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MORAL AND RELIGIOUS.
God Bless the Aged.
BY MBS. DENNISON.
“That’s right, boys! we like that! i
that genuine old time politeness,''’ I
thought we, wo saw two litile hoys bow j
to an aged colored man; tlint one act!
shows where the mother’s heart is, and
what the fireside circle may heat home.
There is something under those yel- !
low curls, in the (lashing of those blue
eves, tiiut will make more than men ol
ye, if great you are. to he—that will
make you good, for without goolnes
there is no true hono-.
God bless the aged man! There are !
a world of memories clustering in Ids’
bosom that send oflener the tear titan
the smile to his dim eye. Me has fol
ded babies to liis bosom—he dreamed ,
over ml.mi henuiy that dream that Hope
weaves in the soul of every parent,
lie has kissed the white lids, amltwi-ted
the golden riue s round his hard liueor.
Ile lias f. It that ;low of which some- ,
times tears are horn, when the innocent
lips lirst sai I “Father.” lie has bent
over the little pallet at night, with that
true one a I his side, and read immortal
dreams in dimples; iio has woven a
path lorthe unconscious sleeper, that j
should he more brilliant than diamonds, I
suite 1 than beds of roses; for would it
tint flash the radier-.ce of his love? j
would not his love oe as a wall of ad- j
amant, over which no danger, with ’
glaring eye*bull* and fiery breath, j
1 could leap to destroy his heart’s own!
darling? And (J! woe! he has held j
out his arms to fence hack the cold j
angel that with his gleaming scythe has!
glided over those walls of love, into the ;
beautiful path, and spoiled the thronless
llowers. Me has sunk sobbing by the !
little still couch, all curtained by angels; ;
! lie has laid his arm on the
bosom, and wondered at its waxen love- j
1 lincss —but O! such a dumb chilling ‘
wonder? lie has shut out the sunlight .
from 1 1 is home ami shuddered to behold :
it, glaring full into that dark grave, that
long, last narrow cradle for his babe, in
i which the beautiful babe, and the beau
tiiul holy would never he recked to
wakening, though the very birds sar.g
their most tfnillitig melodics all day by
j its side.
God bless the aged man! Sot row,
i with fold id hands and drooping blow
j kastaken her abiding place at the very
threshold of his lieurt. There is a
; wreath ofhysop bound about her fore
head, and she holds in one hand the
’ faint, flickering torch, almost inverted,
and in the other the cup of life, with
! but a few drops of dregs at the bottjm.
: Under her feet lie meek-eyed angels
jthehopcsof this world—but they have
/<> l their icings’, they are hopelessly
jsui j cl to sorrow; yet like him whose
1 soul they have brightened, waiting for
the change that shall make them icn
-1 mortal. And beyond the vision of tlratold
; man, though not beyond the outstretch
ing of his arms hangs the lire glittering
j “ > ~ ri r>
jyct that his last feeble breath shall
[rend asunder; and beyond that—O!
who has ever yet painted the glories of
!heaven ?
I God bless the aged ! Children bend
! your heads at their approach, lift your
1 hats reverently, speak to them, as
: you would to God’s messenger, love 1
them dearly, and never insult their grey
! hairs by one irreverent word or thought-1
| less smile.
God bless the aged !
The best solace of affliction, next to
religious trust, is necessary labor.
Good nature, like the bee, collects;
honey trom every herb. 111-nature,
; like the spider, sucks poison from the
sweetest flower.
An Analysis t.’ tlta Maine Law. j
BY IION. M. D. m’hENRV, P. G. W. I*.
Section 1. Provides that no person
shall he allowed to manufacture or sell,
! spirituous or intoxication liquors, ex
cepting as provided in the following l
Sections.
Section 2. Provides that the local an- (
thorities in cities and townships may!
I appoint suitable persons ns agents to j
sell at suitable places within their re
spective cities and townships, spirituous’
! liquors, wines, &e., to he used for med
ical and mechanical purposes, and no
‘other. The board shall have the right,
to prescribe the rulr sand regulations
under which the agent may sell, arid
may remove him at pleasure.
Section B. Provides that the agent
shall receive from the local authorities
appointing him, a certilicate of liis ap
pointment, and enter into bond, with;
surety conditioned, fir the faithful ob
servance of the law and the regulations
of I lie board.
