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Agriculture, IHanufurtiirrs, fa.
Manufactures at the South.
Within a few years a most important enterprize has been
developing itself, in the form of manufactories established at
various points in the Southern States. The enterprize began
in Georgia some six years ago, and has spread to other States,
and has already become a fixed and profitable feet. The man
ufactories thus far, are for the working of cotton, the planters
having coine to the conclusion that, with the raw material at
hand,and splendid water privileges, cheap labor,and every oth
er facility for fabricating it, they may as well save the cost of
exporting their cotton to Lowell or Liverpool, the expense of
packing it, and the freightage and various profits upon man
ufactured cotton received in exchange. They have come to
see in fact, that if their raw material can set up a half a dozen
trades and agencies before it returns to them in cotton cloth,
they had better do the manufacturing themselves, and take
to themselves the profits now absorbed by others. By man
ufacturing at home, they further save the otherwise refuse
cotton, apt worth shipment, but equal to the manufacture of
all the coarse jeans, or negro cloths consumed by the South,
and all the bagging used for shipment.
It is only surprising tliat the capital and enterprise of the
planters have not long before been turned to home manufac
ture, not only of what they consume themselves, but to supply
other markets. There is no good reason why cotton cannot
be wrought into every fabric of which it is susceptible as
cheaply in Georgia or Alabama, as in Massachusetts or Con
necticut. We believe it can be manufactured at a cheaper
rate on the soil where it is grown, even if the foreign manu
facturing market was at no expense for transportation, etc.,
because for factory purposes, the natural facilities of the cot
ton growing States are greatest. The South has labored un
der a serious disadvantage in not being able to turn its great
staple into the market in both forms, raw and fabricated, fail
ing thereby to derive a legitimate profit on the raw material,
beeause forced to pay a greater profit on the manufactured ar
ticle. The factories, so far as established in the South, have
been entirely successful, and their increase will be proportion
ate to the awakening of planters to their true interest.
And there is another reason, than the pocketing of the prof
its of manufacture, that will more and more stimulate the
South to factory enterprize. The English Government and
English factors, arc bending every energy to the culture
of cotton at Bombay and other East India provinces, both to
render English looms independent of American cotton fields,
and to secure cotton at lower prices. If .they succeed, and
the expiration of the East India Company's Charter, in 1853,
will open a field for a powerful trial, the South will be thrown
upon New England fur its principal cotton market. Having
but one certain customer, it will be forced to sell its cotton at
reduced rates —in fact it will be at the mercy of that customer.
The establishment of a vigorous factory system by the South
will make it independent of markets for the raw material.
If it cannot sell cptton to Old England, or get good prices in
New England,it can fabricate it and enter the general marketof
the world as a competitor for the sale of calicoes, sheetings and
shirtings. Growing the raw material, with cheap labor and
every facility in the hand for manufacturing, it may carry the
whip in its own hand, and beyond saving profits, make them.
And the South should not confine its manufhetures to cotton,
but as rapidly as possible establish them for general purposes.
—IV. y. Sun.
Domestic Economy.
Soufflet Fritters. —Put half a pint of cream
into a pan ; the grated rind of a lemon; two ounces
of sugar; a pinch of carbonate soda; then mix in
three ounces of fine flour ; set it on the fire, stirring
it until it boils ; when add (one by one) six eggs.
Beat the whole together well, ami fry, in nice lard,
or bake (forming little balls either way) on tins.—
The balls should not be bigger than walnuts, as they
swell to three or four times their size. The mixture
should be taken from the tire w hile the eggs are be
ing added, otherwise the soufflets will not rise when
they are fried or baked. A great variety may be
made by altering the flavoring, thus: instead of the
rind of lemon, they may be flavored with vanilla, or
ange-flower w ater, essence of cederat Ac., or w hen
done, they may be served with any kind of preserve,
being put into the interior of each, or on the top.
Corn Bread. —We arc in the daily habit of eat
ing corn bread made after the follow ing recipe, by
our good lady, Mrs. Norton, of Astoria. It is equal
to anything we have ever tasted. To one quart of
sour milk add two spoonfuls, well stirred in, of pul
verised saleratus, two eggs well beaten, one table
spoonful of brow n sugar, and a piece of butter large
as an egg. Salt to suit the taste, and then stir in
the meal, making the mixture about as still'as pound
cake. Now comes the great secret of its goodness.
Bake quirk —to the color of a richlight brown.—
Eat it moderately warm, w ith butter, cheese, honey,
or sugar-house molasses, as most agreeable to the
pallet.
Corn Plaster. —Take one ounce of turpentine;
half an ounce of red lead ; one ounce of frankincense ;
half a pound of white rosin; one pint of Florence
oil. Boil these ingredients in a pipkin, and keep
stirring them over a slow fire with an elder stick un
til it turns black; then turn it out to harden for
use. It must be applied by spreading it on a piece
of leather oiled all over, and then put to the corn.—
Wearing it constantly for some time will effectually
eradicate the corn.
Camphor Cake for chapped hands is made thus :
Lard, two ounces ; white wax, one ounce ; camphor,
half an ounce. Melt the whole together with as
little heat as possible. Stir the ingredients well that
may unite. When nearly cold, the mixture may be
ca*t into a stick by simply making a mould with a
roll of stout paper, and setting it upright in a sau
cer ; the mixture gently in. \\ hen cold,
it is fit for use. It is best applied bv rubbing on
the hands after washing.
Animal and Vegetable Diet. —England is the
most flesh-consuming country in Europe, while its
mortality is the smallest; the duration of life being
about a third longer than in Italy, where maccaroni
and other farinaceous substances form the staple diet,
and where milk, partly from deficiency of pasture,
and partly from prejudice, is little used.
110w r to make a Turkey Tender. —The Egyp
tians adopt a curious method of making a ‘turkey
tender. Half an hour before the bird is killed, a
glass of brandy is poured down its throat, which
produces a complete intoxication, and the flesh of
the tipsy turkey acquires a tenderness superior to
that which is produced by long keeping.
