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BY LOMAX & ELLIS.] Volume XIV. THE TIMES - & SENTINEL, TENNESTT LOSIAX & ROSWELL ELLIS? EDITORS AND PROPRIETORS. ■ this TSMVEEKLT TIMES & SESTISEL li tmblWied EVERY IV F. DXF SD-i Y a:id FRIDAY MORX IXO and SATURDAY F.FKXIXQ. tiie weekly times &. sestiuel Ib published every TUF.SDA Y MORX.’XO. Office on Randolph Street, opposite tho Test Office. TKKMS: TRf-YVF.F.KLY,Five Dollaus pcrnnnu*, in advance. W EEKLY, Two Dollars per annum,in advance. Advertisements conspicuously inserted at One Dollar pera'-jtmre. for the first insertion, and fifty cents for every sub sequent insertion. . Liberal deduction will be made for yearly advertisements. Sales of I.nnd and Nettrces. by Administrators, Executors, o Guardian*. are required by law to be held <*n Ilie first Tuesday in the month, between the hours of ten in the forenoon and three in tho afternoon, at the Court House in the county in which the property is situate. Notices of these sales must be jrtven in a public gazette/ar/y days previous to the day of sale. AV.ices for the palb of Personal Properly must be given at 1 east ten days previous to the day of sale. Notice to Debtors and Creditors of an Estate must be publish ed forty days. Notice that application will bo made to the Court of Ordinary for leave to sell Land or Negroes., must be published weekly for two months. Citations for Rollers of Administration must be published thirty days for Dismission from Administration, monthly six months— lor Dismission from Guardianship forty days. Rules for foreclosure of Mortgage must be published monthly fur four months— for establishing lost papers, for the full space of three months —for compelling titles from Executors or Admin istrators, where a bond lias been given by the deceased, the fall snore of three months. Publications will always be continued according to these, the legal requirements,ui;les otherwise ordered. BUSINESS CARDS. T. J. COLQUIT, Attorney at i*av/, SALEM RUSSEL CO., ALA. WILE attend promptly to all business entrusted to his care in tlw Chattahoochee Circuit Georgia and the Dili Circuit Ala. Jan. Hi, IR~4—w Iy—2. ARTHUR HOOD, ATTORNEY AT LAW, Cutiibert, Randolph co., Ga. WILL practice in Randolph, Lee, Early, Baker and the adjacent counties. Refers to lion. Jas. Johnson, Richard Patten, Columbus, Sloq, Wm C. Perkins, Cuthhert, (Lt. Jan 3,’54-wly HAMILTON. WORTHY & CUNNINGHAM ATTORNEYS AT LAW, TROY, PIKE COUNTY, ALA. They will attend the several courts of the counties of Butler and Covington in the 7lh,aud all the counties of the th Judicial circuit. Dec 13—wly JAMES HAMILTON, Atto rue y at Law , Columbus, Geo. Ity Office on Randolph street, three doors from Mygat’s corner. Columbus, Dee 15—w&twtf Bounty Land and Pension Agency. CHARLES C. TUCKER, WASHINGTON, DC. ATTORNEY lor Claimants and Agent for obtaining Revolutionary,Naval, Invalid and Hall-pav Pensions, Bounty Land, arrears of pay, extra pay, &e., for Military and Naval services. Bounty Land obtained for the widows and heirs of vol unteers of the Texas Revolution of 183 G ; and extra pay obtained for services in the U. S. Navy on the coasts of California and Mexico, from 134 Gto 1852. Address CHARLES TUCKER, Nov. 29—w3m Washington, 1). C. J{. J. MOSES, JOHN PEABODY, MOSES PEABODY’ ATTORJfII YS AT LAW, COLUMBUS, GEORGIA. WILL practice in “itltt .Jgee county, Ga., and Russell county, Ala , and in tho Supreme Court of the State of Georgia. Columbus, Juno 20 wtw ll s. s. Stafford; ATTORNEY AT LAW. liiakcly, Early Cos., Ga. aDSwa ~ NICOLAS GACHET, ATTORNEY AT LAW, Tpskegee, Alabama. OFFICE OVER PORTER’S BRICK STOKE. WII.L attend the court* of the Ninth Circuit, and Montgomery, pure, and Barbour In the Eighth Circuit. march ‘-’it—wly A. BACKER, IMPORTER AND DEALER IN BRANDIES, GIN, WINE, SCOTCH ALE & LONDON PORTER, Brandies and Gins, under Custom-House Lock, in bond ami entitled in debenture. Savannah, Oct. 18, 1853-wtwly _ J. & L. ALLEN, AND Fire Engine Builders, 12 JAMES STREET, NEWARK, N. J. tl?” Machinery, Fire Engines, Ilose Carriages, Hook and Ladder Trucks, and Hose of every description made to order. N. ll.—Thev solicit orders from the South and pledge them selves to give entire satisfaction in prices and quality of their work. References—Mayor and Aldermen, and FireJF.ngine Company No. 1, Columbus. Ga. Doc 27—wfctw3m * ELMORE, YANCEY AND NUCKOLLS. ATTORNEYS AT LAW, NY ill practice in partnership in the Courts of Law and Equity, in Macon county, Alabama. WM! l! YANCEY. \ Montgomery THUS. J. NUCKOLLS, Tuskegee. T. J. NUCKOLLS, will practice in the other counties of the circuit. Dec 13—ly GEO. COOK ALFORD, Attorney and Counsellor at Lav/. M ILL practice in the counties of the Ninth Judicial Cir cuit—and the Supreme Couit of the Stab 1 . Crawford, Rus-el co., Ala., Aug. 2, 1853—wly* DAVID BOSS, GENERAL BOOKBINDER, AND BLANK ROOK MANUFACTURER, No. 72Broad Street. Colunibiis, Ga., June 21—wtf REMOVAL. J. H. merry lias removed from his old stand to No. 102, next door to J. & j. Kvle. He hits on hand a .fine assortment of READY MADE CLOTHING, consisting of every article generally kept in a Clothing Store Columbus, No? 23—w&tw3ni8 AUBURN WATER-CURE. THIS establishment has now entered upon its second year, it is located upon the Montgomery and West Point Bail road, in the pleasant town of Auburn, Macon county, East Alabama, mil is thirty five mi’esfrom Columbus, Ga. There is no disease in which the Wait r-Curc has not proved Hi ‘ most efficacious, and no condition of disease ill which it may • not boa great alleviator. The natural termination of disease is iit a.’