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MILLEDGEVILLE, GEORGIA, TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 30, 185G.
NUMBER 40.
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DANA k WASHBURN
Factors and Commission Merchants,
SAVANNAH, GA.
JOSEPH WASHHUKN, ;
JOHN R. WILDER, ( & P ecial Partners,*
FRANCIS G. PANA, J „ „
HENRY K. WASHBURN, ( Gen 1 Partners.
"'UU E continue the above business as heretofore
TT at our old stand, 114 Bay Street, East of
the Exchange, and are prepared to make liberal ad-
saie CeS ° n a ^ ^ ro< ^ uce consigned to our care for
vp'l?mDr, f0 Jo B ^ GING ’ R°PE, AND OTH
ER feu PI LIES, failed promptly, and at the low
est cash prices.
0 , DANA & WASHBURN.
Savannah, August 5th. 1656 32 6 m
Lvil and Negroes, by Administrators,
. , r Guardians, are required bv law to be
first Tuesday in the month, between
,f ten in the forenoon and three in the
nr the C mrt-house in the count;/ in which
situate. Notices of these sales must
•.] i pu'i ic gazette forty days previous
Ljjjy of sale.
. for the sale of Personal Property must
i at least tkn days previous to the day of
. , P m p.'Mors and Creditors of an Estate j
. iblislied FORTY PAYS.
..'mat application will be made to the Court j
1;ir y fir ieave to sell Land or Negroes, must -
' j vvccklyfor two months. j
f,»r Letters of Administration must be j
1 ti:rtyday<—for Dismission from Adminis-
ui iily <u months—for Dismission from
; ..iip forty days.
i'nr e-lusure of Mortgage must he pub-
/ for four months—for establishing lost
f.,r tin fu'l space of three months—for com-
; from Executors or Administrators,
. milln' boeu given by the deceased, f/»e
ij« of three months.
oi .a' aviii always be continued according
. :: “gal requirements, unless otherwise
in the line of Printing will meet
- : it itteiition at the Recorder Office.
ETHERIDGE k SON,
FACTORS, C0HS1SS10.? AYD F0RAVARD1AG
merchants,
Savannah, Georgia.
W. D. ETHERIDGE. | W. D. ETHERIDGE, Jr.
Savannah, July 22,1856 30 tf
i.niK k JOB PRINTING.
THL PROPRIETORS OF
HE RECORDER OFFICE
igr. cntly received a large assortment of
NEW AND BEAUTIFUL
itmmi
i i,i ju.“pared to execute, in the best style,
and at short notice, all kinds of
i£:.:c -zm raiixmn® 9
OS R E A SOMABLE TEH M S.
■PA!! <*r<]:*r.s promptly attended
LWARD, A. II. HANSELl C- J. HARRIS.
GEORGE B. WELSH,
DEALER IN
ZZAB.D1VARZ2, CUTLERY, and
* ice A \ ICS' TOOLS,
WHITAKER STREET, near BAY,
SAVANNAH, GA.
July 1st. 1656 27 tf
RABUN & SMITH,
l'OMISS10.\ HERfll.LVTS,
Savannah, G-a.
J. W. Rabun, of the late linn of
Rabun & Whitehead
\\ - II. Smith, of the late firm of Smith & Lathrop.
January 30, 1855 5 tf
CABIN PASSAGE TO NEW YORK 2d DOLLARS.
[semi-weekly.*]
UNITED STATES MAIL LINE.
The new and splendid side-w heel Steamships
RXOXY ILLE 1500 tons Capt. C. D. Ludlow,
AUGUSTA, 1500 tons Capt. T. Lyon,
t LOR IDA, 1300 tons Capt. M.S.Woodhuli..
ALABAMA. 1300 tons Capt. G. R. Schenck,
will leave Savannah every
WEDNESDAY AND SATURDAY.
These ships are among the largest on the coast,
unsurpassed in speed, safety and comfort—making
their passages in 50 to 60 hours, and are command
ed by skillful, careful and polite officers. Having
elegant state-room accommodations, they oiler a
most desirable conveyance to New York.
Cabin passage to New York, $ 25.
Steerage passage “ “ 8.
Agents:
PADELFORD. FAY & CO., Savannah
SAM’L. L. MITCHILL, 13 Broadway,
Feb. 5, 1 ■'56 New York.
Atlantic & Gulf Railroad.
T HE Board of Commissioners of the Atlantic
and Gulf Railroad, having adjourned to meet
°n the 26th instant, audit having been represented
to me that the interest of that enterprise requires
farther time for the obtainment of subscriptions to
the Stock, and acquiescing in the justness of the
suggestion, the meeting of the Board on the 26th
instant is hereby postponed until the 22d day of
October next, at Milledgeville.
E. A. NISBET, Chairman.
Macon, Aug. 20,1856 35 8t
T. C. NISBET
V,
ffililll, liVKELL & IIAB81S,
AHaORL'ETS at law,
THOMASY1LLE, Ga.
£ h.vi associated with us Mr. CHARLES
1 .1. HARRIS, recently of Milledgeville.—
ras forwarded to us will meet with prompt
lii'ii. Our collecting bit'iuess will be intrust-
Mr. HARRIS. We will practise in the conn-
Hiinina', Lowndes, Irwin. Teltair, Berrien,
;. Clinch, Ware, Decatur and Worth.
