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UmVEBSilY OF GEORGIA UBRARF
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ATHENS, GEORGIA,---THURSDAY MORNING, MARCH 11, 1847.
NUMBER 48.
BY CHRISTY & LAHPKI*.
Office on Broad Street.
m, pa/*’-!'
THREE DOLLARS per anm
month* after the rcreipt of the fir-t
DOLLARS and FIFTY CENTS,
•eribint; or. FOUR DOLLARS, if delayed uni
tho expiration of the year. Subscriber* living ou
State mutt, in all ca»e*, pay in advance.
No subscription received for less than one y.-nr,
the money is paid in advance; and no paper will
, TWO
iBTEW STORE—NEW GOODS!!
LAMPKIN & COBB |
A RE now opening a fine and well-selected stock of
Staple and Taney Dry Goods,;
CONSISTING OF
Ombre Shaded and Figured Cashmeres and Muslin ! .
de Lanes, Calicoes of all descriptions, brown
and bleached Sheeting and Shirting,
Cloths, I'Miimcrta and Vestings.
MISCELLANEOUS.
n the Merchant's Slag
Sale of Personal Property, by Ei
Sale* of Lvnd* or Negrocf.
Appli
Fulton’s First voyage.
Whatever relates to the introduction
into use of that power which has become
the mighty muscle of the world, moving
! its entire machinery, must be of the deep-
Shawls, Handkerchiefs sfnd Cravats, Straw and Leg- ; egt i mpnr t un ce. The voyage from New
horn BonniiL.) Bonnet^Cap and plain Ribbons, tc.. York to P A , ba „ y of lbefirst steamer, open-
miscontinuance oi j GHOCL111±jO. I ed a door to the human race, equivalent,
»cuIcmeiU"f their Loaf and brown Sugar, Rio and old Java Goflee, 1 , A
MoS'es and Rice, new crop Raisins, best Northern i ft one bound, to the marclf of age^ A
• mg. | cheese, Hyson Tea. Nails,Iron, Cast, German and j history of that voyage, we care not now
j blistered Steel. Also, an excellent stock of HARD-, minute the detail, must be of thrilling in-
WARE and CROCKERY. All of which they | t eres t # It was an experiment, in the sue-
Admi-i- | » m «!! ver > low for “* h > or excU *"S e for cou “" 1 | cess or failure of which the comfort and
i, January 14, 1847.
THE HEWTOH HOUSE,
Athens, Georgia.
The subscriber innounces to the public, thi
|.jg^he hasengaged this elegant and spacious
for the accommoda-
from the chimney,steam hissed from every
illfated valve and crevice of the .engine.
Fulton himself was there. - His remarka
bly clear and sharp voice was heard above
the hum of the multitude and the noise of
the engine; his step^ was confident and
decided; he heeded not the fearfulness,
doubts, and sarcams, of those by whom
he was surrounded. The whole scene
combined, had in it an interest which
comes but once, and is remembered for
ever.
When everything was ready the engine
was set in motion and the boat moved
steadily but slowly from the wharf; and
men know the real value of their own
acts, at least, really great men :
“It will give a quick and cheap convey
ance to merchandize on the Mississippi,
Missouri, and other great rivers, which
are now laying open their treasures to the
enterprise of our countrymen.” “ How
ever, I will not admit that it is half so im
portant as the torpedo system of defence
and attack.”
The “torpedo svstem” could not have . . . - ,,
covered the land * with prosperity, and ' quenily. we believe, in an linagmary world,
made an empire of the west, as the steam- • he device on his sword so h e tho
boat has done. Every hour is addio?: kmghts of old ; Ins very costume eop.ed
r. . . vv i. , «•! trnm ilinsfl wsirrinre whn lived mthemoro
confirmation to Fulton s propne
mural.