.h, aiulthe conditions of health are confdrrcd by the VY iter- Cure. * Eadies will have the especial attention of Miss L. AMELIA 1.1. Y . v,a graduate < fihe American Hvdrop&thic Institute) who will be assisted b\ .hrs. RE LI). A limited number of patients will be received during the \Y niter and feuinmer. Aside from its remedial virtues, the \v uter-Oure has some peculiar advantages. U allows ol t xer ots and social erjo\mems. For particulars address. Auburn, Jan-7—march Hi ly— DR. WM. G.RF FP. noSce. I > •>>< indebted to A. C. Flcwellen & Cos. will please “lake. payment, their accounts may be loulU I ; J. L. IIOIVELL. I _ 1 e-malms. Dec 30—tw&wtf FRAUD! Abe MrtteSEt ? f lh ? rt “ al CoLLINS fc Cos. make should JTLTT . ii to notice the stamps, os there are various Tike oupq which stomped Goiliiis and labelled much J K n “ re lr u<lulentlv sold in same parts of the Uni ted Notes as our manufacture. They ore made in ditferem parts V the country by various and generally of even so ferior quality. Thegenu.ne u.bins axes.which have acquired *bc’ | l nYKT^'(fi- r | e i l b l :lll | 0n ’ a J' <M, wnru.b | ys , ampi d‘*CO!.UN~ A" ,A o l aMd ‘; aCh ■* l *“ a printed label with rov sunoure. His now more than lw„ v .ri V * v.ws since we commenced the business with the stam> of -t a- i iinrt ford ’’and I do not know of any other axe-mak*r by Re name of ~sss &wL*r- s - ui - D. B. THOMPSON & COT (AT TIIE SIGN OF THE HEART,) It— Below Hill, Dawson A- Cos. UN , Copper, Sheet Iron, Steam Boat work, all manner . T u , u ‘ ?r /.> Piping, Conductors and Hooting done to -oruer, substantially and warranted. 48—ts COMMISSION MERCHANTS. BOSTON COTTON FACTORS AND General Commission Merchants, No. 196 Bay Street Savannah, Ga. JOHN BOSTON, JOHN L. VILLALONGA. REFERENCES: John FI. Howard, B. T. Chapman, A. W. Chapman, Ruse, Fatten & Cos. October 11—w&twtf WASHBURN, WILDER & CO., FACTORS & COMMISSION MERCHANTS, 114 BAY STREET, JOSEPH WASHBURN, ) JN'O. R. WILDER, [ Savannah, Ga. FRANCIS G. DANA. ) Sept. IG—twGm 0* S. HAMISOI, AUCTION, COMMISSION, RK-EroiMii km EQRiWiIMIMGi M ci'chanti NOS. 59 and 61 BROAD STREET, COLUMBUS, GEORGIA. A.K. AYER, AUCTIONEER AND SALESMAN. I “*7” Liberal advances marie on Negroes and Merchandise. Columbus, Aug. 20, 1853—w&twly WM. H. KIMBROUGH, CO M MISSION M EUCHANT, Novß—w&twtf SAVANNAH, GA. E. LOCKETT, WM. H. LONG, JOHN 11. DAVIS. mm £ COM MI SSI O N MERCHANTS AND SHIPPING AGENTS. SAVANNAH, GEORGIA. WIIjL attend to the selling o! ali kinds of Broduce. Strict attention given to receiving and forwarding goods, and seling orders from the country. Those of our friends who lidlire to favor us with consignments, can make the neces sary arrangements through our friends Ruse, Patten & Cos. July 9—w&twly A. G. DAVENPORT, FACTOR AND COMMISSION MERCHANT, NO. 75 BAY STREET, SAVANNAH, GEORGIA. WILL give strict attention to the sale of cotton and other produce consigned to his address. Orders for BAGGING, ROPE and other supplies, will be promptly filled at the lowest prices. lie hopes, from close personal attention to all business entrusted to him to merit a liberal patronage. References :—Messrs. Padelford, Fay & Co."I Dr. James P. Screven, I Q Hon. Joseph W. Jackson. [ Savanah lion. G. Troup Howard. J Savannah, Ga., Dec. 13—tw3m INSURANCE. Savannah Mutual Insurance Company. THIS Company has relumed in sinc.k Sixty per cknt. of premiums in the last two years. The subscriber lira the Slock scrip Twenty-five percent, lor the Inst, twelve months and a dividend ol 0 percent, cash on the stock issued for 18521 In surers in this office will twin:? their stock scrip 0 f 1H52 and receive their dividends—they can at the same time receive their scrip lor 1803. Marine and Fire risks taken at the usual rales, by Columbus,July B—w&twly 11. J. MOSES, Agent, I ni s si bj a m e i BY TIIE KENTUCKY MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANY. Apply to JOHN MUNN, Agent, Columbus, Ga. EOSWELL & BILLING, July 9—w&twly Medical Examiners. _ TRAVELING. FOR PHILADELPHIA^ Philadelphia Savannah Steam Navigation Company. TUK new and splendid side-wheel Steamships, KEY STONE STATE, Cant. Robkrt llaudik, STATEOF GEORGIA, Gapt. J.J. Garvin,Ji. will leave Savannah for Philadelphia every Wednesday. These Steamships are the most comlorlablo on the coast, and are un surpassed for safety and speed. They will leave Savannah as follows : Keystone Slate, Wednesday, £Bth Sept. Slate of Ge “ sth Oct. r Keystone State, 12th Oct, Estate of Georgia, J9ih Oct. ’ Keystone State, “ 20th Oct. State ot Georgia, “ 2nd Nov. Keystone State, “ 9th Nov. State of Georgia, “ ltith Nov. Keystone State, “ £3rd Nov. State of Georgia, “ 3oih Nov. Keystone State, “ 7th Dec. Stale of Georgia, “ 14th Dec. and so on. Cabin passage, S2O. Sterrage “ S,B. C. A. E. LAMAR, Agent in Savannah. HERON & MARTIN, Sept. 21—ts Agents in Philadelphia MUSCOGEE RAIL ROAD CO. CHANGE*OF SCHEDULE. On and after the 10th iust. the Passenger Train will leave and run by the following schedule daily until further notice: Leave Columbus at 9 A. M.; Arrive at Macon 3 25 P.M. Leave Alacon at 6 30 A. M.; Arrive at Oiurabus l 5 P. M. -E. F. RICKER, Superintendent. Columbus,May 14, 1553. Muscogee Railroad Company. GREAT REDUCTION IN FREIGHT ON SJSf IrJ37 1 r J37 SCP • ON ahd after the Ist of September, COTTON will be carried from Columbus to Savannnah, at FIFTY CENTS per hun dred pounds, including Insurance over Railroad. NOTICE TO CONSIGNEES. MERCHANDISE arriving from the East and r.ot to be forwarded by Railroad will be retained in the Depot at Co lumbus three days, free of charge, and if not then removed will be sent to oneoClhe city Warehouses for Storage at the ex pense of the owner. EDW’D F. RICKER, Superintendent. September 7,1853. HAMDEN’S EXPRESS. Oi’Kic’lC ON ranDOLPH Street. f I T E respectfully beg leave to inform IheTitizens ol Columbus ‘ and its vicinity, that we have concluded our arrangements with tl-.e Central, South-Western and .h'ueeogee Railroads, and are now running messengers daily from Columbus to Jiacdn thence to Savannah. 