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From the New York Observer. THE HOMES AND BURIAL PLACES. OF DISTINGUISHED MEN, NO. XI. FROM THE NOTES OF A I.ATE TRAVELLER. SHAKSPEARE. Route to Strut for d-upon-Anon by Oxford — House in which Shakspenre was born—Col lection of articles once belonging to him — His burial place.—The descendants of his sister. A visit to the birth place and grave a Shaks peare now forms an almost indispensable por tion of the tourist’s wanderings in England. : The little village of Stratford on Anon does J not lie upon any of the railway routes, but no one can regret this when riding over the forty miles between it and Oxford. This section is not celebrated for its scenery, but it has those characteristics which render nearly eve ry English landscape pleasing, and which make one desire to linger and more perfectly note them in memory. One loves to dwell upon the fine cultivation of the land; the beauty of the hedges, sweet with blossoms when we saw them ; and'the homes, cottage and hall, looking out from the shade of trees. We were going to Liverpool, and so ar ranged our plans as to visit Oxford, Stratford, Warwick, Kenilworth Castle, Coventry, and Birmingham, on the way. At Oxford we looked through the most noted colleges and libraries; thought and talked of Dr. Pusey ; visited the Martyr’s Monument, —memorial of j constancy to a faith from which the learned j men of Oxford are first to turn aside, and j proved that the town is justly celebrated for J its contracting influence on the traveller’s ; purse. From Oxford we went to Woodstock, and saw Blenheim, the magnificent estate of the Duke of Marlborough, whose park-wall is eighteen miles in circuit. But we forgot the warfare of creeds, and scholastic lore, and ducal granduer, as we approached Stratford, and crossed the “soft-floating Avon.” Our first visit was to the house in which Shakespeare was born, a quaint, little struct ure which needs constant repairs to keep it in existence. Like many of the houses of the lower class in Great Britain and Germany, it is only a wooden frame filled in with white washed clay. We passed through a lower room, apparently kitchen and parlor, but beautifully neat, into a narrow ante-room, and up a short flight of stairs, to the place in which the great poet first breathed—a small apart ment, with very low ceiling, and without oth er furniture than one or two small tables.— The walls were covered with autographs, and there was also a book in which visitors record their names and residence. As I turned over the leaves of this volume, and saw titled names, and the writing of the gifted and good from different lands, 1 thought of the power of genius w hich could thus bring pilgrims from the highways and their wonted haunts, —for what lto see no smiling villa, nor cas tled pile, nor even a ruin of some elder time; but a litte dwelling, rude without and unfur nished within. It contained no work of geni us—picture, or statue, or book—but mind had been there, and even those bare walls had caught the glow of its immortality. The consecrating power of thought never before seemed so real to me. While I gazed around the room seemed to expand, and to be filled with the beings of another time and the poet’s creation. They swept past my memory, not as a procession of phantoms, but as realities. Side by side with our new-world party were kings and queens, courtiers and knights, lov ers and maidens, witches and fairies, an in congruous assemblage. The fancy could not last, but I shall never forget the place and hour in which it seemed so real. Not far from the birth-place of Shakspeare isa collection of relics bearing his name.— ►Some of the articles, as a few chairs, a table, writing-desk, a box, one or two small pictures and an inkstand, are very xvell proved to have belonged to him, and it seems a pity that they have been removed from his old home. Here too, are several volumes containing the names of visitors. The attendant was eager to show ns the handwriting of George IV, but all that royal profligate ever wrote did not seem to us worth so much as the few time-discolored tracings from the poet’s pen, also preserved there. A third place, and the most interesting of all, is the church in which Shakspeare is bu ried. We had seen his monument in West minister Abbey, a full length statue leaning on a pedestal, on which a scroll also rests bearing those glorious lines from the Tem pest: “The cloud-clapred towers, the gorgeous palaces, The solemn temples, the great globe itself, Yea all which it inherit, shall dissolve, And like the baseless fabric of a vision, Leave not a rack behind.” But the monument does not mark the rest ing-place of the poet: he lies in the church at Stratford, the most appropriate spot on earth. It is well that he sleeps near the haunts of his childhood. Life indeed seems brief where the way is so short from the birth-place to the tomb, but it is of use for us sometimes to feel how long the shortest day of existence may he made, when used by the gifted and good. I never had so little feeling that Shakspeare was of a past generation and dead, as when I stood by his grave. The church of Stratford is beautifully situ ated. A large yard filled with trees surrounds it, and behind it glides the Avon. Passing through a fine avenue of lime trees, we reach ed the door, and little caring for some titled one whose tomb our guide would have us no tice, pressed on to the chancel. There is the unadorned granite tablet, sunk in the pave ment, which covers the remains of the poet, and on which is inscribed the warning epi taph which, according to tradition, he wrote himself. “Good friend, for Jesus sake forbear To die the dust enclosed here ; Blese be ye man yt spare thes stones, And curst be he yit moves my bones.” Notwithstanding the want of internal evi dence as to the authorship of these lines, there seems little reason to doubt that they were i written by Shakspeare; at all events, they have helped to keep his grave undisturb ed. It is said that efforts were at one time made to remove his remains to Westminister Abbey, but were relinquished on reading this epitaph. It was probably written to prevent his bones from being thrown into the common charnel house of the parish. Near the grave of Shakspeare is a monu ment to his memory, erected within the first seven years after his death. This is a half figure of himself, placed under an arch be tween two slight Corinthian columns. He is represented as leaning on a cushion in the act of writing. This is wrought in a kind of Iree-stone, and was originally colored, the more perfectly to imitate life. The w retched taste of innovator has led to the re-painting ot the whole in white, thus taking away much of its value as a