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BY* AUTHORITY.
TAX LAW.
Ax Act to levy and eoUect a Tam for each oftlepoUtleal
years 1 <>l awl 1 SSB, and thereafter, until repealed.
Hkt.tios 1. lie U enacied by the Senate and House. of He
preterit'ill mos the State of Georgia, in Ventral Assembly
m*t, umL it is hereby enacted by the authority of the earn*.
Tint from aud nft«r the pa-ags of thin a«;, all real
him !> • - >?.r.l tataU within thin fctuts. whether owned,
by Individual* or corporations, resident or non-resident,
ai.. ill he liable to taxation, subject to tho exemption* herein
after specified.
Sec. 2. And. be U further enacted, That the term “real
e*Mte,” as u- A in this act, •hall he construed to include
laud itself, all building* or other articles erected upon,
or affixed to, the same; all mines, mineral)*, fossil*, and
quarries in and under the same, except mine* belonging to
the State, and the term “personal estate,” as used in this
act, tiiall be construed to include all chattels, monies, debts
due from advent debtors, whether on note, bill, draft
judgment or mortgage, or open accounts, goods, warm
and merchandise, capital Invested in shipping «r tonnage,
*or capital otherwise Invested, negro slaves, pleasure car
riages, nubile Stocks, and stocks in monied corporations;
also such portion of the capital of incorporated companies
liable to taxation on their oapiul as shall not bo invested
In real or p<; snnal estate.
Hrc. 3. And belt farther enacted, That the following
property shall be exempted from taxation, u> wit: All
•aernp'cd from taxation, by the Constitution of this
Stale or under the Constitution of the United States, all lands
belonging to this Bute or the United States, every building
erect-I for the use of and used by a college, incorporated
academy or otbwr seminary of learning, every building
for public worship, every school house, court house,
and jail, and the several lota whereon such buildings
are situated, and all tho furniture belonging to each
of them, all book# and philoeophieal apparatus not held as
merchandise, and for tho purpose of sale, every poor
house, alms house, house nr industry, and any bouse be
longing to any charitable institution, and the real and per
nouai e-.tate iadongiag to any charitable institution or con
nect. I with the same, the real and personal estate of any
public library, and other literary associations, all stocks own
ed by the Mate and by literary and charitable iastituons, a ho
all p'.mtut. n and mechanical tools, all household and kitch
en furniture not above the value of three hundred dollars, not
hold for purpo a of gale, or us merchandise, all librariee—all
poultry umi fUOO value of other property belonging to eneh
tax payer, and also tho annual crops aad previsions of the
dtis*'.lf of this State, and all flro arms aad ether Instru
ment » And all munitions of war not hold a# merchandise, and
ail wearing apparel of tho tax payer and family, and the
holder or owner of stock la any incorporated company
liable to taxation on its capital shall not bo taxed as an
Individual for such stock.
Hue. A. And be it further enected, That all lands held
under warrants, anil surveyed, but »ot granted by the
»*te. shill bo liable to taxation ia the same manner as if
•jtmilly granted.
Bko. b, And be it further enacted, That all monied or
gt<K k corporations deriving income or profit from their
capital or otherwise, except as before excepted, shall bo
liable to taxation.
Hoc. 0. A/ul belt further enacted, Th.it path and every
free person of color In this Slate betweeen the ages of
eighteen and llfty shall be taxed annually the sum of live
dollars.
Bbo. f. And belt further ervaated, That the sum of five
dollars shall be levied upon all praotfltiontli of Law or
Physic or Dentistry amt Daguerrean Artists.
Hue. b. And be it further enacted, That each and every
male cUlaen between the ages of twenty-one and sixty
years, shall be taxed annually hereafter, twenty-five oolite.
Sac. V. And be it farther enacted, That the receiver of
tax returns in each county, shall receive all return# to him
on the oaths of the persons making them and at such val
uation as they may affix, and if aay person shall fail to
make a return, er lo afiix a value, the receiver shall nuke
•uch valuation, and assess the tax thereon front the best infor
mation in his power to obtain, and in eases where no return
Jr made or no valuation made by the persons returning, he
hall assess a doublf tax.
Hoc. 10. And be it further enacted, That It shall bs
ho duty of the receiver to assess all real and personal es
ate not returned or net assessed by the periou returning
the an inn at the full market value.
Hi*;. 11. Ant be it further enacted, That the receiver
•f taos retains shall raqulra all persens t« give in
•aeh mid every tract er parcol es laid, he or she
limy ewn, specifying its locution, quality, ami the num
ber of aorta, if known. and the aggregate value, includ
-Ing the value of the building*, machiaery, toll bridges or
ferries on the same, a olaeailloatioa of tho personal estate
iubject to taxation, as defined la the second section of this
act, ejK*oifying the number of negro slavoi and their aggre
gate value, and tho aggregate of all othv ohittelo,
moneys, debts duo or to become due from advent debtors in
whatsoever form, and each glassification shall bo entered In
aepurate oohmini.
hue. 12. And be i tfnrther enacted, That tho Receivers
of tax returns throughout tho State shall administer to each <
anil every person giving in bis or her taxable property,
the following oath, to wit: Tea do solemnly swear (or I
allinn) ns the case may be, that the account which
you now give in Is a Just and true account of all
tho taxable property which you wore possessed of,
hold er claimed on the first day of January last, or was In
terested in or entitled unto, either in your own right or in
die right of any other person or persons whatsoever, a $
Parent, Guardian, Executor, Administrator, Agent, or Trus
tee, or any other manner whatever; and that it is not worth j
more th tn ihs valuation you have affixed to it, to the best
of your knowledge and belief—so help you God.
Bac. Id. And l>4 it further enacted, That It shall he the »
duty of the several tax Reoeivera within this State ta <
take in all taxable* herein before enumerated, and t
enter the same in bis book or digest with the np- I
praised value thereof, following the classification speoi- I
fled in tht second and eleventh sections of this act, <
nod return a copy of tho same made out in ihir and legible t
hand writing, to (he Comptroller Genera), and one to the i
Clerk of the Inferior Court and one to the tax collector, oo or t
before the Ist day of July in each, year in which digest shall
bu carefully made out, an abstract, stating each subject of
Taxation, tho amount of aggregate value of each, tho num- j
her of acre* of land, number of slaves, poUs, free persons of
color, professions, dentists and deguarraan Arlista.
800. 14. And. be it further enacted, That when the i
Comptroller General shall have received said dlgo*t, i
ho is hereby required to examine the same oarefUlly. .1
to detect any error or errors therein contained, and i
havntf Corrected the same, if any shall be found to i
•xUt, he shall th**n foot up each column ami ascertain I
ttie aggregate amount of each and ail the digests, ami report 1
the same to his Excellent? the Governor, who with the as- i
eisunce of the Comptroller sball assess such a rate per cent, <
not expending 1 l*Jth of au# per cent, on the entire smouut l
as will raise an amount of revenue corresponding to the
wants of tho State, and notify the several Tax Collectors
throughout tho State of the rate per oent. ao imposed, and
the amount to bo oolleted by him in each county.
lft. Amlbeit further enacted, That the amount so
Required to t»e assessed and collected, shaU not exceed the
sum of three hundred and seventy-five thousand dollars
annually.
Her. lrt. And be it farther enacted, That the amount of I
tax to l»e paid annually to the Btate upon the amount of real 1
and neraunal estate taxable under this act, shall be 1 12th of I
otic per cent., which shall be levied and collected and I
accounted for according to tho existing law, together with
the poll tax and tax on practitioners of law, medicine, free
pegrocs. dentists, and Daguerrean artists.
flee*. 17.-1 nd be it farther enacted by the authority afore
evict, Tint it shall be the duty of the Comptroller Ge
neral, wth the assistance of Hie Treasurer, after the re- '
turns of taxes have !>ceu made by the tax receivers of the \
several counties in this flute, to make an estimate of the
sum total of taxes which will he raised under this act ac
cording to the per cent, assessed, and if it should appear
that the sum total should exceed the amount of taxes re
quired by this act to be raised; then the Comptroller Ge
neral shall i*«ue Ids circular directing the tax collectors of
this State to make such deduction lu an eqtiol ratio upon
•very thing taxed according to value, as will reduce the
sum total of taxes, as nearly to the amount required by this
act to be raised, ns U practicable. Tho Comptroller speci
fying the percent, deduction necessary to be made.
flee. IS. ,4ml be it farther enacted. That the tax re
ceivers ami collectors shall receive the same compensation
now allowed by law.
flee. 19. -4m// be it farther enacted, That to net the
digs* is ai provided for in the 7th section of the act of 1846,
for the receivers, the default list shall lie deducted, and for
the collectors the insolvent list shall be deducted from the
total amount of the digests, and that all taxes due and
payable under any of the nrovWon* of this act,'shall he
paid in gold or silver, or in the bills of specie paying Ranks
of this State.
Hoc, HO. And be it farther enacted, That the fourth
an l fifth section# of an aot passed the 2Hd of February,
•ighttvn hundred and fifty, to levy and collect a tax for
each of the political years, 1860 and ISM, and thereafter,
l*v\ and the same are hereby continued in full force and
effect, saving and excepting so much of the fourth seetiom as
in the following words, to wit: not being over sixty years
of age, or valueless from decrepitude or disease.
flee. *!1. Ami be it farther enacted. That nothing In this
act shall be so construed as to relieve Ranks, Railroads, or
agencies of Foreign Ranks from any eptcial tax heretofore
as**«eed on them or auy them.
gee, Arid be it farther cuaief, That all laws and
parts of law? militating against this act, except such parte
of the tax acts now in force in this fltate, as may be ne
ces* try to carry out this act, and which are declared in
fall force, be, and the same are hereby repealed.
JAS. A. MERIWETHER,
Ppeakerof lh« Hou>e of Ueprewentativcs.
ANDREW J. MILLER,
President of the Senate.
Approved, »th Jauuary, 185 S.
HOWELL COBB, Governor.
81 PPIXMIiAiTAKY TAX ACT.
AN ACT •upptemtntary to an net, entited an aot to levy |
amt collect a tax for tho political years ISM and 1652, a|>- |
proved January », 1552. j
WttnmiA, hy tho fifteenth section of tho above entitled
aot o levy and collect a tu for tho political years lsM and
Is,;, It i< on.tcted tiiat the sum of three hundred and sot
entv live thousand dollars shall bo raised for the support of
tli ■ Government of this Slats f.r each of laid years; and !
whereas, hy die fourteenth section of said act, it has been i
further enacted, that to raise the said sum, for said political j
years, not more Ilian one-tuelfth of on. |>er cent. ,hall lie
assessed ou ihc actual value of all the properly liable to
taxation under ihe provisions of tha above entitled act ;
and » horca», hi. Excellency, th. Governor of this State, in
a spcc.al un-msge made to th. Housa of Representatives,
ha, expressed his doubts whether the said sum of three
htiudre.l and seventy-fiva thousand dollars, necessary Tor
the Mtptw tof the government of this State for each of the I
said political years ISM and ISM, can be raise>l hy the as- ;
acssmeni of only one-twelfth of one per cent, on the estima- '
to! value of the property subject to taxation under said
at, and hath re-oumiended to the General Assembly, as a
precautionary mea-ure, in case the sai.l rate per cent, spe
cs tied i a said act shall not l>e sufficient to rtfi -e the said stun
for said political years 1»2 and ISM, 10 pass an act supple
ple-.nentary to s:ud act, authorising him and the Comptrol
ler Genera!, on the retura by the saveral tax Receivers of
this state of the Wisest of property euhject taxation un
der the provisions or said act, and the value of the same,
and upon the examination and footing up of nicest, it
chaS satisfactorily appear to them that the said sum of
three hundred aud seventy flee thousand doll.-, cannot
be raised hy an assessment of oat-twelfth of one », c , nt
on the value returned in said Digest, that they may be au
thorised ami empowered to increase the said rate per cent
so much, and no further, as may be sufficient to raise the
(aid sain of three hundred and seventy-tire thousand dol
lars as aforesaid: now. therefore, for remedy whereof,
Saeima l*t- Be (I eMctol fry (As Nr rude and Umseqf
JJ.H.WCMftjfrres of trie C#ufo cf Georyi, i, in Gener, ii ,t s
eem-Wymet. aWd is hernia/entuUed by the authority f
the some, That if, upon the return by the several Tax Re
ceivers of this State, of their respective Digests, contain- ,
log the property aubject to taxation, and its value, in pur- i
mince of the provisions as are contained in tha said act en- j
titled an art to levy and collect a tax for the political year*
V-M and IS.M, ii shall appear to his Excellency, the Hover- I
nor, and Comptroller General of this State, upon the cxxmi- i
nation and fooiinjt up of the same, that the said sum of i
three hundred and seventy-five thousand doßars, neeeasury ,
for the sutiport of the Government of this State, for the |
eat 1 political vears, cannot be raised by an assessment of
one-twelfth of one per cent, on the aggregate table of all
tde property as returned by said IHyest, and subject to tax
ation, then, iu such case, it shall and may be lawful for his
Excellency, Ihe Governor and Comptroller General of this
Plate, and they are hereby authoriied to increase the said
rate par cent, specified in said tax act, so much, and no
rove or furl her, than will be sufficient to raise the said sum of
hree hundred and seventy-fire thousand dollars, neces-ary
or the support of the Government of till. State for each of
the political years as aforesaid; and thereupon forthwith
t o issue an order to each of the tax collectors cf this State,
requiring them, aud each of them, to proceed and collect
and receive of aud from each tax payer the amount of his
ax at and after the rate per cent, so increased, and neces
sary for the purpose* aforesaid.
fine. 2. Ami kt it further tnncttd bf Oit authority q/bre
iciid. That when the tax collector of auy county shall
hereafter issue an execution for taxes in arrear, the same
hail be directed to all and singular the Sheriffs and cou
ables of this Plate, and shaU be levied by either officer
hen the tax due does not exceed thirty dollars; but
here the tax exceed! that sum, the execution shall be
vied by the fihertff alone, and said officers shall be liable
be proceeded against by rule in their ree|iective courts as
prescribed by law in relation to other executions
Smt. *. And be it farther enacted by the authority a fore
id. That all laws, or parts of laws, militating against
i s act be, and the same are hereby repealed.
