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v “ Wisdom, JtutUe, Moderation.” ' ifi-.Li vti n> Jirrics ir.j- )j’*otiiwaui*4*l3» vol. i. 7 V \ i r--’- ' ■■■’•■.■’. .J*‘ • • /. t :»>• .. I. .. . t. 'iD M *“j’ •• <**’ ■:• • : ALBANY, BAKER COUNTY, GEORGIA, JULY I6* 1845. MJtyUi jo dJ?|C NO. 14. the patriot, y riT.I l<*nF.D EVEftT WEDNESDAY JIORNrXfl, CT NELSON TIFT & SETH N. BOUGHTON, Editors anil Proprietors. TERMS. T\VO Dollars per annum, if paid in advance, or Thm* Dollar* at the end of the year. Advertiaementa not exceeding twelve line*, will i iiwcrtwl at One Dollar for the first insertion, and VrtV cent* for each continnancc. Advertisements ' j bavins the number of insertions specified, will I,. niiUeffid until forhid. .S»ksol'I*nd and Negroes by Executors, Adminis- .r-cotsand GuarJians, are required by law to lie j'riTti**! in a public gazette, sixty days previous to t'k'dav of sale. ‘ xu- file* of Personal Property must be advertised |ite manner forty days. ’ Nolire to Debtors and Creditors of an estate must i.' niKirhed forty days. Notice that application will lie made to the Court r f Olieary for leave to sell Land and Negroes, must t , p,,M,.lied weekly for four months. Monthly Advertisements, One Dollar per square t r larh insertion. jj’Ail letters on business must be post paid. ALEXANDER A. ALLEN, ATTORNEY AT LAW. Paiiibridge, Decatur County, UeorRln July 0,1845 13 y Ult. T. U. MATTHEWS, physician, surgeon, and accoucheur, Aluaxv, Gcokoi*. April 111, 1845. tf PETEK J. STROXIER, ATTORNEY AT LAW, r.nril 1C, IS 15. Albany, Georgia. tf E. H. PLATT, ATTORNEY AT LAW, Aluaxv, Georgia. tpril 1C, 1815. ‘ 1 tf POETRY. Hong. FRIENDSHIP, LOVE AND TRUTH. BY JAMES MONTGOMERY. When ‘Friendship, Love and Truth’ £bound Among a band of brothers The cup of joy goes gaily round, Each shares the bliss of others; Sweet roses grace the thorny way Along tliis vale of sorrow, The flower* that shed their leaves today, ► Shall bloom again to morrow. How grand in age, how fair in youth, Arc holy ‘Friendship, Lore and Truth' On halcyon wings our momenta pass, Life’s cruel cares beguiling; Old time lays down his scythe and glass, In gay good-lmmor smiling; With ermine heard and forehead grey, His reverend front adorning, He looks like Winter tumedto May, t Night softened into morning; How grand in age; how fair in youth, Are holy ‘Friendship, love and Truth. From tlicsedelightiul fountains flow Ambrosial rills of pleasure; Can man desire, can heaven bestow A more resplendant treasure T Adorned with gems so richly bright, We’ll form a constellation, Where cvcty star with modest light Shall gild his proper station. How grand in age, bow fair in youth, Arc holy ‘Friendship, Lore and Truth.’ MISCELLANY. THOMAS PINKNEY SMITH, ATTORNEY AT LAW, Aluaxv, Georgia. aprfl 1C, 1*45. . . 1 tf JOIINRS” JONES. Saddle and Harness Maker, A XU HE P.1 IRE ft ALBANY, liAKlill COUNTY GA. April l!3il, 2 tf. JOHN BILBO. ATTORNEY AT LAW. ALBANY (iA. Will practice in the several Courts of the South- [WrsU'.m Circuit, and Thomas and Stewart coun- il'S. april, 1G, 1815. 1 tf. J. LAW, .1TTORXEY .IT UIW, lllaiiibridgc, Decatur County, Georgia, I Will attend punctually the Superior Courts of the Ifonntic* ot Early, Baker and Decatur, of tlic South- luv.tcrn, and of the County of Thomas of the Soutli- |<m Circuit. July 9,1845, 13 y RICIK1KD II. CE.IKK, ATTORNEY AT LAW, Albany, Gcorgia. (Will practice in tlie Counties of Baker, Lee, Decs fur, jlooly, Sumter, Randolph and Early, of the ISoutlAVcstcm Circuit, Stewart, of the Cliattahoo- flur, and Thomas, of the Southern Circuit. Cl' OJJiee under the “ Courier" Office, Broad St. A GRAPHIC SKETCH OF A FAMILY A correspondent of the New Haven Courier, wri ting from the village of Leesvillc, gives the follow ing account of a Connecticut family: “ But the most interesting tiling about Leeavilie, is that it is the kirth-ploce of the ‘ fourteen daugh ters.’ To say ‘ the fourteen daughters,’ would re quire no explanation here, or in any part of Middle sex county, but with you it may not be quite so plain. I will explain. In the largest and most com modious hourc in the village, resides a Mr. Whit more, (I forget his Christian name) who is the fa ther offourteen daughters. Ho never Had a son.— The youngest daughter is now about twelvo years old. Twelve of the daughters have been married, and twelve are now living. What is a little singu lar, every one of the daughters were married in reg ular rotation, that is, the oldest first, and so on. The lather was heard jokingly to remark, ‘ 1 will have no picking in my taiaily—you must take them as they come.’ The daughters have over sustained a high reputation for their many virtues ami good qualifi cations, and make as exemplary wives as dutiful daughters. All the twelve married respectable, wor thy men, and liavc been peculiarly blessed in the marriage relation. When the last child was born, Mr. Whitmore was so much disappointed that it was not a son, that he wept like a child. Although the old gentleman was not blessed with a son, he has many grandsons, and will probably have scores of them. The two daughters that have died, quietly repose side by side in the neat hurrying ground of the village. Over the gravestones, and on them are engraved weeping willows, with fourteen branches of each. Tho first stone that was erected bad one branch broken from the tree, which lay beneath— the second two branches. “ What a glorious sight it would be to see these daughters, with their husbands and children, gather ing around the ‘ thanksgiving’ board at the home stead ! And with what proud satisfaction most the parents survey the scene, and their hearts leap for joy, as they would inwardly exclaim, “ These are our jewels.” R. K. A J. B. HINES, ATTORNEYS &. COUNSELLORS AT LAW, Ojtices in Macon & Albany, Geo. They will practice in the fotlotring Counties. Dibli, Moron. Thomas, Thomastille. jHouston. Perry. Decatur, Bainbridge. ■Dooly, Vienna. Stewart, Lum/Ain. IMacon, Lanier. Sumpter, Americas. I bee, Slarksrille. Randoljih, Cuthbert. I Early, Blakely. Pulaski, Itaickinsrille. I Baker, Albany, |.\ikJ in the Circuit Court of the United State* for the District of Georgia. They will attend any other Court, not conflicting aith the above, when engagrd spccbllv to do so. The attention of both partners will be given to all usiner* entrusted to their care. Letters may he addressed to tho firm at either place. Richard K. Hines. John B. Hines. April 1G, 1845, I 3m D. J. VASON,. |attorneys and counsellors at law, Albany, Georgia. april 1G, 1845. 1 tf CARRIAGE MAKING. M1E supscriber is at length able to announce to L hi* friends and the public generally, that be u II prepared to do afl kinds of CARRIAGE WORK, I uo hand s first rate stock of SEASONED ., together with a complete assortm Coach Trimmings. lehbnself 'ftnm'bls long‘ experience in the hossbuiinesa.and well known attention to the same, 7 NICHOLAS LONG. July 91845 18 tf SWEARING. Whatever fortune may be made by perjury, I be lieve there never was a man who made a fortune by swearing. It very often happens that men pay for swearing, but it seldom happens that they are paid for it. It is not easy to perceive what honor or credit is connected with it Does any man receive promotion because he is a notable blusterer? Oris any man advanced in dignity because be is expert in profane swearing! Low must be the character which such impertinence will exlialt; high must be the character which such impertinence will not de grade. Inexcusable, therefore, must be the practice which has neither reason nor passion to support it. The drunkard lias his cup; tho lecher his mistress; the satirist his revenge; the ambitious man bis pre ferment ; the miser hi* gold; but the common swear er has nothing; he sells his soul for nought, and drudges in the service of the devil gratis. Swear ing is void of all plea; it is not the o&pring of the soul, not interwoven with the texture of the body; nor any how allied to our tune. For, as Tillotaon ex presses it, “though some men pour out oaths as if they were natural, yet no man was ever bom of a swearing constitution.” A GOOD fflNT. Sam Slick counsels fathers who have marriagea ble sons in the following manner: If you want a eon not to foil in love with any splendiferous gal, praise her up to the skieq; call her an angel; say she is a whole team and a horse to spare, and all that The moment the critter sees her be is a little grain disappointed, and says, “Well she is handsome, that’s* fact; bnt she is not so ve ry, eery evertestin’ pretty, after all.” Thenhecrit- icisesber. "Her foot is too thick ini the instep; her elbow bone is too sharp; the range* ; is affected,’ and so CORONATION EXTRA. The frogs cm a time mere trilh royally smitten, So a king they would hare any tcayyou couldfix it ; And the young females all haring given the “mitten" To the regular chief', 'ttcas a seer’s ipse dixit. That, (there being no chance if a legitimate frog) The nation should choose for their sovereign a log. And lately, the