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A FAMILY J0WtMAL
NEWS AJHTUTOATURE
FdiiTt€3
ADVERTISEMENTS
from the plum pudding, he could not es
cape from the ridicule which the affair
had occasioned. He Subsequently
BY WM. CULLEN BWYA
Far back in ages.
The plough with wreaths was
The nands of kings ami sages
Entwined the chaplet round ;
VOL. XXV.
1856.
^jjrlatttjiPra -skimpr,
PUBLISHED WEEKLY,
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EDITORS AND PROPRIETORS.
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DIRECTORY.
(7*Professional and Business men enn hove
loir cards inserted undei IK' '*end, for one year,
at the rale of Five Dollars fora ..trd of not more
tlmn six lines, and seventy live cents tor e„.b niltli
tionalline.
IIENRY CLEVELAND,
\ TTOKYKY AT LAW, Hartwell, Geo
refers to Hon. Thomas IV. Thomas, Elherton
Hon. Joseph Brown, Canton;
lion. Hers 'lit l V. Johnson, Milledgevillc;
Hon. John H. Lumpkin, Floyd.
Jniv 10- ly.
T. BISHOP & SON,
W HOLESALE and Retail dealers in Grocer
ios. Hardware and Staple Dry Goods, No.
1 Iiroad St. Athens, Ga. [Hay 1
DORSEY H CARTER,
E.VLKRS iu Family Groceries, Choice Wines
Liquors, Ac., corner Broad and Jackson sts
is, h
At bans, (too.
] April X
W. IV. LUMPKIN*
TTORXKV AT LAW, Athens.Georgia—
will practice in all the counties of the \\ i stcrn
Circuit, Particular attention given to collecting.
Office on corner of Gen. Gervliue’s lot, near tin
Episcopal C Imrch.
Jan 31—tf
f. W. & II. R. j. LONG,
W'Z
HOLESALE and retail Druggist*. Athens
[Jan. 3.
DR. (J. B. LOMBARD.
Ty OL’LD respectfully announce to tl © citizens
Y v of Atheus aud vicinity, that his office is still
ever Wilson A Veal’s Clothing Storo, College Avc-
uo, opposite tho Post Office.
Fob. 9—ly.
MOORE & CARLTON,
D EALERS in Silk, Fancy and Staple Goods.
Hardware and Crockory, No. 7, Grante Row,
Atheus, Ga. (Jan. 26.
T. II. WILSON & BROS.,
W HOLESALE and retail dealers in Dry Goons,
Groceries, Hardware, Crockery, Ac., Nos. 3
and I, College Avenue, Atheus, Ga.
March Id
SAMVEL P. THURMOND,
A TTORNEY AT LAW, Jefferson, Jackson ec tin
ty, Ga„ will attend promptly to any business
confided to his care, [April 19,1855.
WILLIAM G. DELONY,
Attorney nt Law,
Office on Broad Street, overlhe store of I. M. Ken
ncy. Alheiit.Ga.
March 15—if.
BILL & THOMAS,
D EALERS in Silk, Fancy, and staple Goods,
Hardware, Crockery, Groceries, Ac., No. 1
Granite Row, Athena,Ga. [Jan. 1 J.
MISCELLANEOUS ADVERTISEMENTS
CATHARTIC PILLS
APERATE by their powerful influence on the
internal viscera to purify the blood and stimu
late it into healthy wffinu. Thev remove the
obstructions of the stomach, bowels, firer, and other
organs of the body, and, by restoring their irregular
action to health, correct, wherever they exist, such
derangements os ore the first causes of disease.
An extensive trial of their virtues, by Professors,
Physicians, and Patients, has shown cures of dan
gerous diseases almost beyond belief, were they not
substantiated by persona‘of such exalted position
and character as to forbid the suspicion of untruth.
Their certificates are published in my American
Almanac, which the Agents below named are
pleased to furnish free to all inquiring.
Annexed we give Directions for their use in the
complaints which they have been found to cure.
Fox Costiveness.— Take one or two Pills, or
such quantity as to gently move the bowels. Cos-
tiveness is frequently the aggravating cause of
Piles, sndthe cure of one complaint is the cure
of both. No person can feel well while under a
costive habit of body. Hence it should be, as it
can be, promptly relieved.
For Dyspepsia, which is sometimes the cause
ef Costireness, and always uncomfortable, take mild
doses — from one to four — to stimulate the stomach
and liver into healthy action. They will do it, and
the heartburn, bodybur,n, and soulbum of dyspepsia
will rapidly disappear. When it has gone, don’t
forget what cured you.
For a Foul Stomach, or Morbid Inaction of the
Battels, which produces general depression of thf
spirits and bad health, take from four to eight Pills
at first, and smaller doses afterwards, until activits
and strength is restored to the system.
For Nervousness, Sick Headache, Nausea.
Pain in the Stomach, Pack, or Side, take from lout
to eight pills on going to bed. If thev do not oper
ate sufficiently, take more the next day until they
do. These complaints will be swept out from the
system. Don’t wear these and their kindred Jis
orders because your stomach is foul.
For Scrofula, Erysipelas, and all Diseases
of the Skin, take the Pills freely and frequently, to
keep the bowels open. The eruptions will gener
ally soon begin to diminish and disappear. Many
dreadful ulcers and sores have been healed up bv
the purging and purifying effect of these Pills, an«l
some disgusting diseases which seemed to saturate
the whole system have completely yielded to their
intlueuce, leaving the sufferer in perfect health.
