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May Day Festival.
Ia the lime Gazette, we see a notice of the celebra
tion of the May-day Festival in the town of Greesbor
oiigh, in which several of the songs, sung by the young)
Ladies are published. YYe find them so beautiful and
appropriate, that we cannot resist giving them a place
in oar columns :
SONG OF TIIE FLOWERS.
We are the flowers, the fair young flowers,
That come at the voice of Spring,
To deck, with our beauty the sylvan bowers,
And purtume the zephyr’s wiug.
The blushing Rose and the Violet meek,
With the hue of mom on its timid check.
The Daisy that blooms in the quiet dell,
The Jessamine sweet, and the Heather-bell.
The Mary gold. Dahlia and Sunflower too,
And the “proud Hollyhock with its gaudy hue,
The Lilv, whose home is the pensive spot.
Where it sighs to the gentle Forget-me-not.
MUSIC OF TIIE FLOWERS.
Would'** iliou know what sounds arc stealing
Thro’ these fair and rural bowers?
’Tis no angel voice that greets thee,
Bat the music of the flowers
Angel eyes perchance are bending
O'er our silkeu leaves the while;
Truth and innocence are blending
In our lond and tender smile;
List thse, then, for we are telling
Os a song tliat ne’er shall cease.
We are nature's artless minstrels,
She has taught the lays we sing;
• To the woin and weary spirit
Thoughts of happiness we bring.
In thine ear we softly whisper
When the earth is lulled to peace;
List thee, then, for we are telling
Os a song that ne’er shall cease.
SONG OF THE HEATHER-BELLS.
We come from the hill-side, we come from the vale,
We bring the soft kissol the bright summer gale;
We greet you with rapture, oh, beautiful throtig,
For we are the Heather-bells —list to our song.
When falls the pale leaf from these delicate bowers,
We toll the sad knell of the innocent flowers;
But when the gay spring decks the woodland and glen,
The Heather-bells blithely are chiming again.
We come front the hill-side, our Queen to adorn
With the hues that have slept on the bosom of morn;
With raptures we greet you, oh, beautiful throng,
For we are lh Heather-bells—list to our song.
MISSION OF THE FLOWERS.
We go to fulfil our glad mission to earth.
We praise the G real Being who gave us our birth,
And lessons of meekness and love we impart,
And whisper of Hope to the desolate heart.
In the chamber ol sorrow how oft we appear,—
And our leaves areimpearled with affection’s warm tear,
We hush the sad moatiings of sickness and pain.
And restore to the cheeks its bright blushes again.
We smile in the palace, we bloom in the cot,
And there is the dearest, the loveliest spot,
F..r we list to the prayers that at evening ascend,
Where peace and contentment with innocence blend.
O'er th'graves where the loved and cherished ones a • p
We tenderly bow, aud we silently weep;
Well ever proclaim to the creatures of earth.
The goodness of Him who has given us birth.
Lady Occupants of the White House at Wash
ington.
Mr-. Adams was the first occupant of the White
House at Washington; but, as we have stated, the resi
dence of her family there was a very brief one; between
three and four months only. She took leave of the new
-• at of government without regret, and joyfully repair
el lo the peaceful retirement of Quincy in Massachusetts,
where, with her venerable husband, she passed the
evening of her life, and died in Isis.
Mr. Jefferson took possession of the Presidential Man
sion in IsOI, on the retirement of his predecessor. The
edifice erected for the President’s accommodation had
not then acquired the name of the White House, but its
walls of light gray freestone, which were not painted
white until 1816, presented even then an unposiug ap
; • .ranee, although the infant metropolis was a cam par-
Ure wilderness. The president's House stood uncu
ciosed, on a piece of waste and barren ground, separa
ted from the capitol by an almost impassable marsh.
When Mr. Jeflerson came into the Presidency he had
been about nineteen years a widgwer, his wife having
died in 1782. She was Mrs. Martha Skelton, a widow
of twenty-three years of age, when she married Mr. Jef
terson, in 1772, and was daughter of John Wayles, an
eminent lawyer of Virginia, who left her a considerable
fortune. By that lady, Mr. Jefferson had three daugh
ters, one of whom died young; one marr ed John W.
Fp[>es, for some time a member of Congress, and the
other married Thomas M. Randolph,afterwards Govcrn
er of the State of Virginia Mrs. Hopes died in IS'M,
while Mr. Jefferson was President; Mrs Randolph sur
vived him. As Air. Jefferson disliked form and parade,
levees were dispensed with, and he steadily refused to
conform to the etiquette and customs which had pre
vailed during the presidencies of his predecessors.—
His own position as a widower, in his hftv-eigth year;
the plain aud unpretending manners of his daughters,
and the condition of society, then iu a state of formation
at Washington, were circumstances which concurred in
seconding his views. But although fixed days for le
vees or drawing rooms were dispensed with, we hare
understood, from the late Mrs. Madison herself, that par
ties and other social entertainments were frequent at the
President’s llousoduring Mr. Jefferson's administration.
That mansion was the seat of hospitality; and in the
absence of Mr. Jefferson's daughters, Mrs. Madison,
whose husbabd was then Secretary of State, presided
when female guests were present. Mr. Madisou’s col
leagues in the cabinet were Gal!at : n, Dearborn and
Robert Smith, who, with their families and those of
their political friends who came with them to the capi
tal to till the various places under government, made
up the principal portion of society at the new metropo
lis. The circle of society at that time was. of course,
very limited in its extent, aud very simple in iu habits.
The most friendly aud social intercourse prevailed
through all its parts, unshackled by etiquette ana ceremo
ny. The President and cabinet were united in feeling, ami
Ike one family in general sympathy aud familiar inter
course. One who knew Mr. Jeflerson at this time, inform
ed us that, in his study, the President appeared careless
and slovenly in his dress, but when present at dinners or
evening parties, his costume and whole appearance were
such, as became a dignified gentleman and President of
! - se b uited States. After the President’s, the house of
the Secretary of State (Mr. Madison t was the resort %f
ri'-t company. The frank and cordial manners of its
tui-tress, gave a peculiar charm to the frequent parties
there assembled.
Mrs. Madison may bo considered the founder of the
•'residential levees and etiquette at the White House,
’“ ie customs and formalities introduced by Mrs. YY'ash
uisrton and Mrs. Adams, at New York and Philadelphia,
.vuig been done away with, as already mentioned by
-tr. Jefferson. Mrs. Madison was about twenty yeans
younger than her husband, whom she married in 1794,
|\’ n he was iu his forty-third year. She was then the
w.uow ot a lawyer of Pennsylvania, named Todd, who
111 hss than three years after marriage. Her mai-
YY^ 16 hfollv Paine, and her father who beloug
, boeiety of Friend*, had removed from Virginia
fiiiadelphia. She was always admired for her
anth* e I l uann * r8 > her fiue, tall and graceful person.
," v| .* r talents in conversation. With an amiable dis
'” , T’ a , m an< * dignified deportment, few Ameri
go \ rT ° ave . been more distinguished than Mrs. Madi
nv k..'j Ui f various high stations she was called to occu-
Af. adorn through a long life,
of u. r w ’ ye* l * residence at the hospitable mansion
ivfowlr*?” 1 ’ k' s lad y accompanied him to Washitig-
We hrof S?, lo l*. u P their residence in April, 1801.
Secreurr D °f ‘“® neuc * which she, as wife of the
netr eire T i >,a, f’, ac< t u * r ed in the social circles of the
•here in .l 1 ~u r * ew4 which might have prevailed
th* chin r • P ecu l u ‘ r . 9t *te of society, was dissipated bv
-! ' w * mnocent gayety which she uifnsed
IRorgk Joitnwl mti? illcssctigcv.
aud encouraged by her example. The kindly feelings
cultivated by Mrs. Madison, triumphed over the ani
mosity of party spirit, and won a popularity for her
husband which “his lofty reserve aud cola manners would
have failed iu affecting
Iu \\ ashingtou, the day of Air. Madisou’s inaugura
tion as President, March 4, 1800, was a day of jubilee.
Gladness and k indues.- seemed the universal feeling.—
Every face beamed with smiles of gratulation, and eve
ry hand was stretched out in cordial greeting. A resi
dence of eight years in the city, by making Mr. and Mrs.
