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VOL. XVII.J
.H/LLEDGEP/Lti, aEORtil.1, JULY 7, 1840.
[NO. 4.
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A (I RIC U L T U UAL ^
RURAL MANNERS IN ENGLAND.
The true English gentleman, living re
mote from the din of cities, and abstracted
from the turmoil of political life, upon his
own acres; managing his own estate, seek
ing the Lest means for its improvement, and
superintending, under his own personal in
spection, their application; doing what good
he can to all around him; making those de
pendent upon him comfortable and content
ed; giving labor, counsel, encouragement,
and all needful aid, to his poor neighbors,
and causing them, and their wives, and
their children, to look to him as a friend
and a parent, to whose kindness their good
Rules for foreclosure of mortgage must be pub- conduct is always a certain claim; whom
iished monthly for four months—for establishing lost, when tlieeve sees, it sparkles with grateful
papers. >r the full spare * thru, m0 ,itAA-for com-j j „ d w ' h ,, ie ear hears his footsteps,
petting titles from Lxecutors or Administrators, |- . , * *
wherea bond has beeu given by the deceased,Ike ftdl i Hie sounds go like melody to toe heart; who
space of three months. * [ is in his neighborhood the avowed and un-
Puhlications will always be continued according . ostentatious supporter of good morals, tem-
tn these, ihe haal requirements, unless otherwise or- i , • ° . .
61 perance, education, peace, and religion; and
All business of this kind will receive prompt atten- j in whose house you find an openhearted
tion attlie Federal Union Office. i hospitality, and abundant resource for inno-
Letters on business must be post paid to entitle i cen t gratification, and for the improvement
of the mind, with a perfect gentleness of
mannets, and unaffected piely presiding
over the whole;—I say, such a man—and it
has been my happiness to find many exam
ples—need envy no one save the possessor
of more power and a wider sphere of doing
good; and need not covet the brightest tri
umphs of political ambition, nor the splen
dors and luxuries of royal courts.
Whatever contributes, then, in any way,
to elevate the agricultural profession, to
raise it, from a mere servile or mercenary
labor, to the dignity of a liberal profession,
and to commend it not merely for its profit
and usefulness, hut as a delightful resource
and recreation for a cultivated mind, will
certainly find favor with those who form ra
tional views of life, who wish well to the
cause of good morals, and would multiply
and strengthen the safeguards of human
virtue.
The class of individuals whom I have de
scribed—and I assure my readers I have
drawn from real life, and deal in no fictions
—find often their own efforts seconded and
aided by those whose encouragement ami
sympathy always give new life and vigor to
their exertions, and new pleasures to their
minds,—I mean their own wives and chil
dren; and the farming operations, in all
their history and details, and all their expe
rience and fitness, are as much matter of fa
miliar and interested discussion at ihe fire
side, as, in many other circles, the most re
cent novel, the change in fashion, or the la
test triumph of party. Indeed, I have seen,
in many cases, the wives and daughters—
and these, too, often persons of the highest
rank and refinement—as well acquainted
with every field and crop, their management
and their yield, and with every implement
and animal on the place, as the farmer him
self; and I always put it down to the credit
of their good sense.— Caiman's Tour, No. 3.
I in 1 ui to attemiou.
GEO. W. FISH,
.ltlorney at Lmr,
MACON GA.
W ILL attend the Superior Courts of the coun
ties of Bibb, Baldwin, Wilkinson, Washing
ton, Twiggs, Pulaski, Dooly, Macon and Houston.
Any professional business entrusted to his care,
shall be attended to with all promptness and fidelity.
Jan. 2-i, 1840. tr— 34
W. T. 4c A. H. COLQUITT
ILL PRACTISE LAW in the sevcralcoun
ties of the Flint circuit.
W. T. Colquitt, La Grange, J
A. H. Colquitt, Maron. $
(Office in Macon.)
Dec. 3,1845. tf—26
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LAW NOTICE.
It. SAFFOLD & J. M. BOLfNG,
MlTlLL practise in the Courts of DALLAS and
LOWNDES, and in the adjoining counties
also in the Supreme Court.
Address Satfold & Boling, at Pleasant Hill, Dallas
county, or Hayneville, Lowndes county, Ala.
Dec. 16, 1845. Gin—27
ANDREWS A GARTRELL,
Altornies at "Law .
H AVING formed a copartnership in the practice
of the law, will attend the Courts of the North
ern Circuit, and in the Supreme Court when sitting
at M illedgeville.
Garnett Andrews, ?
Lucius j. Gartrell. J
Jan. 12, 1846. tf—32
POWERS & WHITTLE^
ATTORNIES AT LAW.
MACON, GEORGIA.
September 2, 1845. 12 Iy
Midway Yemaic Semmaty.
rpIIIS Institution will be re-assumed for the ad
JL mission of Pupils, the 13th of July next
YVM. CLARK, Principal.
June 16,1846. 1 5*
Land Agency.
I WILL attend to the taking out and forwarding
of GRANTS and Copy Grants, for a tee of 5U
cents each. There are more than 2,000 Lots yet un- !
granted in the Cherokee country, some of which are
good. 1 will also furnish a list of uugranted lots in
any district or section gratis, to those who may wish
me to grant lots for them.
