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%irnlturr, jtfiunifortnrrs, #r. ‘•A Little Land Well Tilled.” —Farmers are very liable to err in cultivating too much land. — They make their calculations to sow and plant so many acres, without taking into account the quanti ty of manure they have to apply, or the amount ot labor they can bestow. This not only subjects them to much haste and inconvenience, but their crops are not cultivated as they otherwise would be, and the land is not left in so good a condition when it is laid down to grass. There is still greater folly on the part of some, in the desire to increase their es tates by th§ purchase of more land, when their sys tem of half cultivation should admonish them that they had better sell than buy. ‘'What is worth doing is worth doing well.’ This should be the motto of fanners in the performance of all their work. A small farm well cultivated, i> better than a large one half cultivated. And one that has a good kitchen garden can see how profita ble land may be that is manured and cultivated thoroughly. Pursue the same course in all land cultivated, and the profit would be in proportion. — The majority of farmers do not know experimental ly what an acre can be made to produce. Mechan ics in our villages, and those that own but little land, generally manage to make them very productive. — An illustration of what may be done on .a small piece of land, came under my observation last fall, during a sojourn of a few days with a triend, iu one of our manufacturing villages. About three years since, he purchased a piece ot land far a house lot, its area not exceeding half an acre. After buil ding, he laid but his ground, and planted some peach trees, two or three kinds ot cherry and plum trees, some dwarf pear trees, a tew choice apple trees, grape and strawberry vines, and current and white raspberrv bushes. On the remainder, besides ha ving borders tor plants and flowers, (by the way, I thought his household flowers the most interesting, he raises all the vegetables necessary tor family consumption. Some of the trees have already com menced bearing; he has a supply of strawberries, currants and raspberries in their season, and in a few years, will probably have a plenty of fruit, much better than can be obtained in market because nicer and fresher, and the cost of it will be merely nomi nal. The most of the labor of planting and cultiva ting this ground has been done in spare moments, redeemed from the engrossing cares ot manufactu ring. This shows what can be done with small means, even when the cares of business leave but little lei sure. Examples of this kind are becoming more nu merous, as there is an increasing interest manifest ed in rural pursuits. Thorough cultivation is be coming better understood and appreciated, and the example of good cultivators has a great influence over the careless and negligent. —W . L. Eaton, in the Albany Cultivator. A Word of Caution. — The July number of the Medical Examiner, we find a report upon the prac tice of coloring confectionary with poisonous sub stances, and several instances cited where the most disastrous results have followed. YV e have often noticed, in passing the cheap stores and stalls where sugar plums were exposed for sale, the poisonous hue of the green and crimson which are mingled in the high coloring of the “candy men, women, horses and dogs,’’ which prove so attractive to children. Peo ple of education or discernment will readily sec that there must be a poisonous admixture in all this or namental confectionary; and many forbid them to their children accordingly. But the little ones them selves, eager to spend their pennies, or nursemaid-, intent only on .keeping their little charge quiet, may sometimes interfere with the wisest rules. \ ast quantities of cheap sugar almonds, caraway and comfits, are manufactured in London, says this re port, colored ‘ yellow by chromate of lead, while green is produced with arseniate ot copper, red by vermillion, and white by carbonate ot lead, or oxide of zinc; while the frosting of cakes frequently con tains from 11 to 20 per cent, ot Plaster ot Paris. We have thought well worthy of note from this the respectibility ot the evidence cited, and cases ot illness, and even death, which have cmne under more immediate notice, in the line color given to a peculiar kind of cheese known as “sage,” and the deep green of imported pickles, which is often im parted in the same manner. No less than seventy cases of poisoning in one year, from the above cau ses was reported by the writer of the article to which we allude. And as he justly remarks, “with out such evidence before the mind, it would not be credited by the great bulk of the community, that many of the prettiest and daintiest looking confec tions of the dessert table are like the choice luxuries of the Queen Mother, but too often the source of dan ger to those who partake of them.- I — Sat. Gaz. From the Pennsylvania Telegraph. Iseful Recipes and Suggestions. BY It. P. WHITE. Remember that, at all seasons of the year, but more es pecially while your animals are kept on grain, succulent and fermentable food, the supplying a liberal allowance of salt, is indispensable to health. Boxes containing it, should be kept constantly where they can have free access to them, and par take of the sanative luxury whenever they are disposed to do sex A late French airthor recommends potatoes, tltree-fourth* boiled, as a substitute for soap in washing hands. The use of this prevents chapping in cold weather, and retains tlu; skin soft and healthy. If you manufacture your own caudles, immerse tlie rucks in lime-water, in which a little nitre, ( Salt-petre ,) lias lieen dissolved, and dry them before dipping. ‘J lie light from such is much clearer, and the tallow will not” run.'’ In burnishing Britannia ware, rub the surface gently in five first place with a woolen cloth, dipped in sweet oil; then wash m tepid suds, rub with soft leather and whiting. Articles burnished in this way, retain their lustre till the last, if care fully used. Brass kettles, before using, should be carefully cleansed with salt and vinegar. Wodlen goods should be washed in very hot suds, but never “ rinsed.” Tepid water causes them to shrink. It is a bad plan to put new earthen ware into boiling liot water ; it should fust be plunged into cold water, and placed over a fire where it will heat moderately to the boiling point, and then be permitted to cool again. This process greatly promotes the toughness and durability of common earthen ware, which is generally objectionable for domestic uses on account of its fragility. The glazing on tliis kind of ware will remain uninjured by the boiling if a handful of rye o* wheat bran be added to the water, and prepare it to with stand successfully, and for a long time, the action of acid or ealt. Suet will be kept perfectly sweet and good the year round, if finely chopped and packed closely in a jar, with the top covered with molasses. Beds should be filled with barley straw in preference to rye, oat, or wheat straw, when obtainable. The husks rs Indian corn, carefully selected, and slit into shreds, make an excel lent article for beds. They are durable, clean, not very likely to absorb moisture, and are not objectionable on account of making dirt. Never permit your domestics to take up ashes in wooden vessels, or to deposit them when removed from the hearths, in places where they will come in contact with combustible matter*. A few ounces of soda will soften a hundred gallons of the hardest water. For washing, it possesses a marked superi ority over pot or pearl ash, giving a delicate whiteness to the linen, without the least injury. Gather up all the premature droppings from your apple, pear, peach and plum trees, and either burn or feed them to swine, or other domestic animals. The immature fruit beneath your apple trees contains the cause of the injury you sustain in your crops, in the form of a worm , and should therefore be destroyed at once. By fencing fruit orchards, and depasturing them with swine, during the months of •Tune and July, or even till the close of August, if the fruits are of late varieties, the future health and productiveness of your fruit orchards will be protected and increased. Horse radish may be had all winter by taking the roots from the soil when at perfection, grating them and placing the articles in jars or bottles filled with vinegar. The air should be thoroughly excluded by corking, and covering the nozzles with melted sealing wax. It is a superb article. Green peas may be had from one year’s end to another, y gathering them when full, shelling and drying them thor oughly in the air. When dried, place them in air-tight ves sels, closely secured by corking, and put them away for use. Beans, green corn and other vegetables may be preserved in the same way. Currants and gooseberries, picked when green, carefully divested of their stems and blossom ends, and packed in tight bottles, securely protected from the air, will retain their soundness and flavor unimpaired for years. Boil and skim your molasses before using it. When ap plied for culinary purposes, this is a prodigious improvement. Boiling tends to divest it of its unpleasant, strong flavor, and renders it equal to honey. When large quantities arc made use of. it is convenient to prepare several gallons at a time. I se hard soap to wash your clothes, if you can obtain that of good quality, and soft soap in cleaning wood. In the wash room, soft soap wastes a good deal, and for this reason is less economical than hard. II you keep liens, and desire to render them a source of profit, as well as luxury, see that they are properly supplied with flesh. The fish taken in ordinary streams, afford a grateful and most excellent substitute for the flesh of ani mals, and can generally be obtained in almost any desirable quantity, and at comparatively small expense. When at large, the hen is carnivorous, and procures much of her dai ly food from the resources of the insect world ; devouring almost indifferently, and with little discrimination, all such in sects, bugs, flies and worms, as fall in her way. These promote fecundity, and in situations where she is deprived rs the privilege of catering for herself, cither these, or some ade quate substitute, in the form of more sold viands, must be applied, or she will cease to lay. Neglect of this, is the principal cause why bens, closely confined, are so generally complained of as unprofitable. Windham, Me., May, 1850. €ljr ftkaM Pray without Ceasing. —At an association of clergymen, on a certain occasion, it was proposed to hold a meeting for the purpose of considering the words of the apostle, “pray without ceasing.” The meeting was to be holden iu a month, and in the meantime, each clergyman was to write down his opinion, and bring it in to be read. A religious servant girl, who lived in the house of one of the clergymen, overheard him talking about the matter, whereupon she exclaimed— “ What! a month wanted to. tell the meaning of that text ? It is one of the easiest and best texts in the Bible.” “Well, well,” said an old minister, “Marv, what can you say about it ? Let us know how you un derstand it; can you pray all the time ?” “O yes, sir, the more 1 have to do the more I can pray.” “Indeed! well, Mary, do let us know how it for most, people think otherwise.” “Well, sir,” said the girl, “when I first open my eyes in the morning I pray, Lord open the eves of my understanding; and while I am dressing, 1 pray that I may be clothed with a robe of righteousness; and when I have washed me, 1 ask for the washing of regeneration; and as I begin work I pray that 1 may have strength equal to my day; when 1 begin to kindle up the fire, I pray that God's work may re vive in my soul; and as I sweep out the house, 1 prav that my heart may be cleansed of all its impurities; and while I am preparing and partaking of breakfast 1 desire to be fed with the hidden manna, and ass am busy with the little children, I look to God as my father, and pray for the spirit of adoption, that I may be his child—and so on, all day, everything I do furnishes me with a thought of prayer.” “Enough, enough!” cried the old divine, “these things are revealed to babes, and hid from the wise and prudent. Goon, Mary,” said he, “pray without ceasing; and as for us, my brethren, let us bless the Lord for this exposition, and remember that he has said, the meek will he guide in judgment.” The essay, as a matter of course, was not consid ered necessary after thus little event occurred. Christ and Mahomet. Go tr> your natural religion ; lay before her Mahomet and his disciples arrayed in armor and in blood, riding in triumph