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For the Georgia Citizen.
TO THE SIAMESE TWINS.
BY MBS. C. L. 11ENTZ.
Ye strange, inexplicable, wondrons pair !
Forever and indissolubly one, —
I gaze in awe and admiration on thee,
Mystery of nature—miracle of life—
-1 thought of you and pitied—“ Sad,” I said—
And dark your destiny, ye shackled twain—
The joyous sport, the gay. elastic bound
Os free, unfettered youth, is not for you—
Condemned to drag each other’s weary flesh, —
Day following day, and year succeeding year,—
In that unsevering bondage, death itself, —
Loosener of every bond, will only make
More hideous and appalling. Then, perchance
The living and the dead, in dread embrace,
Corruption and vitality shall meet.
The heart yet warm and throbbing, still must press
The cold twin bosom, of tho pulseless clay—
E’en when decay’s obliterating touch
lias mark’d on chill mortality the dootu
Almighty justice breath'd on sinning man—
“Moulded of dust, to dust thou shall return”—
Even then ye shall be one—Mysterious pair—
It is as if we gazed upon ourselves, —
Clothed in the awful raiments of the grave—
And conscious still, followed our mouldering corse
Down to the voiceless clumbers of the tomb—
The dark recesses of eternal night.
But is it so ? Xo 1 Heaven is rieli in mercy—
Contentment, peace, and hope, look gladdening forth
From the dark features of yon Eastern clime—
The spirit, in its freedom revelling, darts
From the keen lustre of your fourfold eyes,
While every motion speaks the untamed joy,
The clastic energy of buoyant youth—
Yes! ye are happy—in your bond of love,—
Dear is the brotherhood that ( rod has made—
Ye never were alone ! The gloomy hour
Os midnight never found yon wrapt in gloom
And conscious loneliness, for face to face
And heart to heart, forever still you lie—
Together in the world of dreams ye roam,—
And simultaneous; on your drowsy lids,
The sunbeam falls, that drinks the dews of sleep.
Ye never were alone—ye cannot part—
Death wiil not break your holy, mystic lie—
When in one heart the ruddy stream congeals,
The kindred heart shall stiffen ’neath the chill—
In death itself ye will not be alone—
Together down the dark, untravelled path,
That leads to the unfathom’d gull of time,
Ye hand in hand, shall undivided, go.
I dare not penetrate ihe sacred veil
That hides the glories of the world beyond—
-1 leave you—twinborn souls—what God has join’d
Let not tho hand of man o'er dare to part.
TIIE PRAYER OF TIIE BETROTHED.
A lady in the St. Louis Union, over the signature of “In
ez,” portrays her thoughts in the following most beautiful
Verses, on the eve of her marriage :
Father, l come before Thy throne,
With low and bended knee,
To thank Thee, with a grateful tone,
For all Thy love to me.
Forgive me, if my heart this hour,
I give not all to Thee,
For deep affection’s mighty power;
Divides it now with Thee.
Thou knowest, Father, every thought
That wakes within my breast,
And how this heart has vainly sought .
To keep its love suppressed.
Yet when the idol, worshipped one.
Sits fondly by my side,
And breathes the vows I cannot shun,
To me, his destined bride—
Forgive me, if the loving kiss,
Is thought of in an hour like this,
And thrills me even now,
He’s chosen me to be his love
And comforter through life;
Enable me, oh God, to prove
A loving, faithful wife.
Jle knows not, Father, all the deep
Affections I control—
The thousand loving thoughts thatswcop
Resistless o’er my soul.
He knows not each deep fount of love
That gushes warm and free;
Xor can he ever, ever prove
My warm idolatry.
Then guard him father—round his war
Thy choicest blessings ozv s *>
And render each successive day
Still happier than the last.
And, Father, grant us so to live,
!hat when this life is o’er
M ithin the happv home you give,
W’U meet to part no more.
ftiinrcllniuj.
From the Dollar Newspaper.
Don’t bo Jealous.
Some years ago, there was boarding at a hotel in a town
in the Southwest, a family, composed of a gentleman and
his wife and two children, by the name of Mount.
Mr. Mount was about twenty eight years of age, good
looking, and of a modest, demure turn. His better half,
three or four years younger than himself, was not so remark
able for beauty as vivacity ancl habitual good humor.
One day, while Mr. Mount was absent, Mrs. M. was met
just as she passed into the ladies’ entrance of the hotel, by a
boy with a note in his hand, directed to “ Mr. Mount.”—
Mrs. M. received it and read it. It was in the following
words .*
“ I’leasc send me five dollars, as I want to use it to-day,
and come and see ine to-morrow evening.
