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UN.--:. ... iU UißAa* JOHN H. SEALS, NEW SERIES, VOLUME UL C|e Cenprattce (fasakr. 4 . ,dshed ftvery Tborsday in the year, except two. fI’.BMS: Tw Dollar* per year* Ut 4 vanre. ‘ ®aoatte> £Baa3< Clcbs of Ten Names, by sending the Cash, will receive the paper at .... SI copy. duras of Five Names, at 180 “ Any person sending us Five new subscribers, inclo sing the money, shall receive cot extra copy one year fre of cost. ADVERTISING DIRECTORY*. Bates of Advertising; 1 square, (twelve lines or less,) first ineertiou, $1 00 M Each continuance, Professional or Business Cards, not exceeding six tines, per year, 5 00 Announcing Candidates for Office, 3 00 Standing AdvertuemeaU; 1 square three months, * 00 1- - tin “ 700 1 “ twelve “ 00 2* .. >■> 18 00 a *. 24 00 4 .... 25 00 not marked with the number of insertions, will be continued until forbid, and charged aeoordingly. /Sff-Merchants, Druggists and others, may contract fox advertising by the year on reasonable terms. Legal Advertisement!: Sale of Land or Negroes, by Administrators, Ex ecutors and Guardians, per square, 3 00 of Personal Property, by Administrators, Ex ecutors and Guardians, per square, 3 35 Notice to Debtors and Creditors, 3 35 Notice for Leave to Sell, and 00 Citation for Letters of Administration, 3 75 Citation for Letters of Dismission fjom Adm’n, 500 Citation for Letters of Dismission from Guard’p, 3 25 Legal Hequiremente; Sales of Land and Negroes by Administrators, Exec utors or Guardians, are required, by law, to oe held on the First Tuesday in the mouth, between the hours of w in the forenoon and three in the afternoon, at the - Court-house door of the county in which the property is situate. Notices of these saiea must be given in a pub lic Gaaett e, forty days previous to the day of sale. Notices for the sale of Personal Property must be given at least tea day* previous to the day of sale. Notises to Debtors and Creditors of an estate, must be published forty days. Notice that application will be made to the Court of Ordinary, for leave to sell Land or Negroes, must be pub lished weekly for tu'o months. Citations for Letters of Administration, must be pub lished thirty days —for Dismission from Administration monthly, sve months— for Dismission from Guardianship, forty days. Rules for Foreclosure of Mortgage must be published monthly, for four months —for compelling titles from Ex ecutors or Administrators, where a bond has been issued by the deceased, the full spate of three months. Publications will always be continued according to these, the legal requirements, unless otherwise or rde*ed. JOHN A. REYNOLDS, Publisher. OFFICERS GRAND LODGE KNIGHTS OF JERICHO. At ft regular meeting of the Grand Lodge Knights of Jericho, Btte of Georgia, held ia the City of At lanta, on the 9th Sept the following were elected ‘ its officers for the ensuing year: W. D. Williams, of Oxford, G. W. G. Taos. Dougherty, of Macou, G. W.Y. 0. Wm. G. Forsyth, of Atlanta, G. W. Recorder. Wm. F. Ross, of Macon, G. W. M. li£e Strickland,-., of Griffin, G. W. S. H. 0. Carter, of Calhoun, G. W. Chap. M M. Pesdlbtok, of Sparta, G. W. P, C. Sept. 22, 1857. LETTERS.— APPLICATjeS FOR AND iDISMIBSORT. QTATE OF GEORGIA,OGLETHORPE COUNTY. k-5 All persons having demands against Neal F. Coch ran, late of said county, deceased, arc hereby notified to present them to us, property uttested, within the time prescribed by law, or they will not be settled ; and all arsons indebted to said deceased, are hereby required .to make immediate payment. MARTHA H. COCHRAN,) Adm’x. WILLIAM T. COCHRAN,] Adm’r. , Jan. 7, 1858. 6t. ti EORGIA, GREENE COUNTY.—Whereas Al * fred H. Jackson, administrator upon the estate oi Mrs. Laurann BL Parrott, deceused, petitions the Court of Ordinary of said county for Letters Dismissory: These are therefore to cite and admonish all and singular the kindred and creditors of said deceased, to be and appear at the Court of Ordinary, to be held in and for said county, on the first Monday in August next, to show cause, (ifany they have) why said administra tor should not then be discharged. Given under my hand at office, in Greenesboro’, Jan nary 15th, 1858. Jan. 21 EUGENICS L. KING, Ord’y. GREENE COUNTY.—Whereas ‘J Isaac Morrrison applies for the guardianship of the persons and property of Henry C. Morrison, William A. Morrison, Anna V. Morrison, John T. Morrison and Emma J. Morrison, minor children of William J. Mor rison lata of Upson county, deceased: These are therefore to cite and admonish ail persons concerned, to be and appear at the Court of Ordinary, to be hold in and for said county, on the first Monday in March next, to show cause, (If any they have) why said letters should not be granted. Given under mv hand at office, in Greenesboro*, Jan uary’ 15th, 1858. Jan. 21, 1858. EUGENICS L. KING, Ord’y. G~~ BORGIA, GREENE CO.