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ari ureialy, i-iasu tue juui H*
lis’ai L*. liill'll, id Miialjf suuilcy ii las Issued
from a.Jus 1 ice court ot ff.ut) count), -spen
cer Rietey uuJ otucit, vs. s *ui tlairi».
'ALj, two tiiirJs ol Mo. 83 iu me 19in
oist. of Sjtew.ui county, taaeu as'iie prop
ertv of Jess? S.v..i i.T. losaiisiy sundry il t ia
issued out of a J ustioe coiii t oi ituit» coun
ts, iu favor of Lvioam Magnuey, vs- sat-i ;
bktuaer.
Also, Nos. 72 ami 73, in ilie '22*l n ist. of
Sie>v.ut county, taken as tuc property oi
IS.iiViiiig W. Stark, to satisiy a li ta issued
oat of tue l.uerior court ol Coiuuioia
rouui}', ill favor "I Matiia.il and Ragan, vs.
Bawling vV. Star* auU Fra i es i\ Alieu.
Also, a seveu acre tot, a ljoi ung Lump
kin, tyiiig west of J. J. Lani.tr, t.iaeu as tue
property of Samuel Tompkins to sattisly
sutiJry ii fas issued out of a .1 ustice court of
Stewari county in favor of Cbarltou Ferry
vs. W. F. i’otnpktus aiu Samuel Tomp
kins.
Aiso, No. 195, in the 13ih D'.st. of Stew
art county taken as the properly of Hebert
Bird, to satisfy sundry (i fas issued out ol a
Justice court of Stewart county iu favor ol
A. Beacharnand ot mis.
Alsu, No. lid, in the 19th list, of Stewart
ty, taken as the property of Biouut Trout
man, to satisfy sundry li fas issued out of a
Justice cou t f Stewart county in favor of
James Lyon and others.
Also, No. 77, in the 21st Dist. of Stewart
county, taken as the property of E. Water*
to sat isy sundry fi fas issued out of a Justice
court of Stewart county in favor of Beding
ficld Ac Rockwell and others vs. said W iters.
M. M. FLEMMING, Sheriff.
August 1,1839.
mortgage svles.
Also will be sold as above oi the first Tues
day in September next,
y a worn in 26 years o*d, Arthur a
ii 20 years old, Sampson a man, 35 years
•Id, Di nin', a woman 22 years old, and her
two children, Tener, a woman 30 years old,
Any 1£ Jack 15, Alfred 13 years, George a
boy l i near* old, Rose a woman 19 years
eld. Nathan a bov 2 years old, Calvin 5
yeirs old. Hester 3 years old. Daniel 7 years
eld, Dive L year old, all taken as the prop
erty of Robert Hatcher, to satisfy three
Mortgage fi fas issued out of Stewart In
ferior Court, in favor ot’ Wdliard B ivntou,
Loverd Bryan, Tomilson Foit and Elijah
E. Crocker, Executors of Samuel Wil
liams, deceased, vs. Robert 11 itcher.
Also, one boy by the name of Toney,
about 21 years of age, one girl, by the
uame of Silva, about 16 years ot' age, all
levied on as the property of Robert H itcher.
to satify a Mortage ft fa. issued out of Stew
art Inferior Court, iu favor of Turner Co
ley vs. Robert Hatcher.
M. M. FLEMING, Sheriff.
__July 5. 1839.
Sn.nter Coroners sale.
WILL be sold on lue lirst Tuesday iu
SEP I'EMBER next, at the civnrt
house dour in the town of Americns. within
tha usual hours of sale, the following pro
p Tty, to wit:
The west half of Lot of Land, No. 146.
in the 27th district origin illy Lee, but now
Su titer county, levied oil is the property of
John T. McCrary, property pointed out by
E. 11. Btown.
Also, the so ith half of ht oflaml No 175,
also, lot No. 231, in the 16th district origin
ally Lee bat now Sumter county, levied on
as the property of John W. Cowart, proper
ty pointed out by John T. McCrary, all le
vied on to satisfy a Fi Fa from Sumt r su
perior court in favor of Lovet B. Sini'li, vs
Jo.in Kinney. Thomas T. Evans. Isaac
McCrary, John W. C •wart, lohtt T Mc
tf rary and Adam Hardin, principals, and
Dempsey J. Justice, security.
Also, the south bail’ ol’ lot of Laud No.
175, iu the 27th district of said county, le
vied on as tue property of John W. Cowart,
to satisfy a Fi Fa from Stumer superior
court in favor of the Central Bank of Geor
gia vs John Kimmey, Thomas G. Cowart
and John W. Cowart.
Also, o e ox wagon anil two gtey horses,
levi 1 on a, the property of John Kiimvcy,
to satisfy a Fi Fa. from Sumter superior
co ,rt. in favor of Guam B. Troutman, vs
Job i Kim ney, pointed out by C. B. Strong,
att'y at law.
his
WILLI AM * B. THOM VS.
July 22 mark. Coroner.
