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. pr Hsfii? Reuraift jtv ewmmtie §§,tUMUf. JOHN H. SEALS, NEW-SERIES, VOLUME 111. OTHE GKOROIAvO mangas (gais^a)ii!iE 0 Published every Thursday in the year, except two. TERMS : Two Dollars per year, In advance. JOHN IT. SEALS, Sots Proprietor. I.IONEL L. VEAZFiY, Editor Literary Dbp'tm’t. MRS. M. E. BRYAN, Editress. JOHN A. REYNOLDS. Pcnusma. <Ss2D.ua 3d SR;JQI'.S;39* Clubs of Ten Names, by sending t iic GasA, will receive the paper at .... $1 50copy. Clubs of Five Names, at 180 “ Any person sending us Five new subscribers, inclo thc money, shall receive an extra copy one year of cost. > — ADVERTISING DIRECTORY: Bates of Advertising: 1 square, (twelve lines or less,) first insertion, $1 00 “ Each continuance, 50 : Professional or Business Cards,'not exceeding six lines, per year, 3 00 Announcing Candidates for Office, 3 00 j Standing Advertisements: not marked with the number of | insertions, will be continued until forbid, and charged : accordingly. Druggists and others, may contract : for advertising by the year on reasonable terms. Legal Advertisements: Sale of Land or Negroes, by Administrators, Ex ecutors and Guardians, per square, 5 00 Sale of Personal Property, by Administrators, Ex ecutors and Guardians, per square, 3 23 Notice to Debtors and Creditors, 3 25 Notice for Leave to Sell, 4 00 Citation for Letters of Administration, 2 73 Citation for Letters of Dismission from Adm’n, 500 Citation for Letters of Dismission from Guard’p, 325 Legal Requirements: Sales of Land and Negroes by Administrators, Exec utors or Guardians, are required, by law, to be held on the First Tuesday in the month, between the hours ol 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 these sales must be given in a pub lic Gazette, forty days previous to the saio. Notices for the sale of Personal Property must be given at least ten days previous to the day of sale. Notices to Debtors and Creditors of an estnte, must be published forty days. • Notice that application will be made to the Court oi Ordinary, for leave to sell Land or Negroes, must bo pub lished 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 —lor compelling titles from Ex ecutors or Administrators, where a bond has been issued by the deceased, the full space of three months. jjr®*’ Publications will always be continued according to these, the legal requirements, unless otherwise or dered. 52 ORNiiV—NAME ANI) PLACE. KING & LEWIS, Attorneys at Law, fi reexes boro, Ga. The undersigned, having associated themselves together in the practice of law, will attend to all business intrusted to their care, with that prompt— ness and efficiency which long experience, united with industry, can secure. Offices at Grecnesboro and live miles west of White Plains, Greene comity, Ga. v. p. king. July 1, 1858. at. w. lewis. WIIIT G. JOHNSON, Attorney at Law, Y* Augusta, Ga. will promptly attend to all business intrusted to his professional management in Richmond and the adjoining counties. Office on Mclntosh street, three doors below Constitutionalist office. Reference —Thos. R. R. Cobb, Athens, Ga. Juno 11 ly Roger l. whigh.oi, l ouisville, Jof- j ferson county, Georgia, will give prompt attention to any business intrusted to his cave, in the following counties : Jefferson, Burke, Richmond,Columbia. War ren, Washington, Emanuel, Montgomery, Tut nail and Scriven. April 2G, 1835 ts LEONARD T. DOYAL, Attorney at Law, McDonough, Henry county, Ga. will practice Law in the following counties: Henry, Spaulding, Butts, Newton, Fayette, Fulton, DcKulb, Pike and Monroe. Feb 2—4 DH. SANDERS, Attorney at Law, Albany, • Ga. will practise in the counties of Dougherty, Sumter, Lee, Randolph, Calhoun, Early, Baker, Deca tur and Worth. Jan 1 ly HT. PERKINS, Attorney at Law, Greenes ♦ boro, Ga. will practice in the counties of Greene, Morgan, Putnam, Oglethorpe, Taliaferro, Hancock, Wilkes and Warren. Feb ly PHILLIP g. UOb'iNSON, Attorney at Law. Grtsenesboro, Ga. will practice in the coun ties of Greene Morgan, Putnam, Oglethorpe, Taliafer ro, Hancock, Wilkes and Warren. July 5, ‘56-lv TAMES BROWN, Attorney at Law, Fancy Hill, Murray Cos. Ga. April 30, 1857. Hxvws isitiiTahT rpiTE firm of J. S. BARNWELL & CO. will be J- dissolved on the First of Next Month, by mutual consent —at which time those having demands against said firm, will please present them, and those indebted are respectfully notified that the books will be open ior settlement by note or cash. The undersigned will give his attention to the settlement of all claims. Mr. Barnwell will continue in the business of HAR NESS MAKING and REPAIRING, whom I take great pleasure in recommending as a faithful and com petent workman. [June 24—2m] R. J. MASSEY. PENFIELD AND GREENESBORO LTACKS or any desired accommo -I--I- dation, waiting the arrival of each train. Passengers for Pcnfield, Scull Shoals, Dr. Dur ham’s, WatkinsviUe, Watson’s Springs or any other point, will