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VOL. 9.
THE GEORGIA (HTIZEN
. . ~ rerT Friday m -raing at *2.00 per annum In ad
arfthtott*** month*. or *3.00 If no* paid
-.—.nrnu U the reaiar chant* will be Omt Dollar
lamknMrtd mortis or lert. for the drrt inser
ts for eaeh subsequent insertion. All ad
- • • * •••
*£f?7(* a ned*ccofdla>tr> A Überal dlaomat allowed
tte by the year.
! Ohlnrrv Wire* of oner ten lines, will be charged at the
cement* of candidates for offlo* to U paid for at
-"v-itc. when inserted.
■ lint m4s with county ofleera. Dninriata,
A "gy, jterchanU, i'M other*, who may wish to make
_.,r land and !beroe. by Executor*. Admln'rtr*
required by Lw to be adverted In a
‘ ’**££“£! day. previous to the day of sale.
Fj a-.4he held on the ttrst Tuesday In the month,
Jr, ► ms of ten In the forenoon and three In the af-
the Court house In the county In which the prop
—, Properl> nmjt be advertised in like
r tVborand Creditor*of an Estate must be
t-//lu2*™&lkm will be made to the Ordinary for
LviJand Negroea, must be published weekly for
: V,r.!lmi. ‘t Letters of Administration, thirty day*; tor
, : n from Adnlnistmtion. monthly, ax month*; for
. i” from GuardlMihip. weekly, forty day*.
K ile* for Koreclwdns of Mortnaxea monthly, four
. f7trial'■; irida*! *t papers, for the full ■‘pace of three
r r c. m elUng title* from executor* or edmlnidretora
; ‘re iV i has been given by the deceased, the full space of
Frotoadonal and Buine* tsrda will he Inserted un
der this head, at the following rate*, rir;
fw- F: ve liosa, per annum. I * 00
.v Sivendnea, do 800
to Ten UnesT *> MOO
No artvertlwment of thia class will be admitted, unless paid
for advance, nor for a !e* term than twelve months. Ad
■7rt .-ments of orer ten lines will be charged pro rata. Ad-<
serttsemsato not paid for in advance will be charged at the
ogjiar rates. ■>
ißiiniii mans m
LANIER & ANDERSON,
ATTORNEYS AT LAW,
Macon, G-a.,
PH BAiTICEin the counties of the Macon Circuit, and in
|§ tht i 1 untie* of Sumter, Monroe and Jones; also in the
Fcaai Courts m Savannah.
LASTO * ANDERSON hare also recently become the
ki r.:.< ofthe following Inmnnee Companies :
Tt'E ACOrsTA INSURANCE AND BANKING COM
fA\Y of which W. M. D'Antignac la President, and C. F.
jfcCay is Secretary.
toithe ALABAMA FIRE AM) MARINE IN'BUR
A.VI CUM PANT, Montgomery, of which T. H. Watt* is
freadrchand A. Williams la Secretary.
Pr Ms sad risks on slaves taken ai usual rates.
DR. H. A. METTAUER,
HAVING spent n portion ofthree successive yean In
this city, during which time he haa limited hla
prv-hce aimsst exclusively to Burgery, now respectfully
eftn his serriees to the ettisens of Macon and surround
a* :*aatry, in all the branches of his profession. Offlce
■ the South East Corner of Sd and Cherry streets, oyer
Ir. Asher Ayres’ new Grocery Store.
segJT—tf
0. BJIICE,
TUNER AND ffm REPAIRER
Os rxAivo ronTB,
n FonsanenUy located in Macon, ±9 Names may
be left at Messrs. Virgin's and at E. J. Johnston A Cos.
LOTS ts
BROWN’s|§HO TEL,
Opposite the Passenger Depot,
wm mtj- m. •
I. 1. BROWN, Proprietor,
HT Meals ready on the arrival of every Train.
sprit—tf
L N. WHITTLE.
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
MACON, OA.
OFFICE next to Concert Hall, over Payne’s Drug Btor*.
anlo—ly
J~B>. DAVIS.
Land Broker, Collector &. General Ag't.
Bccaess attended to In any county in this State.
OSre corner Jackson and Ellis Street, Augusta, Ga.
a*Tl—tf
LOCHRANE & LAMAR,
Attorneys at Law,
MACON, OA.
Office by the Mechanic’s Bank.
OmCE HOT7RS from 8 to U A. M.. S to 8 P. M. and also
hum 7 to 10 P. M.
T practice In all the Counties of the Macon Circuit andln
Lr'.v-i-ties of Jones. Monroe and Columbia, and In the Su
;nt Court.
0. A. LOCHRANM. JOHN LAMAR.
Nl-ly.
SPEER & HUNTER,
ATTORNEYS AT LAW,
Maoon, Ga.,
H Triangular Blotk, Coraer of Cherry
Stmt tad Cottoa Aveaae.
TCE havp associated as partners In the practice cf Law In
M the counties of the Macon and adjoining Circuits, and
• **;oe it the State by special contract—also, will attend
■k- federal Courts at Savannah and Marietta.
ALEX. M. SPEER,
trtltoly SAMUEL HUNTER-
THE LIVER
INVIGOR ATOR!
