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RflfoW, they saw destruction staring
»n in the face, but had not the arm
■Omnipotence to avert their late.—
Kc the tempest-tost mariner, whose
BpV bark is driven within the eddy-
Kng waters of the mighty Maelstrom,
Rhey saw that they were going down,
Ipown, down, but could not ply the oar
pvith the strength of even an infant’s
I arm, to save themselves from impend*
ing ruin. Such thoughts as these would
run through the mind of Harry :
“My passion for Inez lias seized upon
‘ mv very vitals, and it is now my life
and my soul. Take that away, and
ihy life is gone. The little bark which
I launched upon the stream of life is
about to be wheeled/ I know this;
and, therefore, as long as I can keep it
upon the bosom of the waters, I will
even paddle it about amongst the flow
ering little isles of my love for Inez,
reckless of the gulf which is yawning
beneath to receive me.”
And Harry acted upon this princi
ple. He was like a madman —moody,
melancholy and absorbed in what did,
indeed,’constitute his very life. His
thoughts by day, and dreams by night,
were of the object of his love. His
passion for Inez had become a mania,
and he was a monomanic. lie saw
that certain destruction awaited him,
but dreaded it not, and prepared to
meet it. Somewhat akin to Harry’s
feelings were those of Inez. She did not
go to the extent, however, that he did.
She never could think of letting young
Johnson know that she loved him,
nor, indeed, could she think of suffer-
ing him to become an associate, or
even an acquaintance. She knew her
father too well, and feared him too
much, for this. Sometimes, indeed,
the enquiry would spring up in her
mind as to the propriety of keeping
such rigid distinction between castes,
and the idea of an aristocracy based
upon merit, rather than birth, blood,
or wealth, would intrude itself upon
■ her when her thoughts were turned
upon Harry. But the recollection of
the anger and the scowl with which
her sire would meet such ideas, soon
drove her back into the accustomed
channel of thought. She remembered
that she was a De Burun, and a patri
cian, and that the most holy religion
of her father, and that which he taught
her, was a supreme contempt, aye a
bitter hatred, for everything plebian in
its character. And yet she was ro
se Ived to make one sacrifice for her
love for Harry, for she now inwardly
felt and acknowledged that she did
love him. That was to indulge in
looking upon his handsome face when
ever she could have an opportunity to
do so; and these opportunilies she re
solved to make, as often as possible, by
her accustomed promenades. And
yet, all this time, the lovers, in passing,
had never recognized each other. Inez
feared her parent too much to do so,
and Harry was too proud to make any
advances, where he was doubtful
whether they would be met with
favor.
Old De Burun began to notice a
change in his daughter’s demeanor,
when her passion for Harry had ren
dered her taciturn and abstracted. But
attributing this change to another
.cause than the right one, he seemed to
be gratified at it, rather than other
wise. Before leaving Cuba, and
while his daughter was quite a child,
he had betrothed her to Don Al
varez, a youth of noble family, and
related to the mother of Inez. He
had been expected at Kenilworth for
the last several weeks, and De Burun
attributed the lowness of his daughter’s
spirits to her Spanish lover’s absence.
Glad, indeed, to find some excuse for
her abstractedness, she eagerly en
couraged her father’s idea relative to
the absence of Don Alvarez. The
Don was a fine looking, handsome fel
low, about twenty-five years old, and
remarkably good,and agreeable com
pany. But Inez regarded him with
.. . the affection of a friend, and not of a
m lover. Iter heart was not in the'eh
% gagemcnt, though she had always ex
pected to. marry Alvarez, and still cx
ggjpected to do so, in obedience to the
of her father, though she loved
v # Harry. For her father’s wishes, c\s
pccially in reference to the bestowal
of her hand, vy;ere her only law. It
„ was now the, month of June, and, the
next fall, Don Alvarez was to leave
Cuba, and come and find a bride and
a heritage in the mansion at Kenil
s, worth.
One evening, towards sun-set, as
Harry was taking his accustomed walk
in the hope of seeing Inez, lie met her,
mounted upon a fine and spirited,
though gentle steed, while, at her side
was a gallant whose dark eye, hair and
skin, together with his. curling rnous*
‘ f , tache,- bespoke the Spanish cavalier,
gg- It .was Don Alvarez who' had arrived
& day or two before, at Kenilworth,
®md was now enjoying the society of
dps betrothed. And Inez was enjoy- 9
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tlw&on very much, though she-loved
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him not as she loved him upon whom
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were the affections of her whole heart.
