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MISCELLANEOUS. From the London Economist. A Likeness of English Protectionists On November 25, we drew attention to a* speech delivered by Mr. Webster, in which that American statesman —for a party and per sonal purpose —had pandered to the preju dices and ignorance of his countrymen, and denounced foreign trade with all the vehe mence of a tory duke or a protectionist squire. We have lately been supplied with one of the broad sheets issued at the period of the Presi dential election, in which Mr. Webster’s doc trines are taken up with all the zeal of a jour nalist attached to the principles of the farmers’ friends. “ There has been imported,” it be gins, after an emphatic call to study the facts, “under the free trade Tariff Bill of 1846, one hundred thousand tons of railway iron, into the single port of New York; in addition, within the last nine months, 48,391 tons of pig metal; 145,227 bundles of sheet iron, rods, &s.” One thus finds the complaints of our own protectionists, of the vast quantity of fo reign corn imported, echoed fnom the United States. With the usual effects of echoes, a slight change in sound occurs, and corn comes back iron. “To manufacture this iron re quired 700,000 tons of coal,” the protection ists across the water go on, “465,000 tons of ore, 150,000 tons of limestone ; if this iron had been made in this country, it would have em ployed 7,245 men ; and allowing a wife and four children to each, we have 43,470 of our citizens deprived of the means of support at home, and their wages paid to 43,470 English men.” Again, we hear the protectionist voice echoed back—So many weavers, shoemakers, &e. &c., thrown out of employment by the im portation of foreign shoes and foreign silks. The placard proceeds to state—“ln the month of September last, there were imported into New York 10,165 tons of pig metal, 24,768 bundles of sheet iron, rods, &c., 2,954 tons of bar and rolled iron ; whilst before the tariff of 1846, the annual import of pig metal was only 11,274 tons, and a00ut26,000 bundles of sheet, rods, &c. Now of what materials is this iron composed ? Coal, iron ore and limestone, all worthless unless converted into iron by the labor of man ; and how much is that labor up on a ton r The coal in the ground costs 25 cents per ton, ore do. do. 25 cents per ton, limestone six cents per ton ; or two dollars and six cents per ton of railway iron, and all the rest is paid to agricultural labor (say at SSO per ten for iron,) $47.94 per ton.” In England, the landlords profit exclusively by the people being limited as much as possi ble to the soil of England for their food and for employment j in the United States, the capitalists, the iron masters, and quarry own ers, benefit exclusively by the laboring in the mines and at furnaces ; and these two classes in their respective countries get up similar de mands for the protection of native industry. In the United States, the demand appears at once in the naked deformity of unscrupulous avarice, because the laborers to be benefitted are rarely natives, but English, Scotch and Irish. The patriotism of the new citizens is the more effectually appealed to.becau.se they are well acquainted with the wages cf labor here, and they are adjured to stand up for re- j striction, lest wages “should be reduced to the I English or European (here it is theTtussian j black bread) standard.” Such an ugly rellec- j tion of 2>rote. tionist doctrines on the other ! side of the w ter, is calculated to make the j gentlemen of lingland ashamed of their own ! appearance. Under the guise of patriotism, j the mines and the quarries of Pennsylvania \ are to be worked by European laborers, or j Americans r< luced pretty nearly to their le- I vel, to enrich heir owners or renters, and the rest of the c mmunity is to be injured by a | tax and a restriction, raising the price of iron j mils ii on imple/n nts, and tools of all kinds. ’■•o'- n bit u' amus'd to tin,| legislation 1 mu rev directed to put a stop to the ! enip oycent of so many Englishmen, just as protectionist legislation here is directed to put a stop to the employment of so many Ger mans, Belgians, and Russians. Employment is desiderated by all, yet all would legislate mutually to destroy it. A war of tariffs to put a stop to employment seems a greater madness than a war for plunder or conquests. That the United States and England have striven together, and striven to a great extent in eon- j sequence of their mutual traffic, is perfectly 1 certain ; and the the legislation that would j injure the one, must, in its rebound, injure the < other. The protectionists across the water entirely ! overlook the number of American shins and I seamen who are employed to import the iron ! and export the corn that pays for it; an l they would check the growth of that essential arm of national greatnessthey entirely overlook the number of American citizens employed to build, repair, and lit out these ships and clothe ! and feed their crews, the number of mer- ; chants, their clerks and porters, whom this i exportation and importation employ, the cari. [ Tiers, whether land or Water, who the iron frony?the seaport id the interior, an® the corn from the interior to the seaport; the ™ overlook the additional quantity of employ ment of all kinds wh : cli results from every saving of capital, by substituting a cheap for a ' dear implement, equally serviceable ; and they j confine themselves exclusively to their own f iron and coal, and unblushingly assert that the United States lose as much employment and j profit as they suppose they themselves lose, j If the doctrines of these gentlemen and other ! protectionist be good for iron, it must be good j for cloth and for everything that by any possi- j bility can be grown or made in any country ; j and it is as good against the whole foreign trade of every nation in the world, as against the foreign trade of America in iron and the j foreign trade of England in corn. No trade is ever engaged in, and certainly ! is never continued, except it be advantageous to the merchants and others who engage in it. j There is no law to compel or encourage men ! to engage in the iron trade of America or the I corn trade of England ; if there be, let it be j mentioned and abolished; and it is surelv a I monstrous injustice, a gross violation of public j liberty; an outrage against the property of all the merchants and others who carry on j foreign trade, to impede it or put a stop to it ! for the sake of selfish landowners in one coun- '■ try, and selfish mine and colliery owners in another. These gentlemen arc continually led into errors, and gloze over the most heartless selfishness by substituting in their arguments the name of the country or the community for their own desires. All trade, all industry, all production, is carried on by individuals for their own advantage ; it is altogether indivi dual, not national; and it is a sheer piece of delusion, whether it he practised in England or the U. States, to pretend that the nation is to be benefitted by putting a stop to the indus try of the merchants in order to extend the industry of the agriculturist or the iron mas ter. The more there is produced the more there will he for all; and it is the business of every legislator to remove any and everv legis lative restriction as soon as possible from every species of honest industry. The high duties of the United States tariff, and the prohibition and high duties of the English tariff, were so many prohibitions and restrictions on the hon est industry of the merchant, the shipowner, and all connected with them, and were tanta mount to the amputation of so much national wealth and national industry. New York, April 24,1849. The Peach Tree.— At the meeting of the Farmer’s Club of the American Institute to day, Mr. Pell, one of the most intelligent and sueeessful of our scientific farmers, besides rea ding an able essay on the general economy of the farm, and its management with regard to stock, manures, &c., stated the results of his experience in the culture of the peach tree. Contrary to the more common usage, his prac tice was to apply the pruning knife very freely to his peach trees. He gave them rich soils, and stimulated their growth, but at the same time kept them down by very close pruning or as he termed it, “excessive pruning.” This practice, he believed, increased the quantity of fruit, pre-erven he health of the true, and pro lonie It I; o, >vhil t others, who suffered their t.r.ec- to no v without pruning, were los ing them at five, Six, or seven years old. His advice was to prune the peach tree freelj - . He thoug . t there was no clanger of pruning it too much. Ur. Underhill also quite a scientific farmer, ■who has done much to improve the culture of the grape and other fruits, then stated his ex perience and theory with regard to the peach tree. He believes the great trouble with that tree arises from its too rapid growth; and that this is the cause of disease and premature death so common and so discouraging in its cultiva tion. It is a tree, which in a nourishing soil, grows with great rapidity. It is sometimes pushed up from the seed six feet in height and three or four inches in circumference in a sin gle season. But the stem thus produced con tained but very little carbon or woody fibre. It was a tissue of sap vessels enormously dis tended; and the great bulk of its contents was actually nothing but water and sap. When winter came on, this tender shoot was of course ill-.prepared to withstand its rigor. Its abun dant juices would freeze like an icicle.