The South-west Georgian. (Oglethorpe, Ga.) 1851-18??, May 15, 1851, Image 1

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.JaJfenn fa tI.I.EN. Proprietors. | vol. f; ’ liPMuked every Thursday Morning, in the new Town cj Oglethorpe- Macon County ,Ga., ’ CHARLES B. YOUNGBLOOD, Publisher. BGBERT W. ALLEN, TRAVELING AoENT. XERBS-4* JPw Tear in advance rates of advertising. AUbsrai deduction will be raid* to those whoever not specified M to time, wilt be pub lished till ordered out and charged accordingly. All Letters on business must be addressed to the Publish or. Post Paid, in order to secure attention. Liberty and Union. BY MRS. J. J. MoNElt. “Now and forever —one,and u>eprable. Ye would sever the Union—but can ye undo, The relation of brother to brolhi.i! Ye tuay coldly regard bins and slander him -• too; But when sorrow o’erlakes Itiai, your heart will be true To the love you once bore him, when togeth er ye grew. In peace, by the side of your Mother. Ye would sever the Union—but can ye un twine Th numberless ties that have bound you! Like the threads of a creeping and delicate Vine, They have silently spread in the rain and the sliine, Till when you would burst them each gossa i mer line Turns to “cord and to cable” azound you! Ye would sever the Union—What! ye who were nursed In the arms of so holy a Mother! “Wuiilci ve dare to pronounce her, astray and acursed Who rocked vou to sleep in one cradle at •*. -*%• ‘ C i ‘ ‘f”’ >• * Who shielded vn r head from the storm when it buisr. And never gae the charge to another! Ye would sever tie Union—but can ye forget How your fibers stood shoulder to shoul der! How iike otie n privation, their stern hearts weneHl; How l:ke oe in the conflict, our foemen ,y they ties; How like or: they were melted by sorrow, audet, How iu infer grew bolder and bolder. Ye would st. critic Union—but will ye divide The Fla of our freedom and glory? It waved &r the field, where our forefathers and; Their cki'en unfurl it with reverent ptide, And wins shall the task betjjjtlrtow it aside Ands! tiMfTa* tToTS nhe story? the Union—but who then Ikhull claim ■grave of our country’s Defender? ■ North ami the South fan the fuel to. lame. It o’er his ashes whose giotious name Itch word of Libetty, Justice, and fa me, luuld all sooner die than surrender? Id sever the Union —but woe to the |y I ye mingle in council no longer! gill keep rulers from deadly affrjv? Ive shall be potent the people to ivay ? pud yourselves powerless the tor put to stay, H and the right of the stronger f |l sever the Vnion—our union : and Shy t and few are the words of therea- Ii! fib thinks the South should abjure i^ery; tSry-ajiinka the North does not ten- ry. | her deeds with unprejudiced ■ ind a refuge in—Treason. at ye be not judged.”—Leave iod of condemning your brother! I owner, ye stand on his sod; Lwo feet in his pathway have THE SOUTH- WEST GEORGIAN. uSP^iPippMurged both alike by the rod, Never dare on another. But cherish the “Union with one heart and one hand, - ’ As ye cherish your home and^QMN|lter; Through the length and the breadth of ber Wide spreading land. Alone by the eye of Omnipotence spanned. Rise up in your strength, and the craven withWttd, Who dares to dissemble and falter ! If ye sever the Union—then Liberty dies, To restore her in vain the endeavor! She will soar to yon distant and cloud-man tled skies; Aud in vain will the world lift its question ing eyes, She will not be moved by its grief or sur prise ; Once mute, site is silent forever ! NEWECRV, APRIL, 1850. From Authur’s Home Gazette. Think Twice. ‘Did Horner pay the bill?’ enquired Mr. G lbcrt of bis clerk, who had just come in. The young man shook his head. ‘ Didn’t pay it V 4 No sir.’ ‘ What answer did he give ?’ * He was angry, and said that he wish ed you would’t send after the bill any more ; that, when he was ready, he would bring you the money, and not before.’ ‘Ha said that, did he?’ Mr. Gilbert spoke with considerable excitement oljj manner. * Yes, sir. I have never called civ him tiiat be didn’t get out of patience, and say something unpleasant.’ ‘Very well,’ replied Mr. Gilbert, in a menawSvg tone; ‘ give me the bill, I’li collect it.’ Aud,,taking up his hat, he left the store. Within two or three blocks was the of fice of an Alderman ; and thither Itis steps turned. ‘ ThaiHhfortnne ! there’s a short way to ileal with men In'li/efse’rases!’ “'Thus Mr. Gilbert talked to himself, as he mov ed rapidly along. ‘ Not send my bid, in’ deed ! Why doesn’t he come and pay it, if he is so nice in these matters? He doesn’t mean to pay; that's the true rea son. Hut he is dealing with the wrong man, and he will find this out before he is twenty-four hours older. He can bluff off a clerk, but wiil find a city bailiff a dif ferent customer.’ Sticlv was the stale of Mr. Gilbert’s mind, as he hurried on his way to the Al derman’s offi :e. Horner, the offender in this case, was a poor tailor, who was indebted to Gil bert for groceries. The urn mint of his bill was sixty-six dollars—a very large sum for him, and far exceeding what lie bad supposed i< would be, Sickness, and die los of a child, hart, some mouths pre viously, lessened lii* income, awl also burdened him with unusual expenses.— But for this, he would not have become iiid bted. Honest and sensitive, the debt wOl ried him. Instead, however, of gov iug to Mr Gilbert and asking him to let the oblig'-tem stand lor a shot” time un til be could pay off gra<hi*ltv, lie kept a way from him, and fretted himself with iliinllkig over the unpleasant relation he bnreto the grocer* As wn-i 10 have been expected, the bill came in. The clerk by whose h olds it rtas sent, made his tle tnand in a siyle that Horner thought rude if not insulting. This more in imagina tion than in reality. 4 I can’t pay this now,* was the tailor’s brief answer. He spoke w ith a troubled voice and countenance. T'te clerk in terpreted his manner by the ward l au ger.’ 4 When w ill you settle it ?’ lie enquir ed, with something premptory in voice. * I can’t tell/ said Horner, in a short, quirk tone of voice. The clerk bowed and wen’, away.— His report did not please the grocer, who, in irfew days, tent again for the money. The second demand came upon Horner while be was thinking of the bill, and hopelessly casing about bis mind tor some means of paying it. Not possess ing a great deal of self-eontrole, he un wisely uttered an expression ofwipaiience the moment he snw the clerk of Gilbert. * Well, sir; what about that bill said the clerk. >it no vac to keep calling on rue,* replied Horner. ‘A soon as 1 have, the money I will see Mr. Gilbert.’ OGLETHORPE, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, MAY 15, 1851. A third lime the clerk call. and. Four ilorner was in very uohanpy state us mind. Hi hid been thinking of little else beside the erocei’s bill all the morn ing ; while, in Isis mind, was a nervous presentiment that be should have a \-ii that day from the collector. He was not in error. Even as ibe ‘bought itvirtileii ititti, open swung bis door, and use nes- IfetEwf of Gilbert entered. Msec here young mar V exi-Li-ncd |MKf,before the other had time to s >eak; ‘ j**st JIR Giibert it in semi that bill l<er~ attain. 9ti • mi't bring tlie money a:t Iwur sooner. ‘|||Vhen l am ready, l will pay it, 'xrt^|ore.* The clerk ■©tied off and left the shop without a wajHKii’ reply. 4 That wasn’t right, John,* said lie tai tiilor's wife, in a tone'of gentle repr inf, alter the lapse of five mBMRnk Site wise ly forlm-e to speak until ti ne enough elapsed f„r her irritable husband t© re gain a decree of self-composure. ? 