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[From the New Vori. Mercury ]
* A Short Patent Sermon.
BY DOW. JK.
Mv text tliis morning is contained in these
■words :
How so!',-!fis Hijrioo,!
How Icmtcr is wmmuj!
How I.'lli is vvntiittij!
How (ovine is vvmmui!
How chiidtikc is woriooi!
Mv hearers: Sure enough, how snlvcless is
woman ? She is an ungiicssuble riddle—a most
intricate enigma ; a flower wliich by analyzing
no one can tell to a certainly whether it he poi
sonous or noxious—not always. She Inis heen
with man from the beginning, and he hasn’t
found her out yet. She is comparatively an un
explored country —an alphabet of hieroglyphics
—a magnetic mystery. Nobody lotows what
her heart contains. Sometimes it seems stuffed
with love, tenderness and sympathy ; and al oth
ers filled with nothing but grit and gravel. It
won’t answer to shake her ; —if yon do you cause
the acids and the alkalies of her nature to come,
in contact; and then such an eflervesccn.ee takes
place as might lower the ambition of pearlash
and cider. Like the month of April, she is all
sunshine and showers. Many a teardrop of hers
dries and “evaporates in the warm light ofa smile,
ere it has a chance to fall; and many a bright
smile is suddenly quenched by a sprinkle from
some passing cloud of sorrow, about tlie size ofa
bed blanket. Griefs bubble up from her bosom
to burst in an atmosphere of joy; and joys like
antumnal flowers, spring from the warm beds of
her heart, to be cut down by the sudden frost of
grief. A queer compound is woman ! She is
made up of industry, boldness, beauty, silks, sat
ins, jealousy, love, hatred, horse hair, whalebone,
piety, paint, gaiety, gum elastic, bear’s grease,
sympathy, tears, smiles, affections and kindness.
She talks with her tongue; speaks with her eyes,
is eloquent in her actions, and yet 1 can’t under- j
stand her. j
My friends: How lender is woman ! She is !
ns tender as a chicken, and as tough as an old
gobler. She must be screened hum the hot sum- j
iner’s sun, and sheltered from storms, and pro
tected from the blasts of winter—and yet, if she 1
makes up her mind do it, she can outswent the !
sun, face a northeaster, and be a match for the i
devil, liut inwardly she is as tender as the mcr- !
cics of heaven : her heart is as much softer than
the human as beeswax is softer than a brickbat. 1
Her sympathies are as delicate as Ihe down, and
her love appears as fresh and unfading amid the j
sorrows ol adversity, as (he evergreen wreath 5
that encircled the broad brow of winter. Her
tenderness is too tough to be destroyed by what
ever chance, fortune-, or time, may bring ; tough
as tripe and twice as common.
My dear friends: how lolly is woman! No
matter whether born in a cellar, she can be as
lolly as a garret. When she once gets her back
up, O, cats and broomsticks, look out for your
selves ! She is as high as Olympus, ami as sav
age ns a sausage machine, in her wrath, is as
crazy as a bedbug, as strong as a tiger, and aij
terrible as a tornado. She can \Ar..o oway ns
though heaven and earth were coming to close
quarters; but in a moment all is over—and no- j
body is killed. When she came down from the !
mountains, whence sliu has been rolling big j
stones upon people below, softens down to a jel- j
ly, and becomes as quiescent as a goose pond J
after a tempest. The breeches won’t lit—she i
must resume the petticoat, and be a woman after
all.
My hearers: How loving is woman! Aye,
she is amazing sticky in her attachments. She
will cling to the chosen objects of her heart like
• possum to a gum tree ; ’ and you can't separate ;
her without snapping strings that no art can I
mend, and leaving a portion of her soul upon the
qpper leather v of her affections. She will see j
something to love where others can discover no- >
thing even to admire ; and, when her fondness
is fastened upon a fellow, it stays there, like glue ,
and molasses in a bushy head of hair.
My hearers: how childlike is woman! A
plaything herself, she is fond of every plaything
in the world’s great toy.shop. Her home is in
the realm of fancy—her existence is a kind of
reality—her very miseries are mingled with a
pleasing romance—her present is always bright
and her future still brighter. Would that I were
a woman to be pleased with every posey that
pops its head above the weeds ofa wicked world, ■
and hax'e no thorns to molest me while gather- :
ing the wild flowers of imagination ! Childlike >
—woman is very happy. Tickled with the straw
of flattery, delighted with every rainbow tinted
bubble that floats upon the wave ot time, nnd ns !
merry as a cricket, she dances to the sunlight of;
joy, and seems to use every endeavor to coax
male, moody mortals, into brighter and happier
paths. So mote it be.