And then she had so many enquires
to make about her friends, and her
old home upon the island. Os course
she was enjoying herself. As she
passed Harry, the warm blood shot
up for a moment into her checks and
temples, but fortunately it was not ob
served by Alvarez, for it would have
told enough to his quick eye to almost
burst his jealous Spanish heart. As
it was, a pang of jealousy did shoot
through his bosom, just from the bare
fact of seeing in the neighborhood of
his betrothed so handsome a face as
that of Harry. They rode on, how
ever, and no allusion was made to the
young man whom they had met. They
were engaged in a aay conversation in
Spanish, which was not at all inter
rupted by meeting young Johnson.
Poor Harry’s heart died away with
in him, as lie looked upon the gay
Don by the side of his life and his
soul, which had assumed the form of
Inez. He knew that she could never
be his, and still seeing Alvarez by her
side made him very unhappy. He
guessed the truth at once, and the
blood rushed to his head, while his
brain became giddy, and he felt as
though he would drop in his tracks.
He passed on, however, without know
ing whither he went, and a profuse
perspiration broke out from his fore
head and temples; which stitl burned,
however, as if he had a scorching fe
ver. Presently the light wing of the
zephyr began to fan his heated brow,
and, as he raised his eye to heaven, he
exclaimed, “blow on thou grateful
wind of heaven, and cool my poor
scorching brain, or it will soon burn
up, and be consumed with madness.”
By and by he came to a spot where a
cold, pure stream of water burst out
of the bank of a clear and beautiful
little brook, and he stooped down, and,
catching the water in his hands, ap
plied it to hi« throbbing temples,—«
Seating himself upon the bank, and
leaning his head against the trunk of
a tree which stood near, a stupor came
over him, and he fell asleep. 'A sweet
but cruel dream paid him a visit du
ring the brief interval of rest; sweet,
because he dreamed that Inez came to
him while seated there beside the
spring and applied the cooling liquid,
\v ith her own gentle hand, to hi3 ach
ing brow :—cruel, because this would
be but him suffer the tortures
of Tantalus when he should awake.
After having slept five or ten min
utes he aroused himself from his slum
bers, and a slow, heavy headache was
upon him. He began to think of his
position more seriously, now, than he
ever had before. He would have fled
away from his misery, but alas the fire
was within his bosom and was consu
ming his vitals, without any ability,
on his part, to quench it. But his res
olution was quickly taken. About
this time had come the news of the
battles of Palo Alto and Bcsaca, and
the voice of the drum and the fife were
heard in the streets of the village,
where he was clerking, calling for vol
unteers. An anxious desire to get rid
of the life which had become a burden
to him, now took possession of him.
He did not like the idea of becoming a
suicide, and so he resolved to sacrifice
his life upon the altar of his country.
After passing a restless night, he hasten
ted to the village, next morning, and
his first act was to place his name upon
the muster rolls of a volunteer com
pany, which, was to start, in a few
weeks, for Mexico.
At the end of' ten or fifteen days,
Harry was found again at his father’s.
There was but a little while ere he
would start with his company to the
field of battle, and he resolved to spend
that little time with his dear parents,
for he felt it would be the last that he
would ever enjoy with them. Amid
the booming of cannon, the shout of
contending armies, and the thick smoke
of battle, he resolved to die. To
have his heart corrode, canker and
decay, day after day, and hour after
hour, with slow death, was what he
could not bear. He longed for death,
but it must be a speedy one. There
were sweets for him in the soldier’s
grave which he could not look for any
where else, and under any circum
stances, in the whole universe of the
Eternal’s creation.
When Alvarez came to visit Inez,
he brought her, as a present, a fine
Arabian courser, which had been first
carried from Morocco to Spain, thenco
imported' by the Don to Cuba, and
brought to Kenilworth, especially for
the Senorita. lie was a beautiful,
glossy, mahogany bay, with a light,
arched neck, small head and ears, and
limbs as taper and light as those of the
gazelle. He was spirited indeed, But
as gentle and docile as a lamb. He it
was which Inez rode bn the evening
on which Harry had seen Alvarez by
her side.
