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f* FORSYTH, A W. X. JETEB,
PROPRIETORS.
Tl RMS—Thi;kk Dollars per annum, payable
* luariaoly m advance, (or new subscriptions.
P*P er discontinued while an arrearages
s due, unless al the option of the proprietor, ami
a* our Dollars will in alt c/iscg be exacted where
etvnientis nofc made before the expiration of the
übscription Wear.
H [Y*** I'iSEIIENTS conspicuously inserted at
/ Jf' LA, 4P er ,ine hnd ed words,for the first
i m m<.andfriFTv cents for every subsequent j
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sent to us without specify- <
ngt lie number of insertions desired, will be con- |
nue and until ordered out, anti charged accordingly. I
gal Advertisements publish'd at the usual
ate? , and with strict attention to the requisitions
f tl e luw.
eriff’s iSAI.Es under regular executions, must
•e a< Ivertised for thirty days ; under mortgage
i fa.J, siki-f days before the day of sale. j
LRsLrf y.and uud Negroes, by Executors, Ad- j
vinritrafdrs or Guaidians, forsiXTY days before
hfrjuray/of sale. |
LEs/of jncrsoual property (except negroes) forty
Jays. .. j
rATJo.vs by Clerk 9 of Courts of Ordinary, upon :
Jpplicaftion for letters of administration arc to bo
jubtfshtetf for thirty days. !
prA mps upon application for dismission, by
Executor.*, Administrator.* or Guardiaus, month
ly foL> six months.
/de rk cf Courts of Ordinary, (accompanied with
( corny of tho bond, or agreement) to muke title
b jsfnd, must be published three months. i
ticles by Executors or Administrators or Guard
fansi, of application to the Court of Ordinary for
jeavle to sell the Land or Negroes of an estate, j
01/J'R MONTHS.
Ith|:es by Executors or administ rators, to the
|)el*torß and Creditors of an -estate,for six weeks
v Q r.TTtfil to the proprietors on business,must
. ! ost paid, to entitle them to attention.
in -.
LXND FOB SALE.
a jlLt. be sold at Girard, Alabama, on Monday
the, the 20vh day of Janu try next, the following
.jLand .embraced in a deed of Trust to ihe tut
drsi?nc,2l by Jamas S. Calhoun, to secure the pnj’-
iiietn yf ff.rtaiii debts therein na nef. Sold under,
and by virtue of the power vested in us by said Deed
wf Trust.
V-.*’ Barbour County. -
See. T. R. Acres
1. S E. 1 1 35i 13 25 iX 00
2. N \V i : 2S 13 36; do 1
S. E lof S W i | 23 do do: 8!);
4. E 4 of S W i 2D do do! do !
5. W 4 of S E ii 2 do 27 do j
G.t E 4 of N W ,t 4 do do do!
7.1 E | of N E i 11 <lu do’ do!
Si E i of S E 1 , 35 do do do !
9.1 N Wi 1 12 20 160
B i oIS El 2 do do 80 .
1 W 4 of N E 4 2 do do do!
1 VV A of N W 4 ’3 do do do !
lE4of NW 4 :3dodo do
J W. 4 of S E 4 3 do do do j
S VV 4 of S VV i : 4 do 27 40
‘.'o S 4 : 5 and do 320 j
E4of NE 4 : sdo do 40 I
18. of N E 4 | 5 do do 80
I'J. E 4 of N VV 4 i 5 do do do
20. S VV 4 of N VV 4 5 <l<> do 40
21. N VV 4 : 8 do do 160
,82. E 4 of N E 4 j 10 do do 80
23. V 4 12 do do 320
21. VV 4of S E 4 ! 3 11 do 80
35. E 4 of N VV 4 ! 7 do do ! do
2G. S VV 4 j 7 do do IGO
27. VV 4 of S E 4 ! 7 do do SO
23. E 4 of S VV 4 30 do do do
2). K 4 of N E 4 13 10 23 do
SO. E 4 of S E 4 do and,. do do
:U. E 4 of S E 4 20 do do do
32. W 4 of S VV 4 21! do, do do
33. NVV4of NVV 4 23] do do 10
31. N E 4 of N E 4 29 do do I do
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‘7 Russell County.
S'] S.e. r. R. Acres.
if Section I 1 I tl 1 2 7 I 6*o
jjt N I 4 I do I do I 380
U *3M
•I Macon County.
1/ Sec. T. R- Acr<s
/..- NE 4 10 17 21 160
2. NE 4 .1 do do and ,
3. E 4 27 do 25 320
4, SE 4 33 do do 100
5] E4of NE 4 do do do 80
ti Wiof SE 4 31 do do do’
7 g\V 4 do do do 160
si N 4 do do do 820
g] e 4 do 13 do do
17t>0
Tallapoosa County.
Sep. TANARUS; R. Acros.
i. Elof NE 4 121 , *9 |2l | 80
2. VV 4ofNVV 4 ! do do do oo
3, SVV quarter i3O do ,do 1(>0
4. Sec. -9 j 20, do 610
5. N halt I 32 , do j ‘{o , 320
(i. VV 4ofN VV 5 S3 |do| do SO
7. VV half 22 21 |do j 320
8. N half 33 do do do
9. N half 26 do do j do
io. s hair 27 i lO l d ;*
11. VV half 31 do: do do
12. S half 3o do do! do
13. Shalt - 31 do do; do
11. E half lo 23 :do do
15. E half 19 do do do
16. Shall’ 70 and” do do
17. S half 21 31 do, do
18. E half 32 tfojodOj do
52C0
Coosa County.
Sec. T. R. Acres
1 V’ half 4 ,18 20 320
ivVhalf 2f;f a nd
■1 VV 4ofN VV 4 1i do 20 80
4 sVV4of sVV 4 9; do do- 40
r. w 4 i,f SVV 4 9 do do 80
ft SVV4'of SW 4 10; do do 40
4ofN E 4 do do d 0 SO
at* Os. SB*. do |do do do
q sVV quaiter U• do do 160
to! NVV quarter do jdo do do.
