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v Advertisements conspicuously inserted at Owe Dollar
per square, for the Erst insert km, mid fifty cekts for every sub
ceqtient insertion.
Liberal deduction will be made for yearly advertisements.
Muscogee Sheriff Sales.
-ttTILL be HT>ld on the first Tuesday in March next, at the
\\ market house, in the city of L’olumbus, between the usual
hours of side, the followin'? property to-wit:
Ail the interest of li.chard \V. Fox in and to the following ne
groes, to-wit: Ouffee, a man about fifty three years old ; Clarissa
a woman aboutfi.ly years old; Caroline a woman about thirty
years old, and Lodiska a girl about fourteen years old ; levied on
as the property of Richard \V. Fox to satisfy sundry fi fas ftvm
A/uscogee Superior Court in favor of John Banks, aiid other fl fas
in 711 v hands against said Fox.
Also, a house and lot on the west side of Broad street, being on
and part of lot number seventy three, and now occupied as a
residence by Timothy B. Collins; levied on as the property of
said Collins to satisfy a fi fa from a magistrates’ court in favor of
John Whitesides against said Collins ; levy made and returned
to me by a constable.
A Iso,’lot of land number one hundred and nineteen in the 7th
district of Muscogee county, levied on ns the property of J, .1.
Ifowdl to satisfy a fi fa from a magistrates’ court in favor of Har
rison Thomas, against said Howell; levy made and returned to
me by a constable.
Also, a number of school disks and seats, levied on ns the
property at Daniel B. Thompson to satisfy a fi fa from a magis
trates’ court in favor of James Vernoy against said Thompson.
Also, lot of land number one hundred and seventy four, in the
tenth district of Muse gee, containing two hundred and two and
a half acres, more or less ; levied on as the property of William
L. Oulbreath to satisfy a 11 fa from Harris .Superior comt in favor
of Augustus F. Harvey and Einelius P. Han ey against said Cul
breath. ’ A. S. RUTHERFORD, Sheriff.
Columbus, January 2S—tds
Randolph Sheriff Sales,
WILL be sold on the first Tuesday in March next, before
the court house door in the town of Cuthbert, Randolph
oountv, within the usual hours of sale, the following property,
to-wit:
One lot of land number one hundred and twenty-four in the
seventh district of said county, and one negro man by the name
of Jeter about thirty three years of age ; levied on as the proper
ty o; James Morris,‘to satisfy one fi fa issued from the Superior
Court of said county in favor of Howell Cobb, Governor of the
State of Georgia, vs. James Morris.
Also, the east half oflot of land number six in the sixth district
of .said county, and one sorrel mare mid ,colt; levied on tii the
the property of James A. Foster to satisfy twofi fas issued from
thetSup.rior court of said county: one in favor of Brooks and
Smith,onein favor of Thomas W. Robinson, vs. Janies A. Fos
ter. Pointed out by defendant.
Also, lot of land number two hundred and forty eight’in the
sixth district of said county : levied on as the property of Robert
Nickoia to satisfy two fl fas issued from the Superior court of
said county ; one in favor of John Alley, vs. Robert Nickols,the
oth-r in favor of W. Jordan, administrator of John Alley, de,c’d
vs . said Nichols. rotated out by W. Jordan.
Also, two lots of land number one hundred and twelve and
eighty one in the ninth district of said county; levied on ns the
property of Herbert Stubbs to satisfy one fi fa issued from the Su
•pertor court of said county in favor of Macon Langley, vs. Her
bert Stubbs and John F. Ball, endorser. Pointed out by Herbert
Stubbs.
Aljo, the undivided south half of lot in the town of Cuthbert No
two in square eight, it being one-fourth part of said lot; levied
on as the property of John Hameli to satisfy sundry fl fas issued
from the Interior courL of said county, one'in favor of/ferny L
Taylor, vs. Joan Hameli and William O. Perkins.
Also, four lots of land number forty-nine and the north half of
number forty eight in the eleventh district, and number thirty
live, and the north half of lot number thirty three in the tenth
district, all of said county : levied on as the property of William
Matlock to satisfy three fi fas, one in favor of Alexander Pace
and others, vs. William Matlock and John T. McLendon.
Also, two negro boys named Adam ten years of age, and Jim
ji \ years of age, and one two horse wagon and two horses; lev
ied on as the property of John if. Jones, to satisfy sundry fl fas
issued from the Superior court of said county in favor of David
Biggerstaff and others, vs. John H. Jones.
Also, one sorrel mule, levied on as the property of John J.
Bell to satisfy one fl fa issued from the Super, or court of said
county in favor offl. P. Allison, vs. John J. Bell and Duncan Jor
dan.
Also, the undivided half of forty ncr3 of lot of land number
one hundred and thirteen in the sixth district of said county, it
being in the north east corner ofsaid lot ; levied on as the pro
perty of John 11. Jones to satisfy sundry fi fas issued out of a Jus
tice court ofsaid county in favor of Morris Sels and others vs.
John H. Jones. Levy made and returned to me by a constable.
Also, six acres oflot of land number one hundred and twenty
one in the eleventh district of said county, it being the north east
ebrher of said lot, levied on as the property of MicheU Deason to
satisfy one tl fa issued from a Justice court of Stewart county in
avorof John Fussel, vs. Mitchell Deason and /f’m. Deason.—
Levy made and returned to me by a constable.
Also, est half a ten acre lot, it being in the south west comer of
lot of land numberfone hundred and ninety throe in the ninth dis
trict ofsaid county ; levied on asthe property of John 11, Jones
aAnderson Lee to satisfy one fi fa issued from the Superior
c curt of said county in favor of E. D. Smith vs. John H. Jones and
Anderson Lee.
Jan. 29. tds WASHINGTON JOYCE, Sheriff.
MORTGAGE SALE.
Qiao, at the B amc time and place will be sold on the first Tuesday
in March , the following property , to-wit:
Lot ol land number two hundred and thirty-six, in the fifth
district of said county. Levied on as the property of Tihnan
Hudson, to satisfy one mortgage fi fa issued from the Superior
Court of said county, in favor of Philip Cook vs. Tilman Hudson.
A In. Inn A number fifty-1 wo in tM eleventh district of said
county ; levied on as the property of Robert S. Scott, to satisfy
one mortgage fi fa issued from the .superior Court of said county
in favor of Isaac B. Brown vs. Robert S. Scott.. Pointed out by
Plaintiff. RICH/lIID DAVIS, Dp'y. Stiff.
December 31), 1852. ltds
Early Sheriff Sales.
WILL be sold before the court house door in Blakely, Early
county, on the first Tuesday in March next, between the
usual hours ot sale, the following property to-wit :
.Two lots of land numbers one hundred and forty eight and one
hundred and forty nine in the fifth district of Early county, to
satisfy aflfa in favor of Peter Uee and Mrs. Elizabeth Lee, vs.
Burrell T. Hinson, issued by the Superior court of Early county.
Also, one sorrel mare, one yoke ot oxen and cartas the proper
ty of one Joseph B. Ellis to satisfy aft fa ismed from Randolph
Superior court in favor of Bennett H. Perkins, vs. said Ellis.