life-like and original repre sentation of the poet. Happily a copy of the colored head has been preserved and is exhibited in the “Shakspeare collection.” We left this place unwillingly, and still turned to gaze upon it as we rode away. The sunshine of May rested on the roof and spire of the church, and flickered down throu’h the lilted branches of the trees. Shadows played fitfully on the green sward and on the river flowing so silently behind the church. Willow's dropped over the margin of the stream. It was a pleasant, quiet scene. It is well known that Shakspeare had no descendants beyond the second generation, but his sister John Hart, named in his will, is still represented by a family in Stratford. All its members are in humble circumstances. A spirited appeal has been made to the Eng lish public in their behalf, with the hope of at least obtaining the means of edticatien for the children, but it has not met with a cheerful, generous response. Some of the most popu : lar authors are interested in the matter, and it is hoped that something will yet be done to relieve the misfortunes, and raise the social position ot “the only sentient, conscious, and rational things connected with the memory o Shakspeare.” No other homage to his fame has been withheld, and far more worthy would be such a tribute from his grateful ad mirers, than any costly monument or worship of gathered relics. M. E. F. Franklin at the Fireside. —Never have I know n such a fireside companion as he was both as a statesman and a philosopher; he never shone in a light more w inning than when he was seen in the domestic circle. It waAnce my good fortune to pass two or three w’eeks with him at the house of a gentleman in Pennsylvania, and we were confined to the i house during the whole of that time by the un | remitting constancy and depth of the snow.f But confinement could not be felt where Dr. j Franklin was an inmate. His cheerfulness and bis colloquial powers spread around him a perpetual spring. Os Franklin no one ever become tired. There was no ambition of el oquence, no effort to shine in anything which made any demand either upon your allegi ance or your admiration. His manner was just as unaffected as infancy. It was Na ture’s spell. He talked like an old patriarch and his plainness and simplicity put you at once at your ease, and gave you the full and free possesion and use of all your faculties.— His cheerfulness was unremitting. It seemed to be as much the systematic and salutary ex ercise of the mind, as of its superior organiza tion. His wit was of the first order. It did not show itself merely in occasional corusca tions, but without any effort or force on his part, it shed a constant stream of the purest light over the whole of his discourse. Wheth er in company with commoners or nobles, he was the same plain man, always most perfect ly at bis ease, his faculties in full play, and the full orbit of his genius forever clear and unclouded, and the stones of mind were inex haustible. He had commenced his life with an attention so vigilant that nothing had es caped his observation, and every incident turn ed to advantage. His youth had not been wasted in idleness, nor overcast by intemper ance. He had been all bis life a close and deep reader, as well as thinker, and by force of his own powers, had wrought up the raw materials which he gathered from books with such exquisite skill and felicity, that he had added a hundred fold to their original value, and justly made them his own. [ William Wirt. Behold ! how Great a Fire a little Spark Kindieth. “Mrs. Smith,” said Mrs. Brown to her next door neighbor, yesterday, “your Sal makes a common practice of throwin’ her slops right down in front of my door, and I don’t like it.” “Well, Mrs. Brown, since you have spoke about it, I must say that your Bill does more than that; he chucks dirty water in our Sal’s face, and even tore her dress a few days ago.” “Well, dear knows, Mrs. Smith, you needn’t say nothing about my Bill, for your Sal is the w’ust child in the neighborhood; all the neighborhood says so, and what all say must be so.” “All the neighbors says so, does they ? and what does they say about your Bill, I’d like to know ? Take core Mrs. Brown—don’t put me in a passion, or I may say more than you’d like to hear. People that live in glass houses oughtn’t to throw stones.” “Say what you please, Mrs. Smith, but take care and dont violate the law, or I’ll put you where the dogs won’t bite you.” “Ah! you will, will you ? You dirty huzzy! you put a decent woman in prison, will you ? better take care you don’t get there yourself; it’s where you ought to have been long ago, if what even-body says is true.” “There, I’ll make you prove that—yes, I wib. Sal, get my bonnet and shawl. I’ll see if there’s no justice for me,” and Mrs. Smith hastened off to a magistrate to get a warrant tor Mrs. Brown. The magistrate and the con stable were the only persons who mad any thing by the operation. Laws of Health. —Children should be taught to use the left hand as well and as much as the right. Coarse bread is much better for children than fine. Children shoulcTsleep in separate beds, and should not wear night-caps. Children under seven years of age should not be confined over six or seven hours in the house—and that time should be broken In frequent recesses. Children and young people must be made to hold their heads up and shoulders back while standing, sitting or walking. The best beds for children are of hair, or in winter of hair and cotton. From one to one pound and a half of solid food it sufficient for a person in the ordinary vocation of business. Persons in sedentary employments should drop one-third of their food and they will escape dyspepsia. Young persons should walk at least two Ilnurs a day in the open air. Y oung ladies should be prevented from ban daging the chest. The author has known three cases of insanity, terminating in death, which begun in this practice. Every person, great and small, should wash all over in cold water every morning. Reading aloud is conducive to health. The more clothing we wear, other things being equal, the less food we need. Sleeping rooms should be furnished with a fire-place, or some mode of ventilation besides the windows. Y r oung people and others cannot study much by lamp-light with impunity. The best remedy for eyes weakened bv night use, is a fine stream of cold water fre quently applied to them. Scene in a Railroad Office.—Dutch man.—“lvants to get pao fora pig vat ter rail road is runned over.” Secretary.—“ How came the engine to run over your pig!” Dutchman.— “Vy, mine pig was cornin’ a long and ter railroad was coinin’ along and ter pig did not see ter railroad cornin’ along, and ter pig vent to run under ter railroad ven it was cornin’ along, and ter railroad runned over ter pig ven he vas cornin’ along.” Secretary.