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MARTHA WASHINGTON.
The wife of Washington must ever be a
subject,of interest to the women of America.
Her own virtues, apart from the exalted posi
tion of her husband, have made her worthy j
of remembrance and esteem. She was, in ,
every respect, a model for her sex.
The maiden name of Lady Washington
was Martha Danbridge, and she was born of
an honorable family, in the county of New
Kent, Ya., in Mav, 173*2. She grew up I
beautiful and amiable; and, at sixteen, was I
already the belle of her district. Accom
plished, at least for that day, peculiarly fas- \
cionting in manners, and possessed of a grace- 1
ful and pleasing -countenance, she was sought ■
in marriage by numerous admirers; and she l
finally bestowed her hand, at the age of sev- j
enteen, on Colonel Daniel Parke Custis, of i
her native county. Two children were the
fruits of this marriage, neither of whom sur
vived the mother.
While yet in the full bloom of her beatity,
Mrs. Custis was left a widow. With an am
ple fortune, and unusual charms of person,
she was soon again besieged by suitors.—
Hut none made any impression on her heart,
until she had attained her twenty-sixjh year,
when she accidentally made the acquaintance
of W ashington, then a colonel in the service
of \ irginia. Her grandson, Ceorge W.
Parke Custis, in a biography of her life, has
given a romantic account of this first inter
view between Mrs. Custis and her future hus
band.
“It was in 1758,” says her biographer,
“that tin officer, attired in a military undress,
and attended by a body servant, tall and mil
ituire as bis Chief, crossed the ferry called
Williams’, over the Pamunkey, a branch of
the York Itiver. On the boat touching the
Southern, or Kent side, the soldier’s progress
was arrested by one of those personages who
give the beau ideal of the Virginia gentleman j
of tin* old regime—the very soul of kindness
and hospitality. He would hear of no ex
ousc on the officer’s part for declining the in- i
Citation to stop at his house. Itt vain the col
onel pleaded important business at Williams
burg; Mr. Chamberlayne insisted that his
friend must dine with him at the very least.
He promised, as a temptation, to introduce
him to a young and charming widow, who
chanced then to be an inmate of Ins dwell
ing. At last the soldier surrendered at dis
cretion, resolving however to pursue his jour
ney (he same evening. They proceeded to
f!ie mansion. Mr. Chamberlayne presented
Col. Washington to his various guests, among
whom was the beautiful Mrs. Custis. Tradi
tion says that the two were favorably im
pressed with each other at the first inter
view.” It may be supposed that the conver
sation turned upon scenes in which the whole
community had a deep interest—scenes which
the young hero, fresh from his early fields,
could eloquently describe; and we may fan
cy with what earnest and rapt interest the
fair listener “to hear did seriously incline;”
or how “the heavenly rhetoric of her eyes,”
beamed unconscious admiration upon the
manly speaker. The morning passed; the
sun sank low in the horizon. The hospita
ble host smiled as he saw the colonel’s faith
ful attendant, Bishop, true to his orders, hol
ding his master’s spirited steed at the gate.
The veteran waited, and marveled at the de
lay. “Ah, Bishop,” says a fair writer, des
cribing the occurrence, “there Avas an urchin
in the drawing-room more powerful than
King George and all his governors ’ Subtle
as a sphynx, he had hid the important! des
patches from the old soldier’s sight, shut up
his ears from the summons of the tell-tale
clock, and Avas playing such mad pranks
Avilh the bravest heart in Christendom, that it
fluttered with the excess of anew found hap
piness,”
Mr. Chamberlayne insisted that no guest
ever left his house after sunset; and his visi
tor Avas persuaded, without much difficulty, to
remain. The next day Avas far advanced
when the enamored soldier was on the road
to \\ illiamsburg. His business there being
dispatched, he hastened to the presence of
the captivating AvidoAv.
The marriage, that followed the acquain
tance thus romantically begun, took place in
1759, and was attended by all the beauty
and wealth of the neighborhood. After the
ceremony, Colone l and Mrs. Washington re
paired to Mount Vernon, Avhere they took up
their abode. By this union, an addition of
about one hundred thousand dollars Avas add
ed to the fortune of Washington, an acces
sion Avhich rendered him one of the most op
ulent gentlemen of the old Dominion. En
grossed Avith each other, the young couple
continued to reside on their estate, until the
Avar of Independence breaking out, Washing
ton, was summoned to the field to lend his
country's armies. Mrs. Washington, howev
er, even now would not consent to part en
tirely lrom her husband. She accompanied
him to Cambridge, and remained until the
evacuation of Boston, Avhen, the army mov
ing on to NeAv York for an active campaign,
she returned for a Avhile to Virginia.
