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ING met with unprecedented success in
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iP-ossm,
March of Intellect.
A parent asked a Priest his boy to bless,
Who forthwith charged him he must confess,
“ Well,” said the boy, “ suppose, sir, I am willing,
What is yon I charge?” “To you ’tis b»L a
sbiiling ”
" Musta11 Ulen P»y- fin <3 all men make confession?”
A. es, every Ui.m of C atholic profession.”
“And whom do you confess to?” “Why, the
Dean.”
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Confess to Bishops, and pay smartly, too.”
Do Bishops, sir, confess ? If so, to whom !”
• Y\ by, they confess, and pay the Pope of Rome.”
“ Weli >” 'P'oHi the boy, “ all this is mighty odd.”
“And does the l’ope confess ?” “Ob, yes, to God,’
“And does God charge the Tope ?” “No,” quoth
the Priest,
“God charges nothing.” “Oh, then, to God is
best.
God is abie to forgive, and always willing-*—
To him I will confess, and save my shilling.-'
I 't cases are entirely curable, 1 have deem
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From Dickens’ Household Words.
A Cousin in Nerd.
On a dreary autumn day, more, than a
hundred years ago, a heavy traveling car
riage was slowly lumbering along the mud
dy r*d from Uostdam to Berlin. With
in it was one person only, who took no
heed of the slowness of the traveling but
leaning back in a corner, was arranging
multiplicity of papers contained in a small
porttolio and making notes in a pocket-
book. Since lie was dressed in a plain
dark uniform it was fair to suppose that
this gentleman belonged to the Pussian
army, but to which grade of it nobodv
could determine, as all tokens of rank had
been avoided. A dreary November even
ing was closing in, and though the rain
had for a time ceased, yet dark masses of
clouds flying through the sky gave tvarn-
ing that a “weeping darkness” was at
hand. The road grew heavier and heavi
er, at least so it should have seemed to a
foot traveller who was ploughing his way
through its mire; and doubtless it did seem
to tiie carriage horses, who at last flound
ered along so slowly that the pedestrian
whom they had overtaken kept easily by
the side of the coach, though at a respect
ful distance, certainly, after the first buck
et full of mud tiiat it splashed over him.—
1 lie gentleman inside the coach, when he.
could see no longer, shut up his portfolio
and returned the pocket-book to its place
in the breast lining of his coat. He then
roused himself to look out of the window,
and judge, from the mud and darkness,
how tar it might be to Berlin. For. tire
first time lie perceived that a muddy young
man was walking at a little distance from
his horses. Though more than reasonably
travel-stained, be trudged on as if bis
limbs were'strong and his heart light.—
Through the drizzle and the darkness all
that could be seen cl his face was sensible
and good tempered. He had just finished
a pipe as he attracted the traveller’s atten
tion, and was just in the act of replacing
the pipe in a wallet slung over his hack,
when lie heard himself addressed in the
manner following, and in rather an author
itative tone of voice :
“Hollo ! young man, whither-are you
bound this stormy looking night ?”
“That is more than I can tell you,not he-
-ing at home in this part of the world. My
wish is to reach Berlin ; but if I find a rest
ing place before I get there, to that I am
bound, for I am a-weary.”
“I should think you must have two hours
walk before you,” was the unsatisfactory
remark that followed.
“The young man made no reply, and
after a short pause the stranger said—
“If it pleases you to rest on the step of
the carriage for a few miuutes you are
welcome so to do. Herr, What’s your
name.
“My name is Heinrich Meyer,” replied
the young man, “one of those who wisely
never refuse the small benefit because
the larger one is not to be obtained.” He
thankfully accepted the not very cleau
place allotted to him.
“From inside the window the nextques-
> tion put to Heinrich was—
“What are you going to Berlin for 1”
“To hunt for some cousins,” was the an
swer.
“And pray who may they be?” asked the
unknown. »
“Well to tell you the truth I have not an
idea who they are, or where to look for
them. Indeed, it is more than doubtful
whether I have so much*as an acquain
tance in Berlin, much less a relation.”
The questioner who should have been
an American colonel, looked amused and
astonished as he suggested—
“Surely 7 there must be some other mo
tive for your going to Berlin, or what
could have put this idea into your head ?”
“Why,” replied Heinrich, “I have just
become a clergyman, without the smallest
chance of getting anything to do in my
own neighborhood. I have no relative to
help me, and not quite money enough to
find me in necessaries.”
