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A Preity Considerable Bird Story.
BY JACK HUMPHRIES.
In nearly all yarns or plays, in which Yankees
figure, they are supposed to be ‘a leetle teu darn’d
ceute’ for almost anybody else, creating a heap of
fun, and coining out clean ahead; but that even
Connecticut Yankees—the cutest and alltiredest tight
critters on the face of the yearth , when money or
trade’s in the question —are ‘ done ’ now and then,
upon the most scientific principles, we are going to
prove.
It is generally known, in the newspaper world,
that two or three wooden nutmeg branded Y an
kees, a few years ago, started a paper in Philadel
phia, upon the penny principle, and have since rea
lized a splendid fortune, all around. They were
and are men of great enterprise and liberality, as
far as their business is concerned, and thereby they
got ahead of all competition, and made their pile.
The proprietors of the Ledger were always ‘fly’ for
any new dodge by which they could keep the lead
of things, aud monopolize the news market. The
Telegraph had not ‘turned up’ in the day of which
we write, —the mails, and, now and then, express
horse lines, were the media through which Great
Excitements! Alarming Events! ! Great Fires and
Awful Calamities!!! were come at. One morn
ing, as Swain was sitting in his office, a long, lank
genius, with a visage as hatchet faced and keen as
any Connecticut Yankee’s on record, came in, and
enquired of one of the clerks for the proprietors of
that institution. Swain being pointed out, the thin
man made a lean towards him. After getting close
up, and twisting and screwing his head to see that
nobody was listening or looking, the lean man sat
down very gingerly upon the extreme verge of a
chair, aud leaning forward until his razor-made nose,
almost touched that of the publisher, in a low, nas
al, anxious tone, says he —
‘Air yeou one of the publishers of this paper?’
‘I am, Sir, my name is Swain.’
‘Oh, yeou air?’said the visitor, again looking sus
piciously around and about him.
‘Did yeou ever hear tell of the Pigeon Express /’
he continued.
‘The Pigeon ExpressT echoed the publisher.
‘ Y-a-s. Carrier pigeon—letters to their 1-e-g-s
and newspapers under their wings—trained to fly
any where you want’em.
‘ Carrier Pigeons.’ mused the publisher— 4 Carrier
—Pigeons, trained to carry billets —bulletins and— ’
‘ Go from fifty to a hundred miles an hour!’ chim
ed the stranger.
‘True, so they say, very true,’ continued Swain
musingly.
‘Elegantthings for gettin’ or sendin’ noos, head
of everybody else.’
‘ Precisely, that’s a fact, that’s a fact,’ S. respond
ed, rising from the chair and pacing the floor, as
though rather and decidely taken by the novelty
and feasibility of the operation.
‘,Y r ou’d have’em all, Mister, dead as mutton, by
a Pigeon Express.’
‘ 1 like the idea, good first rate!’ said Swain.
4 Can’t be beat, nohow!’ said the stranger.
4 But what would it cost?’
4 Two hundred dollars, and a small .vagon to be
gin on.’
V, small wagon?’
Y'eou see, Mister, the birds have to be
trained to fly from one point to another!’
4 \ r es, \V\gJl?’
4 W-a-a-11, you see the birds are put in a box on
the top of the bildin,’ for a spell, teu git the hand of
things, and so on?’
‘ Yes, very well, go on.’ %
‘Then the birds are put in a cage, the trainer
takes ’em into his wagon—ten miles at fust—throws
’em up, snd the birds go to the bildin.’* Xext day
fifteen miles, and so forth, you see?’ *
‘Perfectly, I understand, now where can these
birds be had?’
Putting his thin lips closer to the publisher’s pen
dant ears, in a low, long way, says the stranger—
'■l've got ‘em, down to the tavern, where I’m
stoppin.’
‘ Bring them up, let me see them, let me see
them!’
‘Certain, Mister, of course,’ responded the Pigeon
Expressman, leaving the presence of the tickled to
death publisher, who paced his office, as full of ef
fervescence as a demijohn of spruce beer in dog
days.
About this time, pigeons were being trained, and
a few cases, now and then, really did carry messages
for lottery ticket venders in Jersey City, Philadel
phia. Wilmington and Baltimore; but these ex
ploits rarely paid first cost, and did not amount to
much, —although some noise was made about the
wonderful performance of certain Carrier Pigeons.
But the Ledger was to have anew impulse—aston
ishing all creation and the rest ot mankind, by their
Pigeon Express. Swain’s partner, Simmons, was in
New York, fishing for novelties, and Swain deter
mined to astonish him on his return home, by the
bird business! A coop was fixed on the top of the
‘bildin’ as the great in ventior of the express suggest
ed. ‘The wagon was bought, and, with two hun
dred dollars in par funds, passed over to the pigeon
expressman, who, in the course of a few days, put
the birds into bis wagon to take them out some few
miles, throw them up, and Swain and a confidential
friend were to be on the top of the ‘bildin,’ looking
out for them?
They kept looking!—They saw something, not
werrv like a whale, but a good deal like a first rate
bad ‘•Sell!’ The lapse of a few days was quite suf
ficient to convince the publisher that he had been
taken in and done for, —regularly picked up and
done on the most approved and scientific principles.
Rather than let the cat ont of the bag; the publish
er made on his mind to pocket the shave and keep
shady, not even ‘letting on’ to his partner, who, in
the course of the following week, returned from
evidently feeling fine as silk, about some
‘‘'‘ * York—get
the door!’ was the reply, in a eau-
something very important on
Bne tapis.
” 4 Simmons, my dear fellow, I’ve got a concern,
now, that will put the sixpences to sleep, sound as
rocks!’
‘No. What have you started, something in Got
ham?’
‘Exactly, v If you don’t own up the corn, that the
idea is gratia —immense —I’ll knock under.’
4 Good! I’m glad—.particularly glad you t ve found
something new and startling,’ responded Swain. —
‘Well, Simmons, what is it?’
‘ Great! —wonderful!— Carrier Pigeons /’
* Pigeons .’
