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VOL. XXIV.]
.WrE.LEDGEVIL.LE GEORGIA, JV38, I83S
II*. 4.
FINDLAY’S IRON WORKS,
Ulucnn, Genr^iii.
^JTEAM ENGINES and Boilers. Machinery for
2a> Saw Mills of every description. Iron and Brass
Castings. Million- 6 the A-o
R. FINDLAY, Proprietor.
May 17. 1853. 50 ly j
CITY HOTEL,
BAY ST BEET, Ssivunnali, :
P. CONDON If J. B FOLEY. Proprietors.
Terms. $1 5(1 Per Dat.
Cnsnrpasspd in location, for gentlemen either on bn- j
siiiess or pleasure. The apartment* allotted to ladies
.. , ... ' and families, have undergone an rn ire change,and j
o ice o ^ ie.e sa es must be given in a public . now havea private entrance to the Dinner Room. I
gaze e roR.y ays previous to the day nfsale. ! thus securing their occupants from intrusion from oth- i
er parts of the building affording all the privaces of
POE TRY.
Mi
Notices for the sale of personal properly must
he given in like manner, fortt days previous to
the day of sale.
Notices to the debtors and creditors of anestate
must also be published f-irtv days.
Notice that application wtllhen.ade to the Court
of Ordinary, for leave to sell Land or Negroes
must be published for tiro months.
’53 50 ly
BE NT AL I.#fl < E.
'I he undersigned has removed his
(Iffire to ROOM S over Childs Sf Cham
berlain's Jewelry Store where he will be
pleased to receive the calls of all who may require his
Citations for letters of Administration, most be services, as he is now folly prepared to perform all
operations upon the most approved and skiliful man
ner Terms cash, nr paid w hen called for
J. B. iTIURPIIY.
46—ly Surgeon Dentist,
published thirty oays—for dismission from Ad-
minis' ration, monthly six months—for dismissioi from
Guardianship, fortt days.
Rules for foreclosure of mortgage must be pub
lished monthly for four mow/As—for establishing lost > v't BA ■ r■,u'i'ry v■' vi, . u.
paper s./or the full spare of thire mow/As-for com- "no f 1 WAREHOUSE,
pelting titles from F.xeeutors or Administrators, I BARTLETT BENT, JR,,
vhere bond has been given by the deceased, fhe **ANl FACTCRER 4 DEALER IN THE MOc-T approved
fu'l space of three months. j STOVES, RANGES,
Publica'ions will always bp continued acre rding I Farmers' Boilers. Ship Cabooses, Gas Opens,
to these, the legal requirements, unless otherwise i Charcoal and Harlcoal furnaces. Ocen Fronts, Sfc
ordered.
All business of this kind w ill receive proniptat
tention at the Ffpfrai Union Office.
Letters on business must be post paip to en
title them to attention.
BUSINESS CARD S.
FHEEHAN At BKITSON
M&inrilsiater’csir’s ©i?
•V® I ‘i i'ttHon .trenue. 17aeon, Ga.
"YWKI'HIN i Patties and Families furnished
'•0 E with plain and ornamental Cakes at short
notice arid on reasonable terms, for cash
CHAS. H FREEMAN. RICH’Xl 4. BENSON
May 17 1653 50 1 y
F. If.1M ATT.
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
Tiouprille, Lowndes County, Ga.
June, 7, 1853. 1 — ly
IRON CASTINGS GENERALLY.
238 Water Street, New York
| May 3. 1853. 48—3m
! FAIRBANKS’ PLATFORM SCALES.
L ONG KNOWN—Severely tested; Always right;
The Acknowledged Standard
Railroad. Day. Coal, and Farmers’ SCALES, set
in any part of the country, at short notice.
Ag.nts—Phii.brick & Bell. Savannah.Georgia.
Fairbanks A Co , 89 Water Street. New York.
May 3, !ft53. 48—3.n
From the Bostun Atlas.
