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VOLUME VII.—NUMBER 7.
THE STANDARD OF UNION,
BY P. L. ACOBINSON,
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ADV ERTiSEMENTS inserted at the usual rates. Salos of LAND,
by Administrators, Executors, or Guardians, are required by law to be
held on the first Tuesday in the month, between the hours of ten in
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ner, FORTY DAY’S previous to the day of sale.
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forty days.
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MONTHS before any order absolute shall be made by the Court
thereon.
Notice of Application for Letters of Administration must be publish
ed THIRTY DAYS.
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tion of an Estate, are required to be published monthly for SIX
MONTHS.
THESE Pills are no longer among those of doubtful util
ity. They have passed away from the hundreds that
are daily launched upon the tide of experiment, and non
stand before the public as huh in reputation, and as exten
sively employed in all parts of the United States, the Canadas,
Texas, Mexico, and the West Indies, as any medicine that
has ever been prepared for the relief of suffering man. They
have been introduced w herever it was found possible to carry
them; and there are but few towns that do not contain some
remarkable evidences of their good effects. The certificates
that have been presented to the proprietor exceed twenty
thousand ! upwards of fivo hundred of w hich are from reg
ular practising physicians, who are the most competent
judges of their merits.
Often have the cures performed by this medicine been the
subject of editorial comment, in various newspapers and
journals; and it may with truth be asserted, that no medicine
of the kind has ever received testimonials of greater value
than are attached to this.
They are iu general use ns a family medicine andthere
are thousands of families who declare they are never satis
fied until they have a supply always on hand.
They have no rival in curing and preventing Biilious Fe
vers, Feverand Ague, Dyspepsia, Liver Complaints, Sick
Headache,"Jaundice Asthma, Dropsy, Rheumatism, En
largement of the Spleen, Piles, Cholic. Female obstructions.
Heartburn. Furred Tongue, Nausea. Distension of the Stom
ach and Bowels, Incipient Diarrheea, Flatulence, Habitual
Costiveness, Loss of Appetite. Blotched or sallow Complex
ion, and in cases of torpor of the bowels, whet ea cathartic or
aperient is needed. They are exceedingly mild iu their op
eration, producing neither nausea, griping uordebility.
From Dr. Eli Todd, late President of the Medical
Society, of Connecticut, ami Principal of the In
sane Hospital, at Hartford, dated September 8,
1828.
MY personal acquaintance with Dr. Joseph Priestly Pe
ters, together with the very favorable, impression of his
talents and his character, derived from his friends, have sat
isfied me that he is well entitled to the medical honors he re
ceived at Yale College, and that the public may safely con
fide in his integrity and skill, in the exercise of his profession.
The following was forwarded to Dr. Peters, by a highly
respectable Planter of Wake County, N. Ca., March 3d,
1838.
Dr. Peters—Dear Sir,—By request of your agent, Mr.
Harrison, I send you a few lines respecting the almost mi
raculeus effects of your pills; and I would add, that you
may make use of them, in connection with my name, in any
manner you deem proper, I speak of their merits ftom ex
perience, as I and my family have taken upwards of thirty
boxes in three years; and so great are the benefits we
have received from them in general, th it I would rather pur
chase them at ten dollars a box than have my house without
them. I will not enumerate the afflictions they have reliev
ed us of; but I can assure you they were many, and of very
opposite natures, which has fully proved to me that your
medicine is a simple purifier of the system, and therefore
equally the enemy of every disease. I w ill mention one case.
I have a sister who hatl been for a long period severely as
Aided with dropsy in the chest and was brought by it to the
verge of the grave. She was attended by the most eminent
physicians that money could procure; but all their efforts to
restore her to health, or even to mitigate her sufferings wete
fruitless ; and accordingly, we all considered her immediate
death as inevitable. By good fortune, however, as she was
in this situation, expecting every day to be her last, your
pills were introduced into my family, and so speedy and pal
pable were their effects that three doses visibly- relieved hei,
and in less than three months she was perfectly restored to
health. The case, I and all who were witness of it, but (more
especially the suffering party,) considered to be the next thing
to .miraculous; and yet I could mention many more of an
equally desperate nature, in which your pills w < sffrqnally sue
cessful in rescuing the patients from the jaw s of death. Need
I add that the popularity ofyour medicine amounts to enihu
siasm in this section of the country ! But this 1 presume
you know from the immense quantity you dispose of. I may
mention, however, that notwithstanding its general use, 1
never heard an individual complain of its effects. My resi
dence is 12 miles from Raleigh on the road to Fayetteville.
