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VOL. 2.
‘prafrasinnol C, Susintss Cnrits
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DAGUERREOTYPIST,
MACON, GA. 1
S, ST ENTRANCE FROM TIIK AVENUE. JF$
aprl9 ts
~ RAILROAD HOUSE,
OPPOSITE CENTRAL RAILROAD DEPOT
EAST AIACOX.
£J ;T 4 If S. M. LANIER.
sTACR
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
ELENA VISTA, MARION CO., GA.
apr 12 ly
KELLAM & BELL,
ATTORNEY’S AT LAW & GENERAL LAND AGENTS,
ATLANTA. :::::::::::: GA.
JBIWill practice in DeKalb and adjoining counties,
and in the Supreme Court at Decatur.—Will also vi
sit any p rt of the country for the settlement of claims
d)-c. without suit.
[lJ'JJol'.n rv Land Claims prosecuted with despatch.
Cilice on White llall St., over Dr. Denny's Drug
Store.
A. R. KEI.I.AM. m. a. bell.
I'. G. ARRINGTON, j
Attorney at Law and Notary Public,
Oglethorpe, ?laeu Cos.,
dee GEORGIA. 33—ts
CITY HOTEL,
SAVANNAH,•.•.•.•.•/.•.•.•/.•.•GEORGIA.
P. CONDON.
Terms: —Transient Hoarders, per day, $1,50. Monthly and
yearly Hoarders in p.oportion. aprj—y
“osioSKlE A. L©OH^AWli7 :
Slttarimj nt Tarn,
OFFICE OVER DELDEN AND CO*. HAT STORE, |
Mulberry Street, Macon, Georgia.
HARDEMAN A HAMILTON,
Ware House and Commission Merchants,
M.ICO.Y, GEORGIA.
HAMILTON k HARDEMAN,
FACTORS & COMMISSION MERCHANTS,
S. i LYJ.V.V. 7 If. GEORGIA.
Will irive prompt attention to all business committed to them
tit either place.
TIIOS. HARDEMAN. ( 19—tO ("HAS. F. HAMILTON.
FACTORAGE AND
©®3fi3sS3S!i©33 3135&33358
Savannah, Ga.
ittji. p. YON (IK, No. 94 Hay street, Savannah, continues
\ , to transact a General Commission Business and Factor- |
*se, and respectfully solicits consignments of Cotton, Corn, I
and other produce. He will also attend to receiving aiul tor
warding Merchandise.—
April 5, 1351 ly J
W.D.KTiIKKIIM.K fc Cos.,
FACTORS ■& COM MISSION MERCHANTS,
SAEA.WYAII, GEORGIA.
rpnr. undersigned liaviitg formed a Copartnership for tlie
£_ rransaction of the above business, tender their services
tntheir friends ami the public generally and solicit a share of
pafrrtr.ngc. We will pay strict attention to the sale of ( ottnn
or othri produce comngned to our care anil all orders for llng
urs2. Pope and family supplies will be promptly attended to ,
Gtpi'fdleUul the lowest prices. I.iberal advances will be made
upon Cotton or other produce consigned to us.
s. r. cove, (,augd3-y> w. and. rrurßitmc.
~ aauujj, riytTOM & e®., j
Tacturs A: Commission Merdianb,
uwgoO SAVANNAH, GEORGIA. —6m
FIELD k. A DAMS.
FIRE-FKOOF WA 22 GHOI SE,
MACON, GORGIA.
( r l' , llF. undersigned will continue thfc Wabe-11o: seand COM
1, mission Business, at the commodious and tvellkatown l'ir<-
Proof Building, formerly occupied by Dyson & I-'iKLn and the
past season by us. The attention of both the partners wiH be
given to all business entrusted to their care. They TosjuntfuL
Ily solicit the patronage o film public generally. They are pre
paredto make liberal cash advances on ali Cotton am store at
the customary rates.
*■*3?“ All orders for Groceries, Bagging and Rope will 1* till
ed at the lowest market prices, JOHN M. FIELD,
aug9 ts A. R. ADAM?.
i ——
SASH AND WINDOW BLIND
f*7V e*A 1321 IF SA ll <2D = ;
‘TMIE subscriber is maitufacJtiring the above articles by
X Steam Machinery, at very moderate prices.
TURNING AND PLANING.
Re Iras machinery for this business, and will promptly exc
.tie any jobs in this line. ALEX. McGHKCOR.
julvilG . —bin
FIRE INSUIt AN C E
BY TUB
COMMERCIAL INSURANCE COMPANY
OF CIIAIILISSTON S. C.
CAPITAL S2SO,OOO— ALL PAID IX.
m. 11. lleriot, Pres A. M. Lee. Sec’y.
Directors :
James K. Robinson, Geo. A. Trenholm, Robert Caldwell,
A. It. Taft, Henry T. street, VVm. Mcßurney, J. U. Urau ley,
T. 1, Wragg.
r rtlE subscribers having been appointed Agents for tlie
X above Company, are now prepared to take risks against
tire,on favorable terms. CAIUIAItT, HUO. At (’**,
june2l Agents.
DItS. RANKS ,V ROOSEVELT tender their
professional services to the citizens of Macon and sur
rounding country.
Residence on College Hill, the house formerly occupied by
Charles Day. Olliee on the corner of Third and Walnut street,
tv. U. BANKS, M. D. (cpt6-.v) C. J. ROOSEVELT, M. I).
TERMS OF TIIE
UNIVERSALIST HERALD.