Approved January 21,1652.
N ACT to requtre all Wills of personal property, to be ex
ecuted and proved in the same manner as it now prescrib
ed by law, for tha execution and proof of Devises of real
aatate.
•ao. l. Be it emitted by Ike Senate and /louse of Repre
ftitim «f Ikt SM» <f (imtrat AmmUy
, . . . i ... A , v-i.. ■ . .
mft, and it ie hereby sneeted by the authority of the name.
That from and after the first day of June next, afl wills and
testaments of personal property shall be in writing, and
«lgne I by the party so willing and bequeathing the same, or
by some other person to his presence, and by his express di
rections, and shall be attested and subscribed in the pret
ence of the said testator by three or four credible witnesses,
or el-e they slull be utterly void and of no effbrt.
Btc. 2. Andbe it further matted by the authority afore
kabl. That ail law* and parts of laws now of force in this
State, and applicable to the Revocation ei devisee of real es
tate, ahalrextend to Wilis and testaments of personal pro
perty.
8» :. 3. And be it further enacted by the authority afore
txiid, That all laws and parts of laws now of force in this
Stale. pro* bribing the mode of proof of devises of real estate,
are hereby extended to Wills and testaments cf personal
property. _
Buc. 4- And beltfurther enactol by the authority afore
eaiit. That this act shall not be coustrued to extend to nun
cupative wills.
fcze. 5. And be it further enacted by the authority afore
said), 1 hat os soon as this act shall be passed, it shall be the
duty of the Governor to cause the *aw« to be published in
three or more of the public Gazettes of this State, at least
on re in every week until the first day of June next, and that
all law* end parts of laws militating against the provisions
of this act, be and the same are hereby repealed.
Approved 21st January, 1852. feb 6, wj 1
AN ACT to provide for the Education of the Poor.
Si:< i io» 1. He it enacted by the General Assembly of the
State qf Georgia, That eighteen hundred and thirty-three
share* of the capita! stock of the Bank of the State of Geor
gia. eight hundred and ninety shares of the capital stock of
the Bank of Augiihta, and one' hundred and eighty-six
shares of the capital stock of the Georgia Rail Road and
Banking Company, ali belonging to this Btate, be hereby
►e* apart as a |>ennanenl fund for the education of the poor,
and the said fund xhali be increased by so many shares of
the capital stock of either of said banks as can be pur
chased with the unexpended balance, if there be any in
the Treasury, of the thirty thousand Dollars appropriated
to def'ay the expenses of the State Convention of loft),
and with all the available assets of the Central Bank, after
the payment of its debts, and the Treasurer of the State is
hereby required to make such purchase, in whole or in part,
according to lire means at any time available therefor, and
the scrip of the Stocks so belonging to the State, and is to
l*e purchased, shall be under the control and management
of the Treasurer for the purpose aforesaid.
Hue. 2. The income of the permanent fund aforesaid shall
Ire divided yearly among those counties which may have at
the Treasury of this State by the first of December, in each
year, lists of their poor children, in the manner hereinafter
jiointedout, the division to Ire in prejrortion to the number
of names on the respective lists and the quota of each
county, to be paid to the school commissioner’s order under
the *oal of bis office.
Siec.3. The Ordinary of each county Khali be ex officio
school commissioner thereof, und shall take an oath and en
ter into an obligation as part of his official bond a# ordinary,
to discharge nil the duties of Bohool Commissioner as pre
scribed by this act, and to faithfully apply all the money
which may coine into his hands in that capacity: he shall
aho be entitled to retain as a compensation for his services
as such commissioner, two and one half j»er centum, upon
all such monies as he may receive, and the same per cen
tum upon all such monies a« he may pay out under the pro
visions of this act. Provided, That no provision of the
foregoing aet shall repeal or militate against th* provisions
of nu act assented to the ‘24th December, 1847, prescribing
the mode of disbursing the Poor School fuad, end the elec
tion of District Treasurers, entitled an a'-t to amend an
aet to provide for the education of the Poor, so far as the
counties of Lumpkin and Rabun are concerned.
Btc. 4. And be it further enacted , That all the duties
Imposed by the provisions of this act upon the Ordinaries
of each county, shall, in the county of Chatham, be dis
charged by the Justices of the Inferior Court, and the said
Justices are hereby authorized to appoint one or more fit
and proper person, who shall act as Hchool Commissioner
or Commissioners for said county, anil who shall discharge
the duties imposed by this act, upon the select commissioner,
under such regulations as the said Inferior Court may pre
seriba..
.Six. fi. And be it further enacted, That the county of
Union be exempt from the provisions of this act, and that
the Poor School fund of said county, l»e disbursed under
the heretofore existing law. Provided, that said county is not
to be excluded from the benefits of any fund rawed under
this act.
Bkc. il. Tho duties of School commissioner In each county,
shall be the following : he shall levy and cause to be col
lected by the Tax Collector of the county, such tax as may
be recommended by the Grand Jury of the first Superior
Court in each year, for the purpose of educating the poor,
aud shall take charge es the same when collected. He ,
•hall, each year, between the first of September and the first
of November, make and keep in a book for that purpose,
• list of ail such children in the county, between the ages of
eight and sixteen years, as be may deem unable from the
jmveriy of themselves or parents, to procure a plain Eng
lish Education, without public assistance; and to assist him
in making such list, ho shall appoint two persons in each
Militia District to give him information respecting the poor
children thereof, whivh persons, shall take an oath, in wri
ting, before the Ordinary, te faithfully discharge the duties
of their appointment, and to return only such children as
in their opinion are untitled to the benefits of this act—he
shall, within the first week of November, each year, forward
one copy of said list for that year to the Treasurer of this
Btate, and shall by tho first of December, in each year, have
at the State Treasury, his order under the seal of his office,
for the quota of his county, in the State dividend aforesaid,
—he hhall lay a copy of this list for tho year next last, be
fore the Grand Jury of the find court in each year, and shall
also lay before them his written estimate of what county tax
will be necessary to secure the tuition of all such children
as may be entitled to be placed on the list for the year then
present—he shall pay teachers of poor, children in the fol
lowing manner, that is to say : ho shall keep en file every
such account for the tuition of children on the list for each
year ns shall be rendered to him. on or before the 25th of
December, in that year, proven by the oath of the Teachers,
specifying the number of days each ehild was taught, not
exceeding the usual rates of such teachers, nor exceeding
such maximum as may be established by the Ordinary in
oacli county ; and after the 25th of December, he shall pro
ceed to pay all such accounts in full, if the funds in hand
be sufficient, or rateabiy, if insufficient, and always keeping
as n fund for the next year, any surplus which may be left.
Bkc. 7. The Judges of the Superior Courts shall give this
act specially in charge to the grand juries of the first Courts
in each year, together with suggestions and arguments
upon the duty and policy of educating the poor. Provided,
that the returns of poor children in the counties, embraced
in the third and fifth sections of this act, shall he made un
der the oath and in the manner prescribed in the sixth sec
tion; and ordinaries in said counties, shall be entitled to re
turn their commissions on the Btate fund received, but not
on its disbursement.
Bko. b. AH laws and parts of laws at all conflicting with
this act are hereby repealed
JAS. A. MERIWETHER,
Speaker of the House of Representatives.
ANDREW J. MILLER,
President of the Senate.
Approved, 22d January, IK>2.
HOWELL COBB, Governor.
AN ACT for the relief of married women whose husbands
have deserted them.
Skc. 1. Ua it enacted by the Senate and JTouee of Rep
resentative* of the State of Georgia in General Assembly
convened, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of
the same, That In all cases where a married woman has
been deserted by her husband, and has, while so deserted,
by her exertions and those of lu*r children, or otherwiso ac
quired property of any kind, the same shall be exempt from
the payment of said husbands's debts, and be vested in said
married woman, for her solo and separate use, not subject
to the debts, contracts or control of said husband.
Approved December 80,1551.
AN ACT to amend the act of eighteen hundred and thirty- j
eight, regulating the taking testimony in certain case®. 1
Bk<\ 1. lie it enacted by the Senate and House qf Jtep
rese/datives qf the State of Georgia in General Assembly
met, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the
same. That in addition to the cases already specified in the ]
act a-sented to twenty-eighth December, eighteen hundred
and thirty-eight, the party plaintiff or defendant, where he
has hut a single witness to prove any particular point or <
fact in his ease, may take his testimony by commission ex
actly as in cases provided for by said act of eighteen hun
dred and thirty-eight, with the restrictions and limitations ]
therein set forth. I
Approved, January 5, 1852. i
VWAV from nit m Burin oounty, Si the j
ilFUth Inst.,my lloy SAM; blacksmith by trade. VV ]
He is chunkey built, about 80 years of age, 5 feet 5
or 0 inches high, of dark complexion, and weighs «JwL .
about 100 pounds ;he has a bad countenance, and works ,
left handed ;he has a bad cut on his right arm ;he was ]
bought from Simeons A hoc, about a year ago. He is sup- ]
posed to be lurking about Augusta or South Carolina. A ,
liberal reward will be given to any person that will lodge
him in any jail so 1 can get Idm.
ap22-4w JOHN ATTAWAY.
STOP THE VILLAIN.
TJ VA VWAV from the subscriber, on the oth m*
IV lust., (after having knocked his young master TO
down with an axe, fracturing his skull considerably,
and leaving him, ns he supposed, dead) a bright mu
lat to (nearly white) Boy, <«bout 21 years old, named HEN
RY, chunky built, about 6 feet 8 inches high, with light !
sandy or brown hair, rather coarse and bushy, and inclined
to curl a little, gray eyes, cheeks frequently flush, and is J
much given to smoking; has on his left hand, just where (
the forefinger leaves it, a large scar from a knife; his left
leg, also, has a large scar from a burn, the leader of the '
ham having been considerably drawn, so that the left leg
Is a little more crooked than the other. Both legs are in- j
clined to knock-knee, llois of a lively turn, and can do a
little at dressing plank and putting up weatherboarding,
and may attempt to pass himself as a carpenter, and will,
no doubt, try to pass a3 a white or free man, under the ,
name of MATHEWS. It is confidently hoped and believed
that the public, and especially every father, will take some
interest in apprehending and bringing to justice so daring '
a villian. .
A liberal compensation will be given for his apprehen
sion aud delivery in any jail so that 1 get him.
PITT S. MILNER.
Barnesville, Feb. 1 ft, 1852. fe2o-6m
Tri-weekly Savannah Republican and Colum
bus Enquirer will please copy for two months. P. S. M.
GLENDINNING *oo*B
MARBLE >\OlllvS, Broad street, Augusta, Georgia,
Where we have on hand aud will continue to keep a
large stock of kith Italian and American Marble, for
Monuments, Toombs, Head Stones, Ac., to which we res
pectfully call the attention of those wanting work in our
ine. We are now prepared to fill all orders at short no
tice, lti a* good style ami as low as work of the same quality
can be furnished for from any establishment in the United
States. Plans and prices will be scut those who cannot call
and examine for themselves.
