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MACON, GA.
ENTRANCE FROM THE AVENUE.
*prl ts
RAILROAD HOUSE,
OPPOSITE CENTRAL R AILROAD DEPOT
EAST MACON.
, r :’ * ts S. M. LANIER.
tfACS BROWN,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
BVKXA VISTA, MARION 10., OA.
pf H ly
KELLAM & BELL,
JTTORNEY’S AT LAW k GENERAL LAND AGENTS,
ATLANTA, :::::::::::: GA.
practice in DeKnlb and adjoining counties,
anil in tli** Supreme Court at Decatur.—Will also vi
,:l any ptrt of the country for the actllemcut of cluims
,jc. without suit.
jj* Bounty Land Claims prosecuted with pf.spatci!.
Office on White Hail St., over Dr. Denny’s Drug
Store.
A. R. Kr.LLAM. M. A. DRI.L.
I*. G. ARRINGTON,
Attorney at Law and Notary Public,
Oglethorpe, iUtiroit Cos.,
dee G E O R G I A . 33—ts
CITY HOTEL,
SAVANNAH,v.v.v.v.v.vGEOKGIA.
F. CONDON.
Tkrm.”. —Transient Boarders, per day, $1,51). Monthly and
reurly Hoarders in proportion. aprs—y
O§lOR3€E A. LOOHISAIMIs
slttornrij nt Tim,
OFFICE OVER DK.LDE.N AND Co'. HAT STORE,
Mulberry Street, ttaeon, Georsla.
~IIARI>EMAN & HAMILTON, *
Ware House and Commission Merchants,
M tCOjV, OKOROLS.
HAMILTON & HARDEMAN.
FACTORS & COMMISSION MERCHANTS,
.S tr.IV.V.IH, OF.ORGLI.
Will give prompt attention to all business committed to them
at either place.
thos. Hardeman. (19-ts) ntvs. F. Hamilton.
FACTORAGE AND
osaaaaa©sa©a3
Savannah, Ga*
WM. P. YONC.E, No. 94 Bay street, Savannah, continues
to transact a General Commission Business and Factor
age, and respectfully solicits consignments of Cotton. Corn,
an.! other produce, lie will also attend to receiving and for
warding Merchandize. —
April 5, 1831 ly
W. D. ETHERIDGE A Cos.,
FACTORS & COMMISSION MERCHANTS,
5.1V.1.V.V.1 If, GEORG Li.
THF, undersigned liaving formed a Copartnership for the
transaction of the above busiuess. tender their services
to their friends and tlie public generally and solicit a share of
patronage. We will pay strict attention to the sale of Cotton
or other produce consigned to our care and at! orders lor Hag
gis”. Rope and family supplies will he promptly attended to
and filled at the lowest prices. Liberal advances will be made
upon Cotton or other produce consigned to us.
s. r. oove, (au£23-y) tv. and. etheriiuie.
1 A3UN, FyLTON & ©O.,
Factors & Commission merchants,
nug3o SAVANNAH, GEORGIA. —Cm
FIELD & ADAMS.
Flßl>rßF WAREHOUSE,
MACON, CORGI A.
■rpilF. undersigned will cowtinue tbs Ware-Hoi se and Com
-1 uissios B, mss, at the commodious and well known Fire
il’roof Building, formerly occupied l>y Dyson & Field and the
past season by us. The attention of both the partners will lie
given to all business entrusted to their care. They res|>ectful
lly solicit the patronage of the public generally. They are pre
pared to make liberal cash advances on all Cotton in store at
the customary rates.
Fsf All orders for Groceries, Bagging and Rope will he fill
ed at the lowest market prices. JOHN M. FIELD,
augO ts A. B. ADAMS.
SASH AND WINDOW BLIND
£>3 SA CQ, QD. Lr SA ‘2 <£J LT a ®
r J''ME subscriber is manufacturing the above articles by
J. Steam Machinery, at very moderate prices.
TURNING AND PLANING,
lie ha* machinery for this business, and will promptly exe
cute any jobs in this line. ALEX. McGRRGOK.
j U |y.>6 —tilll
FIRE INSURANCE
P.Y THE
COMMERCIAL INSURANCE COMPANY
OF CHARLESTON S. C.
CAPITAL S2SO,OOO— ALL PAID IN.
AVm. B. llkriot, Pres A. M. Lee. Sec y.
Directors :
James K. Robinson, Geo. A. Trenholm, Robert Caldwell.
V. R. Taft, Henry T. Street, Win. Mcßurncy, J. H. Brawley,
T. 1, Wragg.
subscribers having been appointed Agents for the
I_ above Company, are now prepared to take risks against
Fire, on favorable terms. GA HI lART, BRO. & CO,
june2l Jigents.
DKS. RANKS & ROOSEVELT tender their
professional services to the citizens of Macon and sur
rounding country.
Residence on College Hill, the house formerly occupied by
Charles Day. Otfiec on the corner of Third and Walnut street,
w. n. banks, m. and. (sept O-y) c. j. Roosevelt, m. and.
HENRY LOVr,
House and Sign Painter,
Imitations of Woods and .Marbles in every Style.
[LT Orders lift at shop opposite the old Methodist Church.
oct4—tf
R. G. JEFFERSON & CO.
MANUFACTURER AND WHOLESALE DEALERS IN
CHAIRS,
lVef Side Broad St., first door above P. M'Larin's,
COLUMBUS, G A.
