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YOUNGBLOOD & HOLLAND. Pr<Staiclrs. |
VOL. L
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Oglethorpe, Macon County.Ga„
C. B. YOUNGBLOOD & A. JI. HOLLAND, Publishers.
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’ T. HUDSON,
ATTORNEY AT LAW.
Lanier Ga.
Tin LI, pmotire am] transact faithfully nil business err*
” trusted to liia charge in tlie .-omities of
MucoiA, Marion, Slew art, Sumpter, Dooly
Rnrl Houston.
Wav 7t!i 1851 4-6 m
H.M.GHAIf ~
Attorney and Counsellor at Law,
8 takely, Early Co„Ga.
March 5\ IBS-1 I—!v
“phlllp oo kT
Adornos? as .xaw,
Ot.LKTHORI'E, GA.,
Practices in th* Counties of lint;ton, Moon, Dooly
Sumter, Mn.-ion, ’ialbot. and < raw ford.
April 8, 18.'. 1. l-!y.
K. 11 .~S IMS, k CO.,
(.ENEU At, DEALERS IN
Groceries and ttnint'slit Goads.
ALSO
Bom*, Shoes, H its. Caps, Bagging, Rope,
Iron, Steel, Nails, dee.
At the Brick Store, Conner of Sumter and Chatham Sts.,
OGLETHORPE GA.
N. B. All Orders Promptly At
tended to.
It. H. Sims. T. J. Tiireekeld.
October 3, 1851. i. 25—6 m
W. w. CHAPMAN Jc CO.
WARE •HOUSE
AND
COMMISSION MERCHANTS,
Conner of linker and Chatham Slieels,
OGLETHORPE, GA.
ARCHIBALD W. MARTIN, W. W. CHAPMAN £ CO.
October 3, 1851. 25.—6 m.
New Spring and Summer Goods
J. T. SUGGS
ITOl’I.i) re>| vet fully call the attention of his friends
W and the public generally to his large and well
t'flected assortment of
SJPNI.V€d A SV.TJo7SM;tt GOO US,
oimsiNtiiir *f every .*iriety of Maph* and Fancy Dry
tundi as Kerseys, Satinets, Casimereß, Cloths,
Blanket*, Flannels, Shawls, Calicoes, Mind kerchiefs,
Hosiery, Linens. Muslins, Silks, feutins, and a variety
of other Fancy Arti lew.
lie :t <1 y -NI n<l e € 1 olh in K
(X the Latest Style and fir st Quality.
11 ATS and CAPS of every description. BOOTS ami
SI (OKS of ail qualities. A variety of
ii ROGER lES, HARDWARE, CVTLERY . #C.
(n abort. purchasers can be supplied w ith almost any
article they desire. on On mot# rtumnuulvterm*.
Thuae who desire 1“ gel the full worth ot theit mon
ey, Wtiuld do Well id give me a call, for I pledge my-elf
that none who purchu.-e shall go away without obtain
ing a bargain.
Fort Gaines, Ga., March 25th, 1851. I—ts
1200 Acres of Land
FOR SALE.
THE Subscriber offers for stile, his plan
tation, consisting of 600 acres lying
four miles front A met ietts and sixteen miles
front Ogleihoipe, on the roarl loading from
Americus to Oglethorpe. 150 acres of land
under cultivation, 75 acres fresh land.
Said premises ato well watered with Springs
and a small creek running entirely through
the 600 acre lot, .
* Also three other lots with small improve
ments, mostly oak and hickory. Any person
wishing to purchase said premises, nr any of
said Lands would do well to call and exam
ine the glowing crop upon said premises.
The Subscriber can at all times ho found
on the plantation, and will take great pleas
ure in showing the premises to any person
calling. ALEXANDER RAMSEY.
July 17, 1851, 14-6 m.
EPFING'S Compound Fluid Extract of
BUCHU, a sovereign remedy for dis- j
4-hsus of the bladder, spine and kidneys, in
jury organs, gravel, stone in the bladder,
chronic catarih of the bladder, morbid irrita
tion of the bladder, and urethra, disease of
tiie prostate and retention, and incontinence
of nriue from a loss of tone in the parts coll
ect tied. Sold by PHILIP T. FE A R|.