WILL be sold at the Court Mouse door
in Cuihbert Randolph county, on the
firs' T uesday in October next. Lot of
Land, No. 7, in the 10th district of former
ly Lee, now Randolph county, the same
being part ol toe estate of Alexander Car
ret tiers a .Minor orptiau, and to be si 1,1 tin
der an order of the inferior Court of the
county of Sumter.
ELIZABETH BUCK,
formerly Elisabeth Joiner, Guardian.
June2s, 1839. 12
NOTICE.
©* THE rtKST TUESDAY IN SKFTEMBR StCXT,
JETILL be sold before ilu; Court House
v door-in the Town of Lumpkin, u.i
--' -jer ‘and mrdai ot’the Inferior' Court of
Stewart-county acting as a Court ol ordi
nary-,-. Lt.t of Lan,d No. 171, in the 21st.
district ot aiu county, sold for the benefit
of the he is an I creditors of Samuel En
person, deceased •».*' said comity. Terms
made known on the ti.G' of sale.
MARGARET EPPERSON,
June 27. 1639. 1J Adin’r*.
THE State Rights - Party of Lee county
are requested to meet at the Court
lions'! in Starksvile on Saturday the last
day of August, instant, fer the p irp’ose of
u rmi in ting suitable candidates to represent
them in the next Legislature.
VOTER.
August 9,1839. 19 2t
ALL persons are farwnrned from trading
Inr two notes of hand given to James
Harrell, o ie for $25 anl the other s>2o due
on th? 25th day of December next, dated
sont tirni in M.ty or June last, signed by
the Sabseribers. At the consideration li t
♦ oieA, we a » not intend to pay the tatne un
less compelled by law.
MICAIAH S. D VRBEY,
NAMI,. a dams.
August 14, IW9. 19
T IE 8 »hscriber wil! attend to tbe collec
tion of oil d“bts dit! the hue firm ol
Gardner & Birrow, ut> ‘o April, 1839.
Persons indebted to eai.l Vm will please
m ike payment iin uedintely
April 30 H 11 BARRGW
FATAL INSTANCE OF THE DAN
GER Ur
’ demce.
Cnance, and that spiut ot iuqtiity which
Paul Pry r»cu»-» m huusrli by Calling to
me c.i i-aclenstic ol tue age, once led us to
visit tue i .oauc asylum at (Jtiaretiton. Amid
lue ui toy ...it and attlictiug instances of Ue-
D .sen and degra.ied humanity we met with,
one mail sliuck us most particularly. He
was a.,out five and tnirty years of age, tall
and well built, with a laity forehead and deep
set penetrating eye. The whole character
oi ms * .ui was highly intellectual; but the
expression ot his features was melancholy
an . depressing beyond anything words can
»ive any idea of. The face was deadly pale
rod marked by small blue veins ; and the
dragged mouth and downcast look bespoke
utter despair, lie never noticed the per
sons about him, but stared ILedly at vacan
cy. and mult red constantly in a broken and
supplicating voice, as if entreating forgive
ness ol so ne great and heuiotis.
••Will tie recover?” said we, as w
tuned to leave the spot.
•‘Never,” said the keeper; “his is a mad
ness never curable.”
On our return to-Parts, M. E , the
celebrated physician, who had accompanied
us to Clmreiitoii,gave us the following brief
account ot this man’s case.
'! onsieur Eugene S had so brilli
nntly distinguished himself in his career at
the French bar, that at t’ e early age ol’twen
ty eight, he was named Proeurettr du Roi,
an office, in many respects similar to 'hat ol
our aitornev-Geueral. To a great knowledge
of his profession, rarely attainable at so ear
ly a period of life, he united the gift of a
most 'onvincing eloquence; and. sir.inger
still, a thorough acquaintance with human
nature iu all its shapes and phases, which
seemed absolutely incompatible with iiis
habits of close study and seclusio. s. There
was no art nor ‘metier’ with the details of
whi-h lie was unacquainted ; no rank or
walk in life, whose feelings and prejudices
he could not dip into, and identiTv himself
with. The very dialect nf the lowest clas
ses lie made his study, and from the patois
ol Noimaaijy, to the outlandish jargon ol the
uaacogrie, he was familiar withal!. Tal
ems like tlifse were not long in establishing
the fame of their possessor, and before he
had been four years at the bar, it was diffi
cult to say wlii liter he was more feared as
a rival by bis colleagues, or dreaded as an
accuser by the critu. 01. This to a French
Advocate was the pinnacle ot professional
fame.