(Signed) Sally.”
The perusal of it greatly excited Mrs. M. She read it
repeatedly, then scrutinized the writing of the word Mount,
hoping that she had erroneously read it, and that it might
be some othor name; but in vain, for it was fairly written
“ Mount.”
The boy becoming impatient, asked for an answer, to
which she told him there was none.
She repaired to her appartment with a heart heavier than
it had ever been before, and was soon absorbed in profound
and rather painful meditation. When she reflected upon the
uniform good treatment of her husband, and the affection he
had always evinced for her, her overwhelming apprehen
sions respecting his fidelity would be about, to vanish. But
there she held in her hand the glaring note. What was she
to think of It ? At as it not to her husband ? And she had
never heard of another Mount in the town, and especially as
she was satisfied there was not another at the hotel, she was
irresistibly lead to the conclusion that it must be for her hus
band. For a moment she gave herself up to despair, for her
days of happiness, nay peace, seemed passed. She then be
gan to consider how she should approach Mr. M. upon the
matter, and resolved to assume a bold tone, but was convin
ced he would protest his innocence, and declare ignorance of
the whole raattor.
In the afternoon Mr. Mount returned, and found Mrs.M.
walking the floor of the room, and in a violent passion, lie
inquired the cause; she gave him the note, and asked an
explanation of it. He read it, and at once perceived what
affected her, and asked how it came there; she informed
him. Being taken by surprise, and seeing how strong was her
conviction, lie was so much bewildered that lie knew not what
to say or do, and she was all the while incessantly demanding
an explanation. At length, recovering himself, he laughed,
and told her it was nothing more than the work of a wag,
which only served to aggravate her. She became very vehe
ment : talked of an immediate separation, and said many
things calculated to irritate him. lie asseverated his inno
cence, and expressed great astonishment that she should view
him otherwise; but all without avail, as she insisted upon
pronouncing him a guilty man, and the note was conclusive
of the fact.
Finally lie became exasperated, and then ensued one of
the most desparate quarre-ls that ever husband and wife had.
It startled persons over the whole house, and all rushed to
the room of Mr. Mount, exclaiming as they bolted along,
“ What is the matter ?” expecting there was a fight. The
proprietor of the hotel, with several others took hold of Mr.
Mount and conducted him down stairs, while some ladies re
mained with Mrs. M., to sympathize and soothe her. Os
course, with them, without learning anything of the difficul
ty, Mr. X. alone was deserving of blame.
After taking Mr. M. down stairs, the gentleman asked the
cause of the difficulty, and Mr. M. told about the note.
The proprietor was seized with such convulsive laughter
that some time elapsed before he could respond to the ques
tion —“ What makes you laugh!”
“ There is a carpenter,” said lie, “ now at work in the
house, by the same name, Mount; the note is for him, from
his wife, for I know her name is Sally.”
This announcement, dispelling the mystery that enveloped
the note, created vociferous laughter, and Mr. M. did not
participate in it less than any ot the numerous crowd which
had collected in the hotel.
The carpenter was called in, the note exhibited to him,
winch he at once recognized as being from his wife, who was
sojourning at a village a few miles distant, and supposed she
had entrusted it to someone for conveyance, who had given
it to the boy for delivery.
After Mr. M. had been much congratulated, he, the pro
prietor, and other gentlemen, went to his room to explain
the matter to Mrs. M. The carpenter told her his name was
Mount, that he was to work on the house, and that the note
was to him, from his wife. But she was wholly incredulous
and declared that his statement was a miserable fabrication,
which had been concocted since Mr. M. had left the room,
whereupon the proprietor proposed to bring forward any num
ber of witnesses to the veracity of it, to shew her the car
pentor’s work, and even to swear himself on Holy Writ to
it. She went with him to see the new work of the carpen
ter, and when she saw it, it shook her conviction severely.—
She then administered an oath to the proprietor, that the
carpenter's name was Mount, after which she seemed satisfi
ed of her delusion, and admitted it; and casting a diffident
and imploring look at her husband who was eyeing her with
apparent compassion, she threw herself into his embrace, and
avowed that nothing would ever again cause her to suspect
Thomas, (his name,) and that she was the happiest woman
in the world. G.
CJoinff to the Capes.
AVe cannot say that we oee rlieard the following con
versation, for it was carried on above our heads. All
that we saw of the speakers was the upper portion
of two female forms, protruded through third story
windows of opposite houses in Alley. The
names of the ladies who conducted the dialogue at
such a considerable elevation, we discovered to be
Mrs. Larues and Mrs. Leslie.
