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COLUMBUS SENTINEL AND HERALD.
VOL. VIII.]
PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY MORNING BY
JAMES H. CAMPBELL,
ON BROAD STREET, OVER ALLEN AND YOUNG’S,
m’intosh row.
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num, payable in advance, or four dollars, (in all
cases exacted) where payment is not made before the
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and no paper discontinued, except at the option of
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quent continuance. Those sent without a specifica
tion of tho number of insertions, will be published
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2d. Yearly advertisements. —For over 24. and
not exceeding 36 lines, fifty dollars per annum ; for
ovr 12, and not exceeding 24 lines, thirty-jive dollars
per annum ; for less than 12 lines, twenty dollars
per annum.
3d. All rule and figure work double the above p:ices.
Legal Advertisements published at the usual
rates, and with strict attention to the requisitions of
the law.
All Sales regulate! by law, must be made before
the Court House door, between the hours of 10 in the
‘orning and 4 in the evening—those of Land in
p county where it is situate ; those of Personal
*v, where the letters testamentary, of a Imin
<r of guardianship were obtained—and are
required to be previously advertised in some public
Gazette, as follows:
Sheriffs’ Sales under regular executions for thir
ty days, under mortgage fi fas sixty days, before
the day of sale.
Sales of Land and Negroes, by Executors, Ad
ministrators or Guardians, for sixty days before
the day of sale.
Sales of Personal Property (except Negroes) forty
days.
Citations by Clerks of the Gour’s of Ordinary, upon
application for letters of administration, must
be published for thirty days.
Citations upon application for dismission, by
Executors, Administrators or Guardians, monthly
for six MONTHS.
Orders of Courts of Ordinary, (accompanied with a
copy ol the bond or agreement) to make titles
to land, must be published three months.
N o riCEsbv Executors, Administrators or Guardians,
of application to the Con t of Orffmarv for leave
to sell the Land or Negroes of an Estate, four
MONTHS.
N otice 3 bv Executors or Administrators, to the Debt
ors and Creditors ol an Estate, for six wfeks.
Sheriffs, Clerks of Court, Sic., will be allowed
the usual deduction.
{! “3** Letters on business, must be post paid,
to on’itle them to attention.
WASH HOUSE
and commission business.
rUE undersigned takes leave to inform his friends
atil tho puulie generally, that he will continue
the \Vare-Hotise and Commission B isiness, to which
Ills aten ion will be exclusively confined ; and by strict
attention thereto he hopes to merit a continuance of
fntron iga which has been so liberally bestowed upon
liin. He will attend to the sale of Cotton from wa
ft >ns or in store, and from a genar .1 acquaintance with
the purchasers, and true situation of the market, he be
lieves that be can. generally, more than save the com
mission in the sale of Cotton.
Liberal advances will be made on produce or mer
chandise in store. VVM. P. YONGE.
Columbus, Sept. 18, 1838. 83y
•FAMES 11. LKF3O jDS,
WATCH iYEAiIUII AMD S3 V7JBEIX.3R,
‘id door north of A'ii hn’* Confectionary , Br'd si.
RFI3PHCTFULL Y informs his town and coun
try friends that lie has just returned from New
York with a very rich addition to his stock of Goods,
an Ila h .-; an l gentlemen wishing Watchesor Jewelry
of superior quality, have now an opportunity of sup
plying thems Ives with articles that cannot be sur
passed.
Rich fine gold Jewelry.
Silver Ware, plated and Fancy Goods.
The following articles comprise asp irtion of (.is stock,
ami lie will selion as good terms as any other establish
ment in Georgia.
Gold and silver Levers,
Anchor escapement Duplex,
Horizontal and vertical Watches, of the finest
finish—all of which lie warrants first rale time
keepers.
Soits of Ladies’ Earrings and Broaches,
Diamond, Ruby, Emerald, Opal, enamelled and
every description of Breast Bins and Finger
Kings,
Gold guard and fob Chains,
Seals, Keys, Lockets and Trinkets, of all kinds,
in great variety, and 111 ast superb manufacture,
Gold and silver Spectacles,
Silver Spo >ns, Butter Knives,
Superior Razors,
Bowie Knives, Dirk and Pen Knives,
Scissors, Thimbles, La iies’ splendid Card Cases,
Head Ban Is, Combs, Pelt Placqties,
Revolving silver mounted Castors,
Plated Candlesticks,
Fancy Bellows,
Cloth, Hair, Crumb and Hearth Brushes,
English ride belt Pistols,
Sword Canes,
Four sided Razor Strops,
Silk Purses, Perfumery,
And every other article usually found at Jewelry
Stores.
J. H. R. as heretofore, will repair and regulate
CLOCKS and WATCHES of every description, and
warrant all (that were made for time) to perform well.
Gold and silver work, and jewelry, made and repaired.
Engraving neatly executed. Cash, or goods, paid for
ord gold and silver.
Columbus, April 13. 1 W
GE O. W . W AY’S
CARRIAGE REPOSITORY,
CORNER of Oglethorpe anl Si. Chur street, im
mediately in the re.tr of the City Hotel. The
subscriber respectfully informs the public that he is
now receiving a general assortinem of Carriages ol all
descriptions, to wit:
Coaches, Coachees, Chariottees, Cabriolets, dickey
sat Barouches, one and two horse extension-top Ba
juches, three seats extension-top do.. Buggies, four
wheels, for one and two horses, two wheel do., Sulkies
of every description.
The above Carriages are superior to any ever re
ceived in this market, and cannot be surpassed for ma
terials, style aui durability. Any article purchased
from this establishment can be depended on.
Call and see, and l will sell you bargains.
Carriages of every description furnished to order, by
addressing the undersigned.
GEO. W. WAY.
I have a general stock of Coach Materials, which I
will sell low. Repairing done in the very best man
ner. and by Northern Workmen. G. W. W.
Feb. 1. 52y
carriJvge shop.
I¥Ti£ES S^PaiOSITT.
Oglethorpe Street , IVorlh of Calhoun’ a Hotel ,
HA VE just received anew assortment of good
CARRIAGES selected from some cfthe best
manufactories at the North. They having taken par
ticular pains to have them made to suit this country,
and to insure satisfaction to purchasers, they will war
rant them for one year with fair usage. AH kind of
Carriages made to order. Carriage and Harness’ re
pairing done in very neat style by go *1 Northern work
men. Also, a good assortment of Carriage materials,
all of which they will sell low for cash or approved
paper.
