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BELIOTI©
From the National Era.
“THE HOCK”
In the Valley of El Ghor.
BT J. O. WHITTIER.
Dead Petra in her hill tomb sleeps,
Iler stones of emptiness remain ;
Around her sculptured mystery sweeps
The lonely waste of Edom’s plain.
From the doomed dwellers in the cleft
The bow of vengeance turned not back ;
Os all her myriads none are left
Along the Wady Mousa’a track.
Clear In the hot Arabian day
Her arches spring, her statues climb;
Unchanged, the graven wonders pay
No tribute to the spoiler, Time!
Unchanged the awful lithograph
Os power and glory undertrod,
Os nations scattered like the chaff
Blown from the threshing floor of God.
Yet shall the thoughtful stranger turn
From Petra’s gates, with deeper av.e
To mark afar the burial um
Os Aaron on the cliffs of Ilor.
And where upon its ancient guard
The Bock, El Ghor) is standing yet,
Looks from its turrets desert-ward,
And keeps the watch that God has set.
The same as when in thunders loud
It heard the voice of God to man;
As when it saw in lire and cloud
The angels walk in Israel’s van !
Or when from Ezion-Gober’s way
It saw the long procession tile,
And heard the Hebrew timbrels play
The music of the lordly Nile.
Or saw the tabernacle pause,
Cloud bound, by Kadesh Bamea’s wells,
While Moses graved the sacred laws,
And Aaron swung his golden bells.
Rock of the desert, prophet sung!
How grew its shadow’ pile, at length,
A symbol, in the Hebrew tongue,
Os God’s eternal love and strength.
On lip of bard and scroll of seer,
From age to age went down the name,
Until the Shiloh's promised year,
And Christ, the Rock of Ages, came!
The path of life we walk to-day
Is strange ns that the Hebrews trod ;
We need the shadow ing rock, as they—
We need, like them, the guides of God.
God send his angels, Cloud and Fire,
To lead us o’er the desert land!
Ood give our hearts their long desire,
His shadow in a weary land !
The lent Paper,
‘John, what has become of last week’s
paper ?’ inquired Mrs. C ,of her hus
oand.
f Surely, wife, I cannot tell ; it was
brought from the office, I think.’
‘Yes, James brought it home on Satur
day evening ; hut neighbor N and his
wife being here, he laid it on the parlor ta
ble/
‘Oh, N has got the paper, I remem
ber now of lending it to him/
‘I am very sorry for that; I think you
do very wrong, husband, in lending the
papers before we have read them. He who
takes a paper and pays for it, is certainly
entitled to the first perusal of it/
‘ I know it wife, but neighbor X
don’t take a paper, and I can’trefuse when
he asked to borrow ours/
‘ Don’t N take a paper ?’ inquired
Mrs. C with surprise.
‘No/
-1 Why not ? he is, as he says, always j
▼cry fond of reading.’ ,
4 Yes, but he seems to think himself un- !
able to take one.’
4 Unable ! He is certainly as able as we !
are. He pays a much larger tax, and is
almost always bragging of his superior cat
tle and
4 Hush, wife! It is wrong to speak of
our neighbors’ faults behind their hacks.
He promised to return the paper to-day/ i
4 1 hope he will. It contains an excel
lent article which I desire very much to j
read.’
Mrs. C— — was an excellent lady and
probably possessed as liberal feelings as
her peace-loving husband ; but she could
not believe it to be their duty to furnish a
free paper to their more wealthy and cov
et ©us neighbor.
N had formerly taken a paper ; but
thinking it too expensive, to the no small
discomfiture of his wife and little ones, he
had ordered its discontinuance. He how
ever, dearly loved to read, and had, for a
year or more, been in the habit of sending
4 little Joe’ on the disagreeable errand of
borrowing old papers from his neighbors.
Mrs. C waited patiently through the
day, expecting to see ‘little Joe’ coming
with the paper, but the day passed, as like
wise did the evening, and no paper came.
The next morning after breakfast, she
was heard to say.—
4 Well, John, the paper has not been re
turned yet/
4 Ah, indeed ; I guess neighbor N
has either forgotten his promise or is ab
sent from home, replied C .
‘I think/ she continued, 4 we had better
send James after it.’
