American Whig. (Griffin, Ga.) 1846-18??, May 25, 1848, Image 1

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Newspaper Page TextMURRAY k LOGAN,] VOL. 11l THE AMERICAN WHIG. PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY MORNING. Offi.ee on Broad Street, West end New Brick Range, (upstairs.) TF.RIffS. TWO DOLLARS in ADVANCE, or TWO DOL LARS AND FIFTY CENTS at the end of six months. No subcription taken for less than one year, unless paid in advance: and no paper will be discontin ued, till all arrearages are paid, except at the option et the publisher ADVERTISEMENTS. Conspicuously inserted at ONE DOLLAR per square or tho first insertion, and FIFTY CENTS for each subsequent continuance. A square in the Whig, is the space of ten lines in small type, containing, as it does, one hundred words All Advertisements sent without specifying the num ber of insertions desired, will be continued until ordered out and charged for accordingly. Sheriff’s sales under regular executions and mortgage fi. fas on real estate, must be published 30 days. $2,50 Personal property under mortgage fi. fa. must be published 60 days. 5,00 Tax CotloetorVsales 00 days 5,00 Citations for letters of Administration 30 “ 2,75 Notice to Debtors and Creditors 40 “ 3,00 Sales of personal property of estates 40 “ 3,00 Sales of Land or Negroes _ “ 60 “ 4,50 Applications for leave toseilLand or Negroes ust be published weekly for 4 months 5,00 Notice for letters Dismissory, by Executors or Administrators, monthly for 6 months 4,50 By Guardians, weekly, for 40 days 4, .10 Estrays, two weeks, 1 >SO Ordarsof Court of Ordinary, to mak title to land, (accompanied by a copy of the bond or agreement,) must be published 3 months. PROFESSIONAL CARDS. Surgeon and Mechanical DENTIST, GRIFFIN, GA. Feb. 9, 1848. ly* 4 - JOHN W. WILSON, ATTORNEY AT LAW, Griffin, Ga. March 23, 1848 20 ts MOORE & LAMAR, Attorneys at Law. GRIFFIN Ga., Will practice in the Courts ol the Flint Circuit, and in Meriwether, Fayette and Coweta, of the Coweta Cir cuit. Also in the Supreme Court at Macon and Decatur. ANDREW R. MOORE] [jOSENI B LAMAR. April 13,1848. 23 ts Hailey & Mc€une, ATTORN IE S AT LAW. Offices — JACKSON Butts county, and McDONOUGH, Henry county. R. W. McCunc, at all times, will be found in McDo nough. - . D. J. Bailey, R. W. McCune. Dec. 2*at, 1846. Iy7 V T 4 t ‘Attorneys at law, Tuomaston, Ga. Octobor, 1847. 51 Dojal A Nolan,. Atft®ina®ya afb 3Lsw s McDONOUGH, GA. Having formed a copartnership, will practice in the , eountUs ot Monroe, Pike, Fayette, DeKalb, Henry, Butts, Newton and Meriwether. Also in the Supreme Court at Macon and Decatur. All business entrusted t their care, will meet with prompt attention. A share of patronage is solicited. L. T. Doyal,] [Q. R- Nolan. May 11, 1848. 27 ly ALLEN 4t RICHARDSON, ATTORNEYS AT LAW, Zebulon. Pike County , Ga. Will practice law in the counties of Pike. Henry, Fay ette, Coweta, Meriwether, Upson, Talbot and Monroe. DANIEL A. ALLEN,] [ROBERT M. RICUARDSON. Dec 23,1847. 7 8t Dr*. Knott 4c Brown, HHVINO ocnwiatCU UlCifioolvoo in tho praciico of Medicine, Surgery, Ac., and the sale of Drugs, respectfully tender their services to the citizens of Grif fin and vicinity. Calls left at the Drug-Store on Hill Street, or at their respective residences, will he prompt ly attended to, E. F. KNOTT, H. W. BROWN. April 13, 1848. 23 ts ~ JOHN Q. A. ALFORD, Attorney at Law, GRIFFIN, GA. Will attend promptly to any business entrusted to them in the counties of Pike, Henry, Butts, Monroe, Upson, Meriwether, Coweta and Fayetta. n034 SA Kh E \ I\ & C o. DEALERS IN JAR r-GOODS and GROCERIES. H. J. Sargent, ) J. B. Sargent, [ SARGENT, & CO. T. D. Bertody. i Griffin, Ga. May 11, 1848. 27 ts BOTANIC PHYSICIAN. DR. WM. A. WRIGHT, Botanic Physician, offers hie professional services to the citizens of Barnes ville and surrounding country. He hopes to give entire satisfaction to those who may favor him with their calls. He flatters himself that he has remedies to cure all dis eases which are curable. Give him a trial and prove to your own satisfaction the superiority of harmless veg etable medicines over mineral poisons. Jan. 20, 1848. 11 6t €. W. €. WRIGHT CONTINUES to Repair Watches and Jewelry, in the city of Griffin. Since the Pire he has removed to his old stand in the City Hall. Thankful for past favors, he solicits a continu ance of patronage. May 14,1847. 