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How to make delicate Seeds grow.
‘How am I to sow my flower seeds V ‘I have
had so many beautiful garden seeds given to me but
I have no gardener, and dont know what to do with
them.’ ‘I don’t know how it is, but my gardener
never can get his seeds to grow. What shall I do?’
‘How deep, sir, would you advise me to bury my
seeds V
Such are the sounds of woe with which our ears
are not uncommonly assailed. That information is
much wanted in this matter is most certain ; that
endless mistakes follow in the train of all vague di
rections nobody can doubt; that seed-sowing does
demand some ‘knack’ and practice we readily ad
mit, and therefore we shall on this occasion utter no
vos amhigua , but cut the matter short by saying,
‘Don’t, bury the seeds at all!’
We can quite imagine the surprise that this an
nouncement will occasion in some minds; but we
presume to hope that when we have been heard to
an end, the recommendation will not be thought so
parodoxical as it appears to be.
Let us in the first place, ask why seeds are hur
ried alive under clods of earth ? Does Nature thus
inter them ? And, if so, who or what is her grave
digger \ When the acorn falls it has no power of
wriggling into a hole in the ground, and when the
chickweed scatters its tiny seeds they lie and grow
where they fall. What reasons, can gardeners have
for making themselves seminal sextons ?
‘Reasons,’ says Mr. Polyanthus, the gardener, ‘why
how are you to keep the birds off if you do not bury
the seeds ? or the mice ?or such vermin ? Ilow are
you to keep them moist when they first chip the
shell ? How are they to hold to the soil when they
have got a root ? Reasons enough are these, 1
think.’
Certainly. But, then, cannot all these objects be
secured by other means than burial ? Let us see.
We want fine dry soil. First provide that; get
the ground level, and press it gently with a piece of
tile or glass. If it contains stones or clods remove
them. If your seeds are very small, sift over it a lit
tle silver sand, or peat; upon this scatter the seeds
thinly. If they are excessively small, mix them be
fore sowing w ith dry sand or peat, in order to separ
ate them ; and again with gentleness press all flat.
Then provide some coarse moss —any sort will do;
but Bog-moss or Sphagnum is the best—having pre
viously soaked it in boiling water to kill insects or
their eggs. Press it till its wetness is exchanged
for dampness, and then, while warm, scatter it loose
ly over the seeds. Press it down, invert over the
moss a common garden pot, lay a tile on the whole,
and the operation is performed.
But the little apparatus thus contrived must be
watched. In a day or two lift up the pot, raise the
moss, and examine the seeds. If the moss is dry,
which is not likely to happen, again damp it with
warm water. If all is still, have patience.. Thus
go on until you find your seeds beginning to grow.
Then remove the tile from the hole in your pot, and
leave them for another day. At the end of that
time you will possibly find that the seeds have grown
much more ; if so, take away a part of the moss, so
as to give the young things more air and light.—
The next day, raise the pot on one side, so as to
open it to the south. This may be done with a stone
placed beneath its front edge ; but do not raise it
all round, because if you do the strong current of air
setting Over your seedlings and through the hole into
the pot will chill them. As soon as you find the see
dlings green and plump and stout, the moss may T be
entirely removed and the pot raised higher. And
very soon that, too, may be quite dispensed with, un
less there are frosts at night, or bitter dry easterly
winds by day. In the former case, replace the pot
every night and take it off again in the morning, in
the latter, it is wise to place a little screen between
the plants and the wind. For this purpose a pantile
is a capital thing, but a board, or any such matter,
will do.
In this way you secure all that you want in order
to get a hardy seed to grow ; darkness, moisture, air
warmth ; and afterward moisture, air light, and shel
ter.
Let no one say that large seeds cannot thus be
raised. The finest oaks spring from acorns dropped
in the forest and covered by a few’ leaves. The Syc
amore. the Ash, the Beach, the Horse Chesnut will
all show themselves whenever their seeds can stick
to the ground until a coverlet of leaves is moistened
by an Aprilsshorerw r er and warmed by an April sun. —
Neither have such seeds, any difficulty in steadying
themselves by their roots ; a long fang is driven by
vital impulse into the earth, and it is to that, and
not to a bit of the buried neck of the stem, that the
seedling trusts for support and nourishment.
W e will add one word. Those who have ever at
tempted to sow seeds upon rockwork know to their
cost how r very’ difficult it is to make such seeds take
root. The method now proposed answers the end
completely, and it is the only’ plan, which in difficult
cases, does succeed.
[Prof. Lindley.
From Miss Leslie's Lady's Receipt Booh.
Poach Pickles.
Stir two pounds of white sugar into two quarts of
the best cider vinegar. Boil it ten minutes, skim
ming it well. Have ready some large fully ripe
peaches ; rub them with a clean flannel to take oft’
the down, and stick four cloves into each. Tut them
into glass or white-ware jars, (rather more than half
full,) and pour on them the vinegar, boiling hot.
Cover them closely, set them in a cool place, and
let them rest for a w'eek. Then pour off the liquid,
and give it another boiling. Afterwards pour it again
on the peaches ; cover them .closely, corking the
jars, and tying leather over each\ and put them aw’ay
till wanted for use.
Instead of cloves you may stiefc the peaches with
blades of mace, six blades to each Veach.
Apricots may be pickled as abov\ Morelia cher
ries also, using mace instead of clovas.
