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NEWS & PLANTERS’ GAZETTE.
D.. COTTING, Editor.
No. 24.— NEW SERIES.]
NEWS A PLANTERS’ GAZETTE.
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LAW NOTICE.
rjMIE Subscriber oiieis ins hiufes&ionrl servi
ces to his fellow-citizens of the jw'liern
Circuit. Office in Mr. Barnett’s new building,
Northwest corner of the Public Square—front
room, first floor.
JAMES M. SMYTIIE,
Washington, Wilkes county, (ia~, I
December 22, 1842. y 17
SISSY FTTOiLtLIY,,
ATTORNEY AT CAW,
Washington, Georgia.
KP Office over Callaway & Co’s. Store.
February 2, 1843. 4t 23
LOTTING &, BUTLER,
ATTORNIES,
HAVE taken an OFFICE in the rear of
Willis & Hester’s Store.
January, 1843. • 28
The Subscriber*
“OHISHING to ciose business,offers at Redu
* * ced Prices, his present STOCK, consist
ing in part, of tiie following :
Mrjfi Ladies’ Kid and Calf walking
wfj __ Shoes, just received.
T Misses Call and Seal do. do.
Children’s Shoes,of various kinds
Boy’s Calf and Kip, ewcd and peg’d. Shoes,
Men’s Shoes, sewed and peg’d. a variety,
Women’s sewed and peg’d. Kips,
Women’s fine Leather Bootees,
Gentlemen’s fine Call Boots,
Coarse Brogans, men’s and boys, best quality,
Do. do. extra Bize,
Men’s leather Slippers,
Men’s Calf and Seal Pumps.
ALSO,
Ladies’ Kid Buskin Ties, and a case of Gentle
man's sewed Shoes, soon to arrive.
Also, Factory Oznaburgs, at 9 cents per yard,
and woolen Kinseys, nearly a yard wide, at 28 to
30 cents, which article was sent invoiced at 45
cents, and cannot be bought at the Factory now
at much less than 40 cts. by the quantity.
O’ Persons wishing any of the above articles,
will do well to call at the SHOE STORE ot
A. L. LEWIS.
N. B.—Persons indebted on account will please
call and settle at the earliest possible date.
January 12, 1843. A. L. L.
Removal.
THE Subscriber informs the public that lie
lias removed from Tyrone to Crawford
ville, where he has permanently located himself,
and will carry on the business of manufacturing
COTTON-GINS, and will deliver Gins to any
part of Georgia or South Carolina, to order.—
Persons wishing any correspondence wit!, I lie
Subscriber, will please direct to Craw ‘bvdv'lle.
Taliaferro county, Ga., where all orders iu my
line of business Will be thankfully received auu
will be promptly attended to by the Subscriber.
1 return my thanks to Old YV.ikes for her pat
ronage, and yet hope not to be forgotten by her,
believing as 1 do that i can do as well by the
Planters in furnishing them with Cotton-Gins as
any man in the Southern Stales.
S. R. CRENSIIAW.
January 5,1843. t 9
Tailoring Mis ntbli shin in t
Removed over H. S. Belcher’s Store.
THE Subscriber begs leave to inform the t üb
lic and his former customers, that in conse
quence of the present Hard Times, he will make
up Work in a Superior Style of Fashion, a; a
reduced price for Cash. Cotton, Hog-meat,
Lard, Meal, Flour, or Irish Potatoes. Persons
wishing to patronize a TAILOR that is willing
to comply with the Times, can do so by applying
to the Subscriber.
WILLIAM F. SOHAN.
October 13, 1842. 7
Caution.
ALL persons are hereby notitied and forwarn
ed not to trade for two Promissory Notes
given by myself to Cornelius Galloway, one for
One Hundred an Seventy-three Dollars payable
the Ist of January next, and the other for Fifty
two Dollars, payable the Ist f June next, and
both dated the 3d of January, 1843, as I am de
tesqained not to pay them unless compelled by
law. FRANCIS C. ARMSTRONG.
January 20th, 1843. 3t 22
ALL persons indobted to the Estate of Mary
Hughes, deceased, late of Wilkes county,
ore hereby notified to make immediate payment
to the undersigned, and those having demands a
gainst the same will present them in terms of the
law. BARNARD H. HUGHES, Adm’r.
January 5,1843. 6t 19
“ JYotice.
