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“The followingexquisite lines from the Opal
jor 1845,” say s ttie Newark Daily Advertiser,
u are f r om the same hand that produced the Ode
to Henry Clay and the Sonnet on the Defeat of
Henry Clay, lor our columns—a hand from
which we expect, in due lime, even greater
things.”
TO CHILDREN.
Sweet things! blest things! to look on you
Eyes that are in their wane
Grow bright—and hearts at ebb of age
Fill with life's tides again.
And you not age, nor death should touch,
If human love might save ;
But stronger is the love which blights
And gathers to the grave.
VVek now that you the angel’s love—
(They love all gentle ihings,)
And often o’er you fondly stoop
And spread their viewless wings,
And tenderly their starry eyes
Watch you by night and day.
And sweetly as they smile on you,
So you, on us, alway.
And oh ! should he who smiles on all,
And loves both young and old—
Should the dear shepherd take his lambs,
And bear them to his fold;
Should he who gave these buds oflove—
Who gives—and maketh lorn
Leave us like withered stems tilt eve,
And taka them in the morn ;
We still, oh ! God, would trust his love
Who once, in form like them,
Slept on a woman’s yearning breast,
A babe in Bethlehem ;
Who wiites, in flowers, upon the earth,
And stars, in Heav’n above.
And smiles and tears in human souls,
Blest characters of love ;
Who Hope hath given to Death —as dawn
To thickest dark he gave ;
And caused that still the newyeat’* flowers
Giow on the old year’s grave ;
Who joy can bring from grief, as calm
Succeeds the wind’s fierce wars—
As winter’s tears bring summer leaves,
And night thejoy of stars !
Who from these children’s steps, the thorns
Os grief, and doubt, and care,
Can kindly take—or tor their peace
As kindly plant them there ;
Thro’ regions sad with weeping storms.
Dark wood, and frowning hill,
Or valley bright as angel’s dreams,
Can guide them alhis will.
And lead them on in peace, with joy
And singing on their way;
Till at the last, their shining path
Is lost in perfect day.
Agriculture.
It has been well said that he who has domin
ion over an acre of land, and rescues it Irom
barrenness, and covers it with a smiling har
vest, bas more of virtuous self-applause than
the conqueror of large territories, laid waste
and desolate. The honorable occupation of
cultivating the soil, however, appears to have
but lew charms for some of the present wise
generation, even among those who, from early
habits and education, should be well fitted for
the employment.
There is too great a desire to become mer
chants, traders, or speculators; and hence our
large cities are at times overrun with persons
in the “mercantile line,” forsooth—who are
every way unqualified for such pursuits; and
even it they are qualified for such undertakings,
che trade of the country is inadequate to the sup
port of such numbers, as would willingly turn
their back upon the farm, and embark on the
s*a of wild speculation, or flee from a life of
manual labor.
This is an evil which requires a remedy, and
the remedy must be found in the farmers them
selves. They should appreciate the blessings
of an Agicultural life, and teach their sons and
daughters to revere it—to love it as the occupa
tion which is best calculated to develope the ex
cellence of human nature, and secure the hap
piness of human beings.
There is no error so pernicious, as that of
sending young men, fresh from the country,
pure in principles and inexperienced, to reside
in a populous city, and become familiar with
its pleasures, its vices, and its extravagances.
What inducement can an honest farmer have,
thus to banish his children from independence,
industry and comfort! 1 have already said, that
of all the characters of which our country can
boast, there is none more elevated than a well
informed and sensible farmer—one who has
looked into books—who knows the world, his
country, and its laws.
It is pleasant to see such a man holding the
plow, or manfully swinging the scythe, or
plying the flail, in order to cull the rich treas
ures of Ceres. And when his labors require
* rest —see him, reclining beneath a shady tree,
or seated on a bundle of grain—talk of the an
cient Republics of Greece and Rome—detail
historical incidents—and expatiate on the gov
ernment and institutions of his own country.
Such a man is useful to himself and a treasure
to the nation to which he belongs. If we change
the scene, we shall perhaps find him in the halls
of legislation, exercising his practical good
sense, to, allay the fury oi healed politicians —
aiding to»give laws to the State—and firmly sus
taining the principles of public policy, which
are suggested by a well-disciplined mind, and a
keen sense of duly,
I can hardly conceive how a parent can be
willing that his son should forego such a life of
usefulness, and send him to a large city, to pass
a life oi indolence—exposed on every hand to
temptation—without a hope of profit or advance
ment. And yet we shall find that many of the
shops and retail stores in our cities, are filled by
young men—the sons of farmers, who cherish
a contempt for the occupation of their fathers —
and who, eager to escape from a life of salutary
labor, abandon a certain road to character and
independence—and shuffle along through the
world without any prospect of being uses ul to
society, or beneficial to themselves.—[Mr.
/Sleeper's Address at Worcester.
A New Remedy for Tooth-ache.— Among
the thousand remedies for tooth-ache, caout
chouc is now stated to be a very efficacious one.
