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MEDICINE AND SURGERY.
Dr. G. L McCLESKEY,
H AVI.VG removod to Alliens,ofter* hi,prnfc««'0njr1
iurviroi in rite citizens of the town and country, i
Sflisttiliintoti? Sclrttions.
country,
twenty years constant prse- !
and *lrare a liberal patronage. '
, of Adei rtlilniJ.
sements tv ill be inserted at On®
tir<t,a«d FiftyCent* per^qaure
iti*erti»n-
a! the usu.nl rates.
Outside Glitter and Inside Gloom.
_ ^ | Many homes are elegantly furnish-j
. -that which was formerly cm- Cfl, With Small additions to domestic |
pied by the late Jndge Dougherty, on Collece Ave- ^ , t .» • r . * ..
line, where be may be found. Jan27 C iffilOrt* ill tlklS tllSt 1110 IVlrS. i
— —1 Potiphars often live in palatial lesi- j
JAMES M. ROYAL, j dences, overlaid with gorgeous dec-S
Harness-Maker, i orations for the eyes of fashionable
ban planter. He has a wealthy un- j the soluble salts of water into insolu-
clc he says, in New York, and was blc, and throw them down as a sedi-
born in Trinidad de Cuba. The ac- ment by which the water remains
cused doubtless had to submit to be- more pure.
ing sold ns a slave to prevent bcinj
exposed as a murderer.
OUR YOUNG MEN.
Me doubt whether any other coun
try exhibits a larger amount or pro
portion of useless talent, or misdi
rected energy, than ours. Ourclev-
er young men, in fearful superabun- j it cool?
Snsiucss Director!?..
J. M. MATTHEWS,
ATTORNEY A.T X.-A-"W,
~ ^ , n AS IEI.SV IL1.E. GA.
TIYKrSlTxD & FREEMAN.
* \Vi».»le«al*fc lleiailDealsrsiR
groceries, dry goods,
Jl-tUTHHE, SHOES A.YD BOOTS,
Broad Street,Athens,
j. 15. S. DAVIS,
attorney at law,
jI'ITisRSOX, JACKSON CO, GA.
,. r4 _i|on. lltifsli Pucliauan, Col. Win
Imw'ncwiuu.Os. M»y 13
JOHN IlT CHRISTY,
j. W.icliman ami Franklin Job Office.)
W.l/A'XW) FANCY
BOOK and JOB PRINTER,
VH0.1V STREET.ATHF-NS,
... , ,,-v , nl ni«icil in him will he neatly, correctly
ficcnint, at price* n* low a* (food tract
*10 be l.'n* any wlirre. Merch.1857.
(Pr.pnrlof
\v. W. LUMPKIN,
ATTORNEY -a.t law,
ATHENS. GEORGIA.
-[1,1, practice ia-Sll ihe countie* of the Wee
i. ru Cirr iit. t'ariicularauention given fo
AY
While** Store.
JAMES A. CARLTON,
DKA1.FR in
Sift. Fancy and Staple Dry Goods,
HA Rl> If.-t UK A A'll CROCKER Y.
I (j No 3, iirnnite Row, ATHENS
F. W. LUCAS,
ir.70tES.JAE AXV RETAIL DI ALER Ilf
DRY GOODS,
0UOCEIUE8, HARDWARE, <tc.*c.
A .if, No 2, ISroad Street, Athes*.
GRADY, NICHOLSON & CO.
Wli.iicsaleamt Retail Healer*in
Staple and Fancy Goods, Groceries,
HARDWARE, CROCKERY, &o.
Uue New Brick Store, corner Bridge and Broad »t*.
January 1 ATHENS, Ga.
TAYLOIl & LUMPKIN,
(COIJaF.GR JIVEXUE, JJTHEXS, GEORGIA,)
Drulorn in
S Uf5 AR,Coffee, Muluwc*,nip*,k-'iilt,Bacon,Lard,
'vines, Braudirp, Cigars ami Trihurro. and every
variety of itrifrle usually Re;)! in lhcC>ru:cry line.
sketch of the inner life of one of
these comfortless households.
“I declare Mr. Smith! this is too
dance, addict themselves to law, to
physic, to commerce, mainly because
these seem the only pursuits which
promise wealth" and distinction.-
bad. Here you are stretched out on Hazardous as merchandising is known
T. W. WALKER,
A TTOREEY AT LA IE,
Athens, Ga.
. .... JfV
Mnndeville, Broad 8 s tn
J. W. HANCOCK,
ATTORNEY AT LAW
W"o,
DANIELSVII.LE, C.A.
practice in Jackson, Clarke, Madi«on. Ilart,
Ogletliorpo and F.lbcrt.
Oct £81y
WILLIAM N. WHITE,
WHOLESALF AMD RETAIL
Bookseller and Stationer,
AndXncspaptrand Mugaiint Agent.
DEALER IS
MUSIC and MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS
L AM PS, KINR CUTLERY, FANCY <)OOT>?.*C.
t/dllege Arenne. corner opposite the Post Office
Order* promptly filled at Atiyssia rate*. War 1
J. F. O’KELLEY,
Resident Ambrotypist,
A TREES, GEORGIA.
