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VOL. 2.
MERCHANT TAILORING
ESTABLISHMENT.
rpilE subscriber respectfully informs his auinerous patrons
1 and the public generally, that lie is now receiving at Ins
Store on Gotten Avenue, next doorabove llr. Win. G. Little's
Drug Store. a splendid assortment of French and English
BROAD-CLOTHS, Cassimeres and Vestings, embracing” the
latest and most desirable styles of the season.such as Scotch,
Tartan Plaid, French and English plain,black.figured and fan
cv Doeskins. Velvets, Plush, Grenadine, London figured em
broidered Silk* and Cassimere Vestings, which he will sell by
the Pattern, or make to order, in the latest and lest style, at a
reduction from former prices of at least ten per cent, for cash
in all cases.
THOS. F. NEWTON.
IXS, of fine, medium and common qualities, a
- supply at E. J .JOHNSONS’ *
gTa* 2
MM Bcl,,en ' s Slyli* of .Moleskin HATS.
i 1 ’ Also,Genin's Fall Styles, a good article.
*eptsJ7 JIELDE.N Jt CO.
Cobb’s Digest.
r I'MJE above Digest of the laws of Georgia, for sale at
1 augJ'J lIOAHILMAS’S.
Sign of the Bii Boot!
THE subscribers thnnk-
K 11 I ful for past favors, and so
*l “ / licitous for a continuance
of the same, would respect-
J Ar*.* fully inform their friends
j and former patrons anil the
r§§l public generally that they
* CSSK, have now in store, one of
the largest and liest select
ed stock of llOOTri and
SflOEst, mostly of their own manufacture, of all the various
kinds and qualities usually called for, to which they would
invite the attention of all those wishing to purchase, and we
assure all those that call that we are prepared to sell as low as
any House in the city or State, all which is warranted as us
ual. octlS MIX bi KIRTLANI).
VllfillO SHOES —Double and Single Soles, a large j
assortment,just rcc'd and for sale by
net 18 MIX & KJUTLAND.
r VOTES’ Silk aid Worsted Lasting Gaiter Boots, Kid,
j Excelsior, Kid Slips and Tie-, Kid Walking Shoos, Kill
Gaiters thick and thin Soles, with a great variety of other styles
usually called for,for sale by octlS MIX it KIUTLAND.
FORT VALLEY FEMALE SEMINARY.
riMMS lust isi it ion, located at Fort Valley, Houston County,
1 Ga. is intended as a Hoarding and Day Echoed for Young
Ladies, and will be open on the Ist Vonpay or Fkp.rcarv
-.BYT. A large and commodious building, 60 feet by 40, two
stories high, for the accommodation of the School, will be com
pleted in time to be occupied at the beginning of the session.
Tile Trustees, in making this announcement, take pleasure in
stating that they are determined to found a Seminary that shall
atford every desirable facility for the education of Young La
dies, and that they have elected C. W. WISE, A. M.. and lai
ily. who are well knoxvii to the people of Georgia as Teachers
of high standing, to take charge of the Institution. Mr. and
Mr-. Wise will be aided by accomplished Assistants in all the
departments, both literary and ornamental.
Boarding may lie obtained with the Principal, or in paivate
families, at reasonable rates. For particulars, sec Circulars,
tv Inch will he issued in a few days, and may be obtained by
addre-<ing the Secretary of the Board.
ALLEN WIGGINS,
rmi.lrnt Hour I <if Treating.
W <. J, AtPkltaoN, Sre nj. nov SO ts.
(A ENTS’ Fine French Calf Boots. Welted and Pump
X “oles,also Gents* Fine Double and Single Soled Boots,
nst received, anil for sale by MIX &. KIUTLAND.
I) I’ ItBEItS —Those wishing a very superior article in
V the Rubber line, are infor that we have in store a
large supply of L. fundee Rubbers which are thought by com
petent judges, to excel any thing of the kind in the United
Estates, in style and fineness of finish, for sale low by
ct!3 MIX & KIUTLAND.
Notice.
THE proprietor of the Crockery
IqNy fjff Store, ill this city, is induced, sole
jSS:” ly from interested motives, to give
ghfer notice to the public generally, that
after this day no goods will bt; sold
on a CREDIT. oct 18 GEO. /ONES.
New Goods! New Goods!
WM. B. FERRY .V CO.
DKAL'JUS IN
—=3 qd 0.52 Cej ce> £SI3 j
Triangular Block, (near Los.in’s (’or.)
ARE now receiving their Fall and Win
t I ter Stork embracing all the most rich and
desirable Goods to be found in the market
North, which will be offered to the trade at
redticed prices. The citizens of Macon and
the surrounding country arc respectfully invited to call and ex
amine their Goods. sept 27
iiimimiiiii’S!!
/ MRIIART, BRO. & CO., now have ill Store,,
\J ami are and tilv receiving a very large and selected stock of;
GR3SBRISS of every description, which they will sell
mi the best terms for C. IS If nr approved names, and to which ,
t! "‘y invite the attention of Merchants, Planters and Consu- ‘
tiiers. 1
Tluy iv ill at al’ times lie found at their Store, prepared to!
S‘ vr Bieir per.* mol attention to Customers.
t No Oriinttnsrs employed to annoy Merchants aad
Planters at the Ware-Houses and Hotels.
*l*s ts CAB HART BRO. & CO.
JEW DAVID'S HEBREW PLASTER.
’ I’ilE great remedy for Rheumatism, Gout, Pain in the fide
1 Hip, Pack, Limbs and -hunts ; Scrofula, King's Evil, White
Hard Tumors, St iif Joints and all fixed pains whatev
er.
here this Plaster is applied, Pain cannot exist. It has
‘<■>l beneficial in cases of weakness, such as Pain and Weak
” hi Hie stomach. Weak Limits, Lameness, Affection o the
■ pine. Female Weakness, &c. No female, subject to pain or
‘eaknoss in the back or sides, should be without it. Married
J “lies, in delicate situations, find great relief from constantly
“caring the Piaster.
