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DR. H. A. METTAUER,
H AVISO spent a portion of three successive year* in
this city, during which time he has limited his
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Irlert hit services to the cilisens or Macon and surround
. isastry, in all the branches of his profession. Oflce
.•2 the loath Bast Comer of id and Cherry straeu, over
Ui Asher Ayres’ new Grocery Store.
LANIER & ANDERSON,
attorneys at law,
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MACON, QA.
the regular business of their Profession they
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KETaia minor children.
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ATTORNEYS AT LAW,
Macon, O-a.,
m Trlangßlsr Block, farmer es Cherry
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THE LIVER~
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PREPARED BY DR. SANFORD,
COMPOUNDED ENTIRELY FROM GUMS,
T S ,?* U*t Purgative and Liver Medicines now bofbrs
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—re tnan any other medicine known. It Is not on
;T tCatharUc. hut a Liver remedy, acting first on ths Liver
-Wt ltsmortld matter, then on the Stomach and bowels to
matter, thus two purpoees sffiec
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n*ot mow Cathartic*. It Wrengtheo* the system at
- sure tin* that It purge* It; an<l when taken dally In mod
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* ,r .the pwper Q performance of its ftaetions:
• -t..nait L*aifault -he bowel* are at fault, und
, jyjsyjem snHue la Cm onseouence of one organ—
h'. 1. -man. one of the proprietors has mails It
s.• practice of ‘more than twenty year*, to
G’- remedy where- _ with to counteract the many
“““** to Which it is M table.
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Obk® preysnt the food from rising and souring.
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“J cure* cos- rv , tTvexess.
taker, after each M meal srUl cure DfSPSP
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and * , make* a per'oet cure.
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UrfTr • ’r-ttie h* we<l*dto throw out of th*
re- ffevti of modi _ doe aft.-r a long sicknes*.
U4U *t*keafar V. JAUNDICE wsw all
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tJa. s HpeUte.and make* fddigest weU.
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All Mho use It are- arising lheir unanlutous ewil-
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bv. great b. believe. It cures as ts by
* r,t giving and seldom more
liGht fcLSSS*f*l“lfd lo cure any kind of UVER < om
he it, w"* Jwwwdwe or lhj*pej,n.i to a common
- - <,*U of which are the result of a IriaEASED UV
PRICE ONE DOLLAR PER BOTTLE.
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TO MISS MAEY B , 00LUMBU8, OA.
* * n room,
With no fir© in nay grate *
And sad repining at the doom
f>! single men at twenty-eight
I’m gazing on the dusty walls—
The floor unswept, unclean;
loD g>ng for those joyous halls
That, by married men, are seen.
I'm gazing on the musty books
That in confusion lie,
Dirt-cover’d, toesed in filthy nooks,
And with me seem to sigh.
I’m shiv’ring neath the chilly blast
That darts through broken panes;
And sighs are now escaping fast
From my sick heart’s domains.
I m wishing for thee now to come,
ith bright and cheery smile—
To give new life to my dull home
And all my griefs beguile,
I'm wishing for thee here to sit
In the ooay “old arm-chair;’’
And by thy smiles, thy love, thy wit,
Drive forth the demon—care.
Wilt thou not kindly undertake
To rule these gloomy halls;
And, for a poor old bachelor's sake,
Let joy reign within my walls?
Macon, March 27, 185& INACIft/8.
The Two CorUn of Wood.
Just at dark, one November evening;
three children occupied the large kitchen
connected with the establishment of farmer
Grant. A bright wood fire blazed cheerfully
in the wide chimney, while from the orane
thp ii.^p.iij.n g teakettle was anouucing as
loudly as possible, that the hour of supper
was approaching. By the bright, but fitful
light, one young girl sat reading ; another
stood at the window watching the cows as
they walked demurely from the yard to the
stable, while a boy of eleven summers was
seated on a cradle in front of the fire gazing
steadily at the flames as they shot upwards,
but T 9 III* CBU U|>|>v,srres*s • f rST Is ■ rtffif s ; 2mm Js‘
eating that his mind WRS elsewhere,
faoftly Ellen advanced from the window
and touching her sister KuLh to call her at
tention whispered; J ust look at Thomas he’s
in a brown study, as teacher said this after
noon, I do wonder what he is thinking o£
Ask him. responded Ruth, glancing at her
book again,
Thomas, called Ellen. What makes you
look so sober tonight? Did yon misss at
school ?