11. N E quarter do ido do do
12. NVV 4 ofs E 4 do Ido do 4p
13. E4of SE 4 do jdo do 80
F4 W4ofN VV .4 I S'l do do do
15. W 4 ofS W 4 22 |do do, do
16. W4,ofN W 435 ;do do do
w. N E quarter 26 ;do ]o 160
18. W half : ]3 do do 320
19. S E quarter; U|l? do 160
30. S half 6| 20 19 3-0
21. NW4of SE 4 36 ,do do 40
99 N half .11 do 20 20
23. N half |4 !do do do
91 S half IS ! d° do dp
2a! S E quarter - 30 - ido dp 100
26. E4otS VV 4 dp :do do 80
27. SE4of NB* 4 31 !do do 40
t\t £ £
!?•! hV‘ s ' y * “ 1? is 3S
33. E half lo do do
34. S half ]9 22 do do
35. S half 24 do do do.
36. S hill’ 27 do do do
37. E half 113 23 do do
S.k S half I I” 24 19 jlo^
-,re rt<jne JONES, >
IV, -vy hai* fN pWARD] Trustees.
*V Nimbus, isssiiy >HfY, )
L \ Ay haV 47
I 1 \na Bluntest
FORSYTH & JETER, editors]
I M ED IC AL NOTICES.
MEDICAL..
Doctors, tatlor & urqjjhart, res
pectfully announce to the Citir.ens of Colum
j bus and the vieinfily, that they have associated them
j selves in the practice of Medicine,
j They will give prompt attention to al!calls, either
in the city or country.
j Thvir office will be continued at the one, at pre
sent occupied by Dr. Taylor, on Randolph street,
j The residence of Dr. Urqubart will be at the
j house of Mrs. Shorter, on Broad street.
| Columbus. May 29. 1844. 22—ts
I^lotici;.
OOTOR WJLUM AN has returned to Col
-and will atiend punctually to all pro-
Ife-sionil calls. Office on Randolph street, near ihe
• Post Office.
j Oct. 16 42—ts
i Drs. Boswell & Billing,
| Will continue their office at ihe Drug Store of
Messrs. Pond & Wilcox where,or at their residences
they m \y be always foun i, unless prof* ssionally cu
! gaged. Our n ues and accounts are placed in th 6
hands of Mr. H. 11. Kpping for collection.
Dec 13, 1841 5! -:f
REMOVAL^
H IbRS. HOXEV have removed their office to the
io ve so merly occupied by Drs. Holt J- Pt r
: sons, on Broad Street, opposite the Columbus Bank.
Jan 8, 1343 45~-2m
M EPICAL NOTICE.
HENRY M. PRICE, M. D.
Bolanic Practitioner and Accoucheur .
HAVING located hilraelf at Mr. William Ben
champ’s, 13 miles West of Kufaula, ofi'..js
hi® professional services to ihe public,
i Dr. Price is u graduate of'’the Botanic Medical
| College of Ohio, w lie re he attended two full courses
•of upon all subjects usually laughi in the
:m st respectah e Medical Collcges. In addi ion he
j has devoted ihce years to the study ot iho Mineral
| Prac'ice, repudiating the use of all tho*e poisonous ]
i and deadly articles, at present in so common use rs
I Remedial Agents j he will only, or principally, use
i such remedies, as sue found in The Flora of our ctm
; try ; void of all deleterious properties; but certain
j in their action on ihe human system.
I Having studied under one of the most skilful Ac
j co ichers in the Um.ed States, he feels tonfidei t that
] he will give entire satisfaction in the management of
diseases of women and cbi’dren.
j Dr. P. has been engaged in n extensive practice
in Virginia, for ihe last two y eats, during which time
he has treated with entire success, some of the most
j hope ess cases that ever came undtr the manage
| nieut of a physician—many of them having been
given up as past the hope of recovery !
sCT 3 * Dr. P. would respects iliy announce to the
Public, that he has discovered a preparation which
has proved an iufa li’i.c rein-dy in Syphilis Gonorr
hoea, Gieet and all c< ncomitaut Vencrial Diseas
es, which wiH he carcf.i ly pack d,a and sent to ord-r,
if accompanied wiih the money Five Dollars. The !
strictest -secrecy may be depended
LOOK !
Pcrmn* laboring under Rheumatism, Asthma.
Bronchitis. Dropsy, Scrofula, Dyspepsia, Diseases
of l.iver. Pa sv. Pics Fistula. Cn*er, Vo.icrin’,
Prol tpsis. Uieri. Flour, Albus, Fits,&c. would do well
*o consult Dr. Price.
N. B. All ett -rs mud be Pott Paid, and directed
to Clayton, Barbour county, Alabama, to receive at
Jan! *31.1844. 4—vvly.
VEGETABLE
-^HiCINES.
r and A,ue 4 u xjer.ttin run “V. Te.uimo
majs of j.s valtxe i
Di. Wo (1 tiffi—Dear Sir—The bottle of Lulum’?
Ldiieu Ti jijc I ob'ui n and us \mi fr n y broilmr, wh •
was laboring t uder Fever and Ague, cured I jm and
i'our more Cist-K besides- I think v/y hj o hly of i
mdoed] ami recommend H wherever I go.
I U lye sold ihe 3 ho lies wcoJ,t lined ofyou<o sell
and shall want 6 or 8 more.
J AS. CLEGG.
Pike county, Ga- July 14. 1811.
Dr, WoodraflfN Worm Spccilif.
iVlomy are reiouuded wheie it lans to benefit m .
ease ts worms.
The above preparation for Worms is a very certain
remedy. It has on advantage over iiivoy prepura
lions lor warms', from the fact that it can be given
with perfect safe y to achi and of any age—and from
ihe fad that it is not necessary to give any other
medicine with it or after it,as it operates uuofi tie
oowels, carrying aw-iy the worms and clear/sing the
bowels of all morbiu secretion# at’ ihe same time. A
trial of it we think will give sa'i'fuction toanv on 6.