4 Would it not he best, wife, to wait un
til afternoon ? N may return it before
that time/
4 As vou think best,’ was the replv.
They waited until nearly dark, but no
paper made its appearance. James, a
*niart lad of ten years, was now instructed
to jffoceed to neighbor N’s and get the
jjapcr. lie soon arrived, and made known
his errand. He was very politely inform
ed that it was lent R , the Blacksmith
who lived half a mile further on. James,
unwilling to return home without notwith
standing the lateness of the hour, contin
ued on to the blacksmith’s.
It was quite dark when he arrived but
lie soon made his business known, and was
informed by Mrs. R that ‘ little sis got
hold of the paper and tore it up/
‘l’ll take the fragments/ said James
who was for having nothing lost.
‘ The fragments, Jim! exclaimed Mrs.
R , ‘ Old l)ouk, the pedler, came along
here to-day and I sold ’em with the rags.’
James, somewhat dispirited by his unsuc
cessful mission and not being very coura
i geous in the dark, silently beat a hasty re-
I treat for home, where in due season he ar
rived, and reported the result of hiserrand.
‘Ah/ very composedly remarked Mr.
C , ‘I suppose R. asked neighbor C
to lend him the paper and he did not
like to deny him. We cannot I think, ac
cuse either of doing intentional wrong; and
one paper/ continued he, ‘is of little v&l
----hc/
‘You may argue X/* case as you please/
replied Mrs. C ‘but be assured of one
fchiwg.’
‘ Wliat k that ?’ asked Mr. C wutk
fear.
‘Nothing, only neighbor X wjll not
long be afc the inconvenience of troubling
people for old papers/
‘ln about three weeks after this conver
sation, X was informed by the post
master that he had a paper in file office.
He was highly pleased at this announce
■ moot, but could not think who was so very
kind as to send him a paper. After many
conjectures, however, he came to the con
clusion that it was from some friend whom
he had assisted in former years.
One year passed; the paper continued
to come and N was still ignorant from
whence it came ; but one day at a ‘haul
ing’ he informed his neighbors of his good
! fortune, and expressed some fears that lie
would have to do without a paper soon.
| ‘No, you shan’t/ said James C in a
i loud tone of voice, ‘for mother sent on two
; dollars for you last week/
‘ Well done, Jim !’ shouted a dozen voi
; ces, while a simultaneous roar of laughter
; ran along the line of teamsters.
N who had previous to this an
-1 nouncement been remarkably cheerful and
: talkative, became suddenly silent, while a
i deep red color, the emblem of shame, man
i tied his brow. This was a good lesson for
i N .
; Early next morning he went and paid
Mrs. C the $4, acknowledged his er
ror, and was never known afterwards to
take less than two weekly papers.
A I.otter from an Officer of the Navy,
who is hard up, to a former Ship
mate, who i* not lunch better off.
New York, Jan. 1, 1859.
My Dear Muggins.— We want more
i pay. My life is a continued variety of
( harp-upisms. 1 committed matrimony, as
; you know, some fifteen years ago, in the
j days of my romance and passed-midship
manliood, since when I have been remind
ed by my poverty that the government did
not pay me iY •Jutting married, or ray wife
| for having We have five now—
: all girls ! The eldest is fast approaching
the age of extension-hoops and Balmoral
| petticoats. Muggins, you are a bachelor,
and don’t know the price of girls’ shoes,
I and what it costs to teach them geography
j —the girls, not the shoes. You will tell
me that in the last fifteen years you have
passed fourteen years and six months at
sea, and by this devotion to service, have
hardly been able to keep clear of debt.
If you find it hard, what must he my ‘
condition? You have, it is true, a sister
to educate and support, and I have no
doubt that after all your actual expenses
are j>aid, you have “only twenty dollars
per month for clothes, hoots and tobacco.”
I know, 44 that to get yourself up in full
dress, to call on the President on New
Year’s day, cost you in clothes alone (pro
vided for the occasion by the kind indul
gence of the very accommodating firm of
Messrs. Henry Loudon & Cos.) just $l3O,
which bill you will pay by monthly instal
ments of t wen tv dollars, going without
I shoes, it is to be presumed, in the mean
while, and sponging on your friends for ci-
I gars.” You complain further, 44 that you
have been so much to sea, that the De
partment has got tired of ordering you,
and express a desire to go anywhere now,
but to the Mediterranean, where it took all
jof your pay to entertain and fete foreign
officials, your hospitality being credited to
the government, but actually coming out
of your impoverished pockets.” This may
he very, very bad, Muggins, but you are
rich to poor me, with a wife who presents
I me a testimonial of her affection after eve
ry cruise, so that I have now a horrid pre
; seutment that I am to be the father of
twenty girls. Those that I have now are
particularly hard on their wearing appa
rel, and have very, very large appetites.
