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(iUI, IIWSILL & HARRIS,
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THOMASV1LLE, Ga.
eve associated with us Mr. CHARLES
i HARRIS, recently’ of Milledgeville.—
• firwarded to us will meet with prompt
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I-ms, Lowndes, Irwin, Telfair, Berrien,
Clinch, Ware, Decatur and Worth.
SEWARD &. HANSELL.
Iville, July 8, 1856 28 tf
m A. 0. MANN,
ITO R N E Y AT LAW,
DECATUR, GEORGIA,
hi practice in DeKalb, Fulton, Henry,
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REFERENCES.
■Jv. Ezzard and'Underwood, Hammond
Arianta, Geo.
Ball, LaGrange, Geo.
51. Calhoun, Atlanta, Geo.
11. Trippe, Forsyth, Geo.
iRivers, M. D., Decatur, Geo.
il. If.'iii 14 tf
saac Hardeman,
llTORNEY AT LAW,
] LINTON, GEORGIA.
56 39 6m*
|J. <T DANIEL,
ATTORNEY AT LA IV,
f&oaville, Telfair County, G-a.
i removed from Milledgeville to Jack
ie, will attend to all business entrusted
promptness Particular attention paid
"1855 17 tf
MESH. STARK,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
cRirrisr, Ga.
PRACTICE in the Courts of the Flint
1 : lit, and in the Supreme Court at Ma-
■ Atlanta.
U.1656 11 tf
J. F. LANGSTON,
ATTORNEY at law,
Carnesville, Ga.
1 'ricKs —c. Peeples, Esq., Wm. H. Hull,
' ’••' -Gabriel Nash, Esq., Danielstille;
. ■ ts Hillyer, Monroe; Amos T. Akermon,
tf. 1S56 22 tf
JAMES 0. CARROLL
*“7s:.:ian and Accoucheur,
' ; -i it Hughes’, formerly Hampton’s Mills
‘ v Creek, Laurens county, Georgia.
17 lyr
f-CHARLES II. HALL,
-MILLEDGEVILLE, GEO.
[pp
'-tear the Court-house. Country calls
L?l% answered.
GI856 25 tf
A.BUTTS
professional services to the citizens of
Baldwin and Jones.
| Flr T AT O. H. P. BONNER’S.
Baldwin county.
T 4l5 56 26 Gm
f'N; C U M 13JT G, m. D.,
1 .i,-,-) 1 'Permanently located near Stanley's
yj-"ureas County, Ga., respectfully ten-
I ■ u-’.'.'p.' lona l services to the citizens of Lau-
> c , '* mson counties. Always to be found
, . r - A, ‘ept when professionally engaged.
32 6m
Jr s
I !
new goods.
T Received at tiie
wile Clothing Store,
Sn Hotel, No. 1.
assortment of Gents, Youths and
^ fn l • Jl , ‘ tin
b %r; aWe , sp RIXG and summer
cr v a various qualities and prices
iii‘!'i Pr * or ’) a ‘l ma Jc to order and the
••-d. i yj- ga j e i UUJ f or cas j 1 _
i ls-e A. C. VAIL, Agent.
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ON THE HAVANA PLAN.
MORE PRIZES THAN BLANKS.
7805 PHIZE~S.
#1 02,00 0!
ONLY 15,000 NUMSE1S!
PRIZES PAYABLE WITHOUT DEDUCTION.
Jasper County Academy
LOTTERY.
[BY AUTHORITY OF THE STATE OF GEORGIA.]
TO BE DRAWN OCTOBER 15, 1856,
At CONCERT IIALL, Macon Ga., under the
s worn superintendence of Col. Geo. M. Logan and
James A.Nisbet, Esq.
Patrons will piea.se examine this magnificent
belie me carefully compare it with any other, and
it it is not the best ever offered, and the chances
to obtain Capital far better than any other Scheme
ottered, don t purchase Tickets.
CAPITAL Ts 15,000!
i Inze ot $lo,(H)0 is $ 15,000
| “ ---- 5,000 is 5,000
1 ‘‘ 2,000 is 2,000
^ “ 1,000 are 2,000
J “ 500 are 2,500
_ 100 are 7,500
20 Approximations of $50 are $1,0( 0
50 “ 25 are 1,250
50 “ -20 are 1 000
]00 “ 10 are 1,000
7,500 Prizes of $3A are 63,750
7,805 Prizes amounting to $102,000
Tickets $10—Halves $5- Quarters $2 50.