Price $2 per bottle. Aug. 1 185f.
TT&B- WOODRUFF’S Family Medicines,
| | aiming which will be found his invalu
ble, iDysentary Cordial, Pain Killer, and
Liquid Cathartic. Also Dr. Comstock’* Pa
tent Medicines, Mr. Brown's Pain Killer,
Counels Pain extractor and Magical Extrac
tor, pain is not known in its use.
AM sold hi the Oglethorpe Drug Store by
Aug. 1 1851. P’ T. FEARS:
Piles! Piles!! Piles!!!
READ this all you who arc mflcring with
I'ul Disease ami call at the OgletliuiyirSiig# VMw
and boy a box of Error’s pile ointment.
Atlanta, Stpt. 25, 1850.
This is to certify that t have used Pryor's Pile Oint- 1
ment with success in the treatment of ulcers of the |ilia
gedemie kind . i furtlicrstatc thut it is the best application
to piles lliat 1 am acquainted with.
1L WESTMORELAND.
Atlanta, Sepr. 25, 1850.
Col. Wm. B. Prvor: —Dear Sir. I can and do most
cheerfully and sincerely certify to the efliciency of vottr
Pile Ointment. Few persons can have a better right to
express an opinion concerning the many different reme
dies that hate been offered to the public for the cure ol
the malady than I have, because few have been more
severely afflicted limn I l ave been, and as few, perhaps,
have tried a greater number of remedies for it, il/y
opinion is that your pile ointment is the very best in use;
that it will not only sooth and ameliorate, hut will posi
tively cure if properly applied and persevered in a fair
trial. 1 recommend to ail persons in reach of such a
remedy the use of your ointment.
Yours respectfully,
EDW. YOUNG HILL.
LhG range, Ga., A tig. 1850.
Col. V\ m. B. Puyor:—Dear Air You ask me to ex
press an Opinion with regard to your ointment for Piles
and Burns. lam familiar w ith the different ingredients
entering into its composition, as w ell oltlie mode of com
pounding it. and consider it u remedy powerfully etfica
eioita in relieving the maladies u professes to cure, as
well as many other eontageous diseases.
I have known it ttseil w ith much su<cess in the treat
ment us Piles particularly, and take great pleasure in of
feringynu this testimonial of itsvtrtue.
H. A. T. RILLEY, M. [). A. M.
Sold by Philip T Fears Dealer in Dings,
Medicines, Paints, Oils, Dye Stud's and
Bonks. Baker Street, Oglethorpe, Ga.
Physicians supplied on liberal terms.
August 1, 1851, 16 6nt.
AYER’S
Cherry Perioral for (he Cure of
Coughs, Colls , Hoarseness, Bronchitis,
Whooping-Cough, Croup, Ashthmu'jmd
Consumption.
Among the numerous* discoveries Science has made in
tliis generation to facilitate tins Imsineffeof life—increase
its enjoyment, and even prolong the term of human ex
istence, none can be named of more reril value to man
kind, than this contribution ofChemistry to tin*. Healing
Art. A vast trial of its virtues throughout this broad
country, lias proven boynml.a doubt, that no medicine
or combi nation of medicines known,can so surely con
trol ana cure the numerous varieties of pulmonary dis
ease which have hitherto swept from our midst thou
sands and thousands every year. Indeed, there is now
abundant reason to believe a Remedy has at length been
found which ran be relied on to cure the most danger
ous hflections of 1 lie lungs. Our space here will i.ot
permit us to publish any proportion of the cures affected
by its use, but we would present the following opinions
of eminent men, and refer further enquiry to the circular
which the Agent below named, ivilf always be plea
sed to furnish free, wherein are full particulars, and in
disputable proof of those facts.
From Ihe President of Amherst College, the
celebrated Professor Hitchcock .