ALFRED M. HORTON.
Milledgeville, June 1G, 1846. 1—tf
To Debtors and Creditors*
A LL persons indebted to the Estate of Alexander
N. Buchanan, deceased, late of Jasper county,
are requested to make immediate payment; and all
those who have demands against the said estate, are
requested to have them duly authenticated and pre
sented within the time prescribed by law 7 .
WILLIAM TOLEFREE, Adm’r
Monticcllo, May 4th, 1846. 48
Ulley’s Patent Straw Clatter.
T HE subscriber has purchased the exclusive right, •
to construct and vend this admirable Machine,
for the counties of Baldwin, Washington and YVilkin- j
son It is regarded by those who have examined it, I
as far superior to any thing of the kind ever before ;
used. Any number of them can. iu a short time, be
furnished. HAMILTON GARMANY.
JY1 illedgeville, April25, J846. 46 tf
Post Office, r
Milledgeville, June 17, 1846. $
MAIL ARRANGEMENTS.
MACON AND SAVANNAH MAIL.
Due daily at 11,
Closes daily at
12,
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AUGUSTA MAIL.
Due daily, except Sunday, at
Closes “ 44 44 44
COVINGTON MAIL, (VM MonttCcllo.)
Due Thursday and Sunday at 8,
Closes Moutlay and Thursday at 8,
EATONTON MAIL.
Due Monday, Wednesday and Friday at 7,
Closes 44 “ *' 8,
HAWKINSVILLE MAIL.
Closes Tuesday and Friday at
FLORIDA MAIL.
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GOOD LAND FOR SAKE,
LYING IN LEE COUNTY.
T HE Subscriber otters for sale the following lots
of laud, lying in the 14th district of Lee, on
Flint River, viz: Nos. 280, 281, fractions Nos. z82 &
283, also, lot No. 229. The whole joining a very de
sirable sittlement.
The above lands lie in the neighborhood of Benja- :
min Green and others. The quality of the land is i
number one, Oak, Hickory and Hatmnack. Any j
person wishing to purchase the above described lands, '
can have them at Four Dollars per acre, by applying
to ELIAS McELVbEN.
Cairo, Decatnre, co. Ga. June 25,1846. 3—4t J
Administrator's Sale*
FTNDER an order of the Honorable the Inferior I
Court of Baldwin county, when sitting for or j
dimry purposes, will be sold within the usual hours !
of sale, before the court-house door iu the city of Mil- 1
ledgeville, on the first Tuesday in September next, a !
negro woman, by the name of Charity, about 25 yearn |
of age, sold as the property of Jacob Collins, late of
Houston county, deceased; sold for the benefit of llu;
heirs and creditors ot said deceased. Terms on the
day. DAVID COLLINS, Adtn’r.
June 29, 1846. 3
1 .1 OUR. MONTHS after date, application will be
made to the Iulcrior Lour\ of Baldwin county,
when sitting for ordinary purposes, f or leave to sell
Lot No. 192, in the 16th District, and *2d Section of
Cobb county, belonging to the Estate of William D. '
Jarralt, late of said county, deceased.
WM. A. JARRATT, Adtn’r.
June 27th, 1346. 3
F OUR MONTHS after date application will be
made to the honorable Inferior Court of Twiggs
county, when sitting for ordinary purposes, for leave
to sell the land and negroes belonging to the estate of
William Nelson, late of said county, deceased.
JAMES HAMMOCK, Adm’r.
June 30, 1846. 3
F OUR MONTHS after date, application will be
made to the Inferior Court of DeKalb County,
when siting for ordinary purposes, for leave to sell
the negroes belonging to the estate of Nancy Watkins,
late ol said county, deceased, for the benefit of the
heirs of said deceased.
JAMES HALL, Exr.
June 10, 1846. 2
JOB PRINTING
Executed at this Office, ¥■
New Varieties of Corn.—Many of our
readers may be familiar with the method
which President Knight made use of to ob
tain new varieties of fruit hy crossing pre
viously existing sorts’ The same means
may be used to propagate new varieties of
corn. Let the different kinds be planted
in near proximity, as for instance in alter
nating rows, and teey will intermix more or
less freely. But this will he greatly facili
tate hy artificially removing parts of the
flowers. It is well that known that in or
der to render the ears fertile, that is, to
cover the cob with grains, it is necessary
that the pollen or fine dust from the stami-
nate flowers which constitute the tassels,
should impregnate the germ through the
pistils or silk which covers the ears. To
obtain a cross, therefore, between selected
varieties, if we wish to transfer the grains
of one to the cob of the other, let the latter
be planted among the hills of the former;
and then cut away the tassels, leaving the
tassels of stamiuate flowers of the sut round
ing plants to impregnate the ears thus de
rived of their own staminate flowers. Like
most hybrids, the character of the new va
riety may not be developed until the second
year. Those who have different sorts fa
vorably situated for such experiments, should
he prepared to attend to them during the
latter part of the summer, taking care that
impregnation has not already taken place
before the staminate flowers are removed.
[Albany Cultira/or.