The 7,500 Prizes of $3], are determined by the
Number which draws the $15,000 Prize—if that
number should b#an odd number, then every odd
number ticket in the Scheme will be entitled to
$8,50 ; if an even number, then every even num
ber ticket will be entitled to $-3,50, in addition to
any other Prize which may be drawn.
Purchasers in buying an equal quantity of odd
and even number tickets will be certain of drawing
nearly one-lialf the cost of the same, with chances
of obtaining other Prizes.
All those Tickets ending with 0, 2, 4, 6, 8, are
even—all those ending with 1,3, 5, 7, 9, are odd.
Persons sending money by mail need not fear its
being lost. Orders punctually attended to. Com
munications confidential- Bank Notes of sound
Banks taken at par.
Those wishing particular numbers should or
der immediately.
Address JAMES F. WINTER,
Manager, Macon, Ga.
Sept. 16,1856 38 tf
in^yirs .
Anti-Rheumatic- Powders,
A Safe, Speedy and Radical Carr for
Rheumatism, XLheumatic Gout and
Sciatica.
We, the undersigned, citizens of Putnam coun
ty, Ga-, cheerfully bear testimony to the efficacy of
Linch’s Anti-Rheumatic Powders in the treatment
of acute or chronic, rheumatism, many’ cases having
been successfully treated by’ Dr. J. G. Gibson of
Eatonton, within our personal knowledge, in which
these powders were principally used.
Joel Branham, M. D. J) R. Adams,
Stephen B. Marshall, Micheal Dennis,
T. B. Harwell, G. R. Thomas,
IVm. B. Carter, Thomas Rcspass,
Daniel Slade, James Nicholson 8f others
Any reasonable number ofindividual certificates
can be given in attestation of their efficacy.
Prepared and sold by J. G. GIBSON, M.D.,
Eatonton, Ga., at $5 per box.
All orders directed to bin), with the above sum
inclosed, and a description of the case, shall receive
with the Medicine such advice as may suit any' pe*
culiarity thereof.
ES^Forsale by James Hedy, Milledgeville, Ga.;
Richard H. Hutchins. Clinton; E. L. Stroliecker
Macon ; Hurd &. Hungerford, Monticello; Dr W.
A. Wright, Barnesville ; Z. Gray’, Sandersville : R.
W. Hubert, Warrenton; Charles Haywood, Perry;
B. H. Clark, Vienna; Hall & Fort, Americus;
Jackson & Jones, Polmctto, Campbell county, and
J, G. GIBSON, Eatontoii,Ga.
February 5, 1856 6 12m
BENTON’S THIRTY YEARS VIEW,
C OMPLETE in two Volumes. The work, or
either volume of it, will be sent to any part of
the State by mail, POSTAGE PAID, and secure
ly done up, on 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 & BRO.
Milledgeville.
June 17,1856 25 tf
Bennett’s Embrocation,
THE GREAT
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 by one application,
Will cure Pains in 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.
HPTry it, and be convinced.^]
For sale by E. J. WHITE &. BRO., 3d Store
under Milledgeville Hotel-
Sept. 9, 1856 •* ‘ Ut
TO KENT.
S EVERAL APARTMENTS and a good Store
Room in the east end ot Washington llall
Apply at the Recorder Office.
Milledgeville, May 20, IS.di
Savannah Medical College.
T HE Regular Course of Lectures of this Iusitii-
tion will commence on the first Monday in
November next, and be continued for four months.
R. D. ARNOLD. M. D.,
Prof. 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 Practice of Surgery.
J. G. HOWARD,M. D.,
Prof, of Anatoniv.
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 Anatomy.
J. G. HOWARD, M. D.,
Dean of the Faculty.
Aug. 26th, 1856 M.-> I4t
~ *15 REWARD !
ANAWAY from the Subscriber in Laurens
county, about 14 miles Southeast of Dublin, a
negro woman CANDICE, about 36 years old, of
(lark complexion, about five feet 2 or 3 inches mjrn*
upper front teeth alt gone, good ones below. She
left about the later part of March last. I be abo\e
reward of Fifteen Dollars will be 1 & 1( 1 for the ap-
prehension and delivery of the woman CANDICE
to the Subscriber at. Dublin, or for her lodgment in
| ail- W. s. McLENDON.
~ July 1,1856 27 tf
BROUGHT TO JAIL,
I N Eatonton, Putnam county, Ga.
on Thursday, the 18th inst aNe-
oto man (black) named LEWIS,
six feet one or two inches high,about
twenty-four or twenty-five years of
age, and weighing one hundred and seventy-hve
or eighiv pounds. .
