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BDUGtITON. NISBET AND BARNES,
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TKB7I8 •
ani)c jFrbcra! Simon
Is published weekly, >n the Darien Bank
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So subscription will be received for less than
B year, nor will any paperOe discontinued until
all arrearages are. paid.
Che paper will not be sentlo any person outol
!,e Slate, until the subscription money is paid in
advance, or satisfactory reference given.
\iivkRTISements conspicuously inserted a (the
u-iial rales. Those sen! without a specification of
■ l> e number of insertions, will be published until
ordered out, and charged accordingly.
.Sales of land and negroes, by Administrators,
Fiecutor*, or Guardians, are required by law to be
held on the First Tuesday in the month between
be hours of ten in the forenoon and three in the
afternoon, at the Court-House in the County in
which the property is situated.
Notice of these sales must be given in a public
merit
VOL. XXIV.]
.71 IELEDGEI7ELE GEORGIA, JVJYE 14, ISS3
No. 3.
FINDLAY’S IRON WORKS,
Xiicnn, Georgia.
^ITF.A'l ENGINES and Boilers. Machinery for
Saw Mills of every description. Iron and Brass
Castings, Millstones. &c. &c.
R. FINDLAY, Proprietor.
May 17. 1853. 50 ly
CITY HOTEL,
BAY STREET, Savannah,
P. CONDON S( J. B. FOLEY. Proprietors.
Terms. $i 50 Per Dav.
Unsurpassed m location, fur gentlemen either on bu
siness or pleasure The apartments allotted to ladies
and families, have undergone an en ire change, and
. . , f • , | now havea private entrance to the Dinner Room
g; Nm e e/s°ro T r r the sale of personal pro'periv must j j, 1 ; 0 * "' uri f n «j '^iroccupants from intrusion from o.h
K K t i er parts of the building affording all the privaces
’53 50 ly
iven in like manner, forty days previous to j ^„,^ r,s ol ,he b,,ild, "6 affordi,, S a " " le of
dav
Notices to the debtors and creditors of anestate
must also be published forty days.
Notice that application will he made to the Court
,,f Ordinary, fur leave to sell Land or Negroes
n ,„.t be published for two months
Citations for letters of Administration, must be
published thirty nays—for dismission from Ad
»» E ,\'l A I. HOIK E.
’I HK undersigned has renioied bis
i . *5IVi. p |>( ) 11 \ 18 over Childs !( Cham-
J --CXjLl-f brrlaia's Jewelry Store, where he will tie
i pleased to receive the calls ofall who may require his
serttces. as lie is now fully prepared to perform all
_ operations upon the most apprr ved and skillful man-
Inist ration. monthly six months—for dismissiot from ' ntr. Terms cash, or paid w hen railed for.
G« irdiai.ship, korty days. J. B. JlITKP*1Y.
Rei.ES for foreclosure of mortgage must he pub- I 4(1—ly Surgeon Dentist,
li.-hed monthly for four months-for establishing lost | „. . Hr , 14 . 1Tfc r.
papers, fur the fall spate of three months—for com- i * AltlET 4 SIOIE HI .4RLHOI SE.
pelting title* from Executors or Administrators,
vliere hond hns been given by the deceased, the
-nil space of three months.
Publications will always be continned according
in these, the legal requirements, unless otherwise
ordered.
Ml business of this kind will receive promptat
tentinn at the Fepffai. Union Office-
Lpliers on business must be post paid to en
title rhpm »o attention.
BUSINESS C A R D S.
BARTLETT BENT, JR„
MANUFACTURER A- DEALER IN THE JIObT approved
!* T (IVES, IIAKGE Hi,
Feermers’ Bnefees. Ship Cabooses, Gas Orrns,
Charcoal and Hnr-lcoal f urnaces. Oren Fronts, Sfc.
IRON CASTINGS GENERALLY.
238 Water Street, New York,
-'lay 3, 1853. 48—3m
FAIRBANKS’ PLATF3RM SCALES.
L ONG KNOWN—Severely tested; Always right;
I'he Acknowledged Standard
Railroad, Kay.Coal, and Farmers’ SCALES,set
in any part of ihe country, at short notice.
Agents—Putt brick & Beil. Savannah.Georgia.
Fairbanks \ Co , ttV W’aler Street, New York.
May 3. 1853. 48—3.u
FREEMAN * BEXStf.X
Mnmialfs'SiEE’®™?! ©JT
M,
,4*o 13 Cotton Avenucy .tlacoH, Ga. \
"AtYSFEIIDLN 1 Patties and Families furnished SADDLERS AND COACH MAKERS
' j f with plain and ornamental Cakes at short
iiotireand on reasonable terms, for cash.
CH AS- H FREEMAN. RICH’d V- BENSON
May 17 1853 [>° D
E. II. PI,ATT,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
Tiovpril/e. Lowndes County, Ga.
June. 7, 1853. I —'y
J. II. CAMP,
A TTORNE Y AT LAW,
Campbeleton, Ga.
HHHH\ HMHUICk,
attorney at law,
JACJC80N. BUTTS Co Ga.
J. W. MIL liFa U ,
(Corner St. Julian St. and Market Sqr.J
42_ly SAVANNAH. GA.
CHA8. G. CAMPBELL^
Attorney at Law,
MILLEDGEYILLE, GA.
Office next door abore Masonic llali.
xrr>\i ILL attend promptly to all business emrnsted
'#’# to Ins care. Particular attention paid to col
lecting.
Milledgeville. Feb. 22,1853 —if
J. S. BOYNTON,
Attorney at Y,avf,
MO NTIC ELLO, GEO.,
VCkX^lEL pradliee in llie Ornmlgee Circuit, and
'I'f in Jacksou and McDonough ol the Flint
Circuit. „„ ,
Jan. 18J 853.
