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From the Athens Whig.
PLANK ROADS.
The following article by a gentleman of this place,
thoroughly acquainted with the subject of which he
writes, and written with particular reference to the
proposed improvement, between this place and
Clarkesville, will be read with profit by all who feel
any interest in the subject of Plank Roads.
THEIR HISTORY.
For many years they have been extensively used
in Russia, and also in Canada. In these countries
timber is cheap, and on account of the coldness of
the climate, more durable than in the United States.
In 1846, they were first introduced into the State of
New York. Over a hundred'eompanies, organized
under a general Plank Road law in this State, have
already opened their roads to the public use. Many
of these roads are for short distances, but several are
over 20 miles long; and some are over 40 miles. —
They have been introduced in New England to some
extent, and a few have been constructed in the mid
dle states and the West. The first undertaken in
the South, leads from Memphis, Tenn., over the
prairie lands in its neighborhood towards Holly
Springs, Miss. A short one at Columbus, and anoth
er at Savannah, have been built in our own State.
A long one, leading from Montgomery, Ala., through
Wetumpka, towards the Tennessee river has been
commenced, and as the whole stock is subscribed by
responsible persons, this w ill doubtless he complet
ed.
MODE OF CONSTRUCTION.
Two sills, about 12 inches by 4, are laid length
wise along the road, 5 feet apart on the inside, and
across these are placed planks, 2, 6 and even 4 inches
thick, and eight feet long. These rest not only on
the sills, but also on the ground, the dirt bei*g care
fully rammed so that the plank will rest firmly and
continuously upon the earth. It is not found ne
cessary to pin the planks to the sills, except in low
places where the roadway might l>e flooded alter a
rain. An inclination of 2or 3 inches is given to
each plank towards the ditch at the side, so as to car
ry off the water. A common road 8 or ten feet
wide, and even with the surface of the plank, is laid
out ou the opposite side from that towards which
the inclination is made. 1 fitches on each side of the
road are carefully opened, as the drainage is a mat
ter of great importance.
GRADING.
The hills are not cut down and the valleys filled
up as on a railway, nor are the hills steep as on a
common road. Wherever the declivity exceeds one
in twenty, the road is made by a winding,stunting or
zig-zag path, so as to reduce the rise to this limit.
Sometimes the grade is made more nearly level than
this, and occasionally it is steeper. On the A\ e
tumpka road, it is one in 21 generally, but at a few
places it is as steep as one in seventeen. On the
road from Athens to Clarkesville, one in 20, might
be the maximum grade, without difficulty.
LOAD OF A HORSE.
The load for a horse of medium strength on such
a road might be 2,500 lbs., at all seasons of the year.
This is the gross load, including the wagon, inti
mating the weight of a wagon tor one horse at 500
lbs., for two horses at 800, and for four horses at
124)0, the nett loads would be 2,000 lbs. 4,200 lbs.
and 8,800 lbs. • Or, estimating the load in bales of
cotton, weighing 500 lbs., one horse would draw five
bales; two would take 10; and four would take 22
bales. One horse would carry to market, travelling
20 miles per day, and without extra fatigue, 7 bbls.
shelled corn; and two would carry 12 barrels in the
ears. On the steepest parts of the road, the horses
would not he required to exert twice that average
strength which they can exert all day without injury.
On descending these steepest grades, they would
find no difficulty in holding back the load. On a
level, the force they would have to exert would be
only about half their average strength. At no time
would the horse be taxed so as to strain or injure
him.
COST OF TIIE LUMBER.
In our country, where the rotting of timber is rap
id, a thickness of 2 inches is sufficient; as even this
would probably decay before it would wear out.
The sills should be fully 12 inches wide; though it
would be probably better to have four of six inches,
than two of twelve; so that the joinings at each side
could be properly broken. A depth of 4 inches is
abundant. For each foot in the length ot the road,
there would then be wanted 16 feet of plank, count
ed hi board measure. For a mile of the road this
would require 84,480 feet, and at $5 per thousand,
this would amount to $422 per mile. As the tim
bers would be all large and require therefore but
little sawing, and as the contracts would be for large
amounts, this price is abundantly high. For laying
down this lumber —$150 per mile is the usual allow
once.
OTHER EXPENSES.
From Clarkesvillle to Athens the cost of bridging
would be very slight, as the road for a great portion
of the way mighj be located on a ridge where no
water courses would be passed. The Northern roads
have cost about $1,500 per mile, the dearest have
only reached $2,000. The engineer’s estimate for
the Wetumpka road is $2,200.
In this, lumber is higher than here, the road is
made 10 feet widwanstead of 8, and the planks 3
inches thick, instead of two. The cost of grading is
also very heavy on account of the unfavorable nature
or the country through which the road passes. On
one section this is estimated as high as SISOO per
mile, the usual allow ance is 4or 50Q dollars. On
the Clarksville road, the first cost may, w ith confi
dence, be placed as low as $90,000, or at the rate of
1500 per mile.
SUCCESS OF THESE ROADS.
Their rapid progress in New York is a perfect and
satisfactory proof of their profitableness in that part
of the Union. Some of these roads have paid o 0
per cent., several 25 per cent., though all that are
recently organized under the general plank road law,
are limited to 10 per cent. The tolls generally
charged are three-fourths of a cent per mile for a sin
gle horse, one and a half cents for two horses, and a
half a cent for each additional horse. These tolls, it
is said, are paid very cheerfully by farmers along the
line, by owners of stages, and by travellers. A high
er rate might safely be charged for pleasure carriages,
since the comfort of the party as well at the rapidity
of their movements, would be largely increased.
With such tolls it is almost certain that the amount
of business over the road from Athens to Clarkes
ville would return a handsome dividend on the in
vestment.
About Tomatoes.
It may not be amiss to republish the following recipes rela
tive to the preparation of the tomato in various ways.
