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Til H GEO EG IA ENTERPRISE. Yol. YU I, wkoimjiy it mi.no ad st iiedule. Leave Augusta at S A. M Leave Atlanta at 8 10 A. M Arrive at Augusta at & * J l*- ■" Arrive at Atlanta at 0 l l ’ M NIGHT PASSENGER TRA- N I,cave Augusta at ** l. P. M Leave Atlanta at h Arrive at Augusta at (> A. M Arrive at Atlanta at '* '’ ,!l '' S K, JOHNSON, Superintendent. Attention Farm os ! WK A'*e now selling eovil ami oilier ecle. lirated Hoe- -u New Y-rk price* wit oat Ireiglit. Gall and examine tliein. 1 Id' '* a- den l,>y " r JihowTa-^on.^ V ti 111 [) eS TSF.I.L '.v hl'mnn’s Metal-llned fueuinlirr 'Vend Pump, su'tat lo tor w -11 of ntiv depth. 1 liey will not freeze. Tliev ean be put down m a tew minute- and wlll.la-l far year- wpliout rep-ur.- It i- the Cheapest Pump in the l oiled *['!'?■ j.jf Call ami examine. >■ '• 1 M IB> Sugar anil Syrup, 15 Barrel- V 0 A A.0.& E S "-.T, Also. 5 Barr. 1- V O Sirup, winch we wnl • p Ua‘ IoW (l 'srep {'ens >N.t Tin’.IPSONhA goobers, Pea-Nuts and Pi ad er s, pOIt Planting. $1,75 per rr; fine molasses. That Molasses, T deelare it to be the best I have seen sineo the war. Fill np my big jug, this turn . Mr, Corley. Syrup, Molasses, etc. f Lagsr Bssr, Ab & Porter. T AtHMI BEER in bottles and on drnurht, at T/all time! Porter and Ale by B-bot,b ; . Call in. New BOAR DIM Souse. 7 Will nimi by the Is> i in-t... •' ■' il y ! ' .’.’AY I Boil-ding House, in 'lie re-i Jen' . , ov . eupled by Judge Eansdell. n■ ir } - I , . in'ton. Mv table shall be -’..DP with til be t A. \. E.VWSON. Th3 OaviijtiA Hitil. UR. cut* cox, '■"-e-a; 'I HIS large and--'Mimodlous Ho'il is nl A^- “ “ tho comfort.of it** ■ KEHOSIVE van n' TRO o 1 L T H VVE pist r-eeiv-- > V el 'l' ' "^ ' K noslu- ml ,li ,',t -vheii I 111 can be 'Height darkness rathertb übrat •• T . v , tl t-. so cheap? Frinks dust In* T C-t ’ Receive 1 a nlO ? .“[l r! jeans. All 1 , 'U.'r.V'S !w'.v Star see them at _ —- • Kails, 'V) DOQ Kb, of 1' lout*. Plants Potatoes. 15 R,,,.!, la.'i '.'j'"V .1' i'rl-li. ... Pink Eyes, just received anH (;oR .f.Y. ; Covington, Feb. 7, I s >3. . ' fTnlT’whiskies. THE finest endbe-t and P .re-t Lhinors t . the market, can be found at (y HITTEN, Coviiigt n. Ga. l)m r ßiTls arc Due. W E Would Those Vhoowe n's w i"l please c'niie ami'settle. Wit ES.'" the money. - Yincgar Bitters Go am’ go Frtsli nolllo of tl"‘ c< ' l ' ebratoa Vinegar jMj£ S HITTEN . Butter. ■2OO Pounds vory clloic ° "' ’ 7 Pnitor “Mv business is a Innam-nt institution.” I lmyob,-™ .AT awake and duly sober and .u if -is “I attend to iny own 1 business,’’ 3 lbs. lor one dollar. Send in your ok pjTTS. Garden Seed, wErcs'h Lot Just In at , v . , AN DEB "ON & PeEAM-Y S. TOBACCO ANI) CIGARS-_ I have an exec lent assortment of tine Cigars and Smoking ami Chewing T, ( ’! , ;X' , \VmTTEN. ()()!) SOAP. A clioice selection of line Soaps at the Store of 0-B. Whitten. SA DDLJES ! Sd DDL ES / / \ Earge Lot of Saddles and Saddle . Blankets < 'heap at Lee & Son . New ( abiiiet Shop. I AM NOW READY lo furnish the public with all kinds of a^xj’.o.narinjxTT' and dn nil kinds of work In the Cabinet Hue. My work is warranted, mi l satis.ii, lion gu .raniced. WOODEN BI’RIAL CA F-* mid C.VBKI I '.- ■ \ Large and Be!eet a-soi tinenT. of Pine |{o-ew. and Collins just reo i\i and. whieh w II tie Mild til the most reasonable pri e-. All size- k pt on band. Coffins Made lo Order. And General Repairing done nt tu i • - to > dt the times. J. L. <> El- If. Covington, Ga., J.ui. 81, 1873. lo I Shspaid, Baldwin h 3o M WHOLESALE DEALERS IN FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC Wines nn:i Liquon, No. 11 Decatur Street, [Opposite the 11. I. Kimball II u e.J ATI. \XT A GEO GIA. Orders Sollei'ed. limoO A Word lo Hie Ladirs AT ll'V I Till: TIME to have your Ft'R nir lv cleaned lief r puttin : them aw >v, to keep the moth from destia.Hng them. 