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EAGLE‘HOTEL, -Oglethorpe, Ga.
A SPLENDID brick addition having recently beer.
Sinade Us this Hotel, the undersigned has now auii'lc
room and superior facilities for the accommodation
of Hie travelling public and boarders. The House im U
imt central Uusi.n... part of Oglethorpe and every effort w ill
Us tnadu to givu entire satisfaction to all who may ca up ‘
proprietor _ decM- t .. 1 K> 1H.1.L. _
WILLIAMS, OLIVER AND BROWN,
ATTORNEYS AT LAW,
IR ENA VISTA, MARION COUNTY, DA.
\ I TILL practice in the counties of Marion, Macon, lions- |
\\ toil, Stewart, Kandolph, M iscogce, and any ad- j
joining counties where their service* may be required.
\VM.WILLIAMS, TIIADDEUS OLIVER, JACK BROWN,
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Warren & Warren,
ATTORNEYS AT LAW,
ALBANY, GA.
A \711.L practice in the following counties: Sumpter, Baker
\ \ Eariv, Thomas, Lee, Kandolph, Decatur and Lowndes.
TI T WAtlltlC* P. D. WARREN.
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s. A R. P. HALL,
ATTORNEYS AT LAW,
Macon, D a .
tUeieic on C-uton Avenue, otrer Little’s Drug Store, (octl
E. N. WHITTLE,
Attorney at Law,
jan3 .U.iCO.V, GA. -ly
LAMAR & LOCHHANE,
Attorneys and Counsellors at Law’.
OrrKE OVER HE MIEN t co's. Hat STORE, MACON. OA.
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V counties: Bibb, Monroe, Pike, Houston, Dooly, Sum
ttr, Crawford, Maeon, Jones arid Twiggs, and in the Supreme
•furtat Macon, Decatur and Columbus.
All cases placed in our hands for collection will bo punctuaL
b attended to.
n -a. Lamar, (fob 28) O. a. COCHRANE.
LAW NOTICE.
r P ll'. undersigned have associated themselves together in
1- the practice of Law, under the name and style of \\ aß
a“,< lUmcuries,and will attend ali the counties as hereto
fore - ELI WARItEN,
Perry, Jan. 22. 3t P. S. HUMPH KIES.
M VLL & CARY, ATTORNEY’!* AT LAW, Macon,
Ha Will practice in the counties of Bibb, Monroe, I’p
•‘‘•re and Spaulding. Office over Dr. Little's Drug Store,
octie -ly
DS. C. A. WILEXJR,
1 d's ICE—Concert Hall Building, over I’ayne fc Ni.betv
hr “i Store. dec 4-ly #
Medical Notice.
j|lt. R. 3IcGOLDRICK has returned and wil
f. resume ttie duties of his profession iu the various bran-
J ‘ledicine, Surgery, Obstetrics, itc. He lias removed
‘(.lie e and dwelling to the corner of Vi’alnut and Bridge
, _ nov2u
c, H, FREEMAN,
—manufacturer of—
Candies, Cordials, Syrups, &c., *Vc.
H l, h the Office of the Geo. Citizen, Cotton Aienvr, Attic on, Gtu
u IN'O just returned from New York, with the latest
Uii ‘T*” of ornamenting and embellishing PARTY AND
tom EAKE,iB prepared to give satisfaction to all cus
rith.. ‘ W ‘ ll l ,erß ° na ' l y attend to the equipment of tallies,
t , r |' rin town or country, at short notice and on reasonable
OCtlli
Millinery and Fancy Goods.
MRS. D AMO UR is receiving by jjat
; \ e ach steamer from New York, new
and fashionable Goods in her line"—
Silk n as 01) ‘ a full assortment of ‘*'■ J ’
mu i * ,0 °^ S ’ Yelvet and Straw Bonnets, o!’
las ana r’f 8 ’ 0U8 ’ Hewers. Laces, Gloves, Mantil
‘•ombs loaks * Shawls . Lresa Trimmings of all kinds ;
‘uiiev -i r 7 f ,race ' els > an d a general assortment of
pet 16 ts t! ' at afe 2 f ' npr !ly kept in that line,
Macon Musical Institute,
AT TEMPERANCE HALL.
T)ROFS. BENNETT Ac CLARKE would re-
JL spectfully invite the attention of their friends and the
public to the unusual facilities which they are enabled to af
ford those wishing to receive Musical instruction. They are
prepared to give le3onson the following instruments, to pu
pils at their residences: Organ, Piano Forte, Guitar, Violin,
Flute, Cornet, Flageolet and Violincello. The rate of tuition
will he sls per quarter of three months, invariably in ad
vance. We are also prepared to instruct Brass Bands, Glee
Clubs. Singing Classes and Musical Societies.
Having had ample experience during a series of years,
we pledge ourselves to give entire satisfaction to those who
may favor us with their patronage.
WILLIAM BENNET,
,ian 20 1m CLAUDE H. CLARKE.
REMOVAL. —Dr. BENSON has removed to the cor
ner of Mulberry and 4th Sis., nearly opposite his former resi
dence.