If you find a coat of mould on themop of a jar of
pickles, remove it carefully, and do lfot throw away
the pickles, as they may still bequihyg^od beneath.
Cucumber Catchup.— For a small-quantity, take
twelve fine full grown anq i av them an
hour in cold water. Then pare thejm, and grate
them down into a deep dish. Grate also six small
onions, and mix them with the grated cucumber.
Season the mixture to your taste, with pepper, salt,
and vinegar; making it of the consistence of rich
marmalade or jam. When thoroughly incorpora
ted, transfer it to a glass jar, cover/it closely, tying
down over the top a piece of blachfler, so as to make
it perfectly air-tight. /
It will be found very nice j(when fresh cucumbers
are not in season) to eat beef or mutton, and
if properly made and %Uiy cosxnecT, will Up well.
It should be grated very fine, and the vinegar must
be of excellent quality—real cider vinegar. !
——— w
J
To keep Cider Sweet,— When baring the
cider, put into each barrel or keg a Jill
table-spoonfuls) of white mustard. TLis will re-
its becoming hard or sour. f
Hitmans!
CALLS FOR ADMITTANCE.
BY MARY M. CHASE,
t ttcle Sam is a bachelor of a very fine estate,
Keeps his handsome house in Washington at a free and costly
rate,
And thirty noble nieces each day sit down to dine
With their gay and gallant uncle, and taste his meat and
wine.
Each lady is an heiress in her own right and free,
lias houses on the mainland, and ships upon the sea,
And brings a worthy present to her uncle every year,
To keep up his free living, and furnish forth his cheer ;
For the honor of the family must be maintained you know,
And that fine old place at Washington must not to ruin go.
Maine sends her lofty pines for masts and spars of ships, 1
And ice-packed salmon for epicurean lips ;
New Hampshire, polished stone from her ancient granite
rooks;
Vermont, the silken fleeces of her thousand snowy flocks:
Massachusetts wains are laden with a curious, varied store ;
Connecticut contributes her notions by the score :
Their tiny sister Rhoda, so busy and so smart,
Sends her broadcloths and barberries for “ tartar” and for
tart.
New York, so proud and queenly, brings the wealth of other
lands,
Which her daring sails have wafted from a hundred foreign
stands;
With the rich, uncounted produce of her green and golden
fields,
Which the bounteous hand of Nature to her myriad tenants
yields.
Pennsylvania sends her barges laden with the shining coal,
From the steam-pierced Alleghanies, which shall warm and
glad the whole:
Delaware brings lot of peaches, having a rural turn of mind ;
Jersey sends the costliest coaches that the traveller aye can
find.
Maryland sends many a vessel laden with her wheat and
maize;
The mistress of the old Dominion, proud her Indian weed
displays.
The fair Carolina sisters—one her forest wealth brings forth,
One her cotton bales, whose contents feed the spindles of
the North,
With them comes a train of ladies, richly dowered and high
bred dames.
Proud as genuine Castilians, as punctilious in their claims.
But I pause ; were I to finish out the list, it would eclipse,
In its tedious numeration, Homer’s catalogue of ships.
In return, then, he gives them protection and advice,
Helps reckon their accounts up, and keep them square and
nice;
Makes up their petty squabbles when they chance to disagree,
With coaxing or scolding, j ust as the case may be ;
For all sorts of dispositions from the lion to the lamb,
Are found in this fair household of gallant Uncle Sam.
Years ago, an old lady who lives across the waves,
And in every body’s pie to have a finger craves ;
A real old busy body, Britania is her name,
To these young ladies’ property set up a sort of claim,
And smoothing down her apron, and looking o’er her specs,
Said such a pack of madcaps were enough a saint to vex.
“ 1 11 teach them better manners, I’ll tame the romps,” said
she,
” Not a single sheet of paper, not a single ounce of tea
Shall they have unless they pay me, for the chance of buying
first,
And I’ve fellows that will make ’em, if the worst comes to
the worst!”
And so it did directly, for the girls flew up at once,
Called Britannia a covetous, tyrannical old dunce ;
Snapped their pretty fingers at lier, and with united voice,
As guardian for the future, of their uncle made a choice,
And raised a subscription to build a liandsome hall,
M ith galleries and chambers fit to contain them all.
Os these high-tempered ladies which Britannia meant to
’ cozen.
There came to live with Unde Sam but just a baker’s dozen;
The rest were wild young savages, but grown sedate and
stable,
Have asked and been admitted to sit with them at table.
Uncle Sam sits at meat and carves a dainty piece,
J ust to suit the taste and fancy of each particular niece,
Looks proudly round upon them and on his princely store,
And thinks—his thoughts are scattered by a knocking at the
door.
‘‘llilloa! Who’s there? What’s wanting?” loud he cries:
With a slight Spanish accent, a stranger voice replies :
“ Your dutiful relation, come to pay her respects,
And ask your protection, who half the world protects,
I’ve lately become heiress to a very pretty dower,
But I fear that its management is quite beyond iny power.’’
Here Madam Massachusetts says in licr neighbor’s car :
“ ’Tis Miss Alta California, as sure as guns, is here!
I can’t say that I bear her a great deal of good will,
For thousands of my people are gone and going still
To win a fortune from her ; however, I must say,
There’s few, that I have heard from, who are inclined to
stay.”
