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1,, Pubiuhed every Friday Morning, in the tint) Town of
I (Oglethorpe, -Vlacon Cottttly.Ga.,
I C. B. YOUNGBLOOD. Editor and Publisher.
Per Year] <• advance,
RATES OF ADVERTISING.
One Dollar per square (of 12 tines or less) for the first
ntertion, ami Fifty Cunts for each insertion thereafter.
A liberal deduction will be made to those who adver
tise by the year.
Advertisements not specified as to time, will be pub
lished till ordered out and charged accordingly.
H, N. GRAY
Attorney and Counsellor at Law,
Blakely, JEorly_Co,,Gn,
March 25, 18b - ; D-ly
PHILIP COOK,
AMeoifiSSNBS ,4\® JA.
OGLETHORPE, GA.,
raclices’in the Counties of Houston, Neon, Dooly
Sumter, Marion, lalbot, and Crawford.
April a, mat. i-iy.
R. H. SI MS,
GENERAL dealers in
fincerlts nnd Domestic Goods.
ALSO
jjlools, Shoes, Huts, Cups, Bagging, Rope,
Iron, Steel, Nails, dec.
At the Brick Store, Conner of Sumter and Chatham Sts.,
OGLETHORPE GA.
N, 3. All Orders Promptly At- ‘
TKNDKI) TO.
R. H. Sims. T. J. Thrf.lkeld.
October 3. 1851. 25—6 m
W. VV. CHAPMAN &, CO.
WARE •HOUSE
AND
COMMISSION MERCHANTS,
Conner of Baker and Chatham Streets,
OGLETHORPE, GA.
ARCHIBALD W. MARTIN, AV. W. CHAPMAN & CO.
October 3, 1851. 25.—Cm.
I'QiVGE ft ODEA,
FAC I OKS, AND
COMMISSION MERCHANTS,
NO. 1)4 BAY-STUKET,
SAVANNAH GEORGIA,
W. P. YONGK. [jul.V 17 Cm.] W, OPEN*
WAREHOUSE
AND
COMMISSION BUSINESS.
- N. OOS LEY Sf SON ,
MACON, GA.,
GODFREY OUSLEY Sf ( 0..
SAVANNAH, GA.
JAMES E. GODFREY,
N. OPSI.EY, Jlll\ 17, 1851,
R. p ousi.ey. 14-6 m,
FT G ARRINGTON^
attorney at law ,
AND NOTARY PUBLIC,
Ogleilioepe, mneou County, Gn.
April 17,'ittiO. 2—ly
Waslibnrn, Wilder & Cos.
Commission Mer eha nt s.
AND FACTORS.
JOSEPH WASHBURN,) 114, Bay Street
JNO. R. WILDER, , Savannah, On
FRA G. DANA. ) July 24, 1831. 15 6m
Hardeman & Hamilton,
WABE-nOUSE AND COMMISSION MERCHANTS.
Macon, Ga.
* Hamilton & Hardeman,
FACTORS AND COMMISSION .HERMANS,
SAVANNAH, GEORGIA,
Will five prompt attention to all business
committed to them, at either place.
THOMAS HARDEMAN. CHAS. F. HAMILTON,
” PAINTS OIL, &ic.,
A LARGE quantity of Paints Oil
&c. just received and for sale by
J. O. HODGES.
Pec, 26th 185 L 37tf.
FLOUR,
AFRESH Arrival--for sale by
J. O. HODGES.
Dec. 26th 1851. 37tf.
“ CUTTLR.RY.
THE finest lot of Pocket Knives ev
-1 er received in Oglelhorpe.just re
ceived and for sale by
J. O. HODGES.
Dec. 26th, 1951, 37—ts.
gl3ss!
A LARGE lot of Glass, just receiv
ed and lor .sale by
J. O. HODGES.
Dec. 26, 1851, 37—ts.
