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THE COBBLER OF COBBSTOWN. BY THOMAS |)UNN EXGMSII. “ Rub-a-dub! rub-a-dub! Dub!” The housewife suspended her labors to gaze nto the road; the loungers at Bvine’s tavern eaned over the porch, or strode out to the pump to enjoy an uninterrupted view; the blacksmith, whose shop was located next to the tavern, dropped the foot of the horse he was shoeing, and strained his vision in a vain endeavor to penetrate the approaching cloud of dust. “Rub-a-dub! rub-a-dub! Dub!” The coach approached nearer, and lo! upon the same seat with the driver was n fat little drummer, in regimental dress, who bowback ed his noisy instrument zealously to the great delight of the by-standers. “Rub-a-dub! rub-a-dub! Dub!” The dogs of the village assembled in town meeting, by the tap of the drum, added their voices to the music. “ Bow-wurr-wow-wurr! Rub-a-dub! prr rrrrrrn !” The coach drew up to the tavern-door, and stopped. The drummer drew himself up on the seat and stopped also—and then dis mounted, followed by the driver. The coach then disgorged itself successively, of a long legged lifer, with ferret eyes, and a nose of milestone dimensions, six privates in uniform, ft smart looking sergeant, and a captain, with epaulettes and regimentals, all after the latest army regulations. It was a very nice little recruiting party, though what, in the name of Mars and Bellona, brought them to Cobbs town, puzzled the brains of the spectators. There they were, however, there could be no doubt of that; and the village poured out its one hundred and fifty inhabitants to see them. A crowd collected, but the captain, pressing liis way through, nodded his head to the land lord, and said, inquiringly —“Room for us i” Receiving a nod in the affirmative, he said— “ Show me my room. Sergeant Coxo, see my baggage taken care of.” “ Yes, sir,” replied the subaltern, and bis superior officer left the press. As soon as he had departed, a crowd col lected around the sergeant, in the vain en deavor to extract some information ; and the little children peered in the faces of the strange “ shojers,” to learn the whereabouts of their origin. The efforts were unavailing—and divers drinks in which the party indulged, at the expense of the by-standers, bad no more effect. The curiosity increased; and one little, thin cobbler, with a face of hatchet shape and tallow complexion, contrived to scrape a familiar acquaintance with the long fifer, and inveigle him on one side. What their conversation was, no one knew —but it resulted in the instant departure of the cob bler, minus a half dollar, lawful currency, which be had paid for the information ob tained. When the cobbler left the shop, bo started straight to his home, and took from thence an old rusty pistol, which he loaded to the muz zle with powder and slugs. Hastily conceal ing this about his person, lie took the road leading from the centre of the village, be tween Dr. Martin’s .and Squire Fleming’s bouses, and travelled it with an energy and speed truly wonderful. He looked like the hurrying genius of famine; and as he went muttered to himself constantly. Above these muttcrings, the following words might have been distinguished; “I knew it—when old John Smith came bore two years ago, I thought that there was something suspicious about him. Ten thou sand dollars reward! —half if I ketch him—bv jingo ! won’t I do it?—the varmint—the obi sneakin’ broadbrim —no more cobblin’—five thousand dollars! My eyes!”—and the loud “ my eyes!” found him at the end of his jour ney. He turned off from the road, and psssing up a narrow lane which led to a white house, lie stopped at the door of the dwelling, and asked for John Smith. The girl who was standing on the step was the only daughter of the one inquired for. She was a very lovely young creature, about the age of nineteen, with a very mild and tender blue eye, and a very pale, but intelli gent countenance. Her father was a very respectable member of the Society of Friends, and owned several valuable farms in the neighborhood. He bad removed there from Bucks county, in Pennsylvania, two years before; and was known universally as a mild, inoffensive and upright man. The daughter was about to answer bis question, when her father came from the barn, on the left of the house, and turning to tho cobbler, said— “ what’s wanting, friend Cobb ?” “ Oh! you dodrotted, old sneakin’ varmint!” Cried the cobbler, grasping him suddenly— “you’ve nigh ’scaped justice; but you’ll git your desarts now. Purty, long while you’ve got off, for sartain. Come, go along with me—Uncle Sam’s soldiers want ye! Come !” and he made an effort to drag him off. John Smith was a powerful and determin ed man, as well as a very cool one; so he merely shook off the gripe of tho cobbler, and said quietly—“Curtius Cobb! I don’t feel free to strike thee, as it is against the dis cipline of our society; and Friends never do , such things; but if I didn’t think thee in I liquor, or deranged in thy mind, thy face would he apt to run against my fist Thee had better go home and get sober.” This cool speech exasperated the cobbler almost to frenzy, and he replied in bis loud est voice—“ You ’tarnul old rascal! you aint a goin’ to git off so. There’s ten thou sand dollars reward offered for you, and you must go down to Byrne’s, where they’re a waitin’ for you. If you don’t,” and hero ho j presented the pistol, “ dodrot my skin, if I ; don’t blow your cussed old brains out, right | off the reel.” The Quaker saw that cither there was some strange mistake, or else the man was crazy. A moment’s reflection told him that the safest way would be to follow his captor. ; If the first, it could be soon dissipated; if j the second, the. lunatic would he more easily , captured in the village. So, bidding bis daughter not to be alarmed, he quietly went with Cobb, who kept a tight grasp on his ! coat-sleeve. Mary was, however, thoroughly alarmed, ! and