A piece of caoutchouc is to be put on a wire,
then melted at the flame of a candle, and press
ed, while warm, into the hollow tooth, and the
pain will cease instantly. The cavity of the
tooth should first be cleaned out with a piece of
cotton. In consequence oi the viscosity and ad
hesiveness of the caoutchouc, the air is com
pletely prevented from coming into contact with
the denuded nerve, and thus the cause of tooth
ache is destroyed.
Forensic, —“ Take off your hat. man,” said
Mr. Justice Platt, when at Worcester, one day
last weak, presiding at Nisi Prius, to a lady
habited in a rifling dress. “I am nol a man, my
lord, l*«tn a lady.” “Then/’ rejoined his lord
ship, “ I ana not a judge,”
i£l)vomdc mii) Sentinel.
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WEDNESDAY MORNING, APRIL 30. ’
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The Concert.
This evening, at the Masonic Hall, the “ Or
phean Family” make their debut to an Augus
ta audience, and if we may be permitted to form
an idea of their powers, from the terms in
which they come heralded by the press, the
lovers of song have in store a rare treat in the
evening’s entertainment. As, however, per
sons seldom like to judge oflhe melody of song
by proxy, the best advice we can give to each
and all is, to go and hear for yourselves.
The Pic Nic.
We are requested to slate that the second Pic
Nic of the season will take place Thursday
(to-morrow) evening, at the City Hall grounds.
O’We are requested to state that in conse
sequence of the Pic Nic taking place on Thurs
day night next the meeting of the Temperance
Society, called for the same night, is therefore
postponed to Thursday night following.
Editor’s Tablf.. —Mr, S. A. Holmes, oflhe
Depot, has laid on our table :
Graham's Monthly Magazine, for May, con
taining two embellishments, both admirable,
Godcy's Lady's Book, for May, with two en
gravings.
' Thiers' Life of Napoleon, part 2.
Litlell's Living Age, No, 47. And,
“ The Warwick Woodland, or Things as they
were There Ten Years ago,” b}* Frank Forres
ter.
Gubernatorial Convention.
Some days since we copied from the Macon
Messenger and Savannah Republican, each, an
article expressing the opinion that there was no
necessity lor a convention to nominate a Whig
candidate lor Governor, which we had designed
to offer some comment upon, but were prevented
by indisposition.
About the same lime we received from a
friend in middle Georgia, a letter from which
we make the following extract, with which we
fully concur.
We take great pleasure also in subjoining a
second article from the Republican, in which
that paper readily concurs in the propriety of
a convention, and we cannot but hope that our
Whig friends throughout the State, will take
the necessary steps to have themselves fully and
ably represented in that body.
Extract of a letter to the Editor.
“ Would it not be as well for you to speak out
in favor of a Whig Convention for the nomina
tion of Governor? Saying nothing about the
general benefits of the usage, a convention is of
as much importance to the Whigs at this time
as it ever was at any former period. The idea
advanced by the Macon Messenger and Savan
nah Republican, that there is nothing to do but
nominate Geore W. Crawford for Governor,
conveys but a one-sided glimpse of the subject.
There may be—nay, there are —other questions
lor conference and interchange of opinion, which
tor the sake of harmony and success, ought to be
well understood at the Convention.”
From the Savannah Republican.
“ Gubernatorial Convention. —The Macon
Messenger, though still regarding a Conven
tion as only a matter of form, concedes the point,
and agrees to abide the decision of the people on
that question. Since our last article on this sub
ject was penned, we have had pretty extensive
oppor!unities by letter, and otherwise, of ascer
taining the wishes and opinions of our friends
in different parts of the State. We find them
about equally divided in regard to the propriety
of a convention, and therefore conclude that the
safest plan is not to depart irom the established
usages of the party. Having, then, determined
to hold a convention, we say to our friends, let
it be such a one as will be calculated by the
number andcharacter of its members, to make a
good impression on the public mind. Our op
ponents are making more than usual exertions
’o secure a full a'tcndance. They have deter
mined to rouse their men by the old battle cry
of 1844. The contest is not to be waged on the
merits of Gov, Crawford’s administration, but
on merely party grounds. They are resolved io
repudiaieall local issues. With them, State
credit, a reduction of expenditures, a faithful,
economical administration, will be matters of
secondary interest, compared with the triumph
oflhe Polk and Morton party! Some of them
may even be bold enough to say— ‘ It is true
we almost ruined the State once—it is true we
depreciated her currency—it is true we borrowed
money at a high per cent, to loan it out at a
lower one—it is true that under our manage
ment Central Bank bills were at a discount of
from 30 to 40 per cent —it is true we borrowed
money from Reid, living & Co., and could not
pay it—it is true that we made no provision
even for the payment of the public interest —it
K true that the Treasury was empty, and that
the State had no credit—it is true that rhe Peni
tentiary was an annual expense to the Stale —it
is true thatourgreatState Road was going to
ruin and decay—it is true that we wasted the
public money and increased the taxes as well as
the pay of our legislators—it is true that Gov.
