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JOHN H. SEALS, NEW SERIES, VOLUME 111. C/niE GEOHUIAO TEMPERANCE CRUSADER. Published every Thursday in the year, except two. TERMS : Two Dollars per year* in advance* JOHN H. SEALS, Sole Proprietor. LIONEL L. VEAZEY, Editor Literary Department. MRS M. E. BRYAN, Editress. JOHN A. REYNOLDS, Publisher. Clubs op Ten Names, by sending the Cash, will receive the paper at - - - - slso%[copy. Clubs op Five Names, at 180“ Any person sending us Five new subscribers, inclo sing the money, shall receive an extra copy one year tree 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, 5 00 Announcing Candidates for Office, 3 00 Standing Advertisements: not marked with the number of insertions, will be continued until forbid, aitd 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 25 Notice to Debtors and Creditors, 3 25 Notice for Leave to Sell, 4 00 Citation for Letters of Administration, 2 75 Citation for Letters of Dismission front Adm’n, 500 Citation for Letters of Dismission from Guard’p, 325 Legal Requirements: # Sales ol 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 ei 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 day of sale. 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 estate, must be published forty days. Notice that application will be made to the Court oi Ordinary, for leave to sell Land or Negroes, niu[ be pub lished weekly for two months. Citations tor 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 vs+nthly, for four months — lor compelling titles from Ex ecutors or Administrators, where a bona has been issued by the deceased, thefull space of three months. Publications will always be continued according to these, the legal requirements, unless otherwise or dered. <* QfJt-iec/cty, KING Ot LEWIS, Attorneys at Law, Greenes bobo, 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 Greenesboro and live miles west of White Plains, Greene county, Ga. y. p. kino. July 1, 1858. M. w. lewis. WHIT G. JOHNSON, Attorney at Law, 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. June 14 ly ROGER L. WHIGHAH, Louisville, Jef ferson county, Georgia, will give prompt attention to any business intrusted to his care, in the following counties : Jefferson, Burke, Richmond, Columbia, War ren, Washington, Emanuel, Montgomery, Tatnall and Scriven. April 26, 1856 ts LEONARD T. DOYAL, Attorney at Law, McDonough, Henry county, Ga. will practice Law in the following counties: Henry, Spaulding, Butts, Newton, Fayette, Fulton, DeKalb, Pike and Monroe. Feb 2-4 DII. 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 PHIIIEL.IP B- ROBINSON, Attorney at Law, Greenesboro, Ga. will practice in the coun ties of Greene Morgan. Putnam, Oglethorpe, Taliafer ro, Hancock, Wilkes and Warren. July 5, ’56-lv JAMES BROWN, Attorney at Law, Fancy Hill, Murray Cos. Ga. April 30, 1857. SIBLEY, BOGGS & CO. —WHOLESAI.E AND RET All. DEALERS IN— Choice Family Groceries, Cigars, &c. 276 Broad Street, Augusta, Georgia. Feb 18,1858 tl M£o 2Po Warehouse & Commission Merchant, AUGUSTA, GA. k •tHI branches, in his large and commodi ous Fire-Proof Warehouse, on Jackson street,'near the Globe Hotel. Orders for Goods, &,c. promptly and carefully tilled. The usual cash facilities afforded customers. July 22 6m* w&Aim & Warehouse & Commission Merchants) AUGUSTA, GA. % TJAVING entered into a co-part m |l| JnLship for the purpose of carrying on the Storage and Commission Business in “sHi a jj of its branches, respectfully solicit con signments of Cotton and other produce; also orders for gagging, Rope and family supplies. Their strict, per sonal attention will be given to the business. All the facilities due from factors to patrons shall be granted wi.h . liberal hand. WM. C. DERRY. July 22d, 1858. mwM & iwii WILL continue the W A REHOUSE and COM MISSION BUSINESS at their old stand on Jackson street. Will devote.their personal attention to the Storage and sale of Cotton, Bacon, Grain, &c. Liberal cash advances made when required ; and all orders for Faitiily Supplies, Bagging, Rope, &c, filled at the lowest market price. JOHN C. REES. [Aug 12] SAM 1 !, D. LINTON. POULLAIN.I JENNINGS & CO. ‘ GROCERS AND COTTON FACTORS, Opposite tle Globe Hotel, Augusta, Georgia. fTONTLNUE, as heretofore, in connection with their Grocery Business, to attend to the Bate of COTTON and other produce. They will be prepared in the Brick Fireproof Ware house, now in process of erection in the front 1 of their, store, at the intersection of Jackson and Reynold streets,’ receive on storage all consignments made them. Liberal cash- advances made on Produce ih store, when requested. ANTOINE POIJLLATN, THOMAS J. JENNINGS, ...Aug 19—Cm ISAIAH PURSE, .WAREHOUSE AND COMMISSION MERCHANT, AUGUSTA, GEORGIA. rpHE undersigned, thankful for the liberal pa