—Whereas Wm. Ed mondson, Guardian of Sarah J. Cradock, now Sa>- rah J. McWhorter, applies to this Court for Letters Dis luissory from his said Guardianship: It is therefore ordered that all persona concerned be and appear at the next March term of this Court, to qhow cause why said guardian should not be discharged; and it is further or dered that this rule be published for forty days in terms f the law. A true extract from the minutes of the Court of Ordi nary of Greene County. Jan. 21, JBSB .EUGENIUS L. KING, Ordinary. jH EORGIA, GREENE (X).—Whereas Lorenzo D. vJT Carlton, guardian of Valerius J. Burk, applies to this Court for letters Dismissory from his said guar dian-ship : It is therefore ordered that all persons concerned be and appear at the next March term of this Court, to show cause why said guardian should not be discharged; and it is further ordered that this rule be published for forty days in terms of the law'. A true extract from the minutes of the Court of Ordi nary of Greene County. Jan. 31, 1858. EUGENICS L. KING, Ordinary. GEORGIA, GREENE COUNTY: Whereas John McMichael, administrator with the will annexed an the estate of Mrtr. Margaret Armor, deceased, peti iiona the Court of Ordinary for Letters Dismissory from oaid estate: These are therefore to ejtc and admonish all persons concerned, to show cans.: (if any they have) wny said administrator should not be discharged at the court on foe Ist Monday in July, 1858. Given under my hand at office in Greone.sborc’ Dec 18, 1857. Dec 2A~6m EUGENIUS L. KING, Ord. GREENE COUNTY.—W here as V, !> Eindley, administrator upon the estate of Isaac Findley, deceased, petitions the Court of Ordi uary of said county for Letters of Dismission from said estate: These are therefore to cite and admonish all persons concerned, to show* cause (if any they have) why said administrator should not be discharged at the Court of Ordinary to be held in and for said county, on the Ist Monday in June., 1858. -Given under my hand at office In Greenesboro’, Nov 16th, 1857. JNjov_gb-6m EUGENIU3L. KING, Ord’y. WT ©TICK,—Two months after data application wtU be made jMI to the Cos art of Ordinary of Greene County for leave to sell a negro woman by the name of Queen belonging to the estate of Harriet L. Grimes deoeaaed. I. A. WILLIAMS, Adm’r. December 7th, IffoT. SHERIFFS* SILKS. Greene Mortgage Sheriff s Sales. Will be sold before the Court-house door in the city of Greenesboro, en the Ist Tuesday in MARCH next, between the legal hears of sale, the fol lowing property, to-wit: The house and lot on which Hiram Rouzeo now live*, situated in the city of Greenesboro, known in the plan of said city as part of lot No. 32, adjoining the lot occupied by Mrs. Baugh on the north, the lot of Mrs. Park on the east, on the south by South-street and J. A. Miller's blacksmith shop lot, and on the west by West-street: to satisfy]a mortgage fi-fa- issued from Greene Superior Court, in favor of Davis, Wood & Johnson, against said Rouzee. ALSO, AT THE SAMB TIME AND PLACE. Two black hacks and harness, one green hack ’ and harness, one red stage coach and harness, 8 buggies and harness. 2 old gray horses, 1 young gray horse, 2 match sorrell hordes, 1 sorrel horse, pot-gut, two black mules, 1 bay horse, (limping bay,) 2 black match horses, 1 bay horse, Durham, one two-horse wagon and harness: all levied on as the property of Douglas W. Wilson, to satisfy a mortgage fi.fa. in favor of James M. Lankford. Issued from Greene Inferior Court, against said Wilson. Dec. 31—tds. C. C. NORTON, D. Sh’ff. Greene Sheriff's Sales. WILL be sold before the court-house door in the city of Greenesboro’, on the first Tuesday in MARCH next, within the legal hours of sale, the fol lowing property to-wit : The store-house and lot in the village of White Plains, containing one aere, more or less; also, the dwelling-house and lot whereon Henry C. Ware now lives, in the village of Bairdstown, containing two acres, more or less: Levied on by virtue of aft fa is sued from the Superior Court of Greene County, in favor of Joei Hurt vs Henry C. Ware and Daniel D. Ware. Property pointed out bv J. R. Parker. Jan. :)oth, 1858. C. C. NORTON, Dep. Sh'ff. ALSO, AT THE SAME TIME AND PLACE: The house and lot on which Wm. A. Lankford lived, containing two acres more or lesa, in the town of Pen field, adjoining L. Linnenkohl, George Readen and Wm. N. Williams : levied on as the property of Wm. A. Lankford, to satisfy afi fa from Greene Superior Court, in favor of Augustirt F. Green, adm’r, vs Wm. A. Lankford and Joel G. Hobbs, security. Property pointed out by said Hobbs. Jan 28T1848. C. C. NORTON, D. Sh’ff. ALSO, AT THE SAME TIME AND PUCE : A negro boy named Augustus, about 8 years old, of dark complexion: levied on as the property of Joseph H. English, to satisfy sundry fi fas issued from Greene Su perior and Inferior Courts, infavorof Poullain, Jennings Sc Cos. vs Stephen D. & Joseph H. English, and Chas. W. Dußoee vs said S. D. Sc J. H. English. Property point ed out by J. H. English. Jan 28, 1858. C. C. NORTON, D. Sh’ff. ALSO, AT THE SAME TIME AND PLACE t One negro man named Hark, of dark complexion, about thirty-six years old ; one woman named Elizzie, about twenty-eight years old ; one girl named Creasy, about nine years old: levied on as the property of Robert Newsome, to satisfy