14_ T. I. OGLESBY’S COTTON GINS. THE subscriber, thankful for past favors, renews the tender of his services to the public in making or repairing either piai^ggJp^^-JVicfiOJt, on the improved plan. Tin He would further state that his shop isiSUlJU:ontinned at his residence, 3 miles West of Griffin, akdanot in Griffin, as erroneously circulated. Persons wishing GINS repaired, can bring the shop or leave them with Messrs. Chapman, Hill & J Cos., Griffin, from whence they will be taken to the sliopl and returned free of charge. The subscriber deems it useless to annex any ee*fPi! eates, as he has several gins in operation in the surroan dine counties, all of which have given good satisfaenp. ° THOS. I. OGLESBY March 2,1848. 17 ts XA OZ„ QUININE, for sale by JL Off SARGENT, & CO. ‘f K/k BBLS. prime UNSLAKED LIME, For sala jOU-by JOHN Gr HILL & CO. Griffin, Sept, 10th, 1846. floetrg. From the N. O. Delta. France. Dear France ! my country’s eailiest friend, The friend and firm ally— The first to answer to her call, First to her aid to fly. When our young Eagle sought to rise, On ven’rous wing, to his natal skies, ’T was thine to aid his lofty flight, To the glorious realms of light. For her thy children fought and bled, Thy sons are with her honored dead ; And can she ever then forget, Or cease to feel the secret debt! What though no monument appears, My country’s heart the record bears— My country’s heart, that proudly swells, As on the glorious past she dwells. Whate’er thy doom, ’t is ours to feel, Grief for thy wo, joy for thy weal : From bur the holy flame was caught, And though to thee it ruin brought— * Though it was mad’ning through thy frame— It still shall prove a heavenl y name. A brighter dawn awaits thee yet. Dear land of France and Lafayette ; Fair land of science, thou shalt be The happy home of Liberty ! For thee, my prayers to heaven arise, To the Great Ruler of the skies, That he may choicest blessings send, To thee, my country’s earliest friend ! Donaldsonville, April 1848. L. ittiscdlatuous. The Hoosier and the Hardshell. BY MAJOR JOS. JONES, OF riNEVILLE. It’s very refreshing in these days of progress, after rattlin over the country for days and nights at the rate of twenty miles an hour in a railroad car—with your mouth full of dust and smoke, and with sich everlastin clatter in your ears that you can’t hear yourself think—to git into a good old-fashioned stage-coach.— Ther’s something sociable and friendly in stage coach travellin, so different from the bustle and confusion of a railroad, whar people are whirled along “slam bang to eternal smash,” like they was so many bales and boxes of dry-goods and groceries, without so much as a chance of seein whar they’re gwine, or of takin any interest in ther fellow sufferers. I love to hear the pop of the whip, and the interestin conversation between the dri ver and his horses ; an l I like the con siHui varj/at.jnn es tV’” the rattle over the stones, the stillness of the drag through the heavy sand, the lun ging and pitching into the ruts and gul lies, the slow pull up the steep hills, the rush down agin, and the splashin of the horse’s feet, and the wheels in the water and mud. And then one has time to see the country, to count the rails in the pan nels of the fences and the wimmin and children at the doors, —to notice the ap pearance of the craps,and the condition of the stock on the farms, and now and then to say a word to the people on the road side. All these things are pleasant after a long voyage on the rail road. But what’ still more agreeable about stage coach travellin, is that we have a oppor tunity of makin the acquaintance of our fellow passengers, and of conversin with ’em, or studdyin ther interestin traits of ©horacter, which from the strikin contrast they often present, never fail to amuse if they don’t interest our minds. When 1 was down South last fall, I had a pretty fair specimen of a stage ride from Warrenton to Milledgeville, in Ga., The road wasn’t the best in the world, and didn’t run through the most interest in part of the State, but we had a good team, a good stage, and a first rate driver and the company was jest about as good a one as could be jumped up for sich a oc casion. Ther was nine of us, besides the driver, and I don’t believe ther ever was a crowd of the same number that present ed a greater variety of character. Ther was a old gentleman in