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About Weekly chronicle & sentinel. (Augusta, Ga.) 183?-1864 | View Entire Issue (July 7, 1852)
BY WILLIAM S. JONES. GHSONICLE 5 SENTINEL. <£S(i2c THE WEEKLY b Published every We-JnewSay IT TWO DOLLARS PER ISICI Ot ADVANCE. TO CLUB? or INDIVIDUALS tending ua Ten DoKiri, SIX copie. of the Piper irIB be sent for one year, thus far- Ditliln; the pajier at the rate of Ki.v COnesFOBTGIMIMIUi, ora free copy to all who may procure ujtve «tfl»criben, and onrard us the money. CHRONICLE & SENTINEL DAILY AKDTBI-WEEKLY, Are also jmbtiilied at this ofike, and mailod to subscribers at the following rates, namely: Dan.r Parr.*, if sent by mail 87 per annum. Tcj-Wsklt Part*, 4 “ “ TEaTS OF A3 VERTISIJG. In Wzizi.r.—Reventy-flve tents per square (14 lines or ess) for the first Insertion, anil fifty cent* for each subse uent Insertion. UNIVEBSITY OF NABHVILLE. M EDICA L DKPAKTMENT. ’XONU ANNUAL COURSE QV LECTURES 1 Department will commence on the firnt Mordat ok Nm KMiiSit ucx t, arul continue till the flrutof the cnAuiug Marrh. I'ALla V. EVE, 31. I)., Principle* and Practice of Sur gery. JO US M. WATSON, M. D. t Otetetrlc* and the Ui-uase* *>f Women and Children. A. if. BUCHANAN, M. J>., Hurt ii< ,i! and P.ttbological Anatomy and PliywOlogy. W. K. HOW UNO, M. I)., iii-lUiUe* and Practice of Med icine. C. B. WINSTON, M. it-, Materia Mefaca and Med ical Jurisprudence. ROBERT M. PORTER, M D., Gen eral arid Anatomy. J. BERRIEN LINDSLKY, If. !>., f;i. mi*trjr and Pharmacy. WILLIAM T. BRIGGS, M. D., Demonstrator of Anatomy. Tlii' Anatomical Booms w ill In; opened for Htulenl* on the first Monday of October. The Student* will have acceo# to the i.-tate Hospital. A full I‘rrliutinnry Court* of Lecture* will he given by th<- i'rofi swra, commencing al*> on the 'flrat Monday of October. Vf.t of each Profooor, sl6. Matriculation ticket, $5; Dir ecting ticket, $10; Graduation fee, $25. Good hoard can l>c obtained in the city at from $2,00 to t" per week. Portlier information may be obtained by ad iireHidng the Dean. J. It. LINDSLKY, M. D., Dram. NaehvHle, Term., June, 1 >/2. jy l-w4t NOTICa . R ANA WAY from the *uhscrtber T * Plantation m* in \Vi!kin>on county, $ urile* went of lrwintou, Xgp on the night of the oth mat., my two Negro Fellow*, LKVI and AHA. Levi is about l‘L year* old, 0 feet 2 ■*■7l inches high, and well set; ha* it cheerful ami pleasant countenance, and is quite intelligent; can write, and will probably travel with a pans of hi* own coining; la quite black, mid ha-, a knot about the afzc of a Partridge egg on one of hhi tegi,on th • outaido, just above the knee. Asa in about 21 year* old, 5 feet S Indie* high, chunky and well built; is also quite ‘lark ; full African blood. Thoy were both railed in Greene county, North Carolina, and brought to thia Hlate by a trailer last fall, and they will doubtle - endeavor to nuke their way hack there, a* L«vl, t!»- !-ader, ha* before this made an effort of the kind. A liberal reward will bo paid for the apprehension and delivery to rue of euid Negroes, or either of them, or their confinement in any safe Jail no that I get them. • JOHN M. WARE. TWENTY-FIVE DOLLARS REWARD. RAN A WAY from trie subscriber, about the *» first of May lant, my Negro Woman, ANNK, a Jk bright mulatto, about 80 years of age. I will give the above rewanl for her apprehension and delivery - JfaL tome, with proof to convict any faponsiblo wliite person of having harbored her, or given her a pail—OF Five Dol lar* for her delivery to me without such proof. - Augusta, June 12. Jclß-dtwAwlw A. STKYKNS. NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS. GIRARD HAIL HOAD. OBALED PROPObAIA will be received at the Engi- H neer’a office of the Girard Rail Hoad, at Col &&bus, Ga., till the lbth of July, 1802, for the building and *uperstruc ure of that portion of the roud extending from Girard to Dry branch, a distance of twenty-two mile*. Thin work include* two fret via** trestle Bridge*, one ncrosH l.'unaulu Branch, three hundred feet, the other acroMM Uchee Creek, one thousand feet. . Contractors will state what proportion of the Stock of the Company will bo taken in pojngeili. Drawing* undspecl- Heat ions of the work may be »eeu from the llr*t to the fif teenth July, inclusive. By order of the President and Director*. EDGAR L. HKRIOT, JelO-wtJylC Principal A**’!. Engineer. TO PbAATKRH. TIIE HI BS< HIUKII would respectfully Inform Plant . er*, tlmt he furnishes SMALL GRIST MILLS, Suitable to be attached to Gin Gear*, of different sizes, and of different pattern* at the lowest price*. These MiltnAkave given the highest satisfaction, and can be compared with any from the North. PleaMu givu us a call before buying elsewhere. WM. It. BCIIIRMER. Burr Mill F-tone M.-uiufirtnrcr, Augusta, Ga. jaJMy NOTICE. Dll. HENRY BACON having transferred hi* interest in tho Orm of D. D. PLUMII A 00., to Dr. I. I*. GARVIN, the umlrrsigned will continue the DRUG BUBI NHSti tho tame stand and turner tho same Arm name, and will dow up the buxines* of the old Arm. If. B. PLUMB. I. P. GARVIN. Augusta, January Hist, 1802. fel tV/" (HiNH! (I l i\ H ! HUNS! On Afnlntosh street, two floors from Georgia Railroad Rank. I UHT ItRCEIVKO, per steamer Africa, tlje largest ft and best assortment of ENGLISH GUNS ever offer ed in this city, comprising every variety, from Isomlon and Birmingham makers, at the lowest rates for cash. Double and .Single Barrelled GI’NH, all sizes and prices. A Alio assortment of Sirmle and Double Barrelled GUNS or boy*. RU LES and Double GUNS, of my own make, one barrel Rifle and the other Shot, a line article for hunting deer uud Turkic*. (kilts’, Allen’s, and other REVOLVERS; also Single bar relled, Self Cocking and Rifle PISTOLS, cast steel barrel*. Common Pistols, nil kind* ; Percussion CAPB, of Wester y Richard’s, Cox’s water proof, Walker’* and G. D. French, uud Military Caps. A great variety of Powder FLASKS, Shot BELTS, and Game BAGS, of the finest Patterns. Abo. Wash Rods, Drinking Flasks and Cups, Nipple Wfem hcs, Pocket Compasses, Screw Drivers, Ane large hunting Horns, and everything in the Sporting Ane. Being a practical Gun Maker myself, and having these guns rnudo to my order, expressly for thin market, person; buying will get a much better articles than i* sold at tho Hard ware Stores, and at equally low price*, and all warrant ed to shoot well. Powder and Shot, Wholesale and Retail, all varieties. N. B.—RIFLES made to order, mid all kinds of Repftlr ng and re-stocking GUNS, done in the best manner and * . ni. ,1 010-ly K. If. ROGERS. REUBEN RICH'S PATENT CENTM VMT WA TER WHEEL. CAUTION.— Having been Informed that a certain per son named Rkkii, i* vending a Water Wheel upon which the water to conducted by means of a nplrlal scroll, as upon Reuben Rich’s “Patent Centre Vent,” we hereby notify and caution the public, that we will prosecute, in all in stances, for any evasion or infringement upon said patent, both the maker and party using, uml will be thankful for any information referring us to parties thus trespassing. GIN DRAT A CO. Montgomery, Alu., June 11, ISOO. je2l-tf THE MONTGOMERY MANUFACTURING COM PANY’S IRON WORKS. MONTGOMERY, ALABAMA. MAKIFAtTIiRK, In superior style, Horizontal and Upright STEAM ENGINES, of all sizes; Steam BOILERS; LOCOMOTIVES ; Cast Iron WATER WHEELS; Sugar MILLS ; Haw and Grist Mill IRONS, of every varie ty, (including lloxie’*continuous feet for Saw Mills;) En gine and Hand LATHES; Iron and Bras* CASTINGS, of all kinds, Ac., Ac. All order* filled with despatch. _ GJNDRAT A CO. IMPORTANT TO MILL OWNERS AND MANU FACTUKERS. Ftirivalled Tmpi'ocemtni In Water Wheels. TIIE HI ILSf'IUUEHK are Bole agentsfbr making and vending tho bc*t Water Wheel tu the world, kuown as Yandewatei s Water Wheel. We challenge the World to produce it* equal. It lua but recently been introduced to the public, and found to be for in advance of all other wheels, both in power and coonoinv in water, every drop be ing effective, and none wasted. This Wheel is not in the K .ud affected by back water. As we prefer them being placed below tail water in every instance, consequently we get every inch of head; they being entirely of cast iron, I unple 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, JEsq., at liia ReWißo cotton factory, to whom we would give r elYrenee. See certificate annexed. All orders for Wheels or Territorial Right*, will meet with attention by addicasing the subscribers. J AUGER, TREADWELL A PERRY. Albany, New York. Or to theur Agent, J. J. Kibbr, Augusta. [CBRTiriOITK.] Aigista, March 24,15 M. Jaggtr, Treadwell A Perry—Gentlemen :—I have the gratification of informiog you that your Yandewater Wheel was suoccx'fully put in oj>eratk)n at my factory last week, and it worked to perfection. It* simplicity, durability, and uniformity of*pee«i, are recommendation* alone; but above all, Us highest encomium in the small quantity of water it t ikes a* compared with other wheels. I have been usiug one of lleuliou Rich's Centre Vent Wheels, of three feet and a half diameter, and eleven inch bucket, the discharge opening measuring 400 Inches. 1 ilisplaced tliat and put n one of yours of six feet diameter, with discharge open ng» measuring 270 inches, and your wheel run the same amount of machinery that the Rich Wheel bad driven, and here was a difference in favor of yours of eight indies in he depth of water ia the tail race. I feel no hesitation in your wheel to all manufacturers and mill wnera, believing it b the greatest wheel of the nge. Wish ng you success m the iniroducton of so valuable an im rovement, I main,* ; rcry respectfully, yonrs, Ac. mMNLwIy GEORGE SCHLEY. 1 MfORTA NT IX) MAN UF ACTU RERS. • fTIIK 81 Ik»€'RI2IEHB ane prepared to supply ai) A ('OTTON AND WOOLEN MACHINERY, of a superior quality, SHAFTING and MILL GEARING, w ith improved Coupling and Pulleys, Bdf-Oiling Hangers which require oiling only once in three months); LOOMS, f a great variety ot Patterns, for Fancy and Twilled Goods, voui One to L ghteen ShAtUes; for Plain Goods, capa ble of running fmm 150 to 170 picks per minute. They are enabled, from their extensive improvements, to produce YARNS ami GOODS, with comparatively little «bor; ami ail Manufacturers, before purchasing their Ma hitu ry, will do well to visit Philadelphia and vicinity, where they can sec th« Machinery with all the latest Im provements, In full and successful operation; or they can V.' rvforred to Factories in almost every State South and West, by addressing a line to the Subscribers. w ALFRED JKNKB A SON, Fw. ISSB. fel My Lri>!oiiburg, near Philadelphia. ti. 11 Pfansof Factories, with tlie location of Machinery, he simplest method of driving, and calculation of speed, f uralahcd free of charge. wly AUGUSTA FEEMCH BURS MILL STONE KAXU factory, rtK suWriber, tfcsnkful tor Ow kind pstronng* heretofore extend.-! U> the tote firm ot t-omuux * Wioaxo, would rwpemAUly Inform his frieiub »nd Uie public, ttou he contin u<«to execute .witcre for hts weß known Warranted French Wi-.R MUX STOMS,trf every rile, at the lowest price tuid shortest notice. He atot furnishes R-Ol"l'S and (VtXK.NK STOSIS, SSK T MAOUIXES, of various patternw BOLTING CLOTHS, of the beat bread, CBURNT, for Mill use. And every oilier artici. necessary In a M!D. Also, for I'Uulerv, snufi GRIST MILU to Attach to Gin Gears. AU orders promptly Attended to. WM. R. SCHIRMIR, jatS Sarvivin? partner of Scldrmer A Wiyand. VUIUt I LTIRAL IMFLK>7Tk. _ MKNTS. —Tlic undersigned are r— ~ -=j note receiving from the raanufactur- _ ere at the North, and will keep con s-arity on hand a larjre assortment of the best AGRICITL TI KAL IMPLEMENTS tube had in New York or New England, or this city, and adapted to Southern Husbandry, which they will sell low for cash. CARMICHAEL A BEAN. Augusta, Geo rein. __________ ' KOTICE. AI.L I’KItSOXS are herehy sramed not to trade for either of two promissory NOTES given by me to Har rison Musgrove, or bcttr«r, or order, for One Thousand and Sxty-two Hollars each, dated on the 10th Oct., ISM, and pa) able with interest from date, one and two years there after. I shall not pay said notes, aa the consideration for which they were given has failed. JOHX D. WATKINS. Athens, May Slst, ISSi. jeS-wS IJMIK WAUL— -1 StfohtoU. BACON; Si “ SUGAR; iUObbb. WHISKEY 10# " FLOUR; In Store and for rale, on 4 and 5 months time, with approv ed wearily- Je!i-wtf JOHN KERR. OIL CLOTHS. AI BHO A HOYT, Nos. Ti «,h1 T 4 John street. New York, Mamtftmtmws and Drefcre in Oil CMhs,.exduHve -Iy. At their Factories are turned out (under a |*tent prv- PLOOR OIL CLOTHS, Which for beauty of design and elegance of finwh, surpass any thing of the kind hitherto produred in this country or in Europe, and for which they obtained the prise modal *1 the World's Fair. At their Ware-rooms In New York, can be found a large and complete ass.rtrncut of Ileary Medium, and thin Floor ORCfoths, from UT inches to 4d fret wide; also Table, Fnr piture, and Carriage Oil Cfctbs, b*w York, 411 Weekly Chronicle & Sentinel. 1852. PROSPECTUS 1852. i or tii* SOUTHERN CULTIVATOR VOLUME X, FOH 3852. Sr. DAMEL LEE, TD. BEDIOSD, Editcib. | Assistakt Editob. TEEMS.