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5 A. ROSE & CO. . if VV A S. ROSE, Editors. ‘ TERMS. r , , r ain Journal -N Messenger is published eve- morning in the city of Macon, at the REDUCED KATE: ,4 strictly in advance, per year, $2 50 j p a id in advance, 300 . “ ‘,, a id till the end of the year 400 , V e terms will be rigidly enforced, without re ■•sons, as the object of the Publishers is to do ,V n'nrlv ns possible upon the cash principle— t | hat their subscribers should reap the profits “lallveo to agents and collectors. In no case , , be sent out of the State unless first paid ! , satisfactory reference is given in Macon or its nVTRTISEMENTS inserted at the usual rates— when handed in, will be inserted till V but a liberal discount will be allowed to persons ‘ 1 ert jae by the year, and who pay on demand. I wrriaee notices, and obituary notices of over I ‘’ 7, wilfbe charged at the usual rates. ■ oa innceirvents of candidates for office, to be paid . ’c usual rates, when inserted. ! arrangements made with County Officers, , , jrs Auctioneers, and others, who may wish to “‘•’.limited contracts. : ‘p, ous advertising will please observe the following: ’ ,t‘ Land and Negroes, by Executors, Adminis * !iJ Guardians, are required by law to be adver ■( public gazette, sixty days previous to the day sales must be held on the first Tuesday in the . b iween the hours of ten in the forenoon and V l ,: ‘jhp afternoon. at the Court House in the county | :r “. ‘h the property is situated. ot’Personal Property must be advertised in . namier forty days. N . ... t,, Debtors and Creditors of an Estate must be , h hut application will be made to the Court of -urv for leave to sell Land and Negroes, must be , :L| weekly for four months. ‘i'/oH* or Letters of Administration must he pub • ;,•/ and ig*— for Dismission from Administration, thlv six months —for Dismission from Guardian s’ , v!/f!) r foreclosure ot mortgage, must be published w Wi, tor four months-io r establishing lost papers, , tin'full space of three months— for compelling ti , v from Executors or Administrators where a bond has ‘n .r.veil bv the deceased, the full space of three [otters on business to be post-paid. NEW ARRANGEMENT. United States Mail Line—Daily, ‘lween Savannah and Charleston via Hilton Head mill Beaufort, Inland two-thirds of the way. if ‘■ THE WELL LKOWN ijT Steam Packets HETAIIORA, Captain F. Barden, \\ >1 SEA BROOK, Capt T. Lyon, (JEN. CLINCH, Capt. Wm. Curry, Will hereafter leave Savannah every evening at halt Mit S o'clock, and Charleston every morning at 9 o’- ’ „i. precisely, touching at Hilton Head and Beau pach way, and avoiding two-thirds of the sea route. For Freight or Passage apoly on board or to BROOKS & TUPPER, Ag’ts Savannah. E. LAFITTE, &. CO. Ag’ts Charleston. X B.—All Goods, intended for Savannah or Charles . will be forwarded by the Agents if directed to their car 1 , free of commissions. All way freight payable by shippers. Jan 26 43 Semi-weekly U. S. .Hail, Steam-Packet Lime. . BETWEEN SAVANNAH & PALATKA, FLA. BY THE WAY OF men, Brunswick, St. Clary's, Ga.; Jacksonville, Black Creek and Picolata, Fla. . connection with the Charleston Daily Mail Steam vets at Savannah, the steamer SARAH SPALD ING, from Palatka to Lake Monroe, the U. S. Mail ’ ."‘s from Pic uata to St. Vugustine, and from Black I k, via Newuansviile, Alligator, Mineral Springs Hid Columbus, to Tallahassee. Ot'.AAIIJHJEE, Capt. P. McNelty. ST. MATTHEWS, Capt. N. King. \V M. CANTON, Capt. J. Hebbard. The Packets leave Savannah every Tuesday and Saturday mornings, at 10 o’clock, and arrive at Picola ta in time for the Mail Stages to go through to St. .Au gustine before night every Thursday and Monday. Returning, leave Palatka every Tuesday and Friday morning a 7 o’clock, touchiug as above each way. BROOKS &, TUPPER, Agents. Savannah, Jan 26 43 N. B,—Goods consigned to the agents forwarded free of commission. Freight from Savannah and Charles ton, and all way freight, payableby shippers’ Hail Road Installments. 1 N additional installment of Ten Dollars CA. in the Stock of this Company, has been called, payable on the Ist of October, 1848, and a further in - ailment of Thirteen Dollars per share, payable on the Ist January, 1849. Payments to be made at the Of fice of the Company, at Macon. ELAM ALEXANDER, President. Office So. Western R. R. Cos. J Macon, 9th June, 1848. $ June 14 11 Kg CARRIAGES & HARNESS. j t ‘ De Loache &, Wilcoxson have oil hand, at their old stand on Mulberry *** street, Macon, one of the most exten sive and valuable stocks of ready made CARRIAGES, BUGGIES, SULKIES, &c. Ac. Ac. wbe found in the Southern States. Customers can be tceosumodated either with Northern articles or with -so of Domestic manufacture, as they prefer. Their ek of materials is very superior, and their workmen t surpassed by any in the Northern shops. They tit, therefore, warrant every article which they otter tor sale. They feel assured that, for extent, beauty, va r tv and workmanship, their present stock is not sur passed in the South. I Carriages, &c. made to order, and all kinds of Repairing done with neatness and despatch. For Sale, also, on the most accommodating terms. Springs, Axle Steps, Bands. Lamps, Cnar.h Patent and Top Leather, Plated and ,ia ianed Harness Mountings ; Pumts, On ;, \rar ■larch 29, 1848. 52 WOOD AND BRADLEY. MANUFACTURERS AND DEALERS IN 1-rTTSjL C- Aitl NE T FIJRN IT U E ifFTH C HAIR S . \\ 01 LD most respectfully inform the citizens o/ * Macon, and public generally, that having avail- of the services of some of the very best °"kaien, and having a supply of the best materials, ■ ired to make to order any article in their line. *;■ ■ !utioti to our present stock, such as Dining, Tea, ’ ;lr, ‘> Side, Work. Toilet, Quartette and Sofa Tables; weaus ; .Sideboards ; Sotas and Wardrobes; Sofas ; ” ■ttis; Ottomans; Tettetetes; Foot-stools; Secreta- 2 5 > [L’sks and Rook Cases; Ladies’ Work Boxes and \ Desks; Piano Stool; Looking Glasses and I ‘.us Plates of all sizes ; Gilt, Mahogany and Walnut ] lines of all sizes for Pictures and Portraits ; Cane j Settees and Counter Stools ; Mahogany and Wal- i Chairs, Plush and flair Cloth Seats ; a great varie- j nj curled Maple and Walnut Cane seats and other j : Rocking Chairs of patterns too numerous to. ; ‘ :nm n ; Mahogany, Walnut, curled and plain Maple, , : a, id Pine Bedsteads, cheaper than ever ; Win h.\?‘l;ides, new, beautiful and rare patterns ; Feath \j at “ er 3 > Mat trasses of curled Hair. Cotton have many articles not enumerated or introduc- j mth l s market. | Manufacturers —For sale, Furnitue Varnish,! \ S ]i X’ alnut, Plush,and Veniersand B j d Posts. : ij,; . furnitue repaired neatly and with dispatch, i “‘is and Chairs reseated or covered with Hair ! ‘-“’'a or Cane. jLcon.Xov. 3,1817... 