black, with big round spectacles and a gold headed cane a dandy gambler, with more gold chains about him than would hang him, a old Hardsell preacher, as they called ’em out in Georgia, with biggest mouth and the ugliest teeth I ever seed, a circus clown, whose breath smelled strong enuff of lick er to upset the stage, a cross old maid, as ugly as a tar-bucket, a butiful young la dy with a pair of the prettyest bright eyes, a drover from Indiany, what was gwine to New Orleans to git a army con tract for beef, and myself. For a while nobody didn’t have much to say. The young lady put her j'T'&S’fc veil over her face and leaned herhead back in the corner ; the old maid sot up strait, and looked as staa*p as a steel trap; the old gentleman dnjmmed his fingers on his cane, and loolapcl out, qf the win dow ; the circus-ifiMi tried to look inter ests ; the gandpler went to sleep; the preacher lookftf solemn, and the hoosier stuck bijf%#aa out of the window to look at ttopeattle what we passed evry now andpnen. aint no great stock country,” Kps he to the old gentleman with the (pane. •‘No, sir,” ses the old gentleman.— Ther’s very little grazing here, and the range is pretty much wore out.” Then ther was nothing sed agin for some time. Bimeby hoosier opened agin: “ It’s the and st place for simmon trees and turkey-buzzards I ever did see !” Americas tUlfij. GRIFFIN, GEORGIA, THURSH4J MORNING, MAY 25, 1848. “Prove all things; hold fast that whi:h is good. Paul. The old gentleman with the cane didn’t say nothing, and the preacher gave a long groan. The young lady smiled through her veil, and the old maid snap ped her eyes and looked side at the spea ker. “Don’t make much beef here, I reckon,” ses the hoosier. “No,” ses the old gentleman. “Well, I don’t see how in the h il they all manage to git along in a country whar thar ain’t considered worth a cuss in Indiany what has’t got his brand on a hundred hed.” “Yours is a great beef country, I be lieve,” ses the old gentleman. ” Well, Sir, it ain’t nothing else. A man that’s got sense enuff to foller his own cowbell with us ain’t in no danger of starvin. I’m gwine down to Orleans to see if I can’t git a contract out of Uu cle Sam, to feed the boys what’s ben likin them infernal Mexicans so bad. I spose you’ve seed them cussed lies what’s been in the papers about the Indiany boys at Bony Visty.” “I’ve read some accounts of the battle,” ses the old gentleman, “that didn’t give a very flattering account of the conduct of some of our troops.” With that, the Indiany man went into a full explanation of the affair, and, git tin warmed up as he went along, begun to cuss anti swear like he’d been through a dozen campaigns himself. The old preacher listened to him with evident signs of displeasure, twistin and groanin til he couldn’t stand it no longer. “My friend,” ses he, “you must excuse me, but your conversation would be a great deal more interestin to me—and I’m sure it would please the company much better—if you wouldn’t swear so terribly. It’s very wrong to swear, and I hope you’ll have respect for our feelins, if you haint no respect for your Maker.” If the hoosier had been struck with thunder and lightnin’ he couldn’t been more completely tuck aback. He shut his mouth right in the middle cf what he was sayin. and looked at the preacher, while his face got as red as fire. “ Svvearin,” ses the old preacher, “ is a terrible bad practice, and * ther ain’t no use in it no how. The Bible ses, swear not at all, and I ’spose you know the com mandments about swearin ?” The hoosier didn’t open his mouth. “I know,” ses the old preacher, “ that a great many people swear without think in, and some people don’t believe the Bi ble.” lar sermon agin swearin, and to quote Scripture like he had the whole Bible by heart. In the course of his argyment, he undertook to prove the Scripture to be true, and told us all about the miracles and propheevs, and ther fulfillment.