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- . . . ' ’ ‘ ‘ ‘ ‘ ‘ ‘ “ ‘’ ‘ “T ‘ ‘ V * imu ii mt mu (mum m n nimiiti. m mu mu oi mm ir uiiet. JOHN H. SEALS, j EDITOR A PROPRIETOR. ( NEW SERIES, YOL. 11. TIMM! ORIADIR. PUBLISHED EVERT THURSDAY. EXCEPT TWO, IN THE YEAR, BY JOHN H. SEALS? TERMS : SI,OO, in advance; or $2,00 at the end of the year. ’ RATES OF ADVERTISING. 1 square (twelve lines or less) first insertion,.. f 1 00 Each continuance, 50 Professional or Business Carets, not exceeding i six lines, per year, p 00 Announcing Candidates for Office, 8 00 j ST AN DING AD VE KTI6EMEN TS. 1 square, three months, o 00 ( 1 square, six months, < 00; 1 square, twelve months,.. - 1* 00 2 squares, “ “ ?? 22 t 8 squares, “ “ - *l. | 4 squares, “ “ —....<>•> Ou; ggy*Advertisements not marked with the number ; of insertions, will be continued until forbid, and j charged accordingly. jy Merchants, Druggists, and others, may con- : tract for advertising by the year, on reasonable terms, j LEGAL ADVERTISEMENTS. Sale of Land or Negroes, by Administrators, j Executors, and Guardians, per square, Sale of Personal Property, by Administrators, Executors, and Guardiabs, per squaro,— 3 20 Notice to Debtors and Creditors,. -3 25 Notice for Leave to Sell, 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, 3 25 LEGAL REQUIREMENTS. Sales of Land and Negroes, by Administrators, Executors, or Guardians, are required by law to be held 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 be given in a public gazette forty days previous to the day of sale. i Notices for tho sale of Personal Property must be j given at least ten days previous to the day of sale. Notice to Debtors and Creditors of an Estate must [ be published forty days. Notice that application will be made to the Court es Ordinary for leave to sell Laud or Negrees, must be published weekly for two months. (Citations for Letters of Administration must be l published thirty days —for Dismission from Admin istration, monthly, six months —for Dismission from Guardianship, forty days. Rules for Foreclosure of Mortgage must be pub lished monthly for four months —for compelling titles from Executors or Administrators, where a bond has been given by the deceased, the full space of three nwntKs. will elways be continued accord ing to these, the legal requirements, unless otherwise ordered. DIRECTORY. W 7 KING & SONS, Factors A Commission Merchants, and For** warding Agents. SAVANNAH, GEORGIA. W. KING, SB. | MCL. KINO. | W. KING, JK. Nov. 22, 1856. 46 wiTsEABKOOK LAWTON, ($200,000 Cash Advances on Produce.) UPLAND AND SEA ISLAND COTTON, FLOUR AND GRAIN FAC T O K, FOR WARDING A COMMISSION MERCHANT, No. 36, East Bay, Charleston, S, C. Feb. 19 B__ D. 11. SANDERS, ATTORNEY AT LAW, ALBANY, GEORGIA, Will practice in the counties of Dougherty, Sumter, Lee, Randolph, Calhoun, Eariy, Baker, Decatur and Worth. Jan. 1 ly 1 WHIT G. JOHNSON, ATTORNEY AT LAW, Augusta, Ga. WILL promptly attend to all business entrusted to his professional management in Richmond and the adjoining counties. Office on Mclntosh Street, three doors below Constitutionalist office. Reference —Thos. R. R. Cobb, Athens, Ga. June 14-ly J A WES BRO WN . .1 TTOR.VMS V J T JL.f l¥\ FANCY HILL, MUKHY CO., GA. April 80th, 1867^ WOT. GIBSON, ATTORNEY AT LAW, After fifteen years’ practice, has permanently loca ted in AtOI'STA, CIA. Will attend the Courts in Richmond, Warren, Co lumbia, Burke, Jefferson and Lincoln counties. 53F~Otiice corner Campbell and Broad-streets. May 24, 1856. _ __ 20 _ PHILLIP B. ROBINSON, A TTO RNEY A T LA W, GREENKSBORO’, GEORGIA. Will practice in the counties of Greene, Morgan, Putnam, Oglethorpe, Taliaferro, Hancock, Wilkes and Warren. July 5, 1856. _ ly _2o_ _ | ROGER L. WHIGIIAOT, A T T 0 R N E Y AT L A W, Louisville , Jefferson co., Ga. WILL give prompt attention to any business en trusted to his care, in the following counties: Jefferson, Burke, Richmond, Columbia, Warren, Washington. Emanuel, Montgomery, Tatnal! and Scriven. April 26, 1856,--tt LEONARD T. WOVAL, ATTORNEY AT LAW, McDonough, henry co., ga. Will practice Law in the following counties, to-wit: Henry, Spaulding, Butts, Newton, Fayette, Fulton, DcKalb, Pike and Monroe. Feb 2 4 11. T. PERRINS, ATTORNEY AT LA IF, GREENESBOBO’, GEORGIA, Will practice in the counties of Greene, Morgan, Putnam, Oglethorpe, Taliaferro, Hancock, Wilkes and Warren. * Feb. 13 ly 7 POETRY. I HAVE VO WIFE. I have no wife!