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VOL,. 9.
the GEORGIA CITIZEN
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ilffiM AND BUSISESS CAROS
LANIER A ANDERSON.
ATTORNEYS AT LAW,
Macon, G-a„ ‘
P^HRA' Tl< Eii the counties of the Macon Circuit, and in
the C untie* of Sumter, Monroe and Jones; also In the
yjdfral Courts at Savannah.
hASIER A ANDERSON have also recently become the
Af'” of the following Insurance Companies :
ME At’Ul>TA INSURANCE AND BANKING COM
PAST ?which W. M. D'Antignac Is President, and C.f.
IfcCay Is Secretary.
A ‘ ALABAMA FIRE AND MARINE INSUR
IN'! t COMPANY. Montgomery, of which T. H. Watts is
President,am! A. Williams is Secretary.
P.re risks and risks on slaves taken at usual rates.
iPr la -tt
OR. H. A. METTAUER,
HAYING spent a portion of three successive years in
this city, during which time he has limited his
practice almost exclusively to Surgery, now respectfully
-S?rs fcls services to the cltisens of Macon and surround
ag ceustry, in all the branches of his profession. Office
.. :.e South East Oorner of 8d and Cherry streets, over
Mr. Asher Ayres’ new Grocery Store.
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0. BJUCE,
TUNER REPAIRER
or PIANO FOHTES,
IS Permanently located in Macon. tV*Nu<eimtf
Mleftat Messrs. Virgin's and at E. J. Johnston A Cos.
lovß—tf
BROWN’sIJhOTE l,
Opposite the Passenger Depot,
macom) -m•
E. E. BROWN, Proprietor,
0“ Meals ready oa the airita,’ of every Train.
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L. N. WHITTLE,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
MACON, OA.
OWC* next to Concert Hall, over Payne’s Drug Btore.
snlO—ly
J. R. DAVIS,
Land Broker, Colloctor & General Ag't.
Bunsess attended to in any county In this State.
OSce corner Jackson and Kills Street, Augusta, Oa.
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LOCHBAXE & LAMAEr
Attorneys at. Law,
MACON, GA.
Office by the Mechanic’s Bank.
OFFICE HOURS from Btol2A. M„ 2 tos P. M. and also
bom 7 to 1C F.M.
O'.” practice in all the Counties of the Macon Circuit andln
t’xCjcntiesof Jones, Monroe and Columbia, and in the Su
•itffie Court.
0. A. LOCHRANB. JOHN LAMAR.
SPEER ft HUNTER,
ATTORNEYS AT LAW,
Macon, G-a„
m Triangular Block, Corner of Cherry
Street and Cotton Avenue.
RjTE art associated as partners in the practice of Law in
” h’e counties of the Macon and adjoining Circuits, and
.Jrv.ee to toe fcuUe by apt dal cVntract—A&o, will attend
‘f’-'ral Courts at Savsnnah and Marietta.
, ALEX. M. SPEER,
.d-’ li ~>T SAMUEL HUNTER.
THE LIVER
ISYIG ORATOR!
PREPARED BY DR. SANFORD,
COMPOUNDED ENTIRELY FROM GUMS,
TV. 8 ’of the best Purgative and Liver Medicines now before
thst acts ala Cathartic, easier, milder,and
jf eßdual than any other medicine known. It Is net <m
l w but 4 Liver remedy, acting grst on the Liver
matter, then on the Stomach and bowels to
Lid ™}hst natter, thus accomplishing two purpose* eftec
L*~i v ; withr.nt ant of the palr.ru. feelings experienced in the
—tj otmow Cathartic*. It strengthens the system al
- wr.e time that it purges it: and when taken daily In mod-
I a os**, wili strengthen and build It up with unusual rap
*-IYER ia one ofthe ! principal regulators of the
. body; ind when i- M perform* it* functions well,
*-r>fthcjyteni*n. tm fully developed. Thestom
2® I**7 1 **7 and( “P en ’ _ dent on the healthy action
,v 5 ‘ r ‘-he proper performance of it* functions;
-et .eiton.achbM fault w the bowel* are at fruit, and
toe I rvrw >B i e^,suirers ln im consequence of one organ—
flsT . tß_hTtt ? ceased ” todoftsduty. For the dls-
S cr S i;s 't®’ of the proprietor* iiu made it
V. ■ to * practice of. more than twenty years, to
where with to counteract the many
: Mementi to which tt 1- M liable.
thatthis remedy “Ls at last found, any person
feii “ liver A COMPLAINT, iu any •fit*
.~u but to try a hot- W tie, and conviction is certain.
taeiS.H; 0 - 1 re T* ove U morbid or bad matter from
m U their place a healthy flow of
- Sit aeh,cauMng food to digest
MhtothJC&T* 0 r S E m BLOOD, giving tone and
&* c T? ole niachin- erv, removing the cause of
* a- leal cure.
ImK ATfAI ’KS are cured. AND. WHAT IS
g by the occasional use ofthe
* fter eating is sufficientU) relieve the stem
*J!W|M. the tood ■■ from rising and souring.
yTo r Eei -’taken before retiring, prevents Nl&HT
erf/ ioie at ™ night, loosens the bowels
■frL* 11 ?.cure* COB- r ,- TrVENESS.
BU* sow takensftereacb m meal will cure DYSPEP
** B P°° tfula 118111 * lw ‘ yß **’
“i* tojn for tv- _ male obstructions removes
Or- ‘me c -rrsse,*nd makes a perfect cure.
