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THE WIFE. How ready she is to adapt herself to all his ways! and with whims, sometimes as many as the stars, yet for every one has she her own sweet spell. And then the thousand capacities never called out before! And how well pleased she is to fiud that, as the task is sent, so is the strength sent with it. How ready is she to unlearn courtship and to learn content, perhaps the hardest and least ready of her task, but she docs learn it. And the work day of life comes, which, cling to it as she will, must make her give up the angel and take to the woman. She has to “box the compass” of domestic cares— “ Nor’-nor’-east, and Nor’-nor’-west,” and God speed her if she do it conscientiously; no point must be passed; the drawing-room, the nursery, and good lack! the larder, all must, as by magic, be the result of her clear steady rule. She knows, that unless she manages, all will go wrong, and she knows as sureiy, that if she seems to manage, all will not go right. “She who ne'er answers till the husband calls, And if she rules him, never shows the rules ; Charms by accepting, by submitting sways, Yet as her humor, most when she obeys.” A sensible woman knows all this. And she knows more, she knows how to have smiles ready in the midst of her toil, and almost all that she can well nigh call her own; for a woman will cry at things that men will pass by with indifference, and if she keep her tears to herself surely they are her perquisites—her privilege. All these capabilities and soothing powers arc expect ed—aye, found in woman. Women ever have, and ever will have, if they do their duty, these duties to perform; and to do them with cheerful patience and smiling face is the best charm sot constancy. Can we fancy man, only for one day, in their posi tion] The servants would all be discharg ed; the children whipped and sent to bed, and himself, by nightfall, just fit for Bedlam. From the Natchez Free Trader. THE FAIR IMPOSTER. Early last summer a lady calling herself Mrs. B„ attended by two servants, arrived in a very elegant carriage, in a town not one hundred miles from this place. She drove up to the best hotel, secured lodgings, and shortly afterwards handed the landlord a card; (announcing that her dwelling, and three storehouses in New Orleans would be for rent in a month,) and requested him to place it in a conspicuous part of his bar room. ’ She professed to be a widow and in bad health. From this Hotel she removed to a furnished house, which she rented for six months. She soon selected fionr the merchants and market people a chosen few, whom she honoredpvitli her patronage. She had a number of very rich dresses made up, bought jewelry, gave a soiree once a week; lived generously on veal, mockturtle-j and young chickens, and bought up all the old wine in town. Things went on merri ly; two merchants she dealt with were des perately smitten, and each had reason to believe himself the favored swain. The farmer’s daughter, who supplied her with fowls, cream, and vegetables, was invited to spend the winter with her in New Orleans, and his eldest son engaged to oversee her sugar',plantation at asalary of $4,. r >oo. N. one thought of presenting her a bill. Thus passed the summer. One fine Sunday morning, however, at about 11 o clock, the two lovers, dressed in their best, glowing with hope and rivalry, called to escort Ma dame to a Camp meeting in the neighbor hood. She had offered them a seat in her carriage. To their summons at the door no answer was returned. They knocked aaain. Still no answer. They became alarm ed, but soon concluded, that the lady piqued at their delay, (they did delay a little too long over their toilette) had driven off solus, to tlie camp-ground. What were they to do? They had loaned their horses on the promise of a seat in the carriage, and not another was to be had. Indeed, scarcely’ a human being remained in the town. Half angry and ashamed, they skulked back to their respective counting rooms, and spent the day in mumbling cheese and crackers and swallowing brandy, as all crusty bachel ors do, when disappointed. At breakfast, however, next morning, it was whispered that Madam B. had not been at the meeting. The lovers looked up. A feeling of alarm, perhaps a dim idea that they had been bam boozled, came over them, and accompanied by the crowd, they rushed to her house.