Madison well known, had obtained for them a regard,
warm and sincere. After Air. Jeflerson left the city for
his seat in Virginia, Mr. Madison removed to the Presi
dent's House, which became the centre of a gay and
brilliant circle, and yet of social and delightful society.
In addition to dining patties every week, a drawing
room was now opened, where the beauty and fashion of
the nation found the best theatre for display. Those
who remembered the stiff formality aud strict ceremo
nials ot Airs. \\ ashington’s drawing room, anticipated a
renewal of the same dull scene. But Mrs. Aladisou was
a foe to dullness in every form, even when invested
with the dignity which high ceremonial could bestow.
All unnecessary etiquette was banished, and no requisi
tions were made beyond those which regulated good so
ciety in private houses.
In August, lsl4, the tranquility of the White House
was disturbed by the British invasion. On the advance
of the troops of the eoemy towards Washington, Mrs.
Madison was left in charge of the house by her husbatid,
who had gone to join the American General, who com
manded the militia called out for the defence of the city.
.She remained until tho British cannon announced tluir
arrival in the immediate vicinity, evincing great pre
sence of mind, and nuking every effort to save every
thing of the most value in the house. The conflagra
tion of the public holdings followed the entrance
of the enemy into the city, and the President and
his family found only blackened walls at their resi
dence, on tbeir return to the city, when the British had
retired. During the remainder of Air. Madison’s presi
dential term, which expired in March, 1817, he resided
in a private house in Washington, where, however, he
received company with undiminished hospitality. His
departure from the city to his retirement in Virginia,
was lamented by the citizens with whom his family for
sixteen years, had lived ou terms of reciprocal kindness.
There was no material change at the White House du
ring the eight years’ presidency of Mr. Monroe. He had
commenced his residence at Washington iu 1811, asotie
of Mr. Madison’s cabinet, aud of course had been fa
miliar with the seat of government for about six years
before he was inaugurated President, March 4, 1817.
Mrs. Monroe was a lady well qualified to succeed Airs.
Madison in doing tlie honors of the Presidential Man
sion. She was a daughter of Mr. L. Kortright, of the
city of New York, and was married to Air. Monroe
about 178-5, while he was attendingthe Continental Con
gress, as a member from Virginia. This lady had been
celebrated in the fashionable circles of Loudon and Paris
tor her beauty and accomplishments, and iu married life
she was exemplary, as well as an ornament to the society
in which she was called to act during the scenes of her
husband’s career. She had two little children, both
daughters, one of whom married George Ilay, Esq., of
Richmond; the other was the wife of Samuel L. Gou
verneur, Esq , of New York.
The late J. Fenunorc Cooper, in his ‘‘Notions of the
Americans, by a Travelling Bachelor,” describes society
aud other matters in Washington during the presidency
of Mr. Monroe. lie says: “On Wednesday, Airs. Alonroe
opened her doors to all the world. No invitation was
necessary, it being the usage for the wife of the Presi
dent to receive once a fortnight, during the session,
without distinction of persous. We reached the White
House at nine. The court (or rather the grounds j was
tilled with carriages, and the company was arriving in
great numbers. On this occasion, two or three addi
tional drawing rooms were opened, though the frugali
ty of Congress has prevented them from finishing the
iirinciple reception room of the buildiug. 1 will ac
tnowiedgesurpiiseht finding the assemblagesorespccta
ble in air, dress and deportment. The ‘evening’ at the
White House, or the drawing room, as it is sometimes
pleasantly called, is, in fact, a collection of all classes of
people who choose to go to the trouble aud expense of
appearing in dresses suited to an ordinary evening par
ty. lam not sure that even dress is much regarded;
for I certainly saw a good many men there in boots. The
females were all neatly and properly attired, though
few were ornamented with jewelry. Os course, the
poorer and laboring classes of the community would
find little or no pleasure iu ouch a scene. They conse
quently stay away.”
“Squeezing through the crowd, wc achieved a pas
sage to a part ot the room, where Airs. Alonroe was
standing, surrounded by a bevy of female lriends. Af
ter making our bows here, we sought the President.—
The latter had posted himself at the top of the room,
where he remained most of the ereuing, shaking hands
with all who approached. Near him stood all the Sec
retaries, and a great number of the most distinguished
men of the nation. Individuals of importance trout all
parts of the Union were also here, aud were employed
in the manner usual to such scenes ”
There was a great improvement in society at Wash
ington, both as to numbers, style, and etiquette, during
the Presidency of Mr. Monroe The families of the Se
cretaries, viz:— Messrs. Adams, Cranford, Calhoun,
Thompson aud .Southard, and those of other officers of
government, added much to the brilliancy aud attrac
tion of the social circles at the Metropolis- A kind and
liberal spirit prevailed during the “era of good feeling,”
at the period of this administration; and on the 4th of
Alarch, 1825, John Quincy Adams succeeded Air. Alou
roe under favorable auspices.
Air. Adams, as .Secretary of State, had resided at
Washiugtou during the eight years of Air. Alouroe’s
term. His wife was highly accomplished, and well
qualified to fulfil the duties of the new station to which
she was called. Her ntaideu name was Louisa Cathe
rine Johnson. She was the daughter of Joshua Johnson,
Esq., of Mart land, who resided in London when liis
<!augh:er was married to Mr. Adams, in May, 17“7. By
him she had four children, three sons and one daught
er, of whom one only—Charles Adams, of Boston —sur-
vived the parents. The writer of this sketch attended
one of Mr. Adams levees, in January, 182s, when there
was a huge and brilliant assemblage at the White House.
Airs. Ada.ns received the company with grace and dig
nit v. Tea, coffee, and other light refreshments were
served to the crowd of guests, —but this custom went
soon out of use.
General Jackson canic into the Presidency a widower
and childless. Airs. Jackson died in Tennessee, a short
time after his election, and before his departure front
the Hermitage to Washington. The absence ot any
presiding lady, and the peculiar situation ot the Presi
dent in his domestic relations, rendered the W bite
House gloomy and unattractive iu the early part of Gen
eral Jackson’s Presidency- But his adopted son and
private secretary, Andrew Jackson Donelson. having
married a ladv of Tennessee, Airs. Donelsou received
companv at the Presidential mansion for the whole or
part of General Jackson's last tern.
When Air. Van Buren succeeded General Jackson, as
President, in Alarch, 1537, lie bad been a widower about
nineteen years. He had married, in 1806, Aliss Hannah
Hoes, of Columbia county, N. Y., and that lady died in
1 si 8, leaving to her husband four sons. Although
there was no lady to preside at the White House, when
Air. Van Buren entered it as President, yet it was open
ed iwriodically, as had been the custom, to the public,
and the honors of dining parties and drawing rooms
were jierformed by the President with his well-known
tact and jioliteness. He always produced the most fa
vorable impressions on strangers of both sexes to whom
he was introduced. During his Presidential term, his
son, .Major Abraham Van Buren married a daughter of
Colonel Singleton, of South Carolina, and that lady for
a brief |>eriod, presided at the drawing rooms.
During the brief month in which Geueral Harrison
occupied the Presidencv, his wife remained at his resi
dence at North Bend, Ohio. He left one son and three
daughters, all living at or near North Bend. His fe
male relatives, who were present in the executive man
sion, at the time of his decease, were. Airs. AVilliam
Harrison, his sou’s w idow, and Airs. Taylor, of Rich
mond, his niece.
The family of John TH ler, who succeeded Gen. Harri
son, in April, 1841, consisted of his wife, three sons aud
three daughters. The maiden name of Airs. Tyler was
Lotitia Christian; she was a daughter of Robert Chris
tian, of Virginia, and was married to Air. Tyler in 1813.
She was a lady much esteemed lor her many social vir
tues. It was but seldom that she was seen iu society
at Washington, on accoant of her ill health, and she
died in that city in September, 1842. Ilcr daughters,
and Airs Robert Tyler, who was a daughter of the late
Thomas A. Cooper,” tragedian, of New A ork, received
companv at the AA bite House. In June, l>4t, Presi
dent Tiler was married at New A’ork, to Aliss Julia
Gardiner, daughter of the late Hon. David Gardiner,
of that city, a lad v much admired by an extensive circle
of friends and acquaintances, for her beauty, accom
plishments and amiable character. During the season
m which she presided at the White House, she attrac
ted great attention bv her polite and pleasing manners
towards visitors, and her fine conversational powers,
which had long given her a high rank in the fashiona
ble circles of New A'ork and other cities.
