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JOHN H. SEALS,
SEW SERIES, VOLUME HI.
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t Legal Advertisements:
Sale of Land or Negroes, by Administrators, Ex
ecutors and Guardians, per square, 5 00
Sale of Personal Property, by Administrators, Ex
ocutors and Guardians, per square, 3
Notice to Debtors and Creditors, 3 33
Notice for Leave to Sell, ... J. „
Citation for Letters of Administration, - <3
Citation for Letters of Dismission from Atlm’u, ft 00
Citation for Letters of Dismission from Guard’p, 355
Legal Requirements:
Sales of Land and Negroos by Administrators, Exec
utors or Guardians, are required, by law, to be held on
the First Tuesday in the month, between the hours of
ten in the forenoon and three in the afternoon, at the
Court-house door of the county in which the property is
situate. Notices of those sales must be given in a pub
lic Gazette,/orri/ days previous to the day of salo.
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at least ten days previous to the day of sale.
Notices to Debtors and Creditors of an estate, irrupt
be published forty days.
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Ordinary, for leave to sell Land or Negroes, must be pub*
liehed weekly for two months.
Citations for Letters of Administration, must be pub
lished thirty days —for Dismission from Administration
monthly, six 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
deceased, the full space of throe months.
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to these, the legal requirements, unless otherwise or
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STATE AND FEDERAL AFFAIRS.
FEDERAL GOVERNMENT.
James Bucaaxan, of Pennsylvania, President U. Stales
John C. Breckf-nridge, of Kentucky, Vico “
Lewis Cass, of Michigan, Secretary of State
Howell Cobb, of Georgia, Secretary of the Treasury
Jacob Thompson, of Mississippi, Secretary Interior
John B. Floyd, of Virginia “ War
Isaac Toucey, of Connecticut “ Navy
Aaron V. Brown, of Tennessee, Postmaster-General
Jeremiah S. Black, of Pennsylvania, Attorney General
Jndleiary—Suprem© Court.
Roger B. Taney, Baltimore, Md. Chiof Justice, ap*
* pointed 1856 —Salary #5 000
John McLean, Cincinnati, Ohio, Associate Justice,
appointed in 1829—Salary #1 500
James M. Wayne, Savannah, Ga. Associate Justice,
appointed 1839—Salary $4 500
John A. Campbell, Mr bile, Ala. Associate Justice,
appointed 1853—Salary $4 500
* John Catron, Nashville, Tennessee, Associate Jus
tice, appointed 1837—Salary #4 500
Peter V. Daniel, Richmond, Virginia, Associate Jus
tice, Appointed 1841 —Salary #4 500
Samuel Nelson, Cooperstown, New York, Associote
Justice, appointed in 1845 —Salary #4 500
Nathan Clifford, Portland, Maine, Associate Justice,
appointed 1857—Salary $4 500
Robert C. Grier, Pittsburg, Pennsylvania, Aeeociate
Justice, appointed 1846 —Salary $4 500
Benjamin C. Howard, Baltimore, Maryland, Reporter,
appointed 1843—Salary 81 300
The Supreme Court is held in the City of Washington,
and has one session annually, commencing on the first
Monday in December.
STATE OF GEORGIA.
J. E. Brown, Governor
J. A. Steele, Secretary Executive Department
John B. Campbelle, “ “ “
M. W. McComb,
E. P. Watkins, Secretary of State
John B. Trippe, Treasurer
Peterson Thweatt, Comptroller General
’ James A. Green, Surveyor General
John F. Condon, State Librarian
John E. Ward, President of the Senate
W. B. Terhunc, Secretary of the Senate
J.W.H.Underwood,Speaker House Representatives
Alex. M. Speer, Clerk House of Representatives’
William Turk, Principal Keeper Penitentiary
„ Benjah S. Carswell, Assistant “ “
11. J. G. Williams, Inspector of Penitentiary
Wm. A. Williams, Book-Keeper “
Dr. Tomlinson Fort,Physician “
Dr. T. Fort, B. P. Stubbs and Dr. L. Strohecker,
Trustees Lunatic Asylum.