The boy gave a deep sigh, and then turn
ned to his sister with a smile, saying. “0,
Ellen, you can help me if you will; only you
must first promise me not to tell any one.”
Ellen promised, and Thomas led her to the
further end of the room, and his mother had
come in, where he made known to her bia
plan.
“ Last night,” said he, after you and Ruth
had gone to bed, I heard father and mother
talking. It made me feel sc sad I could not
go to sleep. She had been bringing in the
clothes, and kept coughing as she always
does when she works hard. Father told her
that she must go to taking thatdocter’s stuff
that did her so much good last winter. At
first she did not answer; but pretty soon I
saw her put up her hand*and brush away a
tear. “There are so many things to be
bought for the children,” she said, after a
while, “that I don’t like to spend money
for medicine. I don't often cough so much.’’
“I know that, too,” replied father, “but you
must attend to your health. What should
we all do without you ?”
“1 sometimes think,” said mother, “that
my work is almost done, and if it is God's
will to. call me away, he will provide for you
and our dear children.”
“I oouldn’t stay to hear any more, for I
had to run into the entry to keep from sob
bing aloud. O, Ellen, what could we all do
without mother.”
The young girl turned around, and gave
her znuther a piercing glance as if to satisfy
herself that her brother had cause for his
solicitude, and then asked.
“ But wliat can you, or both of us, do to
help her ?”
I mean someho jv to buy her a bottle of
that medioine,” exclaimed Thomas, impres
sively, “but how to do it is the question. Dr.
Jones had a load of wood carted to-day, and
he want's a man to saw it I would go to
morrow and ask him to give me the job and
the medicine to pay. only father wants his
wood piled up to-morrow before the snow
cornea.’’
Ellen stood for one moment returning her
brother’s ga*e, eagerly, “Ruth and I will
pile it for you. We’ll get up very early, and
do our stint before breakfast, and then we
yb*U have the whole afternoon.
Thomas joyfully accepted this ofler, and
readily obtained the job from the kind phy
sician. Before night he had piled the two
cords in the shed and sawed nearly a quarter
of it.
“Well my little workman,” said the doctor
driving into the yard as Thomas was hang
ing up the saw preparatory to leaving. “How
much have you earned this afternoon.”
A bright thought flashed across the boy’s
minri and in true Yankee style he answered
the question by asking, “Doctor, flow much
a bottle, was the eaugh medicine you gave
mother last winter t”
“Half a dollar,l think. Is she sick again?’ ’
The boy then a>mmunicated his wishes
and with a flushed face inquired of the doc
tor if he would be willing to let him have
one bottle to carry home with him.
The good man wu evidently moved by
this unexpected proposal. He made no re
ply except to invite the boy to his office. —
When there he talked more freely, and en-
I ded by giving bin • sbmH powder for hi*
mother, with directions for taking it, in ad
dition, to the desired cough medicine, and
promised to call himself the next day.
An hour later Thomas sat with hi s sisters
by the fire, and communicated to them the
joyful results of his afternoon's labor.
They then proposed to give the medicine
to the;r mother as a token of affection from
her three children, “for,” urged Thomas, “I
could not have done it if you had not helped
me.”
To say that Mrs. Grant was gratified would
be but freely expreessing her emotion when
the love-token was placed in her hands.
ith moistened eyes she gave each of
them a kiss, and then added in a subdued
voice, “God will reward you my dear one’s.
The blessing affixed to the Fifth Command
ment will be yours, for you have indeed hon
ored your mother.”
God did bless them in rendering the med
icine effectual in restoring the health of their
mother, whose life he prolonged for many
years. She saw her children growing up
useful, happy, and respected by all who knew
them.— Youth's Companion.
Lola Monte* on “.strong Mind
ed ftomeu.”
Another crowded house at the Hope
Chapel last evening testified to thepopu
larily of Lola as a lecturer, and seemed to
endorse emphatically her independent
ideas on the subject of “Strong Minded-
Women. ’ She was embarrassed, she
said, between the just idea of strength
and what was now denominated strong
minded, in the woman’s rights movement.
Mrs. Bloomer had obtained the reputa
tion of being a strong-minded woman by
merely cutting six inches off her petticoat.