ALL persons having demands against the Es
tate of Larkin Clark, late of Elbert county,
deceased, will present them as the law requires ;
and those indebted to said estate will please make
immediate payment to
ROBERT McMILLAN, Executor.
Elberton, January 4,1843. 20
FOUR months after date, application will be
made to the Honorable Inferior Court of
Oglethorpe county, Georgia, while sitting as a
Court of Ordinary, for leave to sell all the Ne
groes belonging to the Estate of Zachariah Reid,
Tate of Oglethorpe county, deceased.
REBECCA REID, Adrn’x.
V) / LINDSAY 11. SMITH, Adm’r.
- ,J \iry26, 1843. m4m 22
DRY GOODS
Cheap Cor Cash.
¥ih
Has on hand and is now opening, a largo
assortment of
Staple and Fancy
Dry CL©*ls,
Which he will sell very low for CASH,
AMONG WHICH ARE t
Black, blue, invisible-green, mulberry,
drub arid mix’d Broadcloths
Black and blue plain Cassini res
Do. do. figured do.
Fancy, diamond and diagonel do.
Black, blue, mix’d and drab Suttinets
Kentucky Jeans, Kerseys and Linseys
Red, white, green and yellow Flannels
Plain and diamond Beaver Cloths, for O
vercoats
Pilot Cloth, Tweeds arid Cable Cassimeres
French arid English Merinoes
Plain and figured Muslin de Laines
Plain and twilled Alpaca’s
A large assortment of French, English and
American Calicoes
Plain black Chally, fine article
Plain, figured and watered black Silks
Chine, plaid and figured fancy Silks
Black and white Satins, for Dresses
Do. do. for Vestings
Black silk Velvets, for do.
A large assortment of Winter Shawls
Irish Linens and Scotcli Ginghams
Silk, cotton and worsted Hosiery.
also,
A General Assortment of
Hats, Boots, Shoes, and Saddlery,
Hardware nnd Cutlery,
Drugs, Medicines, Paints, Oils,
Glass, Quecnsware,
and nearly every article usually kept in a
Dry Good Store, which he is determined to
sell low, believing a “ nimble six-pence is
better than a slow shilling.”
03” People from the country would do
well to call and examine for themselves.
Washington, Ga., Nov. 1842. 13
o r LOOK AT THIS!
The undersigned having determin
• ed to Sell off- —Pay iff, and Remove
• SSiRP “ff~ —now oilers for sale his Valuable
iT—tV.”- PLANTATION, ten miles East of
Washington, containing 773 Acres, more or less.
Tire said Plantation lies adjoining lands of O. C.
Arnett, S. Paschal!, and others. Upon the prem
ises is a first-rate Dwelling House, Kitchen, Ne
grollouses, Barn, Gin-llouse, and every outer
necessary out-house. The Plantation will oe
sold seperate—and if the purchaser wishes, he
can have the Horses, Hogs, Cattle, Corn, Fon
der, Oats, Plantation Tools, &c. Those wisluii
to purchase, will please call soon. Indisputable
titles and immediate possession given.
T. F. KENDRICK.
February 2, 1843. 23
JLOSt*
ON Wednesday the jhb nut, between
W.• •mi J 1 Wii air ■’ , 3 miles
beli'ty.-vi. by v. Griffin's V. s, a
small vest Per..’ lie 11 , . t.tinb gi: -e .mfe’ od
• o ey-three it ■- —>ue SIOO bui, one
t • ■ i; .m ,B:ate Bank; ,l e five
ui 1 ; one dollar Georgia Rail
Road. ••• one two dolor bili South Carolina, in
two pieces, i o Railroad rece.p s for five bales
Cot; - U,;. .da re eiptfrom Moseiy & Eihug
ton lor one , ; . :,ud some other papers not re
■ “"d. Ant liad ■■ ‘he same andde
:iishall recoive as a reward the
twentv-ihree dollars.
W. F. BAKER.
IP” The Augusta Chronicle will please give
the above three insertions in the weekly paper,
and forward their account to this office.
Washington, January 19,1843. 21
S3O Reward.