Supreme Court for Correction Error*.
Joseph H. Lumpkin, Judge. Term expires 1868
Charles J. McDonald, Judge. “ “ 1861
Henry L. Benning, Judge. “ “ 185
B. Y. Martin, Reporter
R. E. Martin, Clerk
First District. —Composed of the Eastern and Middle
Judicial Circuits, at Savannah, on the second Mondays
m January and June in each year.
Second District. —Composed of the Macon, South
Western and Chattahoochee * Judicial Circuits at Ma
con, on the 4th Monday in January and 3d Monday in
Juno in each year. *
Third District. —Composed of the Flint, Coweta, Blue
Ridge and Cherokee Judicial Circuits, at Atlanta, on
the 4th Monday in March and 2d Monday in August in
each year.
Fourth District. —Composed of the Western and Nor
thern Judicial Circuits, at Athens, on the 4th Mondays
of May and November of each year.
Fifth District. —Composed of the Ocmulgee and Sou
thern Judicial Circuits, at Milledgeville, on the 2d Mon
days of May and November of each year.
*Note.—The Pataula Circuit is attached to the 3d
Supreme Court District; Brunswick to the let; Talla
poosa to tho 3d.
THE FIRM OF J. M. BOWLES & CO. 18THIS
day dissolved by mutual consent, Wm. B. Seals
retiring. The business will be continued by J, M.
Bowles at the same stand, where he will kora, at all
times, a full supply of Family Groceries, ands will be
ready and willing to servo his friends at very Short Pro
fits for the CASK. J. M. BOWLEB,
* Feb 25 WM. B. SEALS.
LOST OR STOLEN.
A LL persons are forewarned against trading for
A the following notes: A note on Wm F Luckie for
Seventeen Dollars and Forty Cents, dated in April or
May last, and dric the twenty fifth December thereaf
ter ; one on Wm Moore for T welve Dollars and Twen
ty-five Cents, dated in May or June last, nd due the
twenty-fifth December thereafter; one on David Phelps
of Hancock county for Tw’enty Dollars, dated in March
last and due from date ; and one on John Mitchell of
Mount Zion for Seventeen Dollars Twelve and a-half
cents, dated in April last, and due the twenty-fifth of
December thereafter.
The above notes were made payable to the subscriber
as guardian of free boys Jerry and Ben ; and the ma
* kers of the same are requested to make payment to no
person except myself er my order.
„ v , THOMAS D. SANFORD.
Grecncsboro’, March 4, 1858.
Fresh cranberries and currants.
March 25 J. M. BOWLES.
RANGES AND LEMONS.
March 23 J. M. BOWLES.
IF you want bright and sharp Knives, buy a BATH
1 BRICK ol TApril 22] I. M. BOWLES.
A NICE lot of CROWDER PEAS for sale by
April 22 J.M. BOWLES.
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April 15, 1859
Dr. W. L. M. HARRIS,
ATEFUL to the good citizens of Ton
vJ field and vicinity, for the liberal confidence
fIL and encouragement given him, respectfully contin
ues a tender of his professional services to them.
Dr. R. J- Massey, his former partner in the practice,
will, with pleasure, attend any call, at any time, that
may be made while Dr. 11. is professionally engaged
and cannot be obtained. March 11,1858
rpHE SUBSCRIBER IS HOW OPENING
A a nice stock of
Spring and Summer Goods,
to which the attention of the citizens of Pcnficld and
vicinity is respectfully invited. The styles of the sea
son arc unusually handsome and prices very reasonable.
An early call will be highly appreciated.
Penfield, March 25th Wm. B. SEALS.
JUST RECEIVED!
A Large Stock of Family Groceries!