After this, it Avas her custom to spend her
summers at 1 Mount Vernon, rejoining the gen
eral as soon as the army Avent into Avintcr
quarters. At the close of each campaign ac
cordingly, an aid-de eamp was dispatched
to escort her to her husband. Her arrival at
camp AA'as always a season of rejoicing. The
plain chariot, with the neat postillions in their
scarlet and white liveries, Avas AVelcomed, as
Hie harbinger of rest and cheerfulness. Her
example Avas folloAved by the Avives of the
higher otlicers. Thus, eA’ery Avinter some
thing like society Avas established at head
quarters, when the smiles and affection of
woman relieved, for a season at least, the
gloom of disaster and despair.
Lady Washington was accustomed to say
that it had ever been her fortune to hear the
first cannon at the opening, and the last at
the closing of all the campaigns of the war
of Independence. During the terrible winter
of 1777-8, she Avas at Valley Forge. The
privations to w'hieli she had to submit may be
judged irom a letter she Avrote to Mrs. War
ren, in Avhich she says:—“The General’s
apartment is very small; he has a log-cabin
to dine in, AA’hich has made our quarters much
more tolerable than they Avere at first.”
Think of a Avoman of Lady Washington’s
fortune and position dining, now-a-days, for a
whole winter, in a log-cabin! During this
awful season, this august female sought out
the most distressed of the soldiers, and allevi
ated their sufferings, as far as possible, out of
her private purse. Such was a lady of the
olden time! Instead of lounging idly at home,
in luxury, she shared fully her husband’s tri
als ; instead of exhausting her Aveairii on seft
ish indulgences, she divided it Avith the hun
gry and the sick.
Ihe Marquis de C liastollux, aa'lio visited
the United States after the alliance Avith
France, thus describes the camp life of Gen
eral and Lady Washington :—“The head
quarters at Newburgh consist of a single
house, built in the Dutch fashion, and neither
large nor commodious The largest room in
it, which General Wn< hington has converted
into his dining room is tolerably spacious,
l-’W it lias ‘even door? and only one windoAv.
The chimney is against the Avail, so that there
is, in fact, but one vent for the smoke, and the
fire is in the room itself. I found the compa
ny assembled in a small room AA'hich served
as a parlor. At nine, supper was served, and
when bed-time came, I found that the cham
ber to Avhich the General conducted me Avas
the A-ery parlor spoken of, Avherein he had
made them place a camp-bed. We assem
bled at breakfast the next morning at ten, du
ring AA r hich interval my bed AA’as folded up,
and my chamber became the sitting-room for
the Avhole afternoon; for American manners
do not admit of a bed in the room in AA'hich
company is received, especially where there
are women. The smallness of the house, and !
the inconvenience to AA'hich I saAv that Gen- \
eral and Mrs. Washington had put themsel\ r es I
to receiA'e me, made me apprehensh'e lest M.
Rochambeau might arrive on the same day.
The day I remained at head-quarters was
passed either at table or in con\'ersation.”
When at Mount Vernon, both before and j
after the Avar, Lady Washington, like a Avise
honse-Avife, busied herself in superintending
personally her domestic affairs. As that A\'as
a day when cotton-factories Avere as vet un
known, e\'ery household had to do most of its
own spinning; and Lady Washington kept
sixteen spinning-wheels constantly going.
She Avas accustomed frequently to Avear fab
rics thus made. One of her faA'orite dresses
of this home manufacture was of cotton, stri
ped silk, Aveigbing not quite a pound and a
half. Her coachman, footman, and waiting
maid, Avere all dressed in domestic cloth.
She was economical, without being niggard
ly, and this from principle. She kneAv that,
in consequence of her station, she Avas looked
up to be imitated, and she Avished to shoAv an
example of moderation. Even Avhen Wash
ington Avas President, she continued this
praiseworthy conduct. As late as 1796, Mrs.
