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Newspaper Page TextjWwfl ^ JLI8HBD EVIJIV TUESDAY, I.ISHED V GLAI?D A 6. W. HARDWICK, PROPRIETORS. [ VSHISTED IN /HE EDITORIAL DEPARTMENT BT FLOURNOY. PERM8-—Thiiei Dollars ;ier annum, payable inru- riably in advance for new AuWriptions. 'Ll P.ip-.r will he tlfeontuiiMieiJ while any arrearage is «lue, at the option of the puSH.-her*; and pour '•> 'llaM will, in all i>:« .t, tie -xa* teJ where payment is mt .m !»»before the eni ration of the subscription year ADVERTISEMENTS *on«pitvjou‘.ly inverted at onp. dollar per one hundred wor ls. for the first insertion, and piptv cents for every sub-wqttent continuance. A square in the En quirer is the space of eleven lines in small type, con taining, a» it does, one hundred words. All Advertisements sent to u? without specifying the aumtier of insertions desired, will be continued Until ordered out, and charged accordiugly. L*o a L A over r i he.me NTs published at the usual rates, and wim strict attention to the requisitions of the law. : SriFRiwps* Sales under reeular execution must be ad vertise 1 for thirty daVs nafore the day of sale; un der montage fi fa.-?, sixty days before the day of sale. Sales ot‘ Land and Negroes, by Executors, Adininis- tratjrs or Guardians, for sixty days before the day of sale. Sales of personal property (exceptnegroes) forty days lie fore the day of sale. Citations by Clerks of the Courts of Ordinary,!upon application for letters of administration, must be pub lished for THIRTY DAYS. Citations upon application for letters of dismission, by Executors, Administrators or Guardians, monthly for six MONTHS. OatiRRsof Courts of Ordinary, (accompanied by a copy of the bond or agreement.) to make Titles to Land, must be published three months. Notices by Executors or Administrators or Guardians, of application to the Court of Ordinary for leave to sell Land or Negroes of an estAle, four months. Notices by Executors or Administrators, to the Debt ors and Creditor* of an estate, for six weeks. 21)c Columbus Cnquircr. A STRICT CONSTRUCTION Of THE CONSTITUTION—AN HONEST AND ECONOMICAL ADMINISTRATION OF THE GOVERNMENT. VOLUME XXII. COLUMBUS, GEORGIA, TUESDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 4, 1849. NUMBER 49. Sale of Lots in the Town of OGLETHORPE. T HE undersigned, being the owner of about 600 acres of Land, West Flint River, on which the South Western Railroad will for the present, and perhaps for many years to come, terminate, will soon have it sur veyed and divided into LOTS of suitable size for busi ness and private residences, and will offer them for sale at public outcry, on the premises, On the l(Uh day of January next. The site of the contemplated town is iu Macon county, about two mi'es above Traveller’s Rest, upon dry ami elevated pine laud, with gmsl pure water, free from liine. On the west side of the River there is hut a nar row strip of second low ground, entirely free from marshes and Ingoou*. The plan of the town will soon be lithographed and copies distributed in the principal towns and cities of the State, for .inspection by those who may wish to pur chase lots. An act of incorporation, under the nnine of the Town of Oglethorpe, will be applied for at the ap proaching session of the Legislature- It is now certain that the Railroad will he completed to that point in time the crop of 1850. The grading is progressing rapidly, in fur the R*md as far as Oglethor|ie is con , to be delivered in Savannah next Junuary The attention of capitalists, and of all w ho may wish to share in the business wnirli will spring up in a place where at least70,00*1 hales of Cotton will be sold annu ally, is respectfully invited to the sale of the Lots as above specified. An inspection of the map will show that it is the point where u. business of toe great cotton growing auction ofGeorg*.*. will concentrate It w ill he a trade war’ll contending for. Not only w ill the coun ties west of Flint River now furnish annually 70,000 ImIus of cotton to be shipped from Oglethorpe, but the opening of a Railroad to that point will bring that im portant and growing section of Georgia into close proi imitytoa market for their produce, and vs ill be ihe means of hrin* :, ”£ into cultivation thousands of acres of lam! now lying idle, and thus the quantity of cotton pro duced there will be greatly increased. The terms of the sale will be liberal, and will be made known in due time. The title* will he indisputa ble. I have a complete, unbroken chain of lilies, from the State down to myself. E. G. GARANISS. Or t. 30, 1949. 44 tf H and • lie. i Srlfttrti poctrp. U. S. Mail Steamer! FROM SAVANNAH 10 NEW YORK. SAILING EVERY ALTERNATE WEDNESDAY. T^HE new nnd superior Steam Ship, h L CHEROKEE,rapt. Thor. Lyons, _kwill, until further notice, leave Savnn- nah unit .V* Turk every alternate Wednesday, commencing with Wednesday the 7th November, 1949. This swift Steamer is of 1,250 tons burthen, built in the strongest mid most approved manner, end is un equalled in the needful qualities to give confidence as we'l as despatch to travellers. She ha* al! the accom modations for passengers and freight, requisite to entitle her to public |iaironage.^ The Central Rail Road will despatch an extra train from Macon Tuesday Evening, to connect with this steamer on Wednesday, and from Savannah on her arrival, if needful. 03^Passage |25—payable in advance ; for which, or freigtit, apply to PADLEFORD Si FAY, Savannah, or, SAM’L L. MITCHELL. No. 19t Front street, New York. Nov. 6,1849. 45 tf ISAAC T. ROBINSON, AGENCY OF Dr. 8.8. Fitch's celebrated Medicines, used by him with such distinguished success in the cure of COUGII8, CONSUMPTION, Catarrh, Asthma, Heart Diseases, DYSPEPSIA, Gonorrhma, Piles, Fe male Complaints, Ate. Sic. mAIrOm Dr. 8. 8. FITCH’8 Abdominal Supporters, Shoulder Braces, Inhaling Tubes, and Lectures on Con sumption, and the art of preserving Life and Health to old age, Sfc. Sfc. tty I. T. Robinson has been appointed Agent for the sale of thealmve (roods, and will keep them constantly on hand at his store, where may also lie found a large assortment of all kinds of BOOKS, cheaper than at any other place in this city. Oct. 2 40 Cm DISSOLUTION. L D. JOHNSON having sold and transferred hit • entire interest in the Stock and business of O. Danforth Si Co., to A. G. Nagel, Sr., the said firm of O. Danfortti Si Co., ia thereby dissolved. The new firm of Dun forth Si Nagel will continue the business, and are fully authorized to collect the debts due to the late firm. All demands against O. D&nforlh Si Co., will be paid by Danforth Si Negel. October 23 43 tf NOTICE. A LL unsettled claims against the Land Office De partment for Land Warrants, soldier’s Extra Pay, Sic., placed in the hands of R. G. Mitchell, Esq., will, for the future be attended to by L. M. DURR. Columbus, July 10,1849. 