—OTE DOLLAR A YEAR Iff ADVARCE. Thk SomiEic.' Cultivator ia issned every month, , and is exclusively devoted to Aprricultnre, Horti culture, Floriculture, Domestic and Farm Economy, Tiiiace and Husbandry, the Brccdincr and Knisiiif of Domestic Animals, Poultry and Bees, and the general routine of Southern Planting and Farming. The new volume for 1852, will lie issue/! on a royal octavo sheet of 82 pages, with NEW TYPE, FIN t PAPER, AND BEAUTIFUL ILLUSTRATIONS! It will contain a much greater urnount of matter than heretofore—will discuss a greater variety of topics, and will be in every respect tub best Aoki oclti-bai. Papeb ib the SotTii! and equal to any in the Union! Friends of Southern Agriculture!! As tho Cultitatoe was the Fikst journal established in the Cotton Growing States, exclusively devoted to the interests of*t!ic Planter; and as it has ever been an earnest and consistent advocate of those interests, we confidently hope that, 1 laving'fostered and sustained it thus lar, your cordial and generous support will still be continued. Planters, Farweka, Uarsixebs, Fruit Growers, Stock Kaisers, Nursery vex, and all connected in any way with the cultivation of the soil, will find the SouthernCultivatok replete with new and valua ble information i and nclilv worth ten times the rifiiug sum at winch it is afforded. TERMS OF THE CULTIVATOR : ON E copy, one year, ::::::: SI.OO SIX conies, :::::::::: 5.00 T W E"l, V E copies, 10.00 TWENTY-FIVE copies, i i : : : : $20.00 FIFTY copies, : i : i : i i i : 37.50 ONE HUN DR ED copies, : : i : : : 75.00 ALWAYS IN ADVANCE -13?” Gentlemen who obtain subscriptions, will please forward them as early as possible. All bills of specie paying Banks received at pur—mid all money sent by mail will he at our risit. W. S. JONES, Publisher, Auguftta, Ga., January 1, 1852. SI,OOO REWARD. DR. HUXTKR’H celebrated SPECIFIC, for the cure of Gonorrhoea, Strictures, Gleet and Analagous Com plain U of (ho Organ* of Generation. Os all remedies yet discovered for the above com plaint, till* la the moat certain. S73T* It makes a speedy and permanent cure without re striction to diet, drink, exposure, or change of application to b'Hinea*. It ii perfectly harmless. Gallons of it might be taken without injuring the patient. w t i* put up in bottles, with full directions accom* j panying It, ho that person* can cure themselves without re (sorting to physicians or other* for advice. One bottle i» enough to perform a certain cure. Price sl. r*r t is approved and recommended by the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeon* of London and has their certificate enclosed. v*r ti* sold by appointment in Augusta, Ga., by PHILIP A. MOIBE, Under the new Augusta Hotel, and by W. H. k J. TURPIN. Orders from the country promptly attended to. Je2 GLENDINNING 6c CO’S MARRLE WORKS, Broad street, Augusta, Georgia, Where we have on band and will continue to keep a large stock of both Italian and American Marble, for Monument*, Toombs, Head Stones, Ac., to which we res pectfully call the uttention of those wanting work in our ine. We are now prepared to fill all order* at short no tice, in as good style ami as low as work of the same quality can be furnished for from any establishment in the United States. Plan* and price* will be sent those who cannot call and examine for themselves. P. S. —Orders from the country executed with neatness and despatch. <127 WITH THK permission of the writer, we publish the following letter, that we may show the great efficacy of TUTT’fI COMPOUND EXTRACT OK SARSAPARILLA. Jacksonville, Fla., May 21st, 1862. Dr. Wm. 11. Turr— -Dear Sir —lt is with great pleasure that I comply with my promise, when in Augusta, to in form you what effect* your Extract of Pursapuriila had on my disease. It is at all times pleasant to testify to the good qualities of any body or any thing, that we know to be meritorious, but, far more so, when we can speak of a remedy which has rid us of a disease, which divested life of all comfort. On my passuge to this place I suffered very much : the pains in my limbs were at times so severe that 1 could not sleep for whole nights, the swelling of the bones increased, and 1 must confess that I would have thrown your prepara tion aside had you not recommended it, witli so much con fidence. I persevered, and when I hail finished the second bottle, the pain* began to grow less severe, the swellings to go down, and my appetite and strength began to returd. 1 have taken the half dozen bottles, and I consider myself perfectly restored, and can walk five miles with less fa tigue, tnan I could a half, before. I shall ever be grateful to you, uud you have my permission to make this public, in order that any who have suffered so much us I have, from the imprudences of youtii, may know where to find relief. Believe me your sincere friend. jneß-d&w4 (Signed) F. THORNTON. THE CHEROKEE SPRINGS, Will open on the Ist of July. rpHENK bold Chalybeate* rise from the solid rock jJJA -L at the base of Taylor’s Ridge, only % mile from E;jll Col. Ramsey’s Platform, on the State Road, and 2 miles (rum Ringgold. They were held in high repute by the Chero kees, for their truly medicinal properties, ami are now gratefully acknowledged by those who have experienced their benefits. They are situated in a high and healthy region, and their contiguity to the platform renders them easily accossabie. Hacks will attend duly the arrival of the cars. Board cheap. J. G. PENISTON. Walker county, (la., June 1,1852. jc4-w4t ALL Executors, Administrators and Guardians, are hereby notified, that on failure to present their ac counts, with Estates they represent, within the time pre scribed by law (Ist July,) Rules Ni. Si. will necessarily issue indispensable to my duty. 8. CRAWFORD, Ordinary. Columbia county, Ga., June f», 1552. wfi ICE. ICE, ICE. THE ELLIS STREET H E COMPANY have com menced receiving their supply of ICE, which is unu sually large, new offer it at the same prices as heretofore, viz: At Retail, 3 cents per pound; or by the $5 worth, Tickets oents: at which prices not less than 2 pounds of Ice will be sold at a time. At Wholesale, to Hotels, Bar Rooms, Soda Fountains, and other large consumers, by S2O worth, Tickets at 2 cents, for which not letsi than 20 pounds of Ice will be delivered at a time. Terms Cash on delivery. All orders from the Country, directed to A. DEAB, Agent Ellis Street Ice Company, Augusta, will receive prompt at tention. Packages and blankets furnished at customary prices, and the Ice carefully pucked, to be sent by rail road if desired. The House will be open from sunrise till sunset, and on theßabbuth from 7 o’clock until 10 o’clock, A. M., iind from 12 o’clock until 2, P. M. Tickets may be purchased from the Agent, Mr. A. DKAS, at the Ice House. ap!7«dlwAwtJyl * ’ NOTE LOOT. LOST OR STOLEN, from me in Burke /pv , r >„ r ..nm,. county, a POCKET BOOK, containing a Note of Orte Hundred and Ten Dollars, dated October 11, 1801, made by Michael King, pay able to Timothy Donovan. I forewarn all persons against trading for said Note. ju2o-tf TIMOTHY DONOVAN. Loot HERE. TIIK SUHBCRIBKH offers for Sale his RESIDENCE in Roswell, Cobb county, furnished thoroughly. There are 5 Acres of Land attached to the house, ail under good fences—with all necessary out building*. The house is one of the best finished and most desirable In the Cherokee country. Roswell is 13 miles from Marietta, and is consid ered, both on account of its society ond location, one of the most delightful in the State. Also, a fine Farm, containing between 3 and 400 acres of Land, (about 200 cleared,) a well finished and comfortable House, with suitable out buildings, together with every thing necessary to carry on the farm, which is now under cultivation. The above will be sold together or separately, and possession given as soon as desired. For further particulars, enquire of fai-lawdAwtf ROBERT A. LEWIS, Savannah. PHILIP ATMOISE, ft IMPORTKU AND DEALKR IN ft PRUGB and MEDICINES, PAINTS, OILS, C!4 YW DYE STUFFS, WINDOW GLASS, BRUSH- Yil EB, PERFUMERY, PATENT MEDICINES, Z& INSTRUMENTS, Ac., .fee. Ko. 185 Broad Street , under the Augusta Hotel. 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. 13F“ Country Merchants, Physicians and Planters are invited to call and examine, before purchasing elsewhere, jalfi-w _ D- B- PLUMB & CO. ARK constantly receiving fresh and pure rt lAJ Medicines, Chemicals, Choice Perfumery, riijf Yjffi Toilet Articles Ac., at their establishment m Ob between U. S. Hotel and Post Office corner. Medicines carefully dispensed at all hours, by calling at Mr. Barnes’, comer Green and Mclntonsh strets n2B W. H. 6c J. TURPIN. BDOCDWORB TO W. 11. TURPIX, /% OFFER TO PHYSICIANS, Planters, Mcr- ft Clf chants, and the public at large, a choice and YjjT well assorted stock of DRUGB AND MEDI- Y« Cl NFS, OILS, PAINTS, DYESTUFFS, Glass and Putty, Brushes of every description, Straw Brooms, Spirits Turpentine, Ac., Ac. We purchase our goods for cash, and are prepared to sell on the most advantageous terms. Merchants will find it to their interest to look at our prices. All articles warranted to be what is represented. Give us a call aud satisfy your selves. s2S REMEDY IN BOWEL COMPLAINTS. _2 DENNIS 2 \yf ASTRINGENT TONIC, Yrs O* For Diarrhoea, Dysentery, Pain in the S'.o- A3 luach, Grining of the Bowels, Cholic, Cholera Morbus, Ac. IT RARELY FAILS to give immediate relief in a diseased state of the Stomach or Bowels. It is regarded by those who have used it as a specific in all bowel affections arising from exposure to colds. Price, $1 per bottle—6 bottles for $5. Sold in Augusta by the agents of the Georgia Sarsapa rilla. __ my 26 GROCERIES, GROCERIES. THE subscribers continue to carry on the Wholesale and Retail Grocery Business, at their Old Stand, .fast above the Globe Hotel, in the city of Augusta, and they beg to inform the public that they are now receiving their Full Supply of Heavy and Fancy Groceries, winch they will sell on the most reasonable terras. —THEY NOW OFFER FOR SALE -100 bales 46 inch Gunny Cloth, 500 coils halls inch Bale Rope, 50 hhds. N. Orleans and Muscovado Sugars., 100 bbls. Stuart’s Crushed and Granulated do., 200 bags prime Rio and Laguira Coffee, 20 chests and half chest* Tea, 50 hhds. Cuba Molasses, 100 bbls. Hiram Smith and Baltimore Flour, 100 boxes Sperm, Ada., and Tallow Candles, 800 kegs Cut Nail* all sizes, 70 boxes Tobacco of various qualities, 20,01 k) lbs. Hams, Sides and Shoulders, 1,500 sacks Liverpool Salt. • —ALSO— Spices, Pickles, Preserves So gars, and all articles usually kept in the best Grocery Houses. Strict attention given to country orders. aulS-w J. K. A W. M. DOW. CALL AND SEE TO. THE rXDKRSHaAKD have now in Store, and are con stantly receiving a general assortment of Groceries, which they offer for sale at Wholesale and Retail on the most accom modating terms. They have now in store— -lUU bales Gunny BAGGING, 6GO owls prime Kentucky ROPE, 25001b*. Bagging TWINE, „ *>“• T ' oß -*«:0, some ray to* priced. P-**\ s P*? ish »n«i tuiif Spanish SEGAKS, various brands, c&wSMssus: cnished * or “ uUtoii Java and Rk> COFFEE; TEAS, assorted. Sugar Bouse BYRUP, ’ N. Orleans and W. I. MOLASBER. w _ , . ALSO bT * Tn * —* ** «» Hire* & 1S ljf RUSSELL k WHITEHEAD. FANCY GOODS. WwARD ( v Vtowt, 7 BAILEY, v „ y ARD. ACO i i.TTtre .HjSTaxo.N 0 .41 u llr>t _x L ».xx, XUb * Aa^ |®P“nease notice that our firm is Wian, Dicxxw a CP and our number 41. n 27 6m n CARDS, CARDS. COTTON, WOOL, Jim-Crow and Horse Cards of the above celebrated stamps, are of unequalled quality, and wherever introduced take tbs place of aU other*. They are ! manufactured on our new improved machinery, and each pair is warranted in every reepset. Our Inferior cards, the common “ Whitemore 0 stamp, are of the usually well known quality. Sold by the Hardware hodscs In al the cities, and country Merchants, and to the trade by the Manufacturer*. JOtS. B. SARGENT, mylO wly* 24 Cfcff Street, New York. and put up in bote to order. Mill Finn* PUMar. prep«red for bxdrins MH Etonre, eh.ap and of th. bra; quality, for rel, by WM. JL BCHIRMER, J*Wwt Afftaata, (i« WEEKLY [ CHRONICLE & Ssll mssmaagg. Fiom the, Ea\jU 4* Fn*jairei\ The Mount of Mind. . BT L. VtftolSlX BSIITU. , By the ocean ot Time, from the plain of Existence, Extending afar to a limitless distance, Enwreathed in a (rrea! aureola of glory, | Outshining the splendors of Orient story, A day-dream Hysian, ail dearly defined, Ko»e up to my vision the Mouxtiin or Mixd ! Tiras a sun to the Present, and widely it cast Kffuipence far over the future, and Past; The aides were emhlaioned, and richly bedight. With banners, and columns, reflecting the light— Time surged at its base, but the spirit that shune On its star-jewled brow were “Eternity's own.” On the base of that mountain a throng of pretenders, Had taken the semblance ofMind's true defenders. But their voices were hollow, and faint as the shell, "'hen mucking old Ocean's magnificent swell; They stood iu the glitter of Flattery's lire. And when it hail faded, they mounted no higher. Above them stood one by a selfish ambition Escaping the fangs cf an utter iterdition, Dark dreams to liis brain, iu fearful reviewing, fame flitting like hats through a ghoul-haunted ruin. And e’en in the chalice, his cup of salvation, There lurked the black coils of a veuemed temptation. And near him the cynic,—the hcart-stiflled cry Os a!! better nature sat crouched in his eye, Within his celd bo-oin, a cloud with no bright'ning. fay torpid a thousand red sor;suit- of lightning. Then wroc to the weak, when the muttering thunder, Rends rudely the sullen envelujie aseuuder! Far higher, still chaunting a lofty Te Deuin, There journeyed a hand, —in a jirourt mausoleum Tiny piled the white m.