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i'roffsrriiiiinlL ‘Snsiiifss Ctuiis
S. eV K. I*. HALL,
ATT OR XE YS A T LAW,
Macon, (la.
Orfit con Cotton Avenue, over l.ittle’s Drug Store, (octl 1
!.. V WHITTLE,
Attorney at Law,
jan3 .MACOJY, 0.1. -ly
I. L. woanr
DAGUERRE 0 TYPIST,
MACON, GA.
ENTRANCE FROM THE AVENUE.
aprl9 ts
RMUm&Q HOUSH,
OPPOSITE CEN TR AL R AILROAD DEPOT
EAST VACO. V.
t ’ 4 ts S. M. LANIER.
1\ <;. ARRINGTON,
Attorney at Law and Notary Public,
Oglclliorpo, Jlacon Cos.,
dec G E O R U I \ . 38—ts
“city hotel,
SAVANNAH,•.•.•.•.•.•.•.•.•.•.•.•GEORGIA, j
P. CONBON.
Tcrms:—Transient Hoarders, per day, 51,50. Monthly and
vpiirly lion filers in ion. Apr.’S—v
HARDEMAN A HAMILTON,
Ware House and Commission Merchants,
. v i co.v, oEoito r. i.
HAMILTON A IIARDKMAN,
FACTORS At COMMISSION MERCHANTS,
s.ir.i.vx.m. okorgi.i.
Will give prompt attention to all business committed to them ,
t either place.
rit!>S. IURDKM VN. (19-ts ) CII vs. F. HAMIt-TON.
FACTORAGE AND
Savannah, Ga.
\ \T.M. P. VONGE, N0.94 Ray street. Savannah, continues J
y ‘ to transact a General Commission Business and Factor- (
age, and respectfully solicits consignments of Cotton. Corn, j
and other produce. ’ lie will also attend to receiving and for- j
warding Merchandize. —
April 5, 1851 ly I
WINSHIP & SON,
WHOLESALE AND RETAIL dealers tv
fkyr.y and Staple Dry Goods awl Read;/ j
Made Clothing.
COTTN AVENUE. MACON, CA.
Tv. D. ETHERIDGE A Cos.,
FACTORS & COMMISSION MERCHANTS,
S.ir.IX.Y.IH, GEORGIA.
riAllF. undersigned having formed a Copartnership for the
| transaction of the above business, tender their services
t„ their friends and the public generally and solicit a share ol
A’tonage. We will pay strict attention to the sale of Cotton
or other'produce consigned to our care and all orders for Bag
ging, Rope and family supplies will be promptly attended to
and*tilled at tbe lowest prices. Liberal advances will be made
upon Cotton or other produce consigned to us.
s. r. Gove, (augi3-y) w. and. ethkridde.
’ RA3yj|,Fo3.T©H&©©.,
FatTois <V ConiniixKioii Merclismt*,
augSO SAVANNAH, GEORGIA. —Cm
SASH AND WINDOW BLIND
<2l LQ UA (£* £3A C£? ‘>l CE) £7*
rpilF, subscriber is manufacturing the above articles by
|. Steam Machinery, at very moderate prices.
TURNING AND PLANING.
He has machinery for this business, and will promptly exe
cute any jobs in this line. ALEX. McGRKGOK.
julv-'G — < ‘ t ”
FIRE INS I RANGE
BV Tilt;
CONDIERCIAL INSURANCE COMPANY
OF CHARLESTON S. C.
CAPIT\L SSS(MMM>—ALL PAID IN.
W.M. r. Heriot, Pres A. M. Lee. Scc’y.
Directors :
James K. Robinson, Geo, A. Trenholm, Roliert Caldwell,
A. 11. Taft, Henry T. Street, Wiu. McUurney, J. 11. Crawley,
T. L Wragg.
r I'MiE subscribes having been appointed Agents for the
L abiw-e Company, are now’pre[>ared to take risks against
Fire, on favorable terms. CA III!ART, DUO. CO,
juncSl Agents,
RS. HANKS & KOOSEVEI.I tender their
professional services to the citizens ot M.icon 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. n. BANKS, M. D. (sOptO-Vl C. J. ROOSEVELT, M. D.
R. G. JEFFERSON & O.
M VNI'FACTVRER AID WHOLESALE DEALLSS IN
CHAIRS,
West Side Broad St., first door above P. M Larin's,
COLUMBUS, G A.
rUVIEY keep on hand an excellent supply of Office, Wood
L Seat, Split Bottom and Rocking Chairs ; Bedsteads, Wood
en Ware, &.c.
-■gT’ All Orders left as above, will meet with prompt atten
tion. novl—tf
W. s. WILLIFORD,
COMMISSION MERCHANT AND AUCTIONEER,
Macon, Ga.
All kinds of Produce and Merchandise, (except liquors) re
ceived on consignment. sep27
Candies. —20 boxes assorted in 25 lb. cases, fresh, and
for sale by (dneb) C. A, ELLS &. SON.
Bibb Land for Sale.
fTMIE subscriber having determined to change his business
JL will offer tor sale his settlement of Land, three miles above
Macon on the Forsytb road, containing about two hundred
acres of oak and hickory land, with about 80 acres cleared,
forty of which is fresh land, the balance in the woods and
well timbered. Early application is requested. Possession
ven first December next. WM. H. CHRISTOPHER.
Cm
■am - I ————————^
New York and Savannah
STEAMSHIP LINE.
r |MIE new and splendid steamers FLORIDA, (Japi
-L Lyon, and ALABAMA, Capt. Ludlow, be
longing to the NEW YORK AND SAVANNAH
STEAM NAVIGATION COMPANY, on and alter
the 11 tit inst., will leave Sxvannah and New York
every Saturday until further notice. These ships are
1-200 tons register, and unsurpassed in comfort safe
ty and speed. Cabin passage, $25 —payable in i?
vance. AddressPADLEFORD, FAY & CO.
