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SOXXEI.
Fit 031 THE ITALIAN.
Adieu my youth! Without one *igh, adieu!
Deceits, enchantments, struggles, longings .dreams.
Delusions, follies—(no light load meseems!)—
Take alii Cast to the winds thy retinue. [view
Tlie mind, swollen out v\itii mist which hide from
A host of daring thoughts that scorn the wise—
And.wandering love fresh arrows, as he flies.
Infixing still —ami hatreds fierce, though lew!
An eve serene and still, my soul, sore tried
With early warfare, courts, 3ly youth, adieu!
Hut not adieu forever. Vet again,
'i. 1 trust to meet —to dwell in thee —not vain.
And frail, amfrallen, ns now, but born anew,
Stainless, redeemed, immortal, glorified!
A JIILLirVIILin* €AS».
When lovely woman longs to marry.
And sn.itclt the victim from the beaux,
What charm the soft design will carry?
What art will make the men propose?
The only art her schemes to cover.
To give her wishes sure success;
To gain, to fix a captive lover,
And ‘wring his bosom’ —is to dre<s,
A IVew A huitiiuc*
A “nobleman in London had among
, many servants, one in whom lie reposed
great confidence. One of his fellow ser
vants becoming jealous of him, made a
complaint to his master, to get him turned
'' out of service—staling that he was a great
gamester with cam's, which he knew his
master detested. The nobleman, as he
expected, was higly displeased, and pro
ceeded at once to call Jack loan account
for his conduct.
Jack, said the nobleman, what is this
I have heard o( you?
indeed, your lordship, says Jack, I can
not tell. i
Why, says the nobleman, 1 arn inform
ed that you are a gamester with cards.
* Who informed you, my lord, said Jack?
The report is false, and I wish I knew
who told you.
That is of no consequence, says the
nobleman, is it true or nm?
It is not true, my lord; I never played
a card in rny life.
Very well, says the nobleman; 1 arn
"lad to hear that—and we will calk my
o
informer.
With all my heart, says Jack. The
informer was called.
Did you not tell mo, says tlie noble
man, that Jack was a great gamester \\ ith
cards?
I. I did, my lord.
N. Jack utterly denies it.
I. I don’t care my lord, I will prove it
on him. He is one ofthe greatest games
ters in London, and if you will look you I
will find a pack of cards in his pocket.—
Jack was searched, and the cards were
found.
The nobleman began to stamp in a pas
sion; audacious, impudent rognli, how
dare you he guilty of a falsehood before
mv face? d:d you not tell me, that you
never played a card in your life, nor could
tell what a card meant? and now f find !
them in your pocket, yon villain; seeing
you are guilty, what reason had you to I
deny it? Had you confessed your fault, ;
I would be apt to forgive you, but now I |
will punish you with the utmost severity;
not only because you are a gamester, but
because you are a liar also.
J. Mv lord, your lordship may use your j
own pleasure, but 1 hope you will not
condemn me for a fault that I am not j
guiltv of.
N. You villain, what stronger proof need {
there be, than the cards being found in
your pocket; how can you speak for your,
self?
J. My lord, if you call these cards, I
do not, neither do I use them as such.
N. Thy what do you call them then? i
J. Mv lord, this is rny Almanac.
N. Your Almanac! you dog, did ever j
anv one make an Almanac of a pack of ;
cards, you \illain; what could any one
make of them?
J. My lord, I am no scholar, and for
that reason I use them as an Almanac, to
rule and govern the year by.
N. Well Jack, if so let toe hear how
you manage }>our cards; isl find you con
vert them to a proper use, 1 will not in
the least be angry, but will freely forgive
you.
J. Why then, my lord, consider In the
first place, that there are four suitsjin the
cards, that intimate the four quarters of
the year; then as there are thirteen cards
i i every suit, that’s just as many as there
are weeks in a quarter; there are also !
a| many lunations in a year as there are
cards in a suit; there arc twelve court
cards, which intimate the twelve months
of the year, and the twelve signs of the
Zodiack, through which the sun steers its
diurnal course during the space of ten
whole years; there are fifty-two cards in
the pack, and that directly answers the
exact number of weeks in the year; ex
amine the cards a little further, and you
will find as many spots in them as there
are days in a year, there being three
hundred and sixty-five spots in a pack of
cards, which are exactly the number of
days in a year; these 1 multiply by twenty
four andjly sixty, which bu'ngs me out
the exact number of hours and minutes in
a year.