>rble*of mind o’er the tomb, Os loves Utat had perished in silence and gloom. And washed with their tears, from the laureate wreath, The dust es the hearts that had mouldered beneath. To Science encircled by luminous clouds, Pale, eagle-eyed pilgrims ascended in crowds ; The rage who had sounded the oceaus of Heaven, And brought up the star pearls from space-billows riven, Blest also tile neophyte, bidding him give His heart to tlie Goddess of Wisdom, —and live. The statesman stood forth like a beacon and night, Aloft on the precipice’ perilous height; lUien viewed from the valley, Id- towering fame Streamer! Jip like a still, ,-teady column of (lame. He alone felt its tossing and dees' agitation, When faction swept over his promt elevation. And there, too, invested with laurel and lyre, Stood woman—baptized with “the spirit aud lire ’’ The opaline drops of her beautiful chrism, ’ bhook off the son light like a rich tinted prism, And her sweet spirit shown in its innocence vestal, A dew-drop enshrined in a jewel of crystal, Yet one sat alone in her station of pride, The star on her brow fell to dust at her side, The high heart, all sullied and fettered by sin, Lay cold in its charnel, uml shame walled it in I Oh : woe for thee, Games, If under thine eyes, The white dove of purity struggles,A-and dies I Yet proud is thy power with pinion unfurled, To crush back the scorn or a groveling world, When stainless as snow-flakes, and swift as the wind, Thou Bcalest the piunaeled Mountain of Mind, Unresting, unwearied, till free thou hast trod, its llainc-uiaiitled summit—the presence of God ! The Henoinauia. The editor of the Albany (N. Y.) Register thus plcnsuntly hits oil thut almost universal mania the hen fever," under which s« many arc now labor ing. We do not notice any abatement of the dis ease of late in this quarter, although the system of pocket depiction has in many cases, been carried to the extent of from $5 to $25 per pair for choice specimens of tho mammoth fancy varieties: “ Tho poultry fever—a contagious, though not a very dangerous malady—is on the increase among us. Many stuid citizens who would not be sus pected of such a thing, are up to their curs in the fowl business of raising broods of rare chickens, and stocking their “ henneries”—we believethat’s what they call them—with cocks and hens of every variety of kindred, tongue and nation under the whole heaven, from the stalwart and prodigously homely Shanghai of Cliinme origin, dmvri to petite, beautifully plumage" Bantams—mere pocket edi tions of pouitrydom. They arc wise, too, in all matters appertaining to game fowls, and with the utmost pride and complaisance in the world, will trot out to one’s udmiring view, scores of really elegant specimens, of ull conceivable varieties.— Some of them are clothed in resplendent costume, and ore beautiful to look upon. Others are of line form aud carriage. Others still are remarkable for curious tufts, top-knots, leathery leg appendages, and tho mercy only knows what else. All colors arc represented in the plumage. Some of tho cocks uro glorious fellows, and they know it, too. The pride that they exhibit is above mere human reach. It is unapproachable. Look at the Shang hai chanticleer, with all his affluence of brilliant Gathered costume, as lallasathrec year old boy,and supplied with legs about ius long und Inrge! What a walk the fellow has! How proudly erect lie holds his crowned head, and with what imperious sway lie rules in Ills little dominion, where he is surrounded with huge motherly liens, strongly suspected of the habit of laying two eggs a day, and they, in turn surrounded by scores of exact co pies of themselves in minuture, just stepped forth irom their little shell houses. Our friends who go into this business, enjoy it, though it is no joke for an amateur to bo seriously attacked with tliis disease—this liciiomatiin. With him it is ull outlay at the first, llis head is full of plans of henneries, of chicken-feed, of coops, set tlng-licns, crowds of little, tender broodlings, and all that sort of thing, lie visits the establishments of his elder brethren of Pouitrydom, where be is privileged to purchase the eggs of rare breeds at irom $2 to $4 per dozen, and no questions tusked, stud where a good round crow or a Shanghai cock is valued at sl, and every cackle of a lay member of the Dorking breed goes quick at the market price of twenty-live cents; and lie procures aud reads with iutensest intfirost, all sorts of poultry books. The fever increases apace, and finally he gives hitnsclf up to it with a spirit ot self-sacrifice worthy of the cause, ond if lie is lucky, will at tho ond of a year or two, crow his own crows, cucklo his own cackles, lay his own eggs, and hatch his own chickens—in short, lie will lie a happy man, iu the midst of a noisy and profitable hennery. American Women. —From a variety of causes, nothing is more common titan to find Amcricau women who have not the slightest idea of house hold duties. A writer ■ thus alludes to this suh jeet: ‘■ln this neglect of household nft'airs, American females stand alone. A Herman lady, no mat ter how high her rank, never forgets that domestic labors conduce to tbo health of body and mind alike. An Knglisli lady, whether she is only a gentleman’s wife or duke’s, does not despise her household, and even though she has a housekeeper, devotes a portion of her time to this, her true, her happiest sphere. It is reserved for our republican fine ladies to be more choice than even their mon archial and aristocratic sisters. The result is a las situdeof mind, often as fatal to health as the no gleet of bodily exercise. The wife who leaves her household cares to her servants, pays the penalty which lias been affixed to idleness smee the foun dation of the world, and cither wilts away from sheer ennui or is driven into all sorts of fashiona ble follies to find employment for her mind.” Supposed Fragment of tub 111-fated Steamship President.— The Ranii'shire(Scotch) Journal gives the following descriptions of pieces of the wreck of a largo vessel, supposed to be the President, washed ashore on the coast of Scotland. The wreck seems to have formed u part of a largo steam vessel, und from its appearance it has been a long timo in the water. The piece got on shore is about 25 feet square, and contains 17 timbers. These timbers measure at the floor-heads IS incites by 12 inches. There aro three pieces of large hanging iron kneos, two of which aro 7 feet in length, the other 5 feet; and two iron beds supposed to be for the boilers, each bod IS feet long, the knees at the thickest part being' 4 inches by 2 inches. On one of the beds the initials ‘L. W.’ are stamped. The floor-heads are bolted wit h iron bolts, and the but ends with composition balls above eight inches.— The wreck has been inspected by seamen and shipbuilders, who unite in declaring it to be the wreck of sonio large steamer— this fact is said to be ascertained almost beyond a doubt, m theso cir cumstapces it has been suggested that the wreck may possibly be a portion of the ill-fated British steamer the President. In order to facilitate tho ascertainment of this* fact—should it really be the case—theUournal has been particular in giving the above description of the appearance of the wreck, from which, should it chance to meet the eye of the builders of the vessel they would in all likelihood bo able to say at once whether or not it formed a part of this long lost steamer. The wreck has in tlie meantime been taken in charge by the officer of the Coast Unurd, who in ease it may be deemed necessary to investigate, will see thut it is not too speedily broken up or destroyed.— Ch. Cove. Original Anecdote or Lakatitte. —Shortly af ter Lafayette’s second return from America, he was at Versailles when tlie King was about to review a division ot troops. Lafayette was invited to join in the review, lie was dressed in the American uniform, ami was standing by tlie side of the Due do Conde, when the King, in his tour of conversa tion with the officers, come to him, ami after speak iug on several topics, asked him questions abont his uniform and the military costume in the Uuited States. The King’s attention was attracted by a little medal, which was attached to liis coat in the same manner as tho insignia of orders are usually worn in Kurope, and he asked what it was. La faytte replied that it was a symbol, which it was the custom of the foreign officers in the American service to wear, and that it bore a devise. The King asked what was the device: to which Lafayette answered, that there was no device com mon to all. but that each officer chose such as pleased liis fancy. “And what lias pleased your limey V inquired the Kiug. “My device,” said the young General, pointing to liis medal,“is a liberty pole, standing on a broken crown and sceptre.” The King smiled, and with some pleasantry about the republican propensities of a French Marquis in American uniform, turned the conversation to another topic. Conde looked grave, but said no thing. Profoskd Further Researches in tre Arctic Regions.— We are informed that it is the intention of the Hudson's Bay Company immediately to dis patch Dr. John Rae to the Northern coasts of Ame tea, to complete various discoveries in those re gions. Tlie gallant officer proceeds byway of Chesterfield Inlet to Cape Nicolai, Sir Janies Ross’s farthest iu IS31; thence to survey as far north as Cape Bird, Sir James Ross’s furthest in IS3o—thn* to complete the northwest passage. Dr. Kac will also search various other portions of those inhos pitable shores, to set at rest many conflicting state ments and add to onr knowledge of the country. The search for Sir John Franklin will, of course, be a paramount object with Dr. Roe. Great credit cannot but be given to the Hudson’s Bay Company for their enterprising conduct oil behalf of science and for the sake of humanity.— British Rational Standard. • Costly Private Residences in New York.— The New York Herald contains an account of a j number of new buildings now going up in the ; city of New York, chiefly for private residences, | most of which that journal represents as of mag- : nificcnt and beautiful styles of architecture, j Among the private residences is one for Samuel Nicholson, estimated to cost $40,000, another for J. Gihon, $35,000 and a number for different in dividuals costing from slightly beneath $40,000 to $”0,000 each. M. O. Roberts is building* two that will cost $50,000. Forty-two of these magnificent I mansions will cost an aggregate of $1,170,000, averaging $27,800 each. One firm of two partners is banding seven that are to cost $270,000, (nearly $39,000 a piece,) which when completed, might almost be sty led a row of palaces. Daily Newsi afebs.—The quickly recurring issue of a news sheet has a powerful modifying influ ence upon a community. It tends to accelerate thought, to induce an cagemese for early intelli gence—to quicken the perceptions of men—to unite them in similarity of habit, and to create an active and systematic method of prosecuting b uair.es* gw»er»lly.— Chattanooga Aitartitw. AUGUSTA, GA., WEDNESDAY, JULY 7, 1852. Frqm th» National faUlUgeneer. DIEOK FOR HENRY Ci.AY. m o. u. w., r. 3. a. Hist' Daughters of Music, the mourners are nigh ! The Ditcher is broken, the Fountain is dry : ’Tis the wail of a widow. Columbia weeps The List or the Romans in majesty sleeps! - Come weave we a chaplet of olive and ley, <>ur harp's on the willow. Come! weave we a lay! How heavy a burden the grasshopper sings : »t o. wo to tl:e land ofo'erehadowing wings ! * e halls that have echoed full many a time The silvery notes of his sweetness sublime, Re ye hung in mourningthat music no more Shall wake from the Charmer—his charming is o’er. Ye liearts that in rapture have hung on his thrill, In yon its soft murmurs are echoing still. Let their euphony glide, and their ehornsesroll. As waves among nuhes die over the shoal. Let them deepen, and startle, and angrily swell, Uke a rock that is rushing down mountain snd dell; Let them breathe, let them whisper advice in your ear, When the dark hour cometh and danger is near ; Let them hum, let them roar when destruction is nigh, And the war-cry of liberty ring- in the sky! While Freedom is calling for word or for blow. Let his bravery nerve and liis eloquence glow ; Let.them burn in the bosom of sire and son While there's Error to vanquish and Truih to be won ! \e Helds, green with harvests now gathering in peace, Take ye up the chorus that never shall cease. His word o’er the ocean gave peace to the land; Uia voice in the Senate linked firmer the baud. Ye fields of long ages where glory is wrought, lleb.ild what a harvest the Reaper has brought! In tite breach ne er was wanted a freeman to stand, While life gave its cuuniug to ClalV fearless hand ! And never was needed a voice in the storm, Whhe his tongue with its motion anil music was warm. Shroud the plow and the anvil, the cornpas. and loom; \e artisans gather and kneel round liis tor-nth: Deck the shr iaes of Ueiigiou in curtains of crape, And the temples of Lea ruing in cypress leaves drape; Hang the porches with garlands ilia: bloom in the shade; lie the scales of Idiud Justice in s»Me arrayed : - \ our altars and firesides, yonr denies and your doors, Be abt hung in mourning on these happy-hnres! And hushed he the bugle, and silent the drum, No hoarse muJllod notes from the battle-field come; Rut Peace, genile Mercy, and liberty w eep O'er the urn where his ashes, still in hit, but sleep. Disturb not his rest till the trumpet shall sound Thai calls forth the cliosen Clod's throne to surround ! And is there an honor, high office, or name, One inch that could heighten his statue ■ f fame * The twelve thrones of C'arsar no Tully could make. One breath of a fully their empire could shake. The twelve thrones of Ctesar forgotten may lie, And Cicero’s fame shall resound in the sky; The Republic's White Palace shall crumble to earth, And the leaves of Chav's chaplet be green in their birth ! One age and one country his deeds hut record, Posteuity claims him herself to reward. Pass on with his coffin; lead on to the tomb ; A nation of mourners follow after in gloom; His bright eyes shall kindle a thousand no more; UIS SWEET UP'S AKItgiLEST, TKEIK WKLUIiY’s o’er. Rhode Island General Assembly.