“But,” said the Prussian, “what on earth
has this to do with cousins in Berlin V’
“Well, now, who knows? Many of my
fellow students have got good appoint
ments, and, whenever 1 asked them to let
me know how it was done, the answer al
ways was, ‘a cousin gave it to me,’ or ‘I got
it through the interest-of a cousin who
lives at Berlin, Now, as I find none of
these useful cousins live in the country, I
must go without there help or else hunt for
them in Berlin.”
This was all siad in a eomicial, dry
way, so that his listener could not refrain
from laughing, but he made no comment.
However he pulled out a piece of paper,
and began to write upon it When he had
finished .he turned round to Heinrieh,
saying that he observed he had been smok
ing, and that he felt' inejined to do the
same, but had forgotten to bring tinder with
him. Could Herr Meyer oblige him with
• a light ?
“Certainly, with great pleasure,” was the
prompt reply ; and Heinrich, taking a tin
der-box out of his wallet, immediately be
gan to strike a light. Now, it has been said
that the evening was damp. It was so
damp that there seemed little enough
prospect of the tinder’s lighting ; moreover
the wind blew the sparks out almost be
fore they fell.
“Well, if your cousins are not more ea
sily to be got at than your light I pity 3’Ou,
young sir,” was the «ole remark to which
the stranger condescended as he watched
Heinrich’s iaborous endeavors.
A?7 desperandum is my motto,” answered
the young man ; and when the words were
scarcely uttered the light had been struck.
In his delight at succeeding Heinrich
jumped upon the carriage step, and, lean
ing through the window, thrust the tinder
eagerly in the direction of the gentleman’s
face. “Hurra, sir, puff away ?”
After a short pause, during which time
the stranger had beer, puffing at his pipe,
he removed it from his mouth, and addres
sed Heinrich in this wav—
“I have been thinking over what you
have been telling me, and perhaps, in an
humble way, I might be able to assist you,
and thus act the part of the cousin your are
seeking. At all events, when you get to
Berlin take this note,” handing him a slip
of paper on which he had been writing;
“take this note to Marshal Grumbkow, who
is somewhat of a friend of mine, and who
will, I think, be glad to oblige me. But,
mind ! Do exactly as lie -bids you, and
abide strictly by bis advice. If he says he
will help you, rely upon it he will keep his
word; bathe is rather eccentric, and the way
lie sets about doing a kindness may perhaps
seem strange to you. And now,” he con
tinued, as the road is improved, I must
hurry on the horsesjgand so bid you good
evening, hoping you will prosper in your
new career.”
As Heinrich began to express his thanks
for the good wishes of his unknown friend,
the signal was given to increase the speed
of the horses, and before lie had time to
make any acknowledgments lie found
himself alone again. The young man was
astonished at what'had taken place; and,
as he gazed on the slip of paper, could not
help wondering whether any good would
come of it. These were the only words
written on it:
Dear Marshal : - If you can forward the view
of the bearer, Heinrich Meyer, you will oblige
your friend, ' F.
Let me know the result of the interview with
him.”
Time will prove this, as it does all
things.” thought Heinrich, as he proceeded
on his way. Some how r or other the road ap
peared less wearisome, and lie felt less
tired and footsore, since receiving the
mysterious bit of paper. Hope was stron
er than she had been for many a day ;
and on her wings he was carried pleasantly
along, so that he reached Berlin by night
fall. *
The noise and bustle of the capital was
new' to him ; and he found some little diffi
culty in making his way to the gasthaus,
to which lie had been recommended by the
pastor of his parish. The pastor, havin
een once in Berlin, was considered, in his
part of the world, an oracle in all matters
connected with town life.
The inn was, however, found at last,
and, after a frugal supper and a good
night's rest, our friend arose, ready to hope
and believe every thing from the mysteri
ous note, which he started forth to deliver
imjnediately after breakfast.
Obliged to ask his way to Marshal Grum-
likow’s, he was amused and surprised at
the astonishment depicted on the counte
nances of those persons of wh6m he made
the inquiry, as if they would say, “What
business can you have with Marshal Grum
bkow ?”