* You don’t pretend to say that— ’
‘ Y r es, Sir,fall arranged,—luckiest fellows alive, we
are— ’
‘ Well, but and it, Simmons,—’
‘Oh, d6n’t be uneasy—l fixed it, Bench and me.’
* Beach?—You don’t pretend that old Mose
Beach— ’
4 Y'es, I do, we both lit upon the enterprise at once,
and— ’
‘Well, I’m—l’m hanged if this isn’t rich!’mutter
ed Swain, sticking his digits into his trowserloons —
biting his lips and stamping around.
‘Rich! Elegant! In two weeks we’ll be flyiitg
our birds, and— ’
‘Flying h—T Whey, Simmons do you—’
4 Ha! ha! I know I’d astonish you; Beach insisted
©n my keeping perfcetly mum, until things were in
regular working order; he then set the boys at work
—we have large cages on the top of the Sun build
ing—’
‘Simmons,’ said the partner solemnly, ‘come up
on the top of this building. There, do you see that
bundle of laths and stuff?’ *
*YV by—why, Swain you don’t pretend to say
that— ’
‘ I do, exactly. A scamp came along here a week
ago—talked of nothing but Carrier Pigeons,—
Pigeon Expresses. I thought I’d surprise you, and— ’
‘ Well, well, go on.’
‘And, by thunder, was green enough to give the
fellow S2O0 —a horse and wagon —’
‘ Done! done by !’ roared Simmons, without
waiting for further particulars. ‘s2oo and horse and
wagon—just what Beach and I gave the and and
scamp’ ha! ha! ha!’ rA
4 Haw! haw! haw!’ and the publishers roared un
der the force of the joke, until they tore their very
linen.
Whatever became of the Tigeon Expressman, is
not distinctly known but be is supposed to lifive giv
en up the bird business and gone into the njauufac
ture of wooly horses and cod liver oil. /
Tile Archangel’s Trump, /
The last good story in Parris is toLu at the ex
pense of a very handsome aud rich willow of most
examplary character, who had a smajfl ; u elegant
retreat at Versailles, in addfiYnAV-b© h town resi
dence. Atythis she vy-vs passing a
week at
guest, who was a distant relation,
and *jus passing his vacation from school.
Madame’s housek<^ e j, er ° in d cook was a respecta
blefemale, who, however, i ia d anjadmirer, a trum
peter, stationed in the barrages near by, and the
stolen pleasure of whom vos JL) come in and dine
stealthily on the remainder d|K es 0 f the mistress’
luxuriant table. §
Madame and her boy relati® having started afte r
dinner for a walk, the trum liter took advi" ta n e
the absence, but unluckily piJßmged'nis meal a few
minutes too long. In hisjkurry to conceal himself,
when taken by surprise, hffiecatne ensconced under
the bed of the lady of the house, thinking to escape
while she passed the evening in her drawing-room as
usual. Madame was tired with her walk, however,
and proceeded to retire for the night, immediately
on her return.
The trumpeter, in full uniform, with his brazen iin
strument beside him, was of course in a position of
considerable dismay. As lie lay racking his brain,
the door suddenly opened, and in walked the school
boy, who to the astonishment of the lady, fell on
his knees, and made a tumultuous declaration of
love!
‘ln the name of heaven,’ cried the astonished ob
ject of his passion, ‘rise and leave the room immed
iately! What would be thought of me if you were
seen is this indiscreet situation and postnre! Rise,
this moment and retire!’
‘No?’ firmly persisted the academical, ‘I live but
to love you ! No power on earth shall tear me from
this spot —no —not even if the trump of the last
day—’
At this moment, the trumpeter, whose lip was at
the edge of his instrument, blew a blast, into which
was poured the overwhelming torrent of his pre
vious impatience. ‘Trrrrr—la ta ta tata ta’—a thun
der-blast, to which the walls of the little cottage
trembled to their foundations.
The room was vacated by dame and lover in a
trice, and the trumpeter made his escape —but the
story got wind, and, without name or place, wastohl
all over Paris. a
It was being narrated one evening by a
in a small circle, when the narrator
would have given anything in the world
the face of the lady at the moment of
pet’s sounding.’
‘The face of the boy on liis knees was
Vorfh seeing,’ Fassure you!’ exclaimed, in a tone of
pique, a lady among the listeners—unguardedly re
vealing, by this hasty comment, that she was, her
self, the heroine of the story! — Home Journal.
Laughable Blunder.
During the time of the Dorr war in Rhode Is
land, in which so much bloodshed was spilled in im
agination, and ©ne man killed in reality, a conven
tion was called to devise means to insure the public
safety. The village of G ,in which our hero
lived, determined to send a delegate; and as he
could be spared from the village better than many
others, he was chosen by a unanimous vote. Great
ly was lie elated, and high did he poke up his hair
and pull up his dickey.
“ S’pose they’ll want a speech, won’t they Squire!”
said he, addressing the lawyer, as they come out of
the caucus.
“Oh, yes, certainly,” said he.
“ Wal, 1 s’pose I’m able to give ’em thunder and
lightnin’,” quoth our hero.
Accordingly he went to the convention. The main
question before the meeting was—the expediency of
organizing an army. The debate ran high,members
waxed warm, until finally our hero felt it incumbent
on him to “extend his placid head above the waves,”
and calm them down. Accordingly he rose —
“ Mr. President and Fellow-Citizens. What’s the
use of all this ’ere debate ’bout organizin’ and not
organizin’? Mr. President, our feythers fout through
the Revolution, with no music but a drum and fife.
And what’s the use of gittin’ yer organs now ? They
won’t make any better music, and are a good deal
heavier to lug about!’’
It is needless to add, no more was said about “or
ganization.” And the delegate from G return
ed home with the cognomen of “ organizer,” which
he retained to the last day I knew
Museum. ‘
L Household ~
Bother —A wo.rd_of ffsewhen a stupid visi
tor fc.as can'ccDm, or a aress has not come home, or
the hair will not curl, or the pen will not write, or
the shoe will not come on, or any other little domes
tic annoyance.
