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|_ presents to the Public more data on which
they can safely base their calculations relative
Ho the respective merits ofthe depleting system
■ofllie disciples of F.sculapius, and of that invig
orating and plilogestic one of which he is proud
to ho the advocate.
Leaving the stilts of egotism and shafts of rid
icule tor the use of those who have nothing bet
ler to stand on, and no other weapons lor attach
or dcliiicc, be selects bis standing on truin, ana
uses such support only Us merit gives him ; and
for weapons, he chooses simply to assail the
ranks of the enemy occasionally with “a little
more grape,’’ in the form of facts,which are evi
dently the hardest kind of arguments since they
often administer to Ins quiet amusement by the
terrible destruction they cause among the stills
and the ludicrous effect they produce in causing
certain individuals to laugh, as it is expressed in
homely phrase, “on t'other side the mouth.”
'flm Mexicans are not the only people, these
days, whom vanity lias blinded to their own de
fects ; neither can they claim much superiority
in the way of fancied eminence and blustering
bravado over many that live a great deal nearer
borne. A salutary lesson lias latterly been giv
en the former by the Americans, and the latter
may ere long take “ another of llie same uto
mode de Tuijlor.
After the following there will still he “a few
mote left.”
Georgia, Fones County,3lßlß.
This certifies that for more than four or five
years my wife was afflicted with a disease pecu
liar to her sex, and notwithstanding all that we
could do, she still continued to get worse. The
Physicians in attendance had exhausted their
skiii without rendering her any assistance tiii,
in 1844, when she was confined to her lied in a
very low condition, 1 got her last attendant to go
with me to Macon anil lay her case before Dr.
M. S. Thomson, who, without having seen her,
prescribed and sent her medicine that soon re
lieved her, and in the course of a short time re
stored her to permanent health. She lias now
been well about four years and rejoices in the
recovery of her long lost health
FRANCIS B. lIASCAL.
Macon. June 22d, 1848.
Dk. M. S. Thomson —Dear Sir : Deeming it
a duty I owe to yourself as well as to tile afflicted
generally*! have concluded to give you a short
statement of my ease, which you are at liberty to
publish if you think that the best mode of therchv
subserving the interests of suffering humanity.
In May 1811, after considerable exposure to
cold, I was attacked with Asthma, which pros
trated rue very much, and notwithstanding all
that could he done to prevent it, it continued to
return about every two weeks till in 184 G, 1 ap
plied to you. Between these attacks I had a very
severe cough, which led some of the physicians
In whom 1 applied to believe that I had consump
tion. ] applied to physicians of both the Min
eral and Botanic schools, of eminent general
qualifications, but all to no benefit, for 1 contin
ued to get worse,so much so that I had reduced
from being a strong, fleshy man, down to a mere
skeleton and could hardly creep about.—When
1 applied to you, 1 hud hut little faith in being
cured, though 1 had witnessed some wonderful
results following your treatment, especially the
cure of that crazy woman you bought of Aquil-
Phelps, in Jasper, yet they gave me confi
denee and by persevering in the use of your
Tcmedies t and as it were hoping against hope,
, am touch gratified in being able to announce
that I have got entirely well, for 1 have had but
one hglit attack in twenty months, and that was
eight months ago. 1 have now regained about
my former weight, and feel as strong as almost
any man ot lifty-onc, which is my age. Without
< isparagement to the characterofthe othercures
iat have so frequently resulted from your prac
!°. e ’ * 0 not think that any of them can beat
l f , MS ’ lur confirmed Jisthma combined with a
I ,‘ )n ''umptir.r, cough, especially where the flesh
I ;' s was,ft d, has long been classed among the in
rc.vl>|r;a. Most respectfully,yours,
1L LIGIITFOOT.
niT ' C I,n ']'’ rs ignccl still continues to treat Chro
tl n C '' SBa f ro, " il distance at his office,or either of
tlir C, *r r * ,oa rding houses, and at a distance
'vh? !f ' l ' ,C niai or by private hand. Those
at fi. ,°i nt rer l ,, ' re personal attention, are treated
tistnY * ollars per month, those who do, at the
pav n mo< * er:,t9 rates. Those who are able to
our i' U t ex P cct to B °> without variation from
thosY.T’ urileßS a distinct bargain is made,
-who aro not, will be treated gratuitously.
lICTS must be post-paid, and addressed
r . „ M. S.THOMSON, Al. D.
