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VOL. I. Kt published, every Kridnj* morning, in Macon, Ga. on the follow. CONDITIONS : l s paid strictly in advance - - $2 . r >o per annum If not io paid * - * - 300 “ “ Advertisements will be made to conform to the following pro visions of the Statute : Sales of I .and and Negroes, by Executors. Administrators and Guard ians, are required by law to be advertised in a public gazette, sixty day* previous to the day of sale. These sales must be held on the first Tuesday in the month, between the hours f ten in the forenoon and three in the afternoon, at the Court House in the county in which the property is situated. The sales of Personal Property must be advertised in like manner for ty days. Notice to Debtors and Creditors of rn Estate must be published forty days. Notice that application will be made to tlic Court of Ordinary foj love to sell l/md and Negroes, must be published weekly for four months. 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Postmasters and others who will act as Agents for the “Citizen” may retain 20 per cent, for their trouble, on all cosh subscriptions for warded. OFFICE on Mulberry Street, East of the Floyd House and near the Market. Clji’ port's Corner, 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 NO. 20.