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VOL. L
ALBANY, BAKER COUNTY, GEORGIA, DECEMBER 10,1845.
NO. 35. V.
THE ALBANY PATRIOT,
, s n'BUSUED EVERT WEDNESDAY KOSRIER, BY
NELSON TIFT & SETH N. B0U6HT0N,
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POETRY.
AT HOME: SWEET HOME.
[FromSengs in tlic Night,” a beautiful volume
of--rod poetry, recently republicbed by Mr. Per
kins, of Boston.]
When lmms the fireside brightest
Cheering the social breast 1
Where heats tlic fond heart lightest,
Its humble hopes possessed ?
Where is the hour of sadness
With meek-ejed patience borne ?—
Worth more than those of gladness,
Which mirth’s gay checks adorn ?—
Pleasure is marked with flectness
To those who ever roam.
While grief itself has sweetness,
At home—sweet home!
There blend the tics that strengthen
Our hearts in hours of grief—
Tlic silver links that lengthen
Joy’s visits when most brief:
There eyas in r.ll their splendor,
Arc vocal to tlic heart.
And glances bright and tender,
Fresh eloquence impart;
Then dost thou sigh for pleasure ? *
O do not wildly roam,
But seek that hidden treasure
At home—sweet home!
Does pure religion charm thee,
Far more than aught below ?
Would’st thou that she should arm thco
Against the hour of woe ?
Her dwelling is not only
In temples built for prayer,
For home itself is lonely.
Unless her smiles be there;
Wherever wo may wander,
’Tis all in vain wc roam,
If worshiplcss her altar,*
At home—at home!
AN EVENT IN THE LAST WAR.
The most brilliant naval action of the
last war, undoubtedly, was that of the old
American frigate Constitution, <44, com
manded by Commodore Stewart, when
she caplurcd the two British cove re tin, Cy.
ane and Levant, of greatly superior force,
each of them being equal lo the old fash
ioned 32 gun frigates. The handling of
the American frigate, throughout was sci-
cnrificond unexceptionable. By no nin-
ncevering could either of the British ves
sels obtain a position lo rake the Conslilu-
lion. Shift their ground as they would,
Old Ironsides was between them, blazing
away upon both vessels at the same lime.
During the whole action, Stewart, instead
of mounting the horsc-block, sat in a more
exposed situation, astride the hninmock
nettings, the better to observe the mneever-
ing of his antagonists. The Cyane was
the first to strike to Broihcr Jonathan—not
an unusual thing with British vessels du
ring that war. The first lieutenant came
in haste to the Commodore to announce
the fact.
“ The starboard ship has struck, sir,”
said the officer.
“I know it, sir,”replied the Commodore,
“the battle is just half won.”
“ Shall I order the band to strike upY an-
kcc Doodle, sir,” enquired the lieutenant.
Here the Commodore took n huge pinch
of snuir, and then answered quickly—
“ Had wc not belter whip the other first,
sir ?”
‘Av, ay, sir,” replied the lieutenant, ta
king the hint, and going lo his quarters.
In a few minutes afterwards the Levant
lowered the cross of Old England to the
Stars and Stripes, and the battle was end
ed. The lieutenant feeling somewhat re
buked at his exultation upon the surrender
of the first vessel, was miner shy of approa
ching his commander again ; but Stewart
beckoning to him, said with a smile—
“ Don’t you think the band had better
strike up Yankee Doodle now sir 1”
In an instant that spirit-stirring strain
was floating in the breeze ; played ns no
other than a Y ankee bnnd can play it, and
the gallant crew shouted forth their cheers
of victory os no othcrAhan a Yankee crew
can shout.
STOCK GAMBLING IN NEW YORK.