Crawford and the Whigs have
these ihings. We have no fault to find with him
or his policy—but are we not Democrats? Do
we not love the ‘ dear people?' Have we not
proclaimed our love for the poor even while we
were relieving them of their surplus change in
the way of taxes? Did we not all vole for
Polk ? Though we have failed in doing so in
times past, can we not non: give you ‘ as good a
man ' as Crawford for Governor?’
“Such, fellow Whigs of Georgia, is the singu
lar and anomalous position of your opponents —
of the men who aregathering their clans from
the mountains to the seaboard, and preparing to
wage war upon an Executive, against whose
policy of administration even slander has nol
dared to utter a whisper. In such a contest the
Whigs will maintain a highly honorable posi
tion. They are called upon to rally around and
defend their chosen leader, against men who
have unfurled a banner having inscribed upon
its folds only the hateful words: ‘ Party,’ ‘Vic
tory/ ‘ The Spoils.' Jn suchfl contest the Whigs
should have full confidence in the purity and
high moral bearing of Georgians, without dis
, tinction of party—they should assemble in every
, county and send their best men to the conven
' tion. The issue is even more important than a
struggle lor the Presidency, it involves the
. whole question of good government—it involves
the question whether the citizens of Georgia
will repudiate the man who has redeemed the
character and credit of their Slate, and place
their affairs again in charge of that political
school which brought upon them degradation
and poverty, and which they repudiated in iS43.
Under such circumstances we cannot doubt the
integrity and zeal of our political friends. They
will merge all minor differences and come up
lin their full strength for the defence of a good
.——
executive and a policy which has done so much
to render our people prosperous and happy.’ ”
College Appointments.— The New Haven
Palladium of the 23d inst. says: The appoint
ments of the present Senior Class of Yale Col
lege, for ihe next Commencement, were made
this morning. The following are the three
highest: Valedictory Oration—James G. Gould,
Augusta Ga.; Salutatory do—Wm. G. Conner,
Natchez, Miss,; Philosophical do.—John Grant,
Colebrook, Conn.
St. Landry Sugar Crop. —The St. Landry
Whig of the iGih inst. says; “ We gave last
week, the products of our parish in 1844 ; and,
as soon as we can get hold ot it, shall give a list
of them for 1845. In the meantime, to show
the increase, we have taken some pains to as
certain the number of hogsheads of sugar rais
ed in the parish the past season, and find them
to be about fourteen hundred —an increase over
the previous season of upwards of seven hun
dred hogsheads. The next crop will triple me
products of this year.
Mobile. —The Mobile Journal of the 25th
inst. says ; —The first cargo of cotton cleared at
Mobile for a foreign port, was that of the brig
Rival, Capt, Scadder, for Rochelle, in the spring
of 1817, and it is worthy of remark, that the first
cargo for China is that of the Farwell, cleared
yesterday, commanded by the same gentleman,
whose splendid ship has on board a cargo equal
in weight to the entire export ol Motile, in the
season of 181 G-17! Both vessels and cargoes
were owned in Boston, and Capt. Scudder him
self is from the old Bay Stale. May the worthy
Captain, who has grown gray in the China
ttade, have a prosperous voyage and realize to
the fullest extent, the fruits of commercial en
terprise.
gjf The Madisonian says “We learn that
Gen. Houston has at last openly declared him
self against annexation. We have been long
expecting this—consequently we are not disap
pointed in the slightest possible degree. We
are happy in the belief, however, that he does
not possess sufficient influence to thwart this
great national measure.”
Hj* The Phoenix Shot Tower Company, of
Baltimore, have declared a dividend of two dol
lars and fifty cents per share the last twelve
months.
Bank of England.— According to the Bank
return of March 29, the amount of notes issued
was .£29,471,410; gold coin and bullion in the
Bank £13,380,953 ; silver bullion £2,090,457.
In the banking department, public deposites,
£7,321,855; other dej?bsites’£lO,7l3,os2 ; seven
day and other bills, £1,023,977; Government
securities, £13,589,379; other securities, £13,-
126,109; notes, £9,747,280; gold and silver coin,
£732,810. Total, £37,195,938.
Yankees Emigrating to Virginia, —The
Parkersburg Gazette says that many of the stur
dy farmers of New York and Vermont, who
have been for some time past reconnoilering
the interior of that portion of Virginia from the
Great Kanawha river to that town, express
themselves highly pleased, warmly eulogizing
its proverbially' rich soil, timber, climate, mine
rals, &c., and that they are satisfied that it is re
markably well adapted to the raising of sheep,
cattle, &c., in which they ha ve heretofore been
engaged. They are understood to be a deputa
tion from ninety families residing in the above
named States, and they have selected lands in
the counties of Wood and Gilmer, for the com
pany they represent, many of whom will take
possession at once with large flocks of sheep.