tw os fas from Greene Su perior Court, in favor of the adm’r of E. S. Hunter vs D. A. Newsome, and Robert Newsome, security ; Tho mas J. Burney vs Robert Newsome, security for E. Sparks Hunter, deceased. Property pointed out by R. Newsome. C. C. NORTON, D. Sh'ff. Jan 26, 1858. Greene Sheriff’s Sale. WILL be sold, in the city of Greenesboro, on the Ist Tues day in MARCH next, within the legal hours of sale, the following property, to-wit: 1 rtegrogirl, Louisana, about 10 years ol©, of black com- j plexion: levied on as the property of Jos. N. Raden, to satisfy sundry Justices’ Court ft. fas. from the 148th dist. G. M. in favor of James M. Lankford vs. Joseph N. Raden; McWhorter & Armstrong vs. Joseph N. Raden; Armstrong & Wilson vs. Joseph N. Raden; A. B. Phelps vs. Joseph N. Raden; William N. WU- I Liams vs. Joseph N. Raden, and James R. Slanders vs. Joseph N. Raden. Levy made and returned to me by Levi Mays, constable. C. C. NORTON, P Sfo’ff. Jan. 14, 1858. , Greene Sheriffs Sale. WILL be sold before the Court-house door 1 in the city of Greenesboro, oti the Ist Tuesday in MARCH next, between the legal hours of sale, the fol lowing property, to-wit t One negro man, named Doric, about thirty-five years oleb Levied on by virtue of two fi.fas. issued from the Inferior Court of Oglethorpe County, one in favor ot H. C. Bugg vs. B.M. Echols Sc McOilvra P. Pitman; one in favor of Lewie J. Dupree vs. Silas M. Echols, and Z. P. Landrum, Administrator; and one from the Inferior Court of Greene County—Redaic Stephens vs. said Echols. All for the use of Albert King. Jan. 29, 1858 I. MORRISON, Sh’ff. Greene Sheriff’s Sale. IN\ ILL SELL FOR CASH, to the highest and beet bidder, before the court-house door in the city of Greenesboro, on the Ist Tuesday in MARCH next, within the legal hours of sale— All the right, title and interoet of W’illiam T. Doster in and to the following described and named property: One sorrel horse, called Stocks ; one gray horse, Provi dence; one bay horse, Reuben; one bay horse, Charley; one sorrel horse, Joe; one black horse, Fish ; one car riage ann harness; three buggies and harness:.levied on as the property of William T. Doster, to satisfy aun dry fi.fas. issued from Greene Superior and Inferior Courts—one in favor of Augustin F. Greene, adm’r, c*. Doster & Dolvin and James M. Langford, security—one in favor of John T. Perdue, ex’r, vs. Doster & Dolvin— one in favor of O. P. Daniel vs. Doster At Dolvin, and other fi. fas. in my hands against said Doster. Jan. 21, 1858. T. F. FOSTER, D. 8. Greene mortgage Sales—Postponed* WILL be sold in the City of Greenesboro’ on the first Tuesday in MARCH next, between the usual hourseof sale, the Interest of Joseph N. Raden in the Livery Stable of Lankford, Wilson and Raden—it being the sixth part of said firm, the fol lowing property to-wit : Two old gray Horses known as the Ellington horses, two black Horses known as the Williams horses, two black Mules. One bay horse known as the Sharp horse ; one sorrel Horse known as the Giady sorrel; one bay horse known as the Durham horse ; one young bay horse known as the Jackson horse; one sorrel known as pot gut; one bay horse known as the lame bay ; one grey horse known as the Jackson grey, seven baggies and harness ; Four hacks and harness ; one two Horse Wagon and harness ; one one Hcrse wagon and Harness ; one four seated Buggy and harness, all levied on as the property of Joseph N. Raden to satisfy a mortgage fi fa in fa vor of James M. Lankford issued from Greene Inferior Court against said Raden. T. F. FOSTER, D. Sheriff: Greenesboro’ Nov. 14th, 1837. Look—Even bod) . THE undersigned having leased the STORE ROOM recently occupied by Williams Sc Lank ford, are rfow receiving and opening a Choice and Select STOCK of— FAMILI GROCERIES, FRUITS, CANDIES, CIGARS, EATABLES, &c. Ac, Re. The attention of the Citizens of Penfield and vicinity, is respectfully called to this New Establishment. We have adopt eu b till aim mm and intend to make it to the advantage of every one to spend their money with us. A good assortment of every thing usually found in an UP-COUNTRY GROCERY STORE on hand at all times. J. M. BOWLES Sc CO. Penfield, Jon. sth, 1858. IWBUMSS7” NOTICE.— 'All persons indebted to the estate of JONAS CARTRIGHT.Iateof Greene county, deceased, are requested to make immediate payment; and those having demands against said estate are re quested to make them in terms of the law. Feb 18, 1858-40.1 W. S. DAVIS, Adifi’x. MONROE FEMALE UNIVERSITY, FORSYTH, GA. ISSS. INSTITUTION IS ONEjdMM iatiil A of the most flourishing Femalcj^H|j^n| ! Schools in Georgia; it has a Faculty of 9 able and ex . perienced teachers, three of whom are graduates of I “ Mercer University.” The Spring Term has opened i ‘y 11 ” n®Tly 100 pupils. The daughters of indigen tßap ttst Ministers educated without charge for tuition. Pu pils will be received at any stage of advancement and at any time of the term, and charged from the time of entrance. Spring Term began January 18, and will end on the 3d Wendesdav in July, Feb IS, 1857 R. T. ASBURY, See. Fac. THE ADOPTED ORGAN OP ALE