“ Ha! it’s California ; is it ?” says Uncle Sam, “my dear,
If you please, just wait a minute, till I ask these ladies here.
Os course they’ve no objection, I suppose it’s a mere form”—
But his keen eye sees already the gathering of a storm
“ Fair neices,” he continues, “ shall I take it that you are
Disposed to welcome in this cousin, come so far ?”
“ That depends,” says Massachusetts, with a wise, pruden
tial look,.
Putting down a row of figures in her memorandum book.
“ Ha! ha ! cries out another, with flashing eyes of jet,
Tou need not begin reckoning your future projects yet;
If you please, my Yankee sister, I’ve as good a right as you
To say what the household in this respect shall do !”
“ Sister Carrie,” says the other, “ why what’s on earth to
pay ?”
Eat your dinner in contentment, and don’t behave bo, pray.
Remember I was grown up before ever you was born ;”
But the black-eyed beauty answered, with accents full of
scorn:
“ Go to your loom and distaff! let your codfish pedlars
bawl 1
Miss Cally’s coming in don’t depend on you at all.
“i ou’ve coaxed all the new-comers as fast as you were able.
To take their places round on your side of the table ;
But she shan’t have a seat unless she sits by me !
I’ll take my things and leave first; now, madam, we will
see!
“Leave and be—no, ’tis folly to be riled,
We have been too indulgent with this spoiled, unruly child.”
Up rises then a lady of stately form and mien,
With calm, imperial grace, and takes her stand between
The vexed and scolding sisters, but not a single word
Ol friendship or remonstrance by the beauty will be heard—
“ Go, persuade your friends the Magyars, from your other
friend, the Turk,
I want none of your fine speeches, good sister of New York.”
Meanwhile upon the threshold the weary stranger stands,
She presses down the latch with her white and jewelled
hands,
And enters ’mid the tumult; with voice both firm and
sweet,
She renews her application for protection and a seat;
Ends her plea, at last, by saying. “ Good my cousins, un
derstand
That I come not here to ask for grace or favor at your hand;
Far beyond your power of reckoning is the measure of my
wealth,
I’ve a first rate constitution, and can take care of my health.
But if ever at this table I sit down to share your cheer,
It shall be as I myself choose, with these Yankee ladies
here.”
Hark! the uproar is redoubled: Uncle Sam grows angry
too,
Sajs inaudible aside, “ Well, now here’s a fine to do!
Shall I shake that wilful Carrie, cut their ears that rail and
shout ?
Or sit still and eat iny dinner, while the minxes scold it
out?”
Up gets honored, staid Virginia, filled with fury now, and
ire,
On her calm Green Mountain sister, wrathful casts her glance
of fire:
* m i is®ifti & - eifiiii 9
“ This to me ? you upstart milk maid! you may bid your
tenants keep
To themselves their cheese and butter, cloth of mill, and
wool of sheep!
Not a cent of mine hereafter goes to buy their Yankee stuff;
I’ll be bound before the year’s out, you’ll be low and poor
enough.”
Silver-voiced Kentucky rises with conciliatory plea:
Shows them what the termination of such differences must
be;
Thinks that by a small concession, each her own desires
would win—
’Tis so pleasant to be generous, what if they should now
begin.
“ IIusli! be still! I pray you, nieces, here’s a knocking at
the door;
llilloa! who’s there ?” Uncle Sam cries as before.
“ A friend, almost a foreigner, New Mexico’s my name ;
To a seat at your board, I prefer a humble claim.
I don’t know as I’ve finished my education quite,
And my property’s so new I can’t tell its value right,
My guardian is dead, and they plunder me like sin ;
I’ve no one to look to, so prythee, let me in.”
“ You’d best stay where you are!” says Uncle Sam, “ till I’m
able
To pacify these ladies, and get silence in this Babel.
My children, he continues, this dispute is out of season;
We can’t drink the flow of soul, and eat the feast of reason.
You talk of leaving, do you ? Miss Carrie, you’re mistaken,
If it was’ntfor your temper, I should think your wits were
shaken.
Knock ! knock !in heaven’s name! pray who is calling now ?
Here’s a precious business brewing! I’m stumped to-day, I
vow!
Go out, you villain porter! see what’s the matter there,
And let another soul in without leave, sir, if you dare.”
“ Here’s another stranger, sir, if it please you, wants a place ;
She wears most uncommon garments, and has a dark, wild
face—
Says she’s got the finest fortune of any lady yet;
Yon can have a handsome part on’t, and her name is Deseret.
She’s building a big temple, and so—’’ “ Shut up, you
scamp!
Tell the lady my opinion is she’d better just decamp.
I’ll send someone to bring her when I’ve nothing else to do.
I’ve trouble now enough, without taking her in, too.
Knock ! knock! why, what on earth’s the matter ?
All nater seems determined to raise a general clatter !”
Says a soft voice at the door with infinite address :
u Voulez vous monsieur avez la grand politesse
De me donner' I — but here another interferes ;
“ We must speak a little louder, if we mean to reach their
ears,
Here’s two sisters of the North, come to join our social band,
We’ve had different educations, but we’ll quickly understand
Your customs and habits for they’re suited to our taste;
W e've made up our minds slow ly, and we shan’t repent in
baste,
Old Britannia has ruled us long enough with rod of birch,
And we’re tired of supporting lier soldiers and lier church.”
