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Front sbe American Mechanic.
iffr clinics in the Pcaitcmiaiy.
la my Sral comnnznication cm the sabject of meebxmeal
in the Georgia Peniteiitiary, I attempted to show
tfee injarfic* of the mess arc, and called upon the mechanics
rod the friends of mechanics, to reflect, organize and take ef
fectual means to procure an abandonment of that system, by
ats aDp&eaikin for ft* repeal, to the next legislature. I propose
newr, to consider the remedy, or the substitute, for the employ-
Brent of eoffiTiete.
I -'s-fI.J nc< attempt to show that some of whert are denomi
nated “ the learned professions,” should, alternating. supply
the place of the present system, box I wIG treat the sabject
with Carncsa, and with an eye to the best interests of the
Stete.
The employment of convicts in developing the mineral re
sources of the State, was urged by a Superintendent of the
Penitentiary a few years past, ia his annual report. With the
ordinary guards, and cheeks, and penalties as well as rewards,
tins sran might answer very well. We have an immense re
gion teeming with ore—an a bun-lance of coal—marble, gran
ite and fioiestoite quarries—and these vast and haealeolabfy
Talaabie sources of wealth, are measurably neglected in our
Plate.
There are many departments of axanufoeturlng industry,
not m operation hi our State, which might be introduced by
convict labor—mariafreture of glass, porcelain ware, 4c., &e.
I will not point on* pursuits now enjoyed by the honest la
boring men of the State, as a subeditae for the present system.
Tliis State of Georgia is fa? behind ah other States in the
oonditkm of its eororoew highways. If there is a McAdam
ried real in this State I have not been able to find it in my
travels through eighty-seven counties. There is not a city, or
town, or village, which lias streets better than common reads
to a country meeting house. The city of MflledgeviUe, the
Capitol of the State, has streets that are so muddy after a
slight shower, that it is difficult to walk from the Governor’s
mansion to the State House—and this state cf things exists
while there is granite enough there to pave the streets and
bniTd every house in the town
Savannah, proudly tCairoed as the- commercial emporium
of the Slate, has street* which are a disgrace to the age, to the
State and to the enterprise of her eitiaens—sandy and dusty in
dry weather, and sand boggy in wet weather. There con
victs might be well employed for several years. The only por
tion of that city which is calculated to be passable fee loaded
wagons, w a plank road running from the rail road depot
to the river.
Augusta conU employ eon-vfets c[vvi her streets for several
years —the streets here are much like country roads, leading
to x market t n, where poles and fence rads are often found.,
which have l*ecn used for prizing wheels out es sink holes or
ruts.
Atber.?—classic name, and seat cf ewr University—what
i tree ‘s I There the Stale could employ a large number of her
convicts, ami make the streets of Athens worthy cf htrnanjc,
and ecjtial iv* beamy to Hstnfcvifie, Alabama.
I might point to ether cities, Ma-.viu, Coluru&us, Atlanta,
&C-, Ac., where the streets and roods leading to those place*,
would give employment to eonviets. Kt> city cc town loca
tion, em ecisri-vaasd the attention of foreign eapitahsts, either
for business or feocoe where the street* and
mails are hart Travel and eUserastion will satisfy any one,
that cities said towns prosper if tiers are good street* and
roads. Good roads incite travel and good streets are not
v.nly pfeaaisg to the eye and convenient for locomotion, but
they are cheaper to travel on.
J hare presented the above to show’ that the State ctrn find
abundant fields for the operation of eonvict labor in oar State,
wiioul etnpfojmg them in MeefranreaT pursuits,
Bui it wifi be objected to, perhaps, that this change wOI in
tor much greater expense to the State, To this I reply, that
thf’ Penitentiary operations as at present conducted, have
cost tlie State seven hundred thousand dollars, and is now a
GRCETOUS EXPENSE, smmiiuiffg: xonaaSy to THOU
SANDS, h-'.-vrevermnch political ruarcageis aiary assert to tfte
coatrazv ahout deetion. times. It is likewise offensive and ia
•uZtißgtoa i'anre portion ts oar worthy kthabetascs and. hott
est dfcxeus- If the .system ia ehangod sod’ cottvicts. employed
.;r streets ami roads, the- expense would, be- pieaeantiy
Horne by the nec>pfo,asiicy would tear some Injproiesoeta in
tfse foghwa. i o*’ the State—ka&w that vice wa* punished,
and bomesty rewaarded —and in-iuc Jiai a powsrSd preveir
tive *f crime hsd been m*&s£, xatead es rewarding villauw
for tfreir mutes-, by reselling’ tfreaa a trade.
I trust this suhjeci vziil attract die atteaifoa of the press
generally of tie State umt be luivrghs Ite (he attcniioo es the
people. A BROTHER MECHANIC.