■v . - immediate-i j lyrelieve*CHOLlC, while i
I:.J u ,-;en npert'f I’■is a sore cure for OrfOlr
a-, p.e ventatire of CHOLERA.
’ * ne bottle la 3(C needed to throw out of the
ig- _ cine after a long sickness.
. •- -IU taken for JAUNDICE removes all
rur.r.atuialcol-1 or from the skin.
a short ™ time teforeeating gives vlg
•■■ji.d makes 1 food digest well.
K vi “* cßen repeated “ cures CHRONIC DIAR-
AjU-y,toiUwoMform- “ while SUMMER and
0-... , i ents yield: SBk almost to the first dose,
is ,; w ” doses cures W attack.-, caused by WORMS
* 7 > ! ilere ‘ 8 no sur- ’ r er, safer, sr aitedier reniedy
tr- TVK* it twreri ■* fmOs.
*. ew bottles cures! DROPSY, by exciting the
„ ’ “ i ‘“ Pi< asur.- in re ® commending this nedicine
for FE- . VEK AND AUUE,CHILL
„•> FEVERS of a BILLIOUS TYPE,—
>-!ttoty, and thousand* are willing to
•- woucarfUl vto- 3K tue*.
*’’ “’i?i, U fty! , r ‘ re Klv,n * ‘Bolr unanltnou* estl
wlU. thelntUora-
liver invigorator
* rk-, J, T ii 1C MEDICAL DISCOVERY, and is daily
“oeic,, to® o ** too great to bastsve. It ctires as if by
tf nr dote giving benefit, and seldom more
’ fmn .i* u lo cure any kind cf LIVER Oom
•< 1 *-cL ‘ or fiu4pe,.ii tdk common
A•-• *’ oi^hlchare th; result o a DISEASED LIV
‘'KICK OEE DOLLAR PER BOTTLE.
SANFORD A OO m rroprietors,
846 Broad way. New York.
liolesale ik.goia.ta :
;. “o *l‘"k.Se v .r. W. Dyott A Sons. Phllade!-
t*i*D IV.W llo ton -. H. H. Hay A Oo_ Portland;
* 1 Ga/lordAHamiuoud,Cleveland;
W ? A?? vu - Chicago: O. J. Woe* A Cos.. S. Louis;
su a. | IKLIN. HOTTfIW^
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For the Georgia Citizen.
To One Departed.
(Trmr*of fhp Halcyon Time.)
bt t. n. CHIVItf, m. r*.
Thou art where day in measurer not by hours,
Rtskirtr amid those ever-blooming bowers.
Henidc the ri vert of perpetual Syrin*.
Adorned with flowers forever hi itsomln?;
fort*** continues throughout all the yeur,
Atml winder never coiner an It does here ;
yNeri M‘ min*r ‘ reaka. but not to rass away.
And Evening comes, but not to end the day:
Where all powss one harv<g**t of delight.
And one eternal l>ay that known no nUeht;
And where the rivets are like streams of song,
which flow In crystal purity along
The Island of Sweet Spices to the *et
Os their own birth In waves of melody.
But when she left me there was no decay
>n that mortality which passed away;
For when Death heard the song she sung for me.
He broke the Wrings of her sweet melodv.
And then she fell asleep; but when she woke.
The smiles of God upon her spirit broke.
For as the Hindoo, bearing of sweet sounds.
Thlnksf.f that Paradise where Jov abounds.
And where he lived. In pre-existent state,
A spiritual being—so, thy soul doth wait
upon my spirit, like some gentle bird,
Siiijring the sweetest song we ever heard—
Making thy downy bosom soothe the pain
That thou did< cairn with thy dissolving strain.
For as the stars are music-notes af light,
Written by God upon the Page of Night,
.that sing to their own music while they shine ;
80, *hou doW sing to this fond heart of mine.
And. as an Angel treads, from Star to Star,
steps of light, to some 1 (right world afar—
r art her than man’s mortality can sec—
I tread the Harmonies of thought to thee.
The tri I ling brooklet whispered, as it went.
The languid song of Innocent content.
Shedding its mellow blandishment* upon
The flowery Vales reclining in the sun.
Telling each other all they know by heart—
In whose clear bosom Heaven itself could see
Its smiling face in all its purity.
The Whipiioorwii: sang vespers at the even ;
The iocund I -ark. that morn, ast mlshed Heaven—
Responsive to the happy birds, whose lay
Had filled the woods with gladnuse all the day.
Oh! if the hours that we have spent, were given
To win our souls from this dark world to Heaven—
If thou wertther the tieing that thou wert.
When we were first united—when mv heart.
In all the freshness of it* love, was thine.
And thine, in all Its tenderness, was mine ;
Shall we not meet again with that mmc love
Which first inspired us. In the Heavens above.
When I shall sink as sweetly to repose
As when the perfume dies out of the rose.
And mingle- through the long etemitv
In blissful dreams of hrighterjoys to be?
Our sorrows, in this world, alone can die,
Our pleasures live through all eternity.
Time cannot chatige that which was made to Ik.*
Above all time—born with eternity.
No : that which is of earth, is but as dav.
While that of Heaven can never p&a* away.
For sooner shall the steed forget the road
That led him saft ly to his own alode;
And. getting there, forget his master's hand
Whli h fed him always at the sat ie old stand;
And, sooner shall the mother leave her child.
And in the hour of bringing it, go wild.
And, straying from the pleasure >f its birth.