28—tf ONE THOUSAND BUSHELS SUPERIOR SEED WHEAT. W E received on yesterday,per steamer WYNNTON, direct from Pittsburgh, a large lot of selected Seed Wheat, which is the finest article ever exhibited in this market—and if not sold soon, will be converted into Flour. We have also on hand a large supply of Bag ging, Rope, and Superfine Flour. HILL, DAWSON Si CO. Nov. 6, 1819. 45 tf GROCERIES, GROCERIES ! YTE hare nowon lianda large and well selected stock fj of GROCERIES, which we are offering at the lowest Market prices, and shall he pleased to see our Iriendv. Among our stock will he found : New Orleans SUGAR, of all qualities; Lnf, Crushed and Powdered 8UGARS ; Rio COFFEE, Java COFFEE; TEA, Pepper, Spice, Ginger; BAGGING and Bale ROPE; SALT, MOLASSES, Mackerel; Sperm and Adamantine CANDLES ; TOBACCO, of all qualities, Sic. Sir. GRIMES, KYLE ft THORNTON Nov. 6, 1849 45 THE EVENING HYMN. BY THOMAS MILLER. Another day, xvith mule adieu, Has gone down you untrodden sky, And still it looks as clear and blue As when it first was hung on high ; The sinking sun, the darkening cloud, That drew the lightning in its rear, The thunder, trumping deep and loud, Have left no footmark there. The village hells, with silver chime. Come softened o'er the distant shore; Tin>ugh 1 have heard them many a time They never rang so sweet before— A silence rests upon the hill, A listening awe pervades the air; The very flowers are shut and still, And bowed as if in prayer. And in this hushed and hreathlc* close, O'er earth and air and sky, and sea, A still low voice in silence goes, Which speaks alone, great God, of Thee— The whispering leave*, the far-offhrook, The linnet’s warble fainter grown, The hive-hound bee, the homeward rook, All these their Maker own. The deepening woods, the fading trees. The grasshopper’s last feeble sound, The flowers just wakened by the hreese, All leaves the stillness more profound. The twilight takes a deeper shade, The dusky pathways darker grow, And silence reigns in glen and glade While all is mute below. And other eve* as sweet as this Will close upon as calm a day ; Then, sinking down the deep abyss, Will, like the last Ik*, swept away, Until eternity is gained— Thu boundless sea without a shore, That without lime forever reigned, And will when time’s no more. Now nature sinks in soft repose, A living SHinblance of the grave ; The dew steals noiseless on the rose, The boughs have almost ceased to wave ; The silent sky, the sleeping earth, Tree, mountain, stream, the humble sod—- All tell from whom they hnd their birth, And cry, “ Deltoid a God !** A Bong -BY URAOF. GREENWOOD. We tu.ist silence w ith words of cold reason The eloquent voice of the heart; Foi Love has stayed out his brief season, And flpread bis young wings to depart! Though n while round our memory he hovers, He may smilingly offer no more Fond words, the ambrosia of lovers, Nor the nectar of passion outpour! Our last tearful farewell is spoken. Life’s sweet morning vision has flown! Kuoh vow, each glad promise is broken That twined our twin beings in one! And severed are lover's golden fullers— And sympathy's silvery chain: So please, sir, return me my letters, I may wish to use them again. <£l)r Jfacnuc. 3. SMEETON, Tailor, i LATE of New York, begs respectfully to an* Lnounce to the citizens of Columbus an I its vicin ity, tnai he has taken a store on Broad street, opposite he ** Times Office,” where he intends carrying on the ibove business. Persons seeking an unaffected gentlemanly garment, rill do well to avail themselves of his superior style of ^suiting. All orders thankfully received and punctually mended to. Observe the address, J. SMEETON, Tailor, Brood street, opposite llie Times Office. Ocl. 23, 1649 43 3m C. J.ROOSEVELT, M. D. Homoeopathic Physician. O FFICE—formerly occupied by-Dr. H.nkey, St. Clair .t reel. KTltxrxaESC* t—P. T. SCHLEY, E. B. FISIIBURN, JNO. G. WINTER, p. McLaren, JAMES F. WINTER. Columlme, Nnv. 6, 1849. 45 6m FOR SALE I FOR SALE I I rpHAT aplendid dwelling where I now ll»e upon the _L ilill, in 4 very plesmnt and convenient put of the eiiy. Tlie lot i. enclueed with brick, nnd hn. every con venience that any place enn hnve. It will be eold very low for ca«h, or young negroei. For portieulxre apply » NAT. M. ROBIN80N. Oct .4 44 tf From ihe Dollnr N.-wi-iiaper. MAKING A FARM OUT WEST. In answer to the inquiries ol your eorrespun dent of Lehigh county, us to wliut sum would be required to sunt a farm in Northern Illinois, or Southwestern Wisconsin, I would state, in reply that there are large tracts of prairie land near the village of Jnilet, in the vicinity of Jackson Creek, Will county, Illinois, owned by specula tors, and the very best of land, loo, which can be purchased lor $31 or $ t per acre. One can buy an eighty acre lot, and hire it broken, and made ready to receive the first crop, for $350, anil you muy calculate, without nnv risk, that the proceeds of the sale of that crop will bring back to your pocket the $350, besides paying for your labor.. If you wish to build a good fence around the lot it will cost $100, and a story and a half house, clap-boarded and finished off; will cost $500; but there are very few that do this, or not those who have only six nr seven hundred dollars al their command. They wait uniil the proceeds of the farm enable them to build, living in the meantime iu houaes roughly put up. Some ten miles west of .luilet, government land can be bought for $1 25 per acre, but it is not as beautifully situated as that taken up by specula, tore; hut the land is as good, though not as prole table in the end, on account of the greater distance from market. h. b. Killing Xnaeote by Heat. We have known careful hnusewivea subject their woollens to heat, occasionally, for the pur. pose of ridding them, as they asserted, of any miahs or eggs of mollis which may have been among them. The United States (iszelto has some remarks upon the different temperatures which are fatal to different insects, that are new to ua. He saya tome experiments convinced him that few if any insects of the fly tribe can live long in a temper, ature of 100 of Fahrenheit. Tlie common house-fly retires from its gambols into the shade when the mercury is at 85 degrees. At 90 he takes refuge in tlie cellars or other se cluded and dark recesses, the very places which, under other circumstances, he eschews; when confined to a temperature of 90 degrees, this in sect is evidently distressed ; and when exposed to a heat of 100 lie dies in a few minutes. Hence ihe efficacy of exposing woollens and furs to the mid-day sun to rid them of moths. He saya that the birds of the air practice expo sure to the great heat of the sun, in order to des troy the vermin upon them, and poultry