qa— wmacmmmmmm&
0 fe€ r-C ro ppillg. —This is Che reading vice of agricul
ture at ties pi-ttaon a£ Louisiana. The sraafi. and neat form—
that a, the form small enoughin aIL its arrangements for tTae
ttfasynw-vt of the force which caitlvatesi it— th* “ aurgets
V!*U T afS-oathen husbaaifry. Os: meet* with bat few such
forms, and meets ‘with them for apart. Instead of forms
where everything appears torampfete order and ariangeraeßt,
ecce Mice ewetts -witfr tfsoss widely-spread tarable-downs,
svLere divc-reter ana derangement are tuxufeTedtogetherin every
vnzitty efaoadition r and this arises- pruaeipofly frc*a m&t
erorycog-. The anaxun of agrieiiTtnre, that tfoe produetic*® cf
the earth must ever be m propevthao to t&e tillage,sc-exas- gea
tally w. be neglected, ®r not known in das paart cf the- State j
ix, to frame a maxim tr-.-m the system mostly pursued, she
predueijbeti of the eaxth are ia proportoc to tfee cf
eerfoco to which the <f talkigp cm be gsvea. In
tnrery department ’■£ agrieuftare t?ur whole- seetvoo: of State *
ia x oood&isn of re vn para five tntaaey. Can it be- said: that
ht pcodwHim of any article is eavrixi up to the capability ©f
ihe *o3 -rst l e&oaie l Tbs focmaerwho-thraws-usto the shape
sfcnJUvaaao, a wide surfoee which. E; amcEy plows mi bees,
re uocii mthd s a free as vaeaiaey from xeq tEaogfrt abeut
She j&tirre of tic *oil T hick he takes a natCHse gives i*, sod
oi the ihiCereal chc'iXQ.-tm feh mate- that may weary has j
Usors aid shevtcs h'> rop* chre-ogh the ii299(je of some
jfuEesl flefirionry ha the soil. in the- wmUm af euitare, aaay
sav be raifcfc* wfud be cor* nines, ind sc-itaadines what bee!& y
bathe *wes- to God more thanks sou a good season, then- fra
wes tohansvßfflr the ex- rc of skill and judgment. To
ehtain as m acs. as possihfe fr*sn die ninnber of a n't* on* man
aa oofti rate-, and to cuftfvafe ac more than may he made to
yield tik- most pvofftahle- quanity % w capubiio of vfekifiag,
shield'd bp striciijr rvcn*w.-d by vvery former as the w r o*tljwst
ofijw.t die study usd hfr labor- r ft'-rtfce best eowese *fprejft
wtr'VJ, “Fit hi st udapfsitcoß whiefrtbe anmmtsvTC* of eoS
trra£k<n sun oppose to- die riefosftadfesef eSbaafc*,. aaui the per
fect auantrf.y aiat best mndlty f that yuantiiy per acre, most
reauar; anknovna xo>i onenjoyaa -an til we hecooae- eoofcewfc to
tuluvato less spnc£ to sxert fa the promise* m*re pvavtical
su’enev. sad experitrsentai kamwledg?. A bozvy er.ip from x
lugh. stare of frrtihry and imfeVstivaisaJwaytibe -?iiTy aifvem
fcrgr-in* Jt sbiiws the skiCl aad’ ind ustry prepeily appSed
es tine former who-j-rciiices. It h*>w tSe- pracxieafele txseai
dkvefopmetst. iw an exasopte- ered
ttaDit and peofitailu to Inna- who exhibits ii—worthy es imito
iioa and rivafr-y,, and highCy heaeffcikl t# tbe agrieuCaoresf th
S'aito. IC forrsprcomplanß oftius fead cf a heavy it
x real cenefix and sourevr af nxtscfr pSeaswc. Bar x ereyi
which is x bc-asry rop Ewtausx it eceupic* x greater namher of
acre* thain the- reikivatoT *ait raanagp. raxier * systorr cf oi
---iace febmngMy adai,iicd. <x inraoaiy no better than the- wii£-
lui eottivstsr es ?m:-d deserves to have. —tfobHf Her aid and
Tribune,
Good Writing Inn.—Take finely
three ounces; smlpftate of iron, wie otmee; log wood
staving?, ©neonnee: aac? of vinegar, on© nn-ait. put
tGesc itgretileux& into a fcottie, .*/nci agitate thearr
©cesfeionaUy Sor twelve or fourteen days, then- iet
the vt-arser parts subside; attef pour off the ink for
me.
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A word to the Ladies —Neip mode of making bread.
—Our readers may remember the notice we gave of the
bread making machine of exhibited at the late Fair of
the Mechanics’ Institute. Having been favored by the Doc
tor, with a receipe, we (that is, wife, self, and a eowple of
friends in family council,) concluded to try the experiment 03
bread making on the new plan. The first two attempts were
failures, but the third was crowned with triumphant saccess,
and since then we have had bread not to be equalled by the
buker*—light , moist, sweet, free from the mixture of sour and
bitter usually ted in fermented bread. Here is the recipe
for a good sized loaf, large enough to fill a common bread pan.
Take three pounds of flour j mix with three tesspoorwftil cf
soda, passing the whole through a sieve, in order tba*. the so
da may be wtß mixed with the flour; to one quart of water
and a tabiespoonfnj of muriatic acid in the Eqoid form: pour
the mix tore into the flour, and mix the whole just enough to
get the ingredient* fabriy incorporated together. Wet the
hand in cold water and mould it into shape, dap it at once in
to the oven and during the cooking of any meal, with five
minutes’ labor, you can have excellent bread. The *oda and
acids constitute the elements of eorrwraon salt, and they not
only raise the bre ad by corabinartrou, bat salt it in the bargain.
Try the experiment. ladies.— Chicago Tribune.
To Stew coed Corned Beef.—Cut about four pounds of
lean from a cold round of beef, that tastes hut little of the
salt. Lay It in a stew-pan, with a quarter of a peck of to
matoes quartered, and the name quantity of eehras sliced;
also, two smaH onion* peekd and aliced, and two ounces of
fresh batter rolled in fiur_ Add 3 tea-spoofal of whole
peper-corns, (no salt.) and four or five blades of mace.—
Place it over a steady but moderate fire. Cover it closely,
and let It stew three or four boors. The vegetables should
be entirely dissolved. Serve it up hot.
This k an excellent way of using up the remains of 2 cold
round of beef at the season of tomatoes and ochres, parti m-
Lxriy when the meat haa been rather under-boiled the first day
of cooking it.
A few pounds cf the lean of a fresh round of beef, will
be irdf better cooked in this maimer, increasing tbo quanti©.-
of oefrras and tomatoe*, and stewing ifix houre.
Cold fillet of veal is very good stewed with tomatoes, oehras,
and an omen or two. Also, tlie thick or upper part of a
cold leg of mutton: or of pork, either fresh or corned.
Bxscinr SA.vpwrmEs.—Split some light soft milk bis
cuit* (or small Frendi roGs) znd butter them. Cover the
lower haK thickly with grated bam, or smoked tongue;
pressing it down upon the butter. Then put on the upper
half or hd : pressing that on to make it stick. File the bis
cuits handsomely in 5 pyramid upon a flat dish, and place
among them, at regular distances, green sprigs of pepper
grass, cora-salad, water cresees, or curled parsley, allowing
four or six to each biscuit. Fat In the sprigs between the up
per and lower halve* cf the biscuits, so that they any stick
out at the edge*.