young galintppers of “ Main,” Desirous if some one to do up their “ vetoes" Caught a juvenile Indian and begged him to reign For a summer or tieo, as their King <f Musquitoes. [Lay of the Last Tadpole. The yoang Emperor of Brazil has been until very recently, the sole monarch on the American conti nent, and his coronation was the only one that had ever occurred, (save a sham attempt in Mexico to bccrown poor Iturbide,) since Cortez deposed the unhappy Uautemozin. Not so now, however; Don Pedro has a “ brother near his throne.” The Eng lish have helped him to a continental “contempora ry”; and ho must look sharp to his imperial possess ions, or he may find them overrun by his Majesty, the Monarch of all the Musquitoes. It was a fond but frail anticipation of tho American democracy, that wc had banished monarchy and all monarchical propensities from Baffin’s Bay to Terra del Fuego, and that republicanism was hereafter to hare it all to herself, from the land of eternal fire to the north ernmost promontory of everlasting frost The democ racy were mistaken. Royalty has commmenced its reign and Central America is already provided with a crowned king! The coast called the “Spanish Main” was taken possession of by the British gov- ernment some time since, and that singularly for bearing power being of opinion that she could best preserve to herself the newly acquired territory by setting up something in the slnpe of a sovereign, has caught a young Indian somewhere on the coast and coaxed him to go through the form of a corona tion. The august ceremonies took place according ly on the second Wednesday in May last, and the whole programme of the performances is given with great circumstantiality in a recent Bahama Gazette, A more biting satire on tho pomp and pageantry of a coronation, than is exhibited in this precious spe cimen of royal Tomfoolery, was never uttered even by the most ultra enemy of regal government Tiie new potentate belongs to that interesting porrtion of the continent called the Musqitito Coast, and be has taken the title of King of the Musquitoes. May his Majesty find his subjects less difficult to dodge and less bloody minded in their propensities than we are led to fear from the nature of onr own intercourse with those remoreoluss canilials! One of tho stray rapscallions from that region made on attack on us no longer ago than yesterday, and if “ George Au gustus Frederick” lias many such leiges, the Lori have mercy on his nose. The particular villian to which we allude, Iiad one Roman virtue about him, however, for he was a determined suicide, and vol untarily gorged himself with cliristian Mood until ho died, and if we were the new monarch, it would be our study to encourage the samcclassical exam plo among liis countrymen. But we beg his majesty’s pardon, not only for the digression, but for the rather irreverent manner in which wa have been obliged to notice the hearing of an emigrant from the royal dominions, and we will endeavor now to give some hasty account of the coronation. It was a very imposing pageant—cer tainly a gross imposition upon his majesty—and ap pears to have been managed exclusively by the Brit ish naval and military officers on the station; though the ecclesiastical functions were discharged by a clergyman commissioned for the purpose by some English Bishop. The procession moved from the government house—a sort of succcdancum for a royal palace— to the church; the officers of the garrison and the ship of war Hyacinth taking the lead, and Lieuten ant Hunt of the 2d West India regiment, carrying “ Tho Sword of State”; the Crown being borne by a Midshipman I The Rev. Mr. Reed carried the Bi ble. The King himself marched between the Brit ish Consul General and Her Majesty’s Superinten dent, the Royal Aids do Camp being in attendance. Whether these latter were Musquitoes or not, is more than we know—stop—however, upon reading the programme again, we find they were Messrs. Howard and Oldfield, from the Hyacinth. Then came some Indian Chiefs, black and bloody, as be came Musquitoes of their rank. There were in (act a great many other dignitaries, but we cannot find room for them all, but must hurry on tony that the Reverend Mr. Somebody preached a sermon, and after prayers by Rev. Mr. Somebody Else, the Bish op’s deputy crowned his Majesty in doe form, and the King behaved himself as became the founder of the mighty dynasty of the Musquitoes. Indeed hi* Majesty’s deportment “charmed all beholders.”