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THE GEORGIA All into R 1 IS PUBLISHED EVERY SATURDAY, By It. Crardnei* & J. L. Bully (Editors and Proprietors,) At THREE DOLLARS a year, if paid in Hiivance, or FOUR DOLLARS, if not until the end es the year. Advertisements will be conspicuously inserted at One Dollar per square, (15 lines or less,) the first, and 50 cents for each sub sequent insertion. All advertisements handed in far publi cation without s limitation, will be published t !1 forbid, and charged accordingly. Sales of Land and Negroes by Kxecu .>rs, Ail uitiistrators and Guardians, are re 1, lired by law to be advertised in a public <->';«ette, sixty dayw previous to the day of s lie. The sale of Personal property must be a Ivor ise<> in like manner forty days. Notice to Debtors and Creditors of an e rate must be published forty days. Notice that application will be made to i ie Court of Ordinary for leave to sell Land ;l Negroes, must be published weekly (or t >ur months. , All Letters on business must oe 1 is r r iu> to insure attention. JoTp HINTING. C'NONNECTE O *v»»a the office of the J .vJLRiiOR, is a splendid assortment ot ■if oi *2 '£* £ £* JS! 1 I „ 1 we are enabled to exoute all kind of Job work,in tlio neatest manner and at the sliort si notice. *,. . f of every detcription will constantly be kept o ’hand, such as Attachments, Justices’ Executions, do Summons, J u-y do S a’lpsenas Clerk’s Recognizance Scieri Facias, Appearance 15 in.ls, Ca. S t. Deel.trntion —Dot, Declaration —Assn .u psit, Sheri Y Deeds, Tax Collector Executions. IHauk Note*. ,Vs _ [ j Vi\ T rpN »& SI KKN rjM [E public are respectfully informed li that the steamers Ikwinton and Siren w r! -in n regular packets between FLOR i’NCE and \P.AL ACiiICULA, (touching a, o ,i.i \ leaving each pi ice alternately, eve ry Wht l ICS I<y all Sifir lay. The patron. Hi’ the public h respectluUy solicited. Vreieht and passage, at customary rates, for Elicit ippij to the 0 iptaioson board, or 3E ALL, HILL & LAURENCE, Florence. FIELD & MORG AN, Irwinton. DODGE, KOLIS Sc McKAY, Apalachicola. FI irerve. August 20 20 Waff II Commission BUSfN K S S . 'MI HE subscribers having T 4> t ■ ' the Ware House lately occupied by John D. Pitts Sc Cos. have as sociated themselves together hre l, ‘'‘ pose of transacting a general COMVtb- S[')N BUSINESS, under the name and style of 11S YHIM. &> I.A.URENCE. As our attention will be partieu’arly directed t . the receiving an I forwarding goods and cittoi, ive shill mike every arrangement n -ees-ary, for storing and taking care of the The business will be conducted by Mr. A. W. Hill, and we pled’« ourselves that n ithing shall b ■ wanting on our parts to give general satisfaction. With ' j'’; 1 ’ assutan ce«, we hope to receive a lib ml shared pu j lic patronage. T . B7.A.LL, A. W. IIILL. M. 1. LAURENCE. July 20 15 TO TIIH PUBLIC. rfl IE Subcri iers beg leave to inform the X Fjb’ic that th ay have b night the en tire Stock of Messrs. A. W. Hill, Laurence & Cos. an I Will continue to occupy the old Stan I. South wing of Phoenix Hotel, cor ner of Broal and Centre Street, the Stock now on h in 1, and the supplies daily ted will m ike a choice selection of DRY GOODS, HAL’S, SHOES, BOOTS. CROCKERY, GLASS, CUTLERY, HARDWARE, Sec. and as we have open 1 oir l> >oks for the yenr 1840, we hope to receive a l iable share ot the pub ic pat ronage. Wc would further remark, that as we are determined to sell goods to none but those who are settled and good for their contracts, we shall he able to afford g tods to our reg ular customers at lower prices than usual. CHARLES A. SMITH, Dec. 6. 