To make more space for the grated liam, yon may feoop
out 2 Stile of the inside of the upper half of each- milk bis
cuit or roll. They should be fresh, cf that day’s baking.
Cofki e for Weak Stokachs.— A correspondent sends
the foHcwitzg, being the result of experience; Those who are
not able to bear ranch Eqnid should adopt the foliowing meth
od : Place a quarter of a pound cf ground coffee In a jug,
pour 3 pint of cold spring water thereon, and let it stand
twenty-four boors : then strain oft’ the dear extract, which
preserve hi swell corked bottle. When you wish for a cup
of coffee, boil half-a-pint of iroilk, to which add a table-spoon
ful of the cold extract. It will have the same effect as three
cups made in the ordinary way, and possesses a delightful
flavor.
A Tikkapim Fot-Pje.—Take several fine Targe terrapins,
tile sattes* and thickest yo can ge*. Put them iwto a Targe
pet of water that ® bofliug hard - 7 and boil them half an hour
or merer. Then take them out of the shell, palling off the
outer skin and the toe-nails. Remote the sand-hag and the
gall, taking care not, to break it, or it will render the ■whole
too falter to be eaten. Take out also the entrails and throw
them away ;as the eastern of eooking them now very
properly exploded. Then eat wp ah the- meat es the terrapins,
taking care to save all the fiqoor that exudes in rutting **p,
and also the eggs, Season the whole- wkb pepper, no ace and
nutmeg, adding aEttle salt j and lay among It pieces of fresh
t batter slightly rolled in flour.
Have ready aas ample quantity of paste, made m the pro
perties of a pound of bu t ter to two large quarts (or pounds) of
floor, or a pound and a half es butter to three quarts of flour,
asd relied et thick. Batter the inside of am iron pot, and
Sue the sides with paste, till it reaches within one-third es the
top. Then put in the pieces es tempi®, with the eggs, but
ter, anti with a! the liq-arid. l,ay among the terrapin
square piece of paste. Then pour in sraffleient water to stew
the whole properly. Next, cover all with a circufar lid. or top
cruet of paste. bl do- not tit it so closely that the gravy
eanooi bubble up ewer the edges while cooking. Cat a sht in
the top-crust. PTu-se the pet-pie- ewer a good fire, and boil it
till the whole is thoroughly which will be from three
quarters to an boar, after it esanes to a boS;} taking cure not
to let it be tofdry,bt keeping akettic © (hot water to replenish
it if necessary. Whe® done, sake i< up in a deep dish, and
serve it lxot. Then. Let every one add what seasoning they
choose.
It may be m*uh improved by mixing among the pieces of
terrapin (before putting them into the pie) some yolks of hard
boiled eggs, grated or mi nee J. They will earich, the gravy.
Prepared Moaasses for Fruit.—Aseconomy Is the order
cf the day,, geradt me, tlrrough tl*e medium es your paper,
to'-ommani-nite- ®ar receipt feu? preparing molasses for pre
serving fruit T which render* it much better suited fer that
purpose than a syrap prepared from site best toaf sugar, as it is
Act likely So candy, uor (if well prepared) to ferment.
Take eight pounds- raeiiasoes, height New Orteaas or Sugar
flosse, eight pounds- pare water, (tie peund eosrsefy powder
ed eftam-al. Soft for twenty arwasstes, then strata through
fiae tfrarorf, ioabfe—pot it again in- the kettle-, with, She white
es an egg, and boil geatJv, till it forms a syrp> of proper coa
sistenee, and strain agaiis.
Ye a a wrni Otstoks.— Take tw® fine eutTets ©fe about a
pound each. Divide them irrto several pieces, cut tkir>_ Put
thar ioto a fryiag-pac, with koilisg iard, and let them fry
awhife. Wheat the veitl is abowt suds dan*, add to it a quart
ei large,fine oysters, their liquor thickened with a few grated
bread ercunfce, aod seasoned with mace and nat meg powder
ed. Ccwtantte the frying til? the veal and oysters are thor
oughly dune. Scad it t table is a covered dish.
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Note.—Tbe tendency of ink to- become mouldy is
pre vested l>y ifceejiing a few cloves ke the iuk bottle,
e* by oissolving aboitc three grains of corrosive swb
fina-ata ire each pint: bat recollect corrosive subli
mate is viraienfc poison.
Rcssias Ike PowDca.—Bltae galls, two ounces;
gam arable, half an ounce; sulphate of iron, four
©arnec-s; all powdered and weQ mixed together.
Gkeeklkk—l/issolre distilled verdigris la strong
vinegar, snd make into proper consistency for
writing with. —with a solution el gum arable.
A CEM.
Witat fbaat will keep affections tree?
IVbat spell wiSf rivet friendship fkst ?
Y fat {fewer will bfiglVted faith renew,
Aud keep hope bbsoralng to the last ?
Oh, tooflfs the heart but these to had, *
prove a aargef to xaaakisd.
MWlll
The amhor ot the ftiHowing was last seen with n
piece of gingerbread m oe hand, and a stick of
molasses candy in the other, looting feu a clergyman :
k, Whea feßer fate 1a hiv
He au ware a white kid gftiv,
a.iwf puts oa lots of splendkf eSnse,
j nd'.vears titebooMupua his toe-,
and smelte just like a sprouting rose
isl Kewty sprung m Jooa
?ii iiiisii cnisn.
(T%r Urnrot
“ Lrt dimpled irurth bis temple* twtae,
W ith tendrils of the laughing vine.”
THE OLD MAID’S LAMENT.
I see him walking in the street,
I see him at tlie ball,
And still in every eruwd we meet,
He’s gayest of them all.