Fiddlestick —A word strongly expressive of con
tempt ; it crushes all reply ; when a lady once says
“ fiddlestick,” he must be a bold man who ventures
to say another word.
Fiddle-de-dee —The same as “ fiddlestick,” only a
degree milder.
Ducky —A term of endearment, applied indis
criminately when a favor is to be asked.
Indeed !—An ejaculation, strongly recommended
for family use ; it implies doubt, a contemptuous de
nial, a gentle refusal, and saves an infinity of use
less explanation ; much may be said with that word
“indeed !’’ It all depends upon the way it is pro
nounced.
Drat it! —Very emphatic; almost amounting to
an oath ; it should be used very sparingly, even by
ladies.
Delicious— A word that, coming from a young
lady’s lips, conveys the highest possible amount of
praise, it applied equally to singing, ices, gloves,
pictures, dancing, and means perfection in each in
stance.
Spooney —A young man who cannot dance or talk,
or talks no better than he dances, or vice versa ; a
young man who wears clogs and mittens, and sings
sentimental songs with a lisp, and has turned down
collars, and a miniature that he always carries in
his waistcoat pocket on the side nearest his heart,
would take rank in household estimation as a
44 spooney.”
Dumpy- —Unhappy, miserable ; any one who has
a cold or is disagreeable, or has been disappointed,
or has received bad news, or an unpleasant truth, is
said to look “dumpy.”
If SI J SJE ©JR® I A 6 I “Jf IJU $Sf
A company has opened an office in Boston to insure wo
men against dying old maids. The rates of premium differ
according to looks and disposition. While a smart, tidy girl
is insured for two percent., brazen, ill-natured spinsters are
charged in some instances as high as ten. “Where snuff is
used, one per cent, extra is charged.
‘My wife tells the truth three times a day, remarked a jo
cose old fellow, at the same time casting a mischievous
glance at her. ‘Before rising in the morning, 6he says, ‘O,
dear I must get up, but I don't want to.’ After breakfast,
she adds: ‘Well, I suppose I must go to work, but I don’t
wan’t to,’ and she goes to bed saying—‘There I have been
passing all the day, and havn’t done anything.’ ’
‘Elder, will you have a drink of cider?’ inquired a farmer
of an old temperance man, who was spending an eve
ning at the house. ‘Ah—hum —no, thank he,’ said the old
man. ‘I never drink liquor of any kind, specially cider; but
if you’ll call it apple-juice, I reckon I’ll take a drop.’
A Gentleman in one of the Western States became the
proprietor of an inflammable gas spring. WlsV.ng to make
an experiment, he inverted a hogshead over it, and when
the gas had accummulated sufficiently, seated himself Upon
it, and boring a gimblet hole through the top, philosophically
applied a lighted candle to the hole. The next that whs seen j
of him he was kicking a pair of red top boots out oy an ed
joining canal, into which he had descended lieadij/rst. lie
was rescued, and carried home, a sadder, wiser anfa muddier
man. Ij
* Breaking the News. Cuff had been out wjfKWie cart
and oxen, and returning, his master asked him w tins
trouble.
‘Why, massa, de wheel is broke.’
‘ls th&jill, Cuff?’ *
‘No, massage tongue broke toqJ
away?’
‘Y esJßßaTand kill de nigh ox.’
Us it possible, Cuff ?’
‘And de off ox, too, massa.’
‘So, you black rascal, you have made a perfect smash up,
and that is the reason why you came back; why didn’t you
tell me so ?’
‘Why, massa,’ said cuff scratching his wool, ‘I spose dat
one wheel broke the be ’ficient of itself individooly, with
out proceding into de entire argument ob de cart and ox
um.’
‘A few Sabbaths since,’ writes a correspondent from Ron
dout on the Hudson, ‘our minister was impressing upon his
hearers the duty of greater regard for the services of the day
of Thanksgiving, set apart by the Governor, and \%as in
forming them that on that day he would preach a sermon at
that place, and he wished them all attend, to render, in a
proper manner, acknowledgements for the many bonefits of
the past year; for a season of health and bountiful harvests,
etc. Here a little wiry man, in a blue coat, with metal but
tons, and a very elevated collar, popped up from his seat and
squeaked out: Dominie, I wish you'd jest give th e l Tater
Rot a leetle tech in that sermon of your’n. It’s been dread
ful bad with us!’
Rare. —A pious soldier, an economical sailor, a rich au
thor, impartial critic, a moderate reformer, a smoker who
is not just on the brink of leaving off, a well fed boarder, a
silent barber, and a succeesful gold digger.
An Irishman, traveling in a street that was paved, was ac
costed by by a dog, with a threatening growl. The travel
er attempted to pull up one of the paving stones to throw at
him, but it was fast. ‘Arrah,‘ said Paddy, ‘what a country
is this, where stones are tied and dogs let loose 1’
To injure a man’s sight there is nothing worse than sud
den wealth. Let a wood-sawyer draw a ten thousand dol
lar prize, and in less than a month he will not be able to recog
nise even the man that ‘used to go security for him.’
To ascertain the weight of a horse, place your toe under
the animal’s foot when he is standing stiil.
Rather Bitter —A bachelor’s reply to a young lady
who significantly sent him as a present, some wormwood: *
gla.^i
,
m™'!
:ill •i—
---—and talo'ii ■
ly deleterious.’
Gems Worth —‘l am of opinion that the
Bible contains more exquisite beauty,
more pure morality, history, and liner strains
of poetry and be collected from all oth
er books, in whatever they may have been
written.’—Sir Win. Jones.^B
‘I will hazard the assertions that no man ever did or ever
will become truly eloquent, without being a constant reader
of the Bible, and an admirer of pfit purity and sublimity of
its language.—Fisher Ames. V
‘The Bible is a book worth more than all the other books
which were ever printed.’—Patrick Henry.