Feb. 16. 7v
NEW SPRING GOODS,
THE subscriber has just received, a fresh
supply of FANCY AND STAPLE DRY
GOODS, of the latest fishi ms and importations.
heady made clothing, hats, bon
nets AND SHOES.
He would invite his customers and the public
geuerally tocall and examine his stock before pur
chasing elsewhere, as they no doubt will be suit
ed with the quality and price. lie is determined
to sell low for cash.
Country merchants will he supplied at reduced
prices. NEILL McNAIR-
May 21,-7-tf
GLASS.
FOR SALE, by the subscribers,
150 boxes Pitu-burgh Glass.
100 do Bedford Crown Glass,
50 do Boston do do
assorted sizes, cheap for cash.
TANARUS.& M. EVANS,
April 1-2. lOtf O glethorpe st. j
AGENCY FOR the SALE OF CHICK”
BRING & CO.’S PIANO FORTES.
SMI IH. GRIMES & Cos. have been made
Agents for the sale of PIANO FORTES, from
the celebrated Manufactory of Chicke* tg & Cos..
Boston; and arc prepared to furnish anv description
of Piano Fortes, at the Manufacturer’s'pri-es. deli
vered at this place, with the addition only of the charge
of transportation from Boston ; and on such terms as
will suit persons desirous of purchasing.
Columbus. August 2.1538. 26tf
PETIT GULF CO TTOX SEKuT
AT reduced prices, warranto I genuine, and for
sale by YOXJE £: ELLIS.
March 13. 6M
COLUMBUS WHOLESALE AND RETAIL
SADDLERY WARE-HOUSE,
At the sign of the Golden Saddle, a few doors be
low D. Hungerford & Co’s, and neaTly
opposite Ujquhart & Ware.
IV. WADE & CO.
HAVE now on hand a complete assortment of
articles appertaining to their line of harness :
—among which are—
Spanish, Quilted, Overlaid and Shafted Saddles,
Plain, Boys’, Race, Attakapas, and Planters’do.
Laige and Extra Large do
Ladies’ Saddles, of every quality and size.
BItIDLEs OF ALL ICIXDS.
Some good for fifty cents; Saddle Bags, Carpet Bags;
Vaiices; Stirrup Leathers; Sircingles and Girths.
HARNESS—Coach. Gig. and Dearborn, from the
cheapest to the best. TRUNKS, of every descrip
tion.
The above articles are of their own manufacture,
made under their own immediate inspection, of the
best materials, and by superior workmen. Also, on
hand,
ENGLISH SADDLES, BRIDLES AND MARTINGALES.
Coach. Gig, Tandem, Sportsmen, and Wa.'gon
Whips; Stirrups, Bits, Spurs, Buckles, Hames, Col
lars, Cut Tacks, Trunk Locks, Horse Brushes and
Curry Combs, Trace and Halter Chains.
ALSO—A go<sl asoriment of Coach and Gig Har
ness Trimmings; Plated, Brass and Japan’d do.
ALSO—A good assortment of Skirting, Harness,
and Bridle Leather; black, blue, red. yellow, green,
and cochineal Morocco Skins; Buffalo Robes and Bear
Skins. ,
N. B. Traders who may buy to sell again, will he
furnished on as good terms as can be bought either in
New York or Newark. Country merchants are re
spectfully invited to call and examine our goods and
prices, and satisfy themselves.
iryjP* REPAIRING done on the most reasonable
terms.
April 29, 1837 31y
CABINET AND UPHOLSTERY VVAItE
HOUSE.
COMZEIaTYIAN St ANBERSOM
MOST respectfully infoim the citizens of Colum
bus. and its vicinity that they have removed
from their former stand, to ihe store lately occupied by
McArn, in Broad-street, nearly opposite the Insurance
Bank.
They have now on hand an elegant assortment of
FURNITURE of their own manufacture.
—ALSO—
Paper Hangings of the latest patterns with suitable
Bordering, Ornaments, and other materials for Cur
tains, &c.
Adverse to pulling, they would only solicit a call
which would enable Ladies and Gentlemen to judge for
themselves by examining the articles.
All orders will be exccuteJ with promptitude. Cur
tains put up in the most fishionable style. Rooms
neatly papered. In short, any thing in their line will
be punctually attended to.
Aug. 25. 36y
JOHN#.. BACON & Cos.
AGENTS FOR THE SALE OF THE
INDIAN’S PANACEA,
HAVE just received a.fresh supply ol this valuable
rein -dy for the cure of Rheumatism, Scrofulaor
King’s Evil, Gout, Sciaiica or Hip Gout, Incipient
Cancers, Salt Rheum, Siphilitic and Mercurial dis
eases, particularly Ulcers and painful affections of the
bones. Ulcerated Throat and Nostrils, Ulcers of
every description, Fever Sores, and In ertial Abscess
es, Fistulas, Piles, Sea and Head. Scurvy, Biles, Chro
nic Sore Eyes, Erysipelis Blotches, and every variety
of Cutaneous Affection, Chronic Ca arrh, Headaci.e,
proceeding from vitiation; Affections of the Liver;
Chronic iullanimatton of the Kidneys and General De
bility, caused by a torpid action of the vessels of the
skin. It is singularly ellieacious in renovating those
constitutions which have been broken down by injudi
cious treatment, or juvenile irregularities. In general
terms, it is recommended in all those diseases which
arise from impurities of the blood, or vitiation of tire
humors, of whatever name or kind.
Some of the above complaints may require some
assistant applications, which the c.rcumstances of the
case will dictate; but for a general remedy or Purifi
-1 ator to remove the crfusc. The Indian’s Panacea will
gen rally be found sufficient.
The following certificates, out of hundreds similar
which might be procured, are given to show the effect
of the Indian’s Panacea, in the various complaints
therein mentioned ; and also to exhibit in the most, sa
ttsfietory manner its superiority over the syrups in
common use.
Charleston, Nov. 15, 1831.
During the last winter a id spring. I was afflicted
with a very severe and distressing Rheumatism, occa
sioned by exposure in bad weather. I now take great
pleasure iu s'ating. that six bottles of Indian Pana
cea, restored me to perfect health, and I confidently
recommend it to all similarly afflicted.
JOHN FERGUSON, King st.
Charleston. July 12, 1831.
I was afflicted four years with an tdeer in the leg,
occasionally accompanied with erysipelatious inflama
'ion and an excessive pain in the leg and ancle joint.
Several eminent Phvsicians exerted their ski'd upon it,
but without permanent benefit. In this case, live bot
tles of the Indian Panacea made aperfect cure.