He looks at me, and with a smile
Bows gracefully and low;
I wonder if he sighs the while,
To think I told him “No V y
There are no wrinkles in his face,
Ko silver in hi* hair,
But in my own, alas I trace
The ravages of care;
Oh, he must very heartless be,
To keep his beauty so,
He dosn’t seem to fret like me,
Because I told him “No!”
He’s fifty-two and flirting yet
With every childish face,
And seems completely to forget,
My owe matured grace.
I do believe lie’s handsomer,
Than lie was long ago,
I wish he’d only ask me bow,
I wouldn’t tell hitn “No V T
Altho’ I’m only forty-eight,
I’ve lost my teeth aud hair
Indeed I can’t afford to wait,
While he is fooling tltere;
It isn’t right, but yet I must,
My feelings let him know,
How much I love him, and I trust
He will not answer “No!”
’Tis done—l met him yesterday,
And pepped the question plain,
And fervently I hope I niy,
Ne’er do tlie like again.
He answered with a horrid grin,
“I’m married long ago,”
• And even if I hadn’t been,
Old maid, 1 tell you “No I”
Mysteries of Mesmerism—Scene at a Social
Party.
A merry party was assembled in the parlor of a
good friend of ours, not long since, and a merry time
had the guests, if we were to judge from the continual
excitement which was kept up by the principal spir
its of the occasion. Many a good joke was per]>e
tratgd, and many a bad one was enjoyed at the ex
pense of someone present.
Among the fairer portion of the guests was one
Miss Sarah , who is beloved and admired by
all for her accomplishments and natural kindness of
heart, while she is dreaded for her keen satire, and
her aptness at the execution of cruel and practical
jokes.
Miss II had reigned supreme during the
evening, and nearly every guest present had suf
fered from her wit. Among those whom she bad
treated in the most cruel manner, was Charley
E , who was not bad at saob amusement him
self, and who resolved to pay Miss Sarah in her own
coin.
The conversation turned upon mesmerism. Char
ley said he had put to sleep any quantity of young
ladies and strong minded young gentlemen, in his
day, aud facetiously remarked that Ire flattered him
self on being as good at it as Parson F .
“With a pair of plates,” said Charley, tl I can ac
complish as much in the patting to sleep li tie, as
the parson can with one of his dullest sermons.”
“Nonsense I” said Miss II .
“ Nonseme- t” echoed Charley, assuming a sudden
earnestness ; “perhaps you think I can’t put you to
sleep.”
u Perhaps I do T T laughed Miss II .
“ I think I could convince you in a few minutes.”
w That yon could put me to sleep V’
u Yes,” exclaimed Charley with admirable eathn
blasm. “And if you will let me try, 1 pledge myself
to accomplish the ta-k, or to furnish oysters for the
company.
“The oysters V y cried Miss II , “I take you
at yorrr offer.”
“Andyou will give ine a fair trial V T
“Yes.”
“Agreed, then I”
And Charley, to tlie delight of the whole compa
ny, who- were fond of fun and oysters, commenced
making preparations for the apparently hard task of
potting the bright eyes of the wide awake Miss
II —, iu a mesmeric sleep.
Charley said that he operated with plates. lie
also- remarked that some plates were better than
others, and Charley must go with Mrs. S ,
the lady of tlie house, to her panfry, to make choice
of such specimens of crockery as would best suit his
purpose.
Charley was occupied some time in. making hi* se
lection of plates, and the cornpany, whose appetite
for fun and oysters was becoming very acute, began
to- grow impatient.
At length, however, Charley reappeared with a
very sober face, and said in a serious tone —
“I couldn’t fiud any plates to suit- me exactly, but
I mean to have a trial at any sate. The best I could
find were some dirty ones, piled away in one corner,
which Mrs. S is washing for the purpose. —
While she is producing them we may as well make
choice of a good position, Miss I£ .”
“ Sir L” said Miss U pertly.
“ Yon can hold your countenance, 1 believe F
“■ I rstlier think I earn.”’
“■ Well, you mmi, or I cannot put you to sleep.
If you laugh the charm is broken. The company
may laugh at the oddity of my motions, and I pre
sume they will, but you must not, for if you do, I
shall be under no obligations to produce the oys
ters.”’
Miss II , thinking the whole trie! consisted
in this, and supposing Charley fit sure of making
her laugh by the ludicrousness of the scene, readily
entered into the amangement.
Charley then placed two chairs facing each other,
directly in the centre of the room, took his seat in
one- c 4 them, and requested Miss Sarah to occupy
the other.
“According to my improved method of mesmer
ism,” said Charley with imperturbable gravity, “you
will be required to look me intently in the eye, and
to imitate my motion* invariably. 1 *
“Yes, sir,” said Miss garrah.
Charley then took hold of her wrists, and looked
her in the eye, while the gentleirjen and ladies gath
ered about them eager the fun.
“The plates 1” cried Charley.
“The plates t” echoed Miss Sarah with equal gra
vity.
Mrs. S came forward with a pair of the re
quired articles. Charley took one and held it on
his hands in his lap. Miss Sarah made a similar use
of the other, still looking Charley in tlve- eye.
After a pause, Charley withdrew his right band
from beneath the plate, and with a slow, mystical
motion, passed his fingers across his face.
Miss Sarah gravely imitated tho movement. As
she drew her delicate fingers from her brow to- her
chin, a yell of laughter burst from the spectators.
Without smiling, Charley replaced his right hand
under the plate, ami rubbed his left hand over his
face. Miss Sarah as gravely followed his example,
and another burst of kmghter followed. Charley
then turned the plate around in his Lands, and with
his fingers made passes across his brow, crosses on his
chin, a long line down the middle oi his nose, circles
about his eyes, and alt sorts of imaginary grotesque
figures on his cheeks, changing his hand occasional-
ly, as if to invest the ceremony with scrupulous ex
actitude and imperturbable gravity, wlflle the mirth
of the spectators became more and more excited,
■and it seemed that some of them would die with
i..lighter. Some rolled upon the sofas, some hung
powerless over the chairs, almost dead with mirth,
and others fell upon the floor and held their sides.