We could obtain cert ficafcs of its value, if*ri'ec<s
sary. Suffice it to say, that persons of this city have
stated to us, wiildn a short trine past, fhs’t m
instance it brought away, i'mnied'aU ly. 30 or 40
worm* in another 50 or more, an 1 from that down lo
20, 10, &c. it may not cure every case, but such is
our cmifi’Jence in it. that we arc willing to ‘variant its
benelV ting i- every instance, or money will be re
turn) ed.
DK. WOODRUFF’S
Dysentery Cordial,
for Diarrhoe-i, Dys-n'cry, Bloody FIuX, and
Summer Complaint of Children.
Ii is scarcely ne to add anything in order
to strengthen the confidence of those persons in this
community who have been in the habit of making
use of the Cordml , but for such as have not tried it,
wo will add*the following testimony :
VERY BAD CASE CUKEI/’:
Dr. )\ r oodru|T—Dear Sir—A remarkable cure ,
having b en effected in the case of one of iry chil
dren, by the use of your valuabl Dysentery Cordial,
l feel it but justice to you that I should give you a
statement of the case, for My child
ivas attacked early in the year 1 vvipt disordered bow
els, w'ii-If continued gradtVallv to get worse ttfitil it
“era reduced to a peif.Ct skeleton, and by the family
given upas a hopeless case—every remedy in com
mon use had been resorted to, but without nnv real
benefit—his was Us condition when ye coni rite need
using your Cordiah***its beneffi was immediate and
permanent—it improved rapidly, an 1 now Cnjbys
gotd he iHl—Tour Cordial, wi houl doubt has sav
e l iu lif—let all try it that need such a remedy, and
they will not repent it. Kespect r ully,
J JOHN O. BALDWIN.
Rusicll county, Ala. Dec. 8,1843.
Tins is to cetifv. that 1 was severely attacked
with Cholera Morbus, ve>-y ireqoent and copious dis
charge*, accompanied with excruciating pains. Te
nesmus: great wenkne-s, cold extremities.&c. &c.
My .sufferings were of the most severe kin J. Dr.
Woo iruff's li.faliib’o Cordial was prescribed which
g'ave me immediate relief—it acted like a charm, and
in a few hours I was entirely cured.
Columbus, Aug. 1843. J. B. JAQUFSL
f.C~PThe above named preparations are sold,
who'esale and retail, at Drs, M. & W. Woodruff’s
Laboratory, Culumbus.Geo. and also by the follow
ing named Agents; at vvWch places may also be had
Composition No G &c. &c.
Holston Sl Malone—Eu'aula, Ala.
Bev. Win. Saunders—Clay ton v Barbour county
Alabama". „ „
Dr M. Padget—Abbeville. Henry county, Ala.
Jane* Allen—Glennville Ala.
Dr. G Mizell—Crawford, Ala.
Wm. M. CocbraffSrWhiVesvil le, Harris co.Ga.
Perry & Bovnton—L unpkin Stewart co. Ga.
Ferrv & Webb—Florence, Stewart co . Ga.
H. K. Lamb—Near Tazewell, Marion co Gav
DM. Hall—Pinevife> do do do
lchahod Holmes—Marion county. .j*
Mr. Nested—Cross Roads, Stewart county Ga.
May 29 1844. 32 ts -
MOTHER’S RELIEF.
TIIE suffering, of mothers at particulars times
are indescribable, to roliove which and enable
the mother to p is* safely these most
critical pc iod, of lif". tho above medicine has been
nreparod, it relives Riemature pains, Cramps and
con eels and regulates the wholo system, so that
when the period comes on the system is prepared tu
pass it comparatively without suffering, and tvith
Z'ZluJ* of bottle* are sold, of this medicine
yearly in the city of New York and those who scll .it
state that it stands unrivalled, ns a remedy for pre
mature pains, and the relieving of the sufferings or
tire mother, in the trying period alluded to.
It should he made use qfl or 2 weeks previous to
the time. Pries sl‘ solil by
tire time. * R- M. WOODRUFF.
Juno 14,1844
THE UNION OP THE STATES, - AND THE’ SOVEREIGNTY OP THE STATES.
COLUMBUS, GA. WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 13, 1845.
mew GOODS ! IVEW GOODS ! I
qriHE subscriber is now receiving at the old store
JL formery occupied by Messrs. Stewart &
Fount line, and more recently by Messrs. Hill. Daw
son & Cos, entire new and desirable assortment of
IMYX @©©©34
family GROCEUIEB &C. &C.
which lie offers to the public at prices to suit the
times. H. McKAY.
Dec. 4,1?S J. 49 if
Just Received per Steamer iVo
lion,
A SPLENDID ASSORTMENT OF
DRY GOODS,
Consisting of many new and desirable styles. All
of which, will he disposed of on the most favorable
terms. The public are respectfully invited to call
and examine die same.
IVES Sc BROTHER.
Nov. 27, 1341 46—ts
NEW CASH STORE !!
BRADLEY’S A DEMMOX,
DEALERS IN
Foreign and Domestic, Fancy and
STAPLE
IT. & A. BRADLEY, ?
CIIAS, DEMMON, J
Rantlolpli St. Columbus, C.n.
Nov. 6, 1844 45—ts
WAREHOUSE NOTICES.
FIRE-FFOOF WAREHOUSE!!
THE subscribers beg to announce to their friends
anJ customers, that they wilt continue the
Warehouse and Commission Busi
ness,
At the oil stand formerly occupied by Messrs. Smith
Hay wart l Sc Cos.
Feeling grateful to our fiiends for the liberal pat
ronage ties'owed on our former firm, wo would re
spectfully solicit a continuance of their favor. Those
who may entrust business to our care, may rest as
sured of oar peifou.d ailenti n, and’ best effort's to
promote their interest.
(Hr*We are prepared to supply our planting cus
tomers with
Bagging, Rope and Twine ,
And any oilier gooJg they may wish, at the lowest
market price.
lL?*Liherl advances will be mado on Cotton, or
| Muichandi e placid in store.