Dr. H. will continue to practice Medicine and Surgery in all
their departments !>■ in the city and .onntry. oct9
GEORGE PAYNE,
DRUGGIST AND STATE LICENSED APOTHECARY,
OFFERS at wholesale and retail, a general stock of
AiJ DRUGS, MEDICINES, Chemicals, Instruments, Paints,
‘^- £ *Oils, Dyes, Perfumery, Brushes, Garden Seeds and other
articles usually kept in a Drug Store. An experience of twen
ty years in the Drug and Apothecary business, enables him to
say to the public with confidence, that all Medicines and pre
scriptions sold by him, shall ho genuine and pure, and will al
ways give satisfaction. jan22
’ THE PDET'S fcOBJjER. -
The Family .Heeling.
[The following lines were written on the occasion”
of the accidental meeting, of all the surviving mem
bers of a family, the father and mother of which, (one
eighty-throe, the other eighty year., <i!.lj have lived
in the same house Jifly-three jje’trs.]
We ate all here 1
Father, mother,
Sister, brothel*,
All who hold each other dear,
Each chair is fill’d, we’re nil ut home,
To-night let no cold stranger come ;
It is not often thus around
Our old familiar hearth we’re found—
Bless then the meeting and the spot,
For one# then he every care forgot:
Let gentle peace assert her power,
And kind affection rule the hour :
We’re all—all here.
We re not all here !
Some are away—the dead ottrs dear,
W ho throng’d, with us, this ancient hearth,
And gave the hour to guileless mirth.
Fate, with a stent, relentless hand,
Look'd in, and thinu'd our little hand ;
Some like a uight-llash passed away,
And some sank, lingering, day bv dav ;
The quiit grave-yard—some lie there,
And cruel Ocean lias his share
We’re not all hero.
We ore nil here !
Even they—the dead—though dead, so dear.
Fond memory, to iter duty true,
Brings back their faded lorin to view*.
How life-like through the mist of year*,
Each well-remembered face appears ;
W e see them as in times long past,
From each to each kind looks arc cast!
\Y e hear their words, their smiles behold,
They’re round us, as they were of old—
We are ali here.
A\ e are all here I
Father, mother,
Sister, brother,
You that I love with love no dear—
This may not long of us he said,
Soon must we join the gather’d dead,
And by the hearth we now* sit round,
Some other circle will he found.
O, then that way we know,
That yields a life of peace below ;
So in the world to follow this,
May each repeat, in words of bliss.
We’re till—all here.
The reader will find in the annexed lines a
sarcasm ou the injustice of the world, replete with
everything that can give pungency to satire and criti
cism. It cannot he denied that the injustice to which
these stanzas refer, is realized every day and every
hour, by woman :
THE DIFFERENCE.
MAX.
If he wears a good coat,
Lift him up, lift him up ;
Though lie he hut a bloat,
Lift him up.
If lie lias not common sense,
And can boast a few pence,
Lift him up.
If his face shows no shame,
Lift him up, lift him up ;
Though crime is his name,
Lift him up.
Though their disgrace be his sport,
Let your daughters kiin court —
Lift him up.
Though he brings some disgrace,
Lift him up, lift hint up 5
And bring the blush to your face,
Lift him up.
Society him needs—
Never mind his black deeds—
Lift him up.
woman.
{f woman once errs,
Kick her down, kick her down 5
If misfortune is Iters,
Kick her down ;
Though her tears fall like rain,
And she ne’er smiles again,
Kick her down.
If a man breaks her heart,
Kick her down, kick her down ;
Redouble the smart—
Kick her down ;
And if in low condition,
On, on to perdition,
Kick her down.
— HIM 1m
The First Nuptial ( haml>cj\
Now that bridal chambers seem to have become a
necessary appendage to a modern hotel, says the
Philadelphia Sun, it will interest antiquaries to look
back and see how they were constructed in the “ good
old days of Adam and Eve.*’ Satin and gold, mir
rors and lace, are the modern adjuncts, but the nup
tial chamber of our first parents, as described by
Milton, was far superior :
“ It was a place
Chosen by the sovereign Planter, when he framed
All things to mail’s delightful uso; the roof
( Os thickest ccveyt was inwoven shade,
Laurel and myrtle, and what higher grew
Os firm and fragrant leaf; on cither side
Acanthus and each odorous bushy sltrub
Fenced up the verdant wall; each beauteous flower,
Iris all hues, roses, and jessamin,
Reared high their flourished heads between and
wrought
Mosaic; under foot the violet,
j Crocus, and hyacinth with rich inlay
Broidered the ground, more colored than with stone
Os costliest emblem.
Here in close recess,
1 With flowers, garlands, and sweet-smelling herbs,
| Espoused Eve decked first her nuptial bed.’’
MACON, GEORGIA, SATURDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY 19, 1853.
MISCELLANY.
TIIE TWO MOTTOES.
lit the coach-office at Cernay, stood two young
men, who had just taken their places for Kaysersberg.
They were of the same age—each about four and
twenty ; hut there were remarkable differences in
their physiognomy and general appearance. The
shorter of the two was dark, pale, quick in his move
ments, and of an impatient vivacity of manner, which
betrayed, at a first glance, his Southern origin. Ilis
companion, on the contrary, tall, fair, and ruddy, was
a perfect type of that mixed Alsatian race, in which
French expansiveness is happily blended with German
good humor. 011 the ground at their feet were two
small portmanteaus, upon which cards of address
were fastened, with sealing-wax. On one of these
cards was inscribed :
Henry Fortin, Marseilles ;
and at its four cottiers a seal had impressed upon the
wax the motto Mon Droit. (My Right.)
On the other card was written :
Joseimi Mllzen, Straskurg;
and the motto of the seal was Caritas. (Charity.)
