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ni if fst mu msiimiii, iw r ihriike, hi mui imi if imm n jeiihi. *— - ■■ - - -i. . : : c : ___ _ JOHN’ H. SEALS.. } EDITOR & ‘?JtO?2XETOB* NEW SERIES, VOL. 11. TEMRM riiiSAUO!. PViu^iabKi) SFEBY THPRSMY. EXCEPT TWO. 15 Ts£ teas, BY JOHV T-T. V&tchxts l |I S OO P ua advance* nv *° nf ‘ she end of the year. KA.Ttto U( ,auv h,KllbiJfG. i square (twelve tine* or le*?) first insertion,. .$1 Os Each continusnce, —......... 5(. Prufeesfor.*.! or Business Ca-i-ds, not exceeding six tines, per year, 5 00 Announcing Candidates for 0ffice,.......... 8 0() WT4WDTITG ADVEBTIP-EMENTS. i square, three months,..... ........ 6 00 1 square, six months, * 1 *caare, twelve months, 12 (h 8 squares, “ 44 - ‘’‘'■”I 8 S squared, “ “ •*> 4 gqnurefl, “ 11 25 o<* g3jf“ Vivertieernente not marked with the number of insertions, will be continued until foroid, and chared accordingly. fjr*\lercnant<<, Druggists, and others, may con tract for advertising by the year, on reasonable terms. LEGAL ADVERTISEMENTS. SakofLand or Negroes, by Administrators, Executors, and Guardians, per square,... 5 00 Baie of Personal Property, by Administrators, Executors, and Guardians, per square,... 825 Notice to Debtors and Credit0r5.......... 8 25 Notice for Leave, to 5e11,.......... ... 4 00 Citation for Letters of Administration, 2 75 Citation for Letters of Dismission from Adm’n. 5 00 Citation for Letters of Dismission from Guardi anship, 8 25 LEGAL RKIiOTRKMENTS. Bases of Land and Negroes, by Administrators, Executors, or Guardians, are required by law to be bald on the first Tuesday in the month, between the hours of ten in the forenoon and three in the after noon, at the Court House in the County in which the property is situate. Notices of these sales must b. Sires in a public g&sette forty days previous to the ay of sale. Notices’ for the sale of Personal Property must be given at least ton daya previous to the dav of sale. Notice to Debtors and Creditors of an Estate must fee published forty days. Notice that application will bo made to tbe Court ®f Ordinary for leave to sell Land or Negroes, must be published weekly for two month*. Citations for Letters of Administration must be published thirty days —for Dismission from Admin istration, monthly, six month# —for Dismission from Gu- Aiwhip./erfy days. Rales for Foreclosure of Mortgage must be pub lished n&nthl/y for four month * —for compelling titles from Executors or Administrators, where a bond has been given by the deceased, the full spue# of thret enonths. Publications will always be continued accord ing to these, the legal requirements, unless otherwis* qr/iored DIRECTOIt Y, TII W. KL\O & SOXS, Factors 6c CviumiMtou Uercliauts* aud For* warding Ag^inis. BA VANN AH, GEORGIA . W. R£HG, SB. | MCL. K.IBG. | W. 5150, JR. V*v VI Isft. 48 tl Jk. t,AU tOd, (9200,000 Cash Advance* on Produce.) CPIASP AM) SEA ISLAM) COTTON, I'LOl R AND GRAIN F A C T Oil, FORWARDING A MERCHANT. ft 8 3, til*®! SiSSf, CS!arßfU, 4 p. H us s At. 11. SaADEuS, ATT O H N E Y A T L A W,• ALBANY, GEORGIA, Will practice in the counties oi Dougherty, Sumter, Ley, Randolph, Calhoun, Early, Dicker, Decatur and V\ orth. Jan.l 1 v 1 Wilir €i. JOIINfeOX, ATTORNEY AT LAV*/, Augusta, Ga. WILL promptly attend to ail business entrusted to his professional management in Richmond and the s joining counties. Office on Mclntosh Street, three doom below Constitutionalist office. Reference—Thos. R. R. Cobb, Athens, Ga. June 14—ly JAME 8 BU olvxT *f TTO ®VJS 1* .i T E.3L IS\ FANCY HILL, MURRY CO., GA. April 80th, 1867. wuT cibsox7 ATTORNEY AT LAW, After fifteen years’ practice, has peruiauently loot ted in 4 ArcrsTA, GA. Will attend the Courts in Richmond, Warren, Co* iemhia, Burke, Jefferson and Lincoln counties. |3gF“ iffice corner * -smpbell and Broad-streets. Mav 34, IH-'vft. 3> PHILLIP C. IIOBIXSOXT attorney at law , GREKNESB< )RO ? , GEORGIA. WHI practice m the counties of Greene, Morgan, Putnam, Oglethorpe, Taliaferro, Hancock, Wilkes and Warreo. July fi, 1866. ly 25 . ROGER L. WIIBOIBAJI, ATTORNEY AT LA IF, Diuvnillt, Jejl'ernov. co., Ga. WILL give prompt attention to any bu itness en trusted to his care, in the following counties: JjTerenn, Burke, Richmond, Columbia, Warren, Washington. Emanuel, Montgomery, Tatnail and Sen vea. AnHI Sfl, 1856.