TO A LITTLE GIRL
Who cried because her Father would be a
Grey Old Man when she had grown up.
BY CHARLES J SPRAGUE.
V’ex not thy little heart that time will spread
The frost of age upon thy father’s head.—
Will line his brow, and dim the loving eye
That gazes on thee, as the years go by ;
That gentle love mv darling, cannot stay
The conquering dpspot on his cruel way.
No! the strange fears that flutter in thy I eart,
The tender tears that from thy blue eyes start.
The Fond embrace that tightens round ntv neck.
Have not the power his ravages to check.
Vt p both move onward to the expectant tomb;
And my decav accompanies thy bloom.
But though my form may alter day by day,
And nature’s universal law obey;
Though my stout arm may tremble in the clasp
That round thy woman's form is fondly cast;
Though the strong ftame that bears the gaily now,
B-npalh the sadder weight of years may how ;
My heart, defying lime, shall ne'er decay !
Years cannot steal its vital warmth away!
Fed by thy love, its deep perennial joy
I* young with strength that age cannot destroy.
Thy Womanhood will never weep to see
Time's changing features in my love for thee.
Deep in the oak's old trunk there hidden lie
Buds that have never opened *o the sky;
Let but i-s noble head be rudely torn,
And forth they spring the ruin to adorn.
In the lough fibre of my being, sleep
Buds of warm feeling, thickly strown and deep;
In theirqnickgrowth lh\ fears shall solaced be,
Siiottid the wild storm wind only threaten thee
MISCELLANEOUS
BROTHER JONATHAN AT
DUBLIN.
view to the building up of Liberia to a
great independent black republic, from
which the whole of the dark and benighted
continent of Africa may be regenerated
though the blessings of civilization and
Christianity.
Never mind the opposition of Fred.
Douglas, or G. K. Downing, to Liberia.
The “free c dored Americans” of the North,
including Canada, ate in more need of Brit
ish charity than the Uncle Toms of the
South. Let the Black Swan do something,
therefore, for our free colored population—
Mrs. Stowe and the ladies of Stafford
House will doubtless supply the necessary
funds to complete the great work ofSouth-
eran emancipation. But, in any event, let
the Black Swan profit from the pbilanthio-
pic disposition of John Bull. He loves to
be humbugged in a good cause, and bleeds
freely. Nothing like it.—N. Y. Herald.
COMMON SCHOOLS.
Among the Resolutions passed at the late
Memphis Convention, we find the follow
ing:
Rcsoleed. Thut this Convention earnestly
recommends to the citizens of the Slates
here tepesenteJ, the education of their
youth at home, as fares practicable, the em
ployment of native teachers in their schools
an/1 colleges; the encouragement of a home
| pres-; the publication of books adapted to
| the educational wants and the social condi-
■ lion id these States, and the encouragement
, and support of inventions and discoveries
i in the arts and seiences by their citizens.
This is an important Resolution, and has
j a practical hearing upon the permanent
J. B. CAMP,
ATTORNE Y AT LA IF,
Campbellton, Ga.
HEIR! 1IEIDU1CK
ATTORNEY AT LAW, *
J AC KBPS. BUTTS Co Ga.
J. W. MliiLGR,
(Comer St. Julian St. aeiel Market
jT2—ly SAVANNAH, GA.
CHAS. G. CAMPBELL,
Attorney at Law,
M1LLEDGEV1LLE, GA.
Office next door above Masonic Hall.
ILL tterul promptly to all business entrusted
'*’» lo Ins care. Particular attention paid to col
lecting.
Milledgeville. Fi b. 22. 1853 38—If
SADDLERS AND COACH MAKERS
GOODS OF EVERY DESCRIPTION-
TIIOMA« MACKENZIE A SONS,
No 222. Baltimore Street. BALTIMORE,
, J MPOUTERS and D'-alers ill Saddlery Hardware.
: 1 and Couch Goods—oiler In Southern Dealers goods
; in 'heir line, such as Stirrups. Bridle Bits. Dogskins.