H. S. SMITH $• CO.
IT. S. Smith,
W. A. Kkdd.
Columbus, Oct. 30 1044. 44—ts.
FIRE-PROOF WARE-HOUSE.
COLUMBUS GEO.
J. C. & F. N. KU3E.
( Tiiccesso.s to Hall, Ruse &Cos )
TNHE undi*r igne<l having taken the well known
Fihe-Pkoof Ware-hou-k f. rmerlv occupied
!y HajjL Rose & G., u nder their ?eivices t*> Hie
tViends of >trj la c concern and the public n m |v,
disk und ihp fansaclion of “ ’
Commission Bit r incss
in all its blanch **; pledging themaelvos to t verv
rx rd n tc promo'c the inteiC'i* artd 10 rendersnti*-
facii'Ui to those who in ty coufiJe business to iheir
charge.
On hand a ’urge su; ply of
B4i£siii£, llopu and Twine,
which wi h auy other articles will lie fnrniahed to
our customers at the 1 >west nruket prices
They wjll endeavour to tank* advant tgeotts sal s
of Colton *hen desire I, and v- 1 udyanco liberally on
theatclein Ware-1) use or one -Hsigmnent to their
friends at at ilie North or Europe.
J. C. & F. N. RUSE.
Columba* Sept. 11 1814 37—ts.
SANFORD & BUTT,
GENERAL COMMISSION
AND
FORWARDING BUSINESS,
Apalachicola, Fla.
WOULD respcctly offer their services lo their
fiends, and the public, in the above line.—
And will give their united personal ait'.eulioa to al)
bosut iss confided do their care.
The usual advance* made on co-ton shipped.
Thos. J. Sa nkord. Glennville, Ala, )
M. M. Butt. Apalachicola. j
November 13, 1844. 45—3ijj.
TIHDIAS pgmtoiv,
COMMISSION MERCHANT
APALACHICOLA,
FLORIDA.
Wll.tr continue tne Cominisfiioh arid
Agency busmens at ilie above place. The
jvsual facilities afforded to all (hose dis|)osed to ship
cottons to any Foreign pof, or any poit in the United
State*. Receiving and forwarding business, strictly
and prompt'y auendeit to.
August 7, 1341. 32- 6ni
WARE-HOUSE
AND
COUOIISSIOJV BUSIES.
THE undersigned have associated logetner un
der the firm of YONGE, GARRARD, and
HOOPER,f r ihe traKSactiou ol a Ware-House and
Commission Business; they occupy the laige F'ire
Proof Warellouse, known as “Yonge's Ware-
House” and solicit from their friends and the public
generally, a share of patronage.
WM. P. YONGE,
W. W, GARRARD,
RICHARD HOOPER.
Colnmbus Geo. May lt, 1844. 18—if.
COMMISSION BUSINESS.
THE Subscriber having removed to this city, of
fers his services to his friend* and the public
■p neraily in ihe above line of business, either for the
purchase'or sale of Cotton or the sale of Goods on
Wholesale, As he intends devoting all his lime to this
business, he hopes that J* will he enabled to give
general satisfaction to those, who will fuvot him with
their custom.
His office lor the present wi 1 be at the late office
of the Augusta Tu*urance and Banking Company.
PAUL ROSBIGNDL.
References.
Mosirs. Pillot & Leßarbier, N. York. ■ !
do W. Daring,& Son, Charleston,S. C.
John Bones, Esq. Augusta, Georgia.
Ar'cmas Gould, do do
Jas. Fraser, do do
Robt Campbell, do do
Georgo Hargraves, Esq. Columbus, Ga.
John Banks, do do
John Wool folk'. db do
FOB SALE,
Q A(D BAGS Rio Coffee.
Apply as above.
June 6, 1844. 23—ts
DISSOLUTION.
THE Coparinership heretofore existing under the
firm of FOSTER & WARD; is this day
dissolved by mutual consent. The business of the
firm will b# attended to by John Ward, who will be
found at the old stand. Those who are indebted
are requested to calf on hint and pay up. ■
NELSON P, FOSTER,
JOHN WARD.
Columbus, Jan. f,1845. B—St
tooM brushes. j
A Large and lull a.'6'*riment. For sale bv
POND & WUILCDX,Jr
Jan 8, 1945* Near the Mary.
BY H. W. LONGFELLOW.
•When descends on the Atlanta},
The giguntic
Storm-wind of the Equinox,
Landward in his wrath he acouiges
The toiling surges, I
Laden with sea-weed from thelrocks.
‘From Bermuda’s Reefs, from edges
.Os sunken ledges
In some far off, bright Azorq,
From Bahama, and the da>hifig,
Silver flashing
Surge* of San Salvador.
‘From the tumbling surf, thaf buries
The Orkneyan Skerries-
Answeringthe hoarse Hebrides ;
. And from wreck* of ships, aAd drifiing
Spars, upfifling
Oa the desolate, rainy seas.
•Ever-drifting.drifting, drifting
On the s:ii r ting
Ciirreifis of tho re*iless nain ;
Till in sltel ered caves, aid reaches
Os sandy beaches,
All have found repose again.’
If you will take a bank-note, reader, and
while you are folding it up according to di
rection, peruse the following lines, you will
arrive at their meaning, wi li no little admira
tion f'>r the writer’s cleverness :
‘I will tell you a plan forgainim wealth,
Better than banking,'trading t>r leases :
Take a bauk-noto an I fold it up.
And the.i you will find your wealth in-crenscs.
‘This wood nful plan, witliouf danger or loss,
Keeps your cash in your hands,ami wih nothing
to trouble it,
And every time that you fold it aero.**,
‘Tis plain us the light of the day that you double
it.’
IISU£LLANr.
From the Knickerbocker of January.
AN HOUR ON LAKE ST. PETER.
BY IKANCIS JCOFCUTT.
’ For ye know not what a day or an hour may bring
forth?
“Arc a'l aboard?—quick! all ashore!