It is evident, then, under these circum
stances, that unless Congress does some
thing for us this session, my family will be
reduced to a diet of cow-heels and bonny-
I clabber. Os course every man in the na
vy lias some particular method of increas
ing his pay peculiarly adapted to himself
which he tiroes with all the enthusiasm of
a thread-hare coat and empty stomach ;
but, my dear fellow, beggars should not be
choosers, and in my present forlorn condi
tion, “small donations will be thankfully
received and larger ones in proportion.”
You ask me 44 what I think of promo
tion ?” Muggins, you were always a cas
tlt-b tilde; I have ev*n kuown y.u to be
fiiE Upson pilot, Thursday morning, march 3i, iho9.
so absurd as to believe in promotion by;
merit, and know that you on one occasion
imagined that if you were to have both
arms and both legs shot away, and there
by save an.entire fleet, that you would win
by your heroism a commander’s commis
sion. My dear old boy, you ought to know j
by this time at least, that had any such ca- i
tastrophe befallen you, that your legs and
arms would have been committed to the j
deep, and with them your best chances of j
promotion—a longtlife. For myself, I
have not the slightest idea that I will get j
my pay increased by living to be a com- ;
mander. Seventy is a good old age to |
reach, and you know the chances arej
against me, for I have had the cholera|
twice in the East Indies, the yellow fever
four times in the West Indies, the black j
tongue fever once on the coast of Africa,:
and the small-pox in the Mediterranean,
besides having my head stove in on more
than one occasion by blocks, Ac., falling
from aloft. Under these circumstances, j
being now forty-five, though quite a boy ;
in feelings, I do not stand very firmly on
my pins. A few months ago I was offer
ed a situation as a stage-driver out West,
if I would resign my commission, which
would have been a more economical meth
od of life, as I would not have had to keep
up the appearance of a gentleman ; but
unfortunately I have na talent for mana
ging horses, so I had to decline this my ;
only opportunity of living according to my j
mean*.
The army, after vigorous exertions, well
directed, have had simple justice done them,
and no more. It is” very poor policy, and
worse taste, for us to complain of their
good luck. They owe much to their own
undivided efforts, together with the fact
that we are a military and not a nautical
people. The American people as a race
get sea-sick at the sight of salt-water ; an |
Englishman on it, or by the side of it, en- j
joys the more his “’alf and ’alf arid fried
sole.” That is just the difference between
the two nations. The consequence is that
with them, the navy is a darling and a pet;
with us it is a bore and an expense that
brings in no political plunder.
Mv wife begs to be remembered kindly
to you, and thanks you for the Shanghai
rooster received by express Christmas day.
As his crowing frightened the baby, we fed |
on him, converting him into a stew, which |
the children enjoyed very much
Wishing you a happy New Year, 1 re- ‘
main, as ever, dear Muggins, your friend,
A MINID A B RO PEVA RN S.
Lieut. (}. Washington Muggins,
TJ. S. Navy, Washington, D. 0.
A Rough Country. —The present, ses
sion of the Missouri State Legislature Inis
been remarkable for the witty speeches of
of its members. On Monday evening again.
Mr. White, of the House, delivered him
self as follows, in reference to the project
of forming anew county:
I predicate my objections to this new
county on different grounds, one of the
main and most important of which is that,
I am confident, it would not be entitled to
a representative in the next titty years. —
Mr. Speaker, did you ever visit the territo
ry sought to be created into the county ot
Carter? Did you ever have an opportuni
ty of beholding its multifarious beauties
and of examining its boundless resources !
Well, sir, I have. I have been all over it,
and all around it, and I do say here open
ly, and defiantly, that there is not level
ground enough within its entire limits to
build a pig-pen on. (Laughter.) The soil
is so poor it would not grow H penny-roy
al.” Sir, you might mow the county with
a razor and rake it with a fine comb and
you wouldn’t get enough fodder to keep a
sick grasshopper through the winter. (Re
newed laughter.)