The modus operandi by which the big
fish cal up the small ones in YVall street, is
thus described:
Jacob, John and James, being the great
operators of the street in money, stock and
foreign exchange, Jacob says to John and
James, “ Lei us make an ‘operation.’ We
will sell out—put exchange up lo 10$, and
scarce at that—let the importers ship a lit
tle specie—call in all our stock loans, and
either frighten or induce the banks to call
in theirs—knock stock down ten per cent—
then authorize our *81001 pigeon’ to buy in
for us for cash or on lime, while we arc of
fering to sell for effect. While the panic is
on, wc can sweep the market, and get con
tracts for three times as muchstock as there
is in the company. We can then make
the money market easy by a fall in cxclnnge,
and stocks will rise, by onr becoming os
tensible buyers. When a ten per cent rise
has taken place, we will loan on stocks to
within ten percent of their selling price,
and call in-all our time contracts. In this
way wc will forte slocks up twenty per
cent; when we will through our‘stool pi
geons,’ sell out ns clean ns a whistle, and
sell on time to all who have more money
or credit than brains left.” “ Agreed,” says
John and James; and the “operation” is
made. Suffice it lo say, that at this stage
of the “operation,” exchange rises again—
money is tight—stocks fall—lame ducks
waddle out of the bom Us and join the Boars
in the street, and the flats wonder tehy
things took such a turn.
MISCELLANY.
A REMARKABLE BIRD.
In the Inst Montgomery Journal wc find
| the following marvellous story, which the
editor says “ is from a responsible source.”
“ We received a few days since from
Mr. .1. I). YVomack, of Butler, a monster
talon of a magnificent-specimen of the bird
•<f Jove, who had ravaged that neighbor
hood and was killed while attempting to
| fairy off a negro child. A letter nccompa-
yin'g describes this monarch of the air as
| follows:
“The eagle from which this was taken,
I made his appearance in this vicinity some
1 tone about tlic first of August lust, and con
tinued to commit his ravages upon almost
' Very thing that fell in his way up to the
time of liir being killed. He caught a con-
| 'idcrnble number of geese turkeys, pigs,
Lids and sheep—I say sheep, because lambs
" ere half grown when he made his appear
ance—he has been known to encounter
irown sheep, and was able to secure and
devour any weighing under 60 pounds.—
He lighted on the plantation of Mr. L John-
on where the female slaves who labored in
he plantation together with other hands,
had taken several negro children, and
while they were engaged some hundred
and fifty or two hundred yards off, he at
tacked the children, and came very near
making his escape with one of them. This
somewhat terrified the neighborhood,, and
•hey offered a reward of £50 lo any indi
vidual who should be so successful as to
'akc him. Ho was killed by Mr. J. M.
Womack, a young man about 17 years old,
"ho discovered him with his prey, and
"hen alioul to devour it, he stole a march
'■n him by taking a tree, and got within
-nliout 8 yards, behind which, with a good
title, he brought him lo the ground. Ho
‘tieasured eight fed three inches from one
Ppini of the wing to the other, and weighed
’idy seven pounds.”
The above is from a respectable source
ttnd may be relied on. Instances, though
tttre, of children being carried offbv Eagles,
ar c said to have occurred in the mountain-
TI1E MINES OF THE UNION
A correspondent of the New York Ga
zette, in giving a sketch of the mctalic re
sources oi the United States, says that the
most valuable itou mine is one in Salisbury,
Conn., which yields 3000 tons nnnually.
The mines in Dutchess and Columbia coun
ties, N. Y., produce annually 20,000 tons
of ore ; Essex county, 1500 ; Clinton 3:100;
Franklin COO ; St Lawrence 2000 ; amoun
ting in value to more than £500,000.
The value of the iron produced in the U.
States in 1835 was about £5,000,000, in
1837, £7,700,000. In Ohio 1200 square
miles arc underlaid with iron. A region
explored in 1838, would furnish iron Cl
iniics long nnd 6 miles wide ; a square mile
would yield 3,000,000 tons of pig iron—so
that this district would contain 1,980,000,-
000 tons. By taking from this region 40,-
000 annually, (a larger quantity than Eng
land produced previous to 1829',) it would
last 2700 years 1 As long a distance cer
tainly, as any man looks ahead.