The house»was, at last gained, and, hav
ing delivered his missive to a servant, He
inrich awaited the result in the hall. In s
few minutes the servant returned and re
quested him, in the most respectful man
ner, to follow' him to the Marshal’s pres
ence. Arrived there, he was received
most courteously ; ami the Marshal made
many inquiries as to his past life and future
prospects ; requested to be told the name
ot the. village or town in which he had been
last residing; the school in which he had
been educated; at what end he was living
in Berlin, and so forth,. But still no allusion
w'as made either to the note or the writer
of it. The interview lasted about twenty
minutes; at the end of which the Marshal
dismissed him, desiring*that he would call
again on that day fortnight.
Heinrich employed the interval in vis
iting the lions of the tow r n. There was :
grand review of the troops on the King’s
birth day ; and, like a loyal subject, our
friend went to have a reverent stare at h
Majesty, whom he had never seen. Atone
point of the revie w the King stopped almost
opposite to Heinrieh ; and then was sug
gested to him, as the reader probably sus
pects that, after all, he must have seen
that face somewhere before. Was it the
friend who had hailed him in the muddy
road ? Impossible ! How should a King
be travelling at that time of the day ? At,
any rate it vexed him to think that he had
not treated the gentleman in the coach in a
very ceremonious manner. He had thrust
tinder at his nose and cried to him, “Puff
away.”
At last the time appointed for his second
visit to the Marshal arrived. His recep
tion w'as again most favorable. 'Dfce Mar
shal begged him to he seated at the table
at which he w'as writing-, and proceeded at
the same time to business. Unlocking *a
drawer and bringing forth a small bundle
of papers, he asked Heinrich, as he drew'
them forth one by one if he knew in w hose
handwriting the various superscriptions
were ?
Heinrich answered to the best of his he
lief, one w r as that of Herr Mudel, his form
er schoolmaster, another that of Doctor Von
Hummer, the principal of such a college,
and so on.
“Quite right,” and perhaps it may not sur-
priseyou to heartliatl have writtento these
different gentlemen to inquire your char
acter, that I may know' w ith whom I have
to deal, and not be working in the dark.”
As lie said these words, the Marshal fixed
his eyes on Heinrich to see what effect
they had, but the young man’s counte
nance was unabashed ; he evidently feared
no evil report. “1 feel bound,” continued
the Marshal, “to tell you that all they say
of you is most favorable, and I am equally
bound to believe and act upon tfreir opin
ions. I have now to beg of you to follow
me to a friend’s house.”
The Marshal descended a private stair
case leading to the court-yard, crossing
which he passed through a gate in the
wall into a narrow side street, down which
he conducted Heinrich, till they arrived
at a private entrance to the palace. Hein
rich began to get exceedingly nervous ;
the conviction that his idea was not a mere
trick of the imagination became stronger
and stronger. Could he have had his own
w'ish Heinrich Meyer would at that mo
ment have been forty miles from Berlin.—
At last, he found himself following Grumb
kow even into the palace, he could not re
frain from exclaiming, “Indeed, Herr Mar
shal, there must be some mistake !”
No answer was vouchsafed as the Mar
shal continued to lead him through various
galleries and apartments until at last they
reached the door of one situated in a cor
ner of a wing of the palace, where the Mar
shal’s knock was answered by a short
“come in.” As the door opened, one'
glance sufficed to convince Hciurich that
his friend in the mud and the King were
one and the same person.' The poor cous
in seeker, greatly confused, knelt befere
Frederic William and began faltering out
contrite apologies.
“Rise, young man,” said the King, “you
have not committed treason. How' on
earth could you guess who I was? I should
not travel quietly if I meant to be every
were recognized.”
After reassuring Heinrich, the King told
him that he was prepared to push him for
ward in the profession lie had chosen.—
“But first,” he said, “I must hear you
preach. On Sunday next, therefore, you
shall preach before me ; hut mind I shall
choose the text. You may retire.”
By the time Heinrich Meyer reached
his own room in the inn he had fixed in
his mind the fact that he was to preach
before the King. The fact was only too
clear, and all that he could do was to set
about liis sermon as soon as he should
have been furnished with a text. For the
remainder of that day he never stirred out;
every step on the stair was to his ear that
of the bearer of the text.
Nevertheless, evening and night passed,
and the next day was far advanced, hut still
no text.
What was to he done '? There were only
two days before Sunday ! He must go
and consult the Marshal, hut the latter
could give him no further information. All
he could do was to promise that, if the
King sentthetext through him,it should be
forwarded with the utmost possible dis
patch.