His three distinguishing characteristics
were, high chiivalric courage, great skill
as a general, and almost unparalleled
coolness in the hour of extreme peril.—"
Napoleon once said that in battle lie
was probably the bravest man in the
world. There was something more than
success to him in battle. He invested it
with a sort ofglory in itself—threw an air
of romance about it all, and fought fro-
^nd that it i* now
lion of Boarders and Travel!*
The House is entirely new, a:
ill new and elegant furniti
all beautiful, and will h
B. 11. MARTIN.
NEW STORE AN'J NEW GOODS, l
I. ntuh.ll 1 . «.w B.IWIM. j
OTIS CHILDS |
Tas just received, nnd is this day ;
iprning. n rich and splendid assort- j
nenfof Goods, in hit 1 ne, consist- |
ug of Gold nnd Silver Levers, Le
nd Common
FIXeIOaXTF.L and COMMON ('LOCKS,
Gold Guard and Fob l'liain«. Key*. Ac *
Ladies' and Gentlemen's Breast Pins, icilh Ruby,
Amethyst, Topaz, Garnet, Mosaic
PRINTS_ONLY.
Spring Styles, 3.847.
B
nd Ca
Sets.
Gold Pens nnd Pencils, Gold Sleeve and Collar j
Buttons, Studs, a great variety, Miniature Gases, |
Bracelets and Bracelet Clasps, Gold nnd Silver 1 nim-
bles, Gold and Silver Spectacles, Silver, 1 earl and
Tortoise Card Cases, Silver Combs. Birds and Arrowr
Fine lb'ii and Pocket Knivt
Beads, Rings and Tassels, (
Backeumirnn and Chess Boat
Iia
:al Instrti
Canes, of all
BREWSTER,
11 Cedar Street, New York
EG leave to inform Dealers in Dry Goods, tha
_■ they have received, and are now exhibiting, at
HE WAREHOUSE EXCLUSIVELY for Printed
Calicoes,
500 CASHS,
Comprising all the
NEW SPUING STYLES,
Of British, French & American Manufacture; which
in ADDITION to their usual stock, renders their as
sortment one of the most beautiful and attractive in
the city ; and having jus* been purchased for
CASH AND SHORT CREDIT,
are offered by the piece or package
at and below macufacturer’s prices.
Catalogues of prices (corrected daily) are placed
in the hands of buyers.
Purchasers will inform themselves of the state of
the market, nnd be well repaid lor
en if they do not purchase.
L. &• B. have peculiar advantages for executing
orders for Prints, which are respectfully solicited.
LEE & BREWSTER,
j an 2i tf 44 Cedar Street.
College Avenue.
SKW FALL AND WINTER HOODS.
W*fl. H. WHITE,
•Merchant Tailor,
I'lated Cash
. "I"*
rnfeumKhiU I’vL, <4#
Wm/Tot’i variety .»f FANCY ARTICLES.—J,
All o( which w ill be rold at the lowest rates. Please,»
call and examine lor yourselves.
N. B. Watches and Time Pieces, of every descrip- j
tiou carefully repaired mid Warranted. Persons from
adiatancc, sending Watches for repairs, may depend every thing in his line,
on bavin" them promptly and faithfully attended to. 1 Fine I'ncltsb acdFi
Having selected with great care, in New York, the J superior Fi B »d silk Velvet
test of Materials, we are prepared to make new any . superior plain and figured batiks
part of the Watch, and warrant it as perfect as the or
iginal, or tut pay.
Repairing of all kinds promptly attended to.
Athens, Oct. 2*2. 1-46.
prosperity of a great fraction of mankind
were interested. We have receutly seen,in
the Chicago Journal, an article by jLqhn
Q. Wilson, Esq., ^Albany, who was
'himself a passenge^pHth Fulton, in the
I first experimental voyage, a minute ob
server of all the incidents, and an intelli
gent witness of all the facts attending
that era in the destinies of our race. It is
ppropriately published in a paper print
ed at Chicago, a place which, but forthe
annihilation of distance which steam has
achieved, would, in all probability, have
had no existence.
A short synopsis of the legislative pro
ceedings relative to steam navigation pre
cedes the personal reminiscences of the
voyage.
As early as the year 1787, the legislature
of New York passed an act for granting and
securing to John Fitch the sole right and
advantage, of making and employing, for
fourteen years, the steamboat by him iri-
ented.
