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ML. ;<IOKY.
It is related oi* liieniistocles,
that, when someone ottered to
te .Ciihiiii the art of memory,
he replied, his wish was rather
to learn the art oi'lorgcttuluess.
Unsound, and oftentimes ex
tremely pernicious opinions,
obtain unquestioned currency,
a id are transmitted as axioms,
lro n age to age, because, ut
tered by men who had gained
high repute for wisdom and for
learning. But he who consid
ers that the wisest are not
always wise; that circumstan
ces may occur to ruffle the
calmest temper, and cloud the
clearest mind; and that, during
an hour of disappointment, or
of calamity, sentiments may be
expressed which were never
seriously entertained, will hear
with suspicion, and pause be
fore he adopt an opinion, like
that of Themistocles, calculat
ed to chill the ardent heating?
of Ihe heart, and render it mis
anthropic and unhappy. That
sorrow and misfortune are the
1 tt of all who hear a part in the
complicated drama of life is un
doubtedly true; but even those
who appear the most wretched,
hve provided they are not
guilts, th* ir alternations of
phH'lie 1 ; and all, whether of
h ‘h <v of i nv estate, in looking
b u:s over the waste of years,
can lx their mental gaze upon
some sunny spot, which, cheer
ed dim ss thev advanced, and
the retrospect of which contin
ues n> cheer. It has often been
n ‘tel >f aged men, that in te
coun ing ttte events of their
liv es. they dwell most frequent
ly. and apparently with most
pleasure, on those, which, as
th *v occurred, occasioned
the n the greatest uneasiness
The dangers they encounter
e 1 in youth, their trials by sick
ties-,. and even the havoc made
lv death in family circle, are
tmi usual themes of discourse;
sod though the relation of cir
cu iisiances like these invaria
bly gathers a kind of twilight
sh.idowovcr the mind, yet it
p* * the. softness of eve
ning, destitute of its gloom.
Vn him who ie approaching
after a well spent life the
bonne where earthly pleas
ures and perplexities alike
must terminate, memory is in.
d>d i IViend, with whose con.
s datums the soul could not he
in lured to part. But he, whose
survey of the past rests only
on acts of folly, k on fair occa
sions “one forever by,’ oav
well shudder at her unspoken
approaches, *loud to the mind,
as thunder to the ear.’ There
are none, it is true, to whom
memory does not suggest in
discretions and extravagances,
for having cornmitt and which,
regret must be experienced:
hut it is to be hoped that there
are lew who cannot revert to
events oi an opposite charac
ter, to counterbalance the tf
lects of these.
Me ory was given to man
as a guide and a monitor. In
the outset of life it gathers, by
its incessant operation, the
stores of knowledge into his
mind; and as he progresses
and has occasion to use them,
it brings them forth from ten
thousand mysterious chambers
where they had lain distribut
ed; when, having answered the
purpose of their production, it
re-deposites them, until they
shall he required for future
use. Without memory, no
other faculty could exist. We
know nothing of the future but
by the past; we cannot reason
hut by comparing and variously
combining those images of
• Inch we are already posses
sed, and imagination could ne
ver wave her soaring pinion did
not memory direct its flight.
Front her sweet Hope hei any colour
ing draws,
And Fancy’s flights are subject to her
laws.
Let any one, who has arriv
ed at that middle sta;e of ex
istence, when tfie delusive an
ticipations of youth have ceas
ed to beguile, and when to look
hack is as easy as to look for
ward, he asked from what
source he derives the purest
and sweetest enjoyment. ILs
answer will he, from memory.
The pleasures of his school
hov dos. he will tell you. often
rise in shadowy semblance to
his mental view; associations
then formed, and never to be
forgot, seem awhile to be re
newed, and, ‘the orchard, the
meadow, the deep-tangled
wild-wood,* arc again trod by
busy feet.’ and vocal with the
jocund laugh of innocent child
hood.
Os the old man these re
marks are particularly true.