35 JAMES B. BROWN., Copartnership. THE undersigned have formed a Copart nership for the transaction of business under the natne'and style of WIYFREY & MORGM. They have now on band and expect to keep a well assorted stock of DRY GOODS, Crockery, Hardware, Cutlery, Sfc. They intend to keep a well selected stock of Goods at Friendship, Sunrter county. A. B. C. WINFREY. J. B. MORGAN, Florence, Nov. 23 33 A YOUNG MAN, who can give un quits X*. tionable reference, wants a situation 'as overseer, for the year 1310 Apply at the store of McCullar St Perrv. LtXiujvkiu, Ga Oct. 22 22 if THE MI IK It IMS. Settle Your Account*. ALL those indebted to the late firm of HARVEY & CHASTAIN or JOHN P.HARVEY, are requested to come for ward and liquidate their accounts by the last return day in Janunjy, or they will find them in the hands of an officer for collection. JOHN P. HARVEY. Dec- 28 38 ~ l.i if ,v» tub: . THE subscribers have this day associated themselves for the purpose of plead ing and practicing law in all the comities of the Chattahoochee Circuit,and in ihe coun ties of Dooly, Thomas and Decatur, under the name of Graybijl & Bonner. Oifice at Cuthbert, Randolph countv, Georgia. GRAY'BILL Sc BONNER. Jan. Ist. 1840. ts 40 SAVE COST. THE notes and accounts of C. H, Aus tin, Sc Cos, have been left in my hands aud 1 am compelled to put them in a train of collection. All those so indebted are re spectfully invited to attend to the settlement of flic same. JUNIUS JORDAN. Jan, 3. 1840. 4t 40 STRAYED. FROM the Subscriber tbs last of Nny. 1830, one Pay MARE Colt, no marks recollected. When 1 last heard of her she was in the neghbourhood of Bal lard's Store, a liberal reward will be giveji, or any information respecting her will fire thankfully received. .I AS. P. M ATHEWS. Jan. 4, 1810 403 t STRAYED. FROM my premises about tbe2Btli or 23th day of November last, a small bay inairecolt, Bor 9 months old. It is suppo sed that he may have followed other horses off, as he was seen near Lumpkin a short time ago. Any information concerning him will be thankfully received. JAMES P. MATHEWS. Jan 4th, 1840 3t 39 PROPASALS For publishing in the town of lrwintoo. li abama, a weekly Newspaper, to be entitled the liiwivrox CiIROYICLE. HAVING heard many complaints of tho want of a Newspaper in this town, (te be conducted in a gentlemanly-like manner.) the undersigned have been induced by the earnest solicitations of many friends, to cm bark in me undertaking. In assuming the duties rnns"'j , rer>t open such an enterprise, we feci deeply conscious of the responsibility which will devolve op on us; and knowing, too, the divetsity id the human mind, we cannot flatter ourselves that we will be able to rt." v-t. ait,. i> so far as our humble abilities cxitii.i, wc will, at all limes be found striving to elevate the standard of truth and cuitKru mural principles, it will be our object to ad vancc she prosperity of the F. istcni section of our State, abounding, as it does, in so many natural advantages, and. as a necessa - ry consequence, especially to promote tiie interest of our own town. Our aim will be to render our paper useful and valuabV y, all classes of the community—in short Lit erature, Useful information. Agriculture, Foreign and Domestic Intelligence, will each receive a due portion of our attention. ' In legard to Politics, we deem it neces sary to say, that we sh ill give the general Political intelligence of the whole country, while, at the same time, as conductors of a Free Press, wc will fearlessly, and without favor or affection, advocate and support all such measures ns will, in our opinion, pro mote our general prosperity as a people, and the perpetuity of our rights aud liberties. Our paper will be purely Republican, as practised by those great Apostles of Liberty, JEFFERSON and MADlSON—preferirig them as our guide, rather than the nku - LUSHT, SELF-STILED Democratic Repiibii cans of the present day. AVe a;e “strie! constructionists of the I* ederai Lorn,' c.. and shall, therefore, oppose all schemes o! Internal Improvement, except by the Stale* themselves, as a part of that •• American System” which has proved so. ruinous to the South, and which war attempted to be i.is tened upon us, under that must pl utsjrle and specious pretest. the ' .. NU.’