Mrs. B. —Goodness ! Mrs. Leslie, this w ill be a
steaming hot day ! Isn’t it most time we were otf
to the Capes?
Mrs. L. —Oh, time enough, Mrs. Barnes. None
but the second-raters have gone yet. —The first chop
always hold back, you know.
Mrs. B— Mv man says he won’t go till I finish
his new drilling pants. He’s got a pair of very
good nankeens, too, but he thinks them not stylish
enough for Cape May.
Mrs. L.— Well, you see, Mrs. Barnes, it’s no use
to waste much money that way, seeing that yon 11
want ail that you can rake and scrape when you get
there. Any tiling is good enough for a man to wear,
for he can skulk about and hide himself a good deal
through the day.—And then you may tell people
that lie’s eccentric, and takes delight in looking shab
by. Put all you can on your own back, Mrs. Barnes,
for the ladies m ust shine out. There’s no excuse
for them, poor things ! it they dont make a genteel
figure.
Mrs. B.— That is just what I told Barnes when
he scolded ine about buying that new 7 figured satin
dress of mine. Says I, “Mr. Barnes, you ought to
consider that it was my economising and good, man-
“Jnhcpcniicnt in all tilings —Neutral in Natljing.”
MACON, GEORGIA, FRIDAY MORNING, AUG. 9, 1850.
agement that enabled me to do it;” and so it was,
for I kept Bobby away from school three quarters,
and that just saved money enough to buy the dress.
Mrs. L. —Well, thank goodness! my old fellow
never grumbles much. lie brings me his wages ev
ery Saturday, and never .asks what I do with it.
\\ hen I begin to save money to spend at the Capes,
it goes pretty hard with him, too, for he has to live
on a dry diet, lie looks so miserably too, sometimes,
when lie finds nothing for dinner but a dish of boil
ed turnips or the like, that I can’t help pitying him.
But I do the best I can : for it takes a great deal of
money to get what one wants at Cape May. I’ve
got but four different silk dresses to wear down
there, this season.
Mrs. B . —l might have come out in a little better
style, if Barnes was’nt so awful extravagant. Don’t
you think he spends a tip every week for tobacco! I
cut a piece out of a newspaper and pasted it in his
hat, as a kind of hint for him. It was a calculation
to show 7 how 7 much sixpence a week would come to
in thirty years. But it did’nt do him any good, for
lie keeps on chawing just as much as ever.
By this time, the broken down wheelbarrow 7 which
had obstructed the narrow pavement, and given us
a pretty good excuse for pausing to hear the dialogue
was repaired, and moved on. Decorum obliged us
to do likewise; but for half an hour after, we tho’t
of nothing hut the heartless extravagance of Mr.
Barnes, who robs liis interesting family by spending
sixpence a w 7 eek for such a nasty article as tobacco.—
Pennsylvanian.
From the North American Farmer.
Mild Flowers.
To those of our ladies interested in Floriculture,
we would recommend, for the adornment of their
gardens, one great and inexhaustible storehouse of
beauty, namely, the woods and fields, with their
wealth of uncultivated blossoms. It is in the power
of almost every one to draw from this source, and
such is the perversity of human nature, perhaps on
this very account, the opportunity is neglected.
While vi trious flowers neither graceful nor fragrant,
are admitted into the limited precincts of a garden,
because, perhaps, they are rare, of difficult growth,
or foreign extraction, many a wild sweet native of
our own hills and valleys would be altogether denied
a place there. This is in bad taste, and the usual
plea, “Oh they are so common,” is by no means a
reasonable or satisfactory objection. Whatever is
perfectly beautiful might claim a place, though this
would include so immense a collection that of course
we would recommend a judicious selection from so
vast a stock, llow often in gardens have we seen
the coarse and common Althea towering in pride,
and usurping a place which might have been filled
to such great advantage by a cluster of Wood Lau
rel, with its over-green glossy leaves, and its rich
heavy clusters of rosy blossoms, or even by a speci
men of the Magnolia, with its white glittering flow- !
erg, and its delicious perfume, scenting the whole,)
garden. We have heard it advanced, particularly
by foreigners, that our wild flowers have no smell;
but let any one ride along the skirts of a wood, on a
calm spring morning or evening, and judge for them
selves. Nothing can exceed their delicate odor,
and we have often discovered their hiding places by
this tell-tale charm.