With him the season of antici
pation has passed away, and
he lives almost entirely in a
by-gone world. He has little
to hope for on this side of the
grave, but much to remember;
and that memory confers hap
piness. needs no other proof
than the tranquility which u
sually accompanies old age.
‘Lighter than air, hope’s summer visions
flv,
If hut a fl ‘eting cloud obscure the skv;
Let but a beam of sober reason { lay,
Lm fam-v s fairy frostwork melts away;
But can the wiles of art, the grasp of
power,
Snatch the rich relicts of a well-spent
houi ?
These when the trembling soul shall
wing Her flight,
I'our round her path a flood of living
light,
and gild those realms of pure and perfect
rest,
Where viitue triumphs, and her sons are
blest.’
WAN I edT
One or two hoys between T 4 and
16 years of age, as apprentices to the
Printing business. Apply at this Os
re.
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j 21 22 21 26 26 4 2
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47 47 47 47 55 55
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rule.
Select thirst columns that contain tin
person's age; their add the t >p figures ij
those columns together, aktu you unU
find it.
Ufch) vvi IA
By iiis Kxceilevicy John For
syth, Governor anti Commander in
Chief of the Army and Navy of
tins State and of the iViiiitia
thereof.
TO the Honorable Justices of the Inferior ‘
Court, or a majority of them, of ihe
several Counties tht oughout the Slate.
WHEREAS at the election held on
Monday the 6th day of October, 1828,
tor seven members to represent this State
in the House of Representatives of the
Corirress of the United States for tw
j years, from and alVer th* third day of
March next, the Honorable Geoige R
Gilmer wa-* and i’y elected one of said Rep
resent ?tives.
And whereas his Excellency the Gover
nor, as d.rected in and by an act of the
Genera! Av. mbly, passed February the
1 i n, 1799, to ‘regulate the Goner, u
| Elections in this State, and to appoint the
time of >he meeting of the General As
sembty, is.-ued on the 28th day of Ootob-n
! last ins proriamation announcing the *e
isult, ami declaring the name# of the per
sons elected, and inquiring a notiii a. on j
from each to the Executive Department of •
his acceptance with the necessary p oofs
of his eligibility,
And tv he teas the act above referred to j
deelar s that in case any person duly e
lected, being in the Slate, and notified!
thereof in manner therem directed, shaii!
not within 20 days, and, if <ut of this
iMate, within 40 days, after such uotifica
jion, signify hi- acceptance, or shall depart
tins life, the Governor and Commander in
Chief shall order anew Election lo b-i
held ir. iike manner thereiu pointed out.
j And wnereas 40 days have elapsed
-inc - ih • j.u jlicatirm of the proclamation
aforesaid, and the said George U. Gilnn r
has failed so comply with the provisions
cf the said a't of the 1 l'h of fret)
fumy, 1799, 1 have thought proper
to i-Mie this mv VYR.i l OK LLKC l ON.
to lill the vacancy or asion< and by the non
compliance of the said George U. Gilim r.
You are. therefore herebv authorized ad
! required, alter going public and tiu
noio e, i. cause an election to be helden
die first iVioi.d.iN in October, 1629, a, the
courthouse or other place or places of
lmld'ng elections for members of the M ite
’ Legislature and iep esentutives in O'u
gr. ss, for a member lo represent tl.i-
Sae in the House of Rcpieseiitativs
ol the Congress of tire United Mares, for
two years, from and after the 3d day id
March next, to fill tire vacancy of die said
George R Gilmer, occasioned as aloie
said.
Given under my hand and the seal o
the Executive, at ihe Slate Hou-e, in
MiUedgeville, tl is 18th day <i De
cember. in the year nf ou; Lord one
thousand eiiiht hundred and twenty
eifc.Lt, aid of American Indepen
dence the 63d.
JOHN FORSYTH.
PROPOSALS
For publishing, at Uunni, Gnu ci JYexs
paper, to be eutuLeJ the
Darien iOioonix.
Ly a. C. McINTYIiE.