Wilson, inquiring for pocket-handkerchiefs at
a fashionable store in Philadelphia, AA'as shown
some pieces of laAA’n, of which Lady Wash
ington had just purchased; and the informa
tion Avas added that she paid six shillings for
handkerchiefs for her oAvn use, but AA'ent as
high as seven shillings for the President’s.
Her ease and elegance of manner, joined
to her affability, rendered her, when the wife
of the Chief Magistrate, beloved by all. Mrs.
Ellet says, of this period of her life :—“The
establishment of the President and Mrs.
Washington Avas formed at the seatofgoA’-
ernment. The levees had more of courtly
ceremonial than has been known since; but
it Avas necessary to maintain the dignity of of
fice by forms that should inspire respect.
Special regard Avas paid to the wives of men
aa'lio had deserved much of their country.
Mrs. Robert Morris Avas accustomed to sit at.
the right of the lady of the President, at the
draAving-rooms; and the widows of Greene
and Montgomery Avere always handed to and
from their carriages by the President himself;
the secretaries and gentlemen of his house
hold performing those services for the other
ladies. In this eleAated station, Mrs. Wash
ington, unspoiled by distinction, still leaned
on the kindness of her friends, and cultivated
cheerfulness as a duty. She Avas beloAed as
Itnv are in a superior condition. Mrs. War
ren says, in reply to one of her letters, ‘your
observation may be true, that many younger
and gayer ladies consider your situation as
enviable; jet I knoAV not one Avho by gener
al consent would be more likely to obtain
the suffrages of the sex, even were they to
canvass at elections for the eleAated station,
than the lady who now holds the first rank in
the United States.’”
She did not long survive her august hus
band. Less than tAvo years after his death,
she Avas attacked by a fatal illness, and feel
ing her end approaching, she called her grand
children around her, discoursed to them of
religion, and, amid the tears of her family,
quietly resigned her life into the hands of her
Creator. Her death took place on the tAven
ty-second day of May, 1812; and she Avas
buried beside her husband.
Lady Washington is a model for the imita
tion ot the sex. Her abilities were superior,
her heart kind, and her conduct under the
control of Christian principle. The gentle
| dignity of her manner inspired respect Avith
out creating enmity. In her youth, and even
in mature womanhood, she Avas distinguished
for personal loveliness. — National Magazine.
Conjugal Endearments*
“My dear, I’ll thank you for a little more
sugar in 1113’ coffee, if you please.”
“My dear! Don’t ‘dear’ me. I’d as soon
have you call me m3’ devil as my dear.”
“Well, my devil, then I’ll thank 30U for a
little more sugar in m3’ coffee.”
At this proof of affection on the part of her
husband, Mrs. Snajidragon burst into a rage
!of tears. She had got up, as the saying is,
i “wrong end foremost,” that morning, and
I nothing could please her. She was no bet
! ter pleased w ith being called my devil, than
m3 7 dear, though she had a moment before
■ declared that she preferred it. On the con
( contrary, she took her husband bitterly to
i task for his ready compliance with her sug-
I gustion.
“Oh, 3*ou vile, wicked, good-for-nothing
man!” she exclaimed. “Is it thus 30U treat
3’our affectionate wife ? Is it thus 3 7 0 u apply
names to her, names which I dare not men
tion ?”
“My devil 3*oll did mention it just now 7 .
You suggested the idea—you put the very
words in my mouth—and I always like to
eompl3 7 with 3'our wishes, 3'ou know. So,
;my dear—my devil, I mean—a little more su
i gar, if 3 7 ou please.”
| “Sugar! I won’t give you a jot more. I’ll
! see you hanged first. You use more sweet
ening than your neck is worth.”
“I’ve acquired that habit from having so
sw 7 eet a wife. Besides, I pay for it with m3 7
own mone3 7 .”
“Now, reproach me with that, do you ? If
I did not bring t 7 ou any money, I brought
; 3’ou respectable connections, and—”
“True, you brought all 3 7 our connections.”
i “Now you reproach me with that, do 3’ou ?
jl dare you grudge my relations every
mouthful they eat while the3 7 are here.”
“I grudge nothing, my dear—l would sav
d eV —*
‘Don’t use that word again, Mr. Snapdrag
on 5 if you do I’ll leave the table.”
“Thank you, m3 7 love; then I’ll help my
! self to sugar.”
