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AND
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savannah, ga.
Jos. \Va«hborn,
Jno. I{. Wilder,
Fhas <>. Dana.
Will continue the above business at 114 Bay
Street, east of the Exchange
Orders for Bagging, Rope, and other Supplies,
Count) in {filled promptly at loweA Cash prices.
Refer to
Major Wm. Sanford, )
Gen. 8. P. Myrick. (
M. Dennis, 1
S B. Marshall, \
Messrs. Carter & Ilarvey, S
A MrAllum, >
Ira Peck. (
Messrs. Black & Cobb. 1
“ Sloan &: Hawkins, $
Major John S. Rowland,
August. 1852.
Baldwin Cc.
Putnam Co.
Twiggs Co.
Rome.
Cass Co.
10—Cm
prompt at
BUSINESS 0 A R I) S.
"FRANCIS P. STUBBS,
Attorney and Counsellor at Caw
MONROE, LA.
June 15, 1852. 2—ly
It A It r IS & W II E T I] IS E A I>,
C(mMISSI()x\ M KItCII ANTS,
SA FAXXAH, GEORGIA,
T ENDER their services to the patrons and friends
of the late firm of Rabun. Fulton & Co., in the
sale of Cotton and other produce. (>rilers fur Bag
ging, Rope and other family supplies will be prompt
ly filled at the lowest prices.
Their long experience in business induces them to
hope for a continuance of the liberal patronage ex
tended to the late firm.
Savannah. June 1,1852. 52—6in
'(.'HAS. G. CAM P BELL,
Attorney aV Law,
MILLEDGEVILLE, GEO.
Office in the Darien Bank Building, next
door to the Fcdt ral Union office.
March 28th, 1852. 43—tf
PLANTERS’ WAREHOUSE.
ii. W ALKER A SON,
Warehouse k Coni mission Merchants,
JACKSON STREET,
AUGUSTA, GEORGIA.
At the Large New Fire Proof Warehouse ’ Hot Air REGISTERS and VENTILATORS, at
v- _ __ IMUTIIDV DDinCi!
AW\o\esa\e CAottVmg House,
No. J 4.3, East Bay Street Corner of Queen,
CIIAULESTOA, S. C.
MERCHANTS wishing to purchase
Fall and H inkr Clothing
aru invitpd to Call and look through the assortment
offriod by this
OLD ESTABLISHED HOUSE,
they will find an extensive and desirable Stock to
select from at LOW PRICES.
„ WM. MATTHIESSEN.
Charleston. August 1!), 1352. 12—-8t
ETOWAH IRON WORKS
AMO I S.OI It liil.I.S
HPHE Uudersi gued informs his friends and ihe pnb-
A lie that he has, by the co-operation of friends,
| purchased the “ETOW 4 II WORKS,” and
| will continue to operate the Establishment as hereto-
j fore, and will he pleased to receive orders. He pro-
j poses to make a superior quality of Merchant Iron:
, abn Hollow Rare,and Machinery Castings.
I He will also buy Wheat and sell Flour, and has
I now a superior article of Superfine Flour, which lie
j will sell low for cash.
MARK A. COOPER.
July 21st, 1852. 10—4t
EXCELSIOR
BUILDING HARDWARE
AND
! TOOL STORE EXCLUSIVELY.
I The Largest and, only Establishment of the
kind m the United States,
W.TI. ME IW’CLURE A ItKO.,
No. 287 Market Street above 7th, j
P H I L A D E LPIIIA.
M ANUFACTURERS’ Depot for LOCKS ol
all kinds, warranted quality; premium pmcelian
KAUBS. over 00 patterns: silver plated HINGES, j
&c., wilb the, must complete assortment of all the !
Modern Patents in this line.
BUILDERS & DEALERS are invited to call J
and examine our Stock.
Catalogues sent hy Mail if directed.
M ISC EL LAN EOUS.
GOD, HELP THE MOTHERLESS’
A PICTURE FROM “BLEAK HOUSE.”
We copy, from the last number of this
work, the following most touching picture
of the suffering am) privation of poor or
phans in London—such as maybe met with
evc-ry day in large cities—yes, and in cities
not large. Those details roust be re*
garded as a faithful recital of incidents
which the author has either seen per
sonally, or which he knows to be true.
In another chapter of this number, Dick
ens draws a portrait of a Mrs. Jellaby, who
surrounded by scenes such as these, is found
absent from their home when called upon,
to attend a tea-drinking, where speeches
were to he made and letters written “on the
general mei its of the cultivation of coffee,
conjointly with the natives, at the settles
ment i>f Boorinoola Gho.” The same per
son w as absent another time, “on the Boori-
noolian business, arising out of a society
called the East London Btancli Aid Ramifi
cation.
I applied the key on hearing this, and
opened the door. In a poor room with a
sloping ceilitig, and containing very little
furniture w as a mtte of a boy, some five or
six years old, nursing and hushing a heavy
child of eighteen months. Thete was no
fite, though the weather was cold; both
children were wrapped up in some poor
shawls and tippets, as a substitute. Their
clothing was not so warm, however, but
that their noses looked red and pinched,and
their small figures shrunken, as the boy
walked up and down, nursing and
hushing the child with its head on bis shoul
der,
‘Who has locked you up here alone?’ we
naturally asked.