— Tho new King had it seems been previously bapti zed, and taken into the church under the family name of the Goelphs, being christened George Au gustus Frederick, a cognomen to which we doubt not he will do honor, for if he proves himself worthy of his native Musquitoes and makes as good a blood sucker as becomes bis lineage, it is quite sure that his Christian designation is a proper and appropriate ooe, for the Hanoverian family has been famous for turning out the most eminent leeches in all Europe. George Frederick Augustus, alt hail! We wish you a pleasant reign of it among your Musquitoes, and may yon like your subjects better than we do. May they make music more suited to the royal ear, than your Majesty’s nocturnal serehsdere ever made the sense of sky. Ton look to tho snn, for he is your task-master, and by him yon know the measure of the work that remains for you to do. IIo comes when you strike yoor tent in the early morning, and AN INCIDENT—PRESIDENTIAL. '] There were yesterday in the drawing roocnoftho City Hotel, Mr. Van Buren, Ex-President; Mrs. John Quincy Adams and faintly of Ex-President then, for the first boor of the day, as you move for-! Adams; Miss Cntls. the niece ofEx-PrcaidentMadi- ward on your camel,hestands at your near side and • son, and Mrs. Mickleham,the niece of Ex-President makes you know that the whole day’s toil is before you. Then for a while, and a long while, you see him no more, for yen are relied and shrouded, and dare not look upon the brightness of his flaming sword. No words are spoken, but your Arabs moan, yoor camels sigh, your skin glows hot, your shoul ders ache, and you see the same pattern in the silk and the same glare of light beyond. Butconquering time marches on, and by and by the descending sun has compassed the heaven, and now softly touches your right arm, and throws your lank shadow over the sand 1 right along on the way for Persia; then again you look upon his face, for the power is all veiled in bis beauty, and the redness of flames has become the redness of roses; the fair wavy cloud that fled in the morning now comes to his sight once more; comes blushing, yet still comes on; comes burning with blushes, yet hastens and clinga to his side. Then arrives yottr time for resting. The world about you is all your own, and there, where yon will, yon pitch yonr solitary tent; there is no living thing to dispute yonr choice. When at last the spot had been fixed upon and wc came to a halt one of the Arabs would touch the chest of my camel and utter a peculiar gurgling sonnd. The beast in stantly understood and obeyed the sign, and slowly sunk under me till she brought her body to a level with the ground; then gladly enough I alighted.— The rest of the camels were unloaded and turned loose to browse upon the shrubs of the desert, where shrubs there were, or where these failed, wait for tho small quantity of food which was allowed out of onr stores. My servants, helped by the Arabs, bu sied tliemselvas in pitching the tent and kindling the fire. Whilst this was doing I used to walk away towards the cast, confiding in tlic print of my foot as a guide for my return. Apart from the cheering voice of my attendants I could better know and feel the loneliness of the desert The influence of such scenes, however was not of a softening kind, but fill ed me rather with a sort of childish exultation in tlic self-sufficiency which enabled me to stand thus a- lone in the wilderness of Asia—a shortlived pride, for wherever man wanders he still remains tethored by the chain that links him to his kind; and so, when tiie night closed oronnd me, I began to return—to return, as it were to my own gate. Reaching at last some high ground I could see, and see with de light the fire of our small encampment; and when at last I regained tiie spot it seemed to mo a very home that had sprung up for me in tho midst of these solitudes. My Arabs were busy with thoir bread; Afysseri rattling tea-cups, tho little kettle with her odd old maldish looks, sat humming away old songs about England, and two or three yards from tho fire my tent stood prim and tight, with open porta] and with welcoming look, like the “ one arm chair” of our Lyrist’s “ sweet Lady Anne."—Tra ces of Travel, Jefferson. A meeting of such distinguished persona rarely occurs. The association of names here are of the most marked character that could bo brought together.