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DR. UPHAM’S
VEGETABLE ELECTUARY, OR INTERNAL
Remedy for the Pile*,
TRIUMPHANT!
50,000 Cases Cured in the Past Year! !
T HIS Medicine is warranted to cure all caaei
PILES, either bleeding or blind, internal or ex
nal, and all inflammatory diseases found in conjunc
p ith the Piles—such
ClUtOXIC DYSENTERY,
n the following certificate :
Philadelphia. Scpl 9.184C.
bove told me my liver was affected, t
were ulcerated, for Wood and pus, ai
culiar putrid smell, were the freque
Icdjchronic dysen-
aJuotuces Directors*.
A ALEXANDER & CO., Wholesale
. and Retail Dealer* in DRY GOODS, GRO
CERIES, HARDWARE, &c., No 6,Granite Row,
Athana, Georgia.Nov a, 1847.
ided with a
discharges
hopes of benefit from change of air. but suffered t
* miscellaneous.
to say every thing in its favc
can to humanity by subscribing to its merits.
Benjamin Pescival, 89 south sixtb-st.
WEAKNESS A INFLAMMATION OF SPIXE :
Falling of the bowels, womb, &.C., that females partici
larly a
subjee
vhich many c
, tindei
sould l>e given of speedy and
-but delicacy forbids tbeir publication.
AND HABITUAL COSTIVENESS,
if blood to the head, dyspepsia, ulcerations, fistu
las, inflammation of the stomach, find a speedy cure in
Dr. uphsm’s Electuary. It is an internal remedy, and
cares by ita action on the bowels and blood, the relaxed
state of which is the cause of the above named diseases.
UNIVERSAL COMMENDATION.
From every city, town and village where Dr.Upham’i
Vegetable Pile Electuary has been introdi
dying intclligt
A J. BRADY, Wholesale and Retail - . . ,
. Dealer in Groceries and Dry Goods, College ,h . e l'ropnetor. In hundrcd.of:
A venae, next door to the Post Office, Athens, Gn.
From the National Intelligencer.
The Immense Value of Cotf on Man
ufactures to Grjail Britain.
The following factf, n ot theories, as to
the prodigious value to Great Blitam of
her cotton manufactures, seem to be
worth looking at, practically, as a man
would look at what his neighbor was do
ing to greater advantage than himself,
and out of the very materials which he
was furnishing to that neighbor. After
looking at these facts, let our common
i sense, the greatest gift of a beneficent
- r .., | Creator, decide whether or not it is bet-
msi| ,hs " li“:s p i! y I ler l *“ s counlr y l ^ at ml the money
’ n,, r J. e ,#v * ** paid in the process for converting the
cotton into these manufactures be
so paid to the people living in Great Brit
ain, and fed and clothed there, instead
the United States; and whether
not it is better for us that Great Britain
should have all the profits of manufac
turing these goods, which is nothing else
but adding so much money to her pro
ductivc and consuming power, daily {
weekly, monthly, yearly, than that such
profits and money-capital should be kept
in the United States, as far as possible
to go on reproducing wealth, and extend
ing employment, comfort, and compe
tence into every nook and corner of the
Union. The tacts are these :
if cotton yarn in Eng- Pounds.
In looking over this enumeration of ex
ports, we arrive at the following very
.triking analysis—-
The portion of plain cali
coes, which are nothing
else bat our “domestic,'’
sheetings, shirtings,
printings, drills, &c., Pounds And the
bleached & unbleached, weight. value oj.
and of twist, is, 305,393,603, jC16.{
pfleets has been received by
Being equal to sir-sevenths of the whole
weight, and more than two-thirds of the
whole value of the exports.
these two descriptions ofexports,
domestics and twist, we can manufac
ture at as tow a cost in the U nited States
be done in Great Britain, with
a liitlc more experience and a little less
hostility.
The profit on thesb exported cottons is
only a portion, not the whole, of the profit
realized by Great Britain from her cot
ton manufactures.
The iehole number of pounds of yarn spun in Gt.
Britain in 1816, we have seen, was 495,033,109
And the weight exported, 354,291,742
A 1
SA M. JACKSON, Attorney at Law
Watkinsville, Ga. April 22
A
LBON CHASE, Bookseller and Sta
tioncr, Broad street, Athens. • Jan 14
A ALEXANDER & CO., Wholesale
• and Retail Dealers in Drags. Medicines,
Paints, Oils, Glass and Dye-Stuff's, sign of the
Negro and Mortar, College Avenue, Athena, Ga.