J Lost,
On the 241 h day of December 1842, between
my house and Lincolnton, Lincoln County, a
common size leather pocket-book tied with a
blue string, and containing about three hundred
and twenty dollars in Bank Bills on different
Banks, and one dollar and fifty cents in silver;
also the following Notes and Receipts, viz:
One note on Cash Willingham, for six hun
dred and fifty five dollars fifty cents ; one on Pe
ter Lamar, for one hundred dollars, one on Thos.
J. Murray, for S4O, one on Benjamin Samuels,
for $32, one on Watson, for S2OO, two fi. fas. one
against Tilman Alvey, the other against William
Reynolds, amounts not recollected.
Two due bills on B. B. Moore, for sls each.—
Three notes on Tilman Alvey, one for $75 one
for SBOO the other amount not recollected. One
on Thomas Tillery, for SO, one receipt on Rob
ert F. Curry for $220, one receipt on Jas. Lamp
kin for $339, one receipt for four bales cotton in
Augusta at Green & Andrews warehouse, left
there in Dec. 1842. Also many other notes and
receipts, the names and amounts not recollected.
All persons are warned against trading for the
above named notes and receipts.
Any person finding the Pocket-Book and con
tents, and delivering the same to Isaac Willing
ham at his residence three miles from Lincolnton
on the Petersburg Road, or to Milus M. Camp
bell at Lincolnton, shall be entitled to the above
reward of thirty dollars.
ISAAC WILLINGHAM.
Lineolnton Jan. 4,1843. 19
months after date, application will be
*- made to the Honorable the Inferior Court of
Elbert county, when sitting as a Court of Ordi
nary, for leave to sell all the Lands belonging to
the Estate of James Banks, Jr. deceased, late of
Elbert county.
JEREMIAH S. WARREN, Adm’r.
on the real estate of James Banks, Jr.
j- deceased.
• January 6,1843. nx4jn 19
WASHINGTON (WBLKKS COUNTY, GA., FEBRUARY 9, 1813.
.1.-? 5 ? isttlUx t -
SOLOMON SWALLOW,
THE WOMAN HATEK.
Rule a wife ami. have a wife.
Solomon Swallow was a bachelor, and
somewhat rusty too ; but nevertheless he
had made up his mind to one thing—that he
was the only man living who had acquired
any knowledge of the sublime art of taking
cure of a .v?fi . “Ail married men were
dolts,” was Solomon’s constant asseveration.
There, for ire utc, is my neighbor Tom
Tangible; h wifi: makes a sort of three
legged stooi of him; she shoves him in one
corner and then in another, and sits on him,
and walks on him, and in short treats him
us if he was nobody in the house; while he,
poor man. fakes it as easy as though it were
the must natural thing in the world. Now,
were I only Tom Tangible, I’d first write a
series of matrimonial rules, and if Mrs. T.
didn’t abide by them, I’d submit her to the
uhedesome discipline of bread and water
and a padlock ; and mayhap brighten her
ideas touching her conjugal duties, by the
application of a good cowhide. And there
again are Everard Easy, and Dick Snooks,
and a host more of them, in the same condi
tion—hut I’m the boy that will set them all
right if they’ll only follow my example, af
ter I have condescended to endow some for
tunate female with the legal claim to the ti
tle ofMrs. Swallow.
Brave Solomon Swallow!
“Well, Swallow,’said a neighbor to him
one morning, ‘as you are always boasting
of your skill in managing your wife, how
comes it that you are not married?’
‘Why because 1 have not quite perfected
my system. You poked your head into
the noose without making any preparation,
and hence Mrs. Evcrlack makes what she
likes ofyou. But 1 go to work logically.
1 began by studying the erudite works of
Zengubrozo, “On the philosophy of making
a woman hold her tongue.” 1 then road se
veral treatises “On the effect of bread and
water discipline in the making of good
wives. Shakespear’s “Taming of th
Shrew” furnished ine with some excellent
practical lessons. And lam now gener
alizing all their systems into one, which
shall carry the sway in all future genera
tions, and convert the plague of matrimony
into a blessing. In the course of a \ . or
so, my rules for the regulation of w oman
(J intend to publish it) will be completed,
and then 1 shall take unto mo a wife.’