We h ave not the slightest wish in this article to j
discourage the cultivation of our numberless and |
beautiful garden plants. We would not be so un- ;
derstood. Their strong claims shall meet our atten
tion in due season, but, at present, we think of ad
vocating the cause of the too much neglected off
spring of the fields, and pointing out to our fair rea
ders those which we think would be particularly or
namental in their garden plots. In gardens in the
city their presence is always desirable and grateful,
as they improve amazingly by cultivation.
One objection often urged against them is that
they are single. This to us is s great charm, and if
our readers will but compare the hue of a single
blossom with that of a double one, they will be con
verts to our opinion. Take for instance a single
Dahlia or Wild Rose, and compare the color with
that of a double one. Has the latter the same bril
liancy of color ? Does it glitter like the former, as
if sprinkled with gold dust ? This difference, too, is
very perceptible in all white double flowers. They
never have the purity of single ones. Still, all the
efforts of some of our gardeners seem to be direct
ed to the one point of creating monsters in the flor
al world. No matter how delicate and beautiful the
original blossom, it must be reproduced with three
heads instead of one, to satisfy their elegant taste.
Flowers are often totally ruined by this plan. We
have seen Hyacinths so double that they could not
possibly expand, and were worthless; and last spring
we received a bunch of Violets, —Violets 1 Ladies
—with heavy little monster heads, which they seem
ed to hang down, as well they might, in very shame.
We expect soon to see a double Heartsease, or Lily
of the Valley. If so, bad taste will have reached
its climax.
In the disposition of w ild flowers in our gardens,
we would not recommend that they should always
take a prominent position. In laying out the ground
every lady must be directed by her own fancy and
good taste.—She would not of course, place one
plant in the way of another, or arrange tall shrubs
(as we have seen them) along the edges of the beds,
so as to exclude a view of the flowers there. A
knowledge of the growth and probable size of every
thingis necessary before we give it a position, and in
arranging the small flowers in the beds, we should
remember the succession in which they bloom, so as
to avoid as much as possible having any bed barren
of blossoms during the season. In a future number,
however, we will speak more at length on this sub
ject. It would make the present article too long,
and we go back to the selection of Wild Flowers.
One of the most beautiful with which we are ac
quainted, and which well deserves a place in our
gardens, is the Azalea nitada , a small shrub about
two or three feet high, which grows wild over all the
Middle States. Its favorite haunt is said to be
swamps, but this does not accord with our observa
tion. \\ e have found it in greatest abundance on the
skirts of woods, under the shade of hedges, or -
long fences where it is shadowed by the taller black
berry bushes, and small oaks, which line the borders
of rich fields. Its flowers, as in all the rest of the
genus, are tubular, ending in a wide mouth, xvliich
has five deep divisions, the whole form being not
unlike that of the common Honey-suckle.—The ca
lyx, or green cup in which the flower rests, is small,
and has five little divisions. The five stamens and
the single pistil jut out beyond the mouth, with a
graceful downward slope. The color of the flower
is a pure white, the fragrance exceedingly delicate. —
The branches are smooth, the leaves shining, tough,
pointed, with their margin folded over. It is a
plant not likely to be confounded with any other, ex
cept. perhaps, the Azalea viscoso , and indeed the
mistake would be of little consequence, as the latter
is as delicately beautiful, and even more fragrant
than the other. The only difference is in their cul
tivation.* While both demand shade, the A. visco
sa also requires abundant moisture, without which
it will not thrive. The latter, however, may be
readily distinguished by the roughness of its bran
ches, the greater viscidity of its flowers, and by the
length of its tube, which is double that of the di
visions, while in the A. rfitida, they are very nearly
of the same length. The A. nudijlora , or common
“early wild Honey-suckle” cannot possibly lead to
any confusion, as it blossoms in April, on u leafless
stalk, and is pink instead of white.
A rich species of this plant, brought from the
tropics, is well known and extensively cultivated by
our florists in their hot-houses, where it blossoms in
February and March at the time of Japonicas; but
these are’ troublesome, and require much care in
winter. The one we examined is in full bloom in
our latitude at this time, though it must not be
transplanted till the fall, but may be marked,,until
that season. The only objection we know to this
elegant flower is, the leaves when chewed are said
to be poisonous, though we are convinced that no
harm can arise from them being handled, or worn
in the hair, <fcc. By the way, we wish the quadru
ped practice of nibbling flowers hooted out of good
society. We h ave often seen a bouquet, perhaps
the winter’s care of a florist, actually devoured at
a concert or evening party, by some thoughtless
belle, whose taste we did not envy. Such ladies
should never receive a present of flowers unless ac
companied by something more substantial to satisfy
an inordinate appetite. A leg of pork, or a “ con
serve of beef,” as Sly says in the play, with plenty
of mustard, might suffice.
