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Slgrimltuvf, IHnnufiirturni, &r.
THE SOUTH.
Alabama Goods in Boston.
fcg” We have frequently alluded to the extraor
dinary efforts that have been made in several of the
Southern States, within three or four years to estab
lish cotton factories. At first, these efforts were rid
iculed, especially by the Northern and Eastern
States. The South, it was argued, was wholly un
fitted for the business of manufactures. Quite a
controversy took place through the Merchant’s Mag
azine. Gen. James took ground in favor of the
South, and Mr. Lawrence replied at length. The
one contended that the South contained all the ele
ments of a great manufacturing country, and the
other took a position exactly the reverse. Certain
it is, however, the experiment is in progress, and on
the largest scale. Hundreds of manufactories are
now in successful operation in Georgia, South Caroli
na, Mississippi, Alabama, and other Southern States.
At the last exhibition of the Franklin Institute in
this city, coarse cotton goods were exhibited from
some of the South Carolina mills, to which premi
ums were awarded. It will be seen also from the
following paragraph, which we copy from a late
number of the Boston Traveller, that Alabama has
actually produced cotton goods, which have sold
with advantage not only in Boston, but in New
York.
“ The Tuscaloosa Manufacturing Company, loca
ted at Scottsville, Ala., have recently sold goods
manufactured at their factory, in this market and
in New York. The goods are of coarse fabric, of the
kind denominated Osnaburgs. The factory at which
they were made is now in successful operation, not
withstanding the high price of cotton ; and last year
the company made a dividend of 8 per cent. —
They have made dividends as large as 40 per cent.
The factory has been in operation since 1836, and
is managed in person by Mr. David Scott, who is al
so the largest slaveholder, and who last year caused
extensive additions to be made in the machinery and
buildings. Th goods are sold in this city by one
of tlie largest houses in Pearl street.”
The argument now held by the Southern journal
ists is, that inasmuch as they grow the raw material
they can, by the agency of slave or free labor, man
ufacture it into coarser fabrics, and sell these at such
a rate .‘is to d< fy competition. And such would seem
to be the case, judging from the statement quoted
from the Boston Traveller. The question naturally
arises—what will be the effect upon New England J
The capitalists in that section of the country have
invested millions in cotton mills; many of them in
tended particularly for the manufacture of coarser ar
ticles. The South has appeared in the field as a
competitor, and under circcumstances of quite a for
midable character. But Yankee ingenuity will, we
venture to predict, soon devise a remedy. If the
South makes it apparent that she can manufacture
coarse goods cheaper than New England, that branch
of the business will soon be abandoned at Lowell,
Lawrence and similar locations, and finer fabrics
will be substituted. This change has already taken
place to a certain extent, as we are informed on
competent authority. To shew the spirit of the
.South on this subject, we invite attention to the fol
lowing article from a late number of the Richmond
Republican:
“ The Southern States produce more than three
fourths in quantity and value of the Cotton of the
world.
“It stated in a late speech of Gov. Hammond of
South Carolina, upon the authority of the report of
the Secretary of the Treasury, that the whole value
of exports for 1849, including cotton, will be £99,-
500,000, being more than two-thirds of the whole
domestic exports from the United States for that
year, which was £131,“710,081, being more than two
thirds of the whole domestic exports from the North
for the same year, which was £32,210,081. The
remarkable fact is also shown that the domestic ex
ports of the South, exclusive of Cotton, her great
staple, are £32,074,176, while all the exports of the
North, are $32,210,081, leaving the value of her
cotton over the above.
“ What the South might attain if her attention
were fully turned to manufacturing her own pro
ductions, may be inferred from the following reports
which have been made from Tennessee, Alabama,
Georgia and South Carolina:
There are in operation,
Manufactures. Spindles. Capital Bales annu
invested. ally consu
med.
Tennessee 30 36,000 100,000 12,000
Alabama 10 12,580 500,000 5,500
Georgia, 36 51,140 121,000 27,100
S. Carolina 10 36,500 1,000,000 15,000
92 136,220 £1,721,000 59,600.
“ If the South, under such circumstances, with such
a rich diversity of climate and soil ; with a bound
less capacity of producing everything neccessary to
the comfort and sustenance of man ; with unsurpas
sed manufacturing and commercial its well as agri
cultural advantages; with a population of one mil
lion, cannot maintain her independence in the Amer
ican Union, —nay more, if she does not become in
the next half century, the most populous, the most
powerful, and the most wealthy of this American
confederacy, she will have nothing to blame but her
own supineness and lethargy, and instead of grumb
ling at the North, will perish with the mortifying
consciousness that she is the author of her own ruin.”
This subject is important in more respects than
one, and we shall watch it closely. Our brethren
of the South appear really to have roused them
selves. —N. A. Farmer.
From the North American Farmer.
A Model Pennsylvania Farm.
\Y e were much gratified a few days since with a
ramble over the remarkable fine Dairy Farm of Mr.