will bask in the sun for the same purpose. In proof, he relates the fact that a common robin, confined in an aviary was often seen by him last summer, to lie prostrate upou the floor in the sun, when the mercury was over 10U degrees, spreading his wings and opening his feathers—opening his mouth tnd panting with heat—nor would he cease this process until he had exposed every part of his body, and given it a thorough heating. This, lie concludes, was (or the purpose of destroying the vermin tiiat might have been upon him. Loaf Vitality of (eels. Jesse, in his Gleanings of Natural History, says: So completely is the ground impregnated with seeds, (hut if the earth is brought to the sur face from the lowest depth at which it is found, some vegetable matter will spring from it. I have always considered this fact as one of the many, surprising instances of the power and bounty ol Almighty God, who has thus literally filled the earth with His goodness, by storing up a deposit of useful seeds in its depths, where they must have lain through a succession of ages, only re quiring the energies of man to bring them imo ac tion. In boring lor water lately at a spot near Kingston on the Titsmes, some earth was brought up from a depth of three hundred and sixty feet; this earth wascarefully covered with a hand-glass, to prevent ihe possibility of any other seed being deposited upon it; yet in a short time plants vege tated from it. If quicklime be put upon land which from time immemorial has produced nothing but heather, the heather will be killed, and Vhite clover spring up in its place. A curious fadt was communicated to me, respecting some land which surrounds sn old castle, formerly belonging to the Regent Murray, near Moffat. On removing the peat, which is about six or eight inches in thick ness, a stratum ol soil appears, which is supposed to have been a cultivated garden in the time of the regent, and from which a variety of flowers and plants spring, some of them little known even at this time in Scotland. Presehving Beams.—It is asserted by boiling common beans, and packing them in air tight vessels, they may be kept tor an indefinite period, as sweet and palatable as when “ taken from the pot.” As a corroboration of the truth ol this "theory," wo append the following:—“Twelve tin packets of preserved French beans, in a wood en box, have been brought up from the '• Royal George," (England.) Neither vinegay.nor pickle had been used: they had been boiled, and placed in nir tigltt-vessels, and were as fresh anti fit for use as when first enclosed. They had been fifty- seven years under water. jtUoccUnnrouB. A SHETLAND LOCHINVAE. The little hamlets or clusters of fishermen’s cottages in Shetland, are almost always built close to the shores of the narrow sounds which separate the difterent islands, or of those arms of the sea called roes, with which the land is everywhere deeply indented. One of the longest and most solitary of these voes is the scene of our story.— The adjacent hills were covered with black peat moss, and sloped pretty steeply down to the water’s edge. At the head of the vo’e, just where a rapid brook found its way through an expanse of silvery sand into the sea, whose wintry waves often swel led tlie little stream with their briny flood for a considerable distance inland, stood two or three straw-thatched collages, surrounded by a few pitches of cultivated land. All the rest of the Hcenery was drear and black. Several boats were drawn up on tlie flat beach, a Htonc’s cast from the cottages; they were surrounded by a low dyke of rough stones, and within this slight en closure on utte occasion Blood a pair of youthful lovers. They had grown up from childhood to- pettier, hut their course of love was not to run smooth. The maiden was fair and gentle—she was also silent and reserved, though, cuuM her heart have been retol, it would have Been seen that few loved more deeply. Her father was what is called “well to do” among his class, and he brought up his family to careful industry. He had cattle, and sheep, and ponies, and as lie reg ularly paid his rent by the produce of his fishing, he was generally able, and about reckoning time, to Rdd something to the small hoard in his luiul- lurd’8 hands. The young mail's connexions, on the contrary, were unsteady and thriftless, and this, the youngest son, was now about to follow several others who had gone abroad as seamen.— Willie, it might he thought, had an endearing tie to his birthplace, as he felt the clasping bund of the young girl by his side; hut yet it seemed too fragile to restain his restless desire of desultory rambling, especially wliutt the well-umloratooJ ob jection of the maiden’s family to their union was considered. So, on that still spring evening, with the holy slurs alone witnesses of their tryst, by the hoat-nonst, Willie anti Ruga said their parting words, and made their parting vows. Several years passed, and Kuga never heanl of or frnrnher absent lover! This is, unfortunately, an occurrence too common in Shetland families, where silty of the iiicuibora have gone a roving, to cause much surprise; hut it did occasion tender and lasting regret in turn fond bosom, which breathed many a secret sigh to the hallowed mem ory of a first love. Now Ettga had several wooers. Her parents were worldly wise, and, after the most ancient and approved methods of cruel parents, endeavored to persuade their daughter that her lover was lalae —was dead—was, in short, no longer to he thought of, and that she must forthwith wed another—a much richer, though, sooth to say, less loveable bridegroom. Kuga was persuaded'—over-persua ded, it matters not how. Whisper it not to the stars, guardian spirit of faithful love! The sim ple bridal arrangements were made—Ihe “contract day” arrived—a goodly number of guest assem bled, for whom abundance of excellent appropri ate cheer was provided. The mother bustled about in the joyof her heart. The fattier, equally self-satisfied, was more dignified in lira hospitable duties—sisters dressed and smiled—brothers hois- tcrously nterry—amt all wore glad, us beseemed the occasion, hut one! A bride is not expected to be gay ; but Engit did not even look quietly hap- py. She was pale anti abstracted, and at times even seemed as if riot quite satisfied she was act ing rightly. She remained calm, however, till her father, iu asking for a blessing on the fond, added a short petition that the intended nuptials might he happy and prosperous. Then Enga turned aside to wipe the scalding tears that rolled down her wan face, and the old grandame shook her head, and muttered that— “ Threaten’d love, and llirawn kies Never deserved wedded bliss !” The first dish of tea had been taken. This re freshment is always made a meal of, and is linger ed over in