Courtship and Marriage.— The difference
between Courtship and Marriage was never j
more forcibly explained than in the following
“ Charcoal Sketch, by J. C. Neal, of Philadel
pbia :
‘ What made you get married, it* you don’t
like it V
• Why I was deluded into it—faiilv deluded ; 1
I had nothing to do of evenings, so l went a
courting. Now courting's fun enough ; 1 havn’t
got a word to say agin courting. It's about ns
good a way of killing an evening as I know of.
Wash your face, put on a dickey, and go and
talk as sweet as sugar or molasses candy for an
hour or two —to say nothing ofa few kisses be.
hind the door, as your sweetheart goes to the
steps with you. j
“ When I was a single man, the world wag
ged along well enough. It was just like an om
nibus ; I was a passenger, paid mj levy, and
hadn’t nothing more to do with it, but sit down
and not care a button for anything. ’Sposin*
the omnibus got upsot ; well, I walks oft", and
leaves the man to pick up the pieces. Hut then !
I must take a wife to be hanged to me. It’s ail
very well for a while ; but afterwards it’s plaguy !
like owning an upsot omnibus 1
• Nan!’ queried Moutcsuma—* what’s all that
about omnibusses V
• What did I get by it ?’ continued Gamaliel,
regardless of the interruption. • How much fun ?
Why a jawing old woman and three squallers.
Mighty different from courting, that is ! What's
fbe fun of buying things for them to wear, nnd
wasting good spreeing money on such nonsense 1
for other people ? And then, a> fordoing what
you like, there’s no such thing! You can’t clear
out; and when people's owing you so much
money, you can’t stay, conveniently. No; the 1
nabbe’s will have you. You can’t go on a spree,
for when you como home, missus kicks up the
devil’* delight. You can't teach her better man- I
liar*—-for constablos are ns thick us blackber. j
ria*. In short, you can't do nothing. Instead j
of • yes, my duck,’ and • no, my dear,’ •as you!
please, honey,’ and * when you iikr, lovely,’ like {
it was in courting time, it's all darning ami I
; mending, and nothing ever darned and mended.
If it wasn’t that I am partickelarly sober, I’d be
l inclined to drink—it’s excuse enough. It’s
: heart-breaking, and it’s all owing to that I have
! such a pain in toy gizzard of a morning. I’m
so miserable, 1 must stop and sit on the steps.’
‘ Wat’s the matter, now ?’
‘ I’m getting aggravated. My wife’s a savin
cii/tcr—a sword of sharpness—she stabs my
j happiness, cuts the throat of my felicity, and
snips all up my sunday-go-to-meetings, to make
jackets for the boys ; she gives all the wittels
to the children to make me spry and jump about
like a lamp-lighter. I can’t stand it ; rny trou
bles are overpowerjng, when I come to add ’em
up, I tell yi
‘Oh, nonsense! behave nice; don’t make a
noise in the street; be a man !’
‘ iiojvv can 1 be a man, when I belong to
somebody else ?’ My hours au’t my own ;my
money ain’t my own—l belong to four people
myself; the old woman and them three
childVeui. I'm a partnership concern, and so ma
ny has got their lingers in the concern, that 1
must bust up. I’ll break, and sign over the
| stock in trade to )ou.’
From Yankee Doodle.
from b young Lawyer so liis roimtry Classmate.
My Dear Bj:n : You ask me how 1 atn sue-
J ceeding in practice since 1 nailed up my shingle.
If you only saw the piles of papers tied with red
tape on my desk, you would be surprised at its
extent; but the truth is, they arc dummies, l’e
! ter Funks, endorsed, and tied up to make things
i look like business, on the principle of “ assume
a virtue if you have it not.” I really have had
; some* few clients iu earnest; for instance, to
-1 day tut Irish washerwoman called on me and
wished me to sue out a writ o (habeas corpus
; against the physicians of the hospital on Staten
Island, where her husband who had recently
arrived, was •‘unjustly detained” by the ship
fever. The poor woman had heard some false
stories that the patients were not well taken
care ftt. 1 declined to interfere, and dismissed,
her somewhat quieted.