The wife of President Polk was a highly accomplish
ed ladv of Tennessee, celebrated for her beauty and
pleasing manners, as well as for her Christian virtues.
Her draw ing rooms at the White House w ere among
the most brilliant and attractive which have ever been
held there; and her concluding levee, on the Ist of
Alarch. 1"4?, was perhaps the most splendid assemblage
of ladies and gentlemen which has been seen in this
country, not less than five thousand persous, it was be
lieved, being present on the occasion.
Many of these had come to Washington to witness
the inauguration of General Taylor, on the sth of
Alarch, 184t*. When a lieutenant in the U. S. Army,
General Tavlor married Alargarct Smith, of Alarvland,
a sister of the late Alaj. R. S. Smith, of the Alarine
Corps. Their children were one son and three daugh
ters ; the youngest of the latter married Col. Bliss, of
the army,"and. on account of the delicate health of her
mother, Airs. Bliss did the honors of the White House.
She was a lady much admired by all who saw’ her, as
she was highly esteemed by the circle of her acquain
tance. Lady Emmeline Stuart Wortley, who visited
this country iu 184fi, says of the President and liis
daughter—“ General Taylor received us most kindly.
He had two Councils to preside over this morning; and
when w e first arrived at the White House he was actu
ally engaged in an extra session of couucil fthe cabinet)
—m short, overwhelmed with business. Airs. Bliss, the
charming daughter of the President, was in the draw
ing room when we first went in. Mrs. Taylor has deli
cata health, and doc* not do the honors of the Presi
dential Mansion. Airs. Bliss received us niostcordially
and courteously, saying her father would conte as soon
as his presence could be dispensed with. Presently af
ter, the President made his appearance; his mauners
are winoingly frank, simple and kind, and though char
acteristically distinguished by much straight forward
ness, there is not the slightest roughness in his address.
There was a quick, keen, eagle-like expression in the
eye, which in remiudeed a little of the Duke of Wel
lington.
“ I was quite soi-ry when the time came for us to
leave the White House. The President insisted most
courteously on conducting us to our carriage, and, bare
headed, he handed us in, standing on the steps till we
drove off, and cordially reiterating many kind and
friendly wishes for our prosperous journey, aud health
and safety.”
The advent of Air. Fillmore to the Presidenc}', on the
death of General Taylor, in July, 1850, added another
to the galaxy of worthy representatives of American
ladies who have presided at the Presidential Mansion,
in the person oi Airs. Fillmore. This lady’s maiden
name was Powers, and she was a native of Cayuga
county, New A’ork. Her levees, in doing the honors of
which” she was assisted by her daughter, have been ad
mirably managed, and always attended by the fashion
able arid intelligent who have visited AVashington lor
the last three years. Airs. Fillmore died Alarch 30th,
1353, only twenty-six days after leaving the Presiden
tial Alansion, universally beloved and lamented.
It remains only to speak to Airs. Pierce, the wife of
our present President, whose advent into the honors of
their high position has been marked with mourning for
the loss’ of their only son, and the last of three chil
dren who have been born to them, and died in child
hood. Airs. Pierce is the daughter of Rev. Mr. Apple
ton, of Alaine, and, like all lier predecessors at the
White House, carries there au enviable reputation for
those qualities of mind which are alike admired in the
domestic and social circles.
Speculation in Whiskers.
BY SOL. SMITH.
There lived in Milledgeville, in 1832, a dandified in
dividual whom wc will call Jenks. This individual had
a tolerable favorable opinion of his personal appear
ance. His lingers were hooped with rings, ana his
shirt bosotu was decked with a magnificent breast pin ;
coat, hat, vest, and boots were made exactly to fit; he
wore kid gloves of remarkable whiteness; his hair was
oiled and dressed in the latest and best style; and, to
complete iii killing appearance, he sported an cuor
>n “tpair < t Heal iVhiskerr ! Os these whiskers, Jenks
was as proud as a young cat is of her tail, when she
first discovers she has one.
1 was sitting one day iu a broker’s office, when Jenks
eatne in and inquired the price of Exchange on New
Vork, He was invited to sit down, and a cigar was of
fered him. Conversation turuingon the subject of buy
ing and selling stocks, a remark was made by a gentle
man present, that he thought no persons should sell
out stock in such and such a bank at that time,
as it m:/ get better in a few days.
“ I will sell any thing I’ve got, if I can make any
thing on it,” rciiuu ked Jenks.
“Oh, no,” replied one—“not any thing—you wouldn’t
sell your whir.lt /•.”
A loud laugh followed this chance remark. Jenks
immediately : “I would—but who would want
them? Any person making the purchase would not
make monev by the operation, Pin thinking.”
“ Well,” 1 observed, “ I would be willing to take the
speculation, if the price could be made reasonable.”
“ I’ll sell ’em cheap,” answered Jenks, w inking at
the gentlemen present.
“ What do you call cheap?” I inquired.
“I’ll sell ’em for fifty dollars,” Jenks answered, puf
fing forth a cloud of smoke across the counter, and re
peating the w ink.
“ Well, that ir cheap ; and you'll sell your whiskers
for fifiv dollars?”
“ I will.”
“ Both of them ?”
“ Both of them.”
“ I'll take them! When can I have them ?”
“ Any time you choose to call for them.”
“ Very well, they are mine. I think I shall double
my money on them, at least.”
I took a bill as follows:
“Received of Sol. Smith, Fifty Dollar*, in full foi my
crop of whiskers, to be worn and taken care of by me,
and delivered to him when called for. J. Jenks.
The sum of tiftv dollars was paid, and Jenks left the
broker’s in high glee, flourishing five,Central Bank X’s,
and telling all his acquaintances of the great bargain lie
hud made in the sale of w hiskers.
The broker and his friends laughed at me for being
taken in so.nicelv. “Never mind,” said I, “let those
laugh that win ; I’ll make a profit out of those whiskers,
depend upon it.”
For a month afier this, whenever I met Jenks he ask
ed me when I intended to call for my whiskers.
“I'll lift YOU know wlion I viraut tboiu/’ wua alwaya
my answer. “Take good cm cos them—oil them occa
sionally ; I shall call lor them one of these davs.”
A splendid ball was to be given to the members of the
legislature. I ascertained tliat Jenks was to be one of
Ibe managers—he being a great ladies’ mail, ion account
of liis whiskers, I supposed,; and it occurred to ine that
before the ball took place I might as well call for uiy
whiskers.
One morning I met Jenks in a barber’s shop. He
was adonizing before a large mirror, and combing up
my whiskers at a devil of a rate.
“Ah, there you are, old fellow,” said he, speaking to
my reflection in the glass, “Come for your w hiskers, I
suppose ?”
“Oh, no hurry,” 1 replied, as I sat down for a shave.
“Always ready, you know,” he answered, giving a fi
nal tie to his cravat.
“Come to think of it,” I said musingly, as the barber
began to put the lather on my lace, “perhavs now would
be as good a time as another, you may sit down and let
the barber try liis hand at the whiskers.
“A’ou couldn’t wait until to-morrow, could you ?” he
asked, hesitatingly. “There is a ball to-night, you
know.”
“To be sure there is, and I think you ought to go
with a clean face; at all events I don’t see any reason
why you should expect to wear my whiskers to that
ball; so sit down.”
He rather sulkily obeyed, and in a few moments his
cheeks were in a jieifect foam of lather. The barber
flourished his razor, and was about to commence opera
tions, when 1 suddenly changed my mind!
“Stop, Air. Barber,” 1 said, “you need not shave off
those whiskers just yet ” So he quietly put up his ra
zor, while Jenks started up chair iujsoiiiething
terv much resembling a passion.
“This is trilling!” he exclaimed. “A’ou have claimed
your whiskers—take them.”
“I believe a man lias a right to do as he pleases with
his own property,” 1 remarked, and left him washing
his face.
At dinner that day the conversation turned upon the
whisker affair. It seems the whole town had got wind
of it; Jenks amid not walk the streets without the re
mark being continually made by the boys—“ There goes
the man with Old Sol’s whiskers!” And they had
grown to an immense size, for he dared not trim them.
