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BUSINS 8 S C A R D s.
Thomas e. watson,
Attorney lit Lmv,
THOMSON, GA.
STOffico at the Court-lion.ho.
PAUL C. HUDSON,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
Tlioiinsou, Ga.
Will practice in the Superior Courts of
the Augusta, Northern ana Middle Circuits,
and in the Supreme Court, and will give
Attention to all cases in Bankruptcy^
Ang. 25, 1574. tf
PAVILION HOTEL
Charleston , 8. C.
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their residences.
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THOMSON, - - GEORGIA.
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OF ALL KINDS,
CONFECTIONERIES,
NUTS, CRACKERS, Ac.,
II ao, call on
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_A_ large niipply of
TENNESSE CORN,
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Always a fresh Supply of MEAL on
hand.
COFFEE, SUGAR A TOBACCO, spe
cialties.
J. F. Shields.
Town property
For Sale.
I OFFEIt for wale, on terms suitable to
the times, a lot in Thomson, on Lumpkin
street, containing one acre. This lot is en
oleaed with a good new fence, lias a well of
excellent water. & good bam, stable, buggy
house, acd cow-stall. I will also sell with
the name a lot of excellent seasoned lum
ber, containing over 28.G00 feet now on the
premise*, sawed according to bill furnished
by a contractor for a dwelling similar to
the residence of J. E White. Also 15,(XM)
shingles on the lot.
This lot is in one of the most desirable
localities in town.
PAUL C. HUDSON,
July 26, tf. Thomson. Ga.
McDuffie mills,
THOMSON, GA.,
J. S. SHIELDS & SON, Peotwktobh.
vV E have, at a large outlay of money,
completed and are now operatiug t" fine a
aet of Mills, for both Wheat and Coni, an
ran be found in Middle Georgia. Every
thing being of the latest and most ap
proved patterns, and with experience in the
business, we hope to merit and receive a
share of public patronage.
COT/ ON GJ N.
With a large and commodious Gin House
And one of the finest Gins ever manufac
tured. wc will be ready at the beginning of
the eeason. to gin and pack cotton for all
who desire to give us their pAtromige. We
guarantee a good sample and neat package.
Give ns a trial.
Hls-c* J. S. SHIELDS & SON.
All of Queen Victoria's daughters !
have learned to swim, *j
Raouf Pasha, the Turkish Gener
al, has but one wife.
There are two thousand seven
hundred and fifty languages, as far
as known.
Minnesota, despite the grasshop
pers, will market 25 per cent, moio
wheat than last year.
“Come around and see me cap
ture my mother-in-law,” is the lat
est stylo of wedding invitation.
Judge Reynolds, of Brooklyn, has
decided that the re-marriage of di
vorced couples is illegal. Bosh!
One fifth of the population and
I one-third of the voter's of Now
Hampshire have signed the total
abstinence pledge.
China is equal to eighteen Great
Britains, and has twonty times as
much coal, and an abundant supply
of iron ore.
A team of sixteen mules, drawing
a wagon laden with 40,000 pounds
! of ore, is a common sight in Reno,
Nevada.
Cnpt. King, of Santa Gertrudes,
Texas, is making an addition of six
ty miles to Iris pasture fence, which
will enclose, when completed, lfiO,-
i 000 acres of splendid land.
F. W. Seaton was sentenced, at
I Norfolk, Va., recently, to one year
at hard labor in the penitentiary
| for sending through the mails scur
-1 rilous and obscene communications.
Mr. Sweet, of Michigan, lias in
vented an electro-magnetic clock,
i It is said to be vory simple in con
struction, and comes very near be
ing perpetual motion.
| Blind Tom is said to be losing
his wonderful gift. Like Paul Mor
' pby, tho poor fellow must have
overtasked that part of his brain
which made him a genius.
, Tbo jjamago caused in Kquiglor
I by the recent irruption of Cotopaxi
j D over $1,000,000. Over 1,500 head
of cultlo were destroyed, and of
many families not a member es
caped.
Commodore Vanderbilt's widow
j manages to squeeze along on an in
come of §52,000 a year, and it isn’t
! likely that she ever sighs for the
I days when she taught school at $3
i per week.