The application of the Plaster between the shoulders has lieen
’ “uid a ce.iairt remedy for Colds, Coughs, Phthisic, aul Atlec
'°n of the Lungs in their primary stages, it destroys intlamu
nl0 * 1 by perspiration.
!he following commendation is from an agent residing at
Renton, Tenu.:
Trenton, Gibson Cos. Tenn. Nov. 7, ’4ft.
Mossr*. Scovit. & Mead—Gentlemen : ITie Hebrew Plaster
* becoming popular in this section. There is a lady in this
DEinty who says site would not be without the Plaster for five
b ucired dollars a year. She was illietMl (nr some Have xvith
an enlargement of the spleen, which gave her great pain. The
‘"•riling and pain had extended up nearly to the armpit, and
occasionally .-ho could hardly breathe. She was confined for
considerable time, during which she xvas attended by some of
“ ,r i cst physicians, but they gave no relief, She procured a
!V °f the Hebrew Plaster,and it relieved Iter almost iwmediate
o’. and now she keeps a supply of it on hand constantly.—
1 bc-e facts you are at liberty to use as you think proper—they
*(• substantially true. Respectfully, yours, &c.,
JESSE J. WELLS.
” ■ure of Counterfeits and Base Imitations/
l Arno*,—The subscribers are the only general agents in the
States for the sale of this truly valuable Planter ; and
tit order to prevent purchasers being imposed upon by a counter
ed article, sold in this city .and elsewhere, for the genuine, they
unite particular attention to the following marks of the genu
ine ;
The genuine is put up in smooth, engine-turned bottomed
“■"tes, soldered in.
-• Ihe genuine has the one raved bead of Jew David on the
•bn.cticns around the box, xvith accompanying record of court
’ E. Taylor, Rochester.
T ALSO TAKE NOTICE
n! the genuine has the signature of E. TAYLOR on the steel
l ‘ ate engraved label, on the top of each box —to imitate which,
“’I lie prosecuted as forgery.
I Die Counterfeit is coarsely put up, in imitation of the old
11 b sad is sold by sexeral dealers in medicine in this city for
‘be genuine article. BEWARE OF IT —IT IS WORTHLESS.
0 , SC’OVIL & MEAD, 113 Chartres St- N. Orleans.
11 ’ -Vnts for the Southern States, to whom all orders and a|>-
•'lication for agencies must invariably be addressed. Sold al
by Payne & Nisbet, E. L. Strohecker and J. H. &. W. J.
’ ‘ ls - Macon, Ga. novß
FIELD & ADAMS.
PIHE-FROOr WAREHOUSE,
] MACON, tJORGIA.
I !I K undersigned will continue ths Ware-Hoi sk and Com-
Tro, r’| I | SS, ,j N Bvsisass, at the commodious and well known Fire
PRst - “ ‘ lnp ’ former, y occupied by Dyson & Field and the
given U *’ T,le atten, '°nos both the partners will be
llv soll ,. t a . “ slnoss entru ®ted to their care. Thev respectful
pi M „„ i of “* Public generally. They are pre-
RICS CUSh a4 ' anC,;S 011 a ” ‘ at
iFafThelLw^ 13 Bagging and Rope will be fill
-1 auVo ts mSrkCt l,nCe ** JOHN M. FIELD,
I * A. IL ADAMS.
prafrssimiDl K Snsinrss Curbs
R. L. wocm*
DAGUERREOTYPIST.
MACON, GA. J
&1F ENTRANCE FROM TIIE AVENUE.
£?prl9 t s
RAaROAD HOdCk,”
OPPOSITE CENTRAL RAILROAD DEPOT
EAST MACON.
t ts s. M. LANIER.
T. G. ARRINGTON,
Attorney at Law and Notary Public,
Macon Cos.,
dec GE G I A . 38—ts
CITY HOTEL,
SAVANNAH,•.-.•.•.•.•.-.•.•.•.•.•GE0RG1A.
P. CCNDON.
Tkrms:—Transient Boarders, per day, §1.50. Monthly and
yearly Boarders in p.oportion. ap/.T—y
&§3©?iMS A, LOOUIfIAME,
51ftarnn| nt I'nm,
OFFICE OVER BEI.DEN AND CO'S. IIAT STORE,
Mnlherry Street, Maeon, Georgia.
HARDEMAN A- HAMILTON,
Ware Rouse and Commission Merchants,
.1/ 1 COX, OEOHO 1.1.
HAMILTON k HARDEMAN,
FACTORS & COMMISSION MERCHANTS,
N. 1 r.JXX. 111. GEO HO 1.1.
Will give prompt attention to all business committed to them
at either place.
TIIOS. HARDEMAN. ( 10—ts) CItAS. T. HAMILTON.
FACTORAGE AND
Savannah, Ga.
I TTM. P. YONtJE, No. 94 Bay street, Savannah, continues
* T tr transact ;t General Commission Business and Factor
age. and respectfully solicits consignments of Cotton, Corn,
and other produce. He will also attend to receiving and for
warding Merchandize.—
April 5, 1851 ly
WHJSHIP & SON,
WHOLESALE AND RETAIL DEALERS IN
Fa’ nt and Staple Dry Goods and Ready
Made Clothing.
COTTN AVENUE, MACON, CA.
♦
W. D. ETHERIDGE k Cos.,
FACTORS & COMMISSION MERCHANTS,
S.ir. IXX. 111, GEO It 01.1.
rpiJF, undersigned having formed a Copartnership for the
transaction of the above business, tender their services
to their friends and the public generally and solicit a share of
patronage. We will pay strict attention to the sale of Cotton
or other produce consigned to our care and al| order- for llag
gii.s, I, a.ifi mmily supplies will be promptly nttended to
and tiUedat the lowest piices. Lifier.U advances will he made
upon Cotton or other produce eoti-igr.ed to us.
s. r. uove, (atig23-y) w. and. etukriddh.