! A L WELFARE.” Believing, as we do, ihat it is the duty of every go id citizen to cher ish with jealous care the “Union of the States, and the Sovereignty of the States,” and as this cannot be done «' bout a strict adherence to the Constitution iisuit, ,v fi shall not be sparing in our ! iuc .a ions of the attempts which are and have been made by the late as well as the present Ad ministration. to control, not only the mon ied facilities of the Government, but ol tiie entire country. With regard to the ques tion whiijfi is now agitating the country rela tive to the Currency, we now, unhesitating ly declare our hostility to the thrice-reje“- ed Sub-Treasury System, tending as it does in our opinion, to an increase of Executive power, which has already been claimed and exercised to an alarming extent, in more stances than one, if not by the present in cumbent, by his immediate predecessor, ir, whose “footsteps’ .ie is endeavoring to tread. We expect to encounter many perils, ma ny adverse winds ; yet aided by the strong breath of public, favor and support, the trade winds of our world must wait us clear of our troubles —we dare raise our anchor, unfurl our sheets, and venture boldly upon our new snd untried course. What shoals and quick aands, what rocks and hidden perils await us “alas, we know not!” Lit us but clear the harbor and get fairly “under way,” then we will fear nothing. Nor is this the vain boast made when danger is yet io the distance. It is our firm determination, made after se rious thought, and weighing well the diffi culties we are to meet with. The Chronicle will be issued as early as the necessary materials can be obtained from New York, which will be in Decem ber or early in January next. It will be printed on a large imperial sheet, contain ing twenty-four columns, with entire new type, and will not be surpassed io beauty by any paper in the Southern country. JACK HARDMAN, RICHARD RUE MOONEY. TERMS. —Three Dollars per annum. payable invariably in advance. lrwinfon ( A!a. 6<t. 10, 1839. ms;? aa* aaaik .1 Teacher Wanted. ONE who can come well recommended as a good English Teacher, of sober, and industrious habits can meet with em ployment, and liberal wages, by applying to either of the subscribers on llannahatcliee. Stewart county, above Florence. JAMES PACE. \VM. HILLIARD, FIELDING SHARP, JNO. FIZGERALD. Jan. 7. 1840. 3t 39 _ PROSPECTUS " OF THE SOUTHERN LITERARY MESSENGER. riGHIS is a monthly Magazine, devoted X chiefly to Literature, but occasion ally finding room also for articles tlm fall within the scope of Science ; and not pro essing an entire disdain of tasteful selections, though its matter has been, as it will con- ' tinue to be, in the main, original. Party Politics, and controversial Theol o.o’i, as’ ftr a* possible, are jealously exclu ded. They are sometimes so blended with discussions in literature or in moral sci ence, otherwise unobjectionable, as to gain admittance for the sake of the more valu able matter to which they adhere: bu* whenever that happens they are incidental, nnlv. not primary. They are dross, tolera ted only because it cannot well be severed from the sterliug ore wherewith it is incor porate i. Reviews and Critical Notices, occu pv their due space in the work : and it is the Editor's aim that they should have a three fold tendency—to convey, in a condensed form, such valuable truths or interesting in cidents as are embodied in the works re viewed, —to direct the readers attention to books that deserve to be read—and to warn him against wasting time and money upon that large number, which merit only to be burned. In this age of publications that by their variety and multitude, distract and o verwhelinn every undiscriminating student, impartial criticism, governed by the views just inwtitioned, is one of the most inesti mable and indispensable ofauxiliaries to him who does wish to discriminate. Essays and Tales, having in view utility or amusement, or both; Historical sket ches —and Reminisences of events too min ute for History, yet elucidating it, and lieiglitning its interest—may be regarded as forini ,g tlm staple of the work. And of indigenous Poetry, enough is publish ed—sometimes of no mean strain—to man ifest and to cultivate the growing poetical taste and talents of our country. The times appear, for several reasons, to demand such a work—and not one alone, but tnanyt The public mind is feverish and irritated still, from recent political . iiic soft, a su isive influence of Lit erature is needed, to allay that fever, anti 1 •’ ’* ' •••tation. V r ice and folly are rioting aiiro id :—They should be driven by indie ant rebuke, or lashed by ridicule, in to tiieii u.n.rg haunts. Ignorance lords it over an Immense proportion of our peo pic:—Every spring should be set in motion, to arouse the enlightened, and to increase flimr number; so that the great enemy of popular government may no longer brood, like portentous cloud, over the destinies of our coil ;try. And to accomplish all these ends, what more powerful agent rau be employed, than a periodical on the plan of the Messenger; if that plan be but car ried out in practice ? The South peculiarly requires Such an agent. In all the Union, south ofYVashiug ton, there are but two Literary periodicals! Northward of that city, there tire probably at least twenty-five or thirty ! Is this con trast justified by the wealth, the leisure, the native talent, or the actual literary taste of the Southern people, compared with those of the Northern ? No: for in wealth, t dents and taste, we may justly claim, at least, an equality with onr brethren md a domestic institution exclusively onr own, beyond all doubt, atfords us, if we choose, twice the leisure for reading and writing which they enjoy. It was from a deep sense of this local want that the word Southern was engrafted on fl.'.s oer'od! : and not with any,design to nourish local prejudices, orto advocate sup pose I local inte:csfs. Far from any such thought, it is the Editor’s fervent wish, to S p,, f y.,> North and South bound endearing ly forever, in the silken bands of mutual kindness aud allection. tnr from ine.hinti!! r '-ostility to the north, he has al ready drawn, and he hopes hereafter to draw, much of his choicest matter thence; a;d happy indeed will. he deem himself, should his pages, by making each region know the other better contribute in any es sential degree to dispel the lowering clouds that now threaten the peace of both, and to brighten and strengthen the sacred ties of fraternal love. The Southern Literary Messenger has now been inexistence four years—the pre sent No commencing the fifth volume. How far it has acted out the ideas here ut tered, is not for the Editor to say; lie be lieves, however, that it lallsnot furtucr snort of them, than human weakness usually makes Practice fill short of Theory. CONDITIONS. 1. The Southern Literary Messenger is published in monthly numbers, of (54 large supei royal octavo pages each, on the best of paper, and neatly covered, at -«>s a year payable in advance. 2. Or five new subscribers, by sending theii names anil S2O at one time to the edi tor, will receive their copies for one year, for that sum, or at $4 for each. 3. The risk of loss of payments for sub scriptions, which have been properly com mitted to the mail, or to the hands of a post master, is assumed by the editor 4. ]f a subscription is not directed to be discontinued before the first number of the next volume has been published, it will be taken as a continuance Jor another year. Subscriptions must commence with the be ginning of the volume, and will not be ta ken for less than a year's publication. 5. The mutual obligations of the publish er and subscriber, for the year, are fully in curred as soon as the first number i>f the volume is issued : and after that time, no discontinuance of a subscription will be permitted. Nor will a subscription be dis continued for any earlier notice, while any thing thereon remains due, unless at the option of the Editor. Richmond, Virginia. SOUTHER!