In 1788 that act was repealed, and sim
ilar privileges extended to Robert IL- Liv
ingston, [chancellor of the state,] provid
ed that he should, within twelve months,
give such proof as should satisfy the gov
ernor, lieutenant governor, and surveyor
general, or a majority of them, of his
term * having built a boat of at least twenty tons
capacity, which should be propelled by
steam, and the mean of whose progress
. . through the water, with and against the
examination, ort jj nary current G f the Hudson river,
taken together, should be not less than
four miles an hour, in which event, he
should have the exclusive privilege, for
the term of twenty years ; but that he
should at no time omit, for the space of
one year, to have a boat of such construc
tion plying between the cities ol New
York and Albany.
In 1803, the preceding act was extend
ed to Robert R. Livingston, and Robert
Fulton, for twenty years from the 5th of
April of that year, and the time for giv-
in a skiff lay waiting for us. His a p-
pearance indicated a miller; the paddle-
wheels had very naturally attracted his
attention; he asked permission to come
on board. Fulton ordered a line to bo
thrown to him, and he was drawn along
side. He said he did not know about a
mill going up stream, and came to inquire
about it. One of the passengers, an Irish-
erals of that time. In his person, at least,
he restored the days of knighthood. Ho
himself unconsciously lets out his pecu
liarity, in speaking of his battle on Tabor,
with the Turks. On the top of this hill,
Richer, with 5,000 men, found himself
from those warriors who lived in the more
as she turned up the river and was fairly | the results of his boat, an abiding
under weigh, there arose such a huzza as i practical benefit and blessing to mankind ; ‘. . »* . , „ .« * j
ten thousand throats never gave before, j while the torpedo would be forgotten but , r \ i?__»
The passengers returned the cheer, but i lor beiug associated with its name.
Fulton stood upon the deck, his eyes j Bab wodiuin'* lions Traar.
flashing with an unusual brilliancy as be , «, You know Bob Waddam, I reckon, 1
surveyed the crowd. He felt that the j said uncle Mike,
magic wand of success was waving over „ Not t h at j recollect,” I replied,
m, and he was silent. j “ Well, Bob was an amazing’ hand at j hemmed in by 30,000 Turks. Fifteen
When coming up Haverstraw Bay, a tradin’bosses, and generally come out j thousand first came thundering down on
ahead too. I never knew him raally gir- t j lis bund of 5,000 arranged in the form
died and the underbrush cut but once, j 0 f a square. For six hours they maintain-
“ How was that, uncle Mike?” ed that unequal combat, when Napoleon
“ Why, you see Bob had jest been get- arrived with succour on a neighboring
tin’ a gray hoss in some of his deals, that | bin. a.s he looked down on Mount Ta-
was jest about as nice a hoss to look at j bor, he could see nothing but a countless
as ever put his nose through the rack [ multitude covering the summit of the liiU,
sticks. He was a human lookin’ horse I a , 1( i swaying and tossing amid the smoko
. - , , - w i • j i ant * nol hm’ shorter. He was always! that curtained them in. It was only by
man, seeing through the s.mple Winded , looking for star3> and carricd his tai , like 1 the steaHv flashes an( i simuUaneous re-
.mller at a glance, became bis cicerone ; , he Nalional flagon tho 4th oI Jnly. Bnt ts of -„ lus Uetry that he could distin-
showed him all the machinery and the |, cwo uldn’twor k -he was above it. He’d, £ lish where biswvrt brave soldiers main-
contr.vances by which one wheel could almost sl wllen he soo hia shadow fol- fained their ground. The shot of a soli-
be thrown out of gear ''hen he m.ll was lowil ,. him for tear he might he drawin’ it. tary tw dve-poundcr which he tired to-
required to come ahou. After finishing I Now then, says Bob, some individual is ' ' • -
the examination, said he “ That will do; j boun j to be picked up. So makin’a- --
now. show me the millatones. ** Oh. I pnu> iVmt fimv’s glmi*? wnni
now. shoy me the millstones.” “ Oh I” 1 cuse t b a t Gray’s shoes wanted fixeu,* he
said the other, “ that is a secret which the sent bim to the blacksmith’s, and harncss-
wiaster,” pointing to Fulton, “ has not told e j U p bi s other hosses hitched on to a
yet >. plit when we come back from Al- wa g OI1 load of stone, and drove down to
bany with unload of j Sam Hewett’s tavern. Here he stopped
“ rnaa XT before the door unharnessed one of bis
Merinos, Bombazines, Camlets, <J-c,
GEORGIA RAIL ROAD.