The Don had taken his departure
for Cuba, a day or two before young
Johnson’s last visit to his father’s.—-
Before he left, he had received a pro
mise from his betrothed that she would
often ride the Arabian, for ,his sake.
Every morning, and every evening,
when the weather would permit, she.
was taking - exercise, upon horse-back,
in compliance with a promise which
was so congenial with her own feel
ings. On the f|rst evening after IIar :
ry’s return to his father’s, he had taken
his accustomed stroll in the hope of
again seeing the" object of his love.
He did see her, mounted upon her gal
lant steed, and looking more beautiful
than ever. She had on a rich velvet
riding dress, a cap of the same mate
rial, set off with a beautiful white
plume. Her feet were ensconced in
rich satin boots, and the end of her
toe just peeped out from beneath her
robe, while the very stirup seemed to
embrace it with a zealous idolatry.—
To Harry, she appeared the very queen
of beauty, and to him she was as the
unrivaled sun to the naked eye.
When she met Harry, she displayed
more perturbation than she had ever
done before. Unconscious of what
she was doing, she gazed upon his
pale, haggard, and care-worn face so
intensely, as to cause her a deep pang
of mortification when she saw that, in
her abstraction, she had forgotten to
guide her horse, and that he had actu
ally turned out of the path, and ap
proached the young man. Quickly
recovering herself, she struck her
steed a tap with her golden-handled
riding-whip, and loped off rather
briskly. Well for thee, Inez, could’st
thou have left behind thee the feeling
that was preying upon thy bosom, as
easily as thou casted’st behind thee,
him who was the cause of that same
bitter feeling. Inez not only loved
Harry, but now she pitied him. She
had heard through her maid Antonia,
who had learned it indirectly, by
means of some of the other negroes from
Harry’s mother, of his contemplated
expedition to Mexico. Mrs. Johnson
did not dream of the real cause of
Harry’s becoming a volunteer. She
saw that her son’s health had suffered,
-but he had encouraged the idea she
had taken, that it was from arduous
labor behind the counter. She thought
that her son was threatened with the
consumption, and nothing but the hope
that camp life might restore him, par
tially reconciled a mother’s heart to his
going away.
But Inez knew the cause of Harry’s
decline better than any one else, save
himself. When she lay down that
night, it was not to sleep, but to toss in
feverish restlessness from one side of
her couch to the other. If she opened
her eyes, she imagined she could see
before her Harry’s pale face, and now
emaciated frame. If she shut her eyes
to try to sleep, bloody visions of hard
fought battles crossed her mind, and
she could see Harry’s noble locks clot
ted with blood, and his pensive eye
looking upon her, as if beseeching her
to save him. Morning at last came
and as she arose to dress herself, she
exclaimed, “ Would to God, I had
been born in humble life, a simple
maiden, without wealth, distinction, or
title!” tier maid heard these words
and gu'essed her meaning, but dared
not open her mouth upon this subject,
for she knew her master too well.
At breakfast the Senorita was moody
and silent. Her father expressed fears
for her health, but she assured him
that, after she had taken her morning’s
ride, she would feel better. Her Ara
bian was saddled, and she proceeded
to ride through the grove where she
knew she would see Harry. As she
rode on, she perceived young Johnson
corning through the woods, and not in
the path as usual. She turned her
horse’s head in that direction, seeing
that Harry had not ns yet had his at
tention directed towards her, and pre
tending to be unconscious that any one
was near, rode gaily on, chaunting a
Spanish love-ditty. This was done in
order to make Harry believe she was
not aware that lie was near.
Harry was going along with his
eyes cast down moodily upon the
ground, and was so abstracted that it
is no wonder he did not see the object
of Besides this, a large
oak tree, with low hanging branches,
intercepted his vision. lie was awa
kened from his revery by the shrill
shriek of a female voice, as if in great
distress. The next instant, and an
Arabian courser was about to dart
past him, rearing, plunging and snort
ing, as a female form dangled from the
saddle, under his belly, in danger "ol
being trodden beneath his iron heels at
everv step. As Inez rode under the
oak, some hornets which were disturb
ed in building their nest, upon one oi
the branches, darted upon her horse’s
head and ears, and inflicted several se
vere wounds with their stings. Stung
to madness by this unexpected attack,
the noble steed suddenly reared upon
his hind legs, and; the beautiful rider
fell off. She was not, however, en
tirely disengaged, but her foot, encum
bered by the length of her riding skirt,
got caught in the stirup and she was
thus suspended head downwards from
the worse, and he was about to dash
off at full speed through Urn woods,
brains knocked out against some tree,
would have,, been her certain doom.