THEY keep on hand an excellent supply of Office, Wood
Seat, Split Bottom and Rocking Chairs; Bedsteads. Wood
•n Ware, 4tc.
tIT All Orders left as above, will meet with prompt atten
tion. liovl—tf
w. S. WILLIFORD,
COMMISSION MERCHANT AND AUCTIONEER,
Macon, Ga.
All kinds of Produce and Merchandise, (except liquors) re,
teived on consignment. sep27
S. & R. P. HALL,
ATTORNEYS AT LAW,
Macon, Ga.
flrricE on Cotton Avenue, over Little’s Drug Store, (octll)
Notice.
VLL persons indebted to the late firm of TAYLOR & ROFF
by open account or note, are solicited to call at the oid
stand and settle without delay. nol-2m TAYLOR & ROFF.
\ l arge lot of Knives and Forks, just received and
for sale, very low. GEO. JONES*,
sept 20 —ts
New Goods,
U MRS. WORTHINGTON
!!VJW is now opening a beautiful assort-
inentot New Style Mlilinary
Goods, Rich Bonnets, Ribbons,
Chenille Feathers and Flowers Silks
BB Gloves, Dress and Mantilla Trirn
* * ininge, also, 2 cases fine Dress Hats,
with a large assortment of StUiR Gobßs fit all prices. Lattie*
are respectfully solicited to call and examine her stock which
she will sell at the lowest prices.
£~gr” Mantillas and Dresses made to order in the most fasli
onable manner. Orders from the country promptly attended
to. STORE on Mulberry st„up stairs. ottll
To Kent.
r IMIE House formerly occupied by Mrs S. Sims, be
,L tween the residence of Chas. Colli.,s, Esq. and
the M. &. W. Railroad. Possession given immediately,
octl l-3t Apply to E. KIRTLAND,
RECEIVED by Worthington, liar
ffj&J&M Hum <Sr Cos. Beebe & Cos. and Leary’s justly
JRESj. eelebrated new „tyle HATS, for sale low,
octll COTTON AVENUE.
P MRS. F. DESSAU
lias received and is now opening an
assortment of the Newest and most
Fashionable Goods, in her line, all
ofthe latest importations, and would
particularly call the attention of the
ladies to her stock of Fashionable
Silk and Straw BONNETS,
Head Dresses, Caps. Dress Silks, Mantillas, Ernbroid
eries, Fancy Goods. J-c all of which will be sold on
the most reasonable terms. Store uu Triangular Row
next to Geo. Jones’ Crockery Store. Gm
Dry Goods and Groceries,
npHE subscriber offers for sale at his old stand on Cotton
A A venue, a general assortment of Staple and Fancy Dry
Goods, consisting in part of the following articles: Cassimeres,
Broadcloths, Alapacas, DeLains, Calicoes and Homespuns,
Ready made Clothing and Jewelry.
Also a fine supply of Groceries, and almost every other ar
ticle suited to city and country customers. His goods are re
c.lived at short intervals, and may be relied upon as being both
tresli and fashionable, and are offered very low for Cash,
octll—Cm GEO. EHRLICH.
AVTIIOLESALE Dry Goods, Groceries, Hardware See.
t T at low prices and reasonable terms or liberal discount
for cash. (oct4) S. F. DICKINSON.
Cooking Stoves,
undersigned. Agents, have received a consignment o
J. the deservedly popular Knoxville Annexation’
and “Empire Cooking Stoves,” from ihe Foundry
of Messrs. Williams, Maffatt & (Jo. Knoxville, East Tennessee.
They are made of various sixes : each has a large oven, is an
uniform baker, simple in its construction, has a first rate drart,
made of the best material, and is capable of doing more ser
vice than any other Stoves of the same size it. use. A pre
mium was awarded the maker at the late Atlanta Fair.
These Stoves—the result of Southern Enterprise a*c offer
ed on lower terms Ilian any others in market. The upder
signed will always have an assortment on hand, at their Ware-
House, corner of Second and Popular sts., Macon.
oct4 WM. S. LAVVTON & CO.
f t LASS. We are also Agents for the Holston
I Glass Works, at Knoxville Tenn., and will be pleas
ed to receive orders from our friends and the public.
oct4 WM. 3. LAVVTON & CO.
I THRESH DRY GOODS , Bonn. Y Shoes, Boots, Fine
Bed Blankets, splendid Toilet Quilts, &c. for sale at prices
that cannot foil to suit. (oet4> S F. DICKINSON.
New Goods! Nev/ Goods!
WM. B. FERRY & CO.
DEALERS IN
Triangular Block, (near Logan’s Car.)
gap, ARE now receiving their Full and Win
ter Stock embracing all the most rich and
. vj desirable Goods to be found in ihe market
| “ North, which will lc offered to the trade at
reduced prices. The citizens of Macon and
the surrounding country are respectfully invited to call and ex
amine their Goods. sept 27
I AIDES’ 1.,-tce and Congress Prunella. Salin, Francia
j and Silk Gaiters; Black. Bronzeand White Kid and Sat
in Slippers; Black and Bronze Embroidered French Slippers;
Parodi and Jenny Lind Enameled and Kid Ties, Buskins and
Boots, just received byisep27) Wm. B. FERRY & r< >
AJEGRO Heavy /flack and Russet /frognns, a large s-p-
JA ply just received by Wm. U. FERRY k to.
New York Branch Store,
COTTON A VENUE.
