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VOL. 2.
Vrofrssioiiol fc 38itsinrss Cariis
B. L. WOOS*
DASUEEEEOfYPIST
TULA COTS, GA.
ENTRANCE FROM THE AVENUE. J3fs
sprlO if
K&ikn gabT house 7
OPPOSITE CENTRAL RAILROAD DEPOT
EAST MAC OX.
i ,'■ ts S. M. LANIER.
B&QW??*
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
bvsma vista, Marion co.. Oa.
:* iy
KELL AM & BELL,
ATTORNEY’S AT LAW & GENERAL LAND AGENTS,
ATLANTA, :::::::::::: GA.
Will .raotice in DeKalh and adjoining counlies,
and in the Supreme Court at Decatur.—YV ill also vi
sit any put of the country for the settlement of claims
fc. without suit.
(LT* Bounty Land Claims prosf.ccted with despatch.
Office on White Hull St., over Dr. Denny’s Drug
Store.
A. R. KEI.LAM. M. A. BEI.L.
P. G. ARLINGTON,
Attorney at Law and LFctary Fublic,
Oglethorpe, .Ifacon Cos.,
deo G E O R (i I V . 33—ts
“city hotel,
SAVANNVII.v.v.v.v.v.-.'GEORGIA.
r. cokhoiv.
T krms; —Transient Hoarders, per day. §1,30. Monthly and ,
ymrly Boarders in p.oportion. a P* •> —A
A. LOOHftANiti j
slttarnri] nt jL'imi,
OIFItn OVER EF.LDEN AND CO’*. HAT STORE,
Mulberry Street. Macon, Georgia.
HARDEMAN ‘& HAMILTON,
Ware House and Commission merchants,
M.l COX i GEOH GI A.
HAMILTON & IIARDEMAN,
FACTORS & COMMISSION MERCHANTS,
SAy.iXX. IH, GEORGIA.
Will nire prompt attention to all busmen* committed to them
at either piaca.
TgOI. HiIDDItH. ( 19-ts) CUii. r. niMICTON-.
FACTORAGE AND
©■93fißfia3Si®a3 SOSTIS3£ 3
Savannah, da.
A \TM. r. YONG*'„ No. 01 Bay street, Savannah, continues
\\ to transact a General Commission Busiii.-s*nnd i ucl<>r
age, and respectfully solicits consignments of Cotton,/'orn,
and other produce. He v. lit also attend to receiving attd for
warding Mere!*ai*4iMr —
April 5, IBS 1 W _ __ j
YV. D. ETHERIDGE k Cos..
FACTORS & COMMISSION MERCHANTS,
5. ?F. ILV.WI //, GEORG !. V.
rpilK tmbetsisnetl having formed a Copartnership lor the
|_ transaction of the above business, tender their services !
tu their frionfisaT.fi the public generally and solicit a share i j
patronage. We will pay strict attention to the sal-j oft otton j
or other produce consigned to our care and ail order* tor ling- ‘
giyg, Hope n .1 family supplies will be promptly ato tided to j
ud tilted ;it the lowest ptices. Liberal advances will bo made
npr Cdtow or other produce consigned to us.
TO p. wave, (iug‘-‘3-y) w. n. ETHERinnE. j
“aABUIS,?UI.TOJA’ © °= I
Sartors A; Commission 3*ore2siiiit§,
augllO dkVANNAII, GEORGIA. —Cm
FELD & AD.\?IS.
FI KF-FKOOF \Y A 81E5IOFSE,
fLtCON, GEORGIA.
f FMIE undersigned Still continue tin. /Vii:-Horsr and C om- ;
1 mission l!'. sjNE-Eat the commodious and well known Fire j
Proofßuilding, forusrw occupiedbyJflvsos St I-iki.o and the ;
past season by us. Tlilntti ntion ofipioth the partners will to ;
given to all business cnßusted to tl/ir care. They respectful- j
llv solicit the patronage ®tlie pubpc generally. Tiie> are pro- j
pared to make liberal ca-Eadvatjf es on all Cotton in store at j
tbe customary rafc-s. \ /
IF Alt orders for Grocmiiys Bagging and Rope will be fill- j
ed a: the lowest market priAsf JOHN M. FIELD, 1
aug ts jL A. B. ADAMS.
SASH ABID.4rJ|pOW BLITJD
si sxi iT eb. cs <s> u* ® j
. rpHK subscriber is Aannfac: uqng the above articles by j
_L Steam Machiner/ nt very numerate prices.
TURNING AND PLANING.
Tie has for this busine A and will promptly exe
cute any jobs in tlJIs line. AI.EX. McGRI-.GOB.
julyliG j \ - Gs
lf\ R E INS l ft aVc E
BY THE \
INSUR ATICE’C OlflP AH?
/ OF CHARLESTON S. (N- v
('VPITAL S2SO,OOO—ABL PAID-IN.
’ m B. Hi: riot, Tres A- M- Les.. fecc y.
V Directors :
- Nk. Robinson, Geo. \. Trcnjolm, Robert Caldwell.
■it h, nry T. Strt ,t. Wa. MdUurney, 11. Brawley,
r I’’ iF. hers having been ap Dinted Agents for the
t Vnpan y, are now prcjia fd to take risks against
1 •. i'.o wkble terms. O.MUh KT, BRO. X- CO,
junecl V ’ ’ Agents.
RS. it WKS .V IH)OS ;VEI’ tender their
profession®services to the cit sens of Macon and sur
rounding count rym
Residence on ®eee Hill, the h ui r. formerly occupied by
diaries Day. Ut*® on the comer of bird and U alnut street.
W. U. BANKS, M. K fsept6—y) j. ROOSEVELT, M. D.
TBRIIS OF I IK
UNIVERBALIST, HERALD.
IF paid in advance* S’- 00
Within six months,V I. 2 50
Within the year,.. I 1. 3 00
Liberal /uVwewfJif to Clubs,
Three copies for A I $5 00
Seven copies f0r.... .t I 10 00
Ten copies for .1.. .. A 15 00
Money can be sent by mail at tifc risk of the Editor. Ad
vertisements inserted on modeVte terms.