/CONSISTING 0F-
All Grades Sugar and Coffeo;
Fine Syrups and Molasses ;
Good Apple Vinegar; Rice;
NoU. 1, 2 and 3 Mackerel;
A large lot of Hydraulic Candles, which can bo
bought exceedingly low;
A variety of Pickles ; Maccaroni; Sago;
Currants ; Raisins and Candies ;
Table Salt; Soda; Pepper and Spices;
Chewing and Smoking Tobacco ;
Pipes ; Any quality of a Cigar ;
Large lot of Jar Snuff;
All qualities of Soap; •
Drugs and Patent Medicines;
Perfumery—a choice lot.
By way of remark, I would say to the citizens and vi
cinity of Penfield, that I am giving this business my un
divided attention; and if they will give me a liberal pa
tronage, I will save them the TROUBLE and EX
PENSE of going farther.
Penfield, Ga. March 9, 1857. J. M. BOWLES.
DRS. COE & LATIMER would inform their friends ;
and patients that one of the firm will constantly \
remain in Greenesboro’, and that the other will be found
in the following places at the times specified below:
White Plains, from March Ist to March 14th. j
Mount Zion, “ “ 15th to “ 28th. j
Oxford, “ April 12th to April 25th.
Penfield, “ “ 26th to May 9th.
As this time table will be strictly adhered to, those
who call early will be most likely to receive attention.
Feb 25th, 1858
A GOOD lot of SALT in new sacks.
March 18, 1858 J. M. BOWLES.
ALL persona are forewarned against trading for a
note of #53 00. held by Franklin Moore againet |
myself. The considerations for which the note was j
given having failed, i decline paying it.
April 8, 1858 W. W. DURHAM, j
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THE ADOPTED ORGAN*OF ATX THE TEMPERANCE ORGANIZATION'S IN THE STATE.
NKtl BUSINESS:
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GEORGIA. GREENE COUNTY.—Whereas
Samuel A. Howell applies for Letters of Admin
j istration de bonis non, with the will annexed, upon the
1 eetrite of McKinney Howell, deceased :
j These are lherefore*to cite and admonish all and sin
gular the kindred ana 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 June next, to
! show cause (il any they have) why said letters should
: not be granted.
1 Given under mv hand, at office in Grceneaboro, May
i 3, 1858. ‘ EUGENIUS L. KING, Ord.
| May 6,1858. 30d
~ TO WHEAT GROWERS.
THE undersigned being provided with a first
rate THRASHER, FAN and McCORD’S
SPLENDID HORSE POWER, will send them, under
i the charge of a competent man, to the different planta
tions in this and the adjoining counties, to Thrash and
j Fan Wheat, on as accommodating terms as can be af
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I will meet with attention.
JOHN C. CARMICHAEL.
Greenesboro, Ga. May 6, 1858 4t.
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Woman is
In infancy a tender flower —
Cultivate her;
A floating bark in girlhood’s lionr—
Softly freight her;
A fruitful vine when grown a lass —
Prune and please her;
Old, she’s a heavy charge, alas !
Support and ease her.
To Rosa.
I’ve never seen thy peerless form,
In wavy, graceful spring,
Like white waves when they bound to kiss
And bathe the sea birds wing—
And yet with spirit eye, I sec
A form whose beau t v throws
A glory halo o’er life’s path.
And say’tis thou, sweet Rose.
Nor have I seen thy radiant brew,
Where thought is grandly throned,
Nor heard the breathings of thy mind
Whose magic all have owned —
Yet on my heart’s wild harp I’ve caught,
When the sweet s rath wind blows,
The echo of a thrilling note
Front thee, our glorious Rose.
Nor have I beard thy lurd-like voice
Thrill out in joyous song,
While the tranced air in silence sought
Its music to prolong;
Yet my spirit’s car lias heard a slraitT
As'inurmuring water flows,
And, like the child, I wished and wished
To hear thee sing, sweet Rose.