'end flu m-bv F.\- pre— to I. CHFRY’S STEAM DYE. " HIKS. Atlanta, Ga. All kinds ■.I Ladies and entf men’s Cl thine nfeely Cleaned 1 r Dyed. SuDiaeiinn guaranteed. Package s nl to me by Express will receive prompt attend' n. JAM S LOCIIEPvY, Atlanta Steam Dye Works. lir.NRV D. C VPERS, Atto-ri’y find Counselor At L"w. COVING'. ON. GEORGIA. I YTILL Practice in the Courts of tile Flirt ml \ v Oemulgee Cir lilt . the Supr'-’e (' nrt of Georgia, and r’sewl'iic. nder S’-eeial eoptraet. Having perfeete : ,r> . .gem-nfs for the i>r"-eeii tion of Claims ngap s> the Unite i St ite-, I will re ceive sin'll aid forwm and them to iny corr ■■ ••■id. tits in Washington City. EL H. Yancey, M. D. ( RS hi- Professional Sr- ieo- ttb ' eili - - I,s of Covingt and -urroundie- e ••• t ntliee two d"-r- above Ander-or, Ar D< L'u-'\ - Store, on-treet le ilii'gtoward til >. . ' 1 mill Cbronie Ca- - -i-de a -pec I y I u", 1 atl.ntion given to th treatment t a3 -e. r. t<t -- ~,,-es Call alw.av- lie t und at my Om "• > '•< d;tv, an 1 nt my iv'dlfiuc t niirlit, v\in*n idd P l fps-iomillv nwhv. , . Win'll I 111 li t"t 111 v 1 dice I will 1 ">ye w"P. •' Am’ers n&! 'L nev’- -tore wi eie I m y be IVtUIIVI, •• x " 4 "****' . r, K. If. VAN I.Y, M.D. Covington, F< h. G, lGtf. Vin*3 and Fruit 7:3*3, VtTY l ow! sL'lshwL." must bos,ll. Le will’tii'l tbem v-ni Die lower Ikon ever be fvre. Sfiul tor (i i‘l . u*. w. w. n, \ k <& ro.. Fell. 14, |S*B. r,MW to ■ 1 Atlanta Const tntion, Gwinnett Herd ad LaC.r Reporter, will eopv t > t i 1 85.00, and -end bill ' .W. Duauk i- ■ Machin::pvl Ygri:ultural - -X rsy • - -r* -7- -j* -* /j T -J . -a- > A. D. HAMMETT, / A \TI!M. AGF.NI f ' th; vde ;d' IMJ.-Jd Hi I—o 1* wer-. T'-re - -';y ’ • 1 ", kind- Of Mill- the" M In -n, ' [■' " 1 Belling, 'grieu! ! I ntd.'lU"' t- A". A . I lie •ni -• 1 -v." and n rig'"U " I ; ' 1 ; M-n-fae urers. I" ell the and, VC al-l I- h.-t t, itb 011J1 " ■ •'*'< - ui ' ' ‘ ; Per-ens having Engine-, -w M ill b <" Separators thnuigli me, ean have them -t. 1 ti running, free of ehnrge. oitiee atAnd rson A Hunter U ,T. C 'vin'daii. Git., Mnreh 2b ''"’l GOODS AT A BARGAIN ! J Keen constantly on baud a full ynntdv olthe J nin-t -aim le inereliandise, eou-i-tingiii p.ut, •• PHOTS A '[IOF.s. DRY GOODS. Y\> KEE NO I IONS, 00NFE<M'D'V E.RIES mid a O' net-ill SupplV fit 1' A dll.-I ‘•(I not'FRIES. .1 keep nT; J . .I’D ol th,* Finest and P<*sr !L h , r,. , Large Lot of LAT FIS, Cheap T WILL S'll ail of mv Goods nt the very I I ~we t Fi -lire- for CASH. Give me a < " 11 examine my Good- and the splendid bdgdi- of fered. S . N. STALLINGS. Coviiijrt'-n, Gib, Jan. 10. 3m. 12. nr ring. L ■■ w : ()/<) W T N i' , T - ! 'P ■. ' J T wish to inform the citizens if this place mid vicinity, that I have opened a large and oomph le iis-ortment . f METALIC N < AR- K[.’,r- mid COFFINS, of all -z-s and D.