I could hardly get rid of her, however, she
was s> loquacious; but at last assuming my
sternest look, I exclaimed “ good woman ! my
time is valuable,” (I should like, to get a shill
ing an hour for it) and she vanished. (N. B. 1
asked her it she had any money, but she bad
none, or else so help me Coke, I should have
got out the writ.)
ljoxvcver, 1 received a snug fee the other day
born a little tailor \\ ho lives clown the street,
lie came into my ollicc one morning iu a great
rage, and wanted to know what he should do
with a neighbor in the same line of business,
who had insulted him. 1 asked what the party
had said. “He told me to go to !” “ Aw,
am I o ! ha, ah ! said I, in a kind of reflective
t tone. Then I slowly rose and went up to my
; library—it consists of one work, shut up behind
, green curtains, in a book-case large enough to
Uoit • iio Bodleian collection—and took
clcmn a volume of the'ltevised .Statutes, and
gazed at it vacantly for Tull ten minutes by the
City Hall clock, the poor tailor waiting in the
meanwhile Xvitli ‘“all the impatience and anxi
ety of nil expectant lover,” as the novelists say.
At last I laid aside the book, put my hands in
both pockets, and stretched out my legs, looked
him full in the eye, and gazed at him silently,
‘ Well, xvhatdo you think ?’ he asked with im
patience.
‘ Let me see !’ said I in reply, ‘did you give
me n fee ?’ ns if I could have forgotten such a
circumstance.
4 No sir ; how much must it be V
* Five dollars!’ and I put the bill for that
amount which he tendered mo, iu my wallet—
put the wallet in my pocket, buttoned my pocket
up, and when I was sure the V was safe,asked :
4 1 think you said, your neighbor told you to
go to a place not to be named to ears polite ?’
4 Yes sir!’
1 \\ ell then, all I have to say, sir, is, there’s
nothing in the Laws of the State of New York
that obliges you to do it!’
Flic follow got mad, but ho didn’t get his mo
ney. As old Quirk used to say, when 1 studied(?)
with him—“remember Jack, though there are
many crooks and turns iu law, there are no re
turns.”
Once in a while, Ben, a little god.send of this
sort comes upon me, so that with the eight hun
dred “ the governor ” allows me, I manage to
make both ends meet. By the xvay, you can
tell the old gentleman that I distinguished my
self before a jury the other day, and obtained a
verdict xviihout their leaving their seats —you
may as well not mention that it was the Sher
iff's jury, however. As to xvhat effect the new
constitution will have on our practice, of which
you inquire—l can’t tell, for 1 havn’t read it;
it’s as much as I can do to take care of my own
constitution—which, somehow or other, this
city life don’t agree with—it’s as bad as a soph
omore year at Yale.
M hen the governor was here the other day,
lie said to me, ‘Jack, you look pale, you should j
not study too bard !’ I told him I wouldn’t to
oblige him, and wanted to blush, but thank hea- ■
veil! 1 have at least one qualification for a law. ;
yer—l can’t blush ! Speaking of the governor,
just tell him, too, that I’m getting on furiously j
iu politics. Last night I was nominated on 1
the \\ ard Committee, where they are always
glad to get a man that can write, (the last you
need not mention, and don’t say either that tho’ !
nominated 1 was not elected) —a victim of in
trigue ! 1 think you said you will bo admitted i
next term, and propose corning into partnership
with me. Come on; you shall half what you
make yourself, and tho benefit of my experience.
lou ask it there is not •* a good opening for
a y oung man of industry and talents V When
I came here three months ago, I couldn't find
even an opening on tho building for a twelve
inch tin shingle, so thickly was its front plas- j
tered with the tins ot m\ co-tenants.
This morning a neatly dressed black woman I
came into rny office. • A client, by Jupiter,’ I j
exclaimed. ‘Please sir!’ said she, dropping a
courtesy ‘do you keep signs for ‘ Washing and
ironing, and going out to do days work done
here, to sell !’ • No, we don’t,’ I gruffly an
swered. •Nu offence, sir, but 1 seed so many
on the outside, 1 thought may be tho gentleman
Ai”p* u tin shop!’ But never mind what I #ay,
Ben, t'teojne on, McDutf, and curst be he ’—of!
the New vbisjjcrs 1 menu—• who first cries hold. I
enough !’ have • enough ’ of u*.
Yours, perj^ftnefas.
JENKINS.
“ Fin a straightforward mail,” as tta*-B*p<se-**rd
when he pitched into the gutter, “ and nothing
.*1,0.”
M§©@(gli©[ll](jD(§Mir a
ISRAEL PUTNAM.
In these little sketches we do not propose to
be profound ; only talkative, chatty, and simple.