over the spoils of thousands and tens of thousands who fell by his victorious sword ; show her the cities which lie set in flames, the countries which lie ravaged and destroyed, and the miserable distress of all the inhabitants of the earth. When she has viewed him in this scene, carry her into his retirements—show her the prophet's chamber—his concubines and wives; let her see adultery, and hear him allego Revelation and his divine commission to justify his lust and oppression. When she is tired with this prospect, then show her the blessed Jesus, humble and meek, doing good to all the sons of men •, patiently instructing both the ignorant and perverse; let her see him in his most retired privacy ; let her follow him to the mountain and hear his supplications to God ; carry her to his table to see his poor fare, and hear his hea venly discourse ; let her see him injured but not provoked : lot her attend him to the tribunals, and consider die patience with which he endured the scoffs and reproaches of liis ene mies. Lead her to liis cross, and let him view her in the agonies of death, and hear his last prayer for his persecutors, “ Father, forgive them., for they know not what they do.” When natural religion lias seen both, ask which is the pro phet of God t But her answer we have already had. When she saw part of tins scene through. the eyes of the Centurion wlu> attended at tlie Cross, by him slie spake aud. said, “ Tru ly this man was the San of God.” Living for Appearances* Col. Fuller, of the N. Y. Evening Mirror, is right, em phatically right, and the world should know it. This living for appearances is the great curse of social life; it has led to more bankruptcies, forgeries, domestic quarrels, lies and sui cides than all other causes put together. The fatal ambition infects all ranks and conditions of society, and ruins more souls and fortunes than all other passions combined. The “ fear of the world” is mortal death to all who entertain it. Herein New York we see the blighting effect of this deadly curse wherever we turn our eyes. It makes the lives of two thirds of the community a perpetually enacted, lie. To out shine their neighbors in style of living, equipage, seems to be the ruling passion, not only of the “ upper circles,” but of the masses. It is truly a most pitiable ambition, and costs —ah! what does it not cost! Honor, honesty, truth and tranquility, as well as fortune, are all sacrificed at once to this Moloch of social vanity. Even the Church itself serves foster, rather than to check, this foolish and melauclvoly struggle to “ keep i up appearancesand the fashionable rivalries between ■ “Grace” and “ Trinity,” “St. Pauls” and “ St. Johns” are pet haps the most signal ainl tlie most shocking exemplifica tion of this “ struggle our dty affords.”— Phil. City Item. • Honest Labor. Labor* —honest labor—is mighty and beautiful. Activity is the ruling element of life, and its highest relish, luxuries and conquests, are the result of labor. We can imagine nothing without it—not even the existence of creative power. The noblest man of earth is he who puts his hand cheerily ! and proudly to honest toil. \Y ho dares to contemn the ar-a JftiUilnrnußETTnuiTMj_wi ijti-,-* . ■ f .■. Mfc .•■'swag tm s §i © 111 1 ©if isis. swarthy brow of labor? What is its analysis? The grand- ; est conceivable to human thought. Labor is a business and j ordinance of God. It rolled the spheres from chaos, and , gave man an earth for his habitation. God does not scorn j toil. He could stoop to build an universe, clothe it with | beauty, aud sustain it in life and motion. Suspend labor, or the creative power of God, and have chaos for a universe. 1 Suspend it, and where is tlie glory and pomp of earth; the fruit fields, and palaces, and fashionings of matter for which man strive and war. Let the labor seorner look around him, look to himself, and learn what are the trophies of toil. From the crown of his head to the sole of his foot, unless lie be a Carib nude as the beast, he is the debtor and slave of toil. The labor which he scorns has tricked him into the stature and appearance ot a man. Who reared his dwelling and his altar? Mho fashions and furnishes his table ? Where gets he his gar menting and equipage ? Let labor answer. Labor which hues down forests, plants fields, rears hamlets and cities, tunnels, mountains, bridges, rivers, and spans oceans. Labor, which makes music in the mine, the furrow, and at the forge. O, scorn labor do you, man with the soft hand, who never yet earned a morsel of bread. Labor pities you, proud fool, and laughs at your scorn ! You shall pass to dust for gotten, but labor will live on forever glorious in its conquests and monuments.— N. Y. Sun. (TV linunrist. “ Let dimpled mirth his temples twine, With tendrils of the laughing vine.” Essays on tlie Mysteries of Nature. DY JOHN SMITH EMERSON, ESQ. Professor of the Unknown Tongues and the Unin telligible Ph ilosoph g. When intradom speaks to outerdoin, verily the latterdom must listen, or better for suchadom to be deaf! Man is not an echo, but an answer ! —Not a cry of parrot dom, but an original effort of cogita tion, calling forth into exercise from the de profun - dis of the Grand Will of Truth, a real thimblefull of that elixir, which some call buckets. Man is not of an echodom but of an answerdom ; let us prove it. Washingtob seeing the great monarch of penny a-liner-doin, walked into liis garden of Sunnisides with the head of the swell-mobdum of literature, cognomed “Boy” —he who borrowed money of all the American captains, when sojourning at Gooda, and forgot to pay them. Tub Scouring said —“By the dipthong of Jean Paul Ritcher here of a verity dwelleth the great intellectual spirit of which I am the echo—audio! a shadow came called Forster, and he cried out “Oliver Goldsmith !