November 2, 1847 tf
C & W. J. PEEPLES, ATTORNEY’S AT
• Law—Offices in Athens and Gainesville, Ga.
Will continue the practice of Law in the counties ol
Clark, Walton, Jackson, Gwinnett, Hall, Habersham
and Franklin, of the Western Circuit; Cherokee,Lump-
Kin and Forsyth, of the Cherokee Circuit; and Cobb,
of the Coweta Circuit.
_ „ . . < Office over the Store c
. C.Purua,Athena, | W.&.K.P.CI
W, J. Purus, Gawsville.
TAMES BANCROFT & CO., Dealers
J in Dry Goods, Groceries, »J-c., corner of Broad
arid Spring streets, Athens, Ga. Ap 22
Maras J- tstmnn. was *. coax.
T AMPK1N * COBB, Dealers in Dry
JLl Goods, Groceries, &c. wholesale and retail, No
VfMftdfU’a Block, Athens. Jan U
which ti
rablc.
Letter of Capt G. W. I/ean, late of the U. S. service
and member of the New Jersey Legislature-
Rahway, June 16,1847
'I have been afflicted for years with the pilesand have
tried, without any thing like permanent benefit, alraoai
'cry thing assuming the name of a remedy. I had,as i
reluct
t due alike to Dr Upliar
Addressed to the agor
t withe
tary; and having used
rcurding to the directions laid
urprise as well aa satisfaction
> disease has left me. 1 think
and myself to make this siato-
«. W. McLean.
■ in Columbua, Ga.:
I county, Ala. Feb SO, 1847
: For the last 15
d with tha
"the bleeding piles," and ha
■ great many medicines, without obtaining relief, until I
’ id 3 boxes of Upham’s Pile Electuary fr
s affli<
o far relict
mending Upham’s Pile Eli
led with Piles, as
■jlTALLOltY, FERRY & CO., Wholc-
llL fxlo and Retail Dealers in Hats, Capa, Boots,
Shoes, Tranks, &c., Broad street, Athens, Ga.
JOHN n. NEWTON. FREDERIC W. LUCAS.
TVTEWTON & LUCAS, Wholesale anil
it Retail Dealer* in Dry Good*, Groceries, Hard
ware, &c., No 2, Granite Row, Athena.
all who
md sure remedy.
E. P. IIill, formerly bookkeeper Bk Columbus.
* New York, June 24.1847.
sar air. In reply to yours,ns to whether I have been
efitted by the use of Dr Upham.*a Electuary, for the
i of the piles, I would inform you I
table
which a
hem all «
land and Scotland, in 1846,
5,033,11
Which, calling a bale 400 lbs.j equals
1,237,583 bales of cotton, and
10 eta. per lb. amounts to
Say first cost of cotton
Stales on board ship, 71 cts.
Freight to England $ penny II eta.
Waste in manufacture, cts.
Making, per pound, 10 cts.
Tift total export of cotton from the
United States for the year ending
30th June, 1846, was *
9,388,533 lbs Sea Island
584,169,522 other kinds.
$49,503,310,90
'the United
Now if the rnanu faclurc of 354,000,000
of pounds exported gave a profit c
creased value by its manufacture
»st of raw cotton and other mate
rial used or consumed of $09,000,000
these 141,000,000 of pounds for the con
sumption of the country yielded, '
like ratio, S27,500,000, making a total
profit or increased value to Great Brit
ain, on the whole manufacture of the
405,000,000 pounds, amounting to $96,-
000,000—an astounding fact, certainly,
and almost incredible, were it not con
clusively proved by absolute returns and
documents—while the total value of all
Making 593,558,055 lbs., which
was valued on shipboard at $42,767,341 00
>r, say less than 7l cts. pr. lb.
rhere was exported from Great Brit
ain to other countries, in 1846, in
cotton manufactures and twist,
(twist being nothing else but cotton
advertised as a sure cure, and after givin
fair chance, I applied to my regular physi.
receiving any benefit from cither- During n very seve
and painful attack I heard of and sent for Dr Uphar
who prescribed bis Electuary, jmd in less than a wet
I was able to go down to'my business - and id a vc
short time, by the uso of i.is medicine, 1 was e
F LEASANT STOVALL, renews the
tender of hi* services in the Storage and sale
W COTTON and other Produce, at his fire-prool
Warehouse, Augusta. Ga. Aug 7,1847
PEEPLES & CAMP, Wholesale and
1 Retail Deal
Athens, Ga.
free, a
I hat
>t been troubled since, which is about a
> hesitation in strongly recommend-
f DrUpham, and take pleasure in
a its efficacy. Yours, respectfully.