PREPARED BT DR. SANFORD,
COMPOUNDED ENTIRELY FROM GUMS,
I” * e of the but Purgative ted Liver Medicine* now before
’he public, th*t act* t* * Cathartic, eaaler, milder, and
; --aectn*! than any other medicine known. It U not on-
but t Liver remedy, acttn* first on the Liver
’ ‘t. morbid matter, then on the Stomach and bowel* to
<* that matter, thus accomplishing two purpoeea dN
elthont acT of the painful feelinf* experienced in the
. -*Tfco* ot mo*t CatharOr*. It Jtrenytliena the iytm at
Sec that It purge* It; and when taken dally In mod
t’ will st., n<Uitu and build it up with umuual tap-
‘ cIVER is one of the • principal regulators of the
dv i and when It 00 perform* It* function* well.
r -icfthesT*tetuare RE fully developed. Tbtom
’ lepen- dent on the healthy ncttoo
- rr for the proper ft [■erformance of Ita function*;
t math is at fault w ‘the bowel* are at fault, aod I
■ iffen In ,-or;sequence of one organ—
b_--'ER_havtDgceaiied ™ to do It* duty. Forth* dire
.' J “ orgaa. n.e of a ; the propnetora ha* made It
In a practice of more than twenty years, to 1
iU **•* remedy where- with to counteract the many
btrtmentto which ttt* 00 lable.
Sri f w ?** Uu dlhl* remedy *** l is at last found, any person
LIVER a COMPLALVr, In any fIU
*. ha* but to try a hot WW Ue, and conviction 1* certain.
.. Oum remove all ‘morbid or bad matter from
7 * em - “PWy-ng In J :their plaoe a healthy how of
V- ’>..7l*stoui cch. causing food to dlgeW
-L- Kirm o THE rn BLOOD? £vtn* tore* and
f 7. remortni the cause of
■i@fajß ! * S2s.um.wmra ,
-m'Kf.SSJS’ ft w**—* *™*
i ‘ ‘ *’ rating 1* ;*deut to relieve the dan
*■* *JV**t the tod*■ from rtatng and souring.
taken before retiring, prevent! SIGHT
t7. 7 <** do*e taken at ■■ -siehL looeen* the bowel*
“ and c ’“re* COS- , , IT VEX ESS.
SLr *" l * taker, after each M meal will cure DYSPIP
-W'!rr,&s of two tea- spoonful* win always rre
k HEADACHE. I
the ’® ** taken for fc _ male obstruction* remove*
‘*s“*® *=**. and make* a perfect cure.
>* , “ .annedlate- v y relieve*CHOLlC, while
£r u repeated ■ Us sure cure for CHOL
;y /*’ ‘.a-'.daprr- yen tali ve of CHOLERA.
■ one Wvtle i JF needed to throw out of the
tg- of medl cine after a long aickne**.
JAUNDICE remove* all
r -
*U * ta* en hort ■* time before e*Un{ give* vig-
V, food digest well.
;-aPdaff CUM CHRONIC DLAR
S’ ‘ Ft J 1 u T' ,r * fora*. while SUMMER and
11-., ® -P-aiht* yield 0k almost to the llret doee.
.*"* J ‘** ea cures wr attacks caused by WORMS
!s ■ ‘here I*n° tot- , er, safer. *r speedier remedy
;r- rr ,d - It never ifa f*U*-
. . r, A ,. few bottle* cure- DROPSY, by exciting the
w i .i 4 *’ P’***cre In re- “ commending thl* medicine
Fm-k ‘ i f- v £* FE VER AND AGUE, CHILL
It ocw^sls^* v ER-o sos a BILLIOCS TYPE.—
■ r-re.-t wltk certainty, _ *cd thousand* are willing to
•““rlu it* jJ, , J r * re t, * n d their unaulmou* ewd
> In the mouth with the Imtgora-
T U bo * h ‘‘wether.
I*. liver invioorator
• rti- JUEUICAL DISCOVERY, and U dally
-dcTe (treat to believe. It cure* a* if by
’•*- ft , * tr ** giving bcnttU. and seldom more
- vy 14 required lo cure any kind of LIVER Com-
or DybptpnJ to a common
th ‘ < *il of which are the rreult ufa DISEASED LTV
p tUCE OEE DOLLAR PER BOTTLE.
SALFORD k OO , Prqprietom, .
SiS Broadway, Sew York.
Agonts:
M , ’5 rk ’ Nfw ;T. W. Dyott 0 Son*. Philidel
*. < - . n p,^ l /, r *. Co -’ Boston ; H. H. Hay k 00, Portland;
k ; Gaylord k Ilamni.v.d. Cleveland ;
‘o* 5 Davis. Chicago ;O. J. Wood k Co„st. Louis;
i S- S. Uance. BalUneow—
a*h Ihuggisu. iold WWaie sad lUtaU by
m§ 14 KUsHLHPM^hOOa.
IMfiffOlT IISPRAHCE COMPAIY.
BRIDGEPORT, CONN T .
OFFICE, STURDEVANT PLACE.
CAPITAIUmfiOO DOLLARS.
o—o
kJ IrootorMi
:'i**P*> Rlchartoon
Wiliam H. Nohie,
,§s=wsr-
sa.
J!’*£? abov * Company, and is pre
NORTH AMERICAN
FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY,
OF HARTFORD.
THE undersigned having been appointed Agent for the
wove Insurance Company, U now prepared to issue Pol
tele* of Insurance on Merchandise Cotton, House* Furniture
10 **- conaistant with
°cAT—ly RICHARD CURD. Agent.
INSURE YODR PROPERTY!
The Great Western Insurance and
Trust Company.
Office, No. 107, Walnut Sreet., Phil.