Savanna s
Samuel l. mitchell,
184 Front St., New York,
anil - y
Tlie Old Ilai Store.
EN'TLF.MEN who are in want of a fine and fashionable
f HAT. will be certain to call at Uelden's old stand, oppo
site the l.anier House. [*ep27] BELDF.N A CO.
House servants for sale. —A Woman I
anil her child, 5 or 0 years old, recommended as a supe
rior house servant, washer and good cook. Enquire of
novlj GEO. T. ROGERS.
|| RECEIVED by Worthington, llar
mini A Cos. Ileebe &. Cos. and Leary’s justly
eelebraled new .tyle HATS, for sale low,
octll COTTON AVENUE.
Sullivan Housed
MACON, GEORGIA.
THE subscriber having taken the Hotel lately
fit imEW fitted up, fronting the Court House, on the
!tlwaa cottier of Mulberry street, and Court House
illHßag Square, will open the same on the Ist Octo
her, next, and w ould be pleased to lia\e a call
from his old friends.
This House is convenient to all the Rail Roads and immed
iately in 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. SULLIVAN,
sepr 20—ts
] A DIES’ Lace and Congress Prunella, Satin, Fraud*
j and Silk Gaiters; Black, Bronze and White Kid and Sat
in Slippers ; Black and Kronze Embroidered French Slippers
Parodi and Jenny I.ind Enameled and Kid Ties, Buskins and
Boots, just received bv(sep27) VVm. 11. FERRY & C< i.
FANCY GOODS AND
M 1& LINI 8 Y.
MRS. DAMOIIR, is now receiv
fjfc. Ԥ iiijj Iter Fall supply in the above line
ft 4c * b y each week’s Sleatner wil,
VM&I feceive a fresh supply of the most
■■■•> Y •sjjr fashionable Goods, consisting of the
a newest styles of Silk and Straw
dZbjhf Bonnets, Ribbons, Flowers, Feath
'7 H ers and ail kinds of Bonnet trimming,
a choice lot of Dress Silks, and dress trimmings
such as Fringes, Gimps, Bullous, Velvet and Ribbon
trimmings. Ball Dresses, Veils, Capes, Collars and
other Embroideries, which will be sold cheap,
oct 15-ts
1)1(11 CHINA and BOHEMIAN GLASS
1\ \ ASMS atall prices, just received and for sale by
sept 20—ts GKO. JOXEH.
New York Branch Store
COTTOX A VEXUE.
cP WLDING A ILLI AMS have removed to the
2d door above Wiusliip'e and reopened n ilh a n-w tie k
of
FALL AND WINTER DRY GOODS,
which will be sold for C ash, at exceeding low prires.
We have Silks from 75 cis. up ; Del..••ins from I2j up Prints
from tij up; Bleached and Brown Shirtingsfrem 5 cts. lip, at
so a large sock of Blankets, Flannels, Ticking, Table Linens
Bos< m Linens. &c.. from low price to tine, together with a
full assortment of Hosiery, Laces,(Jloves, Ribbons and Fancy
Articles. We respectfully solicit a call from the Ladies.
Goods received every week per Steamer.
oct4 27-ly
I > UTTER & CHEESE. —10 kegs Goshen Butter,
) 50 boxes Cheese, rac’d weekly pet steamer and for salt)
low by novls T. ROGERS.
Molasses.— io lilnls. of superior quality, and in one
order just rec’d and for sale by
novls GEO. T. ROGERS.
“OPENING RICE”
SMITH A MITCHELL, Triangular Block,Cotton
Avenue, are now opening the following choice ar
ticles :
Gentlemen’s fancy Cravats, Scarfs and Ties.
White and Figured Silk and Lawn llklls.
Merino, Cotton and Silk Woli.en Shirts ana
(Drawers.
“ “ “ AVliite and Zebra llose.
Berlin, Lisle, S Ik, Cloth, Buckskin, and French
Kid Gloves , White and colored, White and fancy-colored
Skirts, in every style. Umbrellas, Trunks, Traveling
Bags, Valises, &c., iSrc., Nrc. tt sept 13.
Guns ! Guns l !
VFINE assortment of Single and Double-Barrelled GUNS,
of every quality, from S2O to $l5O, just received and
for sale by (uov22 —ts) D. C. HODGKINS V SUN.
rjtAYLOR’S CREAM ALE— A supply of this cel
-1 ebrated Ale, received weekly from manufacturers and for
sale by novls GEO. T. ROGERS.
1 A BBLS. New No. 3 Mackerel,
1U JOO sacks Corn,
40 kits Mackerel,
200 hbls. Thoinaston Lime, on consignment,
oct 11 L. COWLES.
“CTt ‘M*, wliatN Cheese.”
IMIE subscriber is sole agent for S. Cowles At, Son f
superior Cream Cheese which is not excelled in
the Union.
Just received 50 Boxes S. Cowle’s superior Cream
Cheese, and a few more of the same sort coming.
Also. 100 bids, and Sacks, containing 100, 50 and
25 pounds Atlanta Steam Mill co. Flour Made from
selected Wheat and warranted as fine as any Hour in
the United States.
Also, Bacon, Lard, Butter, Irish Potatoes, Sweet
Potatoes, and every thing in the rating line that can lie
obtained. (sept 27) L. COM LES, Ag t.
x CHESTS T eas, assorted, put up in l and J pound
f) packages. For family use. 100 Sacks Corn on
consignment. L. COWLES. Ag’
A VERY handsome selection ol white Gold Band and
.TV Decorated China Ten Setts just opened. Call
and see before the assortment is broken. GEO. JONF.S.
sept 2ft—t j
Dr. UPIIAH’S
VEGETABLE ELECTUARY.