- ——
Prof. John McCrady, who lias
I just resigned his professorship in
Harvard University, Cambridge,
I has been elected to and has accept
ed a professorship in the Universi
| ty' of tlic South, at Sovranee, Tonn.
The Texas and Pacific Raijway
; built 110 miles of new road during
last year, and increased its earnings
thirty per cent. It is 1,400 miles
from its present terminus at Fort
Worth, to San Diego, on the Pacific'
Judge Treat, of the U. S. District
Court, has decided that dealing in
j “futures” or “options,” where the
; article of purchase does not change
hands, is gamblin,g and no recov
! cry can be had on such transac
| tions. Correct.
Seven Republican newspupers in
Louisiana have suspended since the
inauguration of Democratic govern
ment in that State. They derived
their support from “public print
ing,” a device which the carpet-bag
gers fixed up for robbing the tax
payers.
A strange occurrence recently
took place in Russia. An express
train, carrying 6,000,000 rubles, not
only failed to come in on time, but
entirely disappeared, and no trace
can be discovered of either money,
passengers or cars. It is not extra
ordinary that a train should be rob
bed, but that train and everything
else should be stolen, passes the
wonderful.
Mr. T. A. Edsoa, the eloctiieian
of tho Atlantic and Pacific tele
graph company, while experiment
ing with light as a force, has made
a discovery which may revolution
ize telegraphy. lie claims that his
experiments have resulted in the
discovery of anew force, of a na
ture similar to electricity, aud pos
scssing its efficiency without being
subject to many of the influences
which effect tho latter. A markable
feature in the newly discovered
force is that tho tue earth has no
effect upon it as a conductor what
ever. Wires operated by this now
agent can work perfectly lying on
the ground or in any position so
long as they are unbroken. Glass,
however, iB a conductor.
“.1 MAP OF BUSY LIFE: ITS FLUCTUATIONS AND ITS VAST CONCERNS.’
DRIFTING DOWN THE RIVER.
DY THE rOETESS “UNA."
Drifting down the shining river,
Where the sunbeams glance and quiver
On the rippling waves so swiftly
Dancing onward to the sea;
As they glide in ceaseless motion
To the broad uufathomed ocean,
\\ hat a lesson in their journey,
Do they whisper rnto me!
Down a broader, deeper river—
One whose wavelets wo can never
Bail but once —for never backward
, O’er its surface may we go —
{Do we float, perhaps unshrinking,
Wlicre the boniu* ss, endless oivkui
Of Eternity dothfflow.
With our hopeful eyes turned sunward
We are looking onward, onward
For a glimpse of that bright Eden
Lost while yet the world was young;
For wo fancy that it glimmers
Whore the shining water shimmers
Like a gate of pearl before us
By the hand of distance hung.
’Mong its far-off purple shadows
Do we picture flowery meadows —
Bright elysian fields of beauty,
Where we hope to pause and rest ;
But how oft we find them cheating,
Empty visions, false and fleeting
As the magic cities ria ng
From the waters misty breast.
- When at last, our haven nearing,
All its bounty disappearing,
We but find a barren desert
On the sea’s rough f-tormy verge ;
All its fruits to ashes turning.
All its valleys bare and burning,
And the white wings of its angels
But the loam-wreaths on the surge.
Naught is real, naught is lasting,
Save that world to which we’re host’ning
O’er Time’s swift-flowing river;
And for rest we seek in vain
Till we reach the golden portal
Never crossed by foot of mortal.
And our life bark’s wrecked and shatter’d
Ne’er to breast the waves again.
If risk World, JV. 1”.
The Fairy of tlic Well.
The civil war between tho Cava
liers and Puritans, which was then
desolating the land, had taken
Landleigli Castle in its destructive
course, and that once lordly pile
was now a ruin. An ancient well
stood near its blackened walls, with
a square of coping of old. gray,
mossy stones, into which flowed a
translucent stream. At tho buck
of this well was an antique recess of
stone, from the center of which the
water took its course.