— The doors and Venetians were carefully closed, and for a moment the group paused, until the question of forcible entry could be decided. The two lawyers of the place were summoned, differed in opinion, grew warm, cited a dozen cases on each side di rectly in point, and finally flew at each other with great fury. The constable and magis trate interfered, and during the melee the door was hurst open and in the crowd went. Every thing was in perfect order; flowers bloomed on the mantle; a little slipper lay in one corner—e delicate glove in another— and on a table was found the following note, written on musk-scented paper, coulcur de rose, in the smallest Italian hand. “Adieu, my dear friends. The first frost warns me away. I could not bear to say farewell. I will be with you next summer. When you visit the Rue d’Royale, make my home your home. For your bills, draw on my agents, Messieurs & , Camp street. Adieu! adieu!” It is impossible to say, precisely, what was the feeling of the company. The most of them were her creditors, some for rent, others for supplies, and for considerable amounts of cash loaned. A few swore roundly—others slunk off silently, while the two lovers grew absolutely angry. He who had loaned the money declared her an im poster; but the other insisted on her inno cence, and treasured up the abandoned slip per and glove as memorials to be cherished forever. He that night drew upon her bankers, and enclosed a letter full of vows to the lady herself. In ten days his draft was protested, and his letter returned, with a polite note from Messieurs & that they had not the honor of knowing any such personage. Since then, not a word has been heard from the fair widow, and the whole town has voted her an imposter, save the one faithful lover, who insists that she will return next summer. Such is the spell of beauty on man’s imagination. SPARKS THAT MAY KINDLE. The scholar’s inheritance. —Not gold and gems;—not meadows and pastures, fat flocks and waving grain; not deed3, bonds, mort gages and stock—such things seldom fall to the scholar’s lot. If he have a thatched cot tage, a shady elVn, a musical brook, a maple dislywith his books and a clear mind, he may well be content, and deem himself rich withal. Often is he poorer than this, but weighs not a scanty wardrobe and the un certain meal, in comparison with knowledge. Yet is the scholar heir to a worthier inheri tance, measured out by no metes and bounds, weighed in no earthly balances, and of a value assignable by no ordinary calcu lus. It embraces every pebble, every spire of grass, every flashing wave, the depth of the sea, the caverns of the earth—it com passes the circuit of the stars, and he weighs and measures them as his rightful posses sions. Wherever aught may be known, there is his realm. Every thought, feeling, act of man in the long reach of his history, past and to come, is his. The spirit of earth and air arc his; the soul of the flower, and the demon of the mine, the invisible agencies of the wind, and the melodies of the spheres. With reverent awe he passes into the society of celestial hierarchies, not as a stranger, but as one of them. Lowly and humble in his temper, the shining laws and orders of the universe, are his, as he is duly subject to them. The unseen messen gers that pass to and fro between heaven and earth visit him too, in his meekness and in tegrity. To this inheritance he is always welcome. In the regions of thought no one will hinder his entrance. There are no hiring clauses, no writs of ejectment. Nature receives her child heartily, and with good cheer. The heart of the world is open to him who car ries a true heart within him. Science throws open all her stores to him who would enjoy them; his own rudeness only, and want of skill, detain him from the complete frui tion. This inheritance is everlasting. Ilia title it lies in no bond nor lease, but deep in his own immortal being. No earthly law can divest it, no ordinance of prices abate its worth, nothing hut his own recreancy and baseness. Ho who made the eye for light, made also the soul for truth ; and the sight of the soul which fails not through age, is evidence that the perception shall hereafter grow clearer forever.— South. Lit. Messen ger. CURIOUS CIVILITY. The Foreign Quarterly, in a review of Koh’l spirited and exceedingly interesting sketches of the capital Russia, says that cu rious scenes take place in the streets of S'. Petersburg on a cold day. When the nose freezes, the suffer is whol ly unconscious of a fact, which to all who see him is made apparent by the chalky whiteness of that important appendage to the human face divine. Nature for such occasions has always provided, in profuse abundance, the most efficacious remedy.