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Jlamu Simkv ©alette. ANNUAL SUBSCRIPTION $2 50. SATURDAY MORNING. AUG. 15. For the Gazette.] Sapelo Grove. Many a beAntiful spot there is in this fair earth below, In which we lore to romp and dance, to chat, to sing and rove. Sweet loves inspired, and freindships glow Shines radiant on a ramble in Sapelo'e Grove. Cool, delicious, and gloriously grand, O! nature, thou hast lavished Rarest beauties on this spot; No human in fancy could have wished E’er half that here he’s got, Long avenues of luring shade, Intricately plaoed in rymetry A paradise on earth has made. An arbor o'er hanging with heavy moss, ‘‘King of the forest's parasite,” In lichen bower, and ferns air tossed Neath outspreading limbs, by zephrs light, Gives aspect gloomy, grand, and great. RACINCISS. Written for the Gazette.] Moral Reflections. BY A PENITENT LAWYER. The judgment of the world is no criterion of tho character of a man. Compared with tho boundless knowledge of the Creator, hu man intelligence is as superficial as the time during which a man exists, or the dust to which he returns. Aside from Revelation his notions of morality are as crude and er roneous as his opinions of the constitution of Nature without the instructions of Science. Even the best regulated Governments, pro fessing to found their laws on the precepts of the Bible appear to have mistaken the grand idea of the moral government of God. The prevention of crime has been the la bored study of the legislator from time oat fo mind, but its cure seems to have been a sub ject of little attention. Herein lies the mis carriage of all civil law. Its object is the punishment and not the reformation of the offender. Punishment merely cancels an of fense. It may deter from, but it cannot in sure against future offences. Whatever ef fectiveness it may have, consists iu enslaving the mind to fear. Reformation assures against the renewal of offence, for it is not the result of fear or force, but the voluntary election of the man based on right principle, ■or the more oontroling motive of self-inter est. Governments keep their subjects iu order the same as men keep their cattle. Restraint and oversight are necessary in each case. The very idea of civil government is the ad mission of the lawlessness of the human race. Without statutes and penalties and force we would be as wild as the beasts of the forests. A defect of human law is judging by deeds and not by motives. If a man commit mur der when intoxicated, though without any prior intention, and unconscious of the deed on return to soberness, he is, nevertheless, punished. In the logic of the law the crime must be expiated to deter others tinder sim ilar circumstances. If the law would induce men to restrain their passions and to avoid drunkenness, murder would be infrequent. It is a question whether the legislator or law-givor is not more at fault in the matter than the offender. So in evidence, the tes timony of witnesses to the same facts vary with memory or prejudice. Even the obli gation to tell the whole truth, and the penal ties for perjury cannot restrain some from false-wituess. If a man voluntarily confes ses the killing of another, at which no witnesses were present, and states that the deed was done in self-defence, he may bo ex ecuted on his own evidence, unless there be circumstantial proof to justify his defence. But logically and justly, if this confession of the crime condemns him, his testimony of self-defence should procure his pardon. His evidence to the one fact.must be taken ns reliable aR to the other. We are allowed to kill a burglar at night, but imprisoned if we forge the burglar’s name to a noto or cheque. In individual judgment we are pi one to admit reports, to jump at conclu sions, and to be hasty in action. Honest in vestigation is a subsequent thing. We are sure of our neighbors’ sin until his innocence is proven, and then we are utterly unwilling through false shame or prejudice to renounce our unjust opinion, or we suddenly discov er our prior conviction of his innocence. In any light, we may study the phenomena of human judgment, individual or judicial, we will notice the absence of charity and the desire for retaliation; the wish to punish and not to reform; the scrutiny of the act and not of the mbtive. This is a fault and mis fortune of our nature, but so will man ever continue in this life, and we must submit to it though we may deplore our devices. It proves, how ever, the proposition, that the judgment of the world is no criterion of the character of a man. God, in His government besides the pre ventative, employs a remedial means for the conversion of the sinner. Aware of the obstinacy of our disposition, He pronounces the most horrible punishments to discour age us from evil. Fully aware that self-in terest can control our vices at pleasure, to a great extent, He appeals to this by the rem edy of rewards for virtue. But the disease of sin is so deep-seated as to baffle His en deavors to effect our willing and total refor mation. We may become virtuous for the rewards of virtue* but not for interest sake. If human laws offered gieater benefits