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VOLUME 10.
FALL GOODS!
URGE stock:
Cheap Prices and
ELEGANT GOODS
eb, mm & boss’
“BAZAAR OF FASHION.”
.<T| | lf( n n<i in -tre uklit d'.| r- tb
UI J Mat aUfac-> •:* us iici>.*iuffuit
ORESS GOODS
that it ha* nf 11 WW ud prtvit*** to offtr to a fuk
lutb.t arurM. To r Uurt
OUR STOCK
IS RICH AND GORGEOUS
twYoait t<%tnJh rorrUtOnltd, u 4 hoik
tug Mnkd tvl latit 4 llit
LATEST <; EJIS
to cnU and •*•• fur Ibctnaitrca. Our t < i of
STAPLE GOODS
vat n*rer be'ore no awpirle, and h*o v add oar
CARPET DEPARTMENT,
wl.icn il:-|'iavt ttel; great* and atylt, wr nr. ptrparcd la
■jr tn.it
OUR STOCK,
u a whole, proetiU a arvae a* raritd ■ It ta
LARGE & ATTRACTIVE.
i’ \ I.L SLtl Wiu IU UI | lrj.-tir* to sl-> vou * ur atocA
UOSB, COLEMAF & ROSS.
Cotton Anuar.
Sett W-wtf. Uaeoß.Ua
tr “l-re-*.” t r.~an.l ‘T>>armtfc” • * wok’e
8100 HE WARD!
HORSE STOLEN!
OTOLIX from my tkr%© mil*-* it* m Jfacm, on th©
p Hmotm R *<t. on the iilftii us (hr 1-h Knt.. a iHirk Hus
II r©, niib u mbit* aipui HU in*t. wiflt |tw# ty*. two
white f*t <• low ncelWtid). 5 or € year* old. n ©lium
iiM,ftvru:.4H><lT. Ike atufe n-vinl will lor
the thief and hone with eddet ce i.’ . or
T went a tvc Uulbn for the Ho *•- aW
uct ti-V Rl>B*T. K.
TO THE PLANTERS OF GEORGIA.
WEST &. GODFREY,
AHKXrs OK THE
Planters* Association of Ga.,
It ’HI cunt i h ne to repress nt the ir frit mis
in the sole of Pninee at Silvan noli.
TllANKrrLfrwtiM wtrnaai t*f the •©** wajur, (Her
lake thU am caeioa to iuft rm the l'LUkte. * of C*ef£i % Ibut
they arc now rratljr to waif uu>a tht iu for Ike efi-uini
vun, ami * runt l>y etikt aiii L >lfi i altriilion lo l<usiiiet>, t
five abivfttl NMi4Uni< nt- all who n*av favor them tl h
rr vita ('oiisigDiiieii •if t'otU o, * lo r . hkf. Ats , r with
wrdrrs so( the t>urdixv c.f PaiDilyai.d I’lai tat • a NHpfllfe.
Ft. B - (*mimirMin ot*tlH*wlc*fC*4t<rß.Soccnta |*cr Inalc,
hit i .atoiuai> nU fi>r other prmiiw©.
Isaac v w*s*t,
JAMES E tiODKREY.
Savaanah, Aif.*?, N't.—h>*lan. 1, 1:U).
‘AHOTHER WANDERER NEGRO/
ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS REWARD!
I WILL jive Kitty |n llar l. r the a|.pretensi..n and ..fe
1 rtett<rr t.. me of mv man J*‘IIV who lias teen “a
w&n.lrrei ” ft.! the laet twelve inontha,and an euual amuui.t
f.r the .ii\ lotion >f any white loan who hart-ore hint -
J.dtn 1* l'tit 4$ Teare aid. .and dark eomt.lnl<>n. at.m i.
tret nine iavhea high. Is stout and muscular, has a very heavy
eh'st, and weighs probably lllu. Tlie-e is a edtwMeeab e
srrA irrvsular sear on his hack, iraiisil ’■ v a tall.l Hut he
Par le tdc*ntified hr slight marks ln*’icatin< the pointsfr..m
whWhau e*ir lineer < having been attached by a mere ctiti
< >.. was r ’|.(nd from ah band during bis (n'ar. y. It is
proiwl.ie that be is lurking In the vk-iiiitva.f Maom. but lie
may Laie lc.u dcvycd off to a.-rue dMant sectiou h> a
white malt. WM. 1.1 t.
April H. laid—ls. (Telejra| h copy.)
Tbe Driggs’ Patent
PIANO FORTE.
| am now ready lo mwi r the ..ft repeat ‘J <u< ion. “Who
I makes the two t*tataoa?” I aasaer, siiTaaltß-sllT.
I’RIUOri. I'AKMKLKh A CO, of b.w V..rk, lh.vt
ben tsi ia| tW* ri vrs, ami elalu to ui.Jettai! Ite
tasifwn-cnt lb.rough y. 1 have lata bulk ii(>ns ly lo
mmtait b atre tbe Hw. I hare sr. n every
I art of the I ■Hare I'tann. ai.d eeeeral ..tber celebrated • nc,
ia puceoif beia|*le. Tie |teif*’ I man far ncele a 1
other* In taro very Important partieuinte, vi-: I ••lv.ri.e ><l
>eetiiel tone, ami capacity ftr stay iha inline. Tl
!• tie i produced a* lunch ae p-n-lMr like thr Volin, there
tviii* ta.■ V..Uinlin* board* cmvrl uat ararra “I hr heavy,
th . k plank*. Muck* and liiacr- are done aav with, eo a
• hamherUturmed Ir e-oml Ti e p*o> had isretaeo of
time ia nyual to that ot tbe test tifaiid Piano.
The capacity tor ataviN* ia tube it |>ei.da on a nealy lit- |
vetted lent Frame, nr l ed pUtr. wh’cb sustain* nil the *lra a
and U entirely free fn ui lt vibratory Bait o* the Instru
aieiit. ThireUacrrat tn i-rovemei tin the .uai ner of put
ti a* oa tbe Suii p. ttry m l brine HaUr to rust or to far -t
tielr bsiißp, and la tile arrangement of tte damp* ra. Ite
naSfe. bammci*. lock r-uteta*. i ud every part of the aCina j
I I made in a man ter that caubot te excelled. The following
la from Tbairmg:
“Mr. S U. I awes—l have • vjn.lm.i ynor aw nano
F’ rte, and cordially approv e of las syrteoi of cm -Illusion;
ha prim ipic* tv which areal I• crease if dlralmy power ia
obtained, be.ng rv simple and iwftecp’r [Alb*. | b cal.