Geo. II. Hutchins, 81 Wr
>r at 400 lbs. per bale, equal to 885,-
729 bales: and, at 10 cents per lb.,
the value of the coiton before man
ufacture, including waste, as above
put down, the cost of the cotton
used for these exports •
From the New York True Sun.
A Historical Sketch.
The Aztecs of whom we have heard
so much, were a tribe living, in the year
1160, in Aztian, a country situated to
the north of the California gulf. It was
about this period they crossed the Itio
Colorado, at a point, as we learn from a
work, now before us, beyond 35 degrees
North latitude. They moved on to the
river Gila and remained there some
time, and the evidence of the fact
strengthened by the existence of exten
sive ruins on the banks of the river.—
Thus it appears the Aztecs in their mi
ration must have crossed the route now
raveled between Santa Fe and Puebla
de los Angelos.
According to Humboldt, the Aztecs
arrived in Mexico about the year 1196,
where they had been preceded by the
Chicimecs, Nahuallacs, and Acolhuans,
with whom they affiliated and from
whom sprung a people, retaining their
peculiarities, and finally exercising the
prerogatives of empire. The Aztecs
were very peculiar in their social and
political character. They at first were
ruled by an oligarchy consisting of twen
ty of their most distinguished men, and
this mode of government continued
til 1352, when a king was chosen.
the letters b, d, f, g and v, but it was
copious, resembling the German in one
particular, the facility of compounding
words even to the extent of sixteen syl
lables, and the Italian, in its use of di
minutive. fi
John II. Harper, *
Who was indicted for the murder of
W. W. Meredith, at Independence,
Jackson county, Mo., and who got a
change of venue to Platte, was brought
before our Circuit Court on last Mon
day for trial. In consequence of the ab
sence of Gol. Doniphjfn, otic of his at
torneys on account of sickness, the case
laid over till Tuesday morni a
when Col. D. arrived, though weak anil
'im.„
feeble. The prosecution was conduct
ed by Messrs. Hovey and Jones, and
the defence by Messrs. Doniphan, Wood-
A Jury w
lleese and Wilst
handled. And yet, lo ninety-nine oat
of a hundred these things never occur.
They never refledt that what does not
please them, may'please the next man#
but they insist that if th$ paper does not
suit them, it is good for nothing.
Trick* ol Trade.
The Merchants* Magazine has an in
teresting memoir of tlio late Gideon Lee,
among several anecdotos in which is the
following illustration of his own fair
dealings, and the usual resalts of trick
ery in trade: -
No man moro thoroughly despised
dishonesty than Mr. Lee, and be used
to remark,
** No trade can be sound that is not
beneficial to both parlies, tbe buyer and
the seller. A man may obtain a tempo
rary advantage by selling an article foe
more than it is worth ; but tbe very ef-
selectcd without difficulty, and after 12 J feet of such operations must recoil up-
o’clock on Tuesday the examination of! on him in the shape of bad debts and
witnesses was commenced, and on Wed- ■ increased risk.”
nesday evening at about 3 o’clock all
the testimony on both sides was ended.
The Court took a recess until 6 o’clock,
when Mr. Hovey opened the argument
on the part of the State anti addressed
the jury with ability for about one hour.
Mr. Reese followed on the part of the
defendant. His speech was argumenta-
a curious circumstance that the choice [ ij ve and marked with greatabililv. He
of the monarch was made by the nobles
from among the collateral relations and
not the lineal descendants of the de
ceased sovereign, but none of them were
particularly distinguished until the first
Montezuma added lustre to the empire,
by his conquests, his wise legislation,
and his public edifices. The rnagnifi-
ctocuments—wnue me total vaiuc oi at cent d ke which he constructed to pre-
Ihe cotton exported from the Untied I rcnt a J recorrence of inundations, wai
$35,429,174 20
Ip. BISHOP, Wholesale and Retail Gro-
X • ccr, No J, Broad street, Athens, Ga.