—young girls are fair, But how it is I cannot tell ; No sooner they are wed than their Enchantments bid them all farewell. The girls, God bless theta ! make us yearn To risk all odds and take a wife, To cling to one, and not to turn Ten thousand in the dance of life. I have no wife I—who’d have his nose Forever tied to one ione flower. E’en though that flower should be a rose, Plucked with light hand from fairy bower. Oh, better far the bright boquet Os flowers of every dime and hue, By turns to charm the mind away, And fragrance in the heart renew. ! I have no wife!—l now can change Fr mi grave to gap, from light to sad, And in my freedom, wide can range, Fret for a while, and then be glad. I now can heed a siren’s tongue, And know that eyes glance not in rain ! Make love a pace, and being “flung,” Get up and try mv luck again 1 | I have no wife ‘—and I can dream Os girls who’re worth their weight in gold ; Can bask my heart in Lore’s broad beam, And dance to think it yet unsold : Or can 1 gave upon a brow Which mind and beauty doth enhance ; Go to the shrine and make my bow. And thank the Fates I have a chance! I have no wife!—and like aware, Can float away to any land, Curl up and kiss, or gently lave The sweetest flowers that gem the strand ; A pilgrim, I can bend before The shrine which heart and mind approve, Each star that slues the heaven abovo. 1 have no wife !—in heaven they say, Such things as weddings are not known ; j UuyoKcd the blissftil spirits stray O’er fields where c. re no shade has thrown. Then why not have a heaven below, And let fair Hymen hence be sent? It would be tine ; Out as things go, Unwedded folks won’t be content! The Mill In the Sea. In olden times there once lived two brothers, one of whom was rich and the other poor. When Christmas was Dear at hand, the poor one had not so much as a bit of meat or a crust of bread in the house, so he went to his brother, and beg ged him, tu God’s name, to give him a trifle. Now, it happened that this was not the first time that the rich brother had gived the poor one something, and he was not particularly delighted when he saw him coining. “If you will do as I tell you,” said he to the un welcome visitor, “you shall have a whole ham that is hanging up to be smoked.” The poor brother said he would do what he told him, and thank him too. “There it is,” said the rich brother, flinging him the ham, “and now go to the lower regions.” “Since I have promised it, I must,” observed the other, taking up his ham and gomg bis way. After wandering about the# whole day, just as it grew dark he perceived a bright light at no great distance from him. ‘lt must be here,” thought he. On going some what further in the forest, however, be found an old man with a long white beard, who was cut ting wood. “Good evening,” said he with the ham. “Good” evening,” replied the man ; “whither may you be going ?” ‘ Oh, I’m only going to the lower legions ; only 1 don’t know whether I’ve come the right way,” replied the poor simple-hearted man. “Yes, you are quite right,” said the old man, “the entrance is just here:” and then he added, “When you get down below, they will all want to buy your ham, for swine’s flesh is a great rarity there ; but you must not sell it for money ; so rather ask to exchange it for the old hand-mill that stands behind the door. When you come up again, then I will teach you what to do with the mill ; for it has its use, I can tell you.” Un entering the underground dwelling, every thing happened just as the old man had told him. All the imps, great apd small, gathered round, and begaD outbiding each other for the ham. “I had intended feasting upon it on holy Christ mas eve, with my wife,” said the man ; “but, as you seem to be bent on having it, Tin willing to part with it; but I will not take anything in exchange except the old hand-mill that stands behind the door.” The chief imp did not at all relish parting with his nill, and he began to haggle and bargain with die mau, but the latter remaiued firm ; at last the imp was fain to let him take the mill away. When the man had emerged from the under ground dwelling, he a-ked the cld wood-cutter how he used the mill, and, when