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BROWN’SjJhOTE L,
Opposite the Passenger Depot.
K. E. BROWN, Proprietor,
B. F. DENSE, Superintendent. I
eff Meals ready on the arrival of every Train.
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L. N. WHITTLE,
attorney at law,
MACON, GA.
His removed his Office next to Concert Ilall atnl over
the Store of Mix A Kirtlaxd.
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HUE TEH & ELLIS,
attorneys at law,
MACON, GA.
OrriCK s Chkrrv St. opprctmc the Georgia Tklkgrapii
Office.
Yvttx practice in Bibb, Monroe, Cr.TW.fonl, Twiggs, llous- :
ton, Macon, Dooly and Worth counties,
be found in their Office at all hours ,Aj
jan6—ly. I
LANIER & ANDERSON,
ATTORNEYS AT LAW,
AM) BOUNTY LAM) AM) mSIOK AGKATS !
MACON, GA.
Custom the regular business of their Profession they
have fer years past been engaged in prosecuting claims
far I’ mty 1. iiul and Pension, in favor of soldiers, their
Vidova and minor children.
Til y have also obtained the correct forms and the
rules for obtaining Bounties under the Act of Congress
just passed.
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LAW CiA.rt3D.
I T. P. STUB US, B. IIILL, p. TRACY.
ST! BBS. IIILL At TRACY,
ATTORNEYS AT LAW.
MACON, GA. ‘
tV ill practice in the Superior Courts of Bibb, Craw-
I ‘ s. rw.ee-. Marion, Monroe, Dooly, Houston, Jones,
I Mi- .gee, Talbot, M icon, Taylor, Upson, Sumter, Lee
li, I Dougbcrty ; and also in the Circuit Courts of the
I I'm!.-I States, at Marietta and Savannah.
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I WASHINGTON POK, g c grIFR.
POE & GRIER,
ATTORNEYS AT LAW,
Office over the Merchant’s Bank,
MACON, GA.
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DR. C. J. ROOSEVELT,
HOMEOPATHIC PHYSICIAN.
OFEICE AND RESIDENCE
! < “nirr of U .iluut and Third Streets, Matas, Ga.
octti—ly
LAMLIi m HOUSE,
MACON, isjijlLoEO
trrn uimersigned having Leased ttie aoove estatuisn- !
in. ut. bogs to assure the travelling public, that no exer- |
i a will be sjuircd to sustain the established reputation j
cf the House. LOGAN & MEAKA,
jah,’)—tf Proprietors.
REDDING jJ HOUSE.
MACON, GEORGIA,
H. P. REDDING, Proprietor.
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I>r. A. Pve,
MACON, GA.
Office removed to Rooms on 3d Street, between Dr.
Sirohecfcer’s Drug Store and Judge Tracy’s Law Office.
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Dr. E. Fitzgerald
Having permanently located in MACON, will attend
punctually all calls left at bis Office,
.MAT DOOR TO FREEMAN & ROBERTS’,
Or at Fitzgerald &. Nottixgham's Drug Store.
i*9"R..mis over ALLEN & DUNLAP’S Store.
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Dr. B. H. Nisbet.
CITY PHYSICIAN,
Office on Cherry Street, above Freeman & Roberts’.
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A. L. Clinkscales, M. D.,
ll\Vl\tl permanently located In Macon, begs leave
’ tent r l.ij , rvices in the practice of i< ili-,
s iir;;crj ami Obstetrics* to the citizens of the
1 anil ‘Urrnmniing country. Having availed him.
- if of all the advent gesof one of the best schools in the
country, a< well as those furnished by an extensive
pi sclier. he hopes, to be able to merit your confidence
and patro iage.
While lie claims to he a tlior nigh Reformer in Medi
an, using only such as are safe, lie will avail himself
all the utvantages of the concentration of ti eir pow
ers, so H s to secure potency of action and convenienc’
of administration,
tSPAH you that are afflicted with Cancers, Fistp
l I'lckus of any kind, or Venereal diseases, if you
i-h a certain cure, give him a call.
at Botanic Drug Store, No. 14, Cotton Av
eti'c , and residence on the corner of Public Square,
°PP"’ te the Gas Works, where he can at all times be
’ tund, unless professionally engaged,
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*■ PITZUIHALD, M. D. C. B. SOTTISCHAM, M. D.
FITZGERALD & NOTTINGHAM,
WHOLESALE AND RETAIL DEALERS IE
DIUI.S, MEDICINES,
CHEMICALS, DYE-STIFFS,
PEEFniERT, FANCY ARTICLES,
SHOP FURNITURE.
Paints,
Oils, Varnishes*
O lass- Ware, Ga rtlen Scetls,
‘ ll rji cj, | Instruments Ac. Ac.
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B - Campbell. j. w. gadt
CAMPBELL & GAUT\
G EX Eh'A L
PRODUCE AGENTS,
FOB TUB
PURCHASE, SALE, AND SHIPMENT
OF ALL KINDS Os
East TENNESSEE PRODUCE,
us Bacon, Lard, Butter, Flour, Wheat, Corn,
Oats, Fruit, etc. etc.
KNOXVILLE, Ti:.\\.
(Warehouse—At the Itiver.)
jan!9—ly
* l 'Jah h. carhart. aaros a. aorr.
CARHART & ROFF,
WHOLESALE GROCERS.
DEALERS IN
WINES, SEGARS,
AND
GROCERIES
0 f every description.
Macon, Ga.