Broadcast Corn.—To provide against
short commons for your milch cows in the
parched pasture of August, prepare an acre
or two of ground, by manuring it with a
hea\ y hand, plow deep and spare not the
harrow, then sow upon each acre four bush
els of corn, hanow it well and pass the rol
ler over it. By so doing you may enable
yourself to yard your milch cows from the
beginning of August till the frost comes,
with an assurance that your patch of broad
cast corn will keep them deeply to the pail
while you will be largely adding to your
stock of manure. But before you begiu to
yard your cows, cover it with some six inch
es of mould and leaves, from the woods,
and take the trouble to add two or three
inches of the same materials every two or
three weeks. By doing so, by frost time
you will have a stock of the very best ma
nure.
Butter.—We have heard great complaints
from dairy women about their milk getting
sour during a thunder storm, although per
fectly sweet a short time previous. The
following plans will prevent this in a great
degree. All the pans containing the milk
ought to be placed upon non-conductors of
electricity, such as blocks of baked wood,
pieces of glass, or wood that has been well
pointed and varnished. These are articles
most easily provided. Beeswax, feathers
and woolen cloth are also non-conductors,
hut inconvenient to be used. All these ar
ticles will insulate the pans and prevent the
electric fluid from entering, which is the
cause of acidity; or is in fact the ptinciple
"f acidity itself. We think we have clear
ly shown this to he the case, in a pamphlet
that we published sometime ago. If glass
basins were substituted for tin pans, the
plan would be belter still, and there would
then be no necessity for the practice sug
gested above; the glass would preserve the
milk much longer sweet than pans, and the
acid would have no effect upon it. We are
not aware of any acid that has the least im-
ptession on glass, except the floric acid.—
All iron vessels, or vessels compounded of
iron, as tin pans are, attract the heat very
readily, and of course sonr the milk; and
such is the affinity of iron for an acid that
we doubt much if it is ever washed out en
tirely. Iron vessels, we are confident, are
the very worst that could be used for the
purpose: they are even inferior to wood.
r N. Y. Tribune.
Age of Sheep.—The age of a sheep may
be known by examining the front teeth.—
They are eight in number, and appear dur
ing the first year all of a small size. In the
second year, the two middle ones fall out;
and their place is supplied by two new teeth,
which are easily distinguished by being of
a larger size. In the third year, two other
small teeth, one from each side, drop out
and are replaced by two large ones, so that
there are now four large teeth in the mid
dle, and two pointed ones on each side.—
In the fourth year, the large teeth are six in
number, and only two small one3 remain,
one at each end of the range. In the fifth
year the remaining small teeth are lost, and
the whole front teeth are large. In the
sixth year, the whole begin to be worn; and
in the seventh, sometimes sooner, some fall
out or are broken.—Mountain Shepard's
Manuel.
Parsnips for Ifogs.—Parsnips are prefer
red hy hogs to all other roots, and make ex
cellent poi k. By ’hem they can he fatten
ed in six weeks. A potker of mine 22
months old, and weighing net 750 lbs., nev
er ate anything but raw parsnips and sour
milk; and finer meat never was seen. In
the use of parsnips for stock, they should
never be washed, but he given as they are
taken from the ground. Used in this way,
they are found not to surfeit the hogs and
cattle. They are good to fatten cattle and
if given freely to cows, will much improve
the quality and quantity of their milk.—
[S. L., in Prairie Far.
POETRY.
TJic mother's Smile.
AY E A. CARPENTER.
There are clouds that must o’ershadovv us;
There are griefs that all must know;
There are sorrows that have made us
Feel the tide of human wo;
But the deepest darkest sorrow.
Though it tear the heart awhile,
Hope's cheering rays may borrow
From a mother’s welcome smile.
There are days in youth that greet us
With a ray too bright to last;
There are cares of age to meet ns,
When the sunny days are past;
But the past scenes hover o’er us,
And give hack the heart awhile,
Ail that memory can restore 11s
In a mother’s welcome smile!
There are scenes and sunny places.
On which memory loves to dwell;
There are many happy faces
Who have known and loved us well;
But, ’mid joys nr ’mid dejection,
There is nothing can betruile—
That can show the fond affection
Of a mother’s welcome smile!
MISCELLANEOUS.
THE LESSON.
A TALE OF DOMESTIC LIFE.
Three young ladies were seated in a rich
apartment. They were the Misses Aman
da and Emma Ellis and their cousin Deli
lah Carlton. The latter was engaged in
the womanly occupation of sewing; the two
former iu discussing, critically, a ball at
which all three had been present, the pre
ceding evening.
‘I don’t like that Mr. Barton at all,’ said
Miss Amanda continuing the conversation.
’INor meettnvr,' resporiueu miss isiimia,
who was the eldest.
‘And why not, cousin,’ asked Delilah, ‘I
am sure he is handsome enough, is he not?
‘Yes; but—’
‘But what coz!’ said she to Emma who
had spoken last. ‘Surely his manners are
pleasing, and his language polished, without
affectation.’
‘Yes, yes, but for all that he is vulgar”
said Emma, pettishly, ‘vulgar in his ideas.’