-erip tiniis at No. 1, DeGiVe’s O era House, M" e tta street. Atlanta, where I am prepared at all times to till orders lor anv khid of C'dlios. I am also M ,,„u teTAYU)R> S l )nR Mar.elta st., Atlanta, To the Public, TUE Undersigned, and ■ oer-ti f . that we \\ i’.,Mild III'" h'in? heard nothing, nor Ida we know ar.yl U| g der-.ut rv M'heebar i amend Mr Fm.i-v Jzxkixs, formerh M.s , Emily Jol ' nß "' Ln'.Ll AM j“ .'ll ii'iNG. H. B. ANDERSON. I Im o : ._ TANARUS, J. BAGBV. • COVINGTON, GEORGIA, APRIL 11, 1873. Ell Perkins’ Sermon. An oxclinnme has the following, which leads me to make some remarks on tem perance : A man itt Jamaica, Lons Island, after ftrinkiti" too much cider, insisted cn smoking on a load of l,ay. lie came home that nt lit without any whiskers or eyebrows, am! the iron work of his wags on in a poiafo sack. This te tiblf incident preaches a ser mon on temperance. It behooves tis all, in these times of car hooks and Third av enue car mb'erics, tempered with as sas-hiations, to keep our heads spiritually level ! If you drink wine you will walk in win-ding ways. If you drink brandy punches you will get handy punches, and if you carry too much beer, the bier will soon carry you. Whisky made Foster strike Prtnam, whisky set the Scannds to fighting in Donohue’s saloon, and finally put John Sentinel in the Tombs. Whisky shattered McFarland, hung Jack Reynolds, and put two-thirds of the murderers in our city prison. Sail my Uncle Consider startled me the other da" by saying “brandy, Eli, has saved the lives, of thousands and thousands of people. ’’ “How saved their lives, uncle?’’ I asked, “Why Eli, by—by their n-n-o-t drink in’ it.' 1 “Yes,’’ said mv uncle, thoughtfully, “that fu-t glas of wine has ruined many a yung man. The other nite, ’’ he con tinued, wiping his eyes, “1 drempt I saw my f iv’rite sun adrinken from the Gain bole. Mv hart yarned for ’im an’ I strode to’r !s ’im. As he razed tlie wine glass iri the air I was set-zed tragiek iik<> and si z I, 0 Rufus, the serpent lurks in that finin’ wine. Giv"—o giv’ it to your father and when lie past it to’rds me I quaffed it, serpent art’ all, to keep it from my tender sun. He waz saved from the tempter and turnin with tears in my* eyes I remarkt, 0 my hopeful boy do any thing—,-koop burd’s nests, stun lltTill'll “’if- i 'aiimiio, uiiii'.u auuo, l'*'V with kar hooks—take snuf, take benzine, take Mrs. Hopkins’ pies, take photo graphs—anything hut don’t take that fir.-t glass of wine’’ “F r not lather,” answered mi noble hoy. “That first g’as o’ wi ebe blowed; Us bovs is all a-sliugin' in ol’ crow whis ky and a-ptiriisbin’ gin slings and brandy sfnasliers —if we ain’t yeu kail bounce me for a snoozer —yeu kan !” -Mi noble boi !” and then Uncle Con sider lighted a 40 cent Partaga a'nci pro ceeded to ask James what he had pur chased for the week’s supply from the miiket. • “I bought two gallons of sherry, sir, four dozen Burgundy, some of the old nun we had before, some cheese, two boxes of cigars, and iwo loaves of bread, an’ it’s all here in the larder.” All right, James,’’ said my Uncle, lookin’ over his glasses, but was there any need of spendin’ so much money for bread ?” And then Uncle Consider went on cutting off his coupons.—[Daily Graphic. A noted desperado known as “Wild Bill,” who has killed dozens of men in frontier brawls, and was an adept in the u e of the pistol and the Bowie knife, met his death a few days since in Kansas, at the hands of a Texan, who had ridden nine hundred mib's to find him, William had shot the Texan’s brother some time ago, ar.d so’.he latter, as he afterward re lated, “out with his derringer and ‘plunked’ him,” Having settled Wild Bill in this neat and expeditious manner, the Texan signified'his willingness to also pay hi respects to any one who objected, and asked several to “take a hand in the game but the spectators declining with thanks, the ranger bowed and politely re tired, leaving William to be buried