Tf H. H. WHITE,' Merchant*Tailor,
H • mutt door to Alexander’s Drug Store, Col
let* Avenue, Adieu*. May 20
WILLIAM A. LEWIS, Attorney at
?V Law, Camming, Forsyth county, Georgia,
Wm practice in tt» counties composing the Cherokee
Circuit. All professional and other business entrusted
to his management, will meet with prompt and faithful
December 3
It should be borne in mind that, as a
cargo of cotton enters Liverpool harbor,
or other place of discharge in Great Brit
ain, labor and capital begin to derive sup.
port and benefit from it in its accumula-
__ ling values, commencing with pilotage,
remarkable cure of bleeding files. ! and going on with expenses of bonding,
Portland, Me. March 14 ” * ’
My dear sir: I cannot express toyou my sincere and
heartfelt thanks for the wonderful cure I have experien
ced by the use of your truly valuable Pile Electuary. 1
have been a perfect martyr to the bleeding piles for ten
years past, so much so that I became reduced to a mere
skeleton, with loss of appetite and general derangement
of the digestive organs ,* mv eyes also became affected,
and in fact I was a misery to myself, and was obliged
to give up my office here, which I held in the custom-
house some years. I have tried all kinds of medicine,
had the best advice the physicians of Boston and this
place could give,spent much money and twice submit-
States lo all countries, for the year end
ing the 30th June, 1S46, weighi
557,055 pounds, amounted to only $43,-
000,000 at the market value on shipboard,
which market value embraced cost of
growth, (involving an immense capital
and labor,) picking, bagging, charges to
the seaboard, commission for selling,
and all other attending charges up to the
moment of sale and on shipboard. Oth
er countries besides Great Britain reap
proportionate profit on the cotton man
ufactured in those countries, and even
a greater ratio df profits, since those
countries derive, * beyond this ratio of
profit ol the manufacture into cloth of
the twist exported from Great Britain to
such countries. ’ -
The entire profit or increased value
on the manufacture'of the 593,557,055
pounds of cotton exported from the Unit
ed States, as above mentioned, and val
ued at $43,000,000, cxcedcd $100,000,-
000. It is, however, sufficient for the
present purpose to look at this matter in*
connexion with Great Britain alone.—
Upon a cost of $49,000,000 in raw cot-
nine miles long and sixteen and a half
▼All ROUTE* 4c BARRETT,
COACH-MAKERS, ATHENS.
Beg leave to inform their friends and the
‘ ‘ e generally, that they occupy tbe OLD
I on tha south- west corner of the square
on which ihe Melhodirt Church atanda—where ihey
have on hand several VEHICLES, and'arc constantly
mmifscMriar all descriptions of CARRIAGES.
ter Repairing done with neatness and despatch.
Athens, Sept. 30, 1847 ly
Watches.
CONSTANTLY «
rfeodW.Morm.i.tofGoU.in,!
|Suver DupU'xJ .tent Uiyer, An-1 tbe hw-n,,, „
chor &cjj«n«nt, _Upmc «nd | ,p„ dy c0 « mul ,
tired of life, and at the augge
found relieved me slightly, M
chased a second, and l assv
through I found mvaclfgeui
perfectly
stion of my friends I was
medicine. The first I
ill I persevered and pur-
ind n
Myde.
iir, language c:
xpress my thanks, that I
:a!th, and now in a condition lo support myself and
iinily dependent or tua. Yours, respectfully, with
great regard, Samuel Cuasltom.
PHYSICIANS UNNECESSARY’.
Read the following addressed to the Rochester agents
Messrs Poa’- & Willis—Gents: It is with no ordinary
feelings of pleasure that I am enabled to inform you of
the cure I have experienced by the use of Dr Upham’s
Vegetable Pile Electuary, which 1 obtained from you
in case of Piles with which I have been afflicted. My
sufferings have been almost beyond sndutance, and
cannot be known or imagined, only by those who hi
experienced like afflictions.
Having been so long and sorely afflicted, I am
duced to address you, that through you I
labor of discharging, carting, dock dues,
warehouse rent, fire insurance, mending’
bags, &c.; freight, carting, &c. to the
manufacturing places, and onward
through all the process of manufacture
and finish, with costs of cases, nails, pa
per, &c., and reconveyance back again
in goods to the shipping ports, and con
cluding with the charges of the shipment
of the manufactured cottons. One can
hardly conceive of the multitudes in
Great Britain whom a bale of cotton
helps to support or enrich, in one form
or another, from the day of its arrival to
that of its reshipment to a foreign port, in
the various forms of its manufacture.