at his same wettknbwn Brick Warehouse on Campbell street near Bones, Brown & Co ? s. Hardware House, where’ by strict personal attention to all business en trusted to his care, he hopes he will receive a share of [Augusta, Ga. Aug 19-6 m CANDIDATES FOR OFFICE. GARRETT WOODHAM offers himself to the voters of Greene county, for the office of Tax Re ceiver, at the election in January next. iOHN JI. SNELLINGS offers himself to the vo * * ters of Greene county, cs a candidate for the office of Tax Collector, at the election in January next. NM. JONES offers himself to the voters of • Greene county, as a candidate for the office of Tax Collector, at the election in January next. HENRY WEAVER offers himself to the voters of Greene county, as a candidate for the office of Tax Receiver, at the election in January next. WE are authorized to announce the name of JOEL C. BARNETT, Esq. of Madison, Ga. as candidate for Solicitor General of the Ocmulgee Circuit, r "\ the first Monday in January next. BC. ALFRIEND offers himself to tire voters • of Greene county for the office of Tax Collector, at the election in January next. VAU STOOE. 2 AB£• BURCH&T ROBERT, (AT TIIE OLD STAND OF J. W. BURCII,) Manufacturers and Wholesale & Retail Dealers in BOOTS ANI) SHOES, Trunks, Carpet Hags, ScJiool Saclicls, Ac. Ac. Opposite Adams’ Express Cos. Augusta,Ga. A general and well selected assortment of Goods in the above line constantly on hand. Their SHOES arc made especially for the retail trade, and will be sold upon reasonable terms. offer our goods at NEW YORK PRICES, Augusta, Nov 4,1858 [3rnos] [freight added. A Good Opening!! T OFFER FOR SALE MY STORE-HOUSE, A- situated on the corner of Main and Mill streets. The house is a brick one, 26 oy 50 feet, and two stories high, with an excellent cellar. The purchaser would be expected to take a small stock of well selected and saleable goods, consisting of a gen eral variety of such articles as are usually kept in an up-country store. Any one with a small capital and wishing to engage in the mercantile business, will find this an excellent stand. Penfield is a healthy and pleasant village, with only two stores, and the amount of trade done here will always guarantee a good business to both. My terms will be very accommodating, and possession given at any time desired. Early applications are invited from those who may wish to purchase. Penfield, Oct 28, 1858 W. B. SEALS. a.S3 &Dao c O > Aaouca - TO I RATING and drinking being about half aman’s -J living, Barnwell & Neeson are determined on doing all they can to prevent suffering. To this end they have purchased and are now receiving quite a variety of “good things” at Tnrwater’s old stand in the Post Office building, where they invite “all hands” to call and see them. FRESH FAMILY GROCERIES and CONFECTIONARIES, including the usual variety of “notions” and “knick-nacks,” will constantly be found on sale. For a small advance on first cost, they would be much pleased to furnish the families of Penfield and vicinity with their supplies of Groceries. will be kept during the season. And as they have no special fancy for book-keeping or talent for collecting, the CASH will be invariably required. [Oct 28, 1858] Bowdon Collegiate Institution, BOWDON, CARROLL CO. GA. ciias. a. McDaniel, a. m. Prof. Ancient Languages, Moral Science and Elocution. JNO. M. RICHARDSON, B. S. Military Instructor, Prof. Mathematics, Engineering,Ac. — rpHE SPRING TERM OF 1859, will open on 2d 1 Wednesday in January, and close on YVednesdav after Ist Sunday in July. The course of this Institution is thorough, including the various English branches, the Latin, Greek and French languages, pure and mixed Mathematics. Particular attention is called to the Mathematical and Engineering Department. Ample facilities are offered in the way of Surveying and Engineering Instruments and Philosophical Apparatus. In order to cultivate the physical man, as well as the moral and intellectual, a Military Department has been organized. The State has furnished the Institution with arms, and the company is drilled from three to five times per week. Bowdon is remarkable for its good health, pure air and excellent water. A healthy, moral tone pervades the entire community. No temptations to extravagance are found. Eight dollars per month is the usual price for board, room rent, washing and fuel. Students of industry, application and good moral habits, are the only ones desired in this school. No others can remain. For any other information address either of the above. Students from a distance will take the rail road to Ncwnan, thence by private conveyance, or stage, to Bowdon. Oct 28, 1858 —4m FURNITURE AND CARPET THE OLD ESTABLISHED HOUSE OF 0. A. PLATT & COMT, No. 214 Broad st. Augusta, Ga, \\7"E beg to inform our friends and the public ’ ’ generally, that we arc now in receipt of A lull and complete Assortment of every article in our line. IN THE FURNITURE DEPARTMENT YVe have the largest and most fashionable stock to be found in the Southern Country. A great many of our Goods are made expressly for our oxvn Sales, and we war* rant Hi m to give satisfaction. -OUR STOCK CONSISTS. IN PART, 0F- Rosewood, Parlor and Chamber Furniture, in Brocatelle, DeLnine and Hair Cloth. Mahogany, Black Walnut and Imitation Furniture. Enam elled, Chamber and Cottage Setts. Tctc a Tetee, Sofas, Ward robes, Bureaus, Wash Stands, Hat Stands, Side Boards, Cottage and French Bedsteads. A LARGE STOCK OF Pier and Mantle Looking Glasses. Crossley’sbest Medallion Velvet, “ “ English “ “ “ Brussels, “ THREE PLY. English and American Tapestry Ingrain, Super and superfine ingrain, Venetian Stair Carpets, of all widths, Stair Rods. As we have imported the largest portion of the above stock, can offer them at greatly reduced prices. Wc only aik a full examination before purchasing elsewhere, as we Will guaranty to sell CHEAPER ana BETTER GOODS than have ever been sold in this city. Curtain Materials Os the latest and rngst approved styles. We have just received a direct importation, which We can warrant as represented, and will have them made up to order in any stylo required. Damask, Lace and Mupjin Curtains, Crimson Turkey Cloth, an entirely new article, j Cornices, Pins and Bands, Centre Tassels, Loops ana Cords. OIL CLOTHS, Os all jwidths, which will be cut to fit any size room or entry in one piece. ■>” ! •• >* . Purchasers are invited to examine our varied and extensive Stock, as we are enabled to offer inducements unequalled by any other establishment. ? Carpets and Oil Cloth Cut to Fit, i .EXTRA pBAJEMJfcB, • ... OeP2B ~ i ’ 3ni THE ADOPTED ORGAN OF ALL THE TEMPERANCE ORGANIZATIONS IN THE STATE. PENFIELD, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 11, 1858, UMMIEMT S’ BY MRS. M. E. BRYAN. NIGHT WATCHING, BY MAKY B. BRYAN. The night is palo with mystery, And wierd with silence strange and deep; The faint winds in the acacias die ; The dew-bowed liazlcs mutely weep; The waning moon’s pale fingers part The cloudy veil that round her wreaths, And earth, with hushed and awc-filfed heart, Jiists the strange melodies site breathes; While all the thousand eyes of Heaven Are gazing in my soul to-night, As though the Sybil power were given To them to read ils depths aright. Yc arc no strangers unto me, Bright, starry wanderers through space. Long years ago I watched with yc, And dear ns a familiar face Is that fair star which leads your train— The loveliest of the radiant host— A goddess half her glorious reign. The rest, a proud arch-angel lost; And thou, sweet Pleads, sister stars, Mounting the zenith, hand in hand, And Sirius fierce and fiery Mars, The blood-red warrior of the band. Oft, when the midnight goblin wept Upon its lone, deserted grave, And dreaming winds, scarce breathing, slept Upon the softly rocking wave— Alone with God and night and thee, I’ve Watched the solemn hours go by, While your pale beams of mystery Wrote truths sublime, and strange and high, Upon the daring soul, that yearned To pierce the mystic things of Heaven, Though vain the spirit, clay-inurned, Against its prison bars had striven. But other, earthlier feelings sweep A grief-stained current through my soul To-night; the thoughts that banish sleep Have no such high and heavenly goal; For your soft fingers, silent stars, Strike the low chords of memory’s lute; The cell of prisoned dreams unbars, And sends them wandering, sad and mute, Treading the silence of my soul, Like ghosts on sad All hallows night; While memory bells, all mournful, toll, And rises love's sepulchral light From the cold grave of buried Hope, And on the pale procession gleams. Ah! dark was cast my horoscope— Ye know it by these mournful dreams. Forgive me, holy stars of Heaven, That my weak, struggling human heart, To-night, its thoughts to earth has given ; Nor bid this haunting past depart, For I would dream it once again— Even now, beneath your watching eyes ; And chide me not —the syren reign Is over ere the mid-night dies. Bu.t, to the bird with wounded breast, That flutters still in upper air, ’Tis sweet to find its olden nest, And crouch and bleed one moment there. Thomasville. THE HISTORY OF A GENTLE HEART. WHO that has read the thrilling story of the “Collegians”—a romance whose masterly finish and dramatic power are worthy of Shak speare himself; where there is nothing superflu ous or overdrawn; where the characters and de scriptions are clearly cut as crystal, and where the usual moonlight halo of mystery and false sentiment, which authors are wont to throw over their works, gives place to the pure, healthful sunshine of truth and nature ; who