Leave it to perish on the day-cold earth;
And sooner shall that child refuse the breast,
And. afterwards, enjoy again the rest
Tliatit enjoyed, when, draining there its fill.
Its little cries Ly hashed lr sleep as still
As If Its gentle spirit was at prayer
For that sweet providence which Messed it there ;
And sooner shall the wave run up the hills.
Or, that the fountains cease tofe-sd the rills.
Or, feeding them, that they should dill run dry.
Or, running that the fountain, too, should die;
Or anv other most unnaturalthlnr
twiup ociiit. tmng a a total i ijnii^.—
Ay, sooner shall the sun forget tt* shine.
From this fond heart tnc tenderuos of tuiue ,
As well may Time attempt to draln^wnca.
As waste one atom of my love for VBmt
New York, Oct . Ift 1837. ’
For the Georgia Citiaeu.
MYRTLE CLIPPINGS.
Mr. Godey wonders what has become
of all the bachelor editors. Bachelor
editors? Dear me! you don’t say
Here I’ve been waiting no inconsiderable
time for some clever editor’s w ife to go
to heaven, hoping, in the course of hu
man events, I might fortunately step in
to her shoes, and Mr. Godey comes right
out and says there are , or w’ere such
things as bachelor editors! (Bless him,
wish he was one.) They must be “few
and far between,” however, for I can’t
imagine how such “choice articles” can
considerately and conscientiously remain
undivided, unsold , undisturbed and ii
tasted, when it’s a notorious fact that the
“weaker se*” have a particular fancy,
and decided partiality for all rare delica
cies. Why an editor should remain a
bachelor, seems a mystery. But perhaps
they are yet to learn how very popular
they can be among our sex. “Or, per
haps, having one devil in his office, he
don’t care to have one in his house!”
Nonsense! How does he know but
what he might get an angel to counter
act any bad influence the devil may
tyave over him? Besides, some cold,
rainy Sunday, when there is no church
and he has no company but the “blues,”
if one could peep in at his chamber win
dow, he might be seen looking gloomy
and unenviable, gating abstractly at one
of those ugly little sharp-toed, slipper
shaped things that gentlemen sometimes
bang up to put their watches in. Then
he’ll take it down for closer inspection
—turn it all round and look at both sides
—set it down to see how it looks —pick
it up again and examine the sole—turn
it over and run his three Angers up the
toe —take them out and nod his head
like he said “yes,” then hold it tip-toe
on the table, and finally, in a fit of ab
sent mindedness, jump up and try to fit
it on a bundle of old newspapers rolled
up in the comer !
Bachelor editors! A perfect, a shame,
ful waste of God’s good things! Why,
who writes their editorials when they
are absent? Who brings their dressing
gown and slippers when they are sick or
weary ? Who bathes their brow with
cologne when they have the headache ?
Who coaxes them into a good humor
when vexed ? Who sows on buttons,
and sweeps the room after they cut up
paper all over the fleor ? Echo answers,
w ho J
But they are precious rarities, any how,
and Mr. Barnum might make a capital
speculation, if he would travel with one
for a show. O, Mr. Barnum, please do!
/ would rather see one than a dozen
woolly horsesl Mollie Myrtle.
No man can tell” says H. W. Beech
er, “whether he is rich or poor by turning
to liis ledger. Tt is the heart that makes
a man rich. He is rich or poor according
to what he is, not according to whaj he
has.” A bit of good truth in that Mr. Beech
er, although nme-tcntlj <if the world don't
believe you. The ail-mighty dollar is con
| sidered No. 1. still, and will be for some
l time to come. It ia the only god as yet
fwraftippßtf,
\atural History or tho Mock
log-Ilird.
The plumage of the mocking-bird,
though none of the homeliest, has noth
ing gaudy or brilliant in it,*and, had he
nothing else to recommend him, would
scarcely entitle him to notice; but his
figure is well-proportioned, and even
handsome. The ease, elegance, and ra
pidity of his movements, the animation
of his eye, and the intelligence he dis
plays in listening and laying up lessons
from almost every species of the feath
ered creation within his hearing, are re
ally surprising, and mark the peculiari
ty of his genius. To these qualities we
may add that of a voice full, strong and
musical, capable of almost every modu
lation, from the clear mellow-tones of the
wood-thrush to the savage screams of the
bald eagle. In measure and accent, he
faithfully follows his originals. In force
and sweetness of expression, he greatly
improves upon them.
In his native groves, mounted upon
the top of a tall bush, or half grown tree
in the dawn of dewy iporning, while the
woods are already vocal with a multi
tude of warblers, his admirable songs
rise pre-eminent over every competitor.
The ear can listen to his music alone, to
which that of all the others is a mere ac
companiment. Neither is this strain al
together imitative. His own native
notes, which are easily distinguishable
by such as are well acquainted with those
of our various birds of song, are bold
and full, and varied seemingly beyond
all limits. They consist of short expres
sions of two, three, or, at the most, five
or six syllables, generally interspersed
with imitations, and all of them uttered
with great emphasis and rapidity, and
continued, with undiminished ardoi, for
half an hour or au hour at a time.
ms expanded wings and tail, glisten- j
ing with white, and the buoyant gayety
of his action, arrest the eye, as his song
most irresistibly does the ear. He
sweeps round with enthusiastic ecstasy
—he mounts and descends, as his song
swells or dies away, and, as Mr. B art
ram has beautifully expressed it, “he
bounds aloft with the celerity of an ar
row, as if to recall his very soul, which
expired in the last elevated strain.”—
While thus exerting himself, a bystan
der, destitute of sight, would suppose
that the whole feathered tribes had as
sembled together, on a trial of skill, each
striving to produce his utmost effect—so
perfect are his imitations. He many
times deceives the sportsmen, and sends
him in search of birds that, perhaps, are
not within miles of him, but whose notes
he exactly imitates. s ven birds them
selves are frequently imposed on by this
admirable mimic, and are decoyed by the
fancied calls of their mates, or dive, with
precipitation, into the depths of thickets,
at the scream of what they suppose to
be the sparrow hawk.