Five hundred women getting togethei in
convention, and resolving that they were
an oppressed community, and that the
men were rascals and scoundrels, proved
that they were strong-minded. The strong
mitide*) wreiw” nf wnnlu.
but of deeds—not of resolutions, but of
action. History did not teach that they
ever consumed much time in conventions;
they were, rather, prompt to resent en
croachments upon their rights, and to
defend them or take the consequences of
such defence. When the Countess Cecil,
wife of the Governor of Henry IV., had
been called up to deliver up the city that
she defended, on the threat that her hus
band, who was in the hands of the ene
my, should be put to death, she replied —
“I have riches in abundance; I have of
fered them, and would still offer all for
his ran9om ; but I would not ignomini
oqsly purchase a life which he would re
proach me with, and which he would not
ask to enjoy, by means of dishonor or by
treason against my King aud country.”
That was an example of a real strong
minded woman ; and history was full of
such examples, who had no need of con
ventions or resolutions to make herself
known to the world. There was such a
difference between strong-minded and
strong-tongued women! Even men always
respected a women of genius. Genius
was not a sex. Would any one seek to
take a woman like Joan Belleville to fry
ing pancakes and pealing onions?—
(Laughter.) When they thought
Margaret of Anjou, would they pause to
speak about the intellect of women ?
Yet Joan of Belleville, with all her mili
tary glory, her successive descents on
Normandy, was one of the handsomest
women in Europe. Those were not sol
itary cases. Who had not read of the
Amazons, who did all the fighting, and
made the men stay at home ?—who were
not allowed to marry until they had kill
ed their man ? This was carrying the
question, undoubtedly, to an extent that
would satisfy our modern agitators.—
Who did not know of the Prefect of
Gregory’s daughter and Joan of Arc ?
of the Countess Belmont, who, with her
own hand, had taken prisoners, though
all mildness and gentleness at home ?
of Portia, the beautiful daughter of Cato,
of Utica, who, in order to convince her
husband that she was worthy of being
trusted, and capable of heroic deeds, had
badly gashed herself with a knife?—of
the Countess of Derby, who desperately
defended her castle when all gave it up
for lost —of Sybille, the wife of Robert
of Burgundy, who,to secure her husband’s
life, had, at the sacrifice of her own life,
sucked her husband’s poisoned wound’s?
But not only were women celebrated for
heroic deeds, but also in intellect and
even Had not Isabella of Ar
ragon been the only one to appreciate
the discoveries of Columbus, and really
proved the man of sovereigns. (Laugh
ter.) The intellect of Semiramls, and
she was sorry to say, her bad morals,
would rival that of any male monarch.
What male monarch made a more splen
did reign than Zenobia, Queen of Pal
myra? —and did not Queen Elizabeth
whose moral character she would not
undertake to defend, bear the reputation
of the gigantio monarch 1 Where would
men find a rival to Catherine the Second
of Russia—and had not Christiana of
Sweden thrown off the dress as well as
the manners of a woman, saying, “1
i would become a man, jet 1 do not love
MACOXV, GA. APRIL Si, 1858.
men because they are men, but because
they are not women.” (Laughter.) —
Olympious, the mother of Alexander the
Great, had been a match for the greatest
monarch of the present day. She would
not defend these women as models of
character for their sex, but they would
favorably compare with the general line
of the male monarchs. All the bad that
could be said of these women by histo
rians was said. The reason that so lit
tle was said of the men was, she suppo
sed, because no great degree of mor
ality was expected of them. (Applause.).
Men had the monopoly of the sins of
the world. Yet where could the men
produce such examples as Lucretia, the
Princess Octavia, the heroine of the bat
tlefield and of the fields of literature and
of science; Cornelia, mother of the
Gracchi, one of the most learned per
sons of her day ; Dacier, who translated
Homer and Plutarch’s Lives; while Eli
zabeth Carter not only translated Greek,
Latin, French and Arabic, but spoke all
these and several other languages be
sides. Helen Lucretia Gavan was the
most learned person of her day, and one
of the greatest curiosities of Rome;
while Jane of Arragon, the Marchioness
de Chatelle, and Anne Clifford, contrib
uted further to (ill up the record ©f wo
man’s genius and learning. Os Madame
de Steal, George Sand, Madame Roland,
and Lady Montague, she said that all
knew; and Sir Edward Lyton Bulwer
was not an exception to the rulo that
men of the present day could not readi.
ly recognize the genius of their own
wives. She defended the character of
Aspasia from what she deemed unjust as
persions, extolled Cleopatra’s beauty and
diplomacy, and supported the theory of
Rousseau that all great revolutions orig
inated with women, tuc r
these convention women to get at the
legislators was through their hearts, for
men’s judgments were easily controlled
where their hearts were interested. (Ap.
plause.) These convention women, it
would be hoped, would make good wives
and mothers if they would turn their at
tention in that direction. (Laughter.)