P. B.—Orders front the country executed with neatness
and despatch. d 27
philiTaThoibb,
f\ MfOKTtt AND nrjtLER IS
DRUGS and MEDICINES, PAINTS, OILS, 4
Xll DYE STUFFS, WINDOW GLASS, BRUSH- UZ
ES, PERFUMERY, PATENT MEDICINES,
INSTRUMENTS, Ac., Ac.
Xo. 195 fij'oad Street, Augusta, Georgia ,
Has now on hand a very large Stock of the above articles,
which are offered for sale at very low prices, and on accom
modating terms.
I©"" Country Merchants, Physicians and Planters are
invited to call and examine, before purchasing elsewhere.
jal6-w _
DISSOLUTION OF COPARTNERSHIP.
TIIK COPARTNERSHIP heretofore existing under
the firm of KERRS A HOPE, in this City, and of
KERRS, HOPE A CO., in New York, has been dissolved by
the death of ANDREW KERR, and by mutual consent of
| the SOnrlvtM partners. The business of the Copartnership
will be settled by either of the subscribers, who will sign the
name of the firm in liquidation. JOHN KERR,
JAMES HOPE,
JOHN HOPE,
—— Survivors.
Notice is given, that debts due KERRS A HOPE,
unless paid, or satisfactorily arranged during the present
» ppring, must necessarily, and without any exception, be
| But in suit. mhl7-d3Awto
j SALE AT AUCTION OF A VALUABLE
FACTORY AND MILL PROPERTY.
OX TUESDAY, 18th MAY next, will be sold, on the
premises, to the highest bidder, all that Valuable Pro
j petty owned by the Curtright Manfac taring Company, sit
i tutted at the Long Shoals of the Oconee River, in the coun
) ties of Greene and Putnam, consisting of about 900 Acres
of Land, including water power, a Cotton Factory, a Flour -
i ine, a Grist Mill, and a Saw Mill, all in operation, and anew
Bridge, across the Oconee River. Also, a Store Building
• and about 50 Dwelling Houses; together with an assorted
I stock cf foreign and domestic. Goods, of about SIO,OOO
! value, Ac. The same comprising the entire personal pro
j j* rtv, real estate and stock, in trade, of the Curtright Man*
| u factoring Company. The same being sold for no fault of
! the Works, but to close a copartnership,
i Full information can be obtained by applying to the su
perintendent on the premises.
1 Terms of sale will be favorable.
apU-w4 HENRY MERRELL, Agent.
LOOS HERE.
THE SUBSCRIBER Offers for Sale his RESIDENCE
in Roswell. Cobb county, furnished thoroughly. There
| are 5 Acres of Land attached to the house, all under good
fences—with all necessary out-buildings. The housa is one
| of d«e best finished and’most desirabia in ths Cherokee
country. Roswell is is miles from Marietta, and is consid
ered, both on account of its societv and location, one of the
1 delightful in the State. Also, a fine Farm, containing
iwf n ? 4 *’ l ® avres of Land, (about 200 cleared,) a
well hmshed and comfortable House, with suitable oat
, buddings, together with every thing necessary to carry on
the taro, wiuch a now under cultivation. The above will
• he so d together or separately, and possession given as soon
*a ESf funllcr Particulars, enquire of
| iH-iawdAwu ROBERT A. LEWIS, Savannah. _
X * Sentinel, I find a notice
j Uv of the firm of BAKER, GRUBLE k CO., being dissolv-
I an authorised to state to the public generafiv, that the
! individual who caused such a notice to be published, had no
, authority to do so by Uie Company. The firm has changed
S of mutual consent, from LAKER, GRUBLE A CO to tLit
! by the BEARING STEAM MILL COMPANY
| All orders addressed to the Dcaring Steam Mill Comnxnv
| will be promptly attended to by ‘ 1
I je29-w4 A. E. STURGIS, Agent.
BOLTING CLOTHS, of warranted quality,‘furnished
and put up in bolts to order.
• | Mill Slone Plaafrr, prepared for blurting Mm Stone* eheap
and of the best quality, for ale by
WM. R. SCHIRMHL
* falß wtf m Auguata. G
NOTE LOST.
LOST OR RTOLRV from me in Ilorke iim
county, . POCKET BOOK, containing .
Note of Ou, Hundred and Ten Dollar* dated I Mag Kj
’ Octolier 11,1»51, made by Michael King, pay- ya£ui/ifM
I abie to Timothy Donoran. 1 forewarn all pereoni agaiut
1 >»ding tor aid Kote. ja2o-tf TIMOTHY DONOVAN.
R—Hirmn Smith’* double extra, now landing
1 X and fur Ml* by syl* BAKU * fLKiUU.No.
1852. PROSPECTUS 1852.
OF THE
SOUTHERN CULTIVATOR
VOLUBLE X, FQH 1852.
Dr. DISIEL LEE, ; D. REDSOYD,
Liiraoß. | AaoiflTAXT Editor.
TERMS —ONE DOLLAR A YEAR IN ADVANCE.
Thk Somims Ccltitatoe i* igsned every month,
»nd is exclusively devoted te Agriculture, Horti
culture, Floriculture, Domestic and Farm Economy,
Tillage and Husbandry, the Breeding and Kais:i;e
of Domestic Animals, Poultry aud Bees, and the
general routine of Southern i lantiiig and Farming.
The new volume for 1852, will be issued on a roval
octavo sheet of 82 pages, with NEW TYPE, Flf,t
PAPER, AND BEAUTIFUL ILLUSTRATIONS!
Ii will contain a much greater amount of matter
than heretofore —will discuss a greater variety of
topics, and will be in every respect the best Agri
ccltl iial Papeis ix the Socth ! and equal to any in
the Union!
Friends of Southern Agriculture!!
As tlie Ccltivator was the First journal established
in the Cotton Growing States, exclusively devoted
to the interests of the Planter; and as it has ever
been an earnest and consistent advocate of those
interests, we confidently hope that, having fostered
and sustained it thus far, vour cordial and generous
support wHI still be continued.
Planters, Farmers, Gardeners, Fruit Growers,
Stock Kaisers, Nurserymen, and all connected in
any way with the cultivation of the soil, will fmd the
Southern Cultivator replete with new and valua
ble information; and richly worth ten times the
rifling sum at which it is afforded.
TERMS OF THE CULTIVATOR !
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ALWAYS IN ADVANCE.
Gentlemen who obtain subscriptions, will
phase forward them as early as possible.
All bills of specie paving Banks received at
par—and all money sent by mail will be at our
riss.
W. S. JONES, Publisher.
Aupupta, Gn M Janaary 1, 1852.
THE REMEDY FOUND AT LAST.
TRIUMPH A.Vf HICCEBB has attended the use of
that wonderful Ointment MARSHALL’S MAGICAL
PAIN EItADICATOR. Every hotly that has used it, speaks
well of it, ami what “ every body says must be true.”
Since the first of January last, upwards of 7<»o Certifi
cates have been received, testifying to the good effects aud
Superiority of Marshall's Magical Pain Eradicator.
In some very few instances this preparation has not given
entire satisfaction, but just look, for a moment, at the number
who have been benefitted. Seven hundred voluntary tes
timonir Is have been given, and certainly not less than five
times this number have experienced the good effects of this
Ointment, in the same space of time. #
The public will please bear in mind that this is a purely
Southern preparation, and is entitled to the patronage of
Southern people. As no charge is made, should no be
nefit be received, give it a fair trial, and in ninety cases
out of a hundred the greatest success will be sure to follow.
For further particulars, and a number of certificates, you
are referred to the pamphlets, to be (Bid at any of the
Agencies.
The diseases which Marshall’s Eradicator will cure, are
Rheumatism, Acute and Chronic, Lumbago, Painful Nerves,
Scrtifula, Spinal Affections, Dislocations, Sprains, (Edematous
Swellings, Tumors, Ganglions, Nodes, Wens, Bruises, Strains,
Weak Joints,Contracted Tendons, Head-Ache, Gout, Palsy,
Tooth-Ach, Ac. For sale by
IIAVILAND, RISLEY A Co., Augusta, Ga.
• D. B. PLUMB A Co., do. do.
D’ANTIGNAC A BARRY, do. do.
BARRETT A CARTER, do. do.
WM. K. KITCHEN, do. do.
W. 11. TLTT, do. do.
P. A. MOISE. do. do.
•And by W. 11. AJ. TURPIN Proprietors, do. do.
It is also for sale throughout the State, by the principal
Druggists.
N. B.—Be careful to look for the written signature of J
E. Marshall on the wrapper of each box. None is genuine
without it. o2G
ETGUNBIGIINBI GUN6IJH
On Mclntosh street , hco doors from Georgia Railroad
Bank.
JUST RECHIVED, per steamer Africa, the largest
and best assortment of ENGLISH GUNS ever offer
ed in this city, comprising every variety, from Loudon and
Birmingham makers, at the lowest rates for cash.
Double and Single Barrelled GUNS, all sizes and prices.
A fine assortment of Single and Double Barrelled GUNS
for boys.
RIFLES and Double GUNS, of my own make, one barrel
Rifle and the other Shot, a fine article for hunting deer and
Turkies.
Colts’, Allen’#, and other REVOLVERS; also Single bar
relled, Self Cocking and Rifle PISTOLS, cast steel barrels.
Common Pistols, all kinds ; Percussion CAPS, of Wester
ly Richard’s, Cox’s water proof, Walker’s and G. D. French,
and Military Caps.
A great variety of Powder FLASKS, Shot BELTS, and
Game BAGS, of the finest Patterns.
Also, Wash Rods, Drinking Flasks and Cups, Nipple
Wrenches, Pocket Compasses, Screw Drivers, fine large
hunting Horns, and everything in the Sporting line.
Being a practical Gun Maker myself, and having
pins made to my order, expressly for this market, persons
>uying will get a much better articles than is sold at the Hard
ware Stores, and at equally low prices, and all warrant
ed to shoot well.
Powder and Shot, Wholesale and Retail, all varieties.
N. B.—RIFLES made to order, and all kinds of Repair
ing and re-slocking GUNS, done in the best manner and
warranted. 010-ly K. 11. ROGERS.
REUBEN RICH’S PATENT CENTRE VENT WA
TER WHEEL.
CAUTION!.— Having been informed that a certain per
son named Rkki>, is vending a Water Wheel upon
which the water is conducted by means of a spirial scroll, as
upon Reuben Rich’s‘‘Patent Centre Vent,” we hereby notify
and cadtion the public, that we will prosecute, in all in
stances, for any evasion or infringement upon said patent,
both the maker and party using, and will be thankful for
any information referring us to parties thus trespassing.
GIN DRAT A CO.
Montgomery, Ala., June 11, ISSO. je2l-tf
THE MONTGOMERY MANUFACTURING COM
PANY’S IKON WORKS.
MONTGOMERY, ALABAMA.
MANUFACTURE, in superior style, Horizontal and
Upright STKAM ENGINES, of all sizes; Fteara
BOILERS ; LOCOMOTIVES ; Cast Iron WATER WHEELS;
Sugar MILLS ; Saw and Grist Mill IRONS, of every varie
ty, (Including Hoxie’scontinuous feet for Saw Mills;) En
gine and Hand LATHES; Iron aud Brass CASTINGS, of all
kinds, Ac., Ac.
All orders tilled with despatch.
ap22 GINDRATACO.
IMPORTANT TO MILL OWNERS AND MANU
FACTURERS.
Unrivalled Imnrorement in Water Wheels.
THE feUUrii’lllUEliS are sole agents for making and
vending the best Water Wheel in the world, known as
Vandewatera Water Wheel. We challenge the World to
produce its equal. It has but recently been introduced to
the public, and found to be far in advance of all other
wheels, kith in power and economy iu water, every drop be
ing effective, aud none wasted. This Wheel is not in the
least Affected by back water. As we prefer them being
placeobelow tail water in every instance, consequently we
get every inch of head; they being entirely of cast iron,
simple of construction, are not liable to get out of order,
and are more durable than any wheel now in use. We
have recently put one in operation for George Schley,
Esq., at his Bclville cotton factory, to whom we would give
reference. See certificate annexed.
All orders for Wheels or Territorial Rights, will meet with
attention by addressing the subscribers.
JAGGER, TREADWELL A PERRY.
Albany, New York.
Or to their Agent, J. J. Kibbk, Augusta.
[CERTIFfCAT!!.]