Internal Remedy for the Piles !
r I’MIE Electuary is a c-~tain cure for Piles, whether Hired-
I inrr or Blind, Intern.il or Eitrrnal Piles, ind also for oth
er diseases found in c< njuaetion with Piles.
Price ?I per package, Cash, just received and for sale by
W. G. LITTLE CO.Cotton Avenue, Macon
who keeps constantly on hand large and fresh supplies of
Drues and Medicines, Paints, Oils, Glassware Jzc.. w holesale
and retail. aug-3-y
SILVER Tea-set and Pitchers. —A beautiful ar
ticle for sale by (dec 13) K t. JOHNSTON.
( AA new Pig Hams.
L*_" \J Ift Barrels superfine Flour.
20 Boxes Northern and city made Candy.
20 “ New Rasins.
20 Gross Fire Works. Jus reocrreJ and for sale
by dec 13 ts J. S. GRAYBILL.
CTIIOICE GEORGIA IIAMS— SOO Ilams ofsupc
J rior quality,
1100 Pig do. this fall’s curing,
5 casks Canvassed Hams,
1000 Georgia Sides, just received by
novls GEO. T. ROGERS.
Produce by the Wholesale
* THE attention of Planters and others who may
ill i!&have to purchase supplies for the year is respectfully
called to the large assortment of EAST TENNESSEE AND UP
PER GEORGIA PRODUCE, now being received on consign
ment, and which may be had on good terms, for cash, at the
New Produce Store of W. F. HARRIS &. CO,
dccG—2m ■ Ccttcn Avenue.
“Sntopraitrot in nil tjiings-i—Jbntral in notljimy’
MACON, GEORGIA, SATURDAY MORNING, MARCH 13, 1852.
Our Katy.
BY EM.LY B. PAGE.
Tliere’s a pattering of light footsteps
Across the sanded floor,
And a face like the laughing sunshino
Peeps in at the half-shut door ;
! Tis a vision of dream-like btauty,
W ith tresses of paly gold,
zYml eyes like the violet blossoms
That first to the Spring unfold.
\V ith a brow like the first pure snow-flake
That floats to the frozen earth,
And lips all dimpled, and parting
M ith a smile of bewitching mirth ;
Half hid by the trembling shadow
That robes her mystical grace.
Is seen through the opening portal,
The light of her beautiful face.
One look of endearing welcome,
And I fold in my sheltering arms
And hide on my thrilling bosom
The wealth of her glowing charms ;
One moment she lends her sweet presence,
One moment she lingers and smiles,
And the light of her loving spirit
The gloom of my heart beguiles.
Then away, with a fawn-like footstep
She glides o’er the sanded floor,
And the voice of silvery laughter
Floats back through the open door.
She is gone, like a gush of music
Breathed out in the pathless air,
Like a rainbow, that archeth the heavens
To bend hut a moment there.
Y'et there dwells in my inerinost spirit
The light which lvr gladness brought,
And my soul with a thousand bright visions
And a thousand sweet fancies is fraught.
Son? of the American Eagle.
I build my nest on the mountain crest,
M here the wild winds reek my eaglets to rest;
Where the lightnings flash and the thunders crash,
And the roaring torrents foam and dash ;
For my spirit free henceforth shall bo
A type for the sons of Liberty.
Aloft I fly, from my eyrie high,
Through the vaulted dome of the azure sky ;
On a sunbeam bright take my airy flight,
And float in a flood of liquid light ;
For 1 love to play in the noontide ray,
And bask in a blaze from the throne of Day.
Away I spring with a tireless wing,
Oil the feather cloud I poise and swing;
1 daitdown the steep where the lightnings leap,
And the clear blue canopy slowly swop;
For dear to me is llie revelry
Os a free stud fearless Liberty.
I love the land where mountains stand
Like the watch lowers high of a patriot band—
F or I may Hot bide, in my glory and pride,
‘1 hough ilie laud be never so tair and wide,
A\ lu re Luxury reigns o’er voluptuous plains,
And fetters the free-born soul iuchains.
Then give to me in my flight to see
The landol the Filgri ns ever free ;
And 1 ne’er will rove from the haunts l love,
But watch from my sentinel track above,
Your banner free over land and sea,
And exult iu your glorious destiny.
Oh, guard ye well the land where I dwell,
Lest to future limes the tale I tell,
When slow expires in smouldering fires
The goodly heritage of your sires,
How Freedom’s light rose clear and bright,
From fair Columbia’s beacon-height,
’Till he quenched the flame in a starless night,
Then will I tear from your pennon fair
The stars yc set in triumph there !
My olive branch on the blast I’ll launch,
My fluttering stripe# from the flag-staff wrench?
And away I’ll flee, for scorn to see
A craven race iu the Land of the Free.
YUIsS.SJ.I.I!J't!FJo
For the Georgia Citizen.
Psychology in Utopia.
I*. C. BEARBOAN.
We are not sure whether any of the orthodox Maps
of Georgia will aft’ord any clue, as to the location of
Utopia, nor is it certain, tliat ; ‘White’s Statistics’ will
satisfy the anxious enquirer, as to its exact ‘population,
character of the people—names of the oldest inhabi
tants, their amusements &c.’ It is enough for out
present purpose, to state, that there is such a place—
that it is very much like other villages, and that the
characteristics of its inhabitants are similar to those
of human nature in general. It has passed through
the various excitements, incident to‘flourishing’ places.