That day and the next passed, and yet
Heinrich heard nothing from either King
or Marshal. Only an official intimation
had been sent, as was customary, that
he li#u been selected as the preacher
on the following Sunday at the Chapel
Royal.
If it hfid 'not been that Heinrich knew
himself topossessnomeanpowersoforatory,
and that he could even extemporize in ease
of emergency, he would certainly have fun
away from Berlin and abjured his dicover-
ed eousin. As it was, he abided the course
of events, and fortified himself by prayer
and philosophy for the momentous hour.—
Sunday morning arrived, but no text,
Heinrich went to tjie church appointed,
and was conducted to the seat always set
apart for the preacher of the day. The
King witli the royal family occupied their
accustomed places.
The service commenced, but no text.—
The prayers were ended, and, while
the organ pealed forth its solemn sounds,
the preacher was led to the pulpit. The
congregation were astonished, not only at
his youtbfulness, but at his being an utter
stranger.
The pulpit steps were gained, and the
thought flashed across Heinrich’s mind
that possibly he should find the text placed
for him on the desk. But, as he was on
tiie point of mounting the stairs, an officer
of the royal household delivered to him a
folded piece of paper, saying, “His Majes
ty sends you the text.”
' After having recited the preliminary
prayers, the preacher opened the paper, and
lo ! it was blank ; not a word was written
on it. What was to be done ? Heinrich
deliberately examined the white sheet,
and, after a short pause, held it up before
the congregation saying, “His Majesty lias
furnished the text for my sermon. But
you may perceive that nothing whatever is
upon this sheet of paper. ‘Out of nothing,
God created the world.’ I shall, therefore,
take the creation for the subject ot my dis
course this morning.”
In accordance with this decision the
preacher went through the whole of the
first chapter of Genesis in a masterly way,
his style being forcible aud clear, and bis
fluency of language remarkable. His au
dience, accustomed to the King’s eccen
tricities, were far more astonished at the
dexterity with which the preacher extricat
ed himself from the difficulty than at the
dilemma in which he had been placed. At
last the sermon was ended, tbe congre
gation dismissed, and Ileinricli found him
self in the sacristy receiving the congratu-
tions of several dignitaries of the church,
who all prophesied for him a brilliant fu
ture.
Heinrich ventured to express his amaze
ment at the singular proceeding of the.
King, but was told that he could only have
arrived recently from the provinces if he
did not know that such vagaries were quite
common to his Majesty. In the midst of
the conversation a messenger arrived to
con'duct him to the royal presence. Being
totally unaware what impression his ser
mon might have made upon the King, the
cousin seeker rather dreaded the approach
ing audience. But Heinrich had scarcely
crossed the threshhohl of the King s room
when his majesty jumped up and thrust a
roll of paper into the young preacher s
hand, exclaiming, “Hurra sir, puff away !
take this for the light you gave me !”
Then, throwing hiniM If back in the
chair, he laughed heartily at the young
preacher’s look of surprise and eonfusion
The latter scarcely knew what reply to
make or what to do, but just as he had got
as far as “your Majesty,” the King inter
rupted him, saying, “Make no fine speech
es ; go home quietly and examine the con
tents of the paper. Aou came to Berlin to
seek a cousin ; you have found one who,
if you go on steadily, will not neglect
you.”
It is hardly necessary to add that the
roll of paper contained a good appointme nt
at the University of Berlin and made He
inrich Meyer one of the royal preachers.
A Reason.—A lady walking a few days
since on one of the wharves in New-York,
asked a sailor whom she met, why a ship
was called “she.” The son of Nep’tune
replied that it was “ because the rigging
costs more than the hull.”
Edward Everett and Judoe Story —
When Edward Everett was entertained at
a public dinner before leaving Boston,
Judge Story gave as a sentiment—“Geni
us is sure to be rewarded where Ever ett
goes.” Everett responded—“Law, equity
and jurisprudence ; no efforts can raise
them above one Story.”
The Newport Mercury states that two
geese were dug out of a snow drift iu that
town a few days since, which had been
without food for forty-two days. They
were very thin of flesh, but quite lively.
Bible Items.—The Gospel of Mathew
about to be issued in Koordish. An
edition of four thousand copies of the
Psalms in Bulgarian revised by the Rev.
Dr. Riggs, is already sold. The Bulga
rian are a nation of 4,500,000 population
belonging to the Greek Church, and are,
in their moral and religious characteristics,
the Armenians of European Turkey. As
many as one hundred and teu New Testa-
From the New York Observer.
