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fuLUME X. '•2 TERMS! Madison Family Visitor is published : (* rcr y Saturday morning,) at TWO b DOCLARS per annum, invariably in advance. Fifty numbers in the year are mailed to each ' " Bitconti nuances. —Notice must be given at the exultation of subscription and all arrearagespaid t or »übscribers held liable accordingly. 'iMabscribers wishing the direction of their paper changed, will notify us from what office it is to be Onmrnuniattions. —Addressed, post paid, to the . Madison Family Visitor, with the author's name lt i*i erery instance. and Kj|r* All Job Work and other business in the .Prmtiog line, will meet with prompt attention and faithful execution. . of our Book, Card, Circular, • Mill and Programme Printing can be seen at the .Office. i, Advertisement* conspicuously inserted at $1 per I square f,*r the first and fifty cents per square for ji each wlbsequent insertion. Those sent without a specification of the number of insertions desired, will be continued “tiMforlid.” Notices of the sales of Land and Negroes, by Administrators, Executors, or Guardians, must II be pttSl&hed fouty days previous to the day of sale. Notices for the sale of Personal Property must i bo given at least tks days previous to the sale. Notice to Debtors and Creditors of an Estate \ must bepublished roiiTY days. Notice that application will he made to the Court pf Ordinary for leave to sell Laud or Nc grooa, lnnst be published weekly for two months. GiMjlhm* for Letters of Administration must be ; pubtUlfted tiiikty days —for Dismission from Ad m»g(M|pr;iti«Mi, monthly six month*— for Pismis siottmun Guardianship forty days. 1 Ififth for Foreclosure of Mortgage must be pub lished monthly sou fouk months — for establish ing lott papers, for the full space of tiireb months titles from Executors or Admin istralbrs, where a bond has been given by the de ceased, the full space of THHV.k months. Publications will always be continued accord ing tb these, the legal requirements,unless other- WM^ordercd. AUTUMN IN THE IIILLS. Time is on the autumn yellow, Short will be the golden days, IHad and short the glory mellow t* *■ Os the calm October hare. Paint for me the glory dying, Swift must ply the pencil bold That would seize the splend rs flying O’er the autumn’s cloth of gold. Up the rugged edged horizon, Catch the changes as they creep, In chromatic ridges rising From the valley-shadows deep. Purple-mantled sits the mountain, , Cushioned on the yellow vale; Si! ver-stemmed beside the fountain 5 Gleams the lamp of the birch-tree pale. Through the golden, hazy reaches Radiant bars of suu-light come, Slanting down among the beeches, Where the wood-grouse rolls his drum. Ia the trembling light the spruces ; * Waver on the hill-sides old, Revellers in the velvet raiment, Overlaid with larchcn gold. Oh ! like dreaming is the gleaming Os the autumn-tinted hills ; Sketcher, darker grows their beaming, While thy hand the picture fills. Passing in the autumn yellow, Short will be the golden days Os the Indian Summer mellow, And the bright October haze. For the wild-fowl’s trumpet ringing, Over-head the silence breaks, See the phalanx southward winging From the marshy northern lakes. Clouds are curling, smoke is whirling, Rain is in the driving nicks; Comes a hand the dead leaves hurling, Dreary days are on our tracks. BY AND BY BY DAVID BATKS. There is an angel ever near, When toil and trouble vex and try, That bids our fainting hearts take cheer, And whispers to us—“ By and by.” We hear it at our mother’s knee, With tender smile and lore-lit eye She grants some boon on childish plea, In these soft accents —“ By and by.” VThat vision, crowd the youthful breast— What holy aspirations high Serve the young heart to do its best. And wait the promise—“ By and by.” The maiden sitting sad and lone, Her thoughts half uttered with a sigh, Xwses the grief she will not own, ‘And dreams bright dreams of—“ By and by.” r The pale young wife dries up her tears, JLnd stills her restless infant’s cry; Td.eatch the coming step, but bears, Bow sadly whispered—” By and by.” k And manhood, with his strength and will, *o breast life’s ills and fate defy, Though feme and fortune be his, still £bs plans that lie in—“ By and by.” The destitute, whose scanty sere The weary task can scarce supply, Cheat the grim visage of despair JFith Hope's fair promise—“ By and by.” The millions whom oppressions wrongs Send up to heaven their wailing cry, And writhing in the tyrant’s throngs, Still hope for freedom—-‘By and by.” Thns