To Destroy Bedbugs. —Rub the bedsteads well
with lamp oil, this alone is good, but to make it
more effectual, get a sixpence worth of quick silver
and add to it, put it into all the cracks around the
bed and they will soon disappear. The bedsteads
should first be scalded, and wiped dry, then put on
with a feather.
Graham, or Dyspepsia Bread. —Take three
quarts of unbolted wheat flour, one quart of warm
water, one gill of fresh yeast, one gill ot molasses,
one tea spoonful of saleratus. Make two loaves, and
bake one hour and cool gradually. No bread should
be put in an oven too hot, as it will prevent its rising
as it ought.
A Blue Dye.—The stem of the hollyhock con
tains a blue dye superior to the finest indigo.
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Curious and UsefW/
Metalic Rubber is the name of e. fabric which has
been lately brought before the V<jimercial world.—
It is formed by mixing the golden sulphuret of an
timony with India Rubber, and then submitting to
the action of heat at 280 deg, for several hours. It
will resist the greatest extremes of heat and cold, yet
retain a much greater degree of elasticity than the
goods produced by the melting of sulphur with lead
mixed with rubber. Fabrics prepared according to
this invention can be made to take all the most deli
cate tints of color, quite free from the odor of sul
phur, so objectionable in the other modes of vulcani
zing. Overcoats have been made by this process, to
weigh hut twenty-two ounces, and capable of being
crammed into the pocket. A single thread of the
elastic fabric, no larger than a knitting needle, sus
pended the weight of fifteen pounds, after being
stretched nine times its quiescent length. This is
the most valuable discovery yet made in connection
with India Rubber.
Wooden Boiler.—A method has been adopted
by which to boil water in a wooden box. It is thus
described by a person who saw it in operation :
“ The box, grooved together, was six feet long
and about two feet wide, the depth being two feet.
A piece of iron, pipe, four inches in diameter, entered
the box at one end, within about an inch and a half
of the bottom, and was continued, by means of an
elbow, around the box, within an inch and a half of
the sides, and coming through the opposite end to
the end at which it entered, making, therefore, the
circuit of the box inside; and upon this protruding
end of the pipe, was fixed an elbow, the smoke pipe
extended somewhat above the top of the box. Into
this pipe at its entrance were introduced corn cobs
as fuel, and it was truly surprising how few of these
were necessary to raise the water to the boiling
point, the draught being exceedingly great, and the
water having free access to the pipe.
Chemical Discovery.—Mr. Tilghman, an inge
nious American gentleman, some time ago, discov
ered the great virtue of water, at high temperatures,
to decompose certain substances, which before that
period were, by the most eminent chemical author
ities, supposed to be insoluble in water. He visited
England, and found that his discovery was no sooner
announced than men of wealth and scientific ability
were found ready to engage in it. By water at a
high temperature, Mr. Tilghman is able to take fel
spar and decompose it into alumni and potash, and
to make from that common and heretofore useless
material such salts of potash as the sulphate, chloride
and chromate.
Ihd Guard Razor, is so called by the inventor,
from it being next to impossible to cut one’s self
while using this necessary, but dangerous instru
ment. It consists of an ordinary razor, over one
side of which is placed a metal comb, termed the
guard, which, being moveable, is no impediment
against stropping, or otherwise sharpening the blade.
AV hen perpendicular, the razor will not cut at all,
the blunt points of the comb guard offering sufficient
obstacle ; but when at an angle, as razors are always
used, then the edge will take off a “shaving,” and
nothing more.
Bitumen and Sulphur form the line between the
earth and metals; vitrols unite metals with salts;
the aniinathis and litophites form a tie between
stones and plants ; the polypus unites plants to in
sects ; the tube worm seems to lead to shells and
reptiles; the water serpent and the eel form a pas
sage from reptiles to fish; the Anas nigra is a me
dium between fishes and birds; the bat and the
flying squirrel link birds to quadrupeds, and the
monkey gives one hand the quadruped and the
other to man!
Balsam Dye. —The fresh leaves of the common
garden balsam, pounded together with a small
quantity of alum, impart an orange colored dye to
wool, hair, and the human skin, similar to that of
the “henna” or “kina” so much used in eastern coun
tries, and the balsam leaves are sometimes employed
as a substitute. The dye is applied in the form
of a paste, and is left on for more or less time, ac
cording to the depth of the hue required.
Artificial Diamonds.—These may he made by
the slow evaporation of silicic ether. The evapora
tion must be slow, or else the residuum will be only a
gritty powder. It is a well known fact that the
slower the evaporation is carried on, the larger will
be the crystals produced, no matter what the crystals
may be. Real diamonds consist almost entirely of
carbon, and are undoubtedly formed in the humid
way; although as yet, no artificial process has been
discovered for their production.
What is Dirl ?
Old Dr. Cooper of South Carolina, used to say to
his students:—“Don’t be afraid of a little dirt,
young gentlemen. What is dirt ? Nothing at all
offensive, when chemically viewed. Rub a little
alkali upon that 4 dirty grease spot’ upon your coat,
and it undergoes a chemical change and becomes
soap. Now rub it with a little water and it disap
pears ; it is neither grease, soap, water, nor dirt.—
‘lhat is not a very odorous pile of dirt,’ you observe
there. Well, scatter a little gypsum over it, and it
is no longer dirty. Everything you call dirt, is
worthy your notice as students of chemistry. Ana
lise it! It will all separate into very clean elements.
“ Dirt makes corn, corn makes bread and meat,
and that makes a very sweet young lady that I saw
one of you kissing last night. “ So, after all you were
kissing dirt—particularly if she whitens her skin
with chalk or fuller’s earth. There is no telling,
young gentlemen, what is dirt. Though I must say
that rubbing such stuff upon the beautiful skin of a
young lady is a dirty practice. ‘ Pearl powder,’ I
think is made of bismuth—nothing but dirt.”
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u Let Aim pled mirth his templeg twine,
With tendrils of the laughing vine.”
How Sally Hooter got Snake-bit.