‘Vulgar!’ exclaimed Delilah, ‘you must
again allow me to differ with you, coz,’ she
continued, looking into her cousin’s face
with a winning smile. ‘1 think he is quite
refined, more so than Mr. Rice or Mr.
Brown, and many of the other gentlemen.’
‘Only think of comparing Mr. Barton with
Mr. Brown, lit<igentleman!' exclaimed Miss
Amanda Ellis. ‘Why Mr. Barton is a me
chanicV
Well, suppose he is dear,’ said her cous
in, does that make him vulgar, or less res
pectable? For my part I think a imchanic
can be as much of a gentleman, (in the true
sense of the word) as a millionaire.’
‘Well I declare, cousin Lile, you do have
some of the funniest notions,’ said’ Miss
Amanda, ‘just for all the world like pa; he
thinks one man just as good as another, even
though he be a laborer.’
‘Yes,’ said Emma, ‘I do wish he would
be a little more circumspect, and find bet
ter company for his daughters than mechan
ics. It is his fault that Mr. Barton comes
here; he gives him such pressing invita
tions. I suppose he wants me or you, A-
manda. Wouldn’t it make a fine paragraph
fer the papers? Miss Amanda (or Emma)
daughter of James Ellis, merchant, to Mr.
Charles Barton, mechanic. Ohjdear,’ said
the spoiled beauty (for both sisters possess
ed great personal attractions,) throwing
herself back upon the sofa and laughing
heartily, as also did her sister.
‘Well, well girls,’ said Mr. Ellis, who,
hidden behind the half open door of the a-
partment, had been an unobserved listener
to the conversation, and who now entered
the room, ‘you may laugh now, but you
may live to regret that you did not try to
obtain Mr. Barton for a husband. Mark
that!’ and the old gentlemen, taking up his
hat left the apartment.
‘I declare, if there is not Mr. Barton on
the steps!’ exclaimed Emma who was look
ing through the blinds. ‘Come, come,’ she
continued, addressing her sister, ‘let us go
up stairs into the other parlor and leave
cousin Lile to etttertain him; it will be a
pleasure to her, she is partial to mechanics,’
atnl the sisters left the room.
The object of the foregoing conversation
was a young man, whom Mr. Ellis had in
troduced to his daughters and neice, some
months before as a master mechanic. But
unlike their father, who valued a man for
his character and not for his money, the
Misses Ellis were great sticklers for res
pectability, their standard for which was
riches, and the consequence was, as we have
seen that Mr. Barton did not stand any too
high in their good graces. Mr. Ellis knew
this false estimate of respectability was a
predomiuent fault in his daughters’ charac
ters, and he determined to give them a
practical and salutary lesson. How he suc
ceeded, the sequel of our story will show.
A few moments after the sisters had left
the room, Mr. Barton entered. He was a-
hout middle height, with a fine figure, reg
ular features and intelligent .countenance.
His eyes were of a deep blue, his eyebrows
finely arched, and his forehead high and
white from which the jet black hair was
pushed, back displaying its fineproportions.
He was certainly a handsome man, which
fact even the Misses Ellis did not attempt
to deny, and the ease and politeness with
wnich he greeted Miss Carlton, spoke his
claim to that which the lady herself had a-
warded to him—the title of a gentleman.
He was soon seated and in conversation
with Delilah. Delilah Carltou was a charm
ing girl. It is true she did not possess the
exquisite proportions and regular features
of her two cousins, but then there was ever
a sunny smile upon her face, and a cheerful
spark in her clear, light blue eye, and she
had such light and bounding spirits, that
made her appear if not as beautiful as her
cousins, at least more bewitching; at least
so thought Mr. Barton, as be gazed upon
her bewitching countenance. How much
better, thought he, would it be to possess
her for a wife dependant as she is upon
Iter uncle and dowerless as she would be,
than either of the Misses Ellis with their
spoiled tempers and their fortunes.
Thinking this ,is it to be wondered at that
he left her with a half-formed determination
to win her love if it lay within his power.
When Delilah appeared at the dinner
table that day, many were the meaning and
inquisitive glances her cousins cast upon
her. At last unable to restrain their loving
habit of ‘running’ their cousin, they spoke.
‘I hope you have spent a very pleasant
morning, cousin,’ said Miss Amanda, with
a ntock arch look.
‘A very interesting tete-a-tete, was it
not?’ whispered Emma, across the table.
‘I spent the morning very pleasantly’ an
swered Delilah, blushing slightly.
‘Oh! 1 dare say,’ said Emma sarcastical
ly; ‘I suppose he gave you a dissertation on
mechanics, did he not, Coz?’
‘Well, and suppose he did,’said Mr. El
lis, who had been listening patiently, but
into whose honest face, the color now rose.
‘Is it not better to listen to that, than to the
senseless conversation and sickly sentiments
drawled out in affected tones by the fop-
lings, half tnen, halfmoukeys, who disgrace
humanity?’ and the old man cast such a look
upon his daughters asmadethem quailed be
neath it.
‘But never mind, Lile, 1 he continued in
a softer tone, and patting his niece's rosy
cheek, ‘never mind Mr. Barton i9 worth
three or four such would-be gentlemen as
Mr. Rice and Mr. Brown, and in more ways
than one. Mark that girls! He is worth
two or three such in more ways than one.’