Patients * your duty to society forbids that you
should parade yourself around the world covered
with pimples, blotches, ulcers, s,>res, and all or any
of the unclean diseases of the skin, because vour
system wants cleansing.
To Purify the Blood, thev are the ltcst medi
cine ever discovered. They should be taken freelv
and frequently, and the impurities which sow :h*
seeds of incurable diseases will be swept out of tha
system like chaff before the wind. By this property
they do as much good in preventing sickness os b’v
the remarkable cures which they are making every
where.
Liver Complaint, Jaundice, and all Bilious
Affections arise from some derangement — either
torpidity, congestion, or obstructions of the Liver.
Torpidity and congestion vitiate the bile and rentier
it unfit for digestion. This is disastrous to the
health, and the constitution is frequently under
mined by no other cause. Indigestion is tue symp
tom. Obstruction of the duct which empties tha
bile into the stomach causes the bile to overflow
into the blood. Tliis produces Jaundice, with a
long and dangerous train of evils. Costiveness, or
alternately costiveness and diarrhn-a, prevails.
Feverish symptoms, languor, low spirits, weariness,
restlessness, and melancholy, with sometimes in
ability to sleep, and sometimes great drowsiness;
sometimes there is severe pain in the side; the skin
and the white of the eves become a greenish yellow;
the stomach acid; the bowels sore to the touch;
the whole system irritable, witli a tendency to fever,
which may turn to bilious fever, bilious eolie, bilious
diarrhern, dysentery, Ac. A medium dose of three
or four Pills taken at night, followed by two or three
in the morning, and repeated a few days, will remove
the cause of all these troubles. It is wicked to sutfc*
•uch pains when you can cure them for 25 cents.
Rheumatism, Gout, and all Inflammatory Ft
rers are rapidly cured by the purifying effects o
these Pills upon the blood and the stimulus -»hicl
they afford to the vital principle of Life. For the*,
ana all kindred complaints they should be taken in
mild doses, to move the bowcls’gently, but freely.
As a Dinner Pill, this is both‘agreeable at .1
useful. No Pill can be made more pleasant to take,
and certainly none has been made more effectual v
the purpose' for which s dinner pill is employe. L
PREPARED BY
MISCELLANEOUS
NEW FIRM AND NEW
Ifatchn, Jewelry, and Silver and Plaint
Ware, musical Instruments, 4-c.
££> TITANDEVILI.E & TALMADCE have
JLia It l just returned from New York with a
large mid beautiful assortment of the above-
named articles, which they can sell cheaper than
they can be purchased elsewhere. A great variety
of Rich Jewelry of the latest stvles, Broaches.
Pins, Ear and Finger Jit ttys. Gold Guard a nr
Fob Chains, Gold and Silver Buckles, Gold and
Silver Thimbles,
r-r~K A, —.SPECTACLE* to suit all ages,
q- r and an assortment of colored glasses.
Warranted sterling silver Table, Desert and
Ten-Mpoons, Silver Forks, and all other arti
cle*. usually kept in o jewelry store.
The superior advantages which the subscribers
possess over these unacquainted with the business,
in purchasing directly from the manufacturers and
import era, and being practiced jewelers, render
them capable of properly judging the value of all
they purchase and recommend to the public.
VOC In the department of Watches ar.d Jewelry
repairing, we are determined, bv careful and nea t
workmanship, punctuality find low prices, to merit
the approbation of the public, favor.
An assortment of clocks of the latest styles,
from seventy-five cents to one hundred and seventy-
live dollars.’ Warranted perfect time keepers
Comer of Broad street and College Avenue, one
door cast of “White's Ilookst- rc.
Athens, December 21, 1853.
Agricultural
BY WM. CULL
Far back in
crowr ed,
Till men of spoil
Disdained the toil
Fy which the world was nourished,
An l blood and pillige were the soil
In which their laurels flourished.
Now the world her fault dispairs—
The guilt that stains herstory,
And weeps her crimes umid the cares
That formed he r earliescglory.
E. L. FERRY,
W HOLESALE and retail dealer in Hats, Caps,
Boots, Shoes, Trunks, Ac., between Dtrs.
Longs* and White’s corner, Broad street, Athens,
Ga." [Jan. 19.
F. W. LUCAS,
W HOLESALE and retail dealer in Dry Goods,
Griicieries, Hardware, Ac., No. 2, Broad st.'
Athen , Ga. l Jnn 19 -
R. L. BLOOMFIELD,
IIOLESAI.E aud retail Clothing Store, Broad
Strrcet, Athens, Ga. IMay JO.
COLT & COLBERT,
D EALERS instaploDry Goods,Grwcries, Hard
ware, Ac,, No. 9, Granite Row, Athens, Ga.
i..... i ©a.- William C. Colbert.
Jims 1. Colt.
August 23—ly.
J. W. GOSS.
W AREHOUSE aud Commission Merchant
Augusta, Ga. |Aug. 30,1855.
BARRY & HUGHES,
W HOLESALE and retail dealers in Boot
Shoes, Leathers, Tools, and all material
used by boot and shoe manufactories, Trunks, Vs
liecs, Carpet-Bags, Shoo Blacking, A©., Brond-st.