IF paid in advance, $2 00
Within six months, 2 50
Within the year, 3 00
Liberal Inducement to Clubs,
Three copies for S3 00
Seven copies for 10 00
Ten copies for 15 00
Money can be sent by mail, at the risk of the Editor. Ad
vertisements inserted on moderate terms.
Persons wishing their papers changed from one Post Olliee
to another, should always be particular in giving the name of
the county, State, Ac.
ry All communications to receive attention, must be ad
dressed, post-paid, to John C. Rvrriss, Xotasulga. Ala.
HENRY LOU
House and Sign Painter,
imitations of Woods and Marbles ill every Style.
Ai Orders left at shop opposite the old Methodist Church.
oct4—tf
Hew Book Bindery.
rfXLF-NcfStX B- F. GRIFFIN, is prepared
t 0 execute Book Binding of
io'r manner. Particular at
j tentioa paid to the Binding
vT ‘ ■ - cf 5 of I*ek to me a lb, Law and
-music Books.
crdeT °f a ” kiuds manufactured to
loSl'ett 0 ” * ide W “ hi P lu.rc-C,t-
‘ sept 13 —ts
mediUl ” and < Y omnieil qualitie8 ’ a
supply at E. J.JOHNSON’£.
PA\CY GOODS AND
lillililfi
MRS. DAMOUR, is now receiv
if ‘V : ‘ n ff her Fail supply in the above line
*tnd by each week’s Steamer will
Af\ * \ miJj rece ' ve a fresh supply of the most
liable Goods, consisting of the
newest styles of Silk and Straw
/p,* Bonnets, Ribbons, Flowers, Feath
/ 7r\ ers and all kinds of Bonnet trimming,
a choice lot of Dress Silks, and dress trimmings
such as Fringes, Gimps, Buttons, Velvet and Ribbon
trimmings. Ball Dresses, Veils, Capes, Collars and
other Embroideries, which will be soid cheap.
octls-tf
MRS. F. DESSAU
§p* 1 and is now opening an
HaßjUMussoftment of the Nncrst and most j
’L? t lflx h i° ri <‘hle Goods, in Iter line, all
gl of the latest importations, and would
O tt particularly call the attention of the
1 r| If ladies to her stock of Fashionable
Silk Sind Straw SlOiV^iliTS,
Head Dresses, Caps. Dress Silks, Mantillas, Embroid
eries, Fancy Goods, tj-c all of which will be sold on
i the most reasonable terms. Store on Triangular Row
next to Geo. Jones’ Crockery Store. 6m
New Goods.
if MRS. WORTHINGTON
is now opening a beautiful assort-
JOW tnentot New Style Mlllinary
Goods, Rich Bonnets, Ribbons,
ty 1 Chenille Feathers ami Flowers Silks
M Cloves, Dress and Mantilla Trim
* • tilings, also, g cases fine Dress Hats,
with a large assortment of Straw Goods at all prices. Ladies
are respectfully solicited to call and examine her stock which
she will sell at the lowest prices.
Mantillas and Dresses made to order in the most fash
onabte manner. Orders from the country promptly attended
to. STORK on Mulberry st„up stairs. oetll
J,M)U TIIK STATE FAIR, —The Prizes, consisting
X of overdlii) Silver Cups, Goblets and Pitchers, to
be awarded at the approaching State Fair in Macon,
and now open for public Exhibition. All arc invited to
cull and examine them, ec 11 E. J. JOHNSON.
J - ** RECEIVED by Worthington, Uar-
H mini &. Cos. Beebe & Cos. and Leary’s justly
celebrated non style HATS, for sale low,
oetll COTTON AVENUE.
Dry Goods and Groceries,
T'rtHF. subscriber oders for sale at his old stand on Cotton
X Avenue, a general assortment of Staple and Fancy Dry
Goods, consisting in part of the following articles; Cassimeres,
l!rnadcloths,_Alapacas. DeGains, Calicoes and Homespuns,
Itcady made’Clothing and Jewelry.
Also a line supply of Groceries, and almost every otliGr ar
ticle suited to city and country customers. His goods are re
ceived at short intervals, and may be relied upon as being both
fresh and fashiouable, and are otlbred very low for Cash,
oetll—Cm GEO. EIIRLICH.
VTfHOLESAL E Dry Goods, Groceries, Hardware Bcc.
V V at low prices and reasonable terms or liberal discount
for cash. (oct4) S. F. DICKIN3ON.
Cooking Stoves,
npilE undersigned, Agents, have received a consignment of
I the deservedly popular Knoxville Annexation’’
and ‘‘Empire Cooking Stoves,” from the Foundry
of Messrs. Williams, MatTatt Si Cos. Knoxville, East Tennessee.
They are made of various sizes : each has a large oven, is an
uniform Inker, simple in its construction, has a first rate draft,
made of the best material, and is capable of doing more ser
vice than any other Stoves of Cite same size in use. A pre- j
miumwns awarded the maker at the late Atlanta Fair.
These Stoves —the result of Southern Enterprise are otFer
ed on lower terms than any others in market. The under ‘
signed will always have an assortment on hand, at their Ware-
House, corner of Second and Popular sts., Macon.
oct4 W.M. S. LAWTON & CO.
LASS. We are also Agents for the Holstoil ;
\ I <.lass Works, at Knoxville Tenn., and will be pleas
ed to receive orders from our friends and the public.
oct4 WM. ?. LAWTON & CO.
