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Notices of these sales must be given in a pub lic gazette forty days previous to the day of sale. Notice far the sale of personal property must be given at least ten days previous to the day of sale. Notice t<> IMenrs and Creditors of an Estate must tie puhli.sh“d forty days. Notice that application will be made to the Court of Ordinary fur leave to sell Land or Negroes, must be published weekly for two months. I’itt'ions fa- Letters of Administration must he pub lish'd thirty days—so: Dismission from Administration unfitly six months —for Dismission from Guardian •hip, forty days. Rifs far Ftraelosure of Mortgage must be pul I’s'ted ” othly for four months for establishing lost payer’ firtin full space of three months—for compelling ti t’s* t'vu Evcnt-trs or \ tministmto *, where a hone “i*lew, given by the deceased, the full space o! th.-c Mouths. l’nlilirri.ms will always lm continued accordi r (<• se tlie legal requirements, unless otherwise or-, e u the following itarrs: ■ itatioti nn Letters of A luuidstration. “ Dismissorv f"oni Admiidstratum, L’ L ” - * “ Guardianship, 3 “><) f.inv# to soil T/t’td or Negroes, o *’ silcs of personal property, 10 days. 1 sj. 150 ‘sal'-sttf land or tmevens bv Executors, 8 50 Strays, wo we.dts * } ™ slwritTs Soles Go dava, “ 2 50 -e y.,.,„ v <, ~,t ’,,v :v and is :>t th * risk if Site Editor, v ‘W. (.* ?ite re"n ! ft:* , t' , ; -miscarry, a receipt ho ex ’H frem th- V st Master. ftrfcssioaal Ciwte. A CARD. Dr. 7>. AV. Sparks, OFFERB HIS SERVICES TO THE Citizens of Thomaston •( S 0 SURROUNDING CO 31 31 UNI TY . El. will be found at his OfSce over C. M. 3lit> bell's Harness store, during the day and night, unless Passional!v engaged. February 4, 1800—lv. Medical KTotico. |f ING to had health for several years past, I have y frit hut little inclination to practice Medicine, or to “ anything else—and, if possible, cared less. But I “- tippy to inform my old friends and patrons that 11v health is now much better, and if they desire to re oar former relations, that they can easily do so - railing on me when my services are needed. I will • ‘ myself to serve them to the best of my skill and Ability. “five at my ohl stand, tlie Drug Store, now occupied v A. Snell. mar3 R. HARWELL. E. A. & J. W. SPIVEY, Attorneys at Law, THOMASTON, GEORGIA. %. 27, 185 P. n4l ts. WM. G. HORSLEY, Attorney at Daw, 1 Tr v. THOMASTON, GA. ll iLL Practice in Upson, Talbot, Taylor, Crawford, b’nroe. ]>jke and Merriwether Counties, THOMAS BEALL ~ 4t TORNEY at LAw. r nOMASTON, GEORGIA. Hll 18C0—lv p. W. ALEXANDER, ATTORNEY AT LAW, not2s lv THOMASTON > GA fw: — — ABR EN. c. T. Goode WARREN & GOODE, ATTORNEYS at law, HOUSTON CO., GA. a. ’ A TTORNEY at law, THOMASTON, GA. -A. C. XToore, kcsidciit Dentist, APFipp THOMASTON, GA. oof M r U j L r Rouse (the late residence h attenfiL lc l^ s >) “here lam prepared *%s. M,. .‘ l c J assea of Dental Opera *s “^’Reference.. [communicated.] Exchange Hotel, Richmond, Ya., 1 May 7th, 18C0. I Mr. Editor : Remaining over here for two or three days on my way from the Charleston Con vention, I have concluded to drop you a line or two, in regard to the Metropolis of the old Commonwealth. I do so the more cheerfully, knowing that many of your readers Were emigrants from this region, and still cherish attachments tor the good old B>tate. J irst, then, I will observe that Richmond is a most prosperous and rapid ly growing City. Evidences of the fact are everywhere apparent. Having become the centre of a vast Rail road system, and having by a Canal obviated the obstruc tions to the navigation of James River by the falls extending six or seven miles above the City, new life and vigor have been giv en to all branches of trade, and those who have not been here in twenty years would be almost entirely lost. The importing business is already large, and I am assured, that the Merchants are preparing for, and intend, that it shall be much larger this Spring and ever after. From what I have seen in Charleston, and this City, and what I know in regard to Baltimore, I cannot believe that Southern Merchants are com pelled to go to New York for their goods. The population is now, about fifty thou sand, and I will say that it is a most beau tiful, pleasant and profitable City, and can present many charming