeled in her lap,
laid his face down upon her shoulder, his
check against her ear. The mother rock
ed her chair slowly backwards and for
wards.
“Are you pretty well this morning?”
said she, in a kind, gentle tone.
“Yes, mother, I am very well.”
“1 am A’ery glad you are well. I am
very well too; and when I waked lip this
morning, and 'found that I was well. 1
thanked God for taking care of me.”
“Did you ?” said the boy in a low toue,
half a whisper. He paused after it—con
science was at work.
“Did you ever feel of my pulse !” asked
his mother, after a minute of silence, at
the same time taking the boy doi\ r n, and
setting him in her lap, and placing his fin
gers on. her wrist.
“No, but I have felt mine.”
“Well, don’t you feel mine now?—how
it goes, beating !”
“Y-e-s,”said the child.
“If, it should stop beating, I should die
at once.”
•‘Should you.”
“Yes, and I cannot keep it beating.”
“Who can ?”
A silent pause.
“You have a pulse, too, which heats in
your bosom here, and in your arms, and all
over you, and I cannot keep it beating,
nor can you. Nobody but God. If he
should not take care of you who could 1”
I don’t know mother,” said the child,
with a look of anxiety ; and another pause
ensued.
“So when I waked up *his morning, I
thought I would ask God to take care of
me ; l hope He will take care of me and all
the rest of us.”
“Did you ask Him to take care of me ?”
“No.”
“Why not ?”
“Because I thought you would ask nim
yourself. God likes to have us all ask for
ourgclves.”
A long pause ensued. The deeply
tboughful and almost anxious expression
of countenance showed that the heart was
reached.
“Don’t you think you had better ask for
yourself ?”
“Yes,” said the boy, reatlily.
lie kneeled again in his mother’s lap,
and uttered in his own simple and broken
language, a prayer for the protection and
blessing of Heaven.
Suppose another case. Another mother
overhearing the same words, calls the child
into the room. The boy comes.
“Did I not hear you say you did not
want to say your prayers ?”
The boy is silent.
“Yes, he did,” says his sister, behind
him.
“Well, that is very naughty. You
ought always to say your prayers. Go
right back now, and say them like a good
hoy, and never let me hear of you refusing
again.”
The hoy goes back pouting, and utters
the words of prayer, while his heart is fnli
of mortified pride, vexation, and ill-will.—
.Mother’s Magazine.
The New York Stuarts and Stew
art.—The New York correspondent of the
Richmond Enquirer makes the subjoin
ed statement respecting the members of
ot one of the largest commercial firms in
New York, namely, Robert L. and Alex.
Stuart:
“Their father and mother emigrated
from Scotland many years since, in poor
circumstances, but With the sterling Scotch
habits of industry, economy and integrity.
The twain commenced the manufacture of
sugar candy, the husband peddling it about
the streets. By close economy and unre
mitting toil, their circumstances soon im
proved, so far as to enable them to take
a store and extend their busiusss. The
boys were brought up in habits of indnstry
and proper family discipline^ having the
principles of honesty and moral obligations
instilled into them. As they grew up,
they were enabled to help their parents in
the business. At the death of their father,
the whole business, which had grown from
a candy shop into a considerable sugar re
finery, was conducted exclusively on the
cash system. Stuart’s candies became cel
ebrated as the best in the country.
Under the management of the sons, the
sugar refinery has become the largest in
the United States, if c not in the world.—
The house has given up the manufacture
of candies to some old employee, who car
ry it on at another pljjge. The wealth of
the firm is estimated at jnot1fe8athan$8,0d0,-
000. Alexander is the hut-door and manag
ing man. Their care nnd economy in the
management of tbeir business is as great
now as it was vben tbeir business was in
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its infancy. In opening boxes of Havana
sugars, every strip and piece of raw bide
is carefully preserved to be sold to the
glue makers. The nails and boards are
carefully preserved, to be used over a^ain,
and nothing that can he turned to ac
count is wasted. Robert attends to the
in-door financial department, bank busi
ness, See.
The two brothers are yet in the prime
and vigor of active manhood. They are
both married and neither have a child to
inherit their immense wealth. fThey are
both liberal and public spirited men.—
They built a first-class Jronse for their
mother in Twenty-fifth street, near Filth
avenue, supplied it with Avery comfort and
the best attendance, she having many
years survived her husband, and a year
or two since followed him to the tomb.—
While -she lived one or the other of her
sons dined with her every Sunday, and
visited her in the week if necessary.—
They themselves five in plain and substan
tial and well arranged and famished hous
es in Chambers .street, in order to be con
venient to their great sugar refinery.”