—tt LEONARD T. DOIAL, ATTORN EY AT LAW, McDonough, henry co ., ga. W ill practice Law in the following oounties, to-wlt: Henry, Spaulding. Butts, Newton, Fayette, Fulton, . IhK *lh. Pike and Monroe. Feb g —4 11. T. PERRINS, attorney a.t law , GHBEITfcSBORi)’, GEORGIA, WYHt practice In the counties of Greene, Morgan, Putnam, Oglethorpe, Taiufeiro, Hancock, Wflfcs* tod Yf vavsu m.n ij ? POETRY. Far tbe A uadsr, MEHLTHf. A Tom. : ~3T /eiticf wcgobsc*. OttE drsugVt from the Pierian spring kind tauae! To slight a favor thou can’st not refuse— .) e draught my fetble lute-strings to inspire, \nd til! my soul with pure, and heavenly fire. L is rot mine to leave the calm retreat, Tud climb * hi re Dryden climbed with bleeding feat, Nor do-1 ash it—in an bumble sphere l chant tr.y strains to some indulgent ear, Content to view Parnassus from afar As Devotees— behold some worshipped star. Yd I would sing of one—a youthful Bard, vVhone brow of inn.cence has ne’er been marred By lh< ugbts uni oli; but whose Sow of song Is pave 8P may to Earthly Harp belong. Sublimity of thought, with modest grace We see combi m and in yon sweet Poet’s face— A heart w here genius lights her torch at ere, And e who sot the inspired strains believe— Vy*\ y. e v. e know that more of heaven than earth Belongs to this pure B rd of mortal birth, His soul is filled with true Parnassian fire. And angtis snailc when Meruh strikes the lyrel And native pride swtl'a largely at the sound, For Georgia's Bard in Merlin Basil be found. Yes I Angels smile at his wfild-chosen theme, ’ontetit to work, and not to tdl> dream , To vauq'tish Whisky, now tie grasps hie pen, Whi'kv, that fata l , murderous foe to men; Whici. in iiisidi ae forms still reigns with power, And desolates some htarth-stone every hour; v\ h ch ti is pu-e loving hearts wit ■ care and gloom, And victim- -end.-. to a dishonored tomb. Lvi n whilo I wiite the shadowy forms flit by, Oi thos -, ho by this fi>e were douuitd to die— Pale, w eping mothers whom this monster crashed, A tid h-ioe sad wa lings in the grave Were hushed— Frail dang ters whom a drunken lather’s cu se Convey, and to gloo ■ y grave yards, or to teorsd. A bligfiti and life: these hen a lather foil Too oit ‘ bade virtue, hope and Heaven farewel'.” Deserted wivta, now numbered with tbe dead, Vi ho heard their famished children cry for bread W hen thi re was none to give —for h their stay (?j On Whisky-shops there pittance cast an ay. Ab ! yes they conic, these unblessed ones of earth. Who t- • aie iuiescursed the hour that give them birth, IVe, little, c i dren, on whose cheek no day The smile oi childhood o’er was seen to play ; W Lose tiny forms in rag*, and tatters dressed Plead vainly for the comforts ne’er possessed. And ’.umtd men, once some fond mot! er’s pride, VS ho lihped “our Father” nightly at her side; But who in evil fiour the bar-room found, And evtiy holy thou o he in Whisky drowned. l LenorhXi.d—to scenesot most unholy strife They go, and take some fellow-creatures’ Me. Ah! yt:-: the convict, i yon and smal cell, In whose luul heart angels no longer and til. Can point t VV isky aa the curse and le, By whom from “nigh estate” he was brought low. ihtse vi-iunts from prisons, and the gravy, U and us, our iittle banner proudly wave; An i ilay the bocial serpent ere too late, ile lures more ‘ia.a.B through Peid.tiOns’ gate. A glorious cause is ours! Each good man’s prayei Is echoing gladly on the evening air, ’ s we w.ih lee be effort strive to Sill, I he iocs who, grave yards, prison-houses fill, Ft ith genius , mud, who nut for V\ hisky’s sway liau been a boasting nations, prop and stay. And tunny voices from that shadowy band S out ** inbor on, ’till on our sunny land ; Ao h hisky->hop is itft with berpent e iiue, To blight our Eden—this bright, favored eUtne.” And with Kii.h voi ts shouting in our ea'S, shall we regard t >e ill-timed laugh, or sneena? No: by tue tears of those who m htly weep, Arid nhades ol those who sleep the dr aiidosa bleep* We’il lab r on, with o.’ without applanse, With Ik aits courageous in the Temperance Cause. I chose thee Merlin, for my theme, and ©ng To thee the t-trin didst properly belmg; But Pi-gaous, a vaywaid steed at beat in no one path ever content to rest, Skimmed thn the air, and bore me for a war. And bade use teli the b ighf, and the decay Ol those whoa lamps of life were soon “pot out” the victims ol the drunken and shoe l Such was thy theme : and let me thee now, While sombre shad twa steal o’er evening’s brow, One heirt goes with thee on thy upward w*y, And lor thy rich success dotn ever pray 1 For thou has w sely ‘*taYn the better part,” And piayers for thee should dwell m every heart Posterity shall justly laud thy name, And d*nk thy \outhiul brow with wreaths of fame Then welcome Merlin, from the “motleythrong” Ci ne glad our souls with Heaven-inspjied song! to thy sweet Harp is g.ven power, and might Then e\er battle bravely for the right I t rophies more rich than conqueror e’er has known, Aiound thy earthly ; a hway shall be thrown— When from the casket tbe pure s ul departs. VYe’il raise to thee a monument of he rtsl W hen Merlin strikes the harp we all give way, tnd bow to one not made of common clay; v\ hile birds are singing on each neighboring tree. The King of song-birds thou’rt designed to bel “Bbu.kvls,” Ga. e*> llovor to a Yavkehs.— J.An P. Groves, qf Boa ton, Massehunetrs, has latelv been awarded the first prize as a violinist at the Co&servatolre Royal far Brasses. Mr. Groves will make a concert tow of Europe in company with h Celebrated pkur ist, before retununglkma. PENFIELD. GA., THURSDAY, OCTOBER 1, 1857. Far tbs OnuaOar. Mb. Editor : Press of busiaeas has prevented mefirom baytg before the readers of your Journal now. I beve not any se*l for the oau*, for th a more my mind acts upon the su’ject, exe tement 4vts whetted to the highest pitch. It civ es seem to me iha- (right now) there should lie mors ttlent exerted in this noble cause —lui it seems a great and a! of the ta'ent of the age is spent in po i'. feeds aid vhurch grumblin.* all sanguine of sufe*** —I do not want to te ih n that reform staita from, bm well conv need am lof ihie one foot, ih it the s< a) of some of thse arties ba e c irried its vota ie* to un ice lengths it lenst as for ns a war * f words is concerned And whi e these severd advocates of principles tnd explainers of hairbreadth difference o. ojiiniun —are {>en lrng an amount of respec able t lent— nd theieby beooming tbe lea-fe s to certain p tr ies— this sworn foe to our rt.ee takes of this and vvied tate of things and sends for h h agenti*, (commissi ned tr<>m cond gn into the broken rai.ke of e'lurch, and state, an! oh, the havoc com mi ted—some * f the moe pr ra sing latent of the land is laid in the dost and the of p ren sand of the church look about for the cause of ibis awfti m rease of drunkenness. Our rdonr in the c m?* of tempi ranee has not ab tod. One nnvidideri, s •ff rr, one ha f< f t >e streng h of tLe philanthropy of our lan I, raar c ing up in one solid phalanx ag* nsi the foniliea lions of this mnt ins du >us enemy, and victory is ours—but what if we do gin ihe vio j ( B< y s or.e) where is the money or fame w’ ieh m legiti mate y the result of tuis action. There arj no eagle h ners to reward us —nociariin of fame to herald •mV names to com ng generalio ib but ah, be tei things than these. Souls are rescued from a dev is hell—health, and money aod characti r, and every other thing, that would make life d> sirabfo, h se ured t so ne o f our rac—many a poor m ti - ers head union ‘ei t.f griif—raa y ilist wiv**. gladded by th s reform o tha.r husbands, —many o-phans wail bushed —th usand- *>, v-d to'our go\ - emmen*, and hnppine-ssecured torn!lions— is not this more ennobling than any o h r victoiy —our e>unty has bi-en ca led todefond ler jo- I ti *>il, and domestic rn eraA- at the point of-sword t-41 ksyonet. Ai.d nob'y has America’s g'-dfont -•ns R rid-d forth iu and fouce of our sacred im-t tuiici s, and