SPAULDING & WILLIAMS have removed to the
2d door above Winship’s and reopened with a n ™w stock
of
FALL AND WINTER DRY GOODS,
which will he sold for Cash, at exceeding low prices.—
We have !>ilks from 75 els. up ; DeLains from 12 j up ; Prints
from Oj up; Bleached and Brown Shirtings from acts. up, al
so a large s:ock of Blankets, Flannels, Ticking, Table Linens,
Bosom Linens, &c., from low price to fine, together with a
full assortment of Hosiery, I aces, G loves. Ribbons and Fancy
Articles.. We respectfully solicit a call front the Ladies.
Goo,W r received every week [>er Steamer.
o*4 27-ly
DR. C. S. PUTNAM, formerly opposite the the La
nier House, has removed to “ldershaw’s New Building
West side Washington Square, on Cotton Avenue, between
the stores of Bostick. Johns & Cos., and J. J. & S. P. Richards, j
N. B. Those wishing operations, wiil please send timely
notice. (oct4-tf) C. S. PUTNAM, Proprietor. I
FASHIONABLE
MERCHANT T AILORING DEPOT,
Next Door to S. B. Bay's Jewelry Store,
MULBRRY STREET. MACON.
THE subscriber is opening at the
above place, a choice lot of French,
English and American Cloths, Cas
simeresand Vestings, for Fall and
Winter wear which he is prepared
to make into tasty and well fitting Garments.
By strict attention to business he hopes to merit the confi
dence of the public and he assures them that he will spare no
pains in Fitting, Style and Workmanship, to please those who
may favor him with their patronage.
Garments warranted to give satisfaction. Come and
try.
He is determined to sell at very low rates, as an inducement
for his customers to adopt the Cash system, so that one
who pays promptly is not charged enough to make up the loss
on one who does not.
CHAS. 11. BAIRD,
oct4 27-ts
SSOO REWARD.
Hands patent upright Engine, and Portable Saw
Mill,” with * Hnxie's continuous feed
f'F'HESE Mills, are warranted superior to all others
X in use, combining cheapness, simplicity and
durability, while much greater speed is attainable, with
little or no tendency to wear—there being no weight
of the follower or piston head on the cylinder, and no
weigh IT) f cross head or connection rod on the slides,
as with the horrizontal eye.
The subscribers offer Five Hundred Dollars Re
ward to any one who will produce a superior Mill, or
oue of any other patent, that will perform equal to
them. Full drawings and specifications furnished ap
plicants with particulars as to terms &c.
All other descriptions of Mills are also manufactur
ed at short notice and upon reasonable terms, and war
ranted superior. Upright and horrizontal Engines of
from 10 to 50 horse power constantly on hand.
Address, GIN DRAT &CO.
Agents Montgomery Manufacturing Cos. Montgomery,
Alabama.
spt 20—3ni
New Book Bindery,
L- F. GRIFFIN,is prepared
tention paid to the Biudmg
SSSSSk of Periodicals, Law and
M usic Books.
BLANK BOOKS of all kinds manufactured to
order.
UrOffiee on West side of Washington square—Cot
ton Avenue. sept 13—ts
“ !Mepentont in nil tilings —lifittrnl in notjjing.”
MACON, GEORGIA, SATURDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER 22, 1851.
Wifi pfcfa (SlPStm*
For the Georgia Citizen.
Choral Sonff of the Hungarian Exiles.
BY T. 11. CIIIVERS, M. D.
Sound the Trumpet ot Liberty—sound
The glad tidings across the deep sea—
Far away to the uttermost bound
Os the earth—we are free! we are free!
We are free! we are free !
Let the bondmen of Europe rejoice!
Blow the Trumpet ye Isles of the Sea !
For America lifts Up her voice,
And our Souls are redeemed—we are free !
We are free! we are free!
Clap your hands, every Nation on earth,
Shout aloud, all ye Solis of the Sea !
Till the Reapers of Vengeance come forth
For the Harvest now rife—we arc free!
We are free! we are free !
We have gathered the tares from the wheat,
Thouelt as lhick as the sands on the Sea ;
They are crushed by the iron-shod feet /
Os the War-Horse of Fame—we arc free !
w e are free! we are free !
We have gathered the spoils from the foe,
From the Wreck on Ambition’s deep sea ;
We have laid the dark spoiler as low
As he would have laid us—we are free 1
We are free ! we are free 1
When America lifts up her voice,
And her thunders have shaken the Sea—
Then let Europe—let Asia rejoice—
For the World is redeemcd--we are free 1
We are free 1 we are free 1
. , — , ■■ „
Quickly..—‘"Look you, I keep ha house, ands wash, wring
bake, scour, dress meat and drink, make tlie ueds, and do all
myself.
Simple.— ’Tis a great chrngc to come under one body’s
hand.’’
Kind reader, it is no fancy sketcli that I atn
going to give you. It is drawn from life in all
its reality; and in every city, village, country
town, and neighborhood, its truthfulness will
be recognized. It is the every day life of wo
man—woman in her domestic character—we
intend portraying. Yes, woman, it is here
where thou art true to the nature thy Maker
hath given thee, thou excellest, and art hon
ored; long suffering, full of humble and gene
rous affections, sacrificing thyself to the happi
ness of those thou lovest, and grateful to Heav
en that of the two penalties the severest falls
upon thee. Thy love is, indeed, the cynosure
of life, never wandering fiiom the one point,
never faltering, never falling.