*. LADIES, BOOK. edited by. BY P. C. PENDLETON &GEOR3E F. PIERCE. To the Ladies of Georgia and to the South uenerally, the following plan is most re speetjutty submitted■ It is hoped that it trill receive thiir serious attention, and meet their approbation, since it is for their especial benefit that the work ispritjected. PROSPECTUS. In submitting the following plan, wc would first call the attention of the Ladies, and all those who feel interested (and who are tin e that do not ?) in the welfare and improvement of the female sex, to the pre sent/utidition ofthe Southern Press. Near ly ail the publications which issue from it are engaged in its political discus-, s'ous, and their columns teem with accusa tions, denials, abuse, and every oilier lorio of wordy warfare—carried on in language, frequently unfit for “ears polite," and seldom suited to the delicacy and gentleness which belong so peculiarly to the Female charac ter. Os the few literary papers published South of the Potomac, there is notone exclusive ly dedicated to the LADIES! AVe have felt this as a want which ought to be sup plied ; and we propose to make an effort to do so, confident that our endeavors will be crowned with success, if we can only secure the hearty co-operation of those lor whose wellare we are about to labor—The Ladies ol the South. And wc expect, further, that every intelligent mind among the other sex, will view with approbation, and aid in sus taining. an enterprise designed to improve the minds of those, without whose cheering smiles and soothing companionship, hie would be dreary and this fair world a desert. We wish also to afford to the Ladies a field for t'ie exercise of their ow n talents, and for the (ievelopcnieiit of the resources of their minds. The list of authors for some years past, have frequently unruled the names ol Females whose glorious success has shed an additional radiance on the name ol “Wo >i\N.'’ t'he “lords of creation” have bccu forced to acknowledge that tiie Female mind is, by no means, detlicient in capacity and intellectual endowments, whilst, at the same time, it is possessed of superior delicacy and tact. Long was Woman's mind held in thraldom, long were her powers underrated, and forced to ten ain inactive or unexcrcised by the force of conventional arrangements ; but her chains areJir„ken, and her liberty has been proclaimed. The article of Mos lem laith, that “Women have no souls,” no longer obtains among us. Let the Ladies now assert their own privileges, and we of fer them, in our proposed work, a medium for the expression of their own views and sentiments, on all that appertains, in any de gree, to the welfare and improvement ot their sex. In offering the plan of a SOUTHERN LADIES, BOOK, we do not intend that it shall be precisely similar to a work ol like name, at the North. We leave to our Nor thern cotemporary pictorial representations of fashion and dress, for the embellishment “I their person ; be it ours to provide a garb of purity, elegance, refinement and grace’, for the adornment of the mind. • All that may contribute to form the heart, invigorate the mind, purify the affections, and refine the manners, shall be our especi al care, that our work maybe a useful aid io the young, and fait, and beautiful, in pre paring themselves for the discharge of the noble and arduous duties which devolve on Woman, in her varied capacity of Daughter, Wife Sc. Mother, And we icpeai that in the accomplishment of this high enterp ise, we confidently expect the aid and support ol en lightened and judicious of both sexes. Ar rangements lor regular aid will be made with several Ladies, whose productions have already gained them high fa-oein the litera ry world—-and several gentlemen of distin guished attainments have already been se cured as contributors, from whom scientif ic tracts, with notes, and observations on the arts, may be expected. This depart ment of the work will receive marked atli n tion. In short, nothing will be omitted which tnay tend (ogive the publication such character, as will render it worthy the atten tion of the learned, and those to whom it is dedicated— - 'lhe Ladies of the South and West. It only remains to obtain the requis ite number of subscribers—say two thou sand -and if the Ladies will smile upon, and aid our elfortg, that number will not long be wanting. Let them urge their Fath ers, llu*band, Brothers, and Friends, and it is soon done. (C/ 6 * The work will contain sixty-four roy al octavo pages, stitched in a neat colored cover, and will appear monthly. Terms*. Five dollars per annum payable on the del'\ B . ery of the first number. It is highly important to sta'te, that all the the subscribers names whir’,, ,j,ay be obtained, should be forwarded !