Also, one negro woman levied on as the property of Etheldred
Ilays to satisfy a ft fa issued from the Early Superior court in la
vor of Bolen IJ. Robinson, and sundry ft fas issued from a justice
court, against said Hays.
Also, lots of land numbers three hundred and sixty five and
thrie hundred and sixty six in the thirteenth district of Early
county to satisfy a ft fain favor of James S. Lathrop, vs. James
L. Cartlage.
Also, lat ofland number two hundred and fifty nine in the
fourth district of said county of Early ; levied on as the property
of William TANARUS, Smith to satisfy ft fa from Early Superior court;
in favor of John Hollis, vs. said William T. Smith.
(jgAlso, one lot in the south part of Fort Gaines, number five, laid
out by O. Ili Davis on the north side of Albany street, containing
an acre, more or less ; also, three thousand feet of lumber, more
or less ; also, four thousand singles, more or less, levied on as the
property of Willis J. Langford to satisfy a 11 fa in favor of R. S.
Williams, vs. Willis J. Langford.
J an. 29—td s ‘ JOHN WEST. .Sheriff.
Seaborn Jones, ’l
vs. j Bill for Dis-
Georoe Field, The Southern Life Insu- ‘ covery, Relief,
kance and Trust Company, The Phoenix r &c., in Muscogee
Bank, William Dougherty, George Mar- | Superior Court.
k graves, John Banks and PhilipT. Schley. J
£ It appearing to the Court that the defendants, George Field
£ and the Southern Life Insurance and Trust Company, are not
f within the jurisdiction of this Court—Field being a citizen
L and resident of New York, and the Southern Life Insurance and
It Trust Company being a body corporate established by the Terri
f’ lory of Florida.
[ It is, on motion of complainant, ordered that the said Field and
| the said Southern Life In. and Trust Cos. plead, answer or demur
r to said Bill, not demurring alone, on or before the first day of the
f next Term: And it is further ordered that the above order be
published by the Clerk of this Court, once a month for four
months, before the next Term of this Court, in one of the public
Gazettes of the city of Columbus, Georgia.
A true extract from the minutes of Muscogee Superior Court
fit Novembe? Term, 1832, this 10th day of January, 1833.
JOHN R. STURGIS, Clerk,
Jan. 11,1833 1 m4m
GEORG LI, ) Court of Ordinary , October Term , 1832.
Muscogee county. S RULE MI SI.
\T7HERE AS, Edward Broughton, Administrator of the estate
YV of Lewis Lockey, deceased, having applied for letters of dis
’ mission. It Is ‘ordered by the court that all persons concerned,
shew cause, if any they have, why the said Edward Broughton,
administrator as aforesaid, should not be dismissed at the next
May Term of said court.
A true extract from the minutes of said court, Oct 9th, 1852.
Oct 12—mfim JOHN JOHNSON, Ordinary.
GEORGIA. > Court of Ordinary, October Term. 1832.
Muscogee county, $ RULE Ml SI. •
TTTTIEREAS, John Forsyth, Administrator of theestate of John
V V Forsyth, deceased, having applied for letters of dismission.
4 Is ordered by the court that all persons concerned, shew cause,
sit the next May term of said court.
A tru-:? transcript from the minutes of said court, Oct 9th, 1852.
Oct Pi—infim JOHN JOHNSON, Ordinary.
SvKVBEN SfgyONS )
vs. > Mortgage, &c—September Term, 1852.
John C. Silver, >
} 3RESENT the Hon. William Taylor, Judge of the Superior
. Court. It appearing to the court by the petition of Reuben
ftimhions, that on the 30ih of June, 1845, John C. Silvey made
and delivered to said Reuben Silvey his certain note, bearing the
date and year aforesaid whereby the said John C. Silvey prom
ised to pay by the 2d of December next, after the date of said
note, the said Reuben Simmons, seven hundred and fifty dollars
for lot <1 land numbei four hundred in the twenty sixth district
of Early county. And that afterwards, on the same day and year
aforesaid, the said John C. Silvey the better to secure the pay
ment ofsaul note exeented and delivered to said Reuben Sim
mons, his deed of mortgage, whereby the said John C. Silvey con
veyed to the said Reuben Simmons lot ofland number four hun
gry and in the twenty sixth district of said county of Early, contain
ing! vo hundred and fifty acres, more or less—conditioned that
if sail John C. Silvey should pay off and discharge said note, or
/muse the same to he* done according to the tenor and effect there
of, that then the said deed of mortgage and said note should be
come and be null and void to all intents and purposes. And it
V irther appearing, that said note remains unpaid. It is, therefore,
ordered—That the said John C. Silvey do pay into Court by the
ijrst day of next term thereof, the principal, interest and cost, due
said note, or shew cause, to the contrary, if any he has. That
on the failure of said John C. Silvey so to do. the equity of re
demption in and to said mortgaged premises be forever therafter
barred and foreclosed. And it is further ordered—That this rule
be published in the Columbus Times once a month for four
.mouths, or a copy thereof served on the said John C. Silvey or his
agent or attorney at least three months previous to the next term
of said Court*
Reuben* Simmons, 1 Earlv Superior Court, Sept Term, 1852.
, r , vs - < Rule Nisi to foreclose Mortgage.
JaitvC. Silvey. > .......
IT appearing to the. Court that the defendant resides without
the limits of this county. It, therelore, on motion of Pins.
Counsel—That service be perfected by publication of this order,
onceamonth for four months in the Columbus Times, a public
gazette! S. S. STAFFORD, PPffi*. Att’ny.
* A true extract fronj the minutes of Eary Superior Court, at Sep-
THOS B. ANDREWS, Cl’k.
GEO !TgTa7 ’ I ~ Couri'of < mlinary*tor said county,
lonly countv. { January Term, 1853.
OWEN W. SHACKELFORD, Guardian of the minor heirs of
Janies Foster and Asa Travis, deceased,. having applied to
the Court for letters of dismission from the guardianship of said
minors; It is hereby ordered, That all, persons concerned, be
*ud an pear at the March term of-said Gourmand cause shew, fit
any t;u*y have) why said applicant should not be dismissed from
nil ohumihmship*. A true extract from the minutes of said court,
January 15th, 1853.
January s— 4wot f.S. STAFFORD, Ordinary. _
a tliiiiiiist rat<>r ? s Sale. Will be sold jnCuthbcrt, Ran
dolph county, on t!e first Tuesday in Mareli next, a negro
man by the name of Ned, about fifty-five years old. Sold as the
l.ronertvof Everett J. Pearce, deceased, for tho payment of bis
Ilebts. Terms on the day. DIXOX F. PEARCE. Adm’i.
January 18—Ids
tUecklu Simauk Sentinel
VOLUME XIII
(Georgia, Rt-ndolph county.—Whereas, Henry L. |
T Taylor and Mariah L. Taylor apply to me for letters of ad
ministration ou the estate of William Taylor, late of said county,
deceased.
These are, therefore, to cite and admonish all and singular the
kindred and creditors of said deceased, to bs and appear at my
office within the time prescribed by law, and shew cause, if any
they have, why said letters should not be granted.