— This body adjourned on Saturday. after n session of four days and a half. An amendment was adop.ed to the liquor law, so as to enable any justice of a court exercising the jurisdiction of Justice of the Peace, to issue warrants for a violatiouof it, and authorizes complainants appointed under the license law at the last election, to make complaints under this law. The Town Council of unv town and the Bourd of Aldermen of any city, are authorised to appoint such agent or agents ns aro required by the second section of the Maine Law and to designate the officer or officers required by the 17th section of that law as soon alter the passage of this act us convenient, and any such agents or officers already appointed or designated, are declared to he as legally qualified us they would have been hud the law been in operation at the date of their ap pointment. The amended uet goes into operation on the 3d Monday in July. ITEMS. SapitalComing West.— The St. Louis Intelligen cer estimates tliat within a period of five years at most, more than thirty millions of Eastern capi tal will find its way AA’est, in constructing the gi gantic railroads that are now in progress in the States of Missouri, Illinois, lowa, AA'isconsiu and Indiana, The weekly commercial report from Prance is very favorable, large orders having been received from Spain, Hayti and Madagascar. The retail bu siness in Paris lias declined, many foreigners and provincials having left the capital. The total value of tlio # cxports from Baltimore last week were hut iffiC,109.25. The export of yreadstuifs for the week comprised 7,936 barrels of flour, 1,389 barrels of corn meal, and 7.663 bush els of corn. We learn frmn the Chicago Tribune flint the Su perintendent of the Michigan Southern Railroad lias notified tlie Ministersof the Gospel rn that city that until the first of January, 1858, they will be charged only half fare on that road. Ladies with handsome ankles don’t mind going out in muddy weather—in fact they like it—Queer, isn’t it ? Ladies ore often annoyed by perplexing ques tions from the male gender, and sometimes they escape from a direct answer 4>y a happy bon mot. “What are you making, Miss Knapp?” inquired a familiar acquaintance of a lady. “A knapp-sack” was the reply. The old gentleman who thought lie could teach girls how to make lovo, is about erecting on acade my for tlio purpose of instructing fleas in the ant of jumping. “What is the feminine of Hero?” asked a pedagogue of a young hopeful. “Shero ,"’%as the prompt answer, which took the dominie all aback. Wp perceive that on the 27tli nit., Mrs. Margaret Prances Hampton, daughter of the late Gen. Praucis Preston, of Vu., and wife of Col. Wade Hampton, Jr., died at Columbia, aged 34. Mrs. sud denly, it is said, in consequence of imprudently taking a cold bath. Wisconsin. —This thrifty young State was first known (as a territory) to the United States census in 1840, when it liod 30,000 inhabitants; in 1850 they laid swelled to 300,000 —a tcn-lbld increase in ten years. Now they do not fall short 0f400,000, and are increasing at the rate of at least 50,000 per annum. No other State in the Union has grown with equal rapidity. It is said that tlie reason why tlie “softer” sex call the men heart, is because there’s such a hug to them. A coffin, said an Irishman, is the house a man lives in when he is dead. A mun named Oliver 11. Hand lias been arrested and held for examination in Richmond on the charge of being concerned in the robbery of the bank at Portsmouth, \'a., some time since. He was arrested on the strength of a telegraphic des patch froinßoston where liis brother, A. A\ r . Rand, was arrested whilst attempting to pass ono of the notes which had been stolen from the hank. He alledgcd to have received it and several others found in his possession from his brother in Rich mond, and nndcr these circumstances of suspicion the arrest was made. The Fugitive Law Vindicated at Syracuse.— The Abolition agitators at Syracuse, New York, with a view to test the constitutionality of the fu gitive slave law in a State Court, procured an in dictment for kidnapping against Henry W . Allen, one of the deputy marshals who some time ago took part in the arrest at Syracuse of the slave “Jerry.” The trial came on before the Circuit Court at Sy racuse on Monday last. On Tuesday, Gerrit Smith, one of tlie counsel for tlie prosecution, commenced liis argument, and occupied overseven hours ill its delivery. The whole force ofit was directed against the constitutionality of the fugitive slavo law. S. D. Dillaye and Geo. E. Comstock,Esqs., followed in an argument for tlie defence. The result was that on AVedncsday the Jury rendered a verdict for the defendant without leaving tlieir scats. Syracuse is the headquarters of Aholitsonism in New A’ork, and it was there that a riot was got up to rescue “Jerry” from the power of the law; but this verdict (says the Buffalo Commercial AJtfr/i --ttr) will satisfy the Abolitionists and their apolo gists that mobs cannot interpose to prevent the ad ministration of the laws with impunity. It shows that the Courts do not recognise the higher ormob law, but stand by those winch have been regularly enacted. Good Joke on a AA'idowee. — A gentleman at Holly Springs, Miss., tells the following, and vouches for its truth. It is tlie best joke we have heard of lately: It appears that a widower in that town, of a, somewhat gallant disposition, bail been accns touied to visit the residence of the widow M., whether to see the amiable widow herself, or her lively daughters, our informant did not know.— One’cvcninglie found the family hard at work on some garments of cloth. The girls were sewing and the widow was pressing the seams. The wid ower “bang up his hat," as usual, and took a seat by the fire. Just at that moment it happened that the widow had done with the pressing iron, eahjo, a tailor’s goose. She set it down on the hearth and called to the negro man in a loud voice, “Jake! Jake ! come and take oat this goose !” The widower started up with astonishment, not knowing what to make of this abrupt order. “Jake! do you hear mo !” again exclaimed the widow. “1 beg your pardon, Mrs. M.,” said the widower, with visible agitation, “but pray don’t call Jake. If you wish me to leave your house, I will go at once, without the interference of servants.” Tlie ladies roared with laughter, and it took some moments to explain to the chagrined widower his mistake. He lias not been Known to visit the widow M. since that memorable evening. Tlie Paris correspondent of the New A'ork Com mercial mentions tlie following fact in illustration of the importance of a central agricultural bureau, ill the distribution of valuable seeds: “ The Lariciopine is famous for its rapid growth and its tough, fibrous wood. The Minister .ox j Agriculture has got together an immense quantity I ot t'ne seed of this tree, and has sent a portion to all tlie Prefects with directions to give it gratui tously to all who may applv for it, and who will take pains to favor its grdwtli. It is particnlarly fitted to cover the mountainous parts of the south ern and eastern districts.” A gentleman in Lowell, Mass., lately sprinkled some c»wage over the petals of a peony which stood n'ear his garden fence, as a trap for persons who j had often taken the liberty of helping themselves to Sowers as they were passing. The Fait took — I a gentleman and lady were shortly after noticed I most vigorously rubbing their noses, and doubtless wondering “ how come they so.” On the principle ; that the liiur of the same dog will cure the bite, it • may he supposed that the itch caused by the cow age effectually cured the itch for stealing flowers. There is away of doing good, in the world on a ! small scale that is scarcely appreciated. A man who educates one child faithfully may effect a work of greater benevolence than one who has won the ; name ot philanthropist. The love concentrated | on a family may produce richer fruits than that which emhrac« the world. Its action is mere in- j tense and invisible, but its results may go abroad and leaven the wholo mass of a community. j Steam was raised yesterday on board the loco motive and a short trial trip* made, which proved i very satisfactory. She runs finely for new machi nery, and it is anticipated she will prove one of the “fast ones.” Soon will be heard the shrill whistle of the “iron steed,” to the great terror and fright of the “sovereign* and other nags.’’—J lmikit i Jbffr, OUR PICTURE GALLERY. PORTRAITS OF THE PEOPLE. Front Jl- yooir* Miecelhmy. RETRIBUTION: A TALK OF NEW YORK. CIIAITEB I. Within a spacious parlor magnificently furniHicd, with a hook, the usual companion of her leisure hours, sat Uuira Selden. The day was dark and rainy. Heavy showers beat upon the steeple of a neighboring church, gushed in torrents from its griffiu-mouthed spouts, uud dashed in sheets of spray from its slated eaves and sculptured conti ‘ ees. Laura continued reading near a front window, occasionally gazing upon the dingy dial, which, from its eminence seemed “ contending,” like Lear, bareheaded, “with the fretful element,” heartily wishing that her good father might be for tunate enough to find apluee in some omnibus, as ; the hour for dinner was approaching, uud liis re turn momentarily anticipated. While thus occupied tne street door bell rang, and she was informed that a young female desired to speak with her iu tlie hall. Laying down her volume, and advancing to the parlour door, she encountered a light linircd, blue eyed, modest looking girl, who stood holding a dripping um brella, witli one hand, while she raised her drag ged dress with the other. Abashed und fatigued, the stranger seemed per plexed for utterance ; but when she unclosed her delicate lips, u row of white teeth wus displayed, such as the Greek and Lutii* poets attributed to their favourites while gnawing asunder the thread or biting off the wax which confined n love letter. Her voice was low and tremulous, yet of that peculiar modulation which betrays refinement and sensibility; for nothing more distinguishes a gentle nature from the opposite, than euphony of tone and subdued laughter. . "Noticing your advertisement,” said she, pre senting a slip cut from a newspaper, “X called to see whether 1 could obtain tlie place, and have chosen the present time as one when 1 should pro bably find the ladies at home.” Justly satirical as this remark might seem to many city buttcrfiies, it was unintended, and so inapplicable to Laura thut it passed unheeded. ■ “Bit down,” replied the latter, for she commis erated the drenched and jaded applicant, “and I will consult my mother, who can better decide up on your qualifications than myself. After tne lapse of a few moments, Mrs. Selden, aceompanjed by her daughter, entered the hull, and approached the young woman. In answer to tho former’s inquiries, with a blush that might have furnished the desiderntim of Apelles, the girl confessed that she had never gone out to service before; that slio laid pursued the occupation of millinery and dress making in tho country, aud since her residence in town had been employed in bonnet trimming at a Mrs. Tuffots, of Mercer street; but owing to ill health hudconluded to attempt a more active employment. Her name she stuted to be Caroline Southmeed, and professed her willingness to make herself useful, cither ns chambermaid or seamstress. Although plainly attired, and complacent and humble in her carriage aud maimer, there was an indescribable charm iu her voice and appearance which at once prepossessed Laura in her favor. Mrs. Selden also beheld her with approving glances, for while a great stickler for rank and subordina tion, vain of her pecuniary resources, uud precise with' her domestics, she possessed a heart not in accessible