The intermittent plauk-and*Rail-road fever lias pre
vailed, succeeded by an inflammation on the subject
of education. This attack produced a kind of delirium,
in which the victims were heard to speak approvingly
of a College or a Collegiate Institute, of not less than
a tcn-prolessor-power. Col. Corpus, Editor of the‘Pat
rol and Scorpion,’ went so far as, deliberately to de
clare, that the ‘failure or success of this plan, was
destined to have an immense influence upon the future
weal or woe of our beloved Utopia.’ A Bank, too
has been agitated, to reform the currency and perform
the other impossibilities which the public have a right
to expect from Banks. Utopia has thus the reputation of
being an ‘enterprising’ place—a phrase, implying that its
p iwers have been precociously developed and that it has
the nervo-sanguineous temperament of the ‘JasC
young man, who assumes the airs and importance of
mature manhood. It has also a distinguished reputa
tion with those peripatetic philosophers, who tty 1c
themselves ‘Professors’ and who ‘go up and down the
eaith,’ despensing scientific light for a small pecuniary
consideration —for, and to their honor be it said, the
Utopians are greedy of knowledge. Hence every
nomadic teacher of accomplishments, fails not to pitch
his tent among them. Profe-ssors of writing are fol
lowed by Professors of Elocution, who in turn give
place to Pro lessors of Dancing. They troop one after
the other, or Mike shadows come and thus depart’—
but unlike all other shadows they manage to bear
away some of the substanial metals. One of these, a
Erotessor of Psychology has recently made a descent
upon Utopia. His advent was heralded by various
hand bills of the Munchausen stvle of literature, and
created a great ‘furore,’ particularly as the ‘Patrol and
Scorpion,’ with a wonderful sagacity, predicted some of
the most important and useful results, from the de
velopment of this new science. The Utopians, ’ as is
their custom’ went off into a beautiful enthusiasm, and
for several days thought of nothing but Psychology.
No wonder then, Professor Magnetti was the ‘target
of a thousand eyes,’ when he drove up and deposited
his snaky form, upon the Piazza of the ‘Masonic and
Oddfellows Hotel.’ He was ‘the lion’ —and us re
garded the hair, he merited the title. He wore u pi
ratical looking beard—‘long black and rakis.i.’ while
amustac h, bristled from his upper lip, like tbe quills ol
the fretful porcupine. Two rather diminutive eyes
flanked each side of his nasal bridge’, seemingly as a
i rear guard to his retreating forehead. A cascade ol
black locks fell from his head and flashed upon his
shoulder, and that the winds of heaven might not blow
betvvecu these too roughly,’ the ‘cohesive attraction’
of sweet scented oils and other cheap perfumery, was
called into requisition. A seedy suit of black, that be
spoke decayed aristocracy and called up visions of se
cond band slop-shops, enwiapped his outer form and
completed the dagurreotype of our Prolessor of Biolo
gy—giving him very much the appearance of a ’gen
lleman in search of despair.’
We pass over nil interval of intense excitement and
commence at once with a faithful record of the exhi
bition. At the indefinite hour of ‘early candle-fig 1
the citizens of Utopia, with their wives and eltit a,
presented themselves at the entrance of ‘ApyY’ all.’
The Professor received them with a smile t’ .amed
through his ‘lace trimmings’ and raked a pi! a short
time. It is due to the .character of i, to state
t hat go broken or counterfeit nyoney was gil off upo 1
him —except a three dollar bill which had no signa
ture. Mr. Corpus, thje Editor of the Patrol and
Scorpion who investigated the matter, for the sake of
a ‘paragraph,’ believes that it must have been taken
by the ‘darky’ who olfieiajted ‘in the light as doorkeep
er,’ part of the time.
The crowd though noisy mid talkative, while on the
outside, became instantly) mute and awe stricken when
once inside the enchanter's circle. The room was
large and dimly lighted. 1 - A few candles, thrust into
bottles and antique candlesticks, and placed around
promiscuously, shed a gloom over the whole scene and
disclosed the wives and daughters of Utopia huddled
together on one side, very much as females are wont
to do upon such occasions. The fathers and sons sat
on the opposite side, in the same gregarious manner.
Betwen these two groups of Utopian ‘beauty
and chivalry’ was erected a platform, displaying the
machinery of the new science—consisting principally
of an emaciated table, a manuscript, and a tallow can
dle that burned sulkily enough. And there too stood
the Professor with such an alarming ‘exposition’ of
rings and chains and seals and pins, that ho resem
bled an animated jeweller’s shop, and us he raised his
white haandkerchief daintily to his tufted lip, he filled
the ‘circumambient’ with his ‘incense-breathing’ pre
sence. lie east a comprehensive glance over the sepa
rated genders tm each side of him and then a concen
trated one on Lis ‘notes’ and thus began ;
Ln-adics and .lantleifnen. In the swiftest glance
of light and the nimblest leap of thought, there is
shadowed f. rtli to the enquiring soul of man, a subtle
agency, that pervades all; animated creation and anlii
lates space in the speed Os its velocity. It endows the
blossoming flower with life and adds a brighter tint to
its gorgeous hues. It t ides the breeze and vigor and
health arc inhaled. It commands the tides and they
rise and lidl in obedient submission. It brings the
frozen air of winter and (varms the breath of summer.
It relieves the swollen clouds and condenses the dia
mond dew. In i-s rage 1 it splinters the pride of the
forest, and yet w th willing alacrity, leaps along the
wires, the lightning express of cunning man. This
all-pervading agent, La-jadies and Jantlemen’s elec
tricity.’ ’
’I his beaitiitul But miner high wrought exordium
produced a variety of effects upon the intelligent audi
ence. The boys who lijld not understood a Word, be
gan upon tln-ir suppliccTVi’ pea inns. Tin? Icuiios hooked
pensive ami resigned aSTft.'iiies usualdo during politi
cal orations and philos< phieal lectures, anil received
the startling disclosure c uieerning electricity, with ad
mirable tranquility. A couple of medical students
just from their first cour e of lectures, who called every
species of bodily derangement ‘an abnormal state of
the system, entered upon a critical discus-ion concern
ing the Professor's brilliant and voluminous cravat. A
knot of young clerks, (who, upon limited salaries de
sired to establish reputations for being ‘perfect devils,’
concluded in the true i spirit of speculation, that the
lecture didnYpay,’ and Felt anxious for a beginning of
the ‘performance.’ A (Jew ‘gentlemen from the rural
districts, ’ as Col. Corpus would have tinned them in
his public capacity as journalist (he privately classified
them as ‘Wool Hats,’) sat with an unwavering stare
fixed upon the speaker.
