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16 (General Articles. SPOKEN AGAINST. VV r hat if people do speak against you ? Let them feel that you are able to bear it. — What is there gained by stopping to correct every word that is whispered to your discred it ? Lies will die if let alone; but if you re peat them to this one and another, because your enemies had the imprudence to make them, you but keep the fire burning and open the way for a dozen slanders. Keep on your course and go straightforward and trouble not your head about what is repeated, and you will feel all the better and wear a less fright ful face. Slander never killed a sterling char acter and it never will. Her coat will not sit upon him, without a pull here and a jerk there, and a twist below, and while this work is going on, the false words are forgotten by the multitude. Let us—you and 1 reader —re- peat what another hath said in rhyme and if we have been talked about or slandered, it will do us as much good as a fry at Diamond Cove : “ Not all they say or do, can make My head, or tooth, or finger ache, Nor mar my shape, nor scar my face, Nor put one feature out of place, Nor will ten thousand lies, Make me less virtuous, learned or wise ; The most effectual way to balk Their malice is, to let them talk.” DEATH’S DOINGS. “ I am now worth one hundred thousand pounds,” said old Gregory, as he ascended a hill, which commanded a full prospect of an estate he had just purchased; “I am now worth one hundred thousand pounds, and here,” said he, “I’ll plant an orchard : and on that Spot I’ll have a pinery— u Yon farm houses shall come down,” said old Gregory, “ they interupt my view.” “Then what will become of the farmers'?” asked the steward, who attended him. “That’s their business,” answered old Gre gory. “ And that mill must not stand upon the stream,” said old Gregory. “Then, how will the villagers grind their corn asked the steward. “That’s not my business,” answered old Gregory. So old Gregory returned home—ate a hear ty supper—drank a bottle of port —smoked two pipes of tobacco—and fell into a profound slumber —and awoke no more; and the farm ers reside on their lands—and the mill stands upon the stream —and the villagers rejoice that Death did “business” with old Gregory. MARCH OF INTELLECT. In The Times, a few days since, appeared the following advertisement:—“ To School Assistants. —Wanted, a respectable gentle man of good character, capable of teaching the classics as far as Homer, and Virgil. Ap ply, &c. &c. A day or two after the above had appeared, the gentleman to whom appli cation was to be made recieved a letter as fol lows : —“ Sir—With reference to an advertise ment which were inserted in The Times news paper a few days since, respecting a school assistant, I beg to state that 1 should be hap py to fill that situation; but as most of my /rends reside in London, and not knowing how far Homer and Virgil is from town, I beg to state that I should not like to engage to teach the classics farther than Hammersmith or Turnham Green, or at the very utmost dis tance, farther than Brentford. tVating your reply, I am, Sir, &c. &c. “John Sparks.” The schoolmaster, judging of the classical abilities of this “ youth of promise,” by the wisdom displayed in his letter, considered him too dull a spark for the situation, and his letter remained unanswered. (This puts us in mind of a person who once advertised for a “ strong coal heaver, ” and a poor man cal ling upon him the day after, saying, “ he had not got such a thing as a ‘ strong coal heaver,’ but he had brought a ‘■strong"coal scuttle ,’ made of the best iron ; and if that would an swer the purpose, he should have it a bar gain.”) — Times, Ist January, 1827. MARRIAGE OF THE SEA. The doge of Venice, accompanied by the senators, in the greatest pomp, marries the sea every year. Those who judge of institutions by their appearance only, think this ceremony an in decent and extravagant vanity; they imagine that the Venitians annually solemnize