• v t be Ist of December next. Agents m'.'.’i please bear this in mind. 07* Tt,e Allowing ar' ; some of tiie con tributors to the work : A. Church. D. D., Pres't of'Franklin College Ga. Professor .1. P. Waddell, Franklin College, lion. A. B. Lougstrect, l’res’t of Emory College. Dr. A. Means, Prof Phys, Science, Eir.orv College. Rev. I. A. Few, Ex Pres't of Emory Col lege. Rev. G. 11. Round, Principal ofthe Geor gia Conference and Mannal Labor School. Rev. Jesse Mercer, Washington Georgia ! Rev. AY. [I. Stokes, Washington, Georgia. ; I lon. ». Andrews, Washington, Georgia. Col. J. H. Lumpkin Lexington, Georgia. Rev. E. L. Wittich. Madison Georgia. Hon. R. M. Charlton, Savannah Georgia. A. 11. Chappell, Esq. Macon Georgia. Hon. E. Nisbit, Macon Georgia. We shall be glad to exchange with those Southern and Southwestern papers who will publish our Prospectus. Macon, Georgia, November 15t,1833. Florence Female Academy. THE school will commence on the first Monday in January under the care of I Miss Margaret J. Harvev and Mrs. Taslor. Dec. ?Bth im a? ® a Ftoni the Southern Literary Messenger. “THE INTEMPERATE. "Pray, Mr. Draindrinker, bow do you do ! Wiiat in perdition's the mailer with you! How did you come by that bruis« ou the hand! Why are your eyes so infernally red. Why do you mutter that iu infidel hymu! Why do you tremble in every limb ! Who has done this—let the reason be shown. And let the ofleuder be pelted with stone! And the Drauidriuker said, if you listen to me Y'ou shall hear what you hear, and shall see what you see. “1 had a father—the grave is his bed : 1 had a mother—she sleeps with the dead : Freely 1 wept when they left me alone— But 1 shed all my tears on their grave atid their stone: I planted a willow—l planted a yew— And 1 left them to sleep (ill the last trumpet blew ! “Fortune was mine, and I mounted her car: Pleasure from virtue had beckoned me far : Onward 1 went, like all avalanche down, And the sunshine of fortune was changed to a I.own. “Fortune was gone, and I took to mv side A young, and a lovely, and beautiful bride ! Llcr 1 entreated with coldness and scorn, Tarrying back till the break of the morn ; •Slighting Lier kindness, and mocking her fears—- Casting a blight on her tenderest years; Sad and neglected and weary I left her— Sorrow :|ud care of her reason bereft her— Till, like a star, when it falls from its pride, She sunk ou the bosom of misery, and died ! *1 had a child, and it grew like a vine--- Fair as the rose ol Damascus, was mine; Fair---and 1 watched o'er her innocent youth, As an angel from heaven would watch ove? truth. She grew like lier mother, iu feature and form- Her blue eye was languid, her check was too warm; Seventeen summers had shone on her brow - The seventeenth winter beheld her laid low ! Yonder they sleep iu their graves, side by side, A father—a mother—a daughter—a bride ! “When they had left me I stood here alone:.' None of my race or my kindred were known - Friends ait forsaken, aud hope all departed— Sad and despairing, and desolate-hearted—- Feeling no kindness lor auligt hu man— Hated by man, and detested by woman— Bankrupt in lortutie and ruiueti in name— Onward l kept iu the pathway of shame! Aud iill this hour, since m, fallicr went down, My blow has but known a continual frown “Go to yoi t children, and tell them the tale ! Tell them his cheek, too, was l.vidly pale; Tell them his eye was all bloodshed aud cold : Tell them his purse was a stranger to gold : Tell them lie passed through the world they are in, The victim of sorrow and misery and sin : Tell them when life’s shameful conflicts were past, in horror and anguish he perished at last D ©ISA. TilE I’A LACE OF MOXIGaNA The palace of Morgafla was vast aiie* beautiful, with many hails and gallerie* n \ marble, jet, crystal, aud lapis lazuli: cu; ._ nices of gay caiors, mosaic piivetncT>' s ’ tinuaus paintings of the most tar c p u ’j ( besques appeared on all sides, r n j the florid windows which m , !jat de | icio^s climate needed no glass to cioge (h was seen the prospect ot e , an(J , , gardens. 