He says he belongs to Robert Holoman of Missis
sippi, and ran away from Abner Wells, a trader,
while on his way from South Carolina to Mississip
pi The owner is requested to comeforward, prove
property, pay charges, and take him away.
1 1 J J THOS GAMBLE, Jailor.
Eatonton, Sept. 30.1856 45 5t
R l
CABIN PASSAGE TO NEW YORK 25 DOLLARS.
[semi-weekly.]
UNITED STATES LZATL LINE.
The new and splendid side-wheel Steamships
KNOX V^LE 1500 tons.... Capt. C. D. Lu BLOW,
AUGUSTA, 1500 tons....Capt. T. Lyon,
r LOKlDAj 1300 tons Capt.M. S.Woodkull
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—makinp
their passages in 50 to 60 hours, and are command
ed by skillful, careful and polite officers. Having
elegant state-room accommodations, they offer j
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,
5. 18;>6 New York.
Atlantic & Gulf Railroad.
T | ’'HE Board of Commissioners of the Atlantic
J- and Gulf Railroad, having adjourned to meei
on the26th instant, and it having been represented
to me that the interest of that enterprise requires
farther time for the obtainment of subscriptions tc
the Stock, and acquiescing in the justness of the
suggestion, the meeting of the Board on the 26tl
instant is hereby postponed until the 22d day o:
October next, at Milledgeville.
E. A. NISBET, Chairman.
Macon, Aug. 20,1856 35 8t
TO THE LADIES.
THE subscriber would res
pectfully inform the Ladies o
Milledgeville and vicinity
that she has, foi their aecom
modation, and at the reqnes
of some friends, resumed the
XMtiilinery Business.
She invites all her old friend;
to give her a call, as she will have a full and nea
assortment of all articles necessary for ladies wear
The latest fashions will he kept on hand, and all ar
tides made as desired, with neatness and dispatch
LOUISA O’BRIEN.
Milledgeville, August 5, 1856 32 ly
FINE FURNITURE.
F INE Farlor 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-tet.es, 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, &c.
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, &c. for sale on the
most reasonable terms.
Lumber taken in exchange, or Lumber made up
to the most fashionable styles of Furniture to order.
Wc liave 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 19,1856 34 6m
Wool Manufacturing!!
T HE SUBSCRIBERS will continue (he busi
ness of Wool Carding 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 J ea.n’s or Kerseys at the usual price.
Persons at a distance will please forward
their Wool as early as possible.
B. A. JEWELL &. Co.
Wm. Walker J. C. Shea, D. A. Jewell.
Milledgeville, April 1,1856 14 tf
BUSINESS.
A 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 CARD.
A LL persons that are desirous of availing
themselves of Dr. Moseley’s Services, will
find him at his
INFIRMARY, BROADWAY, GRIFFIN, GA.
Patients boarded at $1 per day, or $16 per
mouth. FEES, in all cases, to be agreed upon be
fore undertaken. No case 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.
All letters, to entitle them to notice, must enclose
a “stamp” for the payment of postage, and be di
rectcd to W. R. MOSELEY, M. D.
Griffin Georgia.
Dec.25,1855 52 12m
DENTAL NOTICE.
J. B. MURPHY,
SURGEON DEXUTXST,
W OULD respectfully inform the citizens of
Baldwin and Putnam counties, that he has
not authorized any one to attend to his unfinished
business, but will promptly attend to all his 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 my 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 no w prepared
to execute all operations in the most approved
manner.
Milledgeville, July 8, 1856 23 tf
A Card.
B EING informed that it is generally believ
ed that I am specially interested in the
Drug Store of Win. L. White & Co., I take this
method of correcting that impression, and further
state that 1 am not now, and never hate been 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
REMOVAL.
F AIR &. EDWARDS have taken a room in the
North end of the new Hotel, where they have
a fine stock of hardware unsurpassed
by any in the citv. together with every description
of FAnXXLV GROCERIES.
FINE CIGARS from $10 to $100 perM, Also,
the finest BRA A DIES, HINES, WHISKIES, &c.
that can be procured.
Also, a large lot of the heaviest GUNNY CLOTH
at Savannah prices.
October 30,1855 44 tf
FOB. SALE.
A N ELEGANT seven octave, three pedal PI
ANO 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 t.f
^ LBS. Choice Tennessee Bacon
Mm lust receivedjind for sale by
July 22 1856
SCOT.T & CAEAXER.
30 tf
NUMBER 41.
GEORGIA, TUESDAY, OCTOB
From the American Organ.
AMERICA.
BY HELEN H. H.