Tomato Sauce. —Take ripe tomatoes, peel and stew them
and season them with salt and pepper. If a due quantity of
water be added, no salt will be necessary. Sauce thus pre
pared is not acid to be eaten with meat, but when other witys
used, the flavor is rendered more agreeable to the palate of
most people, by adding a small quantity fine sugar, honey or
molasses.
Tomato Jelly. —Having divested tomatoes of the rinds, 1
[ squeeze them through a fine cloth, add the mass its weight
of dry sugar: boil to a jelly add bottle it closely. It should
be kept in a cool, but not freezing place. Jelly prepared in
this manner; will retain its flavor unimpaired for along time.
It is an excellent article.
Broiled, Tomatoes. —Select the largest, cut them in two,
and broil them over a moderate fire tiil done. Add a little
butter, or salt, and pepper, and you have an excellent dish.
llaw Tomatoes. —Take the ripest fruit, cut it iuto vinegar
in thin slices, the same as cucumbers, add a little pepper and
salt, if you like, or use the same as other fruit. This is an ex
cellent dish.
Tomato Omelet. —Procure two quarts of perfectly ripe and
fresh tomatoes, cut them carefully and simmer for the space
of two minutes over a tolerable quick fire. Cut a few onions
fine and mix with them a due quantity ofcrumbled bread and
a small lump of butter. When nearly done beat up eight
eggs, and mix them thoroughly with the mass by rapid star
ring. In a few minutes the dish will be done.
Fried Tomatoes. —Slice and fry in good sweet butter, or
without if you prefer. The rind should be carefully removed.
Or take a piece of good pork, cut into small pieces, and add
an onion, ‘of a size proportionate to the family ; put in the
tomatoes, cover them and fry till well done.’ This method is
highly recommended, and many who cannot endure tomatoes
prepared in any other way, admire them when fried thus.
Tomato Fites. —These are best prepared by first scalding
them and removing the skin. To every peck of fruit, add
six pounds of good sugar, cook them over the fire. No water
or other liquid be added until the sugar has dissolved and
penetrated them, and they are clarified. They should then
be placed on dishes to flatten and dry in the sun. If a little
syrup be sprinkled over them occasionally as they .are dry
ing, they will be greatly improved. As soen as dry, should
be packed in boxes, adding some powdered sugar to each lay
ing. Preserved according to the above directions, tomatoes
will keep a long time. The syrup remaining aftes the pro
cess may be concentrated and bottled for use, the bottles being
previously well cleansed, and filling, closely sealed with mel
ted wax, to prevent the deteriorating effects of air.—German
town Telegraph.
Sampson Snake-Root.
In the Almanac ‘for the year of Christian Account, 1768,’
published by William Ball, at ‘Charleston,’ we find the
onee celebrated ‘cure for the bite of a Rattle Snake, as dis
covered by Sampson a negro ; for which discovery this prov
ince purchased his freedom, and allows him an annuity.’
\\ e do not know that this cure is in much repute at the pres
ent day; but as the supoosed discovery gained Sampson free
dom, an annuity, and \vc may add, immortality, we publish
the receipt as a matter of curiosity.— Sumpter Banner.
‘Take heart snake-root, both root and leaves, two hand
fulls, polypody leaves one handful, bruise them in a inortar,
press out a spoonful of the juice, and give as soon as possible
after the bite; then scarify the wound, and take the root of the
herb averts , bruise it, pour a little rum over it, and apply to
the part,over which is to be put the heart snake-root and
polypody , after the juice is squeezed out. These medicines
and applications must be repeated according to the violence
ot the symptoms, for as in some dangerous eases it must be
given to the quantity of eight spoonfuls in an hour, and the
wound dressed two or three times in a day.
‘1 he above herbs may also be bruised and beat up into a
paste with clay, and when necessary may be scraped down
to the quantity of half a common spoonful, and given amongst
a little rum and water, and repeated as the doses of tlie juice
above mentioned. A little paste maybe wet with rum and
rubbed over the wound.
N. B. —He always uses this method when he cannot find
the green herbs.
Sometimes the cure is entirely performed by the patients
chewing the heart snake-root, and swallowing the juice, and
applying some of the same herb bruised, to the wound.
‘\\ hen the part is greatly inflamed or swelled, all the herbs
in the following list are taken to the quantity of some hand
bills of each, and boiled iuto a strong decoction, with which it
is to be for men ted several times a day.
‘Hie herbs presented hist by Sampson arc
1. Asarum cycliminifolia, or heart snake-root of this prov
ince.
2. Polypodium rulgare, or common polypody.
3. Caryopbyllata Virginianaradice inodure,or, Virgin
ian averts, called here five fingers.
4. Lo nc hit is asper a, or rough spleenwert.
5. Ilypnumjalaceum, or small erect cinbmoss.
6. Gnapballum humile, or creeping goldy locks.
‘Said Sampson is the same negro who used frequently to
go about with rattle-snakes in calashes, and who would han
dle them, put them into his pockets or bosom, and sometimes
their heads into liis mouth, without being bitten. In proof of
the efficacy of his medicines, he several times suffered himself
to be bitten by the most venomous snakes, and once his wounds
came so near a mortification, that it was doubted whether he
would recover, and cured himself with them. It js said, he
disarms any snake of its venom with someone of the herbs:
and that chewing the heart snake-root, and spitting the juice
upon a snake will instuntly kill it.’ .
fiuttlj<y Dfjinrtititnf.
To pour the fresh instruction o’er the mind,
To breathe th’ enlivening spirit, to fix
The generous purpose, and the noble thought.
The Coral Necklace,
A Sketch for “Our Birds’ Nest” Readers.
BY MABELLE.
‘Mary Linton is coming to-morrow,’ said a little girl to her
companion, as they were returning from school ; ‘and I am
so glad, for every one says she is such a nice girl. Do you
know her, Laura ?’
‘Yes ; she dresses splen— ’
‘Oh, I don’t wish you to tell me of her dress. Is she as
agreeable and kind as all say her to be ?’