MARGARET A. WEST, Market st. 121.
July sth, 1837. Sly
HAMPTON COURSE—SWEEP STAKES
fi S it is, art 1 has been, <sual of ‘ate years, with
the proprietors of tiie different Race Tracks of
our country, to advertise their Stakes,and, in my opin
ion. they close at too early a period, to give the own
ers of colts a fair opportunity of testing their racing
qualities, I communicate, therefore, to the sporting
world, my present plan, rules and terms.
There will be kept open stakes for two and three
year olds, to be run for every successi e year, and not
to be closed until one month previous to the race
Declaration fifteen days before the coming off of the
race.
Stakes of one thousand dollars entrance, will be two
mile heats. Forfeit. S500; declaration, SIOO. Three
entries to firm #stake.
Stakes of live hundred dollars entrance will he mile
heats. Forfeit, $250; declaration, $75., Three en
tries to constitute a stake.
Dashes of two or one mile, to suit the convenience
of parties, that is, the amount to be run for.
Persons wishing to make their entries, will please
direct their letters to the subscriber, acting proprietor
of the Hampton Course, or to Capt. Wm. G. Nimmo,
Secretary of he Hampton Jockey Club, Augusta, Ga.
Sept. 27, IS3S. 35m6m F. W. LACY.
STAGE LINE
FROM COLUMBUS TO WEST POINT.
THE public are informed that a line of STAGES
has been put on the route from Columbus to
West Point via Whitesville, leaving Whiteside’s
Tavern every Monday and Friday at 4 o’clock A. M.,
and arr ving at West Point the'same day at 5 o'clock
P. M.; leaving West Point eve y Tuesday, Thursday
and Saturday at 4 o'clock A. M., and arriving at Co
lumbus at 5 o’clock P. M. the same dav.
WHITESIDE & DUNCAN.
May 28,1633. 17tf
N. B. A Hack will be in readiness at West Point
to convey n tssengers to T.a Grange or Lafavrtte.
PACKETS FROM ST. JOSEPH TO
NEW YORK.
Til!', following substantial and fast sailing
vessels will run as regular Packets between
St. Joseph and New York, and will take freight
and passengers low.
Brig II \ RTI EY, Ryder, master.
“ CUMBERLAND, Darling, master.
“ SADI, Vincent, “
Also, the new and splendid ship SPRING.
For Freight or Passage apply to
E. J. WOOD & CO, Agents,
St. Joseph, Flor.
Nov. 1,1837 *24v
GROCERIES.
IK BBLS old Rectified Whiskey
Tj 5? 30 bbls. Monongahela do
20 bbls. N. E. Rum
25 do Gin
20 do Peach Brandy
59 do Sugar
30 bags Codes
23 boxes Tohaeco
100 pieces Dundee Bagging, for sale bv
ALLEN & YOUNG,
Sent. 12. IS3S. 32tf No. 1 Mclntosh row.
YOKSB Sl SL.Z.2S
CONTINUE to receive and otili for sale ail kinds
of Staple and fancy Dry Goods. Boots, Shoes.
Hats,Sad tiery, Hardware, &e. together with a good
supply of G roceries,ail of which will be sold on the most
favorable terms .
Feb. Ist 1833. 52v
I>. GOLSTEINE & CO.,
COMMISSION .1,0 FORWARDI.VS MERCHANTS,
APALACHICOLA, FLORIDA.
Will advance on Cotton shipped to Havre, Liverpool
and New York.
D. Golstei.ve,
H. D. Darocx. Apalachicola, Oct. 23. 3Slf
7 BBLS. picketed SHEEP HEAD.
20 boxes fin Scotch Herring,
4 bbls. Cranberries,
20.000 best Spanish Cigars,
Just received and for sale bv
Feh. 1.1835. 52tf ‘YONGE & ELLIS.
| BBLS Newark Cider,
! 410 boxes fresh Lemons,
I just received, and for sale bv
1 Match 15. 6;f YONGE & ELLIS.
* WE HOLD THESE TRUTHS TO BE SELF-EAtDENT, THAT ALL MEN ARE ECRN EQUAL.’
COLUMBUS, GEORGIA, THURSDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER 15, 1838.
A CARD.
THE undersigned will, it not providentially pre
vented, be in Columbus, .eorgia, on the firs
Monday in NOVEMBER, for the purpose of dis
seminatiug a knowledge of ENGLISH GRAM
MAR, on a plan entirely his own, by which the at
tentive Student may become a competent or practica.
Grammarian in twenty days, and at. the inconsidera
ble expense of fifteen and >llars. The accompanying
certificates of Rev. Thos. Henderson, Superintec.ri
ant of the Choctaw Academy, and of Hon. Richard
M. Johnson, Vice President of the United States, ii
is hoped, will at least give the undersigned an oppor
tunity to test his skill in this indispensable branch ol
education. HORACE T. N. BENEDICT.
Scott co., Ky., Oct. 22,1835.
Choctaw Academy, Ky. Sept. 18, IS3B.
Dr. H. T N. Benedict. Dear Sir—We, the un
dersigned, from t wenty years’ knowledge of your supe
rior skill in teaching English Grammar, have no hesi
tation in saying, that jour success in this state in im
parting a thorough and well grounded knowledge of
that useful science, has not been surpassed, nor. in
deed, equalled, by any other teacher. We con.-ider
your plan and system of teaching better calculated to
make a deep and lasting impression on the vorthful
mind, than any other with which we are acquainted.
Yours, most respectfully,
RH. M. JOHNSON,
THOMAS HENDERSON,
Supt. Choctaw Academy.
P. S. —As you intend to make a Southern tour, wc
take pleasure in recommending you, in the highest
terms, to any person who may wish to employ you as
a teacher of Grammar.
THOS. HENDERSON,
RH. M. JOHNSON.
As Dr. H. T. N. Benedict has determined to travel
South, and as he is known to me personally, and lives
in my neighborhood, I fee! it my duly to recommend
him to my feilow citizens, as a man of science and
Yreat respectability, and in whom’ confidence may be
plac’ and. I, therefore, recommend him to the confidence
and friendship of my follow citizens wherever he may
travel. RH. M. JOHNSON.
Sent. 20.1838. 38 4>
VALUABLE LANDS FOR SALE.