They would never get on as politicians.
(Laughter.) Woman complained most
in the United States where she had the
most liberty. They had got to learn
that in politics you must not let your left
hand know what your right hand doeth.
(Laughter.) What did she care about
carrying the vote to the box, when she
was allowed to say how the vote should
be cast? (Laughter.) A woman qual
ified for a good wife and good mother
need not envy a woman of genius, nor
need she think that mental powers would
unfit her for domestic life. (Applause.)
Napoleon had been reported to have s.aid
that “she is the greatest woman who had
the greatest number of childrenbut
any cat or rabbit could beat Napoleon’s
great woman. (Universal laughter.)—
Women were expected to make home
happy if the husband was as bad as a
Bengal tiger; and history was full of
such humble sacrifices on the part of
women. One of the greatest actresses
on the English stage was driven to ob
tain a livelihood for her family by the
cruelty of her husband. While in the
times of trouble and despair men would
frequent gambling houses and drinking
houses, heroic women would be working
by the dim light of the midnight lamp,
lor the wherewithal for the next meal.
He who would treat women as an iuferi
rior being, insults that God who made
her his equal and companion. She be
lieved with Plutarch, “A wife should be
as a mirror, representing her husband,
provided he is such a husband as a noble
woman could justly representand
Erasmus corroborates this idea. Wo
man had the greatest liberty in the Uni
ted States, for she lorded “it” here most
tremendously over the lords of creation.
(Laughter.) She had the right to drive
him out of the omnibuses—(laughter) and
everywhere where there was a seat. —
(Laughter.) She thought the men ought
to get up a meeting about the wrongs of
the masculine gender. (Laughter.)—
They could give them an address upon
the enormity of buttonless shirts, hold
ing up one as a hieroglypic emblem of
the neglect of wives. (Laughter and ap
plause.) Then there were the stockings
presenting seperate holes for every toe
—(laughter) —looking like so many
mouths proclaiming the neglect of house
hold duties. (Laughter.) Lola conclu
ded with a ludicrous and witty supposed
address on the wrongs of man, conclu
ding by saying that even the ancient usa
ges of society were overleaped, and the
women have at last seized upon the fash
ion of wearing men’s pantaloons. (Laugh
ter.) Doubtless there would be an an
swer from Lucy Stone, indignantly show
ering words, such as she would not at
tempt to describe—they must all hear
them. The married men could imagine
what they would be—laughter—especi
dly if any Mrs. Caudles here present.
(Laughter.) Single gentlemen had no
business knowing these things in advance.
(Laughter.)
llenevolcnce and Gratitude,
A TRUE STORY.
It was a raw bleak night; the rain
was falling fast, while the wind blew in
violent gusts. A Portsmouth night
eoach stopped at the principal inn of the
town to change horses. The cold and
wearied travelers alighted for a few
minutes to enjoy the comfort of a bla
zing fire, as well as to take refreshments.
“Will you give a poor fellow a night’s
shelter in your hay-loft!” asked a weath
er beaten sailor addressing one of the
ostlers who was fastening the harness.
“No, not such as you,” answered the
man ; “you had belter make the best of I
your way off, or you will get more than J
you bargained for, if you prowl about
here any longer.”
“Perhaps, young man,” replied the tar,
“you may one day be sent adrift upon
the worlwLwithout a penny to keep your
head above water; and as to honesty, 1 i
know better than take what is not my
own, if I had not a shoe to my foot.”
“1 wouldn’t trust you farther than I
can see you,” said the ostler; “and if you
don’t be off, I’ll make you.” j
Boor Jack was turning away, hungry !
and foot sore, when lie was tapped on j
the shoulder by a lad who acted as a
stable-boy.
“If you were to go down the road to
that first little shop, ’ lie said, “widow
Smith would, I dare say, fi t you sleep
in her wood house. She is a good old
creature, and is always ready to help any
one in distress.”
“Thank you,” said the sailor.
These few words caused a revulsion of
feeling in the breast of the forlorn stran
ger ; they told him that there still were
hearts in which kindness flowed.