ever o’er life’s rugged way, This angel, bending from the sky. Beguiles our sorrows’ day by day, Ifith her sweet whispering—•• By and by. Cl Scmtljmr iUcckhj Cifminj anti iVLisctllantoiiß Journal, for iljt ijornc Circle, Aunt Patience’s Stage-Ride; 08, THE CHANGEABLE SATIN. BY EMMA CARRA. “0, for the halycon days of my girl hood 1” exclaimed Aunt Patience, one morning as she saw the train of cars pulling and steaming past her door in their onward flight, outstripping even old Father time, with its lightning speed; “0, fora return of those bright antici pations and real hours of pleasure I have enjoyed in a good old-fashioned stage ride. Gome in, girls,” said she, “and I will tell you a short story; it will have one merit, if no more, that is, truth; which you don’t hear every day.” Aunt Patience was an odd-looking being, and her words were as queer as the fount from whence they sprung; and nothing gave us more pleasure than an announcement like the one she had just spoken. “I was ten or fifteen years over sweet sixteen,” said she : “ it. is no use for me to say that I was beautiful, for folks would only say I meant my sister ; and she was handsome as a picture—hut don't you be frightened, girls, I ain’t goin’ into the particulars, “It was a few years after navarino bonnets bad gone out of fashion. My grandmother being a very prudent wo man, bad kept hers for posterity, and at the time 1 have spoken of she had made me her heir. It had donned the Quaker colored ribbon, and was now trimmed in a most liberal manner with a variety of hues, hut among the most conspicuous was deep red. My shawl—how valuable it would have been to an antiquary. In short, there never was a more complete correspondence of costume throughout than mine. “The journey I was to take was about fifty miles; I was to pay my first visit to Boston, and to cousin Nabby Arnold’s. The sun had just risen, when Mr. Ver non’s great green and yellow stage came to a stand in front of our little wicket gate. “‘Are you ready ?’ said the driver, dis mounting from his throne, with an air that plainly said, 1 1 shan't wait for you,’ “‘Yes,’ I replied, very mildly, being anxious to obtain his good graces, hoping thereby to secure a better seat; but I believe a voice of thunder would have answered the purpose better, as he met inv gracious smile with—to say the least a very cold look—at the same time de manding where my baggage was.— ‘There,’ I replied, pointing to a heap of wooden trunks and bandboxes. “ ‘ There !’said lie, with the greatest contempt, pointing to that which com bined all of this world’s treasure which belonged to me. ‘lt needs but a blaze in amongst it to be called Mouut Vesu vius in minature ; if we have got all tliat to carry we shall have to harness an extra horse. You had better take a final leave of your friends, for I presume you never intend to come back again,’ “1 made him no answer, but placed myself comfortably on the back seat, and with the loud crack of his whip, away sprang the beautiful span of greys. A moment more and we stopped opposite a large brick mansion. The driver again dismounted, gave a much more gentle rap than at the house from where he had just taken me, probably because it was much larger, and had a silver knob, and the old gentleman who presented him self as a tenant of the stage for the day, pointed to but one trunk; this was of the best of leather, well mounted, and secured with brass nails and bands. “‘Good morning, madam,’ said he, as the door was thrown open for him to en ter ; ‘ shall I discommode you if I take a seat by the side of you, as it makes me sick to ride backwards?’ “‘Not in the least,’ I exclaimed, feel ing very grateful for the first kind word I had heard since the sun rose. “‘Good-bye, grandpa,’ said a little pair of rosy lips, accompanied by a pair of coal-black eyes, peeping from the lat tice above; ‘ make us another visit soon, and bring grandma.’ ‘ Yes,’ replied a sweet voice by her, MADISON, GEORGIA, SATURDAY, APRIL 5,185 G. side, ‘and stay longer the next time,dear father.’ “The old man waved his hand to them while a tear glistening in his eye, he spoke a few words in a low tone, which to me were lost in the harsh tones of the driver, who was again urging the noble animals forward to the hard task before them. “Again we stopped; and this time it was in front of a mansion still more beau tiful than the other. A younggiil came tripping down the walk, who apparently was yet in her teens, and would he, at. least lor two years to come. In her hand she carried a mammoth band-box, a perfect terror to all public conveyors. But Ben, who occupied the throne above us, only smiled as he looked into her pretty face, and then deposited it with great care beneath bis high seat. She looked around, seemingly with perfect contempt on her companions that were to be. It was with difficulty she kept from breaking into a hearty laugh when she looked at the material and gay trap pings of my navarino. Again we started, and I threw myself into an easy position to take a view of all within my vision, especially the costume of our last arrival. “ Iler bonnet, a beautiful rose-colored satin, profusely trimmed with French (lowers, and silk blonde lace ; her dresst a changeable satin of pink and lilac, rich ly trimmed with rows of buttons of the most costly materials; over her shoul ders was thrown an elegantly embroider ed silk shawl, fastened at the throat with a huge breastpin; if it were not for the richness of the other articles of her dress, I should have judged the chief of its composition brass. But the idea now to me seemed almost sacrilegious ; for I thought her coffers must have been filled to the brim, or she could not afford to travel in a stage over rough roads with such a light and expensive traveling suit. “The stage was wide: there were three seats, each one intended to aceom niodate three or four persons; and before we left the village, ten were inside, and several on the top. A tall, happy-faced Yankee occupied the seat by the side of the young girl, whom the driver called Miss Pippin ; opposite, sat an old gen tleman and la-ly, who seemed, from the attention bestowed, to he his wife. — They were dressed very plain, the old gentleman in a suit of snuff color, and the lady in a plain habit of dark merino. “ Silence reigned during the first hour of our ride, each seemed to be liberally supplied with thought from their own brain ; ever and anon I could see the Yankee give a sly glance at the change able satin at his side, and then his coun tenance seemed to say—‘l reckon the drawers are all empty at home.’ “At length we passed a neat little cottage by the roadside, and in front of the side door stood a young girl dressed in a neat blue calico dress, and domestic check-apron at the wash-tub. “ ‘ Look a there,’ said the Yankee; ‘ there is a gal worth a dozen dressed out in so many furbaloes; look at her rosy cheeks, and hear that song; she is sing ing as merry as a lark; there is a gal that will make a rich man of someone. Don’t you think so, Miss , what shall I call your name?’ said he, addressing the girl by his side. “‘ My name is Miss Pippin,’ said she, with a toss of her head, gathering the folds of her dress still nearer to her, as if fearing contamination, from his rough Vomcspun. ‘How very vulgar you be, to think any man of taste would marry such a girl 1 0! how disgusting, to even talk of such a thing before ladies,’ said she; removing her white kid glove to adjust the cord of her flesh-colored gait ers; but seeming to recollect something she had before forgotten, with electric speed she drew it under her shawl and raised her foot a little from the floor, and exclaimed to the old gentleman opposite “ There, mister, you tie up my shoe!” : He looked very pleasantly at his wife, and then leaned over and did as he was desired. “‘Why marm,” said the Yankee, ‘how your hands are stained.’ “‘ Yes,’said she, ‘so much for wear ing dark kid gloves yesterday, when I called on the Governor and his lady, who have been in our village the last two weeks, on a visit to his son’s family.’ “ * Bless me,’ exclaimed Jonathan, ‘then you seed the Gov’nor; how does he look ? Did ho talk much ? Come, come,’ said ho, don’t be upstropolous; tell us all about him. I don’t know but I shall vote for the old chap, if he aint tu stuck up.’ 1 wish,’said she, removing as far from him as possible, ‘ you would talk to your equals. I don’t want to be annoyed with such low-bred people.’ “‘Squash and cabbages!’ exclaimed the Yankee, his face as red as the coat of an artilleryman ; ‘if I don’t find out who your father and mother is, ’fore the sun sets twice more, then I’ll be Gov'nor myself some day.’ “ 1 Ben,’ said Miss Pippin, in an au. thoritative tone, ‘how dare you call for me to day, when you was to carry such vulgar company ? I never before was thrown into such a disagreeable place.” “‘I shouldn’t come, only Mr. Wilson, your—’ “A look from the girl silenced him. “On we went, each becoming more acquainted as the hours flew past, except the girl in satin, and she seemed to set herselt down as one of the exclusives.