he told him, he thanked him, and returned home ; but, let him make what speed he would, he did not i reach it till twelve o’clock at night | “Where in the world can you have been ?” i said bis wife, he came iu ; “I’ve been sitting here aud waning hour after hour, and I had not as much as a couple of splinters to lay across each other under the gruel-pot, to cook our Christmas dinner,” “Ob,” replied the man, “I could not come soon or, for I had some business to mind, and, was o bliged to go a long way about it. But you shall see what I have brought back with me.” lie theu placed the mill on the bable, and made it grind, first some candles ; then a table cloth ; then food and beer—in short, all that was wanting for a Christmas feast : and whatever he called for, tbe mill ground it immediately. His wife stood by and crossed herself many times o ver,'and was very anxious to know how her hus band had come by the mill. But this he took care not to tell. “It matters not how I got it, wife,” said he “you see that it is a good mill, whose waters does not cease to flow, and that’s enough.” And then he ground eatables and drinkables, and every possible dainty for Christmas week; PMFIELD, GA., THURSDAY, OCTOBER 8, 1857. and on the third day he invited his friends to a : banquet. When tbe rich brother saw what a feast was in preparation, he tamed hot and cold with vexation, for he grudged his brother the least windfall. “On Christmas eve,” said he to the other guests “he was so miserably poor, he came to ask me for a trifle in God 1 * name, and now, all of a sudden he is as grand as if he had become an earl or a kinff.” Then turning to his brother, he said:— “Where on earth did you get all these tiches?” “Behind the door,” answered the other, who bad no mind to let tbe cat out of the bag. But to wards evening, when he had taken a drop too ’ much, be could not keep bis counsel any longer, | but brought out his mill. | “Here is the golden goose that has brought me all my riches,” said he, and made the mill grind first one thing and then another. On seeing this, the brother wanted to buv the mill of him, but the other brother would not hear of it at first. At length, however seemed to wish for it so very much he said he would take three hundred pounds for it, only he bargained not to part with it til! harvest; “for,” said he, “if I keep it till then,l shall be able to grind enough for many a year to coma” During this space of time We may easily imagine that the mill was not allowed to grow rusty; and when harvest-time came, the brother had it given him, only the other bad taken good care not to tell him how he was to manage it. It was evening when tbe rich brother brontht the mill home, and on the following morning he told his wife that she might go into the field with tbe reapers, and that he wonld meanwhile pre pare the dinner. Towards mid-day, therefore, he placed the mill on the kitchen table. “Grind away,” said be, “and let us have some herrings and a mess of milk of the best sort.” So the mill to turn out herrings and milk, till all tbe did*??, and pots and pan* were fried, and at last tbe kitchen was oom]>!etbly flooded. Tbe man kept twisting and turning tbe mill; but do whathe would, tbe mill did not cease grinding, and at length the milk had risen so high that be was in danger of being drowned. He now tore upen the chamber door, but it was not long before the chamber was likewise inundated ; and it was with difficulty that'he could wade through the milky tide, and manage to unfasten the latch of tbe house door. No sooner bad he opened the door, than out he rushed, still pursued by a torrent of milk and herrings. And ou he ran till he bad reached his brother’s ; and then he entreated his poor relation, for God’s sake, to tAke the mill back; “tor if it goes on grinding for another hour,” said he, “the whole village will be inundated with her rings and milk.” But the brother refused to take back the mill unless the other counted him out three hundred pounds more ; and as there was no Lelp for it, the rich man was fain to pay him the money.