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numerous transparent lamps, burning
with perfu tied oils of grueful fra
erawce. Most of the ronpmy hid
already assembl'd, and of the female
pirt, never had 1 witnessed h more
splendid bevy, arrayed in robes of
unsullied whiteness and head dress s
adorned with wreaths of ruses, true
emblems of celestial innocence . and
virgin purity. The smile of cheer
fulness, gaily played on each fair coun
tenance, and tlie buz of many soft
lisping voices enjoying “the flow of
soul and genial converse of the heart,”
made the scene at once animating and
interesting. We hud been seated but
a few moments, when the attention of
the company was almost UHconciously
drawn toward the door of an adjoin
ing room* There was a momentary
bustle, and the happy pair, with their
attendants, broke upon us, in all their
charms of youth and innocence.
Louisa was crowned with a large
wreath of artificial white roses, some
in full expanse, and others just dis
closing their budding beauties in
beauteous contrast with the modest
blushes playing on her lovely check,
‘ Herself the fairest flower!*
As soon as this interesting caval
cade were duly marshalled in the cen
tre of the room, the reverend divine
commenced the solemn and iinpres
sive ceremony—“ Edward, wilt thoi:
take this woman to be, Ac. To which
he responded, in a manly and and
ible voice* I will.” —Louisa, wilt thou
take this man to be, Ac. To which she
nodded assent; The benediction was
then pronounced, and the aged minis
ter, his head whitened and his voir*
enfeebled by the weight of y ears and
cares, humbly bowing before his God,
pronounced a fervent orison lot* the
benefit of the new wedded pair. A
scene more solemn, interesting or im
pressive, I have rarely witnessed, not
a syllable interrupted, not a lisp called
the attentive audience from the holy
man of G >d, and I know not a spark
of envy nor breath of malice was
there, each listener responded a fer
vent amen.
The ceremony over, each, in turn,
uftVred their congratulations to the
happy pair. Os all customs’ which
have been introduced into society, this
is, no doubt, the most tedious to a
batchelor. The horrors of blue devils
were but genuine pleasure, in compa
rison with it. 1 waited until the com
pany had nearly passed through the
ceremony, when, with an agitated
step, l hurried to the shrine, blit alas !
how unfortunate ! several who sat
nearer, and doubtless in the same
predicament with myself, had alrea
dy reached there before me, and left
me the last of a crowd, standing like
a millers customer, to await tny turn,
while I was so beset with the sin of
IS
bash fulness, that 1 trembled in every
joint and dare scarcely raise my head.
I would have given the world to have
been any where else, but was restrain
ed, by ambition, from going,before of
fering the customary salutation. To
complete my confusion, while 1 was
standing in this aukward dilemma,
iny amiable, though mischievous
friend, Miss S ipbronia S—— was
fixed at the very side of the bride and
curling her countenance into one of
her most provoking'y mischievous
arch smiles, she s oil it with full force
ag iinst me. Heavens ! who could
withstand it. I whirled in utter confu
sion, how I got to the door. I know
not. The frail cobweb fabrics of the
fair crowd through which 1 passed,
I greatly fear, suffered much in my
hurried retreat. I left hat, cloak and
all behind, firmly resolving never to
forgive Sophrouia, nor attend another
wedding, where the- company should
exceed a dozen. y
EUGENIO^^
ForTlie CABINET.
Mr. Editor,
We generally find that those who
have had sufficient courage ands r
---titude to attack prevailing vices, not
withstanding they were actuated with
the purest feelings of philanthropy,
have o-* time victims to an overwhelm
ing opp isition; and many of the best
inor dista and instructors of the hu
man race, after they had devoted
their substance, their time and talents
to promote the happiness of their fel
low man, have been coinpelled. to sur
render their lives, and have expired
martyrs in the cause which they had
espoused.— Hence we infer the-certain
ty of future rewards and punishments.
It may be well, therefore, for those
who have a propensity for mending
the morals and practices of the people
of this world, to count up the Tost, e’er
they com uence. I have felt/the influ
ence of such propensities, but finding a
deficiency in the materials ne* essary
to constitute a belligerent, J deem it
imprudent to hazard any tiling like a
general engagement; consljueiitly, 1
shall attack only a few of the smaller
vices to which the human family are
incident.