Heave oft’l lie bu’liiic ! Lively there ! haul in
the plank !’ cried Captain A .of the
good rteaiuer 8 . The short, sharp ring
ot our engine-hell was heard as the last
words were spoken j the ever hoisy sailors,
with their strange FVanco-Canadian patois,
‘made the air voral with sweet sounds,’ mix
ed as it was u ill) German, French, and Irish
cries for lost Wives, luggage and children.
Amfjsf it all,’ like some liuge wounded mon
ster of the deep, the engine heaved and
groaned ; the wheels moved round, the mass
of wood and iron seemed a thing of life and
will ; and a few minutes having passed, the
wharf, the crowd which had come down lo
gaze or say farewell, and at last the town,
weie lost to view.
As the boat went on, the loud confusion
gradually gave way to order f aqd the sailors,
c I u s I o r ‘.l^
y'MB
migrants,
dreams ol this
la ml’ again. Y lie
chatting in small grotq s, or promenading in
the balmy air of a June evening, w hile some
few were smoking on the forward-deck, a
mong the sailors, horses, immigrants and
freight, with wiiich that deck was nearly till
ed.
The night wore on ; the moon had hid its
modest face behind a cloud ; star after star
sparkled is ast and disappeared, until there
were none left in Heaven. The lielles and
beaux, and business-men from time to time
slipped oft"to bed ; and the ‘Fat Gentleman,’
who made each group lie joined the evening
through, a laughing-chorus, with his sunny,
ru Jdy lave, and the broad humor he had put
m every motion, word and 100k —last though
far from least—soon followed them. Being
left alone with iny own ‘sweet and bitter
fancies,’ I listened for a time to the monoton
ous heaving ofthe steam-monster below, and
feeling no fatigue, took a travelling compan
ion fro.n my pocket, and read. An hour
passed on ; the words grew less and less
distinct; the book fell from iny hands ; and
1 was dreaming 100.
cuaptkb n.
‘And there was darkness and wo. and die cry there
of went up lo heaven *
‘ Mon Dies, mms smnmes mart !’ was
shr.eked beside me, as 1 was awakened by a
noise like loudest thunder ; a crash, a crush
ing, which appeared lo tear the hoat apart;
and for the instant, what was under me sank
rapidly. The first quick thoughts which
flashed upon iny brain were, that the boilers
had burst, blown out the bottom ot the boat
and we were gbtng down! With a deep
sinking feeling al my heart, which slopped
its healings for the time, and a belief that all
was over now, I looked about to see from
whence destruction was to come ; but neith
er splintetß, fire, nor steam appeared.
Among tire passengers contusion at once
reigned supreme sos all the desks were
crowded ashy magic with all sorts of people;
dressed, half-dressed, and undressed’ too ;
som# screaming, some inquiring. The
French-Canadians, whom danger always
frightens, first embraced each other frantical
ly, then utlered prayers,’ cries,'shrieks, and
made night hideous with their noisy fear 6. I
hastened forward; asking by the way, the
cause of all this noise ; but, Ah mon Dieu !
Je nt sais pas, Monsieur,’ was all they an
swered mo. T looked across tho bulwarks,
but the sky was dark, the water darker, and
neither light nor shore was visible Then
passing to the otiier side, I pressed my way
between the crew and passengers, whom fear
had made half mad : the same ‘blackness of
darkness’ met my bewildered gaze. From
thence, proceeding aft, 1 glanced l *upon the
boilers 1 passed; but they were whole, and
the bright fire burned steadily within. Fuss
ing on through the dense crowd, so ihe steam
er’s side, the sad rdirhiy hurst on my sight in
elf its horrors, like a night-mare dream of
Hades. Chance, accident, or wilfulness,
had brought the largest steamer on the lake
in contact with us.- There she lay within
some fifty feet, her deck all dark with frantic
people, and going dowii'so’ rapidly that wc
could see her Bink: the waves already touch
ed her lower deck.
A large batteau, which would have held .
fifty men, with seven in it,-had already reach
ed our steamer, from the sinking boat; in
deed, they were all trying to reach it, ‘as the 1
sole ark of their salvation.’ Tho excitement 1
atourgangway was intense. How could it
well bo otherwise, with some two hundred 1
human beings dying as itgwere witbin'our
grasp, whose ouilitMsf wild be dimly egn
as they the other boats, or rushed 1
ftota sjdwio side in Wild confusion.
; Jjprengine-hett now rang : thd Wheels ‘
,g(rent round, and we Wero leaving them be- 1
Ttind. The thought flashed through the
mind,'We too are sinking, and are running ;
for our lives and tuclt'vas the fact. For a
moment they gazed upon each other’s faces,
and silence came upon them like a spell.
Not so with those upon the other boat.
They heard, in the sharp ring of our engine
bell, tho knell of all their hopes. Around
them were the waves ; no shore was visible;
and ‘darkness was uppn the face of the deep ’
Then there went up from that mass of sink
ing souls to Heaven aery ? a scream 1
a shriek ? No, none of these; they hardly
make an echo to the sound- It was a death,
wail! —long, and loud, and deep, with echoes
of an infinite despair in every varying note.
I closed my ears against the sound, and tried
to dose my soul to all the awful thoughts
which thronged upon it ; but they would not
keep away ; and images of sinking hundreds
tilled the imagination. Babes clinging to
their mothers struggling in the waves; old
men going down with the death gurgle in
(heir throats ; women shrill-shrieking in
despair, as the last wave went over them ;
the tierce encounter, between those whom
danger had made fiends, for some frail hope;
a bench, a chair; the death-grasp’ ne. they
sunk and died together ; all this, and all the
mass of thoughts which flashes on and lights
up the excited soul at such a time, and
which none can conceive who has not lived
through similar scenes, filled my distracted
mind, as though it were a many-sided glass,
and on the instant mirrored all t hings there.
1 hastened to the other side of the saloon,
to avoid both sight ant? hearing. The wail
grew less distinct :’ a few moments more,
and tho lasi echo died upon the air.
