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ykt GREAT CAVE OF KENTUCKY.
This is undoubtedly one of the greatest
wonders on the American Continent, and is
now attracting much attention both from
Europeans and Americans. Hundreds visit
it every year, but few have t.je courage to
go far’ into its depths. However some
few, more daring than others, have within
the last law months, made some very in
teresting discoveries, a brief an v.int of
which, together with a brief description of
the cave, we clip from the Journal of Com
merce:
“The cave is eight miles from the Dip
ping Springs, and eight and a half miles
from Pruit’s Ktiop. The turnpike from
Louisville to Nashville, runs within six
miles of it
“ The improvements within the ‘nve com
mences about a half mile from the mouth,
in that branch formerly known as the Great
Bat room, but now as Audubon’s avenue,
named by the proprietor after his old friend,
the celebrated ornithologist. They consist
rf chambers 14 feet square and 10 met high.
The chambers are placed aside of the wall
in the cave and 10 feet apart. A handsome
pannel door opens upon the avenue, and to
the side of those to be occupied by families
are sliding doom. A curtain of ten feet in
width extends from one chamber to the
other, and when let down and the sliding
door opened, a communication from one
chamber to anotner can be had without be
ing seen by those promenading the avenue.
The reasons which influenced the proprie
tor in selecting this situation, were its iso
lated position, its vast size, GO feet wide by
as many high, its contiguity to good water,
its affording a pleasant promenade to those
wishing to visit the hotel above, its greater
convenience and cheapness than if it had
been a more remote distance; and, more
over, it is at ‘he nearest point where the
atmosphere is uniform during winter and
aumtner.
“Owing to the extensive hotel which the
proprietor is erecting above ground, there
have been only four or five chambers erect
ed in the cave, they exhibit a most pictur
esque appearance. I have no doubt that
the hotel above will be measurably deserted
as soon as the necessary number of cham
bers below are completed. A restaurant
will be established at a convenient distance
from, the chambers. The c e possesses
peculiarfitness for such an establishment;
becnuse meats, butter, &c., will keep any
length of time. Cooking will be performed
with alcohol. Such an establishment as this
is imperiously called for by the community.
Last winter a number of persons laboring
under chronic diseases intended to take up
their abode within the cave, but were dis
appointed, owing to the accommodations
Within Hot being completed. The pecu
liarity of the air of the cave, its extraordin
ary influence on the health as well as disease,
Would constitute a perfect study for the
medical philosopher. Its temperature is
60 degrees Fahrenheit summer and winter.
It is never a degree above or below 60. I
Nothing putrifies in the cave. The water
pipes which conducted the water to the salt
petre vats in 1310, are now in perfect pre
servation, and the com cobs left, where the
oxen were fed, thirty years ago, are as
sound as they were at that day. Lamps
burn with more brilliancy within then with
out the cave. This occurs in every part of
it. The cave is abundant in minerals, such
ns the sulphate of lime, or gypsum ; stem
and glauber salts; nitrous earth, chalk, sand,
flint pebbles, red and grey, ochre calcareous
spar, chalcedony, chrystalized carbonate of
lime, chrystals of quartz, &c. Tiie disco
veries recently made in the cave greatly ex
ceed in extent all that was known at the
period of your stay there. A gentleman of
unquestionable veracity and who has ample
opportunity for acquiring correct informa
tion, having resided there in its vicinity for
thirty years, gives it as his opinion, that
there are not less than two hundred square
miles of cave. No wild beast, reptile, or
vermin, has e*er been seen in the cave. No
dog has ever been prevailed upon to enter
the Mammoth Cave; ofteu hj3 this been
tried. What this peculiarity results from ]
know not. Nothing inhabits tho Mammoth
Cave but the bat during the winter, and they
are confined to a particular spot. lam told
there are rats, but I have never seen them.
The country south of the cave, which in
1912 was barren, is now grown over with
timber.
“No man can form the most remote idea
of this most wonderful of all Nature's won
ders, except by a visit to it; and to describe
it, with all its recent discoveries, would re
quire a volume. The discoveries made in
the cave the last two years, are in the esti
mation of many, better worth seeing than
all the caves previously known. They con
sist of numerous branches of avenues,
domes of great size and beauty, and a river,
terminated by a lake. Until recently no
person had explored that branch of the cave
in which the bottomless pit is situated be
yond the pit; now tho most interesting and
extensive part of the cave is beyond the pit.