‘I don't know whether she is or not. She was not so par
ticularly pleasant to me ; hut as you appear to be so interest
ed about her, you had better ask your friend, Ella Waters,
who is just crossing the street, as ardent an admirer as your
self.
Before Louisa Bell had time to reply, Ella joined them.—
hihe was very neatly attired; and had a very prepossessing
countenance, with light blue eyes and auburn hair.
‘1 have just been wishing for you,’said Louisa.
‘I thought you were very intimate with Miss Linton, and,
as she is coming to our school, and, perhaps, will sit by me,
I would dearly love to know her disposition.’
‘You will liave a very affectionate school-mate. Louisa. I
really never knew a more lovely girl; she is very modest;
and then losing her mother has made her still more timid and
retiring. I met her onee at cousin Helen’s party, before her
mother’s death, and cousin introduced her as one of her dear
est friends ; since that I have known her for myself. But it is
late, so good evening, girls.’
Here they parted each one hastening to her own loved
home.
The morning afVr this conversation, as Louisa Bell was go
ing to school, her mind was wholly engaged in thinking of
her new friend; her lessons were, perhaps, less carefully atten
ded to, and it is very probable the consequence was a bad
mark or two. But to discontinue surmising, she at length
arrives at school. After the chapter in the Holy Book has
been read, and a favorite air sung, Mary Linton and her fa
ther entered. She was duly examined, and placed in Miss
Pierce's division, beside Louisa. She was rather taller than
Miss Bell; very pale; but her deep mourning dress made
her appear more so ; and dark hair hung in many a graceful
ringlet around her fair neck.
The school girls soon became acquainted with her, and all
professed to love her; many did in reality for her gentle
manners and unceasing kindness; others because they’ knew
her father was very wealthy. Louisa being generally so near
her, in her own kind heart loving the motherless girl, was
tenderly attached to her. It was in the latter end of March
when Mary Linton entered the school ; and now fair May
lias almost fled, and Mrs. Norton, the principal, has proposed
giving the children a holiday on the Ist of June.
Ihe month of roses—-queenly June—laid oome again
with her blushing beauties. The dew still lingered on the
flowers; a small band ot young girls, dressed ih white, emer
ged from an old school house, and tripped merrily towards a
wood, nearly a mile distant. Their fairy feet were not long
in going that distance, and the teachers were left behind ; they
not being in such haste, walked slowly on, admiring the beau
!1I ilillll filSlim.
tifnl scenery,now shaded, yet not concealed by the rosy mists of
morning. The birds are singing merrily in tlie branches.—
See ! tlmt golden winged oriole resting on the bough of an old
apple tree, then ‘winging its way’ they know not whither.
But we have forgotten the girls entirely! They have kept u
quite an animated discussion during this time. Ella Waters
has just remarked,
‘Mrs. Norton will let us have a queen if all the girls wish to
have one.’
They where in high glee for a queen, and Laura Milward
inquired,
‘To whom would the royal sceptre be given ?’
‘Mary Linton ! Mary Linton !’ was echoed from all sides,
with the exception of one or two discontented girls ; and the
crown was placed on her snowy brow by Jessie Wilniot, a
sweet girl attending the same school. A wreath of fragrant
flowers from the wild wood, twined amid her raven curls, be
ing this necessary appendage to royality. Louisa Bell gather
ed aboquet of ‘buds and blossoms,’ and laughingly said it was
the wood-queens sceptre. One ornament alone adorned her
person —a coral necklace, a gift from her deceased mother.—
She was very much afraid of losing it ; and after the tea
chers had come, at their suggestion she laid it in a small basket
she had brought with her, and put it, with others, beneath a
large tree, where they were to have dinner, and then bound
ed off for a game of‘hide and seek’ in the woods. In a short
time she returned, accompanied by the school girls, fragrant
with the perfume of a thousand flow’rets they had gathered to
deck their rural repast ; and ere long, the contents of the lit
tle baskets were placed on,the snowy cloths beneath the
shade of an old oak tree; garlands of roses hung from tlie
green boughs above, while the fox-glove bells and pale blue
violets from the flowery vale were wreathed around the cups
which were filled with water from the mossy spring. After
all had been arranged to their entire satisfaction, the teachers
were called. Miss Pearce said,
‘That surely they must have had assistance from fairy-land!
‘We are tlie fairies, lady fair,’ replied Jessie Wilt not.—
‘Partake, I pray thee, of this feast in the greenwood. Here is
a seat we reserved for the honorable Mrs. Norton, and anoth
er for thee.
They were all soon seated at the rustic fete, and the girls
were recounting the adventures of the morning, when Mrs.
Norton inquired if no one had thought the scenery sufficiently
romantic for a poetical effusion.
‘Here arc some verses I found near the spring,’ said Miss
Pierce, ‘which appears to have been written very Hastily. I
have an idea that one of the young ladies is the authoress.’
The‘tell tale’ blushes on Mary Linton's cheek revealed the
secret, when Mrs. Norton read tlie lines. The first line was
this—
‘Oh, how I love to roam amid
Tlie green and shady wood.
And gather flow’rets all the day,
And dine beside the brook,
To spread our snowy cloth beneath
The shade of an old oak tree,
And all my playmates dance arounJ,
’Tis perfect bliss to me;
But soon the time will come to go
And leave the fairy dell;
Adieu, then, all my teachers dear,
Loved friends to thee farewell.’
‘Very well for a first attempt,’ smilingly observed Mrs. Nor
ton, ‘though the melody, it is true, is not perfect; but the sen
timent expressed in the last verse should be regarded by us
at the present time. But where is Mary Linton V
‘Here I am,’ replied Mary. ‘I have been arranging the.
things for our return, and cannot find my necklace V
A search was instantly commenced, but an unsuccessful
one. It was growing late, and the principal, though unwilling
ly, ordered the search to be discontinued, and the pupils to
gather together. She then said ‘that she hoped none of her
girls would be guilty of a dishonest act; and yet if it is so, if
the one who has it will return it now, she will be forgiven.’