‘Charley,’ said the boy, standing still to
gaze at ns.
‘Is Charley your brother?’
‘No. She’s my sister Charlotte, Father
called her Charley.’
‘Are there any more of you besides Char
ley?’
‘Yes Charley.’ said Tom, ‘almost quite
bright.’
‘Then he’s as good as gold.’ said the little
creature—oh! in such a motherly, womanly
way! ‘And when Emma’s tired, he puts
her to bed- And when he’s tired,he goes to
bed himself. And when I come home and
and light the candle, and has a hit of supper
lie sits up again, and has it with me. Don’t
you, Tom?’
Oy es, Charley,’ said Tom, ‘That I do!’
And either in this glimpse of the great
pleasure of his life, or in gtatitude and love
for Charley, who was all in all to him, he
laid his face among the scanty folds of
Iter frock, and passed from laughing into
crying.
It was the first time since our entry that
a tear had been shed among those children
The little orphan girl had spoken of their
father, and their mother,as if all that sorrow
was subdued by the necessity of taking
courage, and hy her childish importance in
being able to work, and by her bustling
busy way. But, now, when Tom cried, al~
though she sat quite tranquil, looking quiet
ly at us, and did not b. any movement dis
turb a hair of the head of either of her little
charges,I saw two silent tears fall down her
face.
ORIGIN OF WORDS AND PHRASES
Windfall.—The origin of this teim is
said to be the following :
Some of the nobility of England by the
tenure of their estates, were forbid to fell
any trees in the forest upon them, the tim
ber being reserved for the use of the royal
navy. Such trees as fell without cutting
were the property of the occupant. A tor
nado was, therefore, a perfect God-send, in
every sense of the term, to those who had
occupancy of the extensive forests, and the
wind-fall was sometimes of great value.
Robbing Peter to pay Paul.—In the time
of Edward the VI, much of the land of St.
Peter, at Westminister was seized by his
majesty’s ministers and courtiers; but in or
der to reconcile the people to that robbery
they allowed a portion of the lands to be
‘Me,’ said the hoy, ‘and Emma,’ patting \ appropriated to the repaits of St. Paul s
formerly occupied by Wallu
September 23. lr-51.
W. I>. E IIIER
Bryson If Co.
16—ly
FACTORY PRICKvS.
Philadelphia March 16. 1852.
42— I y
IDLiE <V to.
FAC T U ll S
AND
CO M MISSION MER CIIA NTS,
SAVANNAH, Ga.
S.F. Gove, VV. D. Ethridge.
Savannah, April 15, 1851. 4a
\IMU3N Ik ¥\3LT0N~
COMMISSION ill E K C II A T S.
SA VANN AH, G A.,
July 9, 1850. 5—tf
BEII1 «V FOSTUK.
FACTORS
AND
ttcwevaX Commission Merchants M r |V o
Bay st. Savannah, Ga.
P. H. BF.HN.
July 9, 1850.
ii, & H. CAllERON,
Direct Importers and Wholesale Dealers in
Crockery, China and Glass Ware,
No. 145, Meeting Street, Charleston, S. C.
Have aiv. ay on hand a large and extensive assort
ment of the above Goods, (selected by one of the
firm at the Manufactories of England and France,)
which they olfer for sale at as low rates as they can be
purchased in any city of the Union
JOHN FOSTER
5—tf.
NOTICE.
T HF. undersigned would respectfully announce to
thp citizens of Baldwin and adj icent counties,
that he is now located in MUlcdgeviUe, where he will
be happy to receive all orders for
HOUSE PAINTING AND
PLASTERING.
U. BRYANT.
Milledgeville, April 13, 1852. 45—tl
MEDIC H COLLEGE OF GEORGIA.
T HE twenty-first course of lectures, in this institu
tion will commence on the first Monday in No
vember next.
Anatomy. <J. M. NEWTON. M. D.
Surgery, L. A. DUGAS. M. D.
Institutes und Practice ofMedicine, L D. FORD.
logv and Pathological Anatomy, H. V. M.
MILLER. M. D.
Materia Medica and Tliereapentics, and Medical
Jurisprudence. I. P. GARVIN, M 1).
Obstetrics and Diseases of Women and Infants J.
A EVE,M. D
Chemistry and Pharmacy. ALEX. MEANS. M. D.
Demonstrator of Anatomy. H. F. CAMPBELL,
M. D.
Clinical Lectures will bn delivered regularly at the
City Hospital, and ample opportunities will be affor
ded lor the Study of practical Anatomy.
Important additions have been made during Ihe
present year, to their means for Demonstrative
Teachings in Obstetrics, Patholigical and Surgical
the limp bonnet of tiie child he was nursing;
‘and Charley.’
‘Where is Cbatley now?’
‘Out a-washing,’ said the boy, begining
to walk up and down again, and taking the
nankeen bonnet much too near the bed
stead, by trying to gaze at us at the same
time.