by the town authorities. If you desire to know whether a wo man is constant, persevering, and ca pable of purnung an object to the end, look into her work-basket. If you find there two, three, or more unfinished pieces iff work, each one of which has become soiled from lying around, you may safely conclude that she is fickle. The man most likely to make his mark in the world—One who cannot write his own name. “K.nw’s Tricks ?” Thfto is a lawyer in this city who, for the accomodation of his clients, has a speaking-tube leading from the main on trance of his building to his office, which was up just a few flights. For several days past a smart young wag named Smarts has amused himself by ctiling for the lawyer thro’ the pipp, and then profanely ordering him to S"t out on an excursion to Tartarus. For some tune tliis fun was taken iu good part by tbc legal expounder of the Code, until the fine humor of tho joke no longer be c itno apparent. Accordingly one after noon, the disf I pie of Blaekstone provi ding him:' If with a teakettle of water, heated to about 210 degrees, waited along-i le the pipe. Pretty soon the old, familiar sound came up through the pipe, “Say, Cap, how’s tricks ?” “Tricks is better n n w—l guess he'll get WC'II," responded the lawyer, reach ing out after the teakettle. “Wh ir’s been the matter with him ?” “lie got burnt.” “Haw?” “I’ll tell in a minute.’’ ‘‘Oh, you go to .’’ Tlic lawyer had finished lib last sen tence and then let a quart of scalding water down the pipe. Swarts had his mouth over it, and when the water struck it lie was somewhat surprised. Water was iipt to surprise him, but hot wa'er was an unexpected novelty. The man above poured in the water for about a minute and then looked out of the window. The smart young man w s getting along the sidewalk at a pret ty lively gait, having evidently just got up from a sitting p- store' He was try ing to yell “Police*’’ but couldn’t artic ulate with much success. A! out a half an hour afterwards ho found himielt able to speak, and inquired, “Did that boiler explosion hurt anybody ?’’—San Fran cisco Chronicle. llow the Hoy AliM'S. Calling a boy up in tho morning can hardly be classed under the head of “p 'stimes,” especially if the boy is fond Ul eXferUiac LAIC uay uciuiCf AllU il IS a little singular that the next hardest thing to getting a boy out of bed is get ting him into it. There is rarely a moth er who is a success at rousing a boy.— All mothers know tins ; so do their boys. And yet the u.other seems to go at it in the r : ght way. She opens the stair door and insinuatingly observes: “Johnny.’’ There is no response. “Johnny.”— Still no response. Then there is a short, sharp “John,” followed a moment later by a prolonged and emphatic “John Hen ry.” A grunt from the upper region signifies that an impression has been made, and the mother is encouraged to add, “You’d better be getting down here to your breakfast, young man be fore I come up there, an’ give you some thing you’ll feel.” 4 his so startles the young man that he immediately goes to sleep again. And the operation has to be repeated several times. A father knows nothing about this trouble. He merely opens his mouth as a soda bottle ejects its cork, and the “John Henry that cleaves the air of that stairway goes ir.to that hoy like electricity, and pierces the deepest recesses of his very nature. — And he pops ont of that bed and into his clothes, down the stairs, with a prompt ness that is commendable. It is rarely a boy allows himself to disregard the pa ternal summons. About once a year is believed to be as often as is consistent with the rules of health. He saves his father a good many steps by his thought fulness, — [Danbury News. At Point Creek, J ckson county, a trader had bought sheep of a resident. — Resident had one more to sell, when the following conversation ensur'd : Trader —I’ll give you two dollars for that sheep. * Resident—lt’s worth five dollars. T.