The office-keeper had entered their names in his
hook, and added the wolds, icith two portmanteaus ,
when Henry demanded that these should be weighed.
They would be weighed at Kaysersberg, the office
keeper replied. The young man said it wonld be
inconvenient to he delayed by that formality the
moment they arrived. It was his right, he main
tained, to have them w eighed at once. The office
keeper, thus hard pressed, grew obstinate in his turn.
In win did Joseph interfere, and remind llenry that
they had barely time to dine before departure. In
virtue of his motto, the Marseillese never gave way
when ho thought lie was in the right; and he always
thought that. At last, the office-keeper, weary of
the dispute, heat a retreat, and escaped into his dwel
ling-house. llenry would have countiuucd the dis
cussion with the porter, hut fortunately the porter
spoke nothing but German. So he was fain to accom
pany his friend to the inn, venting upon him by the
way the superbundance of his ill-humor.
‘By heavens !’ lie exclaimed, as soon as they
were in the street, ‘you would make a saint swear!
What! yon would not buck me against that obstinate
fellow :
‘lt seems to tne,’ replied Joseph, with a smile, ‘that
it was rather lie who was in want of a backer ; you
brought forward as formidable an array of arguments
as if your fortune or your honor had been at stake,’
‘ln your opinion, then, I should have done better
not to defend my right ?’
‘W hen the right is not worth defending.’
‘Ah, how like you !’ interrupted Usury, warmly;
‘you are always ready to yield ; one must be walking
over your body before you think of defending yourself.
Instead of considering the world as a battle-field, you
take it to be a drawing-room, for the interchange of
courtesies.’
‘Not so,’ replied Joseph, ‘hut a great ship, all tho
passengers by which owe each other reciprocal friend
liness and toleration. Every man is my friend, until
he has declared himself my enemy.’ ’
‘For my part, I consider every man my enemy
until he has declared himself my friend,’ replied the
Marseillese. ‘lt is a prudent system, which 1 have
always found to answer, and I advise you to adopt it
at Kaysersberg. There wo shall find ourselves face
to face with our uncle’s other heirs, who will not fail
to appropriate all they can of the inheritance. For
my part, I am determined to concede nothing to them.’
Thus conversing, the cousins reached the White
Horse Inn. and entered the public dining room,which
was unoccupied, save by the hostess, who was laying,
for three persons only, a large table, at one end of the
apartment. llenry ordered two more knives and
forks to be laid for himself and Joseph.
T beg your pardon, sir,’ sdiJ the woman, ‘hut you
cannot dine here.’
‘Why bo?’ inquired the young man.
‘Because the three persons for whom we have just
laid this table desire to dine alone.’
‘Lit them dine in their own room, then,’ replied
Henry, abruptly. ‘This is is the public, room, and
and the public table ; here every traveller Las a l ight
to enter and to dine.’
‘What matter, ’ said Joseph, “whether we dine hero
or in another room ?’
‘And what does it matter to these three persons
whether we dine here or not ?’ retorted Henry.
‘They came before you, sir,’ objected the hostess.
‘Then, in your inn, it is the first corners who lay
down the law V cried Henry.
‘Besides that, they are persons whom we know.’
‘And you care more for them than for us ?’
‘You understand, sir, that when customers are in
the case ’
‘All other travellers must submit to their caprices?’
‘Your dinner shall ho laid elsewhere.’
Acs, with the broken meat from your favorites’
table, I suppose?’
The hostess was hurt by this imputation upon her
establishment.
Ts the gentleman is afraid of getting a bad dinner
at the White Horse, there are other inns at Cernay,’
said she.
‘I was just thinking so,’ replied Henry, quickly,
taking up liis hat, and, without listening to Joseph,
who tried to detain him, lie darted out of the room,
and disappeared.
Mulzen knew by experience, that the best plan, in
cases like the present, was to let liis cousin’s ill humor
burn itself out, and that any attempt to recall him to
reason only served to aggravate his pugnacity. He
resolved, thererefore, to let him seek hjs dinner else
where, and ordered liis own to he served up ia an
adjoining apartment. But just as lie was about ad
journing to it, tlie three expected guests entered the
public room. These were an old lady and her niece,
and a gentleman about fifty years of age. The hostess,
who was telling them what had just occurred, stopped
short at sight of Joseph, who bowed, and was with
drawing, when the gentleman detained him. ‘I am
grieved, eir, said lie, urbanely, ‘to learn the dispute
that has occurred. 111 desiring to dine alone, our
object was to avoid the society of persons whose con
versation and manners might have shocked these
ladies. But certainly, we were far from desiring to
drive away customers from the White Horse, as your
friend perhaps belieyed ; and, in proof of what I say,
I beg you to do us tho favor of sitting down to dinner
with us.’
Joseph would have refused, declaring himself in no
way offended by a precaution which he found quite
natural; hut Mr. Bosnian (it was thus the two ladies
called their companion) pressed his invitation in so
cordial and friendly a manner, that Le ended by accept
ing.
The old lady, who seemed little accustomed to
travel, sat down opposite to him, with her niece, and
heaved a deep sigh.
‘You are tired, Charlotte ?’ said Mr. Bosnian.
‘Tired indeed !’ replied the eld woman ; ‘as well 1
may be, ufter being shaken up for a whole day in
that crazy [coach, getting my meals irregularly, and
running all maimer of dangers; for 1 know not how
w*e escaped being upset twenty times. The diligence
was always leaning to one side or to the other ! I
would give a year ofiny life that our journey were at
an end.’