n> v r be sn cess bt*n deuied our i a thm —un il our fl g, and n*me is iu v cry land. The names of Wa hing o >, Jackson, aid Taylor, has beu a terror to monaicb-es, and whenever any power has pwseesel the temerity to oppose us we have invariably e tas and them to lick the dust, and brought tnem to honorable erms cf ctpi uU i m—,nd we b >ast if the-e >urv : curies. And well we may—though many t noble for ts that once cheered us and many i t ur anc stors sleep under soil which was once th -cene of strife and co .fli e, still w* are proud ei such vi tory, love to claim such k nfred. But < nly look around at this enemy. A’c ‘ioi, worse metry than King Ge.rge iver as. axeß us worse, r b-. us of goo i iit z n , of m 1 i- mi ff money—of earihb goo Is, health, an! ev ry thing else wo thbiv n? —and then, njt suisti and *ith thieS final ex ernination of all e rthly ptos pects of do nes ic, ands ocial happ n ss—it plunges its vic,ors down to an awful hell, and y-t we h ar professed christiaus obje :tin t L gi dative tetioa. This is on y a comp sition of cowardice, md hypocrisy—ihat th re neidi don me must stop.d c moot deny, and why g i on as *e hvVeb ei wont while hundreds ofour b eth en are turn!4 over intij hopdess were t>m kd the son or ?t4 id, an 1 were to ank Go la tmiver-e wha , whs, wutj bed me, me h nks lie ve i w u.d l>e first to answer pro .it.i ti >n, idd E rth wou and r sjwnd from her j ils an j |>cnitetiaii. s, pest h-'Ui-ie, and g*ul< wsis, in one loud am n—and even He l itself fio.m its awfa lens of ruin an i eternal despair, would spurt out i eoLrno affirmative —and other planets won and jo n the h<4y chorus and sy God sve ihe p'au et Etrih, tr xn the cure of rum—and how ?—ah this has been the qmsti >n, and whi'e we h ive de ;ayed an answ r, many hive g ne to min, and now in tie name of good sen e, w mt do we weii. tor? do we slop to argm with a liquor deder? this bis is casting pearl before swi .e, on a true and literal sense (morally sj>e king) if we wait for this class of p ople to do a good del, d*mis-d y ill find os waning—for they are engag si in a traffic of bartering away *o<ils for doll .rs and cents. No fellow countrymen, a liqu >r dealer, thinks more of a dime than he does of any man oul, aod m tbe n *me ot humanity are we to pay my ait ntioQ whatever, to the say ngs < f thia class ot beiogs—the r opinions sh tuid not be enti led to even ad oent respect —for our and alect i* too vastly porto gve even an uns to foiriy rep resent thtir prnciplet. Gome then ü brthre lotus come boldly to the rescue of out race. ’ I for one sm wi ling to swear ebrnal vengeance to this o and beli-scqred. enemy AidohoL Our cau<e the cause of God, the cause’ of Belgian an 1 particularly worn n’a cause, ?ot. she is the ticailoui soffuer, sad U she m oa|y >nco admitted to the ba'lut-box, the q'tention would soou be deci led, for the knows that all meo who abuse tbeir wives are perjurtd tneo, for the oath at the bridal altar, t ? prot ct and defend has bem viola 4 ed—and he cortits ftum biugh >me,a fit sig 1 for a paper mi 1, a petty looki goljiot lo lfo down with a de ent fotxjiJ.*, and who doue it i why the Legislative of (Jeor g asays a man may pay asm til flue, w< ich enti ties him to rob n mtn of h!! h<j is wo th, destroy h'sforn ly’s pi asure, and then coasiga I‘u ugly soul over to da nnatims fltme and that abridg ment of our racs to pocket the po >r mans *-ff ct a and wi t e his mout i and say he did nt fu m-l /iiira. What ? reas n wi h a rum sejler, why this is (ike putting the E lglish rule to a ram’s horn tnere sbut one aLenative left us—choke the dru..kard from the b .t is—temperan e men have ried all aud eve y meins; our s ?ns are growing up among a generatio i of druukards, and they nave to confiout the same influences that hav. proved the et rnal downfall of many of our unfor unate race, and we stand by, and ci.y, nothing can be dune, a sow and stra.-ted drinkers, headed b long dealer has frightened us irom ourdu &• ; . Why f tiiere is not the lea ; t danger for one sober man can c >ase a thous in f, and two can put ten th jutuind to flight. But wi.h the B ble, and its Ho'y author on our side we have quarreled about our politics, an i even about ihe Ctiieruon e?