— The dinner hour arrived, and we drew up in front of the little tavern iu the valley, hidden from the eyes of the cu rious by the outstretched arms of gigantic trees, reeling under the massive weight of native fruit. Our repast of delicious country fare being ended, and our noble greys exchanged for a fresh team, we again commenced our journey, with all the freshness of the morning. “As the day declined, dark clouds came forth and threatened to deluge us with torrents of rain, still we had ten miles of our journey to accomplish.— The wind breezed up cool, I might say cold ; the gentlemen buttoned up their coats more closely. The old lady in drab added a shawl to her apparel, and even I hugged the coarse threads of my grand mother’s gift tighter. “ Miss Pippin, there she sat, her lips blue with cold, yet not a mariner es caped her, for she sported the finest suit in the stage. “And now the rain commenced in good earnest. The sides were made secure) and we fancied we should experience no inconvenience from the largo drops of water which had exchanged heaven for earth. But not for many minutes did we enjoy this opinion, for it came in at every seam about us. “’Twas then that our heroine burst forth, ‘O, dear, my dress, bonnet, shawl, everything is ruined. Ben, you must stop at the next .’ “‘Not till you get where I shan’t set eyes on you ; if ever you ride in this stage with me agin, you will have to pay tu dollars extra, besides carrying your band box in your lap, for it has been more bother to me, than that load of goods, I took for my first passenger this morn ing.’ “ ‘ Sarved you right,’ said the Yankee; ‘ might have worn your old clothes, then you wouldn’t been so skeered about it.” “The dust had been dense all day. which the dark hue of our faces indicated, A thick sprinkling of dust covered our garments; this, added to the rain, we were a comic company. Pretty soon my navarino was no protection. I felt the cold drops fall gently on my head, and putting up my hand I found my bonnet minus a crown; like ancient Pompeii, it was in ruins. The only ones who seemed not :*n the least affected, were the old gentleman and lady; she raised her large parasol and sat as quiet as if by her own fireside. “Justas the sun broke forth into a golden sunset, the tall spires of the city of notions was approached by our inter esting group, the usual inquiries made where each would stop, and all gave defi nite answer, but Miss Pippin. “‘You may leave me at No. in YVasbington street. “ ‘ I’ll got rill of you fust,’ said Ben, turning the heads of his noble animals in that direction, and soon arrived in front of a beautiful block. “ ‘ Stop said the girl in damaged satin ; 1 you need not announce ine; just let me get out and hand me iny band box.’ “But ho heeded her not, and gave a gentle pull at the bell. “‘Does a family by the name of Pip pin live here ?’ “‘What! do you mean to insult us? They live around back in the lane, and take in washing.’ Miss Pippin made a desperate effort to get on terra-firma.— The Yankee burst into a most hearty laugh. “‘Didn't I tell you Pd find out who your folks was, ha ?” “‘The voice of the stranger brought an old gentleman to the door. “ ‘ Ah, my dear Governor, how do you do, and your lady ? ” he exclaimed, hast ening to the stage and addressing the gentleman in the snuti'-colored suit; “we should be happy to have you remain with us, to-night.” ‘ ‘Thank you,” replied the man or office, ‘ I will call some other time, but to-night excuse me, I must be at home.’ “ ‘ Miss Pippin had now reached the ground, and the Yankee followed her, exclaiming as he did so : “‘Rode all day with a live Governor, and didn’t know it; vote for him next election, if I walk ten miles to do it; wait just a minute, Ben, while them chaps are talking, goin’ tu find out who that gal is, —give ye quarter when I come back.’ “‘Wal,’ he exclaimed, ten minutes after, ‘ found her all out.’ “‘Mr. Wilson used to be a merchant here, his wife took" her when they mov ed, to be chambermaid, she promised to marry a nice sort of a fellow, he made her present of a wedding-suit, then sho wouldn’t have him, and run away home, and them’s the clothes she's got on, for the old woman made her tell the whole story, and I stood outside and listened to it.’ “Wo idl had a hearty laugh, but I never bought another navarino. But I always did like a good old-fashioned stage-ride, girls, it is such a good place to learn human nature.” Caution. The papers in various parts of the country have recently contained in their advertising columns, a notice to nervous sufferers, who are informed that by send ing a post-office stamp to a certain ad dress, they will receive a positive and safe cure for nervous diseases. We have seen occasional warnings against too fre quent use of this specific, as much inju ry is said to have resulted therefrom.