‘•James C. Ayer—*Mr: I have used your Cherry Pec
toral in my own ease of deep-seated Bronchitis, and am
satisfied from its chemical constitution, that it is an ad
mirable CointMHind lor the relief of laryngial and bron
chial difficulties. If my opinion as to its superior char
acter can be of any service, you arc at liberty to use it
as you lliinh nrojwr.
EDWARD tfITCIICOCK, L. L. D.,
From the width/ celebrated Professor Sil
liman, Al. L)., L. L. D., Professor of
Chemistry, Mineralogy, Sfe, Yale Col
lege, Member of the Lit. Hist. Aled. Phil,
and Sciedtifi.c Societies of America and
Europe.
“ 1 deem the Cherry Pectoral an admirable composi
tion from some of the best articles in the Materia Wedi
ca, and a very effective Temedy for the class of diseases
it is intended to cure.
New Haven,(t M Nov. 1, 1819.
3/ajor President of the S. C. .Senate, Elates
he has used the Cherry Pectoral with wonderful success,
to cure an inflammation of the lungs.
From one of the first Physicians in Maine.
A'aco, Jfe., April 26, tSt'J.
Dr. J. C. Ayer, /.owe!]. Dear Air: 1 am now con
stantly using your l'hurry /’central in my practice. and
prefer il to any otin-r nn-tlirim: for pillttpittary complaints.
From oltsurvation of many severe discs, 1 am eonvin
ced it w ill cure - of tin: Inngn,
that have put to di-tiu.no nil other reined it--,
I intarialily ret-omiuenU it tn-e in ea-ex of con-iunp
(iim. and consider it muidi the beet remedy known for
that di-ea-e.
lie-|K-etfidly your-. 1.. .V. CTNIIM \\. M. I).
PREPARED AND A'ol D BY JA.WE-V 0. AVER.
Praetieal f’hemist Lowell, Afuw.
•Sold by i‘. T. Fi arx, UglClliorpts Joxepli A'neker,
Mobile, B, If. Junes At ro., .Uontgienery, and Druggists
generally.
July, 31 1851. 10 3m
AYER’S Cherry Pectoral for the cure of
Coughs, Colds and Consumption, for
sale by [Aug. 1, 1851.] P. T- FEARS.
DR. CHRISTIES Galvanic Belts,
Necklaces, Bracelets and Magic Fluid
(bribe permanent cure of Rheumatism and
all Mcrvoux Diseases. For sale bv
Aug. 1,1851. P. T. FEARS.
GOOD Obi Pori and Madeira Wines,
Fine Brandy and Alcohol (for medical
purposes only,) sold bv
Aug. 1. 1851. PIiiLIKT. FEARS.
PILLS —Champion's, Cook’s, Sim mans’
Deni’s, Peters’, Gordon’s, Moffat’s,
Little’s, Jayne’s, and till other kinds of Pills
for sale by PHILIP T. FEARS, at the
Oglethorpe Drug -Store. At g. 1. 1851.
GEN. TWIGGS’ Hair /)ye, for making
Gray Hair grow out its original colot
and no mistake ; numbers in tliis city testify
to the fact. Sold bv P.T. FE \RS;
Aug. 1, 1851. 16-ts
PURIFY THE RLOOD.
MOFFATT’S Vegetable Lite Pills and
Phoenix Billers, lor sale by
Aug. I. 1851. P. T. FEARS.
OGLETHORPE, GEORGIA, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 17, 1851.
€1)1’ €’alf €fllrr.
b THE TWO CLERKS.
BY C. I). COH'.SWORTHY.
Wool’s! thou, with deep repetance, bting
|raHnmiderer to the told ol Goil ;
Use nOMWqiroaelt—a billet sling
Or an it on rod.
With pleasant teords, and looks that speak
r nie warm of the heart,
Go—and the udunLnt will break,
And tears ol Upe contrition start.
* When 1 get thronoli with Haler, 7
shall set up i:i anti
l tell you what Harry, I sdjall make
money hand over list.’ y
* S<> you may think, Charles, but like
hundreds of others, you will be tlisappoiL
ed.