We were looking at one and another, and
at these two children, when there come in
to the room a very little girl; childish in fig
ure hut shrewd and older looking in the
face—pretty face, too—wearing a womanly
sort of a bonnet, much too large for her, and
drying her bare arms on a womanly sort of
apron. Her (inger9 were white and wrink
led with washing, and the soap-suds were
yet smoking which she wiped offlier arms.
But for this, she might have been a child,
playing at washing, and imitating a poor
church; hence the phrase, “Robbing Peter
to Pay Paul.”
He's caught a Tartar.— In some Hatties
between the Russians aud Tartars, who are
a wild sort of people in the north of Asia,
a private soldier called our, “Captain, hal
loo there, I’ve caught a Tartar.”
“Fetch him along then,” Baid the Cap
tain.
“Ay, hut he won’t let me,” said the man;
and the fact was the Tartar had him. So,
when a man thinks to take a man in, and
gets hit himself, they say “he’s caught a
Tartar.”
II>e ! Betty Martin.—Many of our most
popular vulgarisms have their origin in
some whimsical perversion of language,
for in fact Sr. Marlin is one of the worthi
est of the Roman calander. and a form of
prayer commences with the words “O, mihi
Families suppled with Dinner and Tea Set.g Cut Anatomy. Diseases of the skin fro.. &.C.
1R—Iv For further information; application may bo made
Glass, Castors, 4«. J0 j t0 any metu ber of the Faculty, or to
PATENT WATER-WHEEL,
Against Ruben Rich's, Hotchkiss', Fanwater's and all
other WHEELS, we challenge the world to produce
its equal for Power, Speed. Simplicity nr durability,
and a great s»v ing of WATER; and are applicable to
SAW and GRIST .MILLS, and all oilier power to
wlii. il a Water-wheel can be applied—and cheaper
than any other Wheel now in use.
These Wheels are Manufactured at
R. Findlay's Foundry Macon, Ga-,
Where they can lie purchased, and instructions giv-
en to put them in operation: or we will go to any
point in Georgia and put them in operation, at the
shortest notice. - .
Persons desirous of improvements on their Mills
will do best to purchase the PARKER II HEEL, it
is well known to be the greatest improvement ou
WATER WHEELS of the age, where it has been
tried.
All communications! addressed to the subscribers at
M iron. Ga., will meet with prompt .attention.
ALBERTS MULLOY.
June 1,1852. 52—3m
Augusta, July. 1852.
G. M. NEWTON. Dean.
8—at.
A VALUABLE FARM
TH E subscriber having determined to dispose of
his farming interest in TALBOT COUNTY, now
offers for sale his Valuable Farm, lying 3 miles west
of Talbott on on the Hamilton road. Said farm con-
sistin" of 500 acres. 60 or 70 acre, of which are
Swamp, all in good repair, and well improved, with
a fine Dwelling and all necessary outhouses, in good
condition, and in the most desirable part of the county.
Purchas* rs wishing to suit themselves in a desira
ble location for health antf society, are requested to
call and see for themselves.
FRANCIS LENNARD.
Talbotton, July 27, 1852. 9—13t
working woman with a quick observation of i Beate Martin,” which was corrupted to
the truth. j “my eye and Betty Martin,”
Site had come running, from some place j Ro/and j or na Oliver.-Although no
) 11 " ,e neighborhood ana nau ..mde a - , >h: „ e ; s io „„ re offomnn use. yet few are
haste she could. Consequently, though she j aC(] ,„ inled with its orig ®. The expression
Sa\e
of Ctt\ laofft \u Dutton \
RARE CHANCE FOR
MECHANICS AND CAPITALISTS !
A number of valuable city lots will be offered for
sale, at public au< lion, in Dalton, on the second Tues
day in October next.
TERMS ten percent cash, the balance in six years,
payable in equal annual instalments with interest.
AL8< >, for sale, or lea-e. a large and valuable,
ETJ1AM SAW-MElLILs _
of 63 l orse-power. with room to connect therewith
a Flour or Grist null.
ALSO, an excellent firm, known ns “Cbx’s
Fa. m.’’ 610 acres, wilh about 80 acres cleared, and
verv rich land, on Mill Creek, with a large spring of
excellent water, and, an extensive orchard, ',’bis
farm adjoins the city of Dalton, with lire W & A .- R.
R. running through it.
Meantime. Purchases can he. made, at private ia!e,
on favorable terms, by applying to Ben. E. Green,
Esq., at Dalton, until ’lie first of August, or after that
tin,at Washington City, until the tirsi of October ;
also, by applying to Gustav us Heerlem, at Dalton,
who will show the property.