4lso, forwarding goods daily over the Muscogee ur.d South- W estern Railroad to Fort Valles, Oglethorpe and Macon, thence to Miiledgeville Savannah and ail intermediate places. Also, to Montgomery, Ala. We would also say, that our Ex presses by the steamers to New York at.d Philadelphia enable us to forward tvery description of merchandise and valuables. Notes, Drafts, and Kills collected in every tesvn in tiie Northern and Eastern Slates; also, to California and Europe. OFFICES AND AGENTS. S. 11. Hill. Randolph street, Columbus; S. O. Folts, Macon; Mr. Kendrick, Fort Yniley; G.R. Clayton, Oglethorpe; 153 Hay street. Savannah; 74 Bn-adwry, JYew York; 43 and 45 South-Third. Philadelphia ; 8 Cote si net. Boston; Exchange stroet.Provider.ee; Montgomery street, Nan Francisco. Articles to be forwarded, called for at any part of the city free ofexpet.se, by leaving orders on the slate at the cfiice. LIVINGSTON, WINCHESTER & CO. Columbus, April 13—tw&w Flour, Meal, and Breadsluffs. THE subscriber, proprietor ofihe CITY MI LI.S, begs leave to inform the public that he has now on hand and will con tinue to keep a good stock ofprtme H HLA T AXD CORX, an t will be prepared at all times to furnish customers in any quantities with Flour ileal, &c., at the shortest notice. New wheat is now in. The City A/ill is situated aboro the city a short distance and is now in good running order- My prices at present are as follows : Superfine Flour $6 25perbbl. Family Flour *5 ”5 “ “ Extrado 750 “ “ Corn .Weal .'. 80 ctg bushel IT* The highest cash prices paidlor Corn and Wheat. D. A. YVYNN. City Mill, June 8, 1853- ts l :r “the union of tiie states and the sovereignty of tiie states.” COLUMBUS, GEORGIA, TUESDAY MORNING, JANUARY 31, 1854. FOR SALE AND TO BENT. Valuable Plantation for Sale, la Baker County, Georgia. THE subscriber desirous of removing from the Slate of Georgia, offers for sale bis plantation lying on the irifehi waters of the Coolawahee Creek, five miles west of Al baity, adjoining lands of Paul Tarver, Dr. Nickels and others, coataiuing three thousand one hundred and twenty-five acres, more or less. There are about 800 acres of open cultivat ed land. The land is so situated that it can be easily divided. And if two purchasers appear the subscriber will divide so as to suit both. Anyone desirous of purchasing would do well to address MOORE & EDWARDS, or myself at this place; my agent living on the plaee will show the lands to any person call ing forlhat purpose. JOHN .1. RAWLS, September 3—tw3t&wtf Macon, Georgia. PLANTATION AND LOT FOR SALE, ON ACCOMMODATING TERMS. .gfiß I will sell my valuable plantation one mile East of Crawford, Ala., containing Eight Hundred acres; well improved, good dwelling and out houses, gin house, t -A, r new screw, &c., &c. There is good creek bottom and pine land interspersed with Oak and Hickory. Also, a comer one aero lot opposite the hotel in Crawford. For terms and particulars apply to Messrs. C. S. Harrison & Cos., Columbus, Ga. Afny 20—w£rtw6m C. A. CLOUD FOR SALE OR RENT. MMY Plantation, three miles below Columbus, between five and six hundred acres, cleared. JNO. A. JONES. Oct. 1. w&twtf One Hundred Town lots for Fale. WE have surveyed and laid off in LOTS, a portion of onr pro perty in Tallassee Town, Tallapoosa county, at the falls of Tallapoosa river, most convenient to’the Water Power, and offer for sale at public auction, at Tallassee, on the 2d Tuesday in March next, and at private sale liii then, one hundred of tiie most eligible Lots for business purposes—one-fifth of (he nett proceeds of the sale to l e given as a School Fund for the cslab lishmpiit cfschools in the place. Terms will be made easy to purchasers. For further particu lars, apply to HARNETT, GILMER & CO. November 9—w&twtds IIOTEL FOR Si LE. ® THE subscriber offers for sale his commodious and ► well finished Hotel, situated on the east side of the public square, in tiie town of Buena Vista, Ga., and L known as the “GLOBE HOTEL.” ltis.urnished with all necessary conveniences, and has pertaining toil, a good kitchen, smoke house, stable, lot, &., ail in good repair. The house is conveniently situated, and i3 favored with a liberal share of boarding and transient custom. Buena Visia, though ne w, is a large and beautiful town. Its schools, and varied merchatilo and mechanic interests, insure its permanency and and rapid growth. No one need fear depreciation in propelty for many pears. Persons wishing to purchase such property, would do well to call aud'examine. Reasonable time will be allowed for payment. For terms apply to the undersigned. Z. WILLIAMS. or to WILLIAMS & OLIVER, March s—Qwtf Buena Vista, Marion co., Ga. For Sale. MY plantation lying on the Chattahoochee river in Russel county, Ala., twenty miles below Columbus, Ga., containing about two thousand five hundred acres in a body. Also, two detached places, containing about eight hundred acres, which will be sold with the main body or separate. ‘flie plantation is well settled and healthy, and as productive and fertile as any on the river, aud free from freshets. Persons wishing to examine the plantation will apply to Mes srs. T. li. & C. Crowell, or G. W. Keith, (the overseer) at Os wicliee, Ala., or Jos li. Hill,in Columbus, Ga., who will furuish all necessary information in my absence. JOHN CANTEY, August2—wtf Camden, S. C. PLANTATION FOR SALE OR RENT. s~-—A S IXTEEN miles East of Columbus, one hour’s ride by mfjpS Railroad, IX miles from the depot, containing C2O isf.ii acres, about 400 cleared, 300 acres bottom land, the balance pine land, h ing well. Gin house with a press attached, seven or eight negro cabins, overseers house and other necessary buildings. The situation of this place near the Rail road gives tiie advantages of a near market without itsannoy ances. Possession given Ist January or sooner, and terms made easy. August 30—wtf A. G. REDD. FOR SALE. UfMIE plantation in Rusks! county, Ala., eight miles ami JL a half from Columbus, Ga., formerly owned by Augus tus Brown, containing seven hundred and forty acres, 200 of which is in a high state of cultivation and under good fences. There is on the premises a good framed dwelling with four good rooms, pantry, &c., good out houses of eve ry description, gin houso and screw ; ako, an excellent spring af water convenient for use, and as healthy a place as can be found in Eastern Alabama. There is on the place good Peacii and Apple orchards. Any person wish ing to purchase sucha plaee can get a bargain. For further particulars apply to JAMES ROUSSEAU. Columbus, Nov 29—wtf HOTELS. 1853! 1853!! 