Augusta, Ga., March 24,1851.
Jngger, Treadwell A Perry—Gentlemenl have the
gratification of informing you that your Vandewater Wheel
was successfully put in operation at my factory last week,
and it worked to perfection. Its simplicity, durability, and
uniformity of speed, are recommendations alone; but above
all, its highest encomium is the small quantity of wilier it
takes as compared with other wheels. I have been using
one of Reuben Rich's Centre Vent Wheels, of three feet
and a half diameter, and eleven inch bucket, the discharge
openings measuring 400 inches. I displaced that and put
in one of yours of six feet diameter, with discharge open
ings measuring 270 inches, and your wheel run the same
amount of machinery that the Rich Wheel had driven, and
there was a difference in favor of yours of eight inches In
the depth of water in the tail race. I feci no hesitation in
recommending your wheel to all manufacturers aud mill
owners, believing it is the greatest wheel of the age. Wish
ing you success in the introducton of so valuable au im
provement, 1 main,7very respectfully, yonrs, Ac.
mh26-wly GEORGE SCHLEY.
IMPORTANT TO MANUFACTURERS.
THE SUBSCRIBERS are prepared to supply all
kinds of
COTTON AND WOOLEN MACHINERY,
of a superior quality, SHAFTING and MILL GEARING,
with improved Coupling and Pulleys, Self-Oiling Hangers
(which require oiling only once in three months); LOOMS,
of a great variety of Patterns, for Fancy and Twilled Goods,
from One to Eighteen Shuttles; also, for Plain Goods, calla
ble of running from 150 to 170 picks per minute.
They are enabled, from their extensive improvements, to
produce YARNS and GOODS, with comparatively little
labor; and all Manufacturers, before purchasing their Ma
chinery, will do well to visit Philadelphia and vicinity,
where they can see the Machinery with all the latest im
provements, in full and successful operation; or they can
be referred to Factories in almost every State South and
West, by addressing a line to the Subscribers.
ALFRED JENKS k SON,
Feb. 1852. fels-ly Bridesburp, near Philadelphia.
N. B. Plans of Factories, with the location of Machinery,
the simplest method of driving, and calculation of speed,
furnished Tree of charge. wly
AUGUSTA FRENCH BURR MILL STONE MANU
FACTORY. *
THE subscriber, thankful for the kind patronage heretofore
extended to the late firm of Soiirmfr A Wigaxd, would
respectfully inform his friends ami the public, that he contin
ues to execute orders for his well known Warranted French
BURR MILL STONES, of every desirable size, at the lowest
price and shortest notice. He also-fumishea
ESOPUS and COLOGNE STONES,
SMUT MACHINES, of various patterns,
BOLTING CLOTHS, of the best brand,
CEMENT, for Mill use.
And every other article necessary In a MfiL
Also, for Planters, small GRIST MILLS to attach to Gin
Gears.
All orders promptly attended to.
WM. R. SCHTRMER,
jatS wtf Surviving partner of Schirmer k Wigan d.
COTTON AND WOOLEN FACTORY FOR
SALE.
BY VIRTUE of a Deed of Trust from the Warrior Man
ufacturing Company, to the undersigned, as Trustees,
dated March the 13th, 1851, ami recorded in the Probate’s
office, iu Book Y, pages 716, 717, 718, 719, we will sell at
public sale, on MONDAY, the 7th day of JUNE next, in the
City of Tuskaloosa, State of Alabama, the following pro
perty. conveyed in said Deed, viz: The Cotton and Woolen
i FACTORY, belonging to the said Warrior Manufacturing
Company, with all the fixtures and machinery.
This property consists of about seven acres of ground in
the said City of Tuskaloosa, on which are erected the Facto
ry buildings. The power is of steam, of one hundred horse
power. The machinery is nearly new and complete, con
sisting chiefly of 73 Fewer Looms, 24 Spinning Frames Dead
Throstle of 128 Spindles each; 4 Ring Spinning Frames, of
12S Spindles each; 42 Cards; 8 Speeders, coarse; 2 do.
fine; 5 Draw Frames; 6 Railway Draw Heads; 2 Willows;
4 Lappcrs, with Suction Fans; 1 Machine for covering
Kolb; 1 Spiral Gear Cutting Engine; 1 Banding Machine;
110 Loom Beams; 4 Dressers; 48 do. Beams; 5 Warping
Frames; 2 Spooling do.; 1 Wool mule of 300 Spindles; one
SO inch Wool Brakcr; one 24 inch Finisher for Carding
Wool Rolls: one 48 inch Wool Braker ; one 36 inch Finish
er with Rubber Condenser for manufacturing; 1 Wool
Picker; 1 large 15 feet Engine Lathe; one 6 feet Screw
Cutting Lathe; 1 large size hand Lathe; 1 small hand do.;
1 Bolt Machine; 1 Universal Chuck; 2 sets Stock and Dies;
1 set Blacksmith Tools complete.
The above machinery is propelled by a Double Cylinder
Steam Engine, 2 Cylinders of 14 inch bore, 4 V feet stroke,
3 Boilers each 30 feet long, 40 inches in diameter, with two
15 inch flues each.
The main Factory bufldiag is 150 by 50 feet, four stories
high, with an Attic. Engine Room 39 by 23 feet. Boiler
room and Machine shop 52 by 45 feet, two stories and a
half high. Blacksmith and Carpenter’s shop 58 by 32 feet.
There is also attached to the Factory 600 feet of 6 inch
Steam Pipe, for heating the building, and 6 large Water i
Cistern*, with 800 feet of Hose, and 6 playing pipes for ex- \
tinguishing fire.
There is also an Office near the Factory, with two rooms
and furniture, also a large size Iron safe.
The whole of the above buildings are bail! of kick, and
well ventilated.
Terms of Sale will be made known by publication, pre
vious to the day of sale.
J- J- ORMOND, •). .
f A. 8. KICOLSON, f Tru * tees -
Tuskaloosa, February 5,1852. ap6-w3
STR V YED, from my residence in Polk coon
ty.on the 8J inst., a Sorrel HORSE, about 9
years old, 16 hands high, white face, and I think one white
foot behind. He has a very heavy mane and tail, of a red
color. Also, at the same time, strayed, a Bay MARE; no
white except two white marks behind the wethers, caused
by a buggy saddle; also, a very uncommon mark on the
sharp bone below, ranging downwards from the left eye.
The hair is mixed considerably with white, as to make it
quite an object of distinction. Said Mare Is about 4 years
eld, and about 15M hands high. B- J- WILSON.
an Sttßfc
, DISSOLUTION.
TTTE, the undersigned, hare, by mutual consent, di»-
v Y solved our connection in the practiceo^^g.
• CmwtoraTia* 6a, April 9, \w #
AUGUSTA, GA., WEDNESDAY, MAY 19, 1852.
WEEKLY
CHRONICLE & SENTINEL
POETRY.
From the Eagle and Enquirer.
THE “ LONG AGO,”— by l. vikgisu smith.
You are far away, ray Lida,
And the April breezes blow,
O’er the hills of “ Allaquida”
Where we wandered long ago,
When the sunny hours of childhood
Swept like siaging streams along.
And the valley and the wikiwood
Echoed to our merry song;
When we used to run bright race*
With the sunshine on the hill, —
O’er those old familiar places
Does the sunbeam linger still f
Do you ever think, ma mignnne.
Os that pleasant long ago,
Flitting like a fairy’s pinion
With its evanescent glow ?
When our little hearts kept beating
Still a loving music-chime,
Like two tiny wavelets meeting
In some happy Eden-clime.
And the thrill of gushing gladne**,
Springing up we knew not how.
Never tinged with aught of sadneas, —
Does it thrill your bosom now ?
Do you ever wander, Sister
By that lonely, bushy bank,
Where the crimson lilies cluster
*Mid the rushes long and dank?
Where whene'er we went a nutting
We would rest at even tide,
On the rocky ledges jutting
From the bosky dingle side ;
Bobbins built beneath the arches,
And a blue-bird in a bough
Os the over-hanging larches, —
Do you ever hear them now ?
Can’st recall the legendß olden
Os that shadow-haunted dell,
Where the sunlight green anu golden,
Most fantastically fell?
And the range of “ mossy mountains”
W'here sweet “ Allaquida’s bower,”
Hose beside the forest-fountains,
*Neath a jewel-dropping shower
Os the hazels pearly tassels,
And the maple’s ruby sheen,
Which the winds, her fairy vassals .
Poured around the “ Indian-Queen.**
Then the jolly rides at morning
On the pony sleek and old,
Every danger proudly scorning
On the upland bleak and bold.
And the search for silver fishes
Wading in the crystal pool,
(Just the spot to suit our wishes,)
At the noontide clear and cool.
How the tiny billows tinkled
O’er the pebbles and'the net,
And your little white feet twinkled,
Oh! I think I see them yet!
Yes, I see you often Lida,
As you used to look when we
Dwelt at “bonnie Allaquida”
•With the bird and' breeze and bee,
Laughing eyes of limpid azure
And the snowy baby-brow
Peeping from the gold embrasure
Os its curls, —I see it now! —
Then I wish that God had laid us
Down to slumber in the wild,
For His love would then hare made US
Each. JUs little a n/jel-child /
RAIN 0N T TIIE ROOF.
When the humid showers gather,
Over all the starry spheres,
And the melancholy darkness
Gently weeps in rainy tears,
’Tis a joy to press the pillow
Os a cottage chamber bed,
And to listen to the patter
Os the soft rain overhead.
Every tinkle on the shingles ,
Has an echo in the heart,
And a thousand dreary fancies
Into busy being start;
And a thousand recollections
Weave their bright hues into woof,
As I listen to the patter «
Os tye soft rain on the roof. i
Then in fancy comes my mother,
As she used to, years agone,
To survey the infant sleepers, * ‘
Ere she left them till the dawn, 1
I can see her bending o’er me, (
As I listen to the strain
Which is playing on the shingles
By the patter of the rain.
Then my little seraph sister,
With her wings and waving hair,
And her bright-eyed cherub brother,
A serene angelic pair ;
Glide around my wakeful pillow
With their praise or mild reproof,
As I listen to the murmur
Os the soft rain on the roof.
And another comes to thrill me
With her eyes’ delicious blue,
I forget, as gazing on her,
That her heart was all untrue;
I remember thi»t I loved her
As I ne’er may love again,
And my heart’s quick pulses vibrate
To the patter of the rain.
There is nought in art’s bravuras . i
That can work with such a spell,
In the spirits pure deep fountains,
Whence the holy passions swell,
As that melody of nature —
That subdued, subduing strain,
Which played upon the shingles
By the patter of the rain.
Where now is Henry (’lay?
A warm admirer of the greut Statesman, to whom
the above question had been tauntingly addresyd,
thus responds through the Louisville Journal:
Where is he ? Ask the mighty host
Os freemen in our native land!
A million voices will respond,
While each one proudly clasps his hand
To his warm heart, and with a tear
For him they honor, answer—Here I
W'here is he? In the frozen North,
In the vast empire of the W est,
In the sweet lowlands of the South,
That rallying name is known and blest;
On land, the watchword of the free—
The sailor shouts it on the sea.
W’here is he ? Far beyond the reach *
Os his fierce, unforgiving foes—
In vain docs malice strive to crush
Colossal genius with its glows—
The arrows winged with envious aim,
Break on the bright shield of his fame !
W'here is he? ' When the would-be great,
The party pigmies of to-day,
Are all forgot, mankind will weep
Around the hallowed grave of Clay !
W’here then will be their names who dars
Defame him ? Echo answers—where?
A Happy Mail.
That u rare avi a happy and contented man,
has, at length, been discovered. lie lives in Mary
land, and upon occasion of a friend wishing that
“some good luck might occur to make him rich,”
lie returned the following reply, which we com
mend to all generous and discontented people as an
excellent specimen of genuine practical philoso
phy:
My Dear Friend: But I am rich! I have got a
boy whose eyes sparkle like “jewels of the mine,”
anil whose smiles are purely angelic, anil there is
so much of heaven in his face; that, when I see him,
lam out of the ills of this life. Why, I have such
tranquility, such bliss, that the moments flying arc
of more value, each of them, than the brightest
sands of California.
I am rich ! for I daily witness scenes in the “dra
ma” of the world’s atlairs that maj:e me humble,
nmke me thoughtful, make me thankful, make mo
charitable, make me peaceful.