_ aug4—tf
JOHN CLEGHORN,
:|M dealer in
I : I^|SM sA, >l>LF>}, HARNESS, LEITIIF.R,
111 BREU BELTING,
U Saddlery Hardware,
Etc. Etc.
111 the stand of the late Wm. T. MIX k CO. Cotton
Avenue, Macon, Ga,
marls—ts
VFEW kegs superior Goshen Butter just received j
and for sale by
. STUBBLEFIELD k COCBSON. ,
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ELOCUTION & COMPOSITION.
\| K. JOHN GIEKLOW proposes to give private in
, * ;; rue, '’' n 111 tbe above arts. A note dropped in
: to ttie l ost Office will meet with immediate atteution.
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PUGH'S
DAGUERREAN GALLERY.
FIII I L liberal patronage he has received, and the in-
X creasing demand for his cheap, hut beautiful pic
tures has induced him to permanently locate in Macon
*'* * “°, W producing the Ambrotype which is new
and beautiful—superior to the Daguerreotype, for three
reasons, viz;
Ist. It can be seen in any light.
3d. It does not reverse the position.
3d, It never can fade.
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0. B, RICE,
TUNER AND REPAIRER
° f r*IANO FOIITES,
IS Permanently located tn Macon. HTNames may
be left at Messrs. Virgin’s and at E. J. Johnston & Cos.
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JUST RECEIVED,
A FULL SUPPLY OF
yciim,mss,s
CROCKERY WARE!
ALSO
WILLOW Baskets, till sizes,
Wooden Ware, Tubs, Buckets, Ac.,
Brooms, Japanned Ware,
Door Mats, Toy Wagons,
W illow Baskets, Cars,
Table Cutlery, Silver Plated Castors,
Waiters and Baskets,
Ladies’ Work Boxes, a tine lot,
Reticules, Ac.,
Wa iterr, in setts or single.
i nov 17 t f R. p. McEVOY.
Dental Partnership.
DOCT. HIRAM SEGER, of Macon, Ga. and Dr. AN
SON L. PETTEE, Jun’r. late of the city of New
Y ork, have farmed a partnership in Macon, to carry on
the business of Dentistry in all its various branches.
Dr. Pettee is prepared to manufacture teeili and can
j adapt them to suit the persons desiring to use them, as
I to shade, form or size.
Block work repaired at short notice and satisfaction
always given.
i AJ'eu’s continuous gum work executed with neatness,
i His long and intimate acquaintance justifies him In
saying that in this branch of their business he is infe-
I rior to no Dentist in the South.
REFERENCESI
Dr. ,1. Andrews, No. 1 Broadway. New York.
1 James White k Cos. Dentists, 263 Broadway, N. York.
I button & Raynor, “ Cl 8 “ “
r Dr. J. 8. Ware, “ Bond Street,
Dr. S. A. My in, “ ** .. „
Dr. E. B. Lurcher, “ •* <1 ..
Dr. G. F. Shaffer, “ 256 Hudson St. “
A. A Wheeler, “ 51 Myrtle Av. Brooklyn.
Dr. E. Firth, M.D. 10Gold Street, Brooklyn.
11. JjEGEB. A. 1.. PKTTEK, JR.
. .. late of New York Citv.
Jan 12—ts
! .jepk MSBBI £ UfftßffQ
m’ J. B. ARTOPE,
VlffvN MANUFACTURER of and Dealer in For
’ etfcfi ami Domestic Marble,
■ TOMD-STONE£, MANTLES, H KXITURK j
! ir. .. ."’**• SLABS, Etc., has removed his Marble Works ;
from Cotton Avenue, to the corner of 3d and Plumb
Street, a short distance South of Hardeman & Sparks’ j
Warehouse.
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THOMAS HARDEMAN. OVID G. SPARKS.
HARDEMAN & SPARKS.
COMMISSION MERCHANTS,
\\l ILL continue to give prompt attention at their
>Y FIRE PROOF WARE HOUSE,
on the corner ofSd and Poplar Streets, to alt business
, commit ted to tlieir charge. ]
With their thanks for past favors, and a renewed
pledge ol faithfulness to all the interests of their friends
and customers, they hope to receive their full share of
1 the public patronage.
Liberal advances made on Cotton and other produce
i when required. „ .
Planter’s Family Stores, also Eaggtng, Rope, Ac.
’ furnished at the lowest market rates.
Macon, Aug —ts
STRONG A WOOD,
DEALERS IN
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BOOTS ANS SHOES,
Leather, Hats and Lap-,
AT THEIH OLD STAND ON SECOND STREET,
(OPPOSITE I. D. N. .JOHNS.)
H AVE now a full supply of Goods in their line, to
to which they are making constant additions, of nil
the different styles of workmanship and wear, and which
will be sold on as good terms, for cash or approved short
credit, as any shoe establishment in Georgia. They so
licit a continuance of the liberal patronage so long enjoy
ed bv the firm.
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D, C. HODGKINS & SON,
OFFERS the public one of the best selected Stocks of
Good in their line ever brought to this market, con-
sisting of
DOUBLE BARRELLED GUNS,
RIFLES, PISTOLS,
FISHING APPARATUS,
AND
Sportim: Equipments of every Description,
together with
Cutlery, Walking Canes, &c.
A FEW DOOIIS BELOW THE LAMER HOUSE,
Macon, &•
REPAIRING carefully attended to.