Tbe ton* t* grand and noble. It has/red ia|dlf for sus
tain ng the ombd or linatea. and its volume oit nr or power.
1 havenever beard excelled in bepth, purity,slid at apathetic
sarettaess. S.THALBbRIi.”
Similar criißi-ate* hare been recelvd from I.■ tsehalk, .
mrachosch. Mas t and many other eminent artist*.
Ore of these ioatrum n* may let seen at Mc-sr* Virgins
Wesh.a'l beaM.- sooatodii order* not only with ttu-e pi
anus, tut others of a vary mat |altera—for Isr.e nsust
Cornet*, goth c tecs, mee* -si, ( octave*. ao llmt ;
pta-ve.c nhe p.avrd on them the same as oa the 7 .stave pi
an ~no• on the tower Ire-e botes. Alan. 7c aee ptaaos
of ttes.me make and pattern, -bleb wv will-ell *ar t eseiae r I
cheap. The Dr'g * piano will to -rd. at abot the a.ms j
prices a* . titer piano*, arciwdlng to Mu sh of case.
I hat ei be agenev fee the nde ..f th.se piano hr ’be State
ot Gro-*a. orders from any part of the State trill -e j
po mptly attended to. h. Is. KICK.
Direct to Mvsr. Stb-nqWf. I
mamrai.
MR. RCROHARD tats returned from Sew York with
the Sues! selection of
WATCHES JEWELRY
and Fancy Article*
ever brought to Georgia. and Ihev are new opened and ei
posed he axle at our
Iteantifnl Store on Cherry Street, Tree 4<*>r*
from the Tt4eyra/th iimhtemj, at the
Siyn of the
BIG- WATCH,
Taovfcea we invite all hi <VI ami see the tales* novelties—
Uur seivcJuUs embrace
RICH, RARE AND GORGEOUS
bTYLEb OF OUNAJIENTS,
HNS. BKACKKETS. CHAINS. I.Al'IpS
KNAMELLKIi t DIAMOND \VATt'HKb,
DIAMOND. PEARL. t 'R \l_ UK
iil'M Lli .in-1 oilier full .uni
hail set* if Jewelry,
hotiio of n. tr
th si K u
just
out.
We de*ir* to can particular attention to oar flock of Watch
es. by the evict.ra ed Bi .htr’. Cowderoy, Hmide . ptoddart,
ToAss. Ae . nunte lo order etyermly lot ns. He Bavraleu on
hand the invaluable Jurms-n and Aardut Ch.objlucteta.
A tar*,* variety at rheks—latest etvle.
Strum Sliver and Plated Tea belts, pitchers. Ootdets Ae.
Musical Instruments
°Fevery drscriptbui. fall and took at our varied stock o
VHHJV.
Weataocalitbe attention of the tradetooar it. k of
GOU33 PENH,
The U-ge*t and beet ■rite iou tur UiMi|4t to Utia market
HiPiltlH PrMtpilj Done ..4 Uirnild.
AIE\AKI‘ A BCRQItARD.
_ srpt .* Slab ofthe Big Hatch,
Uluakle Plantation tor Sale.
lAM now uder.iig fur sale ay plant alb a ia JuoraCounty
Htvea aui above Maun, on Uer Ucu.mgee Riv<r. cob
siaiagtpaacnaof laod. Attached to the place is Sun acres
*"vjp loi ris. (river bottom/. Terms one aad two years’
trvvui.
**l *• *tafclag u, purchase va oablr Lands, will do wall
to all sad eiamlae the above as 1 am delereilbed to all.
•PvlA-U RuhERT LURDY
it it. i.n i Lirs
VERMIFUGE.
In LARGE llottles and Vials.
Nothin? •‘l-*#* i repair©*! to relieve rhildr**n of
W"rioi; ad<l beiuif ou© of th© cheapest aud
K't erer o!f* r**l to th© joihiic. It* fre
queut ux* in fituiili©* uill much tr oiLl© uud
•rpoHJw* well a* th© liven of many chiLlr* u —for
eight out of ever y leu €*•©* geitorwlly it.
UTTLE’k
ANODYNE COUGH DROPS.
A cerlni* run fvr fW.tr, f'.oty/i*, Bronchitis,
Asthm i Pain in the Urc-ut ; u/.’ Croup,
Whtfipi >tfj (\myhr, Jtr., Sec.,
amouf/st ChiUlnu.
This is a pleasant medicine to take, prodneing: im
mediate relief, and in nine out of ten cases a prompt
eure. It eyerrises the must runtmllint; influence
over r.ruebs aud Irritation us the Luries us any re
niedy kuunn. uft.'n stopping the must viuleut iu a
few hours, or at most iu a day ur two. Many eases
th-'Mcht to he decidedly consumptive, have heeu
promptly cured l.y ukiaj a few bottles. As auodyuu
expectorant, without a-triuirius’ the Imwels, it slaudu
paramount lo all Cotijb mixtures.
IsITTLE’S
FRENCH MIXTURE.
This is prepared from a French Recipe fin the
forms of No i aud 2; the first for the acute, aud
Ss. 2 for the chrou.e ttiyr, 1 aud from its uuexatupled
surcess is likely lo supersede every other remedy
f..r the cur* of diseases of the Kidueys and iiladder,
Ooaurrhieal, Hleuuorrhseal. aud Leuchorrhucal or
F'luor Alims adections. This extensive compound
Combines properties totally .lllerent in taste and
character from any tbiuif to be found in the I'ninsl
Mates I‘iiarmacop.ria; aud iu point f safety and efil
cicucy is not rivailed in America.
LITTLE’S
RINGWORM & TETTER OINTMENT.
FOIITIS, \o. a.
Hundreds of cases of Chronic Tetters. Scald Heads,
aud diseases us the skin iteneraiiy, have beea cured
by this remedy; and since tbe introduction of the
Ko 2 preparation .beiß e stroui;eri scarcely a rase
has been found that it w ill not effectually eradicate
la a short time. For the cure of Canceruns Sore*
and Ulcer* it is applied in the form of plasters, and
is almost infallible.