Persons wishing their papc*ch|n£ed front one Post Office
to another, should always be jArtiittlar in giving the name of
the county, State, &.c. l §
{3r All communications, to Vfeive attention, must be ad
dressed, post-paid, to John C. ■bjrri'ss, Notasulga, Ala.
HENRY QX) VI,
House and Sfa Painter,
Imitations of Woods and larges in every Style.
CCT’Orders left at ehopopposi e Metb'Ddtst Church.
New Booidß ift ery,
V l * r GRIfViN/*’
t Jt,ort ,:i 'd toy he Binding
0 I £RioDtcAL%. Law a:.d
Ml sic Books. r t
BLANK BOOKS k,nds to
CrOfficeou We/ ofp dsbmgton square—Cot
ton Avenue. y’ - * sept 13—-'|f
qualities) a large !
L r ~ A. JOHNSON’S. :
NEW YORK
SAVANNAH
STEAM-SHIP LINE.
(VBSSLY.)
THE new attd sj lenditi steamers FLORIDA, Capi.
Lyon, and ALABAMA, Capt. Ludlow, be
longing to the NEW YORK AND SAVANNAH
S ! LAM NAVIGATION COMPANY, on and alter
the llih iust., Will leave Savannah and Nf.w York
every Saturday until further notice. These ships are
1-200 tons register, nnd unsurpassed in comfort safe
ty and speed. Cabin passage, 025 —payable in ad
vanco. Address PA DLE FORD, FAY & CO.
Savannah.
samttel l. mitchell,
184 Proms., Keir York.
lon 1 ’ . y
NOW RECEIVING.
SOME OF THE MOST
SPLENDID PIANO FORTES!
EVER offered for sale in Macon, from the cl-
I r~ ebralcd Factories of J. C. Chickering and Nunn
’ * * * **& Clark, warranted superior to any others made
in the United States Also, two splendid Harts from J. F
Brown & Co.’s Factory.
The above Instruments are a feast to one’s eyes to look at,
and the tone completely captivating. We shall take pleasure
to show these Instruments to any that have a taste for fine
goods.
On hand. Prince Melodions, best article of the kind made ;
Guitars, Violins, Banjos, Accordeons. Tatnborins, Bugles. Cla
rionetts, Flageolets, Flutes, and a variety of Brass Instru
ments for Bands, kept in our line. Guitar and Violin Strings,
Sheet Musicfor Piano and Guitar,lnstruction Books, &c.
WATCHES, JEWELRY AND
Splendid Gold and Silver
Watches, Gentlemen and Ladies’ pat-
Jy-v C. r- terns, Gold Chains, Brooches, Rings.
Bracelets, Gold Thimbles, Gold
Pens and Pencils, Gold and silver Spectacles, silver Spoons and
Forks, silver, ivory and Wood Napkin Rings, silver plated Cake
Baskets, Castors. Waiters, and Candlesticks —and a variety of
rANGY gGODS,
■Shot Guns, Rifles, Game Hags. Pouches, F.asks. Pistols, tkc.
All l lie above articles sold cheap for cash or approved credit.
Ciocksand Watches Repaired, and warranted, at short no
tice. Give us acallat our old stand, Cotton Avenue, Union
Building. J. A. & fj. S. VIRGIN,
apr 19 jf
iHWIRE, CIiTLEKf,STOVE”
and House Seeping; Articles.
EBAY, CARHART & CO,,
Near Spoil, Carhart & Co’s,
(~\FFFR 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
r oods are ali new and were laid in expressiy for this market.
We will take the liberty to say, that for variety, our Stock
cannot be equalledin the State.
We will sell on reasonable It rms,giving every usual accom
odation.
C ppor Work, of all kinds, done with exactness and des
patch. Tin Work in all its variety,—Roofing and job work,
done as usual.
A good stock of Tin W are always en hand. Amongs |
their -iock will be found. Iron of all sizes and kinds. Nails and
Nail Rod.s, Spikes Steel, Cast. German, English blister and
Spring Steel, Castings and Hollow Ware, Ovens, Pots, Boilers j
and Cauldrons. j
stoves,
,pPsrf*rM cooking
“"filla .t.vD
■ ■ i - l,i ■
Mm PARLOR,:
Y * jo varieties, some very
V modern improvements.
J
ANVILS. Vic-'S. Bellows and Blacksmith’s Tools, generaity ;
Portable Forges, Cross Cut and Mill Sams, and Mill Cranns
Files &c.. Saws, Planes. Bench Screws, Morticing Machines
Chisels, Hammers. Hand Vices and Carpenters’ Tools, general
ly. Mill Irons. Hoisting Screws, Hand and Jack Screws—
Ploughs, Trace, and Log Chains, Lock and Breast Chains.—
Axes, Hoes, Agricultural implements, ami all kinds I’lanta
on Tools, Corn Shelters, Straw Cutters, Corn Mills, Spades
and Shovels, Fire Deg's l enders. Shovel “and Tongs and
Housekeeping’ Articles, Brass Goods, of all kind*.
Kettles. Sifters, Pans and Faucets. Fine Guns, Pistols and .
shooting implements generally. \V illow and Wooden IV are, .
Tubs. Baskets, Trays, &C..&C.
J:,pganed & Brittannia Ware,
I
1, VMP", ard Candlesticks, English and American Door
Locks. Till, Trunk, and Chest Locks, Files, Rasps, Horse
Shoe Nails, Furnaces for Tailors. Furnaces for heating smooth
ing Irons, with tilt* usual variety of Knives and Forks, Carv
ers Pocket Knives, Pad Locks and Razors.
Scissors* Brushes of all kinds, Hair and Feather Durtcrs
Cords, Manilla Rope, Grindstones, &.C., &c., &.c.
nov9 —M
yrj - ’ Q-t r,j- t r_o. Q
ItJBW Tinm.