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Book-Bindery.
rilllE undersigned respectfully informs the P"Wjc that
I he has opened a Book-Bindery, corner of 3d and
Cherry Streets, up stairs, where he is prepared to exe.
cute all orders for
Blank or Printed Work
in the best stvie and at reasonable rates. Klank
Work with or without Printing. W a re-It""*c
Printing and Binding, Receipts, Drafts. Notes, Bills of
Luslinz. Ac. Ac., executed neatly and w.th dispatch.
tWltuilroad A Steuinkoat work promptly
attended to. . _ . .
Merchants, Bankers, and Clerks of Courts can have
their orders executed in any desired style. Magaxines
and Periodicals bound in the most durable manner.
W *•!** bound with elastiedty and elegance.
Persons sending in a number of Volumes, Win
meet with the usual discount.
DAVID IIOSS, Bookbinder,
novlT—tf Macon, Ga.
Improved Pentistry.
. i. , THE undersigned . r -e- —-Tx
would most respectful- 6^
■ ‘y notify the citizens of liJTyVyTv
“T-I-LI I ‘ Crawford and the ad- .
joining counties, that he is now fully prepared to insert
Artificial Teeth upon any of the late and most approved
plans now practised in the Northern Cities. He would
more particularly direct attention to the method of in
serting Teeth upon the colortd Gutta Perch a base.-
This article,in the Northern Cities, is now taking the
place of the continuous gum work of Dr. Alien, the block
work, and the gum teeth, and no doubt will ultimately
supersede every other article used for that purpose.
This article combines two very important advantages
over any other articles in use. The firt is that a con
tinuous gum colored to life, may be effected, and the
last, but not least, is, that it may be put up for half the
price charged for gold plates. Persons wearing the Gutta
Percha need not be deprived of the use of teeth for six
! or eight months, as they are when metallic plates are
: used, but can have them inserted as soon as the gums
> heal, after the teeth have been extracted, and can be
| remodelled in a few hours, wlien made necessary by the
i absorption of the bone. WM, J. SMITH.
Hickory Grove, Crawford county,
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The American Aladdin.
from a lecture nr. o. w. curtis.
When we go out on Sunday afternoon to
moralize and look at the new houses, we u
sually take our young ones by Alladin’s Pal
ace. Alladin started life by swapping jack
knives: then putting the halves of broken
marbles together and passing them off as
! whole ones. \Y hen he had gathered some
! brass lie went to school all the summer to
| learn the golen rule of arithmetic—addition
I lor liimselt and subtraction lor his neigh
bor.
At an early age Aladdin was considered to
be good at a bargain, which meant that he
could always succeed in changing a worse for
a better—always keeping the blind eye of a
horse to the wall when he had to sell it, and
looking right at it when he bought it; and the
village saitl certainly Aladdin would succeed.
I “ hen he left, “he will be rich,” said the vil
i lTge, with more approval than it would say,
j “he will be generous and true.” To Alladin
the world was but a market in which to buy
cheap and sell dear. For him there was no
beauty, no history, no party, no heroism.—
\ ainly tfie shirs shone over him, vainly the
south wind blew. In the wake of the great
j ship Argo, in which Jason and his compan
ions sailed for the Golden Fleece; over the
gleaming Mediterranean, where the ships of
Tyre, Rome, and of the Crusaders who had
been before him ; through the pillars, through
which jailed Columbus to find funic in anew
world, now sails Alludin’ to find fortune. To
ltitn till lands were alike. No Homer sung
for him in the J3gean; he only curses the
wind that will not blow him to Odessa. No
syrens sing for him, but he loves the huge
oath of the lively boatswain. With a bible
: in his hand and a quid of tobacco in his
j mouth, he goes about the holy places in Je
! iiisalem and “calculates” their exact site. He
•<ays the land of Ilamases and the Ptolomics;
and the reverend records of the Lybian des-
I ( ‘rt, whose echoes have slumbered since they
, were trampled over by Alexander’s army, are
now awakened by the shrill whistle of old
Dan Tucker. He insults the Grand Lama,
back upon “Emperors, and takes a pinch but
: ol’ the Pope’s suulf box. lie chews with the
! Arabs, smokes opium with the Turks, and
| rides for a bribe with the Calmuck Tartars,
i .Vlad'l in comes home again, and the admi
i ring village points him out to the younger
generation as a successful man: “ My son,
I look at him ; he began with nothing, anil now
I see.” “My son” does see, and beholds him
I owning a million of dollars —of all societies
iof which he is not president, a director. His
: name is good as gold. He has bought pic
, tures and statutes, lie has also bought a
j Mrs. Aladdin and housed her in luxury, but
he pricks his mouth with a silver fork, lie
i goes to church on Sunday, and only wakes
, up w hen the preacher denounces the sinners
| of Sodom and Gomorrah, and those “tough
| old Jews” of Jerusalem. His head is bald
i and shiny with the sermons that have hit it
ami glanced off. He clasps his hands in pray
er, hut forgets to open them when the poor
box is passed around; and he goes home like
a successful man, thanking God that he is
not like other men are, and after dinner he
sits before the lire in his chair, lights a large
cigar, and looks languidly at Mrs. Aladdin
through the thick smoke.
By and by old Aladdin dies. Theconven”
tional virtues are told over as the mourning
carriages are called out. The papers regret
they are called upon to deplore the loss of a
revered parent, generous friend, public spirit
ed citizen, and pious man. Then the pre
swapper of jack knives and the model set up
to the young generation, is laid in the dust.