1853 mT COOPER’S~WELL. ‘THE undersigned has taken the entire manage HI IfJL ment and control ot , JIMS COOPER’S WELL, and is now prepared to accommodate the public. Anew dining room lias been erected, the Sleeping Rooms plastered aud fitted with furniture and bedding, and a complete renovation effected. Ampleaccommodations will be provided or FIVE HUNDRED GUESTS; and no more will be received than can be comfortably accom modated. FOR INVALIDS there can be no more advantageous retieat. The water is highly recommended by the medical faculty, and the von us urn. cures effected by its use almost surpass bklief. Ample details of several astonishing cures may be obtained on application at the Well. The terms will he model ate, and no exertion will be spared to make guests comfortable. The Vicksburg and Jackson and Raymond Railroad will con vey passengers to Raymond, thence three miles to the Well, in YV. 11. Smith’s line of NEW FOUR HORSE STAGES. The time of trip is less than three hours from Vicksburg.— Through tickets from Vicksburg !o Cooper’s \Yc-tl, can be obtain ed at the Railroad depot, Vicksburg ; price $2 20. May 10—wtf JOHN THATCHER. GLOBE HOTEL, BUENA VJS'i’A, BIAHION CO., GA MTllEsubscriber ro-pectfully announces tohis friends ar.d the public generally, that he has taken charge ofthis well known ESTABLISH MENT. Thehonseiscommodionsandwellfimslied; and nopainswill be spared to render thosecomfortable, who may favor him with their patronage. Dec 3—ts E. TITCGMB BROAD STREET HOUSE COLUMBUS, p|jfj GEORGIA. THE undersigned has taken charge of tills establishment. The house has been thoroughly renovated and furnished anew. The traveling public w ill Cud his rooms airy, neat and clean, and his table bountifully supplied with every delicacy the market affords. Omnibusses will always be in readiness to carry passengers to and from the Hotel to tho Depot and isti am Boats. L. T. WOODRUFF, Proprietor. Columbus, Oct. 11—w&twtf MORE & GALLAGHER, Ridge Road & Coates Street, Phil., IRON Founders and Manufacturers of Wrought and Cast Iron Railings and ail kinds of Ornamental and Architectural Iron Works. Iron Railings for public and private Grounds, Y eran dah--. -■ettees, Chairs, Tables, &c. Cj?”Particiiiar attention paid to the enclosure of Burial Lots. More & Gallagher’s Book of Original Design*'and List of Prices sent to persons wishing to make a selecti on. Philadelphia, Nov B—w3m”8 —w3m” TB THE MRS. DESSAU W)ULD respectfully inform the Ladies of Columbus and vicinity, that she has just returned from the North, and is now opening at her residence, (No. 110 llroad Street,) a most splendid and fashionable stock of FALL AND WINTER MILLINERY. ALSO An assortment of FALL AND WINTER DRESS GOODS for ladies’ wear—suen as SUES, TALMAS, MANTILLAS, BIEBONS, EMBROIDERIES, and all kinds ofGoods generally kept in a Millinery store. In the DRESS MAKING line,she is in the possesion of the latest European styles and patterns ; and her stock ol Trimmings for Dresses cannot be surpassed for beauty and quality, as special attention was given to this branch ol her stock. A call from her friends and customers is respectfully solicited. Columbus, Oct 12—w&twtf DRUGS AND MEDICINES. n Having disposed of part interest in the Drug business to Mr. B. 11. Head, vetake this method of informing the . public that we have now in store a large stock of tlic- DRUGS, MEDICINES, CHEMICALS, Dye Stiffs, Fancy Paints, Oils &e., Window Glass. Putty, peifumery ar.d many other articlee ; all the most popular Patent .Medicines, which we intend to sell for cash. HOLT & HEAD. Allthose indebted to the nndetsigr.ed either by noteorae count that arclaow due, will please call and settle. 1 intend to close my old Books. A word to the wiseis sufficient. Lumpkin, Jan, 10 1654—wtf—2. YVra. H. HOLT. Poftnj. The Sony ot Spring. BY ELIZA LOGAN. * In the groves where the orange and citron are blooming, And scenting with perfume ihe balm-breathing air, Mv ardent relation, Dame Summer’s assuming, The tasks which, unfinished, I left to her care. As my light step is bounding o’er valley and mead, The harebell and daisy peep up from the sod ; For they feel that their delicate bosom 9 are freed From the earth, which I lose with my magical rod. I breathe in the forest—it’s life I renew— The blood of the oak rushes up thro’ ils veins ; And the robe it puts on bears the very same huo iAs that which I lavishly spread o’er tho plains. Its voice to the ice-fettered brook I restore, And send its freed waters rejoicing along ; The grove, late so silent, is tuneless no more, For I’ve taught every leather-clad warbler a song. Tho’ brief be my life, yet, unlike fragile mortals, Decay to my heart no destruction can bring ; Ere a floweret can bud, I throw open death’s portals, And start from the tomb—a new, glorious spring. (From a Forth-Coming Volume of Poems by Hosmer.] Keats. There is a flower of glorious apparel That opens in the hush of lonely night, And ere tho morning lark boffins her earol, Is sadly touched with blight. The honey of its cup is never tasted By bee or humming bird—gay sprite of air Why on the solemn darkness is thus wasted, A loveliness so rare ? Type of that flower was Keats, the young and gifted Charming with song a cold and thankless world, W hile the black clouds of wo above him drifted, And Hope her banner furled. The light of fame at last through darkness streaming, Came falling not upon his living head, But like some funeral torch, a fitful gleamiug Gave only to the dead! General Jackson. The following notice of General Jackson is from Col. Denton’s History : He was a careful farmer, overlooking every thing himself, seeing that the fields and fences were in good order, the stock \Yyll attended, and the slaves comfortably provided for. His house Y\as the seat of hospitality, the resort of friends and acquaintances, and of all strangers visiting the State, and the more agreeable to ail from the perfect conformity of Mrs. Jackson’s dis position to his own. But bo needed some ex citement beyond that which a farming life could afford, and found it for some years in tho ani mating sports of the turf. He loved fine horses racers of speed and bottom—owned several— and contested the four mile heats with the best that could be bred or brought to the State, and for large sums. That is the nearest to gaming that I ever kneYV him to come. Cards and the cock-pit haY’e been imputed to him, but most er roneously. I never saYv him engaged in either. D uels were usual in that time,and he had his share of them, with their unpleasant concoinmit tants ; hut they passed avvay with all their ani mosities, and he has often been seen zealously pressing the advancement of those against whom lie had but lately been arrayed in deadly hos tility. His temper was placable as well as ir ri’scible. and Iris reconciliations were cordial and sincere. Os that, my own case was a sig nal instance. There was a deep-sealed vein of piety in him, unaffectedly showing itself in his reverence for divine worship, respect for the ministers of the Gospel, their hospitable recep tion in his house, and constant encouragement of all the pious tendencies of Mrs. Jackson.