Collectorship of Savannah.— William B.
Bulloch, Esq , vice Gen, Harden, removed, on
Saturday last, entered upon the duties of his
office as Collector of this Port. We have not
heard any thing in regard to the disposition
made ot the minor offices. The changes, if
i
any, we presume, will be made public in due
time.— Sav. Repub.
In the three years, ending with 1843, upwards
of 250,000,000 of eggs were imported into Eng
land, and in two years the value of foreign poul
try brought in, living and dead, was £600,000 !
The Washington correspondent of the N. Y.
Journal of Commerce writes :
The Consular appointments and the diplo
matic appointments generally, are soon to be
made. The changes will be vety extensive.
For the benefit of those who are applying for
the Havana consulate, I will mention that Gen.
Campbell, the present incumbent, is not to be
removed.
The removals and appointments in the Cus
tom Houses, Land Offices, Marshalships, Dis
trict Attorneyships, Post Offices, &c., are go
ing on slowly but surely. As there is no annun
ciation made of them, we do not hear of them
until the order has taken effect. The reports
thus come in scattering; but, as I said before,
they will be done thoroughly, though not rapid
enough for the impatience ot expectants.
Destructive Storm and Loss of Life.—
We learn from the Feliciana Whig, that on
Wednesday evening, the I6th inst., the planta
tion of the heirs ot the late Judge Rhea, on
Thompson’s Creek, in the parish of East Feli
ciana, was visited by a wild and desolating hur
ricane which left death and havoc in its train.
The slave who brought the above intelligence,
says the Whig, left the plantation immediately
after the storm. He reports that every building
on the place was laid prostrate, and that the
trees in its course were topped as though an axe
had been used. The overseeer, with the ne
groes and plough horses, who were at work in
the adjacent field, sought refuge under the gin
house upon the approach of the storm. The
fancied protection proved instant death. The
house was blown down, burying amid its ru
ins the overseer, Mr. Beverly Phelps, a young,
industrious and highly meritoriousyoung man,
and seven ol the negroes, killing instantaneous
ly the overseer and three negroes, and badly
wounding four other negroes, some ot whom
had their legs, and others had their arm? bro
ken. The course of the tornado is not Known,
it is presumed, however, that its passage has
caused even a greater loss of Hie and limb and
desti notion of property, than has been as yet
ascertained.
The Menagerie. —There was quite an ex
citement out of doors yesterday to obtain a
glance of the grand pageant which attended the
entrance of the menagerie inio our city. The
car containing the musicians was drawn by a
team of four elephants, presenting a spectacle
atjonce novel and imposing, and interspersed
among the long line of caravans was a camel
and a paired miniature ponies, presentingquite
a contrast in sige to the noble animals in front.
They paraded the principal thoroughlares of the
city, and then proceeded to the spot selected for
J exhibition at the corner of South Charles and
■a -
Conway streets. We understand that some de
lay occurred at Herring Run, the sagacity of
the elephants suggesting some doubts as to the
secuiity of the bridge, which tncy peremptorily
refused to cross, and were necessarily blind
folded before they would make the venture. —
Baltimore Sun.
Horrible Outrage in Lincoln County,
i Mo. —The St, Louis papers contain the par
ticulars ot a bloody affair in Lincoln county.
Thepeople in that part ot the State had been
much excited by the discovery that a band of
counterfeiters and horse thieves had been form
ed in their neighborhood. Several arrests had
been made, but suspicion continued to rest a
gainst other kimihes. lathis state of things, a
company of Regulators, as they termed them
selves — Lynch lavs men— was formed, who pro
ceeded, from time to lime, to order the suspect
ed individuals to leave the county, failing to do*
which, summary punishment was inflicted up
on them. Two young men named Turnbull
were lynched by the Regulators, who, after get
ting their hands in, went to the residence of old
Turnbull, the lather of the young men, to lynch
him also. The old man, who was at his shop,
saw them approaching, and attempted to escape
into the house, but was intercepted and caught.
Two younger sons and the females ol the fami
ly retreated into the house, and fastened the
doors. The suspected men were not to be found.
The lynchers loitered about the house for some
time, and finally set fire to it, but it was extin
guished by ihe family. They then resolved
upon more efficient measures, and one of them
seized an axe, with which, after several blows,
he broke in the door, and the mob entered, A
general fight fallowed, in which one of the Re
gulators, named Davis, was killed; another,
named Nor is, was so badly wounded that his
life is despaired of, and a third was slightly in
jured, One ol the Turnbulls was shot in the
neck, and was dying at the last accounts; his
brother was shot in the thigh, and is not expect
ed to live. They are both young, one a boy
15 or 16 years old. This bloody outrage took
place about eight miles back of Bailey’s land
ing, between 12and3 o’clock of the day. Great
excitement followed throughout the county.