The g’.adsome light of early morn,
The pensive twilight hour,
The noontide glory of the gun
Remind me of thy power ;
* The buds with blushing charms, ! he wind
That gently, softly blows,
And dewy crystals —all, all tell
Os thee, most lovely Rose.
I’ll twine a wreath of sweet, pet names,
And bind it on thy brow,
When gay, I’ll call the mocking-bird,
When sad, mv dove thou’rt now ;
I’ll lavish on thee all the wealth
That from Love’s fountain flows,
My Pearl of Beauty—queen of Song
And flowers—my matchless Rose.
LilLiY dLLL.
In agriculture it was once the practise to take
: ancient customs as an infallible guide; nothing
! was then doubted, nothing investigated, and con
sequently nothing improved. Now, it is the
principle to do nothing without a reason—
everything, therefore, is investigated, and conse
quently everything is improved.
PEN FI EL D, OEO I! (11 A, THORS DAY, MAY 13, 185 8.
EPJTRESS^
(V J J
m MRS. M. E. BRYAN.
m
BY MART E. BRY'AX.
CHAPTER 111.
THOSE were happy weeks that followed. Frank
withdrew from his clubs and bacchanalian
resorts, stating his reasons in such a candid, manly
manner, that not one of his old associates dared
to sneer openly, and there was none among them
that did not fool increased respect for the noble
speaker. He bent his energies to the task-work
that had before seemed so disagreeble and labo
rious. He completed a book be had begun some
time previous, a*d disposed of the copy-right to
advantage; and meantime, his evenings were
most frequently spent with Claire, and the charm
of his society was more than ever apparent. I
had now high hopes that, even in a worldly point
of view, my cousin’s choice would be a wise one.
Among the few of Dash wood’s friends, whose
friendship had not cooled, the moment he ceased
to give punch suppers and be a “jolly good fel
low,” was a man whose recent election Frank
had assisted in socuring. He was quito young,
and yet, I could never associate the idea of youth
with his countenance or with his shrewd, discern
ing, penotrating mind, whose worldly wisdom and
knowledge of human nature seemed to amount
to an instinct-. He was ambitious; yet, liis am
bition appeared to bo more a quiet, fixed purpose
than a passion. This man, so cold and emotion
loss, yet, concealing such strength of purpose,
such determined will beneath his calm, smiling
exterior, was the very one to acquire a strong in
fluence over a nature so frank and impulsive as
Dashwood’s. But 1 had never sympathised with
his affoction for the clever, wily politician. There
was something sinister in the metallic glitter of
his cold gray eyes, and something sardonic in the
smilo Frank thought so winning. But 1 had no
grounds for objection to liis intimacy with a man
who, notwithstanding his popularity with nil
classes, contrived to sustain the reputation of be
ing moral. 110 had no youthful foibles, ho never
dissipated or ran into excesses; and yet, he would
hob-nob with the wildest, and, retaining his own
self-command, smilo to sec them led away. Still,
ho was almost universally admired and respected.
Frank received a noto from him one evening
wliilo I was with him in the pretty lodgings he
still occupied. It was a noto very gratifying to
my friend’s vanity—delicately complimentary,
and expressing an earnest desire that he would
do him tho favor of meeting lialf-a-dozcn of their
mutual friends at a little soupc, when lie wished
to thank them personally for their efforts in liis
behalf in the late political campaign, and reccivo
their congratulations on his recent election.
“Shall you go, Frank ?” I asked, as he finished
the note.
“Certainly; I could not refuse I). It will be a
very quiet affair, I dare sayand then coloring
as he caught my half incredulous, half reproach
ful look, he added: “ and if there should be a lit
tle excess, it does not follow that I must share it.
I think your regard for me makes you unneces
sarily particular. There would be no merit in
overcoming evil, if we were never exposed to
temptation.”
“But we should never court danger.”
“Nonsense, Paul; I am proof against such;
dangers as will await me there ; but trust me—
not that I doubt myself or my own powers of re
sistance, but for your sake, I will promise that
this shall be the last affair of the kind I attend.