6—ts j Piano Fortes. j f’ subscriber respectfully informs the citizens of that he has the Agency for the sale of | ‘ii i™ 1118 manufactory in New York—the arti aiid ‘ B °f hie best woikmanship and materials, p,.^ ! *test style, very superior at low prices.— vv,s hing to purchase, can see one of these in ■ ■ Rsat the subscriber’s residence. _ JAMES VAN VALXENBURGH • liirtv Hollar* Kcwanl. “u 1 n : from the subscriber on the In 1 °i, l “ e ,r,t h ult., a voting nesrro fellow about ‘•*years of age, named JACOB. Jacob is k,. verf rowi1 ’ spare made, very black,standserect, * ‘ll?'l l ir ~ e and bauds, arms also long, and r'-'tjri t 04 pounds He is a good wagoner, and bttnoi.. ’’V’o a *'n for \ irginia, from where he was lor th* en y, oun - the above reward will be giv ■;on Ss ... Pprt-ricnsion of said boy. or such informa had,j,„ i „ ead to ids recovery. The suliseriber can ‘td at Blountsvillc, Jones county, Gn. Se ßt , ALFRED M. GEORGE. 1 u ,J - 23 jt SADDLES! SADDLES: Y MORRIS &. WESTCOTT have on hand ‘yfsA a first rate assortment of SADDLES, HAR . NESS and C ARRIAGE TRIMMINGS, ol n.!i kinds,which they w ill sell at prices to suit the times. Their facilities are such that they can sell lower than any other establishment of the kind in the city. Give us a call before you buy. is all we ask fora re commendation. RHP AIRING done at reduced prices, in a workman-like manner. Cotton Avenue, next door to Isaac Winship. April 1. 1813. 10 Musical Instruments. THE undersigned having been appointed Agent for F. Zogbaum's Harmonic Institute, Charleston, S. C. is enabled to ofler an assortment of Musical Instru ments at unparalleled low prices; he will also keep constantly on hand an assortment of Musical Merchan dize ot all kinds. Complete sets of Instruments for Bands &c. can be furnished. These goods are imported>ntoCharleston direct from Europe by Mr. Zogboum. and can therefore be afford ed at prices tar below any thing that has yet been offer ed in this part of the country. March 22 51 6m B. L. BURNETT. B. L. BURNETT, QjL HAS removed from the old stand of C. K. Wentworth if Cos. to Cotton Avenue, near the ss&uria cornero fCherry street, where he is prepared to offer his customers old and new, some ot the cheapest bargains in J EWELRT ever sold in Macon. His collection of goods has been made with great care, and will be sold remarkably cheat. All kinds of Clock and Watch Work done with despatch and warranted. April 5 1 FIVE WATCHES. —Just received and for sale, next door to Mr, Bancroft’s, on Cotton Avenue, anew supply qf Fine Gold Hunting, Double Bottom and Ancrier Lever Gold Watches. Warranted to keep time, and at prices to suit the times. April 5 1 B. L. BURNETT. WATCH KEYS.—Anew and elegant article. Dont forget to call and see them. April 5 1 B. L. BURNETT. (N OLD PENS in both Gold and Silver holders. J Also, a iarge assortment of Gold and Silver Pen cils—the best and cheapest in die market. April 5 1 B. L. BURNETT. Cl OLD STUDS for Gentlemen's use and now al* M the fashion, lor sale hy April 5 1 b. L. BURNETT. J LINGER RINGS,—A new and elegant assort ment, just received. B. L. BURNETT. April 5 i LADIES’ BREAST PINS.-A few of new patterns, rare and extremely neat, for sale at April 5 I B. L. BURNETT’S. SP ECT ACLES—GoId &. Silver frames with Burt’s Perifocal Glasses—the best now in use, for sale by April 4 1 B. L. BURNETT. QOLAR LAMPS.—Fine Solar Lamps, Brittania kJ and Brass Chamber Candlesticks, for sale by April 5 1 B. L. BURNETT. SILVER SPOONS and Butter Knives—just re ceived and for sale by April 5 1 B. L. BURNETT. PLATED WARE, —Elegant Plated Castors, _ Fruit Baskets, Waiters, Candlesticks, Snuffers and Trays, Cups, &c.—just opened and for sale by April 5 1 B. L. RURNETT. Fine Wines. OLD MADEIRA of the very best quality. Do. SHERRY do. do. Do. PORT the pure juice ol the grape. CHAMPAGNE choicest brands. Also—Second quality Madeira, Sherry and Port. A large supply in Store and for sale by SCOTT, CARHART & CO. July 26, 1848. 17 Whiskey, Oiiiand Hum. 1 AA BBLS Rectified Whiskey. I*J U 75 do. Baltimore do. 150 do. PHELP’S (and other brands) GIN. 50do. U. E. RUM. On hand and for sale by SCOTT CARHART & CO. July 26, 1848. 17 Tobacco and Cigars. A large Stock, of every found and quality, always hand and for sale low by SCOTT, CARHART &. CO. July 26,1848. 17 Paints, Oils, &c. WHITE LEAD of different qualities. LINSEED OIL. LAMP do. WINDOW’ GLASS—different sizes. In Store and for sale by SCOTT, CARHART &, CO. July 26, 1848. 17 Cotton Yarns and Osnaburgs. THE undersigned, are Agents for the sale of the MILLEDGEVILLE STEAM FACTORY YARNS. Also, for YARNS AND OSNABURGS from the CURTRIGHT MANUFACTURING CO. Greens boro’, for sale by the bale, on the usual time, at Manu facturer’s prices. SCOTT, CARHART & CO. July 26, 1848. 17 Porter. ‘-pvpv DOZ LONDON PORTER (pintsand quarts,) DUU This day received, and for sale by SCOTT, CARHART & CO. July 26, 1848. 17 Groceries. SCOTT, CARHART & CO., still continue the GROCERY business, and keep constantly on hand a full supply of every article in their line, which they are disposed to sell in any quantity, on as good terms as any other house in the State. July 26, 1848. 17 C’OilCC. 1 i Bags Prime Rio. 1 * ** “ 40 do. Old Java. 8 Half bales Mocha. In Store and for sale by SCOTT, CARHART & CO. July 26, 1848. 17 UiMudies. i Half pipes dark “Otanl” old and fine. 1U 10 do. light do. do. 5 do. pale do. do. For sale by SCOTT, CARHART & CO. July 26, 1848. 17 1 A PIPES HOLLAND GIN, a genuine article. L U 20 BBLS OLD MONONGAHELA WHIS KEY. In Store and for sale by SCOTT, CARIIART & CO. July 26, 1818. 17 No. 3 Mackerel—ln Store, and for sale by Aug; 9—19 SCOTT, CARH ART & CO. | /w \ BALES GUNN CLOTH. [ v/l / Also, Kentucky Bagging, Bale Rope and Twine. For sale by Aug. 9, —ID SCOTT, CARIIART &. CO. §ighl f becks ON the City Bank New York, in sums to suit pur chasers. For sale by SCOTT, CARIIART & CO. August 16 20 Salt. ‘i SACKS SALT in store, and for sale by OUUU CHAS. CAMPBELL & CO. August 16 20 Bo|c find Twine. BALES Gunny Bagging, 4") 100 pieces 52 inch Kentucky Bagging, 200 “ 48imh 150 “ 44 inch “ “ 200 Coils Kentucky Rope, 500 lbs. Bagging Twine, For sale on moderate terms by ciias. Campbell &. co. August 16 20 Hams, Lard, Ac, j” Aii LBS. Carolina firm Hams. 1000 lbs Kentucky do. 10,000 “ Sides and Shoulders, 2000 “ Leaf Lard. For sale by CHAS. CAMPBELL <Sc CO. August 16 20 ottoa Fren Hope. 1 n i INCH, 2 inch 21 inch Manilla Press Rope, 1 0 - 4 ( 10 coils Manilla Bed Cord “ 50 bundles Cotton Rope for Wells. In store and •orsale bv GRAVES, WOOD &. CO. Sept. 13 24 C1 II GROK EE LIME, ON CONSIGNMENT J 75 Boxes Cherokee Lime. Anril 18 3 C. CAMPBELL 9c CO. MACON, GEORGIA, WEDNESDAY OCTOBER 4, 1848. lllcached ami Domestic Goods. o/\ BALES 4-4 and 5-4 brown Sheeting, &U 20 “ 3-4 fine and heavy brown Shirtings, 25 “ Oznaburgs, medium and heavy, 2 “ Nankin Oznaburgs, 2 “ Shetucket Stripe Drills, 5 “ Tickings, 2 Cases Checks and Plaids, lo “ 7-8, 4-4, 5-4, and 6-4 Bleached Goods, 1 “ Bleached Drills, 2 “ Brown “ Now in Store and for sale by GRAVES, WOOD & CO. August 16 20 Paints and Oils. NUMBER l. White Lead, Extra and Pure do. do. Red Lead, Black do. Chrome Green, Chrome Yellow, 10-12, 12-14, 12-16. 