For this discovery we are indebted to a gen
tlemau from Georgetown named Stephen
son. He ascertained that the pit was noth
ing but a chasm of great depth extending
across the cave, and therefore got a ladder
of sufficient length to reach over. On this
ladder this daring man, the guide, and some
two or three others, crossed this deep and
frightful chasm, and on reaching the oppos
ite part, found themselves in a cave of con
siderable size, which, after exploring to the
distance of two miles, brought them to the
celebrated river of the cave. It is in this
region of the cave, unknown until the last
two years, where you meet with the great
dome, the cataract, (he river, the lake, and
gigantic staligmite columns.
“In order to gratify the numerous visitors
with a view of this deeply interesting sec
tion of the cave, tho proprietor has had a
large and strong bridge, with suitable rail
ways, erected over the bottomless pit, rocks
have been removed so as to render walking
pleasant in the different avenues, stair steps
nave been placed where required, boats are
in readiness for those who feel inclined to
take an aquatic excursion on the liver, and
Bengal lights can be had by suoh as wish to
witness the sublime spectable which is exhi
bited by an illumination of ihe various domes.
“ The river is three miles from the mouth
of the cave. Where you first strike it, it
js not very wide but of great depth; as you
descend, it becomes wider; and it has a
gentle current. 1 have never descended the
river more than half a mile, but it is fiom
the point where you first see it to the lake
five miles; and Mr. Corin, a highly respecta
ble lawyer, and a former representative of
Warren county, informs me that there is a
sufficiency of water in this river to float the
largest class of steamboats. It is in this
river where those fish without eyes have
been found. Professor Davidson, of Tran
sylvania University, who wrote a pamphlet
respecting the cave, says that those fish had
eyes and were blinded by light; in other
words, that the apparent want of eyes arose
from the sudden contraction of that organ
occasioned by the stimulous of light. This
is not the cause; a professor of the Louis
ville institution anatomized the head of the
fish, and says there is no indication of there
being such an organ. The lake of the cave
has never been explored—some few have
attempted it, but they have become alarmed
and abandoned the enterprise. Stevenson,
of Georgetown, ventured further than any
other person. lie passed, while on it, I
am told, the mouths of four rivers or caves
filled with water. It is of great depth, and
is supposed of great width. This, however,
I conceive doubtful! os I cannot conceive of
the existence of an arch of sufficient expan
sion to admit of great dimensions. In de
scending the river to the lake, the mouths of
a great many caves were seen, all of which
are to be explored.”
No Newspaper. —The time is coming
when flie man who has the means (and who
has not ]) and does not take a newspaper,
will be looked upon by his neighbors as a
fish without a fin, a crow without a wing, a
.blind horse, a mole, or what you please.
Such an individual might do well enough to
live in the manner of a Robinson Crusoe,
but be has no excuse for thrusting himself a
mong those who do take newspapers, and are
better informed, to gather whatever politi
cal or general intelligence they may choose
todrop for him. We know many such men,
and might name them, but we refrain ; but
you, gentle reader, can point them out your
self.—American Union.
Characteristic of Farmers. —Farmers sel
dom affect a mystery of their agricultural
operations, as is the case with most other
occupations. A farmer is always free, rea
dy, and communicative—and this has been
a characteristic of the husbandman from
time immemorial. It is related of Ischomu
chus, a complete husbandman, described by
Xenephon in liis economics, that “all other
tradesmen are at great pains to conceal the
chief parts of that art. Dut if a farmer has
either sown or planted his fields with care
and propriety, he is happy in having them
inspected—and when asked, will conceal
nothing of the manner by which he brought
his works to such pet lection.”
Domestic Medicine. —The castors on a
dinnertable are said, by a late London work,
to be a kind of medicine chest, containing
drugs of great vis .tie*.
1. Salt. —This is a decided cathartic, in
the dose of from half an ounce to an ounce.
It is also a vermifuge in large doses. Crim
inals iu Holland were formerly sentenced
to live without salt, and became terribly af
flicted with worms.
2. Vinegar. —This is refringerant and
diaphoretic, and applied internally, is mo
derately stimulant. If an over-dose of soda
has been taken, or any other alkali, it is a
certain antidote.
3. Mustard. —A mustard emetic is said
to he infallible in Cholera.
4. Olive Oil. —This, says the dispeusa
ries, is “demulcent, relaxant and laxative.”