RICE.-
JUST received and for sale by
J. O. HO&GES
Dr> 26tb, 37—ts.
Pijes! Piles!! Piles!!!
1? E r A ,°r, tM? &I1 rnti who are suffering with this dread
-11 ft’ l Disease and call at the Oglethorpe Dmgg Store
and hay a box of Prior’s pile ointment.
Atlanta, <Sept. 25, 1850.
This to certify that l have used Pryor's Pile Oint
ment with success in she treatment of ulcers of the pha
gedemic kind, I further state that it is the best application
to piles that! am acquainted will,.
H. WESTMORELAND,
Atlanta, Sepf. 25, 1850.
Col. Wm. B. Pryor:—Dear Sir: 1 can and do most
cheerfully and sincerely certify to the effieiency of your
Pile Ointment. Few persons can have a better right to
express an opinion concerning the many difierent reme
dies that have been offered to the public for the cure ol
the malady than I have, because few have been more
severely afflicted than 1 have been,and a* few, perhaps,
have tried a greater number of remedies for it. My
opinion is tlml your pile ointment is the very best in use;
that it will not only south and ameliorate, but Will posi
tively cure if properly applied and persevered in a foir
trial. 1 recommend to all persons in reach of such a
remedy the use of your ointment.
Yours respectfully,
EDW. YOUNG HILL.
LaGrange, Ga., Ang. 1850.
Col. Wm. B. Pnyoß:—Dear Sir.— You ask me to ex
press an opinion with regard ui your ointment for Piles
and Burns. lum fimpliar with the difierent ingredients
entering into its composition, as well of the mode of com
pounding it, arid consider it a remedy powerfully effica
cious in relieving the maladies it professes to cure, as
well as many other cordjageous diseases.
I have known it used With much success in the treat
ment „f yrj| e .s particularly, and take great pleasure in of
fering you this testimonial of its virtue.
R. A. T. BILLET, M. D. A. M.
Sold by Philip T Fejrs Dealer in Dings,
Medicines, Paints, Oils, Dye Studs and
Books. Baker Street, Oglethorpe, Ga.
Physicians supplied on liberal terms.
August 1, 1851, 16 6m,
AYER’S
Cherry Pectoral for tlic Cure of
Coughs, Colds, Hoarseness, Bronchitis,
Whooping-Cough, Croup, Ashthma and
Consumption.
Among the numerous discoveries Science has made in
this generation to facilitate the business of life—increase
its enjoyment, and even prolong the term of human ex
istence, pone can be named of more real value to man
kind, than this contribution ofCherohdry.to the Healing
Art, Avast trial of its virtues throughout this broad
country, has proven beyond a doubt, that no medicine
or combination of medicines known,can so surely con
trol gnu cure the numerous varieties of pulmonary dis
ease which have hitherto swept from our midst tlioii
sandspud thousands every year. Indeed, there is now
abundant reason to believe a Remedy has at length been
fount) which fan be relied on to cure tile most danger
ous afli-'clions of ilie lungs, Our space here will not
permit Its to publish any proportion of the cures affected
by its usp, but we would present tlie following opinions
of eminent men, ami refer further enquiry to the circular
which the Agent helow named, will always be plea
sed to furnish free, wherein are full particulars anti in
disputable proofpfthose fuels.
From the President of Amherst College,the
celebrated Professor Hitchcock.
‘•James C, AyertpNjrr I have q*J your Cherry Pec
toral in my own case of deep-seated Bronchitis, and am
satisfied from its chemical constitution, that it isan ad
mirable compound for the relief of laryngial and bron
cliial difficulties. Jl'yny opinion as to its superior char
acter tan lie qf any Biyyice, you are at liberty to use it
ns you tliinl proper.