As his practice extended, his labor at home
became much greater; frequently lie did not
leave liis study till daybreak, and always
appeared each morning at 'he opening of
the court. The effect upon his health was
evident iu his palid look, and his figure, for
merly erect and firm, becoming stooped and
bent the life of excitement his career pre
sented left neither time nor inclination for
society or amusement; and his existeuce
was one great mental struggle. •
All who understand the nature of a trial
lor lite and death in France, are aware that
it is neither mote nor less than a drama, in
which the Procureurdu Roi plajs the prin
cipal character; and whose success is esti
mated l, y ffiit one test—the conviction of the
accused. I here is eo preparation too se
vere, no ‘artifice *,oo deep, no plot 100 sub
tle, for the advocate, upon occasions like
th’s; he sets himself patiently to learn tlie
c;,avacier of the prisoner, iiis habits, his
leeliiigs, his prejudices, 1 is tears ; and by
the time that the trial comes on is thorough
ly laniiiiai with every leading trait and fea
ture of the man.
In combats like this our advocate’s life,
was passed ; and so complete a mastery had I
tue demoniacal passion gained over hint,
that whenever, hy the acquittal of a “pre
vt'nn,” he seemed t“ he defrauded in his
rightful tribute of adiniratiou and applause,
the effect on his spirits became evident ;
Ins head dropped ; and for several days he
Would scarcely speak. The beaten candid
ate lor collegiate honors never suffered liom
doieal as he did ; and at last to such a height
ii «1 this infatuation reached, that his own
life seemed aetuaby to hang in the scale up
on every trial lor a capital offence; and up
on the issue, threatened death to the advo
cate or ihe accused. ‘ Luvuel de deaux,”
said an old barrister, at theopeuing o! aense,
and the words became a proverb couceruiug
Monsieur fs ,
i iii iiianii was at its height when the
government directed him to proceed to Bor
deaux to taive ihe direction of a trial, which,
at that period, was excitii,g the greatest in
terest in France. he case was this :—A
gcrtleman travelling for pleasure, accom
panied by ;» single servaut, had taken up his
residence on the banks of the Garonne.
Here tuemiid urbanity ot liis manners and
prepossessing address had soon w >n for him
tlie attention and good will ofthe inhabitants
who were much taken with him, and in an
equal degree prejudiced against the servant
wjioso Bretague stupidity and rudeness were
ill calculated to make friends for him. In
the little village where they sojourned two
ne-.v arrivals were sure to attract their share
of attention, and they were most rigidly
canvassed, but always with the same judge-
ment.
Such the slate nf matters, when one
moruiug the village was ihrown into commo
tion by the report (hot the stranger had been
murdered in the night, and that the servant
was gone, no one knew whither. On open
ing the door of the little coltatre a strange
and sad sight present’d itself ; the floor was
covered w ith packing ca .es and chests, cor
ded and fastened as it’ lor a journey ; ihe lit
tle plate and few books ofthe deceased were
carefully packed, and everything betoke the
preparation for departure. Lithe bedroom
the spectacle was still more strange ; the bed
clothes lay in a heap upon the floor, cov
ered with blood, aud a broken razor, a twist
ed and torn portion of a dressing gown lav
beside them; there were several foot-tracks
iu the blood upon the floor; and these were
traced "through a small dressing room which
ledbut upon a garden wlterd they disappear
ed in ihe grass; the servant was nowhere to
be lound, neither could any traeeof the body
be discovered Such were, in a lew words
the chief circumstances which indicated the
commission of the dreadful crime, and in
the sraiS of public feeling towards the two
parties were tben:?‘l sufficiently stiM'g to
implicate the servant, who it was now dis
covered, had been some leagues up on the
road to Bordeaux early that morning.
The commissair of police set out immedi
ately iu pursuit; and before night the man
was arrested. At first, his usual stupid and
sullen manner was assumed; but. on hear
ing that the ,death ot his master was now
proved he burst into tears, and never spake
more.
1 he most dilligent search was now made
io discover the body, but without success.
It was nowhere to be found; A itat bolong
•its ■” tie deceased was taken up near the ]
river, and the geueral belief was that the '
corpse In I been thrown into tlte river and !
Carrie ? do vn by the current which was here
very rapid. Ihe indignation of all parties,
who were never kindly disposed to tbe ser
tant rose to th* greatest height, that he ,
Vvuuld never acknowledge what had been
done with i|ie body, although now no doubt
leinaiued upon th r ir mind as to his guilt.
His trial at length came on ; and Monsieur
S—— arrived “special” m Lyons to con
duct it. The great principle in English
ci iin in o I law, that a conviction cannot beheld
for murder Until the body be tound, exists
not in Franee ; but in lieu of it, they require
a hain ol circumstantial evidence ol the
strongest and most convincing na ure.
To discover this where itexisted, to fash
ion it where it did not, were easy to the
practised advocate ; and the poor prisoner,
whose reasoning powers were evidently ot the
weakest order, and whose intelligeiice*was
most limilel, offered an tasy victim to every
subtle question of the lawyer; he (ell deep
er into the snare laid lor linn ; he was made
to say that though upon tlte road to Bor
deaux. he knew not why he was there ; that
the watß" and keys iu his possession were
his master's he acknowledged; but why
they were in his keeping he aould not tell;
every hesitation of his manner, every mo
mentary indication ol trouble ami contusion
were .urned against him ; and even when a
fitful glean ol intelligence would shout acros
his clouded brain, it was anticipatec his
torturer and converted to bis injury. i lie
result may be easily guessed; he con
demned to deaih; and the following inotning,
as the advocate received at his lewethe con
gratulations of the authorities upon his suc
cess and ability, the prisoner was led to the
guillotine amid ihe execration of ten thou
sand people.