Frcilhl from AtU«
O N COTTON, R’do ~
'
i to Auguila.
33’ ct«. pr 100 lbs.
37i « “
| Stocks, Handkerchiefs, Cravats, Scarfs, Opera Ties,
! Gloves, in great variety; Suspenders, Shirts, Bo-
1 sums, Collars, a "
J tedious to mention
j The Stock is large and complete, and will be sold
on the most reasonable terms. Feeling duly thank-
! ful for past patronage, would solicit a continuance.—
Call and see.
j The Goods will be sold by the yard or pattern.
I made up to suit customers
! style, at short notice.
1 bushel.
Cloth and Y
Bacon, Lord, Flour, Feath
ers. Tallow, A-c.
“ Com and Oats,
** ‘ in the ear, 10 •* ~
•« Wheal, .10 “
« other articles, see printed lists at Athens. tho best manner, at the usual ,«w..
Iaicoaioiive with Freight uiul Passenger Tram leaves . p g ^ small stock of READY-MADE CLOTH-
Athens cvefj Mojbay. " »wa»W.«iS TNG, mnnntoured under my own immedinte direc-
' tion, always on hand.
ist lie delivered at Augusta
ig, in part, of
lb ciotii* Ac canimen, j n g t b e neccessary proof required by the
act of 1798, was extended to two years.
At the time these acts were passed, and
particularly the last one, the privileges
were considered about as valuable as if
the legislature should now grant the ex
clusive right of making and using a ma
chine to fly through the air. The steam
boat project was then familiarly denomi
nated the “ chancellor's hobby.” The legis
lature were willing to gratify the chancel
lor’s whim, without any expectatiqp of
public or private benefit.
It would seem from this that Fitch pre
ceded Fulton; but the latter made up by
i the most fashionable
TAILOBING,
Of every description, done as heretofore. . Spe-cial at
tention giv "
3 Cutting, which will be done i
Freight for Athau
Athens, Oct. 29,1846.
by Friday, Monday and Wednesday evenings,
order to arrive at Athens or. the following Moxdj..,
AVewiesday and Fridays. . _
Storage will oe charged on all poods for Athens
not taken away from the Depot iu 24 hours alter their
^Merchants at a distance having goods marked O.
W. will also be charged storage alter one week’s
Freight to and from Augusta payable at Athens pr
Augusta.
Freight to and from Way Stations, payable at Ath
ens or Troy Stations as requested.
DENTAL NOTICE.
REGRET thai 1 am unable to return to Athens a
«n«n n« I .'ypccied when I left, and am not now pre
sely when I shall be able to do so I shal
ill possible exertions for a speedy rctun
„ .„on aa a release from my present engagements can b
had. C. B. LOMBARD.
Dec 31,1846 lL
come on board, you’ll see the meal fly.
Dennis kept his countenance, and the mil
ler left.
As we passed West Point, the whole
garrison was out, and cheered as we pass
ed. At Newburg it seemed as if all Or
ange county was collected there; the
whole side-hill city seemed animated with
life. Every sail-boat and water craft
w.as out; the ferry boat from Fishkill was
filled with ladies. Fulton was engaged
in seeing a passenger landed, and did not
observe the boat until she bore fip nearly
alongside. The flapping .of a sail arrest
ed his attention, and, as he turned, the
waving of so many handkerchiefs, and
the smiles of so many bright and happy
faces, struck him with surprise. IJe rais
ed his head, and exclaimed, “ that is the
finest sight we have seen yet.”