Burk-kin... Buckles ol all sorts, Web’s uatent Lcaih-
i er. Axles. Springs, bent Fellows, Shafts. Castings, of
: nil sorts: Tacks. Saddlers sewing Silk. Serges patent
Canvass, Cloths.
Oil anti Brussels Ctirpeiiug,
j Carnage Bolts and Screws, ol all sizes In short, ev-
1 ery thing needed by a Saddler. Coach Maker, and
1 Harness Makers.
; Being direct Importers, with amide means, we can !
; offer lo Southern buyers as good GOODS, at as low
prices, and on as good teini*. to punctual customers, ]
as any other similar Hou-e in the (_ nited States. Or- i
ders promptlv attended to. TRY CS. and address j
THOMAS MACKENZIE & SONS.
222 Baltimore Street. Baltimore. !
April 26.1853. 47—3in |
BLISHETS '
O F E V
AND
CARPETS
i K Y D K SCK1PTION,
J. 8. BOI ATOS,
AUm-nes al Law,
MONTICELLO, GEO.,
ILL pradiice in the Ocnmlgee Circuit, and
McDonough ol the Flint
33—ly
in Jackson and
Circuit.
Jan. 18. J853
Will. A. LOFTON,
A TTOl. NE Y A T LA W,
MONTICELLO, Ga
January 25. 1853. 24—Jy
FOR SALE BY
greenway. brother & Co., ;
19 Barclay Street and 24 Park Place, New York.
April 26, l w 53 47—3m
Sav:inn:ili Grocery Lst/MisliiiMiit. ■
HI. J. SOLOMOIS,
G ENERAL Dealer, in all descriptions of DUO-
CI RIES. WINKS, LIQUORS. Ac.
[All Orelees mil meet ireth prompt attention.] I
157 Broughton Sf Next to N It A. H Weed.
Savarnah. April 19. 1*53. 46—ly |
BOY’S CLOTHING DEPOT! j
fTA H E subscribers have the most extensive and va-
I riedas-ortuiPiitol CLOTHING for BOYS from
4 to 16. ever offered for sale in the Union. Orders lor i
Gelillemen’s Clothing filb-d at ihe shortest notice — 1
Persons purchasing Clothing at this Establishment,
have the privilege of changing them if they do not ,
suit. F. A- HOYT A Bio,
S W. Cor. ol Cheetimi and I Oth Sts.,
45—ly PHILADELPHIA j
lawi law:: law:::
A NALYSIS and Forms, try Howell Cobb, |
Georgia Reports, •• T. U. R. Cobb, I
Kelley's Reports,
lloichki-s do
School and Miscellaneous Books.
For sale by E. J. WHITE. i
Milledgeville, April 5, 1853. 44—ly
FLOYi>
Mas® el
HOUSE
FULTON Ah WALKER,
FACTORS AXD
COMMISSION MERCHANTS
No. 71. Bi«y Street.
SAVANNAH, Ga.
Tender their services to their friends and the pub
lie generally, in the sale of CO ITUN arid oilier Pro
duce, and in tilling Orders fur Bunging. Copt and oth
er supplies They will gue their Sirict Personal
Attention to all BL SlNKSS tlial may be commit
ted to llieri car<—and no pains will be spared to give
geueral satisfaction.
11. L- Fulton. J. II. Walker.
Savannah. Oct. 4,1852. 18—if
J. D. Brown Thos. Griffin.
BKOAVA A (.BIFFIN,
Attorneys at Law and General
Laud Agents.
AUSTIN CT1Y, TEXAS.
~\JtT ILL aitend In the collection of claims against
v V the Stale of Texas lor land and money. Also
being well acquainted with the public domain of the
Slate, they will locale land certificates, amt have the
land surveyed and patented One ol the firm will al
ways be luiii.d at their office in Austin.
U||HE Undersigned, resident at Milledgeville,
having funned, lor the purposes ol such an
Agency, annipoiary comnclion wnb the above firm
will give any li.lormation, and prepare and lorward
ail papers necessary for the perlectmn of claims.