America! America! the “home ofthebrave,”
No foe can subdue thee, no tyrant enslave ;
Unfettered and free
As the waves of the sea—
Thy gallant and stern-hearted sons e’er will be.
Neath the banner of freedom their ranks they enlist,
Y\ ith firm, dauntless spirits each foe to resist;
To the “red, white and blue,”
May they ever prove true,
May they rally around them and fight for them too.
America ! America ! the “land of the free,”
Thy gallant, brave freemen speak proudly of thee ;
United—they stand,
A firm, gallant band,
To guard their loved country, their own native land.
Then hurrah ! for our country, oh ! long may it be.
The “land of the brave and the homo of the free
May the Union ne’er sever,
May our flag droop never !
But freedom’s bold eagle spread its broad wings
forever!
THE BACHELOR’* MOLILOQiY.
To wed, or not to wed, that is the question ;
Whether 'tis nobler in a man to sutler
The stings and sorrows of that blind young archer ;
Or fly to arms against a host of troubles,
And, at the altar, end them. To woo;—to wed;—
No more; and by this step to say we end
The heartache, and the thousand hopes and fears,
The single suffer—’tis a consummation
Devoutly to be wished. To woo;—to wed ;
To wed; perchance repent!—aye, there’s the rub,
For in that wedded state, what woes may come
When we have launched upon that untried sea,
Must give us pause; there’s the respect
That makes celibacy of so long life;
For who would hear the quips and jeers of friends,
The husband’s pity and the coquette’s scorn,
The vacant hearth, the solitary cell,
The unshared sorrows and the void within,
When he himself might his redemption gain
With a fair damsel. Who would beauty shun
To toil and plod over a barren heath ;
But that the dread of something yet beyond
The undiscovered country, from whose bourne
No bachelor returns,—puzzles the will,
And makes us rather hear those ills we have,
Than fly to others we know not of!
Thus forethought does make cowards of us all,
And thus the native hue of resolution
Is sickbed o’er with the pale cast of thought,
And numberless flirtations, long pursued,
With this regard, their currents turned away
And lose the name of marriage.
Scientific and Phenomenal Discoveries of the
last Fifty Years.
This is tlie age, among other things, of
discovery. The human intellect has em
ployed itself upon scientific investigation,
within the last fifty years, with wonder
ful energy and wonderful success. Among
the great discoveries of the last last half
century are :
The Steamboat.—Fulton launched the
first steamboat in 1807. Now there are
three thousand steamboats traversing the
waters of America. The rivers of nearly
every country in the world are traversed
by steamboats.
The Railroad.—In 1800 there was not
a single railroad in the world. In Great
Britain alone there are now 8,797 miles of
railroad, costing 82S6,000,000 to build, and
and 31,000 miles of railroad in England
and America. The locomotive will now
travel in as many hours a distance which,
in 1800, required as many days to accom
plish.
Magnetic Telegraph.—In 1800 it took
weeks to convey intelligence between
Philadelphia and New Orleans ; now it can
be accomplished in minutes by the elec-
trictelegraph, which only had itsbeginniug
in 1843.
Concerning this wonderful discovery,
Professor Morse narrates a most interest
ing fact in a recent speech :
“The bill for establishing a line,’’ he
says, “was before Congress, had passed
the House, and was on the calendar of the
Senate, but the evening of the fast day had
commenced, with more than one hundred
hills to consider before mine could be
reached. Wearied with the anxiety of
suspense, I consulted with one of my sena
torial friends; he thought the chance of
reaching it so small, that he advised me to
consider it as lost. In a state I must
leave you to imagine, I returned to my
lodgings to make my preparations for re
turning home the next day. My funds
were redifeed to a fraction of a dollar. In
the morning as I was about to sit down to
breakfast, the servant announced that a
young lady desired to see me in the parlor.
It was the daughter of my excellent friend
and college classmate, the Commissioner
of Patents. She called, she said, by her
father’s permission and in the exuberance
of her own joy, to announce the passage of
the telegraph bill at midnight, but the mo
ment betore the Senate’s adjournment.
“This was the turning point of the tele
graph invention in America. As an ap
propriate acknowledgement for her sympa
thy and kindness—a sympathy which only
a woman can feel and express- -I promis
ed that the first dispatch by the first line
oftclegraph from Washington to Baltimore
should be indited by her. To which she
replied T will hold you to your word.’ In
about a year from that time, the line was
completed, and every thing being prepar
ed, I apprised my young friend of the fact.
A| note from her enclosed this dispatch :
“What hath God wrought!” These
were the first words that passed over the
electric wires on the first completed line in
America. None could have been chosen
more in accordance with my own feelings.