1 hose wrr, 0 , :u , cienl , ree / green turfs, and ►. edjtf c f red flowers ; and were divided bv lwirble terrac „ , rom lhe wooded walks aromul. Many bright foun t.mis pi-.ijci vneir diamond arches againlst the dun. 4.11 ths birds of fairy-land flitted across t j- ic avenueg or rested iu the foilage. A,il • beautiful statues, and pieces of fantastic &r ulpture were placed here and there in those pleasant erouods, or grew like alabas ter lillies from unknown seeds beneath. Iu sight of these fair things many colonnades aud domes rose amid ihe masses of foliage, lor the assembling or repose of tiie happy inhabitanis. There, at a certain season whi ehea /g historians have generally omitted to speak of, were a party of young men and damsels. They spent their time in singing to each other, in gathering and braiding flowers, in sports and dancing, or in enjoy ing beneath the shade their light and gay repasts. Their life was fit for springtime, full of courtesy and honor; and all evils was as far from the thought of those youths and ti dies as was the appearance of aught foul or unpleasing from the abode in which they dwelt. Soma of them were generally together, and of these no doubt one clung to another more than to the rest; and there might you have seen the soft sweet feeling of mutual love creeping into many hearts. Others were content to pass the hours more carelessly, conversing with all, or alternately with dif ferent persons; and taking almost as much pleasure from observing the signs of afiec- Tlon in those around them, as those whom iliev laughed at fVi’imi in their own feelings. Among those whose regards and gentleness extended to all, and did not fix on any one in particular. was the young and beautiful Lady Viola. Sometimes, when a band of her friends were sitting in the dreamy noon tide shadow, or wandering slowly undi r tlm twilight, she would spring among them out of a thicket with her wild and airv dance, like a windtossed moonbeam, scatter among them a handful of orange flowers, and tlnn start off wgaip, too lighriy for any frkrt to STI) 41% follow; »nd from some tangled depth of 1 aves. on the height of a rockj covned with ..aii boughs, hci Voice would be heard in tree and solitary song. She was wiity, and merry, and courteous, and her word* ai.d her capricious presence were pleasanter to all than the beauty of any of her com panions. 15 ut she gave equal looks to man and woman. Many hearts were entanghd in the meshes ot her brown hair; but ou none had she ever bestowed a lock of it. Among the noble and generous jouilm assembled in Morgana s palace, was one less cheerful than the rest, w hom the others, therefore sotn t met called tb* solitary; sometimes trom his power* of song, the Min strel; and sometimes agaiu trom tl estrange tales he told, and the feats he was said to have| performed, the Magician. Ho often wandered in the woods, wldle the rest were sporting in the colonnades of the pal ace, or gathering fair nosegays in tl e gar dens. Aud while they sat mound a foun tain. delighting themselves with song, ar.d jest, and tale, he would be seen for a few moments crossing some dark avenue, aid apparently lost in thought. Viola was th* lady whom he chiefly sought to converse with. But her rtpfie* to him were gen erally light and mocking; and it was sel dom that she would remain near him, or, indeed, near any one, fur more than an in stant. Ukce only it was noticed that at night, when the st.rs were shining with peculiar beauty, and the lordly planet Ju piter seemed to rule the sky, her voice was heard in long-continued and exulting song from the sum nit of a wood cliff, aud when it ceased, a pipe, known as the Magician's, answered faintly from the dark river-bed be low ; and when it had sounded a few notes, appeared to re awaken Viola’s melody. One afternoon the whole party were as sembled under a huge horse-chestnut, cov ered with lan like Isaves and spring flowers. Near them was a Inrue and finely-sl.aped Vase ol Alabaster, adorned with exquisite sculpture of Nynipiisand Bacchanals. The Lady