T) OOMS in the building on tlie comer, r.ypo-
IV site the Pont Office, up stairs. Sep 24
0. W. d II. R. J. LONG,
Wholesale and Retail Druggists,
Jan lil ATHENS, GA
T. BISHOP & SON,
Whule*»l» and Retail Dealers in
Groceries, Hardware and Staple
— Goods, -
COACH-MAKING AND REPAIRING.
JAMES B. BURPEE,
At the old eland of R. 9 SrhevenHI,
offer* for dale a lot of iniperior article* o! hi* own man
ufacture, at reduced prices—consisting of
Carriages, Buggios, Rockawnys,&c.
Order* for any thing in hi* line will be thankfully
received and promptly executed. .
{^y- RF.PAIRIKG done at short notice and on reap-
onable terms. tf January]
A. M. WYNG & CO.,
nr.ALKRS IN
Hardware, Crockery, China and Glass,
Jan 1857 Broad Street,ATHENS, Go.
W. A. PATMAN.
D EALER in Hnrilwnre, CutVry, Carriasri-
Trimming, Wood and Tin Ware, Stove*
and Grates, Nails,'Casting and Agricultural
Impliments. Corner Broad A Wall Street
Athens Ga. April 14
NEW ARRANGEMENT.
ST.
Brood Street, ATHENS.
c.
li. LOMBARD,
DENTIST,
ATHENS, GEORGIA.
tT K-
HESTER & AKERMAN,
Attorneys at Law,
% RLBERTON,GA. ,
ROBERT HESTER »nd AMOST. AKERMAN will
.11 ninurr.hip, in the counties of Elbert,
il.rt.fi.iiU.il, N!*di*»n, Oglethorpe and Lincoln.
WM. PHILLIPS,
ATTORNEY AT X.A.'W,
MARIETTA, GA.
,-ill nrartice in till thee mint ies of ilie Blue Ridge Eir-
rt.itnly of Fulton of tlieCowela Circuit,
- «D 8. Dist. Court,
REMOVAL OF THF.
LANIER HOUSE.
S M. LANIER would announce to the
. public that bo lulu removed from the old
- Franklin House” to Ibo “ Newton Mouse,”
formerly occupied by W. Crawford, which
will V-r-after be known as the “ Lanier
House.” With facilities superior to any here
tofore, for the accommodation of the public,
the proprietor hopes that all who favor him
itli their patronage will be pleased with
the new arrangement.
tsr a comfortable omnibus is always
ndy to convey passengers to and from the
depot.
Jan. 27,1850.—tf.
'HR
Coach Making.
R S. SCHEVENELL A. M. M. TURBY
. FILL, have formed themselves into a
Co-Partnership in the above business anil re-
spectfullv solicit the patronage of their
friends and public generally.
R. 8 SCEVENELL,
M. M. TURBYFILL,
Feb. 3, 1859.—ly
COLBERT
COLT I^WBbERT,
dbalkrsin
Staple Dry Goods, Groceries, and
Hardware,
12 1855 No.9, Granite Row, AT M K**s<5a
WILLIAM L. MARLER,
ATTORNEY -A.T X.A'W.
* JEFFERSON, JACKSON CO. GA.
Rcrmxacs* — M«s*r*.McLe*ter*and W S Thomp-
> F.«i« JctTerson; D W Spence and W J Peeples,
E.T t.«ivreiiceviHe-,Jobu U Newton, CP*eple»«nd
J It Ctin-ry, E^i*. Athen*; Law Clark,G*ine*ville
W . G . DELONY,
ATTORNEY AT IxA/W",
Athens, Georgia.
*\T71 \ j, attend promptly to all business entrust
W tsi to til* care.
fcr'-Tireon liro*d street,over I.M.Kenney sstore.
! Tinest Family Groceries,
FOR 1859.
ACKER MERRALL & CO.
No. 132 Cbambors Street,
Corner of College Place.
(Opposite Huds-.n River Railroad Station,)
3SJ EW-YORK,
DEALERS IN
FINEST WIXE8,
FINEST BRANDIES.
FINEST TEAS, FINEST. SEGABS,
FINEST COFFEES, *
FINEST BUTTER. FINEST SUGARS,
FINEST IIAMS,
FINEST FINEST TONGUES, and
FAMILY
GR0CEBIES,
Of every description, put np fur shipment to
all parts of the world. Catalogues nill be
furnished upon application.
March 81 bmp 8
J. W. REAVES fr CO.
wholesale and retai t.
TiK U.F.RS in GriKreries, Dry Good*, Crockery
■1/ llxtdwue, fc. „
No. 15. under Franklin noose
Brad Blreel, Alliens. Oa.
II. GILLELAND,
DENTIST,
WA TRIES VILLE OA ,
T > ESPKCTFULLY aolicits the patrouage
l "i the surrounding country.
ilj~ Fullsati-tactiou will be given in their
prufe-.dim. April 22.—tf
WHITE & RITCII,
WHOLESALE ANO RETAIL
I C1 o t h i e r s and Merchant Tailors
IHoad Street, ATHENS,G*.
e
SLOAN & OATMAN,
DBALERS IN
Italian .Etjypliandk American
STATUARY,
J.Wj fast tkxeessee marble.
Ilf<'M-.MF.XT9,Tomb., Urn* and Va*e«; Marble
1 JL l, and urq shiug Marble. M'Allorder*
ATLANTA, GA.
t>roiup,|y
Bear I,. M
J. R. DAVIS,
LAND BROKER, collector and
GENERAL AGENT,
‘"ended Inin any county of this State
" Officecorset of Jackson aM Elll* street*.