be carried thither safely and promptly. Passengers from any ol these points desiring to meet any of the trains, can find like accommodation. Prices moderate. Good horses and conveyances, with or without dri ver. CASH will be required. I have Horseß and Buggies for hire at my stnble in Penfield. H. NEESON, Jr. July 15, 1858 . SURGEON & MECHANICAL DENTIST, TT7OULD inform his friends that he - /WEjagiispS. to his engagements at White Plains, _ Mt. Zion, Oxford and Penfield. May 13, 1858-tfjan SIBLEY & BOGGS, —WHOLESALE AND BETA It. HEALERS IN— Choice Family Groceries, Cigars, &c. 276 Broad Street, Augusta, Georgia. Feb 18, 1858 << THE firm of COE & LATIMER is this day dis solved by mutual consent. H. A. COE, Grecnesboro, May Ist, 1858 J. S. LATIMER. The practice will be continued by who will visit Oxford, Penfield. White Plains, Mount Zion, Warrant on, Elberton, Danielsvillc Fort Lamar BLOCK, GREENE SB OB 0. May 13, 1858 t J anl „ I F you want bright and sharp Knives, b £V aBATI 1 BRICK ol [April 22] J. M. BOWLES. An Earnest Appeal. “NECESSITY compels me to make an earnest -t ’ appeal to those who are indebted to me for 1856 j and ’57, for help. I need money to carry on my busi ; ness, and a small sum from each one whose account is ! past due. would make me easv. Shall I appeal in vain ? July S ‘ W. B. SEALS. ! —z —- ■ -Hl© 2 : AND I LOVERS OF GOOD THINGS, FRESH AND PURE, I lUST giro ‘Old Mac’ a call- he’s always ready * to supply the wants of those who may favor him with their patronage.* What’ll you have? A saucer of Cream, A Lemonade, Oranges & Bananas, Pencans & Peanuts, Candies and Cakes, I Stews, Fries, Bakes, ; Col’ rado&Clr roots, I ’Backer & Havanas, In sun orshado, ‘Old Mac’s’ th’ team that can furnish just what you may love! ;Se"Mcals at short notice. Call, examine and cat. j He may still bo found at his old place. Greenesboro, Juno. 10, 1858 D. McDONALD. CXI RES OuTrANT E EDI I CANCERS AND SCROFULA CURED. ONE HUNDRED AND THIRTEEN CASES CURED 1837’ i PAMPHLETS containing testimonials cl the ) highest character, 03 to his success, will be forwar ded to any that mav wish them. Those wishing to test the efficacy of DR. CLOP TON'S WONDERFUL REMEDIES, must give a correct description of the disease, its appearance in its incipient stage, progress, present condition, location, &.c. A three cent postage stamp must accompany ail com- j munications. Address J. A. CLOPTON, i M. D. July 15, 1858 ly Iluntst .lie, Ala. ! fismi ©iass. THE subscriber offers for sale 25 or 30 bushels j of the Winter Grass-seed, (known as the Iverson Grass —he having the reputation of introducing the ! same into Georgia.) Having raised three crops of this | Grass, I am decidedly of the opinion that it is the best j that lias ever been introduced into this section, it being > far preferable to rye or btrley for lots or grazing purpo- : sea. It grows luxuriantly all winter —hard freezes or \ heavy rains being no interference. It improves the land j on which it grows ; neither does it hinder or obstruct j the growth of any other crop on the same ground. All j animals that feed on grass are very fond of it. The seed may be sown at any time from June until October and do well. I will refer the public to a perusal of the Circular of Hon. B. V. Iverson. Any person who de sires to proettro the Grass-seed from me can do so by early application, and have it sent to any place which they may designate. D. HERRON. N. B. Any further information wanting can be ob tained by addressing me at Penfield. D. H. Penfield, Ga. June 3, 1858 8t CERATOCHLOA BREVIARIsTATA Or, Short Awn Horn Grass. Columbus, Ga. iSept. 29th, 185 G. To the Planter Farmers and Stock Jlaisers of Greene Conn tis y Ga : Gentlemen : I take this method to bring to your notice a Foreign Winter Grass, the seed of which is now acclimated, and which I sincerely desire every Planter and Raiser to possess and cultivate. This grass grows in the fall, winter and spring only, and is emphatically a winter grass. For the grazing of stock and making nutritious hay and restoring worn out fields, it has no superior. This grass has the following valuable qualities, which many year’s experience has abundantly demonstrated: Ist It has the largest seed of any known species of grass, being nearly as large as wheat. 2d It will grow [on very rich ground] from three to j four feet high, when seasonable. 3d It is novel injured by cold—no freeze hurts if. 4th It is never troubled by insects of any kind. sth It is never injured or retarded in growing by heavy rains, overflows or ordinary drought. 6th It grows as fast as Millet or Lucerne. 7th It is as nutritious as barley, and stock aro as fond of it as they are of that. Bth It will keep horses, mules, cattle, sheep, goats, hogs and poultry fat throughout the winter and spring, from November to May. Dili It will then (the stock being withdrawn, and the ground being rich) yield from three to four tons of ex- j ccllent hay per acre, cutting when the seed is green (in ! milk) each time. 10th It saves corn and fodder being fed away to stock , during the winter and spring. 