Charley continued to make the mysterious passes
across bis face, and Miss Sarah to imitate his move
ments, until the mirth rose to such a pitch that the
poor girl began to suspect that it was occasioned by
something besides the mere oddity of Charley's mo
tions. She grew uneasy. She feared some trick
played upofl herself. The mirth increased. She
could endure it no longer. She resolved to forfeit
the oysters. Amid roars of laughter from the spec
tators, she cried out —
“There ! I’ve withstood this long cnougli! Now
I’m going to know what there is to laugh at.”
“Look in the glass ! Look in the glass ! cried the
mirth-suffocated spectators.
Miss Sarah was before a mirror in a moment. A
cry of despair and shame burst from her lips. Iler
face, her pretty, bewitching face, was covered with
black streaks of every imaginable character. Over
her nose, around her eyes, across her forehead up
and down, diagonally and crosswise, on every por
tion of her face, were the marks of her own fingers,
just as she had touched them on her delicate skin.
The bottom of her plate had been smoked.
While Miss Sarah, covering her features with her
handkerchief, retreated to another room, and while
the company was near giving up the ghost in a per
fect ecstaey of laughter, Charley said without a
smile—
“l won this time ; but I think I can afford the oys
ters at any rate.”
The oysters were brought in at Charley’s expense.
Charley said he could not think of tasting his until
Miss Sarah re-appeared, and sent a committee of the
girls to bring her in. These reported that the fair
victim had not yet succeeded in getting the smoke
oft’ her face, upon which Charley bade them return
and bring her in at any rate.
In a few minutes the committee once more re
tnrned, accompanied by Miss Sarah. The smoke
still showed itself upon her face in spots, and her
eyes glistened with tears; but she advanced with
admirable frankness and a cheerful smile, and taking
Charley by the hand, acknowledged the fairness of
the joke, and complimented his ingenuity and skill.
The merry party then sat down to the oysters,
which none enjoyed with a keener relish than she
who had contributed so much to the entertainment
of the guests that night.— Yankee Nation.
From the Lovwlon Punch.
Female ’Busses,
Sir, l ain a great Omnibus Traveller, be
cause I am poor, and the Omnibus is the poor man’s
carriage.
“These carriages, however, are very far from per
fect. Amongst many other drawbacks, I will men
tion one: The Ladies.
J maintain that Ladies have no right in Omnibus
es at all. They never were intended for them, and
at first no lady had the face to get into an Omnibus.
She would as soon have thought of walking into a
Divan or Billiard-room, or the Athcmeuin —or any
one of our clubs. Omnibuses, I lay down, were
built for men, and by men they ought exclusively to
be filled.
At present Ladies are interlopers —intruders, and
I should not wonder if in time they do not make it
a favor to let us ride in our own vehicles- As it is,
1 never get into an Omnibus that I see filled with the
lovely sex. I could no move do it than 1 could pass
the day at Exeter Hall.
In the first place, 1 detest babies in any shapr*—
quiet or noisy. If they are quiet, they play with
your shirt frill, or your watch chain ; if they are
noisy, they kick your trowsers aud clutch your whis
kers.
Now, Sir, it is pretty evident that if there were
no Ladies in an Omnibus, there would be no babies.
By excluding tlie one, you virtually slam the door
in the face of tlie other. I would have babies pay
double fare, and twins should not be admitted at any
price.
There are other complaints, however, just as loud
as the babies —which .1 do not object to, if they hap
pen to be asleep, and you are not requested to hold
them cm your lap. But a Lady takes up twice as
much room as a gentleman. Look at her dress!
AYliat with her hoops, and her flounces, and pelisses,
victorines, mantalincs, crinolines, and a thousand oth
er lines , 1 defy her not to take room for two, at least,
The consequence is, we have to suffer. If there
are two Ladies on the same side, you will see the
gentlemen run up into a comer at the end, packed
together as tight as a pack of cards.
Besides, every Lady who gets-into an Omnibus
has an inseparable attachment for a bundle, a band
box, a bird cage, and a parcel of some sort or other,
which ought properly to have gone by the Parcels’
Delivery Company. These parcels are always in tlie
gentlemen’s way —and if you happen to put your
foot accidentally into a bandbox, you are sure never
to hear the last of it, till you have left the Omnibus.
Do what you will to oblige the women, they are ne
ver satisfied.
There is- but erne remedy for this state of things.
Sir, and with your leave 1 now hasten to propose it
—Let ike Ladies have an Omnibus of their own !
There are carriages exclusively for the Ladies on
the railways, why should not the same system be
adopted in the streets with our public vehicles l
The conductor should be a Lady—the driver
should be a Lady.
The roof inside should be ornamented with baby
jumpers* cc else the roof outside provided with cra
dles, for the convenience of the dear babies.
The interior should be lined with looking-glasses.
Accommodations might be given for knitting,
sewing, and crotchet-work.
At the end of tire vehicle should be exhibited on
an embossed card, with little raised Cupids kissing
each other, and carefully decorated with ribbons, the
following placard:
No Scandal Allowed.
To prevent disputes, every Lady should pay her
fare on getting in, and r.o money to be returned up
on the Lady suddenly discovering she is going in an
opposite direction to that which she intended.
A stringent law should be made that no Lady is
to keep the Omnibus waiting more shan live minutes,
w hile she is searching in every pocket, bag and ridi
cule, “for her change.”
Only one bundle to be allowed to each Lady.
A separate Omnibus to run every Saturday and
Monday, for the convenience ot washerwomen and
their boskets.
A whole dictionary of names will instantly suggest
itself for such Omnibuses. There is ‘Paradise,’ ‘the
Boudoir,’ ‘the Nursery,’ ‘the Parasol,’ ‘the Reindeer,’
‘the Bonaetbox,’ ‘the Whispering Gallery,’ iLe La
dies’ Drawing Room,’ (for such it literally would be,)
and many more which 1 shall he happy to supply.