Our old acquaintance, Mike Hooter, made anoth
er visit to town last week, and being, as he suppo
sed, beyond the hearing of jjjls. brethren hf the church,
concluded that he would go on a “bust. Having
sold his crop of cotton and fobbed the “tin,” forth
sallied Mike “with a pocket full of rocks,” and bent
on a bit of a spree. After patronizing all the gro
ceries, and getting rather mellow, he grew garru
lous iu the extreme, and forthwith began to expa
tiate on his wonderful exploits. After running
through with a number of “Pant’er” and “Bar”
fights and several “Wolfdisputes,” he finally subsi
ded into recital of events more nearly appertaining
to members of his family.
That Yazoo, said Mike, is the durndest hole that
ever come along. If it a’n’t the next place to no
whar you can take my old head for er drinking
gourd— you can, an’ for thatardevil’s campground,
what they calls Satartia, if this world was er kitch
en, it would be the slop hole, an’ er mighty stinkin’
one at that! I pledge you my word, it comes clo
ser bein’ the jumpin, oft’ place than any I ever hearn
tell on. Talk about Texas ! It an’t nothin’ to them
Yazoo hills. The etarnelest out-of-the-way place
for bar, an’ panters, an’ wolfs, an’ possums, an’ coons,
an’ skeeters, an’ gnats, an’ boss Hies, an’ cheegers,
an’ lizzards, an’ frogs, an’ mean fellers, an’ drinkin’
whiskey, an’ stealin’ one-another’s hogs, an’ gittin’
corned, an’ swappin’ hosses, an’ playin’ h—ll gener
ally, that you see! Pledge you my word,
’nuff to sink it! An’as for snakes! whew! don't
talk! I’ve hearn tell of the Boa Constructor, an’
the annagandcr, an’ all that kind er ruptile what
swallers er he goat whole, an’ don’t care er switch uv
his tail for his horns; an’ I see the preacher tell ’bout
Aaron’s walkin’ stick what turned itself into er sar
pent, an’ swoller’d up ever-so-many other sticks an’
rods, an’ bean poles, an’ chunks o’ wood, an’ was
hungry yet —an’ all that kinder hellerbelloo, but
that’s all moonshine. Jist wait er minit ’till vou’ve
hearn ’bout the snakes what flourishes up ’bout my
stompin’ groun’, an’ how one uv urn cum preciouss
nigh chawin’ up my dater Sal, an’ if you don’t forgit
every thing you ever know'd then Mike Hooter’s the
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durndest liar that ever straddled er fence rail. Jeem
inv, eriininv ! Jest to see one uv them ar great big
rusty rattle-snakes an’ hear him shake that ar tale
uv hizzen ! I tell you what, if you dido t flunk all
the peas in my corn-field was er spillin on the floor,
thar aint no simmons! Talk about the clouds bus
tin an’ the hail rattlin down in er tin pan ! AiY by
’taint er patchin to it! Cracky! it’s worse nor er
young earthquake.
‘ Now, I don’t vallv er snake no more nor er she
Bar in suckin’ time—’specially er rattle-snake, cause
you see its er vurmin what always rattles liis tale
’fore lie strikes, an’ gives you time to scoot out’n the
way, but the wimmin folks an’ my gal Sally is al
ways, in generally, the skeerdest in the world uv
em. I never seed but one woman what would’nt
cut up when er snake was ’bout, an’ that was ole
’Misses Le May, an’ she did’nt care er dog on bit fin
all the sarpints that ever cum er’long. That ole gal
was er hoss ! Pledge you my word I believe she
was pisen !—couldn’t be no other way. Did’nt you
never hear how that ole peticoats bit the snake ?
Well I’ll tell you.
She went out one day, an’ was er squattin’ down,
pickin’ up chips, an’ the first thing she know she got
onto the whappinest, bigest, rustiest yaller moccasin
that ever you shuck a stick at, an’ bein’ as how she
was kinder deaf, she didn’t hear him when he ’gin
to puff an’ blow, an’ hiss like. The fust thing she
know’d he hit her, slap —the all-firedest, bigest kind
er lick ! You orter seen that ole gal; how she fell
down, an’ rolled, an* wallor’d an’ tumbled ’bout, an’
holler’d ’nuff, ’an screamed, an’ screamed, an’ pray
ed, an’ tried to singer er sam, and played h —ll ge
nerally ! You’d-er thought the very yearth was er
cummin to an eend ! Then she begin hollerin’ for
help. Sez she, Misses Hooter, cum here an’ kill this
here snake! Well, my wife run out an’ fotch the ole
’oinan in the house an’ gin her some whiskey, an’
she tuk it like milk. Torecly she sorter come to
herself, and sez my wife to her —sez she to Misses
Le May, sez she—Misses LeMay, what hurts you ?
“Snake-bit!” sez she.
“Whar ’bouts ?” sez T.
“Never mind,” sez she—“snake-bit!”
“But, Misses LeMay,” sez I, “tell me whar he bit
you. so as we may put somethin’ to it.”
Sez she, lookin’ kinder glum, an’ turnin red in (he
face—sez she to me, “it don’t want nutliin to it; Fin
snake-bit, an’ ’taint none or your business whar !’
AA'itli that I smelt er mice, and commence larfin.
You orter hearn mo holler! If I did’nt think I’d er
bust my bilcr, I wish I may never see Christmas ! I
aint larfed so much since the time John Potter got
on the bar’s back without a knife, and rode him
‘round like cr hoss, arid was skeered to git off! I
give you my word, I fairly rolled!
Soon as the ole ’oman gin to open her eyes, and I
see thar warn! nuthin much the matter with her, my
wife she grabbed up the tongs and went out to kill
the snake, an’l. foller’d. When I see the reptile,
sez Ito my wife, jest wait er minit, sez I. Taint no
use killin’ him—he’s past prayin’ for ! I pledge
you my word he was dead as Billy-be-hang ! What
made him die sez my wife to me ? Don’t know, sez
I—’spose he couldn’t stand it. Torecly Mas Read
he cum up, an’ when he hearn what had bin
goin on, he was so full er larf his face turned wrong
side-out’ards and sez he—pisened, by golly !”