As we have very little space this week, for this
feature, we shall continue our subject without
needless preface.
Putnam’s early days wore spent as those of
most boys placed in his situation in life. One
of his favorite amusements was “bird nesting,”
a cruel and useless custom, followed in all coun
try places with a ferocity perfectly atrocious
These hunts for nest were followed in company
but Putnam xvas always the leader of the band.
On one occasion he and his companions
came across a fine nest which lodged on a
trail branch of a very high tree. The tree
stood apart from the others and was difficult of
climbing. Besides this it was evident that no
pole or contrivncc would answer the purpose of
getting the nest—there was no way of obtain
ing it save by venturing upon the brunch
which, nine chances out of ten, would break
under tho robber. No one would venture.
Putnam regarded the nest and limb in silence
for some moments and at length said :
‘That bird has all the qualities of a soldier.
It has completely fortified its homo. I’ll wager
there’s not a hoy for ten miles around that could
get that nest.’
All agreed with h.im.
‘l’ll try it,’ said lie, deliberately taking off’
his jacket, and rolled his pantaloons up to his
knees.
The little knot of boys attempted to dissuade
him ; but to no purpose. Go he would.
‘l’ll fancy that one of the King’s strong holds
said Putnam, “and may I he shot if 1 don’t come
off victor.’
The tree was ascended—the limb gained.—
Putnam placed his fool on it, and it cracked,
while the old bird flew off with a sharp cry, and
remained describing circles round the tree, and
uttering touching complaints.
‘Bah !’ said Putnam, ‘do you not prey on our
fields ? Do you not tax us for support ? l)o
•you not take our goods against our will, just
like the King ?
He ventured a foot further on the limb. It
befit lo V and a warning murmur arose from
the boys below. Putnam put his knee to the
branch, and reached towards the nest. The
limb broke partially—a shout below—and Put
nam persevered. Ilis fingers touched the wish
ed for prize, and just as he cried ‘l’ve got it,’ the
limb broke clear off, and he fetl but not to the
ground. His pantaloons caught iu one of the
lower branches and his head hung downwards
‘Put, are you hurt ?’ asked one of the boys.*
‘Not hurt,’ answered the undaunted heart ;
‘but sorely puzzled how to get down.’
‘We can’t cut away tho limb because we
have no knife.’
‘I can’t stay here till you get one.’
| ‘We’ll strike a light and burn the tree down.
‘Aye and smother me in the smoke. That
won ‘(■ do.’
•’Photo ‘Vit a. hrfl* Randall in the
group who was noted for being a crack marks
man, and who afterwards fought very bravely
at Putnam’s side. Him Putnam addressed ;
‘Jim Randal there’s a ball tin vour rifle.’
‘Yes.’
‘Do you see that very little limb that holds
mo here V
‘I do.’
‘Fire at it.’
‘What to cut you down ?’
‘Of course.’
‘But I might strike your head.’
‘Shoot. Belter blow out my brains than see
mo die here, which I shall in fifteen minutes,—
Shoot.’
‘But you will fall.”
‘Jim Randall will you (ire ?’
Tho sharp crack of the rifle rang through
the forest—the splinters flew and Putnam fell
upon tho ground. He was severely bruised j
but laughed the matter off, and nothing more j
was thought of it.
Three days after Putnam met Randall and the >
rest, and taking the nest from his pocket said— ;
‘Here is the nest. I said i would have it or |
perish, but I went alone, because I determined [
no one should see me fall and aid me to es
cape the consequences.’
‘l'he same indomitable spirit was displayed ;
in that instance ns in the perilous leap and the |
many other dangerous and daring exploits, per
formed by the gallant man in his efforts for the* !
ascendancy of tho cause of Liberty.—i Notify
Messenger. ~ ■ —■ ‘V--"**t
Filial Viety— Affecting anecdote. — A
; lad, but newly admitted into the military school
in France soon made himself appear of rather
a singular disposition by his remarkable ah/
stemiousness. Whatever variation ofdiet u/s
allowed he never ate any thing but bread and
I soup, and drank nothing but water.
■ The Governor being informed of his conduct
so very uncommon in a boy, attributed it to an
indiscreet devotion and reproved hint for it—
Nevertheless tho lad persisted and the Gover
nor mentioned the circumstances to Monsieur
Paris Dtiverney. He had the boy called be
fore him, and with his usual mildness and mod
eration mentioned to him that such singularity
was by no means proper or allowable in a pub.
lie institution and that he must certainiy con
form to the rules and diet estabished there.—
He afterwards unsuccessfully tried to find out
the reason that could induce the boy to act in
such a manner, and at last threatened him if he
persisted that he would send him home to his
family. This meance had the desired effect, and
he then disclosed the motive ofliis conduct.
