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April 22, 1846. ’ 17-3rn
SEABORX WILLIAMS,
ITTOIYEY AND COUNSELLOR AT LAW, AND SO
LICITOR IN EQUITY.
Tcskegee, Micon County, Ala.
References —Messrs. Thomas & Downing, Co
lumbus Ga., lion. James E. Reiser, Montgomery,
Alabama.
Oct. 8, 1846. 41—-ly
JOll\ B. WEE.VIS.
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
Columbus, Ga.
Will practice* in the counties comprising the
▼ v Chattahoochee Circuit,, and the adjacent
counties in Alabama.
9Qr Qfice over the store qf M. Brannon, on
Itreid Street.
Peb. 11,1846. * 7—ts.
A. G. FOSTER.
ATTORNEY AT LAW.
Columbus Ga.
YV J 111 practice in the Courts of the su7ernl
v w counties of the Chattahoochee Circuit, &
the aljoing counties of tha Southern-We st
ern Circuit of 111. And also in the adjoining
counties of Alabama.
references :
Mrnta. Harper &. Holmes, Apalachicola, Fla
•• \V. Hearing &. Sons, Charleston, 8. C.
** l*<e &. N:*’H!t, M icon, Ga.
* N. G. Foster A A. G. Foster, Mftison, Ga.
Columhus, Oct.B, 1844. 41 —ly
J. LAW,
ATTORNEY AT LAW;
F.VtNBRTDOE, (DECATUR CO.) GA.
WILL titend paartnally the Superior
Courts of the counties of Early, Baker,
a*d Dc ‘atnr of the South-Western, and of the
countr of Thomas of tltc Southern Circuit.
May 21, 1544 21—ly
E. If. PL4TT,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
Albany, linker Counjy Ga.
Jxo. 1, IS 15. I—ts1 —ts
Vl arao of Ire just r.*rrived and for sale a!
the NEW ICE HOUSE, on Front street,
r..-*t door to the Warehouse of Massrs. Yonge,
Garrard & Hooper.
Price 4 cents per pound.
Trrmi. cohli u drllvi ry.
Orders from the country to thp amount of
a half ton, a ton or more, will be tilled at 3 cents
|cr it.—Packing at the expense of the ice Com
pany.
Ice Tickets for sale at the Icc House, for the
convenience of city customers,.
Ice House open from 7 A. M. till 12 M., and
Irmn 2 to ti V. M.„ Sundays excepted, when it will
open troni 7 to 9 A. M.
JOHN BYRNE, Agent.
April 22, IS4B 17 —lt
ROM the Subscriber wi the 29th Ipril last,
.r a Pocket Book containing the following dis
rribed notes, to-wit: One signed by William
White and payable to the subscriber for $352,
dated Rome time in the Spring of 1845, and pay
able 2.5 th December, IS 15. One note on Elijah
Harris, pavable to the subscriber for 832, dated in
Januxrv 15|6, and payable one day after date,
credited April the2oth 1346, with si4. One note
sigued by Kdiaond Sherman, payable to me for $25,
due some 3or 4 years 6icce. One note oil Sam
uel A lains pavable to me and John White, for
$33. dated some tone in the year 1545, and
due 25th December 1.515. Also, divers other
smili notes and accounts and receipts, on Attor
ney* and others, amounts and dates not recollect
ed.
AH persons are forewarned front trading for
an v of the a’>ove described notes, and the makers
are hereby notified not to pay them to any person
except myself.
Ant person finding the above Pocket Book and
ts contents will be suitably rewarded by deliver
in” the same to me near Lumpkin. Stewart coun
iv.Georgia. ALLEN BATES.
’ May 6, ISI6. 19—ts
TH3MASTON FACTORY.
\VU havr h en appointed Agents for the sale
* Y of the Good* manufactured by the Thom
aston Factory, and are now prepared to supply
anpliemts ai the iowest market rates.
RUSE, PATTEN & Cos.
Columbus, Nov. 19. 4? ts
DI RIM; lay abvnrr fra® Columbus Al
fr -1 I verson, Kq., will act as my attorney
and ajeat in relation to the esiate ot Gen. W at
•on. of which I am at present sole Executor.
B. W. WALKER.
Jan. 2<, 1545. r> ~ tf
XL .TiOTEK.
In the rear of tlie Enquirer Office.
Columbus Ga.
pQrOrders left at the Times Office will bc
pmictosllv attended to.
Feb 4. *1846. 6—ts
REMOVAL.
DOCTOR C* P. H ERVSY,
Ba&&&&&&&
IT tK removed his residence and Office to the
l l Dwelling formerly occupied by Dr. WM.
K. SCHLEY, one door South of the Episcopal
CMTch.and directlY opposite the residence of
Captain P. T. Schley, where he may be found at
all time* prepared to perform all operations apper
t -mine to his profession.
Jan. 7, 1546. 2 tl
*
Mhe Columbus Ohms.
VOLUME VI.
Uw, & mmm#
LIAS just returned from New York, and is
this day receiving a large assortment of
81\UX2XTG G-GG33S,
of the latest importation, which he has selected
himself with great care; Those desirous of ob
taining such goods as are imported expressly for
the New York City Trade, will do well to call
immediately.
Has also received a full assortment of
MILLINERY GOODS & FASHIONABLE BONNETS^
from the most approved Millinery establishments
in New York. She will open and show them this
day the 22d April, 1846.
April 22, 1846 17—ts
THE subscribers have entered into a copart
nership under the Style of Brokaw &
Clemons, for the transaction of the Dry Goods Bu
siness, at the Store recently occupied Ify Messrs.
Bradley’s & Demmom.