Above his grave, the stars he never saw, now
burn with a soft lustre which no lamp around
a king's tomb can emulate; and the South
wind, for whose breath upon his hot brow he
was never grateful, strews his last bed with
anemones and violets that, his heel crushed
when living; and we, who are to he formed
upon that model, carelessly remark, as we
stir our toddies: “So old Aladdin has gone
at last, and by-the-bye, how much did he
leave ?”
THU OLDEN TIME.
MRS. WRIGHT FRANKLIN 3 UEAD ANECDOTES.
X came oddly in contact with the eccentric
Mrs. Wright, on my arrival in Paris from
Nantes. Giving orders from the balcony of
the Hotel d'York, to my English servant, I
was assailed by a powerful female voice, cry
ingout from an upper story, “VV ho are you ?
An American, I hope!” “ Yes, madam, 1
replied; “and who are you?” In two min
utes she came blustering down stairs, with
the familiarity of an old acquaintance. We
were soon on the most excellent terms. I
discovered that she was in the habit ot daily
intercourse with Frankiin, and was visited
ami caressed by all the respectable Ameri
cans in Paris, She was a native of New
Jersey, and by profession, a moulder of wax
figures. The wild flights of her powerful
mind stamped originality on all her acts and
language. She was a tall and athletic figure,
walked with a firm hold step, and erect as an
Indian. Her complexion was somewhat sal
low, her cheek bones high, her face furrowed,
and her olive eyes keen, piercing and expres
sive. Her sharp glance was appaling; it
had almost the wildness of the maniac.
The vigor and originality of her conversa
tion corresponded with her manners and ap
pearance. She would utter language, in her
incessant volubility, as if unconscious to
whom directed, that would put her hearers
to the blush. She apparently possessed the
utmost simplicity of heart and character.
With the head of wax upon her lap, she
MACOIV, GA. MAY 3. 1856.
woull mouM* the most accurate likenesses, bv
the mere force of a retentive recollection of
tlie traits anil lines of the countenance; she
would ibrin her likenesses by the manipula
tion of the wax with her thumb and linger.
\\ bilst thus engaged, her strong mind pour-
I ed forth an uninterrupted torrent of wild
thoughts and anecdotes, and reminiscences
ol men and events. She went to London a
bout the year 17ti“, near the period of Frank
lin’s appearance there as the Agent of Penn
sylvania. The peculiarity of her character,
and the excellence of her wax figures, made
Ini looms m Pall Mall, a fiishionahle loun
ging place for the nobility and distinguished
men ol England. Here her deep penetration
and sagacity, cloaked by her apparent sim
plicity of purpose, enabled her to gather many
acts and secrets important to “dear America”
—her uniform expression in referring to her
native land, which she dearly loved.
She was a genuine republican and ardent
whig. The king and queen often visited her
rooms; they would induce her to work upon
her heads, regardless of their presence. She
would often, as if forgetting herself, address
them as George and Charlotte. This fact she
often mentioned to me herself. Whilst in
England she communicated much important
information to Franklin, and remained in
London until 75 or*76, engaged in that kind
of intercourse with him, and the American
government, by which she was placed in a
position of extreme hazard.
I saw her frequently in Paris, in ’Bl, and in
various parts of England, from ’B2 to ’94.
Her letters followed me in my travels throit'di
Europe. I had assisted her at Paris, had ex
tended aid to her son at Nantes, and given
him a free passage in one of our ships to A
meriea. Her gratitude was unbounded.—
The son was a painter and artist of some em
inence, and in 1784 took a model of Wash
ington’s head in plaster. I heard from Wash
ington himself, an amusing anecdote connect
ed with this bust.
In January, EBS, I enjoyed the inestima
ble privilege of a visit under his roof, in the
absence of till visitors. Among the many in
teresting subjects which engaged our conver
sation in a long winter evening, (the most
valuable of my life) in which his dignified la
dy and Miss Custis united, he amused us by
model. “ Wright eatne to Mount \ enion,”
the General remarked, “with the singular re
quest that I should permit him to take a
model of my face in plaster of Paris, to which
I consented with some reluctance. He oiled
my features over, and placing me flat upon
my back, upon a cot, proceeded to .daub my
face with plaster. Whilst in this ludicrous
attitude, Mrs. Washington entered the room
and seeing my face thus overspread with the
plaster, involuntarily exclaimed. Her cry
excited in me a disposition to smile, which
gave my mouth a slight twist or compression
of the lips, that is now observable in the
busts Wright afterwards made.” These are
nearly the words of Washington.
Some time after my acquaintance with
Mrs. Wright commenced, she informed that
an eminent female chemist of Paris had writ
ten her a note that she would make her a vis
it at twelve o’clock the next day, and an
nounced also that she could not speak Eng
lish. Mrs. Wright desired me to act as in
terpreter. At the appointed hour the thun
dering of a carriage in the court-yard announ
ced the arrival of the French lady. She en
tered with much grace, in which Mrs. W.
was no match for her, She was old, with a
sharp nose, with broad patches of vennillion
spread over the deep furrows of her cheeks.
I was placed in a chair between the two orig
inals, Their tongues flew with velocity —
the one in English and the other in French,
and neither understanding a word the other
uttered. I saw no possibility of interpreting
two such volleys of words, and at length ab
ruptly commanded silence for a few moments.
I asked each, “Do you understand?” “Not
a word,” said Mrs. Wright. “ Nimporte ,” re
plied the chemist, and hounding from her
chair to the middle of the floor, and dropping
a low courtesy, was off. “What an old paint
ed fool,” said Mrs. W. in anger. It was evi
dent that this visit was not intended for an
interchange of sentiment, but a mere act of
civility—a call.