THE TEMPERANCE ORGANIZATIONS IN THE STATE. PENFIELD, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 18, 1 8 58. Important, if True! /yfcSP ALL NOTES Sc ACCOUNTS f/j due the firm of PHELPS Sc SEALS lor the year 1856, not paid by the 15th MARCH, will be sued INDISCRIMINATELY. Feb 18, 1858 THE Georgia Educational Journal, THE TEACHES’S FRIEND and PUPIL'S ASSISTANT, PUBLISHED WEEKLY IN QUARTO FORM, in FORSYTH, GA. at S3 00 for one year, w $1 00 for 6 mo. Every in Georgia ought to have (his paper. Address ‘Georgia Educational Journal,’ Forsyth, Ga. GEO. F. WILBURN, M. D. Editor. Pet: 18; 1858 ly SIBLEY k BOGGS, —WHOLESALE AND BETAIL DBALEBS IN — Choice Family Groceries, Cigars, bo. 276 Broad Street, Augusta, Georgia. Feb 18,1858 rs Ciitrcss” Department. BY MRS. M. E. BRYAN. NEVER MORE. a T MARY E. BRYAN. Oh darkly falls the stormy night, And wildly wails the sea ; And the sea-gulls, white in their ghost-like flight. Shriek loud and warningly. Why stand’s! thou here on this lonely ahore. Oh ! maiden so fair and pale 1 Is there music for thee in the billow's roar, And the wild voice of the gals < The salt sea-spray is in thy hair That the winds are blowing free; And thou stretch’st thy hands with beseeching air To the cold, unpitying sea. Two summers since, that cheek so pale Was thy manly brother’s pride ; ’Till there came o'er the sea an unknown sail. And a stranger sought thy side ; A youth, with a beauty like a girl's— On his cheek a crimson glow— Witli sunlight asleep in his golden curls. A_nd a voice of music low. Oh ! passing sweet was the tale he toid Os the isle beyond the sea, W'here the orange should drop its fruit of gold. And the myrtle bloom for thee. And thou hung’st entranced on each low tone— Eaeh glance from those eyes divine; But one eve, when the sky was all o’erflown With the sunset’s purple wine, He sailed away o’er the summer sea, From that bleak and rocky shore, And he wafted a parting kiss to thee, But he came back— never more ! Wearily, wearily, watched’et thou, Through the Autumn’s stormy days. ’Tila shadow fell upon brain and brow, And thy mind was a ‘ wildercd mtue. Oh, dreamer! many a human heart Has silently watched like thee, cherished hopes, like that bark, depart On life’s false and changeful sea— And ’til fell the shadow of the tomb, Have waited and watched in vain: For never, across that sea of gloom Came those cherished hopes again. Thomasvil/e, Ga. FRECKLES Girls have half ruined their complexions by the use of cosmetics, and fretted themselves into positive ill-humor on account of these trouble some spoilers of pretty faces. French creams, pastes and washes for their removal, have found ready sale among the credulous, and the “ Papai an lotion,” “Balm of a thousand flowers,” “Paste of bitter almonds,” etc—-have excited hopes 1 hat were destined to a speedy downfall. We think these anxious young ladies magnify the evil. Health is the most efficient cosmetic, and freck les, when accompanied by a fresh, rosy color, are no destruction to the beauty of anotherwise pret ty face. Indeed, many think them an addition. Hawthorne affirms that they add piquancy to the features, and gracefully styles them pleasant re membrancers of April sunshine and breezes. Elsewhere we have seen them termed “ kisses of the sunbeams.” Not long since, we heard an old man’s receipt for their removal, and (as his varacity was unimpeachable) perhaps it may be of service. He knew, he said, a very pretty girl whose numerous freckles were yet the torment of her life, as his club-foot was of poor Byron. Numberless lotions having failed of any good af fect, she at length secluded herself for a week to the wonder of her perplexed friends and suitors, and at the end of that time came out (like a but terfly from its clirvsalis) to an evening entertain ment, with a complexion fair as unstained snow — and minus freckle*. With praiseworthy firmness, she kept her secret for an entire day, but before the olose of the next, she had communicated se parately to her six bosom friends and confidants, that the removal of the freckles was caused by frequent applications of sour curd. The old man insisted on the truth of this, as it had come un der his own personal observation. Silence is often inftniteh/ more Expressive them Ism guape.—All the passions of humanity, in their full est developement, find refuge in silence. Vio lent grief, despair, anger, joy and love are all voiceless. .Shakspeare, that great master of ’the human heart., understood the power of silence : for the two women to whom, above all his other conceptions, he has given the loftiest individual ities, could not speak tvhat wa in them. The “ nothing my Lord” of Cordelia, and the “gra cious silence” of Virgilia, betray how deeply he had read the most delicate and folded leaves of the human heart. Novelist^and tragedians do not follow nature, when thinking to appear brilliant, they make violent emotions find vent in set speeches; for silence lays its finger upon the lip of passion, and the language of the speaking eyes is more elo qent than words. Judge Coon, of California, has decided that