Uncle Sam strikes his forehead in trouble and vexation ;
“ Good Heavens 1 all the world seems bent on annexation !
If these girls would hear to reason, but when they’re bound to
scold,
They will have tlieir scolding out, I remember that of old.
Knock ! knock! knock ! Imy patience, here’s another !
Pray who can want to enter in such a dreadful pother ?”
“ It’s a Spanish lady, sir,” says the porter speaking low,
“ And the way she rattles off'the Castilian isn’t slow.
I can’t understand a word but ‘Mautanzas’ and ‘Havana;’
I guess you’d better send out Miss Louisa Anna
To see what she wants.” “ Wants ! I’ll bet a dollar
She wants to come in and St. Domingo ’ll follow !
Keep dark, do you hear ? and don’tlet on a word
To a single lady here, what you guess or what you've heard.
Here’s a hornet's nest already, and the way they act is shock
ing:
But, listen ! ’seems to me I hear another knocking.”
Through the door just ajar, the gallant bachelor spies
A lady robed in black, with sad and tearful eyes.
She bows low at the threshold, what spirit could but feel
Some little throb of sympathy at this her mute appeal ?
“ Who is it ?” asks a dozen of the ladies in a second, x .
“ Einarmse icittioee von Deutchland,fragit fur cur auch
tung .”
“ Alas ! poor Hungary 1” says many a friendly voice,
“ Pray give her home and welcome, since now she lias no
choice 1”
Uncle Sam turns to profit the momentary hush:
Says that Others get the bird, while they’re beating of the
bush ;
Puts down bis foot with firmness, says they may scold and
tease,
But these his new-come nieces shall sit just where they please.
My story has no ending, for the end it is not yet,
And whether these roused spirits their tempers will forget,
And once more dwell in concord, I’m sure I cannot say—
But peace to all their troubles, and Heaven speed the day!
Taking the Census.
It is well known that some rich scenes occur dur
ing the progress of the census taking, and the Idl
ing is one of ’em which the writer, an eye and ear
witness, vouches for :
‘ls the head of the family home ?’ asked the in
quiring marshal.
‘There’s the divil, with his book again, for the
d’recthry !’ shouted a junior of the family, to the
maternal head, above stairs, who presently appears.
‘ls it the heads of the family ye want, sure l but
last week ye wanted our names for the d’recthry,
and now ye want our heads ! A free country, sure
when one’s head isn’t safe ! Be off, an, bad luck
till ye, and all like ye.’
After some explanation, the questions in order
were asked.
‘Who is the head of the family V
‘Ann Phelin, yer honor, the same in ould Ireland
forever.
‘How many males in the family P
‘Three males a day, parates for dinner on— ’
‘But how many men and boys ?’
‘Och, why there’s an ould man an’ boy, an’ three
children that died live years since, heaven rest their
souls, the swatest jewels that iver—•’
‘But how many are now living V
‘Meselfan’ me daughter Judy, ye see, and a jew
el of a girl she is’ indade.’
‘Have you no men in the family V
‘Sorra the one ; the ould man works hard by day,
and Patrick is not at home at home at all, but to
his melqs and bed.’
‘Hom many are subject to military duty V
‘Nivver a one ; Patrick and the old man belong
to the Immets, and sure finer looking sowgers were
nivver born ; did ye not see them the day the auld
General was buried? ’Twould have made your
heart bate to see two rucli gintale, well behaved
boys.’
‘How many are entitled to vote ?’
‘Why the ould men and meself and Judy; an’
warrent it we bate the natives an’ whigs, an’ all,
an’ elected ould Gineral Jackson over them all, fur a
fine man was he.’
‘How many colored persons in your family’ ?’
‘Nagers, did you mane nagers? Out man, an’
don’t be after insulting me! Out, man, an’ niver
ask me for me senses agin, yer out of yer senses yer
self. Begone an’ don’t bother.’
Irish AllGCdOtCS. —W’lllis, writing upon “ Scenery
in Ireland,” gives a couple of anecdotes that were brought out
by the driver of an Irish jaunting-car, in which Willis was the
only passenger. A young fellow was seen leading an ass. The
driver addressed him :
“ Good morrow, neighbor !—is the ass your own ?”
“ No,” replied the boy, “ he’s my father’s.”
“In troth—l knew’ ho was one of the family, for he’6 the very
pitcher of the old man,” retorted Barney, with a loud guffaw,
at the same time applying the whip vigorously to liis horse to
escape the vengeance of the irritated lad, who was searching on
the road for a “ lump of a two year old,” with which he meant
to return Barney’s witticism. His next essay was on a good
looking country girl, who, with bare feet and well-gathered-up
petticoats, was daintly picking lier steps along a plashy part of
the road.
“ Mind your steps my ma cailleen dhas , or you'll dirty your
birth-day stockings/’ cried he.
‘‘Never fear, abouohal. But if I do, where’s the harm?
Sure they’re warranted to wash, and hold the colors always,”
replied the girl, smartly.
“ I wonder, then, how they’d look turned ?” inquired Bar
ney, with a grin.
“ About as purty as your own eyes,” answered she, glancing
knowingly at the questioner.
The girl's allusion to the obliquity of Barney’s optics discon
certed him a little; he flourished his whip, began to whistle
vehemently, and looked out for a fitter object to erack his next
joke upon.