N. Very well Jack, I can’t say but you
apply your Almanac exceedingly well,
but prithee, do you make any further use
of your cards?
J. Yes my lord, 1-da, a great deal.
N. Why prithee. Jack, what further
use do you make of them?
J. Why, mv lotd, sometimes
my cards into a Praver-B »ok. /J\
N. A Prayer-Book, you villal am
sure if you make an Almanac of your s
card*, you can never make a I'/aver- |
Book of them.
J. My lord, I’ll, make it appear; you
know I told you I could neither read nor
write, and for that reason these car ls an- i
swer my purpose us well as any Prayer- i
Book in England.
N. PriJ.ee Jack, let me hear it out; I
like the beginning of it very well.
J. Why then, rny lord, when I look
upon these four suits of the cards, they i
present to me, the four principal religions |
that are predominant in the world, viz:
Christianity. Judaism. Mahomeiani .xgand j
Paganini i; when i look over the twelve
court-cards, they remind me of the twelve
Patriarchs, from whom proceeded the
twelve tribes o \ Israel, the twelve Apos
• ties; id-o. the twelve articles of the Chris
tian Faith, in which f am hound to believe.
Whet I look upon the King, it -reminds
me of the allegiance due to her Majesty;
when I look upon the ten, it puts me in
mind of the ten cities tn the plains of So
d an and Gonwr ra h.dosli'oy r J w ith fi rc and
brim-tone from Heaven, (he ten plagues
of Egypt, wherewith God addicted the |
Egyptians, when he brought the Children
of Erael out of that land; also, the Ten
Command’! eats, and the "Pen Tribes of
Israel which were cut cir from then
wickedness; when f look upon the nine,
it puts me iu mind of the nine Hierarchies ,
the nine muses, and she nine noble orders
amongst men; when i look upon the eight,
it lerninds me of the Light Beatitudes, the
Light Altitudes, the Persons saved in
Noah's Ark, the Eight Persons mention
ed in Scrin'ura. to he released from Death
to Lite; when 1 look upon the seven, it
puts me in mind of Ihe seven administer
ing Spirits that stand before (lie throne of
God; the Seven Seals, wherewith the
Book of Life is sealed, the seven Angels
With t!se seven Vials filled with ihe indig- ;
nation of the Lord, wherewith they were i
to plague the Earth, as mentioned in the |
Apocalypse of St. John, the* seven line- '
ra! A rls and Sciences, given by (■»< 1 for |
the instruction of Man, the seven Wen
ders of the World, the seven Planets that
rule the seven Days of'the Week; ihe six j
[Hits me in mind of the six Petitions con
tained in the Lord’s Prayer, the six Days
of the. W eek that 1 have to work for mv |
bread, and that 1 arn appointed to keep
) the seventh holy; the five puls me in mind i
| of the Senses given by God to Man, viz:
hearing, seeing, feeling, tasting and smel
ling; the four puts me in mind oft lie four
Evangelists, the four last things, Death,
Judgment, Heaven and Hell; the three
[mts me in mind ofthe Trinity, in which
are three distinct Persons, co-equal and
I co-eternal, it also puts me in mind of the
three Days that Jonas was in the Whale’s
bellv, and the three Hours that our Sa
viour hung upon tlie Cross, the three Days
that he lay interred in the Bowels of the
Earth; the two purs me in mind of the two
j Testaments, the Old and New, containing
thr* Law and Gospel, the two contrary
Principles eiruggiing in Man, viz: Vir
tue and Vice; then my lord, w hen 1 look
upon the ace, it puts me in min 11 have
but one God tojadore, worship and serve, j
one Faith to believe, one Truth to prac j
lice, one Baptism to cleans us from Orb |
ginal Sin, and one only Master to serve
and obev.
N. Very well Jack, I can’t say but vnu
convert your cards to very goo 1 use; but
now I perceive there is one peculiar card
in the pack that you have not yet explain
ed to me.
J. Which is that rny Lord?
N. Jack, when you were shuffling the
Cards you passed from the Queen to the
ten. and laid by the Knave, doih that pul
you in mind of nothing?
J. That is right, rny lord-, I had like to
have forgot that, when I look upon the
Knave it puts me in mind of your Lord
ship.
N. What, you villain, do you account
me a Knave before mv fact ?