Sir, they plant corn with crow-bars, and
hold their sheep by the hind legs while
they nibble the grass in the craeas of the
cliffs. (Increased laughter.) Sir, the ferre
nature of that section are principally ticks,
and I must injustice say, that variety of
insects attain a splendid size in this new
county of Carter, the smallest that ever
fell under ray observation being at least as
big as saddle-bag locks. (Laughter.) As
to internal improvements in that section,
this House can form some idea when 1 as
sure it that the only thing resembling a
road that 1 ever shw there was when one
of the bare-footed natives dragged a wild
boy seven miles through the snow. (Laugh
ter and cheers.) With such a country as
this, Mr. Speaker, they propose to make a
new county, and the reason given for so
doing is, that the convenience of the inhab
itants will be promoted thereby 1 Sir, if
; it were possible to hold their courts under
| a shade of post-oak and black-jack sap
i lings, to keep a Clerk’s office and the re
cords of the county in the recesses of a hol
low sycamore, and to make a jail out of
some of the dark and slimy caves beneath
the craggy hills of that rough country. If
it were possible to establish the machinery
for doing county business out of such ma
terials, we might entertain the project as
| feasible and plausible. But, alas, even
1 such advantages as these are denied by na
ture to this county. (Great laughter.)
It is true there would be no difficulty about
the caves for a jail, but the necessary post
i oak and black-jack saplings, to supply with
tlicir foliage a canopy for the august tri
bunals of justicecould not be found. They
are not in the county. And as for a syca
more tree suitable for a depository of the
archives of the county, it would be sought
in vain. The winds ever refuse to blow
sycamore poriils in that direction. (Cheers
and laughter.) And the idea of the pot*
V *
pie ever being able to build houses , in
which to transact business, is deeply, dark
ly, prodigiously absurd.
A Rich Man’s Opinion of Wealth.—
M. Salamca, a rich banker of Madrid, a
gentleman of taste, education and liberali,
tv, once in each week admits his friends to
his house and table. To this weeklycour
tesy, says the London Spectator, twelve
journalists recently responded, by inviting
their opulent host to an entertainment of
their own, at one of the modest restaurants
of the Spanish capital. The invitation
was accepted, and the dinner took place,
the cost of the feast being eight reals, or
Is. 9d. a head. Instead of the basket ol
flowers usually placed at the centre of the
table, stood a pyramid of books, surround
ed by the busts of Calderon, Lope de A ega,
Cervantes and Velasques. The dinner was
more than modest, and the only apology
we have for mentioning it at all, must be
found in the moral ot M. Salamanca’s
speech:
“ Gentlemen,” said he, “ about twenty
five years from this time the old and thread
bare cassock of Salamanca, then a student
in the University of Granada, might be
among the oldest and most worn out cas
socks of his comrades. When my educa
tion was completed I proceeded toMaalga,
and made myself a journalist. Then the
love of gold took possession of my soul, and
it was at Madrid I found the object of my
adoration ; but not without the loss of my
juvenile illusion” Believe me, gentlemen,
the man who can satisfy all his wishes has
no more enjoyment. Keep the way you
have entered on, I advise you. Roths
child’s celebrity will cease on tlie day of
his death. Immortality can be earned but
not bought. Here are before you the busts
of men who have gloriously cultivated lib
eral arts ; their busts I have met with
throughout the whole of Europe, but no
where have I found a statue erected to the
memory of a man who has devoted his life
to making money. To-day I speak to you
with my feelings of twenty-two years, for
in your company I have forgotten I am a
banker, and only thought of my youth and
days of good humor.”