“Yes, and 3011 Avould help yourself to an
other w ife, I dare say, if I w as gone.”
“I am afraid there is little chance of that.
But “tar coffee is cooling while I’m waiting
| for die sugar.”
“Then it will be like your love, which has
i boon cooling ever since we were married.”
| “Thank you, my love; there’s nothing like
a sharp acid for a cooling draught”
“Sharp aeid! <fo- you call me a sharp acid!
I’ll not endure 3 7 our taunts any longer. I’ll
!go home to my connections. I’ll have sepa
rate maintenance.”
“Whenever you please, m3 7 dev—darling.”
“I won’t take such pesky language from
you.”
1 [fr oing, tcilh fjte sugar-bvul in her hand]
“My dear, leave the sugar-bowl, if you
please.”
“Here take it!”
[ Throwing it at his head and exit.]
Good Rules for Health. —Now when
public attention is directed to the best means
of securing health, and preventing the rava
ges of epidemics, every tiling tending to this
purpose Avill be read with more than ordinary
interest. The folloAving rules should be ob
served by all:
Keep your room Avell ventilated. Close
rooms generate disease. Many a constitu
tion is undermined from such confinement.
Throw off your feather beds and lie upon
straw —or even the floor, if you haA'e nothing
better. The cheap cotton mattresses make a
good bed and healthy one. Feathers are bad
to lie upon at any time, and more particular
ly in the summer season.
Use cold Avater freely. Wash yourself
thoroughly Avith it eA'ery morning. A little
salt put in the water, just enough to give it a
briny baste, will keep the pores healthy, and
strengthen and invigorate the system.
Eat lightly, especially if your habits are of
a sedentary character. Do not eat in a hur
ry, but masticate your food Avell before it is
deposited in the stomach. This bolting doAvn
provisions, anaconda-like, is most destructive
to the digestiA'e organs. Avoid too great an
indulgence in ‘high living,’ as it is called.
Plain food is the best.
Let eA'ery man, Avoman and child, keep a
little puh’erized charcoal in their rooms, and
on retiring at night, let them put as much as
can be laid on a sixpence in their mouths,
and AA'ork it about among the teeth Avith the
tongue, and it Avill not be long before there
will be no decayed teeth for the dentist to fill
with amalgam or pure gold either.
Rise early in the morning, take exercise
enough to make your breakfast relish well,
and you Avill feel fresh and vigorous for the
day’s labor. Upon rising in the morning, ex
tend your arms out and force them back gent
ly. This exercise Avill expand the chest,
strengthen the lungs, and operate as a guard
against pulmonary disease.
The Father.
BY MRS. L. H. SIGOURNEY.
It is the duty of mothers to sustain the re
verses of fortune. Frequent and sudden as
they have been in our oavu country, it is im
portant that young females should have some
employment, by AA'hich they might obtain a
livelihood in case they should be reduced to
the necessity of supporting themselves.—
When families are unexpectedly reduced frem
affluence to poA'erty, hoAv pitifully, contempti
ble it is to see the mother desponding or help
less, and permitting her daughters to embar
rass those Avhom it is their duty to assist and
cheer.
“I haA'e lost m3’ hole fortune,” said a mer
chant as he returned one e\'ening to his home;
“Ave can no longer keep our carriage. We
must leave this large house. The children
can no longer go to expensive schools. Yes
terday I was a rich man; to day there is noth
ing I can call my own.”
“Dear husband,” said the wife, “Ave are still
rich in each other and our children. Money
may pass away, but God has given us a bet
ter treasure in these active hands and loving
hearts.”
“Dear father,” said the children, “do not
look so sober. We Avill help 3’ou to get a
living.”
“What can you do, poor things ?” said he.
“You shall see, you shall see!” answered
seA'eral voices. “It is a pity if Ave have been
to school for nothing. How can the father of
eight children be poor, We Avill AA’ork and
make 3'ou rich again.”
“I shall help,” said the younger girl, hard
four 3'ears old. “I will not have an3’ neAv
things bought, and I shall sell my great doll.”
The heart of the husband and father, which
had sunk withering in his bosom like a stone,
was lifted up. The sweet enthusiasm of the
scene cheered him, and his nightly prayer Avas
like a song of praise.
They left their stately house. The servants
were dismissed. Pictures and plate, rich car
pets and furniture Avere sold, and she Avho
had been the mistress of the mansion shed no
tears.