Macon, Ga.
VOLUME I.
3.) o c t v g.
THE TIME TO DIE.
I ashed the glad and happy child,
Whose bands were filled with flowers,
Whose silvery laugh rung free and wild
Among the vine-wreathed bovvers;
I crossed Iter sunny path and cried,
“When is the time to die ?”
“Not yet ! not yet!” the child replied,
And swiftly bounded by.
I asked the maiden. Back she threw
The tresses of her hair,
Griefs traces o'er her cheeks I knew,
Like pearls they glistened there ;
A flush passed o'er her lily brow,
1 heard Iter spirit sigh,
“Not now,’’ she cried, “Oh, no, not now !
You h is no time to die !”
I asked a mother, as she pressed
Her first-born in her arms,
As gently on her tender breast
She bushed her babe’s alarms ;
in quivering tone her accents came,
Iler eyes were dim with tears;
“My boy his mother’s heart must claim
For many, many years.”
I questioned one in manhood’s prime
Os proud and fearless air;
liis brow vVns furrowed not by time,
Nor dimmed by woe or care.
In angry accents he replied,
And flashed with scorn his eye,
“Talk not to me of death !” he cried,
N “For only age should die.”
1 questioned one for whom the tomb
Had long been all prepared ;
For death who withers life and bloom,
This man of years had spared,
Once more his nature’s dying fire
Blazed high, and thus he cried,
“Life ! only life is my desire I”
Then gasped, and groaned, and died !
I asked a Christian—“ Answer thou
When is the hour of death ?”
A holy calm was on his brow,
AiiiT penceiui vvastlis brenth,
And sweetly o’er his features stole
A smile, a light divine ;
lie spoke the language of his soul—
“My Maker’s time is mine.” .
THE BEAVER.
The extraordinary instincts of the Bea
ver, in a state of freedom, have long fur
nished one of the most attractive subjects
of Natural History. Much that is false
and exaggerated has found fts way into
the common descriptions of the habits of
these animals ; and the really extraordi
nary qualities which the species display
have referred to an intelligence approach
ing that of the human race. The singular
actions of the beaver are suggested by in
stinct alone —the same instinct which
guides tiro ant and the bee. Each indi
vidual beaver is precisely the same in its
faculties as another ; they are all untaught
—they are all incapable of teaching—they
all remain the same in point of intelligence
from generation to generation.
The exaggeration which absurdly pre
vails with regard to the habits of tire bea
ver may be referred to unavoidable causes.
The species are exceedingly timid and vi
gilant, and invariably labor in the night"
time. Thus, few persons competent to
observe them accurately have had the op.
portunity of doing so. The greater part
of our information is derived from the fur
traders and Indians ; and these men are
ignorant and credulous, deceiving them
selves and deceiving others. The best
account we have seen of the habits of the
beaver is that by Dr. John Godman, Pro
fessor of Natural History in the Franklin
Institute of Pennsylvania. It is given in
tie second volume of his “American Natu.
ral Historyand this we shall abridge.
The general aspect of the beaver, at
first view, would remind one of a very
large rat, and seen at a little distance it
might be reajily mistaken for the common
musk-rat. But the greater size of the
beaver, the thickness and breadth of its
head, and its horizontally flattened, broad
and scaly tail, render it impossible to mis
take it, when closely examined, for any
other creature.
In a state of captivity or insulation, the
beaver is a quid or rather stupid animal,
evincing about as much intelligence as a
tamed badger, or any other quadruped
which can learn to distinguish its teeder,
come when called, or grow familiar with
the inmates of the house where it is kept.