J. No, rny lord, you misapprehend me;
I mean vour Lordship’s informer.
N. If so, Jack, 1 freely forgive you,
Tis very well turned.
The Nobleman was so highly pleased
with the ready wit and humor that he
mnd in Jack, that he preferred him to j
the highest [dace in his service, doubled ;
his wage and tjischarfrpci the informer.
?l rshal Sojilt.
Perley, the B eston Post’s Paris corres
pondent, hits offthe great French soldier
and politician in llie following guise:
The President of Council, Marshal
Souk, never throws open his doors—it
would cost him money. A more avari
cious old Isarelifedoes not exist in France; !
nor is Ise at all scrupulous as to how he j
fills his purse, ilis Spanish gallery of
paintings, for instance, were the spoils of
his peninsular campaigns, which ho was
in honor bound to have deposited at the
Louvre, hut which he*[(referred keeping,
occasionally disposing of some gem for a
vast sum. Not a fortnight since he thus j
sold the “Paralytic,” by Murillo, for j
•*sßo,ooo, and w as very indignant at some
ofthe papers for saying that tiie money
should go into the army chest. Accord
ing to his account, every picture was pur.
chased —and the transaction by which he
became the proprietor of the “Paralytic”
(as related by him after dinner to a friend)
is a curious piece of picture dealing :
“People reproach me with having sto
len! pictures in Spain, but I bought them,
sir—l bought them!”
“Indeed !” replied the listener, with an
incredulous elevation ofthe eye brows.
‘•Yea, I bought them, sir!” returned
Soult. “There, for instance, is my Mu
rillo, the famous ‘Paralytic’—it cost mo
two monks.’ 5
“Two me iiks !” ejaculated the Ik-tenor. J
“Yes two monks—two as fine, fat.
sleek, oilv men of Gud as you ever laid
eves on/’
“But, twp monks for a pictur? I” ex
claimed the astonished listener.
“Yes, 1 cave two monks for that picture,
sir,” said Souls, “and it was in this way
I the bargain was made: [ Take some more
jof the Burgundy.] One evening, after j
j having been pushed rather hard by Wei- •
| lington and his red-coaled ra>cals, I and ,
I a great number of my men took up our
: quarters in a convent. V. e made the
! lazy monks give us a <p>od supper and
* plenty of wine, and then we went off to
i bed. Next morning when the men were
: mustered it was reported to me that some
j iwentyor thirty ofmy grenadiers had been I
| found with their throats cut —the good ■
i monks had inst severed tiieir windpipes .
i as they slept; and, sure enough, the poor ■
1 fellows were as dead as slaughtered
i sheep. Well, I immediately had all the
' monks draw n up. and said to them: ‘Vou
infernal vagal *nds, I can’t afford to lose
rny grenadiers in litis wav, and to con
vince you of the fact 1 intend to hang
every one of you.’ Such a wail of dis
pa ir 1 never heard, followed by piteous
i supplications for parden, A Her frighten- i
j ing them well, 1 consented so far to par- ;
! d ui them as only to hang the same num
ber of them as they had killed of our men ;
—it was some twenty odd—un i they j
were to draw lots, dim doomed lot were
soon sot on .side, tin* ropes knotted around |
their necks and my mm were just about !
stringing them up, when two of the victims j
declared themselves to he the abbot and
bis assistant. ‘Sorry I can't oblige you, :
gentlemen,’ said I, ‘but really [Fill your ;
•glass] 1 must hang you.’ ‘Mercy! oh, save
us.’ ‘Can’t do it, gentlemen; you really
must swing with the rev t .’ ‘Listen,’ said
the abbot, ‘we have bid away Murillo’s
•Paralytic’—take it as a ransom and let
us go.’ 1 thought this was a fair enough ’
bargain, let off llie two dignitaries, and j
nn went the rest; thus giving two monks
j for the Murillo. And yet people will say
i that I didn’t buy mv Spanish gallery.”
1 1
ICaUtr of 31'ihi'n’iudcni
rr r. HiuDLEr.
; The iser and the Jim, as they flow from
the Alps low hvcls the Danube, move nearly
in parallel lines, and are nearly forty miles
apart. As they approach the Danube, the
spaet* between them becomes one elevated
plain, covered elderly with a sombre, dark
pine forest—crossed by two roads only—
while the mere country paths that wind
through it here and there give‘no state to
in a re. i dug columns.