Ilarry, startled from his dream by the
noise which he heard, as the steed
was about to dash past, rushed at the
bridle, and hold the charger with the
gripe of a giant.
lie knew the courser at once to be
that of Inez, and this knowledge gave
his arm the strength of steel. With
one hand he held on to the bridle, and
with the other, he soon released the
Senorita from her perilous situation.
“Oh! God, arid the Holy Virgin be
thanked,” said Inez, in a tremulous
voice, “and you, too, Mr. Johnson,
who have so nobly saved my life—
how can I repay your kindness? All
in my power would I willingly be
stow on thee, for thy generous deed.”
This was the first time Harry had
ever heard the voice of the fair lady.
So sweet, so tremulous with emotion
was that voice, that every chord in his
heart vibrated as if it would be bro
ken into ten thousand fragments.—
Never had he experienced such in
tense excitement. He tried to speak,
but his voice choked. Finally he made
out to say in faltering accents :
“Oh lady! but one thing would I
have of thee, and that I dare not ask.
This heart longs, aye, even dies, for
thee. I dare not ask thee to love me,
but for thy love would I brave hell,
and forego the pleasures of heaven!”
As he spoke, he pressed his lips to
the small, and delicate hand of the
Senorita, who, entirely overcome by
feelings of love and gratitude, freely
allowed the boon, and replied:
“My heart, Harry Johnson, has long
been thine, and freely should my hand
go with it, but for tlie pride of my
haughty sire, who would rather see
me in my grave, and who would lay
thee in thine, ere he would consent to
our union!”
“And to his grave now shall the
vile plebian go,” thundered an enraged
voice, as the form of an aged man
rushed from behind the large oak tree,
which at first concealed Inez from
Harry’s view. “Accursed dog that thou
art,” continued the same voice; “thou
hast indeed saved my daughter’s life,
for a little distance hence, have I wit
nessed all. And the voice of Inez
have I heard, telling thee of her love.
For saving my daughter’s life, thou
hast my thanks ; but for daring to kiss
her hand, and to speak to her of love,
thou shaft die.”
Uttering these words he rushed
upon Harry with a brightly-gleaming
stilletto, and would have sheathed it
in his victim’s heart, but for some
brushwood which tripped his feet, and
caused him to fall, full length upon the
ground.
Quick as thought, Harry pounced
upon the old man, who was still ma
king an effort to rise, and effect his ob
ject, and pinning him to the earth,
wrenched the weapon out of his hand.
The next instant, and the burnished
steel was raised as if to strike it into
De Buruu's bosom. Tic eyes of the
old man gleamed like those of a ser
pent, as lie fairly hissed out words of
defiance.
“Strike!” said he, —“strike thou
whelp of an unclean kennel. John
de Burun can die by the fangs of a
mangy cur, and not quail even at that
deep degradation.”
“Oh Harry! wilt thou kill my fa
ther ? ” —now shouted Inez in an agony
of distress, who, from conflicting emo
tions, 7 could not speak ere this.
“ Call me not father, girl! thou who
hast dishonored my name and my lame,
by loving this cowardly poltroon.”—
So spake De Burun before Harry
could reply to the appeal of Inez.
“ Kill thy father, Inez,” said her lov
er, as soon as he could speak when old
De Burun had finished. “No! sooner
would I cleave my heart: and thou
John de Burun, know that for thy
daughter ’s sake, and for thy gray locks,
I will not harm a hair of thy head.—
But let thy thanks be to her and thy
white hairs, for, but for her and them,
the wrath which thou hast kindled in
my bosom by thy vile epithets, seven
times hotter than that furnace to which
the three -Israelites were condemned,
should be slaked in the blood of thy
deepest heart.”
“I defy thee, cur,” answered the
haughty old man.
“I reply not to "thy abuse,” said
Harry. “ And now” coutinued lie
assisting the old man to rise, and re
storing him his stiletto—“go in peace,
and for the sake of thy daughter, may
the blessing of lmayen be upon thy
gray head. Remember, ye both owe
me your lives.”