The States of Kentucky, Tennessee, In
diana, Illinois, Maryland nnd Virginia, pos
sess inexhaustible quantities of iron ore.—
In Tennessee, 100,000 tons are annually
manufactured, though notwithstanding our
great iron resources, more than one-half of
our cutlery, hardware, railroad iron, &c., is
still imported from Great Britain.
It is supposed by *Gcologists that the
Weekly supply of gold from our own mines
will be equal to the demand, and that our
mines will yet be more profitable than those
of Brazil or Columbia.
The most extensive lend mines in the
world arc in Missouri, where the lead re
gion is 7D miles long by 50 wide. These
mines in 1826 produced 7,500,000 tons, and
the whole produce of the United States was
8,332,102 tons. The quantity of lead man
ufactured in the United States in 1828 was
12,311,730 lbs.; in 1829, 14.541,310; 1830,
8,332,105; 1832,4,281,876.
The copper trade, until within a year or
two, has not been of much importance—as
the result of the efforts made was not such
as to justify great operations. But now it
appears to be attracting a good deal of at
tention. YVhether the demand for copper
stock is a fair index to the value of the
ippyr region remains to be seen.
It has been estimated that the quantv of
iron required in England for rail roads, ate.,
for the current year, will be about 1,260,-
000 tons, which it is supposed, will be
equal to all that that country will produce,
Cincinnati Union.
STREET BEGGING IN CHINA.
Tlic condition of the class of beggars in
Canton is worth remarking on. They nre
very wretched, and always objects of pity,
from some accident, disease or deformity,
and their way of getting a living is curi
ous. China lias no charitable institutions,
no asylums or alms-houses, and among
such teeming population there arc of course
rnnnv beggars, though not so many ns
would be supposed ; not so great a propor
tion, I apprehend, 83 in Europe, or in our
large cities, since the wants are few, pro
visions plenty, nnd the climate mild. But
there arc beggars enough, and they must
live, and Chinese ingenuity provides for
their supporl by a Into Chinese “let alone”
policy— a “masterly inactivity,” very char
acteristic.' Every beggar is provided witli
some instrument that makes a disagreea
ble noise—two wooden clappers or as mall
gong, oral all'events a most villnnotis
voice, with any or all of which they go a-
long the streets, nnd selecting at will a
shop, enter and (not leaving off “their dam
nable faces,” as Ilmnlct recommends)
begin to sing, or beat their gongs, or bani-
CONCEALED YVEAPONS.
The following remarks against lh*e most
reprehensible practice of carrying concealed
weapons about the person, are entiled to
the serious consideration of those to whom
they may apply :
Unless a man has t lie most perfect com
mand of himself—sure of it—under all pos
sible circumstances of excitement and pro
vocation—unless he is positive that his
blood can never overthrow his judgment,
and that sick or well—drunk or sober-
some men will get drunk—assailed or as
sailant—his reason must always predomi
nate over his passions—he hud better leave
his bowie-knife, sword-cane, or patent re
volvers nl home, anil go fori h into the world
with nothing about him but nature’s wea
pons—bis hands—and if llicv arc not en
ough, why then, perhaps, hi* legs -will
answer. But in all seriousness, you ere
safer without that ugly insirumcr.iin vour
pocket—you, my young friend ol fever licnt
—n grent deal safer, than you arc with it
—inasmuch os it is better sometimes to en
dure insults and even outrage, tlmn to stand
tlic chance, suddenly an 1 ! unexpectedly, of
finding your hands Imbued in blood and
your soul laden with a crime that will em
bitter all your future life with remorse. In
the first place, no man can be disgraced
but by Imnsclf, wc are pcrfcellv satisfied of
that; superior strength may fell him to the
cartli—-but a disparity of musctilai power
is not disgrace ; and then again, admitting
that the emergency may arise when it will
lie proper to resort lo extreme measures of
Ifdclcncc—-
oiug, *“ e> 5> * *
boos, to the great annoyance of the owner,
and the complete prohibition of more de- j fact ?