4 f know it wasn't,’ answered Hrsttser, pausing in his work aud giving vent to his feelings in a heavy sigh. 4 I know it wasn’t. Hut, this constant dunning if hard to benr. He knows, as well as I do, that he will get his imniey as soon as 1 can possibly earn it.* 4 No, John ; not as well as you do,” said the wile, mildly. ‘He cannot see your thoughts'.* There was a brief silence. ‘ Have you ever seen Mr. Gilbert, John ?* enquired Mrs. Horner. • No. Hut— ’ Tie tailor hesitated. He saw what in the mind of his wife, and fell its force. /**• * Don’t you think it would be better to see him, and explain just how it ispvith you ? I don’t believe be would civ<! any trouble, if you were to do so. There jfc no telling wlmt kind of messages his uWM t ikes to him. If lie ives yipur words to-day, Mr. Gilbert Will be angry*, and there is no knowing what he might be tempted to do.’ 4 1 don’t wan’t to gee -iu; r - -itf-ir~To look into <t man’s face if I owe him money.’ The wile sighed . but did not answer. Both remained silent for some lime.— Horner’s own mind soon suggested all that his wife wished, hut hesitated, to sty. It was hut rtglu for Inin to see the grocer, explain to him fully his position, and af ter assuring him of his intention to pay every dollar ol the debt, ask of him a lib eral extension of time. 4 I’ll s--e him,’ said In*, at length, paus suddenly in his work, and petting flown .frmu his was ready to go out, when he Starter’ forih to see Ins creditor: l.i tiie meantime, Gilbert bail kept on his way toward the Alderman's, fully re solved to hand his debtor over to tic* ten der merries of the law. He was within a few doors of the office when be met a friend. 4 What’s the matter ?’ enquired tin* in dividual. ‘ You look as if you were giv ing to sue somebody.’ 4 Just what 1 am about doing,’ replied the grocer. * Ah, indeed! Who is the hard case that r.quires such a string’ ut measure.’ * Horner, the tailor. You know him, l hebeve ?’ * very well. Bat you are not going to sue him ?’ * Indeed I am.’ - 4 How much does he owe you ?’ 4 Sixty odd dollars.’ I‘d think twice before I troubled poor Hunter, 4 said the other shaking his bead ’ He sends me oniy in oitiug answers,’ I replied Gilbert, 4 l‘ie donned him until lin tired.’ swer that he wvukl pay when he was ready * 1 have. t Too fiend GUbarf. In s]j} GOOD IS OVRS, 4 1 didn’t think about his sickn-’ss aud •he loss of Ids child,’ said Gilbert, in a modified tune. : But litis is no iusiifica lion for the rude, unsatisfactory answer he sent to my applications f>r money.’ 4 Of course not. But, everv man can, not, at all times,, control hi> feeling®.— An,honest mind often feels quick sense o( indignation w ren a demand is marie for a debt where present inability to pay exists, This i®, no dnrdr, the case with Horner. Honest in his intentions, he fell, your repeated applications as questioning tln.i honesty ; and he could not bear tire hnpntadon with becoming patience.* The two men separated. Gilbert had thought twice; and, instead of going to the .Magistrate’s office, returned to his ..tore. There, a little to his surprise, he found he tailor awaiting him. They met with some reserve and embarrassment. But Horner said, in a mumeui or two, dn a subdued Voice— Mlfcani sorry, Mi. Gilbert, to have kept von oiilArt’your nt.mey so long ; nothing has prev-ntert toy. p .yi.tg vou but inniili, ty. I have had sickness and trouble; or j it would not now hg with me as it is. 1 felt worried when your clerk called to-day, and sent you uu nnpro. cisunessage. Let me recall that. And, now, i will tell yon the best I can do, If you will take from me live dollars a month, until the whole bill is settled, I will faitlif.lly pay you that much ; and more if it is possible.’ ‘ Perfectly satisfactory,’ replied Gil bert, in a voice so cmdial that it sent the blood bounding through the veins of the unhappy tailor. ‘lf you had only made tiiis proposition before, it would bate been cheerfully accepted.* When the two men separates each was wiser, aud each fell happier. The Jjai rH l WK' ,, tV; ,, “> Ibe grocer . uuUonly received Im money but retained In good customer. So ranch for suiter i second thoughts. T. S. Ar* TOrtTAOThnfs Hume Gazette. Kindness, to tlic Sick, If there is ever a time for the exercise Mrlj unmixed charily; alien the he.!t impulses it is when we are called I to'*ul..'’V. , '‘ r the bedside of the sick, especially tho.-e not bound to ns by kintfretl lies. We love to witness live anxious rare and tenderness with which the wife, t|w> moth er and sister, seek in alleviate pain and render comfortable those whose existence they prize as dieir nwmbut when we look into the sick r Iw.nber'of the slOMger, and tie*re find Hie ‘ tyvorl Sunrii;|i’ moved by tender sympathy, like an angel f*oi;> heaven with ‘healing in his wings,’ hind ing up the broken-hearted, soothing the distressed, 4 sorrowing with those that sorrow, and weeping with those that weep.!—Oil! it U then that we’ see ex - Uh'lifted the true spirit w hich the great Comforter enjoined upon our frail and sinlVl race. We are all blessed with* the presence of watchful relatives when disease pros trates us. Some imy be orpltans at such times: others far from bone among stran gers, but these varying conditions ‘ grim disease’ heeds not, and tb reforc, how im pel ion* the call for bem-fi* <on * b-uity end disinterested kiidne*M'’;jiteq to the ap peals of the suffw; vr, iu w hatever tourti non !•- may be placed. Reader, you mav Still repose by the hallowed hearth-stone of home, lb and best of ‘il| <h"atia!js, and witHM**k <c*STtni*'r, n affei timiatc and kind-kearictl luotber may hen*! oVr vonr couch rind smooth your pillow and otherwise <H* inn pain of us sharper pans but wi.bin tlw village oi-peipliHnrbnoil, in a lowly and lonvly rlwciung, a ‘stranger is detained faraway from, bone and frieridsj if any Such he b*. H.s condttiots Iptirs a **d contrast. A paiuf.il.list* no wasting his lile away, and hii niemi* are so limi.cd that he is unable to calf to feta assistance such friends, even a* money would buy. i He has fallen among stringers; though poor, lie is honest. He sighs for thecon sol ‘ti ms which home would afford, but these arf denied him. It '.o with a cold careless indiflerenre that h attendant* answers his calis for Wc owe doties to each other, which, from their very ftauir*, can neyer he gov erned i > dcilarr. ami vents. These du ties fire reciprocal and to na par- UeuH*'claii ¥ **S, but to aU|high #r jNw, rich JM, well as poor; nkhe liiese dufie*’ b c‘*sdted wilrtk i*ipoqity, ftn thdr ■ •SOcf_ -- sS3y’ 4 ‘* . .-x origin is divine. Oh then, as we would have others da to us, let os do even so unto them. Let us be k'ttd io the sick and alluded, alleviate their pains, ascniig-c their sorrows, and seek to imitate Hun, who, while on earth. ch>rhed in humani ty, acquainted with our iiifiimides, sought to heal us ol’alj earthly maladies, and save us from a sickness that was unto death eternal. G. fi. L. Springfield Muss. Fioin Autlulr’a //unwGaaeftl. Mtilc Tliingst THE INDEX. OF CHARACTER. Those trifling ads which show consid eratimi for others, where tceglect might perhaps pass unobserved, hut to whi< h true kindness of heart and courtesy of manners in society, nr deeds of public charity which may spring from a desire ot approval. This genuine benevolence is more clearly observable in the deport ment lowarjls the neglected, or, when slmwn in a solicitude for the uuihy. where its manifestation mat bring censure