‘Young man, attend to the voice Qf oneywho has possessed
a certain degree of fame in the world, andv who will shortly
appear before his Maker: read the Bible ei’ery day of your
life.’—Dr. Samuel Johnson. k
Genteel People. —The young lady uo lets her moth
er do the ironing, for fear of spread hands. The
miss who wears thin shoos on a rainy #,nd the young
gentleman who is ashamed to be seen walking with his
father.
Blessings of being Sick. —Adversities .are tfle**h£g s in
disguise. We know a man who has livdd six lmgiths
sprained ankle. He belongs to a half-a-dozen societies ‘and
draws four dollars a week from each. He pnce-fffPTrT a whole,
summer at Saratoga on a sore throat.
Housekeeping Goods,
SILVER Forks, table, dessert, tea, mustard and saltspoons,
butter knives, soup pitchers, sugar tongs,
gravy of warranted pure silver.
waiters, cake baskets, <candlesticks, castors,
snuffers and trays, butter tubs, salt and mustard cups, sugar
baskets, &c. of new rich and elegant syyles.
Silvered and gilt girondole, porcelain vaces, lard lamps, &c.
Ivory handle knives and forks in fcetts and knives extra ;
sdver plated fruit knives, childrens knives and forks, &.c. nap
kin rings, tea trays in setts and singly.
Received by late arrivals and forsfalo on fair terms by
oct 26 3in / E. J. JOHNSON.
LIBEL FOR DIVORCE.
ARAMINTA M’KINNIE, ) Houston \ Superior Court,
vs. V returnable to October Term.
JOHN M’KINNIE, ) 1850.
IT appearing to the Court, by the return of the Sheriff’
of Houston county, that the said Defendant is not
to be found in said county, it is ordered that said Libel
be perfected by publishing this order in one of the public
Gazettes of the State, once a month for three months,
next before the next Term of Houston Superior Court.
Chambers, Jan. 23, 1841. \
JAMES H. STARK,
Judge Superior Court, Flint District.
January 25. 1851. 44 — 3m*
Billiard & Bowling Saloon,
Opposite the Lanier House,—Macon, Ga.
rpiIIS ESTABLISHMENT has recently been thoroughly
X renovated and splendidly furnished, by the Proprietor,
who has lately purchased and set up two of
Winant’s Superior Billiard Tables,
forth# accommodation of those who are fond of this pleas
ant and scientific pastime.
(FT He has also refitted his BOWLING SALOON con
taining four good Alleys, with all the needful equipment for
this healthful and invigorating exercise.
U* His BAR is, as usual, well supplied with the choicest
spiritual refreshments, and in a room separate and distinct
from the other Departments, so that all tastes can be grati
fied, without any unecess*iry commingling of the solids
and liquids. ‘ ,
IFF Good order will be ‘preserved, and every attention
will be given to make his guests feel entirely “at Home,”
whenever they may choosy to give him a call. Asa ‘re
treat’ from the cares of business, during the long winter eve
nings, the Proprietor flatters himself that his visiters may
“go further and fare worsl.’
oct 12 [6njP| E. E. BROWN-
Hardware, Cutlery, Stoves &
House-Keeping Articles,
BRAY, CARHART & Cos.
Near Scott, Carhart & Co’s.
OFFER to the attention of their friends and the public, a large
well selected and general stock in their line ; having been
selected and bought by one of the concern, the goods are all new
and were laid in expressiy for this market.
\\ e will take the liberty to say, that for variety, our Stock cannot
be equalled in the State.
W 0 will sell on reasonable terms,giving every usual accomodation.
Copper W ork, of all kinds, done with exactness and despatch.
Tin Work in all its variety,—Roofing and job work,done as usual.
A good stock of Tin Ware always en hand. Amongst tlieir stock
will be found Iron of all sizes and kinds, Nails and Nail Rods, Spikes
Steel, Cast, German, English blister and Spring Steel, Castings and
Hollow Ware, Ovens, Pots, Boilers and Cauldrons.
(sdb STOVES,
I N<;
aillll jlf PARLOR,
I— 10 varieties, some very modern
Y ices, Bellows and Blacksmith’s Tools, generally. Por-
I Sa^ e F° r i- eB . Cross Cut and Mill Sams, and Mill Cranks, Files &c.,
| [ners,^i‘ lne cr<? ws, Morticing Machines, Chisels. F~-“”
tine Atces and Ca’titers’ Tools, genemllv • ‘"'*l lror,s ’ ,lois *
♦ud Jae.li'*, Trace, apd LogUmins
•ill t Chains. Axes, Hoes, Agricultural implements, and
‘ini n Tools, Corn Fiiellers,.Straw Cutters, Corn .Mills,
jj Fire Dogs, Fendora. Rbovel ami Tongs and
tU , s ; Articles, Brass Goods, Os all kinds. Ket
jEg/fcr* Panaqfld Faucets.
‘govern 11 v. Willow and Wooden Ware, Tubs, Baskets.
Trays, &c. ( H c . ‘ . # -rs
Japanned & Brittannia Ware,
LAMPS, and Candlesticks, English and American Door Locks,Till,
Trunk, and Chest Locks, Files, Rasps, Horse Shoe Nails, Furnaces
for Tailors, Furnaces for heating smoothing Irons, with the usual va
riety of Knives and Forks, Carvers, Pocket Knives, Pad Locks and
Razors.
Scissors, Brushes of all kinds, Hair and Feather Dusters, Cords
Manilla Rope, Grindstones, &c., &.C., &c.
novfl 33—ts
BOUNTY LAND TO SOLDIERS
B\ a late Act of Congress Bounty Land is granted
to the officers and soldiers of the war of 1812, and
of the various wars since 179 U. In case of the death of
the soldier, to their widows anJ minor children.
The undersigned being permanently located at the citv
of Washington, and possessing a thorough and familiar
acquaintance with the requirements of the Government
offices, is prepared to attend to procuring Bounty Land
Warrants without delay, and at but little ex
pense to claimants.
Land Warrants located on the best Western Land,
and the Land sold on the most advantageous terms.
Claims for Invalid, Revolutionary and Navy Pensions,
back pay, lost horses, and every other description of
claims against the General Government adjusted, with
promptness and despatch.