“nAmn, & a®,.
Factors & ComMiission Mfrcliauts
aug3o SAY ASX All, GEORGIA. —6tn
SASH AND V/INBOW BLIND
in IT* SICS> ‘2 CS> 3P a
rid||R subscriber is manufacturing the above articles by
J. Ft earn Machinery, at very moderate prices.
TURNING AND PLANING.
He his machinery business.and will promptly exe
cute any jobs m this line. alex. McGregor.
july26 —*’ n
F IRE INS U It AN C E
BY THE
COnUSRCIAL INSURANCE CONPANY
(>C CHARLESTON S. C.
CAPITAL S2SO,OOO—ALL PAID IX.
Wm. B. llkriot, Pres A. M. Lee. Sec'y.
Directors :
James K. Rotiinson, Geo. A. Trenholm, Robert faldwoll,
A. R. Taft, Henry T. Street, Win. Mcßurney, J. 11. draw ley,
T. I, Wragg.
F|A;tK subscribers having been appointed Agents for the
above Company, are now prepared to take risks against
Fire, ua fux'orable terms. OARIIARI, BRO. It CO,
jcmeil Jhrrnts.
DUS, BANKS & BOOSEVELI tender their
professional services to tlie citizens of Macon and sur
rounding country.
Residence on College Hill, the house formerly occupied by
Charles Day. Office on the corner of Third and Walnut street,
w. if. banks, m, and. (sept O-v) c. j. Roosevelt, m. n.
R. G. JEFFERSON & CO.
MANUFACTURER AND WHOLESALE DEALERS IN
CHAIRS ,
Wett Side Broad St.,frst door above P. ilf Larin's,
COLUMBUS, GA.
r|A:iK.Y kccji on band an excellent supply of Office, W*od
L Seat. Split Bottom and Rocking Chairs; Bedsteads, Wood
en Ware. &r.
r if” AU Orders left as above, xvill meet with prompt atten
tion. novl ts
TV. S. WILLIFORD,
COMMISSION MERCHANT AND AUCTIONEER,
3lncon, Ga.
All kinds of Produce and Merchandise, (except liquors) re
ceived-am consignment. sep-/
S. Ac R. P. HALL,
ATTORXEYS AT LAW ,
Jlacon, G a .
Office on Cotton Avenue, over Little’s Drug Store, (octl 1)
Dry Goods and Groceries,
11 HE subscriber osiers for sale at his < <d stand on Cotton
Avenue, a general assortment of Sta, It and Fancy Dry
Goods, consisting in part of the following articles: Cassimeres,
Broadcloths, Alapacas DeLains, Calicoes and Homespuns,
Ready wade Clothing and Jewelry.
Also a fine supply of Groceries, and almost every oilier 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 fashionable, and arc ofibred very low for Cash,
octll—6lll CKO, EHRLICH.
NEW HAT & CAP STORE.
A'L'IV STORE AND NEW STOCK.
ttßf to THE subscribers will open on the Ist Oc
tober, on Cotton Avenue, (between the
Stores of J, Winship tj- Son, and Bos
tick, Johns & Cos.) anew and complete
assortment of Hats amd Caps, of every variety and
pattern.
As our Stock has been purchased with care, we are
certain, our friends, by giving us a call, can be suited
as to style and price. 5\ e shall have at all times, al.
the latest styles, and having selected our goods so as
to suit this Market, we can furnish our friends
with a choice article, and at a low price‘for Cash’ as
this will be our ‘ Motto'—Small Profits and quick
Sales. WORTHINGTON, BAKNUM * CO.
Macon sept 20 ly
Siillivnii House,
MACON, GEORGIA.
THE subscriber having taken the Hotel lately
■scifijjfck fitted up, fronting the Court House, on the
jjjj corner of Mulberry street, and Court House
vj c | |i|p§ Square, will open the same on the Ist Orto
her, next, and would be pleased to have a call
from his old friends.
This House is convenient to all the Rail Roads and immed
iately iu front of the general passenger Depot, and he will be
prepared to accommodate travellers and boarders, by the sin
gle meal, day, week, or month. M• LLl\ AN.
sept 20— ts
“ UnfopAnt in nil tilings —Jktfntl in mitljiiig/’
MACON, GEORGIA, SATURDAY MORNING, JANUARY 17, 1852.
From the Memphis Eagle.
“ Bless the Homestead Law.”
BY L. VIRGINIA SMITH.
It was a summer morning. Soft the flame
Os the early sunlight op the zenith came,
Deep tinging with a golden-crimson hue
1 he clouds that floated o’er the welkin blue,
Or veiled the distant mountain. Far and near,
From farm to farm, the call of chanticleer
Rang like a clarion, shrilly sweet and long;
The robin redbreast trilled his matin song,
Ilid in the high old maple, while around
From far deep-waiving grainfields gaily sound
The carols of the bob-’o-link. The bee
\V as out among the blossoms, in his glee,
To rouse them from their dreaming*. Gracefully
The west wind waved the weeping willow tree,
That drooped above the rivulet, or crept
Amid the branches of that elm, that swept
A low-browed homestead. Ruby columbine,
Sweet honeysuckle, and the Indian vine,
Had veiled the rustic portico, and wild
Swayed o’er the casement, and the sunlight smiled
Through the low entrance. ‘Twas a winsome place,
And like the sanny calm of some sweet face,
You would have thought in gazing on its rest,
That earth’s frail children sometimes can be blest.