Athens, Ga. Sept. 20.
J. F> PITTABD & CO.
D EALERS in Family Groceries and Confection
arie-i, Ac. Ac. All articles in our line of bust
ness eau be purchased cheap lor cash, or on three
months li ate. We would also, respectfully call the
attentiou of those indebted us, on note or account
18511855, to call aud settle, as farther indulgence
•annot be given.
March 27—tlJan,
JAS. K. LYLE,
A TTOBNEV AT LAW, Will bo found at
rV bis office over White A Moss’store, Broad-st.
Vl> business entrusted to his care will meet with
apt. attention. Special attention paid to col
Kg
March 6,1856.
R.J.ftW.T. MILLICAN.
/a TTORNEYS AT LAW—Will practice in the
counties of the Western, Circuit, and the
COUI1QS HI M1V »» sasesss VMUhii, “““
counties ef Madison, Elbert sad Han, of the North
JL J° M^Laeaa, Wa. T. Miiuca*.
Jefferson, Ga. ^amesville. Ga.
May 14.
J. M. MATTHEWS,
A TTORNBY AT LAW, DamdsviUe.Ga.
A May 15.
tttflHNf & WILLIFORD.
~WTHQ LE-SALE aud Retail Dealomjn
AY ware, Crockery mid H
Goods,ono door below It.L. Bloo:
•tore, Athens, ~
On.
BlnumbeUhtClothing
DR. J. C. AYER & CO.,
Practical and Analytical Chemist »»,
LOWELL, MASS.,
AND SOLD BY
SoldbySmith A Billups, Athens; W. Mui ry
Watkiuavillo, aud all merchants and drnggistV
everywhere. [March 20
NEW FALL AND WINTER GOODS.
F. IV. LUCA*,
ITs now opening a Urge and hatuUome assortment ot
X all kiiidd of goods.iuileJ lo the market ana the
seaoou. He has.
, IjodtCf Drew Dootla.
Consisting of FI .wenetl Siik Robes ;
llaii.ihoine Bio«:a«ie ssi.k’a of new Styles;
Elegant P'ai-i and sir j>e i >i!k vat very I*»w prices;
Extra heavy black Silk for Dresses anti Ciofcks;
All quaulilics of plain black Italian Silk's;
Silk Liwiiiri:ol'ali kii.dh;
Rich wool (Unhincrs, and Delair.e* ;
Plain French MeriiHH*s
all Wim'i, Ucliiii «*s of all Colors;
Heavy Scotch\V* ml. PlaidA oi every quality;
GiughHta^Xkniibrirs. Calicoes;
Siripes uml VlaiJd lbr Servant< ;
Boniiftff. Kibbon«« Lai rv, Glouv.
Hatidkercbi*f«>.Scarfs. Slnwls;
(sloven f ace#. Embroideries;
Caud rir liaiitls n i l Cambric Collars ;
BUck Ci irie Setts for mourninc ;
li wti a/int'A.and a 1 kiadHofmoumiii^ Goods ,
All kinds of Ladies ami cl.adren* Hrtiit ry;
Gloves. L'nder Garments,Azc.ftr. Ac.;
Cloaks, A/aniilias, Talmiui Ac. of all tue uewst\ lea
Cloths. Casdmvrcs and Vesting#* and all kinds
woolen goods f>r men s and bo% *s Winter wear;
Blanke s. Kerseys, Liutseys, l*d 4 shvetiiigs.
s'lfftrig*; and «t!iiriiii^s ;
All kinds of Bieachetl Goods;
White aud U«d Flamed* of all «ju ami ties ,
<?ambric>. L-roui’is, Ac Ac. A*-.;
Cnrr*etinc« Rugs. Matts. Ac. Ac. fee.,
Hats, (Jap?. buoLt and ^hocs;
Hardware and Cutlery;
Carritje Hardware^ml Cirriageirriningv;
Htico> aud Axels ;
Sa Idles, Bridles. Mart., ca
Collars Wliipti.Ac.
Bagging Hope;
Ca*tincs of nil kinds;
All ot which lie offers rn the mn*t lihernl term*,to
dcsirahl • * uMomcrs. F, W. l.l CAS.
Sept. 2C*.
Tlie throne Khali crumble;
The diadem shall wane.
The Tribes of earth shall humble
The pride of those who reign.
Ami war shall lay
His pomp away.
The fdiuo that heroes cherish, •
Thp glory earned in deadly fray.
Shall fade, decay and perish.*
Honor waits o’er all the earth.
Through f nHess generations—
The art that calls the harvest forth,
And feeds the expectant nation.
Rtveries of a Bachelor.
A bachelor sa< at his hlazing grate,
And lie fell into a snooze.
And he dreamed that o'er his wrinkled pate
Had been thrown the nuptial noose.
A rosy boy camp to his side,
An 1 hoi n l-d on his knee,
And back from his beaming face he shook
F iii curis in childish glee.
Then ciear rang out his merry voice,
lie shouted al->ud—“Papa,
( di nt love any body else
But you and dear mamma.”
Hard-Ware and I rockcry.
CRIFFFTH Ar IY1LLIFORD,
H AYEjiiKt finished opening their large stork of
Hard-Ware, Crurkuy anil H<m*o Furnishing
Quods: everything contained in there threebrancti-
esof busiuers eau he had at their Mure, one door
below it. L.IiluututU-d i Clothing Store. The fol
lowing goods not usually kept in thi* market here
tofore, they beg lenve to cnll attentinn’to.