— So, now that the poor brother had money as well as the mill, he built a house that was far handsomer than the one the rich brother inhabi ted. With the help of the mill he collected so much gold that he could cover tbe walls wiih plates of gold, and as the house stood near the shore, it could be shining from a great distance at sea All who sailed near the coast were sure to anchor in the neighborhood, and to pay a visit to the rich man in the golden house, in order to see the wonde.ful mill One day, a captain, who, like so many others had come to see the mill, inquired, after looking at it, whether it could grind salt ? “Yes, it can grind salt as well as anything,” said the man. The capain then wanted to purchase it at any price; “for,” thought he, “if I had this mill, I should not be obliged to sail so far over the roung sea to fetch salt, and then I could make myself comfortable at home.” At first the man would not hear of selling it, but the captain teased, and teased so long, that he consented to part with it for many thousand pounds. As soon as the captain had obtained tbe mill, he took care not to remain long in the neighborhood, for fear the man should repent of of his bargain ; so without even stopping to inquire how be was to manage the mill, he went back to his ship and sailed away. On reaching the main sea, he took out his mill, and cried, “Grind salt, and let it be prime staff!” And the mill began togrind salt till it split and cracked again. When tbe captain found his ship was full, he tried to stop the mill, but, in spite of all his endeavors, the mill went on grinding, and the heap of salt grew higher and higher; till it finished by sinking the ship. 8o now the rniti stands on the bottom of tho ocean, and keeps grinding on at this this very day, which is the reason that sea water is salt The True Spirit of ’75. On the day succeeding the adoption of the Dec laration of Indedctidenee, John Adams, exulting in that glorious event, addressed a letter to Mrs. Adams, in which may be found the following spir ited, patriotic and prophetic paragrah : “Yesterday, the greatest question was decided that was ever debated in America ; and greater, perhaps, never was or will be decided among nw*n A resolution was passed, without one dissenting colony, “that these United States are, and of right ought to be, free and Independent States.’ The day is passed; The fourth of July, 1776, will be a memorable epoch in tbe history of America.— lam apito believe it will be celebrated, by succee ding generations, as the great anniversary festival. It ought to be commemorated as the day of de liverance, by solemn acts of devotiento Almighty God. It ought to be solemnized with pomps, shows, games, sports, guns, bon fires and illumina tions, one end of tho continent to the ether, from this time forward forever 1 You will think me transported with enthusiasm, but I*ara not. f ara well aware of the toil, and blood, and treasure, that it will cost to maintain this declaration, and support and defend these states ; yet through all the gloom, I can see the rays of light and glory. I can see that the end is worth more than all the swans ; and that posterity will triumph* although yon aft* l zbty whwt I fcopa wt Ml art. ! Touching Incident. oecjjrrence took place some time ago in a seaboard town in England. Six little children got into a boat on the beach, and a mis chievous boy shoved it ot!. The boat drifted a way to sea before the children were missed. Ter rible was the agony of the mothers when they knew it. A number of men went oflf in all direc tions ; ever)’ boat was on the look out until far in the night Daylight returned, and still there was no tidings from the helpless children ; the day wore away and still nothing was heard from them. They were either lost on the wide ocean or bu ried in unfathomable depths. A Plymouth fisherman, fishing early next morn ing, discorered something floating in the distance; he bore down to it, aud discovered it to be a boat aud in tbe bottom six children huddled together like a nest of birds, fast asleep—God having tiv n them that sol <ce after a ddy of terror aud den pair. He took them aboard and gladdened their de-pairing little heart* with the promt*© of Diking them home. Between three aud four o’clock in the afternoon the fisherman was seen in ?he offing, the boat astern. All eyes were turned towards him ; the best spy glasses were rubbed again and again, and at last they could fairly see that it was the identical boat. The news flew through the town—the mothers