attractions both old and new. Though a total stran ger here, I have found gentlemen, business men ready to show me anything I desired to see, and that without solicitation, and I have profited myself by their courtesy. — This morning I visited Capitol square and was compelled to blush for Capitol square in Milledgeville. The grounds are beauti fully laid off into walks, finely ornament ed with shade trees, with here and there a fountain ; while the rich heels of cloverand grass are refreshing to the sight. Here may he seen crowds of people, eld and young, night and day, retiring fr in tlie dust and heated business of the City, loun ging on the benches or luxuriating in the pleasant breezes, or feasting their eyes on delightful views. In this, the only park of the Richmonditcs as yet improved, con victs of the Penitentiary are constantly at work. The chief ornament of the square is the bronze equestrian statue of Wash ington on the west side of the Capitol.— This is indeed an vel work, w<'r*hy of Virginia and fills d.e !> holder w; h admi i ration. On the pedest.d beneath the great : hero, are bronze stain sos Patrhd: if nry, : Macon and Jefferson, L.ree other , .ces re maining to be filled. {South of this is the statue of Henry Clay, vrry lately > iacted, hut as yet unb. xed, tl. ‘ t (destal not being finished. The Capitol is by no means a I magnificent building, but is quite pretty ‘ and of Grecian arrhdet turo, and its sur l roundings are beautiful. The Execution j Mansion, the Custom House, and various { eh gant church edifices fact* i: on opposite i squares. It stands on the brow of JShock i hoc hill, and from the window of the Suite i library, which is the uppermost room, is hud a most delightful view of a portion ot tin* City, and of James River, from the ! Falls to some distance below, spanned by its various Rail-road bridges. On enter ing the C,:piU>l, there is a Hall about for ty feet square, in the centre of which is the celebrated statue of Washington by Hou don. lam not a judge of such things, but think this is by no means equal to the stat ue of Calhoun in the City llall. of Charles ton. In the walls of this Hall are eight niches, only one of them as yet being oc cupied by a Bust of LaFayette. The Sen ate chamber is very diminutive, I should ! say not much more than one fourth as large as that of Georgia, while the House | of Delegates a much more handsome room, is of the same proportionate size. In the building of these rooms a future increase of the Legislature seems not to have been | contemplated, and I reckon, is not now I thought of. In the library room, is the splendid Banner, presented last fall, by Pennsylvania, inscribed “The Union For i ever,” the first topographical model of Vir ginia, and the original “declaration of rights” by Virginia in 1776. There are about forty churches in the City of the various denominations. Yesterday being Sabbath, out of them all, I first selected the first African Church, to which I should go, and I will say, that the hour and a half I spent there, will ever be reverted to as one of the happiest of my life. The church, at the corner of College and Broad streets, is in the shape of the letter F, with galleries all around, and is ot great capacitjx I suppose there were present eight hundred or a thousand col ored friends, with a considerable number of whites. They have an educated choir, composed of thirty negroes and mulattoes, who occupy the front gallery, each one having his hymn and notebook before him. And let me say to you now, my southern | friends, if you have any soul for music, and | desire, for once in your life,, to he lifted I high up into the etherial regions, come to ; Richmond and hear this choir sing “Vital spark” and other songs. It is my opinion you would be fully paid, it you should see nor hear any thing else. I have heard ihe choirs of the Epiocopalians and I reshvtc rians. and of the Roman Catholics, “ho make the best church music ever neaul in this country ; nay, I have heard the wond renowned Scguin, and his celebrated opei atic troup, in the “Bohemian girl,” and I feel prepared to say, that not one, nor all combined, can make an approach to the illimitable music of these sable sons and 1 THE UNION OF THE STATES;—DISTINCT, LIKE THE BILLOWS; ONE, LIKE THE SEA.” THOMASTON, GEORGIA. SATim’Y