It baptized the American telegraph with
the name of its author. It placed the
crown of success and honor where it be
longed.”
Voltaism was discovered in March,
1800 ; the electro-magnet in 1821. Elec
trotyping was discovered only a few years
ago.
Hoe’s Printing-press, capable of print
ing ten thousand copies an hour, is a very
recent discovery, but of most important
character.
Gas-light was unknown in 1800 ; now
every city and town of any pretence is
lighted with it; and we have the an
nouncement of a still greater discovery, by
which light, heat, and motive-power, may
all be produced from water, with scarcely
any cost.
Daguerre communicated to the world
his beautiful invention in 1839.
Gun-cotton and chloroform were discov
ered but; a few years ago.
Astronomy has added a number of new
planets to the solar system.
Agricultural Chemistry has enlarg
ed the domain or knowledge in that
important branch of scientific research,
and mechanics have increased the pro-
duc^on and the means of accomplishing
an amount of labor which far transcends
the ability of united manual efforts to ac
complish,—Home Chde.
Drifting.
It was only the other day that a man
fell asleep in his boat on the Niagara river.
During his slumber the boat broke loose
from her moorings, and he woke to find
himself shooting down the rapids directly
towards the cataract. In vain he shriek
ed for help, in vain he tried to row against
the current, he drifted on, and on, and on,
till his light craft upset, when he was
borne rapidly to the brink of the abyss, and
leaping up, with a wild cry, went over and
disappeared forever.
In the great battle of Gibraltar, when
the united fleets of France and Spain at
tacked the impregnable fortress, one of the
gigantic floating batteries broke from ber
anchorage and began to drift directly into
the hottest of the British fire. The thou
sand men, who formed the crew of the un
wieldy mass, vainly strove to arrest its
progress or divert it from its path. Every
minute it drifted nearer to the English
guns, every minute some new part took
fire from the red-hot shot, every minute an
other score of its hapless defenders were
swept, like chaff from its decks. The most
superhuman efforts failed to prevent its
drifting, with its human freight, to inevita
ble death.
A ship was wrecked at sea. The pas
sengers and crew took refuge on a raft, the
boats having been stove in the attempt to
launch them. For days and weeks these
unfortunates drifted without oar or sail,
on the hot, Jsrazen, tropical ocean. At last
their provisionsfailed, and then their water;
still they drifted about vainly looking for a
sail, or hoping for a sight of land. The
time had now come when that fearful alter
native became inevitable—death from star
vation or feeding on human flesh—and they
were just beginning to cast lots for a vic
tim when a vessel was seen far away on
the distant horizon. They abandoned their
terrible design ; the stranger would ap
proach. The ship came towards them.—
Bhe drew nearer and nearer. They strove
to attract her attention by shouts and by
raising their clothing; but the indolent
look-out saw them not. They shouted
louder; still they were not seen. At last
the vessel tacked. With frantic terror
they arose in one body, shouting and wav-
their garments. It was in vain. The un
conscious ship stood steadily away.—
Night drew on, and as the darkness fell,
the raft drifted and drifted in the other di
rection, till the last trace of the vessel was
lost forever.
So it is with life. The intemperate man,
who thinks he at least, will never die a
drunkard, whatever his neighbor may do,
only wakes to find himself drifting down
the cataract, and all hope gone. The sen
sualist who lives merely for his own grat
ification, drifts into an emasculated old
age, to be tortured with passion he cannot
gratify, and perish by merciless, agonizing
diseases. The undisciplined, who never
learn to control themselves, who are spend
thrifts or passionate, or indolent, or vision
ary, soon make shipwreck of themselves,
and drift about the sea of life, the prey of
every wind and current, vainly shrieking
for help, till at last they drift away into
darkness and death.
Take care that you are not drifting. See
that you have fast hold of the helm. The
breakers of life forever roar under the lee,
and adverse gales continually blow on the
shore. Are yon watching liow she heads ?
Do you keep a firm grip of the wheel 1 If
you give way for but one moment, you
may drift helplessly into the boiling vortex.
Young man, take care ! It rests with your
self alone, under God, whether you reach
port triumphantly, or drift to ruin.
[ Baltimore Suji.
The Philosophy of Rain.—To under
stand the philosophy of this beautiful and
often sublime phenomenon, so often wit
nessed since the creation of the world, and
so essential to the very existence of plants
and animals, a few facts derived from ob
servation and a long train of experiment
must be remembered :
1. YYere the atmosphere everywhere at
all times of a uniform temperature, we
should never have rain, or hail, orsnotv.