DR. G. McDON VLI) would respectfully inform the citizens j
of Macon, and the surrounding country, that he has as- j
soi'iated with him in the Dental profession, Dr. M. J.GALLA
GER, late of Wilmington, Delaware.
I)r. Gallaukr has had many years experience in the Man
ufacture of Artificial Teeth, and comes highly recommended
for his skill and taste in getting them up either in Blocks or
Single, with or without Gums, so adapted in shape,size and
color, as to suit every variety of case.
As they have the advantage of all the new and valuable
improvements appertaining totlie. profession, either jiatentor
otherwise, they feel authorised in promising the. people of
Georgia, a style of work far superior to any that hasyetbeen
executed in this Country.
Da. Gaf.lagkr has been very successful in the administra- |
tinn of Chloric Ether for the relief of pain in extracting teeth, {
and in the Surgical operations of Hospital, as well as private
practice in New Orleans. Philadelphia, &c. k.c. and he pro
poses to use it here. \a hen desired, or cases my require it. j
He has a preparation for filling doubtful teeth, by the use:
of whi'-h many are saved, that would otherwise he lost.
Those wishing temporary sets of Teeth, can have them pre
pared an 1 set, as soon as the iuflamation from extracting sub
sides.
adr s—ts
WM. S. LAWTON 8c Cos.,
Ware House and Commission Merchants,
Cor. 2d and Poplar St's-
j*XACON. GA. MSIm
LAWTON, DOWELL 8c Cos.,
Factor* and Commit-ion ilercliauts,
NO. 210 BAY STREET,
Savannah. Ga.
A. B. LAWTON A CO.,
OGLETHORPE, GEORGIA.
rA£XDER their services to their friends and the
.1 “public, hoping from long experience in business,
to enable them to give satisfaction.
june2B ly
ENGEL &, ETTINGER,
VRE now opening at the stand lately occupied by
Kibbee &. Dickinson, Cotton Avenue, an assort
| of Clothing, Staple and Fancy Dry Goods, Jewelry,
Watehes, cf-c # which will be sold Wholesale and Re
tail at reasonable rates. They will receive weekly
supplies of Goods through the season and as they have
a house in Philadelphia, they will have better facili
i ties than usual for obtaining Seasonable and Fashion
able Goods. The public are respectfully invited to
give us a call and look at our Stock, before purchasing
elsewhere. marls—ly
Signs! Signs!!
THE subscribers are now prepared to exscute Sipnsintbe
best style of workmanship, from plain White and Black
to Shaded and fancy Gilt, not to be excelled in aKy section.
Also, a fine lot “of Monoeromatic Drawing Paj?er, prepar
ed and for sole cbcao by hHEfiIVOOD fiz cfAFiAE,
‘•cn?7 Girner ts Oak cn-i send Artct
“!Mejienktt in nil tjrings- —limtnil in nntjiing.”
MACON, GEORGIA, SATURDAY MORNING, OCTOBER 25, 1851.
p.U;s:t J 3 SfllDWjto
There’s Good in Every Heart,
Wouldst win the cri ne-stained wanderer back
From Vice’s dark and hideous track ?
Let not a frown thy brow deform ;
’Twil add out fierceness to the storm.
Deal kindly. In that bosom dark
Stiil lingers Virtue's glimmering spark.
Plead wiih him—’lis the nobler part —
There s something good in every heart!
Bring to his mind the early time
Ere sin had stained his soul with crime ;
When fond affection blessed his hours
And strewed hia joyous path with flowers ;
When sportive jest and harmless glee
Bespoke u spirit pure and free.
Plead with him—’tis the nobler part—
There’s something good in every heart 1
There was a time that heart did rest
Close to a mother's yearning breast—
A time his ear the precepts caught
A kind and virtuous father taught.
It matters not what treacherous ray
First lured his steps from Virtue’s way—
Enough to know thou yet may’st save
That soul from sin’s engulphing wave.
Plead with him—act the nobler part—
There’s something good in every heart.
The Press.
’ BT J. E. CARNES.
The patient stars their vigils keep
On Heaven’s azure field ;
Life's busy din has sunk to sleep,
And Revel’s eyes are sealed ;
The type’s low measured click, distinct and clear
Alone distuibs the midnight’s slumbrous ear !
Soon shall the tireless Press send out
Its \oice sublime and strong,
Attd to the waking morning shout
Its old rejoicing song :
Shall boasting Error blush to hear the sound,
And skulking Crime shrink back with awe profound ?
Oh, potent engine, dost thou wield
Thy Briarean arms
The home of purity to shield
From sin’s alluring charms?
Art thou the friendless orphan’s friend and stay,
The valiant Great Heart of the widow’s way?
Where is thy mighty fulcrum ?—where ?
Beneath the suffering poor ?
Or on the backs of Work and Care
Who patiently endure
The twinging pangs of want —“the law’s delay,’’
The dews of N igltt and colder sneers of Day ?
Dost thou uplift the trodden down,
And plead the cause of Bight?
And where the mists of error frown
Flingest thou dispersing light ?
Or art thou but an empty sounding name,
A thing to scorn—a brazen trump of shame?
Let Folly doubt thee—Wisdom’s hopes
{ Are fondly on thee hung;
Without thee Justice lamely gropes,
And thou art Labor’s tongue ;
Yea, from the market-place by laggards trod,
Thou hast been been called—a laborer for God!
11l other years.ere England’s soil
Had and: link the Stuart’s gore,
And ere the iron son of Foil
Trod Windsor’s kingly floor —
The epic bard proclaimed his hope in the©
As honor’s guard and bulwark of the free.
Such wert thou here amid the night
Os that historic hour
When Freemen struggled with the might
Os avarice and power :
Then was thy scorn the lightning's vivid flush,
Its thunder-voicc —the battle’s clanging crash.
And such thou art wherever Mind
Thy life of life supplies ;
Thy hands the slavish serf unbind,
Wrong flees thy Argus eyes ;
Thrones, privileges, castes before thee fall,
And Poverty throws off Oppression’s thrall.