EDWARD HITCHCOCK, L. L. D.,
From the widely celebrated Professor Sil
liman, 31. D., L. L. D., Professor oj
Chemistry, Mineralogy, dye, Yale Col
lege, Member of the Lit. Hist. Med. Phil,
and Sciedtific Societies of America and
Europe \
” I deem tile Cherry PectVral an admirable composi
tion from some of the best arftclos in the .Materia Medi
na. and a very effective remedy for the cluss of diseases
it is intended to cure.
New Haven,Ct„ Nov. 1, 1810.
.Major Pattison, President of the S. C. A'enate, states
l.e has used the Cherry Pectoral 4'ith wonderful success,
to cure an infiammatiun of vise lurtgs.
From one of the first Physicians in Maine.
Saco, -He., April 26, 1849.
Dr. J. C, Ayer. Cowell. Dear Air s I am now con
stantly using your Cherry Pectoral in my practice, and
? refer it to any other medicine for pulmonary complaints,
‘rom olwervation of many severe cases, 1 am convin
ced it will cure roughs, colds, and dismses of the lungs,
that have pul to defiance all other remedies.
I invariably recommend its use in eases of consump
tion, and consider it much the best rekedy known for
that disease.
Respectfully yours. L. S, CUSRaN, M. D.
PREPARED AND .VOID BY JAME.S C. AYER.
Practical Chemist. Lowell, Afat.
Sold by P. T. Fears, Oglethorpe, Joseph Sucker,
Mobile, B. K. Jones & co,, Montgomery, and Druggists
generally.
July, 311851. 16 3m
AYER’S Cherry Pectoral for th* cure of
Cough*, Colds and Consumption, for
snle by [Aug. 1, 1851.] P. T.. FEARS.
DR CHRISTIES Galvanic Bells,
Necklaces, Bracelets and MagieFluid
for the permanent cure of Rheumatism and
all Mervotts Diseases. For sale by
Aug. 1, 1851. P. T. FEAR.
GOOD Old Port and Madeira Wines,
Fine Brandy and Alcohol (for medical
purposes only,) sold by
Ang. 1. 1851. PHILPT. FEARS.
PILLS —Champion's, Cook-’s, Simmons*
Dent’s, Peters’, Gordon’s, MofTnt's,
Little’s, Jayne’s, and all other kinds of Pills
so sale by PHILIP T. FEARS, at the
Oglethorpe Drug Store. Aug. 1.1851.
GEN. TWIGGS’ Hair Dye, for making
Gray Hair grow out its original color
and no mistake ; numbers in this city testify
to the fact. Sold bv P. T. FEARS;
Aug, 1, 1851. 16-ts
PURIFY THE BLOOD.
MOFFATT’S Vegetable Life Pills and
Phoenix Bitters, for sale by
Ang. 1.1851. P, T. FEARS.
“■TBRUSHES, all kind for sale by
M3 SNEAD & CHAPMAN.
Oct. 17 1851. 27 ts
OGLETHORPE!, GEORGIA, FRIDAY, JANUARY 9. 1852.
FACTORS
AND
Commission Merchants*
ANDREWS HARDWICK ts CO.,
OGLETHORPE, GA.
HARDWICK ts COOKE,
BAY STREET,
SAVANNAH, GA.
The House at Oglethorpe will receive and
forward Produce to the House at Sa*
vannah, and furnish Family
Supplies, Bopging, Rope,
dye., to their Patrons
at Oglethorpe.
John F. Andrews, John G. Cooke,
July 17, Richard S. Hardwick. i4-6m.
New Fall and Winter Goods
3. T. SUGGS
WOULD respectfully call the attention of his friends
” ud the public generally to his large and well
selected assort meut of
sfkijyg * s i.w.tijh goods,
consisting of every variety of Maple and Fancy Dry
Goods—such as Kerseys, Satinets, Casimeres, Cloths,
Blankets, Flannels, Shawls, Calicoes, Handkerchiefs,
Hosiery, Linens, Muslins, silks, a tins, and a variety
of other Fancy Articles.
Ren4y*]Ka4e Cl otbintr
Os the Latest Style and Best Quality.