T!_ IvaatiLof £ajjjpam.oj.xl.l4slU>
derod on tho water us a young cav
alier approachod the well, if there
be a spell called “sweet memories,”
which, they say, binds the heart to
certain places, and if the loveliness
of the scenes in which one’s child
hood has been passed, serves to ro
new the guileloss joy of infancy,
then, indeed, might Dcnzil Norman
attribute to their influence his in
creasing reluctance to depart and
rejoin his regiment. But no; he
knew the spell that bound him to
that spot was the charm of tho sim
ple village maiden. A ct, from tho
moment lie had beheld the lovely
and gontlo Alice Brooke, he felt that
bis destiny was fixed.
lie knew the legend of the old
well. Its waters were said to bo
guarded by the Fairy of the Castle.
She harmed but the wicked. Those
who ever beheld her (which lie nev
er had) said that her smile nan so
sweet it made everybody who was
fortunate enough to oncouriter it,
good-looking and happy.
“Ah ! famous fairy of this well,”
lie said, apostrophizing it— ‘ if, in
deed, such spirits exist between
heaven and man—how gladly would
I importune you to award me tho
affections of a village maiden. Then
far from the kingly courts and tlic
hostile din of warfare ”
He paused abruptly, for it ap
peared to him as if a voice answered
him from the well. Ho listened in
tently and heard a sweet, silvery
voice mingling with tho rippling of
the waves, which chanted these
words:
Denzil Norman —I.Yiizil Norman !
List th Fairy of the Well;
Foes are coming —foes are coming,
Ilore no longer thou must dwell.
Happier days may on thoo wait!
Fly from love, end fly from fate !
Denzil was filled with amazement.
The voice sounded to his ear like
the wreathed choir of unseen spir
its. Could it be possible, lie asked
himself, that there were such beings
as fairies, who watch our actions
and know our inmost thoughts?
The voieo ceased, but now another
sound broke upon liiseur—a distant
hum full as of troops upon the
march. Tho warning was true,
tlien--he was in peril. The Round
heads were near. If detected lie
knew he should bo denounced as a
spy, and shot without delay. Yet
still be would not fly until bo had
exchanged a few farewell words
with the lovely Alice.
He hastened back to tho house of
Dr. Brooke, tho village physician
and the father of his love. Tho
worthy doctor was surprised ut his
return.
“Rash youth I” he exclaimed,
“were you not admouishod on your
way hither to fly at once from
Lanuieigh ?"
“How know you that?” answered
THOMSON, GA, AUGUST 29, 1877.
Denzil in amazement. “Yes, I was
admonished, but I had not said faro
well to Alice.”
“This is absolute madness,” said
Pi'. Brooke. “Boy, boy, are you
aware that that farewell may cost
you your life ?”
“Not so, worthy host; I wear a
good sword and possess a strong
heart and a strong arm to back it,”
replied Dcnzil, with tho confidence
of youth. “Whoro is Alice?”
“She is absent, but will shortly
, return ; and when| she
send her to yois” snuF tho Oocteiy
and left the room.
As Donzil gazed listlessly from
tho window, a panel in the wall
glided noiselessly to one side, and
through the aperture cams a lovely
girl, somo eighteen years of age,
clad in the plain but becoming cos
tume of a village maid. She closed
the panel quietly, advanced to Don
zil’s side, and laid her hand upon
his shoulder. Ho startod up in
joyous surprise.
“All, sweet Alice!” he ox cl aimed.
“Dcnzil, Donzil!” slio answered
quilo impatiently, “why do
you tarry here when every moment
adds to the peril of your safety?”
“Clddc mo not, Alice,” ho return
ed, “since I tarried but to ask you
if you will love me when I am gone,
us 1 shall continue to love you?”
“Oh, Dcnzil, Donzil!” sho respond
ed plaintively, “is it generous to
leave this impression on the heart
of a poor maiden, whoso last hope
could bo to unite herself in wedlock
with one of noble deseont like
yours! Ido love you, Denzil—nor
blush to acknowledge that which
is as dear to mo as the love of life
itself. But alas! I have hoard it
said your hand was devoted to
another.”
“Another 1 What other?” de
manded Denzil, in surprb.o.