WM. A. EOFTON,
attorney at la w,
MONTICELLO. Ga
January 25. 1853. 24 —ly
FI7X/TON & WALKER,
FACTORS ANT)
COMMISSION MERCHANTS
No. 91. Bay Street.
SAVANNAH. Ga.
Tender their services m their friends and Ihe pub
lie generally, in ihe sale of COTTON and mher Pro
duce, end infilling Orders for Housing. Hope and otli-
er supplies They will give their Strict Personal
Attention io all BUSINESS that may be commit-
ted In their care—and no pains will be spurt d io give
general satisfaction.
R. L- Fulton. . J. H. Walker.
Savannah. Oct. 4,1852. IS if
GOODS OF EVE BY DESCRIPTION
TilOlIAh MACKENZIE A SONS,
N>e 222. Baltimore Street. BALTIMORE,
| MPORTERS and Dealers in Saddler;/. Hardware.
J and Couch Goods—offer to Southern Dealers goods
in their line, such as Stirrups. Bridle Bits, liogskins.
Buckskins. Buckles ol all sorts, Web’s naleril Lealh
er. Axles Springs, bent Fellows. Shafts. Castings, of
all sorts;’Packs. Saddlers sewing Silk. Serges, patent
Canvass. Cloths.
Oil ;in«l Brussels Carpelins,
Carriage Bolts and Screws, ol all sizes In short, ev
ery thing nettled by a Saddler. Coach Maker, and
Harness .Makers.
Being direct Importers, with ample means, we can
I offer to Southern buyers as good GOODS, at a» low
j prices, and on as good teinis. to punctual customers,
! as any olher similar House hi Ihe l niied State-. Or-
i ders promptly attended to. TRY US. and addiess
THOMAS MACKENZIE & SONS.
222 Baltimore Street, Baltimore,
j April 26. 1853. 47—3m
B Ll\ F T S~“
AND
CARPETS
j OF EVERY IIE8CRI P T ION,
FOR sale by
GREEN WAY, BROTHER & Co.,
i 19 Barclay Street and 24 Park Place, New York,
j April 26. 1853 47—3m
Su vamtnli Grocery FsiulHGiniicnt.
ML. 3. SOLOMONS,
G ENERAL Dealer, in all descriptions of GRO
CERIES, WINES. LIQUORS. &c.
[,1 // Orders trill meet with prompt attention.]
157 Broughton Sr Next to N B & tl Weed.
I Savarnah. April 19. 1853. 46—ly
BOY’S CLOTHING" DEPOT!
rTOIE subscribers have llie most extensive and va-
I ried as-ortinent of CLOTHING for BOYS (ruin
: 4 to 16. ever offered for sale in the Union. Orders for
Gentlemen's Clothing filled at the shortest notice —
Persons purchasing Clothing ai this Establishment,
have the privilege of changing them if they do not
. suit. F. A HOYT iV Bi o,
S W Cor of Chestnut and IOth St« ,
4.">—ly PHILADELPHIA
LAW! LAW!! E 4 AT;!!
4 N’ALYsIS and Forms, by Howell Cobb.
J\. Georgia Reports, “ T. R. R. Cobb.
Kelley's Reports,
Hotchki.-s do
j School and Miscellaneous Books.
I For sale by E. J WHI TE.
I Milledgeville, April 5,1853. 44—ly
J D. Brown Thos. Griffin-
bkoavx a- gkiffix.
AUuniey» at Law and General
Land Atsems.
AUSTIN CITY. TEXAS.
■\T71LL attend io ihe collection of claims against
VY the Stale of Texas lor land and money Also
being well acquainted with the public domain of die
Stale th*‘, w.tllocale land certificates, and have die
land survey! d and paienled One of the firm will al
ways be found at dieir office in Au-tin.
jj k|IIE Undersigned, resident at Milledgeville.
having funned, for the purposes of siirli an
Agency, a lempoiary connection w ith the above firm
will give any lolormalion, and prepare and forward
all papers necessary for die perfection of claim*.
All person* desirous ol engaging llieir sei vices are
requested io call upon him.
l.’HAS. G CAMPBELL, An’y at Law.
Milledgevdle. April 26. 1853. 4/
FIRE PROOF WARE-HOUSE
THE undersigned having associated Mr.
OvidG. Spark* with him in business—
continues to transact the
^ Warehouse and Commission Business.
»r the iiHine «n«J siyle of HAROLMAN &
RKS Tlieir undivided attention will tie given
hnsines, cnmniiited io their charge. The long
rience of the undersigned as a cotton seller, ad-
I, his desire to please as well as to faithfully Serve
w ho may Patronize dm new firm gives m him
ape dial die liberal patronage heretofore given to
email & Hamilton, will be continued to Har-
l n jf Sparks. They will risk nothing, eidier in
•asing or by advancing on I ollon, as they have
mined to confine themselves to business with
ers. and to them liberal advances will he made
otton in store Family Supplies with Bagging
'.ope will be furnished our inetid* ai the lowest
m prices THOS. HARDEMAN
gust 17, 1852. II — ly-
[LIUS R. TREBSCII&Co,
sees? 1/cx.zsr.Sj
RE8PF.CTFULLY inform the Gentle
men of Milledgeville and xicinuy. that they
have laki u die 8hop lately occupied by Mr
Run H ART and are now prepared Io Man-
ufarlore BOOTS m die most I'ashinnahle
snlc. ol the best materials, and wairant a
good fit. A liberal patronage is solic
ited VVotk executed with dispatch.
RF.PA'RING of all kinds done up
al short nolire. Just give ns a trial, and we feel con
fident of your patronage
Tsrms liberal (Shop next door to C. H. Wright's
Grocery Store )
Milledgeville. May 10. 1853. 49—ly
ALLEY'S
LlimnLEUT,
E. J Will I’E. Milledgeville. Ga . has juslreceive
• lot of Allen's Indian Liniment—for the relief aud
cure of Rheumatism. Sprain*. Lameness Stiffness
Joints. Sorene-s of muscles. Bums Scalds &c.