A young man arrives at an age when lie
thinks it time for him to get married, and set
tle down. lie has a respectable education, and
wants a woman who is his equal. He looks
about him, and makes a choice. She >s a girl
well educated, reared by careful parents, and
is in the truest sense, a lady. She is intelligent,
loves books, possesses a refined and delicate
taste, and is in all points, well fitted to be the
mistress of a cheerful, happy home. She be
comes his wife ; is industrious, and willing to do
as much as she can towards a living. May be
tlicv are not very well off as to the things of
this world, and both are equally ambitious to
accumulate a comfortable property; and the
husband soon becomes avaricious enough to
allow the woman of his love to become his most
devoted drudge. Her life is thenceforth one of
the most unremitting toil. It is nothing but
cook and bake, wash dishes, thrash about a
mong pots and kettles, wash and iron, churn,
pick up chips, draw water, and a thousand oth
er things, ‘‘too tedious to mention.”
The result is. the husband soon owns the
house he lives in, and something besides; takes
his ease when lie chooses, reads and improves
his mind, and becomes important in commu
nity. Isut the cares of his faded, broken-dpwn
wife know no relaxation. The family enlar
ges, and she, poor woman, lias enough to do
without finding time to increase her stock of
knowledge, or to watch the progress of the
minds of her children. It is, therefore, no fault
of her’s that they are growing tip with charac
teristics and habits of a doubtful tendency.—
There is always the measles, the whooping
cough, worm fever, or summer complaint, or
something of ihat sort in the family: and Will
is constantly breaking his head, and bruising
his knees, and cutting his fingers; and Ned
and Sue are invariably in need of soap arid wa
ter. And when the little noisy, mischievous,
yet beloved flock are safely tucked away for
the night in beds and cribbs, how many stock
ings there are out at the heels and toes; how
many jackets out the elbows, and trowsers at
out at the knees! What a variety of cross
grained holes in frocks, and how many buttons
and hooks and eyes off, all to be mended.
The onlv wonder is, that the mother does ;
not sink within this circle of everlasting drudg
cry, which deprives hor of the privilege of re
laxation for a day, and the time which she
would gladly devote to the maternal education
of her children. She is occupied from morn
ing to uisflit, in unending round of duties and 1
cares, mistress, mother, and maid of all work, j
Iler mind, though craving knowledge, cannot
seek it: for she is generally too much fatigued i
bv the exertions of the day to seek it after the ;
noisy little group are out of the way, and she is
done darning and patching. Husband comes
in now, and reads from some book or newspa
per. lie wonders why she is so little interes
ted, and may be, very gently hints at her defi- j
ciences in this respect. Yes, amid all these
cares and this drudgery, he would have her
satisfied and happy, sit by his side like Klop
stock’s Medal, ‘’looking so still jn his sweet
face. 1 ’
In the morning, as soon as the birds begin
their songs, the little flock are out of bed.—
Then come the washings and dressings; the
busy mother needs twenty hands, since as ma
ny wants are poured in upon her distracted
ears. It’s ‘‘Mother, where’s my jacket?’’—
“Mother, I can’t get the knot out of my shoe
string;” or, “I’ve broken my shoe-string.’’—
“Mother, I want a pin.” “Mother, Ned is
spattering me with soap-suds.” “Mother,
mayn’t I wear my pink dress or new apron?’’
By this time the baby wakes, and opens his in
fantine battery of screams. In scolding Ned—
the naughty rogue, so full of fun and frolic—
and helping the rest, and quieting the baby,
the minutes fly. Husband comes in with,
“Goodness, wife, ain’t breakfast ready yet ?
It’s ten minutes past eight. I’ve been waiting
for more than an hour.”
“You forget that I have all the children to
see to, and the baby is very fretful this morn
ing,” replies the wife.
Silenced but not convinced, the husband is
quite as apt to take the newspaper and sit
down, as he is to take the baby from the arms
of his oppressed and tender wife, so that she
could hurry her breakfast. When it is readv,
and they are seated at the table, wife must as
usual, pour out the coffee with the baby in her
arms, too much fatigued to enjoy her break
fast.
“My dear,” says the husband, “seems to me
the coffee is not quite as clear as usual, the
steak i a little too rare or overdone, or the hash
is not seasoned quite right.’’
Not the means to complain; for he knows
how desirous she is to please him, ever to say
a word intentionally to wound her feelings.—
But these slight hints to an overtasked woman,
amid her gentle but imperious demands, are of
ten irritating to the feelings', ano] call up many
a sharp, CaUstic reply, of which she repents ih
five minutes after.
Thus many a woman breaks and sinks be
neath the wear and tear of the frame and of the
affections. She rallies before the world, and
“her children rise up and call her blessed,” and
she is blessed in conscious attempts to discharge
her duty—but cares eat at her heart—the day
presses on her with new toils, the night conies,
and they are unfulfilled; she lies down in wear
iness, and rises with uncertainty; her smiles
become languid and few, and her husband won
ders at the gloominess of his home. When
he married, he thought the chosen of his heart
his equal in intelligence, but now, she is far his
inferior. Poor soul! I wonder she had even
courage to think of a book, she who must care
for body and soul, day and night; who must
pray for, teach, guide and rule her own house
hold; while her busy hands and feet are ever
active in giving meat in due season, and seeing
to it that their garments were not cold.