The last sentence was addressed to his
daughters.
Days, weeks, and months rolled by, and
Mr. Barton had become a frequent visitor
at Mr. Ellis's. It was very evident he was
paying particular attcniiou ta Delilah Carl
ton, and it was also plain to see that they
were not unacceptable. This fact furnished
an ample snbject for the sisters' sarcastic re
marks. As for their father, whenever they
indulged them in his presence, a knowing
smile would play upon his face and he
would 1 epeat to them his assertion, that they
would some day wish they would some day
wish they had obtained Mr. Barton for a
husband.
1 HUS tlllfIB LiHHIliutHI Am auuio iLuo. At
length, about three months subsequent to
the period when our story commences, Mr.
Ellis entered the parlor where his daught
ers were sitting, with a light step and spark
ling eye.
‘Well, girls, what do you think of it?’
said lie rubbing his hands in glee.
‘What?’ asked both the young ladies in
a breath.
‘The wedding we’re going to have.’
‘The wedding? what wedding?’ '
‘Your cousin’s.’
‘Delilah’s!’
‘Yes, she is going to honor the mechanic
with her hand. What do-you think of it,
eh?’
‘I don’t think much of it,’ said Miss Em
ma, with a toss of her head.
‘Nor I,’ said Amanda.
‘You don’t eh?’ Well suppose I was to
tell you she was going to be married to a
man worth two hundred thousand dollars,
would that alter your opinions?’
‘Why, what do you mean pa?’
‘Listen! and I will.lell you girls,’ said the
old gentlemen, bending upon his daughters
a grave somewhat stern look. ‘The father
of Mr. Barton, to whom your cousin is soon
to be married, was an old friend of mine;—
we were playmates in boyhood. He was
apprenticed to the carpenter trade about
the same time I entered the counting-house.
Soon after he had finished learning his trade
he went to the city of Baltimore, and there
started business for himself and was marri
ed. Being possessed of genuis, and hav-
iug a good education for a master mechanic
and builder, he soon became an architect,
and subsequently amassed a large fortune.
Knowing the reverses of fortune to which
all are liable, he resolved to make his only
son Charles a good architect, so that if ever
the ‘fickle dame’ should desert him, he
would have wherewith to earn honestly his
daily bread; he succeeded. A year or two
ago he t)ied leaving his whole fortune, his
wife being already dead, to Charles, his
only child. About six months ago Charles
came to this city on a visit. He called up
on me as his father’s friend. In the course
of conversation, I asked him why he was
not married. He said he had never yet
met with a young lady he thought worthy
of calling his wife; that he could find enough
who would marry him for the sake of his
money, but that such a one he would never
marry.
I told him that I would introduce him to
some of our city ladies, & see if he could not
find one amongst them to suit him. He re
quired then that I should conceal his wealth
and introdace him only as a master mechan
ic. I acquiesced, and knowing your false
estimate of respectability, l embraced the
opportunity of teaching you a lesson, which
I sincerely hope will have a salutary influ
ence. I knew when I brought him home
with me, and introduced him, that neither
of you would be chosen, because I was cer
tain you would not stoop so low as to wed
a master mechanic; but the event that will
soon take place I easily foresaw. Your
cousin knew nothing of his wealth until to
day. I see you look surprised, girls, but
did I not tell you that you would be sorry
that you did not obtain him for a husband?
And did I not tell you that he was worth
two or three such ninny-hammers as Mr.
Rice and Mr. Brown and in more ways than
one? Remember girls, that wealth is a
false standard by which to judge of res
pectability and worth. Not that a rich man
may not he respectable, but that very often
he who earns his daily bread by the sweat of
his brow is more of a gentleman than he
who counts his thousands.’
And they did remember it; for in after
years they showed in their choice of husbands
that they had not forgotten their honest old
frther’s lesson.
HALLS OF THE MONTEZUMAS.
Montezuma II, ascended the Mexican
throne, A. D. 1502, at the age of 23, before
Mexico had been discovered by Europeans.
He died 30th June, 1520 in the 42d year
of his age of wounds inflicted by Spanish
discoverers whom he had invited to his roy
al palace. Historians agree in admiring
his character.
On ascending the throne, not content
with the spacious residence of his father, he
erected another much more magnificent,
fronting th eplaze mayor of the city of Mex
ico. So vast was this great structure, that,
as one of the historians informs us, the
space covered by its roof might have afford
ed 100m for 30 knights to run their courses
in a regular tournay. His father’s palace
altbo’ not so high, was so extensive that the
visitors were too much fatigued iu wander
ing through the apartments ever to see the
whole of it.