“Pay eA-ery debt,” said she, “let no one suf
fer through us, and Ave may be happ3'.”
He rented a neat cottage, and a small piece
of ground, a feAv milles from the city. With
the aid of his sons he cultvated vegetables for
the market. He vieAA'ed Avith delight and as
tonishment the economy’ of his Avife, nurtured
as she had been in wealth, and the efficiency
AA'hich his daughters soon aquired under her
training.
The eldest one instructed in the household,
and also assisted the younger children—be
sides, they executed various Avorks, Avhich
they’ had learned as accomplishments, but
Avhich they found could be disposed of to ad
vantage. They embroidered Avith taste some
of the ornamental parts of female apparel,
Avhich Avere really sold to a merchant in the
city.
They cultivated floAvers, sent boquets to
market in the cart that conveyed the vegeta
bles; they plaited straw, they painted maps,
the} 7 executed plain needle work. E\'ery one
Avas at her post, busy and cheerful. The lit
tle cottage AA'as like a bee hive.
“I neA'er enjoyed such health before,” said
the father.
“And I neA’er AA’as so liapp}’ efore,” said
the mother.
“We ne\’er kneAv hoAv many things AA’e
could do, Avhen A\'e lived in the great house,”
said the children, “and we love each other a
great deal better here. You call us your lit
tle bees.”
“Yes,” replied the father, “and }’ou make
just such honey as the heart likes to feed on.”
Econom}’ as well as industry \v r as strictly
obsen’ed; nothing was wasted. Nothing
unnecessary Avas purchased. The eldest
daughter became assistant teacher in a dis
tinguished female seminary, and the second
took her place as instructress to the family.
The dwelling, Avhich had ahva} r s been kept
neat, they Avere soon able to beautify. Its
construction AA'as improved, and the vines and
floAA’ering trees Avere replanted around it.—
The merchant Avas happier under his Avood
bine covered porch in summer’s evening, than
he had been in his show}’ dressing-room.
‘We are noAv thriving and prosperous,” said
he, ‘shall we return to the city V
‘Oh, no/ Avas the unanimous reply.
‘Let us remain where Ave have found health
and contentment/ said the wife.
‘Father/ said the youngest, ‘all AA'e chil
dren hope you are not going to be rich
again; for then/ she added, ‘we little ones
Avere shut up in the nursery, and did not
see much of you or mother. Noav we all
live together, and sister, Avho loves us, teach
es us, and Ave learn to be industrious and
useful. We Avere none of us happy Avhen we
were rich and did not work. So, father,
please do not be a rich man any more/
To ascertain the weight of a horse, put your {
toe under the animal’s hoof.
An over-modest young lady addressed a Mr. |
Leggett, as Mr. Lnyb-il.
Novel Courtship.— l courted her under
singular circumstances. I won her through
a rash vow. Thus : I saAv her, I loved her —
I proposed —she refused.
“You loA-e another,” said I.
“Spare my blushes,” said she.
“I know him,” said I.
“You do,” said she.
“Very good,” I exclaimed ; “if he remains
here I’ll skin him.”
I Avrote him a note, I said it was a painful ,
thing—and so it Avas. I said I had pledged
my Avord as a gentleman to skin him — my
character was at stake— l had no alternatYe.
As an officer in his Majesty’s sendee, I AA'as
bound to do it. I regretted the necessity, but j
it must be done. He was open to conviction.
He saAv that the rules of the service Avere im
perativ'e. lie fled—l married her.
Scene in a Railroad Office. —Dutch-
man.—“l vants to get pay for a pig A'at ter
railroad is runned over.”
Secretary.—“Hoav came the engine to run
OA’er your pig ?”
Dutchman —“Vy, mine pig was cornin’ a
long, and ter railroad Avas cornin’ along, and
ter pig did not see ter railroad cornin’ along,
and ter pig A r ent to run under ter railroad A'en
it AA'as cornin’ along, and ter railroad runned
over ter pig A'en he A'as coinin’ along.”
Secretary—-“My friend, I don’t think this
is a case in AA'hich the road ought to pay.”
Dutchman.—“ Den, afterwards, 1 keeps my
pigs from cornin’ along venter railroad is
coinin’ along.”