cent customers, and here they arc allowed be worn legally, in the face of the son,
by law and custom to remain beating nnd JVicar* Gazette.
singing, till they receive the cash. If the
shopkeeper is, as most Chinamen are, hlest
w ill) that fortitude which is a good remedy
for evils when there is no other, and lets
them beat till they are tired, they lie down
before the counter, nnd forget their woes
in sleep awhile, and then up and beat
again. It is a trial of patience between the
two. The beggar holds on as long as he
for wc do not deny that there
arc such in the best regulated communi
ties—still, in the proportion of a bundled
to one, your deadly weapon is dangerously
at hand, in moments when it should mil
lie resorted lo, though the impulses of rage
will prompt to use it. Think therefore, wc
beg of you, ns yolt deposit those means of
dentil about your person and go forth into
the turmoil'of existence, that happy and
innocent ns you'nrc now the lapse'of an
hour may behold you n sclf-coudciencd
murderer—not punished by law perhaps—
but blasted in public estimation—accursed
in your own thought—wishing in very ag
ony of sou), tliut the victim were yourself.
Net possible? But it is possible—ay, and
probable—wc read of it every day—there
nre hundreds of evidences that it'is l»ot It
possible nnd probable ; and they that rely
too much on their self-control in this par
ticular, will find themselves deceived. And
besides, ns to manliness—courage—con
fidence in himself—yes, ns to honor, too—
who has the highest claims to these—the
■nan who walks without concealed advan
tages, or the other who moves a magazine
of arms hidden, secreted, out of sight nnd
unsuspected? Is there not fear in tlic very
If weapons must be worn, let them
“THE TONGUE IS AN UNRULY MEMBER.”
We are more apt lo say too much than
loo tiuU. When a room full of ladies aro
all talking at the same time, only with this
difference, that some tunc their voices high
er nnd same lower, it is pretty certain they
say too much. *
They who expect to be listened to by
every body, but are unwilling to listen to
any body—who will hold you bv the slccvo
or button, if you attempt to escape them—
all but themselves will admit that they say
too much.
Persons who have wit, or (what is as
bad) think ihcy have it, are in parliculat 1
danger of saving too much. It isadifficult
thing to make a good use of wit.
They who talk merely to shine'in com
pany, always say loo much. In n multi
tude of words there wnntelli not folly.
The fond pair who entertnin their visitors
by the hour with the excellent qualities or
smart sayings of their children, or with
ridiculous details of the conjugal affection
that subsists between themselves, say too
much. - •
Person who tell a great many stories and
remarkable events, arc very opt to say too
mtirii.
Persons who have heard some one ex
press a conjecture that a thing is so and so,
and then go and tel! that it is to, most cer
tainly sny ico much. Persons who are in
the habit of telling all they know, are very
liable to tell a little more
Persons who nre in the habit of saying
things to their friends in confidence, arc
apt to make loo many confidential friends,
nnd may find to their sorrow, and the sor
row of others, that they have said quite loo
much.
Nature has given us heo care and but
one tongne—perhaps to intimate to us that
wc ntiisi hear carefully before we speak.
YY’c should thiuk twice before we speak
once.
TARTAR MARRIAGES.