1 am richfor 1 live in an age big with the events
of the world's progress. In mv boyhood I read of
the stirring scenes of the American Revolution; of
the meteoric whirl of Napoleon ; of all such events
as would fire the mind of youth, and I wished that
1 could live at a time when I could ho in the midst
of such mighty events; and-now here I am, at a
period in tne history of the world more interesting
than any before it; when there is a more"general,
a greater development of mind than ever before;
when there are mightier revolutions than ever be
fore, and not so much by leading individuals
spirits, as by a universal and voluntary spirit per
vading all classes.
There was a time when the poet sang thus:
“How fleet is the glance of the minit!
Compared with the speed of its flight.
The tempest itself lags behind,
And the swift winged arrows of light !** S
Not so could lie sing now, for we follow in the
lightiniugs wukc, and are up with the “glance of
mind.”
I am richfor I witness the struggle for the gold
of California; the lives sactified, the desperate
reaching torth of tottering old age for that gold
which it worships in the rays of the setting sun,
and 1 am happy that the current has not borne me
thither.
1 am rich 1 for I have a virtuous mind, and have
no relish for the society of the dissolute ar d vicious;
and their pleasures, to me, seem all blackness.
lam rich I for 1 have a peaceful mind; andthough
tlic vicissitudes of life have been many and severe
to me, their clfeet upon my mind has been such
that the retrospect is softened, and I look back
upon my experience, and a dream like vista wel
comes my view. lam at times annoyed in my
pecuniary affairs, and I feci that destiny has given
me to a service that is unworthy of me; but 1 rally
from tlic influence of those stings when I can, as
the tree rises when the storm has passed by, and I
have hours of tranquility that afford me a balance
for all the trials.
Look out from your window; perchance yon see
the fine carnage and the trapping of wealth (which
tilings I do not object to; I speak not of them in a
cvnical w ay)—gay in dress may be the oeenpants,but
possibly the weight of sorrow upon their hearts if
expressed in pounds, would stop the wheels of that
carriage. Such reflections must teach us that we
each have our share of wealth in the true sense of
that word.
I live on, and in trouble something a]wayseomes
to mv rescue, and my wish to be rich is prompted
less fcv a desire for my own gratification, than to be
able to reciprocate acts of kindness I have experi
enced from others. -
You see that 1 turn at the touch of yonfpen to
show you that the sun shines here, and that it is
not such a serious thing to live, and taken all in
all, this world is about wnat it was intended to be.
Tiie Process or Tattooing:— The Samoan Re
porter. from which the following description of
the process of Tattooing is copied, is a periodical
issued half veariv bv the missionaries of the Lon
don Missionary Society, in this group of islands in
the great Pacific. .
Until the young man is tattooed he is considered
in his minority. He need not think of marriage,
and he is constantly exposed to taunts and ridicule
as being poor and low of birth, and as having no
right to sneak in the Society of men. But as soon
as he is tattooed he passes into his majority, and
considers himself entitled to the respect and pri
vileges of mature years. When a youth therefore
reaches the age of sixteen, he and his friends are
all anxiety that he should be tattooed. He is then
on the lookout for the tattooing of seme neighbor
ing chief, with whom he may unite. On these
occasions six or a dozen young men may betattoo
! ed at one time ; and for these there may be four or
five tattooters employed. Tattooing is a regular
profession, just as house-building and well paid.
The instrument used in the operation is an ob
loDg piece of human bone ( otillium ) about an inch
j and a half broad and two inches long. A time of
war and slaughter was a harvest for the tattootera
like a very small toothed comb, and the other is
to get a supply of instruments. The one eud is cut
fastened to a piece of cane, and looks like a little
adze. They dip it into a mixture of candle-nut
ashes and water, and tapping it with a little mallet
it sinks into the skin, and in this way they punc
ture the whole surface over which the tattooing ex
tends. The greater part of the body, from the
waist down to the knee, is covered with it, varie-
Sted here and there with neat regular stripes of
e untattooed skin, which, when they are well
oiled, makes thetfl appear in the distance as if they
had on black knee-breeches. After smarting and
bleeding for a while under the hands of tne tat
too tore, the patience of the youth is exhausted.
They then let him rest and heal for a time, and be
fore returning to him again, do a little on each
of the party. In two or three months the whole ie
•ompleted.
OUR PICTURE GALLERY.
PORTRAITS OF MR. AND MRS. FORREST.
MBS. FORKEST, . EDWIN FORREST,
(Sow Mrs. Catharine Sinclair.) The American Tragedian.
The unenviable notoriety which grew out of the recent Forrest Divorce Case may invest the portraits of the parties with some interest for our readers. Since their separation, Mrs. Forrest lias
assumed her maiden name (Sinclair) and betaken herself to the stage for a livelihood. The critics are quite at variance in regard to her merits as an actress, but heretofore the desire to see the woman
(who is reputed to be of great personal beauty) has had a tendency to give her “ full houses.” At the latest accounts, she was performing in Boston, after successful engagements in New York and
Philadelphia. Mr. Forrest has also just concluded an engagement of unparalleled length at one of the New York Theatres, and the unhappy parties who have lost all things else, have perhaps, (by
parading their difficulties before the public,) gained somewhat, in a pecuniary point of view.
MISCELLANY
Quite a Difference.
Tiif. Bachelor and tiik Lace Veil. —Not many
dnvs since a gentleman, who had lost a bet with a
laily, and who had heard her say that she had lost
a luce veil, which Bhe prized much, thought he
would pay his debt and “do tho polite thing” by
purchasing a new veil of fine quality and present
ing it to liia fair creditor.
It must be stated for a proper understanding of
what followed, that the gentleman was a bachelor
of long standing and a man of little information
touching the world ot “ fancy goods,” though a
proficient in sugar, cotton and provision epecula
tion.
lie accordingly steppod into a fashionable milli
ner’s establishment and asked to see a lace veil—
of fine quality. “ Here is one, monsiour,” said 1 the
amiable priestess at tho head of the temple. “How
much is it!” “It is one fiftec, sair.” “What!
only fifty! Dear me! I thought these things
were exceedingly dear. If that’s all they cost I
don’t wonder at the ladies being fond of wearing
such flimsy nicknacks. Only fifty? Dear me!—
Show mo something better!” The priestess star
ed ; the bachelor remained perfectly cool. Here
was a godsend ! a man who wanted something bet
ter—dearer. More veils—lace ones—were display
ed. “ Dis is one sixtee, Bair, and dis one seventee
five.” *“ Dear mo ! only seventy-five! Well that
is wonderful, to be sure. It’s a very pretty article
I see—but—can’t you show me something better?”
“ No, sair; dis is de most dear—de plus cherartids
in do citee.” “ You don’t sav so ? Well, well!
who would have thought it 1 'Those women, these
women! they always were a mystery, ever since
the days of Adam. Give me the change for a dol
lar—in quarters.” The milliner did so. “I’ll
take this one,” said the simplo-minded bachelor,
folding up the seventy-five veil. “Give me the
quarter and keep the seventy-five for yourself.—
Dear me ! how cheap ! Who would have thought
it?” “I no sec de sevontee-five, sai/l You have
nohanddem to me,"said the milliner. “I beg
to beg your pardon, ma’am,” said the bachelor ami
ably and smilingly; “thero they are bn the coun
ter," pointing to the three quarters. “Dis!” ex
claimed the milliner, with an astonished look.—
“ That!” said tho bachelor, more smilingly than
ever, preparing to put the veil in his pocket. “Ah
man Diets !de man/ou — erack-a-brain 11 tell you
monsieur, dat nrticle de most dear in de citic! —
You onderstand me—you no ouderstand de Iog
liali! Do most dear I'tell you—seventee-five dol
lar 1"
“ What!” said tho bachelor, turning rather pale,
and dropping the veil as if it had suddenly turned
to a coal of fire in his hands; seventy-five dollars!”
“ Yes, sair ! and very sheep at dat!”
“Seventy-five dollars for that inf-rn-1 cobweb!
I thought yon meant seventy-five ceiiTs /"
If ever a bachelor walked fast that bachelor did.
He goes around now in a stew of indignation, re
lating his adventure, and winding up his story
with the words: “Yes, sir; tho female French
woman actually asked me seventy-five dollars for
tho short end of an inf-rn-1 cobweb!”
An inexperienced bachelor going into a fancy
milliner’s store is pretty much like an innocent fly
venturing into a spider's nest—that’s a fact! — Pic
ayune.
Estimate of Fashionable Happiness.— The Du
chess of St. Albans was a fascinating actress, of
good common sense, who married, first a banker
and then a duke. She had seen poverty in the
most trying as well as the more tolerable of its
shapes, and was well prepared to judge of high
life by comparison. She thus speaks of it in her
memoirs:
“Few persons have scan so much of the various
aspects—l may say extremes—of life as myself; and
few, therefore, can he better judges of the differ
ence between great poverty and great wealth ; but
after all, this docs not by any means constitute the
cliief and most important distinction botween the
high and low states. No; the signal, the striking
contrast, is not in the external circumstances, but
in the totally opposite minds of the two classes as
to their respective enjoyment of existence. The
society in which I formerly moved was all cheerful
ness—all high spirits—all fun, frolic, and vivacity.
They cared for nothing, beyond the pleasures ot
the present hour • and to these they gave them
selves up with the keenest relish. Look at the
circles in which I now move. 'Can any thing be
moro weary, stale, fiat and unprofitable, than their
whole course of life ? Why, one might as well be
in the treadmill as toiling in the stupid, monoto
nous round of what they call pleasure, but which
is, in fact, very cheerless and heavy work. Plea
sure, indeed! when all merriment, all hilarity, ill
indulgence of our natural emotions, if they be of a
joyous nature, are declared to be vulgar. There
"can be no cordiality where there is so much ex
clusiveness and primness. No! all is coldness,
reserve and universal ennui, even where this
starchness of manners is unaccompanied by any
very strict rigor in matters of conduct. Look,
now, at those quadrille dancers in the otherroom;
they have been supping; they have been drinking
as much champagne as they liked; the band is
capital. the men are young, and the girls are pret
ty ; and yet, did you ever see such crawling move
ments, such solemn looks, as if they were all drag
ging themselves through tno most irksome task m
the world! Oh! What a different thing was a
country dance in my younger days!”
From the German of Komer.
» Good night!
All the toil-worn now repose,
TV weary day comes to a close,
Hushed are the busy not a few,
Till the morning wakes anew.
Good night 1
Now repose,
Let the weary eye-lids meet.
, Now how quiet is the street,
Hark the watchman's hourly ory,
Tells time is passing by.
Now repose 1
Sweetly sleep!
Now may.many a heavenly beam,.
O’er thy slumbers sweetly stream.
If of Paradise thou dream ,
And Us radiant splendors gleam.
Sweetly sleep!
llealth Insurance. —A thin cadeverous looking
German, about fifty years of age, entered the office
of a Health Insurance Company in Indiana, a sow
days ago, says the Daily Courier, and inquired—
“lsh tc man in vot inshures de peeples helts t”
The agent politely answered 1 ‘‘l attend to that
business sir.”
“Veil. I vants mine helts inshured : vot yen
sharge ?”
“Different prices,” answered the agent, “from
three to ten dollars a year ; pay ten dollars a year
and you get ten dollars a week in case of sickness.”
“Veil,"’ stud Mynheer, “I vants ten dollars
vort.”
The agent inquried his state of health.
“Veil I isb sick all the time. I'ae shust out the
bed to tree to hours a tay, unt te doctor say* ha
can't do noting more goot for me.
“If that’s the state or yonr health,” returned the
agert, “we can’t insure it. We only insure per
sons who are in good health.”
At this Myhneer bristled up in great anger.
“You must tink I'se a tarn fool; vot you tink I
come pay you ten dollar for insure my helt, ten 1
to* veU.
A Cheap Disinfecting Agent.—A correspon
dent in the Cleveland Herald gives the following
piece of intelligence, well worth remembering:
Heat a shovel not quite to redness. And then
place upon it a tcaspoonfnl of freshly burned cof
fee and let it burn in a room where the air is im
pure. At first you will not perceive the peculiar
odor of the coffee at all; in a few moments how
ever. you will find that the room is filled with the
smell of the coffee, and that every impurity of the
atmosphere has been totally destroyed— not smoth
ered. Let some of yonr scientific readers try it
where the air is peculiarly fonl, and note the re
sults and explain the modus operandi of the disin
fecting process.
Remember, the shovel must be only so hot as to
cause the coffee to bum with a copious white smoke
and the quantity indicated above may be needed!