In our next we will remember the Magnolia, for
we hope we have said enough to create an interest
in our favorite w ild flowers. What heart has not
been gladdened by them in early .spring i To us,
individually, pent up as we are in the great city,
their very name is a delight, and we could tell many
a tale of their gentle influence. Once we had a
dear young friend, on w hose breast disease had laid
its withering hand for months, while the shadowy
figure of Death stood waiting on the threshold. —
For a long time she bore up against her malady, but
at last her buoyant and beautiful spirit bent beneath
it, and the faint smile left her cheek, and gladness
her heart, and hope, which maintained her so long,
spread its wings for flight, and gave place to the
grim form of despair! It was towards the close of
winter, a dread and dreary time, and by the middle
of March, so obtuse had she become to the things
of life,, that tones of kindness fell unheeded on her
ear, and she who had been all joyousness and love,
lay so gloomy and dejected tlmt her mind gave w ay
beneath the deep depression. Nothing they did
could rouse her, and every thing depended upon
her being roused. Unfortunately the spring was
unusually backward, cold and stormy; but still some
few of the hardy little veterans of the woods peep
ed stealthily forth from amid the dead leaves, as if
beseeching the northern blasts to be still, and for
their sakes to depart. Judging of the feelings of
our drooping friends by our own, we one evening
defied the storm and rambled into the woods, and
there, in sheltered spots, gathered a little nosegay
of Arbutus ( Epigcea repens) and the stili folded
buds of the wild Violet! We knew how eloquent
to a young heart would be the mute appeal of these
harbingers of beauty and gladness, and placing
them in a basket of dead forest leaves, we sent them
to the invalid. Rich, rich indeed, was our reward,
and tho beautiful note of acknowledgment she re
turned was like one of those same violets coming
forth in faith, and hope, breasting the wind, and
waiting confidently for calmer skies, and warmer
hours. “Oh the wild flowers,“ she wrote, “ the
wild flowers ? They tell of blue skies and soft zeph
yrs, of singing birds and whispering trees, or life
and gladness. They are not crushed by the storms
of winter, for even they must feel that there is a
Divine hand to temper the winds. Oh what new
extatic feeling they have given me ! 1 feel the birth
of Spring in my heart.’’ And it was indeed the
birth of spring to her. From that time, she recov
ered her cheerfulness, and, with the advancing sea
son, her health.
*For the information of those of our readers who may de
sire it, we subjoin a botanical description of the genus Aza
lea, and of the two species alluded to.
AZALEA.
A shrub of the Pkntandiua Moxouyni a class and order
(Linn) and of the natural family Ericace.e. Calyx five
parted ; corol tubular, half five-cleft, somewhat oblique; sta
mens on the receptacle, decline; stigma declined, obtuse,
usually ending with five short papilla); capsule five-celled
five-valved, opening at the top.
A. nitjda, leafy-flowered ; branches smoothish : leaves
few, oblaneeolate, sub-mucronate, leathery, glabrous both
sides, and the upper side shining; nerve bristle bearing be
neath; margin revolute-ciliate; flowers viscous: tube a lit
tle longer than the divisions: ealyx very short; filaments
exsert. Leaves dark green. Flowers in July.
A. vicosa, leafy forward, branches hispid; leaves oblong
obovate; acute, both sides glabrous and one colored; nerve
bristle bearing; margin ciliate ; flowers viscous; tube twice
as long as divisions ; teeth of calyx very short, rounded; fil
aments scarcely longer than the corol: flowers very sweet
scented.
Brain Labor.— To many persons it seems a
small thing to sit down and prepare matter for the
periodical press; but let one inexperienced with
the pen, and whose brain has never been trained to
systematic thought, attempt to furnish intellectual
food and recreation to his fellows, and lie will
soon realize that mental labor is the most destruc
tive to health, of all toil. Were one to grub stumps
out of the earth, or sling the sledge-hammer twelve
hours a day, he would be able to stand the drudge
ry with less injury than half that number of hours
devoted to mental employment in the way of wri
ting matter for the book or newspaper press. Those
pithy articles which constantly appear in the peri
odicals of the day, contain the very essence of mind
or thought, and such literary gentlemen as are the
best at itemizing, are the first whose constitutions
are broken down, and who die of imbecility and
muscular inanition. — Ex. paper.
Another Sion. — “Mother, the end of the world
is coming.”
“ What makes you think so, child ?*’
“ Coz them trowses wot you said ’ud never wear out
has got a teariri’ big bole in ’em.’’