And Solomon was as good as his word,
for at the age of thirty-five (feeling himself
prepared to give battle to any woman in or
out of the land of the Amazons) he got mar
ried. At this important period. Solomon
was a puffy comfortable looking little fel
low as you’d meet in a day’s walk ; for al
beit, die crown of his head never stood full
fi\. feet two from the heels of his bools, he
had a corporation that would have done hon
o. io any alderman, or even a lord mayor;
am! his gait, especially when walking with
anything in the likeness of a woman, was
a. i.ornpom-o s u sultan’s ; while at such
hi> countenance always assumed an
eyr.-ssion of female familiarity. The la
dy bom Solomon had chosen for his wor
se r half, was apparently a modest, lamb
like creature, so that the chances were ve
ry fair that site would not only be a tracta
ble wife, but that Mr. Swallow would need
no help from his system to make her so.—
Now Solomon had the forbearance not to in
terfere with the lady’s sayings and doings
on her wedding day, nor is it recorded that
he assumed any special authority on the
first night either; but about six o’clock the
next morning, be softly insinuated to his
sleeping partner that it was time to get up.
And when breakfast is ready you call me,
but be sure you don’t burn the toast.
‘Breakfast and toast,’ said Mrs. Swallow,
‘why what do you mean?’
‘Why my dear—l mean madam—that I
have begun my system.’
‘And won’t you gel up too?’
‘Yes, when breakfast is ready, and my
stockings aired,’
Mrs. Swallow was about to reply, but she
checked herself, and she was ashamed to
say much to him on so short an acquain
tance; but thought in the present instance
she’d do precisely as she was bid, she re
solved in her heart that it wasthe last time
she would get up at six in the morning to
prepare breakfast.
At eight o’clock, every thing being rea
dy, Mrs. Swallow called to Mr. Swallow,
‘Breakfast is ready, Mr. Swallow.’
‘ls the toast made?’
‘Yes.’
‘And not burned?’
‘No.’
‘Are my stockings aired?’
‘Yes.’
‘You’ll do,’quoth Mr. Swallow, and to
breakfast he went, having first received the
services ofthe blushing Mrs. Swallow to
help him into his inexpressibles.
The breakfast, however, did not turn out
to be the thing it was cracked up to be.—
The toast was done a leetle too much, and
the tea wasn’t done quite enough ; the slop
bowl was at the wrong end of the tray, and
there were several crumbs on the carpet.
‘These things call for improvement, ob
served Mr. Swallow.
‘The servant hasn’t been here this morn
ing,’ answered Mrs. Swallow.
‘Servant!’ retorted Mr. Swallow, I dis
charged him yesterday. You don’t sup
pose that I can afford to keep a servant and
a wife too?’
The lady was again posed, and said no
thiqgs but the day had worn to a close be-
PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY MORNING.
fore she could bring bcrselfto the belief that
Mr. Swallow had actually made useof the
word servant and wife in the same sen
tence.
The next morning at six o’clock Mr.
Swallow again informed his wife that it was
time to get up, coupling his remarks with
the suggestion that in future she must save
hint the trouble of reminding her of so ne
cessary a duty.
Mrs. Swallow, however, benefitted noth
ing by this soft insinuation, for at that mo
ment she either was or pretended to be fast
locked in the arms of Morpheus.
‘Don’t you hear, Mrs. Swallow,’ quoth
Mr. Swallow.
But alas! a slightly conscious snore was
the only response vouchsafed by Mrs. Swal
low.
Now this was a ticklish point with Solo
mon, but he was prepared for it—‘What
says my system on this head?’ said he to
himself, musingly. ‘lt says that a lazy
wife who lays abed in the morning, may be
very profitably reminded of her duty by
the judicious application of a pin.’ And
this magnificent idea had scarcely crossed
the threshold of his brain pan, than he in
serted the point of a huge pin into his drea
my helpmate’s propria persona. As may
be expected, the intended effect instantly
followed the cause, for the astonished Mrs.
Swallow sprang from the bed as though she
had been thrown from it by an earthquake ;
hut alas, her agility was even too striking
ly manifested, for she not only all hut anni
hilated poor Mr. Solomon in rolling over
him, but she dashed his patent lever from a
nail which suspended it from the wall, and
broke the dial into a thousand pieces.
‘What a dreadful dream,’ ejaculated
Mrs. Swallow, pressing her hand on her
wounded proportions.
‘What a dreadful reality, shouted Mr.
Swallow, contemplating the fragile mass of
his demolished time piece.
