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S It t/« r« Shit iL tcitb. ’ i Lij tfe lUt lull' Ini V.ou»i HoU*€ I ? duoi 111 tin ■uh.. iii Liiu | fti&i| iSitw (M-i lUlli.lV, oil luU i>l I UlMlitV ill l.'Li' i ti.'l IV, ->il«,eu ilit liJH ■ !luUl> Ui sale* lue .Jl.Jrt III; jilUjltLJi l» I*. . > 1111 ui ij4,tii i\(i. idii, and me Lust halt Nj. fit. iii me K-i uhiiioi <>i Sit*,al couiuy, u.itf ia> lue j0,.,* ~y ol Jcnu .U, Turner, r.i iiiimj ujii ii u i-i-aeil out «i M-n '. ;> 1,11. mr (-,!> ill, in litvur ui Jes.»<- Ju |;nn, Vi.S.ild 1 is,. AUo, ,\ij. iIJ, ui kii<* 2is, Uijl. ol liiew 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