Charter Perpetual, Authorized Capital,
$500,000.
MARINE INSURANCES on Veseels, Cargo. Freight, to
all part* oT the World. INLAND INSURANCES on
Goods Ly the Rivera, Canals. Laki-a. and Land Carriage. to all
partsof the Union. INSURANCES on Merchandize
generally. On Stores, Dwelling Houses, Ac.
„ Directors s
Charles C. Lathr-.p. 437 Walnut Street,
Henry D. Moore, M do do
Aiex. Whilldin, Merchant 14 North Front Street,
Jno. C. Hunter, Firm of Wright Hunter A Cos.,
E. Tracy, Firm of Tracy 4 Baker.
Jno. R. MCurdv, Firm of Jones, White A M’Curdy,
S. S. Bi.hop, Firm of B'shop, Simon* A CO.,
Jas. B. Smith, Firm of Jams R. Smith A Cos.,
Thoe. L. Gillespie, Firm of Gilievpie A Zeller,
Isaac Hazlehurst Atton ry and Counsellor,
Wm. Dareing, 8 Union Place
Robert Hare Powell, 24 Walnut Street
Theo. W Baker. Goldsmiths’ Hall,
Henry C. Wet more. New York.
C. C. LATHKOP. President.
WM. DARLING, Vice President.
H. K. RICHARDSON, Aatortant Secretory.
Office at Macon.
*ep IT—ly J. H. R. WASHINGTON, Agent •
■JJAI a. CAkBilT. AABOB A. 10FF
CARHART * ROFF^
WHOLESALE 6ROGEHS.
DEALERS IN
WINES, LIQrORS,g^|^TOBAC€O,SKGARS,
GROCERIES
OF EVERT DIBOIIFTION,
DTacon, Oa.
c*4—tf
ISABELLA fi HOUSE.
(FORMERLY CRUMMEY HOUSE.)
ALBANY, GEO.
f¥IHE above Hotel In Albany, the present terminus of the
X Georgia and Florida Rail Road, is now open for the re
ception of the Traveling Public, ihe House and Furniture
are new, and the Proprietor U determined to make it a
FIRST CLASS HOTEL,
And hope*, by Ariel attention to the wants of his guests, to
merit the patronage of the public.
L. H. DURHAM, Proprietor.
Albany, April 2. 1358—1 y
NEW HOTEL!
SCREVEN HOUSE.
BY J. B. FOLEY,
Corner tf Ball and CoagmaSts., Savannah, Ga.
MThis New HOTEL, furnished through
out in the most ELEGANT STYLE Is now opened
and will be kept as a
IIRST CLASH HOUSE.
apr 2—ts
JOHN CLEGHORN,
DEALER IN
r||iHsA DDL ES, HARNESS. LEATHER,
RrBBEK BELTI.N’k
U Saddlery Hardware,
E:c. Etc.
Has Removed to the new Brick Store on cherry street, one
Door shore the Manntkcnrers’ Bank and opposite to Messrs.
Rore'. Ga. nov 18—ts
David Eoss,
BOOK-BINDER
AND
BLANK BOOK MANUFACTURER,
Over Geo. T. Rogers Js Son, Cor. Third
and Cherry Streets , Macon, Ga.
J 18— ly.
Exchange on
NEW YORK FOR SALE AT THE
MANUFACTURER'S BANK.
mar 29 —ts
Andrew Wind,
American, C—ntliat. A European
Advertising and Subscription
OFFICE.
\o. 133 XABBAIT STREET,
(Next door to the Nassau Bank,)
I CP STAIRS,,) NEWI OBK
DOT 1-if
JOBS. T. BEARDEN. JaMES. THOS. ELLIOTT
BEARDEN & ELLIOTT,
attorneys and counsellors
T L -Aw w.
Camden, Areansas.
tW” WILL attend to all BuAiea entrusted to them In
South Arkansas. u ~ l Y
works.
J. B. ARTOPE,
gHv of and Dealer in For-
TBlsa’v eign and Domestic Marble, MONCMKNW
M TOMB-y/QNLS. MANTLEB, FURNITURE
*f -.t. A 88, Etc., ha* removed hi* Marble Work*
from Cotton Avenne, to the center f Sd and Fnmq
Street, a short distance South of Hardeman A Spark*
Warehouse,
aal—ly
PHOTOGRAPHS
W OOD,
I* stLl taking those BEAUTIFUL PHOTOGRAPHIC POE
TRAITS at
HALF PRICE,
Which are Painted by the Accomplished and Celebrated
ARTIST, MR. BERUFF.
Recollect that this la the ONLY WAT to get a
TRUE LIKENESS.
Every one should call and see them. They *peak for
THEMSELVES
Ambrotypes and Daguerreo
typos taken as usual,
At Low Prices.
F*b. M. 18tt—4frtf
MASS Eli’S PATE AT ICE
CREAM FREEZER, the best ar
ticle ever made. A large supply just
[received by . B. A. WISE.
• aeay ‘MI
For the Georgia Citizen.
To Margaret.
i’ aarxaa xv ill>.
1 “ T *?, nl ’ ‘fy,heavenly voice last night,
Didst so recall mv halcyon dav u, uie.
That I unseal this Fountain of Delight/
tel pY Song of Loti flow forth to the.
Thou art all loveliness—as toll of love
lovely-blest with all things sweet;
More lik the Angel* In Hueven above.
Than one of earth—in every grace complete.