—“My friend, I don’t think this is a case in which the road ought to pay.” Dutchman.—“ Den, afterwards, I keeps my pigs from eoiniif along venter railroadis coin in’ along.” If Louis Napoleon is not a great man, he is clearly an amiable one. A gentleman re cently called on a coach.maker, and bargain ed with him for a handsome carriage. “What is your lowest price ?” he inquired. “Three thousand francs,” replied the coach maker. “That is not dear,” said the customer. “Dear ?” cried the coach-maker; “but for the revolutions and that stupid fellow at the head of the government, it would be worth six thousand francs.” “Sir,” said the president, “I am the stupid fellow you speak of! Send the carriage to the Elysee, and my secretary shall have the money ready for you.” The coach-maker was “putrified,” as Mrs. Partington says. Popping the Question. —Sally, don’t I like you ? Law, Jim, I reckon so. But don’t you know it Sally ? Don’t you think I’d tear the eyes out of any tom cat that dare to look cross at you! I spect you would. Well the fact of it is Sally, I Oh, now don’t Jim—l feel all overish. And Sally I want you to— O hush, don’t, I Oh— I want you to-night to get — What, so soon. Oh no, impossible. Fa ther and mother would be angry at me. How be mad at you for doing me such a favor as to m Yes, dear me, I’m so agitated. But there is some mistake, for all I want to have you to do, is to — mend my shirt col lar. Matrimonial Felicity. —“My love,” says Mrs. Foozie to her husband, “oblige me with twenty dollars to day to purchase anew dress.” “Shan’t do any such thing, Agnes —you call ed me a bear yesterday!” “Law, love, that was nothing—l meant by it that you were fond of hugging.” “You little saucy puss, [sound heard like the explosion of a pistol] but here’s a fifty.” In a Horn. —The origin of this ssying is thus answered; “In olden times before glass es were introduced, it was the custom to drink out of horns. William the conqueror had one that held a quart. When he drank out of it, be usually pledged his guests “in a horn,” and no one could leave the table with doing the same thing. Hence the origin. “Ma’am, your shawl’s dragging in the mud.” “Well, suppose it is, isn’t it fashionable!” A poor woman, who lived in the old coun try had two children, one of whom dying, she caused to be buried there; soon after coming to America the other died, also, and it was buried here. Wishing to commemorate the place, she put a gravestone with the following inscription: , “Here lie two children dear— One in old Ireland, ’tother one here.’! - A last resource. —An Irishman lost his hat in a well, and was let down in the bucket to recover it; the well being deep and ex tremely dark withal, his courage failed him before he reached the water. In vain did he call to those above him to pull him up, they lent a deaf ear to all he said; till at last quite in despair, be bellowed out: “Be St. Patrick, if you dont draw me up, sure I’ll cut the rope.” A FRIGHTENED DARKEY. ‘Lora mighty, massa! you dont know how I was skeered yesterday” exclaimed a sable son. “How so, Quashy ?” “Well, John, who lives a little back here, asked me jist to fetch up his horse, which comes down here a feedin’, in a little opening which turns off the road out dar. So about sun-down I takes my tin pan, and goes down to look for ’im. Well, as I went along, jest afore I came to the opening, I tort I’d try to dance a jig what the sailof men used to sing and dance down at the fort. So I begin— tink a tink on the pan, and singing the words— “ Did you ebber rec de debbil— Shubble grabble, ahubble grabble— Wid a wooden iron shubble, And an iron wooden ladlel” “All dis time I was lookin’ down to see if I keep de step. Den, jist as I turn into de opening, I begin again— “Did you ebber see de debble,” &c. ‘O, Lorra, massa! I hear somethin’ growl, an’ I look up, an’ dar w r as free of em—free of the orfullest big bairs, makin’ mutton ob dat hoss. I heard de Oregon fellers say, when you meets a hair you’ve got to keep on doin’ jist what you’ve been doin’ on afore, or dey will pitch into you. So I tries to keep on singin’ and dancing,’ but my heart was up in my inouf, an’ my feet was heavy as lead, an, all I could do was to keep tink a tink a little on de pan. At last I shuv dis foot a lit tle back, an’ den fodder; an’ bym-by, I got a little bref to sing, “Did you ebber, did you ebber—” ‘All dis while dem drefful hairs were look ing at me, wid de blood runnin’ out ob dar moufs. Well, massa, I kept on tink a tink; did you ebber? an’ shuv back faster and fas ter, until I slip by de dorner of the clearin’; an’den, massa, if you ebber did see light nin’ come down a dead pine tree, you see how dis nigger streak it. I run all de way to John’s house, an’ dar I fell down mos’ dead. Well, dar I lay pullin’ an’ blowin’ till John come out an’ giv me amouful ob brandy an’ bym-by, I got bref enougn to tell him a bout it, an he’s goin’ to get folks td turn out for a bair hunt; but he won’t ketch dis child goin,’ I don’t belief.’ From the Southern Cultivator. Fruit Culture in the South. Fruit culture is not sufficiently attended to in the South. There are many who are opposed to all innovations, and by their ridicule effect more than ten such as I can remove. The ve ry idea of bringing fruit trees from abroad, or from the east or north, arouses a holy horror.— They are satisfied we have the best, and will listen to no dissatisfaction from any other source. A few years since, at a little society meeting, I allude to fruits, their culture as a source of profit, the possibility of sending fruit to New’ Orleans, up the river, to Cuba, and may be even further. I was deemed crazed as I had always been.— Many attempted ridicule in a small way. Yet I have seen in my own day and time that even Mississippi is arousing from her lethargy. We can even now send off peaches, apples, and pears, and m a very few years Mississippi will tell a tale that will astonish even the Bostonians —though they may ship 10 to 11,000 barrels per year. This was done in ’43 and ’46, and no doubt in ’SO they will, if a good year, send off 20,000 barrels. A friend of mine is now planting down over 4000 grafts of pear trees for his own use, having a fine orchard even now r . The pear is comparatively unkonwn in the South, but the day is dawning when we will all know’ it. When it is known that this fruit is in ferior to no other, ripening and eatable from early in May until even May again by being ta ken care of—this we have to learn and to get right varieties—we will then see orchards, I trust I will be the humble means of spreading before the South much valuable in formation, especially as to pears and peaches. I have now ready for putting out 40 new varie ties of the pear, which’, varieties already in orchard, I now number 198 varieties. 