Fulton, in his letter to Barlow, (22nd
August, 1807,) adds to these reminis
cences :
My steamboat voyage to Albany and
back has turned out rather more favorably
than I had calculated. The distance to
Albany is one hundred and fifty miles,
lam up in thirty-tw;o hours. The latter
is just five miles an hour* > I had a light
breeze against me the xvfiole way, going
and coming, so that no .use was made of
my sails ; and this voyage has been per
formed wholly by the power of the steam
engine. I overtook many sloops and
triumphant success for any delinquency to wind^ard and p^-
,n time. The rate of speed des^nated Ij tbem as if they had been at anchor,
as the ordeal of legtslahve power seems ^ p0W er of propelling boats by steam
ludicrous enough now. when four and is n0 * v lbUy The morning I left
New York, there wer* not, perhaps, thirty
persons in the city who believed'the boat
would move one mile an liour, or be of
THOMAS G. HALL,
Coach allakcr,
TTAVING located at Athens, will receive orders
No gooif* ~will be delivered at the Athena Depot | XX for any description oi PLEASURE^CARRIA-
uutil alter the payment of the freight thereon. I GES, to be built to onler, delivered at Athens—*ar-
^ J. M. 11UXT, Agent. ranted to please—and on the most reasonable terms.
Athens Depot, Nov. 5, 1846.
CONFECTIONERY & BAKERY.
T. S. REYNOLDS,
•WX70ULD respectfully announce to the citizens of
Tf Athens and Uie public generally, that having
purchased tbe establishment, formerly known as the
. firm of W*. A. Tauiadgk & Co, he will continuo the
above business in its various branches, and solicits a
continuance of tlmt patronage heretofore so liberally
bestowed. Still occnpying the OLD STAND, in the
rear of John I. Huggins, on Jackson stieet,*t will af
ford him much pleasure at all times, to meet the wants
of customers, _ _ ,
A full supply of Candies, Fruits, Oysters, Fish,
jaill be kept on band,
i in the country, wishing Candies, can be
Sail times, with a Fresh article, ou as mod-
I aa it can be procured in Augusta.
January 7,1847.-'
Athens, Oct. 8,1846.
FURNITURE
(Tiro doors West of the Post Office, in
the building lately occupied by the
fTy\ Cane and Windsor Chairs
CABINET FURNITURE.
rf<HE subscriberhas on hand, nnd is constantly
—■ king, every description of Furniture, which he
will werrurt to be made for use, end in the newest
style.
'Firstrate Workmen engaged. Old Furniture «
paired, cleansed and varnished.
House, Sign, and Ornamental Painting.
Athens, July 16, 1846-tf C. S. OLIVER.
NO CURE NO PAY!
iilcn’n Indian Vegetable Remedy.
TED to core, or the money returned. Thi*
__e»s prepared from an Indian Receipt oh-
n one of them in the Far West, at rreatex.»cnse.
ThoMMrho hare been familiar whli the Indians, know
abat they can and do cure Venetjal without the know]. (
«dge of Mercury, Balsam,or asy ihing of the kind. The
afflicted have now an ©p;wtuniiy of being cured without
the danger of Mercury.or die anpl«aaant use of Balsa.
This medicine » pleasant to the J1
on the breath,
*, and leave* no smell
Wholesale and Retail, by ROW/IND i IFJLTON,
Propria tore Market St, phila.
aTaLEXANDER.S^ Sola Agent for Athena, Ga^
Carter Stockton. Cofombus, do.; Joseph C. l^trner,
Savannah, do.; R. S. Roberta, Edgefield, S.C..; .P. M.
■Coacn, &. Co- Charleston, do.;
V 'October S3,184C:
j L NOTICE.
The subscriber still CQntinues to keep open
his HOUSE in Jefferson, Jackson county,
Ga., for the accommodation of Travellers.
Man and horse, per day, ......... 50
“ ** “ all night, . ........ 1 00
April 30,1846* tf J. B. NABERS.
Boots anti Shoes.
A LARGE and well selected stock of Boots and
A. Shoes for sale by LAMPKIN & COBB.
Jan. 28,1847.
Hcgro Shoes.
A LARGE lot of Negro Shoes on hand and for sale
cheap, hr T. BISHOP.
DR. WM.-E. DEAHING,
INTENDING to reside in Athens, offers his Profes- above articles,
X sional services to his friends and the public peno-' 1 " —»■
* > niS. Ho emit be found at thddfBte<a*Ue bt of W. .