1 am sure such a vehicle will be hailed by all
classes, but by the ladies, more especially, as an im
mense improvement up Mi our present plan of mixed
Omni busses, It would be pleasanter for the ladies,
and much more comfortable for the gentlemen. The
former would avoid many insults and robberies, and
the latter a hundred inconveniences in the shape of
wet umbrellas, dirty pattens, and teething children
—to say nothing of being continually called upon
to ‘go outside, (during a shower of rain,) to oblige a
a lady.’ 1 should like to see a lady ever doing the
same for a gentleman.
I remain, Sir, (and intend remaining as long as I
can,) An Oldßacheloh, Et. 02.”
A young lady said to her gallant “Please clasp
my cloak.” “Certainly,” said he, putting his arms
around her, “and the contents aLo.”
Southern Eloquence.
‘‘Friends and feller citizens of this convictions
community—what I’m speaken’ of, I allude to, I say
a crisis has arriv. The wheels of our government
has stopped —the machinery's deranged —the rud
der’s unshipped—the Filer’s busted —h ’ afloat,
and the river’s rising Our glorious ship of State
that, like a bob-tailed gander’s, been floatin’ majes
tically down the peaceful current of time, has had its
harmony disturbed, and it’s now driftin’ with fearful
rapidity towards the shoals and quicksands of disun
ion, tlireatnin’ to dash everything into flindrigs, and
pick itself up in the end a gone goslin. Hearken
no longer, ye worthy denizens of Hog Hole, Terra
pin Neck, and the adjacent regions, to that siren
voice that w hispers in your too credulous ears the
delusive sound, peace! peace! for peace has done
sloped, slewed to other lands, or div to the depths of
the mighty deep, or, in the more emphatic language
of Tecumseh, when addressin’ the assembled hosts
on the plains of Marathony, on the eve of battle, he
exclaimed:
“Gone flickerin’ through the fogs of other chmes.
To aid the miser watchin’ of his dimes.”
“Or of Alexander the Great, at the battle of Bunk
er’s Hill, who, in the agony of despair, frantically
shrieked —‘Gone glimmerin’ through the dreams of
other days, a school-boy’s talc, the wonder of an hour.’
“Feller citizens —In our halls of legislation, confu
sion runs riot, and anarchy reigns supreme. Arouse,
then ! shake the dew-drops from your huntin’-shirts,
and fall into ranks. Sound the tocsin I beat the
drum 1 and blow the toot-horn, till the startled ech
oes, reverberatin’ from hill-top to hill-top, and from
gopher-hill to gopher-hill, shall cause the adaman
tine hills of New England, the ferruginous deposits
of Missouri, and the auriferous particles of Califor
ny, to prick up their cars, and, in whispered accents,
inquire of their neighbors: ‘What can the matter
bes
“Feller citizens—l repeat it, to your posts! and,
from the topmost peaks of the Alleghanies, bid de
fiance to the universal Yankee nation, by shoutin’
the terrific watchword ‘Who’s afeard V in such thun
der tones, that, quakin’ with terror, they sliatl forget
that niggers is. Don yon rusty regimentals—bur
nish tip your rusty fire-locks —gird on your trusty
broad-swords—bid farewell to your crusty helpmates
—mount your lusty chargers, and save the nation,
or bust a biler!
“Feller citizens—The great bird of American lib
erty’s slewed aloft, and soarin’ upon the wings of the
wind, is now hoverin’ high o’er the cloud-capped
summits of the Rocky Mountains, and wheuhe shall
have penetrated into the unknown regions of nn
limited space, and then shall have duv down and lit
on daddy’s wood-pile, I shall be led to exclaim, in the
grand, the terrific, the sublime language of Paul
the Apostle, in his celebrated epistle to the Aborig
ines—‘Root, little pig, or die ’.’ ”
Specimen of Yankee Courtship.
‘Now darn it Sal,’ I say, where’s the use of this
eternal sparkin. You know roe, and I know you, so
now if you’ve any notion of gettin married, jist say
so, at once, and we’ll have it done.’
‘Hey dey 1 Mr. Jonathon—jist as if lam obliged
to hev you, if 1 git married at all —I’m not in such
a despert hurry, neither—l mought see some feller,
that ’ud take the shine clean off of you, afore I’m
twenty.’
‘Now Sal, that’s smart, I swow. So you’er jist
boldin’ onter me, tn hev a fool to fall back on, when
you can’t git nothin’ better. I tell you now, I aint
a goin’ to stand that. Ye’ve either got to take roe
now r , or say, good bye ter ye. A feller ’t’ll take the
shine off’er roe, I’d like ter see him.’
‘.So’d I, Jonathan, for raly he’d be worth seem’, I
dont think there’s many could du it. But if there
be one, of course I’d like ter hev ’im.’
‘But seein’ ye’r not sure o’ such luck, Sal, wouldn’t
it be better to take up with a good offer, tlian to
wait for the chance of better, which ten to one, yen’ll
never git. A bird in the hand is worth two in the
bush ; now I tel you.’
‘Well, so it is, Jonathan, but raly we’d better wait
a leetle. 1 hain’t got my sheet in bleached, rmr my
diaper wove ; and kiverlids are on the loom yit.
Jiesides 1 have got four bed kivers tu quilt, and a
bed tick ter make up, bolsters, pillows, and all. 1
can't get ready under three months at any rate.
Let’s see—its June—July—August, and September.
That’ll bring the weddin’, into the season o’ fruit,
and we can have things nicer, without so much ex
pense.’
That’s good arguin’ Sal, but you see harvest is corn
in’, and mother’s gitriu’ old, and cant do the work
for the hands, through the hot weather. Now if we
cud get married about the fust o’ July, it ’ud save
me hirin’ a gal, and the money I should have tu pay
for tl>e wages ud buy us a set o’ chairs.’
‘That’s true, Jonathan. ’Tis tu hard for yu’re
good old mother ter has tu du so much work. Meb
bie I can git ready by July—l kin leave the soin’,
and sister Su ’ll help me with the weavin, and quilt
in.’