—The textures and fibres of the tree would be un duly strained and disorganized. Its vessels and aqueducts in future were out of order and could not perform their proper functions. They became leaky or full of obstructions. Perhaps the tree might come to bearing for a year or two, hut “the young disease, which must sub due at length, grows with its growth, and strengthens with its strength.” The tree soon begins to sicken with the “yellows,” or some* other trouble, and droops and prematurely To prevent such disaster, he believed it necessary to give the tree more time to grow; and instead of stimulating the growth the en deavor should be to make it grow more slowly. With thi^gi ew of the matler he had com . Taqpoed six or seven years ago u pon the peach tree, raising them from the Peed in the poorest and thinnest soil, and giv ing them no extra nourishment. The result so far had been as he expected. They had grown steadily,but very slowly; and they were almost as solid and hard as hickory. They had never yet shown any symptoms of disease, and did not appear to suffer from the cold or win ter. It would require quite a number of years yet, to give the experiment a full and fair trial, but so far every thing appeared to confirm his theory. With regard to pruning he had gen erally pruned moderately. If trees were grow ing rapidly he believed the system of pruning proposed by Mr. Pell would be useful, as it would knock the tree on the head, as it were, and in some degree check its growth. In confirmation of the theory advanced by Mr. Underwood, Judge Van Wyck stated that he had seen peach trees in Virginia fifteen or twenty years ago, which he was told, were a hundred years old; and they were then in a bearing state, but they were growing on a very poor and thin soil. Judge Meigs read a Translation which he had made from the Paris Horticultural Re view, on the subject of general grafting of fruits, which stated that experiment has shown that fruits were improved by second and third engraftings, that is engrafting on a graft. Nautical Romance. —The following roman tic story of real life is copied by a Northern paper from the Bombay Telegraph and Cou rier. The heroine of the affair truly exhibi ted unusual qualities of mind. The Telegraph says: The Rainbow, from Southampton to Aden, arrived there about 16th ultimo. Captaiu Arnold, her late commander, died ten days be fore the ship reached that port, and the chief mate was so hibituated to drunkeness, that he had been confined to his cabin several times during the passage. The captain’s daughter, about sixteen years of age, was on board, and after her father’s death, the second mate, who had assumed the command, made a daring and insidious attempt to entice the young lady and run away with the ship. She indig nantly and successfully repelled all his base and dastardly attempts, and although suffer ing under a painful bereavement, at once rushed on the quarter deck and made a pub lie appeal to the ship’s crew, as British sea men, and threw herself on their protection.— This well judged resolution had the desired effect; the seamen (except two of their num ber, who were led away by the second mate) declared, with that manly feeling which sai lors so often display, that they would to a man protect her from all harm, and tol l the second mate and their misguided ship mates in very plain terms, that if he (the second mate) gave the slightest molestation to their late commander’s daughter, they would pitch him overboard, and any one else who dared to follow his example should share the same fate. Miss Arnold then, with great presence of mind, begged the ship’s company would grant her one especial favor. Her character, her manners, and the well-timed appeal which she had already made, induced the crew to declare their assent to any thing she might ask. Miss Arnold them said that the safety of the ship and her own security from insult could only be insured by throwing overboard that instant every drop of spirits in the ship. Without hesitation the seamen consented, and, leaving no time for reflection, they forwith got the splits on deck and threw every drop overboard. From that time Miss Arnold had her screened cot secured near the wheel, and slept alongside the binnacle, and three of the crew kept a faithful watch around her during the remainder of the voyage; and these faith ful gardians of our beloved country women never failed to evince the utmost respect, and preserved the m st rigid docorum, honorable in every point of view to themselves and to that charge which they had pledged them ’ selves to undertake. Miss Arnold wrote a statement of all these occurrences, and forwarded it to Capt. Haines, on the ship’s arrival, when the second mate and dissatisfied men were immediately arres ted and'sent to prison. The chief officer had indulged himself to such an excess, that after the captain’s death, and in the absence of all means of resort to his favorite stimulent, he was perfect useless. Miss Arnold became the welcome guest of Capt. Thomas at Aden, and every possible at tention was shown to this noble-minded lady by the whole society there. Subsequently to Miss Arnold’s chargc’against tlie second mate, Capt. Haines applied to her for a circumstantial statement of what occur red on hoard the Rainbow after her farther’s death. The lady complied with his request immediately, and her narrative was so well and ably written that it excited admiration on all sides. At her solicitation, her father’s re mains were preserved in a cask of spirits, and were hurried at Aden the day after the ship’s arrival. She had always kept his, accounts*. The second mate navigated the ship, hut sevei i MBfc—ijCw the proper 'course tU CfifiSiiß*******" - rpl*ifceedings were narrowly 07- First Meeting of Napoleon and Jose phine.—ls it a scene at Athens ? There are lamps of graceful oval, which give a mellow and shaded lustre. There arc double handed goblets, such as Socrates used to drain, when vySng with Alcihiades. There are servants who bear fruits and wines, to the sound of softest music. There are lyric songs, “ With such as these Aspasia won sweet smiles from Pericles.” There are beautiful women, with slender fore heads, and tresses delicately braided round their small heads. There are brooches, and fibulae, the deep-bosomed funic, and the san sal, with its becoming strings. There is the red bonnet of Phrygia, and the grasshopper in gold. Surely, this must be some Athenian re vel, with its accomplished citizens and travel led foreigners. It must be the “ at-home” of some Hetiera, the resort of the most polished, the most learned, the most renowned of man kind. The symmetry, the elegance, the lux ury of Greece are all here. The quick, rapid manner, the ceaseless impulse, the visible sud denness of thought, the magnetic interchange ot feeling, these things also are not wanting. The conversation, too, is of liberty and art, of philosophy and the theatre. There are groups of politicians, who, rare thing! are speaking of the people. There are others who are dis cussing victories over tyrants, and the heroic devotion of republicans. But there is among them a man tar greater than any Athens ever saw. See him, with long hair far down, wav ing on his shoulders, with dark eyes flashing with genius, with features regular as those of an Antinous, with lips compressed and dis dainful, with a mein superb as of a God!— But the lady who is at little intervals speak ing laughingly to him, seems all unconscious of his greatness or divinity. She is a sun burnt and coquettish brunette, with large lan guid eyes and an air of the most indolent repose. There is something, however, of command,, j even in her indolence. The mystics of her | own land have foretold that she shall be a j Queen, and she loves.to remember the prophe cy. It might be an Egyptian, who had come to see all the arts and wonders which had for saken her country, to grace and embellish Athens. Gentle reader, I have, perhaps, be trayed you by my guesses. It is a soiree at the Citoyennc Tallien’s, in 1794. It is the first meeting of Napoleon Bonaparte and Jo sephine Beauharnais. A Doctor in California. —Letters from the Gold Region and from points along the route continue to appear. One from the pen of Dr. Cory, dated at a farm near the Gold Diggings, says that at first he charged $8 a visit to his patients, and a very high milege if he had to taavel and very ‘great distance. lie had seen flour sold in the mountains as high as $2 per pound; tea $4; sugar $4, and candles $1 apiece. He says: “This is the richest gold country on the face of the globe. Gold almost looks to me ! like a worthless tov —I have seen such vast quantities of it. A man here in the moun tains, who has not t6n nr twenty pounds of it. is looked upon as a poverty stricken man. i think the gold here is quite pure; it must be worth at the mint $lB or sl9 per ounce; the lowest value of washed gold is SIG an ounce; but gold here, on account of the scarcity of coin, and the rifeness of speculation, is selling at from $5 to $lO an ounce. If I had SIO,OOO of coin I could convert it into $30,000 in two months. The first month I was in the mines myself and partner dug but $3,000 a peace, calling each ounce only SIG, the digging then became poor; a man had to work hard all day for only an ounce or two, so hundreds of people left and went to exploring, and I among the rest. 1 spent about two months exploring the mountains, found gold everywhere, but wo did not stop to work, we wanted to fine places where we could pick up without much labor S2OO or S3OO per day, but we were not fortunate enought to find such places; but such places have been found and are still to be found. Several men got into a ravine where they got from $15,000 to $20,000 in two or three weeks; most beautiful gold in round and fiat massess, weighing $1 to $2 each piece. I have seen several pieces weighing 1, 3 and 8 pounds. The gold in the rivers is very fine, like small fish scales. I have never worked on a river: I like to see the gold as I dig, and have work ed in dry gullies and ravines. The first month I worked, my partner and myself hauled our dirt three miles to water, where we washed it in a trough made of boards.