You’re a Nice Young Man, but you can’t
come in.
‘Hallo there, friend, you can’t come in!’ said a
faithful door-keeper yesterday to a tall, eccentric
looking individual, who was hurrying, with long
strides, into the new American theatre.
‘O, just allow me to take a peep,’ said the tall cus
tomer, stopping and turning abruptly.
‘Can’t do it, sir! My orders are to let no person
in but the owners and lessees.’
‘ls Kolia, the Peruvian prisoner confined here!’
said the intruder.
‘What?’ said the honest door-keeper, opening his
eyes, with a bewildered expression at the question.
‘Tell me, soldier, hast thou a wife V said the stran
ger, grasping the poor door-keeper’s arm.
‘Well, I reckon,’ said the man, while the blood
flew from his cheek, and he looked into the tall gen
tleman’s eyes, expecting to detecting some symptoms
ofi ns anity.
‘And children ?’ said the inquirer, with a tragic
start.
‘Well, Mister,’ replied the door-keeper, I don’t
know if its any of your business, but I reckon I is
got a small chance of a family.”
‘Here, take this wedge of massive gold,’ exclaim
ed the stranger, picking up a block of wood, that
was lying at his feet, and thrusting it into the door
keeper’s hand.
The man looked at the wood, and then at the
stranger, w ith a great deal of astonishment and then
said, with a very solemn deliberation, ‘Look
here, now, my good man, its pretty clear to me your
mother don't know you’re out, but it wont do for
you to come foolin in this way ’round me. You
may be a very nice young man , but you can't come
ill /’
‘Well, well,’ said the stranger, laughing, ‘you’re
a trusty, honest fellow, and you’ll find I’ll like you
the better lor it hereafter. So let me pass, for I’m
in somewhat of a hurry.’
‘You can't come in, friend, I tell you. Who are
you any how ?’
‘You don’t know me, my good man.’
‘Well, I dont.’
*My name is Smith.’
‘You don’t say so! How is Mrs. Smith and the
family ? and what has become of John V
The stranger gave vent to a hearty laugh.
‘Y ou may laugh, neighbor, as much as you please
but you can't come in’
‘My name is Sol Smith’ said the individual, chan
ging his tone, and assuming that dignified manner
and graceful attitude peculiar to him ; I have just
got here from the Cion, l’ratte, which is still aground
five hundred aad seventy miles above Vicksburg. —
I am the lessee of this establishment and I like your
attention to business. You shall retain your situa
tion as one of my door-keepers sis long as you please
and now, sir, please allow me the favor of passing
in a few moments.’
The man fell on his knees, just as Tripolimus Mud
dle work did before Charles XII, and Sol, waving
Ins hand gracefully, walked in.
V RAGS! RAGS!! RAGS!!!
/TH £ ROCK ISLAND FACTORY,
S jipppnfod to purchase clean Linen Hemp or Cottoh Rags, and wit
X pay 3 1-2 cents per pound, for 100,000 pounds, delivered at the
Mills, on the Chattahochee 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 goods and wares.
Cash will always be paid for them at ‘"Rock Island Factory.” By
order of the Board.
GEORGE YV. WINTER, Sec’y.
Columbus, Ga. March 21st, 1850. Iji—
_ COTT 0 m 11 MS, “
& t. iMWi & a
HAVE now in successful operation one of the most extensive
and complete Manufactories of COTTON GINS in the South. —
The materials used are of the best quality. The machinery is all new
and constructed on the most approved plans for the manufacture of
Cotton Gins.
The machinists and workmen employed in the establishment are
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 he sent to E. T. Taylor 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 of the
“Georgia Citizen,” Macon, to which the attention of Cotton Brokers
and Planters is invited. N. Ousley Son are agents in the same
lace, for the sale of these superior Machines.
Columbus, March 21st, 1850. I—l y
~TheTgeorga mar ele
Manufacturing Company.
interest of G. Roberts in the above company has passed into
Y the hands of John G. Rankin and the company of Simons, Hur
lick & Vaughn into the hands of Win. Ilurlick—who has associated
himself with Atkinson &. Rankin of the Georgia .Marble Mmufactnring
Cos. The business will hereafter be carried on by Atkinson, Rankin
k Ilurlick. 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 excel
en, an( i 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.
Harnagcvilic, Cher okee Cos. Geo.
SURGICAL OPERATIONS,
DR. JAMES WEAVER, (Memphis Tenn.) 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 all affections of the eye, as well as ail other cases, and
will insure a cure in all cases of cross-eye, (strabismus) and will guar
antee success in every case of Club or Reel-Foot, (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. 30tli 1850.*
Club or Keel Foot Cured.
Mr. Editor —DearPir: Please publish the following case in you r
valuable periodical, that those who may be laboring under a simila r
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 Hie outside of niy
feet, on which 1 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
my body in walking. 1 applied to Professor James Weaver, of Mem
phis, Tenn. who is distinguished for his surgical skill, and on the 28th
day from the time of the operation, 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 daily and expect in a short
time to run and jump equal to any neighbor. There is no pain atten
ding the operation but what can be easily stood by any one, and dur
ing the whole operation there is scarcely any blood lost, and no spres
or inflamation, as most persons might suppose. There is hardly any
sum that would induce me to exchange iny straight feet for the crook
ed ones 1 had six weeks ago. I would advise all persons who nre le
boring under that deformity, to call on Dr. Weaver, who will cura
them with certainty.