Cain Chairs, Work-Stands. Baskets, Brooms,
Brushes, Dustersof all kinds, Cnhbs and Giggs for
ehildreu, Buggy Springs, Axles, Boxes, Bands. En-
ainaled Cloth, Patent Leather, Carpenters’ Mill
wright and Tanners' Tooia, Mill and Cross eut
Saws, Farming I'tensils complete. Corn-Shrlh-rs,
Straw-Cutters. Ae. ir. Please call uud examine
our stock, it would take too long for us to enume
rate un i you to read ot all the articles to be found
ut our store, aud which will be sold very cheap for
ash. Si* it 27—tf
P ICICMTON A- MEBRILL’H venst powders
for stile low by T. BISHOP A SON.
Aug. 21.
C OI-’l-'lilC, COFFEE.—A lot of very supe
rior liio Coffee, just received uud for sate low
by T. Bishop Sou. Aug21.
\ t O. 1 YI ACKER EL in kits, just received by
IN Aug. 21 T. BISHOP A SON.
UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA.
Athena, OctoLcr, 16, 1*30,
RE ORGANIZATION OF COLLEGE FACULTY
On the 10th of Dece uber next, the Trustees of this
Institution will proceed to elect the following officers
Professor of Belle. Lenres and Oratory :
“ •• Ancient Lai-guagcs;
" " Natural Sciences;
“ •• Mathematics;
“ •• Nat. Philosophy and Cncmistrv;
Tutor of Mathematics;
•• •• Languages;
And toappoiut a President pro tem.
The Presidents Salaiy is 8250U per sun.
The salary's of the Professors is 82000 peranni in.
persons elected will tie expected to enter upon thtu
dotiesthe 15th of January next.
ASBUKY HULL. Secretary
Chronicle .V Sentinel, Augussa Constitutionalist
Savannah Republican. A Savannah Georgian
Publish in their Tri-WeekUes for 4 weeks.
Oct. 23. • '
CARRIAGE REPOSITORY.
N EXT door below Grady & Nicholson,
the Subscriber has on hand an assort
ment of Carriages and Buggies, and is re
ceiving every week from the best Northern
and Southern manufactories, which he will
sell low for cash. Also chi'drens carriages,
harness, umbrellas, horse covers and mate
rials for earriage makers.
OcL 23. E. K. CLARK.
THE BANK OF ATHENS, i
Athena, 35th Sept. 1S56. j
By order of the Board of Directors.
4 N instalment of fifteen per cent, upon ha
capital stock, will l.« inquir'd to be paid in on
r before the fifth day of i'ovembcr nexU
A. P. DEARING, Cashier.
Oct. 2—tuthnov
NEW CLOTUING STORE.
rWYHE undersigned are now receiving and ap-mo?
JL and will keep constantly on hand at No. 2. Col
lege Avenue. aMood assorltr.cntofreaily madecloih
ins. wLicti t hey^ffier at the lowest-prices. The-r
fro-uds and tho public are tequestea to cell and ex
UC&H0 for theniicHes.
Oct. WILSON. NEWTON Jc CO.
FOR SALE-
T HE vacant lot in Athens, upon which
stood the house of David J. Lyle, latelj
burned, on tho street leading to Watkinsvillo,
is for sale. It is tut excellent building lot,
and convenient to the hushiess part of town.
Apply to Dyltnus Lyle, Mulberry P. 0. Jack
•oa county, Ga., or to tho undersigned, ir
Athens. W. A. GILBERT.
August 14
. NEW GOODS
C OLT & COLBERT are now receiving a
newnupply of Spring and Suirmer fiooaB,
"~-*f
! coins:: coffee ::
s, . -
HI ILCH COW FOB
lfX mfleheow, with a yousrj
application to T
Aog.fifl.
. —A good
Tlampkw^
CHOICE FAMILY GROCERIES
III M. LAMPIvlN, Agent, would, in addition
A • to his stock of Staple and Fancy Dry Geode,
respectfully cull attention to the following* articles
of luxury: Ginger and Citron Preserves; Prunes
and Duics ; n large supply of Figs iu Drums; To-
matto and Walnut Catsup: Macearoniand Vennn
t-illo; Siatllcss Raisins,in drums or by the pound;
J boxes Malaga Raisins; Pale Sherry,' Champaign*-
and claret Wuie*; Fresh Spiced Oysters, very fine.
. aptcea itysterx. very
Gauva, Lemon, Pine Apple and Currant Jellies;
Fresh Lobsters in Cans; a large supply of Dried
Currants: Heeker's Farina, for table use: Fresh
Boston Bisca't; Green anil Black Tens; Budkins
Ginger Wine tor Dyspepsia; Brown, Powdered
aud Crushed Sugars; l'io anil Java Ciflee; all
grades of tobacco and Cigars; Codfish and SnioktftT
Herring; Matkerell in Kitts or Barrel; Best brands
of Porter and Ale.
jVII the above articles will be sold upon the- moat
accommodating terms. J uno 26.
O i, the bschelot’s heart o’errau with joy,
So long by love unlit,
And from its unseen depths pourej out
Affection infinite.
Outstretching arms of strength unshorn.