under the statute of that State there is no lew to prohibit women from dressing in male attire. This decision has given great satisfaction to ladies who wish to “wear the bssoclwß.” MARIAN ED'Glt Y. BY UARV XT. BRYAX. •“ From strong limbs that should bo chainlets, There are fetters to unbind— There are words to raise the fallen— There is light to give the blind.” is the amusing subject under discus fl sion?” asked Marian Edgely, entering the drawing-room where her sprightly cousin, Kate Beverly, was entertaining two gentleman-visitors from the neighboring village. “ Oh! Dr. Ellison was telling us of something very amusing that oocurred this evening, and he doe, s mimic anything in such a droll manner,” re turned Kate, laughing. “ What was the circumstance,'Doctor ?” asked Miss Edgely quietly, replacing a lily that had fal len from the china vase. *‘oh! simply an animal belonging to the genus hcrmo, so delightfully oblivious that he was holding on to a china-ti ee in the street, walking around it in a very stately manner, under the impression, as he informed us, that he was ascending the win ding staircase of a magnificent palace, f left him enjoying his pleasant hallucination. “ Intoxicated?” said Marian, gravely. “ Aye, a gentleman with a brick in hith hat— a gentleman of our profethion, too!” chimed in an exquisite of the first water, who had been twirling his pet moustache and anxiously watch ing for an opportunity to make Miss Edgely no tice him more particularly. “ Vos, a young limb of the law—a briefless attor ney, too, I suspect; though the fellow, they say, has fine talents and would make a man if he would quit dissipating. He made his maiden speech at Hillsboro’ with great eclat, and won a ease that Judge Howard had thrown aside for want of sufficient evidence. • He has recently es tablished himself in our town, and I am really afraid the poor fellow will starve, for we are al ready quite over-run with attorneys.” “We have undoubtedly too many for any one to succeed, unless of superior talent,” said Marian Edgely. “I fear if we could obtain a glimpse of the tape-bound packages some of them carry about so conspicuously during the session of Court, we should, in many instances, find them quite black.” Whereupon, Mr. Augustus Fitzgerald, the gen tleman of the embroidered vest and straw-colored kid gloves, blushed up to his pencilled eye-brows with conscious guilt, and thought for the twen tieth time what a clever and penetrating lady was Miss Edgely, and how delighted lie would be, if he could only think of something very cutting and sarcastic to say to her in return for the many times she had wounded his self-love. “ What is the name of the unfortunate man you were speaking of, Doctor ?” asked Marian, looking up from the petals of a rose she had torn apart in her abstraction. * “Leonard is the name. Yes; Ashley R. Leon ard, the advertisement reads. He has no parents living, nor any near relative, I believe. Mason tells me his family was an excellent one, and his father occupied a high official position. He is the ‘last scion of a noble race/ and when, some fine morning, he is fished up from the gutter with the rest of the rubbish, you can get your poetical admirer to write a very affecting epitaph on ‘ the last of the Leonards’, Miss Kate.” “Verdict—died of having more than he could carry,” drawled the witty Augustus. There was a pause; during which Kate teased her spaniel, and Marian looked at the fragrant heap of rose leaves she held. Dr. Ellison studied her fine profile, and wondered if she could be thinking of him. “Did you say he was talented ?’’ she asked ab ruptly, looking perfectly unconscious of the length of time she had been silent. “Who? Oh, Leonard, you mean! Yes; very. Mason tells me he is writing a book that will cre ate a sensation, if he has energy to finish it. But there’s the rub; Mason says ho is peculiar—the eccentricities of genius, I suppose; that he snys he is alone in the world, with none to feel an in terest in his fate, and he is reckless of a life with out love or hope. The simpleton! to talk sq, when there are so many girls to be had for the asking! Mason thinks it is this morbid despon dency that has driven him to drink; he never dissipated before liis mother’s death.” “Quite Byronicall” sneered the gentleman in straw-colored kids, covertly glancing at Marian to see her appreciation of his sarcasm; but Mar ian was very grave. “Oh I” she said, “ how sad to think of the wreck of such a noble nature! youth, intellect, genius, sacrificed!” “Pray, my dear Miss Edgely, do not waste your sympathies on such an unworthy object. 