SEWARD & HANSELL.
iiasville, July 8, 1856 28 tf
JOHN A. 0. MANN,
iTORNEY AT LAW,
DECATUR, GEORGIA,
ILL practice in DeKalb, Fulton, Henry,
£ . 1 tt. Newton, Spalding, Monroe, Fay-
£.1 I1111..:; counties. Strict attention to the
iaui claims.
REFERENCES.
iV.a. Ezzard and Underwood, Hammond
t. Ati.antu. Geo.
" X. Bull, LaGrange, Geo.
Jl. Calhoun, Atlanta, Geo.
11 P. Trippe, Forsyth, Geo.
I! Rivers, M. D., Decatur, Geo.
1-56 14 tf
Isaac Hardeman
TTORNEY AT LAW,
-INTON, GEORGIA.
39 6m*
23,1856
J. C. DANIEL,
ATTORNEY AT LA W,
’ksoavillo, Telfair County, Ga.
U.\G removed from Milledgeville to Jaek-
■ iville, will attend to all business entrusted
promptness Particular attention paid
■14.1855 17 tf
JAMES II. STARK
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
G&IFFXltf, Ga.
‘-L PRACTICE in the Courts of the Flint
avi.it, and in the Supreme Court at Jla-
- Atlanta.
Ajl. 1656 11 tf
7.X LANGSTON,
attorney at law,
Carnesville, Ga.
o.REscr,'.—c. Peoples, Esq., Win. H. Hull,
(i.-.hnel Nash, Esq., Darriclsville;
is Hi:.- r, Monroe; Amos T. Akermon,
•‘Q.
22 tf
FUUNDIIS. AND MACKIHI
C O T T O N A V E N U E,
MACON, GA.
(Suci rssor to Nisbet fy Levy.)
11 UIE undersigned continues to furnish at the
-A Old Stand Steam Engines and toil
ers, Upright and Circular Saw XVlills,
Sark and Sugar ISffiiils, Gin and Mill
Gearing, Water Wheels, Plates and
Balls, Castings, and Machinery in gen
eral.
Particular attention is called to a wrought iron
Cotton S CI*S^ fi'i pressing Cotton^ which is
believed to be a cheaper and better article than any
in use.
Also, to the Sugrar Mills, with wrought iron
spindles, the only kind which can be insured
against breaking.
The price of ordinary castings will be 4 cents per
lb. when paid on delivery of the castings at the shop.
T. C. NISBET
July 22, 1856 30 i.Jl
TO THE EADIES.
THE subscriber would res
pectfully inform the Ladies of
Milledgeville arid vicinity,
that she has, foi their accom
modation, and at the request
of some friends, resumed the
Millinery Business.
She invites all her old friends
to give her a call, as she will have a full and neat
assortment of all articles necessary for ladies wear.
The latest fashions will be kept on hand, and all ar
ticles made as desired, with neatness and dispatch.
LOUISA O BRIEN.
Milledsreville, August. 5, 1856 32 ly
THOMAS HARDEMAN. JR.
J. W GRIFFIN.
HARDEMAN k GRIFFIN
WHOLESALE GROCERS,
DEALERS IN
Wines, Liquors, Tobacco, Segars,
and GROCERIES of every description.
JtTCorner of Cherry and Third Strrits,
MACON, GA.
Sept. 2,1856 36 tf
THOMAS MAilOOL
WITH
samitzi e. owmes,
Commission Merchant,
No. 75, South street, Baltimore,
H AS FOR SALE a general assortment of LI
QUORS, CIGARS, &c., which he will sell
to punctual customers on liberal terms.
May 6, 1-56 19 6m1T
NEW GOODS.
JUST RECEIVED AT THE
Milledgeville Clothing Store,
In Hotel, No. 2.
,4 GENER AL assortment of Gents, Youths and
A Boys fashionable SPUING AND SI MMER
CLOTHING, of various qualities and prices
(some very Superior,) all made to order and the
work warranted. For sale low for cash.
A. C. VAIL, Agent.
April 1,1856 14 tf
FLEMIAG, I'Lilli LACE & CO.,
WHOLESALE GROCERS,
K EEP constantly on hand a well assorted stock
particularly adapted to Plauters’Trade, which
will be sold at the lowest market price.
PORTER FLEMING, j A. F. CLE.MKNCE. | E. T. MILLER.
March 4, 1856 10 ly
REATO.VS THIRTY YEARS VIEW
C 3 OMPLETE in two Volumes. The work, or
J either volume of it, will be sent to any part of
the State by mail, POSTAGE PAID, and secure
ly done up, ou receipt of the price of subscription
—§2.50 per volume.
JOHN M. COOPER & CO. Savannah,
General Agents for Georgia.
For sale by E. J. WHITE A BRO.
Milledgeville.
June 17.1856 - 25 tf
or, 1-
■ JAMES G. CARROLL, 1
^Kysician and Accoucheur,
,7,!■■■ Dt Hughes’, formerly Hampton’s Mills |
“ ( r- k, Laurens county, Georgia. [
AA-. 1856 17 lvr j
«■ CHARLES II. HALL
-MILLEDGEVILLE, GEO.