Persons desiring information of friends who are or
have been in the Army or Navy, will forward to him all
the particulars known of their service, together with a
fee of one dollar, and their enquiries will be replied to by
return of mail. Address, (post-paid.)
CUAS. C. TUCKER,
Washington City, D. C.
February I, 1851. 45—ts
iTeEMAN k MACAIITHY,
MANUFACTURERS OF
Candies, Cordials, Syrups &c.
dealers in fruits of every descrip
TION , FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC,
Pickles, Sauces, Catsups &c.
ALSO,
Groceries, Fancy Articles, aiMl
FAMILY JdUFPLLES. /
TOYS of every description, the finest assortment in the State,
ejtsaie, Wholesale and Retail. ,
TLAKE TRIMMINGS AND ORNAMENTS,
hand, and we are prepared to execute orders in his line
not to h equalled this side of Paris.
Candykcordial, Syrups and Lemon Sugar, put up with care and
warranted. 4
As we lnimufacture the largest portion of our Stock, purehasers
are sure to get a fresh article, and equal, if not superior to any man
ufactured in the country North or South. AH hands of us being en
terprising. astrrll as tasty mrn, and particularly attentive to the I.adic
we are determined to contribute our part towards developing
resources of the country and making ourselves independent of North
ern fabrics, TERMS CASH. Cotton Avenue, Macon, Ga.
dec 7 37—ts
WANTED.
iAA AAA RAGS. Cash paid for clean cotfon o
lUUiUUU linen rags—4 cents per pound, when de
livered in quantities of 100 pounds or more ; and 3£ when de
livered in small quantities. For old hemp, bagging, and pie
ces of rope, IJ cents, delivered either at Rock Island Factory
orat their store in Columbus, in the South corner Room
of Oglethorpe House.
D. ADAMS, Secretary.
Oct, 26.
NEW-YORK ANI/sAVANNAII
Steamship Line.
r |AHE new and splendid steamers FLORIDA, Capt. Lyon,
JL and ALABAMA, Capt. Ludlow, belonging to the
NEW YORK AND SAVANNAH STEAM NAYIGA
TK)A—C4JMPAN ¥,"niTaiid alter the 11th hist. 7 will leave
T’sTvannah and New- Fork every Saturday until further 110-
;i:e. These ships are 1.200 tons register, and unsurpassed
in comfort safety and speed. Cabin passage, $25 —payable
iu advance. Address PADDLEFORD, FAY <J- CO.
* Savannah.
SAMUEL L. MITCHELL,
184 Front-street, New York.
Jari 11 1851.—no4t—12m.
PATTEN & COLLINS,
Ware-House & CoiumiNNion Mcrcli.mtk,
MACON , GEORGIA.
I- — WILL continue business at their
O WAREHOUSE, opposite Messrs.
Ross & Cos. Cotton Avenue. Grate- AYjjlj
ful for the patronage extended to \\ E&JLpAlful”
them the past season, they renew the tender of their
services to their former patrons and the public, with the assurance
that, as they have no interest, either direct or indirect , in the purchase
of Cotton , their entire attention will be devoted to tile inter
ests entrusted to them.
53F’Orders for Bagging, Rone and other Mkrchandike, willbe
filled carefully and promptly, and the customary advances made on
Produce in Htore.
May 24, 1850. 9—iy
MHIMpSW
• r I'MIE SUBSCRIBER has just received an extensive assortment of
the alsive 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; Borderingsto match
each style of course. Persons in pursuit of the article will do well
to call ns |>fices are extremely low and no charge for loosing.
JOSEPH M. BCARDMAN.
March 21, 1850. -ts
SMITH & OLIVER,
DEALERS IN STABLE DRY-GOODS & GROCERIES
Os all kinds, would r ■tpcctfully solicit planters and
families to give them a call before purchasing elsewhere,
as they will always keep No. 1 articles,
oct II ‘ 29-6 m
VERY LOW FOR CASH,
A complete assortment of Dry Goods and Groceries, with fresh
additions every week. KIBBEE & DICKINSON,
janl 41—ts
GILT Cornices and Curtain Bands of new styles and rich 1
and elegant patterns. For sale by
‘f E.JOHFSON.
FOR Wedding Parties, <&c. —Note paper, envelopes
wafers, cake boxes, gold ands ilver leaf, Ac.of choie
and beautiful styles, for sale by E. J. JOHNSON.
TO FAN MAKERS.
WOVE WlßJSfrom No. 1, to No. 12. Also Fan Gearing,? ou
band and for sale by BRAY, CAUHAR'I & ( •
dec 21 ti
Premium Cotton Gins.
ET. TAI LOR & Cos., Proprietors of the Col
• umbus Cotton Gin Manufactory, have the satis
faction to announce to their patrons and the Planters,
generally, of the Cotton growing region, that they are
prepared to supply any number of their celebrated Pre
mium Gins.
Where these Gins have been once used, it would be
deemed unnecessary for the Manufacturers to say a word
in their favor, as they fee., confident the machines have
been brought to such perfection, that their superior per
formance will recommend them, in prelerence to other
Gins now in use. For the satisfaction ot those who
have used the Gins, and are acquainted with their rep
utation, the Proprietors need only ay, that the First
Premiums have been awarded to them, for the BE6I
GIN exhibited at the Great State Fair held at Atlanta,
Ga. ; also, at ttie Alabama and Georgia Agricultuial
and Mechanic’s Fair, held at Columbus ; and at the an
nual Fair of the South Carolina Institute, at Charleston.
The Cotton ginned on these Gins received the first 1 re
miums at the exhibition held at Charleston, S. *-. and at
every Fair where samples of cotton Irani them ha\e
been exhibited.
‘File Proprietors have in their numerous
certificates from Planters, Cotton Brokers, Commission
Merchants and Manufacturers of emton goods, testifying
that the performance of the Gins, and the samples pro
duced by them, cannot be excelled by any ever manufac
tured.