Teaching by Anologif.s.—A female teach
er of a school that stood on the banks of a ;
quiet English stream, once Avished to comma- \
nicate to her pupils an idea of faith. While
she AA'as trying to explain the meaning of the
Avord, a small covered boat glided in sight
along the stream. Seizing upon the incident,
for an illustration, she exclaimed:
“If I Avere to tell you there is a leg of mut
ton in that boat, you Avould believe me,
Avouldn’t you, even without seeing it your
selves ?”
“Yes, ma’am,” replied the scholars.
“Well, that is faith,” said the schoolmis
tress.
The next day, in order to test their recol
lection of the lesson, she she inquired, “What
is faith ?”
“A leg of mutton in a boat!” Avas the an-
SAA-er shouted from all parts of the school
room.
A toper some time since, says an exchange
Avent, into a bar-room in the Avestern part of
the State and called for something to drink.
“We can’t sell liquor,” said the law abiding
landlord, “but avc will gi\ r e you a glass, and
then if you Avant a cracker, avc will sell it to
you for three cents.”
“Very Avell,” said the Yankee customer,
“hand doAvn the decanter.”
The “good creature” was handed doAA'n and
our hero took a stiff horn, when turning a
round to depart, the unsuspecting landlord
handed him a dish of crackers, Avith the re
marks,
“You’ll buy a cracker ?”
“Well, no,” said the Yankee, “I guess not,
you sell’em too dear; I can get lots on ’em,
five or six lor a cent, any where else!”
A friend of ours was telling us, not long
since, of an acquaintance of his in South Car
olina, Avho Avas noted for mendacity. He re
lated of him the folloAving anecdote:
Said someone to the liar, “do you remem
ber the time the stars fell, many years ago?”
“Yes,” said Mendax.
“Well,” remarked the other, “I’ve heard it
avrs all a deception — that the stars did not
actually fall.”
“ Don’t you believe it,” returned Mendax,
with a knowing look, “they fell in my yard as
big as goose eggs. I’ve got one of ’em yet,
only the children played with it so much
they’ve wore the shiny pints off!”
A Bashful Lover.—A Green Mountain Boy
fell in love with a very pretty girl and determin
ed to “court her.” To that end he dressed
himself in his “ Sunday-go-to-meetings,” Avent
to her father’s house and found her alone.
“ How d’ye do, says Jonathan.
“ I’m nicely—take a cheer, Jonathan,” says
the girl. Jonathan took a chair and seated him
self in the farthest corner of the room, though
the beauty was a thing to be ter red rather than
loved. >.
“ Aint you cold—hadn’t you better sit up to
the fire,” says Sally, supposing that he would of
course, if he was going to make love at all, do
it in a proper manner.
“No, I thankee, I reckon I’m comfortable, re
turns Jonathan.
“ llow is your marm,” said Sally.
“ Well, she’s complainin’ a little,” said Jona
than. Here a pause of ten minutes ensued,
during which Jonathan amused himself bp whit
tling a stick.
“There’s nothin’ new up your Avay, is there,”
said Sally, which Jonathan might understand as
applying to his present situation, or his domicil.
“ Here —ah vis, you mean to hum ; Avell no—
thar is yis—our—spotted kou’s got a calf,” said
Jonathan.
Sally would undoubtedly haA'e laughed at this
queer piece of information, only that she was
too much vexed at the bashfulness of the speak
er. At length after another protracted silence,
Sally got up a very small edition of a scream,
and in a loud voice exclaimed—“ Let me alone!’
“Why,” says Jonathan dropping his knife and
stick in astonishment, Avhy I aint touchin’ on ye.’
“Well, said Sally, in a voice that might be in
dicative of fear, but sounded A'ery much like a
request —“Well, aint you gain’ tu ?”
Jonathan thought a moment of this equiYo
cal reply, and then after placing his knife in his
pocket and blowing his nose, he drew his chair
by the side of pretty Sally, gently encircled her
waist, and—the next tveek they were married.
Matrimony in Egypt.—Among the laborers
upon Mr. Larkin’s new building at Alexandria,
we saw a large number of young girls from ten
to fourteen years of age. We were surprised to
learn that most of them Avere already married.
It is singular hoAV very young the Egyptian
peasants marry. Nine or ten years for girls,
and twelve or fourteen years for boys, is con
sidered a marriageable age. Both sexes haA’e
so little objection to the conjugal estate, that they
get married as fast and as soon as possible.