Ilarry wended his way towards the
house of his father, and the lord of
Kenilworth and his daughter, walked
slowly, and sullenly towards their Home.
As Be’ Burun left Ilarry, lie gnashed
his gums, and muttered as he went,
‘‘Revenge! Blood! 1 Murder!!!”
At this moment Col. Graham was
called oft' tqsee a gentlemen who wish
ed to transact some business with him.
As lie was broken off in his narration,
.the.said to Frank and Jack,
’ “ Fortunately for you, young gentle
men, I shall not be at leisure again un
til after dinner, and then, if you have
rested from the here, which I have giv-
I
,eji you. this morning, I will proceed
with my tale ”
Prank ai)d .Jack assured the Colonel
they would not know how to pass
their moments in the interval of his
narrative, and hoped th at time might put
on another pair of wings until the hour
should arrive for him to coutinue his
story.
“An everlasting plague upon the
man who interrupted us in listening to
Col. Graham,” said Jack, after the
Colonel was gone.
“Amen” replied Frank; “but we
must be patient, and hope for a happy
termination of the love-scarpc between
Inez aud Harry, for tnarry they did,
I have no doubt.”
“So mote it be” said Jack ; “but it
doubts me much, judging from Dc Bu
run’s character, about this matter. —
Nous verrons.”
TO BE CONTINUED.
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Mr. Editor:— You accuse me of be
ing lazy, and of violating my promise
“to drop you a few lines,” occasionally,
for the “Press.” Now, I could satisfy
you by an easy process of reasoning—
simple and convincing—that you are
mistaken--that lam not lazy. But to
do so, would cost me a little effort, and,
rather than undertake that effort, on so
hot a day as this, I will plead guilty
to the “soft impeachment,” and abide
your judgment in the premises. But,
by way of mitigating the sentence you
may be already prepared to pronounce,
permit me to say, (and I give it as my
candid oninion) that in such weather
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either physical or mental, with, any
effort, beyond what is necessary for
his wards, or what will keep him in
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When the thermometer ranges from
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and laborious. How much more so, to
write out one’s thoughts, and that, too,
wit i such particularity as is required
to make a respectable appearance be
fore your readers! Now, sir, is not
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clemency in my behalf. And I would
sav further, that when the “times and
the seasons” are more comfortable and
more favorable than at present, I will
furnish you a semi-occasional contri
bution, and this shall be your “security
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day to day to pour over your dull ex
changes—to sweat and toil over edito
rials, which, it is absolutely too hot to
read—to cull paragraphs of “latest
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proof, and in short, to attend to “all and
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sant would it be on such a day as this,'
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aching brow, and when the sun comes
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upon the toiling, sweating suflerers,
less favored, puffing and blowing like
an o’er charged engine. But this can
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and that flesh is sensible to heat, and
we must submit with the aid of an oc
casional indulgence of the luxury of an
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It is a biblical injunction that we arc
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This of course was not designed to be
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midst of the days when it finds its lit
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experience, there are few exercises that
draw more largely on a man’s perspir
ing machinery, than that of eating,,
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season in which that machinery seem
ed to be in better order, or capable of a
larger yield than the present.
But this will do. I set out Mr. Ed
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written for the “Press,” and behold
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my excuse. If these paragraphs have
not too much hot weather in them, you
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44 octavo pages, in double columns ; each year thus
comprising nearly two thousand pages of the
choicest Miscellaneous Literature of the ayd. Eve
ry number will contain numerous Pictorial Illustra
tions, accurate plates of the Fashions, a copious
chronicle of current events, aud impartial notices
of the important books of the month. The vol
umes commence with the, numbers for June and
December.
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THE Hlt H ISIIQI ARTERLIEIS.
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The Edinburgh Review (Whig,) The North Brit
ish Review (Free Church,; The VVestminis. er’s lie
view (Liberal,) Bluckwood’s Edinburgh Magazine
(Tory.)
The present critical state of Enropear. affairs will
render these publication unusually interesting du
ring the yr. ’54. I'hey will occupy a middle ground
between the hastily written news-items, : ruae spec
ulations, and flying rumors of the daily J .urnal, and
the ponderous Tome of the future historian, writ
ten after the living interest and excitement of the
great political events of the time shaP have passed
away. It is to these Periodicals that people must
look fur the only really intelligible and reliable his
tory of current events, and as such, in addition to
their well-established literary, scientific, grid theolo
gical character, we urge them upon tiie consideration
of the reading public.
