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-^7 v *N From the Congregational Magazine. THE GOODNESS OF GOD, Atf DiSPYAYED IN THE VARIETIES OF NATURE - r There is diffused over the material and the intellectual world, a]wonderful^aod indescrible variety, the evident design of which is to produde happiness to man. We perceive this variety in what are com?olIo?t the elements. In the liaht: J"""'; ? - - --a from the first ray at break of dawnkto the full blaze of perfect noon. We behold it in the alterations of the seasons; from the oppressive heat of summer, to the piercing cold of winter, in the appearance of the transient and ever-varing clouds, from the dense black mass, charged with the bolt of heaven; to those tinged with the hues of gold, of silver, of crimson, and of those unnamed beautiful colors, which art labors'in vain to imitate, and to the light fleecy troops, which, like embattled armies, move slowly beneath the azure canopy of heaven. We behold this variety in the numerous species, orders, and classes bf the precious things which the earth produces, from the massy rock, to that fossil star, the sparkling diamond. If we turn our attention also to animated nature, and glance at the feathered tribes that people the open firmament of heaven, decked as they are with almost every variety of color, and endued as they are with different degrees of strength,, from the Con. dor of the Andes, sweeping on its prey, to the Hamming bird, with a plumage, the beauty of which mocks the painter's skill ?the very same character prevails. We behold it,- moreover, in the creatures which are confined to the surface of this globe; from the enormous elephant, down to the most minute of those creeping things, which creep on the face of the earth: in thegreat and wide sea also, where Leviathan sports, ahd where are creatures innumerable, both small and great. All in iteivfeit, on earth, and in ocean, teems With ratiety. The same is perceivable in the human frame. In the feebleness of infancy, the vivacity of childhood, the giddfiness of youth, the contempialiveness of manhood; in the venerable sage, and in the old man, borne down with a weight ?> ?<! fill?d with vitin and trround ? ? less apprehensions. We mark it in the < human mind. How various its powers! How diversified its capacities in different individuals. One has the genius of a Milton, or a. Newton; another is raised only a few grades above the idiot. OneJs 'flbf imagination all compact;" another lia'S judgment, as his master faculty; a third' excels iff tracing events to their causes; and actions to their principles, audi in classing and arranging his ideas with admirable facility; and he ranks with those who 8Te designated philosophers; a fourth'combines almost "all these excellen- , cies, and appears equal to the acquisition ( of any art or science be deems worthy of , Ms attention, end to the accomplishment , of any object be chooses to undertake. , And as all Without is varied, so we our- j selves are ever undergoing a change.? { The knowledge which we have to-day dif- f fers in some respects from that which we r enjoyed yesterday; and with" out1 know- ^ ledge, in a short period of time, our very cliftract'er undergoes mutation. In a few ^ years, we appear to ourselves, and to those who, after a considerable lapse of time,* renew their intercourse with us, dif- 1 faredt beings from what We were in child- ' Hood, in youth, or in early manhood: and f in old age we look around us, we are ? vrfflvfo tn ivcinim. where is the world I w?s borii in! Who is there that ever tales ' the trouble to watch the 'movements of 3 his own mind, who does not perceive that * he lies down on his couch every evening, ' with views, or feeling, or sentiments,' different in some respects, minute, perhaps, ( a lid only discoverable by careful attention; f but yet different from any be had before 1 experienced! And do we not, ff we make 1 the inquiry, every morning find that we ' rise with emotions, purposes, and inten- 1 tions, diverse from any which ever before ' occupied our bosoms? nor can we disco* I ver any one day, nor even one hour, in ' ibe whole history of our past life, which fiords tin exact type of any one day or ! ur of that history. This mutation of view, of feeling, and of cftaract^, is an indication both of our 1 weakness and imperfection. It discovers to us, as evidently as experience can teach the lesson, the vast disparity subsisting between us a id the great Creator and uphol der of all things, who inhabiteih eternity, atfl With whom there is no variableness, neither the least shadow of a turning.? But it also, at the same time,, shows us the power and the benevolence of God. it.. Qur Terv mwiivii-jr cviuuva inai we uave ' *S ' & . ? v. .' -?* . i, J v - :V % t vv.. .y something l<r*1iope [for, and change must be pleasant to a being who, like man, does not enjoy complete satisfaction in any slate while he continues here below. The kindness and wonderful powerful of God are, therefore, displayed in thus meeting our necessities and supplying kthem, not, indeed, that full satisfaction will ever be tn fnllon man on earth, nor even JUUI uvu ?v ?