No one spoke until Ella Waters informed Laura Milward
that something was hanging part out of her basket.
‘lt is the fringe of my red crape shawl,’ said Laura; but be
fore she could get the cover oil', a little girl standing near, hail
snatched it.
‘Here it is, Mrs Norton! here it is!’ said she; and thus
was the necklace discovered.
Is it possible,’ said the teacher, that you, I .aura Milward,
would stoop to such an action. Your example will be prqju
dicial to the school; you” will; therefore, leave.’
The girls entreated for her pardon ; and Laura after con
fessing that envv and malice induced her to take the necklace
from its resting place, and promising to do so no more, was
received again into the school; yet the happiness of all had
been marred by this occurrence, and none of the school girls
speak with pleasure of their Holiday excursion and the coral
necklace.
(i’jie inuiunuf.
“ Let dimpled mirth his temples twine,
With tendrils of the laughing vine.”
A Witty Take-off. —The Bunkum Flag Staff, in the last
number, publishes the following quip :
BY TELEGRAriI.
FEMALE INSURRECTION ! PETTICOAT GOV
ERNMENT DECLARED!!
We have to lay before our readers the following important
despatch from our Western agent:
SdUASHVILLE, 10 P. M.
An immense meeting of women lias just come off at Cau
dle Hall, Squashville.
The meeting was called to order by Tabitlia llenpcck,and
addressed by Priscilla Pugnose.
We have been able to obtain but an imperfect account of
their very extraordinary proceedings, but furnish you with
the preamble and resolutions adopted—will send speeches if
we can obtain them.
Whereas, The burthen of inferiority having boon so long
borne by us, the superior sex, we, the women of Squashville
—in solemn conclave assembled —hereby announce to the
world in general, and to the town of Squashville in particular,
that we pledge our lives, our fortunes, and our sacred honor,
to carry out to the very letter, the following resolutions :
Ist. That we henceforth and forever refuse to wash dish
es.
2d. That we hereby solemnly announce our intention of
voting at tlie next general election, and in future, at all local
elections in Squashville.
3d. That every lady who chooses shall, in future, wear
breeches.
4th. That all ladies unprovided with husbands, shall bo at
liberty to seize upon any uncaptured man in town.
sth. That posterity having done nothing far us, we in
tend, in future, to do nothing for posterity.
6th. That a committee of ways and means be appointed to
ascertain if the more serious burthen of the marriage state
may not be entailed upon the men, it being beyond the pow
ers of our conception to understand how women have borne
it so long.
7th. That, in future, the ladies shall carry night-keys,
and that no husband shall be allowed to go out after dark un
protected.
The females were dressed in Mob caps and shot guns. [N.
B.—probably should be short gowns. —Ed.] A banner, rep
resenting a red petticoat, surmounting a pair of faded breech
es, was waving over the Chairman's head.
The men are all in arms, and . Here the wires
ceased working, leaving us in a state of the most intense an
xiety.
Value of a Wighiggin.
Fifteen years since, the Penobscot Indians were
quite a different race of beings from the drunken set
that now lay claim to that name; a few, however,
had already become regular old soakers, and contin
ued the war against the ‘ Musquash,’ only that they
might convert their skins into the ardent. A dime
was enough to make them perfect demons.
Jo Paruss, or ‘Old Jo,’ as lie was familiarly called,
was about the worst of the lot, and when he had a
fair head on, which was about three-fourths of the
time, was sucli a perfect terror to the women and
children, that it became noeessary to do something,
and was very evident that nothing but legal suasion
would convince him of the benefits of Temperance.
So he was told, one morning, that the next ti.tie he
was found drunk he must pay a visit to his honor,
Judge Wyman.
It so happened that Jo had a pile of money at the
time, and was bound to have a time of it, jug or no
jug. Before night he was caught as crazy as a loon,
and ill this condition was locked up to sober off—
but most unfortunately this humane intention was
frustrated by his having his bottle, well charged, con
cealed in his blanket.
•In the morning he was brought.up before the
Jedge, about as peepy as ever, who, after hearing his
defence and previous conduct, thus questioned him:
‘‘Well, Jo. you was told that if you got drunk again,
you would lie punished by the law?” The way in
which the “ Yes” was grunted out, would have done
honor to a first class Porker.
“W as you drunk yesterday ?” “ Yes me drunk
you know,” in the same kind of a grunt.
‘* It I let you go this time, will you get drunk
again?” “Yes, me get drunk like fool.”
t* Well, then, L shall fine you five dollars, and the
next time you get drunk, I shall imprison you for
ten days.”
Jo waited a minute after hearing his sentence* and
then grunted out again—“Well, me pay if you give
wighiggin(meaning a receipt.)
“ You don’t need a wighiggin,” said the Judge.
“ Must have wighiggin,” grunted Jo again.
“ A\ ell, I tell you that you don’t need it, and you
•can’t have it,” replied the Judge, a little more vexed.
“ Well,” grunted Jo in a most decided manner,
“ you no give wighiggin, me no pay !”
This settled the question —it was “no wighiggin,
no pay!” Accordingly, a receipt was made out, and
after Jo had forked over a V, the Judge asked him
why lie wouldn’t pay without the wighiggin ?
“ Well, me tell you,’’ said Jo. “By and by, you
and me die, and when me go to good place, they say,
“ Jo, you been drunk?” Me say, “Yes, but me pay.”
“Well, show wighiggin.” “ Well, s’posc Ino have
wighiggin, must go all over hell to find Judge Wy
man.”
The explosion of laughter that followed the con
clusion of this explanation, showed that the Court
was perfectly satisfied.
Jo grunted his way out, and long before night,
was “drunk like fool” again.
iiwnwi inawow—
My Aunt’s Party,
If there were ever people who tried to keep up ap
pearances, they were Uncle and Aunt AYinthrop.