He hugged—itis old tom cut.
Which, us was his wont, when master
Snoozed,
Had leaped into his lap.
NEW MERCHANT TAILORING ESTAB
LISHMENT.
A T R. It. Rf.OORFSEI.D'N old clothing
house, will be found, in addition to his large
nnd hardsome stock of Ready-mad© Clothing, a
large anti well selected stock of French nnd Bel
gian Clothes, English and French Cassimerex.
Vestings, Ac., which wo are prepared to make up
at shortest notice—having the aid of a machine to
sAr. rjr* All orders left for poods, cutting and
making, will receive prompt attention, and war
rant to give full satisfaction.
Augc.st 30,1855.
NEW BOOKS.
G RAYSON’S Hireling and the Slave
Irving's Lite of Washington—3 vols
The Angel in the House— Betrothal;
“ “ “ “ Espousals;
Last of the Foresters; Clam, or Slave Life
in Europe; Wit nnd Wisdom of Rev. Sid
ney Smith; John Halifax; Strickland’s
Queens of Scotland, jnst received by
Oct. 9 W. N. WHITE.
HOUSE KEEPFRS’NOTICE!
F W. LUCAS has on haad a handsome ns
• sortment of Carpets, Rttgs, Floor Cloths.
Window Shades, Gilt Cornice, Bands, Loops, and
all kind» of Cnrtain Trimmings, Datccsk.Lar.- and
Muslin Curtain*. Oct. 2.
Harrison’s marking Ink.
A RNOLD'S Steel Pen ; Harrison’s writ
t.'ng fluid, and Colombian Inks, black,
blue, red, nnd indelible, for tale, wholesale
and retail, by WM. N. WHITE.
Sept. 25.
NEW FASHIONABLE TAILORING
ESTABLISHMENT.
College Avcnne.
T rent undersigned espectl'ully solicits a call Iron
theettizens cf Athens and vicinity,to examine hit
Stock of NewCknfces, Cassemer*. Vesting Ac—*U of
which are of the newest and most F ash iohsble Stylet,
All ordert- left with me, w ill be made ia tha meet
Fashionable aad workman like manner. #
WILLIAM GARVIN Agent.
FebH.
J UST BBCBIVBB^-Karseva^tripe*. Can
ton end Wool Flannel. BlencLed^d Brown
Statures, Print*, end %gpo& asaortm^of other
vaaiMiutiii which we offer very low ter caab.
W T. BJ8HOP A SON
■"6vrt.lL ' 0
Huh to Meet a Duelist
We have always regarded the prac
tice of dueling ns a relic of the barbar
ous ages—a custom which is sanctioned
neither by tho laws of religion nor rea
son, and which should he condemned by
every moral, sober-jmlging man. Of
course the duel is no criterion, often
times it happens that the professed due-
list, when called upon to meet death or
danger in an unwanted shape, ia the first
to turn his back and lice.
A few years since, as a Georgian gen
tleman. whose name we shall call
Drown, .was passing a few days nt a ho
tel in one of our Western cities, he had
the misfortune to unintentionally offend
the susceptible honor of a tall Indiana
Colonel, who was otic of his fellow
boarders. Iiis apologies not being sat
isfactory, a challenge was sent him,
which however he declined, upon the
ground of conscientious scruples.
The colonel who, by the way, had
won in two or three encounters quite a
reputation as a duelist, at once conceiv
ed the idea that his opponent was a
coward, and resolved to disgrace him by
flogging him in the face of all the as
sembled wisdom of the house. Accord
ingly, the next-day, at dinner time, in
marched the duelist, armed with a for
midable cowhide, and advancing to
Brown’s clmir o dust his jacket for him
in a most approved style. Brown was
astonished. Luckily he had been a
lieutenant of a militia in his native
State, nnd knew the importance ofi -
ccmmodtng his enemy by a diversion.—
So, seizing the gravy tureen he tossed
the contents into the face of this billig-
eient colonel, nnd before thnt hero
cculd recover from the drowning sensa
tion thus occasioned, he sprang npon the
table, began to showerupon him, with a
liberal hand, the contents of the dishes
aronnd.
‘You are an infernal ,
‘Coward’ the Colonel was nbont to
say but nt that moment a plate of greens
struck full npon his mouth and the word
was blocked out and lost forever.
‘Ha!” cried the Georgian, whose
blood was now up, ‘fond of greens, are
you? Take a potato, too’; and he
hurled a telling volley of hard potatoes
at him; excellent eggs here; capital
things with calves’ head; and crash
came a plate of soft eggs against the side
of his cranium.
The blows of tlie cowhide which had
hitherto descended upon the Georgian’s
head and shoulders, now began to fall
more weak and wildly, and became evi
dent that the assailant, half stuned,
choked and partia ly blinded, was get-
Lie subsequently
challenged four persons against whom
his ire was particularly excited, and they
all consented to fight, but availing them
selves of the privilege of the challenged
party, appointed pudding bags for tb6ir
weapons. At engtli the happy duelist,
finding no one who was willing to shoot
or be shot at was obliged to leave the
Slate.
How lo Cook ‘‘French Brandy.”