‘Fortunately the bargain is impossible!’ cried the
young girl, smiling, and kissing her aunt.
‘Yes, yes, you laugh at my troubles,’ said Miss
Charlotte, iu a half grumbling, half affectionate tone ;
‘young girls, now-a-days, fear nothing! They travel
by railway and steamboat —they would travel by bal
loons, ii they could get places. It is the Revolution
that has made them so bold. Before that the bravest
among them travelled only in carts, or on assbaek ;
and even then, only when they had pressing business.
I have heard my poor mother say that she never
would travel in any other way than on foot.’
‘Yes,’ observed Mr. Busman, ‘and therefore, her
farthest journey was only to the chief of her canton.’
‘That did not prevent her being a worthy and
happy woman,’ replied Miss Charlotte. ‘When the
bird lias built his nest, he stays there. The present
custom of passing one’s time upon the high road,
impairs one’s love of home and family ; people get a
habit of being at home everywhere. It may be more
advantageous to society at large, but it renders indi
viduals less good and less happy.’
‘Come, come, Charlotte, said Mr. Bosnian, gaily;
your lute jolting has set you against all journeys, hut
1 hope your discontent will disappear before this excel
lent soup. I appeal to your impartiality whether a
better can be got, even at Fontaine.’
Tho dialogue continued in this strain of affectionate
familiarity. Joseph at first maintained a discreet
silence, hut Mr. Bosnian spoke to him several times,
and conversation had become general, when the
waiter came in to say that the diligeuce was about
starting. They paid for their dinner, and hastened
to the coach office.
On arriving there, Joseph saw liis cousin hurrying
up. While Mulzen had dined, Henry had run from
one tavern to another, finding nothing ready at any
of them, and at last, pressed for time, he had been
fain to buy a roll and some fruit, which he ate as lie
ran.
As may bo imagined, the frugal repast had done
little to sweeten his temper. Joseph observed this,
and abstained from questioning him. Indeed, lie had
no time, for the way-bill was already being called over,
and the travellers were about to take their places,
when the office-keeper discovered that he had made a
mistake, had booked two persons too many, and that
the coach was full without Mulzen and Fortin.
‘Full!’ cried Henry; ‘but I paid you my fare.’
‘I will return it to you, sir,’ replied the clerk.
‘Not at all,’ answered the young man. ‘Having
onco taken my money, there is a contract between us.
I have a tight to a place, and a place I will have.’
And so saying, he grasped a strap and ascended
the imperial, where was a place as yet unfilled. The
traveller to whom it belonged protested against this
usurpation ; hut Henry persisted, declaring that none
had a right to make him get down, and that if any
one attempted it, lie would repel violence by violence.
Joseph in vain attempted to compromise the matter;
the Marseillese, whose humor had been by no means
mended by his had dinner, persisted in his resolution.
‘To every one his right,’ cried he ; ‘that is my
motto. Your's is ‘Charity.’ Be as charitable as
you please. For my part, lam satisfied with justice.
I have paid for this place, and it belongs to me. I
shall keep it’
The traveller whose place lie filled, objected his
priority of possession ; but Henry, who was a lawyer,
replied by quotations from the code. There was a
sharp interchain: • of violent explanations, recrimina
tions, and menaces. Miss Charlotte, who heard
everything from her place in the coupe , groaned and
sighed her alarm, and recommenced her diatribes
against travelling in general, and public vehicles in
particular. At last, Joseph, perceiving that tho dis
pute became more and more envenomod, proposed to
the office-keeper to have a horse put to a cabriolet
which stood in the yard, and in which he and the
dispossessed traveller would continue their journey.
The expedient was adopted by the parties concerned,
and the diligence set off.
It was in the month of November ; the air, damp
and chilly at the moment of departure, grew colder
still as night approached. Henry Fortin, accustomed
to tho sun of I’rovence, was anything hut comfortable
in his exposed place upon the top of the diligence. In
vain did he bution his great coat to the chin ; he shiv
ered like a leaf, in the frigid evening fog. His lips
were blue, and his teeth chattered. Soon a small icy
rain, driven full in his face by the wind, penetrated
his clothes. His neighbor, protected by an ample
blanket-cloak, might easily have spared him a portion
of it, and been no worse off himself; hut the neighbor
was a corpulent shopkeeper, very teudei* of his own
person, and extremely careless of the comfort of others.
When Fortin refused to give up the place of which he
had taken possession, the fat man applauded, declaring
that ‘every one travelled for Ills own account, and
should look after his own interests ;’ principles which
the young man then found perfectly reasonable, and
from whoso application lie now suffered. About the
middle of the journey, the stout traveller put his head
out of his cloak, looked at his neighbor, and said :
‘You seem very cold, sir.’
‘I am wet to the skin,’ replied Fortin, who could
hardly speak.
The fat man shook himself in his huge wrapper,
as if intensely enjoying the warmth and dryness it
secured him.
‘lt is very bad for the health to get wet,’ said he,
philosophically. ‘Another time I advise you to bring
a cloak like mine. It is yerv warm, and not dear.’
Having given this sensible advice, lie withdrew liis
Comfortable countenance within his snug garment, and
relapsed into a luxurious doze.