The Sure Road to a Competency.—
Not one man in live hundred will make a
fortune. But a competent and an inde
pendent position are within the reach of
most men. This is obtained most surely
by patient industry and economy. If a
man has ordinary taints and ability in
any profession or business, or trade, he can
iby pursuing an economical, persevering
course, be pretty sure of finally obtaining
an independent position in life. Let his
i expenses fall below his income. Let him
! live cheap, very cheap if necessary; but
! let him be sure and make his inc< me more
| than his expenses. It can be done in al
! most all esses, notwithstanding the posi
j live denial of ever so many housekeepers,
i A man may not have more than three hun-
I fired dollars a year, and have a family as
| large as John Rodgers, and lie can find the
way to live comfortably, and lay up some
thing in the bargain. There is much, nay
all, in knowing how the thing is done ; and
that is the very thing people who are go
ing to make money, have got to learn. It
is wonderful how few wants we have, and
how little it takes to give us genuine hap
piness. If we. could get rid of our artifi
cial, senseless and expensive way of living,
we should find ourselves better off in purse
i in prospect and in heart. Let any one who
has any ambition to go ahead in life, try
the experiment this year, and see how
much virtue there is in economy. Make
your expenses less than your income, and
see how v nmch you will have gained, not
only in money, but in the feeling that you
are in the condition which the Yankee de
nominated “fore-lnmded.” Try it this
year.
Your Babies not my Babies. —About
I thirty-five years ago, there resided in the
town of Hebron in this county, says the
Sandy Hill Herald , a certain Ur. TANARUS., who
became very much enamored of a beauti
ful young lady who resided in the same
i town, in due course of time they were
: engaged to be married. The doctor was a
l strong and decided Presbyterian, and his
lady love was a strong and decided Bap-
I tist. They were sitting together one even
; ing talking of their approaching nuptials,
when the doctor remarked,
i “I am thinking, my dear, of two events
which I shall number among the happiest
i of my life.”
“And pray what may they he, Doctor?”
inquired the lady.
“One is the hour when I shall call you
wife for the first time.”
“And the other ?”
“It is when we shall present our first
born for baptism.”
“What, sprinkled?”
“Yes, my dear, sprinkled.”
“Never shall a child of mine be sprink
ied!”
“Every child of mine shall be sprinkled.”
“They shall be, lia ?”
“Yes, my love.”
“Well, sir, I can tell you then, that your
| babies won't be my babies. So, good night,
j sir.”
The lady left the room, and the doctor
; left the house. The sequel to this true
’ story is that the doctor never married, and
! the lady is an old maid.
The whole number of Indians at present
in this country is estimated at 2Jd,000
A pleasent wife is a rainbow in the sky
when her husband’s mind is tossed with
! storms and teiupwaK
WOODSON & ISO worn;,
DEALERS IN
DRY GOODS AND GROCERIES,
THOM ASTON, ga..
HAVE JUST OPENED A LARGE AND WELL SELECTED ASSOItT.
MENT OF GOODS, INCLUDING ALMOST EVERY ARTICLE
REQUIRED BY PLANTERS , AMONG WHICH ARE—
STAPLE DRY GOODS,
Os all kind*; a splendid line of Ladies’ Dress Goods, with Trimmings to match, Cloaks and new rtyf*
Shawls. Clothing. Hats, Boots and Shoes, Hardware and Cutlery. Crockery. Drugs, Patent Medicines, Farming
Utensils, Ac., with a tirst rate lot of Negro Russets, Kerseys, Blankets and Wool Hats, all of which they otftr
at a
VERY SMALL ADVANCE ON COST,
To prompt paying Customers on usual time.
T> induce Planters to turn their attention to Thomaston for supplies of all kiuds. they have uilu*d to their
largo and varied stock a full line of
G R O C FRIES,
Which they propose to sell at a mere
Commission on Cost, lor Cash only.
In this department of their business will he found full supplies of Banging and Rope, Salt, Sugar and CoiTse
Molasses Nails, I; *n. Plow Steel, Cast Steel. Mill Saws. Colored Paints. White Lend of host quality, Machinery
Oil. Linseed Oil, Rubber Belting. Putty, Glass. Ac., with various other articles too numerous to mention, anmng
which are Did Port, Sherry and Madeira Wines, and line old Brandies, all of the greatest purity for Medicinal
1 Vhey will be constantly replenishing their Stock, intending to keep it full at all times. Their facilities and
arrangements are such that they buy their Goods .it lowest possible juices—a large portion of them for cash—
and they will be able tv. sell them as low as any market Wt Georgia, expenses added. #
They respiTlfully Invite their planting friends and others in tins and adjoining
Counties, to call and see for tfiemsehes,
novlß —tf
JAMES M. EDNEY,
COMMISSION MERCHANT,
147 Chambers Street, Now York.
Buys and forwards every kind of merchandise for two
and-a-lialf per cent. Commission. Dealer in
Pianos, )fclode<ns, Organs, Harps, tr attars, Music
Setting Machines, Iran Safes, Pumps. Harden
Engines, <Vr.