•Now Mrs Swallow,’said Solomon,‘see
ing that 1 can’t, always be awake to cal!
you up in the motning, or eat burnt toast,
or drink raw tpa. &c. it is time that I should
b yin to instruct you in your duties.’
‘\ndwhata: these, Mr Swallow?’
Hi silent madam, if you please. Not to
talk but to listen, is one of the most impor
tant of liiem,’
‘Proceed, sir.’
xkrid Mr. Swallow, looking daggers at
her lor this second interruption, proceeded.
‘From six to eight you are to get up,
dress quietly, so as to create no disturbance,
light fire, air shirts and stockings, sweep
the room, prepare breakfast and announce
the perfection thereof. Eight till ten, wash
tea things, make beds, rub furniture and
clean windows. Ten to twelve, go to mar
ket and prepare dinner. Twelve till two
devote to dish washing, sweeping up and
rubbing furniture. Two till six, spinning,
mending shirts and darning stockings. Se
ven, tea. Front that till nine, a second
course of mending and darning—and then
to bed! And this daily course, madam, j
with a strict observance ofthe rules of ci
vility, frugality, decorum, obedience, may
in time enable you to do honor to the choice
of Mr. Solomon Swallow.’
Mrs. Swallow listened quietly to the end,
and then mildly enquired, ‘And do you re
ally expect this of me, Mr. Swallow?’
‘To be sure I do,’ responded her spouse.
‘Then you’ll be sadly disappointed, for
I’ll do no such thing.
‘No ?’
‘No.’
‘l’ve a wav to make you.’
‘How?’
‘Spoon diet—locks—chains —and cow
hide.’
‘Mr. Swallow.
‘What?’
‘You are a brute.’
And Mrs. Swallow threw herself hack
and looked desperate.
Now this was a climax. Mr. Swallow
was called a ‘brute’ at his own fireside, and
by his own wife, which was worst of all.—
He, Solomon Swallow, the celebrated foun
der of a system of matrimonial observations,
called ‘a brute,’ and by no less a person
than Mrs. Swallow.
At first he was so much astonished at
such open manifestations of rebellion to his
royal will, that he could only look aghast;
but when he came to himself he saw that
something must be done at once, or the field
was lost forever.
‘You call me a brute, Mrs. Swallow.’
‘I did, Mr. Swallow.’
‘A brute ?’
‘l'll go mad and break things, Mrs. Swal
low.’
As you like, Mr. Swallow.
And Mr. Swallow did go mad, but he had
a method in his madness, for he seized the
cheapest article of delf that was on the ta
ble (an odd plate with a crack in it) and
dashed it into a thousand pieces upon :he
hearth, as if he was in a devil of a passion.
How do you like that, Mrs. Swallow ?
Vastly, Mr. Swallow—try it again.
And again he did try it, for he had be
come desperate, and demolished the cream
jug.
‘ Now,’ said the lady, ‘ it’s my turn,’ and
jumping up, she sent the slop bowl to keep
company with its two unfortunate ‘tea ta
ble companions.’
This of course was too much for Solomon;
it snapped assunder the only remaining
chord of the. little reason he had left, and he
slapped his help mate —we use theavord in
its most positive term upon her right cheek,
but scarcely had the echo ofthe blow melt
ed into silence ere the indignant dame had
seized the tea-pot and shivered it to atoms
against the devoted head of the devoted Sol
omon. Nor was this all, as he was rolling
heels over head from the effects of that aw
ful collision, she plied him with the remain
der of the traps, until there was scarcely a
bone in his body which had not echoed to
the shocks ofeups and saucers and rounds
of butter toast.
Unable to carry the war on any longer
for that day, Solomon gathered himself up
as well as he could, and vowing all sorts of
vengeance, stuck his pipe in his mouth, his
hands in his pockets,and then seltinga chair
in the middle ofthe room, lie planted him
self on it and commenced whistling a jig, to
the tune of the old cow died of—looking the
while as if he could bitea piece out of a
griddle without selling his lecth on edge.
His good lady too, being determined to fol
low the example of her lord and masler in
other matters besides delf breaking, placed
another chair back to back with Solomon’s,
and after providing herself with a novel, sat
herself down and began reading as if there
were no such tilings as beds to make, or
stockings to mend, in all Christendom.
Here this affectionate couple sat for six
mortal hours, each bent upon sitting the oth
er down, and ruminating the while upon
the pleasures of their respective positions.
