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Attorney s at luaw,
OFFICE, TROUPV1LLE,
Lowndes County, Ga.
(1,1-0,1843. 3m—21
" CI1AULES .1. WILLIAMS,
Attorney at Law,
M1ELEDGEVILLE, GEO.
N „V .10,1843. 22_
(. nVBPHET, Attorn?*}' :il Law.
CASSVILLE, Georgia.
|«tn!,L attend to business in any County, in the
| ' ; Cherokee Circuit, and in OeKalb and Cobb, of
Coweta Circuit.
■...•u.ry 30, 1844. 33 3m
' ClfMMiSSiON - BUSINESS.
Oil I, undersigned have formed a partnership for the
j . inaction of a Factorage and Commission Busi-
jn the city of Savannah, and will open an office
l day of August next. They intend to give
]—i!m! attention to the business, and hope to
I if so, to receive a liberal share of public
JOHN L. SWINNEY & Co.
... .1, !IN L. SwiNNEY, }
joins II. Burnett. \
p,1-43. 37 tf
ft ; i! VKOEHAX, & CO.
FACTORS
(7 /: V/: 7.M 1. C 0 MMISS I o x
MERCHANTS.
Savannah, Ga.
nah. July 20. 1813.
Ue.vOiv Made lAottuug
DRY GOODS
man
BY PARK & UOG^US.]
•HILL, ED GEE riEEE, GEORGIA,
.11 ARCn 12, 1844.
[vol. 14.—no. 3».
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V.
AlTKFELDEa’S,
O are now opening a large assortment of
Gent’
s fine dress coats ;
do
frock do
do
overcoats;
■ lo
pantaloons and vests;
Shi
irt Drawers, Are., Ac.,
racing ev
ery article in the line of wearing
tiier with a beautiful assortment of Fancy Dry
which the public are respectfully invited to call
mine at the CHEAP DRY GOODS STORE.
or below Iluson’s Hotel,
dgeville, Nov. 27, 1843. tf—24
ok :»1 Hiss before you go ftirthcr!
.U ST RE.CEYV1XG V.Y
A Mr, d? IT?
Jfca Vw'V Vfcj' Q -o’
T , Branch. Depot of the N. Y. Dry Goods
mPROYED
BOTANICO-MEDICAL
By M. 8. Tlioaisou, OT. li. OTsicon, C5a.
Prove all tilings and hold
— ». fast to that which is gooj.' As even in our day,
in reality, “the deaf may hear, the lame may walk, and'
the blind may receive their sight."
The undersigned fully aware of the many responsibili
ties resting upon him as a practitioner of the healing art,
would again tender his services to those who may need
them with the assurance in advance, that if assiduous
care, long experience, and a thorough knowledge of in
nocent yet powerfully health’s restoring remedies, with
their judicious application will restore lost health, he
feels warranted in saying, that so far as these goto the
procurement of such de-lderatura, the afflicted or their
friends will in no case be disappointed.
As heretofore persons afflicted with chronic diseases
and residing at a distant e may have their cases treated by
sending their symptoms in writing as correctly as possi
ble. when medicines to suit them will he compounded
and sent. .Many who have pursued this course though
we have never seen them, are now in the enjoyment of
uninterrupted health. 1 ersons having diseased servants
who may be to them botli hurihensnme and expensive,
may either have their cases treated or dispose of them to
tiie subscriber at a fair price.
Letters to ensure attention must invariably be post
paid ; terms liberal and punctuality expected.
M. S. THOMSON, M. D.
February 20, 1S41. yi;
That community raw have some idea of the extremes
to which disease may go without being beyond the reach
of medicine, it is deemed proper to append the follow
ing statement of (acts, taken from a number of similar
import, which may yet be submitted as room and circum
stances may admit.
Bibb County, Jan. 9th, 1844.
This may certify that my wife has bean afflicted with
Dyspepsia and Liver complaint for twelve vears, and
lias taken a variety of medicines without apparent bene
fit ; even the justly celebrated Dr. Durham, of Clark
county, failed to benefit her. She suffered much from
nen ous irritability, palpitation of the heart and extreme
weakness so as to lie confined almost entiieiy to her bed.
In this situation I applied to Dr. M. S. Thomson of Ala-
con, under wiiose directions and applications I ain hap
py to say she soon was restored to comfortable health, j
nd is now able to attend to all the usual business of her I
ladii
CLOTHING STORE,
INF. assortment of SPUING and SUMMER
hv Goods, suitable for Ladies and Gentlemen, j house and family.
,]•; of calicoes, prints o f all descriptions, Sec.; My daughter was also afflicted with convulsive fits,
liincv casameres, a large stock of readymade fiom which Dr. Durham failed to relieve her. I applied
ic. gentlemen's bools and shoes, ladie’s shoes, to Dr. Thomson also in her case, and I am persuaded he
;jis, Ac. All of which will be sold at the lowest has finally cured her; she lias had no symptom of them
One of the former being in New York all ; in six months.
...the goods received at the Branch Depot are j But these though certainly of their kind very eminent,
.! with care and upon the most favorable terms, j cannot he compared fora moment with the case of one
liiently we can sell as good, as fine, as durable and j of my sons, who lias been afflicted with palsy to such a
hi, if not cheaper goods, than can he purchased at degree as to have become perfectly helpless, he first lost
ter establishment at the South. All that we ask, | the use of his limbs then of his hotly and finally his keyr
ing and eyesight, so that he might he said to be in a
manner dead only lie breathed, and even thatatone time
was so nearly gone, that his clothes were prepared in an
ticipation of his final exit. We had made use of the usu
al remedies in such cases, and even had applied to l)r.
Stringfellow, a loot doctor, but without benefit. In this
situation, Dr. Thomson was called in, who I am happy
to say has restored him not only to the full and free use
of all his limbs, hut also to the use of his eves and ears,
without which creation were a blank and life itself a bur
den. The change is so great from absolute helplessness
blindness and deafness to life and activity sight and he \r
ino, that it can hardly lie realised by any but those who
have seen it. This is a cure which, numerous as those
effected by tiie Doctor are, will hardly give precedence to
noy- ISAAC WATTS.
and gentlemen to call and examine for
vill cost nothing and we shall be glad to
y i; Clothing cut out with neatness and despatch, at
ip LLCBRANCH DEPOT, _r~fl next door to the
late Bank.