I am with sentiments of regard, your oli’t servant.
a. g. banks.
To Dr. Peters, —Sir—for upwards of fifteen mouths I have
been cruelly afflicted with Fever and Ague; and during the
time could find nothing—though I had applied to every
thing that gave me any thing like permanent relief. At
length, however, your pills were recommended to me, by otic
of.our best physicians, and I am most grateful and happy iu
being able to add, that I had scarcely used two boxes when 1
found that they had restored me to perfect health Since then,
various members of my family have used them with equal
success— and consequently I feel it my duty to apprise you
of the fact, and to request of you to publish this certificate,
as I am anxious to add tny public testimony to the almost
miraculous virtues of your unrivalled medicine.
THEODORE JAMES.
Augusta. Ga. Feb. If), 1839.
Communication received from the eminent Dr. J. IL Ir
win of Florence, Georgia;
1, Dr. J. P. Peters—My Dear Sir—On the night of the 11th
Lanst., I was called in great haste to the house of a fellow cit
izen, (Mr. Leo,) where I found h-s son laboring under a most
(alarmingattack of Cynanehe Tracncalis (Cioup) and appa
rently beyond the aid of remedy. By the greatest good lor
ync, however, I had ip my pockets a broken box of yottt
®lje .Shuiturcb of Union..
pills—four of which I administered, with such immediate
happy effect that in a few minutes my patient was al ease,
and out of danger This case, m c nnection with my name
is at your service—ami I have the pleasure to inform you that
V'aur iuestitunble tneuieiiie is iu such erent favor with the fac
ulty here, that I believe there is not one of them who does
not list it iti 1 is pi tv ate practice.
\ ours him respectfully,
March 13. 1839. J. IL IRWIN.M- D
Extract lioui a letter written by Dr. Francis Bogart, of
l’ioviilence, It. I , Dec 17. 1838. Peters’ Pills are an ex
cellent aperient and cathartic medicine, those i fleets being pro
iluced by the differences of the quantity taken, and are deci
dediy superior to Lee's. Hr .mlreth’s or Morrison’s Pills.
Extract from a letter written by Dr. Hopson o Bangor,
Maine, Jan. !>, 1 '39 They are a peculiarly mild ye* efficient
purgative medicine, and produce little, if any. griping or
nase.iu. I have prcsctihed them with such success in sick
headache and slight billions fever.
Extract of a letter by Dr Joseph Williams of Burlington.
Vt . Ju>y 9. 1837.—1 cordially recommend Peters' Pills as a
mildly elh ctive. and in no case dangerous. fumi'y medicine
I’liey are peculiarly influential in cos'iveness and all the usu
al diseases of the digestive organs.
Exit act of a letter from Dr. h'.dw. Smith of Montreal, U.
C., >ept. 27. 1836. I never knew a single patent medicine
that I could put the least confidence iu but Dr. Peters’ Ve
getablo Pills, nhiehaic reallv •< valuable'liscovcry. I have
no hesitation in having it known that I use them extensively
in my practice, for all complaints, (and they are not a few)
which have tlieir source 1 !. tire impurity of the blood.
Ext act of a lettei from Dr. Dye of Quebec L. C., March
6. 1837. For biilious fevers, sick headache, torpidity of the
bowels, anti enlarge ment of the spleen. Dr Peters’ Pills are
an excellent medicine.
Extract of a letter from Dr Gurney ofNew Orleans, La..
Oct. fl. 1837. I have received much assistance in my prac.
tice—especially in jaundice and yellow fever, from the use of
Peters’ Pills. I presume that on an average, I prescribe 100
boxes in a month
Extract of a letter from Dr. Prichard of Hudson. N. Y.,
June 3. 1830—I was aware that Dr. Peters was one of the
best chemists in the United States, and felt assured that he
would some day (from bis intimate knowledge of the proper
ties of herbs and drugs) proitiue an efficient medicine, and
I must acknowledge that his Vegetable Pills fully respond to
my expectations They are indeed a superior medicine, and
reflect credit alike upon the Chemist, the Physician and the
Philosopher
Extract of a letter from Dr Waines of Cincinnati. Feb.