The city of Dalton is advantageously I rated at the
intersection of the East Tennessee and Georgia Rail
Road with the Western and Atlantic Rail Road, or
“rfiale Road,” and from its position inns t rapidly
improve. BLN. L. GREEN,
Washington, D. C., or Dalton, Georgia
July 8, I -5 J• C—Ids
U nm informed dial Land Warrant. No. 10909. for
MO Acres of Land, was issued on the 4lli day of
August 1851, in my favor as a private, in Captain
Gunn's Co , Geo.. Militia. War of 1812, and sent to
mv address at Jasper C. H-, Geo . which failed to ar
rive. or which I have nut received. This is there
fore to give notice, that I have entered a careat in the
office of the Commissioner of ihe General Laud Ol-
fioe. to prevent tlie issuing of a patent to a fraudulent
claimant, and shall apply to the Cont'r. of Pensions
fora duplicate of said Warrant.
CHARLES F. WALTHALL.
July 22, 1852. 9—6t
A PLANTATION
¥OU SALE,
THE subscriber being desirous of moving to the
West, offers for sale, on accoenmodaiing terms, his
Valuable Plantation in TALBOT COUNTY, situ
ated 4 j miles Northwest of Talbotton. It contains
950 acres, on the waters of Lazer Creek. 120 or 130
acres of it being bottom land, which will produce
from 30 to 50 bushels of corn per acre; on which a
valuable Mill could be built at a small expense. The
settlement is nearly square, with all necessary and
desirable buildings iipht the centre, consisting of a
large two story dwelling house, well finished, a new
framed gin house and screw, good negro houses,
critts, stables. &c.
Persons wishing to buy. would tlo well to call ear
ly. view the premises anil see its productions, where
tiie subscriber can generally be found.
JAMES C. LENNARD.
Talbotton, July 27. 1H52. 9—13t
PUTJVAM LANDS
I oiler my Plantation lying in the fork of Little
Kiver and i”;ig Gladv Creek, ior sale, weil known as
a part of the Lnmsden place.
This tract of land contains 1360 acres, between
three and four hundred of which are supposed to be
woodland. 11 lies three and a half miles west from
Latonton. adjoining Ian s ofAugustus Mosely. David
H Reid and the Eetonton Factory. It may he to the
interest of those wishing to buy to make early appJi.
cation. HAMBLIN BASS-
July 30th 1852. 9—tf-
VALUABLE LANDS
For Sale.
BEING desirous of moving South. I offer for Sale
mv Plant; tion in Meriwether county. 9 miles N. E.,
Greenville, and 5 miles S. Atlanta mid LaGrange
Rail Road, containing 700 acres, 3U0 acres cleared
and in fine siate of cultivation. The buildings are
new and comfortable, with a good store-house and
fine stand for selling goods. The production of the
land will please any one. Price low.
r P. P. CLAPTON.
June 11, 1852. *—
signifies giving an equivalent. Roland and
Oliver were two knights, famous in ro
mance. The wonderful achievements of
of the one could only lie equalled hy those
ofthe other.— Hence the phrase “a Roland
for an Oliver."
Mind your Ps and Qs.—The origin of
the phtase, “Mind your Ps and Qs,” is
said to have been a cail of attention in the
old English ale house, to the pints and
quarts being scored down to the uncon
scious beep-bibbe-.
Hobson's choice.—The expression, “Hob
son's choice,” is proverbial both in Europe
and America. The story of its origin is as
follows :
Thomas Hobson was a celebrated carrier
at Cambridge, England, who, to his em
ployment in that capacity, added the profes
sion of supplying the students with horsos.
In doing this he made an equal unalterable
tule that each horse should have an equal
portion of time in which to rest, as well as
labor; and he always refused to let a horse
out of his turn. Hence the saying, “Hob
son’s choice : this or none.”
Bankrupt.—Few words have so remark
able a history, as the familiar word bank
rupt. The money changers of Italy had, it
is said, benches or stalls in the bourse or
exchange in former times, and at these they
conducted their ordinary business. When
any of them fell back in the world and be
come insolvent, bis bench was broken, and
the name of broken bench, or banco rutto,
was given to hint. When the word was
adopted into English, it was nearer the
Italian then it now is, being "bankorout,”
instead of bankrupt.
was very light, she was out of breath, and
could not speak at first,as she stood panting
and wiping her arms, and looking quietly at
us
‘Oh, here’s Charley!' said the hoy.
The child he was nursing stretched forth
its aims, and cried out to he taken by Char
ley. The little girl took it in a womanly
sort of manner belonging to the apron and
the bonnet, and stood looking at us over
the burden that clung to her most affection
ately.
‘Is it possible,’ whispered my guardian,as
we put a chair for the little creature,
and got her to sit down with her load—
the boy keeping close to her, holding her
apron, That this child woiks for the rest?—
Look at this! For God’s sake, look at
this!’
It was a thing to look at. The three chil
dren close together, arid the third so young,
and vet with an air of age and steadi
ness that sat so strangely on the childish fig
ure.
‘Charley! Charley!’ Said my Guardi-
on.
•How old are you?’
‘Over thirteen sir,’replied the child,
‘Oh! What a great age,’ said my
Guardian. ‘What a great age, Char
ley!’
I cannot describe the tenderness with
which he spoke to her; half playfully, yet
all the more compassionately and mournful-
‘And do you live alone here with
these babies, Charley?' Said my Guardi
an -
‘Yes sir,’returned the child, looking up
into his face with perfect confidence, ‘siuce
father died.’