John Willis, on coming ashore, had
~#• l.io little fill, .a tiling of
no uncommon occurrence, and he was
now compelled to beg his way to Lon
don. lie deeply felt rebuffs he frequent
ly met with. The prevalence of impo
sition frequently renders it hard for those
who are really in need to get help, for
their truthfulness is often questioned.
Jack followed the directions given
him, but he found the shop closed. He
felt that it was an unseasonable hour—
still the favorable account that he had
received of its owner, encouraged him to
tap at the door. NHis summons was an
swered by the worthy dame, who having
listened compassionately to his tale of
suffering, bade him enter and share her
frugal meal. The tar entertained his
benevolent hostess with a recital of some
of the shipwrecks he had witnessed, and
the narrow escapes he had himself had.
And she piously directed his mind to the
good Providence which had protected
and preserved him to the present hour,
and the Saviour who had died for him.
The repast over, the widow placed some
clean dry straw in one corner of a shed
attached to her dwelling, and with a very
thankful heart the w T earied traveler
stretched himself upon it, and slept as
soundly as if on a bed of down.
Before continuing his journey in the
morning, Jack looked in to thank the
good woman for the shelter she had giv
en him ; he found, however a warm
meal awaiting him. Having partaken of
it and accepted of a few cents to help
him on his way, lie departed with a hearty
ty benediction from his hostess.
Ten years passed and the little inci
dent here recorded had long escaped
the memory of all save one of the par
ties concerned. Ten years had wrought
many changes in the town and most of
its inhabitants, but they had glided gen
tly over the head of Widow Smith.
The only alteration perceptible in her
was that her hair had become more sil
very, and her form was slightly bent.
She still continued her labors of love;
and though her means were very limited,
she was looked upon as the friend and
neighbor of all who were sick, or in want.
One morning a large official looking
letter was put into Mrs. Smith’s hand by
the post-man. Its purport was to beg
her attendance in London on the follow
ing day, when the writer said she would
receive gratifying intelligence, which it
was wished to communicate to herself
personally. Much consultation and gos
siping ensued. One of the neighbors
thought it a hoax, to play the old lady
a trick; another said it would be highly
imprudent for a woman of her years to
take such a journey, especially to trust
herself alone in such a wicked place as
London ; while a third was quite sure
that the writer had some evil design.
It did appear a formidable undertaking
to one who had never traveled ten miles
from her native place. The widow’s cred
ulity had often been imposed upon, yet
she would believe anything but that any
would intentionally deceive or wrong
her. She had great confidence, too, in
the protecting providence of God, whom
she served in humble dependence on His
grace in Christ,and therefore felt no fear in j
complying with the request in the letter. !
\Y herefore, notwithstanding the ridicule
of some, and the remonstrances of others,
the good dame started by the first coach
which passed through on the morrow,
and reached f*ondon in time to meet the
appointment.
The address given was at an inn, and
on arriving there she was immediately
ushered into a private apartment, where
two respectable looking men were wait
ing to receive her. The widow’s surprise
was increased whenjone of them accost
ed her with the familiar phrase—
“ How do you do, mother ? Don’t you
remember me, my worthy ?” asked he,
i in answer to her half frightened, lnquir
’ ing glance. “I am Jack Willis, the sail
|or you housed and fed ten years ago. I
am now captain of a merchantman ; and
this gentleman,” turning to his compan
ion, “will, in my name, do the needful to
settle an annuity of fifty dollars upon
you as a proof of my gratitude for your
kindness, and especially for your advice,
which I hoj>e, by God’s mercy, led me to
think of and trust in him for salvation.”
The widow, unable to give utterance
to the emotions of her swelling heart,
burst into a flood of tears.
Widow Smith returned to her cottage
home, thankful to God for his blessing
on her humble eflorts to benefit au hum
ble creature in body and soul, and for
his bountiful care for her, and delighted
that she now had increased means of
usefulness; and never after did she lis
ten to a tale of suffering without think
ing of poor Jack Willis.
Lines AddrcNNCd to Misg Julia.
Thy presence dwells around, above, below.
In all ihing-t lovely and most beautiful;
I hear thy voice In every fountain’s (low
Behold thy smiles in every (tower I cull.
The tuneful birds, the rills, the rustlftig trees—
The beings of the air—the stars, the moon—
All sounds, an 4 tones, and stirring melodies.