— All that is necessary is, to rub the patient’s nose well with snow, and the circulation tt.iu.dly returns in a'few minutes. If thisis no’ done in time the nose is lost. It has therefore come to he considered an act of com non civility, in the streets of St. Peters burg, lor every body to look to the noses of his neighbors, trusting that his neighbors will keep an eye upon his in return. If you meet a man and see that his nose is turned white, courtesy requires that you should take up a handful of snow and rub his face as briskly as you can, till the rosy blush re turn. Sometimes you may see two Rus sians on meeting, stop simultaneously, and fall to rubbing each other’s face for dear iife. A newly imported Englishman has been known to resent rather roughly so un ceremonious an act of kindness, of the im portance of which he has not become aware, but the usage is one with which the stranger seldom remains long unacquainted. The eyes also are liable to become inconveni enced by the severe cold. Idles form about the eye lashes, and gradually become large enough to prevent the sufferer from seeing with any comfort to himself. In such cases, it is considered allowable the first house at hand and demand permission to thaw oneself, leaving a tear of gratitude on the hospitable floor in acknowledgement of the favor received. Conversations in Philosophy, Geography, Astronomy, Chemistry, Metaphysics, Phys ics, ifc. —‘ Now, Nimrod, you sit over in that ere corner, there, and I’ll sit in this ere cor nel, here. I’ll ask you some scientific ques tions, and see how many on ’em you can answer.’ 4 Well, Solomon,try it on. Wait, though till I get that pesky gravel stone out o’ my boot. There, fire away.’ 4 In the first place, Nimrod, what makes the magic needle always point to the north V 4 Most philosophers say it is owing to some peculiar attraction—hut I am inclined to think its a way it's got!’ 4 How long is it since the corner stone of the Tower of Babel was laid V 4 About as long as a piece of string, if not longer.’ 4 At what pitch will mankind in general arrive, at the end of the world, if they con tinue improving in scientific knowledge as they have since its beginning V 4 Yellow pine pitch, probably. I meant to say, a pitch into eternity.’ 4 How often do comets make their appear ance upon an average V 4 Frequently.’ 4 When may we expect another V 4 Immediately, if not sooner.’ 4 Why is the sun called he V 4 Because it isn’t a Woman.’ 4 If a person get wet in a rain, is he liable to take cold i’ 4 He can, if he likes—especially if it be a damp rain.’ 4 Who was the king of the Cannibal Isl ands !’ 4 lf we can place any reliance on ancient history, I should say that—he was one of ‘em.’ 4 Why is it that two rivers so often unite and form one, while one seldom or never separates and forms two I’ * Its because cold-water meetings arc prevalent all over the country.’ * If a man travel forty miles a day in fair weather, how far can he travel when the weather is bad V 4 Let’s see —four times five is five times four—consequently it will take him an hour to travel a mile in fifteen minutes.’ ‘ What is the difference between carbon and hydrogen V 4 One kills people and the other destroys life.* ‘ What are fogs ?’ * Volumes of mist-e ries.’ * What effect can medicine have on a tight pair of boots?’ 4 If the boots are costive, a dose of Dr. Brandretb’s pills will operate as a moral ca thartic on the anterior superior spinus pro ds of the illium.’ ‘ Look here, Nimrod !—you’ll do to trav el—you’ve seen enough of these parts.’ ‘ Why, Jonathan, what are you going to do with that load of bran down in York ?’ said a pretty Yankee girl to her sweetheart, as she saw him driving his team down to the sloop. 4 Well, I guess I shouldn’t like tew tell.’ ‘Well now, dew tell,’ said the curious girl. * Well, its to make woman things of.’ ‘ W oman things of ?’ said Sally, blushing a little. 4 Wall, I guess so —that’s what I call ’em. The ladies down in York have got a crazy notion of loohin fat in an odd part of the bo dy, and brail’s ris in consequence.’ Sally blushed still more, and went away thinking bran was a strange article for wo men to get fat on. So we think. A D riser ini inatin” Preceptor. —A school master in Cornwall, advertising his estab lishment, says, “ Every boarder must be supplied with a Bible and a Prayer Book, a knife and fork, three towels, and a silver dessert spoon ; all of which, except the books,become the proprietor’s perquisite on the pupil’s quitting school.” AQTOMLTTOALp From the Spartanburg Journal. THE FARMING INTEREST. Our neutrality in politics is to have no in fluence on our opinion as regards the farm ing interest. This press is established and is to be supported principally by the far mers, and shall be devoted to their inthrests as the permanent one to he considered by us. We call the attention of our patrons to the following interesting report from the Committee on Agriculture, made at the last session of our Legislature. It never has been published in any of the papers of the State, and it gives us great pleasure to call public attention to the facts and arguments therein stated. Why this measure, promis ing so fairly to further the interests of our farmers and intended exclusively for their benefit, should have been defeated, passes our understanding. The experiment of a single year was surely, worth the trial, par ticularly as it seems to have been crowned with eminent success elsewhere. We hope the time is not far distant when the Legislature will order not only an agri cultural hut a geological survey, and giving the farming interest their fair proportion of the public expenditures. The Committee on Agriculture, to whom was committed so much of the Governor’s Message, No. 1, as relates to Agriculture, have had the subject under consideration, and beg leave respectfully to REPORT: That they coincide fully with his Excel lency as to the importance of Agriculture to our State, and consider its improvement the essential care of the politician. Wise laws and judicious encouragement, develope the resources of a nation. Individual ingenui ty sometimes originates and traces out many useful but insulated experiments and what ever their results, the circulation of them is often limited. By a combination in socie ties, important aids are oil'ered, emulation is awakened, and information disseminated; the practical benefits, however, still extend only to particular sections of country and demonstrate that no alternative but govern mental patronage remains to secure perma nent and extensive advantage. Success in the cultivation of the earth is to supply most of the wants and demands of life, and it be comes policy of the State to aid in the ad vancement of this most valuable of human pursuits. # The wide extent of our country, and con sequent cheapness of land, produces a mi gratory spirit among the population of the tstate; and after exhausting the soil in one spot, they roam to another, subject to all the privation and expense of removal, and not unfrequently return to the scenes of early childhood impoverished and forlorn. This restless propensity, the tesult in many in stances of expectation of sudden wealth, more often from ignorance of the resources around them, and a proper method of im proving their land, legislative care should check. The effort will be attended with beneficial consequences to the State. Every new experiment among the population 1 have alluded to in clearing new fields, de stroys a quantity of valuable timber, a defi-. ciency of which in many places is beginning to be seriously felt; and this devastation is i committed while science and experience teach that not the quantity of land planted, but skill in culture, yield largest returns. Nature, in the economy of her works, never intended any of her bounties should be an nihilated. What is consumed in one appli cation, aids in new formations, and varied and abundant pabulums are furnished to re invigorate and restore a worn and exhaust ed soil. The furrowed fields of Europe attest this truth, and so beautifully is her system adjusted, where deficiency appears to exist, we may well suspect our own want ot observation. Accident sometimes leads to important discoveries, and invites to further scrutiny, but science pursues the clue which a kind Providence mav have pre sented to unfold her favors. An enlighten ed and liberal Government is the parent to extend this care, to offer that nurture which will promote the growth, vigor, end pros perity of her people. South Carolina is not wanting in affection to her children. The Executive presses of this Legislature what is so much needed, and your committee recommend the adoption of his views. If examples were required to enforce their utility, your Committee