Now, tbe declared value of the foregoing exports,
as given us by the custom-house returns ol Great
Britain, is the enormous sum of $112^684,516 80
From which, deducting the cost of the
cotton, os above stated,$35,429,174 20
And cost of various arti
cles consumed in the dy
ing, dressing, finishing,
Sic. of the doth, which,
■with fuel, &c. 8,000,000 00
43,429,174 20
ighbors the truly wondi
Elaetuary, which I shall
; find it beneficial ’
«*A*t’" ** eet W ‘^ e * The great Pagan lempli
v " which stood on the site of the present
Cathedral, was also his work. The
Montezuma who was emperor at the
time of the invasion of the Spaniards,
was equally celebrated. He was tjie
last of his kingly race, and having failed
to expel the invaders, or return the af
fection of his people, tore off the ban
dages from his wounds, and sought in
death a release from his sorrows and
mortification. His nephew and son-in*
law Gualemozin defended his crown for
three months, but was overcome and
executed by his conqueror, the remorse
less Cortes.
The Aztecs were a martial race, and
in a series of wars conquered territito-
ries containing 18,000 square leagues.
4 The jurisprudence of these people
was simple, but in criminal cases their
punishments were severe. Treason,
noinicide, robbery, of gold or silver,
theft in the market place, crimes against
nature, and violations of nuptial en-
. ... T , gagements were punished with death,
ton, which cost included freight to tng- i u f, a singalar fa r ct that the Aztec law
lane, and waste in the manufacture, she j con8 iJ er j n g drunkenness the source of
made a profit, or an increased value ui> I crimCf U s Ua n y hung all those who were
the manufactured goods o. bOO.pOO.OOO. g U ilty of intemperance before a certain
\Ve talk of the immense value of the cot- ° io J d 0 f lif e . v If the drunkard was of
ton crop to our country, noble family, he was hung at once, and
».r ■ ^ dead hody was thrown into the lake.
If the offender belonged lo the lower or
ders, he was for the first offence sold as
poke about two hours. The Court
journed to Thursday morning. Mr. Wil-
madc a very feeling and appropri
ate speech in defence of the accused,
and was followed by Mr. Woodson, of
Independence, whose remarks, in the
defence, were considered as able and to
the point. Col. Doniphan concluded
the defence in one of the ablest speech
es ever made in the Circuit, which was
listened to with more than ordinary in
terest. When he took his scat a general
stamping was heard all over the court
room, and the court had to interpose to
keep order. Mr. Jones made a long
and excellent argument on the part of
the State, when the case was submitted
to the Jury. The Jury returned in
about fire minutes with a verdict of NOT
GUILTY! Mr. Harper was taken,
triumph, by the crowd to Green’s Hotel
where his aged and respected father,
his wife and sister awaited and embrac
ed him in the most affectionate manner.
When Court adjourned a spontaneous
meeting of citizens convened at the court
Itouso, and were addressed m a very
chaste and appropriate-speech by Mr.
Harper, who returned thanks to the cit
izens of Platte, and the jury, for the just
and impartial trial they had given him,
and for restoring happiness to his. gray
haired father and mother, his wife, sis
ter and friends. He was frequently in
terrupted by loud and deafening cheers.
After Mr. Harper had concluded, the
meeting was addressed by Mr. Archer^
of Buchanan, Capt. Reid, of Saline,
Messrs. Bradford, Bird and Pitt, in elo
quent and thrilling remarks.
proper to state that the Hon. S.
A person with whom he had some
transactions once boasted that lie bad
on one occasion obtained an advantage
over such a neighbor ; “ and to-day,**’
said he. “ I have obtained one over you.’*
“ Well,” said Mr. Lee, “ may be;
but if you promise never to enter my of
fice again, I will give you that bundle
of goal-skins.’*
The man made the promise, and took
the skins. Fifteen years afterwards,
he walked into .Mr. Lee’s office, who*
at that instant, on seeing him exclaim
ed,
You have violated your word, pay
for the goat-ski us!”
Ob P* said the man, ** 1 have been
very unfortunate since I saw you, and
quite poor.”
1 Yes,” said Mr. Lee. “and you will
always be so; that miserable desire to
r-reach others must keep you so.**
_______ 'time-keepers,
. Please call and examine our stock and prices, at
the new Watch and Jewelry Store of
1 n v v k rm
THE NEWTON HOUSE,
4b Athcm. Gcatila.
Tat subscriber announcer to the pnbli
that he baaenzagad i his elegant aodapacioaa
B. II. MARTIN.
, . ind that it is now open for the accommo
dation of Boarders and Travellers.
The IIoWM is entirely new, and onrivalled in eonrei
tenee of arraafemeM. Tbe rooms arc all beautiful, and
will b« fitted up with new and elegant furniture,
vhe purpose of the proprietor to spere no pains it
daring the •ecommcdatJooaof this House every way
satisfactory to those who may call upon him.
PMXElStf
I shall be pleased to
information than I am
this communication. Joshua Beamam.