MORNING, MAY 19, WiO. daughters of Africa. A more intellectual music may be made, but a music sweeping the soul with all its affections irresistibly onward, cannot be made by any other peo ple, because no other people have the voice, or the requisite emotional nature. The time has come, when no one will be recog nized, as having seen Richmond unless he has attended the First African church* I have found it to be true here, in Charleston, aud other places, that the blacks out-dress the white people. At this meeting, broad-cloth, satins and silks, gold watches, bracelets and breast pins were the rule. But the best part of this meeting was the strongly marked re ligious fervor which pervaded it. The ex hortations, prayers and songs were all ear nest and full of the spirit. There was not a white man’s, nor a white lady’s eye un dimmed by tears, while among the blacks, there was a universal out-beaming of heav enly rapture. It t-here was at that meeting a poor backslidden Christian, who did not fi*el himself abased, that he might he exalted ; or a luke-warm professor, who did not have “his spiritual strength renewed,” on hearing their rendering of the old Camp meeting song. “I want to join in the army of my Lord, I’m bound to die in the army,” with other songs of that nature, I should regard such a man as being in a most de plorable and forlorn condition. And yet Mr. Editor, sad thought ! These are the people, for whom old John Brown was hung, and for whom others are desiring martyrdom. While thinking of these things, in the midst of this meeting, never did I in my life, feel so completely resigned to lay down my life in behalf of the negro. For it is against tlie negro that the abolitionists are at war ; for what is the mere property interest of the white man, compared with that unutterable doom, which awaits the poor negro, in case the abolitionists succeed in their designs ? For him there is no alternative but complete annihilation or a return to the barbaric gloom, of his original ancestors. But, Mr. Editor, I am trespassing too much upon your patience. There are a great many things about Richmond, its fine edifices, institutions, its Hotels, man ufactories, its good beef, mutton and fish that I would like to write you about. Al so, I would like to say a word or two about politics, but being a democrat, I have nothing to encourage you or ihe majority of your readers. X. - Sublimity and Variety of the Bi ble. —The true reason why some literary men disbelieve the Bible, is the one given by Dr. Johnson —“because they are igno rant oi’ its contents.” And the same may be the reason why so many readers fail even to read this “book divine.” Mrs. El lis, in her “Poetry of Life,” has well said : “With our established ideas of beauty, grace, pathos and sublimity, either concen trated in r.he minutest p< int, or extended to the widest range we can derive from the scriptures a fund of gratification not to he found in any other memorial of the past or present time. From the worm that grovels in the dust to the track of the le viathan in the foaming deep—from the moth that corrupts the secret treasure to the eagle that soars above the clouds— from the wild beasts of the desert, to the land) within the shepherds fold—from the consuming locusts, to the call]'* on a thou sand hills—from the rose of Sharon, to the cedar of Lebanon —from the dear crystal stream, gushing from the. flinty rock, to the wide waters of the deluge—from the barren waste to the fruitful vineyard, and the land flowing with milk arid honey— from the lonely path of the wanderer, to the gathering of a mighty multitude— from the tear that falls in secret, to the din of battle and the shout of a triumphant host—from the cottage to the throne— from the mourner clad in sackcloth, to the prince in his purple robes—from the gnaw ing of the worm that dieth not, to the se raphic vision of the blessed—from the still small voice to the thunders of Omnipo tence —from the depth of hell to the re gions of eternal glory—there is no degree of beauty or deformity, no tendency to good or evil, no shade of darkness or gleam of light, that does not come within the cognizance of the Holy Scriptures ; and therefore there is no expression or concep tion of the mind that may not here find a corresponding picture ; no thirst for excel lence that