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VOLUME VI.—NUM BE ll 27.
THE STANDARD OF UNION,
BY I*. L. ROBINSON,
publisher (by authority) or the laws or the exited states.
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theyJpid been previously sent; as the mere order to forward them to a
diff'cWit office, places it almost out of our power to comply, because
wo have no means of ascertaining the office from which they are or
dered to be changed, but by a search through our whole subscription
book, containing several thousand names.
ADI ERTISEME.VJ'S inserted at the usual rates. Shies of LAND,
*>y Administrators, Executors, or Guardians, are required by law tube
held on the first Tuesday in the month, between the hours often in
Che forenoon and three in the afternoon, ai the Court House in the coun
ty in which the property is situate. Notice of hesesa’es must be gi
<en in apublte gazette SIXTY DAYS previous to the day of sale.
Sales of NEGROES must be nt public auction, on the first Tuesday
of the month between the uftial hours of sale, nt (he place of public
•ales in the county where the letters tcstimcntary,of Administration or
Guardianship, may have been granted, first gm ng SIXTY DAYS no
tice thereof, inone*of the public gazettes as this State, and ulth<‘doo r
of the Court House where such sales are to be held.
Notice for the sale of Personal Property must ba given in like man*
aar, FORTY DA YS previous to the day of sale.
Notice to the Debtors and Creditors of an Estate must be published
FORTY DAYS.
Notice that application will be made to the Court of Ordinary fo l
leave to sell LAND, must be published for FOUR MONTHS.
Notice for leave to soil NEGROES, must be published for FOUR
MON THS before any order absolute ahull be made by the Court
jthcreon.
JSotice ol Application of Administration must be publish*
ad THIRTY t)AYi.
Noth e of Application for Letters of Dismission from the Administra
tion of an Estate, are required to be published monthly for SIX
MONTHS.
MILLINEBV AXl> MANTI- A-.YB AKIX«.
MRS. LOUIS’A O’BRIEN,
RESPECTFULLY informs the Ladies of Milledgeville
and its vicinity, that she has lately received from Charles
ton, a fine assortment of BO.V.VEI’d, of her own selection,
among which are
LADIES, MISSES AND CHILDREN’S BONNETS,
OF THE LATEST STYLE.
Some beautiful Drawed Bonnets, of a new and late style.
Also, the Latest Fashion fortC APS and II EAD -D HES SES,
and the Latest Fashions fur LADIES' DHESSEs—Arti
ficial Flowers of various .{itids.
Her Bonnets will be sold Lorn one dollar and fifty cents, to
two, three, even and twelve dollars.
Bonnets and Dresses made too der at tho shortest notice,
and of the best materials, very cheap for cash.
Also, on hand some.splen<!id l eathers for Bonnets.
Mille<L.'i .Ipril I ilh, 1839. 12tf
for
THE Pond Town settlement of laud comprising 1620
acres, about -100 cleared and in good order foi farming,
attached is a comfortable dwelling, gin-house. and oilier tie
cessary out buildings. The lauds all lie adjoining, a part in
Sumter and the balance in Marion county. A great bin gain
will be given for cash or. on a shoit ciedit. Information can ;
be had relative to its value by reference to Col. Thomas
Bivins of M arion, or ('apt. J no. B. Coleman of Sumter. Ap
ply to the subscriber, LaGrange, Geo. L. A BOND. |
June 5 1809 20—tam2m
GATnESVILLE FEMALE HIGH SCHOOL.
G. BEAUMONT, A. M. of Cambridge University, Great
Britain, Principal.
THIS Establishment, for which a spacious Building.
Botanical Garden, and extensive grounds arc in the
course of active preparatioif. will be opened for the education
of Young Ladies in the following branches of polite learning:
The Modern Languages; French. Italian, Spanish, and
German; the Belles Lettres, Music, Drawing. Elocution, the
Mathematics, Experimental and Moral Philosophy, Botany
and Geology ; as well as the usual studies of the Primary
Departments.