The mocking-bird loses little of the
power and energy of his song by confine
ment. In his domesticated state, when he
commences his career of song, it is im
possible to stand by uninterested. He
whistles for the dog ; Otesar starts up,
wags his tail, and runs to meet his mas
ter. He squeaks out like a hurt chicken,
and the hen hurries about, with hanging
wings and bristled feathers, clucking, to
protect her injured brood. He runs
over the quavering of the canary, and
the clear whistlings of the Virginia
nightingale or red bird, with such supe
rior execution and effect, that the morti
fied songsters feel their own inferiority,
and become altogether silent, while he
seems to triumph in their defeat by re
doubling his exertions.
This excessive fondness for variety
however,- in the opinion of some, injures
his song. His elevated imitations of the
brown thrush are frequently interrupted
by the crowing of cocksy and the warb
lings of the blue bird, which he exqui
sitely manages, are mingled with the
screaming of swallows, or the cackling of
hens. Amidst the simple melody of the
robin, we are suddenly surprised by the
shrill reiterations of the whip-poor will;
while the notes of the kildeer, blue jay,
martin, baltimore, and twenty others,
succeed, with suoh imposing reality, that
we look round for the originals, and dis
cover, with astonishment, that the sole
performer, in this singular concert, is the
admirable bird now before us. During
this exhibition of his powers, he spreads
his wings, expands his tail, and throws
himself around the cage in the eestacy of
enthusiasm, seeming not only to sing,
but to dance, keeping time to the meas
ure of his own music. Both in his na
tive and domesticated state, during the
solemn stillness of the night, as soon as
the moon rises in silent majesty, he be
gins his delightful solo, and serenades us
I with a full display of his vocal powers,
i making the whole neigborhood ring with
his inimitable melody.
AUmmUt Wilton.
3HACO3V, GA. AUGUST, & 1838.
The Accepted
(.From the London Court Journal.]
I thank yon for that downcast look.
And for that blushing cheek ;
I would not have you raise vour eyes,
I would not have you speak ;
Though mute, I deem you eloquent;
I ask no other sign.
While thus vour little hand remain i ‘
Confidingly in mine.
I know you fain would hide from me
The tell-tale tears that steal
Unhidden forth, and half betray
The anxious fears vou feel;
From friends long tried and dearly loved.
The plighted bride must part:
Then freely weep—T could not love
A cold, unfeeling heart.
I know you love your cottage home,
Where, in the summer time.
Your hand ha* taught the clematis
Around the porch to climb:
Yon casement with the wild rose screen,
Yon little garden too.
How many fond remembrances
Endear them all to you!
You sigh to leave your mother's roof.
Though on my suit she smiled,
And spurning every selfish thought,
Gave up her darling child.
Sigh not for her, she now may claim
Kind deeds from more t han one ;
She’ll gaz * upon her daughter's smiles.
Supported by her son !
I thank you for that look—lt speaks
Reliance on my truth ;
And never shall unkindness wound
Your unsuspecting youth;
If fate should frown, and anxious thoughts
Oppress your husband's mind,
Oh never fear to cling t o me—
I could not be unkind.
, Come to my home; your bird shall have
As tranquil a retreat;
Your dog shall find a resting-place,
And slumber at your feet;
And while you turn your spinning-wheel,
Oh let me hear you sing.
Or I shall think you cease to love
Your little golden ring.
A Clerical Lion. —The telegraph in
form us, says the New Orleans True
Delta, that a specimen of that most
tremendous zoological monstrosity, the
“ clerical lion,” is about to visit the Uni
ted States on an exhibitory tour, during
which it will be announced on the play
bills as “ Rev. Mr. Spurgeon, the mod
ern Whitfield.” We have been revolv
ing the question whether this noted
preacher comes with a conscientious de
sire to convert the heathen of the Uni
ted States, or merely to show himself off
to the admiring natives of the new world
but will not here record our decision.—
In this connection we will publish the
subjoined letter of “ Advice to Spur
geon,” addressed to him by John Glen
Parker, of Kilmarnock, Scotland, who
rftcenf.lv viait*.,! T.ondon bv an “excur
sion train,” and after hearing the “ pop
ular preacher,” (significant expression)
tendered him these morsels of admoni
tion :
“There is no denying, sir, that you
are a clever lad, and I have little doubt
your piety is of the right stamp. At the
same time you must excuse me for say
ing that the fewer you print of your ser
mons the better. George Whitfield (to
whom you have been likened) fell ninety
degrees in the public esteem after a vol
ume of his discourses was published.—
Folks wondered that words which had
made them half crazy when they heard
them spoken, were so tame when read in
a book. There is something in the way
you comb your hair, and in the appear
ance of your uncommon mouth, bristling
with black teeth, which leads people cap
tive whether they will or not. This can
not be put in print, and consequently
what seemed gold when coming from
the pulpit, is dull in volume. If still a
bachelor, take a plain man’s advice and
do not be in a hurry to wed. Young
women are the best feeders of a congre
gation, and their enthusiasm cools down
like oatmeal porridge in a keen cutting
March northerly wind, when the minis
ter they run after gets a wife.”