Now, this is certainly wrong, and the founda
tion of all this wrong is principally in that ava
ricious spirit, the standard of respectability.—
The money expended for help in the house
looks so large to some men, that so long as
their meals are cooked, their shirts, cravats,
and collars are in order, not a button off, their
stockings darned, etc. they don’t trouble them
selves about the circumstances under which
these things have been done. These wives
may do the most menial drudgery, toil earlv
and late, if they do not complain too much; arid
become old, withered, sallow, nervous,
down women, twenty years before their time,
and frequently give place to a second wife, to
come into the share of the property that the
first should have enjoyed through a quiet old
age of rest. ,ib
W e hope o ? see the day when there shall be
a reform in this thing. We call upon women
to engage in this reform—for I feel that many
of you are deeply in the fault of avarice—and
show husbands that if life can bo enjoyed more
truly by the preservation of health and beauty,
accomplishments and good graces, of their com
panions; that it they would have intelligent,
orderly children, neat housed, JrjtTT and
smiling wives, they must notjyjA>o willing to
occupy the time that should bA-Voted to their
own improvement and C graining of their
children, in the most menial drudgery. It is
the opinion of a great man, that the perfection
of a society consists in the “division of labor,”
and a humble housekeeper agrees with him.—
Ladies’ Repository.
■FV-otn the Hath Journal of Education.
Music in (he Family.
BY REV, C. WHITCOMB.
Music is one of the best prompters of do
mestic happiness. As an awakener of sympa
thies, and a uniter of hearts, a more efficient a
gency cannot be employed, next to the religion
of the Gospel. It humanizes and elevates the
depraved soul, enlivens hospitality, and excludes
the demon, discord, from the home-circle. It
is oft-times as necessary to soothe the ruffled
spirit, as David’s harp was to calm the turbu
lent breast ofSaul. It lightens care, augments
joy, and increases conjugal, parental, filial and
fraternal afiection. Hence, in all families where
there are individuals who can sing, or play on
mstiuments, there should be a good deal ot
music. I would that there were more instru
ments ot music in the habitation of the people,
and also much more vocal music in families.—
l>ut, especially, I would there were “singing
and a voice ot melody” and praise around ev
ery family altar, where niglit and morn the mem
bers ot pious households take delight in assem
bling to pay their vows unto the Most High.
Music in the family, ’’ as one truthfully ex
presses it, 1 is a means ot domestic cheerfulness.”
A musical family will, in spite of perplexities
and trials, be habitually cheerful; not gay, for
there are many points of difference between
cheerfulness and gayety; but cheerful in that
sense which implies good spirits and freedom
from corroding care, sou can have the sun
shine ot cheerfulness in vour house on the most
cheerless day, it you only have music there;
and it affection has caused tears to flow, music,
coming to the aid of divine consolation, and
the sympathy ot friends, will be a sweet soother
! ot pain, and a lightener ot the weight which op
| presses the spirit.
‘•Music promotes good nature in a family.—
I in this world, where there is so much ill
humor manifested in a thousand ways, anything
which will increase good nature is to be prized,
j ho can be angry in the midst of rqqsic, and
tret and scold with sweet sounds fulling upon
his ears, or keep up sour and sulky 7 manners
when the very air around him is bland with soft
j harmonies ?’’
Let parents cultivate the power to sing, not
only the infant’s soothing lullahy, but hymns
fraught with truthful, religious sentiments, for
the benefit, present and everlasting, of their lit
tle ones. Jhe words of song may outlive the
| mqst eloquent sermons in the memory of the
young, How important, therefore, that memo
ries which commence with life be favored with
songs worthy of lasting till life’s close; yea, of
influencing the soul while ages on ages roll
their unceasing rounds in the endless day of
heaven! So deeply impressed was one cele
brated man of the importance of music, that
ho is said to have exclaimed, “Let who will
make the laws of the people, but let me make
their songs.”
When the glorious truths of inspiration are
breathed forth in expressive mclodv, they are
clothed with a diviner eloquence than that of
the preacher, or the orator. Oh, ye upon
whom is imposed the responsibility of impart
ing instruction to children,
“Teach them some melodious measure,
Sung by raptured tongues above;
Fill their souls with sacred pleasure,
While they sing redeeming love |
*******
Milton, in bis immortal Paradise Lost, pre
sents us with the beautiful idea of learning les
sons of praise from angelic lips and golden
harps attuned above. Just before their eve
ning worship ODe of them is represented as thus
addressing the other:
“How often, from the steep
Os echoing hill, or thicket, we have heard
Celestial voices, to the midnight air
Alone, or responsive to each other’s notes,
Singing their great Creator! Oil, in bands,
While they keep watch, or nightly rounding walk,
With glorious touch of instrumental sounds,
In full harmonic numbers joined, tlieir sings
Divide the night, and lift our thoughts to heaven.”
The Quaker’s Revenge.
Obediah Lawson and Watt Dood were
neighbors; that is, they lived within half a mile
of each other, and no person lived between
their respective farms, which would have
joined, had not a little strip of prairie land ex
tended itself sufficiently to keep them separa
ted. Dood was the oldest settler, and from his
youth up had entertained a singular hatred a
gainst the Quakers; therefore, when he was in
formed that Lawson, a regular disciple of that
class of people, had purchased the next farm to
his, lie declared he would make him glad to
move away again. Accordingly a system of
petty annoyances was commenced by him; and
every time one of Lawson’s bogs chanced to
stray upon Dood’s place, he was beset by men
and dogs, and most savagely abused. Things
progressed thus for nearly a year, and the Qua
ker, a man of decidedly peace principles, ap
peared in no wav to resent the injuries received
at the hands of his spitely neighbor. But mat
ters were drawing to a crisis; for Dood, more
enraged than ever at the quiet Obediah, made
oath that he would do something before long
to wake up the spunk of Lawson. Chance fa
vored his design. The quaker had a high
blooded filly, which he had been very careful in
raising, and which was just four years old.—
Lawson took great pride in this animal, and
had refused a large sum of money for her.
