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%iruttnrr, Blnnnfnrturrs, fa. Agricultural Truths. 1. Unless the farmer feeds his land, it w ill not feed him. 2. All wet lands should bo drained. By drain in them, the most stiff intractable soils may be chan ged into friable ones; the labor of culture will be reduced, the quantity of products increased, and their quality improved ; while the health of the place will also be improved. 3. Wet lands, which may need it, should always be drained before application of lime or marl, and time should be allowed for the soil to become com paratively dry, before being ploughed, or the lime or marl applied. 4. Lands which may have been drained by cover ed drains, should be ploughed crosswise the drains, until the soil which surmounts them shall have be come settled and firm. 5. It may be assumed ais a fact, that lands which have been in culture for a long series of years, w:th out being limed, will derive benefit from a dressing of lime or marl. 6. Stiff lands will bear heavier dressings of lime or marl, than sandy ones. Stiff lands, which may have been in grass, will bear more than those where on grass or clover had not been cultivated. First application of lime or marl, to thin sandy lands, should always be small ones preceded by nutritive manures, second applications of lime or marl not to be repeated unless after such land shall have been in grass or clover or received large dressings of ma nures comprising such organic matters. 7. Deep tilth is conducive to fruitfulness in crops : but it possibly may be safest, to increase the depth gradur.lly, manure with a free and liberal haud, and to apply lime each time the soil may be deepened ; which never should exceed more than one or two inches of the hard pan, in any one year; that to be regulated by the character of the subsoil to be turn ed up. Such deepenings should always be made in the fall, to give the inverted soil the benefit of the neutralizing effects of the lime, and the disintegra ting influence of the winter’s frosts. Twenty-five busnels of freshly slacked lime per acre, spread o ver the upturned earth, would answer for such pur pose. 8. As to what is nutritive manure, it may be de fined to be, any animal substance the excretions of animals, or any vegetable substances, —as anything which has had life, has the power of reproduction. 9. All lands which may have been limed, or marl od, should be speedily thereafter set in clover, or grass, as permanent improvement cannot be effected without the soil be so treated as to keep up a stock of organic matter therein, to be wrought up into food by the decomposing action of the lime, or marl. The calcareous element in each, which is the great principle in either that renders it effective, re quiring wherewithal to work with. 10. As the late Judge Peters said: Farmers should value manure as a miser does his strong box —should grasp after and hoard it as eagerly and anxiously as a covetous man accumulates treasure. 11. One of the best methods of applying lime to light sandy lands is to make a coinpost of lime and clav: work it over well, several times, so as to mix the lime intimately with the clay; top-dress the land with the mixture, after being ploughed, and then harrow the compost in. Ten loads of clay, and twenty-five bushels of lime, thus treated, would form an excellent dressing for an acre of such land, and would have the double effect of supplying the soil with the necessary calcareous principle, and of amending its texture. 12. Orchards, to ensure continued fruitfulness and fair fruit, should be periodically manured, in or der that the food annually carried off in the fruit, should be restored to the soil. Six parts peat and two of lime, or six parts marsh mud and two of marl, would form an excellent dressing, in propor tion of twenty loads to the acre; the cost of which might be covered, by growing a crop of corn, po tatoes, or other roots thereon, the year of any such application. 13. Orchards should not be kept permanently in grass, as it answers for a harbor for vermin, while it robs the trees of the food that should be appro priated to them. — American Farmer. A Good Farmer. The good farmer desires to grow large crops with the least necessary cost, but at the same time never forgets that it is the best economy to keep his laud in good condition and even improving, in order to accomplish this, he must do something more than merely plow and harrow, sow, plant, and reap : he must think and study also, lie must learn the na ture of the various crops he raises or wishes to raise ; these crops differ; he should seek to understand the differences, and how they are caused. One field he will find to.vary much in its nature from another, a certain crop grows here, and fails there : are these things accidental, or can he discover the reasons ? In adding certain substances called manure to the soil, he finds diverse effects, not only in their appli cation to different fields but also to different crops. Here is another subject for study, llis animals thrive on >101: V kinds of food, and derive little ben efit from o| he s. A small bulk of some varieties sustains add^n creases their size and strength, while upon great] quantities of other varieties they grow poor. Waafr'are the properties upon which these effects derlad? Thus -i/d perceive that the farmer who really Understand the ‘’art of cultivating the soil ,” qnust go a long way beyond plowing. 11c must./it is true, know how to get his soil into a good state J but he must also know- something as to the nature of his crops, of the various soils on which the grow, of the manures which are applied to in cre tie that growth, and of the food which lie sup plies to his animals. .This it may be said, involves too much study for a practical workingman. 