— We could wash five wagon load in a day. The dirt of course varies much in richness; we washed one load in which we got 54 pounds and in other loads we would only get five or six ounces, but it was quite common to get a a pound in a wagon load. If we had dug and hauled dirt the month we dug, we would have much more gold, but we did not load our wagon half of the time, on account of our oxen straying, &c.; as it is, I have only cleared in the mines about 200 ounces of gold. My ex penses have been great; horses from SIOO to to S2OO each, and everything else up to the ultimatum.” He adds that he would not leave the country with less than SIOO,OOO, which he expects to realize before three years. The Doctor had slept in the open air every night for five months. Virginia Gold. —On Saturday, we had the pleasure of examining some of the richest and most beautiful specimens of gold ore we have ever seen. They are from the mine of W. M. Moselv and Co., the old “Booker Mine” in Buckingham. These specimens were taken seventy or eighty feet below the ground—the veins thirty or forty feet thick. The com pany work some thirty-five hands, and their machinery (moved by steam) is simple, cost ing about $1,500. They expect to realize SIO,OOO this year. The gold washings pass over a blanket to which the particles adhere. Quicksilver is then applied to the balance. A similar process is used at Stockton & Heiss’s mines in Spottsylvania; but there they employ skins with the hair uppermost, instead of blankets. The machinery at their mines is much more extensive costing some $50,000 or $60,000, but they expect to clear $40,000 this year. With such rich treasures in our midst, and the advantages of soil, climate, water power offered by Virginia, why should any of our citizens leave for California or any other por tion of the globe ? We have every thing to make us a great State, if we seize and embrace our opportunities. —Richmond Enquirer. National Council op the Roman Catho lic Chuiich. —The Council of the Bishops of the Roman Catholic Church, which com menced its session in Baltimore on Sunday last, is the first National Council of the Church ever held in the United States. The Councils held heretofore have been merely Provincial, there being but one Archbishopric, that of Baltimore, in the country. There are three Archbishoprics now, (one in Baltimore, one in St. Louis, and one in Oregon,) and each will hereafter hold a triennial Provincial Council, composed of all the Suffragan Bishops within his jurisdiction. The Archbishop of Balti more presides over the deliberations of the Council. The Archbishop of Oregon will not be in attendance; but the Archbishop of St. Louis will be present. There will be in all 25 Prelates in the Council, each of whom will be accompanied by his Theologian, selected from the clergy of his diocese. Among the important business which will oc cupy its attention will be the fixing of the lim its of the Archbishoprics already established, but which as yet have no separate organiza tion. There were to be three public sessions of the Council—the first on Sunday, 6th Mav, which the Archbishop of Baltimore was to open with High Mass, and the Archbishop of St. Louis was to deliver a sermon. The second on Thursday, the 10th inst., at 9 A. M., when a solemn High Mass will be offered for deceas ed Bishops, and a sermon will be preached by the Right Rev. Bishop Purcell, of Cincinnati. The third and last public session will be held on the following Sunday, 13th inst., when High Mass will be again celebrated, and a ser mon preached by the Right Rev. Bishop Hughes, of New York. Military Resources of Turkey. —The de signs of Russia on Turkey have not escaped the notice of politicians, on the Continent, and various speculations on the subject have been made touching the rcadines and the ability of the Ottoman Porte to make an effectual resis tance. Though the odds are in favor of Russia owing to the vast resources and prodigious population at the disposal of the Czar, still Turkey is by no means so helpless as is gen erally supposed, and would not yield without a protracted and bloody conflict. Besides the Intervention (armed or pacific) of Engl and and France, both of whom could not consistently stand by and allow Russia so greatly to increase its already gigantic power by the absorption of the Turkish Empire, the country itself is not entirely devoid of means of protection. The London Times, in a late article upon the Russian question, says that although it does not eptertain a very lofty opinion of the military resources of Turkey, it would be an error to estimate them no higher than they were during the campaigns ot 1828 and 1829. “At that pqriod, says the Times, “the fleet of the .Sultan had just been destroyed at Na varino, and Admiral Greigh was completely master of the Black Sea. The reforms of the Turkish army were in their infancy, and Egypt contributed little to the defence of the empire. At the present time the Turkish arsenals will send out forty ships, of which eight or ten are three-deckers; the army now in preparation to three hundred thousand men, of which about half are irregular, who are already on their way from the Asiatic Pachalic to Constantino ple; the revenue of the Ottoman empire has prodigiously increased since the abolition of monopolies in 18.26; and there is every reasoA >... oeiievi! that Abbas Pacha, now hereditary’ ruler of Egypt, who has just received his in vesture at Constantinople, would place the whole naval and military force of that depen dency' at the disposal of the Porte, his suzerain. Such a force, animated by religious fanaticism in the defence of the cities and provinces which they have occupied four hundred years, is not to be despised, even by the great military Power of Europe; and we still infer that the Emperor Nicholas will not push this contest to extremities. The Times thinks that the real advantage of the Russian party, at this moment, lies in the “division of the European powers, and especial ly in the want of confidence between the two most pacific of them, Austria and Great Bri tain.’ ’ — Savrnnali Republican. Advertising. —The art of advertising, is the same to a tradesman as the art of dressing is to beauty. The great secret with both is to expose enough to excite curiosity, and to con ceal enough to leave curiosity ungratified. Nothing increases the business of a town so much as advertising. People look to the advertising columns of papers to see the im portance of places where published, and if they find their columns destitute of advertise ments, they c'ome to the conclusion that the country is also destitute of business, and not of much importance. Then, Physicians, Mer chants, Hotel Keepers, Mechanics, etc., should advertise, not for the especial benefit of those engaged in publishing a newspaper but for the benefit of all. Advertise that the importance of our town may go abroad, in a proper light, and not present the appearance of being de prived of all kinds of business. It will cause hundreds to visit them, and greatly increase the importance and business. You will lose nothing by the adventure.- See what colossal fortunes some have acquired by advertising.— Dr. Jayne, this year, has published for gratu itous distribution, and at an expense of more than one hundred thousand dollars, two or three million copies of an Almanac for 1849, containing advertisements of his patent medi cines, and also furnishes the distributers of this Almanac, advertisements to suit their respective business. Ah, you say he can afford to do it. Why so ? Because adverti sing has made him able, and will make all able who practice it. Yet we will not expend a few dollars for the promotion of our own interest, our neighbors and our country.— Expositor. Frost — lnjury to the Crops. —Last week, as we went to press, all nature around us was j smiling—the corn had shown a fine promise ; as the husbandman could have desired, and the cotton had come beautifully out of the I earth and taken such a stand as might well have filled up the anticipations of a fine crop in the mind of the planter. Clear skies and | genial sunshine nourished the plants and j beautified the prospect. We felt, for the time, as if realizing in our own feelings that Spring was indeed the magic season. On Sunday night, alas ! “ A change came : o’er the spirit of” our delightful revellings of fancy and anticipation. A severe frost visited us and covered many of our cotton and corn fields with the evidences of its desolating pow er— w bile there are few fields of cotton, either in Louisiana or Mississippi, within many miles of us, in which severe injury has not been done. The disappointment of the planting community, whose hopes had been so strong ly enkindled, was intense; and the disap pointment is not mitigated seeing that we have had but little else than cold winds and and freezing weather since the untoward visit ation of Sunday night. Cotton seed has been in much demand this week, and the plough-share is again busy in the fields. The late cotton which had not come np at the time of the frost is now fur thest advanced. This frost has given new force to arguments against early planting. \Vidalia ( La .) Intelligencer, 21 st tilt. Mrs. Fanny Kemble Butler. —We clip the following bit of gossip from the New York sundag Morning News : We have read a great deal about the eccen tricity of Mrs. Fanny Kemble Butler, and we have lately had proof of her decided eccentri city. She is now boarding at the Battery Hotel, entirely unattended, excepting by a very nice lady’s maid, and we have met her several mornings, taking her equestrian exer cises quite alone. Her favorite ride appeared to be through West street, directly on the North river, and a more dirty and disagreea ble thoroughfare can scarcely be found, even in this nasty city. A few mornings since, she strolled down among the boatmen at pier No. 1, North river, dressed in a close straw bonnet, a white dress, and a check josey, (something between a sack and a jacket,) and although it was a cold, bleak, windy morning, we saw her embarked and rowed out in the stream by one waterman. Wo understood afterwards, that, attracted by the painful scene of a ship load of emigrants, she went on board, and divided all the money she had with her among the poorest and most distressed of the families. Qod bless her for it! Connecticut.