Mrs. W.’s father, my grandfather, was a poor tin
pedlar from tlie small town of B , in York state.
lie and his wife were honest, respectable, bard work
ing people. AY hen Aunt Rachael was about twenty
years old, she married Mr. AYinthrop, who kept a
tailor’s shop in New York. After their marriage
they removed thither, hired a handsome house in the
upper part of tlie city, and furnished it very elegant
ly. After my Aunt had become acquainted with
some of the people in that vicinity, she concluded
that in order to extend her circle of fashionable ac
quaintances, she must give a party. After consult
ing her husband she sent out her invitations. She
engaged the best help that could be procured, at a
great expense, to assist in the preparations, for she
had determined that tlie party should be a splendid
affair.
The evening came, and all was as she wished it to
be. About nine o’clock the company began to as
semble. She felt quite honored by the presence of
some of her guests, who, though she had invited
them, she did not suppose would accept. “ What a
sweet woman Mrs. AY is!” “ How perfectly at
home she seems!” “ What elegantly furnished
rooms!” and like expressions were heard from all
parts of the rooms. Suddenly a loud, harsh knock
was heard upon the open parlor door, accompanied
with, “AA'here’s my darter Rachel Wiggins? O!
scuzc me, I mean Mrs. AYinthrop?” The company
stared, wondering at the meaning of all this, as my
Auut eanih trembling and blushing into the room.
“AYh}’, how do du Rachel, here’s yer Mother and
Sukeyin the waggin here. AA'e thought i\e’d kind
er take you by surprise. AVhy what ails ye! yu
don’t act a bit tickled to see us. Here’s a cheese yer
Mar bro’t ye! and some cuekies tu. Come out and
a<k the old woman in, and then less go in and see
the folks there. AYliat! is it a prayer meeting or
what?” Boor Aunt Rachel! she wished the floor
would open and swallow her up, so mortified was she.
But her guests retired during the harrangue, and she
was alone with her husband and parents. Thisjwas
the last party she ever gave.
The Olive Branch tells a capital story of a sarcastic old
fellow, who being asked by ‘parson A.’ if he bad any treas
ures laid up in Heaven ?—replied with a doleful look ‘Sartin,
sartin ; 1 guess they must be there, if any where—l haint
got any laid up t’home, I say, sartain !’
‘Tommy,’ said a toping father, a little ‘tight’ to His son—
‘Tommy, hie—my boy, mind your daddy, and ever walk in
his—hie—footsteps.’ ‘That might do, prehaps,’ replied the
juvenile,‘if I wanted to go into the cork-screw or Virginia
fence business.’ The paternal guardian raised his cane, but
Tommy dodged it.
Modesty.—There is a young lady, out East who is so
modest, that on the very mention of ‘breeches,’ she instantly
goes into hysterics. This same young lady went into a Dry
Goods Store a short time since, and inquired of one of the
clerks if they had any ‘Bussey’s Inwards.’ The Clerk not
guessing her meaning, asked her to describe the article.—
She replied rather pettishly, ‘that it was an article called by
vulgar people, Catgut, but that she considered it more modest
to call it ‘Bussey’s Inwards.” That is litterally true.
‘Strike while the iron is hot,’ is now denominated, ‘bring
thy muscular powers to bear when the metallic combination
lias assumed a fiery and volcanic appearance.’
A man who has been married a long time without having
any children, may in printers’ phrase, be said to be ‘short of
copy,’ and if his wife be blessed with twins, we presume prin
ters’ parlance would call that a doublet , which would require
an extra quantity of small caps.
An old lady once said that her idea of a great man was, ‘a
man who is kcerful of his clothes, don’t drink spirits, kin read
tlie Bible wiithout spellin’ his words, and ken cat a cold din
ner on washday to save the wi mining folks from cooking.’
Avoid borrowing and lending.
Say but little—think much —and do more.
Never make money at the expense of your reputation.
Never relate your misfortunes, and never grieve over what
you eannnot prevent. - *
Keep clear of the law ; for when you gain your case, you
are generally the loser of money.
Let your expenses be such as to leave a balance in your
pocket. Ready money is a good friend in heed.
Don’t cry, if you can possibly find a chance to laugh.—
Claying is a melancholy business at best.
As sore places meet most rubs, proud folks meet most af
fronts.
Real greatness is not greater for the praise of men ; it is
what it is in spite of of them.
Remember that self-interest is more likely to warp your
judgment than all other circumstances combined ; therefore,
look well to your duty when your interest is concerned.
Be neither lavish nor niggardly ; of the two, avoid the lat
ter. A mean man is universally despised, but public favor
is a stepping stone to preferment—therefore generous feelings
should be cultivated.
Don't envy your rich relations. Alas, they have trouble
enough, with wants which they cannot gratify, with anxiety
to know what the world says of them, with jealousy of others
with all tlie thousand natural ills of life.
Don'tthrcaten to make way with yourself becauseyou havn’t
the amount of your rent when the landlord calls. If you kill
yourself the landlord will lose his rent, but will you or your
family be any better off ?
Don't run in debt to keep up appearances. A crust, with
contentment, will make you hajfpier than thousands who
clothe themselves in purple and fine linen and fare sumptuous
ly every day. The man who has complete control over his
passions is the most powerful monarch of the nineteenth cen
tury-
Somebody asked the editor of the Brooklyn Adevertiser
if it is not morally wrong for a divine to marry a little girl
less than fourteen years old ?—to which our sagacious con
temporary replies :—‘lf she has not left her pantalettes, yes.
If she is about leaving them off—doubtful. If she has left
them off three months—no. It is quite the fashion now for a
wee thing to jump out of her pantalettes into a husband's
arms.’
Folly.—This word has lately been defined, wiping your
nose with a nutmeg grater.
The plaything of a child is a doll—the god of a man is a
dollar.
He who swears informs us that his bare word is not to be
credited.