Section 4. Provides that if any per
son shall, by himself or agent, sell uriy!
spirituous or intoxicating liquors, in
violation of the provisions of this act,
he shall, for the first offence, pay a fine!
of ten dollars and costs, and stand com-|
| muted until the same be paid. On the;
PENFJELD, GA. MARCH 19, !853.
second conviction, twenty dollars and
costs, and stand committed as above ;
and on the third and every subsequent
conviction, twenty dollars and costs,
land imprisonment in jail, not less than
three nor more than six months. In
default of payment of tine nnd costs oti
!the first and second convictions, tliede
| Cendant shall not be entitled to the bene- j
(i 1 of the 175th chapter of the revised j
statutes, until he shall have been im
prisoned two months; nor oil the third
;nr any subsequent conviction, until he j
shall have been imprisoned four months. ,
Section 5, Provides for a summary j
prosecution for a violation ol the 4th
Beeiion, before any poiic - judge or jus- i
Itiee of the pence, the p<siaity to go to
the township for the use of the poor, <&o.,
anil m ikes it the duty oI officers to pros,
ecute, on being furnished with proof.
Section fi, Provides that if any one
: shall claim an appeal from a judgment j
against him rendered, for a violation of t
this not, he shall give two appeal bond*, j
! One in the penalty of #IOO, with sure- j
tv, conditioned to prosecute his appeal
; and pay all costs, lines, iKie, in case of j
affirmunce. The other in the penalty \
ol payable to the township, con-1
diiioncd Inal he will not, during the pen
deucy of the appeal, violate the provis
ions of said act. And in cusp of final
j conviction, the fine unit imprisionmont
! shall be doubled.
Section 7, Provides that the local
authorities who appointed any agent to
i sell on public account, fer medical or
mechanical purposes, shall or may re
voke liis appointment whenever he
shall violate the terms of the same, and
shall cause him to he sued for breach
’ oftlie conditions of his bond.
Section 8, Provides that no person i
■-hull he a manufacturer of any spiritu
jousor intoxicating liquor, or common
i vender thereof, without being appoint
| ed us aforesaid, on pain of forfeiting on
first conviction, SIOO and costs, and in
I default of payment, sixty days’impris
onment in jail; and on the second or
any subsequent conviction, S2OO and
costs. In default of payment, four
1 months imprisonment.
Section 0, Provides that no person
eiiLMged in unlawful truffle in intoxica.
1 ting liquors, shall be competent to serve
jon a jury in any’ case arising under
j this act. No juror required to answer
! questions on Hie subject; but it he de
! dines to answer, it shall be cause of
| challenge.
Section 10. Provides that all cases
arising under this act, which shall come
! bof'ore any superior court, sliall take
precedence of all oilier business, ex
cept criminal cuses in which parties are
under arrest awaiting trial, and the
’ court or commonwealth’s attorney shall
not have the right to enter a nolle pro
-1 sequi, or grant a continuance, except
when the ends of justice will be pto
j moted thereby.
Section 11, Provides as follows:
! “If any three persons, voters in the
town oi city where the complaint shall
be made, shall before any justice of*the
peace or judge of any municipal or po
. lice court, make complaint under oath
or afliimalion, that they have reason to
believe and do believe that spirituous
or intoxicating liquors are kept or de
posited, and intended sot sale, by any
person not authorized to sell the same
m said city or town under the provisions |
i of this act, in any store, shop, warehouse ;
|or other building or place in said city:
: or town, said justice or judge shall is
sue his warrant of search to any slier-;
j iff, city marshall or deputy, or to any;
constable who shall proceed to search
the premises described in said warrant, 1
; and if any spirituous or intoxicating
I liquors are found therein, he shall:
seize the same and convey them to’
some proper place of security, where!
i lie shall keep them until final action is j
hud thereon. But no dwelling house in
i which, or in part of which a shop is not
kept, shall he searched unless at least
I one of said complainants shall testify lo
( some act of sale ol intoxicating liquors;
therein, by the occupant thereof, or by !
| his consent or permission, within at
. least one month of the lime of making
I said complaint. And the owner or
’ keeper of said liquors, seized aforesaid,!
if he shall be 1 nu wn to the officer se.z
ing the same, shall be summoned forth
with before the justice or judge by
whose watrani the liquors weje seized,
and if he fails to appear, or unless lie 1
j can show by positive proof, that said!
liquors are of foreign production, that
they have been imported under the lans
( of the United Stat s, and in accordance!
therewith—that they are contained in:
the Oi ignal packages in which they
were imported, and in quantities not
liss than (lie laws of the United States
I prescribe, they shall be declared fir-!
i f'eited, and shall be destroyed by an-,
thorit v of the written order to tout ef
fect, of said justice or judge and in his
presence, or iri the presence of some
person appointed by him to witness the!