In more than Cure hundred places la Georgia, and
In tbe honthern Mates, they are to lie had ; and as
there are Kramp* ih u. who are c his
remedies, by palming off their own or something
else, by nsinj the same or similar name* .for no pa
tent is wauled or seenred amid tbe absurd patents of
the day.) let all be rautioued to look well for tho
signature of tbe Proprietor, thus
a also bis name blown into the glass of each bottla
Mjt~ All orders and letters to be addressed to
LITTLE & BRO.,
Wholesale I>rnexists, Macon, Oa
E..r sale by K. L. Str.ibtvker, Xlciiiinl Jv
(‘asticii, Macon. :■ n<l by McrchaiilKaiui lirug
gists everywhere.
Sept b':s
FOR NEW YORK.
FAKE REDUCED,
Freight and Passage as I/rw as ly any other
STEAM33VIS.
Cabin Passage. :::: Sls.
Uj Uie *|l‘udi<l Mini coniiufKlioMt
Side m ln*f! Mcuihcm
AUGUSTA,.. 1 Jty> U.IW Capt. M. S. Woodhull,
¥U KII*A I. my ** ** lftitac i *row©ll,
ALABAMA I,*W - ** Ueo. H. NAeuck.
Ai.*l ir-4 dan Prop©n©r
HTA KOK THE LTII t I,lm Capt. ThoM.aa Lyon.
. m Tke— teso)fihi|© bfirloiig
I S • ill© oltl ©vtaNiiifiLed and
L ,av< r t© I'm©, known a© in©
~ 1 “ 4 |T n ’ n ’ “Nrw York aid sS^vaiiiiak
(’oinpa
\ I fy,*'and ib atm fort, mo rn
-.sfiirsXiJv ©ic* l!©tl. They are Com
* ruiAitfiSed by exit©riein ©d,
KM lful, careful aud pr*ite nflWn*
• J< HIM U. WILDER A GALLIC.
Afunta, SavaiiMall.
BAMUKL L MITCIIILL s% ?H>N.
lulrt— t? Agent*, New York.
“MARBLE WORKS!
; * son,
,1/if/i ufiic'itrers of ami Dealer* in
FOItCIOI \M> OOm^TIC
MARBLE
MONTM KNTS.
TOMB STONKS,
MANTLES.
FURNITURE,
SLABS. An.,
Corner of 3rd :utd l*liiiu! 81.
MACO A , UA.
npj 11 —ts.
‘laxoH s.Houaaj
On l!u‘ Luropran riaii.
riTV or KKW TOKK.
Sinsli* i!minis 50 Cents per Day.
% City Hll Square, corner of Frakfort Street,
(ItpjHiaiie City llall.)
>lnlf. as thry may l ;n fl a|wci>u c
t.r >. Tt.. rr i* a liulien and Uaiti ll< -m> atliciiet
!• liar
N. I’.. lUw.iru of llmturta .iml lUckuiru.
u It** aay vt are fnU.
It. KICKS* 11. Proprietor.
AaguH 0,1 W.
SAVE FREIGHT AND COMMISSIONS
Carliart & Curd.
/\K* BO 1,5 All rNS FoK
FAIRBANK S SCALES.
AIHMU>- Orders lav* u far Railroad Ware h uaeabdolher
Urm SmUee. We will arc tiieit. properly put op.
DR. ABBETT’S
VEGETABLE LIVER A'D DYSPEPTIC
Mcclioino,
4 SAFE and effudatl remedy for all bird, of l iver I>ia
l\ ease, a u-dlei-elilona Ibal originare trad a dliMMd
st .le or lnaetiviiy of tie IJvor: ale. bin lllond fill. ra. liO
had of Zem A limit. Diugjfbt'a corner ot 2d A Chei rybts..
Macon. and of J. *. Ui IT. £s , Bear rawen.viir-. Home
it. L’b.. Ha, L. b. A J<UKI T. IT.I n.t< r.
oei ■-* vi,v -lv Tbomastoq. Ha.
JUST RECEIVED.
AT R. P. MfSVOTW a large lot of !CLr 15EALIMO
CANS*. Kt! Veand Korkn.i'aeti.rv and Teat Beta. Aloe
K'K l*i rI HKll*>, heap fnrf AMI.
mar l_tf
Grets F’ixt.iires.
CIIAMtAI.iRKS RKhPAMTS and BRACKETS of al
dyie. rnst teceivtd aad lar aata hy _
a.y 11-5 B. F. ROSS * Oa.
MACON, GA., FRIDAY, DECEMBER 2, 1859.
THE GEORGIA GITI2EN
13 I*t’ IILI3IIF.D E V KEY FRIDAY MORNING BY
L. 1\ \V. ANDREWS.
Office —ln Horne's Jitttitling. Cherry Street,
Tiro I)oors below Third Street .
TERTW:—;rr annum, in al%anr<*.
%'Jv4*rli4* , iiM*iU at tile regular charge will te One Dollar
per qurc f o#ie /tundrtd word* or U*', f. r Uu fit si inscr
rittfi, and t’-fty Cent* \'o r i-wh subsequent iit©ertbui. All ud
vertLs'Oi ms in.t sjH-oiivd :w tu tiiiir, will lie pubiiahed until
fori'id, and charged a trdingly. A lil*eral discount allowed
to tluee wlm atlvi'itW* by the year.
LiU r.tl wrrangeim nts made with County Ofllcers. Druggists,
Aiiitioneers. Merchants, and others, who may wish to make
i limit* tl cuitracis.
I*r*lc*si.nal nn*l Klti*iin*** Card© will be inserted un
der tliis h. 01, <*t the folltiwing rates, viz:
For Five lines Vh.t annum $ . r 00
For :*even lines do B*o
K*r Ten Htif*©, do lo on
Natl % est betnent of t..i© will be admitted, miles* paid
for iu advance, nor for a than twelve nio.-.tht*. Ail
vrt Ue meat© of over ten lute will l>e charged prorata. Ad
vertir^’n/lits not paid lor in advance wib be charged at the
regular rates.
#<•!?no ry \olitTff of o’ r ten line s will be charged at the
Hfii >i rat***.
\ iiiio.ifiuoftM'titi of i tiididales for oftice to be paid for a
the ti'oial rates when iii^erted.