It is an antidote against acrid poisons, and
seems to bo obnoxious to worms, killing
them, it is suposed, by stopping some of
their breathing holes. Besides, it relieves
the pain occasioned by the application of
pungent acrid substances to the skin.
5. Pepper. —This cures diarrhea and the
relaxed sore throat. Pipcrinc, the alkaloid
extracted from the pepper, has currcd tbe
ague, in the hands of Dr. Meli and others.
“To keep good gates and fences, save
much time and labor in preventing tres
passes ; much loss of crops from depreda
tions : and best of all, it saves much wrang
ling and ill will among neighbors, about
mischievous stock.”
Millet. —A writer in the Albany Cultiva
tor, in answer to the inquiry—W hat kinds
of grass is best suited to the Southern cli
mate 1 recommends this crop as follows :
Having had some experience ten years
past, 1 will venture to answer the question,
as I have never failed to obtain a good crop
of Millet, when tho ground was rich and
properly prepared, viz. by twice ploughing,
and harrowing clean. I usually sow a
bushel to the acre, and cut it as the seed be
gins to turn yellow ; cure it is any other
hay, and horses or cattle prefer it to clover
or timothy. It matures in about sixty days
aud may be sown from April until the first
of August.
Vegetable Serpent. —No curiosity of the
vegetable world, that we ever saw, equalled
that shewn us a few days ago, at the store of
Messrs. Hogan & Lyon in this city. It was
a vegetable, resembling Ihe gourd or squash
species, 5 feet 5 inches long and in cii
cumference, at the largest swell. It was
green, except the ten greyish horizontal
strips that run taneringly from the head to
the tail ; and had the exact appearance of a
snake of that size, even the contortions and
lumps of the bodv, with the curled and
sharpened end. We understand that it
grew suspended from the post, which ac
counts for its general straightness ; but
that other vegetables on the same vine, that
rested on the ground, assumed curling atti
tudes, with head erect, as if to strike. It
was raised in the garden of L. G. McMillan.
Esq., of Elyton, Jefferson county, and is
said to resemble in its interior, with perfect
exactness, the organization of a snake.
Hundreds of persons have seen it, and all
express their wonder at this seipentine’
freak of nature.- Tuscaloosa (Ala.) Monitor.
The Mount Vernon Farmer. —The fame
of Gen. Washington as a soldier and states
man is universally known and highly admir
ed by all who appreciate talents, worth, and
love of country ; but his character as a far
mer was less known in his day, and his me
mory in this respect is not venerated ac
cording to its desert. Possessing ample
means and the most ardent love of rural
life, he was one of the first experimental
and practical farmers in Virginia His es
tate at Mt. Vernon consisted of 10,000 acres
of land in one body, equal to about 15 square
miles. It was divided into farms of con
venient size, at distances of 2,3, 4 and 5
miles, from his mansion house. These
farms he visited every day in pleasant weath
er, and was constantly engaged in making
experiments for the improvement of agri
culture.
Some idea of the extent of his farming
operations may be formed from the follow
ing facts—in 1787 he had 500 acres iu
grass—sowed 600 bushels of oats —700
acres of wheat, and prepared as mucli more
for corn, barley, potatoes, beans, peas, &c.,
and 160 with turnips. His stock consisted
of 140 horses, 112 cows, 235 working oxen,
heifers and steers, and 500 sheep. He
constantly employed 250 bauds, and kept
24 ploughs going during the whole year,
when the earth and the state of the weath
er would permit. In 1786, he slaughtered
150 hogs, weighing 18,560, for the use of
his family, besides provisions for his ne
groes. —Silk Guitarist.
Mouth Water for the Thrash. —Take of
the inside bark of Sweet Gum, Pissimon,
Red Oak, Pine and White Oak, equal
quantities of each, about a single handful.
Also the bark of Blackberry brier root, and
Sumac (shoe-make) root, about one of each.
Put the above in a half gallon or gallon of
water, and boil until tho water becomes ve
ry strong. After boiling, take about a pint |
of the wafer, add to it, while warm, one
spoonful of Alum and two or thiee of Ho
ney. Take a spoonful of the mixture and
wash night and morning. Take a fresh
cloth every time the mouth is washed, and
throw away what of the w ater is left from
washing.— Temperance Advocate.
Means of renewing poor Lands. —lt is a
well established fact, that any lot of poor
land may be enriched to almost any extent
by planting it from year to year with sweet
potatoes and turning in the whole crop of
vines every autumn. Let our planters try
the experiment and satisfy themselves.