A firm in New York has issued a cir
cular, in which the important informa
tion is conveyed that, that house has
been for many, years “trying to improve
all kinds of spirits from grain and turn
them into a good imitatiou of French
cognac; and that, after much laber aud
experiment, they have at last found an
article to answer that purpose.” They
thus set forth the process of manufacto
ry : “By distillation and chemical oper
ation we get at fourth-proof an article
m which tlie flavor is so much concen
trated that by mixing a gallon of it with
twenty-five to fifty gallous of American
pure spirits, it gives a good imitation of
tho different imported brauds.” One
gallon of “an article” to produce from
twenty-five gallons to fifty gallons of
imitation of the imported btattds; to be
bottled, labeled, set forth, and swallow
ed at one dime per pony gla-s, ns an ar
ticle “such as you cannot get elsewhere
in town.” This article is called spi it
of cognac, and according to the circular
“may be had without color, or colored
for pale or dark.” “Dark, by all
means;” “I prefer pale.” “You can
take which you please, gentlemen ; but
you ate not aware of the manner in
which both are prepared.”
This enterprising firm have also dis
covered an article which they call spir
it ot gin. They aver that a splendid
imitation of Holland gin can bo pro
duced by mixing one gallon of the spir
its with forty gallons of pure spirits.
In addition, they have constantly on
hand a tine supply of “che.nical color-
ing,” by which tlie “dark” article of
imitation brandy is produced.
The circular closes with a list of pri
ces, which, if published, would astonish
our citizens, many of whom, imbibing
these “imitations,” which cost about
sixty cents per gallon, are informed that
“that brandy cost me S8 iu New York."
With this information in their posses
sion we should not wonder if henceforth
there was a decided decline of confi
dence among brandy drinkers as well
a- among tlie imbibers of the less pre
tentious liquors, gin nnd rum.
H ashingtou Loved his Mollier.
Immediately after the organization
of the present government, Washington
repaired to Fredericksburg, to pay his
humble duty to his mother, preparato
ry to his departure to New York. Au
affecting scene ensued. The son feel
ingly remarked the ravages tottering
disease had made upon the aged frame
of Itis mother, and thus addressed her :
“The people, ntadatn, have been
pleased with the most flattering unani
mity, to elect me to the chief magistracy
of the United States, but before I can
assume the functions of that office, I
have come to bid you an affectionate
farewell. So soon as the public busi
ness, which must necessarily be encoun
tered in arranging a new gove.rnnient,
can be disposed of, I shall hasten to
Virginia and”—Here the mother inter
rupted him. “Yon will sec menomore.
My great age, and the disease that is
fast approaching my vitals, warn me
that I shall not be long i t this world. I
trust in God, I am somewhat prepared
for «a better. But go, George, fulfill the
high destinies which heaven appears to
assign yon ; go, my son, and may that
heaven’s and yonr mother’s blessing be
with you always."
The President was deeply affected.—
His head rested upon the shoulder of
bis parent, whose aged arm feebly, yet
fondly encircled his neck. That brow,
on which fame had wreathed the purest
laurel virtue ever gave to created matt
relaxed from its lofty bearing. 1 hat
look which could have awed a llornau
Senate in its Fabrican day, was bent in
filial tenderness npon the time worn fea
tures of this veuerable matron.
1 he great man wept. A thousaud
recollections crowded npon his mind, as
memory, tracing scenes long past, car
ried him back to the paternal mansion,
and tho days of youth; and there the
center of attraction was bis mother,
whose care, instruction and discipline,
had prepared him to reach the topa.ost
of laudable ambition; yet how were his
glories forgotten while he gazed upon
her from whom, wasted by time and
malady, he must soon part to meet no
more!
The matron's predictions were true.
The disease which had so long preyed
. - ... upon her frame, completed its triumph,
ting the worst of it. Hts courage was ^ ^ expired #t ^ of eighty five
rapidly oozing out.
‘Take a turkey !’ shouted Brown, as
a noble gobler descended fairly upon the
Colonel’s hca# and bursting, filled his
hair with delicious stuffing: ‘and here’s
tlie fixii gs,’ he continued, as the squash
and jelly followed.
By this time tbfe colonel w.ts irretriev
ably defeated, and as his opponent seiz
ed a huge plum pudding, steaming hot
and holding it above hi6 head with both
bauds, seemed About to bury him be
neath it, be quailed in terror, and
throwing dowa his cowhide turned about
and mao* a rush for the door.
‘Stop for the pudding, colonel; stop
for the pudding,’ shouted Brown. ‘Pud
ding, colonel, pudding,’ screamed all bis
lellow boarde s, amid convulsions of
lnughtei. But the colonel was too ter
rified to listen to their kind invitations,
and did not cease to run until be bad t
locked himself into his room. *
But although raw colonel had escaped
confiding in the promise of immortality
to the humble believer. ^
Remember his story, little children.*—
Washington, you know, was a great
man. We shall never expect to see
any little boy become a great man who
•does not love bis mother.
A Puzzled Irishman.
Mr. O’Flaugherty undertook to tell
how many were at the party. The two
Crogans was one, mesclf was two, Au * e
Finn was three, and—and who the dev
il was four ? Let me see (counting his
lingers)—the two Crogans was one,
Mike Finn was two, meself was three—
«nd—be dad! there was four of us; but
St. Patrick couldn’t tell the name of the
ether. Now its meself that has it; Mike
Finn was one, the two Crogans was twq*
meself tbree j —and—and be me som, I
think there was but threfe of us, after
all.
The English Aristocracy.