“The daughter of your father’s
friend, Lord Eustace Blount, and
the proprietor of yonder ruined
castlo,” answered Alice.
“Lord Eustace perished at the.
battle of Worcester," said Denzi);
daughter fj>'d jjr wan 1 oat
conflict, aho neurt add ’ O
Denzil Nocimm are free, and i
you, Alice, they will be true.”
Alice made no further remon
stance, but she presently inquired ;
'‘You remembor, then, tho Lord
Eustace and his young, motherless
daughter ?”
“Alice, I do," he answered: “who
over forgets tho companions of
earliest years? jlc was my guard-i
ian—sho the playful c m pan ion of j
my summer walks. All ure gone I j
But tho influenco of their good
wishes seems still to direct my
destiny.”
They wore now disturbed by tho
abrupt entrance of a servant, who j
informed them that tho house was
surrounded by Puritans, ami that
they had evidently come in search
of Donzil Norman. Alice showed
Denzil the secret panel, and urged
him to conceal himself, lie did so
with reluctance, and Alice awaited
the coming of Roundhead soldiers
with a fluttering heart.
The Roundheads wero under the
command ol the stern Col. Ircton.
He was much incensed when lie*
found that Denzil had escaped him,
and lie ordered his soldiers to seize
upon the doctor and Alice, and to
bear them away prisoners. Deiizil,
who had lingered behind the panel,
fearing somo such result, now made
his appearance, and gave himself
up to preserve his friends. Alice
cast reproachful glances upon him as
the Roundheads marched nim away.
A brief trial was allotted to the
young Cavalier. He was adjudged
a spy, and sentenced _to be ■
Ho Was placed for sfltf'o iu
the chapel of tho ruined Castle of
Lnndleigh, and a guard kept vigilant
watch over him.
It wits night. A lamp burned
dimly at the foot of a pedestal sup
porting the statue of a warrior,
bcneatli the shadow of whoso shield
Denzil Norman eat immersed in
gloomy thought. Above bis head
was a ruined gallery of stone with
a broken window. His dream of
life appeared to have reached its
end. lu half an hour in that cluipcl,
at the foot of his great ancestor,
whoso battlo-ax did such marvels
iu Palestine over the infidels, he,
the last of his proud ntco, was
about to sink; and it must bo with
out a struggle, ignobly, ignomin
iously. Suddenly a voice ofsweetest
melody broke through the gloomy
stillnoss:
Denzil Norman—Deiizil Norman!
List tbe Fairy of the Well;
1 am near thee—Donzil, bear me,
Hear shalt thou no longer dwell.
Happy days for thee await—
Fly from love and fly from fate 1
Denzil took up the lamp to see
from whened the voice proceeded,
but a sudden gust of wind extin
guished it. But at that *iowcul
the moonlight falling with radiant
brilliancy on the broken window ot
the gallery, discovered to him the
form fa fairy standing on the base
of a Igftv column. Neither form
nor feature was visible, howevor,
as a large white veil completely
enveloped her person. Sho looked
like t]m marble image of somo
sfeulKfAeW saint.
“Dcnzil,” sho said in a voice that
sounded strangely familiar to his
| ears, “.ho Fairy of tho W 11 is tho
and w.ould have
reffire, Take thou
heart;’ tho Fairy is here to secure
your flight. Tho king hath landed
on his native shore.”
“(Tied save King Charles!” cried
I >on:;i\joy fully.
“Anion!” responded the fairy;
“thoeT'sTialt join him soon. Touch
tho riglitTtß.ee of the statue—press
hard—and a door will open in the
poifosfal; through it you will find
liborfy. Freed from this chapel,
seek the old hermitage ut the depth
of the glen, A friend awaiteth thoo
rhr'l'/f'Tfrtfirhry ’ s friend. Proin unco
in his car the tamo of Alice Brooke ;
ho will recognize and conduct thee
to the feet of thy triumphant sov
oreiffn. Donzil -farewell!”