1 endeavor in planting all trees to place them no deeper than they grew in the nursery, and do not like having a deep hole uidess well drain ed, upon our clay lands. I use surface soil only for manure, unless I have well rotted cotton seed, and then use them sparingly. I prefer trimming all the year, though with a large orchard we cannot give such attention. I I have pruned all winter, and even in the spring, and prefer to prune after the leal is out, as the wound heals earlier, and makes less dead wood to be covered. But in our cotton country we must rely upon wintry pruning, being careful to prune out all crossing limbs, water sprouts, and all suckers or sprouts from the roots. It the tree makes many water sprouts it is best to cut the roots putting out freely, which will cause less sap to be collected. But one good bearing year, or leaving trees one year in grass, will gen erally remedy this defect. I have had more difficulty with cherries than I anticipated; and really there appears to be so much doubt as to growing cherries, that I have postponed any further trial until I am able to start with 100 varieties, and will then use dwarfs until I can grow seed, when I will try for new varieties, and my own gratting. 1 think the stem of the tree should be protected by its own limbs until the tree has size and barkage enough to protect it against the sun. All my varieties have died off. and invariably the south western exposed surface of the tree has been in jured by the sun ; notwithstanding I have striv en to encourage side limbs low down. My peach have worms in them, but they are growing so fast that the worm has not been en abled to check them. I have about 2000 peach trees, and some 6, or 700 apple trees, and loose five to ten times as many apple as peach trees. I prefer March to bed up land for peach trees, and plant upon the ridge. I use cotton seed, 100 bushels per acre, yearly, for three or four years; plant cotton between rows, and thus keep land improving and trees in great vigor. I have supposed that there is lime enough in my land, and if not that the 100 bushels of cotton seed will give it. At all events I can show size and thrift not to be excelled any where. Many people do not prune enough ; they may cut out limbs occasionally, but I cut off ends ol small limbs’ to a considerable extent on some trees, thus checking the production of the leaf more than by taking off limbs. M. W- Philips. Log Hall, Feb. 15, 1850. TROY WOODEN-WARE MANUFACTURING COMPANY, ARE now ready to commence operations, and will promptly supply all orders with which they may be favored, for every description of Hollow Wooden- Ware, embracing Buckets, Tubs, Pails, Cans, &c. &c. The Company will be ready by the Ist of March to enter ex tensively into the manufacture of CHAIRS, of which they will be able to turn out a very superior ar ticle. TURNING. Bed Steads, Wagon Hubs, and every other description of Turning, neatly done. The Manufactory is situated at the mouth of Mulber ry Creek, 12 miles from Columbus, 20 from Opelika, and 22 from West Point. The Company is thus afford ed facilities for transportation in every direction, and will be able to furnish their goods in every section ot the country-at short notice, and on reasonable -terms. Orders left at the stores of P. Spencer, or B. Jef ferson, in this city, will be promptly filled. AH orders through the mail, must be directed to R. G. Jefferson, Columbus, Ga. We shall be happy to accommodate the world generally, and our friends particularly. N. B.—Persons wishing to purchase privileges for manufacturing purposes, can do so, as there are a num ber of Water Lots upon the premises for sale. Columbus, Jan. 2,1850. 1 ly PROSPECTUS OF ‘ “THE SOUTHERN PRESS.” AN association of sixty-three members of Congress, Senators and Representatives, have constituted the undersigned a Committee to superintend the establish ment of a Southern Press at Washington city, to be de voted to the exposition and defence of Southern Rights institutions—the dissemination of correct information as to Northern Policy, and the course of Political Af fairs generally, without reference to the old party lines of Whig and Democrat. Arrangements arc now in pro gress, promptly to insure the issue of such a paper under the title ot “TIIE SOUTHERN PRESS, for the conduct of which, suitable Editors have been en gaged, who will also receive the aid of a number of em inent and able contributors. There will be both a tri-weekly and a weekly is sue—the latter to contain substantially the same matter as the former, and intended to reach those points of the country whose mail facilities are limited, A Daily issue will bo added hereafter, should it he deemed advisable or necessary by the press and people of the southern States. The paper will not be exclusively political—but will embrace on its broad sheet the General News of the Day, Domestic and Foreign, by mail and telegraph; Commercial and Agricultural Intelligence, Literary Criticisms, Original Essays, Literary and Miscellaneous; and, in short, all those items of general interest, the col lected aggregate of which constitutes the interesting and valuable Newspaper. Great care will be taken to give full and correct Reports of the Proceedings and Debates in both Houses of Congress, as well as the action of the iocal Legislatures on the Southern question. A limited number only of Advertisements will be re- ceivcd—the main object being to furnish a large amount of reading matter. The paper will he printed on a sheet equal in size to those of the othor Washington papers, and the material will be procured especially for the purpose. It is confidently hoped that every true friend to the South will aid in procuring subscribers, and forward the names, with the amount subscribed, to some Southern Representative at Washington, forthwith. Postmasters are authorized by law to remit subscrip tions free of postage. TERMS: For the Tri-Weekly during the Session of Con gress, and Semi-Weekly during the recess, the price will be per annum $5 00 Weekly paper 2 50 The price of subscription must bo paid invariable in advance, and the cash accompany the name sent. All porsons procuring ten names shall be entitled to receive a copy gratis for one year. A. P. BUTLER, JACKSON MORTON. R. TOOMBS, J. THOMPSON. tw Editors, and papers friendly to the enterprise, will please publish this Prospectus, which will entitle them to an exchange with the newspaper. All who comply with this request will send a copy of the paper containing it to the Committee. Washington, May 25, 1850. BE Wise!