HATS and CAPS of every description. BOOTS and
SHOES of all qualities. A variety of
GROCERIES, HARDWARE, CUTLERY, SC.
In abort, purchasers can be supplied with almost any
article they desir e, on the most reasonable terms.
I hose who desire to get the full worth of the it mon
ey, would do well to give me a call.for I pledge myself
that none who purchase shall go away without obtain*
ing a bargain.
Fort Gaines, Qq. t Nov. Ist, 1851. I—ts
Over 10,000 Pairs of
F) BOOTS AJND
SHOES.
Keep it before the People that\
B ANKS & (JO.
ON SUMTER STREET.
HAVE now opened two doors from
R. H. SIMS & Cos., and intend keep
ing constantly on hand the largest and best
STOCK OF BOOTS AND SHOES
ever offered iu South. Western Georgia. A
large portion of which is of their own man
ufacture, and warranted not to rip, consisting
of all qualities and prices ; 2,000 pairs home
made Negro Shoes, double soled; 1,000
pairs of Kip Sewed and Pegged Boots;
250 pairs Men’s Double-soled Water-Proof
Boots; 500 pairs single and Double soled
Calf Brogans; 1,500 pairs Ladies’ Leather
Cloth, Morocco and Enameled Bootees and
shoes; 1.500 pairs Misses’ and Youths’ Boots
and shoes, all kinds; 1,500 pairs Boys’
Kip and Thick Boots and shoes ; 500 pairs
Men’s Home-made Double soled Black Bro
gans; 250 pairs Boys’do.; 300 pairs gen
tlemen’s Rnd Ladies’ Rubber Over shoes;
800 pairs Nothern Negro shoe* at 90c.; —
10,000 lbs. Sole Leather, Calf, Lining and
Binding Skins, Lasts, Shoe Thread, Pegs,
Shoemskers’s Tools, &c.
All we ask of Planters and others is to ex
amine nur Stock before they purchase, as
we exhect to Sell exclusively for CASH,
which will enable us lo sell lower than any
house that docs a credit business.
Give us a Call!
And if we can’t sell we will charge noth.,
ing for situ wing our Stock. Any amount of
BEEF HIDES taken in Exchange for shoes
or Leather.
Oglethorpe, Oct. 10th, 1851. 26 6m
DRY Goode, Hardware is, c. of every
description, just receved and for sale
by J. O. HODGES.
Oglethorpe, Oct. 3 iB5l. 25—if,
Jewelry.
A FINE lot of Jewelty just received and
for sale by, K A UFMAN & BKO.
Oglethorpe, Oct. 10, 1851. 26 ts.
BOCfTS, Shoes, Hats, Caps of every
variety just received and for sale by,
KAUFMAN is BRO.
Oglethorpe, Oct. 10, 1851. 26 ts
A LARGE lot of choice Bacon for sale
byl J. O. HODGES.
Oct. 3, 1851. 25—ts.
SOUTHWESTERN RAIL ROAD.
A DAILY TRAIN for
jMjgjaE jML Passengers and Freight
leaves Macon at 6 1-2 A. M.— Arrives at
Oglethorpe at II 1-2 A. M.—Arrives at
Macon m 3 1-2 P. M. Connecting each
way with the Central and Macon hi Wes
tern trains, aid the Tallahassee Mail
Stage Line. Passengers dine at Fort
Valley at 1 L2P. M.
GEO. W. ADAMS.
Supt, S. W. R. R.
Oglethorpe, Oc. 10,1851. 26 ts
FRENCH Window Glass. For SM •
by SNEAD it CHAPMAN.
Oct. 17 1851. 27 ts ,
OUR COUNTRY'S GOOD IS OURS,
The Lord aent it it the Devil
Brought It.
In my younger days, I was what peo.
pie called a ‘ wild chap.’ and rather think
l was something of a high boy.
thing like fun stirred me up from lh£ hot*
tom, and the way I ’ went it’ sometimes,
when I was stirred up, people said was
rather curious.