sending word for one of the men at work j on the farm to follow, she started to over- ! take the couple who had departed, and did so, just as they arrived at Dr. Martin’s front gate. Here they met tho captain, who had just crossed from Byrne’s, and Cobb exclaim ed triumphantly, “ I got him, captain ; here’s the old rascal. Half the reward’s mine, by the livin’ jingo.” But the captain took no notice of this. He only saw the prisoner’s daughter, and exclaiming, “why, Marv!” he was at her side in an instant. She pointed to her hither. He looked in surprise at the latter, and at the cobbler, whose rude hold he shook off, and asked what was meant bv all that he saw. “It’s all plain enough,” cried Curtius Cobb, “you are after die commandin’ gineral of the j army, who’s deserted, and run away, and i been livin’ here for two years, under the j name of John Smith. Your fifer told me all this, and you’re a coinin’ this game to cheat ! me out of my share of the reward. But it aint to be did. Them five thousand dollais is mine;” and lie smacked his hands together with determination, “ 1 hat s the man joti re j after, and you know it.” | The crowd by this time took the joke, and j began to show its enjoyment, by a loud lit ot | laughter. That led the captain into the j secret of Cobb’s credulity. He saw that toe . waggish fifer laid perpetrated a hoax, and he j was inclined to laugh. But there was Mary j and Mary’s father, and he gave his arm to the.! former, and walked homo with tho lattor, j after giving directions to the sergeant to drive j ofl’ Curtius Cobb, or get rid of him as pru dence dictated. There was a long talk that night in John .Smith’s house, and the result of it may be best told in old Smith’s words : “ Why, Mary, when Charles Springly came a courting thee, 1 told thee 1 would not consent, nor will I yet. This was very foolish. Thee should have known that I have every regard for Charles here; but that the discipline forbids me to give my consent to thy marriage with ono out of Friends’ moot ing. And thee might have known, that if thee had got married, under such circum stances, while I should have blamed thee for violating Friends’ discipline, I should have loved thee none the less for it, nor Charles either. But as it is never too late to learn. I’ll leave thee to talk with Charles. Cod bless thee, Mary. Thee’ll make a good wife, 1 know, and one like thy dead mother. lam sorry that Charles has taken up the trade of war.” “ I’ll leave that, sir, when I get married,” said Charles, as the old Quaker left the room. Os the result of their interview the reader may well guess, and will only be desirous of learning something more of the little cobbler of Cobbstown. We are sorry that we can not gratify such a laudable curiosity to any extent. All we know is, that in a few days after lie was missing. Where or how he went is a matter of mystery, though a man answering iiis description was seen the next day after his disappearance, about twenty miles from Cobbstown, travelling on the road to the great West. As that was thirty-two years since, and no trace has been found of him, “ the oldest inhabitant,” from whom we bad tho facts, concludes that he, the missing member of shoes, has departed this life. Settling the Question. In a backwoods lyceum, a few evenings since, the very original question, “Which is the greater evil, Slavery or Intemperance ?” was discussed. In the course of hss speech, the first on the floor, spoke of the inhuman treatment of the masters towards their slaves, of the cruel punishments inflicted, alluding particularly to one, well known, termed “cat hauling.” His onponent, whose appearance on the occasion “must be seen to he real feed,” then and there making of his terrestrial coil a lame apology for perpendicularity, was delivered of a lump of sublimity, of which the following is a true and attested copy : “Mr. President, spozin’ you was a wife to somebody or other, and your husband should come home drunk, and should slew you, and should “beat you, and should maul you, and should pound you? 1 say, Mr. President, wouldn’t that be wuss than scratch-hanlin?” We didn’t stay to hear the decision, but, of course, the able debater “got hi* case.” ‘This reminds one of the Scotchman who, a few years ago, called at the house of lawyer Fletcher, of Vermont, to consult that legal gentleman professionally. “Is the ’Squeer at boom?” lie inquired of the lawyer’s lady, who opened the door at his summons. He was answered negatively. Disappointment was now added to the trials of Scotia’s son, but after a moment’* consideration, anew thought relieved him. “Mebbv yourself can gie me the necessary information as weel as the ’Squeer—seem’ as ye’re his wife?” The kind lady readily promised to do so, if, on learning tho nature of his difficulty, she found it in her power, and the other proceeded to state the case as follows : “S’pose ye was an auld white mear, an’ 1 should borry ye to gang to mill, with grist on ycr back, an’ we should get no farder than Stair-hill, when, all at woonce,ye should back up, and rear up, and pitch up, and keel down backwards, and break yer dearned auld neck, who’d pay for ye \ not I, dearu me if I would.” The lady smilingly told him, as she closed the door, that as he had himself passed sen tence on the case, advice would be entirely superfluous. All Sorts of Paragraphs. 03” “I sav, Pat,” said a Yankee to an Irish man, who was digging in his garden, “are you digging out a hole in that onion bed ?” “No,” said Pat; “I’m digging out the earth and lavin’ the hole.” 03“ “IIow,” said Mr. Munsell to Mr. ates, “do you accomplish so much in so sliott a time ? .have you any particular plan !” “I have. When I have any thing particular to do, I go and do it.” 03” A housemaid sent to call a gentleman to dinner, found him engaged in using his tooth-brush. “Well, is he coming?” said the lady of the house. “Yes, ma’am, directly,” was the reply, “lie’s just sharpening his teeth.” 