And aught with which my spirit doth commune,
iu earth, or sea, or Heaveu, or space, to me
Discourse a one, adored one, of thee !
lint, my ImIU, U>t otllvton iililua
W hat once was ilcaror than the world beside ;
Think not that thy picture, so dear.
Can tie removed, or yield its guarded place
To fairer form or mere seraphic face.
Think not, dearest, though no more—no more
Breaks on our soul like waves along the shore,
With a deep tone of sorrow and despair.
That. I can cease remembered love to share.
That I can ever from my heart untwine
Atfection’s tendrils, wreathed by hands like thine,
Never again, on earth, dear .fulls, canst thou lie loved
As 1 have loved thee ; never, never more,
My love as holy can thy breast me moved.
Whilst thou remain ou this terrestrial shore.
>n thee alone my faithful spirit dwells—
To thee alone my restless fancy soars—
Thy smiles—thy words—each feature of thy face—
Thy step as thou didst from me last depart—
Thy long and yet lingering gaze.
Were caught and treasured in my doating heart.
And there have lived through every varying flood
The solace of my weary solitude.
Society at the South.
The society of the South, we regard as
in some respects superior to that of any
part of the world. The English are
proverbial for their reserve and stateli
ness—the French for their elegance and
vivacity, and we of the South are a kind
of intermediate of the two, having the
fortilerin re of the former and the suavi
ter in tnodo of the latter, beautifully and
harmoniously blended together. This
we regard as the secret of the fascinating
influence that is exerted by Southern la
dies and gentlemen at home and abroad.
But with all the many advantages that
society at the South enjoys, an observing
eye will not fail to perceive a want of
sincerity pei vading the intercourse of
the sexes, which can be found nowhere
else. Even under the easy familiarity
of Northern society, there exists greater
confidence than with us. The spirit of
coquetry seems to prevail in our midst
as a mania. It has iufused itself into
the various relations of Southern Socie
ty, and has become so common, that but
little if any confidence now exists be
tween opposite sexes. This disease of
society is not confined to castes. The
high and the low, the educated and the
uneducated, are alike subject to it.—
Neither is it limited to one sex to the ex
clusion of the other, or even to the un
married, for some that have assumed the
holy vows of wedlock are voted decided
ly fast.
The youth just entering the attractive
saloons of the gay and fashionable, soon
becomes entangled in the artful meshes
spread by a belle that has spent two or
three summers at a watering place, or
one that has enjoyed the advantages of
city life. He drinks in with delight the
delicate compliments bestowed by this
seemingly most innocent and unsophisti
cated of all human creatures—surpassing
even the ingenuous manners of a country
school girl. He listens to the soft, sweet
notes ot her israfeliun voice, us she sings
some beautiful and touching song of the
affections, and soon realizes iu her his
beau ideal of a lady. She, with that
qnickness of perception so peculiar to her
sex, seeing her poison working success
fully gracefully- presents to him a bou
quet of rare and < deriferous flowers, and
this after refusing to part with them at
the solicitation of her many admirers.—
This last master stroke fills him with a
perfect delirium of pleasure. He escorts
her to her carriage—she gently presses
his hand as he assists her in, and softly
whispers in his ear, that she will be pleas
ed to see him soon at her home. His
destiny is fixed —she has sown the seed
of his eternal unhappiness ; and she, a
gay, attractive and heartless oo
j quette, retired to her boudoir and sleeps
| calmly and quietly—the measure of her
vanity being full to overflowing. Our
young hero follows up in quick haste his
seeming good fortune and early declares
his enthusiastic love. She, true, to her
nature, affects the utmost surprise at his
feeling revelation—she coldly looks upon
him, and with a haughty nod of the head,
rejects his proffered love; but assures
him that she will be pleased to consider
him as one of her best friends. He, dis
gusted with society, turns woman hater,
and seeks pleasure in the wine-cup and
at the gaining table, and is soon lost for
ever !
But, to reverse the picture, how often
do we see a thoughtless young man, by
marked attentions and courtly phrases,
win the esteem of an inipulsivegirl —lead
her to expeet that he will some day so.
licit her hand in honorable marriage;
but he abandons her and leaves her to
repine over misplaced and unrequited
love, lie thus boldly and recklessly
tampers with the most sacred thing of
life, the tender feelings of an inexperienc
ed girl, to gratify his unequaled self-love
for the passing moment, and this too re
gardless of the (act that he is embittering
the future happiness of a warm-hearted
and gifted woman. He can do all this,
according to the present organization of
society, and still he is recognised by some
as a gentleman.