J rl 34 ly AUGUSTS. GA.
New Millinery Establishment,
ATHENS. GA.
Next door to H't'/aont it Bro*., College Arenne.
M BS. B. MYERS respectfully informs the
Ladies of Athene nud surrounding coun
try tbnt she has ju>t oprned a new establish
ment at the above place, where she will con
stantly keep a new anil beautiful nssortmrnt
of Millinery anil Fancy Goods, of the latest
style. A share ol patronage respectfully
solicited. MOSES MYERS
March 81—8m
l the sofa, mussing it all up, anil my
nice carpet is all spoiled by the tramp
of your coarse boots. I shall be
j ashamed to bring any one into the
S parlor again—and I have taken so
much pains to keep everything nice !
I do think, M/. Smith, you are the
most thoughtless man I ever did see
—you don’t appear to care how much
trouble you give me. If I bad no j
more care than you have, we would
soon have a nice looking house—it
would not be long till our new bouse
and furniture would be just as bad
as the old,” said John Smith’s wife
to him -as site saw him in the parlor
-taking a nap on the sofa.”
Mr. Smith arose and answered—
“I was tired and sleepy, Mary, and
the weather is so hot, and this room
so quiet and cool, and the sofa looked
so inviting, that I could not resist
the temptation to snooze a little. I
thought, when we were building a
new house, and furnished it thus that
we were doing it because the old
bouse and furniture were not so com
fortable and desirable, and that I
ami my own dear Mary would indulge
ourselves in a little quiet leisure in
these nice rooms, and if we choose,
in lounging on the sofas and rocking !
in these cushioned arm chairs, away
from the noise of the family, and the
smell of the cocking stove.
“I did not dream of displeasing
yon, Mary, and I thought it would
give you pleasure to see me enjoying
a nap on the sofa, this warm after
noon- I noticed when Merchant
Swell or Col. Bigman,and their fami
lies arc here, you appeared delighted
to have sofas and cushioned arm
chairs for them to sit in or lounge up
on. I thought the house and sofas
were to use—that we were seeking
our own pleasure when we paid a
large sum of money for them ; but. 1
.suppose 1 was niisuuven, arm iiiui me
house and furniture arc for strangers
and that we are to sit in the old
kitchen, and if I want to take a nap,
or rest a little when fatigued, I am
to lie down on a slat, in the wood-
house ; and if you want to rest you
can go to the children's trundle bed,
in the little close bed-room, where tlie
flies can have a chance at you.’’
The irony of Mr. Smith’s reply
only provoked his wife, and seeing
himself threatened with a repetition
of Mrs. Smith’s speech, with unpleas
ant additions, and variations, and
knowing that he would get tired of
gaining victories over her in argu
ment, before she would think of get
ting tired of defeat, lie took himself
out, and left Mrs. Smith to fix up and
dust out, and lock him out of his own
house, and took a scat on an old chair
in the kitchen; which Mrs. Smith said
was good enough to use every day—
in tlic kitchen where no one secs it.
Poor Mrs. Smith, thought I. And
yet many are like her. They want
a fine house, and when they get one,
they want an outhoflse built to live
in, and they confine their families to
a few small rooms, poorly furnished,
while the main room, well furnished,
is never e cen by the family, only
when visitors come! Both house
and furniture arc too grand for use.
The carpet is too fine for tlicir bus-
band to walk on—the mirrors are too
fine for him to look into—tlie furni
ture is all too fine for him to see or
use. Just so it goes—we dress, we
women, I mean, and I am sorry that
many men are as foolish as we are,
IV hy has rain water such an un
pleasant smell when it is collected in
a rain tub or tank ? Because it is
impregnated with decomposed organ
ic matters washed from the roofs,
trees, or the casks in which it is col
lected.
How doea bltiwtng hot food make
It caases the air which
has bqen heated by it to change
more rapidly, and give place to fresh
cold air.
Why do ladies fan themselves in
hot weather ? That fresh particles
of air may be brought in contact with
to be, long and toilsome as is the
P at,i t0 eminence and fortune at the j their face by the action of the" fan"
oai or in Medicine, these seem to and as.evcvy fresh particle of air ab-
mos: of our aspiring youth, the only sorbs some-ieat from the skin, this
unofficial avenues to fame and for- constant chlnge makes them cool,
tune; hence, they are uniformly Does a fin °cool tho air ? No, it
crowded. There has been no day j makes the qr hotter, by imparting
of the last forty years, in which there to it the heit from our face by trans-
were not four times as many to live j ferring its Aeat to air.
\>y tinde in this country, its were j W T hy is there always a strong draft
needed in that_ occupation—twice as | under tie door and through the cre-
IJortinl Selections.
many as could possibly succeed.
Hence, the fatal expansion and loose
ness of mercantile credit ; hence, the
failure of at least nine-tenths of all
who engage in traffic. To fail is as
natural attend to a mercantile career,
in this country, ns to be killed is to
the soldier enlisted for life. “How
long will he last ?” and he who es
capes bankruptcy for so long as ten
years, does wellb—ettor than the avCr-
agc. We could name country villa
ges which have had their fifteen or
twenty mercantile firms in the course
of the bict thirl}' years, and broken
them all within two or three; and of
these, not one lias retired with a
competence.