J. A. BROKAW,
W. G. CLEMONS.
Columbus, Jan. 28, 1846. 6—ts
LUKE REED, Jr,
HAS removed to liis lower store, a few doors
below the Market House, on the west side
broad street, where he will be happy to see all
who wish to settle their accounts with him or with
the late firm of James Shaw & Cos.
Columbus, Jan. 14, 1846. 3 ts
boots, shoes, and brogans!
OF every description — a large stock, to
which additions are constantly being made
for sale on the most reasonable terms, by
LUKE REED, Jr.
Sign of the golden boot and saddle, a few doors
below the Market House.
Jan. 14, 4 —ts
SADDLERY &, HARNESS.
OF all kinds—a complete assortment con
stantly Oil hand and tor sale at the lowest
possible prices by LUKE REED, Jr.
Sign of the golden boot and saddle,
below the Market House.
Jan. 21, 1846. 4—ts
INDIA RUBBER GOODS.
TNDIA RUBBER CURTAIN CLOTH—FIoor Cloth
A —Gin and Machine Bandi*g—Hats, Coats,
Leggins, &c. &c., for bv
LUKE REED, Jr.
Sign of the golden boot and saddle,
below the market house.
Jan. 21, 4 —ts
ALL KINDS OF LEATHER AND FIND
INGS
FOR sale at the sign of the golden hoot and
saddle, by LUKE REED, Jr.
Jan. 21, 4—ts
FOR SADDLERS & HARNESS MAK
ERS.
SHIRTING, Humes* and Bridle Leather, Sad
dle trees, Hog Skins—Pad Skins—Harness
Mountings—Buckles—rings, tee. & c., for sale by
LUKE REED, Jr.
Sign of the golden hoot and saddle,
below the market house.
Jan. 21, 4—ts
FOR CARRIAGE MAKERS.
TOP & APRON MOTHER—Curtain Cloth,
Coach Lace Worsted fringe—Drawing
CorJ, Uc. Ac., for sale by
LUKE REED, Jr.
Sign of the golden boot and saddle,
below the market house.
INSTRUCTION IN MUSIC.
HBiMEUTER, late leader (if the United
• States Regimental Band, at Fort Moul
trie, offers his services to the citizens of Colum
bus and vicinity, professionally as a Piano Forte
teacher : he will also give instructions on several
Brass instrument, such as Key Bugle, Cornopean,
&c. Ac. Ac.
PIANOS TUNED AND REPAIRED.
Mr. Bernreuter is also prepared to execute all
kinds of Fancy work in hair, in platting braee
rlets ear-rings, guard chains, Ac. He will also
do embroidery work upon cloth in silk or wool.
Sept. 3, 1815. 35—ts
WAR IS INEVITABLE!
ibtd't xasT xTeemn
Disastrous News to Broad Street Boole
Sellers.
THE undersigned takes this method to in
form the public that the Cheap Book Store is
to be found 2.doors below the Post Office, where
books have been and still Continue to be sold
lower than at any establishment in this city. He is
desirous that those offering the SI,OOO should
come forward and settle as he is short of funds.
Just received a select assortment of School,
Classical, and Miscellaneous Books, which will
be sold low, in spite of opposition. Among which
are a few copies of the Rise and Fall of the Irish
Nation,Proverbial Philosophy, Willis’Dashes at
Life ; Montezuma the Serf, Mysteries, Bostan,
and Parleys Cabinet Library, anew work just
from the Press. Also, just received Visiting
Cards, Motto, IFafers, Letter, and Note Fnvte--
lopcs, Rice paper, Lithographic Prints and Note
paper. $5“ A few copies of American Almanac
forsale 25 per cent, less than New York cost. —
Those persons desirous of purchasing Books
Cheap will bear in mind to call at the No. 1. Lit
erary Depot, 2 doors below the Post Office.
B. B. DeGRAFFENRIED.
April 29, 1846. 18—ts
LATEST NEWS FROM BRECON.
“ Books selling off astonishingly low.”
at the New Book Store of
B. B. <leG RAFF ENRICO,
3 doors below the Post office.
inconsequence of Fires, serious interruptions
X in business, and the great competition in the
Book line, I will sell Books as low and lower
than any establishment in this city, or surround
ing country —Cost or no Cost —a word to the
wise is sufficient.
April 22, 1846, . 17—ts
TEN - ]DOLLARS REWARD.
STRAYED from Coihtart Ga, on (he 2Sth of
February last, one Sorrel Filly, about three
years old, with a small white streak in the fore
herd extending down on the nose, and I think one
white hind leg. Belonging to R. C. Geiger ; also
one small bay horse, about four years old, with a
white spot in the forehead, belonging to Mrs. M.
Buchanan. The above reward will be paid for
the delivery of the animals or five dollars for
either of them.
RANDALL C. GEIGER.
Cutl.bert, Qa. May 2, 1846. 19-31
BY a servant on the Road leading from Tal
botton to Columbus, a Silver Watch, the
owner can have it by paying for this advertise
ment. Apply to the undersigned.
LEVI B. SMITH.
let. LS46. 19—It
IROX ! IROST ! !
1 1 O XYrYfY LBS. Swcedes, English and
J 1 X,UUU American, Round, Square A
FL AT B A.R Iron, of all sizes. Just received at
J. ENNIS & CO.’S-
A*pril 22, Iron and Hardware Store.
NEW HARDWARE.
Tile subscribers are now receiving a J.AKLL
STOCK; comprising a very general and
complete assortment of HARD lUARE as ever of
fered in this market, which they will sell Ext
teemely Low for cash. . rn
For sale by J* & C .
Ao.ril 22, 1845, 17
ipeDßTDanr.
WHAT DOES THE POOR MAN’S SON IN
HERIT ?