— In the Columbia, S. C., Times, of Tues day, we find the following communica tion from a physician and druggist'well known in our sister State : Messrs. Editors : Os late, I have been frequently called on to prepare a receipe, purporting to emanate from a retired clergyman of Brooklyn. The formula for the prills is furnished to any who will send a post office stamp; at the same time you are informed that but one druggist in the United States keeps the article from which the prescrip tion is prepared, and by sending on one dollar you can obtain the medicine.— The medicine is the bean St. Ignatius ( Ignatae Amdtae,) a potent proison, very similar in its effects to strychnine. That so protent a medicine should be prescribed in this loose way, the patient being in fact the prescriber, (inasmuch as he decides that it is indicated in his case,) is a little extraordinary and will lead to mischief, and I would caution my fellow-citizens against its indiscrimi nate use. The potent remedies should never be resorted to unless prescribed by your family physician and as a druggist and pharmaceutist I deem it my duty to ex pose this remedy, as I have been fre quently called on to prepare it. J. 11. Boatwright, M. D. Behavior in Railway Cars. Since Providence seems to have or dained that Americans shall go by steam, and on wheels, to an extent unknown among any other people, it becomes us all to learn the art of riding. When we reflect how many miles every year an active citizen in this Republic is liable to be wheeled over the land, does not the art of using this time for the best purposes of enjoyment and improvement become quite important ? Life is short enough, at best—fearfully short in our fast living day; and we grudge the precious time spent in the half animal existence that in the cars is to the mas ses of travelling people. Since we must be boxed up a fortnight ora month every year in this way, for the love of human ity let us learn to be rational creatures in our peregrinations. We wonder if railroad directors will ever get rich enough to attend to a few items in the comfort of the armies that ride in their vehicles ? Such little facts, for example, as whether a hundred peo ple shall be shut up a day or night in winter, in an oblong oven, reeking with vilo inhaltations, alternately heated to the pitch of frenzy and chilled to the level of consumption ? or step from the same box in the summer, encrusted in every geological strata of a thousand mile region—all for the want of a little Yankee ingenuity in ventilation ? Wheth er crowds of men, women and children shall be crowded, squeezed, bent double, mash ed and jounced in to jelly, as they are over all our great routes, for want of a little more sitting room? Whether the American citizen is to be forced into a slate of chronic indigestion by the continuance of the infernal messes, sar donically' called “ breakfast,” “dinner,” “ supper,” and “ re-freshments,” at rail road stations ? But Americans have yet a great deal to learn in the art of travelling. Per haps we have no r ; ght to expect that men, women and children, will be trans formed in the cars to what they are not at home in breeding and character, but it sometimes appears to us that half the world reserves its cast off habits of manners and conduct, to wear in jour neying. We wonder if it ever occurred to that well-dressed man at our right, that it is a greater insult to squirt tobac co juice on the floor of a room where a hundred people must sit, breathe and smell a whole day', than on a drawing room carpet, where two people are to sit an hour ? That the genteel lady behind us would not ask us to sit by an open window in her own house on a January morning, if we made her a fash ionable call; yet sho opens a car win dow, and gives us a draft across the back, like a sharp sword, during a six hour’s ride.—Should we make a wedding call on that sentimental looking young cou ple yonder, would they not be as polite in giving us the best seat as they are boorish now in driving up some good natured farmer to roam in vain through crowded aisles for a resting place, while they smuggle in his nest snoring imbe cility ? Would that dignified Pater and Mater families entertain a party at their country house bo gorging themselves and their little ones in their presence, hour by hour, w ith all things digestible and indigestible ? Yet they are proba bly now in the presence of better com pany than they ever entertained. Who would rush to a supper in his own house, or into the drawing-room of a friend as Americans on the cars storm a public dinner-table, or jams the passages of an express train ?