Call for me at eleven, if you pleaso; you will be
t the opera to-night, I suppose?”
I went away with many misgivings in regard to
Frank. I felt that it was the crisis of his life;
that on that night hung his future destiny for
good or evil. I knew how easily he might be led
into excess when excited by lively company and
tho enthusiasm of party feeling; and I would
hdve been better pleased had he spoken with less
confidence of his power to overcome temptation.
I called for him at eleven. The elegant saloon,
illumined with the chaste brilliancy of light, sof
tened by its passage through ground glass, the
luxurious carpet, the voluptuous pictures, the
table, loaded with fruits and flowers in vases of
costly Bohemian glass, and wines sparkling in
cut-glass goblets, formed a picture of Epicurean
luxury. An animated conversation was going on,
and Dashwood was speaking well and eloquently;
but I knew by the unnatural flush on his cheek
that he wa3 already excited with wine. 1 was
received by the host with his bland, suave courtesy,
tfnd apologized for my intrusion, stating that I
had called for Frank. The whole party protested
vehemently against his departure, and turning
to me, D. said, with his insinuating smile, “Since
you will not honor us with your presence at our
table, wo cannot permit you to rob us of so valu
! able a member of our party. We arc just now hav
ing a ‘feast of reason and a flow of soul,’ and his
: absence would be a damper to the enjoyment of
5 tho rest. No,” he continued, smiling meanly;
j “ tell his lady love, if lady love lie have, that we
| will answer for his discretion, even though ho
! has escaped from her sur—”
“ From her apron string,” suggested the toady
of JX; and Frank, who had partly risen, resumed
his scat with a heightened oolor. “Thank you,
Leslie, for tho trouble you have taken,” he said;
“ but I think I shall remain a while longer. You
noed not wait for mo; I will call to-morrow and
examine the Encyclopedias we spoke of; ” and
then, as I laid my hand upon his arm and looked
reproachfully into his face, ho turned away almost
rudely and resumed the conversation I had in
terrupted.
Two hours lutor I returned to the painted tem
ple of Bacchus, and lo! the gilded mask had. fal
len and tho repulsive features of intemperance
wore disclosod. Tho flowers, tho fruits wore gone,
the decanters empty and broken, and man! man
himself seemed to have vanished from tho scone
—his soul evaporated in tho smoko of tobacco
and the fumes of (vino. Naught but the swine ol
Circe remained, lying upon loungo <md sofa, and
on the littered carpet in tho deep sleop of intox
ication. I turned from tho disgusting sight, yet
not before I had recognised among the uncon
scious inebriates the one I sought; his counte
nance so changed, tho genius and beauty that
hadaso lately glorified it, now so obscured that I
| scarcely recognißhed tho face of my friend. I).
; the shrewd politician, was §ot among them.
! I shrank from telling Claire how unworthy of
I her confidence Frank had proved himseli. I
I could not bear the idea of seeing her lose the
sweet, quiet joyousness that of late had given an
unwonted buoyancy to her stop and brightness to
her eyes. Poor Claire! she had already suffered
so much in her strange, loveless life.
For days Frank avoided mo, but I know that
he had returned to his former habits, that hi 9 !
former companions bad joyfully welcomed him
back, and that to drown self-reproach, lie would
plunge deep in the vortex of dissipation.
One evening I was returning with- Claire from
the studio of a young Artis.t to whom she had
been sitting for her portrait, intending it as a sur
prise for Frank when she should leave New \ ork.
We called in at Brown’s for an ieo, and while wo
stood conversing in an out-way recess, she sud
denly grasped my arm with a pressure almost
painful. “Look!” she said, in a deep whisper;
and following the direction of her fascinated gaze,
I saw Dashwood sitting nearly opposite. Ho had
not observed us, for he sat with his head leaning
upon his hand. He was much changed—pale
and haggard and with traces of,constant dissipa
tion apparent in his countenance. Suddenly he
became aware that he was observed. He looked
up an instant, encountered the eyes of Claire, and,
crimsoning to his very temples, arose and hur
l'iedly left the saloon.