Miiiedgeviile, Feb. 13,1844. 8t—35
I'otiilentisjiy.—BIDES, HIDES.
C t ASH oR BARTER, will he paid for all kinds of
j Hides, suitable for being tanned, desired at this lu-
itutiou.
Persons at a distance, desiring to make sale of hides,
ir Cush or Barter, will please open a communication
v the Inspector of tiie Penitentiary, or with the un-
CiMLMied. A. IV. REDDING,
Principal Keeper.
hb.r., 1844. 35 St
Rciuiy JLttie clothing.
mill; subscriber will now sell his large Stock of
S K-ady made Clothing. at greatly redu-
Tlie .TertEsalein Articnone:
HPIJF, Cultivation of this root is spreading rapidly in
_S. Tennessee and the Cherokee country in Georgia,
and it is found upon experiment, to produce more un
til' season is advancing—and persons tritive matter per acre, for fattening hogs, than any other
Vegetable whatever. It is planted and cultivated like
I corn; delights in a loose soil, and will produce from 4
to 8 Hundred bushels per acre, as an examination of our
i Farms at this time, upon the Oustanaulee and Etowah,
! will fully prove.
One acre will keep in good condition, fifteen head of
hogs (if they are well supplied wilh ashes.) from tiie first
of October to tiie first of April. Five bi!-’:els (with one
i large, oi two small roots to a hill) will pi nt one acre—
' and two piougliings and hoeings will he sufficient. The
! root will lie in tiie ground all winter, without injury and
j is relished by horses, cattle and sheep. They can he had
- . , i ,7 . at our plantations by the load, at 7-5 cents per bushel,
A i i for sale at this (Jjjicc, and by the Jlut/wi, j ani | at n j| 0! | ler p! aces where required, at the same price,
ui, ling Cor bargains, will do well to call.
lion’l Forget
Thm l ,'arineiits of ail hinds will be made at the short-
, • i: ", and warranted to fit, by J- Doles, Esq., who
i ' i; irgc of tiie Tailoring and Ready Made Clothing
Ih'pmtuieut, over our sales room.
E. W. BANCROFT.
M illedgeville, Jan. 2. 1844. 31 tt
Jnxt Published,
Price 1 o Cents,
|E Essay on the. soils and available, manures of j adding the cost of transportation
G.orgia, with their appliration and management;
> ./ on a Geological and Agricultural surrey, by
j ,) I f N R U G G I, E S COTTING,
to Geologist of Georgia, and Member of the Associ-
•:i of American Geologists,
rice. 25.1843. 28
LOCeJi AT THIS!
,'Voer offering tt£ Bancrofts
T. !!< tADCLOTIIS at from 1 40 to S3 00 per yd.
I Super. do 5 00 to S15 00
• ' mores, of all stvlcs and qualities.
S • ts, ' 374 to 75
1 "i pieces Kentucky Jeans, 374 to 50
T. lor-' Trimmings, of all kinds.
ALSO.
A complete assortment of Goods for Gentleman's
lb-, ss: such as ready made Shirts, Collars, Stocks,
Iiloves. Scarfs, Ildkts, (Ac. (Ac.
ALSO.
20 eases Ilats, all styles, from $1 50 to $5 00
Milledgeville, Jan. 2. 1844. 31_ _tf
Central Money at par.
family ixi’ocea’y Sl«>8‘e.
rpilE undersigned respectfully informs tiie citizens
1 of Millcdgicille an l Baldwin county, that lie lias
token llie stand formerly occupied by Air Ragsdale, im
mediately apposite the State Bank, and has on hand a
Large and General Assortment of
FAMILY GROCERIES.
Embracing every article usually kept in tiie line, select-
( I by an experienced hand, which he will dispose ot at
V, I,nles.de or Retail, on more reasonable terms for cash,
tit,ui can be purchased elsewhere in tiie city. His
CONFECTIONARY
Immediately in the rear of the “Family Grocery,”
v iv Confectionaries, Fruits, and choice Liquors. Sfc.
\r . can be had at all times. E. ROWLEY.
Jail. U>, 1844. tf—31
J 'j ANAWAY from my residence, on the morning of
-Y the 1st instant, in Wilkinson county, Ga , my ne
gro man .Milton, about 24 or 24 years of age. very dark
complected, with a very noted scar between his’ eyes.
He is about 5 feet 6 or 8 inches high, and stqut built,
weighing 140 or 150 pounds. Said hoy can read and
write a iittle, and perhaps has written his own pass. A
amiable reward will he paid to any person, who will de-
bum him to me, or lodge him in any Jail so that I get
liim agairn.
DANIEL BURKE.
January 9, 1844. 30 tf
" -rAV EX'TV DOLLARS BEWARD.
i > ANAWAY from the subscriber, living near Doca-
vL tur, Ga., on the night of I Itli inst.,a bright mulatto j
buy, about 25 years old, 5 feet Sort) inches high, rather j
stout built, very straight hair, quick spoken, though not
very intelligent, had on when lie went away, a black fur |
hat. tall slim crown and narrow brim; he carried ofl a
number of garments and may appear in diiferent garbs
—u 111 probably try to pass for a white person, being very
white and change his name; iiis real name is Pleasant. I
w ill give Twenty Dollars reward for bis delivery to me,
orlbrhis lodgment in Jail so that I gel him.
ROBERT CROCKET.
Decatur, DeKaib cn., Ga., Feb. 14,1844. 36 tf
REIYDBBR-
,*s THIS thorough bred Raea-horse (own bro-
jJT^therto Mice Gray,) will stand the next season
y j/ A at CLINTON. Jones county, and will he letto
m u es at the reduced price of } the season.