might point to the efforts of many of our sister States and of foreign nations. Georgia has just com pleted a geological and mineralogical survey of her ninety counties, and can now esti mate her resources and her wealth. In Pennsylvania, the discovery of gypsum has created a revolution in her agriculture, while her coal mines bid fair to make a large por tion of the U. S. tributaries. Massachusetts has expended large sums in bounties on grain, and geological and agricultural sur veys. Her lime now quickens a cold and sterile soil, which feeds a teeming popula tion, and offers a surplus for exportation. Maine, hy a bounty of ten cents on the pro duction of every twenty bushels of wheat recently expended 876.000. Lime with her has become an article of exportation, and from three small towns alone an amount of twelve hundred thousand dollars is realized. New York is carrying on an agricultural and geological survey of that State, and New Jersey, Maryland, Virginia, Michigan, Indiana, and North Carolina, are all exam ining and developing their own resources. In no country in the world more than Eng land is a fostering care of agriculture exhib ited, both by Government and individuals. Though that country is eminently manufac turing, nay, the great workshop of the world, and contains few more square miles than South Carolina, she is enabled to support twenty-five millions of inhabitants, and fur nish enormous governmental resources. In Scotland, agriculture is conducted exclu sively on scientific principles, and the far mer applies to the chemist to instruct him in the peculiar nature of his soil, and stimu lants best adapted to its improvements.— Throughout the country, and in England, not only in resources had for manure to salt, clay, marl, lime and gypsum, but they also import for that purpose fish, horn shavings, woollen rags, and human bones from the Continent of Europe. The great Freder ick of Prussia made agriculture his peculiar care, and annually appropriated a million and a half dollars to its advancement. Not withstanding the desolation of war, he left at his death, twelve millions of pounds in the coffers of the nation. By neglecting his policy that country is now tributary to other nations three millions of pounds for food. So all important is an attention to agricul ture considered in Europe, that schools are established under most of the Governments of that country, where the science is not only theoretically but practically taught. With these examples at home and abroad, can South Carolina remain unconvinced, un influenced ? Will she not awaken from her apathy! Will she not perceive and im prove the only means of arresting a down fall in her fortunes? Will she not contem plate the great odds against which she is contending—a wide-spread extent of now country, more fresh and congenial than her own to the production of her great staple, alluring away her citizens and causing,the removal of numbers of her slaves? She cannot continue a competition, and it is time to see our own resources, and promulgate them to our agriculturists; true economy i dictates such a course. Sixteen years ago, an appropriation was granted by this State, for a Geological Sur vey, and the effort was not without encour agement; thirty species of Minerals were discovered, and ten of Rock. Among these were two species of Iron Ore; also, Marble, Limestone, Pyrites, Gold end Oil Stones. To renew that research, might at this time Ire inexpedient, but your Committee were unanimous in recommending an Agricultur al survey of the State, and l will here briefly mention its purport and advantages. An Agricultural survey, relates to the na ture of the soil, particularly in reference to the crops cultivated; to the climate, with reference to the crops grown; to the num ber of acres cultivated; to the quantity of land in wood, in pasture, in roads, or under water; to the objects of culture, the modes adopted, and the proceeds; to manures, to live stock of all kinds, in their relative utili ty, for pleasure, labor, food, and the dairy; to dairy produce; to poultry, diseases of domestic animals; to bees, orchards, gar dens, farm buildings, farming implements, to silk, and many miscellaneous subjects.