One is trading yet and solvent;
two, perhaps, have retired or remov
ed, losers, but not broken ; the rest
have gone the way of all American
traders—or so nearly all that the ex
ceptions help to prove the rule. Of
the young men who will'this year
embark irt trade, it is safe to say
that three-fourths will want a Na
tional Bankrupt Law within the next
leu years, and the other within twen
ty. But they cannot break so fast
that others will not scramble for
tlicir places. Thousands ofncwcon-
cerns will bo opened this year to be
closed as thousands were in 1857-8.
It were idle to remostrate against
this tendency—tlie thing to be done
is to conn te r vail it.--Horace Grce-
<<’’/• •'
Tho Empire of GoJ.
Prof. Mitchell, in closing bis series
of Lectures on Astronomy, said:
“Now, my friends, I must close this
long > course of lectures. Wc have
passed from planet to planet, from
system to system. Wo have found
other island universes sweeping thro’
space. The great unfinished prob
lem still remains—whence came this
universe ? Have all those stars which
glitter in the heavens been shining
from all eternity? lias our globe
been rolling around the sun for cease
less ages ? Whence, wltenc*' this
magnificent architecture, whose archi
traves rise in splendor before us in
every direction ? Is it all the wot k
of chance ! I answer, no. It is not
the work of chance. Who shall re
veal to us the true cosmography of the
universe by which wo arc surround
ed? Is it the work of an Omnipo
tent Architect ? If so, who is this
August Being ?
vices oil each side ? Because cold
air rushes from the hall to supply the
void in the room caused hy the es
cape of Warm air up the chimney, &c.
Why is there always a strong draft
through the key-hole of a door?—
Because the air in the room wc occu
py is warmer than the air in the hall;
therefore, the air from the hall rush
es through the key-hole into the
room, and causes a draft.
Why is there always a draft thro’
the window crevices ? Because the
external air being colder than the air
of the ro)m we occupy, rushes through
the window crevices to supply the de
ficiency caused by the escape of the
warm air up t he chimney.
If you open the lower sash of a
window there is more draft than if
you open the upper sash. Explain
the reason of this. If the lower sash
be open, the cold external air will
rush freely into the room and cause
a great draft inward ; but if the up
per sash be open, the heated air of
the room rushes out, and, of course
there will be draft left inward.
Why is a room best ventilated -by
opening the upper sash? Because
the hot vitiated air, which always as
cends toward the ceilings c?n escape
more easily. .
By which means is
more quickly—b}'t|
upper or lower st&jM A
can enter more freely into the lower
part of tho room where it is colder.
Why does the wind dry damp linen ?
Because dry wind, like a dry sponge,
imbibes the particles of vapor from
tlie surface of the lfnen as fast as they
are formed.
Which is the hottest place in a
church or chapel ? The gallery.
Why is the gallery of public places
hotter than the lower parts of the
building? Because the heated air
of the building ascends, and all cold
air which can enter through the doors
and windows keeps to the floor till it
has become heated.—Scientific Amer
ican.
For the Southern Watchman.
THE WRONGED AND F0R8AKEN.
BV FINI.RV JOIISSOX.
Tliore w-vmler'd fortli unconscious’y
Up.m a starless night.
One. who pray.nl that morn might not
Arise upon her sight.
The tears were falling cn her cheeks,
Her !m*nm heaved a sigh;
Poor fallen one ! her dearest wish
Was, that she now might die. *
She wandered on—she cared not where,
Life was to h< r a blank ;
She, from the depth of sorrow’s fount,
Tlie bitter drugs had drank ;
She press’d her ban Is across her brow
Toeaseher throbbing pains;
For fever, with its burning heat
Was raging in her veins.
Her momnry woke a thousand thoughts
Of childhood’s happy state;
E're yet, a villain’s tempting wiles
Allured her to her fate;
When in her girlhood’s pleasant home
She strayi-d in fancy’s bowers;
And raised bright ca-tles in Hi* air,
While straying midst the flowers.
S ic thought of childhood’s simple prayer.
How reverently it roje;
As by her mother's side she knelt,
Before she sought repose;
And how that mother by her bed
Her nightly vigils kept;
And in her pleasures she rejoiced
And in her sorrows wept.
Thoughts of her friends in youthful days.
Came clustering around;
The fountain of her heart grew dry,
She sauk upon the ground ;
Those joys of earlier, happier days,
Seemed of herself a part;
The memories that they aroused
Had burst in ’twain her heart.
O! judge her not, yo sons of men,
Speak not an unkind tone;
She died with holy thoughts of friends,
Of parents and of home; .
But.O, lielieve that she has gone,
In penitence to heaven ;
To seek her Saviour and her God,
And havOTicr sins forgiven.
Baltimore, Md.
room
tng the
t room
A Hundred Years Ago.
A great many events occur in a
hundred years? Within that time
America has leaped forth in the as
tonishing power it is. One hundred
years.ago, says an exchange, there
was not a single white man in Ohio,
Go with me to-night~1 Kentucky, Indiana and Illinois Ter-
Then what is now the most
in imagination; and stand with old
Pnu 1 , tlie gicat Apostle, upon Mars
Hill, and there look around vou as he
did.