In short, I became convinced that Jenks was waiting
very impatiently for me to assert my rights on the pro
perty. It happened that several ot the party were sit
ting opposite me at diuner, who were present when the
bargain was made, and they all urged ine to take the
whiskers that very day, ami thus conqiel Jenks to go to
the ball whiskerless, or stay at home. I agreed with
them it was about the time to reap my crop, and promis
ed that if all would meet me at the brokers shop, where
the purchase had been made, I would make a call on
Jeuks that evening, after lie had dressed for the ball.—
All promised to be present at the proposed shaving ope
ration in the broker’s office, and I sent for Jenks and
the barber. Ou the appearance of Junks, it was evident
he was much vexed at the sudden call upon him, and
his vexation was certainly not lessened when he saw
the broker’s office was filled to overflowing by specta
tors anxious to behold the barbarous proceedings.
“Come, be in a hurry,” he said, as lie took a seat, and
Icaucd his head against the counter for support, “I can’t
stay here long ; several ladies are waiting for me to es
cort them to the ball.”
“True, very true, you arc one of the managers—l re
collect Mr. Barber, don’t detain the gentleman—go to
work at once.”
The lathering was soon over, and with about three
strokes of the razor, one side of hisface was deprived of
its ornament!
“Come, come,” said Jenks, “push ahead, there is no
time to be lost. Let the gentleman have his whiskers
—he is impatient ”
“Not at all,” I replied, coolly. “I’m in no sort of hur
ry, myself—and now I think of it, as your time must be
precious at this particular hour, several ladies being iu
waiting for you to escort them to the hall, I| believe
I'll not take the other whisker to-niyht /”
A loud laugh from the bystanders and a glance in the
mirror, caused Jenks to open bis eyes to the ludicrous
appearance he cut with his single whisker, and he be
gan to insist upon my taking the whole of my property !
But all wouldn’t do. I had a right to take it when I
chose—l was not obliged to take all at once; and I
chose to take but half at that particular period. Indeed,
I intimated to him very plainly that I was not going to
be a very hard creditor; and that if he behaved himself,
perhaps I should never call for the balance he owed me.
When Jenks became convinced I was determined not
to take the remaining whisker, he began, amidst the
loudly expressed mirth of the crowd, to propose terms
of compromise—first ottering me ten, then twenty, thir
ty, forty, fitly! to take off the remaining whisker. 1
said firmly—“My dear sir, there is no use of talking; 1
insist on your wearing that whisker tor ine for a mouth
or two.”
“AVhat will you take for the whiskers?” lie at length
asked. “Won't vou sell them back to me?”
“Ah,” replied i, “now you begin to talk as a business
man should. A’es, 1 bought them on speculation—l’ll
sell them if I cau obtain a good price.”
“What is your price ?”
“One hundred dollars—must double my money,”
“Nothing less?”
“Not a farthing less—and I’m not anxious to sell even
at that price.”
“Well, I’ll take them,” he groaned, “there’s your mo
ney ; and here, barber, shave oft’ this infernal whisker
in “less than no time—l shall be late at the ball.”
The barber accomplished his work, and poor Jenks
was whiskerless! Jenks went to the ball, but before
the night was over, he wished he hadn't!
The Last Moments or Rob Rot.—His death-bed
wasin character with his life. When confined to bed,
MACON, GEORGIA, WEDNESDAY, MAY 18, 1853.
a person with whom he was at enmity proposed to visit
hun. “ Raise me up,” said Rob Roy to his attendants
“ dress me in my best clothes, tie on my arms, place
me in inv chair. It shall never be said that Rob Roy
Macgregor was seen defenceless and unarmed bv an
enemy. liis wishes were executed, and he received
his guest courtesy. AATien he had departed, the dving
chief exclaimed, “ It is all over now—put me to bed—
call in the piper, and let him play.” He was obeyed—
he died, it is said, before the air was finished. His tem
pestuous life was closed at the farm of Inverlochlar ig
beg (the scene, afterwards, of his son’s frightful crimes,)
in the Braes of Balquhidder. He died in 1735, and liis
remains repose in the parish church-yard, beneath a
stoue upon which some admirer of this extraordinary
man lias carved a sword. His funeral is said to have been
attended bv all ranks of people, and a deep regret was
expressed for one whose character had much to recom
mend it to the regard of Highlanders.
A Fair Understanding.
In” the columns of Punch there has lately appeared a
series of honeymoon scenes between a romantic young
bride and a quizzical good fellow of a bridegroom. Here
is a bit from the last portion of it. The fond couple are
beginning to] tire of the monotony of an English wa
tering place on the Southern Coast. The lady is the
narrator; and thus proceeds with a dialogue respecting
their future movement. The lnisbaud loquitur.
* * * “Or, to make it shorter, there is a globe
iu the drawing room, and we’ll give it a turn or two,
ami with our eyes shut, so choose. Or, what is better
still, we’ll go straight over the way,” and Fred pointed
to the coast of France that, in the clearness of tne day,
is quite distinct and bright.
“That will be beautiful,” said I. “France! Well,
that will be a surprise to Mamma and Alarv and Al arga
ret; and I’ll bring ’em all back a beautiful—”
‘ .My love, said Fred: “my ever dear Lotty;” and
he placed bis arm round my waist unci drew me” close to
him, rumpling all mv curls about bis shoulders, “my
rose, my pigeon, and” my pearl,”—(what was he going
to say ?)—“in taking you from your native British Isle
to introduce you to our natural enemies, you must not
forget your duties aud your rights as an English mat
ron.”
“Well, Fred,” said I, “I hope 1 know my duties; but”
—and I did laugh—“what arc my rights?”
“Bone of my bone—” replied Fred, very gravely—
“don’t be impatient. Learn aud practice your duties;
and as for your rights, why, leavethem to come as best
they may. Right, my love, is a plant of slow growth.
A’ou can’t tell how longjustice herself was a baby at the
breast of Truth, before justice could run alone. As for
woman’s rights, my forlorn one, they were sent into the
world somewhere, but certain philosophers believe—
and I confess myself one of them—believe that women’s
rights have been frozen into the North-West passage.
Who knows? They may drift back again at the great
thaw.”
1 didn’t understand a word; and so 1 nodded. “But
then,” said 1; “about France and—”
“And that brings me back to my exhortation. Sweet
est daughter of Eve—”
“Don’t be foolish Fred,” said 1.
“Bud of Eden and chosen flower of my button-hole—”
It was of no use to interrupt—so I let him go on.
“Before wc quit our beloved ‘Albion,’ it is necessary
—it is most essential, my darling, to our future peace,
and the perennial growth of our fireside flowers—(and
without thorn the rose) —that we should come to seri
ous understanding; should ratify a solemn compact be
tween ns.”
“What!—another !” said I, and I know I laughed.
“Another. Being man and wife—”
“I should think that sufficient,'’ was mv very courage
ous remark.
“Being man and wife, we should have nothing hidden
from each other—”
“I hope not; indeed, Frederick, I atn sure not. One
soul!” was my exclamation.
‘•Very true : one soul in two dwellings. Because
where there is secresy in married life, especially when
visiting France—”
“But why, visiting France above all places?”
“Or rather, when leaving France,” continued Fred,
looking a* me very earnestly ; the result may to the
feelings of a husband be most distressing. Imagine,
mv beloved Lotty, what would be my emotions as your
husband if—if the wife of my bosom were found out.”
“Found out! my dear;” and I was mystified.
“Found out, inj’ love: for I know too well—it is im
possible it should be otherwise—the guilty thought that
possessed you. 1 saw it tinging your cheek, lightening
in your eye—”
“Guilty thought!” and I was fast becoming serious
—angry.
“I’ut it from you—crush it—annihilate it—”
“Now, Frederick,” said J, and I drew myself with a
sudden twitch from him, “I’ll have no more of this: 1
don’t listen to another word, until you tell me what
you mean. Found out! Guilty thought ! I ask what
you iiioiin V” and I threw niynelf b< k iu a chair, and
was ready to cry, but wouldn’t.
“I mean this, my dear. A’ou allow me that there
should be nothing secret between man and wife?”
“Most certainly.”
“That there should be nothing hidden ?”
“No—to be sure not; of course not.”
“Verv well, love; on that understanding I will take
you to France.” -
“But why on that understanding?”