I employed Mrs, W. to make the head of
Franklin, which was often the source of much
amusement to me. After it was completed,
both being invited to dine with Franklin, I
conveyed her to Tossy in my carriage, she
bearing the head upon her lap. No sooner
were we in the presence of the doctor than
she placed one head by the other. “There,”
she exclaimed, “ are two brothers!” The
likeness was truly admirable, and at the sug
gestion of Mrs, Wright, to give it more effect,
Franklin sent me a suit of clothes he wore in
1778. Many years afterwards the head was
broken in Albany, and the clothes I present
ed to the “ Historical Society of Massachu
setts,”
An adventure occurred to Mrs. Wright in
connection with this head, ludicrous in the
highest degree, and although almost incredi
ble, Is literally true. After the head had been
modelled, she walked out to Passv, carrying
It, in a napkin, in order to compare it with the
original. In returning in the evening she
was stopped at the barrier, in course to be
searched for contraband goods; hut as her
mind was as free as her native American air,
she knew no restraint, nor the reason Avhy
she was detained. She resisted the attempt
to examine her bundle, and broke out in the
rage of a fury. The officers were amazed, as
no explanation in the absence of the interpre
ter could take place. She was compelled,
however, to yield to power. The bundle was
opened, and to the astonishment of the offi
cials, exhibited the head of a dead man, as
appeared to them in the obscurity of the
j ni g ht - They closed the bundle without far
thcr examination, believing, as tlicv after
j wards assured me, that she was an escaped
maniac, who had committed murder, and was
about concealing the head of her victim.
They were determined to convey her to |
the police station, when she made them com
prehend her entreaties to be taken to the
Hotel and \ orks. I was in my room, and hearing j
i n the passage a great uproar, and Mrs. W.’s
voice pitched upon a higher key than u- j
sual, I rushed out anti found her in a terrible I
rage, her fine eye flashing. I thrust myself
between her and the officials, exclaiming, “Ah
mon Dieu, qusst-ce <ju il y'n? An explana
tion ensued. All except Mrs. W. were high
ly amused at the singularity and absurdity of
the affair.
The head and clothes I transmitted to
Nantes; they were the instruments of my
frolics, not inappropriate to my youth, but
perhaps it is hardly safe to advert to them at
my age. A few I will venture! o relate. On my
arrival at Nantes, I caused the head to be
propci ly adjusted to the dress, which was ar
ranged in a natural shape nnd dimensions. I
had the figure placed in the corner of a large
room, near a closet and behind a table. Be
fore him I laid an open atlas, his arm resting
upon a table, and mathematical instruments
strewn upon it. A handkerchief was thrown
over the arm stumps; wires were extended
to the closet, by which means the body
could he elevated or depressed, and placed
in various positions. Thus arranged, some
Lillies and gentlemen were invited to pay
their respects to Dr. Franklin, by candle-light.
For a moment they were completely deceiv
ed, and all profoundly bowed and oourtesied,
which was reciprocated by the figure. Not
a word being uttered, the trick was soon re
vealed,
A report was soon circulated that Doctor
Franklin was at Monsieur Watson’s “sur 1
TAe Je Frydeon.’ At eleven o’clock the next
morning, the Mayor of Nantes came in full
dress, to call on the renowned philosopher.
Cossoul, my worthy partner, being acquainted
with the mayor, favored the joke for a mo
ment, after their mutual salutatWms. Others
came in, and all were disposed to gull tlieir
friends in the same manner.
Tlie most amusing of all tho inc idents con
n'hore 5 /’’Ml l this head, occured in London,
wnen x n l , ’
that city. I placed’ t/ie figtmTm’
with the head leaning out of the window, ap
parently gazing up and down the square. He
had formerly boon well known in that part
of the city, and was at once recognized. Ob
serving a collection of people gathering at a
nother window looking at him, T ordered
him down.
The morning papers announced the arrival
of Dr. Franklin at an American merchant’s
in Belitoi Square, and T found it necessary to
contradict the report. In the interval, three
Boston gentlemen who were in the city, ex
pressed a wish to pay their respects to the
doctor. I desired them to call in the evening,
and bring their letters of introduction, which
they had informed me they bore, expecting
to see him in Paris. I concerted measures
with a friend, to carry the harmless deception
to the utmost extent on this occasion. Be
fore entering, I apprised them that he was
deeply engaged in examining maps and pa
pers, and begged that they would not be dis
turbed at any apparent inattention, Thus
prepared, I conducted them into a spacious
room. Franklin was seated at the extremi
ty, with his atlas, etc., and my friend at the
wires, I advanced in succession, with each,
half across the room, and introduced them by
name. Franklin raised his head and bowed,
and resumed his attention to the atlas. I
then retired and seated them at the further
side of the room.
They spoke to mo in a whisper, “ What a
venerable figure ?” exclaims one, “ Why
don’t he speak ?” says another. “He is,
doubtless, in a reverie,” I remarked, “and for
gotten the presence of his company; Ids great
age must be an apology, Get your letters,
and go up again with mo to him.” When
near the table, I said, “Mr. B , sir, from
Boston.” The head raised up. “ A letter,”
says B——, “from Dr. Cooper.” I could go
no further, The scene was too ludicrous.—
As B held out the letter, I struck the
figure smartly, exclaiming, “Why don’t you
receive the letter like a gentleman?” Tlic7
were all petrified with astonishment; but
B never forgave me the joke. —Men and
Times of the Revolution.