TqflE subsciiber intending to ree.tnbark in the
mercat tile operation in Cuthbert, and wishing
to remove his hands on another situation, offers for
sale his valuable tract of Land whe eon he now lives,
being known as the former residence ol Benjamin
Holland, late of Randolph county, deceased, lying in
said county, and situated immediately on the road
leading to Fort. Perrv and Lumpkin, 5 miles north of
Cuthbert, containing 810 acres, ol which there are up
wards of 225 acres of open land under a good fence,
and in the highest s ate of cultivation, weii known as
line Cotton and Corn lands, a large portion of which
will yield, with usual cultivation and moderate seasons,
from 1000 to 1500 pounds of seed Cotton per acre ;
said farm being well watered, having several first rate
springs of pure water in different directions through
the plantation. 011 the premises there is a good dwel
ling House, 46 feet long, with a passage of 10 feet,
with two good brisk chimneys, tolerable good out
houses,suen as negro houses, cribs, stables, &c.; also
a good gin house, a good gin and gear and packing
screw : also there are a first rate peach orchard and
an extensive garden. Said premises has ail the natu
ral advantages which could be desired. It has an ex
tensive outlet for stock, sever I good springs quite con
venient to the yard, having a good well of water in the
j'ard for poultry ; in fact, it is one cf the most beauti
ful, romantic, and healthy situations in the country,
having on it a good stream Dr a water gin and gris’
mill; also a blacksmith shop and a good set of tools ;
also 1 can funn.-h the purchaser on the place with
stock of all kinds, and provisions the first year. Any
persons wishing to purchase good land a handsome
situation in good fix, with all those advantages, can
call on the subscriber, on the premises, who will give
favorable payments, or Mr. Z. Sawyers, one mi e on
the road leading to Cuthbert, or Lewis W. Baker, on
the premises. DAVID RUM PH.
Sent. 25. 1833. 35 9t
NEW AUCTION AND COMMISSION
HOUSE.
THE undersigned will open a house in the above
business, on Broad street, at the old stand of
J. T. NILES & Cos., on the 22d OCTOBER. Ali
business entrusted to their care will meet with prompt
attention. They will attend to the buying of Cotton ;
also to the receiving and forwarding Goods
BENJAMIN B. MORRELL,
WALTER S. C. YONGE.
REFERENCES.
George Whitman, N. Orleans.
Stewart & Cobb, do
James M. Yarlton, Mobile.
Stanton & Pollard, do
Cummings & Spiker, Montgomery.
McKenzie & Adams, do
S. M. Robinson, do
Benj. Wilson, do
J. W. S. Read, do
J. S. Calhoun, Columbus.
Wm. P. Yonge, do
J. T. Niles, do
E. & F. Bradley, do
Columbus, Oct. 17, 1838. 37tf
COLUMBUS COTTON FACTORY.
ffAHE owners of the Columbus Factory respect-
Jh_ fully inform the public that it is now in operation.
# Thev have on hand a general assortment of YARNS,
which may be had at all times at the must reduced
prices.
Their Wool Carding Machine is also in operation,
and any thing in that line will be done at the shortest
notice.
f. jPA number of boys and girls wanted to work
at the Factory, for which the most liberal prices will be
given by the week or month. Applv to
STEWART & FONTATNE, or
S. K. HODGES & CO.
Columbus, Feb. 8 6tf
HOUSE AND SIGN PAINTING.
THE subscriber respectfully informs the public
generally, that he is ready to execute all orders
in the above line of business, In the neatest manner
and on the most reasonable terms. He has also for
sale, a splendid assortment of window sashes, of vari
ous sizes, made of the best materials, which are far su
perior to any offered for sale in a Southern market.
His shop is one door below Kiviin’s Sans Souci.
June 28 2ly STATES LEWIS.
DllS. IIOLT AND PERSONS
ARE united in the practice of Medicin® Their
Offices are on Broad street, just below the City
Hall, and on Randolph street, in the upper tenement
of Calhoun’s Granite Building.
Besides the usual branches of the practice of Medi
cine. Drs. 11. and P. tender their services as Surgeons
of some experience in the higher operations—such as
operations for all diseases of the eyes, for Hernia, Li
thotomy, &c, &c.
Mar.ih 23. 12_v
6SO ACRES OF LAND FOR SALE.
THE subscriber having determined to settle in
Macon, Ga will sell his lands in Russell county,
Alabama, (containing six hundred and eighty acre’s,
but will sell one halt of the land to suit purchasers.)
ten miles from Columbus, between the big anJ little
Uchec creeks. On the lans is a comfortable dwelling
house and out houses, and good stables, &c. with up
wards of one hundred acres in cultivation, with good
water and several springs. Also is situated in a
neighborhood of good society, and within one mile of a
good school and church. Possession will be given at
anytime after the fir-t of October. The purchaser
will have the privilege ot uurchasing all ray stock of
cattle and hogs, also corn and fodder, and many things
of convenience, all of which 1 will sell a ( a reasonable
price. Indulgence will be giv.-n to suit die purchasers.
STERLING LANIER.
Reference: Dr. Plpiasaxt Phillips, Russell co.
Russel co.. Sep. 6. ltvV*. 31tf
A GIIEA r BARGAIN !
TAN YARD FOR SALE.
THE subscriber offers his TAN YARD, to
gether with the houses and outhouses, and
twenty-five acres of good land, all under good enclo
sures! fir sale low for cash or approved paper, on short
time, together with all the tools and implements be
longing to the said Tan Yard. There is also an ex
celfetU well of water and an extra Bark Mill on the
said premises.
Persons wishing to obtain this property cheap,
would do well to make immediate application*to
E. EZEKIEL,
or to A. Levison, Esq . in Columbus, Ga.
Colombo , Aug. 29. It'd;. 391 3t
NOTICE.
conartnership heretofore existing at Co’um
jd_ hits, Ga. under the firm of I. C. PLANT &
Cos. is this day dissolved bv mutual consent. J. A.
Norton is duly authorised to attend to any business of
the late firm. U C. PLANT.
July 3 18 33. 25if T.H, PLANT.
LAW.
The subscribers having connected themselves in
the practice of LAW, will attend all the
Countv Courts of the Chat.ahoochee Circuit, and the
adjoining counties of Alabama. Office in Mclntosh
Ro .v immediately over Allen & Young’s Store.
ALFRED IVERSON,
June 14. 19?f J. M. GFERRY.
L A W .
rpnHE undersigned, having associated themselves
| j|_ jo'-cther for the practice of LAW, at Lumpkin.
I Stewart county, will promptly attend to all business
with which they may be entrusted
L\ S. MITCHELL.
Lumpkin. Ojt. I'\ Tt33. 376ta
P O ET KY.
TO MY” SICK SIS T kt R .
BY AN ABSENT BROTHER.