—lt ain’t worth two dollars. R.— It’s worth five dollars. T. —It ain’t. R. (drawing a large navy)—What s that there sheep worth ? T.—Under the circumstances, I think it’s worth nigh onto six dollars. They traded forthwith. B charitable towards those who may diflvr from you, as all humanity is liable to err; (t is best to ascertain who is wrong bclore pro nouncing judgment. - A Connecticut man swears to an ox which trots its mile inside of four minutes, and offers to enter it for beef-steaks. 'I i,rough I> • ul!> to Lf. Have you hoar I the t do of t'to Aloe plant, Away in the tunny Ti'iie? Bv humble growth .of a hundred years It reaches it* Mooning time; And then a wondrous bud ntp's crown Breaks into a thou- in I frovrors ; Tliis 11 1 queen, in its blooming s en, Is the pride of fhn tr| ioal bower* - , TI ti t tlm ;1 mt to the li iV' r i* a snerifiee, For it blooms Lair, one, and in blooming dies. IT avo yon further heard of tho Aloe p'ant, That grow* in the sunnv clime, How every nne of i*s thousand II nvers, As they di'on in 11 1 o blooming time, Is nn infant p'ant that f stems its roots In the plnee where it falls *o the ground ; AM fast a they drop font the dying stem, , Ornw lively and lovely, around ? Bv dying it liv ih a thojti“.an I-f'dd In the young that spring front 'l' o death nf the old. Have you heard the tale if the Pelican, The A rah-’ flint' I el Bahr, That live* in the African solitude*, Ad here the Ibid* that live lonely are? Have you hoard how it lnvos it* tender young, And cares and toils for th' r co ! ? It brings them waters from fountains afar, And fishes the sea for their food, In famine ir gives them what love can devise— The hlo and of it* bos om, ami feeling them, die*. Have yon heard rho tale they tell of tho Same, Th snow- vhito hi nl of tho Jake ?J It noise] 'B-ly float* on the silVer wave, Ir -silent!v sits in the brake ; For it saves it* song til! the end of life, And then in the -oft, still ovon, Mid the golden lights of the setting Sun, Tt sings as it soars into heaven 1 And the Mossed notes fall back from the skies ; ’Tis its only song, for in singing it die*. You have heard these tales; shall I tell you nne, A greater and better than all ? ILive you heard ot Him whom tho heavens adore, Beforo whom the hosts of them fall ? How He left the choirs and anthems above, For earth in its wailine* and woes, To suffer the shame and tho pain of tho cros, Anil die for tho ITo of hi* foer ? 0 Prince of the nobles ! 0 Sufferer divine ! What sorrow and sacrifice equal to Thine ? Have yen heard of this tale—tho best of them all lie dies, but his life, in untold soul Lives on in the world anew. Hi* see ! prevail*, and is filling th" far'h As the stars fill the ski"* above ; He taught us to yield tin tho 1 ovo of life For the sake of the life o. love. Ilia death is our life, His loss is our gain, The joy for the tear, tho peace for tho pain* Now hoar these tales, ye weary and worn, Who for others do givo up your all; Our Savior hath told you, the seed that would grow, Into earth’s dark bosom must fall— Must pass from t! o view, nnd and o away, And then will t! e fruit appear ; The grain that seems lost in the car h Lei >"q AVill return many fold in the ear. By death comes life, by 'o-s comes gain, The joy for the tear, tho pence for tho pain. Ess and Esses. “So you have finished your lessons at the Seminary ? I was much pleased with the closing exercises. The author of that poem—Miss White, I think you called Iter—l ids fair to become known as a poet.’’ “We think the authoress will become celebrated as a poetess,” remarked the young lady pertly, with marked emphasis on two words of the sentence. “Oh, ah!’’ replied the old gentleman, looitin'r thou rhtfully over his gold spec tacles at the young lady. I ‘hear her sister was quite an actoress, and under Miss Hosmer’s instruction will undoubt edly become quite a sculptures .” The young lady appeared irritated. “The Seminary,” continued tho old gentleman, with imperturbable gravity, “is fortunate in having an efficient board of manageresses. From the l’resi dentess down to the humblest teaeheress unusual talent is shown. There is Miss Harper, who as a chemistress is une qualed, ami Mrs. Knowles has already a reputation as an astronomeress. And in the department cf music few can equal Miss Kellogg as a singeress.” The young lady did not seem lo like the chair she was sitting on. She tc k the sofa tit the other end of the room. “Yes,” continued the old gentleman as if talk ng to himself, “those White sisters arc quite talented, Mary, 1 un derstand, has turned her attention to painting and the drama, and will surely become famous as an actress and puint eress and even as a lecturess A loud slamming of the door caused the old gentkm.ni to look up, and the criticess and giqtmmaiiancss was gone from his sight ! , If fame, honor, virtue, renown, intelligence, be accomplishments ami |fialities which form tho impregnable bulwarks of human charac ter, leant that they ere ail within your reach. They who neglect"these arc treacherous tu their own best interests. To .'iiirfj Lari) in Discreet and Wise, A'i'l wiii'tl tuao an Iwo nan uro of a mar* riajp’ablo age, I think it to be, in general, tru r , that it. i* whjlosojjie for them to bo married.— It is not ncc -i-tiry tlmt tlvoy sboulii remain’ linglc beeaaso they stun 1 in poverty ; for two cm live cheaper than one, if they live with' o -operativo z->:l, if tU’y live as they ought to live. If the young man is willing to seem p or when ho is poor; if the young woman, h ii g poor, is willing to live poorly; if they vo willing to plant their lives togothor like two spoils, nm] wait for their growlh, and look for their nhun lance by and by, when they have fair* 1• ( nil it, then it is a good tiling for them to Cairo early into partnership. For character* aln ;,t .them-dvrs to each or Her in the early t eri ds of life far more easily than they do nftrrward. They who marry early are like vi n s growing together, and twining round i.-i'l V nu t each other; whereas, multitude* of those who marry hue in life stand side by sida like two iron columns, which, being separated' at th- h'ginning, never come any nenrer to e ic!i other. Many voting m‘cri feci that they cannot marry until they can support a wife* :il by that they m -an,' until they can support' a house; vei, until they can live in a house that 1 Pits them ; until they can make a show until they can live as their hind of people, tb® class to which they belong, livo—for everybody” belongs to a class, a set. Wlvui they an do these things they will marry, but not before. And the result is that they are corrupting life in the v"y fountain, Anl when they marry, t • m ik" a