03” “Please take a half of this poor apple?” said a pretty damsel to a witty swain the other evening. “No, 1 thank you : I would prefer a better half.” Eliza blushed, and referred him to “papa.” 03” At dinner, the other day, a wag, (a very funny wag,) said, sitting opposite a lady he observed that every time she crooked her elbow her mouth opened! ifr “Ob, my friend,” snid a doctor G. to an Irish patient, “be composed—we must all die once.” ‘•An’ it’s that vexes me,” re plied Pat, “if I could die half dozen times, I’d not care a hapennv about this now.” 03” A wit being asked what the word geni us meant, replied, “If you had it in vou, you would not ask the question; but as vou have not, you will never know what it means.” 03” That man alone serves well his Maker who dares stand firm for the right. 03” In training the understanding, take care that the mind has a stout and straight stem. Leave the flowers of wit and fancy to come bv themselves. 03” The Albany Knickerbocker cannot see what Philadelphians want with a school of design for women, when they are design ing enough already. 03” A negro was brought up before the Mayor of Philadelphia a short time since for stealing chickens. “Well, Toby,” said his Honor, “what have you got to say for your self?” “Nuffin’ but dis, boss: I was as crazy as a bed-bug when I stole dat ’nr pullet, ooz I might have stole de big rooster, and never done it. Dat shows ’clusively to my mind that I was laboring under the dclirum tre mendus.” A city buck visited the Shakers at Lebanon some time since ; as be was wan dering through the village, he encountered a stout, hearty specimen of the sect, and thus accosted him : “Well, Broadbrim, are you much of a Shaker ?” “Nay, not much, but I can do a little that way,” he replied. So be seized the astonished man by the collar, and nearly shook him out oi his boots. Let a man form a friendship with a woman, even though she be no longer young and handsome, there is a tenderness attached to it that no male friendship can know. 00~ “Never put off till to-morrow what you can do to-day,” said an advising mother to her child. “Well, then, mania, let us eat the cranberry pie that’s in tho safe,” was the child’s precocious reply. 03” America is one of the chief supports of England. It is stated that the money sent by Irish emigrants to their starving rela tives equals the whole of the Irish poor rates. Some two millions of the people of England are supported by the American trade. 03” Tho Duke of Argyle’s game-keeper at Inverary Castle, has a female Skye terrier, which, along with her pups, is giving suck to a young otter. 03” The now constitution of Michigan disfranchises duellists and their accessories, and disqualifies them from holding office. 03” An honest farmer thus writes to the chairman of an English agricultural society: “Gentlemen, please put me down on your list of cattle for a bull.” Finery and expenses above a man’s rank provoke envy, satire and slander, and are the ready road to poverty and want. 03“ The swaggerer is invariably an im postor; the man who calls loudest for the waiter, who treats him worst, and who finds more fault than any one else in the room, when the company is mixed, will always turn out to be the man of ail others tlie least enti tled, either by rank or intelligence, to give himself airs. People who are conscious of what is duo to then), never display irritability or impetuosity; their manners insure civility, their civility insures respect; hut the block head or coxcomb, fully aware that something more than ordinary is necessary to produce an effect, is sure, whether in clubs or coffee rooms, to be the most fastidious and captious of the community, the most restless and irri table amongst bis equals, the most cringing and subservient before bis superiors. 03” Before the adjournment of the Vir ginia Convention, Mr. Floyd offered a reso lution to the effect that power should be con ferred on the Legislature to pass a law dis criminating against all goods manufactured in a non-slaveliol'ding State, by refusing a license for the sale of such goods; and gave notice of his intention to urge this resolution on the Convention when k shall re-assenible in January. 03” A country girl, in writing home, about the Polka, says the dancing is not much, but the hugging is heavenly! That young woman should he dieted. 03” Why is a good sermon like a kiss ? Do you give it up? Because it only requires two heads and an application. 03” Nothing sits so gracefully upon chil dren, and makes them so lovely, as habitual respect and dutiful deportment towards their parents and their superiors. 03” The value of shoes annually sent South from N. York is estimated atOOO,OOO. Boston and Philadelphia send, perhaps, as many more. The trade was never more flourishing than during the present season, though Southerners arc commencing to man ufacture for themselves. 03” In the neighborhood of Caspar, Scot | land, recently, a bottle containing a quantity of beer, as an enticement to lead the insects i into a snare, was bung up against a wall co i vered with fruit, which the wasps threatened ! soon to destroy, and in one day 376 wasps | were drowned by this mode. 03” The children of fugitive slaves, born ; in the free States, are not liable to capture | under the now law. ; 03” The famous racer, the Flying Dutch man, has been sold to four noblemen and gentlemen, by the Earl of Eglinton, for 87,000. lie is not intended for the turf again. 