quint enjoyment, while the knitting- needles ply busily. During the interval that fol lowed, when the conversation (or gossip, if the reader pleases,) was general, a slight signal from a serving-girl near the door called Enga’s atten tion. Internally wondering for wliat purpose she could be wanted oil that occasion, yet glad to es cape from observation for a time, the bride stole out. A young mail met her near the doorway, and saying there was one al band who wished to speak a word to her, lie led her towards the sea- beach. It was a wild night in midwinter; a driz zling rain was driven by the sighing wind into mist again, and Enga shivered as she fell the cold dump of the air, in contrast with the cheerlul light and overheated atmosphere she had left. But in an instant all this was forgotten, as she felt a man ly arm encircle her, and heard a voice she thought she ought to know, whisper tremblingly—“ Is it to find my Enga the bride of unother I am come ?” The prair girl, in pitiable bewilderment, could on ly gasp out, “ site thought he never would emne back any more.” “ It is’ not loo late,” was the hurried rejoinder; “ will you come with me, my first, my only love ?” A willing affirmative was hardly spoken, ere she was hurried off, nothing loath, between her old lover and his companion who hud first accosted her. They came lo the boat-noost, the trysting place of their young affection, where they had parted, and as each recalled those scenes, they pressed closer to one another—sacred memories Unified at their hearts! A boat lay ready afloat, and into it the men helped the young woman, and pushed off. The light bark shot into the water, and rock ed fearfully in the rising surge. Little reckoned the thoughtless parly that tho tide was running strong, that heavy gusts of wind were rushing down the gullies of the adjacent lulls, the indica tors of a winter’s storm; while the booming roar of the ocean on the other side revcrliorated the well known sounds of danger, and how often on those wild shores of death! In defiance, or des peration, however, the men hoisted their square sail. Willie look the helm and the aheet rope in either hand; Andrew, Ilia companion, stood by the halyard, and Enga trembling, yet unshrinking, seated herself at her lover’s loot. During tlie next iiour of an adventurous sail, not a word was uttered, except it might be a whisper of encourage ment and endearment from Willie to his stolen bride. The men were too well acquainted with their duty in the management of their boat, and too intent on its performance, for conversation, or even remark ; and truly it needed all the courage, energy, and dexterity lor which Shetland boatmen are remarkable, to guide those voyagers that night on their dangerous way. The thick rain at first drove violently, mingled with the aea-spray, which broke in drenching showers over the defenceless irio. But they had hardly commenced their voy age, when, as the wind roue each minute, tho sky cleared, only to exhibit more unequivocally ,hc cause of the unwonted light the moonless, „ arlcts sky had hitherto displayed, via: the auro ra borealis, in all Its flashing, tearful, mysterious energy—that singular phenomenon for which sci ence has not yet been able to assign a cause, but which is always in Shetland tlie precursor or ac companiment of the most stormy weather. Well was it for our voyagers now that they had even this light to guide them, which yet they regarded with profound nnd superstitious awe. As the ec centric curruscations oftlte aurora darted upwards and around, now illuminating the whole zenith, and the next moment shedding a crimson glory, as of the dawn, on the encircling horizon, the reflec tion of the radiance on the curling cresta of the waves was sufficient to enable the men to avoid, by dexterous steering, those rushing billows that threatened tn overwhelm the frail skiff. Hotv she flew through the angry waters, “like a thing of life,” hearing the fates of brave, devoted hearlai— and there were few, indeed, on Shetland ground, even of the most dauntless, who would have braved those terrific elements that night. There was a point of land the men anxiously watched for; but, so rapid was their progress, ere they imagined they could by possibility have reached it, a momen tary unwonted brilliance of the whole arch of the sky showed them to be close upon it. Suddenly, ere any preparatory measures could be adopted, the well-reefed canvass flapped back wards, the meeting stream of tide caught the boat as a whirlwind, and in another instant all had been over, but the quick lowering of the sail, and a rapid dexterous turn of the helm, sent the brave and buoyant little bark rocking off from the point of danger, after a fearful stagger, and almost total plunge in the Imiling surges. At that awful mo ment, the poor bride gave one suppressed but bit ter scream; hilt Willie said steadily, “ Courage, love, trust tome, and sit still.” She did so, gain ing nerve from the cool self-possession of him in whoso hands she had entrusted her destiny; and, the momentary peril passed, they were soon run ning before a comparatively fair wind Hnd tide, and Enga, with loving, trusting helpfulness, could bale out the water that had so nearly swamped their frail vessel. A short time afterwards, the voyagers welcomed the light that showed Ihe dwelling they were bound for—that nt the schoolmaster and parish clerk Here they landed, thoroughly wet, and stiff with cold, and here it miy la* said Enga first saw her returned lover. Dripping, disordered, well-nigh exhausted with fatigue and contending emotions as he was, she was still gratefully conscious he was the Willie of her early dreams. Then, too, she learned that lie had only reached his native shore the day previously, and, by mere accident, met an old neighbor, who informed him thut Enga was on tlie eve of marriage. Without a moment’s delay he set off, hoping to be in time, yet hardly daring lo anticipate that first love would be om nipotent. The young people were kindly refresh ed at the school-house, and ere they left it, chan ged the destiny of the bride, by substituting her tirst, instead ot her late luvor’s name, iu the pro clamation hues for the following day. After an hour's rest, and Enga had been comfortably wrap p'd up by her friends, tho travellers again set out on foot fora walk of several miles over a moorland hill, so that it was considerably past midnight when the returned sailor stood, with his doarly- won bride, at his father’s door. What a welcome the runaway pair received, the affectionate, hospitable hearts that sit by many an humble Shetland hearth, could belter imagine than we describe. Ere the sailor sought the rest he so much needed, he told the story of his wander ings abroad, and satisfactorily accounted for his friends