Isaac Newton, in Delaware county, and about eight
miles from the city. An estate in better condition,
whether we refer to the meadows and grass lands,
or to the coming crop of Mediterranean Wheat,
Oats and Indian Corn, it has never been our good
fortune to examine. Ihe entire farm consists of two
hundred and fifty-two acres of excellent land, in a
remarkably fertile country, agreeably alternated with
hill and dale—the general character of the scenery
being wavy and graceful, rather than abrupt—and
finely dotted with groves of giant trees. The whole
is well fenced, a feature that always denotes sound
judgment in a farmer; and .at the present time
there are one hundred acres fit for the scythe—a
bout sixty acres grazed, and sixty or more arable—
all being beautifully clean and clear of rank weeds
and sour grass. From twenty acres of corn, a yield
of from eighty to one hundred bushels per acre is
contemplated—from a very heavy piece of oats,
eighty bushels to the acre—and quite an equal pro
portion of wheat in a third and large field. A few
years since, one field produced seventy-two and a
half bushels of corn per acre (hills seven feet apart)
—fifty bushels of potatoes aud seventeen cart loads
of pumpkins. The estate employs seventeen regu
lar hands, and twenty-two in busy seasons, with
fourteen horses and four noble oxen—and to judge
| from the perfection of all around and about, and the
remarkably “good heart” in which the land is kept
—of a verity, neither men or horses could have had
much idle time. On enquiry, we found that a por
tion of the estate, bearing a very heavy swartli of
grass, (timothy, green grass and clover mixed) was
grazed from the middle of April to the 20th of May
—a fact that speaks well for the quality of tho soil.
Ihe display of tine cows presents to the eye of the
farmer or breeder, one of the finest exhibitions ot
the kind in the country, especially at milking time,
when all are assembled in a vast barn-yard —and
the cattle sheds for their winter accommodation, the
barns and other out buildings, are extensive and ot
a superior character. The cows are nearly all of a
high class Devon breeds, known everywhere as capi
tal milkers. ‘\Ye saw but few of other kinds, though
it would not be’ right to pass unnoticed a superb
Durham bull, and some three months’ old calves ot
prime breed and great value—several of which are
destined fur the South. There are 75 cows in all
on the farm, 66 of which are in milk. Mr. Newton
lias also a capital chicken-house, and about 700 lay
ing hens—besides pens with 150 hogs. —There is,
however, one feature on this farm, worthy ot imita
tion in many districts of our country. Me refer to
the ingenious and most profitable specimen ot un
der-draining—by which 30 acres ot deep soft bog,
not worth a cent an acre when a swamp —have been
converted into dry and wonderfully rich soil, which
after the dressing of a coat of lime, to kill oft the
weeds, swamp grass, reeds, Ac., produces full three
tons of the best hay per acre! This is not all—for
the stone drains having been turned into a stagnant
ditch, have converted it into a meandering brook
that “babbles by” over a sandy and pebbly bottom—
fertilizing in its course a large section of land. But
we are already extending our limits, and are there
fore compelled to omit any remarks upon a straw
berry plantation, 20 acres of majestic woods, aud the
substantial “stone hedges,” that bid fair to last to
the end of time. When it is remembered that ag
riculture is one of the most worthy pursuits of man,
the foundation as it wore of national prosperity—for
the productions of nature are in all eases the ele
ments of art —it is with a sincere commingling of
pride and pleasure that we wander over such a mod
el American farm as that of Mr. Isaac Newton.
Encourage lour Own Mechanics.
Do not send abroad for help, if you have work to
do—when it can be done in your own neighborhood
—perhaps at your next door. Encourage your own
honest, industrious, faithful mechanics. They need
all the work they can get. By such a course, you
keep money at home—assist the worthy, and have
just as good work performed. It is the only way to
make a town prosperous, to support your schools
and churches. Where there is a disposition to send
a hundred miles for articles that, to say the least,
could be manufactured at your own door, there will
always be little or no business done in the place —
the churches will be thinly attended and all kinds of
labor extremely dull.—Wherever mechanics are the
best employed, prosperity is seen —the social virtues
predominate—travelling mountebanks and pedlers
retire in disgust, and a kindly, brotherly feeling is
experienced, which is the source of unspeakable
happiness.
Whatever you have to be done, look around and
see if your neighbors cannot do it. If you have a
house to build or a shoe to tap, a harness to be made
or a pump to be bored, a pack of cards to be printed
or a well to be dug, just look among your neighbors,
before you undertake to send abroad, and if yon
have none around you capable of the task, it will
be time enough to look elsewhere. It is a wrong
idea, to suppose nothing is serviceable that is made
at home. \Ye know of many an instance where
men have refused to purchase work made by their
neighbors,and sent to a distant city for the articles
they needed, and paid a third more for them, when
behold, they had been manufactured and sent away
to sell by the very neighbors of whom they refused
to purchase.
Let it be the motto of all —I will encourage my
own neighbors. In turn you will be encouraged al
so. A mutual feeling of good will and kindness
will spring up in your midst, and prosperity will be
observable in every street and in every dwelling.—
Boston Olive Branch.
Remedies against Moths.
It is an old custom with some liousewifes to throw
into their drawers every year, a number of fir cones,
under the idea that their strong resinous smell might
keep away the moth. Now, as the odor of these
cones is due to turpentine, it occurred to Reaumur
to try the effect of this volatile liquid. lie rubbed
one side of a piece of cloth with turpentine, and
put some grubs on the other; the next morning they
were all dead, and strange to say, had voluntarily a
bandoned their sheaths. On smearing some paper
slightly with oil, and putting this into a bottle with
some of the grubs, the weakest were immediately
killed ; the most vigorous struggled for two or three
hours, quitted their sheaths, and died in convulsons.
It was soon abundantly evident that tho vapor of oil
or spirits of turpentine acts as a terrible poison to
the grubs. Perhaps it may be said that this remedy
is worse than the disease, but, as Reaumur justly
observes, we keep away from a newly painted room,
or leave oft’ for a few days a coat from which stains
have been removed by turpentine, why therefore can
we not once a year keep away for a day or two from
rooms that have been fumigated with turpentine.