All persons desiioiis ol engng ug their seivices ate
requested lo Call upon him.
CHAS. G CAMPBELL, All y at Law.
Milledgeville, April26. Ic53. 47
FIRE PROOF WARE-HOUSE-j
THE undersigned having associated .Mr.
( >vid <1. Spark, with him hi bus.ness—
continues to transact the
Warehouse autl Commission Business.
Under the name and style of HARDEMAN &.
SPARKS. Their undivided attention will be given j
to all business committed to their charge. The long i
experience of the undersigned as a colion seller, ad
ded to his desire to please as well as lo faithfully sen e
those who may Patronize the new firm gives to him
the hope that the liberal patronage heretofore given lo
Hardeman <fc Hamilton, will be continued to Har
deman Jr Sparks. They will risk nothing, either in
puicbasing or by advancing on Cotton, as they have
determined to confine themselves to business with
Planters, and to them liberal advances will be made ,
on Cotton in store. Family Supplies tnth Bugging ; inodinu* Brick Ware House near the Depot, where
and Cope, will be furnished ourlrtenda at the lowest : ah kinds of Produce call be stowed with perfect
y VWJ © ©iF^ESHo
T. A. GOODWIN, Proprietor.
A. B.IIARTWELL, Superintendent.
This well known and popular Hotel ha-been
thoroughly repaired, and is now open, and snpeihly
furnished for the reception of Boarders and the
Travelling Community The Proprietor and his
As-istants will spare no pains to make this House
one of the be-t Hotels in the State,
i a. B HARTWELL. H C. CUNNINGHAM,
lands. LANIER will be happy to receive and wel-
' come their old friends and acquaintances, and will
use their utmost efforts to make them comfortable
: during their stay.
| Macon, August24, 1852. 12tf
LANIER HOUSE.
MACON. GA.
ALEX. SCOTT. WM DIBBLE.
Macon, April 12. 1833. 45—Jy
LAND FOB SALE.
THF. following l.ots of Land, to-wit:
No 71. 10ih dist originally Early now Baker,
•• 412. 7ih “ ~ •* Appling,
“ 145, 4th
W. B. W. DENT.
Nevvnan, Coweta county. Ga.
October 19. 1652 ‘29—tf
FOB SALE.
200.000 lbs- prime Bacon.
290 Bis Lard.
109 do Apples.
REYNOLDS & LOFTON.
Commission Merchants.
Atlanta. Ga.. 1853. 41—ly
AUCTION AND
(Q®2MaiissL®Ei EBunoiisiKsas.
By JOHN L. IIIT8UN. (late ol Rome Ga )
a WILL sell regularly every Thursday and Satur
day at II o’clock A M and also on Wednesday
and Friday at night, in , ounectiun with my Auction
! Business. I have taken charge «f the large and cum-
Macon prices
August 17. 1652,
THOj
HARDEMAN.
11—ly.
(JULIOS B. TUEBSCI1& COu
300*2 MASSES.
RESPECTFULLY inform the Gentle
men of Milledgeville and v icinity, that they !
haw* !j, k’ 11 lhe midp lately occupied by Mr.
wifely, ms it is secure From fire f will attend to fill
ing all orders for produce at the lowest Market prices,
and keep mv friends posted in regard to ihe market,
at all times, if desired. Your patronage is kindly so
licited .
Marketst. Chattanooga, Tenn., May 7. 1853. 49 tf
notice.
amHE Subscriber at Milledgeville Georgia, offer.