REINDEER was sired by the celebrated Henry, the
competitor of Eclipse; his dam Sportmistress by Hickory,
(ilie best son of the imported Whip) his grandani. Mil
ler's Damsel, the dam of American Eclipse; she was sired
by imported Messenger. Great grand.nn, ihe imported
mare by Potoxas, great great graudatn bv Guncrack—
Snap Dragoon, by Snap—Regains—Bartlett's Childers
—Honey Woods Arabian, out of the Two True Blues.
REINDEER is a cliesnut sorrel. 10 hands high, of
large hone, strongly made, siiort back, line eyes, and of
commanding appearance. He was bred by Thomas
Pearsall, of Long Island, New York, will he 9 years old
in Mav next. There is not a better blooded horse in the
Unite A States, either native or imported.
JOHN WYNENS.
Feb. 13, 1844. 35 5t
Aatice lo Debtors and Creditors.
A l.L persons indebted to the estate of Janies Hum-
_r\. pliryes, late ot Newton county, deceased, arc re-
quested to make immediate payment; and those having
demands against die estate are requested to present them
within the time prescribed by law.
CHARLES LUCAS, Adm’r.
Nov. 7, 1843. - 23
[CU March and April are the usual mouths for plant- j
A. T. HARDEN, Floyd. ]
JOHN LEAK, Cass. I
Walker County, Fob. 1st, 1S44.
To Col. A. T. Harden ^ John Leak,Esgrs:
l have seen your advertisement, and in comp iance
with your wishes, take this opportunity to state that I !
have cultivated the Jerusalem Artichoke, for the last two j
years, and was, I believe, the first to introduce it into
Georgia from Tennessee.
There is no exaggeration in the account yon give oPit,
according to my experience, and its introduction into
Georgia, will create an important era, and render our
citizens in a short time in a great measure, independent
of western supplies of pork.
DAMHL NFWXAN.
Tiie above article, can be had in Griifin and Madison,
I in a short time, at S55 i >9 cents per bushel, by applying
to the Commission Merchants, Johnston, Junes & I’eck,
and McKinley & Co.
Feb 22, 1814. ^ 33 3t
THE THOBOUGH JIBED HORSE,
A N JJ II S3 W, .1 SS.,
U_'TN Will stand tile ensuingseason atthestabie of
(l .J S Hie subscriber, in Baidwincoiinty.ten milesfrom
Milledgeville, near the Clinton road, and twelve miles
from Clinton; and as the times are so hard, lie will be
let to mares at tiie low price of $i2 the Season. Should
a mare not prove with foal tiie Spring Season, she will
be entitled to the Fall Season, GRATIS, provided she
is not traded olf. lie is truly a valuable Horse, and will
add greatly to the stock of the country.
Description.—Andrew, Jr. is a beautiful dark chest
nut sorrel, 10 hands high, of fine hone and muscle, with
excellent limb and action
Pedigree.—Andrew, Jr. was got by the celebrated
horse, Sir Andrew, owned by Col. R. M. Johnson, ol
Virginia, (the Napoleon of the turf,) wiiose performances
as a race horse needs no comment, and out of a Gallatin
mare, one of tiie best of tiie stock.
Performances.—He was trained when three years
old, for a match race for $1,000—mile heats, which was
run over tiie Miiiedgeviile course, and which lie won
with ease in two heats, running under a hard pull and
beating Major Richard Rowell’s fine colt Truffle. He
was again trained in 1841, and was entered with three
Olliers," best 3 in 5, and in the third iieat he threw his rider
at the stand, and but for this accident it was thought by
the best of judges, that he would have taken the purse.
In training forthisrace, lie run one milt over the Milledge-
ville turf in ttoo in mules with twenty pounds, ocerwcight;
he also run over the same course tico miles in four min-
. Htes and twenty three, seconds.
| Slares sent to t.ie Horse will be taken care of and every
; atiention paid to prevent accidents or escapes, but no
| liability for either. Notes will be required payable next
i Christinas which must be sent with tiie mare.
50 Cents to the Groom for each mare.
0—r* Tii" Season will commence tiie first of March and
nd the first of June. ABRAM FOARD.
Feb. ti, 1814. ht
New Spring Roods
millS DAY opening the following articles:—
a goo 1 assortment of small figured prints, rir/i;
small check'ginghams;
muslin ginghams, a new article for dresses;
4-4 figured balzavines, weir and rich;
strip’d grantham lawns, new ;
rich printed lawns;
crewel canvass, lace striped muslins:
linen cambric handkerchiefs;
Georgia nankeen:
Carolina hoes, Trades patent hoes:
c ist stee! garden hoes, with handles;
cotton plough lines;
super, stiiicr. fine fashionable hats, ail of which will
lie sold cheap, considering.
March 4th, 1841. 33 tf
S OAPS, PERFUMERY, Ac. a fine assortment,
just received. February, 1844.
STATIONARY, BLANK BOOKS, Ac. together
O with a full supply of Steel Pens, Uuills, blue and
black Ink, Wafers, &c. &c.
ID'All of the above articles for sale by
W. G. LITTLE,
at his old stand, Milled'ceville, Ga. I-eb. 1814. 34
Pivsli <5ar<len Seed.
A SPLENDID assortment just received at
I>R LITTLE’S Drug Store.
Miiiedgeviile, February, 1844. 34
MlSCELLANEOUS.
THE FLAG OF AMERICA.
BY W. C. BRYANT.
Oil. proudest symbol on the seas!
Young banner of iny native land;
On every shore, by every breeze.
Thy starr’d and stainless folds are fann’d
On thee the fires of Hecia shine,
And Andes’ ice reflected gleams,
Thy shadow paints tiie polar brine.
All Indian gulfs, ail tropic streams.
Dull Egypt, startled in her fen,
Beholds thee fluttering on the Nile,
And fearless tribes of nailed men
Hail thee from far Tahiti’s Isle.
Wherever England’s flag shall dare
T.i carry new distress and wrong,
Thy radiant heraldry shall bear
A token earth hath looked for long.
A token of the dawning day
To all who yet in bondage droop,
When crowns and chains must melt away,
And man to man distaiuto stoop.