And yet inisibrtuno found it. See the group
Now gathered at the threshold; o’er them droop
Long swaying branches, and the loving leaves
Lay their light fingers o'er the heart that grieves,
As if to soothe its sorrows. Agony
Lights up the darkness of the hu: band’s eye ;
lie stands apart, his bearing calm and proud,
And yet his heart is burning ’neath a cloud
Os dread and misery. The young wife leans
By the old elm-tree; ’mid the passing scenes
Heart is busy, for beside her stands
A lovely child, with snowy, dimpled hands,
Clasping her mother’s, while within the shade,
Her baby brother on the greensward played.
The little maiden mused ; a choking swell
Filled her young bosom, and the large tears fell
All silently ; then her slow-lifting eyes,
(Their blue depths troubled with a strange surprise,)
Sought out her mother’s. Tossing back her hair,
Her clear voice melted on the morning air :
“ We leave the homestead!—Say, dear mother, why?
Do not the birds and blossoms love us here ?
lias any other home a clearer sky,
With brighter stars upon it? Mother dear,
Shall we not sigh there for this old elm shade,
Where you and I, and brother oft have played ?
“We leave the homestead ! Oh Imy father tell,
Why turn we from the fields and wood paths dim,
Through which we wended, ns the Sabbath bell
Called us to worship, with its solemn hymn ?
Shull we not sigh to pray where friends have prayed,
Or weep our loved ones in the churchyard laid ?”
The haughty bosom of the strong man shook
With an internal tempest; and he took
Iler tiny hand within his own. Ilis pride
Was betiding, and lie earnestly replied :
“ Why do we leave it ? ’Tis a tale too long
And strange to fall upon thy heart, my child ;
’Twould tell of dark misfortunes, pain, and wrong,
And woe, that seemed at times to drive me wild ;
To make me doubt the path my fathers trod,
And that the poor man had indeed a God !
“ Ilut thou, my Ada, true and gentle bride,
Dost thou remember when thy violet eve
Looked first upon ‘ Glenoran?’ All untried,
It seemed to thee a Paradise. Ah ! why m
Am I, myself, its serpent and its bane,
To leave on all its bloom a deadly stain ?
‘ 4 Oh ! could I only bear this, all alone—
The grinding poverty, the lurking sneer,
All tlie poor debtor’s wretchedness—no moan
My soul would utter audibly ; but here
My heart of hearts is crushed—my life of life ;
They suffer also—child, and babe, and wife.
‘‘ W’e leave the homestead ; wanderers we go,
From friends, from kindred, and our native land.
My God ! if I have merited such woe,
Have these deserved it at thy mercy’s hand ?
Oh ! let thy just ce all my actions scan ;
Yet leave one hope: to die an honest man.'’
lie drooped his head upon his bosom, bowed
With misery, and instantly the proud
Young wife was at his side. Soft o’er liis brow
Swept her white fingers, and her voice was low :
“ Thy soul is dark, beloved ; it fears for us.
Ah ! only trust in God, as I in thee.
Lift up thy stately brow. To see thee thus
Is worse than all life's agony to me.
Thou eould’st have died for us, beloved ; but we,
E’en when all hope is lost, will live lor thee.
“ They cannot separate our souls from thine ;
They cannot part us, wheresoe’er we roam,
Or place aught else within the sacred shrine,
Where dwell thy wife and children. Loved one, come,
Give me mine only home within thy heart.
I'll bear it with me. Let us hence depart.’’
It is the summer twilight. Dark the shades
Are falling through the forest everglades.
The winds are hushed ; the lonely whip-poor-will
Sings liis wild lullaby upon the hill;
A sighing murmur from the mountain pines
Steals up the valley, and the love-star shines
All brightly, in in “Glenoran.”
Since the morn,
Glad tidings visited those bosoms, torn
With unavailing sorrow ; now the “ right’’
To have a home was granted, and delight
Was blended into orisons. That lino
Whose fiat echoes back a law divine,
Was made a statute ; and sweet Ada saw
Her loved ones singing, ,l ßless the Homestead Law.”
Mr. and Mrs. Sxippe.— “Hey, hey! what’s
that ? Where, allow rue to ask. are you going at
this time of night, Mr. Snippe?” cried a lady
in notes of ominous sharpness.”
“Out, indeed! where’s out, I’d like to know f
Where’s out, that you prefer it to the pleasures
of your own fire-side !*’
“Out is no where in particular, hut every
where iu general, to see what is going on.
Everybody goes out after tea Mrs. Snippe, they
do.”
“ No, Mr. Snippe, every body don’t! Do I
go out, Mr. Snippe, without being able to say
where I’m going to! No. Mr. Snippe, you are
not going to frolic and drink, and smoke, and
riot round, upon my money. If you go out I’ll
go out too. Hut you are not going out. Give
me that hat, Mr Snippe, and do you sit down
there quietly, like a sober respectable man.”
And Snippe did.
Every time you avoid doing wrong, you in
crease your iqcljr.ation to do that which is right.
As in a letter, if the paper is small and we
have much to write, we write closer, so let us
learn to economise and improve ihe remaining
moments of life.
For the Georgia Citizen.
Onward.
“ In the world’s broad field of battle,
In the bivouac lile,
Be not like dumb, driven cattle —
Bea hero in the strife!”
lie who wishes to succeed in ‘the world’s
broad field of battle,’ must cultivate the neces
sary requisites of untiring energy, a willing
ness to learn, and a disposition that will sur
mount all difficulties. These will make him -a
hero in the strife.’
We need but glance at the history of a long
train of once humble and obscure individuals,
now enviably known to fame, to be con
vinced that > V
“ Lives of great men all remind us
W e can make our lives sublime.”
Had that observing man who closely watched
the vibrations of a Church chandelier not fol
lowed up his scrutiny with determined perse
verance, the world would have been deprived,
perchance of its chief science, and the name
of Galilleo would soon have been forgotten.