The mode of instruction in all branches, will be pursued on
philosophical principles calculated to save the time and increase
the interest of the student. The ground work of this system
is a laborious analysis of the studies themselves, resulting in
the compilation of entirely new elementary books, by the
Principal of this Seminary; while the physical sciences will
be taught entirely by Lectures, explanatory of facts exhibited
by the Philosophical Apparatus.
The developernent of all the functionsof mind and body,
that are calculated for the permanent advantage of the Pupils,
will be the care of the Principal and his fellow teachers. The
discipline w ill be on principles of preserving the self respect of
Pupd and Instructor The advancement of the Pupil will
be secured by a weekly rectifying of the classes upim exami
nation and review.
The charges arc (see advertisement, Dec. 1838,) respect
ively, $24 0U Primary Department; $45 00 Second ; SBO 00
Senior.
No extra charge for any of the above named or any branch
of study taught in this Seminaiy, except for Music, for which
arrangements arc in forwardness with an eminent teacher;
but in the mean time, the use of the Piano, with competent
instruction, free of charge, w ill be allowed to students who
have partly acquired that accomplishment.
Term, 10 moiitns ; commence January Ist, 1839.
Board at slOper month and under, is secured for Pupils at
a respectable citizen's, under the superintendence of one of
the Teachers.
Mr. (r. BEAUMONT, who is an English Barrister, and
the author of several apptoved works on Law, the Belles Let
tres. and Education, having selected Gainesville as a location
for his family, recommends to others, that w hich decided him
in this selection ; the undoubted salubrity of this district, the
Residence there of the most eminent members of the Medical
Faculty, the quiet maimers of the neighborhood, and the well
jupplied markets.
Jan. 22. 1839. , 52—if
HILL.—The undersigned nilorms Ins friends
■ and those of the *are firm of Cutter if Cornwell, that
he intends resuming the Warehouse and Commision Busi
ness at the store next above the one recently occupied by
T.J. Chace, on the margin of East Macon, know n as the
town of Troy. He further informs the public that he has
bought his Goods, &c., and having now on the way, from
New York and other places, Dry Goods ami Groceries, to
gether making his stock complete, which will be sold low for
rcaiiy pay. he will be ready to receive Comm early in the
fall, and be prepared to make advances. He would par
ticuiarly notice to his friends the grßat advantages his Ware
houses qave over those in the dense part, of the city with re
gard tojire, they being detached from other buildings, and at
a distance from any street or lane and well cn-closed.
IL S. CUTTER.
ffT* The Macon Messenger and Telegraph, Milledgeville
Journal and Standard of Union, w ill publish the above until
further notice.— tleor^ian.
subscriber having comm'-iiocd business in the Re
-M reiving and I' orwardiug Goods and Mcrchamliz.e to
and from Augusta, |y:r the Georgia Railroad, begs leave to
acquaint his friends and the public that all good, consigned,
or orders addressed to him, shall meet with stiict attention,
and be forwarded to their destination with the utmost promnt-
, ELIPIIAET LALE.
Warrenton, .Imre 5. IR3A. if
I , ‘ of fn-t rate MEDIUM PRINTING
Juno 2J] 839 PEK ’ f ° r Sa '° at ll, ° “ ,S,iUKb,rd ”
J
■Stje of IWM
MR. AND MRS. EGERTON,
HAVING removed from Augusta to Midway, will open
their SCHOOL according to previous notice, on the
first day of AUut’ST. Laving supplied themselves with
competent assistant teachers, they will be able fully to sustain
each department.
The annual vacation will take place during the months of
November and December, and a short recess be given in
Stimmet.
The course of instruction will be thorough, and as exten
sive as may be desired—embracing Reading, Writing, Orthog
raphy, Arithmetic, Grammar, Geography, Algebra, Geome
tty, Trigonometry, hit. and Moral Philosophy, Rhetoric and
Composition; Music, Instrumental and Vocal; Latin, Greek
ami French. Also, a complete course in the Natural sciences,
for w hich a small’extra charge will be made to deli ay the
expenses of the Laboratory.