4 Not exactly. I know what I filial!
do, and I will succeed admirably. / have
been somewhat observing, and noticed
what business produces the greatest pro
fit with the least capital, and bow tuose
men manage that become licit.’
* Whitt business do you contemplate en
leiing upon, when you become ol age ?
* That’s a secret jet; but I know. 4
4 All 7 have to say is, that you will lie
disappointed. 7l i can make a good liv
ing and lay by a little every year I shall
be satisfied.’
4 A little won’t satisfy nte, that I assure
you. 1 intend to become rich.’
Henry Welbv was the son of a pom
widow. His mother had early instilled
into bis mind judicious and valuable pre.
cepts v Front childhood he was laugh’
that a good name anti spotless character
were invaluable to an individual—more
precious than gold. A strict regard lor
truth, and a tender sympathy for the un
fortunate and stifl'ding, bad ever eliarac*
terized the buy. Mrs. Welby had the
satisfaction ol seeing her son practise up
on the instructions lie hail received front
his mother. No oath ever polluted his
lips—no falsehood marred his charter,
and no vice leproised his heart. Kind
and generous, faithful tint) industrious, lie
won the encomiums <>f his neighbors, and
when of suitable age was solicited by .Mr.
Haler, a wholesale grocer, to titter his
store.
Charles Ingalls was the reverse of Hen
ry in almost every tiling. He wtts brought
up by indulgent parents, who were in ea
sy circumstances, and suffered him . too
often to follow the ben of bis own incli
nation without being cheeked,. His In .
titer (Ini not believe it to be his duty to
severely correct bis son, when guiltv ol’
any wrong act, and would often suffer
bim to pursue his own course without a
word of advice. The parents of Charles
were of that t la.-s who look more to the
appearance than to the heart. If a boy
conducts well in company, is particular in
bis dress, and is constantly aping the fool
ish fashions of the dav, w ith such all Is
well, the lad must make a sinert ami ac
tive man. Thus Charles was suffered to
grow up, follow tug the bent of his own
perverse nature, till he was ol a suitable
age to do something towards his ow it sup
poll. His lather was anxious to pot him
in a lawyer’s office, deeming the profes
sion oflhe law the height ol’ respectabili
ty No opportunity presenting, he fi
nally seemed a place lor his boy at the
store of Mr. Haler.
The w holesale merchant was a gentle
man of middle nge, who did an extensive
business, and was reputed in be rich.—
He had one or two elder dei ks in his em
ploy, when Henry and Charles entered
Ins store. These li.ds generally lived on
good terms w itli each other ; hut occa.
sionally a dispute would ari*e between
them on account of the overbearing dis
position o/'Charles. lie wtts determined
at times to have bis own way, no matter
how much it interferred with his compan
ions. Rot its Henry was Lind and yield
ing, and seldom manifested angry or re
vengeful feelings, the lads on the whole
lived on pleasant terms.
The\oninz men hail been in the em
ploy of Air. Haler several years w hen the
. conversation at the beginiug of our sto
rv took place. They had often conver
sed on the lui-iitess they would pursue m
after life, and while Harry insisted (hat
small gains and a safe business were to
he preferred', his companion declared that
nothing would sati.-fy him Imt large pro
fits and extensive trade. 7t was seldom
that Charles spent an evening at home
with his parents, or tit the house of his
master. In the summer season he would
walk die streets with his companions, eu
OUR COUNTRY'S GOOD IS OCRS.
■raged in idle conversation, while in win
ter he would resmt to suite shop, where
lie pas-etl bis lime in profitless amuse
ments, it nut vicious pursuits. On the
cmilr.my, Henry improved Ids leisure
limit's in reading and study. His even
ings were general’v pa-sed at home, read
ing some useful bunk or paper, nr in
drawing or writing. His companions
were chosen (mm those who were indus
trious, and thought mi.re of the improve
ment of the mind and heart, than the dec
oration of person, or the gratification of
the appetite.