- of our lloly re g on, and some Lave-even s ooj -ed to contend ab u the modus operandi of their own particular deuotn natio >, until the fi g ris seen on the wall, rttng on o*if ce.igfoua iu&titutions. J-C-U-A BO D. . J. M. D.— '<■■ A Patriotic Sermon. Tlie following i tere tng document was rccentl) found among the papers of M ij r Johu Sh .buyer, a deceased patriot < f die revo ui n. It is a dis oar e < eiiver.d an tfe eve of ihe battle of Bran • iyri.ne by the Kev. Jacob Trou e to a large p r lofa of ike-American soldier-, in presence of*eq?-- al’ VVashii.gt n, Geueral Way ne, aud other offi cers of-tl € army : ‘ , “They that take tbe s vord shall perish by the sword’’ S'/ldiers and Countrymen !—We have met th s evening, p rhapt. for ihe Last time. We hoe shared the toil\ f die march, p ril of tbe fight, and :iio dismay t f the retreat, alike ; we h-tvoendured ihe cold and hunger, ihe c n umelv of the inurn al foe, and the < ourage if ihe fre gn oppie>sion v\e have sat uigiit after I y the latnpti e ; we nave together fiVard ihe r.dl “of ti e re\eii e wlti> h cads us loduy,-rthe best of ifaeiattoo which gave tue signu f r the h rdy sleep of the s 4.ii r, witn ihe ear.h lor ..is bed and tue kospsack for his pil low. And now, eold'ers anti’ brethren, wo have met n this pact! valley ori. the. ete of b tt e, in the t untight that to-n.orr.w morn wid glimmer in Hoei.es ot bl od. We have met amid the whiten ng >eute of ourencani; ment —in tt.e tune ofter • r and g! win have gathered together. God grant it m ,y noi be for ihe lad time ! It u a solemn in >me it. B e Fireh'd >ea not the ole en: voice of nature i-eem toet h the sympathies f the hour ?!’ e da; of. ur court ry droo 4 s e vly itom ymioer staff ; diul.r ze has.uied a*ny along he green pUm of OhaJdV Feud ; the plan tha ‘prw*i) before us gite a in, the snnlig t ; the iietghtsof ari-o, gloomy a>d grand, oeyoiid the a era of y< hd. r dream ; all nature Wt is a pause of solemn si-enee on the eve of ihe uproar and b-Owdy s r.te of to in rrow. ‘They that take the sword shall perish by the sword'* And have they nt tak;n the sword ? Ld the de-ola e p an, the blood sodden valley, the burned frin house, blake iug in the sun, Uie -aeked vi.lage an i‘the ravaged town, answer ; tel the whitened fio .es o! the b i.cuered f*rmei-, strewn oor.g theti dd, of his hnnestetd, answer; lei the darviijg mother, with her ha e cli >g'?g to th’ wretched breast tha cm afford no susie a-4*, h*t i.er answer—with .the dea h ra tie ming ing wi h murmeri g torn* that, m iked the 1 1 t moment o ner life ;id the m.> r her andihe babe answer. It whs but a dry p bc, and our land slept *n the qn * •t of peace. War was not here. Fiaud and woe and want dwelt nd am ng us From he eterna soli ude of the green woods arose the blue smoke ■if toe settler’s cab n, and glden fields ot com l oked f.om ami.i the wasfo of the w.ldernesß, and the ga i mu mo of hum tn voices awoke the siien.e of the f West. Now, God of mercy, behold th 1 chang * ! Under the>had w of a prct xt. und-d the sand ty of the name of God, inv. k ng the Redeemer to tbeir aid ■lo these foreig Ihi e mgi s'ay ou* piopie. The/ throng our towns, they our plains, and now they encunp tss our posts oa the lerady pi do of Guadd’s Ford. “They that t.k * the sword shall perish by the sword’’ Brethren, thi <k me not unworthy of b lief when I teh y u that the doom of the Br ti h is sealed Th nk me not vain when I e l you that beyond the ciou i that now en-hronds us. I see gatheiing thick and fait the darker cloud and th cker storm us I) vine retribution. T ey may conquer to-morrow, blight and wrong insy prevail, and we may be drivßD from the field, hut the hour of God’s own vengeance will yet coine d . • ••;■ Aye, if. in the vast snlitulss of eternal spice there thro • the br ing of *an awful- G id, quick to nveng* an 1 sure to punish guilt, then the man, George* Brunswick, c tile 1 the king, will fe 1 in his bsai'i and here the Vt-ngetnoe of the eternal Jeho vah !A b ight will light up *n his life— withered brain and an accursed. intellect; a blight wi Ibe upou hw p.iuplo. . ‘Great G id'h iw*dread the pun lS iment l A crowded p -punch, paopeing the dense owns where mvn of m nev whijhf u borer sUifiw y wsjut striding among ifca in aD form* of terror; an ignorant, Godd-lying pries hood chuckling over tbe miseries of mil lions; a proud and merciless nobility adding wrong to wrong, and heaping insult up•>ja r -bbery an fraud ; royalty corrupt to the v* ry heart, and aris tocracy rotten to the core ; crime and want linked hand in band, and tempting men to deeds of wo* and death; ihe*e are a part of ihe doom and retribution that shall come upon the E glish th'one and Eng i*h people. Boldi-rs, I look around upon fa niliar faces with a s range interest! To-m rrow m< ruing we g* forth to ih bat le—for n -ed I tell you your un wo thy mini-ter will march wi h you aud invoke God’s aid in the f we will march forth to battle ! Need I exhort you to fight the good fight —to fight for your Lomee.eads ; lor your wives an 1 1 h I’m f My fr ei.ds, I mght urge you to fijit by the ga'li g mem .r es of Briusb wrong. Wal.n, I might tril you of your fa her, bu caerel iu theri ence ot the , night, on the plains < f Trenton ; 1 might picture his gray h irs dabbled in bio d—l mi htrincr his deaih shti k in your Hhelrni er, 1 might t*U you of a butche ed naoiher and sister ouir <ged, ihe lonely f.rm-h n-e, the n ght ass mil, the r.xjf in flames, the shou sos ihe troop as they dispatche.l their victim, the cries for mer cy, and pleadings of innocence for pi y. I might paint this all again, in the vivid colo sos tbe ter rible rea ity, if i thought courage needed such wild ex< itemen*. Bui I know you are strong in the might of th* Lord. You will mnrch forth to battle oa the mor row w th light hearts an 1 determined sp rits, though she solemn duiy—tbe duty ©f ave gmg the dead —may rest heavily on ur souls. Ai diu t e hour of battle, when all around is darkness, lit by tbe lurid cannon glare aud the pierc ng musket flash, when the worn ded strew the grou id, and the dead liter y ur p th, then, remember, soldi*-!*, that God is wi it you. The e* t*rnal G and sigh s for you ; he ri es on the b ttle .•loud ; heswe*p* onward wi.h the march of th* hur icai e ch rge. G.>d, the awfo! and infinite, fights for you, and you will triumph. “ They that take the sword,shall perish by the sword” You h avc taken the *word, but not in the spirit of wron/ or teienge. You have taken the sword for y ur homes, for your wives, f t your little ones You have taken the sword f r truth, justice and right, and to you the p< omi is, be of good cheer for yi ur foes have taken the sword iu defiance of all that men hold dear, in blasphemy of God— they sh ul perish by tie swerd. And uow, b e hren and sold era. I bid you all farewell. Many of us wid fall in the battle of to mor ow. Go i t4ees tbe s ulsof the b U-n I M ny of us m y live to lell ihe ssory vfthe fight to mor row, md in the memory of all will ever rest and linger th * qu et scene of ibis autumnal eve. S-4 mn twilight advances over ti e vatiey ; the woodson the opposite begbts fling the r 1 ng shadows over the gr eu ot the meadow ; around u- are the tents of the c< n inental host, the *up p e sed tusle or the camp, the burred tramp ot ti e sold ers to and fro, among the tents, tbe Bti.l ne?s and awe that mark the eve of battle. When we meet aga n, may the shadows of twi light he flung over the peaceful land 1 God in Leaven grant it ! Let us pr*y. Marriage. Nature never did betray t"e soul that loved her ; and n Aura te Is mea and wo n-*n to tn*ry. Just as th** young man is en ©ring up-n life—just as he comes to the iudependence of max’s eetu< —just as the ciisis of his being is to be loved, and it is to be seen whether he de*i !e w th the g od and the great, and the tin-, or whether he .-in ad be forever I st—matrimony gives h‘tn baUaa’ end a r ghc impu se. War with nature an i she takes ha re rev. nge. Tell a young naan not io have an atta hrnent that is virtuous, and he wi-l have one is vicious. Virtu *us love, the hon est love if man tor a worn nhe is about to mar ry, gbes him an anchor for his heart; somethr g pure and beautiful for whi h to fobw and live.