—Gov. Trumbull, of Connecti cut, delivered his inaugural message,on Thurs day afteroon. Among other topics which he touched upon, is the question of the extension of slavery into the new Territories. He says it becomes New Englanders to approach this delicate subject in the spirit of forbearance and regret, rather than that of animosity ot com plaint, ever keeping it in mind, that though their ancestors were among the first to discov er, and apply the remedy for slavery, they were also among the most active in its introduction into our country. The Governor commends to public care the interests of the State military, and suggests for consideration whether some facilities may not be granted to its officers in the organizatian oi that military science and practical skill, indis pensable in modern warfare. The interests of education and the various institutions of learn ing are also alluded to. Ihe capital of the school fund is equal to $'2,077,641 19—and the sum divided during the year among the school districts, is $133,- 366 50—and the number oi children between the ages ot four and sixteen, attending the schools, is 88,911. The balance of money in the State Treas ury on the Ist of April, 1849—including $14,- 000 borrowed within the vear from the School fund was $20,241 96. The whole amount of indebtedness from the State to the Vjchood Fund, for money borrowed at various times, is equal to $46,21l 43.—A. Y. Journal of Com merce. Jeremiah Morton—Who is elected to Con gress from the Loudon district, is a Whig— but not of the school of Botts, It. T. (Daniel, It. E. Scott, J. S. Pendleton, Stephots and Toombs of Georgia, &c. He was thinardent advocate of the annexation of Texas, Justified and supported the Mexican war, and Aon the great question of the day stands üßon the same platform which was the whole Democratic party of the South. Hear what he says in his nflhnly and patrioic ad deress to his constituents, before the election: — Richmond, Enquirer. I, “In relation to what is called the b layton compromise bill, I think it ought to have passed. It was an entire abstinence of legislatiorjen the part of Congress touching the subject ojmlavery in the territories of the United States, lit was carrying out the principle which tl»South contends for— let us alone.” ; The question would have been decided by* the S|pretne Court. The North and South aiffers. would have been yielding. The either way would have detracted nethiug from the dignity of the one party or the othe\- The contitution— "the supreme law of the land” — would have cast its broad shield over the| ter ritories, and swept away any Mexicaif law in conflict with it —have protected the pjoperty of southern as well as northern men. Byfei. pas sage the domestic peace of the nation vould have been restored —by its defeat we ha' (been kept in fearful and dangerous agitation In relation to the Wilmot Proviso, I tn op posed to it on every ground. I regan it as unconstitutional, unjust, oppressive, insu, ing to the South. Wherever Virginia may her self, I expect to stand, not among hei ablest, but her truest sons. Jeremiah Morton. Distressing Casualty.—We learn from a gentleman who was present in Salisbury, at the Regimental Review of Rowan Militia, on Friday last, that the horse of one of the Offi cers on parade became frightened and ran down the street at a most furious gait, and dashed through a porch in which were stand ing several children, a hoof ot the horse stri king one of them on the head, causing a dread ful fracture of the skull, and severely crushing the ankle bones of another. The horse con tinued his course down the street, and finally threw his rider upon the points of some sharp palings, breaking several of his ribs, and other wise seriously mangling him. Our informant states, that when he left Salisbury on Satur day morning, he understood the child whose skull had received the fracture, was di;ad, and that the Officer was considered almosi' beyond the hope of recovery.— Ral. Reg. 1, Virginia and Tennessee Raii.ro.tj.—The town of Lynchburg has subscribed, through her citizens and corporate authority, $500,000 to the Virginia and Tennessee Rnlroad.— $250,000 more will secure the StateTs corres ponding quota. The Company has ( accepted the act changing their name and granting the subscription. The Mohammedan Commandments.—There are six commandments in the Mohammedan religion, viz : 1. There is no deity but God. 2. There is no Prophet but Mohammed—he is God’s Apostle. 3. To fast during llamadan everyday. 4. To pray and practice five times a day. 5. To ppply two and-a-half per cent, of their property to the poorJ G. To make a pilgrimmage to Mecca and Mount Ararat. This religion is so general tllat it has nearly one-fifth of the population ofNfce globe as its followers. Its most import?-®' duties arc prayer, alms-giving, fasting and mago. The hours of jfsrayos-ere five, Hr- at sunset; 2d, when the evening and it is quite dark ; 3d, at first faint appearance of light in the E«t eT f s ftcoA at noon; sth, about mid-time, betw S/y[ e dica and nightfall.— Mr. Thomas Kay, Times.) .. ts ar The lead from which “ pencil made, comes from the principal plunWi®r mine in the world, at Barrowdale, Cumber land, England. It is situated in a hill, and instead of being worked constantly like other mines, is opened only once a year, when a sufficient quantity is taken out to supply the world for a year to come when it is closed with strong doors, bars and locks until the next annual supply is required. From the time of Queen Elizabeth it is said that all the fine pencils in the world have been made of the black lead of this mine. The Editor of the National Intelligencer, having charged Mr. Polk’s administration with proscription, a writer in the Union thus retorts upon them: —“With how much justice they can charge the late administration with pros cription, may be inferred from the fact that Columbus Monroe, a Whig, and son-in-law to Mr. Seaton, one of the editors, was permitted to hold one of the best clerkships under the government during the whole of Mr. Polks’s term; and that a Mr. Schrededer, another son in-law of Mr. Seaton, was appointed to an of fice in the coast survey within the last two years.” tjfcgrA New York letter in the Philadelphia Inquirer says : “ I understand to-aay that Mr. Henry Wy koff, formerly editor of the HepubliC' newspa per of this city, and latterly the principal man in the Pekin Tea Company, has recently suc ceeded in making a contract with the present Government of France, to supply the army of that country with all such India Rubber arti cles as they may require, including horse co vers, cartridge boxes, pontoons, overcoats, and other things. Under this contract, it is ex pected that Mr. Wykoff will make a very hand some sum. Mr. Wykoff has been for anum ; ber of years past on terms of great intimacy ■ with the prosent President of France, and was in his confidence when he was prisoner in Ham under the orders of Louis Philippe.” Mr. Clay.—lt is said that at therecent Clay Dinner in New York, the following extracts from two of General Taylor’s letters were read amid undisguised indignation in his letter to Joseph R. Ingersoll, dated August 3d, 1847, he says: “Would now prefer seeing him (Ilenrv Clay) in the office of Presi<;nt than any individual in the Union; certaiAly much more so, at any time, than myself!” ] In his letter dated April 20, 184 i. to the editor of the Richmond Republican, lwTiays: “/ do not design to withdraw my name frfcr. Clav, be the nominee of the Whig National Cofention! i’ This is one of the relics of the late cVnpaign; and is illy calculated to pieservethe temper of those who swear by the Kentucky Senator. — Macon Telegraph. The editor of the Arena, published at Kil lington, Conn, complains that it is hard work to edit a country paper, on a lack of local news and incidents. He says he ex pected to have an orignal marriage and death for the last paper; but the sudden thaw kicked the wedding into the middle of ne:it week, andXhe doctor got sick himself and could not visit his patient, so the patient got well —and thus the announcements were lost. Revue Horticale, Paris, Dec., 1848. Method of obtaining very large Asvaragus. —Place cracked glass bottles over the shoots, as they come up secure the bottles with fitted sticks, in their places—the asparagus will rise to the top of the bottle, fill it entirely—when this is done cut off the asparagus, break the bottle, and you have the largest and most de licious asparagus—two shoots make a plate. Recipe for Preventing the Prost from Injuring Peach Trees during the Time of Blossoming. — Take a hoop-pole and set it alongside of the peach or plum tree, five or six inch* s above the highest branch ; make a straw rope an inch and a half thick ; tie it to the top of the pole, and let it descend to the ground, outside of the branches, and immerse the lower end into a large tub of water at the foot of the tree. H. City and country papers will please copy. Cor. of N. Y. Eve. Post. Gubernatorial Convention. —By general consent, it seems to be understood, that the Whig Convention will meet on the 4th Mon day in June. No time has yet been fixed for the Demo cratic Convention. Judging from the tone of the press, in accordance with our own sug gestion, it appears to be conceded that the time shall be designated by the Central Cor responding Committee. That Committee, we are advised, yielding to this intimation, will assume the responsibility. At an early day we .will lay before our readers the result of their determination. —Federal Union, Bth imt Ccgal Notices. FOUR MONTHS after date, application will be made to the Honorable the Inferior Court of Columbia county, when sitting for ordinary pur poses, for leave to sell all the real and personal es tate of JOHN LANGSTON, late of said county, deceased. Ap 29 LUKE LANGSTON, Adm’r. OUR MONTHS after date, application will be made to the Honorable the Inferior Court of Columbia county, when sitting as a Court of Or dinary, for leave to sell all the Land belonging to the estate of ELIZABETH LUKE, except such as is disposed of by will. JAMES LUKE, > F _,_ TURNER CLANTON, S^ xr MRS. E. F. LAMPKIN, Ex’x. march 17 OUR MONTHS after date, application will be made to the Honorable the Inferior Court of Gwinnett county, when sitting for ordinary pur poses for leave to sell all the land belonging to the estate of HARRIS HANNAH, late of said county, deceased. 