7t was not nnfrequetitlv that Henry iu\
fjaired ol his companion, on returning at
night where lie past the evening,
‘Oh, / have had a line time,’ would
be his reply.
‘Why don’t j ou read more ?’ once said
Henry todmn.
4 / don’t love <o read; and besides, 7
get Imt little jDrte'you know.
4 You luveju much time as 7 do, anti j
in die course of a lew mouths past, 1 have
read a tioten volumes, besides various pe
riodicals.’
4 Rut you read evenings, it bile I am
enjoying myself.
4 If von would take my advitmJCliarles
—and 1 think it is good advice, find in
the end you will it so—l would say dtm’l
go into the society of the idle and frivol
ous. There bail habits are contracted
w hich lead to everything that is bad.’
4 No, Harry, you know nothing about
it. If) on could go with us ami enter in
to our sports, you would he happy.’
4 That is what I have no desire to do.’
All the pursuasions ol the virtuous
youth could not produce tlie desired ef
fect. Charles spent his lime in idleness
and fully, made a fine appearance m so
ciety, anti look pride in bisdre.-s and ex
tenor deportment.
A lew y ears passed, and the young
men had completed their clerkship.—
Welby, by the earnest solicitations ol tlie
merchant, was ptirstiaded to remain in
bis employ another year for a specified
salary, while Ingalls commenced business
for himself. The lather of Charles had
proposed, ami now put a capital in his
son’s bands to commence with. He en
gaged it large store, and had it filled with
groceries of the first quality, not forget
ting to parade his casks ol rum, brandy,
gin, &.c. He also erected a hnr in bis
store for the retail of spirits. So here
was the secret of his money making.—
Day by day the shop of Ingalls was crow
ded by purchasers and loafers—for the
latter crowd are ntresary result of a bar.
Pass by his store any hour oflhe day,
and you wtil hear the rattling of glasses
and decanters, and the impure conversa
tion attendant upon such business. If
you have taken a look within,.you would
have seen Charles or bis clerk behind the
counter dealing out to the miserable and
poor as well as the decent and well dres
sed, what lias not inappr<'pri<itely been
called 4 distilled damnation.* Eat I v anti
late was lite shop open to visitors. Pass
ing one day, Henry entered the store, in
quired of his friend what success he met
w itlt in Ids hii-iness.
4 1 do finely,’ said lie.
4 1 regret,’ said Henry, 4 that you have
erected that bar—becutt-e it will hate an
evil tendency.
• i could not get along without it,’ said
Charles, 4 f realize more profit from the
sale of spiriisTltait from all my other busi
ness.’
4 Rut only consider how much misery
you are instrumental of producing.—
Doubtless many a poor w ile and mother
is suffering; because, for a little gain, you
put the intoxicating glass to the lips of’
the husband and father.
‘lll did’ni sell to llient somebody else
would, itii<l I should I >ose the profit.’
4 That you don’t know, and if it were
so, that is no excuse for you.’
4 1 don’t care, I will sell spirits so lung
as 1 can get pit teasers.’
4 You will regret it at some future day
I havii im question.’
4 Rut 1 shall sell, and its no body’s
business. |do wish our community was
rid o! the confounded meddlers. 1 Itatfe
a right to di-pose of what I please. This
is si Iree country, ami die fii-t man that
instills me (or selling liquor, I will order
Inin from my shop.’
‘Don't get angry friend Ingalls, I
tint niily speaking lor your good.’
4 Well, | don’t thank you for it. There
is a set ol men about now-a-tinys, that do
nothing but interfere with other men’s
business. They are determined to com, .
pel us to give up selling spirits; hut their
efforts shall lie in vain. They talk about
prosecutions and I lie like, thinking that
we are fools eii nigh *o pay attention to
wltat they say and do. No, we have
more manliness about ns.’
4 R ut, friend, don’t you think it w ould
be for your interest not to retail rum ?
You know there are a great many people
in this eommnnity, who look upon your
business ns not respectable, and oil that
account will not enter your store to pur
chase tt single article. If you should re
linquish the sale, or even empty your
casks into the streets, I think it would he
greatly for your interest in the end—l am
certain it will be so.’