More Rapid Cures—Surgical Oj>eration Avoided.
A gentleman, whose name can be «
_ rov officii
led some six or seven months ago and obtained abr x
of Electuary for himself. Not long since the same in-
idual called to get a box for itno htr person. Heathen
informed me that hall a box had
had recommended the sat
eight persons—all of whom were cured. It was also
recommended by him to a lady, who had previous’
fullering much from the complai
but being under tbe tare, of her family doctor, declined
using it. Ilcr condition not being improved by the al
ien ding physician a second was called in consultation,
and she was informed that nothing short of an opera
tion could give relief—this announcement induced her
to try my Electuary, and two boxes made a perfect
There was left to the labor and capital
of Great Britain a profit, or increased
value, on the manufacture of these
885,729 bales of cotton of $4^^5,342 60
say, in round numbers, $69,000,OOflf
An amount which must astdmsh every
ie unacquainted with the subject, and
should readily convince all how it is that
the wealth of Great Britain has been in
creased to its present enormous bulk.—
This profit is a clear gain to the labor
and capital of Great Britain, and is all
paid to her by other people. It is tlie
profitable employment of manufacturing
those goods that she exports and sells to 1 who does V\
ftthpr nnnntrifi*. ftstimalintr them at their “ Yes ‘sir-
probably one individual in fifty -thous
and who is aware of this one fact, that
our cotton crop is more •fiiAN twice the
value to Great Britain that it is to
the United States and that she real
izes twice as much for every* pound of
cotton we furnish to her as it costs her.
Army Anecdote. "
Gen. Wool is a strict and rigid dis
ciplinarian, as well as a gallant-arid ac
complished officer. The following ‘good
‘ which Capt. Tobin tells as hap
pening in camp, must have .excited t|te
fiery little General to a degree. While
silling iu his marquee a Mexican was
ushered into his presence,- whose de
meanor denoted the importance of some
weighty communif ajdpi
to deliver. . [•* J
The Geueral^ul
ish, alid his int^pr
vain. A long. sj^jr
A lon^
whoTroin the autn ^
General took perhaps I
pened at that moment
“ Come here my m
General. With
chaience, the Sucker d
castor and entered the
“ Dp you speak MC^i
the General. . .
“ Why, General; I ral
*' Y^ell, caj^ou-t*!! '
V. W. SHACKLEFORD,
__ 1NG made such arrangements with A. &
, T. W. BAXTER, as to enable him to meet
all the demands of smeh a business, begs leave to
inform his friends and tbe pnMic generally, that he
la now prepared to carry on the
-Auction Sc Commission Business,
In nit ita Branches,
And will keep constantly on hand a well-selected
stock of MERCHANDIZE, of every variety.
■ » gT He hopes to receive a liberal share of pat rouage.
\. Athens, January31,1847. It
oat the United States and Canadas. Price $1 a box.
None*.—The genuine Electuary ha# tbe wrintr
signature tha», (ter A. Upham, M. D.) The hand ia
al*o done with a pen.
For sale in this place by Reese 4t Ware;
Athena. Dec. 9,1847.
Ij^’i
other countries, estimating them at their I “ Yes sir-ee—I^ist*
declared value in Great Britain at tbe | the man.
time of export. Besides this gain, it is J “ Quick, then, let roc:
fair to conclude there is some further i is?** demanded the 5r “-
profits to the shippers of these goods, and j dor.
to British ship-owners the freight money 1 “ Why, here,” dra
or charge of conveyance to such foreign : able Sucker, laying
ports. Mexican with whom
But of wliat did ibis export of cotton ! communicate—t
manufactures consist? The prepared |else.” Captain Tobjh
returns say, of— ^ Punishment oj _
Talicocs.plain, or whxt we Pounds Value in I driving through the to,
call domestics, bleached & weight, pounds steri., rnUnfrp in
unbleached, 148,263^48 8,702,430 stopped at a collage to
Cotton yarn, or what is call- a , * wl " ‘
__ slave, and for the second put to death.
There was a curious exception to this
law in the case of those of either sex
who became intoxicated after the age of
seventy years.. .They were allowed en
tire impunity'fortheir drunkenness.
There were no lawyers among the
Aztecs. Of that refinement of modern
times they happily were ignorant.