A token of tiie rebel’s right
To rule tiie land from tyrants won:
His title justice—and the fight;
Ills fit regalia, sword and gun.
The hues of heaven’s prophetic how
Less beauteous then shall seem than thine
And less of peaceful iiope bestow
Then thy more fair, fulfilling sign.
Ob flag of promise! unto us
Thy stars foretell onr country’s fame,
Our crimsoned stripes, translated thus,
Give promise to our foes, of shame.
LOVE.
BY J. L. HENDERSON.
“Love rules the court, tiie camp, the grove,
And men below and saints above,
For God is Heaven and Heaven is love."—Scott.
There is a potent speil that binds
When beauty’s charms have faded,
When fortune smiles not and when grief
Hope’s brightest beams have shaded.
That makes the straw bed soft as down,
The cottage seem a palace;
The draught that is from wooden howf
Sweet as from golden chalice.
That bids the soldier take tiie field
When fatherland’s invaded;
That makes tiie mother own her child,
How’er by crime degraded.
Sustain’d by which, the martyr firm
Tiie fiery stake embraces;
By it imped’d the traveller
11 is wandering steps retraces.
Existing ere the. world began,
Age weakens not its power,
Nor will it cease when time lias reach’d
Its last expiring hour.
It ruieth al! on earth below,
And ail in Heaven above—
’Tis man’s salvation—t is his God—
’T is pure and holy Love.
“ They Fought—and Praycd.”—At a thanks
giving festival in Philadelphia, Rev. Mr. Col
ton related the following anecdotes:
During a recem .i-w- i.. -vi. T c~u
in with an old Revolutionary soldier who was
in Pennington battle. He told me that al! of
a suitable age to bear arms rushed at once to
the field, and even their fathers could not
keep away. One old man, on whose locks
eighty winters had shed their snows, when his
sons had left for the battle, felt the impulse so
strong upon him that, turning to his good old
wife, ho said “Suckey, I must go and have a
shot or two myself.” Taking a potato, he
halved it for a mouid, in which he ran his bul
lets; the dinner horn was easily converted into
a powder flask; then taking down the old rus
ty Queen's arms, he picked its flint, and thus
accoutred, proceeded to the field. Posting
himself behind a great gourd maple stump for
a breastwork, he awaited his opportunity.—
Pretty soon a command red coat came drilling
about in that quarter, when, layingthe Queen’s
arms on the stump, and lifting his eyes to heav
en, lie ejaculated—“The Lord have mercy on
your soul.” Then levelling his, rusty gun
with deadly aim—down dropped the red coat.
Now, anything (said Mr. C.) hut fighting a
man who prays before he shoots!
Curious Sermon.—An English paper con
tains the following curious discourse, said to
have been lately delivered by an eccentric
preacher in Oxford:
“I am not one of your fashionable, fine spo
ken, mealy mouthed preachers, I tell you the
plain truth. What are your pastimes? Cards
and dice, fiddling and dancing, guzzling and
guttling! Can you be saved by dice? No!
Will the four knaves give you a pasport to
Heaven? No! Can you fiddle yourselves in
to a good berth among the sheep? No! You
will dance yourselves to damnation among the
goats! You may guzzle wine here, but you’ll
want a drop of water to cool your tongue here
after! Will the prophets say, ‘Come here,
gamester, and teach us the long odds!’ ’I is
odds if they do! Will the martyrs rant and
swear, and shuffle and cut with you? No!
The martyrs are no shufflers. You will he
cut in a way you little expect. Lucifer will
come with his reapers and his sickles and forks,
and you will be cut down and bound, and
pitched, and carted, and housed in Hell! I
will not oil my lips with lies to please you!—
I tell you the plain truth. Ammon the Mam
mon and Moloch are making Bethoron hot for
you! Profane wretches? 1 have heard you
wrangle and brawl, and tell one another be
fore me, “I’ll see you d J first! But, I tell
you, the day will come, when you will pray to
escape his clutches. And what will be his
answer? ‘I’ll see you d d first.’
Secrets.—Never reveal a secret even to your
most intimate friend. It is a sacred deposite,
and he that betrays his trust is guilty of the
worst kind of desecration.—The reply of
Charles the Second, when importuned by a
nobleman to communicate something of a pri
vate nature, deserves to he engraved on the
heart of every one.—“Can you keep a secret?”
asked that subtle monarch. “Most faithfully,”
returned the nobleman. “So can I,” was the
laconic and severe answer of Charles.
A distinguished chemist recommends the
following compound as a safe and excellent
dentrifice, viz: of white sugar anil powdered
charcoal, each one ounce, ol Peruvian bark,
half an ounce, of cream of tartar one drachm
and a half, and of canella twenty four grains,
well rubbed together into an impalpable pow
der. He describes it as strengthening to the
gums, and cleansing to the teeth, and as des
troying the disagreeable odor in the breath,
which so oiten arises from decaying teeth.—
As a preventive of toothache we have beard
washing the mouth and teeth twice a day with
salt and water strongly recommended by gen
tlemen who have experienced much benefit
from it.
05=“The beth vegetable,” said a lisping
nld maid, “that ever 1 eat, was a darn. She
ought to marry the man who said, “Ot all suell
fish, I prefer an egg;” or the one who said, the
best piece of meat lie ever eat was “a raw,
boasted potato, boiled.”
Does your School Teacher take a Yew spa perl
—If not, we should he very much inclined to
doubt his due qualification for the important
trust confided to hint; it is the duty of an ins
tructor of youth to teach them, not merely how
to read, write and cypher, not merely Geogra
phy, Grammar and Mathematics, by rote,
parrot-like, but how to think, how to apply
these and other branches of education to the
practical purposes of life, to teach them knowl
edge of the world, in short any and everything
which will be of use to them in afterlife. In
doing this what so useful to aid them, or so in
teresting, advantageous and instructive to
them, as the daily use of the newspaper, with
its novelties, its news from all quarters of the
country and the globe, its notices of new im
provements in the arts and sciences, in me
chanics, manufactures and agriculture, its dis
cussions of important mortal and political prin
ciples of right, its record of events, of changes
and revolutions in the various sections of the
world, its fun, puzzles and amusement for re
creation of the mind!—The period is rapidly
approaching when the good newspapers will
be considered as essential in the school room,
as the Geography, the Arthmetic.or the Gram
mar, and will be adapted to a far greater va
riety of purposes. Let every school teacher
mark our prediction, and hold it in remem
brance.
