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\\M. C. RICHARDS, EDITOR.
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Saturday Morning,.'June 23, IKI9.
FACT AND FICTION.
The distinction between fact and fiction is
well understood, in the abstract, but the
way in which these terms arc applied to lit -
erary productions, has led to a great deal of
error. Historical and Philosophical works
arc associated in most minds with truth,
while Poetry and Romance are supposed to
be characterized by its absence. A greater
mistake could hardly be made. Fact, as
applied to the matter of a book, is not sy
nonymous with truth, nor fiction with false
ness. A History, or a Philosophical Theo
ry, may be full of lies, and a Romance, ora
Poem, may be full of truths. One may seek
ns successfully for truth in Shakspcare, or
Cervantes, or Dickens, as in Gibbon, or Ma
caulay, or Dugald Stuart. Truth is an es
sential clement in both Poetry and Romance.
Without it, they arc impotent and lifeless —
bodies destitute of souls !
The Historian professedly deals with facts,
but he often so misstates and perverts them,
that they become the vehicles of the most
abominable falsehoods. The Romancer im
bues fictitious forms with the spirit of truth.
His characters, their thoughts, their feel
ings, their actions, arc real—though his
names, dates and places, may be unreal.
In the letter, his work may be fictitious—
but in the spirit, if he write with the inspi
ration of true genius, it must be essentially
true. The novelist, who is not true to Na
ture and to Life, is false to himself, and
speaks not to the heart, as one having au
thority.
Don Quixote, Jeanic Deans, and Leather
Stocking , are unreal in nothing except
their names They are only what living,
breathing beings of flesh and blood, have
been, or may be. They, therefore, interest
us in their adventures, excite our admi
ration, and awaken our sympathies.
We have nothing to say, here, of the thou
sands of yellow-covered pamphlets, with
which the press continually groans, and
which pass under the general name of works
of fiction, except that we think that the ma
jority of them are false, both in letter and
in spirit, and may well be left under the
ban which has been too hastily placed upon
all works bearing the name of fiction. But
we protest against the sentence of condem
nation, which false views of its character
have led so many to pass upon the legitimate
Romance. *
A LETTER OF THANKS.
The following has been sent ns for publi
cation in the Gazette, and wc most cheerful
ly give it a place in our columns :
Athens, June Ist, 1849.
The undersigned were appointed, by the
Sons of Temperance, Father Mathew Divis
ion, to express to you (what each member
felt) the gratitude and thanks of the Divis
ion, for the luxurious repast furnished by
your liberality, and decorated by your taste.
And, while its memory is still fresh in our
recollection, we can see nothing wanting to
its perfection, save your presence at the
festive board. “ Wine, Wit and Woman,”
are the three “ W’s” long associated togeth
er as essential ingredients to a festal occa
sion. Having banished ‘Wine,’ the‘Sons’
,can illy spare ‘ Woman,’ and be left to their
‘ Wit’ alone for mirth aud enjoyment. —
Were the experiment tried often, we might
soon arrive at our ‘Wit’s’ end. With ‘ Wit
nnd Woman,’ we will associate pure, cold
‘ Water,’ and, bidding ‘ Wine’ defiance, will
have three ‘ W’s’ of our own to grace our
temperance feasts—each of which is bright
and pure, sparkling and Heaven de-
CENDED.
Y’ou will forgive us for thus finding fault
with our entertainers, and accept of our
heartfelt thanks.
T. R. R. Cobb, R. L. Moss,
W. A. J. Brown, James Carlton,
J. L. Linton, Jas. A. Sledge,
M. T. Kendrick, W. Phillips,
Osborne A. Lochrane.
(Dur (Gossip Column.
Rudeness— Cynicism.
We translute the following anecdotes from
that lively little French paper lately estab
lished in the Tri-mountain City —Le Bnsto
nien :
Not long since, an attorney’s clerk step
ping into a hack, found a pocket-book con
taining fifty thousand francs, in bank bills.
Divers papers and open letters, revealed
to him the name and address of the owner
of the pocket-book. He was an Englishman,
lodging in one of the most sumptuous hotels
in the rue de Itivo/i.
The young clerk, neglecting his business,
hastened to the Englishman, whom ho found
•at table, dining.
“ Have you lost a pocket-book?” asked be.
“ Yes.”
W hich contained fifty thousand francs ?”
“ Yes.”