The mob had determined, at a meeting on the
following Monday, to proceed to Turnbull’s
house and exterminate ihe whole family ; but
it is hoped that the efforts that were made to ar
rest this design proved successful. It is said
that ihe Regulators were composed of some of
the most respectable men of the county; but
how they can reconcile their proceedings with a
desire to maintain this character is beyond our
comprehension.
The Iron Trade in England.— London ,
April 3.—Some correspondents express great
apprehension of the consequences that may
arise to the general trade in articles manufac
tured from iron, from the great consumption
and enormous price caused by the railways.
They observe that within a few months bar iron
has advanced from £5 to £l2 pei ton, and pig
iron from 35s to 130 s—an advance unprece
dented and highly injurious to the best interests
of the country. The prospect of the railroads
requiring nearly the whole “make” of iron the
next three years, is viewed with alarm, as it is
said that one year more, with iron at its present
price, will totally destroy foreign trade and the
manufacture of the article.
The manufacturers of the iron districts, hav
ing worked off their stocks at low prices for
their spring orders, are unable to execute any
fresh orders, except at rates corresponding with
(he current price of the material, and these, it
seems, will not be given. America is viewed
as a dangerous competitor, likely to take advan
tage of the diminution of our foreign trade cre
ated by this absorption of iron by the railways.
The capital that is in N. York and Boston might
easily find its way into American iron dis
irids, and the “make” might be increased to su:h
an amount as to supply markets now complete
ly dependent upon Great Britain.
The Caledonia’s Mails. ---The Caledonia
brought out the first of thu Canada mails under
the new arrangement. They consisted of eight
sheet iron boxes ol letters, and forty-two bags of
newspapers, and under the direction of the agent
who came out with them, they were conveyed
over the railroad to Concord, N. H., yesterday
forenoon, from whence they will he taken to
Canada by the way of Burlington. The steamer
also brought thirty thousand letters and twenty
six bags cf newspapers for distribution in the
United States. All me mail matter bound
South and West was forwarded by the early
morning trains over ihe Long Island and Wes
tern Railroads.— Boston Courier.
fflrDr. Luzenberg, with the assistance of Drs.
Beugnot, Mueller, Lewis and Mercier, and in
the presence of Drs. Binaghi, Turpin, Logan,
Fenner, Landreaux, Rhodes, and Monlet ol
Vera Cruz, this morning performed the complete
extirpation of the parotid gland. This opera
tion, one of the most important in modern sur
gery, was done with rare rapidity and skill.
—A'. O. Cour , 23 d inst.
A Whistling Yankee — “prepare to puck
er.”—Some years since, a Yankee from the lard
of “notions,” travelling westward, lound him
self minus of cash, alter his arrival at the flour
ishing and beautiful village of Painesvile, Ohio.
But Yankees are proverbial for tact, and can
turn their wits many ways to supply the needful.
So our Yankee traveller, being keen at whistling,
perambulated the village, with his hands stuck
into klkempiy pockets whistling a variety of
much to the amusement of aH.
Seeing that his employment look with the mul
titude, he set himself up as a teacher of the sci
ence ot whistling, and reasoned very gravely,
that as multitudes would whistle, it would be
well for them to learn the science, rightfully
judging that what ought to be done at all, should
be dune well—i. e. upon scientific principles.
He believed that there were far Jess persons who
could learn this science, than was generally sup
posed—that there was no reason why the female
sex, with acknowledged belter voices than the
males, should be denied the privilege of whis
tling:, and descanted largely upon me advantages
to be derived from a thorough knowledge of the
science. Jn short, a school was started at once,
and many a young limb ol the law, medical stu
dents and clerks, with their ladies, were sub
scribers. The price was fixed at fifty cents per
couple, and always paid in advance, by which
our Yankee friend well spliced his pockets.
The evening for the first lesson arrived—and
with it a goodly number of gents and ladies at a
Hotel waiting the promised instruction. The
preliminary observation was made that no one
would be assured of any improvement unless
they carried out the precise instructions and
obeyed the command of the teacher.
All were standing upon the floor, upon the tip
toe of expectation, when our Yankee gave forth
his first command with great gravity ; —“ PRE
PARE TO PUCKER !” All anticipated the
next command, ‘PUCKER!’—and instantly a
roar of laughter shook the house to its founda
tion.
It is unnecessary to say that the next day our
Yankee traveller was seen wending his way
westward with full pockets and whistling many
a merry tune, while those who had taken their
first lessons In the science of whistling were
hailed at every turn of the s r reet, with the by
word — “Prepare to Puckep.!” PUCKER!—
Cattaraugus Whig.
Father Mathew.— We are informer! that
the subscriptions to compensate this gentleman
for his heavy expenses while prosecuting the
cause of teetotalism, have already exceeded
£7,ooo—a sum nearly sufficient to cover the
Rev. gentle nan’s liability, but of course not
enough to support the expense of another cam
paign.— London paper.