‘How many cows do you mifk this summer V
‘Why, we’ve tu ’at gives milk, and tu heifers ’ll
come iu July. Likely it’ll be some trouble to break
them, to nailkin. But yon understand sich things,
and I heard you say, yu like ter feed calves.’
‘And Su), I’ve got a pair o’ the new kind er chick
ens, as big as turkeys, an’ I’ll lay a dollar there’s no
nicer sheep in the state ’ mine.’
‘Mother says I’ve got all I need, but a wife,
an* she says she'd ruther hev yu than any other gal
she knows• and you know I’d like tur marry tu
please mother as well as myself.’
‘Now one word for all —Sal, is it # bargain?’
‘Well, Jonathan, 1 don’t see as I kin do jtny bet
ter. Besides yer mother needs my help more'n my
motlier dus, who lias tu good gals, besides me. So
1 think we’ll fix it, for the fust of July.’
‘That’s right Sal! and won’t we luive a glorious
Independence L’
“Tliat’s jest what I say,” said Mrs. Partington, and
every ear stooped to hear what it was. Site was
reading to herself that “man was born to trouble as
the sparks fly upwards.” “That’s jest what I say.
It means that they are bom to trouble the women.
Though some are a great deal more trouble than oth
ers. I must say* my poor Paul was hut very little
trouble ‘ r and he was so handy round the house —
could wash potatoes, peal iivgions, tend the children,
and clo a good many otherenllenderhig things. Ah,
he was oue among a thousand 1 Many men won’t
do anything but trouble their wires-—they won’t
tend a child or do any of the like things incumbent
on- a parent. Such men never ought to be blessed
with children. Oh Ido like to see men handy in a
family wav.” Here she stopped, as she detected a
smile among her auditors. There was an originality
in her remarks, taken altogether, tliat pleased them.
In the language of Brother Sleek, the ways of the
world are getting more and more wicked every day,
while the heart of it ain't no better. As he nerv
ously observes, Satan has opened a Railway to his
depot, while men and women seem anxious to go
ctown by the first train. He again calls upon the
enemies of* “old pitch fork,” to place a moral log on
his track, and thus overturn the locomotive of in
iquity, and save from, otter and ation the worship
pers of horse hair and rosin—those children of the
old sarpent who whirl out of cotillions, into a place
where they have lots of fire and no engines. Alba
ny Dutchman.
If girls will kiss, let them perform the ceremony
as if they loved it. Don’t let them sneak about the
thin<r *3 if’ they were purloining cheese, nor drop
their heads “like lilies o’erpressed with rain.” On
the contrary, they should do it with an appetite, and
when they ‘‘let go,'’ should give rise to a report
that will make the old folks think somebody is filing
pistols around the house.
Didn't Want to£o.~ A Jerseymen was very sick,
and was not expected to recover. His friends pot
around his bed, and one of them says—
“ John, do you feel willing to die ?”
John “made an effort” to give his views cn the sub
ject, and answered, with his feeble voice—
“l—tbink—l’d rather stay —where—I’m better
fteqtminted.”
Married at Saco, Me., Ira R. Doe to Dorothy A.
r>yer. The roan who ground out tlie following epi
gram on this event is still living. He follows poetry
;ts a trade, and certainly has “married his name tor
immortal verse,” as Milton says.
To knit and mend, and wash, and bake,
Miss Dorothy was never slow ;
A nseful wife wc thought she’d make,
When first we knew she kneaded Dor.
Imm vm®
OR THE
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A Story of the Creek Imlcan
res of ISSCi.
BY W. C. HODGES.
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young gentleman of Columbus, Ga. lias been received and
will be kept for sale (Wholesale and Retail) at this office.—
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VJSv’f 5 ft i’l
MILITARY INSTITUTE.
Blue hicks , Ky.
BOARD oTTISITORS.
r JThE ADJUTANT GENERAL, together with five fit [versons, to 1*
1 annually appointed by the Executive, to attend examinations at
least once a year, according to law.
£ AC.S7Si TV.
Incoqiorated with altthe powers, and rights exeJciatd by the Trus
tees and Faculty of any other College.
COL. T. F. JOHNSON, General Superintendent.
*COL. E. W. MORGAN, Joint. Superintendent and Professor nf En
gineering and of Ji'aturai History.
•LIEUT. COL. H. R. JOHNSON, Professor of.Natural and Experi
mental Philosophy.
+M A.i. Yv\ W. A. FORBES, Prof ms nor of Mathematics.
RICHARD N. NEWELL, A. M. Professor of .Indent ud Mode re
lMngwigts.
JAMES G. BLANK. A. B .Adjunct Professor ts Ixinguages.
REV. J. R. SWIFT. A. M. Professor of Ethics and Belles hetiret.
JAMES 11. DAVIESS, Esq. Professor of hate.
REV. 11. V. D. NEVU S, A. M. Principal of the .-teadeny.
.CAFT. C. E. MOTT, Teacher in the Academy.
CAPT. W. W. GAUNT, Adjutant of the Institute.
•Educated at West Point,
f Educated at the Virginia Military Institute.
Two hundred and thirty Cadets, from fifteen different States, hare
entered this Institution since it was organized, in 1817. 1: is entire
ly free from tlte control or domination of any sect or party, either po
litical or religious. Economy in dress, by the adoption of a cheap
Uniform, for Winter and Summer, is rigidly enforced. Every student
required to select a College guardian, with whom all funds brought
or received must be deposited, and no debt must be contracted without
tin; consent of such guardian.
An Institution combining the science of Ute West Point Academy
and of Polytechnic Institutes, with the classical literature of our best
Colleges, adding the modern languages, and superadding practical
schools of law and Engineering, nearly realizes the long-felt desider
at ion of a university able to meet the wants of Western progress—a
university w here all may select a course of steady to suit their tune,
means ond professional destination.