You will not I hope bo displeased with me,
but I could not bring myself to enjoy what I con
sider a luxury, while I reflect my dear mother
and father are iu the utmost indigence. They
could afford themselves and me no better food
than the coarsest bread and but very little of it.
Hero I have excellent soup, and as much fine
white bread as I would choose. I look upon
this to be a very good living, any the receollec
lion of the situation in which I left my parents
would not permit me to indulge myself by eat
ing anything else.
Monsjeur Duverney and the governor could
not reittain their tears at such an early in
stance df fortitude and sensibility.
If your father has beeu in the service, said
M. Duverney, how that he has got no
pension ?
For ykant of friends snd moiioj, sir, replied
the yefith. Ue has been upwards of a year so.
lipHtng one hut his money and resources failed
and rather than contract debts at Yersails he is
content to languish in the inauner I have told
you. 1 i 1
We, said M. Duverney, if the facts appear
to have been as you stated, will engage to
procure your father a pension of five hundred
livres. In the mean time, here is three louis
d’ors for yourself as a present from the King,
and I will advance your father six month’s pay
out of the pension I am certain of obtaining for
him.
How can you send the money to him, sir, as
ked the boy.
Let that give you no uneasiness', replied M.
Duverney. I shall find means
Ah, said the boy, with precipitation, ‘if you |
can do it so easily, be pleased to send him these i
three louis d’ors you were so good as to give me.
I want nothing here and they would be of the
greatest service to my father tor iny brothers and
sisters.
How delightful to the sensible mind are such’
early emanations of pious gratitude!
Axiiciiote of (iex. Taylor. —The Missis- j
sippi volunteers rolate an anecdote illustrating j
General Taylor’s characteristic goodness of
heart. Soon after the battle of Monterey, and
during the excessively hot weather, irom which
officers and men suffered severely, some gen
tlemen sent Gen. Taylor lor his private use, a .
barrel of ice, and a quantity of delicious claret. !
‘l’llis precious burthen was deposited at the j
General’s tent, with a note from the donor ; at’- !
ter politely acknowledging which, the old hero j
caused the head of the barrel to be knocked j
out, and, taking for his own use a lump as
large as his fist, sent the whole of the remain- |
der and the claret to the hospital for the use of!
the sick soldiers. This is but one out of many !
proofs of the considerate and self-sacrificing
generosity and humanity of Gen. Taylor’s char
acter.
We state this fact upon the authority of a
gentleman who had it from the Mississippi vol
unteers! Such conduct adds anew lustre to
the old hero’s radiant fame, brighter than any
which the most brilliant deeds of arms could
impart.
A Most .Sensible Woman.—ln one of his
excursions during harvest, lie saw only one wo
man reaping. His Majesty asked where her
companions were.
‘They have gone to see the King,’ she re
plied.
‘And why did you not go with them ?” ad
ded the King.
‘I would not give a pin to see him,’ replied
the woman ; ‘besides, the fools who have gone
to the city, will lose a day’s work and that is
more than I can do ; for 1 have five children to
whom I must give bread.’
‘Very good, said the King, putting some mo
ney in her hand, ‘you can tell your companions
who went to sec the King that the King came
to see. you.’
A Sukkwd Boy.—A friend tells us the fol
lowing which lie considers a good ! un. Being
in a mechanic’s shop an urchin came in, his
dress covered wiii, mut. tile father, obser
ving his dirty plight said to him—‘William, my’
son how came you to muddy your dress so !
I'he boy stopped a moment, then looking his
lather in the eye, very soberly asked ; ‘Father
what am I made of? ‘Dust, The Bible says :
‘Dust thon art and unto dust shall thou return.’
‘Well, father if l am dust, how can I help being
muddy when it rains on me ?'—Home Journal.