— The duty of an Agricultural Surveyor, is, to visit every District and Parish in the State; every principal farm or plantation, the management of which promises to afford useful information; to correspond and co operate with practical men, or,-in the words of the resolve of the Massachusetts Legis lature, “to collect accurate information, of the state and condition of the agriculture of the Commonwealth, and every subject connected with it, point out the means of improvement, and make a detailed report thereof, with as much exactness as circum stances will admit.” Your Committee will add nothing further to these details, than ad vert to the fact, that every Executive Mes sage, directs the attention of the Legisla ture to this subject, but from a misguided spirit of economy, the call has hitherto been neglected. It becomes us now, to act witli independence, and prop her waning fortunes; policy requires it, patriotism demands it, and our duty forbids us to neglect the wel fare of our country. Your Committee con sider their duty fulfilled in offering these views, and pressing the adoption of the fol lowing resolutions: Resolved, That an Agricultoral Survey of the State of South Carolina, is highly ne cessary and expedient; that it will be a means of developing and improving her re sources; retaining at home, her citizens and slave labor, and counteracting, in same mea sure, the effect of competition in her great staple, from the fertility of new lands in other States. Resolved, That the result of each year’s survey, be annually reported to this House, and copies distributed to every Agricultural Society throughout the State. Resolved, That the sum of three thousand dollars be appropriated for the ensuing year, to said survey; and that the Gov ernor be specially charged with the selec tion of a capable person to execute the same. All of which is respectfully submitted. ROBERT W. ROPER, Ch’mn. ‘ THE CULTURE OF COTTON. To the editors ot the Tennessee State Agriculturist: Gentlemen : —Being requested to do so, I will state a few facts which have come un der my observation, in relation to the culture of this important article. Between fifty and sixty years ago, I witnessed and participa ted in the culture of Cotton in the State of Kentucky, upon a very small, though useful scale. The plant was topped and succour ed with special care—otherwise ‘it would not mature in that climate. ‘Cotton pick ings’ was a common innocent amusement for the young, during the fall and winter seasons, taking the seed from the cotton. The spinning wheel was an important ar ticle of household furniture—and the young lady considered herself well dressed in a suit of her own manufacture. Between 40 and 50 years ago, I spent several years, and traveled extensively in the States of Virgin ia and North Carolina. Here the Cotton plant was cultivated, more after the fashion of a garden, than of a cotton field—topped and succoured, as in Kentucky—and great care was taken to secure the useful product. In the long nights, the family hearth was spread with cotton —and the circle enliven ed with a busy scene of extracting the seed from the staple with the nimble fingers —in which old men and matrons —sons and daughters, as well as young domestics, were peacefully engaged. The music of the cotton wheel, and the sound of the loom, far more interesting and profitable, than that of the Piano, give zest to the enjoyment of do mestic life, and few if any complaints were heard of ‘ hard times.’ In 1802, I saw for the first time, the cot ton plant grown to full size, and ladened with matured bolls, in Middle Tennessee, then denominated Cumberland—but its culture was then of very limited extent — there being no settlement south of the Duck River Ridge, the Indian title to those lands not then extinguised. From this date until ISI2, but little difficulty was experienced in the culture of cotton —the seasons were mild—its growth was seldom impeded by cold in the spring, or injured by early fiost in the fall. But from theJlate of that gloo my season, which alarmed so many, com monly termed “the shakes”—there appear ed to be an evident change in the seasons — and the culture of cotton was, for several years, almost an entire failure. There was considerable speculation among intelligent men, relative to the cause of this change— some were of opinion that we now occupied a position, with regard to North and South latitude, a little different from formerly. I have, however, nothing to do with the caus es, but only the facts. Many Tennesseans, despairing of success in the culture of cot ton in this region—the Alabama lands com ing into market—and what has been termed “the cotton fever,” being at its highest grade—purchased lands in the cotton region at the highest prices. But in the year 1824, fine, crops of cotton were again realized In Tennessee, yet this success was of short duration. There are, however, certain sec tions in Middle Tennessee—particularly in Rutherford countv —in which the cotton crop has seldom failed—but this has been properly ascribed, more to the adaptation of the soil to the growth of this plant, than to the suitableness of the climate or seasons. To say the least of it, the culture of cotton in Middle Tennessee has been precarious since ISI2, and by no means a source to be relied on. Grazing and stock raising are highly recommended—and properly so.