T, near the Court-house. Country calls
',!]'*'j‘- v answered.
I'*'-JAMES A. BUTTS '
-Eis professional services to the citizens of
Baldwin and Jones.
’•ITCE AT O. II. P. BONNER’S.
UAL Dll IN COUNTY
23*1 5 o6 26 6m
Bennett s Embrocation,
EHE GREAT LINA5MENT,
Will cure Rheumatism by few applications,
Will cure Neuralgia by two applications,
Will cure Toothache by one application.
Will cure Sprains and Strains by three applications,
Will cure Chapped Hands by two applications,
Will cure Burns and Scalds Ly one application,
Will cure Pains iu the Back. Breast and Side—and
Bennett’s Embrocation
Will cure the HORSE of all outward affections of
the limbs that require a Linament, in a
very short space of time.
UF’Try it, and be convinced. JC
For sale bv E. J. AX HITE A. BRO., 3d 8tore
under Milledgeville Hotel.
Sept. 9, 1656 3/ 16t
TO RENT.
SEVERAL APARTMENTS and a good Store
Room in the east end of Washington Hall
Apply at the Recorder Office.
Milledgeville, May 29, 1856
*• i.
•wing
CUM MING, m. D.,
I Savannah Medical College.
3 ^ permanently located near Stanley's
: 1 ’’Laurens County, Ga., respectfully ten-
services to the citizens of Lau-
m dkinson counties. Always to be found
i.,.7 except; when professionally engaged.
miiQ-06 32 6m
°- atc Agricultural Fair.
Il£ , _ Athkns, Ga. Sept. 2, 1856.
ri ( . u i. IUn ] a ] Fair of the Southern Central Ag
0 25 1 u ,pT ‘ Soti «ty will be held at Atlanta, Oct. '
... e Secietajry’fl Office will be open for
° n file 1-2H, r
. v in ictiiC a-7 o o uu’. n jl . Jl.
fctv e ,| ac e°uiplished gentlemen have agreed
^ Society as Judges, and we hope to
8it * satisfaction to exhibitors.
JAMES CAMAK, Secretary
■fa to-,. So. Ceii. Ag.Society.
’ iSo ° 37 2t
riXHE Regular Course of Lectures of this Insitu-
1- tion will commence on the first Monday in
November next, and be continued for four months.
R. D. ARNOLD. M.D.,
Prot. Theory and Practice of Medicine.
P. m.'kollock, m. d.,
Prof. Obstetrics and Diseases of Woman and
Children.
W. G. BULLOCH, M. D.,
Prof. Principles and Prac tice of Surgery.
J. G. HOWARD,M. D.,
Prof, of Anatomy.
E. D. MARTIN, M*. D.,
Prof. Institutes Medicine.
J. B. READ, M. D.,
Prof. Materia Medica and Medical Jurisprudence.
JOSEPH JONES, M. D.,
Prof. Medical Chemistry.
JOSEPH J. WEST, M. D„
Demonstrator of Anatomv.
J. G. HOWARD, M. D.,
Dean of the Faculty.
Aug. 23th, 1856 00 14t
FINE FURNITURE.
F INE Parlor setts. Rose Wood, Mahogany and
Georgia Walnut Furniture.
Secretaries and Book Cases. Desks and Book
Cases.
Bureaus of Rose Wood, Mahogany and Walnut.
Sofas, Tete-a-tetes, Divans, Sociables, Ottomans
in hair cloth, Plush, Brocatel, &c.
Arm, Rocking, Nurse, Sewing, Parlor, Bedroom,
Dining. Hair Cloth, Plush,Brocatel,Cane, Split bot
tom, and every kind of Chair known to the trade.
Bedsteads.—Rose Wood. Walnut, Maple, Ma
hogany, Beach, Gum, &c.; High, Low, French
and Cottage.
Wardrobes of Rose Wood, Mahogany, Walnut,
and Pine.
Sofas of all patterns.
Tables.—Mahogany, Walnut, Cherry, Pine, Ex
tension, Folding Leaf, Square, Round, &e.
Mattrasses of Hair, Cotton, Moss and Patent
Springs.
Feather Beds, Pillows and Bolsters.
Fine Mirrors, common Looking Glasses, Look
ing Glass Plates, Picture Glass.
Window Shades and Fine Cornices.
Buckets, Tubs, Dippers, Brooms, Brush Brooms.
Feather Dusters, Foot Mats, Ac. for sale on the
most reasonable terms.
Lumber taken in exchange, or Lumber made up
to the most fashionable styles ot Furniture to order.
We have one of the largest stocks of tine Furni
ture in the State, and we are constantly manufac
turing and wish to sell. Call and see before pur
chasing, as we are offering great inducements to
purchasers.
T. & G. WOOD,
Next to Lanier House. Macon, Ga.
Macon, August 19, 1656 34 6m
Wool Manufacturing!!
T HE SUBSCRIBERS will continue the busi
ness of Wool Cardins and Manufacturing at
their old MILL in Milledgeville, Ga , and custom
ers consigning their WOOL to us by Railroad or
other ways, may rely on having their orders prompt
ly attended to. The highest market price will be
paid for Wool in exchange for Cloth. Wool Man
ufactured into Jeans or Kerseys at the usual price.
t tU Persons at a distance will please forward
their Wool as early as possible.