03” Dr. Franklin, speaking of education, says—“lf a man empties his purse into his head, no man can take it away from him. An investment in knowledge always pays the best interest.” a:r “Caesar, what am become oh dat dar key what stole de taller?” “He lias been taken up on an affidavy, and carried up to de Sperm Court, to hah it tried.” “On an affi davy, Cresar?” “Yes—l seed de handle my self, I did.” CP He that never was acquainted with ad | versify, has seen the world but one side, and ! is ignorant of half the scenes of nature. j I CP An old fellow being visited by his pas i tor, the latter assured him that he could not ; be a good Christian unless he took up his j daily cross—whereat he caught up his wife, | and began lugging her about the room ! ! BT Those who speak without reflection | often remember their own words afterwards j with sorrow. O* Frugality—if it be not a virtue, it is at | least a quality which can seldom exist with- | : out some virtues, and without which few virtues can exist. j CT Vice—miscalculation—obliquity of mo-! ral vision—temporary madness. mr The reciprocal respect due from man i to man ought always to appear in company, ! j and curb all the irregularities of our fancies! and humors. j O’ “What would I like to have ?” said Mrs. Winterblossom. “Why, a two-bushel , basket full of needles, and all of them ! j ere needles worn clean up to their eyes ma- 1 ■ king bags, and all of them ere bags chock full ;of dimmis. You wouldn’t talk about Cally ‘ forny arter that.” O’ A novel without a romantic name won’t sell now-a-days. “The Bloody Fish Hook, | or the Sturgeon’s Last Combat,” has met with the most unbounded success. The sales have been sufficient to enable the author to ! run off and clieai the publisher, IT We like the sentiment of the following quaint stanza, and commend it to backbiters generally: “What are another’s faults to met I’ve not a vulture’s bill, To pick at every flaw I see, And make it wider still. It is enough for me to know I’ve follies of mv own, And on my heart that care bestow, And let my friends alone.” j Dr. deGRAFFENRIED’S CELEBBATED RHEUMATIC LINIMENT, Iv introducing this medicine to tho people of the Unit ed States, for sale, the proprietor? beg leave to submit the Ibibovum statement ot Dr. de Graffcnried, its discov erer and inventor: The undersigned frankly state? that he has prescribed this medicine for the last twenty-two years, in all forms of Acute and Chronic Rheumatism, with 4 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 yetdiscovered for the reliefoftliis most pain ful and distressing malady. His note-book contains upwards of tin e? hundred ca ses, in which it lias been used within the above named period.and in no single instance lias it come to’ bis knowl edge, of its having failed to effect a cure when persoreved i in. Many of the cases were from four to ten ycarsstaud i itur: and what may appear yet more remarkable and ex traordinary, is, that when tho patient ha* been one# re lieved, the disease is permanently cured, remains so, not . a solitary instance having been reported to him of itsre , turn. ! All he would ask for this remedy is a fair, impar j tial and patient trial, f*r the results lie entertains no ap prehension. Up to th time of this discovery, the undersigned had well studied the origin, progress, and character of this dis ease,and i* well assured, had consulted every author *n it* treatment, who had written or been translated int# the English language, and had used all the. remedic* •( any notoriety then in rogue 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 I country. Rut the undersigned flatters himself that his I remedy will cure this most painful disease, when all oth ers have failed, and that he shall have been an humble in i stmmentin the hands of God, of relieving the lutnian j family ofavast amount of suffering. \ E. h. dc GRAFFENRIED, M. D. It is for sale at Dr. R. A. Wares Drugstore Columbus, and by Agents in all the principal cities and towns in : the United States. Price $5 per bottle—none genuine i without- th# signature of the discoverer on the side label j of the bottle, and across the cork. de GRAFFE N RIE D a*d Cos., Proprietors. CETIFICATES. Jones’ llvtel. Ptni.Anr.r.rniA,March 3d, 1150 Col. A. B. Hagan —Sin : It affords me great pleasure to be able to hear testimony to the efficacy and virtues of Dr. de Graffe.nrie.ds 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 i past I have been confined to my 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 I three weeks; on your reccoinmendation 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 hack, wrists ancles were entirely relieved (and so contin ue) of all soreness, pains, and tho swelling's reduced, j with the use of less than one bottle. 1 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 he afflicted with it. Respectfully Yours, N. W. BRIDGES. Jones’ Hotel. Baltimore March, 30 1850. Dr. de Graffcnried —Dear ir For the last twelve years I have suffered very severely with the Rheumatism, | having been nearly one fourth of tho time confined to jmy 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 tcsllect a j cur?. I spent the last summer at the White Sulphur and Hot Springs in Virginia.to little purpose. After my return home, I so far recovered , as to be ableto Walk abonSalit i tie. About six weeks since. I had a very severe attack 1 which again confined mo to my bed, I was in great pain ! and sc a rely’ ableto move my limbs, when a friend of mine called and in limned m? that yon had discovered an infallible remedy, and had cured many, and amongst them, one of my- friends, and showed mo a letter from him stating the fact. I was induced to try-your Rheu matic Linnmcnt, and take pleasure in intbrminig you that I in less than twenty four hours from the first application ! ] 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, a.s I have been, may be as speedily’ relieved, as [ have been with your medeeine.