Now came those fearful cries which tells
of “the imminent deadly breach.” ‘The
pumps ! the pumps! throw overboard the
freight !’—and with good will were they re
sponded to. Bales, boxes, packages, and
engine-wood were soon ‘on their winding
way’ to the Atlantic. Tims passed some
thirty minutes : the boat was gradually sink
ing. and the cabins were half-filled with wa
ter ; when Captain A again threw out
the lead, and passed the welcome word that
we were safe, the water being there but
deep enougli to come tip to the upper deck.
He lowered ouronly boat at once, and tent
some trusty hands to seek the wretches we
had left behind.
CHAPTER lit.
‘Joy boamed from heart to face; from friend io friend 1
All now were safe; ani it was curious lo
look in the deser.ed cabin, half-fi.led up
with water, and see the sofas, chairs, and ta
bles, with lighted candle-, sell upon them,
floating quietly about, while on the upper deck
the engineers and sailors, ladies, emigrants
and gentlemen, sat side hy side upon the sin
gle seat which ran all round the promenade.
Return we for a moment to the evening
before. ‘The Fat Gentleman, ’ of mirthful
memory, affected hy Ihe mirth and beef and
ale of previous hours, soon feel asbep j and
feeling restless during the night, turned over
on the oilier side ; when, what was his
I ijMiUgHfaUlAiico and VJ.'AlfiLiiLllAkS.fll l - Start.
jumped from his narrow couch, and fast as
his umvieldly linrbs would ca.ir'y film j wad
dled through the water to the cabin stairs,
thence to t fie deck, and onward to the prome
nade s:air-case.
The crew and passengers were convers
ing quietly over the past event, (for;although
the boat was gradually going down, it was in
shallow water, and they knew that all was
safe,) when lo! as if coining through the
deck planks, a bald head was seen, like Gil
pin’s; without hat or wig, and with a face
ludicrously distorted with fear and wonder,
followed by a massive pair of shoulders, and
a huge round body', with a single garment
clinging lo its sides ; and lastly, a pair of
naked feet were planted on the deck. It
was the ‘Fat Gentleman,’ who running over
the deck as fast as lie could move, cried out,
‘Oh! captain! captain! Where’s-the cap
tain? Captain! tlie boat’sa-sinkin’! Having
p issed through the rows of ladies, sailors,
gentlemen, and servants, lie found the cap
tain, who calmed iiis fears, and suggested
that he had got up 100 hurriedly to pay a due
attention to his toilet; but it was tow too
late to ‘call spirits from the vastly deep,” for
his boots pantaloons and coat were in the cab
in, where the expertest diver could not reach
them. One however lent him a pair of
stockings, another a pait of drawers, which
reached some two-thirds round his fair pro
portions, aad another lent him a shawl and
handkerchief, of which lie made an extem
pore coat and hat ; and so remained upon the
cold wet deck ; but notwithstanding all this,
his fun soon came again, and lie succeeded
in making some few forget that their fellows
were drowning a few miles away.
Our steamer by this time was well down
in the lake, the lower deck being even with
it; the wheels went slowly round, as she
dragged her slow length along; the engine
heaved and groaned as if it were a dying
thing. In a few moments more the water
reached the boileis, putting out the fires ;
and we stfuck the bottom ol the lake with
two feet of water on the lower deck, the
shore some two miles off, but still invisible in
the darkness.
We had still considerable exciiement, but
of a different character, except with two old
ladies and an Irish laborer, who could not
divest themselves of their tears, hut walked
hurriedly about, exclaiming to each one they
me;: ‘We’re sinking! we shall be drowned!
You are deceiving us ; we’ro going down .’
Oil dear ! oil dear !’ As for the others, they
sat or stord in groups, telling the story over
again; hut those who attracted most atten
tion were iAe ./ire who had left the other
steamer and saved themselves in a laige
boat w hich would have held fifty persons.
Seeing one of lliem with a thin face, a pair of
light red whiskers, between which a pipe
was hanging down, while frequent puffs off
smoke rose Irorn between his bloodless lips',
1 spoke to him :
‘ I believe you, Sir, are from the other
steatner ?’
‘Yes.’
‘You had a very large batteau ; was it not
possible to have saved more of those unfortu
nate people ?’
‘Necessity,-Sir, necessity ; they might have
jbrnped in arid sunk us all. The first law of
nature, Sir, sell-preservation.’
‘ Might ?’ True ; but were you conscions
at the moment what you did, cf had the ex
citement made you desperate ?’
‘No ; we knew what we were at; but
don’t you think they will be saved ?
I left tour children and my wife behind !’
1 looked to see if he was serious ; but the
Mine dtrll-stolidity was in his face. ‘Four
your wife ! And left them there
to drownTwiujeyou were in an almost empty
boat !’
‘The others tjutthe rope in two; but don’t
you think they will bo saved 1*
1 hope so . yes, they had-more boats, and ,
[VOL. V.—NO 3.
many things to float on : they may be saved;
all, possibly.
•Well, if they’re lost, it can’t be helped ;
but say—the boat, that will be raised ! —'.lie
tilings on board will all be saved?’ .he asked,
eagerly.
‘There’s little doubt of that; but why ?’ \
‘1 had some admiralty papers on board;;
some papers of importance, which must be
saved, whatever happens,’ cried he, with 1
earnestness, striking the palm of Ins hand
with his clenched list. ,
A chill ran through mo like that which
follows the touch ofice ; ‘Four children and
my wife—l liojye they’il not he drowned ;
but the admiralty papers must lie saved !’
*
How those two words comeback upon the
memory,even now, like some old startling
dream, in the saloon or solitude, in the count
ing-house or town I The merchant parts with
peace, years, health, honor too perhaps, and
gains—a fortune. The belle leaves hope
and love, and all that makes the day-star of
woman’s life, for an—old husband and an
equipage. The politician breaks,. link by
link, the chain which bound him fast iotruth,
to honor, lo heaven, for—fame and place ;
and so on, ad infinitum. Ilow often, as 1
watch their progress, step by step, a si.II
i small voice whispers my soul : ‘Thiir ad
■ miralty papers must be saved!’
CHAPTER IV.
The ‘reign of terror’ was of short duration.