Tbe lands were divided between the
king, nobles, priests and people. The
nobility, whose influence controlled the
choice of a sovereign, owned their share
fully, freely and absolutely. The king,
priests and people were‘merely usu-
fr^etuarie.s. , There were lands held in
common, and cultivated in common,
somewhat on the 'plan’ of the Tribune,
and the produce placed in storehouses
was distributed to the people according
to their necessities. Nevertheless, there
was occasionally a famine in all the
land. /Slavery existed with this peculi
arity ,/iji/U the children of slaves were
always free.' •
- T)ie religion ef these people was a
mixture of sentiment and brutality.—
They worshipped an immaterial Su
preme Being, whom they called Teotl,
and believed in the existence of an Evil
Spirit, with'the unpronounceable name
of TJlhcatecololotl. They believed a
Mog had as much of a soul as a man,
arid ;!) 01 * 1 were immortal. They divi-
Xleil future state into three exislen-
[ces, with mansions of corresponding
yjeli^ratttr. They also worshipped innu-
merable divinities, and had a numerous
‘Hprioslliood, who were the instructors of
■f*ej*fyc/lhh, the painters, poets, and astrono-
Vera Crnz iu Former Rajs.
Vera Cruz is the great commercial
port of Mexico. In former days, under
the Spanish crown, its trade was im
mense. The New Orleans Bulletin con
tains some statements in relation to it,
which were obtained from official re
cords at Havana. From these it ap
pears that the exports from Vera Cruz
in the year 1818 amounted to a total, of
$46,774,240, of which $21,774,240 were
by individuals, and $25,000,000 by the
Government authorities; and the coin
age of the same year amounted to the
enormous sutn of $26,000,000.
That same year there were upon the
road between Mexico and Vera Cruz the
vast number of over fifty-four thousand
mules engaged in the transport of the
different products of the country, of
which specie formed the principal item.
To Havana, alone, twenty-seven thou
sand barrels of Mexican ground flour
found its way, and was there used in
preference to that received from the
mother country; and it appears that had
not the course of trade been changed by
the troubles of the two nations, to Cuba
within the last two years, would have
drawn her supply of breadsluffs from
Vera Cruz.
The imports for 1S10 amounted to the
aluc of $20,430,500, and the exports
L. Leonard, Judge of our Circuit Court,
showed ability and impartiality as a
Judge, and called forth the approbation
and respect of all.
We will say injustice tothejury that
it was comprised of our best citizens, - , *
and it is probable that a more intelligent, lrt $2S,273 , >533. 1 his trade exclusive
impartial one never was impanneled. °f Government vessels, was carried on
The trial has been reported, and will in the arrivals of 291 square rigged craft,
* ■ * ~ and in the.clearances ot 239 of ihe same.
Such was La Vera Cruz iu 1810.
be published in pamphlet form.
Selections for Newspapers-
Most persons think the selection of
suitable matter for a newspaper the ea
siest part of the business. How great
an error! It is by all means the most
difficult. To look ovej and over hun
dreds of exchange papers every week
from which to select enotigh for otic, es
pecially when the question is, not what
shall, but what shall not be selected, is
indeed “no easy task.” If every per
son who reads a newspaper, could have
edited it, we should hear less complaints.
Not unfrequently is it the case that an
editor looks over all his exchanges for
something interesting, and cnnabsolute-
ly find nothing. Every paper is dryer
a contribution box: and yet some
thing must be had—bis paper must have
something in it, and be does the best be
can. To an editor who has the least
care about what he selects, the writing
that he docs is the ea3ist part of his la
bor. A paper when completed should
be one that the editor should be willing
to read to his wife, his mother and his
sister, or his daughter; and if he do
Schoolmasters and Printers*
Goldsmith says, ‘of all the profes
sions, I do not know a more usefut or
honorable one than that of a schoolmas
ter ; at the same time, I do not sec any
more generally despised or one Yvhose
talents arc less rewarded.*
* Our Doctor’ forgot to mention prin
ters as being in. the same catcgory.-^-
Thc reason why these two classes arc
so much neglected is obvious. Educa
tion and refinement arc not necessary
to mere auitnfil life, ami to live the sen
sual reign of a day ts the highest ambi
tion of loo many. Wc wot of a printer
who worked hard and manfully to get
his bread by toil, but failed.- -He'went
to blowing bger and made a fortune.
He used to say every body had stom
achs, whereas very few were blessed
with heads. '
, Barbcriuff aud Hair-Bresslnc.
v HANSEL DILLARD,
• D ESPECTFULLY informs tbe citizens of Atii
XV ens aud the public generally, that be wUI, at
'nU tiine*, he'found at his Sbop.happ; toaccommo*
‘date those who favor him with their patronage.
Athens, Nov. 12,1846.