eam frant'Cto the beach, for there were no children discerned in the boat; uonc to be seen on the sloop. Intense was the agony of suspense, and all alike 6hred it with the parents. At last the boat came in, and the word went round, “they are all safe ;” and many stout-hearted men buret into tears, women shrieked with joy, and became al most frantic with their unsupportable happiness. It was indeed a memorable day ; and a prayer, eloquent for its rough simplicity, was offered up to Aimigbty God, who, in his infinite mercy, had spared tneee innocent children from the perils and terrors of the sea during that fearful night Five of those children were under five years of age, an<i the sixth w’as but nine years old. Progress Downward . —A correspondent of the Western Episcopalian tells the following sad story: Last week I saw a young man at the bar of igfXtce. lie was sentenced to imprisonment in the penitentiary for fifteen years. His crime was bur giary and grand larceny. He was a perfect stran ger in our community. I sought an irterview with him, and repeated my visits for three days. I tried to learn something of his history. Hewa the son of a minister. He is ihirty-eight years of age. Those only who learned his abilities, natural and acquired, can see how far he has fallen. He has a vigorous mind, is well educated, has a qui. k perception, aud he might have attained to almost any situation of honor or profit if he bad con ducted himself with propriety. He has, he tells me, learned the printer’s trade, the painter’s, and ho has been a reporter for the press. I have now before me a letter, which he wrote me just before he left the prison. Its composition, its style, its penmanship, are of the first order. I inquired of him particularly the cause which led him to his present condition, for this is not the first offense. He gave me substantially tbe following: “ wicked associates and companions, trifling with female af fection, tippling and intemperance, gambling and neglect of a'i moral and religious duties, idleness. He says he commenced this downward career be fore the age of eighteen years. He followed his wicked course till ne reaps its bitter reward. Let every youth that reads this account, ponder over the cause that led to this fell, and then let them see the cons quences. They are loss of property, of/character, of self-respect, a hardened and des perately wbked heart, a mother weeping over a fallen son, a wife and child deserted, conscience seared and God offended, the laws of man broken, and a fife of fifteen years hard labor in the State prison. Would you avoid the end of this fallen youth, shun tbe causes which led to the end. And it is safe—perfectly safe. Neither “moth nor rust” corrupts it; nor can thieves breakthrough to steal it. Moreover it shall increase—forever in crease. As long as you five on earth, you may add to the principal, and its interest will multi ply, beyond all computation, to 1 11 eternity. Croe sus was rich, Solomon was rich, Luculus was rich, and the Rothschilds are rich ; but the humblest heir of God is richer far than all. It may be tha* the stores you have already accumulated in Hea ven would buy this town, buy the district, buy our country, buy the world, and still be comparative ly uutouched. Nay, think uot this extravagant! I would not barter the heritage of the most desti tute of Christians for the whole Globe and all its improvements. Lift up your heart; let it expand and fill and overflow with bliss. At the lose of the short journey through time, you will see eter nity open before you, all nu.iant with the varie'y of your boundless and endless possessions. Be not proud, indeed—alas, for the folly of all pride ! —but be grateful, thankful, hopeful and happy.— Stockton's Sermons. A Long Term. —A convict was discharged fron Bing Sing prison ou the 6th insi., who had sp. nt thirty years in the State prison. He was sen* te the old cty prison in 1823, for the term of four teen years. He was one of the chain gang sem to Sing Sing iu 1828, to build that pri-on. At the expiration of his term he was out'about thm years, tnen sent back for ton year?. He was out only three months; was drunk all the rime; was then taken up and sent for six yeart; that time expired on the fifth. He has been a good con vict; has been punished only once during the entire thirty years; he is now m good health ; is fifty-six years old, and is a superior mason and stone cutter. He intends to devote the balance of his fife to himself.