Phis prepaiation. is superior to any Liniment
known. Prepared by S J Dickinson, Albany Ga.,
and sold by nearly all Druggist* aud Merchants in
this and die adjoining State*.
Price 50 caul* per bottle. 10—ly
i, ©©®]rga©<.
T. A. GOOBWIX. Proprietor.
A. B- HARTWELL, Superintendent.
This well known and popular Hotel lias been
thoroughly repaired, and is now open, and superbly
furnished for the reception of Boarders and the
Travelling Community The Proprietor and his
: As-'istanls will spare no pains to make this House
s one of the best Hotels in the Stale.
A. B HARTWELL. H C. CUNNINGHAM.
| and S. LAMER will be happy to receive and wel-
i come their old friends and acquaintances, and w ill
1 use their utmost efforts to make them comfortable
during ihetr stay.
Macon, August 24. 1852. 12tf
LANIER HOUSE.
MACON. GA.
ALEX. SCOTT, WM DIBBLE.
Macon, April 12, 1833. 45—iy
LA\i) FOB SAFE.
THE following Lots of Land, to-wit:
No. 71. 10th dist originally Early now Baker,
412. 7ilt “ •• Appling,
“ 145, 4th “ “
W. B. W. DENT.
Newnan, Coweta county. Ga.
October 19. 1852 20—tf
FOR SAFE.
300,000 lbs. iH inte Bacon.
200 Bis. Lard,
J00 do Apples.
REYNOLDS & LOFTON.
Commission Merchants,
Atlanta. Ga.. 1653 41—ly
AUCTION AND
(D®im3Eiii23£®:n
By JOHN L. IIUSON. (late oi Rome Ga.)
TT* WILL sell regularly every Thursday and Satur-
^ day ai 11 o’i lock A M . and also on Wednesday
and Friday at night, in connection with my Auction
Business. I have taken charge of the large aud com
modious Brick Wate House near the Depot, where
all kinds of Produce can be stowed with p> rlect
safety, as it is secure Irom fire. 1 will attend in fill
mg all orders for produce at Ihe lowest Market prices,
and keep my friends posted in regard to the market,
at all limes,'if desired. Yourpatronage is kiudly so
licited.
Marketst. Chattanooga, Tenn., May e. 1853. 49 tf
notice.
aTlIIE Subscriber al AMIedgeville Georgia, offers
^ for Sale the following LOW COUNTRY
LANDS TO WT
Lot No
394. 15th Dist
Decatur Co
unty
One third of 44 44
28(1. 14th “
do
do
f* •*
104. 1st “
Baker
do
u ii
80. IOth “
do
do
a a
92. 6th ••
Dooly
do
ti it
221. 14th ••
do
do
One third of 44 44
168. 13th “
do
do
a •*
275 27th “
Early
do
a it
70. 10th “
Clinch
do
Si 4 4
54, 4th “
Randolph
do
May 2d. 1853.
JAMES S. GHOLSTON
48—8 m
HOUSE AND SIGN PAINTING.
W. J* LE WIS renpecifully announces
to the citizens of MiUedgemllt and^ vicinity J
that lie ia now prepared to do HOUSE AB©
SIGN PAINTING. GILDING. BRONZING.
GLAZING abij VARNISHING, on the mo* rea
sonable Terms
(Country or den promptly attended to )
MilledgeTiiie. March 29* IS53. 43—3oi
P (> E TRY.
AS HOUR WITH MATURE — BY T. B. READ.
How calm and »fnijdlese is the land,
An azure mist its only veil.
Which made ihe lake at morning pale.
Until Aurora's breezy hand
Over the watery mirror passed;
Then presently so still and blue
The sky within the wave was glassed,
No lipple answered to a breath;
It seemed as one defending through
Might sink to heaven unknown to Death.
The winds are folden all to rest
Within® the silent upper deep:—
The woodlands dream—the meadows sleep;
No sound comes from the mountain's breast.
Save that a shepherd wandering there
Is piping to his snow-white flocks.
Which move like clouds—a noisL-ss number,
And charm the slopes which they encumber,
Or where the brook with floating hair,
Comes lightly dc wr» the rugged sleep,
And makes a music 'mid the rocks,
Like one who walks and sings in slumber.
Lut these are all so far away,
The very sounds that reach the ear,
Across the distance, seem to say
How all within this happy sphere
Is Poesy's—and far ami near
The heavens let down tlieir peaceful breath;
The drear: y, quiet whispering saith,
••The busy world is gone from here!
The iron pestilence has fled.—
Tiie di-cord, threatening Geath, is dead!
And now the vale has riaughtto fear.
Unless—oh, perish thought of pain—
Unless that world return again!"
Return! Oh let not fancy bring
The nightmare of that dreadful dream —
That dragori-sleed whose noi**y wing
O'ershadowed valley, hilt and stream!
Nor le. tin: lakelet’s broad expanse
Be wakened from ns dreamy trance,
Unless by some iight flashing oar.
That draws the shallop lr m the shore,
Nor yonder hillside singing stream
Be stolen from us happy course.
And tortured tiih its voice is hoarse.
And frightens nature with its scream!
But rather on its native hill
Still let il dally with the mill.
For in such musical turmoil
Meihinks the freest streams delight.
And, mirigbn® son® with all their toil,
Cheer the landscape day and night.
Oh. fieri* is calm!—>iill hold afar.
Old World thy hard, unsparing hand!
We covet not tin* flying car,
That like an earthquake, rends the land!
No—rather we will wander hence.
O’erbreezv heights—through valleys green,
With naught to blind or jar the sense,
.And in the soul with joy intense
Receive the moral of the scene.