©*:les <f Land ami Yean***, by Fusuton*. Ad-ninistra
tors and Guardian*, are requ *ctl b> law to le udvertued in a
public g t/eite. f<r > tlav * previous to the day of sale. These
mIo mtut It- held u the il-rt Tuesday iu the iuu it. ktftiru
the hours , f ten in the foreman and t!ire©ln the af:ernoii,
and the Court house in tin* county in which the property is stu
nt.si.
Hnie© f I*, rtonal l*ro|M*rl> must Ik* utlverti utl in like
liaimei, forty da vs
\niicr to D hior** and Creditor* “f an Kst.de mu-4 he
I putdi'hed forty days.
\olive itoat ain.liea’ion will U* made to the Ordinary for
! : k u- t-. ?*eli laml and Negroes uiust be published weekly for
. two month*.
1 ii iii.itis for Letters of Administra ion, thirty davs; for
Disni:;*ti r<m Adaiinistration, monthly, six months; for
Dismiss!oil fn*m Guardianship, weekly, forty da>s.
It*lv* f r K'urcclos in* of Mrtua,*e*, monthly, foil
months; f**r establishing I -t paj* rs, lor the full space of thr©
liiontiis; tar compelling lilies from executors or udmiuisti •
where a bo.id h.is been given by the deceased, the full
pac© of three mouths
l.ov<‘ autl IloiiM‘k€K‘|iu..
“( liitrlio, I nt-vtr can }4et brave en
<nijh to let >Oll go to your I iiele Kuos
with this matter. You know 1 have
been here three mollis, and I di-ii t tael at
all acquainted with him. lie never Fays
much to aie at table, and ail the rest o
the day he is buried up in his old ledg
ers and day -books. lin agine vs hat he
would say, if you should ask him. Still
I know you ought to, and it only grows
worse by waiting.”
“1 know that, Fanny, d< a-, and only
wait y our permission to go to him. 1
do not think 1 am acting quite honora
bly now, and ! am alraid he will tell me
so when I come to speak with him. At
all event.-, you are mine precious birdie,
in spite of all the uncles in (’hristendoin.”
“Yes, (’ll.itlie, but then it would be
dreadful to have my uncle oppose our
love. lie was my mother’s only broth
er, and is all the parent I have now.” she
sai*l sadly. “Ilesides, he lias been so
good to me all these Jtars I have been
an orphan, sending me to the be*t s hools
and getting me every thing I wanted.—
Hut, Charlie, I do believe he thinks I am
a little girl yet. lie always calls me
didd or pussy, and brings me home a
paper of candy most every day. It docs
mortify me so,” and the little rose lips
pouted. “1 should think he ought to
know I was seventeen years old last No
, vember.”
Charlie smiled at the little lady’s half
indignant expression, and told her not
to mind it, “it was very natural in the
kind-hearted old gentleman,” and then
the two set vigorously to work, planning
a campaign by which they should secure
a sanction to their engagement, which
had been already of five months stand
ing. Charles was a young man with
good business prospects, quite able to
i sup|K>rta wife in very comfortable style,
and with bis industrious, steady habits,
bade fair to become an honored and pro
sperous citizen. Indeed, he seemed in
every respect the man that cartful, pru
dent “I ncle Enos” would be pleased
with, as he was already well known to
him in business matters.
So it was all decided that next day,
1 after dinner, a time w hen most of men
are usually in a good humor w ith them
selves and the world at large, Charles
should boldly call on the dreaded uncle
in his own den fa library, and honestly
open up the weighty matter ; make full
confession of his love for his pretty niece,
and wind op w ith asking the trilling fa
vor of her hand in marriage. The mode
of operating was pondered on very seri
ously by the young mail, f.r the next
twenty-four hours, and an abundance of
schemes contrived and then abandoned,
until at least, perplexed and half vexed
with hisowii stupidity, when such a treas
ure was at stake, he resolved to throw
overboard all bis fine rhetoric and tell
the plain unvarnished talc in thesimplest
and most straight-forward manner. Per
haps we may learn the success of his ap
plication by attending a little family
meeting between the uncle and niece on
the evening of the next day.
“So, Miss Fanny, you have been en
couraging this young chap to come and
ask me to give you away in marriage ?
A precious couple of chickens, ’pou my
word!”
Poor Fanny could hardly see that an
answer was expected to this flattering
remark, so she only looked down and
folded away very diligently at her crum
pled cambric handkerchief.
4 So the young man thinks it would
be a very fine pian to take possession of
some of Uncle Enos’ loose change, and
ma> be anticipates doing him the honor
of going into partnership with him ; eh,
Fanny (”
“Not any such thing, sir,” said the lit
tle beauty, reddening indignantly; Char
lie does not expect or wish a dowry with
me. All we ask is your approvaland
the bright eyes looked down again on
the tiny plaits laid in the handkerchief.
“My approval of your jumping off the
dock into the East river ! that would be
just about as sensible. Father more so,
I should say, than for that precious young
gentleman to ruin his prospects for life
bv setting up housekeeping with a little
*chool buss, who cannot even make a
biscuit. W hat earthly thing do you
know, pussy, about keeping house ? \ou
would ruin Master Charles in one year.”
‘ If l am so very extravagant, undo. I
should think you would be glad to have
me off your hands.”
“There, now, you know I did not mean
any such tiling, lou do not ak me tor
i haif the things 1 wtah you would; l T u*
cle Enos isn’t stingy to you, that you
know'. 1 Jut you don’t have to take tare
of my house, and I am afraid it would
be a funny nest if you did. Now, my
child, I am going to prepare a test of
this mighty strong affection you are
supposed to have. If you will go to
work and learn how to cook a good din
ner tbr me and six of my friends, every
thing put on the table to be of your own
manufacture, then I will give myconsent,
but not before. You may takea month
or a year to do it ill, just as you like.”
“Why, Uncle Enos, it is the most un
reasonable thing in the world ! Charles
can ass rd t keep a co.>k always, and I
need not plague myself about such things.
He would never wish me to cook a din
ner.”
“Yes, Fanny, but you may have it to
do more than once in your life, for all
that. You have to change cooks some
times, and a week may pass before you
can find anew one. What w ill you do
iu the meantime ? not fast I hope. lie
sides, if you knew nothing about cook
ing, your llridget may leed half her le
latious fiona your storeroom, and no
body the wiser.”
“My hands will get as brown as the
table,” said Fanny, glancing down at
her lilly lingers.
‘‘Charles will love them just as well,
if he loves them at all, and better too,
because you make the sacrifice on his ac
count.”