T N i-'U; g roposals I>r (Ins public iii
S the Ki.ifoi uet-ins apology to be urine
|i -j. lie is mii) exercising the pro
le? on • f h.s voutli, and can Cos. duce oei
ther log)- 1 nor evil, apart from me pub.
iic win. it success alt ml the under,
tailing, it must arise from the nalu.al ad -
vantages ol Darien, the aid of ar now em
played m bt bait ol thai Cuy, and its Con
ui.Xl.>n s as an entrepot, witn two-t drds of
tnn Sut . I lie PrHENIX will, tbere
-1 ue, be chiefly va uahie as a commercial
vein • le; and, as the Editor must depend
Im suh isteuce on the circulation ot his
paper, the public have a strong bond lor
ii x rtions.
On he score of politic-, h ha hut lit
lu i uuVance. Averse t. new doctrines
..I'd ambitious inn vations, his creed
the Coiisii ution of the United State*
an and his -of that instrument
tbe one that obtained undei the Ad
inuiiMra.ion of Washington, Je tiers on
nauismt. and Mouioe. For other polit
ical uiou, ii cor.ttsSes freely that he has
i u veaeiaiioo. Hence, he announces
Inmscil as belonging neither to the sect
lAi oi Vliriai ; nut determined in eveiy
vt at to support men so long only as they
■re able and willing to ‘Contribute
to the national prosperity. To these who
wah to cherish a paper based oo other
ruKiplrs. hem hankness mud observe
that he desires :n t tneir patrouage.
‘J EH MS.
iHE PHCE vIX will appear in the
month ol Januasy u xt, on a royal slieet,
and b veekiy published ou a day to suit
the or. is.
i be ?ii ascription will be “ DoHar-.
per an. uuiui advance, or Four at v „j end
ut be y cai
A iv nrsements will be inserted at the
usu. i rates.
Waiien superior Court.
Odobcr Term 1828*
John Wright, II nry J."]
bright, iimfy flight, j
iu rigiit ot hi-, wife. K . j _
t o Jesse Pope# in 15,11 fur d, ’“
j (ght ol h.s wife, n . ei y 9 **®’
vs< ] Del mill diSi-
Jo,eph Ilill end Chap j
p H licrtuh ii’x’ra. of j
iii hard iL.-Htb d< i. J
it appenringto tbe Cunrt by retard
and ine Sheriff tiiat Chappell Heath,
o.io ot the a- fend ants in the above
bill is not robe found in this county
and by allidavits ot Leonard P. att,
biiei iff tlut h resides without the lim
its of the stote, on motion, it is or
dered that service be perfected on the
said Cli ppeli Heath hy publication
of tli.s oi dvr, in some public Gazette
of this state out e a month for three
months before ti e next Term of this
court, .and further ordered that the
said Chi ppieil Heath do appear and
ni sivi r s >iu toil on or before the first
day of the next term of this court.
True extract from the minutes of
the Superior Court Warren county ,
Georgia O toiler Terra 1828.
THOMAS GIBSON, elk.
Georgia, Warren County.
S pen i<■ Com t. October Term , 1828.
J ibcpli Grizzle']
y. J
Matilda Griz )>Libel for Divorce,
zie, lormcrlv |
Matilda Weeks J
ft appearing the coirrt hy the re
fi ini f the Sher'iff that the defendant
ii, the above < is not to be found iir
s; :d county—it is on motion ordered
dot service be perfected on said de
tVralant hy publication, of this rule in
<nr of ilie public gazettes, of this
State, once a month for three months.
True extract from the minutes Su
perior court AV arreu county Georgia,
October Term 1828. 22.- in3m.
THOMAS GIBSON, Ci*k,
• C
AI L por*on= indebted to the estate °
Robert Palmer, late of Warren county,
deem *d, are ncjnesled to make imme
diate paj nient: end those having de
marids ?’<! estate, are desired to’
prtsei t lh r n> a 3 the h* vv lirects.
W iNLi ivhD I ALMFU, E*‘rx