(J[ for Sale the following LOIV COIN TRI
s tv lo. of the best materials, and warrant a
good fit. A liberal patronage is solic
ited Work executed with dispatch.
|< F.PA RING of all kinds dune up
at short notice Just give us a trial, and we feel con
fident of your patron age
Terms liberal (Shop next door to C. H- Wright's
Grocery Stare J
Milledgeville May 10, 1853. 49—ly
ALLEN’S
I\m VN LIMMEIT,
L. J. Will! K. Milledgeville, Ga. has just receive
a lot of Allen's Indian Liniment—for the relief anl
enre of Rheumatism, Sprains. Lameness. Stiffness
Joints, Sorene-s of muscles. Bums Scalds &c
This preparation, is superior to anv Liniment
known. Prepared by S J Dickinson, Albany Ga.,
and sold by nearly all Druggists and Merchants in
thia and the adjoining Stales.
Prica 50 oeuts per boltk. 10 ]y
Lot No
394. 15th Dist .Decatur County.
One third of “ “
2*1. i 4>h
“ do
do
tt It
104. l.t
“ Baker
do
il it
80. 10th
•• do
do
11 U
92. 6>h
*• Dooly
do
11 ll
221 14 ■ It
** do
do
One third of “ “
168. 13th
•« do
do
275 27th
“ F.arlv
do
It t.
70. 10th
“ Clinch
do
54. 4th
“ Randolph
do
May 2d, 1853
JAMES
S. GHOLSTON
46—8m
#2000.
jTT|HE Subscriber is authorized, to purchase all the
land that he can. in the counties of Baker,
Thomas. Decatur. Irwin. Dooly and every other
county, in ^oulh and West Georgia. All persons
owning low County Lands, can sell them to me at
fair prices, for the Cash. Address me st Griffin. Ga.
1 W. R. MOSELEY.
Juris 20.1853 3—«f
The Irish Nation is so well represented j ™ (lf ^ southern State": While
America common courtesy, if nothing j „f. iur peopte ar e far ahead of their
, s mu t ia\e et our own countrymen Northern brethren in general intelligence,
urn the c .mpl.ment. by a full repre- , lbe masses are j,, a m „ 3l deplorable state
more, should have led
to ret in
sentalion of American Industry Art Man- j of ii;I)liranc e. This isowing mainly to the
ufaeru.es, kc &c, at the G-eat Exhibition j ne glige„ce of our Legislative bodies. ... not
such is not
are sorry to. learn, that . ma king proper provisions for the support
he case. A mong the immense of Common schools. If one half of the
cut, who has a Sewing Machine of his own
invention, at the Fair; and Mr. Stiles, who
exhibits the Coll Revolver, the Hobb’s
Lock, and two or three American Agricul
tural Machines. A correspondent of the
New Yotk Express, speaks of these articles
as follows: —
“The Sewing Machine in the gallery is
perperual’y surrounded hy an admiring
bevy of ladies, and gentlemen too. The
machine is a somce of great bewilderment
to the visitors, who look on half incredu
lously as the needle stitch—stitch—stitches
away with a forty st-amsiiess power. Hay
den himself is as busy as a whole team of
schreiders cnt'irig and pat< hing, and as be
puts his machine at a high figure and has ta
ken considerable orders, he doubtless finds
the tailoiing business a good one. Colt's
re.xolvers are exhibited by Stiles, whose
stand is also surrounded by an eager crowd
listening to his exposition of the theory
and practice of pr jectiles, and gazing rev
erentially at the head and skin <>f a Califor
nian grizzly shot bv an officer of the Unite J
States exploring expedition, with one of
the-e identical six-shooters.
“Mr. Stiles is driving a good trade, and
promises an additional attraction to the
ctowd, in the shape of the snuff box the Sul
tan sent to Colt, which is to be duly exhib
ited under glass. He (Mr. Sides ) has also
cate of Hobb’s locks. There are two or
three American agricultural machines on
view, but do not seem to have been direct
importations. This absence of American
products is, I think, much to be regretted.
It is curious to observe the inteiest taken
by visitors in notions so comm w to us, a
.sewing machine, and a repeating pistol.
One old gentleman, after carefully inspect
ing both articles, attempted to pass of! as
original, a new reading of the old passage—
“God made man upright, but the Yankees
have sought out many inventions.”