“Well, uncle, it is no use to talk ; I
cannot make the dinner, 1 know. The
bread, and dessert, and everything.—
Now if it was just for you, alone, I would
try.”
“You want me to mitigate the sentence
but I can’t a jot I won’t seen fine young
fellow like Charles, have his prospects
for life ruined by a foolish marriage. If
I give my little adopted daughter away
to anybody, she shall be a gift worth
having. Now, think of it over night,
and say all the hard things you please
about your cruel uncle, and then we will
have the decision.”
Little Fanny sought her room with a
perplexed face and half-vexed temper;
but, though she thought it a very silly
w him of u a notional old uncle, still her
brave, loving heart at last conquered ;
and next morning, site appeared in a
simple calico moruin; dress and long
apron, with a shy, smiling face, ready to
take her first lesson of the old housekeep
er. She had an easy lesson at first;
but at evening the beautiful tea biscuits
on the table, all her own manufacture ;
and so elated was she with her success,
that she forgot the two ugly bums she
had got from the wicked old range, which
should have more regard for such dainty j
l.ttle fingers.
“Good enough for a king,” said Un
de Enos, as he helped himself to the
sixth bisrnit “You will make the fi
nest housekeeper in the Union. 1 guess,
after all that 1 shall keep you for my lit- |
tie cook. I will give you seven dollars j
a month, ami put anew carpet on the
kitchen in the bargain,” said he looking
up mischievously.
“No, thank you, Mr. Uncle, I am
working for better wages than that. I
will, perhaps, invite you to dine with
me once a year or so, in tny splendid
mansion.”
“Ton are very condescending, pussy ;
I expect to come and take up my quar
ters with you altogether ; so lay in a
good stock of lmifiiu rings and easy arm
chairs.”
1 “No, sir, you are a great deal too hard
hearted. Now 1 just remember my
burnt fingers. Look at that Uncle Enos,
and see if you will not relent. If not, I
expect I will pack up and elope by to
morrow, taking the eastern train and go- ,
ing to Boston before you get a chance
to look around.”
“Poor little niece,” said Enos, looking
at the fingers. ‘I am really sorry, but
you wdl learn to take care in time. — j
Gome to the study, and I will put some
thing on them that will make them well
in a day.’
Fanny persevered day after day,
working systematically ; she found the
mountain gradually dwindling to the
mole hill, and, with such a strong incen
live to labor, she succeeded far beyond
her expoetatio-.s, or those of her uncle.
In a marvelously short time, she was
pronounced, by the experienced hoitse
keeptr, to be mistress of the art, and on
ly required practice to perfect her ae
complishments. She had enjoyed the
work for its novelty, and, as she could
leave it or take it up when she chose, she
took good care not to exert herself.
Charles listened with much amuse
ment to her accounts of her daily proi
gress, and said he “would like to make
out a bill of fare for l ode Enos’ dinner |
party ; they should h ive only boiled po- 1
tatoes and turnips, and salt on them. ’ !
But he loved the dear girl, who was wil
ling to do so much for him all the better
for her brown hands ; and the rosy cheeks
grew brighter every day. The exercise
was a vast benefit to Fanny, and so she !
ever regarded it in after years.
At length tho important dinner came
off, and the success was complete. The
roast ducks were “done to a turn,” seal
loped oysters and vegetables most deli
cately prepared. The jellies and pickles ’
were properly placed in the opposite
‘corners; the boiled turkey was accom
panied by boiled tongue, and everything
else in perfect order. The dessert was
delicious, and the whole was as complete
as the most famous French Cook could
have served up. Uncle Eno9 was much
gratified to give his pretty niece a diplo
ma, which he did that very evening, with
a handsome marriage settlement of a
thousand a year in the bargain.
The wedding was a brilliant one, and
it somehow became whispered around
among a select few that the exquisite
cake w hich every one was praising was
made by the fair fingers of the beautiful
bride herself.
The graceful mistress of a lovely,
tasteful home, just without the noise and
dust of the great city, never regrets that
her “uncle’s whim” made her an experi
enced housekeeper, and placed her be
yond dependence on changing and worth
less seivants. If her cook takes on airs,
it is no inconvenience to her household
to have her at once discharged, and she
can afftrd to wait until she finds another
to suit her, an independence which would
relieve hundreds of fashionable women
from constant worry and anxiety. It
would be a blessing to society it there
were more Uncle Erioses in the world,
who would insist on nieces, wards and
daughters learning how to work before
they set up a household of their owu.
Tli<‘ 84-arc li aller lfu|>;iite^.
A maiden tripped lightly along the
flowery path of the fairy forests, and
found herself on the brink of a ehrystal
fountain. Lingering there, she suw r
bending towards her a delicate white lil
ly, the fi.iry queen of the fountain, and
she bowed her head in reverence. Then
raising it, she dashed back her raven
locks, and was about to lay a humble
petition before the queen. The fairy
checked her, saying :
“Madam, I know your thought, and
anticipate what you would ask;” and
slm held up before the maiden two rich
ly-jewelled caskets; one bearing, in dia
mond letters, the word “Iliches,” the
other, traced iu rubies and emeralds,
“Beauty.”
“Give me,” exclaimed the maiden,
“give me riches. They must surely se
cure me happiness!”
“Thou hast thy wish !” said the fairy
of the forest, and handed her the dia
mond lettered casket.
But soon the maiden discovered she
had not found the boon her heart desir
ed. “Oh !” thought she, ‘had 1 but eho
sen beauty ! That would have brought
me the happiness which riches never
cun !’ And again she sought the chrys
tal fountain in the forest, aud once more
found herself in the presence of the
fairy queen, attended by her train. Her
throne was in the form of a violet, and
carved out of the purest sapphire ever
seen. Throwing herself at its foot, the
maiden said:
‘Fairest of the fair ! Once more lis
ten to thy humble suppliant, and give
her, oh ! give her beauty. Thou hast
given me riches, but they could not sat
isfy the longings of my soul ?’
‘Enough, maiden ! Thou hast thy
wish; yet remember that but once more
wilt thou be permitted even to visit this
place. But once more, j emember !’
So saying the queen and all of her
train departed, lea\ing w ith the maiden
the ruby and emerald casket of beauty.
And again she thought she had secured
the precious boon she sought. Alas !
how was she deceived ! There was some
thing wanting yet. Again site sought
the flowery margin of the fountain, and
once more and for the last time invoked
the aid of the fairy monarch.