Given under my hand at office, this the 22d day of Jan., 1803.
Jan. 29—5wGt ‘ O. P. BEA LL, Ordinary.
Georgia. Randolph county—Whereas, John Peter
son applies to me tor letters of administration on the estate
of Archibald Peterson, late of said county, deceased.
are, therefore, to cite and admonish all end singular the
kindred and creditorsof said deceased, to be and appear at my of
fice, within the time prescribed by law', and shew cause, if any
they have, why said letters should not be granted.
Given under my band at office this 11th day of January, lc5J.
January IS—3w.it O. P. BEALL, Ordinary.
( Uorg a, Muscogee county—Whereas, Benjamin
T Mattey, applies for lettersof administration ou the estate of
Aaon Johnson, late of said county, deceased.
These are. therefore, to cite and admonish all and singular tne
kindred and creditors of said deceased, to shew cause,if any they
have, why the administration of said estate, should nit be granted
to said applicant at the Court of Ordinary to be held m and tor
said county on the first Monday in February next.
Given under ray hand, this 4th of January, 1853,
Jan. s—2wst JNO. JOHNSON. Ordinary.
neorgia, harly county—Whereas e ‘ )l |l er
VX makes application to me for letters of Guardianship of the
persons and property of Martha, John and William Travis, minor
heirs of Asa Travis, deceased; and of flhepperd and ft.nusea
Foster, minors of Jane Foster, deceased :
These are to notify all persons concerned, to shew cause, it any
they have, why said letters should not be granted said applicant,
at the March term, next, of the Court of Ordinary for said county.
Given under my hand at office this January 15th. 1853.
January2s—4wCt fl, S. STAFFORD, Ordinary.
eorgla, *£arly county—Whereas, William Hill
makes application to me for letters of Guardianship otitic <
person, and property of Eliza Hill, a minor heir ol Dr John Hill,
All persons concerned, are hereby notified that said letters will
be granted said applicant, if no objection is filed in *ny office
within the time prescribed by law. Given tinder my hand ai{ol
fice,this November 22d, 1852.
Dec 7—40 w7t S. S. STAFFORD, Ordinary.
Cl cor at a, Talbot county—Whereas, Joseph Brown
X applies to me for letters of administration on the estate ol
Oliver 11. P. Daniel, lute of Talbot county, deceased. -
These are therefore, to cite and admonish all and singular the
kindred and creditors of said deceased, to be and appear at my
office within the time prescribed by law, then and there to shew ,
cause, if any they have, why said letters should.notbe granted.
Given under mV hand and official signature, this the 29th day
of November, 1852. _ MARION BETHUNE,Ordinary.
December? —49w7t
(Georgia, Muscogee county—Whereas, Frances L
X Bailey applies for letters of administration on the estate©
Samuel A. Bailey, late ofsaid county,deceased.
These are, therefore, to cite and admonish all and singular tne
kindred and creditors of said deceased, to shew cause, it any they
have, whv the administration of said estate should not be grant
cd to said'applicant, at the Court of Ordinary to be held in and
for said countv ou the second Monday in January next.
Given under my hand, this7tli day of December, 185*.
Dec 9, 1852—47w5t _____ JNO. JOHNSON, Ordinary.
Georgia, Randolph county—Whereas, Thomas
Coram, administrator of the estate of Joseph Williams, de
ceased, applies to me for letters of dismission. These are, there
fore, to cite and admonish all and singular the parties interested,
to show cause, if any they have, within the time prescribed by
law, why said letters should not be granted. Given under my
hand at office the 21et day of sept ’52.
Sept2B—39w6m O P BEALL Ordinary.
(1 eorgla, Randolph county—Whereas, Thomas W (
X Garner, administrator on the estate of William L Morgan,
deceased, app.iesto ine for letters of dismission therefrom. J hose
are, therefore, to cite and admonish all and singular the parties
ntorested, to show cause, if any they have, within the time pre
scribed by law, why said letters should not be gM.ifcu. Given
under my hand at office sept 16th, ’52.
Sept 28—39w6m O P BEALL, Ordinary.
GEORGIA, Randolph county—Whereas. John J
flessions,adininistrator upon the estate of .Robert Butler, de
ceased, applies to me for letters of uismission,
These are, therefore, to cite and admonish all and singular the
parties interested, to shew cause, if any they have, within the time
prescribed by law, why said letters should not be granted. Given
under my hand at office this 22d day of may, 1852.
Jlfay2s—w6m O P BEALL, Ordinary.
Georgia, Early county--Whereas, Reuben McCor
quadale applies to me for letters of administration upon the l
estate of John McCorquadalc, late of said county deceased.
These arc, therefore, to cite, summon and admonish all and sin
gular the kindred and creditors of said deceased to file their ob
jections in my office within the time prescribed by law, it any
they have, why said letters should not be granted said applicant.
Given under my hund at office, this Dec 21st, 1852.
Dec 2 fl. 3. STAFFORD, Ord’ry.
Administrator’s Sale—Will be sold in Cuthbert. Ran
dolph county, on the first Tuesday in March next, a likely
negro man by the name of flam. Sold by an order of the Court
of Ordinary ofsaid county, as'the property of Thfcrp Hale,M
cessed. for the payment of his debts. Terms cash.
January 18—tds DAV ID RUM PH, Adm r.
Administratrix’s Sale—On the first Tuesday in March
next, will be sold in Cuthbert, Randolph county, lots of land
numbers two hundred and thirty two and two hundred and forty
nine, in the eighth district of said county ; these lands are in a
fine state of cultivation, and have upon them all necessary build
ings for a farm. Sold for the benefit of the heirs oflsham Wheelis
deceased. Jan 18-tds MARTHA WHEELIS, Adm’x.
Administrators Sale—Will be sold on the first Tues
day in March next, before the court house door in Cutff
bert, Randolph county, lot of land number one hundred and
teen, in the 4th distnet ofsaid county. Sold as the property w
John Dobson, late ot Randolph county, Alabama, deceased.
Terms cash. Jan 18—tds JOfltAll GRIER, Adtn’r.
\ dmlnlstrators Sale.—Agreeable to an orderof the
xjl court of Ordinary of Early county, will be sold on the first
Tuesday in April next, before the court house door in Blakely, a
likely negro boy named Wesley, about fourteen years old, ol light
complexion, belonging to the estate of Dr. John Hill, deceased.
Sold to make a division ot said estate.
Jan. 20—tds WILLIAM HILL, Adm’r.
I Executor's Sale—Agreeably so an order from the hon
orable Court of Ordinary of Muscogee county, I will sell, at
the market house, in the city of Columbus, on the first Tuesday
in M arch next, the following negroes, belonging to the estate of
N. Me. Robinson, deceased, lute of said county: Henry, a man
about twenty-five years old ; Sam, a man about forty years old.
Said negroes sold for the benefit of the creditors and heirs of said
estate. Terms cash. ISA AC T. ROBINSON, Ex’r.
Columbus, January 18—tds.
Notice to debtors and creditor*.—All persons in
debted to the estate of Charles Kendall, deceased, late of
Muscogee countv, are requested to make immediate payment:
those holding claims against said estate are requested to present
them duly authenticated to me.