THE BLACK SWAN AT THE
STAFFORD HOUSE.
Thp nobility of the British empire, of both
sexes, anti a large number of them, as it ap
pears. have given a splendid welcome to
the Black Swan at the Stafford House.
And upon such an endorsement, with any
thing like the tact of Barnum anil General
Tom Thumb, this lucky Black Swan may
pocket a handsome fortune out of the hum
bugged and easily humbugged abolition
philanthropy of John Bull. She may e-
clipes in England, in the wake of Mrs. Har
riett Beecher St.>we and Uncle Tom’s Cab
in, not only the astounding success of Gen.
Torn Thumb, the Foitawatome Indians, and
the negro rninis'etls. and the run of Jenny | w e ar them as a loose garment, to be don-
Lind herself, before even the Nightingale ned when convenient, and doffed when no
was turned into a Goidschmidr. The Black 1 l° r| ger needed.
Swan may do this, and we expect her to do j Printers are universally poor men, and
it. She may draw upon the sympathizing I f° r tvv “ reasons: the first is they rately
subjects of Victor ia t.'» her heart’s content, j evei receive a fair compensation for their
and we hope she will. It would be a shame i
if such a golden opportunity were to be
thrown away.
The next question is, what will the Black
Swan do with her money? A testimonial,
we believe, is in process of collection in
England, for Mrs. Hartiet Beeciter Stowe;
and out abolitionist and “free colored A-
servues. And thesecorid is—that, inured
to continual suffering, privation and toil,
their purse strings are never untied at the
bidding of chariry, anti the bard-earned
"dimes” are freely distributed for the relief
of their fellow-men. Thus it is, that they
live p.u.r and die poor; and, if a suitable
rewatd does not await them after tlealh,
merican” are earnestly and anxiously ex- \ bnleed must be the^ beginning, the ex
pecting and wondering what she will tle» i istonc©. anrl rho enxl, of poor typos! Rich-
with the money. Perhaps she will estab- ] tnond Republican.
abolition
order ditl you say you wished to correct?’—
Strangei—(in a tone of peculiar and im
pressive emphasis) — *Mv order.’—Jones,
•THE COMET IS COMING, OH? HO!
The comets are the most mysterious of all
celestial bodies, as all bodies away from our
still unenlightened, turned upon the inter- j Earth are called by way of eminence. One
r.'gntor with, ‘Well, if you will be good | <>t the largest comets ever seen or known,
enough to tell me your name. I’ll try to ac« j it is said by Astronomers, is about to make
commodate you.’—Stranger (sentenliouslv)
‘Franklin Pierce.’—Poor Jones was ‘struck’
jost then; but he managed to make the re
quired alteration in an incredibly short
space of time, and felt exceedingly relieved
when he found himself 9lone again. Ju<t
ask Jones if The Union is Pierce’s organ or
not.
THE MECHANIC.
xponded upon g
teachers, engaged in imparting the rudi
ments of knowledge, our people would he
wiser, happier and better. We are glad
the Convention has called attention promin-
entiy to this matter, and trust that the next
Georgia Legislature may be induced teen- |
act some judicious system for the education j
of the people.
We ate opposed to what are termed Pexoi j
Schools. Tlie people want a Republican
system of educaliou—a system, by which
the rich and the poor will enjoy equal a d
vantages, and where all can partake of the
common bounty of the Stale. We want a sys
tern which will recognize it to be the duty of
the Sfa'e foeducafe het children, and prepare
them for useful and honorable stations in life.
We want a system which will be c > exten -
sive with the State, and sustained by a fund
ample enough to make Georgia respected
among her sister States of the Union.
PRINTERS.