12-18, Glass, Putty, Chalk and Whiling, Brushes, LinseadOd, Sperm Oil, Elephant Oil, Bleached Oil, Train Oil, Turpentine and Varnishes. Now in Store, and (or sale by GRAVES, WOOD &. CO. August 17 20 Tobacco, ‘null, Ac. 1 TA BOXES Tobacco, various brands, 1 Bbl. Maccoboy Snuff, 1 “ Scotch do. 2 “ Mrs. Miller’s fine Cut Tobacco. For sale cheap by GRAVES, WOOD &. CO. August 16 20 Shoes. 1 0 heavy Black and Russett Brogans, J-U 5 do. Men’s sewed and pegged Calf Brogans. 10 do. do. Kip Brogans, 6 do. do. Kip and (Goat Boots, 10 do. Women’s Boots and Clay Ties, 5 do. “ Low quarter Shoes, 5 do. Boys Kip Brogans, Also—-A good assortment of Ladies fine Shoes, i outh’s and Children’s Shoes. Now in Store, and for sale by GRAVES, WOOD, &. CO. August 16 20 S£lack Raragcs amt Friaiges. PI ECES Black Ba rages, tJ 5 Do “ Silk Wnp Alpacas, 5 do Black Slk Fringes, Thread Edgings, Do. Laces, Muslin Edgings, do. Insertings, Queen’s do do. Laces, Tapes, Bobbins, Thread, Buttons, &.c. Just received and for sale by GRAVES, WOOD & CO. August 30 22 POTASH, Sal Bratus, Sal Soda, Sal Nitre, Sal Epsom, Crem. Tartar, Tart. Acid, Gum Cam phor, Magnesia, Gum Aloes, Assafuetida, Borax, Al um, Copperas, Brimstone, Sulphur, Red Lead, Black Lead, &c. &c. For sale by GRAVES, WOOD & CO. August 16 20 Sugar, Collcc, Ac. r\ HIIDS. St. Croix, P. R. Muscovado and N /Ct) Orleans Sugars. 20 hhds. Crashed, Powdered, and Loaf Sugars, 40 “ Refined Coffee Sugars, 180 bags Rio Coffee, 10 “ Java “ 10 cases Tea, (some very fine.) 30 bbls. Prime Country Flour. For sale by GRAVES, WOOD & CO. August 16 20 Ragging, Rope and Twine. /rrv BALES Gunny Bagging, t/U 150 pieces Kentucky do. 200 Coils Kentucky Rope, 500 lbs. Baling Twine. Just received and for sale by GRAVES, WOOD & CO. August 16 20 GUNNY Bagging, Bale Rope and Twine, for sale by HYDE & BENTON. Aug. 23 21 Sugars Sugars. ST. CR.OIX, Porto Rico and New Orleans. Clarified; Crushed/Pulverised and Loaf. For sale by HYDE & BENTON. Aug 23 21 If IO and Old Java Coffee. For sale by t HYDE & BENTON. Aug 23 21 CEDAR and Painted Tubs, Do do do Buckets, floisr Po.lo, Rovpfi. Market Baskets, Brooms, India Mats. For sale by HYDE & BENTON. Aug 23 21 SPERM Candles, Lamp and Linseed Oil, Soap, Pepper, Spice, Ginger, Starch, Salaaratus, Mustard. For sale by HYDE & BENTON. Aug 23 21 OfiAA LBS. CHOICE HAMS, for sale by OUUU J. SEYMOUR. August 16 20 Just Received and For Sale. 1 A AAA LBS. Georgia Bacon, -LU.UUU 25 barrels Georgia Flour, 25 do. Canal Flour, 10 half barrels Canal Flour. JAMES SEYMOUR. August 30 22 qrv BALES Gunny Bagging, /£/\J 75 Pieces Kentucky Bagging. For sale at the lowest market price by Aug. 30 22 J. SEYMOUR. 1 AA BAGS Rio Coffee, lUU 20 Hhds. Fine Sugars. In store and for sale by J. SEYMOUR. August 30 22 HI ill-Wrights i ake Notice. THE Ocmulgee Foundry is nowcasting the Cele brated HOTCHKISS WATER WHEEL and the ATKINSON IMPROVED WHEEL. I have tire general agency for disposing of the right for the Hotchkiss Wheel. These Wheels do not need a recom mendatioa, as they are in use all over the country, where tiiey can be seen. CHARLES P. LEVY, Cotton Avenue, near Macon S, W. R. R. Depot. August 23 Telegraph copy. 21 FvANTERS your interest at the Ocmulgee Foun dry. lam now prepared to build the Hnllock Votton Press, in all the eounties in this State ex cept Baker, Butts, Dooly, Henry, Houston, Jones, Lee, Mucon, Monroe, Pulaski, Sumter, Twiggs and Upson CHARLES P. LEVY, Cotton Avenue, near 31. if IV. R. R. Depot. August 23 Telegraph copy. 21 Superfine Flour from New W heat. ririHE subscriber keeps constantly on hand fresh ground Superfine Flour from new Wheat. Also fresh ground Meal, Grits of all sizes, Horse Feed, Wheat Bran, &c. Apply at the Steam Mills near the Market House. JAMES VAN VALKENBURGH. July 26 17 Wheat Wanted. THE subscriber will at all times pay tiie highest market price in Cash for good Wheat delivered at the Steam Mills in this city. JAMES VAN VALKENBURGH. July 26 17 NEW GOODS. THIS day received,by G. W. Woodruff, 20 pieces French, Earlston and Linen Ginghams, 20 Embroidered Muslin Capes. Fine Figured Lace for Capes. Egytian Mitts, Brown Lines, Apron Checks, Tick ings, Whalebone, &,c. &c. Macon, August 9, 1848. 19 Marine A Fire Insurance Rank, ) Savannah, June 27th, 1848. { THE following Resolutions were adopted this day : “ Resolved , That an EXTRA DIVIDEND of Four Dollars per Share be declared, payable to the present Stockholders, on and after the 15th proximo, in the new Stock authorized to be issued by the Act of the Legislature of December 22, 1847. The Certifi cates to bear date June 1, 1848, and all fractions of a Share of Fifty Dollars lobe paid in Cash. “Resolved, That Books of Subscription be opened at the Banking House in Savannah, on the 15th of July next, forthc sale of the remainder of the S4OO,(XK) of additional Stock authorized by said Act, and be kept open (unless the whole amount be previously sold,) un til the first dav of November next. The Certificates of new Stock sold after the sixth day of any month to bear date on the first of the following month ; and all new stock to draw dividends from the date of Certifi cate, pro rata with the old Stock. Extract from the Minutes, J. OLMSTEAD, Cashier. Julys 14 17t I.aw .Notice. CHRISTOPHER B STRONG, of Perry, Hous ton county, and THBODORICK W. MONT FORT, Knoxville, Crawford county, Ga. Attorneys, Counsellors and Solicitors, have entered into copart nership in the practice of the Law and Equity in the Sujierior Courts of the counties of Crawford, Talbot and Macon. The junior member of the firm will as sume the responsibility of alt collection business, and promptly and punctually attend to the same. But all matters of litigation confided to their charge, will have the vigilant and personal professional attention of each member of the firm. August 16 20 3ni Agency for the .'