MS II DRY GOODS, Bonnets, 3hoes, Boots, Fine
Bed Blankets, splendid Toilet Quilts, &c. for sale at prices
that cannot fail tosuit. (octl) S. F. DICKINSON.
New Goods! New Goods!
WM. B. FERRY & CO.
DEALERS IN’
Triangular Blot'k, (near Logan's Cor.)
ARE now receiving their Fall and Win
ter .Stock embracing all the most rich and
f W-J desirable (ioods lobe found in tlie market
ft* ll North, which will be offered to the trade at
reduced prices. The citizens of Macon and
Hie surrounding country are respectfully invited to call andex- ;
amine tlieir Goods. nept27
1 A DIES’ Lace and Congress Prunella, Satin, Francia
j and Silk Gaiters; Black, Bronze and White Kid and Sat- |
in Slippers; Black and (Sronze Embroidered French Slippers; j
I’arodi and Jet.ny I.ind Enameled and Kid Ties, Buskins and |
Boots, just received bytsep-JT) W. 11. I'El l US CO. !
Heavy Black and Russet /,'rogans. a large sup
ply just received by Wm. 11. FERRY k. to.
New York Branch Store,
COTTOX A VENUE.
OPAULDING A AVILLIAMS have removed to the I
2d door above Winship’i and reopened with a trw stock j
FALL AND WINTER DRY GOODS,
which will be sold for Cash, at exceeding low prices.— ;
We have .Silks from 55 cts. up ; Del-tins front 12 J up; Prints
I from fil up; Bleached and Brown Shirtings from 3 cts. up, al
so a largo s nek of Blankets, Flannels, Ticking. Table Linens,
Bosom Linens, &e., from low price to fine, together with a
full assortment of Hosiery, Laces, Gloves, Ribbon? and Fancy
Articles. We respectfully solicit a call front the Ladies.
Goods received every week per Steamer.
oct4 27-ly
DR. C. S. PUTNAM, formerly opposite the the La
nier House, has removed to Oldershaw’s New Building
West side Washington Square, on Cotton Avenue, between j
the stores of Bostick, Johns Jc Cos., and J. J. & S. P. Richards. \
N, B. Those wishing operations, wiil please send timely j
notice. (oct4-tf) C. S. PUTNAM, Proprietor. !
FASHIONABLE
MERCHAXT TAILORING DEPOT,
Next Door to S. li. Day's Jewelry Store,
MULBERRY STREET. MACON.
THE subscriber is opening at the
~~ rW above place, a choice lot of French,
English and American Cloths. Cas
! simeres and Vestings, for Fall and
i vrr’ Winter wear which he is prepared
to make into tasty and well fitting Garments.
By strict attention to business he hopes to merit the confi
dence of the public and he assures them that he will spare no
pains in Fitting, Style and Workmanship, to please those who
j may favor him with their patronage.
Garments warranted to give satisfaction. Come and
! try.
He is determined to sell at very low rates.as an inducement
for his customers to adopt system, so that one
who pays promptly is not charged enough to make up the loss
on one who does not.
CHAS. 11. BAIRD.
oct4 2 1 -tt
SSOO REWARD^
“ Hands patent upright Engine, and Portable Sain
Millwith ‘Hoxies continuous feed.’
| r JMIESE .Mills, are warranted superior to all othefs
X in use, combining cheapness, simplicity and
durability, while much greater speed is attainable, with
little or no tendency to wear—there being no weight
of the follower or piston head on the cylinder, and no
weight of cross head or connection rod on the slides,
as with the horrizontai eye.
The subscribers offer Fite Hundred Dollars Re
ward to any oue who will produce a superior Mill, or
! oue of any other patent, that will perform equal to
; them. Full drawings and specifications furnished ap
plicants with particulars as to terms Ac.
All other descriptions of Mills are also manufactur
ed at short notice and ujtou reasonable terms, and war
ranted superior. Upright and horrizontal Engines of
from 10 to 50 horse potter constantly on hand.
Address, GIN DRAT &.CO.
Agents Montgomery Mmtvfacturing Cos. Montgomery,
Alabama.
sot 20—3 m
“-Meprakit in all tilings —II mi trill in nofljing”
MACON, GEORGIA, SATURDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER 15, 1851.
US).* ijp.'j.ri'/cy
A Home Picture.
BY FRANCIS D. GAGE.
Ben Fisher had finished his hard day’s work.
And he sat at his cottage door,
His good wife, Kate, sat by liis side,
And the moon-light danced on the floor:
The moon-light danced on the cottage floor,
Her beams were clear and bright
As when he and Kate, twelve years before,
Talk’d love in her mellow light.
Ben Fisher had never a pipe of clay,
Arul never a dram drank he;
So lie loved at home with bis wife to stay,
And they chatted right merrily;
Bight merrily chatted they on, the while
Her babe slept on her breast;
While a chubby rogue, with rosy smile,
On his father’s knee found rest.
Ben told her how fast the potatoes grew,
And the corn iu the lower field ;
And the wheat on the hill was grown to seed,
And promised a glorious yield :
A glorious yield in the harvest time,
And his orchard was doing fair;
Ilis sheep and his stock were in their prime,
Ilis farm all in good repair.
Kate said that her garden looked beautiful,
Her cows and her calves were fat;
That the butter that Tommy that morning churn’d
Would buy him a Sunday hat;
That Jenny for Pa, anew shirt had made,
And ’twas done too by the rule ;
That Neddy the garden could nicely spade;
And Ann was ahead at school.