It was long after nightfall when the diligence
arrived at lyaysersburg. Half dead with cold, Fortin
scrambled down from the roof, and sought refuge in
the inn kitchen, where a largo fire blazed. On en
tering, he found a group of travellers already assem
bled round the cheerful hearth, and amongst them, to
liis surprise, were liis cousin and the traveller whom
he had deprived of liis place. Tho cabriolet had taken
them by a cross road, which was a short cut, and
they had been an hour at the ini).
On remarking his cousin’s deplorable plight, Mulzen
at once gave up his chair to him. As fur the travel
ler whom Fortin had dispossessed at Cernay, he could
not restrain a hearty laugh.
‘Upon my word!’ he cried,‘l must thank this gen
tlemau for having driven me from the imperial of the
diligence ; for, had he not done 60, I should now he
wet and half frozen, as he is, instead of being warm
and comfortable, as I am.’
Fortin’s position was altogether too bad to admit
of a retort. He sat dowc before the fire, and tried to
warm himself.
As soon its he was a little revived, he asked for a
room and a bed ; but the Kayscrsburg fair was only
just over, and the inn was full of persons who were to
leave next morning. Joseph and his companion,
although they had arrived before the diligence, had
found but one small bed vacant, which tho former
had generously given up to the latter. However, after
much inquiry and investigation, it came out that there
was another bed disengaged ; but this stood in a room
with four others, occupied by four podlcrs, who refused
to admit a stranger into the apartment.
‘Did they engage tho room for themselves alone ?’
inquired Fortin.
‘By no means,’ replied tho inn-keeper.
‘Then you have a right to dispose of the unoccupied
bed?’
‘Undoubtedly.’
‘Then what reasons do they give for refusing to
admit a fifth person into the room ?’
‘No reason at all; but they are four rough-looking
fellows, and nobody cared to have a quarrel with
them.’
Fortin rose quickly from his seat.
‘This is weakness,’ cried he. ‘For my part, 1
certainly will no sleep upon a chair, because four
strangers think proper to monopolize five beds. Show
mo their room. They must be made to hear reason.’
‘Have a care, Henry, said Mulzen. ‘They are bru
tal, ill-conditioned fellows.’
‘Does their brutality entitle them to make us sit np
all night ?’ sharply demanded the native of Marseilles.
‘No, par die u ! I will go to bed in spite of them.’
lie put on his traveling cap, and was leaving the
room in company with the innkeeper, when Mr.
Rosman, who, whilst seeking a man to carry his bag
gage, had overheard the conversation, approached the
two cousins.
‘I perceive, gentlemen,’ said he, with his friendly,
smiling air, ‘that you have difficulty in finding beds
for to-night.’
‘I shall uot be long without one,’ replied Henry,
passing on.
‘One moment,’ said Mr. Rosman. ‘Those men
will reply to your reasons with insults, and you may
have difficulty in getting them to admit your right.
Had you not better accept beds at my house, gentle
men ? I live but a few yards off, and shall have
great pleasure in receiving you.’
Fortin and Mulzen bowed, and returned their
thanks for this hospitable invitation, but in very dif
ferent tones. That of Mulzen was grateful and joy
ous; that of his companion constrained, although po
lite. llenry had not yet forgotten that Mr. Rosman
was the primary cause of the meagreness of liis din
ner, at Cernay.
‘You are too obliging, sir,’ said he softening his
voice ; ‘but I would not on any account occasion you
so much trouble. It ir well, besides, to give a lesson
to these people, and to respect the rights of travellers.’
Having thus spoken, he again bowed, and betook
himself to the apartment occupied by the pedlers.
Mulzen, fearing a quarrel, followed him ; but whether
it was that the hawkers did not care much about the
matter, or that they were daunted by the Provencal’s
resolute mien, they contented themselves with a little
grumbling, in spite of which llenry installed himself
in the fifth bed. Ilis cousin, relieved of his apprehen
sions, then descended the stairs, and joined Mr. Ros
man, who had been so obliging as to wait for him.
Miss Charlotte and her niece Louisa were prepar
ing the tea before a crackling fire of fir-cones. Mulzen’s
guide spoke a few words in a low voice to the two
ladies, who received the young man with courteous
kindness. They made him sit down at the table,
and Louisa filled the cups. As to Miss Charlotte, she
had not yet recovered from the fatigue of her jour
ney. Seated in her arm-chair, she fancied she still
felt the jolts of the diligence, and heard the rattle of
tlie wheels in the singing of the kettle. She did not
forget, however, to inquire what had become of the
young man who had carried tho imperial of the dili
gence by assault, at Cernay, and Mr. Bosnian related
what had fust occurred at the inn.
‘Bless me!’cried Miss Charlotte, ‘ho passes his life
in search of quarrels and litigation ! lie is a man to
he avoided like a pestilence.’
‘lt is impossible to have a better heart or more
upright character,’ replied Mulzen ; ‘hut he makes a
point of acting up to his motto : ‘2'o every one his
rights’
/ ‘Whereas, your motto, is ‘ Charity ,’ rejoined tho
old lad)*, with a smile, ‘Oh ! I overheard all that
passed at Cernay.’
‘You travel together ?* inquired Mr. Rosman.
‘We are cousins,’ replied Mulzen, ‘and we have
come to Kaysersberg to bo present at the opening of
a will, which takes place to-morrow.’
‘A will!’ repeated Miss Charlotte, in a tone of
surprise.
‘The will of our uncle, Doctor Ilarver.’
The two ladies and Mr. Rosman looked at each
other.