• ^7^' Dealing,otatht re^iJeacc? Marl® 4 Oct. 22,1846.
SUQJLR. COFrEE, IBO.VJUfl> SALT*
fllHE undersigned has now oo hand, and will he
X continually receiving, a well assorted lot of tbe
twenty miles an hour is reached.
Judge Wilson resided in the city of
New York when Fulton was building his
boat, and frequently saw her on ihe stocks.
She was a queer looking craft, and excit
ed much attention, and not a little ridicule.
When she was launched, and the steam
placed in her, that also was look
ed upon of a piece with the boat built to
float it. A few had seen one at work rais
ing the Manhattan water.in the.reservoir
back of the almshouse ; but to the peo
ple at large the whole thing was a mys
tery. Curiosity was greatly excited.—-
Wheu it was announced in the New York
papers that the boat would start from the
foot of Cortland street, at six and a half
o’clock on Friday morning, the fourth of
September, and take passengers to Alba
ny, there was a broad smile on every face,
as the inquiry made’ if any one would be
fool enough to go. A friend of the wri
ter, hearing that he intended to venture, -
accosted him in the street, “ John, will
thee risk thy life iq such a concern ?
tell thee she is the most fearful wild fowl
living, and thy father ought to restrain
thee.” When Friday morning came, tbe
wharves, piers, bouse-tops, and every
“ cogne of vantage” from which a sight
could be obtained, were filled with spec
tators.
There were twelve berths, and every
one was taken through to Albany. The
fare was seven dollars. All the machin
ery was uncovered and exposed to view.
The periphery of the balance wheels,
cast iron, some four or more inches sqiii -
ran just clear of the water. There
no outside guards; the water and bj
wheels being supported by their n
live shafts, projected over the side
boat. The forward part was cov<
a deck, which afforded sheltelrto
The after part was fitter
manner, for passengers.* ’
the cabin was from the stern, in
the steerman, who worked a till*
an ordinary sloop. Black‘smoke
other hosses and put gray in his place.—
Bob went in and took a drink and waited
around until some man should come along
who wanted to speculate. He hadn’t
been waitin’ long when he see some
feller coinin’ up the road like all pos
sessed, his hosses under a full run, while
he was sawin’ the bit and hollerin toe
with all his might and main. He man
aged to stop’em after he got a little by
Sam Hewett’s, and turnin’ ’em round, he
come bp a clappin’ his h£ncfs"and c'ussin’
that sorrel hoss.’ ‘ He’s never ready to
stop,’ says he, * that hoss ain’t; and tho’
he’s the best boss ever I owned, yet, blast
my e3*es if I don’t git shut of him.*
“ Well, jest then out comes Bob and
mounted his wagon jest as if he was goin
to drive off, when says he—
“ Hullo, stranger, perhaps you’d like
to deal with me for a steady one ?’
“ Why, yes,* says the stranger, ‘ I
would like one a little more quiet than
that go-ahead snap-dragon rascal of mine
“So Bob looks at the sorrel, and found
him a fine square built animal, his eye full
of fire, and every muscle in play.
“Well,’ says Bob, ‘a few words does
for me. There’s my gray—here’s youi
sorrel. What’s your proposition!”
Now you are talking,* says the stran
ger, examining the gray, as he stood hitch
ed to the load of stone. I’ll give you
sorrel, and the best forty dollar clock in
my wagon for your gray ”
“Done,’ said Bob, ‘just unhitch.’
Neither of them had ashed ’tother auy
questions, cause neither of them wanted
to answer any. The hosses were exchang
ed. Bob had got his clock, and the stran
ger got into his wagon ; took up his lines.
ward the mouutuin, first announced to his
exhausted countrymen that relief was at
hand. The ranks then for the first time
ceased acting on the defensive, and ex
tending themselves, charged bayonets. It
was against such terrible odds that Ma
rat loved to fight, and in this engagement
he outdid himself. He regarded it tho
greatest battle he ever fought. Once ho
was nearly alone in the centre of a large
body of Turkish cavalry. All around
nothing was visible but a mass of turban-
ed heads and flashing soimeters, except
in the centre, where was seen a singlo
white plume tossing like a rent banner
over the throng. For a while the battle
thickened where it stooped and rose, as
Murat’s strong war-horse reared and
plunged amid the sabre strokes that foil,
like lightning on every side—and then
the multitude turned back as a single ri
der burst through covered with his own
blood, and that of his foes, and his arm
red to the elbow, that grasped his drip
ping sword. His steed staggered under
, and seemed ready to fall, while tho
blood poured in streams from his sides.