Tuition for each pupil, per session, S3O in advance.
Music, per session, (extra.) 40 ••
French, “ “ 25 “
Drawing. “ “ 25 ••
Instruction will be given to the whole school in vocal music,
by an experienced vocalist, free of expense,
N. B. Owing to the lateness of commencement the pres
ent session, the annual fall vacation w ill be omitted.
Midwav, Baldwin county. July 16, 1839. 26 2t
A.VTI-DYSPEPTIC PIDLS?
Prepared by C; JE. Haynes, M. I>.
DR. TI. has been in the habit of prescribing these Pills for the last
ten years, with mine uniform success than any other remedy em
ployed by hint, in the whole course of thirty years professional experi
. nee. Reasons solely personal have heretofore prevented his offering
them to the general use of the community. These reasons no longer
exist, mid thev are now presented to die country in the confident belief
< that they combine more advantages to the invalid, thananv other rerne
iL in use in ibis climate. They are peculiarly adapted to the regulation
of a sluggish state of the bowels, operating either as an luterative, or
mild apperient, not only relieving by their immediate action, but gradu
ally correcting the dcrmieement of the digestive functions. For this
purpose, a single pill, taken at bed time, whenever the bowels require
it, is the proper dose, without any other change in the mode of living, than
prudence would dictate, if no medicine was taken.
Gentle as is the operation of a single pill taken as above directed, they
nre also admirably adopted to more acute bilious disorders, bv doubling
the dose, or repealing cone every hour, or tw o until active operation is
produced. They are particularly onvenient to the traveller who in sum
mer is always exposed to more or less bilious derangement.
Sparta, 15th June, 1839.
I certify, t'tat I have used Duct. C. E. Hay nes' Anti-Dys
peptic Pills for more than two years; and pronounce them to
lie the best remedy, that I have ever yet tried, for Dyspepsia
and Asthma 1 have tried Ghallaghan’s, Beckwith’s, Bratt
dreth’s and Peter’s Pills, without success. *l.h;tve also found
Haynes’ Pills to be an excellent.lemedy for intermhent and
bilious fever in catly stages. W.M. SHIVERS, Jr.
Sparta. June 15th, 1839.
Da. C. E. Haynes:—Dear Sir—My attention was direct
ed to your Pills a little more than a year since, by Col. Shiv
ers. Since that time, I have frequently taken them myself,
and given them to my family with the most happy results.
W ith me they have removed costiveness, checked effectu
ally dianhea. aud taken off bile as fully as calomel, w ithout
producing the unpleasant effect that is usually produced by
flint valuable medicine. I therefore believe them :i valuable
medicine, ami would recommend a trial of them, at least.
Respectfully, R. S. HARDWICK.
Milledgeville. 17th June, 1839.
I am pleased with the opportunity of adding my testimony
to the value of Dr. Haynes' Anti-Dyspeptic Pills.
I have used fin tn occasionally for more than a year past,
in ordinary diseases of the stomach ami bowels, with the hap
piest < fleets ; and recently, in a sharp intermit tent bilious le
vel, which was eutirtly eradicated by them, in three or four
days without the aid of any other medicine, ami cheerfully
recommeti I them as admirably adapted to the cure of dys
peptic and bilious diseases, WM. McMURRAY.
I laying beet! recently attacked with strong bi'ions symp
toms. I use.! Dr. Haynes’ Pil s with the happiest effect, which
entirely relieved me,, and w hich 1 do not hesitate to recom
mend as a valuable medicine.
CHARLES E. RYAN.
Milledgeville, 24th June, 1839.
Sparta, July 15, 1839,
Dr. C. E. Haynes; Sir—For several yeats past, 1 have
been afflicted w ith obstinate costiveness of the bow els, often
going from six to ten days w ithout any discharge from them.