That ole ’oman aint bin skeer’d uv er snake sense,
an’ goes out huntin’ em reg’lar. I told her one day,
sez I, Misses LeMay, sez I, I’ll give you the best
bunch uv hogs’ bristles I’ve got to brush your teeth
with of you'll tell me how not to be skeer’d uv er
snake ! She didn’t say naro a word, but she turn
ed ’round an’ took mo kerA/m right ’twene the eyes!
I tell you what, it made me see stars! I aint sed
snake to her since.
Howsever, that aint tollin’you how the sarpint
kinder chawed up my darter Sal. I'll tell you how
’twas. You see thar was gwine to beer mighty
big camp meetin’ down at Hickory Grove, an’ we
all fixed up to go down an’stay er week, an’my
wife, she cooked up everything ’bout the house,an’
made all sorts er good things —-bacon an’ greens,
an’ Possum fat, an’ ash cake, an’ a great big sausen
ger, ’bout as big as ver arm, an’ long enuff to eat
er week —’cause, she said, Parson 1 filly loved saus
senger the best in the world. Well when we got
thar, 1 went to the basket what had the vittals in it,
to git somethin’ to eat, hut the saussenger wasn’t
thar, an’ sez I to my darter, sez I. Sally, gall, what’s
’come er that ar saussenger? Then she turned red
in the face, an’ sez she, never mind, —its all right.
I smelt thar was somethin’ gwine on wrong—for
you see the wimmin folks ’bout whar I lives is some
I fur new fashions, an’ one day one uv them ar all ti
ro 1 1 Yankee pedlars cum erlong wither out landish
kind uv er jigamarce to make the wimmin’s coats
sorter stick out in the t’other eend, an’ the slies,
they all put one on, case they ’sposed the lies would
love to see it. Well, my Sal, she got monsos stuck
up ’bout it an’ axed me to giv her one; hut 1 told
her she had no more use for one nor er settin’ hen
had for a midwife, an’ L wouldn’t do no sich er thing
case how she was big er nuff thar at fust.
Well, as I was er say in’camp meetin’ day it come,
an’ we was all thar, an’ the she-folks they was fixed
up in er inch uv ther lives, an’my Sal she was dres
sed fit to kill, an’ thar she was er fijjitin, an’ er wrig
lin about wither new calico coat on, all stuck up at
the ’hind eend, an’ as proud as er he-lizzard with
two tails ! Tell you what —she made more fuss nor
er suckin’ hen with one chicken! I was ’stonished
what to make uv that whoppin’ big hump on her
behind. Howsever, it was ’simmon time, an’ she’d
bin eatin’ er powerful sight uv uni, an’ 1 ’sposed
she was gittin’ fat—so I shuteup my fly-trap, an’lay
low, an’ kep dark ! the preachin’ it begin,
an’ Parson James, he was up on er log er preachin’
an” er goin’ it hark from the tomb! 1 tell you what
brother James was loud that day! Thar he was
with the Bible on the board —stickin’ ’twene two
saplins, an’ he was er cummin’ down on it with his
two fists worse nor maulin’ rails an’ er stompin his
feet, an’ er slobberin’ at the mouth, an’ er cutjin’ up
shines worse nor er bob-tail bull in fiy time! I tell
you what, es he did’nt go it boots that time, 1 don’t
know! Tqj-ecly 1 spy the heathens thev commenre
takin’ on, an’ the spirit it begin to move um for trite
—for brother Sturtevant’s ole nigger Cain an’ all uv
nm they ’gin'to kinder groan and whine, an’ reel
about like er'eornstalk in er t storm, an’ brother Gri
dle, he begin er rubbia his (hands an’ slappin’ um
together, an’ scramblin’ afloat on his knees, an’ er
cuttin up like mad ! In about er minit, I hearn the
all-firedest to do, down ’mongst the wimmin that
ever cum along, an’ when I kinder cast ray eye over
that wey, I spy my Sal er rarein’, an’ er pitehin’, er
rippin an’ er tarein’ an’ er shoutin like flinders !
When brother James see that, he thought she’d
done got good, an’ he cum down off the log, an’
sez he, pray on sister ! —an’ the shes they all got
round her, an’ cotch hold uv her, an’ tried to make
her hold still. But ’twarn’t no use. The more they
told her “to don’t,” the more she hollered. Torec
ly I diskiver she’d done got ’ligious, an’ I was so
glad, it kinder lift mo off’n the ground —an’ sez I,
go it Sal? —them’s the licks!—blessed am them
what seeks, for them’s um what shall find ! Then
the wimmin they all cotch holt of her by the bar, an’
commence wollerin’ her about in the straw, an’sez I,
that’s light sisters—beat the 1 >evil out’n her. And
the did too ! 1 tell you what—the way they did
hustle her about ’mongst the straw and shucks was
forked! In about er minit I ’gin to git tired an’
disgustified, an’ tried to make her shot up, but she
wouldn’t, but kep a hollerin’ worser, an’ kind er
keeled up like a possum when he makes ’ten’ he’s j
dead! Torecly she sorter cum to herself so she j
could talk, an’ sez I, Sal, what ails you gal ? The !
fust word she said, sez she, snake!
“Whar ’bouts ?” sez I.
“Snake,” sez she agin—“sarpent! take him oft',
or he’ll chaw me up.”
“Whar’s enny snake ?” sez I.
“Snake'!” sez she; “snake ! snake ’’’ an’ then she
put her ban’ on the outside of her coat, an’ cotch
hoi’ uv somethin’, and squeezed it tight as er vice !
When I sce’d that, I know’d it was er snake sure
nuff, what had crawled up under her coat; an’ I see
she’d put her hand on it on the outside uv her
clothes, an’ cotch it by the head. Soon as I see’d
that, know’d he couldn't bite her, for she held on to
him like grim death to er dead nigger; an’ 1 ’eluded
’twarn’t no use bein’ in too big er hurry; so I told
John Potter not to be skeered, an’ to go an’ grab
the sarpent by the tail, an’ sling him li—llwards !