A printed list of all the different makers kinds and |
j)rices, sent free. Agent for
“Wonderful Pump,”
RAISING WATER 150 I'EKT BY II AND.
Publisher of an elegant lithograph of “ Hickory
Fails,” N. C\. 9x12 in., sent free. 50c. Also,
Cherokee Physician; Or, Indian Guide to
Health.
This invaluable Family Adviser .should be in every
house. It treats of all diseases, has a copious glossary,
and prescribes the remedies from natures bounteous
stores, for all our infirmities and misfortunes. It is
printed on line white j.ajier, handsomely bound, fourth
edition, 300 pages, and is mailed free for one dollar. —
Also, a splendid lithograph. 19x21 inches, of i 11 the
Pibhops of the M. E. Church, South,
Including Bascorn and Capers from original copies, ap
proved 1” t Iren'.fives. ” his splend.-l picture uvntfrce
on the receij.t oi one dollar. Also,
Bennett’s Chronology of North Carolina.
Ju-t from the pre.-'S. sent free for one tlotair.
Refers to Or,vs. Swain and Morehead N. W.
Wo oil tin, J. W. Osborne P Mendenhall. A. M. Gor
man, tbo:-., lion. Wm. A. Graham. J. R. Dodge, I\ It.
Loving. Revs. (’ F. Deems. R. T. llelUin, 8. M. Frost.
N 0.. and Rev. W. M. Wightman. Andrew Wallace.
John W. Slow B. F. Beattie, Goran Mills. Richard
Yuailon. Ksqs., Mi,. 11. l-\ ferry. rS. r. ; M. M'Phre
ters & Cos.. J. It. Coleman, J. B. Odoui. Esqs.. Abing
don Virginian, \ a., and G. A. Miller, ‘lhomaston, Ga.
Rosewood Iron Frame Pianos, from §l5O upwards,
warranted in every particular. nov 18—tt
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ited. and every effort will be made to jtlease in work
and in jirice. Call and see us at our office above the
store of A. Worrill A Cos.
Terms cash !
nov 11—ts G. A. MILLER, Proprietor.
CIANDLE.3 — 25 lx>xes Adamantine and Sperm Can
/ dies, lor sale by WOODSON & BOW DR E.
T\7 AILS.—SO kegs cut Nails, sujrermr quality, for sale
| j\ by WOODSON & BOWDRE.
H ATS BOOTS AND SHOES—4O cases of all kinds,
for . ale by WOODSON & BOWDRE.
POR INVALIDS AND MEDICINAL PURPOSES—
_L Pure old Port. Madeira and Sherry Wines,
do do (’ tgnac Brandy,
do do Bourbon Whisky.
I The above are warranted pure, and of very bostqual
-1 itv, !'<**■ sjle by WOQDSON A BOWDRE.
PHOSPECTUS
OF TIIE
II P 8 0 N TI L OT.
“The Union of the Stites—Distinct like the
billows, one like the Sea.”
riMIE undersigned jiroposes to publish in the town of
I. Thomaston, Upson county. Georgia, a Weekly IV
jier. to be called (lie UPSON PILOT.
Tbe PILOT will be devoted to Polities, News and
Literature — to tbe devehement and advancement of
tbe Agricultural, Mechanical, Manufacturing. Educa
tional and Mechanical jiursuits of the people, and be
guided in its political course, not by the ever-changing
biue lights of modern Party leaders, hut by the fixed
Polar Star of the Constitution and the ancient land
marks erected by the sages and patriots of the Revolu
tion— the only charts which can save the ‘V essel of
Slate from shipwreck, and direct it into the harbor of
permanent national security. The further object of the
PILOT will be to correct error, enlighten ignorance, re
move prejudice, dof< id the right, uphold the truth and
to warn especially the A morn an citizen against the ma
chinations of tbe Political Demagogue, who, under tho
cloak of a stolen popular name, would first Hatter,
tlien deceive, next l>*t:ay and at last destroy the no*
b!e-t Government (when purely and wisely administer
ed ) which ever blessed the human race.