One evening, a little after sundown, as Watt
Dood was passing around his corn field, he dis
covered the filly in the little strip of prairie
land that separated the two farms, and he con
ceived the hellish design of throwing oft two or
three rails of his fence, that the horse might get
into his corn during the night. He did so, and
the next morning, bright and early, he shoul
dered his rifle and left the house. Not long
after his absence, a hired man whom he had re
cently employed, heard the echo of his gun, and
in a few minutes Dood, considerably excited
and out us breath, came hurrying to tho house,
where he stated that he had shot at and woun
ded a buck; that the deer had attacked him,
and he hardly escaped with his life.
This story was credited by all but the newly
employed hand, who had taken a dislike to
Watt, and from his manner judged that some
thing was wrong. He therefore slipped quiet
ly away from the house, and going through
the field in the direction ofthe shot, he sudden
ly came upon Lawson’s filly,stretched upon the
earth, with a bullet hole through the head, from
which the warm blood was still oozing.
Ihe animal was warm, and could not have
been killed an hour, lie hastened back to the
dwelling ot Dood, who met him in the yard, and
demanded, somewhat roughly, where he had
been.
‘ I've been to see if your bullet made sure
work of Mr. Lawson’s filly,’’ was the instant re
tort.”
\\ att paled for a moment, but collecting him
self, lie fiercely shouted, “do you dare to sav I
killed her?”
“How do you know she is dead ?” said the
man.
Hood bit his lip, for a moniept, and
then turning, walked into the house,.
A couple of days passed by, and the morn
ing of the third one had broken, as the hired
man met friend Lawson, riding in search of his
!|y. °
A few words of explanation ensued, when with
a heavy heart the Quaker turned his horse and
rode home, where he informed the people of the
fate ot his filly. No threat or recrimination es
caped him; he did not even go to recover dam
age, but calmly waited his plan and hour of re
venge. It came at last.
Watt Dood had a Durham heifer, for which
he had paid a heavy price, and upon which he
counted to make great gains.
One morning just as Obediah was sitting
down to breakfast, his eldest son came in with
the information that neighbor Dood’s heifer had
broken down the fence, entered the yard, and
after eating most of the cabbages, had trampled
the well-made beds and the vegetables they
contained out of all shape—a mischief impos
sible to repair.
“And what did thee do with her, Jacob f
quietly asked Obediah,
“I put her in the farnvyard.”
”L>id thee beat her
“I never struck her a blow.’’
“Right, Jacob, right; sit down to the break
fast, and when done eating I will attend to the
heifer.”
Shortly after he had finished his repast, Law
son mounted a horse, and rode oyer to Dood’s
who was sitting under the porch in front ofliis
house, and who, as he beheld the Quaker dis
mounting, supposed he was coining to demand
pay for his filly, and secretly swore he would
have to go to law for it if he did.
“(rood morning, neighbor Dood; how is thy
family exclaimed Obediah, as he mounted
the steps, and seated himself in a chair,
“All well, I believe,” was the reply.
“I have a small affair to settle with you this
morning, and I came rather early.”
‘‘So I suppqse,” growled Watt.
“This morning my son found thy Durham
heifer in my garden, where she had destroyed
a good deal.”
“And what did he do with her ?” demanded
Dood, his brow darkening.
“What would thee have done with her, had
she been my heifer in thy garden?'* asked Obe
diah.
“I’d shot her!’’ retorted Watt, madly, “as I
suppose you have done; but we are only even
now. Heifer for filly is only ‘tit for tat.’ ”
“Neighbor Dood, thou knowest me not, if
thou thinkest I would harm a liair of thy heif
er’s back. She is iu my farm yard, and not
even a blow has been struck her, where thee
can get her at any time. I know thee shot my
filly; but the Evil one prompted thee to do it,
and I lay no evil in my heart against my nemh
bors. I came to tell thee where thy heifer”'s,
and now I’ll go home.’’
Obediah rose from his chair, and was about
so descend the steps, when he was stopped by*
W atts, who hastily asked, “what was your filly
worth
“A hundred dollars is what I asked for her,”
replied Obadiah.
“Wait a moment!” and Dood rushed into
the house, from whence he soon returned, hold
ing some gold in his hand. “Here’s the price
of your filly; and hereafter let there be a pleas
antness between us.’’
“Willingly, heartily,’’ answered Lawson, i
grasping the proffered hand of the other; “let
there be peace between us.’’
Obediah mounted his horse, and rode home
with a lighter heart; and from that dav to this,
Dood has been as good a neighbor as one would
wish to have, being completely reformed by the
returning of good for evil.— Cincinnati
Columbian.
The Odd Bridegroom.
BY TACL CRF.YTON.