to the appeals of want or misfortune. “Tho girl bus Been better days,” mused tho matron, “she’s too diffident for a hardened trollop, however, she may have temporarily swerved from rectitude. - That she’s anxious for honest employ ment is evident from her taking such a trump up on a day like tliis. Thus biased by humane promptings, rather than worldly wisdom, Sirs. Selden coincided with Laura’s evident predilections, and the pseudo chambermaid or seamstress, upon being informed that site might hold herselfin readiness next week, witli many expressions of gratitude took her depar ture. ' Just then Mr. Selden arrived, and the family as assembled around the sumptuous table. Amity and cheerfulness added zest to the entertainment and tho luxury of tlie dessert was enhanced by the jests and hilarity of tho {husband and parent. Iu tlie language of liis worthy helpmeet, “Mr. Selden never brought any business home, unless it was of an agreeable character,” and upon the present occasion he had the pleasure of congratu lating liis wife and daughter upon un unexpected aud important accumulation of good fortune. A stock speculation, together witli the opening of a new street, hud that morning made him tho recip ient of several thousand dollars' more than lie really knew how to invest advantagoonsly. Mrs. Selden thought of a Turkey carpet, Laura of silks and jewels ; each had a scheme for happi ness in prospective, and all were surfeited with abundance. Meanwhile a poorgirl, dependent upon licrdaily lobor had just left their dwelling, and wus plod pinghomeward through tlie tempest to a scanty repast, perhaps—and possibly to none 1 So une qual are the favors of fortune 1 “Wo might have given that girl a good dinner,” said the old lady. “And certainly ought to have preseuted her with a ticket for one of tho stages,” addcd'Laura. “Yes, and I,” exclaimed Mr. Selden rising, “ought to lie writing some very urgent business letters.” Chatter 11. Notwithstanding competition engendered by in creasing prosperity and extravagance, many years will probably elapso before tlie fashionable eus; totner will behold a mercantile establishment rival ling that of Henry Barton. Aided Uy the capital and experience of his father, a relied merchant, possessing tlie best stand aud most elegant building in Broadway, liberally educated, and polished by attrition with the elite, he was equally the envy and tho autocrat of less fortunate tradesmen. Morning aud afternoon, his store was crowded by purchasers, of the highest order, — i. e., those who were emulous of paying the highest price, and for whom articles of similar value and quality lmd no temptation, unless exhibited at this great emporium of folly. Among his patrons were num berless scheming mothers aud mercenary daugh ters, who assailed his bachelorhood with ail the flattery, charms, and graces, • which ingenuity, art, or nature, could supply. Skilfully evading com mittal. he rendered their hopes subservient to liis monetary designs, und, like I abions, grew stronger by delay. All agreed that Henry wits a most eligi ble match, wondered why ho did not marry, and individually consoled themselves with the belief that they were the most favored. Wiicn, therefore, it became known that lie was affianced to an heiress, his dupes were indignant; audit' prevented from open expression of their chagrin by pride, were unappcasably bitter in their private maledictions. Nevertheless, his position was precarious; and the consciousness of impending infamy constantly harrowed Ills insinuation. Between his future bride and himself an obstacle intruded, for which ho could only curse his baser passions, and to re move which perplexed his versatile adroitness. . A young female, with whom lie had formed a corrupting intimacy some time previous, and who was now under his protection, began to remind him sharply of promises unredeemed, and to threaten exposure. Fully aware that upon the lips of this abased creature depended his union with one of the most attractive and wealthy maidens of the city, and that the bare suspicion of his alliance with another would render her intractable and desperate, lie resolved to effect, either by bribery or persuasion, a transfer of this cncnmberancc, and to render some unsuspecting man the scape goat of his own treachery. Urgent and dangerous, the affair demanded im mediate action; and, in searching for a proper in strument, the head salesman of his establishment presented the best evidences of pliability, both from his position, and from the magnificence with which his services had been rewarded. One evening after the store had been closed, and the attentive subordinate was refolding and replac ing the goods which lay strewn upon the counters, Barton entered, and seating himself upon a richly cushioned stool, familiarly com me need conversa tion. After informing the clerk of his intended marriage, which for weeks liad been no secret, he proceeded to state his determination of employing no bachelors, subsequent to that epoch, in the more responsible branches of his business. 44 L nmar riea men,*’ said he, 44 are too apt to be seduced by the dissipations of the city; they have no domestic endearments to make home agreeable, and offer no surety for sobriety and faithfulness. A wife is the best bond for good behavior which a young man can exhibit, and liis thrift and responsibility are increased by the prudence, industry and econo my necessary to support a female companion. I want your services, John,*' added he: ** but must have a strongerlieu upon you than what cold duty : to an employer merely Imposes. You must have a ! rank ana station ainong'rcpu table men, to confirm I and sustain—in fine, wc most put you under se curities to be a worthy citizen; and I know of none less onerous, and yet .more stringent, than the : charms of a pretty woman. John, you must be ; married!” 4i But, sir,*’ remonstrated the astonished sales man, “ I cannot support a wife decently upon my income,** “ Well, then,’" rejoined Barton, 44 we*ll increase your salarv to a competence. Mamed, and con nected by interest to our establishment, you will soon know more of my affairs than Ido myself; a limited partnership will then prove both expedient and agreeable;—the transition from this to a per- I mancut and more lucrative arrangement with the firm will become a matter of course.** “Keally, sir,” again demurred the unwilling and single-minded John, u jour terms are tempt ing enough; but 1 must confe>s my ignorance of the woman whom I would accept upon a life lease.” 44 There,'* responded Barton, 44 1 can checkmate your objection :* I am acquainted with the very girl to make vou happy. She*s gentle, pretty, intelli gent, and active. Will you license me to prepare the lady for your advent f” 44 W hv-a I— well-a! —y-e-&!” stammered Snelling for such was his name, confounded and borne down by the other’s loquacity and importunity; 14 but, Mr. Barton, you won’t—of course—l mean that it would be premature —” % “ i comprehend you John, and bhall conduct tb§ \ affitir discreetly.—no pledges but wlmt you make —good night.” Thus speaking the proprietor stepped into the street, and, felicitating himself upon the auspicious commencement of his strata gem, strodo ehccrly to his dormitory. “Fudge 1” roared Snelling, as the door closed tipou his inquisitor, thrashing the conutcr wrnth fully with a piece of calico, to add force to tho ex pletive, “ booause lie's found a Delilah, wc are, it seems, also to be shorn. So I’m destined to make some woman miserable, —jierhaps be ridden by a sbe-dragon, or loose the best clerkship in Harden burgh. Well, I must huuu r this project, until i cun give it the go by. ] never loved but one wo man, and slic, poor thing, has forgotten me ; bet ter so, perhaps. As for this girl, 1 hate her in anticipation ; and I suspect, besides, iiis motives. But 1 am not to bo deceived by imitation china; my Town education is too liberal for that.” Consoling himself with these reflections, Snell ing leaped over the counter, turned out the lights, locked and shook the door, and linrried along to meet his dissolute companions. Chapter 111. “ Indeed I” said Laura Selden, removing the bonnet which lay beside her upon a sofa, as a gentleman entered the apartment your punctu ality, Mr. Barton, is beyond all commendation.— Ma and I have waited tlie whole oveuing, and here you arc at last, like a laggard knight, full of regrets and apologies, doubtless. But your punishment is nnavcrtuble. Strephomi and Dulcemare, I s.np poso, pitying onr deserted state, have jus. called to beg pa’s name for their concert, und have favor ed us with some of their finest fingering and sing ing. See what you’ve lost 1” “ Rather permit mo to congratulate you that my unavoidable detention has, by keeping at home, afforded you such a musical treat,” replied Barton. “ Well, I suppose wc must lorgivo you,” ex claimed Laura, smilling. “Come and examine my now guitar. Stroplioni has just tuned it; and you shall play and sing our old favorite, byway of penance, for disappointing a couple of ladies, and to niford ns some return for our forbearance and clemency.” So saving, Laura skipped into the adjoining parlor followed by her iwltnirer. After the instru ment had been sufficiently eommonded and tested, the pair retired to a divan, where they soon found something fur more beguiling than oven Italian melody; for nothing cun be more euphonious and delightful than hearts and voices harmonising in a mutual sentiment. , “So you have again forgotten J.ieutcnnnt Chalk cr’s portfolio of drawings, that you were to borrow for my inspection I” exclaimed Laura, during their tete-a-tete-. “There’s another of your sins of omis sion pleading strongly for punishment. Now, Henry, take this handkerchief with you,” she ud ded, presenting one trimmed with lace, and mark ed with her own glossy black hair, “aud every time you draw it from your pocket, instead of throe Avo Marias, say ‘portfolio,’ three times; and when you are tired of tlie lesson, then bring me the book. Mind, I don’t lorbid your entering my pre sence without it,” she continued, langhiug signfl cuntly, “but then I want you to remember it, pro vided your thoughts are uot too much occupied with graver matters.” Barton seized tho memento, together with the hand that proffered it, and playfully endeavored to hide both in liis bosom. Soino tittering und strug gling of conrso succeeded, but eventually the fair prisoner was liberated, and the perfumed remem brancer left iff close contiguity with a heart tho very antithesis of its whiteness. Now Miss Laura, while reproving the oblivions memory of her gallant, naturally enough overlook ed her own failings in that respect. I n the corner of her handkerchief, she had tied a ring—an early tribute of Barton’s, which requiring a trifling re pair, but inadvertently neglected day by day, she resolved thus to recollect, and take with her to tlie jeweller’s. Without reflecting, she returned it in tliis manner to her lover, thus duplicating her own absent-mindedness while censuring his, and per forming an act which the superstitious might con sider ominous. Agrocablo moments lly with deceptive swiftness, aud it was not until the bells of St. Mark’s chimed eleven, thut the pair discovered how many impor tant topics, in reference to their approaching union, must be postponed for another interview. Barton was standing near tlie parlor door, open ing into the hall, with his hat and stick in hand, and a parting complimcut upon his lips, which possibly may then have been burning with some thing more palpably noctaroous, when a servant, bearing a bouquet upon a silver salver, bowed past him, and spproaoheo Laura. “Look here, Henry!” cried slic, “to-night you have the pleasure of observing one of tlie myste ries of tlie Selden mansion. Several times within the last fortnight I iiave been complimented by unseen hands, with a collection of beautiful flow ers. Occasionally they are thrown into an opened window, but generally are appended to the nob of tlie street door. Very often a lino or two, neatly written, accompanies the floral tribute, conveying an ironical admonition. I strongly suspect Ango line Weston, it is so much in keeping with nor roguish good-nature. ■ All I this is the maxim for the evening,” continued she, detaching a small card from the string which bound tlie cluster; “ ‘Look before you leap I’ I’m sure, Henry, that the caution is as important to you as myself. You’d better consider before it is too late. But are they not exquisite !” inquired the lively girl, offering the bouquet to her companion. Barton rolled the card in his Augers abstractedly, as though of little consequence, and smiled, or rather attempted to smile, while assenting to or reiterating the commendutions bestowed by Laura upon the flowers. But had her attention hot been exclusively devoted to the redolent missive, she might have wondered at tho altered expression of her lover's countenance. Leaving the house somewhat abruptly, the latter threw himself into a cab, and bidding the driver urge liis apology for au animal, hurried towards another section of the city. Alighting near a nar row court which terminated a bye -street, Barton was admitted to a high brick building, tlie stair case of which he ascended like one familiar with tlie premises, and tapped gently upon the door of a chamber, which m common with many others faced a corridor. A young female, whose cap aud disordered dress intimated preparations fur slumber, obeyed tho well-known signal, and ushered her lute visitor in to the apartment. “To what I am indebted,” asked siie in a soft but melancholy tone, “for this unseasonable call— or rather, I may inquire, for any visit, however brief or dilatory, since your object recently has been to avoid me altogether ?” “Don’t irritate me, Caroline I I’m not in the humor to tolerate cither reproaches or blandish ments,” was tho stern rejoinder. “What have you done with that carnation und jessamine, which 1 saw just about blooming in the balcony under your window?” jk • “Do you want them for soriw other favorite 1” “ Caroline Southmeed I” resumed Barton, “ I have to-night detected you basely interfering in a matter where you can only secure odium and perse eution for your officiousness. Y'onlose afriendand make an influential family cnimies. Did you not append this card to a bunch of flowers and send them to a lady!” “Yes, Henry Barton; and I but performed a dnty, in cautioning an unsuspecting girl against a man who has proved himaclfan adept to treache ry I” • “ And do you think, Caroline,” said he, “that for these ucts of hostility I shall be better encour aged to purvey for your happiness by finding you an eligible companion, and using my means and ability to elevate yonr t social existence I” “ Ilad you not allured me from my native vil lage, where I was pursuing and honest vocation, and possessed the love and esteem of all who knew me, my position would require no amendment.