A writer in the Cincinnati Chronicle
says, in describing the pccularilics of the
marriage ceremony in Tartary, that the
preliminaries being settled, the nuptials arc
celebrated in the following manner: The
bride, covered with a veil, having hid her
self for some time behind a screen in the
can, hoping the shopkeeper will be“ oggra-. room, ccmes forth and walks around with
voted to the amount requisite; the shop-: a grave and solemn gait, while sonic young
keepersits with the utmost apparent in-'girls bring her bread nnd honey; the
difference, to let the beggar sec he has no; bridegroom quickly enters, kisses her, nnd
chance. Meantime tne beggar is losing 'exchanges rings, after which she bears the
time, nnd tlic shopkeeper customers. If. name of betrothed girl. She then returns
the. shopkeeper pays at an early period of j behind the screen, when the married wo-
thc visitation, he may get rid of one infiic-1 men put on her the cap of a matron, which
lion, only to make way for another. If lie i is much handsomer, and is supposed to be
keeps one pretty bearable plague, he is se- more fascinating than that which she wore
The following so well expresses our sen
timents, that we are constrained to copy it.
rn busi-
The old adnge of minding one’s ou
nces is a wtTolcsomo one, and when it’s
; ,: 's districts "of" £riteSd and “scottaid,! principle is strictly followed up, most pec
W are unusual in this country. The tal- P^® generally have enough to do. Pic.
°n alluded to is a very formidable affair, e-
''Hieing great power, and worthy to bear,
^fabled, the “thunder shafts of Jove,”
a Qd that terrible caintbe the S. P. Q. R. of
# ! cn > old mighty Republican Rome, or as
'ne emblem of Young America, ever soar-
1, ? -'° H)« «un, with unquailing eye and
1 “‘h&ging wing. •
What are another’s baits to net
Fvs not a voltme’s bill,
To pick at every flaw I see,
And make H wider Hill.
It is enough for me to know
I’ve folies of my own—
And oh my heart the care bestow,
And let my friend* alone.
cure against others, nnd may get up a rep
utation for invincibility and stoicism, that
will protect him in future So, there they
sit, shopkeeper and beggar, the one doing
his best to annoy,and the other his best not
to notice it, till one or the other give in.—
Fletcher Webster's Lecture on China—ex
tracted from the JV*. Y. Herald.
THE DEATH LAMPT
A person writing from France, mentions
the following curious scene which present
ed itself on his visit to the vaults of the
church of St. Dennis, iff which the French
Kings are entombed.
“But the most singular of all ot her things
is a lamp, which is kept burning on tho
coffin ot Louis XVIII., and which, it is said
is to be continued burning until Louis Phil-
lippe dies—A* being the next king (if he
dies on his throne) to whom the lamp will
pass, until his successor dies. Napoleon
didnotdiconthc throne, neither did Cimjlcs
X.; conscquenjly Louis XVIII, has not
been buried, neither has I'ue iantp ever been
allowed to go out. It looks dreary and
j dark as midnight in that vault, and I invol
untarily shuddered as I looked through the
iron grating into the chamber of death, and
viewed the dark pall upon the tomb. The
light of the lamp was more like a star
flickering through a dark cloud. It was
indeed the chamber of death.”
Had no opportunity.—A clergyman in a
small town iff which he had not once been
invited to dinner, said, in seriously exhort
ing his parishioners against being seduced
by the prevalent vices of the age—I have
K hed against every vice but luxurious
j—having had no opportunity of oo-
serving to what extent it was carried on in
thia town.”
before the betrothal. In the evening, when
the bride and bridegroom ore about retiring
the lady is obliged to pull off her husbnml’s
boots, ns a sign of her subjection to his
will 1 If the husband becomes dissatisfied
with bis wife, he needs but tear off her
cap of a matron, and the sign is n complete
divorce. The Indy then immediately re
turns to her father’s house, whero she is
received with kindness. From this i> ap
pears that it is much easier to get rid of,
than catch a Tartar I If the cap tearing
could be recognized ns a legal divorce in
this country, whnt a destruction of lace nnd
muslin would ensue! The fnshionnhle
milliners would rejoice exceedingly at the
prospect of a brisk trade, and anxious pnpn*
THE EMPEROR OF RUSSIA’S
FAMILY.