not having received any communications from him, intimating, moreover, that, having won in foreign service both honor and gains, he meant to devote his earning and his life to his beloved Enga, wlmm he had so nearly lost. Then, Enga blushed and smiled,an a happy bride ought. While our Shetland Lochinvar was thus gal lantly bearing off the prize, lo which, indeed" he was hut justly entitled, what took place at the house she had precipitately left ? It was not long, of course, ere the hritlc was missed; but believing that some of tlie young men present had collected to hide her from tier careless maidens, according to old established sport on similar occasions, hor female friends began jestingly to seek her in every likely anti unlikely place. The jest, ere long, grew sad earnest— " They sought her that night, And they sought her nett day.” But her mol her calling to mind her poor girl’s pale, saddened us|K'ct, admitted only the horror-inspir ing idea that she must have voluntarily hidden her sorrows in the deep sea, and under this impres sion would not ho withdrawn from the neighbor ing cliff, expecting there lo find at luast the float ing corpse of her they so despairingly sought. This distraction lasted till some neighbors re turned from the distant parislt church tlie ensuing day, whon, to their unutterable and joyful sur prise, they were informed that Willie Sutherland and Enga were proclaimed three times, according to common usage, and no objections having been offered, were seen after service to approach tho seasion-ltouso with one or two friends, where, it was understood, they were lawfully joined in mar riage by the minister. The quondam “ craven bridegroom” had been least affected oi the party by all that had passed. Perhaps he was conscious he was about tn have received a cold, reluctant hand. However that might he, his philosophy, when informed of tho facts of tlie case, deserves lo be recorded, for tho benefit o*'nil (we trust ttiey are hut few) who may lie called to suffer in similar circumstances from tlie proverbial caprice of “ lovely woman.” “Let her bo going,” said bridegroom Jock; “ they're aa guid fish i' the aoa us ever cam ool o’t.” And to this characteristic remark wo shall only add the gratifying information, that Willio and Enga still live, and love as well as ever. Comsolation Fon Poverty.—The Home Jour nal gives utterance to some true philosophy, whon, speaking of riches, it says: “ Aggrandize aa we may, the limits of our sen- sea check miaetahly at every moment ? You call yourself proprietor/” Hoiise and pictures out live you, awl after inking your will ot litem for a short time, you are carried out of your own door, feet foremost, never again to enter it. Proprietor you were, perhaps, ol farms utid castles, estates and mountains—but now you own nothing but a hole in dip ground, six feet by two. The artist who visits your gallery while you live and own it enjoys it more than yon. You are rich enough lo dine twenty-four times a day, but you must eat sparingly to enjoy even dining once. Your cellar is lull of exquisite wines, but you can only drink one bottle yourself, nnd, to help you use your store, you are obliged to call around your friends, rela tives, parasites—a little world would live upon your substance, and wito, instead of gratitude, are likelier to make yutt a return in envy. You have thirty horaca in your stable, you can mount but one—ride after two or lour. To be truly rich, one Bhould have stomachs iu proportion to the number of dinners he can afford ; senses excluded, according to stock in the bank; sextuple vigor, and sensibility to concentrate and return all the love he could propitiate with gifts. At tlie cIum of hit life the rich tnan hat hardly spent more up on his own enjoyment than the poor man. He has eaten twice a day, slept in bed alone, or with one wile, and tlie poor man can do aa much, and the proprietor scarcely more.” We say there is some philosophy in these re marks of the Home Journal. Kichcs and Pover ty have both their peculiar trials. The most de sirable alale is no doubt that in which a man ia obliged lo labor, and at the same time receive for his labor an adequate reward. “ (jive me neither poverty nor riches,” is a prayer, the wiadom of which is sustained by the testimony of human ex perience, as well as Divine Revelation. From the roof of the cathedral at the eapital of Nicaragua, no less than 14 volcanoes can be teen, most of which, however, ere now slumbering, but •llexhibitin^hetrace^)^clivit^i^teerMJ**lj Creel fetUpn. Did you ever hoar of "Old Smith,” that used to live away down East, during the early settlement of the country now called Maine ? Old Smith had lost several relatives by the hands o( the In dians, and had rowed eternal enmity to the whole race. He had been twice taken by the savage tribes, but contrived to escape from them, and had killed several of their number. He sought every opportunity to do them mischief in any way. By this course he had become so exceedingly obnoxious to the red men, that they would not even kill him if they could, but were almost constantly on the watch to tako him, lor the purpose of satisfying tbeir revenge by the infliction of the utmost tor ture that barbarity could invent. Smith was aware of this disposition of the savages, and was less afraid of their bullets. It is reported that Smith was at one time en gaged in aplitting pine logs for fence rails and in the ardor of his employment he had neglected his “look out,” till six Indians came upon him with a yell of exultation. The chief of the party, whose name was Wahoos, seized him by the arms, ex claiming— » NowSmit! nowSinit! me got you.” Smith saw that it would be in vain to resist, and as suming an air of composure, thus addressed his captor— “ Now, Wahoos, l will tell you what I will do; if you will helpme tosplit open this log I will go with you without any resistance; otherwise I will not walk a step, ana you will have to carry or kill me.” The Indians now having him in their pos session, and willing to save themselves the troub le, agreed to help split the log, if he would show them how. Smith had already opened one end of the log with a large wooden wedge, and renew ing his blows on the wedge with a beetle, he di rected them to tako hold of the separated parts of the log, three on each side, and pull with all their might while he should drive in the wedge. The red men were not without suspicions, but kept their eyes on Smith’s motions, while they pulled at the sundered part of the log. Every blow of Smith opened tho crevice wider, which enabled the In dians to renew their holds, by inserting their fin gers deeper into the crevice, when Smith, slightly changing the direction of the beetle, struck on the side oftlte wedge, knocking it outof the