— This however requires some capital and time —but the results will appear in due time— and in fact, the effect is already perceptible. But there are other branches of industry that neither require much capital or much time—l refer now particularly to the silk culture. The uninformed, and those who wish to profit by the sale of silk fabrics, will cry out humbug. But actual experi ments—facts—stubborn facts, and the testi mony of numerous intelligent men, of un questionable integrity—is sufficient to satis fy the community, that the silk culture may be pursued, upon a large or small scale, in Tennessee, with much more ease, safety, and profit than the culture of cotton.— It is a light and pleasant employment, to weak and otherwise unprofitable hands.— The Morus Multicaulis, which yields abun dant food for the worms, who, with instictive skill, prepare the fabrics, is easily cultiva ted, and very prolific—all that is wanting is industry, enterprise, perseverance, and a j market for cocoons, or reeled silk, to make | Middle Tennessee equal to the valley of j Peidmont, or any region in the Chinese i Empire, where the silk culture has given prosperity, wealth, and comfort. L. GARRETT. Davidson Cos., Ten., Feb. 1842. FARMING. Agriculture is the nursery of patriotism and virtue. Agriculture, aided hy science, will make a little nation a great one. Science must combine witli practice to make a good farmer. A wise Government will not be slow in fostering the agricultural interest. All the energy of the hero and all the sci ence of the philosopher may find scope in the cultivation of one farm. TKIIE For the Southern Miscellany. GEOGRAPHICAL ENIGMA. ACROSTIC AL. I am composed of thirteen letters. My 1,2, 7,9, 10 is a city in South America. My 2,5, 7, 10, sis a county in Pennsylvania. My 3, 11, 12, 4 is a canal in the United States. My 4,9, 5, 13 is a mountain in Europe. My 5, 7,8, 3is a town in Italy. My 6, 12, 4,5, 5, 13 is a city in Europe. My 7, G, 12,8,13 is an island in the Mediterranean sea. My 8,10. 5,5, 4,8,9,12,8,2,9 is a lake in New Hamp shire. My 9,11,3, 5,9,10,5 is the capitolof one of the United States. My 10,5,7, 10, 5 is a river in New England. My 11, 10, 2,4, sis a city in France. My 12, 10, 5,7, 13 is a county in Michigan. My 13, 11, 13, 11, 13, 9is a mountain in Asia. My whole is the name ol a distinguished individual. Madison, Georgia. S A. H. OCr Answer next week. AIWiIEYQSItMINm SC/ 5 ’ Professional and. Business Cards, not exceeding four lines, will he published one year for Five Dollars, in advance. American Hotel, MADISON, GEORGIA. THE subscriber, srateful for the patronage he has re- J- ceived since the above establishment has been open respectfully informs his friends, and the Travelling publ lie, that he is prepared to accommodate all who may give him a call. J. M. EVANS. April 5, 1342. i Alfred A. Overton, • Attorney at Law, MADISON, GEORGIA. Office, one door north of the American Hotel. April 5 lyl 11. D. Williams & Cos. Auction and Commission Merchants, MACON, GEORGIA, HAVING taken the File proof Store, next below that of Messrs. Rea & Cos ton, Commerce Row, j* now prepared to offer every facility in their line Their de voted attention will be given to all business entrusted to their care, and correct returns made ns early aspos sible. They solicit consignments, and a share of the business generally. April 5 lyl A Curd—To tire Ladies ! MRS. C. HOFFMAN, at Augusta, respectfully in forms the Ladies that she has returned from New- York with a splendid assortment of French MILLIN ERY, and other articles in her line, and invites them to call and examine her Goods. A full assortment of B O N N E T S can be found at Madison at all times, at the Cheap Cash Store of C. K. Hoffman, and all orders entrusted to his care will be promptly attended to. All kinds of Millinery, Dress-Making, altering and Bleaching Straw Bonnets, done in the best manner, at the shortest notice. Augusta, April 12th, 1842. 