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The Ripley advertiser. [volume] (Ripley, Miss.) 1843-1897, 1843-11-11

AUTUMN How forcibly, at Ibis season
Of The year, are we reminded OF the autumn
of life hen the bloom and vitality OF man
hood are past and the winter OF existence
is almost AT hand. The fading OF the trees
and he falling Of the leaves, speak impress.
sively to every hear,.--"Thou also mus
lose thy bloom and fall and perish in the
dust" Ii we survive to good old age--
(aIas! how many Of US will never see an,
other autumn we can be cheerful and
happy. Age is not sad and gloomy to hose
who possess KIND hearts and pleasant dispo,
sitions- who have so schooled IEeir afiec-
lions in the temple of wisdom, that they
have lain up store o! virtuous thoughts to
make The decline Of life.a season OF unai
loyed pleasure. True religion, implanted
N The youthful breast will be source OF
happiness, ill God shall sunder
he thread Of life, and translate the soul
. his mansion above - Portland 1ri
,une.
The Ripley advertiser. [volume] (Ripley, Miss.) 1843-1897, 1843-11-11

temperance Socks.
Warranted to keep the feet warm with
cut whskey; for sale by
J. B. WALKER.
The Ripley advertiser. [volume] (Ripley, Miss.) 1843-1897, 1843-11-11

'WmES of old The daring Knight
Sough. The foe on battlefield,
Firm he donned his armor bright
Sci lied lbc spear and raised the SHE
Hurting arrows filled the ar;
Lances shiv'ring flew around;
Old and young, and brave and fair,
Bleeding, sough, The purple ground!
Foremost in the battling crowd,
Speeds the steel.clad warrior by:
Rings the clamor wild and loud.
Thicker still The arrows fly.
On his breast the lances SILVER
Fast their swords the foemen WELD,
And the arrows, broken, culver,
Falling, harmless, from his shield
Thus may'st thou an image find,
Leaning on Life's battle. field,
Armor round thy limbs 10 bind,
Selling firm trusty shield.
Man an Grant warrior is,
Dealh-ward fighting bold his way
Rocks amcng, and Wilderness,
Or where pleasant valleys lag!
Wouidst thou ever victor be, 49,
Ger myself, and Ger the world,
Press thou onward valian'ly,
Where the lance and dart are hurled +!
Bind thy limbs in armor sure;
Wow with care the battlefield;
From thy soul by watching pure,
Seize a bright and trusty shield!
Then in vain shall arrows fly;
Spears shall SILVER on thy breast;
With bright, unfinching eye,
May'st thou win the warriors rest!
Nor,pich, N. Y.
The Ripley advertiser. [volume] (Ripley, Miss.) 1843-1897, 1843-11-11

"A FIRST rate article Of LONDON ALE and Pc
rEA for sale at KINGS corner by
J. b. WALKER,
The Ripley advertiser. [volume] (Ripley, Miss.) 1843-1897, 1843-11-11
& DEPARTURE OF The
MAILS AT RIPLEY, Mi.

TUsCUMBIA MAIL.
ARRIVES. DEPARTS.
Tuesdays, Fridays Tuesdays Thursdays
u Sundays at6pM & Sundays at 5 AN
HOLLY SPRINGS MAIL.
Arrives, Departs,
Tuesdays Thursd's Tuesdays Fridavs g.
& Sundays ATTAIN Sundays al Z Pm
PONTOTOC MAIL.
- Arrives, Departs,
WEDNESDAY, AFFIRM Thursday at5AM
OXFORD MAIL.
Arrives, Depar,s
Saturday, at 6rM Friday, a, s AM
PURDY MAIL,
Fridays, at I'm Friday, at 2pm.
W. B KIMBELL, P. M
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DEATH FROM THE BITE OF A
CAT

The Rockport Sentinel mentions the
death Of "a Mrs. johnson, with distinct and
aggravated hydrophobic SYMPTOMS, occasion
ed by the bite Of domestic cat. Mrs. John-
SON was passing through the yard Of her
house, having no shoes on, and seeing the
cat following her, turned and gave the ami
NAL a@kick. The cat instantly fastened up
on her left foot, inflicting two severe
wounds, which lacerated the skin about The
toes, and soon after darted upon her again,
and Bit the right foot over the cx,ensor tens
don. This was in May. The wounds soon
healed. and no serious inconvenience was
felt until late in September, when sharE
darling pains occurred in the righ
foot extending upwards to the body. These
increased in violence, and finally in III,
course Of a week, the usual SYMPTOMS Of by.
drophobia supervened, and continued will
accelera,ing force until death closed. Tt,
cat was killed soon after the bite was in
fiicted, consequently it isnot known wheth
crit was or was not rabid.
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SOME OF THEM QUARTo SIZE,
Which alone vii cost not less than
1OOO EOllHls.