4 1 know heller than that. No induce
ment whatever would prevail upon me
now. Since so much has been said, I will
sell and risk the consequences.’
4 l know you will regret it,’ anil just
as he spoke, a hall’ dozen poor and mise
rable beings entered tin: shop anil called
lor spirits, and Henry left, grieving over
the conduct of bis liientl.
‘ In a year or two Ingalls had become
attached to his cups, and it was said that
occasionally he was seen intoxicated.—
However that may he, Ins business Grad
ually fell off, and it was with difficulty
that he sustained himself day bv day.—
He neglected his simp, and idled away his
time w ith unsteady companions, spending
money and contracting intemperate 4 liOm
-its. Titus inattentive to business, he
<P*VH failed amUd to give up. On set
tling- vtidt bis freeitors, Ingalls could pay
little more than twenty per cent; the re
mainder hatfi been sponged from him by
lys comfmmpns. ami squandered in vic
ious pursuits. Alter idling about lor five
or six months, lie started west in pot suit
of business.
Welby continued with Haler for one
year. He had been so faithful to his em
ployer while a clerk, and had behaved
with so much propriety, that his master
concluded in take him into t qual copart
nership. This was an honor entirely tut
expected to flwiry, and the prospects was
brig-ld before him. Mr Aalrr had
been doing an extensive business, and w as
now quite wealthy. The responsibility
of the concern was throw n upon Henrv,
and no man was better qualified to sus
tain it. Diligent and persevering, virtu
ous auk honest, lie had received the sip
probation and respect of all who knew
him. Asa citizen and neighbor Welby
was of great service. He was one of the
most active members of the Temperance
Society, and by his exertions a large a
m oiiit ofgßod Itatl been accomplished.—
He went among the poor iiu-lnutes, and
persuaded them to forsake their intempe
rate habits, while lie advised those wlm
dealt in spirits to rlinqnlslt the stile of it.
He was a friend to virtue, and a benefac
tor of the poor.
Welby had been in business hot a
few years, when he led to the hymeneal al
ter the beautiful anti accomplished daugh
ter of his partner, Mr. Haler. From
early youth lie Itatl been partial to Ellen.
Her sw eel disposition, Iter graceful matter?
ami her indn-irious habits, had won his
efiei tions. Unlike multitudes that sur
rounded her, she thought mote of Iter
heart than Iter face, (he improvement of
the mind, than the decoration ot Iter per
son ; atttl would rather spend Iter time at
work or in study, than at the theatre or
in pacing the streets. Two more con
genial spirits were seldom united. The
marriage day was a happy one to their
friends and neighbors, as weii as to them
selves. Every body loved Ellen Haler
and Henry Well)}’, ami now (bey receiv
ed the smiles and good wishes of all, and
many a prayer was offered, that the bright
morning of their days might not be duud
detl with Sturow.
Several years parsed and Welby con
tinued to prosper in business, while the
influence he exerted around hint was heal
thy and salutary. About once a tear he
would leave hi- native place ami jonrm y
to the South—partly oil business, and
partly (or pleasure. < One season lit- trav
elled as lar its New Orle-us w ith hi- wife.
One morniiijr as they were passing the
street, they uoiieetl a crowd gathered, ami
on imputing the cause or diflictilt v, 1 1 if- \
learned that a poor fellow had been
caught, who a kw nights In-fore hail bro
ken into a store, ami robbed it of a con
siderable amount. While moving alone,
the nfiieer ul justic e appealed with the
prisoner, and a # siitgle glance revealed to
Welby the route nance of Ills former coin
pttilion, Charles 7ngalls.
, ‘Can it be possihV, Elicit, lliat this i.
Chatlcs; said lie.
| TERMS: $2 in Advanee.
4 7 believe in my heart it is,’ said his
wife; nnothcr look convinced them.
His dress was very shabby—he bore
the imprint of vice and intemperance—
but lie was burned on, and they lost sight
of him.