••ale of < ottou. . Vxkx .THE undersigned tenders his services to his fr ends and the public lor the sale of Cotton - -UM fioin Wagons or otherwise. Keeping himself inWmed ol the state of the Mark ets and having no interests adverse to those of the I lanter, he trusts to make himself useful to those who tnay favor him with their business. II is charges will be the usual commissions of Twen five Cents per Bale. Orders tor Goods (to which he will give his personal attention) filled without additional charge. Office at the Counting Room of Mr. John Jones GEORGE PATTEN. August 30 22 5t HARDEMAN Sc HAMILTON, H arc-House and Commission Merchants, MACON, CON I INUE to transact business as usual, at the old stand, and will attend to it on as liberal terms as any Ware-House in the city. All orders for pur chasers promptly attended to. HAMILTON Sc HARDEMAN, Factors and Commission Merchants, SAVANNAH, WILL give prompt attention to the sale ot UOMj Cotton and Country produce, as well as to * &aa * a the filling of orders for Bagging, Rope, and tamily supplies. Aug. 16, 1848. 20-ly JOHN JONES, WARE-HOUSE & COMMISSION MERCHANT, WILL continue business at his old and well known stand, on the corner of Cotton Avenue a nd Cherry Streets. His best efforts are pledg ed to promote the interest of those who may patronize him. Macon, July 26 ‘l7 6m WYCHE AND RAINsf. WARE-HOUSE & COMMISSIONiTTVv'N ePWi MERCHANTS, In the rear of A. J. White's Store, near Cotton Avenue, Macon, Geo. W. D. RAINEY, TIIOS. T. WYCHE Aug. 3. 6rn—lß P. H. BEIIN, FACTOR AND COMMISSION MERCHANT, July 19 16 6m Savannah, Ga. Eorqe jewe t r, Ware-House and Commission .Merchant, MACON, GA. Corner of Third if Cherry Streets, opjjosile Graves, Wood if Co's Store. August 16 20 ly WAREHOUSE AND COMMISSION BUSINESS subscribers will continue business at the “FIRE PROOF WARE-HOUSE” on Cotton Avenue. All business confided to their care, will receive prompt and faithful attention. Liberal advances will be made on Cotton in Store or shipped. Orders from their “patrons” for Baggiug, Rope and Twine and other merchandize, will be filled without charge. N. OUSLEY SON. Macon, August 9 19 ly DYSON, COOPER Sc ROBERTS WILL continue the WARE-HOUSE and fWCOMMISSION BUSINESS the ensuing season, at their Fire-Proof Ware-House. Thankful to our friends tor their former patronage, we respectfully ask a continuance of the same, with the assurance that our best efforts will be given to pro mote their interests. Liberal advances will be made on cotton in Store, at customary rates. THOMAS DYSON, JOS. M. COOTER, AND WM. M. ROBERTS. Macon, March 1, 1848. 48 ly WAREHOUSE AND COMMISSION BUSINESS. 7- VT'X THE undersigned takes pleasure in saying \,.A ’ to all those who have so liberally patronized him, as well as those who have not, but who may feel disposed to do so the ensuing season : that lie ‘still retains the WAItK-IIOIJiSE occupied by him last season, near Graves, Wood & Cos. Store, and shall feel grateful for their patronage the coming sea son. No pains have been, or will be spared on his part, to please those who send their Cotton to him, to sell or store —and having been in the business many years, he hones to give entire satisfaction. In addition to the Ware-House above mentioned, he has another in a retired part of the city so that those wishing, can divide their crop, and place part in each. All orders for Baggiug, Hope, Groceries, &c. will be promptly fiUfd GEORGE JEWETT. Macon, August 9 i ; y Ware-House aul Commission Bu siness. W. BALDWIN, having taken the raBIHHj Ware-House formerly occupied L>y D. & W. Gunn, near the corner of Cherry and Second Streets, is prepared to receive Cotton or Merchandize on Storage. The usual advances will be made on Cot ton stored in Macon, or shipped to my friends in Sa vannah, Charleston or New-York. He respectfully solicits a portion of the patronage of his old friends and the public generally. Sept. 27. 6m26 WARE-HOUSE A lid Commission Business, ■ i $ (EAST MACON.) JAMES DENTON will continue the above busi ness at his old stand in East Macon. He lias re built and made considerable additions to his VVare- Houses, and will give strict attention to all business in his line entrusted to hint. East Macon, Sept. 6 23 6tn Hats and Caps. 5 CASES Drab Beaver Hats, 10 do. Low crown do 20 do. Black Brush do 20 do, Fine Nutria do 20 do. “ Fur do 10 do Black Beavers, a fine article, 10 do Silk Hats, a superior article, 20 do Os every description from (•>! to $5, 100 Dozen Cloth and Glazed Caps from $1 to $lB per dozen, 20 “ Fine Otter and Beaver Caps, 20 “ Muskrat “ 20 “ Glazed Hats of every description, 20 “ Tampico, Buena Vista and Montezuma Hats, 3 “ Mens’ Silk Velvet Caps, 5 “ “ Flush 1 “ Ladies’Silk Velvet Riding Hats, 10 “ Infants Silk Velvet Caps, 2 “ Gents. Silk Velvet Smoking Caps, em broidered, 29 “ Hair Seal Caps. BELDEN & CO. Late G. A. Kimberly’s old stand, Alulberry St. Macon, Sept. 13 24 Pay your City Taxes. NOTICE is hereby given that by a resolution of the Council, the City Tax is required to be paid by the 15th day ot Octobernext. On and after the sth day of September, I will be in attendance at the Clerk’s Office in the City Hall every day, (Sunday excepted,) from 9 until 12 o’clock, A. M. where payment can be made. A. R. FREEMAN, Treasurer. Sept 27 26 3t Fast Tax Notice! THE Tax Book of Bibb county, will continue to re main at the store of Clarke and Experience until the 10th of October, and continue open until that time; after which 1 shall be compelled to close them and is sue executions against all defaulters. Mr. Daniel Clarke will attend to receiving the Taxes in my ab sence. JOHN B. GRACE, x. c. Bibb county, Sept 27 26 83F* WARREN FREEMAN is a candidate for Tax Collector of Bibb county, at the election in January next. Sept. 20 25 K. TYNER, isa candidate for Tax Collec or of Bibb county. Sept. 13. CCF E. C. SIIERWOOI), is a candidate for Tax Collectorof Bibb County. Sept. 1848. 25 TO THE VOTERS Of’ BIBK. As the present efficient Tax Collector will not be a candidate for re-election, Mr.jOHN T. WGOT TEN will be supported by many voters for the office. July 12 51 If 5 THOMAS R. GATES isa Candidate for Tax Collector of Bibb county, at the election in January next. Sept. 27 26 fr JOHN H. OFFUTT is a candidate so Receiver of Tax Returns ot Bibb county, at the election in Januay next. Sept. 20 25 tW BENJAMIN RUSSELL is a candidate for Receiver of Tax Returns of Bibb county. August 16 20. try JOHN EANS isa Candidate for Tax Receiv er of Bibb County. Cir 1 JAMES R. McELMIIRRAY isa can didate for Tax Collector tor Bibb county, nt the elec tion in January next. Sept. 12 24 83T WILEY V. WAGNON is a candidate for Receiver of Tax Rcturnsof Bibb county, and will be supporied by MANY VOTERS. Sept 13 21 MISCELLANEOUS. The Seven Wonders of New England, IN THE EYES OF A SOUTHERN TRAVELLER. The following excellent article is from Skinner's val uable work, “The Plough, The Loom, and The Anvil.” The veteran editor wields his pen with unditninished rigor, and for purposes eminently practical and useful: 1. Every man living in a “bran spaning” new house, or one that Looks as if jt had been painted as white as snow within the past week. 2. Ali the houses ot wood, where all the the fences are of stone, which in some places lie so thick as to re quire to be removed at the rate ot a ton from six feet square. 