Glowing Description. —A gallant New
England Knight of the quill, describing a coun
try dance, says; “The gorgeous strings of
the class b ;ads now glisten on the heaving bos- I
pms of the village Indies, like polished rubies
resting oil the surface of warm apple dum
rfctosTiNi: Machine. —A cuf spwmfciit, 1
writing ffOui Michigan to the New York Evan- !
gelist, says :
*A field of sixty acres was harvested in two \
days as follows : A machine was drawn into i
the Bold by sixteen horses, guided by as many
boys as necessary. On the front of the machine j
a man was stationed to adjust the forks and cir
cular knives to the height of the wheat which
was thrown back into the machirie. No more
was seen of it, till another man in the rear part j
of (he machine was seen tying up well tilled !
sacks of pure grain, in perfect order for the
fl miring mill. This huge machine (of the i
best wheat) harvested and bagged three bush
el* iu a minute. ’ i
, * A*
‘Lightning and the Telegraph. —Proses-i
jor\)ln\stead has written nil essay-on the effect j
produced by telegraphic wires on the electrical
zflate of the atmosphere. Ho says that during!
the approach of a storm especially over the re
gion traversed by the wires, for fifty or a hun
dred miles distance the lightning is attracted by
the wires, as is plainly seen by the effect pro
puced in the telegraphic office. The electrici
ty of the atmosphere is attracted by the wires
and carried hartnlesly off', and the result, accor
ding to Professor Olinstead, is that while we
have telegraphic wires spread over the earth,
wo shall never have very heavy thunder shower
or hear of lightning striking.
HEALTH 8c LUXURY ’ |
PRIME SODA WATER.
|Ysffl
Ilostan & Cooper,
HAVE now on draft, and will continue to keep, a
constant supply of cool Soda Water.
Columbus, April 8,1817. H If
JfKaddcn , •Idants A’ Cos.
DEALERS IN ALL KINDS OF
Nurblv Work,
such SB GRAVE STONES,! ABLETS, MONUMENTS,
CHIMNEY PIECES, Ac. Al&o, Workers in
Granite, Carvers in Stone, Ac. Ac.
0” Corner of Ogleibnrpe and Randolph streets,
COLUMBUS, Ga.
pj. B. PLASTER OF PARIS always on hand, for sal
Pec. 81, 1816- J_ Jy_
MACIcAY & KIMBROUGH,
Commission Merchants,
APALACHICOLA, Florida.
J. C. MACLAY. WM. H. KIMBROUGH.
Apalachicola. Oct. 30. I* Hi. 46. ts
THEOLOGICAL BOOKS.
f ÜBT received, on consiinmeni, nnd for cate at this Of
ai rice,a lot of valuable theological Works, such * the
following s
Bailout's Ist and 2d Inquiry ; Lift of JuJui Murray ;
Ballou's Select slid Lecture Sermon.;
Whitlemore'e Guide; Paige's Selections;
Montgomery's Loving Kindne.n;
Whhtemore'sand fireman's Discussion;
Skinners’ Book of Family Pmytrs, Ac. Atr.
ty CARII ORDERS alteuiled to with punctuality and
despatch Jan. 91,1117,
AN ACT
To alter and amend the third Section of the second Ar
ticle of the Constitution rs this State.
. Whereas, the third Section of the second Article of
the Constitution of this State reads in the following
words to wit:—No person shall be eligible to the
’ office of Governor who shall not have been a citizen
of the United States twelve years, and an inhabitant
of this State six years, and who hath not attained
to the age of thirty years, and who does not possess
five hundred acres of land in his own right, within
this State, and other property to the amount of four
thousand dollars, and whose estate shall not on a
reasonable estimation, he competent to the dis
charge of his just debts, over and above that sum—
and whereas, said property qualification is inconsist
ent with the genius of our institutions and the pop
ular spirit of this age—
Be. it enacted by the Senate and House of Represcn
i lathes of the State of Georgia in General Assembly met,
| and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same,
j That so soon as this Act shall have passed agreeably
I to the requirements of the Constitution, the following
! shall he adopted in lieu of the Section above recited,
j lo wit:—No person shall he eligible to the office of
Governor who shall not huve been a citizen of the
| United States twelve years, and an inhabitant of this
State six years, and who has not attained the age of
thirty years. Approved, Dec. 26, 1845.
April 15, 1347. 15 Cn)
TH E undersigned continue the al>ovc busiws? at their
olii stunt! on Colton A venue, where they keep con
j stonily ou hand a good supply of SASH BLINDS,
which they will sell as low os can be bought elsewhere.—
I They are also well prepared to execute any Job in the
j CARPENTER’S line of business, cr Painting at short
! notice and on reasonable terms.
WRIGHT & GARRETT.
Jan 14,18*17, 2 ts
1,; V.
FACTOR & COMMISSION MERCHANT,
Apalachicola, F!a.
i March 18,1 K IT. 11 If
IVcxv Orleans, Type Foundry,
anil Printers’ Depot.