A Human Horn. —Dr. Porcher, of Charles
ton, has in his possesion a horn, about seven
inches in length, and in diameter two inches
and three quarters bearing a resemblance of
a ram’s horn, which he extracted from the
head of a negress, aged about 52, born on a
plantation in St, Johns Berkley, S. C. The
tumor commenced forming some years since,
with a swelling and dicharge, and, after a
while, a gradual increase in size. Duringthe
four months preceding its removal, it grow
some two inches, and having, in curving a
round, reached the face in the temporal re
gion. just to the left of one eye, and having
commenced to produce suppuration of the
skin with which it had come in contact, its
immediate removal was necessitated. Its
removal, which was done in December, 1854,
in the presence of Dr. D. J, Cain, and sever
al students of the Charleston Preparatory
Medical School, was accompanied with com
paratively little pain. It was found, upon
examination afterwards, that some remains
of the original growth remained, and there
is some probability that it may increase in
size and again require removal, — Aug.
Chronicle.
Rescued. —Miss Oatman who was made
captive by the Indians some time ago, hav
ing survived the massacre of her parents and
family, was brought into Fort Yuma, on the
22d of February, from the “Hohave nation,”
by Francisco, a Yuma Indian, who had been
setjt out to procure her release..
The Rls*.
Stars were beaming, Luna gleaming, I was dreaming,
Dreams as sweet
As the olden summers golden that have rolled on
Stilt, yet fleet,
Then from Alden came a maiden—(beauty laden
Girl was she;)
Glorious creature .’ each fair feature a love teacher !
Unto me.
“Close beside me”—who dare chide me* “Here, Love,
hide thee
Blushes—Grace !
It confesses how her tresses, with caresses,
Touched my face.
There’s no praising the amazing bright eyes gazing
Into mine,
Lips whose meetness, whoso repleteness of all sweetness,
Were divine.
But she waited, meditated, I—elated—
Gently chid ;
Smiling, told her no one older would behold her,
If she did.
Nearer, nearer, clearer, warmer, dearer,
Came her breath!
Then forgetting, all regretting, angels letting
Her—oh ! Death !
Still she waited, hesitated, said she hated
To: I chid;
She grew willing-0 ! ’twas thrilling ! Dream fulfilling !
For she did.
A\ Al)lMli:ss
I pon laying the Corner Stone of tin* lionnitii*ut
of HEN BY CLAY, written bv M'ne. Ortavia
Walton Le Vert, at the request of the Clay
Monumental Association.
M'hilo the patriotic sons of our country
are uniting in a testimonial to the niomory of
Henry Clay, shall not woman be allowed to
place the flowers of gratitude and affection
upon the altar of his fame ?
To none were the genius and services of
the illustrious statesman and orator more dear
than to his country-women: with all those
lofty and commanding qualities which sway
senates, and guide the course of empires, he
had a heroism of heart, a chivalry of deport
ment, a deference of demeanor, which, while
forming the soul and secret of his impassioned
eloquence, were irresistible talismans over the
minds of the gentler sex.
Great as he was iti the “forum of nations,”
or before multitudes of men, controlling them
by his “gleaming finger,” as with the wand
of an enchanter, it was in the home circle, by
the domestic fireside, that his character was
seen in its true grace and loveliness; there
his voice, that lately rang like a trumpet amid
his assembled peers, and whose undying
echoes (the richest symphonies of patriotism)
are still reverberating from the white hills of
lightful it was then to listen to the playful re
partee, the genial anecdotes, the sparkling
bon mots, the vivid reminiscences of Europe
an and American society, the always elevated
sentiments of one who had mingled in the
most prominent scenes of his time in both
hemispheres, without losing in the least the
lofty manliness, sincerity and purity of his
nature.
Rousseau once said “there were no com
pliments like a king’s;” but how much more
fascinating and even royal than all the persi
flage of a Bourbon or a Hapsburg were the
graceful praises and felicitous commendations
of such a man as Clay, an unquestioned king
of mind by the true right divine, when, with
eyes beaming like gems, his high white brow
“That dome of thought, that palace of the soul,”
radiant with benignity, and encircled by his
silvery locks as by a crown, his aged lips
wreathed by the gentlest of smiles, he stood
before you in tall stately majesty. At such
times he seemed to blend the graces of Sheri
dan with the dignity of Washington. Thou
sands and thousands of his country-women
will long thus recall him to mind.
But not alone in this, his more private char
acter, does woman appreciate the excellence i
of Clay. His public life, in many of its as
pects, had all the romance of chivalry. He
stood among the orators anil statesmen of his
time as Philip Sidney amid his cotemporary
knights and barons. History has already
placed his statue in the pantheon of immor
tality !
Our country’s records, from the purchase
of Louisiana (this lovely land of the sugar
cane and magnolia) to the great pacification
of 1850, are vitalized by his glowing words.
The mighty Mississippi, upon whose margin
we now stand, bears in all its waters a lull
remembrance of his early ellorts to give free
dom to its commerce and to braid its million
streams into a mighty band of union and
prosperity for our glorious country.
The fame of lljcxry Cl.vv can never die.—
As our most gifted Southern poet has said:
“Longmul our gallant great and good,
Like Washington he nobly stood :
While trembling on hie burning tongue,
Truth, justice, peace and freedom hun^.