It is however surprising, how small a quantity of
turpentine is required ; a small piece of paper or
linen just moistened therewith, and put into the war
drobe or drawers a single day, two or three times a
year, is a sufficient preservation against moths. A
small quantity of turpentine dissolved in a little
spirits of wine (the vapor of which is also fatal to
the moth) will entirely remove the offensive odor,
and yet be a sufficient preservative. The fumes of
burning paper, wool, linen, feathers, and of leather,
are also effectual, for the insects perish in any thick
smoke; but the most effectual smoke is that of to
bacco. A coat smelling but slightly of tobacco is
sufficient to preserve a whole drawer. We trust our
fair readers will not scold us for thus affording their
husbands or lovers an additional excuse for perpe
trating a bad habit. The vapor of turpentine and
the smoke of tobacco are also effectual in driving a
way flies, spiders, ants, earwigs, bugs, and fleas. The
latter tormentors are so abundant on the continent,
;is frequently to deprive the weary traveller of his
night’s rest. If he would provide himself with a
phial, containing spirits of wine and turpentine in
equal parts, and would sprinkle a few drops over the
sheets and coverlid before retiring to rest, he will
probably have reason to be grateful for the hint.
Foreigners who are in tbe habit of smoking in their
bed-rooms —a habit which excites surprise and dis
gust in England ; it will now be seen, however, that
there is a reason for the practice.
loung Men —Agricultural.
Whatever may be your choice of future occupa
tion—w hatever calling or profession you may select,
there is certainly none more honorable or enviable
than that of a farmer. The patriarch of the fields,
as he sits beside his cottage door when his daily toil
is over, feels an inward calm never know n in the halls
of pride. Ilis labor yields him unpurchaseable
health and repose. I have observed w ith more grief
and pain than Fean express, the visible tokens which
appear in all directions of a growing disposition to
avoid agricultural pursuits, and to rush into some ot
the over-crowded professions, because a corrupt and
debasing fashion has thrown around them the tinsel
of imaginary respectability. Hence the farmer, in
stead of preparing his child to follow in the path of
usefulness himself has trod, educates him for a sloth:
?is sisiiss.
labor is considered vulgar; to work is ungenteel,
the jack-plane is less respectable than the lawyer’s
green bag ; the handles of the plough less dignified
than the yard-stick. Unfortunate infatuation ! How
melancholy is this delusion which unless it be check
ed by a wholesome reform in public opinion, will
cover our country with wreck aud ruin. This state
of things is striking at the very foundation of our
national greatness ; it is upon agriculture that we
mainly depend for our continued prosperity, and
dark and evil will be the day when it falls into dis
repute. What other pursuit offers so sure a guar
anty of an honest independence, a comfortable sup
port for a dependent family Where else can we
look but to the productions of the soil for safety of
investment, and for an ample return ? In commer
cial speculations all is chance and uncertainty, change
and fluctuation, rise and fall. In the learned pro
fessions scarce one in ten make enough to meet their
incidental expenses; how then are we to account
for this fatal misdirection of public opinion \
To Grow Flowers in Winter. —Do the Ladies
wish to make flowers grow in winter ? Then saw off
the branch of the shrub that you wish, and lay it for
an hour in a running stream. Then carry it into a
warm room, and fix it upright in a wooden box or
tub containing water. Allow it to remain in it 12
hours, when it must be removed and water added,
with which a small quantity of vitriol is mixed to
prevent its putrifying. In the course of some hours
the blossoms begin to make their appearance and af
terwards the leaves. If more lime be added, the
process is quickened, while, ii’ the lime be not used
at all, the process is retarded, and the leaves appear
before the blossoms.
1 1
(T'ljf Hkmiirist.
“ Let dimpled mirth his temples twine,
With tendrils of the laughing vine.”
From Uncle Sam.
Deacon Snowball’s Sermon.
Bclubbcd Bruddring and Sisters : —Your ’speed
ed preacher am gwoine to gib you a text dis time
from the prophet Barrabbas. it am in de follerin’
language ob wit: —
“Men show’ as murky clouds in sunshine dressed,
The light of reason suffered, not possessed.”
Your ’speeded preacher liab taken dis text bekase
it ’lude in a ticklar manner to de popylation ob col
or —to my brudd’ring ’cording to de flesh.
De text tell you dat “men show’ as murky clouds.”
Ob course dat am de dark-complected kind ob men;
bekase ele colored poppy lation am called clouds.
Dem men dat shows as clouds am black fokes, and
not de white poppylation. But de text also say dat
dem clouds is “in sunshine dressed.” Dat ’lude to
de sack dat de colored fokes am always in de sun
shine. Dem clouds am gwoine out to sun darseff.
Black fokes always like to be in de sun, bekase it
am warm dar. Cold wedder am bery bad for de
poppylation ob color. L>ey nebber ’tand him at all;
but dey stretch out black snake wen de wedder is
warm. In de hot sun, dey shine like glass bottle.
Dey come forth like lion from de swelling ob Jordan.
Dey am like de great Anaconda ob de wilderness,
and de ourang outang ob de metropolis. Darfore
you is ’formed bery ’ticklarly about de ’stinction ob
de clouds.
De colored poppylation am not to be sneezed at
by dem dat liab not got no snuff. Your ’spected
preacher hab seen dem lavin’ ’bout on sullar door
and warming demseffin de sun. He hab seen dem
laying ’bout at de w harf and on de bottom ob a boat
dal was turned up on de wharf. Dey am de chil
dren ob de sun, and dey ’juice in de warm wedder.