For thy dear soul did soar up to the sky,
e * rt fcly things, where Angels dwell.
Lifting mine own above mortality -
my heart with Joys no tongue can toll.
•*. loveliest one I
lovely tor tnu worM of bltt< , r strife
W tS? , ooe ® cruc ified Ood'* Ron-
Taking the life of Him who brought them life !
Frtend of my sotil! I ring this song to thee-
By which thy name shall live in after years
thy soul did sing such songs for me— t
A Revelation of my heart In tears.
Thus .halt thou live, the Crvoacxx of Love,
. *5 other hearts than mice, from mom till even
Ju like the‘Angel* live in Heaven above- ’
Walking the mountain Mox.vino-La.vd* of Heaven.
Villa Au-xoia, July gtb, 18S8. T. H. C.
From Arthur s Ladies’ Home Magazine, for July.
HOME.
BY CLARA AUGUSTA.
Home! We love to repeat the word
over, for it has a sweet sound—Homs !
Ihe man or woman possessed of a
home, in the fullest sense of that beauti
ful word, need go no further than its sa
cred hearth for happiness. Within its
walls there is enough, without going
forth after vain and idle pleasures.—
Around the fireside of home cluster pu
rer joys than wealth can shower from her
golden hands, or clarion-tongued Fame
bring from the far off recesses of the
world.
The broad universe holds no nook or
corner so dear to the true heart as
home.
People may smile, and say it is an
old subject; very true, but it is one that
will never wear out. Like the grand
notes of “Old Hundred,” the sacred
tones of “ Montgomery,” or the inspiring
roll of “ Coronation,” the subject Home
grow nearer and dearer to the heart with
each repetition. The truth of thia all
will acknowledge, so long as each spirit
finds at home its purest happiness, and
folds its wings quietly there in the sun
shine of perfect peace.
Home ! llow the tired heart of the
wanderer leaps up at the word ! The
storm-beaten mariner nearing the shores
of his native land, his first thought, light
ning-winged is for home. Home, where
his wife waits with fair-haired children,
and keeps bright the light upon the
hearth stone, the light which is to guide
his way over the surf-washed beach, and
the treacherous quicksands, safely to his
home. Maybe he looks forward to a
re-union with his aged parents, white
haired and hoary, standing upon the
shadowy confines of the Eternal Land ;
kind father, and the tender mother, who
removed all thorns from his infant path
way, and led his tender feet up the wide
temple of manhood.
The brown haired girl at school looks
out for vacation with a world of blissful
anticipation; you ask her why is this
joy ; you learn she is going home!—
home to Father, and Mother, blue-eyed
brother Charley, and the dear flowers
and pets, which, from childhood up, she
has gathered there.
The man of business cooped up from
sunrise to sunset in his dusty counting
room closes the ledger with a slam, whis
tie* a merry tune, throws on his wraps
briskly, and with a rejuvenated air steps
into the street. Why is it 1 He is go
ing home ; home to his waiting wife, his
warm dressing gown and slippers by the
parlor fire, and the evening of content
ment and rest which he knows is waiting
him there. What matters it how loudly
the storm beats, or the gusty wind raves;
is he not at home, and with the objects
of his love ? Isn’t he happy 1 Ask him,
and he will tell you “ yes,” with an earn
estness that defies disbelief.
Maybe, in all these happy homes there
are vacant places; empty seats at the
fireside; unused books; little shoes, and
faded knots of ribbon laid away in some
Hallowed drawer; little playthings that
once brought joy to little hearts which
lie cold and still beneath mounds carpet
ed with the soft snow of winter ! Very
likely; every family has its precious
dead children; but even the remem
brance of this is no cause of unhappiness,
when we remember that around our Fa
ther’s throne above, there can be no dis
affection, no trial, no shadow of wo !
Grieving for this beseems us ill, for the
Saviour of the world stretched forth his
hands, and declared, “ of such is the king
dom of heaven.”
Friend, so long as a home is granted
you, lo*ly and humble though it may
be, if Love and Peace are its watehfires,
and Contentment its bright and abiding
star, never call yourself poor! You are
rich ! far richer than the hapless million
aire, who, with pockets lined with the
glittering ore of California, goes nightly
to his splendid lodgings in a hotel, and
finds his home circle in the fast men that
share the place of his abode. You have
a treasure which moth will not corrupt,
or rust corrode ; for all perfect affection
[ ia heaven born, and therafor# impamha-
Im
MACOIV. OA. JULY 16, 1858.
We have much gratification in believ
iug in the love which has cemented hearts
in holy union here, shall continue its sa
cred office in the hereafter ; for “ G<id
is Love,” and his kingdom is one of good
will toward men.
It is not gold and silver, neither heaps
of precious jewels, that bless ineffably the
lives which are given us ; neither honor
nor the world’s praise, f. r death will
sweep all away; but it is that pure,
earnest, sincere love of Goi and our fel
low men, which never fails, even in this
world, of bringing a sure and glorious
reward.
Cherish home ! Never let discord and
ill-nature enter there ! Never allow the
dark face of distrust to cross its hallow
ed threshold ! Guard your home as you
would your life ; nay, more, for happi
ness is more precious than life, and upon
that home your happiness depends.
Perfect confidence should abide there
forever ! Let no dim secret intrude, to
build up, as it were, a wall of granite
between its inhabitants. The great cor
ner stone of Love is Confidence, and the
one cannot exist without the other. Be
tween the hearts of the dwellers in one
family there should be no veil of dark
ness, no shadow of mystery, for, out of
doubt, love and contentment never spring;
and only in the broad sunshine of Truth
can the royal plant of Respect flourish
and grow strong.