It is said that Mr. Cushing on being asked to
dine with Mandarin Lin, discovered on the
table something of which he ate exorbitantly,
thinking it to be duck. Not speaking Chinese’
and wishing to know what it was, he pointed to
it, alter he had finished, saying to his host in
terrogatively. “ Guack, quack, quack 1” The
mandarin, with equal brevity, replied, with a
shake of his bead, “Bow, wow, wow.” Mr.
Cushing’s feeling’s can be imagined.
From the St. Louis Reveille.
How our Friend B s’ Hair Went.
“Hyperion’s curls ! the front of Jove, himself!”
Oh, those curls! not your fuzzy, crispy, ques
tionable tortuosities, indicative of either a mixed
breed, or a quarrelsome temper, but a raven crop
of flossed midnight, (John Neal talks of flossed
sunshine,) smothering in its own luxuriance; a
sea of curling darkness, rolling and tossing in
its silent play ! and these cuils adorned lire im
perial brows of our friend B . We say
adorned , lor, alas ! they are no longer adorning !
They have fled like a dream, vanished like a
cioud, and B is as bald as Coesar!
We say it—B is as bald as Caesar! but
if Caesar bared his baldness half as majestical
ly, he was a much better looking heathen than
we take him to have been. Why, B >’
polished outline is the most regal thing we
know of! —an intellectual porch, over which
looms, as it were the mental dome! benevolence,
veneration, firmness, self esteem —full, “ chock
full,” and beautifully balanced! And then the
shiny whiteness of the surface, as if the moral
glory beaming within, absolutely shone through!
In short, a head of Washington, lit up lor a 4th
of July niirht, is “no circumstance” to the be
nign front of our friend B .
The next inquiry is, how did our friend B
lose his hair? Thus! Could a man with such
a head be other than a Whig? Certainly not!
And the most thorough-going Whig of his flour
ishing city, he left the banks of one of the great
lakes, as a delegate to the Baltimore Convention,
last May. Last May! —that glorious but
every body has read the papers.
There were a great many heads in Baltimore ;
wise heads, and long heads, and fine heads, and
swelled heads, but there was no head to compare
with the head of the Michigan delegation! he,
or if, was ahead, of every thing. Joy! hope! tri
umph ! Whig rule! And, with every increasing
round of rapture, B s’ head became more
resplendent, till, at length, came the grand pro
cession. B must tell the rest himself.
“Procession! sixteen leagues long, by thun
der! .Myriads of freemen--throngs of beauty!
Whar was Michigan on that great day ? In the
midst of the triumph, and fat its head, boss!
Balconies bending; muslin and cambric flutter
ing! Hurrah for Clay ! Up comes one of my
ai 's; —8., for God’s sake, don’t give the word to
cheeranv more—boys all hoarse, now. Hoarse !
here, hold my hat —go it alone, by thunder, for
old Michigan. fVhoo-rah — -Jar — Clay, and the
Ladies! Whew! didn't the cambric flutter
then!—couldn’t stand it! Just run my right
hand, then my left, through my har, lock alter
look, out they came, gave ’em to the winds—
saw’em mount towards the balconies, beauty
st jiving for ’em !—then, wasn’t Michigan a star!
Women screamed and men hollowed—gals
snatched, and hand-kerchiefs fluttered, and on I
went, right and left—left and right—feather bed
in the air, a fool to it! front locks and side curls,
side curls and from locks, quicker and thicker ,
and the whole d .1 universe full of nothing
but me and Michigan, until every har was gone,
and all I could do was to blow kisses until all
creation seemed just gathered together to hug
me ! Well, by this time, my voice had followed
my har , when up we came to a perfect confla
gration of beauty! four story double house
covered all over with it, and one splendid crea
ture cried out, ‘ Three cheers for Michigan!'
Whew! thunder! hadn’t a lock on my head,or
a note in my voice! Up came same d d
Aid, and, savs he, ‘ why don’t you give the word
to cheer?—Couldn’ido it—snatched my hat from
him, held it up to both sides of the street — Take
my hat! —they understood me—nine cheers—
nine more from Michigan—
“ Slop! look here, by thunder, what’ll you
take!—so dry I can’t remember the rest of that
immortal day—but that’s the way I lost my har !
A leelle bitters in it, if you please—thankee.
“ Well, I’d now- got to go hum to my wife, and
what on airth was Ito do for my har? Friend
suggested a wig, but * no,’ says I, ‘l’ll go the
naked truth, by thunder! Old woman’s Clay all
over, and the chief difficulty will be to make her
believe it’s me, that’s all!’ Well, hum I got, and
my friend stuck close all the way, so as to be
able to swear to the individual; and fust thing 1
did was to appear before a magistrate, and cursed
if he knew me! So my friend just swore to me
teg’lar, and in I went hum with the papers.