The voluptuous man stands in the market to be bought and
sold.
ton can never get a lady to admit that she wears shoes
that are too tight for her.
A lazy boy out in Indiana spells Andrew Jackson thus :
&ru Ja.xn.
Beauty and Economy Combined.
THE OLD VIRGINIA DYE-HOUSE!!
(PHOtNIX-LIK*) HAS FROM ITS ASHES ARISEN*. WITH ALL ITS
VARIOUS VIRTUES, ITS ORIGINAL COLORS TO BESTOW.
r I MIE subscriber most respectfully informs his customers and the pufe
I lie generally, that his establishment has been re-built, and can
now be found on ‘COTTON AVENUE, West of Vic Washington
where he is fully prepared to execute in the best manner,all
the various branches of DYEING., RENDVATING, and RE
PAIRING all kinds Ready-Made Clothing, and Ladies’ Dresses,
Shawls Bonnets, and all sorts of Fancy Goods damaged by use. la
dies ami gentlemen will please label all articles sent to this establish
ment.
Goods from all parts of the State sent as before, shall receive prompt
attention, and forwarded back with care.
Factories and others having warp tilling to color, will find it to their
interest to test the virtues of this establishment. Persons wishing
Homespun dyed, will please observe, for black the warp must lie pur
ple or blue; for brown a copperas color, and for green the warp must
be white.
jyy Cash must he paid on the delivery of Goods.
JOHN C. LOG AN.
Ladies, by calling at bis establishment, \yill always find speci
mens of bis workmanship on hand.
April 18,1850. 4—Cm
“ I Trend no Step Backwards.”
or
PI. S. TIIOPISOPT, PI. D,,
MACON, GEORGIA.
IT'OR a period of over thirteen years, it has been the province of
. the undersigned, to present to the people of Georgia, and the
surrounding States, the results of the use of innoceht Vegetable
Medicines, in the treatment and cure of disease, as contradistinguished
from poisonous substances, to which from childhood, they have been
accustomed, and to whose pernicious effects upon the constitution,
many Os them are living witnesses.
The success which during this long series of years, has attended
his administrations, has, in many instances, been such, as to over
come the most inveterate prejudices in favor of the old order of things,
and to produce instead thereof, a conviction that even in medicine, as
in other branches of the physical sciences, new ideas may be advanc
ed, and results achieved, that our ancestors would have deemed im
possible, but which our posterity, thanks to the enlightenment of a
coming age, may find easy of accomplishment.
This sueccdsin curing diseases of the most hopeless character after
all other means had failed, and that too, in many instances, without see
ing the patient, has long been the subject of general remark, exhibiting
as it does, in bold relief the difference between restoring a case that
has been absolutely abandoned, and simply raising another, that hun
dreds of others could cure.
Such eases can be pointed out in almost ever}’ county in Georgia,
where some poor, decrepid, helpless being, after testing every local
means without avail have sent off, as a dernier resort, a description
of their diseases to a distance, in many instances hundreds of miles,
and received back those health restoring remedies that have restored
them again to health and to society, to their own astonishment and
their neighbors wonder, putting at naught the sneers of antagonistic
interests, and adding new finger posts at every post office and cross
roads, pointing the way the city of refuge.
Without subjecting himself to the charge of presumption, he would
yet boldly say, that be firmly believes that nine-tenths of the so called
incurable cases in Georgia, are yet within the reach of medicine,and
can tye cured by pursuing a proper course of medication, with the ex
ercise of necessary care and perseverance, on the part of the patient,
which in all cases of a lingering character, are of the last importance.
The great facilities for this kind of treatment presented in the cheap
postage system, lias been taken advantage of by thousands who hap
pily can indirectly attribute their present good health to that noble spe
cimen of liberal government; and there are thousands more who may
reap the same advantages, by simply pursuing a similar course. Let
the atllicted if he cannot write himself, get his neighbor to do it for
him, give a history of his case, age, habits, and symptoms, the same
as if talking to a physician. If able and it is convenient, enclose
the fee ; if not convenient just then, a due bill for the amount will
answer, (this obviates the inconvenience, of making accounts at great
distances,) and if not able, pre-pay and mail the letter to his address,
when medicines suitable to the case will be compounded and sent
with full directions.
The charge for treatment is only (85) five dollars, monthly, a suin
sufficiently small to obviate the fear of risk to any one, and yet suffi
cient to preserve him from loss in his extensive administrations.
This done, call at the post office in a reasonable time, and receive
your medicines with as much precision as you would a letter; pre
pare and use them as directed, and persevere; report progress month
ly, or oftener, asinay be necessary, and closely watch the progress of
the cure.
Having been long and extensively engaged in the treatment of dis
eases peculiar to females, he would say that they may avail them
selves of hi? knowledge, with the utmost confidence, in bis prudence
and integrity, so that in’writing out their symptoms, they may express
themselves with the necessary freedom. In some of the diseases of
the renal and procreative system, the medicines being more costly, the
charge will bn increased.
Such cases as require personal attention, will be treated on literal
terms in the city, where the necessary accommodations can always
be had.
Those wishing further information in regard to results, will address
a post-paid letter to the undersigned, who will immediately mail to
the applicant such documents as must disarm doubt.
M. S. THOMSON, M. D.
Macon, June 14,1850. 12—ly
mMmihbT
SUBSCRIBER has just received an extensive asssortment of
I the ahove article, embracing a great variety of price and |>atterns
more particularly the cheaper kinds, which will be foundthe prettiest
and least expensive finish, especially for parlours; Bordering* to match
each style of course. Persons in pursuit of the article will do well to
call as prices are extremely low and no charge for looKing.
JOSEPH M. BOARDMAN.
March, 21, 1850. * I—ts1 —ts
GOTTORf GINS.
E f. HIE & a
. vsNio
HAVE now in successful operation one of the most extensive
and complete Manufactories of COTrOX GIXS in the South. —
The materials used are of the best quality. The machinery is all new
and constructed on the most approved plans for the manufacture o(
Cotton Gins.
