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Sparkling with Light.
BV J. H: AIRMAN.
Sparkling with light is the water bright.
That flows from the gurgling fountain ;
Clear in its stream as the rosy beam
Os the sun that gilds the mountain.
Chorus. %
Then drink your fill of the grateful till,
And leave the cup of sorrow;
Tho’ it shine to-night in itsgleamy light,
'Twill sting thee on the morrow.
Sweet is each drop as it gushes up
From the bed ol'the cool spring flowing;
It will not stay, but goes its way,
Health, wealth, and joy bestowing,
Chorus. —Then drink your fill, &c.
Touch not the wine tho’ it brightly shine,
When nature to man has given
A gift so sweet his wants to meet,
A bev’rage that flows from heav’n,
Chorus. —Then drink your fill, &c.
From the Baltimore Clipper.
I am Free.
lam free, I am free, I have broken the chain
Which bound me to Bacchus and fettered my
soul;
Oil! never, no never shall I e’er again
Indulge in the dark dreary dreams oft he bowl,
Tho demon hath fallen, his power is pass'd,
My heart feels no longer the anguish of hell;
I have loved, I have lifted the goblet the last,
And no more with the demon my spirit shall
dwell.
To the bosom of beauty I now can look up, 1
With a heart all unstairfd by the curse of the
cup;
At her leet I can bow with a bliss never felt,
When in love and in liquor united I lrtielt.
Oh! would that the dream from my spirit were
past,
For I’ve lov’d and I’ve lifted the goblet the last ;
No more to my lip shall love’s wine-cup repair,
For it left on my lip a dark cloud of despair.
Sweet woman, thy pray’rs have not been all in
vain,
Thoul’t restore me to virtue and gladness again ;
To my soul a sweet solace thy spirit has given,
And thy ’suasion has changed my heart’s hell
into Heaven.
1 have lov’d thee in smiles, and I’ve lov'd thee in
tears,
Oh! how beautiful now the bright vision appears!
’Tis a dream of the heart that can ne’er decay,
’Tis a light of the soul that can ne’er pass away.
I am free, I am free, I have conquered at last,
The curse of the world from my spirit has pass’d;
1 have dashed from iny lips the damnation 1 knew,
And the bowl hath no longer a bliss in my view.
From the grave I have risen to live my life o’er,
But the bowl shall ne’er blast as it blasted before,
I crushed it, I've curßed it, I’ve cast it away,
And a new sun now shines on my heart’s happy
day.
How my mother will smile when she hears that
her' son
With the curse of the world jp forevernow done;
Dear mother, bow down, let thy pray’r be for me.
For I never again shall give sorrow to thee.
Oh ! virtue, how bright are thy bowers I tread,
How brilliant thy roses that bloom o’er my head!
How peaceful thy pathway through which I have
pass’d—
-1 am free, I am free, I have conquered at last.
MILFORD BAUD.
A little word in kindness spoken,
A motion or a tear,
Has often healed the heart that's broken,
And made a friend sincere.
A word—a look—has crushed to earth
Full many a budding flower,
Which, had a smile but owned its birth,
Would bless life’s darkest hour.
Then deem it not an idle thing,
A pleasant word to speak ; •
The face you wear, the thoughts you bring,
A heart may heal or break.
* My dear sir,’ said a gentleman to a hard drink
er, I do stop topping so, or you will wear out the
coats of your stomach.’ ‘ Then let the stomach
work in Us shirt sleeves!’ was the reply.
Cousiuiug.
AN AMUSING STAGE CoACH ADVENTURE.
A short time ago a gentleman went into the
, coach office at Utica, and booked himself fora
I residence near Oswego. In the coach office was
a beautiful girl. The gentleman thought of all
! persons in the world he should like her tor a trav
-1 elling companion. To his great delight, as the
coach drove up to the door, he found that she
was a passenger. Upon being asked where she
would like to sit, she said “ by this gentleman,”
alluding to our hero.