2, 1838—Your Pills are the mildest in their operations, ami
yet most powerful in their effects, of any that I have ever
met with in ;< practice ot eight and twenty years. Their ac
tion on the chyle, and hence on the impurities ol blood, is ev
idently very surprising.
Extract of a letter from Dr. Scott of Baltimore, Dec. 17,
1836.—1 am in the daily habit of prescribing them. (Peters'
Pills) and they in nearly all cases answered my purpose. I
have discarded other medicines, some of them very good ones,
in their favor.
Charlotte. N. C., Jan. 1. 1837.
Dear Sir—l have made frequent u»e of your Pills in
the incipient stage of billions fever, and obstinate constipa
tion of the bowels; also, in the enlargement of the spleen,
thionic diseases of the liver, sick headache, general debility,
and in all cases have found them to he very effective.
J. D. BOYD. M. D.
Mecklexoburg Co. Va., Feb. 7, 1837
Having used Dr. Peters’ Pills in my practice for the
last twelve months. 1 take pleasure in giving my testimony
of their good effects in cases of dyspepsia, sick head-ache,
billions fevers, and other diseases, produced by inactivity of
the liver. They are a safe and mild aperient, being the best
article of the kind I have ever used.
GEORGE C."SCOTT. M. D.
These much approved and justly celebrated Pills, are sold
wholesale and retail, at New York prices, and by all the princi
pal Druggists throughout the United States, the Canadas.
Texas, Mexico and the West indies. Retail Price, 50 cents
par box, wholesale price §4 per dozen.
For sale by ISAAC NEWELL, and Dr. POWELL,
Milledgeville, Georgia. 21 ly
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We are also agents for R. Hoe & Co’s Machine and Hand
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We also keep on hand, and contract for the regular sup
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REVOCATION.
To all uh'm it may concern :
J Dl> Iu i, by CANCEL ami REVOKE each and all
Powers oi'.Vtm >:ey which I have heretofore made and
given to Green G. Graft m, ami to Frederick 1,. Boman: i
and I do hereby unify the pub ic, that I w ill not ratify or
abide any thing >r act which they may door perform by vir
tue of said Powers of ' ttornoy. 'iOSF-S L BOM\N.
liawkiiisvile. Ga.. Febinery 1, 1840 (3) ts
LAFAYETTE
CJPRING !> \CEB.—TI.e annual Spring Races over this
4 7 Course will commence on Tuesday, the 10th of March,
when several new stables are expected to he on the ground;
one from Tennessee. The pioprietors offer the following
purses ; viz ,
TUP'S|) \ Y —Two mile hen’s—purse s.*so
\\ EDNESD \Y—Th <emile In- -'— purse 400
THURSDAY—Four mile heals—purse 600
I- RID \Y—Mile teats, he-.t tlfee in five—purse 250
Feb. 6. (3) td THE PROPRIETORS.
audit, Ga,
_ MI LLE DG V\ 1. 1,1,; 14 h Febru u-y. 1840
gTPON the petition of Abner Rohi ..on. lor the orphans of
W_J WILLIAM PEAR R 1.-, of Harn.’ District, Columbi
Comity, shewing that they are the legal drawers ol Lot
Ximihcr “0. in the 24th Di-triet 2d Section ofChetok.ee:
that «aid lot of land has through mistake been granted to
William Parris, Harris’ District, Columbia
Comity, ami that said grant cannot be produced at this De
artment for correction.
Ordered, That unless suflieient cause be shewn to the con
trary, within six months, an alias grant do issue to WIL
LI A M PI Ali R IS’ orphans, the rightful draw, rs of said lot;
ami that this order Im published in one of the public gazettes
of this State for six months previon to the issuin of said
alias giant. J \ M|;< IJ. HORNE
(*> Gl " Sec. Ex Depart.
Mi SIC TUITION.
R. S. ,1.1 <’ SO H
IB ESPh.CTFUi.LY tenders his services to (Im Citizens
SU of Milledgeville as a I I A' lIER ol the P|\\(>.
FORTE. FLUTE, and VIOLIX.
N. IL Mr.. l. will attend to the tuning of Pianofortes.
lIEFERKS-CKS. •
W. W. CUI.I.ENS, Esq.
Rev. G. S. HILLYER.
Milledgeville, Feb 11. (3) j n sln
NOTICE.
ALL persons indebted to me by note or open account are
. requested to call ami settle by the Ist of January next,
or they will beplaced in the, hands of an officer for colli-c
--ii- JAMES T. LANE
Dec. 6. 46—ts.