‘And how do you live, Charley? O!
Charley,’ said my Guardian, turning
his face away for a moment, ‘how do you
live?’
‘Since father died, sir, I’ve g'no out to
wotk. I’rn out aTvaehing to-day.'
‘God help you. Cliailey said my Guardi
an.
‘You are not tall enough to reach the
tub!’
•In patterns I am. sir,’ she said quick
ly ‘I’ve got a high pair as belonge 1 to moth
er!'
‘And when did your mother die? Poor
mother!’
.Mother died just after Emma was horn!’
said the child, glancing at the face on her
bosom, ‘Then father said I wa3 to be as
good a mother to her as I could. And so I
tried. And 6o 1 worked nr home, and did
cleaning and nursing and washing, for a
longtime beforo 1 began to go out.—
And that’s bow 1 know how: don't you see,
sit ?’
‘And do you often go out?’
•As often as l possibly can.’ said Char-
ley, opening her eyes and smiling,
‘Because of earning sixpence and a shill-,
ing!’
‘And do you always lock the babies up
when you go out?’ „
‘To keep ’em safe, sir, don’t you see?’ said picking stones, one of the most laborious
Charley. ‘Mrs. Blinder comes up now and . duties ofthe farmer. The machine is des-
then, and Mr. Gridley comes up, sometimes) cribed as a large cylinder on a common axel
and perhaps I can run in sometimes, : and cart wheels, containing four rows of
and they can play, you kuow, and Tom teeth or lifteis. Bearing on the hubs of the
ain’t afraid of being locked up—are you, ! wheels and on the ends of the cylinder,
Tom?’ gives the latter a rotary motion, when the
‘No-o!’ said Tom stoutly- ■ teeth pick up the stones and deposit them in
‘When it comes on dark, the lamps are a box. When the box is full the cylinder
lighted down in tha court,and they show up is raised, and the load carried off and upset
here quite bright—almost quit© blight.— _ as lrom a common cart
Don’t thev, Torn!’ ' have uext (—Journal
REPORT OF THE COMMUTE ON OATS
TO THE NEWBERRY AGRICULTURAL
SOCIETY.
Fellow Members :—Having been re
quested by the Chairman of your Com
mittee on Oats, to prepare a report, and
being but recently initiated into your So
ciety, and unacquainted with the common
form of reports, the mannei, if not the mat
ter, mu9t be overlooked. I shall simply
state, in my way, my plan of raising oats,
when done, can be taken for what it is
worth.
My land may be classed with the grey
sandy land, which, by the way, is not best
adapted to the oat crop.
My time of sowing is early in the fall,
just before or immediately after sowing my
wheat, say about the la9t of October,
though I have sown oats in December that
did well, but they are more liable to freeze
out, than when sown earlier. I have nev
er had oat9 to freeze out so that they did
not make a good crop till the present year.
In order to prevent their freezing out, they
should be sown in grassy land, plowed in
with a narrow plow, leaving the land ridg
ed and unbrushed.
When I sow spring oat9, my time of
sowing is about the first of February—
though 1 by far prefer fall oats, they cotne
earlier, and four bundles will weigh as
much as five the same size of spring oats.
About 5 8 of a bushel per acre is amply
sufficient to be sown, (in order to insure a
sufficient height to cut,) on very poor land,
as mine is, either in the fall or spring; the
fact is, they should be sown merely thick
enough so that the weeds will not get the
start and overgrow them: yet, when I sow
exclusively for pasturage for hogs, which is
an excellent idea, a profitable business, 1
sow a bushel per acre.
The white oats are the kind I sow, pre-
fering them to the black, ruffed or Egyp
tian
Perhaps it would be not amiss for me to
say something about the comparative value
of the oat crop, as many people regard
them as worthless, perfect land-killers; but
in my humble opinion, to give the land the
same treatment after you harvest an oat
crop, as you do your corn land, after har
vesting your corn crop, it will be but little,
if any mote exhausted: i. e., I allude to
pasturing. A very good plan would be to
sow about 5 S of a bushel of the stock pea
per acre, when you sow your oats, keep
off all stock, turn under the pea crop at a
proper time, and by this means your land
will not only maintain its former produc
tiveness, but will improve. This, I remark
is only a suggestion, never having tried it
myself.
Oats I find to be a great auxiliary to the
little end of a corn crop, and also in giv
ing my hogs a start te fatten, or rather to
grow.
I never pasture nor feed oats until they
begin to ripen. I then commence cutting,
and feed plentifully on, even if I have corn
plenty, thinking the sooner they are fed the
more good they do. I seldom have the
troublo of culling up oats, as my horses
generally eat all without.
Last fall I bought oats at 50 cents per
bushel, and siwed them; this spring bought
again, paid 75 cents, sowed about the first
of February, the same land, about 1-2 bush
HAYNE. THE BAGAMIST AND SWINDLER.
The New Orleans Delta publishes a let
ter from Hagerstown, Md., giving an ac j
count of the notorious rogue calling him-•
self Dr. B. J. Hayne, who is now in the I
Kentucky Penitentiary for several crimes. tan l discovery^
“Hagerstown, Maryland, is the place of.
his nativity, and sundry jails and peniten
tiaries have contributed to his education.!