1 reply that it is not necessa ry for him to learn the minute details of scientific researches and discoveries. It is enough to begin v ith the leading principles that have been establish ed ; with these he will be able to work more intelli gently than ever before, and go on continually ad ding to his knowledge. Teach the Boys and Girls to Milk. The art of milking well is not taught in a hurry. It requires long practice to milk properly, and there fore all young people on a farm ought to be shown how the labor should be done. It is quite import ant that this branch of dairying should be particu larly attended to, for a good milker obtains at least a quarter more from the same cow than a poor milker. The first lesson to be taught to young people is kindness and gentleness to cows. —They never need to be treated harshly in case the business is proper ly commenced. Cows that have been caressed and uniformly well treated are fond of having the milk drawn from the udder at the regular time of milk ing, for it gives them relief from the extension of the milk ducts. Let young people be put to milking the farrow cows first, or such as are to be dried, and then the loss from bad milking will be less injurious. The hand should extend to the extremity of the ‘ teats, for then the milk is drawn easier. Young people should be taught to milk as fast as possible. More milk is always obtained by rapid milkers than by slow ones. They should therefore be taught to think of nothing else while milking, and no conversation must be permitted in the milk yard. They should sit up close to the cow and press the left arm gently .against her shank. Then if she raises her foot, as she sometimes will, merely to change position, she will not be so likely to put it in to the pail. In case of a disposition to kick, or rather to raise her foot on account of pain occasioned by soreness of her teats, the nearer the milker sits to her, and the harder she presses her left arm against her leg, the less risk will be run of being iujured. Cows may be taught to give down their milk at once—and they may bo taught to hold it a long while and to be stripped indefinitely.—The best way is to milk quick and not use the cow to a long strip ping, or an after stripping. — Mass. Ploughman. €t)f Mnmorist. The Ambiguous Speaker.— The following story we find in the New York Sunday Dispatch : Who does not recollect Billy Williams, the Com edian, familiarly known as Billy of the Wells, which latter cognomen he derived from having been con nected for several years with the Sadlers’ Wells Theatre, London. Billy was one of the best natur ed men alive, and without a very brilliant education, he was an actor; it is true that he sometimes gave Lindley Murray a wide berth when using his own language instead of that of an author. W T o shall never forget a conversation which we overheard be tween Billy and W. E. Burton, at Windhust’s. Billy satin his usual seat, and was endeavoring to make himself agreeable to those around him. Bur ton who delighted in quizzing Billy, made some in quiries of him relative to a horse belonging to Mr. Hamblin, which seemed to arouse Billy, and he thus commenced his reply: “Now, Burton, I’ll tell you all about that ’orse ; you see, when I fust arrived I said to ’Amblin, Tom, I wants an ’orse; and I would like to have one.” “Billy,” says he, “you know Mazeppa; he has earned me a great deal of money, and I will not per mit him to be misused, but if you want to ride him you may, and my stage manager, Tom Flynn, will go with you to the stable.” “So down I goes to the stable with Tom Flynn, and told the man to put the saddle on him.” “On Tom Flynn ?” says Burton. “No, on the ’orse. So after talking with Tom Flynn, I mounted him.” “What, mounted Tom Flvnn ? ” “Ao, the ’orse ; and then I shook hand* with him, and rode off.” “Shook hands with the horse, Billy ? ” “No, with Tom Flynn, and then I rode off up the Bowery, and who should I meet in front of the Bowery Theatre but Tom ’Amblin—so I got off and told the boy to hold him by the head.” “What! hold Hamblin by the head ? ” “No, the ’orse, and then we went in, and ’ad a drink together.” “What! you and the horse ? ” “No, me and ’Amblin, and after that I mounted him again and rode out of town.” “What! mounted Hamblin again?” “No, the orse, and when I got out to Burnham’s who should be there but Tom Flynn —he’d taken another horse and rode out a-head of me, so I told the ’ostler to tie him up.” “Tie Tom Flynn up ? ” No, the ’orse, and then we had a drink there.’’ “What! you and the horse ? ” “No, me and Tom Flynn. Now look here, Bur ton, every time I say l orse you say ’Amblin , and ev ery time I say ’Amblin , you say ‘orse. Now I’ll be ’anged if I tell you any thing more about it.” Billy felt his dignity insulted, and no coaxing on the part of Burton could induce him to finish the recital. Jonathm’s hunting excursion. “ Did you ever hear of the scrape that I and uncle Zekiel had duckin’ on't on the Connecticut ?” asked Jonathan Tim bortoes, while amusing his old Dutch hostess, who had agreed to entertain him under the roof of her log cottage for, and in consideration of a bran new tin milk-pan. “ No, I never did—do tell it, ” was the r<) ply. “ Well, you must know that I and uncle Zekc took it in our heads, one Saturday afternoon, to go a gunning arter ducks, in father’s skiff; so we got in and sculled down the river. A proper sight of ducks flew backwards, I tell ye—and bimeby, a few on’em lit down by the marsh, and went to feeding on muscles. I catched up my peauder horn to prime, and it slip ped right eout of my hand and sunk to the bottom of the riv er. The water was ’mazinly clear, and I could see it on the bottom. Now, I couldn’t swim a jot, so I sez to uncle Zeke : ‘You’re a purty clever feller—-jestlet me take your peaudor horn to prime’—and don’t you think the old stingy critter wouldn’t. ‘Well,’ sez I, ‘you’re a party good diver, and if you’ll dive and get mine, I'll give a priinin.’ I thought he’d leave his peauder horn, but he didn't; but he stuck it in his pocket and down he went —and there he staid !” Here the old lady opened her eyes with wonder and sur prise, and a pause of some minutes ensued, when Jonathan said: “ I looked down, and what do you think the critter was a Join !” “Lord,” exclaimed the old lady, “I’m sure I don’t know.” “There he was,” said our hero, “settin’ right on the bottom of the river, pourin’ the peauder right out of my horn into liizen !” Descriptive Eloquence. “Our country, ’tis of thee!” “Ma’am” said a free-spoken, warm hearted, enthusiastic, and rather quizzical Bon of old Kentucky, while paying his devoirs to one of the famous lady tourists of America, ‘Ma’am you should have been born in America, the greatest country in the known world. Nature has clustered all her stupend ous and dazzling works upon this land, and you should be among them ! Wc have got the greatest men, the finest wo men, the broadest lakes, the tallest trees, the widest prairies the highest waterfalls, and the biggest.hearts in all creation. “Ma’am, go and see the Falls of Niagara. My dear ma’am, if I didn't think I’d waked up in futurity when I first seed that big slantendicular puddle! (slantendicular’s an algebra word.) ma'am I could tell you something