Like a caught eagle dost thou pine
On many a darken’d shore;
God loose those two broad wings of thine
That Truth and Right may soar
Afar above the hoary dust of years,
Long sadly watered with despairing tears?
AH'Ur.r.Uin.'.yv
For the Georgia Citizen.
Pen and Ink Musings;
The heavy laden clouds are throwing a sombre
shade over every object. The rain drops are patter
ing steadily against our window. It is one of your
plodding, matter of fact rains that seems to feel a con
sciousness of having a whole day appropriated for its
special convenience, and consequently it falls with a
slowness, that is inseparable from greatness. In the
laugageof prices current ‘Umbrellas are up and rising
—and decidedly in favor of holders —and over Shoes
are down though much in demand.’ The juvenile
ducks are prodigiously merry at the immense ‘water
privileges’ spread out before them, and even the older
ones can scarcely conceal their pleasure under an im
portant waddle or a self complacent quack. The
drooping feathers and disgusted look of ‘shrill chanti
cleer’ evince however a soul not in unison with the
present scene, but we ore not sorry to see the pride
which wi nt before this fall (of rain) humbled in the—
mud. Poor fellow, he is eyeing the webb-footed ple
bians, whom he but now scorned, with a glance which
lias somewhat of envy in it. And here is honest ‘Old
Pip’ just come in, tracking the clean floor with his
muddy feet. lie gives his tail the wag apologetic
and places himself by our side, with the most comforta
ble assurance in the world. The rain is falling a little
fas.er and he looks up with a sagacious air, that plain
ly shows that he appreciates the advantages of his po
sition. The drops are larger now and they fall with a
more lively music. Nature seems to be undergoing a
Hydropathic purification and like all other patients,
she has to be nearly drowned before the process is
complete. But when the clouds have deposited their
watery secretions, and resumed their holiday look and
smile, and the Sun comes out-again, she will come forth
like Venus from her bath, rebeautified, readorned and
reperfumed. After these ablutions, her carpet of ver
dant grass, embroidered with flowers and redolent
with sweetness, is more fit for the soft pressure of fairy
feet, and the waving corn holds up more loftily its
plumed head.
As with nature so with man. Water the element
of purity is one of the most perfect of the many gifts,
w hich heenjys. Well may the enthusiastic Hydropath
istexclaim ‘Water, Wat er blessing!’ It is equally ef
ficacious in brightening the face of dirt-loving child
hood. and in cleansing the impurities which thicken the
crimson stream in our veins. It is a cosmetio more
beautifying than any prepared in Chemical laboratory
and heralJed to the world in corpulent type as among
the ‘great discoveries of the age.’ It is a drink purer,
sweeter, more delicious, than those fiery draughts that
give a mildness to the Bacchanal's eye and inflame b;s
soul to madness. But it is in subduing and seuse that the
crystal element achieves its greatest triumph. A bless
ing say we, on the man who invented Hydropathy and
who taught the philosphy of the Water Cure, He it
was who led the way to the abandonment of Pills and
Lotions, Drugs and draughts. He it was, who struck a
giant blow, at Patent medicines, the flattering notices
and paid puffs of which form so much of our daily
reading—whereby modest ignorance grows fat upon
the morb.d appetites of pill-taking communities. We
honor the man who can render us indifferent to the
merits of Sarsa pari lias in general and Sarsaparilla wars
in particular. What ‘iuttl igeiit reader’ but remembers
the fierce contest waged a shott time since between
‘P. P. Townsend’ and the venerable ‘Old Jacob.’ Who
could decide when disagreed? The merits
of each compound were duly attested by a corps of the
‘honorable faculty'—the most extraordinary eases lmd
been cured and—the bottles lurgerand contained
more medicine for the same rdoney, than were ever
before offered to a discriminating public. Immediately
Sands’ mixture fell into disrepute. It was too diminu
tivo a morsel for the Brobdinagian capacities of the
‘dear people.’ He would have been driven from the
market, lmd he not also offered Sarsaparilla by the
quart, to meet the wants of the age. Every where
now, we see flaming bills, ornamented with the most
affective woodcuts and giving ‘medical advice,’ on the
most liberal terms. Here, the jollies! of all well fed
Quakers, with a benignant smile, offers to a wretched,
emaciated figure, faintly resembling the human form
divine, a bottle, which contains, he says, medicine of
wondrous power. There the avaricious countenance
of an Israelite is the vignette which calls attention to a
long list of remarkable eases, and here, over a bill
wherein are mentioned the rare virtues of a certain
Vermifuge, the American Eagle majestically sails,
bearing a scroll, inscribed ‘ Euon plurrs.’ Who that
observes the effects of this wholesale drugging—this
external, internal and eternal application of salves and’
syrups, manufactured to cure every disease to which
man is liable—this swallowing ot nuuseous compound.-
under the specious names of specifics, but must depre
cate the practice, of these heartless empirics who so
recklessly play upon the credulity of their fellow crea
tures. And who that witnesses the gullibility of these
same ‘fellow creatures’ but must smile at the implicit
trust, they repose in medical Almanacs, certificates of
cures, and tavorable notices of an independent Press.
But health, the rosy nymph, delights not in the min
gled odors that are wafted from lhat shrine of hag
gard disease, the Apothecary’s counter. She rather
seeks the bath—the cooling waterbrook.ar.d disports in
its limpid wave.
The water treatment for the cure of chronic com
plaints seems peculiarly a rational one and experience
testifies to its complete success. No doubt there are
many sneering sceptics as to the virtues of Hydropathy,
but ‘these are th y’ who shiver at the mere mention ot
a shower bath and exhibit hydrophobic syn.p oms,
when the” sound of falling water is heard. But such
never felt the invigorating glow of which the habitual
bather feels and cannot therefore be competent to de
cide as to the merits of the Water (Jure. To become
a strong believer in the superiority of this mode of treat
ment over the doseing and drugging system, one has
but to walk through a wcJl conducted Hydropathic
establishment and wiiu*u and arrange
ments for strengthening and j|nuilding up abused and
shattered constitutions, anf*subove all to see the ra
pid improvement which patients imiJtc, after they have
ceased making their stomachs the reservoirs of all ‘p a ‘
tent’ liquids, and betaken themselves to this more natur
al and rational treatment. The happiest and most con
tented company of diseased unfortunates, we ever saw,
was in the parlor of one of those temples of health. There,
were children, whose earliest pillow was one of pain, yet
whose eye gave promise of returning strength and health.