An Incident in the Cars. —A corres
pondent of the Pittsburg Post, writing
from the Mountain House, Cresson, re
lates the following incident in the cars,
after leaving Pittsburg ;
As ,we left the city we observed a
small boy, named Stitt, about twelve
years of age, poorly clad, but very in
telligent, having with him an infant ten
months old old, the child of his sister
who had died a few weeks before. The
lad had brought the infant from lowa
city, where the mother died, and was on
his way to Harrisburg. The young un
cle had cared for it and nursed it all the
way—a weighty charge for one so young.
It would not perhaps, have been so much
remarked had a young girl be en the cus
todian of the orphaned babe, but here
was a mere boy putting away childish
things and assuming all the cares and
responsibilities of a parent, during a
journey of a thousand miles. The pas
sengers manifested the greatest interest
in the little wayfarer and his charge, the
ladies especially in turn relieving the lad
of his burden, as he appeared to be almost
exhausted with his long journey. Such
constancy and manliness in one so young
is not- often exhibited, and certainly well
deserves the name of heroism.
Language of Flowers.—l. Rosebud Con
fession of love.
2. Myrtle—Love in absence.
3. Forget-me-not—True Love.
4. Bay Leaf—l change but in dying.
5. Crocus —Smiles.
6. Violet—Faithfulness.
7. Pink—Lovely and pure affection.
8. Tansy—Tender pleasant thoughts.
9. Globe Amaranth—Unchangeable.
10. Star of Bethlehem—Let us follow Je
sus.
H. Passion Flower—Religious fervor.
12. Snow Ball—Thoughts of Heaven.
13. Orange Flower—Woman’s worth.
14. Lily—Purity and sweetness.
15. Moss Rose—Superior merit.
IG. Honey suckle—Fidelity.
17. Laurel —\ irtue in true beauty.
10. Jewaauu*—Beauty aod moocenee.
A Beautiful E*say.
Thejolfowing baaitifnl e3ny, published
by the St. Louis Republican, as read by a
yeung laly at the St. Louis High School, is
inspired by a lively fancy. It will j-emind
the reader of the sketch in Shirley, “When
the morning stars sang together,” and of
Blanco White's splendid sonnet, ‘ Mysteri
ous Night”
‘‘let THERE BE LIGHT.”
“In the beginning,” deeper than Egyp
tian darkness was*that which enveloped the
earth.
No twinkling star relieved the solemn
blackness of the sky, nor tiny rAy from the
fire fly’s feeble lamp enlivened the chaos ;
but all was silent, heavy darkness.
Around the throne of the mighty God was
collected all light which there shone'with il
limitable splendor.
At last the opponent voice of the Creator
pronounced the words, ‘Let there be light,”
and from the throne there issued a vast flood
of glowing radiance which descended on the
swift wings of morning to illume the
earth.
Then arose a mighty shout of joy from the
assembled host of heaven, and “God said ‘lt
is good.’ ”
Darkness drew her sombre mantle around
her, and fled affrighted to the secret caverns
of the earth.
The light danced merrily on the sparkling
waves, and penetrated the deep ocean.
Softly it called the hidden verdure from
the cold bosom of the earth, and joyfully it
was obeyed.
The merry insect sported on its wiDg, and
life was throughout the regions of the
earth.
Water resolved into vapor and floated as
fleecy clouds in the air.
Then the seven colors bent in a loving em
brace across the sky forming the rainbow
arch, and parted to do their appointed
work.
The red painted with fairy pencil the
robes of Aurora ; kissed the delicate petals
of the flowers, then divided into the sea, and
left a glowing blush on the sea-shell’s oheelr
a..— j*mckly over the earth,
touching trees and grass with ite refreshing
color.
Yellow sprang to the sunset sky and pen
cilled it with its bright golden hue ; then
glided gently to the peeping stars, and left
her color in their mellowed rays ; moved
along the sea shore on the shining sands,
and sought the dark caverns of the earth
at last, where it left its magic impress on
the glitterring metal.
Blue spread the heavens with its soft,
etherial azure, then rested on the bosom of
the clear, transparent waters.
Purple went to the overburdened vine,
and left its tint on the luscious grape.
Violet abashed, fled to a modest flow’ret
and hid in its jeweled cup.
Orange, as it passed over the fields, col
ored the little wild flowers with its brilliant
hue, then sought the delicious fruits of the
South, and smiled upon them.
Again were the colors sent on their mis
sion when man was created.
Red tinged the rich blood which coursed
through his veins, pressed his cheeks with
the glow of health, and lingered enraptured
on the lips of a life-long kiss.
Blue dwelt in the mild radiance of his
beaming eye. Yellow danced in the wavy
ringlets of his hair, and the seven colors, uni
ted in a beautiful combination, left their
snowy impress on his noble brow.
Then God the maker, pronounced in lov
ing tones those thrilling words, “Let there be
light,” and living lights from the Divine Spir
it illumined man’s frame, and he became an
immortal being.
