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JTB. ST A U ft,
F93WAR9NG AMD C JVIVIIS3ION
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January 10, 1839. (
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Florence, Sept. 7 cow3m__22_^
AL A BAA IA LAN 1)8
FOR SALE.
|,i NTIRE 7 11
ill N. half * 11 30
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N half 9 14 30
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Kntiie 33 15 25
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SOUTHERN LITERARY MESSENGER.
fTHUS is a monthly Magazine, devoted
■- chiefly to Literature, but occasion
ally finding room also for articles thtt fall
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and irritated still, from recent political
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soothe that irritation. Vice and folly are
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to their fitting hauuts. Ignorance lords it
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the
135WIYT 1)\ CBBOYICIi 11.
TTAVLNG heard many complaints of tiro
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th : undersigned have been induced by the
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<>u-nbent. by his immediate predecessor, i*
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our sheets, and venture boldly upon our new
and untried course. What shoals and quick
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cul'ies w* are to meet with.
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Irwinton, Ala. Oct. 10, 1839.
IRWINTON MASONIC
Lottery ,
A UTHORISED by an Act of ih c Leg
d. islature of the State oi AlaOama. *
To be drawn in the town of Irwinton.
Barbour county, Alabama, on the FIRST
WEDNESDAY in APRIL, 'B4O, or soon
er, il the tickets can be sold—for the pur
pose of erecting a Masonic Hall hi the town
of Irwinton,
KCIIOG.
1 PRIZE of $.5,000
1 „ „ 2,000
1 „ 1,000
4 „ „ 500
4 „ 250
20 „ „ 100
24 , „ 25
5000 „ „ 3
5055 Prizes. Not two blanks to a Prize.
All the prizes to be put up in one wheel,
and the numbers in another and drawn out
Done publicly, under the superintendence
of five Commissioners.
Price of tickets THREE DOLLARS,
Half and quarter in propoition, which can
be had by application to either of the man
agers, by letter, (or otherwise,) post paid, at
Irwinton, Ala
Any person wishing to purchase a quanti
ty shall be allowed a liberal discount.
W. S. TAYLOR. )
A. P. CRAWFORD, \ Manageis.
JOHN CHAIN, S
October 16, 1839. 29 td
— FLORENCE ACADEMY.
rrillE exercises of the Male De|irttiient
A of the F'oronce Academy, wdl coin
mence on Monday next, 7th inst. under tb*
superintendence of Mr. George J. Mc-
Cleskey, who comes well recommended
as an instruc.ter of youth. The follow ing
will lie the rates of tuition, por quarter:
Orthography, Heading nn<J Writiufi Si Os
do do do with Arithmetic, sOf
English Grammar and Geography, 6 Os
Higher English Branches, 8 Os
Languages, 10 0
The Female Department will commencf
on the same day, under the direction of
Mi®s Margaret Harvf.y. Os M'ss Hat
vey’s qualifications the Trustees deem it u”.
necessary to speak, as they are too wj
known to require any recommendation fro .
them. The terms of tuition, will be tK
same as state above, and for
Drawing and Painting. 12 o
Needlework an extra charge of 3 f
Board can be had, for males and fa oa'nf
in the most respectable houses, at reason?
ble prices.
Jan. 5 39 BY THE TRUS\. E
TO THE PUBLIC.
WHILST 1 was at churrli on last eve
ning, one Hiram T. Jones assaulted
my house with a crowd of Ruffians and at
tempted to take my daughter against her
consent. One of the villains holding my
wife, whilst Jones seized my daughter and
tried to take her off. She is labouring un
der severe affliction at this time, in
cmsequence of the rude approach of the
villains she was thrown in o a fit ol mental
derangement. 1 would therefore fore wearn
all parents and unmarried female's from
having any thing to do whatever, with
said Hiram T. Jones. He is a villain in ev
ery sense of the word. Said Jones is about
5 feet 8 or ten inches high, heavy set, fair
skin, dark sandy hair, thick lips and quick
spoken; said to be a native ol New York
and a Jeweller by profession and about 22
oi 23 years of age.