There, were youths, who had wasted and paled, day
by day, beneath some blighting influence, till now, when
a brighter morn seemed dawning upon them and re
flecting upon their thin and pallid cheek, its rosy light.
Among them too sat some who had passed the spring
time of life, whose sufferings bad been greatly alleviat
ed and whose departed strength bad bee. partially re
stored. Instead of the peevish discontent and queru
lousness, that might be expected, a smile lit up the coun
tenances of all, that spake their thankfulness more elo
quently than polished words. Deeper than all other
gratitude is that of the life-weary pilgrim whose lot
has been helplessness and woe and suffering, when lie
feels that lie is escaping from 4 the body of this death’
which has clung to him through existence.
An elderly lady, who sat near us, after remarking
that for years she had been confined to her chamber
by rheumatism, said, with a cheerful look and voice,
‘But lam beginning to feel quite young again. I In
constant baths, ihis regular exercise and this nourish
ing food are working wonders. They seem to astonish
my old enemy, who by the way sometimes gives me
a spiteful twinge, as heknows there’s a‘good time com
ing.’ Every day lie yields to the refreshing and
strengthing influence of the Cold Water Cure. I be
lieve I am the happiest, in this group of smiling invi
lids. Tome, just recovering the use of iny faculties,
as it were, these evening reunions are the source of
the .purest pleasure. They serve to turn the tide ot
melancholy thought, that would otherwise ceaselessly
beat upon the sea wall of reason, till it had swept
away its proud fabric. Here we have conversation and
music, and the many jest and laugh and song almost
reconcile us to our incarceration.’
Truly it was a pleasing sight, that company of health
seekers-. the short visit we paid them has furnished food
for profitable thought. The more we reflect upon the
philosophy of the Water Cure the more convinced we
are of its merits and advantages and its efficacy in re
moving disease. We can therefore sympathise with
the enthusiasm of the poet ‘to fortune and to fame un
known,’ who discourses thus of
HYDROPATHY.
Os all the ills that mortal flesh
Falls undisputed heir to.
The colds, the cramps—old wounds and fresh,
Complaints, both new and rare too —
There’s not an Individual ono
Nora dreaded ‘complication’
But may be cured ‘right off’ or soon,
By baths and perspiration.
Tbe stream, that flows adown the bill,
With lulling music sweet;
The sparkling draught, from mountain rill
That gurgles at our feet—
The lake whose wavelets murniuring low,
Lave gently yonder tiny shore,
All, all, the healthful pow’r bestow,
That manhoods prime may droop no more.
Then let Shakspeare’s sage advice be ’tuck’
And to tbe dogs all physic pour—-
Let Sars’pariilas now be ‘shuck’
As they ne'er were ‘shuck’ before,
Let all ‘painkillers,’ drugs and pills,
Their virtues vain, confess
And ‘small by degrees will Doctors’ bills
Grow beautifully less.’
X. M. D.
Tiie Ireland Fund.— “An Irishman” re
commends that the fund collected in 1848. for
the aid of Ireland, and now amounting to $35,
000. lying idle in Mr. Emmet’s hands, Be
apropriated to Father Mathew.
From Arthur s Home Gazette.
Familiar Courersations on luterebiing
, Subjects.
ar a lady or Baltimore.
‘Have you anything more to tell about the magnetic
needle, or magnetic attraction, mother?’ was Clara’s
question, as she entered the study on the following
morning.
‘Yes, Clara, I have a few more peculiarities to no
tice in regard to it, and then I shall proceed to electrical
attraction.’
‘What, another kind of attraction yet, mother!
Why; there’s no end to them, is there?’
‘Olt, yes ; we shall find an end to them before long.
But, what was the last explanation I gave you yester
day V
‘The dipping of the needle.’
‘So it waa, I remember, i told you, too, that Ae
needle always pointed north and south.’
‘Yes, mamma.’
‘Although this is true in general terms ; yet, strictly
speaking, it is not true.’
‘How so, mother!’
‘ln the first voyage cf Colum tus, the Spaniards were
struck with astonishment, by observing (hat instead of
pointing directly north it varied towards the west, and
as they proceeded on theix journey, the variation in
creased, This variation is found to differ in degree at
times and places. At some seasons of the year, and
at particular places it points due north and south ; at
other times und places, it varies to the east; uud, at
others again, to the west.’
‘Can no one account for this variation mother V
‘No: this appearance which so much alarmed the
Spaniards, still remain one of th#mysteries of nature,
although it is thought by some to depend on the degrees
of heat and cold ; end by others, that the cause exists
within the earth itself, from the fact that iron bars
which have for a long period of time been in perpendic
ular situation, or in a north and south direction, are
generally found to be magnelicul. These are, 1 believe
ali the properties of the magnet.’
4 YV hat is electrical attraction, mother ?’
‘That which is excited by friction in certain substan
ces.’
‘I don’t understand you, mother ?’
‘Here is a piece of sealing wax—now I will rub it
with this piece of cloth, and you will perceive that it has
power of attracting hair, feathers, straw, or other light
substances.’
‘Why, mother, this is like mngnetical attraction,’ *
exclaimed Clara, as she beheld the feathers flying to the
sealing wax and adhering thereto, ; but beiore she had
finished her speech, they were again lying on the ta
blc.
‘You see there is a difference, Clara,’ observed her
mother.
‘Yes, ma’am; for when the magnet attracted the
needles they remained attached to it, but the leathers
hardly stuck a minute to the sealing wax.’