Here rises that magnificent buil
ding, the Parthenon, sacred to Min
erva, the Goddess of Wisdom. There
towers her colossal statue, rising in
its majesty above tlie city of which
she was the guardian—the object to
catch the rays of tho rising, and the
last to be kissed by the rays of the
And vet I tell
BAKERY, CONFECTIONERY, &C.
JOSEPH PAT AT
W OULD announce to tbceitisensof Athens
and virinily, that he ha* opened n Ba
kery and Coufectioncry nt tho well known
stand <>n Jackson stcee*. next to the State
Bank, where he is prepared to fnruisli every
thing in his line.
An experienced and skillful B-ker i* em
ployed, who will bake frjsh bread and cake*
every day. , , , .
Fresh Oyster* always on hand, and served
in auy style, nt short notice
A share of the public patronage i* respect-
fully solicited. Jan- 2ft.
setting sun. And vet 1 tell you
these gods and these divinities, though
created under the inspiring fire of
to please others or rather to excite j poetic fancy, Greek imagination nev-
th'eir remarks—we build houses, and j er reared this stupendous structure
furnish them for those outside the j by which we are surrounded. The
family, and live as poorly when we Olympic Jove never built the lteav-
are rich as we did when we were poor; e ns. The Wisdom of Minerva nov
as poorly in the new house as in the ; er organized these magnificent sys-
old. | terns. I say with St. Paul: “Oh
It is a fatal day for enjoyment; Athenians, in all things I find >ou
when a family gets a house and iurni- j too superstitious, for in passing along
turc too fine ibr use; and yet many your streets I find an altar inscribed
have an ambition to have it so. —To the unknown God—Him whom
Better would it bo if they were con-
Blacksmithing.
rpjlE subscrilier has commeuceil the above
J_ business at tlm stand formerly
ore pied
wiierr
ATHENS STEAM COMPANY,
M R- NICKERSON. Aoskt t Prr’T.
ANITFAiTURERS of Ct-cmlar Saw mils,
Kn K ln»s,forrin«,s<l|iftin*Pl'MFS,
kihd. W-'ih'bmt ; Mill, C ». *IWI all oilier
. r , , ' , *AHI\«. Ino* and Hr«*» i'AFTiftr.Kofe*-
TS'wnjMto,,. smiTUINC,BensirinsardFisiisMaf
t. $*'» ‘irruti-d. Select patterns of Iron Fenrini,
I YL_ lM ** c «W. Jen 8. 1857.
Wt. II. A. LOWltANCE,
Resident Dentist,
Tlor.no ATHENS. GF,0
Jv *' »>• corner, nortli ol Iks Nswton Ho use
by Mr. Monteitb. on Foundry struct.
lie will l>« pleased to rect-ive a share of pub
lie patronage. Ilis work will bo done in good
style, at moderate j.rires. J. C. ORR.
Athens, Feb. S, 1859.
I. M. KENTTEY,
(A< *‘ <*»"*■ «fto«e the Bank of Athene,)
CO.VSTANTLY KEEPS ON HAX»
,? le * Fancy Dry Goods,
Chs, CHOICE GROCERIES,
_^f«»b.ort(.proiiipt|uijln* customers. |Jasl
ntl .™ DIA . RUBBER BELH5G.
Il on 1.:' M-hohi. n Si. Go, tst-ji constantly
\'J. 1 t?<"»ersl assortment nf India
York S’ which b« sold at New
pn< **- Jan. 2a
BENARDO J. ARZE,
BARBER AND I/AIR-DIiESSER,
R eturns id* tiiaok* f rp»*t patron*#**.
ami re.-pictfiilly so i<-its a-c-oiliouance
of the same, at hi* old Blum), corner of Broad
and Sjuring street*.
Athens. .Ian' 18. !R59.
Notice.
A T a meeting of the 8;I«:khold'Ts of the
New Bridge Co ,at Gowder’s Ford, Ilall
“'county, on the 23d inst.. it was, hy a unani
mous vole.
Ilctolrrd. Thet nil lha title, interest and
appurtenances belonuing to said Company,
should be sold on the let dsyof June, to the
highest bidder, in front of P : tner, England <fr
Freeman’s Store, in Athens.
E L NEWTON, Pres.
J W Nice 'tsox, Sec.
April 28. 1859
BLANKS! BLANKS!
rtONSTANTLYon Imndstthe Watchmssoffice-
orders for * akb-wUI ke promptly s* r
tented with such a house find such
furniture as is suited to every day
use—the house large enough to ac
commodate one’s friends and the j
furniture such as all uso when at,
home.
Strange History or a Murderer.
It was mentioned a few days ago |
that Felix Sanchez, a Cuban Mulatto,
who, in January last, killed bis
father-in-law, and stabbed his wife
and mother-in-law in New York, had
been arrested at New Orleans. The i
Bee further informs us:
He was hid away in a Spaniard’s
house some fifteen days in New York.
The Spaniard then took him to Bal
timore, and by reason of bis natural
ly dark skin managed to sell him aa
a negro for §1,400. He was sub
sequently taken to Mobile, where he
was sold to a Mr. Brooks, and sub-
sequentl’- to a Mr. Ledbetter, we
sent him here to be sold by Mr.