‘Thou, O queen !’ said she, ‘hast been
kind, and hast granted me all 1 wished,
and for this I thank thee. Gratify me
iu but one wish more, and 1 will be con
tent.’
‘What do you seek fair maiden V said
the queen.
‘Happiness? pure,unalloyed, and last
ing happiness ! responded she.
‘lt is not in my power to give thee
what thou askest, poor child !’ gently
said the fairy. ‘But I can point out to
the road which leads to what thou seek
est. It is by treading in the path of vir
tue, that thou canst reach it. If thy
way be along that path, thou canst not
fail to reach happiness, whether thy
dwelling place be in princely halls, or in
a low ly cottage.’
C;i|>t;iin Slireve amt General
Jackson.
A correspondent communicates the
follow ing characteristic anecdote of Gen
eral Jackson to the Cleveland (Ohio)
Review :
During the last war with England,
Captain Shreve was commander and
owner of a vessel which plied the
“Father of Waters, and which, during
the period General Jackson had New
Orleans under martial law, made its ap
pearance at the levee of that city. Gen
eral Jackson being apprised of the arri- i
val of the vessel, at once sent for Cap
tain Shreve, announced to him tint he
should consider himself, his crew and
vessel, as in the service of government,
and hold himself in readiness to discharge
any duty that might be imposed upon
him. Captain Shreve unhesitatingly
accepted the conditions thus stated to
him and obtained permission from Gen
eral Jackson to make some necessary
repairs lo his vessel, before being com
pelled to do active service.
While these repairs were in progress,
and the appearance of the British army
was daily expected before the city, a
number of citizens applied to Capt.
Shreve, requesting him to carrv their
families some fifty miles up the river to
a place of safety. The captain explain
ed to the applicants his situation, and
the orders he was under, but. assured
them that if they could obtain Gen. !
Jackson’s consent, he would himself
interpose no objections to their request.
A deputation of the citizens then applied
to Gen. Jackson and obtained his con
sent, anJ Capt. Shreve had freighted
his vessel with the persons of many la
dies and children and also a consider
able quantity of very valuable goods,
when lie received a message from Gen.
Jackson ordering him to perform some
service which would compel himatonce
to discharge his living freight, and com
pletely disarrange his plans. Capt.
Shreve bluntly told the officer who had
brought the message that he would not
obey the order. The officer warmly
expostulated,; with Shreve, and held up
to him, in glow ing colors, the terrors of
Jackson’s displeasure ; but Capt. Shreve
was built of quite as unbending metal as
Gen. Jackson, and indignantly refused
to do the bidding.
The officer returned to the “Old
Chief” and detailed to him the circum
stances of (’aptain Shreve’s refusal. In
a towering passion, the general ordered
a file of men to arrest Shreve and bring
him at once into his presence.
But comparatively little time had
elapsed before the enraged captain
stood in the presence of the equally ui
raged general. The latter, fiercely eye
ing Captain Shreve, in a voice husky
with intense passion, made the inquiry :
“By G—d, Captain Shreve, dure you
disobey my orders ! ’
“Yes, by G—d. I dure /” was the
vehement and impetuous reply of the
undaunted captain.
Jackson could not repress the ex
pression of surprise which spread itself
over his face at the unexpected and em
phatic reply of the daring captain, and
in a tone of voice considerably milder
than It's first inquiry, bade Shreve ex
plain his conduct. Upon the explana
tion being given, Jackson dismissed him,
simply saying that he had forgotten his
promise to the citizens whose wives and
children Capt. Shreve then had upon his
his vessel.
Afterwards, during Jackson’s Presi
dency, Congress made appropriations of
a large sum of money for the removal
of the innumerable snags and other
structions which made the navigation of
the Mississippi river at that time very
dangerous to life and property. Not
withstanding the fact that many of his
warmest political friends applied to
General Jackson to secure the appoint
ment of one of his friends to superin
tend that important wotk, and that
Capt. Shreve was his resolute and un
relenting political enemy, (Jen. Jackson
persisted in awarding the place to the
stern and honest old Captain ; and the
success with which tie the duty attested
Jackson’s sagacity in making his choice.
Shreve invented machinery and appara
tus, especially adapted to the success
ful prosecution of the work, and com
pleted it to the perfect satisfaction of
all interested in it; and at a late day
succeeded in removing the great Red
River raft, which had previously been
considered an impracticable undertaking.
This rate was over thirty miles in length,
and for years had blocked up the entire
stream.
U4.B-
Tin* i’aillii'nl Clerk.
You cannot stop the course of Cupid’s
arrows; they will hit where least ex
pected, and leave a mark that no patent
medicine can cure. M**. Boswell went
to the great city full forty years ago, as
a poor boy, but he worked his way up
by ‘clerking it,’ until he went into busi
ness for himself, lie then hued poor
young men, like his former self, and
among the rest took Sam Oiling as a
boy to do messages and run on errands.
In particular, Sam was always dispatch
ed with small notes to his master’s house,
and while he was sitting in the entry
waiting for ma’am to return an answer
—for she was a terrible slow penman—
little Nancy, the rich man’s daughter,
made his acquaintance. Sam was a
bright boy, rather precocious, had an
entertaining way to amuse the little girl,
so that by-and-by she used to inquire of
her father, ‘if he were not coming on er
rands soon again? And there never was
any long suspension in his calls, for it
either rained, and his master either want
ed an umbrella, or a friend was invited
to dinner, or he had something of impor
tance to communicate, so Sam was dis
patched with the message. And then
he was a great favorite with the old lady
—for he was very exact and truthful—
two excellent traits in any messenger.
For years this sort of transmitted in
telligence was conveyed by Sam. He
was no longer the little boy, but a tall,
graceful youth, and little Nancy was
some way in her teens. Now he used
to be invited by the daughter into the
sitting room ; he was longer ‘Sam,’ but 1
Samuel. Muss Nancy and he discoursed
of concerts and theatrical exhibit ions,and
once in a while Samuel attended the same
church, and used to peep over the mas
ter’s pew and catch a glimpse of Nancy’s
black lustrous eyes, ‘But what if she
did not return the glance,’ thought he ;
‘1 am the son of a poor widow, and
only a clerk ; it is all nonsense to think
of being a favorite, only as 1 am faithful
in the old man’s service.’ But some- j
how Nancy did show winning ways. She
half invited him to come and take a seat
in the pew’ —or rather she said ‘we have
always room enough’—and when she
gave her birthday party, she insisted up
on Samuel being invited. The old lady
thought at first it would never do, but
Nancy plead so hard, at last she told her j
father in consideration of his faithfulness
he ought to be invited, none of the com
pany would recognize him,yet she should
delight to introduce him as Mr. < filing.