I weep for thee, sister! I weep that thy morning,
While life pours around thee its tide of delight.
Should darken thus sadly, anti now o’er the dawning
Affliction should gather the blackness of night.
I weep that the hopes which thy bosom hath cherish’d
Thus blasted untimely should haste to decay ;
I weep that thy joys in their blossoms have perish’d,
And borne on the tempests are scatter’d away.
I weep that a heart, —one so dear to thy brother,
So dear in our childhood, so dear to him now, —
Is stricken with anguish ; might J be another,
Then mine be the sorrow, —no grief should it know.
I weep that the smile, which once flitted in gladness
Across thy fair cheek, should be check’d in its play ;
I would I might dash from thy brow all its sadness,
And fling o’er thy spirit, e’en one cheering ray.
Yet murmur not, Sister! though deep be thy sorrow,
Nor yield in thy anguish to heavy despair;
But cheer thee, ray sister! and look on the morrow,
And gather the flowers which hope scatters there.
Resign’d be each feeling,—’tis He who hath lov’d thee,
That comes in His mercy to bind thee with pain ;
Thy will be thy Father’s! and when he hath prov’d thee,
Still brighter and sweeter shall life be again.
New HaYeN, Conn. C. R.
From the Knickerbocker.
NOTES BY A RETIRED SCHOLAR.
Memini bene ; sed meliori
Tempore dicam.—Horace.
Quod cumque incident in mentem.—Terence.
PATRIOTISM.
Is Patriotism a mere ncme? A vague no
tion, which the smart of oppression alone
makes a realily? Was Leonidas, who died
for it, an enthusiast? Is our admiration of
Roman virtue a dream? A simple-hearted
man, who, from a limited experience, looks
out upon the intrigues of politicians, their
pliancy, their low fellowships, their self-con
tradictions, their falsehoods, might well doubt.
Yet the love of our country hath reason in
it; it belongs to humanity, and cannot be
severed from if. It has a virtue too. It
warms the blood, strengthens our bust pur
poses, adds to otir sense of personal dignity.
Our country is our larger home. Our fellow
citizens are kinsfolk. Our words are the
same—is not our heart one? Therefore, we
love our country. But to love deeply, the
heart craves always somewhat outward and
visible, to which it may attach itself, and
which shall become to it a symbol of the idea
it loves. The oak which shaded our boyhood,
the fountain which moistened our patched
lips, when the day’s sport had wearied us, as
they are abiding memorials of our home,
will not suffer our love of that home to per
ish or decay. Oor country gives us lew me
morials of itself, and has no visible form. Our
constitution is that oak, not ‘gnarled, 5 but
‘ unwedgeable. 5 That fountain of plenteous
prosperity is our union, from which we drink,
all of us. But it requires an effort to regard
them so, and men seldom love abstractions;
and the wise may well star, lest, in a country
so vast as ours, and under a government go
simple in its forms, a short-sighted selfishness
may finally come to govern the mass of our
people, and a worse and meaner selfishness
its more active spirits.
In the more heroic exhibitions of patriotism,
there has always been another element than
love. It may be called the element of wrath.
Grounded on a sense of right, when that
right is invaded,it becomes indignation; when
trampled on, fierce resistance. This it is
which brings life into peril. He who in quiet
times shows his love for his country, by in
dustry, and good faith, and orderly obedience
to her laws, when her hour of trouble conies,
and her name may be dishonored, or her
freedom circumscribed, shall stain liis hearth
stone with his blood lor her sake. We have
been led to these thoughts, if they are worthy
of the name, by reading again tire ‘ Lever
and Schwert 5 of Theodore Korner. The
source of inspiration was an ardent patriot
ism. The feeling lived in him. It was his
life. He possessed it in all its elements, of
personal interest and hope, of fond attach
ment to the land of his fathers, reverence for
its time-honored institutions, jealousy for its
fame, sympathy for the suffering, and a right
eous hatred of the invader. Originaiiy of a
poetic temperament, endowed with a fine
fancy and meditative enthusiasm, this passion
furnished an. object, and gave a direction, to
them all. If lie gazes on a bust by Rauch,
of Queen Louise, he is alive to its beauty, but
stronger is the sentiment which prompts the
earnest prayer to her, to he ‘ct/i guter engel
fur die gutc sache a guardian angel to the
righteous cause. A lorest of oaks reminds
him of only his country, in their grandeur
and in their decay; and solemnly sad, even,
is tHe closing line of his brief poem, ‘Die
Eichen : ‘ Thy oaks yet stand, but thou art
fallen. 5 Whatever is the theme of his song,
the current of his feelings ever leads to the
sorrows, hopes, and rpvenge of his country.
If a prayer, it is addressed to the god of
battles; if a drinking song, it is for his breth
ren in arms. His poems, thus inspired, move
us like the neighing of a war-horse. They
rouse the blood, like the voice of a trumpet.
Let the patriot soldier, who would find a
generous companionship for his own noble
devotion, or. if such there be, who would re
kindle iheexpiring flame of a true and heroic
love of his country, with the war songs of
Tyrtaeus, and ihe Bannochburn of Burns,
become daily familiar with the bright inspira
tions of Korner.
TIIE CHRISTIAN RELIGION.
Most writers on the internal evidence of
the Christian Religion, have drawn their ar
guments from the pureness of its morality,
and its fitness to the circumstances and ne
cessities of man. These sources of evidence,
as they have been skilfully explored, have
been also wisely chosen. For in morals,
whatever doctrine is pure, is so far forth true ;
and that which is a tilting and exact coun
terpart to what, in our experience, we have
known to be , has the evidence of truth and
reality in that very similitude. Yet other
views may be taken, which may open some
minds to a clearer conviction, and add some
what to this vast argument.
It may be said, that the Christian Scrip
tures alone contain a system of morals, which
is true of an absolute truth, in its fundamental
principle. Here, most of all, the wit of man
is at fault. Here is the jarring paint, the
beginning of discrepancies, which have made
fools laugh, and wise men weep, and have
taught all an unwise and perilous distrust of
human reason. Moralists have erred in the
starting point, and their labor lias been often
vain, and often has it led them into wild wastes
and quick-sands. U’ilitv is not the sole ground
of obligation, nor the sole virtuous quality of
actions. Sympathy is not the source of all
our moral sentiments, an 1 is at best a ques
tionable guide. JVatnram sequere , needs a
wiser interpreter than most men are, and if it
be a sound rule, it is difficult to be applied.