It is only in a state of nature that the bea
ver displays any of those singular modes
of acting which have so long rendered the
species celebrated. Their extraordinary
instincts arc applied to two principal ob
jects . 1. To secure a sufficient depth of
UIACON, (GAO SATURDAY MORNING, AUGUST l!, 1549.
water to prevent it from being frozen to
the bottom: 2. To construct lints, in
which they pass the winter.
If beavers choose a spot fir their resi
dence where the water is not of sufficient
depth, they set about obviating the incon
venience by building a dam. The mate
rials used for the construction of their
dams are the trunks and branches of the
small birch, mulberry, willow, poplar, Ac.
They begin to cut down their timber for
building early in the summer, but their
edifices are not commenced until about
the middle or la'ter part of August, and
are not completed until the beginning of
the cold season. The strength of their
teeth and their perseverance in this work,
may be fairly estimated by the size < C the
trees they cut down. Dr. Best informs
us that be has seen a mulberry-tree, eight
inches in diameter, which had been gnaw
ed down by the beaver. Dr. Goilman saw
while on the banks of the Little Miami
river, several stumps of trees, which had
evidently been felled by these animals, of
at least five or six inches in diameter.—
These are cut in such a manner as to full
into the water, and then floated towards
the site of the dam or dwellings. Small
shrubs, Ac. cut at a distance from the wa
ter, are dragged with their teeth to the
stream, and then launched and (owed lo
the place of deposit. At a short distance
above a heaver-dam the number of trees
which have been cut down appears truly
surprising, and the regularity of the
stumps which are left might lead persons
unacquainted with the habits of the animal
to believe that the clearing was the result
ofhuman industry.
The figure of the darn varies according
to circumstances. Should the current he
very gentle, the dam is carried nearly
straight across ; hut when the stream is
swiftly flowing, it is uniformly made with
a considerable curve, having the convex
part opposed to the current The materi
als used in constructing the datns are se
cured solely by the resting of the branch
es, &c., against the bottom, and tin? sub
sequent accumulation of mud and stones,
by the depostt of the stream or by the in
dustry of the heavers.
The dwellings of the beaver arc formed
of the same materials as their dams, and
are very rude, though strong, and adapt
ed in size to the number ofthe inhabitants.
These are seldom more than four old and
six or eight young ones.
Their work is all performed at night,
and they are exceedingly cautious of the
approach of any object.
A Cool Operation. —“ Hallo, there
capting !” saida “brother Jonathan” to a
captain of a canal packet on the Erie Ca
nal, “vvliat do you charge for passage ]”
“Three cents per mile and boarded,”
said the captain.
“ YVal, 1 guess 1 11 take passage, capting,
seeing as liovv I am kinder gin eout walk
ing so far.”
Accordingly he got on hoard just as the
steward was ringing the bell for dinner.—
Jonathan sat down and began to demolish
the “fixins,” to the utter cons'ernation of
captain, until lie had cleared the table of
all that was eatable, when he got up and
went on deck, picking his teeth very com
fortably.
“How far is it,-capting, from here lo
where I came aboard ?”
“Nearly one mile and a half,” said th P
captain.
“Let’s see,” said Jonathan, “that would
he just four and a half cents : but never
mind, capting, I won’t he small ; here’s
five cents, which pays my fare to here; l
guess I’ll go ashore now ; I’m kinder rest
ed out.”
The captain vamosed fertile q&bin, and
Jonathan went ashore. • ’I lie captain did
not take any more “passengers” the re.
maindcr of the summer.— T an/ece Blade.
“Are you an Odd Fellow ]”
“No, sir! I’ve been married for a
week!”
“I mean do you belong to the Order ofl
Odd Fellows ?”
“No, l belong to the Order of Married
Men.”
“Mercy, liovv dumb! Are you a Ma
son 1”
“No, I am a carpenter by trade.”