rath’ er than eclat. ] remember an instance which illustrates what seeming trifles are, sometimes, true indications of character. A few years since, in travelling, it chanced that 1 spent the night at the house of some friends of my mother, who were previously strangers to me. The lime of my arria| proved rather an un propitimis one for a visit. A general liouse-cl.'ailing was in progress, and the good lady of the house was fearful there was not a place in it fi< fur me to it or sleep in. It was evening w and operations had been wijfrpemied for tin? time ; but every thing was in confu sion. ilgMoiLh fuigned, and suffering from n severe pnm i„ my head, I retired t an early hour. The b-o! ‘.signed me for the night, w as the same to be occupied by ibe two daughters of my hostess, • whom, as they had gone out w ith some young chin pnnruis fitr a innotrlight walk, I had no’ yet seen. A aoriionof the fur nil it re of the apartm* nt bad been removed, but the nice bed that had been placed there for temporary convenience; was so lre*h and and treat, and delicious softness so grate l>y *° ing, tb -t, despite my 1 soon fed asleep. I was awakened from a pleasant dream by tliesound nl voices tielnw stairs. The sisters b id returned from th-ir walk, and I heard their mother announce to them, my arrival. Again f fi:M into a slumber, and was a rouse by someone in the room. On u- Wfn’tug my eys, I saw a figort leaving - nlf| bedside, which, I stipp'tised to be otic of the voting ladies who ua.i been taking a peep at me in ntv sleep, as she j*rqc ed ert tot’] the other bed, and I heard her tite paring fur rest. Pain forced me to c|r,sp tr y eyes again ; but how do you think I apeiiablrit to decide, and correctly, np o tfip dispositions oftlwse two girls, w ith out seeing their so es, or hearing them speak one vend —or, but one: and bow, on the next morning, l kite . pt-t by look ing Ht tbeiu, which retired first ? It was -imply in this way When the first who .entered the snout left, nty bedside, she went to lier own, ami, drawing towards her a chair, she took off her lieavv walk* ing shoes, and, throwing them to a little distance, they met the imearpeted floor .with a force whir I nil ad* 1 me start. I thru heard her go to a < lose*', near her bed, and econiineurv tqjm u rging am *ng its ,enfit nts, apparently -fi'r sittne nhsSlw ar-; tiele. Then rite doer of the *- paritiM-flt, site called 4 Fences brief, her sister not hearing, sbtfe closed it heaviiv, and jompmg into lied, drew a st> nd m wnriji*. her, and appeared to he busied in reading foi n few m ineiits; then she ex tiugiijslied Hie light, and her breathing soon indicated tit it she slept. Now these tilings, slight as they might seem, jarred very disagreeably on iny feeling*; the more so, from my peculiar state of mind ami body at die tir.e,— not tneielv the sound* tbem-ylveg, bufthe want of sensibility they implied, which, I thought, would iusti'tciively prompt the noiseless step aud gentle h ind, when in the npartmt'it of the weary who are srek ing rest. While these thoughts were pas sing in my mind, fiir 1 was now thorough* ly awakened, tiie other sister entered die room. Gently closing the door, she slipped off her shoes at die treshnld, and going on tiptoe to the bedside, she softly whispttfl ed— 4 Alary?’—but her sister was jmßj? %ERMS: $2 io Advance. ing, and she scion ca-efully took her place at her side. 4 Mary,’ I said to. myself-—‘ ’tis a sweet name, bin, I fear she is not “s grnde'—- tor 1 fell that a person’s real di-positinn is more cLa, ly revealed, in their inigiinrd ed moments, and in trill s, u*...i where it would lm inure conspicuous. But ['run -1 fVH assured 1 should find her -a:- lalile. What a southing ii.fl uce had tier gentleness ”p!