Two years after this trial took place out
advocate was passing through Amiens on
his nay to Pi roiiue. r l In ie was co sitleia
ble bustle amt confusion in the hotel, Iroin
an incident wliti h had just occurred, and
which shocked all the inmates. A goutle
niiiu who hat arrived the evening before,
having attempted to commit suicide by cut
ting iiis throat, aud was lound two
horn the town upon‘he hi"*! load, where it
appeared he lalien from loss of blood,
uaving walked thus lar alter his intended
crime.
“His name is Lemoine,” said someone
in h crowd, as they carried hint bleeding,
and nearly lifeless into the house.
‘Lemoine !" said Monsieur S , mu
singly; “the name of tlte man murdered at
Lyons by Jeiin Labarte.”
“And what is most strange,” sail another,
not hearing the mntteied observations ol
Monsi* Hr S , “he is now perfectly
sensible and most penitent lor his attempt,
which he as ril es to a passing ii-sanity that
he has been liable to from a boy . tt,e impulse
is first to destroy and then to conceal him
self.”
“That is indeed singular,” said Monsieur
S——, “but there is no combating a mon
omania.”
“So the poor man feels for lie has already
essayed the same several titties- in tlte last ,te
nearly succeeded when living on the Garon
ne.”
“The Garonne—Lemoine—” screamed
rather than spoke the advocate —” when—
where—the name of the village?”
“La Hulpe.” said the stranger.
“I am a murderer!” said S , as he
fell upon the pavement, the blood stream
ing from his mouth and nose; they lifted
him up at once and carried him into the house
but the shock had been too much. r l he
lace ol the murdered Jean Labarte, as with
stupid look, and heavy inexpressible gaze he
started up from the dock, never lelt him alter
and he passed his remaining days in Cnar
eutun, a despairing, broken hearted maniac.
It subsequently came out, that poor La
hart, knowing that this master was threaten
ed with an attack, had packed up all he pos
sessed, and set out for Bordeaux to procure
i physician trusting, that Irnm his precau
tion, no mischief could accrue in the mean
while—one razor was unfortunately forgot
ten, amt gave rise to all the circumstances
we have mentioned.
Dublin University Magazine.
Think Again. — A late London paper
relates that during the first days after the
accession of Queen Victoria to the English
throne, some sentences of court martial
were presented for her signature. One was
death for iesertion; a soldier was to be
siiot. The y-mtig Queen read it—paused
—looked up to the officer who laid it before
her, and said, “Have ynu nothing to say in
behalf of this man?”
“Nothing—he has deserted three times,”
said the officer
“Think again, my Lord,” was her reply.
“Aud,” said the the gallant veteran, as he
related the circumstance to his friends, “see
ing her Majesty so earnest anont it. 1 said
he certainly is » bad soldier; luit,thpie was
somebody spoke as to his good ciiaracter,
and he may be a good man, lot aught 1 know
to the contrary.”
“Oh, thank you for that, a thousand
times!” exclaimed the Queen, and hastily
writing “Pardoned,” in large letters on the
fatal page, she sent it across 'he table with
a hand trembling with eagerness and beauti
ful emotion.
Now what a world of instruction, good
ness, and true philosophy, is contained in
these words, “think again.” Could we
adopt their spirit as the rule of our livs,
one and all, what a happy change would
come over society. Iu all our buisness
concerns, in our social and moral relarions,
our political vmi religious dut es, what im
no> taut results might follow, if, on many,
very many occasions, we would think a
gain, ere we decided upon action. Irr
the anecdote above related, we see the life
of a fellow man depending on tue second
thought of the messenger- who bore
the fatal death warrant, and to the kind and
generous feelings, nutual in woman, that
thought owed its birth.
When the young man sets out upon the
important journey of life, and he takes the
responsibilities of liis conduct into bis own
hand, how vitally important may ii nften be
for him to think again, ere lie decides upon
a course of action. Is he to enter into
buisness engagements on which his tempo
ral prosperity mainly depends, let him think
again ere he signs a contract, or pledges
his honor; for a ccond thought may save
him from ruin. Is he about to choose a
companion for life, even though pure and
reciprocal ait’ec'iou may exist, well may it
be for him, in mauy instances, if he should |
“think again”—weigh matters well, and
balance all probabilities, ere the gorelian
kpot is tied ? Is’he solicited by companions,
or i.t UO'id by inclinations, to engage in
pleasures, let them appear ever so innocent,
let him “think sgain," ere he takes what
may prove a fatal step.