What does the poor man’s son inherit ?
Stout muscles and a sinewy heart;
A hardy frame, a hardier spirit,
King of two hands he does his part
In every needful toil and art;
A heritage it seems to me,
A King might wish to hold in fee.
What does the poor man’s son inherit ?
Wishes o’erjoyed with humble things,
A rank adjudged by toil worn merit;
Content that from employments springs,
A heart that in his labor sings;
A heritage it seems to me,
A King might wish to hold in fee.
What does the poor man’s son inherit 1
A patience learned by being poor,
Courage, if sorrow come to bear ?
A fellow feeling that is sure
To make the outcast bless his door;
A heritage it seems to me,
A King might wish to hold in fee.
PRAYERS FOR ALL MEN.
Fram‘Les Feulliers d’ Automne’ of Victor Hugo.
i.
My daughter, go and pray 1 See night is come i
One golden planet pierces through the gloom ;
Trembles the misty outline of the hill,
Listen ! the distant wheels in darkness glide—
All else is hushed; the tree by the roadside
. Shakes in the wind its dust strewn branches still.
Day is for evil, weariness and pain.
Let us to prayer! calm night is come again;
The wind among the ruin towers so bare,
Sighs mournfully : and the herds, the flocks, the
streams,
All suffer, all complain, worn nature seems
Longing for peace, for slumber, and fr prayer.
It is the hour when babes with angels speak,
While we are rushing to our pleasures weak
And sinful, all young children, with bentknees
Eyes raised to Heaven, and small hands folded
fair,
Say at the self same hour the selfsame prayer
On our behalf, to Him who all things sees.
And then they sleep. On peaceful cradle sleep!
On childhood’s hallowed prayer ! religion deep
Os love not fear, in happiness expressed !
So the young bird, when done its twilight lay
Os praise, folds peacefully at shut of day
Its head beneath its wings, and sinks to rest.
ii.
Pray thou for all who living tread
Upon this earth of graves ;
For all whose weary pathways lead
Among the winds and waves ;
For him who madly takes delight
In pomp of silken mantle bright,
Or swiftness of a horse;
For those who laboring suffer still;
Coming or going, doing ill—
Or on their heavenward course :
Pray thou for him who nightly sins
Until the day dawns bright—
Who at eve’s hour of prayer begins
His dance and banquet light;
Whose impious orgies wildly ring,
Whilst pious hearts are offering
Their prayers at twilight dim;
And who, those vespers all forgot,
Pursues his sins, and thinketh not
God also heareth him.
Child ! pray for all the poor beside ;
The prisoner in his cell,
And those who in the city wide
With crime and misery dwell;
For the wise sage who thinks and dreams ;
For him who impiously blasphemes
. Religions holy law,
Pray thou, for prayer is infinite—•
Thy faith inay give tiie scorner light,
Thy prayer forgiveness draw.
MISCELLANY.
“SAWING” A TOURIST.
Some years ago four or five careless, vaga
bond young men were seated in the bar-room
of the Galt House, at Louisville, enjoying a so
cial glass. Captain Marryat had been sojour
ning at Louisville some days; at the time oi
which we write he was simply a sort of a lion ;
a few days after he became notorious. Al
though the Captain was universally acknowled
ged to he “a good fellow,” who could Pcarry”
a large quantity of liquor, and who always
“treated liberally,” yet it w r as considered by
some, who were as fond of a joke as anything else,
that he might be rather easily gulled. More
than once, among those he had chosen to consid
er, for the nounce, as its intimate friends, he
had been seen to take out liis note-book, and
make sundry memoranda. The impression be
came pretty universal, therefore, that on his re
turn to England he intended to write a book,
hence many a one endeavored to furnish him
with ail extra item, so that when the gallant
Captain started for home, he had just about as
correct a knowledge of our people as when he
started from home. Mixed up with a variety of
facts, he had gathered a still larger variety of
absurdities; imposed upon him by wags of every
grade and complexion.
While the lads we mentioned were luxuria
ting over their cigars, the Captain entered the
bar-room, accompanied by one who had been
his boon companion for some days, and who was
known to love a quiz as he loved his liquor. The
latter personage advanced to the party and sai l,
“ The Captain is anxious to see you play that
game of poker we spoke of to-night. You know
lie says he wants to see a game in real south
western style. Now keep steady faces, go to
the room, and I will see that the Captain is
there.”
In about half an hour, a singular crowd might
have been seen in one of the rooms. Four sat
at a table, each corner of which was garnished
with just such a display of deadly weapons as
fancy dictated; all of the plaj-ers having provi
ded themselves with pistols and bowie knives.—
A warm fire was in the grate, and the gamblers
had stripped themselves of coat and vest; ready,
as it appeared, for any encounter. As specta
tors of this game, Captain Marryat and his com
rade were closely watching the proceedings.
“Now, gentlemen,” said one of the party,
holding up a pack of cards, “if you are ready, we
will begin,”
“All ready for a fair set to,” responded the
others.
The cards were dealt, and at it they went.—
The luck seemed to change variously for some
time. By and by a young man, who w-as play
ing with remarkable coolness, made a bet of five
thousand dollars.
“ I will have to see that,” said another, “ and
go five thousand dollars better.”
Captain Marryat’s eyes began to open.
“Very well,” said tiie first who bet, without
changing a muscle of his countenance, “I cannot
run, on this hand. I see your five thousand,
and bet you twenty thousand dollars more.”
“ The devil you do! That’s a salty bet. —
Draw it, Fred; my hand is better than your’s,
and I don’t w-ish to steal your money. Let it
be decided on the original bet of five thousand
dollar*.”