that has warmed over the beautiful, heart-full pictures of domestic life and love, which glow with chastened radiance in the pages of this story, and imagined himself in the pleasant home of the Daly’s, amid the wind-rippled wheat-fields on the river Shan non, with Kyre Daly, the manly, truthful, affec tionate boy, whose after life so richly fulfilled the promise of his youth, and whose love for his home and his father, ar.d tender, gallant devotion to his mother, are so touching and so true to nature; who that has wondered at the power of delinea tion, shown in the character of Jlardress Cregan —Kyrle’s antipodes—whose passionate, impetu ous nature was all the more fearful from the dash of Genius that illumined it, as the lightning does the blackness of-the cloud; or of Ely O’Connor, beautiful Ely O’Connor! as she is first presented to us—a sweet, simple-hearted, trusting Irish girl, in her blue cloak and maiden snoocl, and with her dainty, innocent ways; and then the companion picture—the forborn, forsaken wife, her loving heart broken, her devotion scorned and her anguish, on that dreary night when she goes forth with the dwarf, terrible to coniemplate: who, we repeat, that has read this masterly story of the “ Collegians,” or has thrilled over the au thor’s songs and poems; (musical as Moore’s, hut with more of honest pathos and sincere feeling in them than that voluptuous lyrist was ever capa ble of;) who that has read these transcripts of a true heart, has not shadowed forth for himself the probable lifo of the writer; the life of one so sensitive, yet so firm, in liis convictions; so brave, yet withal so gentle; so timid in his affections, yet so clingingly tenacious of friendship ; so deli cately and finely organized, and so peculiarly sus ceptible to outward influences? It would take no Sybil to arrange these elements of character into a probable destiny. What could it be but a series of outward disappointments, which were trivial to the inward struggles? Such a nature could never he understood save by the lew capa ble of appreciating its worth. Such a nature was not formed for rough jostlings with the world; for contact with vice and with coarse, discordant spirits. It was made for the sweet fields and open skies, find the companionship of a chosen few. And yet, perhaps after all, the hard life in cruel London, with its toil, its privations, its lonely struggles with poverty, its patient endurance and stern experiences, was the best discipline for the young spirit, and the surest awakener of dormant energy and latent strength. And then, all the dust and taint of evil London could not sully the pure heart molded in the seclusion of a far coun try home by the hand of the gentlest, noblest mother that ever poet boy was blessed with. The atmosphere of that sweet, far-off home still perva ded his moral nature, and his motl er’s farewell kiss upon his brow, her tear-stained bible gift and the letters that came from her American home were the talisman that preserved her absent boy from evil, and strengthened him in the high pur pose to which ho had consecrated liis talents. Gerald Griffin’s was the usual fate of the gifted (for, let cold-blooded philosophers, who dissect and analyze everything to its original elements, deny it if they will,) we cannot help believing that there is a fate in it. Men of genius have al ways Tbeen, and will be unfortunate; but whether this be referable to their peculiar mental consti tution, or to the envy and malice with which they are called to contend, or to both of these, we are not now prepared to decide. Be this as it may, Gerald Griffin only added another to the'long list of tlio world’s masters who, after hard struggling, have woi laurels only that they might shade a weary, smileless brow- Conscious of possessing talents, he had all the galling mortification of finding them unapprecia ted, and his exquisite sensitiveness was wounded by neglect, while he chafed beneath the coarse, unfeeling comments of the ignorant publishers to whom he submitted the result of his lonely nights of toil. And yet, his faith in liis ultimate success, and the buoyant, hopeful spirit lie had brought with him into this hard battle with the world, did not desert him. Severe trials they were to the young heart, so accustomed to the affectionate encouragement of the dear ones in the sweet home on the banks of the Shannon, which he had left to come to Lon don, that great stage where the tragedies of so many lives, written afterwards in the hook of fame, have begun and ended. * He came to fulfill the destiny of which he was .conscious, to execute his design of consecrating himself to literature, and, in liis pure faith in hu man sympathy and kindness, he believed that liis noble aspirations would meet with ready response and encouragement. It