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editor s department. \\M. C. RICHARDS, EDITOR. atJjfns, Crordin: 3© 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 RICHARDS’ WEEKLY GAZETTE IS PUBLISHED EVERY SATURDAY lIY WM, C. RICHARDS. SkS~Offi.ee on College Avenue over the P. O. Tsnaw: Two Dollars per .ar.r.nir., to U pc, id strictly inadvaiue. If payment w not made with in the first srx months nf a term of subscription, the price will bo Two Dollars and Fifty Cents —and, if delayed until tho end of the year Three Dollars. Advertisements will be published at the cus tomary rates. Business Cards , (of five linos and under,) will be inserted one year for Five Dollars , including a subscription to the paper. CORRESPONDENTS Furnishing articles by contract, or solicited fav ors, will please mark their letters with their init ials as it will boa general rule not to tako unpaid letters from the post-office unless they are so mark oil Communications of whatever nature must be addressed to Wm. C. H iciiards. Anonymoug communications will receive no attention. If a writer desires to publish without name or with a nom de plume , he must still furnish the Editor with his proper name, who will of course observe a proper secrecy. Writers will please send fair ms., written on one side of the sheet only. TRAVELING agents. Rev. W. Richards, I Samuel P. Richards, J. J. Richards, I Robert H.Richards, Charles F. White. 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. 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