— Wishing you all the Blessings you deserve Dear sir. Your Greatcful and Ob’t Serv’t GEO. WARDS WORTH. Columbus Ga., Oct. 20, IRI9 Dr. D# Gfaffenried—Dear sir: I take pleasure in giv ing you tho particulars of my affliction by, and relicffrom Rheumatism. During the spring oflSll 1 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 ; vour Liniment, as something new, and which had cured ! him : and hi one-month, front l theiime 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 drGra-ffenried - Learning that von are about lo manufacture for the public, your valuable Rheumatic Liniment. I take pleasure in stating that T believe it ; ono of the most valuable remedies ever used for that | common and most distressing disease, having witnessed I its effects upon a negro man of mine, who had been af flicted tor four years, until almost every joint was en larged, and the body otherwise emaciated. By the use of four or live bottles, in three weeks he was relieved en tirely from pain Columbus Ga., —Oct. 21. IXI9. A. K. AYER. Columbus, October 30, 1849. Dear Fir—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 reine ly that would afford me speedy relief. I was taken down in January last, with a violent attack of Rheumatism in nearly all my joints i so badly, that 1 could not pull of my shoes without aid ; nor could I ascend or descend steps, or pull off my clothe? without assistance. lMv right arm and hand were nearly useless ; the fingers contracted and swollen; I die right knee swollen and stiffened, so that I could not 1 end it but very little. l T p to the lt of April, 1 was all the time in suffering and pain ; I nibbed with your Rheu matic Liniment my limbs throe 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 also bend my knee and bring it up to the 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 inibosribility tho day before. I roe in j the morning from my bed entirely relieved of pain. I j used one bottle and an eight ounce vial of your II lieu - | inatie Liniment, and in ten days, I was relieved. I ! would not have been in the condition which 1 had been, ■ I ten days before I called on you, for any nmout of money j ■ which could bo given me : for what is lile worth when ; !in constant pain and misery I I consider vour Rhcnin.it j ic Liniment , the most valuable medicine in the world. 1 ! am, dear sir, your friend. J. H. SMITH. Columbus, Nov. 1, 1849. ! Dear Sir—-My negro woman Patience, a cook, had a stilffneek from a painful Rheumatic affection, for six or j seven years, and could not turn her neck except with the ; body. I was induced to purchase a bottle of your Lin- j intent, which was applied in August or September of 18 58. One bottle entirely relieved her and site now has i 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. da Graflenriod—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, 1 was induced fti try a bottle of it: and after three days, I was so much relieved as to be ableto 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 Potccll street. Columbus On.. Oet. 13,1519. Dr. E. L. do Graflcnried—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 ofmy linger, 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 mo in a very short time. 1 can re commend its use to all persons affected in like manner. Very respectfully, F. 8. CHAPMAN. I can testify to the efficacy of Dr. de Graflenried’s Rheumatic Liniment in the ease of .Mr. F. 8. Chapman, as it came under my immediate observation. October 13, 1319. R. A. WARE, M. D. Dear sir—Some time in January 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, to call on you for a bot tle of vonr Liniment, and by using half the bottle, she was entirelv relieved, and the relic!'was manifest or sen sible after three or four rubbings, lam of opinion, it is one of 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 Graffeuried. H. C. McKEE, Columbus, Oct. 19th 1819 Dr. de Graflcnried—Dear sir: I take pleasure in say 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 fourfh of a bottle ol your Rheumatic Liniment, which relieved him entirelv. I consider it a most valuable remedy for the cure, of Rheumatism. RANDOLPH L. MOTT. LIVER COMPLAINT, JACSIUCE, DYSPEPSIA, CHRONIC OR NERVOUS DEBILITY, DISEASE OF THE KIDNEYS, AND ALL DISEASES ARISING FROM DISORDERED LIVER. OR STOMAVII, SUCH AS CONSTIPATION, INWARD PILES, FULLNESS,’ OR BLOOD TO THE HEAD, ACIDITY OF THE STOMACH, NAUSEA, HEART BURN, DISGUST FOR FOOD, FULLNESS OR WEIGHT IN THE STOMACH, SOUR ERUC TATIONS, SINKING OR FLUTTERING AT THE pit OF THE STOMACH, SWIMMING OF THE HEAD, HUR RIED AND DIFFICULT BREATHING, FLUT> TEEING AT TIIB E A RT, CHOKING OR SUFFOCATING SENSATIONS WHEN IN A LYING POSTURE, DIMNESS OF VISION, i DOTS OR WEBS BEFORE THE SIGHT, FE VER AND DULL PAIN IN THE HEAD, DEFICIENCY OF PERSTIRATION, YELLOWNESS OFTIIK IIIX AND EYES, PAIN IN TUB SIDE, BACK,CHEST, LIMIIS, <SiC., SUDDEN FLUSH- I KR OF IIEAT, BURNING IN THE FLESH, COX j STANT IMAGININGS OF EVIL, AND GREAT DEPRESSION OF SPIRITS, C.IX HE EFFECTUALLY CURED BY DR. HOOFLAND’S CELEBRATED GERMAN RITTERS, PKETAKED BY DR. C. M. JACKSON, GERMAN MEDICINE STORE, No. 120, Arch S/., Philadelphia. Their power over the above disease* is not excell ed, if equalled , by any other preparation in the ! United Slates, ns the cures attest, in many cases after skilful physicians had failed. i These Bitters are worthy the attention of invalids.— i Possessing great virtues in the rectification of disease* of tiie Lirer and leser glands, exercising the most search | ing powers in weakness anti affections of th* digestive organs. th*y are, withal,safe, certain and pisasant. Read and he Convinced. Cltas. Robinson, Esq., Easton, Mi., in a letter to Dr. Jackson, Jan. 9, 1850, said— “My wife and myself have received more benfit from vour medicine than any other we have ever taken for the Dyspepsia and Liver disease.” “ThTenth Legion,” published at Woodstock, Va., January 10, 1850, said— “A Great Medicine.” “We have uniformly refrained from recommending to tiie public any of the various patent medicines ol the day, unless thoroughly convinced of their value.