— The old gentleman w ith the cane tuck a part in the conversation, and the hoosier listened, without ever opening his mouth. “I’ve just heard of a gentleman,” ses the preacher, “what’s been to the Holy Land, and went over the Bible country. It’s astonish in to hear what wonderful things he has seed. He was at Sodom and Gomorrow, and seed the place whar Lot’s wife fell!” “Ah !” ses the old gentleman with the cane. “Yes,” ses the preacher, “he went to the very spot, and what’s the remarkablest thing of all. he seed the pillar of salt what she was turned into !” “Is it possible !” ses the old gentle man. The hoosier’s countenance brightened up, and his mouth opened wide. “Yes, Sir; he seed the salt standin thar to this day.” “What ?” ses the hoosier, “real, genu ine, good salt V* ‘/Yes, sir, a pillar of salt, jest as it was when the wicked woman was punished for her disobedience.” All but the gambler, who was snoozin in the corner of the coach, looked at the preacher,—the hoosier with an expres sion of countenance that plainly told that his mind was powerfully convicted of a important fact. “ Right out in the open air ?” he axed. “Yes. standin right in the open field, whar she fell.” nnin^Sji “Well. Sir, all I’ve got tosajffs, if she'd dropped in our parj#f4hS battle would a licked her up long Jtgo /” The preacheifefaised both his hands at sich aq irfOverent remark, and the old geßftefrian laughed himself into a fit of f|the asmetics, what he didn’t git over till we got to the next change of horses.— The hoosier had played the mischief with the gravity of the whole party ; even the old maid had to put her hankerchiefto her face, and the young lady’s eyejjj was fill- - ed with tears for halfa hour afterwards. The old preaeher hadn’t another word to say on the subject, but whenever we cum to any place or passed any body on the road, the circus man was certain to ask what was the price of salt. “Bridge't Burns, come and repeat your lesson. Parse the word kiss.” “I never like to pass it—T take it when it comes,’* “What number is kissl” “Any number you please, sir.” “In what case will you have it ?” “I like to have it in the possessive case.” “That’ll do; youMl be a woman before j your brother.” “Children Half Price.” One of the most difficult questions that bothered our boyhood, and, w r e suppose, a tha,6rity of our readers were similarly embarrassed, was as to the exact mean ing rai#-l;qiitation of the phrase, “ Chil drwuyilf price.” When our boyish fan cy Cv* inflamed to a fever heat, by a the attractive Circus bill, filled wiPHS&ightfully exciting pictures of in trey id equestrians standing on the big toe of cue foot, on the apex of the hind quar ter of a milk white or beautifully spot ted ednnfer, or of broadmouthed clowns hitching up their heels in double-bow kno sjor of ground and lofty tumblers mai- iiig rings of themselves, turning dou blesS&mmersets am’ sing the order oftiafofo by walk? •>J .heir hands— wf.f ‘.i Uil thes# delightful and attractive used to catch our young eyes. “Jw our curiosity and imagina- destined to experience a me ancHoly collapse, by reading at the hoi Mrn of these showy placards those ca ba i.jtic and ambiguous but momentous wi&s, “Children Half Price.” What was the meaning of those words ? Did the) refer to the size or the age, the dress or t! e bearing of applicants for admis sion/—was the word ‘children’ used in the gen ric sense, so as to denote all w r ho wei fc possessed of childish qualities, or in itsasjj*ecific sense, denoting those niem- of the human family whose years “m few - not: ose too whose ears were locv? Did it include those*who, though in years, were men in spirits aVi vice versa ? These have proved phztling questions to all youths. But the difl-culty is still greater when applied to joung ladies. So it appeared in a case which \vas lately tried before Justice Br/yilt, of Jthis city. A lady keeping a boarding house had included in the ad vertisement of her terms, this common but enigmatical phrase, “Children Half PKie.” A gay widower, who having his sye on a “second vventur,” was desi ror4of keeping up by every device in his po*/3r the pleasant delusion of “middle ag-'dness,” had a daughter not far from “sivfet sixteen,” whom he placed at the boTfding house where “children” were eattained at “half price.” After the lady had been at the boarding horse for some time, the widower asked for his bill, when lo ! and behold ! imag ine fiis surprise to find his little duck, his mere little tiddy-biddy of a daughter, put down at the full price of adult boarders. Heuvas shocked, horified, indignant and jatytflqf atfoe extraordinap*.y.proceed ing ‘mmediateiy to his looking-glass, an<| seizing his brush and arranging his hair and whiskers, he apostrophised him self thus : “Me, the father of a young la dy—of a grown up female—of a mar riageable, full-sized, full-appetited, first table, full-bustled juvenile woman ! It is preposterous ! an imposition ! I’ll stand a suit before I’ll pay it !” The ambitious widower was as good as his word. He stood a suit, denying in toto the plantifFs claim. Learned law yers were employed on both sides, and the question came up before Juctice B. amigistrate noted for his strong, sensi ble, and practical view of matters. What constituted a young lady ?