“Because, when we leave it—strong in your princi
ples—you will scorn smuggling.”
Now, I don’t think ’t would ever have entered my
head, if lie hadn’t named it.
Australia in a New Light.
William Ilowitt, a very clever English poet,and hus
band ot Alary Ilowitt, whose translations have made us
so well acqua nted with the novels of Miss Bremer, has
emigrated to Australia, and communicates his first im
pressions of the golden land to the London Times.
It seems that John Bull, as usual, does not manifest
the “go-ahead” qualities of his pet offspring, Brother
Jonathan; for Air. ilowitt declares that lie reached his
journey’s end after an arduous and eventful joumev ol
“ nearly two months, over only two hundred and fifty
miles of ground.” But then he exclaims, “ sucli ground"!
Borne folks insist that it is only one hundred and fifty
miles, others two hundred ; but we know very well that
in England it would measure two hundred ail'd eighty.”
After reaching the “ diggings,” the emigrant’s first
effort, of course, was to get a taste of the comforts he
was accustomed to in the old country. He had his “ tea,”
and immediately set forth in quest of the “ Commis
sion’s tent,” where he might “obtain letters from
home.”
The official residence of this personage “is on the
other side of the creek; two of these statelv tents, in
fact, lined with blue cloth, and with other tents in the
rear, the whole enclosed with pailings. * * * It
you could see our pots, pans, pannikins; our tin dishes,
some for making loaves and puddings in, others for
washing in; our knives, forks, spoons, lying on our
bags of sugars, rice, flour, Ac., standing about our tea
chest, our lantern, our tin tea-pot of capacious size, our
tea-kettle in constaut requisition,our American axes for
chopping fire-wood, our lantern at night suspended
from a siring iu the tent; the interior of our tent, with
the beds spread out broad over part of the floor, and
covered with grey rugs; the tent hung round with
pieces of dried salt beef, straw hats with veils around
them, caps, and so on ; our guns standing in a corner,
with books, and writing cases, and portfolios, you would
say it was a scene at once curious and comfortable look
ing”
This description of “roughing it with n beefsteak
and a bottle of port” shows more attention to the de
cencies and luxuries of life in Australia than wc have
been accustomed to hear of in California. But there is
a reverse of the medal which discloses a picture we did
not expect to find in the modern Ophir, under the do
minion of tier Britanic Majesty'.
On the day after his arrival, Mr. Ilowitt sailed forth
to witness the labors of the diggers and washers; and,
after recounting the marvels that broke upon his vision
at every step, lie gives us a specimen of Yorkshire
jockeying in “ claims that would do honor to u certain
race which Air. Bull has been celebrating the last half
century for keenness and cunning:
About noon we had aspccimeu of the wav in which
the ‘ mare’s nests’ have been got up, which have hum
bugged England, the Continent, and even America.
There was a great hurrahing at a hole, and a man who
knew me came running up to desire me to go and see a
nugget, which had just been dug up, as large as his
finger. As no nuggets have ever been found here, but
only small gold, it appeared the more surprising. I
hastened ou, but before 1 could reach the spot I met a
tuan who was saying, ‘Well, I’ve sold the nugget and
my hole for a good round sum.’ ‘ Where’s the nugget ?’
I asked. ‘ Oh, the man who has bought it lias gone off
with it.’ b
“ There was a nugget, no doubt, but it had been put
in by this man, an old Bendigo, miner, in order to sell
his hole at a good profit. Many of the Munchausen
boles, out of which to,ooo and £7,000 are said to have
been shovelled up in a few days at Mount Alexander,
were got up in the same way and for the same purpose.”
But this “ laying of golden eggs to bait the trap” is
mi fortunately not the only misfortune under which
the emigrants suffer. We believe that Australia was
one of the most salubrious regions of the South; but
“the season,’’ says Air. Ilowitt, has been frightfully un
healthy, and the journey to the gold fields lias becu fa
tal to many.
“ Thousands have been struck down by sickness;
hundreds have already returned, cursing the parties
who sent them such one-sided statements of the gold
fields and the climate; hundreds arc still lying ill from
the insidious influence of this ‘ tine, salubrious climate.’
In a letter just received front Alelbourne I hear that
scarcely a soul there but has been ill, and all up the
country it is the same. Gentlemen who have been in
India, China, aud over the whole continents of Europe*
and America, say that this is the worst climate they
know. Without any apparent cause people are every
where attacked with dysentery, rheumatism, cramp,
and influenza. All this ought “to be fully and fairly sta
ted. The little black fly cf Australia is” a perfect devil.
The grass seeds in summer, which pierce your legs like
needles, and actually run through the sheepskins iuto
the flesh of the sheep, and into their luiigs and kill
them, (but this is more particularly the case with the
seed-spikes of a wild geranium, which act like cork
screws,) the dust winds, and the violent variations of
the atmosphere—often of no less than one hundred de
grees in a day—these arc nuisances which ought to be
well known. A deal is said about sendiug out young
women to marry the men in the bush. God help such
women as marry the greater portion of such fellows as
the common class here. Their very language is per
fectly measled with obscurity, and the vilest oaths and
the basest phraseology, and they drink all thev cun get.
In short this is a country come to to, as people go to In
dia, to make money; as to spending it here, that, under
present circumstances, would require different tastes to
those of most cultivated men and women.”
We do not pretend to say that Mr. Ilowitt, the liter
arv man, may view Australia with other eves than Air.
Smith, the laboring man, who is content to “rough it
in the bush,” and sees some difference in dving in the
parish workhouse in England aud perishing bv fever
while grasping the “nuggets” of Australia. Vet we
are inclined to think Mr. Ilowitt tells the truth. His
writings are free from exaggeration and overstatement.
Australia, after all, we fear, is not the promised laud
which novelists and speculators have hitherto present
ed in such seductive aspects to British and Irish emi
grant s.— Baltim/wc American,
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REGULAR MEETINGS
OF .MASONS, KNIGHT TEMPLARS, ODD FEL
LOWS AND SONS OF TEMPERANCE,
HELD IN TIIE CITY OF MACON.
MASONS.
Grand Lodge of Georgia, for 1853, November Ist.
Alacon Lodge, No. 5, first and third Alouday nights in
each month.
Constantine Chapter, No. 4, second Monday night in
each month.
Washington Council, No. 6, 4th Alouday night in each
month.
St. Outer’s Encampment Knights Templar, No. 2,
Quarterly Sessions; commencing oil the second
Mondays of February and May, and third Mon
day in August, and Tuesday before the first Aiou
duy in November.
ODD FELLOWS.
Grand Lodge, first Wednesday in June.
Grand Encampment, Tuesday previous.
Franklin Lodge, No. 2, every Thursday evening.
United Brothers, No. 5, every Wednesday evening.
Macon Union Encampment, No. 2, first and third
Tuesday evenings in each month.
SONS OF TEMPERANCE.
Grand Division, fourth Wednesday in Oct., annually.
Tomoehichi Division, first and third Monday nights in
each mouth.
Amaranth Division, every Friday night.
J. W. PATTERSON.
VTTORNKY AT LAW—FORSYTH, Ga.
fob 10 46 ly
DANIEL W. MILLER.
] FORMERLY of Lanier, ATTORNEY AT LAW,
BUTLER, GA. jan 12 41-ts
E. G. CABANISS,
4 TTORNEY AT LAW, FOR S Y TH, G A., will
J practice in the Flint and adjoining counties of the
Macon Circuit. jan 5 40-ts
HALL & CAREY,
ATTORNEY’S AT LAW, MACON, GA., will prac
tice in the counties of Bibb, Alonroe, Upson, Pike
and Spaulding.
Office over Dr. W. G. Little’s Drug Store.
oct 13 Robt. B. llall, John J. Caky. 28-ly
W. A. HAWKINS,
4 TTORNEY’ AT LAW, AAIERICUS, SUMTER
j\ COUNTY, GA., having removed his residence to
the town of Americus, tenders his professional services
to bis old clients, and as many new ones as may favor
him with their patronage. sep 15—24 ly
GEORGE MOORE, JR.,
V TTORNEY AT LAW, BUTLER, TAYLOII CO.,
GA., will punctually attend to all business entrus
ted to bis care, in Crawford, Alacon, Taylor, and the
adjoining counties. may 12 6-lv
HAWKINS & WALLACE,
V TTORNEY’S AT LAW, STARKYILLE, GEO.,
having formed a partnership, will attend promptly
to all business entrusted to them.