To the sick the odor of the coffee "is peculiarly
grateful. J
Fashion in Paris.—“Spiridion,” the correspond
ent of the Atlas, has the following in his last letter
among his “Dealings with the Dead
| Let me chronicle several suicides on the altar of
; fashion. Ladies in Paris have the greatest horror
of being fat; death has fewer horrors than corpu
lency. There was the remote cause of hermurder,
and I really believe that if the Salique law did not
prevent a lady from ascending the throne, the firet
I Empress would ordain the destruction of all chil
dren who appeared inclined to corpulencv. Dur
ing the last week there has been buried at Perela
Chaise, the Marqu-se de***, who died in conse
quence of having ruined her digestion by the ex
cessive use of ▼inejrar; the Princess de*** from
the same cause haring exhausted herself by refus
ing to take sufficient nourishment, and Mme, the
! the wife of an agen d* change, “killed by vinegar.”
The mother of vinegar is the first eonsin of death.—
The first and last persons drank daily three large
i tamblers of vinegar, and they died—horrible pun
ishment—fat.
Between vinegar and cards, the fashionable
world here is in a sorry way.
Eveir heart has its secret sorrow, which the
world knows not; end oftentimet we fall a m»n
•eld when he ie only sad.
■ Ascent of Vesuvius.
Mr. Weed of Albany, gives a lively account »f his
visit to the volcano:
It would have grieved me to have left Naples
without ascending Vesuvius, und 1 rejoice to have
seen this great wonder of the world; but now
that it has been achieved, no moderate sum of mo
ney would tempt me, in comDany with ludics, for
whose safety I am responsible, ugaiu to encounter
its perils. Accidents rarely occur, and this en
courages so many to venture; but there is mani
fest an imminent danger, especially to such as trust
themselves to carriers, as well as those in delicate
health who climb up. Perhaps a brief uccount of
the process will interest you.
The ladies, when we started, only intended to go
to the foot of tho Cone ; but when there the tempt
ations to ascend were irresistible. They saw oth
ers going up and returning, (for a large number
had been waiting, like ourselves, for a fine day,) and
though it made the head swim to look at persons
up in the clouds clinging to an almost perpendic
ular mountain, they resolved to follow, and imme
diately seated themselves in chairs lashed to poles.
Four men raised these poles to their shoulders
oDd commenced the ascent. Having, as you know
one disabled walking beam, I also seated myself
in a chair. The distance up is about a mile, and
steep as it iB, you may mount directly instead of
winding your way. The tirstthirty or forty rods
is through volcanic cinders, and easy enough.—
You then reach the broken, sharp Bcoria, much
of which furnishes but an uncertain foothold. —
And here I discovered an unexpected difficulty.
The carriers, having been up with a party that
preceded us* were so jaded and exhausted that I
saw how impossible it was to reach the summit in
that way. I therefore alighted, and taking an arm
of each of them trudged upward, at the hazard of
doing myself irreparablo injury. In tho mean
time the ladies, who were a quarter of a mile
in advance, were also in the bunds of weary,
panting carriers, whoso progress was slow and
difficult. Frequently, to provent themselves from
fulling backwards with their burthens, tho carriers
would drop upon their knees and hold on to the
broken scoria until they gathered breath and
strength to strugglo on. I was infinitely relieved,
therefore, when the ladies disappeared, for then I
knew that they were safely up. The last quarter
of a mile was rendered easior by tho snow into
which steps were made. The ascent is usually ac
complished in three-quarters of an hour, but in
consequence >f the exhaustion of our carriers, we
were an hour and a quarter going up.
But once up, we breathed freely, and the view
was so sublimely interesting that wo forgot our
toilsand perils. There was a mild atmosphere and
a bright sun. We first glanced over the broad bay,
and broader campngna, which spread out under our
feet. Large towns, in, the distance looked like a
single mnmrion around which out houses clustered.
The city of Naples with its 400,000 inhabitants,
seemed but a small compact village, and the U. S.
Ship Independence, moored in the bay, was no
larger, apparently than a pilot boat. More imme
diately below us are the cities and towns buried
by the lava of tho different eruptions, over which
modern towns (except Pompeii) have been built,
in anticipation, it would seem, at some future day,
of a similar fate.
Having surveyed with our eyes the surrounding
scenery, we/oliowed the guide to the Orator, to
obtain a good look into which, we had to walk sev
eral rods on its rim, with a yawning gulph on one
side and a frightful precipice on tho other.
Vesuvius is now in repose. It has, however, two
lungs or breathing places, from which columns of
smoke are for ever and ever asconding. This smoke
is so strongly impregnated with sulphur as to
strangle those who inhale it. The Lava on the
sides of the crater is tho color of brimstone. An
egg placed in crevices near the top will roost in a
few minutes. Metallic substances change color by
a moment's exposure to this atmosphere. Indeed,
this change occurs without exposure, for on our
retium, Mrs. 11. found that her purse, (a highly
politted steel one,) which hod not been out of her
pocket, was blackened and spoiled.
Some adventurous gentlemen attempted to de
scend a few rods into the crater, but were soon
driven back by the smoke, the density of which
shut off the view into tho pot where "the molten
lava is boiling.
lam Not Old.—bt rut mum
I am not old—though years have cast
Their shadows on iny way;
I ,m not old—though youth has pass'd
On rapid wings away.
For in my Heart a fountain flows,
And round it pleasant thoughts repose;
And sympathies and feelings high,
Spring like the stars on evening's sky.
I am not old—time may hate set
“Hie signet on my brow,”
And some faint farrews there have met,
Which care may deepen now :
Yet love, fond love, a chaplet weaves
Os fresh young buds and verdant leavaa;
And still in fancy I can twine
Thoughts, sweet flowers, that once were mlna.
Elopement from Enoland—Capture of the Par
ties in this City.— On Thursday evening, officer
Bowyer, of the Chiefs Office, was called to visit
the Astor House, on business of importance; upon
reaching the hotel, he was met by the British Con
sul, whom the officer accompanied to a parlor, and
was there introduced to Colonel Thomas A. How
ard, of the English army, who had just arrived in
the steam ship Europa, in pursuit of an individual
named Dr. Andrew Plummer. It appears from tho
statement made by Col. Howard, that this doctor
recently eloped from Brighton, England, with a
young girl named Miss Emma Pattison, daughter
of a wealthy family residing at Brighton, and came
to the United States in the steam ship Niagara. It
also appears, that Dr. P. and Col. Howard were
bosom friends, therefore the latter placed the most
implicit confidence in the physician, and a fewdays
>rior to his absconding, handed him £I,BOO stcr
ing to deposit with a banker. The deposit was
never made, and the rogue of course pocketed the
funds, and came to America to expend it. The
full particulars being furnished to office Bowyer, he
at once took steps to ferret out the eloping parties.
A telegraphic dispatch was forwarded to Boston,
but before an answer was received officer Bowyer
traced the couple to apartments in the Irving
House. As the case was not one for cimlnal ac
tion, the officer advised Col. Howard - to procure
immediately a civil process for his arrest. This
course was taken; and, in the meantime, Mr. How
ard informed the officer that his guest had made a
great hubbub about losing some baggage. Finally,
officer Bowyer was intodneed to Dr. Plummer by
Mr. Howard; and very politely requested him to
walk over to the Mayor's office, as he believed there
was some information respecting a trunk lost by
him. The doctor walked over; and, to his utter
astonishment, met Col. Howard, which seemed to
affset him severely. He was then taken into cus
tody by the Sheriff, and locked up in the Eldridge
street prison.—Shortly after, the young lad v visited
his Honor, Mayor Kingsland, at the City Hall, and
was shown a letter from her parents—brought by
Col. Howard—imploring her to return: she con
sented, and will probably sail in the next steamer.
—Xno York Times, Saturday.
Business Picture —“A Great Country.”—A
new penny paper, the Sun, just stsrted in Cincin
nati gives the following picture of the business of
th Herefat the lsnding—lying side by side—are
steamboats which have come from Pennsylvania,
Virginia, Kentucky, Ohio, Illinois, Missouri, Indi
ana! Tennessee, lowa, Arkansas, Mississippi and
Louisiana! Old States and new States—slave States
and free States—Northern States and Southera
States—are all here, lying quietly together, m the
friendlv embraces of Commerce. But, look again,
from wbat countries came these cargoes of mer
chandise and produce ! Here are the products of
the Alleghanies—the grain of Ohio—the salt of
Virginia—the tobacco of Kentucky-the lead of
Missouri—the iron of Tennessee—the cotton of
Mississippi and Arkansas—the sugar and molasses
ot Louisiana, and the rice of the Carohnos! And
what are there returned for them ? Bacon for the
negroes—sugar mills for the planter-bread for the
manufacturers —oil and lard for all countries. Can
the most active imagination conceive of more ele
ments of consolidation in national interests, and of
fervent patriotism in a people ?
According to the London Times, a movement is
now on foot to build iron steamers, seven hundred
and twentv feet in length, with ninety feet beain
and thirty-six feet in depth, with four engines of
1000 horse-power, and a screw, whilst there will
be eight masts, with huge lstten sails. TTie vessels
are to be bnilt of iron, and to be shot and fire-pVoof;
while their novel structure and superior strength,
and immense length, it is supposed, will render
them safer than vessels of smaller construction.
It is calculated that each shall carry 2000 passen
gers, with a theatre for amusements: and in case
“f war a battery of three hundred guns could
be opened. Thu projected scheme, it is said, is
for the purpose of bringing the English colonies
within a month’s reach of London.
The Model Lady puts her children out to nurse
and tends lap-dogs: lies in bed till noon, wears
paper-soled shoes, and pinches her waist, gives the
piano fits, and forgets to psy her milliner; cuts her
poor relations, ana goes to church when she has a
new bonnet; turns the cold shoulder to her bus
bsud. and flirt# with his “friend ;” never saw s
thimble, don’t know s darning needle from# crow
bar, wonders where puddings grow: eats ham and
eggs in private, and dines off a pigeon’s leg in pub
lic ; runs mad after the last new ftshion; doats on
Byron, adores any fool who grins behind s mou
stache, and when aaksd the age of her youngest
i child, replies, don't know indeed, aek Betty !—QUve
• Branch, *
Items.
Machine Poetry. —Tho following specimen of
“poetry run mad” is hard to beat. It is the pro
duction of one of tho newly invented, patent ma
chines for manufacturing verso “to order, ”
and the mixed up and conglomerated shape in
which tho lines “fall in” is owing, probably, to the
crank being somewhat out of order. The ge
nius who presides over the machine says that
when the wheels are well oiled up, and it “gets
tho hang” of the office, it will run with very little
jar, or vibration, and turnoif “fust rate Poetreo.”
Gentleman and ladies who have “all the mel
ancholy madness of tho Poet, without tho inspira-
can have any subject or sentiment they
please versified on short notice and reasonable
terms. “Orders respectfully solicited.”
There is not a wide world in this valley so sweet,
As where they have lobsters and oysiers to eat;
And down to that beach a poor exile of Grin,
One morning I spied with a hungry maw steerin;
The dew on his thin robe hung heavy and chill,
And he walked into oysters and muscles to kill.
Hail Columbia, happy land!
Far worser times are nigh at hand;
If I could read my title clear,
T<#Californy I w’ould steer,
And those who met me on the way
I have no doubt to me would say,
O, tell me, blue-eyed stranger,
Say, whither dost thou roain ?
Through these cane-brakes a ranger,
Hast thou no settled home!
Oh, say, can you see by the dawn's early light,
The musquito we heard at the twilight’s last gleaming?
The musquito that bit us so fiercely night,
That kept us all either from sleeping or dreaming?
Loud road the dreadful thunder,
The rain a deluge poured,
The clouds seemed rent asunder,
Yet wife lay still and snored!
And then I sung,
With trembling tongue,
Hush, my dear, lie still and slumber,
Valiant armies guard thy bed,
Fleas and bed-bugs without number
Gently wander round thy head!
Oft in the stilly night,
Ere slumber’s chain hath bound me,
I think I feel a cursed bite
Os something crawling round me !
Attention, Tyros !—Any member of the “ Black
Art,” who thinks himself a good “gal ley” hand,
had better move his “case” up alongsideof the little
feminine type-setter mentioned below, and give
her a trial. Our juvenile “Faust,” who has here
tofore considered himself a few “punkins,” says
he knocks under to that 12,000 per day, but if the
young lady will come around this way, he’ll give
her a “proof” of what lie can do in tho way of
whirling her “sylph-like” “form” through the in
tricacies of the “mazy dance” and endeavor to
make a good “impression” unon her susceptible
and tender heart: lie says the large sum named
as a wager “overizes his pile,” but ho would give
all the “quoins” (coins) in tho “bank”ior the “hon
or” of that nimble little hand “for the first sett.”