The palaces were built of red stone, or
namented with marble, the arms of the
Montezuma family, (an eagle bearing a ti
ger in her talons) being sculptured over the
main entrance. Crystal fountains, fed" by
great reservoirs on the neighboring hills,
played in the vast halls and gardens, and
supplied water to hundreds of marble
baths in the interior of the palaces. Crowds
of nobles and tributary chieftains were
continually sauntering through the halls, or
loitering away their hours in attendance
on the court. Rich carvings in wood a-
dorned the ceiling, beautiful mats of palm
leaf covered the floors. The walls were
hung with cotton richly stained, the skins
of wild animals, or gorgeous draperies of
feather work in imitation of birds, insects
and flowers in a radiance of colors. Clouds
of incense from golden censers diffused in
toxicating odors through the splendid apart
ments occupied by the nine hundred and
eighty wives and five thousand slaves of
Montezuma.
He encouraged science and learning,
and public schools were established through
out the greater part of his empire. The
city of Mexico in his day numbered twice
as many inhabitants as at present, and one
thousand men were daily employed in wa
tering and sweeping its streets; keeping
them so clean that a man could traverse the
whole city with as little danger of soiling
his feet as his hands. A careful police
guarded the city. Extensive arsenals, gra
naries, warehouses, an aviary for the most
beautiful birds, menageries, houses for the
reptiles and serpents, a collection of hu
man monsters, fish-ponds built of marble, a
museum and public libraries, all on the
most extensive scale, added their attrac
tions to the great city of the Aztecs. Gor
geous temples—in which human victims
were sacrificed, and their blood baked in
bread, or their bodies dressed for food to
be devoured by the people at religious fes-
—~»i-»il their pyramidal altars far
above the highest edifices. Thousands of
their brother tnen were thus sacrificed an
nually. The temple of Maxtili, their war
dug, was so constructed that its great alarm
gong, sounded to battle, roused the valley
for three leagues around, and called three
hundred thousand Aztecs to the immediate
relief of .their monarch.
So vast was the collection of birds of
prey in a building devoted to them, that
500 turkeys, the cheapest meat in Mexico,
were allowed for their daily consumption.
Such were the “Halls ofthe Montezumas!”
The summer residence of the monarch, on
the hill ofChapoltepec, overlooking the city
was surrounded by gardens of several miles
in extent, and here were preserved until
the middle of the last century, two statues
of the Emperor and his father. The great
cypress trees, under which the Aztec sove
reign and his associates once held their
moonlight revels, still shade the royal gar
dens. Some of them fifty feet in circum
ference, are several thousand years old,
but are yet as green as m the days of Mon
tezuma, whose ashes, or rather those of his
ancestors, render sacred, in the eyes of.na-
tive Mexicans, the Hill of Chapoltepec.—
Natural decay and a waning population
now mark the seat of power of the great
Montezumas.
Advice for Summer.—Don’t gormandize.
We hate a glutton at all limes, but espe
cially in summer. It is monstrous to see
men, when the mercury is up to 90, cram
a pound of fat meat down their throats.
Don’t you know that animal food increases
the the bile ? Eat sparingly and be sure
and masticate well what you eat. Don’t
boll your food like an anaconda. Take ex
ercise in early morning. Ah ! what fools
we are to sweat in bed, when the cool
breezes of the morning invite us forth, and
the birds, and the dew, and the streams are
murmuring in their own quiet way, pleas
ant music, which arouses a kindred melody
in the soul.
Be good natured. Don’t get into an an
gry discussion on politics or religion. There
will be time enough to talk the former over
when the weather becomes cool, aud as for
the latter, the less you talk about in the bet
ter.
Bathe often—three times a week—eve
ry day. The expense is nothing to th®
benefits derived. If you would enjoy
health, have a clear head, a sweet stomach,
a cheerful disposition, put your carcasses
under water every day, and when you
emerge use the crash vigorously for five
minutes. There is nothing like the pure,
bracing water. We never dip beneath its
surface without thanking God for having
placed such a health-promoting element
within our reach.—Noah’* Messenger.
Rich Enough.—The wealth of the Meiti-
can Churches (Roman Catholic) is estima
ted at from ninety to one hundred million* of
dollars.
From the Youth’s Companion.
A BRIEF SKETCH OF T. H SAFFORD, JR.
He is the son of T. H. and Louisa P.
Salford, of Royalton, Yt. and was born the
6th day of January, A. I). 1836. His frame
is slight, and from infancy he has had 8 del
icate constitution. A tiny form, limbs
small but active, light muscles, dark hair,
eyes dark and brilliant, and a counte
nance pale, but singularly expressive, give
him an appearance of the highest interest,
which, with his native modesty and grace
ful suavity of manners, render him highly
preposessing.
The precocity of Henry’s mind was ex
hibited before the end of his second year ;
and when but twenty months old, at which
age he learned his letters, his parents were
astonished at the rapidity with which he
seized upon the names of natural objects,
and commenced the exercise of his reason
ing powers. The child has not only un
commonly well developed intellectual fac
ulties, but he possesses also an almost pure
ly nervous or mental temperament, which
unavoidably renders him a creature of ac
tive thought,—a being to whom the body is
an appendage whose uses and desires are
of secondary importance. The animal, in
him, has received a shabby compliment; but
the moral and intellectual natures are high
ly honored. Pride and vanity are attri
butes unknown to him. Envy is a feeling
he can never have a perception of. Sel
fishness, deceitfulness, and maliciousness
enter net into his nature. But all his im
pulses are moral aud intellectual.