But it must be confessed that the lady had
the best of the bargain, for independent of
Solomon’s mangled head and parboiled
shoulders, he was as mad that the watch di
al and crockery must be replaced : so that
the reducing of the first chapter of tin's vo
luminous system of practice must be atten
ded with an outlay to at least twenty dol
lars. This being the case, l may as well
he hung for a sheep as a lamb, thought he
and with that he rose from the chair, stole
soflly from the room and turned the key up
on the gentle Mrs. Swallow.
The turning of the key made her aware
of his intention,when she rushed to the door,
but it was too late.
‘Open the door this instant, Mr. Swal
low.’
‘Not until I have kept you for seven days
upon bread and water,’ returned the victo
rious Solomon, and lie went on his wa v re
joicing.
Bu‘ alas ! how effanescent is human
greatness; in about balfan hour he return
ed to see how matters were going or,, but
had scarcely put his eyes to the keyhole
than he began roaring like a bull, for Mrs.
Swallow had torn ovorvone of his fine lin
en shirts (that on his back excepted) into
pieces, to make a rope to let herself down
from the window; nor was this all, for upon
further examination he discovered that she
had also thrown a variety of chair cushions,
bed linen, &e. into the dirty yard to make
Iter descent safe and comfortable.
O! chop-fallen Solomon Swallow.
The archievesof the Swallows are silent
as to tiie remaining occurrences of this e
ventful day ; but on the very next morning
about seven o’clock, Mr. Swallow pop
ped his head from under blankets, and said
to Mrs. Swallow in the most soothing and
imploring tone possible, “Mrs. Swallow,
dear, isn’t it time to get up?’
‘Yes,’ returned the lady, ‘and you may
call ine when you have lit the lire and put
on the kettle.’
Poor Solomon! There was no alterna
tive, so he even set about his work with an
alacrity which showed that he had the ter
ror of broken heads and demolished body
linen running in his memory. In short,
Solomon was a conquered man. That day
he had to prepare breakfast,sweep the room
&c. The next, his assistance was re
quired in the rubbing of furniture and nm
king of beds ; and before the week was out,
he was initiated into the mystery of wash
ing coarse towels!
Degenerate Solomon Swallow !
Nay, in after times, when the little Swal
lows began to gather about him, it was
whispered that his better half (she was his
better half now!) used to employ him as
yet more deeply in conjugal offices. But
of this we have no proof other than the fact
that he was the only nurse that Mrs. Swal
low would trust with th, children
About five years after the celebration of
his nuptials, a friend called to see him.
‘You must go with me to the theatre, Mr.
Swallow,’ said the friend.
‘He shan’t’said Mrs Swallow.
‘But he must,’returned the friend, ‘and
so must you.’
•I may, but he can’t, replied the dame,
‘for he must slay at home with the chil
dren.’
And Mrs. Swallow didgo to the play, and
Solomon stopped at home, and when I visi
ted him that evening, I found him nursing
his three children.
Oh hen-pecked Solomon Swallow !
Beautiful result of Galvanism. —We wit
nessed yesterday a very interesting expe
riment made by M. S. N. Bostford, to wit,
Gilding by galvanic action. The process
occupied some 10 or 15 minutes, in which
time four silver pencil cases were made to
wear the appearance of rich hold ones, so
much so that they were pronounced to be
gold by many to whom they were shown.
The magneto-electric action upon gold
held in solution imparts to the less valua
ble metals the richness & lustre of the dear
er ones, and it will be necessary for pur
chasers hereafter to be on their guard a
gainst counterfeits, or impositions, of gilded
silver for solid gold. We have heard al
ready of the experienced being unable to
discover the gilded from the solid article.
Norfolk Beacon.
The fall that is most likely to injure a
person’s brain is—to fall in love with a
pretty girl.
ill. .1. KAPPEL, Prlntrr.