In the meantime, Professor Magnetti, enlarged upon
the merits of the Fluid.) lie spoke of the great pro
gress the human mind was making and had made, of
the importance of Psychology, of its undisputed de
rivation front ‘two Greek words’ (a fact we believe,
common to till the Ologtes,) made the proper number of
referencts to Philosophers of established reputations—
spoke familiarly of Newton and the falling apple (of
course,) pledged his (the Professor’s—not Newton’s)
honor on the truth of the science, and finally very
much to the relief of his hearers, brought his lecture to
a close by requesting an opportunity of testing the re
alities of Psychology. The dozy state of the audi
ence was somewhat disturbed by this sudden cessation
of the professor’s musical but monotonous voice and a
moment or two elapsed before any were found bold
enoygh to offer themselves. But curiosity, n marked fea
ture by the way, in Utopian character, induced one or
two daring individuals to place themselves on the anx
ious seat; and then such a flocking up of subjects has
never been seen, even at the most populous campmeet
ing. Upon a long bench were placed these subjects,
and in their bands were deposited certain magic but
tons, at which they were requested to look steadily
and think of nothing at all. The latter injunction
was entirely unnecessary. The worker of miracles,
then requesting the audience to remain perfectly quiet
for fi'teen or twenty minutes, proceeded to improve
the favorable opportunity in examining the Utopian
style of beauty as exhibited in the fairer, and at this
stago of proceeding, the more tired portion of his
auditors. But those twenty minutes—what an age
they seemed ! The ruthless destroyers of pea nuts—
the ladies and the rural gentlemen were in agony. For
the first five minutes, a commendable silence prevailed,
and then a peanut was slily cracked which made one
think of ‘the crack of Doom.’ A sleepy old gentle
man dropped his cane and the house seemed falling
down. S veral ‘tobacco worms’ kept up a constant
play of amber and the sound as it spattered upon the
floor was absolutely startling. But the Professor was
not disturbed by these interruptions. Gazing intently
upon two pretty girls, he seemed to be in a fair way of
being mesmerised and it was only by frequently run
ning bis jewelled fingers through his tresses and an
occasional pull at his standing collar, that he resisted
the influence. But as every thing earthly must have an
end, so, upon this occasion, tbe fifteen or twenty min
utes of suffering and suspense glided away, and Pro
fessor Magnetti proceeded to make some experiments.
The subjects were still perseveringly engaged in ex
amining the mysterious buttons confided to their care.
The first one, looked up rather sheepishly, when
he felt his hand grasped by the Professor, who made a
few manipulations over his ‘peepers.’ Then pressing
his thumbnail upon the nose, just between the eyes,
he cried out ‘open your eyes. Now you can’t.’ But
when he observed the eyes aforesaid were ‘bound to
shine,’ he prudently added,‘now you can,’ proceeding
thus, with all the drowsy looking subjects, with his ste
reotyped ‘now you cant’ and ‘now you can,’ he found lie
had made an impression on one, a youngster, who was
so full of deviltry, that it was difficult to tell whether the
Professor was not sold. With a smile of triumph Dr
Magnetti led Master Johnny in front, and intimated
that note, Psyeliolology would be placed ‘beyond the
reach of that ignorant doubt, which like a bliud Satnp
:on would pluck down the temple of knowledge.'—
And master John, therefore, went through a variety
of interesting and edifying experiments. He believed
upon the Professor’s mere word that a walking stick
was a snake and showed such a laughable fear of the
harmless cane as to delight and astonish all who a it
nessed it, then, with a charming confidence, he regard
ed it as a friendly umbrella holding it with the uir of
one who resolutely bid defiance to storms, and finally
threw the Utopians into convulsions, by catching with
tile self same cane, any number of imaginary perch,
catfish and eels. The audience were now fully awake.
The ladies lost their resigned and abstracted air, and
<>ne or two ventured into a slight laugh. The men of
j course let themselves out. Master John threw them
into agonies again, by taking a sip of water and in
stantly becoming beautifully drunk. lie had a gen
teel stagger, very amusing to behold. He tasted again
and because the Professor happened to remark that it
was the ’somniferous preparation, commonly known as
laudanum,’ befell suddenly, into a slumber so profound
that not all the vigorous kicks and thumps and yells
of a delighted auditory could disturb him. Never
before had sleep seemed to the Utopians so full of hu
mor. John on being awakened, made a short display
of his literary acquirements, and when he stammered
or misspell a word, just at the critical moment when
his tot mentor was pressing one of his lamps, he
brought down the house’ again. The Professor, then
with a magical wave of the hand’ induced Johnny to
assume the name of ‘Miss Mary,’ and to accept his
arm for a promenade, which precious bit of pantomine
was received with unbounded approbation—particular
ly by the young gentlemen, wjio enjoy ell it most hear
tily.
But the experiment was yet to be performed ! Our
victim was led up, and down the platform a few times
and on being requested to state where he was, prompt
ly answered, California. He then enlightened the
audience with an account of the immese ’gold-lots’
which filled his vision. He syid there were many
fine openings for young men, and being himself, seized
with the ‘cursed lust of gold,’ he grasped the cane
of all work and with an industry fur beyond his years,
proceeded to lay the foundation for an independent
fortune. To such a pitch of delight did this ‘experi
ment iai.se the Utopians, that they seemed to forget
the proprieties of life and laughed and stamped with a
heartiness that indicated their complete satisfaction
with the ‘performance’ and the pecuniary investment
they hud made earlier in the evening.