Well, Potter, he went an’ sorter felt uv him on the
outside of her coats, an’ I pledge you my word, he
was the whoppenest, bigest reptile that ever scooted
across cr road! I tell you, es he warn't as big nor
my aim, Mike Hooter is as big er liar as ole Dave
LeMay—an’ vou know lie’s er few in that line ! Well
when Totter diskiver that she held the snake fast;
lie begin feelin’ up for the reptile’s tail—sorter like
lie didn’t like to do it, at fust, an’ then sorter like
he did. When it come to that, Sal she kinder turn
ed red in the face an’ squirmed er bit, but ’twarnt
no time for puttin on quality airs then, an’ she stood
it like er hoss ! Well, Potter he kep er feelin up,
an’ er feelin up‘ an’ er feelin up, sorter easy like, an’
torecly he felt some thin’ in his ban’. I’ve got him,
sez Potter—well I have, by jingo! Hole on to him
Sal, sez I! an’ don’t you do nothin’ Mr. Potter ’tilll
give the word, an’ when I say “go!” then Sal, you
let go uv the varmint’s head, an’ Potter, —you give
the allfiredest kind uv er jerk; an’ sling him.
I tell you what, them was squally times! an’, I
’vise you, the next time you go up to Yazoo, jest ax
enny body, an’ if they don’t say the snakes up in
them parts beats creation, then Mike Hooter’ll
knock under.
At this point of the narration, we ventured to ask
Alike what become of the snake.
Well, as I was er savin’, continued he, thar was
my Sal, er holein’ the sarpent by the head, an’ John
Potter he had him by the tail, and Sal she was er
hollerin’, an’ er screamin’, an’ the wimmin they were
all er stannin’ ’round skeered into er fit, an’ the |
durndest row- you ever hearn ! Hole on to him, Sal,
sez I; an’ you John Potter, don’t you move er peg,
’til I give the word; an’, when 1 say “jerk !” then
you sling him into the middle of next week. I tell
you what, we hud the orfullest time that ever I see.
Let’s liquor.
That’s the best red-eye I’ve swollered in er coon’s
age, said Mike, after bolting a caulker. But Uncle
Mike, how did you manage at last ? asked a listener,
“Well, you see,” said ho, “thar war my Sal, an’
thar was all the folks, an’ thar was the snake, an’
John Potter er holein’ him flj- the tail, skeered out'n
liis senses, an’ h—ll to pay ! I was gettin’ sorter
weak in the knees, / tell you, an’ brother James,
eyes looked like they’d pop out'n his head, and sez
I to John Potter, sez 1 to him, sez I, “John Potter,
don’t you budge tell 1 sav ‘go!’ an’ when 1 gives
the word, then you give him er jerk, and send him
ker slap up agin that tree, an’ perhaps you’ll gin him
|or headache. Now, Mr. Potter,” sez i “is you read
!y ?” sez I. “It is,” sez he.
“Now, look at me,” sez TANARUS, “and when I drap this
hankercher,” sez I; ‘then you jerk like flunjuns,’ sez
‘Yes,’ sez lie.
Then I turned round to Misses Lester, an’ sez I,
Misses Lester, bein’as how 1 haint got no hanker
| cher, s’pose you let me have that koon-skin cape, uv
! yourn. Sez she, Unde Mike, you can have enny
thing l is got.
Much obliged to you, sez I, and now, Mr. Potter,
sez I, when 1 drops this coonskin capo, then you
pull! Yes, sez he.
\\ ell now, sez I, keep your eve skinned, and look
me right in the face, and w hen you see me drap this
then you whollop the sarpent out. Is you ready,
sez I ? Yes, sez he.
Good, sez I, ‘jerk !’ an’ when I said ‘jerk!’ he gin
the whoppenest pull, and sent him ker whop ! about
er mile an’ er feet! I pledge you my word, I
thought he’d er pulled the tail of the varmint clean
! off!
Here Mike took a quid of tobacco, and proceeded
—l've bin in er heap er scrapes, an’ seen some of
the allfiredest rantankerous snakes that er come er
long; but that time leats all!
W hat kind of a snake was it, asked a listener ?
W by, I'll tell you, said he —'twaru't nothine
i more'll I ‘speeted—Sal thought she'd look big like’
i an’ w hen she was shoutin’ and dam-in erbout, that
I sausenger what she'e put on for er busilo, got loos,
round her ankle, an’ she thought ’twas er snake
crawlin up her clothes !
Mike left in a hurry.
Tolerably Keen. —A venerable clergyman has
i just informed us of a stroke of wit in the dying
j hour, the author of which was a very good man.
I he anecdote is this:
There resided in the town of Brookfield, a clergy
man by the name of Parsons, who was sick, and so
j near death and weak, that it was difficult for him
|to talk, even in a whisper. Another minister, fly
the name of Jones, and who w as not noted for poses
sing the wisdom of Solomon, came to see Mr. Par
sons. After sitting by his bedside a few minutes,
he observed, “ Mr. Parsons, I came to talk with you,
i and ask you some questions concerning the state of
1 your mind; but as l find you very weak, 1 will omit
them.”
“You are very kind,” replied Parsons, in a difficult
whisper, “ but I must be very weak not to lie able
to answer any question Mr. Jones could ask.”—Bos
ton Traveler.
A Question, Indeed. —The following question
is said to have created tremendous excitement before
the Hardscrabble Debating Institution:
“ What is the difference between there being con
science enough in all women, and women enough
in ill conscience ?”
After three weeks’ discussion, the. President de
cided “ there was a difference, but wherein it consist
ed, he was quite uncertain.”
sutiiiCAiT oi;i{ \ rio\s.
I JAMES WEAVER, (Memphis Tenn.) proposes to perform all
1 /surgical Operations of every description, and is well prepared
with all necessary instruments to perform every description of o[>era
tjon lhat is performed in any of the northern cities. He operates suc
cessfully en all affections of the eye, as well as all other cases, and
will insure a cure in all cases of cross-eye, (strabismus) and w ill guar- ;
antee success in every case of Club or Reel-Foot, (loxarthrus) or con
tracted tendons in any |>ortion of the system causing deformity.
Tkstimoniai.. —The following is given as one of many certificates of
successful operation which have been furnished Professor Weaver
hy his patients.