Select a piece of your old fields and be
willing to incur the trivial expense of seed
and planting. How soon can you reclaim
all your old pine fields which now make
such an unsightly appearance among our
best plantations.— Warren ( N. C.) Repor
ter.
Curefor Worms. —l will give you a fact
which may profit some of your readers. I
took charge of my estate twenty-seven years
ago, having, from that time until now, from
thirty to sixty in a family, and within that
time have not lost one child under twelve
.years, (either black or white) with tbe ex
ception of one a few hours after its birth ;
and I attribute it principally to the following
remedy, which keeps themfree from worms:
Take the fat of old bacon sliced and fried
in a pan until the essence is all out of it;
take out the rind first; then put in as much
wormseed as is necessary, (vulgarly called
Jerusalem oak,) as much sugar or molasses
as will make it palatable—give it three
mornings in Succession. Tho children will
eat it freely ; some you will have to restrain
from eating too much. Incredible as it
may appear, 1 have known as many as one
hundred and twenty or thirty large worms
come from a child of three or four years
old. I usually give the medicine spring and
fall.— Farmer's Register.
A Certain Cure for Founder in Horses. —
Take a large kettle of water and make it
boil. Lead the horse to the kettle, if he be
able to walk ; if not take the water to the
stable. Commence with a swab and wash
the left fetlock before, then tbe right, then
the fetlocks behind, then wash the leg in
the same manner, then the shoulders and
body, rub the horse dry and lie will be well
iu a few hours. There is no danger of scald
ing the horse, if the above directions be
pursued. This remedy is on the authority
of one of the best farmers in this place, and
is worth to every farmer double the price
of his subscription to this paper.—Jackson
ville Illinoian.
Culture of Silk. —We are glad to see that
Tennessee is beginning to take an interest
ill the culture of silk. The Agricultural
Society of Davidson is worthy of all praise.
At a late meeting of the Society premiums
were awarded for five yards of silk velvet,
five yards of plain silk, four silk shawls and
other minor articles, all made in Tennessee.
Cheese madefron Potatoes. —Cheese, it is
said, of an extremely fine quality, is manu
factured from potatoes in Thnringia and
part of Saxony, in the following manner :
After having collected a quantity of pota
toes of a good quality, giving the preference
to the large white kind, they are boiled in a
chaldron, and becoming cool,they are peel
ed and reduced to a pulp either by means
of a grater or mortar. To five pounds of
this pulp, which ought to be as equal as
possible, are added a pound of sour milk
and the necessary quantity of salt. The
whole is kneaded together, and the mixture
covered up and allowed to remain for
three or lour days, according to the season.
At the etui of this time it is kneaded again,
and the cheese placed in little baskets, where
superfluous moisture is allowed to escape.
They are then allowed to dry in the shade
aud placed in-layers in large pots or vessels,
where they must remain for fifteen days.
The older the cheeses are, the more tlieii
quality improves. Two kinds of them are
made. The first, which is the moit com
mon, is made according to the propositions
above indicated ; the second, with four
parts of potatoes, and four parts of cow or
ewe milk. These cheeses have this advan
tage over every other kiud, that they do not
engender worm, and keep fresh for a great
number of years, provided they are in a dry
situation and in well closed vessels.
Two friends who had been separated a
great while, meeting by chance, one asked
the other how lie did? He replied that hi
was very well, and was married since the}
last met. • That is good news indeed.’ ‘Nay
not so very good, neither, for I married i
shrew.’ ‘That is bad too.’ ‘Not so bad,
neither, fori had two thousand pounds with
her.’ ‘That is well again.’ ‘Not so well
neither, for I laid it out in sheep, and they
all riieJ of the rot.’ ‘That was hard in
truth.’ ‘Not so harJ, neither, for I sold tin
skins for more than the sheep cost me.’
‘Aye, that made you amends.’ ‘Not so
amends, neither, for I laid out my money in
a house, and it was burned.’ ‘That was a
great loss, indeed. ■ ‘Not so great a loss,
neither, for my wife was burned in it !’
A culprit being asked what ho had to say
why s nttnceof death should not be record
ed nga ust him, replied, ‘lie had nothing to
say, ns too much had been said about it al
ready.’