Viola was peculiarly fond of it, and took care to crown it daily with the sweetest and brightest flowers. The different pnf ies moved tow; rds the Vale from maty sides of th* garden, gliding over the soft tuft and the smooth marble of the terraces and with their various garn * nts glancing under the evening sun through the openings of the thick foliage. Viola came bearing her hand some mountain heath which she newly called, and which she now added to the garland of the vase. The others gath ered round lier, and one said, while looking at the sculptured figures, “1 wish I could make them move ami dance." “Such things have been done,” said another. “I wonder,” exclaimed a third, “could our friend the Magician accomplish such a leat ?” “Oh!” cried several voices, “I wi h ha were here ; I w ould try.'’ “I wish he were!” said Viola, in a low voice; and immediately the leaves of the neighboring thicket rustled, and the Mi girian stood before them. He seemed not thirty years of age. Hie black dress was laced with gold ; a crin sou cloak hung from his shoulders; his high forehead and large bltck eyes were shaded by abroad cap of the same color, from under which his long raven hair tel I over his shoulders, and gave him a wiz znrd look, at which it might almost have been fancied, from the expression of hi 9 face, that he himself was quietly smiling lle held in his hand a pipe ol ivory, wrought in imitation of a reed; and from it he was accustomed to draw sucli so unds as encLau led and filled with sad de’fighi the, guests of the invisible Morgana, “You wished me ’ u ere 1” he said, io Viola “Oil!” she rep'i od , “y ou most have quick ears. I of the garth „/> “Your wish,” he said, “expressed in a fainter whisker, would have brbnght me horn the o'.ner end ol the earth.” vVlu’,o they thus spake, n **t bf those near them sal down on trie grass, or on the curved and inossy-cushioned benches ; and lie said to Viola,---“But will you nut sit, while 1 lie at your feet and hear your com mands ?” She was*in an unusually compliant mo'od, for she sat down at his desire. He placed himself as he had proposed, and addressed her again ;—“Now, lady, how can I pleas ure you ?” “Thus,” she surd ; “wc were all wishing you here, to make tiie figures on this Varu move, os it endowed’wiih life ?” “Is that all ] I could teach a child to do that ” . He placed his instrument to his lips, au l began to play a tuue which none of them had ever heard before. It soon grew louder, mid at cash return of the strain some fast and wilder movement was added to it. All eyes were fixed on the Vase, till, from the very intentness ol their looks, and the strong thrilling ot the music, which they lett as if it shook the earth, they hard>y knew whether thfc mariile remained immovable, or even whemer they themselves were not whirled around it. But aftt r some minutes, all were satisfied that the figures actually gli ded on; the Nymphs and Satyrs wove their aims together hi the dance, and shook their thyrsuses and garlands; and w bile the music sank, so as to he almost inaudible, tlio shapes completed their ciicle, and were restored to their former places and attitudes. “Wondrous!’’ said sll present; “he is indeed a magitian.” “This,” he replied, “is little. Jt is but to have learned an ohs forgotten tuue, which men of late years seem to have thought'teo good for them, and so have left it Io the in visible po« ers ” Viola said nothing, but he ventured to look at her, aud the slight softening *f the eye, and ti e faint flush upon her cheek, overpaid him for a thousand incantations. Soon she exclaimed, laughingly,- -“If this be so Ittlle, could you not show us some achievi merit of your art which you consider really worthy of you?’* “Willingly,” replud h« ; and drew n j single peculiar Bote from lii« instrument. He then begged her to touch the ground beside him with* sprig of flowered myr'W. which she held in her hand, fit sfftc, a fountain rose fromfthe earth, wnfkformrd it crystal dome above th* Mag'*iart, diMdlqft him from Viola, ’ftbrough its dafalftfe, colors and ewitt motion hi* fiy m *&tiWTaft|' be duniogatshbA. StfcMwn }