For several months, I used Dr. Peters'pills, ami found them
useful to me. Early last Spring I was induced to try your
Anti-dyspeptic Pills, which I have continued to use as’ occa
sion required, an.l have derived more benefit from them than
from any other medicine 1 have ever taken.
The operation is more easy, and the effect more permanent
than from any oilier medicine I have heretof ire used, and 1
give them a decided preference to any other remedy.
NATHAN COOK.
Powelton, July 15, 1839.
Dr. C.E. Haynes:—lt affords me pleasure to state, that I :
have repeatedly used your Anti-dyspeplic find Anti-bilious i
pills, and in every instance found immediate relief. 1 believe
them to be an excellent remedy in various diseases, aud es- !
peeially in cases of asthma.
In high esteem, &c., &c„ •
J NO. WILLIAM RABUN.
Sparta, July 16, 1839.
Dear Sir—l have used in my practice some of your altera
tive Auli-dyspepiic pills, and have uniformly found benefit to
my patients from their administration. I can therefore cheer
fully tecointnend them to the afflicted, as a valuable purgative
medicine. Very respectfully,
Your friend, ■
A. S. BROWN, M. D,
Dr. Charles E, Haynes.
Hancock County, July 15, 1839.
I certify that my wife had suffered severely with Dyspep
s:a, for a considerable time and bad tried the prescriptions of
several physicians w ithout tieriving any benefit from them.—
She then c mimettced taking Dr. C. E. Haynes’ Ami-Dys
peptic Pills about the fall of 1836, w hich relieved hei entire
ly in the course of a few months,
R. MITCHELL.
Sparta, July 16. 1839,
Dr. Haynes; I have been selling Peters’ Pills for the las
three vears. ami during the time have occasionally taken them
myself. (I believe them to be a good med citte ) Some 12
or 15 days past, I had strong symptoms of billions fever. I
took some ol Peters’ Pills, a id not receiving any benefit from
them. I procured a box of your pills, aud am happy to say
hat they in a few days removed all symptoms of approach
ing sickness. I conceive them to he an invaluable medicine.
Yours with respect, THOS. M. TURNER.
lfnj<aleby_ _____CO IVLES.
LOST OR MISCARRIED,
At.HI'.S I or BOX, containing a suit of superfine black
Cloth, a case of Mathematical Instruments, &e. Said
box was placed on the mail stage, at Devereux’s, Hancock
countyj about four mouths ago, directed to ••James Stewart.
Spring Hill Monroe county, care of E. Beall & Co., Macon,”
but has not since been heard of. Atty information in regal'd
to the same, left at Lafayette Hail Milledgeville, will be
thankfully received. JAMES STEWART.
Spring Ijill. Monroe co., Ga., July 9, 1839. 25 2t
EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT, GA. 1
Milledgeville, 4th June, 1839. (
IP IS ORDI.RED. That all the cbininandiiig Offlcers of
the Militia of the State, endeavor to collect together, aud
have taken cate of, the publip arms in the possession of in
dividttak w ithin their respective commands, those in
jhe possession ol volunteer tompanies amfioriscd to retain
them.) ami that said offlcers remit to this Department thv
nmnherof turns which they may thus collect, that they may
be deposited in the Arsenal at this place.
By the Governor: DAV. W. LEWIS
July 16, 1839. 26-lt Sec. E*»Dep.
OUR CONSCIENC E OUR COUH TE Y OUK FAR TE.
MILLEDGEVILLE, GEORGIA, TUESDAY MORNING, JULY 30, 1839.
POETRY.
“like orient pearls at random strung.”
For the Standard of Union.