—’Tis Folly to Defer! Afflicted Read! —Thousands are suffering from disease from which there is no difficulty in being permanently and speedily relieved, provided the right means be used. As every vice has its own punishment, so it would seem ever)’ disease has its remedy. This is true, and there is nothing in this life more certain than that the AMER ICAN COMPOUND is the most speedy and certain remedy for all diseases of a delicate character, known to the world. Adopted to every stage of the disease, sex and constitution, at all times and seasons, there is no fears of exposure, detention from business nor re striction in diet; from the certain and speedy relief it gives, it is now the most popular remedy of the day.— Ten thousand cases have been cured effectually by it during the past year. Prepared by a practical physician, the afnietea can rely with confidence on its curative powers over diseases of this character. Full directions accompany each bottle. CA UTlON. —Ask for the American Compound, and purchase only of the Agents, 294, Market st. Phila delpliia, and of Danforth 6c. Nagel, Columbus, Ga. June 20,1850. 25 WASHINGTON HOUSE, Chesnut Street, above Seventh Street, PHILADELPHIA, IS central, in the immediate vicinity of the most im portant public Institutions, the best and most fash ionable places of business, and the attractive public 1 Square? of the city. In the important requisites of light and ventilation, two principal objects aimed at in the re cent enlargement and thorough improvement of this House.it is not exceeded, perhaps, by any establishment in America. To strangers, therefore, the position is pe culiarly desirable. The subscriber returns thanks to his lriends and the public for the liberal patronage they have extended to him, and assures them that he will endeavor to merit a continuance of their favors. A. F. GLASS. June 20, 1850. 25 £s* WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS, MERIWETHER COUNTY, GA. THIS delightful Watering Place will be opened by the FIRST of JULY, for the reception of Visitors, under the management of McCOMB &c DUNC AN. WALKER DUNCAN. ’ M. B. M’COMB. June 13, 1850 ts Planters, Take Notice. Saw Mills, Grist Mills, Factories, Gin Gear, Rice 3lills, atid Sugar Mills. rpjlE firm of AMBLER & MORRIS are now JL ready to build any of the above named Mills, pro pelled by “Water, Steam or Horse. Our work shall be done in the best possible manner, and warranted inferior to'none now in use. Both of the above firm are practi -1 cal meh, and attend to their business in person, and will furnish Engines i'o4 Steam Mills, Grist or Saw, and set either in complete operation. The firm can give the best assortment of Water Wheels and Gearing, of any in the Southern States, and will say to our employers, if a Mill or any of our work does not perform in the busi ness for which it was intended, no pay will be exacted. Trv us and see. AMBLER & MORRIS. ! Jan. 24, 1850. 4 ly I Dyeing and Renovating Establishment. BERTHOLD SENGER ■V*7OULD respectfully inform the ladies and gentle- V V men of Columbus, and vicinity, that he is still at his old stand on Broad Street, near the Market, where he is prepared to execute all work entrusted to him, in the various departments of Dyeing, Scouring, Renovating, & Bleaching new and old clothing. Ladies’ Silks, Merinoes. and Satins, cleansed of stains and impurities, and colored to any shade. Also finished to look and wear as well as n °Cotton, Silk, and Woolen goods bleached or dyed, in the very best manner, Und with despatch. Also, Moserine Blue, Turkey Red, &c. Gentlemen’s garments cleansed and dyed so as not to soil the whitest linen. Carpeting renovated and made as good as new. All orders thankfully received and promptly ex* ecuted. . Columbus, March 21, 1850. 12 ts METALLIC OR VULCANIZED Rubba Machine Belting. k /\AA FEET of the above BELTING, suitable. O,UUU for all kinds of Machinery—from 1 to 20 inches wide—warranted superior to leather or anv kind of belting in use, for its perfect equality of width and thickness, which it will retain, and for its great strength and durability—does not slip on the pulleys and costs less than the leather belting. Sold by the subscriber at ten per cent, on manufacturers’ prices. Also, 300 lbs. Steam Engine PACKING, for Piston Rods, Straw Jionts, Cylinder Heads, &c. Also, 500 feet of Vulcanized Steam Engine HOSE, for Hydrants passing hot or cold water, &c. 3 WADE & CO. Sign of the Golden Saddle. Columbus, April 4,1850. 14 ly 3 AA A FT. of Kimbel's Patent Machine stretched •UUU LEATHER BELTING, from 1 inch to 14 inches, suitable for all kinds of Machinery, Gin Bands, &c. Sold by the subscriber for ten per cent, advance on the manufacturers’ prices. WADE & CO. Sign of the Golden Saddle. Columbus, April 4,1850. 14 ly DE BOW’S COMMERCIAL REVIEW, A MONTHLY JOURNAL OF Agriculture, Commerce, Manufactures, Internal Im- Provements, Statistics, general Literature, etc. ‘ublished in New Orleans, at $5 per annum. The bound sets of this Review complete, from .Tanu arv. 1846, nearly four years, may be had at the office. These volumes contain a mass of information in re gard to the population, resources, wealth and progress of the South, in every department of industry, etc. to be had from no other source, and must constitute an im portant addition to the library of every planter, merchant or citizen. A few sets remaining, for wliich the proprietor solicits orders. Planters having estates for sale or wishing to pur chase, by advertising in the Review, will be able to reach the whole planting interest of the South. Address J. D. B. DeBOW, New Orleans. RANDOLPH SHERIFFS SALES. WILL be sold on the first Tuesday in July next, be fore the court-house door in the town of Cuth bert, Randoph county, within the usual hours of sale, the following property, to wit: One lot of land, number 50, in the in 4th district of said county, levied on as the property of Joseph B. Ellis, to satisfy sundry fi fas from a Justices Court oi’said coun ty, in favor of Robert Bruce, vs. Joseph B. Ellis, and three in favor of Jesse B. Key, vs. Joseph B. Ellis. Levy made and returned to me by a constable. Property point ed out by L. A. Goneke. Lot ol land,number 82, in the 6th district of said coun tv, levied on as the property of Fountain White, and West Lane to satisfy one fi fa issued out of a Justices Court of said county, in favor of Samuel T. Andrews, or hearer, vs. Fountain White, and West Lane. Levy made and returned to me by a constable. Lot of land, No. 22, in the 4th district of said county, levied on as the property of Wm. VV. West, to satisfy sundry fi fas issued out of a Justices Court of said coun ty, in favor of Nathan G. Christee, vs. Wm. W. West. Levy made and returned to me by constable. Lot of land, number 58, in the 9th district of said county, levied on as the property of John H. Jones, to satisfy four fi fas issued out of a Justices Court of said county, in favor of Delaware Morris and others, vs. Jno. H. Jones. Levy made and returned to me by a con stable. One negro boy by the name of Jaiin, about three or four years old, levied on as the property of John 11. Jone 3 , to satisfy two fi fas issued from the Inferior Court of said county, in favor of Gray Harris, vs. John II Jones. Pointed out by said Jones. RICHARD DAVIS, Sheriff. By SAMUEL RIGSBY, D.S. May 30, 1850. 