Moreau .had advanced across the forest to l
the Inn, where on the let of December tie j
was attacked and forced to retrace his steps,
and lake his position on the farther side, at
the village of Mohenlinden. Here, where one
of the great roads debouched from the woods, j
he placed Nov and Grouchy,
j The Austrians, in four massive column®. :
plunged i.iio this gloomy wilderness, d'.-gen- i
ing to meet in the open plain of h’ohcrd hen, i
the central column marching uhmg the high :
road, while those on either side mada-tlieir j
j way through, amid Lite trees as they Lest
J could.
It was a stormy December morning v hen
i those seventy-three thousand men were :
! swallowed from the syghl ir the dark A files
! of Hoheidirulen. The* day before it hud j
j roined heavily, and the roads were almost
impassable: but now a furious snow storm
d irkened the heavens, and covered the ground
with one unbr kui -urface. The by-paths
wore blotted out, and lie sighing pines over
head dropped their snov v hurd* ns above the
ranks, or shook thorn down on the heads of
the so diers, as the artiiiery wheels smote i
against their trunks. It was a spectacle; .
Rose lon r, dark columns, out of sight of each
other, stretching through the dreary forest {
by themselves, while the falling snow, sift- j
icg over the mil ■ the unmarked way j
slid more solitary. The soft and voiding
mass 1 roke the tread of the advancing hosts, |
while the rumbling artillery, and atnmuni- J
lion and baggage wagons, gave forth a mus- '
fled s )tind, that seemed prophetic of some I
dreadful catastrophe. The centre column
alone had a hundred cannon in its train, while
behind these were five hundred wagons; the
whole closed up by the slowly moving cav
alry.
Thus marching, it came about 9 o’clock 1
upon 1 Jolienliiiden; and attempted to debouch ■
into the plain, when Grouchy fell upon it vv itli
such fury that it was furred hack info the i
woods. In a moment the old forest was j
alive with echoes, and i s gloomy recesses
illumin 'd vv ; t:i the blaze of artillery. Grou- j
J city, Grandivan and Ney, put forth incredi- !
Ide efforts to keep this immense force from ;
| deploying into the open held. j
i ’i’he two former struggled with the energy |
j of desperation to hold their grojund. and al-
J though ftie soldiers conMnof see (lie enemy’s
j line-, the storm was so thick, yet they took
i aim at the fFsites that issued from the wood,
i and thus the two armies fought. The pine
i trees were cut in two, like reeds, by the ar
tillery, and fell with a crash on the Austrian
while rise fresh fallen snow turned
red with the flowing blood.
In the meantime, Richenpanse, who had j
i been sent a circuitous route with a single dt
| \ ision to attack the enemy’s rear, hadaccotn- i
| [dished his mission. Though his division
had been cut in two,and irretrievably separa
ted by the Austrian left u ing, the brave gen
eral continued to advance, and with only
three thousand men fell boldly on forty thou
sand Austrians. As soon as Moreau heard
| the sound of his cannon through the forest
I and saw the alarm it occasioned through the j
j enemy’s ranks, he ordered Ney and Grouchy j
to charge full on the Austrian centre.
Checked, then overthrown, that broken
column was rolled backed in disorder, and ut
terly routed. Campbell, Lite poet, stood in a
tower and gazed on this terrible terrible scene \
and in tho midst of the fight, composed in
part, that stirring ode which is known as far
as the English language is spoken.
The depths of the dark forest swallowed
the straggling host from sight; but still there
issued from its bosom, shouts and yells min
gled with the thunder of battle. The Aus
trians were utterly routed, and the frightened
cavalry went plunging through llie crowd of j
fugitives into the woods—the artillery men
j cut their traces, and leaving their guns be
i hind, mounted their horses and galloped away
i —and that magnificent column as if rent by
j some violent explosion, was buried in thaller
[ cd fragments on every tide.
.... „-■*» min inr-1 i- nr • i —r ir rr rrp
For miles the white ground was sprinkled
with dead b td.es, and when the battle left the
forest, and thiT pine trees again stood silent
in the wintry night, piercing cries and groans
issued out of the gloom in every direction—
sufferer answering suff rer, us he iay and
withered in the cold snow. Twenty thousand
men were scattered there amid the trees,
while broken carriages and wagons, and de
scried guns, spread a perfect wreck around.
Spanish Philosophy.