Alter we had lelt the cabin, it being full of
water, down the steamer went like a sinking
stone. A large batteau, which had been
taken as freight, and lay upon the deck, was
filled with human beings, who remained in it
um il the wreck sunk trom under them, and
then rowed s ifely ashore. The small boats I
belonging to the steamer were filled beyond
their capacity, and sank immediately, leaving
their freight of hu nar. bodies s'ruggling m
the waves. The crowd upon the deck were
going down without a hope; their boats
all gone ; the sky above them dark ; the
waters darker undernea'h; and oh ? how
darkest was that unknown eternity to which
fate seemed hurrying them! Despair was in
every heart. This mental suffering is the
‘ bittei ness of death,’compared with which
the merely physical pain of dying is but light.
Some rushed to the upper deck, and climbed
up the chain and up the machinery to the
walking beam; others threw themselves into
the lake, and clung to such planks or boxes
as they could secure. ‘The boat went down,
down ; and as that awful death-wail rose to
ward heaven, they gazed with fixed looks of
despair upon their watery grave.
A sudden check ; ‘oh, God ! she docs not
sink !’ The joyful cry was true. She had
sunk on a rock, or shallow place in the lake
and the promenade-deck was still some few
inches above water. The events of this chap,
ter occupied but about ten minutes of time,
and yet many souls lisd already winged their
on hh'h| antT many persons were still
to such
gtSgj*. effftMWNMfjSnithi n
*m/flfatH*I away—!.
go n
an invalid father
and closely tended him until it pleased the
Almighty to take him from their care, had
his body placed in an air-tight casing, and
were returning to their desolate home. At
the first cry of danger, they rushed to it as
to a guardian-angel : and so it proved to one
of them, for it saved her life. Tlie other
clung to it until her strenglh gradually ebbed
away ; her delicate fingers relaxed their
hold ; and she fell gently back into her vast
grave, with the daik clouds for a pall to cover
her water-coffin, and her soul amended unto
the mercy seat.
The cries of those upon the promenade
deck ceased, as the steamer struck the bot
tom. But hark ! deep stifled groans are
heard below, as if from babes and women ;
and once more, (he scene is one of wild ex
citement. The mate fortunately had a hatch
et in the upper works, and blow soon follow
ed blow over the places whence the anguish
ed voices came; a little opening was soon
made, when ‘Hold !’ cried a lookeron, as he
snatched the falling are. A tiny arm was
seen protruding through’ lire aperture, and
the next blow would proßa&ly have severed
it. Gently and fast they cut and from the
places when voices came,’rescued from death
whose necks were in the water while those
their heads were pressed against the ceiling.
One heroine, who had tno children in her
charge, and was attending them lo their pa
rents and distant'home, held them up, at pe
ril of her life, against the ceiling of the cab
in, until they were cut out and saved. She
was afterward upon tl.e boat which took us
from the wreck ; and it was pleasant to look
upon her open brow, and dark’ and firm yet
mild eyes. Nurse, or whatever they may
call that woman, she bore the stamp'of ‘N i
ture's o'vn nobility and tl.e children too
seemed to carry some ot her own spirit in
their cleaf, frank snd open countenances.
Never may their parents foTget theft preser
ver!
The boat from- the other steamer now ar
rived, its crew hav rdy picked* tip several per
sons, who were clinging to planks,and near
ly dead. They also recovered a lifeless
body, which proved lo be the eldest son of
the owner of the ‘admiralty piiphrs.’ Poof
Fellow ! the body lay before us soulless and j
cold. The Holy Father, He who notices
the sparrow’s fall, had tsken up the soul to
himself, from one who knew not, cared not
for, the highest trust we have on earth—the
training of a child for heaven. And thus
ended that Hour on Lake Sr." Peter 1 .
I,ong ams wearily the hours rolled on.
Gradually a dull morning broke upon us|>
amid storm and rain, and the washing of cold
waves over the disabled steamers, which
were now visible, lying low upon the surface
of the lake, some three miles spart. As the
day wore away, boats came to our assistance;
and we were soon toingour ways,'with the
day-star of hope still beckoning us on. But
how changed the scene from the moon lit
one of the previous evening! Some were
parentless, Eome childless. Soripw now
come upon them as a thief in the night.
Most of them were giooiny ard silent, from
the reaction of intense excitement: and long
hours passed in the open air, unprotected
from the frowniug clouds. A few recklessly
joked of the past ; a lesser few, with joyful
countenances thanked the High and Mighty
One who had saved them in their hour of
peri! ; and from these the notes of a hymn
of praise ard&e, flying away in the distance
over the waves, as we left the huge grave of
our friends behind us.
— _ 1
Thfe late Paul Beck, esq', of Philadephia. t
made bequests to forty-eight charitable and i
other societies in (hat city, amounting to ,
$35,500. To thefsoup societies of Phila
delphia he left a ground rent of SSOO per
annum, and also one of SSOO per auumu i
,for distribution'of-futl'lbr the poor. ‘
MEMORY.
Mere abstraction, orwiiat is called absence
ol mind, is often attributed, very unplnloso
phically, to a want of memory. I believe it
was La Fontaine, who, in a dreaming mood,
forgot his own child ; and after warmly cuni?-
iinend.ug him, observed how proud he should
jbe to have such a son. In this kind of abstrac
tion external things are only dimly seen, or
are utterly overlooked; but the memory is
not nucessarily asleep. In fact, its ton in
tense activity is trequently the cau ® of the
abstraction. This faculty is usually the
strongest when the other faculties are in
j their prime ; and fades in old age w hen
! there is a general decay ,of mind and
j body. Old men", indeed, are proverbially
; narrative; and from this circumstance it
i sometimes appears as if the memory preserves
; a certain portion of its early acquisitions to
the last—though, in the genera! failure of the
; intellect, it loses its active energy, it re
j ceives no new impressions, but old ones are
; confirmed. The brain seems to grow harder.
| Old images become figures. It is recorded
jof “that prodigy of parts, Monsieur Pascal,
that, till the decay of his health ,had impair
.ed his memory, he forgot nothing ol what ho
; had done, read, or thought, in any part ol his
rational age.”