“Let us go,” whispered Claire, and taking my
arm, she walked home in silence. She paused at
the threshhold, looked at me with her wild, tear
less eyes and seeing that my own were suffused,
her face grew softer; and pressing my hand in
token of her thanks, slio turned away and shut
herself in her own room. She came to my study
next morning, pale but composed, and sitting
down beside me, she placed a letter and a small
package in my hands.
“My miniature and my Bible,” she said; “it
may do him good, perhaps, if he still retain a ten
der memory of one who loved him.” ,
I took them silently. I had no words of com
fort to utter—nothing but my own deep, voice
less sympathy. Sho placed her hand in mine and
J pressed it fervently.
“ Well!” sho said, in a voice whese unnatural
calmness was almost fearful, “It is all over now.
Paul, when the hopes of a life have been laid in
ruins, think you tho desolation is eternal ? Does
time bring no resurrection of happiness?”
“It does, my cousin. Believe me, sweet hu
man affections—fair and fragrant blossoms, spring
up from tho pale ashes.”
“It is hard to believe so,” slio said, mournfully.
“ When the storm has passed and left its track of
death and destruction, it is hard to realize that
Nature will repair the ruins. But you speak as
though you had known this hcart-dosolation,
cousin. Can it bo that you have known love and
sorrow —you, who arc so cold and passionless ?”
And then, to divert tier mind from her own
grief, and to prove what a strong bond of sympa
thy there was between us, 1 told licr the sad story
of my own imbittered youth—of Beatrice Fran
zine—the beautiful Cantatricc of the Italian Op
era, who for the sake of a blind father and an in
valid mother left her cottage home on the banks
of the Arno to load that life so gay and brilliant,
and yet, to a proud heart, so humiliating.
1 described her as I had seen her first —regnant
in her beauty, a coronet on her brow, robes royal
in their richness draping her stately figure and
the inspiration of her genius radiating her fea
tures with a beauty almost supernal. Notwith
standing her equivocal position, the purity of her
unstained womanhood asserted itself in every
look and tone. I loved her, wooed her, but my
parents, proud of their name and wealth, learned
the truth and heaped their bitterest reproaches
upon me. “An actress!” cried my mother,
aroused from her usual quiet, lady-like apathy,
“it shall never be; my family shall not bo dis
graced by such an alliance. ’ Sho sought Bea
trice and poured upon her a torrent of invectives,
to which she listened in calm and tearless silence.
Heeding not the threat of disinheritance, think
ing of nothing save my love for Beatrice, I prayed
her-to fly with me and share my altered fortunes;
but she had the nobility to refuse me.
“No,” 9he said, “you have wealth, talents aud
position. You shall not sacrifice them for me.
I will-not be a burden to the man I love.”
And so, after a last brilliant performance, in
which her genius slione forth with an expiring
flash, she went back to her native land—back to
her lowly cottage home to die on her mother’s
bosom. The proud, passionate, sensitive heart
found tho vest it coveted in tho low grave on the
banks of the Arno.
CACtETHES SCRIBENDI.
IT is frequently the case that very worthy indi
viduals mistake their mission, and say and do
many silly tilings under the impression that they
arc fulfilling their destiny. Nothing is more com
mon than for persons of ordinary abilities and a
superabundance of vanity to imagine themselves
geniuses, and fancy they are called upon to “ let
their light shine before the world.” The passion
for scribbling in some individuals to a
mania, and to have their names, or their nows ties
plumes, in print, is the height of their ambition.