is a mournful lesson to watch the gradual clouding of that simple trust, to see the first half incredulous surprise, followed by the chilling doubt and rapidly succeeded by the loss of that sweet, early confidence in human ity, and the shrinking of the sensitive spirit back upon itself. Gerald Griffin was no parasite. lie could not cater for popularity; he could not defy criticism and challenge attention with the audacity of By ron, or sing lascivious songs with Moore, or play the toady with Pope. His native independence, liis high sense of truth and hatred of hypocrisy forbade it. And so, like the child-hearted Goldsmith, he found himself deserted by the fickle goddess of popular favor, who must be courted or commanded to make her your obedient slave. But Gerald Grif fin's was a heart of oak. Strong and sturdy in its gentleness, it might bow to the shock, but it was too steadfastly rooted in its own firm purpose, and too upright in its conscious integrity to be easily broken. He did not despair, but hided his time, though his morbidly sensitive nature suffered many a pang, and he endured privations, rebuffs, grinding poverty and discouragement—endur ed them silently, for he was too proud and gen erous to let his real situation be known to liis friends at home, who would willingly have exten ded to him the hand of help. But he preferred to battle alone, and in his allusions to this trial time, we see that, though his high spirit was wrung by the sense of injustice, the “ stately oak was still unbent.” “ You have no idea,” he writes, “ what a heart-breaking life is that of a young author beating about and endeavoring to make his way in London.” And then, after a portraiture which has many paralels in our American cities, he conludes with, “ and yet, at no time whatever, could I have been prevailed upon to quit London altogether. That horrid word—failure! No, death first!” But ah, the heart! how it turned from these troublous scenes to dear reminiscences of the olden home of “ Fairy Lawn,”'and how the mem ory bells ring out mournful peals to the cherished “Old times-!” “Old times! old times ! the gay old times! When I was young and free, And heard the merry Easter chimes Under the sally tree. My Sunday palm beside me placed, My cross upon my hand, A heart at rest within my breast, And sunshine on the land.” Old times! old limes! But after long waiting and much soul-strife and weariness, the reward came. The world found that the gem it had. trampled under its reckless feet was a pearl of purest water. Money, friends, fame, poured in upon the author in his lowly garret near St. Paul’s. The wealth and fashion of London crowded to witness the performance of his brilliant play of “ Gissupu3,” and the press was loud in its encom iums. Gerald Griffin’s struggles were over, hut the reward came too late. The sick soul liad lost its freshness, the zest of acquisition was passed, the gold of youth had rubbed off, and he received these plaudits with the weary, half-contemptuous smile of one who had found, by bitter experience, how little such things are worth. The chief grat ification brought by this late influx of the tide of fortune was the thought of the pride and joy the echoes of his lame would bring to the loving hearts of his kindred in the far home to which they had emigrated beyond the sea. The poet’s heart was world-weary, longing for rest, turning more frequently than ever to the cress of Christ for peace and consolation. The religious feeling that bad been a part of his na ture, now grew in strength an l influence, and made him almost ascetic in his strictness. lie burned whole volumes of elaborately written man uscript, lest they might contain some impure thought; some line “ Which, dying, he might wish to blot.” This longing for solitary communion with his own soul; for utter consecration of himself to God, grew upon him ; so that at length, turning from all the world’s allurements, Gerald Griffin, the brilliant and admired, secluded himself in the monastery of “ Christian Brothers.” The ob ject of this society, was the education of the poor, and thus the conscientious recluse had still a wide field of usefulness, in which his talents were faith fully employed. Here he spent the last years of his eventful existence, and here, while still in the meridian of life, his heart, that had “ grown old long before his brow,” found the rest it covetod in the passionless sleep of the grave. Such was Gerald Griffin’s life and death —a life showing how vain are the gifts of earth to satisfy the cravings of the immortal soul—a death prov ing that no arms of love, of wealth or glory form so peaceful a pillow for the dying head as those of true Religion. M. E. B. A FAULT OF THE AGE. DISCONTENT is frequently the stimulator of genius, the parent of invention, the