‘Ah ! you are the doctor’s relatives,’ said Mr. Ros
man, gazing at the young man, with a certain degree
of interest. ‘Chance could hardly have directed you
better, sir, for I was lib oldest and most intimate
friend.’
This sort of mutual recognition naturally led the
conversation to tho subject of the deceased doctor.
Mulzen had never seen him, but he felt for him that
sort of respectful regard which instinct establishes
between members of tho same family, lie talked a
long time of the doctor, and listened with interest to
details of liis life and of his last moments ; and at last,
after one of those intimate conversations in which heart
and mind throw off disguise, and display themselves
as they really are, he retired to bed, delighted with
his hosts, who, on their part, were equally pleased
with him.
Tired with liis journey, it was late when 110 awoke
the next morning, 110 hastened to dress himself, in
order to seek his cousin, whom lie was to accompany
to the notary’s, with whom tlie will was deposited.
But on going down into the breakfast room, he found
the notary there, with Mr. Bosnian, and with Fortin,
for whom a messenger had been sent. Miss Char
lotte and Louisa soon appeared. When all were
assembled, Mr, llosman turned to the two young men,
and said, with a smile:
‘All here present are interested iu the matter which
brings you to Kaysersberg, gentlemen ; for my sister
in-law, Miss Charlotte Revel, and her niece, Louisa
Armand, whose guardian I am, have conio hither,
like yourselves, to witness the opening of the will of
their brother and uncle, Doctor Ilarver.’
The two young men bowed to Miss Charlotte and
Miss Louisa, who returned their salutation.
‘dinco accident has brought together all the parties
concerned,’ continued Mr. Rosman, ‘I thought tho
Doctor’s last wishes might he made public here as
well as at the Rotary’s office.’
Fortin made a sign of assent. Everybody sat
down, and tho notary was about to lifeak tho seal of
the will, when ho checked himself.
‘This will,’ he said, ‘is or old date, and during the
latter months of his life, Dr. Ilarver told me several
times that it was }iis intention to destroy it, so that
each of his heirs might receive the share regulated by
law. The non-execution of his intention 1 can explain
only by tlie suddenness of his death. 1 deem it my
duty to declare this ; akd now I ask all the interested
persons hero present whether they are disposed to
fulfil tho doctor’s expressed intention, and to cancel
this will with one cousent, before any know whom the
document enriches.’
This unexpected proposal was followed by a pause
of some moments’ duration. Mulzeu was the first to
break silence.
‘As far as l am concerned,’ said lie, modestly,
‘having no particular claim upon the good will of the
deceased, I cannot consider that l make a sacrifice in
agreeing to an equal division of the property, and I
am quite willing to consent to it.’
‘For my part,’ said Miss Charlotte, ‘I make no
objection whatever,.’
‘ln the name of m/ ward,’ said Mr. Rosman, ‘I
give my consent.’
‘Then,’ said the notary, turning to Henry, ‘there
is only this gentleman ’
Fortin seemed somewhat embarrassed,
‘Like my cousin,’ lie at last said, ‘I havo no ground
to expect that the will will favor me, hut that is the
very reason why I should he guarded iri my decision.
Whatever may have been the Doctor’s intentions, liis
will alone can now be considered to express them.
To neutralize beforehand his testamentary dispositions,
is to infringe both on the rights of the will, and on
those of the unknown legatee.’
‘Let u say no more about it,’ interrupted the nota
ry. 4 Prompt and perfect unanimity could alone make
legitimate my proposition. Let us remain within the
strict limits of legal right, as you, sir, propose 5 and
now be pleased to listen.’
With these words lie tore envelope, opeued the
will, and read as follows :
‘Of the four persons who own lay clan., to my
inheritance, I know but two: my sister Charlotte
Revel, and my niece, Louisa Armand. But these
two, loug united by the strictest affection, have but
one common interest, and may be considered, in fact,
to constitute but one person. With respc*et to them,
threfure, 1 have only Louisa to consider. My first
intention was to bequeath to her all I possess ; but it
afterwards occurred to me that one of my nephews
might be equally worthy of my regard. The sole
difficulty is to find out which of the two it is.
‘Unable to investigate this point myself, and well
knowing the intelligence and right mindedness of my
niece, Louisa, I refer the matter to her judgment;
and I constitute my sole heir that ono of tho two
cousins whom sho shall select for her husband.
‘llaryer.’
When the notary paused, after completing the
perusal of tlie will of the eccentric hut well-meaning
doctor, a silence of some duration ensueJ. The two |
young men looked embarrassed, and Louisa held down
her head.
‘Mon Dieu /’ cred Miss Charlotte, at last, ‘the
doctor has bequeathed a very difficult task to my
niece:’
‘Less difficult than you think, sister,’ said Rosman,
smiling. ‘I have long been well acquainted with the
contents of Ilarver'a will, and I made inquiries in
consequence. The result of those inquiries convinced
tne that, whatever her choice, tbero was nothing to
fear for Louisa.’
‘Then let Miss Armand decide,’ said the notary, *
laughing. ‘Since there is safety iu cither case, she
lias but to consult her inspirations.’
‘I will beg my aunt to decide for me,’ murmured
the young girl, throwing herself into Miss Charlotte’s
arms.
‘I decide ?’ cried the old lady ; ‘it is very perplexing,
my dear, and I really do not know.’
But, while uttering these words, with an air of
indecision, Miss Charlotte's first glanco was at Mulzen.