The youthful navigator, undaunted by the
jestings of a scornful multitude, launched his
frail vessel on the rolling Hudson—preparing
a way for floating palaces that deck the bosom
of ‘the household god of the Empire State,’
and the fame of RoueßT Fulton shall live for
ever throughout the navigable world.
Isaac Newton did not eat the apple he
saw fall to the ground, until, from the sight,
he blessed his race.
Perseverance called the Pennsylvania Cobler,
the Tennessee Mason, the Ohio Teamster ar.d
the Mill Boy of the Slashes, to occupy promi
nent positions in the National Council.
The lives of James Harper, Arthur Sever
ance, and Robert Sears, were characterized by
devoted energy and faithful perseverance. —
While we peruse, with delight, the latter’s use
ful information for the people, let us re
member that in the Author—the journeyman
printer of 1842—we behold the most perfect
illustration of the happy efiects of determined
perseverance. The others whose names, also,
grace this paragraph were formerly humble fol
lowers of ‘the art preservative of all arts.’
We see a comparatively unknown General
marshalling liis troops —a handful of brave
men—on the banks of the Rio Grande. Obey
ing liis country's summons, at the first tap of the
Mexico drum, lie goes forth to battle. The odds
are fearful against him; every eye is upon him
as he prances liis trusted steed in the van of
his little army. He is determined to ’be a hero
in the strife,’ and as lie shouts the talismanic
‘Onward,’ new hopes are around in the breasts
of liis soldiers ; ‘they fight, like brave men, long
and well,’ —Ainpudia’s colors trail in the dust—
and the ensign of his nation’s glory waves in
triumph o’er the plains of Palo Alto. The
brave old hero, amid yuii-merilud plaudits,
was elevated to the higyest post of honor the
American people can giv/j—in whictb station he
retained the same spirit that wreathed a war
ior’s garland around his brow.
Wo have seen that lie who is always reach
ing up, and stepping up, will be the first to catch
the blessings of Heaven as they descend.— j
Young man, aim high! determine, in early I
manhood, to ascend the ladder reaching up to |
fame. It may, it will bend—press on ? Ex- j
ert a happy influence which will be felt for weal,!
when you shall sleep ’neath the silent clods of
the valley. Make good to man your object
here ,
1 And, departing, leave behind you
Foot-prints on the sands of time.’
J. T. E.
From the American Messenger.
An Exciting Scene.
1 give the following facts as related to me by
a credible witness. A great ‘experience meet
ing’ was to be held one evening in church,
where the speakers were, as usual to be reform
ed drunkards. An estimable woman whom I
shall call Alice, was induced to attend When
the meeting was somewhat advanced, a late
member of Congress arose, with apparent sad
ness and hesitation —
‘Though 1 had consented, at your urgent so
licitation, to address this assembly to-night, he
said, yet I have felt so great a reluctance to
doing so, that it has been with the utmost difii
culty I could drag myself forward. As to re
lating iny experience, that Ido not think I can
venture upon. The past I dure not recall. I
could wish that the memory of ten years of my
life were blotted out. He paused a moment,
much affected, and then added in a firmer voice.
Something must be said of iny own case, or I
shall fail to make the impression on your minds
that I wish to produce.
‘Your speaker once stood among the respec
ted members of the bar. Nay, more than that,
he occupied a seat in Congress for two congres
sional periods. And more than that, he con
tinued, liis voice sinking into a tone expressive
of deep emotion, ‘lie once had a tenderly-loved
wife and two sweet children. Hut all these
honors, all these blessings, have departed from |
him. He was unworthy to retain them ; his |
constituents threw him oti because he had de
based himself, and disgraced them. And more j
than all, she who loved him devotedly, the mo
ther of his two babes, was forced to abandon t
him, and seek an asylum in her father’s house.’
And why J Gould l become so changed in a
few short years i \\ hat power was there to so
debase me that my fellow-beings spurned, and
even the wife of my bosom turned away, heart
stricken from me \ Alas !my friends, it was a j
mad indulgence of intoxicating drinks. But for
this, I were an honorable and useful representa
tive in the halls of legislation, and blessed with
a home, and with wife and children.
‘l3ut 1 have not told you all. After my wife
separated from me, 1 sank rapidly. A state of
sobriety brought too many terrible thoughts ; 1
drank more deeply, and was rarely, if ever, free !
from the bewildering effects of partial intoxiea- :
tion. At last, I became so abandoned that iny
wife, urged by her friends no doubt, filed an ap
plication lor a divorce, and as cause could be
readily shown why it should be granted, a se
paration was legally declared ; and to complete
my disgrace, at the congressional canvass I
was left off the ticket, as unfit to represent the
district.
‘When I heard of this new movement, the
great temperance cause, I at first sneered, then
wondered, listened at last, and finally tjirew
myself upon the great wave that was rolling
onward, in hope of being carried by it far out of
the reach of danger. I did not hope with a
I vain hope. It did for me all and more than I
could have desired. It set me once more upon
myz feet, once more made a man of me. A
year of sobriety, earnest devotion to my profes
sion, and fervent prayer to Him who alone
gives strength in every good resolution, lias re
stored to me much that I have lost; but not
all, not the richest treasure that I have proved
myself unworthy to retain; not my wife and
children. Between myself and these the law
has laid its stern impassable interdictions. I
have no longer a wife, no longer children, though
my heart goes towards these dearly beloved
ones with the tenderest yearnings. Pictures
of our earl)’ days of wedded love are ever Lin
gering in my imagination. I dream of the
sweet fireside circle; I see ever before me the
placid face of my Alice, as her eyes looked into
my own with intelligent confidence; the music
of her voice is ever sounding in my ears.’
Here the speaker’s emotion overcame him :
liis utterance became choked, and he stood silent
with bowed head and trembling limbs. The
dense mass of people were hushed into an op
pressivestillness that was broken here and there
bv half stifled sobs.