From the Memphis Enquirer, Jan. 30th 1850.
Club or Reel Foot Cured.
Mr. EniTon —Dear Sir: Please publish the following rase in your
valuable periodical, that those who may be laboring under a similar
deformity may know where to obtain relief. My feet w ere both reel
ed or clubbed from birth, the toes turned inwards, the bottoms turned
backwards, and the tops forward, which threw me on the outside of my
feet, on which I walked up to the time of the operation. There was
a large lump on the outside of each foot, where I rested the w eight of
„,v body in walking. I applied to Professor Jamks Weaver, of Mem
phis, Tenn. who is distinguished for his surgical skill, and on the 28th
day from the time of the operation, he put straight shoes on my feet,
they being straight before me and flat on the bottoms. I can now
walk on them very well and am improving daily and expect in a short
time to run and jump equal to any neighbor. There is no (won atten
ding the operation but w hat can be easily stood hy any one, and dur
ing the w hole operation there is scarcely any blood lost, and no sores
or inllamation. as most persons might suppose. There is hardly any
sum that would induce nie toexchange my straight feet for the crook
ed ones I had six w eeks ago. 1 would advise all persons who are la
boring under that deformity, to call tin Dr. Weaver, who will cure
them with certainty.
E. T. PETTY.
March 21st, 1850. __ [1 —tf]
RAGS! RAGS!! RAGS!!!
THE ROCK IHAIB FACTORY
I S prepared to purchase clean Linen Hemp or Cotton Rags, and wi*l
pay 3 1-2 cents per pound, for 100,000 pounds, delivered at the
Mill-'*’ 0,1 the ChattAhochee River, (three miles above Columbus) in
quantities of not less thai; 100 pounds.
Merchants and Traders in the surrounding country, will do well to
draw the attention of their customers to the advantage of saving their
Hags, and exchanging them for their goods and wares.
Cash will always be paid for them *t “Rock Island Factory.” By
order of the Board.
GEORGE XV. WINTER, Pec'v.
Qolumbus, Ga. March 21st, 1850. I—ts
GREAT ATTRACTION!!
g-p The attention of every man, woman and child in Georgia and adjacent
States, is specially directed to the following
PROSPECTUS OF TIIE
*#**
An independent and racy Weekly Journal, just commenced in Ma
con, Ga. under the exclusive control ot
L. F. W. Andrews, Editor and Proprietor,
Who for five years past, had the charge of the Muscogee Democrat,
of Columbus:
Ist. Ilis motto will be—“ Independent in all thing*,
neutral in nothing." 1 This is indicative of the position
which the Editor designs to Dike in relation to men, 'princi
ples and measures—a position above the influence of party
or serf, and which will reserve to himself the largest liberty
of speech and most unrestrained latitude of criticism upon all
matters, moral, social and political, which may pass in review
before him, as a public Journalist.
2d. As the name imports, the Editor's aim will be to de
velope the resources of Georgia and advance the interests of
her people in the pathway of true greatness and prosperity.
Under this head, the agricultural and mineral capabilities of
the state—its commercial facilities —its varied industrial pur
suits, and the educational enlightenment of every class of
its citizens, will be embraced, as leading objects ol concern
ment.
3d. The “Georgia Citizen” will be the foe of monopoly
and exclusive privilege, in their every phrase and feature,
and the special friend of honest industry of head and hand.—
While “every form of tyranny over the mind of man will
be strenuously opposed, the “Citizen” will ever be found en
forcing the constitutional requirements of toleration towards
every shade of opinion which may be entertained “for con -
science* sake,” and defending the rights of the humblest from
abuse or infringement.
4th. The “Citizen” will contain a weekly transcript of
the current news of the day, gleaned with care from every a
vailable source, foreign .and domestic. Under this head the
Editor will introduce anew and interesting feature —that o
special correspondence from the prominent cities of the
State and Union, in which all that is rich in incident and
racy in thought, will be garnered, weekly, for the reader s
information and amusement.
sth. The “Citizen” will have its Literary Department,
where will be found the gem of poetic inspiration and the
The following unsolicited and unbought opinions < f the Press, of Georgia and
Alabama, of both as to the character oftlie “Georgia Citizen” and the abil
ity of the Editor to make it one ol the most readable and valuable FAMILY
JOURNALS now published in the Union, are only a part oftlie many flattering
testimonials which have greeted the Editor since the appearance of his first
Number. He submits them to the public, as the unbiassed evidence of a far-see
ing and enlightened Fraternity, who must, from their vocation, he qualified to ren
der a just verdict in the case, and whose united and disinterested opinions are
certainly entitled to respectful consideration, from the reading community :
The Georgia (itizen.
Independent in all things—nentrnl in nothing.
The above are the title and motto of anew paper just com
menced at Macon, Ga., by Dr. L. F. W. Andrews, lale Ed
itor of the “ Muscogee Democrat.” If No. 1, now before
us, is to he taken as a specimen, the “ Georgia Citizen, ’ will
be a valuable paper. We like his motto, and hope the Doctor
will maintaiii his present high position. We have long de
tested the devotion of the strictly party press to stereotype
sentiments, manufactured for them by interested politicians.
We go for the “ freedom of the press” always, ami under all
| circumstances. We welcome the Georgia Citizen to our ex
! change list.— So. Fam. Journal.
The Georgia Citizen. —The publication of anew paper,
j under this title, has been commenced in Macon, edited by
! Dr Andrews, the first number of which is before ns. “ In
dependent in all things—neutral in nothing,” it appears to
have for its object the dissemination of truth, the advance
; rnent of literature, and the fostering of the arts and sciences.
; From the experience, zeal and energy of the editor, and his
’ knowledge of the wants of the reading community, we may
; safely predict that a well deserved patronage will be bestow
\ed upon it. Terms, $2,50 per annum— Ang. Republic.