—and a Span iard came called Yanereto, and he cried “Columbus,” —and the Washingtub echo cried “Columbus” — and the delighted penny-a-liner said “what am I?” and tlie echo said “A Ilumbugg.” Echodom seldom speaks so much truth as this—Magna est Veretas and prevalit —which means Humbug is great and will now and then prevail a bit. Bodydum carries within itself skeletondom and ghostdom—eye rigidly gazing on eye, down into the deptlidoms of soul-mighty reservoir of omnium common scenes of heurdom, seedoin, saydom, do dom, feeldom, or mean-to-dodoim Why the thought is of itself a hard grivade calculated to blow up all human nature from the roots to. the tip of the flower. Os a truth, when man doles out immortal truth, as 1 do from Hope Chapel, at twenty-five cents a ticket, I loathe it as much as the man who pays it —in oth er words a complete sympathy exists between pay dom and receivedom —but 1 sell my nostrum of truth, as it is adulterated by me, just as Townsend does his Sarsaparilla and Moffat bis pills—as a proof how beneficial they are to the discoverer, did the one ever take a dose of liis mixture, the other of his pills, or to finish the climax does any one credit it that I believe one of my original truths ! Snu the next chapter 1 shall enter upon the domain of Hunt ingdon!, beginning with myself.—A\ 1”. Pag Book. Free Translation . —“ Well, now, you Ye been to college two years; I suppose you can translate Latin some, can’t you “Yes, I can translate anything.” “Can you l Well, what does this mean— Poe (a nascitur non fit /” # “Oh ! that means, a nasty poet is not fit!” “Not fit for what “ You did’nt quote the whole— pro decent thus so eictatc—not fit for decent society !” “Ah ! indeed ! and what does ne tutor mean ?” “If you, in pupping the question, should drop on your knees, you would be a knee suitor.” “Very good. Now what is jam satis “Oh ! that's what the fellow said in a crowd, he meant he was jammed, enough !” “Well, this college lajnin’ is a great thing. I s,pose you did,nt know that I can translate some myself l’ “No! can you i” “Oh yes !— clam et pala.ni —you know w hat that means, eh ?” “Not exactly ; what is it *” “ That means, eat clams bg the pailful /” “You may take my hat!” Trade in Prospective.— A certain town, not a thousand miles from Connecticut, is a great place for trade ; one may live there for a year or two, and scarcely handle five dollars in cash. In the way of business, potatoes, beeswax, corn, wood, and other “chicken fix ins,” constitute the circulating medium, and are by all parties recognised as true and lawful substitutes tor the current coin of the Republic. Trading is all the, go. One day a fashionable tailor took unto himself a wife —the next day the city crier came in to get measured for a pair of pants. “Flow would you Tike to make me a pair of pants for trade ?” said he. “What kind of trade have you on hand ?” inquired the man of shears. “Why, you can let me have a pair of pants, and I will pay you bg crying out your lost children when they have strayed from home /” The tailor said it was a long credit, but lie went home to ask liis wife. — N. Y. Spirit of the Times. \ A R<>rP Scholar. — Ihe American Union relates | the following: One day last summer the teacher of a certain dis trict school in,New England, after putting the usual questions—“who is President 2” “what State do you live in ?” <fcc., to a juvenile class, asked a little boy what his father’s name was, ‘lsaac,’ he answered promptly, ‘Spell Isaac,’ said the teacher. ‘E-y-c I, z-i-c-k saac, Isaac.’ The old scholars laughed outright at this new w ay I of spelling a common name; even the teacher I smiled—but commanded silence, she set the lad right and proceeded with her questions. ‘What is your mother’s name V ‘llacbel.’ ‘Spell Rachel.’ ‘W-r-e-t-c-h Racli, h-c-ll„ Rachel.’ The smart boy was immediately given a reward of merit and dismissed. Passenger.-—“W hat is tlie reason you go so slow over tlie plank road, driver ?” I hirer.—"J he horses wouldti tgo faster if I were to whip them all the time.” Passenger.-—“ Why so ?” Driver.—“ They know the plank road is only six miles long, and they want to spin it out us long as they can ! When you see that horrid road we come to afterwards, you’ll say they are right. Why, sir, I can turn them round, and keep them driving up and down the plank road all the week, and they would never feel tired; it would make them feel so good. A fact, sir, I assure you.” “OhLove, Young LoTe.” Jonathan Dumbetter saw Prudence Feastall at meeting —Jonathan sidled up to Prudence arter i meeting, and she kind o’sidled off. He went closer, aud axed her if she would accept the crook o’ liis * elbow ? She resolved she would, and plumped her arm right around his. Jonathan felt all-overish, and said he liked the text — ‘Seek and ye shall find,’ was pretty good readin. Prudence hinted that ‘Ask and ye shall receive’ was better. Jonathan thought soo too, but his axing wits A puzzler- A fellow was apt to get into a snarl when he ax ed, and snarling was no fun. Prudence guessed strawberries and cream was slick.—Jonathan guess ed they wa’ant so slick as Prue’s lips. ‘Now don't,’said Prue, and she guv Jonathan’s arm an involuntary hug. He was a leetle started, but thought liis farm wanted some female help to look arter the house. Prue knew how to make rale good bread. ‘Now don’t,, said Prue. ‘lf I should,’ said Jonathan. ‘Maybe you would’nt,’ said Jonathan, and slink all over. Prudence replied— ‘lf you be coming that game, you’d better tell feyther.’ ‘That’s jist what I want,’ said Jonathan. And in three weeks Jonathan and Prudence were ‘my old man,’ and ‘my old woman.’ A traveller was recounting w ith an air of truth some incredible thing, when a Vermonter pres ent, exclaimed: “Dew tell! Well, it aint much, arter all! AY by, a suckemstance happin’d up thair in our village that takes it deown, all holler!” “What was it, Seth ? Asked one of the company. “Our organ,” replied Seth, with a face so unusu j ally sober that every body knew that something rich was coming ; “our organ, the organ of our meetin’ house ; it imitated thunder so nat’ral, one day, that it curdled all the milk for five miles round ! BOW “Who are yeou ?” asked a long-legged Con neticutite, of a rather over-bearing conductor on the New Haven Railroad. ‘I am the conductor of these cars.’ ‘And all the folks in ‘em, 1 ’sposef ‘Yes.’ [Shorterthan piecrust.] ‘Well, I swo tv! if that aint a poorty go! Yeou a conductor of other folks’ and don’o how tew con duct yourself! Gosh! A speaker in a meeting not long since, charged upon the rascality of the devil, hit him oft in the following pithy words; “I tell you, brethren, that the devil is an old liar! For when I was about get j ting religion, lie told me that if I did get religion, l j could not go into any gay company and lie, or any such thing, but I have found him out to lie a great liar!” . A young lady being asked why she did not use the medicated soap, replied that, as to soap, she got a plenty of soft soap from her beau, and that al ways put a plenty of color in her cheeks. Frightening a Rogue. —ln the St. Louis-Re j eorder’s Court, recently, Alexander McManus, was fined $5, for stealing wood from the steamer Hanni bal, nud was asked to “fork up” by bis Honor. “kVc-c-ean’t do it,” stuttered lie, “a-a-a-aint got i th-th-the p-p-p-pewter, your Honor.” ; “Are you a married man ?” inquired the Recorder. “N-n-n-not exactly s-s-s-so far gone yet, sir.” “YYoll, I will have to send you to tlie work house,” said tlie Recorder. “’T-t-t-tain’t nothin’ t-t-t-to go th-th-there,” said Alick, “I-I-I-’m used to it; b-b-b-but when you t-t-t ----talked about m-m-marriage, ohl foliar,you f-f-f-frigbt ened me!” 880 W W S sL ECCENTRIC PROGRESSIVE POWER PRESS. i ‘ I'MIK advantages of this new POWER PRESS, and its superiority JL over all otliers, arc as follows: The power applied is multiplied 4 40 times, by the Lever and Eccen tric pully, that is, one hundred pounds power applied to the Lever will exert a force 24,000 pounds on the Cotton. The whole top of the bale box is open to receive the Cotton, and it may be put as near the Oin House as is desired. It is three times as powerful as a screw of 18 inches diameter, that has a nine inch pitch of thread with the same length of and of course the horse has to walk but one third as far, for the reason that a lever is required hut one-third as long to do the same work. And further, the Press follower descends with much greater rapidity at the commencement of the operation, when but little power is required, which shortens the distance travelled by the horse, in proportion to the increased velocity of the follower at I the start. This Press can be made very compact, and equally powerful, by using the wheel and axle* andean lie so modified as to answer any purpose w here a Press is necessary for manufacturing or domestic purposes. For Cotton it requires one-fourth less work to build, and three-fourths less work to raise, than the screws, and if a cast iron Ec centric wheel is used, it will not he much over half the trork to build as a screw. For Pressing Cotton, Tobacco, Hemp, Hay, &c. it cannot be excelled. There is one-third less timber in this Press than in Jhe screw, and it is certainly the cheapest over built. The whole cost ofthe Irons will not exceed 545, which may be had of C. If. Levy, of Macon, who is the only person authosized to furnish them. This sum is exclusive of freight and the cost of right to use the Press.. If the Eccentric wheel is made oflron, the cost will lie I 10 orslsmorefor the Iron work,but it will materially lessen the | cost of labor on the wood work of the wheel, andxvill be the cheap est in the end. Any good Mechanic can construct the Press from the drawings and specifications which will accompany each right. 1 shall sell a single right at S2O, which sum can be sent by mail at I my risk,, provided the fact of sending is certified to by the Postmaster | pf tile place where the letter is mailed. Each right will be accompa oied hy an engraving and a full description, so that any mechanic will ne able to build lhe Press. Any communications, post-paid, will he bunctually attended to. A.. D, BROWN. Clinton, Jones County, ApriPSd, 1850. —Certificate,— This wilt certify that we witnessed, at the plantation of Mr. Wil liam Johnson, in this county, the performance of a> Cotton Press re j cently invented and patented hy Mr. A.D. Brows, of this place, anid can, with confidence,recommend it to the public. Its great power, \ convenienceand simplicity of structure, renders it, fit odi-estimation, eth best that we have seen. It jiacks downward, which we deem ve ry essential; can he placed as near the lint room as desired, andean he s easily covered in aad made very durable. Sami itt Griswold, I Thomas Hi st, Horatio Bowes, | Jona. Parrish. April 2d, 185th. C—ts HATS, ( APS, &&& & Straw (roods. W E have now on hand, and are receiving weekly direct from our | T T own Manufactory 181, Water Ft. N. York the latest PpVing ftfyle of IIATF, which will he sold whoje Sale and retail for Cash, or good credit. BKLDKN & CO. Macon, March 21,1850. I—ts MSI MSilßl I r I AIK SUBSCRIBER has just received aa extensive assortment of i the above article, embracing a great variety of price ami patterns more particularly the cheaper kinds, which will be foundthe prettiest and least expensive finish, especially for parlours; Borderings 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 loosing. JOSEPH M. BO A ROM AN. March, 21, 1850. I—tt i 23 JLOUSRRfiOTTPXSG. W. PARKER, would reftpebtfttttv amftfthiCe to tbe Vy # citizens of Macon and its viciuitjr, that he has taken ■ the Macon Dagucrrian Gallery, A few doors below the LAnier Hotowj where he has just received a stock of Fancy Cases, of all sizes, and is prepared i to take whole size miniatures. His prices vary from §3 to S2O. Macon, June 14, 1850. 12—ts Dr 7 de GRAF FEN RI ED’S CELEBRATED I RHEUMATIC LINIMENT, j IN introducing this medicine to the people of the United States, for sale, the proprietors beg leave to submit the following statement ! of Dr. deGratfenried, its discoverer and inventor: The undersigned frankly states that he has prescribed this medicine , j for the last twenty-two years, in all forms of Acute and Chronic Rheu j matism, with a success unparalleled in the annals of of medicine; and ■ he has no hesitation in saying, lhat it is decidedly the most valuable remedy ever yet discovered for the relief of this most painful and (hs- I tressing malady. His note-book contains upwards of three hundred cases, in which it ■ has been used within the above named period, and in no single ’ instance has it come to his knowledge, of its having failed to effect a ! cure when persevered in. Many of the cases were front four to ten ! years standing; and what may appear yet more remarkable and extra | ordinary, is, that when the patient has been once relieved, the disease j is permanently cured, remains so, not a solitary instance having been j reported to him of its return. All he would ask for this remedy is a fair, impartial and patient trial, for the results he entertains no apprehension. Up to the time of this discovery, the undersigned had well studied the origin, progress and character of this disease, and is well assured, had consulted every