The water absorbed by it in evaporation
from the sea and the earth’s surface, would
descend in an imperceptible vapor, or
cease to be absorbed by the air when it
was once fully saturated.
2. The absorbing power of the atmos
phere, and consequently its capacity to re
tain humidity, is proportionately greater in
warm than in cold air.
The air near the surface of the earth is
warmer than it is in the regions of the
clouds. The higher we ascend from the
earth, the colder do we find the atmosphere.
Hence the perpetual snow on very high
mountains in the hottest climate.
Now, when from continued evaporation
the air is highly saturated with vapor,
though it be invisible and the sky cloud
less, if its temperature is suddenly reduced
by cold currents descending from a higher
to a lower altitude, its capacity to retain
moisture is diminished, clouds are formed,
and the result is rain. It condenses, it
cools, and like a sponge filled with water
and compressed, pours out the water its di
minished capacity cannot hold. How sin
gular, but how simple, the philosophy- of
rain.—South Carolina Agriculturalist-
The Marriage Relation.—The great
secret is to learn to bear with each other’s
failings ; not to be blind to them—that is
either an impossibility or a folly-; we must
see and feel them ; it we do neither, they
are not evils to us, and there is obvious
ly no need of forbearance but to throw the
mantle of affection round them, concealing
them from each other’s eyes ; to deteinine
not to let them chill the affections ; to re
solve lo cultivate good tempered forbear
ance, because it is the only way of mitiga
ting the present evil, always with a view
to ultimate amendment. Surely- it is not
the perfection, but the imperfection, of hu
man character that makes the strongest
claim in love. All the world must approve,
even enemies must admire, the good and
the estimable in human nature. If a hus
band and wife estimate only that in each,
which all must be constrained to value,
what do they more than others ? It is in
firmities of character, imperfections of na
ture, that call for pitying sympathy, the
tender compassion that makes each the
comforter, the monitor of the other. For
bearance helps both to attain command
over themselves. Few are the creatures so
utterly evil as to abuse a generous confi
dence, a calm forbearance. Married per
sons should be pre-eminently friends,
and fidelity is the great privilege of
friendship.. The forbearance here con
tended for is not a weak and wicked
indulgence of each other’s faults, but such
a calm, tender observance of them as ex
cludes all harshness and anger, and takes
the best and gentlest methods of pointing
them out in the full confidence of affection.
[ Whisper to a Bride.
Anf.cdotc of Mr. Fillmore.—A wri
ter in the New York Commercial Adverti
ser furnishes the following anecdote of Mil
lard Fillmore while he was an apprentice
in a Clothier’s establishment, in Livingston
county-, New Ybrk :
“A shopman, an apprentice in the same
work, belonging to a highly respectable
neighboring family, on a visit to his pa
rents, on one occasion, where the af
fairs of the fulling mill became the topic of
conversation, exclaimed to his mother in
an earnest tone, “Oh ! you don’t know
what a singular fellow Millard is.” “What
of him now ?” she inquired. “Why, he
has no fun in him. We all had an invita
tion to a quilting the other night, in a near
neighborhood ; the boys in the shop, with
the girls in the family nil went but him, and
would you believe it ? that with all oui
persuasion, we could not get him started
—he would stay- at home alone. Wc all
went, and had music, and dancing, and
fine sport ; and when we returned he was
reading an old book, and had been reading
all alone the whole evening. Did you
ever hear of so queer a lad 1” The good
mother promptly- checked him, and answer
ed, “Ah ! my- son, he is in the right! you
will sec the time when you will be glad to
do him homage. He studies his books
and will be a man, while you will be vain
ly spending your time in looking for amuse
ments.” The reader may- ask what has
been the comparative sequel of the boy
who preferred sport. He y-et lives in the
vigor of manhood, in humble circumstances,
enjoying the reputation of an honest man,
and good citizen, but undistinguished
among the millions, while his shopmate has
risen to the first honors of the Republic.
The young folks of Ashland, Ohio, are
“warring with their wishes” in a rather hu
morous way. The Times says :
“A society has been formed among the
young ladies of Ashland, having the com
mendable object in view of inducing the
young men to abstain from all intoxicating
drinks—eveu ale, beer, wine or cider. A pro
vision of the society debarring young ladies
from associating with those who refuse to
sign the pledge, having become public,
some of the young gents refused to sign,
protesting against such action, and formed
another society, which requires of the
young ladies, to make them eligible to
‘good society-,’ to abandon hoops paint and
Alabama silk. We have not heard wheth
er the two parties design nominating can
didates for the Presidency.”