Dar am some w hite fokes dat toll you dat de pop
pylation ob color am good for nossin bekase dey
can’t ’tand de cold wedder; but wot you want dem
in de cold wedder for ? —Dar is plenty ot white
fokes to - go in de cold wedder. Dey know better
dan to go dar. —You hab heard how it am wid Doc
tor Franklin who am gone to the Norf Boles whar
de wedder is so coledat de ice freeze as thick as a
mountain, lie hab gone dar and got lost, and his
wife offer fifty dollars to bring back her husband to
dc same. Spose de colored fokes go dar in dat cold
w’edder too. Den dey get lost like Doctor Franklin
and nebber come back no more. If your ’spected
preacher hab gone dar in de Norf Bole, you nebber
see him again. You get no clam soup dar, and lob
ster freeze before you cook him.
Darfore de poppylation ob color knows better dan
to go to dem cold place. Dey go in de sun, ’cording
to de text and keep darseff warm, and dey don’t
lose dar wallible life like Doctor Franklin does at
the Norf Bole.
Darfore de text ’peak to you ’bout the light ob
reason. Dar am a great many kind ob light in dese
days. Dey hab camphene and spirit gas, and dey
don’t use so much taller candle as dey hab use iu dc
ole time. De light ob reason am anudder kind ob
light. It am brighter dau wax candle, and if you
light de streets wid de same, I ’spect you hab no
more ne>ed ob watchmen dar; bekase you see chea
ting as well as you see ’em in dc day time.
be two parts ob de text togedder, bring you to
dis conclusion —dat dar am no people dat hab rea
son like de colored poppylation. Dey nebber get
into no scrape bekase dey hab so much reason. Dey
always looks before dey leaps, except Luke Jon
sing’s widder; and she jump ober a stone wall in
de country and come down on de back ob Rufus
Wing’s sow dat was squatting dar iu de mud. De
sow jump up and fling dat colored lady in de mud.
Dat am a ’robberation of the text dat you muss
look before you leap.
Your ’spected preacher am ’quested to ’nounce
dat de singin’school dat was to he held in de sullar
hab been sold out to a gemman ob color from Bab
ylon, and darfore all dem dat used to go dar will
leaf it off, as de school am gone. I tink de name
ob de gemman dat took him was Ephrain Burds,
and he will keep the same down Cat alley.
Dar hab been colored gal ’suited dat long to dis
church. It was Ruth Rug. She was gwoine down
Cornhill wid her new parasol and ’traw bonnet de
todder day, when she hear some white fellers sing
out to her. She turn ’round to see what de same
want ob her.
Den one ob de young white fellers say —“why
you hab parasol —you ’feared to spile your ’plexiou
wid de sun ?”
Den she feel her cheek blush as red as a red cab
bage, and she say to dem white chaps : “Git out
you wall faced whelps—does your mother know
you’re out ?”
Iu dat way dis young wirgin ob color was ’suited
by de white fokes in de ’treet wen she was gwoine
to de shop for her quart ob beer.—She was bery
much afeard dat dey try to seduce her, and she tend
to get up a law here agin seduction, to keep her
from being seduced. All dem colored ladies dat
wants to sign de petition agin being seduced w ill
come up aud put down dar name on de petitions
dat will be kept hung up at de sullar till dey is fill
ed up wid de names ob de colored poppylation.
As the wedder is bery hot, Brudder Sweden may
help Brudder Cole pass ’round de hat. You can
put something into boss hats if you choose.
Dar w ill be a baby christened in dis church nix
Sunday afternoon.
A girl out west who had become tired of
single blessedness, thus wrote to her intended:
“ Deer Jim: Come right off, if you’re cornin’ at
all, ’cause Sam Holmes is insistin’ that I shall have
him, an’ lie hugs an’ kisses me so continually, I can’t
hold out much longer. I must have a feller before
next w inter, 1 cau't stan’ it any longer. Your flame.
Sally Ann.
LINES TO A POLLIWOG.
Dweller in the watery bog!
Embryo—prototypic frog,
Wiggling waggling Polliwog,
Wiggle waggle--waggle wiggle !
Like a cow when flies are eating,
Her, or females’ fans at meeting;
Ceaseless, ceaseless, is the beating;
Wiggle waggle—waggle wiggle !
“Lives of great men all remind us,”
That's the way to leave behind us,
Wakes by which the world will find us :
Wiggle waggle—waggle wiggle 1
1 have seen the world, and round it
Journeyed much, and still have found it
All the same where’er I sound it:
Wiggle waggle—waggle wiggle!
lie who waggles most will surely
Scull his boat the most securely
To the port, and all by purely
Wiggle waggle—waggle wiggle!
Once thou wrist a spawning egg:
Waggling brought the tail and head,
Waggling soon will start a leg;
Wiggle waggle—waggle wiggle !
Sticking to one’s Righis.
Old stories very often have a forcible application
to present times. The following anecdote we met
with lately in an exchange paper:
‘ How is it, John, that you bring the wagon home
in such a condition V
4 1 broke it driving over a stump.’
‘ Where ?’
1 Back in the woods half a mile or so.’
* But why did you run against the stump ?
Couldn’t you see how to drive straight i’
‘ I did drive straight, sir, and that is the very rea
son I drove over it. The stump was directly in the
middle of the road,’ *
4 Why, then, did you not go round it.’
4 Because, sir, the stump had no right in the mid
dle of the road, and 1 had a right in it.’