may not meet with its full sup ply ; and no condition of humanity exclu ded from the unlimited scope of adaption aud sympathy comprehended in the lan guage and spirit of the Bible. ’ “A Mis’able Xiggeil” —My friend ask ed Anthony Rox. a superb engine driver on the Ohio river, how he came to get free. “Why, Massa Vincent, my health was ber ry bad when I was in Kentucky ; I couldn’t do no kind ob work ; I was berry feeble ; ’twas jes as much as I could do to hoe my own garden and eat de sass ; and de mis sus what owned me see dat I was a tnis'a ble nigger. So 1 said to her, “Missus, I’m a mis'ahle nigger, ami I ain’t worth nothin,’ and l tiuk you'd better sell me. “Now Massa Vincent, I was such a poor nigger, that Missus ’greed to sell me for a hundred dollars, and I ’greed to try and woik and earn de money to pay her, and I did, arid my health has been gittin’ better eber since, and 1 ’specks I made bout nine hundred dollars dat time out ob dat nig- i g er - 5 ’ Twins. —Crime and mean whisky. A Lion Review\ The following accounts given by a Fretch officer in a late work on Algeria—of the review of a part of the force by alion, while they were on the march to attack the Ka byles—is the most graphic and thrilling we remember : “We had ridden carelessly forward, ad miring the view, or speculating on the game to be found iu those mountain pass es, when a sudden halt and the unslinging of carbines startled us. Pushing past the rear files we galloped to the front just in time to prevent the Sergeant, who led the advance, firing at a noble lion, who, ad advancing toward the same path which we were pursuing, had halted abruptly at our view. He had evidently cotne from a dif ferent direction to the oue we were pursu ing, and was making to the very pile of mountains whose sombre colors had exci ted our curiosity. Five minutes later and we should not have seen him; but, as it happened, there he stood, evidently very much astonished at thus plumping sudden ly on so large a party. Were we to fire we should doubtless either kill or mortally wound the animal. In the first case all would be well, and we should be the richer by a lion’s skin ;in the second place, we should be sure to lose one or more men, and it was a responsibility the young offi cer in command would not assume. Hast iiy giving the order to unsling the carbines, lie closed up the men with some difficulty, ; for the horses were restive. In case the lion showed a disposition to attack, all were to face towards him, and it was to be hoped that the general discharge would prove mortal. If disposed to let us to do so, we were to pass him quietly. I have often heard that the lion by day in no way resembles the same animal by night. During the darkness, seizing his prey where he can find it, he will attack anything with the greatest ferocity ; hut during the daytime, it being Lis proper pe riod of sleep, and being, besides, generally gorged with food, he seldom attacks man. in the present instance, I had little confi dence in the effect ofour fire, for our horses as their riders approach their dreaded ene my, become more and more alarmed and restive. The lion was doubtless the one I had heard roar in the distance the previ ous night, and he had been to the other side, seeking his food among tlie donars of the native tribes near Tenient, from which he was now returning to his den. Our files well closed up, we neared the lion, who showed no symptoms of fear ; gazed at us, not savagely, but apparently with great curiosity. Then he moved his tail to and fro, like a large cat; and as we neared him he deliberately sat down on his hind quarters, looking then for all the world like a queer colored large Newfound land dog. Just as we ranged up with him passing by in single file, the horses heads and tail well together, he opened his huge mouth with a mighty yawn, uttering as he did so a sound between a heavy sigh and a growl. This he did without rising, and in | a most sleepy manner, as though lie were ’ supremely indifferent to our presence. At this time our horses were terribly ex cited, and rnv own, a jet black Syrian barb, which has carried me many a mile over the plains of Wjillachi and Roumelia.and who, from his intense love of mischief and fight ing i had long since christened “Bashi- Bazouk,” was now completely .cowed, and though