Ben slowly raised his toil-worn hand
Thro’ liis locks of grayish brown—
“l tell you Kate, what I think,” said he,
‘ vVe’re the happiest folks in town.’’
“I know,’’ said Kate, “that we all work hard—
Work and health go together, I've found ;
For there’s Mrs. Bell does not work at all,
And she’s sick the whole year round.
“They’re worth tlieir thousands, so people say,
But I ne’er saw them happy yet;
’Twould not be I that would take their gold,
And live in a constant fret;
My humble home has a light within.
Mrs. Bell’s gold could not buy,
Six healthy children, a merry heart,
And a husband's love-lit eye.”
I fancied a tear was in Ben’s eye—
The moon shone brighter and clearer,
I could not tell why the man should cry,
But he hitched up to Kate still nearer;
He lean’d his head on her shoulder there,
And he took her hand in liis—
I guess—iho’ 1 look’d at the moon just then,)
That he left on her lips a kiss.
From the Memphis Enquirer,
Miserere of tlie Pines.
BY 1,. VIRGINIA SMITH.
There’s a voice upon the hill-tops, and a song within
the vale,
Fairy carols in the woodland, spirit whispers on the
gale,
A merry mermaid charms in the ocean’s sparry caves,
And a deep, triumphant pecan from its ever-tossing
waves;
But sweeter to my spirit as the autum day declines,
Conies the stately solemn swelling Miserere of the
Pines.
There is music in the morning, there is harmony at
eve
In the rich, fantastic overtures the boughs and breezes
weav,
Dreamy melody at noontide from the willow-hidden
rills,
Or the hunter’s bugle sounding oil tlie far off breezy
lijlls ;
But w hen round the brow of midnight, red the starry
Serpent shines,
l love the stately, solemn Miserere of the Pines.
When the fire-fly beacon glitters through the twilight
everglades,
And the birds have sunk to slumber in the woodland
colonnades,
Contes a inurtner like a wild-bee in the meadow-lily’s
bell,
That deepens to the thunders of an organ’s rolling
swell,
As the night-wind creeping lonely through ten thou
sand leafy tines
Wakes the stately, solemn, swelling Miserere of the
Pines
The Palm in sensuous beauty, and tlie Oak’s defiant
pride,
Bow, as the banded tempest sweeps the forest phalanx
wide,
But the wild mid-winter wind upon the Ocean’s rocky
shore,
Calls forth from out the dark pine-grove, a mimic
surge’s roar,
And, as the columned waters pass, their storm-embat
tled lines
Seen marching to the stately Miserere of the Tints.
Funereal anthems float far down the dim cathedral
nave,
Where crested Valor’s marble form lies shrouded for
the grave,
Vet not so proud a dirge is his as that which echoes
wide,
Above the pilgrim lone who perished on the mountain-
side,
j As though the wild witch-hazel tree that o’er liis rest
reclines,
Steals on the solemn, swelling Miserere of the Tines.
I Oh! many a thrilling melody at midnight revels free,
! And music at the dayspring sounds her hymn of ju
bilee ;
But like the thousand echoes that awake within the
heart
Strong in tlieir very gentleness a blessing to impart,
In bringing hurried jewels from the spirits’ secret mines,
Is that solemn, deep, and holy Miserere of the Pines.
Good company and good conversation are
the very sinews of virtue.
Good character is above all things else.
Never listen to iooseor infidel conversation.
Your character cannot be essentially injur
ed except by your own acts.
If any one speak evil of you, let your life be
so that none will believe hio).
Drink no kind of intoxicating liquors.
Ever live, misfortune excepted, within your
income,
When you retire to bed, think over what you
have been doing during the day.
Never speak lightly ofreligion.
Make no haste to be rich if you would pros
per.
Earn money before you spend it.
Never speak evil ot any one.
Be just before you are generous.
Keep yourself innocent it you would be hap
py-
Always go to meeting when you can.
From Deßow’s Review for May 1851.
Gallery of Industry and Enterprise.
IION. JOHN G. WINTER, OF GEORGIA.
with a Portrait.
u Perseverance is a Roman virtue
That wins each godlike act, and plucks success
Even from tlie spear-proof crest of rugged danger.”
‘lheeourseof our sketches of distinguished prac
tical men in the South, brings us to speak of one, who
is most extensively known throughout Georgia and the
neighboring states, as well as in most of the commer
cial cities of the Union, for the boldness of liis enter
prise, thesoundness of liis judgment, his untiring per
severance, liis great and prosperous undertakings. We
refer to Col. John G. Winter, of Ga.
This gentleman was born on tho 7th of April,
1799, in the City of New York. Ilis father, .Joseph
Winter, was a practising lawyer at Now York bar, of
some eminence in liis day. His mother was remarka
ble for intellect and energy of character, and lived to
the advanced age of 92 years, retaining her mind in
its pristine vigor up to the very day of decease.
At the ago of fifteen years lie left school, and enter
ed as clerk in the commission house of J. & C. Bol
ton. New York, who were transacting a large business
in the southern trade. Fresh from school, and with
out the slightest knowledge of accounts, his employers
found him notwithstanding so apt and energetic, that
they gave him charge of their affairs within two weeks
after he entered their service.