‘True, John, the stump had not ought to have
been in the middle of the road, but I wonder that
you were so foolish as not to consider that it was
there, and that it was stronger than your wagon.’
4 Why father, do you think that 1 am always go
ing to give up my rights ? not I. lam determined
to stick up to them, come what will.’
‘But what is the use, John, of standing up to
rights, when you only get a greater wrong by so
doing ?’
4 1 shall stand up for them at all hazards.’
4 Well, John, all I have to say is this—hereafter
you must furnish your own wagon.’
In the political world there is a very large and
ugly stump, placed directly in the middle of the
high road over which our great legislative wagon
has to pass. What is worse, too, some of our South
ern fellow-citizens helped the North to place the
stump exactly in its present position, or rather dig
away the earth which had previously hidden it.—
These very same politicians now insist on driving
directly over the stump, because it is in the middle
of the road, it being one of their undoubted rights
to use that portion of the highway. Little care they
whether the wagon is broken or not in the passage;
they insist on their rights at all hazards. \V ould it
not be proper for them to reflect upon the agency
they had in giving the stump its present position,
before they put into practice their threats to break
the wagon upon it, merely because those who helped
them to put it there, fancying it a great improvement
to the highway, will not assist in its removal i
There is one thing that is very certain: the people
who own the vehicles that travel over this road, will
take verv good care that their rash drivers in future
their own wagons—jVatrhez Courier.
Examining Judge to iiis Pupil.—Sir, it would he
idle to trouble you farther. You are perfect, and I
will dismiss you with a few words of advice, which
you will do well to follow. \ou will find it laid
down as a maxim of the civil law, never to kiss the
maid when you can kiss the mistress. Carry out
this principle, sir, and you are safe. Never say boo
to a goose, if she has the power to lay golden eggs.
Let your face be long, and your bills longer. Nev
er put your hand in your own pocket when any one
rise’s is hamlv. Keep your conscience for your own
private use, and don’t trouble it with other men’s
matters. Plaster the judge and butter the jury.—
Look wiser than an owl, and be as oracular as the
town clock, and above all get money. Honestly
if you can, my dear sir, but get money. I welcome
you sir to the Bar.
Arc Fleas Lobsters? —Some philosopher, we think
it was Sir Joseph Banks, was represented as maintaining
the theory that fleas are but a diminutive species of lobster.
He brought a great amount of scientific learning and research
to the support of this odd conceit. There was one practical
way of testing it: namely, by boiling fleas in water, and if
they should turn red, a triumph awaited the philosopher;
his theory was verified. If boiling should not have the col
oring effect upon them, it would be positive that they did not
belong to the respectable family of lobsters. The experi
ment was no sooner suggested than it was tried. The fleas
were boiled. With intense anxiety Sir Joseph watches them
in the pot; incredulously sees them retain their original col
or ; wipes the perspiration from his forehead, and looks more
closely; indignantly observes the perverse insect, in utter dis
respeot to his theory, putting on no change of hue ; until lie
vents his chagrin and disgust, and, at the same time, recants
his theory in the exclamation: “ Fleas are not lobsters —
blast their eyes I”
The Three Cases.—A few weeks ago a lonely
traveller was seen approaching a solitary log hut
which stands fifty miles from any house, in the cen
tre of a western prairie. The tenant of the cabin
was much struck by the woe-begone looks of the
traveller who approached, holding his knapsack in
his hand. The following confab took place :
“ What is your opinion of tho Webster case ?”
asked the traveller.
“ Never heern of it,” answered the squatter.
“ And what do you think of the Forrest Divorce
case
“ Never heern of him naytlier,” responded the
squatter.
“ And —and —as to the Galphin claim,” continu
ed the traveller.
“ Never heern of him,” was the quick response
of the squatter.
The stranger burst into tears.
“ Stranger!” he cried in an anguish of a joy “I'll
stay with you a few weeks. It will take some three
weeks for those three cases to reach this quarter ;
and when they and then, I’ll strike out for
Japan.”
Beautiful, oh beautiful, were many of the ladies
we passed on the streets, yesterday, as we trudged
along; counting the rosy hours for the want of hot
ter employment. We could scarce keep from “lay
ing hands” upon some of them, in all brotherly
kindness, and saluting them with a kiss, “ devout
and holy.” We didn't do it though. But we saw
the thing done. A gallant young man and a beau
tiful girl met —“ Oh,” exclaimed she, “ I’m so hap
py !” “Heaven bless you!” replied he, and in a mo
ment there was a rustling of silk, and a sound, like
—what shall we compare it to—a sound as grateful
to the ear as the popping of a champagne bottle,
when the anxious cork leaps from its rude embrace
—and such a sparkling of bright eyes! Well, well
thought we, if brother and sister loves so fondly,
how is it with mere lovers, and we dropped into
Mac's store to keep up the excitement.
Dr. de GRAFFENRIED’S
CELEBRATED
RHEUMATIC LINIMENT.
IN introducing this medicine to the people of the United States, for
sale, the proprietors beg leave to submit the following statement
of Dr. de Graffenried, its discoverer and inventor:
The undersigned frankly states that he has prescribed this medicine
for the last twenty-two years, in all forms of Acute and Chrome Rheu
matism, with a success unparalleled in the annals of of medicine; and
he has no hesitation in saying, that it is decidedly the most valuable
remedy ever yet discovered for the relief of this most jniinfuland dis
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 from 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
is permanently cured , remains so, not a solitary instance having been
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.