“Worse and worse ; are you a Son of
Temperonce ?”
“Bother you, no, —I am a sou of Mr,
John Gosling.”
The querist went away.
Tafi Newspaper Bov. —The Rev. Mr.
Spear is a practical philanthropist—not
only a preacher, hut a doer of good, lie
has lately published a small pamphlet in
answer to tiie question often pot to him,
“whatare you doing, friend Spear?” in
which he relates a few of his acts, one of
which is described below :
Entering the police court, as usual, one
morning, I noticed among the prisoners a
youth hut poorly clad, and who was
bathed in tears. Sitting down by his side
I said to him, “why are you here, my son]”
“I am accused of selling newspapers,
sir without a license.”
“Are you guilty I”
“Yes, sir.”
“Have you been arrested before I”
“Yes, twice.”
“What for ?”
“For selling newspapers.”
“Why do you persist in doing it ?”
“Because I don’t know what else to do
to get a living.”
“Have you a father ?”
“No, sir, my father is dead.”
“Is your mother living ?”
“My mother is a drunkard; she does
not take care of me, and I don't know
where she is now.”
As th<i thought of his loneliness came
over him, lie wept as though his heart
would break. I was much moved.
“Where do you lodge?” I inquired.
“Near Union street, sir. 1 pay nine
ponce a night for my lodging, in advance,
and I buy two plate3 of beans in the course
of the day, for which I pay as much
mote.”
“How do you spend your evenings I”
“I walk about the streets or go into the
auction-rocms.”
“Cannot you sit down in the house
where you lodge, by the fire, and read]”
“No, sir. the woman of the house is
poor. She lias no room for me at the
fire.”
“Would you like to go into the country
and work, if a place could he obtained
for you ]”
“Yes, sir, I would he glad to go and
work for my living. 1 don’t wajit to stay
in Boston any longer ; hut I have nobody
to get a place for me. I don't want to go
down to the jail again.”
I now spoke to the judge respecting
the prisoner. One of the officers of the
court said, “It is no use for you to try to
do anything for him, for lie lias been sent
to the jail twice for doing the same thing.’’
“That is a good reason,” I said, “why
he should not he sent there again.”
After some conversation with the judge,
I agreed to pay the costs of tiie prosecu
tion, and he agreed to call the fine one
cent.
Taking the boy by the hand to my house,
he was supplied with food, shoes and
stockings put upon his feet, and a good
jdacc was immediately obtained for him in
the country, where he is now doing well.
—Boston Post.
The Locomotive Committee. “Well
Zeb,” said a colored gemman the other
day, to another, “vvliat business are you
prosecuting now I”
“Oh, nuffin much, ’ceptin that 1 ’ca
sionally act cs a'mittee man down to the
ralerode.”
“Oh, hush, nigger, you don’t say so !
When you arrive at such an extinguish
ment ?”
“Why, I’se been fullerin it, less or
more, all dis season, specially since de
ralerode went into corporation !”
“Well, Zeb, what composition do you
get for your services 1”
“O! nuffin to mention, ceptin that I
casionallv have the disagreeable honor of
assistin to put away de locomotur into the
establishment, which you know may,
sometime or anoder, exal me to de extin
guished capacite of engineer.”
|Gj”The most beautiful sight in nature,
Dobbs says was a woman he met yester
day.—“ Grace was in her step, Heaven in
her eyes, and in her arms a baby.” A
rose hush with a hud clinging to it, was
nothing to the heavenly loveliness.
“Who is that fellow bowing right and
left, and introducing Mr. Clay to the
crowd,” asked a gentleman of a friend, at
one ofthe levees ofthe giant of the West,
held in the St. Charles, New Orleans.
“I don't know his name,” was the response,
“but he is evidently Mr. Clay’s right bow
er.”—Cincinnati Dispa'eh,
NUMBER 37.