In 1817, before he was eighteen years of age, lie
married, and emigrated with his young and interesting
wife to Kentucky, from thence to Augusta, Georgia,
and entered into the service of an elder brother. A
couple of riding horses, ahd the fractional part of a dol
lar in cash, na tho extent of his posscsssions in tho
world. Ile received a small legacy of $1,300 from tlie
estate of his brother Samuel, who died in New Orleans,
and with this capital, embarke<Turfh'e dry-goods business
in Augusta. His resou roes /(wig small, and better
suited for a country-place, aW/f’ end of six months lie
purchased an interest in a Small stoi’e in Warrenton,
Georgia. This was about the year 1821-2, and may
be noted as the commencement of a career, which,
when viewed in connection with the history of the times,
and the circumstances under \fhich he acted, was unpar
alleled in the history of any of liis compeers for the !
same period. While he reap* the reward which his
talents, industry and honesty justly entitle him to, and
liis children have the proud satisfaction of inheriting a
name and reputation untarnished by a single failure,
he leaves to his country and posterity the fruits of his
labors, ttnd the impress of his genius, which will live
when he is dead, and bean encouraging example wor
thy of imitation by tlie rising generation.
Warren ton was but a small village—the county-seat ;
of Warren county, and contained at that time about
250 whites; the county was the reverse of fertile,and
thinly inhabited. Col. \\ inter’s business gradually in
creased, and in a few years lie gave laws to tlie trade of
tlie village, and established it upon anew basis, (bis
maxim being that liotnely but apposite one, that a nim
ble penny was better than a slow shilling.) No village
similarly situated could boast of an equal trade ; grad
ually increasing from fifty or seventy-five thousand to
nearly two hundred and fifty thousand dollars per an
num. Ilis sagacity iu foreseeing the want of supplies,
was not more conspicuous than his energy and promp
titude in procuring them.
From 1825 to 1831, Col. Winter was tho leadiug
member ot the County Court, (five Judges,) and dur- !
ing the time never had a decision reversed by the court ;
above. As off-hand debater, his sound, practical ideas, ;
and common-sense views, delivered with characteristic
energy and clearness, rarely tailed to force convictions,
and gave him great influence in the adjustment of all
the practical questions of the day, in which he usually |
took a leading and active part, in tlie smallest as well
as the greatest. In the minutiae of tho farm, as
well as in the moro intricate subjects of commerce,
finance, mechanic arts and internal improvements, ;
which so actively engaged him in after life, he seemed j
to be perfectly at home alike, and as if in liis natural
element. In 1532 lie had amassed a snug fortune,
and believing that a revolution iu commerce would short
ly take place, lie purchased a plantation near Augusta,
and retired from commercial pursuits. The revolu
tion was delayed by continued and enlarged issues of
state bonds and other corporation credits, until 1837,
by which time every species of property had aquireda
great and fictitious value. In January of this year,
foreseeing that the explosion which afterwards took ,
place was close at hand, he sold to the highest bidder !
all of his real, and most of his personal estate, lie
sold on a term of years, but with an eye to the trou- j
blcs which were brewing, and thoroughly secured the j
payments, so that he did not lose a mill.
In May, 1837, came the revolution, which prostrated
the whole banking system of the United States. With
his usual prompt ness, Colonel Winter embarked in the
exchange business, the very day after tlie banks in ;
Augusta suspended speeje payments. Having sold bis ;
property on time, ltis caslt means were very small, ;
and without any backers, such was the vigor of his j
operations, in less than six qiontjts he regulated al- j
most the entire exchanges of Georgia and South Car- j
oliua. lie published exchange tables, with such clear j
and accurate reference to the laws of supply and de- /
mand, that in all surrounding states they were referred
to, and became the arbiter of settlement between debtor
and creditor in settling the volue of a currency, disor
dered almost beyond conception. A majority of peo
ple seeming to mistake the cause for the effect, suppos
ed that the rates of dishonored banks rose and fell ac
cording to his will and pleasure! To escape the odium |
which it caused, lie abandoned very soon tlie publica
tion. In 1828, he purchased the bank charter of the
Bank of Brunswick, which he immediately put into
successful and active operation in Augusta. In 1839,
he foretold the suspension of the Southern banks, (which
took place in September or October) and placed the
Bank of Brunswick in a position to meet the crisis,
and continued specie payments whilo most of the
Southern Banks had suspended. In 1840, lie sold the
charter to a very responsible company for a large pre
mium, taking undoubted bonds to withdraw all tho
1 circulation be had put afloat. Before parting with the
charter, he established an agency at Apalachicola, Flori
da, where the currency was in a state of the utmost con
fusion ; and by the second season’s business, through
the influence of this agency mainly, he affected a hap
py and very beneficial change in the trade of the city,
restoring prosperity, furnishing a well-regulated ba
l sis for exchanges.
In 1841, lie purchased a controlling vote in th c
Bank of St. Mary’s, then located in St. Mary’s, Ga.i
which was about winding up its affairs, with a loss of
20 per cent, or more of its capital. In less than 18
months he made up the loss which the capital stock
bad sustained, although in the timea robbery had been
committed of a package of bank notes, which result
ed iu a loss of three per cent, of the capital of the
bank, From the day on which the capital was made
good by Lis efforts, the bank lias declared a regular
dividend of eight per cer.t. per annum, and lias accu
mulated a surplus equal to nearly two-thirds of the
whole amount it was worth when he took charge of its
affairs. Soon after Col. Winter took the management
of the batik, be established an agency in Columbus, Ga.