All orders for Gins given either to our traveling or
local Agents, or forwarded to the Proprietors by mail,
wif* protnp* attention. Gins will be sent
to any part and warranted to give satis
faction. #
N.'JB. A liberal discomi . wi.-jg 4*Uowed
where the Cash is paid, and the ufo taken at the Manu
factory. Dec. 14. 3b—ly
Ft ELD** DAMS,
FIRE-PROOF WAREHOUSE,
MACON, GEORGIA.
r pilE undersigned will continue the Warehfinsf and Coni-
L mission Business, at the commodious juid w*-)l known
FIRE-PROOF BUILDING, formerly occupied by Dyson
Ac. Field. The strictest peisonal attention of both the part
ners will, as heretofore, be given to all business entrusted to
their care. They respectfully solicit a continuance of the
patronage of their old friends and the public generally.
They are prepared to make the usual Cash Advances on
all Cotton or other Produck stored with them at the custo
mary rates.
All orders for Groceries, Bagging and Rope, will be filled
at the lowest market prices.
a . r ifi-n S JOHN M. FIELD,
Macon, Sept. 6, 1850. | A B ADAMS. -
24—6 m
BROWN’S
Bimtm tiQdimiiE
POWER PRESS.
THE advantages of this new POWER PRESS aud its superiority
over all others, are as follows:
The power applied is multiplied 440 times, by the Eever and Eccen
tric pully, that is, one hundred pound* power applied to the Lever
will exert a force 24,000 pounds on the Cotton. The whole top of
the bale box is open to receive the Cotton, and it may he put as near
the Gin House as is desired. It is three times as powerfui as a screw
of 18 inches diameter, thatlias a nine inch pitch of thread with the
same length of Lever, and of course the horse has to walk but one
third as far, for the reason that a lever is required but one-third as lng
to do the same work. And Press follower descends with
much greater rapidity at the commencement of the operation. when
but little power is required, wlifcli shortens the distance travelled by
proportion to the hie reused velocity of the follower at
the start. --—T ‘ ‘ .
This Press ver;| compact, and eqiaWn-powerful, 1-j
----using the wheel and axle, and can be so modified as to answer any
purpose where a Press is necessary for manufacturing or domestic
purposes. For Cotton it require, one-fourth less work to build, and
three-fourths less worktoraise, tlan the screws, and if arast iron Ec
centric wiieel is used, it will not le much orcr half the tcork to build
as a screw. For Pressing Cotton. Tobacco, Hemp, Hay, See. it cannot
be excelled. There is one-third less timber in this Press than in the
crew, and it is certainly the cheapest ever built.
The whole cost ofthe Irons will jot exceed $45, which may be had
ofC. H. Levy, ofMacon, who is the only person autlmsizcd to furnish
liein. This sum is exclusive of freight and the coat of right to use I
the Press. If the Eccentric wheel is made of Iron, the cost vili be
10 orsls more for the Iron work,but it will materially lessei the
cost of labor on the wood work of the wheel, and will be the c eap
est in the end. Any good Mechr nic can construct the Press froithe
drawings and specifications which will accompany each right.
1 shall sell a single right at SlO. which sum can be sent by mil at
my risk, provided the fact of sending recertified to by the Post lister
of the place where the letter is mailed. Each right will lie accrSpa
nied by an engraving and a full description, so that any i
be able to build the Press. Any communications, post-paid, wißi^t
punctually attended to. A. D. nm >\v~.
Clinton, Jones County, April 2d, 1850.
—Cert ific ate.—
This will certify that we witnessed, at the plantation of MrAVi
liam Johnson, in this county, the performance of a Cotton Pri re
cently invented and patented by Mr. A.D. RrovA, of thk- plac- and
can, with confidence,recommend it to the pujJfc. Its gr- at p-wer,
convcnienceand simplicity of structure, renders it, in ouf estim; ion,
eth best that we have seen. It packs downward, which we dee i ve
ry essential; can be placed as near the lint room as desired, auden be
easily covered in and made very durable.
Samuel Griswold, I Thomas Hun,
Horatio Bowen, | Jona. Paurui.
April 2d, 1850. t>—tf
CERTIFICATE FROM MR. WILLIAM JOHNSON, ’*
This trill certify, That I built and used one of Mr. A. I>. PrvvnV
Eccentric Progressive Power Presses last year, aud nm fab; stun-'d
that it is the best that I have seen. I found no difficulty in bu ’ng
fjomthe directions furnished by Mr. Brown, and found it muo •*
work than to build the Screw.
My brother \bram Johnson used the press for his crop, a:id vi- so
well pleased with it that he intends building one at his own plae for ‘
his next crop. WILLIAM JOHN’S*}?.
Junes County, June ’2,1850.
fttpiljl,
‘T'HE SUBSCRIBER as ronstanly on ;
A Ii ind a large and well * lected.ssort-
JLavr, Hli<;il, S< iiol Jt
Y~^ vF^cT P Ittiswllaiieoiis BOOIS.
BLANK BOOKS of all kinds; Stationary in any quai in *s, >r the
common purposes and pursuits of the times.as well as for Lend, and
Love “doings.” GOLD PENS in profusion from one Ii dta dol
lars, selected to suit any hand, and “match any pile.*’ BOV.EIUS
MAPS, Large and Small; Traveller's Guides through flic States,nil e
veil to the Land of Ophier, (vide Major Noahs’ last crotolel.) I .ring's
latest GLOBES, with all the well authenticated route* laid dn-ri, ex
cept that taken by the ships of Tarshish ; together will oilier ,ot
of Polite Literature, Legal Learning, and Refined Luxiry, to umer
ouh to mention ; all! of which he is extremely anxiou.- .uscutimen
should become possessed of, in the “usual tray.”
JOSEPH M. I OARI>\ vN.
March , 21,185. J. tj
DISSOLUTION. —The copartnership heretol >re exi-,,g be
tween the undersigned, is dissolved by mutual c osent—- take
effect on the Ist day of September next. Macon, Auj 0.
Z. (V < ON’ R.
aug 23 23—ts A. W MAIuK..