Arrangements are in progress for the receipt of
early sheets from the British Publishers, by which
we shall be able to place all our Reprints in the
hands of subscribers, about as soon as they cun. be
furnished with, tii« foreign copies. Although this
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SOUTHERN CULTIVATOR^
for 1554.
The Southern Cultivator, a monthly Jour
nal, devoted exclusively to the improvement of
Southern Agriculture, Horticulture, Stock Breed
mg, Poultry, Bees, General Farm Economy, &c.—
Illustrated with numerous elegant engravings. •
The Twelfth Volume Greatly Jmproi'ed, Commences
in January, 1854. ’
The Cultivator is a large octavo of 82 pages, form
ing a volume ot 384 pages in the year. It contains a
much greater amount of reading matter than any
sni.ilar publication in the South—embracing, in au
dition to the current agricultural topics of the day,
Valuable Original Contributions from many of the
most intelligent and practical Planters, Farmers and
Horticulturists in every section of the South and
South-west
_ TERMS.
One copy, one year in advance, *1 00
Six copies, ...5 00
twenty-five copies,. 26 00
One hundred copies, 75 00
. The_Cash system will be rigidly adhered to, and
in no instance will the paper be sent unless the mo
ney accompanies the order. Tlie Bills of all specic
paymg Banks received at par. All money remitted
by mail, postage-paid, will be at the risk oftho Pub
lisher.
Address WM. S. JONES,
Augusta, Geo.,
THE SATURDAY EVENING POST..
.UNRIVALED ARRAY OF TALENT.
! The Proprietors of the 'Post’in again coming be
lorethe public, would return thanks for tlie gener
ous patronage which has placed them far in advance
ot every other Literary Weekly in America. And,
as the only suitable return for such free and hearty
support, their arrangements for 1854 have been
made with a degree of liberality probably
ed in the history of American,newspaper literature,
lliey have engaged as contributors for the ensuing
year, the tollowiug brilliant array of talent and gc
mous: Mrs, Southworth, Emerson llmnett, firs.
Dennison , Grace Greenwood, and Fanny Fern.
In the.first paper ot January, we design commenc
ing an Original Novelet, written expressly for our
columns, entitled The liride of the IVildiniess, bv
Emerson Bennett, author of ‘Clara Morland,” &e.
1 lus we design following by another called The Step-
Mother by Mrs: Mary A. Dennison, author of “Ger
trude Russell," &e. \Yt- have also tlie promise of a
number ot Sketches by Grace Greenwood. Mrs.
bouthworth will also maintain her old and pleasant
connection with the Post. The next story from her
gilted pen will be efttitled Miriam the lAvenger:
or the b atai. Vow, by Emma D.’E. N. Southworth,
author ot the “ Lost Heiress,” etc. And last, but
not. least, we are authorised to announce a series of
articles trom one who has rapidly risen vray high in
pomdur, la\ or. lhey will bo entitled a Few Series
ot Sketches, by Fanny Fern , author of “Fern Leaves,”
otc. ■ m i,..
We e&poet to commence the Sketches* of Fanny
tern as well as the series by. Grace Greenwood in
the early numbers of the coining year.
Engravings, Foreign’ Correspondence,—Agrieiil
tural articles, The News, Congressional reports, the
markets, etc., also shall oe regularly given.
“ Fbeap Postage.—The postage oil the Post to any
part ot the United States,—when paid quarterly
in advance, is only 26 cents a voar. "
rp, • • TERMS.
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' 44 1A Afi
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mo money .(or clubs olvvuys mustbo sent in ad
vance, subscriptions may bo sent at our risk. When
lin If kviSl V!™ 11 s tonld bo procured if possi-
Z.frf' Ulld ’ "-yl''’ d<xW|l«d lliioi tUo
(Mitral gMiKrtistinnib,
J. G. Rankin, \Vm. Murdock/Geo. L. g tllM
SUCCESSORS TO A. ATKINSON, & qq'*' I
THIS Establishment has bien in successful on
tion for a number of yoars. The Quarri*.,
well opened, and tne Marble/is superior to aiiVin
Unitea States. / • tll «
We have so perfected our facilities for getting 1
and finishing work, that we furnish Mouuniem 11
Tombs, Tablets, Headstones, ana everyt u “ S ’
our line of business, m belter style and at
rates, than any yard in Olio country.