SCARLET FEVER.
fl?We copy the following, by request, from
the Charleston Courier:
St. Helena, S. C. Feb. 8, 1S44.
Dear Sir—Believing it to be a duty highly
incumbent on me to give publicity to the treat
ment I found most speedy and effectual in the
cure of that most awful complaint the Scarclet
Fever, I have taken the liberty to beg you to
give it a place in your valuable paper. The
manner, or the way it was brought in my fam
ily, I am at a loss to account for.
2Alxiut the 15th of January several of my
negroes were taken with a violent sore throat,
pain in the head and fever, swelling of the
glands of the neck, and behind the ear. I
then did not know what the disease was; and
from its rapid progress to termination, it caus
ed me to be much alarmed; on the first day it
was a simple sore throat: in twelve hours after
the sore throat commenced, there was pain in
the head, r.nd before twenty hours, hot fever
and swelling of the glands and neck almost to
suffocation. I had but little medicine on the
plantation, with the exception ot’ Jalap; of this
I gave very large doses; its effect was aston
ishing, attacking the disease at every pore,
and in a few days effecting a cure; the dose
was repeated every day until the cure was ef
fected. Strong red pepper tea was given in
the interval, (at night and sometimes through
out the day) from a lea cup full to a pint, ac
cording to the age; this was given for the sore
throat. 1 did not know what the disease was
until it got in my family, when it then showed
itself by the Scarlet eruptions making their
appearance, which could not be seen on the
!lfcg[(ica. ...j , — .1-.^
complained of the sore throat, I gave them a
full dose of Jalap; and had no further trouble
with it, as the disease was stopped there, and
never went further; the next day gave a small
dose to prevent the return, of which I was
afraid. From this simple treatment the dis
ease yielded so readily, that I considered it a
trifling complaint, and started for Charleston,
telling Mrs. Chaplin, if any of the other chil
dren were attacked with it, to pursue the same
treatment. Tn my absence, my two youngest
children were attacked with it; tlio symptoms
being rather more violent, she sent for the doc
tor, who came and gave an emetic; their
throats began to swell much; after the opera
tion of the emetic, calomel was given, which
rapidly increased the disease, nearly to suffo-
cationydreadful sore mouth, with great difficul
ty of swallowing. When I returned home I
found them in this stale, wilh two Doc ors at
tending them. I got all the medical aid I
could procure, it was too late, they died, and
were buried both in one coflin. After my re
turn there were eight children (some boarding
with me) taken with the disease; on the first
symptoms, I gave Jalap, and repeated in small
doses the next day, with red pepper tea; at the
end of three days they were out playing about
the yard; in a few cases I gave salts the next
day, where the symptoms were not violent.
Out of thirty four cases where I administered
the Jalap, not one remained in bed more than
one day.
Directions.—Immediately on the first symp
toms which is sore throat, give a full dose of
Jalap, to an adult 60, 70 or even SO grains; at
night give strong red pepper tea, from a tea
cup full to a pint, according to age and violence
of the symptoms; the next day give a small
dose of Jalap, say half the quantity given the
day before, continue the pepper tea at night;
on the third day, if there is any soreness re
maining in the throat, give a dose of salts,
which will generally effect a cure; the doses
must of course be regulated according to the
age of the parent.
Thus my dear Sir, I have endeavored to
give you the history and treatment,—the treat
ment I found (through the blessing of a merci
ful God) the most speedy, safe and effectual
in the cure of this awful malady, which has
been, and always is, the scourge of our cities
and towns, and I may say country.
Yours very respectfully,
EDWIN CHArLIN.
American Enterprise—The Largest Contract
Ever Made.—The Emperor of Russia has
contracted with Mr. Ross Winans, of Balti
more, and Messrs. Eastwick & Harrison of
this city, for the construction of one hundred
and sixty-two locomotircs, with tenders for each,
and Jive thousand three hundred burthen cars,
together with duplicates of such parts of the
machinery as may require to be renewed.—
Thirty locomotive engines, and one thousand
car trucks are to he finished in 1845, and the
like number is to be completed in each subse
quent year to 1S4S, inclusive. The whole
cost of the machinery here contracted for will
be more than four millions of dollars! The
locomotives and cars are intended for the Rail
road between St. Petersburg!) and Moscow,
, which is four hundred miles in length. Ihe
i whole line of road is now in a great state of
forwardness, under the superintendence of
| our scientific countryman, Major George
i Whistler, and will probably he completed in
three years from this date.—Alexander's (Pa.)
\ Messenger. _________
An Illinois Wedding.—“Will you take this
■ woman to be your wedded wile!’ said a magis-
■ irate, who was placing the indissoluble knot
of matrimony on a couple mutually attached to
one another.
“Wall, I swar, sffliire,” said the groom, a
wolfish looking customer, “you must be a darn
green ’un to ask such a question as that ar.
Do you think I’d be such a plaguy fool, old
fellow, as to goto the bar bunt, and take this
gal from the quiltin’ frolic, if I wasn t conscrip-
tiously certain and determined to have her/
Drive on with your buzziness, and ax no more
foolish questions.”
LEGISLATIYE FUN IN MISSISSIPPI.
Jackson, (Miss.) Feb. S, 1844.
To the Editor of the New Orleans Tropic :
At the evening session, every member of the
House was in his place, and a crowd of ladies
graced the gallery. Some rare fun was ex
pected, as it was known that Lindsay, the Re
presentative from Itawamha county, was to
speak. This person, is uncouth in his man
ners, ungainly in his person, and illiterate in
his discourse. Some of this man’s fitness for
his position may be gathered from the follow
ing verbatim report of his speech on the mo
tion to reduce the salaries of the Judiciary, a
measure, introduced a few days since, and op
posed by the respectable r>f both parties.