The girls are right—stick to the pledge.
The young men are very- unreasonable.—
What would some of the ladies be without
hoops and paint ? There would not be
enough of them for the “fellers” to court.
By the way, what is Alabama silk ?”
[Sandnshy Register.
“Young ’un,” don’t you know ? “Alaba
ma silk” grows on a cotton plant; it was
used at New Orleans by General Jackson
for breastworks.—Clevelander.
The Products of Slave Labor,—The
total value of the exports of cotton, tobac
co, rice and naval stores, articles of slave
labor, for the year ending June 30, 1S55,
amounted to $1C6,4S0,077. At the same
date of the present year, they amount to
about $144,4S0,077, giving an increase in
value of $38,000,000. The New York Her
ald says that the result of Southern labor
for a single y-ear, shows the value to the
Union of that section of the country. In
these results, the free Stages of the North,
it is believed, participate to the full extent
of twenty per cent., or to the amount of
828,896,004, which, in ten years, would
amount to 8288,960,040.
If to the $144,480,077 slave products for
1856 we add the exports of breadstuffs,
timber, staves, etc., from the same part of
the Union, and add the $31,000,000
worth of cotton consumed in the United
States, with a large supply of sugar from
the same region, which, in 1850 amounted
to 812,878,850, we shall have a grand to
tal oft slave products for a single year of
not less, probably, than 8250,000,000. By
the census returns of 1850, it appears there
were in the Southern States, 74,081 cotton
plantations, 2.681 sugar plantations. 551
rice estates, 15,745 tobacco estates, and S37
hemp planters. There were 5,000,000
acres of land devoted to the culture of cot
ton.
Decrease of American Sugar Cane.—
In Louisiana, the yield of sugar has been
decreasing for some years past. A planter
gives statistics in the New Orleans Crescent
which prove this. The sugar cane is prop
agated by cuttings, the same as the pota
to. It has been discovered by experience
that no annual plant can be propagated by
cuttings from year to year in the same lo
cality and in the same kind of soil. The
cultivation of the potato affords the most
complete illustration of this principle,
hence scientific farmers endeavor to obtain
seed raised at some distance from where
they reside, and on soil somewhat different
from that in which they- intend to plant it.
Those who cultivate the sugar cane, in
Louisiana and other places, should take
measures early- to obtain new cuttings and
seed cane lor their next crops, from the
AY T est India Islands, in order to improve
their yield of sugar.
Staggers in Horses*—On thefustsymp-
toms of the staggers, take two ounces of
good English calomel and make three
doses of it and mix with molasses ; pull
out his tongue and, with a spoon, pntit as
far down as possible; in one hour, the
same, and one hour more, the same ; and
in one hour after the calomel, give one pint
of castor oil and one pint of whiskey mix
ed, and bleed freely at the nostrils from the
start, and if anything will cure, this will.
\Southern Cultivator.
Beet Root Coffee.—A very good cof
fee can be made of beet root in the follow
ing manner :—Cut dry beet root into very-
small pieces, then gradually heat in a close
pan over the fire for about fifteen minutes.
Now introduce a little sweet, fresh butter
and bring it up to the roasting beat. The
butter prevents the evaporation of the
sweetness and aroma of the beet root, and
when fully roasted it is taken out, ground,
and used like coffee. A beverage made of
it is cheap, and, no doubt, equally as good
for the human system as coffee or chicory. J
Increased Consumption of Cotton.
A late number of the Liverpool Times
has a very interesting article on the con
sumption of cotton and the probable de
mand for the same. According to the wri
ter’s estimates, notwithstanding the unex
ampled crop of the last year, the stock in
Liverpool on the 31st of December 1S56
will be reduced to 386,620 bales, against
428,S10 bales on the 31st December, 1S55.
He goes on to say, and coming from
Liverpool, the editors remarks are cer
tainly worthy- of attention :
Now, the question arises, are we cor
rect in surmising that the trade will re
quire for the rest of the year in propor
tion with the past l We believe that we
are rather below than above the mark,
for new machinery is being weeklv sci; in
motion and the trade in Manchester is
so profitable at the present time, that
there can be little doubt the consump
tion now going forward is as great
as at. any time in the history- of the trade.
To justify us also in this estimate, we may
state, what is admitted on all hands, that
spinners hold very small stocks at the
mills, and that therefore the ir supplies must
be drawn from this market. Wc have
thus far continued our attention to the
supply and demand for this year out. Wc
will now look forward to the year 1857 ;
and, first, let us ask as to the probability of
the amount required for our consumption.