Tire tfibonbeams were suddenly
obscured by a passing cloud ; and
whoiT her light shone forth again,
the fairy had disappeared. Donzil
hastened to obey her instructions
lie found- tho secret door, entered
the iibtcrranean passage to which
it conducted, and speedily emerged
into a wood beyond the chapel wall,
lie I uhUukhl to the hermitage, and
there to his, surprise aid joy, on
eouiifered his old friend and guard
ian, Lord Eustace Blount, who ho
tlifUlf.l’l h ; id been untimely slain on
Woife&UXsfiohl.
Lord Eustace’s story was soon
told. Be had been saved by the
Fairy of tho Well. Wounded nigh
unto death, concealed in the ruins
of his own castle, sho had been his
nurse. His life proscribed, sho was
his guardian angel, as she had been
Denzil’s. His story told, ho ,t.old
it t,ny v;! ‘ ! " : ■-
lie r lie; Tliril licit so,'- • ~ nivToid
i i-i.: n o,'lain..si in London, and
iiiii. he tierco civil war was wed
nigh over. But, Dcnzil must stop
by the way at Doctor Brooke's cot
tage to exchange a few words with
his loved Alice.
Tho doctor welcomed them joy
fully.
“And Alioo—where is sho?” asked
Dcnzil,'anxiously.
“What Alice?” inquired Lord
Eustace.
“She to whom I am engaged, my
LordJ” answered Dcnzil; “one dour
er to mo, far dearer than life.”
“Engaged, Dcnzil ?” cried Lord
Eustace ; “you forget that I have
n dang hC3P, named Kate, to whom
in early youth you were betrothed.”
“Pardon mo, iny lord, 1 was a
hoy then," remarked Donzil. “The
heart will not ho commanded;
despite myself, 1 love another; and
surely you would not covot for
your daughter the hand of a man
who could never bestow on her his
affections. But I cannot wed your
.mt love—my vow—is
1 irrevocable.”
“Nay, slay until you have soon
Kate,” urged Lord Eustace ; 1 lot her
plead fur herself. Doctor bring her
hither.”
“DoctoiyTTo you, my friend, urge
me to this aposlaoy ?” cried Donzil,
reproachfully. Ho knelt beforo the
fairy gratefully. “Oh, lady, I must
appeal to you,” ho continued, “you,
who have proved my guardian spir
it. I loved ere I beheld you ; I can
not gwo you that which is already
" you
the dHiniiV you have appeared.”
The fairy put back her vale, and
discovered the features of Alice
Brooke.
“Ijiuzil—dear; faithful Denzil,”
she exclaimed tenderly, “It is 1!”
lie Started to Ids foot in fresh
amazement, crying out joyfully,
“Alice !”
“No, Kate, thy cousin,” said tho
doctor, 1 sho hut passed as my
daughter to escape the persecutions
of her father’s foes. Ehe is the
daughter of this noble lord; her
true name, the Lady Catherine
Hloufit. Say, will you now refuse
her hand ?’’
Denzil eagerly clasped the hand
which lifs ceusiri extended to him.
“And no\f our mystery solves it
self into a sweet reality,” exclaimed
Lord Eu -tuce, joyfully ; and he join
ed their hands together and blessed
them.
Wbr cLr}, . the Second,' ro.
5i,..,,' , . run of hi.- u.,c( -
turn to ;'fei in his court, principal
amongst 4 hem came Denzil Nor
man, Lord Eustace Blount, and his
daughter,trie Lady Dcnzil Norman.
The Oriental Business.
A good citizen of Croghain street
was reading the other day of a good
Persian gentleman who always
walked about with a smile on his
face. When this Persian was asked
why ho always looked so happy
when other men looked sad he re
plied :
“I smile because it may bo sun-
I'hino to somo poor soul surrounded
by shadows.”
It was very nice in tho Persian,
and the Chroghatn stroot man said
he’d be hanged if ho couldn’t out
siuile the Persian or anybody else
walking around on two legs. 110 at
once began to smile at his wife.
She stood it for a few minutes, and
then observed:
“What’s tho matter, William—
got tho eolie again?"
“I smile because I want to carry
sunshine to your darkened soul,” he
replied.