THE undersigned beg leave to announce to Publish
ers ami Printers that they have established a com
| plete and extensive Type Foundry in this city.
Thcyßook Letter of this Foundry was cut lo order
: by workmen of long experience, and as no expense
was spared to obtain the handsomest laces, and to per
fect it in every respect, we will venture to say it will
j he found as handsome, if not the handsomest in the U.
States. We have also a very handsome assoitment
! of Flowers and Job Letter, of the latest style, to which
we would call the attention of Printers before pur
chasing elsewhere. All articles manufactured by us
j will be of a material equal, if not superior to any man
-1 ufactured at the North ; and, as we shall furnish type
at New York prices, we trust to meet with encour
| ageinent.
. We are now prepared to manufacture Brass Rule,
and to execute orders for Type of any magnitude,with
j promptness. We would also particularly call the at
; tendon of Printers to our Leads —having an entire new
| sett of Moulds, by which wo are enabled to furnish a
| perfect article. We are also Agents for ihe sale of
the Napier, Washington and .Smith Presses, which,
together with Chases, Cases. Composing Sticks, Fur
niture, Ink, and every other article in the Printing
| business, will be kept on hand, and furnished at Man
i ufacturers’ prices.
OCT*The Proprietors of Newspapers who will publish
I this advertisement six months, uml Bend a paper to our Oi
| rice, weekly, will he paid for the advertisement by purcha
j -u. B times Ihe amount of advertising hill in “Ij pe.
I . GREKN & CO. 17 Canal 81. Row.
New Orleans, April 22, 1847. Cm
ALPHA 8c OMEGA. PILLS.
By Dr. F. S. Bronson,
rplIF, name of these Pills, though novel, is nevertheless
1 competent in discharging all their dunce, both iu the
first ns well as the Inst stages of disease.
Id ivate disease, in all ita’stages, will he cured in from
’ two to eight days—warranted, or the monev w ill be refuod
j ed. Severe pains in the hack; afiec'ion til the Kulnevs;
: Weakness of the back, together with all other diseases
j consequent thereto, call be permanently cured in n few
days. The milder forms of Syphilis, eiiu he etired by the
I use of from 2 to 5 boxes—warranted.
| f)i KECTiotvs.—l leave thought it prudent to furnish the
boxes without directions, in order to avoid ant exposure
that might result to the patient. The dose, in all eases
! “ ill be rvvo PILLS. before each meal, and before bed time.
L Met light,and avoid violent exercise.
Price, $ I per box—and $2 per box.
For sale by WINTER fe EPPING,
At the sign otthe Negro ami Mortnr.
Columbus, July 10, 1846. ;to
OCMULGEE
Iron Foundry & Machine Shop.
Klaroit, Ga.
W HE subscribers having erected a New Establish
ment, new inducements that they have never
had before in that line of business. Mill Wrights,
GinJMakers. &c. will find it to their advantage to give
! us a call. We will guarantee all our work to be good
and at the lowest price. We have a good stock of
Patterns on band.
A good Horse Power for sale.
l. ‘ , CHAS. P. LEVY A CO.
! • Cotton Ivcnttc, nr ar Macon & Western R. R. Depot.
I Macon, (iu. June 19,1846. 27 ts
tu
\ New Map of Georgia.
THE undersigned lias been, for months, past, en
gaged, under the direction of his Excellency, Gov.
Crawford, in compiling a Map of the State of Georgia,
on a scale of six mites to the inch. The undertaking
is now nearly completed, and he flatters himself he
will receive the favorable patronage of his fellow-citi
zens—sufficient, at least, to have it published and
placed in a durable form.
That a revised delineation is called for, of our ex
tensive territory, independently of what exists in the
labors of St urges and Greene, will not be questioned.
The accumulation and possession, since their times,
of a vast body of land designated then as wilderness,
or the temporary domain of the Indian tribes, with nat
ural objects well worthy “a habitation and a name,”
have been converted into organized counties, present
ing a dense population, flourishing villages, and ex
tensive public and private improvements.