“ Here is the pocket-book and its con
tents.”
“ Very well; lay it down here,” replied
•he phlegmatic Englishman, pointing out to
• he young man, by a gesture over his shoul
der, a scat behind him.
Ue continued to cat with the greatest
sar >g froid, without expressing cither sur
prise, or satisfaction, or gratitude, and with
out addressing even a word of thanks to the
author of the restoration.
This reminds us of the well-known anec
dote, which figures among the eccentricities
attributed to Sdguin, the celebrated finun
’ ler, the rival and persecutor of Ouvard.
Seguin also lost a pocket-book, which
contained not fifty thousand francs merely,
‘'•it a hundred thousand
A poor workman found it, and restored it
jto him. Seguin seized the pocket-book,
| opened it, counted the bills, easting the
while a look of contempt upon the poor dev
il, whose dress indicated nothing but the
| greatest poverty.
“ Did you know what this pocket-book
; contained ?” said he.
“ Yes, sir.”
“ Fool!”
And shrugging his shoulders, he turned
away, without giving the other any reward
except the word “ fool”—the fittest word,
according to him, to characterize the action
I of the poor man, letting a fortune, which lie
might have retained, slip through his fiu
| gers!
With the Englishman it was simply rude
ness ; with Seguin it was cynicism. *
Practical Association.
The proprietors of the JVew York Tri- I
bone have exploited their property, by mak- I
ing it up into one hundred shares of SIOOO
each, which have been sold to the employees. |
Grcely & McElrath hold but one-fifth part
each, of the property, but retain their posi
tions as manager and editor. Among the I
present partners of the concern arc Major !
Snow, the financial editor; J. Baynrd Tay
lor, the poet; Dana, the political philoso
pher and critic; and some of the reporters,
pressmen, &c. *
Descartes Out-done.
Descartes founded his theory of existence
on the simple proposition—“ I think, there
fore I am.” A Frcncliman—one Mons. Ed
ouard Alletz, after many years’ research,
has made an improvement on this. He has
announced the astounding fact—“ I love,
therefore I am.” This, remarks the Topic,
to which we are indebted for the above fact,
is a very interesting proposition, and exces
sively French, withal. *
\ Printers’ Puns.
Printers are great punsters. Ben. Per
| ley Poore, of the Boston Bee, in his Address
; delivered at the Printers’ Festival, in Bos
i ton, speaking of an amateur printing office
j established by Louis XIII, in the palace at
j St. Germaine, perpetrates the following :
(“Here, over a century afterwards, the
Prince Royal, heir to the throne of St. Lou-
I is, printed a small work called “ Moral and
Political Maxims,” copies of which he pre
! served with great care. When called to
the throne, he used to give them occasional
j ly to his favorites, and presented one to
Benjamin Franklin, when that brother typo
I came as ambassador to his court. Little
J thought Louis the Sixteenth, as he “ impes
■ cd” that work in his boyhood, that in after
! years he would be beheaded for “ errors” in
the “ royal form” of government which he
; sought to “impose” upon his “coinless”
! people. *
American Newspape rs for Paris.
Mons. Vattemarc, who has made himself
go deservedly popular by his exertions in
behalf of international literary exchanges,
is now collecting an American Library, for
the City Hall at Paris, and has appealed to
the patriotism of the country to enable him
to make that library worthy of the intellect
and liberality of the nation. Many authors
and publishers have responded nobly to this
appeal. In connection with this library, M.
Vattemarc wishes to send to Paris a perfect
collection of American Newspapers. This
is a capital “ move,” and we hope all our
brethren of the press will second it. We
shall never have a better opportunity to
astonish the Parisians, than by sending
them a ship-load of our Journals. Editors
arc requested to copy the following :
To the Editors and Publishers of the U. States.
Mr. Vattemare wishes to place in the “ Amer
ican Library’’ which is now being formed in the
City Hal!, at Paris —
“ A COLLECTION OF AMERICAN NEWSPAPERS,
Presented to the City of Paris, by the Journal
ists of the United States ,
July 4th, 1849.”
He will thank all Editors and Publishers to
send to the “ Boston Daily Z?rr,” (the Editor of
which has undertaken to form the collection,) a
copy of their paper published on the Fourth of
July, 1849, with a copy of each semi-weekly and
weekly which they may issue during the first
week in July. Papers published in other Ameri
can nations, and old or rare newspapers, will also
be thankfully received. Acknowledgments will
bo made through the Bee , of all donations re
ceived.