Power oj Prayer. — A minister, whose
nn me it is not necessary now to give, had a son
who wrs quite a rogue, and withal something
of awi g. One day the boy had been guilty
of some misdemeanor, for which the father
called him to an account, when the following
dialogue took place.
‘John, you have done wrong and I must
punish you.’
‘Very well.sir, just as you say.’
‘Then take off your coat.’
‘Certainly, sir.’
‘ Now take off your vest.’
‘Just as you please, sir.’
• Now, my son, it is my duty to flog you.’
‘ Yes, sir, but father would it not be best
first to engage in prayer ?’
This was too much for the old man, the
waggery of the boy completely overcome
Inin,'so without either prayer or flogging he
dismissed the boy, while he turned to relieve
his risihles.
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Sympathy. —While the noble work of Kenil
worth was going through the press, n gentle
man called on its printer, the late Mr. Bullan
tyne, to settle some business, and found him
in an agnnv of sorrow. It was sometime be
iorc the visiter could extract an answer from
the worthy gentleman, but at length he said,
“ for God’s sake, leave me alone. I have
been so deeply affected by the death of poor
Amy Robsurt, that I cannot attend to any
business to-day.”
A knight in the time of Charlemagne, find
ing himself on his death-bed, desired that ItL
hereditary enemy, over the Rhine, might be
asked to compose his epitaph. The other
wrote, “God be merciful to the soul of Sir
von , brave, generous, noble in
bis life and in his death. 1, Sir von ,
his enemy, say these words, and engrave
them deep in the stone, that the tears of his
friends may with less ease obliterate them.”
Jesting with Death. —While an astrologer
was being led to the gallows, the spectators
reproached him for not having forseen his
fate. “I have drawn my horoscope three
times,” he replied, and three times it inform
ed me that 1 should be raised above all oth
ers ; to-day is my destiny fulfilled, for 1 shall
soon seethe whole world at my feet.”
Let the Puppy have his Collar • —The late
Lord Albemarle having been spoken to bv a
Scotch nobleman to solicit for him from King
George the second the Green Ribband, did
so ; but his majesty refused, saying, “he
would not bes'ow it onone who had constantly
opposed the Court.” “ Yes, Sire,” said Lord
Albemarle,” but lie means to be more pliable
fertile future.” “ Well, don’t care for that
he is a puppy and shall not have it.” Tire
King having said so turned to go away when
Lord Albemarle asked what answer he should
return to the applicant. “Tell him he is a
poppy,” “Well, but sire, he is a puppy
that issinoerely inclined to follow his master.”
“ Aye,” retorted the King, “are you sure of
that ?” “ Perfectly so, Sire.” “ Well, then,”
said the King, “ let the puppy have his col
lar.”
“When did you ever see a living thief with
out a body ?” said a servant who wished to
persuade his master that some roguery had
been committed by a ghost. “When the
miller looks over the mill window,” said the
master.
An old lady being informed that Mr. Wood
was to be run for Congress, expressed hei
fears that he would be out of breath before
he got there,
J.iinsetjeo Jeejebhoy, a Parsee gentlemai
of Bombay, has been knighted by the Qu®ei
of England. A queer-sounding title, Sii
Jarnseljee Jeejebhoy !
A DEAR KISS.
A curious trial was recently held at Mid
dlesex Sessions, in England. Thomas Sa
verland, the prosecutor, stated, that on the
day after Christmas, he was in the tap room
where the defendant, Caroline Newton, and
her sister, who had come from Birmingham,
were present. The latter jokingly observed
that she had promised her sweetheart that
no man should kiss her while absent. It
being holiday timo, Saverland consideted
this a challange, and caught hold of her and
kissed her. The young woman took it as a
joke, and her sister, the defendant, said she
would like as little of that kind of fun as he
pleased. Saverland told her if she was an
gry, he would kiss her also; he then tried
to do it, and they both fell to the ground
On rising, the woman struck him; he agait
tried to kiss her, and in the scuffle she bit off
his nose, which she spit out of her mouth.
The action was brought to recover damages
for the loss of the nose. The defendant
said he had no business to kiss her, if slu
wanted kissing she had a husband to kiss
her, a better looking man than ever the pros
ecutor was! The jury without hesitating
acquitted her; and the chairman said that
if any man attemted to kiss a woman against
her will, she had a right to bite off his nose,
if she had a fancy for so doing.
A sour Child.—A prisoner before the
Police Court last week, in Philadelphia, gave
the following interesting sketch of his “birth
.md broughting up.”