Well, in 1 went, with my hatoff, so as to give her
the full front of it, at once; and first she kind-a
came forard, and then she kind-a went back,
and then her eyes began opening, and then her
mouth followed, and at last she busted out—
“ Why 8., ’taint you!' Well, I came mighty
nigh a bustin’ out laughin’, myself, but i kept
mum, and hauled out the affidavit, and she read
it; and what between surprise and affliction,
hanged if the tears didn’t come into her eyes,
and then the joke was over. ‘ if you don’t b’lieve
that, wife, here’s my affidavit to back it;’ I just
took her in my arms and kissed the book , I tel! you ?
“Fellows, there’s nothing like a touch of nature!
If she stopped a goin’ on forgivin’ me till next
morning, I wish I may be shot |”
JOSEPH S. WINTER & Co.’s
EXCHANGE & COLLECTION OFFICE,
mh!3 lyls Montgomery, Ala.
SOUTHERN BAPTIST CONVEN
TION.
THE duly appointed Delegates
to the Southern Baptist Convention, to be held
in this city, commencing on the Bth of May next,
are requested to report themselves upon their ar
rival, to a Committee who will be in waiting at
the Lecture Room of the Baptist Church, to de
signate the lodgings which have been provided
for them.
The Delegates are informed that, through the li
berality of the Directors of the Georgia Rail Road
and of the South Carolina Rail Road Companies,
they will be charged but one half of the custom
ary rates of fare on these roads when attending
the Convention. In order to avail themselves of
this kindness, it will be expected that they pro
duce certificates of their appointment.
W. T. BRANTLY,
ap26-d&wtMß Pastor of Baptist Church.
£3= ELECTION NOTICE.—On
Saturday, the 3d day of May, at 10 o’clock, A.
M,, the City Council will elect a City Surveyor
to hold his office until the first Saturday of Janu'
ary, 1846. Bond for 81000 will be required.
Also, at the same time, the City Council will
elect a Sexton, to hold his office until the first
Saturday in January, 1346, to fill the vacancy oc
casioned by the removal of John Simpson.
By order of the Council.
ap29 W. MILO OLIN, Clerk Council.
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Steamer. —Pictorial Tiroes, 18| cents; Illustra
ted News, IS|; Punch and the Great Gun, price
12J cents each; fe%v copies vol. 1 Wandering
Jew on hand—persons desirous to road this
wonderful romance of history, novclly’and mya_
tery, are adrised to call early while they are go
ingoff at 50 cents ; the Pern’s Bridge Controver
sy, or Castigator Castigated, for sale early this
morning, price cents; Thiers’ Life of Napo
leon, part 2, and Littell’s Living Age, No. 47.
Great arrival ot Literature.—The
lost packages come to hand at last with at least
500 volumes of new'bo oks, periodicals and mis
cellaneous popular nev publications, selling
cheap as ever, at S. A. HOLMES’,
ap3o Literary Depo t.
On Cast UJocninq’s illnil.
Cut.. Ei.mobe. — The South Carolinian bays :
We learn Irom a private source, that the ap
pointment of Minister to England has been ten
dered to Col. F, 11. Elmore, by Mr. Polk, and
declined.
The large clock factory of Chauncey Je
rome, Esq., at Bristol, Conn., was destroyed by
fire a lew days ago. The loss is not far from
$25,000, on which is an insurance of SIO,OOO at
the JEtua office, Hartford.
fTjj* The Globe establishment has been valued
at $35,000, and passes lor that sum to its new
proprietors.
From the N. Y. Tribune, 25th inst.
Tremendous Fire!—lSowery Theatre burnt
for the Fourth Time !
A few minutes a/ter 6 o’clock, last evening, a
fire broke out in the carpenter’s room attached
to the Bowery Theatre, which instantly com
municated to the Theatre itself, and in three
quarters of an hour that line edifice was a com
plete ruin, with nothing but the high walls and
the massive columns standing. The inside of
the building, scenery, furniture, wardrobe, ma
chinery, &0., &c., was entirely destroyed, and
several of the performers, we understand, lost
private dresses and properties to considerable
amounts. The evening’s performances were
to have been for the benefit of Mr. Davenport,
and the actors and actiesses were all in the
building, just commencing todress for the du
liesot the night. We are happy to state that,
so far as could be ascertained by the strictest
enquiry possible under the circumstances, eve
ry person in the Theatre escaped in safety, al
though several of them with narrow risks ot life
and limb.
The scene in front, at the height of the con
flagration, was magnificently fearful and sub
lime. The Bowery, which is the broadest tho
roughfare in the city, was densely packed with
a crowd extending on either side of the Theatre
for a great distance, and numbering from fifteen
to twenty thousand, while the roofs of the ad
joining buildings, illuminated with an intense
glare of red light, were literally covered down
to the veiy caves, with spectators. On the
roofs adjoining and in the immediate vicinity of
the Theatre, hundreds ot firemen were busy
performing their dauntless and heroic deeds and
seeming to be absolutely insensible as well as
impervious to the scorching heat ol the flames
or the danger of their position. As the flames
burst out at the front windows and wreathed
around the entablature resting on the lofty col
umns, the Saloon, with its rows of decanters,
pictures, &c. was splendidly illuminated, and
presented a magnificent appearance. The sky
glowed like a red-hot dome of iron, and cast
broad reflections of lurid light all over the city,
while the air sparkled like a star-shower with
the burning cinders, which flew in every direc
tion, and were many of them carried by the fire
breeze, which immediately sprung up, flying
over the roofs as far as Broadway.