%*Editors will please copy the above notice,
and bear it in miud on Independence Day.
Daguerreotypes.
Have you called at Mr. Hyatt’s Rooms
to examine those beautiful Daguerreotypes ?
W e understand that there is a great rush to
obtain pictures before Mr. Hyatt leaves
town. *
©nr Contemporaries.
Wheler's Southern Monthly Magazine. Athens,
Ga., and Charleston, S. C. C L. Wheler,
Editor and Proprietor. Win. N. White, Ath
ens, and Samuel llart, Sr., Charleston, Pub
lishing Agents.
The first number of this new candidate
for public favor and patronage has been laid
on our table. Both the typographical and
the literary character of the work are high
ly creditable to Mr. Wheler. It is beauti
fully printed, and contains several fine en
gravings. It is one of the handsomest Dol
lar Magazines we have ever seen. Among
the regular contributors to the work, we
notice the names of W. Gilmore Simms, Mrs.
C. Loe Hentz, T. S. Arthur, Hon. B. M.
Charlton, Mrs. Mary S. Whitaker, Hon. B.
F. Porter, J. M. Legare, Miss C. W. Bar
ber, and Jacques Journot.
Terms, $1 00 per year, in advance. Ad
dress C. L. Wheler, Athens, Ga.
Sartain s Union Magazine. Philadelphia : John
Sartain and Wm. Sloanakop.
The July number of this beautiful Month
ly is before us. It sustains the high reputa
tion the work has so well earned. The il
lustrations of the present number are very
fine, especially “ The Nightmare.”
The Southern Literary Messenger, Juno, 18-49.
Richmond, Va.: Jno. R. Thompson
Our esteemed contemporary is quite in
the fashion—commencing in this nmnber a
copyright novel, entitled “ The Chevalier
Merlin”—“ Glimpses of Europe in 1848” —
more of Edgar A. Poe’s fanciful “ Margina
lia” —an agreeable letter from Paris —an
article by Charles Lanman, on Cole’s Epic
Paintings—one or two Essays—a selected
Tale, and several’ original Poems, make up
the bill of fare. The Editor’s Table is oc
cupied with notices of New Books, and, if
we shall not offend by saying so, lacks the
io©at 11 §® iik aw ©i si® ii a
sprigbtliness and variety incident to an as- 1
ter feast. The “ Messenger” is one of the |
best Magazines in the land, and we should
like to pronounce it perfect.
Blackwood's Macazinc. fur Mv \i>w Ynrlr ■
L. Scott & Cos.
This number contains some truly admira
ble papers, among which are those on “ Ar
arat and the Armenian Highlands,” and
Madame D'Arbonville's “ Village Doctor,”
translated from the Revue des Hen.r Monde!
I—n story of exquisite grace and beauty.—
j Mr. Wakefield’s “Colonization Theory” is i
j thoroughly discussed, and an article on j
I “Foreign Conservatism” is characteristic]
of Maga. “ The Caxtons” is not resumed !
in this number, to the grievous disappoint- j
| ment of piece-meal readers.
j Lowell American. Lowell: W. S. Robinson.
We are happy to enter the American up
]on our exchange list. It must necessarily
j be a good paper, while under the charge of
j its present Editor and Proprietor. We wel
come the American, a visitor from the banks ]
i of the Merrimack, to the banks of the Oco
j nee. Thank you, friend Robinson, for your
1 kind remembrance. Hope wc are in luck,
down here? Well, wc are! Hope you are
ditto, “ away up North.” (J.) *.
The London Lancet, for June, 1849. N. Y’ork:
Stringer & Townsend.
We can always spend an hour agreeably
in looking over this work, if it be only to
ascertain wliat is new in Medicine and Sur
gery. It contaius a vast amount of inform
ation, from the highest possible sources. —
Terms, $5 per annum.
The American Agriculturist. New York: C. M.
Saxton.
We have said before, and we repeat it now,
that this is the best and cheapest Agricultu
ral Journal we know of. It treats copious
ly of Southern farming, and other interests
in these latitudes. Terms, One Dollar.
The Excelsior—
Oue of our most esteemed Exchanges has
ceased to be. Had it been sustained as it
merited, wc should not have made this un
welcome announcement. It is merged into
the “ New England Washingtonian.”