3. Wood for house and kitchen all sawed and split, up into one uniform length and size, and snugly piled away under cover of an open shed so that the work of house and kitchen may suffer the least possible inter ruption—in a word, he sees a place for everything and every thing in its place. I 4. 1 lie care obvious.y bestowed in the saving und preparation of manure by accumulation and compost ing. 5. Universal attention to a good supply of fruits, adapted to the climate. 6. Not a poor or superfluous ox, cow, horse, hog, or sheep, the proportion of the short-lived expensive horse heingon every farm wisely and economically small. | ‘. Ihe seventh wonder is, after a day’s ride, (twenty live years ago, with great uniformity in their stages, at the rate of 7i miles an hour, now on railroads at the rate ot thirty,) where, in the name of all that is myste rious and inexplicable, are these people’s staple crops? What do they make tor sale ! Where are their stack yards of wheat, straw and fodder, and oats and rye ? w here their tobacco-houses, and their gin-houses, their great herds of cattle anti swine, rooting in the swamps, browsing in the fields, or reposing in the shade ? How is it that these people contrive to keep out of debt, and yet never repudiate ? How do they go on improving their rocky land, carrying tons of stun from the hills above to under-drain the meadows below ? building school-houses in sight of each othei,and expending mil lions on education, while buying for themselves, one a little bank stock, another a little railroad stock, and a little stock in a neighboring factory, at which he sells his milk and liis apples, his carrots and potatoes, once in a while giving SIOO an acre for a small iartn in his neighborhood ? Dear reader, toexplain all these wonders of New- Lngland thrift and go-atieadiiiveness in tu 1 would make a long story, but if you will turn back to the first page of the cover of this journal,you will see at once the key to the riddle ! There you see the secret by which alone poor land throughout a country can be prudently and economically made rich —for there you see the plough, the loom and the anvil, all close to each o’her, the first being the most prominent. It is there, and there only, where the cultivators of the sou have the wisdom to encourage all other branch eaot American industry, that you will ever see or hear ot ninety tons of milk and strawberries going by one road, in a single day, to be consumed before the milk can sour, by weavers, and blacksmiths, and shoema keis, and tailors, and churchmen and iaynien, printers and printer s devils ; and what is more, some of these ia^ e art * c^es S°*g iu °ne night probably at least 100 miles, to be eaten fresh the next morning for break fast . bo much for easy and expeditious channels of communication that concentration lays over the ground, to provide for the transportation ot the food that con centration only can bring out of the ground. It is in this that we find the secret for “making poor land rich. It is not all the premiums that can be of fered, nor prize essays, though they be spun out as long as the inain-top bowline, that can convert a poor ex hausted country into a rich one, and cause a flourishing agriculture and dense population to take the place of barrenness and dispersion. With good seed, good im pliiuents, abundant capital to buy manure, or time and skill to accumulate it, all accompanied witli good till age and good seasons, any one may make poor land productive ; but that is not the knowledge that is need ed—we have had that illustrated in practice,and told on paper in a thousand instances. Neither do we want militia musterings, nor martial music, nor rare-shows to attract gaping crowds of thoughtless spectators.— VV hat the agriculture ot old states neeos, with their thousands oi undrained and uncultivated lands, or lands exhausted ol their fertility, and stationary in population, is not the knowledge ot how to make, but where he can find a market tor what he could make, if there were people near, witli money in their pockets and mouths to be fed. Where is the farm, in Maryland or Virginia, that might not produce its bushels of strawberries and tons oi butter and cheese, and beets, and carrots, and pota toes, and cabbages, li there,as in New England, tiie plough, the loom and the anvil, the tanner, the shoe maker, and the butcher, were all at work in the sight and sound ot each other l Nor does anything conduce so much to general happiness as steady and habitual la bor —where labor is sure of its reward. All these re ““iw ”0 otwuiu nave unougnoui me country, nwe could have uniform, permanent and just encourage ment of American labor, as the fruit 01 a general na tional conviction tiiat American labor has a right to be protected against the over tasked, and under paid and badly fed labor of Europe ; and this is eminently due to the farmer, for it is he who wants prosperous, well paid, lutiorious consumers close at hand, tempting and re warding him tor bringing the food out of the richest lands. It is the farmer who is interested in carrying out the opinion of Mr. Jefferson, that “now we must place the manufacturer by the side of the agricultu rists. ” When this is done, and not until then, the fruits of the soil will pay tor the highest improvement the soil is susceptible of. Then will the farmers’ rich lands, which now he cannot afford to ditch and drain, be brought under the plough, and afford the means of re viving the hills that have been exhausted—then, in short, these okl Southern states with their vastly supe rior soil and climate, would rival and surpass Connec ticut Vermont and Massachusetts, and we should cease to hear complaint for want of capital foragricul turl improvement, for they would spin their own im provement out of their bowels, as the spider spius his web. Then might we find in these Southern states what a Southern man would scarcely credit, were it not relat ed on authority so unquestionable as Mr. Colman, who tells us, in his Agricultural Survey of Massachusetts, that in one county, to which was apportioned by the Legislature of the state $-',OOO of the surplus money distributed by the general Government, the county commissioners decided that it should be loaned out at interest on good security to the farmers, but—Southern reader, wouid you believe it, not a borrower could be found in the county ! In what community would such a phenomenon occur except where there js concentra tion ? Where the plough, the loom, and the anvil are working close together and prosprously ; where tons of strawberries are accompanied by tons of milk, and tons of carrots and potatoes are all borne along on the same road to till the belliesand bring back the money of the industrious and thriving customers—non-producers of agricultural produce. Old Billy the Fiddler. The following laughable anecdote we find among tlie correspondence ot the Charleston Evening News: A few days since l read, in the Courier, an anecdote of the notoriously amusing, witty and eccentric Judge Dooly of Geogia. It reminded me ot another very amusing incident to which the Judge was a party. At the time he was on the bench, there lived an individ ual in the shape of a negro, who laid claims to as much notoriety as the judge himself. He was commonly known as “ Billy, the Fidier.”