The right way to Read. * *
When the late Jeremiah Evarts was in
the fifth year of his age, he came to
his father, ffnd asked him lora new book.
His father asked him if the last book he
had given him was worn out. “ 01» no,
Sir,” said Jeremiah, “ hut I have read all
the sense out of it.” He meant to say,
that he had made himself master of
all the ideas it contained.
That is the right way to read in order to
profit by reading. By reading in that way,
Jeremiah Evarts made great improve
ment, and became one of the wisest and
most useful men of our country has pro
duced. He never took up a book and al
lowed his eyes to rest on the page while
his thoughts was wandering from one thing
to another, so as only now and then to get
an idea of what was written. He never
took up a book for the sake of passing
away time. He took the advice of those
who -were wiser than, he, and only read
only good Looks, and he read “ all the
sense out of them.” lie had fewer books
than young persons have now, but, by pur
suing a through method of reading, he
made greater mental progress than is made
by many who have every advantage they
can desire.
He not only confined his reading to
good books, and read them attentively and
thoroughly, but lie thought over what he
read. Thinking improves the mind more
than reading. Reading should be made
the occasion of, and an aid to, thinking.
The reader I dare say, desires to have a
good mind. Mental power commands res
pect, and is a great instrument for doing
good.. He should remember that the
amount of mental improvement which one
makes depends, in a great measure upon
himself. Teachers can do very little for
him who is not willing to put forth the ef
fort necessary for improvement. Reading
the best books, and only the best books, is
one of tjie means of improvement.
Methink I hear a lad say, “I will make
more improvement by means of reading,
than I have done. What is the first thing
I must do ?”
I will tell you. Before you read any
book, ask some intelligent friend whether
it is a good book or not—‘whether it will
do you good to read it. -•
Perhaps you will s*y, “I find it hard
work to read any book that does not con
tain an interesting story. I begin to read,
hut before I get to the bottom of the page,
I forget what I am reading about. How
can fix my attention and keep it fixed ?”
1 answer by trying, and trying harden
and harder. When you begin a page, re
solve that you will keep yoflr attention fix
ed till you get to the bottom of it, or to the
end of the section. If you find your at
tention flagging, try the harder to keep it
fixed. If you find that it has gone off be
fore you knew it, go back to the beginning
of the page or section, and persevere till
you can real it from beginning to end
with fixed attention. By that means you
will soon form a habit which will enable
yxm to fix your attention on a train of rea
soning as closely and continuously as on
an interesting narrative.
Some young persons say they have read
a book through when they have skipped
half of it. No good comes from sucli read
ing. If the book is a bad one, the whole
of it should be skipped ; if it he a good
one, ‘ all the sense should be-read out of it.’
’ Q- L.
What Constitutes the Gentleman.
Dr. Risk, in a recent lecture before the
Boston Mount Vernon Association, traced
the etymological derivation of the word
“gentleman,” and in its cognates, showing
that the changes in its meaning gave
the history of its changes in the com
monly received idea of a gentleman. He
showed that the true gentleman does not
attain to his gentility either by birth, acci
dent or growth, hut by consistent earnest
effort. The true gentleman he defined to
he the man who seeks to forward the high
est interests of those with whom he comes
in contact, and who at the same time is
agreeable in his manners. A Christain
may fulfill the requirements of the first part
of the definition, and a villlan the last.—
Only a.true gentleman can do both. The
■world has decided by a law as strict as
that which Beau Nash imposed upon the
world of' fashion at Bath, that in society
tiie mask of humility must he worn. The
true gent^man is humble. Addison gives
us a picture of the gentleman of his day,
in Sir Reger de Coverly. But he was no
gentleman. Suppose he had been poor, it
is not evident that he would have been
proud and morose,’a disagreeable compan
ion and an unpleasant neighbor ?
George Washington had the virtue of
true humility. The true gentleman must
be able to benefit, able to please, and wil
ling to do both. This rule of course has its
exceptions, for there are companies where
it is ungentlemanly to endeavor to please.