this festival, because they believe themselves to be masters of the sea. But the wedding of | {LOU* © & 8 BIT If $ ♦ the sea is performed with the most noble in tentions. The sea is the symbol of the republic : of which the doge is the first magistrate, but not the master: nor do the Venitians wish that he should become so. Among the barriers to his domination, they rank this custom, which reminds him that he has no more au thority over the republic, which he governs with the senate, than he has over the sea, notwithstanding the marriage he is obliged to celebrate with her. The ceremony sym bolizes the limits of his power, and the na ture of his obligations. Business Department. The Southern Literary Gazette IS PUBLISHED EVERY SATURDAY BY WM. C. RICHARDS. Office on Broad-Street, over the Bookstore of Wm. C. Richards Go. C. L. WHELER, PRINTER. Terms: Two Dollars per annum, to he paid strict ly in advawe. If payment is not made within the first month of a term of subscription, the price will be Two Dollars and Fifty Cents ; and, if de layed until the end of the year Three Dollars. Advertisements relating to Literature and the Arts, and a few others of a select nature, will be pub lished on this page of the “ Literary Gazette ” at the customary rates. Business Cards , (of five lines and under,) will be inserted one year for] Fire Dollars. CORRESPONDENTS Furnishing articles by contract, or solicited favors, will please mark their letters with their initials as it will be a general rule not to take unpaid letters from the post-office unless they are so marked. Commu nications of whatever nature must be addressed to Wm. C. Richards. Anonymous communications will receive no attention. If a writer desires to pub lish without name or with a mom deplume, he must still furnish the Editor with his proper name, who will of course observe a proper secresy. Writers wil please send fair MS., written on one side of the sheet only. TRAVELING AGENTS. „ The names of all duly authorized Traveling Agents for the Southern Literary Gazette will appear in this column, and, to avoid imposition, every one will be provided with a written certificate of agency, signed by the proprietor, which, in cases of necessity, the Agent will produce. Tne following persons are duly authorized Travel ing Agents: Rev. IV. Richards, Sam'l P. Richards, Charles F. White , Rev. D. Ingles, J. J. Richards. Robert H. Richards. Geo. C. Griffen is our duly au thorized agent for Savannah, and our friends in that city will oblige us by paying their subscriptions to him. W. B. CHERRY, Surgeon ami Mechanical Dentist, ATHENS, GEORGIA. Office on Dr. Reese's lot, near the Epis copal Church. 2 R. J. MAYNARD, BOOK BINDER, Over the “ Southern Banner” Office, ATHENS, GEORGIA. BOOK, CARD AND LETTER-PRESS PRINTING Executed with Correctness and Despatch At tliis Office. NEWTON HOUSE, B. H. MARTIN—PROPRIETOR, ATHENS, GEORGIA. FERRY & COMPANY, WHOLESALE AND RETAIL DEALERS IN Hats, Caps, Boots, Shoes, Trunks, &c. BROAD-STREET, ATHENS, GA. NEW BOOKS, Received this week at the University Book-Store. Charcoal Sketches, Ist & 2d series. Jerrold’s Dreamer and Worker. Mysteries of New York. Rose Somerville. Shakspeare Novels Cooper’s Crater. Maturin’s Eva. 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[CT A general assortment of Fancy Goods, suited to the sales of Jewelers, Druggists, and others, Gold Pens, Allen & Thrasher’s Revolving Pistols. May 13, 1848. 