>o my nerve®, w hii h bad been disturbed hjr ihc gTe4r*e,M ni -ui fested by her sister J In the niorniug, w hen ! awoke, the sun w.ns shining full into the chamber, a<t the young ladies had nearly finished tfieir toife'te. I re engmted Fiances at a glance; tliere was a snfiuess aud sensibility in the expiess* ion of her eyes wfm b spoke a gentle, lov ing spirit; and a long after (u qiiaintam e confirmed the oak l ision I homed con cerning her from the shght cir- unistan ccesoftlut night. I found her always kind and considerate for the comfort ami happiness of cithers, ever a\oidiug, with delicacy and tact, tresnussing nil the rights, or wounning the. feelings of any one by word or act. Mary, on the con trary, w as one of those persons, with w liotn without really designing anj unkind©*?.*, self is so predominant, as to be the cen tre ol all their thought* and action*, hut to whom the slight sacrifices tl.t-y make -eetn so great, that lliey imagine, no ope steps asiJe so much fur tubers a. them* selves. fkr The PfoggMtnieim of Dexitli, uTo he JiWSMWfciliow! of the easiest modes of terminating life ; yet mpiil a- i: is, the body has leisure to feel and refle, t. On the first attempt by one of the (rantic. adherents nf Spain to MtamMe William, Prince of Orange, who took the had in the r* volt of the Netherlands, the hull pas sed through tile bones of the f re, and brought him to die ground. In die ij tant that preceded Stupefaction, he was able to frame die notion that die of the room had fallen and crushed him. The ciMwi- shot which plunged into the tirain of Charles XII, did not prevent bill) (rum seizing his aword hy the licit. Tne.idea of an attack and the necessity for defence was impressed upon him by a blow whieli we sitoiild have supposed too ■Ujgmeortti.n to leave an interval fur l ! MiOTiili'iiT?,it-hv (in .mean-. r’ thong 111. io-O-n* * j . w altuvST^lSttiWtWVtr that (tie inflict inn of fatal viol,nee is a’ rnrnpanied by a pang. From what IV known of the first effect of gunshot woiiujls i,t is prnbub’e that tbe inipie>sio :•* rather stunning than acute. Unless and •■ath be immediate the pain is as varied as the ua'nre ufihe injuries, and these are past counting up. but there i* nothing singular in the ■tying sensations, though |,o and Bvmii re ui.ii ked the jiliydoioaioal pecub.ariti, that tile expression i, invariably that of ‘;in goti’ , while in tle.iih Jrion a stub the com - teiiawe reflect* the traits nl natural chars acier, of getttleiic** or lemciiy, to ih*- ! i-t breath. So ne of these cases are of in terest, to show wirti wtiat st'gh; rli-turO ance life may go mi under a mor.ui w o uul lilt it suddenly entnes to a fin.if stop. A foot soldier at Waterloo, pierced Lv a oi skei tiail iu the Inn, begged w“tt>i f> ,m a- irooper who elvanced to possess a , an teeu o| beer. The wounded in ci drunk, recirned bis hartiet luanfvs, luentioiitd that Ids regintent, was neurlv . ** t r i7in in ert, .'fiid h.iviog proceeile-d a dozeu yards bis way to the rear, I II to (lie car'll, /Hul, wdtli one convulsive movement, < lo sed hi- career. 4 Yet tils voice,’ says die trooper, who hfm-elfu-Us the *i'>n, ‘g.:ve scarcely the smallest sign of weaktn **.’ Gaptain Basil H->1!. wi*o, *o ii* early youth, wis present at the battle of Co rmn Ira- singled out, from the cniilu.-nnj which consigns to oblivion the woes and gallantry of war, windier inslame, e<. trvmely similar, which occurieti on dial nccasi.m. An old officer, who was snot in Hie bend, atria* and, p!e eprt fdTi t,| at the temporary hospital, and begged* the surge"!) to look at bis wotiud, which wa pronounc ed to be mortal, 4 lud pr ‘ I f-ared so’be responederi, with imy urter ime; * and yet I should Ik*-” ‘Hunch to live a little longer, if ; * Jdfl siblH,” He kid. Us sword p.vt.iJjAayf- JM ■ • ‘ ■ 1Y0.5