“ Love is of mau’s life a thing apart,
’Tis woman's whole existence.”
We regard the practicing of such arts
by a lady as quite a fault, but with all
their faults we can but like them —and
will endeavor to overlook this trait of
their character, for the charming crea
tures can’t help it. But in a man it is
feminine and absolutely dishonorable and
as such we must condemn it. It must
be regarded as one of the evils of society,
and is without doubt a great drawback
to the divine institution of marriage. It
has done more to diminish the increase
of population than all the fallacious prin
ciples promulgated by Malthus and his
deluded followers. We have no remedy
to suggest, and must close by wishing
that the God of Love may have mercy
upon the souls of all that have sinned in
this particular. —Edyejield Advertiser.
Bird*.
“ Oh, the sunny, summer time:
Oh, the leafy summer time!
Merry is the bird's life.
When the year is in its prime!
Same are strung, and some art weak ;
Some love day. and seme love night;
But whate’er a bird is,
W hate'er loves—lt has delight.
In the joyous song it sings;
In the liquid air it cleave* ;
In Uie sunshine. In the shower;
In ths nest It weaves.
“Dove wake, or do we sleep ;
Qo our fancies In a erowd
After many a dull care.
Birds are si using loud !
Ming then linnet, sing then wren.
Merle and mavis sing your HU ;
And thou rapturous sky lark.
Sing and soar up from the hill!
Sing, oh nightingale, and pur
Out for us sweet fancies new;
Sing for us, birds;
We will sing of you!”
A Mother's Eyes.
A mother's eyes are magnets to the child.
To draw him up to boyhood; then, like stars.
They are put out by meteoric youth
Dimming Uie pure calm of their holy ray.
A mother’s eyes the grown-up man forgets.
As they had iiever been, with knitted brow.
The goddess pilot of A mbitiouVsea,
Steering hU bark to Islands all unknown
He never reaches. Bo: in dismal wreck
Those isle* are covered with the ghost* of ships.
That only drift there through Oblivion'* night.
Touching the shore lu silence.
In old age.
Remembrance from her portrait, lilts the veil.
Ami then a mother's eyes beam forth again,
Aud through the soul's dark window, gaze like doves.
New lighted from the sky, aud mi it thus
With thoughts of inuocence and dream* of love.
Arrccit ola Wholesale Hlgamltit
(From the Phila. Bulletin, 22d.)
A man who gives the name of James R.
Wilson and who has a great number of
aliti'jes, was arrested to-day, at Worrel’s ho
tel, ’ a Dock street, by special officers Call
nan and Catlin, on the charge of having
married a number of different females, and
after having secured their property left them
(or some new victim.
Mrs. Prudence R. Wilson, of Mauayunk,
charges the accused with having married her
under pretence of being engaged in business,
and after securing all her property left her.
He is charged with having, under the
name of Boynton, married a lady of Trenton,
■whom he left after having obtained posses
sion of SBOO belonging to her.
He is also charged with having married a
lady in the lower part of the city, giving the
name of Smith. From her lie stole $2Ol
and a gold watch, and then decamped.
At West Chester it is alleged that he
married a lady whom he soon afterward,
left.
He paid attention to a lady named Carri
gan in the 18th ward in this city, and made
a pretence of wanting to marry her. Bin’ by
some means she escaped his toils.
It isbeheved that the accused has wivue all
over the country, and those who bve, been
duped by him should come forward and
testify.
The prisoner had a partial hearing before
Alderman Eneu this afternoon, and he was
committed for a further hearing at one
o’clock on Thursday afternoon.
The accused is a large Yankee, and about
forty-five years of age. He is a large ma.n
weighing about 250 pounds, and rejoices in
black hair and whiskers and a florid com- ,
plexian. The forefinger of his left hand has
been cut close so ts. The police have been in
search of him for some time, and a party of
indignant wives will probably greet him at
his hearing on Thursday next.
|3f” “My dear,” said an affection ale
spouse to her husband, “ I stn your trea
sure !” u Oh yes!” was th e cool reply
“ And I would willingly lay it up in hea-
I ten.” What an insulting W retch 1
NO. St.
(From the Columbus Knquirer.
Tlie First Atlantic Steamer.