He looked at the earth and saw the spring
ing flowers and the creeping reptiles. He
gazed about him and beheld the vast ocean
swelling and dashing, and the tall forest
trees covering the earth for many miles and
affording shade to the innumerable animals
that dwelt in peace and harmony. He rais
ed his eyes to the heavenly vault studded
with stars, and strove in vain to penetrate
the mysterious curtain. The man reasoned:
“Whoeouldbc the author of these won
drous things ?” And a mighty voice replied
“It is I--the First and the Last.” And man
worshipped the great “I am,” for he felt that
He was his maker.
But soon the clouds obscured the light
the tempter came with his insinuating wiles
and man forgot his God.
Then came death the King of Darkness,
to take the place of the lost Light.
But God was merciful, and sent the glori
ous Sun of Righteousness to drive darkness
away forever.
The heavenly decree “let there be light,”
has been issued every time anew soul is born
into the kingdom of Christ, and whenever
the light of intelligence came upon the
soul; though often in mercy the Good
Father’s voice remained silent, and the weep
ing friends and the heart broken mother la
ment the birth of an idiot child for those
blessed w ords have not yet been spoken;
but they are spoken when
“The soul, fred from its cumbrous prison of clay,
Greets the eternal mom of a heavenly day.”
At last, when the “earth is consumed by
fire, and the earth passes away with a great
noise,” the light will return to Heaven, and
shine with renewed splendor around the
“Great White Throne.”
There for an eternity will it shine, reflect
ed on the pure and happy faces of the
blest.
Look here; you must allow that woman
ought, as much as in her lies, to make the
world a paradise, seeing that she lost us the
original garden. We talk as philosohpers, and
and when all is said and done about what
we owe to women you must allow that we
have a swinging balance against her.—
There’s that little matter of the apple still to
be settled for.—Dewy fa# Jtrrold.
Dare to Stand Aloqe.
Be firm, be bold, be strong, be true
And dare to stand alone;
Striveforthe right, whate’eryou do.
Though helpers there are none.
N’av. bend not to the swelling surge,
Os nopnlsr sneer and wrong ;
’Twill beer thee on to ruin’s ve-ge.
With current wild and strong.
Stand for the right. Humanity
Implores with groans amt rears.
Thine aid to break the festering links.
That bind her tolling years.
Stand for the right 1 Though falsehood reign.
And proud lip* coldly sneer r
A poisoned arrow cannot wound
A conscience pure and clear.
Stand for the right! —and with clean hand*
Exalt the true on high ;
Thou’lt find warm sympathising hearts
Among the passers by.
Men who have seen, and thought, and felt—
Yet could not hardlv bare
That battle’s brunt, but by thy side
WUI ever dangers share.
Stand for the right —proclaim it loud
Tboult find an answering tone
In honest hearts, and thou no more
Be doomed to stand alone !
“We Never Advertise.”
Over-hearing the above remark the other
day, we took the liberty of putting a few
questions to the gentlemen who inadvertent
ly dropped these words, “we never adver
tise.’ “You say, sir, you never advertise
your business, never pay a dollar to a news
paper, save the two cents per day for read
ing the news; pray tell us, if you would
like to be charged six cents each, or at the
rate of eighteen dollars a year for your jour
nal?” “Hardly, sir,” said the gentleman,
“could not stand that, beside the profits of
a paper would be enormous, at such rates;
the public would not subscribe to that sort
of thing.” “Well, sir, we beg to say, every
journal sold in New York city costs to get it
up more than you pay for it daily, and if it
were not supported by advertising, could
not live an hour, and if all mankind were
like you, every newspaper, at present rates
of charge to its subscriber, would fail. If
not, it would be because they were willing
to pay the six cents each for a daily issue.
On no other rates could a paper live if your
ideas of business were carried out.”
The great masses do not think of the ex
pense of the matter in a newspaper set be
fore them every morning and evening, which
the price of two cents is put upon, but which,
if the business men throughout the city and
country did not support with their adver
ts-.—— o iaj pay nip
ple its present price. In order to support a
free press, and make sound and healthy pa
per, one that can afford to give an honest
and open expression of its opinions on all
subjects, a liberal course should be pursued
by the business community, and a liberal
return of their money would be insured.
Advertising patronage insures a cheap price
and the latter insures a large circulation, a
large circulation produces a return to the
advertiser ; not only* does it benefit him, or
them, in a business way, but the small price
which the publisher is enabled to sell his
journal at, gives the masses a chance to be
come intelligent, and familiar with a vast
stock of valuable knowledge, which, were it
not for the “advertiser,” they never could
reach. The business man who reads a daily
paper, for which he pays only two cents, is
the worst specimen of gratitude the sun ev
er smiled upon. lie may well be likened
to a hog under an oak tree munching acorns
and never looking up to see where they
come frome.— N, Y. Day Book.
Ax Interesting Discovery. —We see
it stated, upon what may be considered
reliable authority, that thirty thousand
Christians have recently been found up
on an Island North of Celebes. It has
been rumored for a time that there was
a Christian people, forgotten and forsa
ken, which however, yet possessed three
Bibles, and continued steadfast in the
faith. When missionaries first landed
on the Island, they met with a school
teacher and his pupils, who repeated in
the Melayan tongue, “ As the heart pant
eth after the water brooks, so panteth my
soul after Thee, O Lord.”
No Bibles were found, but the most
precious promises of the Bible written
upon the bark of trees. They knew the
Apostle’s creed, and the Heidelberg Cat
ichism, and had Christian customs. —
Twenty churches and schools yet exist
ed. Through the instrumentality of
pastor Heldring, founder of the Magda
len Asylum at Steenbeck, and chief pat
ron of Inner Missions in Holland, four
missionaries, who had been educated un
der the venerable Gossner, were sent
out, and three thousand persons bap
tised.