But Murat’s eye seemed to burn with
fourfold lustre; and with a shout those
around him never forgot to their last day,
wheeled his exhausted steed on the foe
and at the head of a body of his own cav- ^
airy, trampled down everything that op
posed his progress. Speaking of this ter
rible fight, Murat said that, in the hottest
of it, he thought of Christ and his trans
figuration on the same spot, nearly two
thousand years before, and itgave him ten
fold courage and strength. Coveredwith
wounds, he was promoted on the spot.—»
The single fact throws a light on Mural’s
charqcteri and shows what visions of glo
ry often rose before him in battle, giving
to his whole movement and aspect a great
ness and dignity that could not be assmn*
ed.—JT. T. Headley,
the least utility; and while we were put
ting off*from the wharf, which was crowd
ed with spectators, I heard a number of
sarcastic remarks.”
It 13 well known, that, at the end of
the voyage, a certificate of its full suc
cess was given, which we republish, in
connection with the above. Judge Wil
son is now the only survivor of those
who joined in that certificate; the last one,
we. believe, now living who was on boar J
that boat, whose journey was of more im
portance to the Union, than any other
since the days of Columbus:
“ On Friday morning, at eighteen min
utes before seven o’clock, the North river
boat left New Ydrk, landed one passenger
there; arrived at Clergers, several, one of
whom was. Mr. Fulton, were landed, at
fifteen minutes before two o’clock in the
morning* and arrived at Albany at twen
ty-seven minutes past -eleven o’clock,
making the time twenty-tight hours and
three quartersdistance one hundred and
fifty miles. The wind* was favorable,
but light, from Verplank’s Point to Wap-
penger’s Creek, (forty miles:) the remain
der of the way it was ahead,or there was l ings, and fondle afire
a dead calm. The subscribers, passen- theh he lab; ’ ^
gersqn board of this boat on her first pas-1 came a 1
sage as a packet, think it but justice toj
Nice DUlinotion.
The venerable Dr. K., President of the
-—University, whose instructions we en
joyed, some years siuce, was remarkable
for the apposileness of his illustrations,
and the eminently practical nature of his
teachings. Said lie, one day to a member
of the class.
“ In determining whether a statement
is essentially a falsehood, is it necessary
to take into account the individual to
wbmn it is made?”
The reply was promptly given, and in
tho negative.
“I recollect,” continued the doctor,
and bidding ’em good-day, Was about
to start, when gray put a stop to it and
wouldn’t budge a bain In vain did the
stranger whip and coax—not an inch
could he get. There sat Bob, laughing
in his sleeve, almost ready to burst, to
see how the stranger was trying to start
and could’nl* Not a word d*d the stran
ger say, however; but after lie bad tried
and had given up trying any more, he
came and sat down on the horse block.
“ Bob thought he might as well be go
ing; so, picking up his ribbons—'golongj
looked at bim as much as to say, * don’t
you wish I would ?’ but didn’t stir a hoof.
In vain Bob coaxed and patted. Sorrel
was tfovr, and he wasn’t auy where else.
4 “ Well, I reckon it’s my turn to laugh
now,’ said the stranger ; ‘ I spose you’ll
call again when you come in town ?*
*“ Oh never mind,’ says Bob. ‘ Sorrel,
will go, or else you couldn’t got here with j
him.’ [MM
“* Oh yes,* says the stranger; *ri
start him if you'll only brinr
ing for the purpose of catching 1
As we approached the auimaft/ 1
man extended his band, as
tained something in the ,
corn, and rubbed onej^f
er, as though hej
or shelling