than would result from crime there would be few offences. If it proposed to double the amount the man desired to steal, or to put to death the person he wished to kill, to prevent his committing more crimes, it is probable that he would be content to yield to the law. bo when God offers to reward the virtuous, con ferring on him divine favors and the esteem of the upright, the sinner reasonably assents to the proposition, and self-interest leads him to enjoy the pleasures of life without the violation of law or the censure of his neighbors. His object is to obtain certain gratifications, and these gamed virtuously are more highly enjoyed than those gotten by unlawful means. In either ease, however, he is a sinner. In the one without doubt, in the other he is not influenced bv love of God and reverence for virtue. He con forms to the divine will for the results ol his interested obedience Such is human nature. Atwoods & Avery, BROAD STREET, I RETAIL DEALERS IN DRY GOODS, GROCERIES, DRUGS & MEDICINES, BOOTS, SHOES, HARDWARE &C. KEEP CONSTANTLY ON HAND A LARGE AND WELL SELECTED STOCK of everything in their line of business. PROMPT ATTENTION PAID TO ORDERS. Masters of vesels would do well to give them a call, They invite the attention of the public to their new Spring Stock, A fine assortment of STRAW GOODS ID HATS, all of the latest styles. Dress Goods, Prints, Cloths, Casimers and everything pertaining to the Dry Goods trade can be found in their store. They also keep on hand a first-class stock of Harness. Harness trimmings, Saddles, Carriage trimmings, &c. Their stock of Crockery, Stone, China, and Glass wares are of the best qualities. | THE DARIEN TIMBER GAZETTE, PUBLISHED EVERT SATURDAY MORNING AT Darien, MCINTOSH CO.. GEORGIA, BY RICHARD W. GRUBB, SUBSCRIPTION PRICE ONLY $2 50 FES ANNUM. ADVERTISING RATES LIB ERAL. WM. SHENCK. BOOT & SHOE MAKER, DARIEN, GEORGIA. IS NOW prepared to do any sort of work in the Boot and Shoe line. Custom-made boots furnish ed at reasonable prices. Shop at B. Pfeiffer's, oppo site Magnolia House. May 30— Altamaha House, M. MAHONB Y, Agent. DARIEN, GEORGIA. rpHIS HOUSE has been put in GOOD ORDER. I Good clean beds at FIFTY CENTS per night, for lodging. Also good meals at Fifty Cents per meal.. Takes pleasure in inviting the public to the same. The choicest nines and liquors kept on hand. Attached to this House is a first-class VARIETY HALL, which will be opened by a First-Class Troupe from New York the ensuing seaaon. June 20-ly. "FURR WINTON, CONTRACTOR AND BUILDER, BRUNSWICK, GA. pLANS and Specifications furnished on short no * tice. Will contract to erect Buildings in every style. Also superintend Buildings at reasonable prices. All orders left with the firm of Atwoods & Avery, Darien, Ga., will be attended to with dis patch. Julv4tf. W A, BURNEY, PLASTERER & BRICKLA YER. Is prepared to do plain and ornamental plastering, BRICK WORK —AND— House painting in every style at short notice. DARIEN, GEORGIA. China, Glassware, House and Furnishing Goods, KEROSIIE LAMPS, kl. FOR SALE IN Original Packages or Packed to Orders. E. D, SMYTHE, Congress and St. Julian Streets, Savannah, - - - Georgia May 16—3 m. 0 HAYING POWER PRESSES, NEW TYPE AND Fix tures, large stock of ruled and flat papers, card stock,. Ac., on hand, and first-class workmen, THE APPEAL PRINTING OFFICE, BRUNSWICK, GEORGIA, Is prepared to promptly execute all classes of Job Printing, on short notice and at prices that will compare with the lowest, —workmanship and material considered. ORDERS SOLICITED FOR PAMPHLETS, BILL AND LETTER HEADS, MONTHLY STATEMENTS, HAND-BILLS AND PROGRAMMES, BUSINESS AND VISITING CARDS, BLANKS, OF ALL KINDS, ✓ And all other classes and kinds of Job Printing, in plain black, or as many colors in ink or bronze as desired. The Appeal office being splendidly furnished with new type and fixtures, there is no establishment in this section better pre pared to do all classes of Job Printing, on short notice and at reasonable prices. TERMS CASH, on delivery of work. ORDERS SENT DIRECT will receive the same attention as if attended to in person. ril s—a MAGNOLIA HOUSE!! DARIEN, : : GEORGIA. AT ANY' additions have been made in this hnn. A1 during the past month, and the Propriety pleasure iu tajiug to his old 0 PATRONS AND FRIENDS and to all who desire FIRST-CLASS accommorU tions, that he is ready to satisfy them at the foil.,* ing rates : Board and lodging per month _ao m Table Board “ “ 1 Board and lodging “ week— iu'on Board “ “ per day o’ (l( , Meals each 1 t Lodgings £ A. E. CARR, Proprietor, M. CONWAY, Clerk. 0. HOPK IN S~ MEASURER AND INSPECTOR OF Timber and Lumber. Respectfully solicits Patronage. Darien, - - - Georgia. May-2 6m. Putnam’s LIVERY STABLE, DARIEN & BRUNSWICK, GA, A. T. PUTNAM, Prt’r. May—2-tf. ~E. G. FERGURBON, M. D., Physician, Surgeon, Accoucier, BRUNSWICK, GEORGIA. May 30— WILLIAM HONE, DEALER IN Wines, Liquors and Cigars, 73 St. Julian & 154 Congress Streets; Savannah, Ga. May 16—6 m. W l . Robert G-ignilliat, ATTORNEY AT LAW, DARIEN, GA* PROMPT ATTENTION given toall legal business in the Eastern and Brunswick Circuits, and iu the United States Courts at Savannah. April 25—ly.