With a versatility of talent as universal as j
it is accomplished, the doctor can assume j
any name that strikes his fancy, and any i
profession that promises to further his ends, i
From the lowest depths of brutish crime,!
requiring nothing more than mere physical |
strength, to the most complicated and dar-
ing schemes of villainy, requiring for their
successful execution the coolest courage, ‘
the greatest self possession, and the high-j
est order of abilities—in all the regular
gradations from these extremes, the doctor j
is equally at home. The baptismal name
of the doctor is Jesse Duncan Elliott Quan»•
trill—a name familiar in the annals of crime.
He was named aftei the distinguished na- ,
val hero of Lake Erie, who was a great
friend of the family. Quntrill has render- •
ed his own name as notorious for criminal !
pursuits, as his distinguished namesake was
renowned in our naval history.
In 1849 Quantrif! served out a term of.
six years in the Eastern Penitentiary of
Pennsylvania, and relumed toHagarstown
for a few days. He was sentenced for ten
years, but as it is generally tbe case with
him, was pardoned out at the expiration of
■aid to be sufficient for many thousand head
of stock for the whole year.
The importance of a settlement at such
a point may be imagined,when we state that
it i9distant300 miles from Mary’s river about
160 miles of which distance is a dead level.
The route to it lies across tbe strip of coun
try know especially as the Desert, the pos-
sage of which by the emigrants, with ani
mals worn down by months of travel, has
caused tbeir chief suffering and loss. The
new route is said to entiiely obviate the
great obstacle, as in the whole 160 miles
the greatest stretch to be travelled without
water is not more than twenty-five miles.—
The path acrcss the mountains is easy both
of ascent and descent, so that, altogether
the new road must be deemed a very impor*
DECIDED IMPROVEMENT.
We make the following extract from the
speech of John Van Buren at the great
Democratic Rally at Newburg, N. Y. It
will be seen that ho has ahandoned some
of his vagaries, repudiates the “higher law,”
and goes in cordially lor a full executiou of
(he fugitive slave law :
Now, elaborate appeals have been ad
dressed to the democrats of New York to
induce them to form a party, to defeat the
democratic candidalas, and for the purpose
of abolishing slavery in the District of Col
umbia. You who acted with me will re
member that we started for the presidency
in 1S4S, a man who declared that he
would veto a law abolishing slavery in
the district of Columbia, and who said
he &as unqualifiedly opposed to it—
Would you be asked, for the purpose of
repealing the Fugitive Slave law, to form an
independent party ? The constitution gives
the slavehcdder a right to come into a State
and take his property; and they haves right
to it, and without a full and cordial recog-<
nilion of every part of the constitution, this
Union cannot stand.
I don’t belong to those who believe in a
law higher than the constitution of the Uni-
six years. Leaving Hagerstown, the next ted States. We don’t act with those who
place we hear of him is iti Columbia, Md.,
where he figured under the name of C.
Mitchell. His object in visiting Columbia,
was to wreak bis vengeance on a lady who
had formerly been his wife, but whom his
criminal course had completely alienated
from him. She obtained a divorce, and a-
gain married. Hayne attempted to kill her
by strangling, but she was rescued in time
to save life, and Hayne sent to prison, from
beheve that it was an atrocious bargain
made by our forefathers; it was an honest
contract, made by men whose memories are
consecrated in our harts. We will not re -
ject the wisdom which waa hidden to Wash
ington, and Jefferson, and Adams, and Mad
ison,and revealed only to Garrison.and Abby
Folsom, and Frederick Douglass, whenever
they choose to make a law that will be prac
tically operative for the surrender of fugi-
which he was pardoned on condition of live slaves. In the mean time, if they de
leaving the State. Being without funds, he
captivated a youth by his fascinating man
ners and induced him to give him his money
and credit, and since then has become one
of the most accomplished swindlers, and
boldest forgers of the day.
sire to oppose the present one, I have no
objection.
Now, such is the condition of this ques
tion. and such being its condition, the Dem
ocratic party assembled at Baltimore and
nominated for the Presidency two unim-
The largest portion of his manhood has peachable Democrats, who have never de
been spent in prison. He was confined in viated from the true Democratic policy,
otie of the prisons of Mississippi, but made j except one to which we refer—one of whom
bis escape, although surrounded by guards. | resides in Alabama, and the other in New
From thence he went to Cincinnati, bought
up some steamboats, without a dollar, flog
ged one of the Judges of the Court at his
own (the Judge’s) house, entered into some
great mercaniile speculation, returned from
the Judge’s house, and crossed over to Ken
tucky—all in the short space of one day.
After his first discharge from the State
prison, he went to Philadelphia, represen
ted himself as a wealthy contractor, bought
up what horses he could in the city on cred
it, and sent his agents through the State to
buy where any were for sale. He stated
that he was about to establish stage lines
all over the State, that would break up the
old lines. His boldness alarmed the stage
companies, and they offered him $25,000 to
go off.