* Billy, it not free, en joyed as much liberty, if not more, than any white man in the State. If going where we please, and when we please, without let or hindrance, to any partof the country, constitutes freedom, then he was as free as moral man could be. Billy’s fiddle was his constant com panion, in fact it was his other self, and he boasted a thorough acquaintance with all its merits, and was indeed, no slouch at the bow. He was in request at all the country gatherings, and has been sent for, many miles to officiate at a dance. It was hardly ever ne cessary to despatch a messenger tor him, as he was generally well posted in such matters and had a most capital “nose” tor a frolic, and could hunt out, as soon as the best dog in the country could, a covey of pat ridges. At this time such a thing as a French dancing mas ter was unknown, and the young folks were well satis fied to receive instruction in the mysteries of the reef, jig, &c., at the hands of our hero; and, in the capacity of teacher of dancing fiddler, and master of ceremo nies, he was extensively known. It was his custom to follow the Judge around the cir cuit, well knowing that court week was always prolific of frolic and fun. He w s a good story teller, and al ways kept.up a running accompaniment with his fiddle. He has often been seen, during the day, under the shade of some old oak on the court house square, contributing to the amusement 01 a large crowd which had con gregated around him, to listen to his ha?l story half song. Occasionally the boisterous mirth of his listeners was a source ot annoyance to the court and, more than once,he had been threatened by his Honor with a flogging if he did not keep less noise. At the time to winch we allude, there was a stay law in Georgia, commonly known ns the “ thirding law.” whereby a delendant tn execution could, by paying one third the amount and costa,prevent the sale ot his prop erty for twelve months. But enough by way oi pre face. Billy, ns usual, was under a tree not far from the court house, playing Ins fiddle and spinumg yarns. The court was in session, and sos Honor in no very amia ble mood. Ever and anon the proceedings were inter rupted by the loud, boisterous laughter ot Billy’s audi tors. The Judge at last became so much annoyed, that he ordered the sheriff to put a stop to the noise.— This caused a momentary cessation of their sport, but only momentary. The sheriff had hardly turned his back before Billy was at it again, as vigorous as ever.— The Judge sent another message, but it was of no use: Biliy hnd been reading grocery signs that morning or hail seem someone drinking, ami was in no humor to surrender the applause he was eliciting from liis friends Hr was in tor it, in spite of the court. His Honor then ordered the sheriff to give the rascal forty lashes save one. The officer proceeded at once to carry the sentence into execution Biliy looked quite crest fallen for the moment, hut soon recovered himself, and you could see a sort of under-current of mirth in’the expres sion of his face. He felt satisfied that he was too great a avorite with the she riff to suffer much under his hands. The operation of whipping commenced ; and as the blows were deliberately and carefully administered, with a due regard to our hero’s comfort, he, with a great deal of coolness,continued to count them, until he had numbered thirteen. He then suddenly turned upon the officer,and said,** Stop massa sheriff, don,i you hit mo anuder lick, sah.’’ “ Why?” says the sheriff.— “ Cause it's gainst do law,” said Billy. “ But ” said theofficer,“ the Judge said I must give yon thirty nine.” “ Yes,” says Billy, “ 1 knows Jat: but I claims de benefit obde third in law.” You well conceive the loud laugh which followed this saily. Billy was too much for the court, and execution was staid immedi ately. Green Tea and Black Tea. There are two or three opinions common in the Uni te J Statesabout green tea, which are great mistakes One is that the Chinese themselves do not use green tea : this is a mistake. But they don’t use such green tea as is used in England and America. They most commonly pick out the fine ami dried parts, and sep arate them, calling one gun powder, and another hy son and another hyson skin. The second mistake is that tiie green tea is made by roasting it on copper plates, which turns it green, and gives it its sharp astringent qualities. All the tea made Zeetuug (a good many thousand pounds) is fried about in iron pans. But it the Chinese do not make green tea on copper j pans, they do what is a great deal worse. They mix Prussian blue with what is sold to foreigners, which j gives it the greenish hliie color it so often has, and j something of its astringent qualities. Prussian bluets poison ; and the only reason why green tea does those j who use it at home so little harm is that it requires but j a small quantity to colora large amount of tiie tea.— But still small as the quantity is, it does hirrn ; and the I people not accustomed to the use of green tea, can hardly sleep after drinking it. You may almost al- I ways tell whether there is any Prussian blue in the tea, by drawing off the infusion and placing it in a white cup. It the infusion isperfectly clear, and of * a slightly satfron green color, it is ail right; but if it has a dirty appearance, as if there was coloring matter suspended in t , then then there is some of the Prussian ! blue, or something else there. The Chinese put the Prussian blue, and such stuffs in the tea, as foreigners have taken a notion that green tea is not green tee unless it is very green. People in- England and America don’t like green tea, such as the Chinese use,and won’t buy it. Well the Chinese are very accomodating zople, and they laugh in their big sieves, and say, “ rii,.ce foreigners want very green tea, we’ll give it to them, but they must pay us a little more for making it so green. Little green tea goeeto the United ritates, that has not more or less Piussian blue, or some other drug added to give it a high color. Scientific American. The American Standard. In the London Chronicle, of June, 1766, the then American Standard was thus described. I he colors of the Amerian fleet have a snake with thirteen rattles, the fourteenth budding described in the attitude of going to strike, with this motto,* Don’t tread on me.’ It is a rule in heraldry, that the worthy pro perties ot the animal in the crest bone shall be consider ed, and the base ones cannot be intended.—The an cients account a snake or serpent an emblem of wis dom, and, in certain attitudes, of endless duration.— The rattlesnake is pro erlya representative of Ameri ca,as this animal is found in no other part of the world. The eye ol this creature excels in brightness that of any other animal. Khe has no eye-lids, and. therefore an emblem of vigilance. She never begins an attack, nor ever surrenders ; she is therefore an emblem of mag nanimity and true courage. When injured or in danger ot being injured, she never wounds till she has given notice to her enemies of their danger. “No other of her kind showssoinuch generosity. When undisturbed and in peace, she does not appear to be furnished with weapons of any kind. They are latent in the roof of her mouth, and even when extend ed for her defence, appear to those unacquainte I with her to be weak and contemptible, yet her wounds, however small, are decisive and fatal. She is solitary and associates with her kind only when it is necessary for their preservation. Her poison is at once the ne* cessary means for digesting her food, and certain des truction to her enemies. The power of fascination at ,ICI u &>- uvivuo uwiuiiuvuuu, icacnaiiuo America. Those who look steadily oil her are delight* ed, and involuntarily advance towards her. She is fre quently found with thirteen rattles and they increase yearly. She is beautiful in youth and iu age. Her tongue is blue, and forked as the lightning. ” Deep Tiliage. The most enlightened Agriculturists of the present day, both in Europe and America, regard deep tillage as the basis of all good culture. If in farming it be so, and no man denies it, it is not less so in gardening. No one should for a moment, think of planting a gar den or an orchard until thorougnly trenched or subsoil plowed. In this country, during the growing season, a powerful sun and frequent drouths, during which we see plants growing on a thin surface so;* with an un moved hard pan beneath, flag,and actually shrivel up as a thirsty pot plant would. Dr. Lee states the reason forcibly. “Asa tight jug will prevent waier from run ning in as well as running out; boa compact, impervi ous subsoil will prevent the ascent of moisture in dry weather, to supply the roots of plants with their indis pensible water, as well as obstruct the decent of water when in excess on fields.” The experience of every cultivator will teach him this. How many thousands of young trees are lost in this country by being planted in a small hole on the surface of an impervious hard pan ! They may start and'grow during the showery weather of spring, but when three or four weeks of parching hot weather comes along in June, what becomes of them ? The young and feeble roots can find no food the leaves turn yellow, and the trees die. And then the query is propounded, “What killed my trees Even the present season, notwithstanding the great improvement that has been made on former practice* we have seen large quantities of trees dying by inches in this way. We have seen orchards planted on land subsoil plowed to the depth of 18 inches, and well man ured where in three years the trees had attained the size of 10 year old treess under the usual treatment. Tiie sim ple satisfaction of seeing trees grow in this way amply pays for the extta labor, but, not only trees grow taster, but the fruit is double the size, and fairer and finer every way. The Great Lakes. Professor Drake, of Cincinnati, has been making some observations on our inland seas and gives the result of them to the public. The chain ot takes extends over nearly eight and a half degress oflongitude in length. The extent of their surface is estimated at ninety three thousand square miles ; and the area of country drained by them is computed at 400,- 000 square miles. Their relative sizes are as follows: Ontario, 5,300 square miles; Erie, 9,600; St. Clair, 360 : Huron, 20,400; Michigan, 24.- 400; Superior. 22,000. “ The average depth of water in the differ ent hikes is a question upon which there is no certain information. Authorites differ. Dr. Drake gives it as follows: —St. Clair 20 feet; Erie 84; Ontario 500; Superior 900; Huron and Michigan 1,090. “Inour standard wmrks, Lake Erie is usual ly stated to have a depth of about 120 feet. The deepest soundings have been made in Lake Huron. Oft Saginaw Bay 1800 feet of line have been sent down without finding bottom. “ The attitude of these lakes varies step by step from Ontario to Superior. Lake Ontario is 232 feet above the tide water of the St. Lawrence. Erie is 333 feet above Ontario,and 565 teet above the tide water at Albany. St. Clair ts six feet higher than Erie ; Huron and Michigan are thirteen teet above St. Clair, and Superior lies forty feet above them. This shows the curious fact that while the surface of the Huron is 684 feet above the level of the ocean, its bottom at Saginaw Bay is more than 1100 feet below the same level. “ The waters of these lakes, w ith the excep tion ot Erie and St. Clair, are remarkable tor their transparency and delicious flavour. Os lake Huron, Professor Drake ascertained that the water at the surface, and two hundred feet below at the same place, indicated precisely the same temperature, namely fifty six de VOL. XXVI.