“ I have bet twenty thousand,’* said the
young man, firmly, “you can call it or not, just
as you choose—this is no child’s play, to bet and
back out.”
•‘Very well,” said the other, “I give you a
fair chance to do so. There’s my hand, four
aces, the best in the pack.”
“Enough said,” said the other, “I am perfect
ly satisfied. You have .won thirty thousand
dollars; come to the office, and I will give you
my check on the Bank of Louisuille. I have
just that amount there, the last cent I have in
the world. The old man’s farm is all gone now..
THE UNION OF THE STATES, AND THE SOVEREIGNTY OF THE STATES.
COLUMBUS, GA. WEDNESDAY, MAY 13, 1846.
I have played enough, boys, let us go and li
quor.” And thus the party broke up.
About a year after tills occurrence, the Diary
of America, by Captain Marryat, made its ap
pearance in this country. Perhaps an extract
from the second volume will gratify the reader:—
“While I was in Louisvile I had an opportu
nity of witnessing the coolness of Americans in
gambling; and of justly estimating their charac
teristic recklessness of temper. At the same
time the utter barbarity of some of their habits
was fully displayed. I was invited by a friend
to look in upon the proceedings of a party enga
ged in a game of cards much played in the
South and West, called ‘Poker.’ To my utter
astonishment I found them stripped almost to
the skin, like a gang of savkges. Nor was this
all. On each corner of the table they had de
posited their various weapons—dirks, pistols and
bowie-knives—ready, as it appeared, for a bloody
fight, should any dispute or mere difference arise.
My friend informed me that affrays were very
common in these social parties, as he fancifully
termed them, and that he fully expected while
we were present to see the brains of someone
of the party scattered by a pistol, or a hole or two
drilled through the body with a bowie-knife. In
an hour after this party met, one of them (a
young man, about twenty-two years old,) lost
thirty thousand dollars. Carelessly observing
that his last dollar was gone, he got up from the
table and coolly asked his companions to go to
the bar and take a drink with him! I afterwards
learned the history of this hopeful youth from
the gentleman who was with me on the occasion
I have described. A year before lie had come
into possession of an estate worth one hundred
thousand dollars. Two beautiful and accom
plished sisters were dependent on him, but, scor
ning their affectionate entreaties, he plunged into
vice, and in twelve months was left penniless!
Did the wretch hang himself] Oh, no!—the
very next morning after the scene I have men
tioned, I saw him on the levee, with a book in
his hand, superintending the unlading of a steam
boat! He had already obtained a place, and
betaken himself to the subordinate occupation of
a steam boat clerk.”
It is a pity to spoil this capital story cf the
gallant Captain—hut the truth must he told.—
The young man whose history is so graphically
described, was for years the clerk of the steamer
dollars of his own during him lifetime.
[Picayune.
TRINITY CHURCH.
Trinity church is now open for the inspection
of visitors. Those who wish to view the interior
are required to procure a ticket of admission from
one of th? vestry. The entrance is through the
southern portico; and although the workmen
have not entirely completed their labors the edi
fice is in a fair state for exhibition.
One can scarcely fail of being pleased with
the interior of this structure. The coup d’oeil
upon reaching the broad aisle is most pleasing;
chaste, even elegant, but not magnificent. Eve
ry thing your eyes rest upon is free from all
gairishness, and the thought, if awakened, will
only be by the brilliancy of the western light.—
This indeed is the first object the observer no
tices, and he dwells with admiration upon its va
ried beauties. This window is placed over the
a’tar or communion in the western end of the
building, and is, we should judge, about eigh
teen feet in width, and is crowned with a sweep
ing cresent. It has seven compartments in the
base, painted into pretty designs, and seven
next above. These last are filled with full
length figures of Christ, the four Evangelists,
St: Paul and St. Peter.
In the centre is Christ, upon his right St. Paul,
and on his left St. Peter, both in purple robes,
one with a cross and the other beside a singh or
iion. By the sides of these are the Evangelists,
in green and white robes. These pictures are
charmingly executed, but we did not learn the
name of the artist. Above the arch is tapered
into twenty-six compartments, beautifully de
signed and painted in great variety of gaudy col
ors and shades.
The floor of the church’is of the same ma
terials as the exterior of the building, laid in
square blocks a foot in diameter. There are
three aisles, with a row of twenty-four pews up
on each side, which arc thought to have the ca
pacity for containing eight hundred persons.—
They are made of oak, spacious and convenient,
and varnished.
Upon each side of the centre aisle are six clus
tered colums of large size, of red sand stone, and
in the pure gothic order. On the farther col
umn on the north side is the pulpit raised ten
feet, also of oak, and entered by a winding stair
case of the same material. There are six win
dows below, in the body of the house which ex
tend to the vestry or private rooms, arched at
the top, and each one of which contains eleven
compartments, the centre of each division being
of plain glass, diamond shaped, and the border
painted, into flowers, vignettes, and figures of
exquisite designing and execution.
Above the columns iu the lateral wall are nine
windows upon each side corresponding with
those below, also painted in about eight different
colors, which reflect their prismatic yet modest
and mellow light upon the carvings of the roof
with a singular and beautiful effect,
The roof is vaulted, grained, elaborately car
ved to rosettes and other devices, chaste in every
part of its design and workmanship, and may be
considered the chef d’oeuvre of the interior archi
tecture. The vault of the roof, as we were in
formed is seventy feet in heigth. A first view
of the whole gives the beholder an idea of
cheapness, especially if he remember the state
ments that have sounded in his ears of the enor
mous expense that has attended its construction.
The front entrance is under the organ, after the
style of St. Paul’s London; and the arch with
the whole front of the tower present some beau
tiful specimens of ornamental sculpturing. The
huge pipes of the organ are not yet up ; there is
also a sounding board to be erected over the pul
pit. which will he covered with a canopy, and
some other fixture, such as a reading desk, altar,
ect.