The Vesperns contains 8 quar,o pages
is printed ON the fines, paper, and with
clear and beautiful Type, which renders ii
the cheapest periodical in the U. States.
and is the only one oflhe kind published
this side of the atlantic.
Numbers from tho commencement Of the
volume can be had.
0T- Any person obtaining four sabscri.
bers shall receive fifth copy gratis.
Address
JUSTIN JONES,
Publisher Vesperus,
No 2 water street Boston
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GRErcE.-A letter in the Commercial Ad
vertlser states that the Greeks had effected
another revolution, without shedding a drop
OF blood, and had obtained the kings ac.
acknowledgement Of the constitution adopted
in 1921 at Epidaurus. The occasion was
celebrated with all sorts ofrejoicings by the
meiOdramalic descendants Of the gods.
The Ripley advertiser. [volume] (Ripley, Miss.) 1843-1897, 1843-11-11

DISCOVERY. BaIdiconni, Of Vienna, i,
Is said, has discover ed solution Of sal-am,
moniac and corrosive sublimate, which pos.
sesses The property Of giving to substances
immersed ln it the hardness If stone, with.
out altering their natural color. The same
discovery was made some years before by
an individual, who died before bis secre,
was divuiged.
The Ripley advertiser. [volume] (Ripley, Miss.) 1843-1897, 1843-11-11

'WmEs of old The daring Knight
Sough. The foe on battlefield,
Firm he donned his armor bright
Seized The spear and raised the shielC
The Ripley advertiser. [volume] (Ripley, Miss.) 1843-1897, 1843-11-11

SEVERE Snow SroRM.--The Buffalo
Commercial Of Tuesday afternoon speaks Of
a heavy snow storm in that vicinity on Tues.
Gay morning. We learn from Pomeroy that
ine cars were detained twelve hours by The
siiecss Of this storm. At Buffalo the snow
tel % The depth Of FIVE inches, dong consid-
ensse do mage 10 the fruit and shade trees
49,
5re IN Ner Orleans The Picayune
"a 'hr ~ b ins:. ssss: "A very destructive
~s L'ohs "u' ieis morning al about 3
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WHAT IsIN A NAME-Why is i, Ina
the name of Henry Clay is never mention
ed ia public without an outbreak Of enlhu.
siasic applause? The Utica Gazette tells
US, that while Prof. Grimes was lecturing
in that place on phrenoogy, he had occa-
sion frequently to hold up for the inspection
Of the audience the portraits Of various per
sons remarkable for some prominent ex,er
nal indicate and for corresponding mutu
al manifestation of The character. Among
the rest that of Henry Clay and the mo.
ment that was done and The audience caughi
a view Of il, with the announcement that
this is The "llead tf Henry C!ay!' and be
fore the lecturer had time to utter another
word, there burst spontaneously and, as il
seemed, with almost entire unanim.ty, such
repeated and drowning peal Of applause,
encoring and cheering, three timesrepealed,
as to make the whole house as it were shake,
and the echoes of The explosion to reverbe.
rate through its arches and colonades.
Professor Grimes was evidently aston
ished and taken by surprise; and when the
noise had little subsidized pleasantly re-
marked, ",hat he had undesignedly touched
a very excitable organ or bumps
| 1t was the heart that was touched by the
name Of Clay--it was the swelling forth Of
gushing enthusiasm, determined to do "Jus'
lice TO Harry Of the West. "-Philadt lphio
Independent.
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TIL, WARRIOR.

ny AUGUSTUS sN0DGR ,ss.
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A contemporary pronounces the follow
ing cure for the govt, taken from an ans
cient work, TO be a sure remedy, which we
believe:
LIST. He must pick a handkerchief from
the pocket of a maid Of SO years, who new
er had wish to change her condition.
ID. He must wash it three times in an
honest miller's pond
Sd. He must dry it on aparson's hedge
that was never covetous.
4th. He must send il to doctors shop
that never killed patient.
5lh He mus. mark it with a lawyers
ink who never cheated client.
9th. Apply it to tho part affected, and a
cure will speedily follow.
The Ripley advertiser. [volume] (Ripley, Miss.) 1843-1897, 1843-11-11

A cheerful temper, joined with innocence
will make beauty attractive, knowledge de-
lighful, and wit good natured. 1t viii
tighten sickness, poverty and affection
convert ignorance into amiable simplicity
and render agreeable deformity Itself,
The Ripley advertiser. [volume] (Ripley, Miss.) 1843-1897, 1843-11-11

A well-dressed young gentleman ct ,
ball, in whisking about the room, run b.
head againsta young lady. He began L
apologize.
SHOT word, sir" said she, ri, is 60
hard enough to hurt any body"
The Illinois free trader and LaSalle County commercial advertiser. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1841-1843, 1843-04-07
The Pawusroker'. window.