He lclt much flattered, and thanked heaven
that his personal appearance had captivated so
| charming a female,
i Smack went the whip, round went the wheels,
j The gentleman conversed with thelady, he found
I her free and easy, and from her agreeable man
j ner felt as if he had known her all his life. —
: Evening closed in upon them. With evening
; came l\\ ilight and very shortly afterwards ilark
j ness. On rumbled rile coach, jolting and jerking
in a most remarkable manner. It was an act of
politeness doubtless on the part of the gentleman,
to encircle the waist of his fair companion with
his arm, just to keep her free from the jolting to
which she might otherwise be subjected, lie
did this with some timidity. To his surprise no
objection was made to it. Encouraged by the
; freedom allowed, as darkness had spread her sa
ble veil over that portion of the earth on which
the coach was running, he drew her to him and
imprinted a kiss on her ncctarian lips.
'I he couch did not travel very quickly, but the
enamoured youth thought it flew, when ite found
himself on the following day within a few rods
ol his uncle’s house. He told his fair companion
that they must shortly separate. Spoke of “here
we meet to.) soon to part, and made use of many
other romantic speeches, expressive of his deep
regret at being compelled to sever so soon from
one who had been as a bright and glorious sun
i beam on his earthly pilgrimage, and whose mem
ory would live forever, and aday after, in his bo
[ j »<>«•• To his surprise, the young lady declared
: he had been so exceedingly kind that she could
! not think of parting with him, that she would go
with him to his uncle’s house.
He told her that he dared not take such a liber
ty. I hat he had been in Euro|>e for some years,
i and that himself, a stranger comparatively, to
his uncle, he could not introduce a lady, who
* was a stranger to him and his relations.
The lady evinced hysterical symptoms; his
; arm again encircled her waist and their Ups again
owned a secret communion. The coach stopped
| —the gentleman had arrived at the end of his
journey. He bade the lady tareweil. It was no
| go. She insisted on his protecting her. She got
. out ot the coach with tout, and followed him to
I his uncle’s house.
! He was in a dreadful state of mind. However
j pleasant a kiss in the dark was on the previous
night the incumbrance of a petticoat on the pre
| sent occasion was any thing but satisfactory.
1 He walked into the parlor, and, with what he
conceived to be unblushing impudence, the lady
, billowed. \V hile he was thinking how he could
j possibly explain the afiair, he was welcomed by
j h's uncle, and the young lady was welcomed too,
and kissed by alltlie family. She was his cousin
On his entering the coach office at Utica, and
booking his name and place of destination, she
knew at once that he was her relative, ami resolv
ed to have a laugh at his expense, and perhaps she
did when she told the stage coach adventure, and
the fright to which she put her cousin! What
liberties they take ! The gentleman was laughed
at pretty considerable; but let those laugh that
win. lie won his cousin, and they are mw bone
of one bone, and flesh of one flesfl.
Anecdote of Washington.
While Colonel Washington was on a visit to
New York in 1773, it was boasted at thetable of
the British Governor, that a regiment jurt larded
from England, contained among itsoffierrs some
of the finest specimens of martial elegance in his
Majesty’s service—in fact, the most superb mili
tary-looking lellows ever landed upon the shores
of the new world.
“ I wager vour Excellency a pair of gloves,”
said a Mrs. Morris, an American lady, “that I
will show you a finer man in the procession to
morrow than your Excellency can select from
your famous regiment."
“Done, Madam,” replied the Governor.