£l)c £itcrani iDorlii.
The Philosophy of the Beautiful. Dan
iel Bixby, New York, (formerly of Lowell,
Mass.,) has in press “The Philosophy of
the Beautiful,” from the French of Victor
Consin, translated by Jesse Cato Daniel.
Dr. Hawks, of New Y'ork, has in press
anew volume, entitled “ The Temples and
Tombs of Egypt.”
Horace Twiss, author of the Life of Lord
Eldon, died suddenly on the 4th ult., under
the most painful circumstances.
Jane Eyre. This popular novel is being
translated into French, at Paris.
Death of Miss Edgeworth. The litera
ry world, and a host of juvenile readers,
will learn, with sorrow, that the celebrated
Maria Edgeworth, the once popular novel
ist, is dead. She died, after a few hours’
illness, Monday, May2l, at Edgewortbtown,
in the County of Longford, Ireland. She
was in her 83d year.
Wm. Cullen Bryant , of the Evening
Post, is about to sail for Europe.
The State Topic, is the name of a politi
cal, literary and scientific paper, of the
largest calibre, just started in Boston.
our 3300 k (table.
[Publishers and Authors who desire to have their
Books noticed in this Gazette, are requested to
send copies to the Editor throngh Stringer At
Townsend, New-York, or Carey & Hart, Phil.
Adirondack, or Life in the Woods. By J. T.
Headley. In one vol., 12m0., pp. 288. Ulus
trated with 8 steel-plates. New York: Baker
A Scribner. 1849.
The perusal of Mr Headley's new book,
with the Mercury st 83 deg., has been a
pleasant and refreshing occupation, and we
cheerfully record our impressions of its at
tractiveness. We know not how it may be
with others, but we like it immeasurably
more than either of his soi-disant histori
cal works, and, whenever he comes with a
book so racy and charming, he will ever
have our cordial welcome. Let us say, in
the outset, that we have no disposition to
pick flaws iu this book : it Las disposed us
to a pleasanter part than carping at lapses
of rhetorical style, or pointing out phrases
incompatible with authorial dignity.
We have been with Mr. Headley into the
j woods, and among the mountains, and never
| had we a pleasanter companion amid their
I solitude and grandeur. Partaking all his
enthusiasm —sympathizing with his strong
est emotions—sharing his delights and his
vexations —echoing his admiration, and re
gretting that the pilgrimage and compan
ionship arc ended—we should be very un
grateful, if we were now to reproach him
with that freedom of style, which was the
very charm of our intercourse.
But the reader will ask, what and where
is the “ Adirondack ?” It is a wild, moun
tainous region, an absolute wilderness, in
the bosom of the Empire State, uninhabited,
untrodden, except by hunters and lumber
men—yet abounding in scenery of matchless
beauty and sublimity. It is a lake region,
and most of the beautiful engravings in the
volume are as charming pictures of moun
tain lochs as wc have ever seen. They
abound, moreover, with delicious trout, and
rare sport had the author and his fellow
adventurers in taking the shining fish.—
Their hunting was no less famous, and even
more exciting, than their fishing; and many
a noble buck fell by their rifles, while, occa
sionally, they hunted the moose, the bear,
and even the panther !
Their expeditions in the wilderness of the
Adirondack were performed chiefly in birch
canoes, which they were obliged to carry
around the frequent rapids, which formed
the links between the lakes. These latter
vary greatly in size, but are generally so
transparent, that the bottom is visible at a
great depth.
Full of sparkling humor, racy adventure,
sometimes dashed with imminent peril, glow
ing descriptions, and enthusiastic love of
Nature, is the whole volume. It contains,
also, many passages of deep moral reflection,
so natural, and withal so pure and elevated,
that they cannot fail to awoken an echo in
every heart.
This book is certainly a captivating pic
! ture of life in the woods, albeit the author
! honestly confesses that his pleasures were
not bought without many sacrifices, nor en
joyed without serious draw-backs. On one
occasion, while trout-fishing with glorious
success, he was obliged to throw down his
rod and run, yelling witli pain, and his face
streaming blood from the bites of musqui
toes !