Perhaps few are cognizant of the fact
that the first enter prize of crossing the At
lantic by steam was originated and accom
plished by a Georgian who sailed from
Savannah in a ship owned by himself,
and fitted for the voyage by his own
private means. Yet such is the fact;
and thejprojector, before his decease, hav
ing spent his fortune in testing the utili
ity of his enterprize, is now through his
only surviving kin, before the Congress
of the nation asking to be in some meas
ure remunerated for the outlay thus
made in demonstrating the practicability
of this great scheme ; a scheme the com
pletion of which has born the means of
bestowing incalculable advantages on in
habitants of both the old and new worlds.
Senator Iverson has the matter in hand,
and we therefore feel confident that no
efforts will be spared in securing justice
to the claims of all parties. We give
below the particulars of the first steam
voyage across the ocean:
I was the Sailing Master of the steam
ship Savannah, of the port of Savannah,
Georgia, on her trip to Liverpool, Co*
penhagcn,St. Petersburg, &c., said steam -
ship being the first steam vessel that ev
er crossed the Atlantic propelled by
steam. Said steamship, Savannah, was
built at the city of New York, in the
year 1818, by ship builders, the firm be
ing of Picket 61 Crocket, she being de
signed by said builders for a Havre
pack*-t. This vessel was purchased by
William Scarbrough, of Savannah, Ga.,
and was named at his suggestion, the Sa
vannah, mid under his direction she was
fitted up as a steam vessel, he having
told me that in his opinion the oceun
would be navigated by steam, and lie in
truded that his own State, Georgia, and
the city of Savannah, should have the
credit of sending the first steam vessel
across the Atlantic. Iler castings were
made in New- York, and her boilers
.manufactured at Elizabethtown, New
Jersey, by Daniel Dodge. The expense
of fitting this vessel and sending her
across the Atlantic, was borne by the
said William Scarbrough. After she
was completely fitted as a steam vessel
she left New York under canvass, (the
law then not permitting any vessels to be
navigated by steam in their waters,) and
sailed for Savannah, Georgia, and arri
ved there in the early part of May, 1819.
President Monroe and his suite were at
this time in Charleston, South Carol ina.
William Scarbrough’directed us to pro
ceed to Charleston and give President
Monroe, &c., an invitation to come to
Savannah uu board the steam vessel.
We went in accordance with his direc
tions to Charleston, and called uporj
President Monroe and gave him th# Use
vitation above statod. President Mon*
roc informed us that the people of
Charleston did not wish him to leave their
State Ui a Georgia Conveyance, and that
he W'ould visit us at Savannah. In a few
days after President Monroe arrived in
Savannah, andcatne on board the vessel
with his suite and several naval officers
and citizens. The vessel was navigated
i entirely by steam. „We proceeded dowu
the river upon an excursion, and the
President was greatly pleased with the
vessel, and stated to Mr.> Scarborough
that upon the arrival of the SavwiDkh
from her cruise across the Atlantic,
(which was then about to be made) he
desired the vessel to be brought to the
City of Washington, and there would
be no doubt the Government would pur
chase her, and employ her for a cruiser
upon the coast of Cuba, Ac. We sail
ed from Savannah for Liverpool on the
2dth of May, 1819. My brother-ht-law,
Moses Rogers, was Master, or held her
papers, and was an accomplished engi
neer. 1 was Sailing Master, Mr, Black
man the 3d officer on board. There was
a considerable difficulty in procuring a
crew, as they felt that it was an enter
prize attended with great danger, and
many refused to ship at any price. Hav
ing sailed on the 2Gth of May, we made
the port of Liverpool in twenty-two
days after leaving Savannah—fourteen
out of the twenty-two days * having
leen navigated by steam, and the only
reason why the whole voyage was not
performed by steam, was the fear that
there might not be a sufficiency of fuel,
and not from any inability of the vessel
to perform the entire voyage by steam.
When we arrived off Cape Clear, the
Admiral at Cork despatched a ship to
our relief, supposing that we were on Jirt.
This ship caused a gieat excitement upon
her arrival at Liverpool, and a great
many amusing incidents occurred, which
would take too much time and space to
rebate. The English Government watch
ed, apparently, with great jealousy,
and it w&9 rumored that the ship was
destined to remove Napoleon from St.
Helena to the United States. From
1 Liverpool we proceeded to Copenhagen,
M lure she excited great curiosity, and
row thence to Stockholm, where a like