Now the excellence of a theory of morals,
considered as a theory, is, that the elementa
ry idea lie, if it may be, absolutely and uni
versally true, or as nearly as the nature of
the case will admit, an axiom. But in the
whole range of moral ideas, and obligations,
there is no one \yhich carries with it so ample
a conviction of its truth and reality, as that
* the love of God is the primary duty of gil
moral creatures. There is no proposition iu
morals from which this duty can be deduced,
which does not need demonstration as much,
or more than it; there is none therefore more
elementary. Moreover, all other duties ap
propriately moral, (as distinguished from
such as are merely natural, as compassion,)
are consequences, or rather exemplifications,
of this. Slate it, let the terms be made in
telligible, and be the will ever so perverse, be
the heart most thoroughly polluted, no moral
being can withhold his assent to its justness
and binding force. It is self-evident. The
Bible is the only treatise on morals, in- which
this principle is made the centre, is assumed as
the indemonstrable,from which all other duties
are to flow. Asa matter of mere logical
arrangement, then, ancf much more, it might
be shown, of moral efficiency, the Christian
system approaches nearer the perfect than
any other. Nav, it is the very ideal. None
more perfect is conceivable or possible. The
pure ideal is pure truth. In a similar manner,
it may be shown, that the system of the
universe revealed in the Bible, the theory of
cause and effect, is the most perfect. The
being of a God is assumed as axiomatic ; .in
elementary truth, into which, as a first prin
ciple, all effects are to be resolved. In truth,
the order in which we acquire ideas, is the
reverse of their true logical order; first, the
particular, then the general; first, the finite;
after, the infinite. The particular does not
contain or infer the universal; it is mere'y
the token or exponent of it, pointing out to
our minds that, which once perceived, shines
bv the clearness of its own truth. We at
tain the knowledge of a God, our conviction
of his being as the great cause, by our previ
ous knowledge of effects, especially of our
own spirits, his most mysterious creation.
When once we have apprehended this idea,
it becomes to us an absolute truth, as neces
sary as that of space, or any other. It is not
then so properly a demonstrable, as an ele
mentary truth, involved indeed in every pro
position, at least in every one which express
es a fact, and imparting to them all their
meaning and force, while it derives neither
from them. The teachings of the Scriptures
in this, coincide with the conclusions of the
highest reason, and partake of their absolute
verity.
Yet, after ail that can be said in the way
of reasoning, it must never be forgotten, that
a truly effective belief of the Christian religion,
is an essentially moral conviction, inwrought
upon the soul by its own spiritual experi
ence. He has not yet overstepped the
threshhold of the temple of heaveniy science,
who has still to learn, that spiritual truth
must be ‘spiritually discerned;’ that the
heart, no less than the head, hath its eye;
that not only to appropriate, hut to under
stand it, even, we must first love. The mo
ral affections are doubtless subject to their
own law, vet within its scope, they .are free
as the roving and chainless air ; and so this
faith must he spontaneous and chosen, for it
is of the heart. Though it often arises in
every heart, it does not force itself upon any.
The great law of duty, unchanging and spi
ritual, ever above us, and ever binding upon
us, follows us with its unevadable claim,
through every modification of our being, like
the flaming sword which ‘ turneJ every way,’
guarding the entrance to Paradise; yet we
may close our eyes upon its intolerable
brightness, and turn away from it to the
dreariness of our own chosen circuit. A
flash from that light may sometimes reach
us in our sad wanderings, but, without our
own will, it shall not restore us. Still, let
not tire searcher after divine truth imagine
that this faith, though it be a moral election,
can be created by a mere will. Often it
groweth upon us like the morning light, so
dim and feeble in its early coming, that the
sense hardiv takes notice of its approach, or
wonders whence and wherefore it comes at
all; more and more it swells, and stretches
itself abroad, and gilds every mountain top,
and passes down into the deep sunken val
leys, till, flung back from every radiant point,
rock and river, lake and leaf, it gains an in
tenser radiance from its very reflection. It
is an unfolding apprehension of the eternal
and eternally diverging discordancy of holi
ness and sin, a sense of personal sinfulness,
growing up to the full pressure of law upon
the heart. With this comes the full need of
a religion, not originating in the sentiments,
or fashioned after the models of this world,
bringing principles simpler and purer, and
hopes higher and holier. When the awaken
ed soul gives itself up, in perfect trust in the
revelations of its own consciousness, to the
contemplation of hopes and principles thus
disclosed, and rests in the rule and model
testified to by its inner and higher being, and
knows that to realize them is not of its own
might, but from above, the discipline is be
gun; the region of fire that far around en
circles the eternal throne, is entered. The
law hath entered the soul, and though the
law is the minister of death, it is a death
which precedes life. Then, when the soul
ungtrds itself of its strength, and finds a
power dese< nding to meet its aspirations, and
breathing strength upon them, is given an
appreciation of the surpassing worth and
beauty of holiness, tnd a sense of sin hated
and loathed, which are the first buddings of
spiritual and eternal life, and hope reaches
upward, and faith becomes consum ate,
resting peacefully on the divine word, and
goes on to its perfect worK.
From the Baltimore Monument for October.
A FOLLY CURED.
IV MISS A. M. F. BUCHANAN.
‘ What care I, maidens, though his name
Be all unmeet for song 01 story V—New Song.
4 Ned ! brother Ned ! just listen here !
‘ Married, at , on , Jonas Jen
kins, Esq., to Miss Helen Scott.’ Jonas Jen
kins! ha! ha! who would ever have dream
ed that a girl of Helen Scott’s taste could
marry a man with a name like that!: Jonas
Jenkins ! — Mrs. Jonas Jenkins l—how it
sounds!’
4 Well, Clara, ‘ what’s in a name . v 5
‘ Shocking!—if there’s any thing Ido de
test as much as a vulgar name, it is a hack
neyed quotation !’
‘Humph! I was going to add, however,
that your friend Helen lias made what her
circle would call an excellent mateh. I know
Jenkins well. He is a man of fine person, fine
abilities, and, yet more, fine fortune.’
4 And what of all that, with such a name?
I would not marry an Apollo endowed with
a Fortunio’s purse, if he bore a name like
that!’
4 Ahem!’
4 You reed not look so quizzical.’
4 So what:’
4 You knew my notions about names long
aero, Edward.’
e< I thought I had cured you of them long
ago, Clara.’
4 No, indeed ! ! don’t intend to lie cured a?
long as I have reason on my side. Such
names as Johnson, Jackson, Thompson, to
sav nothing of Smith, Green, Biown and
Black, which can be so readily traeed to
their rources, are my aversion ; they are so
very parvenu.’