“If any body wants to bet $5 on anything in hu
man shape, of tho same ago and experience in type
setting, against a little girl in her eleventh year,
they can have a chance at tho game. She can not
twelve thousand ems per day, ana out waltz the dan
cing master at night.— Newport News.
The “chicken fancy” will ho glad to learn that u
few very fine Political Weather-Cocks and a Shut
tle-Cock and a pair of Shuttle liens have just been
imported from Zanzibar in Mcssopotamia by a
prominent and active member of the N. E. Society,
for the Improvement of Domestic Poultry.
Ignoramus.— The less a nmn knows, the wider
he wears his mouth open. It is ns impossible for
an ignoramus to keep his jaws closed, ns it is for a
sick oyster to keep its shell closed.
Laughters. —A faculty bestowed exclusively
upon man, and one which there, is therefore, a sort
of impiety is not exercising as frequently as we
can. We may say with Titus, that wo have lost
a day, if it has passed without laughing. The pil
grims at Mecca consider it so essential a part of
their devotion, that they call upon their prophet to
preserve them from sad faces. “Ah !” cried Ite
belias, with an honest pride, as his friends wore
weeping over his death-bed, “It I were to
die ten times over, I never should mako you ery
half so much as I have made you laugh."
Important to the Afflicted. —Miss Susan Nip
per gives a “ long and loud ” certificate in favor
of some of the patent medicines of the ®ay. The
dear old gal was suffering from General Debility,
Sick Headache, Heartburn, Indigestion, Consump
tion, Tapeworms, Rheumatiz, Dropßy, Neuralgia,
Bronchitis, Dyspepsia, Jaundice, &c., &«., and be
sides, she did tot feel wry well herself when sho
commenced taking the “invaluable medicine” to
which she alludes. After suffering awfully for
some time, she says:
“ I was brought so low, that my most impudent
friends didn’t expect me to live from one end to
the other. About this time a friend recommended
as the last resort, that I should try a few bottles of
the Pictorial Oxinated Compound Saxnfarilln Ex
tract of Wild Cherry and Taller Dock Wine Bitters,
satisfaction given or money refunded; to be taken
before shaken ; destroy the label as soon as possi
ble ; no pay no cure; beware of counterfeits—none
fenuine without the proprietor is on the wrapper.
took three bottles of this truly invaluable medi
cine and it gave mo immediate relief in three
months.”
Wno is She ?— A contemporary advertises for a
horse “ for a lady of a dark color, a good trotter,
and of stylish action.” The horse “ must be young,
and have a long tail, about fifteen hands high 1”
A lady being about to marry a man who was
small in stature, was told that he was a very bad
fellow. “ Well,” says she, “ifhe is bad, there is
one comfort—there is very little of him.”
Infant Innocence. —A lady, more pleasing than
pretty, was lately engaged in a game of romps with
her little niece, four yearn old, when she had occa
sion to say, “ My dear Louisa, never make faces;
it makes people so ugly!” “ Then why do you al
ways make faees, aunty?” inquired little simplicity.
At a coffee house, a countryman of Dr. Lucas, the
Irish patriot, speaking of that gentleman as a great
orator, said:—“Upon my conscience, he speaks
with the tongue of an angel, for when I heard him,
I thought the deoil was in the man 1”
A small piece of paper or linen, just moistened
■with spirits of turpentine, and put into the ward
robe and drawers, for a single day, two or thrac
times a year, is said to be a sufficient preservative
against moths.
A wealthy butcher was playing the game otecarte
a few evenings since at the mansion of a city alder
man, when a lady, wlio was betting on the game,
bent over the back of his chair, and innocently
asked a friend opposite, “ How are stakes now I”
Mr. , wholly absorbed in the game, quickly
turned with the reply—“ Very cheap; steakes are
now, madam, but a shilling a pound.”
A CUV FROM THE DUST!
Not less immortal, that from birth,
I was a Parian on tbe earth.
Not less a daughter, that my sire
Cursed me, his child, in drunken ire.
Sot less a sister, that my brother
Fled from a broken-hearted mother.
God made me gentle ; hunger came,
And tanned rebellion into flame. .
God made me modest; who could dare
To taint what he had stamped as fair!
God made me beautiful and true;
But oh, stern Man! what could I do!
I sickened, and I loathed the h od
Bestowed with taunts and gibings rude.
I went in vain from door to door;
I begged for work —I asked no more.
Work—work—methought they might have given,
And earned another prayer in Heaven.
Work—work—they heeded not my ery;
God, too, reemed silent up on high.
I would hare worked all night, all day,
To keep the hunger-fiend away.
I went again from door to door;
This time I begged for bread—once mors.
They spurned me thence; ’twas then I fell,
And bade Hope, Virtue, Heaven, farewell. _
Household Words.
Naeohtt Bots.— Some nnwhipped boys attach
ed a shop keeper’s card to the dress of s respecta
ble lady, lately, aa she was walking in Fulton street
New York. The card was inscribed “Two dollars
only.” The lady unconscious of the trick which
had been put upon her, wa» the object of much at
tention about that time.
VOL. LXVI.-NEW SERIES VOL. XVI.-NO. 20.
Wo select the following little gem from a now
volume by Alice Carey, entitled “ Lyra and other
Poems.” Nothing can be more poetical or music
al, and in these qualities it reminds us forcibly of
some of tho best efforts of that great master of
rhythmical melody, tho late Edgar A. Poe ;
TO THE .WINDS nr aucs CAnsr.
Talk to my heart, oh winds —
Talk to my heart to night;
My spirit always finds,
With you a new delight—
Finds always new delight,
In your silver talk at night.
(live me your soft etfibraco
As you used to long ago,
In your shadowy trusting place,
When you seemed to love me so,
When you sweetly kissed me bo,
On the green hills long ago.
Come up from your cool bed,
In the stilly twilight sea,
For the dearest hope lies dead,
That was ever dear to me—
Come up from your cool bed,
And we’ll talk about the dead.
Tell me, for oft you go,
Winds, lovely winds of night
About the chambers low,
With sheets so dainty white,
If they sleep through idl the night,
In the beds so chill and white ?
Talk to me, winds, and say,
If in the grave be rest 1
For oh, life’s little day
Is a weary one at best—
Talk to my heart and say
If death will give me rest.
We fully agree with our contemporary of the N.
Y. Mirror in his estimate of negro minstrelsy. It
is the only real “national music” we have, and
in the hands of those scientific periormers, the
Christy’s, Campbell's, &c., is worthy of a high rank
as one of the “fine arts.”
“Nforo Minstrelsy.—Wo confess to a fondness
for negro minstrelsy. Thero is something in the
plaintive “Dearest’May"—in tho atfectionato re
membrance of “Lucy Neal"—and in tho melodi
ous mourning for “Uncle Ned,” that goes directly
to the heart, and makes Italian trills seem tamo.
It is like Ossian’s music of memory, “pleasant and
mournful to tlie soul.” “Dearest May” has be
come classic —a sort of Venus Africnnus, with -
“ Her eyes so bright they shine at night,
When the moon am gone away.”
And “poor Lucy Neal,” tho Heloise of darkies,
her very name has beeomo the synonym of pathos,
poetry and love. The whole world is redolent of
the sweet and plaintive air in which her charms
are chanted ; and the beauty of her shining form
often comes ovor us like a pleasant shadow from an
angel’s wing.
“ Oh if I had her by my side,
How happy I should feel."
And as for poor “Uncle Nod,” so sadly
of his wool, God blcsß that fine old colored gen
tleman, who, we have been so often assured, has
Gone where the good niggers go.”
Important Invention. —Tho Washington Tele
graph states that Mr. Do Bibery lias invented one
of the most important life-saving and swimming
apparatuses we have ever seen. Application has
been made by Mr. Do B, for a patent. It is a kind
of frock or doublet, of ordinary dress material,
made double, interlaid with small metallio boxes,
inflated. This doublet may be worn as an overall
on shipboard, and it is impossible for the wearer
to sink below the shoulders, and Mr. De B. asserts
that a person may remain in the length, oftimo and
the water lias no"effect whatever on the buoyancy
of tho dress.
A Furious Wild Cat.—On tho plantation of A.
Henderson Esq., some twenty miles below, in the
parish ofConcordia, Louisiana, as Mr. Henderson’s
negroes were clearing up a piece of woodland on
Friday last, a wild cat leaped from a treo upon a
negro’s shoulder, with such an intense ferooity that
no efforts could disengage his grasp until the ne
groes cut him in two, and thus released their suf
fering companion. He was game to the last. The
negro’s arm will have to he amputod.— Mies. Free
Trader.
Onn Railroad.—lt will be gratifying, no doubt,
to the friends of this projo t to learn that Mr. Geo.
G. Hull, Resident Engineer of the State Road, is
expected up next week to locate the track of the
proposed enunge ; and that immediately tliereaf
ter proposals will be received for the grading. We
trust that in a few monta now, the old hills around
Cassville, will re-echo the sound of the steam
whistle, as the engine takes a view of our village.
So moto it be.— Casenlle Standard.
Distressino Accident.—We learn with regret
that a Mr. Bowles was accidentally shot a few days
since near Cartersville, by E. D. Puckett, Esq.,
and that he died from the wound on Friday last.
Bowles was lying in the wo#ds asleep, near the re
sidence of Mr. P. who was out shooting at a wild
turkey, when part of a load aimed at the turkey
entered the body of the unfortunate man. Ail in
quest was held by the Coroner, and a verdict ren
dered in accordance with the circumstances. —
Cassville Standard.
The Teiiuantepeo Treaty.—Tho well informed
Washington correspondent of the Philadelphia
American, in his letter of the Bth instant commu
nicates the annexed unwelcome information:
“The last despatches received here from Gov-
Letchcr, our Minister at Mexico, discourage any
reasonable hopo whatever that tho Tehuantepec
treaty, or any other arrangement contemplating a
connection between the two oceans, in which Ame
rican capital and enterprise may bejemberked,
can be consummated in the present state of preju
diced opinion in that country.”
Machine for Making Paper Bags.—This ma
chine is of French invention and manufacture. It
is very compact occupy ing a working space of only
about « feet by 4. With a small amount of power
expended upon its working, and with a slight ad
dition ot manual labor it will turn oat complete, no
matter what the strength or resistance of the paper,
20 large (in trade language 7 lb.) bags per minute,
and 12 large (from 12 to 28 lb.) per minute. With
the superintendence of to persons, after being put
in motion it will do the work of ten, the bags being
superior to those constructed by hand inasmuch as
they will stand open and upright.— English Paper.
Suffocation.—Jane Mitchell, a servant girl living
in New York, was found nearly dead in a con
fined room, where she hnd slept the night pre
vious, in which had been built a coal fire before
going to bed. A physician was immediately called,
but could render no lasting service, and tho unfor
tunate girl died soon afterwards. It appears that
the family with whom the deceased lived had
moved into the house on Thursday, and as tho
room in which deceased was to sleep was damp, a
coal fire was kindled, and she was told to leave the
room door or windows open, but instead of doing
which she closed them, and was suffocated by in
haling the poisonous gas arising from the coal.
The Rhode Island Legislature has passed the
Maine Law. The vote in the House was 47 to 23;
in the Senate there was no opposition. Gov. Allen
is opposed to the law; but he has no veto other
than a casting vote in the Senate, in which body be
has a right to preside. It is thought that it will
injure the Newport Hotel keepers somewhat se
riously. It will go into effect ou the 19th of July
next.
Another Collision.—At 12 o’clock, on last Mon
day night, the steamer Mammoth Cave was run
into by the steamer Grenada, near Little Sun
flower, above Vicksburg. She was struck forward
of her boilers, and her guards and hnll were bro
ken down to the water's edge. It was thought
she was sinking when the Grenada came alongside
which took of her passengers and a part ol her
freight and coveyed them to V icksburg. No lives
were lost.— Picayune, B lh inst.
The Rush fob California.—The steamship
Northern Light, which left New-York on Wednes
day for Nicaragua, had on board nine hundred
and fifty California adventurers. When she took
her departure, her decks and Rigging wero crowd
ed with human being*. As the Crescent City pail
ed the same day from New York for Navy Bay
with 400, wc have a total of 1,450 persons leaving
a single port on the Atlantic, in one day for the
Pacific.