Fortin perceived this.
‘Ah, Madam,’cried he, quickly, ‘I see that your
choice is made; and whatever my regrets, I cannot ,
but approve it. Mademoiselle,’ he continued, taking
Mulzen’s hand, and leading him to Louisa, ‘your j
aunt has seen and judged rightly ; my cousin is more
deserving than I am.’
‘Your present conduct proves the contrary, said
Miss Charlotte, touched by this generosity ; ‘but wo
already know Mr. Mulzen a little ; and then —iti short,
you deserve to hear the whole truth.’
‘Tell it me, by all means,’ interrupted Fortin.
‘Well, then, his motto encourages, whilst yours
deters me. lie promises indulgence, ar.J you justice.
Alas, my dear sir, justice may suffice for angels, but
men have need of charity.’
‘You are perhaps right, madam,’ said llenry lortin,
thoughtfully. ‘Yesterday and to-day everything
seeme to combine to give me a lesson. The rigid
defence of my right has always turned against me,
whilst my cousin’s benevolence has in every instance
profitted him. Mulzen was in the right. His motto
is better than mine, for it is nearer to the law of God. j
Christ did not say, To everyone hit rights; hut j
rather, Love your neighbor as yourself .’
Maxims for young Merchants,
We find in anew edition of Freedloy’s ‘Practical
Treatise on Business,’ the following frank ibid valua
ble hints to young beginners in trade. They are from
the pen of one, than whom the young merchant has
no truer well-wisher, John Grigg, tho retired book
seller of Philadelphia, whose large wealth is the re
sult of the practical observance of the maxims which
he here places on record for the consideration of his
successors ;
I, Be industrious and economical. Waste neither
time nor money jn small aud useless pleasures and in
dulgences. If the young can ho induced to begin to
save the moment they enter on the paths of life, the
way will ever become easier before them, and they
will not fail to attain a competency, and that without
denying themselves any of the real necessaries and
comforts of life. Our people are certainly among the
most improvident and extravagant on tho face of the
earth. It is enough to make the merchant of tho
old school, who looks back and thinks what economy,
prudence and discretion he had to bring to bear on
its own business, (aud which are in fact the bases of
all successful enterprise,) start back in astonishment to
look at the ruthless waste aud extravagance of this age
and people. The highest test of respectability with
me is honest industry. Well directed industry makes
men happy. The really noble class—the class that
was noble when ‘Adam delv’d and Eve span,’ and
have preserved their patent to this day—is the labori
ous and industrious. Until men have learned indus
try, economy, and self-control, they cannot bo safely
entrusted with wealth.
11. To industry and economy add self-reliance. Do
not take too much advice. The business man must
keep at the helm and steer his own ship. In early
life every one should be taught to think for himself. A
man’s talents are never brought out until he is thrown
to some extent upon his own resources. If in every
difficulty he lias only to run to his principal, and then j
implicitly obey the directions he may receive, he will ;
never acquire that aptitude of perception, and that
promptness of decision, and that firmness of purpose,
which arc absolutely necessary to those who hold sta
tions. A certain degree of independent feeling is
essential to the full development of the iutellectual
character.
HI. Itemember that punctuality is the mother of
confidence. It is not enough that the merchant fulfils
liis engagements; he must do what he undertakes
precisely at the time, as well as in the way lie agreed
to. The mutual dependence of merchants is so great
that tliejr engagements, like a chain, which, according
to the law of physics, is never stronger than its weak
est link, are oftener broken through the weakness of
otliers than their own. But a prompt fulfilment of
engagements is not only of the utmost importance, be
cause it enables otliers to meet their own engagements
promptly ; it is also the best evidence that the mer
chant lias his affairs well ordered, his means at com
mand, his forces marshalled, and ‘everything ready for
action,’ in short, that he kuows his own strength. This
it is which inspires confidence, as much, perhaps, as
the meeting of the engagement.
IV. Attend to the minutiae of business, small things
as well as great. See that the store is opened early,
goods brushed up, twine and nails picked up, and all
ready for action. man should consider capi
tal, if he have it, or as he ir.ay acquire it, merely as
tools with which he is to work, not as a substitute for
the necessity of labor. It is often the case that dili
gence in employments of less consequence is the most
successful introduction to great enterprises. 1 hose
make tho best officers who have served in the ranks.
We may say of labor, as Coleridge says of poetry, it
is its own sweetest reward. It is the best of phjsic.
V. Let the young merchant remember that selfish
ness is the meanest of vices, and it is the parent of a
thousand more. It not only interferes bGth with the
means apd with tho end of acquisition, not only makes
money more difficult to get, and not worth having when
it is got, but it is harrowing to the mind and to the
heart. Selfishness ‘keeps a shilling so close to the
eye that it cannot see a dollar beyond.’ Never be
narrow and contracted in your views. Life abounds
in instances of the brilliant results of a generous poli
cy.
Be fiauk. Say what you mean. Do what you
say. So shall yoar friends know and take it for granted
that you mean to do what is just and right.
\I. Accustom yourself to think vigorously. Men
j tal labor, like pecuniary, to bo worth anything, must
j be wU invested —must be rightfully adjusted and ap
■ plied ; and to this end, careful, deep, and intense
I thought, is necessary, if great results are looked for.
VII. Marry early. The man of business should
; marry as soon as possible after twenty two or twenty
j three years of age. A woman of mind Will conform
to the necessities of the day of small beginnings : and
in choosing a wife, a man slmuld look .at, first, the.
heart; second, the mind; third, the person.