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MILLEDGEVILLE, TUESDAY MORNING, MARCH 10, 1840.
THE BRIDE AND THE BURIAL.
The Boston Transcript says : —“ The following song has never been
published, and now appears in print for the first time. It was written by
Thomas Haynes Bailey.expressly for Mr. Knight,and was intended a s
the sequel to ‘ She wore a Wreath of Roses? ”
When last I saw this church, it was the morn of a wedding,
And through the village crowd, a glad murmur was spreading;
She conies! the lady eeines ! throw the gate open wider;
She comes ! it was the bride, with her bushand beside her.
How beautiful she looked in the bridal procession,
Her features wore so pdre and so blest an expression!
She smiled upon the friends who came near to caress her,
And I, although unknown, cried with fervor “God bless Ir'r!”
One year has passed away—to the same church returning,
I hear a mu filed bell and the accents of mourning;
I cannot but look back to the morn of the wedding;
And. oh ! ’ts for the bride that these sad tears arc shedding.
'The youth now stands alone, who beside her was kneeling—
Alone, his pallid face with his mantle concealing,
He prays to be relieved from the pangs that oppress him,
And 1, although unknown,cried with fervor “ God bless him!”
THE MONKS OF OLD.
This pathetic poem,by the author of “ Richelieu,” was written on a
melancholy occasion; the author having visited an old monastic church
on the continent of Europe, to bury a beloved infant.
1 envy them—those monks of old—
Their books they read, and lheir beads they told;
To human softness dead and cold,
And ail life’s vanity.
They dwelt like shadow • on the earth,
Free from the penalties of birth,
Nur let one feeling venture forth
But charity.
I envy them; their cloistered hearts
Knew not the bitter pang that parts
Being that ull Affection’s arts *»
Hud linked in unity.
The tomb to them was not the place
To drown the best-loved of lheir race,
And blot out each sweet memory’s trace
In dull obscurity. .
To them it was the calmest bed
That rests the aching human head;
’They looked with envy on the dead,
And now with agony.
No bonds they felt, no ties they broke—
No music of the heart they woke,
When one brief moment it had spoke
To lose it suddenly.
Peaceful they lived—peaceful they died;
And those that did their fate abide,
Saw brothers wither by lheir side,
In all tranquility.
They loved not—dreamed not —for their sphere
Held not joy’s visions; but the lear
Os broken hope, of anxious fear,
Was not their misery.
I envy them—those monks of old ;
And when their statues I behold,
Curved in the marble, cahn and cold,
How true an effigy.
I wish my heart was calm and still
To beams that fleet and blasts that chill,
And pangs that pay joy’s spendthrift thrill
With hitter usury.
MEDITATIONS ON DEATH. BY REV. OR
VILLE DEWEY.
In life there are many things which interfere with
a just estimate of the virtues of others. There are,
i.i some cases, jealousies anil misconstructions, and
there, are false appearances; there are veils upon the
heart that hide its most secret workings and its sweet
est affections from us; there are earthly clouds that
come betwet n us and the excellence that we love. So
that it is not, perhaps, till a friend is taken from us
that we entirely feel his value and appreciate his
worth. The vision is loveliest as it is vanishing
away, and we perceive it not, perhaps, till we see the
parting wing that an angel has been with us.
I feel that the dead have conferred a blessing upon
me in helping me to think of the world lightly in giv
ing a hue ol sadness to the -cenes of this world, while,
at the same time, they have clothed it with every glo
lious and powerful charm ol association. This m.n
gled portion ot energy and humility, of triumph and
tenderness, ol glorying and sorrowing is the very spi
rit of Christianity. It was the spirit of Jesus— the
conqueror and the sufferer. Death was before him,
and yet his thoughts were of tiumph. Victory was
in his view, and yet what, a victory! No laurel crown
was upon his head—no flush o. pride was upon his
hiow—no exultation flushed from his eye; sot his was
a victory to be gained over death and through death.
No laurel crown sat upon his head—but a crown of
thorns; no flush of pride was upon his brow, but
meekness was enthroned there; no exultation flashed
from his eye —but tears flowed from it; “Jesus wept.”
Come then to us thatspi’it, at once, of courage and
meekness, of fortitude ..mi gentleness; of a life hopeful
and h ippy, hut thoughtful of death; of a world bright
and beautiful, but passing away! So let us live and
act, and think and feel; and let us thank the good
Providence, the good ordination of Heaven that has
made the dead our teachers.