log, which, closiug with great force, caught every foe by the hands save one, who seeing the predicament of his companions, took to Ilia heels, but was quickly brought down by Smith's long-barrelled gun, which lie had kept near him- The other five expected no mercy, and were not disappointed. Five blows, from Mr. Smith’s axe, silenced their death song. A year or more after this affair, Smith was re turning one evening from an excursion, and pass ing mum bend of the Andruscroggin river, about a mile above tho tails,mi which the Lewiston mills are now located; it was nearly dark, and lie dis covered an Indian making a fire nn a rock, by the river bank—Smith saw through tlie business at once; the fire was for a beacon, to guide the land ing of a strong party. With unerring aitn he allot the lone savage, who pitched into the water, and Smith quickly threw the fire and brands after him, and then proceeded down to the falls, and there he soon kindled another fire on a projecting rock, and then retiring up the river bank a small distance, awaited the result. He soon heard songs of a company of warriors, who had then discovered tho lire, and were steadily paddling towards it in high glee. The songs were suspended by sur prise at the rapid motion of their canoes, and the hoarse roar of the falls revealed too late the dread ful truth. A brief death song, uttered in savage yells, and cries of several squaws and papooses, were all that preceded their last and dreadful plunge over the perpendicular falls. UNACCOUNTABLE THICK WITH A BOTTLE.—The following singular feat with a bottle waslperformed by I’rof. Anderson before queen Victoria, during the festivities of Priuce Albert’s birth day. It is called the “Inexhaustible Bottle,” and it was such a bottle sure enough. On receiving the royal command to perform it,the Professor called for a champagne bottle, and hand ed round a largo number of glasses, and asked Lord Postman what he would drink. His Lordship re plied, whiskey—whiskey was poured out. Mr. Anson preferred brandy, which ho got. Several demanded wine, which passed freely: and one of the proprietors of the royal distillery, Mr. Begg, thinking to baffle the Professor, asked him if he could give him a glass of his best Lochnager whis key. no sooner said than done; and the Locli- nager whiskey became in great demand. A large numlier of additional glasses were distributed, and some called for Irish whiskey, numbers brandy— the highlanders patronized Mr. Begg: when Lord John Russell, perhaps like Mr. Begg, wished to try the wizard's skill,asked foraglassof rum,which was immediately supplied, and his Lordship pro nounced it excellent. Tho London portion of the domestics and police called for gin, which was freely poured out of this extraordinary bottle; and the wizard was returning to his seat when his royal highness, anxious to test the bottlo— —presuming as lie was returning, that it was ex hausted—asked if more could lie poured out.— Glasses were brought to her Mujesty and Prince Albert, and, on being asked what they preferred, requested llegg’s best Lochnager, which immedi ately ran forth, and her Majesty and llic Prince tasting it, acknowledged its purity; and the wiz ard gave the bottle to the Prince, and asked him to look if it was empty—it was. Mr. Anderson brought some water, and in the Prince's hand, filled it, ordered glasses, asked the Prince what wine he preferred. Port was selected. The Prince poured port, and then sherry, then milk, then champagne, then broke the bottle, and in it was discovered a beautiful turtle dove.—Caledo nia Mercury. A Lapv’s Notions.—Tho editor, or editress, of the Pittsburg Visitor, whichever the reader choos es, entertains two opinions that are >mtirely at va riance with those generally held by tlie sex.— One is that it is not immodest for men to bathe in the river, and tho other is that it is immodest lor lathes to run after public men to kiss them. Re ferring to the first, she thinks it would be better for ladies to wear leather specks than for the men to lie unwashed ; and in regard to the second, if they will kiss public men, she considers it better to have a committee of good-looking men to dispense such favors iu the name of tlie distinguished per son sought to be honored. The last suggestion is decidedly a sensible one. Opposed as we are to all public honor*, we should have no objections to acting as chairman of such a committee, with dis cretionary powers as to the proper persona to prac tice upon. Kissing at the Cahs.— Cue Loudest Yet.— Friends are in the habit of warmly greeting their acquaintances, upon the arrival of passenger trams, at thia aa well as at other atation-hnunes. It waa only the other day that a young gentleman ruatted through a crowd towards a lady, Mixed her hand, and gave her a hearty kiss, the amaek of which sounded above —we were going to say, the ding of gongs; but iFe enough to state that the report startled a country lass hard by, who ex claimed to her “ feller”—“ Massy Josh! what an airth's gen way on Ihe keers !" One who has just returned from “El Dorado" saya that a gentleman rather dandily dressed, and having white kid gloves on hie hands, appeared a few month* since in Ihe streets of 8*n Francisco, and made a prodigious sensation. The win • kid* were the nnt that had been seen there, at d at ones attracted the attention and excited the cu riosity of even the busy gold diggera. A crowd soon gathered around the man in glove*, and i x- pressad their deierreiation to diepoee of him by raffle, a* being the greatest curiosity in the coon- * »1 Hoe, and non fitir *ex ■boulda’t n «*m hardly beat* n i * little nearer ' Woman tinder a Monarchy and aadtr a leyabUe The Paris correspondent of the Philadelphia Ledger writes: In Vienna, where soldiers abound, women dig cellars and carry hods. Theae are Bohemian beauties. I have before me a medical work which speaks of death aitnply when a woman carries a hod and a child together. Imagine an apothesi* to thiseffect. In Paris women cleanthe streets. In Calais, they descend into pools of filth in wharf lay ing—men recoiling before the immensity of the Au-. gean like task. If in England woman only drink gin, and work in turnip fields for six-pence a day, it is because the democracy has in a degree curbed the influences of privileged orders, so degrading to them. While on thia topic, one of the last importance let me remark that it is impossible to conceive the difference in which women are held and treated in America and Europe, without living in tlie latter country. The democratic principle ihowe its marked influence in this particular. Aa a standing rebuke to pride and insolence, it saves the more feeble part of human kind from degradation and tyranny. It to the same extent Idealize* their character, and defines their rightful action.