We understand that Mr. Upjohn, the architect,
is the principal designer of the figures in the
lights, and they certainly reflect much credit on
his skill and taste. The windows, however,
have a different appearance from those in the
European cathedrals; and the; method of coloring,
instead of painting, the glass would be prefera
ble. A fine specimen of colored glass is presen
ted in the St. John’s Church, Philadelphia; and
since the art, discovered in the forepart of the
fifteenth century, has for some time been revi
ved after a sleep of near two centuries, and is
so eminently worthy of practice, we wonder and
regret that it had not been applied to the other
wise most elegant and expensive Episcopal
Church in the Union.
The reading desk isio be outside the altar, and
the private rooms have no egress to the commu
nions as in most other churches of this order.
N. Y. Evening Post.
A Clever Reply. —A servant girl in the town
of A , whose beauty formed a matter of gen
eral admiration and discussien, in passing a group
of officers in the street, heard one of them exclaim
to his fellows—
“ By heaven, she’s painted!’
“ Yes sir, and by heaven. only!’” she very quiet
ly replied, taming round.
’ The officer acknowledged the force of the re
buke and apologized.
Taglioni, who is about to retire to her villa
and estate on the lake of Como, has invited
Fanny Elssler; Fanny Cerito, Lncile Graan and
Carlotta Grisi, to pass with her the summer re
, cess. She retires on a large fortune.
STEAMBOAT ACCIDENTS.
The first Steamboat accident in this country
happened in 1818, to the Washington, on the
Ohio river.
According to a letter to Congress by the Se
cretary of the Treasury, written in 1838, the
whole number of steam engines of every kind
that were then in use in the United States, was
3010 ; of that number 800 were in steamboats,
350 in locomotives, and 1860 in manufactories
of different kinds.
The number of accidents to steam engines up
to that time, causing loss of life, was 261, of
which number, 230 were in steamboats.
The greatest loss of life by steamboat accident
was by the collision and sinking of the Monmouth
in 1837, on the Mississippi ; the number of
lives lost was 300.
The greatest loss of life by the explosion of a
steamboat was in 1838, in the case of the Oro
noko, on the same ; tho number of lives lost was
139.
The boilers of the steamboat Moselle blew up
at Cincinnati, Ohio, destroying 120 persons.
The greatest loss of life, by snagging, was in
the case of the steamboat St. Louis, on the Mis
sissippi, in 1834, when there were 13 lives lost.
The greatest loss of life by shipwreck was in
the case of the Home, in 1837, on the coast of
North Carolina, when 100 persons were lost.
The greatest loss of life, by the burning of a
steamboat up to that time, was in the case of the
Ben Sherrod, on the Mississippi, in 1837.
The number of steamboats lost up to 1823 was
23. During the year 1837, no less than 80
steamboats were lost on the Western waters.—
During the ten years, from 1830 to 1840, eighty
steamboats were lost by explosion, in the United
States, by which means 989 persons were killed
outright, and 296 wounded badly, of which num
ber 254 died from the injuries received.
On the 14th of June, 1837, the steamboat Pu
laski, was destroyed by the explosion of one of
her boilers, while on the passage from Charleston
to Baltimore, and 132 persons perished.
About the same time, a similar accident occur
red to the steamer Washington, on Lake Erie, by
which 40 lives were lost.
One hundred and seventy lives were lost by
the destruction of the Lexington, in 1840.
The burning of the Erie, cn Lake Eric, in
August 1841, sent to their untimely graves 175
persons —and it is but a short time since our
sympathies were aroused by the destruction of
the ill-fated Swallow.— N. York Evening Ga
zette.
REVOLUTIONARY INCIDENT.
The ground where Major Samuel McCulloch,
took the great leap to avoid being made prisoner
by the Indians, is hut a few rods from Wheeling,
Virginia and yet such is the negligence of those
who inhabit those scences of great exploits, that
we venture to remark that not one dozen men have
thought of McCulloch, or been upon the land
from which that leap was taken.
It was on the 29th of September, 1771, that
Fort Henrv, was attacked by the Indians, led on
by the notorious Simon Girty. The Indians were
estimated at about 500 warriors. The fort con
tained about forty two fighting men, of these twenty
three were killed in the field below the hill, before
the attack on the fort was made. The scige of
the fort was sustained by these nineteen men un
til the next morning at about daylight, when Ma
jor McCullough brought 40 mounted men from
Short Creek to their relief.
The gate of the fort was thrown open and Mc-
Cullough’s men,thought closely beset by Ind ians,
entered the fort in safety: McCullough, like a
brave officer was the last man, and he was cut off
from his men and nearly surounded by the Indians.
He wheeled and gallopped towards the hill beset
the whole way by Indians who might have killed
him; but who wished to take him alive, that they
might wreak their vengeance more satisfactorilv
upon one of the bravest and most successful in
dian fighters on the frontier. He presumed he
could ride along the bridge & thus make his way
to short creek, but on arriving at the top he was
headed by a hundred savages on the west they
were gathering thick and fast upon the hill amoilg
the bushes, while the main body were following
in his path.
He was hemmed on all sides but the east, where
the precipice was almost perpendicular; and the
bed of the creek lay like a gulf near 100 feet be
neath him. This would have been protected by
the cautious savages, but the jutting crags of lime
stone and slate forbade his climbing or descending
it even on foot, and they did not for a moment
suppose that the fearless horseman or mettled steed
could survive the leap if made. But with the
Colonel it was the chance of death, and a narrow
chance of life.