A. TREADWELL
Irwinton, "Monday, 28 th Oct. 1839
CAUTION ~~
VLL persons ar« hereby cautioned a
gaiiist trespassing uo tut or i«mi e. >
223, in the2l«i district of Stewart county ;
Oil lot No. 140, in the 27th district of
banner county, us the law will be rigidly en
forced upon ail who may be known to have
mtruded upon either.
L. C. MATTHEWS.
Jefferson ee Ga. Oct. 5 26 3t
NOTICE.
1 OFFER anew store House in Florence,
for sale, on north side of Centre street
first after the tavern. The house is nearly
finished, large and commodious; in the
most convenient place for a dry goods or
grocery store. wish ng such proper
ty would do well to call, as a batgain can be
had. Applv to 11. W. Jertngan. or
A. S. WAYi
Oct 12 3t 27
~ C ABLNET FURNITURE.
George h. a. wm. j. willer. 6
respectfully inform the citizens ol
Florence aud th**’surrounding country,’hat
they have permanently located themselves in
Florence, and are prepared to execute in
the most neat and workmanlike style, Side
Boards, Bureaus, Tables, Chairs, A ork
and Wash Stands, and Furniture of every
description used m th s section of the coun
try. They flatter themselves, from their
long experience, that they will be able to
give geoetal satisfaction to those who may
favor them with their patronage.
April 9 52
g (Bagm-sr.
From the Philadelphia Visiter.
IMPROMPTU.
Attention all! just list to me—
Whilst I was roaming t’other day—
-1 saw somebody not far oft'.
Towards me weudiug on his way,
Methonglit I knew the fellow well,
At least I was supposing so :
When lo ! it prov'd that 1 was right.
For ’twas my friend—my lively Joe.
‘How are ve Joe—how do ye do ?’
Said I, in perfect harmony ."
‘So. so, and pray how is’t with you !”
With heavy sigh, ask’d Joe of me.
1 Ver' well,’ said I—‘but what’s the cause,
<>f ypur long sighs and pensive brow/
feiSltfe .7?’dU 0 ,l a l*u 4
With down-east eyes, he shook his head—
And now we both in silence tarried—
When Joe thesience broke, and said,
'1 s’pose yon heurH that 1 am married!!!
Kfiisosu, a© ir@ o
MARY LYMAN,
OR THE PROMISE.
“If you would cultivate genius aright,
cherish it among the most holy of your
household gods. Make it a domestic
plant: let its roots strike deep into your
home, nor care that its perfume floats to a
thousand casements beside your own, so
long as its greenness and its blossoms are
for you,”— Mrs. A. S. StefhkKs.
‘No. I could not—l am sure I could not,
love a woman of genius,’ said Charles Mil
ner, as h p gazed earnestly into the face of
his companion; and Iter face—for ic was a
lady—reddened to the temples.
Mary Lyman possessed a superority of
intellect, which she had not dared to dignify
bv the name of Genius; and yet she almost
felt that it was so.
•Nay,’said Mary, in a dep-ecaling tone,
‘you cannot be in earnest—l w ill not believe
it.’
Why not? I have spoken seriously, and
never more candidly.'
•1 did not think you were so unjust,’ said
Mary, rather sadly.
‘You may call it injustice, or what else
you please, Mary, for I can bear very much
from you; hut I never could imagine fbr
one moment a woman of gentiiits as r y
wife—a woman whose pra se? are found in
print —who is daily surrounded by the cox
comb flatterers of {the day;—one who
is forever busied w ith the ideal, can have no
taste for domestic duties— such a home
as 1 yet hope to possess.*
‘lndeed, Charles you are wrong. There
i-i no woman so fit to preside over a house
hold, as a woman of true genius.'
‘Thenyou don’t agree withyour favorite,
Moore, who says, that those possessing high
genius are unfitted for domestic life—they
li il to inspiie love.’
‘Tom Moore is not infallible authority,
and lie, in himself refutes the assertion;
for, as far as the world knows, he is happy
in his domestic relations, and that same
world is a verj knowing, sort of personage,
and soon finds out th* abodes of disqui
et u le.