— j Among tliost we consider worthy of notice is the | German Bitters, invented bv Dr. Ilootland, and i prepared by Dr. Jackson, in Philadelphia. One in stance in particular, is which the superior virtues of this medicine have been tested,-has fallen under our observation. During the last* summer,a son of Mr. Abraham Crahill, of this county, was very se riously afflicted with Liver Complaint, and after trying in vain various remedies, he purchased a bottle of the Bitters, and after using it, was so'much relieved of his distressing malady, that Ikvprocured another ket tle, and 1 is restored entirely to healtllp’ Read Further a Few Farts. Th* “Philadelphia Democrat,” the leading Ger man journal of Philadelphia. The editor said, N-- vember 24th : “We again call attention to the removal of tliv German Medicine Store, the principal depot for the sale of I)r. Hooflaml's German Bitters, from ”78 Race to 120 Arch street, one door below Sixth.-—- Owing to the increased demand for this medicine, and for the accommodation of his numerous patients, ; Dr. Jackson lias been compelled to occupy a larger store. We wish him success in his new quarters; he is deserving it Tito Bitters Mixture is without doubt tlic greatest medicine extant for diseases of the Liver and Bowels. A stubborn ease of Chronic Diarrha'a has come under our notice, wherein the patient had exhausted tho Materia Medicas of fit* different schools of medicine with no apparent benefit, lie was induced to use these bitters, and a few bottles of them have entirely cured him. Many such eases we could refer to. We hope otir readers will recol lect this great restorative, should they be so unfortu nate as to require its use. Dr. Jackson possesses the original unpublished receipt of Dr. lionfland, and he prepares this medicine with care. Those pur chasing should call at his store, or see that his name is written upon the wrapper outside, and blown in the bottle, as imitations of good articles are common.” Judge M. M. Noah, a gentleman with great sci entific and literary attainments, said in his “New York Weekly Messenger,” January 6, 1850: “Dr. Ilootland's German Bitters. —Here is a pre paration which the leading presses in the Union ap pear to he unanimous in reeomending, and the rea son is obvious. It is made after a prescription furnished i by one of the most celebrated physicians of modern times, tin lata Dr. Christopher “Wilhelm IToofland, Professor to the University of Jena, Privata Physician to the King of Prussia, and ona of the greatest medi cal writers Germany has ever produced. He was emphatically the enemy of humbug, and therefore a medicine of which he was the inventor and endorser may he perfectly relied on. II specially recommend ed it in Liver Conqnaint, Dyspepsia, Debility, Vertigo, Acidity of the Stomach, Constipation, and all com plaints arising from a disordered condition of tho stomach, the liver and the intestines. Nine Phila- ! delphia papers express their conviction of its excel lence, and several of the editors speak of its effects from their own individual experience. Ujider these circumstances, we feel warranted not only in calling the attention of our readers to the present proprietor's (Dr. C. M. Jackson's) preparation, but in recom mending the article to all afflicted.” ‘More Evidence. Tli* “Philadelphia Saturday Gazett*,” 111* best family newspaper published in th* United States, the editor says of DR. HOOFLAND’S GERMAN BITTERS. “ It is seldom that we recommend what are termed Fatent Medicines to the confidence and patronage of our readers : and. therefore, when we recommend l)r. j Iloofland's German Bitters, we wish it to be distinct ly understood that we are not speaking of the nos trums of the day tbht are noised about for a brief period and then forgotten after they have done their guility race of mischief, but of a medicine long established, ! universally prized, and which lias met the heaity ap proval of the Faculty itself.’’ Evidence upon evidence has been received (like | the foregoing) from all sections of the Union, the last | three years, and the strongest testimony in its favor \ is. that there is more of it used in the practice of the • regular Physicians of Philadelphia than all other nos trums combined, a fact that can easily be established, and fully proving that a scientific preparation will meet with their quiet approval when presented even in this form. That this medicine will cure Liver Complaint and Dyspepsia, no one can doubt, after using it as direct ed. It acts specifically upon the stomach and liver— it is preferable to calomel in all bilious diseases —the effect is immediate. They can be administered to female or infant with safety and reliable benefit, at sny time. Beware of Counterfeits. This medicine has attained that high character which is necessary for all medicines to attain to in duce counterfeiters to put forth a spurious article at the risk of the lives of those who are innocently de ceived. Boole well to the Maries of the Genuine. They have the written signature of C. 31. JACK- SON upon the wrapper, and the name blown in the bottle, without which they arc spurious. For sale, wholesale and retail, at the German Med trine Store, No. 120 AUCiI street, one door below Sixth, (late of 278 llaee street,) Philadelphia, and by re spectable dealers generally throughout the country. O’ For sale also by Danforth & Nagel, Columbus, Ga., and by Dr. John M. T. Gullctt, at Buena \ ista. Marion co., Ga. August 22 3-1 ly I_->E Wise!—’Tis Folly to Dnr.it! Arnirmt > Read! —Thousands aro-vfferiug from disease from which there is no difficulty in being permanently and speedily relieved, provided tin- right means be used. As everv vice has its own punishment, so it would seem evorv disease Ims its remedy. 1 his is true, and tlteio js nothing in this life more certain than that the AMER ICAN CUM POUND is the most speedy and certain remedy for all diseases ol a delicate charactei, know n to the “world. Adopted to every stage of the disease, i sex and constitution, at all times and seasons, there is I no fears of exposure, detention from business nor te ! strietion in diet; from the certain and speedy relict it I gives, it is now the most popular remedy ot the day.