Had yonder inebriate, tottering beneath
the load of misery which intemperance has 1
laid upon him, been induced 'to ’“think
again," ere he placed the pmumej goblet to
liis lips, the tears of a broken ip-ant and wife,
the sufferings and debasements of starving
children, and the chains ol a horrid
slavery, would uot have iuibittefetl his exis
tence.
Had he who toils in the prison cloister,
buried to the world, forgotten by society,
abhorred by friends, and execrated by an i
outraged coinmuuity, been led ‘o “think
agaiu ' ere he stepped upon the threshold of
crime, he might have been a bright and
shining light—a • pjraguu of excellence
among his fellowmen.
And so with men in their high and solemn
obligations to their Maker. Would they
olteuer consult the little monitor within,
and wheu thoughtlessly breaking a com
mand, or neglecting a known duty, just
“think again,” and improve the second
thought, liow much less of impiety and ir
religton should we see, and how much more
correct in his deportment would man be to
liis fellow-man. In all matters from the
greatest to the least importance, it is dan
gerous to act from sudden impulse—first
thoughts. As drops compose the ocean so
do sinail causes make in the agsregate, an
important effect, and hence, it is wisdom in
every thing to “think again.” Let the
young especially edopt it as a rule to “think
ag3in,” ere they act, and they may rest
assured that when the eye of old age shall
lake a retrospect ol the past, fewer tears of
regret lor past deeds will flow.
A GHOST STORY.
An apparition has been seen in Canada,
according to the Montreal Transcript. No
one can read'he last paragraph, anti disbe
lieve the account. No wonder the poor
man could uot I ie quietly in his grave, after
dying uiiaunealed of such a sin.
Last Tuesday, fortnight, Mrs - - (a
lady of literary taste and other studious hab
iis.) sal reading in her drawing room, the
clock tin the mantel piece struck twelve;
and as the last s roke reverberated through
the apartment, it> door was sudden'y flung
open. In the act ol raising her head to re
prov, the intrusion, (nnrung for) of her ser
'ant. her eye rested outlie form of her late
husband: she screamed and fell sen jC res« on
Ike car“e|, r j |u s brought up such members
of the taim'y- as had not yet retired to rest;
restoratives weie administered, and when
Mis had regained possession of her
suspended faculties, and being a woman of
st.ong mind and higly cultivated intellect,
she felt disposed to consider the whole of
the and s'resssh; had undergone as the result
ol ee tain associations between the melan*
e a> y 'ale she had been perusing and her
tale loss, operating on a partially deranged
nervous system.
She however deemed it advisable that her
maid servant should rep.ise in her chamber,
least any return of what she had been deter
m.ued to consider a nervous affection should
distress herself and alarm the family.
Last Tu so'ay nigh', feeling stronger and
in better spirits tlvn she had enjoyed for
several months past, Mrs.—dispensed with
the attendant, retiring alone to her chamber
and went to bed a little before 10 o'clock.
Exactly as the clock struck 12, she was a
wakened from her sleep, and distinctly be
held the apparition she had before seen, ad
vancing from the table, (on which stood her
lamp,) till it stood opposite to, and drew a
side il e curtains of her bed. A seusc of
suffocating oppression deprived her oi all
power to scream aloud. She describes her
very blood retreating with icy chiliiness to
her heait from every vein. The countenance
of her beloved wore not its benevolent as) ect
the eyes, once beaming with affection, were
now fixed stern regard on the trembling hall
dissolved Lentil, who, in the courage of des
peration thus adjured- -"Charles! my dear
Charles! why are you come?” "•Jessie,”
slowly and solemnly aspirated the shadowy
form, waving iu liis hand a small roll of wri
ting paper,-—“Jessie, pay my newspaper ae
'•ounts and let me rest in peuce!"
MARRIAGE.
The matrimonial convenant is an < rdin
ance of Heaven. Immediately after tbe
creation of man, ‘the Lord God said, If is
not good that man should be alone ; 1 will
make for him a help mate. This domestic
constitution is a distinguishing characteris
tic of Christianity, is essential to the eleva
tion aud happiness of our race.
Every young ixan should, therefore, if
possible, contemplate being married. It is
a Christian duty, as well as a privilege to have
a companion to, share with you thepesponsi
biluies, interests aud enjoyments of life. If
a man is in circumstances to be married lie
is usually less useful to society, and perhaps
always less happy lor remaining in the sin
gle state. That he ‘may he perfect and en
tire wanting nothing,’ he must have a wife.
When a man lives single beyond the prop
er time for being married, there is a preva
lent suspicion among the other sex that he
is addicted to vice. Ido not know but this
judgment is a little severe--for there are some
bachelors of onquestio able virtue. But
there is a foundation for a general suspicion
of thist sort, will hardly be questioned ; and
the vie ious te and ticy ofetliba y l i commu
nities, are very generally known and ac
knowledged.