VIII. Everything, however remote, that has any
bearing upon susccess, must be taken advantage of.—
The business man should be continually on the watch
for information and ideas that will throw light on his
path ; and he should be an attentive reader of all prac
tical hooks, especially those relating to bushiest, trade,
&c., as well as a patron of useful and ennobling lite
rature.
IX. Never forget a favor, for ingratitude is the ba
sest trait of a man’s heart. Always honor your coun
try, and remember our country is the very best poor
man’s country in the world.
The Cleveland correspondent of the Ohio-
State Journal, says of the Rev. Mr. Giles, the
lecturer, that ‘he is a dusky ( —) writer, and
elaborates an idea to death. lie cooks it oit
one side, and then turns it over and browns it
on the other, and then forks it and roasts it
through. He dresses up a single idea in as
many colors as Joseph of old had in his coat.’
A Massachusetts Yankee is manufacturing
poplar wood into mattrasses, by means of ma
chinery which he has fitted up for the purpose.
The logs are first sawed, and after the bark is
stripped oil’, they are placed in a machine which
reduces them to very fine shavings. What an
idea that, of sleeping on an ‘poplar’ bed.
Go it Bobtail, lie’s gaining on you, is now
rendered, go it Robert’s extremity, the gentle
man in the rear is approximating to an incon
veuient vicinity of the longitudinal append
age, which subtends the lower extontion of your
cardinal elongation.
Why are most persons who eat turkey, liko
babies? Because they are fond of the breast.
A religious paper says, ‘Watch and fortify
yourselves against the temptation of sending
poetry to an editor J
Physicians in India raise blisters with a red
hot iron, and dress them with cayenne pepper..
If such treatment don't make a man ‘smart’ wo
don't know anything that would. One of tho
favorite cathartics is made of pills of gunpow
der—twelve aro given for a dose —a minuto
after they are down, a coal of fire is administer
ed, when a movement in the particles takes
place, that either eradicates the disease or tlie
invalid—commonly the latter..
There is a young man in Ohio so attached to
the ‘flame of his heart,’ that the moment sho
rises from a seat, he falls down and kisses it.
For a breast-pin, he wears one of her old
shoes set with brilliants. That’s the kind of
devotion that strikes ia.
Can a man be considered ‘a loose character/
who comes home tight, every evening?
Somebody lets off the following on the mar
riage of Mr* John Rush to Miss Sarah Canter •.
When Cupid did this maiden banter,
On Hymen’s course to take a brush,
At first she went it with a Canter,
But now she goes it with a Rush.
‘Mother,’ said a little shaver, the other day.
‘I know what 1 would do if I was at sea, and
the men were all starving, and they should
draw lots to see who should be killed aud eaten,
and it should be me —I'd jump into the water.’
‘But, said the mother, ‘they would fish you.
up.’
‘No,’ said he, ‘but I wouldn't hiteP
Tho following toast was lately given at a
dinner up town, ‘Old Bachelors and old Maids,
a cold set; may they be toasted till they aro
melted together.’
Well Put.—Tho Racine Advocate, after
calling attention to the low terms of its sub
scription, adds, ‘that it must be understood this
is the price of the paper, not of the Editor
of it.’
A ‘curious woman’ in Rockville, says the
ITartford Courant, counted thestiches she took
in making a shirt. The number was fourteen
thousand four hundred and thirty five.
The young gentleman who ‘to* k a drink’ to
drown sorrow, walked off the dock the other
night 4ml drowned himself. Let his latter
end be a warning to others.
There is a girl in Troy, X. Y., with such a
red head that they won't allow her to enter a
powder magazine, for fear that she’ll ‘touch u
off.’
They must have some rich soil in Oregon.
A child of a shoemaker, in one of the most fer
tile countries, hid, a few weeks since, one of his
father's boots in a hole dug in the vegetable
garden. The next morning tho principal at,
traction in the enclosure, was a leather tree
loaded with brogans.
If a police officer is after you, the best thing
you can do is to lock the door aud bvdt your
self.
When a steamboat gets aground in any of
the western rivers, she wails till she gets tho
fever aud ague, and then shakes herself off.
A house painter in this city grained a door
so exactly in imitation of oak, that last year it
put forth a quantity of leaves, and grew an ex
cellent crop of acorns.
Drinking water neither makes a inau sick nor
runs him in debt, nor makes a wife a widow.
Can as much be said of ardent spirits ?
It has been stated, and we ffiar with too
much truth, ‘that in Glasgow alone iiO.OOl) ‘peo
ple go to bed drunk every Saturday night.' —
This, we presume, is exclusive of those who
are so drunk as not to be able to go to bed at
all. I ruly our good town has a nice reputa
tion !— Glasgow Citizen.
Tho Editor of the Ivennebeck Journal in dun
ning bis subscribers, says, ‘he has little respoti
sibilities thrown upon him just now, which ho
is obliged to meat?
A man called upon an unfortunate tradesman
to pay a demand. ‘I can never pay it,’ said
he, T am not worth a farthing; but I w ill give
you a note —I am not so poor yet but that f
can sign a noted
Mullony says his wardrobe consists of two
suits, one of satiinet, and the other law, the for
mer he is wearing out, while the latter is “wear
ling out’ him. Poor devil, how we pity him 1 ,
and yet there arc hundreds iu this cily just lijjo
j him.
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