promoter of success. Acting upon the redundant energy and capacity of the age, it has wrought marvels and been the primal cause of our rapid pi ogress in art and science. But, where this restless spirit has no material to act upon; where it exists with out either energy or capability, the result is far different. It too often destroys the healthy bal ance of the mind, and wastes its powers in useless repinings and despondency. The active, leading spirits of the age are perpetually seeking to ad vance the interests of society, by crying out against mediocrity and exhorting men to aspire to higher things. They would have us believe that all are born to be heroes, and that ipmikind have noth ing to do but believe in their destiny, despise the low path in which they are plodding, arid press forward for & more exalted station. 11 is the day of great things, of mighty enterprises, superb ‘huiribugA, stupendous speculations and magnifi cen t 1 allures; and consequently, the small things, which are so essential to the harmony of general existence, are overlooked and despised. These are the teachings of enthusiasts, not of philoso phers; but they influence the popular mind, which they govern by the right of the strongest spirit. The clarion voice of Genius wakes a thrill in the hearts of the mass, stirs vague longings and restless hopes, and disturbs the sweet calm ness of content: hut. they have neither the strength nor the courage to obey the summons and join the front ranks in the great battle of tile. 1 lie press, to which the commonality looks up with so much reverence, caricatures the weak ness of society, ridicules its foibles and errors, points out its deticiences and imperfections, hut reveals no way of amelioration ; unveils the hid den plague spots, hut proclaims no remedy; stirs the fetid pool of social life, hut opens no channel lor outflowing usefulness. All this is very fatal to the establishment of harmony, of tranquility and faithful integrity in a nation. Its effects are shown in the dissatisfied spirit, the fretful repinings at fate, the half-defined longings, the troubled aspirations, (that, too weak to rise, only flutter their unfledged wings about the heart,) which are the characteristics of the age. Even the youth of our day have a cloud upon their brows, an unnatural anxiety about their future, an impatient chafing at the restraint of circumstances, and a vague desire to be, or to do something brilliant and great, combined, un fortunately, with imbecile powers, and a want of moral courage and mental energy. The tendency of the age is, to lose sight of that golden maxim of the poet philosopher—“ Act well your part: there all the honor lies,” and aspire to more than their capacity will warrant. They neglect the flowers at their feet, and pine for the unattaina ble stars in the sky. Thus it is that misanthrophy, listless disgust, useless castle-building, neglect of plain duties and troubled lookings into the future, have taken the place of the simple content and patient trust that alone can bring happiness. All are not formed to fill elevated positions. Society is an edifice, whose magnificent whole is produced by the union of many component parts, some inferior in size and beauty, but not the less important and essential to the support and de coration of the structure. This discontended spirit of the age tinges the pure current of literature, and is the black thread on which are strung many crystal beads of thought. The poetry of the present, instead of being the sparkling kaleidoscope, ever producing and re producing new forms and combinations of beauty, is only a mirror, which constantly reflects this mental idiosyncrasy of the age. Such disgust and scorn of the world, such reckless beatings against the prison bars of necessity, such loathing of com mon duties, such helpless repinings,such undefined hopes and vague desires as the literatureof our day exhibits ! No pleasant pictures of domestic love and happiness, no bird-like outgushings. of the heart in song, no painting of the rainbow spanning the cloud—nothing but the unmitiga ted cloucl itself, driven about by purposeless winds, and having no aim save to shut out the fair sunshine of Heaven. Such dissatisfaction is not the healthy and leg itimate discontent which is only the restless ac tivity of a mind conscious of its own powers, and eager to exercise them. In such minds, discon tent is indeed the parent of great things. It urges forward the lagging feet of genius; it is the power that sets in motion the mighty engine of progress; but where there is a deficiency of parts or a weakness in the mental mechanism, this restless spirit of discontent only serves to wear out the machinery, to set false lights on high pla ces and bewilder plodding mortals, causing them to turn aside from the