The time fioijmarrying after the period iti
eicated by nature has arrived, must of course
v„ry somewhat with circumstances. Asa
general ruie, early marriages are desirable;
but then they should be under one or two
conditions, either that of property inherited
or already acquired, adequate to the usual
expense, or that ol simplicity and frugality
in the style ofliving, sufficient to reduce the
expense within the present earnings. The
latter is always the best. It is the happiest
and most vjrtuous state of society, in which
the husband and wife set out early together,
and with perfect sympathy of soul gtatitude
all their expense,’ plans, calculations, and
desires, with reference to their present means
and to their future and common interests.
Nothing delights me more than to enter
lie neat little tenement ofthe young couple,
who within perhaps two or three years,
without any resources but their own know)-
'edge niltl industry, have joined heart and
hand, engaged to share together the respon
si hiiities,duties, interests, trials and pleasures
of life. The industrious wife is cheerfully
employing her own hands in domestic duties
putting her house in order, or mending her
husbands clothes, or preparing the dinner,
while perhaps the little darling sits prattling
upon the door, or lies sleeping in tlie cradle
—and every 1 lung seem’preparing to welcome
the happiest of husbands ami the best of fa
thers when he shall come from his toil to
enjoy the sweets of his little paradise. This
is the true domestic pleasure, the ‘only blis
that survived the fall.’ Health, contentment
love, abundance and bright prospects are all
here.
But it has become a prrvat itig sentiment
that a man must acquire his fortune before
lit* marries;—that the wife must have no
sympathy nor share with him in the pursuit
of it, in which most of the pleasure truly con
sists ; and that young married peo le must
set-out with as large and expensive an estab
lishment, as is becoming those who have
been uedd-d for twenty years
'1 his is very unhappy. It fills the com
munity with bachelors, who are waiting to
make their fortunes, endangering virtue and
prom 'ting vice ; it makes the true economy
and design of the domestic institution ; and
it promotes idleness and inefficiency among
females who are expecting to be tahsn up
by a fortune, and passively sustained without 1
aay care or ceucern on their part—and thus
many a modern wife becomes, as a gentleman
once remarked, not a ‘helpmate,’ but a help
eaff
There is ano ther unpleasant evil attending
this, especially as it bears pretty severely on
the lair sex. When Bachelors have made
their fortune and become some forty or fifty
years old, they do not usually take wives of
their own age, but they then abandon those
with whom they have hitherto associated,
require all the pleasures which their society
lias afforded them with utter neglect they
then select for their companions the young
and blooming, and thus leave to their late
a numerous class of worthy maidens.
Great disparity iu matrimony is an evil in
many particulars ; and what is more unnatu
ral than to see a young Miss wedded to a
man old enough to be her father ? He ought
to have seuse enough to know, that unless
she is at) exceutric character, she never mar
ried him for love; ~nds besought also to know
that iu consenting to marry hi ti, she in all
probability consented to make herself a
wretched slave—to put herself in the power
of a man who h id already expended Ins first
and warmest love upon others; ami who by
his superior age, his matured habits of plea
sing himself and o! having his own way, and
ihe self importance which property gives,
was well qualified to act the part of the ty
taut, rather than that of the husband.
If a young man has property, he may of
course marry at a suitable age, and adopt
'he style of living, which >9 justified Ly his
means. Bnt if he is destitute of property,
he has three alternatives, and he can take
his choice between them. Selecting a pru
dent industrious person for his wife, he may
marry young and live in a style of simplicity
adapted to his income ; or he can wait till lie
has acquired a property, so as to be able to
support a family in ttie more modern and
fashionable style; or he cm marry at any
rate, launch fearlessly out into all the ex
penses of a fashionable establishment, and
run his chance ot bringing his wife and chil
dren to want. The first is the best, the se
cond is the new, and the I Hit cl is bad enough.
iVivdstow.
FORTUNE TELLING.
The following scene in tlte Court of Ses
sion, described in the New York Era, shows
howstealing on a great scale is conducted
among the ignorant and snnorslitions :
“Stephen Chambers, a hard featured, ill
favored negro, was put upon his trial charged
with being a receiver of stolen goons, know -
ing the same to have bpen stolen.
“Eliza Davis, the thief, was admitted as
a witness against the prisoner, and testified
as follows:—Witness resided in June last,
at No. 39 Laurens street, a part ot the neigh
borhood usually denominated‘Rotten Row.’
where she became acquainted with the pri
soner. lie was.stid by persons in that vi
cinity tobe a conjurer.doctor, and fortune
teller, and witness went to him for the pur
pose of having her fortune told, for which
she paid him fifty cents, and then he cut the
erds. His mystery he said was t<* give per
sons luck who called upon hint ami paid
him a fee. The effect of the charm he said
was so powerful, that if the person strictly
attended to his instructions, ilit-y might go
about and steal whatever they pleased, and
by his aid avoid detection- This he cal'ed
“giving the luck.’ Having paid the requis
ite fee, the prisoner proceeded to invest
witness w ith the charm toelnde tint vigilance
of the Police. He opened a large book from
which he took something like a rose leaf,
which h r folded up iu the shape of a heait,
and directed witness to pin <t upon the bo
som of her under garment. He then took
from another part of the book a quantity of
•mall seeds, which he gave to witn iss, with
directions to carry the same in her stocking,
and wherever s' c drank any thing 'o be sine
to wet the seeds first, or her luck would
leave her, and above all things, if she did
not wish her luck tobe crossed, to keep the
whole thing a profound secret from every
body else, and whenever she made a raise
not to fail giving him information. Witness
hnviug done all that was enjoined upon her
by the conjurer, went first to the house of
Mrs. Jncot iu Lispcnard street, where she
engaged as a servant, and before uue hour
robbeo the house of silk dresses and other
valuables, which she toed; tip to the conjurers
in Daurens street, who highly approved of
her first exploit, and bade lie;-go ahead and
get more.