Foster. The lattfer pnt him in the
parish prison for safe keeping, where
he was subsequently identified as the
alleged murderer. Sanchez is said
to be the child of* a free negress in
Cobs, and the son of a wealthy Cu-
yo ignorantly worship; and this is
the God I declare unto you—the
God that made heaven and earth,
who dwells not in temples made with
h tnds.”
No, here is the temple of our di
vinity'. Aronnd us and above rise
Sun and System, Cluster and Uni
verse. And I doubt not that in cv-
ery region of this vast Empire of God,
• hymns of praise and anthems of glo
ry are rising and reverberating from
sun to sun nmi from system to sys
tem—heard by Omnipotence alone
ncross'iinmensity and through eterni
ty !
SCIENCE OF THINGS FAXILIik.
Why is rain water soft ? Because
it is not impregnated with earth and
minerals.
Why is it.more easy to wash with
soft water than with hard ? * Be
cause soft water unites freely with
soap and dissolves it, instead of de
composing it as hard water does.
-Why do wood ashes make hard
water soft? 1st, Because the car
bonic acid of wood ashes combines
with the sulphate of lime in the hard
water, and converts it into chalk;
2d, wood ashes also convert some of
n tones.
flourishing part of America was as
little known as the country around
the mountains of the moon. It was
not until 1769 that the “Hunter ol
Kentucky,” tho gallant and ndventu
rous Boone, left his home in Nortli
Carolina to become the first settler
in Kentucky. Tlie first pioneer in
Ohio did not settle until twenty yeavs
after this time. A hundred years
ago Canada belonged to France, and
tire whole population of the United
States did not exceed a million and
a half of people. A hundred years
ago the great Frederick of Prussia
was performing those great exploits
which have made him immortal in
military annals, arffi with his little
monarchy was sustaining a single-
handed contest with Russia, Austria
and France—the three great Pow
ers of Europe combined. A hundred
years ago Napoleon was not born,
and Washington was a 'young and
modest Virginia colonel, and the
great erents in the history of the two
worlds, in which these two great but
dissimilar men took leading parts,
were then scarcely foreshadowed.—
A hundred years ago the United
States were the most loyal part of
tlie British Empire, and on the polit
ical horizon no speck indicated the
struggle which, within a score of years
thereafter, established tho greatest
republic in the world. A hundred
years ago there were but four news
papers in America; steam engines
hud not been imagined, and railways
and telegraphs had nfit entered into
the remotest conception of man.—
When wo come to look back at it
through the vista of history, we find
that to thevcentury which has passed
•have been slotted more important
events in their bearing upon the hap
piness of the world than almost any
other which has elapsed since the cre
ation. A hundred years hence, what
will be the development ? It is past
finding out, except one thing, a tho’t
which astonished Xerxes when he
stood upon Mount Athos—all, with
hut f?w exceptions, now living, will
be dead. ,
“ Swear not at all!*’
THE I'XSEKN BATTLE FIELD.
There is an unseen battle-field
In every human breast,
Where two opposing forces meet,
And wbere they seldom rest.
That field is veiled from mortal sight—
’Tis only seen by One,
Who knows alone where victory lies,
WUeu-cacli daj’s fight, is done.
' One army clutters strong and fierce,
Tlicir chief of demon form :
His brow is like the thundercloud,
His voice the bursting storm;
His captains, Pride, and Lust, and Hate,
Whole troops watch night and day,
Swift to detect the weakest point.
And thirsting for the fray.
Contending with this mf*hty force,
Is but a little band; I
Y'et there, with an unquailing front,
Tiioae warriors firmly stand.
Their leader is of god-like form—
Of countenance serene,
And glowing on hfa naked breast
A naked cross is seen.
Uiscaptains, Faith, and Hope, and Love,
Point to that wondrous sign,
And gazing <m it, all receite
Strength from a source Divine.
They feel it speaks a glorious truth,
A truth as great as sure—
That to he victors, they must learn
To love, confid.-, endure.
That faith sublime, in wildest strife,
Imparts a holy calm—
For every deadly blow a shield,
Fair every wound a bnlin.
And when they win the battle field, ■.
Past toil is quite forgot;
Tho pai i wlu-re carnage once had reigned
Becomes a hallowed spot—
A spot where flowers of joy and peWv
Spring from the fertile sod.
And breathe the perfume of their praise
Ou every breeze—to God.
MISINGS.
I wonder if Ihe rich man prays—
And how his morning prayer is said t
lie’ll ask for health and length of days—
But does he pray for “daily bread !"
When by his door, in posture meek,
He sees the p.mr niau waiting stand,
Wills sunken eye. and care-worn cheek.
To beg emjdoymeiit from his hand.
And when lie tells his piteous tale
Of sickly wife, ami children am 11,
Of rents that ii-e. amt crop* that fail,
Ami troubles that the poor befall.
I wonder if the rich man’s thought.
Mounts free as nature’s hymn to heaven,
In gratitude, that lntj.jdpr lot,
liy providenre, to him is givm.
Ami does hi* lo-ait exult to know.
lie too, like ilea ven, hath power to give,
To strengthen weakness, sullen woe.
And bid Hope's dying lamp revive !
And when around his gladsome hearth,
A troop of friends the rich mau greet,
Aud songs of joy and smiles of mirth,
And grace to flattery's homage sweet;
I wonder if his fancy sees
A vi-iirti of those wn.-t.hed homes.