The ability to please must be founded upon
a nice sense, of honor, mental culture, deli
cate perceptions and refined simplicity.—
Dignity is characteristic of the gentleman,
hut is never attained except with the high
est self-control. Pride is always feeling
after and taking care of its dignity. Sim-
plicity is attained only with purity of
motive, and with purity and simplic
ity come dignity. The true gentleman,
whose character is fonnded upon the pillars
of goodness and good taste will try to be
agreeable only to those who ought to he
pleased. There are also rules of dress and
of deportment, hut the true gentleman is
likely to pay the least attention to them.—
If there is sap in the tree there will be
leaves. The excessive independence of
American men will, after all, not retard the
development of a fine manhood. - Religion
is free and unshackled here, and a love of
order and beauty is growing in the Repub
lic.
He closed by urging the members of the
Association to be true gentlemen, cultiva
ting all that is high, and noble, aud lovely,
and of good report. The address was fill
ed witli beautiful and opposite illustrations
drawn from the character and actions of
Washington, the truest of all true gentle
men. ,
ments, in the Mohamedan character and
language, have been sold to Mussulmen in
Constantinople in one month. A hand
somely hound copy of the whole Bible in
Turkish has been presented by the agent
of the Bible Societies to the Grand Vizier,
who accepted it with expressions of pleas
ure and promised a written acknowlege-
ment.
Donation Party.
We learn that some of the good ladies of
Hempstead, Long Island, are making ar
rangements to give a donation party to our
venerable friend, Rev. Zachariah Greene,
who is now in his 97th year. Father
Greene, it will he remembered, in company
with several active youths of his own age,
spent the last New Year’s in making calls
upon his friends who are now about to re
turn the compliment. The party is to
come off’ on thdi 22d, Washington’s birth
day. Hapropos to this occasion, the last
number of the Hempstead Inquirer con
tains the following from Father Greene
giving an account of his connection witl
Gen. Washington and the Revolutionary
army: [AT. Y. Obs.
I entered the Revolutionary Army
January, 177G, at Roxbury- W e erected a
fort on Dorchester Neck, on the high ground
facing the town of Boston, by which the
British Army was driven out of Boston,
was on the main ground when they sailed
down the bay anchored near Castle TVil
liam ; also when they cannonaded Dor
Chester Point the whole night with chain
and grape shot. But the God of the Army
of America was our preserver, and we had
not a man injured ! They vandal-like,
burnt Castle William and left that region
hut we soon heard of them again making
their way to New-York, of which they
took possession soon after the battle of
Long Island. In the month of April I pas
sed with out army by the way of Provi
dence and New-London to New- York. I
aided in building the forts at Brooklyn,
and heard the Declaration of Indepen
dence for the first time on the 4tli of July,
1776 ; my division of the army marched
with the great Washington for their lead
er, to the tune called ‘Washington’s March,’
and came to order in a square, with the
General’s life guards in the centre. The
reader had a full voice with an earnest ar
ticulation. It was music to hear the Uni
ted States declared free. This Declara
tion was established by loss of property,
sickness, wounds, hunger, cold, want of
clothes, and the vital blood of many hun
dreds left upon the battle-field to color and
soften its hard-trodden turf. I was with
Col. Parsons tvho was sent to take a fort
on Long Island. I was in the battle at
Throggs Point. I was also in tiie battle of
White Marsh, about fifteen miles above
Philadelphia, where the British were rob
bing the people of their cattle, horses, corn,
wheat, hay, &c. I marched with troops
that were ordered to march in haste, with
out a change of clothes to their relief. We
reached the field of battle on the 7th of
December, 1777, in the afternoon. I was
on the right flank of the advance guard,
my brother, was on the left flank, and we
were both wounded. His was a bad flesh
wound below his shoulder., I was woun
ded in my left shoulder; the scapula was
factured, and the clavicle injured. My
wound was dressed in one of Gen. Washing
ton’s rooms, and then myself and others
left the house to make room for others, and
took up our lodging in a horse-shed, with
out a blanket or an overcoat and lay on
buckwheat straw—rather eoarce and damp
substitute for feathers. The night was
sleepless, the cold distressing, and it is dif
ficult to describe the anguish I endured in
my shattered bones ; but it was for Amer
ican freedom. The next morning Gen.
Green procured rooms for myself and broth
er, where my wound and his were dressed
by the young ladies of the family. Three
weeks after this I sent for a sufgeon of a
British regiment on parole, who removed
the dead flesh and sawed the sharp points
and shattered parts of the scapula. After
this the wound began to heal, yet
over ten months before it got well,
never aide to bear arms afterwards.