Mr. Editor : —The following lines were penn’d on the Fourth day of
July last, whilst the author was congratulating his own, his native land
on the advantages we as a nation enjoyed. Calling to niind the circum
stances anil instances which gives this bright epoch so grateful a recol
lection; and reflecting with patriotic pride upon the character of our
great Revolutionary Heroes, by whose noble daring we were released
from bondage, tyranny, and oppression, my next thought gave rise to
the inquiry, what first gave impetus to the ball that was on this proud
day *76, put in motion—the answer voluntarily forced itself upon me,
“ THE PRESS.”
Time was, when kings, by right divine, maintained,
Sway undisputed o’er the nations chair ed:
The monarch’s will was law*; his potent breath, •
Imprisoned, scourged, or hurled to instant death;
The fate of millions hung upon his nod,
Heaven’s great vicegerent, scarcely than God.
That time is past. May ne’er return again,
Terror and folly’s more than slavish reign:
That tune is past. The great discovery’s made,
That man is man, and knows no higher grade;
And truth proclaims in thunder from the Press,
The best of kings are men—the worst are less.
The Press ! man’s firmest friend in every age,
Sheds its broad light o’er history’s ample page;
From times remote illustrious deeds brings down,
In all their truth 1’ instruct and mend our own;
Lifts the thick veil from tyranny’s design,
And bids the sun of Freedom rise and shine.
The Press ! what many wonders has it done!
W hat victories for the cause of Freemen won!
The Gallic despot who its power defied,
Wrapped in the vain conceit of regal pride:
Roams a poor exile from his native shore.
O’er lands where, exiled, long he roamed before;
And finds at every stage some free Gazette,
Devoid of fear, to lush a tyrant yet.
The Press and man are doomed one fate to share,
And both are free, or both base vassals are;
A Press untrammelled kindles freedom’s fires,
Restrain the Press and Liberty expires. NONapreil.
THE SELECTOR-
“I AM BUT A GATHERER OF OTHER MEN'S STUFFS.”
one’s MOTHER.
Around the idea ol one’s mother the mind clings
with fond affection. It is the fir-t dear thought stamp
ed upon our infant hearts, when yet soft and capable
of receiving the most profound impressions, and all
the alter feelings are more or less light in comparison.
Our passions aud our wilfulness may lead us far from
the object of our filial love; we may become wild,
headstrong, and angry at her counsels and opposi
tion ; but when death has stilled her monitory voice,
and nothin 4 but calm memory remains to recapitulate
her virtues and good deeds, affection, like a flower
beaten to the ground by a rude storm,, raises up her
head and smiles amidst her tears. Round that idea, as
we have said, the mind clings with fond affection ; and
even when the early period of our loss forces memory
to be silent, fancy takes the place of remembrance, and
twines the image of our departed parent with a gar
land of graces, and beauties, and virtues, which we
doubt not that she possessed,
GRIEF.
The circumstance which Scott mentions, as having
overcast the pleasure ol an excursion he once made,
was the death ofltis friend, the Dutchess ol' Bttccleuyh.
His letter to her widowed lord is a beautiful specimen
of .good sense and feeling. “Would to God,” he
writes, “1 could say, be comforted! but I feel every I
common topick of consolation must be, for the time
at least, even an irritation to affliction. Grieve then,
my dear lord, or I should say, my dear and inuc.li hon
ored friend, for sorrow for the time levels the highest
distinctions ol rank, but do not grieve as those who
have no hope.”
SENTIMENT.
W hat is called sentimental wri'ing, though it be un
derstood to appeal solely to the heart, may be the pro
duct ol a bad one. One would imagine that Sterne
had been a man of a very tender heart—yet I know
from indubitable authority, that his mother, who kept
a school, having run in debt, on account of anextrav
agant daughter, would have rotted in jail, if the pa
rents of her scholars had not raised a subscription for
her. Her son bad too much sentiment to have any
feeling. A dead ass was more important to him than
a living mother.
PURSUIT OF KNOWLEDGE.