Politeness and courtesy towards the
members of your family, will tend to es
tablish kindly feeling ; and let the same
deference which you would show a
stranger be towards those who
love you best, and who have a legitimate
right to the best phase of your charac
ter.
It is singular, considering the many
amiable men and women one meets in
society , that there should be so Tew hnp
py homes; so few specimens of conjugal
and fraternal happiness. Ah, it is sad
to speak it; but it results from the fact
that too many people save their smiles
from their own families, to bestow them
upon the eager crowd of fashion and fol
ly. It is true that we want not at home
the formal politeness which society
abroad requires of us, but the genuine
upspringmg of kindness w hich comes di
rect from the heart, and always gladdens
the recipient, and makes the giver bet
ter and happier. Let us then display
the best part of our lives at home. We
have those there whose claims are para
mount to all others; let us look to it
that we respect those claims and yield
freely the right.
We love well the voice of the great
cantatrice, who stands in the wide-roofed
hall, and pours forth her song for the
gratification of the multitude ; but we
love better the sweet, soft voice which
sings to cheer a weary father, a ick
brother, or a care-worn husband. There
is soul in that voice; there is beauty and
pathos there; and with that voice it
seem the very angels of heaven might
lo Tr e to mingle the seraphic chorus !
May the God of our Fathers guard
and protect our homes ! May h e pre
serve them from the intruding foot of
Despotism and wrong; and, at
gather all the dwellers therein safely in
to the home above, where there an
** many mansions prepared for those that
love him, and keep his commandments.”
Revival Rhymes.—A New York poet, in
touching on the conversion of Awful Gardner,
goeth it thus —
We ting and shout our grateful thank*.
That Awful Gardner's Joined our rank* ;
That, as the lamp hold* out to bum,
There may bechance tor Patrick Hearoe:
And as hip mercy'* all enduring,
We may even hope for John Van Buren.
“Got My Man P— Lying is held in all
Christian countries to be the lowest and most
degrading of vices—but there is now and
then a man, who, by constant practice in
some particular line of mendacity, becomes
so expert as rather to excite the admiration
of his acquaintance for his ingenuity and ad
dress. Os this stamp is a personage well
known to the people about the head of Lake
Champlain, to all traielers who ever had
occasion to go over the old stage route from
Whitehall to Saratoga. He was for many
years the agent for that most excrable line
of stages, and had every quality for his offi
ce. He was industrious, wide awake, and
faithfu. to the interests of his employers,
with no other rice than that of lying—a use
ful gift on that route—which by high culti
vation he bad made one of “fine arts.” Ev
ery traveler who ever saw him will remem
ber him and Lis broken promises. It chan
ced some three or four years ago, that the
conversation which engrossed the tongue of
a knot of gentlemen in the bar-room of the
St. Charles Hotel, New Orleans, was about
liars. At length a gentleman, from nor
thern New York, said he would wager “the
drinks all round” that he could name the
most unblushing and ingenious liar in Amer
ica.
“Done!” exclaimed a Southerner.
“Who do you name ?*
“I name A. R., stage agent of Whitehall,
New York,” said the Northerner.
“The devil you do!” cried the astonished
Southerner—“it’s no bet you vtgot my man !”
A wicked editor says, no ladies visit him
because they cannot get through the door
i wihout nriinKEg,
Mary Walton.
Mary Walton ! Mary Walton!
Tell me, tell me, where isi she
Is aheplaiing with the children
On the and d-y-syrinklMl lea—
Gathering Sowers,
From the l*owe-s
Where can Mary Walton be ?
Go and seek her by the river—
Bending o’er the lillie* fair.
Wading iu the crystal waters—
See if you can And her there—
She Is straying—
* Long in stty lng—
See if Mary Walton’s there ?
Hie thee to the blue-waved ocean,
Seek her on the petiMy icraud—
Oath'rin/ tiny shells and sea-weed
in her ehuhby tony hand—
-Btep ye ge- tly—
Seek intently—
Little foot-print* in the sand.
Little children hasten thither—
Thro’ the dingle, o’er the lea—
Seek her on the hill and mountain—
Lead her geutiy home to me—
LIU e t* ry—
Laugh,r g Mary—
Little one she'll come with thee.
And they sped—th >se little children—
Lightl) -so (ted o'er the sand—
Seugnt lier in the shadowy vallev
Sought her In the pebbly strand—
" Did ye And her—
lMd ye Mud her
Gently t o your iitUe bund ?”
“Mary Waltou ! ye*, we found her
Sleeping ‘ueatb a hillock lone—
Blue-eyea daises watching o’er her,
And her name upon a stone
Pointing Heavenward,
Ever Heavenward—
Thehs has Mary Walton Aowu !”
Charles the Twelfth In Love.
BY MARCELIXE DESBORDES VALMORE.
‘ Would you like to be a queen, Chris
tine V This was the question addressed
by an old man, whose sunken eyes were
fixed upon a chess-board, of which the
chessmen were scattered here and there
—and testified to a long lesson at chess
playing—which had wearied out the pa
tience of his pretty daughter.
1 Queen of Hearts ?’ asked the grace
ful child, without lifting up her head,
which was supported by a rich cushion
of black velvet, on which sat also a
frightful little bull-dog, which she loved
to distraction.