I have seen one die; >he was beautiful, and beauti
ful wete the ministries of i'fc that were given her to
fulfil. Angelic loveliness enrobed her, and a grace,
as if it were caught from Heaven, breathed in every
lone, h dlowedeverv affection, shone in every action,
invested as a halo her whole existence, and made it a
light anti bles-iug, a < harm and a vision of gladness to
all around h r—but she died! Friendship and love,
and parental fondness and infant weakness stretched
out lheir hands to save her; but they could not save
her, and she died!—Whit! did all that loveliness die?
L there no land of the blessed and the lovely ones for
'itch to live in ? Forbid it reason, religion, bereaved
allection and undying love, forbid the thought! It
cannot be that such die, in God’s council who live
even in frail human memory forever!
If you wish to give consequence to your inferiors,
aitswi r their attacks. Michael Angelo, advised to
resent the insolence of some obscure upstart who was
ptieliing forward to notice by declaring himself his ri
val, answered—“ Chi combatte con dappochi, non
since a nulla:” who contests with the base, loses with
all!
From the New York Mirror.
MR. LUMINARY.—You were so kind as to gra
tify my curiosjty last week, in pointing out the form
of the Jewish marriage, which pleased me exceeding
ly. Let me ask whether the Jews, in the times of their
kings, were not remarkably abstemious and temper
ate—close and economical? THYRZA.
’■ REMARKS BY M. M. NOAH.
For the Mirror.
That’s quite an unfortunate question, and cannot,
I think, be satisfactorily answered. Even as far back
as the time of the patriarch Noah, they loved a drop
of wine. During the reiun of ilu ir kings, David ami
Solomon, for example, when Spain, Cicily, and vari
ous countries, paid tribute to the Jews, nothing could
exceed the magnificence of their festivals, or establish
bounds to their hospitality. Every important occa
sion, such as a marriage, a birth bay, a wedding-day,
jubilee, etc. etc., was ushered in with a costly partv.
Their guests were numerous, and had ointment pour- 1
ed on their heads as a p rfnme, and frankmcens
burnt fortheir refreshment. The tables groaned with
the weight of the feast; the ladies and gentlemen,
dressed in their richest garments, diverted themselve>
with pleasant and delightful stories, and sent from the
table messes of dainty food for the heathen, who were
not allowed to dine with them, and always to the poor.
All was gaiety and mirth, and a band of music (not
quite as good as Kendal’s) played during the feast.
As to their temperance on these occasions, I would
like to say but little, after what Isaiah has said, and
he was good authority: “Wo unto them that rise up
early in the morning to follow strong drink, that con
tinue until night till wine inflame th am, and the harp
and the viol, the tablet and pipe, and wine, are in
their feasts.” The Greeks and Hebrews had an offi
cer to preside at festivals, known as the Sympcsiar- i
chits. Plutarch speaks of him. He gem r iliy took 1
the head of the table, was a hard drinker, without get- j
ting tipsy himself—he was always pleasant and divert- '
ing, could sing the best song, and tell the best story;
his duty was to keep the company in spirits; push the
wine-cup about; mix water with the wine, when a
guest was drunk, and make everything free and easy
—a kind of Beau Brummell. We have them now.
Solomon said, and he was a wise man, “wine maketh
the heart glad,” and the Hebrews ventured frequently
upon the experiment. Their wine, however, was
poor wine, very thin; that of Cyprus was preferred.
They did not know what a good glass of old Madeira
or brown Sherry was. Very little change of manners
and habits in two thousand years. When Pompeii
was laid open, ear-rings, combs, rouge, perfume, and
hair-brushes, were fiund on the ladies’ toilets, as they
are at present.
ALARMING STATE OF OPINION AMONG
THE WORKING CLASSES OF ENGLAND.—
One of the most ominous and alarming symptoms of
the present time, we conctive to be the state of opi
nion among our labouring population. And at no
previous period, do we believe, in the hhton ofrtur
country, has there existed a more inti nse feeling of
hostility between them and the upper classes of so
ciety, especially in the manufacturing districts. Sen
timents are openly proclaimed at variance with all the
established maxims of law, and order, and propirty ;
and in crowded 'meetings of working men such senti
ments are rapturously applauded. Open attacks up
on the goods of others tire recommended ; and even
armed resistance to the law is encouraged and promo
ted! The labouring classes virtually proclaim to the
upper classes: —
“ We have created wealth for you, and made you
rich ; give us, in return, as much as will keep us
alive: if you do not, we will take it!”