She did so, and many inquiries were
made by sundry joung belles to know
‘who was that handsome young man ?’
All this flattered Nancy’s vanity, and in
creased her affection. She now had low
conversations w hen he came on errands,
and once her mother detected her writing
a note to him. She reproved her for
hex temerity, w hich seemed not a whit
!to abate the attachment. Finally her
mother thought of sending her from
home to abate the silly girl’s love, and
l being obliged to tell the secret to the
father, he protested she should be sent
to a convent rather than disgrace herself
in this way.
But Sam was so well versed in hi=
mercantile afl’airs; he knew so much
, better than himself the characters of his
customers, and had such a ready tact of
detecting any evasive artifice, that he
saved him thousands, annually, and this
fact was not to be overlooked by dis
missing him from service. But the af
fair with Miss Nancy was not to be pass
ed over without a reproval. Boswell
had always been on the most intimate
termes with his clerk, and how he could
reprimand him as to accomplish his pur
pose and destroy his attachment for his
daughter, was to him a puzzling enigma,
lie was mistaken, however, in one of
his conclusions, which w’as, that no fath
er ever had so difficult a matter to ad
just before. After a sleepless night, Mr.
Boswell called his clerk into his pres
ence. At the very moment he was read
! ing a note which run as follows:
‘My parents may banish me to some
! foreign shore, or they may immerse me
in the walls of a convent, yet 1 will suru
mourft all barriers and eventually be
yours. They may cramp my move
ments, but they shall never destroy the
affections nor the love in my heart for
the ‘despised clerk.’ ’
‘Offing,’ said Mr. Boswell, ‘is there
any business on hand requiring immedi
ate attention ?’
‘None, sir,’ replied the young man,
‘save a few unanswered letters to some
cotton dealers ;’ and he twirled the lov
ing note iu his hand as if it were one of
them.
‘Samuel,’ said Mr. 8., with a loud
hem ; ‘Sam, I hear there is an attach
ment existing between you and my
daughter. Deport yourself like a man
—is it so ?’
‘lt is, sir,’ replied Samuel, manfully,
but allow me to say,’ 1 will never mar
ry her without your consent.’
‘Keep her affections and not marry
her, boy. do 1 understand you ?’
‘The affections are her own, sir. 1
will use no improper means to retain
them, Mr. Boswell—but perhaps you
are too late in pushing these inquiries?’
‘Offing!—you scapegrace!’ replied
Bosewell, hall indignant, ami half play
fully, ‘}ou always will have the last
word.’
lie changed then his tone, and inquir
ed about the liabilities of Pettingiil
Cos.
Mr. Boswell was evidently a reliev
ed man. He had done his duty in re
primanding the young man. and he could
inform his wife of it, and let her proceed
as she thought proper.
Nancy, in the meantime, showed no
reluctance to be driven wheresoever they
might send her, and the convent in a
southern State was selected. Her out
fit was now rapidly purchased and made
ready, and the day arrived for her de
parture. Samuel manifested no out’
ward signs of regret, and the great ob
ject seemed to unobservant eyes to be
accomplished.
Nancy, upon her arrival, wrote back
concerning the delightful home she had
entered. She seemed docile and obedi
ent —loved her parents more than ever,
and begged to assure them that they
need have no anxiety on her behalf. She
stayed a year with the lady Superior,
really improving in all the graces and
chat ms of feminine loveliness, when
her father was suddenly taken ill, and
she was summoned to his bedside.
The interview was a long and private
one—but Offing, the clerk, was likewise
found by the bedside the same evening.
‘Samuel,’ said Mr. Boswell,‘l hm about
to leave this world. At such a time ev
erything but one’s character seems of
little worth. You have been all in all
to me and my business transactions.
Do you still love my daughter f’ said
ho, pressing his hand.
‘Our affections are unchanged,’ remark
ed Samuel.
‘Then,’ said Mr. Boswell, ‘she is yours.
Call her !’
‘Nancy, you have my dying appro
bation to marry this young man, and re
member, it is in consequence of the dis
creet and implicit obedience you have
both rendered us when we w-ere oppose
ed and indignant at the thought of your
marriage. Here is my will; call your
mother. lie did so, and they were all
moved to tears.
Samuel was appointed his executor;
he was likewise his successor in busi
tiess, with a cash capital of fifty thous- j
and dollars deposited in his ow n name
for his benefit, besides most ample pro
visions for his widow and daughter.
‘And in consideration of the sterling
integrity and a manifest desire to please,’
was inst rted before the devise of Samu
el Offing.
The clerk now succeeded she master;
the marriage soon followed, and the hap
py couple are still respected, affluent and
beloved— an example to all aspiring
young xnen eaily restricted by poverty,
to be faithful and devoted to their em
ployers, being assured that this is not a
solitary instance where promotion ensu
ed as the reward of uudeviating recti-1
tude.
Dr. Daily, President of the Univer
sity of Indiana, was expelled from
the Methodist Episcopal Conference,
at its late session at Bloomington.—
lie was convicted of drunkenness by
a vote of 48 to :4, and on tbe charge
of lewdness by a rote of G3 to 10.—
The conference then expelled him by
a vote of Gl to 14.
Akrest. —A man giving liis name
as John Allen Stewart, a native of
Portland, Me. but recently a school
teacher in Maryland, has been arrest
ed at Wytheville, Ya., suspected of
being Barclay Coppie, one of the
Harper’s Ferry invaders. His con
flicting statements relative to him
self caused his arrest. He is in jai;
there now.
Spot on thf Sun.- A spot of remark
able size, it is stated, is now visible
on the surface of the sun, more than
00,000 miles in diameter, or eight
times the diameter of the earth. It
can he seen with the aid of an opera
glass, the eye of cour-se, being protect
ed by a screen. The area occupied
by’ this disturbance of the sun s sur
face is about theree thousand mil
lions of square miles, some fifteen or
sixteen limes the whole surface of
the earth. As the spot was near
the middle of tho ana on Saturday,
•29th October, it will be visible lor
some days yet.
