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W E Akly Volume VII. ■White & Combs, Hkguffic fonrnttl. PUBLISHED EVERY AvEDNESDAY. TERMS, - - 81.00 A YEAR. Advertising: Rates. One square, first insertion $ 1 00 Each subsequent insertion 75 One square three months 10 00 One square six months 15 00 One square twelve months 20 00 Quarter column twelve months 40 00 \ -Half wx months 00 00 Half column twelve months 75 00 j One column twelve months 12i 00 | GT Ten lines or less considered a square All fractions of squares are counted as full nquares. 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. G. T. ALFORD <t CO., Kates, per day Proprietors. ALBERT KAPE, TV oil-It rsidiiit Ueiitist, [aN still be found ready to attend to the wants of old and new patrons, If desired, at their residences. Will ala-), as heretofore, practice in adjoin ing counties. Panic prices insured and all work warranted. Office at the residence of W. E. Speir. Please address by letter, at Thomson, Ga. C 8 tf Central jjotel, B'vr JftRS. W. M. THOMAS, AUGUSTA, GEORGIA Wplltf A. T. ROGERS, GUN & LOCK SMITH, (Railroad St., opposite J. E. Renton’s) THOMSON, - - GEORGIA. ALL work done in tin l*st manner at a reasonable price, and warranted to give satisfaction. Special attention given to FITTING KEYS A REPAIRING LOCKS. (live me a call and be convinced. Pow der .shot, caps, wiids, cartridges, Ac., for sale. aug. DO YOU WANT CHOICE FAMILY GROCERIES OF ALL KINDS, CONFECTIONERIES, NUTS, CRACKERS, Ac., II ao, call on J, F. SHIELDS. JUST RECEIVED. _A_ large niipply of TENNESSE CORN, •T). S. BACON. 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. ■