about them Falls; but you musn’t put it in your book, cos nobody will ever believe it. The people that live round about there all lost their speech, and never hear each other speak for years with the noise of the cataracts ma’am, true as that’s a pencil and a note-book you’re hiking out of your pocket. Why, there was a man lived there ten years, and he got so deaf ho never knew a man was speaking to him till a pail of water poured down the back of his neck ? When you go to see the Falls ma’am you must do all the talking you waut in twenty miles of them; for after that, not a word any kind can be heard. “Then, ma’am, you should go and see the great cave in Kentucky, where the bats hiberaeculate in countless millions. There is not such another hole in the ground to be found up on the face of the earth. Ma’am, if you go back to England without seeing our Mammoth Cave, you’ll put your feet in it —no, beg your pardon, excuse me—that’s quite unpossible, but you'll leave a big hole in the book you are going to write. There was no end known to it, ma’am ; and there is a salt water lake in the middle of it, twenty-five miles broad. One of the rooms is called the “Antipodean Chamber,” from the unpronounceable fact that a man can walk just as easy on the ceiling as upon the floor and in this apartment, there’s a nat ural fountain of pure brandy! The same cave, is a positive cure for consumption. “ You haint been South, yet, have you ma’am ? You haint seen the Mississippi river and the city of New Orleans ? Well, ma am, New Orleans is a hundred and twenty-five feet be low the level of the sea, and the Mississippi runs through a canal bridge right over the city! The inhabitants are chiefly sis iseaiii aligators and screech owls, the last words have been vulgarly perverted into Creole. The food is chiefly gum, produced from trees in the swamp, and which they call gumbo. There is a paper called the Picaroon, the name being well chosen, significant of its professed piracies upon Hunt's Philosophy, Baron Munchausen, the Pilgrim’s Progress, Joo Miller, Washington Irving and Bell's Life in London. It is a violent and stupendous political print, and the Goverment of the country has endeavored in vain to suppress it. One of the peculiar marks about this extraordinary city is the entire ab sence of those small quadrupeds of the genus most common ly known as rats. One was seen many years ago by a citizen, who brutally murdered the unknown creature; but was im mediately tried and sentenced to be liung for the enormity. “You will hear, ma'am a great deal about the “floating population of New Orleans, a phrase which you will under stand when I tell you that the town is half the year under in undation from the Mississippi; You should have been born in America, my dear ma’am ; but as you may possibly die here, and that’s some consolation for you. ” An Amatenr Foul Breeder. The editor of the Lynn “Bay State,” has been buying fan cy eggs of someone in Boston, at a big figure, which didn’t turn out what he expected, and so ho concludes that the hen fever is a humbug 1 Served him right; he bought what were said to be Cochin China eggs, and after waiting patiently over four weeks, he found six ducks in his hatching coop one morn ing. So much for his foresightedness. This isn’t half so bad as the ease of one of his neighbors however, who paid a round price for half a dozen choice eggs, queer looking—speckled eggs—small, round, “outlandish'’ eggs—which he felt certain would produce rare chickens, and which he was very cautious in setting under his very best hen. At the end of a fortnight, he was startled, at the breakfast table, to hear his favorite hen screaming “bloody murder” from under the coop, lie rushed to the rescue, raised the box lid, and found the hen still on the nest, but in frightful perturbation—struggling, yelling and cackling most vocifer ously. He spoke to her kindly and softly ; he would fain appease and quiet her ; for there was great danger least in her excite ment and struggles, she should destroy the favorite eggs; those rare eggs,which has cost him so much money and troub le. But soft words were vain. Ilis “best” hen continued to scream, and he raised her from the nest to look into her cause of trouble more critically. His astonishment was instantane ous, but immense; and his surprise found vent in the brief ex clamation : “Turtles ! Turtles !” Such was the fact. The poor innocent poultry “fancier’’ was the victim of misplaced oonfidenee. The party who had sold him them eggs, had sold the buyer shockingly ! And in stead of a brood of pure Cochin China, ho found that his fa vor.te hen had hatched half a dozen pure mudturtles , all of whom on breaking from the shell, seized upon the flesh of the poor fowl, and had well nigh destroyed her life before they could be “choked oil'!” He has given up the chicken trade, and has since gone into the dwarf pear business— Am. Union. “ S Tread no Slop Baekwards.” or M. S. THOMSON, I®. MACON, GEORGIA. IpOR a period of over thirteen years, it has been the province of the undersigned, to present to the people of Georgia, and tlie surrounding Suites, the results of the use of innocent Vegetable Medicines, in the treatment and cure of disease, as contradistinguished from poisonous substances, to which front childhood, they have been accustomed, and to whose pernicious effects upon the constitution, many eftheni are living witnesses. The success which during this long series of years, has attended his administrations, lias, in many instances, been such, as to over come the most inveterate prejudiccsin favor of the old order of things, and to produce instead thereof, a conviction that even in medicine, as in other branches of the physical sciences, new ideas may be advanc ed, and results achieved, that our ancestors would have deemed im possible, hut which our posterity, thanks to the enlightenment of a coining age, may find easy of accomplishment. This succeds in curing diseases of the most hopeless character after all other means had failed, and that too, in many instances, without see ing the patient, has long been the subject of general remark, exhibiting as it does, in bold relief the difference between restoring a case that has been absolutely abandoned , and simply raising another, that hun dreds of others could cure. Such cases can be pointed out in almost every county in Georgia, where some poor, dccrepid, helpless being, after testing every local means without avail have sent off, as a dernier resort, description of their diseases