The day alter my arrival at \ ittoria, 1
went to a shoemaker’s to get some repairs
done to mv boots. There was nobody in the
shoo; the master was on the opposite side oi
tiie street, smoking bis cigarho. His should- j
! er- covered with a mantle lull of holes, he ,
i looked Ike a beggar, but a Spanish beggar,
appearing rather proud than ashamed of ins
poverty, lie came over to me, and I explain
ed mv business. ‘Wait a moment,’ said he,
i and immediately called his wite. “How
i much money is there in the purse?’ ‘Twelve
I piceUas 1 (fourteen francs, forty centimes.’)
•Tlieu I shan’t work.’- ‘Rut, said J. ‘twelve
f'lallus will not last forever.’ ‘Who has
seen to-morrow?’ said lie, turning Ins back
on me.
They write ns from Rome, says the Presso (
of the 7lh of February, that the Pope lias
charged the Fat her Arsenin, a Mechietanst,
to receive the Turkish ambassador, Chektb
| Effendi, oh his and vai -in Italy. It is thought \
1 in Rome that the negotiation commenced j
with the Ottoman Porte will he attended vviih
; beneficial resulls for the Catholics in the
, East; and they count upon the most sincere
1 support on the part of all the Christian pow
ers, that in ‘v may realise a plan so directly
connected with the progress ot Christianity.
Singular if True.
As a gentleman was passing along Fifth
street, he passed a place w here some boys
, were playing marbles. One of them, in
| shooting liis marble, cleverly put it under the
gentleman’s tt*ot. 'i’he gentleman slipped,
i and tumbled against a lady also passing, pre
cipitating her along with himself upon a
| large hog, who was examining the gutter
geologically lor debris. The bog, frightened !
* out of its propriety, bolted off. and ran ba
• tween the legs of another gentleman, who in
, rr o /
j tailing drew ifie string of a kite from the j
| hands of a boy. The kite of course fell, and ;
I m fading frightened a span of horses attach
ed to a wagon in an alley near by. 'Fhe
horses ran dovv n the alley. A man who was
building a fire in a carpenter’s shop, by which
they passed, started up to see what v. as the
matter, and in so doing dropped ills lighted
I match among {fie shavings. A fire was the j
consequence. The engines assembled, and
in lire hurry consequent upon ihe alarm, a
nan fell in the trar k and nad his arm broken
—vi hicb ended this budget of accidents tor
the day.
Qaerc. Is the boy who shot the marble
responsible t«»r aii the consequent damages?
tiiisfun Journal.
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-1 AUGUSTA, UfiO.,
SATURDAY JIOKMNO, )IAV 1, W 47.
lETProprietors of Warehouses in this city
i and Hamburg, will oblige us by having the
Cotton in lheir Warehouses counted ut an
I early hour this morning.
The First of J! aj .
; This day has been by iiumeuional usage a ho
! J.day and an occasion of festivity among the
j 3 i ung and gav. la merry old Eng! n I. the First
I of May is at. era in village life, an ! is slid t!u
j period from which scenes and incith nts bear dale.
I 11 is an occasion on which some respite is taken
from the working d y world, end amusements
pi - times, and g i spectacles art- the order of the
day. Our city has usually paid due r< sped to
these good old customs of our Saxon Ancestry,
an ! the First of .May has seldom passed of! with
out some tasteful celebration. We understand that
; to d.v.q the pupils ofour several Sunday schorls
i will assemble at the Presbyterian Church, where
j they will unite in some appropriate ceremonies;
| after w hich they will proceed to the City Hull fur
j the enjo; uicnt ofa Pic N.c.
! Southern Jledical and Surgical Journal.
The .May No. of I his valuable publication
| is on our de-k. published in this city by Mr
; James Mc.Cafferly. Like its predecessors, it
j is filled with valuable information to the pro
fession, both original and selected.
The Circus.
I \v e are requested to state that this is positively I
' the last evening of the Great Western Circus. —
Those who have not paid it a \ isit, should not miss
j the opportunity.
Presentation ot a Mvord to Gea. Twiggs.
j' We take great pleasure in presenting
the following correspondence to our readers.
| It does not surprise u«, vet it is very gratify
' Jug to perceive that time an I absence have
not estranged, from the home of his childhood
and the scenes of his early youth, the dis
tinguished veteran who has been thus compli
mented by his fellow citizens. Here are
garnered his heart’s best affections, and still,
amidst all the vicissitudes of a soldiers life—
in the camp and in the field—upon ihe toil
| some march, and in the smoke and roar oi
| battle, his thoughts turn to old Richmond—
the soil of liis birth—the home of his nearest
and best friends.