1 told you a ludicrous incident, hoping that it would amuse you as it did Miss Kate, and now you are ready'to weep about it.” “I never laugh at the frailties of humanity, Dr. EJlLson. There is something very sad in the degradation of what was intended to be so noble —‘the glory obscured’ of one by nature born a king I” “ You are enthusiactic, Miss Edgely. I won der how a poor, miserable sot like Leonard would feel to hear such epithets in connection with his name?” “ ‘ A man’s a man for a’ that, Dr. Ellison, if he is not wholly depraved, and I feel assured that this man is not. There is a door in every heart, which may be opened by a skilful hand and the light of reason and conscience admitted.” “Ifthere ith a door in Leonard'th heart, the hingeth mutht be very ruthty,” ventured the sapient Augustus, twisting the seal ring around on his finger so that its gaudy set might be seen to advantage. Very good, Augustus,” said Dr. Ellison, pat ronizingly; “and now we will dismiss the subject since it has become so serious. I have no fancy for anything grave. Miss Kate, 1 hoard your sweet contralto vibrating through the garden as 1 came in. It was an air from Verdi you were singing, was it not? I should like to hear it again,” he continued, opening the piano a. he spoke. Marian Edgely was an orphan —the ward of her uncle'—Judge Beverly of Bloomfield Villa. She was now near her twentieth birthday—two years the senior of her eousin Kate. They were the belies of Somorton, and yet no two styles of beauty could be more dissimilar. Kate was a blonde, with petite figure—eyes blue as forget-me nots—golden hair and a child’s caressing man ner. Marian, t*U and Btately, with magnificient arms and hands—a head remarkable for its ex cellent phrenological developments and a ” Pure, pale, radiant face Lljte to a lighted alabaster vase.” Her countenance was rather intellectual than beautiful. Firmness and candor were the char acteristics expressed in the com pressed lips; the full, broad forehead and dark, gray eyes, veiled by long, black lashes, suggesting the idea of foun tains deeply shaded by over-hanging foliage. Ma rian possessed, indeed, a strength and indepen dence of character less rare among woman than men will acknowledge. She was true to herself and true to others. She possessed fine sensibili ties, without any of the mawkish school-girl en thusiasm. So Marian was admired, esteemed, but loved only by the few who could appreciate her. Her presence always insured prestige to a fete, a dinner party or an excursion, and in proportion as she was indifferent to the attentions of the other sex. was she sought for and admired. At a distance, however, for Marian was known to be something of a has bleu, and her adorers stood in salutary awe of a woman who read and under stood Hutton and Werner,- collected Geological specimens in her walks and picnics, read Cooper’s Surgery, made anatomical drawings and even, it was believed, dipped into Coke and Blackstone with her uncle, Judge Reverly, who took Infinite pride in his niece. ‘‘ las grandepassion” was a feel ing that had never yet troubled Marian. Kitty was always in love—always raving about some new admirer and wondering at the apathy of Marian, who kept the even tenor of her way, always cool, calm a.id collected, whether reading to her un cle in the library, sketching in the yard under the elm tress, while she superintended the ma king of soap or chaperoning the wild Kitty at a bal masque or a riding party. Kate declared her cold-hearted cousin would remain that anoma lous being—an old maid from ohoice; but Marian felt, though she never expressed, “ the sweet, small need of woman to be loved"—the yearn ing of her heard for some object on which to lav ish its hoarded wealth of affection. She was far from being cold-hearted, and was really deeply, but quietly, enthusiastic when her sympathies were awakened. This, her interest in Leonard, the poor inebriate, fully demonstrated. chapter n. A short time after the conversation with which the story opens, a party of Somerton ladies and gentlemen were returning from a moonlight-walk to the Bellwood Mineral Springs, situated in a delightful retreat a short, distance from the vil lage. Marian and Dr. Ellison were in advance of’ the others, and as they turned an angle in the road that brought into view the cottage of a poor wo man recently widowed, they beheld a sheet of flame burst through the roof, and simultaneously the cry of the alarmed occupants rang out upon the stillness of the night. The party hastened forward, and on reaching the burning building, found the mother with her half-awakeued chil dren standing in the yard benumbed and paral yzed with terror. “Are they all safe?” asked half a dozen voices at once. “ Yes,” replied the woman, “ they are all here” —counting them—“ six, with Allie, who has the baby.” “Mother,” said the startled girl, “Ihave’nt the baby"—l could'nt find him—the smoke was so thick.” “Not got the baby!” shrieked the woman. “Oh, my God! my child! my babyl I must go after him,” and she darted back to the house. Dr. Ellison’s strong arm intercepted her. “Woman!” he said, “calm yourself; it is too late; your child is doubtless already suffocated ami the roof may fall in any moment.” She gazed at him with a bewildered stare, threw up her arms frantically and fell back insen sible. At the same instant Marian saw a man make his way through the crowd and spring into the sleeping apartment through tho window that opened upon the piazza. Before he re-appeared, the roof fell in with a terrible crash, and the cry, “ lie is lost! he is lost!” buret