Columbus, Jan. 25 —4w6t JANE KENDALL, Adm trx.
■\Totlce to debtors and creditors—All persons in
iN debted to the estate of Merlin G. Rodgers, dec’d. late of
Randolph county, are requested to make immediate payment;
those holding claims against said deceased, are notified to pre
sent them for payment, duly authenticated. .*
C CUV ILLIS, )
December 28—52wfit CA WILLIS, \
Notice to Debtors and Creditors—All persons in
debted to the estate of John A. Walker, deceased, are re
quested to>rae forward and make payment, and those holding
claims against said estate are requested to present them duly au
thenticated to me. JAS. S. WALKER, Adnrr.
January s—2w7t ,
TWO months after date, application will be
made to the Court of Ordinary of Randolph county, for leave
to sell the negroes belonging to the estate of George W. Moye,
deceased, late ofsaid county.
January2s—4w2m WM. A. MOVE, Adm’r.
TWO months after date, 1 shall apply to the
Court of Ordinary of Randolph county for leave to sell a
negro belonging to the minors of iol* Graves, deceased.
January 18—3w2m B. GRAVED,Guardian.
15W O months after date application will be
. made to the Court of Ordinary of Ea.ly county, for leave to
sell the lands belonging to the estate of Epsey Dyson, deceased
January 29—2 m ABNER DY ON, Adtn’r.
TWO months after date, we shall apply to
the Court of Ordinary of Randolph county lor leave to sell a
town lot in Covington, Newton county, as the property of Sol.
Graves, deceased. L. A. GONEKE,\ , , ,
B. GRAVES, ) Adra rs ’
January 18—2 m with the Will annexed.
TWO months after date application will be
made to the court of ordinary of Randolph county for leave
to sell the land belonging to Hiram Harrison, dec’d, late of said
county Dec 28—2 m L. C. SALE, Ex’r.
TWO months after date application will be
made to the court of Ordinary of Randolph county for leave
to sell the land belonging to Timothy Pitman, deceased, late of
said county. Dec 28 —2m A A PITMAN. Adm’r.
npWO months after date application will be
i made to the court of ordinary of Early county, for leave to
sell the real estate of F. Griffith, late of said county, dec'd.
D ec 7— W 2m FRANCES A GRIFFITH, Adm'trx.
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IGAR MANUFACTURER,
(A FEW DOORS VO It Tlf OF HALL & MOSES.)
Bt'oad Street, Columbus, Georgia,
A LWAYS on hand, at Wholesale and Retail, all desTrablo
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which will be sold on low terms. .
A liberal discount will be made to those who buy to sell again.
A generous share of the patronage of the public is respectfully
solicited. AU Cigars warranted to be such as represented
Columbus, October 2—4 owly
•‘THE UNION OP TIIE STATES AND THE SOVEREIGNTY OB’ THE STATES.”
COLUMBUS, GEORGIA, TUESDAY. FEBRUARY 8, 1853.
BUSINESS CARDS.
williams, Oliver” and brown,
Attorneys at Law,
BUENA Vl.s MARION CO. GA.
Will practice in the counties .non, Macon, Houston
Stewart, Randolph, .Muscogee, Lee, , avlor, and any adjoining
counties where their services may be required.
WM. F. WILLIAMS, THADDEI'S OLIVER, JACK. BROWN*
January 28—5wly ■
W. C. MTVER,
ATTORNEY A T L A W ,
Tuskegee, Macon co., Ala.
Will practice in the counties df Macon, Montgomery
Tallapoosa, Pike, Barbour and Russel.
January 22—4 w 1 y
TUCKER & BEALL,
ATTORNEYS AT LAW ,
Lumpkin, Stewart County, Ga.
WILL attend regularly the Superior Courts of Stewart, Marion,
flusnpler and Randolph counties: and will give prompt atten
tion to all busine&s entrusted to their oare.
.JOHJY A. TUCKER , K. IL BEALL.
Lumpkin, January 18. 1853 —3wlv
INGRAM At CRAWFORD,
ATTORNEYS AT LAW.
Columbus, Geo.
Will practice in the Chattahoochee Circuit and the adjoining
counties. Office over the store of J. K. Redd &. Cos.
PORTER INGRAM, M. J. CRAWFORD.
Columbus, January 11—2w0m
HENRY H. WHITFIELD,
ATTORNEY AT LA W,
Hawxisstille, Pulaski county, Ga.
January, 18J3. w3;n—
DOUGLASS & DOUGLASS,
ATTORNEYS AT LAW,
Cuthbert, Georgia.
‘YXT'G'I’ practice in the counlies of the Southwestern Circuit,
t T and in Stewart county of the Chattahoochee circuit.
EUGENIUS L. DOUGLASS,
Nov 30—wly MAIICELLUS DOUGLASS.
GEO. S. ROBINSON,
.ATTORNEY AT LAW,
Cuthbert, Georgia.
References :—Hons. M. J. Wellborn and Alfred Iverso
Columbus. Cuthbert, Nov 2—43wtf
WILLIAMS & OLIVER,
ATTORNEYS L A T ‘LAW,
Buena Vista, Marion county, Georgia.
VITILL practice in the counties of Marion, Macon, Houston
vv Stewart, Randolph and any adjoining county whcie thev
services may be required.
WM. F. WILLIAMS. THADDEUb OLIVER.
Feb 27—tw3m&wtf.
S. S. STAFFORD,
ATTORNEY AT LAW.
Early Cos., Ga.
apSwa
T. J. COLQUITT,
ATTORNEY AT LAW
Buena Vista, tin.,
■YXT'n.L practice in the Courts of arion and fltcwarttlieChat-
TT tahoochee Circuit —at. Macon, Lee and Sumpter, of the
Southwestern Circuit.
Refkrknck—Hon. W. T. Colquitt Columbus, Ga.
July 15—ts
F. T. CULLENS,
ATTO UN E Y A T I. AV ,
BLAKELY, EARLY COUNTY, GA.
Oet 5, 1852. 49*-wly
DOUGHERTY, SSOKE£> & STEWART,
ATTORNEYS AT LAW,
Columbus, Georgia.
Office over Butt & Banka Store. JSffH
WILL practice in the courts of the Chattahoochee Circuit, and
Russell and Macon counties, Ala, march 27—wly
H. L GREENWOOD, JOSIAII MORRIS, J. I. R IDG WAY.
GREENWOOD, MORRIS & RIDGWAY,
FACTORS & COMMISSISN MERCHANTS.
N’o. AT Carondelet Street, New Orleans.
Oct 29—w At wly
C. S. HARRISON & CO.
AUCTION AND COMMSSION
MERCHANTS.
Broad street, Columbus, Ga.
TTTILL attend promptly to all business consigned to {them
v T Feb 13—
KING & WINNEMORE,
COM MIS SION M E IIC H ANT S,
MOBILE, ALABAMA.
Dec. 20,1849. [Mob. Trib.] 15 tl
aucv i o a
AND
COMMISSION BUSINESS.