THE WARE-IIOI’SE asd COMMISSION Bl ‘lNEpty
will be continncd in the name and style of CONNER & TAA
at the old Stand—where they w.ll be ready to exert themselves m
serve all patrons and friends. W
Z, T. CONNER, f
aug, 23 22—ts W.. W TKtIM
N. OUSLEY & S (Mf
Ware-House and Commission I!lerch:nts.
WILL continue Busines at their
IHfHfiSmf) ‘’* , * ro '^* ro
COTTON AVENUE, Mac on,
Thankful for past favors, the beg leave to s tv they will be con
stantly at their post, and that no efforts shall be spared to advance
the interest of their patrons. /
They respectfully ask all who have Cottim or other produce to
Store, to call and examine the safety of theitfiildings, before placing
it els where. J
Customary Advances on Cotton in Stumor Shipped, and all busi
ness transacted at the usual rates. /
April 25th, 1850 / 5 if
BALTIMORE HOLLOW-WARE.
O IONS Assorted Pots, Ovens, in store, anc
for sale by BP,.AT, CARH ART & CO.
*®P 11. | 26—ts |
Dr. de GRAF F ENREID
celebrated
RHEUMATIC LINIKEkt.
IN introducing this medicine to the pen,*- of n
sale, the proprietors beg leave to submit A. , 1
of Dr. de Grairenried, its discoverer and so,l °* m. „, 4 **
The undersigned frankly states that he hash’ll ,
for the last twenty-two years, in all forms li “*
mat ism, with a success unparalleled in
he has no hesitation in saying, that it is B * dl ’
remedy ever yet discovered for the relief of J ***
tressmg malady. 1,18 ®o*t pa lll( , . ‘fiij
His note-book contains upwards ofthreeh’jndnrf
has been used within the above named
instance has it come to his knowledge, of it* a,MI ’to , *
cure when persevered in. Many rff the **•!,£*
years standing; and what may appear retail fron > i
ordmary, is, that when the patiem ha.been onc?^^ <4
is permanently curd, remains so, not a solitarv ’ leve4 t<u2!
reportetl to him of its return. } ln *t*nct Uai,J*g
All he would ask for this remedv is a
trial, for the results he entertains „ a^cheZi!?*** 1 ,Bl M*
Up to the time ofthis discovert- the **
the origin, progress and character’of this
had consulted every author on its treatment, wlTo b an * *' e
translated into the English language, and had used
any notoriety then in vogue with the P rofe4mvv, T
rare!y any relief to poor suffering human,, ** 4
I has baffled the skill and science of the most e,
and Surgeons of our own, and of ever, . nin,>m 01, ,
dersigned flatters himself that his remedy
d,sense, when all others have fa,led. and tin hr , ?
humble instrument in,he bands of God, of relev*2
of a vast amount of suffering. ng the hl “> n
F- L. de LRAITFARIEn. j,. b
CERTIFICATES.
7l r pr An F I OM COL - Kr - A
areigii > ... Brewiia
mosi valtiel :. reine, ! ky?
Jwtrere.no- hav-4 *l**” !
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til
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he wus ..e , v ll ‘ 6 *ll
Columbus, Ga., Oct. 24, A
Dear Sir—Abont the
bus 1° get medical assistance, and was advised tsn ( ° %
as having a remedy that would afford me sneed?
down in January last, with a vmhuJ I* 1 .
Rheumatism m nearly all my joints, so Udlv thl, i*' 4 ”
not pull off my shoes without aid ; nor could l aw
scend steps, or pull off my cloihes without assist ®* *•
right arm and hand were nearly useless- ,|, e
tracted and swollen ; the right knee swollen
so that I could not bend it but Tery little U„ ?"K
April, I was all the time in suffering and
with your Rheumatic Liniment my limbs ihree t*
was the next morning enabl-d to descend „ lonJluH** 4
steps, without aid of crulrh or stick, and back to n v t,f
could also b. nd my knee and bring ii „pto t!, fl . b : r ® n ~ l
the previous day, I could not have done if ,„ Y
pended on it. I could also use, open and be„d mv
which was an impossibility the day before. I
morning from my bed entirely relieved of paj D j 0 ®* ‘J 14 *
bottle aud an eight ounce vial of your Rheumatic L
and in 0>- days. I was relieved. I would not have t
the which] had been ten days befrre 1 ct ‘ ‘ *
you,. ny amount of money that could be -riven H
whaf life worth wh. consiant pain asd misert’ ,
consider your Rheum**’ the bios, vaUabl-LJ
iciue in the world. dear sir, your friend.
a- ii. mm
Cohtmhur. \or. 1 Jijn
Dear Sir—My negro woman Patience, a cook, hsd iad
neck from a painful Rheumatic affection, f*u “
years, and could not® irn her neck exc,p t with the iiedrl
was induced to pn<,,ast a bottle of your Liaimesl v J
was applied in or Sr-ptemle rof 1846- ose Isti,
entirely relieved rier and she now has the use of liernei,!
w-oil as ever she had ; and np to this rime it has not re,Br
ed. GARLAND B. TLP.RV.
Philadelphia, Feb. I, Ijjfc
Dr. de Graffcnricd—Dear,Sir: Having bees afflwtri/j*
sonic time pa*t, with a severe attack of Rheumatism,rd
having heard of the wonderful efbets of yoor R), : , l; ,,
Iriniment, I was induced to try a bottle of it , and afsi Vw
days, 1 was so much relieved as lobe able to ieave the lina
and attend to business. ] have perfectly recovered frna tW
disease, and would cheerfully recommend the Linmieil k
all those who are afflicted.
GEORGE HOOD, 27 Powell*.
Columbus, Ga., Oct. 13, 1*49.
Dr. E. L. de Graffei,ried—Dear Sir: Agreeable to t
request. 1 give my testimonial as to the virtue of your Ire
ment in the cure of Rheumatism. Being attacked i n
joint of my finger, last winter, with acute Rheumatism,
haviig uged man y of the nnnumlx-red prescti|Hiont for u
cure, with but little tenefit,'7'made application o{ two boi
of yotir IJnunbnt, which I ;,itTf to say relieved m it
Ytt? sbjTt time. I can recoimndnd its use to all person a|.
fected in ike manner. \
Very rt"Jjectful\y, \ \ F. S. CIIAPMAH.