There is more philosophy Of life to be
learned at a pawnbroker's window than
in all the libraries of the world. The
maxims and dogmas which wise men
have chronicled disturb the mind for
moment, as the breeze rufes the surface
of the deep still stream. and passes away
but there is something in the melancholy
grouping of a pawnbroker's window,
which, like record of ruin, sink into the
heart. The household goods--lhe cher
ished relcs-ihe sacred possessions of
affection bestowed, or eyes now closed
in death had once looked upon as their
own--are, as i! were, profaned, the as
sociations OF dear old times are here
violated the ties of love, kindred, rank
all that the heart clings to, are broken
here. 1t is sad picture; for, in spite Of
the glittering show, its associations are
sombre
There hangs the watch, the old chased
repeater, that hung above the head of a
dying parent when bes.owing his tremb.
ling blessings on the poor outcast who
parted with it for bread; the widows
wedding ring is there, the last and dear
est of all her possessions; the trinket,
the pledge of love of one now dead, the
only relic of the hearts fondest memo
ries; silver that graced the holiday feast;
the gilt framed miniature that used to hang
over the quiet mantle-shelf; the flute, the
lavorte Of dead son, surrendered by
starving mother TO procure food for her
remaining offspring; the lockel that held
a fathers hair; or, gloomier still, the
dress, the very covering Of the poor is
there, waving like the flag Of wrctched-
ness and misery. 1t is strange sight:
TO those who feel Alright there are more
touching memorials 10 be seen at pawn-
brokers' window than IN the monuments
in Westminster Abbey.
The Illinois free trader and LaSalle County commercial advertiser. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1841-1843, 1843-04-07

thing else, caused him to sing out, .well,
III do it'll do it,"
"You are getting on very WE'LL" said
said Mr.. Subbeworth--"I think | can
make decent man of you yet, and per-
haps a Christian"
Ned groaned.
1.-The second thing require of you is.
to GO TO Pumpkinvine Westinghouse to-
morrow, and hear me preach"
Ned attempted 10 stammer some excuse
--"I-l-that is" when the divine
resumed his devotional hymn. and kept
time with the music, striking him over the
face with the neshy part of the hand
'SIy soul mounted higher,
On chariot OF fire,
Nor did envy Elijah his seat"
Ned's promise of punctuality caused
the parsons exercise to cease, and the
words redolent of gorgeous imagery,
died away in echoes from the adja-
cent orags.
"Now, the third and last demand |
make of you is peremp,ory." Ned was
all attention to know what was to come
next.
"You are to promise to seek religion
day and night, and never rest until you
obtain it at the hands of merciiul Re-
deemer."
The fallen man looked at the declining
sun and then at the parson, and knew not
what 10 say, when the latter individual be-
gan TO raise his voice in song once
more, and Ned knew what would come
next.
"I'll do my best" he said in humble
voice.
"Well, that's a man." said Mr.. Subtle
worth. "Now, get up AND go down and
wash your face and dust your clothes, and
tear up Mr.. Paine's testament, and turn
your thoughts on high"
Ned arose with feelings he had never
before, and went to obey the
lavatory injunction of the preacher, when
that gentleman mounted his horse, took
Ned by the hand, and said :--"Keep your
promise and I'll keep your counsel. Good
evening Mr.. Forgeron--Fll look for you
tomorrow !" and of he rode with the
same impurturable countenancc, singing
SO loud as to scare the eagles from their
cyrie in the overhanging rocks.
Well, thought Ned, this is nice bust
ness! What would people say if they
knew Edward Forgeron was whip't before
his own door in the gap, and by Metho-
dist preacher too ! But his own musings
were more in sorrow than in anger.
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NO.44.

secret Until that time, could contain no
longer, but gave vent to his feeling in con-
vulsive laughter, as the burning tears Of
heartfelt JOY coursed their way down his
cheeks. Yes my BRETHREN he said, its
all fact that ! did maui the grace into
his unbelleving soul, there's no doubt
The blacksmith of the mountain pass
became a happy man, and Methodist
preacher.
The Illinois free trader and LaSalle County commercial advertiser. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1841-1843, 1843-04-07
TsIE ELACKsTsTEH OF THE NOUN
TAIN PASS.
CHAPTER /.