Oh, here is calm!—for here no wheels
Convulse the waters a** they fly;
But we car* dream of tranquil keels
That guide in antique grandeur by,
And watch the sad that only feels
And owns the influence of the rky.
Bold Age. a deathless lame is yours,
Ami we accord the honor due;
But is it well the time immures
Its spirit solely on the new?
Old thoughts there are Mi l worthy trust,
Oid names and customs worthy praise,
Nor is it wise to shake the dust
'Gainst simple Nature and her ways!
V*'ii deem \our iron course sublime
Where Science holds secure control;
But never think how deep the time
May sink its iron in the soul!
Oh. could you but withdraw apart
A little season from the din,
And take a ie-son to the heart
From flowers that neither toil nor spin—
And with a tranquil, loving eye,
(in to the open fields and take
The calm which lies beneath the sky,
Ami love all nature for its sake;
Then haply, your far-seeing mind
Would hold no longer as a dream
Things which it now contemns—and find
These may be nobler than they seem!
M 1 SC E LLANEO U*S .
Joaquin, the Noted Mexican Robber.—
The San Franciscii Herald wives a roman
tic account of Joaquin, llie Mexican tobber.
He recently titoppeii on the Salinas Plains,
ai.c] the owner of the house asking him. in
the course of the convetsation, if he had
heared of Joaquin, the person addressed,
put his hand to his heart, and with great
politeness and penetiatiiig glance, repli
ed—
“Sir, I am that Joaqu'n. and no man
takes me alive, or comes within one huns
dretl yards of me with those good wea-
potf*.”
Without any further ceremony, and per
fectly unexcited, the robber went on to re
late the reason of his conduct in hi» late
career. He said that becoming disgusted
with llie frequency of Mexican revolutions,
he had come to California to end his days
in peace, as an American citizen, hut that
he had been oppressed, robbed, and perse
cuted by the Ameiicans in the placers, bad
lost $40,000. been driven from a piece of
land, which he was working with an A
merican company, had been insulted and
grossly maltreated without justice; had been
fl lueeil — ami be was determined to be re
venged r<»r bis wrongs, four fould.-He had
robbed many, killed many, and more should
suffer in the same way, or else he would
die in the struggle. He appeared then to
grow very serious, ami b -conte excited, but
subsequently added that hearing a large
reward was offered for his head or his livs
ittg body, lie rode into Stockton, disguised
walked leisurely around, with his scrape
thrown over his shouldets, reading the dit-
fereut hand-bills posted up about town.
Coming to one <>f these, in a public tnrough-
faie, where $5000 was offered for his cap
ture, he wrote in pencil underneath; “I will
give $10,000 inyself—Joaquin”—and leis^
urely rode out of the town.
India Rubber Teeth.—This article.says
the Scientific American, in the form of a
purified white India rubber, has been pa
tented itt England, for making artificial
teeth, gums, and palates. By its adoption
many advantages, hitherto impossible to be
attained, have been intioduceti. The ad
hesion is complete, it can be moulded with
perfection, to suit every inequality of the
gum- and teeth, and supplies an artificial
perios'eum. as it wete, to the teeth, when
they become painful by the wasting away of
the gum: added to these is the elasticity of
the mateiial, which completely obviates the
inconveniences that arise ftom any motion
with artificial teeth as made by olhei
means.
Friendly H-ut.—The strongest tempta
lion ever experienced by one endeavoring
to overcome habits of intemperance is prob
ably. that induced during moment* or hours
of ennui. The whole system, moral, mental
and physical, experiences a lassitude so
painful that a tesort to the old stimulant
cart hardly be avoided. The sufferer re
quires almost super human energy i«> com
bat successfully his strong enemy, and there
is no wonder that so many then 1*11. who
could readily resist the entreaties or aneers
of a direct attack.— We know of no bet
ter advice for such occasions than this:—
Spring up, and do something and keep doing
il—no matter what, to that it be o»'t *«
rush into the embrace of your old •ueOty.—
Phila. Register.
From ffip Home Journal.
THE NEW POET.
Alexander Smith, a ynuug man not more
titan twenty-one years of age, a native of
Glasgow-, has had the fortune, in a single
bound, to attain a place among the living
poets of Great Britain, on a level with the
highest. “Poerr s by Alexander Smith,”
was the uninviting title of his volume. But
it has been gieeted with praise almost un
qualified, from one end of the kingdom to
the olher. We have not seen the hook; but
from the rtumbeiless extracts in the Euro !
peat! periodicals, we conclude that no mod- i
ern po.-t, in his first volume, ever gave such ;
uumis'akeable evidences of pi etic power
He is prodigal of his wealth. His verses
teem with ideas anti fancies, expressed with
such force and facility, that the reader paus
es, evety few lines, in that silent ecstasy
which the lovers of poetry experience in
reading masterpieces for the first time.
Here ate a few lines for poets only:—
Poesy ! Pnesv ! I’d give to tliee.
As passionately, tny ricli-laden years.
My fiufitile pleasures, and my awful joys.
As Hero gave tier trembling sighs to find
Delicious death on wet Lennder’s lip.
Bare. bald, and tawdry, a- a fingered moth.
Is my poor life, but with one smile thou canst
Clothe me with kingdoms.
Nothing could be liner than the expres- j
siort “wet Beamier.” It hints the whole :
st.-uy ot Leander and Hero, and vivifies the |
picture strikingly. yuill apostrophizing I
poetry, he ask-: —
Will bid tne die for thee ? O fair and cold!
As well may smite wihl maiden waste her love
Upon the calm front ofa marble Juve.
I cuiriot draw regard of thy great eye*.
I love thee. Poesy ! 'Hum art a rock,
I, a weak wave, would break on thee and die.