Sho wanted him to understand
that fifteen minutes at the woodpiio
would help her more than all the
grins ho could gnu in a straight
week, and when ho went into the
kitchen to smile somo sunshine at
tho hired girl, tho wilo followed
him amt raised a row that put din
ner tlireo-quul'ters of an hour be
hindhand. llowovor, one can’t get
tho bans' of Oriental business in a
day, and this man tried it again oil
tho street car as ho camo down
town yestorday. Opposite him sat
an old woman with a basket, ami
ho undertook to smile tho shadows
from her heart. Sho watehou him
for two or three minutes, growing
mad all the time, and presently she
asked :
“Do you think you know me,
that you are grinning across the
aisle, like a vircus baboon ?”
“L smile, madam, teeuwse—be
cause—” ho stammered, forgetting
what the Persian said. “I smile lie
cause—”
1 You are grinning because I’ve
got sore eyes!” she shouted.
“No, madam, l smile that I —that
’.“'T •* - Y
“I II not stand it I" she criei, and
sho hammered hi.,, with the basket
until lie escaped off tho platform.
“Now grin over that, will you I"
she called after him as she shook
the basket in the air.
“The Persian who went around
smiling was a fool and I’m his first
cousin,” growled tho man, and he
quit smiling and [licked a tight with
a harness maker. —Detroit Free
Press.
Who Ate Roger Williams.
Roger Williams was a native of
Wales, was a Puritan, und founder
of tho colony of Rhode Island. lie
and led in Providence in 1083. —
Many years afterwards, tho private
buiying-ground where ho was in
terred was searched for the remains
of himself and wife, for the purpose
of eroding a monument over them.
Very littlo was found. The shape
of the coffins could only he traced
by a black line in iho earth. The
rusted hinges and nails and around
wooden knot alone remained in one
grave, while a single lock of braided
hair was found in tho other. Near
the grave stood an apple tree, tho
larger root of which had pushed its
way to the precise spot occupied by
tho skull of Roger Williams, and,
turning, passed around it and fol
lowed the direction of tho backbone
to tho hips. Here it divided into
two branches, sending one along
each log to the liccl, when the roots
turned upwards to tho toes, the
vvliolo bearing a striking rosem
blanco to the humau farm. Those
roots are deposited in the museum
of Brown University, ft was thus
found that tbo orgaidc matter—the
flesh, tho bones, of Roger Williams
had passed into an applo tree, trans
muted into woody fibre, bloomed
into fragrant blossoms, and bore
luscious fruit, which from year to
year has been gathered and eaten.
Those, therefore, who ato the
apples from this tree, ato Roger
Williams.
A suit has been started in Kan
awah county, W. Va., in which tho
plaintiff sues defendant for tlic in
crease of 21 sheep from 1852, n po
riod of 21 years. Adopting life rule
ofdoublo increase yearly, by geo:
metrical progrosiion, tho defendant
owfes plaintiff 704,643,072 sheep!
Hhe is required to pay money at
the rate of £2 a head, life will owo
plaintiff $1,409,288,141, or a sum
pi , ' to one-half the National Debt.
Inc Missouri Legislature sits on
ly once in two years, and tho sav
ing amounts to about two hundred
thousand dollars a year.
Keligious Department!
T HEE M P T Y OR A D L K.
Sad is tho heart of tho niolhor
Who sits by the lonely hearth,
Where never again the children
Shall waken their songs of mirth.
And still through the painful silence,
Sho listens for voice and tread,
Outside of the heart—-there only
She knows that they are not dead.
Here is the desolate cradle,
'I he pillow so lately pressed,
But for away has the Girdling
Flown from its little nest.
Crooning the lullabies over
That once were her babe’s delight,
All through the misty spaces
She follows its upward flight.
Little she thought of a moment
So gloomy and sad as this,
When close to her heart she gathered
Her child for its good-night kiss.
Sho should be tenderly cherished,
Never a grief should sho know
Wealth, and the pride of a princess,
These would a mother bestow.
Ami this is the darling’s portion
In heaven where she has fled ;
By angels securely guarded,
By angels securely led.
Brooding in sorrowful silence
Over tlie empty nest,
Can you not see through tho shadows,
Why it is all for the best?