The machinists and workmen employed in the establishment an:
skillful and experienced in the business; and they have made such
improvements in the mechanism and construction of the Gins that
they feel certain, in every case, to furnish a Gin which will perform
admirably well, and give the purchaser entire satisfaction.
Os” ORDERS can be sent to E. T. Taylor it Cos. by mail, or con
tracts made with their Agents who arc travelling through the country.
GINS will be sent to any part of the country, and in all cases war
ranted to perforin well.
Persons addressing titc Proprietors by mail, will direct their letters
to Columbus, Ga„
A sample of Cotton, just as it came from one of their gins, manufac
tured for a planter of Muscogee connty, can lie seen atthe office of the
“Georgia Citizen,” Macon, to which the attention of Cotton Brokers
and Planters is invited. X. Ousley & Son are agents in the same
place, for the sale of these superior Machines.
Columbus, March 21st, 1850. I—l y
nv 15a
THE undersigned have just completed their SPLENDID
NEW STABLE on the corner of Mulberry and Third
Streets, nearly opposite the Floyd House, where they keep on
hand safe and \vf.ll broke horses and every variety of
Conveyance for the accommodation of their friends and the
public.
Single Horses and Drovers will be attended to with the ut
most care and on accommodating terms. As the Proprietors
have bnt ONE STABLE,and can therefore give their per
sonal attention to their business, they feel confident of being
able to give universal satisfaction. Board of Ilorae i5
cents per day. T. M. MASON,
March 21,1530. WILLIAM DIBBLE.
WASHINGTOI IIALL.
E. S. KOCKRS respectfully informs the publicthnt
f* is. inf he has now’ the sole charge of this old established and well
known Hotel, which has recently undergone thorough re
pair, and that he will spare no pains for the accommodation of those
who may give him a call. Every department of the Hall will be under
his personal supervision, and every exertion will be made to keep up
the establishment to the extreme point of neatness, comfort and good
cheer. E. S. ROGERS.
May 31, 1850. 10—U
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MILITARY INSTITUTE.
Blue Licit s , Ky.
BOARD oFviSITORS.
‘T' HE ADJUTANT GENERAL, together with five fit persons, to lie
annuaiiy appointed by the Executive, to attend examinations at
least once a year, according to law.
fiCOLTYa
Incorporated with allthe powers, and rights exercised by the Trus
tees and Faculty of any other College.
COL. T. F. JOHNSON, General Superintendent.
*COte E. W. MORGAN, Joint Superintendent and Profess (Jl of En
gineering and of Natural History.
•LIEUT. COL. B. K. JOHNSON, Professor of Natural and F.j pert
mental Philosophy.
+MAJ. W. W. A. FORBES, Profess sot of Mathematics.
RICHARD N. NEWELL, A. M. Professor of Ancient and Modem
Languages. ’ .
J AMES G. BLANE, A. B. Adjunct Professor of 1 Atugungcs.
REV. J. 11. SWIFT, A. M. Professor of F.thies and Belles Lettrcs.
JAMES H. DAVIESS, F.sq. Professor of /site.
REV. H. V. I). NEYD’S, A. M. Principal of the Academy.
CAPT. C. E. M( tTT, Teacher in the Academy.
CAPT. W. W. GWST, Adjutant of the Institute.
•Educated at West Point.
■(Educated at the Virginia Military Institute.
Two hundred and thirty Cadets, from fifteen different States, have
entered this Institution since it was organized, in 1817. It is entire
ly free from the control or domination of any sect or party, either po
litical or religious. Economy in dressy by the adoption of a cheap
Uniform, for Winter and Summer, is rigidly enforced. Every student
is required to select a College guardian, with whom all fund? brought
or received must be deposited, and no debt must be contracted will lout
the consent of such guardian.
An Institution combining the science of the West Point Academy
and of Polytechnic Institutes, with the classical literature of our beat
Colleges, adding the modern languages, and superadding practical
schools of law and Engineering, nearly realiz.es the long-felt desider
atum of a university able to meet the wants of Western progress—a
university where all may select a course of steady to suit their time,-
means ond professional destination.
Mr. Daviess, the Professor of Law, is known is the various
Courts as a practitioner of great ability, varied learning, long experi
ence and exalted character. His eminent qualifications, the whole
some exercise and discipline of the Institute, and the convenient Ob-*
servation of the forms of judicial proceeding, offer unusual induce
ments to those who are earnest to achieve distinction as sound Lawyers
CIVIL ENGINEERING
Will be thoroughly and practically taught in the Western Military In
stitute—the Professor, Col. Morgan, being one of the most skillful and
experienced Engineers in the United States. All the instruments con-’
nected with that department, have been procured at considerable cost,*
and are of the test quality.
The Superintendent takes the liberty of stating that he is now offer
ed 875 per month, for competant assistant Engineers. One of bis for
mer pupils receives at this time 82,500 per annum, as Principal Fro*
gineer of a Railroad now under construction in Kentucky—whilst
others of the same class are receiving in different parts of the United
States, 82,000, 81-00, or 81.200 a year as Assistant Engineers.
The time is rapidly approaching when there will be a great demand
for such as have been prepared for that vocation, at the Western Mil
itary Institute. Nothing is hazarded in saying that they w ill readily
command 81,200 or 81,500 per annum. Every man of observation
must see that the gigantic enterprises already proposed, will give birth
to hundreds of others, tributary to them. The rapid advancement of
onr w hole country, and the eagerness of our people, for exploring the
hidden resources of the new States and the newly acquired territory,
will 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 men who have an aptitude for the Mathematical
and Physical sciences will have a w ide field opened to them for enga
ging in an honorable, a healthful and a lucrative pursuit, for w hich
they may be thoroughly and practically qualified, in a short time, and
at small expense, at the Western Military Institute.
terTms.