Boccacio was thirty-five years when he commenced
his studies in polite literature. Yet he became one
of the great masters of the Tuscan dialect, Dante and
I etrach being the other two. There are many among
us ten years younger than Boccacio, who are dying
of ennui and regret that they are not educated to a
taste for literature, supposing that they are too old.
FAMILY EXPENSES.
Archdeacon Paley, in a familiar table discourse
touciiing upon the expenses brought bv original sin
upon husbands and fathers in the way of cambrick and
satin, says—“ I never let my women, (he it under
stood he spoke of Mrs. Archdeacon Paley and the
Misses Paley.) I never let my women, when they shop,
take credit; I always make them pay readv money.
Sit, i eady money, is such a check upon the imagina
tion!”
CONSTANCY.
The constant man looks up to heaven in full hope,
even when it is darkened; as flowers, that open w”'
the sun, close not, though he be bid bv elm '
A SACK IF’
When the heart is offered
heaven sometimes come«
that it is accepted.
[The following Tale was written for the editor of the Old
Dominion while engaged in the publication of the New
York Amulet. It cannot fail being read with intense
interest.]
EVER AR D GRAH AM .
by willis gaylord clarke, of i*hiladelpiiia,
“Take back the bowl—take back the bowl—
Reserve it for polluted lips;—
I would not bow a stainless soul,
Beneath its dark aud foul eclipse!”
J. G. WHITTIER.
There are evils in the earth, upon which the eloquence
ol the orator, the lyre of the poet, aud the deep and over
wrqught touches of the pencil and the pen, have dwelt al
most in vain. In their description, the wealth of language
is turned into penury ; the darkest dream of anguish and
distress, but faintly sit tdows forth the stern and moving re
ality. The strong and emphatic language of Holy Writ;
the burning words of David and of Solomon, are almost
impuissant when theypire employed in painting the-awful
horrors of infidel unbelief, and that destruction of the bo
dy and soul which follows in the train of Protean Drunk
enness. They are more dire than the fabled Furies; the
abysses they open are fiercer than Cocylusor Plegtethon;
their grasp is more powerful than the serpents of Laocoon;
the burtliens whic# they impart are more wearisome than
the stone ol Sysiphus or the wheel of Ixion; and their
ascendancy is unbroken, until the understanding is bewiU
dered, and the clouded eye becomes tearless; until the
heart becomes as adamant, and the spirit is goaded and
restless beneath the dominion of remorse : till the eat tin
gles with the adder-hisses of cowaid conscience, and the
unnerved bosom writhes in the emotions of regret which
pierce like ascot pion’s sting.
Infidelity’ and intemperance go hand in hand. They bid
the spirit of youth bow down at an unholy shrine ; and the
sweetest affections, the dearest hopes and fondest visions
of eaith are offered up as incense to the mysterious divini
ty ot unbelief. This is no ideal picture ; the wide world
is lull of the afflictions that ate summoned up like clouds
aiotnid the davious pathway of the blasphemer and the'
drunkard. The red wine brightens alluringly in the goblet;
the shadowy illusions of the sceptic come but for a little
season with a soothing unction to his mind ; but anon there
steals to the one, the wormwood dregs of bitter regret:
to the otheT, the clouds which obscure the sunshine of
hope; which spread a mournful curtain over the beautiful
scenes ot human existence, and create unutterable forebo
dings of that undiscovered country beyond lite land ,>f
death.