Thrice when our storm-tossed ship of State
Seemed sinking with its priceless freight,
His guardian spirit, firm and free,
Walked o'er our troubled (iallilee,
Through ail the world his glorious name
Is whispered by the Ups of fame;
For long in every kindling jone,
His voice was freedom’s bugle tone!
The Greek girl, kneeling by her seas,
Deemed him anew Demosthenes ;
A young Bolivar’s patriot ray
Was light-like caught from Henry Clay.”
How appropriate then is it that a memori
al of this model statesman, patriot and orator,
should he erected here in the crescent bend ,
of the Mississippi,
Not far off rises the soulptured image of
his great rival compatriot: the one was the
sword and shield, the other the mind and the
tongue of the country. Side by side they
stand in the temple of fame.
Glorious in their lives, let the noblest of the
fine arts here place their sculptured forms to
gether, that future generations may gaze in
love, gratitude and veneration upon them,
and be nobly stimulated in the paths of pa
triotism, while they feel she refining influence
w! < h the beautiful in art always exerts upon
its votaries.
The statue of Themistoclea long greeted
from a promontory in Greece the homo re
! turning voyager, anti fired afreshliis love for
j Attica and Athens. So may the statue of
our patriot orator ever inspire with emula
ting fervor the citizens of this land of Hierty,
and especially of this prosperous” city of New
Orleans.
From the X. Y. Evening Post.
I>oos a Vlaii Sliiii-ft ii Ills l
Insuring ii t
The expediency of insuring human lives
presents a question to which, it seems, there
. are at least two sides. There are reasons to
believe that insurance of this kind, with all
its advantages, creates what Jeremy Bent
i l*am would call a “sinister interest” unfavor
able to the longevity of the insured.
It is only a few months since a house in
Uiis city was burnt to the ground, and the
: wife and three infant children of the insurer
j were consumed. Although strong suspicions
, were aroused against him, the coroner’s in
quest subsequently acquitted him of the
! charge of arson, and he was released from
custody. But the horrible crime had been
| charged upon him, and the readiness wkh
which the public acknowledged the posibility
| of its commission, showed that they had been
prepared by past observation to recognise the
possibility, and even the probability, of such
weakness, to gratify a lust for money.
Tne crime of arson is familliar to insurers
against fire; and upon the same principle it
need suprise no one to learn that the crime
ol murder is sometimes committed to secure
the premium on a life insurance. The ways
in which this is accomplished, though usually
indirect, are manifold,
Mr. Henry Mavhew, an English author of
repute, who has exhibited a remarkable tal
ent for statistics, and whose work on “Lon
don Labor and the London Poor,” is well
known in this country, has lately had his at
tention drawn to the reputed large number
of suspicious deatlis occurring j u connection ‘
with life insurance companies, and has made
them the subject of a rigorous investigation.
He visited and examined the officers of thir
teen of the largest offices in London, and the
facts and inferences which he derived from
these visits are so appalling, that we arc in
duced to reproduce them for the beuefit of ‘
our readers.
The first office wnich Mr. Mayhew entered
was a newly established one, as the splen
deaflis, in connernou vnm tw—
come under his notice, replied that he knew ■
of none, and that he believed no such cases
occurred. He had heard of a gentleman, the
director of afire olliee, who believed that all
fires were the work of incendiaries. “Ano
case of arson!” ho would exclaim, as lie en- !
tered tho office the morning after a fire had
occurred, “another villain hasbumt his house ‘
down for the sake of the insurance money.” j
The secretary added that, although he could
call to mind no recent well-authenticated
case of poisoning for the sake of insurance
money, it was quite certain that the lives of
persons insured were frequently tampered
with. They were encouraged to dissipation,
drink, and the means of procuring drink were ‘
constantly placed within their reach; and
tbui'o had been cases of men, whose lives ,
were insured, who had been urged to ride
steeple chases by persons to whom their pol
icies had been aligned,
At the second office visited, the secretary
knew of the recent death of a gentleman in
! Scotland, whose lily had been insured for a
j very large sum. Soon alter the payment ol
the first premium, he was found dead on a
; moor, with the back of his head blown olf.—
| The mode in which lie mot hU death liad not
! been explained. This secretary assured Mr. 1
Mayliew many times that more gambling in
lives bad taken place during the last two years
than had ever been known before.
The third office was not anew one, but ap
peared to be qndcr tljc* direction of prudeut.
and even sagacious persons. The secretary
I remembered a very suspicious case which oc
curred in 1849, the year of the cholera. In
: the earlv part of that year an application was
made to insure the life of a lady for three
thousand dollars, on which occasion a solici
tor was refbrred to, who, however, did not
live at the address stated, A short time af
ter the payment of first premium, the lady
died—as it was represented—of cholera.
The Irish eases, he added, were tljo worst
of all. As an illustration of this, he stated
that recently a man had been insured in Ire
land, and soon after had died. It appeared,
on investigation, that the person whoso life
had really been insured, had never left Ire
land; that ho had fallen some months previ
ously, from a scaffold, and broken his ribs,
and knew that he could never recover; and
that he had been personated in London by
the man who presented himself at the insur
ance offices, and who was considered a re
markably good life to insure,
The secretary of the fourth office complain
ed of the German cases. He knew an in
stance of a German, who, after insuring hi
life in a London office, caused a report of his !
death to be circulated, and was absolutely
j present at what was supposed to be his own
funeral. On the examination of the coffin. !
it appeared tliat it contained nothing but j
stones.