11th It completely protects fields from washing rains, j 12th It cnnables farmers to have an abundance of j rich milk, cream and butter, with fat beef, mutton, &c. ! for the table. 13th It will (if followed with our cornfield pea or j bean) give to farmers the cheapest, simplest, the surest j and the most paying plan to reclaim worn out fields, and j fertilize those not yet so, which the ingenuity of man | can devise. ■ 14th It w ill sow its own seeds after the first time, j without expense or trouble, thereby re-producing itself; (through its seeds) on the same ground ad infinitum, j 15th It does not spread or take possession of a field, j so as to be difficult to get rid of, but can tie effectually destroyed at any stage before the seed ripen and fall out, j by being plowed up or under. This grass having-the above enumerated properties, ; will be found, by all who cultivate it, far superior to j any other species ever introduced, or which can be in- j traduced, for the climate and soil of our country. B. V. j \ LL persons are hereby warned against and • ■Lx forbid trading for a note of hand dated the third of ; March last, for one hundred and thirty dollars, payable j ninety days after its date, given by me to McGee &. Cos. ; the consideration for which said note was given having ; failed. THOMAS W. S. LEWIS, i July 8, 1858 4t i Boivdon Collegiate Institution, BOWDON, CARROLL COUNTY, GA. THE Fall Term will open on Second Wednes-! day of August, 1858. Thorough instruction given in iho various English ; branches, in Latin, Greek and French. Particular at- ! tention paid to Pure Mathematics, to Surveying and ! Civil Engineering. A Military Company will be. organ- j izod ns soon as the term opens. chas. a. McDaniel, a. m. ; ; Professor An. Languages, Nat. Phil. &.o. ! JOHN M. RICHARDSON, B. S. j Military instructor, Prof. Mathematics, &c. { July 22-6 1 Sl 2Pq j Warehouse & Commission Merchant, ! AUGUSTA, GA. f ON'fINUES the business in all its brandies, in his large and coinmodi iSyiliililillii ous Fire-Proof Warehouse, on Jackson g t r eet, near the Globe Hotel. Orders for Goods, &.c. promptly and carefully filled. The usual cash facilities afforded customers. July 22 6m* | Warehouse & Commission Merchants, _AT JGUS’I’A, GA. TTAVING entered into a co-parl - j jp, <> -*--1 ship for the purpose of carrying on I the Storage and Commission Business in a n 0 f its branches, respectfully sdlicitcon signments of Cotton and other produce; also orders for ; Bagging, Rope nnd family supplies. Their strict, per -1 sonal attention will be given to the business. All the facilities due from factors to patrons shall be j granted with a liberal hand. i ISAAC T. HEARD, WM- C. DERRY. July 22d, 1858. Ludlow’s Infallible Cans. SOMETHING that supercedes all other air-tight Cans; they are self-sealing, which savesayou the I trouble and expense of using an exhauster, for sale by r , j Penfield, July 1, 1858 J. M. BOWLES. and | “V 7 OU can at- all times find a fine assortment of S i J- TIN, exceedingly low for the Casn, with • I July 1, 1858 -w* J. M. BOWLES. -i T HAVE on hand a few loaves of the old stylo HI- LOAF SUGAR, for sale cheap for cash. I July 15 J. M. BOWLES. THE ADOPTED ORGAN OF ATT, THE TEMPERANCE ORGANIZATIONS IN THE STATE. iip a if;m iiT iJJ BY MRS. M. E. BRYAN. LEAVES FROM MY PORTFOLIO. No. in. THE YOUNG HERO OF ST. JOHNS. HT MARY K. BUT AS. NOW, that Billy Bowlegs and his warriors have evacuated the Everglades and the settlers have resumed their agricultural employments, many are the stories illustrative of Indian cun ning and cruelty, aud of backwoods courage, de tailed around the firesides of the now quiet log cabins; but none of them can surpass in heroism a circumstance which happened on the St. Johns River, in Florida, during a previous Indian war, when my father was himself a planter on the banks of that beautiful stream. It was at the be ginning of hostilities, beforo warfare had been openly declared, that Mr. James, a respectable farmer who had cleared a few acres of land and built a cottage of logs in the heart of the thick forests that then lay around the St. Johns, left home for the purpose of recovering some horses that had boen stolen, and put the farm, during his absence, under charge of his eldest son, a young man not more than eighteen years of age. Tho remainder of the family (for the mother had found a grave in the state whence they emigra ted,) consisted of a. remarkably intelligent, thoughtful hoy, between the ages of eleven and twelve, and his sister, a pale, fair, slender girl, who had been a hopeless cripple from her birth. They had just risen from their simple repast, when, locking through the crevices in the log cabin, they saw stealthily approaching the house, five Indians in their war paint and armed with guns and tomahawks. The boy laid his