22 tlst July. MUSCOGEE COUNTY. WILL be sold on the first Tuesday in July next, at the market house, in the city of Columhus, the following property, to wit: City lots number 236 and 237 (with the improvements thereon.) each containing a half acre, known as the resi dence of the late Daniel McDougnld, levied on to satis fy a fi fa from Muscogee Superior Court, in favor of Jas. S. Watson and Win. C. Watson vs. John 11. Watson and Benjamin W. Walker, executors. Also, a house and lot on the Norther Liberties, known as the residence of Thomas Morris, levied on as the property of said Morris, to satisfy a fi fa from Muscogee Inferior Court in favor of Kennith McKenzie, vs. said Morris. FRANCIS A. J EPSON, Sh’ff By A. S. RUTHERFORD, D. S. June 6. tds STEWART COUNTY. XTTILL be sold before the court house door in the V V town of Lumpkin, within the usual hours of sale, on the first Tue day in July next, the following proper ty, to wit: The north half of lot of land number 130, in the 23d district of Stewart county, levied on as the property of Silas Gilmore, to satisfy a fi from Stewart Superior court, in favor of Janies M. Clarke, vs. Silas Gilmore. Levy mado and returned to me by tonnor Sheriff. Also, John Reynold’s life estate in and to the follow ing negroes, to wit: Ann, a girl about 23 years old, and Emily, her child, about 2 years old, levied on to satisfy a fi fa issued from a Justices court of the 790th district, g. m., in favor of James Buys and other fi fas in my hands. Levy made and returned to me by a bailiff. The north half of lot of land number 162, in the 21st district of Stewart county, levied on to satisfy a fi fa from Stewart Inferior court,in favor of Ellison Patterson, Fletcher .Mathis and John McGraw, levied on as the property of John McGraw. Property pointed out by said McGraw. Also, one new Buggy, levied on as the propety of James A. Howell, to satisfy a fi fa issued from Stewart Interior court, in favor of Jane Bird vs. .1. A. How-ell. JOHN 31. SCOTT Sh’fl. June 6. * tds BOOK AND PRINTING PAPER. THE Rock Island Factory is now prepared to make either of the above articles of the best quality, and of any size and weight desired. On hand, a hrst rate ar ticle of Wrapping Paper. D. ADAMS, Secretary. %W’ Office in the South comer Room of the Ogle thorpe House. Columbus, Feb. 28,1850. 9 ts “I am a man, and deem nothing which relates to man foreign to my feelings.” m n a viG ° Rous life> ° r a KINKELINE ON SELF-PRESERVATION. Only Twenty-Five Cents. THIS BOOK, just published, is filled with useful information on the infirmities and diseases of the human system. It addresses itself alike to Youth, Manhood and Old Age, and should be read by all. The valuable advice and impressive warning it gives, will prevent years of misery and suffering ana save an nually Thousands of Lives. Parents by reading it, will learn how to prevent the destruction of their children. XffgT A remittance of 25 cents, enclosed in a letter, ‘ addressed to Dr. KINKELINE, 1 Human street, Phil- ! adelphia, will ensure a book, under envelope, per return of mail. Dr. K., fifteen years resident Physician, 1 Human st. mav be consulted confidentially. He who places himself under the care of Dr. K., may religiously confide in his honor as a gentleman, and confidently rely upon his skill as a physician. Persons at a distance may address Dr. K. by letter, post paid, and be cured at home. Packages of Medicines, Directions, &c. forwarded, by sending a remittance, and put up secure from Dam age or Curiosity. Booksellers, News Agents, Pedlers, Canvassers, and all others supplied with the above work at verv’ low rates - [April 4. 14 ts HAVANA CIGARS. PRONOUNCED by the best judges to be the finest in the market ELLIS, KENDRICK h REDD May 33, 1859. late Ellis Gray I Dr. deGRAFFENMED’S CELEB HATED RHEUMATIC LINIMENT. I.v introducing this medicine to the people of the Unit ed States,, for sale, the proprietors beg leave to submit the following statement of Dr. de Grafienried, its discov erer and inventor: The undersigned frankly states that he has prescribed this medicine for the last twenty-two years, in all forms of Acute and Chronic Rheumatism, with a success un paralleled in the annals of medicine ; and he has no hes itation in saying,, that it is decidedly the most valuable remedy ever yet discovered for the relief of this most pain ful ana distressing malady. Hi.’ note-book contains upwards of three hundred ca ses, in which it has been used within the above named period, and in no single instance has it cometo his knowl edge, of its having iailed to effect a cure when persereved in. Many of the cases were from four to ten years stand ing ; and what may appear yet more remarkable and ex traordinary, is, that when the patient has been once re lieved. the disease is permanently cured, remains so, not a solitary instance having been reported to him of its re turn. All he would ask for this remedy is a fair, impar tial and patient trial, for the results he entertains no ap prehension. Up to the time of this discovery, the undersigned had wellstudied the origin, progress, and character of this dis ease, and is well assured, had consulted every author on its treatment, who had written or been translated into the English language, and had used all the remedies of any notoriety then in vogue with the profession, with however, very rarely any relief to poor suffering hu manity. It has baffled the skill and science of the most eminent Physicians and Surgeons of our own, and of every other country. But the undersigned flatters himself that his remedy will cure this most painful disease, when all oth ers have failed, and that he shall have been an humble in strument in the hands of God, of relieving the human family of a vast amount of suffering. E. L. de GRAFFENRIED, M. D. It is for sale at Dr. R. A. Wares Drug store Columbus, and by Agents in all the principal cities and towns in the United States. Price $5 per bottle—none genuine withour the signature of the discoverer on the side label of the bottle, and across the cork. de GRAFFENRIED and Cos., Proprietors. CETIFICATES: .Tone’s Hotel, Philadelphia, March 3d 1850 Col. A. B. Ragan —Sir It affords me great pleasure to he able to hear testimony to the efficacy ana virtues