Henry had concluded to leave New
Orleans on that day but the situation of
Itis olti friend induced him to remain, in
the hope dial lie should have an oppnrttu
nity of seeing him. After several inqui
ries, lie learned the next day lliat Charles
was in jail, and thither he bent his steps
—he w as permitted to see the prisoner—
on entering the cell he found dial he did
not mistake the man, worn and altered as
lie had become; but the thief did not re’
cognise Henry.
4 My friend,’ said Welby, 1 I am sor
ry to see you in tliis condition, and would
that I could be of some service to you.’
‘O, sir,’ said the prisoner, intempe
rance has brought me hear. For the last
live or six years 7 have hern miserable.
I have snfl’ered in body and mind inure
than I can express.’
4 Have you no friends ? ’
4 l Itatl ft tends once, blit | left them.—
/had parents, but 1 have not seen or
heard from them for several years*. 1/
I hud performed my duty—lived, nsjl
ought to live—l should not have come
to this.’
4 Sir—T- nin a thief!* and the tears
gndted from Itis eyes. 4 I was in liquor
ami was persuaded to steal by those who
have left me to suffer. Oh, that I had
my life to live over again ! How differ
ent would be my course ! Then if a
friend advised me, l would hearken to
him.’
1 sympathize with yon, and if it were
in ttiy power, 1 would release you from
prison, that )ou might he abetter man.’
4 Sir, who nitty l call you. I have
found no one to sympathise in my sorrow,
and to speak a friendly word to me since
I left my native place. VY'ho may I call
you r’
4 My name is Henry Welby.’
4 G tod ben vens! my old friend and
companion—in truth it is lie. I knew
your voice—your looks,’ and the poor
fellow could say no more for very joy.
After a few minutes, Charles related
all that had befallen him since he left
Portland. In truth lie Itnd suffered by
land and by water. Olten he wa depriv
ed of all the necessaries of life, and yet he
roulinoed In drink, till he was over per
suaded’ by a £ng of villinns to steal.
YVhell Henry left the prison, lie prom
ised to exert himself to the utmost, to ob. •
tain the release of his intemperate, but, as
he now believed, penitent friend. After
remaining in New Orleans a week or
mitre, lie finally had the satisfaction of
taking Ingall by die nrnt and leading
him from the prison, lie was furnished
w ith suitable clothing, and sufficient limn
cv given hint to pay Itis passage home.—
When he arrived, he was taken as clerk
into the store of Hitler and Welby, where
for years he conducted himself with the
utmost propriety. A drop of spirits nev
er again entered Ids lips, lie became one
of the most efficient members of the Tem
perance Society, and is now using Itis
strongest endeavors to advance the glo
lions cause. He was lan ly united to a
a worthy woman. The debt be owes bis
friend Its often repeats lie cannot pay.
4 Ami but for you,* lie recently told itim,
4 1 should now be a miserable outcast, a
vagabond and a curse.*
Such is the influences of kindness!—
How glorious the results ! Ye who have
emhatked'.n the temperance cause, be
gentle kind, ‘ persuade and entreat, and
take by thy hand tlue who err, and you
will uecnnipTtt-h tut amount of good that
can only be,rewarded in eternity.
Singular Discovery. —A place lias
lately been discovered in Allegany coun
ty, Peitlisylvniiia, several feet below tlie
sat face ot the earth, where is found petro
leum', or rock oil. It flows out of the
rock-, and is eagerly sought alter as a
medicine.
I he \\ ndiiiigtnn National Monument
is now uiiteiy .six set I in heigh', with a
torce ol sixty mechanics constantly em
ployed thcicmi. A car drawn ly a steam
engine/lirqnt tttly conveys visitors to the
tojt ol Vhe structure, frntii which a beaus
till v iv w may ltt> enjoyed.
Cl?* The President of the United
States has appointed li. R. Curtis, Esq.,
ol lioston. a Judge ol the Supreme'Couft
in the place ol Judge Woodbury, deceits*
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