— And Yvhen they both afterwards became mem bers of the Church, it was the natural and reg ular results of their early and cherished feelings. He was gentle in his house and alive to the ten derest emotions ; and of this I can givm an in stance, greatly in contrast with his supposed character, ar.d with more than a long discourse in showing what that character really was. I arrived at his house one wet, chilly evening, in February, and came upon him in the twilight, sitting alone before the fire, a lamb and a child between his knees. He started a little, called a seiwant to remoY’e the two innocents to another room, and explain ed to me how it Yvas. The child had cried be cause the lamb Yvas out in the cold, and begged him to bring it in, which he had done to please the child—his adopted son, then not two years old. The ferocious mail does not do that, and though Jackson had passions aud violences, they Yvere for men and enemies—those Yvho stood up against him—and not for Yvomen ar.d children, or t he weak and helpless, for all whom his feel ings \Y r ere those of protection and support His hospitality was active as well as cordial, embra cing the Yyorthy in every walk of life, and seek ing out Yvorthy objects to receive it, no matter how obscure. Os this I learned a characterist ic instance in relation to the son of the famous Daniel Boone. The young man had come to Nashville on his father’s business, to be detained some YY'eeks, and had his lodings at a small tav ern towards the lower part of the toYvn. Gene ral Jackson heard of it—sought him out—found him, took him home to remain as long as his bu siness detained him in the country, saying “your father’s dog should not stay in a tav’ern Ythile I have a house,’’ This was heart! and I had it from the young man himself, long after, when he Yvas a State Senator of the General Assembly of Missouri and as such nominated me for the United States Senate at my first election in 1820—his name was Benton Boone, and so named after my father. Abhorrence of debt, public and private, dis like of banks and love of hard money—love of justice and lo\-e of country, were ruling passions with Jackson ; and these he gave constant evi dences in all situations of his life. Os piKate debts he contracted none of his own, and made anY’Jsacrifices to get out of those incurrud for others. Os this he gave a sigual instance not long before the war of 1812—selling the impro- v T ed part of his estate, with the best buildings of the county upon it, to pay a debt incurred in a mercantile adventure to assist a young relathe, and going into log houses in the forest part to begin anew home and a farm. He was attach ed to his friends and to his country, and he nev er bolieved any report to tiie discredit of either, until compelled by proof. He would not believe in the first report of the surrender of Gen. Hull, and became sad and oppressed when forced to believe it. He neY’er gave up a friend in a doubtful case, or from policy or calculation. He was a firm believer in the goodness of super, intending Providence, and in the eventful right judgment and justice of the people. I haY’e seen him at the most desperate part of his fortunes, and never saYv him YY’aY’erin the belief that all Yvouhi come right in the end. In the time of CromYY’el! he would have been a Puritan. The character of his mind Yvas that of judg ment, with a rapid and almost intuitive percep tion, folloYved by instant and decisive action. — It was that which made him a General and a President for the times in which he served. He had vigorous thoughts, but notjthe faculty of ar ranging them in a regular composition, either written or spoken ; and in formal papers usually gave his manuscript to an aid, a friend, or a sec retary, to be written over—often to the loss of vigor. But the thoughts were his oyvii, vigor ously expressed, and Yvithout effort, Yvriting with a rapid pen, and never blottering or altering; but, as Carlyle says of Croimvell, hitting the nail upon the head as he went. I have a great deal of his Yvriting now, some on public affairs, and covering several sheets of paper, and no era sures or interlineatious anywhere. His con versation Yvas like his writing, a vigorous, flow ing current, appearently without the trouble of thinking, and ahvays impressive. His conclu sions were rapid and immoveable, when he was under strong convictions, though often yielding in minor points to his friends. And no man yielded quicker Yvhen ho Yvas convinced; perfect ly illustrating the difference betYY’een firmness and obstinacy- Os all the Presidents who have done me the honor to listen to my opinions, there Yvas no one to whom 1 spoke with more confi dence when I felt myself to be in the right. He had a[load to carry all his life, resulting from a temper which refused compromise and bargains, and went for a clean victory, or a clean defeat, in every case. Hence every ?step he took was a contest, and, it may be added, every contest Yvas a victory. I have already said that he was elected a Major General in Tennessee—an election on which so much af terwards depended—by one vote. Ilis appoint ment in the United States regular army was a conquest from the administration, which had twice refused to appoint him a Brigadier, and once disbanded him'as a volunteer General, and yielded to his military victories. His election as President was a victory OY’er politicians—as Yvas every leading eY’ent of his administration. From the Savannah Republican. Karriago in Syria. The men marry at 10 and 18 years of age; the girls at 12 and 