Here is another passage, which every
t young p-iet will (eel lire full meautim
I I here is a deadlier pang than that which bead*
j W iih chilly death-drop-ihe o’er-lorlured brow,
| When one lias a big heart and feeble hands—
| A heart to itew his itan»5 uni upon time
| A* on a roc-, then in iitniorlalnesa
| To stand on time as on a predestal:
| W hen hearts beat to this tune, and hand* are weak,
i We find unr aspirutinnsq'i -iiclied in tears,
j The tears of impo'enceand self-contempt,
I That loathsome weed. ii>-springing in the heart
| Like nightshade ’mong the ruins of a shrine.
| In the same strain, a few lines further on>
I he adds: —
' ’ Pis not for me. ye heaven*! 'tis not for me
I To fling a poem like a comet out,
I Far-spleiidiniring ihe sleepy realms of night.
! I cannot give men glimptes so divine,
I As when, upon a racking night, the wind
! Draws the pale curtains jfthe vapoury clouds,
j And shows those wonderful, mysterious voids,
; Throbbing with stars l<kt pulses.
! T Itete is a fine thought in the following
i lilies; —
Alone he dwelt, solitary as a star
i Unsphered and exiled, yet he knew no scorn.
| Once he did say. “Forme. I'd rather live
i With this weak human heart ami yearning blood,
; Lonely as (,od. than mate with barren souls;
More brave, more beautiful ihan inyself must be
■ The man whom truly I can call my Friend;
i He iiinsl be an Inspiier, who can draw
I To higher heights of Being, and ever stand
i O’er me in aoreached beauty, like the moon ’’
i What !i rtes, too, are these, which con
, elude the Poet’s address to Nature! —
1 Yon qu irry shattered hy the bursting fire,
I And liiseinbowled by the hiring pick.
Kind Nature! limit hast taken to thyself,
Thy weeping Aprils and soft-blowing Mays,
Thy blossom hnried Junes, have smoothed its scars,
Ai d hid its wounds and trenches deep in flowersa
So take tnv worn aud pa«»ioti-wasted heart,
Maternal Nature! Take it to thyself.
Efface the scars of scorn, the rents of hale,
The wounds ofalien eyes, visit my brain
With lliv deep peace, fill with tltv calm tny heart.
: And the quick courses of my human blood.
And these, which matk the moment, 60
| to speak, of the Poet’s regeneration:—
My life was a long dream: when I awoke,
Dmy stood like an angel in my path..
And seemed so terrible.. I could have turned
Into rnv yesterdays, and wandered back i
To distant childhood, and gone out to God ,
By the gate of birth, not death.
Again, in the same grand, inspiring pas-
! ssge, the emancipated Poet speaks thus:—
i Great duties are before me and great songs.
And whether crowned or crowniess. when I fall
It matters not. so ns God’s work is done.
I’ve learned to priz t the quiet lightning deed, t
j Not the applauding thunder at its heels,
Which men call lame.
Our scisser* yearn to clip other passages j
which lie invitingly before us; but in a few
days the volume will be republished here, '
and accessible t<> <>ur readers. If Alexan
der Smith wete to die this hour, he would
livs- in the hearts of men for many a year.
Our only fear for him is, that the “applaud
ing thunder” with which his appearance
has been hailed, may alarm his muse. But
we hope betiet thing*. There seems lobe
a spirit in his writing*, far above that lust of
glory which has awakened and embilieted .
so many o| our modern poets. From cer
tain passages, we infer that the new poet is
a poor man. If this be so—we should like
to ask the Eml ot Aberdeen — which were
wisest, which wete best for literature, that
Mr. Smith should be pensioned now, when
a pension would give him that inestimable
gift of leisure which only the high and ereat
ate lit to be entrusted with, and which they
can so nobly use, or twenty year9 hence,
when his mind has been wont with the
struggle lor existence, and when his muse
has already achieved her highest flight ?
The Bad Wife.— In comparison with the
loss of a wife, all other bereavements are :
trifles- The wife—she who fills so large a !
space in the domestic heaven, she whois
busied, so unwearied in laboring forthe.
precious sons around her—bitter, bitter is \
the tear thar falls on her cold clay! You
stand beside ht r coffin and think of the <
[tast. It seems an amber colored pathway,
where the sun shone upon beautiful flow
ers, or the star* glittered overhear). Fain
would the soul linger there. No thorns are
temembered above that sweet clay, save
those your hat.d may have unwillingly plan
ted. Her noble, tender heart, lies open to
your inmost sight. You think of her now
as all gentleness, all beauty and pu>i'y.
But she is dead! The dear head that laid
upon your bosom, tests in the still darkness,
upon a pillow of clay. The hands that have
ministered so untiringly are folded, white
and cold, beneath the gloomy portals. The
heart, whose every beat measures an etern
ity of love, lies under your feet. The flow- .
ers she bent over with smiles, bend now a !
hove her with tears, shaking the dew from j
their petals, that the verdure around her j
may be kept green and beautiful.
The extraordinary diamond recently
found in Brazil i* said to be a stone of rare
beauty. The discoverer was an old black
slave woman, who immediately carried it to
her master, a Brazilian, in very needy cir
cumstances. He immediately gave the slave
her liberty, and sent hia brother to Rio with
the diamond. The Commercial Bank ad
vanced him 1,000 centos, about $10,000 on
the gem.
WASHINGTON’S LAST DAYS AT.
MOUNT VERNON.
We find in the W ashington Intelligencer
an article, of which it says:
“We have the pleasure to insert the an
nual contribution <>f our venerable and res
pected friend, Mr. Custus, of Arlington,
from his valuable stock of'Recollections of
the last days at Mount Vetnon,’ aud ‘Pri
vate Memoirs of Washington.’ As time re
cedes, these memmials increase in interest,
and it is to be regretted that they are not giv
en to the public entire and in a durable
ceeded but a short distance on our march as
demounted cavaliers, when <>ur horses hove
in sight. Happily for us, some of the ser
vants of Mr. Peake, whose plantation was
hard by, in returning home from their labor
encountered our flying steeds,captured them
and brought them to us. We were speedi
ly remounted, and soon the lights at Mount
Vernon were seen glimmering in the dis
tance.