— John Adams and Thomas Jefferson were among the fathers of the country. They were long friends, and always united, when the country was assailed by a foreign foe. They wore, however, long aliena ted, hut “ in death they were united,” and expired upon the anniversary of that Independence which they had done so much to achieve. John Quincy Adam’s name is associated with all the Adminis trations.—He had the confidence of all, from Wash- - ington to tiie time when he was placed at the bead of the Government. Washington, Jeflenon, Madi son, and Monroe, all were his friends. It is pleas ant to see the families and descendant* of oar Chief Magistrates, though of opposing political creeds, thus meeting together upon terms of social respect and kindness.—JV. Y. Express. In a Bad Fix—Value if an M. D.—A lady liv ing in the western port of tho city, feeling rattier languid on account of tho extreme warm weather* took to gaping, and in the act she dislocated her jaw! As there was no one in the house except a small child, she ran to the nearest neighbor for as sistance. As she approachod them, with both hands raised to her head, her mouth open and jaw banging down, crying out “ugh! ugh!” they all supposed he; crazy, and fled. One of them finally had courage to turn round and ask her what was tho matter. The only reply was, “ugh! ugh!” A crowd soon col lected around lier, among whom was a young Doc- tor, who took tiie liberty to apply his land to her jaw in a scientific way—when, lo! tho lady smiled and chatted, and expressed her gratitude, liko a sweet girl—os she was! This Doctor is noqimck,bnt a regular M. D.,anJ it is said, is quite landsomc. No wonder the young ladies still continue to gupo in that neighthoriiood more tlan over. We think his business will soon be so pressing that ho will need a .partner, and lave no difficulty in obtaining one.—Cincinnati Gazette. to ours—owing probably to defective education in the tropical sciences.—AT. Y. Courier tf Enquirer. TRAVELING IN THE ARABIAN DESERT. As longs* you are journeying into the interior of tho desert, you have no particular point to make for as your resting place. The endless sands yield no- . and tho more yon oppose him the more, thing but small stunted shrubs, and even these foil be abases her, till she swear* sbois mbreported, after the first two or three days, and from that time knd wit handsomo at aB. Say nothing to him, and he you pass over broad plains, yon pss* over newly rear- IssnoooerorerhMd and ear* in a minutes. He sees. ed hills, yon pass through Tallies that the storm oLting off the ends of the asixbiipcnaa, beating up tho *11 the beauties arid no detects, and is for walkin’ j foot week he* dug, and the hill* and raBeya are sand, [woof of tho hsmid. and in short oresy thing that the fako her aflbetioos atone*. Nothin’damage* a gal, sand, sand, stiB sand, and only sand, and sand and moat dexterous Tuscan fiagaia erer accomplished, a preacher, or * cake, pto twer-prehe.. A.bosafo rend again- The earth is aojamdy that yonr eyes besides a firmness and beaaty of fiabh which they rmKr*H*iftr* i-— bvH- ^tnm towards heaven; towards heaven, I mean in^eonidnever attain.—Tribune. j DEPARTURE OF THE NEW IRON STEAM ER FROM PITTSBURGH. Yesterday, Bays the Pittsburgh Gazette of Wed nesday, tiie Iron Steamer Revenue Cutter “Geo. M. Bibb,” left this city for the Gulf of Mexico, her future theatre of action. This beautiful vessel erected here at an expense of about $100,000, was entirely completed in every port, rigged and manned. For symmetry, beauty and good workmanship, she is the admiration of all who have seen her, and we point to her with pride as a specimen of tho ability and skill of Pittsburgh mechanics. If there is any fault about her it cannot be traced to the workmen, but to those who planned and superintended her erection. She has now been in the water some months, and we learn has proved to be perfectly water tight She is propelled by submerged horizontal wheels, on the plan of Lieut. Hunter. As to her speed wc are not prepared to judge. She left port rather slowly, but whether that was intentional, or owing to a want of power wc cannot say. We presume, however, that her officers would not venture to run her with greater speed than merely necessary to steer her, as she draws from eight to nine feet water. As the river is foiling, the injury to be apprehended running aground is very great The hearty wishes of our citizeaa follow her for a prosperous voyage the ocean. The departure of this vessel forms quite an eta in our history. She is the first government vessel, intended for offensive and defensive purposes, which