of Dr. dc Graffcnrieds Rheumatic Liniment. I have been sorely afflicted for the last six years with, what I believed to be. and what eminent Physicians of this city pronounced, Rheumatic gout,for several winters past I have been confined to my room and lied nearly all the time. In January last, I had an attack as violent if j not more so than usual, which prostrated me for about three weeks; on your reccommendation I commenced the use of this Liniment. (With I must confess but little faith). Its effects were astonishing and decidedly bene ficial from its first application. In a few days my back, wrists ancles were entirely relieved (and so contin ue) of all soreness, pains, and the swelling’s reduced, with the use of less than one bottle. I have been in the discharge of my ordinary business ever since. I consider it an extraordinary, and decidedly the most efficacious remedy for this disease which I have ever met with. And most cheerfully recommend its use to all who may be afflicted with it. Respectfully Yours, N. W. BRIDGES. Jones, Hotel. Baltimore March, 30 1850. Dr. d.c G ruffe nr led —Dear Sir ; For the last twelve years I have suffered very severely with the Rheumatism, having been nearly one fourth of the time confined to’ my bed by it. I have had the best medical aid to be found in various cities in the United States, with little or no benefit. I have also tried innumerable strongly recommended remedies, which have failed to effect a cure. I spent the last summer at the White Sulphur and Hot Springs in Virginia, to little purpose. After my return home, I so fitr recovered, as to he able to walk about a lit tle. About six weeks since, I had a very severe attack which again confined tne to my bed, I was in great pain andscarely able to move my limbs, when a friend of mine called and informed me that you had discovered an infallible remedy, and had cured many, and amongst them, oi#’ of my friends, and showed me a letter from him stating the fact. I was induced to try your Rheu matic Linament, and take pleasure in informinigyou that j in less than twenty four hours from the first application j 1 was perfectly free from pain, and continue so, up to this time. lam now able to attend to business, and fondly hope all those afflicted, as I have been, may he as speedily relieved, as T have been with your medecine.— Wishing you all the Blessings you deserve Dear Sir. Your Greateful and Ob't Sevv't GEO. WARDSWORTH. Columbus Ga., Oct. 20, 1819 Dr. De Grafienried—Dear Sir : I take pleasure in giv ing you the particulars of my affliction by, and relieffrom Rheumatism. During the spring of 1844 I was afflicted with a very severe attack of Inflammatory Rheumatism. I employed all the most celebrated remedies then known and used in similar cases, aided by medical advice, until September, 1845, with no satisfactory result whatever. I was then induced, by a rheumatic acquaintance, to try your Liniment, as something new, and which had cured him ; and in one month, from the time I commenced the application,! was well, and clear of the Rheumatism as I ever was, and have continued so to this time. Yours, truly, L. C. MORTON. FROM COL. A. K. AYER. Dr.E. L. de Grafienried—Learning that you are about to manufacture for the public, your valuable Rheumatic Liniment, I take pleasure in stating that I believe it one of the most valuable remedies ever used for that common and most distressing disease, having witnessed its effects upon a negro man of mine, who had been af flicted for four years, until almost every joint was en larged, and the. body otherwise emaciated. By the use of four or five bottles, in three weeks he was relieved en tirely from pain Columbus Ga., —Oct. 24,1849. A. K. AYER. Columbus, October 30, 1849. Dear Sir —About the first of April last, I came to Co lumbus to get medical assistance, and was advised to call on you, as having a remedy that would afford me speedy relief. I was taken down in January last, with a violent attack of R heumatism in nearly all my joints so badly, that I could not pull of my shoes without aid ; nor could I ascend or descend steps, or pull off my clothes without assistance. My right arm and hand were nearly useless ; the fingers contracted and swollen; the right knee swollen and stiffened, so that I could not bend it but very little. Up to the Ist of April, I was all j the time in suffering and pain ; I rubbed with your Rheu- j matic Liniment my limbs three times, and was the next morning enabled to descend a long fight of steps, with- ! out aid of crutch or stick, and back to my room—l could I also bend my knee and bring it up to the chair, which i the previous day, I could not have done if my life had de- j pended on it. I could also use, open and bend my fing ers, wich was an imbossibility the day before. I rose in : the morning from my bed entirely relieved of pain. Ii used one bottle and an eight ounce vial of your Rheu- ! matic Liniment, and in ten duvs, I was relieved. I | would not have been in the condition which 1 had been, ten days before I called on you, for any anrout of money which could be given me ; for what is life worth when in constant pain and misery! I consider your Rheumat ic Liniment, the most valuable medicine in the world. I am, dear sir, your friend. J. 11. SMITH. Columbus, Nov. 1, 1849. Dear Sir—My negro woman Patience, a cook, had a stilfl'neck from a painful Rheumatic affection, for six or seven years, and could not turn her neck except with the body. I was induced to purchase a bottle of your Lin iment, which was applied in August or September of 1848. One bottle entirely relieved her and she now has the use of her neck as well as ever she had ; and up to this tune, it has not returned. GARLAND B. TERRY. Philadelphia, Feb. 1 1850. Dr. de Graflenried—Dear Sir: Having been afflicted, for some time past, with a severe attack of Rheumatism, and having heard of the wonderful effects of your Rheu matic Liniment, I was induced to try a bottle of it; and after three days, I was so much relieved as to be able to leave the house and attend to business. I have perfect ly recovered from the disease, and would cheerfully re commend the Lin-ment to all those who are afflicted GEORGE HOOD, 27 Powell street. Columbus Ga., Oct. 13,1849. Dr. E. L. de Graflenried —Dear Sir: Agreeable to your request, I give my testimonial as to the virtue of your Liniment in the cure of Rheumatism. Being at tacked in one joint of my finger, last win ter, with acute Rheumatism, and haying used many of the unnumbered prescriptions for its cure, with but little benefit, I made application of two bottles of your Liniment, which I am happy to say relieved me in a very short time. I can re commend its use to all persons affected in like manner. Very- respectfully, F. S