hand upon the arm of his elder brother. “Shoot,” he said, in a whisper: ‘‘fire upon them as they come up.” But the young man dissented. “They are too many for us,” he said; “keep quiet and we will try and conciliate them by presents.” The boy shrunk back to the side of his sister, the Indians swiftly advanced to the end of the house, and the foremost putting the muzzle of his rifle between the logs, shot the elder, James, through the heart. He leaped to his feet, stretched out his arms towards the children with the instinct of protecting love nnd fell dead be fore them, flic savages, thinking the only ob stacle removed, and not caring to waste shot and powder on helpless children that they might readily dispatch with their tomahawks*, came round, from the end of the cottage to enter- the door. There was not a moment to be lost. Springing into a chair, the boy succeeded by its aid in reaching—though with difficulty—the mus ket from its rack above the door; and fired upon the Indians as they camo up in single file, and not dreaming of resistance. The ball did won derful execution. The brave child was amazed to see two of the warriors fall dead upon the spot and another waver and stagger back into the arms of one of the two remaining Indians, who, think ing the little cabin better protected than they had anticipated, caught up their wounded com panion and made a precipitous retreat. Y oung James looked around him. Assistance could boos no avail to his brother, who was undoubtedly dead, and the danger of his sister and himself was far from being over, lie knew very well that the Indians must be only a small detachment from a larger body of sava ges concealed somewhere among tho woods, and that, in all probability, the warriors who had es caped would return immediately, bringing with them the whole bloodthirsty crew, eager to avenge the death of their comrades. What was to be done? The nearest house was four miles farther down, and on the other side oi the river; the girl was helpless as an infant, and rather than leave her, young James would have shed his last drop of blood in defending her from tho infuriated savages. There was only one al ternative, and this tlie heroic boy quickly deter mined upon. Taking bis sister upon his back, he cautiously traversed the woods and canebrakes that lay between him and the place he wished to reach—not knowing what moment the whoop of savages, concealed behind tho immense live oaks, might ring out his death knell. At last, after sustaining incredible fatigue, lie arrived at the ferry, told his story with artless truth, and was conveyed across the river and hospitably cared for by the family of the ferryman. A party of men immediately assembled and proceeded to the house of Mr. James, but on arriving, they found only a smoking ruin. Following the bloody trail, where the wounded Indian had been drag ged from the house ]>y bis companions, they found the spot where the other two warriors had been buried, and the grave artfully concealed by brushwood. The savages, however, could no where he found. They had disappeared, carry ; ing with them their wounded comrade; but i shortly afterwards, when they murdered the cot • tagers of “ Gravel Hill,” three miles from my 1 father’s residence, they swore it was in revenge ; for their two best braves, murdered by the pale I faces aWames’ on the Bt. Johns. / AVhat became of the noble boy I never knew, though sister and I have frequently asked that : question of our father, for it was a s'ory he was j wont to tell us in our childhood. We afterwards ’ heard it quite unexpectedly from the lips of Mr. j Aikin, who will be remembered by many of my ■ readers as an agent for the Washington monu ; ment—a man whose varied experience and large fund of original anecdotes rendered big conver j sation peculiarly entertaining. , He happened to be in East Florida at the time ! on business connected with supplying govern ! ment with live oak for shipbuilding, and assisted, , himself, in ferrying the boy and his sister across ! the river. If this chances to meet his eye, lie ; will recall the circumstance, and remember how delighted two children, in a retired farm-house on the banks of Ocklockonee River, were to find that a stranger had known the young hero of their | favorite story. - V CONCENTRATION OF MIND. PHYSIOLOGY assures us that the brain “grows to the condition under which it is habitually exercised.” . We see it frequently exemplified in the wonderful proficiency which individuals at tain in any branch of learning, of art, or ofme chanicsf to which their attention has been pecu liarly directed. There is no such thing as an “universal genius.” A degree of aptitude in va- PENFIELD, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, JULY 29, 185 8. rious arts and sciences may be possessed by one individual, but not that excellence which consti tutes genius. A great paintfer cannot be a great musician. Cicero, whom Mr. Adams has called