Being married once is only a beginning of
matrimonial connexions in Egypt Three or
four Avives apiece among the peasants is the
most common thing in the world. In addition
to which, there are almost constant and continu
al changes. Old wives are being divorced, and
new ones are taking their places; so that the
matrimonial ceremony, in some of its various
forms, is almost continually passing before their
eyes, intermingled, as it were, with their daily
aA’ocations.
The peasantry do not consider any number of
wiA’es, an encumbrance—all of them being ex
pected to work. An Egyptian, therefore, who
has four good hearty Avives, is looked upon as a
man, as the English say, “well to do in the
world;” or, as others would express themseh’es,
“in a very flourishing condition.” These are
blessings, I suppose, which those who find it
hard work to support one, \Aould hardly wish
to enjoy; still the fellahs of the A'ale ol the Nile
think otherwise; and if they can keep out of j
the army, and evade the suspicion of the Turk
ish Governors, they are pretty sure to enjoy
themselves. They are a practical illustration of
the remark that “poor and content are rich, and :
rich enough.”
If you desire to be happy when vou arc old,
be temperate Avhilc vou are young.
Planters, Take Notice. ,
Saw Mills, Grist Mills, Factories, Gin Gear,
Rice Mills, and Sugar Mills.
THE firm of AMBLER <fc MORRIS are now
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 interior
to none now in use. Both of the above firm are practi
cal men. and attend to their business in person, and will
furnish Engines for 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 pav will be exacted.
Try us and see. AMBLER &. MORRIS.
Jan. 24, 1850. 4 ly
Dyeing and Renovating Establishment.
BERTHOLD SENGER
“VTTOULD respectfully inform the ladies and gentle-
Y Y 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 ot •
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
Cotton, Silk, and Woolen goods bleached or dyed, in
the very best manner, and with despatch.
Also, Moserine Blue, Turkey Red, &c. <fcc.
Gentlemen's garments cleansed and dyed so as not
to soil the whitest linen.
Carpeting renovated and made as good as new.
jrgp All orders thankfully received and promptly
ecuted.
Columbus, March 21, 1850. 12 tt
DE BOW’S COMMERCIAL REVIEW,
A MONTHLY JOURNAL OF
Agriculture, Commerce, Manufactures, Internal Im
provements, Statistics, general Literature, etc.
Published in New Orleans, at $5 per annum.
The bound sets of this Review complete, from Janu
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 which 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 ot the South. Address
J. D. B. DeBOW,
New Orleans.
TROY WOODEN-WARE
MANUFACTIIRING COMPANY,
ARE now ready to commence operations, and will
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be favored, for every description of
Hollow Wooden- Ware,
embracing Buckets, Tubs, Pails, Cans, &.c. <fco. The
Company will be ready by the Ist of March to enter ex
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CHAIRS,
of which they will be able to turn out a very superior ar
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TURN I N G .
Bed Steads, Wagon Hubs, and every other description
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The Manufactory is situated at the mouth of Mulber
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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 lie promptly filled. All 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.
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June 20,1850. 25
Dr. deGRAFFENRIED'S
CELEBRATED
RHEUMATIC LINIMENT.
In introducing this medicine to the people of the Unit
ed States,, for sale, the proprietors hog 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 ot 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 and distressing malady.
Hi.*- note-book contains upwards of three hundred ea
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 failed to effect a cure when persereved
in. Manv of the eases were from fourto ten years stand
ing ; and what may appear yet more remarkable and ex-
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 ot this discovery, the undersigned had
well “tudied 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 Snen 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 Ik?, able to hear testimony to the efficacy and virtues
of Dr. de Grajfienrieds Rheumatic I.iniment.
I have been sorely afflicted for the last six years with,
what I believed to he. and what eminent Physicians of
this city pronounced, Rheumatic gout .for several winters
past I have been confined to niy room and bed nearly all
the time. In January last, I had an attack as violent if
not more so than usual, which prostrated me for about
three weeks; on your receommendation 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 retpedy 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. de Graffrnried—fh.K r 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 tlie 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. Aftermy return
home, Iso far recovered,as to be able to walk about a lit
tle. About six weeks since. I had a very severe attack
which again confined me 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 in fallible remedy, and had cured many, and amongst
them, one 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 informinig you that
in less than twenty four hours from the first application
I 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 be as
speedily relieved, as I have been with your medecine.—
\V felling you all the Blessings you deserve Dear Sir.