‘That genius is incompatible with love, 1
do believe; how many examples L„Ve we :
Dante, Petrarch, Byron—
‘On the other hand, look at the soft and
quiet happiness of Wardsworth, the loveof
Shelley for his wife, who, by the way, was
a woman of geniuv; Campbell’s love that
knew no change, and that of Mrs. Hem.ms
which followed its object even into the
spirit land, and last, though not least, on out
own Sigotirny what lives the centre, the
very keystone of domestic love and affec
ti Hi.’
Mary paused, and then as she looked ear
nestly into the face of her lover, .she laid
her hand timidly upon his, and resumed, in
a half piayful mood:
‘And now, Charles suppose I were gifted
with genius, and should gain fame, and con
sequently admiration, would you lorsake
me ?’
‘Mary, dearly as I love you now. the com
ing of that fame and admiration ol which
you speak, would be the signal for my love
to retire ; for 1 have determined, although
I shall doubtless never be tempted, not to
marry a woman of genius ; she would love
herself too well;’ and as he kissad the fair
brow of his companion, he deemed not
that beneath il there thrilled a braiu mdiose
It was the last evening of summer, and
ever and anon t iere flitted a dark cloud
across the face of the pale moon, as if she
had veiled it in very sadness that the reign
of the flowers had passed away—that, she
should look no more npon lovers faces, nor
listen to their voices, until another summer
had awakened t> e (lower-buds : until the t
Mir sadness of her exile would be doubled.
The very stars look'd sad and dim, and at
intervals a dry and faded leaf touched with
premature decay, fell-lowly to the earth,
with a low and tfemulous sound, as if it,
too, w ith all nature, mourned the departing
glory of stiutmer? At a chamber window;
around which the faded flowerrines were
-till clinging, beautiful even in decay, for
they were the rehes of SKmmei—sat Mary
Lyman, her fair brow resting mournfully
upon one hand, and in the Other, a roll oi
paper was grasped convulsively. If was
a Poem hut just finished, and of no ordinary
merit—genius was struggling in her breast,
for ’he sh sterv over love. She wavered
between t" o piirpn-cs—-one was to ccn-agn
the Poem to the flames —the other to give
it to the world. An 1 truly the temptation
to do the latter was great: for praise hail
been besto.ved upon it by those who w-u
not apt to gitie commendation where it is
not due.
And why should I not pubhgh it ? rea
soned Mary sadly. ‘lf Uc loots ine r he wtil
X t
not •• sake me because a few may sympa
th w ith me in the sentiments amt tee.mgs
which 1 have cast forth from my heart. It
is no vain desire lor lan.e—no mean
ing for dis'inction. Ihe well spring tbaP
bur.- s from the mountain’s side might as
w ell attimpt to check its own crystal gie-hff
•n; —the stem that bears the flower, as well
strive to stop the expanding of i:s buds
while the warm sun. and the balmy air, and
soft dews, call them into beauty—the bird to
hush within,its heart its melody, as Ito
check the desire to pour my feelings forth !
Surely it was He who controls the destinies
of the worlds, that placed the impulse in
my heart; and it is one that must and will
be obeyed.
The Poem was sent to press ; but like a
true woman, Mary feared to communicate
the fact t« her lover. And yet, she did not
believe that he would forsake her for such a
cause : but lie had told her so, and she
(eared. Alas! that love, the purest of all
earthly feelings-- for true love is always
pure—should be entwined with one so
abject as fe< 11
In due lima the Poem appeared, and
Mary Lyman was spoken of as destined to
ank ainotiQ ihe noets.’ But Charles MjU
nor was no longer among uia »uilots---m*
had 4vcpt his promise. M-*#- "T* # J ,r
mm justice. r?ticout not believe he loved
her. He was id error : but he did love her ;
he had imbibed a prejudice common at the
present day—that a woman who possesses
genius cannot make a good wife, and ftis
ideal of limn 1 was u h't'B'. h‘ could not
bear to have in it llie let s, oomoution. Aid
yet of all others Mary Lyman was the one
who could have made Ins home the very
reality of that ideal!
Three years had elapsed, and Mary Ly
man was an orphan and destitute --looked
up to for a mother’s care. She had won
the sympathy and admiration ol thousands,
but they were content to bestow it a fai off.
because she was poor: upon tlist-far off
syniy 'thv she was dependent for bread, and
day and night her pen was employed in pro
curing it.