THE undesigned would respectfully inform his friends and
the public generally, that he has opened a store on Broad
street, nearly opposite Mr. James Kivlin’s Sans Souci, for the
purpose of carrying on the above business, and would be happy
for them to give him a call. He proposes doing the AUCTION
AND COMMISSION BUS IN ESN in the usual way, and will
also attend to the selling and hiring of Negroes for those, who
mav entrust him with their patronage. JOHN QUIN.
N. B.—Consignments of Merchandize carefully attended to.
October 22, 1852—wfctwly.
INSURANCE OFFICES.
(BUN MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANY
OF
A. B. NELSON, President.
JOHN WHITEHEAD, Secretary,
THE undersigned is authorized to take River and Marine risks,
for this well known Company, ou favorable terms.
Columbus, Jan. 14— twtiui JOHN MUNN*
FIRE AND LIFE INSURANCE
Protection Insurance Company atllaitford, Connecticut.
.Springfield Marine and Fire Insurance Company, ai Spring
field, Massachusetts.
North Carolina Mutual Life Insurance Company, Raleigh.
Kentucky Mutual Life Insurance Company, Covington.
Slaves insured at two-thirds their value.
Columbus, Jan. 14—tw6m JOHN MUNN, Agent.
Do You Want to Insure ?
The savannah mutual insurance company will
take Marine and Fire risks on reasonable terms.
Apply to R. J. MOSES, Agent.
N. B.—This office returned to the holders of Policies 39 per
cent, of the premiums paid during the year 1852.
Columbus, Oct s3— twly
FIRE AND LIFE INSURANCE.
PROTECTION IN2URANCE CO., HARTFGRR
NORTH CAROLINA MUTUAL LIFE
INSURANCE COMPANY.
Kentucky Mutual Life Insurance Company
Continue to take risks on the most favorable terms.
Slaves insured for two-thirds value.
Applications for risks in town or country may be made to
Columbus, Sept 3—twfirn JOHN MUNN, Agent.
MARINE AND FIRE INSURANCE
BANK OF SAVANNAH.
AGENCY AT COLUMBUS,
fTTILL receive Deposits— and Checks for sale on New York
W Macon and Savannah.
April 24—twtf RICHARD PATTEN.
AGENCY OF THE MANHATTAN
LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY OF
NEW YORK.
11. H. EPPING, Agent for Columbua, Ga.
DRS BOSWELL &- BILLING. Medical Examiners.
Pamphlets containing tables of Rates and other information
may be obtained by application at the offioe ol tla Agente.
Column*, Nov —lw*wlr
SAVANNAH
MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANY.
Fireand Marine risks taken by
Columbus, Feb 25—twly A* J MOSES
SAVANNAH
MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANY.
THIS office returned 39 percent, of premiums received last
year to persons holding policies of the Company; and con
tinues to take Fire and Marine risks on the most reasonable
terms. Sept 15—twtf R J MOSES, Agent.
Citami) DqmrlmrnL
Conducted by CAROLINE LEE HENTZ.
A l5.
There’s a chastened spirit that folds its wings,
Musing ’tween earth and holy things ;
Still gliding on in its noiseless flight,
Like the snow thro’ the clouds of a winter’s night.
‘Tis the spirit of age.
There’s a passionless eye, that looks above,
With a ray of faith, and a tear of love ;
That regards the stare, as they nightly glow,
As the home of some friend who was once below.
’Tis the eye of age.
There’s a faded lip, that but faintly smiles,
And with tales of bygone years beguiles
The laughing child; and with holy kiss
Mingles a prayer for its future bliss.
’Tis the lip of age.
There’s a withered hand, that in youth was wed
To its kindred hand—but that hand is dead ;
And the withered hand, tho’ it gave and lend,
Now wants the aid ofsome kindly friend.
’Tis the hand of age.
But the chastened spirit, which folds its wings,
Will take its flight anon where the seraph sings,
And the passionless eye, with its tear of love,
Will bohold all it lost in the realms above.
Then farewell, age!
[WRITTEN FOR THE TIMES k SENTINEL.]
A Scrap from Aunt Patty’s Scrap Bag.
TIIE RED VELVET BODDICE.
By Caroline Lee llentz.
“What is that, Aunt Patty ?”
“A little scrap of red silk velvet, child. I can
hardly tell you what tender feelings come over
me as I look upon it. It brings up before me, a
little fairy like looking figure, not much larger
than you are now, only a speck or so taller.—
How well 1 remember the time, when I first
seen her, dressed out in this velvet boddice, with
a white muslin skirt flouncing below it, so easy.”
“Tell me all about it, Aunt Patty,” said Es
telle, with her eager, earnest look of curiosity,
which ever proved irresistible. “I never saw
any one, that had such a store house of pleasant
memories as you have. It seems to me, that
you know the history of every body that you
ever met with, the heart history, and that is so
much better than the mere outside story, you
know. What made every body’ tell you every
thing that they thought and felt, Aunt Patty?
Were they not afraid you might tell it again ?
Oh! I know the reason. You are so good and
unselfish, so different from other people, it is a
comfort to talk to you, just as I do myself.—
There are a thousand little things, that I don’t
like to speak about, even to my own mother,
thatl am not afraid to tell y T ou. You look as if
it was a favor to yourself, to he allowed to lis
ten to us.”
“Arid so it is, darling. Just imagine, what I
would he, if I interested myself only in my own
concerns, a poor, ione, childless creature, like
me. Now, by going out of myseli, as it were,
and entering into other people’s hearts, 1 can
appropriate to myself their beauty, and worth
and property, and be as happy for the time, as
they are themselves.”
“Tell me how you do it, Aunt Patty.”
“1 don’t do anything, child. I only feel; bless
ed be God, for the gift of a feeling heart. A
great mind is a glorious gift too. At least I
think it must be, but if I can’t have but one, I
would rather possess the first a great deal, for
we don’t love people so much for their minds as
their hearts. We admire them, to be sure, and
look up, and wonder, but my poor neck can’t
stretch its chords much by upward looking, and I
suppose that is the reason 1 like the easiest feel
ing best.”
“But I would like to have both, Aunt Patty. I
would like to have a great and noble mind, so
great and noble that the whole world should
hear of it and almost feel afraid of my name, it
would be so very famous, and then, 1 would like
to have so kind and tender a heart, that every
body would love me too much to fear me,
and forget I was great, because I was so good.”
Estelle spoke with energy, and mind and
heart seemed indeed struggling for mastery in her
childish, but intelligent face.
“And what else, my darling, would j’ou like?
Would you stop short there ? Isn’t there some
thing wanting to put a kind of crown on all
this?”
“Oh ! yes, Aunt Patty’. I would like to have
a spirit pure and holy, filled to running over
with the love of God, caring for nothing so
much as to please Him and oblige Him. And
then, you know, 1 could use my great mind to
glorify Him, and my good heart to make my fel
low creatures happy. There is no harm in such
kind of ambition, is there, Aunt Patty ?”
Aunt Patty’ laid her palsied hand in silence
blessing on the head of her blooming favorites.
She tried very hard to swallow down her feel
ings, before she found voice to speak.