Upon Washington’s first retirement in
1783, he b«came convinced of the defective
nature of the working animals employed in
WOMEN IN PRINTING OFFICES.
We find in the Boston Olive Branch the
following statement of facts in reference to
the employment of women in type-aening.
It is important, as showing the piactical
working of the system, which ia tested in
this case by sixteen years’ experience.
Other weekly papers in B>>ston, we learn,
also have tlieir composition done by women.
The paper above referred to says:—-
“We have for sixteen years employed at
least half females, not on the account of
price only, or principally, hut because they
were more to be depended upon than many
journeymen. We always employ a first-
rate foreman, who is a good proof reader.
Him we hire on a salary: also men to do
heavy work, aud the others have been fe
males. They have never failed to do their
work in season and well. Not a single one
has ever left us willingly, except on mar
riage, and no less than five have been well-
married from our office, most of whom, in
case of sickness of hands or other conting
ency, were ready occasionally to lend a few
days or hours help, ii needed afterwards.
tw *. *»,*;„;*. !l"’" 8h ,h ' n " e “ Ui “
” be , '“ i ”' Uh ■ ,idi, r b r *" °“ r re “' I «" «h"«t remptljitiH he e.il b, .he ie.ro- 0 „, w ,„ clrp . ledf ,„ d , hegitU
ders.
duction of mules inste ad of hoises, the mule
_ % ; being fi>und to live lunger, to be less liable
I he year 1799 vva* in its last month; ; , disease, require less food, and in every
Washington had nearly completed his sixty j respect to he more werviceable and econom-
eighth year; the cen'ury was fast drawing i j c0 | than the horse in the agricultural labor >
to a close, and wiil, it this great man’s life of the Southern States
Yet the winter of bis age had shed its snows ! In no period of Washington’s various la- l
so kindly, upon him as to mellow without , fiors and improvement in agriculture was he '
impairing hi* faculties, both physical and j so patricniatly entitled to be hailed as pub '
mental, and to give fair promise of addition- j ]j c benefactor as in the introduction of mules
in farming labor; those animals being at i
that time almost exclusively used for
far ruing purposes in most of the Southern .
Stales.
The General of the armies of the United ,
States was much aided in the discharge of j
his duties of commander-in chief by Col.!
Lear his military secretary. After the or- I
ganization of his last army, in 1798, the gen- i
etal-in-chief intiusted the details •ffthe ser
vice more especially to the known ability
and long tried experience = f Major Generals
Hamilton and F’inckney: still reports were ,
made to anti orders is*uf-d from beat! quar- |
ters. Mount Verimn. The last army of the j
chief was composed of militaiy materials of
the first order. All of the general officers,
and nearly all of the field, were composed
of revolutionary, including the illustrious
names of Hamilton, Pinckney and William
Wathingtun: while in the provincial or ar
my of reserve, were Howard. Harry Lee,
and others, whose history .if martial renown
rules of good manners and pro- ; uasto be found on the brightest pagee of
letters unanswered He I our revolutionary annals, so that, had the
threatened invasion occurred, we may veil- I
ture to say that the elite of Europe would
have encountered in America an army every
way worthy ot their swords, and prepared :
to uphold and pet petuate the heroic fame of i
America’s old battle-day.
It pleased Providence to permit the be
loved Washington to live to witness the frui
tion of his mighty labors in the cause of his
country and mankind; while his success in
the calm and honored pursuits of agriculture
and rural affairs was grateful to his heart
and shed the most benign and happy
influences upon the last days at Mount Ver
non.
al length of day
Nor was Washington unmindful of the
sure progress of time, and ofhis liability to
bp called at any moment to ‘that bourne
from which no traveller returns ’ He had
for years kept a will by him, and after ma
ture reflection had so disposed of his large
property as to rte satisfactory to himself aud
to the many who v ere so fortunate and hap
py as to share in his testamentary remem
brance-
The last days, like those that preceeded
them in a course of long and well spent life
were devoted to constant and uspfulemploy-
ment. After tin- active exetcises of the
morning, in attention to agticuhural aud ru
ral affairs, in the evening came the post bag
loaded with letters, papers and pamphlets.
His correspondence both at home and a-
broad, was immense, yet it was promptly
and fully replied to. No letter was unanss
wered. One of the best brpd men of his
time, Washington deemed it a grave offence
against the rti!
piiety to leave
wrote with great facility, and it would be a
difficult matter to find another, who had
written so much, who has written so well.—
Hit epistolatory writings will descend to
posterity as model* of g,.nd ta*te. as well as
developing supei ior powers of mind. Gen
eral H enrv Lee once observed to him, * We
are amazed, sir, at the vast am >unt of woik
that yon accomplish.’ Washington replied,
‘Sir. 1 rise at four o’clock, and a great
deal of my woik is done while others are a-
sleep.’
So punctual a man delighted in always
having about him a good time keeper. In
Philadelphia the first President regularly
walked up to his watch-maker’s, (Clarke, in
second street.) to compare his watch with
the regulator. At Mount Vernon, the ac
tive yet always punctual farmer invariably
consulted the dial when returning from
his morning ride and before entering his
house.
The affairs of the household took order from
the mast er’s accurate and mttbodical arrange
ment of time. Even the fishermen on the
river watched the cook’s signal when to pull
in shore, so as to deliver his scaly products
in time for dinner.