ever left our port in a finished state, and is but the precursor of what will doubtless hereafter be but an ordinary occurence. She b the lint iron sea vessel which ever sailed down the Ohio, and bears with her such an appearance of strength, beaaty and durability, that die moat favorably im press e rery beholder. The Iron Steamer Hunter, abo lying at Pitts burgh, will probably leave that port in a few days, taking advantage of the present rise in the river. The H. was built for U McLaughlin, U. S. N. TUSCAN BRAID BY MACHINERY. Mr. Elisha Fitzgerald, 85 Christie-street, has patented a must beautiful machine for making Tus can braid, by which a piece containing S2 yards of the finest quality, can be braided in n day—whereas the beet of braiders by hand requires two weeks to complete the same quantity—the texture of Mr. Fitzgerald’s braid being altogether superior in com pactness, evenness and finish, to the very best Ital ian. The importance ofthh invention may b* esti mated when it b considered that the importation of Tuscan braid into tbb country avenges nearly 83,- OOQyOOO per annum. The Machine b too complica ted to admit of an intelligible deocrijnion, without diagrams. Every thing beat in motion by tinning a crank—feeding tbs fingers with new straws, cuU WORK FOR CHILDREN. There is no trreater defect in educating children, than neglecting to accustom them to work. It is on evil that attaches mostly to large towns and cities. Children sulfur much from it. Tim parent nover considers whothcr the child’s work is ncccssaiy or not to tiie child. Nothing b more uncortain than their future independence and comfort—much dcjiends on being arcustomod to work—accustomed to provide forthe thousand constantly recurring wants that nature lias entailed on us. If this were not so, still it preserves them from bad habits—it secures their health; itatrongthens both mind and laxly; it enables them better to bear the confinement of tlic school-room; and it tend* more than any thing else to give them just views of life. It is too often tiie case that children, provided they spend half a dozen hours a day at school aro allow ed to spend the rest a* they please. Thus they grow up in tiie world without a knowledge of its toils and cares. They view it through a false medium. They cannot appreciate the favon yon bestow, as they do not laiow the toil* they cost Their bodies and minds are enervated, and they are exposed to what ever vicious associations are within their reach. The daughter, probably, become* that pitiable, helpless object, a novel-reading girt. The son, if ho surmounts the consequences of your neglect, does it probably after hb plans and station for fife are fixed, and when knowledge, for one of its important ob jects, comes too late. No man nor woman b fully educated if not accus tomed to manual labor. Whatever accomplishments they possess, whatever their mental training, a de duction must be made for ignorance of that impor tant chapter of the world’s great book. HORNED SNAKE. A specimen of this rare and dangerous rcpfile [which is by many cjnsidcrcd as having no existence except in fable] was recently killed on the plantation of Mr. Win. Moore, in (Sis county, about 16 miles from Tuskcgee. A gemIcman who assist ed in killing the snake describes it as hav ing been bctweeif 6 and 7 feet long ; col ored much like the raule-anake; having at (he end of the tail a homy spur, resemb ling in appearance that of a dunghill cock, except that it was cleft and capable of be ing opened, from- which protruded a sharp instrument, supposed lo be a sting. The serpent above named is believed to be identical with what is sometimes call ed the Hoop Snake, - from the fact that it occasionally assumes the form of a hoop, and propelled itself forward in that shape. It is to be regretted that a specimen of inis snake could not be taken without mutila tion, to be submited to the examination of naturalists, and ultimately deposited in ona of the public museums; and U is hoped that the publication of this article may aid in producing such a result.—Ttukegtt Re« publican. Here b a bit of the Ute Sydney Smith's rareasm: “Every animal ha* it*eossbes. The bad tartsise hsq two enemies; man sad the boa constrictor.— Maa takes him home and rossta him; and the bo* consumes him slowly in the interior, sa the emot of chancery does * great estate." - A Mr. Jhm has jast started « newspnpen . Ho says that he hspe* by hard scratching he wffl be able to nwkr a living for hb yoosg chickens.