author on its treatment, who had written or boon I translated into the English language, and had used all the remedies ol any notoriety then in vogue with the profession, with however, very ‘ rare!)’ any relief to poor suffering humanity. It has baffled the skill and science of the most eminent Physicians ‘ | and Surgeons of our own, and of every other country. Rut the un- i dersigned flatters himself that his remedy will cure this most painful ! disease, when all others have failed, and that he shall have been an humble instrument in the hands of God, of relieving the human family of a vast amount of suffering. E. L. de GRAFFENRIED. M. D. CERTIFICATES. FROM COL. A. K. AYER. Dr. E. L. de Graffenried —Learning that you are about ; to manufacture for the public, your valuable Rheumatic Lin i intent, I take pleasure in stating that I believe it one of the i most valuable remedies ever used for that common and most distressing disease, having witnessed its effects ii|>on a ne- J j gro man of mine, who had been afflicted for four years, un- i | til almost every joint was enlarged, and the body otherwise | emaciated. By the use of four or five bottles, in three tveeks, j he was relieved entirely from pain. Columbus, Ga., Oct. 24, J 849. A. K. AYER. Columbus , October 30, 1849. Dear Sir—About the first of April last, I came to Coluru * bus to get medical assistance, and was advised to call on you | as having a remedy that would afford me speedy relief. I | was taken down in January last, with a violent attack of Rheumatism in nearly all my joints, bo badly, that 1 could . not pull off iny shoes without aid ; nor couW 1 ascend or dc- ; scend steps, or pull off my clothes without assistance. My right arm and baud were nearly useless; the fingers con tracted and swollen ; the right knee swollen and stiffened, so that I could not bend it but very little. I’p to the Ist of | April, I was all the time in suffering and pain ; I rubbed j with your Rheumatic Liniment my limbs three times, and ’ was the next morning enabled to descend a long flight of steps, without aid of crutch or slick, and back to my room—l ; could also bend my knee and bring it up to the chair, which the previous day, I could not have done if my life had de- | j pended on it. I could also use, open ant! bend my fingers, which was an impossibility the day before. I rose in the ; morning from my bed entirely relieved of pain. I used one bottle and an eight ounce vial of your Rheumatic Liniment, and in ten days, I was relieved. 1 would not have been in the condition which I had been ten days before I called on you, for any amount of mouey that could be given me; for what is life w-orth when in constant pain and misery! I consider your Rheumatic Liniment, the moat valuable med icine in the world. I am, dear sir, your friend, J. H. SMITH. Columbus, Nov. I, 1849. Dear Sir—My negro woman Patience, a cook, had a stifl neck from a painful Rheumatic affection, for six or seven years, and could not turn her neck except with the body. 1 I was induced to purchase a bottle of your Liniment, which i was applied in August or September of 1848. One bottle j entirely relieved her and she now has the use of her neck as well as ever she had ; and up to this time it has not return ed. OAKLAND B. TERRY. Philadelphia, Feb. 1, 1850. Dr. de Gralfenried—Dear Sir: Having been afflicted, for ; some time past, with a severe attack of Rheumatism, and ; having heard of the wonderful effects of your Rheumatic ’ Liniment, I was induced to try a liottlc of it. and after three days, I was so much relieved as to he able to leave the house and attend to business. 1 have perfectly recovered from the disease, and would cheerfully recommend the Liniment to all those who are afflicted. GEORGE HOOD, 27 Powell st. Columbus, Ga.. Oet. 13, 1849. l)r. K. L. de (1 ruffeuried—"Pear Fir: Agreeable to your . request, I give my testimonial as to the virtue of your Lini ment in the cure of Rheumatism. Being attacked in one j joint of my finger, last winter, with acute Rheumatism, and having used many of the unnumbered prescriptions for itE j cure, with hut little benefit, 1 made application of two bottles 1 of your Linimeut, which I am happy to say relieved me in a | very short time. I can recommend its use to all persons af i fectcd in like manner. Very respectfully, F. S. CHATMAN. 1 I can testify to the efficacy of Dr. de Graffenried's Rheu : matin Liniment in the case of Mr. F. S. Chapman, as it caine j ! under my immediate observation. Oct. 13, 1849. R. A. WARE, M. D. i Dear Sir—Some time in January last. Mrs. McKee was , taken very ill with inflammatory Rheumatism in her shout- | I der joints, extending to her elbow joint, and arm, which dis i abled her from using her arm almost entirely ; and from the : pain, want of sleep’, and great restlessness, for not less than j j six weeks, I was induced by my friend, Mr. Luke Reed, to | call on you for a bottle of your Liniment, and by using half j the battle, she was entirely relieved, and the relief was man ifest or sensible after three or four rubbings. lam of opinion ! it is one of the most valuable remedies that has ever been dis covered for Rheumatism : that is, from my own knowledge, and that which 1 have heard from others. Dr. E. L. de Graffenried. JI. C. McKEE. Columbus, Oct. 19th, 1849. Dr.de Gralfenried—Dear .Sir; stake pleasure in saying, 1 ! have a boy who was so badly afilicted with Rheumatism, that he could not raise his hand to his head, and had neariy lost the use of his ami. 1 used the fourth of a bottle of your i Rheumatic Liniment, which relieved him entirely. I con < sider it a most valuable remedy for the cure of Rheumatism. RANDOLPH L. MOTT. Jones’ Hotel. Puusnrau, March 3d, 1650. Col. .1. B. Ragan —Sir, it affords me great pleasure to he ahlc to bear testimony to the efficacy and virtues of Dr. dc GraffenrietTs ! Rheumatic l.inimeut. 