beacon of their path. Those zealous reformers, who are so ready with their outcry against the commonplace and the mediocre, and so enthusiastic in shouting tlieir watchword of “aspire! aspire!” are unaware of the amount of evil they do to the society they profess to ameliorate, ‘i hey invoke the spirit of discontent where there is no work for him to do, and like the enchanter of aid, they are powerless to command the giant or to hid him depart. Were they to advocate patient performance of duty, without any reference to earthly reward or any repinings at fate, together with earnest cour age and perseverance, and quiet trust in Him who holds our destinies in the hollow of His hand, then their teachings, if less eloquent, would be more beneficial to their fellow-men, and if there really were those who possessed the ele ments of greatness, they would not remain dor mant. Such qualities cannot well be restrained, but will carve out tlieir own path of success. M. E. B. H 0 31 E . IT is one of the dear old Saxon words that sur vived the Norman conquest, and run like threads of silver through the mingled woof of the English language. The advent of the princely Norman gave to the olden tongue many a stately phrase descriptive of power and pride, of rank and royalty and wealth ; but the clinging of the conquered Saxon to the dear, domestic words of home and hearth and board, and the sweet names of father, mother, husband, wife, son, daughter, proves how closely household love and gentle affections were woven into their national life. Home! The very woul has a ring of music in it. The kindly voices of love, the soft fall of kisses, the prattle of children sound in its ca dence. No other language has a word correspon ding with our home, and none but the English and the offshoots from that noble race feel the true meaning of home. Paris is France, and the Parisians are a nation of boarders. The houses of the wealthy class are “ hotels.” Their life is all public; the ball-room and the paw are, with them, in place of our quiet sitting-rootns and pleasant hearths, while the middle and lower classes are born in boarding-houses, marry in boarding-houses and die without a.*“late resi dence” from which to date their obituaries —die without ever having known one of life’s purest pleasures—the happiness of feeling that they pos sess a home. The wandering Arabic races know nothing of the dear associations that cluster around a home, while to other nations it means only a place to stay at until they tire ot it, and they attach no tender reverence, no holy and hallowing affection to the spot they call their home. They do not seek to adorn and beautify it as they would the form of one beloved, making its name synony mous with comfort and taste. Tt is, (o be regretted that 1 the’ French innova tions which have crept into our American cities aneb left their serpent trail even upon morals, uotcon tent with establishing their sway in the ball-room, EDITOR AND PROPRIETOR. and the haunts of fashion have stealthily iuvaded the sanctity of home. Those magnificent palatial residences, which the city journals describe with such a flourish of words; those Fifth Avenue mansions, with their marble columns, their car pets ot woven roses, tlieir gold* _dairpiskod ~curt ains, tlieir ivory statuettes, their costly pictures, tneir glittering plate—all the splendor of their regal appurtenances, are they homes? Can the genial household gods preside in mansions, cold and stately as the ice palace of the Russian Em press? Tlieir chambers are all bomliors, their drawing-rooms, salon#, their parlors halls, and through the vast apartments and spacious corri dors, the most familiar footstep echoes with strange sepulchral sound. Little children lind .no cosy [ibices to play hide and seek, there is no wide hearth on which to roast win ter apples and chest nuts, the velvettoo dainty, for com iort, and the fawn-colored damask of the sofas too rich for home ease and after-supper Poungings. Such a home i. iglit gratify the sense of beauty, hut one could, never think of it as a nest of love and peace, an asylum of quiet, an altar of piety and the abode of content and happiness. But there are very many homes in town and village, and best of all, in the blessed and beauti ful country, which Parisian innovation have not despoiled.. There are bird’s nest cottages hid away in lilacs and sweet syringer, with moss-spot ted roofs and lioneysuckle-hung piazzas, and there the true home feeling pervades the place like the odor ot violets, and the domestic deities pt Love and Peace preside around the hearth, and childhood’s laugh rings in music, and the wife and mother sings old-time ballads and cheerful hymns as she plies her needle, or flits about, beau tifying her happy home. M. E. B. We notice, in one of our