■ “ I was born weeping—my dAddy used to
chaw wormwood afore I was born, an d
mother made a practice of gettin drunk on
vinegar. When I was a little boy, ibobody
wouldn’t allow me to nuss their children, for
they sed I made ’em dyspeptic—l looked s°
completely sour—so tltey sed. When 1
went to school, I was always in for the likins,
and I do believe 1 bagged it for every boy
in the school. At last I got married, and
my wife left me in three months. There’s
no use of askin tvlry. She sed they was no
use of livin with me, because if we had chil
dren they wouldn’t be anything but walkin
vinegar casks—if they was boys—and it
they tvas gals they’d be mere jugs of cream
o’ tartar set on legs to physic all tho world
by their sulemcholy phizzes.”
Chit Characteristic. —“By thunder, Bill,-
ain’t the times hard enough to draw tears
from a handsaw ?”
“Darn it,don’t speak of it ! We’re all go
ing to tired—las fast as we can. Thibbles
& Lepps failed this morning.”
“The deuce they did !”
“ Fact, I assure you.”
“By the wav, Bill, how much did that
watch cost, if it’s a fair question 7”
“ Cost—guess ?”
Well, it’s a screamer, but in these times
vou should have bought it for a hundred and
fifty.”
“ Sir, it cost just a hundred and thirty—
chain and all.”
Well, that is cheap, but how in heaven’s
name did you manage to raise the needful ?”
*• Oh ! well, you know the times are mon
strous tight, and a fellow should he as eco
nomical as possible, so I bought it on tick.”
Boys, (Jo you hear that ?—There is a so
ciety of young ladies in Hartford, who pledge
themselves not to receive the addresses of
any young man who has not signed the tee
total pledge. At the temperance meeting,
not long since, a fair one offered the pledge
to her friend, saying, “ John, will you sign
that ?” He hesitated, and finally declined.
“ Then,” said she, “ you will understand, 1
skill not be at home next Sunday evening.”
Rather Amusing—A Cross Examination.
—A witness examined in one of the courts
of Illinois, upon trial concerning a horse
trade, was asked by the counsel for the de
fendant, how the plaintiff generally rode?
Witness: He generally rides a straddle, sir.
Counsel: How does lie ride in company ?
Wj uess : If he has a good horse, lie always
keeps up. Counsel’ How does he ride when
he is alone ? Witness :■ Really,sir, I cannoi
say, for I was never in Company with him
when lie rode by himself. Counsel: You
may stand aside, sir.
Crooked Story. —“ You have rather a
crooked character, Mr. Jones.” “Rather
so, but not so crooked as a tree 1 once knew.
It was the tallest butternut I ever saw.
Standing close to it one day, in a thunder
storm, 1 saw a squirrel on one of the topmost
branches. Tho lightning struck the same
branch, about three feet above him, ana’ the
squirrel started. The lightning had to fol
low the grain of course, and the squirrel went
straight down. So confounded crooked wa>
that ties, sir, the squirrel by my watch got
to the bottom precisely three minutes be
fore tiis lightning.” “That’s a lie, I know!”
exclaimed the landlord. ‘‘A lie! true as
any story ever was. I afterwards saw the
‘reecut down and made into rails for a hog
pasture. The hogs would crawl through
twenty times in a day, and so thundering
crooked were them are rails, that every time
tlie hogs got out, they found themselves back
in the pasture again.”
“ All, Bob, good morning.” “Good morn
ing, Dick.” “How did you make out with
your speech last night?” “Bad enough.”
•*H#wso?” “ My voice failed me !” “Why,
1 thought you had .a powerful voice?” “It
tilled the room, to be sure, but it soon emp
tieo it.”
Wliat's in a name. —The New Hampshire
Whig says it once heard of a faectous person
whose name was “ New,” who named h:s
first child “ Something,” as it was “ Some
thing New.” His second was christened
“Nothing,” it being “Nothing New.”
Definition of a Lover. —A lover has been
pithi y described as a man who, in his anxiety
to obtain possession of another, has lost pos
session of himself.
An Irish recruit was asked by his officei
—‘what’s ycur height V to which Pat replied,
‘the man that measured me tould me it was
five foot ten—or ten foot five ; I’m not ex
actly sure which, but it was either one or
to l her.’
TME PUZZLER.
GEOGRAPHICAL ENIGMA.