— | Ten thousand oases have Been cured it during the past year. Prepared by a practical physician, the afflicted can rely with confidence on its curative powers over diseases ol this character. I'till directions aefofnpanv each bottle. CAUTION. — Ask forth* American Compound, and purchase only of the Agent*. 294. Market st. Phila delphia, and of Danforth &. Nagel,Columbus, Ga. June 20,1850. 25 “I am a man, and deem nothing which relates to man foreign to my feelings.’’ You'Ll and Manhood. A VIGOROUS LIFE, OR A I‘KEMATUHK 1) K A Tit. KIXKELINE ON SELF-PRESERVATION. Only Twcnty-Ehe 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 advic-e and impressive warning it gives, ; will prevent years of misery and suffering and save an- J minify Thousands of Lives. Parents by reading it. will learn how to prevent the destruction of their children. car a remittance of 25 cents, enclosed in a letter, addressed to Dr. KINKEIJNE. 1 Human street, Phil adelphia, will ensure a book, under envelope, per return of mail. Dr. K.. fifteen years resident Physician, 1 Human st. may bo consulted confidentially. He who places himself under tho care of Dr. K., may religiously confide in his honor as a gentleman, and confidently rclv upon his skill as a physician. Persons at a distance may address Dr. K. by letter, post paid, and bo cured at*home. Packages of Medic ices, Directions, Ac. forwarded, ky sending a remittanc*, and put up **eur from Dam age or Curiosity. Booksellers, News Agents. Pedlers, Canvass*!?, and all others supplied with the above work at very low rates. [April 4. 11 tl” Memphis Institute. MEDIC A L LHEP AItTM EX T . r IMIE regular course of Lectures in this Institute will i commence on the first of November, and con tinue until the last of February. The Anatomical De partment 1 will be opened and ready Jo receive students by the first of October. The Memphis Department will be under tho direction of the following PROFESSORS. j Z. Freeman, M. I).. Professor of Anatomy. R. S. Newton, M. D., Professor of Surgery. H. J. Hrr.cE, 51. 1)., Professor of Theory and Practice of Medicine. W. 1 vnn Powell, M. D., Professor of Physiology, Pathology, Mineralogy and Geology. J. Ki.vc.sl. D., Professor of Materia Medica,Thera peutics and Medical Jurisprudence. J. Milton Sander?. A. M., M. D., Professor of Chem istry and Pharmacy. J. A. W i.so.v, M. J).. Professor of Obstetrics and Dis ease* of Women nod Children. CLINIQUE J.E(TUBERS.- Medicine.—Vroy. 11. J. Hui.ce. Surgery. —Prof. R. >S. Newton. ‘A. Freeman. 51. D., Anatomical Demonstrator ‘i'h 3 Ices lor a full course of lectures amount to s>los. Each Professor's Ticket'. 815. Matricnlator’e, $5. Dem onstrator’s Fee. SlO. (fraduntion, S2O. Those desiring further information will please address their letters (post paid) to tho Dean: and students nv | riving in the city will please call on him at the Connner ! cial Hotel. R. S. NEWTON. 51. I).. Dean of the Faculty. LAW DEPARTMENT. ! Hon L. W. 51. KiNg, I’rolc.-sor of Theory and Prac : tice of Law. ■ John Dp la field,-Esq. Professor of Commercial Juris j Prudence. Terms per Session... .. .. .SSO | Ail conimunirafionspertaining to this department must | be addressed to E. W.. 51. KING, Esq. j Mem mi*, Tenn., March, 1850. | The Faculties, for intellectual abilities, moral worth : and professional acquirements, Will’ceThpur* favorably | with tha mo-t 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. j Those who contemplate our geographical position, and the extent of our population, cati have no doubt as to th* eligibility of our situation for an enterprise of tho 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. That the public may lie satisfied of the permanency of this school, we feel it our duly 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, rresident of the Memphis Tr>stit*t*. April 11, 1850. 15 ly BROKAW ARE NOW RECEIVING A SPLENDID AS SORTMENT OF Fall and fi- Winter DRY w GOODS, TO WHICH THEY INVITE THE ATTENTION OF CUSTOMERS. CLEMONS. Oct. 3, 1850. 40 Columbus and Greenville Plank and Turn pike Road Cos. TAKE NOTICE. IBOOKS of Subscription for Stock in said Company, ) will be opened at the Commercial Exchange React ing Room, on Monday and Tuesday, the 15;h and lGth of the present month. By order of the Corporators of said Company. HAMPTON S. SSIJTII, JOHN C. LEITNKR, GEO. W. WINTER, DAVID ADAMS. July 11,1850. 28 ts P. McLaren & Cos. NT EEP constantly on hand a large assortment of IV GROCERIES: LIQUORS ; WINES; TOBACCO; &e. &.C. And have just received a large supply of CIGARS direct from Havana. 2'UU’Cmmtry Merchant.- arc especially invited to ex amine our stock before purchasing elsewhere. Columbus, April 11. < J 5 jf THE LATEST NEWS FROM CUBA. COLUMBUS CIGAR FACTORY. THE late firm of Simons & Ortagus was dissolved hv mutual consent on the 24th inst. The business ol the establishment will be henceforth conducted by ROBERT T. SIMONS, At the Old Stand, where CHOICE HAVANA CIGARS can always be had at the lowest market price. Persons wishing a genuine article, will do well to call and examine my stock before purchasing elsewhere. Also, a good lot of AMERICAN CIGARS, which will be sold at from 10 TO 20 DOLLARS PER THOUSAND. Also, CHEWING TOBACCO, GERMAN CUT SMOKING TOBACCO, SPANISH MIXED TOBACCO. SNUFF, PTPES, Ac. Ac. Ac. Columbus, May 30. ) 22 ts ( Planters, Take Notice. Saw Mills, Gris! Mills, Factories, Gin Gcttf, Rice Mills, and Sugar Mills. rpHE firm of AMBLER A MORRIS arc now i 1 ready to build any of the aboVe named Mills, pro filed I v Water, Steam or Horse. Our work shall le done hi “rise best possible manner, and warranted inferior to none now in use. Both ot the above film are practi cal men. and attend to their business in person, and will furnish Engines for Steam Mills. Crist 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 ottr employers, if a Mill or any ol our work does not perform in the busi ness for winch it was intended, no pay will ho exacted, Trv us and see. ASIBLLR A MORRIS. Jan. 24, 1850. 