‘ Queen of Hearts, my child ! that em
pire is yours already,’ replied the minis
ter, who always laid aside his gravity in
the presence of the giddy Christine.—
Flis tone was careless. He played mean
while with a magnificent snuff-box, gar
nished with large diamonds, the present
and the portrait of a very homely king.
‘ But,’ continued he, and still in a tone
of afTected indifference, ‘ is that your on
ly ambition V
‘ Why should I extend my sovereign
ty any further 1 J have more subjects
than 1 know how to govern.’
‘ Oh, oh! I should not have thought,
my dear, that you had subjects. You
are prudent enough not to encourage
their homage, eh V
‘ Really, replied Christine, trifling with
the little bull-dog, which had began to
snap his teeth, ‘ 1 am under no obliga
tions to them for the homage which is
my due. There is only one in the world
whose love creates my tenderest grati
tude,’
The brow of the Prime Minister of
Sweden became clouded.
‘ Who is that person, Christine V
Christine blushed, looked at h®r fath
er with charming embarrassment, and
redoubled her caresses of her snappish
little bull-dog. The count, in a sterner
tone repeated his question.
‘ What is the name of this person,
Christine ?’
‘ Whom should it be, dear lather, but
Adolphe de Hesse, your handsome ne
phew V
‘ You have not been so bold a3 to con
tract an engagement with that boy T
‘ Buy I—h1 —h- is eighteen ) cars old—
father! He is my oldest friend ; i stu
dy with him ; I cannot remember when
l Kigali to love him, it was so long
ago.’
‘ This is all folly—you were educated
together at your aunt’s—it is simply a
sort of fraternal love.’
‘ Not at all! I should be very sorry
if Adolphe were my brother !’
4 I have done all I can to serve him.—
lie is without fortune, he ha- nothing to
depend upon but his commission and my
bounty.’
‘ Your bounty is very great—most
noble lord! and he is brave and mag
nanimous ; as for me, when i found out
how much handsomer his eyes had grown
since he was a child, and how much bet
ter he talked than many who are much
richer, I did not trouble myself about his
jack of wealth.’
‘ My daughter —you must forget him,’
said the count, passing his arm affection
ately round Christine’s waist as she sat
at his feet.
4 My dear father —1 cannot even try
to forget, for I do not know how to be
gin—besides, you love him too—’
4 Not enough to make him my heir.’
4 He would be your heir in spite of
everything—were 1 to die father.”
the minister locked fixedly at the
fresh and youthful face of his daughter,
as if to read her very soul; aud the
wrinkle which his paternal terror had
made upon his brow—disappeared like
lightning.
4 1 see nothing here but life,’ said he,
tapping Chistine’s forehead. 4 That be
ing the case, l shall busy myself in mar
rying you off—you naughty girl.’
‘ And you will make us the most mis
erable creatures in the world, answered
Christine, whose black eyes sparkled
through her tears.
1 llj poor child—joo havo hcM* thor-
oughly spoiled ! I have given you too
much license and liberty. You are ask
ing what is impossible. Be reasonable ;
and to amuse you a little longer—your
aunt shall present you at court. You
will see many fine sights. You will be
come acquainted w irh our brave young
king* * * * * if you will but be
reasonable!’
‘ rhe king is a rude monster !’ cried
Christine, rising with impatience. ‘I do
j not wis-h to se** him—every one says that
j he hH't'S woiui-n
‘That is a calumny —he is in love with
t 1
cue.
| ‘ls she handsome T’
‘•As handsome and wicked as your- ‘
m/F
‘As myself V ** * * The count i
began to laugh, Christinas penetration
awoke—for she answered after a mo- |
ment s thought— ‘ I have not even seen 1
him.’
‘ But he has seen you and be, says * *
1 What does he sav—dear father V
‘ What does it matter w hat a monster,
a woman hater says V
l Ah ! ah !—but he is a king. What
docs he say—tell me ; what can he say ? |
I want, to know; dear father 1 Do tell j
me, that is a good father.’
But the minister had made up his j
mind to be silent—and neither the en- j
treaties or the caresses lavished upon j
him by Ghristrine, could extract one
word more.
‘Apropos!’ interrupt* J he suddenly,
as if remembering m int thing w hint, he
had neary fiofotton to n sen lion ; * i .-hall
bring an oflifer home to take supper
with us. Receive h’mpolitely—and with
deference. I intend that h<* shall be yam
bus band.’
I won’t have him !’ tried Christine,
runnir g after her father as he left the
room —• if L cannot have my so'dier, I
will die an old maid !’
‘Love grant thy prayer, fair c->usin!’
said Adolphe de Hesse, coming fronT be
hind the long curtains of gold fringed
damask, where he had been con curie J for
the last quarter of an hour. *ltis sweet
to play the spy to hear ones cause plead
ed by such an advocate as thou art—
though in so desperate a cause.’
‘ Desperate ! —how mean you ] —the
battle is half gained. My father's anger
is like the summer shower upon the
grass, a single ray of the sun causes
it all to evaporate; do you not know
that, Adolphe ] I beg you do not sigh
so, do not cross your arms and look up
to the ceiling with that solemn air; Ido
not feel like sighing myself, 1 want to be
amused. I wish there was a ball to
night! well! love will lead the orches
tra, and we will dance gaily on our wed
ding night!’