AUGUSTA, March 4th, 1847,
Dea.r Sir; The Committee appointed at a
meeting of the citizens oi Richmond county,
held on the 22d day of August, 1846, to pro-
I cure and present to you in their name,a Sword
| with suitable emblems and devices, as a testi
monial of their approbation of your conduct in
the battles of Palo Alto and Resaca de ia
I Palma, lake pleasure in discharging the
duty assigned them. Fur your distinguish
ed services on those occasions, so glorious
to the American arms, the government has
already bestowed upon you those honors and
rewards which are usually most highly prized
by the soldier. Rut we are persuaded that this
j small tribute of respect from those among
whom you were born and reared, will be
equally valued. In their name we herewith
present to you this sword, with an abiding
confidence that -you will wear it with credit
i to yourself, and will be ctcr ready to un
c-heath it whenever the honor or interests of
ihe country are in peril.
With sentiments of the highest considera
tion, we remain your obi. servants,
I. P. GARVIN,
p. Me (ill AN, I Committee.
U S. DILL,
GEO. W. LAMAR.J
To Brig. Gen. D. E. Twiggs, U. S. A.
Carp near \ era. Ckvz. ) i
March 30, 1847. )
To Messrs. I. P. Garvin, P. McVran, JIM. S.
Dill, and Glo. W. Lamar, Committee.
Gentlemen: I have just received your id
ler of the *4tli of March, presenting me a j
Sword in the name of my fellow citizens ot .
Richmond counfy, Georgia.
Jt would be vain attempting to express to ;
you, how much i have been touched, and
gratified, by this kind remembrance ot my ■
early comrades and neighbours, conveyed in ,
this splendid gift.
In the year 1812, in the beginning of the j
war, and at a very early age, I entered- the j
annv, and with scarcely any intermission, '
1 have been actively engaged in the service
til! This moment. Leaving home w ith all the
ardent feelings of youth, through so many
years, and thro’ afi manges ot pi ice niid
circumstances, I have preserved und.nainis.il
ed, the warm recollections ot my native
place, and of my early friends. I have watch
ed with pride, the elevation and renown t.f
many in public life, and have sympathized
with all, in the vicissitudes which mark our
common fate. 1 have fell authorized to boast
of the contributions, made by that small cir- |
de, to the patriotism, talent, and zeal which j
have controlled the destinies of our country 7 , j
Judge then with what feelings, 1 have learn
ed that friends so honored, have still held
me in their remembrance, and thought me '
I not unworthy to receive this honorable testi
monial of their approbation, offered through :
you. Present to them ray than! vS my heart
felt thanks, and assure them, that if any mo
! lives were wanting to ensure my devotion to j
our county, their kindness has furnished it, .
and that no act of mine shall ever force them .
to regret their gift.
With sentiments of high consideration, 1 t
remain vour friend and fellow citizen,
I). E. TWIGGS,
Brig. Geul, U. S. Army. |
Serious Allray.
We regret to learn, bv le’lers received in
this city yesterday, that a serious affray oc- ■
curred at Marietta, on the 27ih uTI., between |
Jefferson Harris and John Parks—the latter
was shot, and is so dangerously wounded that j
at the last advices his life was despaired of. :
The Savannah Republican of the 28th ult.,
savs —“We are happy to announce to his many ;
friends in tliis city, the arm ai of Col. iMclntush,
of the army, in unproved health, lie may be
found at h:s brother’s residence in Slate-Direct.
The Weather «t IJostna.
At Boston an 1 hursday last, at halt past 2 P. j
M., the therm mieter in the shade indicated 83
’ i
degrees. On Friday morning ut an early hour ■
it had fallen to 31, showing a difference of 51 de
grees in less than 21 hours. We have had some
t ill changes in our parts within a week, but notff
in s at all like this.
Conner licut flection.
Tiie official returns for Governor in the recent 1
election in Connecticut give the Democratic can- j
didate 27,102 votes and the whig 30,137.
The votes for members of Congress were, for
the democratic candidate 27.399. and for the whig •
30.195.
Large and Valuable Cargo.