He chose like a brave man. Setting himself
back on his saddle, and his feet firmly in the stir
rups, with his rifle in his left hand, and his reins
adjusted in his right, he cast a look of defiance
on the approaching savages, and pressing his
spurs in his flank, urged him over the cliff. In
an instant of time, the Indians saw their mortal
foe, whose daring act they had looked on with
horror and astonishment merging from the valley
of the creek below, still safely seated on his noble
steed, and shouting defiance towards his pursuers.
There never was we venture to say, in civilized
or savage warfare, a more desperate or daring act
than this leap of McCu lloch.
A BOMB-PROOF TOWN.
I have somewhere heard of a regiment ordered
to march into a small town and take it. I think it
was in Tyrol; hut wherever it was, it chanced
that the place was settled by a colony who believe
in the gospel of Christ, and proved their faith by
works. A. courier from the neighboring village
informed them that the treops were advancing to
take the town. They quietly answered, “if they
will take it they must.” Soldiers soon came
riding in with eojors and piping their shrill defi
ance. They looked around foi an enemy, and
saw the farmer at his plough, the blacksmith at
liis anvil, and the women at their chums and spin
ning wheeL. Babies crowded to hear the music,
and boys ran out to see the pretty trainers, with
feathers and bright buttons, “the harlequins of the
16th century.,’ Os course none of these were in
a proper position to be shot at. “ Where are your
soldiers?” they asked. “W'e have none,” w-as
the brief reply. “ But we have come to take the
town,” “ Well friends it lies before you.” But
there is nobody to fight ?” “No we are all Chris
tians.”
Here was an emergency altogether unprovided
for; a sort of resistance which no bullet could bit;
a fortress perfectly boombproof. The commander
was perplexed. “If there is no body to fight with
of course we cannot fight,” said he. “It is im
possible to take such a town as this.” So he or
dered the horses heads .to be turned about, and
they carried the human animals out of the village
as guiltless as they entered, and perchance some
what*wiser. —L Mauia Child
The Maidex Name of Washixgtox’s
Wife. —A correspondent of the Pennsylvanian,
referring to a statement, that “neither Ramsey,
Marshall, nor Bancroft, mention the maiden
name of Mrs. Washington,” the wife of General
Washington, she says was the daughter cf John
Danridge, of Nirginia, and was born in May;
1732, in the county of New Kent, Colony of
Virginia. Jared Sparks, in his life of Washing
ton, mentions that her majden name was Dand
ridge, but gives no further particulars respecting
her, previous to her first marriagewithCol. Dan
iel Park Custis. A biography of Mrs. Wash
ington, written by her Grandson, G. W. P. Cus
tis, Esq., was published some years since in the
American Portrait Gallery. He states that she
was “descended from an ancient family, which
first emigrated to the colony of Virginia, in the
person- of the Rev. Orlando Jones, a clergyman,
of Wales.”
NUMBER 20.
DESCRIPTION OP sir ROBERT
PEEL.
We clip from the New York Gazette and
Times, the following description of the Premier
of England :
“ This distinguished statesman is in person
rather above the common size, though not what
might be termed, a large man—his complexion is
light, and his hair what is generally called sandy;
his cheeks full which diminish the size of liis
mouth and eyes. At first glance a stranger
would not pronounce him a man of
genius—but it is only necessary to attend a de
bate in the House of Commons in which the Pre
mier takes a part, to be convinced that he is not
only a man of extraordinary powers, but far supe
rior to any other mqtotber on that floor—in fact
although I have beei) present on many occasions,
and sat for hours at a.time, listening to every va
riety of debate there ‘s I never witnessed an in
stance when the most powerful’ on “the opposi
tion benches,” no matter on what subject, with
or without notice, did not find his over match in
Sir Robert Peel. }lis manner is remarkably easy,
his tone of voice soft and agreeable and he is en
tirely free from that habit of hesitation, repetition
and “mumbling,” which is so peculiar to the
English.
In this respect he almost equals American
speakers in fluency, but there is no violence or
rant; his object seems to be first to convince,
and then to persuade in the most quiet and amia
ble way. I suppose I have heard him speak at
least fitly times, and never recollect witnessing
■in his mfinner a loss of temper; he was always
gentlemanly and courteous, as if he felt by his
position and power, he required no other means
to carry his object, or that by long experience he
. had learned that they were the most efficient
. means. As lam in the habit of tracing resem
blances,! should say that a person familiar with
the appearance of Col. Benton, of the United
States Senate, would at first sight be struck with
the resemblance to Sir Robert Peel ; whilst the
voice and manner of the latter closely resembles
that of the late Mr. Biddle of Philadelphia.”
THE DEATH OP A CHILD.
No one feels the death of a child as a moth
er feels it. Even the father cannot realize it.
There is a vacancy in his home; and a heaviness
in his heart. There is a chain of association that
at set times comes round with its broken link ;
there are memories of endearment, a keen sense
of loss, a weeping over crushed hope, and a pang
of wounded affection. But the mother feels that
one has been taken away who was still closer to
her heart, Hers has been the office of constant
ministration. Every gradation of feature has
developed beforo her eyes. She has detected
every new gleam of intelligence. She heard the
first utterance of every new word. She has been
the refuge of his fears; the supply of his wants.
And every task of affection has woven anew
link, and made dear to her its object. And when
he dies, a portion of her own life, as it were, dies.