The Georgia Citizen.— The first No. of the “Georgia
| Citizen,” published by Dr. L, F. W. Andrews, Macon, Ga.,
has been received and contents duly scanned. It is a taste
fully gotten up sheet, and the specimen number does credit
to the able editor, in a literary point of view. Dr. Andrews is
well known to the public as the former editor of the “ Mus
cogee Democrat,*’ and the interest he imparted to that pa-
I per, is sufficient guaranty that ‘The Citizen’ will be worthy
:of pub'ic patronage. — Forsyth lire.
The Georgia Citizen. —This is the title of anew paper
just started in Macon by L. F. \V. Andrews, formerly of the
I Muscogee Democrat. Its motto is—“ independent in all
’ things—neutral in nothing”—from which we may infer, it
, is devoted to no party or sect. The Editor is a warm friend
of Slate improvement and of our own sea-port, and as such,
we cordially welcome his re-appearance among the corps
editorial.— Sa r. Republican.
The Georgia Citizen. —We have received the first No.
of flic Georgia Citizen published in the city of Macon, and
edited by Dr. L. F. VV. Andrews, former Editor of the Musco
gee Democrat. His motto is, “ independent in all things—
neutral in nothing.” The first No. of the Georgia Citizen
is printed on good paper, and is an interesting sheet.— Sac. j
Georgian.
The Georgia Citizen. —We are pleased to find on our ta
ble the first number of this paper lately established in Macoti,
under the editorial management of L. F. W. Andrews, for
merly of the Muscogee Democrat. The editor is already
so well known throughout the State as an able writer, that
comment from us is unnecessary. The first number of tiie
Citizen opens rich, with a large stock of original and inter
esting matter. — Atlanta Intelligencer.
The Georgia Citizen. —We have received the first num
ber of a paper hearing the above title, published in Macon,
Ga., by Dr. 1.. F. W. Andrews, formerly the Editor of the
“Muscogee Democrat.” It is a large sheet and well filled
with an unusual amount of original matter, lhe Dr s. well
known capacity in this line gives promise of a popular and
readable sheet.— Columbus Sentinel.
The Georgia Citzen. —We have received the first nnm
| ber of the Georgia Citizen, anew paper just started in the
| city of Macon, under the editorial management of our late
i fellow-townsman, Dr. Andrews. The specimen sheet before
us is one that will hear inspection. It is well filled with orig
| inal and eeleted matter, and presents itself with a fair and
comely face. We wish the Doctor all the success in his new
I enterprise which his industry and ability command. It has
■ been our fortune to break a lance, or rather to have his occa
| sionally splintered over our pates, and we give the fraternity
[ fair notice that he will hold his hand in the ordinary skir
mishes of the brotherhood.— Columbus Enquirer.
The Georgia Citizen.— Well, our old friend, Dr. Andrews,
has got up steam again, and commenced his new paper at
Macon, “ The Georgia Gitizen.” His motto is “ Indepen
dent in all things—neutral in nothing,” from which the rea
der can form a pretty good idea of the character of the pa
per. From a hasty perusal of the first number, we are in
clined to think well of it.— Athens Whig.
The Georgia Citizen. —The above is the title of new
paper which we find among onr exchanges. It is published
in the city of Macon, by Mr. L. F. W. Andrews, former ed
itor of the Muscogee Democrat. The number before us, is
a large imperial sheet, neat in its mechanical execution and
replete with interesting matter. It abounds in original arti
cles, and correspondence from different sections of the coun
try, among which, we notice Marietta is represented. Vho
is “ Kennesaw ?” That's the question. Its motto In
dependent in all things—neutral in nothing.” Price $2.50
per unmun in advance. We congratulate our brother An
drews upon the appearance of his paper, and wish him abun
dant success in business.— Marietta Helicon.
Tub Georgia Citizen.— This is the title of a lame and interesting
independent paper just started at Macon, Ga., by LF. “ • Andrew S
formerly editor of the Muscogee Democrat. Mr. Andrews is a very
strong and racy writer; well qualified for hi* present post, h.uttr
{.Ha) Democrat.
The Georgia Citizen.—This is the title of anew weekly paper is.
sued in this city, on Thursday last, L. by F. VV. Andrews, Ksq., a 1 °
the Muscogo, Democrat. It is a neatly printed and spiritedly edited
ADVERTISEMENTS.
Professional anil Business Cards, not excecdings 6 lines, per annum, &> (X)
Transient Advertisements per square of 12 lines, one insertion, - 100
Each subsequent insertion, - , - - - ‘ “ “ “
Yearly Advertisements, per square, - - - . ’ * 1U
A Liberal arrangement made with those who advertise bv thoyear.
OPINIONS; OF THE; PRESS.
choice excerpts of a chaste and instructive Miscellany, togeth
er with original contributions from some of our most gifted
writers.
6th. There will be a Department of Science* Art and*
Domestic Economy, in which useful facts and imprwVWRORDr
will be recorded, for the benefit of the artizan, the housowffV
and the man of Science.
7th. A corner will lie devoted to the passing facet it* of
the age, in which will be preserved the piquant aneedoto,
the lively bon-mot and sententious epigram, together with
the quirks anil comicalities of those who are, by nature, Sons
of Momus—or the laughing Philosophers of the times.
From the Editor's experience iu the business of Newspa
per publication—his new and central position—and his thor
ough appreciation of the wants of the reading public, he flat
ters himself that he will be able to make the “Georgia Citi
izon” a welcome visitor to the fireside of every denizen of
our noble old Commonwealth. At least, he will enter upon
the work, with a just sense of the magnitude of the task be
fore him, and with an ardor of zeal and energy in the honor
able vocation, which shall know no abatement until suooeat
be won, or failure inevitable.
tOIVOITIO.V^.
The Citizen trill be printed on a large imperial sheet ,
with new type and materials, and furnished at the follow
ing rates :
One copy per annum, in advance. - - $2 50
“ If not so paid, - 300
Two copies per annum, in advance , - - 450
Fire “ “ ** 14 “ - - -10 00
One ropy of the Citizen and one copy of Godey's La
dy's Book, for a year. - - - - - 500
erg* Address, free of Postage , L. F. IT. Andrews ,
Macon. Ga.
sheet, atid we have no donut, will command a full share of public pat
ronage.—.Miron .Mrssrsgrr.