walking at a very, slow pace, his black coat was all white with foam. I was not fifteen puces from the lion, and coitld not resist the fancy that seized me to rein in and look at him. Trembling in every limb my horse obeyed me, and as the rear files of our escort moved past, I contem plated the noble brute. He was a splendid male, of the color called hv the natives the ‘ black lion,” and which, they say, is the most fierce and terrible of all. lie seemed sleepy and quiet enough just then, and did not even look at me. The jangling of the men’s armor seemed to catch his attention, and, indeed, it was but a moment's space that was allowed me for contemplation, for a very slight move on Iris part caused nij’ horse to bound so as to almost unhorse me, and as I recovered my seat and my power over my steed, the sleepy fellow had delib erately lain down, and resting his fine head on two mighty paws, he followed us with his eye as we moved slowly away. A BITE. In Kninckerbocker for January among the good things in the “Editor’s Table” we find the following droll anecdote ; * * ° * “While it was a laugha ble, a very laughable, it was also a very melancholy sight ; for a drunken man is a melancholy object to behold and to con teni] late, anywhere, and under all circum stances. But the particular case to which we have reference was a “hard case,” in all respects. In a spar and ship timber yard, on the border of West street far down to wards the battery, on a pleasant October afternoon, ‘we saw a man,’ or something in the image of a man, exceedingly tipsy ous, lying on the ground, amidst scattered ; chips and shavings in the yard. Some boys stood hard by jeering and plagueing him.- Upon remonstrance one of them said that lie had tbrow’d a stone at Jimmy Gaboon ‘cause he tickled his ear with a shaving when he was asleep.’ This was no excuse, and we told tlie boys so; ‘but somehow or’ not her,’ like the Americans at Bladcns 'burge, they did’ut seem to take no inter est. Meanwhile, the poor inebriate had raised himself partly up, resting on one side and said: Why can’t they let me be ? Wish to-Gud I was an Ingin —that’s all I hope ? Two squaws with two moccasins ‘and other wampfiru bead work, hqd been drawd ling along by. a moment before, which probably suggested the thought that was permeating his half-addled brain. He fin ally stood upon his feet, but his kuees were Hot like the firm oak ship’s knees which were piled up around him ; the feeble knees failed him, and down he went. He stretch ed out an arm, laid his head upon it, and was presently in the land of dreams. All this time the mischievous boys were watch ing him, while we watched them through a crevice in the board fence which surround ed the yard. At length he was fast and sound asleep. His yawning shoes disclos ed all his toes ou eacli foot ; ‘and as we gazed we saw’ one of the little rascals ma king a slip-noose, with a strong twine, a ; round one of his big toes, which protruded from the clamshell opening of his old shoe, tl>T. looked, more than anything else, like the head of a great black snake. To the I other end of the twine, which had a long purchase, they tied securely the ragged remnants of a huge brickbat. They then carefully removed from a wide space around him every other possible thing which he might get hold off to throw at them; but this missile they placed, as | the Irish have it, ‘convenient to his hand.’ Then all the laughing boys retired to a safe distance save one, he remained to tickle the and nose with a thin pine splinter, to arouse him from his slumber,— Presently the wretched inebriate awoke ; and seeing Lis tormentor beating a retreat, at the same time laughing ‘ready to split his sides,’ he seized the decoy missile and hurled it after him. It was cruel! The string came up with a round turn, which : almost tore the poor fellow’s toe off. He | roared with the self inflicted pain and then ! he straightway staggered thence. “Have you ever seen him about here , siuee ?” we asked of the proprietor of the j spar yard some six weeks afterwards. He is a man of few words ; he said, ‘I guess not ! From the St. Louis llepullitan. Despatches from Charleston, dated yes j terday, announce that the convention pass jed a res lotion, by a vote of 164 to 88, to | adjourn the session of that body to the ci ty of Baltimore, on the ISih of June.