‘Accordingly, next day, she engaged sci
viee at a ladies' boarding house, No. 3, Cath
arine street, u here she had only been an hour
and a hall before she availed herself of a
good oportunity, and stole fifieen superb
dresses belonging to Catherine Hamilton
Mrs. Tucker and another lady residing in
the same premises, with all of w! ich she
hastened up to the conjuror’s, who was de
lighted with her success, and said the charm
worked to a miracle, and concluded by giv
ing her a fresh supply of seed for her stock
lug, aud anew leaf front his book of fate,
with which he started her off again for an
other haul.
‘This latter operation, by some misman
agement or other, entirely faded. It was no
fault of witness, how ever; but by some mis
chance, either forgetting to wet the seeds, oi
neglecting to secure the leaf in her bosom,
some how or other officer Welsh got hold
of the story—seized her with part of the pro
perty on her person, aud actually found tl e
incantation seeds in her stockings, which
he threw into the gu.cer, aud brought her up
to the Police.
‘The premises of the prisoner were then
searched, as also those of a woman w|,o
usually washed for him, where most of the
stolen articles were found. The Prisoner
w->s not arrested until several weeks alter
witness, having made himself scarce upon
first hearing of her arrest.
•Theonly defence set up by the prisoner,
was that this was the first scrape he had ev-
I er got himself into ay fortune telling, and
brought forward an India looking negro with
a mop of most mysterious looking black wool
standing out from his head in eve.y direct
ion, to prove that he was a man of good
character, and that the states’evidence, Miss
Kliza Davis, was, a black woman of very ev
il fame and unworthy of belief.
The jury found the prisoner guilty.
■From the Whig; Banner.
Georgktovvx, Ky. July 19, 1839.
HORRID MURDER.
While we have been penning former oc
currences of the day, and slightly noticing
the numerous and increasing murders, thefts,
Arc. committed thouglmut our land, it has
seldom fallen to our lot to record a crime
mure atrocious or inhuman, limp t|te inflic
tiau of wilful and malicious murder on the
persou of Mrs. Eliaaheih Risk, in this
county on the Ui|i inst. by the hands of a
negro woman, servant of Mrs- R, the par
ticulars of which, have been thus related fp
us:
The negro woman had been ordered by
Mrs, R. from her work in the corn field,
and told to make oti a fire for the purpose of
preparing dinner. The fin: was gotten
ready with considerable dexterity by the
woman, to which was added an unusual
quantity ol dry brush, the blaze from which
Mrs. R. w s endeavoring to extinguish,
when she was thrown head long into the
fire by htr servaut woman, from which awtul
dilemma she soon extricated herself, but
unfortunately, in her retreat, 6he again
tfame in contact with her uegro, by whom
she was leveled to the ground with an axe
which penetrated her skull to the brain •
uolw ithstamiiug Mrs. R. again arose to htr
feet, and was again knocked down, and the
negro having procured a sharp pointed
Unite, endeavored to cut Mrs. K’s. throat
but missed her aim, the knife having beeu
plunged into Mrs. Rs, li.ounth. serving
het tongue in two. Tlie negio full bent
iu executing her helhsli design, continued
to use the knife on Mrs. R’s. body until she
lay motionless on the floor, and supposed
by the woman to be dead—who rau wub ail
possible speed to the field, and ißlormed
Mrs R’s. husband that het mistress had
lalien into the fire, and burnt liem-h to
death. Mrs. R. so far recovered as to re
late the circumstances to her husband and
others, to all which, the negro afterwattls
made acknowledgement. i?he has been
tried before an examining court, aud semeu
ced to await her final trial, at our S-< pun.ber
circuit, at which lime we hope her doom
will be everlastingly sealed. And were it
not that we had avowed ourselves unbending
advocates of cur laws, we would fain see
her punishment an It, ml red told greater
than the mete hanging ujou a gal
lows.
From the Aigvs.
We mentioned last week that a revival of
religion had been ptogres*ing iu this rtty
h r sometime; it still continues, and with
increasing interest. Twice a day ard at
night divine service is pertoinied iu tl.c
Methodist Church, and the cry with multi
tudes is, “w hat shall wc do to tc saved ?”