This is certainly a most interesting
discovery. The island on which these
Christians were found belongs to the
East Indian Archipelago. The Dutch
have for years had political rule in
this region. This may account for the
original introduction of Christianity a
mong this people, and, and for the fact
that the Heidelberg Catechism was still
found in their possession. But still the
particular time and circumstance in which
this introduction took place may well
challenge special attention, and elicit in
vestigation irom those who have the lei
sure and facilities for prosecuting it.
German Reformed Messenger.
A Lady takes a Cocktail. — A lady pas
senger on board the steamer Montgomery,
dressed herself in her sleeping husband’s
vest, coat, boots, hat and pants, and thus at
tired, came out of her state room and went
forward to the bar in the gentleman’s cabin,
took her “morning bitters,"and returned to
the ladies’ cabin, where her appearance-cre
ated great consternation, especially among
the ladies en dishabille. It was be
amusing to see the ladies darting mto
their state rooms and screaming out that a
man was intruding himself; but when the
excitement was at its highest pitch her hat
fell off and displayed a profusion of curls,
which explained every thing—-except a small
bet woo from her luieband.— Vkfoburg Sun.
Type Setting and Distributing
.'VI ac lii ne.
Attempts innumerable almost have been
made to invent a mechanical machine to
take the place of the human machine in the
setting and distributing of type. But hith
erto no inventive genius ha* been able suc
cessfully to supersede the use of the finger
ends. Time and again it has been announc
ed that all difficulties had been overcome,
and that at last mechanism had been made
equal to man for the purpose of composition.
But all these attempts failed of practical or
general utility. Mr. T. Alden, however has,
after many years spent experimenting, in
vented a very ingenious machine for the
composition and distribution of type. Its
chief merit, and the peculiarity in which it
excels other contrivances of the kind, is:
that the type are set and distributed by ne
and the same machine (by keys,) instead of
separately as before. The processes by
which the little bits are caught up and put
down just in the right places, with never a
blunder except when the human agency at
the machine makes one ; the way in which
type are fed out and returned again through
an endless round, 90 that the distribution
keeps up a constant supply lor tue compo
sition ; aud the cunning devices by which
a thousand little practical difficulties are over
come, are evidences of a marvelous ingenui
ty on the part of the inventor, and show
what thought and perseverence can accotn -
plish. Mr. Alden thinks agoodcomposit or
accustomed to manipulate the keys, would
be able to set and distribute about 15,000
ems a day. The cost of the machine will
probably be from $1,200 to $1,500.
The Last Attempt to Assassinate
Louis Napoleon. —The Paris correspon
dent of the Liverpool Journal gives the
following particulars of the late attempt
to assassinate the Emperor Napoleon at
Fontainbleau :
“The Emperor was riding slowly on
horseback a little in advance of the par
ty by whom he was accompanied. Sud-
Aon 1 y Kao Uoveo reared ami allld) lit SOTIHS
unseen danger, and the Emperor, who is
a first rate horseman, instantly aware, as
if by presentment of coming evil, threw
himself to one side just as a perfect vol
ley was fired over him ! The assassins,
ten in number, were Italians; four have
been taken, while the remainder, up to
the present moment, have escaped. It is
this latter fact that has caused that sud
den rafie amongst the Italians domicilia
ted in Paris, and which the orders of the
police rendered so severe, together with
the dismissal and disgrace of a certain
Corsican chief de brigade of police, who
hitherto has been a great favorite—both
of which events have created great talk
and suspicion of the truth in Paris during
the past few days. Os the reality of the
attempt no doubt whatever exists ; and
the relators add that the emperor’s horse
was shot so severely in the neck that he
died the same evening. This is the tale
ourrent among the moneyed men at the
Bourse, and believed by them in private,
while in public the cry is all against the
wicked inventors of such mischievous
lies.”
Interesting Family Meeting. —The
Indianapolis Sentinel, of the 2d inst says:
Col. James P. Drake, for forty-one
years a resident of Indiana, has just re
turned from a family gathering, which
took place at the residence of his sister,
near Nashville, Tennessee. Seven broth
ers and one sister met, some of whom
had not seen each other in twenty and
others for fifty years. And, what is
more remarkable, it was a reunion of
all the children of their parents, all born
to them having reached a ripe age, the
youngest fifty-one and the oldest seventy
two —in health and comfortable circum
stances. In addition, there were some
eighty grand children present—the entire
posterity numbering some two hundred.
In the history of families seldom is it
that such a remarkable circumstance oc _
curs. The father of Col. Drake was
seven years in the army of the Revolu
tion.
Thh Whole Story. —A young man
named James Powers was hanged at
Washington on Saturday for murder. —
Just before mounting the scaffold he
bade his brother farewell and aaid : “Re.
member what I told you, let the liquor
alone.” The same counsel has gone
forth from a thousand scaffolds in this
country, and its echoes are heard in ma
ny a prison cell. We waste much
breath and ink in speculating upon the
causes of crime and its extraordinary in
crease of late years. But the confes
gjQQ of the criminal tells us the whole
truth of the matter. It is rum that
makes demons out of men of originally’
good impulses; it is rum that is filling
our prisons, feeding the gallows, and di
minishing the security of life and pro
perty. Under its accursed influence, men,
who, wheu sober, would die rather than
commit a dishonest action, scruples not
to perpetrate forgery, robbery, and mur
der. Os all the • propositions for the
prevention of crime, we are strongly
persuaded that there is none of equal
efficacy with the simple advice of young
Powers—“ Let the liquor alone.” — Phil
adelphia Journal.