— Without being able to perceive the neces sity for this course, we are perfectly will ing to acquiesce in it, if, as we suppose will be the case, the delegates from the se | ceding States are not allowed to re-enter | the convention, and the privilege is aocor | ded to the . States which they have so un | worthily represented of sending new dele- I gates, more nearly representing the Demo cratic vote than they have done. Almost ! every one will recollect Hint, very soon af | ter, the Yancey convention wa held in Ala bama, and his disloyal icsmutions were a | dopted, the press of that State, the Legis lature, and many public meetings of the I people, repudiated the action of that con- I vention, as uncalled for, revolutionary, and treasonable, looking to tlie dissolution of , the Union, if the demands of that State ; were not acceded to. It will not be difficult to show that Mr. Yancey, within a month, has congratulated himself on the prospect of such a division such a separation of the free front the slave States, as would lead to inevitable disrup tion—and tlie secession of six or eight States, under his lead, shows the extent to which his party has been able to carry out his designs. In the convention at Balti more, on the 18th of June, we take it for granted that no real friend of the Union will be willing to sit in counsel, for the nomination of a Chief Magistrate, with those who have seceded, under his guid ance, from that body, and that if there is to be a full representation of the thirty three States, new men—men loyal to the Union—alone will be recognized there.— Full time is given for all the seceding States to recall authority so unwisely be ts'! owed, and if they will send friends of the Union to the convention, instead of having injured, the delay in the nomination may strengthen the Democratic party. There are other considerations, however, to he referred to in this connection ; and now, while everything is fresh in tlie minds of the people, we make hold to speak of them. From tlie very hour of the meeting of the convention, nothing can he clearer than that there was an organized conspira cy on the part of the politicians and of fice-holders, to detent Mr. Douglas for the Presidency at all hazards. We say this was palpable before, at the time of, and in every act of the minority ot the convention up to the moment of the secession ; and yet, in the face of this combination, there was not a period when Mr. Douglas wars not the choice of the majority, and when that majority was not able, on a square vote, to heat down all opposition. ‘Dissolvin’ the Union.’ — The last Knickerbocker Magazine has the following, l which is not bad, either as a story or a speech : During the exciting campaign of 185-, in Illinois, a prominent politician made a 1 disunion speech at Quincy. After he was through, and before the crowd had dispers ed. a man who styled himself “The Afore said M. D.” was called for He was lifted npon the platform, so “elevated” that he’ could not stand without holding on to : something. He sakl : “Gentlemen and ladies, you’re talkin’ of, dissolvin’ the Union ; you can’t do it ; if you go to yon can’t do it ! Thar’s ; that are flag a-wavin’ up thar, called Star Spangled Banner ; how ye are a-goin’ to divide that, ha ? Are you a-goin’ to give the stars to the Norl and the stripes to the JPava/bl© in dvance. ’ S ‘iif ? No sir-ree : the thing can t be did. ! [Cheers.] “And tlmr's that good old toon that the hand’s a-play in’ out thar, called Yankee Doodle ; how ye a-goin’ to divide that , eh! Are ye a-goin’ to give the Yankee to the Norl and the Doodle to the Soul ? I say boldly, the thing can’t he did! — j [Cheers.] “And that’s that stream of water a-rnn | nin’ down tliar, called the ‘Fathcr-o’Wot ters’; how are ye a-goin to divide that /—, Are yo a-goin to dam it up with Mason and Dixon’s line ? 