3 HEZEKIAH R. HANNAH, ) ... HARRISON J. HARRIS, $ AUmr s ’ March 29 I/IOIR months after date application will 4 be made to the Honorable the Inferior Court rs Richmond County, while sitting for ordinaiy purposes, for leave to sell all of the Personal Estate of MATTHEW N. FOX, late of said couiitv, de ceased' THOMAS J. WALTON, Adm’r. fel 9 FOUR MONTHS after date, application will be made to the Honorable the Inferior Court of Warren county, while sitting as a Court of Or dinary, for leave to sell the nogrees belonging to the estate of JOSEPH H. WILKINS, late of said county deceased. Jan. 20 JAMES M. NUNN, Adm’r^ NOTICE. —Ail persons having demands against the estate of BENJAMIN BURCH, late of Elbert county, deceased, are hereby notified to present them properly attested, within the time prescribed by law, or they will not he settled; and all persons indebted to said deceased, arc hereby required to make immediate payment. JAMES BRAWNER, Adm’r. MARY ANN. BURCH, Adrn x. march 29 FOUR MONTHS afterdate, application will to the Honorable the Interior Court of Jefferson rtounty, sitting as a.Court for ordinary pui«>oses,'for leave to sell all the slaves belonging tofthe estate of AMOS FOKES, late of said county,Tor division among the heirs of said deceased. BENIAH S. CARSWELL, Adm’r. march 17 MONTHS alter date, application wil| be made to the Honorable the Court of Or dinary- of Lincoln county, when s tting for ordi nary- purposes, for leave to sell the Real Estate be longing to PHILLIP HENLEY, late of said coun ty, deceased, for the benefit of the heirs and cred itors. JAMES HENLEY, Adm’r. march 7 FOUR MONTHS after date, application will be made to the Inferior Court of Gwinnett county, when sitting for ordinary- purposes, tor leave to sell all the Land belonißug to the Estate of Col JAMES AUSTIN, late of said county, de ceased. STERLING T. AUSTIN, Ex’r. jan.l2 Ij'IOUR MONTHS after date,application will . be made to the Honorable the Inferior Court of Chattooga county, when sitting for ordinary purposes, for leave to sell the Real Estate of JNO. B. GROGAN, deceased, late of said county, march 17 GARRETT, Adm’r. FOUR MONTHS after date application will he made to the Honorable the Inferior Court I of Scriven county, while sitting as a Court of Or -1 d'nary, for leave to sell a negro hoy. by the name ! of Salom.the property of LOUVENIA LOVETT, a minor. WIN BORN J. LAWTON, Guardian. March 2 ][AOIJR MONTHS after date, application will . be made to the Honorable the Inferior Court of Richmond county, when sitting for ordinary pur poses, for leave to sell ail the Personal and Real Cstate ol THOMAS DAVIS, late of said county, deceased. JOSEPH DAVIS, Adm’r. march 29 NOTICE. — All persons having demands against AMOS POKES, late of Jefferson county, de ceased, are hereby notified to present them pro perly attested to me, within the time prescribed by law ; and all persons indebted to said deceased, arc hereby requested to make immediate payment to BENIAH S. CARSWELL, Adm’r. March 17 6c 7\TOTTCE. —All persons indebted to the estate iN of GARRET LAWRENCE, late of Rich mond county, deceased, will make immediate pay ment ; and those having claims against said de ceased, will present them to the undersigned, with in the time prescribed by law. VV. M. HI GUT, Ex’r. april 4 ELIZA LAWRENCE. Ex’x. | JOUR MONTHS afterdate, application will a 1 be made to the honorable the Inferior Court of Gwinnett county, when sitting for ordinary pur poses, for leave to sell all the Real Estate of DA VID ANDREWS, late of Gwinnett county, de ceased. JOHN CAIN, Adm’r. feb. 8. LIVELY J. ANDREWS, Adm’x. MONTHS alter date application will S' bCiiiade to/tliA Honorable the Inferior Ooyrt ,1 .'-VI -"A'-r ~.u. V f r leave to sell all the real estate and ne>-roes\!i<■ longing to the estate of B. M. I'ry toV.jatc said county, deceased, or so l ' peb. Ifi and land as may be necessa -1 * - said estate. 1 R- H. SAXON. Adm’r. MONTHS after date, application will be made to the Honorable, the Inferior Court of Burke county, sitting for ordinary purpo ses, for leave to sell the land and negroes belong ing to the estate of John Grubbs, deceased, late of said county. THOMAS BARBER, Admr. May 4 INOUiI MONTHS after date, application will ' be made to the honorable the Inferior Court of Hancock county, when sitting as a Court of Or dinary, for leave to sell the interest of the minor heirs of JAMES M. CALLOWAY, deceased, in and to a tract of Land now in Henry county, con taining 2024 acres, No 211, drawn by the orphans of Isaac Calloway, late of Wilkes county, de ceased. Sold for Division. CATHARINE R. CALLOWAY, may 8 Guardian. (S-itattons. G< EORGIA, Jasper County. —Whereas, V JAM ' S M. GEIGER, applies to me for let ters of Administration on the estate of JACOB E. SMITH, late of said county, deceased : These are therefore to cite and admonish all and singular] the kindred and creditors of said de ceased, to he and appear at my office within the time prescribed by law, to show cause, if any they have, why letters of should not be granted the said applicant. Given under my hand at office. March 29 DAVIS LANE, C. C. O. EORGIA, Gwinnett County.—Court of VIT Ordinary, March Term, 1849.—1’resent, their Honors Richard D. Winn, William Maltbie, John Mills and James M. Gordon.—To all whom it may concern: Whereas MOSES W. LIDDELL and WIL LIAM C. P. LIDDELL. Executors of the late will and testament of DANIEL LIDDELL, late of said county, deceased, apply for Letters of Dis mission from the administration of the estate of said deceased. Thereiore the kindred and creditors and lega tees of said deceased, are hereby cited and ad monished to file their objections, if any they have, in my office, in terms of the law, otherwise Let ters Dismissory will be granted at the January Term, 1850, to said applicants by the Court of Or dinary of said county. By order of the Court. March 15 JESSE MUR ’IIEY.C.C. O. GEORGIA, Ncriven Co. — Whereas, JOHN H. MERCER, admmistrater ou the estate of THOMAS CONNER, deceased, applies tome for letters of dismission from said estate : These are therefore to cite and admonish all and singular, the kindred and creditors of said de ceased, to be and appear at my olfice within the time prescribed by law, to show cause, if any they have, why said letters should not be granted. Given under my hand, at olfice in Sylvauia, this 7th day df February, 1849. Feb. 18 ALEXANDER KEMP, Clerk. GEORGIA, Richmond County.— Where as, THOMAS J. WALTON, Administartor on the estate of MATTHEW N. FOX, deceased, applies to me for letters Dismissory from said es tate : These are therefore to cite and admon’sh all and singular, the kindred and creditors of said de ceased. to be and appear at my office within the time prescribed by law. to show cause, if any they have, why letters Dismissory should not be grant ed the said applicant. Given under my hand, at office in Augusta, this Bth davof February, 1849. feb. 9 LEON P. DUGAS, Clerk. GEORGIA, Chattooga Co. —Whereas SAMUEL HAWKINS, Administrator on the estate of GEORGE PERRY, late of said c6unty deceased, applies to me for letters of Dis mission from said estate : These are therefore to cite and admonish all and singular the kindred and creditors of said de ceased, to file their if any they have in my office in time prescribed, otherwise letters Dismissory will be granted said applicant, at the July Term next of the Court of Ordinary of said county. - Given under my hand, at office, this the 22d day of December. I'. T. HOPKINS, C. C. O. dec. 27 GEORGIA, Kichmod County. —Where as THOMAS J. WALTON, administrator, de bonis non, on the Estate of ALEXANDER McIvINSTRY, late of said county, deceased, ap plies for letters of dismissory. These are therefore, to cite and admonish, all and singular, tne kindred and creditors of said de ceased, to be and appear at my office, within the time prescribed by law, to show cause, if any they nave, why letters of dismissory should not be granted. Given under my hand,® office in Augusta,this 31st day of January, 1849. Feb. 1 _ LEON P. DUGAS, Clerk. GEORGIA, I, lienor Couit.sittim; Gwinnett Coni.,, ft” \ UPON the petition of Samuel L. Jones, survi ving administrator upon the estate of JAMES COCHRAN, late of said county, deceased, for letters of Dismission from such administration: It is ordered by the Court, that such letters do issue, unless cause to the contrary be shown within the time prescribed by law; and that this order be duly advertised. [Attest] JESSE MURPHEY, C. C. O. jan.l3 GEORGIA, Jasper County Whereas WM. H. PRESTON, Guardian of WILLIAM A. JOHNSTON, minor, applies to me for letters of dismission from said Guardianship : J These at e therefore to cite and admonish all and ' singular, the kindred and creditors of said deceased, to be and appear at my office, within the time pre scribed by law, to show cause, if any they have, why said letters should not be granted. A true extract from the minutes of said Court, this January 23d, 1849. Jan. 30 DAVIS LANE Clerk. C. O. Cl EORGIA. Scriven county. wnereas, ! K SARAH HERRING TON, administratrix on the estate of RICHARD HERRINGTON, Jr., deceased, applies to me for letters of dismission from said estate : These are therefore to cite and admonish all and singular, the kindred and creditors of said de ceased, to be and appear at my office, within the time prescribed by- law, to show cause, if any they bave, why said letters should not 1 e granted. Witness the Honorable Peter Reddick, one of the Justices of the Court of Ordinary of said coun ty, this 24th day of February, 1049. * ' March 2 ALEXANDER KEMP.CIerk. GEORGIA, Jasper County.—Whereas, EZEKIEL FEARS and RILEYS. FEARS, apply to me for letters of Administration, on the estate of GEORGE W. BTRINGFELLOW, de ceased : These are therefore to cite admonish, all and singular, the kindred and creditors of said de ceased, to he and appear at my office within the time prescribed by law, to show cause, if any they have, why said letters should not he granted the said applicants. Given under my hand, at office, this 27th dav of March, 1849. DAVIS LANE, C. C. 0. march 31 rf'T EORGIA, Scriven County.—Whereas, VJT NOEL LANIER, executor on the estate of LEWIS LANIER, deceased, applies lor letters of Dismission from said estate : These are therefore to cite and admonish, all and singular, the kindred and creditors of said de ceased, to be and appear at my office, within the time prescribed by law, to show cause, if any they have, why- said letters should not he granted. Given under my hand, at office in Sylvania, thi.