Where want is wrestling with disease.
And scarce a ray of comfort comes.
Oh wcrh’ ! how strange thy lot* are given,
Life’s aim how rarely under t'xi I !
And men,how 1’arcslrayed from heaven,
ll heaven require—a brothel hood !
OIK COUNTSrs NEED.
BT 1IABV E. BUY AN.
She needs not wealth—-i;* jeweled crown
On 'her proud forehead -bines.
For selling's-uns look g itiering down
Ou her exhaii-tles* mine-.
Aud sturdy hands draw golden yields
hrom all Iter countless harvest fields.
A thousand iron stueds an- hers.
More fleet than hart or .bind;
Their ttamp tfie mountain sclm stirs.
Their breath is un the wind.
And Moslem maidens ne’er may wear
Such wealth as they so proudly bear},
And commerce sends her vessel* forth,
Ships Winged by steam or sail.
And far o'er tests of Sioutlt and North,
Our flag floats on tlie gale,
Aye. shore end ocean loudly vaunt
That wealth ie not our country’e want.
She needs not beauty; lips end eye*
Untold beoeatli her sky,
Might tempt a saint of Paradise **
To one voluptuous sigh.
And high, white bosoms—passion* ripe—
lloave with the joy of love aud life.
And nature far and wide has flung
Her beauty o’er the land.
Amt cliffs hy mighty woods o’erhung.
And rivers broad and grand.
And lone, bine lakes and mountains hold
In soug and story have been told.
She wants not courage; were the band
Of foe or traitor laid
On her proud standard—through the land
Hearts brave and undismayed,
A million strong would urge the attack,
And hurl the haughty insult back. ' _
Nor wants she genius; in her bowers
Each muse securely builds.
On her fair plains they gnther flowers,
And laurels on her hills.
The world will own our land ere long.
The Attica of wit and soug.
What needs she, then—this land of ours,
So rich in wit and wealth,
With grace and beauty for her dower.
Hearts strong with youth and he-dth,
Her path winds up to ^‘perfect day
What lion crouches in her way I
The ship that rides the stormy sea.
When clouds the heavens o’er-liade.
May stpmg in ropes and tifnbers be ;
Y'et, if there be not laid
A steady hand upon her helm,
Ihe waves will tlie strong bark o’erwlielm.
Our country needs this steady hand
•To guide her ship of State ;
03 lie needs a spirit to command—
One calmly good and great—
One, fi-m and. true, to whom is known
No interests but hie country's oicn.
SILENCE.
In silence mighty things are wrought—
•Silently huilded, thought ou thought,
Truth’s temple greets the sky ;
And like a citadel with towrnjs,
The soul with her suhservieBS j
Is strengthed silently.
Soundless as chariots on the snow,
The saplings of the forest grow
To trees of mighty girth ;
Each mighty star in silence hums;
And every day in silence turns
The axle of the earth.
The silent frost, with mighty hand,
Fetters the liver and the land
With universal chain ;
And smitten hy the silent sun,
The chain is loosed, the rivers run.
The lands are free again.
' powers,
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S2.00 PER ANNUM.
STBICTI.T IN ADVANCE.
Number 9.
...To Remove Grease from Books—
Lay upon the spot a little magnesia
or powdered chalk, and under it the
same; set on it a warm flat-iron, and
as soon as the grease is melted it will
all absorb and leave, the paper clean.
...Some one blamed Dr. Marsh
for changing Iris mind. “Well,”
said he, “that is the difference be
tween a man and a jackass; the jack
ass ean’t change his mind, and the
man can—it’s a human privilege."
...A stranger meeting an editor
in the streets of Boston, a few days
since, roughly accosted him with,
“Here, I want to go to the Tremont
House !” The deliberate reply Wa8,
“Well, you can go, if you don’t be
gone long!”
... The Scriptures...The Scriptures
are a depth that few can wade far
into, and none can wade through;
and yet all may come to the brook,
and refresh themselves with drinking
of the streams of its living waters
and go in a little wa^, according to
their strength and stature.
...He who hears adversity well
gives the best evidence that he will
not be spoiled by prosperity.
...We should educate tho whole of
n—the body, the head, the heart;
the body to act, the head to think,
and the heart to feel.
®Iansftei5djjerings.
...In a certain benighted part of
the country may be seen on the out
side of an humble cottage, the fol
lowing inscription in large gilt letters:
“A Seminary for young ladies.”—
This was, perhaps, too abstruse for
the villagers, as immediately under
neath there is added in rude charac
ters, “Notey bone—this is a gall’s
skool.”
North Carolina Ball Boom.—
“Miss, can I have the pleasure of danc
ing with you the next cotillion!”
“Well, I don’t know—”
“Ungaged, perhaps ?”
“Well, ef you must know, I ain’t
•Lmsw.j my rUWZUin
A Governor Presented...The Grand
Jury of Alachua county, Florida,
have presented Gov. Perry of that
State, as “a nuisance.” Their in
dignation was aroused by his course
on the railroad question.
Wouldn't Go.—Thirty emancipa
ted-slaves from Western Virginia en
route for Liberia, under the control
of the agent of the Colonization So
ciety started for Norfolk by way of
Petersburg. Only 12 arrived, the
others escaped, preferring slavery to
freedom.