D. A. JEWELL & Co.
Wm. Walker J. C. Shea, D. A. Jewell.
Milledgeville, April 1,1856 14 tf
BUSINESS.
,4 NY person wishing to invest a small capital in
mercantile business, will hear of an opening
by addressing with real name and reference Box
569 Savannah Post Office-
This affords a fine opportunity for any gentle
man who desires to find employment for his son or
for any other party, with limited means, anxious to
commence operations on their own account, in an
enterprise already established.
July 1856 27 tf
A CAEU.
4 LL persons that, are desirous of availing
-cY themselves of Dr. Moseley’s Services, will
find him at his
INFIRMARY, BROADWAY, GRIFFIN, GA.
Patients boarded at §1 per day, or §16 per
month. FEES, in all cases, to be agreed ti[ion be
fore undertaken. No ease will be received into this
establishment unless it is believed on examination
that it can be cured, or admit of relief All cases
rejected will invariably be charged $5, for examin
ation and advice.
AH letters, to entitle them to notice, must enclose
a “stamp” for the payment of postage, and be di
reeled to W. R. MOSELEY, M. D.
Griffin Georgia.
Dec.25, 1855 52 12m
DENTAL NOTICE:.
J. B. MURPHY,
SUjB.GEQ3tf D32ZTIST,
\ \70ULD respectfully inform the citizens of
1 v Baldwin and Putnam counties, that he has
not authorized any one to attend to his unfinished
business, but will prompt ly attend to all bis en
gagements at the proper time. Although it is my
intention to remove my family to the upper part of
the State, I shall continue to practice in the two
above counties as I have done for the last ten years,
and now beg leave to say to m v old friends and pa
trons. and all who may need the services of a
Dentist, that I am fully posted up in all the im
provements of the day connected with Dentistry,
either mechanical or operative, not having spared
time or expense in making myself acquainted with
all the latest improvements, and I am now prepared
to execute all operations in the most approved
manner.
Milledtrcville, July 8, 1856 28 tf
A Card.
B EING informed that it is generally believ
ed that I am specially interested in the
Drug Store of Wm. L. White & Co., I take this
method of correcting that impression, and further
state that lam not trow, and. never hare beta in any
manner personally concerned either in the firm of W.
L. White & Co. orE. J. White <£ Bro., and take
pleasure in recommending both as competent
Druggists. S- G. WHITE.
September 9, 1856 37 tf
8100 REWARD.
Notice to my Debtors and the Public.
M Y POCKET BOOK, containing six or seven
hundred dollars in money, besides notes and
papers of various kinds, was lost or stolen at Rock
Spring Camp Ground on the Gth inst., for which I
will give the abovenamed reward Those against
whom I have demands, are cautioned against pay
ing the same; and all persons are warned-not to
trade for any note or other paper made payable to
me. My debtors would confer a favor by seeing
me as soon as possible, so that we may agree as
to the amounts and dates of their inuebtedness.
I shall be iu Eatonton during the coming week.
W. D. TERRELL.
Sept. 16.1656 38 3t
FOB, SALE.
A N ELEGANT seven octave, three pedal FI-
AXO FORTE, of superior tone and finish, re
cently purchased from one of the most celebrated
manufacturers in New York city.
Enquire of the Editors of this paper.
Milledgeville, April 22,1856 17 tf
MY MOTHER’* BIBLE.
BY G. P. MORRIS.
This book is all that’s left me now—
Tears will unbidden start;
With faltering lip and throbbing brow
I press it to my heart.
For many generations past,
Here is our family tree;
My mother’s hand ibis Bible clasped,
She, dying, gave it me.
Ah, well do I remember those
Whose names these records bear ;
Who round the hearth-stone used to close
After the evening prayer.
And speak of what these pages said,
In tones my heart would thrilhv
Though they are with the silent dead,
vllere they are living still.
My father read this holy book
To brothers, sisters dear!
How calm was my poor mother’s look,
Who loved God’s word to hear!
Her angel face I see it yet!
What thrilling memories come !
Again that little group is met
Within the wails of home !
Thou truest friend man ever knew,
Thy constancy I've tried ;
When all were false I found thee true,
My counsellor and guide.
The mines of earth no treasure give
That could this volume buy ;
I11 teaching me the way to live
It taught me how to die.
[From the Scottish Guardian."|
THE PASS OF DEATH.
It was a narrow pass,
Watered with human tears,
For death had kept the outer gate
Almost six thousand years.
And the ceaseless tread of a world’s feet
Was ever in my ears—
Thronging, jostling, hurrying by,
As if they were only born to die.
A stately king drew near,
This narrow pass to tread,
Around him hung a gorgeous robe,
And a crown was 011 his head ;
But death with a look of withering scorn,
Arrested him and stiid ;
“Tnthunihler dress must the king draw near,
For the crown and the purple arc useless here.”
Next came a man of wealth,
And his eye was proud and bold,
And he bore in bis hand a lengthy scroll,
Telling of sums untold ;
But death, who eareth not for rank,
Gareth as little for gold—
“Hear that scroll I cannot allow,
For the gold of the richest is powerless now.”