14. A girl who has arrived at the age of 18 without marrying, is consider ed an old maid. The parents make the match es ; the young folks have nothing to do in the matter,’it being none of their business. If the mother sees a girl with whom she is pleased, she dispatches heTr husband to the girl’s father, to make proposals for their son. If not rejected, and the match is satisfactory, an agreement of marriage is entered into by the fathers. The engagement lasts for three months, during which time the young man and young woman are en tirely ignorant of each other, tho one neY’er having met or even heard the name of the other. On betrothing, the young man sends jewels, &c., and it is on the value of those gifts that the parents of the girl regulate their gifts to the daughter. If tho man Yvishes to break the en gagement, he can do so, but loses the presents. If the parties have ever, by chance, seen each other before, they must not do so after they are betrothed. It requires three days to consumate the marriage ceremonies, commencing on Fri day and ending early Monday morning. The interval is a festive occasion, Yvhen every body shouts and chatters confusedly. The men have their musicians, and the women their songstres ses and dancing girls, to enliven them. Wines, pi esents, and oriental sweetmeats are supplied by the bride and bridegroom, who become steYV ards for the time. Both men and Yvomen smoke during the festivities. On the eve of the marriage, the bridegroom sends fifteen of his relatives to accompany the bride to church. On arriving at her father’s house, she is demanded, and the company sit down and smoke while she is being prepared. The bride in going to church is accompanied by as many women as the bridegroom sent men, and rose water is sprinkled on the party from the windows of the houses as they proceed to church. When the ceremony is performed, the married couple do not return together. The bride is taken to the bridegroom’s house. When the latter approaches the house at 12 o’clock at night, his friends cry out, “behold the bridegroom cometh*” and hence the Scriptural expression. The husband does not enter the bride’s room until 3 o’clock in the morning, accompnnied by his god-father, when he uncovers her face, and for the first time beholds his Yvife. All those Yvho approach the house at mid night with the bridegroom should be provided with lighted tapers : otherwise, they cannot enter. These tapers correspond with the lamps of the ten virgins spoken of in the 25th chapter of Mathew. 1. Then shall the kingdom of heaven be likened unto ten virgins, which took their lamps, and went forth to meet the bridegroom. 2. And five of them were Yvise, and five were foolish. 3. They that were foolish took their lamps, and took no oil with them: 4. But the Yvise took oil in their vessels i with their lamps. 5. While the bridegroom tarried, they all slumbered and slept. G. And at midnight there Yvas a cry made, Behold, the bridegroom cometh; go ye out to meet him. 7. Then all those virgins arose, and trimmed their lamps. 8. And the foolish said unto the Yvke, Give us of your oil : for our lamps are gone out. 9. But tho wise answered, saying, Not so; lest there be not enough for us and you : but go ye rather to them that sell, and buy for your selves. 10. And while they went to buy, the bride groom came ; and they that Yvere ready, went in with him to the marriage: and the door was shut. The honeymoon lasts only two YY’eeks. The greatest compliment one can pay a Syrian is to wish him a speedy marriage. This applies. howeY’er, only to the men : for it is highly im proper to speak to the girls on such a subject. Three daughters are equal to one son : in other words, a father having one son and three daugh ters, will give as much to the son as to all the daughters. He cannot, hoYvev’er, disinherit his daughter—a wise regulation which we should like to see incorporated into the laYvs of Georgia. Duelling. —The editor of the Greensboro’ Beacon, a southern man, and reared in one of the best schools of chivalry in the Yvorld—the United States Navy—has some striking remarks on the subject of duelling, suggested by the late unfortunate affair in Piakens county. The Bea con thinks.that among truly honorable men and gentlemen, there is never any necessity for set tling a difficulty by an appeal to arms. Suppose t\Y’o men of this character to have become in voKed in difficulty, the editor suggests e rule by which a hostile meeting might always be pre vented. Thus: “Mutual friends should take the matter in hand, and get from each of the parties his con sent to have the difficulty settled by these friends and also his pledge, as man of honor, to abide by their settlement. In this way the matter would be placed in the hands of those capable of taking a calm, and disinterested view of it; and Yvho in the great majority of cases, \Y-ould have but little difficulty in determining whether an insult had been offered, and if so, whether it was really intended. Having determined this point they Yvould then have to fix the nature and extent of reparation. Should this reparation even be a formal apology, the individual offering the insult, if a man of true honor, could not hesi tate to make it, even were he not under a pledge to do so ; for no proposition can be plainer than that, Yvhen one man injures another by word or deed, and is made sensible of the fact, he is bound, by every principle of honor to make rep aration. And he Yvho refuses so to do can lay no just claims to the character of the gentlemen.” Intermarriages of American Women with Foreign Noblemen. Not that there is any honor in it, but simply as a matter of news, we extract from the New Y ork Herald the folloYving account of the inter marriages between American ladies and the no bility of England. It is the boast of Ameri cans that every man here is a sovereign ; but the ladies have not manifested any indifference to titles. Indeed, this love of titles, of high sounding appellations, is gnnving upon us.