4 lv Fire Proof Ware-House. r pITR undersigned have this day formed a copartner 1 ship under the name and style of k H. S. SMITH & 00. for the transaction of a genera! Ware-House and Commission Business in this city. ! The old firm, consisting of H. S. Smith, W. A. Redd j J. K. Redd.and Win. T. Smith, was dissolved by mutual : consent, and their business discontinued the first day ot September last. The present firm has on hand a largo supply of INDIA AND KENTUCKY BAGGING, Kentucky Bale Rope, Twine, Sugar end Molasses, which they will furnish their customers (at the I! 'are House) on the most reasonable terms, and the lowest market prices. Liberal advant es will be made on cotton placed in store with them. ]J. S. SMITH, .UNO. 1). STEWART WM.T. SMITH, W. C. GRAY, C*lumkus, Juno 6, 1350. 23 fan TROY WOODKN-W A R E MANUFACTURING COMPANY, \ RE now ready to eommenee operations, and will j XjL promptly supply all orders with which they may j he favored, for every description of Hollow Wooden- Ware, | embracing Buckets, Tubs, Rails, Cans, Ac. Ac. The ; Company will 1 * ready by the Ist ol March to enter cx | tensivelv into the mamifacturv of CI!A IRS, if vrhish they will be able to turn out a very superior ar ticle. TUII NIN G . Bed Ptoads, Wagon Hubs, and every other deseriptiea of Turning,-neatly don*. Tii* Manufactory is situated ?t tbs mouth of .Mulber ry Creek. 12 mile* from Columbus, 20 from Opelika, ■ and 22 from West Point. Ths Company is tints afford ed facilities for transportation in every direction, and will be able to furnish their goodsrn every section of the country at short n*4ice, and on reasonable terms. Orders left at flic- stores of” P. Bflnckh, orß.Jrr n:r,so.N, in this --ivy, will lie promptly filled. All orders through the mail, must he directed to R. G. Jkfikrson, Columbus, Ga. We shall ho happy to accommodato the would generally, and our fkiknds particularly. N. B.—Persons wishing to purchase privileges for mamilacturiiig purposes, can do so, as there sic a num ber ol Water Lots upon tha premise? for tale. Columbus, Jan. 3, 1850: 1 ]j- Dyeing” and Renovating Establishment. BERTITOLD SUNG UR T/OUI.D respectfully inform the ladies and gentle- V V men ot Uolmiibus. and vicinity. that he is still at his old stand on Broad Street, near the Mmket, where he is prepared to execute all work entrusted to him, in the various departments of Dyeing, Sr on ring, Renovating, A Blenching new and ol* 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 mew. Cotton, bulk, and Woolen goods bleached or dyed, in th very best manner, and with despatch. Also, Moserine Blue, Turkey Ac. Gentlemen’s garments cleansed and dyed so as not to soil the whitest linen. Carpeting renovated arid made ns good ns new. E3U All orders thankfully received and promptly ex ecu led. Columbus, March 21, 1350. 12 ts METALLIC OK VULCANIZED Eubba Machine Belting. *7 AAA FEET of t! above BELTING, suitable • for sill kinds of .Machinery-—from 1 to 20 inches wide—warranted superior .to leather or any kind ot belting in use, for its perfect equality ot width and thickness, whieii it will retain, and tor iis great strength and durability—does not slip on the pulleys and costs less titan die leather belting, hold by the subscriber at ten per cent, on manufacturers’ prices. Also. 300 lbs. Steam Engine PACKING, for Piston Rods, Straw Jionts. Cylinder Heads, A c. Abo. 500 feet of Vulcanized Steam Engine HOSE for Hydrants passing hot or cold water. Ac. WADE A CO. Sign of the Golden Saddle. Columbus, April 4,1850. M ly WOOL MANUFACTURE. r T'IiE Coweta Falls Manufacturing Cos. of Columbus, F is now prepared to Card and Manufacture Wool. Cash paid for Wool, or Kerseys exchanged for the raw material. May 23, 1850. “ 21 ts WANTED QA AAA BUSHELS PRIME SUN DRTED ! WHEAT. $1 50 for Red, and 81 02 j for white, will be paid in cash, at WINTER'S PALACE MILLS. j June 1550.27, 27 ts : 9 AAA FT. of ivimbei’s Patent Machine si re! eked • ItU'jU LEA 7 HER BELTING, from 1 inch to 14 inches, suitable for all kind* of Machinery, Gin Bands, Ac. Sold by the subscriber for ten per cent. adran.ee on ill* manufacturers’ prices. WADE & CO. Sign of the Golden Saddle, Columbus,April 4,1850. ]i jy GOLDEN SYRUP, MAPLE SYRUP, SUGAR HOUSE MOLASSES, For sale by ELLIS, KENDRICK &. REDD. July 4 GENUINE TEAS. IMPERIAL , HYSON. GUNPOWDER, and BLA CK TEA S, of a superior quality, just received by ELLIS, KENDRICK &. REDI). July 4 GENUINE TEAS. A fresh arrival of Imperial, Hyson, Gunpowder i and Black Teas, for sale bv | ELLIS, KENDRICK, A; REDD. LIQUORS AND WINES. i “YA T E have on hand and lor sale in quantities to suit r * piireha-ers. warranted purr, COGEA C BGA SB U, (of all grades,) AMERICAS do I LONDON EXCISE GIN, (very fine,) STAR do AMERICAN do j St. Croix Rum, American Rum, Irish Whiskey I Scotch Whiskey, Monongahela Whiskey, 01(1 ! Bourbon Whiskey, (fine) Claret Whiskey, Ma ! deira Wine, Sherry Wine, Port VV'ino, Teneriffh j Wine, Malaga Wine, Sacramental Wine, Claret j Wine, | LONDON PORTER AND SCOTCH ALE. Pure Apple Vinegar. All of which will fcesold low for cash, ELLIS, KENDRICK & REDD. July 4 A EORGIA, MUSCOGEE CpDNTY Court oj VT Ordinary, July Tenn, 1850 -pilule Ni Si. —Where as, r i homas McCarty, Administrator vvith the will an nexed of the estate of PStrickAlcQgrjj?, deceased, hav ing petitioned the Court to be dismissed from said Ad ministration. It is ordered by the Court that all persons concerned show cause! if any they have, at the? January Term next ensuing ol jkis Court, why the Administrator as aforesaid should not be dismissed- A true extract from the minutes of said Court. JOHN JOHNSON, c. c. o. July 11,1850. 1 m forCm VOUrTmONTHS AFTER DATE applica- JP tion will be made to the Honorable, the In ferior Court of Muscogee County when sitting for ordinary purposes, for leave to sell the real; estate of Abner 11. Fleweilen, deceased. ABNER C. FLEWELLEN, f A1 , WM. 11. CHAMBERS, \ ™ T "’ ELVIRA A. FLEWELLEN, Adm’rx, August 8, 1850. 33 -ifi)