In a nest little cottage almost hidden
from view by the trees, for they hung their
graceful bo iglis low around it as if con
scious ilia tits low'y threshold was sacred to
duty sml affection,—as it they feared that
vulgar eyes siionld gaze t.jion the hearth,
from which asi ended daily prayers from
hearts as pure as those in Heaven, there
lay a ffur girl, over whose head filteen sum
mers, perchance, had passed, stricken down
with sickness. One of the cottage group
was about to be removed—-the churchyard
was soon to have another tenant! A young
ami melancholy watcher was Mary Lyman.
She was alone, ns the poor and the misera
ble are most apt to he, and the deep breath
ing of her dying' sister fell with a fearlul
distinctness upon her ear. Often, yet in-,
voluntarily, her eyes sought the door, as if
auxiotts for the arrival of someone. At
length a low knock was heard, and with a
light step the watcher hurried to the door,
I ~st it should be repeated.
‘I am glad you have come— this is so
fearful,’ .will Mary, as she opened the door.
A gentle voice answered :
•I have I might a s range.- with me, deaf
Mary, 1 hope he is not an intruder.’
It was Mrs Milner, and as she spoke, she
gently pushed her son Charles iuto ‘.he dim
light of the room before her.
For a moment Mary was speechless with
astonishment, for Charles had been absent
two years: but the next she accepted his
proffered hand, and begging Let visiters to
lie seated, took her accustomed scat by the
bed side of her sister. Her heart flutti ed
strangely, but he remembered how he I ad
left her, without one word of regret or la e
well, and she was calm. The slight noise
that attended the ushering in of the visit, ri
was enough to awaken the sleeper, aud
turning feebly, the sick girl put forth her
hand as if trying to find the one that was
ever ready to meet and press her own ; mis
sing it from its place, shesnid grmly:
‘•Mary, dear sister, where are you.’’
‘Here dear Violet, i am here,’ and as she
embraced the sick one her tears fell fast, for
tier heart smote her for that one moment of
forgetfu'ness.
Is there auy one with you, dear sister ?’
asked the sickly girl, as she vainly strove to
draw aside the curtain, that she might dis
cover. Milnor, Violet,’ and if Mary
said more the words were inaudible.
“Shall 1 speak to her ?' enquired Mrs
Milnor.
‘I think it best not,’ replied Mary;
•strange voices disturb her.’ Charlca had
half risen, hut sat down again.
‘I am glad you are not alone,’ said Vio
let.--What o’clock is it?’
‘Almost nine.’
Nine ! that is the hour at which our
poor, dear, mother died.’
Mary shuddered.
T shall die soon d'ar sister; but yon will
not forget me,’ and she looked phaJingly
in, -i
teringrnice. ‘strive to remember that Vi ti
have a better home in Heaven'’
•Do not weep, sweet sister, lean on Him
in whom you have learned me to trust!
‘I will. Violet; compose yourself, and
do not think of me.’ .
‘I must think of you, dear Mary—of your
kindness to me; and our little sisters, thsy
to., will miss me. Mary, where are they ?’
•They are sleeping, dearest —I x. ill awa
ken them.’ . »
•No, no, let them sleep on—l would not
see them wee; lug; they will soon forget
4v ir grief, bn. vqu, dear Mary ; I was your
only companion * . .
For a few moments all was silent, save
the low, broken sobs Os th» sick girl, and
then she said: .. »
•Sister I am dying, raise me npon yoAF
bosom—there —now kiss me.’
• Mary did *o, and laying her eVeek hpoil
Violet’s she wept bitterly, though silently—
shfe felt how desolate her home musthenf*-
fdrth be ? Almost unconsciously Charlo*
iiad crept close to Mary and saated buns* ff
beside her.
•Aud is this,’ thought he, ’the
ha> e dared in mv heart, to think ineapaal*
o*c—unii.indf ■! of domearic aft#et/oe».’
4 iolei, ilear Violet speak We
.. ed ‘iavy ■ but V vlet aflo’a# :ni, a>
when she l- ant ra * L over 'hat a* ue#*
found that her slater watt gou* fargwi*