One or more chapters from this very en- !
tertaining volume will be published in our ;
columns, but wc must make room for a brief j
extract or two here. The following is a de- ]
scription of “ Forest Music
But there is one kind of forest music 1 love best
of all —it is the sound of wind amid the trees. I
havo lain here by the hour, on some fresh after- !
noon, when the brisk west wind swept by in
gusts, and listened to it. All is comparatively
still, when, far away, you catch a faint murmur,
like the dying tone of an organ with its stops
closed—gradually swelling into clearer distinct
ness and fuller volume, as if gathering strength
for some fearful exhibition of its power ; until, at ]
length, it rushes like a sudden sea overhead, aud
everything sways and tosses about you. For a
moment an invisible spirit seems to be near—the
fresh leaves rustle and talk to each other—the
pines and cedars whisper ominous tidings, and j
then the retiring swell subsides in the distance, j
and silence again slowly settles on tho forest. A
short interval only elapses when the murmcr, the
swell, the rush, and the retreat, are repeated. If
you abandon yourself entirely to tho influence, 1
you soon are lost in strange illusions. I have i
lain and listened to the wind moving thus among
the branches, until I fancied every gust a troop
of spirits, whose tread over the bending tops 1
could distinctly measure. My hoart would throb
and pulses bound, as tho Invisible squadrons drew
near, till as their sounding chariots of air stvept
swiftly overhead, I ceased listening, and turned
to look. Thus troop aftor troop, they came and
went on their mysterious mission—waking the
solitude into sudden life, a.- they passed, and fil
ling it with glorious mclotL.
The subjoined passage will illustrate the
author’s sparkling humo-:
“ Speaking of living, reninds mo of an anec
doto related to me by a probssor of mathematics
iu one of our colleges. Sett here for scientific
purposes, bo took with hiia as a oompanion a
younger brother, who had just graduated, and an
old hunter, for a guide, cook and provider-gene
ral. Passing one day a dealing, in which some
fine peas were growing, they purchased a small
quantity to give relish to a dinner some time in
the forest. Not long after, being fatigued by a
hard forenoon’s work, they pitched their oaiup
on tho borders of a lonely lake, and the professor
said, “ Come, let us have those picas to-day.”—
So, while he was taking some observations down
by the lake, the old hunter and the young gradu
ate prepared tho dinner. After awhile (thepro
fessor told me) he noticed an unusual chuckling
between the student and the backwoodsman.—
Suspecting some trickery, he strolled quietly up
towards the fire, as if endeavoring to get anew
point of observation, but in fact to watch narrow
ly their proceedings Supposing that the profes
sor was deep in equations and angles and mathe
matical lines, they relaxed their caution, and he
observed that they wore making wooden spoons
with their penknives. All at once, it flashed on
him that he nnd they had nothing hut penkuives
to eat tho peas with, and that here was a conspi
racy to rob him of his share. Saying nothing,
lie walked back to the lake shore, and piaking up
one of those large muecle shells, which arc found
in ail our fresh water lakes and rivers, aud will
hold more than an ordinary spoon, he fitted a
split stick to it for a handle, and clapped them
both in his pocket. Then, sauntering back, in
order to prevent them making very extensive
preparations, ho kept around, until the diuucr
was cooked. Ilis presence restricted very much
their operations, aud they were able to finish but
very shallow spoons after till. Tho peas being at
length done, they wore poured into the common
dish, andlo! it was all soup. To prevent the
possibility of the professor’s getting even a moie
ty, they had cooked them so that tho peas were
like Virgil’s “ran nantes in gargite vasto.”
Imagine them now all seated on tho ground,
around their food, each stabbing with his pen
knife at the peas, whicli dodge under the surface
at every blow, like frogs when pelted with stones
by mischievous boys. After this ridiculous pro
cess had been carried on awhile, to the ill-sup
pressed merriment of the student and hunter,
they whipped out their wooden spoons, and flour
ishing them over their heads with a loud “ hur
rah,’’made a dive at the peas The professor
said nothing, but coolly drawing forth his huge
muscle shell and stick, apd fitting them together,
began to ladle up the sonp. The hunter aud
graduate stopped in utter amazement at this new
| development, and with their spoons suspended
half-war to their mouths, gazed with blank coun
tenances at thd quiet professor, who, without ut
tering a word, or changing a feature, diligently
plied his shell. By hi* accurate and mathemati
cal mode of ladling, he was enabled to tAke up an
enormous quantity at every dip, and ill a fewmtV
ments every pea had vanished. The whole ope
ration'had been carried on with the sobriety with
whicli ho would have reduced an equation, while
the hunter and student looked inquiringly at each
other, yet without venturing a word of expostu
lation against the strange proceeding. When
tho last pea disappeared, ho looked up, as much
as to say, “Is there anything more to cat, gen
tlemen 1” This was carrying out the joke so
capitally, that the two conspirators were compel
led to laugh. The old hunter, as he licked his
empty spoon, oonfbssed that for once he bad been
outwitted.”