to a distance, in many instances hundreds of miles, and received back those health restoring remedies that have restored them again to health and to society, to their own astonishment and their neighbors wonder, putting at naught the sneers of antagonistic interests, and adding new finger posts at every post office and cross roads, pointing the way the city of refuge. Without subjecting himself to the charge of presumption, he would yet boldly say, that 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, with the ex ercise of necessary care and perseverance, on the part of the patient, which in all cases of a lingering character, are of the last importance. The great facilities for this kind of treatment presented in the cheap postage system, 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 thousands more who may 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 amount will answer, (this obviates the inconvenience of making accounts at great distances.) and if not able, pre-pav and mail the letter to his address, when medicines suitable to the case will be compounded and sent with full directions. The charge for treatment is only ($5) five dollars, monthly, a sum sufficiently small to obviate the fear of risk to any one, and Vet suffi cient to preserve him from loss in his extensive administrations. This done, call at the post office in a reasonable time, and receive your medicines with as much precision as you would a letter; pre pare and use them as directed, and persevere; report progress month ly, or oftener, as may be necessary, and closely watch the progress of the cure. Having been long and extensively engaged in the treatment of dis eases peculiar to females, he would say that they may avail them selves of his knowledge, with the utmost confidence, in his prudence and integrity,so that in writing out their symptoms, they may express themselves with the necessary freedom. In some of the diseases of the renal and procreative system, the medicines being more costly, the charge will be increased. Such cases as require personal attention, will be treated on libera terms in the city, where the necessary accommodations can always be had. Those wishing further information in regard to results, will address a post-paid letter to the undersigned, who will immediately mail to the applicant such documents as must disarm doubt. M. t?. THOMSON, M. I). 34 1850,. 32—ly SURGICAL OPERATIONS. DR. JAMES WEAVER, (Memphis Tonn.) proposes to perform all Surgical Operation of every description, and is well prepared with all necessary instruments to perform every description of opera tion that is performed in any of the northern cities, lie operates suc cessfully on ail affections of the eye, as well as all ether cases, and will insure a cure in all cases of cross-eye, (strabismus) and will guar antee success in every case of Club or lteel-Fout, (loxarthrus) or con tracted tendons in any portion of the system causing deformity. Testimonial.—The following is given as one of many certificates of successful operation which have been furnished Professor Weaver by his patients. From the Memphis Enquirer, Jan. 30th1850. Clnh or R<‘<>l Foot Cured. Mn. Editor —Dear Sir: Please publish the following case in your valuable periodical, that those who may be laboring under a similar deformity may know where to obtain relief. My feet were both reel ed or clubbed from birth, the toes turned inwards, the bottoms turned backwards, and the tops forward, which threw me on the outside of iny feet, on which I walked up to the time of the operation. There was a large lump on the outside of each foot, where I rested the weight of ray body in walking. I applied to Professor James Weaver, of Mem phis, Tenn. who is distinguished for his surgical skill, and on the 28tli day from the time of tile operation, he put straight shoes on my feet, they being straight before me and flat on the bottoms. ] can now walk on them very well and am improving dpily and expect in a short time to run and jump equal to any neighbor, t There is no pain atten ding the operation but what can be easily stood by any one, and dur ing the whole operation there is scarcely any blood lost, and no sores or inflamation, as most persons might suppose. There is hardly any sum that would induce me to exchange my straight feet for the crook ed ones I iiad six weeks ago. I would advise all persons who are le boring under that deformity, to call on I)r. Weaver, who will cura them with certainty. „ E. T. PETTY. March 21st, 1850. tf j EHSS^il©© OR THE WAR-PATH AND ITS INCIDENTS. A Story of the Creek Indian Disturban ces of 1536. BY W. C. HODGES. A supply of this new and interesting novel by a talented young gentleman of Columbus, Ga. has been received and will be kept for sale (Wholesale and Retail) at this office. Also at the Book Stores. Persons at a distance will have throe copies sent by mail or otherwise, on receipt of SI. Sin gle copies, 40 cents. Macon, March 21, 1850 j ts MILITARY INSTITUTE. Blue Licks , Ky. BOARD OTVISITORS. r INIE ADJUTANT GENER AL, together with five fit persons, to be JL annually appointed by the Executive, to attend examinations at least once a year, according to law. i&iiiff, Incorporated with all the powers and rights exejciscd by the Trus tees and Faculty of any other College. COL. T. F. JOHNSON, Ocneral Superintendent. *COL. E. W. MORGAN, Joint Superintendent and Professor of En gineering and of Natural History. ‘LIEUT. COL. B. R. JOHNSON, Professor of Natural and Experi mental Philosophy. fMAJ. W. W. A. FORBES, Professsor of Mathematics. RICHARD N. NEW ELL, A. M. Professor of .Indent and Moder Languages. JAMES G. BLANE, A. B. .idjunct Professor of Languages. REV. J. R. SWIFT, A. M. Professor of Ethics and Belles Lettres. JAMES 11. DAVIESS, Esq. professor of J.aic. REV. H. V'. D. NEVIUS, A. M. Principal of the .Icademy. CAPT. C. E. MOTT, Teacher in the J.lcademy. CAPT. W'. W. GAUNT, .adjutant of the Institute. •Educated at West Point, f Educated at the Virginia Military Institute. Two hundred and thirty Cadets, from fifteen different States, have entered this Institution since it was organized, in 1817. It is entire ly free from the control or domination of any sect or party, either po litical or religious. Economy in dress, by the adoption of a cheap Uniform, for Winter and Summer, is rigidly enforced. Every studetn is required to select a College guardian, with whom all funds brought or received must he deposited, and no debt must be contracted without the consent of such guardian. An