the only known exception to tho remark ot Roch efouenult, “that no man ever exerted his facul ties to the fullest extent of which they were ca pable,” was yet great only a? an orator. Even in this respect, had he, like Demosthe nes, concentrated his vast energies upon oratory f alone, he might have been a more powerful and j convincing, though possibly a less learned and j polished, speaker. The men who have left the ; stamp of their individuality upon the ago in j which they lived; who have influenced the na- I tional mind and handed down their names to 1 posterity, have been those whose mental powers j were all concentrated upon one subject; who j have thought, reasoned, studied upon it until, j according to Carpenter, the brain lias graven in the direction it was so constantly exercised. This ! lias been iho history of all eminent statesmen, poets, philosophers and generals. ( The human race has antitypes in. the vegetable j kingdom. There are parishes, dependant vines j and groveling creepers among men as among j plants, and there are trees that waste their , strength in vagrant offshoots and branches, an 1 ] though luxuriant, nV-cr attain the majesty of the forest tree—the lordly aristocrat of the vegetable ! world, whose productive energies aro all concen- j trated in a single trunk, with its strength nour- j islied by tho deeply penetrating roots, and its ! summit rejoicing in tho pure nir and dews of the i upper region. M. E. B. GENIUS has power to ennoble even the most MSkH m ppve° things* A 3 moonlight softens ie all on which it rests, so genius throws a halo ove naturo and exalts and glorifies life. In poverty, labor and imprisonment, genius is the magician whose wand invokes the minis tering angel of consolation and docks the rude wall ( with the garlands of fancy. To tho chil dren of genius are unclasped pages sealed to minds of ordinary mould. They may interpret to others, but to them alone come the strange, sweet thoughts; the beautiful revelations; the deep longings; the glimpses into futurity and the won drous gleams of light streaming from the far-off shores of infinity that come to the spirit in its solitude; that gave to the darkened eyes of the poet, “blind, yet bold,” the vision of a seer, and set Dante to dreaming of Paradise. Do you think that the Ettrick Shepherd was only intent upon his flocks and the rustic labors his hand per formed? Think you not that in the deep hours of the night, while his ear listened for the bleat ing of herds, his soul hearkened to the music of the spheres and to tho sweet balads that stream and breeze sang to their poet ? And the great Corn-law rhymer, whose fiery songs stirred the hearts of his countrymen—think you that while his hands toiled at their rude labor, his thoughts rose no higher than the sparks of his furnace? Montgomery in prison, writing of birds and flow-, ers, Johnson imagining social utopias and Gold smith sketching sweet, pastoral pictures in the heart of the cruel, remorseless city, with debt dogging their footsteps and want and penury confronting them; Bunyan, whom his historian ranks side by side with Milton, writing in bis dreary prison the quaintest, best sustained and most beautiful allegory known to literature; Be ranger sending forth liis lark-like songs from his “ attic cell,” and Chatterton, in his garret alone with starvation and despair, yet holding com muno with the mighty spirits of the past—think you that to these genius was no consolation ; that it had not the power to transform the prison to a green meadow, or a silent wood, and wave back the stern realities of the present to make way for dreams—the sweetest, pleasantest, bright est that ever beguiled the heart of man? True genius bends everything to its purpose, and ennobles the means by the good of the end in view. Rosa Bonheur, that her pencil might have models from nature, frequented the slaugh ter-house at Rule, with its blood-drenched floors —the rude jests of the butchers and the disgust ing sights and sounds that pertain to such a place ; yet, wlift wore these to the pale, inspired girl who beqL over her sketch-book, heeding nothing, forgetting her surroundings in the en thusiasm #f the true artist, seeing only the sym metrical proportions of the animals she came to study, and willing to brave far more for the sake of the art she loved. Byron, Miss Landon and Mrs. Norton, partaking in tho follies and pleas ures of frivolous fashionables: their laugh the gayest, their eye the brightest of the throng; yet, think you a night at Almack’s was to them only an affair of flirting and dancing, of ice cream and card playing? No; it was there they studied human faces and human passions; for genius gives strength to mental vision, and the poet piercing the mask of ilic heart, can, discern the hidden springs that move to words and action's, and read the unspo ken tragedies of jealousy, and despair traced upon its “ red-leaved volume.” To delin eate these