L T p 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 been
translated into the English language, and had used all the remedies of
any notoriety then in vogue with the profession, with however, very
rarely 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. But the un
dersigned Matters 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
iment, I take pleasure in stating that I believe it one of the
most valuable remedies ever used for that common and most
distressing disease, having witnessed its effects upon a ne
gro man of mine, who had been afflicted for four years, un
til almost every joint was enlarged, and the body otherwise
emaciated. By the use of four or five bottles, in three weeks,
he was relieved entirely froni pain.
Columbus, Ga., Oct. 24, 1849. A. K. AYER.
Columbus, October 30, 1849.
Dear Sir —About the first of April last, I came to Colum
bus to get medical assistance, and was advised to call on you
as having a remedy that would afford me speedy relief. I
w'as taken down in January last, with a violent attack of
Rheumatism ill nearly all my joints, so badly, that I could
not pull off my shoes without aid ; nor could 1 ascend or de
scend steps, or pull off my clothes without assistance. My
right arm and hand were nearly useless; the fingers con
tracted and swollen ; the right knee swollen and stiffened,
so that I could not bend it bui very little. Up to the Ist of
April, I was all the time in suffering and pain ; I rubbed
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 stick, and back to my room—l
could also bend my knee and bring it up to the chair, which
the previous day, 1 could not have done if my life had de
pended on it. I could also use, open and 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. I would not have been in
the condition which 1 had been ten days before 1 called on
you, for any amount of money that could be given me ; for
what is life worth when in constant pain and misery! 1
consider your Rheumatic Liniment, the most valuable med
icine in the world. I am, dear sir, your friend.
J. H. SMITH.
Columbus, Nov. 1, 1849.
Dear Sir—My negro woman Patience, a cook, had a stiff
neck from a painful Rheumatic affection, for six or seven
years, and could not turn her neck except with the body. I
was induced to purchase a bottle of your Liniment, which
was applied in August or September of 1848. One bottle
entirely relieved Iter and she now has the use of her neck as
well as ever site had ; aud up to this time it has not return
ed. GARLAND B. TERRY.
Philadelphia, Feb. 1, 1850.
Dr. de Graffenried—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, 1 was induced to try a bottle of it, and after three
days, 1 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., Oct. 13, 1819.
Dr. IC. L. de Graffenried—Dear Sir: 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
joint of my finger, last winter, with acute Rheumatism, and
having used many of the unnumbered preset iptions for its
cure, with hut little benefit, I made application of two bottles
of your Liniment, which I am happy to say relieved me in a
very short time. I can recommend its use to all persons af
fected in like manner.
Very respectfully, F. S. CHAPMAN.
I can testily to the efficacy of Dr. de Graffenried's Rheu
matic Liniment in the case of Air. F. S. Chapman, as it came
under my immediate observation.
Oct. 13, 1849. It. A. WARE, M. I).
Dear Sir —Some time in January last, Mrs. McKee was
taken very ill with Inffammatory Rheumatism in her shoul
der joints, extending to her elbow joint, and arm, which dis
abled her from using her urm almost entirely ; and from the
pain, want of sleep, and great restlessness, for not less than
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
the bottle, she was entirely relieved, aud 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 I have heard from others.
Dr. E. E. dc Gruffcuried. 11. C. McKEE.
Columbus, Oct. 19th, 1849.
Dr. de Graffenried—Dear .Sir: 1 take pleasure in saying, 1
have a boy who was so badly afflicted with Rheumatism,
that he could not raise his hand to Ills head, and had nearly
lost the use of his arm. 1 used the fourth of a bottle of your
Rheumatic Liniment, which relieved him entirely. I con
sider it a most valuable remedy for the cure of Rheumatism.
RANDOLPH L. MOTT.
Joses’ Hotel. Pim.ADSi.riUA, March 3d, 1850.
Cot. A. n. Ragan —.Sir, it affords ine great pleasure to tie able to
bear testimony to the efficacy and virtues of Ur. dc GraffenrieXs
Rheumatic JAnimcut.
I have been sorely afflicted for the last six years with what I lieliev
ed to he, and what eminent Physicians of this city pronounced, Rheu
matic gout, for several winters past I have been confined to iny room
and bed nearlyall the time. In January last, I had an attack as violent
if not more so than usual, which prostrated me for about three weeks;
on your recommendation I commenced the use of this Liniment.
(With I must confess but little faith.) Its effects were astonishing
and decidedly beneficial from its first application. In a few days iny
back, wrists and ankles were entirely relieved (aud 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 dischargt of my ordinary
business ever since.
1 consider it an extraordinary, and decidedly the most efficacious
remedy for this disease, which I have ever met with. And most cheer
fully recommend its use to all who may be afflicted with it.
Respectfully Yours, N. W. BRIDGES*,
Jones’ Hotel.
Baltimore, March 30. 1850.
Ur. de Graffenried —Devr Sip., for the last twelve years. I have sot
fercc very severely with the Rheumatism, having been nearly one
fourth of the time confined to my bed by it. 1 have had the best med
ical aid to be found in various cities in the United states, with little or
no benefit. I have also tried innumerable strongly recommended
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.
After iny return home, 1 so far recovered, as to be able to walk about a
little. About six weeks since. 1 had a severe attack which again con
fined me to iny bed, 1 was in great pain and scarcely able to move my
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 ofmy friends, and showed me a letter from him stating the* fact.
I was induced to try your Rheumatic Liniment, and take pleasure in
informing you that in less than twenty-four hours from the first appli
cation I was perfectly free from pain, and continue so up to this time.
