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VOL. 2. ‘prafrasinnol C, Susintss Cnrits = i a. l. woes, 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. NO. 33