The establishment of Mount Vernon em
ployed a perfect army of set vants; yet to
each one was assigned certain special duties
and these were required to be strictly per
formed. Upon the extensive estate, there
was rigid discipline, without severity. There
could be no confusion where all was order;
anti the affairs of this vast concern, embrac
ing thousands of acres and hundreds of de
pendants,were conducted with as much ease
method, and regularity as the affairs of an
ordinary homestead.
M rs. Washington, an accomplished Vir
ginia housewife of the olden time, gave her
constant attention to all matters ofher do
mestic household, and by her skill and su
perior management greatly contributed
to the comfortable reception and entertain
ment ot die crowd* of guests always to be
found in the hospitable mansion of Mount
Vernon.
Invariably neat and clean in his person,
with clothes of ihe old fashioned cut, but
made of the best materials. Washington re
quired le*s waiting upon titan any man of
his age and condition in the world. A single
body servant attended in his room to brush
his clothes.comb and tie his hair, (become
very thin in his last days, worn in the old
fashioned queu. and rarely with powder.)
Learning to Spell.— Bad spelling is dis
creditable. Every young man should be
master ofhis native tongue.
He that will not leant to spell the langu- :
age that its on his tongue, and before his eyes
every hour, shows no great aptitude for the :
duties of an intelligent, observing man. j hand in
do not come in till 9 or 10 o.clock in the
morning, retiring in good season, seldom
making over seven or eight hours a day.
Smatt compositors can in that time earn
from 86 to $8 a week. We have also one
female clerk out of the three we employ.
Added to this, one desk has been occupied
hy a female editm as our assistant, at a sal
ary of $900. She had spent seven hours a
day in the office, for five days in the week,
and we have offered her nearly $1100 to
engage herself two years more for the same
services, but her health is so feeble, that
she will probably have to decline the oner
ous task of reading aud correcting manu
scripts and examining exchanges, and will
be able only to write editorials.
As we observed, our room is carpeted,
bud we generally have in it an organ and a
piano-forte, and have music at the meal
hours, when the Indies feel like playing.
Out salaried men woik from eight toten
hours for a day’s work, and this has been
our rule for a great many years, not alone to
favor the men, but because we find it profit
able. The man is woith mote, year in and
year out, than he would be at a greater
number of hours. But for the time a man
sells us his time, we hold him to work, and
allow him neither to make nor receive vis
its beyond mere calls. Our room is on a
second floor, some 36 feet square, with high
ceiling, and some dozen large windows,
curtained, and i* as quiet as a gentleman’s
patlor, except occasional business and
friendly conversation at our desk, and the
necessary business with the clerks and cus
tomers at the counter, and between editors
and printers.
If women must do business out oftheir
own house*, we know not a pleasanter sit*
uation than such an offico as ours. We are
sure that ladies can he honorably and profit-
tably employed in well regulated printing-
offices. both to themselves and publishers,
and thus this field of labor will be largely
occupied by them. We speak only of
weekly papers; where there is neither night
or other irregular work, but we think the
proprietors of daily papers could so arrange
their offices, as profitably and pleasantly to
all parties to employ females duling the day,
if not in the evening.”
The piano and organ are certainly vast
improvements in printing office accessories.
But why not let a cultivation of the taste go
hand with productive industry?
Bad spelling is, therefore, an unavoidable confess to liking the look ot this. In a
indication. It indicates a blundering man— very short time we hope to see hundreds of
a man that cannot see with his eyes open.
Accordingly, we have known the applica
tion of more than one young man, made
with great display of penmanship, and para
de of references, rejected for his bad spell-*
ing.
Bad spellings very conspicuous—a bad
indication. He who runs may read it.
A bright school boy, utterly incapable of |
appreciatrng your stories of science, art,
and literature, can see your bad spelling
at a glance, and crow over it. You will
find it hatd to inspire that boy with any
great respect for your attainments. Bad
spelling is. therefore, a very mortifying and
inconvenient defect. We have known men
thrown into prominent positions, so as
hamed oftheir deficiency in this respect,
that they had never ventured to send a let
ter till it had been revised by a friend. This
wa9, to say no more, sufficient! v inconve
nient.
I say again, learn to spell, young man.
Keep your eyes open when you reaJ, and
if any word is spelled different from your
mode, ascertain which is right. Keep your
dictionary by you, and in wiiting, whenev
er you have the least misgiving about the
spelling of a word, look it out at once, and
temember it. Do not let your laziuess get
the better of you.
Mediral Courtesies.—Il has grown into a
trite axiom that “doctors differ,” but so far
as as we ct»n learn, the late session of the
printing offices fitted tip in similar style to
that of the Olive Branch.
and to arrange the materials of tiis toilet.— , .
This toilet, he made himself, in the simplest , American .le ical Association in New York
aud most expeditious manner, giving the i was marked by all the courtesies and a-
least possible amount ofhis precious time \ mp " ,,,PS which areso characteristic ofthat
to anything relative to his person. When nr, ^^ B P ro ^ es *** ,n ‘ Yhe New Yoik limes,
rising al four o’ch-ek, he lighted his own ! re ^„ rr ' n S *'* *b« subject, says:
candles, made up his fire. and went diligent- j The interchange of kindly feeling be-
ly to work, without disturbing the slumbers j tween member * ,,f lhe Pr-fession from diff-
ofhis numerous household. erent parts «.f the Union, which results
T , , , .. -- - . from the meetings of the American Medi-
In the last davs at Mount Vernon, destr- ! . A • • ° . . , -
~ . .. , - , , r , . cal Association, must be productive of
ous ol tiding pleasantly, the General pro-I . , r ,, ..
, - V xt .l . i c.l i great good. At the dinner at Metropolitan
cured from the North two horses of the u .. D i c , • e r
XT , , , . , ,, Hall, Gr. Bond, ot Baltimore, aftei some
Narragansett breed, celebrated as saddle- , . .- . ».