I am now able to attend to business, and fondly hope all those afflict
ed, as I have been, may lie as speedily relieved, as 1 have lieen tvilh
your medicine. Wishing you all the blessings you deserve dear sir.
Your grateful and obedient Servant,
GEO. WARDS WORTH.
Columbus, Ga„ Oct. 20, 1819.
Ur. de Graffinried —Dear Sir, I take pleasure in giving you the
particulars of iny affliction by, and relief from Rheumatism. During
Ihe spring of 1844 I was afflicted with a very severe attack of Inflam
matory Rheumatism. I employed all the most celebrated remedies
then known and used in similar cases, aided by medical advice, until
September, 1845, with no satisfactory result whatever. I was then
induced, by a rheumatic acquaintance, to try your I.iniinent, ns some
thing new, and which had cured him: and in one month from the
time I commenced the application, l was well, and clear of the Rheu
matism as 1 ever was, and have continued so to this time.
Yours, Truly, E- A/’- MORTON.
For sale at Payne & Nisbett’s Drug Store. Macon, and by Agents
tin all the principal cities and towns in the l nited States. Trice $5
per bottle—none genuine without the signature of the discot erer on
the side label of the bottle, and across the cork.
de GRAFFENRIED &l Cos., Proprietor*.
Columbus, June 14, 1850. D-
ITAGffiRaEO TYPING.
C 4 \V. PARK ER, would respectfully announce to the
citizens of Macon and its vicinity, that he has taken
the „ . , ,
HI aeon Das ue man Gallery,
A few doors below the Lamb*. House, where he hue just
received a stock of Fancy Cases, of all sizes, and is prepared
to take whole size miniatures. Ilis prices vary front $3 to
S2O.
Macon, June 14, 1850. 12— ts
“I Tread no Stop Backwards.”
or *
ITI. 8. THOMSON, Isl. D.,
MACON, GEORGIA.
a period of over thirteen years, it has been the province
| . the undersigned, to present to the people of Georgia, and the
surrounding States, the results of the use of innocent Vegetabla
Medicines, in the treatment and cure of disease, as eoniradistingi.iit ie [j
from poisonous substances, to which from childhood, they have
accustomed, and to whose pernicious effects upon the constitution
many of 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 thin.
and to produce instead thereof, a conviction that even in medicine.
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
coining age, may find easy of accomplishment.
This sueceds in curing diseases of the most hopeless character after
all other means had failed, and that too, in many instances, without ire
>g the patient.has long teen the subject of general remark, exhibiting
as it does, in liold relief the difference between restoring a case that
hastieen ah saint Aif abandoned, and simply raising another, that hun
dreds of others could cure.
Such cases can be pointed out in almost every 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 mi lei,
and received back those health restoring remedies that have restored
them again to health and to society, to their own astonishment and
their neighliors wonder, putting at naught the sneers of antagonistic
interests, and adding new finger |iosts 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 he firmly believes that nine-tenths of the so called
incurable cases in Georgia, are yet within the reach of medicine, and
can be cured by pursuing a proper course of medication, w ith the ex
ercise of necessary care and perseverance, on the part of the patient
which iu 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, has ls-. ii taken advantage of by thousands who hap
pily can indirectly attribute their present goes! health to that noble spe
cimen of liberal government; and there are thousands more who airy
reap the same advantages, by simply pursuing a similar course. |,*-t
the afflicted If lie 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 wiH
answer, (this obviates the inconvenience of making accounts at great
distances ,) and if not aide, pre-i*y and mail the letter to his address,
when medicines suitable to the ease will be compounded and scat
with full directions.
The charge for treatment is only ($5) five dollars, monthly, a sum
sufficiently small to obviate the fear of risk to any one. and “yet suth
cient to preserve linn 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
j ty, or oftener, as may be necessary, and closely watch the progress of
! the cure.
Having leen loner and extensively engaged in tin treatment of dis
eases |>eculiar to females, he would say that they may avail them
j selves of his knowledge, with the utmost confidence, in his prudence
j and integrity, so that in writing out their symptoms, they may express
j theinselvek with the necessary freedom. In some of the diseases of
the renal aud procreative system, the medicines being more costly, thv
charge will be increased.
Such rases as reyu'.rr personal attention, w ill bo treated on libera
terms in the city, where the necessary accommodations can always
l>e had.
Those wishing further information in regard to results, will addrrra
a post-paid letter to the iii:.l< reigned, who will immediately mail to
the applicant such documents as must disarm doubt.
M. 8. THOMSON, M. D.
94 1850,. 12—ly
Beauty and Economy Combined.
THE OLD URGLMA DYE-1I0HE!!
(nhemi-likk) has fbo* its ashes arisen, with all m
various virtues, its original COLORS to bestow.
r rMIE subscriber most respectfully informs his rustnniers and the pub-
JL lie eenerally, that his establishment lias been re-buit. and caa
now be found on t ycOTToN AVENUE, If cst of the Washington
HaIi.JLZ where be is fully prepared to execute in the best manner.ill
‘the various branches of 1) YKI.VG. RK.YOy.ITI.VG, and UK
rAIRI.YG all kinds of Ready-Made Clothing, and Ladies’ Dresses,
Shawls Bonnets, and all sorts of Fancy Goods damaged by use. In
dies and gentlemen will please label all articles sent to this establish
ment.
Goods from all parts of the B fate sent as before, shall receive prompt
attention, and forwarded bark with care.
Factories and others having w arp filling to color, w ill find it to their
interest to tet tlw virtues of this establishment. Persons wishing
Homespun dyed, will please observe, for black tho w arp must b* pur
ple or blue; for brown a copperas color, and for green tbs w arp nmst
be white.