groat mistake if they say, “Wa will n it arid >rt ik • 1i keep houso : let us board' Th ->p we can iiave all the comforts of life ; wo will have all the appearances provided for us nn l we shall he relieve 1 from a thousand ciros,’’ There is no school which God ever ooohel, or permittnl to be opened, which young people can so ill afford to avoids as tbo school of care and responsibility and labor in the household : and a young man and young woman, mirrying, no mitter from whatsouro® they came together, no matter how high their fathers stood, one of the must wholesome things they can do, having married for love, and with discretion, is to bo willing to begin at the bo* rn, and heir the burdens of household life s i that'they shall h.avo its education. I fel I yon, there are pleasures which many young niarrie ! people miss. I would not give up the first two years of my married life for all I have now. I livo in a big house, with a brown stone front, and very fairly furnished; bnt> after all, among the choicest experiences of my • life were those which I passed through in I 1 "* diana, when I hired two chambers up-stairs; when my furni ure was giver, to me, and wa* riTu i nail on my back bad been worn *hy Judge Birney before me. \\ e were not able t > fire a servant. Wo had to servo ourselves. Ik was a study every day how to get along with i ur small means—-and it was a study never to he forgotten. I owe many of tbe pleasures which have run through my life to l.t-ing will'll g to begin "here I had to begin, and to fight poverty with love, and to overcoir* it, and to 1 am bo v to uve in tervute and help ful n?-?, and in all the thousand ingenuities which iovo sweetens and makes more and more delightful. — 11. W. Beecher. Is Ttiere a IJod f How eloquently does Chateaubriai and reply to this enquiry. There is a God ! The herb of the vaTlev, the trees of the forest, the ce dars of the mountains bless Him ; th©' insects sport in Ilis beams; the elephant salutes Him with tho rising orb of the day ; the bird sings Him in the foilage j the thunder proclaims Him in the Heav ens ; the ocean dee! ires His immensity; man alone has said “there is no God!”'*, Unite in the thought at the same instant > the most beautiful objects in nature ; suppose that you see at once all the hour- of the day and all the seasons of the year, a morning of spring ard a morning of autumn ; a night bespangled with stars and a night covered with clouds ; meadows enamelled with dowers, r.:; l forest heavy with snow ; fields gild-. ed by tints of autumn ; then alone you will have a just conception of the unis verse. While you are gazing on the sun, which is plunging under the vault of the West, another observer admires him emerging from tl e gilded shy of the least. Bv what inconceivable magic does that ' :>geti :>r, which is sinking fatigued and burning in the shade of evening, re-apv j ear at the same instant, fresh and humid with tho rosy dews of morning ? At cverv instant of the day tho glorious orb is at once rising resplendent at noonday, tin! setting in tho West, or rather our senses deceive us and there is properly speaking no East, West, North or South * in the world. Everything reduces itself to a simple point from whence tho king of day sends forth at once a triple light in one substance. The blight splendor, nerhaps, that which mature can present that is most beautiful, for while it gives us an idea of the perpetual magnificence •and resistless power of God, it exhibits, at the same time a shining image of the glorious trinity. No 25.