— Aud the woman, whit a purple tight it sheds op on her pa h ; it makes life tor ter no day dream, no id e hour, no painful shadow, no p tssing show but something red eain*st, wort* y of heart and head. But most if us are cowards, ad dare no dimk ro ; we lick grace ; we are of ht le fai.h ; our inward e\e is dim an 1 dark. Tbe m-aiern young lady must mairy in style: the modern y ung gentleman marr es a fortune. But iu the mean while the girl g ows into an old ma and, the yomh takes cham era—ng'es at the nur-ery maids, and becomes a man about ton. a man whom it is dangerous to ask sot” yur house, for his butineas is int igu *. The world might have b and a happv couple ;is ead t gets a w< man fretful, a plag ie to all around lie b oomes a sceptic in all virtue, a cor rup'or of youth of bnh sexes ; a curse in what ever domestic circle he mav penetrate. Even •verse may re-ult She may be deceived and may die of a broken heart. lie may rush from one folly to another ; asso with the vici< us and and praved ; bring isg Rce and sonowon h mself an I all around in; and sink into an ear'y gr*ve. Our great cities show what b comes of men and women who do nt marry. World’y fathers and mothers ad vie not to marry until they can afford to support a wife; and the boys wh-kedly spend double th*- imount in company. Hence it is, all wi* men ( ike Frankl n) advocate early maniagte ; and that al great rmn, with rare exceptions, have been men who married young. Wordsworth had only one hundred pounds a year when be first married. Lord Eldon was so poor that he had to go t - Clarke market, London, to buy sprats for supper Coleri ige and Southey we can’t find had any income at all when the? got n a ried. We ques tion, at anv time, whetb-r Lu her had more that, fi ty pounds a y ear. Fathers, you say you teach your sons pro fence—you do n thing of the kind ; your world y-wv-e and clever son is a ruined for life. You will find him at th# faro table and free love circles. Your wretched worldly wisdom taught kia to avoid thesnaws of toanjing yotpg, { TERMS: j $1 la advmpfq or, $2 at the end of the year* i johnTlseals v FKOPMIETOM. VOL HIH.-MMBER 39. *nd soon—if not invo ved m embarrawm*a s *hich will last him f.r li e—he is a base f Lqw—- heartless, fal e without a aing'e generous rea'i* meat or manly am; he has —“No God, ua Heave*, in ihe wide w rid 1” Familiar Qaotatlom There are mahy phrases an i qu tat’ons whi h are as familiar iu our ra. u hs ashuush.od words, whose origin is ei her u.ik .owii or mi co c ive t and wi hout enc>OHc i- g up>n ihe spheres ot the works devuted to iLi pu po.-e, we umy mentoa e few of the n : ‘There is dea h in the pot,’ is from the Bibfo, 2 Kings, iv. 40. Lovely aud p easant in iheir lives, ao 1 in and a h they w. re not di tided,’ is spoken . f tiaul and Jonsth n 2 Samu.l, 1, 23. ‘A man afr f er his own hesri,’ 1 Ssmu 1, xiii, 14. ‘The apple •*f bis eye,’ I>eut, xix 21. ‘A *ti I .mall voice, l Kii gs, xix, 12. ‘Escape.) wi h the skin ts my tettJob, xix, 20. ‘l’hat m'ne aoversary had wri ten a book,’ Job, xxi, 36. ‘Spreading Liius if ike a green bay ire-,’ i’nalra, xxxtii, 35. II ng e lour harp u,h u the wiilown,’ Baalm, cxxxvii 2, Kiches certainly make (ti. t take a-, i of *u quo ted,) ih*-m.elvcs wings,’ Proyerte, xxii, 5 ‘Heap coal* of fire upon his he d,’ lb and, xxv, 22. *N > ew thing un.frr the su Ecrieria-tr*, i9. s f m*ki’ g mat y books th re is no e. d,’ Ibi ! , xii 12, ‘Peace, paoe, where tt.ere is no p*ac (node ta rn us by Patrick ILnry,) J re.niah, vi, 11. My name is L-gon,’ Mark, 9, 5. ‘fokick agniuet ihe pricks,’ Acts ix, 5. ‘M -ke a virtue of necessity,’ Shakpeare’ Two Gen lem>n of Vrruns. ‘All that gb ters is not gold,’ usually quoted. ‘All is not gold that glit ters,’ Merchant ol Vei ice. Screw y< ur C"Ur<g<s to tbe sticking place,’ ( o‘ point.) Macbeth. ‘M-.ke assurance d.