“ Where I was raised, in Old Alabarm, we
never gin a judge of any sort more nor fifteen
hundred a year—and if I may he allowed to
conjecture, 1 do reckon that we had jest as
good judges in Alabarm as you can raise in
Masscysap. My consti-c/icic-ents sent me here
to prac-Gsc ’conorny—tharfore, I goes for ’con-
omy; and sorry am I to observe that many
which I thought knowed better, are a strain
in’and a reachin’ arter the high pus"—(purse.)
The learned legislator on this evening,
Thursday, introduced a bill, which the Clerk
of the House several times attempted to read,
but was prevented by his own fits of laughter
and the tumultuous cachinations of the mem
bers.
“ A Bill to relieve the Free Citizens of Miss
issippi anil Travellers. Be it hereby enacted,
that it is lawful for any white citizens of .Miss
issippi to sell alcoholous, vinous: and other
fermenting liquors in any quantity over a quart,
provided he keeps order in the house when the
same is drunk.”
Amidst the heartiest laughter, the Speaker
left the chair, and the House resolved itself
into a committe of the whole, to consider the
bill, which was again and again read over by
the Clerk. Dr. L. was desired to explain
who was to keep order and who was to be
drunk ? He rose and uttered the following
speech :
“ Well, I railly aint no objection myself, to
’splain the bill, becas 1 think the bill ’splains
itself. We all on us like a leetle drap o’ sut-
thin’ ardent—some genelmeu carries a bottle
—some genelmeu don’t—I alus carries a bot
tle myself, and I knows many genelmen now
standin’ and sittin’ round me who takes a drap
whenever they kin—and these genelmen, as
well as 7/iyself, is now by law obliged to buy a
gallon when we oney wants a half pint, which
is contrary to the Constitution, contrary to hu
man natur, and contiary to the rights of all
free white citizens of the State of Masseysap
and travellers in giniral.
“ 1 knowed a genelman—a right genteel
genelman too he was, I do assure you, genel
men, who was travellin in this State with his
wife and a hull crowd o’ leetle ones in a wag-
gin, and his lady was tuck with the shakes, and
his bottle was run out. There was a fix lo be
in, genelmen ! he didn’t want to buy a gallon
of ardent becas it war'ut convenient—so he ask-
tsu LUt? uiuQlui Q lu mi ms uvnuc u.%. r«.w r »v—
—and the landlord, who was a clever feller,
and knowed what it was to have the shakes
and be out o’ licker, why he filled the genel-
man’s bottle at a fair price, when another gen
elman who was standing by, says “ you’re a
goin contrary to the laws of Masseysap,” and
then this genelman goes out and informs agin
the landlord for selling licker to the genelman
whose wife had the shakes by less than a gal
lon, and if they had’nt knowed him well all
around them parts he’d a been fined and im
prisoned for doin’ as any genelman would like
to be done when ’is bottle is run out; which is
contrary to the rights of any white man, trav
eller or not.
“ I knowed another genelman whose horse
was tuck right sick, and he was told that a lit
tle brandy and a half pint o’ camp fire would
cure the beast. Now, he was temperance and
never drink—hut for all that he was obliged to
buy a gallon when he oney wanted a drap to
mix with the campfire. Is this law for any
white man to live by ?
“ Why, I, myself, genelmen, were once
travelin’ down there by the Yellerbusher, with
a friend, beside myself, when I felt like takin’
a small horn havin’ been movin’ right smartly
through the swamps the hull day, which my
friend said was correct, and unanimously
agreed with me in the same. Well, I, myself
was obliged to pay for a gallon when I oney
wanted to fill a three-half pint bottle—which is
my size as it fits well into the side-pocket of
my to]) coat, though some genelmen’s bottles
is larger, but I nevnr knowed a genelmen car
ry a bottle big enough to hold a gallon.”
This speech was loudly cheered throughout,
and Mr. L.’s solemn earnestness of manner j
contribued materially to heighten the effect.
The best of the joke is that his bug-bear, “the
gallon law,” as it is called, has been repealed
for some considerable length of time.
A member moved to strike out “ alchulous
and vinous,” and insert “ table beer.”
And amendment was moved and seconded,
and put on paper—the Clerk read it aloud,
and it proved to be a parody on Russel’s song,
“ A Life on the Ocean Wave,” beginning “ A
day in a muddy swamp.”
Another “ amendment” introduced the epi
gram nowgoing the rounds of the papers about
the marriage of a Mr. Bee to a Miss Flower,
ending with
‘And soon there will, if heaven pleases,
Be a swartn of little beeses.’
Here the fun grew fast and furious—the ladies
left the gallery—the chairman rapped in vain, i
and Mr. Balfour rose in great heat and said— j
“Mr. Speaker, look at the chandelier!—
look at this splendid pile of building—look at
every body about us—is this a place to play
the fool ? I look upon the bill proposed as a j
disgrace to the nation—a disgrace to the State j
—a disgrace to the house of God !”
The committee reported progress—the bill
was ordered to lay upon the table, and the
House adjourned about ten o’clock at night.
D. V. xM.
Marriage Extraordinary.—An odd sort of
relationship was lately formed by a pair of
nuptials extraordinary in Camden, North Car
olina. A widower, who was not very young,
became smitten by a beautiful girl, and mar
ried her. A short time after, the son of this
man by a former wife, became also in love,
not with a younger person, but with the moth
er of the father’s new wife, a widow lady still
in the bloom of life. He offered himself, and
soon the young man and the widow were unit
ed in the bonds of matrimony ; so that in con
sequence of these two connections a father
became the son-in-law of his own sou, and the
wife not only the daughter-in-law of her own
son-in-law, but still mote, the mother-in-law of
her own mother, who is herself the daughter-
in-law of her own daughter, while the hus
band of the latter is the father-in-law of his
mother-in law, and father-in-law of his own
father.
The slock of Cotton in the city of New
York was estimated on the 16th inst. at 152,-
000 bales, and has been increased siuce.
AN INCIDENT IN GEORGIA.