“When you was a little thing, Estelle, I fear
ed you wouldn’t live to grow up, because you
were smarter than other children, and then
I used to have strange dreams about you, that
I thought were warnings. Now, I begin to think
the Lord will spare you to be a burning and Ja
shining light to other generations. But stop,
little one. Don’t pull that scrap of velvet to
pieces. There is'nt much of it any way, but il
is big enough to remind me of the precious little
soul, whose body was encased in the crimson
boddice-”
Estelle leaned on her right elbow, in her usual
listening attitude, and her eyes said as plainly
as tongue could speak it. “Well, lam ready to
hear it.”
“It isn’t much of a story, child. lam afraid
you will not like what I have to say, half as well
as the one about the purple satin or the pea
green taffeta, but I love this little scrap the best
of all, because 1 loved the wearer best. A’ou re
member how your father went to tho south, the
spring before he died, and how your sister Em
ma went there for her health, for she was mighty
poorly before she married Mr. Selwyn. Well,
you know your Aunt Woodville married a rich
southern gentleman, and lives on a great south
ern plantation, and has ever so many negroes. —
Y ou have heardEmmatalk aboutthem ahundred
times. Before you was old enough to remem
ber, Mrs. Woodville came on to the north, to see
your mother, my niece Emma that was—and
brought with her a young lady by the name of
Nora Shirland. When we heard that she was
coining, we felt a little uneasy, fearing she would
not enjoy herself, as they have so many to wait
on them at the south, and live so differently.—
We thought our simple ways wouldn’t suit her
and really wished your Aunt was coming by
kerself.
“I never shall forget the first lime I saw Nora.
We were all watching for your Aunt, for she
had written to us the day she expected to arrive,
and we kept looking and looking till the sun
was nearly down. At length a carriage stop
ped at the door, and your Aunt Woodville, a
fine, tall, handsome lady, got out first, and then
came a little bit of a creature with a drab color
ed travelling dress, fitting her as nice as wax,
and a neat straw bonnet, trimmed with blue lus
tring ribbon, and a sweet, pleasant, smiling
countenance, that seemed to ask every body
to love her, and promised to love every body in
return. She didn’t look one bit proud or grand,
and she hadn’t been in the house five minutes be
fore we all felt as if we had known her all our
lives. It was in the beginning of summer, and
my niece Emma always did have the prettiest
roses and pinks in her garden I ever did see any
where, and Nora ran about among the flowers,
with Edmund, who was a little hoy then, and
Emma, who, though weak and sickly, was a
pert and sprightly child. She took to Nora
mightily, and used to string pinks and wind
them round a sprig of camomile, and make nose
gays for her every day. Nora always said they
were beautiful, though I knew tho flowers she
had at home were ten thousand times prettier
than any of ours. She used to call me Aunt
Patty, just as you do, and would spend hour af
ter hour, iii looking over my scraps and making
me tell her about this one and that one, making
believe as if she never could get tired, but 1
knew all the time she did it more to please me
than herself.
At first the ladies were shy of calling to see
her, thinking she might put on airs and think
herself above them, but after a while, they
couldn’t come often enough or the gentlemen
either. Without seeming to take a bit of pains,
she could entertain just as many as there hap
pened to be, and though she was mighty fond of
talking herself, she always let every one else
1 have a chance. You never saw anyone so well
j pleased with everything as she seemed to be,
and many’s the time I’ve heard her say, clap
ping her hands in a kind of earnest way she had,
all her own :
“Oh! I would so like to live at the North.
Everything is so nice and comfortable, here.
The grass is so green and the water's so pure,
and the air is so fresh Jland makes one feed so
lively.”
“Nothing would please us more than to have
you compliment our young gentlemen so much,
as to let someone of them induce you to re
main,” said your mother, smiling cn her.
“Oh!” says Mrs. Woodville, shaking her head,
“Nora is the hardest child to please you ever
did see. There ain’t a young man at the South
that can make her like his name better than her
own, though many a one has tried it. I should
he very glad if Mr. Elmwood could have better
luck.”
Now, Mr. Elmwood was a gentleman, who
[ was mighty intimate with your father, and al
| ways visited at our house oftener than any
j where else. He was a lawyer, and knew ail
| the sciences by heart, and when he walked tho
| strec-t he seemed to be in a brown study’. He
wasn’t a young man, hut some how or other
no one thought of calling him an old bachelor.
I suppose it was because he was so different
from most all the other men, who wanted to
pass themselves off for young beaus. I never
saw him so pleased with any one as he was with j
Nora. You would have thought, to hear them
talk, that she knew as much about the sciences
and the arts as he did, though she did not make
any parade of her learning. Then, again, when
she talked with the children, she seemed as much
a child as the simplest of them.
“Nora, m v dear,” says Mrs. Woodville, late
one day, “what do you think of Mr Elmwood ?
How does he coniparo with your Southern gen
tlemen ?”
“Oh! 1 like him exceedingly,” says she, her
face smiling all over, it looked so bright, “and 1 1
don’t think he would suffer by comparison with
! anybody. He is so intelligent, agreeable, and’
j seems to have such a generous and noble heart.”
j “Do you think you would he willing to mar
ry him, Nora?” says Mrs. Woodville, with a
| knowing look.
“I wish you would not want to turn every
friend into a lover,” says Nora, hluslflug. “We
are the best friends in the world, and mean to
stay so, if you will only let us. I don’t believe
he thinks of it any more than I do. I should he
so Sony if he heard any such remark.”
“Well,” says I, “Miss Nora, I never heard a
young lady talk so sensibly about gentlemen
belore. I don’t see why they can’t be friends as
well as lovers, and stay so, too. If all the girls
j would set as much store by themselves and not be
in such a hurry to get married, the young men
j wouldn’t he half so vain and foolish. They
j thilik they have only to pick and choose, and
you can’t make them believe anybody is an old
maid from choice, to save their lives.”
“1 shall make them know so, one of these
days,” says Nora, laughing, “for I never will
| marry unless I love with my whole heart and
soul, and mind and strength. And I fear the
man lives not, who can draw forth my latent cn
ergies ot passion. lam so happy as 1 am,” con
tinued she, ali in a glow of earnestness, “so
happy at home, my own dear home, 1 have not
one wish to leave it, till I am called to that bet
ter home, where love eternal reigns.”
She looked up as she said this, and I saw a
J tear sparkling in her clear blue eye. it made us
j all feel solemn, and nobody said anything more
|to her about Mr. Elmwood. He came as usual,
| at night, and she talked to hhn just as easy as
| ever. Now, some girls are so silly, if they have
been teased about a gentleman, they can’t be
in His company afterwards without blushing
and simpering, and acting awkward. But No
ra had the best sense of any young lady I ever
saw ; and Mr. Elmwood thought so, too. He
never seemed to care for ladies before, any more
than if he was the man in the moon. Though
as he was thought to have an independent prop
erty, and was sensible and not bad looking, he
might have had a good chance to get married if
he had wanted to.
“Now, darling, I see you are thinking about
the red velvet boddice. Never n>ind{ I’m com
ing to it presently, in my roundabout way.”
[to BE CONTINUED.]