A young clergyman sat in his study compo
sing a sermon. It was a bright spring morn
ing, and in order to concentrate his thoughts on
the subject of the discourse he was writing,
Mr. Burton was obliged to close the window 1
blinds, and shut out the beauty of nature, which
to him was so attractive. In an obscure light,!
his pen was beginning to move quite rapidly,
when the wind blew the blinds open again, and
sent his manuscript fluttering across the floor,
Hie sunlight gushed in, and at the same time
Mr. Burton’s ideas flew out.
He turned in his chair and looked out of tho
window. Beauty charmed his eye, and the
music of singing birds fell freshly on his ear.
Nature at that moment appeared considerably
inure attractive than Theology. The green
leaves of the trees caused him to forget the
leaves of his manuscript. The plumage of the
birds made him disgusted with his grey goose
quill. \et Mr. Burton felt that he ought to la
bor that morning,
In casting about him, to find an excuse for a
little idleness, he saw a chaise driving down the
street, and stop before his own door. A good
looking, plainly dressed young man, helped out
a pretty, graceful girl; and they mounted the
steps together. Mr. Burton heard the door
bell ring; and presently a domestic came to in
form him that a young gentleman and lady
wished to see him on business.
“A marriage, I am sure,” thought the cler
gyman, smiling.
He was not mistaken. The young man, in a
frank, off-hand manner, told him he had called
for the purpose of being married to his com- j
panion; and the girl’s blushes told the same
story.
“Very well,” said Mr. Burton : “I am al
ways read)’ to make young people happy. You
love each other ?”
“ We would wait a day or two, if we did
not,” replied the youth.
His companion blushed again.
“Have you witnesses?” qsked tl\eclergyman j
“We are nut rich,” answered the bridegroom
“and I thought I could not afford the expense
of bringing any of our friends with ns. If yoq
think \vc had better have witnesses, perhqps
you will call in somebody.”
“It will be well to do so,” said the clergyman
smiling.
He called in a younger brother and the house
keeper.
“W e are in something of a hurry,’’ said the
bridegroom, as the latter paused in the door
way, to give some orders to a doomsslic. ‘‘l
have gut tu go to mill this forenon, and its a
long drive home.”
“Stand up here, then, I will despatch you,’’
the clergyman said, with a vain attempt at
gravity. “\ou, George Chambers, promise to
take this woman to be your lawful wife ?”
George nodded.
“lolove her in sickness and health—to share
with her your joys and your sorrows, your bed
and board. Ijo yqu promise ?”
Another nod
“And you, Mary, promise Uptake this man to
be your husband?”
A nod and a blush from Mary.
“To love him—honor him ?”
Another nod.
“And obey him ?”
A doubtful look from Mar}*.
“In all things reasonable ?’’ added the clergy
man ; and she nodded. “And to make him a
true and affectionate wife, do you promise?”
Mary gave a decisive riod. Mr. Burton ad
ded a few words more, and pronounc ‘d them
man r.nd wife. Mary wiped her eyes and George
drew a long breath. The clergyman then made
out his marriage certificate, to which the wit
nesses put their names, and ended by giving
them to the newly married couple, together
with a few words ot advice, At the same fjine
George slipped something into his hand, done
up in a piece ot white paper. Afterwards, the
bride and the bridegroom rode off in the chaise;
the housekeeper went to the kitchen laughing’
Burton returned to his books, and the clergy-:
man to his sermon.
As the latter sat down to write, thinking of,
the queer marriage ceremony he had just per
formed, he listlessly unfolded the bit of paper
the bridegroom had placed in his hands. Per-1
haps the preacher was curious to know how ‘
much so add a man had felt able to pay for his 1
marriage certificate.
From the size of the piece, Mr. Burton judged !
that his fee must be something handsome. It
was larger than a half-eagje, largerjeven than an
eagle, Could it be a twenty dollar pieoe ? The
paper being folded and refolded, it was some,
time before the clergyman could get at the
coin. His curiosity by this time was considera
bly excited. At length he saw something glit.
ter, something very bright. The sun shone on
it. It was anew, red— cent ! Mr. Burton was
a little disappointed, but laughing at the ludi
crous mistake, he locked the cent up in hi* desk,
and devoted himself to his sermon durin”- the
remainder of the forenoon.
Six years passed away. The successful cler.,
gyman was one evening surprised by a visit frm
a stranger. A handsomely dressed firo look.
ing man lifted his hat, bowed
and offered Mr. Burton his hand
“Your memory is better <Oan mine, if we
have ever met betore,” saG the clergyman.
“My name is GeorgyA. hambers.”
Mr. Burton had /orgotten that he had ever
knotvn such au^dividual.
“I think I ‘ ;an refresh your raemory, by men
tioning *h incident,” said George. “Do you
remer'her marrying a couple, six years ago, and
reviving for your trouble the fee of one cent/”
Mr. Burton lan* n ed, went to his desk, and
took from a smell drawer a little roll of paper.
Unfolding he produced the copper in ques
ion.
“l es, I remember all about it now.”
“Well, sir, I am the man—’’
“I remember your countenance.”
“You undoubtedly supposed I intended {<?
insult you ? ! ’
“No—l thought you were poor.’’
“So I was. I did not know that I could afford
to give you any more. Marriage, you know, is
a sort of lottery. Had I given you five or
dollars, and got a poor wife in return, you must
confess it would have been a miserable bargain,
j ‘Veil, sir, the wife you give me is a prize. It
lias taken me six years to find out all her virtues,
and now I have come to make you a suitable
! acknowledgement.’’
lie placed a puree in the bands of the aston-.
islied minister, who hesitated to accept it.
