News & planters' gazette. (Washington, Wilkes County [sic], Ga.) 1840-1844, February 09, 1843, Image 1
NEWS & PLANTERS’ GAZETTE. D.. COTTING, Editor. No. 24.— NEW SERIES.] NEWS A PLANTERS’ GAZETTE. terms: Published weekly at Three Dollars, per annum if paid at the time of subscribing ; or Three rDollars and Fifty Cents, if not paid till the expi ration of six mouths. No paper to bo discontinued, unless at the option of the Editor, without the settlement ot all arrearages. (LT Letters, on business, must le postpaid, to insure attention. No communication shall he published, unless we are made acquaint/ 1! with the name of the author. 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. [VOLUME XXVIII.