The complete success of the first entertainment in
duced the Professor to prolong his stay and, at the‘ur
gent request of several of the most influential citizens,’
to afford another opportunity to those who were una
ble to witness the first experiments. For a week,
Professor Magnetti laid open to the Utopians, the sci
ence of Psychology, in a series of lectures which were
replete with the difficulties of the English language
and illustrated by a number of experiments of the hu
morous character we have referred to. AH Utopia
was in excitement. The fireside conversation was
upon the wonders of Psychology —w hile bar-room ora
cles delivered their responses upon the same absorbing
topic. The number of converts was- great, and there
were these who sought to penetrate the arcana of
science still more, and to such the Professor kindly con
sented to act as guide for the paltry considera
tion of ten dollars. Tlt<Te were perhaps a dozen,
who entered their names upon his book binding their
ln'irs* uml assigns in the sum aforesaid. The two
young ‘Medicos’ \w ho were firmly convinced of the
existence of an ‘abnormal state of the system'—B.
Barnuin Writ, E*q. the fiery young lawyer who had
‘touehwd and adorned’ a variety of occupations before
he consented t< aspire for legal honors—Col. Corpus,
editor of that ‘ably conducted and widely circulated’
journal, the ‘Patrol Scorpion,’ w hose principal claim
to greatness i> that his puffy face resembles a badly
painted portrait of Gen. Washington—one or two of
our most respectable citizens in the ‘Cotton trade and
sugar line’ and a few others mostly from the rural dee
stricts—joined the class and attended the fete lec
tures which constituted the course.
Such was Psychology as presented by Professor
Magnetti. Its fruits remain to be seen—for the class,
which had been initiated into the mysteries have kept
most mysteriously silent. R. Barnum Writ is as ‘ar
dent’ as ever, but the science which lie lias acquired
lias shared the fate of his Latin and Greek, and been
laid ‘upon the shelf.’ The rural gentlemen, though
men of leisure have never been able to practice the theory
which the learned Professor taught them. The‘medi
cos’ have equally failed, tliongh profoundly convinc
ed of their ability to elucidate and explain this and all
other subjects. Col. Corpus, who merely ‘desired to
encourage the thing’ has turned his encouraging ex
ample into other channels and Utopia, generally, has
subsided into a iraquil and complacent frame of mind.
Unrolling* a Mummy.
Mr. Gliddon astonished the good people of
New Orleans on Friday evening last by unrol
ling a veritable, bone lide Mummy, a female
Mummy at that, undoubtedly one of the distin
guished belles of Egypt when in her glory. —
The Picayune thinks it is ‘the veritable Mrs.
Potiplmr who so sorely tried the continence
of Jo-eph.’ The following account we copy
from the Picayune;
‘* And thou hast walked about—how strange a story!
In Thebe’s streets, three thousand years ago !
When the Memnonium was in all its g’.o;y,
And time had not begun to overthrow
Those temples, palaces and piles stupendous,
Os which the very ruins are tremendous!’’
The greatevent of the Gliddon lectures took
place last night in the presence of a very large
audience, at the Lyceum Hall. The mummy
was unrolled: After some explanatory remarks
by the lecturer, in which he stated to his audi
tors that the mummy before them had never
been unrolled, and that he knew nothing of its
history, age or sex, more than did the audi
ence, it having been received by him precisely
in the state in which they then saw it, the
mummy was placed in an elevated position, so
as to be clearly visible to the audience, and the
process of unswathing commenced, under the
immediate supervision of the medical savans
of New Orleans, the faculty of the Medical De
partment of the University of Louisiana.
The unswathing was performed principally
by Drs. Jones, Welderburn and Chilton, and
occupied some half or threo quarters of an
hour. As swathing after swathing was remov
ed, and the roll which at first appeared to be
of so respectable a size, began to grow small
er and beautifully less, the audience evident
ly began to get apprehensive lest the mummy
was about to be dissipated into consecutive lay
ers of cloth. At length, however, removing
linen enough to have served the whole house
hold of an ancient Egyptian dame during a life
time, the savans came to the body of a female,
in what was pronounced a ‘beautiful’ state of
preservation. The hair, nails, Ac. were as dis
tinct and well prevserved tis though the spirit
had left its earthly tenement but yesterday.—
From the symmetrical proportions of her well
turned limbs, we did not hesitate to conclude
that the body lying before us, when animated
by its spiritual habitant, had been a distinguish
ed belle of aneient Egypt —had one day moved ’
about among her peers in the full pride andsat
; isfaction of conscious beauty—had been the
. object of many au envious glance from her own
sex, and of adoratory looks, ill-suppressed sighs
aud badly composed sonnets innumerable, of a
countless throng of admirers from the oppo
r site sex. Perhaps she may have intrigued with
Pharaoh himself,’ or she may have been the
veritable Mrs. Potiphar w ho so sorely tried the
continence of Joseph.
Tftose who ate curious about her history
must attend the next lecture, when Mr. Giid
’ don has promised to divulge all the secrets
which an examination of the various swathing,
and of any inscription to be found thereon,
may disclose. In the meantime we are to rest
contented fact, that the method of
embalming used in her ease fixes the period in
which she flourished somewhere between 1500
B. 0. and the second or third century after
Christ.
Ilomueopatliy vs. Allopathy.
Rev. Henry Ward Beecher, of Brooklyn, the
star correspondent of the New York Indepen
dent, is one of the queer characters that some
times get into the pulpit. Asa newspaper wri
ter he shows off liis oddities quite as profusely
as anywhere; but he is after all one of the best
easiest, most pointed newspaper writers iu the
land. A book publisher sent him a volume en
titled k ’ Homoeopathic Eomentic Physician.'' —
He thereupon gives Homoeopathy the following
puff: — Ex. Paper.
