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%iuilttut, Blumifncturrs, %x. 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 mmrsm 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.