READING. ’
Os all the amusements that can possibly
he imagined for a hard-working man, after
his daily’ toil or in its intervals, there is no
thing like reading an interesting newspa
per or book. It calls for no bodily exer
tion, of which he has already had enough,
or perhaps too much. It relieves his home
of its dullness and satprni ss. It transports
him into a livelier and gayer, and more Hi
versified and interesting scene ; and while
he enjoys himself there, he may forget the
evils ofthe present moment fully as much
as if he were ever so drunk, with the ad
vantage of finding himself the next day with
tiie mottey in iiis pocket, or at least laid out
in real necessaries, and without the drunk
ard’s misery of mind and body. Nay, it
accompanies him to his next day’s work ;
and if what he has been reading be any’
thing above the idlest and lightest, it gives
him something to think of besides the mere
mechanical drudgery of his every day oc
cupation ; something ho can enjoy while
absent, and look forward with pleasure to.
If I were to pray for a taste which should
stand me instead, under every variety of
circumstances, and be a source o's happi
ness and cheerfulness to me through life,
and a shield against its ills, however things
might go amiss and the world frown upon
me, it would he a taste for reading
Sir .7 Herschel.
RADIOGRAPHY, OR IMPRINTING BY
RAYS.
Dr. Charles G. Page, of the Patero Of
fice, has repeated with perfect success, ex
periments relating to the interesting discov
eries of Professor Moser, of Koningsburgh,
in the production of pictures in total dark
ness.
A highly polished silver plate was placed
at a very short distance (say one thirtieth
part of an inch) above an ornamental de
sign upon tiie cover of a hook, and allowed
to remain in this condition in a dark place
about eight hours. At tiie end of this time
nothing was visible upon the plate, nor
could any picture he perceived by breathing
upon it. The place was then iodized, as if
for a dangerreotype impression, and then
subm.t ed to the vapor of mercury, when
the whole picture appeared with distinct
ness. The design was a stamped vignette
upon the cover of a book.’enclosing the
words, “ Year Book o: Facts 1842,” all of
which were legible upon the plate.
Images of seals and cam: “ we re alsoob.
tained, perfect in the miniro-: details, and
it was found when the first condition of the
jdate was sufficiently prolonged, that simply
breathing on lie plate developed the pic
ture, while the moisture remained upon the
plate ; but that the impression remained
permanent by submitting it to the vapor of
mercury.
The picture may he produced by mercu
ry, without the intervention of iodine, or e
ven by iodine without mercury. By iodi
zing the plate in the dark and then expo
sing it to diffuse day-light, or still better,
to direct sun-light, the image appears, and
is rendered permanent.
Dr. Page proposes to apply the term Ra
diography, or reprinting by rays, to this
new areas it involves no hypothesis, exper
iments having proved that the pictures are
obtained in a manner in strict accordance
with the law of radiation.
The most perfect pictures are produced
by direct contact, and in the shortest time ;
while, as the distance increases between the
plate and the object, the image becomes
weak and diffused, and is finally lost entire
ly when the distance isgreat— Madisonian.
An Amusing Incident is related in the
St. Louis Gazette, which we will present
to our readers as we find it recorded in that
paper. While the water was running so
deep in the streets as io render them impas
sable, especially tor ladies, a very pretty
young Miss stood at tbe corner, apparently
at a loss how to cross over. At this time a
youn • man wade and up, and seeing her pre
dicament, without waiting for an introduc
tion, picked In r up, and placed her safely
on the opposite side. Nort a word was
spoken till the young lady was placed on
the side walk, when she turned round, and
sneeringly exclaimed, — -You impudent
puppy!” “I beg your pardon, Miss!” ex
claimed the gentleman, with the greatest
coolness imaginable, again taking Iter up
ami placing her where lie first found her.
Gentlemen who are so unfortunate as to
have “better halves” with a turbulent, bois
terous temper —a disposition to torment,
tease and vex, a cross grained snarling
scold ; we think might mend their ways con
siderably, by persuading her to be mesmer
ised and then flog the operator like ven
geance. As feeling, taste, &c., are trans
fer ed she catches a licking, and the world
won’t call the poor henpecked husband a
brute. If we were blessed with a scold for
a wife we would try the experiment.
Death in the Tea-spoon —Many persons
are in the habit of using German silver tea
and table spoons, without being aware of
their poisonous composition. Some friend
ofhumanity lias announced, that German
silver is composed of copper, arsenic and
nicel, and that itoxydises very rapidly in
contact with any acid, and that small par
tides are taken into the stomach, w hich
imperceptibly act as a slow but sure poi,
son.— Nashville. Banner.
Justice is a duty—generosity a virtue.
Yet ti\e world is too apt to regard the fir-p
----as a favor and the latter as a follv.
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