from the lips of the horrified spectators. But when the smoke clear ed away, he stood among them, bearing in his arms the half suffocated infant. He was very pale, and the quick eye of Marian saw that ho was suf fering. “Give me tho child,” she said, (for she was the only gne of the females that retained her pres ence of mind,) “ and accompany me to the house where they are carrying the woman. Both of you need assistance; are you sure you can walk without aid ?” He smiled, although his forehead was contrac ted by real pain, and walked by her side in si lence to the little cabin, on the adjoining lot. Marian examined the child, and finding that it was comparatively uninjured, bathed its face, neck and bosom in cold water, and then commit ting it to the charge of the ruddy-faced Irish girl who stood watching her, she turned to the hero ic man who had saved its life. His arm was bums to the shoulder by part of a beam that had fallen upon it. With her own hands, she dressed the wound, Dr. Ellison being employed in anoth er room with the poor woman, who, on recovering from the swoon, had fallen into strong hysterics. When she had finished bandaging the ann of the stranger, and persuaded him to rest awhile upon the couch, shatook the poor, wailing babe from the arms of the girl and seating herself, began to soothe it to sleep with the lulling caresses that only a woman can use. She had now leisure to remark the noble beau ty of the man before her, whose pale features were thrown out in bold relief by the dark cush ions of the couch on which he reclined. It was not a handsome face, but there was something pe culiarly attractive, impreesibly noble, in the high, white brow, the large, dark, dreamy eyeß,and the mouth, beautifully chiselled as a woman’s, yet, with a shade of sadness lingoring about the full, curved lips. He raised his eyes, and as they en countered Marian's, sho felt the quick blood mount to her brow, as she interpreted their lan guage of intense admiration. She was embar rassed, and felt the necessity of saying something. “You are a brave man, sir,” she said at length, her natural self-composure ooming to her aid; “you have shown yourself almost reckless of dan ger in thus risking your life.” He smiled, half sadly, half cynically. “There was small merit,” he stud, in risking a life souse less^—a life that is a burden to myself and worth less to others. I have no near tie of kindred and few friends.” Marian looked up with freshly awakoned in terest. “ You arc, then,” she began, but instantly re collecting herself, paused in embarrassment. “ Ashly Leonard,” he added briefly, “ you have heard of mo I suppose.” “ I have,” said Marian, at a loss what to reply. “ I thought as much,” he said with bitterness, and then a silehce ensued. Pressing a kiss upon the fair brew of the sleeping child, Marian arose EDITOR AND PROPRIETOR. to place it upon the low bed that occupied a cor ner of the apartment. As sho was covering it with her own shawl, the door opened, and Dr. Ellison entered. <• ; .. ■ - , , “ She is better,” he said, in answer to her look of inquiry, “but insists on seeing the child. “ She will not believe that it lives, until she has the evidence of her own senses. Shall t Bring her in?” Marian nodded assent. “ And this gentleman here—Ah! Mr. Leonard, is it possible! I congratulate you, sir, upon your fortunate escape. I hope you have sustained ho injury. Ah, your arm is bandaged I see 1 Is it attended to?” Marian explained briefly what she had done. “ Just the step I should have taken myself,” he cried delightfully; “ you have not studied surgery to no purpose Miss Edgely. What an ad junct you will be to me I” he added in a whisper, intended for her alone; but the quick ear of Leonard caught the low spoken words. “Can we come in Doctor ?” inquired half dodieii voices at the door; and • receiving an answer in the affirmative, the mother of the child rushed into the room followed by the whole party, who had discovered the retreat of Marian and Leon ard, and were quite eager to be of service, now that their assistance was no longer needed. Thv poor widow, however, had eyes for only one ob ject. Perceiving her babe calmly slumbering on the low couch, with its little, bright head pillow ed on its dimpled arm, she threw herself on her knees beside it, and covered it with joyful kissee, while she mingled her thanks to Heaven with endearing epithets, exclamations half coroio and half pathetic. ” Have you no thanks for the kind gentleman who saved your child ?” whispered Marian gently, attempting to cal.ii her excited feelings. The next moment, the happy mother was on her knees before Leonard, pouring forth her grat itude in very expressive Irish, and calling down the blessings of all the saints upon his head. The spectators were greatly moved by the scene, for the natural eloquence of the heart is always touch ! ng- I “ Its ath good ath a play,” whispered Augus tus to the sentimental little Miss who leaned heavily upon his arm, holding her cambric hand kerchief to her eyes, so that the embroidery at the corners might be seen to the best