— Your proposition to wed me to another is even more cruel than your falsehood. Would it not be less dishonorable to redeem your promise to me, than to add a second dupe to'the catalogue of crime 1” Barton was the greater villian for the circumspec tion with which lie carried out his designs. Could he have surprised Caroline into rage, as he intend ed, it would not have been difficult to convert her ravings into tears, and then she would have been pliable. But he was baffled by cool, unwavering firmness, and he saw in her usually mild blue eye, resolution which was impregnable, at least to vio lence. “Dearest Caroline,” he exclaimed, taking a seat upon a sofa, and drawing her unresistingly to bis side, “ you well know why I cannot conform to your wishes ” “ Yes,” responded the girl, interrupting him, “I know too painfully the apology with which you would varnish your perfidy; but your haughty rel atives and family rank arc not the only obstacles to our marriage. You are weary of your victim and love another woman. Heretofore I have submit ted to yeur commands. 1 have worked day by day in a milliner’s shop to furnish some excuse for residing in town, and to evade suspicions of our intimacy. Fearing lest yon should encounter me there with Miss Selden, I was removed to tins place. Thus far I have been obedient to your be hests; henceforward lam my own mistress. Hav ing found other protectros, you shall be relieved of my presence, while in humble obscurity I shall escape contempt if not pity.” “ Leave me then to digest my plans.” “No more ibt a syllabic further! Will you not respect the sanctity of a helpless woman’s bed chamber and retire, or" shall I arouse the house, demand of the watch protection, and, goaded to desperation, publish my wrongs and your infamy to the gaping crowd at the police-office?” u As yon please, Caroline,” said Barton, releasing her from his arms, with feigned equanimity, “ to morrow you will regret tliia silly excitement, and be more' accessible to reason. I’ll see you in the morning—goo-1 night!” “ Yes, we shall meet again, but under different circumstances,” ejaculated Caroline, as he descend ed the stairway. ciiapteh iv. Irritated and perplexed, Barton hurried to his lodgings, which to his great annoyance he found occupied by severe! of bis boon companions, who either by courtesy or usurpation had the freedom of his ample apartments. These young gentlemen were amusing them klycs with whist, sad ffctutrained their host to take “a baud” with them, although much agains his inclination. Before the company dispersed, night’s meridian had long boon merged into the hours which proceed another day, and overpower ed by the liquor which politeness obliged him to swallow, Barton threw himself upon lua bod and slept heavily. Awaking late next morning, ho discovered with much apprehension that the handkerchief commit ted to his cliurge by Laura Selden was missing. Up on reviewing the incidents of tl|£ previous evening his trepidation wus enhanced by a suspicion that he had fatuitously dropped the article whilo in Caro line’s chamber, and that site now possessed tho most dangerous evidence of his guilt which could he placed in the hands of a jealous female. There fore, after u hasty breakfast, ho repaired to the dwelling of the injured girl, intending by threats or entreaty to recovor it if practicable. Great was liis chagrin, as tho reader may sup pose, upon learning from the landlady that tne object of his search was beyond the reach of his violence »r Jesuitry, having lott tlie liouso sovoral hours before in a carriage, and without stating her destination. Deposited on her toilette-table was a letter direct ed to Barton, enclosing a key to a trunk, which sho informed him contained all tlie jewellery, apparel* &e., received from him at various periods of their intimacy. This he opened, vainly hoping to find tho fatal handkerchief, but was ultimately forced to abandon tho premises, discomfited, and oppros sed by gloomy anticipations. Nevertheless, a vague surmise that Caroline had returned to her friends in tho country, and for tlie present would cease to embarrass liis matrimonial speculation, afforded somo solace. * * G * * * Meanwhile, John Snelling was pursuing his way leisurely to tlie store, champing a handful of pea nuts, and agitating his brain with no particular train of reflection. Suddenly he wus accosted by a bluff looking sailor, who hailed him familiarly by name, and grasping his effeminate fingers in a brawny list, forced him to wince under the cordiality of his pressure. “You have the advantage of me,” said John, on deavoriug to extricate Ins hand, and standing upon his toes in torture. “What I” exclaimed tho stranger, “don’t yon re member Robert Southmeed I” “Bob I” ejaculated tho other, “why, I thought you were laid under tlie counter long ago. Whore did vou come from ?” “Well,” responded Bob, “I’ve beon beating about the world these three years; and after oil sorts of luck, happened to reach California just in the nick of time. From tlienco I came to this port in a whaler, which had been deserted by her crew at St. Francisco, and which a parcel of us manned, j ust for thq sake of fclohing homo a littlo gold dust that we’d scraped up in those diggins. I went out green enough, but I’ve come baok considerably yaller.” “I’ll be bound then you’ll bo iwoll reccivod in this community,” replied Snelling, “for they all flock around money, liko flies to a molasses liogs hend.” “I’m glad to find you, old fellow,” resumed Southmeed. “llow’s my sister Caroline? 1 thought yon ond she would have made a match before this I” “I liked tho girl Well enough, Bob,” replied tho salesman, munching as lie spoke, “hut somehow ’ve been crossed out of her books. She left Bloomfield eight months since, and came to this city. Nobody could tell me where she resided, and us sho knew my location, and has nover taken tho pains to drop ino a note, why I thought she didn’t care about prolonging the acquaintance, and of course ” “So you don’t know where she is ?” inquired Bob, interrupting his companion. “I must find her—how shall I manage ?” “Come iilongwitli me to the store,” said Snelling, “and I’ll write an advertisement, stating your arri val, and where you can be seen. If that don’t bring her in a day or two, why then wo’ll ” Hero tho two friends turned n corner, and leav ing them to arrange their course, wc proceed with another portion of our story. * * * * * # Almost unconcealable was tho trepidation with which Barton again entered Laura Seldcn’s parlor. But nothing on her part evinced any knowledge of the transaction of tho previous evening; nor was there any visiblo in her manner or language. Sev eral successive visits confir ned his supposition thut liis accusing angel hud withdrawn from the metropolis, and thus negatively resigned her claims upon him. Laura continued kind and affable, and it was near the close of the week proceeding their eontempated union, before he discerned the slight est cause for uneasiness. About tliis period she complained of indisposi tion, appeared ratlicr reserved, and their meeting occurred in the presence of her parents. Once or twice she inquired about the handkerchief sho had given him, and tlie ring which was tied in its cor ner. But the question was introduced so incident ally, and it was so customary and natural for a lady to bo rathei%ensive or contemplative linmediutoly antecedent to her wedding, that liis suspicions of** development were unaroused, or if partially exjjfcrt ted, were readily discarded. At length Barton took the alarm. 'Within fbrtyn eight hours tlie nuptials were to have been cele brated, but there were no ostensible preparations for the important event; neither had lie been con sulted upon any particular, in reference to tlie cere mony or the invitations. Suspense, ever painful, becomes more so, in proportion to exigencies, and men frequently liow their way to n denouement, although the act itself may prove fatal to their desires. Barton resolved upon an eclaircissemont, what ever might be the consequences. Accordingly ho entered the drawing-room one evening, with that self-possession which emanates from preconcerted artifice, and finding Laura alone, approached the sofa where she wus sitting, with the air of one con fident of a welcome. Upon her side, tho greeting was rather formal; but seeming not to notice this, he urged conversation with all tne address and flu ency of which lie was so capablo. Dcxtcriously approximating tlie cause of his solicitude, after much circumlocution, ho ventured to express tlie liopo that “ her ultered manner proceeded rather from the timidity and hesitation incident to a re fined woman about to change her domestic posi tion, than from any doubts of his integrity and es teem;” adding that, “as their union had been long deferred, he trusted that she would no fur ther procrastinate their mutual happiess.” Laura beheld him with an eye black aud flashing as a storm-cloud; and, rising from the sofa, her tall und symmetrical figure, strained to its utmost height, and enlarged by emotion, her expressive features flushed with auger, and eliminating scorn and aversion, stood before him, to trans-sex a La tin appellation, like a “ JunoTonana,” “Never,sir, she exclaimed, “cun I yield my hand to a man who persists in shrouding himself with mystery, and has not oonfldenco sufficient in my affection to acknowledge an error.” “ For Heaven's sake, Laura,” criod Barton, struggling to mask liis purturbation, “ what mys tery : —what error ?” “ Miss Selden, if you please, sir! I have repeat- 1 cdly asked you for my handkerchief, end you answer evasively.” “ Saints and augels 1” ejaculated the lover, “be cause,” and he counterfeited ingenious laughter, . “ because I lost it, and wus ashamed to confess my 1 carelcsncss 1” 1 “ Indeed, sir,” rejoined Laura, piercing his men- 1 dacious spirit witli a glance, “you are merry over 1 an incident which dissolves our intimacy for ever I 1 I have a trifle which mnst be returned to the do- ' norand sho moved proudly into the next pur- ' Before Barton oonld rally his disordered ideas, he was confronted by Mr. Selden, who led forward Caroline Southmeed. “ Henry,” said her portly ciceroni, “ the girl re turns this trinket which you left in her chamber.” Barton’s fiice crimsoned with rage nnd mortifi cation, and essaying neither apology nor reply, he started from his'scat and rushed toward the hall.