- r to him who, by tbe troth and grace of God, is partially restored, from the ruins of ihe fall: but the constant sense of dissatisfaction is, by these means, prevented. Th6 very constitution of our nature seems to require that wc should be free from every thing like an uninteresled.monotony. God has provided that his rational creatures should pass through a series of mental changes; not only to try them, and eventually to perfect the character of all those who truly love him; but' to deliver them from that misery which would be the inevitable result of a constant lepetition of the same actions, the same thoughts, and even the same pleasures. Similar remarks are applicable to the irrational and material creation generally. If the canopy of heaven always wore the J same unchanging appearance, though that, appearance were characterized by remar-! kable beauty; if the ocean always raged in tempest, or always presented a perfect- j ly calm and unruffled surface, or was always broken to the eye with the very same undulating flow; if the earth were entirely level, or, in every part, at equal intervals, elevated into hills or mountains of pre* cisely the same height; if the same verdant, or flowery, or scar^appearance on the surface ever met the eye; if the air were always agiteu to toe same aegree; 11 all the classes of animated beings ever presented tbe same dull, uniform, unchanging appearance?whether in air, or on earth?how much should we lose of that pleasure which this fallen, but ever varying and beautiful world affords to us. Here* then, in this great machine of tbe universe, tbe power and goodness of God are displayed. How different tbe re. suits of tbe operations of these divine attributes from those produced by the works of the most curious and complicated machinery of mere human invention. Different we mean in this respect: the latter invariably produces the same effects by the same general impulse. If a change is to take place, the whole operating power .of the machine, or, at least, of that part which produces the final result, i must undergo a change also. But in the ' world of matter and of mind, the very J principle of operation, iu any given.class ( or species of the creatures of God, ap pears issuing in an unbounded variety of effects. We are accustomed, by the aid of the microscope, to contrast the coarse and rude workmanship of the finest specimens of human ingenuity, with the fine and exquisitely delicate touch of the Dt- ? ?ine Artificer; and with the same eleva- , ing views of the Author of the wonderul world, we may contrast the doll, leaden* miformity of the effects produced by hnnan art and industry, with the golden va- ^ iety of his operations, who is ' wonderul in counsel, and excellent in working." ( It is obvious that the power of God in lis works might have been displayed in* j very different manner. He might have * * - at.a ? ? . ? ? t given one color to an me oojecis mai meet i the eye; one note and oue tone to all the ? sounds that salute tjie car. All animals night have had only one general form* rhe human face and the human frame only I jne general character. Our days and ^ fear's might have passed on, so that our . jxperience during their progress might lave been one unkroken succession of ( he same purposes, sentiments, and emoions. If this hadkbeen the case, our plea* mres, if, iudeed, we should have enjoyed my, wotild have been few in number, and ^ without variation, in the kind and degree }f impression produced on the mind; and they would consequently,Jin all probability, very soon have ceased to yield any g gratication whatever. How striking, then, .1 . .? i i 1 is me manifestation wnicn we nave, in a > ivorld thus constituted, of the wisdom and goodness of God, consulting and racting, ] not merely for the being and preservation J of his rational creature man, but attending most carefully to his happiness, and promoting it in a manner little noticed by thousands, but yet most obvious to the reflecting mind. We think no valid objection can be urged against transferring this reasoning to thai < world, the glories of which death and I judgment will make adequately known to us. It is true that the objects which it presents to the contemplation of its bles- | sed inhabitants, have never met our eye, 1 V ' . r"' * ?v- , 2 V ^ - * ? t 4 * -+ '/ nor saluted our ear; but we have, in one part of the sacred volume, such descriplions of its glories as are amply sufficient to assure us, that there is not only an abundance of all that is admirably adapted to human nature in its purified stale, but that over this abundance there is also diffused a charm of variety, similar, .though infinitely superior, to that which we behold in the objects by which we are here 1 i surrounueu, It is probable that in the heavenly world one prevailing sentiment will