1-ts WM. C. RICHARDS & CO. Wholesale and Ketail Booksellers, AND dealers in Stationery , Music and Musical Instruments , Cutlery and Fancy Goods generally, BROAD STREET, ATHENS, GA. WM. C. RICHARDS WM. N. WHITE. PRINTERS’ TYPES WILL be sold at Bruce's New- York Type Foun dry, after March 15, 1848, at the following, very low prices, for approved six months’ notes : Roman. Title, fyc. Shaded, §*c. Pica, per lb. 30 cts. 52 cts. 90 ct.s Small Pica, 32 56 100 Long Primor, 34 50 100 Bourgeois, 36 66 108 Brevier, 42 74 120 Minion, 48 84 132 Nonpariel, 58 100 150 Agate, 72 120 180 Pearl, 180 160 220 The above prices, in consequence of increased facil ities for manulacturing, are much reduced from for mer rates. A liberal discount for cash in hand at the date of invoice. Presses, Chases, Cases, Wood Type, fnk, &c., fur nished at the lowest manufacturers’ prices, either for cash or credit. Our specimen Book for 1847 is now ready for dis tribution to Printers, who will send for it, and con tains many new articles that we have never before exhibited, such as Writing Flourishes, Ornaments, Ornamental Fonts, &e., of which we have an ample stock for the execution of all orders. Printers of newspapers, who choose to publish this Advertisement three times, before the Ist of June. 1848, and send us one of the papers, will be paid for it in Type when they purchase from us of our own manufacture, selected from our specimens, five times the amount of their bill. For sale sev eral good second-handed Cylinder and Platen Power Press, Standing Presses, Hand Printing Presses, Ac. GEORGE BRUCE A CO. University of Georgia, ) Athens, April 26, 1848. ) ON the first of August next, the Professorship of Belles-Lettres and Oratory in this Institution will be vacant by the resignation of Professor Ste vens, at which time the Board of Trustees will pro cred to fill said vacancy by election of a successor.— Salary SI4OO per annum, payable quarterly. Appli cants may present their testimonials by the first of August. Bv order of the Prudential Committee. ASBURY HULL, Sec'y. May 13—1—3 t. UNIVERSITY BOOK STORE. THE subscribers keep on hand, constantly, a com plete assortment of SCHOOL AND MISCELLANEOUS BOOKS, : Including all the Text Books in popular use, and all | the standard works in Law, Medicine and Theology, ; together with the current literature of the day, and all j the popular works of fiction, in the cheap style. Orders will be filled with despatch, and at the low est ratea. THEY HAVE JUST RECEIVED j Muller's Physics. ! Lives of the Lord Chan cellors, complete. Mayne’s Dispensatory. Blakiston on the Chest. Whitehead on Abortion. Solly on the Brain. Weishach’s Mechanics. Manual of Blood, Ac. Virginia Housewife. Supplement to Sliakspear. Allen’s Domestic Ani mals. Life of Mrs. Judson, by Fanny Foreste. Christian Perfection. Willis’s Poems. Louis Blanc’s Ten Years. WM. C. RICHARDS A CO. Athens, May 13, 1848. Piociola. i Wuthering Heights. Now and Then. Dombey and Son. Monte Christo. Stewart on the Lungs, i Mar .att’s Children of j New Forest. Zanoni. Maiden Aunt. Dumas’ forty-five Guards- j man. Pierre the Partisan. Midsummer Eve. Belle of the Family. Wallace, or the Hero of Scotland. First False Step. PROSPECTUS OF THE i SOUTHERN LITERARY GAZETTE, A WEEKLY JOURNAL, COMMENCED IN ATHENS, GEO. ON SATURDAY THE 13TH OF MAY. EDITED BY WM. C. RICHARDS. THERE is not, south of the Potomac, a single Journal whose sole object is to develope and ! foster literary taste and talent in the South ; and this fact is certainly a sufficient reason for an earnest at tempt to establish such a journal. The failtfre of previous effor s cannot be regarded by the intelligent mind as an argument against such an attempt. Those failures may have been, and probably were, the re sult of circumstances no longer existing The need of such an organ in our midst, is so universally ac knowledged, that not to attempt to supply the defi j ciency, would indicate a disregard of the signs of the times scarcely more surprising than inexcusable. The progress of the age, and the rapid advance of the South in Commerce, Manufactures, and Internai Improvements, imperatively demand a correspond ing advance in literature. To aid in this great ob ject, he has established a Weekly Journal at the seat of the University of Georgia and rallied around it the best writers of the South. The Editor is assured of the support of his able coadjutors in the Orion Magazine, and also of much other assistance from the most prominent writers of the South. The GAZETTE is made up of matter both original and selected ; and comprises