How can she give him up with all these memori
als, these associations 1 The timid hands that
have so often taken hers in trust and love, how
can she fold them on her breast, and give them
up to the cold clasp of death 1 The feet whose
wanderings she has watched so narrowly, how
can she see them straightened to go down to the
dark valley ? The head she had pressed to her
lips and bosom, that she has watched in burning
sickness and in peaceful slumber, a hair of which
she could not see harmed. O ! how can she
consign it to the chamber of the grave ? The
form that not for one night has been beyond her
vision or her knowledge, how can she put it
away for the long night of the sepulchre, to see
it here no more ? Man has cares and toils that
draw’ away his thoughts and empty them, she sits
in loneliness; and all these memories, all these
suggestions, crowd upon her. How can she bear
all this ? She could not, were it not that her faith
is as her affection ; and if the one is more deep
and tender than in man, the other is more simple
and spontaneous, and takes confidently held of
the hand of God.— [Rev. E.H. Chapin.
THRILIiING INCIDENT IN RUSSIA.
The following melancholy anecdote is much
talked of; it shews the affects of the terrible decis
ion of character exhibited by the Russian Czar.
It is well known that there are many sailors in
the Russian fleet who are Israelites. At a re
view of the fleet on a late occasion by the Empe
ror, two sailors particularly excited his attention,
both by the precision with which they performed
several difficult manoeuvres, and by the agility
and daring which they displayed. The Empe
ror was so much pleased that he immediately pro
m ited one to be a captain; the other he appoint
ed a Lieutenant on the spot. There is however
an ukase forbidding Jews to wear an epaulette,
and the Admiral of the fleet, who stood by the
Emperor, knowing that they were Jews stated
the difficulty to his Imperial Majesty. “Pshaw!”
cried the emperor, “that does not signify the
least, they shall immediately embrace the Greek
religion, of course.” When this determination
was communicated to the two young men, sor
row and despair seized upon them at the thought
of receiving honor and promotion on such inex
orable terms. Knowing that remonstrance or
refusal would be in vain they requested of the
emperor permission to exhibit still more of their
mauoevres; as he had not seen all they could do.
This being granted, they ascended the topmast,
embraced each other and locked in one another’s
arms, threw themselves into the sea and disap--
peared forever. What effect this sacrifice pro
duced upon the Czar is not related.
DIVINE PROTECTION.
“I cannot go where universal love smiles not
around.”— Thompson.
What studded the blue atch of heaven with
glittering lights 1 What formed the unknown
depths of the ocean, and stored it with infiuinera
ble creeping things 1 What created the fair
world of brightness and beauty? What clothed
our fields with green, and our valleys with corn!
What glow s
“Through all life, extends-tferough all extent,
Spreads undivided, operates unspent.”
The love of God, deep, unfathomable, limitless
love l
It is this which speaks in the wild warbling of
the feathered choir, we hear it in the pearly riv
ulet and stream, —we see it in the bright flower
of spring, in the sparkling tints of the rose, and
the beautiful fragrance of theflower of the valley.
We hear it in the howling of the midnight
storm and in the summer breathings of the gentle
zephyr. We see it in the bright beams of the
king of day and in the milder glory of the queen
of the, night.
“Thou art, O God, the life and.light
Os all this wondrous world we see ;
Sts glow by day, its smile by night.
Are reflections caught from thee,
Where’er we turn thy glories shine,
And things so fair and bright are thine.”
[Spirit preachings.
Beautiful Little Allegort —A humming
bird met a butterfly, and being pleased with the
beauty of its person, and the glory of its wings,
made an offer of perpetual friendship.
*1 cannot think of it,’ was the reply, *as you
once spumed me, and called me a drawling dolt.’
‘impossible V exclaimed the humming bird, ‘I
always entertained the highest respect fer such
beautiful creatures as you.’
‘Perhaps you donow,’ said'the other, ‘but when
yon-insulted me, I was a caterpillar. So let me
give you a piece of advice; jneyer insult the hum
ble, as they may some day become your superiors.’
A bashful wooer, not long since, wishing to
pop the question, did it in the following singular
manner i Taking up the young lady’s cat, he
said, “pussy, may I have your mistress!” It
was answered by the lady, who said, “say yes,
pussy.”
AGRICULTURAL.
From the Southern Cultivator.
DEEP PLOUGHING.
In the sth Number of Coleman's European
Agriculture, just published, we find the following
remarks on this very important subject: “The
loam, or vegetable mould, he says, is without
question, the great source or medium of nourish
ment to the plants. Be it more or less deep, it
is always safe to go to the bottom of this, and, by
gradually loosening a portion of the sub-soil, or
lower stratum, and incorporating it with the
mould, and rendering it accessible to the air and
light, it requires the nature of mould, and the
whole arable surface is enriched. The deeper
the soil, the more deeply the roots are permitted
to descend, and the more widely they are enabled
to spread themselves—unless they penetrate a
stratum unhealthy from wet or the too great pre
valence of some unfavorable mineral substance—
so much the more luxuriant and productive is the
vegetation likely to prove. The depth to which
the roots of plants will go down in search ol‘
food or moisture, is much greater than a superfi
cial observation would induce us to'suppose. It
is confidently asserted that the roots of some
plants—such for exampleas lucern and sainfoin
go to a depth of fifteen, twenty, and even thirty
feet Tliis seems scarcely creditable. Red clo
ver is known to extend its roots to the depth of
three feet, and wheat to the depth of two or three
feet, where the condition of the soil is favorable
to their extension. Von Thaer, the distinguish
ed agriculturalist, says ‘he has pulled carrots two
and a half feet long, the tap-root of which was
probably another foot in length.’ The tap-root
of a Swedish turnip has been known to extend
thirty-nine inches; the roots of Indian corn, full
six feet These statements may appear extraor
dinary, but by the free and loose texture of the
soil, it is obvious a good husbandman will give
every opportunity for the roots and their extreme
ly fine fibres to extend themselves as far as their
instincts may prompt them.”