E. T. PETTY.
March 21st, 1850. [1 —tf]
THE UNDERSIGNED would respectfully announce to their Pa
trons, and the public generally, that their OPERATING ROOMS
in this city, will be permanently open the entire Summer.
We have prepared a DISINFECTING MOUTH WASH, which
cleanses the Teeth, strengthens the Gums, and purifies the breath.
G. S. PUTNAM,
July l - HENRI DORIO.N
100 Hhds. CUBAMOALSSES,
Instore, aad for sale by SCOTT, CARHART & CO.
April 18,1850. 4—ts
MILITARY INSTITUTE.
Blue Licks , K,j.
BOARD OF VISITORS.
THE ADJUTANT GENERAL, together with five fit persons, to be
annually appointed by the Executive, to attend examinations at
least once a year, according to law.
WAmwmw,
Incorporated with all the powers, and rights exeacised by the Trus
tee! and Faculty of any other College.
COL. T. F. JOHNSON, General Superintendent.
*COL. E. W. MORGAN, Joint Superintendent and Professor of En
gineering and of jVatural History.
•LIEUT. COL. B. R. JOHNSON, Professor of Xatural and Experi
mental Philosophy.
+M AJ. W. W. A. FORBES, Professsor of Mathematics.
RICHARD N. NEWELL, A. M. Professor of .Indent and .Voder
Languages.
JAMES G. BLANK, A. B. Adjunct Professor of /languages.
REV. J. R. SWIFT, A. M. Professor of Ethics and Belles Lettres.
JAMES H. DAVIESS, Esq. Professor of Imic.
REV. H. V. D. NEVIUB, A. M. Principal of the Academy.
CAPT. C. E. MOTT, Teacher in the Academy.
CAPT. W. VV. GAUNT, Adjutant of the Institute.
•Educated at West Point.
+Educated at the Virginia Military Institute.
Two hundred and thirty Cadets, from fifteen different States, have
entered this Institution since it was organized, in 1817. It is entire
ly free from the control or domination of any sect or party, cither po
litical or religious. Economy in dress, by the adoption of a cheap
Uniform, for Winter and Summer, is rigiilty enforced. Every studetn
is required to select a College guardian, with whom all funds brought
or received must be 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 ot V\ estern progress—a
university where all may select a course ot steady to suit their time,
means ond professional destination.
Mr. Dvvikss, 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
ervation 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 lie is now otter
ed 175 per month, for competant assistant Engineers. One of his for
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 are 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 $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 acquird territory, j
will give ample scope for ages to come, to the skill and enterprise of [
jthe Engineer, the Geologist, the Mineralogist,the Surveyor and the 1
Architect. Young men who have an aptitude for the 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 “ ‘
For Fuel - - - - 2 00 ““
BOARDING can be had in private families, at from two to two anp
a half dollars a week. Whin in Barracks, it is designed to furnish
Commons at a uniform rate. Students from a distance will tie require
cd to board at the Institute, and have no communication with the
town, except as allowed by w ritten permits.
ZjT The next session will commence on the first of September, and
continue ten months.
March 21st, 1850. I—ts1 —ts
¥000” DOLLARS REWARD!!
Reuben Rich’s Patent, Centre Vent, Water ‘Wheel
made entirely of Iron with Iron gates— a
gainst Turbine, Hotchkiss and all other Wheels,
I WILL give SSOO Reward to any person who will producce a Pa
tent Water Wheel, that will do as much business with the same
quantity of water under any given head from three feet to thirty feet,
or
1 will give SSOO to any person, who will produce a Breast Wh.el un
der a head of eight feet or less that shall equal it, in saving of v. ater, or
I will give the_same amount to any one who will produei an over
shot or undershot, that will last with my wheel and not co.t more mo
ney sooner or later, or
I will give the same Rewarltoany man who will produce an over
shot undershot or Breast Wluil, that will run as steady as my wheel
or
I will give SSOO to any onvho will produce a wheel of any sort or
kind patented or not, that widftombine to the game extent, cheapness
durability.power, speed or simplicity so easily applied in dll situations
and so universally applicable to all purposes and every location, or
I will give SSOO, to any who will produce a Hotchkiss I t hce
ll nit does not consume tillyfper cent more water to do the same Faw/
ng or Grinding.
Those who doubt can v/sit the Coweta Falls 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
faded to do the business at all. Or if they will visit Pleasant Macon’s
in Macon county Alabama they will see one of niy wheels, only 2 feet,
8 inches in diameter, under a bead of 9 feet, grinding 9 to ten bushels
of corn per hour. Or in a short time I will show at Winter’s Mills in
this city, one of my wheels 3 1-2 feet in diameter, grinding, 50 lo 00
bushels per hour with two pairs of stones. In the State of New York
there are at least 500 of o j wheels, Grinding, Sawing and Manufac
turing in a style never ye done by any other. With sufficient head 1
can turn 5000 Spindles and 100 Looms with one of niy wheels but 2
eet in diameter.
Gindrat So Cos. at t.ie Montgomery works Alabama, who are manu
facturing my wheel*, will execute orders for them, and deliver them in
any place South 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 Ugotncry care of Gindrat Jc Cos. or at this place care ol
G. W. Wintei Esq. will meet with prompt attention. In all cases
when the Purchaser is not fully satisfied with the performance of niy
Wheel, the money will be returned.