where he purposed to doits principal business; and to
silence all objections and remove all cause for the hue
and cry that some persons were continually raising, that
the bank was so far off’, the people could not get coin for
their notes, he immediately applied to thc legislature for
permission to remove it to Columbus. This was granted,
although opposed violently by some members ; and the
family of Col. Winter were removed to Columbus in
1842—3. lie now established a plantation on the
Chattaliooohie, some three or four miles below the
city. The currency of Western Georgia, Alabama,
and portions of Florida, were still mixed , and exchang
es very irregular, varying from two to forty per cent,
according to the character of the funds offered ; pub
lic confidence was still at a low ebb, The affairs of the
city corporation were in a state of extreme embarrass
ment ; her credits, which had been put in circulation
as money, were selling in the streets at 35 to 40 cents
to the dollar. Col. Winter having become a citizen
ol Columbus, instead of using his means to buy up the
credits ot’ the city at a ruinous sacrifice to those who
bold them, for without immediate available means, tlie
city authorities would have been under the temporary
necessity ot repudiating her change bills iu collecting
the revenue, in order to obtain available lands to defray
the current expenses of the government —he came for
ward and loaned the city thirty thousand dollars for a
term of years, at simple interest, which brought her
credits, before the close of the year, to nearly, or per
haps quite, par. In 1841, he was elected Mayor of
the city, (and, as might naturally be expected,) by a
large majority, although opposed by a powerful influ
ence, (which was brought to bear,) and a strong and
popular man, yet he carried all the six wards of the city
by a majority unparalleled, either belore or since. The
subsequent year he was chosen without opposition.
Although lie purchased not quite two-thirds of the
capital stock of the Bank of St. Mary’s, yet the man
agement was so exclusively and palpably liis, that it exoit
cd the jealousy of some of bis competitors, who could
not well bear the idea that a bank, with comparatively a
small capital, managed by a single individual, should
cope with older and long-established institutions, man
aged by able boards of direction, and they were not
sparing of tlieir exertion to impair public confidence,
prophesying continually the failure of tho bank;
which so affected the public mind, numerous failures
having recently occurred in the State, and particuUrly
in Columbus, that the bank was run upon for specie for
not less than three years, almost without intermission.
Although its capital at that period was but little above
$130,000, yet it was called upon for coin within three
years for more than as many millions. Although no
supplies of coin could be obtained nearer than Augus
ta, which was distant front Columbus about 300 miles,
during the whole period of the run, lie was never
known to ask for the institution under liis charge the
loan of a dollar, or to offer in settlement time paper,
or anything bnt coin or the notes of the bank making
the demand. During this prolonged and unprecede
dented run, lie adopted the bold policy of ordering tlie
teller to ask every person presenting a cheek, whether
he would take coin or the notes of the bank. This
institution being the only one for redemption be
tween Augusta, Ga. and Mobile, Ala. had to supply the
metalic basis for u country not less, probably, than
600,000 square miles.
Shortly after locating in Columbus. Colonel Winter
notified the public that he should bring down exchange
on New York to one per cent, premium or less; and
while he remaiued in the business in Columbus, it
should never rise above that, lie has kept his promise.
Previously, as before remarked, it varied from two to
forty per cent., and frequently a good bill could not be
had. There has been no day in nine years that one could
not procure from the Bank of St Mary's a cheek on
New York, at three days sight, or less, for any amount,
at a rafe not over one per cent. About half per cent
premium has been the average rate, and from that
point it lips never varied one half per cent, either way.
In 1844 “V 5) an apparently combined effort, assisted
■by strong opposing interests, was made, to produce an
j effectual run upon the Bank of St. Mary’s. The par
ties to the scheme were designedly engaged some sixty
| days in accumulating a sum thought to be sufficient.
, This was done in a quiet, secret manner, in order to
i throw the president off his guard; yet, with a vigi
lance that never slept, he suspected the movement, and
prepared for it. When the stake-holder presented his
demand, the coin was ready for him. This was on
Saturday, and on the same day ho drew from the Au
gusta banks about an equal amount, and had it iu his
; vaults on Monday, lly this time the wicked attempt
| to destroy the credit of a sound and useful institution,
j had been amply discussed by the citizens of Columbus,
’ and various were the surmises as to whether the bank
’ could stand the thousand small demands which would
follow such a maminonth haul as had been made ou
Saturday; to quiet all apprehension, about noon, on
Monday, Col. \Y inter called iu a committee of some
dozen or more of the most respectable citizens, and
opened the vaults of the bank, spread the coin in such a
way that they saw, at a single glance, an amount
eqaal to the whole capital of the bank ! The exhibi
tion quieted all apprehension, and established the bank
permanently in the confidence of the public; thu9
achieving a triumph which, under all the circumstances,
has no parallel in the history of banking, and proves,
conclusively, that the word fail ought to be stricken
from the vocabulary of banking. About 1846, the
opposition to the bank having almost entirely ceased, its
business had assumed a regular shape, and did not give
sufficient employment to so active a mind. He then
turned his attention more to new enterprises in the me
chanic aits. He established the Variety Works, in
Columbus, and thc Montgomery Iron Works ; the
former is applied to working up the timber of the coun
try into various shapes—sawing, turning, planing. Ac., i
by water power; the latter is devoted to all kinds of
iron work, and, contrary to general expectation, is doing
an immense business ; employing someone hundred
hands or more, and is driven by steam. Shortly after
the erection of these works he erected two extensive
Merchant Mills; one driven by steam, in Montgome
ry, and the other by water, in Columbus—either capa
ble of turning out over one hundred barrels of flour
per day; and in completeness of finish and fixtures, are,
probably, not exccelled in the Union. Tlie crop of the
surrounding country having failed for two successive
years, he imports entire cargoes from the north and the
west, and sells flour as low as it can be imported at, from
any market, and of a quality so superior, that it bears
down nearly all opposition. About two years since he
started a Paper Mill, about three miles above Columbus,
which has recently been completed, and is probably the
most superior establishment of the kind in the South.