When it is considered that we saw our own
ble, pay no jobber’s profit, and no high freight tw
the North, it will be seen that we do possess maw 1
advantage over all competitors. ‘ I#l
We cordially solicit! our friends and the public*
oxaminc our work, and compare our prices with tl, «
of other yards, before ordeiing Marble.
We have on hand in our yard at Marietta, H W
assortment of finished work—Monuments, Tomb?
&c.—where our agent, Mr, G. W. Summers, will sell
at our prices. Our principal work is done ,* .1, .
mills. Address . J. G RANKIN, & Cos. T
Marble Work P. o '’f
May 9, 1854: ■ 3
GEORGIA IIOMr (Al lTieT
A Southern Literary and Family Journal, publish,
edat Augusta, Geo. James M. Smythe, and E ot !
Ki:r A. VvvTEj Editors.
The Home Gazette is devoted to Literature!
Art, Science. Agriculture, General Intelligence, i*oa
Southern interests. The aim of the Ethtois i» t 0
make a useful and interesting paper, to blend tin
instructive und the entertaining together, in such h
way as to secure a high degree of interest, undyetut
the same time elevate both the Intellect end flic
Affections.
The columns of the paper contain Historical
Domestic Romances, Pictures of Social Life, Sketch-' 5 '
es of Biography, Choice Poetry, Entertaining .AueeJ
dotes. Scientific Memoranda, Agricultural o4ld Ini
dv.strial articles, the General news of the cWy,. and!
all Political Intelligence of any hnportuXoc. it,.,
sides a great variety of articles on all dies* subjects
the Gazette will w particularly adapted,for Fntnilv
Reading:., it is published for the liomeCirCle, uni
the Editors feel tnut they- have fully redeemed tini r
pledge to make it all a Home Ncwspa Jr should he
—entirely free from Political bias, utfe. high-timed
in character. • /
Grateful for the liberal encouragement which,
has been extended to our efforts to fuild up ut the!
South Literary and Family Journo/ of hign char
acter, we shall increase our exertions to ju&dfy tins
public confidence, and make the Gazette still ‘more
worthy ot general patronugo,
TERMS, j
Single copy, oue year, in advance] *0 w
Two “ “ “...I. ‘.’.’soe
Five “ “ “‘...J Yu,,
Ten “ « . \l,,
Address Smyth & Whyte, Edi'tfc YlomeGazetre
Augusta, Georgia.
The Southern Eelectic.
rTMIE TfCLECTIC will be composed of carefully
JL selected articles, from the leading Periodicals
Ox Europe, with one or more original papers in
each number from the pens of Southern writers.
We will be in regular receipt, by Will, among
others of the following standard Foreign Journals:
The Edinburgh Review, The North British Review
The Westminster Review, The London Quarterly
Review, The Eclectic Review, The Retrospective ik
view, Chamber’s Edinburgh Journal, Efiyu Cook's
Journal, Household Words, United -Service Journal,
Colburn’s New Monthly, Dublin University Mag
azine, Blackwood’s ..Edinburgh Magazine,' Ains
worth’s Magazine, Fraser’s Magazine, Hood’s Mag
azine, Sharp’s Magaz-ine, Tait’s Magazine, Gentle
man’s Magazine, Blackwood’s Lady’s Magazine.
The Repertory of Arts and Inventions, Bentley’s
Miscellany, Revu les deux Monds, Hogg's In
structor, Annals of Natural History WeiserZeitung,
London Literary Gazette, The Spectator, The Critic,
The The Examiner, The Times, Punch,
&c. These rare and costly publications which sel
dom, in their original-form, find , their way into
the hands of American readers, and yet are know
ledged to embody the latest aud choicest pro
ductions of the best writers of'Europe, will be care
fully examined, and their most attractive and valu
able articles will be reproduced in the pages of
the Eclectic. Thus, for a mere fraction of the
cost of any one of these works, the readers of the
Eclectic will obtain the select portions of all of
them:
With the . ample resources thus at our command,
in the British and Continental Journals, together
with sueh assistance as we expect from our native
writers we hope to publish a Periodical which shall
prove, in every respect, acceptable to the cultivated
reader: y.