is the province of the poet; and to ho enabled to do this, he must make humanity his study. “ Mingle with men,” says the most pop ular of British novellists, “ and reading the hu man face, learn why the greatest poets have mostly pased their lives in cities.” M. L. B. The intuitive judgments of women are often j more to be relied upon than the conclusions which ; we reach by an elaborate process of reasoning. ; No man that has an intelligent vyife, or who is : accustomed to tho society of educated women, ; wifi dispute this. Times without number you j must have known them decido questions on the , instant, and with jjnerring accuracy, wnieh you ; had been pouring over for hours, perhaps, with i no other result than to find yoursell getting deeper and deeper into’ the tangled maze ot doubts and difficulties. It were hardly generous to allege that they achieve these feats less by reasoning than by a sort ot sagacity which ap proximates to the sure instinct ot the animal races; and yet there seems to be some ground for the remark of a witty French writer, that, when a mim has toiled, step by stop, up a flight of stairs, he will be sure to find a woman at the top; but she will not be able to tell how she got there. How she got there, however, is of little moment. If the conclusions a woman has reach ed are sound, that is all that concerns us. And that they are very apt to be sound on the prac tical matters of domestic and secular life, noth ing but “prejudice or self-eonceifc can prevent us from acknowledging. The inference, therefore, is unavailable, that tho man who thinks it be neath liis.dignity to take counsel with an intelli gent wife, stands in his own light, and betrays lnAir f.mani which he tacitlv attributes TIIE TIVO VILLAGES. Over the river on the hill, Lietli a village white and atill; All around it the forest trees Shiver and whisper in the breeze: -Over it sailing shadows go Os soaring hawk and screaming crow, 1 And mountain grasses low and sweet,’ Grow in the middle of every street. Over the river under the hill, Anothor village lieth still; Thera I see in the cloudy night Twinkling stars of household light; | Fires that gleam from the smithy’s door; j Mists that curl on tho river shorej | And in the roads no grasses grow j For the wheels that hasten to and fro. { In that village on the hill— ! Never is sound of smithy or mill; The houses are thatched with grass and flowefs— | Never a clock to toil the hours ; The marble doors are always shut— I Y’ou cannot enter into hall or hut; j All tho villagers lie asleep— Never a grain to sow or reap; Never in dreams to moan or sigh— J Silent, and idle, and low they fie. A ■ In that village under the hill, IV hen the night is starry and still, ? Many n weary soul in prayer j Looks to tho other village there, j And weeping and sighing, longs to go Up to that home front this below; Longs to sleep by the forest wild, j Vv hither have vanished wife and child, 1 And heareth, praying, this answer fall—] i “Patience! that village shall hold ye til.” BEAUTIFUL PRODUCTION. j The St. Louis Republican publishes the following j very beautiful production, which was read at the i Commencement of the St. Louis University a few ! days ago. Tho editors introduce it by saying: ” V\ e were attracted by the literary excellence | anrl moral beauty of this composition at its read- J ing, and seeing it afterwards in possession of a j friend, wo induced him to let it bare a place in ( our columns. Miss C. W. G. is the fair authoress, ! and a pupil of the High School.” LOT THERE HE LIGHT. | “In tho l>eginning,” deeper than Egyptian ! darkness was that which enveloped the earth. No twinkling star relieved tho solemn black ness of the sky, nor tiny ray from tho fire-fly’s leeblo lamp enlivened the chaos; but a!l was silent, heavy darkness. Around the throne of the mighty God was col lected all light, which there shone with illimita ble splendor. At last tho omnipotent voice of the Creator pronounced the words, “ Let there be lightand from the throne there issued a vast flood of glow ing radiance which descended on the swift wings , of the morning to illuminate the earth. Then arose a mighty shout of joy from the tvs- ’ sembled host of Heaven, and “ God said, •It is good.’ ” Darkness drew her sombre mantle around her, and fled affrighted to the secret caverns of the earth. The light danced merrily on the sparkling waves, and penetrated the deep ocean. Softly it culled tho hidden verdure from the cold bosom of earth, and joyfully it was obeyed.. The merry insect sported on its wing, and life was throughout the regions of the earth. Water resolved info vapor and flouted as ffercy clouds in the air. Then the seven colors bent in a loving em brace across the sky, forming the rainbow arch, and parted to do their appointed work. The red painted with fairy pencil the robes of Aurora, kissed the delicate petals of the flowers, then divided into the sea, and left a glowing blush on the sea-shell’s cheek. Green moved quickly over the earth, touching trees and grass with its refreshing color. Yellow sprang to the sunset sky and pencilled it with its bright golden hue: then glided gently to the peeping stars, and left her color in tlieir mellowed rays, moved along the seashore on the shining sands, and sought the dark caverns of earth at last, where it left its magic impress on the glittering metal. Blue spread the heavens with its soft, etherial azure, then rested on the bosom of the clear, transparent waters. Purple went to the over-burdened vine, and left its tint on tho luscious grape. Violet, abashed, fled to a modest flow’ret and hid in its jeweled cup. Orange, as it passed over the fields, colored the little wild flowers with its brilliant liuo, then sought the delicious fruits of tho South, and smiled upon them. Again were the coloi's sent on their mission i when man was created. Red tinged tho rich blood which coursed i through his veins, pressed his cheeks with tlie | glow of health, and lingered enraptured oniiis i, lips in a life-long kiss. Blue dwelt in the mild radiance of his beaming eye. Y’ellow danced in the wavy ringlets of his hair, ami the seven colors, united in beautiful combination, left their snowy impress on his no ble brow. Then God, the maker, pronounced in loring tones, those thrilling words, “ Let there be light,” and living light from the Divine Spirit illumined man’s frame, and ho became an immortal being. Ho looked at the earth and saw the springing flowers and creeping reptiles. lie gazed about him and beheld tho vast ocean swelling and dashing, and the (fill forest trees covering the earth for many miles, and affording shade to the inumcrable animals that dwelt in peace and har mony. He raised his eyes to the heavenly vault studded with stars, and strove in vain to penetrate the mysterious curtain. Then man reasoned: “Who could be the author of those wondrous things ?” And a mighty voice replied, “It is I, the First and the Last.” “ And man worshipped tho great ‘I Am/” for he felt that lie was his maker. But soon the clouds obscured tlie light, the tempter came with bis insinuating .viles, nnd man forgot- his God. Then came Death, the Iving of Darkness, to take the place of the lost Light. But God was merciful, and sent the glorious Son of Righteousness to drive darkness away for ever. Tlie heavenly decree, “Let there be light-,” hns been issued every time anew soul is born into the Kingdom of Christ, and whenever the light of intelligence beams upon the soul, though often in mercy, the Good Father’s voice remained silent, and the weeping friends, the heart-broken mother lament the birth of an idiot child, for those blessed words have not yet been spoken $ but they aro spoken when “ The soul, freed from its cumbrous prison of clay, Greets the eternal mom of a heavenly day.” At last, when “ the earth is consumed by fire, and the earth passes away with a great noise,” the light will return to Heaven, and shine with re newed splendor around the “Great White Throne.” There for an eternity will it shine, reflected on the pure and happy faces of the bleet. EDITOR AND I’ROPRIETOR. VOL. HIT. NUMBER 29 ’ “ GO, KISSY MAMMA.” llovv touching and original are the ideas some* times expressed by children! Surely, if “ flower* are the alphabet of angels by which God write* His glory upon the hills and in the valleys,” those little human flowers are God’s own alphabet, by which he writes to His creatures of whom and of j what “is the Kingdom of Heaven.” Quaint and singular as beau e the trains of thought to which the expr 0 f these petit cherubs give .rise; nay, at m *’ -A grave grown man will start to hear The strange words of a child.” An expression of these quaint, infantile ideaS took place the other evening. A little fellow of three summers whose mother winged her way to the “better land” when he was not seven month* old, was sitting upon the steps in the dusk of -evening watching the new moon serene and sil very, then descending in the western heavens, commenced, without a word’s being said in re* gard to his mother, throwing kisses with his hand to the moon, saying, “Go, kissy mamma!” What strange influence was that which led his infantile musings afar off to his mother while gazing at the beautiful orb of night, and to connect them thus together? Was that mother, in accordance with the philosophy of Swedenborg, through mystio stellar nnd lunar channels, then hovering neap her little darling and shedding down upon him the gentle and holy influence which drew his yet uncontaminated thoughts towards Will it thus ever bo nigh, his guardian angel, panoply ing him as with a heavenly shield from the storm* of life ? The thought is certainly beautiful, and for aught mortal knows to the contrary, may be true. We can see nothing irrational in it. If, as our great epic poet says, ” Millions of spiritual creatures walk the earth Unseen, both wtien we