I have little hope that the tale which I am about to re
late, will cause any to release the delusions which they
have grasped; but I am never without hope.* I would
that my pen were dipped in the eptpvreal fire of heaven,
that I might show the light which they reject w ho turn from
the word of inspiration. I would I tni<>ht gather upon
canvass, the datktiess ol the midnight cloud, and the fierce
lightning of the tempest : f wmiM form a panorama ol
terrors, which should shadow forth to the mad votary of
Bacchus, and the victim of unbelief, the abyss of destruc
tion upon which they are lushing; which should sav to
them, “ 1 util ye at my reproot, and heed not the song ol
the charmer, charm he never so wisely.” *
It was a storm .■ eveniuo in J anuarv, 18—when mv (pend
Everard Graham, and myself, hv our com
fortable grate, in the Seminary’ of G- . The coal was
reddenning bi bitid the bats of its prison'; and the cheer
fulness of our little room was enhanced by the storm with
out. \\ e had hut lately come up from recitations and
prayers in lite chapel ; and had for some time been seated
in silence, each indulging in our respective thoughts. The
snow came pattering gently against the windows; and I v
way of beguiling tile time, 1 arose and breathed upon a
pane, and wrote thereon my humble initials. Without,
the scene was troublous and uninviting. The wide stretch
ing inland was obscured by the thick wing of the wintry
tempest; the wild anthem of the night-wind was loud and
dissonant; and 1 soon found that the shadows of the scene
around me were gathering over my mind. My thoughts
went forth amidst the curtained skies of evening; and
mighty ideas o! infinity and boundless space—the mystery
of the air—the distance wl ence the little motes of snow
had fallen: and 1 was in miiiiia'.!'.'!!.
I was mused from my reverie by the entrance of a lad
bearing a letter. I stepped forward ;it was for my friend.
His large hazel eye was lit up pleasantly, and a kind'v
smile ot unwonted delight passed over his brow and cheek.
He had for some days been moody and restless; and 1
marked his emotions of pleasure with a lively enjoyment,
to which tin instant before I was a stranger.
“ 'I his is the most lucky moment to receive a letter that
I ever experienced,” said Graham, indulging in that laugh
which comes from the heart. “ You see,” said he, “ that
it is from a woman ; the primes muliiris of my affections.
But I belie her; she is not a.woman; in the general ac
ceptation of the term—she is an angel.”
I glanced at the letter as he extended it to me ; and the
direction was really most beautiful. The blue surface of
the epistle seemed to have just passed from beneath the
hands of the copperplate printer, “ You see,” said Gra
ham, “ that it is beautiful ; now let me read it ; and as you
are my confidant, 1 will show you the Alpha and the Ome
ga ol it.” He broke the seal; it began with u Dea est
Everard,” and dosed with “ Forever yours, Emilie .Bar
ton.”
“You are not entitled to further freedom;” said my
friend : “ Now, go meditate, and let my greedy eves ‘de
vour up her discourse;’ or, seeing your curiositv’is awa
kened, I will give you her picture, ‘for you to look t pon,’
as the Primer hath it.”
He drew from his bosom a miniature, suspended by a
golden chain : “ There said he, “is one half of my hearty
It is the most beautiful halt by’ far ; anil I dare be sworn,
the most innocent. Now, if you admire it, let vottr ad
miration be unspeakable ; for I shall not be at home, do
ing the next half hour, to any body. To save inquiries,
however, I will say a word or two to you rcspectiiig her.
She is my intended : I first knew her at the Saratoga co
tilions ; iter father is an englishman ; but her mother is one
of our cis-Atlantic daughters of Eve. It is the long lapse
of time since I have heard from the dear gill, that has
given me the blues so of late.”
I took the miniature; and never shall I forget tbo un
sullied and perfect beauty that then dawned upon me.—
The stainless brow was shaded with rich clustersand braids
of hair, of the colour ol gold in shadow; the eve was
mild and blue: but about the sweet lips, that seemed th*
balmy prison gates of delicious kisses, and the dir. 3 '
and rose-leaf cheek, there: prayed such a pore and
tified smile, that the picture seemed to he instinct v
life ol heaven. I was dumb with exquisite • ’
and 1 seemed to be surrounded by the ■
Little did I imagine, as I gazed tme
ed face, that the clouds <'•’
overshadow the fair '
would so soon v
tion ; that •'
dimmed
I sensation.from that 1.
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worshipper at first sight,
for so sacred a theme; am.
ed by the reflection, that m ?