An Unimaginative Wife.— Jean Paul in his in
imitable “Fruit, Flower and Thorn Pieces,” draws
an amusing picture of the matter-of-fact spouse of
unpractical Siebenkas: “She could count the strokes
of tho town clock between her husband's kisses,
and could listen and run off to the saucepan that
was boiling over, with the big tears in ter eyes
which he had pressed out of her melting Heart by a
touching story of sermon. She accompanied in
her devotion the Sunday hymns, which echoed
loudly from the neighboring apartments, and in
the midst ofa verse she would intervene the pro
saic question, ‘What“hall I warm up forsupper?’
And he could never banish from his remembrance
that once, when she was quite touched, and lieten
ing to his eabinetdiscourso upon death and eterni
ty, she looked at him thoughtfully, but towards
his feet, and at length said : ‘Dont put on the left
etocking to-morrow—l must first darn it.’ ”
ATaft was floated down the Ohio river, a few daye
since, which contained one million two hundred
thousand feet of boards, was thirty rods in length
and six rods wide,
Later from Honolulu—The Kreuptlon--MagnlQcent
Spectacle.
Dates from Honolulu to the 18tli nit. five days
later than previous arrivals, are received at the of
fice of tho Alta California.
Interesting reports uppeur in that paper of the
progress of tho grand eruption on the island of
Hawaii. Tho latest accounts from thescone of the
fiery visitation are dated March 6th. The specta
cle is said to bo sublime beyond anythug of the
kind over witnessed. Tho eruption exceeds in
gmndour any of tho volcanic convulsions of Muqim
Loa over before seen by white men on tho islands,
Wo subjoin accounts of its action from tho Polyne
sian :
“Wo have received verbal information in regard
to the state of tho eruption, as lato us to tho 6th inst.
from tho leward side of Huwaii. At that date the
light tVom the flowing current was as bright as it
had been at any former period, sufficient to enable
a person to pick up u neodlo from the ground at
midnight, from which fact tho inference is drawn
that the current is still flowing on towards tho
son.
“The current seoms tolinvo broken out through
an old fissure, about ono third down the side of
Mauna Loa, on the north west side, and not from
the old orator on the summit, called Mokuoweowco.
Tho altitude of tho present eruptiou is about 10,000
feet abovo tho level of tho sea, and from the bay of
Hilo, (Byron’s Buy,! must be some 60or 60 milos.
If it succcod iu reaching tho ocean at the pointsup
posed, alter liuving filled up all the ruviucs, gulch
es and inequalities of a very broken country, it will
undoubtedly bo ono of the most extensive erup
tions of modern times.
It would seem, from tho last noto from Mr. Coan,
that tho stream had dividcc(—one part taking an
easterly courso towards Puna, while tho other took
u northerly one towards llilo. This may so divide
tho volume of lava that neither branch will reach
the sea: but from the latest accounts, tho northerly
brunch was still burning its way through a dense
forest, and if tile supply holds out long enough, it
will naturally fall into the couAe of tho Wuiiuku
River, and follow it to where it disembogues into
the bay at Hilo. Wo anxiously wait further intel
ligence.
Au abstract from a correspondent’s letter in the
Polynesian, is of so much interest that wc copy it
ontiro. A jot of lava playing five hundred feet in
uir must be indeed a magnificent and sublime sight.
By an accurate measurement of the enormous
jet of glowing lava whore it first broko forth on the
side of Manna Loa, it was ascertained to be five
hundred feet high 1 This wns upon the supposition
that it was thirty miles distant. Wo are of tho
opinion that it was u greater distance, Buy from
forty to sixty miles. With agluss, tho play of this
jot, at night was distinctly observed, and a more
sublimo sight can scarcely bo imagined. Acolumn
of molten lava, glowing with tho most inteuso heat,
and projecting into tho air to u distance of five
hundred feet, wus a sight so rare and at tho same
time so awfully grand, ns to excite tiio most lively
teelipgs of awe and admiration even when viewed
at a distanco of forty or fifty miles, llow much
more awo-inspiring would it have been at a dis
tance of one or two miles, whore the sounds uo
dlmpany such an eruption could have boon heard.
The fall of such a column would doubtless cause
tho earth to tremble; and the roar of tho rushing
muss would have been liku the mighty waves of
tho ocean beating upon a rock-bound co at.
Tho diameter of this jet is supposed to bo over
one hundred foot, and this wo can coaly believe,
when we rcfloct that from it proceeded tho river of
lava that flowed off from it towards tho sea. In some
plnecß this river is a mile wide, and iu other more
contracted. At some points it has filled up ravines
ono hundred, two hundred and three hundred foot
in depth, and still it flowed on. ltentored a heavy
forest, and giant growth of centuries is cut down
before it like gass before the mower’s scytho 1 No
obstacle can urrest it in its descent to tho sea.
Mounds arc covered over, ravines are filled up,
forests are destroyed and habitations of men aro
consumed likeflaxinafurtiaoe. Truly; “Hetouch
eth the hills and they smoke.”
St. Augustine.
Tho following interesting sketch of tho anoient
City of St. Augustine is culled from a correspon
dent of tho Southern Recorder:
This ancient city, said to bo by forty years tho
oldest in the United States, is built oa n narrow
peninsula and is nearly surrounded by salt water.
On arriving bora the attention of tho stranger is
struck by the singular appearance of tho streets,
buildings and people. Tho streets are so narrow
as barely to admit of the passago of carriages—
and but fbrtlio danger of fire, this in so warm a
climato would bo an advantage, ns narrow streets,
affording more ehade, are cooler than wide ones.
The delupidntcd buildings and ruinous stone walls
bear evidence of tho antiquity of the place und al
so of its decayed condition. Many of tho best
dwelling houses in a good stato of ropnir rent for
only SIOO tho year. It is a plensnnt place of resi
dence and healthy in summer as well as winter.
With tho exception of the publio officers, (tho
Custom House, Land office, &c.,) and a few Span
ish families, tho inhabitants are nearly all the de
scendants of a colony brought from the island of
Minorca by a man namod Turnbull, who hold them
a time in a state of bondage. This peculiar people
constitute perhaps nineteenths of the population,
which is near 2,000. They nre of olivo complex
ion, and nearly ull of the Catholic church. Many
of tho women nre comely, having fine eyes ana
hair. The men are cigar makers, fishermen, &c.
They are civil to strangers, and are a quiet happy
but indolent race—living mostly from the products
of the sea, fish, oystors, &c.
The exports of this place nre next to nothing,
the country around it being very poor. Tho
orange groves produced a considerable revenue
until 1885, when the severity of the winter de
stroyed the trees, and thoy have since been so mo
lested by insects ns to retard their growth and dis
courago the culture of the orange. Tho lato cold
winter has dono loss injury to the orange groves
than wns at one time supposed, some hope is en
tertained thnttho insects which have boon their
bane of lato years may have been extirpated by
the frosts.
I need say but little of tho mildness of this cli
mate ns in a latitude below 30 deg. it is expected as
a matter of course. The North-oast win Is, liow
ovor, liavo been not nnfreqnent during my sojourn
here, and coming directly from the sea, they ore
any tiling but comfortablo to an invalid. During
two days'we had a hot south wind, u kind of sireo
co south wind which wns relaxing. For all this,
wo have had a good deal of delightful weather—
days of clcaV sky and balmy air, giving now life to
the numerous pulmonnries, with the hopo seldom
wholly abandoned, of u restoration to health.
SomeJof the unfortunates, us might liavo been ex
pected, have died 'n this region, others have gone
home, and muny yet remain—the majority pretty
much ns they were when I first saw them two
months ago. I know of nothing better calculated
to exeito sympathy than the youthful pulmonary
struggling with the fell destroyer for a prolonged
existence.
St. Augustine is not without its historic recol
lections. In its infancy it was plundered and
burnt bv tho English Admiral Drake. Tho Bucca
neers plundered it more than once, and Gen. Ogle
thorpe, while Governor of Georgia, made two un
successful attacks on it. In tho course of our re
lutionary war this place was taken and I ong held
with tho balance of tho provinces, by Great Bri
tain.
Tho stranger finds hero some objects worth his
attention. Tho Fortress is a vory strong work,
built by the Spaniards more than a century ago.
It covers abouttwoacres of ground. Tho walls of
the Castlo (called by the Spaniards St. Murks, by
Americans Marion) are twenty feet high, and three
or four feet thick, built of the rock called Coqui
na, a concretion of sand and shells. It is bumb
proof, und hus high towers on tho side next to the
sea.
The sea wall is a mile in length, three feet thiek
nnd about soven high—built of the Coquina rook
and capped with slabs of grnnitc. Its ostensible
purpose is to protect the City from high tides—but
as no such defence had been found nocessary for
more than two centuries, while under the domin
ion of Spain, it is not unreasonable to suppose
that the expenditure of a large amount of the pub
lic money at this place wns the chief object. Con
gress was liberal, if hot prodigal, in making appro
priations for Florida, while it was a territory ; and
the people arc now convinced of their error in be
soming a State with a small population, instead of
feeding some years longer outof Uncle Sam’s Crib.
The sea wall is a delightful promenade for tho citi
zens and strangers, and is much used as such.
The public barracks, ail old Convent rebuilt, is
an imposing structure, finely situated near the sea
wall, and having extensive nnd beautiful grounds
uttacliod. Hero the remains of Capt. Dade,s
troops, destroyed by tho Indians in December,
1835, are deposited in three mounds. A marble
column of 20 feet in height is erected on the spot *
in memory oi these and others who perished in
the war.
New Motive Power. —The Baltimore correspon
dent of the Washington Telegraph says that there
is a young mart named Force now residing in that
city who has invented nnd patented a new motive
power which bids fair to supersede both steam and
water. It is stated that a model of his machine is
already in existence, and that it has been patented
with an injunction of secrecy for a certain time.
So cautious has he been to. avoid infringement,
that ho had one part of tho machinery, necessary
to the completion of his engine made in New Or
leans, another part in Baltimore, another in Phil
adelphia, and another in Now York. Tho sepa
rate, parts thus constructed were, in due time, col
lected in Baltimore, and put together by the inven
tor himself in a room into which no person lias
been permitted to cuter. It is assorted that the
machine worked to the full satisfaction and beyond
the exp'.ctations of those most deeply interested
in it. It is his purpose to proceed to Europe and
obtain patents there ; and nedoes not design hav
ing the patent or principle of his invention mads
public here until time has beon allowed to seoure
it from piracy in other countries.— Ch. Cour.
Ax Abolitionist Caught. — Jonesville, Va.,
Aprii 21 .—Messrs. Editore: —On Sunday last, a
man, who says his name is Charles Terry, and a
citizen of Vermont, was arrested here upon a
charge of advising certain slaves to abscond from
their masters. Upon his examination on Monday,
before tho Justices, he was committed to jail, there
to await his trial. This evidence is said to tic con
clusive ; but as the matter is before the legal tribu
nals of the country, it would perhaps bo wrong
to attempt to forestall public opinion. Yours,
—[Abingdon Virginian.] C.
Ax Agricultural Bureau Senator Doty, of
Wisconsin, has introduced in the United States
Senate "a bill to establish an agricultural Bureau
in the Department of the interior”—which pro
vides for the appointment of a Commissioner of
Agriculture, wnoao duty it shall be “to collect ag
ricultural statistics ; to procure and distribute viu
uablc seeds, cuttings, buds sud tubers ; to cause
to be made all desirable analyses of minerals and
mineral waters, and such as relate to the compo
sition and improvement of soils ; the feeding of
domestic animals; the preparation and preserva
tion of provisions and breadstnffs ; the culture
and manufacture of flax, hemp and sugar, and
such other manufacturcsas may be connected with
agriculture, and arise immediately out of agricul
tural products, and to prepare and make annually
a full report to Congress, containing an amount of
such experiments os may have been made, and
sneh useful information as lie may have obtained
on all the subjects connected with tho duties of
his office.” The bill also provide* for the estab
lishment es a chemical laboratory, the appoint
ment of a chemist, clerks, (fee- The plan appears
to us to be a good one, aud we would suggest to
our State, and county Agricultural, Socio iea tho
propriety of immediately sending in petitions in
Favor of Its passage. We cannot Relieve that Con
gress would refuse the small appro
priation necessary to carry it into effoot, £ a vigo
rous assort in its favor was made by the friends of
agricultural improvement throughout the country.
-Albany OuUivator.
Statute of Wabhixotox.— The contract for tho
proposed statute of Washington to bo erected in
this* oitv was concluded on Wednesday last with
Mess. Greenbough aqd Brown, two of our most
eminent sculptors. The statue is to be colossal
and equestrian, the material bronze and is to bo
placed in Union Square. Tho designing, modeling
and oasting, will probably occupy about three yowl,
-nr. r. c<m.
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