At this moment there was a movement iu
the crowd. A single female figure, before whom
every one appeared instinctively to give way,
was seen passing up the aisle. This was not
observed by the speaker until she had come
nearly in front of the platform on which he
stood. Then the movement caught his ear, and
liis eyes that instant fell on Alice, who, by the
kindness of those near her, was conducted to
liis side. The whole audience, thrilled with the
scene, were upon their feet and bending forward,
when the speaker extended liis arms, and Alice
threw herself upon liis bosom.
An aged minister then came forward and
gently separated them.
‘No, no,’ said the reformed Congressman, ‘you
cannot take her away from me.’
‘Heaven forbid that I should,’ replied the
minister; ‘but by your own confession she is
not your wife.’
‘No, she is not,’ returned the speaker, mourn
fully.
‘Hut is ready to take her vows again,’ mod
estly said Alice, in a low tone, smiling through
her tears.
Before that large assembly, all standing, and
with few dry eyes, the marriage ceremony was
again performed that gave the speaker and
Alice to each other. As the minister, an aged
man with thin white locks, completed the mar
riage rite, he laid his hands upon the heads of
the two he had joined in holy bonds, and lifting
up liis streaming eyes, said, in a solemn voice,
‘ What God has joined together let not Rum
put asunder.’
‘Amen!’ was cried by the whole assembly,
as with a single voice.
Mineral Wealth of Arkansas.
We give below tlie greater portion of an Ad
dress delivered before the Internal Improvement
Convention at Little Rock, by Rev. Mr Flelcli
e/ of New Orleans, an accomplished Geologist
who has devoted several months to an exami
nation of the mineral resources of Arkansas.
The enumeration he gives of the treasures, the
existence of which lias been brought to light by 1
his discoveries, will astonish,by its richness, even j
those somewhat familiar with the untold a- j
mount of wealth which lies embedded in the soil
of this young and favored State. Mr. Fletcher
says:
Arkansas has been far-famed for its rich
mines in days of yore, and a work published in
Glasgow, Scotland, in 1819, states, as a matter
of veritable history, that forty years before, sil
ver mines had been found and worked on the
Washita, so rich that three pounds of the ore
yielded one pound of pure silver.
Knowing that your legislature had, as yet,
taken no efficient steps towards having a geolo
gical survey of the State, three individuals, re
sidents of New Orleans, resolved to explore Ar
kansas and learn something relative to its min
eral wealth.
We entered upon the work in earnest, and
have succeeded in accomplishing a ]>art of our
design, and our tour lias been one full of inci
dent and interest. We have traveled over
your mountains, and through your vallies, wit
nessing the most magnificent scenery that ever
excited a poet’s fancy, or called into exercise a
painter’s art.
The broad bottom lands upon your numer
ous streams refute the slanders, often heard at
a distance, that “Arkansas, as to soil, is the
poorest State in the Union.’’ Majestic forest
trees of walnut, sycamore, and oak, many of
which are four feet in diameter, give evidence
indisputable of the depth and richness of the
soil.
Crystal springs are bubbling from the adja
cent declivities, and all around promises health,
plenty, and happiness to the industrious labo
rer.
But, in addition to these beauties of nature,
and bounties of Providence, your State abounds
in mineral wealth. In our geological and min
eralogicai researches, wo have obtained the evi
dence which proves to a demonstration, that
there is a great mineral belt passing through
the State the great body of which lies south of
the Arkansas river, extending in width from j
Magnet Coveto Fort Smith. One of our com- j
pany is a practical geologist, and chemist, and
one of the best assayers in the world. We are
prepared, therefore, as far as we have explored
the State, to give a correct account of its mine
ral character, and of the variety and richness
of its ore. Permit me, then to say, sir, that the
God of nature has made Arkansas a deposito
ry of vast and varied mineral wealth. Here
you have Granite of the most beautiful char
acter, and in the greatest abundance.
You have roofing Slate that is inexhaustible, 1
and equal, if not superior, to any that is im
ported from Wales.
You have any amount of Amygdaloid , which
when first excavated may easily be cut into any I
shape you please; but, when exposed to the
air and sun, soon hydrates an J becomes as hard i
and as durable as marble.
Here are mountains of Dolomite of the pu-;
rest kind, and in no wise inferior to the Turkish
oil-stone, that is sold throughout our country
in its rough state, for one dollar per pound; j
while yours, lying untouched by the hand ol’
man, is in sufficient quantity to supply the world
to the end of time.
You have Grindstone Grit in the greatest
abundance, which cannot be surpassed bv any
that has hitherto been discovered in this or
any other country.
Add to these the Gypsum, the Emory, the
Manganese, the Soapstone and the Marble ,
and then we hardly begun Rie enumera
tion of the resources of vour mineral wealth.
You have Iron ore in immense bodies, and of
the finest quality—you have inexhaustible beds
of bituminous and anthracite coal. Yes, siL
as incredible as it may appear, you have in this
State, anthracite coal uot inferior to any iu the
State of Pennsylvania. But, in this great min
eral belt already alluded to, you have innume
rable veins of what is termed argentiferous
Lead ore , but when tested, it proves to be more
than argentiferous, it is also auriferous; yes,
and more than that, for when it was assayed,
; the mineral yielded not only ninety-jive per
i cent, metal, but it contained Lead, Zinc , Cop
per, Silver and Gold ; and the gold at the
; rate it yielded in that analysis, will amount to
! at least thirteen hundred dollars per ton of the
j ore.
And to this, Mr. President, I will add yet
one other item, which is, perhaps, worthy of
some consideration.