I am composed of eighteen letters
My 8,2, 7,4, 5,12,16, 7,2,15,10, 17,16 is one of the
United Slates.
My 2. 12, 2,8, 6, 13 is a River in Georgia.
My 9, 2,17, 4, 10, 12,6, 14,15,2 ,s a village in Geor
gia.
My 4, 13, 8, 17,6, 1, 11, 6,3 is a River in the United
States.
My 9,2, 17, 7,2, 13 is a County in Georgia.
My 12, 5, 16, 7, 15, 6, 11, 4,2, 17 is a City in the U-
States.
My 1, 16,8, 4, 13, 6 is a River in South-Carolina.
My 5,2, 3, 11, 4,2, 17 is a To* nin Texas.
My 12, 15, 2, 17, 9, 13,14, 15 is a Town in Ireland.
My 8,6, 10, 11,11,13 is a River in the east of Rus
sia in Europe.
My 9,16,14, 4,16 is an Island in the Mediterranean
Sea.
My 12,14, f>, 16,7 is a Cape on the Coast of Ireland
My 5, 13,12, 15, 16 is a celebrated Mountain.
My whole is the name of a what ? S.
Madison, Georgia.
StJ* Answer next week.
American Hotel,
MADISON, GEOBGIA.
THE subscriber, grateful for the patronage he has re-
A ceived since the above establishment has been open,
respectfully informs his friends, and the Travelling pub
lic, that ho is prepared to accommodate all who may
give him a call. J. M. EVANS.
April 5, 1842. 1
APVEIOTIItIEIMIENIi'a.
Alfred A. Overtoil,
Attorney at Law,
MADISON, GEORGIA.
Office, one door north of the American Hotel.
April 5 lyl
E. D. Williams & Cos.
Auction and Commission Merchants,
MACON, GEORGIA,
rjAV'ING taken the Fire proof Store, next below that
H of s.'essre. Rea &. Cotton, Commerce Row, is now
prepared to offer every facility in their line. Their de
voted attention will be given to all business entrusted
o their care, and correct retonis made as early as pos
sible. They solicit consignments, and a share of the
business generally- ,
April 5 ] yl
A List of Letters
pF.MAINING in the Post Office at Madison, on the
!•- Ist of April, 1842.
A.
Adams, Nipper Aldredpe, James F.
Adair, William Allen, Nsthantel N.
Adair, Mary A. Autry, Philip
Adler, Julius
M.
Ball, James Boggess, Bennel
Benefield, Emily Brewer, Drury
Ball, Jeptha Boswell, Elijah
Ball, Eliza Brown, Henry
Butts, Jacob C. Bogle, Tarbett & Co.-
Barrington, John
C,
Crim, John Chamberlain, Charles V-
Coleman, Mrs. Chapman, Anderson
Cabine6S, John C. Cushing, J. TANARUS., 2
Clark, Seaborn J. Cunningham, Jesse
Caldwell, James, 2
D.
Dewitt, A. H. Daniel, John M ,2
Dearnmnd, William Davis, Samuel r.
Douglass, Asa Davis, Ehenezes
Dawson, John E, 2
F.
Floyd, William [Fielder, William
Foster, Mrs. Francis, 2 ‘Fuller, R.M.
G-
Garner, Samuel William
Hendry, Samps-n, 2 Holden, Knly
Hadawav, Thomas L. Hart is, E. L.
Hungerford, John F. Hearn, William
Hearn, Frances Head, J. J.
Ilanson, Richard
Jackson, Cavil, 6 I Jay, Zack
Johnson, Martha IJackson, Daniel C".
K. . -
Kemodle, Richard, 2 (King, A. W.
L.
Lane, Henry B. (Long, Joseph
Lane, S. W. ~ lLawrence, Hugh
_ M.
Mustir, D. R. Mo'dy, William L., 2
McNeal, John T. McCnlpin, Alexander
Moody, John L., 3 McMoyhand, Woodard
.UeCay, J. U.
N.
Nolan, Thomas
P
Pocket, Sarah R. IPace, Elizabeth
Ptyor, Garland I
R.
Reed, Hugh K-, 2 Robey, Miss June
Robertson, M. M. Raney, Mrs Elizabeth*
Ragland, A. M. Reason, Rebecca
Radsky, J. R >gcrr, William P.-
8 .