We copy from the Washington Cnitm
thcFfollowiug extract of a letter from one
of the officers of tho United States steam
frigate Merrhn&c, written while that
vessel was lying off Southampton ;
Southampton, Oct. 8,1856.
We have been visited a great dexl
here, especially by navy men, aud have
created something of an excitement iu the
naval world, judging by the pieces in the
papers. Much attention has been paid
us ashore, too, especially by two fami
lies—one that ot an old East Indian
General, the other that of Lord Hard-
wicke. Gen. Frazier lias passed most
of Isis life iu India, and now lives iu ease
and comfort on the Southampton water.
At a dinner at his house we had an op
portunity of seeing how the aristccracv
here live.
Lord Hard wicke and family, and
several other gut sts. were there to meet
us and everything was iu splendid style.
One turbaued Indian with several other
servants, waited at table. Tlie plate
was superb, and the dinner the most re
cherche. We sat down to the table at
half-past seven These are always
epaulets and sword occasions. Lord
ilardwicke’s family consists of his coun
tess, his eldest sou, Viscount Rovsteh,
(about 18 or 20, nnd Lord Roysten by
courtesy,) three of tlie finest looking
daughters you ever saw, and several
younger sons. The daughters—Lady
Elizabeth, Lady Maty and Lady Agnita
—are surpassingly beautiful; such de
velopment, such rosy cheeks, laughing
eyes and unafiected manners, you tarclv
see combined. They take a great dutil
of out door exercise, and come aboard
the Merriinuc in a heavy tain, with Irish
thicker soled shoes than you or I ever
wore, aud cloaks and dretses almost im
pervious to wet.
They steer their father’s yacht, walk
the Lord knows how many miles, and
don’t care a cent about rain, besides do
ing a host of other things that would
shock our ladies to death ; nnd yet in
the parlor arc the most elegant looking
women in their satin-shoes and diamonds
1 ever saw. The conutess in her coronet
of jewels is an elegaut lady, and looks
like a fit mother for throe such women.
His lordship has given us three or four
dinners, lie lives here merely during
the yachting season, and leaves on Fri
day for his countty scat at Cambridge,
where he spends the winter, as do all
English gcntlcineu of means, hunting,
&c.. and when Parliament is in session
he lives in London in his town house.
Here lie has a host of servants, and they
wear the grandest livery — while coats
with bigsilver buttons, white cravats,
plush knee-breeches and vest, white silk
stocleshig-s and low shoes. Lord Hard-
wicke’s brother is Dean of York, a high-
church dignitary ; has two pretty daugh
ters, and is himself a jolly gentleman.
After dinner the ladies play and sing
for us, aud the other niglit they got up a
game of blind-man’s buff, in which they
said we had the advantage, inasmuch t’s
their “ petticoats rustled so that they
were easily caught.” They call things
by their names here. In the course of
the game Lord Ilardwicko himself was
blindfolded, and trying to catch some
one, fell over his daughter's lap on the
floor, when two or three of the girls
caught hint by the legs and dragged his
lordship, roaring with laughter, ns we all
were, on his back into the middle of the
floor. Yet they are perfectly respectful,
but appear on a perfect equality with
each other. In fact, the English arc a
great people. Two clubs here have of
fered us the use of their rooms.
Counterfeiters.
"We yesterday morning heard tlmt
counterfeit bills of the denomination of
Ten Dollars on the Merchants' & Plan
ters’ Bank, were in circulation. Two of
them have already been detected, anil
there. re doubtless many in circulation.
In the afternoon wo learned that coun
terfeits of the same denomination on the
Central Railroad Bank had been dis
covered. Both these urc photographs
from the genuine bills, with the word
Ten in red- letters, stamped on. We
have not yet seen the counterfeit on the
Railroad Bank, but learn that it is similar
to that on the Merchants’ 6c Planters',
which is printed on dark and inferior
paper, aud lias a greasy and blurred ap
pearance. The rod ink used is of a
darker hue than the genuine, and has a
smell ot turpentine, as if freshly execut
ed. The signatures aro badly done, and
the general appearance of the bill is as
if the counterfeiters werepressed for time
and were not able to make them perfect.
It is fortunate for the pubic that slight
examination will suffice to detect them.
Bv advertisements in another column
it will be seen that Mr. Cuvier offers a
reward of $500, aud Air, Roberts ot 8100
for evidence to convict any persons of
issuing these notes.—Sor. News, 12th.
Devotion to thr Union.—General
Morris’ beautiful national lyric, ‘‘The
Flag of our Union Forever,” has done
more towards electing Buchanan than
any other "document” of the recent can
vass It touched the right nerve and
produced a thrill of patriotism through
out the Republic:
A union of lakes—a union of lands—
A union of States none may sever!
A union of hearts—a union ot hands—
And the Flag ofjmr Union forever!
—.V. T. News.
• i«p don’t care somuch about the bugs.”
said Mr. Wormley to the head of of the
genteel privatwfcmily in which he re
sides, “but the fact is marm, I havn’t
got the Mood to spare j you see that,
yourself*” ■'
A Thin Dress —An exchange pa
per, under ihe bead of "Good advice.”
advises young men & “wrap themselves
‘ tue.
A good Story told Apropos.