— , Ilis egress was, however intercepted by the ap pearance ofKobcrt Southmeed and his companion who had just been admitted by a servant. “Scoundrel!” vociferated his irritated superior, approaching Snclling with munaoing gestures, “to you I am indebted for this exposure and defeat; yon have instigated this plot against me to gratify the malice and falsehood of that whining, half demented creature. Henceforward your services will not be needed.” “ But mine may beshouted the sailor interpo sing between his friend and his accuser, “ You tape-measureing milk-sop, do you speak of my sister iu that way. To the ports, you strangled monkey,you have been amongst hoirfst fellows long enough: ’ and so saying he grasped the young merchant by his collar, dragged him towards fan opened window, and, in spite of the expostulations of Mr. Selden, the interference of Snelling, and the shrieks of Caroline, hurled him out headlong upon the pavement beneath. Southmeed sprang through the window after his prostrate foeman, and would have dealt him even graver punish ment, but for some by Btandere who prevented fur ther violence, lifted Barton into a hack, and con veyed him to his lodgings. His death was characteristic of the man. While travelling in Italy he received a pistol-ball in his brams, fired by a husband, who mistook him for a robber, while ascending a ladder to the lattice of his dormitory. Snclling and Southmeed. with the aid of Bob’s gold and the liberality of a capitalist, set up a “ ship ehandlcry,” which, through tic patronsgo and efforts of Mr. Selden and hie mercantile com peers, obtained a run of lucrative enstom. Caroline retired to the country, and after a few years married a middle-aged-widower, who had several little scions about him requiring the culture and attention of a mother. Laura felt her disappointment keenly for a sea son ; but as health, youth, and ricncs, are general ly more than equal to the aggressions orsorrow, our readers will not be surprised to learn that she was at the last advices, affianced to a man of worth and probity, one capable of .appreciating her merits, and upon whose arm she can repose with confi dence. t * The great tunnel on the NaahviUe and Chatta nooga Railroad has been completed, and the open ing of the railroad through it will be celebrated with a great feßtival, in which ten thousand per aons are expected to participate, on the 3rd of the coming moatji. * VOL. LXVI.-NEW. SERIES VOL. XVI.--NO. 27. py The following lines will touch the heart of ererj reader. They are aa lofty in ientiment, a> they are man ly in affoction and beautiful in measure. Mr. Pkrcivai Is.too silent. His voice should be oftener heard In thi choir of the Bards. TO MY MOTHER. ' ' BT C. S. PKBCITAL. Ai fondly seeks the shattered ship the shore, Long tossod by adverse winds upon the ocean; Aa turns a birdling to its nest once more. To rest at night from day’s o’erwearying motion; As hies an angel home to Paradise, His tears for mortal pain awhile to smother, Amid the rapture of his native skies; So turns my weary heart to thee, my Mother. 01 gently take it to that ahelterlng breast, Which pillowed soft my infancy in slumber, Sweeter the memory grows of that sweet rest. The more my shortening years increase In number. The head grows old; the heart, forever young. Clings to its earliest love as to no other. No youthful passion ever yet wss sung, Like that my manhood bears to thee, my mother. My heart, a lone ship—Childhood’s harbor cleared— lly varying winds is burns forever forward. Whichever course the vessel may be steered, Its love, the compass, points forever nor’wanl; Where thou, its i>ole-star, from thy northern home, Sinil'st ov’r the wave, each rising fear to smother. For from its heavenly course it cannot roam, For guidance turning thus to thee, my mother. Thy early lessons I can ne’er forget: ► Thy tears—ah! at tlie thought my own are fulltng. Thy prayers are fresh within my memory yet; Thy winning voice to duty still is calling. Oft when at night—my own prayer briefly said— Thou thought’st me sleeping by my sleeping brother, I’ve listened to thy low voice neur my bed, In earnest prayer for him und me, my mother. Those prayers, like guardian angels, still are nigh To nerve my heart for every tierce temptation; To give fresh courage In the hour of fear, Iu sorrow to impart sweet consolation. Nor those ulone: bright spirits come and go From thee t» me, each following swift tlie other, Revealing what 'tin very joy tu know, That thou art praying for me still, toy mother. “ This or upon this,” were the wojds of one* Who gave her warrior son a shield at parting. “ Ne'er sacrifice thy principles, my son,” Were thy Inst words to me, with tear-drops starting. The dashing din of life’s stern battle field Can never more those words of parting smother. Those principles are still my heavenly shield— The shield thou gav’st, my more than Spartan mother! I’ll bring it safely back; or, fallen in fight, Be borne upon it, as I trust, to Heaven; Whence thou, if gone before, enrobed iu light, Wilt come to meet me ’mid the clouds of even. If In this world I ne'er may meet thee (bore, llow sweet the Joy that waits me in another! Sweeter than e’en my childhood's joys of yore— O! blissful thought! a Heaven with thee, my mother! * Gorgo, the wife of Leonidas, when her son was depart ing to battle, gave him a shield, with tide laconic inscription —“<s tautem e ejtl teiuta"— literally remlqjed above. The meaning is—“ Bring this back safe or be brought back dead upon it.” - Gallatin, Tenn., April 80th, 1552. Methodism. —lu Mr. Webster's recent Fanueil Hall spoeoli, wc find tho following notice of ono of our large, raspeetablo ami useful religious denomi nations—tlie Ministers of whoso General Confer ence wore present: Wo seo here, to-day, delegate members from ono of tlie greatest Christiun denominations in tlie United States, coming from tlie North probably, certainly, from the South and West; and who is not glad to seo them ? [Applause.] They come as friends; and who would wish to see them in any other capacity f And as for myself, gentlemen, I say to them, I bid you welcome, [The mombers of tho Methodist Conference now roso in u body.] 1 bid yon welcome to Fanueil Hull, the birtli place of American liberty. Welcome to Boston, tho seal of commerce, enterprise and literature. Wel come to Massachusetts, tho homo of public educa tion. We welcome you for your miiny Christian virtues, and for tho good you have accomplished in this country ami abroad. In the course of my life I have uot been an uninterested render of yonr history. I know something of Cliarlea Wesley.— Dying at a great age, shortly after our indepen dence wan secured, these were liis last words:— “The workmen dio, but tbo work gooß on 1” [Cheers.] The workmen who framed tbo institu tions ana tho Constitution of our country have passed away, but their work lives after them.— Those same institutions und that sumo Constitu tution have been uphold by us, and 1 trust, will be sustained by our children forever. Although the workmen limy die, yet may the work'go on. I linvo reud many years since, tho biography of John Wesley, an extraordinary person, the great tounder and apostle, of tho socioty, wlio died, I think, iu 1791, at tlie advanced ago of eighty-three years. His lost words were, “Tho best of all is that God is with us.” These sei.liinhKk have been wonderfully illustrated in the subsequent hißtory of Methodism, of which Southey said so strongly that it was “ religion in earnest. Ojrreepondence of the Albany Keening Journal. Tlie Lelpaic Book Trade. 1. hi ran:, May 15, 1852 Wo liad aplcusant journey, through a well cul tivated country and a succession ofold uud interest ing German towns, from Dresden to Leipsie. The first point of importance is Meissen, where the oldCastlo, in which the Princes of Saxony former ly resided, has been converted into a manufactory for the well known Dresdou china or porcelain. The first chiuu that Europo producod was made herein 1710. Wo have rcacliod Leipsie at a moment of such deep interest, that I regret to leave it as soon us we are compelled to. Tliis is tlie wook of their greutest fiiir. The city is full of Btruiigcrs, and litoralljr ernmed witli ricli and bouutiftu fubrios. These fuirs draw people from all parts' of Europe, to tlie number of3o, 40, 50, and iu 1834, of 80,000. Then (1834) it is suid thut tho sides amounted to eighty millions of dollars. Lcipsio is tlie grout book mart of Kurope. In deed books form tbo most important part of tho trade of Leipßio, amounting to nine or ten millions ot francs amimiily. There arc n hundred book publishers and booksellers hero, and five or six hundred more aro hero now attending the fair. I went this morning through an entire street de voted to printing and bindiug. Tho rattling of presses and tho clicking of tyno sounded familiarly. 1 then called upon Mr. Xouck nitz, who is tlie Harper of Leipsie, whoso estab lishment reminds mo of that great Amorican pub lishing liouso. Mr. Tiucknitz ro-publislios, in English, clioap editions of ull tho best works of English and American authors. In liis wurcrooms, besides tons of Kngiish volumes, were tho works of Washington Irving and J. Fenimore Cooper, com plete. Mr. Toucknitz’s books arc Bold throughout Europe. Tho present heud of tho house is a young man of cultivated and agrooablc manners, who, iii liis modo of disputching business and receiving strangers, reminds ouo of Fletelior Harper. Tho University of Leipsie has a world-wide fame aud, next to Prague, is the oldost iu Germany. It has upward of 60 professors and over 1,000 stu dents. In a cellar near tho market place Dr. Faustus was supposed to linvo livod in collusion with him . of the cloven foot. Tlie market place itself is [tvaqcor from a peculiar order, or disorder, of nrchi- KfeßtUre. Here is tho town liouso in which tho i jUlie* Sovereigns mot when, after a tremendous ' battle, they hud driven Napoleon from Leipsie. There is now a continuous railroad from Leipsie 'to Frankfort, the last link having beon just sup plied by tho completion of tho road, u distance of twelve miles, which we performed by diligence, that being their last appearance, as the train was to go through on the following day. Cheap Enjoyment.— Ono of our New York con temporaries in describing a recent Pie Nio of tho Gorman Glee Clubs, near that city, gives its the following insight into ono of tlie philosophical traits of the Teutonic character: “It is a peculiarity of tho Germans to enjoy cheaply—they do not sneer at all hilarity which costs less than five dollars a head—they ure willing to have a good time even if they are not ruined by it. It is a national weakness. But wo owo the Gorman Glee Clubs a debt for their festival. They have shown us that good music and a good timo may be had without much trouble, aud at very lit tle cost. Every member of those Societies is a hard-' working tnan, but they all love the art enough to devote u little time to its cultivation, aud tlie great enjoymont of tlie last few days is tlie abundant har vest of that small seed. They th«a honor the great masters—improve their tt’.atos and quicken their feelings—and secorQ to themselves and those de pendent upon them a rational and beautiful amuse ment.” It is said that the spirit rappers arc doing an ex pensive business in Concord, (Mass.) A corres pondent of tho Post, says a doctor, introduood it into that town, through a medium ho found in Boston, Several people have had their mind dis - ordered by the delusion. One man believes he is soon to bo endowed with tlie power of performing miracles, such as healing the sick by tlie touch. &c., undone (the principal professor)says lie shall soon be abio to walk on the water. The corres pondent hopes he will try it on pretty deep water. —Rework AdvertiMr. Ingenious Advertising.— An enterprising trader in New York, has adopted an ingenious liiodc of advertising, at the same time that he appears to bo actuated only by motives of tho purest philanthro py. Ho has stationed individuals, at the most fre qufcntcd corners of tho streets, at tho hottest time of the day, who present to every passer by a fan, to cool himself with. On each side is pasted an advertisement of the name of the giver, location of his store, and prices of his goods. What next in the way of acquiring noturicty ? Western Theatricals arc of rather a unique char acter. We clip from au lowa paper the following notice of ‘tho opening of the Red Barn’—First night of the Dancing Goat, who goes throngh the intricacies of the cotillon lfkc a fellow critter. The performance of Uie Goat will he followed by an exhibition %f the mathematical attainments of tho Dog Billy, a quadruped that reckons np figures like a piece of chalk, and works problems in al gebra with one leg tied behind lum. Admission I cents. No corn taken at the door. P. S.— The free list entirely excluded, except the press and ministers of the Gospel. We learn that several of the go-ahead Whigs have ordered a lot of large soup dishes, to bo la belled “ Scott’s Soup,” to be placed in the public coffee houses throughout the city where the Soott boys and others oan take a hasty plate of soup on every day at lunch. —Cincinnati Allot. Can’t the Pierce boys, byway of offset, got up a few candy associations in honor of “tho most il lustrious deed ” in the life of their candidate Lem. Jerur. Northern Slate Pixs—Wo And the following in the Philadelphia Ledger Tr<m»cnpt ot the 8d inat., which wc cheerfully; publish “tree gratia for nothing withoat charge Cooks, Chambermaids. Nurses, Girls, all ages, for city and coontry; Men and Boys, all capaci ties, at Burton’s, Third and Spruce streets. Now according to the English Language and the natural bent of human feeling, we are slaves to many habits, vices, fashions, and customs, but it the above card, from “Burton’s, Third and Spruce streets,” docs not fully show tliat there is a class of people, in and about the Northern cities, sub jected 6y force of circumstances, to a rigid system of slavery more horrid and helpless thsn African slavery, now in the Southern States, it would boa fruitless task to attempt to point out one thing which is worse than another —True South, Lathis’ Pistols.