1 say you can’t do that thing ! Wal, you can’t ! [Cheers.] “And that ’s the railroad lavin’ out thar how ye a-goin’ to divide that eh ? are you goin’ to tie it up with Mason and Dixon’s line ? You can’t do it 1 [Cheers.] “And tlmr’s all the fast hosses standip’ round here; how are ye a-goin’ to divide them ? old bosses ! Are ye a-goin’ to ruu ; ’em North, and run ’em South, and run ’em East, and run ’em West ? [Cheers.] “And thars ail the haudsom wimmin round here ; how are ye a-goin’ to divide them ? Are you goin’ to give the old ones to the Noil, and the young ones to the Sous? Waul, you dou’t! It’ you go to thunder you can’t do it! [lmmense cheering.] “And that's all the leathered tribe and other bird's a-llyiug about here, and the chickens and egg’s nest, and the yallef legs and the black legs ; how you goin’ to i divide them, eh ? Are you goin’ 1o give the pullets to the NoM and . the , cocks to the Sous.” [Tremendous cheering.] - , Our reporter could hear no more, for the roar oY laughter which ensued as the “Doc tor” caved in and fell lVoin the platform. Tops.—Tops have come. Wo saw onp yesterday—a veritable top —we heard the music of its hum—wo watched it as it went to sleep, an 1 we waited until its last gyra tion died away, and it flew oil*, out of a* magic circle in the same old fashioned and it regular tangent. “Well, what il tops have come,” the reader may say, “is there any tiling particular in a top ?” Good friend, although somewhat critical, there is much in a top. It has a story to tell, it comes in with “Lent,” it sings of wdiite clouds and blue skies, it is the forerunner of April showers, the first blossoms ofspring. Those urchins in roundabouts and tucked pantaloons, whose pockets are now swelled out with magical Cones and whip-cords, are the best chroniclers of the changing sea sons. They watch for the idea of March with eyes that will not he deceived, and they know when the sunshine is longer and stronger, as well as astronomers and mete orologists. Tops, marbles and kites are as regular in their rounds as the planets in ! their orbits, and you may swear by them, as nnn sometimes swear by Jupiter ana j Mars. And so yesterday, when we heard the creaking slip of the cord, and that soft mu sical whistle which once filled our ears with joy—we knew that the winter was.oref, and that “the time of the singing birds” had come. We knew that the snow was beginning to dissolve on the mountain— that the ice was melting in the brooks— that water cresses were sprouting in the meadows, and tlint the circling sap was warming up the hearts ot ancient oaks and I elms, and giving new life to their stout trunks and arms. They may still be flur ries of snow-Boreas may pipe in the North, and the winds may hlotf arid beat against * our doors, and may shake us in ofrr beds—- hut the winter is over, and the sceptre of icicles and shadows is broken. Already I the.jocund day steps out of tlie East like a king in purple, and his sifuset pavilion*) ’ are bathed in showers of gold. Here and there, too, are blossoms in the grass, and the sleeping blood of the forest is shooting out into dripping buds and green leaves. | The schoolboy carries a treight of wis dom in his cap. You may put faith in his fore knowledge. He notes the parallaxes of the stars and keeps the record of the sun. He is better than an almanac. And when tops come, and you hear them hum ming like bees in the streets and alleys, you may be sftre that tlie vernal equinox is near, and you may look lor clearer Hori zons and warmer ski*s. — Providence Jour nal. A Puzzled Physician.—Dr. Ferncau,- of Suffolk called, a week of two since, to visit a Canadian brick-layer, living at 6old Spring, and who was suffer ing from an attack of pleurisy. Dr. F. or dered him to apply a poultice to the part effected, and also left a portion to he taken ! internally. The suffering Canadian, think ing the outside application more pnfetable than the powder, reversed the physician's directions, arid the next day found himself * restored to health. On his rounds the next morning, the worthy physician called to see his brick-layer patient, and was sur prised as well as pleased to find him up and at work, and attributing his recovery to the remedies he had .prescribed approach ed him with a query : “So, ho ! you are well already, arc you ?” “Oh, yees,” replied the patient, beam ing on the doctor with an expression of gratitude. “1 swallow de poul tecse and rub ah de p ow-dare on de rib, and feel much botiire good.” The puzzled physician satisfied himself that such was really the case, and then drove oft whistling.— Boston Courier. The population of Texas, it is estimated by the best informed will be 550,000, in cluding 150,000 slaves, according to tho coming census. Number 27.