The Map to be published (so soon as a sufficient
number of subscribers will warrant,) is 5 feet by 4
and 8 inches, and is designed to exhibit as well as
perpetuate the present condition of the whole topog
raphy ot the State. In addition to the ordinary metes
and bounds—courses of rivers and ranges of moun
tains, Railroads, Canals, county sites, post offices, fac
tories, in fact all remarkable places of the past or pre
sent day, will be shown. The attention of the com
piler has been particularly directed to a faithful draw
ing of county lines and public roads, and to accom
plish such important ends, he has not only consulted
the original surveys and the acts of various Legisla
tures, but he deemed it the better plan to make rough
sketches of each county and submit the same to tne
Justices ot the Inferior Court, Postmasters, and others
equally compent and obliging, and to ask for such
additions and corrections as might be necessary, and
farther to designate any and all objects of natural cu
riosity that might exist. To many, if not all of his
requests, kind, prompt and satisfactory answers were
received, so that many glaring inaccuracies in the
maps heretofore published have been corrected : and
the compiler takes this occasion of returning his ac
knowledgments to those who favored his objects, as
rendering a service not merely to himself, but aiding
most materially in the thorough and correct dcvelopc
tnentof the whole plan. To his brother Engineers of
th<* different Railroads, his thanks are due for the use
of niaps which enabled him not onlv to lay down the
true courses of limso important works, hut likewise to
make profiles exhibiting the elevation above the aea,
of every station from (he Atlantic to the Tennessee
river. The Map will be embellished with views of
the State House and Executive Mansion, and will be
subscribers at their residences at ten dal*
lare per copy \V, 0. BONNER,
Ksb. m.lftir. Oil Knf inssr
A House A'JLot for sale,
4~fcN Oglethorpe street, next door to L.
‘'M. Durr’s residence.
Apply to A. K. Ayer, or JNO. J. B. HOXEY.
-Jan. 7, 1847.
American Razor Paste,
cf -superior Polishing. Burnishing <f Cleansing Paste.
THIS Paste is the result of a simple chemical experi
ment, which I was induced to make in consequence of
not being able to keep mv Razors and line finished Sur
gical Instruments in order—having successively tried ev
j ery new article recommended, embracing the best prepared
rotten stones, chalks and oils—nor could I rely upon the
j paste which accompanies fine Strops, that being entirely
; too rough, destroying the edge, as also the fine polish©
the razor, knife, lau ;et, &c.
j *1 he American, differs materially f v om the English Crown
j * as [f* J * le latter being composed ol steel and slate duel
whilst mv Paste is composed of two very soft stibstun
j ces, reduced to the very finest powder, and subsequently
mixed with purified oil.
Razors, Knives (surgical or pen } and other fine edgtcj
i instruments, which are not entirely ruined,can be mndens
good as new. by using this I'uste, (the ruv.ol strop to be
employed instead of a hone.) II the strop be a flat or two
, sided one, place a little of the Paste on the coarse side and
I strop off on the fine. If a fonr-sided or square strop, place
a little of the Paste on No. 2, and strop offon No. 4. A fine,
keen, and smooth edge will be the result.
; Fine cutlery, guns, gun-locks, brass, copper, or steel,
! van be kept free from rust, by rubbing on a little of the
Paste, and then polishing w itli a woolen cloth, or soft piece
of buckskin, or fine sponge.
One box of Paste at 15 cents, will keep one nr two razord
in good order for twelve months. It is put up in assorted
sizes, at 15, 25 and 50 cents per box. Should a failure
occur in producing what is above stated, the monev will
berefunded. F. S. BRONSON,
Inventor be Proprietor.
For sale by WINTER A- ERRING.
june 111, 1346. 07 ,f
THE TREASURY OF HISTORY,
Comprising a general Introductory Outline, of Univer-
Hislory. ancient and mcnlern, and a series if separate
Histories of every principal Nation that exists, thiir
rise, progress, present condition, cfc. cf-c.
BY SAMVEL MAUNDER,
j A rliorof the “ Treasury of Knowledge, - ’ “Biographical
Treasury, ’’ “Literary nnd Scientific Tiensuiv,” Ac.
including
THE HISTORY OF AMERICA,
EDITED BY JOHN IN3IAN, ESQ. ’
I
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; knowledge, must desire to possess such a general
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, the better class of what is called light literature. But
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-1 edge without going through many books, requiring a
| greater expenditure of time and money than most per
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j . I ' s Ike merit of completeness, and is un
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j gives first a general sketch of ancient and modem
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nations separately, furnishing a concise digest of all
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’ brought w ithin a manageable compass : and an exct l
| lent foundation is laid lor more thorough and exten
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In the execution nl this plan the author has been
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I history records. In a word, the work will be found
I invaluable to the general reader and a very useful help
to the student. ’ ”
two v.dunies—Wpo octavo-will, on
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