In the Academy ... 8.70 00 per annum
In the College - - - -40 00 “ “
For Music and use of Arms and Accoutrements 3 on “ *
For Fuel - - - - 2 00 ““
BOARDING can he had in private families, at from two to two nml
a half dollars a week. When in Barracks, it is designed to furnish
Commons at a uniform rate. Htudents from a distance will tic require
ed to board at the Institute, and have no communication w ith the
town, except as allowed by w ritten permits.
Hie next session will commence on the first of September, and
continue ten months.
March 21st, 1850. I —if
3000 DOLLARS REWARD! !
Reuben Rich's Patent, Centre Vent, Water Wheel
made entirely of Iron with Iron gates—a
gainst Turbine, Hotchkiss and all other Wheels,
I WILL give 8500 Reward to any person who w ill producee a Pa
tent Water Wheel, that will do as much business with the same
quantity of water under any given head from three feel to thirty feet,
or
I will give SSOO to any person, who will produce a Breast Wheel urn*
dor a head of eight feet or less that .-hall equal it, in saving of water, or
I will give the same amount to any one who will produce an over
shot or undershot, that wili last with my wheel and not cost more mo
ney sooner or later, or
I will give the same Reward to any man who w ill produce an over
shot undershot or Breast Wheel, that will run as steady as my w heel,
or
I will give 8500 to any one who w ill produce a wheel of any sort or
kind patented or not, that will combine to the same extent, cheapness
durability, pow cr, speed or simplicity so easily applied in all situations
and so universally applicable to all purposes and every location, or
1 will give 8500, to anyone, who will produce a Hotchkiss Whre
that does not consume fifty per cent more w ater to do the same Saw l
ng or Grinding.
Those who doubt can visit the Coweta Falls Factory in this city
and they w ill see tny w heel, driving all their machinery without a
Governor, where a French Turbine made in the great city of Lowell
failed to do the business at all. Or if they will visit Pleasant Macon’s
in Macon county Alabama they will see one of my wheels, only 2 feet,
8 inches in diameter, under a head of# feet, grinding 9 to ten bushels
of corn per hour. Or in a short time I will show* at Winter’s Mills in
this city, one of my wheels 3 1-2 feet in diameter, grinding, 50 to 00
bushels per hour with two pairs of stories. In the State of New York
there are at least 500 of my w heels, Grinding, Hawing and Manufac
turing in a style never yet done by any other. With sufficient head I
can turn 5000 Spindles and 100 Looms with one of my w heels but 2
eet in diameter.
Gindrat & Cos. at the Montgomery works Alabama, who are manu
facturing my wheels, will execute orders for them, and deliver them in
any place Houth of the Potomac, and furnish directions for putting
them to their work, with models if required. Post paid letters addres
sed to me at Montgomery care of Gindrat & Cos. or at this place care of
G. W. Winter Esq. will meet with prompt attention. In all cases
w hen the Purchaser is not fully satisfied with the performance of my
wheel, the money will be returned.
REUBEN RICH, Patentee,
from Osw ego County New* York.
Columbus Ga. March 21st, 1850. 1 tlj.
MAC o N
Candy Manufactory.
Pubscriber still continues to manufacture CANDY of every
X variety, next door below Ross & Cos, on Cotton Avenue. Hav
increased my facilities and obtained additional Tools, I am now prepar
ed to put up to order, CANDIES, of any variety, and warranted equa
to any manufactured in the South. I also manufacture a superior ar
ticle of Lemon and other SYRUPS, CORDIALS, PRESER\ ES. kc.
All my articles are well packed, delivered at any point in this City
and warranted to give satisfaction.
11. C. FREEMAX, Agent.
March, 21, 1850. i t s
SURGICAL OPERATIONS.
DR. JAMES WEAVER, (Memphis Tenn.) propose* to perform all
Surgical Operation of every description, and is well prepared
with all necessary instruments to perform every description of ojiera
tion that is performed in any of the northern cities. He operates suc
cessfully on 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, (loxarthnis* or con
tracted tendons in any portion of the system causintr deformity.
Testimonial.—The following is given as one of many certificates of
successful operation which have been furnished Professor Weaver
by bis patients.
From the Memphis Enquirer. Jan. 30th 1850.
Clul> or Reel Tool Cured.
Mr. Editor —Dear Sir: Please publish the following case in your
valuable periodical, that those w lio 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 resteil the weight of
my body in walking. I applied to Professor James Weaver, of Mem
phis, Tenn. who is distinguished for his surgical skill, and on the 28th
day from the time of the operation, be* put straight shoes op my feet,
they being straight before me and flat on the bottoms. T can now
walk on them very w ell and am improving daily and expect in a short
time to run and jump equal to any neighbor. There is no pain atten
ding the operation but what can be easily stood by any one, and dur
ing the whole operation there is scarcely any blood lost, and no sores
or infiamation, as most persons might suppose. There is hardly any
sura that would induce me to exchange my straight feet for the crook
ed ones I had six weeks ago, I would advise ail persons Who are la
boring under that deformity, to call oa Dr. Weaver, who will cure
them with certainty.
E. T. rETTY.
March 21st, 1850. [l —tf]
RAGS! RAGS!! RAGS!!!
YHE BOCK ISLAND fACYOgjf
IS prepared to purchase clean Linen Hemp or Cotton Rags, and will
pay 3 1-2 cents per pound, for 100,000 pound*, delivered at the
Mills, on the Chattahochee River, (three miles above Columbus) ia
quantitiesof not less than 100 pounds.
Merchants and Traders in the surrounding country, will do well to
draw the attention of their customers to the advantage ol'saving their
Rags, and exchanging them for their goods and ware*.
Cash will always be }>aid for them at “Rock Island Factory.” By
order of the Board.
GEORGE W. WESTER, Scc'y.
Columbus, Go. March 21st, 1850. lji—
-108 WORK
fizeuted with Noatnoss and Despatch*
AT TEH GEORGIA CITIZEN” OFFICE.