The PILOT, s’eejdess by his wheel, with the stars of
his native ,S< nth still bright ever his head and a jmlse
li” ocean under his feet, will watch with overanxious
gaze the black cloud (a short time ago no bigger tLau
your hand)‘but which, under certain evil iiiliiiemre<,
now overshadows the whole North and Wesi - (induc
ing alarm in every patriotic bosom for the salvation ot
our glorious institutions, lie would be faithless indeed,
if lie failed to notice with withering condemnation the
guilty agents who wantonly and unwisely raised a storm
which they are imalde to ride and control, leaving t
deceived and betrayed people exposed to its rnercilew
fury.
For additional information in relation to the opinions
and principles of the undersigned, lit’ would respect
fully refer the readers of this Prospectus to the Edito
rial columns of that old and very respectable journal—
the Columbus Enquirer —from April, 1857. to April,
1858.
The Press and materials of tho PILOT will he all
new, and the paper will he published in the best style
of the typographical art. Wc hojie every friend of the
enterprise will exrt himself to procure subscribers,
and send their names and Post-office to our address at
Thomaston, Ga.
TERMS:
lii advance, for 1 year, - -- -- - §2 00
If payment be delayed 0 months, - - - 250
Ii delayed until the year has expired, - - 300
r y"’ Subscription money sent at the Editor's risk by
mail, provided, if the remittance miscarry, a receipt
be exhibited from the Post Master.
G. A. MILLER.
Sept. 10th, 1858. novll—tf
PROSPECTUS OF THE
THIRD YOI.rM C OF TUI?
GEORGIA EDUCATIONAL JOURNAL,
The Teacher's Assistant and Pupil's Friend,
FJBLISH ED every Thursday, in Forsyth, Gee .bf
Wilkes, Wilburn & Cos., at two dollars per ain.uia
in advance.
The name of Mtr paper indicates one o f Its
prominent features. Several fruitless efforts have been
made to bring the pettier of the newsjtajier jiress tt>
j bear upon the great, work of Common School Educa
tion. What has beem ihe cause of such signal failure*,
wo will not presume®* say ; hut w ill boldly affirm that
flie difficulty lias not been in the subject itself. Per
Imps, Journals devoted exclusively to the subject of
Education being issued only once a month, have not
| been able to keep pace with the electric speed of
I Young America; or they may have theorized to the
I neglect of those great practical principles which must
regulate the development of mind in the South. Hon
ever, be this as it may’, the wide field of Education is
j open, and, with an earnest desire to contribute an hum
ble part to tin* proportion of the intellectual and moral
growth of the youth of our country, we send forth our
‘ Journal.” the fruits of which we trust will be a*
“bread cast upon the waters.”
In religion and ’politics we expect to be independent,
condemning whatever we believe to he wrong, and
commending what we believe in be right.
The latest news w ill be fun, bed oui Journal by an
arrangement which will give our readers all the advan
tages, in this respect, of tlie best weekly papers pub
lished in our seajiort cities.
The Journal will not be devoted exclusively to Edu
cation, in its coin,non accejitation, but will give atten
tion to all tbe Sciences and Arts, so as in part to meet
the wants of every family and every professional clas
in our country.
To give interest and efficiency to our paper, we are
engaging tbe services of able writers—men deeply im
pressed with the necessity of a radical improvement in
our present system of Education.
We have employed an efficient Agent to visit every
part of the State for the jmrjiose of collecting informa-
Schools and Education. Hh will furnish the
Journal w ith occasional narratives of his travels, and
give to tho public valuable educational statistics.
We solicit a liberal share of patronage from those who
know the advantage of advertising, as they will find
the Journal a very desirable medium for extending
their business. We especially call the attention of the
citizens of Monroe to our advertising sheet. We are
publishing all the legal advertisements, and as the po
(>er has an extensive circulation in the county, we
think it is to the interest of our citizens to avail them*
solves of our advertising advantages.
Address, “Georgia Educational Journal,” Forsyth,
Georgia. dec 9 —ts.
MOLASSE& —2 Hlids. choice Xew Crop Cuba Mo
. lasses, lor sale by
dec 16 ‘ WOODSON A BOWDRE.
( ILOTIIING—A large stock of Clothing, got up in su-
Y perior stvle, for sale bv
’ WOODSON & BOWDRE
TT r IIITE LE \D 50 k*-gs jnire and extra White Lead
YY for sale bv ’ WOODSON A BOWDRE.