CHAPMAN. I can testify to the efficacy of Dr. de Graflenried’s Rheumatic Liniment in the case of Mr. F. S. Chapman, as it came under my immediate observation. October 13, 1849. R. A. WARE, M. D. , Hear Sir—Some time in Jauary last, Mrs. McKee j vyas taken very ill w-ith Inflammatoiy Rheumatism in her shoulder joints, extending to her elbow joint and arm, which disabled her from using her arm almost en tirely ; and from the pain, want of sleep, and great rest lessness, for not less than six weeks, I was induced by my friend, Mr. Luke Reed, to call on you for a bot tle of your Liniment, and by using half the bottle, she was entirely relieved, and the relief was manifest or sen- j sible after three or four rubbings. lam of opinion, it is j one of the most valuable remedies t hat has ever been dis covered, for Rheumatism: that is, from my own knowl edge, and that which I have heard from others. Hr. E. L. de Graflenried. H. C. McKEE. Columbus, Oct. 19th 1849 Dr. de Graflenried —Dear Sir : Itake pleasure in sav ing, I have a boy who was so badly afflicted with Rheu matism, that he could not raise his hand to his head, and had nearly lost the use of his arm. I used the fourth of a bottle of your Rheumatic Liniment, which relieved him entirely. I consider it a most valuable remedy for the cure of Rheumatism. RANDOLPH L MOTT Memphis Institute. MEDICAL DEPARTMENT. r |MIE regular course of Lectures in ffris Institute will X commence on the first of November, and con tinue until the last of February. The Anatomical De partment will be opened and ready to receive students by the first of October. The Memphis Department will bo under the direction of the following PROFESSORS. Z. Freeman, M. D., Professor of Anatomy. , R. S. Newton, M. D.. Professor of Surgery. 11. J- Het.ce. M. D., Professor of Theory and Practice of Medicine. VV. Byrd Powell, M. D., Professor of Physiology, Pathology, Mineralogy and Geology. J. King, M. D., Professor of Materia Mediea, Thera peutics and Medical Jurisprudence. J. Milton Sanders. A. M., M. D., Professor of Chem istry and Pharmacy. J. A. Wilson, M. D., Professor of Obstetrics and Dis eases of Women and Children. CLINIQUE LECTURERS. Medicine. —Prof. H. J. Hclce. Surgery. —Prof. R. S. Newton. Z. Freeman. M. D., Anatomical Demonstrator. The fees for a full course of lectures amount to $lO5. Each Professor's Ticket, sls. Matrieulator’s, $5. Dem onstrator’s Fee, $lO. Graduation, S2O. Those desiring further information will please address their letters (post paid) to the Dean ; and students ar riving in the city will please call on him at the Commer cial Hotel. R. S. NEWTON, M. D.. Dean of the Faculty. LAW DEPARTMENT. Hon E. W. M. King, Professor of Theory and Prac tice of Law. John Delafif.ld, Esq. Professor of Commercial Juris prudence. Terms per Session SSO All communications pertaining to this department must be addressed to E. VV’. M. KING, Esq. Memphis, Tenn., March, 1850. The Faculties, for intellectual abilities, moral worth and professional acquirements, will compare favorably with the most distinguished in our country’. The medi cal faculty constitutes an anomaly in this or any other country’—all of them arc able lecturers and the best of teachers. Those who contemplate our geographical position, and the extent of ottr population, can have no doubt as to the eligibility of our situation for an enterprise of the kind. As to health, including all seasons of the year, we deny that any other city has more. A common error exists in the minds of many students relative to the place of studying medicines; those who intend practicing among the diseases of the West and South should certainly educate themselves at a school whose Faculty are particularly acquainted with those diseases. Jfhat the public may be satisfied of the permanency’ of this school, we feel it our duty to state, that the Trus tees and Faculty form a unit in action, which augurs well forits future success ; and that the peculiar internal organization which connect 3 them, cannot be interrupted. E. W. M. KING, President of the Memphis Institute. April 11,1850. 15 ly Great American Mechanical Work. D. APPLETON <fc CO., NEW YORK. Have in course of publication in semi-monthly numbers, A DICTIONARY OF Machines, Mechanics, Engine-work and Engineering. designed for practical working men, And those intended for the Engineering Profession. EDITED BY OLIVER BYRNE, Formerly Professor in the College of Civil Engineers, London. To he completed in 40 Nos. Price 25 cents each. This will be the most practical, as well as the most perfect, work ever published on Machines, Mechanics, Engine-work, and Engineering.— The Mechanic, Engineer, er Machinist, from the time he commences his profession, till lie arrives at the z&riith of the most successful professional career, will find this an indispensable work of reference. The volume will be of royal SX’osize, contain ing nearly 2.000 pages, and* over 6,000 illustra tions; it will fill up a chain that hks long been a requirement to practical working-men, and those intended for the Engineering profession. It will present Working Drawings and Descrip tions of every important Machine in practical use in the United btates; and independent of its American value as embracing the results of American ingenuity, it will contain a corhplete treatise on Mechanics, Machinery, Engine work, and the substance of at least a thousand dollars worth of books scatteted in expulsive folio vol umes and magazines. OPINIONS OF THE PRESS. To our numerous Manufacturers, Mechanics, Engineers, and Artisans, it will be a mine of wealth.— Providence Journal We unhesitatingly commend the work to those engaged in or interested in mechanical or scien tific pursuits, as eminently worthy of their ex amination and study. —Troy Budget. It is truly a great work, and the pnblishers de serve the thanks of inventors, machinists and manufacturers, and indeed of the public gene rally.—lndependent. This Dictionary will be highly useful to prac tical mechanics, and valuable to all'who wish to acquaint themselves with the progress of in vention in the mechanic arts. —Daily Mercury. Young mechanics ought to keep posted up in theoretical as well as practical knowledge, and this work will show them just how they stand. . \Roxbury Advertiser. W e take it to be just the work that scores and | hundreds of our intelligent mechanics have de i sired to possess. So ample are its descriptions, and so full and minute its specifications, that it | seems to us that any mechanic might construct j any machine it describas, on the strength of its ; engravings and instructions,— Com. Advertiser. \ All interested in mechanics should avail them ! selves of its anvantages —Schuylkill Journal. 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