All the old rags of the country, that were formerly
thrown into the barn-yard or the fire place, are now
converted into cash at the Rock Island Factory. Hav
ing too much else to attend to, he has recently trans
ferred his charge in the Variety Works nnd Paper
Mills to other hands, and has turned his attention to
plank roads. lie is president of one which loads from
\\ etumpka, Ala. to thc Tennessee River, and, despite
of the difficulty of conztruetinga plank road through a
wilderness, where there were not saw mills enough in
reach of tho road to plank it iu twenty years; yet there
is every probability that he will complete the road, of
165 miles in length, in less than two years from tlie
time the company organized ; and he looks upon the
work as the most useful one ho lias ever engaged in.
and prophesies that iu its effects upon the rapid devel
opcuieut of the vast natural resources of the country
through which it runs, and its influence in stimulating
the yet dormant enterprise of the people, it will aston
ish its most ardent supporters, and will, at the same
time, yield the most ample returns to the stockholders.
Time will show whether liis judgment is as unerring
in this as in all former enterprises. Col. W inter bears
tho reputatiioo of being a great financier. This, by
many, is understood to be, a good hand at raising the
wind. In this branch of financiering he is utterly uu
unpraclieed. Ilis forecast and prudence prevents the
necessity , for he is never taken unawares.
lie appears always to have provided for every con
tingency. From tlie time he started in Warrenton
with thirteen hnndred dollars, he has never been known
to be hard pressed, or obliged to ‘shinny,’ (as it is some
times inelegantly called.)
liis ambition to succeed in his undertaking is great
er than bis desire for gain, lie has held various offices
of power and trust for the past twenty-five years, al
most without intermission ; yet lie has never served
for a salary. When he took charge of the Bank of
St. Mary’s, there was a salary of SSOO attached to the
office of President, lor duties that up to that time had
been almost nominal. He lias never made an ef
fort to increase the amount originally fixed to the office,
ulthough liis labors for year did not average Icsa than
fifteen hours out of the twenty-four. This is the only
compensation, if it can bo called one, lie lias ever re
ceived for any office. Col. Winter is now over fifty
years of agj, but possessing naturally a vigorous consti
tution, temperate habits, and a cheerful disposition;
the hand of time has borne lightly upon him, and he has
a fair prospect for many more years of usefulness iu
his noble career, before the shades of evening quench
the fire of his energy, or dampen the ardor of Lis en
terprise.
Ilis estate is variously estimated, but from facts
known to ourselves, cannot now be far, if any, short
of a million of dollars, and it is stiff fast accumulating.
Throughout this vast field of enterprise, lie lias main
tained a character really enviable in liis private rela
tions, its well as in public. No man is probably his
equal in our country, for foresight and souud judg
ment ; and he has sustained himself in every position
w ith an integrity of cliaracter, of which bis children,
liis friends and his state, may well be proud of. Such
men deserve the highest honors.
Woman’s Best Ornament.
I>Y REV. E. P. ROGERS.
Let me urjre.upon iny female readers, espe
cially those who are iu youth, the importance
of Liking- loftier and better vic-ws of life than
those taught by the vain world. It is a sad
thing to see so many of the young and fair,
whose life is most a blank, l will not say a blot,
whose keen suseeptihilities, whose noble powers,
w hose deep affections, whose precious time are
lavished only upon dress and gayetv, and fash
ionable visiting; who wear the bright apparel
of the butterfly, and are as light and graceful,
and as useless too; whose conversation linds
no higher or more improving subject than the
idle gossip of the day, the last party, or the
never-failing topic —dress; whose reading is
the miserable trash which is inundating every
community, and enervating and dissipating
the minds of o.ur youth ; whose whole life seems
to be an aimless, frivolous life; and who, as
they flit by us on their airy wings, provoke the
inquiry: “For what were these pretty crea
tures made 2” I pray you, take loftier views
of life than these. While L would not draw
you from the rational pleasures of society, uor
bring one gloomy cloud upon your youthtul
sky, l stiil would plead for some serious hours,
some industrious inomeuts, some time appor
tioned to the culture of the miud, the enriching
of the memory with stores of useful knowledge.
I would plead that tlie capacities and aspira
tions of the immortal part receive some minis
tration, and that the moral faculties be cultiva
ted and stimulated, and the generous impulses
of the soul be expeuded iu labors for the
best good of those around you. Be assured
there is no beauty like that of goodness—there
is no power like that of virtue ; personal beau
ty may attract the admiration of the passing
hour, but it is the richer beauty of moral wortn,
the loveliness of the soul, that commands the
deepest reverence, and secures the most endur
ing affection. Even men who have no religion
themselves, but who are men of judgment and
whose opinion is worth the most, respect and
admire that lady most, who displays iu her
character the ‘‘beauty of holiness, ’
If there is one sight more than any other, in
this world of sin and sorrow, which combines
all the elements of beauty, of uobleness, and of
worth, it is that of a young and lovely female,
whose depth and richness of affection, and
whose powerful influence on human hearts, are
all consecrated to the cause of truth aud holi
ness, laid as an humble offering at the Sa
viour’s feet. Such a being is, indeed, worthy
of the reverence and admiration of every tru e
and noble heart; and she will command it,ev
en when the light of her beauty is quenched,
and the flower of her loveliness is faded. But
it there is a sad, heart-breaking sight on earth,
it is that ot oue girted with all the charms
which nature lavishes upon her daughters,
prostituting them upon the altar of vanity or
fashion, and starving the soul on the unmean
ing flattery of a vain and hollow-hearted world;
running a giddy round of gayety, frivolity,
and dissipation; laying up in the future \
I cheerless and forsaken old age, and a miserable,
! remorseful eternity.