1 he cry of “ outrage," the disclosures
of pretended conspiracies, nrd the manu
facture of threats attributed lo foreigners,
with which tlie Know Nothings inva
riably precede their invitations to vio
lence acd outrage, and their brutalities
towards inoffensive foreigners, is cliarac-
terised iu the Cincinnati Enquirer by the
following anecdote:
1 his system, so steadily'and ingeni
ously persevered in by tho Know Noth
ing journals, reminds us of a story rc
once heard in Arkansas. Thera yras a
fellow, in a certain neighborhood of that
State, who was strongly suspected of
sheep-stealing. There were a good manv
cases of the mysterious' disappearance of
choice mutton from the fi*>cks of the
planters, which were traced to his door ;
but, being a very willy- and ingeuious
chap, he generally succeeded in proving
an alihi, or some other defence, which
reduced the charge, to a mere suspicion.
At last, however, a planter who was
rid; tg through the woods perceived the
suspected sheep-thief steal from the
woods, and, after looking round to see
that no one was near, walk up to a flock
of sheep and deliberately' knock ovar the
largest aud fattest. At this moment the
planter mde up, and confronting the
thief, exclaimed ;
“ Now, sir, I’ve got you ! You can't
get off: you are ca:.glit in the act!”
“ What, act ?” indignantly’ inquired
the offended thief.
“ Sheep-stealing.” was the confident
response.
“ 3ir, y’ou had bfetter mind how you
charge a respectable American citizen
with such a crime as tjkccp-stealing,” re
plied the gentlemau with the penphant
for mutton , . .
“Now, will you deny that I raw vott
kill that sheep ?” asked the planter.’
“ No, sir,” was the prompt answer;
“ 1 ditl kill h : m, and I’ll do it again.
I’ll kill anybody’s sheep that tries to.I ite
meas 1 am going peat eably along the road
The Know Nothing excuse? for their
acts of violence are generally;os good as
those of the Arkansas sheep stc
Gentlemanly Conduct.
Self-respect is the safest prevention
against quarreling. The man who is
sure of his own position is the slowest
to su*pcct another of any design to .
question it; and hence the ait of nvoi^
ing altercations has generally been
deemed cue ot the peculiar characteris
tics of a gentleman. Never to seem
afraid of being put upon ty the phrase
goes—never to argue a qucsrion, tne.e-
ly lest people sliould'thitik you cannot
argue it—-never to fight stuiply for fit ar
the looker^ might think you a coward—*
these are some of the maxims on which
all men of superior minds set, habitual
ly and unconsciously and it is this habit
which gives to such men that air of re
pose and self-possession before which
fools stand abashed and dandiea are
wild with envy'.
Few men have mingled even in tibd
slightest degree in society without notic
ing that one prominent. feature In the
character of a parvenue is bis proneness
to take offense. His anclett'ere*iffiarp-
cr, his corns “ more tender,” than those
of other people. • ’ aoqu
There is really no knowing whffre id
be safe with him. The moment you put
your finger on him, his bristles stand out
iike a hedgehog’s. The best plan, of
course, is to leave 9uch a cltnrac ter alone.
We should do our best to avoid in
fringing on their ramified irritability.
It is senseless to provoke a man, who
ever he may be who has the power to lo
mischievous. The man who wants to
fight you iu the street because you push
against him may be a low fellow, but
that will be no consolation if yon g>
home with a black eye.' Neither will it
much mend the matter if y’on give hint
two in return. On the whole you w>l!
consider it a very disagreeable bnsines t
and wish devoutly vou had never got
into it.
death if they had bo
-warmer.
The Vice President Elect; - ‘
The following sketch of the -Vice
President elect is by a correspondent
of the New York Jonmal of Commcfcc :
“Lexington, Ky., October 30, 186G.
—After a pleasant ride amid the beauti
ful but fertile fields of Kentilcky, I am
once again safely euscouscd Within this
beautiful place that was so long’the abi
ding place of Henry Clay, and now^ is
the residence o^tbat noble son of honor
and fame, John C. Breckinridge. To
know him is enough to prove the schol
ar, gentleman, and statesman who will
fill the office of Vice President by virtue
of the election on Tuesday text. ' He
is all that the party could wish Tor as a
champion of their principles. He com
menced life poor and friendless—his pa
rents being dead. He began as a teach
er of a common school, and through per
severance and hard study ho entered
upon his collegiatb course with tho avails
of his labor. At this period . of life a
wealthy uncle became much interested
in him, hut, upon his avowal of demo
cratic principles, the bond of friendship
was severed, tet the young and as.
piling genius continued on, and finally
graduated with the highest honors of
his class. As an orator, lie ccrnsbinea
the clear and comprehensive soundness
of Webster and Clay ; and, in connex
ion, Las a beautiful and flowery style of
expression aud a copious supply of words
of a chaste and refin sd character equal
to the greatest. To use the expression
of a neighbor of his ‘Tr^bea he opens
his month it is to give utterdneoto the
most beautiful, chaste, aod classic lan
guage, like a’rare collection of buds,
\jhich, as they open and expand, dev el
ope new beauties continually.’ In his
social position, with such a. refinement
aud cultivated manner, jjrf* .f.* 1 *?!®®
by iu whft know him; HR *1 BOH a
up in their virtue." A cotemporary „y ■« T" aOfcd inthe'his-
says, “Many of them would freeze to lustre to bis psrty ujtequajieq
t ry ofoqe so young.