Fellow-citizens, he careful of the Union ;
do nothing to injure it ; it cost your fa
thers a large sum of money, many wounds
and many lives, yea, many- thousands
the lives; I request it, be very careful
of the Union ; do nothing to injure the
Union.
Yours, truly, Zachariah Greene.
Hempstead, Feb. 11 1856.
AGRICULTURAL.
it was
I was
Going to Suje^—It is a delicious mo
ment, certainly, that of being well nestled
in bed, and feeling that you drop gently
to sleep. The good is to come, not passed ;
the limbs have just been tired enough to
render the remaining in one position de
lightful ; the labor of the day is gone. A
gentle failure of the perception creeps over
you ; the spirit of consciousness disenga
ges itself more and more, and with slow
and hushing degrees, like a jnother de
taching her hand from that other sleepirg
child, the mind seems to have a balmy lid
closing over it. like the eye,—’tis closed.
The mysterious spirit has gone to take its
airy rounds:
Dr. Franklin’s Recipe for a Seeigh
Ride.—He recommended to those who
could not afford the expense of a real
sleigh ride thqt they should sit in the chim
ney corner, put their feet into a tub of
snow half an hour and jingle the dinner
bell all the time. Let them close their
eyes at the same time, and imagine them
selves flying along the road at the rate of
twenty.knots an hour,' and they will thus
have a cheap, funny, and tolerably disa
greeablc sleigh ride.
Granger’ll jiagie Corn and Cob Hill.
M e witnessed the operation of this mill
yesteiday at Lamar s stable, and are res
to say that in our opinion it is better cal
culated for the purposes for which is int id-
cd than anything of the kind we have
s.een. One great advantage which it pos
sesses over the “Little Giant Cob Mill ' is,
that in the “Litt^ Giant Mill,” the inner
part or core turns, whilst in tin's mill the
outer part or shell revolves, thereby n .ik
ing the lever power much greater, and con
sequently requiring much less power to
keep it in motion. M’hilst we were pres
ent, it ground half a bushel of corn in a
minute and three quarters.
M e also saw the operation of gried ng
corn and cob together, in which the mill
performed well.
” he Magic Corn Mil! is admirable ad pt-
ed to plantation use, as it is so simple ia
its operation, that any common plantation
hand can manage it.
J he value of these mills to our j.lar.tcrs
and stock feeders is made apparent bv the
following paragraph extracted from the
Pennsylvania Farm Journal. The ei..tor
says—
In Chester county, many farmers attai n cci. Jd-
erabie yalue to the cubs of Indian corn for gin dig
with grain, and feeding to cattle, but w» observe in
many places they are rejected as worthless, ai us
ed in kindling tires, or thrown away to rot. We
think, however, the use of them for iced i.- gaining
ground, and with me present price of grain, ir is of
importance to have the question settled, whai - ir
real value is, if any. Prudent economy requires
every source of protit to be made use of, and i rin-
ers are not the men to reject any if they know it.
There are two war's in which, cobs mav bu use
ful : first directly by any natrative property they
contain, and secondly, in connextion with corn,
oats, or other concentrated food, by acting mcci m-
itally in producing the necessary distention of the
stomach, and thus promoting easy digestion.
H. L. Ellsworth, formerly Commissioner of tho
Patent Ofliee, made an experiment with eob meal
alone, and says hogs will both live and thrive on it
if well ground. Be gives the opinion that twen
ty-five pounds of corn meal added to one hundred
pounds of cob meal, is more valuable for grav ing
stock than seventy-five pounds of coin meaf alone.
A New Sugar Cane.—The Agricultur
al Divison of the Patent Office in Washing
ton, has been taking some pains to intro
duce the Chinese Sugar Cane and to pro
mote its culture in this country. Wc ob
serve that Mr. B. Dour and W. Furbrin-
ger, of New Orleans, advertise the seed
for sale. The True Delta says of this
plant:
This new product bids fair to become of immense
national importance. It bas succeeded admir bly
in almost every section of (he Union, growing to a
height of tweve to fifteen foitf, and yielding, bv esti
mate, 12^ per cent, by w eight, of beautiful • rvs-
talized cane sugar; also, twenty-five tons per i -re
of excellent green fodder, much relished bv cattle,
swine, and the like. But the yield in alcoh 1 is
more, important. The Holcus' gives 182 to 190
aliens to the acre. In France Mr. de Beauregard
obtained from the justice of this plant an alcohol of
excellent' tlavor, which lie sent to the market of
Marseilles, where it realized the same price as the
alcohol from grapes.”