— They are not made coarse and despised drudges of white men, who waste and dissipate their means and time. The extreme parastic functions in a moral view which they are forced to play here, owing to the disorganized forces of social life, are almost unknown in America. Under free in stitutions, persona and things are elevated to their level—if not immediately, prospectively. In Eu rope the social see-saw shows one high up in the air, careering joyously in aun and air, and the oth er grovelling, hopelessly and wretchedly in the dark and in filth. Amsterdam. Like a toad, the city sits squat upon the marsh es; and the people push out the waters and pile up the earth against them, and sit quietly down and stnoke. Snips cotne from India and ride at anchor before their doors, coming in from seu through the pathways they open in the sand, and unlading their goods on quays that quiver on tho bog*. Amsterdam ia not the most pleasant place in the world when a sun is shining hot upon the dead water of it* canals, and their green surface ia only disturbed by the sluggish barges or slops of the tidy huusetnatds. I went mrougli the streets of the merchant princes of Amsterdam. A broad canal sweeps through the centre, full of every kind of craft, and the dairy women land their milk from their barges on the quay in front of the very proudest doors. The honaes and half of the ca nals are shaded with deep and leaved lindens, and the carriages rattle under them, with the tall hous es on one aide and the waters on the other. No where are girls’ faces prettier than in Holland ; complexion pearly white, with just enough red to give them a healthier bloom, and tbeir hands are as fair, soft, and tapering as their eyes are full of mirth, witchery ana fire.—Bently’s Miscellany. Fruits of War.—We noticed lately the ses sion of a Peace Congress in Paris. We see by a letter of one of the American delegatei that Em ile de Girardin, editor of La Prease, a paper which is said to have the largest circulation of any jour nal in Europe,has commenced the discussion oftlte subject, and hails with his best wishes the cause of universal peace. The following facts, from the columns of La Presse, are appalling: “The army of 1813 was composed of recruits trom 18 to 20 years of age, Illness, fatigue and misery decimated them. Oftlte 1,260,000 raised in 1813, there remained in 1814, to defend the soil of France, but 100,000 men above the ground Aa the result of the various conscriptions made in France between the years 1791 and 1813, we find that 4,600,000 Frenchmen were blown to pieces by cannon, brought down by musketry, impaled upon bayonets, or cut down by broadswords and sabres; and by all this sacrifice France obtained literally nothing—nnt so much as a square inch of ground added to its territorial limit* in her wars of 1790.” The London Times follows up the above calcu lation, and compute* the loss sustained by the al lies at 10,000,000 of men cut to pieces in tho prime of file! The mind can scarcely realize such a dismal and horrible picture. And yet this enormous sacrifice of human life produced no ad vantages for which the coat of a single life would not have been too dear. We look with loathing and hatred upon those savage tribes which period ically offer human sacrifices to their gods. But their blind yet honest zeal is pardonable, and their destruction of life but limited, compared with the pyramids of bloody oblations which civilized men offer at the shrine of national ambition, avarice, and revenge.—Richmond Republican. Ruins in Central America An interesting paper has been communicalod to the Ethnological Society at New York, from the Hou. E. G. Squior our Charge des Affaires at Guatemala. Mr. Squier, has already commenced his antiquarian researches and forwarded several curious relics to Washington. He gives an account of the re cent discovery of an ancient city, buried beneath the forest, about a hundred and fifty mile* from Leon, which far surpasses the architectural won ders of Palenxue. There are, evidently, hidden cities upon the western continent far exceeding in size and the grandeur of their monuments, the revelations of Herculaneum and Pompeii. The Indians everywhere receive him with the almost kindness, and their chiefs regard him aa a heaven sent minister to protect them from their Spanish oppressors. They are glad to render him every possible assistance in his investigations, on the condition that he will bring no Spaniard into tbeir villages, nor communicate to the priests the se crets they disclose. Nineteen Chilldrxn.—We are informed by one who has just returned from tlie White Moun tains, that while on bis journey from Portland to Conway, the driver stopped the stage to show travellers a rare sight. In front of a little cottage near by were eight rosy little children, who, on see ing the stage before the door, cried out to thoM in the house to “come out and get some cakes and pennies,” when out rushed eleven other children of the two parents, who soon made their appear ance in the interesting group. The eldest child, as our informant waa told by his father, was on ly seventeen years of age.—Portsmouth Journal. Wkxre's Barnum.—A gentleman from Oua chita county informs us that a neighbor of his, has a heifer calf, now about ail mouth* old, having five leg* two tails, and the ordinary number of teats—two of which, however, ere on the lap of her back, rendering it much more couvenhot for milking. It i* an extraordinary animal nod will no doubt, make an excellent milch cow, having two adders. Who want* to purabaM?—Wesk- ington (Ark.) Telegraph. |H- tho ^ - this mkaowof, r an if our tmiuent chotchM, h tUl fStf, ul his better half, form a qaeer Inifrlto BR«* rlmuny. The deaeeo t* the fifth hnS—icf the lady, while the lady is the deaeon’s fowrtk seife Beat that, who can. Widows naol am# des pair l—Boston Tun*a. Tax Bahhti.—Aoeetdlnf to the motue made the present number of BapliR Ammdiitowi to the ; United Stales is 478; Churches, 10,441; ordain'd ~ minister*, 6,049; licensed minletere, 1416; mem-1 bers, 764,663. The number of Baptist* throu^ .- out the world i* stated to be nnd they are apportioned as follows: far North Amerm-, ! 