The sane correspondent gii’es the fol
lowing account of Mr. A. T. Stewart, the
great Croesus of dry goods
“Born in the neighborhood of Belfast, of
Scotch-4 rish parentage, he came to the Unit
cd States when very young, and early ex
hibited an apt it ude for commercial persuits.
In liis youth he had received a good edu
cation, ivith careful parental discipline.—
With unremitted industry and skill in his
pursuits, he soon began to evince symp
toms of progress and prosperity. He ear
ly introduced the cash system in both buy
ing and selling, and was thns enabled to
sell at comparatively low prices, which at
tracted the best cash custom of the town.
Hi3 business continned to prosper, and as
he bought and sold almost exclusively for
cash, revulsions, bank suspensions, hard
times or good times seemed to make no
material difference in his Business.
His house at present, taken in all its
branches of wholesale and retail, is proba
bly the largest establishment of the kind
in the world. The capital employed in
the house is estimated at 512,000,000. and
the annual sales at about 57,000,000. Mr.
Stewart’s wealth is estimated at betAiren
$7,000,000 and $12,000,000. Mr Stewart
is a married man, bnt, unfortunately, with
out children. Mr.JStewart is a plain-look
ing, ivell-dressed man ; always ne.' t, about
five feet ten inches in height, of li^bt san
dy colored hair and whiskers, and medium
light, quick, expressive blue eyes ; though
older, looks not over 4.5 or 50 years of age.
Fro A Hall’s Journal of Health.
Hints to Travellm.
Take one-fourth'more money than your
actual estimated expenses.
Acquaint yourself with the geography
of the route and region of travel.
Have a good supply of change, and have
no hill or piece higher than ten dollars,
that yon may not'take counterfeit change.
So arrange it as tb have hot a single ar
ticle of baggage to look after.
Dress substantially : better be too hot for
two or three honrs at noon, than to be too
cold for the remainder of fhe twenty-fonr.
Arrange, under all circumstances, to bo
at the place of starting fifteen or twenty
minutes beforte tlie time, thus allowing for
unavoidable or unanticipated detention on
the way.
Do not commence a day’s travel before
breakfast, even if that has to be eaten at
daylight. Dinner or supper, or both, can
he more healtlully dispensed with than a
good warm breakfast.
Put your purse and watch in yonr vest
pocket, and put alf under yonr pillow, and
you will not be likely to-leave either.
The most, if not secure fastening of yonr
chamber duor is a common bolt on the in
side ; if* there is none; lock the door, turn
the key so that it can be drawn partly ont;
and put the ivash-basin under it; thns, any
attempt to use a jimmy or put in another
key, will pnsh it out, and cause a Tacket
among the crockery, which will be pretty
certain to rouse tha sleeper and route tho
robber.
A sixpenny sandwich eaten leasurly in
the cars is better fbr. you than a dollar
dinner bolted at »‘‘‘station.” '
Take with yojs a mouths supply of pa-
isence, and always think thirteen times be
fore you reply one*'to "any supposed rude
ness, or inattention;
Do not suppose yourself specially and
designedly neglected, if waiters at hotels
do not bring what yon cal! for in- double
quick time ; nothing so distinctly marks the
well-bred man as quiet waiting on such
occasions ; passioir proi-es the puppy-
I)o not allow yoarself to converse in a
tone loud enough to be heard by a person
at two or three seats from you ; it is the
mark of a boor if in a man, and of want of
refinement and lady-like delicacy, if in a
woman. A gentleman is notnoisy ; ladies
are serene.
Comply cheerftilly and gracefully with
tho customs of the conveyance in which
you travel, and of the place where you
step.
Respect yourself by exhibiting the man
ners of a gentleman and lady, if yon wish
to be treated as socb, and then you will
receive the respect of others.
Travel is a great lei-eller; take the po
sition which others assign yen from your
conduct rather than yonr pretentious.
Jesuits-Never Sing-.—A converted Ro
man Catholic priest, who spent his novici
ate at Rome and was familiar with the
characteristics of the different ecclesiastical
orders who throng and eurse that city,
states that whatever else tho Jesuits do,
it is contrary to the rules of the order To
.vino. We are not snrprised at this, know
ing the humanizing effect of music and tho
kind of work they have in hand. They
would be half unfitted for their intrigues
and plots of mischief for the world,-if tho
spirit of song were to be allowed to- flreatbe
upon them.
We were reminded at once, on learning
this fact, of the words of Shakspeare :
“The man that Las no mu.de in himself,
Nor is not moved with concord of sweet sounds,
Is fitfor treasons, vitlanics and spoils.”
Five Maxims to be observed through
Life.
1. Never regret what is irretrievably
lost.
2. Never believe that which seems im
probable.
3. Never expose your disappointment
to tbe world.
4. Never eoraplaia of being ill-used.
5. Always speak well of yonr iriewds,
but of your enemies speak neither good nor
evil.