pervade our intellectual being?that of adoring gratitude to the Author of our felicty. But it is more than probable that this sentiment will be kept in constant exercise, by a variety of expressions of the wise, powerful, and gracious attributes of Deity. FBBSH SPRING And Summer Goods. THE subscribers have just received a handsome assortment of Spring and Summer Goods; CONSISTING IN PART, OF Superhne black urape uambiet, " blue black crimp'd do. While, drab and brown French Linens, Striped and plain Linen Drill, Cotton Cassiroere and Drilling. Merseilles Vesting, Very fine white Silk figured Valencia, A fine assortment of Cloths and Cassimeres " " " Handsome Printed Lawns and Muslins (just imported) Fine black and white Jackonet Muslin, 41 French Cambric Prints, A very handsome assortment of SPUING CAXICOBS, Fancy Gauze, Silk, Satin & Picnic Shawls, Ladies' summer Gloves, of every description, Afresh snpply of Zephyr-Worsted, and Canvas, ? ? * 4 rir .1 *** _t _ 1 u 7! j&ngiisn jong uioin, uamoncsaau .nusuus of all kinds, Linens, Lawns and Linen Cambric Hdk'fs. Bleached and unbleached Shirtings and Sheetings, Ladies' Hoods, new and old .shape, They have, also, a good assortment of Gientlemcn's whife and drab HATS, for . summer, Gentlemen and boy's Palm Leaf flats, of different qualities. SHOES, of all kinds, principally from White's factory. ?ALSO? A general assortment of Hardware. Groceries, dec., which will be sold unusually low for Cash. JONES &> HUGHSON. Camden, March 21. ALL persons indebted by note, bond, or open account, to Wm. Nixon, deceased; are requested to make immediate paymentand all persons having claims, are reques, Led to render them in according to law, to either of the subscribers. PRISCILLA fflXQN, Ex'rx. WM. B. PARKER,) ? . J. D. WINN, \ Macon. June 2. NEW DRY-GOODS, AT TffiRY LO-flT PRICES AMONG WHICH ARE: Fine Mourning Calicoes, at 26 cts. per yd do Half mourning do af 25 " " do mourning & half mourning Lawns, 50 , and 75 cents per yard, * j do Light color'd Lawns, atGOcts. per yd Linen, for gentlemen's wear, from 25 to 62 1-2 cents per yard, - ] Jnbleached Homespuns, at 6 I-4 cents i per yard, ' I jawn Lawns, at 50 cents per yard, f i'urnilure Calico, (handsome) at 18 3*4 ] cenjs per yard; . * , iVith a compete assortment ofHry Goods i quallydow. ALSO? )ne case Nun's Bonnets, at 75 cts. each. ! ?ALSO? , , A handsome assortment of Gentlemen's * IATS, suitable for tfte season, very tow, * >y H. LEVY. , flay 2. tf23 " t Musical Instruments. <. JUITARS, in cases, plain apd ornamen , tal, of different sizes, Guitar Strings ( wired and plain; CapotPAetras,'Screws x pins, &c. for Guitars, arid Books of In- [ struction, by Klemm, Thorp & Clifton. t VIOLINS and Flageolets, Flutes, patent 4- keys, plain and German, small and ? large Octaves. [ Violin Strings, Bridges, Bows, ebony an B box wood pegs. i Instructions for the Violin, Clarionet, Flnte c Flute and Flageolet, rlunteo's Instructions for Piano Forte, ? large and small size. - - -t Carr's & Challoner's do. Pinno Fnrtp Primer. Music Paper. Music for the Guitar and l?iano. c Just received for sale by i - ALEXANDER YOUNG. July 23. STR1FED, FlItOM my plantation near Manchester, sometime in May last, ttvo MULES; one a bay mare, and the other a brbwn, or rather a black horse Mule. The black one i had a rope around his peck when they went < off. Any person en taking them up will be i welcome to use them until they give me in- i formation, and all reasonable expenses will be paid. WILLIS RAMSAY. . - '% -> % ' V -r ' ? --.v. \ ^ . ? ' r T !& m " "* \r, + * ^ !? " M ORIDiVlNOE To establish and regulate a Town Guard. 1. Be it Ordained by the Intendant and Wardens of the Town of Camden, now met and sitting in Council, That four periona shall be elected by the Council, who shall constitute and be the Town /"I .J In an/1 fn? ihn aeM HPin lion and V7UUIU, ill IW? VUV Dttiu AVITU) ill MV. plane of the patrol of said Town, who shall perform all the duties required of the patrol, by Laws of the said State and Town now of force, or hereafter to be passed, and shall be subject to all the penalties, and shall have all tho rights and authority, of the patrol, and the protection extended to the patrol, contained in the Laws of the said Town and State now of force, or hereafter to be enacted. 2. Be it farther enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the Council shall designate 'two of the said four Guardmen, who shall be Sergeants of the Guard, and shall be responsible for the continuance on duty, and the due performance o duty, of the man on duty with him, and thai report to the Recorded, at the end of etobcalsn der, month, all absences from, and -neglect o duty, by the man of bis squad, and of the serge an of the other squad, and afl violations of the provisions of this Ordinance by them, or either of them, and the Recorder shall report the same to the Council at their first meeting thereafter In the absence ot any one of the sergeants, the man of his squad shall perform all the dnties and be subject to all the penalties of his sergeant. 