Butter tho heavenly kingdom
Thau riches of earthly crown ;
Better the early morning flight,
Than one when the suu is down ;
Better an empty casket.
Than jewels besmirched with sin ;
Safer than these without the fold.
Are those that have entered in.”
The Scolbum n .
[Written for the McDuffie Journal.]
Extracts from Sacred History--For
the Childyeui
BV lIEV. J. S. JONKS.
From tho institution ol the Pass,
over, in 2513, to the accession of
Saul, 2969.
2513. —No sooner are the Israel
ite delivered from tho Egyptians
than they luuvmer aguimtMoses on
account of iho want of food ; to sat
iety them God rent, first, a great
quantity of quails and, the next
morning, manna, which falls regu
larly every day during the forty
years tlo-y remain in tlie wilder
ness, except on Saitudh days. The
people murmur again for wa ! or, and
Mosoa, by tho Lord’s command,
ranked somo to issiiV froii? a rock.
The Amalekitrs attack Israel, and
are defeated by Joshua. ' fn the
third mouth after the Passover, tlie
Israelites arrive at Mount Sinai,
where God gives them his law.
During the absenco of Moses in tho
Mount, tho people fall into idolatry,
in consequence of which 3000 of
them aro put to death.
2514. —On the first day of the
first month of tho second year from
the Passover, Moses sets up the Ta
bernacle, and [daces tho ark in it.
lie ulso consecrates his brother
Aaron to bo High Priest, and ap
points Priosts and Lfevitcs. On the
first day of the second month, Mo
ses numbers all tho eliildrefi of Ist
rael, from twenty years old and up
wards, and thero are found 603,550
men, able to go to war, besides the
Levites. After tho Israelites have
kept the Passover on the fourteenth
day of ihe same month, they begin
tlicir journey from tlie wilderness
of Sinai on tho twentieth. Twelve
men aro sent to spy the land ot Ca
naan, and they all, with tbo excep
tion of Joshua and Caleb, bring an
evil report of tl e land, which
causos the people to murmur ;
wherefore God condemns all thosfe
who wore twenty 3 cars old and up
wards when they came out of
Egypt, to die in the wilderness, savo
Joshua and Caleb.
2515.—The Israelites hogifi tCi
travel in tbo desert, as a punishment
for their murmurs. Koruh, Dothan,
aud A bisum revolt against Moses
and aro swallowed up by the earth,
with 250 men who had joined In
their schism.
2552. —Aaron died, aged 122, fend
is mourned 80 days. The Israelites
begin their couquests With the de
feat of Arab, tho Cannauitc, Sihon,
King of tlie Amosltes, Og, King of
Bashau, and Balalc, King of iMoab,
tho latter of whom had sent for
I’aloam, to curso them.
2553. —Moses, at tho ago of 120
dies on Mount Nebo, in tho land of'
Moa'b, having first taken a view of
tho promised land. Joshua suc
ceeds Moses and loads tho Israelites
to the banks of the river Jordan,
whoso waters divide to afford them
a pussago. Jericho is the first city
that falls into their hands, which is
speedily followed with tho destruc
tion of Ai and other cities, alto
gether amounting toll, conquered
iu the course of six years. In tho
battle with Adonizedeck, King of
Jerusalem, und his allies, Joshua
commands tlie Sun not to go down
till tbo pursuit and destruction of
his enemies should bo complete ; und
the suu stood still accordingly.
2559,—Joshua divides tho land of
Canaan among the tribes of Israel.
2578.—Joshua dies, nged 110, and
Israel is governed py the elders of
IN umber ;trti
Proprietors.
the tribes.
25JH.—Tho Israelites, forsaking
tho service of .Tohovali, their God,
palliate themselves with the abomi*
nations of tho Heathen; worshiping
Baal and AstaroMi; fbi ; ffiis ihlj
Lord suffers them to be subjected
by Chushan-Risbathaim, Kitfg of
Mesopotamia.
2599.—T he Israelites are brought
to a serisc of their folly and repent;
when they arc delivered byOlbniel,
a younger brother of Caleb, who
appears to have been one of the el
ders, and judged Israel forty years.