Breeding Horses.—There is probwdy
a greater amount of carelessness and indif
ference about securing a good or an im
proved breed of horses than there is about
cattle and sheep. There are probably t7>o,
a greater number of imperfect or third rate
animals of this species than of any other.
At all events,we think that in the course of
one day’s calling on our neighbors—or ‘.he
farmers of any neighborhood—we would
find ten cows or oxen which would suit us,
or fifty sheep for one horse which we aid
w’ish to own. One reason of this maj he
that we kill or sell off’ poor calves or lambs,
while we never dispose of a colt in the
same summary w T ay. Another reason is
probably, that farmers generally seem to
consider any shape or sort of an animal
on the female side, good enough to hived
from. Accordingly, old, broken down, in
jured and diseased mares, are frequently
employed for this purpose. For this tra
ditional notion and the practice founded
upon it, it would perplex any of'its votaries
to render a good and valid reason. It
seems to require no great amount of proof
to make it credible, on the other hand, that
the value of progeny depends fully as
much, if not more, on the dam than on the
sire. If there be any truth in the estab
lished maxim that “ like produces like,”
there should be more care than there is, iu
selecting the female.
Pounds to a Bushel.—Tbe following
table of the number of pounds to the bush
el may bn of interest to farmers and deal
ers—Of wheat, 60 pounds ; of shelled corn,
">6 pounds ; of corn in the cob, 70 pounds;
of rye, 56 pounds ; of oats, 35 pounds : of
’ arley, 48 pounds ; of potatoes, 60 pounds ;
of beans, GO pounds; of bran, 20 pounds;
of elover seed, 5S pounds ; of hemp seed,
44 pounds ; of blue grass seed, 15 pounds ;
of castor beans, 46 pounds ; of dried pe- ch-
es, 38 pounds ; of dried apples, 24 pounds;
of onions, 57 pounds. •
Repairing a Nose.— A surgical operation,
as successful as novel, has just been per
formed in our city by Dr. L. L. Miller,
which deserves a public notice, as an in
dication of the possibilities of modern sur
gery. It is no less than the substitution,
or rather creation, of a perfect nose, to sup
ply the place of fhe natural organ.
The patient on whom the first operation
#of tho kind in this city was perfi rmed, had
lost the whole cartilagenous and fleshy
part of the organ, and the operation con
sisted in cutting a flap from the integu
ment of the forehead immediately above
the nose, and bringing the same down and
over the aperture on the face, and then se
curing it to the edges of the space created
by the loss of the nose. The operation
has resulted in complete success and it
could never be suspected from the ap
pearance of the patient, that the present
organ was a child of surgical skill.
[ Provdience Journal.
Agricultural Division of the Patent Of
fice—Egyptian Oats.—Mr. John Boyd, of
Parkersburg, Chester county, Pennsylva
nia, in a letter to the Commissioner of Pa
tents, in wdiich he speaks of the successful
cultivation of this variety of oats, says:
It is. with pleasure that I report to vou
the favorable result of the cultivation of
the Egyptian oats, distributed a few years
since through the Patent Office. From eigh
teen bushels, which I sowed on six acres of
ground of middling quality, I raised two
hundred and forty-two bushels,which, when
well cleaned, weighed forty-seven pound*
to the bushel. A good feature in these rat*
is that the straw is stiff and firm, and not
liable to fall dow r n. They meet with great
favor here.
A Centre Shot.—A correspondent of
the Southern Christain Advocate, writing
from Cardenas, Cuba, aims this well-direc
ted shot at the abolition hypocrites who
have their agents there, as well as in every
other place where they can reap the pr.ffit*
of slave labors
“ One fourth of the sugar crop is shipped
from this port. Here you find Massachu
setts and Maine merchants buyipg up the
“ slave molasses” and shipping it to Bos
ton and Portland, te be manufactured by
our sanctimonious Yankee brethren, into
pure New England Rum, and sold to South
ern heathens for “slave money.” Thisi*
consistency for you.”
Six Men to be Hung in One Day.—At
the last session of Yazoo Circuit Court
(Mississippi) six men—three black and
three white—were found guilty ■■ f mur
der and sentenced to be hnng on the 16th
of February, and one sentenced to the Pen
itentiary for five years.