” We have steadfastly adhered to tlyj old
school, probably from our naturally conservative
bias. New tangled notions we always have
had ourown opinion of. We have stuck there
fore to the good old paths of medicine, and re
fused to remove a landmark—blister, lancet,
pill, bolus, lotion, potion, all are yet objects of
respectful reverence. We have grave moral
doubts as to this insidious, mysterious, tasteless
Homoeopathy. It seems not unlikely to be
part of a general tendency to effeminacy which
is creeping in with wealth and refinement.—
There is a strong aroma of indolence about it.
It requires no exertion, no self denial. Taking
medicine, once a manly and heroic achievement,
has become a mere sugar-pluiu affair.
Once doctors sat around a sick man like a
fleet of ships about Gibraltar. They bombar
ded a disease, front and rear, with balls and bo
luses; they pierced it, or sacrificed it or living
upon its course with cataplasm and blister tit
such a rate, that any man with half an eye
could see that one or the other must give out
hastily—the disease or the patient! Now our
Homoeopathic Chesterfield regards a disease as
a good natured intruder, that can be winked
and bowed and smiled out.
But, pah ! We are ashamed to think how
these effeminate doctors, who carry a whole
apothecary shop in a pocket book no bigger
than \our hand, walk in, put three drops of
something into two drops of water, giving you
a teanspoonful, utterly tasteless,hour by hour;
or put upon your tongue three or four white
specks of milk sugar, and that he calls medi
cine ! Our Anglo-Saxon forefathers would have
scorned to weH upon such dainty practice,
and would die like men upon substantial medi
cine rather than sneak back to life upon such
effeminacy.
To be sure, almost every relative that we
have, paternal, fraternal,sororal, but not uxoral,
has yielded to the insidious temptation and
gone into these bye and forbidden paths. We
feel like Abdicl, faithful found among the faith
less; and we do not mean soon to desert the
friends that have stood by us in many chill and
fevers, so many bilious fevers, and measles, and
chicken pox, aud influenzas, Ac.
We a:e daily exhorted toapostney. Example
and cyclopedias of advice are lavished upon
our obduracy. Our friends are against us ; our
parishioners, not a few, are againspns. Books
have been recounted ! W’e arc duly impressed
from time to time with thefaetjhat our depar
ted neighbor would have been alive now, if he
had taken his friend’s advice and sent for llo
moepathy; this child had gone down in the
car ot Allopathy to death’s door, but changing
drivers, the chariot of Homoeopathy brought
him back in a jiffy. This friend had a sick
headache, and took three pills of pulsatilla, and
before she could get the bottle corked up again
she was entirely cured. We tire assured that
the croup is now nothing, if you only have the
right medicines by you. Measles are right
down good fun, and teething and convulsions
medical diversions. Scarlet fever, that bloody
horror of the nursery, the moment he sees
Dr. Hahnemann, ‘comes right down.’ Indeed,
the old reddragon is crestfallen, and goes about
tis different from the scarlet fever of Allopathy,
as Red Jack,civilized into drunkenness and into
a ditch, was from the whilom savages who
greeted a midnight village with a war whoop,
and found the way into it by tbe light of its
bla zingroofs.
If one dies under this practice, we are assured
that ‘all men must die when their time comes,
in spite of all medicine.’ And this seems ra
tional. But if it had been Allopathy, they
would have taken us by the button, shook their
sad beads, sighed, and ejaculated, strange!’as
if no excuse could be given for a man who died
intlie pale of the old school. It was evideutlv
suicide!
Then, too, there is no harm done, even if
there is no good we are told. Pa and tna are
afraid of strong medicine ! But these darling
little dainties, these pills for fairies, you may
take any number without danger. Indeed, their
power is inversely as their number. Three are
better than four, two better than three, one bet
ter than two, and none at all better than—but
w-e will not say that.
But we have observed how much more medi
cine is taken by many of our kind friends of
this school titan by us. To be sure, a siout blue
pill is a mountain by the side of their Homoeo
pathic dust. But then we only take such once
a year. Now medicine so harmless as those
dear little phials contain is a very temptation.
Does the head ache ?—a pill. “ A stitch in the
side?—a pill. Heavy eyelids, with recuriing
symptoms about the same time every night ?
pill- Is the nose stuffed ?—catarrh ]—nux vomi
ca. Does the nose run like a fugitive slave?—
lachesis. Is it suddenly arrested and shut jip ?
— aconite. Is one troubled in the facet De
liverance abounds. A hard face, without feel
ing? as little quicksilver. Redness in tli face,
agitation and dispositions to crawl? belladonna.
And so on. Life with some nervous people be
comes an interesting game. Their like
a forest, pains are the wild beasts and” pellets
the means of hunting them, and the patient lies
in watch for pain with as much zeal as a lumter
among the reeds for the descent of a flocloof
ducks. He and she have got something that
will do the business for them.
In £cod earnest we regard medicines with^
little favor. Our first receipt for sickness is not
to get sick; our second reliance is upon a well
bred, sensible doctor. We select the doctor ;it
is his business to select the medicine, and we do
not care a pin what it is.”
“ Ilonor to whom Honor is due.”
At the Grand Banquet given to the delega
tions that came to Washington to present a me
morial for the release of the Irish Exiles, Mr.