REUBEN RICH, Patentee,
from Oswego County New York.
Colu.nbusGn. March 21st, 1850. I—tlj.
Bomil iiiii, (ilem:
OF HIEIIPHIB.
TIIE 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.
tACU | T Y !
G. W. Morrow, M. D., Professor of Anatomy, § 12 00
James Weaver, M. D., Professor of Surgery, 12 00
S. R. Jones, M. D., Professor of Physiology and Fa
thology, - 12 00
M. Gabbert, M. D., Professor of Theory and 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. Hyer, A. M., Professor of Chemistry, - 15 00
G. W. Morrow, M. D., Demonstrator of Anatomy - 800
“ Matriculation Ticket, - 5 00
Total, §IOO 00
Graduation fee, Twenty Dollars.
A course of Lectures on Medical Jurisprudence will he
delivered gratis during the session,
In making the announcement for the approaching session i
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 iu addition to the necessary lecture
rooms, will embrace a library, a museum and an herbarium.
The arrangements now iu 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 eonsequeucc of the numerous applications which have
been made to extent} 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 materials
suitable for a country Printiug Office. Application to be
luadettl this Office. Aug. 9,1850.
Dr. de GRAFFENREID’S
CELEBRATED
RHEUMATIC LINIMENT,
IN introducing this medicine to the people of the United State
sale, the proprietors beg leave to submit the following *tat •? ’
of Dr. deGraffenried, its discoverer and inventor: “* nt
The undersigned frankly states that he lias prescribed this medic
for the last twenty-two years, in all forms of ‘cute and Chronic m “**
mat ism, with a success unparalleled in the annals of of medicine • *¥
he has no hesitation in saying, that it is decidedly the moslraluaM
remedy ever yet discovered for the relief of this most painful ;, T „i
tressing malady. aiMl <**■
His note-book contains upwards of three hundred cases, in which
has been used within the above named period, and in no sine' 1 *
instance has it come to his knowledge, of its having failed to iff ,
cure when persevered in. Many of the cases were from four mV *
years standing; and what may appear yet more remarkable and •>¥*
ordinary, is, that when the patient has been once relieved, thediwa*”
is permanently cured, remains so, not a solitary instance bavin” U**
rejiorted to him of its return. ® a
All he would ask for this remedy is a fair, impartial and pati e i
trial, for the results he entertains no ajiprrhcnsion. nl
Up to the time of this discovery’, the undersigned had well stud . H
the origin, progress and character of this disease, and is well aV, ur '7
bad consulted every author on its treatment, who had written ~r
translated into the English language, and had used all the remedies at
any notoriety then in vogue with the profession, with however v *r
rarely any relief to poor suffering humanity. ‘
It has baffled the skill arid science of the most eminent Phy*ici n
and Surgeons of our own, and of every other country. But"the Un
dersigned flatters himself that his remedy will cure this most wu n f„ 1
disease, when all others have failed, and that he shall have been
humble instrument in the hands of God, of relieving the human fan,,.”
of a vast amount of suffering. “ ’
E. L. de GRAFFENRIED, M. u.
CERTIFICATES.
FROM col. a. k. aver.
Dr. E. L. de Graffenried —Learning that vou are about
to manufacture ior the public, your valuable Rheumatic lan.
uncut, I take pleasure in stating that I believe it one of the
most valuable remedies ever used for that common and nm*t
distressing disease, having witnessed its effects upon a ne
, gro man of mine, who had been afflicted for four vears, un
til almost every joint was enlarged, and the body otherwise
emaciated. Bv the use of four or live bottles, in three tveki.
he was relieved entirely from pain.
Columbus, Ga., Oct. 24, 1649. a. K. \YER
Columbus, October 30, 1849.
Dear Sir—About the first of April last, l came to Colum
bus to get medical assistance, and was advised to call ea yog
as having a remedy that would afford me speedy relief J
was taken down in January last, with a violent attack a”
Rheumatism in nearly all my joints, so badly, that r conidi
not pull off my shoes without aid ; nor could I aseeud or de
j scend steps, or puli off my clothes without assistance. My
right arm and hand were nearly useless ; the fingers con
traded and swollen; the right knee swollen and stiffened,
so that I could uot bend it but very little. Ip to the Ist es
April, I was all the time in suffering and pain ; I rubbed
i with your Rheumatic Liniment my limbs three times, and
! was the next morning enabled to descend u long flight of
i steps, without aid of crutch or stick, and back to my room—l
; CHui d bend my knee and bring it up to the chair, which
i the previous day, 1 could not have done if mv life had de
j pended on it. I could also use, open and Lend my fingers,
I which was an impossibility the day before. I rose in tha
I morning from my bed entirely reliev'd of pain. 1 used one
| bottle and an eight ounce via! of your Rheumatic Liniment,
j and in ten days, I was relieved. 1 would not have been in
j the condition which 1 had been ten days before I called on
i yon, for any amount of money that could be given me; for
what is life worth when in constant pain and miserv ! I
consider your Rheumatic Liniment, the most valuable tried
icine in the world, i am, dear sir, your friend,
J. 11. SMITH.
Columbus, Nov. 1, 1&4‘1.