The morrow came (the 4th of June,) and the
procession, in honor of the birth-day ofthe King,
advanced through Broadway to the strains of
military music. As the troop defiled before the
Governor, he pointed out to the lady several offi
cers by name claiming her admiration for their
superior persons and brilliant equipner.ts. In
the rear of the troop came a band of officers not
I on duty, of colonial officers, and strangers of dis
tinction. Immediately on their appetrance the
attent ion of the Governor was seen tohe directed
towards a tall and martial looking figure, that
marched with grave and measured Itvad, appar
ently indiferent to the scene around him. The
lady now archly observed, “ I perceive that your
Excellency’s eyes are turned to the rirht object;
what say you to your wager now. sir T’
“Lost madam,” replied the gallant Governor;
“ when I Hid my wager I was not ware that
Colonel Washington was in New Ytrk.”
So long ago as the vice-regal court a' Williams
™rß> “ th e day of Lord Bootecourt, Colonel
Washington was remarkable for tis splendid
person, the air with which he wore a small sword
and his peculiar walk, that had the iight elastic
tread acquired by his long service on the frontier
and was a matter of much observation, especially
to foreigners. ' r
Deportment.
To preservethe health ot'the human form is the
, first object of consideration. With its health, we
; necessarily maintain its symmetry and improve its
j beauty.
The foundation of a just proposition in all parts
. must be laid in infancy. A light dress, which
. gi'es freedom to the functions of life and action,
, is the best adapted to jx-rmit unobstrncted growth;
, for thence the young fibres, uninterrupted by ob
! ! stacles of art, will shoot harmoniously into the
| form which naturedrew. The garb ofcbildhood
, should in all respec ts be easy ; not to impede its
, movements by ligatures on the chest, tiie loins,
the legs, or arms. By this liberty we shall sec the
muscles ofthe limbs gradually assume the fine
; swell and insertion which only unconstrained ex
. crcise can produce; the shape will sway graceful
ly on the firmly pois« d waist; the chest will rise in
noble and healthy expanse; and ihe human fig
. ure will start toward at the blooming age of vouth
maturing into the full perfection of unsophistica
j* ted nature.
The lovely form of woman, thus educated, or
rather, thus left to the true bias of its original
, mould, puts on a variety of interesting characters.
. In one youthful figure, we seethe lineaments of a
, wood-nvmph; a form slight and elastic in all its
. parts. The shape, “small by degrees and beau
tifully less, from the soft bosom to tbe slender
waist!” a foot, light as that of her whose flying
step scarcely brushed the ‘ unbending cornand
limbs, whose agile grace moved in gay harmony
with the turns of her swan-like neck and spark
ling eyes.
Another fair one appears with the chastened
dignity of a \ estal. tier proportions arc of a less
®rial outline. As she draws near, we perceive
that the contour of her figure is on a broader, a
, less flexible scale, than that of her more ethereal
sister. Euphrosyne speaks in the one, Melpo
mene in the other.
Between these two lie the whole range of fe
male character in form. And in proportion as
the figure approaches the one extreme or ttie
other wc call it giave or gay, majestic or graceful.
Not but that the same person may, by a happy
combination of charms, unite these qualities iii
different degrees, as we sometimes see graceful
majesty and majestic grace. And, certainly, with
out the commanding figure softens the amplitude
ot its contour with a gentle elegance, it may pm
sess a sort of regal consequence, but it will be
that ofa heavy and harsh importance. But, un
less the sli ht and airy form, full of youth and
animal spirits, superadds to these attractions the
grace of a restraining dignity, her vivacity will
be deemed levity, and her activity the romping of
a wild hoyden.
>oung women must, therefore, when they pre
sent themselves to the world, not implicitly fash
ion their demeanors according to Ihe levelling
rules ofthe generality of school-governesses; but
considering the character of their figures, allow
their deportment, and select their dress, to follow
the bias of nature.
Blushing.