The mathematics is a study peculiarly
suited to an intellectual person—to one
who has large leasoning faculties. Ideality,
wonder, curiosity, and hundreds of feelings
may render philosophy, history, geography,
and other branches interesting ; but Mathe
matics addresses itself to the intellect, and
is worshipped by the one gifted with large
reasoning powers. Thus it eaily became
the favorite object of young Safford’s atten
tion.
Many notices of the subject of this brief
sketch have been circulating in the papers.
The following remarks from the Rev. Geo.
Denison, late professor of mathematics in
Kenyon College, were made in a lettet to
the Western Episcopalian, after a thorough
examination of the boy.
I examined an almanac in manuscript, for
A. D. 1S46, all of which this child has
wrought out alone; much of it, including
one of the eclipses, before witnesses with
whom I atn acquainted. 1 asked him of the
projection which lay before us; he immedi
ately commenced a full explanation, and I
felt, as his little infant hand ran rapidly o-
ver the diagram, and I listened to his child
like expressions, as if I were in the pres
ence of some superior being. I asked him
if two equal circles cuteach other in the ex
tent of 1-12 their diameter, what area would
be thus cut away. Quicker than I could
think, he said, “the 144lh part.”
I gave himtbe following questions:—The
square of465? He said “226225.” The
cube of 26? He auswered 17576. I ask
ed him if I might try him on the fourth
power. He said yes, if 1 would not go oe-
yond two figures. I asked him the fourth
power of 75. His eye whirled, and he
sprang like an arrow to the door, hung by
one hand to the door post, and came in, say
3-4 of a minute, and replied, “Thirty-one
millions six hundred forty thousand six hun
dred and twenty-five, [31,640,625.] I ask
ed him the factors of the decimals 0.7S54;
he immediately said “It is not regular; it
will take a double factor, 1.1.x 1. 7 x 0.6
x 0. 7:” which as I wrote down, I omitted
the points before the 6 and 7, and be instant
ly, took the pencil aud made them him-
self.
His calculations entirely outstrip the ca
pability of bis pencil to record them.
To aid in finding factors, he gives the fol
lowing rule:—
“To find his factors of any nnmber, take
the number aud reduce it to an odd number
if it is not already so, by dividing by 2 until
such a result be produced. Divide the
number thus obtained by every successive
odd number beginning with 3, until you di
vide by the odd number nearest the square
root of the dividend. In the first case, the
devisor will be one factor, and the quotient
the other. In the second case the number
is prime. If the number be even, multiply
one of the factors by the number of 2’sjised
in reducing, which will give one of the fac
tors of the given or reduced number; the
other factor of the given number will be the
other factor of the reduced number.”
Here is his rule for extracting cube roots
when the root does not exceed two figures
which I give for the benefit of some modern
author of arithmetic. The foregoing and
the following are but few of the many rules
which this astonishing youth from time to
time, as occasion required, has sought out
and availed himself of, as aids in his opera
tions. Rule:
“Take from the table annexed, the cube
nearest the first three figures of the given
cube if it is greater than 200,000; the first
two if greater than 10,000; if between 1000
and 10,000, then take the corresponding
cube root for the first figure of the root, then
take the last figure of the given cube, and
find in the table what cube it is the last fig
ure of, and take the corresponding cube root
for the last figure.
Table.
Cube Root
emotions his little heart would throb to in
spect the heavens through some large teles
cope!
A sculptor, for outstripping the proteges
ofEuropean aristocracy, and rivaling the
loftiest genius of olden times has already
gone forth from our green hills, and literal
ly carved out a name more enduring than
monuments wrought by human hands—a
name which for future ages shall make Ver
mont classic ground:—and in T. H. Salford
Jr., who knows but that we have a mathe
matician, who if blessed with life and health
shall stand unrivalled by the proudest tal
ents of ancient or modern times?
Ponton Train*.—As out readers hear
much “now a days” about “Ponton Trains”
for the use of the Army, we copy the fol
lowing description of the India Rubber
Bridge, which was used during the Creek
) War, in Alabama, some years since:
“It consested of large bags, or pontons,
| something like cotton bags in shape, made
j of India Rubber cloth, which being filled
with air and attached laterally together,
formed a bridge of fourteen feet in width,
and of any length, according to the number
of bags used; upon these were laid light
timber to support boards placed laterally,
which forming a smooth level surface, ad
mitted the passage of wagons, horse, &c.
A detachment of six hundred men with all
their arms and accoutrements r including the
field officers mounted upon horses, march
ed on it at once, and often remaining a
quarter of an hour, going throngh the evo
lutions to test its strength, they counter
marched with as much facility as if on terra
firma. Field pieces with their compliment
of mattrasses, and their cassions filled with
ammunition acd loaded wagons, were also
driven over it with the same ease. It was
said, that a troop of horse, arriving at night
at a river where this bridge was, and see
ing it stretching across the stream, crossed
upon it under the impression that it was a
common bridge. The great advantage of
this bridge is its portableness, all the pon
tons and cordage for a bridge of three hun
dred and fifty feet, being capable of trans
portation in a single wagon; whereas, the
former ponton equipages consisted of cum
brous and bulky pontons of wood, sheet-
iron and copper.”