institution combining the science of the West Point Academy and of Polytechnic Institutes, with the classical literature of our best Colleges, adding the modern languages, and superadding practical schools of Law and Engineering, nearly realizes the long-felt desider ation of a university able to meet the wants of Western progress—a university where all may select a course of steady to suit their time, j means ond professional destination. Mr. Daviess, the Professor of Law, is known is the various Courts as a practitioner of great ability, varied learning, long experi ence and exalted character. His eminent qualifications, the whole some exercise and discipline of the Institute, and the convenient ob servation of the forms of judicial proceeding, offer unusual induce ments to those who are earnest to achieve distinction as sound Lawyer CIVIL ENGINEERING Will be thoroughly and practically taught in the Western Military In stitute—the Professor, Col. Morgan, being one of the most skillful and experienced Engineers in the United States. All the instruments con nected with that department, have been procured at considerable cost, and are of the best quality. The Superintendent takes the liberty of stating that he is now otter ed $75 per month, for competant assistant Engineers. One of his sot mer pupils receives at this time $2,500 per annum, as Principal En gineer of a Railroad now under construction in Kentucky—whilst others of the same class arc receiving in different parts of the United States, $2,000, $1,500, or $1,200 a year as Assistant Engineers. The time is rapidly approaching when there will be a great demand for such as have been prepared for that vocation, at the Western Mil itary Institute. Nothing is hazarded in saying that they will readily command S 1,200 or $1,500 per annum. Every man of observation must see that the gigantic enterprises already proposed, will give birth to hundreds of others, tributary to them. The rapid advancement of onr whole country, and the eagerness of our people, for exploring the hidden resources of the new States and the newly acquired territory, will give ample scope for ages to come, to the skill and enterprise of Jthe Engineer, the Geologist, the Mineralogist, the Surveyor and the Architect. Young men who have an aptitude for ths Mathematical and Physical sciences will have a wide field opened to them for enga ging in an honorable, a healthful and a lucrative pursuit, for which they may be thoroughly and practically in a short time, and a small expense, at the Western Military Institute. TERMS. In the Academy - - - S3O 00 per annum In the College - - -40 00 “ “ For Music and use of Arms and Accoutrements 3 00 “ 1 For Fuel - - - - 2 00 “ “ B ( LARDING can be had in private families, at from two to two anp a half dollars a week. When in Barracks, it is designed to furnish Commons at a uniform rate, [students from a distance will be require ed to board at tlie Institute, and have no communication with the town, except as allowed by written permits. The next session will commence on the first of September, and continue ten months. March 21st, 1850. l ts 3000 DOLLARS REWARD!! Ileuben Rich’s Patent, Centre Vent, Water Wheel made entirely of Iron with Iron gates— a gainst Turbine, Hotchkiss and all other Wheels, IW ILL give SSOO Reward to any person who will producce a Pa tent Water Wheel, that will do as much business with the so.ne quantity of water under any given head front three feet to thirty feet, or I will give SSOO to any person, who will produce a Breast Wb„el un der a head of eight feet or less that shall equal it, in saving of water, or 1 will give the same amount to any one who will product an over shot or undershot, that will last with my wheel and not cot more mo ney -doner or later, or I will give the same Reward to any man who will produce an over t>! i>! undershot or Breast Wheel, that will run as steady as my wheel I will give 8500 to any one who will produce a wheel of any sort or kind patented or not,that will combine tothe same extent, cheapness durability, power, speed or simplicity so easily applied iti all situations tind so universally applicable to all purposes and every location, or I will give SSOO, to anyone, who will produce a Hotchkiss IVhce tlmt does not consume fifty per cent more water to do the same Saw/ tig or Grinding. Those who doubt can visit the Coweta Fails Factory in this city and they will see my wheel, driving all their machinery without a Governor, where a French Turbine made in the great city of Lowell failed to do the business at all. Or if they will visit Pleasant Macon’s in Macon county Alabama they will sec one of my wheels, only SI (bet, 8 inches in diameter, under a head of 0 feet, grinding 9 to ten bushels of corn per hour. (Jr in a short time I will show at Winter’s Mills in tins city, one of my wheels 3 1-2 feet in diameter, grinding, 50 to GO bushels per hour with two pairs of stones. In tlie rotate ofN'ew York there are at least 500 of try wheels, Grinding, Sawing and Manufac turing in a style never ye” done by any other. With sufficient head I can turn 5000 Spindles and 100 Looms with one of my wheels hut 2 ret in diameter. Gin Irat 4c Cos. at t.i j Montgomery works Alabama, who are manu facturing my wheel*, will execute orders for them, and deliver them in any place Soutli of the Potomac, and furnish directions for putting them to their wo, k, with models if required. Post paid letters addres sed to me at Mo itgomerv care ofGindrat &: Cos. or at this place care ol G. W. Winter Esq. will meet with prompt attention. In all cases when the Purchaser is not fully satisfied with the performance of my wheel, the money will be returned. REUBEN RICH, Patentee, from Oswego County New York. Columbus Ga. March 21st, 1850. I—llj.l— l lj. 11l Milieu, IIIIIIM OF MEMPHIS. THE fifth course of Medical Lectures in this institution will commence on the first Monday in November next, and end on the last Friday in February succeeding. F A G Ulf Tl G.