Tales, Essays, Sketches of Travel, Puetrv, Criticisms, and a Gener al Miscellany of information in all departments of Literature, Art and Science. Particular attention is given to Scientific and Practical Mechanics. In Mechanical execution it is surpassed by no con temporary, and the aid of the fine arts will not be wanting to enhance its attractions. Portraits of South ern writers, and pictures of Southern Life and Scene ry will be presented. The Editor confidently appeals to the friends of Literature in the South; and he is happy to announce that his enterprise is of uo doubtful issue. By pri vate effort a large and generous list has been obtain ed, and upwards of One Thousand Subscribers have pledged their support to the paper. Until this was accomplished, the editor was unwilling to pub lish his Journal, but it is now given to the public with the unequivocal assurance that it shall be permanent. TERMS.—I. The Southern Literary Ga zette is published weekly, on a handsome imperial quarto of Spaces—printed from new type, on fine white paper. 2. It is furnished to single subscribers at Two Dollars per annum, in advance; and to clubs of six for Ten Dollars. OCP All communications, not containing remittanoes or solicited articles, must be post-paid to ensure at tention. [O 3 Editors desiring an exchange will please copy and notice this prospectus, and send their papers marked “ Gazette,” Athens, Ga. WM. C. RICHARDS. Athens, May 13, 1848. JUST received and for sale at the University Book Store, a full supply of Musical Instruments, con sisting of Guitars, Violins, Clarionets, Fifes, Flutes, Flageolets, Bugles and Banjoes, together with a large and Choice collection of New Music. Also, Music and Instruction Books of all kinds. WM. C. RICHARDS & CO. Athens, May 13, 1848. New and Valuable Medical Works* JUST received at the University Book Store. Sir Astley Cooper, on the Breast, 1 royal 8vo: new editiou, plates. Esquirol on Insanity, 1 vol. Bvo. Meigs on the Diseases of Females, 1 vol. Bvo. Muller’s Physics and Meteorology, 1 vol. Taylor on Poisons, edited by Griffith, 1 vol. ! Dunglison’s complete works, the latest edition. | Dewees’ “ “ “ Ashwell. Churchill and Colombat de L’lsere, on Females, each 1 vol. Cooper on Dislocations and Fractures. Guthrie on the Urinary and Sexual Organs. Chapman’s Lectures, and ditto, Thoracic Viscera. Together with new editions ard supplies of manv standard works in Medicine. For sale, at catalogue prices, by WM. C. RICHARDS & CO. Athens, May 13, 1848. The Monthly Law Reporter, IS published on the Ist of every month, and sent by mail, or otherwise, to every part of the United States. It is printed in a royal octavo form, and each number contains forty-eight pages. The price is $3 00 per annum, payable in advance. The tenth volume of the Law Reporter closed with the last number. Anew series will commence with ; the next number. The work will be published month ly) ns heretofore, and will contain an equal amount of matter interesting to the profession. A s the work is so well known to the profession, the publishers do not deem it necessery to say more here, than that it3 gen eral character will not be changed ; tiieir object beiDg tolurnish a desirable journal for the pr iciising lawyer. LITTLE A BROWN, 112 Washington Street, Boston. KT W. C. Richards & Cos., are Agents for Georgia. | Alien on Domestic Animals* History and Description of the Horse, Mule , Sheep , Swine , Poultry and Farm Dogs, with directions for their Management , Bree ding, Crossing, Rearing, Feeding, and Preparation for a Profitable Market. Also, their Diseases and Remedies ; together with full Directions for the Management of the Dairy. By R. L. ALLEN, Author of “Compend of American Agriculture.” WC RICHARDS A Cos., are the authorized • Agents for the State ol Georgia, for the above valuable book, and are prepared to supply Booksellers, Traveling Agents, or individuals with the work, in . any quantity, on the best terms. O” Orders are respectfully solicited. Athens, May 13th.