The family of the Emperor Nicholas,
consisting of tour sons and three daughters,
were brought tip from the cradle by En
glish nurses and governesses, under tlm
superintendence of an old Scotchwoman,
who wns under-nurse lo the present empe
ror in his infancy. This individual held
■ lie rank of a general officer, (for every
thing in Russia js measured by a military
scale,) nnd bad been decorated with the
order of St. Andrew, ennobled nnd enri'eb-
cd. This woman, nevertheless, came as it
servant girl lo Rtissjn, some five and fifty
years ago. with a Scoch trader’s family, who
iurned her adrift in St. Petersburg. A
lucky cliance procured her the situation of
undcr-nurscry maid in the Emperor Paul’s
family, whrii she wns placed about tho
person of the present emperor, to tench
him to speak English ! Ills attachment to
her was so great, that when he married lie
placed her at the head of his nursery es-
inblishment, where she has honorably gone
through all the military grandations of
rank to her present one of general.
Newspaper paragraph.
Good advice.—Girls, beware of transient
young men—never suffer the addresses of
h si ranger; recollect one good steady far
mer hoy or industrious mechanic is worth
more than all the floating trash in tho
world ; the allurements of a human dandy-
jack with a gold chain about bis neck, a
walking slick in (tis paw, some honest tai
lor’s coat on his back,' and a brainless, tho’
a fancy skull, can never make up the loss
of a kind father’s home—a good mother’s
counsel, and the society of brothers and sis
ters. Their affection fasts,—while that of
such a young man is lost at the wane of a
honey-moon. ’Tis true.
The Daughter's Reproof.—I once visited
a poor miserable dwelling, when I heard a
very bad man using wicked and cruel lan
guage to his wile, who was confined < to
ner bed bv illness ; it was fearful to sen
and hear him ; and I am sorry to say, I
bad not i lie courage to speak to him—I ac
tually trembled with horror and dread.—
But a little sick girl, about eleven years of
age and was dying of a consumption, wciit
up to the angry man, and laid ner small,
emaciated hand upon his arm, and looked
right up in his face, and said, “Father, don’t
would tremble at the prospect of iravtog •?®ck so, God hears all we say j pray don’t
daughters relumed on tp.cjr'hnmU.;
JV. O. Delta.
A FATHER’S ADVICE.
Col. George Mason, of Virginia, ntnde
the following remarks in his will; the ad
vice contained in them constitutes a valua
ble legacy to all young men:
“I recommend lo my sons, from my own
experience in life, to prefer the happiness
of independence and a private stmion to
the trouble and vexations of pubjic busi
ness, but if either their own inclinations;
or the necessity of the tynes, should en
gage them in public affair*, 1 charge them,
on a father’s blessing, never to let the mo
tives of private interest or ambition induce
them to betray, nor the .terrors of poverty
and disgrace, or of death deter them from
asserting the liberty Of their country, and
endeavor to transmit totheirpgsterily, those
sacred rights to which themselves were
born.
The populotion of Boston is 115,000.
oitt i\ bUj VJUU in d19 (in n v ottj * i'iuj wvu «*
speak so, father.” She uttered these few
word* with such tender earnestness, and
such loving gentleness, that her feeble,
trembling voice touched the heart of tho
angry man, and he was silent for a moment>
and then he said, “ I will do any tbinglhat
child tells me to do, for she’s an angel.”—
His fierce nature was subdued ; goodness
and love had made this little child one of
God’s ministering angels to her wicked fa
ther. ; . .
MECHANICS.
Pioeperijy is abroad, yon are educating
your children, building houses, laving up
money, acquiring knowledge. You aro
the producers; you are the architects of
the nation’s greatness.; never forget’your
elevated stations as meh, and as part of
a great confederacy, extending the bless
ings of freedom to all then. Always re-
member that idlessness and conceit, is not
as useful ns tho saw, the vice, hammer or
shuttle. Give every man his due, but ex*
act your own.