“Oh, what is woman ? What her smile,
Her lips of love, her eyes of light ?
W hat is she if those lips revile
The lowly Jesus? Love may write
His name upon her lovely brow,
And linger in her curls of jet;
The light spring flowers may meekly bow
Before her tread; and yet—and yet,
Without that meeker grace, she’ll be
A lighther thing than vanity I”
[Lady't Book
From the Alabama Journal,
Dignity of Labor.
Prattville, Ala., Oct. 17, 1851.
-1/r. Editor: It is with much pleasure that
I have read the remarks of “Laborer” in your
paper of this date. I hope that an interest’
may be awakened on the subject of the future
destiny of our young men. It really is alarm
ing to see what little interest the young men
and their parents seemingly feel for their future
usefulness and happiness. No man is happy
who has no useful employment. lam aware
that it is thought degrading by many to be
seen following the plow, or with a jack-plane,
saw, trowel, hammer, or any other mechanical
tool in their hands. But this is all a mistake.
I ask, is any man thought less of for havin'* a
neat, substantial dwelling, the front yard a
dorned with shrubbery and flowers, a good
vegetable garden, a pleasant wife and cheerful
children to welcome a visitor? All these, and
many other comforts of life, a man can have if
lie is blessed with health and habits ofindustrj.
Industry is indispensable to health and happi
ness, and a man whose society I would w ish to
cultivate would think the less of me for bavin"’
some occupation, and sticking closely toil; no
matter whether I am a tailor, shoemaker, hat
ter, blacksmith, carpenter, machinist, carriage
or harness-maker, saddler, silver-smith, or pain
ter, or whether I dig potatoes, pick cotton, or
follow the plow, provided I attended strictly to.
my occupation, and was punctual and honest.
W liat is necessary to make respectable and
honest mechanics and plauters ? I answer, to
have proper training when they are young;—
raise them to think that labor is hcuaorabie*and
commendable, and when they are of proper
age apprentice them to some trade or occupa
tion—not have them think that they are work
ing three years for nothing, but teach them to
believe that they are amply paid for it. But
a man wants to stand high in his occupation
and in society, he must have a good English
education, and not have that education unhinge
him for the common pursuits of.life.
Many persons think it outrageous for a man
to labor, it he is what they call rich and able to
live without it. I contend, if a man is wealthy
and has sons, it is much more important that
he should raise them to business than if he was
poor. Riches prove a curse iustead of a blessing
to a man who is raised to no business, but if
be is raised to business, he can make riches
not only a blessing to himself, but to those a
round him.
1 suppose that a majority of our young men
are not able to get an education aud a'trade.
I have for some time past been trying to tbink
of some plan that would accomphsh'both, and
raise our mechanics in their own estimation,
and in the estimation of the community geue
rally, and it seems to me that 1 have fallen on
a plan which, if it could be tarried out, would
accomplish it. I will here give my views, which
1 have no doubt might be much improved by
some person better calculated to project than
my sell. My plan is this : lo establish a school
expressly for mechanics; and to do so, a per
manent fund must lie raised for that purpose,
and the school organized the same as our best
high-schools. Let young men enter at fourteen,
years of age, remain two years, and then put
them to such a trade a> they are best fitted for.
Let them work three years as apprentices, then
take them back to school fur one year. Let
them study such branches as will best lit them
fur the trade they have Earned. At the end of
this year, they should graduate with all the
honors they are entitled to, as respects schol
arship aud workmanship. These graduates, if
worthy, would obtain employment with our
master mechanics in preference to others. It
should be the business of the Board of Trus
tees to obtain situations for the students, aud
bind them out for three years; also, to.ascer
tain the progress they have made, their deport
ment, <fce\, aud give them Diplomas according
-1 * O
Now it may be asked how this fund could be
raised- The larger the fund, the more young
men could be educated. My opinion, is, that
our State would do something, and that we
have many citizens who will aid liberally. Are
there not thirty citizens that would each give
SI,OOO, sixty SSOO, sixty $250, sixty $125, six
ty SSO, and sixty $25 1 1 will be a subscriber
to each amount, provided the State will make
it up to SIOO,OOO, and give an annuity ofslooo.
Should they choo&e to erect buildings on my
laud, I will give a sufficient quantity fur the
purpose. Have one-fourth paid ip., and the
balauce remain in the giver’s hands as long as
he chooses to keep it, bv giving a good note
bearing eight per cent, interest. This Institu
tion to be free for such as are not able to pay
tuition and board, for as many as the fund will
support. There are many men, I have nq
doubt, who would send, that would be able to
pay board and tuition. I think the State would
give at least an annuity of SI,OOO.
I have merely thrown out a few of my ide
as, and would be glad to hear from all persons
who are interested on this subject. If a bet
ter plan can be suggested, I should like-to hear
it. DANIEL PRATT.
By doing good with hi§ money, a man,
as it were, stamps the image of Gofl upon it aud
makes it past current lor the merchaudise of
heaven.
Make few promises.
Live up to your engagements.
Have no very intimate friends.
Keep your own secrets, if you have any.
When you speak lo a person look him in thf
face.
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