/ believe my respect for religious peo,
pie was not quite as high as it should
have been, not so high as it is now.—
This grew out of two things—a defec
tive education and thoughtlessness. Ten
or fifteen years added to my mortal lile
has sobered me somewhat, and at the
present writing, I own to, a profound
respect for religion. 1 state this, that
neither the gay nor thoughtful reader
may misunderstand me if the 1
am going to relate should seem to d£al
with some levity in matters held sacred
—I think the rebuke that 1 got, olien as
1 have laughed at it since, put the latmh
completely on me and my companion
There resided in our neighborhood a
poor gidow whose meansot support were
extremely limited. Between nursing
herself for the rheumatism, and spinning
and knitting, most of her lonely time was
passed. lam ashamed to say that on
one or two occasions, I joined some wild
youngsters in playing off tricks upon her
such as making unusual noises about the
house at night, smoking her almost to
death by putting a board over the top
of her low mud-built chimney, and such
like doings, that we thought was rare
sport, but fur which we deserved a little
wholesome chastisement, if there had
been any one authorized to administer it.
One night, soon after dark, it happen,
ed that I was returning home in compa
ny with a merry fellow about my own
age and had to go by old Granny Ben
der’s cottage. 1 had been into the town
and was bringing a couple of ‘baker’s
loves’ of which some of our people was
as fond as city people are of getting now
and then a good taste o( country ‘home
made.’
‘Tom,’ said I, as the old woman’s
cottage came in sight, at a turn of the
road, ‘ suppose we have a little fun with
Granny Bender?’
‘Agreed’ was Tom’s reply, for lie was
always ready for sport.
We had not fully decided on what we
would do, when we came to the cottage
and paused to settle our mode of annoy
ance. The only light within, was a dim
flickering of a few small sticks burning
on the hearth. As we stood near the
window, listening to what wag going on
inside, we found that Granny was pray
ing, and, a little to our surprise, asking
for food.
‘As she expects to get bread from
heaven,’ snid J, irreverently, ‘ l suppose
she will have to he accommodated.’
And turning from the window, I clam
bered noiselessly, lo the top of the chiinny
a feat of no difficulty, and tumbled my
two loves down. When I reached ■he
window again, in order to see what effect
this mode of supply would have upon
Granny Bender, I found the good old
creature on tier knees, piously thanking
God for having answered her prayer.
* That’s cool,’ says 1 lo Tom ‘now
isn’t it ?’
‘I rather think it is,’ repled Tom.
‘ And is the old woman really such a
fool as to think the Lord would answer
her prayer, and send her well baked
loaves down ihe chimney ?’
‘ No doubt of it.’
* It won’t do in let her labor under tins
mistake ; no, never in the world, said /.
’ Hello ! Granny !’ and 1 drew open
the window, and punched my laughing
face into the room.
She bad just risen from her knees, nnd
was about putting a piece of bread into
her mouth.
‘ Now, Granny Bender,’ snid I, ‘it
isn't possible that you believe that bread
came from heaven! Why, you old sinner
you ! 1 threw it down the chimney.’
By this time the old woman's counte
nance turned fully towards me, and hy ,
the dim light of the feeble fire, 1 could ‘
see that there were tears of thankfulness j
upon her faded and withered face. The ■
expressionof that face did not in the least
change, there was a deep rebuke in the
tone of her voice, ns well as in the words
she littered, as she said :
‘ The Lord sent it, if the devil bro't it ?’
You may be sure that 7 vanished in
stanter, while Tom clapped liii bands
..-j shouted :
‘Good! good! 100 good!’ oil dear,
but the old lady was 100 much for you
that time.*
I tried lo laugh with him as we went
off home, and did laugh, as loud as he
did, but somehow or other the laugh did
not appear to do me any good. Alter
that, I left Granny Bender alone.