. 6 t—, i, , , . i allusions to the generous hospitalities affor-
horses. I hey were well to look at and 1 j i l ,l n c • . /-*i t *
. ■( . , , . ,. ' ded by the Profession ot Charleston t<> the
were pleasantly gatred under the saddle,but i . c .t * • • . r ,
K t V. I c.. j e .l members of the Association, gave the fol
were scarv, aud therefore unfitted l«»r the < • . ..o . n i- ,.*• ,
l lowing sentiment: “iYouth Carolina—With
all her sunshine, what could she do without
service of one who liked to ride quietly on |
his farm,occasionally dismounting and walk- t
ing in his fields to inspect his improvements, j
From tine <>l these horses the General sus- |
tained a heavy fall, probably the only fall he
ever had ftom a horse in his life. It was in i
November,late in lhe evening. The Gen- j
eral accompanied hy Major Lewis, Mr.
Peake, (a gentleman residing in the neigh-
hot hood.) the author of the Recollections,
and a groom were returning from Alexan
dria to Mount Vernon. Having halted for
a few moments, lire General dismounted,
and upon rising in his stirrup again, the
Narragansett, alarmed bytlieglare from a
fire uear the roadside,sprang from under his
rider, who came heavily to the grouud.->-
Our saddles were empty in an instant, and
we rushed up to give our assistance, fearing
he was hurl, it was unnecessary. The vigo
rous ok) man was upon his feet again, brush
ing the dust from his clothes; and, after
thanking us for our prompt assistance, ob
served that he was not hurt, that he had had
a complete tumble, and that it was owing to
a cause that no horseman could well avoid
or control: that he was only poised in his
stirrup, and had not yet gained his saddle
when the scary animal sprang from under
him. Meantime, all c-four horses had gone
off at full speed. It was night, and over 4
miles were to be won ere we could reach
our destination. The chief observed, that
as our horsea had disappeared, il only re
mained for us to take it on foot, euJ with
manly stride# led the way. We had pro-
an occasional F.ostV
To which Dr. Frost, of Charleston, res
ponds.- In reply to the remarks ofhis friend,
Dr. Bond, upon the hospitalities ot Charles
ton. that they did not result so much from
any particular acts of theirs as from the
good qualities of their visitors. They were
men practiced in al! the virtues which can
dignify the medical character. For a much
less display of them in heathen times, the
the Greeks deified Esculapius, and Homer
represents Charon as receiving his art from
the gods themselve*, and out Revelation en
joins honor to the Fitvsician for the honor
that is due unto him, for the uses you may
heve for him.
It was, then, from individuals so distin
guished, that the task of receiving and en
tertaining became so easy and delightful;
and that it should be thus favorably acknowl
edged was their highest meed and reward.
In conclusion, he begged to be a 1 lowed
to offer, on the part of his colleagues and
himself, tbeir greatfui acknowledgements
for the opportunities which had been aff
orded by the commitee of Arrangements
of visiting the various public Institutions of
the City, aud for the courtesy end kindness,
and friendship which they had recieved
during their sojourn in the City «f New*
York.
There is only one thing leas profitable
than sueing people, and that is going their
security for them.
The Late Lamented Whig Party.—The
following paragraph in a whig paper of
Ohio, shows tho whereabouts of the late la
mented whig party in the West. Replying
to one of the weeping relatives of the de
ceased concern, it says:
“And now let us a*k our respected con
temporary, upon what issue does he expect
to overi: -me the 25.090 clear democratic
maj -rity in the State? Remember that <>ur
opponents swell their ranks each year, five
to eight thousand by naturalization. Does
the Recorder man know of any scores of
democrats in lus town who have bolted re
cently and turned whig? When will Ash
tabula give 2,800 majority? Does anybody
know of such a miracle anywhere? When
will 150,000 whigs outnumber 175,000 dem
ocrats, the former growing beautiful less,
and the letter alamingiy larger? By what
coup d'etat, manoeuvre, charge, or mine, are
we to rout, outflank, capture, or blow up
the democratic party? Just let us know.
We would delight to be tn it at its death.
“The only political service the whig
parry can render is to stand up for the dem
ocrats to knock down—capable of making
just resistance enough to hold the ranks of
the opponents close and firm.”
The Race of Rirhes —It is short-sighted
policy to shut up religion in churches and
prayer-meetings, or even in households.
Religion is intended for the world; the
world has need of it. Your weary, weary
clanking machinery—ever going, never res
ting— how much will you g've for this, and
what wages will you work for—the hard
edges of that huge, complex, money making
machine are sawing into your flesh and
bone. If the name and spirit of Christ
were pot ted upon your business, it would
not rack you so sore, and waste you so
soon.
Water Proof.—A correspondent of
the Merchant's Magazine gives the fol
lowing recipe for the prevention of wet
feet, and adds that hy subjecting his
boots to this treatment three pairs have
lasted him six years anti are likely to
last six years longer. He says:
I put a pound ot tallow ana a half a
pound of rosin in a pot on the fire; when
melted and mixed, I warm the bools
and apply the hot stuff with a painter’s
brush until neither sole nor upper leath
er will suck any more. It' it is desired
that the bools should immediately take
polish, dissolve an ounce of wax in
spirits of turpentine; to which add a
teaspooiiful of lamp black. A day af
ter the boots have been treated with the
tallow and rosin, rub them over with
wax in turpentine, but not before the
fire. Thus the extorior will have a
coat of wax alone, and shine like a mir
ror. Tallow, or any other grease, be
comes rancid, and rots the stitching as
well as the leather; but the rosin gives
it an antiseptic quality—-which preser
ves the whole. Boots and shoes should
be so large as to admit of cork sides.
Cork is so bad a conductor of beat,
that with it io boots, the feet are warm
on the coldest stone floor.
Stu<ly is the proper employment not
only of oar early yean, bat of oar ews
Bom,