W. A. HAWKINS, WILLIAM WALLACE.
dec 15 37-ly
P. & E. D. TRACY,
4 TTORNEYS AT LAW, MACON, GA., will prac-
IV tice in the Superior Courts of the Macon Circuit,
aug 18 20-ly
TEXAS LAND AGENCY.
TYV. LAWRENCE, ATTORNEY AT LAW—
• Austin, Texas, will pay particular attention to
secure to the heirs of those who fell with Fanning, at
Goliad, and with Travis, at the Alamo—the land to
which they are entitled. He will also attend to any
business relative to Land in any part of the State.
References in Macon, A. R. Freeman, I)r. Robert
Collins. Also, Messrs. Lamar A Lochrane, who will
attend to putting papers in proper form for adjustment.
Montgomery, July, 1852. july 28 17-ly
IMPORTANT TO PERSONS INTER
ESTED IN SOUTIIYVEST GEORGIA LANDS.
The subscriber will devote his whole attention to the
examination and surveying of lands in the counties of
Baker, Early, Decatur, Irwin and Thomas.
liis fees for examining lands will be $lO per lot.
“ “ “ traveling and showing
persons the situation of their lands $lO “ day.
For a correct map of a district $ 2
Being the County Surveyor of Baker county, there
is no one who better understands the situation or qual
ity of lands in the county. Office in Albany, Ga.
T. G. WESTFALL, Cos. Surv’r,
oct 6 27-lv Baker Cos., Ga.
MEDICAL CARD.
DR. TIIEO. 1). MATHEWS offers his professional
services to his friends and the public generally.—
Office in Concert Hall Building.
Macon. Feb. 16 46-ly
R. CURD,
C COMMISSION MERCHANT, MACON, GA.—All
J kinds of Merchandise and Produce received on
consignment.
CtO-P ARTN ERSIIIP. The andaraignsJ Iwv*
/ this day formed a partnership under the name and
style of STARKE A BRY'SON, for the transaction of
a general Commission Business in the city of Savan
nah. W. W. STARK'E,
HARPER C. BRYSON.
Savannah, Oct. 2, 1852. oct 13 28-ly
CHARLES DAY.
C "COMMISSION MERCHANT, NEW YORK— C.
J Day A Cos., will advance on consignments to the
above address. apr 6 ’53 ] ly
I. W. MORRELL & CO.,
FAXO AX’D FURXITURH STORK, SMKT’S
BUILDING, BROUGIITON-ST., SAVANNAH,
GA. X. F. WEBSTKH. I. W. MOIMtKLL,
july 23 17-ts
STONE, STARR & CO.,
IMPORTERS and wholesale dealers in DRY GOODS,
No. 41, BROADWAY, NEW YORK.
LEVI P. STONE, F.OBERT STARR,
HENRY 11. STOTESBURY, H. LANDON BUTLER,
july 21 jona j. broom. 16-ly*
MACON WHOLESALE AND RETAIL
SADDLERY WAREHOUSE.
W. T. MIX A CO., Cotton Avenue, Manu
j. facturers of Saddles, Bridles and Harness,
lr have on hand a good assortment of Saddles,
Bridles and Harnesses, of which the following comprise
a part: Spanish Quilted, Overlaid and Shafton Saddles;
Planter’s large and extra large Saddles; Men’s plain
do.; English do.; Boy’s and Race do.; Ladies’ Saddles
of a variety of patterns; Bridles and Martengales;
Saddle-bags’, Ac.
Saddler’s Materials.—Saddle Trees, Skirting and
Hog Skins; Pad do.; Straining and YVorsted Web;
Thread and Tacks, assorted sizes.
Harnesses. —Coach, Barouche, Buggy and Sulky
Harnesses, of all kinds, by the single set.’
dec 1 35- ts
BOOKS! BOOKS!
A LARGE and elegant assortment of Family Bibles
beautifully adapted to “ Progress,” and.our “ mani
fest destiny,” having copious ana classified ‘ Family Re
cords.” Macaulay’s Speeches; Napoleon in Exile, or a
Voice from St. Helena; Abbott’s series of Histories
for the Y'oung; Irving’s Choice Works; the Abbots
ford and Boston editions of Scott’s YVorks; Webster’s
Unabridged Dictionary; Bancroft’s sth vol. Ilistorv U.
States. A lurge and well selected lot of Law Books, —
all the late and improved editions. Standard Medical
Works, School Books, Blank Books, of all descriptions,
Drawing’ Paper, Black and colored Crayons, Crayon
Paper, Faber’s Pencils, and the imitation; YVater
Colors in boxes or single cake. A large assortment of
elegant Engravings, and other articles, too numerous to
briug to the eye of a busy public all at once.
In matters mostly good or partly ill,
The writer holds to “ broken d(es ” still.
J. M. BOARDMAN.
DAMASK FOR CURTAXBrB.—6-4 Wonted
Damask with Gimps, Cords, Tassels Ac.; also
rich Embroidered Muslins. G. W. PRICE,
mar 23 5J
POTATOES. —50 barrels of fine Irish Potatoes,
for sale by C. A. ELLS A SON
FLOUR -AGENCY ATLANTA MILLS.
•"TMIE SUBSCRIBER having the agenev of the abovi.
X mills, keeps on hand a constant supply of “Super
fine” and “Extra Family ” brands.
The “Superfine” is made of the best Georgia and
Tennessee Wheat, and is equal, if not superior, to
Northern Flour of that brand.
The “Extra Family” is made of pure Northern
White YY’heat, and those wanting Flour of extra-fine
quality will find it equal to any “ Premium ” brauds
made in the United States, and the advantage of getting
it fresh t/round from mills at heme-.
For sale to the trade at Mill prices, with freight add
ed; also, at retail, by A. J. Y\ r IIITE.
mar 2 48
Dissolution.— The co-partnership of ad-
ERIIOLI), JOHNSON A CO., was this day dis
solved by mutual consent. The undersigned has boughi
out the interest of E. J. Jeffers and E. T. Johnson, liis
late co-partners, aud will hereafter conduct the business
iu his own name.
lie alone will wiud up the business of the late firm,
and all settlements must be made with him onlv.
Macon, Dec 21, 1852. J. Y\\ ADERHOLD.
The subscriber returns his thanks to liis old
friends and customers for their past patronage, and
informs them that he will continue the business at the
present stand, where he will be pleased to receive theii
calls.
All persons indebted to the late old firm of Johnson
A Aderhold, and also to the late firm of Adei liold, John
son A Cos., are requested to settle their respective ac
counts to said firms, with me, immediately, or they
will be placed in thehandsof an Attorney forcollection.
dec 22 39-ts J. YV. ADERHOLD.
FANCY CONFECTIONARY AND GROCERY.
JH. DAMOUR, still at his old stand, Mulberry
• street, two doors below the Lanier House, keeps
the finest Liquors and YY'ines that will be found any
where, mostly all of his own direct importation—such us
Brandy, Holland Gin, Jamaica Ruin, Scotch and Irish
Whiskey, Champagne, Burgundy, Bordeaux, Malaga,
Sherry, and Maaeria YY'ines of first choice, Segurs and
Tobacco, dried and green Fruits, Butter, Cheese, Crack
ers, dried Beet! Beef Tongues, canvassed Hams, pickled
Beef and Pork, Candies and Nuts of all sorts. Cheap
for CASH. oct 6 27—ts
FRESH CANDIES, FRUITS, NUTS, Ac.
CtOUNTRY MERCHANTS, and others, supplied on
I moderate terms, with plain and ornamental Can
dies, Raisins, Oranges, Apples, Butter, Sugar and Bos
ton Crackers, etc. Also, Sugars, Tobacco and Pipes.
Having obtained the services of a finished Candy
Maker, from New Y'ork, and using best White Sugar,
we warrant these Candies to stand the climate.
The above articles, and all sorts of Drugs and Medi
cines, for sale by J. H. A \\ r . S. ELLIS,
Between Messrs. E. Bond aud A. J. White, Cherry
st., Macon, Ga. nov 24 34-ts
HENRY L. DURE,
House, Sign and Ornamental Fainter,
I) ESPECTFULLY announces to his friends, the
A citizens of Macon, aud its vicinity, that lie has
opened a Painting establishment oil 4th street, just above
the West side of the market, where lie will execute
Painting in all its branches; also Gilding, Glazing,
Graining, Bronzing, imitation of Marble, Paper Hang
ing, Ac.