261-I.—About this year the tribe
of Benjamin is almost totally' de
stroyed by the other ti ibes, for their
cruel usage of thfe wife of a Lev f to,
2061.—1 lie Israelites again do
evil in the sight of the Lord, find
are delivered into the blinds of Kg
lon, King of M ah, for eighteen
.years.
2679. On their repentance, God
raises them up a deliverer if, Kliud,
who killed lSgloft, and judged Israel
eighty yoirs;
2hb7—Alter Elina, ,Sliding,ur ap
pears as the deliverer and Judge of
Israel, and destroys six hundred
Philistines with an oxgoad,
-09;i. Iho Israelites again sin,-
and are subjugated by Jabin, King
ot Canaan, who heavily oppresses
them for twenty yottrs.
*®’ Deborah, a prophetess,'
and Judge of Israel, sends for Ba
rak, and orders him to collect Hu
army : Jabin, hearing of this, solid*
a mighty tinny army to quell tho
insurrection, under his Captain, SU
sera; hut they are defeated and put
to flight by Barak, and Sisera hiirt--
self, taking refuge in the tent, Ha
bor, the Ken it 6, is there killed by
Joel, Haber's wife.
2752.—After Deborah's defith tlffe
Israelites, on Recount of their sifpq
arc delivered into the power of tho
Midi unites.
2i59. Seven.years after they srfy
unto the Lord, and lie sends.an nrt
gcl to Gideon, announce to him that
he was chosen to dcliveflerffej from
their oppressor** By
tion, Gideon rotifts,
whom ho had collet;ted, only 300,
and with thorn, each carrydf/g a
lamp concealed in an earthen ves
sel, to he broken at a proper Oppor
tunity, lie so terrifies tile mldiiinUe*
that they fly in confusion and tiffin
their swords against each ot lifer.
After this victory Gideon fs offered
•the kingdom of fsracl, which ho re
fuses, and judges Israel for twfelfty
two yours.
27(18.—Gideon being dfe'atf, Atflm*
fleck, Ids ntituful son, cause's him*
self to bo elected King, by the
(Slieckeinlies and slays the SefeefttV
sons of his father, except Jotli’rtm,
whfe had hidden himself. The
Shechemiles soon repent of their
election and caii in Gaal, ii prince of
the country, to succour; hut Haul
is overcome by Abimclcck Mho
takes I lie city' of Shecheffi and puts
the inhabitants to death Soon af
ter Abimeiecli besieges tbfe city of
Thoboz, and lakes it; but there was
a strong toifief, to width (fit the,,eo
pie tied; Bbimclceh advances to be
slcge it, hut at tho moment w.hcn ho
Is about to burn the gif to a woman
casts a [liccfe of a millstone upon his
head and fractures his skull.
-771. Aftcfi Abimeiecli arose
I olit, of whom scriptures say r noth
ing but that ho juJgod Israel twen
ty, three years.
2704.—Jair succeeds Tola.
(TO HU CONTINUED.)
Words of Wisdom.
A graiu of prudence is worth a
pound ot craft. Boasters are cous
ins to liars. Confession of fault
makes half amends. Denying a
fault doubles it,. Envy sliooleth at
others and woundeth herself Fool
ish fear doubles danger. God
roaches us good things by r our own
hands. Ho Iras hard work who has
nothing to do. It costs more to
avenge wrongs than to bear them.
Knavery is tho worst trade. Learn
ing makes man fit company for
himself. Modesty is u guard to vir
tue. Not to hoar conscience is a
way to silence it. One hour to-day
is worth two to-morrow. I’rouU
looks make foul word* in fair laces.
Quiet conscience gives quiet sloop.
Richest is ho that wants least.
Small faults indulged are little
thievos. Tho houghs that hear tho
most hang lowest. Upright walk
ing is sure walking. Virtue and
happiness are near kin. True men
make more opportunities than they
find. You novor Joso by' doing a
good turn. Zeal without knowl
edge is fire without light.
Women cliarm as a general thing
in proportion us they are goal. A'
plain face with a heart behind it is
worth a world of b.'auty. ■