exchanges, the adver tisement of a certain school committee, for a teacher, who, after enumerating the various qual ifications requisite in the gentleman who desires the situation, state, that no one need apply, who either wears rings or wears a shawl. We are not j surprised at the prohibition in regard to rings. I We never see a. gentleman with rings on his fin* gers, without being reminded of the words Fene lon puts into the mouth of Mentor, “A young man who loves to deck himself vainly like a woman is unworthy of wisdom and glory?” W% can readily understand why the majority of mankind regard rings on a man’s hand as a very strong in dication that there is a soft spot somewhere about Ins head, and hence we can approve the decision of the school committee, not to confide to such a one the responsible duty of instructing their children. But we cannot perceive equally cogent reasons for their unwillingness that their teacher should wear a shawl. A shawl is a very comfort able and a very convenient article of apparel, either for man or woman, and we can see no good reason why gentlemen should not avail them selves of tlieir use, since they can do so without any interference with “Woman’s Rights.” We say. let gentlemen wear shawls, to their heart’s content, and tlieir bodies’ comfort;’ but when they appropriate to themselves our foolish and useless ornaments, we do feel that our rights are invaded, and that we ought to resist the encroach ment, and maintain the exclusive privilege of making ourselves ridiculous in the way of dress, by awarding a meed cf contempt to all those of the other sex, who presume to infringe on our prerogative in this respect.— Aurora. . THE FAITH OF CHILDHOOD. What a lesson of truth does the following inci dent convey —what a sermon against deceiving tho “little ones” with idle tales: “A touching case,” says the New Orleans Delta, “ was presented lately to the consideration and charity of one of the Good Samaritans who now lake care of the sick, relieve the destitute and feed the starving. A boy was discovered in the morning lying in the grass of Clairbome street, evidently bright, intelligent, but sick. A man who has the feelings of kindness strongly devel oped, went to him, took Him by the shoulder and asked him what he was doing there, ‘ Waiting i'or God to come to me,’ said he. ‘ What do you mean?’ said the gentleman, touched by the pa thetic tone of tin answer and the condition of the boy, in whose eye and flushed face he saw the evidences of the fever. ‘God sent for father and mother and little brother,’ he replied, • and took them away to his home up in the sky, and mother told me when she was sick that God would take care of me. I have no home, nobody to givo me anything, and so I came out for God to come and take care of me, as mother said he would. He will come, won’t lie? Mother lTfcver told me a lie.’ ‘Yes, my lad,’ said the man, overcome with emotion, ‘He has sent me to take care of you - ’ You should have seen his eyes flash and the smile of triumph break over his face, as he said, ‘ Mother never told me a lie, sir, hut you’ve been so long on the way.’” “Mother never told me a lie,” and when she promised her lone child the protecting care of the Father of Mercies, how fervent his zeal—how great liis reliance. Oh, for more of the faith of little children 1 EDUCATION OF THE FEELINGS. Bad temper is more frequently tho result of un happy circumstances than of any unhappy organ ization ; it frequently, however, lias a physical cause, and a peevish child often needs dieting more than correcting. Some children are more prone to show temper than others, and sometimes on account of qualities which are valuable in themselves. For instance, a child of active tem perament, sensitive feeling and of eager purpose, is more likely to meet with constant jars and rubs than a dull, passive child, and, if lie is of an open nature, his inward irritation is immediately shown in bursts of passion. If you repress these ebulli tions by scolding and punishment, you only in crease the evil by changing passion into sulkiness. A cheerful, good-tempered tone of your own, a sympathy with his trouble, whenever the trouble has arisen from no had conduct on his part, are the best antidotes; hut it would be better still to prevent beforehand all sources of annoyance* Never fear spoiling children by making them too happy. Happiness is the atmosphere in which all “ood affections grow—the wholesome warmth necessary to make the heart, hrbod circulate healthily and freely; imhippinessis the chilling pressure which produces here an inflammation, there an excrcscenbe, amt, worst of all, “the mind’s green ajfd yellow sickness—ill-temper.” “Were-you ever in Cork, sir?” Foote Was asked , . Ime day, , . And the actor replied in his humorous way, VOL. XXIV. NUMBER 44