3. Be it further ordained by tho authority aforesaid, That it shall be the duty of said four guardmen, to assemble every night, at the ringing of the nine p'clock bell, in the guardroom, which shall be the south room of the second story of the Market House, and while not on duty, shall remain in the said guardroom until day light. It shall be the duty of the said two sergeants to divide ( the night into equal watches, and if they cannot agree thereon, then to decide bylot, which of said watches shall be performed by each 6eigeantand the man of his squad respectively. It shall be the duty of on& of said sergeants, at nine o'clock every night, together with the man of his squad, to proceed forthwith to patrol the streets of said Town, according to the laws of the said state ana Town, as are now of forec, or may hereafter be passed, and the sergennfsKall take one part of said Town, and the man of hi* squad, the other part, which the sergeant shall designate, in which they shall respective!) perform duty, and the sergeant shall appoint certain places and thntosAf which be shall meet the man of his squad, .Soring the said watch. But the sergeant on duty may require the man of bis squad4or accompany him to any part of raid Town, if be shall deem the same -necessary i.a the performance of his duty. And so soon n the term of watch of.the squad on duty, shall expire, the sergeant on daty shall returato the guardroom and woke up the relief guard, who snail be the other sergeant and man, and who shall proceed forthwith to perform the same duties required abore of the relieved squad. For each violation, of any of the provisions o this section, the guardman offending, shall be fined not more tliari five dollars, at tbe discretion of the Council. 4. Be it further ordained by the authority afore said, That the sergeant of the squad which shall apture any free vthite person for a violation of the laws of the State or Town, shall commit inch prisoner to jail, and give notice to the Intendaut and confine all slaves or free negroes captuied fo beimr without a leual permit, >in the slocks attbr ?uard room, uotirnezt morning eight o'clock, an~ less sooner discharged by the other provisions o . this clause, and the guardman who made the slezure,' shell give notice to the .owner of suob slave before eight o'clock, and if one dollar shall then he paid to the said guardman, such slave or free negro shall be set at liberty, but if the said sum of one dollar be not then paid to tne said guardman, such free negro or slave, sin!' forth- j with whipped by said guardman, accord 'law;; and the sergeant of the squad which slia re any free negro or slave for any other violau .*of the | laws ci the said Town or State, shall forthwith commit such prisoner to jail, and give notice to the Intendant next morning. -. 5. Be it farther ordained by the authority afore* Mid, That on each and every Sundfcy, one squad ofvsaid guard, shall perform duty from nine o'clock in the morning, till sucb time before nine o'clock at night, as the Council may direct by Resolution, each-member of which squad shall be on duty one' half of said period; and all slaves and free negroea seized on Sunday, shall be dealt with according to, law. 6. Be it further ordained by the anthority afore*, said, That each member of said guard shall be furnished by the Council with a stout stick and rattle, leather belt with a sc.ibbard attached ^fceretfe and a bayonet, and the sticks aball.be so made that the bayonet majrfas'en thereon, which articles tljesaid guard shall wear while cn duty, under the penalty of one dollar for each oHence therein: and the itad. guard shall be further armed with a musket amdsufficient powder and balls v^hen so directed by the lntendant or Council." And in case any one of Ihe sajfl guard on duty should need assistance iu performance of the doties of his watch, he ahall tnrinor hta rattle, when Ihe whole- guard both, tfiose on-duty and those at (be guard rooraf shall promptly Repair to his assistance. 7. Be it further ordained by the authority aforelaid. That in case of a fire occurring at night, the Sre Dell shall be rung by the guard, and the whole jf the guard shall turn out and pa rol for the remainder of the night, in all [arts of the Town. 8. Be it further ordained by the authority afore laid, That any one of the said guard may be removed from office, hy a vote of the Council, and .he said guard, while on duty or at the guard house, ihall be subject to the orders of the Intendant, or .1 iny member of the Town Council. * , ( 9. Be H further ordained by the authority aforeiaid, That each member of said guard shall revive, out of the Town Treasury, compensation, it the rate of two hundred dollars |ihr annum, to' te paid at the end of each calender month, by or let of the Council; and any one of ih)? said guard Itiitting the guard, without the"consent of the ' Council first obtained, shall forfeit his pay of the ' hpn current month; and no member of the said"] [ ard shall quit the service, nntil after the expireion of two weeks notice in writing to the Council " inder a penalty of ten dollars. 