- 14th day- of November, 1818. Dec. 1 ALEXANDER KEMP. Clerk. GEORGIA, Chattooga Co* —Wherca, GEORGE JOHNSON.administrator on the estate of RILEY JOHNSON, deceased, applies to me for letters Dismissorv from said estate : These are therefore to cite and admonish all and singular, the kindred and creditors of said de ceased, to he and appear at my office within the time prescribed by law, to show cause, if any they have, why- said letters should not be granted. Given under my- hand, at office, this the 9th day of January. 1849 jan. 14 T. T. HOPKINS, C. C. O. GEORGIA, Richmond County.—Where as, WALTER R. HUFF, Executor on the estate of JOANNA GARNER, late of Edgefield District, S. C., deceased, applies to me for Tetters di‘ missory from said estate : These are therefore, to cite and admonish, all and singular, the kindred and creditors of said de ceased, to be and appear at my office, within the time prescribed by law, to shew cause, if any- they have, why said letters should not be graded the applicant. Given under my-hand, at office, 4th day of De cember, 1848. LEON P. DUGAS, Clerk. Dec. 7 GEORGIA, Richmond Co. —Whereas, JOHN 11. MANN. Executor on the estate of JAMES G. STALLINGS, deceased, applies so me for letters Dismissorv from said estate : These are therefore to cite and admonish, all and singular, the kindred and creditoisof said deceas ed, to be and appear at my office, within the time prescribed by law, to show cause, it any- they have, why- said letters should not be granted the said ap plicant. Given under my hand at office, this 19th day-of February, 1849. feb. 20 LEON P. DUGAS. Clerk. (Eutaticms, (N EORGIA, Scriveu County.— Whereas, Jf RODY THOMPSON and ROBT. THOMP SON, administratrix and administrator on the es tate «• JOHN R. THOMPSON, deceased, applies tome for letters of dismission from said estate: These are hereby, to cite and admonish all and singular the kindred and creditors, of said de ceased, to he and appear at my office, within the time prescribed by law, to show cause, if any they have, why said letters should not be granted. Witness the Honorable Peter Reddick, one ol the Justices of the Court of Ordinary of said conn ty , this 9th day of January, 1849. jan 12 ALEXANDER KEMP.CIerk. 1 EORGIA, R!CIi 'l' >.\ I) COUNTY.—IN I’ ferior Court, —Ordered, that the Justi ces of the Peace in the several districts of the county be required on or belore the Ist day- of July, 1849, to furnish ihe Clerk of this Court, lists of the names, ages and sex, of the indigent poor children who are entitled to the benefits of the Poor School Fund of the County of Richmond, and the Clerk of the Court notify the Justices to tha effect. Ordered, that on the first Monday in July next, that the list of Teachers of poor children be re vised, and that no account will be allowed unless the name of such teacher he entered and approv ed. A true copy-from the minutes, 2d April 1849. May 4—dfcl JAMES McLAVVS, Clerk. lUarcljouscs. EOIiGIA, Richmond County—Where ceased, applies for letters Disnnssory- from said estate : These are therefore to cite and admonish, al. l and singular, the kindred and creditors of said de ceased, to be and appear at my office within the time prescribed by law, and shew cause, if any they have, why letters of dismission should not be granted the said applicant. Given under my hand, at office in Augusta, this 3d day of November, 1848. Nov. 4 LEON P. DUGAS, Clerk. HEAD-QUARTERS, GEORGIA, ) Milledgevili-e, March 17th, 1849. ) f 8 H) THE COLONELS, of Commandants of I Regiments comprising the 2d Division, Geor gia Miiitia. Whereas, a vacancy has occurred in the 2 Division. Georgia militia, by the resignation ot Ma jor General Samuel Robison. Mow, in order that said vacancy may be filled, and in pursuance oflaw, I have thought proper to issue this my proclamation, hereby ordering you the said Colonels, or commandants of Regiments, to cause an election to be held on TUESDAY, the 22d day of May next, at the several places of holding elections for members of the General As sembly, giving due notice thereof, for the election of a Major General, to fill the vacancy aforesaid. And 1 do further order that the returns of said election be made to head-quarters in the time pre scribed by law. The counties of Richmond, Columbia, Warren, Hancock, Washington and Taliaferro, compose the Division. By order ol the commander-in-chief. JOHN T. SMITH, Aid-de-camp, march 22 ctd VALUABLE PROPERTY FOR SALE HAVING determined to remove West, I now offer for sale the following property, situ ated in Bairdstown, Oglethorpe county, immedi ately on the Rail Road, viz : Three or four new and comfortable Dwellings. A large two story Store House, finished oil in superior style, and ; having every convenience for a large stock of Goods. Also, my Carriage Manufactory, consist ing of large and commodious Shops, for fifteen cr twenty hands, Lumber Sheds, Repository, Ac. Ac., all newly built, and in point of convenience can not be surpassed ; having a horse power Lath, Saw Mill, Ac. attached, with every other tool necessary for the business, and a large lot of sea soned Timber, Hnbbs, Spokes, Ac., Ac. Con nected with this is two hundred and fifty acres of land, on which is a new framed Gin House, Gin and Running Gear. Having heretofore felt settled for life, I have spared neither money nor pains in improving the place, and now consider it the most desirable spot in this section of country. The neighborhood is thickly settled, and for intelli gence and respectability will compare with any community; perfectly healthy, and a good school in the place. Persons wishing to engage in the Mercantile business have now an opportunity, which is rarely offered, as this is decidedly the best stand in Middle Georgia, as a reference to the Books will prove that any reasonable quantity of Goods can be sold. The Shops arc now well pat ronized, and three or four thousand dollars in or. ders for work, will be turned over to the purchaser. , I will sell the whole together, or in lots to suit purchasers, very low for cash, or on time for good paper. The Goods on hand will also be disposed of at reasonable prices, (if desired.) Possession given immediately, and every assis tance rendered which the purchaser may desire. Persons wishing such property will do well to call early, as 1 am determined to sell. 11. L. FRENCH. Bairdstown, Ga., Dec. fi. dec. 8 ctf J. A. THRASHER, ATTORNEY AT LAW, McDonough, ga. feb. 23 ly J. A. W. JOHNSON, ATTORNEY AND COUNSELLOR, AT LAW, SPRING PLACE, MURRAY COUNTY, GEO., Having located for the practice of his proles sion, will promptly and faithfully attend to all husi ness confided to him, in the following counties Murray, Walker, Chattooga, Floyd, Cass, Chero kee, Gilmer and Union. Will also do a collecting business in the adjoin ing counties of East Tennessee ; and will attend the Supreme Court of the State of Georgia, at its sessions in Cassville and Gainesville. Begs leave to refer to the following legal gentlemen : Hon. C. J. McDonald, Marietta. Ga.;Maj. W.Y. Hansel! do.; Gan. A. J. Hansel), do.; Col. David Irwin do- Col. Chas. Murphy, Decatur, Ga. .March 21 LEANDER W. CROOK,' ATTORNEY AT LAW. SUMMERVILLE, OA., Will give prompt attention to any business in his prolession, within the counties of Pnuhhn«- Cass, Cherokee, Forsyth, Lumpkin. Gilmer, Mur-’ lay. Walker, Dade,Chattooga and Floyd; also in the Supreme Court and District Court, established by the last Congress for Georgia. Refer to: L. M. & B. W. Force A Co., Hyatt, Mcßurnev A Co., lownsend, Arnold & Co., Shackelford Clarkson A Co., Charleston.S.C.; Col. Jaiftes Gard ner, Scranton A Stark, Heard A Davison, Force Brothers A Co., Augusta, Ga. Sept. 8 lv JOHN W. ATTORNEY AT LAW, DALTON , GA. All business entrusted to his care will meet with prompt attention. Refers to Wm. 11. Stark, of the house of Scranton St. Stark. ly feb. 21 NEW AUGUSTA NURSERY. F. A. MAUGE begs leave to inform his friends and the public generally, that he has established a NURSERY, where he will keep con stantly,on hand a large and choice assortment ol FRENCH FRUIT TREES, such ns APPLES, PEARS. PEACHES, APICOTS, PLUMS, CHERRIES, Portugal and Chinese Q UINCES, MEDLAR, ENGLISH WALNUTS , large Sweet CHESNUTS or MARRON DE LYAN. All his trees were im ported into this country last spring, are in a fine growing state, and ol bearing age. several having already produced lruit this season, being lrom two to four years old from grafting. AIso.—GREEN HOUSE PLANTS, such as Camxlia Japonica, Rhododendrons, Azalea, Judei ca, &c. &c. Just received from Paris, a large assortment of Bulbous and Tuberous Plants such asAmaryles. Double Dahlias, Gladrolus, Hyacinths, Narcisses, Tulips, and several other varieties, too numerous toinention. 3mc CHARLESTON HOTEL. M THE UNDERSIGNED (late of the United States Hotel, Geo.,) having leased the CHARLESTON HOTEL foraterm of takes pleasure in stating, that the entire Estab lishment has been re-fitted and furuished with new Furniture, and will be opened for the recep tion of company on THURSDAY, the 29th inst. Improvements have also been made in the House, particularly in the Ladies' department. The addition of a reception Parlor, and the re moval of the Ladies’ Drawing Room. Which improvements, I am assured, will great ly add to th ■ comforts of the guests of the house; and hope by strict attention on his own part, to gether with the officers of liis house, to merit a liberal share of the public patronage. DANIEL MIXER, Proprietor, march 27 c 6 ~ DISSOLUTION. The Co-Partnership of AITTM. a. HIBLER &CO. was^SfgftsX. f"T7y mutually dissolved on the 6th day of November. 1848. Having purchased of LA. Ilibler, his entire in terest in the concern, I shall continue the LIVERY AND SALE BUSINESS, at the old stand of I A. Hibler & Co., where my personal attention will be given to the ac commodation of all customers who may favor me with their patronage. TO DROVERS—I would say, my Lots are large, dry and commodious, and well supplied with water. E. L. ALLMOND. Augusta, Jan. 30. 