In the street below an indesciibable tumult
roared and raged on every side. At first the peo
ple rushed to the doors, burst them in, and com
pletely jammed up the lobbies—why, no one
thought or could tell. The firemen shouted to
them to come back, and endeavored to introduce
their hose over the heads of the crowd, to see
what could be done within—but they here effect
ed 1 ittie. The crowd obstinately maintained
their places until the heavy entablature and tym
panum—now all in bright flames—fell to the
ground, breaking into fiery fragments and en
closing them with a wall of fire in front, while
ihe burning theatre itself was at their backs!
This state of things immediately warmed up
their imaginations, and a general rush (happily
successlul) through the fallen and burning mass
to the street ensued, amid the deafening shouts
of the multitude.
The roof now 7 gave way, and the tall flag-staffs
on the building struck to the red flag of the Con
flagration, and all fell in with a stunning crash.
I'he fire then sought the neighboring buildings,
on either f-dde, and the following were more or
less injured, before the progress of the flames
was arrested:
Bowery, North of Theatre— No. 50, Theatre
Hotel - badly burnt; No. 52, Cofiee House kept
by N. Cort. *
South Suk— “Shaw’s House/’ No. 44; G.
Westbrook’s Ter.*Pin Alley and Coffee House,
No. 42; St. Charles Hotel, No. 40—all badly
damaged.
Eliznbelh-slreet — Back of Theatre —Two small
dwelling houses, and three or four buildings in
the intermediate area, the particulars about
which could not be learned.
In the Theatre nothing was saved, and we
learn that there was no insurance on any part of
the property or building. Jt is believed that Mr.
Hamblin had no interest in the Theatre, it hav
ing passed, by a recent decree in Chancery, into
the hands of James ti. Whiting, Esq.—but the
particular nature of the trust is unknown to us.
W e are informed, also, that the ground cannot,
according to the terms of the lease, again be oc
cupied for the purpose of erecting a Theatre.
This is the fourth time the Bowery Theatre
has been burnt. First, in 1928, when it took fire
about the same lime in the evening, (6 o’clock)
and was owned by Mr. Hamblin, who was par
tially insured. So vigorous were that gentle
man’s measures that in 60 days the Theatre was
rebuilt and in full operation. It again burnt
down, we believe, in 1836—was rebuilt, and
again destroyed in the winter of 1837-B—the last
two times without insurance.
We understand that Mr. Hamblin has just
completed his arrangements for building a new
Theatre on an extensive and costly scale, on
Broadway, adjoining the Tabernacle—the lot
purchased and paid for, the plan agreed upon,
and all other preliminaries settled. To avoid
the delav and difficulty in getting the stock taken,
Air. Id. i leans to issue tickets to purchasers, in
sums of SIOO to SSOO, until he has in this way
raised sufficient to go on with the enterprize.
Forgery—Arrest.— Constable Cooledge, of
this city, on Sunday morning last, arrested
Benjamin Fiske, jr,, of the firm of Fiske &
Bradfbi i voung mercantile house doing busi
| ness in tin - city, on India wharf. At the time
of his arrest, he was on board the packet ship
Sully, lying at the Quarantine grounnd, New
York, bound for Havre. He was arrested as a
fugitive from justice, from the Commonwealth
of Massachusetts. The charge on which the
arrest has been made, is, that Fiske forged the
endorsement of Fiske & Bridge, of this city, on
the Messrs Barings of London, for £SOO. The
draft was returned protested, by the Great Wes
tern ; and, upon the receipt of this information,
Fiske left ibis city with his wife, two children
and servant, and embarked on board the Sully,
at New-York, with the confident expectation ot
escaping to France, The vessel, unluckily for
the fugitive, was wind bound in New-York
harbor two days. He has forged the names of
several mercantile firms of this city—among
them, that of Messrs. E. D Peters & Co., to the
amount of SSOOO. Messrs. Peters & Co. gave
a note to Fiske & Bradford, for ssooo—and
Fiske copied the note exactly, forging the name
of Peters & Co. The note was’discounted a
the Atlantic Bank.
Some suspicion was excited|it the Bank, a s
to the appearance of the signature—and the qpl e
was sent to Messrs, Peters & 00., to ask them
if it was genuine. Air, Petefe turned to his
note book and found he had giveu a note to
Fiske & Bradford for that amount, bearing
same date. He took the note from the Bank
and discounted it himself. The bank thus es
caped the trouble of the concern, Mr. Fiske
was lett in New York, in charge of Constable
A. M C. Smith AH**, 25 'h ivst.
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