Before we dismiss this book, let us assure
our readers that, if they have liked Headley
before, they cannot fail to like him better
in this his latest work—and, if they have
not fancied his ‘Napoleon,’ ‘Washington,’
and ‘ Cromwell,’ they will be compelled to
admire his ‘ Adirondack.’
Clje ©lb illorlb.
Two steamers, the Cambria and the Ame
rica, have arrived since our last.
The commercial news is good. Cotton
had advanced l-4d. American stocks were
in good demand.
England. There had been no farther
debate in Parliament on the Canadian af
fairs. Up to the departure of the steamer,
the Government had given no intimation of
its intention as to the final disposal of the
State prisoners under sentence of death for
high treason.
Ireland. As an evidence of the extreme
destitution and misery which exists in Ire
land, it is stated that a shipwrecked human
body, having been cast ashore, the corpse
was actually consumed by the starving in
habitants of the vicinity.
France. The dissolution of the French
National Assembly took place on the 25th
ult., and passed over without tumult. The
new Legislative Assembly met for the tran
saction of business on the 28th, and on the :
30th was the scene of the most violent de-1
bates that ever occurred in any deliberative i
body.
Upon a close analysis of the result of Hie i
late elections in France, it appears that
there are about 210, or, at most, 240 ultra
democratic members.
Italy. The French expeditionary forces
are still encamped outside of Home—M.
Lesscps, the envoy, having totally failed,
thus far, to persuade the Homans to admit
the French, either as friends or enemies.
The utmost dissatisfaction is said to prevail
among the troops, who openly avow their
sympathy for the Homan Republic.
The Neapolitans, having been beaten,
have retired into their own territories.
Denmark. The war between the Danes
and the Prussians still continues.
Austria and Hungary. From Austria
nnd Hungary little is positively known, be
yond the fact that vast armies from Hussiu,
in concert with Austria, are now bearing
down upon the Hungarians, large bodies of
whom have returned into the fastnesses of
the country, where they will be able to fall
upon the enemy with almost a certainty of
success.
By the latest news, positive information
has been received that the city of Buda has
fallen into the hands of the Hungarians.
(Pfitcral Intelligent*.
Death of Ex-President Folk. James K.
Polk, Ex-President of the United States,
died at Nashville on the 15th inst. Mr. P.
was born Nov. 2, 1796, and was in the 54th
year of his age. His death was very sudden.
On the reception of intelligence of his de
cease, at Washington, orders were issued by
the Cabinet for closing all the public offices,
for hanging the President’s house in mourn
ing, and for firing a national salute in hon
or of his memory.
Death of Cassius M. Clay. A rencontre
took place, in Madison co., Ky., on the 16th,
between Cassius M. Clay and Joseph Turner,
in which Clay was stabbed through the
heart with a bowie-knife, and Turner se
verely wounded in the abdomen and groin.
Later ndvices say that Turner has since
died from his wounds.
SIHi'JJ j'J uL li
THE SHAKSPEARE CALENDAR.
Prepared for Richards’ Weekly Gazette.
June 17th—Battle of Bunker Ilill, 1776.
“ One to ten!
Lean, raw-boned raseals! who would e’er suppose
They had such courage and audacity 1”
[ Henry VI, Part I, Act i, Scene 2.
18th—Battle of Waterloo, 1815.
“ O, such a day,
So fought, so followed, and so fairly won,
Came not, till now, to dignify the times.”
[Henry IV, Act i, Scene 1.
19th—First General Council of Nice met,
326.
“ It is not to be questioned
That they had gathered a wise council to them
Os every realm.”
[Henry VIII, Act ii, Scone 4.
20th—123 persons died in the Black Hole,
1756.
“ Murder most foul, as in the best it is;
But this moat foul, strange, and unnatural.”
[ Hamlet, Act i, Scene 5.
21st—The shortest night of the year.
“ Out, out brief caudle!”
Macbeth, Act V., Scene 5.