We discovered in one of these veins of mine
ral that thread through your State, what I bc
leive has never beeu discovered before on any
part of this continent, and this is Lapis lazuli ,
i the value of which per ounce is, double that of
’ Gold. It has been asserted by men professing
j to be geologists, that there is no primitive in
your State, consequently gold did not, and ecu! J
not, exist here; but, in our investigations, we
have collected the most indubitable evidence,
from different localities, that this is not only
primitive formation, but that auriferous ores
exist in the bowels of Arkansas.
It has been often, and I think truly said, that
where nature has done the most for man, there
man does the most for himself, and this remark
may be justly applied to this State. What
more could have been done for it ? Or, rather,
what more could have been desired ?
Below and around you are immense tracts of
alluvial and tertiary soil, which is destitute of
mineral deposits, but it is fertile beyond com
paiison, and capable of sustaining a dense and
wealthy population. And here on its very bor
ders you have the mineral resources that will
be necessary to supply the demand of this fast
increasing multitude in all after time.
But you must have unobstructed outlets and
inlets as the great arteries of trade, or you will
continue to remain as heretofore, shut out from
the rest of the world.
In travelling through your State, we frequent
ly meet with persons who have emigrated from
North Carolina, Tennessee, Alabama, and Mis
sissippi, who are dissatisfied and disappointed
with Arkansas —the country is too old and too
thickly populated , they want a wider range! This
thriftless migrating people will soon be succeed
ed by a more intelligent, industrious, and thrifty
population, while they go to where they may
hunt the buffalo, trap the otter, associate with
the wild Indian tribes and find a wider range
in the midst of the Rocky mountains.
But let those who appreciate the blessings of
civilization, and seek advancement for them
selves and their children, convert their rifles in
to ploughshares and their bowie knives into
pruning hooks, create facilities for, and diffuse
the spirit of improvement, and Arkansas will
stand forth in her greatness, second to no other
State in the Union.
We hear much said of the Empire State of
the north, of the Empire State of the south, of
Keystone State, and of all others; but what do
we hear said of Arkansas ? Why Mr. Presi
dent, if some enterprising, money loving Yan
kee had not placed it on the map of the coun
try, the multitude to this day would not have
known whether she was a fragment of this re
public, or a portion of Knmschatka.
Your relative position demands that com
merce shall have easy egress and regress, and
when you have the trunk of a great thorough
fare completed, il will naturally lead to the for
mation of branches which in their ramifications
will conduce to the temporal prosperity, and
moral elevation of the whole State. Capital
will flow in, developing more and more vour
vast resources of wealth, the spirit of healthful
enterprise will pervade the people, and then
there will be anew era in the history of this
commonwealth.
Your geographical position is in the centre
of this Union, and the time is fast approaching
when Arkansas will be acknowledged as the
Great Central State,and the Capitol of this wide
spread Republic may, at no far distant period,
stand upon the bank of the Washita or Ar
kansas.
Then be encouraged to unfurl the banner of
Internal Improvement, inscribe upon it in glow
ing characters the inntto, “ Union, Concentra
tion, and Enterprise,’’ put your shoulders to the
wheel before praying to Hercules, and then Ar
kansas will go ahead.
From the Nashville True Whig.
Tennessee Marble.
[A Description given of It, by the late Dr. Tkoost, State Ge
ologist.]
A friend has handed us a letter, from the late Dr.
Troost, descriptive of the beautiful marble with which
it is pro[K>sed to finish the interior of the new State
Capitol. This marble is found in Hawkins county,
East Tennessee, and the letter was written to a gen
tleman of that Couuty, as will be seen, many years
since. It will also be seeu by it, that Dr. Troost
considered this marble unsurpassed in beauty and ex
cellence by any in the world ; and it should be a matter
of congratulation with every Tennessean, that our
finest public building, when finished, will be equal in
point of materia), as well as workmanship, with any
other in the Uuion ; the material, too, furnished by
our own Stato. YVe are glad that the able Board of
Commissioners have taken so liberal a view of this
matter, and we have no doubt that the Legislature
will be found co-operating with them ia the same
liberal spirit. We here give the letter.
Nashvillk, Aug. 27, I^3B.
Dear Sir : —I have examined (he specimens of
marble which you handed me, when I visited, last
spring, East Tenuessee, and those wliitli you have
sent tne since. lam certainly delighted that some of
my discoveries will prove a source of benefit for part of
our Slate. These marbles no doubt are equal in
beauty to any of the much vaunted marbles of Europe.
I wish other citizens of Tennessee would imitate you
jn taking advantage of the advices I have given them.
I have indicated several other localities of marble, also
of roofing slate, marl, etc.; but 1 have not yet the
pleasure of seeing any one taking advantage of my
discoveries.
As you wish me to give vou a description of these
marbles, I oiler with pleasure : No. 1,2, 3,4, o and
17. The ground of these six specimens of marble is
white, approaching to yellowish white. They are
variegated with red, which passes from flesh—through
rose——into Vermillion red. These colors arc blended
together, in some places ; in others they distinctly
separate, nnd show the nature of the marble. We
see that it is composed of an accumulation of columns
of small enerinites, iu transversal and longitudinal
sections, exhibiting numerous sntajl circles, ellipses and
parallejiopipedons, separated from eaofa other by the
above mentioned red colored cement. ‘The marble
has at the same time a highly crystallite structure,
which gives it when viewed in certain positions of the
light, numerous glistening silvery reflections, and a
pleasing a*j>eet. The polish is very brilliant. It be
longs to the encriuital marble.
Nos. 9, 11, 13, 15, 10, and 18. The ground of
theae six specimens is reddish brown, passing litre
and there from sornl into chocolate brown, approach
ing to chesuut brown. It is variegated with large and
smail white spots, clouds, veins and circles. Some of
the large spots arc handsomely variegated with blood
red. These variegations are sometimes of a bluish
white color. When examined with a magnifying glass,
the origin of these spots, clouds, etc., becomes visible.