The following Irish case was obtained at
the fifth office: Tim Rooney had had his life
insured, and the holder of the policy was
anxious, if possible, to avoid paying the pre
miums, and to receive the sum insured dur
ing the life time of his assignor. Finally, a
premium became due, and he found himself
unable to pay it. He had still a few days’
grace, when, crossing the Liffey at night, !
with a party of friends, he saw a body float- ;
ing on the stream. He lost no time in pull- 1
ing it on shore, and then, with g look of pity,
ysro* 4=.
i exclaimed : “ Why, its poor Tim Rooney!”
His l’riends at first thought he wasersusy; but
when he repented, “ Sure enough its Tim
Rooney,” adding, “and hadn’t I to pay tho
next premium on his life ?” The whole par
ty were eourteous enough to understand him,
Accordingly the report was circulated that
Tim Rooney had fallen into the Li they. An
I inquest subsequently held confirmed the fact,
j the news of wliich in due time reached tho
insurance office. A certificate, signed by tho
coroner, and testifying as to the causes of his
death, was soou afterwards forwarded to tho
■ office, and the money for which Tim Rooney’s
life had been insured was paid to the proper
person. Some time afterwards the agent
met and identified Tim Rooney in Dublin
streets, and reproached him with lieing stilj
alive.
“Mas not an inquest held on you?” tn-
quired the agent. “ That there was,” re
plied Tim, “and I am told that twelve men
sat on my body; but lam not at all dead for
all that”
The secretary of the sixth office stated that
the fraud on life insurance companies had in
creased considerably during the last two
years. Sometimes rich men would iasuro
the lives of mere paupers merely as a specu
i lation.
At the seventh office the secretary said
that the Germans gave a great deal of trouble
by their apparent recklessness of life. A
German who had insured his life in this office
j called upon the agent at Hamburg and in
formed him that he was unable to pay his
I premium on the day on which it became due.
This agent replied that he was not empow
ers! to grant time. The German hereupon
| stated, that unless time were given him ha
would blow his brains out. The agent smiled j
I but the desired time not having been granted,
the German blew his brains out, and his fam
ily in due time received the insurance mon
-1 ey.
At the eighth office, Mr. May hew was in
formed that a gentleman by the name of
I—■ ——, being entitled to money at his fa]
ther’s death, had applied to the Norwich
T nion Re visionary Society for a loan of £B,-
000. The same society afterwards advanc
ed hiin'£l3,tfXV and insured his life for £42,-
000, making the total insurance £G7,000. —
His life was understood to have been insured
in other offices for £40,000 or £50,000 more.
Mrs. L .and her lover Mr. B. were in the house
placed m the coaeh-lIOUHe. ■ ■ —■
The following facts were obtained at tho
ninth office: B. was a confirmed drunkard
and knew that he had a feeble hold on life.
.V woolen warehouse-man in Cheapside, ta
king advantage of this fact, got him to insure
his life in several offices, and gave him a com
mission on every insurance he effected. In
time, B got his life insured in numerous offi
ces, and to a large amount. Before going to
the insurance offices, he would be made to
abstain from drink during two or three days,
lie had then to take a warm bath, was dreas
| ed in a suit of New clothes and ultimately
1 treated to a gentle stimulant. When the de
-1 sired insurance had been effected, B. was en
couraged to drink as much as he liked. It
was not long before B. died, the woollen dra
-1 jier brought an action against the insurance
; company for the money payable on B’s death,
i but the insurance company contested his
! claim.
M. who had spoilt three fortunes, and need
! c<l new funds, effected in the different insur
ance companies insurances to upwards of
£40,000, for which he had to pay an annual
premium of £SOO. He effected a loan on tho
insurance, and soon after the payment of the
1 first premium he died.
The secretary of the tenth office declined
to insure the life of wives, and in particular,
the lives of surgeon’s wives on any account.
At the eleventh office the manager stated,
that frauds were of daily occurrence. Ireland
was the great place for them. The German
Jews in Frankfort had now learnt the trick
of insuring fulling lives. It was reported
among the insurance offices, that by being
deceived into accepting such risks, one com
pany had lost as much as £148,000.
The secretary of the twelfth office would
’ not insure tho life of a wife in favor of her
husband, and did not think any other office
would. Certainly he would not accept the
life on a surgeon’s wife. It was certainly true,
that the mortality among insured females was
greater than among insured males.
At the List office the following facts were
disclosed:
A Mrs. K came to the office in her car
riage to effect an insurance upon Ann E.,
whom she described as a friend, whose life
j had already been insured tbr £B,OOO, for £2,
500 in a second office, and £7OO in a third.
The medical referee was a member of the
Royal College of Surgeons, and now resides
I near one of the. fashionable squares at the
West End. Three months alter the insur
ance had been effected Ann E died, and it
was then discovered that Mrs. E. had effect
ed large insurances upon almost every mem
ber of her family, and that they one and all
had died shortly after the proposal had been
accepted. Upon her father’s life she had ef
fected an insurance for £3,000, in one office,
£499 in a second, and £2,000 in a third,
while the life had been refused by a fourth.
The lady had also effected insurances on the
life of her sister Dinah F. to the amount of
821.000, but all of them had been refused.—-
Further, the same lady had policies granted
upon the lives of almost every member of her
family, and in every case the insured had died
within a few months after the insurance had
1 been effected, the certificates of death being
j invariably signed by the Honorable M. R. 0.
. S., who had figured as medical referee in con
nection At ith all these c*ses. These circunii