— We should sedulously guard against departing from the noble simplicity of our ancestors: Republican America lias furnished her fair proportion of brides te the noble gentlemen of Europe. Not long ago, the Spanish prime minister, a duke of the blood royal, was a grand son of old Governor McKean, of Pennsylvania ; and since the Revolution, English, French, Rus sian, and other ambassadors, have married in this country. By the last steamer we learn that the Marchioness of Wellesley died on the 17th December, at Hampton Court. She \Y\as a daughter of Richard Caton, of Baltimore, and und a grand daughter of Charles Carroll, of Carrolton, one of the signers of the Declaration of Independence. Her memoires Yvould con stitute one of the most romantic narratkes that could be Yvritten. In the first floYvering ol'yvo manly beauty, she attracted the attention of Sir Arthur Wellesley, afterwards the Duke of Wel lington, who folloYved her over half the conti nent, and by his unguarded devotion incurred not a little scandal. Miss Caton (then Mrs. Robert Pattisou) Yvas recalled by her family, and her admirer formtyiy months wrote a min ute diary of what occurred in the gay world abroad, which he transmitted in letters per eve ry packet for.the United Slates. When she be came a widoYV she revisited London; but tiie hero of Waterloo was now himself married, and therefore unable to efier her his hand ; he how ever, introduced his elder brother, Yvho soon af ter became her husband ; and the duke contin ued to tho close ofhi3 life, to be one of the warmest of her friends and admirers. Share sided in her old ago at Hampton Court, a sort of royal and noble house of refuge.. Two of her sisters Yvere married to noblemen— to the Duke of Leeds, and the .younger, we be lieve, to an Irish peer. A third sister, Mrs. McTavish, is hoyv living in Baltimore, and is one of the most distinguished and respected la dies ol the old school of that metropolis of beau ty and of good society. Lord Carlisle on Music. — l consider music, to be the most graceful accomplishment and delightful recreation that adorns this hard-work ing world, and renovates our busy, overcharged existence. Its negative import is great. It pro vides an amusement for our people, and keeps many from the ale-house and midnight brawl. Its positive importance and value are inestima ble ; for the combining chords that regulate our Yvhola being are interwoven, sense with princi ple, that the very character assumes a clothing for external circumstances. I am aware that, from every alter, however pure and sacred, fire might be stolen and desecrated ; but we should emulate the llame which, while it enlkens all around, points to the skies. I would not con fine music to any YY’alk in life. Not alone in the sacred cathedral, not alone to the cosily theatre, nor in gilded saloons, nor confine it to six geui nea stalls; but I Yvould hear our nightingales warble in every grove, and trill on every bough. I Yvould have the happy art enliven the domes tic tea-table, add variety to the village school and linger in the sanctuary. Business in New Orleans. The True Delta of the 4th inst., contains the following notice of the aspect of things in that city- The Delta says : ‘Where do they ali?Come From?— Such is the inquiry which we hear frequently made concerning the numbers of people who now throng our thoroughfares, and an truth it is not very easy to answer the question. New faces, and in great numbers, are to be seen every where—at street corners, and in the hotels, in restaurats, at the Theatres, and in all places where people usually congregate. The ends of tho earth are meeting in New Orleans—the so-called “city of the plague”—in search ot health and pleasure. The ailing visit us to en joy the restorative advantages of our winter climate; the curious, as they would a battle ground, after the conflict of arms had ceased and the dead had been borne away to their qui et resting places, and people in general, in search of business, wealth, wonders, and a few, hap pily, of wisdom. And indeed an appropriate re ward appears to be awaiting all. Never was the sanatory condition of any city more satis factory than that of New Orleans at the present time. The weekly mortality is reduced to the lowest imaginable limit, and everybody is boasting of vigorous health. The money which formerly went to the doctor now goes to the butcher, end beef has risen in consequence to eighteen cents per pound. The cheek of beauty becomes roseate without paint, and bloods runs rapidly without being stirred by punches.’’ And then, as to business, it is unusually brisk. Commerce is holding high wassail, and gather ing in the trophies of its craft in a right merry mood. The fountains of amusement, too, are full to overflowing. The curtains are up at the old St. Charles, the Gravier street Temple, and the classic Orleans, and the players, with good skill, are holding “the mirror up to nature.’’ Besides, in the Amphitheatre, where Dan Rice is King, a Queen now resigns supreme- She is tho delight and wonder of all beholders, while her sylph like movements and graceful form, place her in fine contrast with “the charming Madam Graham,’’ the light of the Museum! All things, therefore, considered, it is no matter of wonder that people now feel an inclination to visit our good Crescent city, and though we may not be able to explain where the folks all come from, we may venture to become the spokesman of the hospitable Orleanois, and extend to each and all a kindly welcome.” [TERMS, $2 00 IN ADVANCE. Shall the present Tax Law be Bepealed 1 It is known to our readers, that there are at this time several bills before the Legislature, some for the modification, and ethers for the repeal of the present ad valorem Tar Law’.