N.^L. COLLLNS,
Hatuo located in this place, has,
wkh the intention of conducting the
0 shore bnaineaa, established hi
the store known as HaNCOCK’S.-
wbere he is prepared to exrcote every
description of work in bis line. He has on hand, and
will constantly keep, a supply of tbe beat raaterials.and
work faithfully and with despatch.
WANTED IMMEDIATELY,
A first-rate workman—nooe need apply wh« a:
regular ia their habits.
157,130.055 8,183,772
305,393.603 16.889,202
ed twist,
Making,
Calicoes, printed or dyed, 40,539.653 4,672,074
345,933,256 21,558,276
The residue consists of cam
brics, muslins, dimities, da
masks, diapers, ginghams,
checks, laces, IcnorntL-lins,
nankeen-*, quiltings, ticks,
velveteens, counterpanes,
hosiery, handk'fs, tapes,
bobbins, &c.
Making the total of
A»dal$!,80th&i
The lady of the house .1
keep on straight for j
turn to tbe right; but sa
self was going to pass tl|
take, and that if he t J
moments till she co
tftfiuv, she woulgftbow I
“ Well,” sai*i h£“ bad cp
».r than none—make hast^f^, After jog-
Aia^mjive or six miles? jfie gentlemqn
jflEsErif they had not coflac to* tjjje'road
8,258,193 i,927,665Hre must take, “Oh yesM s&ul sbe, “ we
• —lhave passed it two ocJireb times’back,
354.291,749 23,475,9il l j thought bad cotSpany was better
aiding, *112,651,6*1 so lliau none, so I kcpt vju alon->illi me.”
Vmgrs of their country. Oue of the most
er-foevoliing of their religious rites was that
r, of the sacrifice of human beings. The
worshippers of their divinities often slew
themselves before the altars, and as
roanv as*20,000 victims annually per-
.fier- isljtSd to propitiate their lavor.
must * 'Flie remains ot the Aztec architecture
exhibit a superior degree of excellence,
•taficTiu the construction of roads, bridges
and monuments, they discovered skill
and ’inteUigence.
Their money-consisted of the beans
of the cocoa-nut, a bag of which was
equal to 8000 unite, and a quill foil*ofj Something spicy
£old ore*, such as one may see f w - w—
hands of tliej3arolina and Gcorgi
i, representing 400.
Energy and Mind,—Energy is every
thing. How mean * thing is tnan with
little motive^ power! AU the abilities
nature has given him lie useless, like a
0 , great and mighty machine, ready al ev-
that, it he get such a paper, he will find , cr y point for useful action; but nolta
his labor a most difficult one. ^ vcr X j wheel turns for want of a starling,poW-
subscriber thinks the paper is printed |. er * a great* man is like a great tba-
tor his especial benefit, and if there •W’j c |ji nc . He has a great power to set in
nothing in it that suits hitn it mast b c ! motion the varied and immense projects
stopped, it is good for nothing. Some I \ }C 'ha* in his hand ; little motives
people look over the deaths and-marria-, can neil | IC r start nor stop him; .ihey
ges, and actually complain ol the editor, I ma y 8Cl j n full play the powers , of an
it out lew people cue, or mu | ordinary man, andrcuiler himu respect-
as to get married the previous week., .^le, nay, even a beautiful .piece of roc-
An editor should have such things in j c | ian i S i n> but never a magnificent-one.
his paper whether they occur ^or not. j yet therr is one point which lifts; man
Just as many subscribers as arij editor j gU p rerae jy - a | )0 ve the machine. By
may have just so many different tastes < W orking of his own mind he can
he has to consult. One wants stories j j ra p roV e and exalt himself.; by directing
and poetry: auoibcr.abhors all^his.—- j j,j s e y e what is great and good* he
The politician wants nothing but poll- j ma y become so. If, then, we can lie
tics. One must have something sound., cor fi 0 w hat we wish to be* what high
One likes anecdotes, fun and frolic, and i 0 bj ec ts should we aim at, and what res-
a next door.neighbor wonders that men j 0 i ule an d energetic efforts should-we
I of sense will put such stuff in bis paper- j b e ever making to attain them ! , u
. ._'1 Something spicy conies out, and the ed- j . ;
the I itor is a blackguard. Next comes some- j tyj- The men employed in digging the foundation
mi- i thing argumentative, and the editor is a of the new church at Jerusalem have bad to make
{'dull fool. And so between, them all, their way thunigh forty feet of remains of ancient.
The language'wanted tbe sounds of yon sec tbe poor fellow gets roughly.' building* before they cane tothe folid ground. ;