Another followed fast,
And a book was in his band,
Filled with the flashes of burning thought
That are known in many a land ;
But the child of genius quailed to hear
Death’s pitiless demand,—
‘‘Here that, book cannot enter with thee,
For the bright flash of genius is nothing to ine.”
Next came a maiden fair,
With that eye so deeply bright, ■
That stirs within you strange sweet care,
JShould’you meet on a summer night;
But death, ere the gentle maid passed through,
Snatched away its light—
“Beauty is power in the world,” he saitli,
“But what can it do in the Pass of Death ?’’
A youth of sickly mein
Followed in thoughtful mood,
Whose heart was filled with love to God
And the early brotherhood ;
Death felt he could not quench the heart
That lived for others good,—
“I own.” end he. *‘the power of love,
I must let it pass to the. realms above!”
Ml IzxxMiin.'jJxi^r
Inheritance of Talent.
A cotemporary says that-great men usu
ally inherit their talents from their moth
er. This is a popular belief, but not the
less erroneous. The mistake has arisen
from attending only to those eases in which
the mother had a superior mind, to the
neglect of the equally numerous examples
where tiie father possessed remarkable
abilities. Everybody quotes the fact that
Napoleon derived Ins genius from his moth
er. Nobody mentions that Burns owed his
vast abilities to his father. A traveller
would commit a similar blunder who should
describe all Americans as light-haired, or
say that every Philadelphian was a Qua
ker.
The rule, for rule there is, lies deeper.
Great abilities, in a word, arise from such
a fortunate union of the mental charac
teristics of the parents as renders the pro
geny a genius, though neither father nor
mother, perhaps, were such. The cata
logue of eminent men, if carefully made up
and honestly scrutinized with a view to
elucidating the truth, would establish this,
we have no doubt, beyond controversy.
For it is already known that the child
takes its mental nature in about equal por
tions from its parents, and this fact at once
leads to our conclusion, as well as explains
why brilliant parents often have dunces
among their offspring.
Let us illustrate this. A man lias the
purely intellectual characteristics in great
force, but is wanting in will; he is conse
quently a dreamy philosopher, or a vision
ary speculator. He marries a woman,
who, with but ordinary intellect, has im
mense energy. One child of this pair may
combine the weakness of both parents;
and will be in that event an irreclaimable
fool. But another may inherit the moth
er's will, with the father’s intellect; and
this child, unless by a bad education, is
certain to become distinguished. Or take
another example. A woman of no remark
able abilities, but with a fine moral nature,
is married to a man without principle, but
possessing shining abilities. One child of
this pair may have the good qualities of
both parents, and become a Bnnyan, a
Nestor, or even a Washington. But anoth
er may inherit the deficiencies of both,
and grow up. unless carefully guarded, to
become a brilliant villain. Or take a third
instance. One parent may have much im
agination, but little else, and the other
nothing remarkable, but great perceptive
faculties. The union of these two charac
teristics in a child will produce a poet.
The transmission of either, to excess, un
less balanced by strong reasoning powers,
may make only a human monkey or a ro
mantic fool.
The law explains also why so few emi
nent men belong to one family. There
have rarely been two distinguished poets,
painters, generals, or even statesmen, who
were father and son, or even brothers.
The elder and younger Pitt, though both
prime ministers, and both famous speakers,
were strikingly dissimilar in their mental
constitutions, so that this example, which
seems at first to oppose our theory, in real
ity sustains it. In fact, when we consider
that the mind has so many and so dissimi
lar ingredients, ideality, causality, benev
olence, reverence, destructiveness, con
structiveness, and that these are combined
in millions of varieties in as many million
persons, the wonder is not that two individ
uals, even of the same family, resemble
each other so little, hut that they resemble
each other so much. Giving the score and
odd of separate bumps into which phrenolo
gy divides the brain, and take the child of
any two persons whatever—and who shall
say in what exact proportions out of the
ten thousand possible ones, these, qualities
ought to unite ?
There is too much falsity taught for
truth on this and similar subjects, not only
in newspapers, but even in elaborate books.
The reason is that few persons think sound
ly, or dare to deny preconceived or popu
lar ideas. We would have every man,
however, reflect for himself. “Prove all
tilings; hold fast to the good.”
[Philadelphia Evening Bulletin.
Dr. CnALMERS.—Studious persons are
sometimes surprisingly ignorant how to act
on ordinary occasions. Dr. Chalmere came
home one evening 011 horse back, and ns
neither the man who had charge of his
hoise, nor the key of the stable, could be
found, lie was for sometime puzzled where
to find a temporary residence for the ani
mal. At last lie fixed on the garden as
the fittest place lie could think of for the
purpose ; and having led the horse thither
be placed it on the garden walk. When
his sister who had also been from home, re
turned, and was told that the key of the
stable could not be found, she inquired
what had been done with the horse.
“I took it to the garden,” said the Doc
tor. “To the garden !” she eagerly ex
claimed : “then our flower and vegetable
beds will be destroyed.” “Don’t be afraid
of that,” said the Doctor, “for I took good
care to place the horse on the garden
walk.” “And did you really imagine,” re
joined the sister, “that lie would remain
there ?” “I have no doubt of it,” said the
Doctor; “for so sagacious an animal as
the horse could not but be aware of the
propriety of refraining from injuring the
produce of the garden.” “I am afraid,”
said Miss C., “that you will think less fa
vorably of tlie discretion of the horse when
you have seen the garden.”