— We should not object to seeing the law modified in certain respects, but but should look upon its repeal as the heaviest blow at the welfare and high position of Georgia which it is the power of the Legislature to deal. Instead of being the “Empire State’’ of the South and the foremost in the great race of improvement, such an act would place Georgia on the retrogade list, and would show that she had turned backward and was lacking in spirit longer to contend with her sister States. Indeed, we can hardly conceive of any one .act which the Legislature can per petrate, that would be fraught with so much mis chief to the State, as the abiogation of the ad valorem Tax Law'. We would rather see it give way to the State Railroad, or sell it and throw the money into the sea. There are forty millions of acres of land in Georgia, according to White’s Statistics, thirty of which only returned in 1848 for taxes. The real estate of the State in 1845 was estimated at 8121,631,292, and the personal estate at 8213,038,325, The State tax assesed under the old Tax act for 1841, was 8228,969 91, and the county tax for the preceding year was 8184,- 390 04. Under the old law, slaves paid 8130,310 94 of the State tax, while the entire real estate of the State paid only some 854,000 00 Though the real estate was worth more than half as much as the personal, yet one item alone of the latter paid nearly three times as much aB the former did. Town lots and stock in trade paid, in round numbers, 854,000 00, or as much as the forty million acres of land in the State estimated to be worth 8121,G31,292. In other words, the tax on the commerce of the State was as great as that on the landed interests. ‘.The 812,090,000 ol real estate in the cities and towns paid almost as much tax as the 8110,600,000 out of the towns and cities. These are not the only inequalities in the old law'. Eleven thousand tax payers in the cities and towns paid one-third of the taxes of the State There were about 100,000 taxpayers in the State, and 11,000 or one-ninth of them paid one third of the taxes. One half the real estate out side of the towns and cities paid only about 815,000 tax, whereas the other half paid near 810,000. The tax on the same amount of real estate in cities and towns was 836,000, and the tax on 84,000,000 stock in trade, 816,000. The poorest oak and hickory lands paid a tax of 2 1-2 cents per acre, w'hile the richest pine lands paid only three fourths of one mill—a dif ference of 340 per cent. The poor mechanic in one of our villages un der the old law paid more for the support of the Government on his house and lot of the value ol 8300, than the wealthy landholder on his plantation worth 850,000. A man owning a princely mansion w’orth 825,000 and standing on an acre of pine land just outside the corpo rate limits of a town, only paid a tax of three fourths of one mill while the mechanic alluded to, paid 40 cents on the value of his little house and lot. These facts clearly demonstrate the inequali ties and injustice of the old law, and yet, we re gret to learn, there is some danger that the pres ent Democratic Legislature w ill return to that law. All direct tax law’s should be based on tho value oi the property taxed. The citizen should contribute to the support of the Government according to the kind or description >f those means. All other modes of taxation are une qual and unjust,—a fact which the people of Georgia were first to discover, and should be tho last to abandon. There are counties in this State which do not contribute taxes enough to the Treasury to pay the expenses of their members to the Legislature, and their people are among the most clamorous for the repeal of the pres ent equal and judicous law. If the act of 1852 he defective, let it be amen ded but do not destroy it. It would be strange il it contained no inequalities, as the principle ! upon which it is based was entirely new at the j time. If the working of the law has brought de- J tec's to light, the duty of the Legislature is to • apply the remedy—to cut off the defective limb, but not to apply the axe to the root of the tree. - Sav. Republican .] Water Gas. —The water gas discovery would appear to he genuine, though I fear will be an illusion, like that of Mr. Paine, in America. The inventor has proved his ability, in Paris, to con tract a thousand cubic quarts of hydrogen from twelve quarts of water. The hydrogen needs purifying, hut the expense is little or nothing. The machine by which the operation is effected is an electromagnetic battery. Sea water is pre ferable to fresh water. A gas company in this city is in treaty with the inventor for the privi lege of lighting the capital ; and a southern company of capitalists has made overtures for the application of the invention upon the Med iterranean, as fuel upon ten screw steamers.— There is no doubt about the facts as I have given them ; but whether tho inventor, the spec ulators and the capitalists are not the victims of a delusion, is another matter— London Cor. Com. Advertiser. A Good way of hearing from Home. —A young man in California whose friends had not remembered him as he thought they adopted the following expedients: he sat down and wrote some half dozen letters to different persons at home, inquiring the price of land and stock ; what could he liny a handsome farm of 200 or 300 acres for, &c.; intimating that he was very rich By return mail he received no less than seven letters, all anxiously inquiring after his health, when he was coming, dtc., and has received three or fourever3’ mail since, in cluding some very warm ones from an old and very cold sweetheart Os all tyrants, fashion is the most capricious “Fickle as the wind, by the soft quivering aspen made,” she is a little disposed to exercise leniency as good sense. Her sway is over all. The weal thy bear her yoke with comparative ease, but the poor find her’s a galling fetter. Not con tent with an absolute sway of the body, she even invades the sacred recesses of the mind. How painfully humilitating it is to see a fashionable phil anthropist or fashionable cristian : Yet with 6hame and disgust we cenfess that they may be found. Fashionable dressing is the point, however, to which we would direct your attention. Is not that fashion which compels the clerk to dress fine, while his employer may wear a thread bare coat, tyranizing ? Is not fashion fickle when she compels a family that hasn’t enough of bread and meat, to eke out a scanty existence, to create heavy debts in order to array themselves in mourn ing on the death of a friend ? Isn’t fashion mean and niggardly when bedecks the body in tine ciothes and tinsel, and ves the mind divine, a dull, listless blank ? Isn’t she merciful when she compells you to Number 5.