22nd —Brougham’s first plea at the bar of
the House of Lords in behalf of Queen Caro
line.
“ You have here, lady, men
Os singular integrity and learning;
Yea, theeleetof the hind, who are here assembled
To plead your cause.”
[ Henry VIII, Act ii, Scene 4.
23d—The French defeated at Crevelt by
Prince Ferdinand.
“Sword, hold thy temper; heart, bo wrathful
still ;
Priests pray for enemies, but princes kill.”
[Henry VI, Part 11, Act v, Scene 2.
ggaiiEiiftftiaa*
In Rockbridge, on the 7th instant, Mr. James
P. Wilkinson, of Walton county, and Miss Mar
garet E. Maguire.
In Baltimore, on the 12th instant, Louis Mc-
Lane, jr-, Lieut. IT. S. N., and Sophia, second
daughter of Samuel Hoffman, Esq.
In Cassville, on the 14th instant, Mr. Morgan
E. Ivie and Miss Rachael D. Thompson.
Jn Augusta, on the 12th instant, Mr. William
A. Archer and Miss Elisabeth Wilkerson.
In Augusta, on the 18th instant, Mr. Otto
Damm, of Columbia county, and Miss Charlotte
Schilling, of Atlgpsta.
tSßAfiagS.
In Fors.yth county, on the 30th of May last,
George Woodliff, Esq, aged 63 years.
Near Cartersville, on Sunday morning last,
Mr. John Leek, aged about 60 years.
Died, at Cherokee Comer, Oglethorpe County,
on the 27th May, Mrs. Sarah Strong, aged 84
years and 10 months—relict of the late Air.
Charles Strong. Mr. and Mrs. Strong lived to
gether as husband and wife for nearly 64 years.
In early life, Mrs. S. was led by tho Iloly Spirit
to yield her heart to the Savior, and publicly to
consecrate herself to the service of God. When
her children were young, and when churches were
“few and far between,” and when Sabbath
Schools in this country were unknown, Mrs. S.
was in the habit of instructing her children in the
things pertaining to the salvation of their souls.
She not only prayed for and with them, but
taught them to remember the Sabbath Day, to
keep it holy. The happy effects of these pious
labors, bestowed by this praying mother upon a
group of little children, in this then wilderness
country, 40 or 50 years ago, aro now visible in
the piety and usefulness of many of her descend
ants, who arose and called her blessed in life, and
who now bedew her grave with their tears:
“ Dear as thou werl, and justly dear,
We would not weep for thee ;
One thought shall check the starting tear—
It is, that thou art free.’’
Office Slate Temperance Convention, >
Macon, Jnne 12, 1849. S
This Convention will hold its Annual Meeting
at Marietta, Cobb County, on the 27th instant.
The Annual Address will be delivered before the
Convention on Thursday, 28th, at 10 o clock, A.
M-, by Augustus S Wingfield, Esq , of Madi
son. Addresses will be delivered duringthe Con
vention, by Hon. H. V• Johnson, D. C. ( amp
bell, Esq., and many other honorable gentlemen
of our own State, and of our sister States of South
Carolina and Alabama.
A great gathering of the friends of Temporance
is expected ; ahd it is hoped that much good will
be dSne.
Dy order of tho Extent ire Committee
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WIIELER’S
DOLLAR MAGAZINE,
For July , 18 49,
CONTAINS tho following Original Articles :
Periodical Literature, by W. Gilmore Simms.
Wildwood Flowers, Jacques Journot.
Tho Lost Isle, a Legend of
Sunapee, C. L Whcler.
Alroy,’ Mrs M. S. Whitaker.
A Chapter on Guide Posts, Jacques Joilrnot.
Solitude, O. A. Lochrano.
Condition of the Mechanic
Arts at tho South, Olinthus Orthopolitan.
Sonnet from Petrarch, J. C. W— .
Boston Custom House, Editor.
Song of the Georgia Farmer, C L. Wilder,
llald Gras Ich, J. M. Legare.
The Lovers, Miss Mary Lamar.
The Rose, Prof. J. P. W’addel.
The Humble Gift, Editorial, etc.
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Boston Custom House, (wood).
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June 22, 1849. it
ANNUAL FAIR
OF THE SOUTH-CAROLINA INSTITUTE,
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tinue open during the neck.
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Lifo of Louis Napoleon Bonaparte ;
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