1 have been sorely afflicted for the last six years with what I heliev- : ed to be, and what eminent Physicians of this city pronounced, Rheu matic gout, for several winters past I have hem confined to my room and bed nearly all the time. In January last, I had an aMaelt as violent if not more so than usual, which prostrated me for about three weeks; on your recommendation 1 commenced the use of this Liniment. (With I must confess but little faith.l Its effects were astonishing | and decidedly beneficial from its first application. In a few days my ! back, wrists and ankles were entirely relieved (and so continue; of all ( ; the soreness and pains, and the swellings reduced, with the use of less than one bottle. I have been iu the discharge of my ordinary business ever si nee. I consider it an extraordinary, and decidedly the most efficacious remedy for this disease, whichl have ever met with. And most cheer fully recommend ilsuseto all who may be afflicted with it. Respectfully Yours, N. W. BRIDGET, Jones* Hotel. Baltimore, March 30, 1850. Dr. de Graffenried —Dear Sir. tortile last twelve years. I havesut- : force very severely with the Rheumatism, having been nearly one ’ fourth of the time confined to ny bed by it. I have had the best nied ! icalaidtolie found in various cities in the United States, with little or no benefit. I have also tried innumerable strongly recommended j remedies, which have failed to effect a cure. I spent the last summer at the White Sulphur and Hot Springs in Virginia, to little purpose. I j After my return home, I so fhr recovered, as to bo able to walk about a little. About six Weeks since, 1 had a severe attack which again con- i fined me to u*y tied, I was in great pain and scarcely able to move my I limbs, when a friend of mine called and informed me that you had dis , covered an infallible remedy, and had cured many, and amongst them, ■ one of my friends, and showed me a letter from hftn slating the fact. . I was induced to try your Rheumatic Liniment, and take pleasure in I informing you that in less than twenty-four hours from the first appli : cation I was perfectly fre* from pain, and continue so up to this time, j lam now able to attend to business, and fondly hope all those afflici- j j in!, as 1 have been* Indy lie as speedily relieved, as l have been with j your medicine. Wishing you all the blessings you deserve dear sir, Your grateful and obedient Servant, GJJPx W VRJ* 2 WORTH. Cbtrxavs, Ga., Oct. 18-49. Dr.dc Gref,nried —Dr.ar StR. 1 take pleasure In giving you the particulars of in* - affliction by, and relief from Rheumatism. During the spring of 1844 I was afflicted with a very severe attack of Inllam i mntory Rheumatism. I employed all the most celebrated remedies then known and used in similar cases, aided by medical advice, until September, 1845, with no satisffictory result whatever. I was then | induced, by a rheumatic acquaintance, to try your Liniment, as some thing new, and which had cured him; and in one month from the time I commenced the application, I was well, and clear of the Rheu- j wntisMtas I ever was, and have continued so to this time. Yours, Truly, L. V. MORTON. For sale at Payne & Nisbett’s Drug Store, Macon, and by Agents ; tin all the principal cities and towns in the United States. Price $5 per bottle—none genuine without the signature of the discoverer on the side label of the bottle, and across the cork. dc GRAFFLNIULD 5c Cos., Proprietors. Columbus-, June 14,1850. “ • I.’ ly. “ I Tread no Step Backwards.”* pioatkia avavaaaaav, or S. THOMSON, M. D., MACON, GEORGIA. poR a period of over thirteen years, ,t ha, been Urn province of r the undersigned to present the people of Georgian- the surrounding Mates, he results of the use of Medicines, in the treatment and curt ofdieeTse.a* contrad,st.nsui.hr, 1 from poisonous substances, to which from childhood, they have been accustomed, and to whose pernicious effects upon tne constitution many of them arc 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 thine*, and to produce instead thereof, a conviction that even in medirine!a in oilier branches of the physical sciences, new ideas may be adwinr 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 accoinplishna'nf. This succed* in curing diseases of the most hopeless character after all other means had failed, and that too, in many instances, without tot ing the patient, has long Leen the subject of general remark, exhibiting as it does, in bold relief tin’ difference between restoring a case that has been oWwfWy abandoned, and simply raising another, that hun dreds of others could cure. Such cases can be pointed o„t in almost every county in Georgia where sonic pwr.decrcpid. helpless being, after testing every local means without avail have sent off. a* a dernier resort, a description of their diseases to a distance, in many instances hundreds oL 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 -1 roads,pointing the way the city of refuge. Without subjecting himself to the charge of presumption, he wouW ! yet boldly say, that he firmly believes that nine-tenths of the so called l incurable cases in Georgia, are y t t within the reach of medicine and can be cured by pursuing a proper course of medication, with the e*- ercie of necessary care and perseverance, on the |.art of the patient, which in all cases of a lingering character, are of the last important*.- The great facilities forthis kind of treatment presented in the cheap postage system, has 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 thereare thousand* more who mar reap the same advantages, by simply pursuing a similar course. Let the afflicted 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 amsouut wifi answer, (this oljriatrs the inconrenimcc of making accounts at great and stances.) and if not r.hle. pre-pay and mail the letter to his address, when medicines suitable to the case w ill be compounded and sen® with full directions. The charge for treatment is only ($5. five dollars, monlhlv, a suo 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 persevt-rr; report progress month ly, or oftener, as may be nocessary, and closely watch the progress nf the cure. Having been long and extensively engaged in the treatment of dis eases peculiar to females, he w ould say that tliey may avail them selves ofhis knowledge, with the utmost confidence, in his prudence and integrity, so that in writing out their symptoms, thev may express’ themselves with the necessary freedom. In some of the disease*of the renal and procreative system, the medicines being more costly, tho charge will lie increased. Such cases as require personal attention, w ill be treated on liber# terms * n *bc city, where the necessary accommodation* can always be had. Those wishing further inf-trmatioa in regard to results, will address a port-paid letter to the undersigned, who will