To decide the controversy by an appeal
to facts, they went to the garden, and
found, from the ruthless devastation which
the trampling and rolling of the animal
bad spread over part of it, that the natural
philosophy of the horse was a subject with
which the lady was far more accurately
acquainted than her learred brother. “I
never could have imagined,” said theDoc-
of the molten and fluid matter in a state
of motion underneath. Some think this
motion corresponds with the tides, and a
French savant attributes it to the action
of the moon. Dr. Winslow attributed it
to the action of the son, and supported his
theory on the ground that these phenomc
na occur more frequently when that body
is nearest the earth, as in the winter, at
which time more volcanic eruptions have
occurred than at auv other season.
The Rotation of the Earth.—M
Boutigny lias given an interesting explan
ation ofhis experiments on the rotation
of a body in a spheroidal state. By means
of a few drops of ether, he attaches
small cone of guin guaiacum ^o a highly
heated silver capsule. As soon as th
cone reddens on the summit, one or two
grammes of water are dropped into the
capsule, and a remarkable effect takes
place. The water becomes agitated from
right to left, left to right, backward and
forward, indeed in every direction ; but
presently, as it assumes the spheroidal
shape, it sets itself spontaneously in mo
tion around the cone from left to right
or from East to YYcst. The motion, at
first slow, goes on increasing, until its ra
pidity is such as scarcely to be followed
by the eyes. If the spheroid be stopped
by placing a small glass rod in its way, it
pauses for a while, but only to rusunie its
former movement. M. Boutigny considers
this phenomenon to be well worthy the
investigation of geometers, and strikingly
analogous to the rotation of the earth.
tor,
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‘that horses were such senseless ani
A case of spontaneous combustion bad
occurred in the town of Bedford in a house
belonging to Messrs. Howard, Implement
makers. In order to destroy bed bugs, a
a vessel containing broken roll sulphur bad
been placed in the middle of a room on
Tuesday the 12th inst. The sulphur was
duly ignited, and the room of course vaca
ted by all except the obnoxious vermin.
In the space of two hours it was discov
ered that the sulphurous fluid had es
caped into the basinette, bad burnt
through the bottom, fired the flooi, and
eaten its way through the planks.
Timely observation and alarm availed to
arrest the progress of the fire. All was
deemed salt?. But on Saturday evening
the head of the family returned, and on re
tiring to rest and having innocently thrown
bis damp stockings on the carpet, what
was bis astonishment at seeing them ig
nite ! Something like a panic seized the
household, but at length their fears weie
pacified and they went to rest. In the
course of the following day no less than
thirty fires broke out in different parts of
the bouse—in tlie presence of visitors, most
intelligent and respectable men.
Every part of the furniture in every
room of the house appeared to be charged
with some mysterious sclfignitiug gas.
Smoke issued suddenly from cupboards,
large and small, from almost every drawer,
and even from boxes of linen and woolen
materials which had not been opened for
some length of time prior to the Tuesday’s
fire. Some of the statements made before
the Coroner are so startling as to be near
ly incredible. One gentleman laid bis
andkerehief down upon the sofa, when
it forthwith ignited. Another gentleman,
while discussing the marvels of the day
and washing his hands*, discovered that
the damp towels on the horse in the bed
room were on fire. A lady, anxious to
prevent further mischief, bad a short time
previously examined a box containing arti
cles appertaining to feminine apparel, and
pronouncing it safe, bad shut it up, but
on going to remove it, felt that it was hot,
and on re-opening it discovered the con
tents in a blaze ; but it is impossible to
enumerate all the strange fantasies play
ed by this subtle and mysterious fire. Of
course suspicion was soon awake, but the
closest investigation afforded no ground
on which to rest the surmise of foul play.
On the Monday morning the phenomena
somewhat abated, reappeared, and it was
found that the greater part of the proper
ty in the bouse was charred or burned to
tinder. Two medical gentleman, Dr. Bar
ker and Mr. Blower, visited the scene of
the fiery mystery, and at noon made an
application to the sitting magistrate (in
the absence of tlie mayor,) for sanction to
their proposal of submitting the matter to
the coroner. The coroner lost no time in
summoning a jury, which consisted of the
most respectable tradesmen of the town,
and which proceeded to business at the
George Inn. The medical testimony of
the two gentleman named above was by
far the most important, -inasmuch as it
most distinctly demolished all preconceiv
ed explanations, and ako because it indi
cated a most remarkable and important
class of truths in practical chemistry.
Without venturing to give a formal solu
tion of the phenomena, these gentlemen
were of opinion that the sulphurous fumes,
in connection with the gas of the charred
wood, had charged the entire house with
imflainmablc gas, which in cases of fric
tion, in others by electricity, had been
from time to time ignited.
Ascent of Mount Ararat.—The Lon
don correspondent of the New York Corn-
men ial Advertiser says :
An interesting account appears in tlie
Times of this morning of an ascent of
Mount Ararat by five Englishmen. The
natives believed tlie feat to be impossible,
and that the summit was guarded by di
vine prohibition. It is 17,323 feet above
tlie sea level, and terminates in a precip-
itious snow-capped cone, which lias hither
to foiled all the attempts of explorers.