‘Just so.’
“Still, mother, I do not understand what caused the
feathers to fly to the sealing wax, and to fly away so
quickly again.’
‘That is what I was about to explain to you. You
recollect when I was teaching you the cause of thunder
and lightning, I observed that every substance in na
ture possessed a certain share of electricity, and that
when it possessed its natural share only, it produced no
sensible effects.’
‘Oh ! yes, mother, I recollect it all.’
‘Now, before 1 rubbed this sealing wax, it had only it*
natural share, and of course could attract nothing.
Isut, when it became positively electrified, and attracting
the feathers to it, imparted to them a portion of its su
perabundance, which rendered them positive aiso, and
an electrical repulsion took place.’
‘Then, mother, 1 suppose two bodies that aro posi
tively electrified, will not attract each other?’
‘No they will repel one another, nnd the same with
two negatives.’
‘But, is settling wax the only substance that can be
thus excited ?’
*Oh, no! it was first discovered in amber which is
called in Greek, electron , hence its name—electric fluid.
The ancients had no idea that any other substance but
amber when excited would attract or repel small bodies.
Substances possessing this power are called electrics,
and those that have not this attractive power w hen rub
bed are called non-electrics.’
‘Are there many electric substances, mother?’
“Sulphur, rosin, glass, the precious stones, fur of ani
mals, amber and sealing wax are the principal. Elec
trics arc also called non-conductors.’
‘And non-electrics arc conductors then, I suppose,
mother?’
‘Yes.’
‘But why are they called so?’
All substances through which the fluid will readily I
pass are termed conductors: these are the metals, char
coal, water, smoke, ice, snow, and all fluids, except oil.’
“I have heard Ellen Jones speak of an electrical ma
chine, mother—what is t hat ?
‘lt is a machine for the purposes of collecting large
quantities of the electric fluid for experiments, or other
purposes. I cannot give you a just idea of one by a
mere description, but the principal of it is just the same
as that of the sealing wax rubbed by the cloth. Had I
one I might entertain you with a variety of beautiful and
interesting experiments.’
‘But, mother, is the lightning which we sec in the
heavens the same as the electric fluid ?’
“Yes, it lias been proved to bo the same.’
‘By whom, mother ?’
‘By Dr. Franklin.’
‘How?’
‘By simply raising a boy’6 kite, covered with a silk
handkerchief instead of paper. Some wire fastened to
the upper part, served to collect and conduct the fluid
from the passing clouds, which descended through the
flaxen string as a conductor, and was then drawn from
an iron key which he tied to the line at a small distance
from his hand.’
‘Had this discovery anything to do with the inven
tion of lightning rods, mothor?’
‘Yes, but why do you ask?’
‘Because you said the kite had some wire fastened
to it to collect the fluid,and I thought it probable it might
have something to do with them ?’
‘Yes; it was this very discovery that led to their
formation.’
‘Do we not sometimes see more than one lightning
rod on a building, mother ?’
‘Yes ; very large buildings require several, or that
they be raised very high in proportion to the smallness
of their numbers.’
‘YY’hy is a high one of more good than a low one,
mother ?’
‘Because a rod only protects a circle around it, the
radius being equal to twice its length above the build
ing. Do you understand that Clara?’
‘Not exactly, mother.’
‘The radius of a circle is the distance from its centre
to the circumference. The rod, of course is the Cen
tre of the circle ; 60 then, it is elevated twenty feet
above the building, it would protect a space of forty feet
in every direction. Is it plain to you now ?’
‘Oh, yes, mother, quite plain ; but. is eleotricity the
cause of anything else except lightning!’
‘Yes ; it is supposed to be the cause of earthquakes,
water-spouts. Aurora Borealis, or as it more commonly
called, Northern Lights, Ignus Fatuus, falling stars, and
’rdeed all the Serv nhenomeua of r.a'crs.’
‘What is the Ignus Fatuus, mother?’
‘What you generally hear spoken of os ‘Will-with
a-wisp,’ or ‘Jack-with-a-lanttrn.’
‘Well, really mother, I never should have known
it by that name.’
‘No, I suppose not! still that is its proper name.’
‘But, how does electricity cause it, mother ?’
‘You know it is commonly seen in meadows, marshes
and other moist places. The inflammable air which
arises from the putrefaction and decomposition and veg
etables in such places, takes fire by means of the elec
tric matter which is contained in fogs. Let us now have
a little talk about chemical attraction and then wo will
turn to some of the other properties of bodies.’
‘Then, 1 suppose, that is all of the different kinds of
attraction, mother?’
‘Yes; this will finish them : like electrical and mag
netieal attraction, it is not universal, but, peculiar to
certain substances. You have tried, I suppose, tc tr.ix
oil and water, Clara, have you not ?’
‘Yes, mother; but the oil would always rise to the
top.’
‘That showed, then, that there was no attraction, or
affinity existing between them. But, if you bad mix
ed some potash with them they would have united, be
cause the potash has an attraction for both. It is in
this way that soap is made. But, again, potash has a
stronger attraction for an acid than it has for either the
oil or wa'er, so that if after you had united the oil and
water by means of the potash, you were to pour some
vinegar in, the potash would leav - its old acquaintances
and unite with this new comer. Thus when soap is
dissolved in any water which contains an acid the potash
immediately unites with the acid, and the oil nmy b.-
seen to rise on the top of the water.’
‘Oh ! mother, isn’t such water called hard, like the
water in our yard ?’
‘Yes; and if you have ever tried to wash in it, no
doubt you have noticed the grease on the top of the wa
ter.’
‘I have, mother, frequently ; but never knew before
what was the cause us it.’
‘Such substances, then, as readily unite and form
themselves into a compound, are said to have u chem
ical affinity, or attraction for each other. Now let me
hear if you can give me a definition of the various kinds
of attraction 1 have explained to you ?’