The Br. barque Caledonia, Hunter mas
ter, cleared at Charleston on the 29th ult.,
by Jos. Battersby, Esq., for Liverpool, with
198 bales tSoa Island and 2,219 bales Upland
Cotton, and 427 tierces Rice—valued at
8130,524.
The Maryland Crops and Weather.
The month of April has been unfavorable
for vegetation this spring, grown grain being |
very backward. Many of the farmers in ihe
lower counties are ploughing up their wheat,
and preparing to plant corn, ow ing to the :
prevalence of a severe drought and cool !
weather.
The Charleston Mercury of the 30th
ult savs.—We are authorised to state that i
• . j
the requisite amount of stock having been •
taken in this city, Charleston w ill lie one !
of the intermediate points through winch
a line of Magnetic Telegraph will pass
between New York and New Orleans. j
We understand also, that steps will he
taken to carry out the enterprise forthwith,
and that a very few months will put us
in electric cemmunication with ou rsisters j
of the North and South.
Virginia Elections.
Os the fifteen Representatives to Congress, j
from this State, it is conceded that three Whigs I
have been elected, viz; Gnedin from the littlq
Bolts from the sixth, and Pcndelton from the
ninth. In the State Legislature, the Whigs have
gained 10 and lost 5, as far as returns have been
received. The Democratic majority last year, on
joint ballot, was 22, and the papers, both whig
and democratic, agree in the opinion that there
will be but little change.
Important Discovery,
A curious discovery has recently been made in
Paris, by means of which all printed sheets or en
gravings may be copied in the most perfect man
ner. 1 his is effectuated by transferring them to
a lithographic stone. It would seem that there
is not the least danger of spoiling the original in
this operation. This invention, which has al
ready been tried, but without much success, by
Senefelder, the inventor of lithography, is, as may
readily 7 be imagined, of the greatest importance
for the re-prod notion of the engravings of great
masters, which can thug be so well imitated as to
Le scarcely distinguished from the original#.-
The low price at which such copies could be ob
tained, wuuld of cour.so be a great advantage, as
it would renter popular those master pieces
which at pn sent only belong to some few per
sons rich enough to be able to collect works of
art.
By rffiajjuetic Tclegrapit.
The Baltimore Patriot of the 23th ulL.says
“We have no telegraph reports to-day from any
quarter- The line t«.» the North is only in half
order, and hardly that—operating for a few min
utes and then remaining in a state of vexatious
suspense, The Southern line is operating, but
we have not received a despatch.’ 1
Col. Churchill.
The follow ing tribute to this gallant officer is
from the correspondence ul the St. Louis Repub
lican ;
The victory we have gained on the 22d and
2bd is in no small degree to be attributed to tho
distinguished services of Gen. Wool and Col.
Churchill. These men were rallying and in ac
tive present command ot the various forces en
gaged through the w hole day. Col. Churchill i*
one of the firmest, bravest old men that ever rode
upon a battle field-, w hen death seemed almost in
evitable, and human nature could scarcely enduro
the shock, that old man was as steady and as
| calm as in time of peace. Iho Ist Regiment of
IHi .uis volunteers, from their commanding pqsi
; lion, could see the 2d Regiment, under Col. Bis
| sell,’with Col. Churchill, who was with us, and
i they hear unanimous testimony that the manner
in which the shot kot the morning at! uok was re
ceived is unparalleled in the history of battles.
In the mi Ist ol this, Col, Cnurchill sal upon Ins
horse, calmly ordering us again and -agart/ to re
treat, as we were not likely to be supported in
time; the men, however, did nut retreat till the
hour of necessity arrived, and then iu the very
; best of order.
Beuutifal iSxlnu-l.