Wouldn’t stay to hear it. —The fol
lowing is told by the Hickman (Ky ) News
Letter: A chap named Jonithau Mullins
was arraigned at the last term of the
Graves Circuit Court for the crime of
petty larceny. The evidence being heard
and the arguments of counsel concluded
the jury retired to their room tjconsulton
their verdict. Some difficulty was ex
perienced by the jury in arriving at a
conclusion, and for a long time it was sup
posed “the jury were hung.” During this
time Jonathan could ho seen upon
the court green busi'y engaged about
his affairs, having something to say to al
most every idler on the square. Sudden
ly, however, a noise was heard above stairs
“The jury are coming down” was whis
pered through the crowd.
“Mr. Clerk, call over the names of the
venire Stop! Mr. Sheriff, 1 don’t
see the prisoner in court. Call Jonathan
Mullins,” said the judge.
The call was made. Dead silence
reigned in the court room. But no Mul
lins made his appearance. Finally, the
jury were told to return their verdict.
“We the jury find the prisoner guilty
as charged,” &c.
But the proceeding was idle. Jona
than had vamosed.— lie said if the ver
dict was for him lie would find it out, and
if it was against him the intelligence would
be so distressing that he would lather not
stay to hear of it.
Making a M ark. —A captain of a sloop
at one of our wharves, hired a Yankee,
“a green hand,” to assist in loading his
sloop wi h corn. Just as the vessel was
about to set sail, the Yankee, who was
jingling the price of liis day’s work in his
pantaloons, cried out from the wharf, —
“Say, yeou capting 1 I lost yeour shovel
overboard, hut I cut a big notch on the
rail fence around the stain, right over the
spot where it went down, so’t you'll find
yeour shovel when yeou come hack.”
Drinking Like a Beast. —The Rev.
Mr. Murray being at wedding party
where there were some wild young men,
they proposed that he should drink with
them ; to this he assented, at the same time
remarking that “he could drink like a
beast.” At ibis they started at each other
and winked, indicating that tlioy would
make him go the “entire animal.”
After drinking a glass, he positively re
fused to take any more. They reminded
him of his promise, to which he replied :
“I have performed my promise—l’ve
had enough, and a beast always leaves off
when he lias had enough.”
The reproof was keenly felt, and it is
said, had a salutary effect oil the young
men.
A Pert Reply. —A young buck be
longing to the independent-drink or-let it
nlone just-as- I-please-without-signing-! lie
pledge-society, “popped the question” to
a pretty girl, a slioit time since, who
brought a still deeper blush to his always
blushing countenriyca, lay replying that
she had signed the pledge neither to drink
nor traffic in ardent spirits, she did not
feel at liberty to traffic herself off for a
hogshead of brandy !
An old toper in the last stages of drop
sy, was told by his physician that nothing
could save him hut being tapped. His
little son objected to his operation by say
ing, “daddy, daddy ! don’t let him, for you
know there was never anything ‘tapped
in this house that lasted over a week.”
A lady in Chester was asked to join a
Division oftlio Daughters of Temperance,
“His unnecessary ; as it is my intention
to join one of the Sons soon.”
A Good Answer. —“ What shall Ido,’’
said a liquor seller to a temperance lec
turer, “if I quit selling 1” “Go to the
poor house,” said the lecturer, “and he
supported there, and let the poor you
have made paupers, come out.”
A lady was overheard in earnest discus
sion with a gentleman noted for his ten
acity in his opinion. Waxing warm the
gentleman observed, “Mrs. C., facts arc
stubborn things.” And the lady replied,
“Then, Mr. M-, what a great fact you
must be.”
An Irish Judge said, when addressing
a prisoner convicted of murder—“ You
are to he hanged and I hope it will he a
warning to you.”
BOOK AND JOB PRINTING,
Will be executed in the most apj*rorcd stipe
and on the best ter ms,at the < fficcoj the
-BY—
\VM. B. HARRISON.
Scientific Lecture Du the Toiul.