Attraction of cohesion, which keeps the different
particles of bodies together; attraction of gravitation,
which draws different bodies towards each other ; ruag
netical attraction, which causes the needle always to,
point towards the poles ; electiiia! attraction, which is ;
produced by friction and chemical attraction, which
unites one or more substances nro one.’
‘Have you not omitted one. Clara?’
‘Yes; mother, there is eapil ary attraction, which
causes liquids to rise in tubs.’
‘Very well; l atn glad, my child, to find you have
remembered them so well. Here I see is your cousin
Mary come to see you, so you can now go and enjoy
yourselves.’
The Tyranny of Women*.—l have always
said it; Unbeaten Woman lords it o’er the
world! (By the way, that’s verse, but it is
as Irne as prose itself.) We males swagger,
and talk ot our superiority, bnt only the savage
!ms practical dominion over the “weaker sex,”
simply because he bangs his recalcitrant fe
male in lordly style ! We don't beat our
women, and are theiefore slaves; we are forced
to knock under because we. have. la>tidious
notions about knocking them down! This
may be quite correct; I only state the fact
without commentary. Unbeaten Woman is a
Tyrant. The weaker they are, the more
tyrannical. A little blonde creature with fair
eyes and fragile figure, whom you could crush
in your manly grasp, some how or other you
find yourself trembling before, as before a
crowned potentate. She bends you to her
purposes, to her caprices; if you resi.-t, her
pretty eye flashes scornful fire; if you quail
nut before her anger, she rushes into hysterics!
What is helpless, and, above all, clubless man
to do?—Be mec-k and acquiescent!
That I take to be one ofthe primordial laws
of civilization. Directly man emerges from
the savage state, lie becomes woman’s prey.
I find it the eternal theme of literature. In
one shape or another it is always Sampson
laying his shaggy head in the fair lap of Deli
lah. From Horner down to I’aul de Kook,
the story of Cyrnon and Iphigenia, which Mr.
Dryden told in resounding couplets, has been
varied in its incidents, but has preserved its
kerne! ofsentiment, which is non* o h’ r than the
dominion of Beauty. The old lion who allow
erl the lair maiden to draw his teeth and clip
his terrible claws, what is that but the symbol
of our daily folly ? Do we not all stoop Horn
our pedestal and crouch beneath the merciless
grace of woman ?
“Did not great Hercules lay down hi* strength,
Spinning with Omphale, and all for love 7”
Think of Achilles the Terrible, he whose
shout alone made the horses of Troy tremble
in their shues, foreseeing the sorrows that
shoot implied. Well, the Swift-footed himself,
who slew the Horse-tamer, was conquered by
the gentlness ofthe fair Briseis! And when
she was taken from him, he stalked ireful
and moody by the many-sounding sea, and
mingled his salt tears with the “ocean wave.”
(Unless you suppose that he had an eye to pos
terity, and wish to furnish young gentlemen of
classical turn with the polyphloisboiothalasct $
as an appropiiale quotation always ready.) It
Achilles could be tamed by Beauty, who, after
him, shall resist ?
The Wise Wan and the Serpent.
A wise man one day asked Ihe serpent, “ Os
what advantage is it to ihee to deprive men of
life? The lion kills and devours his prey; the
liger, the wolf, and other fierce beasts do the
same, in order to satisfy their hunger; hut thou
bitest thine innocent victims, and shedde t
mortal poison into the veins, without reaping
any benefit from their death, save the cruel
satisfaction of destroying.”
“ Why askest thou me this question ?” rejoin
ed the reptile. “Ask, rather, the slanderer
among thy own race, what pleasure he finds in
poisoning unto death those who have never
injured him.”
The Worm and the Fly.
The worm and the fly one day had a dispute ;
th<* fly despised the worm, and said, “ All the
earth is my free heritage ; I enter the palace
of kings, rest on their heads, and eat at theii
tables. 1 fly whithersoever I choose, and feed
< n the most dainty sweets, thou, crawling and
abject, canst not rise one inch from the
ground.”
“ J cannot fly, it is true,” replied the worm,
“and yet I am everywhere ; in earth, in water,
in the bodies of both men and beasts ; and if
thou boasteth of feeding on maq’s daintest food,
I feed on man bimee!! ”
STATE FAIR*
Tbe Executive Committee of the Southern Central
Agricultural Society, by appointment, assembled on
tbe 2nd September at the Lanier House, Macon, Hon.
Mark A. Cooper iu ihe Chair, and adopted the Allow
ing at rangemenla and resolutions:
Resolved, Thai tbe following Committees be filled
and the gentlemen appointed be lespectfuily requested
to serve on those Committees, us follows:
On Devon Cuttle, Class No. 1.
S. A. Jones, Mi l Haven,Serivon county Ga.
lion. O. il. Kenan, Dalton, Murray 44 44
David Clopten, Van Wert, Paniding * 4 *’■
Col. *"* Stevenson. Nashville. Tennessee.
Win. Eve, Augusta, Richmond county, Ga.
Short Horn Durham Cattle , Clast As. S.
Col. John \\ ooldilk, Muscogee county, Ga.
Owen Fitzsimmens, Jefferson 44 4 t
LeLaigle, Augusta, *
Hugh Lawson, Haynevilie, Houston co. “
Col. Trends Irwin, Ban ton county Ala.
Grades, Native end other Breeds, Class Ns. 3
Thomas Jones, Thomasville, Thomaa county, Ga.
R. H. Ward, Greene <
Col. A. S. Reid, Putnam 4i *
Jas. M. Reynolds, Wuyucsborro, Burko “ 44
Hon. H. Warner, Greenvilk, Meriwether eo “
Working Oxen.
B. Harris, Sparta, Hancock county Ga.
Gen. Thomas Bluckahear, Thomaa 44 44
James Price, Chattooga “
Col. Lewis Shepherd, CLiceamaugs, “
Col. John B. Y\ alls or, Madiaou, Morgan co. 44
Fat Cattle ,
Mitchell Jones, Thomas county, Ga.
A'elsou A lump, Chattooga “ “
Anderson Retd, Eaton ton, Putnam county, Ga.