A preacher in the “ far West ” gave out for his
text, a certain chapter and verse of Clover. The
deacon arose and told him it was Timothy. “O,
ves,” replied the divine, “it is Timothy. I knew
it was some kind of grate.”
British Foreign Policy and Bluster.
Discussed by the British Lion and the American Eagle.
FROM PUNCH.
American Eagle , (meeting British Lion) —Good
morning to you, old teller. You’re a looking spry.
And so you ort. You feel proud of yourself, don’t
you ? Oh ? in course you du. The thought that
we’ve been brave and noble, and ginerus, is a pleas
ant one to chaw upon, ain’t it ■ Oh ! you’re a mag
nanimous beast, you are, and have just been show
in yourself such—that’s a fact. There’s none of
the cur in vour nator, is there ? Oh no ! Not the
least raixtur in you of the coward and tho bully.
British Lion —AVliat the deuce do you mean ?
American Engle —Oh, you’ve bin actin a fine
part towards Greece, hain’tyou—goin to war with
that great and powerful nation, for little more than
to recover a debt for that sorter British subject, sort
er Portuguese, kinder Jew, Don Pacifiieo.
British Lion —Come none of your chaffing. Tho
honor of England demands that the smallest wrong
offered by whomsoever, to the humblest of her Ma
jesty’s subjects, shall be redressed.
American Eagle —Now, you eantin, braggin, un
truthful old loafer, have vott got the face to tell me
that air ? When I know, and you know, and know
that I know, that, let the worst injuries be done to
any on ’em, by them as you think you can’t afford to
quarrel with, and you’ll pocket the affront like dol
lars, and cat humble pie as fast as buffalo hump.
British Lion —You are speaking in joke, of course;
but really I cannot allow you to continue to use this
language. It won’t do.
American Eagle —l in a joke ? I never was more
serious in a camp meetin, I tell you. You can’t al
low me to talk so ! I should like to know how you
are to hinder me, you blusterin old quadruped.—
W on’t do ? It will do, every spite of vour teeth, as
easy as I’d give my old mare a boss-ball.
British Lion —Well, well—l shant let you put
me in a passion.
American Eagle —No, I expect you won't; or if
you do, you’ll shut up your feelins in your own
buzzum tight. You’ll tie the valve down, you will,
and keep your steam in, and I hope it won’t bust
you. And now, as all your Queen’s subjects is to
have their part took agin the world, how about that
air nigger of yourn, as was hauled out of one of
your merchant ships only because he was a nigger,
and for no other reason on airth, by our free and in
dependent citizens, and locked up in the common
jail whilst the vessel stopped in port, accordin to law
in such case made and provided, at Charleston, So.
Carolina, U. S.
British Lion —Diplomatic negotiations are now in
contemplation, with a view to remove an anomaly
which, I trust, will not continue to exist much long
er in the relations between Great Britain and the
American Republic.
American Eagle —And if your diplomatic nego
tiations fail, you’ll send Admiral Parker and a fleet
to blockade New York, eli ? You’ll seize all the
craft you can catch off Long Island, till such time
as we lam to respect the persons of your blessed
niggers. But wouldn’t you have done all this long
afore, if New York had been Athens, and Pacifiieo
the nigger imprisoned in Charleston ? Oh, you are
an awful Lion to the weak, you are; but there ain’t
a lamb milder to them that is likelv to show you
the smallest fight!
The insolence of Wealth.
The possession of wealth often creates as offensive
an aristocracy, as the titled nobility of England. If
money cannot sapplg brains, it atones in a great
measure, for the want of them. Men who, tenor
fifteen years ago, were poor, and obliged to toil hard
fora livelihood, but who, by some lucky specula
tion, or by some favorite turn of fortune, have be
come rich, now look down with superciliousness up
on those who occupy their former positions, and are
striving to earn an honorable subsistence. Instead
of sympathizing with those who are laboring honestly
for a competence in some useful calling, and encour
aging them in their laudable efforts, they seem to
grudge them the small sums they pay them for
their services, and dictate terms to them, as though
they were their serfs, or were made for their special
convenience. The men on whose toil they have
grown rich, are, perhaps no longer neecessary to |
them, —they can do without them now, —and hence
forth there is a gulph between them, as impassable
as that which separated Dives and Lazarus. Instead
of paying them a fair equivalent for the services ren
dered them, they wish two dollars worth of work for
every dollar they part with, and as their proposals
arc often coupled with the condition, “ That or
Nothing ,” the poor have the alternative of, Ilalf
pav or No-work.— Milwaukie Democrat.