Austria's Strength.—From sta
tistics which reach us through a
French channel, we find that the
military strength of Austria in time
of peace is represented by 400,000
men, and in time of war by 750,000
men. The Austrian Navy, which is
of very recent creation, is composed
of 135 vessels, armed with 852 guns,
and manned by 8,707 seamen.
...“An exchange, while comment
ing upon the prevailing corruption in
high stations under the present powers
that be, suggests that the past has
furnishod to the world an age ofiron,
and a golden age, and a leaden age,
and an age of brass, and lastly
thinks that the present must bo an
age of steal.
...“There is.said to be many a slip
between the cup and the lip,” but it
would be well for some of our young
men, and old ones too, if there were
a good many more.
A lawyer, not young or-hand
some, examining a witness, a young
lady witness, determined tp perplex
her as lie thought, and said: “Miss,
upon my word, you arc very pretty!”
“I would return the compliment if I
was not on oath,” said the young
lady.
...A man was asked what kind of a
girl lie preferred for a wife. He re
plied : One that was not a ’ prodi-gal,
but a fru-galnnd truc-gal, and one
that suited his conju-gal state. ■:
...A philosopher,being asked what
was th first thing necessary to trin
the lyve of a woman, answered an
opportunity.
...It is a maxim of General Jack
son’s, “Take time to deliberate, but
when tho hour for action arrives, stop
thinking and go in.”
...The Charleston and Savannah
Railroad runs to Green Pond, about
forty-four miles from Charleston.
Xiumtier Ibr the Holy Land.
Commerce makes curious changes,
and places the products of the earth
in strange places. We have a schoo
ner, the Forest Belle, Capt. Per-
cival, now loading with Iumbor in our
port and destined for Bcirout, one of
the sea-ports of Syria, in Asia!—
Who would have supposed that in
the course of human events the pine
forests of Georgia would contribute
lumber to rebuild upon the ruins of
Baalbek, to modernise the ancient
city of Damascus, both of which are
in the vicinity of Bcirout, or to frame
anew the domes and palaces of the ho
ly city ? Yet time, in its wonderful
revolutions, hn3 made it a living re
ality, and in future days the Georgi
an Who shall make his pilgrimage to
that distant land, can mingle tho as
sociations of his own home with the
sacred memories of a soil that was
trod by th Saviour of mankind.
The cargo ol the Forest Belle is
the first that has been shipped in
that trade, and we trust that the
success of thf experiment may be
such as to encourage additional and
more heavy exportations.—Savan
nah Republican.
...A lady called on a witty friend
who was not at home, and finding the
piano dusty, wrote upon it Slattern.
The next day they met, and the lady
said, “I called on you yesterday,’’
“Yes; I saw your card on the piano. “
...Said old Mrs. Philanthrop the
other day, accosting a precocious ur
chin in the street with a wardrobe re
markable for its ventilating advan
tages :
“Bubby, why don’t you go home
and havo your mother sew up that
awful hole in your trowsers ?”
“Oh, you git out, old ’oman,’’ was
the very respectful reply, “our folks
is economizin’, and a hole will last
longer than a patch any day.” .
Tlie old lady’s sympathy was want
ed while the youngster beat a retreat
round the corner, displaying a I
of truce in the rear.
.... A young lady married a farmer,
and wishing to providelinsey fordo
iiiL-stic use, asked her husband to send
down South and buy a cotton ram,
so that they could raise their own
cottonwool.
...Men are like bugles—the more
brass they have the further you can
hear them. Women are like tulips
—the more modest and retiring they
appear, the better you love them.
...A writer remarks that men are
often capable of greater things titan
they perform. They are sen* into
the world with bills of credit—and
seldom draw to their full extent.
Printers.
Old Lorenzo Dow was a yery sen
sible man, notwithstanding his eccen
tricities. The following, which is
said to be an extract from one of his
serroonB, is well worth an insertion
here:
“Perhaps it may not be amiss to
remind you of the printer in my dis
course. He is in a very disagreea
ble situation. He trusts everybody,
lie knows not whom; his money is
scattered everywhere, and he scarce
ly knows where to look foi* it. His
paper, h is ink, hig type, his journey
men, his labor, &c., must be punctu
ally paid for. You, Mr , and
you, Mr. and a hundred oth
ers I could name, have taken his pa
per, and you, and your neighbors
have been informed and improved by
it. If you miss one paper, you think
hart! of your printer; you had rathfer -
be without your best meal than bo
deprived of your paper. Have you
ever complied witji the terms of your
subscription ? Have you ever taken
pains to furnish the printer with his
paper ? Have you paid him for his
type, his press, and his hands’ work ?
If you have not, go and pay him off.”
A Female Robinson Crusoe.
The New York Times publishes'a
very suspicious story, about/• Miss
Richardson, of Cleveland, who is
stated to have been going to Green
Bay in May, 1856, in the barque
Mary, Capt Edwards, with w crew of
seven including rite mate, who wus
her crusin. The barque was wreck
ed irr x storm and driven upon ah is
land. She was the only survivor of
the whole number, and spent the
next three years in politude upon the
small and desolate island upon which
she had been thrown. In February
last the island was visited by a party
of Indians, w ho took her to tho Brit
ish coast. She soon reached Fort
William, and went thence to Mar
quette, and so to Chicago, on her
way to her old home, Cleveland.