It is said that the admirable Crichton was
similarly gifted, and could repeat backwards
’ any speech he had made. Magliahecchi, the
‘"loreiitine librarian, could recollect whole
volumes, and once supplied an author from
memory with a copy of his own work, of
■ ! which the original was lost. Spence records
i the observation ol Pope that Bohnghroke had
I so great a memory that, it he was alone and
t ! without hooks, he could refer to a particular
I | subject in them, and write as fully on it as
i j another man would with all his books aiuut
i him. Woodfall’s. extraordinary power of re
i ‘ porting the debates in the House of Commons
; ‘ without the aid of written memoranda, is well
I j known. During a debate he used to close
I his eyes and lean with both hands upon,.his
■ stick, resolutely excluding all extraneous as
sociate ns. The accuracy and precision of
!• j. ne dccuiac-y anu precision ot
Ins leports brought his newspaper into
good repute. He would relain a full recol
lection of a particular debate a fortnight alter
it had oecured, and dpi.ng the intervention
of other debates. He used to say. tli^t, jt
was put by in a corner of his mind for luture
reference. /■
[D. L. Richardsons Literary Leaves.
EFFECT OF A RUSSIAN CLIMATE.
Mr. ,I’pinus, in a letter, to Dr. Guthrie,
relates the following phenomenon, which
took place in Russia, when a severe frost
had continued for several week3. Mr.eEpi
nus was sent lor io the palace to see an un.
common phenomenon. On going in the a
partment of Prince Orioft, lie found him at
Ins toilet, and that every time his valet drew
the comb through tug hair a stropg crackl ng
noise was heard: and, on darkening) the
room, sparks were seen following Ihe comb
in great abundance, while the prince himself
was so completely electrified that strong
sparks could he drawn from his hands and
lace; nay, ho was even electrified when he
was only powdered with a puff. A few days
after lie was w itness to a most striking effect
of the eiectricstate of a Russian atmosphere.
The Grand Duke el Russia sent for him one
evening in the twilight, and told him that
having briskly drawn the flannel cover off a
green damask chair in his bed .chamber, he
was aslpn; lied at the appearance,qf.a strong
biiirht flame t?iat followed; but, considering
it was an electrical appearance, he had tried
to produce a similar illumination on different
pieces of tuniture, and could then show Inm
a beautiful and surprising experiment. His
highness threw himself on lushed, which was
covered with a damask qbilt, laced with gold;
\nd rubbing it vy i'.h his hands in all directions,
me-Tuuß jim ii 11l <MO re ached his fweflfh
year, appeared swimming in fire, as at every
stroke flames arose all around him, darted to
the gold lace border, ran along it and up to
ihpt of the bed, and.even to the very top.—•
While lie was showing this experiment
Prince Orlofl’came into the room with a sa
ble muffin his hand, and showed us, that, by
only whirling it five Os 6ix times round Ida
head in the air, he could electrify himself so
strongly as to send out sparks from alqthe un
covered pane of his body.
THE REST COWS.
You cannot be absolutely certain,’ when
you purchase heifers, that you will have good
cows, but by close attention you may acquire
‘ the art pretty accurately whether they wilt
prove good. The first point is the udder }
’ it it'has not the power of becoming bo, she
never will be a great milker. Then the color
of the skin will be important; if you would
have rich milk it should he yellow, or rather
mahogony color; buyou will want good teats
to draw the milk; large teats, not standing
close togei her, are a good sign. These are
the most important points.
As to the form of the cow,’ you’ will not
chbose a large l ead'and horns ,for if costa
too much to support them ; nor long legs to
make you held tiic pail up from* the ground,
and to require.high fences. Long legs require
too much support; they are not good evert
fer travelling. Choose short legged animals
whenever you have the choice, whether dows,’
oxen, horses or hogs.. Choose slender necks
. apd tapering tails straight backs and’ broad
briskets, for such feed better and are lesSE
| liable to disease. The cow’s body should be
large in’ comparison with her head and limbs,
but it is not an object to keep very large cows
or oxen, or horses on our farms, as a general
rules. Middle sized cows.'and those below
it, you almost always find belterm.liters than
largo cows are.
In regard to tha color orthe.body. a red or
yellow, ora yelluw brihdle, is as indicative
asi-.nyofa good rich milker. You cannot
always determine, by any external’ marks,
whether your heifer will prove a good cow.—
After try ing her one summer, jou can tell
better, and yop. can then turn her off for beef
if you chuoap,’ Oh purchasing you will have
some regiyd to color as a matter of fancy.—
Nobody want's a blaclt cow or a white one ;
. and though part-colored cows are endurable
nogwhitaunan buys a skunk colored’ horse for
his own peeping.
Mild and gentle cows are better than irri
table animals, and will be more ready to
yield thpir rntlk. By close scrutiny you can
determine in some degree by the countenance
arid the motions of the heifer wnether she ih
naturally docile,yet very much depends on
her breaking —her treatment and education
during the first season. Vicious treatment
will make animal viciousstill,''there is
a difference ol character independent ol edu
cation. Examine the eye and the fa ‘6 of the
heifer ; a large mild eye, with a yellow circle
or halo around it, is a good indication. The
face should not be large, and the bones should
all be small in proportion to the body. A
large cliest is evidence of good lungs and of*
hardy animal. The hips should be welt
spread, for obvious reasons.
By proper attention to selecting and breed
ing we may just as well have a race of cows
that will yield ten pounds ol butter per week
as five pounds. We know of no neat stock
superior to our r-d Devon cattle—such as
we meet with in all parts ofNevv tgland.—
Massachusetts I‘loujhnian.
Ship building im Portland.— The Port
land Adveitiser says, that during 184 4, thir
ty-five vessels, with an aggregate 6f at least
ten thousand tons, have been bui.t in thst
district.
New Potatoes were eaten at Bangor,
Maine, on Christmas, the seed 6$ which,
was planted in Octobers