-übiy sure,’ L id. ‘Umg o n our ban ners on the ou ward (u t outer) wei s,’ I. and Keep the Words o pro nine lo ..ur (uot th*-) ear but b.e k it to our fr.pe,’ Ibi t. ‘I Dan ill wu-t that blows no one any g o t,’ Thomas Ta-her, 1580. ‘Ci.iiat mas e-*mes but ouce a year,’ Ibid. ‘Liok ere ihou leq,’ Ibid; a.d Lo. k ie’o e you ee yu leap,’ lludibras, common yqu ted, ‘Look bet re you :ep., Out * f uaud as Bo.m aa out if tigh jsually quoted, ‘Out of s ght out of mind,’ Lrti Bn>ke. Whai though tbefi Id be lost, all is uot I *-,’Milt n. ‘Aw.k**, ar’e t or be forever fiftler-/ Ibid. ‘Necessity, the tyrautis plea/ ‘I hai old man eloquent, Ibid. ‘Pea e uath h r vic orie-/ Ibid.— ‘Tuough ibia may be pla to you, ’t s death t - u-/ Roger L’E-ir at ge 1704. ‘Alley and i.o woo / uot little wool, Hud itwas. ‘Couni their chick*us ere (not before) they re ha cheo/ Ibid, lbruugh hick and thi „ Oiyde i. ‘•When Gretka jo neJ Greeks, then was the tug of w r/ usua ly qa>;ed, ‘srbeu Greek meet a G eek. then cou.es iho lug . f war/ Nattni I ‘O two eviD, J have chose the least/ Prior.— ‘R ch’ord is bms If again/ Cos ley (riblrer. Chs sic ground, Addison. ‘As clear as a whittle.’ By ron, 1763. ‘A god batir/Jolinso ia .a. *A (el ow fe 1 gtu k a oie(no.us) w. ndrou k nd. My name is Norvar,’ John 11 me, 1808 ‘Ask no questions aud I’ll ie.l pou i o fibs/ Gol imu ih.— ‘Not muoh the Worse f r wear/ (not none the worse,) Cow per. ‘Wit At wi 1 Mr-. Giu dy say/ I h mias Morion. ‘N *pnt up utca coti r cisy ur powers,’ Jonathan M. Sewen. ‘llaih giveu b s age* tr so-tune/ Iti.c-rn. ‘llis(Goi’s) ra.ge cut iu tbo! y/ Tbomaa Fuller. ‘\\ is and ma-or y i .actviiy/ Mokinti-sh m 1791, thiejgb aitnbu ed general y to Uu do ph. si s ii •, fi -t in p ace, and first in the hearts <f hi- fellow ciiiz us (not countryu.en,) re< lutfona | lesenteo to liou-e of R presen a ives, J>eo., 17h9. Po pared by Gene-al U*nry L -e. ‘Miliio. s for defence, bur iot onece tfor tiioute/ Charles C. Pi kmy The Al migbry Dollar/ Washing . n Irving. ‘As g ird as a play/ King Cnarle*,, wh n in Parl.au ent atteu.liug ihe oiscu-s on i L-*id R a-’s Divorce Bill. ‘S. ling a b.rgan’ is io Loves La b r L.\ *Faat and loose/’ It.id Pump ng a m n/ OteMy’s Ve iw Pr served. G. shack-/ o;e’s pnJ.gues to M- ries. ‘lu .he wrong bx/ F x’s Mar yrs ‘To lamn in iLe sense or ro he .1, Kng ani no Kiug, by Beaumo .t aid Fletc leu* The hackneyed new-pa|>er Latin quotation/ m pora nmntaotur, nos-ett mutamer in diis/ a uot fottud n anv cla*>i„* or La in au hor. Tbs nearest Sj pro <*h 1 1 il woh, Omnia mu ta ur, eet./ a-d ibis is found iu Borbonius, a Gerrn iu wri.er of the middle ages. ‘Smell ng f ihe lamK’ is to !>e fmnl in riur’- arch, and is there atiribu ed to Pyiheas. ‘A hi de bird told me/ canes from Eccietia- e- x, 20, ‘For a bird of the sir sbafl carry the v. ice, that which ha h wt >|s shall pii the in t.ter. He that fights and runs away Pay live to fight another day. ‘These lines, usu illy a.-crib^lY> Hu lrtbrs, are really mu h older. Theyx are to b- found in a book published Hi 1656. ‘lhesame ilea la, how ever, expressed in a coup! t pub ieh.*d in 1542, wh le one of the fragmeuts ot m**nai.der, tl e G.vtk writer, that have be* n preset ved, enib. al es tbe -ante idea in a sing e line. Ihe couple- iu UnJ ribraa is : For those that fly may fi2bt again W hich he can never do that’s Lin. ‘llell is paved wth good inte nion\’ tHough ound in Johnson and U rb rt, was obviously in their d-y as prov rbial *xpre in. Waltir Scott ascribes it to V<me st*-rn old divine^ ‘There is a good ini j coming, i* an expression used by Sr Waltir Scott in Kob Roy, and has double s, for a long time, Ueu a fomd ar tayi g in Scotland. Er puit ccefo fulmen, ceptrumqne tyranni-*, was a line Franklin, written • y l the mi.in ter ofLiui* XVI. It ia, however, mer*ly a m.difi a tion fa hue by Cordiual Pol gnae. Eripuitqtie Jovt fulmea, P celx xue sagiit.s, which iu tuia was taken from alias if Marcus M ni ins, who nays of Epicurus Er pui que J„vi fu meo viresque To anti. Vox popnli, Vox Dei. Tbe origin of this fa mi iar phrase is not known, but it is quoted as a proverb by William of Maiinesbu y, who lived ia the early part of It e Tw. Ith Century. Ulima ratio regom. This m<>ttn was engraved on Um Fwtwih auuit by order of Louie XIV,