destruction thereof, and who shall join
with the officer by whom they sliall
have been destroyed, in attesting that
i f a< A upon the biek of the order by au-i
tliority of which it was done; and the
owner nr keeper of such liquors shall
pay n fine of twenty dollars and cost, or
or stand committed (or Dirty days in
default <d‘ payment, if in the opinion of
the Court said liquors shall have been
kept or deposited for the ptfrpose of
sale. And if the owner or possessor of
any liquors seized in pursuance of this
section, sjmll, set up the claim
that they Iwve been regularly imported
under the Aiiw.s of the United States,
and that they are contained i:i the orig
inal packages, the custom house certili
cutes of importation and proofs of murks
an the casks or packages corresponding
thereto, shall not ho received ns evi
donee that the liquors contained in said
packages, Were actually imputed there
in,
Section 12, Provides that if the own
er, keeper or possessor of liquors seized
under the provisions of this act) shall he
unknown to the officer seizing the
same, they sliall not be condemned un
til they have been advertised for two
weeks, io that if they are held by law.
ful authority for lawful purges- s they
may not be des troved.
Section Id, Provides that if any per
son claiming any liquor seized as afore
said, shu 1 appeal from the judgment of
the judge or justice condemning the
same, to the district courts, he shall
give botil with surety to prosecute his
appeal, and to pay all fines and costs
which may finally be adjudged
against bin. And in esse of such up
peal, if tiie judgment is affirmed, and
the quantity of liquor is above lire gal
lons, the defendant shall bo adjudged a
common seller of ardent spirits. But
nothing in this act shall bo construed to
prevent any chemist, artist or manu
facturer, in whose art or trudo they
may be necessary, from keeping at his
place of business such reasonable quan
tity of liquor as lie may need in his art,
but not for sale.
Section 14, Provides lor seizing liq
uor found in any shanty, tent or other
places for selling refreshments, at any
public place or ut or near a fair, mus
ter or public occasion of any kind, and
•or the arrest oftlie keeper, and irn
prisoning him tliirly days and destroy
ing the liquor.
Section 15, Provides that any per
sontenced on any proceeding under the
14 1 h Section, may have an appeal,
shall give bond with surety, nnd in case
the final verdict is against him lie shall
pay a further fine of twenty dollars.
Section 10, Provides that all pay
ments made for liquor sold in violation
of law, shall be held to have been re
ceived contrary to law, with considera
tion and against equity and good con
science, and all sales, mortgages, liens,
&e., of every kind, which either, in
whole or iu part, shall have been for
spirituous liquors sold contrary to law,
sliall be ulterly void, and no right shall
accrue thereby. No action shall be
maintained ii this State for spirituous
liquors sold in any other State or c Min
ify whatever. Nor shall any action
he maintained in this Slate for the re
eovery of such liquors, or the value
thereof.
Phrenological Wooing.
It was on the return of Mr. F., a
lecturer an Phrenology, to the city of
| 15., that one morning, Harry G. enter
! ed his study, and after some desultory
j conversation, commenced looking over
| some phrenological charts, which were
j arranged before him. While thus en
| gaged, he noticed one of’ the head ot
Miss Emily Li. of 0., copiously mar
ked. He examined it, ami became
1 much interested, as it described a per
son of an original mind, and superior
character. As lie laid it aside Mr. F.
said:
“ The person there described I met
during my absence, and slie posses
sed a mind so well balanced, that I
took a chart of her head. I consider
her quite a model of female worth; she
possessed all the qualities for a good
will: and mother.”
Now Harry was a young man of fine
intellectual powers, which bad been]
improved by culture, but he was de- j
cideiily odd. lie had a spice of ro- j
malice in his disposition, and was a firm
beleiveriu Phrenology. JI: denpen led j
on that science mainly to give him an 1
insight into the character of her whom
he might choose as his partner lor life, j
The lady in question seemed to pos
sess all those qualifications which tie I
had been so long seeking foi; and a
most novel idea entered ins mind. Ho
determined to write to ier, and state his
ideas on the subject of matrimony; au- j
quaint her wiln the circumstance of'j
seeing the chart cl her head, and request i
a correspondence wiih the view, that j
fit resulted in the mutual satisfaction
of both parties they should meet; und if
they could love, should marry. He I
acted accordingly, requested of Mr. F.
a note to the lady, stutnig the sincerity
of his motives, and Die respectability of
his cliaract. r which he enclosed in Ins 1
letter and forwarded, ile Waited fora:
week in a state of fverisli anxiety; but]
at length an answer came and the lady;
granted his request. The letter Breath
ed the very spirit of modesty and goo I
sense. The lady stipulated f,r six
months, correspondence after which
they weffl to meet.