A colored clergyman, preaching recently to a black audience
at the South, said : “ I s’posc, indeed I s’poet dat de reason
dc 1 xii'd made us brack men, was, cause he use all de white
men up ’fore he got to de brack man, and he had to make
him brack. But dat don’t make no odds, my bredren—Je
Lord look atcr brack man too. Don’t dc seripter say dat
two sparrer hawks am sold for a farden, and not one ob ’em
shall fall ! pon de groun’ widout deir farder ? Well den, my
bredren, if your hebbcnly farder care so much for a sparrer
hawk, when yon car buy two ob dom for a farden, how
bery much more he care for you, dat is wutli six or seben
hundred dollars apiece !” If that argument isn’t a colored
non sequitur, we never saw a colored non seqniter.
Hint to young Ladies.—ls you wish to get a |
present of a ring from your lover, without asking j
for it, try the following plan, recommended by a co- ;
temporary of Lowell, who had ought to be good au
thority for such things, living in the midst of hun
dreds of pretty girls. Well, the plan is, to give the !
spark a sharp pointed needle, and ask him to get a
“splinter ” from your finger. AYliile he is looking ■
for the “ splinter,” which is not there, gently say I
you once wore a ling on that self same finger, but
lost it. If you do not receive a ring within the next j
twenty four hours, then ship your “ fellow,” he’s
cither stingy or a fool.
A meeting of the elders of a certain Scot
tish church had assembled for the purpose of deter
mining about the posit ion of a stove, which was to be
erected for the purpose o f warming the building on
Sundays. After considerable discussion, an old
man, who had hitherto said but little, was asked his
opinion. “In my humble opinion,” he said, “the
stove should be placed in the poolpit, for it is by far
the eauldest place in a’ the kirk !”
No money is better spent than what is laid out
for domestic satisfaction. A man is pleased that
his wife is dressed as well as other people, and the
wife is pleased that she is so dressed.
(Driginnl
R kP L Y ~
TO THE REV. C. F. R. SIIEHANE.
Dear Sir .-—-I have perused your communication in the
“Georgia Citizen’’ of tlie 2nd of August, to which I will re
ply as briefly as possible.
It matters but little, whether your reference to Dr. Thol
uek’s opinion was made, only En passant , or whether you
quoted his authority as direct “proof” of the correctness of
your own views. The effect, which you designed to produce,’
is too manifest to admit of doubt by any one, who will
give to your remark, in its connection , a dispassionate con
sideration.
I ant willing to leave the public to decide what arc Dr.
Tholuek’s real sentiments in regard to some of the leading
doctrines ot Universal ism. To sustain yonr statement, you
have given us nothing more than a conversation, which Prof.
Sears aays that he held with Dr. T. To sustain my position,
I have furnished extracts from Dr. T.’s Commentary. Now,
I would respectfully enquire, which affords the best evidence
of Dr. T.’s sentiments t You must be aware, what little do*
peudence is to be placed upon incidental remarks, made in
conversation, as giving evidence of a man’s opinions upon
any subject. There is at least a possibility that Prof. S.
may have misapprehended Dr. T. but there can be no room
to doubt, when we take up Dr. T.’s Commentary. In this,
we have bis published opinions, the result of mature delib
eration, and when these conflict with the bare assertion of
Prof. S. I do not think that we can long hesitate on which
side the evidence preponderates.
Besides, I have shown from Dr. T.’s Letter, which was
written since the conversation that Prof. S. reports to have
had and since the publication of the article in the Universal
ist Review, for 1839, what are Dr. T.’s sentiments—viz:
That altbo’ some few passages in the Bible, (e. g. those to
which you refer, in Rom. xi 38, and 1 Cor. xv 24, 23,) might
seem to favor the doctrine of the final restoration of all things,
yet he considers the general tenor of the Scriptures as ad
verse to that view. Admitting then, that Prof. S. has cor
rectly stated the conversation, which you have given, it is
manifest that Dr. T. lues since that time changed his opinion,
for which lie is to be commended, if he deemed himself in.
error.
I think, that I have conclusively- shown that upon three
points, I)r. T. ditters “tnto ctrlo ” from Universalists—l.
Universalists deny the real existence and personality of the
Devil. This doctrine Dr. T. holds in common with “ortho
dox” ehristiatis.—2. Universalists teach that all the judgment
threatened against sinners is experienced in this world, and
quote the passage, ‘"Now is the judgment of this world.” I
have shown that Dr. T’s. interpretation of this passage differs
entirely from that given by Universalists. and that he believes
in a future judgment. In regard to the 3d point future
punishment , you think my quotations are not to the point,
inasmuch as nothing is said about Endless punishment.