Ladies and Gentlemen:—The animal or
rather the reptile, which I shall consider
this evening, is commonly called the toad—
more uncommonly the land frog. It is a
bird that has been without feathers ever
since they were shot ofl by the sportsmafl
some huudred years ago—very docile in
its position, arid domestic in his habits.
It is more remarkable for good bcliavioui
than personal beauty.
The toad measures more tlffftr a stnall
mouse in length, and averages considera
bly across the hack. Its prevailing color
is a mixture of nutmeg, ginger, and black
pepper, excepting the belly, which res
embles dirty white kid. Here it might
seem that natuie had made an egregious
mistake. Had she put the hard, dark,
unsliowdirtablc skin of the back next to
the earth, better economy would, I think
have been evinced, and a more refined
taste exhibited ; hut, as Tope says, “What
ever is. is as it is.” It is amply provided
with stools, called toad stools, but it al
ways prefers sitting on the ground—gen
erally under a currant hush, a cabbage leaf
or a harrow; and winks most bewitchingly
to every passer by, the girls especially.
In short, the animal couldn’t stand erect
if he were to try; and therefore it always
receives is company seated. It nevet*
walks, trots, canters, gallops, nor flies ;
hut when it moves it goes with a lazy,
goutisli jerk and a hop, seldom giving more
than one in succession before it stops to
rest, think and meditate upon the improve
ments, or rather innovations of the age,
and matters and things in general. It
possesses no tail, and is supposed to harbor
no desire fur one, since the saying is pro
verbial that, “It is no mose needed than a
toad wants a tail.” It displays no rings
[ upon its fingers—weafs hone in its ears ;
in the place of which it lias a precious
jewel in its head. Would that as much
could be said ofthe thousand and one fash
ionable human hop toads in the gardeh of
society;
"V aluable Dog.—“l say, stranger,”
said a cottage urchin to a Yankee pcdlatj
“don’t yrm whistle that ’ere dog away.”
“Why, lie aint no use nohoiv, lie’s so
so ugly.”
“Oh, hut he saves a heap of work.”
“How ?”
“Why, he always licks the plates and
dishes clean so that they never want wash
ing, and mammy says she wouldn’t part
with him nohow, for our new' dog aint got
used to mustard yet.”
The Schoolmistress at Home-—“My
dear hoy,” said a kind hearted country
sclioolinisiress to an unusuaiiy promising
scholar, whose quarter was about up, “Mv
dear hoy, does your father wish you should
thread the intricate and thorny path ofthe
profession, the straight and narrow way
o! the ministry, or revel amid the flowery
fields of literature]” “No, marm,” ie
plied the juvenile prodigy, “dad says he’s
going to set me to work in the taterpatch.”
It is a had sigh to see a man with his
hat off at midnight, arguing the rum-sell
er’s cause to a lamp-post. It is also a had
sign to see a fellow lie down in the gutter
supposing it to he his bed, and commence
calling a poor innocent hog all srirt of hard
names, mistaking it for his wife.
Rising Genius. —Ahoy, who display
ed a long, dangling watch-chain, was
asked
“What’s the time of day, .Tosiah ]”
The lad drew out his watch very cere
moniously, and after examining it for a
while, referred to another l»ov, surf said,
“Is this the figury nine or the figury se
ven ?”
He was told that it was the figure seven.
“Well, then,” said the genius, “it lacks
just half an inch of eight.'’
A Pointed Blow.— An invalid sent fb’r
a physician, the late Dr. Wheelman, and
after detaining him some lime with a de
scription of his pains, aches, <fee., he thus
summed up with—
“ Now Doctor, you have humbugged
me long enough with your good-for-noth
ing pills and worthless syrups—they don’t
touch the real difficulty. I wish you to
strike the cause of my ailment, if jt is in
your power to reach it.”
“It shall he done,” said the Doctor, a
the same time lifting his cane and demol
ishing a decanter if gin that stood on the
sideboard.