Your Greateful and Ob’t Serv’t
GEO. WARDSWORTII.
Columbus Ga., Oct. 20,1849
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, I 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 yon arc 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. 1 was taken down in January last, with
a violent attack of Rheumatism 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 verv little. Up to the Ist of April, I was all
the time in suffering and pain ; I rubbed with your Rheu
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 hack to my room—l could
also bend my knee and bring it up to tlie chair, which
the previous day, I could not have done if my life had de
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. I
used one bottle and an eight ounce vial of your Rheu
matic Liniment, and in ten days, I was relieved. I
would not have been in the condition which I had been,
ten days before I called on y ou, for any atnout 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. H. SMITH.
Columbus, Nov. 1, 1849.
Dear Sir—My negro woman Patience, a cook, had a
stilff 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
1818. One bottle entirely relieved her and she now has
the use of her neck as well as ever she had ; and up to
this time, it has not returned.
GARLAND B. TERRY.
Philadelphia, Feb. 1 1850.
Dr. do 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 wag 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 Liniment 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 tne virtue of
your Liniment in the cure of Rheumatism. Being at
tacked in one joint of my finger, last winter, 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 respectftilly, F. S CHAPMAN.
I can testify to the efficacy of Dr. de Graffcnried’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.
Dear Sir—Some time in Jauary last, Mrs. McKee
was taken very ill with Inflammatory 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 iuduced by
my friend, Mr. Luke Reed, tc cal! on you for a bot
tle of your Liniment, and by using half the bottle, she
was entirely relieved, and the relict was manifest or sen
sible after three or four rubbings. lam of opinion, it is
one ol the most valuable remedies that has ever been dis
covered, for Rheumatism: that is, from my own knowl
edge, and that which I have heard from others.
Dr. 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 wis 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 ot your Rheumatic Liniment, which relieved
him entirely. I consider it a most valuable remedy for |
the cure ot Rheumatism.
RANDOLPH L MOTT I
Memphis Institute.
MEDICAL DEPARTMENT.
THE remilar course of Lectures m this Institute will
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
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under the direction of the following
PROFESSORS.
Z. Freeman, M. D.. Professor of Anatomy.
R. S. Newton, M. D.. Professor of Surgery.
11. J- Hulce, M. D., Professor of Theory and Practice
of Medicine. .
W. Byrd Powell, M. D., Professor of Physiologyv
Pathology, Mineralogy and Geology.
J. King, M- D.. Professor of Materia Medica, Thera
peutics and Medical Jurisprudence.
J. Milton Sanders. A. M., M. D., Professor of Chem
istry and Pharmacy.
J. A. Wilson. M. D., Professor ol Obstetrics and Dis
eases of Women and Children.
CLINIQUE LECTURERS.
Medicine. — Prof. 11. J. Hui.ce.
Surgery. —Prof. R. S. Newton.
Z. Freeman, M. D., Anatomical Demonstrator.
The tees for a full course of lectures amount to $lO5.
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Those desiring further information will please address
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riving in the city will please call on him at the Conmier
cial Hotel. R. S. NEWTON, M. D.,
Dean of the Faculty.
LAW DEPARTMENT.
Hon E. W. M. King, Prolessor of Theory and Prac
tice of Law.
John Df.lafield, Esq. Professor of Commercial Juris
prudence.
T erms per Session sso*
All communications pertaining to this department inustT
be addressed to E. W. M. KING, Esq.
Memphis, Tenn., March, 1850.
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and professional acquirement-, will compare favorably
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country —all of them are able lecturers and the best of
teachers.
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A common error exists in the minds of many student*
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this school, we feel it our duty to state, that the Trus
tees and Faculty form a unit in action, which augurs
well for its future success ; and that the peculiar internal
organization which connects them, cannot be interrupted.
E. W. M. KING,
President of the Memphis Institute.
April 11, 1850. 15 ly
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vance, shall receive the work through the post
office, free of expense.
JUST RECEIVED,
A LARGE lot of Miscellaneous and School Beofe?.
Also a large and beautiful assortment of Stationery,
fine Letter and Note Paper, Envelopes, &c.
dIGRAFFENRIED &. ROBINSON.
April IS.