‘ You hope too much, Christine; I
know your father better than you do.—
Oh! my beloved,’ continued Adolphe,
looking at her beauty with a sort of ter
ror, ‘you will not have the courage to
refuse the magnificent plaything which
he wishes to give you in exchange for
your cousin’s ardent and devoted love.’
/Christine, in her turn, looked at her lover
earnestly and her eyes filled with tears ;
nut a-* she could not endure a serious
thoUtiht for more than an iustant, she
pretended to be angry.
* You do ‘not think me destined to j
swell the list of faithful lovers, it seems
in spite of the last proof which you have j
managed to procure of my good faith by
spying.’
* Dry your tears, Christine, I am not
stoic enough to need such eloquence as
theirs.’
‘ Why did you make me cry T said
Christine, smiling at the same time,‘was
it not for the cildisli pleasure of drying
my tears by your warms kisses ? or are
you really jealous of some imaginary ri
val? Who may it be? That antidote
to tender emotions, Count Ericson, per
haps ?’
4 Ericson does not please you—well,
that pleases me; he is not richer than I
am, I amagine; but Christine, what are
you sighing for now—your father will
bring you anew admirer this evening,
and I shall be forgotten.
4 You deserve to be forgotten, for say
ing so, for offending me with your sus
picions ; but you are my cousin, and 1
forgive you this ooce,’ said she, putting
Adolphe’s hands, which she held, upon
her curling locks.
‘ Do you really love me, Christine ?’
4 1 have told you so a hundred times,
ungrateful one! you must be almost
stunned at hearing anything repeated so
many times.’
‘lt is always delightfully new to me.’
‘ Well, we love each other that is cer
tain ; but as my father will not give his
consent to our union, we must wait.’
4 But if he never consents —’
‘ Never ! do you fear that V
‘ Christina, alas, I do !’
‘ Well, then I shall always remain as
I am ; happiness never restilts from an
act of disobedience/
* 1 think ax you do. * * * And you
; are so happy now.’
‘To be sure I am. Do l not see you
. every day What better could we
i wish?’
Adulphe looked thoughtfully at the
object of his passion, without answering
at first, then he s’ghed heavily and -aid :
‘ T think you are amazingly prudent.’
‘ldo rot wish to wound a father’s
heart.’
‘ But you do i **t care for wounding
mine.’
* Adolph**, if 1 n< vci b Come your wife
with my father’s consent, ! shall aiway*
remain single, but this is the extent Os
all 1 cau promise you.’
The young soldier's fhee grew sad, he
walked hastily * across the room —stop- ;
ping now and then to look at the love- ,
ly tyrant who held him so carelessly in
her chains. Christine tried to look ex
tremely grave; but two beautiful dim
ples, which adorned, her lovely mouth,
were’ on the point of appearing with that
joyous Jaugh which was so natural to
her. Adolphe's heart did not beat so
gayjy ; he was a jealous lover, whose
imagination saw ;u Christine a treasure
guarded by two dragons ready to devour
love itself; namely, ambition nd ava
rice.
Ignorant of her father's designs, con
fiding in the a fleet ion of a beloved pa
rent, the innocent daughter of a crafty
father still saw no cloud in the future ;
she was, on the coritiary, very much
amused at her lover’.* pouting. Adolphe’s
eyes flashed fire, but he did u--t dare
comp’aiti again ; reflection oppressed him
and, almost beside hints* IF/bui too uu
wotldfy to be able to struggle against
hiscruel thoughts, he stil feared to disturb
Christines happiness and he revenged him
self for not being able to fiud fault with
her by taking himself to task.
‘ I have been very foolish,’ cried he,
‘ I deserve all that has happened to me.
By heaven ! to have allowed an absurd
passion t<> get the mastery of me. Come
there must bean end to this! 1 :hall
not repay your father the debt of grati
tude which 1 owe him by robbing him of
his only child ; adieu, Christine ! lam
going to rejoin my regiment. I count
upon the ill-fortune of war to ease my
troubles—you will think with some lit
tle regret of the dead !’
His voice was broken. Christine ut
tered a cry, and her tears burst forth
abundantly ; for Adolphe was kneeling
at her sees, and begging her pardon.—
His warlike resolution had melted away
like dew before the sun, and the young
lovers parted more in love than ever.
Christine would not have liked to die
of love, on the contrary, she wished to
live for its sake, and to be violently sep
arated from the object of a sincere and
early affection, would have embittered
her life with a sad and ineffaceable im
pression. But this could not be, they would
be always near each other—but in spite
of her lover’s grief, some strange attrac
tion led her to her mirror. She remem
bered her father’s orders concerning the
supper to be given that evening to some
new friend, and consulted his wishes by
adding t<> her toilet every ornament
which could please a father who felt the
greatest pride in the beauty of his child.
\\ hen she entered the room, which had
been heated and perfumed according to
her orders, and where supper was pre
pared with a degree of magnificence not
often seen even at the house of the opu
lent minister she shone upon the solita
ry guest an object of beauty sufficiently
dazzling to merit the houi ige of a whole
court.
Nothing could exceed Christine’s an.
ger and astonishment, when, instead of
the distinguished stranger whom she had
expected to strike dumb with her charms,
she beheld, in the person who rose awk
wardly at her appearance to conduct her
to table, the odious Ericson, the object
of her greatest aversion and the despised
butt of her malicious sarcasms.
4 What made my father amu-o* himself
thus at my expense ?’ thought she to
herself, looking sidelong it th- detested
face. 4 lt is re.illy that creature, 1 thought
she, stul.ng a sigh and an inconvenient
wish to laugh which income Jed her at
the same time. ‘ What does that cap
tain come here for, with his china-blue
eyes and his hair in such a boyish-look
ing curls ?’