10. Be. it farther ordained by the authority" afbreaid, That no deputy shall be allowed or received u the-place ofany member, of said guard, except iy the permission of the Intendant, in case of the >f>lrn?wi of said chardman. or some member of his m mediate family, and then only, at the expense tf-such gaardman. Hi Re it further ordained by the authority aforeaid, That it shall be the duty of each member of i aid guard to report to the Council, an violations ohis ordinance by any one of the said guard. . 12. Be it further ordained by the authority aforeiaid, That all penalties for violation of the provisoes of this ordinance, shall be inflicted by ? vote ? ?f the CounciH and the amount tbeTeof deducted , rojn tbe monthly pay of the guardman so'fined.' Ratified in Council, this eighth dav~of July, i in the year of onr Lord, one thousand eight , hundred and forty, and in the sixty-fifth _ , year of the Sovereignty and Independence. ' of the United SlateB of America. JOHN M DESAU88URE, t iotendant of the Town of Camden. t I OFFER MY HOUSES ?nd Lots on Broad Street, lor sale, citner separately or collectively; and am disposed 1.0 make the terms reasonable and accommodating. . j V^"E. H. ANDERSON July 4. ' . . *"V . ' < K 1 - " ? - ,Y * >* * . , * * > "" tr y ' k v % 'r '' . -4- a*V-: \ - . %Z ;. { ,2. "' ^ _ ' :.""ii;^*|ii|"i( ftBOTBEBJONif^Kh. iV. P. WILLIfr$ffisTtNG& The Largest and Cheapest Newipfcper in the Wjodol' < aud certainly among the best. Y ' Published every Saturday h$ WILSON & COMPANY*. . 4 terms $3 per ANNUM IN ADVANCE.^ ' V / UPON entering the seconded/ voJjule^ , of this pioneer in the introduction of papers of its class, the publish4i*.in?j}r be excused for congratulating tbenrifehres - iv iinan the continued nrnnnohto and' ndsi I j vancement of their periodical, from the j issue of its first numbef, to the present i time. Aware that competition w the^hjie i of business, they expected, and hive mist with rivals?but those rivals have, ao far, been essential aids tu the publicity nd circulation of the Jonathan. New readers. have been made, where, comparatively^ few existed before, and the taste create^ v I for the elegant literature of the two hernia? . pheres, carried into all parts of the cottntry, and made accesible to all, has produced a demand for the Brother Jonathan, ! which it is gratifying to state is constantly^ j on the increase. - . - . t "With such addition to their recourses jand emoluments, the publishers haye aim? ed to gives commenspre increasefio the value and interest of their sfiSat. fh addition to the labors of the gdhtlemen whose names are announced as editors, the publishers avail themselves constantly of the aid of such occasional contributory .1 / V M as iney can nna space ior.. .. ^ For the foreign correspondence? of -the Jonathan, the lerdtya qf Isaac C. J., have been engaged; and hi&^aej|fa?. rary time will also be exercised iii the selection of things rat e, new, and worthy -j in theJKuropean li(erary mart. . 8^1eciioi^: from the cream of the forejgn magazine^ j will of couf^e be continued. MUSIC.?iD tji^rogrees of improve- . | ment, a new feature Jias been added to theBrother Jonathan?thr publication of ntur^ and popular music. Every paper #iil con- a tain something in this way, new-tnd pleisani?reference being had in the selection^ rather to such pieces as .all can sins and.' play, _ than to recherche eoiaapositipns, suited only to the scientific ?A new font of music type has been purchased, and a gentleman engaged to sunerijitend this department, of exeelleut experience and knowledge of musie. This will enable us tt> give music a publicity wjjuchdt ne-t ver enjoyed before: to carry the same 4 themes for carol tojt^sylfan mafd inthe - * farthest back woods, which delight tho v> party in .the city diawiog-room. A simoltaneous popularity will thus be enjoyed all over the country by such compositions , as are adapted to the public taste, and worthy of .the publia favor. Whatever other improvement* may suggest .themselves, will be adopted; arisHtO pains spared to mske the Jonathan a welcome visiter to all sorts of people, whose* ' tastes are worthy of gratification. Other periodicals may be addressed to particular opinions?or to particular "classes-? Jonathan will wander free, "from the grave K to the gay, fr omliVeJy to severe,"wadStrive, with all the aid behas&irfwted,-tiMi^ose.. the whole circle: to give, in*#pwd, a Cyclopedia, of whatever may o*f desirable in a iiieiary magazine, ami weeklynewspaper,. He appeals to the past for vouchers of t^hat he can dti^siia what-'Be Can, he will. /TERM8? Tfrree Dollar? a "gears' in 'Advance.? For Five Dol la n s^v. o copies of the papeo will be sent enc vedr,, AA*\tr IfVA iroaru T n n/> r?nc<> . irv'! mA *ntk. 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