— Syracuse Journal fSTDibden had a horse which he called Graphy. “Very odd name,” remarked Oxberry. “Not at all,” replied the wit, “it is quite logical- When Thought him, it was a Buy-a-graphy; when I mount him it is Top-o-graphy; and when I want him to go, it is Orthography.” Tfce Advantages of Ladies’ Society. It is better for you to pas an eveuiug once or twice a week in a lady’s drawing room, even though the conversation is rather slow, and you know tbe girl’s songs all by heart, then in a club, tavern, or in a pit of a theatre. All amusements of youth, to which women are not admitted, rely on it, are deleterious in their nature. Ail me-i who avoid female society have dull perceptions, and are stupid, or have stupid or gross tastes, *nd i revolt against what is pure. Your club swaggers, who are suckidg the butts of billiard cues iff nigh call female society insipid. Beauty baa no charms for a b'ind man ; music does not please a poor be iste, who docs not. know one tune from another; and as a true epicure is hardly ever tired • f water anchovy and brown bread and butter. I protest can tit all night talking to a well regufeted, kind wom*n, about her girl c- raiug ou:, or her b > E'on, and ike the evening’s entertainment o\e of the great benefits man may derive from o ma'i’g society b, that be is bound to be re pecuu •o them. The ha it is of great god to your mo \ al men, depend upon It. Our .education in-ikes ns | ;he most eminently selfish men in ih- world. Yv fight for ourseUas, we yawn f r ouraeives, we Iwi t our pipes and say we won’t go <>u\ we prefer our selves and our ease; and the greatest good that, come to a man from a woman’s society is, tbt tu bas to think of somebody besides himself, to who be is bound to be constantly attentive aud respo. t fu I. — Thackeray The Passage of Animal* to and from the Ark. —’-The following is from Hugh Mil lea’s Testimo ny of the Rocks :—“A continuous tract of land would have stretched—when all the oceans were • continents, and all the continents ooeans —between ! tlm S uth American and Asiatic coasts. And it i-* just possible that during the hundred and swenty years in which the ark was in building. a pair of sloths might have crept by inches across this continuous tract, from where the skeletons of the great megatheria are buried, to where the great vessels stood. But after the flood had sub sided, and the change in eea and land had tik n pDce, there would remain for them no longer a roadway ; and so, though their journey outward might, in all save tbe impulses which led to it have been altogether a natural one, their voyage homeward could not be otherwise th*.n miraculous. Nor would the exertion of miracle have had to be restricted to the transport of the remoter travel ers. How, we may well ask, had the flood been universal could even such il;inds as Great Brit *;n and Ireland ever been replenished with many of their original inhabitants I Ev-m suppo log it possible that animals such as the re J dee and the native ox, might have swam acr ss the Straights of Dovet or the Irish channel, tog*a/e acewover the deposits in the bones and horns of their remote ancestors had been entombed lon ages before, the feat would have been surely f r beyond tbe power of such feeble natives of to soil m the mole, the hedge hog, tbe shrew, th<- dormouse, and the field-vo’e.” The Women of Palo. —A terrible outbreak, or ra ther inbreak, occurred at Palo, 111., recently. It seems that certain - women of that now notorious place took it into their heads to go on a head-break- . ing excursion. The Champion of Freedom indorses these women as respectable! Is it respectable to smash heads, we should like to know? It is true, the heads which were broken happened to be those of the rummie’s whisky barrels. The Champion re lates the “wreck of atter and the crash” of—-good liquor as coolly as though it had been the heads of the rummies themselves instead of the heads of then barrels which got the smashing. It says, with aston ishing complacency: Six of our most respectable women went to the depot, and smashed in the heads of quite a number of whisky barrels, and then gave mother earth quite a treat Nor did the outrage cease with the spoliation of the “critter.” The women most unmercifully drove the rummies from the place. They compelled them, vi et armis , to sneak off into an obscure place, ‘•here, in a rear building, approachable only bv a ;ong, narrow alley, and accessible only by one person at a time, they were obliged to pursue the sale of liquor under difficulties. It is 100 bad. Such “suf ferings is intolerable.” We recommend revenge.