“You need not scruple to take it; thanks to
my wife, I am now a tolerably rich man.”
The odd bridegroom took his departure. Mr.
Burton examined the eontents of the puree with
lively curiosity; and he was not a little sur
prised and gratified to find that they consisted
of ten half-eagles, bright, shining—apparently
fresh from the mint.
And that was the last the clergyman ever
heard of the bridegroom.
Widows.
Some people have a prejudice against widows
but for our part we never could tell what for.
Girls will do very well in their places, but one
widow is worth half dozen of them anv way.
Girls are so shy, so timid, so reserved, so bash
ful 1 Very few of them know how to make
love, and when they do undertake it, it k so
awkwardly done ! But widows understand the
whole process. They are used to it. They
are experienced cavaliers in the dashing court
of Cupid. I hey know when to advance, and
when to retreat, when to lay siege to a heart,,
and when to attack it by storm. More castles
liave succumbed to the dazzling bright eve of a
widow clad in weeds, than were ever taken by
| the dreamy, melancholy robes of maidenhood.
Believe us, there is more real danger in the
dark and waving tresses of a bereaved one of
twenty-two, than lurk in the golden locks of all
girldom. See, there goes one of them now.
Scarcely a twelve-month has softened down her
excessive grief. But woman can't weep al
ways. They are made of something else be
sides tears; and that one has already found out
that her charms are not entirely faded. She
has not thrown aside her sable weeds yet, but
the heavy and sombre lombazine has given
place to a light and graceful fabric which shows
beneath its folds the white peticoat, and set® off
more beautifully her symetrical form, and falls
more elegantly from her polished shoulders.—
her little foot as she trips along, laqw
daintly it touches the ground, aud how adroitly
she manages to exhibit the well-polished ankle.
All 1! that is a woman for you. But, look at
bonnet, will you i Seventeen summers ooukt
never manage to wear it after that fashion. See,
how jauntily it covers her head, and how many
shy glances she is enabled to throw from be
neath it! and every one a barbed arrow that
transfixes the heart of pop/ love sick
swain.
Did you never notice how more apt
young tnen are to fall in love With widows and
girls that have passed the summer of life, than
with young girls ! Well, here is the secret of
it. They are experienced anglers. They know
with what hooks to fish, what bait touse,and how
to draw in their prey. In this they have a great
advantage over girls who are only in April
and May. The former does three-fourths of
the courting, while the latter leave it all to be
done by their suitors.
But. here comes one of them. Look at her.
She is decidedly pretty. BUe is a girl of fine
natural capacity, and it is well cultivated. She
is what is called accomplished. Her toilette is
perfect. What colors could better become her.
eomplexions.or what fabrics better suit her formt
Look at that eye. if you can catch a glimpse of
it beneath the languishing iij, how soft and
cjreamy. Behold that brow, how white and
polished. Bee that ar! ?i. how firm and round \
those fingers, hqw soft and tapering, in con
versation she is agreeable, and a party is incom
plete without her. And yet, and is it not mel
ancholy to believe it! the’chances are even that
that girl, lovely as she is, \yill die an old maid.
At any rate, we will wager o,ur cdd boots that
our widow gets married before her.
Such, however, is the world. Evidently there
is a fault somewhere. There must be a’wronm
in the way marriages are brought about among
civilized nations. Look at the number of bach
elors about, who have never tasted the sweets
of matrimony. And, look, at the number of
women, too. who are pining iu single blessed
ness. Ihe Great Being who preside** overall
things did not intend itta lie so, I|e intended
that every man should have a mate. But how
to rectify the fault we da nut pretend to be Solo-,
man enough to know. Bachelors, after they
arrive at the age us twenty-five ought to be tax
ed. And we trust that a bill to effect will be
brought t Q the attention of the Legislature -
Let Alabama take the lead in this matter, why
ahouldn t she ? And the Committee on Pro
! positions and Grievances ought to provide soma
I wa .V marry off the girls by the time they are
seventeen. We are inclined to think that these
matters are much better managed among the
I Indians and other barharous trihes than^they
i are with us. W e dont mean to recommend
i polygamy. That would be worse than the evil
we wish to cure, and would make us a little bet
ter than the Mormons.
But we find ourselves running into graver
matters than we intended when we commenced
this article, and we conclude as we commenced
on widows. It all women were widows, there
would be no difficulty about it; but they aint,
and there is no way of making them so, until
you make them wives, and that is tbe very thing
we want to get at. Well, we have pointed out
the evil, let wise men devise the remedy.—Jfa
con -Republican.
W*CH is the UArrutax Season?— -At a festal
,-fcirty of old a n-l young, the question was asked
‘Which season of life is the most happy ?’ After be
•us freely discussed by the guests, it was referred for
answer to the host, upon whom was the burden of
fourscore years. He asked if they noticed a grove of
trees hefore the dwelling and said . -when the spring
comes, and in the soft air tl* turfs are breaking on the
trees, and they are coveted with blossoms, l think
How beautiful i, Spriog / And when the summer
eomes and oavers the trees with its heavy foliage, and
singing birds are among the branches, I thiuk, fJhw
beautiful is Spring • When autum loads them with
golden fruit, and their leaves bear the gorgeous tint of
frost, I think, How beautiful is Autumn ! And when
it is ser* winter , and there is neither foliage nor fruit,
then I look up through the leafless branches, as I nev
er could uutil now, and see the stare shine.’
Smalll and steady gains give competency
with tranquility of mind,
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