—and what wasjthe meanirg of the phrase “children halfprice” —were the points at issue. T 4 determine the first question, a gal lant and accomplished young friend of ours a relation of one of the most exalt ed characters in our nation, was called on to give his testimony, and a most searching examination did he stand, with indelible composure. The following were some of the questions put to him, and answers ; Dq 3'ou know the defendant’s daugh ter, Kiss Angelina Ann ? Arts.—l have that honor. What is she ? Arts. —A young lady. Wkat do you mean by a young lady ? Ans.—A respectable youthful female. Do you consider her a child ? Ans.—No. The plaintiff here very complacently closed his case ; and the defendant com menced his cross-examination : What do you mean by a child ? Ans. —A young human being. What constitutes the distinction be tMweji a.young lady and a young female | human Ans.—Wnyr a young ffimalb human being wears pinafores, long frocks, check aprons, eats large quantities of bread and butter, giggles at boys, hugs wax dolls, and plays “puss in the corner” and chick emy, chickemy, craneycrow” —whilst a young lady carries her hair done up be hind ; reads Byron and Bulwer : wears balzarines from Madame Voizin’s; es chews pantalettes ; casts her eyes down at the sight of a young gentleman ; haj a small appetite, chiefly confined so sal lads and sweetmeats ; and generally, when there’s room enough, sits at the first table. The answer was objected to—the wit ness having assumed to determine a strict question of law, which belonged to the Judge to decide. ?t was contended, however, that, as a matter of technical opinion, like the opinion of a man of science in matters relating to his profes sion, the evidence was admissible. “ But,” impatiently asked the defendant “I wish to know of you, as a man of hon or if you consider my daughter Angelina Ann a young lady ?” Ans.—As a man of gallantry I am bound to say yes -1 The Judge here rebuked the witness i by imforming him that it was a marked question of fact presented to him, and he must answer according to his judgment and knowledge, and not according to honor or gallantry. “Well,” replied the witness, “I think Miss Angelina Ann is a young lady.” “ Why, my daughter V’ remarked the complacent and youthful widower, “she is a mere child.” Ans.—That is because you look upon her through such youthful eyes. What then is your reason for saying; that she is a young lady ? Ans. —Well, if you will have it I’ll tell you: Miss Angelina Ann and I have ta ken sundry moon-light strolls, (at this an nouncement the defendant lifted his eyes and hands in astonishment and horror,') when if she had been a child she should have been at home in her juvenile couch; and during those walks she frequently quoted from Moore’s Melodies, Byron’s Childe Harold, and sung, very sweetly too, “Oft in the silly night,” “Come rest in this bosom,” and “I dreamt that I dwelt in marble halls.” *■ “ Is that all the proof you have of her being a young lady ?” exclaimed defen dant. “No,” replied the witness, “I have more. She sat at the same table with me. I observed that a nice dish of boil ed cabbage and onions was placed oppo site to her every day. and I never could persuade her to touch them. It is a fix ed opinion of mine, that any individual of the feminine gender who will not touch onions stewed in butter and nice boiled cabbage, is an indubitable, unquestiona ble, indisputable, down-right young la day.” The defendant here give up his case in despair, the Judge looked satisfied, and the plantifFs attorney, gathering up his books and papers, retired with a quiet smile of exultation on his parchment countenance. Thus have our courts es tablished a complete test and standard by which there will not in future be any doubt, so far as females are concerned, of the true meaning of the phrase—“ Chil dren Half Price.” The Printer. How few men there are, says the Steu benville Herald, of those who gaze ad miringly