—No. 27. grees. His explanation of this fact is this : the waters are so pore that the rays of the tuu meet witli no solid matter in suspension to ar rest and retain the heat. .Mechanics, When a mechanic, by his industry or skill, or by fortunate combination of circumstances, which confer no honor on himself’, emerges trom obscurity and poverty, and rolls amid all the luxuries ol uncounted wealth, he often seeks to forget hia origin ki deference to the blind prejudices ol society, and the dictates of a perverted and flattered heart, worse than cowardly, denies himself to his great family kindred, and turns up his pampered nose at the mere mention of a mechanic. The facts speak stronger than words. Why should mechanics, who combine and exhibit in their diversified range the highest and most plastic energies of genius, on wiiose laborious nevei-tiring skill. | wealth and luxury depend, and to whose pow er pride is subservient in its swelling “pomp . and circumstance.” be treated as inferior be ! * n gs among the mass of humanity? Merit ! should be the passport to society and consider ation ; and the state of society will be artificial j an d diso-dered until merit shall be thus re l . W e will admit that the inferior es timation in which mechanics are regarded, is to some extent attributable to their own fault. They do not sufficiently respect themselves. They do not assert and properly defend their rights. Let them, as a class, bestow more at tention on themselves —cultivate a greater dignity and polish of manners, and attend gen erally to those minor accomplishments which constitute, in the eye of a correct, not a sickly taste, the true gentleman. They will thus commend themselves as the representatives ol that skill and genius which they exhibit in their various departments, and he respected as such delegates, unencumbered by facti tious impediments. We think we see in the movements of the age a progressive tendency to their elevation. It is not the Agrarian principle ol equality in spite of dollars and cents ! It is founded in the recognition of the internal man, in whatever guise he may be found—the valuation of the jewel in the midst of repulsive incrustation—the discernment of the true ore. though deeply imbedded in the common earth. It is the test of equality to which the great Scottish poet alludes— “ The rank is but the guinea’s stamp, The man’s the gowd for a’ that.” The operation of our democratic institutions is helping on this moral consummation. It b planting on every side free puhlic lihraries. and other means for the development and improve ment of the mind and heart, and offering all fa cilities, in spite of the disparities of external advantages, to achieve an equality with t*~ highest standards of mental and moral exc lence. We say then to the mechanic, lift you eyes to the standard and keep it in view. Do your part in the movements of the day, and compel, by your eflorts. the recognition of your just position.— Scientific American Faithfulness. j The wildest robber of the Bedouin tribes ! will never violate the laws of hospitality to a j guest who has once tasted of his salt. In Price’s Mahommedan History we have an ex ample of the strength of this bond. Yaakooob. the son of Eb-Says Es Suiter, “having adopted a predatory life, excavated a passage one night into the palace ot’ Dirken I the governer of Seestars, and after he hait \ made up a convenient bale ot gold and jevvel and the most costly stuffs, was proceeding to carry it off. when he happened in the dark, to strike his foot against something hard on the floor. Thinking it might be a jewel ol’somt: sort or other, he picked it up, and put it to his umj 111S ivu.... it to he a piece of rock salt. For having thus tasted the salt of the owner, his avarice gave way to his respect for the laws of hospitality, and throwing down his precious booty, he left it behind him and withdrew empty handed to his habitation. The treasurer of Dirhem re pairing on the following day according to cus tom to inspect his charge was equally srupris ed and alarmed at observing that a great par; ol the treasure and other valuables had beet; removed; but. on examining the package which lay on the floor his astonishment not less to rind that not a single article had been conveyed away. The singularity Oi the circumstance induced him to rejtort it immedi ately to his master ; and the latter causing it to be proclaimed through the city, that ‘the author ot this proceeding had his free pardon further announced that on repairing to the palace he would be distinguished by the most encouraging marks of favor. Yaakoob avail ed himselt ot this invitation, reiving upon the promise, tvhich was fulfilled to him. and from that period he gradually rose in power, until he became the founder of the dynasty. A Good Hint to the (npicked. An old lady, resident of a neighboring place kept a large family of turkeys, perhaps sixty! like a great many other people, thought a great deal of her turkeys, consequently valued them very highly. Opposite her door was a “ VVest India Goods Store.” The man who kept it, one day emptied his cask of cher ries, intending to replace them with new This old lady being economical, thought it a great pity to have all these cherries wasted and in order to have them saved, she would drive over her turkeys and let them eat them In the course of the day the old lady thought she would look after them and see they were in no mischief. She approached the yard and 10. in one corner lay her turkeys in one huge pile. dead. “Yes. they were stone dead.” What was to be done ? Surely, the old matron could not lose the feathers? She must pick them ! She called her daughter and picked them, intending to have them buried in the morning. Morning came, and behold there were the turkeys stalk ing about the yard featherless enough, (as may be supposed.) crying out “quit, quitfee |* n & ao doubt, mortified that their drunken fit had been the means of losing their coats. Poor things, if they had said “ quit ” before they begun, they would not have been in this fi x - We would advise all young men who arc in the habit of drinking, to leave off before they get picked ; and to those who do not, let every young lady say “ quit.” General Taylor on the eve of the Battle of Buena Vista. On the 21sl February, 1847, when the countless army of Santa Anna had taken up their position at Buena Vista, to vanquish the Spartan band of citizen soldiers under the command of Gen. Taylor, this pure and brave man thus wrote in a private letter to a friend : This may be the fast communication you will recieve from me: I have been stripped by the government of regular troops and re duced in volunteers, and thus stripped and at the mercy of the foe, have been expected to retreat or resign; but 1 shall do neither. I care not for myself, but feel deeply for the noble soldiers who are about to be sacrificed for their country—we shall stand still and give them battle, relying on a just Providence for a right result.” My Stars and Garters. N. P. Willis bought a pair of garters at a German fair, painted in imitation of a wreath ot flowers, with a verse inscribed on them, which he translates as fol lows : When night with morning lingers, Awake and stirring be, And with your pretty fingers Clasp this about your knee. When day with eve repoees, And stars begin to see, Unclasp this band of roses, And,dearest think of me! .