Old furniture carefully re-varnished. Mixed Paints
in small or large quantities constantly on hand,
mar 30 52-ly H. L. DURE.
MODEL SCHOOL SYSTEM.
ON Monday, the 2d inst., was opened a School in an
extensive apartment in the Mansion House, where
children will be initiated according to the above ap
proved system, in the following branches:—Reading,
Writing, Arithmetic, Grammar, Geography, Geometry,
Mensuration, Algebra, Ac.
The teacher of this system lias been trained in the
National Model School,’ as instituted in Great Britain
and Ireland ; and from his long experience iu teaching
he has not the least hesitation in saving that he will do
ample justice to all who patronize him
may 4 53t J. F. McELUGOTT^
GREAT ATTRACTION!
MRS. F. DESSAU has now opened, and is
receiving almost dailv, New Goods, in ad
dition to her full stock of MILLINERY
FANCY GOODS.
Just received, a fresh invoice of Splendid Dress Trim
mings. Always on hand, a full assortment of Ribbons,
Flowers, Gloves, Fans, Corsets, Dress Silks, Mantillas,
Embroideries, and many articles for Ladies’ Toilets.. —
She would particularly call the attention of the Ladies
to her stock of splendid BONNETS, HEAD DRESSES
and LADIES’ CAPS. She hopes that by assiduous
attention, she will enjoy the kina patronage of the La
dies, which she most respectfully solicits.
HT All orders for Dress Making executed at the
shortest notice. apr 13 2—ts
Uncoil, Lard, Corn, Rye, Oats, Peas
Flour, &c.
FI'MIE subscribers are constantly receiving on consign-
I nieut, aud will be regularly supplied during the
season, with
TENNESSEE PRODUCE
of every description, to which they invite the attention
of dealers and customers.
JUST RECEIY'ED
40,000 lbs. of Edmondson's Superfine Flour, in Sacks
of assorted sizes for retailing, a tine article.
mar 23 51-0 m PATTEN A COLLINS.
Received by late arrivals, a
choice lot of Fine Gold and Silver Watches, Chains,
Seals, Diamonds, and other JEWELRY', Cuff Pius,
etc., for sale low for cash or approved credit, by
jan 19 42-ts E. J. JOIINSTON. .
OATS, RYE AND CORN.
A/1 BUSHELS SEED OATS—from Tennessee
t)Uv 200 “ Rye;
1000 “ Corn; for sale bv
fob 23 47 C. CAMPPELL A CO^
K EXOVAL. J. S. GRAY'BILL A CO., have
removed to No. 7, Arcade Building, Cotton Ave
nue, nearly opjiosite their old stand, w here they are
now opening a fresh stock of choice Family Groceries
and Provisions.
npEJfN ESS EE FLOUR, BACON ALAR D.
_L 75 bbls Tenuessec Flour;
20,000 lbs new Bacon ;
3,000 lbs prime Leaf Lard, in kegs and barrels.
Epicures will find the Hams in the above lot of Ba
con of siqierior quality, cut in Baltimore and Cincinnati
style. mar 9 A. J. WHITE.
VNOTIIER YANKEE INVENTION—A
GOOD ONE! —Just received a lot of SELF
HEATING SMOOTHING IRONS, anew and desira
ble article. For sale by E. B. WEED,
dec 22 38-ts
CORN MEAL AND WHEAT BRAN.—
From Atlanta Mills, for sale by the quantitv.
mar 2 A. J. YY'HITE.
VCJENCY PLANTERS FACTORY, Butts
Cos, Ga.—Osnaburgs, Y'arns and Cotton Rope, a
supply constantly on hand and for sale bv
A.” J. YY'HITE,
Agt. Planters Factory.
Tis” YY’ool wanted for the above Factory, for which
the market price will be paid. A. J. YY'.
mar 2
BOOTS.— A full assortment of Gents, fine French
Calf Boots, pump sole, welted and water proof of
various kinds ana qualities, both sewed and pegged.—
Just received and for sale low bv
oct 13 28 MIX A KIRTLAND.
BIRD CAGES —Just received and for sale a large
assortment of Mocking and Canary Bird Cages.
feb 23 47 B. A. YVISE A CO.
CtANDIES. —500 lbs. Steam Refined Candv ; 10<>
) lbs Cocoanut Cream Candv—just received and for
sale by feb 2 44 J. S.” GRAY’BILL A CO.
IRANDOLES, Chandeliers and Lard Lamps,
VX for sale at low prices by E. J. JOHNSTON.
dec 22 38
HAMS ? HAMS l ! —Just received a small lot of
vary fine sugar-cured Hams, for sale by
J. S. GRAYBILL A CO.
oct 6 37—ts No. 7, Arcade Building, Cot. Avc
HOUSE FI RNISHING GOODS and Domes
tic Hardware—a geueral assortment for sale by
feb 23 47 B. A. WISE A CO.
XUST RECEIVED —A fine lot of silver Plated
j?J and Britannia Castors. Also, a large lot of Look
ing Glasses—large and small—at small prices.
R. P. SlcEY'OY',
nov 24 34-ts Triangular Block, 2nd st.
SILVER W ARE— A large invoice, Forks, Spoons,
Fish, Pie and Butter Knives, Ac. ; just received and
for sale by E. J. JOHNSTON,
mar 9 4y
r |MN W ARE. —Always on hand, a large assort-
X ment of the best material and make, at .vholesale
or retail. Tin roofing and tin work of ull kinds done
at the shortest notice, by
feb 23 47-1 It B. A. YY’ISE A CO.
IT'LOUR. —300 Sacks Atlanta Mills superfine Flour
. just received aud lot sale by
mar 16 50 GEO. T. ROGERS.
MACKEREL, —160 packages Nos. I, 2 and 3
Mackerel, in whole, half aud quarter bbls.; just
received by mar 16 50 GEO. T. ROGERS.
rOTATOES. —100 bbls. Yellow Potatoes; 80 do’
Genuine Mercer do., in prime order, and for sale as
$2 per barrel, mar 16 50 GEO. T. ROGERS.
\ T EYV MACKEREL.-50 packages new Mackerel
In for sale by A. J. WHITE,
mar 2
MEATS.— 5, barrels oi this Fall cured pig barns,
dried beef, family corued beef/tougues, Ac., fbri
s*le by C. A. ELLS A SON. j
VOL. XXXI. —NO. 7.
DENTISTRY—WITH ITS IMPROVEMENTS.
DR. G. MuDONALD would respect- a;
fully call attention to his new and ini- jTwv.- ‘
proved mode ot putting up and inserting TTt
artificial teeth. The teeth, gums, and
plate, are all cemented together bv heat, making solid
work, and inserted on the atmospheric pressure plan,
presenting a peifectly life-like appearance, of teeth and
gums, anti possessing in even - respect a decided supe
riority over block teeth, single gum teeth, or any other
inode that has hitherto been practiced.
Since the partnership between McDonald A Gallager
has been dissolved, Dr. McDonald has a-sociated with
hint in the practice Dr. James McDonald, who he feels
authorised in recommending as a gentleman of skill
and integrity. As they have prepared themselves tor
an extensive business in all branches of the profession,
despatch, as well as care and skill may be expected in all
their operations. Terms: either cash down or when
called for. jan 12-42-if
INFIRMARY FOR NEGROES.
r I'MIE undersigned announce to the public, that hav-
JL ing experienced the want of some suitable place
for the accommodation of sick Negroes, brought from
the country’ for the purpose of being placed under pro
fessional treatment, they are about opening an INI IR
MARY, iu a quiet part of the city, furnished with
proper attendants, furniture and appliances, where all
the want* of xervants requiring tury'uxil operation* err
medical treatment for chronic diseases, will be appro
priately supplied. C. B. NOTTINGHAM, M. D.
july‘7 14-1 y G. HARRISON, M. D.