Major Robert Stewart, who was one of
the party, and who writes the account of it
from Erzeronm, states that on reaching
the top. they stuck to the hilt in the snow
a short double-edged sword. They also
drank the health of the Queen. On this
he observes: “Her Majesty’s name is pio-
bably the first that lias been pronounced
on that solemn height since it was quit
ted by the great patriarch of the human
race, as no record or tradition exists of
the ascent having ever been made before.”
A Man Fined for Cheating Himself.—
At the Sheriff’s Court of Alloa, England,
lately, Mr John Banor, of Kennet, was
charged with using a steelyard which was
found to be incorrect. It turned out that
the inaccuracy of the steelyard, which
was the one used for weighing the coals
from the pits, defrauded Mr. Bonar him
self, and the Sheriff' said it was rather
hard to impose a fine in such circumstan
ces, but while be bad the power of mod
ifying the penalty, be could not remit it
altogether, and therefore, Mr. Bonar was
fined 2s. Gd. with 19s. expenses.
Jews in the Austrian Army.—Ac-
coring to the Allgemeinc Zei/ung there are
12,000 Jews in the Austrian army, of
whom more than 500 are officers, surgeons
with the rank of officers, and members of
the auditing department. A great por
tion of the remainder are subalterns, ma*
ny of them owing their position mainly to
the fact that they can read and write Ger
man—an accomplishment not very com
mon in the Austrian army, which is ne
cessarily composed of various nationalities.
For the Recorder.
An Infallible Cure far “Scours.”
I lie followiirfr"^reseriptiou has, on manv
occasions, been used by the subscriber him
self, and by others of his acquaintance, in
Texas—where the disease frequently as
sumes tlie type of an epidemic among
horses, not dissimilar, iu its appearance anil
results, to tlie bloody flux” among human
beings—with sigual and uniform success in
cases of “scours.” In fact. I do not hesi
tate to pronounce it an infallible cure for
that disease, if administered before the an
imal is too far gone from, exhaustion, to
admit of the possibility of physical recuper
ation :
Take of good, strong, freshly baked and
ground coffee, a half pint; put it iu three
pints of boiling water, and let the whole
continue to boil until it is reduced to one
quart; then take it from the fire and let
it cool, shake it well, so that the “grounds”
and the extract may become thoroughly
incorporated together anu then pour the
preparation into a jnnk bottle and drench
the diseased animal with it—giving the
entire quart at a drenching—auil repeat,
once a day, until the animal exhibits evi
dences of growing better of the disease ;
then reduce the dose to one pint, and con
tinue giving it daily until the disease en
tirely disappears. L. M. H. AV.
Instructions for Saving Garden Seeds.
When the seeds are ripe, gather them
without unnecessary delay; otherwise the
puds will split open and their contents he
scattered upon the ground. Do not gath
er indiscriminately, but take only the finest
looking heads. By this selection of the
best plants and the best seed, good A'arie-
ties may be even improved, and tliov cer
tainly will not deteriorate. In this way
many of our choice vegetables have been
obtained. The practical stockbreeder’s
motto is that “like produces like,” and lie
breeds from those animals only which pos
sess the points lie wishes perpetuated.
Thus, if you select the earliest peas, from
the earliest vines, for a number of seasons,
yon can obtain a variety ripening several
days earlier than that with which you
commenced. It has been done once, and
may be done again.
Place the seed vessels, as soon as gath
ered, upon a cloth iu the shade, so that
they may become perfectly dry, at which
ime thresh out the seed, by means of a
small stick. Winnow out the chaff and
small or defective seed, and put the re
mainder iu drawers or small paper bags.
Every kind should be labelled with its
name and the year wheu raised, in this
manner: “Early salmon radish, 1S5G.”
This will prevent all possibility of the in
experienced cultivator mistaking beet for
cabbage seed, or sowing that, which, by
the lapse of time, lias lust i!s powers of
germination. Keep these drawers or bags
n a cool, dry apartment, where no injury
may be apprehended from moisture or the
attacks of mice. W ith care, seeds may
be preserved for se\eral years.
A Boston Apprentice Governor of Or
egon.—Hon. G. L. Curry, present Governor
of Oregon, arrived in town yesterday, after
an absence of fifteen years, and has receiv
ed a most cordial welcome from a large cir
cle of friends and acquaintance. Mr. Cur
ry came to Boston in early life, and served
bis time as an apprentice to tlie jewelry
trade. During his apprenticeship be was
an active member; and was elected Presi
dent of the Mechanics’ Apprentice Library
Association. After attaining his majority
lie went West and about tlie year 1842,
became associated with J. M. Field, Esq.,
in the editing and publishing of the St.
Louis Reveille. Shortly after this he emi
grated to Oregon where lie established the
Oregon Spectator, the first newspaperin the
English language ever printed on the Pa
cific coast, and the first numbers of which
were struck off fmm a press put together
with liis own hands. Mr. Curry served
for some time as Secretary of State under
Gov. Lane, of Oregon, until the latter was
sent as a Delegate to Washington, when be
was appointed bis successor to the Guber
natorial chair.—Boston Traveller, 5th inst.