*V. M orrow, M. D., Professor of Anatomy, $S 12 00 Janies Weaver, M. D., Professor of Surgery, 12 00 S. R. Jones, M. 1)., Professor of Physiology and Pa thology, - 12 00 M. Gabbert, M. D., Professor of Theory aud Practice of Medicine, ... . - 12 00 K. P. Watson, M. D., Professor of Materia Medica and Therapeutics, - - - - 12 00 J. J. Riddle, M. D., Professor of Obstetrics and Dis eases of Women and Children, - - 12 00 Wm. Tlyer, A. M-, Professor of Chemistry, - 15 00 G. W. Morrow, M. I>., Demonstrator of Anatomy - 800 “ Matriculation Ticket, - 5 00 Total, .SIOO 00 Graduation fee, Twenty Dollars. A course of Lectures on Medical Jurisprudence will be delivered gratis during the session, In making the announcement for the approaching s?ssion of the Botanico Medical College, it is due the friends of Re form and the public generally, to lay before them its present condition. The Institution has up to the present been crowned with unparalleled success, compared with similar institutions in this country. True, it has had to contend with those diffi culties peculiar to, and which are constant attendants upon, the establishment of new institutions, and especially suchas embrace new doctrines. In addition to the facilities for instruction heretofore afford ed, much is being done by the enterprising trustees, and by individuals to render the institution, if possible, still more worthy of public confidence, The college buildings formerly occupied, having been found too inconvenient for the advanced condition of the institution, arrangements have been made for the building of a more spacious edifice, which in addition to the necessary lecture rooms, will embrace a library, a museum and an herbarium The arrangements now in contemplation are deemed as com plete as in the oldest institutions in the country, and no pains will be spared, either by the trustees or faculty, to render the situation of students not only advantageous, but pleasant. In consequence of the numerous applications which have been made to extend indulgence to young men of enterprise and merit, at a late meeting of the faculty, it was unani mously agreed, that a note for ninety-five dollars, with two good endorsers, payable twelve months after date, should be received in lieu of cash, for the tickets of the several profes sors for one course of lectures, when students are not prepar ed to advance the cash. Those wishing further information in reference to the in stitution, will please address the Dean, post paid K. P. WATSON, Memphis, April, 1350. 19 —3 m [Dean of the Faculty To Printers. FOR SALE Cheap for Cash or approved paper, one Im perial Smith Press and all other necessary material suitable for a country Printing Office. Application to be this Office. Aug. 9, 1850. Beauty and Economy Combined. i THE OLD VIRGINIA DIE H01SE!! (pHCENIX-LIKE) HAS EROX ITS ASHES ARISES, WITH ALL ITS VARIOUS VIRTUES, ITS ORIGINAL COLORS TO BESTOW. THE subscriber most respectfully informs his customers and the pub lic generally, that his establishment lias been re-built, and can now be found on npCOTTON AVENUE, West of the Washington HalU.Au B where he is fully prepared to execute in the best manner,all the various branches of DYF.IXG , HEXOFATIXG, and RE PA IRIXG all kinds of Ready-Made Clothing, and Indies’ 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 State 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 interest to test the virtues of this establishment. Persons wishing Homespun dyed, will please observe, for black the warp must be pur ple or blue sot brown a copperas color aud so. greet the warp must be white. C ash must be paid, on the delivery of Goods. JOHN C. LOGAN. £3?” Ladies, by calling at his establishment, will always find spec, mens of his workanship on hand. April 18, 1850. m 4 —6 m nT’IIE SUBSCRIBER has constantly on A- hand a large and well selected assort- JLaw, School & miscellaneous BOOKS. BLANK BOOKS of all kinds; Stationary in any quantities, for the common purposes and pursuit? of the times, as well as for Legal, and Love ‘■‘doings. ’ GOLD PENS in profusion from one to a dozen dol lars. selected to suit any hand, and “match any pile.” BONNER’S MAPS, Large and Small; Traveller’s Guides through the States, and e ven to the Land of Ophier. (vide Major Noahs’last crotchet.) I wring’s latest GLOBES, with all the well authenticated routes laid down, ex cept that taken by the ships of Tarshish ; together with other objects of Polite Literature, Legal Learning, and Refined Luxury, too numer ous to mention ; alii of which he is extremely anxious his customers should become possessed of, in the “usual icap.” JOSEPH M. BOARDMAN. March, 21, 1850. j__t, TEXAS LAND CLAIMS. IMPORTANT TO THE HEIRS! nPHE Legislature of Texas having passed an Act at its late session, X allowing to heirs of those who were massacred in Texas under the command of Fannin, Ward, Travis,Grant or Johnson, dusing the years 1835 and 1836, certain quantities of Land—and the undersign ed having procured said Acts with full instructions from the Depart ments bow to substantiate the same, is now ready to attend to the adjustment of any and all such claims of those who may require his services. He will obtain the Scrip, locate, survey and sell the Land, if desired, or any part thereof. He will attend in person anyone who may desire it, if not too distant from this place. For his service a compensation in part of tiie Lind, or money will be received. He lias also procured the services of an able Agent who resides in Texas, so that no delay will occur in procuring the Scrip. All letters addressed to me at Columbus, Ga- will be attended to without unnecessary delay. MICHAEL N. CLARKE. REFERENCE S Hon. R. B. Alexander, Alexander McDougald, Esq. James Johnson, Esq. W. H. Harper, A. J. Robison, Columbus, Ga. The claims ofthe Micr and Santa I’e Prisoners also attended to. Columbus. Ga. July 9, 1850. 18— THE GEORGIA MARBLE Manufacturing Company. interest ofG. Roberts in the above company has passed into 1_ the hands of John G. Rankin and the company of Simons, Ilur lick & Vaughn into the hands of Wm. Hurlick —who lias associated himself with Atkinson 4c Rankin ofthe Georgia . Marble lilanuf act* ring Cos. The business will hereafter be carried on by Atkinson, Rankin 4c Hurlick. All debts due the concern and liabilities against the same since the first of June will be settled by them. We are prepared to do an extensive business; our marble is cxcel ent—and we are determined to offer work at prices which will keep Northern marble from the state. Examine our marble and prices, r work is all done at the mills. Address. ATKISON, RANKIN & HURLICK. Ilarnageville. CherckeeTo. Geo. 8. T. TMMffi & & HAVE now in successful operation one of the most extensive and complete Manufactories of COTTON GINS it, the South.