Curtis, of Arlington, the presiding officer, upon
his health beingdrunk, addressed the company;
and in the course of his speech gave a most
touching portrait of the Irish soldier ol the
American Revolution, drawn from the life, lie
9nid:
“ Returning to m” house one afternoon, some
five and twenty years ago, I discovered sitting
on the steps of the portico an aged and brokeu
man. lie introduced himself with ‘I made so
bold as to call upon your honor, knowing that
vmi came from Mount Vernon ; ah ! and so did
T. long, long years ago. our honor sees be
fore ve all that the war of the Revolution and
the horrors of the prison-ship have left of poor
John Bvrne. Tt. was a stout young Irish lad,
a weaver on the Mount Vernon estate, when the
war broke out. and the drum and fife beat up
for recruits to the armv of the
Arrnh ! but to the devil T pitched the shuttle,
took up the musket, and, with a hurrah for
Amerikav. T enlisted under the brave Captain
Fitzgerald ; in the 3d Virginia regiment, com
manded by General Mercer. H c marched to
the North and had fighting to our heart’s con
tent, from the battle of Long Island to that of
Monmouth. At the Brandywine I was slight
ly wounded ; and having faithfully served out
mv time of enlistment, I re-enlisted and march
ed to the South, where T was made prisoner at
the surrender of Charleston, in South Carolina.
Upon the prisoners being paraded for inspec.
tion mv brogue at once betrayed me. and 1 was
popped into tbe prison-shin as a compliment
due to mv native land. Being a fine voung
man. with the reputation of an excellent soldier,
great efforts were made to induce me to aban
don my colors and enlist in the British service;
to all of which I made but one reply, ‘Hurrah
for Americkav !’ Then came the horrors of a
prison ship, mv poor fellow sufferers perishing
daily before my eves; every dav the wretched
survivors being called ‘upon deck.’ while the
British officers chinked their gold in our ears,
offering us food, clothing, gold, pardon, and pro
tection, to enlist in His Majesty's service.
“Reduced to despair by the miseries that I
endured, T determined to escape or perish in the
attempt, believing the bullet to be more merci
ful than the prison-ship. I crawled on deck,
and grasping a rope let mvself down over the
side of the vessel. The sentinel saw me, but
disdaining to ffreon so miserable an object as I
was, he left it to the sharks, that were in great
numbers around ihe slop,to do his business;
but the monsters of the deep were already
over-gorged w"’th the bodies of mv companions ;
and, indeed, my appearance offered no tempta
tion to even the maw of a shark. Being a good
swimmer. T soon reached the shore ; and bv
hiding in the swamps by dav. and travelling by
night, (begging a crust of bread or a drawglyfc
of milk of the negroes on the plantations.) f at
last reached Greene’s army on the high hills of
Santee. My former comrades, with whom I
had served in the campaigns q£ the middle
States, knew me no morq. ‘What,> said they,
do yoh tell ns that you are John Byrne, our
old feribw-soldier ? that the miserable skeleton
before us is the once stout, dashing fellow, who
was among the foremost in the fight, and would
ha\e his joke, even under the enemy’s fire ! W©
can t believe it.’ The tale of mv miseries touch
ed the noble heart of General Greene, who or
dered me to be fed, clothed, and well cared for,
even sending me comforts from the head quar
ters.
length, aided by youth and a strong
constitution, and under the manifold kindness
I receiced in the camp ot General Greene, I
was restored to health and vigor, and rejoined
rnv colors, being attached to the old Maryland
Line. V e marched to the low country, and at
the battle of Eutaw, (the crowning glory of the
war iu the South,) when Colonels Howard and
Ot ho Williams rode up to our line and cried
‘Spare your powder, my boys, and give their,
the bayonet,’ believe me,your honor, when 1
say John Byrne was not idlo. Hurrah for
Americkay!’
Such, oh, Americans! was an Irish soldier
of your Revolution, whose war-cry was heard
high above the fury of the fight in the battles ‘
of your independence— hurrah for Americkay! *
Such was an Irish soldier of your Revolution, ’
who, when ‘sharp misery had Worn him to the
bone,’ amid the hell-like horrors and cruelties
of the prison-ship, refused the temptations o
pardon, plenty, and gold to abandon you’
and when restored to health and vigot
again joined your colors and again rushed U
combats ot your independence with i
’hurrah for Americkay !’ ”
The Orator continued:
“And have we not had yet another war of in
dependence since the brave old days of ’76
Aye; and the maitial annals of those time
w ill toll you that at Chippewa, at Bridgewatei
and many another hard-foughten field, man
a ‘John Byrne was not idle.’-**™
“And yet another war! Look at the gloric
ot Palo Alto, of liesaca de la Palma, of Cerr
Gordo! ah! did I say Cerro Gordo? An
have we not here, in the midst of this ’festh
assembly, a living witness to prove that at Cen
Gordo a ’John Byrne was not idle ?’ Let hit
stand forth while we render ‘honor to whot
honoris due;’ honor to the brave !”
Here General Shields arose from his sea
when the veteran orator, bowing to tbe Gen
ral, emphatically pronounced, ‘And Nath,
said unto David, 7'hon art the man.’
The gallant General returned thecomplime
by bow ing to the rostrum, while the hall rat
with long and loud reclamations. — Natim*
Intelligencer , Ftb. 18. V
A Good Oxk.-A good Deacon, at a cons
enee meeting in the town of D , about
miles north of Boston, addressed his audito
one Sabbath evening as follows : “ My frien
there is anew doctrine going about nov
days. We are told that all mankind arc .
mg to Heaven. But, my brethren and sist >
we hope for better things.”
“I w'antsch to schipp in the LuoiOa,’.* .ai J
Ducthman to the clerk of a shipping office 1 fl
“Well,” said the clerk, pen Ip hJ J
is your name ?
“ltish Hans VanasmananderdaunsevarJ
mendeym.chentenechuiedetmitdeschupvonll 1
mp! s*.d Dutchy, gravely spitting ou: I
old quid, and taking a fresh one ,
“Heavens !’ sa id .|j e clerk, , do j M
uvhat it is m English ?” 3 U MJ
Yaw, hh does*. YonSmidf?” /
NO. 50.