1,046,683, Europe, 188,443; Aala, 10,6*9; Atrl-1 j ci, 1,930. i! Lion de Nioarasua, Oft. It, MB. j Having recently bscum*acquainted with ssrttta aova- nwntaof an important eharaetarhaviauhsaa|s4ag nn for MOM time pMt, In wkh* dm PnlmdWaMsawdcs ? ■ ; ly interested, I avail myealf of aa ofMftimky which . presents itself to make Too seqnahNed Wtre foam. i Mr. 8quier, the United 8taMe Cham lo the Central [ American Republics, having received Inlermodca ef tic intention of the English to seise the Island of Tlgre, he- ( longing lo Honduras, sad commanding dm suds* Pa- , cific coast, negotiated a treaty wtth Hsliamas, tbs terms i of which have nottrsmpiiM.lMtttla tataad hats the [ following circular addressed to the various foreign le- ; gallons and other officials In Central America, that the ’ United 8tales have reosivsd important rtsiremhms from j Honduras t La OAT IONOV TUX CutTBB StATRB, lu Cbwtsal Ahbxica. Leon da jfioaragua. Bop*. M, 1649, Six: I hsrs the booor to iofcna yoa that dm jsluiu f Tiara, in tbs Gulf of Fonssca, has bests ceded to the United States of North A retries, by dm Rspablh Honduras, for dm time psodkig wmsdtadnraJ act ' r convention bstwsM tbs two ispobl Singly, sueedyuoarmsinawill bttaken ot the rame.upon behalf a/the UaitadStales. _ .nt] upon on existing eonYtntion bttUMB tba two p«pablir and that, aceordir * ‘ ‘ he tome, upon be —,— . ., I have also tho honor to add, that tbs Thdtad Btatc- has acquired interests in tha wsatara Imauds and eossu of Honduras, which will net permit her to look with indifference upon any mraesrae which shall affect the present order of thinp in that quarter. 8£ I am. »ir. with hlirh consideration, toot ehd*tsefT J L., (Signed) B. GEO. SQUIER. Two British vessels at* dufly iipsetsd smthascast, with the ohjeel of sailing Ih* aboesL tMf.hu* Ihag will probably find a bootless errand. I understand that the State of Cceta Rica, the government of which has been entirely andmr Brin h influence, ia in a stale of great eicltiment, in con- - queues of the proposed eeedoo.of nr lam* psrdoaof its territories to the Englisb. An amngmmt ta that ef fect is mid to have been made by Its udalstar in End- land, and there is little doubt of tbs hem. It Is suppo sed this measure will reanh In * revolution in that bit! • erto comparatively quiet Stale. Indeed. ISMets that such a revolution bad already taksa pirns, Ww* orient on the coast. It k alsomaMntasdlhatafitryearrn >t correspondence has been opened by mr Mirdmer w ith tha government of Coma Rica, on tbs sbMmi, whuh will probably come out upon the opening ef rongrsn I hear, also, that the same minister government a detailed msraotr open the i tlie proposed canal; which will also bsihrs Congress. tux rxxxioiuT or Twu aurtrau* to mrun- DXNT or TUB ISOHSATIVU AM8MMT. IltMb, Oatahxrll. Monsieur Is President t—In the grave etnwMancet in which we find ourselve^ Urn xrnindxnr* who ought to exist between the diffhiant powsmefthe State can not be maintained, unleee, snlmxlid by reatasl con fidence, they explain their vtswx openly to eaeh othei. To give an example of that efnearity, I MUr make know to the Amembly the mamma which hav* deter mined me to change tbs Ministry, and to separata my- •elf from men whom eminent mrvicra 1 am gnlldeii to proclaim, and to whom I have soared Mendshlpgand (TotUuda. ' To consolidate the npabUe, amanasd M m many sides by anarchy, to asrora order mote aAeaalnuAy than has hitherto boon dm earn, to uphold abroad to PmLri- ssr) the name of FmooeatlbeMghtofhmfemo—fuen an required, who, animatad bp a patriot!* devotion, Understand tho nseemky of Bolted ond jjiro OTOlM, sod s clearly defined Hno of pclfey, which will net romprno i« the government (frpr—rir) bp so set of who will have a ears of my rsspimrildllrp M wsB as of I their own, and pay soniticm to asm M smIm wmde.—F [Great igl rattan ) For mors than a pear I hair* gtvw pnsfeamoagh < abnegation to remove all doohm as « my vsHtahle in tentioor. Without a grudge towarde sop individaali agaiut up party, I gave Metro to’MrnrtoroMSf the mom opposite opinion, hut withoM detaining tho hnrpy ; reeulle which I oiprotod trim that Dnmhroottrsi (aj>- prochement). Ireland of on asrolgorootfemof rhodoe o' 1 opinion, 1 obtained only o oostralimrtno of pmsma. Unity of action wee barred; a eptrit ef roaoflfelio m weakness. Scarcely wen — —.. of the street over when parties rated their rotor*, and gave root u*W to thrir oldriTslriss, syssad^darn, t] and disquietude through theeotmtvp. It In the midst of this eoufoskm, nano*. Missy, not (< cannot bt amnifcstaii rrithsM a prefect earoroaaity of tmoeanm imslfto the narisasi thooght, of width tho election of the Exscadvs power waa the elMadnii. A whole system triumphed on tha Mlh ad December, foe the name of Nuoieen Is aprhgptm— fo jtaalt It mesne—order, authority, rriifflMe vmlfero m the people at home, the national dgpdty abroad. Ith thttnamj'li of that policy, tougurated w rar stor linn, tthiililroek with theeoppoirtorthe Ammabtyaadcf Weyooole. I . with to be worthy of dm mmffntMS of lh* action, ly f maintaining tho eoastitatkm in which 1 hovsswsn. 1 M wish to inxptre in the country, by nty loyally, my pars* - Q vemnee, and my finances, rock confidence as to give H new life to boeinmc, gad hoiwia dm firiuts. •- H The letter of the coouftotioa hoe, dombtfam-s great H influence open the detalnfes eT a OMSWy rhatht sun - fl tier in which bie falter prated hoo,ymhopo, ofer grmkr one. Tho looger or ehortor doratieo of amtronmieni contributes, doubtless, greatly ta tho'4hflB& of public affaire; but it is also by mom nod bp prtoRpmo that the government know, how to mascara sootety. Lat re, thoo, mho ap again aotharity, wafeaotcan ing alarm to nal librety. Lot aa calm aaxhty, by boldly curidng hod prieriaho, dllri by «M« WStafa df. racthu to all noble Inatjimta Let ue consolidate the principles of religion, with i t abandoning cap thing of ON conquest* of M rovalation; and we wul save the country, in deephtof heti. t ambitions men, end even of thorn inparfeMhw whirl may exist in our inethutloa*. __ . LOUIS MAFOLEON TCONAFARTE. asms The Sovonush RopahHorot relotw tho Mowing‘m- gular inekhat t “ Solomon's Lodge of this dtp harem of bring Mir oldest In the United fftotro eietot mi to BmW. Thb Lodge pemeems a bibie priafed m the year IMS, whk h N note. Thocoshioa •location of that pert hm wSettomaedbookhmif Tn PwrtBM cv Pari* MJ*: TbsrsiseMdangf ing* and eating* *r* tut* and hasMr. 1 body IsamassdwMt stand PMttj. Hn brother In Aw writs, and will Innovations of twx Ladiu Punch has Men with alarm- “ ladle* vesta” advertised in tits news papers. This gradual invasion of male attire by the other aex ought lo be looked to. Pueh mvi they have already stolen our paletots they now MiM span vests. Gracious goedfeNs! what will they not take neat ? What will hsleft ml Bure enough!—what will be dews with Ihe “what-d'ye-ean-’eatat”— When comm, brew real feehttaar* take* _ By our preciore aoqaUtive rpaoms, Our ronSdenre well may hs Mia In impact to retaining tar U hrrenl Rathxx Ha an.—Dr. Martin, of Hinodalo, N. H., ha* been fined $76 on three ladictrarota for Mlllng liquor. Hn Ifoetor is Presldsiri of lh* Hindadsle Sou of Twnpsranos, end hu tasw ue- liveineomplaioingef HqMF ssUora. H* biq ■old it u a medicine, bet coaid not (soapsOff by which h* coudimmsd sthsro.

Georgia Historic Newspapers

Columbus enquirer. (Columbus, Ga.) 1828-1861, December 04, 1849, Image 1