In the first place, I will notice an
imprudent curiosity, vvliifh prevails
with most persons, and in some in
stances, it has extended So far as to
unloose a seal, with so much ingenui
f y, that after perusing the contents of
a letter, they would again seal it up
in such a manner as to escape detec
tion. It is probable that many per
sons, guilty of this practice, believe
sincerely that they will do no harm,
and that it is impossible;that any evil
can result from it, hut they should re
fleet that they have been guilty of a
breach of trust, consequently arc
not worthy to he trusted—the person
who sealed it did not expert it would
be broken,or he would either not have
written it, or he would not have seal
ed it; you have therefor# violated a sa
cred confidence—a confidence essen
tial to our existence as a community .
The writer, relying on the sacredness
of this confidence, has ventured to
open the se: ret recesses of his heart
to a friend—you have therefore un
feelingly intruded yourself int> the
sanctuary of friendship, and at an un
guarded moment, an expression or
sentiment, you had thence learned,
escapes your lips—the friends, not a
warc of the intrusion, find, with a
heart si< kuing sorrow, that they are
the victims of treachery. Cold sus
picion ensues—confidence is lost—and
those bosom friends - forsake c*a*.h o
flier forever. Thus has been des
troyed some of the most genuine and
sentimental friendships that ever ex
isted ; while the delinquent, who per
petrated the crime, is left to view,
with astonishment, the effect of his
imprudence, and becomes tnc self con
demned victim of an iule curiosity.
This is the effect of practising hones
ty merely from motives of self inter-
est—to enable them to possess the
good opinion of the world, and to cn
joy the advantages resulting from an
honest reputation—had they cherish'*
ed the principle in consequence of its
in ate beauties, they would fain have
found it convenient to have exercised
this virtue in the dark, arid alone, and
have been justly entitled to the ap
pclation of the ‘noblest work of G >d.’
1 wouid not have you to infer, Mr.
Editor, that I intend these remarks to
apply only loan idle curiosity that
extends so fur as to a seal I
hope and believe that there are, com
paratively, but few so destitute of
good breeding and honesty as thus
to forfeit forever the pleasures of self
approbation, but many who have con
tributed extensively to the sn< i 1 in
tercourse and happiness of the com
munity by faithfully observing thro’
life the sanctity of a seal —we never
theless are in danger of becoming
victims to an improper curiosity;
the influence of education and
good breeding, they have adopted
iand practised certain regulations lor
their conduct, and from the long ob
servance of them, they have become
easy A natural—they have as yet met
with temptations only of usual and
ordinary descriptions, consequently
have pr- par* tfto sustain them'*
,selves; but when they shall encounter
’an unexpected and unusual tempta
tion, e’er their mechanical and scho
lastic honesty and morality can be
be brought into requisition, they have
fallen and become identifyed wfth
the mass of ordinary offenders. I
write from sad axperience. Theoth.
er evening, on entering my room, I
found a letter on my desk, addressed
to a distant gentleman—and taking it
up I found, instead of a seal, it was
sewed—yes, Mr. Editor,it was stitch
ed together with a needle and thread.
This was exactly what 1 had never
expected to meet with, 1 was thrown
into a tremor, and was unable to sus
tain myself, 1 threw the letter again
on the desk, and traversed my room
with hasty and rapid strides, occa
sionally casting an anxious glance
at the fastening of the letter. I at
length threw myself into a chair be
fore the desk, and with ns much con
sternation as an util tit ky Judge, who
had taken tiis seat fully confident nt
bis abilities, A hud suddenly been re
quird to make a de* issiou in a cast
governed neither by law nor prer.e
dent. In the absentee of every thing
I—instinctively opened the letter
The first glance was directed to tin
signature, and lo! I recognized the
name of a young lady and near neigh
bor. She had written to her father
I instantly folded the letter; and with
the most awful feelings of self con
d* nutation repaired to her resident *
with the open letter in my hand. She
enquired if I had read her letter. I
inf >i*ine(l her, and informed h r truly,
that I had not, she informed me that !
she had no wafer; and that she had
supposed that any badge of secrecy
would have been sufficient to have
protected her letter. Enough I could
hear no more. Thus fell a modern
philosopher, who had always been a
blc to look upon a letter, sealed in the
ordinary way, with as much l rid (Ter
ence as he could upon a stone.
°.
(QThc Rev. Mr. Crandall, of
tin* Methodist Church, will preach in
this place, to-morrow at 11 o’clock
A, JU.
to c o :i r e s rojvn ejvts.
Eugenio is informed that Vesper
No. 3,4, 5 and G have been received.
If our taste is not vitiated, wo are
confident those who explore our Ca
binet, with the eye of a candid cri
tic, will not regret to find The Widow
The Voting Convert—Ji Traveller's
Tale , and Jl Mother's Grave , have a
place in our columns.
Scrap-Monger, Junior—and an O
hituary notice of W I,
were received too late for insertion
this week.