The anniversary of the birthday of Franklin
was celebrated by tho Printers’ Union at Buffalo,
in a splendid and elaborate manner. Among
the toasts was the following:
“The Magician of the Mind. —At whose will
the lightning forsook the heavens to become the
messenger of man.”
Mr. Levien of the Buffalo Commercial offered
also the following sentiment:
“ Printers’ Wives. —May they always have
plenty of small caps for the heads of their little
original articles.”
The bold-faced scamp, to drink such a toast!
Gen. Pierce, it is stated, refused to see sepa
rately either of the New York delegations which
waited upon him hist week in relation to his
cabinet appointments. Both delegations, friends
and opponents of Mr. Dickinson, were therefore
compelled to unite. The missipn is also said to
have effected nothing.
j NUMBER 6
COMMUNICATIONS.
The following communication is one of a series of let
ters written by the President of Oak Bowery Female
College, in defense of the Institution, and in exposition
of the system ot education adopted therein. It will be
road with peculiar interest by all lovers of the Bible.
. I'OR THE TIMES AND SENTINEL.
The Bible as a Text Book.
First of all, I have to say that we intend to
advance tho Bible to a position which it has not
hitherto occupied in any of our schools. I here
solemnly re-assert what an ardent and eminent
Brother attempted to proclaim some two or
three years ago, and for the suggestion of which
he met with prompt rebuke from a church organ,
itself edited by a quondam college professor,
viz., hall the young men and women who gradu
ate at our church schools in these days, and
that have graduated in them from the beginning,
have gone into the world with twice the knowl
edge of Greek and Roman Mythology, that they
have of the Bible ! Os this 1 have not the shad
ow of a doubt. Magnus pars fui. I graduated
at Randolph Macon college. Dr, Olin was there,
in liis palmiest days, Professor Parks was there,
gifted, zealous and eloquent. The late Profes
sor Simms was there. There was Dr. Weight
man. Our chapel was illuminated with the
most splendid exhibitions ot pulpit eloquence
ami earnestness. More devoted men never
graced the professional chairs of a college. I
knew my associates; I know myself; 1 will not
say the ministry of these great and good men
was a secondary matter. I think far otherwise,
but this I say, if I had not learned the New Tes
tament and Catechism from my father in the
woods, and Bishop Andrew’s venerable father,
("'h° taught a babbath school in Clark county,
Geo, with no other text,) I should have received
the degree of A. B, and been returned to my
friends in Georgia almost a heathen. Jupiter
1 had much oftener heard than Jehovah!
Athens was more familiar to my’ thoughts than
Jerusalem; Cicero and Demosthenes were my
models of eloquence. I scarcely deemed the
Sermon on the Mount, or Paul’s immortal and
incomparable speeches, worthy to be remember
ed in connection with Cicero’s philippics
against Catiline, or the effort of the great Athe
mian orator de corona. The offices of the Ro
man Moralist were vastly more distinct in my
memory than the Proverbs of Solomon, and no
one had ever told me, except on Sabbath, and
in a sermon, that St. John was at all comparable
to Isocrates.
Ihe gods and graces of Mythology may he
all very well. I do not question their importance
when I assert there is more to be learned from
any one book of the canonical Scriptures than
from all the classic historians from Herodotus to
Ctesar, and from all the Poets, from Homer to
Byron.
Just here we have yielded, fatally, sinfully,
awfully yielded our point of honor. The Bible
has stood in our parlors, and literature “falsely
so called,” has usurped the principal seats
and offices about our altars. Evangelical Re
ligion has stood lor six days and nights at out-
and crept stealthily in by back ways to
our chape's on the seventh day. God has been
banished from our lectures and text books, and
“nature” and “laws,” and the blasphemous non
sense of transcendental science and philosophy
deified. Christ! O! who has heard of Christ as
the God of geometry, or metaphysics, of chem
istry or political economy ? He who poured the
livers from his hand, what has he to do with
“Hydrostatics?” He who launched upon the
infinite fields of space the rolling spheres, what
has he to do with “Dynamics?” He built the
“stones ol the heavens,” yet Mechanics is taught
oy mathematical lines and problems. These
embrace “the science.” In our view and purpo
ses these are the appropriate means for demon
stration and illustration; hut the science is a
high, spiritual apprehension of God, of Christ
Jesus in the wide, wonderful empire of physi
cal nature creating and disposing of matter
in those combinations and relations, which the
text recites ; more than this, the creation and
disposition of matter 113’ Christ Jesus in its varied
forms and hues, where ever met with, has refe
rence not to a material good. The scheme of
creation was not merely physically utilitarian ;
time is something more than Aristotle defined
it, “numerus motus secundum prius et posterius,”
“ttie summation of motion with respect to first
and alter.” Dante had the right conception, the
science of this beautiful and sublime universe,
tiie -‘true intelligence,” of this magnificent pano
rama of ocean and forest, of mountain and
plain, of river and lake, of flower and fruit, of
central suns and circling planets, is “the knowl
edge of God wherein alone the intellect finds
clearness and eternal salvation.” This is “the
good of the intellect.”
“Cli hanno perduto il ben dello intellelto.”
When shall Jesus Christ be inaugurated into tho
empire of his own universe? How long shall
we say with the Syrians, “the Lord is God of
the hills, but he is not God of the valleys.” He
made the world, but does not govern it. He
thunders in the heavens, but rules not upon the
earth. He dwells in the inner heavens. God
made the universe to be ousted from its posses
sion by “nature” and “laws.”
This monstrous ahsnrditj-, tins reckless athe
istic philosophy, with its technological parapher
nalia, we denounce in the ears of all men. We
have no mauvaise haute, in the matter; “an unde
vout astronomer is mad!” More anon.
WM. F. SAMFORD.
The Bible as a Text Book—Botany.
“Think you my song too turbulent ? too warm 1
“Arc passions then the Pagans of the soul !
“Reason alone baptised ! alone ordained
“To touch things saered? O! for warmer still!
“O! for an humbler heart and prouder soul!
“Thou my much injured theme 1 with that soft eye,
“Which melted o’er doomed Salem, deign to look
“Compassion to the coldness of my hreasi,
“And pardon to the winter in my strain.”
Young's Night Thoughts.
Mr. Editor. —Can 1 too much insist on the Bi
ble as a text hook in the Methodist College ?
Can I ho too emphatic in denouncing the athe
ism of its exclusion from our seats of learning ?
Shall our Botany classes analyze the flowers,
and not find enfolded in their beautiful leaves a
lesson of sacred import ? Who taught the rose
to blush, and the tulip to glow, and what is the
divine purpose in spreading their inimitable tints
upon their silken leaves? Are these exquisite
creatures all dumb and meaningless? Or do
they plead to ever3’ susceptible heart for the so
cial virtues, the tender, the sublime Christian
graces? Have they voices that swell in unison
with all the touching, gentle, beautiful, heart
subduing, spiritual moralities of the sermon on
the mount? Who that kindly grasps in one
hand the nosegay, the gift of beauty and inno
cence, would madly seize the dagger of the as
sassin with the other? Who nTeeting a stranger
in the solitary mountain pass, buried with the
wild flowers, would expect to be arrested by the
salutation of the highwayman, “Your money
or your life?” Does Avarice, the “she wolf
that looks full of all cravings in her leanness,”
that “after feeding, is hungrier than before,”
shade her sunken, sullen, caressing, leaden eye
beneath a garland of flowers ?