—- The materials used are ofthe best quality. The machinery is all uew and constructed on tiic most approved plans for the manufacture n| Cotton Gins. The machinists and workmen employed in the establishment an skillful and experienced in the business ; and they have made such improvements in the mechanism and construction of the Gins that they feel certain, in every case, to furnish a Gin which will perform admirably well, and give the purchaser entire satisfaction. ORDERS can be sent to E. T. Taylor 4t Cos. by mail, or con tracts made with their Agents who are travelling through the country. GINS will be sent to any part of the country, and in all cases war ranted to perform well. Persons addressing the Proprietors by mail, will direct their letters to Columbus, Ga.. A sample of Cotton, just as it came from one of their gins, manufac tured for a planter of Muscogee county, can be seen at the office ofthe ‘•Georgia Citizen,” Macon, to which the attention of Cotton Brokers and Planters is invited. N. Ouslev 4c. 6?on are agent* in the same lace, for the sale of these superior Machines. Columbus, March 21? t, 1650. 1— I y RAGS! RAGS!! RAGS!!! TMS ROCK ISLANfi FAQTCSt I S prepared to purchase clean Linen Hemp or Cotton Rag*, and wil pay 3 1-2 cents per pound, for 100,000 pounds, delivered at the Mills, on tho Cbattahochee River, (three miles above Columbus) in quantitiesof not less than 100 pounds. Merchants and Traders in the surrounding country, will do well to draw the attention of their customers to the advantage of saving their Rags, and exchanging them for their good* and wares. Cash will always he paid for them at ‘♦Rock Island Factory.” By order of the Board. GEORGE W. WINTER, Sec'y. Columbus, Ga. March 21st, 1850. Ijj— Oc’iiiulgee Iron & Brass FOUNDRY, AND MACHINE SHOP. rpHE Octnulgee Foundry has been enlarged and furnished with a I new and superior stock of tools, which will enable the subscriber to furnish w’O'k at the shortest notice, in his line, of a superior char acter, and at prices as low as can be furnished elsewhere. The atten tion of Milwrights and Machinists is earnestly requested to examine this establishment. lam prepared to furnish STEAM SfiL EITCrIITESj from 1 to 00 horse power, for saw mills or other purposes; Screw- Cuttings from 1 inch diameter to 2 feet, 10 feet long; Gear Cuttings; Turning in all its branches: Finishing of all kinds of Machinery. IN THE FOUNDRY we are prepared to furnish all kinds of Castings of iron or Brass : Mill Gearofall kinds, of the most approved patterns; Bevel, Face and Spur Gear; Cast-Iron Water Wheels; GinGearofall patterns.and si'esto suit; Cotton Gin work; Press Pulleys; Hand Railings, Fire-proof Doorsane w indows, Cemetry Railing, Gudgeons,lnks, Mill Spindles— in fact, work of any description that is done in an establishment of the kind. Persons interested in the business are repuested to examine this concern. CIIAS. P. LEVY. Ocmulgcc Foundry , lit St. Itloir Micon <S- Western RaL’roati. 1—;/ MIPK Mill® f THE SUBSCRIBER has just received an extensive asssortment of the above article, embracing a great variety of price and patterns more particularly the cheaper kinds, which will be found the 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 looiring. JOSEPH M. BOAUDMAN. March 21, 1850. lift minim m THE undersigned have just oompleted their SPLENDID NEW STABLE on the corner of Mulberry and Third Streets, nearly opposite the Floyd House, where they keep on hand safe and well broke iiorsf.s and every variety of Conveyance for the accommodation of thuir friends and tho public. Single Horses and Drovers will be attended to with the ut most care and on accommodating terms. As the Proprietors have but ONE STABL E,and can therefore give their per sonal attention to their business, they feel confident of being able to give universal satisfaction. pT Board of Horse 75 cents per day. T. M. MASON, March ‘21.1850. WILLIAM DIBBLE. Dr. de GRAFFENREID’B CELEBRATED RHEUMATIC LINIMENT. IN introducing this medicine to the people ofthe United States, for sale, the proprietors beg leave to submit the following statement of Dr. de Graffeuried, its discoverer and inventor: The undersigned frankly states that be has prescribed this medicine for the last twenty-two years, in all forms of Acute and Chronic Rheu matism, with a success unparalleled in the annals of of medicine ; and he lias no hesitation in saying, that it is decidedly the most valuable remedy ever yet discovered for the relief of this most painful and dm tressing malady. His note-book contains upwards of three hundred cases, in which it has been used within the above named period, and in ne tingle instance has it come to his knowledge, of its Laving failed to effect a cure when persevered in. Many of the cases were from four to tea years standing ; and wiiat 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 bee* 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 ihis 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 w ritten jr been translated into the English language, and had used all the remedies of any notoriety then in vogue with the profession, with how ever, 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 flatters himself that his remedy will cure this most painful disease, when ail others have failed, and that he shall have been an humble instrument in the hards of God, of relieving the human fenuiy of a vast amount of suffering. E. L. dc GR A FFKNRIF.P, M. D. CERTIFICATES. FROM COL. A. K. AVER. Dr. E. L. de Graffcnrird —Learning that you arc a bent to manufacture for the public, your valuable Rheumatic L-a iment, I take pleasure in stating that I believe it one of th most valuable remedies ever used for that common and nice distressing disease, having witnessed its effects upon a ne gro man ot mine, who had been afflicted for four years, un til almost every joint was enlarged, and the bodv otherwise emaciated. By the use of four or five bottles, in three week*, he was relieved entirely from pain. Columbus, Ga., Oct. 24, 1849. A. K. AYER. Columbus, October 30, 1849. Dear Sir—About the first of April last. I came to Coluui bus to get medical assistance, and was advised lo call ou ven 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, so badiy, that I could not pull off my shoes without aid ; nor could 1 ascend or de scend steps, or pull ofi’ 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 uot bend it but very lit tic. Up to the Ist of April, I was all the time in suffering and pain ; 1 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, I 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 tbs morning from my bed entirely relieved of pain. 1 used ouci bottle and an eight ounce vial of your Rheumatic Liniment, and in ten days, I was relieved. I would uot have been in the condition which 1 had