3mosd&c f 525 REWARD. RAN AWAY from the plantation of 4ik P. J. Lucius, in Greene Co., near Buck Creek P. 0., a negro boy, bright mulatto, named PETER, freckled face, and bushy head, about 24 years old, stout built, weighing about 180 pounds, has a few small scars about his eyes. Ho is supposed to be making his way to South Carolina. 1 will give #25 to any person who will secure and coniine him in any jail so as I can get him. * P. J. LUCIUS. July »2 Tuscaloosa, Alabama. ■ax RANAWAY on the morning of the sth Vyk of February last, my negro man ELBERT; he is of dark coroplection. weighs about 170 or 80 lbs. about 25 years old, six feet high, frowns a little, no marks except a white spot near the shoulder, though on which arm, not re collected. Said boy had on when he left, no coat, a pair of brown jeans pants and black oil round crown hat. The above reward will be given by delivering said boy to me, or confining him iu any Jail so that 1 can get him. LEVIN L). CULVER. Near Powellon, Hancock, Georgia, March “I FIFTY DOLLARS REWARD. RANAWAY from the subscriber, in VA Lowndes county, Ala.,on the 10th of April last, a Negro boy named GARRICK, about \ 1 ' 1G years of age, four feet. 9 or 10 inches high, black complexion, rather stout built. 1 have reasons to believe that he is iu Jail in Georgia. 1 will give Fifty Dollars for the delivery of said boy to me at my Plantation in Lowndes county, Ala., or Twenty Dollars if he is lodged in Jail so that I get him again. JNO. DUDLEY', ISen. march 20 2c MONTI’ELIEit FEMALE ITSTITUTE, REAR MACON, BA. rtMIIE FIFTEENTH TERM of this Irsti- JL tiition. will commence on the first THURS DAY’ in June, 1819, and terminate the first Mon day in December, 1849. This Institution offers great advantages to Pa rents desirous of giving their children a finished Christian education. Its situation is remakably healthful, and its retired and pleasant grounds af ford the Pupils ample room for necessary exercise. It is under the immediate charge ol the Bishop of the Protestant Episcopal Church of Georgia, and has eleven Teachers connected with it—from England, Franee, Germany,and the United States. All branches of a thorough English education, Latin. French. Music, Drawing and Painting arc taught in tne Institute. There are two Sessions during the year,—one commencing in June, and ending in December, — the other commencing in January, and ending in May. December and May are vacation months. TERMS.—Two hundred and fifty dollars per annum, —one hundred and fifty, payable in ad vance in June,and one hundred pay able in advance in January. There is no other charge, except for Books andStationcry actually purchased during the Term, and for Board in vacation. As the number of Pupils is limited, applica tion for admission must be addressed to the Right Rev. Stephen Ei liott, or the. Rev. Seneca G. I Ji-li.ior;. Macon. A _ sivjity an 9 LIME! LIME! Air esh supply of thomastqn LIME, just received, and for sale low by april 21 JOHN R. DOW, Patent jHcMrinfs. CAUTION IJVTBA. ! A man by the name of RUEL CLAPP bus engaged with a young man of the name of S. P. Townsend, and use* hie name to pul up a Sarsaparilla, which they call Dr. Townsend ’a Sarsaparilla, denomina ting It GENUINE, Original, etc. This Townsend is no docto, and never was, but was formerly a worker on railroads, canals, and the like. Yet he assumes the title of Dr., for the purpose of gair ing credit for what he Is not. Ho is also Bending out cards headed “ Tricks of Q,uaeks,” in which he says, 1 have sold the use of my name for ©7 a week, I will give 3. P. Townsend if ha will produce one single solitary ptoof of this. This is to caution the public not to be de ceived, and purchase none but th*» GENUINE ORIGINAL OLD Dr. Jacob Townsend’s Sarsaparilla, having on it the Old Dr.’s like ness, his family coat of arms, and his signature across the cost of arms. JAf'OB TOWNSEND. Principal office, 102 Ncutau-tt., Neto-York City. OLD Jacob Townsend, THE ORIGINAL BIBS DISCOVERER OF THE GENUINE TOWNSEND SARSAPARILLA. Old Dr. Townsend is now about 70 years of age. and has long been I AUTHOR and DISCOVERER of the GENUINE ORIGINAL “ rOWN.-ENI) SARSAPARILLA.” Being poor, he was compelled lo limit its manufacture, by which means It has been kept oat of market, and the sales rircuinecribed to those or.ly who had proved its worth and known its value. It Imd reached the ears of ma ny, nevertheless ns those persons who had been healed of sore die- HE AI *1 NgVoWER* This I>roclrtin,et * itH excellence and wonderful C*rand and Unequalled Preparation is manufactured on the largest scale, and is called for throughout the length and breadth of the land. n Unlike young 8. P. Townsend’s, It improves with nee, and never changes, but for the better ; because it is prepared on scientific prin ciple* hy a scientific man. The highest knowledge of Chemistry, nml he latest discoveries ot the Art, have all been brought into requisition m the manufacture of the OLD DR.’S SARSAPARILLA. The .Sar saparilla root, it is well known to medicnl men, contains medicinal pro pmies, and Home property which nrc Wert or iiseleia ; »nd other a, W PI C M '-cwineii m preparing it for u«o, produce fermentollon and ackl, winch is injurious to the system. Some of the properties of Sanup.rilla are •» volatile that they entirely evaporate and are lost in the prepara tion, if they are not preserved by a scientific process, known only to thone experienced 111 Us manufacture. Moreover these volatile priucl ples, which fly off in vapor, or us an exhalation, under heal, are tha very eesentlal medical properties of the rout, which gives to it all ila I value. The GENUINK Old I>r. .Incob Townvcnd’i Sarsaparilla j it so prepared, that a.< the inert properties of the Sarsaparilla root I are first removed, everything capable of becoming n id or of fermenta tion, is extracted and rejected ; then every particle of medical virtue | is secured in a pure and concentrated form ; and thus it is rendered j incapable of losing any of its valuable and healing properties. Pro* , pared in this way, it is made the most powerful agent in the Cure of Innumerable Diseases* Hence the reason why we hear commendations on every side in its I favor by men, women and children. We find It doing wonders Ln the cure oi CONSUMPTION, DYSPEPSIA, and LI'VER COMPLAINT, and in RHEUMATISM, SCROFULA and PILES, COSTIVKNEte ai CUTANEOUS ERUPTIONS, PIMPLES, BLOTCHES , and aU affections arising from Impurity of the Blood. « » It possesses a marvellous efficacy in all complaints arising from In digestion, from Acidity of the Stomach; from unequal circulation de termination of blood to the head, palpitation of the heart, cold feet and cold hands, cold chills and hot flashes over the body. It has not had .ts equal in coughs and colds ; and promotes easy expectoration, and gentle perspiration, relaxing stricture of the lungs, throat, and every I other part. ! Rut in nothing is its excellence more manifestly seen and icknow ledged than in' nil kinds and stages of Veiiiulti Com pi ain In. It work* wonders in cases of fluor albue or whites, Falling of the Womb, Obstructed, Muppressen, or Painful Menses, Irregularity of the menstrual periods, and the like ; and is effectual in curing uil farms of the Kidney Disease. By removing obstructions, aud regulating the general system, it gives tone and -’irtingth to tne whole body, amt cure* nil form* of Nervous Diseuaea and Debility* and tliufprevents or relieves a great variety of other diseases, a* Spinal Irritation, Neuralgiu, St. Vitus Dance, Swooning, Epileptic Pits, Con vulsions, Ac. It is not possible for this mediciut to fad to do good ; it has nothing In it which can ever harm ; it can never sour or spoil, and therefore can never lose its curative projierties. It cleanses the blood, excites the liver to healthy action, tone* the stomach and gives good digestion, relieves the bowels of torpor and constipation, allays inflammation, purifies the skin, equalizes (he circulation of thebl<y>d, producing gen tle warmth equally ail over the body, and tho insensible perspiration ; relaxes all strictures and tightness, removes all obstructions, aud iu vigorates the entire nervous system. Is not this, then, The Medicine you Pre-eminently Need ! Rut can any of these things he said of 8. P. Towusend’s inferior article 1 This young man’s liquid is not to be Compared with the Old Dr.’s, because of one GRAND FACT, that the one is INCAPABLE of DE TERIORATION and Never Spoils, while tha other DOES; it so irs, ferments, and Mows the bottles containing it into fragments ; the sour, acid liquid exploding and damaging other goods ! Must not this hori ibis compound be poisoiv ous to the system/ What 1 put acid into a system already diseased with acid! What causes Dyspepsia but acid? Do we not all know, that when food sours in our stomachs, what mischief* it produces ?