The Eclectic is tlw ’.only Magazine of the class
eVer attempted in the 'South, and is designed to
supply an obvious void in our literary publica
tions: We need scarcely add, that it will be con
ducted with a special regard to the sentiments, the
institutions and interest of the Southern people:
While no topic will be excluded from its pages
that conies properly within the scope of literary
journalism, particular attention willbe given to
such subjects as are of praetbKd; upd permanent im
portance:: - * "■> ‘: :
The Eclectic will bo published at Augusta, Ga.,
the first of every month—each number eontainin-g
80 large octavo pages, in double columns, on good
paper and new type, making two. volumes, of 480
pages, each, in the year:-
TERMS for one yean One copy, $3 00—Six
copies, SI 500: always in advance:
The first volume can be had at the reduced price
of One Dollar, by early application to the Fuit:ur
D. K. WHITAKER,
Augusta Gu.
SOIL OF THE SOUTH
FOR 1854.
An Agricultural & Horticultural Journal,
Published at Columbus, Georgia, on the first of
every month.
JANES M. CHAMBERS, Agricultural Editor.
CHARLES A. PEABODY, Horticultural Editor
One Dollar a Year in Advance.
One Copy, one year 11
Six Copies, one year ,1 !>
Twenty-Five Copies, one year,! 2>t
One Hundred Copies, one year.; la
All subscript ions must commence zeith the volume
This Journal, now entering on its Fourth volume,
is two well known to heed any panegyric from the
publishers. This much we will say —we intend
to enlarge, and beautify it. Eacli number will
have a handsome cover, upon which advertisements
can be inserted, without taking up the reading
matter of the paper.
editors will each,'in his department, give a
re-cord of the progress and advancement of agri
culture and horticulture, especially, as adapted to
the Soil and climate of the South. Each number
will contain plans for the month, for the farm,
orchard and garden ; new plants ana seeds adapted
to Southern culture will receive the careful atten
tion of the editors, and a faithful report made
thus saving thereon, thepublic from much imposi
tion. "
To our patrons, we appeal ; how large an edi
tion slinll wo start with, sor 10,000 ? We know
there are more than 10,000 reading farmers, gaid
ners, and thirsts around us, who would save money
by taking the Soil of the South. But it is not confin
ed exclusively to this class* Every man that plants
cotton or corn, a cabbage, or a turnip, keeps a horse
or a cow, raises nn apple, pear, plum, peach, grap l ’*
fig or strawberry ; every laciy that cultivates a rose,
geranium or pink : every house-keeper that makes
a loaf of bread, or a pot of soap, will find in the
Soil of the South, for 1854, something worth ten
times' the subscription price. _ „
LOMAX & ELLIS-
Publishers—Columbus, Ga.
sJirti'J'iiiaiiiii'r
QUAItTERLY_ REVIEW.
rpHIS Periodical is the ouly one of its class in the
X entire region of the South: and its pages are
referred to ns the best evidence of the ability ot the
South, nnd its capacity to give expression to the
feelings, the interests and intelligence of tins see
tion of our country. Its purpose is to tairiy repres
ent ourselves, aud not to misrepresent others. 1
aims to maintain the truth as we understand it, an .
to assert the intellectual equality ot our seetiou,
while, at the same time,it will free the mind ot the
nnnd of our people from that state ot literary thru -
dom nnd dependency under which they have too
long labored. Wo claim, then, from all lovers of
the South and friends of a truly home htWftt'ire,
that support for our work which will enable us to
give it a free course, and thus make it eminent j
worthy of the world's admiration and our own
pride.* C. MORTIMER, Publisher,
Offlco Southern Quarterly Review.
April 1854. Law Runge, Broad st., Charleston A •
The following resolution was Adopted by the
Southern Commercial Convention, held in Charles
ton in April, 1854. 4
Resolved That the Southern Quarterly Review,
unhlished in the City of Charleston, by a native
of Virginia, and edited by one-ot the mi»t *. £_ ■
tincrniched literarv gentlemen ot the South. ,
onfy Periodical of that character, pn<>
and published in the Southern States
mg always defended the institutions a» d
of the South, is entitled to the
"jp YviVia:' “