America, in the packet of Ute 16tb, to. .
estate has fallen to her father there ; and he, *vith
family, have repaired from Barton Hill to Ludgate .. .
or some other hill of London. Cruel girl! She was too
affectionate to endure the emotions of a farewell, and wrote
me late in consequence. She has quoted Scripture to nig
in her epistle; something odd for her; but it is
expressive. She is not aware that 1 eschew the whole of
that book which she holds so sacred. But we will not jar
each other on that topic. I shall see her by’ June in the
British metropolis ! I might as well make my couch on
that ardent grate, as to remain where she is not.”
I returned to him the treasure he had shown rne : and
if 1 indulged in tinmingled encomium upon its pervading
loveliness, I trust it was not undeserved or hypocritical.—•
The eye of my friend glistened with gratification.
“ There is never a sweet without its bitter,” he said,
“often when that beloved gill and I have walked along
the vernal shore of the lake which stretches along by the
mansion of her father, as I gazed upon her speaking eye
ana sinless brow, I have thought myself utterly un>votthy
ol her affection. .Bhe is too full of etherial purity for my
guilt-tainted soul. You know, what she does not, that lam
a sceptic. Her ductile and elastic spirit is full of praise
to God when site looks upon his works. Often has shg
spoke to me of the mercies of heavenj in making us ?q
supremely happy in our love; and, like all her sex, her
woman’s heart seems to forebode evil from the transitory
nature of the things of this world. Howznany times, as
we have reposed beneath the trellised vines of her father’s
garden, have I pressed her to my throbbing bosom, anfl
kissed away the tears which sensibility had drawn to her
check ! But lam half moralizing ! It is a sombre theme,
with ail its delight; and I’ll give it up for something more
exhilarating. Do yon love Burgundy?”
As he made this interrogation, be went to his closet and
drew forth a bottle of the material therefrom ; he cut the
wax Irom the top, and drawing the long cork from a locun\
fenens which it had held while in the south of France and
while tilted upon the Atlantic, lie filled a glass and present*
ing it to me, filled another for himself. I refused his offer
to renew my draught, and soon after retired.
hen 1 awoke in the morning, the room was full of the
smoke of the lamp ; and Graham bad not been in bed.
The wine had disappeared from the bottle, and the lamp
was upset on the ininiatu: e which he had laid upon theta?
hie, and it was Urolien. Graham was stupified with win
and his face looked feverish and sick. The loss of
miniature was a source of deep regret ; and he Janie *
it ns a fearful omen for the future.
Three months fryni that morning Graham sailed
land. I is education was by no means complet* -
was the idol of an iudulgei.t and wealthy father
long favored his detetinitiation of making »he toi
rope. Il 1 ever parted front a friend with regie
from Everard Graham. He had his faults, bin
them all, 1 loved him. We vowed mutual *a’
Iriendship, and a constant correspondence ; a'
sign of visiting England was well known ar
by my parents, I hesitated not B, pledge
him in the British metropolis as soon as r
have expired. ,
Two yeats after, during which tim
word from my friend, 1 in Lon io
to describe my feelings as onr maje
I'hames. It was a beautiful da
first saw ala distance the greti '
overhung the British capital. <
was clear; and the yellow sun
that were passing to and fro, w
a short space, I found myself in I
borhood of Waterloo Bridge att<
was mingling with the restless cti.
Fleet street to Lndgatp Hill. I soon s
mighty edifice, whose toweling dome loot,
richesand poverty—the happiness and
two millions of immortal souls.
I pass over the pleasure and the ne'
with which I look upon the wonders
letters of ilitroditct.ie.n had been <1
had been honored by my hanker
epoch, when 1 first saw thejpr
rant, and when 1 walked up
Lane Theatre. The iitquir
friends for Graham, had ail
had brought introductory I
known as <1 lounger at th
previous to bis leaving
I was one day reti:
famous Abbey of ’
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of my Got
singing vai
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