Quantrill demanded $50,000; and they
were about to give it to him, to get rid of
him, when the Doctor, alias Quantrill,
el per acre each time, which cost me 62 1 2 , . ... . . . . . ,
cts. Now. cunt the plowing $1.50, 75 J made one of h.s own mistakes; in signing
cents each time, makes $2,12.U, off of which , a r3raft . he P ul t[ ) e name of some one else.
I have gathered 85 worth of'oats, leaving 1 This was a mistake wh.ch the law does not
$2,87 1-2 nett, for rent of land, after hav
ing to sow twice, which, by the way, per
haps was no great disadvantage.
I would always sow fall oats, even if I
knew they would freeze out half the time,
the advantage of having the land broken is
considerable. The same land la9t year
brought me about two bushels of corn,
worth $2,00, work nothing less, nett noth
ing.
I regard the oat crop as valuable for
horses, hogs and milch cows—think they
are too mnch neglected, and one reason
why they are not more highly appreciated is
they are generally sown on very poor land,
laud entirely unfit for either corn or cotton.
N. W. DAVIDSON.
for him and was forced to leave, and the
stage companies saved their money. He
was in New Orleans some years ago, and
figured then as quite recently, as an exten
sive cotton speculator, &c. He is not only
acquainted with every distinguished char
acter in the U. S., but he lias even person
ated some out of the U. S. Before he made
the attack on his former wife, he passed
himself off, at Harper's Ferry, Virginia, as
the Mexican general, Almonte, and verv
Hampshire—two States which, in the dark
hour of 1S40, when New York fell from the
Bide of her son, who was a candidate, when
all around was defeat and discouragement,
Alabama alone, in the South-west, and New
Hampshire alone, in the North-east, stood
firm, and gave the Democratic candidate
her vote.
Now, what have they resolved upon this
subject? Why, that they will abide by the
compromises that have been made upon this
subject. In that resolution I concur. They
do not say, as they could not, that they ap
prove of these measures. One of the candi
dates, Mr. King, opposed them; the State
of South Carolina was opposed to them, and
for a long time agitated the question wheth
er she would stay in the Union. They ac
quiesced in and submitted to them, howev
er—so we ask them to unite in this joint res
olution. They have resolved that this sub
ject shall not be agitated.—I say it is right
0 to do. I saw for fifty years we did not
discuss it; tor that time we stood up and said
this is a delicate question. For fifty years
we refused to discuss it, till presented in the
new shape to which I have adverted; and
1 say now, we should appeal to their sense
of justice and manhood, and my word for it,
take off the outside pressure which was inev
itable, and you will advance the cause of
freedom more in one year than you would
by the opposite course in ten. If the State
of New York does not, as I say it will not,
set up a separate organization at Pittsburg,
as we have been invited to do, it is certain
soon a troop of_ admirers collected around fof pierce anJ King-Extended in its coN
Prison Confessions—A correspondent of
the Norfolk Co. Journal relates the follow-
owing instance, which he picked up on a
visit to the Thomaston prison :
“1 was amused with an anecdote told me
relative to a clergyman who visited the pris
on, anil desired to converse with the priso
ners. The warden informed him that there
would probably be little satisfaction in do
ing so, as correct answers would be difficult
of obtaining. However, he began conver
sation with a young prisoner, and inquired
relative to the nature of his crime. In re
ply the prisoner told him that he "stole a
sawmill, and on going back after the pond,
was caught and put in prison !” The min
ister concluded to leave the incorrigible
youth.
The Latest Labor Saving Machine.—It
is said that a Yankee has invented a potato
digging machine, which, drawn by horses
down the rows, digs the potatoes, separates
them frvim the dirt, and loads them up into
the cart, while the farmer walks alongside,
whistling “Hail Columbia!” with his hands
in bis pocket.
We do not know how true the above is,
but such a machine is hardly more wonder
ful than one which is noticed in this week’s
New England Farmer. It is a machine for
What shall we
Our Railroad System.—The cure for
railroad accidents by collisions would be
a double track on all our railroads. The
grand cure for smoke will be the employ
ment ofanthraclic coal or coke for fuel in
place of wood. The grand cure for dust
will be to sod all the tracks, and keep them
watered with a sprinkler once or twice per
day during long droughts. All our rail
roads should be fenced in, and no track
should be crossed by a common road.—
There must be a perfect change in our sys
tem before there will be a complete cure
for the more common evils connected with
our railroads. Many inventions have been
brought forward to prevent dust from enter
ing railroad cars, to arrest the sparks, to
obviate the evils of smoke, and to prevent
collisions. All these evils can be prevent
ed without the employment of a single me
chanical device or apparatus, by putting in
practice the foregoing suggestions. At
first the expense would not be small, but
surely our railroads have no thought of be
ing superceded by balloons—they surely
expect to last for fifty years at least—why
then, do they not adopt a system now,
which in the course of a few year9, will
effect a greater saving and clear off all im
mediate outlay.
f Scientific American.
the Mexicauheir. He then went to Sharps
burg, Md., and introduced himself as a
wealthy contractor on the Chesapeake and
Ohio canal. From thence he came to
Funkstown, Md., where he broke into the
post-office and helped himself, leaving be
hind him the following characteristic note:
‘Dear Sir—I robbed your house last
night of $12 in silver and $20 in gold, and
climbed in the window—I slept in your bed,
locked your door and took the key along.’