—Alas ! our countrymen, you have some things yet to learn ; for a birth in this great democracy does not necessarily make a man a gentleman, or a woman a lady, unless culture at home and “on the road,” steps in,and helps out nature. A little reflection on the ways and means of making one’s self comfortable! agreeable, and respectful, during a jour ney, would save people from presenting the uninspiring spectacle of yawning listlessness or sleepy stupidity, varied by NUMBER 14 ravenous gluttony and barbarous eti quette, which they now so often do. Why cannot a man, about to travel a thousand or a hundred miles in winter, take aloug garments enough to ensure his bodily comfort during the journey, that he may not be frozen into a surly bear every time the stove cools below red heat, and can sleep an hour without danger of waking as hoarse as a crow ? Why can he not get to the cars in sea son, instead of jumping on the train at the nine and ninetieth hour, and prowl ing through a crowded carriage, stirring everybody into bad humor by his efforts after a seat ? Can lie not restrain his appetite till dinner time, and not pare apples and munch parched corn, and craunch lozenges in everybody’s face, ad nauseam. ? We are old fashioned enough to think a great deal can be learned by riding a day in a room filled with the representatives of every state of society and almost every nationality, though the grand and beautiful scenery of our chief railroad routes. It is not necessa ry to ask every man his name and busi ness, or stare in every woman's face, to learn much by what you are compelled to hear and see during this contact with your travelling neighbors. And a well-bred person will find so many occasions for pleasant and instruc tive converse, for the amenities of life, for benevolence, that his day will be too. short. We think the cars the best American college for a month in the year—for all America runs through that narrow passage and lounges on those seats; and whoever keeps his eyes, brain, imagination, wide open, can ab sorb enough of wisdom, beauty and love to make a man of him during one sum mer jaunt for pleasure, or one winter’s journey of business The Greatest of War Vessels. The New York Mirror publishes an article upon the six new steam-frigates of our navy, from which wo extract the following in regard to the Niagara : Our opinion of her, in some respects, suggests that she should have been named “ Young America.” Her dimen sions have frequently been described in the newspapers. Her battery, entirely original, consists of twelve 11-inch heavy cannon, throwing each a solid shot weighing one hundred and seventy pounds, at a long range. Her guns are also adapted for shell. They are said to. be superior in the chamber to the famous. Faixhan, offering a great diminution in the recoil force when discharged, besides having a greater strength in the breech. Her battery is so planned that she can bring seven of her guns to bear on a broadside, having one gun fore and aft pivoted, so as to fire on either side. The weight of her broadside force is eleven hundred and ninety pounds, which ex ceeds that of any frigate in the service, being more than equal to thirty three 32 pounder solid shot, and, we assume, vastly superior in projectile force. The weight of each of her guns is equal to. about five medium 32-pounder cannon. We think that in case of immediate war with England, the Niagara would bo known as the scourge of the ocean. If she has the strength and speed claimed by her constructor, she might rove old ocean for one year at least, as its solo monarch, or until her equal in all re spects might dispute or decide her sov ereignty over the deep. Female loveliness never appears to so great advantage as when set off with simplicity of dress. No true artist ever sets off his angels with towering feathers and great jewelry, and our dear human angels if they would make good their title to that name, should carefully avoid ornaments, which properly belong to Indian squaws and African princesses. These tinselries may serve to give effect on the stage or upon a ball-room floor, but in daily life there is no substitute for simplicity. A vulgar taste is not to be disguised by gold or diamonds.