— A new sort of fire-arms, called ladies’ pistols have made their appearance in Cin cinnati. Small and beautifully made, very pretty instruments for a lady’s delicate hands—if sh'c' don’t shoot. They look and feel much better, wo should suppose, In a satin palm, than would their contents in a cloth-covered body. The Cincinnati Commercial suggests as a name for tlieao novel in struments, “ Lola Montkz popguns.” Dobbs says if marriages are made in Heaven he is sorry for it—for very many alliances reflect no great credit on the place. Dobbs was locked out the other night during “that r*iu>" -Lil—LLi"Ja"liL'!2J ■ ■ Fi*fi% the fit tiilJifjf m/vj* NATIONAL, AGRICULTURAL Con vention. WEDNESDAY’S PROCEEDINGS. The National Agricultural Convention mot ves-. terduy ut ten o'clock in the Lecture Room of the Smithsonian Institute, in this city, and was organ ized by calling Jinlgo Frederick Watts of Penn sylvania, temporarily to the chair, and by appoint ing Richard S. Mercer, of Mary laud, ana Dr. Dan iel Lee, of Georgia, Secretaries. A roll of the States was then called, to ascertain the number and names of delegates representing the various Agricultural Societies of each State when it was lound that there wero present— , ’ From Noiv Hampshire, eight delegates; front Vermont, threo; liom Massachusetts, twenty-live ; from Rhode lshuid, threo; from Connecticut, lour; from New York, twenty; from New Jersey two; from Pennsylvania, live ; from Delaware, six; from Maryland,twenty-three; from Virginia, ten; from North Carolina, one; from Louisiana, two; horn Ohio, twelvo; from Kentucky, two; from Ten nessee, threo; from Indiana, one; from Illinois, two; from Arkansas, one; from Michigan, four; from Texas, one; from Wisconsin, two; from tho District of Columbia, eleven; making tho total number of delegates present 151, representing twenty-three Stutos and Terriwuivs. On motion, a coinuiiteo of seven members wus appointed to nominate pormanunt oilicers, for tho Convention. Tlie committee having retired, during tho brief intcivul that intervened a communication was laid boh)re tho Convention from Mr. McCormick the inventor of tho Virginia reaper, inviting its mem bers to witnos* the exhibition of bis machine at Giesborough. On motion of Mr. Hale, of Now Hampshire, tho communication was referred to a committee ot three, consisting of Mr.(iiale, of N. 11., Mr. Johnson of N. Y., and Mr. Jessup of Pa. ' • Mr. King, of Kliodo Island, from tho committee appointed to uominato permanent officers for the Convention, submitted the following nominations : ior /‘resident —Marshall I’. Wilder, of Mass. For IViw /Ve»M««*t*~ilcnry Wager, ot N. V.; Frederick Walts, of Pa.; Charles 11. Clavert, ot ' Md.; Win. F. Hunter, of Ohio ; Georgo W. Nes mith, of N. II.; John U. Throckmorton, of Yu.; 11. K. Bugwyn, of N. C.; T. J. Rusk, of Texas; James Duane Doty, of Wis. Fur Secretaries —William S. Kiug, of R. I.; 15. p. Johnson, ofN. Y.; .1. A. Warder, of Ohio; J. D. B. Dußow, of Louisiana. Tito report having boeu unanimously uecopt od— M. Wilder, amidst much applause, took the chair, and addressed the Convention as follows: Gentlemen of tho Convention : 1 wiH not inter rupt tho proceedings of this body by any extend ed remarks from the chair; but! cannot forbear to tomler to you lug lioartfoalt grutulations for tho honor you have conferred upon me in selecting mo to preside overyotir deliberations—an honorwhieli is connected witli a pursuit which lias ever laid near my heart. Permit mo also to express my great gratification that there tiro present so many members repre senting tho agricultural interest of this great Re public—some gentlemen coming from different and distant parts of tho Union, atgreat personal sact idee; but whether from tho North or tho South, the East or tho West, I extend to each of you the hand of fel lowship, uud I greet you us brothers in u common cause. Gontlcmon wo come hero with no sinister mo tives; wo hnvo no political arguments to advance; we huve no sectional or party purpose* to promul gate, but wo are here for more important purpo ses. Wo are hero to udvaueo an art coeval with the existence of tho human rnco—an art which employs eighteen mUlious of our population, and four-tilths of all tho capital in our lair laud—an art which lies at tiio very foundation' of national and individual prosperity tuid wealth, the basis of commerce, of manufactures, and of iudustriul.pur suits. Wo are an agricultural people ; our habits, our dispositions are rural. I rejoteo that it is so, and 1 pray that it may ever coutinuo to be so.— Our country otnbrucos every vurioty of Boil, and is capable ol'producing most of tho products of tho torrid and tomporato zones; and with u suitable application of science to this art, and a wise divis ion oflabor, with proper Governmental utd, there is no reason why American agriculture may not sustain competition witli that of any other nation of tho civilized globe. The progress of agriculture, ns you all know, * gentlomou, lias boon slow in tho United Mutes, but u now era has now commenced. Tho old worn out systems of cultivation which have been followed by liitber und son, and from generation to genera tion, aro now to be swept away, and science to take its pluce in aid of honest industry. I rejoice, gen tlemen, that wo live ut this day; I rejoice thut the seed planted by the iuimorlal Washington, and which lias been watered by thousands of other eminent agriculturists, is now taking root, mid that wo live in our duy to realize souio of the proud results of their hopes. Muelt of'the progress which lias been attained in our country is tho result of individual en terprise, aided by tho ugriculturiil.presH; hut tho great motive power is confederated action, is as sociated effort, Gentlomcii, wo huve met on this occasion to avail ourselves of this powerful im petus. At no period in tiie history of our country has there boon such mi assembly collected for the pttrposo of considering those objects for wliioli wo are brought together, and there lias been no op portunity which is so favorable to tho interests of the farmer. Permit mo again, gentlemen, to tender yon uiy thunks for tho distinction you nave conferred upon me, und to say that in the course of our delibera tion*, I may, with your permission, participate in your debates. [Applause.J Mr. Ilolktnuii, of Delaware, moved that a com mittee be appointed to prepare a form of constitu tion for tlie organization of u United (status Agri cultural Society, und to report such other business to the Convention us may proporly ciuiui its atten tion—said committee to consist Os seven members. Mr. Humphrey Marshall, of Kentucky, expres sed tho opinion that it tho committee was to carve out business tpr tlie Convention, it hud better be composed of olio member from each State, lie moved to amend tlie motion so tlie committee should consist of one member from each State. Mr. Holkmuu accepted the amendment in lieu of ilia own motion. Col. Geo. W. Hughes, of Maryland, thought that a committee consisting of one member from each State would bo too lurgo und cumbrous. The Convention required dispatch in its business, and seven vfould he quite a sufficient number to com poßO tlie committee. Mr. Mcuchmn, of Vermont, said that a committe® of seven from different parts of tlie country, would be.largo enough to bring in business for the con sideration ol the Convention. A committee <xF Olio from each State, however, HhonW be appointed todrulta constitution, in tin* way lubor couid. bo divided, and more expedition given to business. Ho moved tins as an amendment to tho motion m. modified. Mr. Marshall, of Kentucky, said that it oconrred to linn thut it might have suggested itself to tho gentleman from Vermont that when the committed of otio from each State should assemble, they could divide their labors among tbomsel viy. I’hero wore u grout many departments of agriculture, and ho apprehended that the fanners of cadi Slate would like to bring the particular agricultural pursuit* -own Sstato Move 'diecommittee who were to block on the business to be done by tho Con veution. lie therefore hißiatod on his motion that » tho committee con&ist ol one member from oacii •State, Mr. Moncham believed that if seven gentlemen should be appointed on the conunitteo they could report business to the Convention at once; but if the oommittee should oonßißt of ouo member from ouch State, they would not bo ablo to make u re port for one or two days. Mr. Gowcn, of Pennsylvania, said that a motion had boon mude to appoint a committee to draft a constitution for a society which hud not yet boon formed. It haa not yet been decided us to the ex jwdiency of organizing a United States Agricultural Society. It would be better first to take Into con sideration whether or not it was expedient to form such a Bocioty. His own impression was that such action was not expedient; and be was decidedly of opinion that a United States Agricultural So ciety could not be maintained. Mr. Watts, of Pennsylvania, submitted a few remarks as to his understanding of tho motions i pending. Judge Douglas, of Illinois, supposed that the Convention n*sci|ibled with the understanding that they would form a United States Agricultural Soci ety, and to transact such otlter business as in their opinion tho interests of agriculture throughout the country might require. If, however, it was nri open und doubtful question whether u national society should bo formed, tho adoption of the mo tion pending would sottlo the question; for it af firmed that such a society should be formed, m<l the comntittco proposod to bo appointed was to form a constitution for its government. He sub mitted that the committee should be composed of one momber from each State represented here, for the reason that this was a National Convention, and each State should hatte a voice in tho commit-, tee os well as on tho floor. [Applause.] He imped they would vote on tho motion of the gentleman from Kentucky, (Mr. Muwimil,) with the distinct understanding that its adoption would be a deci sion tlmt a national society was to bo formed, and that a constitution was to be reported by the com mittee it was now proposed to appotep Mr. John L. Taylor, of Ohio, thought that they lmd met for the purpose of forming u National Agricultural Society. ' He would now ho compelled to lea ’J the Convention to attend to his duties in Congress, and he saw many members around him who were similarly situated, and who knew that there was a bill pending in the House of Kepreseu tatives more important titan the election of a I'res deut of tho United States. Ho wished, howovei, to express hero his hearty approval of tho objects of tins Convention as bOI forth in thcirpriiftod call. Mr. John P. llale, of Now Hampshire, was of the opinion that if members of Congress continued to give tiie Convention the same specimens of wordiness, it would bo well if they should oil leave.' Ho trusted they would remember that this Convention did not sit as long as Congress, but that they oamc here to transact business, and would be content to vote. Mr. Ilolkliam then withdrew Ins motion, ns mod ified at the suggestion of Mr. Marshall, of Ken tucky, at the request of— Mr. Lee, of Georgia, who moved that it is expe dient to form o National Agricultural Society. Mr. Jessup, of Pennsylvania, apprehended that there would be very iittlo difference of opinion upon this question. Many gentlemen .hud come here, as far' us he had been able to 'learn, not only desirous that a lintioal Organisation should be effected, but witli the expectation that other things not immediately connpcfod with its or ganization should also be acted upon. For liia part, lie could see no difficulty ife accomplish ing an organization, and also effecting nil oth er things that might ho deemed desirable. If a national organization of this character should in terpose between the people mid national action up on this subject, he<tiimself wotdd be onnosed to [ VIA MUST s.v would oe opposed to it, because be did believe that tlio time had come when the agricultural interests of the natiou had a right to demand an agricultural department of this Government to protect, sustuiu, and promote their interests. (Applause.) if tlio organization which was proposed could at all interfere with the prose cution of this great objoot, he should have great doubt* as to its expodienoy; but, at the same time, if this should not be accomplished at this sossinn of Congress, ho beliovod a national organization would do the medium of comnimunicatioii between the farmers of thu Union and the Congress of the nation, whioii might eventuate in the accomplish ment of what the farmers of this Union, when they should understand the bearing of the great question, would demand with perfect unanimity. The motion of Mr. Leo was then agreed to. Mr. Holeman then renewed the motion that a committee, to consist of one from each State rep resented in .the Convention, and also from the Dis trict of CohltHMa, lie appointed to prepare busi- Convention, and report a constitution And thci’eSfeio 1,10 President appointed the fol lowing gentlemen' to constitute said committee: Messrs. Ilolkham, of Delaware; Douglas, of hi nois ; J. A. King, of New York;JDajrson, of Geor gia; French, of Massachusetts ; Steele, of New Hampshire; Thurston, of Jtliode Island ; Hub bard, of Connecticut; Stevens, of Vermont’ El wyn, of Pennsylvania; Calvert, of Maryland; OJt KCOITO p*o».J '