Mr. Davlkss, tire Professor of X-aw, is know n is the various
Courts as a practitioner of go at ability, varied learning, long experi
ence and exalted charter, r. His eminent qualifications, the whole
some exercise amd discipline of the Institute, and tlte convenient ob
servation of tlte fonts of judicial proceeding, ofTer unusual induce
ments to those who are earnest to achieve distinction a* sou ml Lawyers
CIVIL ENGINEERING
Will be thoroughly and gracttrolly taught in the Western Military In
stitute—fbe Professor, CoL Mono in, being one of tbe most skillful and
experienced Engineers in tbe United States. AH the instruments con
rureu-i with That department, have been procured at cor-vlcrable cost,
and are of the best quality.
The Superintendent takes the liberty of stating that he o now offer
ed $75 per us'nth. for couipetant assistant Engineers. One of his for
iner [>upils receives at this lime $-->OO per an unto, tt Principal En
gineer of a Railroad now under construction in Kentucky—whilst
others of the same class are receiviug in different parts of the United
States, ♦J.naa, £1,500. or a year as Assistant Engineers.
The time is rapidly approaching w hen there will be a great demand
for such as have been prepared t>r that vocation,at the Western Mil
itary Institute. Nothing is hazarded in saying that they wiU readily
command $1,200 or 81,500 per annum. Every man of observation
must see that tbe gigantic enterprises already proposed, wiH give birth
to hundreds of others, tributary to them. Tire raps! advancement of
orvr whole country, and the eagerness of our people, for exploring the
hi'Men resources of the new States aad the newly acquired territory,
WiU give ample scope for ages to come, to the skill and enterprise of
the Engineer, the Geologist, the Mineralogist, the Surveyor and the
Architect. Young me* who have an aptitude for the Mathematical
and Physical sciences will have a wide field opened to them for enga
ging su an honorable, a healthful and a lucrative pursuit, for w hich
tliey may lie thoroughly and practically qualified, in a short tunc, and
at small expense, at tbe Western Military lusutute.
TERMS.
In the Academy ... S3O 00 per annum
In the College - - - -40 0l “ “
Pot Music and use of Arms and Accoutrements 3 W “ ‘
For Fuel - - - - 2 80 “
BOARDING can be had in private families, at from ttvo to two end
a Italf dotlarr a week. When ru Barracks, it is designed to furnish
Commons at a uniform rate. Students from a distance will be require
ed to hoard at tbe Institute, and liave no comituuaication w ith tbe
town, except as allowed by written permits.
The next session will commence on the first of September, and
continue ten mnntlis,
March 21st, 1850. I—ts
3000 DOLLARS REWARD!!
Reuben Rich's Talent, Centre Vent, Water Wheel
made entirely of Iron with Iron gates— a
gainst Turbine, Hotchkiss and all other Wheels>
I WIU, give £SOO Reward to any person who wifl producee a Pa
tent Water Wheel, that will do as much business with tbe same
quantity of water under any given head from throe feet to thirty feet,
ox
I wiU give fSOO to any person, who wiß produce a Breast Wheel nn**
der a head of eight feet or less that shall equal it, in savins of water, or
I will give the Mine amount to any one who will produce an over
shot or undershot, that w ill last w ith uiy wheel and not cost more mo
ney sooner or later, or
I will give the same Reward to any man who wiW produce an over
shot or Breast Wheel, that will run as steady as my wheel,
or
I will give S3OO to airy one who wiT! produce a wheel of any sort or
kind patented or mot.that will combine to the same extent, cheapness
durability.[lower, speed or simplicity so easily applied in all situations
and so universally applicable to all puspoee* ami every locat.oa, or
I will give SSOO, to any ore. who will produce a Hotchkiss Whet .
that does not consume fifty pet cent more water to do the same Saw*
ng or Gnadmg.
Those who doubt caa visit the Coweta Falls Factory in this city,
and they wile sec my wheel, driving aU their machinery without a
Governor, where a French Turbimc made in the great city of Lowell,
failed to dotlve business sx *B. Or if they will visit Pleasant Muni's
in Macon county Alabama they will see one of my wheels, o*fy 2 feet,,
8 inches in diameter, under a head of 9 fcet,r rinding 9 totem Bushels
of eon* per hour. Or in a short tiae I will show at Winter’s Mills in
this city, one of my wheels 3 1-2 fee* is dsaaseter. grinding. 50 to CO i
bushels per hour with two pairs of stones. In the State of New 3 ork
there are at Waot 56d of my wheels. Grinding, Sawiug and Manufao.
xurisgia a style never yet done by any other. V\ itli sufficient head l
can turn 5000 Spindles atid 100 Lne uis with one of spy wheels hut 2.
eetcharacter.
Ginilrat & Cos. at the Montgomery works Alabama, who are maim
facfciring aiy wheels, will execute orders for theta. and deli ,er them in
anv jilace South of the Potomac, and iiiraish directions for putting
them to their work, with mod. In if required, post paid b tiers addrrs
sed. to n> at Montgomery cart of G indrat & Cos. er at. this place care of
G. W. Winter Esq. will meet with prompt attention. In all cases
when the Purchaser is not fully satisfied, with the performance of my
wheel,the money will be returned.
REUBEN RICH, Patentee,
from Oswego County New York.
Columbus Ga. March 21st, 1850. I—tlj.l—tlj.
M ICON
Candy Manufactory.
THE subscriber still continues to ttnauihcnire CANDY of every
variety, next door below Ross ifc Co’s, on Cotton Avenue. Hav-.
increased itty facilities and obtained additional Tools, I mb mow prepar
ed to put up to order, CANDIES, of ary variety, and warranted equa
to any nxujuthctured in the South. 1 also juauulacture a superior ar
ticle of Lemon and other SYRUPS, CORDIALS, PRESERVES, See.
AB my articles are well packet, delivered at any point in this City
and warranted to give satisfaction. _ „
H. C. FREEMAN, Agent,
March, 21,1850. 3 ~~ tf
\\m lltilt TO,MCI
OF this infallible Preventive for baldness, as certified by many
witnesses who have had personal experience of the fact; a fev*.
Bottles just received and lot sale at this Oma.
May 2d, 1850. 6— ?f