We love to seethe rosy hue mounting over the
neck and face of a beautiful woman; it shadows
forth delicately and softly the gentle feeling of
her soul. It is the evidence of timidity, which is
lovely only to women. Out upon your masculine
mind : out upon vour rough sturdy genius ! we
prefer the reed to the ash—the ivy to the oak
Woman’s natural element is retirement- her
home, the domestic circle. Unfit by nature to
buffet with the world s waves, or nujigle in its
strife; she lives dependent upon a stronger spirit,
and repays in kindness and gentleness, that
which she conceives in protection and support. *
\V e cannot bear a woman who never blushes ;
the steady, cold, calm eye has no charm for us ;
there is a beauty and a gent eness in the down
east look, starting tear, and warm blush that de
fies comparison even with the loveliest ofthe
haughty. Those who endeavor to curb and re
strain this feeling, thinking it a weakness, err
strangely in their ideas; let it alone, there is no
deformity in the indulgence.
Benevolouce.
“ Not for ourselves, but for others,” is the
grand law of nature inscribed by the hand of
God on every part of creation. Not tor itself, but
others, does the sun dispense its beam; not for
themselves but others, do the clouds distill odors,
does the earth unlock her treasures; not for them
selves, but others, do the trees produce their fruit
or flowers diffus their fragrance and display their
hues. So, not for himself, but others, are tbe
blessings ot heaven lestowed on man. He who
lives only for himself, consumes the bounty of
heaven upon his lusts or consecrates it to the
demon of avarice, is a barren rock in a ferti'e
plain—he is a thorny bramble in a fruitful vine
yard, he is the grave of God’s blessings—he is
the very Arabia desert ofthe moral world.
Titles.
Several years ago there was a young English
nobleman figuring away at Washington. e He
had not much brains, but a vast number of titles
which have the effects of tickling the ears of
some amazingly. Several voung ladies were in
debate, going over the iist--he is Lord Viscount
so and so. Baron ot such a county, &c., “My
fair triends,” exclaimed tbegallant'Lirut. N. “one
of his titles you appear to have forgotten.” l Ah
exclaimed they eagerly, ‘ what is tEat V “He is
Barren of Intellect,” was the reply.
A good book and a good woman are excellent
tpmgs for those who know justly howto appre
ciate their value—There are men however, who
judge both from the beauty of the covexing.
Idleness.—A shilling a day is better than no- !
thing. The very act of being at work will i
procure employ by-and-by at a fair rate. Men
avoid him who is judged unfit for any thing ami
may die for want of employ. .
The Boston Transcript tells of a merchant in '
that city, who spells the word ‘usually,’ yourz- j
youally. He ought to I go above’the one who ]
spelt coffee, kaughphy.
He ought to have it.—A man in Lehigh
county, Pa., has petitioned Congress for a grant
of a section of land, because his wife had three j
boys at a birth !
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manufactory,
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lILANK BOOKS, of every description, made to order,
and all other kind of Books neatly bound.
June llth, 1842. T. S. STOY.
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Ball Tickets, Rail Road Receipts,
Invitation Tickets, Hand Bills,
Circulars, llokse Bills,
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Catalogues, |Labels,
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tablishment in the Slate:
■ Claim Bonds, Garnishments and Bonds, Magistrate’s
Casas, insolvent Debtoi's Notices. Attachments, Blank
Powers. Magistrate’s Summons’. Magistrate's Exi cu
tions, Witness Nummons’ for Magistrates Court. E\e.
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Courts, Commiss ons for Deposition, Marnage Li
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Testamentary. Witness Summons’ for Fupeiioi and
Inferior Court, Geneial Powers. Bills ol Sale, Letti rs
Dismissorv. Letters of Guardianship, I otters of Admin
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Trover, Notary Notices, Notary Protests, Marine Pro.
tests, Warrant’s of Appiaiseinent Sheriff's Titles
Sheiiff's Casas, Mortgages, Land Deeds, l ecoguiran
ces, Shent.’s Executions Guardian’s Bonds, Adminis
traior's Bonds, Ci. Fa. inst Bail, Short Process In
vtfwnt Debtor’s Bond*, Witness Summons’foi cluit
Common Pleas, City Sheriffs Executions, Forthcoming
Bonds Declarations U. S. District l ourt. Stc Btc.