For the South-Weal Georgian.
Step Mother.
BY JUSTICE.
Gentle Reader.— Are yon a step
Mother? Your responsibilities are great,
you have virtually taken upon yourself
the duties of a mother, for the faithful
discharge of w hich you will be held ac
countable at the great day of final retri
bution.
You have charge of an affectionate
mother’s children, whose body lies cold
and silent in the gr'H'.r !;• bu\!” ~,.irit
immortal and invisible, may still be h'v
ering near the loved ones she lu>’ ’
bind and ma ,> is a *r- ,J‘J ‘’ Li
of unkindness perpetrated by you against
Iter motherless offspring, and will rise up
as a swift witness against yon in the day
of judgement when it will be 100 late to
make restitution.
Do yon treat those helpless little ones,
as though they were the flesh and blood
of your own body? whom a kind and
faithful husband to her, has committed to
your care, your attention and a mother’s
tender love ? If that undutiful son to
whom yon stand in relation as step moth
er had been your own, would you have
used your influence w ith an enraged fa
ther, to send him forth from the paternal
roof that had sheltered his infancy, a
homeless wanderer on the broad waste of
the wide world? No, a mother’s gush
ing tears and a mother’s pleading voice
would have been the first symptoms of
returning tranquilly and reconciliation.
It may be, perchance, that, an unfaith
ful and an inronsiderate daughter has un
fortunately transcended the limits of de
corum and bartered the priceless pearl
of virtue for the flattering vows of the
seducer; kind step mother where do you
stand in that trying hour of mortality,
when old familiar friends pass coldly by
without uttering one kind sympathetic
word or even bestow ing a glance of re
cognition upon the unfortunate victim ?
So to speak, she is nncared for by’ a cold
and formal world, that shows no charity
beyond that of self interest, and is ever
pointing the finger of scot n to lost virtue
.dgain 1 ask where do you stand in this
hour of almost total destitution ?
Ponder Ihe question well in your owu
mind, and then answer it to your maker
—do you still offer a mother’s consola.
tion, or like the rest of the world view
in her only a victim of vice; lost to vir
tue, without the hope of redemption from
the error of her chilhood, hallow ed hy the
recollection of happier, earlier days—a
home rendered still more sacred by the
memory of a kind and rherisYmg mother.
Thus looked upon and thus scorned
she coiled beneathjits withering influence,
Iter doom is often sealed, the road to ruin
and destruction becomes plain and nine
limes out of ten the unfortunate victim is
speedily hurried on to sudden and ever
lusting infamy.
But there are crimes of a far less mag
nitude than this, that elicit and forever
inherit the curses of a step mother.
A son or daughter bus married contra
ry to wish, she would lain plead her love
for the offender. But, alas! the secret
of the judgement will tell in fearful reali
ty the malignant influence of that hard
unfeeling step mother, that, induced that
father to disclaim his own dear child.
But the step mother cannot abandon
her charge w iihotiPthe remorse of con
scence. In solitude, when thoughts are
busy, relrospecting (he pnsl; if yon have
spurned a child from the home where it
should have been cherished—you may,
and will doubt whether you haw acted
right or not.
It will he well with you, if you yield
to the pleadings of that inward monitor
and make timely restitution.
You need not tell that conscience is si
lent, we know better, you owe to the
world the forgiveness of every arl of
injustice ol w hatever grade, in the same
way as you expect to be forgiven, much
less the forgiveness of a child who is guil
ty perhaps of only one offence. You
know your duty; a still small voice
tin* olten admonished you to perform it,
or it may he ns it were, that a departed
mother’s voire coming forth from the
bed of death, bewailing the maltreatment
| TERMS? $2 in Advance.
of her lovely children ; for if there if a
sight over which angels weep, it mult be
this.
How many of yon <q the day ot eterni*
ty will be said unto you— ye knew your
duty, but ye did it not.