NUMBER 35.
[From the Gospel (Me.) Banner.]
S V WimU’S FOX EM.
A short time since we published a brief
paragraph stating that the reader of the Bi
ble might with propriety substitute “wheat
sheaves” for “foxes,” in the story ot'Samp
. gon setting tiro to the “rain fields of the l’hil
estines. The Rev. J. C. Fletcher has felt
; called upon to criticise our paragraph, in au
I article oftwo columns in the Aroostook Pion
eer.
Stripped of its verbiage the critique de
clares that the 1 lebrcw word shmtlim means
foxes, or jackals, while the word shalim
means sheaves, and admits that no less au
authority than L)r. Kennicott supposes x]ta
li in to be the word that was probably in
tended, though shmdim, foxes, is the word
actually found in the Hebrew Bible. Mr.
Fletcher thinks that no one has a right to
suppose that shallm , should have been the
word, inasmuch as shualim is the word.—
lie says:—
“ Shualim and shalim, are very near alike
There is only the difference of that little let
ter u. Calves is a specific word; we know
just what it means by referring to young
cattle. Now ifour friend Lander down in Am
tty, who is great on grafted apples and large
calve, has quite a number of the latter ar
ticles (the fa ted calves,) and some future
historian should say, “On the extensive farm
of Mr. Lauder, were some, ‘mammoth calves,’
how easily some individual in a distant na
tion, imperfectly understanding our language
and puzzling over such a sentence, might
make a satisfactory omission of the little
letter t and thus make mammoth caves which
should be very wide of the truth.”
He also adds:
“You may look in the summer time upon
the plains (in Judea) covered with the fields
of grain ; and sodry is that ungathered grain
that a spark will do immense damage.
“But how could .SampsoD catch so many
foxes ? We will put aside the supposition
of miraculous power and skill which he
might have exercised in fox-hunting as well
as in the slaying of men, and will merely
state that he was a judge in Israel'—i. e. be
fore the king such a man was as a chief and
governor—and could command any num
ber of foxes to be caught by others and
brought to him at a given place. So that in
the same sense that Solomon built the tem
ple on which, perhaps, lie never performed a
minute’s manual labor—Sampson caught
the foxes.”
We have always endeavored to apply ra
tional principles to the Scriptures. There
are many things in the Bible whose harmo
ny—though we know ot nothing contradict
ing reason—reason cannot see, and therefore
we accept all the statements of the Bible ex
actly as we think their author intended
them. And when a miracle is announced,
we receive the statement implicity. But
we never suppose a miracle where it is riot
absolutely necessary. Hence when we con
sider what kindling the hair of a fox would
make, and bow excellent a material fer that
purpose dry wheat would be; when wc re
member bow difficult it must have been for
even a “judge iu Israel’’ to catch three hun
dred foxes, and tie their tails together, and
how easy it would have been tor him to set
fire to dUU dry sheaves, and how much more
sensible and leasible, eveiy way, the latter
plan would be than the lbnn .r, and, above
all, take iuto account the fact that the an
cient Hebrew was spelt entirely without
vowels, so that really, previous to the inven
tion of vowel points, the word stood shim,
instead of either shaU mot shualim, weshould
Ik; glad to enquire of our critic, why in view
of all this we have not a perfect right to
read shalim as we please? The original
writer of the hook wrote neither shalim nor
shualim. He wrote shim. The letters ua
were added years after, not by an inspired
hand, but by some; uninspired Jew. The
Masorites invented the vowel points. The
author of the story who wrote long before
did not use vowel points, because they were
not invented. He wrote shim which may
be spelled shalim or shmtlim according to
the sense of ihe context. Mr. Fletcher
flourishes considerably in his criticism about
Hebrew Bibles, Jewish Rabbins, and the
like. Hid he know these facts, aud lflie did
not, had he not better keep out of such sub
jects?
And now, does the context require us to
add the vowel u, or the vowels ua in this
word ? It was written shim ; shall we write
it shalim or shualim and read foxes or
sheaves? L-tany one read the context,
and he will not hesitate a moment. If we
read foxes, we have an absurd story, impos
sible without a miracle, and of uo value,
then. If we read sheaves, we have a clear,
credible account, with means adapted to the
ends desired. No rational Christian can
hesitate a moment between the two.
Suppose we adopt Mr. Fletcher’s own il
lustration. Suppose a biography of “Mr.
Lander” should be found a hundred years
hence, and a passage in it should read, “On
Mr. Lander’s larin were two calves, each for
ty feet square, aud capable of containing
three hundred persons.” Every intelligent
reader would see that the l was a mistake,
and that the word should read caves; es
pecially if like the ancient Hebrew our lan
guage had no vowels in it, and the word
was evs, (the l being silent it of course would
not be printed.) But if any one had previ
ously made the mistake of writing it out
calves instead of eaves, we should find some
future Fietcher—surely no one else would
do it—insisting that Mr. Lander raised two
calves, of this enormous size:
Let it be remembered then, that the au
thor of the story did not say either shalim ,
or shualim. He said shim. A subsequent
and uninspired band added the two vowels.
Any ready of the Bible is therefore at liber
ty to understand the word as signifying eith
er foxes or sheaves, and we must believe
that those vho exercise the common sente
which God lias given them, will prefer
sheaves to foxes.
We have natch re[ect for the received
English version of the Bible, but we give it
no blind acceptance. We endeavor to as
j certain wht. toe authors of the Bible meant,
and when h;/ clearly teach one thing, and
I the uninspired translator make them teach
another we trust Mr. Fletcher will pardon
us if we prefer the original meaning of the
Bible to any uninspired additions, especial
ly where they do uo violence to common
sense.
Montgomery Mail.— We have inadver
tently heretofore, neglected to notice that
our young friend, John F. Whitfield, Esq.,
has become associated with Messrs. Hoopier
and Coyne, in the proprietorship of that
s'crling Southern Rights paper the Mont
gomery Mail. If Hooper, Coyne & Whit
field ’can’t make the machinery of a print
ing office “move,” we’d like to know who
can. Mr. Whitfield is a young man of in
domitable energy and iudustry, and one
of the best printers in the South. He takes
charge of the job printing department of
the office, where he will be “perfectly at
home.” Good luck to the J fail, say we, and
ail connected with it.— IFtsf Point Cih’<•
zen, Nov. 17.