The following benuliful extract is taken from
the New England \N eekly Review:
“ War may stride over the laud with the crush*
: jpg step of a giant, pestilence may steal over it
I li(v.e an invisible curse, reaching it* victims eilent*
i [y and unseen, unpeopling here a village and
; there a city, until every dwelling is a sepulchre;
famine may brood over it with a long and weary
j visitation, until t lie sky itself is brazen, and the
beautiful greenness gives place to the pa re In i
| desert—a wide waste of unproductive desolation:
: but these areon’y physical evils Ihe wild How
; ers will bloom in peace on the field ot battle,and
above the crushed skeleton the destroying angel
of the pestilence will retire when Ills errand is
done and the nation will again breathe freeh;
j and the barreness ot famine w ill cease at last,tho
| cloud w ill be prodigal of its hoarded rain, and tho
i wilderness will blossom. But for moral desola
tion there is no reviving spring. L>-t the moral
and republican principles of our country be ahnn
doned h t imprudence, and intrigue, and corrup
i tiun triumph over honesty and intellect, and our
: liberties and strength will depart forever. Us
j these there can be no resuscitation. The‘abom
i ination ofdcgolatioir will be fixed and fierpetual
j —and as the mighty fabric ot our glory tollers
j into ruins, the nations ot the earth will mock at
' us in our overthrow; bkt the powers ot darkness
j w hen the throned one of Babylon became even as
themselves, and the‘glory ul the Chaldees had
gone down forever. 1 ’
j
CA3f A L PLEASE K E BOAT.-We
| are requested to slate that 11. Starling's Pleasnra
Boat will leave tlie Basin us the Canal, /'*<»
Morning ot 8 o'clock, for the Lock. Passenger#
are requested to be punctual to the hour,
j. VayJ 1— ITT
GEO. it. It. A HA Mi IN G CO., )
Augusta, May Ist, 1547. $
In pursuance of the Charter mil Bye-Laws, tho
Annual Meeting of the Stockholders of this Com- ,
, pany, will be held at theit Banking House in An
j gusta, on Tuesday, after the second Monday iu
\ the present in -nth, being the lltli in*t.
J. W. 3S ILDE, Ca.-hier.
Trains of cars will leave Covington and Athens
j at f. o'clock. A . 31., and L nion Point at ‘J• o’clock,
| A. 31., on 31 mday, the 10ih inst., for the convey
j ance of Stockholders and their families to Augus
ta, free of charge, and us uther persons ul half
: the regular charge.
; N. B. The families us Stockholders entitled,
| consists of wives, children, and the necessary ser
vants constituting yie family liousehold. The
Agents at the several Depots will furnish tickets
to those entitled. [May I 178
To Ti uTaVFLi cTKI). '
DR. WEBSTER
lias returned to Augusta again for the purpose of
ministering to the relief of the. suffering. PAL
SIES. GOl r 'I'S,RIIEI. 1 31ATISMS, various NER
VOUS DISEASES, &r., Ac., will receive par
ticular attention. Dr. W. makes use of very few
medicines, except of a character called Magnetic
or Mtsrnt ric, of winch he is the inventor. Mineral
ami Animal Magnetism or Mesmerism and Elec
tro-Magneti m. employed as occasion requires.—
Rooms at Globe Hotel,
i April 21 3tcl— 172
Wistcir's Balsam of \Vild Cherry.
: *
Cambbibge, Vt. June 13, I3IG.
A/r. Sdk IE J'otrle,-- Dear Sir; For several
years past, my usual good health has been oc
casionally intenupted by spells of coughing, pro
duced by colds; a year ago last winter 1 was
brought to the verge of the grave by a very severe
cough, accompanied with pains in both sides, be
tween the shoulders, &c. which, with long con
! tinned night-stveats, and other alarming sytnp
-1 toms, reduced me so low that my friends dispaired
I of my recovery, I consulted physicians, and tried
tlie various remedies oflheday, but none ofthem
cured me. At last I procured Dr. Wistar’s Balsam
of Wild Cherry, and it saved my life; 1 have not
enjoyed belter health for many years; therefore 1
| can recommend others who need it, to trv it.
SAMUEL BEN I’LEY.
For sale in Augusta, wholesale and retail, by
IIAVILAND, HIS LEY & CO., and also by
THOMAS BARRETT & CO., and Dealers in
-Medicines generally in Georgia.
April 27 t 3— 171
DR. J. A. CLEVELAND, has returned
to this city, and may be consulted at the office of
Cleveland & Spear, over the store of-Messrs. Al
drich & Green. Feb. 23
&CT DRS. CLEVELAND A SPEAR having
purchased a license to administer Dr. Morton’s
Letheon, for the alleviation of pain in surgical ope
rations, are the only persons now authorized to
use it in Richmond county, Georgia.
They are also authorized to act in the sale of
licence for places unsold.
D. G. TEMPLE,
April 13 dlf_ Agent for Dr. Morion.
ALEXANDER McKENZIE, Jr.
attorney at law.
Waynesboro’, Burke County, Ga.
April 2M ly IC S
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