MARRIED,
On Tuesday evening last, by the
Rev. Patrick N. Maddux, George
\, Dawson, Attorney at Law, to
Miss Martha 11. Butt, daughter of
Jcremi h Butt, Esq. of this place.
DIED,
On Wednesday evening last, of a
lingering illness, which she bore with
Christian fortitude, Mrs. Elizabeth
Fleming, consort of the Rev. Robert
FI ming.
NOTICE.
All persons are cautioned acainst trad
ing for a note of hand given by tnvself
to William Wilder about the Istb of Jan
uary, 1327 for thirty dollars, made pa)
nb'e sometime in the s ame year, as I
have paid -aid note off*to said Wilder
and dont intend to pay the same again,
unless compelled bv law.
JOSEPH S. WAGGONER.
June 28th 18'. 8. 3t
W anted,
A lad between 14 and 16 jears of
ag*, as an apprentice to the Saddle
and Harness making business. One
of steady industrious habits will meet
with good encouragement by apply
ing to E. HALE.
Warrenton, June 21. 4-ts
! Sheriffs Sale.,
VlJill he sold on the first Tuesday
* * in July next, at the Court House
in Warren ton, Warren county* be
tween the usual hours of sale, the fol
low ing property, to wit;
One negro girl, by the name
of Mary, about ten yenis of age; levied
on as the property of B. S Harrison, to
atisfv four executions in favor of Thom
as iVrsoos against *?• S. Harrison, B. T.
t/a rison andwlordica Johnson secu ity
on the appeal, and Robert U* Barham, se
curity on the stay of Executions, levy
made mtd returned to me bv a c*? ns t ; ’b'e.
Two hundred ami fifty Three
Hcres of <<ak and hickory laud, more or
les9, lying on the waters of Williams
Creek, adjoining lands of Moses vh-xun
tier and others, levied on by a constable
and returned to me as the property of
Mathew Moore to satisfy two executions
ssued out of i justices court in favor of
Henry R. fhompson against the said
Mathew Moore.
POSTPONED SHERIFF'S SALE Si
One woman hv the
name of Crittey, about Twenty years ot
ge, and her child, b> the nano of Judy,
three weeks old; levied onus the prop
*ity of Edwin Baker, to satisfy sundry
* X‘*cuti*>ns in favor of ’I homas B itle
and others vs. the* said Edwin Baker,
levy made and return id to me by a Con
stable.
One negro girl Malinda, a
bout eighteen years of afre; Levied on
by a constable as the property of Jesse
I) Green to soti-fy sundry executions
against said Green in favor nf Stephen
Jones and other executions against said
Green.
LEO.WiII!) PRATT Stiff.
.May 3t. 189.8. _
PUBLIC SALE OF
LOTS
Within the Reserve ami Town of
COLUM BUS,
At the Coweta Falls, on the
C/iatlahoochie River.
IN conformity to an act of ihc Letpsla
ture of this State, passed *>n the iwrn
ty-foorili day of December, in the year
one thousand eight hundred and twenty
seven, to lay out a trading town, and dis
pose of all the land* reserved foi Mie u-e
of the Slafp, near the Coweta Polls on the
Chattahonchie river—Will be sold in the
♦ own of Columbus, on Thursday, the
10th of July next,
Building Lots,
of half an acre each, in the plan of said
town ;
Twenty-five Gardening Lots of ten a
cre.s each, on the North. East and South
of the ftquare reserved for the tounaid
common, and adjoining the same. Twe
ty Lots of twenty acres each—seventy
eight lots of one hundred acres ear h, and
thirty one fractional parts of survey.
The local advantages of this tow n— the
rich and extensive back country it ha
already at command, and the increasing
importance it will derive from the c S'lcq
of the lauds on the west of the Cha'ta
hoochie river, will insure to it a dig-ee
of commercial importance not surpa-io-d
by any other town in Georgia. Ihe
town is situated on the east side of the
nver, immediately below the falls, which
admits of a safe and convenient navigation
for steamboats from thence to Apdachi
cola Bay.
‘l’erms will be. one fifth of the pur
chase money in cash or current bills of
chattered Banks of this state—the bal
anus in four equal annual instalments.
The sale will commence on the day
aboye mentioned and will be continued
from day to day until all the lots are de
posed of.
IGNATIUS A. FEW
ELIAS BEALL,
PHILIP HENRI ALSTON, V
JAMES HALL AM,
E. L. DEGRALFENREID, J
Commissioners for laying < jf the totrn of
COLUMRVB, avd the Reserve at the
COWETA EALLB.