—flatu lence, heartburn, palnitatiou of the heart, livt-r complaint, diarrhoea, • dysentery, cholic and corruption of the blood ? What is Scrofula but an acid humor iu the body ? What produces all the humors which bring on Eruptions of the Skin, Scald llrad, Salt Rheum, Erysipelas, White Swellings, Fever-Sores, and all ulcerations internal and exter nal? It is nothing under heaven but an acid substance, which sours, and thus spoils all the fluids of the body, more or less. What causes I Rheumatism but a sour acid fluid, which insinuates itself between the I Joints and elsewhere, Irritating and inflaming the tender aud dt-licale i tissues upon which it rcim ? So of nervous diseases, of impurity of i the blood, of deranged circulations, aud ueurly all the ailments which | afflict human nature. Now, is it not horrible to make aud sell, and infinitely worse to use this NourinK, Fermenting, Acid “ Compound” OF S. P. TOWNSEND. and vet he would fain hnve it understood that OKI Jacob Townsend’s GENUINE ORIGINAL SARSAPARILLA, is an IMITATION of i his infe nor preparation ! I Heaven forbid that we should deal in an article which would bear the most distant resemblance to S. P. Townsend’s article ! and which should bringdown upon the Old Dr. such a mountain load of com plaints and crimin&tious from agents who have sold, and purchasers who have used S. P. Townsend's FERMENPING COMPOUND ! We wish it understood, because it is the absolute truth, thatS. P. Townsend’s article and Old Dr. Jacob Townsend's Sarsapatilla are heaven-wide apart, and infinitely dissimilar; that they are unlike iu every particular, having not one single thing in cotnmou. As S. P. Townsend is no doctor, and never was, is uo chemist, no phar maceutist—knows no more of medicine or disease, than any other common, uuscientific, unprofessional man, what guarantee can the public have that they are receiving a genuine scientific medicine con taining all the virtu net of t{ic articles used in preparing it, aud which are incapable of changes, which might render them the AGENTS of DISEASE instead of health ? It is to arrest frauds upon the unfortunate, to pour balm hits wounded humanity, to kindle hope in tho despairing bosom, to restore health and bloom and vigor into the crushed and broken and to bauish infirmity—that old DR. JACOB TOWNSEND has SOUGHT and FOUND the opportunity and means to bring his Grand Universal Concentrated Remedy* within the reach, and to the knowledge of all who used it, that they may learuand know, by Joyful experience, ila Transcendent Power to Heal! and thus to have the unpurchasable satisfaction of having raised tlion sand* and millions from the bed of sickness and despondency, to hope, health, and a long life of vigor and usefulness to themselves, their fam lliee and friends. Principal office 102 Nttaaau-atreet, N. Y For sale on consignment, by HAVILAND, RISLEY & CO. april 27 tlfcly For tlie Removal and Permanent Cure all NERVOUS DISEASES, And of those Complaints which are caused by an impaired, weakened or unhealthy condition of the NERVOUS SYSTEM. This beautiful and convenient application of the mysterious powers of Galvan l sm and Magnetism, has been pronounced by distinguished physicians, both in Europe and the United States, to be the most valuable mediscinal discovery of the Age. Ml. CHRISTIE’S GALVANIC KELT, ANU MAGNETIC FLUID, Is used with the most perfect and certain success in all cases of GENERAL DEBILITY, Strengthening the weakened body, giving tone to ihe various organs, and invigorating the entire sys tem. Also in Fits, Cramp , Paralysis arid Palsy, Dyspepsit or In digestion, Rheumatism, Acute and Chronic. Gout, Epilepsie, Lumbago, Deafness, Ner vous Tremors, Palpitation oj the Heart, Apoplexy, Neuralgia, Pains in the Side and Chest, LIVER COMPLAINT, Spinal Complaint, and Curvature of the Spine, llip Deficiency of Nervous Diseases, which complaints arise from one simple cause, viz : A nrrangeiiient of tbe Nervous Nystrni. In Nervous Complaints, Drugs and Medicines in crease the disease, for they weaken the vital ener gies of the already prostrated system ; while un der the strengthening, life-giving, vitalizing influ ence of Galvanism, as applied by this beautiful and wonderful discovery, the exhausted patient and weakened sufferer isrestored tiVformcr health, strength, elasticity and vigor. The great peculiarity and excellence of fcOr. Cl. rislie’s Galvanic Curative*, Consists, in the fact that they arrest and cure dis ease by outward application, in place of the usual mode of drugging and physicing the patient, till exhausted Nature s : nks hopelessly under the in fliction. They strengthen the whole system, equalize the circulation of the blood, promote the secretions, and never do the slightest injury tinder any' cir cumstances. Since their introduction in the Uni ted States, only three years since, more than 60,W00 PERSONS including all ages, classes and conditions, among which were a large number of ladies, who are pe culiarly s.ibject to Nervous Complaints, have been Entirely untl Pet'inniieiidy Cured, when all hope of relief had been given lip, atid every thing else been tried in vain ! To illustrate the use of the GALVANIC BELT, suppose the case of a person afflicted with that bane of civilization, DY'SPEPSIA, or any other Chronic or Nervous disorder. In ordinary cases, stimulants are taken, which, by their action on tile nerves and muscles of ihe stomach, afford tem porary relief, but which leave the patient in a lower state, and with injured faculties ; alter the action thus excited has ceased. Now compare tnis with the effect resulting from the application of the Galvanic Beit. Take a Dyspeptic sufferer, even in tiie worse symptoms of an attack, and sim ply tie the Belt around the body, using the Mag netic Fluid as directed. In a short period the in sensible perspiration will act on the positive ele ment of the Belt, thereby causing a Galvanic cir culation which will pass'on to the negative, and thence back again to the positive, thus keeping up a continuous Galvanic circulation throughout the system. Thus the most severe cases oj Dyspepsia arc permanently cured. A few days is often am ply sufficient to eradicate the disease ol years. t'crlilicule* and Testimonial* From the most respectable sources could be given, sufficient to fill every column in this paperj! \\ e make a few selections. SOUTHERN TESTIMONY. Flt O J»I MR . A. <l. Wl4 MS, Augusta, Gko., April 3,1849. Dr. A. 11. Cluistie, New York: My Dear Sir :—1 have suffered for about 12 years with a distressing Nervous Affection ot the Head, which some times extended down my Spine. This complaint gradually effected my whole Ner vous System, and often entirely incapaciatcd me from business. My suffering iias at Fmes been truly lamentable, having always abhored the Quackeries and Humbugs of the age, 1 was pi e niudicinos hut those pre r scribed bv the ‘‘Augusta Faculty,’"'many m nai.wn j were of a violent and dangerous character. Find ing my disease, however, to he daily increasing in severity. I was induced to procure your GALA AN IC BELT and MAGNETIC FLUID, and almost immediately after the application, the dreadful disease to which I bad been so long a Martyr, J N tikely left me, and I remain to this day quite well. The efficacy of your Galvanic inventions is truly marvellous, and in my case their application has been apparently magical. Very respectfully, your friend, A. G. WILLIS, Office of the Constitutionalist. SOUTH CAROLINA TESTIMONY Rri'iirifnl EClieiiniiitiNiu nntl Sflv«u< Prostration. FROM MR. W3I. B WILEY, OF THE CHARLESTON HOTEL. Charleston, S. C., April 10, 1010. To Dr. Christie , New Yerii : Respected Sir : —Sympathy for the suffering, and the deepest gratitude towards you, induces me to send you the (allowing account of my late lamentable condition, and the great relief which 1 have experienced from your Galvanic articles.—• For the past lour years f have been afflicted with the most dreadful attacks of Rheumatism. My whole body has been affected, arms, limbs, head, cites , back, and indeed every part of my system. I have experienced more actual suffering than I supposed any human being could endure. At one time the joint of my right leg was swollen to about three times its natuial size and the rest ot the limb was shrivelled up. This was the case when 1 commenced using your GAIA ANIC Iff.Ll for the body and the GAL\ ANIC BRACELE 1 S tor the limbs. 1 had had so many of the best physi cians in Charleston and elsewhere and had tried so many “ remedies,” and all with so little relict, that 1 had song long since began to despair. I had been to the Warm Springs, the Sulphur Springs, and I travelled, read, and studied about my afflic tion, but with no avail. Judge then ol my joy and gratitude when the truth dawned upon me that l had at last discovered a remedy! 1 should here state that the repeated attacks of severe pain ren dered me as feeble as a child and quite helpless. It entirely incapacitated me from business, and prostrated ami deranged my u-liole nervous system. — But in less than one week after the application of ) our Galvanic articles mentioned above. 1 felt like another person. The pain had greatly decreased and appeared to diminish daily. A long continua ion of wet weather came, and 1 expected a return of my old complaints—but no; I continued to im prove, using nothing but the Galvanic Belt and Bracelets, with the Magnetic b tuid as directed.. It is now over one year since, ami at this moment of writing, 1 believe 1 am as healthy and as happy a man as there is in Charleston. All my pains are gone; my strength has returned, and my appear ance lias so altered that my triends who formerly thought 1 was dying, hardly know me. In a word, I am a living miracle of the wonders of Galvanism, as applied by your beautiful invention. Very respectfully your friend, ' ' WM. B. WILEY, Charleston Hotel. P. S.—l may add, that there are hundreds of f s persons in South Carolina and Georgia, who have , known mmfjptf'eaVs, aiioTiave at times jnuVrcffibd . the sufferings-1 have enduretT Among them 1 may mention Dr. F, M. Robertson, Hayne street, Charleston. S. C.; Hon. John P. Kino, of Augus ta. Geo.; Wm. M. Moody, Esq., Charleston, S. (\; H. L. Butterfield, Esq , Pavillion, Hotel, do.; Richard Peters, Esq., Atlanta, Geo. No trouble or inconvenience attends the use of DU. CHRISTIES GALVANIC ARTICLES, and they may be worn by the most feeble and del icate with perfect case and safety. In many cases the sensation attending their use is highly pleasant and agreeable. They can be sent to any part of the country. PKII'GN : THE GALVANIC BELT $3 THE GALVANIC NECKLACE J THE GALVANIC BRACELETS 1 each. THE MAGNETIC FLUID 1 (O’The articles are accompanied by full and plain directions. Pamphlets with full particulars maybe hadot the authorized Agent. PARTICULAR CAUTION. [O’ Beware of Counterfeits and Worthless Imita tions. 0”For sale in Augusta, by the authorized Agents, HAVILAND, RISLEY& CO.; in Athens, by HILL &. SMITH ;in Macon, by GEORGE PAYNE. “Pril - :: ALEXANDER McKESZIE, JR., attorney at law, WAYNESBORO’, GEORGIA. ApiilliO iy I^B JOHN L. HARRIS. attorney at law, ATLANTA, GEO., Refers to Henry H. Cumming, Esq., A. J. & T. W. Miller, Esqs., VV. T. Gould, Esq., E Starnes, Esq., Jas. Gardner, Jr., Esq., C. A Greiner, Savannah; C. J. Jenkins,Esq. April 7 THADDEUS A. OAKMAN, ATTORNEY AT LAW, APPLING, COLUMBIA COUNTY, GEO. WILL practice in the several counties of the Middle Circuit. Refers to Hon. Wm. W. Holt, Col. T. Clanton. Wm. T. Gould, C. J. Jenkins, H. H. Cumming, A. J. and T. W. Miller, Esqrs.,Messrs. M. M. Dye, and Chas. E. Grenville, Augusta ; Messre. Janie* and Joseph O’Hear, Charleston, 8. fob 20 iy