Her dislike did not exaggerate the po
trait which she was drawing in her own
mind of the tall, gaunt and inelegant
young man who stood before her, with
a rude stare in his soldier eyes, which
seemed to devour the charms of the
proud and sensitive girl. Such was, in
deed. the picture of the individual who
had for some weeks been the most con
stant visitor at the prime minister’s house
and who was often closeted with him by
the hour. In vain did Christine—in de
spair at having wasted her delicious toi
let—resign herself to listening to his
rude gallantly mi hawing hie vulgar
rffo. iz<.
admiration ; the warlike machine won’ l
have remained a week before her wi ,i
----out uttering a single compliment. r j h ;
; only manifestation whi< h he made of th ft
admiration which be felt was loud laugh
ter at his own stupid words. Chi lit’Jie,
restrained by her respect for her faiier,
seenx*d to seek some door through whit *t
to diappear and spare herself the ennui
mingled with indignation, which the pre
sence of such a suitor mused her to fee’.
Her heart, filled by a plna Trig image, and
irrita ed at the of this W*v
rivfti. bon .led- angrily -a its-n b* r, fcluj
felt ready <• viaim, *(.i*<ui! iiricsoti!
mer- iful heaven 4 Count Kiic- nr
Ad, as it ! .hi- it stipiiot :Meson
had been •'•are *’ tbr-e W-r. v reli.-c
----tion. he at erupted to and .*. • v dl his
powe -s, an f iimkv w'fSv th gi. t
grace- of tile itiliau holy, !> • i, ; g her
abruptly:
‘ What is your opinion > 1 A'cxnhdor
fchp Great f
Christine e..nl>! not hel- t.-b hi* g in
the face of b*r * *
*■l never think about Au-wd. r the
Great at all,’ answered she. * | n>wi.
ber that, when 1 was reading about h::n,
however, I was iw n tilth afraid of him as
of a madman.
Ericson Itegan vehemently to defend
the most remarkable ism-rage ever ad
mired by the w orld.
4 If he had beeu as prodigiously wi.-.<*,
as he was prodigiously* courageous, h i
w<nild. have learned to govern hir.is. f
before undertaking to nm.-ter the world.’
Ericson blushed to tho roots of lua
frizzled red hair, and answered angrily,
4 Can a w'oman penetrate the secret of
the noble fever which leads a man of
courage into a thousand dangers and
makes him despise life with all its insip.
id joys, to merit the crown of ’manorial
renown i’
‘No,’ replied Christine, with simplici
ty, ‘ 1 have to such fever, aud no sym
pathy with destroyers. If I thirsted f..r
celebrity, it wOmld be the lame of hav
ing acquired the bleedings of those among
whom my life was passed. Yes, my dear
father!’ continued she, without heeding
a warning look from the minister, • 1
should rather that smh should live to
bless me than t> die enr-ing me. It is
frightful to think ol th. se players of Dicii.
Do not speak of them, sir, but let us
pray heaven to deliver the earth fr> m
them all.’
‘ Child !’ murmured the tortured miu
ister, tilling Ericsoa’s glass, and trying
to attract his attention. ‘To the glory
of Alexander, Count..’
‘ W ell said ! cried the wartior,
quenching his anger in a glass of deli
cious wine. ‘ little savage lithe
glory of Alexander!’ and he struck
Chiistine’s glass so violently as to shat-,
ter it to pieces.
‘ 1 have no thirst for such glory,’, re
plied the saucy girl. ‘ 1 will not drink
to one of those malevolent phenomena
who hide a tiger’s skin under the royal
mantle.’
‘ My lord ! my lord !’ interrupted the
courtier, frightened at the rising anger of
his guest, whose eyes glittered like the
blade of a dagger. * Can the sallies pf a
young girl wound your feeling ? Shf is
pleased only with her little dog, eh
she suffers to bile her with impunity pud
tear her fingers, which are as weak as an
infant’s—see !’ continued the minuter
carelessly, seeing the soldier’s anger di
minish at the sight of the child-like hand
which he held under his rough mous
tache. 4 Her warlike knowledge is lim
ited to the knowledge of a game of chess;
that narrow sphere is her field of battle,’
continued he, approachihg the table where
he had caused to be placed a set of chess
men, (for chess was Ericson’s fovorite
game.) ‘She fights the general so cour.
ageously, that even au old soldier like
myself finds some honor in bringing down
her womanish pride.”
Nothing, to all appearance, could be
better calculated to compose the ruffl -1
dignity of the uncouth Ericson, than-the
prospect of a game at chess ; for, turn
ing to the capricious and laughing child,
he challenged her to play a game wi h
him, with more courtesy than she sud
supposed him capable of showing.
4 But—if 1 beat you ?’ said she gay
ly’
4 It will not be at chess alone that you
are my conquerer, fair and wicked one!’
answered he, looking her directly in the
face and pressing her hand so hard as to
make her exclaim. Christine blushed
and cast down her eyes, not without hav
ing given a disdainful glance at the awk
ward soldier —but the ice was broken,
the butterfly had emerged from the chry
salis—he met her proud look with an
other look as if he doubted her sinceri
ty.
‘There is more fire in the automaton,
than I had supposed,’ tbonght Christine
in confusion, 4 and my father is forcing
me to play a hazardous game.’ * * * *
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