‘ Parvenu ! what a word for an American
girl! I supple, then, that such as tMrncm
and Mortimer and Montague and Fitz this,
and St. that, would suit your fancy better ?’
‘Nonsense ! lam not so silly as to go to
trashy old novels for names. * I would as
soon think of selecting Belinda, and Dorinda,
and Melissa for Christian names. I like those
that bear something consequential in them—
something respectable—something—some
thing— 5
‘ Aristocratic— l fiat’s ihe word you are
ashamed to let nut—something like Howard,
or Sidney,or Herbert would do? ha !ha !’
‘Exactly! 5 and Clara Calvert ran out of
the room to escape her hroiher’s raillery.
‘ We must rid her of this foible, 5 remarked
Edward, gravely, to bis eldest sister Ger
trude, who was now at home for the first
time after leaving it as a bride, and who sat
smiling at the colloquy.
Clara reappeared.
‘I had intended, Clara, 5 said Edward, ‘to
invite my friend, William Benson, to visit me
this summer, but am now induced to change
my mind. 5
‘ You mean the young man who took half
the honors from you at college, and who de
livered that oration so full of every tiling sub
lime and beautiful and original, which I ad
mired so much, when I read it ?’
‘ The very same ; but I have concluded
that his common place name might prevent
you from receiving him as he deserves. Your
etymological skill might make the disagreea
ble discovery through it that one of his an
cestors was the sou of a man named Beu.’ >
Clara looked a little confused. ‘You know
I wouldn’t mind that in your friend, though. 5
‘ Notwithstanding, I shall not submit hint
so your condescension, 5 returned Edward as
he left tier.
The next evening Clara and her sister
were sitting together in the parlor—
‘ In dusk, crc stars v.-cre lit or candles brought ;’
the latter looking musingly out upon the twi
light, and the former thoughtlessly twanging
her guitar. ‘ I’ll play that old drawl, ‘ Davit
of absence, 5 for von, Ger. 5 said she ; ‘ I know
you’re thinking about Henry,a’n’t you? 5
As she spoke, Edward ushered a gentle
man into the room, introducing—‘My sisters,
Mis. Huntley and Miss Calvert—my friend
Mr. Demijon. 5
Clara sat for a moment as if thunderstruck,
and then gave a nudge of unmiMakahle im
port to Gertrude, who with her usual lady
like composure, had commenced addressing
Ihe stranger. ‘ ! wonder what he eon look
like,’ thought she ; ‘ bis voice, at all events,
does not sound as if it catne out of a demi
jon.’ It was very melodious, and his replv
to her sister particularly graceful, yet still she
feared to speak lest a word might Ring her
ill-suppressed laugh altogether out with it.
At length the lamps were iighled and Clara
eagerly surveyed the visiter. He was what
her young lady friends would have pro
nounced, ‘ decidedly a very elegant looking
fellow ;’ a phrase, of course, too hackneyed
to be taken up by her fastidious lips. Ilis
features were remarkably handsome, and
wore an expression which proved the Lumps
of mirth conspicuous on his well developed
forehead bv no means misplaced, and which
could trot fail to be attractive to a damsel as
vivacious as the one engaged in the scrutiny.
The conversation of ihe visiter was so fas
cinating !hat Clara’s risibility soon yielded
to it, and before an hour, she caught herself
wishing from the bottom of her heart that
there should have been cause so just to give
it rise. ‘ Poor man! how much he is to he
pitied! 5 she said to herself; ‘with concep
tions and sensibilities such as he must have
to talk as he does, how well lie must he
aware of the ludicrousness of his name, and
how keenly he must fee! it! 5 and when lie
find taken leave for the night, her compas
sion would not allow her to finish the jest she
had thought it necessary to attempt at his
expense.
The gentleman called again the next morn
ing, and Clara was vet more pleased with
him by daylight than she had been the even
ing before, and by no means dissatisfied when
her brother told her that he had invited his
friend to pass a few days in the family. ‘He
is a very interesting man,’ said she, and she
fell into a deep study. A ray of hope shot
across her mind. Pet haps his first name
might be more agreeable. She questioned
Edward accordingly.
‘Name again t’ returned he, raising his
finger.
4 1 am sure I have an excuse for it now ; r
replied Clara, almost seriously.
4 Well, here is his card.’
Clara snatched ii eagerlv ; 1 John M. De
mijohn P ‘ forgive me, Edward, but—really
—I can’t help—laughing! it is such an ab
surd name!—you must confess that your
self!’
Edward and Gertrude both smiled.
Mr. D , for so Clara arranged his
name in her reveries, soon became domesti
cated among them. Edward, a competent j
judge in matters of that kind, held his talents!
and attainments in high estimation ; Ger
trude helieved him to he as superior in cha
racter as intellect, and Clara herself thought
him the most polished gentleman she had
ever seen. He accompanied her music to
her utmost satisfaction, read exquisitely, was
an admirable horseman—in short, he pos
sessed innumerable attractions, and, with
these in view—the consequences may be
guessed.
Mr. Es ’s visit had been lengthened i
to belter than a month, when, one morning,
after he had been idly screwing the keys of
Clara’s guitar for some minutes whilst she
sat working near him, lie stopped suddenly,
and announced his intention of making his
departure the next day.
Clara started a net endeavored to raise her
eyes to his face, hut they would not obey her,
and then as ineffectually she attempted to
speak.
The gentleman arose, struck the guitar
against the table till the strings’vibrated;
picked up a sheet of music and threw it down
again ; opened his lips as if there was some
thing to be said, but did not succeed in get
ting it out, and abruptly hurried from the
room:
4 Oh ! how 1 wish Gertrude were here !*
half sobbed Clara. Gertrude had left the
week before.
Edward entered. ‘Why, Clara, child,’
exclaimed he, ‘ what’s the mutter ? Look up
here; whv, upon rny word, your eyes are
quite red ! —how could you have, so little
taste, as to sit with a gentleman in that trim ?
let’s hear what ails you ?’
4 Nothing, brother F.dward.’
‘ls thai all? Oh then ! I need not concern
myself about you. I have reason to do so
about something else though—Demijohn in
tends leaving us to-morrow —did he tell you
so? Really, Ciara, you seem as much agi
tated at my news as any young lady could
he who had serious aspirations to become
Mrs. John M. Demijohn!’
Ciara burst into tears.