In this you seem to have overlooked the remarks of Dr.
T. on John iii, 15. “He who remains without faith, be
comes a prey to destruction : he who believes in Ilim has
eternal life. The Scriptures mention two kingdoms, the
one of light and life, the other of darkness and rfeath. The
one is, where the life is from God, the second where man
continues in a selfish life. These kingdoms exist in the pre
sent order of things, but they extend also into futurity.
The first kingdom forms a spiritual union with the invisible
realm of unfallen spirits , the other with that of the fallen
ones ,
Now permit me to ask, how far do these views favor Uni
vcrsalism. If as I)r. T. asserts, there are two kingdoms
in W\c future world, the one of “light and life,” the habita
tion of life, ‘'unfallen spirits the other of “darkness and
death” the habitation of “fallen spirits;” what is the legiti*
mate inference ? Whv, that if these kingdoms exist in con
trast. as to their nature , and the characters of their inhab
itants, the same contrast exists in regard to their duration,
If one is an eternal, unchangeable state , the other must be
so likewise.
Lut I will submit another quotation. Commenting on
John viii, 22, Dr. T. remarks—“ Self-murder was by the
Jews esteemed the most aggravated of crimes—a crime
which sent every one after death, to Gehenna, the place of
damnation. Josephus in his weighty speech, wherein he
warns his companions in war, to refrain from self-murder,
says of suicides, ‘a darker hell receives the souls of such.’
From this the Jews no doubt perceived very well what Christ
meant to say, but instead of being humbled, they contcmptu*
ousl v utter the taunt—well, if he is determined to take his
own life and go to Gehenna, (damnation.) he is indeed cor
rect when he says, that no one will follow him there,” &c.
‘This must suffice for the present.
I am much at a loss to know what the opinions of Dr. Miff
tin Luther have to do with the point at issue ? That he is
my “spiritual father,” in a certain sense, I am proud to ad
mit. lie founded the Church that bears his name and of
which lam an humble member. But the Church is not re
sponsible for any erroneous views that Luther may have en
tertained, or any improper expression which he may hare
uttered. The doctrines of the Lutheran Church are con
tained in the Augsburg Confession. By that symbol of faith
and the BiHe, we are willing to be judged. We follow Lu
ther only so far as be followed the teaching of Christ and the
Apostles.
But suppose Luther did say that “Ana-baptists were not
only’ devils, but Avils, big with devils.” The remark it is
true, is a harsh one, Iwt it was purely figurative, and as far as
it simply teaches the doctrine of a plurality of devils , f
apprehend, perfectly Scriptural. Did not our Saviour east
seren Devils out of .Mary .Magdelene ! When became into
the country of the Gcrgesenes, and dis|ossessed the two men
of devils, there must have been a number east out, for
they entered into a herd of “many swine,” and it is to be
presumed that each swine was possessed by at least one de
vil, for they were all destroyed. This, however, is only “in
passing.”
In regard to Luther’s remark about the the Duke of
Brunswick, I In re only to say. that even admitting that it
has been correctly reported, any one acquainted with the pe
culiar character of Luther and the spirit of the times in
whiee he lived, will readily see, that it was one of those
strong metaphorical expressions peculiar to the man and to
the age. It is. however, altogether irrelevant to our subject
The I>ctteT of Dr. T'toluek, to which you refer, in which be
complains of the meagre attendance upon public worship, has
about as much connexion with his views on Univcrsalisni as
Luther s remark about the Duke of Brunswick’s eating and
spitting out devils. This Letter, which was published in ex
tenso in the Lutheran Observer, states explicitly the reason
why the Churches in Germany bad been deserted. Dr. T.
■ays distinctly, that the state of things of which he complain
ed, is to be ascribed to the spirit of anarchy, which manifest
ed itself in the recent revolutionary movements in that coun
try. That the leaders of that Revolution were infidels, and
in seeking a change of Civil rulers, they- sought also to de
stroy the Church; and in their efforts to alienate the people
from the services of the Sanctuary, they had suocccded but
too well.
If, however, as you seem to desire, this letter can, by any
means, be made to bear upon Dr. T.’s views as a Universai
ist, it specks very unfavorably for your cause, and its future
prospects in Germany. If Dr. T. is a Univcrsalist , the poor
attendance upon his preaching, affords, I think, strong evi
dence, be is losing his popularity, and that the cause
which he advocates is not likely to survive many years afte?
his death. The truth howoer is. that the people have been
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