advantage. “Aye,” sneered Dr. Ellison, who by no means relished Marian’s evident interest in Leonard* “it is quite theatrical, and Miss Edgely appears in the new and very interesting oharacter of sis ter Dorcas, or rather of the good Samaritan.” But the ladies, who are always excited by an heroic action, wished to display their admiration in a more tangible form, and soon a purse wag made up and gracefully tendered to the hero of the night. He had watched their proceedings with a smile of c&lm indifference, and now, with a slight and rather haughty bow of acknowledge ment, he took the purse and placed it in the hand of the widow. “ She will need all your charity prompts you to give ladies,” he said, and abruptly turned away. The crowd now dispersed, conversing over the night's adventure. Before leaving, Marian sought Leonard, and giving him her hand she Baid: “I trust you will experience no inconvenience from this, and that your arm will do credit to my surgical skill. But you must be very careful,” she added meaningly, remembering his dissipa ted habit. He understood her, and the blood crimsoned the forehead which was bent over the hand he pressed to his lips in respectful silence. “Miss Edgely,” said Dr. Ellison’s sarcastic voioe* “Sorry to interrupt such an affecting teteateU , but I have been waiting for you some time, and if you are ready, we will go.” Books. —Wealth is of little use to a man unless he has education sufficient to enable him to dis tribute it aright. Life would be burden had he not learning enough to enable him to release him self from the grinding heel of poverty, and which Nature's God designed him. Instances are rare where men have attained high positions or great honors in any other manner than by drawing them from books. Extraordinary indeed are the talents of those who owe nothing to the authors of antiquity, but have gained summit of Renown’s great hill without tho aid of Socrates’ stout staff or Herschel’s supporting pike. He who can hon estly say that the discoveries of a Newton, the arguments of a Locke, the researches of a Gibbon have beon of no avail to him while clambering over the glaciers of science, and mounting to the summit of success, may be considered as a genius far above a Shakspear, a Pope or a Byron. From books alone can we confidently rely upon gaining an amount of knowledge sufficient to en able us to write our names on the cliff of glory. There is, however, a certain class of books the pe rusal of which instead of adding to our stock of pure wisdom, will deduct from that which we al ready have, and like the tares sown amongst the wheat, will render the mass fit for nothing save for the fire. Romantio stories may serve to assist us in whiling away an idle hour, but they seldom add one mite to the knowledge of which we were before possessed. True the persual of Scott's Waverly Novels gives us a minute view of the fa mous days of knightly prowess, when the Tem plar, wrapped in his wail of shining steel rode forth with buoyant heart and gallant spirit to meek a competitor in the list or an enemy in the field of battle. Such works as the above are not novels. Shall i history and tradition be thrown aside, be cause their real worth is disguised by improper ti tles ! Who would banish from our book-shelves the merry dramas of old Shakspeare, the sublime “Romance of Childe Harold,” or the pathetic “ Knickerbocker” of our own Irving? Cast from our libraries suoh works as these, and the lit erature of our language will be robbed of its most precious jewels. The poets of America and of England would share the fate of the charlatans of our day, whilq Robinson Crusoe would be con demned ‘to a fire, side by side with Gulliver's merry travels. While such books should grace the libraries of every man who makes any preten sions to literature, the thousand nonsensical effu sions of Sylvanus Cobb and Emerson Bennett should be condemned bv every true lover of lit erature. It is impossible to hope that our law for the protection of authors may be remolded Every man has undoubtedly the right to publish any work of which he is author, ana one way only is reserved for the treatment of such trash. Let the editors of our newspapers and reviews judge such works as we should judge. Let our publish, ere confederate among themselves to give to the press no work unless it be worthy of a perusal. Finally let our boek merchants determine, m ca terers for the mind, that no book shall enter oV pass from their establishments, save wholesome and healthy works. Riches xot HAPprysss.— The late Stephen Git rad, of Philadelphia, when surrounddd with im mense wealth, and supposed to be taking ■**• preme delight in its accumulation, wrote.thus to a friend: “As to myself, I live like a galley slave constanly occupied, and often passing the night without sleeping. lam wrapped up. in a laby rinth of affairs, and worn out with cares. I do not value fortune. The love of labor is mV high est emotion. When 1 rise in the morning my only effort is to labor so hard during the day tbit when night comes I may be enabled to deep soundly. r VOL. XXIV. NUMBER 6