wake and when we sleep,”’ we can conceive of no combination of circumsfcan* ces under which a “ spiritual being” would be more likely to commune with an one, that in that wherein a mother has b I Dier prattling in nocent to tread, without tho i jve and guardian ship which a mother only can bestow, compare tively alone the pathway of existence. The great bard of nature, in a burst of sublim ity, exclaims: “ What a piece of workmanship is man I How noble in reason 1 how infinite in faculties ! in form and moving, how express and admirable! in action, how like an angel! in ap prehension, how like a God 1” And yet we doubt whether the mightiest achievements of his ma tured intellect show his original nature and divine origin so forcibly or so dearly as do tha spontaneous outgusliings of childood, the myste rious communings of nature with its There seems to be a kind of inspiration witnessed at the beginning of life, ere evil haa obtained as cendency over its powers, and again near its ter mination, when “ The sunset of life gives us mysticel lore,” and naturo, having been subjected to the fierf ordeal of trial and triumphed, comes again into communication with the spiritual, the beautiful and the true,— N. O. Bulletin. ONLY A FIREMAN! “Pshaw! so your affianced is only a firman l Do you think I’ll associate with such ? No, indeed,” said a spoiled beauty, who had inherited moro gold than sense, to a cousin who, when speaking of her noble lover, had mentioned his entering ft burning house and saving the only son of a poof widow. “Only a fireman!” Ah, purse proud beauty* had the child, whom that self-sacrificing young man snatched from the wreathing flames, been one whose helplessness nnd sweet, angelic smila first won your heart; one over whom you had watched with a sister’s love and pride, and who caused your heart to thrill with joy, as he passed his ruby lips over your cheek, while lisping those touching words, “ my sister,” could you have said with such a contemptuous toss of the head, “ Only a fireman!” Did that mother, whose wild cry and piercing words, “My child! oh, save my child 1” which thrilled every heart, but nerved only one man to scale the tottering wall, so break the sash, and, amid volumes of smoke, and the cracking of fall ing timbers, to seize the child and bear him in triumph to her arms, exclaim, as she received that child, “ Only a fireman I” No, clasping the hand of the daring young man, she murmured her heart felt gratitude, while tears of joy fell upon her son ; and, though homeless and penni less, she did not forget to pray that God would richly reward him for his noble deed—that the choicest of Heaven's blessings might-descend upoa him and those he loved., Is not he who thus fearlessly faces a scorching death, that he may save the child of one who ia too poor to reward him, a greater hero than he that courts death on the field of battle? and is lift not deserving the gratitude of every heart ? And though vain and selfish persons turn contemptu ously from him, because he is “ only a fireman/* every noble mind will exclaim: “God bless tho gallant fireman.” Xew York Dispatch, A Miracle or Honesty. —At a party one even ing several contested the honor of having done the most extraordinary thing; and a reverend gentleman was appointed sole judge of their res>- pective pretensions. One party produced his tailor’s bill, with a ceipt- attached to it. A buzz went through the room that Ihis could not be outdone, when— A second proved that he had just arrested his tailor for money that was lent him. “ The palm is his,” was the general cry, when a third put- in his claim: “Gentlemen,” said he, “ I cannot boast of the feats of my predecessors, but have returned the owners two umbrellas that they left at my house.” “I’ll hear no more,” cried the astonished arbi trator, “ this is the very nc plus ultra ot honesty, unheard of deeds; it is an act of virtue of whieh I never knew any one capable. The prize is—” “ Hold,” cried out another, “ I’ve done stall moro than that.” “Impossible!” cried the whole company; “let us hear.” “ I’ve boen taking my paper for twenty yCare, and paid for it every year in advance.” He took the prize. Finished City.-—A recent American traveller, when in Venice, expressed a curiosity to know how the remarkable palaces of that city were built, and on what foundation they stood. When told that they stood on piles, he desired to see the pile-driver. “ There is a model of it in the Doge\ Palace somewhere,” replied the guide* “ but it has not been used, for we have had n®’ house built in Venice for three hundred years. , Making due allowance for the guide’s accuracy of computation, the anecdote wUI serve to show the stagnant dead-sea aspect of many eastern countries, whose exploits history has emblazoned* Says Mrs. Partington, “ When a woman ha* once married with a congealing heart, and o# t that beats responsible to her own, sh* will Dglfv want to enter the j|Sl JNF***