Dr. John \\ . Lewis. Cherokee * 4 . 44
Col. Hutchins, Lawrenceviile, Gvvinette “ 44
Horses for all Work, Class, No. I,
John S. Thomas, MJlcdgcvilie, Ga.
A. E. \\ hitten, Alt, Zion, Hancock county, Ga.
\an Leonard, Columbus, 44
Charles Dougherty, Athens, 44
George Kellogg, Forsyth oounty, 44
Heavy Draft, Class, No. 2.
Nathan Base, Macon, Ga.
George 1 wiggs, Richmond county Ga.
James Thomas, Hancock “ 4 ‘
James Morris, Spring Place, Murray county, Q,
Andrew J. Lawson, burke eouuiy, Ga.
Blooded Horses, dusts, No 3.
1 hacker B. Howard, Russel county, Ala.
Gen. Anderson Abeicroiub.e, Russel county, Ala.
Coi. Joan Bibups, .Athens, Ga,
Col. W ad j iiatupiou, Columbia, S. C.
Judge O. JRKeauoii. Murray county Ga.
Jacks.
Hon. Henry Clay, Lexington. Kentucky.
James I'leeuuui, Cousawallee, Gordon county, Ga.
tLsepa B. Jones, Buike county, Ga.
James Abercrombie, Russell county, Ala.
W in. M in tyre, Cousawaiiee, Gordon county, Ga*
Mutes.
Dr. N. B. Powell, Macon county, Ala.
Major v* ouity, Kmgstou Cass county, Ga.
James N. YV eat,tiling lou, Ky.
JoUu Harris, Greene eouuiy, Ga,
Ge-u. H. bow e, Harris 44 44
Male/ted, and Single Harness and Saddle Horst*.
Dr. lie-nry brauiuuu, Eulouion, F'uuiain county, Ga.
E. Huguunu, buuuer eouuiy, Ga.
Col. Joel E. Hurt, Guiutubus, 44
Col. Joseph Bond, Macon, “
Col. V> aUe tj. Caiman, Rome, 44
Sheep—improved Merino, Class, No. V.
Mark A. Cockrell, Nashville, Aeunesseo.
bun. H m. ISchicy, Aguata, ba,
lion. Geoigu R. Unuier, Lexiugton, Ga.
Barrington King, Roswell, Cobb eouuiy, Ga.
G. B. Iluyguoti, S\ aikiiisviile, Ga.
Long Wool, Class No. 2,
Benjamin Warren, Augusta, Ga.
Col. Davidson, Greene county, Ga.
Dr. A. M. V\ aiker, Coiuuibus, 44
Dr. Robert Young, Cass county “
Minor Brown, Gamsvuie, Hail county, Ga.
South Vow us, Class No. 3.
it. S. Hardwick, llaueock eouuiy, Ga.
A. bimtti, Roswell, Cobb 44 ‘
James M. Chambers, Columbus,
Pulaski S. Holt, Macon. 44
Dr. Joel Ui annum, La ton ton, ‘ v
Saxony Grades and Natives, Class No. 4.
Judge E. A. Nisboi, Macon, Ga.
Col. 1 liomas Grdues, Hancock county, Ga.
Samuel Rutherford, Crawford 44 44
lltury Hurt, Columbus, Ga.
Hon. VV ia. Lrzard, jjeeatur, DeKalb county, Ga.
imported Sheep.
Hon. Win. 11. Sides, Carietsvule, Cass county, G.
•Judge B. A.botsby, Coiumbus, Ga.
Judge 1. G. Holt, .Vlacoll, 4 *
Dr. Charles YV est, Perry, Houston county, Ga.
Gen. 13. li. Rutherford, Macon, “
Fat Mutton .
John A. Jones, Paulding cotyity, Ga,
Charles Collins, Macon, , 44 *
Col. Greene, Murray county,
St. Lanier, Macon, “
Judge A. E. Ernest, Macon, “
Swine.
Col. James M. Calhoun, Decatur, DeKalb oounty, Ga.
Maj. N. 11. Bead, Macon, Ca.
Charles \\ aiker, Longstreet, Pulaski county, Ga.
Dr. P. 11. \\ ildmau, Columbus, Ga.
Poultry.
Col. J. M. Chambers, Columbus, Ga.
Rev. P. S. Wade, Semen county, 44
John Bonner, liaueoek 44 44
Matthew \V hitelield, Jasper “ “
Charles Jordan, Moinicello, 44
Field Crops — Cotton.
Charles Cotton, Maeun, Ga.
Andrew Lowe, Savannah, Ga.
U. T. Hall, Columbus, 44
Pleasant Stovall, Augusta, Ga.
Reuben Jordan, MoutietUo, “
Agricultural Products.
Dr. Tims. Hamilton, CavtvrsviJie,.Cass county, Ga.
Dr. Wilhaui Ferrell, apart**, Ga.
James H. Cooper, Darien,
VV allhour, Liberty, “
Dr. M m. C. Daniel. Gaiusville, Hall county, Ga.
Farm Jmplemeuts.
Dr. M. W. Phillips, Edwards, Mississippi.
Eidridgo G. Cabaniss. borsytb, Monroe Ga.
Fleming Jordan, Jasper county, Ga.
John S. Rowland, CarUrsviile, Case oounty, Ga.
J. Farrar, Putnam county, Ga.
Machinery.
Daniel Pratt, Prfutsviile, Autauga county, Als
Emerson Foote, Macon, Ga.
Robert Cravou, Chattanooga, Tennessee.
John Philips, Buck Creek, Striven oounty, Ga.
Dairy and Honey.
Charles Campbell, Ala eon, Ga.
Leroy Napier, 44 44
Maj. Clarke Wiley, Casa eonnty Ga.
A. E. Dennard, Cobb, 44 “
Tar lion Lewis, Cass 44 4 4
Household Department.
SinYrißosa, Macon, Ga.
Rev, Mr. Irving, Madison, Morgan ooaniy, Ga
NO. 30.