They are the sections of various madrepores, which,
according to their position, are transversaily, longitu
dinally, or obliquely intersected, so that they show a
hbrous structure, or all the conical sections. These
lubes are here and there with the men
tioned blood-red colored matter,which gives it a fringe
liko appearance. It contains also diflbrent sections of
columns of encriuite, some of which have a stellated
some a circular alimentary canal, so that it respreueute
a brown star, surrounded by a white circle, or some
times of a plain white circle, with a circular brown
spot in its eeutre. This marble is susceptible of a
high polish, aud ranks among the coralioid or madre
porie marbles. ‘1 be marble known by the stone-cut
ters under the name of Llankeu burg marble, is per ha [is
the handsomeest of this kind ; but it is not to be com
pared in beauty, liveliness of color, diversity of acci
dents, and brilliancy of polish, with the East Tennessee
varieties, Nos. 6, It), aud 19. These three specimens
belong also to the coralioid marble, and coincide
somewhat w ith the preceding varieties; but the ground
is of a brown color, more or less mixed with yellow,
and a little blue, which passes on one band into brown
ish yellow, and on the other into light slaty grey.
The spots and clouds are generally smaller, and the
blood red accidents are more prominent, larger, aud
not so elegantly dispersed us iu the preceding varii*-
ties. The organic structure is equally perceptible. It
contains also sections of columns of encrinites. It is a
pleasing marble, and susceptible of high polish.
Nos. 7 and 8. When we consider these two speci
mens without proper attention, it is difficult to say
whether we should call the white or the colored pan
the grounl, as both are nearly in an equal proportion.
Nevertheless, when properly examined, we see that
the white part has the organic structure, while the
colored part lias uo such structure, and is merely *
calcareous cement. The ground is of a lighter reddish
brown color than in any of the preceding, in some
places approaching the color of red, while in others it
is much paler. The accidents, as in the preceding,
are owing to the sections of madrepores. They arc
of various shades of white, and their orotic structure
is plainly visible. This tnadreporic marble has a
brilliant polish, aud is better calculated for small work
than the former, ia which the accidents are larger.
Nos. 14 and 20. These marbles are still more
finely variegated than the preceding. They secin to
be entirely composed of a conglomerate of fragments of
organic remains v but here the accidental polypifers
are colored, and not the ground, as in ail the preceding
varieties. It seems the coloring matter has penetrated
these colors ; and in proportion as it approaches to the
interior, its density diminishes, so that the central part
is white, and they become more and more colored
towards the external part of the organic remains. The
colored part is about equal in extent to that of the
white part; the spots are small, so that as the preced
ing, they are better calculated for small than for largo
work. It is susceptible of bigh polish, aud ranks
amohgst the coral marble.
No, 22. In case I had to give a name to this mar
ble, inasmuch as many European varieties are distin
guished by Italian names, I would call this r ermicello
marble, because it is composed almost entirely of sec
tions (mostly longitudinal) of small potyphers, which
are variously bent,giving them the appearance of pieces
of small worms, and their organic structure making
this resemblance more striking. These worm-like
figures liave generally a yellowish color; a few arc
white 5 and the small proportion of ground visible in
in it, is of a dark, amber brown color. It is a beautiful
variety, lias a tine polish, and is well calculated toe
small work.
No. 12. This is certainly one of the finest varie
gated marbles that I have seen. It is composed of
a brilliant chestnut brown and white colors, nearly in
an equal proportion •, but these colors do not run the
one into the other, as in the preceding varieties, but
are separated the one from the other, by distinct lines,
which gives to the spots a more angular form, and
the whole a more or less porphoretic aspect, or the
appearance of a fragmentary jasper. I do not know
any European or Egyptian (as some Italian marbles
are called here) equal in beauty with this Tennessee
marble, as we?l for its variegations as for its
The w hite spots are sections of coral.
Two varieties of black marble. The one is rather a
little brownish black, the other almost perfect black.
There are but few (daces known where black marble
of a good color occurs. The marble of the banks of
the Meuse, near Dinant and and Kilkenny,
are considered the finest of the black marbles. Ido
not believe that the specimens before me are inferior
to those of the above mentioned places. No marble
is better calculated for mantels than of that color, par
ticularly when it is susceptible of such fine polish aa
possessed by these specimens.
Respectfully, G. Troost, State Geologist
A woman, said to be a Mrs. Washington,
an American lecturer, made her appearance
lately atone of the English hunts, in full Bloom,
er costume. She wore a light brown polka
jacket, a richly flowered white vest, a sky blue
tunic, with blue flowered pantaloons, tied with
red ribbons. She took the lead and kept it du
ring the hunt, amid the laughter and jeers of
the spectators.
A western paper, in an obituary notice, says
that the deceased ‘had also been lor several
years a director in a bank—notwithstanding
which, he died a Christian, universally respec
ted.’ 1 ruly a strange circumstance.
“ Ixiohta>t Decision.”—A Philadelphia
court has decided that a landlady has a right to
get rid of a Hoarder who does not pay, by sprink*
ling his bed with cow itch. If all the landladies
in this city were to get rid of their delinquent
boarders in this way, the price of cow itch
would go up rapidly ; and we doubt whether
they would have much money left with which
to f>uy anything else.
All the influence which women enjoy in so
ciety,—their right to the exercise of that ma
ternal care which forms the first and most indel
lible species of education; the wholesale res
traint which they posess over the passions of
mankind ; their power of protecting us when
old,—depend so entirely upon their personal
purity, and the charm which it casts around,
them, that no insinuate a doubt of its real
value is wilfully to remove the broadest
corner-stone on which civil society rests, witfy
all its benefits and all its comforts.
One should take care not to grow too wise
f>r so great a pleasure of life as laughter.
Zealous men are very displaying to you the
strength of their belief, while judicious meaaro
showing you the grounds of if.
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