upon the printer, as he nimbly flings the slender letters round,that know of his toils and privations. From the na ture of his occupation he is comparative ly unknown to the community at large. Immured in a closely confined place of business from an early hour to a late hour—and thos6 who work on acidifypa per frequently throughout the night ; have no regular hours of repose ; inhal ing the noxious vapors incident to a close room, with smoke and gasses and steam, it v is no wonder that he should appear ca daverous and emaciated. The composi tor is most of all exposed to those bane ful influences, the materials of which the type are composed, exert a pernicious in fluence upon his system, especially when he, for the purpose of expedition, is ob liged to dry his types by the fire after distribution. Ilis being obliged to stand in one position, and his stooping posture while correcting and ‘making up,’ tends sooner or later to destroy the harmony of his internal organs : and the sedentary nature of his business, together with the variety of temperature he is obliged to undergo, and to which his physical state is extremely sensitive, often produce chronic disorders which hasten him to a premature grave. But printing is a noble work ! and tho’ the printer be confined to a narrow cir cle and amidst the hum of the world without, and the ceaseless din of the pol itician and newsmonger within—though compelled to inhale the noxious air of the printing office, and by the dim lamp at midnight*— ‘Work, work, work! With fingers weary and worn, Eyelids heavy and red ! yet does his bosom thrill and his eyes glisten as he sets up the news of some great victory, and he gloats with eager delight, while at the same time he reads and puts in type the speech of his great orator. He enters into the spirit of all his work ; he cannot be a mere machine —the very nature of his work sets his thoughts in ip<stiora;h e type go click, click, in his stick, he may in im agination be scrutinizing the inmost re cesses of some distant country—wander ing amidst “pleasures and palaces,” or riding on the deep blue sea. He smiles at the ludicrous —looks grave at the dis astrous ; the thrilling romance gives him pleasant excitement, arid poetry raises his thoughts to the sublime, and it may truly be said of him, and whilst he is outwardly striving for the lowest wants, he is inwardly striving for the highest.— I Then he approaches 4he artist; who j works with both his head and hands. *, The printer enjoys few, of the luxuries of life : the publication must appear reg ularly and consequently all his time is employed. He hears the ‘ tinkling of the merry bells,” sleighs fly over hill and val ley, but he cannot be there ; in fine he has but little time for social duties ; even upon the Sabbath he cannot always rest, for if perchance some special message ar rives or some dreadful calamity occurs it must be forthwith published, for the pub lic hover around anxious and ready to devour the news. Many a sweet flower does he cull by the midnight lamp for the readers to toy with in the cushioned arm chair at their ease. And yet too of ten is his renumeration considered of but secondary importance ; and many per- f GENERAL LIBRARY UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA MOORE PURCHASE, 1936 sons seem to think it is but little impor tance whether the printer b paid or not. SucJa is the life of a printer—such is the life of a man whose days and fre quently his nights, are employed in min istering to the wants, necessities, and the comforts of others—in the art of all arts, the beacon light of the world ! Healthful Amusements, The Buffalo Commercial says ; “ If a man wishes to enjoy field sports, on a great scale and with the keenest zest, and -completely removed from all the con ventional restraints of civilized life, he need not seek the boundless prairies of the West. All that he desires can be at tained in the heart of the United States, by attaching himself to one of those hun ting parties in the Alleghany mountains, for instance. Scenery unrivalled for its savage beauty and grandeur, a clear, bracing atmosphere, pure water leaping from a thousand fountains down the mountain sides, game of all kinds afoot and on the wing, from the timid hare to the imperial eagle, the joyous encamp ment at night, the keen appetite, the sweet, refreshing sleep, and renovated health and