Such was, in fact, atmost the very words of one of
the speakers at the Leeds meeting for the relief of die
unemployed, on Thursday ; uttered, too, in the very
face of the men of property there assembled to con- j
cert measures to relieve them. The very existence of
such feelings as these, growing tip in a state where
there exists the highest degree of social civilization
and refinement, and during a period of the most un
exampled national prosperity, proves, of itself, that
there is something rank and rotten in the base on
whii h it is all founded. The creators of wealth starv
ing for want of food ! The artificers ami artisans, so
much vaunted as the sources oi England’s greatness,
reduced to beggary ! These are the gross anomolies
in our present social condition. And the labourers
observe this ; they are not blind ; and in the wildness
of their half-tutored minds, they rise up and ask,
“ How should these things be Leeds limes.
THE FREQUENCY OF FAMINES IN IN
DIA.—In 1764—66, a famine raged on the coast of
Coromandel. In 1770—71, a famine raged in B n
gal, which swept ofl", under the administration of Lord
Clive, 3,000,000 of its inhabitants. Iu 1782—3 ano
ther famine raged on the Coromandel coast. In
1792-3, another fimine raged there. In 1803-4, a
famine raged in Bombay ami the Deccan. In 1820-1,
there was a famine in the southern part of the Dec
can. In 1823-4, a famine raged in the Deccan, from
Kandiesh to Mysore. In 1832-3, in Bombay and
the Deccan. In 1833-4, there was a famine in the
Madras territory. In 1835-6, there was a famine in
Orissa and on the Coromanel coast. In 1537-8,
there was a famine in the Agra Presidency; and du
ring the end of last year, famine appeared in the Bom
bay Presidency. The amount of mortality caused by
these famines is fearfully great; in the neighborhood
of Agra, 500,000 persons are said to have petidted
from want.
And all this in a country where millions of acres of
the richest soil are lying waste and uncultivated, and
where a half a dollar’s worth of rice will sustain a
man’s existence for thirty days. Something must be
wrong to produce such effects.
j.
Sympathy constitutes friendship; but in love there
is a sort of antipathy, or' opposing passion. Each
strives to be the other, and both together make up one
whole.
Really, the metre of some of the modern p”ems I
have read, bears about the same relation to metre
properly understood, that dumb-bells do to music;
both are for exercise, and pretty severe too, 1 think.
S’. Ij. KOI33A'SOY, Proprietor.
WHOLE NUMBER 319.
POPPING THE QUESTION.—Tire import
ant mt puzzling science of “Popping the Question,” *
is thus dispas-i.mately ;tnd philosophically treated up
on uy An Uli Bachelor,” (in Fraser’s Magazine,)’ <
who, it will be .-een, speaks as one having the author- <
tty ol long and perplexing experience, as well as pos- ,
scsstng a profound theoretical knowletlge of the “art
built on principles.” Whether this \e so or not, 1
however, those who have “ been through the mill” ’
be.'t can tel ! . Now— young bachelors and old— |
phase “read, maik, learn, and inwardly digest” the ]
< I'Uasels ol age. '] hose who have “come off con- I
que’ orS’” jm>y read or “skip” it—just as they please.
1 hough it is impossible to say atty thing very much
to the puipoxe about refusals generally, a little tact
and obsei ■. ution will all tell you whether the girl who
leftist d y- u would have been worth having had she
accepted, lam speaking of verbal Communications
only, as nobody ever writes who can speak. It is
usual, iu all cases of refusal, for the lady to say that
she is deeply grateful for the honor you have done
her; but leelitm only friendship fur you, she regrets
that she cannot accept your proposal, etc. I have
heard the words so often that I know them by heart.