AT the entrance to one of those gorges
or gaps in the great Appalachian chain of
mountains, in their passage across the nor
,hern portion of Georgia, a blacksmith
had erected his forge, in the early settle
ment of that country by the American
race, and drove a thrifty trade in the way
of facing axes and pointing ploughs for
the settlers, and shoeing horses for way
faring people in their transit through
the country to examine gold mines and
land
As he was no ordinary parsonage in
the affairs of his neighborhood, and will
make conspicuous figure in this nara
tive, some account of his peculiarities will
not be uninteresting. Having acted
through life on homely maxim of his
own--"pay up as you go up" he had
acquired some money and was out OF
debt and consequently enjoyed the "glo-
rious privilege Of being independent" in
degree that is unknown TO many who
occupy larger portion Of this worlds
attention than himself. He was burly, a
we'll looking man of thirty.ive, Just
young enough to feel that all his faculties,
mental and physical, had reached their
greatest development, and just old enough
to have amassed sufficient experience oil
men and things to make the past serve
as finger board to his future journey
through life. With slTewd, bat enea,
bold, and honest look, there was a glesiu
expression in the corners Of his eyes tha
spoke of fun. The "laughiag dewitt u
his eye" was not malicious spirit how
ever. His physical conformation wat
!. 60 which combined gsss: spcsgsh ant
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TEE LAST.

And now I'm left alone, alone
Upon this dreary earth;
The last of those, who, in my youth,
Met round our native hearth;
When thought, on memory's rapid wing.
Flies backward to those years,
How near, how distant, yet how bright
That kindred group appears!
sec, cen now, the spot where stood,
My fathers oaken chair,
His aged, venerable form,
His smooth and silvery hair.
His wel-wom bible--and hear
His Deep impressive tone,
While asking blessings on our heads,
He sought his Fathers throne.
My mother, too, how plain SEQ
Her seat beside the door.
Her sweet, contented, placid smile,
The very cap she wore.
The seven who sat around them then,
Their pride, and hope, and care
NY sisters light and social glee;
My brothers manly air.
Sweet scene! and yet weep; what change
Is wrought by fifty years
How many happy hours we've known !
How many days of tears.
That home, and hearth Is deso!ate.
And those who gathered there
Have left it for another home,
Beyond earth's change and care.
The world--it is stormy one,
An April day at best
Why should dread the home they've found,
And fear with them to rest
Though all love have passed away,
Yet would ! not depart,
So strangely does the love Of life
Cling to the human heart.
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VOL. iii.
VI A N.

The human mind, that lofty thing!
The palace and the throne,
Where Reason sits, a sceptred king,
And breathes his judgment-tone;
oh! who with silent step shall trace
The borders of that haunted place,
Nor in his weakness own
That mystery and marvel bind
That lofty thing, the human mind
The human heart, that restless thing
The tempter and the tried;
The joyous, yet the suffering,
The source of pain and pride;
The gorgeous-thronged, the desolate,
The seat of love. the lair Of hate,
Self-stung, selfdeihed!
Yet do we bless thee as thou art,
Thou restless thing, the human heart |!
The human soul, that startling thing
Mysterious and sublime!
The angel sleeping on the wing,
Worn by the scotIs of Time;
The beautiful, the yelled, the bound,
The earth-ensaved, the glory-crowned,
The stricken in its prime!
From heaven in tears to earth 1t stole,
That startling thing, the human soul!
And this is Man! Oh ask Of him,
The gifted and forgiven,
When DER his vision, drear and dim,
The wrecks Of time are driven,
If pride or passion in their power
Can chain the lido or charm the honr,
Or stand in place Of heaven?
He bends the brow, he bows the knee:
Creator! Father none but Thee.
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Fn.hionnbie Good socic,x.

We are sayages to each other; nay
worse. The savage makes his fellow
savage welcome divides with. him his
homely fare; gives him the best, apart.
ment his hut affords, and tries 70 bush the
griels that are confined in his bosom.-
While in the city, and amoung our own
counuymen, aud perhaps our nearest
relatives, so very civilized they are ,lia.
we can not take the liberty to enter under
one roof, without ceremonious invita-
ton, and that they seldom give us. We
may leave our card al the door, but thew
would not give us dinner; unless, in
deed. it was in such style, that we
might behold their grandeur. and return
still more depressed 10 our own poverty.
The Illinois free trader and LaSalle County commercial advertiser. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1841-1843, 1843-04-07