vigor will be his reward. A field not less inviting to the lover of Na ture and votaryofmanly, healthful sports, is offered in the Northeastern portion of our own State. A thousand times better seek one or the other of those regions. with the companionship of a good dog and gun—a fish rod and tackle will not come amiss at times —than and waddle a vvay the season at some fashionable wa tering place, deluging one’s self with ab horrent potations, and wasting means. health, freshness, vigor, and purity of mind, in immitation of the dissolute fol lies of some continental spa.” Our friend the Editor of the Buffalo Commercial seems to have had the moun tain scenery of Northern Georgia in his mind’s eye, when he penned the above, and gave his readers such excellent advice. The Alleghanies in Tennessee and Georgia, arc not a whit inferior to the same mountain range in Pennsylva nia, where the Susquehannah, Ohio and Genesee rivers take their rise in one county. The rocks, minerals, trees, plants and flowers that abound on the Southern declivities of the Blue Ridge, present a little-explored, and most invit ing field for the student of Nature. If these are viewed with indifference, then the fishing rod, the rifle,and the lone encamp ment can be enjoyed to the heart’s content. T> TT- . T- Ss r- C'rT l 1’ “VT V ‘ TT I -C-- —J Y.’ .— r _ *-r *i • • ; , V ‘ iiAratur-. Min ing down upon tfie docKone afternoon in the latter part of the summer, we were accosted by a little fellow about ten years old, with‘Please Sir, start me in business.’ We looked into the boy’s eyes, and there was an honest expression there, of a spir it and enterprise which if properly direct ed would make a go-a-head man. ‘Well, my boy, what can we do for you V ‘With a quarter of a dollar I can buy a gross of matches, with which to start in business.’ The quarter was forthcoming and away started our embryo business man, with a ‘thank you,’ in a German accent, which told that he belonged to that frugal and industrious class of our fellow citizens.— We have frequently seen our little cus tomer since, busily engaged in his voca tion of match peddling, and yesterday, meeting him in a crowd he sang out to us, ‘Buy some matches, sir,’ and looking up, lie recognized us, and began telling of his success since he ‘started in business.’— He had made considerable monej, and had now employed two sub-peddlers, who were unable to start in trade on their own account, and offered to replace the capi tal h 3 had commenced upon. How many there are among our youfig men just entering upon active life, to whom a little ‘start in business’ would be more benefit than thousands, at any subsequent period of their career. Dr. Franklin was impressed with the idea when he bequeathed a sum, the interest whereof would constitute a fund to be loaned to deserving young men of Boston, in order to start them in business, and John Jacob Astor once remarked that the first thousand dollars of his immense for tune, cost him more labor and exertion than all the rest. Young men are fre quently compelled to labor and toil in ■ Mssantly forbears ttojget a start—to lay a foundation; but perhaps/ after all, on the principle that ‘self reliance is the su rest source of success,’ it is the better way. Tlie Excclkncc of Religion. The following is one of the most beau tiful and truthful sentences we have ever read. It is from the pen of Sir Hum phrey Davy, of whom it is well observed that if he hud not been the first of modem philosophers he would have been the first of modern poets : “ I envy no quality of the mind or in | teliect of others ; pot genius, will or fan jitf ; but if.l could choose what would be most delightful, and I believe most use ful to me. I prefer a firm religious belief to any other blessing ; for it makes dis cipline of good—creates new hopes when earthly hopes vanish, and throws over the decay, the destruction of existence, the most gorgeous of all lights ; awakens life in death, and from corruption apd decay, calls up beauty and divinity;— makes an instrument of fortune, and of shame the ladder of ascent to paradise ; and far above all combinations of earth ly hopes, calls up the most delightful vis-, ions of palms and amaranths, the gar* dens of the blest, the security of everlast ing joy, where the sensualist and skeptic only view gloom, decay, annihilation and despair !” (Editors and Proprietors. NO. 29.