Some two years ago, the writer of this arti
cle stopped at a town in one of the southern
counties in Georgia. Strolling about, he en
tered the grave yard. On a small but chased
obelisk, he read this inscription :
A
mother’s memento
TO TIIL MEMORY’ OF AN ONLY SON,
WHO FELL AT THE MASSACRE
OF
fannin's regiment in
MEXICO.
He felt an interest to learn the history of
its erection. The story was briefly this. A
youth of nineteen, the only son of a widowed
mother—a boy whom she loved with all the
fondness of maternal affection, was returning
to his home from the University of Virginia,
at the time Fannin was raising his regiment of
Georgians for the Texan service. With
Southern ardor, and all the chivalrous reckless
ness ofyoutlu he volunteered forthecampaign.
Ho briefly aiHressed a letter to his mother the
day he embarked, informing her of his desti
nation, and his hope of being instrumental in
aiding the independence of Texas.
Judge of the mother’s feelings when she
read this letter. Without an instant’s hesita
tion she departed for Charleston, in hopes to
overtake her truant boy. Unfortunately the
schooner lost her fore-mast, and when the
mother reached Texas, she found the regiment
had marched a week before for the scene of
conflict. News finally came of the capture of
Fannin and his forces by the Mexican army.
Then came the intelligence of their massacre
by order of the tyrant, Santa Anna. Her boy
was in the front rank and about the first that
fell. For a time she was deprived of her
senses, and when she finally recovered, with a
broken heart she returned to her home in
Georgia. She erected this obelisk to the me
mory of her son, and one afternoon, a short
time after returning from the church yard, she
was found dead, sitting in her arm chair, hold
ing the minature of her boy. The mother’s
troubles were over.
Correspondence of the Boston Times.
PARTICULARS OF THE LATE DUEL AT WASHINGTON.
Washington, Feb. 19,1S44.
Cochrane, who was shot in the late duel
between himself and May, expired yesterday
morning. It was generally reported on Fri
day, that he was killed instantly; but such was
not the fact. From the time when the ball
struck him, however, he remained insensible
till his death.
The difficulty which led to this duel origina
ted between a Mr. Ash of Philadelphia, and
a Mr. Poole of North Carolina. Happening
to meet on Thursday morning last, in com
pany with several other young men, some con
versation passed between them, when Poole
told Ash that he (Ash) stated what was not
true; “You are a liar,sir,” said Ash. “That,”
T*>r>lied Poole, “is just what I meant to call
you. This according vx..
young men, left Ash no alternative hut to
challenge, which he accordingly did, immedi
ately.
Poole accepted the challenge, and the fight
was arranged for that day, Thursday. May
was to act as the second of Poole, and a younw
man named Beard, I believe a midshipman in
the Navy, as the second of Ash. The parties
were to fight with pistols. But in the mean
time friends interposed. Ash became alarm
ed at what he had done; his friends insisted
that he did not know what he had been about
which was doubtless the case—the challenge
was withdrawn, and the difficulty was suppos
ed to be amicably adjusted.
But in the meantime it came to the knowl
edge of May that Cochrane had called him “a
liar and a coward,” and when they met that
evening May took occasion to inform Cochrane
of what ho had heard. Cochrane admitted
that he had so spoken, and insisted that the
charge was true.
Here, again, there was no alternative for
May; and accordingly he challenged Coch
rane on the spot, Poole acting as the second
of May, and Ash as the second of Cochrane.
Cochrane at once accepted the challenge, with
the assurance that he did so with pleasure,
and would shoot May on the next morning be
fore breakfast. Cochrane chose his own rifle
as his instrument; and, at Ills suggestion, the
distance was fixed at fifty yards. May bor
rowed a rifle of his brother, which was import
ed from Switzerland a couple of years since.
He had had no experience in the -use of it, but
received from his brother that evening, some
special directions as to holding it and the pro
per time when to fire. Meantime Cochrane
went out to practice.
The parties met on Friday morning before
eight o’clock, a short distance above the Chain
Bridge, six miles hence, in the State of Vir
ginia. Dr. Miller, of this city, was present
as the friend of May, and was exceedingly
anxious to prevent the duel. He went sever
al times to Cochrane, and begged him to with
draw the offensive remarks, assuring him that
he could do so with credit to himself; but,
whether at the instigation of Ash or not, I do
not know, he stubbornly refused, declaring at
the same time, that this conduct of Dr. Miller
ouly served to satisfy him more fully that May
was really a coward as he had said. Probably
Ash and Poole had not quite forgotten the
troubles of the day previous.
Finding his efforts at peace-making unavail-
ling, Dr. Miller returned to May and informed
him of that fact, adding that he (May) must
rememberhis instructions, which were to grasp
his piece firmly, and fire early after the word.
“ Well, said May, “ Cochrane has brought this
upon himself. I feel that I shall kill him.”
The word was given, and between two and
three, May fired. The ball struck Cochrane in
the head just above his left temple, fracturing
the bone about three inches. It did not, how
ever, enter his brain—but passed off Coch
rane threw his head on one side, when the
ball struck him, and immediately fell. His
rifle was discharged about the same time that
the ball hit him. He was taken to a house in
the neighborhood and attended by his brother,
who is a clerk in the War office. Ash, with
the rest of the parties, immediately left “ for
pat ts unknown.” May is from a highly res
pectably family in this city, and has borne an
excellent character. B.
An artificial Man.—The Memorial Borde
lais says, that near St. Sevier, there lives an
old soldier, with a false leg, a false arm, a glass
eye, a complete set of false teeth, a nose of
silver, covered with a substance resembling
flesh, and a stiver plate replacing part of his
skull. He was a soldier under Napoleon, and
these are his trophies.
(J'r'A Wag says that in journeying lately
he was put into a sleigh with a dozen persons,
of whom he did not know a single one. Turn
ing a corner shortly after, however, the sleigh
was upset, “and then,” said be, “I found them
all out.”