From this time they wrote regularly
upon various topics] but the personal
appearance of each was never onoe the
suhj'-ot of allusion. Murry’s high opin
ion of his fait Correspon lint was en
hanced upon tile reception of every let
ter, until he become thoroughly in love
with his incognita; and ho began most
earnestly to long for the expiration of
his probation, h was with a beating
heart that he look his seal in one of the
curs oftlie raj road, which was to con
vey h : m to the eity of V., wl ero his
fair inamorata resi led.
Now the question was to ho solved,
could die love him? He was not hand
some, in the common acceptation of
that term, yet he had an intelligent
countenance, a dark and expressive eye,
and a goo 1 figure; but lie forgot all his j
advantages of person or station, in liis;
anxiety to create a goo I impression.
He never onue asked if she w, re b uu
tiful; tor befell if she was not positive- ;
ly ugly, he could love. After slight
ing at a station, and a walk of a few 1
minutes, lie found himself before n
small but beautiful cottage, wliiuh bore
marks of taste and refinement in its {
occupants. Ho knocked, end it seem- |
ed to him that hisheaii knocked full ns!
loudly against his brerst, as his hand j
knocked against the door. When tho !
door was opened, our lover-hero was
greeted with a t unexpected sight of a
diminutive crooked form, a pair of
spectacles, aid red hair, which were
the principal features in the tout ensem
ble of his fair receiver. Now, red hair
was Harry’s aversion. The lady, for
such she evidently appeared, oondut ted
him into a pretty purler, where music
and books showed the taste of the fair
owner. After a short scrutiny, Harry
turned to the odd little figure
beside, him, and requested to see
Miss It.
“She is before you,” sai l his compan-
lie was thunder struck, and stood
gazing at her without motion, but at
length collected his scattered wits, arid
tried to emmnenoe a conversation
“under difficulties.” He introduced
himself as her unknown correspondent,
and explained that he had come to make
a personal acquaintance. She answer
ed him with modesty and good sense,
telling him that their intercourse must
he ou the footing of friendship, until
they became intimately known to each
other. They conversed long and pleas,
antly, and lie so >n found himself ad
miring her voice, which was soft and
sweet; and before lie left her winning
manner had so unarmed him that tie
had quite forgotten tier red hair and
spectacles. Tons their intercourse
continued for a week, ut the expiration
of winch time he made her an oiler ol
Ills heart ami hand.
She hesitated before she replied but
smilingly asked, “have you so far over
come your aversion for my red hair and
orookod form us to wish to make me
your wife?”
He replied that he loved her, arid
eared not what was the color of her
hair, so long as she would consent to
he his. An answer was promised to be
given on tl/e Ibllowiug morning.
As early us propriety would admit,
on the next morning, our friend Harry
again sought liis beloved but was great
ly surprised lobe received by one so
■ ike and yet so unlike her to whom lie
had been paying his court. There she
stood vvith a sweet smile on her
lips, und u laughing light in her hazel
eyes, without those distinguishing marks
of person which hud first attracted liis
notice. lie almost doubled his senses
until he spoke in tier clear sweet tours,
when he sprang forward and seiz ng her
hand, begged her to explain the iriys
tery.
Bhe smiled as she said, “You must
forgive my ruse, Harry; you said per
sonal beauty hud no weight with you,
and I wished to prove you. You see
me now iu my proper shape and per
son. Cun you love me us well us when
1 wore specs and u red wig?
He could answer only ey gazing ad
miringly upon her grucetul liulk figure
so delicate, so spirited, and those soft
brown curls shading her lace, eloquent
with sweetness uml intelligence.
Harry was ol course enchanted.
The sequel may be guessed; but 1 can
not tell you oftlie wedding,—how Mr.
F. wus tiiere, a delighted guest, Imw
many tears were shed, how much cake
eaten; I only know that liar ry und his
beautiful bride are tho (nippiest couple
in the circle of my acquuiuunce; weal.
is more, llirry is a firm believer iu
Phrenology.— Woccrty Magazine.