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 her and she now has the use of her neck as
well as ever she had ; and up to this time it has not rctum
i ed. GARLAND H. TERRY.
Philadelphia, Feb. 1, 1850.
Dr. de Graffenricd—Dear Sir: Having been afflicted, for
sometime 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 after three
I days, I was so much relieved as to he able to leave the hotiso
and attend to business. 1 have perfectly recovered from the
disease, and would cheerfully recommend the Liniment to
all those who are afflicted.
GEORGE IIOOD, 27 Powell st.
Columbus, Ga., Oct. 13, 1649.
Dr. E. L. de Graffenried—Dear Sir: Agreeable to your
request, I give my testimonial as to (he virtue of your Lini
ment in the cure of Rheumatism. Being attacked in ons
joint of my finger, last winter, with ac ute Rheumatism, and
having used many of the unnumbered fie script ions for ita
cure, with but little benefit, 1 made application of two bottles
of your Liniment, which I am happy to 6ay relieved me in a
very short time. 1 can recommend its use to all persons af
fected in like manner.
Very respectfully, F. S. CHAPMAN.
I c;tn testily to the efficacy of Dr. de Graffenried’e Rheu
matic Liniment in the case of Air. F. S. Chapman, as it came
under my immediate observation.
Oct. 13, 1849. R. A. WARE, M. I).
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 her arm 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 lor a bottle 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 dis
covered for Rheumatism : that is, from my own knowledge
and that which 1 have heard from others.
Dr. E. L. de Gruffeuricd. H. C. McKEE.
Columbus, Oct. 19th, 1849
Dr. de Grafft-nried—Dear Sir: I take pleasure in saying, I
have a boy who was so badly afflicted with Rheumatism,
that he could not raise his hand to his head, and had nearly
Isst the use of his arm. I 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. Philadelphia, March 3d, 1850.
Col. .1. B. Rngan —Sin, it affords me great |>!easure to tie able to
bear testimony to the efficacy and virtues of Dr. dc GroffcxrictTi
Rheumatic Binimcut.
I have been sorely afflicted for the last six years with what I believ
ed to be. and what eminent Physicians of this city pronounced. Rheu
matic gout, for several winters past 1 have been confined to my room
and bed nearly all the time. In January last, I had an attack as Violent
if not more so than usual, which prostrated n.c 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 da Vs my
back, wrists and ankles were entirely relieved (and so continue) of all
the soreness and jiains, and the swelling* reduced, with the use ot
less than one bottle. 1 have been iu the discharge 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.
Res|>ectful>- Yours, N. W. BUHKJES,
Jones’ Hotel.
Baltimore, March 30, 1850. .
Dr. de Grrffenried — Dear Sir. for the last twelve years, I havesut
ferce very severely with the Rheumatism, having been nearly ne
fourth of the time confined to my tied by it. I have had the best med
ical aid to be found in various cities in the United States, with little r r
no benefit. I have also tried innumerable strongly recommended
remedies which have failed to effect a cure. 1 spent the last summer
at the White Sulphur and Hot Sprites in Virginia, to little purpose.
After my return home, I so lar recovered, a * to be able to walk about a
little. About six weeks since, I had a severe att)i k which again con
fined me to my l>cJ, I was in great pain and scarcely able to move my
limbs, when a friend of mine called and informed iiwthat you had dis
covered an infallible rente//*, and had cured many.and amongst them,
one of my friends, and showed rue a letter from Join Mating the fact.
I was induced to try your Rheumatic Liniment, and take pleasure in
informing you that iu less than twenty-four hours from the first appli
cation 1 was perfect y free from jHiin, and continue so up to this thie".
I am now able to attend to business, and fondly hopfe all those affl: t
ed, as I have been, may be ns speedily relieved, ns I have been with
your medicine. Wishing you all the blessings you deserve dear sir,
Your grateful and obedient Servant,
GEO. WARDSWORTH.
Coli mbis, Ca, Oct- 20, J 849.
Dr. de Graffenried — 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 remedies
then known and used in similar cases, aided by medical adv ice, until
September, 1845, with no satisfactory result whatever, i was then
induced, by a rheumatic acquaintance, to try your Liniment, as some
thing new, and which had cured him; and in qyc month from the
time I commenced the application,! was well, and clear of the Rheu
matism as 1 ever was, and have continued so to tins time.
Yours, Truly, l„ c. MORTON.
For sale at Payne & Nisbett's Drug Store, Macon, and by Agents
tin all the principal cities and towns in the United States. Price 55
per bottle—none genuine without the signature of the discoverer on
the side label of the bottle, and across the cork.
de GRAFFENRIED hi Cos., Proprietors.
Colmnbus, June 14,1850. 12—ly.
MACON
Candy Manufactory.
r HE Subscriber still continues to manufacture CANDY of every
variety, next door below Roes k Co’s, on Cotton Avenue. Hav*
increasetl my facilities and obtained additional Tools, 1 aui now prey
ed to put up to order, CANDIES, of any variety, and w arranted equa_
to any manufactured in the South. I also manufacture a superior ar
ticle of Lemon and other SYRUPS, CORDIA.US, PRESERVES, kc.
All my articles are well packed, delivered at any point in.this City
and warranted to give satisfaction,
U. C. FREEMAN. A cent.
March, 21, 1850. i-ts