I can teetity to the eificacy of Dr. de (Jraffenried's Rh -
matic Liniment in the case of Mr. F.S- Chapman, asi:eai
under mv immediate observation.
Oct. 13, 1849. R. A. WARE, M D
DearSir —Some time in January last, Mrs. McKee *
taken very ill with Inflammatory Rheumatism in heridreid
| der joints, extending to her elbow joint, and arm, whicl sis
a bled her from using her arm almost entirely; andinauk
pain, want of sleep, and great restlessness, for not Jess t!, i
six weeks, I was induced by my friend, Mr. Luke Reed,*
call on you for a bottle of your Liniment, and by rising hit
the bottle, she was entirely relieved, and the relief raensa
ifest or sensible after three or four robbings. 1 amaf cp
it is one of the most valuable remedies that has ever ben fo
covered for Rhemnatism : that is, from my own kaowltdg,
Ji :* ‘hat which 1 liave beard from others.
aE.L. de Graff uried. ~ 11. C. McKEE.
Columbus, Oct. 19th, ISJ1 S J
Dr.de Graffenried—Dear Sir: 1 take pleasure in s*yi:i£,l
hi -a hoy who was so badly afflicted with Rhewnstin
th* he could no’ raise his hand to his head, and had wart
lot*: the use of his ann. I used the fourth of a bottle of •
lih nmatic Liniment, which relieved him entire!}’. I**
|kh f it a most valuable remedv for the cure of Rheumatism
RANDOLPH L. MOTT.
Jones’ Hotel. Philadelphia, March 3d. l c -9
[wiy. A. B. Ragan —Sir, it affords me great pleasure to be #•
testimony to the efficacy and virtues of l)r. dt Grrfnnai
Ilk, i mat if Lmtmtut.
II have been sorelyafflicted for the last six years v ifh what 0*1"’
ed&i lie, and what emiuent Physicians cf this city prnnoucd.El
malic gout, for several w inters past 1 have been confined to my a*
j aridbed nearly all the time. In January last,lbadanaltaclasnlO
1 it wot more so than usuai, which prostrated me foraliout three w,f *
! or vour recommendation l commenced the use of this Lins* -
| (Vs th I must confess hut little faith.) Its effects wore astotsil
: arp decidedly beneficial from its first application. In a few
I i.nßk, wrists and ankles were entirely relieved land so continue -
thp soreness and pains. a:-.d the swellings reduced, with the a*
less than one bottle. I have been iu the dischargt oftny 0[ 1
1 >ue 1 ness eer si nee. . r ,
|i% consider it an extraordinary, and decidedly the most eflicit
remedy for this disease, which I have ever met with. And most c.
; fin or recommend itsuseto all who may be afflicted with it-
Wf Respectfully Yours, • w * “'"S,
Jones Hote-
Baltimore. March 3fl,
g/*7>r. >h Graffmried —Dear 6ir. for the last tweh’ years, 1 to** j
j ffcf -e very severely with the Rlicuinatisin, having be n ’ J> • .
| fourth of the tim<- confined to mv bed by iL I have had t t “
j kil aid to lie found ill various cities in the 1 nited Mates, w i 1 ’
Iwo benefit. I have also tried ill niim cable strongly
I remedies, which have failed to effect a cure. I spent t n a
at the White Sulphur and Hot Spring* in ‘ irginia. t”
j Alter my return home, I so far recovered, as to be able to w a
! little. About six weeks since. I had a severe attack w - T j
I Rued me to my bed, l w as in great pain and searc h a _
i limbs, when a friend of mine called and informed me i J
c< vered an infallible remedy, and had cured maoj,ai> an ’ _
I Wie of my friends, and showed me a letter from * .fi-jar*
j I was induced to trv your Rheumatic Liniment, an *>_ •P_ -
|‘li forming you that in less than twenty-four hour- trom te
; Cation I was free from P*- all those •**
! I tnt now able to attend to business, and 1 nd > hope
e I. as l have been, may he as speedily relieved, as I have
your medicine. Wishing you all the blessings you istru
Vour grateful and obedient Servant,
GEO. WARDBWOETS
CoLOnars, Ga* Oct- *2O. I
I Dr. de GraffrnrieJ —Dear 6ir. 1 take pleasure in T * r||
j irtieulars of my affliction by, and relief from Rh eu ” . ,
T iie spring of 1844 I was afflicted with a very severe ■
I oajory Rheumatism. I employed. the tf ... t
ann esrrf In similar cases, aided by inedicai ■ y
jut-ptemher, 1845, with no satisfactory result whatever.
Cmduced, by a rheumatic acquaintance, to try your Liniment-
Ohing new, and which had cured him; and in one mont ,
time I commenced the application, I was well, and clear ot
matism as 1 eves'was, and have continued so to this lim^ nE r4,
Yours, Truly, L. t- •
For sale at Payne & Xisbett’s Dnig Store. Macon, ami
tin all the principal cities and towns in the United
per bottle—none genuine without the signature of the
the side label of the bottle, and across the cork.
de ,GRAFFENREID & Cft ***£#
Columbus, June 14, 1650.
THE GEORGIA MARBLE
Manufacturing Comp® 5 ’
.
THE interest of G. Roberts in the above company
the hands of John G. Rankin and the company p - ‘ ;
lick fe Vaughn into the hands of W. Hurlick
himself with Atkinson & Rankin of the Georgia V° T ‘ ‘ R*#’
Cos. The business will hereafter be carried on by . i , l[ls |iiieb’
& Hurlick. All debts due the concern and liabilities ag
since the first of June will be settled by them.
We are prejiared to do an extensive .business; out
e „t—and we are determined to offer work at prices prtP 1
Northern marble from the state. Examine our a
Our work .sail done at the mills. Address.
ATKISON, RANKI> “
llaruagevillc, Cherokee Co.Geo.