A Wrinkle about the Age of Hor
ses.—A few days ago we met a gentleman
from Alabama, who gave us a piece of in
formation in regard to ascertaining the age
of a horse, after he or she has passed the
ninth year, which was new to us. and will
be, we are sure, to most of our readers. It
is this : after the horse is nine years old,
a wrinkle comes on the eyelid at tlie up
per corner of the lower lid, and cverv rear
thereafter lie has one well defined wrinkle
for each year over nine. If, for instance,
a horse has three wrinkles, he is twelve ;
if four, thirteen. Add the number of wrin
kles to nine, and you will always get if.—
So says the gentleman ; and he is confi
dent it will never fail. As a good many
people have horses over nine, it is easily
tried. If true, the horse dentist must give
up his trade.—Southern Planter.
The Interior of the Earth.—In tlie
course of a paper read before the Scientif
ic Congress at Albany, by Dr. Winslow,
he observed that tlie more the geograpical
student contemplated the sedimentary
strata, the more lie must become convinc
ed that the solid crust of the planet is a
yielding envelope of no great thickness,
overlying a globe of fluid, subject to dy
namical influences of such vast power,
that mountains and continents undulate
upon it as fields of ice follow the tidal ac
tion of the sea. The causes and forces
of these vast phenomena were considered
to be the tension and dynamical agenca-
Blrsting of the Big Gun.—At St.
Louis, on the 3d instant, while Mr. Dim-
ick was experimenting on his newly in
vented rifle cannon, it exploded, breakiny-
into nine pieces. The gun weighed 7,838
pounds, and was made of fine malleable
iron. The front jart of the gun, about
five feet in length, blew away from the
breacW the latter blowing into eight frag
ments . Some of these, weighing five hun
dred pounds, were thrown forward from
two to three hundred feet, and projected
into the air from forty to fifty feet. But
the most singular part ol the story re
mains to be told. The ball, which weigh
ed eighteen pounds, was thrown to nearly
the elevation which it would have reach
ed had the bursting not taken place, strik
ing the ground at about 15,000 or 16.000
yards. It is to be regretted that the ac
cident occurred when it did. The power
and greatness of the invention were not
fully demostrated. Mr. Dimick, no doubt,
will have another gun made, and, if possi
ble, of better metal.—St Louis Democrat.
Cooking without Fire.—A patent has
been recently granted to Mr. Albro, of
Burybamplain, N. J., for a culinary con
trivance for cooking without fire. Tlie re
quired caloric is generated by the em
ployment of lime and water. Between
these two substances there is a stron"
chemical affinity, and when thev are
brought in contact, in the proper propor
tions, they unite with such rapidity and
energy as to develop an intense heat. No
decomposition takes place, and therefore
no gas escapes; thus heat is produced
without combnstion. The inventor turns
this phenomenon to a highly useful pur
pose in the present improvement. Dur
ing an experiment made in our office, the
other day. with one of these contrivances,
we cooked a slice of ham, stewed a dish
of apples, baked some other apples, and
boiled a quantity of water, all at once, at a
consumption of perhaps a quarter of a
cent s worth ot lime. r I he inventor
makes different sizes; the largest does
not exceed a lady’s bandbox. Among
them is the dinner-pail pattern so arrang
ed that the mechanic, when noon time
arrives, has only to pour a half pint or so
of water in the pail, in order to cook a
warm dinner. The lime and edibles
of course, arranged at home.
f Farm Journal,
ire,
A Religious (?) Creed.—The creed of
Rev. Tbeo. Parker, as expressed in a re
cent discourse : “I do not believe in the
miraculous origin of the Hebrew Church,
or of tlie Buddhist clmrcli, or of tbeChris-
tain Church, or of the miraculous character
of Jesus. I take no^ the Bible for my
master, nor yet the Cl.u.cli, nor ev<n
Jesus of Nazareth for my master. He is
my best historical dial ot human greatness,
not without errors, not without the stain
of the great guns in the religious crusade
in the dreams of girls.” This man is on
without sins; for men without sins exist
ofhis times, and I presume, of coarse, not
against tlie principles of our glorious Con
stitution, which know 110 difference be-
ween one part of the country and another.
Sugar Cane in Minnesota.—AVole irn
from the Winona Republican, that YV. B
Bunnel, of Ilomer, in Minnesota Terri
tory, has tins season suecessiuly ex peri
mented on tlie cultivation of sugar cane
Mr. Bunnel thinks it will succeed, without
doubt, and next year will devote several
acres to this crop, which has so generally
been supposed to be necessarily confined
to the extreme Sonth.
Good.— r llie Paris Patrie reports as an
extraordinary fact, illustrative of this
“fast age,” that a new religious sect has
originated in the United States of America,
called "Adorateurs des Negres," which be
ing interpreted, means “Negro Worshipp
ers,” which bids fail to swallow cp all
the other isms and schisms oi the dav : the
Palrie is in dead earnest, and there is more
truth than poetry in the statement.
Query.—The New-York Day book
asks if there is any truth in the rumor
that Beecher uses the Fremont song
book in his church, in place of his own
collections of psalms and hymns ?