John Kennedy, now living near Col
uinbus, Tennessee, has eighteen ehil
rlren—fully grown—seventy-four grand
children, ui.d fifty.one great grand
children—in all one hundred and forty
three! ‘There has not been a death in
the family sinca
1 Ihk Interior of Africa
lug itketek. —Toe Rev. Mr
i returned Baptist missionary
’ 111 Columbus, in this State, S
j and the Tunes of that place
I Mowing interesting ueoouut ffc
moil: IP
! R may not be generally k
! Mi* Southern Baptist Mission! *"*
! lias a Missionary station in til *
!of Africa, twelve day.,’ jour
tiie coast, upon the banks of ll
Tho mission was established
Mr. Bowen, who has spdni tw<
years in the work, and is now i
ica, engaged in u praise, wort! j
to enlurge the mission. He w.
to Africa in the lull, and hope*”
with him five more Missionary £
esteemed friend, Rev. Sanders
ol Barbour county, Alabama, *
solved to devote Ids life to tli .
work, uml will return with Rt
BoWeil.
The Interior of Africa is a hij
ing prairie country, abundant
teied, pioduues corn, potatoes a
tropical Iruits in great prolusio
is as lieultuy as any other region
same lutnu.le. ‘I tie people are
ally farmers, and culiivuie the so
some suoce.is with the hoe; t
iiumbersof them aio mechanics,
as Tudois, Suoetiif.k irs, Blacks
Weavers, Ate. They wear shoes
taloous and tunics ;■ are remar
honest and humane, und treat tbai
men with consideration. They Ii
houses eons'.i ucted upon the pi
those so frequent in Mexico, w
sometimes are large enough to
lair, one hundred inmates. Thei
ies are large and regularly built, :
of them um lour by two and a
miles iu extent, und contain 00 to 1
000 inhabitants. The country is
emed Dy a King, whose uuthorit
limited by a council of 70 elders, v
out whose concurrence he can xer
no authority ; crimes are punished
oouits of justice, and every spec
crime has a specific punishment
t.iched. No man, however, can bo p
ished without tho consent of the pa
arch of his family.
The people believe in one God, a
some ot iliem worship him ulon>-, thou
tiie national worship is directed u> in
rior deities built benign and maligna
The public muni is open lo tno i
oeplioii of truth ; tho missionary is oi
(dully received by the people, and
! is not hindered iu liis labors by die go
erument.
We do not know of a more favorab
inis.ionury field than that now bein
opened on die waters of the Niger, an
■ve congiutoluie the Southern Bapti:
Church upon the success of their enter
prise, uiui hope die necessary ui4 wil
be primp y given to Riv. Mr. Bjw h
io enub.e mm to pluco Ids in.ssiou ou i
firm basis.
We understand thut Yarriba is’ ttu
chief city of tbo country above de.
scribed, and that the population of tho
Stale is over six liuu iron thousand.
“Onk Touch or Nature Marks the
Whole Would Kin.' —v cue, sud of
pisodigers, r. cemly passed over the
it iston aim Albany Railroad, irt which
occurred a simple but touching scene
worthy of record. (Jno of the p isaen
gers was uwoiiini c i frying in her arms
a clid I woo annoyed eveiy one by it*
petulance and cries. Mile after mile
tire passenger* bore the infliction ofits
noise, which rullier increased than ui
miiiished, until at last it beoaine furi
ous, und the passengers nearly sc.
There were open- oumplaiuU and ono
man shouted “take Die child out.”
The train slopped at u station, when an
old gentleman a rose, and made the sim.
pie statement that the father of the child
hud died recently uwuy from home,
that the mother bad been on a visit to
tier friends und bad died while on the
visit, that tier dead body v. ,g on board
the train, ami tliut the child was in the
arms of a woman who was a stranger
to it. ft wag enough. There was a
tear in nearly every c ye, and all were
melted into pity and patience. All ‘ •.!
fishness was lost in thuihio” of the dor
olution ol tfie poor little wanderer, wno
would have found a warm welcome in
‘.lie bunds that, a moment b ‘fore, would
almost have visited it w.iu .. blow.
An old man in- New ifork rianr t
I*iddlebnrn, wortti sl'hl,ooo “: ■
t lie had not a relative in ■>
world, advertised in the pi, is tor toy
| one dawning kindred to come forward,
when in less than -’4 hours hu was vis
ited by no less titan six aunts, Ibtirieeu
uncles, fifty-tour nephews, ninety-three
ittoces, and one hundred and forty-eight
; cousins.
A wtdl has been sunk in- Ilocking
Valley, to the depth of sis hundred feet
lor the purpose of obtaining salt water,
and a supply of water, has been reached
which r< quires but fifty three gallons t<
make a bushel of salt of filly pounv
The water tises spontaneously ’o too
surface, and flows at the rate of 400&-
(a MOO gallons per day.
NC