The Rich Beggar.—At Pont-Audemer, (a
town in France) there died lately a wretched
old man named Dubisson, whose soiled and
tattered garments, and miserable existence,
had occasioned the compassion of the inhabi
tants of that place. He arrived several years
ago, bringing with him a trunk bound with
iron, which he said contained some articles of
no value, siuce which time he had spent noth
ing and scarcely eating every day, he appear
ed at all seasons with bare feet and in rags.—
All bis neighbors believed him to be in the
midst of extreme poverty. Once only, on the
arrival of the ashes of Napoleon, for whose
memory he had preserved a religious venera
tion, he bought a pair of shoes for his son, in
order that he might do homage to the remains
of the Emperor. But this was a single act of
liberality, and that pair of shoe9 was tiie only
one ever in his house. He died as he had liv
ed, poor, miserable, without care and without
support. But what must have been the sur
prise of his son on finding concealed under
the stair-case the mysterious old trunk filled
with gold and silver, and containing the sum
of 100,000 francs, 1,669 pieces of 6 francs
each, 431 louis, and a considerable number of
5 francs.
The joy and astonishment of the unexpect
ed heir caused him the loss of his reason.—
A hundred thousand francs for him! who had
supposed that he was without means to bury
his father! The young man became senseless
and carried the treasure to a neighbor’s house
for security, but the next day the treacherous
confidant refused to return the sum which had
been left with him. However, through the
influence of friend, and a reward of 1500
francs, and SO for Madame, he at last consent-'
ed to restore the money, less a bag containing
169 louis which had disappeared since the
evening.
It appeared, that at Rouen, Dubisson had
amassed this fortune which had been so use
less to him, and the preservation of which had
cost him all the privations of misery.—Courier
dcs Etats Unis.
From the Madisonian, Feb. 21.
LEAVE OF MR. FOX-PRESENTA
TION OF MR. PACKENIIAM.
At one o’clock to day the ceremony of tak -
ing official leave, on the part of Mr. Fox, late
Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipo
tentiary of the British Government at Wash
ington, and of the presentation of the Rt. Hon.
Sir Richard Packenham, the new Envoy and
Minister, took place in the President’s recep
tion room. The President was attended by
the members of his Cabinet, and Sir Richard
by the gentlemen attached to the Mission.
The following is the
ADDRESS OF MR. FOX.
In presenting you thisletter fromthe Queen,
my Sovereign, terminating my diplomatic
functions as Her Majesty’s Representative
in the United States .it becomes a wel
come part of my duty to express to you
the sense I entertain of the kindness and
couitesy which I have uniformily experienced
both from yourself and from those who have
preceded you in the high office of President
of the Republic.
It has always been my wish, as it has been
my d ity, to labor for the preservation of peace,
and for the establishment of a durable nation
al friendship between the two countries ; and
whilst it has more than once fallen to my lot,
during the period of my service here to treat
with the United States of matters that involv
ed very serious difference of opinion, I am
happy in bearing testimony to the fact that
those controversies have been conducted on
the part of the United States, as I hope they
have also been on my part, in the temperate
and respectful form which best befits the offi
cial representatives of powerful and enlighten
ed nations.
In taking my official leave of you, Mr. Pre
sident, I hope you will allow me to add the as
surance of the sincere interest that I shall al
ways feel for your own personal happiness and
welfare.
the president’s reply.
It gives me great pleasure in this, our last
official interview, to say that, during your re
sidence here, you have sedulously cultivated
the friendly relations which subsist between
the two Governments, and that your official in
tercourse has been highly agreeable to this Go
vernment. While I cannot but regret the ter
mination of your mission, it is yet a source of
much satisfaction to believe that you are to be
succeeded by one who will bring with him the
same friendly dispositions which you have al
ways manifested.
In bidding you adieu, I can only wish you a
safe return to your native land, and many sup-
eradded days of health and happiness.
MR. packf.nham’s address.
I have honor to place in your Excellency’s
hands the letter of the Queen, my Sovereign,
accrediting me a3 Her Majesty’s Envoy Ex
traordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to
the United States.
Your Excellency is already aware of Her
Majesty’s earnest desire to cultivate the most
friendly understanding with this country.
Permit me, Sir, to take this opportunity of
assuring you, that it will be the object of my
highest ambition so to conduct my intercourse
with your Excellency’s Government as to con
tribute, in as far as in me may lie, to the ful
filment of Her Majesty’s friendly intentions to
wards the Government and People of the
United States.
the president’s reply to mr. packenham.
It affords me great pleasure to receive the
assurances which you give me of the friendly
disposition of her Britanic Majesty towards
the Government and the People of the United
States. And I indulge the hope that your re
sidence near this Government may be attended
by the establishment, on a firmer basis, of the
relations of amity and peace which so happily
exist between the two countries. I also trust,
Sir, that you will find your residence here eve
ry way agreeable to you. I give you the as
surance that nothing on my part shall be want
ing to make it so.
A VOICE FROM WASHINGTON.
The following is an extract from a private
letter, dated 11th February, from one of our
Democratic Representatives in Congress:
“The most gratifying news is pouring in
upon us from every quarter,—Georgia and
Maryland alone break the chat m.—This ought
not, and must not be so. I am now engaged
in writing to every section of the State, arous
ing our people from the abominable lethargy
that is pressing us to the wall. Be up and do
ing, we can carry the State.” “We are ail
alive here to the issue, and prepared to do our
duty.”
We feel that the appeal will not be made
in vain to the intelligence of the people of
Georgia. They are not so dead to the true
interests of their State, not quite so Clay-ridden
yet, as to desert all their cherished principles,
when the true issues are laid clearly before
them. All that we require is ACTION! AC
TION! ! ACTION!! ! Let the testimony on
both sides be clearly and distinctly laid be
fore the people,—let every possible exertion
he made to effect this object, and we do not
fear their verdict.
An old writer says—“ There is but one pas
sage in the Bible where girls are commanded
to kiss the men ; but that is the golden rule,
‘ Whatsoever ye would that men should do un
to you, do ye even so to them.’ ”
A company has just been formed in Bos
ton, with a capital of one million of dollars,
for the manufacture of Mouselines.