WO. 20.
Calculating Machine
Babbage’s celebrated calculating im. .
1 lias long been known and used io Ea/ id
but has never br*ouht into use in tbisc-’
try. It is said to be alrao9t an impossi".
to make a series of pages of figures abso’ ...
ly correct and free from errors, except • .
great expenses for proof reading. A siugit
reader becomes confused and mystified yy
dwelling upon figures only, and is as 1 k.\>
to make errors as to correct them,
cannot remain long at reading witi ; .
coming confused in turn, to be then j* •*-
ded by fresh readere. The Enghs
tables by which all British ships v>
igated were said from the cause to l
ways wrong in some figure, and g 1 ip l ‘r.v
being wrecked continually in oonse en ■of
these errors.—These were made ab.-oh.itely
correct by Babbage’s machine, which > wa
the wonder of the time at whiah it was
produced. But as a great disco\ ei \ always
leads to imitations, just as the best sot
have been most frequently parodied,
Babbage has not only been imita ; l
even surpassed.
A French savan has completed an
momoter of surprising capacity. He ! ha?
w ked patiently at this machine for t? > y
years. His name is Thomas, and hi- ms
chine adds up, subtracts, multiplies, him c :
vides, to an astonishing extent and
perfect accuracy. It will multiply 8 f•. r *vi
by 8 others in 18 seconds, divide any i?
figures by 8 others in 24 seconds, anu ic a
minute and a quarter will extract th square
root of IS figures, and give the proo The
machine relieves the human mind, instead
of taxing it It works out the mo:* and
-and complex operations with a lupii
and accuracy that ’defy competitio> -
adapts itself to any sort of combinatio H:
mechanism is extremely simple wh.i
compact, light and portable. It is now
in various financial concerns in Pari
will yet find its way into every gi o
tional observatory. To astronomers
be found of unspeakable value. Ph: cal .m
Leibnitz spent years >n attempting to pro
duce such a machine, hut they were a cen
tury too soon.
The Woman who Lives without Eating .
—ln commenting upon the case of M
Hays, the woman who lives without eating,
the New York Daily News ? r v* —“We br
lieve there is gross and c -ption about tbi c cas a ’*
We do not wonder at the v f
the News, or anybody else, who i uo: co:
versant with the facts Neve-ice!**-*,
just ascertain that the v .. . : e
eating or drinking a r tine :~u..
and sets. It iseq • *iiy w , s . -rfu’ iow ‘th
human fram?* can .? .• . he am .
suffering which th - endure* if -
are probably few men who could survive
of the horrible paroxysms which Mrs.
suffers daily, and sometimes hourly. ft i
gard to her living without eating, the
skeptical scientific men have been con * >.l
of its truthfulness after a most rigid exix
nation. She has been closely watchu .-.y
and night, every moment, by the most ‘op
tical persons that could be found, for n ire
than thirty days, during which time the per
sons thus employed declare that 9he ne :h ■
ate nor drank a particle of anything. View
ed in whatever light it may be, the cane if
worthy of investigation.— Sandy Hill H?
A Babe in the Woods.—A few day® ago
a large party left Philadelphia in the Balti
more cars, to enjoy a picnic at Faimew
near Chester. Amongthe pleasure seekers was
a gentleman his wife, wife’s aunt, and a child
about three months old. The day wa plea
santly spent by most of the party, 1. .; the
wife was taken sick and she placed the do -
ling infant in the hands of her aunt to 1 *
ken care of. The aunt spread her ti.'nr.
on the ground, laid the infant ger’ly *ip ot
it, and then started for the pot where
her bonnet had been left. The head gear
was found, but unfortunately, the aunt m
her hurry and fear of being too l&te, took a
different direction on her return ;rorr
that in which she had startea, cot -e
----quently she missed the baby: b >'. -
she thought she had reached the .• sy
and not finding the darling conclude t tha’
the oih*r or father had picked th-. - --9
and got iuto the cars. With this b< =: sbt
reached the city, when the parent* - -> :e
almost distracted to hear that the babe
not in her possession. Meanwhile it :&d
been found by persons in the vicinity a
lady to whom the foundling had been entr. it
ed, provided for the wants of the child and
when she retired for the night placed it by
her side; but about twelve o’clock at night
the household were • arroused by loud
knocking at the door, which, on being open
ed, disclosed the anxious face of the lather.
The child was of course given up, and the
fond parent returned with all haste to glad
den the heart of bis almost distracted wife,
The Other Side. —Once in a happy Aine
a sweet bright baby died. On the evening
of the day when the children gathered a mud
their mother ail sitting very sorrowful, A-ce
the eldest, said—
“ Mother, you took all the care of the ba
by while she was here, and you carried and
held her in your arms all the wfa.le she was
ill j now, mother, who took her on “the oth
er side ?”
“On the other side of what Alice ?’
“On the ether si l * of and- : teni
the baby on the other side, is.-ther/ See
was so little, she ■ o i not go alone.
“Jesus met be* there, answered mother,
‘lt is he who took little children in his aims
to bless them, auC said, to Cola®
unto me, and forbid them not, for of is
the kingdom of heaven ?’ He took tbe be
by on the other side.”