Otrii ihorpe Ga. Jan. 8 1852.
Take care of your Sparc Moments.
A lean, awkward boy came one morn
ing to the door of a principal of a school
and asked to see him. The servant eyed
his mean clothes, and thinking be looked
tuore like a beggar than any thing else,
told him to go around to the kitchen.—
The boy did as he was bidden, and soon
appeared at the back. door.
“I should like to see Mr.—,” said he.
“ You want a breakfast, more like,”
said tlie servant girl, ‘ and 1 cun give you
that without troubling him.’ , . \
‘ Thank you,’ said the hoy y.\iuu* 4 . “*
have no objections to a piue ofbret s^ ,C 8
but I should like lo see Mr. , j Qrue
can see me.’ -r , -
‘ Some old clothes, mays be, you
want,’ remarked the servnnit, again eye*
ing the boy’s patched trousers. ‘ I guess
he has none to spare; he gives away a
sight ;’ and without minding the boy’s
request, she went away about her work.
4 Can I see Mr.——?’ agwjn asked
the boy, after finishing his bread and but
ler. w
4 Well, he’s in the library ; if he mttqt
be disturbed, he must ; but he does like
to be alone sometimes,’ said the girl in a
peevish lone. She seemed to think it
very foolish to admit such an ill-looking
fellow into her master’s presence ; how
ever, she wiped her hands and bade him
follow. Opening the library door, site
said:
4 Here’s somebody, sir, who is dread
fully anxious to see you, so I let him in,’
I don’t know bow the boy introduced
himself, or how he opened Ins business;
but 1 know that after talking awhile, the
principal put aside the volume which he
was studying, and took up some Greek
books and began lo examine the new
comer. The examination lasted some
time. .Every question which the princi
pal asked, the boy answered as.readily as
could be.
‘ Upon my word!” exclaimed the prin
cipal, ‘ you certainly do well!’ looking
at the boy from head to foot over his
spectacles. ‘ Why, my boy, where did
you pick up so murh ?’
‘ln my spare moments’ aswered the
boy.
Here be was, poor hard-working, with
but few opportunities for schooling, yet
almost fitted for college, by simply im
proi vug his spare moments. Truly are not
spare moments the gold dust of time ?
How precious they should be! What
account can you give of your spare mo
ments? What can yon show for them?
Look and see. This boy ran tell you
how very much can be laid up by impro
ving them ; and there are many, many
other boys, I am afraid, in the jail, in
the house of rorrectinn, in the forecas
tle of a whale ship, in the gambling
Inuse, nr in the tippling shop, who, if
you should ask them when they began
their awful course, might answer, 4 ln
my spare moments.’ In my spare mo
ments 1 gambled for marbles.’ 4 ln my
spare moments 1 began to smoke and
drink.’ 4 lt was in my spare moment!
that 1 began to steal chestnuts from the
old woman’s stand.’ 4 h was in my
spare moments that I gambled with wick
ed associates.’
Oh, be very, very careful how you
spend your spare moments ! Tempta*
tion always hunts you out in small sea*
sons like these, When you are not busy ;
he gels into your hearts, if he possibly
can, in such gaps. There he bides him
self, planing all sorts of mischief. Tk
rare of your spare moments !
Mrs. 11. C. Knight.
Direct Trade — The Worlt Progress
ing.—The efforts of our Consul at Am
sterdam and others engaged in the enter*
prise of establishing direct trade with
Amsterdam, are already bringing about
practical results. The Savannah Re
publican, of the Otb inst., snys: 44 Under
the commercial head of our paper to-day,
will be found the exports of two vessel*
which have loaded with Lumber and
Timber at Darien, and have cleared for
Amsterdam. We also learn from ouf
correspondent that about twenty cargoes
for Holland, have been contracted for ft(t
the Aliamahn, St. Marys and Satillk
rivers, to be delivered during (he pretext
winter.”
NO 38.