— N e would have an army of at least twelve men re turn the compliment, by smashing every snuff-box they can find on the premises of the aforesaid wo men. The Love of Home. —ls nobler sentiments tbar the following, which were uttered by Dnntel Web ster, ever fell from human lips, we have yet to se them. They are, indeed, pearls of the rarest val ue, and should be cherished in the very heart of hearts y every one : It is only shallow-minded pretenders ho make ither distinguished origin a matter of merit or ob scure origin a matter of personal jvpmacb. A man who i- not ashamed of > irnself need not b •shamed of his early condition. It did happen to ne to be born in a log cd>in, raised a ong tl* snow-drifts of New Hampshire, at a period so ear iy hut when tAe smoke first rose from its rude chimney and curled over the frozen hills, there wav i . similar evidence of white man’s bsbita ion be wren it aud the setilements on thr rivers of Da ela. Its remainssti l l exts: ; l make tt an annu-i vidt. I carry my children io it, *ud teach them he hardship endured by the generations before them. I love to dwell on the tender rccolleetio. s, the kindred ties, t’ e early affectiom* and tho nar rations and incidents which mingle with all 1 know of this primitive family abode; I weep to think that noue of those who inhabited it re uo imoug the living; and if ever ’ fail in affection ate veneration for him who rawed it and defended it against savage violence and destruction, cherish ed all domestic comforts beneath its roof, and through the fire and blood of seven years’ revolu tionary war, shrunk from no toil, no sacrifice to serve his oountry, and to raise his children to a condition better than his own, —may my name and the name of my posterity be blotted from the memory of ms kind. ■ T - 1 / - I— jggr*“My dar,” said an Irish gentleman to his wife, “I would rather the children were kept in the nursery, when I am at home, although 1 “f 1 object to U*ir note*, if tlwould only C TERMS: 1 $1 in advance) or, $2 at the end of the ye** \ oo ) JOHN H. SEALS V. PttOPKIETOtt. VOL. XXIMUIBER 40. “I Want to Be an Angel. ” A child sat in the door of a cotug 4 at the clo>e of a summer “■abbatb. Tbe twiiight was feoing, and as the shades of evening darkened, one after another of the stare shone in the sky, and looked down on the child in his thoughtless mood. He was looking up at the stars, and counting them as they came, till tln-y were too m my 4 obo Counted and his eye wander ng ov P r the heavens, arch ing the bright world bove Hte wa- -o dw>-h and, •hat, his mother ch fed to bi t), and i-ai i, “My e n what a>e you thinking of?” He started as if sudde ly a- u-ed from si ep, and answered, “I was teit'king—” “Yes, said his mother. 1 k - w vou wore th k i’lg; but what w-te von h link ng thou: *0!” sad v, e hi-, li tl evt - > rk!e j .fe , he h -ug'o. “I wn’ .i be a a “ ‘ dwh , nty son w ntd .u b *tn a gel ?"’ ’He i ven ts up there t* t no, in th ? u ’m"-@ t O a'.gels |-Vi . a <.! love ‘rod, dl r rp\ I ; to ih I was goo >. an * <tol wo i t- k .and jf >t m w,i t. n pim ‘or v r.” I The motor-r cld hi i. t h r k-ne, and h ate don her h sotn nd we r t. B.’ e wep to . vdsm a> hed bes f hair fitsh ad a- lie * and th Te an.i kissed histone ead ; anti then t‘ • im that if he w-.til J giv- hi h t Go now wh ie ne wa young, me Savior w- uld forgave a 1 his sn, and take him u>t. h ven w eu • e died, and then be w uhi be with G and ftpwer. His youeg heait was com otted. He kn. It at h.s mother’s knee and said, “Jesus, Savior, Bon of God, Wash me in Thy precious blood; I Tby little lamb would tie, Help me, Lord, to lo >k'to Thee.” The mother took the y ung chi! 1 * hi- cham ber. and soon he was a*fee , or am •> rhnp* -f angels and heaven. A few mouth* af erw r *t..k *.