The words, however, varied, signify little; it is the
tone and manner in which they are pronounced, that
must guide you in forming your estimate of. the cruel
one. If they are pronounced with evident marks of
sot tow, instead of triumph, showing unfeigned regret
for having caused pain whirl) she could not alleviate
ii her voice is soft, unbrokt n, and tremulous'’—hef
eje dimmed w ith a hall formed tear, which it requires
even an effort to subdue—then, I say, you may share
m her sorrow, for yeti have probably lost a prize
worth gaining; but tliotigh you grieve, you may also
ate a man ol any pretensions, for there is
evidently good feeling to build upon. Do not, there
firc, fly out, and make an idiot of yourself oil receivx
ing your refusal'; submit with a good grace, solicit a
continuance of friendship, to support you undet th3
beart-crusbiitg affection you have su-lamed. Take
her hand at parting—kiss it frequently, but quietly—
no outre con !uct of any kind—just a little at the ex
pense of t our own failure, without, however, attempt
ing to deprive her of the honor of the victory. Rise
in her estimation by the manner in which you receive
your sentence, kt her sorrow be mingled with admira
tion, ai.d there is no knowing how soon things will
change. These in'tructions, you will perceive, are
not intended for every one, as they require skill, tact,
quickness, and fe. ling, in order tu be appreciated and’
acted upon. If you want these qualities, just make
love, purse in band; it is a safe mode of proceeding,
and will answer admirably with all ranks, from Al
mack’s to the Borough.’ There is only one -class
with whom it will not answer, and that is the very
class worth having.
If, on the other hand, the lady refuses you in a rea
dy-made and well-delivered speech, which liad evi
dently been prepared and kept waiting for you, then
make your bow, and thank your stars for your lucky
escape. If she admonishes your inconsiderate con
duct, bids 3011 calm your excited feelings and suppart
affliction—if site triumphs, in fact, and is cnndescend
ingly polite-—then Cut a caper for joy, and come down
in the attitude of John of Bologna’s flying Mercury,
for you base cause to rejoice. If the lady snaps at
you, as much as to say, “You are an impudent fellow”
wbii h may be sometimes true, though it should not
exactly be told—thru reply with a few stanzas of Miss
Landon’s song:
“There is in southern climes a breeze
That sweeps with changeless course the seas:
Fixed to one point—oh. faithful gale!
Lb u ait not for my wandering sail,”
If she bursts out into a loud fit of laughter, as I
once knew a Ind y to do, then join her, by all means—
for you may be sure that she is an illbred hoideil or a
downright idiot. But if, unable to speak, gt-ief at
having caused yon pain makes her burst into tears, as
a little Swedi-h girl once did when such a proposal
was made to her, then join her if you like, for the
chances are that you have lost one worth weeping for.
THE BENEFIT OF PRINTING.—In alate
number of the Foreign Review, the following passage
occurs. It is a beautiful paragraph :
“When Tanterlape had finished building his pyra
mid of seventy thousand human skulls, and was seen
standing at the gate of Damascus, glittering with
steel, w ith his battle-axe on his shoulder, till the fierce
hosts filled w ith new victories and carnage—the pale
on-lookers might have fam ied that nature was in her
death throes—for havoc and despair had taken pos
session ol the earth, and the sun of manhood seemed
setting in seas of blood. Yet it might have been on
that very gala-day of Tamerlane, a little boy was
pl tying nine pins in the streets of Mentz, w hose histo
ry was more imporiam to them than twenty Tamer
lanes! The 7 artar Khan with his shaggy demons of
the wilderness, passed away like the whirlwind to be
forgotten forever—and that German artizan has
wrouulit a benefit which is yet immeasurably expand
ing itself through all countries and all time. What
are the conquests and expeditions of the w hole corpo
rations of captains from Walter the Penniless to Na
poleon Bonaparte, compared with the movable tj pes
of Johannes Faust!”
THE SURETYSHIP OF THE HUMAN
RACE.— Ihe guilt of the parents by God punished
through their children. The sins of the father are
often attoued for l\y the son and the son’s son.
When God gave his law upon Sinai, he said
“ Bring forward your securities, that ye may keep it:”
They named to him their righteous fathers; but
Jehovah received •not the security! “They are
themselves guilty as well as you ; give me your chil-'
dren and grand children as pledges.”
The souls of the unborn were collected about the
mountain, the sucklings upon the breast, the children
upon the mother’s lap, all raised their voices and as
sumed the surety. Then spake the Eternal, “I will
visit the iniquity of the father upon the children, to'
the third and fourth generation, but I will bless even
to the thousandth generation.”
Moses bowed in adoration, and when God passed
before him, a voice proclaimed “ The Lord, the Lord
God, gracious ami merciful, who forgives iniquity,
transgression and sin, and if thou punishest the sins of
the father to the third and fourth generation, so dost
thou nlso bless to the thousandth.