Hence the numberless “ Jottings by the way,”
“ Lines to Eliza on receiving a rose bud,” and.
worse than all, personal and religious controver
sies (in all their gradations, from tho retort cour
teous to the attack belligerent) that cumber the
pages of village newspapers, and are read only
by the solf-satisficd authors. With such inde
fatigable aspirants for literary honors, every trip
of a dozen or two'miles into an adjoining county,
every picnic or party is made the subject of a col
umn of grandiloquent description, while a mar
riage or a death is hailed as an excellent oppor
tunity for displaying their powers in a flaming
notice or. obituary, winding up with half-a-dozcn
lines of ill-measured doggerel. But this would
0
be bearable, wore it not for tho pompous manner
in which they announce their intention of eir
lightening tho public, and tho conspicuous posi
tion and frequent occurrence of the all-important
pronoun “I.” “Amicus” bogs leave to submit
to the intelligent readers of tho “(Tooscville Ani
madverter” a few thoughts of his own on the mo
mentous question, as to whether the word “ bap
tize,” in the Scriptures, means to souse or to
sprinkle, and proceeds with a longthy prcfaco to
tho “few remarks,” that reminds one of tho Ma
hommedan’s market cry—“ In the name of the
Prophet—figs!” “ Veritas” replies to “ Amicus,”
taking tho other side of the question, rebukes the
vanity and ignorance of “ Amicus,” and quotes
bad Greek and worse Latin to prove his assor
tions. Immediately “ Amicus” throws off his
lamb’s clothing, pounces upon his opponent in true
wolf-like style and an endless newspaper war en
sues.
is more modest. He beg< lea-ve,
[through the colums of tho papular “ Gooseville
Animadverter,” to givo its numerous readers a
EDITOR AND PROPRIETOR.
VOt. XXIV. NUMBER 18
faint idea c>i‘the delightful picnic enjoyed by him
self and a party of fortunate ladies and gentle
men on the banks of the river “Snackapee,” of
the excellent collation there despatched, tho
l “ feast of reason and the flow of soul,” and con
| dudes with a hackneyed allusion to the smiles
j and bright eyes of the fair nymphs disturbing tho
S re 'B n Morpheus; and meanwhile, “Erus” fills
the poet’s corner with an affecting appeal to his
obdurate fair one—beginning,
Most angelic being, I adore thee past my
power to tell, ’ followed by another line that
would leave any lover on tho earth gasping for
breath.
Ah well! “it is the way of the world,” as ex
cellent Mrs. Partington would say. People will
scribble when they have nothing else to do, and
if it pleases no one else, it at least satisfies tho
writers themselves. And they will find partial
readers, too, in their personal friends. Miss Mal
vina weeps over her lover’s affecting appeal, cuts
it out for her album and affirms that she always
thought “ Lrus” a genius; he wore his hair just
like dear Lord Byron ; and tho possessors of tho
| bright eyes and radiant smiles that shone so di-
J vinely on the banks of “romantic Snackapee,”
think the description of the picnic “beautiful,”
and exclaim “ that everything which passes through
the alembic of Philander’s mind turns to gold.”
M. B.
GENIUS.
THERE is a plant of the tropics which once in
a century boars on its stately stem a single
magnificent flower. The human race is a plant
of similar power. Once in many years it blossoms
into glorious inflorescence and produces the bril
liant flower ol” Genius; for true genius is a rare
gift indeed. Os talent, wo have frequent evi
dences; but talent and genius are not synony
mous. There arc countless stars, shining high
and bright in tho sky, but it is only at rare inter
vals that a comet shoots through the solar sys
tem, dazzling and aweing all beholders by its
splendor. Taleut may bo acquired; but genius,
though education may modify and improve, can
never create it. Neither, where it exists, can cir
cumstances repress its development. “The egg
of tho eagle may be hatched under a hen’s wing,
but the bird will soar away from its dull nurse
into the element for which God lias bestowed
strength and courage.” Genius may sleep some
times in its early youth, but it is a sleep haunted
by dreams —the sleep of the germinating plant
that lies gathering strength to struggle up into
actual existence. And from this dormant state
will genius emerge into the world of reality, and
the shocks and resistances it meets with, the
stern experiences through which it must pass in
working out its natural destiny, will but bestow
now strength and vigor. If animated by a high
purpose, it will shako off all idle dalliance and
ascend to its mission—“ the guide of the car of
light.” Genius is the animating heart of the
universe, invigorating even the lesser members of
the great human body; for genius—true genius,
is the most practical of all human gifts. Active,
energetic, restless, it is not content to dream
always on violet banks. It is the enthusiasm for
self-improvement, and seeking to advance itself,
it insensibly advances tho world. Not content
with looking up at tho ladder of the angefo, it
must ascend it also: not satisfied with reflecting
the light of others, it would be itself a star.