4w2 Groceries and Staple Dry Goods, At the Depot of the. Georgia Rail-Road! TSTE offer for sale, for Cash, or in exchange for Cotton, ” Clarified and West India Sugars, all qualities, Java, Cuba and Rio Coffee, a large assortment, All sizes IRON, a large quantity, Nnils, all sorts; Weeding Hoes; Trace Chains, 10,000 lbs. Geo. Bacon Hams, Sides and Shoulders,. 3,000 lbs superior Lard, Castings, Black smith’s Tools, Mill Saws. <tc. 40 sacks Hopping's and Henderson’s and Wilson's Flour, No. I, Corn and Corn Meal, in any quantity, Bagging of all kinds, and Bagging Twine, Bale Rope, Molasses. Salt; Paints, assorted, Linseed, Lamp and Train Oil. Mackerel, Venison Hams, Irish Potatoes, Hard-ware, Carpenter’s Tools, Axes, Files, Locks of all kinds; Washing Tubs, Buckets, and all sorts of Tin Ware, Chairs, Spinning Wheels, Candles, Soap and Tallow, &c. &c. Also a line assortment of BROAD-CLOTHS and SATTINETTS; Prints and Calicoes, All kinds of bleached and unbleached Homespuns, Jacconett Muslins, Bnbbinetts, Leghorn, Straw and Willow Bonnets, Mens’, Bovs’ and Ladies’ Shoes, assorted, Factory Yarns and Coarse Cloths. Our assortment of Goods—f >r Family use —both in food and raiment, comprises every article usually kept in a store, necessary for daily consumption. Ciill and see us ! We pledge ourselves to put all our stock of goods at prices to suit the times. JOHN ROBSON & CO. Madison, April 5,13-12. 1 .Hast Received At the Cheap Cash Store of C. F. IloJ'man, A” SPLENDID supply of Staple and Domestic Dry -O- Goods—which will be sold low to suit die times— coesisting of London and American Prints, at 10 to 25 cents, Bleached Shirtings, at 10 to 20 cents, Brown Homespun, at 9 to 16 cents, Black Italian Silk, Poalt de Sail, Grosdc Afignc, Lin rn. Diaper, Table Cloths, Broad Cloths, (very cheap,> Fancy Bags, Silk Cord, HATS, SHOES, &c. and a great variety of other Goods too numerous to mention. Call and see! Madison, April 12 4w2 TCommiciiis Tomb & Lead Stones. THE subscriber is prepared to furnish to order Mon uments, Tomb Slones, Head Stones, and Slabs of every description, carved and lettered to suit purchas ers—all of which will be made of the best Marble, and delivered in Madison at prices suited to the times. Letters addressed ‘o the subscriber in relation to the same, and left at the Post Office will meet with atten tion. 11. PRESTON. Madison, Aprils, 1842. sw*l A List oi Letters REMAINING in the Post Office at Madison, on the Ist of April, 1842. A. Adams, Nipper Aldredge, James F. Adair, William Allen, Nathaniel N. Adair, Mary A. Autry, Philip Adler, Julius 11. Ball, James Boggess, Bcnnet Benefield, Emily Brewer, Drury Ball, Jeptha Boswell, Elijah Ball, Eliza Brown, Henry Butts Jacob C. Bogle, Tarbett & Cos. Barmgton, John C. Crim, John Chamberlain, Charles V. Coleman, Mrs. Chapman, Anderson Cabiness, John C. Cushing, J. TANARUS., 2 Clark, Seaborn J. Cunningham, Jesse Caldwell, James, 2 D. Dewitt, A. 11. Daniel, John M ,2 Dcarmnnd, William Davis, Samuel P. Douglass, Asa Davis, Ebenezer Dawson, John E, 2 F. Floyd, William IFielder, William Foster, Mrs. Francis, 2 iFuiler, R. M. G. Garner, Samuel Gibbons, William 11. Hendry, Sampson, 2 Holden, Kaly Iladawav, Thomas L. Harris, E. L. Hungerford, John F. Hearn, William Hearn, Frances Head, J. J. iianson, Richard Jackson, Cavil, 6 Jay, Zack Johnson, Martha Jackson, Daniel C. K. Kernodle, Richard, 2 |King, A. W. L. Lane, Henry B. iLong, Joseph Lane, S. W. lLawrencc, Hugh M. Muslin, D. R. Moody, William L., 2 McNeal, John T. McCalpin, Alexander Moody, John L., 3 McMayhand, Woodard McCay, J. R. N. Nolan, Thomas p Pucket, Sarah R. (Pace, ElizalJeth Pryor, Garland R. Reed, Hugh K., 2 Robey, Miss Jane Robertson, M. M. Raney, Mrs. Elizabeth Ragland, A. M. Reason, Rebecca Radsky, J. , Rogers, William P. S. Slaughter, Mrs Thursey Spruce, George Sew-el, William Seats, Thomas Stafford, Reuben Slaton, Elisha Stanton, James Shaw, Robert J. She, Mrs. Mary r „ T. Trotter, Hinson, 2 Tomlin, Hezekiah Thomas, William R. V. Vason, Miss Martha E., 2 IVeats, 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, William Walker, Tabitha, (colored Wade, Mrs. Mary woman,) Whitfield, ’William Warring, N. E. Wilkins, Thornton Sc Co> Wilson, James F. Wright, John S. Persons applying for letters contained in the above list, will please say that thev are advertised. JOHN S. WALKER, P.M. April 5 3tvl