The subscriber, in returning thanks to his friends
for past favor s, assures 'h* m that his | eisonai attention
w ill he paid to the prompt and correct execution ol all
oidcrs for Priming; and he hopes, by strict attention
to merit a continuance of their custom
Terms—Cash on thedeliveiv ofwoik.
June llth, 1842. M ‘ CA^*TY.
PROSPECTUS
OF
S'lgfM WAf ata A'lO;i y\j-
UR, TOTAL ABSI INENt E ADVOCATE,
Devoted, to the Cause uj i emperunce,—published
semi-monthly, in the City of Augusta
BY JAMES MCCAFFERTY?
A B ,' 1 c >' r, , ainl > desiral.le that such a publication
should find its way intocveiy house,ihe low price
of subscription will, we hope, guaranty it a wide cir
culatiun. Such a paper we believe is leqiured in this
community, especially at the pres, nt time.
The determination our citizens have evinced,
to drive theDestioy er Irom the land,has awakened the
irnost intemperate io a sense of duty. This should be
hailed as an onion and harbinger of good. The spirit
ol Reformation is aw akeiied thioughoutthe length and
breadth of our country-the Temperance Ciuse is
every w here happily advancing, bearing down all op
position, scattering blessings on every bend, drying up
the ttais of the distressed and causing the heart ofthe
Widow and the drunkard’s wife to sing foij oy It is a
f’ 0ll ® us , ca “? e — lbecau> e ol humanity and viitue : our
country s highest good is involved-her prosperity,
honor and saiety. Oh! then, let us not prove recreant,
and hand rescue ’ and * ilh united heart
?R ISt * n de, ‘ verln ff our beloved country from
slat erv to the worst, most cruel of enemies
’ h ® nec essity of such a work upon the
tiian ♦ . ”V i ™ nCe ’ not h»ng can be more appropri
ate than the closing paragraph of a report from Mr. S.
w wrI I*’ 1 *’ 8n ' ndefati g able Temperance agent.
agencies may be used, the Cause
t?nn V, ?r UlSh Wlthoul Publications to diffuse informa
eet tdi, ee t U r P an i nter ‘ s« i they alone keep the sub.
g before the public mind. Temperance lec-
,f° USe de from lhelr lumbers,
ebunwl f the , weak , confirm , he wavering and re
comes tnn^f. ndere -.r! but.the temperance publication
onu ard op t en w *th their cheering accounts of the
tacts anH P l°® ri i fS * ie 1 ause - with their interesting
tacts and anecdotes, surd with their stirring anneals to
of r the temn int a ereSt Wh0 1 " 3 ‘° SU, ’ side ’ or she slumbers
the arr nf rR® I"™ long to reinain ,:ndis ‘uibed. If
snecfol mieL h - tam Para paper does not excite a
harl V. l m "I! breast of the father, the children
friend - th? 7 G° Uld ‘ he , eturn of the long absent
ihev a’ th ' .P ther ar °und the domestic fireside—
r * our its pages, and its contents are read and
repeated with all the glee and enthusiasm of childhood
and jouth : and with the stated return of such a moni
, the interest is kept up and the cause advances.’’
on - will be Panted semi-monthly,
on a half royal sheet, and contain 4 large auarto names
It shi h T?*? mak i"S a volume suitable for binding
at the end ofthe year, of 96 pages, on good paper. The
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portion. Paymen's, in all cases, to be made in advance.
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June llth, 1842,
DISSOLUTION —The Co-partnership heretofore ex
lstingm thrs city, under the firm of Browne Sc
McCaffertv, w as dissolved on the 14th of May last.—
All demands against the said firm will be settled by
James McCafferty, and all indebted will make payment
t 0 hun S. s. brownjL
Augusta, Juae nth, 1842 JAS McCAFF ® T I Y '