FjP” Cash must hr paid on the delivry of Omuls.
JOHN C. LOGAN.
ZIT Ladies, by calling at his establishment, w iil always find speci
mens of his workmanship on hand.
April 18,1850. 4
Sl ItGICAL OPERATIONS.
DR. JAMES WEAVER, (Memphis Triin.) [.repos. , 1© perfrnu a*
Surgical Operation of every description, and is w ell prepared
with all necessary instruments to [.erform every and. scription of opera
tion that is performed in any of the northern cities. He oiierates suc
cessfully on all affections of the eye. as well as all ether rases, and
will insure a cure in all case* of cross-eye, (strabismus) and will gtiir
antee success in evrv case of Club or Red-Foot, (loxarthrus) or w
tracted tendons in any portion of the system causing deformity.
Testimonial. —The following is given ns one of many certificates of
successful operation which have Leen furnished Pro lessor Wcavsr
l>y faispetients.
From the Memphis Enquirer. Jan. 30th 1850.
Clnh or Reel Foot Cured.
Mr. Editor—Dear Sir: Please publish the following rase in your
valuable periodical, that those bo may be laboring under a similar
deformity may know where to obtain relief. Mv feet were both reel
ed or clubbed from birth, the toes turned inwards, the bottoms turned
lack wards, and the fl>|>s forward, which threw me on the outside of my
feet, on which I walked up to the time of the ojwrnli. ii. There was
a large lump on the outside of each foot, w here I rested the weight of
iny body in walking. I applied to Professor James Weaver. of Mem
phis, Tenn. who is distinguished for his surgical skill, and on the 2?lh
day from the time of the operation, he put straight shoes on my feet,
they being straight before me and flat on tbe bottoms. I can new
w alk on tliem very well and am improving daily and expert in a short
time to run and jump equal toany neighbor. There is no [win atten.
ding the operation but tvlmt can l-e easily stood by any os*#. sd dur
ing the whole o[*-ration there is scarcely any Mood bet. sad no sores
or inflamation. as most imtsoiis might supiosc. There is hardly any
sutn that would induce me tr.exchange my straight feet for the crook
ed ones 1 had six weeks ago. I would advise all persons who arc la.
iK.rmg under that deformity, to call on Dr. Weaver, who will cars
them with certainty.
„ K. T. PETTY.
March 21st, 18.0. • jj t^-
MACON
Gandy Manufactory.
f Subscriber still continues to nmnufaettu* CANDY of every
-m. variety, next d.vr below Ross k Go’s, <>n Cotton Avenue. Hav
incrcased my facilities and obtained additional Tools, I am now pre-par
edto put up toordcr, CANDIES?, of any variety, and warranted equa
to any manufactured in the South. I also manufacture a superior ar
ticle of Ixiii-n and oilier SYRUP!?, (.riIIDIMA PRESERVES, fcc.
AH niy articles are well packed, delivered at any point in this tity
and warranted to give satisfaction.
If. C. FREEMAN, Agent.
March, 21, 1850. j ,f
REMEMBER!
VVni-KN in your extremity that Dr. >l. S. THOMSON >s
T f still in Xttacon, Georgia, and when written to, rends
Medicine by mail toany part of the country.
Dontgive up all hope without consulting him.
June”, 1850- “ jy
RAGS! RAGS!! RAGS!!!
THE [ROCK ISLAND TAC TOUT
I" 8 prepared to purchase clean Linen Hemp or Cotton Rags, and will
.pay 3 1-2 rents |>er pound, for 100,000 pounds, delivered at ths
Mills, on the Chattahochee River, (three miles above Columbus; in
quantitaesof not less than loo[iounds.
Merchants and Traders in the surrounding country', will do well to
draw the attention ot their custom, rs to ih - advantage of saving lliiit
ltaL’s, and exchanging them fort her gisx’s ami wares.
Cash w ill always be paid for them at -Rock Island Factory.” By
order of the Board.
GEORGE W. WINTER, Sec y.
Columbus. Ga. March 2 1st, 1850. Jjj—
s23 KKWAKD7
I) ANA WAY from the Subscriber on the 25th of last
A month, a negro man named CHARLES. 23 or 24 years
old. He is a dark mulatto, about six feet high, weighs about
180 ll>s., wears whiskers, has rather small eyes, has some
warts on his left baud, and has cut a wart from off’ his mid
dle finger of the If ft hand lately and pared off the end of the
finger halfway the nail. Charles was raised in Cass county
by Major John Dawson, he can write, and no doubt he will
trivel under a puss 01 free papers of his own writing. He is
well acquainted in the Cherokee country, and in Tennessee
and Augusta Ga., Charleston, S. C. and* Savannah, Ga. He
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 tree State, lie may pass under the name of Chat-
Blake, or Charles Smith, or some other fictitious name- I
will pay the above reward for his delivery to tne in Macon, or
§>'-M for his arrest and confinement in any safe Jail so that I
g et . him - SPENCER RILEY-
July 19 n-
State Licensed Druggist
THE undersigned calls public attention to tbe abo
notice,and would say that they are prepared to fill or
dors for any quantity of Drug*. Chemicals, Surge** *
f&j&gm Instruments, Medicine, Chests, Perfumery. Soapt, Gr
den Feeds, Lemon Sugar, Vermin Poison, and ever?
thing else that should bt found in a regular Drug
PAYNE <k NIBBET.
June 14.1850. “ 12—ts