* was Lnn and the light of that cot: tg % a * t jov ft; mother’s heart, wen on: 1! bre te t is in her arm-*; and a- h •>> k v >• g ki- N h tampered in her eat *•{ ..•n g tng n ; an .*. gel” Lht!e reader, do you wi -b o be an angel ? Early Days. Life—A River. Human life is lute the stream of a mightily riv er. We are launched up>n it unconscious!*-, *iid “irfrab boat glides nois de-’slv down its narrow ‘bannoj; over the plavfu rip K-soft o- tnur u rfeg brook, aid close to the wind g- of is grassy'hu-m mings. The trees wave tfeir hi. s-< nr- plumes ibove our yom g i.-ads. the flo*. re oi .h bri k offer t eir and pto o n yo-mg -cnees ; H rie mak s u> happy, an we each out a-ter ) • b aut,’ =- ev rvw'o re around us a id grasp—a and g-a j. e iy. but the stream hastens *** >y w ill is eea.eles* song, a/.d strl our hands ate • mpty. As h< sun g.ies up to the meridian of ra mho -J, the stream •videos and the curre • quickest* its pnce and sings a founder song. Our sofes grow br <ve, and the ye kindles at the moving diorama of industry a round us ; we are pleased with the prospect, and grasp—and grasp eagerly to gain gifs, t.ut lo 1 ourhmd-v are emp y. The stream widens aid astens us onward leaving joy- and griefs b -bi and. As the great days j.- u<ney <ir -ws to a close, we gra-p—and grasp eagerly for gold and tor power, but our hands are si 1 empty. Naught c*n im pede the progress of our boai—shipwreck and form hinders it not -whe herthe hurricane howls or the gentle b'eeze -i sg- i ! s pldnt've tig. Je river hastens to iis ban l>- ring u up n it* ros ng bosom. Now, Go re is a hi**mg swe oin > s U*tfe waves as wave c a* s “ a *-> ; die voyng draws io a close, the river widen* an- st gt-o-u*, the roar of a great ocean fibs “Urears —the g*e*-n :ands of home fade out from the eye—riiefl -oos of the unchartered sea risnin pilfers about u—we lose sight of the ear h and its rife e- wit-- empty hands, end of our fur h-r voyage. ; augh is known ; for its log b.mk is left in ho h Heaven. Twenty-sevisn Liquok Sellers arted to the House of Correction. —The Court of Coinm’ n P . as for Essex county, which has recentiv closed its shs ston in Newbury port, has, by conviction ot hqu r sellers, produced considerable stir among the di-afers of the ardent There were twenty seven convictions tor liquor selling, and if we may judse by tbe ac counts which have reacted us through th<- Nw buryport Herald, th* District Attorney has be n ve ry impartial in the pr ’socuious. Some of tne ;>ar tns were young men, some women, some of them old women. One tnan was worth fro n 25,000 to 3t, nOO. Ihe whole twentv-Srven we-e carted to’ the House of Correction at one time to be l-icked up with felons and prostitutes. A conviction was obtained in one case which is o‘ c msjd rahfe i iteres to own ers of real estate. Tab whs under a section of the law which provides that buddi'g* used for the i le gal sale of intoxicating liquors shall be deemed com mon nuisance, thus placing them in the same cate gory with houses for gaming and prostitution. The person keeping such a piace w liable to fin 4 and iu prisomucut, and tbe proprietor ->f the baiUpng is liable to a line of not more than SIOOO an i imp* s ontnent of not more than S‘x m >ntbs While, the liquor sellers a u terrified at ton* action of tho Oottrt; i-.ere ts another das* of p re /n,s who are rejoicing in the hope that their fo-uselm] 1 ill be made ha pv .md comfortable ny icmoving the temotttton Irons their friends who have teen lapidty descending ton drunkard’s grave —Boston Re*. GoodTfifews. No poverty ther ! Mil ions of go-*! m- n have left the e-trifi poor; But never h* <>ne e teed Heaven poor. L aarus, he ru .meitt b <tc be died, was a beggar at u.e gate, bu m a m me t after his dent- his esiare had so fe*t tf.at the haughty worldling. smII su-vivingm all his in fluence, in comparison >i h hon wis a penniless pauper. O, poor bel ev -t 1 tejo e© in pr spect of vour o-raod inheritance 1 It i* loCorruptii-fe. un- . defiled and fadeth not aw y. It i* re *1- im mense, inestimable, un-p >ak be. , H*s l no’ bee., your endeavor to lay up for y<>urs f tre sores id Heaven. Why not oftener ihink of resulte ther 1 Fear not. There is “g od news fern” that “fer oountry.” Unsuccessful s you may have seemed on earth, y. ur Heavenly cheme- have all prospered. 01 -*■- ■ 4 The treasury of God overflows with your wm am