I am not sare, but that the language of the
flowers is so distinct that someone may arise
to construct a religious Flora, that shall express
beautiful, sublime, true Christian sentiments.—
The language of flowers is at least impressive;
otherwise, it could not have happened that in
the middle of the 17th century, tulips should
sell for S4OOO, a piece, “and one of the variety
called the Viceroi for $10,000.” That “this ex
traordinary traffic” had to be “checked by law,’’
a law prescribing, that no tulip or otherflower,
should he sold fora sum exceeding $175!
Pliny says, “the lily is next in nobility to the
rose.” Linnaeus called the liliaceous flowers,
“Nobles of the vegetable kingdom,” he also call
ed tho palm trees, “Princes of India,” and the
grasses “ Plebeians
It is hardly a figure of speech to say that one
“converses with the flowers.” Their language
is not that of .mute motionless matter. It
changes with the season, with every breath of
air that stirs their leaves, ever3’ shade of light
that varies at once their hues and their expres
sion. “Flowerets by the nightly chillness, bend
ed down and closed,” have one voice, and when
they “erect themselves all open on their stems,
and the sun whitens them,” they have another.
I do not say we ma}’ not shut our ears to the
voice of the flowers. Man who hearkens neither
to the music, nor the thunder of the spheres, and
defies the utterances of omnipotent mercy and
power of Olivet and Sinai, may be deaf to the
gentle persuasions of the flowers. But the voice
is none the less distinct, and he who humbly
listens to its accents shall hear alike from the
fading and the flourishing flower lessons of
melting tenderness, and wooed,won,subdued,shall
realize, and with a sacred, quiet rapture exclaim.
“My Father made them all!”
Why are trees thought to resemble men ?
Great public characters are often described by
reference to them. When Mr. Calhoun died, it
was said, the erect, lofty southern “Pine” had
fallen. When Mr. Clay died, it was the wes
tern “Elm.” When Mr. Webster fell, it was
the “old centurj’ Oak.” Gen. Jackson was the
Hickory tree, the “old Ilickoiy,” It is not be
cause there is any phj’sical resemblance between
men and trees, but the proportions, the strength,
the durability, the verdure of trees, suggest ir
resistibly .to the mind, high, moral and intellec
tual qualities which make up great public char
acters. When we reflect that all these qualities
that are estimable are like the attributes of God,
are so estimable because of this similitude, and
that Christ gave the world the only perfect
manifestation of these qualities, it is not difficult
to perceive that every tree in the forest is a Po
et, and a Christian Preacher, that the whole ma
terial universe is but a vast concave law, inten
ded to concentrate and pour back in a tide of
burning glory upon the brow of Deit3 r , the rays
of His own supreme excellence which His mercy
has radiated on the human consciousness for the
purification—the happiness—the elevation of
His intelligent creatures.
Without flowers or fruits, the “beauty of na{
ture” would be a barren field for the Poet and
Orator. From Chaucer to Thomson, the Eng
lish classics, if not an absolute blank, would lose
half their charms. Mont Blanc might remain
“the Monarch of mountains,” but Auburn,
“sweet Auburn, loveliest village of the plain,”
would be a desolation.
The Holy Scripturesabound in themostsnblime
and touching allusions, to flowers and trees which
verify the preceding observations and strikingly
illustrate them. Does Christ wish to rebuke the
vanity of Royal magnificence and teach the
trusting troubled heart to rely on divine Provi
dence ? “consider,” he exclaims, “the lilies of
the field.” “Even Solomon, in all his glori’,
was not arrayed like one of these.”
Hear Isaiah. Is there no power in this
preaching? “All flesh is grass, and all the
goodliness thereof is as the flower of the field.—
The grass witbereth, the flower fadeth, because
the spirit of the Lord blowelh upon it: surety the
people is grass. The grass witbereth, the flower
fadeth: but the word of our God shall stand for
ever.” “The roses of Sharon” and “Damascus,”
have voices of import. The “Palm tree,” and
“Cedar in Leanon” are made to express the pros
perity of the righteous while the “ungodly” is
seen “flourishing like a green bay tree.” “The
Assyrian was a cedar in Lebanon with fair
branches, and with a shadowing shroud, and
of a high stature; and his top was among the
thick houghs. The waters made him great, the
deep set him up on high with her rivers running
round about his plants, and sent out her little
rivers unto all the trees of the field. Therefore
his height was exalted above all the trees of the
field, and his houghs were multiplied, and his
branches became long, because of the multitude
of waters, when he shot forth. All the fowls
of Heaven made their nests in his boughs, and
under his branches did all the beasts of the field
bring forth their young, and under his shadow
dwelt all great nations- Thus was he fair in his
greatness, in the length of his branches, for his
root was by great waters. The cedars in the
garden of God could not hide him. The Fir
trees were not like his boughs, and the Chestnut
trees were not like his branches; nor any tree in
the garden of God was like unto him in his beau
ty. I have made him fair In’ the multitude of
his branches ; so that all the trees of Eden, that
were in the garden of God, envied him.” “Leba
non mourned for him, and all the trees of the
field fainted for him.’’ The “nations” God
made, “to shake at the sound of his fall.” Let
any man read the 31st chapter of Ezekiel, from
which this is extracted, and say there is no the
ology in the trees.
The garden of Eden—what would be our con
ception ofit without its fruit trees and flowers ?
It was among these that our innocent first pa
rents were placed, that angels visited them.
Os Christ it is said, “His countenance is as
Lebanon, excellent as the cedars.’’ “He feedeth
among the lilies,” “1113’ beloved is gone down
into his garden to the beds of spices—to feed in
the gardens, and to gather lilies.” “This thy
statue is like to a Palm tree.” “His cheeks are
as a bed of spices, as sweet flowers, his lips
like lilies, dropping sweet smelling myrrh.”
How appropriately do we plant trees in memo
ry of the dead, and flowers on their graves.—
Even John McDonough’s conception of the or
phan,visiting his grave to plant flowers, half em
balms his memory and ennobles his strange
character.
Moses cast a tree into the waters of Marah to
sweeten them.
1 need ring no changes upon “the tree of
Liberty,” of which Mr. Webster said it had
“shot its roots so deep into this hemisphere,
that the bolt that dislodges it must rend the
orb.”
O! who does not hunger for the fruit that
grows upon the “tree of life?” whoso diseased
humanity does not faint for the application of
those “leaves which were for the healing of the
nations?”
Now, Mr. Editor, this is what I intend to say.
The science of Botany is something more than
the analysis and classification of flowers. It is
a high, spiritual, Christian study, and when we
in Oak Bowery Female College, like Solomon,
“speak of trees from the cedar tree that is in
Lebanon even unto the hyssop that springeth
out of the wall,” we shall give them voices, deep,
emphatic utterances of Christ, who is as truly
the sum of all science as ho is of salvation.
If you allow me, I may extend this train of
thought into other fields, in forthcoming Nos.
Respectfully,
WM. F. SAMFORD.