immediately mail to the applicant such documents as must disarm doubt. M. S. THOMSON, M. D. MJune 41850 .. jo | T Beauty and Economy Combined. THE OLD VIRGINIA BYE-HOUSE!I (rntENIX-LIKE> HAS from its ashes arisen, with all its VARIOUS VIRTFES, ITS ORIGINAL COLORS TO BESTOW. f I''HE subscriber most respectfully inform* his customer* and the pub- J lie generally, that bis ertahKnbmeiit has been re-built, and ran now be found on tyoOTTON AVENUE, R est of the H ashtngUm flail. where he is fully prepared to execute in the best manner.all the various branches of DVEI.YG, Rr.VOr.ITr.VG. and Sr - I'.IIRI.VG all kinds of Ready-Made Clothing, and Ladies’ Dresses, ! Shawls Bonnets, and all sorts of Fancy Good* damaged by u*e. La i dies and gentlemen will please label all articles sent to this establish ! ment. I Good- from all parts of the Mate sent as before, shall receive prompt | attention, and forwarded back with care. Factories and others having warp filling to color, will find it to their j interest to test the virtues of this establishment. Person* withieg Homespun dyed, will please observe, for black the warp must be pur | pie or blue; for brown a copperas color, and for green the warp must be white. HT3T Cash must hr paid on the ddtrery of Goods. .. . JOHN C. I.OG AX. s Ladie.-. by calling at his establishment, w ill always find speci men* of his workmanship on hand. April 18, 1850. 4_6 m SIRGICAL OPERATIONM. DR. JAME.-S V EAI ER. (Memphis Tran.) propose* to perform an Surgical Operation of every d.-scripti<„. and is w ell prepared w ith all accessary instruments to perform evert description of opera tion that is performed in any of the northern cities. He opera!e.’*ur ressfully on all affections of the eye, as well a* all ether cases, and w ill insure a cure in all eases of cross-eye, (strabismusi and will guar antee success in every case of Club or Reel-Foot, tloxarthru*. or ren tracted tendon* in any portion ofthe system causing deformity. Testimonial.— The follow ing is given as one of manv certificates of successful operation which have been furnished Professor Weaver by his patients. From the Memphis Enquirer, Jan. 30:h 1850 Club or Reel Foot Cured. Mr. Em tor Dear Sir; Please publish the following case in vorr valuable periodical, that those wlm may he laboring under a similar deformity may know where to obtain relief. Mv feet w ere both reel ed or clubbed from birth, the toe*turned inw ards, the bottoms turned backwards, and the tops forward, which threw me on the outside of hit feet, on which I walked up to the time of the operai..n There was a large lump on the outside of each foot, where I rested the weight of my body in walking. I applied to Professor James Weaver, of Mem phis, Tenn. who is distinguished for bis surgical skill, and on the °Bth day from the time ofthe operation, he put straight shoe, on rov feet, they being straight be‘ore me and flat on the bottoms I ran now walk on them very well and am improving daily and expect ir a short time to run and jump equal toany neighbor. There i. no pain atten ding the operation but wliat can be easily stood by any one, and dur ing the w hole operation there is scarcely anv blood lost, and no sore* or inflamation. as most persons might suppose. There i* hardly any sum that would induce ine toexchangc mv straight feet for the crook ed ones I had six weeks ago. I would advise all persons who are Is boring under that deformity, to call on Dr. Weaver, who witl cure them with certainty. E. T PETTY March 21st, 1850. IMF A C O If Candy Manufactory. I lit Subscriber still continues to manufacture CANDY of every A variety, next door below Ross & Co's, on Cotton Avenue Hav increased my facilities and obtained additional Took, I am now prepar ed to put up to order, CANDIES, of any variety, and warranted rqua j to an > manuiaetured in the South. I also manufacture a superior ar j Dele of I-emon and other SYRIA'S, OORIH.IIA PKFBERVEB, fcc. All my articles arc well |sicked, delivered at any point in this tit* ; and warranted to give satisfaction. .. . ‘ 11. C. FREEMAN, Agent, March. 21, 1850. , REMEMBER! ! TXTH.EN in vojit extremity that Dr. .If. N. THOMSON > , “ ,n Macon, Georgia. and when written to, send* Medicine by mail to any [art of the country. I*ont give up all hope without consulting him. ! June?, 1850* jj RAGS! RAGS!! RAGS!!! fat ROCK ISJ.AND PACTORf 18 prepared to purchase dean Linen Hemp or Cotton 1 tags, and wits pay 3 1-2 e-nts per pound, for 100,000 pounds, delivered at the Mi lb, on the Chattahochee Kii-er, (three miles above CiJuiabue la quantitiesof not less than 100 pounds. Merchants and Traders in the surrounding country, will do well to draw she attention of their customers to -h advantage of saving their Rags, and exchanging them for their goes ■ and wares. Cash will always be jaid for them at -Rock Island Factory.” By I order of the Board. GEORGE IV. WINTER, Sec’v. Columbus, Ga. March 21st, 1850. Ijj— s3s REWARD. KAX A WAY from the SiiLmribcr on ,ho !SA of l„t month, a negro man named CHARLES, 23 or “4 year* old. lie is a dark mulatto, about six feet high, weighs ibout 180 lbs , wears whiskers, has rather small eyes, has souio xvarts on his left hand, and has cut a xvart from off his mid die huger of the left hand lately and pared off the -,,d of the huger hallway the nail. Charles was rawed in Cass cotmtv by Major John Dawson, he can write, and no doubt he will travel under aipass ot free papers of his own writing Jl e j, well acquainted in the Cherokee country, and ,n Tennessee and Augusta Ga., Charleston, S. C. and Savannah, Ga. Ib is very likely and very smart; can tell a lie with as much assurance as any negro; he talks with great firmness. I have no doubt but that he will attempt to get to Ohio or some other free State. He may pass under the name of Ch JSlake, or Charles Smith, or some other fictitious name. I will pay the above rexvardf for hisctelivery to me in Macon, or §2O for his arrest and confinement in any safe Jail so tb*t I get him. • SPENCER RILEY- Jly *9 17 State licensed Druggists. THE undersigned calls public attention to the above notice,and would say that they are prepared to Ml ™ ’ ders for any quanuty of Drugs Chemicals Surgeon > Instruments Medicine, Chests Perfumery. Soap*. G* l den Feeds Lemon Sugar, Vermrn Fnigon, and iMf thing elxc that -hculd he ftmad ma i*gu!*r Drug B* rr PAYNE fc VTfBKI- June 14,1850. 13—ts