AGRICULTURAL SCIENCE IN
FRANCE^
Mr. Walsh, in a recent letter from Paris,’
writes as follows :
JVe have regular reports ofthe sittings of the
Convention of the Agriculturists of the North.
The Government lends it all countenance and aid,
and manifests a strong desire to establish societies
and committees, in every district of the realm.
A general scheme for this purpose was submitted
on the 7th instant to the Convention by the in
spector general of Agriculture, and was freely
and fully discussed.”
RHUBARB OR PIE PLANT.
This is another highly esteemed esculent for
early Spring use, ..1 of the easiest possible cul
turfe. The plains continue many years in full
bearing, aud occupy very little room—a small
number being sufficient for a- family. The seeds
may be sown any time in Spring, and will make
good strong plants in one year; when they should
he transplatcd to a rich deep border, or any con
venient spot—placing’ thetri three or four feet
apart. The stocks should not he cut until the
plants are at least two or three years old.— Ohio’
Cultivator.
MANURE FOR ONIONS.
I have always succeeded in the following way,
being the surest and most economical: Take off
about 4 inches of the earth on the surface, the
length and width of your bed, so that the ground
underlie solid. Spread stable-dung well over,
about 4 inches in thickness, and then cover the
same over with the earth taken from the surface.
Sow your seeds rough, and you are almost sure
of an abundant crop ; and the land is the best for
parsnips and carrots the following year.— lt. J,<
IF. Cilery.
Cure for a Fot’XDrnin House. —A cor
respondent ofthe Louisville Journal says, that if
a horse is foundered over night, he may be cured
in three hours if it is attended to in the morning.
Take a pint of hogs lard and heat it boiling hot,
and taking offhis shoe, put his foot into the lard,
and with a spoon apply it to all parts of the hoof;
as near the hair as possible. This, he says, ho
has tried for more than filly years, and never
knew it to fitil.—The applications should be to
the foot of each foundered limb.— Agriculturist .
What is Goon Farming? —The best and
most pithy definition we ever heard of good farm-’
iug, was given by Mr. Kane at a large agricultural
meeting in Dorsetshire, England. He said he
fed his land before hungry, rested it before weary
and weeded it before foul.
Planting trees in Great Britain, and through
out the continent, is now extensively prosecuted.
In some instances thousands of acres are planted’
on a single estate.
Corn Bread.— Somebody has sent the edi
tor of the London Times, a specimen of corn 1
bread. The Tiines-man examines it Very criti
cally, tastes of it, and then states that although
it is very .sallow in its complexion, it is extreme
ly light, and of good quality and flavor; and if
not equal to the very beet bread, infinitely su
perior to such “manfactured from the damaged
wheat of the late harvest.” Henceforth, we
hope that corn bread will figure conspicuously
among the eatables of the English people, en
dorsed as it is by the greatest paper of the king
dom. Heretofore, it lias been- the policy of the
agriculturist of that country to represent Indian
corn as unfit for human food and only to bo used in
fattening hogs. The laboring classes believed it
implicitly, and probably do yet; and while they
are regaling themselves upon the luxuries of oat
meal, they shed a tear sympathetically over the
very thought of eating wholesome com bread.—
Plenty to eat is one of the liberal principals of
this country, and as cur principles are progress
ive, we have no doubt, that well filled capons will
keep peace with dther republican notions, and
that corn bread and fqual rights will advance in
England side by side. The improvement of
the London Times in its tone towards tills coun
try we attribute to its editor having tasted
“Johnny cake.”—Tropic.
“I MARK ONLY THE HOURS THAT SHIITE.”—-i- -
This is the inscription upon a sun dial'ja Italy.
It inculcates a beautiful lesson which- too many
are prone to disregard ! It would teach us to’
remember the bright days of life, and not to for
get the blessings God is giving us. Life, it is
true, is not all bright and beautiful. But still it
has lights as well as shades, and it is neither wise
nor grateful to dwell too r/tiich upon the darker
portions of the picture. He who looks upon the
bright sides of life, and makes the best of every
thing, will, we think, other things being equal,
be a better and happier man than those who, as
Franklin says, “are always looking at the ugly
leg,” and find occasion for complaint and ceny
sure in almost every thing they meet with.
[Sav. Georgian,
Scraps for the Curious. —ls a tallow can
dle be placed in a gun, and shot ai a door, it
will go through without sustaining any injury;*
and if a musket ball be fired into water, it will
not only rebound, but be flattened as if fired a-*
gainst a solid substance. A musket may be fired
through a pane of glass, making the hide , thq
size of the ball without cracking the glass; if sus--
pended by a thread, it will make no difference,
and the thread will not even vibrate. Cork, if’
sunk 200 feet in the ocean, will not rise on ac
count of the pressure of the water. In the arctie
regions, when the thcimometor is below zero,-
persons can converse more than a mile distant.-
Dr. Jamison asserts that he heard every Word of
a sermon at the distance of two miles.-
The Last Bladejisburo Duel.—l Tie Up
per Malboro’s Gazette says that the grand jury
of that county, before whom the testimony was _
adduced in reference to- the causes which led to’
> s e‘ duel at Bladensburg, between Messrs. Jones’
and Johnson of N. Carolina, recommended to
the Governor to grant a nolle prosequi to Mr,-*
Jones ; Johnson’s conduct was regarded as ex
tremely reprehensible, he having attempted, tho*
unsuccessfully, to invade the sanctity of Mr,-
Jones’s domestic circle—and as if in revenge for
being repulsed, he sought every opportunity l®-
sow jealousy and * discord in ths family of on®
for whom he had feigned the most friendly feel
ings. ,
An Irishman cautions the public against har
boring or trusting his utf; Peggy, on his accouM*,
as he it not married to her,‘