FINDLAY’S IRON WORKS, MACON, GA
THIS new establishment is now in operation and
fitted out on a scale as extensive as any Foundry
in the Southern country. The increased facilities of
the proprietor enables him to say that the execution of
his work shall be equal to that of the first class estab
lishments at ihe North, and his prices and terms shall
be equally favorable. The principal articles made and
for sale, are as follows:
STEAM ENGINES and BOILERS, of any required
form and size; CIRCULAR, SINGLE and GANG
SAW MILLS, on the most approved plan, by steam
or water power.
Machinery for Flouring and Grist Mills, Sugar Nlills.
Syrup Boilers, Bullock’s Cottou Press, Gin Gearing,
Bark Mills, Car Wheels, Iron Castings, Hodgkiss Wa
ter Wheels, Freneh Burr, Esopus and Cologne Mill
Stones, Brass Castings, Parker’s Water Wheels,
mar 23 51-ly ROB’T FINDLAY, Proprietor.^
NOTICE.
A W. MARSHALL having taken possession of
j\ • the store recently occupied by Geavks & Rod
gers, is prepared to offer to his friends and the public
generally, a large and well selected stock of DRY
GOODS and GROCERIES, at wholesale and retail.—
Having selected for my motto: “ Small Profit* and
Quick Return x,” I feel assured that those who may fa
vor me with a call, will be fully satisfied, both with my
GOODS and PRICES. Special attention will be given
to orders, and satisfaction guaranteed. Among my
stock may be found the following articles:
125 bales Gunny Bagging
4<X> coils best Kentucky Rope
150 bags Rio and 12 bags Old Java Coffee
50 hhds. Porto Rico and St. Croix Sugars
75 bbls. Refined A. B. A. C. Sugars
50 bbls. crushed and pulveriz.ed Sugars
40 boxes Tobacco, all grades.
Also, Salt, Molasses, Bacon, Lard, Butter, Cheese,
Mackerel, Teas, Soap, Starch, Candles, Candies, Oils,
Paint, Drugs, Blankets, Kerseys, and many other arti
cles to numerous to mention. sep 16-ts
SPLENDID NEW SPRING MILLINERY
FOR 1853.
MRS. yi. CAREY is now opening
receiving at her old stand, opposite
Lanier House, anew and beautiful stock of Spring
and summer MILLINERY & FANCY GOODS, com
prising all the different styles of STRAW, SONTAG,
ALBONY, LACE, SILK and FANCY BONNETS,
CAPS, HEAD DRESSES, Ac. Also, LACE, SILK
EMBROIDERED and plain MANTILLAS and Mantel
lets, Laces, Swiss Embroidered Dress Trimmings, to
gether with every article usually kept in her line, all of
which will be sold at the lowest possible figure. —Mi s.
C. invites the attention of her customers in the couutry
to call and examine her stock.
N. B.—Will be open on the 15th of April an entire
new stock of Hats and Bonnets. apr 6 1-ts
ATTENTION PLANTERS!
y OUNG’S MAMMOTH CORN—price re,
X duced. This celebrated Corn for planting, weight
62 lbs. to the bushel. Reduced price per Sack, $1 oO-
Also, 50 bbls. Chattanooga Mills Superfine Flour,
roar 16 50 T. C. DEMPSEY, near Post Office.
SODA WATER.
rpHE SUBSCRIBERS, thankful for past patronage,
I would respectfully notify their friends and custo
mers, that they are now prepared to supply them with
this delightful beverage. Packed in boxes lor the
country, in bottles from one to 50 dozen.
Orders punctually filled As they have lately re
ceived a large large lot of bottles, they can till all or
ders on short notice. C. A. ELLS & SON.
Citizen copy. apr 20 8-ts
E. B. WEED,
IMPORTER AND DEALER in English and Ameri
can Hardware, Cutlery, Iron, Nails, Hollow-Ware
and Tin Plate, at his old stand on Mulberry St., second
door above the Lanier House, offers for sale on reason
able terms, the following articles:
S'KJ Doz. Table Cutlery,
250 “ Pen aud Pocket do.,
25 “ Razors,
25 “ Scissors and Shears,
50 “ Mineral Knob Locks and Latches; vari
ous patterns,
75 “ Pad Locks,
150 “ Drawer, Cupboard and Chest Locks,
200 “ Butt Hinges,
1500 lbs. Hook and Eye Hinges, •
500 “ Plate,
500 Gross New England Wood Screws,
20 Kegs Wrought Nails and Spikes.
iO “ Griffin’s Horse Shoe Nails,
25 “ Horse Shoes,
150 Boxes Tin Plate,
6 tons Philadelphia Hollow-Ware,
Together with a full assortment of Blacksmith’s and
Carpenter’s Tools, Pitman’s Srirrup, Cranks and Mill
Saws, Buggy and Wagon Axles and Springs, Brass
Andirons, Shovel and Tongs, Cross-cut and Fit Saws,
Files ofevery description, Guns and Rifles, Trace, Log,
Fifth and Press Chains, Manilla Rope, Straw Cutters,
Corn Shellers, Ploughs, aud every other article usually
kept in a Hardware Store dec 20 BIJ-tt8 I J-tt
NEW SPRING GOODS.
UNDERSIGNED is now receiving a splendid
X assortment of SPRING and SUMMER GOODS,
which have been carefully selected from first hands and
purchased for Cash, which he intends selling at such
C rices as he trusts will give general satisfaction to all
ispatrons.
He would invite attention to a portion of his present
stock—
SlLKS—Black Deßhine, various qualities; Lustring,
Figured and Colored Silks.
Plain Plaid and Brocade, very rich, different qualities.
Grenadine Silk Robes, verv rich.
Silk Tissues, figured aDd plain.
Borages, figured, plaid and plain.
MOUSLINS. —Verv rich Orgaudy Mouslins.
Very rich Jaconet Mouslins.
Cheap figured “ “
Swiss Mouslin Robes, very handsome.
Berage “ “
Pointed Val. Lace Collars, Chemizettes and Sleeves.
“ Jac. Muslin “ “ “
“ Swiss “ “ “ “
Damask Window Curtains, complete with Muslin and
Lace do. to correspond. Gimps, Cornices, Cord and
Tassels, Ac.
Linen and Cottou Sheetings, best quality, from 10
qr. to 12 qr. wide.
Bleecbed and Brown Linen Damasks, a superior arti -
cle, auv width.
Marseilles Quilts, large and pretty.
Furniture Dimity, from 3 qr. to 12 qr. wide.
Irish Linens, of every qality.
Oil Cloths, for passages, Ac.
Straw Matting, best article, all widths.
Super two and three ply Carpetings, with Rugs to
correspond.
Gloves and Hosierv, a complete assortment of tli©
best. * W. W. PARKER,
No. 6, Cotton Avenue, Opposite Washington Hall,
mar 16 s<>tf
\ XES AND HOES.—2O doz. Collins’ Hartford
il Axes;
20 doz. Hunts’ Hartford Axes;
20 “ Collins’New York Axes;
20 “ 11. Collins’ Axes ;
20 “ Archer’s Virginia Axes ;
SO “ Brady’s No. 1 Patent Hoes;
SO “ “ “ 2 “
80 “ “ “ 2 “ “
100 “ Scovil’s No. 1,2, 3 and 4 Planter’s Hoes;
100 “ Phoenix No. 1,2, 8 and 4 “ “
For sale by E. B. WEED,
dec 22 • ;;S
SPRING MILLENERY AND FANCY GOODS.
MRS. DAMOUR has just returned from New
. T ork with a splendid assortment of the
above Goods, selected by herself for this market, PS.
and consisting of a large assortment of all new styles
of Bonnets, Ribbons, £ lowers, Ibices, Silk Lace, Em
broidered Mantillas, Capes and Collars, all of new
styles. Tissue Silk, Organdy aud other Dress Goods of
the fiqest quality. apr 6 1-ts
LAND FOR SALE,
valuable lot, No. 33, in the 11th District of Ran
-1 dolph county. Also, about fifty other valuable
lots in the Southern and South-Western counties of
Georgia. Also, my valuable Plantation and Homes
tead, near Cool Spring, Wilkinson county, embracing
8200 acres—three fouiths Wood Land, und fine timber,
with an elegant set of Mills, extensive Lime Quan-ies,
and a large quariy of Silieious Shell Rock, suitable for
building, Ac. Apply to A. W. ARD,
mav 11 6-4 t “ Cool Spring, Wilkinson Cos , Ga.