We have peace with all the world : we
have the world as our customers ; and if wo
are favored with a favorable gathering of
our harvest, we shall have a well fed, busy
population at home to clothe. The num
ber of new mills now building is, perhaps,
larger than ever known—so much so that
there is an estimate very generally made
that these new mills will require as much
as 4,000 bales per week.
This, added to our present large con
sumption, will swell the requirements of
the trade of this country to at least 45,000
bales per week. Surely, we may ask,
where is the supply to come from ? Can
wc expect another crop in the United
States of 3,500,000? T\ e shall require
3,700,000, and even that will leave us
with a smaller stock at the end of 1857
tLau at the close of this year. Wc may
turn to India, and ask foc^a supply from
thence. Brazil is giving us less rather
than an increase. Egypt may furnish us
with a few bags more, but it is to the
United States alone that we ean look for
any hope of supply. Truly, consumption
has outstripped production, and machine
ry is constructed faster than the raw mate-
al can be produced to keep it in motion.—
No wonder the trade are so anxious to hear
of favorable reports of the cotton crop, for
they well know the effect of bad weirih-
er, insects, bad picking season, or an ear
ly- frost, all of which the crop is endanger
ed by. The trade require an enormous
quantity to keep priees moderate, and it
remains to be seen whether their require
ments will be supplied. We have seen
that the large crop of this year has failed
to maintain the staple on a par with last •
year. What will be the result if any ac
cident happen to the growing crop ?
Address by Thomas H. Clay, Esq.—
Thomas Hart Clay, Esq., the eldest sou of
the illustrious statesman, at the urgent re
quest of many persons, lias published an
address to his eountrymen on the terrible
crisis of the country. We quote a few
paragraphs :
My father thought Buchanan weak and
corrupt; wanting, as General Jackson has
it, in moral firmness. I have seen no rea
son to vary my opinion from Lis. Mixed
up, as he is, in the old “Bargain and Cor
ruption” plot, his card to the Tvlegra ph
newspaper, in July, 2827, in which he
says, I pretend not to give the words, but
the substance, “Mr. Adams has been elect
ed to the Presidency Ly Mr. Clay’s agency;
Mr. Clay has been apointed Secretary of
State by- Mr. Adams ; the people will
draw their own inference;” his attempts
to prove in public speeches in 2S44,in
Pennsylvania, that Kir. Polk was a Letter
tariff man than Mr. Clay, furnish such a
damning record of weakness and corrup
tion, that I cannot conceive how oven any
Democrat of the old line, I mean Jackson
Democrat, eouhl give him his support.—
Who could believe, then, that any Old
Line Whig, any friend of my father, would
be found enlisted in his cause ?
Whether as author or signer of the Os-
tend Manifesto, he has shown an utter want
of those statesmanlike qualities which are
requisite in a President of the United
States.
The time lias come when every lover of
his country should speak out boldly and
fearlessly. 1 shall not shrink from the
duty. Too much is at stake to tolerato
silence in any one who is informed as to
the political histories of either Mr. Fill
more or Buehanan. Col. Fremont has
none.
Turn we now to Millard Fillmore: Hyper
ion to a Satyr. By the act of Providence
called to the Presidency of the United
States, we see him national and conserva
tive in all respects; upholding the Consti
tution, carrying out its compromises ; at
tending to the interests of every section ;
respected both at Lome and abroad. On
the completion of his term, hailed by hon
est Whigs and honest Democrats every
where. with “well done, thou good and
faithful sevant,” etc.
Can an American public halt in its
opinion between such men ? Is slavery
agitation never to be put to rest ? Is
squatter sovereignty and fillibusterism to
be tolerated by free and enlightened
Americans ? Esau like, are we ready to
sell our birthrights for a mess of pottage ?
Forbid it, Almighty God !
The new cent piece recently finished at
the United States Mint, Philadelphia, is the
size of the old half-cent, and is composed of
fifty-seven parts of copper, seven of nicke 1 ,
and one of zinc. It has a light appear
ance, with a faint red tint, and is in beau
tiful contrast with the American silver and
gold pieces, and will not, as the old cent
did, tarnish them by contact. The weight
of the new is only seventy-two grains—
that of the present copper cent is one hun
dred and sixty eight.—Phil. American.
Trial of a Steam Plow.—At the late
meeting of the Royal Agricultural Society,
England, when the trial of reapers was
held, as noticed in our last number, a
Steam Plow constructed by Mr. Fowler
was also tested. It plowed one acre and
sixteen poles in an hour with art S-horie
power steam engine.