Genius may sometimes be degraded, fallen
from its high estate, the brightest gifts perveited
into instruments of evil, but there is a delicate
spirituality about true genius that shrinks from
gross sensuality and baseness. It may descend
to earth, but it seldom grovels.
Often, its mission is accomplished through much
sorrow and suffering; the sensitive spirit, though
not crushed, is often wounded, and envy, malice
and ignorance cast their poisoned arrows at the
eagle whose flight they may not emulate. But
for this, genius has its recompense. “ He,” says
Bulvver, “ who can view the world as a poet, is at
heart a king;” and no matter how rude and
humble may be the life of the gifted, genius will
set that life to music. M. B.
THERE is no labor so exhausting, none that
makes greater demands upon the physical or
ganization, than constant mental employment.
They who task the intellect must pay the penal
ty with the body, for the mind, like a taper, con
sumes itself in giving light toothers. “Old man/’
said the arch-deacon of nature to tho disguised
Louis XI. of France, who asked to be initiated
into the mysteries of science—“old man, more
years than you may dare to hope for, are neces
sary for this. Your head is gray. Science is pow
erful of itself to furroiv tho human face. She
asks not the wrinkles caused by years. Xo one
over comes out of her caverns but with gray hairs;
but he who enters must have his hair black.”
And yet, what a glorious fever is this thirst for
knowledge which is insatiable! What joy in
grasping with the strong intellect all the hidden
treasures of ancient loro, in entering the rich
store-house of literature and science, and revelling
in its garnered wealth! There are few sights
more sublime than that of a brave, earnest, pa
tient human being, toiling along in the arduous
path of knowledge, undaunted by penury, or by
tho sneers of vulgar minds, animated not by the
hope of fame, but by pure love ofknowledge.
The life of the student or the author, must ne
cessarily be a laborious, frequently an irksome
one, often attended by poverty and suffering,
and yet, such trials bring their own peculiar re
ward, in the consciousness of mental power, in
(ho enlarged capacities of tho mind to appiecia e
the beautiful in art and nature, and in the feeling
of brotherhood with those great intellects, w oso
names have made luminous the 118 ® ®
past. But frequently, theyoung and ardent mind
*1 , iv.il tenement that onshrmes it.
consumes the nan icm**
Kirko White, .ho youthful and ‘“>> of
Clifton drove, of whom Byron has written
.. m. • what a noble heart was hero undone,
When ecirnrv’s poll*destroyed he, fa.on.e .on
pursued ids beloved studies with an ardor hat
nothing could damp, stealing from tho hours that
should have lcn devoted to deep, the tfae
which uncongenial duties domed him through the
day. Ho writes:
“For mo the day , ,
Hath duties which demand the vigorous hand
(If steadfast application, but which leave
No deep, improving trace upon the mmd;
But be fß o day anothcrs-let that pass, .
The night’s my own-they cannot steal my night.”
And Chatterton writes:
“ The marvelous boy—■ .
The sleepless soul that perished m his prime,”
burnt the midnight taper, and bent with his glit
tering eyes over tho old tomes of weird black-let
ter, holding commune with the spirits of the past*
until reason reeled on its throne, and he periled
by hiß own hand—that wondrous boy—thatmighty
genius, self-taught, self-struggling, self-immolated.
M. E. B,