The dis6gured coun,enance Of Forge
ron, was of course the subject of numer-
Gus questions thatnight, among his friends,
to which he replied with stern look they
well understood, and the vague remark
that he had met with an accident. OIL
course they never dreamed Of the true
cause. Forgeron looked in the glass. and
perhaps compared the changing hues of
his black eye from scutlie, to the rain
bow shipwreck SCENE blending every
color into one. Or, perhaps he had never
read that story and only muttered to
hmself--' Ned Forgeron whipped by a
Methodist preacher
His dreams that night were of a con(u-
sod and disggreeable nature and waking
in the morning he had an indis,nct mem
DRY of something unpleasant having occur
red. At first he could not recolect the
cause of his feeling, but the bruises on his
face and body, soon called them to mind,
as wei! as the promise. He mounted his
horse in silence, and went TO redeem it.
From that time his whole conduc, man
Tested change of feeling. The gossip
oftlle neighborhood observed it, and whis-
pered that Ned was silent and serious,
and had gone to meeting every Sunday
since the accident. They wondered at
| his burning the books he used 20 read SO
much. --Strange stories were circulated
as to this metamorphose of the joyial dare
devil blacksmith into a gloomy and tact
turan man. Some supposed, very sagely,
that spiril' had enticed him into the
mountains, and after giving him a glimpse
into the future. had miscd him to crag.
where he had fallen and bruised his face.
Others gave the prince of darkness the
credit OF the change; but none suspected
the Methodist preacher, and as the latter
gentleman had no vanity to CRAFTY, the
secre, remained with Ned.
This gloomy state of mind continued
until Forgeron visited camp-meeting.---
The Rev. Mr.. Snbbeworlh preached ;
sermon that seemed to enter his soul, anC
relieved it of burden, and the song of
'oh how happy are they,
Who their Saviour obey
was only half through, when he felt lik,
I ness men. -n ha
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The Rev. MIR. SubbIeworh was very
much pleased with his new si,uatiou.-
Having been transferred from level pine
woods country near the confines Of Flori-
da, the novelty Of mountain scenery and
pure bracing atmosphere, seemed to IN
spirc him with new life. Complemeniing
all the mothers on the singular beauty and
intelligence Of their children, with deli
cate allusian to their own personal APP
pearance, he soon became general favor
tie. Mr.. Subbleworth "knew which side
Of his bread the butter was on"
The time arriving for his departure to
visit the trans-mounIain portion OF his pas
toral care, he was warned of the dangers
he was about to encounter, but they were
heard with the same placid smile The
worthy ladies pictured to him "chimcras
dire" sufficient TO have abated the zeal OF
any other individual. But that gentleman
quoted their fears, by appealing to the
power that "iempers the wind to the shorr
lamb, " with countenance as lambille a,
could be imagined. Aud he departed
singing
"At home or abroad, on the land, on the sea,
as thy wants may demand, shall thy strength
ever be-
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A touching story is told by Lieut.. Par
sons, in his "Nelsonian "reminiscences,
Richard Bennett, when MORALLY wounded
10 one of Nelson's great battles. had re-
ques.ed that miniature, and lock Of his
hair, should be given, by Lieut.. p. to his
sweetheart, Suseite, in Scotland. The
gallant Lieutenant thus describes the inter-
view.
1t was the close Of the day, when
bright July sun was on the point OF set
ting, that arrived at the very pretty cot
iage of Suselte's mother. stated who
| was 10 the most respectable look
ing mairon | ever saw Of French exirac-
ton. In broken and bitter accents Of
heartfelt grief, she told me her daughters
death was looked for, and requested time
to prepare her 10 see me. A, last she ex-
pressed a wish to see the friend of Rich
ard Bennett; and was admitted TO the
Iairest daughter of Eve that ever found
this world unequal TO her blossoms. She
was propPed up with pillows, near the
open lattice Of her bed room, that was
clustered with roses. Her white dress.
and the darpery Of tue room accorded
with The angelic vision, who now turned
her iasu'ous eyes upon me, yelled in long
ffinged eyelids, She held on, her trans
parent hand, and gently pressed mine. as
knelt TO kiss il: and as she felt my tears
drop on it, softly murmured, 81 wish !
could cry that would relieve my poor
heart" She gasped for breath, and respi-
red with difficulty. "The lock Of hair
quickly, while can see it," She caught
att, wildly pressed il to her lips and
heart, and fell back. Her mother and I
Thought she had fdnted; but the pure and
,aoocept soul had returned TO God who
gave it. sx sa
rhe beskpfatscal rule Of morality i,
f. peeer 10 a0Sany hing which you would
.fNlN.xk4ku ttN.t w .L.L-tl Z
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rhe bcsk.Pfstscal rule Of morality Il,
ever 10 aassny hing which you would
ID unwilling thaR all The world should