Wild Russians.—A traveller in Russia,
I who appears to have been quite struck with
: the appearance of the Russian laborers,
1 stevedores, &c, in Cronstadt, gives the fol-
! lowing description of this singular class of
j people:—“Almost every person we saw,
j says Mr. Bremner, was clad in sheep skins,
! made into a kind of short, tight surtout, the
| wool turned in, and the leathery side, in-
! tended to be white, shining on the outside,
black and filthy as the ungainly persons of
their wearers. Every laborer has a beard
flowing rough and grizly on his bossm.—
Knowing that these appendages -are sub
jects of astonishment to strangers, they nev
er pass an English ship without some drol
lery, such as bleating in long aud helpless
tones like a goat, with which the beard
gives them the title to claim kindred. In
fact, the Russian peasants are excellent
mimics, and every way merry, contented
fellows. You never see them rowing home
at night without a song, if alone, or hearty
shouts of laughter, if there be two. They
trim their ragged sails with great dexterity,
and if the yard-arm become unrnly and dash
them into the sea, they clamber in again,
and shake themselves with all the uncon
cern, and something of the grace of New
foundland dogs—then set to work anew, as
gay as if nothing had happened. There is
a curious scene at night on the quay behind
the harbor, when all the laborers are mus
tered on leaving the ships where they had
been employed during the day. Such ah
appearance of hairy, or, if it please you bet
ter, woolly gentlemen, we defy the world
to match. Here are real beards enough to
make cables for the fleet,”
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Cube.
1
S
27
64
125
216
343
512
729
1000
These rules are either wholly original or
we je sought out and combined to suit vari
ous different emergencies. When asked if
he can solve any new question, if very dif
ficult, he usually says: “I guess not—I
don’t know as I can;” but after propound
ed, it is impossible to keep his mind off of
it.
The boy has a great fondness for the nat
ural sciences, and constantly longs for maps,
charts, globes, telescopes, and philosophical
and chemical apparatus. Of the study of
chemistry, in which he hut made considera
ble advancement, he hss become passion
ately fond. He is well acquainted with ge
ography, and of the motions and relations
of the celestial bodies he has a very correct
idea. He sighs for a nearer view of the
planets and stars. With what rapturous
The Indian Tribe* on the North-West
Coast of America.—At the meeting of the
Ethnological Society, beid a short time
since, a paper entitled—“Observations on
the Indian Tribes, inhabiting the North-
West Coast of America; by John Scouler,
M. D.,” was read. Under this title Dr.
Scouler has given a classification of the va
rious tribes found between Behring’s Straits
and the Columbia river, and included be
tween the Rocky Mountains aud the Pa
cific Ocean. There are 16 in number, which
is very considerable for the narrow district
within which they are confined. To the
east of the mountain range the Algonquin
race alone occupies a territory exceeding
that of the 16 families mentioned. Even if
we exclude the Esquimaux, we find there
is a considerable variety in the physical fea
tures of the Indians of the North-West
Coast of America, as well as in their intel
lectual and moral character. Comparing
them en masse, with their neighbors east of
the Rocky Mountains, they have a more ex
tensive range of ideas, are less inflexible in
character, and more imitative, and, instead
of the hard-heartedness of the Triqnois, the
ferocity of the Carib, or the impassible cru
elty of the Brazilian, are truly human*.—
The custom of scalping is unknown; pris
oners taken in war are rarely put to death
after the excitement of the contest has sub
sided, and they are never exposed to lin
gering torture. The elaborate carvings of
one of the 16 families, the Haidab, is, in
Dr. Scouler’s opinion, equal in skill to any
thing displayed by the Mexicans, and shows
how small an amount of civilization might
suffice for the construction of the monu
ments of Miapa, or Yucatan. The Flat
Heads, Cayuse, and Snahaptans, are re
markable for their moral character and re
ligious culture. Long before the arrival of
Christian teachers among them they had
learned to observe Sunday, spending a part
of it in prayer and religious ceremonies,
and by setting aside their usual labors. The
paper was full of learning, and called forth
observations from Dr. Latham, and Dr.
King, who have devoted themselves of late
to the history of man in that part the world.
[AT. 0. Delta
Captain Walker.—It is stated that “dur
ing the time Capt. Walker was confined
in the Castle of Perote as a prisoner of
war, the flag-staff was blown down. The
prisoners, or a portion of them, Capt. W.
being one, were ordered to replace it.
Before the pole was replaced, Walker took
from his pocket a half dime and dropped
it into the step, and turning to Dan Henrie
and General Green, who were also prison
ers, said, *1 for one, pledge my word and
sacred honor, that if I live, I shall yet see
that piece of American coin again.’ From
the chivalry displayed, there is yet a fair
prospect of his fulfilling his word.”
A Costly Wedding Ornament.—It is sta
ted in the Paris papers that there is now to
be seen in a jeweller’s shop on the Boule
vards, the diadem of precious stones to be
worn by the Princes Olga, of Russia, on
her wedding day. This diadem is worth
18,000,000f. The large central diamond is
estimated at l,000,000f. This diadem is to
be presented to the bride by her Imperial
father.