To this was appended a fictitious signa
ture, but be did all he says in the note. He
next came to Hagerstown, and by way of
reminding the people of his enlargement,
and that he was still as clever as ever, he
099&I size, placed here between Ohio and
New England, lying tranquilly down amid
the excitement that is supposed to surround
her, with her feet bathed in the salt waters
of the Atlantic, and her head by the fresh
waters of the lakes, she can stretch out her
hand to Ohio and say, “Peace, be still.”
She can say to the people of New England,
“While you stand with us on the question of
slavery we are with you, but if you seek to
engage us in an abolition crusade, then you
ar£ passing beyond the measure of your
duty.”
Poison Antidotes.—For oil of vitrol, or
aquafortis, give large doses of magnesia
and water, or equal parts of soft soap and
water.
For oxalic acid, give an emetic of mus
tard and water, afterwards mucilages and
small doses of laudanum.
For opium or laudanum, give an emetic
of mustard, and use consant motion , and if
possible the stomach pump.
For arsenic, do3es of magnesia are use
ful, but freshly prepared hydrated oxide of
iron is best.
For insects taken into the stomach, drink
a small quantity of vinegar and salt.
For corrosive sublimate,give the white of
eggs mixed with water until free vomiting
take place.
As clear as the Nose on your face.—Con
sidering, says Punch the immense variety
of smells that emanate from the Thames,
what a capital speculation the river would
be, if it could be made to pay one pe r
(s)cent.
caused to be presented at the Hagarstown
bank, a couple of forged checks; but it was
known that Quantrill was here, and the
bank became suspicious, refused to cash
the checks and 9oon ascertained the for
gery.
You have here some of the incidents of (
Dr.J. B. Hayne’s life. His names are
even more numerous than bis marriages;
he wears his name as he does his clothing
—as soon as it becomes old, he throws it
aside and takes up another.
A boy his own Grandfather.—A boy at
Norwich which is literally his own grand
father ! It is in this wise : There was a
widow ‘Anne’ and her daughter ‘Jane’ and j
a man ‘George’ and his son ‘Henry.’ The j
widow married the son, and the daughter !
married the father. The widow was there
fore mother (in law) to her husband’s father,
and consequently grandmother to her own |
husband (Henry.) By this time she had a !
son David to whom she was great grand- !
mother. Now, as the son of a great grand- j
mother must be either a grandfather or
great uncle, this boy (David) was one or
the other. He was his own grandfather.
New Road to California.—A new wagon
road acro3 the Sierra Nevada into Califor
nia has been discovered and explored. It
was found to contain no stream that is not
easily forded, and in no place is it destitute
either of water or grass. At many points
along tbe road indications of gold were dis
covered; and in one place a company of set
tlers have taken up claims, and will occupy
the ground, which will afford an excellent
tarrying place for the weary emigrant.—
The point is called Honey Lake Valley,
and is situated upon tbe eastern slope of
the mountains, at the entrance of the Great
Basin. It is several miles in extent; wa
tered by three creeks and innumerable
springs; covered with a luxuriant crop of
grass and the soil is exceedingly rich, and
well suited for cultivation. The grazing is
WAR.
Voltaite thus expresses himself on the
subject of war:—“A hundred thousand
mad animals, whose heads are covered with
hats, advance to kill or to be killed by the
like number of fellow-mortals, covered with
turbans. By this strange procedure they
wan?, at best, to decide whether a tract of
land, to which none of them lays any claim
shall belong to a certain man whom they
call sultan, or to any other whom they call
czar, neither of whom ever saw or will see,
the spot so furiously contested for; and very
few of those creatures, who thus mutually
butcher each other, ever beheld the animal
for whom they cut each other’s throats!
From time immemorable this has been the
way of mankind over all the earth: What
an excess of madness is this! And how
deservedly might a Superior Being crush to
atoms this earthly ball, the bloody nest of
such ridiculous murderers.”
A “Dropper" Nonplussed.—A. day or two
since, a countryman, passing through the
streets, 9aw a young man in front of him ap
parently pick up something from the sides
walk. A moment afterwards, the finder
accosted him, slating that he had just picked
up a valuable ring, which, as he was in a
hurry, he would sell to him cheap, and he
might get the reward offered for its recove
ry. The countryman remarked, in reply,
that he was in the habit of reading tbe
newspapers, and was not to be tricked aftor
that fashion, and walked on, leaving the
rogue to find some more tractable subject
for his “operations.”
A country court in France has condemn
ed the owner of a dog that had gone mad,
and had caused the death by hydrophobia
of a man wilh three children, to a fine of
20,000 francs, to be divided between the
children, and kept in trust till each comes
of age. His offence was not that his dog
had run mad, but that he bad neglected to
muzzle him, and had thereby disobeyed the
police regulations.