Many ofthe heretofore gay and thoughtless,
who seemed to joy only in the pleasures of
the world, are now found fleeing away from
them and joyously hastening to the houee
of God to mingle their voices in His praise,
and many who have, hiretohre been the
votaries of vice and folly, are new lourd at
the feet of Jesus “sitting clothed and in
their right mind.”
If there were wanting an evidence of the
efficacy of the religion of (’lllist, and its
p«.wer to elt-r-.itc the ebnr. cter of ii an and
puiily it from corruptions, it is to be found
in times iike these, when in answer to tlm
prayeis of the < hurdt, the spirit ol (icd
t omes down and moves upon th a face of
the waters, and multitudes step in and aie
healed, when under the mild and softning
iitfluencts ot the doctrines ofilie ertss, the
proud become humble, and the man be
comes ns little children, times # wli'u h seem
to bode the coining nt that slate of peace,
and harmony, and innocence, aud security,
so beautifully described by the propli t,
when “’lhe wolt shall sho -dwell with the
lamb, and the lenpaid shall he down with
the kid : and the calf and the young lion and
the lulling together; and a little child
shall lead them. Aud the cow and the hear
shall teed, aid their yt-ung ore’s shall lie.
down together; art! the lion shall eat straw
like the ox. And the sucking child shall
play on the hull of an asp, and the weaned
child shall nut his hand on the ccckatrim
den. They sisal I not hurt nor destroy in
ail my holy mountain; for the earth shall Ie
lull ofthe knowledge of the Lord, ns the wa
ters cover the sea.”
We arc often told by our prrntl.i rs. that
if all tl e professed followers of Christ w-er«
to square their lives -by t! eir | r< li ss;ons tl •
world would soon I • l hristiam/.i and, and wl o
can doubt it? Who is it that can move
Upon the leelings of men like the old veteran
of the cross, who we knew has left all to
follow his Lord—who has left the wealth
and the houor of the world Lei it and him, aid
devoted hitii.-eif to a life of toll, and haul
ship, and privation, to pieach “peace on
earth, and good will to rr.en”—-who lias ex
emplified by his walk and coi.veisation,
through a long life, the truth ot the doc
trines that lie has pr> ached—"ho has wal
ked in obedience to the law, ol God, aud
has exercised that I nil it by which he can
feel “that all things work together lor good
to those that love God”—who under every
dispensation of Providence can uot only say,
but I’c-cl, “Thy will be done?"
About such men there is a purity and
elevation ol disinterestedness, a high and
holy devotion to the good of mat,kit.d, which
commands our respect above any thing else
connected with this earth, and they carry
will] them a moral influence which is setu
and felt wherever they move. If all our
preachers wire su-b huh we should soon
eeao'-to hear the coni) hiint, th; I the post'd
of Cluist is noi st ff.cisnily powerful to
woik a moral reformation among the peo
ple.
More than a hundred whites and neatly
as many blacks have been added to the
church, in this city, within the last three
weeks ; who believes that so many could
have been so thoroughly reformed iu the
same time by legislation? But it is urged
by some that this powerful work is the ct
li ct of sympathy. Well perhaps this way
be to some extent true ; bu>| are not our
sympathies often brought in to aid an evil
work? and shall they not be sometimes
made the instruments of good? Are ocr
sympathies, constituting Si ti e of the west
amiable feelings of our r.atute, pivcuus to
be us'-d only as the agents ot evil?
lint it is dune under -s state of excitement.
Well wliat of that? How much either ol
good or evil is done without excitement el
some kind ora nother? Men seldom fail
to discharge their duty fr« m ati ignorance
of it but for want of exciti ment to action.
'I his is not like the excitement of anger, of
the excitement of gambling, or the excite
ment ol drunkenness, or the excitement ol
avarice, ail of which tend to produce action
injurious to ourselves and otliris, lul it i*
an excitement to do good for ourselves fu4
others; then let it go on. Let the nicssen*
gers ol Christ, instead ol seeking places of
ease for themselves, go wherever vice is to
be found ; let them seek ont the lame, and
the halt, and the blind, and the drunken,nrd
proclaim to them the gospel of peace; let
them “reason of righteousness, temperance
and judgement to conic,” and the same
spirit, and the same power which accom
panied the preaching of Paul and made
Felix tremble', will accompany them.
From /he Louisiana J dtertiser, of the 13/A
TEXAS.
By the arrival of tho stnam packet Col
umbit, Capt, It. Windle, in thirty sou»
hours from Galveston, we have dates from
Galveston to tits 7tli inst. and from Houston
to the 31st nit, According to the Galves
onu-u, grog ha* beeu dispensed with in th«*.
shipping articles of the Texian navy, and tea
anti coffee substituted it lieu thereof.
Tbe-fir-t paper published on the Island of
Galveston, was an occasional Bulletin, in 1839
edited by a detachment of Mina’s troops, and
printed liv an individual namgd Bangs.—
TheXoilowing plgn, m oue sgiuewba l *iuiL