Edward paused a moment, and then went
on. 4 You don’t usuailv let my teasing di
tress you so, Clara ; 1 beg pardon. But to
mir subject. I have not asked him to pro
long his stay; I think it best to allow trie
I poor fellow to yo v.hilft he hca.a fit tie rem
nant of his heart to take with him, which
would certainly not be the case if he remain
ed much longer with you. As it is, Mound
it necessary to give him a hint of your preju
dice about names, and left him to infer that,
of course, his cause would be hopeless— 5
‘ Oft Edward ! how could you P interrupt
ed Clara with a sob; ‘don’t, don’t, I beg,
think of my folly airy more !’
‘I must, and will, Clara, till I know you
are cured of it.’
4 So 1 am, indeed —altogether.’
‘ Are you sure ?—quite sure ?’
‘ Dear Edward, for pity’s sake, don’t jest
now.’
‘ We!!, I have no objection to believing 1
you, there are others to he convinced of it
besides myself;* said her brother, beckoning
through a window to his guest who immedi
ately joined them— 4 and first of all, Bensoh,
here—my old friend William Benson—don’t
get so pale, Clara—why—what fiightens
you? this name is not more terrihie than
John M. Demijohn, is it? You may debate
that point between yourselves, however, and
in half an hour or so, I will be in againtw
hear your conclusion.’
A week or two after, Gertrude received a
letter from Edward, of which a passage ran
tints: 4 And lastly, dear Ger., our plot suc
ceeded admirably. Benson endured the so
briquet until I was convinced that she would
gladly have shared it with him, and now,
though of course she is not sorry that he is
rid of it, as who would be? I think the whim
is pretty fairly eradicated. You and Henry
must hurry back, as soon as possible, til'in
struct the young folks in the duties of mar
ried life. f< >r B is urgent to assume
them, and, in spite of my wiser judgment, has
persuaded our little sis. that, at eighteen, she
is quite advanced enough in reason and years
for their comprehension and fulfilment.’*
WHITTLING.
Our caption, although so universally belov
ed, and extensively practised, has never re
ceived tiie scratch of a pen, either pro or
cun. It is a matter of proliiund wonder and”
surprise to us, .hat so momentous a subject
should have so long escaped the literary
acumen of the age. It is a subject that is at
once fraught with the deepest philosophy, and
indicative of the light and shadows of the
human mind. An attentive observer in a
whittling community, may gather more of
the knowledge of human nature in one year,
by scanning the vvhittlers, than by a study of
the best authors tor ages. We are some
what curious in such things, and have kept a
memorandum ol our observations in this mat
ter, which, upon referring to, we find runs a*
tbllows:
When a man is poor and moreover per
plexed,—lie draws the knife towards him,
and cuts very delicately—head depressed.
When a man of family has expended the
last cent he had liir bread, and his children
are crying for more, his hat is drawn over
his eyes —he whittles the end of his stick
cross grained —is impatient—moves his posi
tion every minute.
If a man he clear of duns, and gets enough
to live on daily—lie whittles from him slowly ;
shaves very lightly ; hat in a natural and easy
position, looks complacent and good natured.
If a man he above the wants of the world,
and in a moderate business, his hat is raised
so as to give a full view of the face; stand*
erect; whittles from him rattier fast; occa
sionally whistles.
it’ a man is getting rich very first, and every
thing prosperous, h haft inclines to the back
of the head a little; cuts thick shavings with
great rapidity; stands so erect fie bends over
the other way; and if lie meets a friend, his
first salutation is, ‘Come, let’s go and take
something.’
If a man drops info a fortune unexpected
ly, t fie rim of lus hat in front, is turned up;
he cuts and shaves off his stick with a perfect
looseness; lie seems to feel as though lie
cou Id’n t tell how he feds; if any of the Duke
of Wellington’s crippled soldiers happen to
pass him, he gives five dollars with a perfect
nonchalance.
If a man be in love with a fair prospect of
success, he cuts with the back of the knife as
often as with the edge, and perfectly at ran
dom ; he is often times detected talking with
himself; saying tender things to his dnlcinea
and manufacturing suitable replies. On the
whole, bis expression of countenance is lacka
daisical and foolish in tire extreme; so say*
Bub Gaston.
Extract cf a letter from JV. P. Willis. —-
The first of September, and a frost ! The
farmers from the hills are mourning over their
buckwheat, Imt the river-mist saved all which
lay low enough for its white wreath to cover:
and mine, though sown on the hill side, is at
mist mark, and so escaped. Nature seem*
to intend that I shall lake kindly to farming,
and has spared my first crop even the usual
calamities. I have lost but an acre of corn,
I think, and that by crows, whoa re privileged
marauders, welcome at least to build in the
Omega, and take their tithe without rent-day
or mol station. I like their noise though dis
cordant. It is the minor in the anthem of
nature —-making the song'nf the gay black
bird, and tbe chery chirp of the robin and the
oriel, more gay anil cheerier. Then there
h a sentiment about the raven family , and
for Siiakspeare’s lines and his dear sake, i
love them.
4 Some say the ravens foster forlorn children.
The white their own birds famish in their nests.’
The very name of a good deed shall pro
tect them. Who shall say that poetry is a
vain art, or that poets are irresponsible for
the moral of their verse? For Burns’s sake,
not ten days since, I beat off my dog from the
nest of a field mouse, and forbid ihe mower*
to cut the grass over her. She has bad a
poet for her friend, and her thatched roof is
sacied. T should not like to hang about the
neck of my soul all the evil that, bv the last
day, shall have had its seed in Byron’s poem
of the Corsair. It is the truer of poetry than
of most other matters, that
4 More water gii<!e:h by the mill
Than wots the miller of.’
But I am slipping into a sermon.
Our weather today is a leaf out of Octo
ber’s book, soft, yet invigorating. The liar
vest moon seems to have forgotten her man
tle last night, for there lies on the landscape*
a haze, that to be so delicate, should he born*
of moonlight. The boys report plenty of
deer tracks in the woods close by us, and the
neighbors tell me they browse in troops orv
my buckwheat by the light of the moon.
Let them ! I have neither trap nor gun on
my premises, and Sliakspeare shall be their
sentinel too. At least, no Robin or D ggoiy
sin'.! shoot them without complaint of dam
age; though if you were here, dbar doctor, I
should most likely borrow a gun and'iie down
with you in the buckwheat to see you bring
down tlie fattest. And so do our partialities
modify our benevolence. I fear I should com*
pound for a vhit by the slaughter of the
whole herd. Perhaps von will come to shoot
I deer, and with that r'ea ant hope I will ct*
! mv letter..
[NO. 41.