Slaughter, Mrs Tbursey Spruce. George
Sewel, William Seats, Thomas
Stafford, Reuben Slaton, Elisha
Stanton, James Shaw, Robert J.
She, Mrs. Mary
T.
Trotter, Hinson, 2 ITomfin, Hezekiab
Thomas, William* R. I
V.
Vason, Mi<=s Manila E., 2 I Vests, A. P.
Vason, J. M.
W.
Ward, Mrs. Ann Watts, James J.
Wade, John W. Woods, James
Wright, John C. Woods, John
Weaver, Albon Woodley, Wdlianr
Walker, Tabitha,- (colored Wade, Mr*. Mnry
woman,) Whitfield, William
Warring, N. E. Wilkins, Thornton & Cov
Wilson, James F. Wright, John S.
Persons applying fir letters contained in the abov
list, will please say that thev are advertised.
JOHN S. WALKER, P. M.
April 5 3wl
Groceries and Staple Dry Goods,
At the Depot of the Georgia Rail-Road f
TITE offer for sale, for Cash,or in exchange for Cotton,
™ Clarified and West India Sugars, all (jualities,
Java, Cuba and Rio Coffee, a large assortment,
All sizes IRON, a large quantity,
‘Nails, all sorts; Weeding Hoes; Trace Chains,
10,000 lbs- Geo. Bacon Hams, Sides and Shoulders,
3,000 lb.s superior Lard,
Castings, iJ.'ack-smilh’s Tools, Mill Saws, Ac.
40 sacks Hopping’s and Henderson’s and Wilson’*
Flour, Nc>. l,
Corn and Corn Meal, in any quantity,
Bagging of all kinds, and Bagging! wine.
Bale' Rope, Molasses. Salt; Paints, assorted.
Linseed, Lamp and Tri-’in Oil.
Mackerel, Venison Hams, Irish Potatoes,
Hard-ware, Carpenter’s Tools, Axes, riles.
Locks of all kinds ; Washing Tubs,
Buckets, and all sorts of Tift Ware,
Chairs, Spinning Wheels,
Candles, Soap and Tallow, &c. &and.
Also a tine assortment of BROAD-CLOTHS ana
SATTINETTS; Prints and Calicoes,
All kinds of bieached and unbleached Homespuns,
Jacconett Muslins, Bobbinetts,
Leghorn, Straw and Willow Bonnets,
Mens’, Boys’ and Ladies’ Shoes, assorted,
Factory Yarns tmd Coarse Cloths.
Our assortment of Goods—for Family use —both in
food and raiment, comprises every article usually kept
in a store, necessary fur daily consumption. Call and
-ee us ! We pledge ourselves to put all our slock of
goods at prices to suit the times.
JOHN ROBSON & CO.
Madison, April 5,1812. I
nonumeiifs, Tomb Sc Head Stones.
THE subscriber is prepared to furnish to order Mon-
A uments, Tomb Stones, Head Stones, and Slabs of
every description, carved and lettered to suit purchas
ers—all of w hich will he made of the best Marble, and
delivered in Madison at prices suited to the times.
Letters addressed ’n the subscriber in relation to the
same, and left at the Post Office will meet with atten
tion. 11. PRESTON.
Madison,’April 5,1842. sw*l
Masonic Notice.
A Regular Communication
•? V/. Madisom Lome will be
4 held at the Masonic Hall, on
Friday Evening next, at 7
°’ c l° c k- As business of im
portnnee will be laid before
E the Lodge, a general attend,
nnce of the fraternity is re.
- Brethren visiting our town
are invited to attend.
Per order of the W. Master.
CHAS. F. HOFFMAN, Secretary.
April 5, 1842. itl
PRINTING!|
y THE subscriber respectfully informs the citizens \)
\ A of Madison, and the public at large, that hisA
Y Printing Office having been removrd to this place, V
yis now in successful operation. His variety of <>
> JJlaln anb Ornamental Cnpe <*>
A being quite extensive,enables him to execute ev-A
Yeiy description of Y
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y with neatness, and despatch. Printing in Colors O
A executed in the neatest style, on paper of every A
Y kind, on silk, or any other material that the custo- Y
O mer may select. A
A Every variety of Attorneys’ and other
l LEG-AL blanks, h
y neatly printed, to order,at short notice,and at fairy
A prices. Orders by mail must be poet paid, or they A
Y will not be taken from the Post Office. Y
<> C. R. HANLEITER. 6
X Madison, April 5,1848. X