The Georgia Citizen.—We have received the first num
ber of a large, beautiful sheet, hearing the aliove title. To
use the Editor's language it will be “ Independent in all
things—Neutral in nothing!” It is edited and published by
j L. F. W. Andrews, a gentleman well known to the reading
| public of Georgia, as the late able editor of the Muscogee
l Democrat. Friend Andrews is a spirited writer, and will
; make a paper worthy the patronage of every “ Georgia Cit
j izen.” Success to yon, Doctor. Terms, $2,50 per annum,
iin advance. Macon, Ga.— Ringgold Republican.
Thf. Georgia Citizen. —\Ve have received the first nnrn-
I her of anew paper under the alwive title, just commenced ut
1 the city of Macon, Georgia, by Dr. 1,. F. W. Andrews, for
merly of the Muscogee Democrat, Columbus. The Georgia
i Gitizen is handsomely gotten up, and the first number shows
i that the Doctor is determined to lavish upon it all his indus
! try, energy, and talent. We doubt not lhat the “Citizi n” will
j be a weli-behaved individual, and, we hope, eminently suc
cessful.—Macon (Ala.) Republican.
i Tiie Georgia Citizen. —We take much pleasure in in
forming the reading public, that Dr L. F. W. Andrews, lato
; oflhe “ Muscogee Democrat,” has established himself in iha
chair editorial, of a very neat and spirited sheet, hearing the
above caption, the receipt of the fust miniber of which we are
happy to acknowledge. The “ Citizen” decidedly bear* the
impress of the Doctor’s genius, and we predict for it a very
■ prosperous and useful existence. —Central Georgian.
The Georgia Citizen—ls the title of a large and hand
| sornely printed sheet, just issued in Macon, by Dr L. F. W.
j Andrews, formerly of the Msscogee Democrat. The motto
|is “ Independent in all things—neutral in nothing.” We are
pleased with the general appearance of this number, and
| doubt not the paper will be liberally supported. ‘The editor,
we are glad to see. takes up the eudgels against the South
ern Convention. —Cnssville Standard.
The Georgia Citizen. —We have received the fust num
ber of the Georgia (’itizen, edited and published in Macon
by L. F. VV. Andrews, former editor of the Muscogee Dem
ocrat. It is a neatly printed and well fiiled sheet. —Albany
Patriot.
The Georgia Citizen. —We have received a number of a
paper hearing the above name, published at Macon, Ga., and
l edited by L. F. W. Andrews, former Editor of the Muscogee
; Democrat. The appearance of the Citizen is neat and taste
: ful—the matter choice and interesting.
We wish the newly launched bark, in its perilous voyage,
prosperous gales and many returns. — Fed. Union.
The Georgia Citiren, — We have received the first num
ber of the“ Georgia Citizen,” edited and published in Ma
con bv L. F. IT. Andrews, former editor of the Muscogee
Democrat. It is a beautifully printed sheet, and filled with
fresh, raev and interesting matter. The editor is possessed
of taste and talent to make a most acceptable paper ; and an
he promises to do his devoirs in this behalf, we doubt not will
muke the Citizen eminently so.— Milledgcvillc Recot der.
The Georgia Citizen —Is the name of a paper started at
Macon, Ga.. the first number of which is on our table. Dr.
Andrews—the editor and proprietor —formerly of the Musco
gee Democrat, is a man of very fine talents, and will make
! the Citizen one of the most readable papere in the country.—
Ala. Commonwealth.
The Georgia Citizen. —We have received the first num
ber of a paper bearing this title, published in Macon, Ga.,
by Dr. L. F. VV. Andrews, formerly editor of the Muscogee
Democrat. The paper is to be an independent sheet, and
if we are to judge by the editor'* past history, it will be eno
in every respect. Dr. A. is a strong and racy writer, and wq
expect to derive much pleasure and information hereaftr*-
from the “ Citizen.” If our readers desire to subscribe to a,
good paper —one that posessess that element so uncommon,,
originality, we would advise them to subscribe to the Georgia,
Citizen, instead of bestowing their patronage upon the hum
bug weeklies, (or rather treaties.) and tinsel monthlies of the.
North. The mechanical appearance of the Citizen is equal
to any in the country. —Dallas {Ala.) Gazette.
The Georgia Citizen.—This is the title of t new paper,,
just started iu this city, the first number of which, was pub
lished on Thursday last. The Georgia Citizen is edited and)
published bv L. F. W. Andrews. Esq, late of the Muscogee.
Democrat.’ The first number of the Citizen is handsomely,
printed and a well filled sheet. —Macon 7 elegraph.
The (iKonflU Citizen is the title of anew paper just started at Ma
con. <;a„ by our old friond, Dr. Andrews. The Doctor is a tart and
pointed, as well as argumentative writer. He has lone t-een in the edito
rial field. and has become so used to the threats of the scamps he has
lashed, that be don't mind the sight rrf a bowie, or the crack of a re
volver. — .Mr. nr hr st rr (AT. H.) Democrat.
The Georgia Citizen.—Tiie first number of anew paper bearing.
this title hasjust been received from Macon,Ga. It has a brand-new
appearance, and in typographical neatness and beauty,it is unsurjiase
ed.
Dr. Andrews, formerly of the Muscogee Democrat, is the editor,
whose name alone is sufficient to give it an extensive circulation. The
Doctor is a well-known democrat, though as “ independent as a wood
sawyer,” and sometimes quite as Saucy,” —Mougomrry (Ala.) Atlas.
The Georgia Citizen. —Dr. L. F. W. Andrews, for several year*
the editor and proprietor of the Mnsrogrt Democrat. published in Co
lumbus, Ga-, has started a paper in Macon, Ga-, entitled - Tka
Georgia Citizen.'’ Dr. A. wields a racy and ready pen, and undenrtand*
thoroughly the business in which he is engaged. The mottoof his sheet i*
alike novel and forcible—“ huh-pnuiml is all tilings neutral in rot -
ing .” The paper is of good size, neatly printed, and well filled. Greens.
boru ( Ala .) Beacon,