been ten davs before i called on you, for any amount of money that could be given me; for what is lite worth when in constant pain and misery ! I consider your Rheumatic Liniment, the most valuable med icine in the world. I am, clear sir, your friend, J. H. SMITH. Columbus. Nov. 1, 1849. Dear Sir—My negro woman Patience, a cook, had a still neck from a painful Rheumatic affection, for six or seven years, and could uot 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 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. GARLAND B. TERRY. Philadelphia, Feb. 1, 1830. Dr. de Graftelined—Dear Sir: Having been afflicted, for some tie.e past, with a severe attack of Rheumatism, and having heard of the wonderful effects of your Rheumatic Liniment, I was induced to try a bottle of it, and nfter three days, I was so much relieved as able to leave the boas* and attend to business. I have perfectly recovered from the disease, and would cheerfully recommend the Liniment to all those who are afflicted. GEORGE HOOD, 27 Povroll ot. Columbus, Ga., Oct. 13, 1549. Dr. E. L. de Graffenricd—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, aud having used many of the unnumbered presciiptions for its cure, with but little benefit. 1 made application of two bouka of your Liniment, which I am happy to say relieved me in * 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 Mr. F. S. Chapman, as it cubs under my immediate observation. Oct. 13, 1t49. R. A. WARE, M. D. Dear Sir—Some time in January last, Mrs. McKee was taken very ill with Inflammatory Rheumatism in her shoul der joints, extending to her elbow joint, and arm, which dis abled her from using In r arm almost entirely ; and from ths pain, want of sleep, and great restlessness, for not less than six weeks. I was induced bv my friend, Mr. Luke Reed, to call on you lor a hottie of your Liniment, and by using half the bottle, 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 and s covcred lor Rheumatism : that is, from my own knowledge, and that which I have heard from others. Dr. E. L. de Graffeuried. H. C. McKEE. Columbia, Oct. 19th, 1819. Dr. de Graffenricd—Dear Sir: 1 take pleasure in saving. I have a boy who was so badly afilcted with Rheumatism, that he could not raise his hand to his head, and had nearlv lost the use of his arm. I used the fourth of a bottle of vour Rheumatic Liniment, which relieved him entirely. I con sider it a most valuable remedy for the cure of Rheumatism. RANDOLPH L. MOTT. Jones’ Hotel. Philadelphia, March 3d, ]BSO. Col. A. 11. Ragan —Bia. it affords me great pleasure to be able to bear testimony to the efficacy and virtues of Dr. de Graffenriaf* Rheumatic Liniment. ! have been sorely afflicted for the last six years with w hat I believ ed to be. and what eminent Physicians of this city pronounced, Rheu matic gout, for several winters past I have been confined to my room and bed nearly all the time. In January last, 1 had an attack as violent if not more so than usual, w hich prostrated me for about three w eeksp 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 my j hack, wrists and ankles were entirely relieved (and so continue) of all | the soreness and pains, and the swellings reduced, with the us- el | less than one bottle. I have been iu the discharge of iny ordinary business c er since. I consider it an extraordinary, and decidedly the most efficacious remedy for this disease, w hich I have ever uiet with. And most chf* I fully recommend its use to all who may be afflicted with it. Respectfully Yours, X. W. P.IUDGES. Jones’ IlotcL Baltimore, March 30, lfca* Ur. dc Graffenriel —Dear Fir. f r the last twelve years, I have sat-, feree very’ severely with the Rheumatism, having been nearly on# fourth of the time confined to >ny bed by it. I have had the best med ical aid to be found iu various .cities in the United States, w ith little or no benefit. I have also tried innumerable strongly recommended, remedies, which have failed to effect a cure. I *:>ent the last summer ; at the White .Sulphur and Hot Spr>£ in Virginia, to little purpose. After my return home, 1 so far recovered, as to be able to walk about • little. About six weeks since, 1 had a severe attack which again com fined me to niv bed, 1 was in great pain and scarcely able to move bit limbs, when a friend of mine called and informed me that you h<l dis covered an infallible rrmaly, and bad cured many,and amongst then, one of my friends, and showed me a tetter from linn stating the fart. 1 was induced to try your Rheumatic Liniment, and take pleasnr* i informing you that in less than twenty-four hours from the first appli cation I was pcrfaLy free from pain. and continue soup to this time, I am now- able to attend to business, and foudiy hope all those afflict ed, as I have been, may be as speedily relieved, as I have been with your medicine. \\ ishing you all the blessings you deserve dear sir, Your grateful and obedient Servant, GEO. WA RDS WORTH. Ouli mbts, Ga„ Oct- 20, 1849. Dr. dc Qrajfcnried — Dear Sir, I take pleasure in giving you the particulars of my affliction by, and relief from Rheumatism. During the spring of 1844 I was afflicted with a very severe attack of Inflam matory Rheumatism. I employed all the most celebrated rc-methM then know n and used in similar cases, a Led by medical advice, until September, 1845, with no satisfactory result whatever. 1 was the* induced, by a rheumatic acquaintance, to try your Liniment, as some thing new, and which had cured him; and iu one month from tb time 1 commenced the application, 1 was well, and clear of the Rheu matism as 1 ever was, and have continued so to this time. Yours Truly, L. C. MORTON. For sale at Payne & Xisbett’s Drug Store, Macon, and by Agents tin all the principal cities and towns in the United States. Price $5 per bottle—none genuine wAbout the signature of the discoverer c* the side label of the bottle,and across the cork. de GRAFFENRIED & Cos., Proprietors. Columbus, June 14,185 Q. jo ]r M ROOK Candy Manufactory. rHE Subscriber still continues to manufacture CANDY of every variety, next door below Ross & Co’s, on Cotton Avenue. H*’ increased my facilities and obtained additional Tods, I am now prepar ed to put up to order, CANDIES, of any variety, and warranted eq u *l to any manufactured in the South. I also manufacture a superior ar ticle of Lemon and other SYRUPS, CORDIALS, PRESERVES, k.c. All my article* are well packed, delivered at any point in this W and warre.-Rec :o g.vc tatisfaetioo, * . H. C. FREEMAN, Agent- March, 21, If-Mi. f—f