Printers, it is said, universally die at an j
early age. This is, doubtless, caused by :
the noxi -us effluvia ari-ing from the type, i
want of exercise, constant confinement, and j
the late hour to which their wm k is pro- j
longed. There is no other class of human |
beings whose privileges are as few, (as far i
as the pleasures of life are concerned,)whose J
labor is as continuous, and whose wages \
are as inadequate, as punters. If a “typo” j
be a man of family, he is debarred the priv :
ilege of enjoying their society at all limes, |
because lii-i hours of labor ate almost end
less, and his moments of leisure so few, that
they must be spent in sleep to recruit his
exhausted energies, and prepare him for a
renewal of his toil. Poor fellow! he knows
nothing of sociability; and from necessity, is
as clearly shut out from the world as a con
vict in a prison cell. Truly, he is in the
world, yet knows not of il! Toil, toil, toil,
by night and by day. is his fate, until per-
mature old age ends his existence. For
the advancement of science, morality and
virtue, the chords of his heart ate sunder
ed. one by one; and when his race is run,
and time to him is no more, he goes down
to the grave uncared-for and unknown,
though hi- existence has been sacraficed for
the benefit of his race.
When we hear mechanics crying out
against oppression, and demanding certain
hours foi labor and for test, we can but re
flect upon the situation of our own craft;
how every moment of their lives is forced
into service, to earn a bare subsistence, and
how uncomplainingly they devote them
selves to the good of the same public who
Of all the component parts which make
up the many hued associations of life, com
monly called society, there is no one who
bears so quiet and vet so important a part
as the Mechanic. His course is unmarked
by the pomp and parade of artificial impor
tance—his march is silent, but onward and
certain. He passes amid the throng of
human beings, and attracts to himself in
person but little attention. But look a-
broad, and see. if you sumy not elsewhere
read, what the hand of his influence ha9
written? Mark in the gray pyramids of
Egypt what he hath done, and learn that
his fame is immortal. Look on the cenlu-
ry-s'ained walls of the old Coiliseum, and
remember what he hath achieved. Scan
with admiring eye the huge Levithans of
the deep, that float 90 proudly over the
waters, braving the futy of the storm, and
breasting triumphantly its wild upheaving—
and there remember is the handiwork of the
humbie mechanic. View then your dia
mond of the earth, which with fiery breath
ami heavy tread speeds furiously over vale
and mountain, and recollect that in the
grasp of the mechanic is his strength sub
dued.orhis course directed. And yet he
who has so advanced the cause of science,
so ennobled humanity itself, is passed care
lessly by and regattled by many as the bot
tom most tounds in the ladder of life. But
not thus is he destined to linger in the ob
scurity of position, or in the neglect of pov
erty. H19 importance in the true estimate
• if life, is being gradually appreciated, and
already have high honors clustered around
bis manly anti open brow. His profession,
in this age of’prac ical utility, is moving up.
ward and taking equal rank with the higher
callings. Our democratic institutions are
favorable to his ascendant progress, anti ail
things are working together for the eleva
tion of the mechanic to his proper stan
dard.
BEST SERMON EVER PREACHED.
We copy, says the London Christian
Times, the following anecdote from Mr.
James Everett’s “Methodism in Manches
ter and its vicinity.” “Dr. A. Clark, in the
course of a conversation with the writer,
communicated the following characteristic
anecdote of Mr. Edward Perronnet. He
remarked that Mr Wesley had long been
desirous of hearing Edward Perronnet
pteach, and that Mr. Perronnet, aware of it,
was as resolutely determined he should not.
and therefore studied to avoid every occa
sion that would lead to it. Mr. Wesley
was preaching in London one evening, and
seeing Mr. Perronnet in the chapel, pub
lisbed, without asking his consent, that he
would preach there the next morning at
five o’clock. Mr. Perrennet had loo much
respect for the congregation to disturb their
peace by a public remonstrance, and too
Nicaragua and Tebauaatepcc tranch*, and
the railtoad* across the continent through
our own territory.
The Darien Ship Canal i* to be forty
miles only in length; this is, from port Es-
cove to the port San Miguel. It will be
160 feet in width, and 30 in depth. Thia
route now surveyed and selected was dia*
coveted only so recently as io 1851, by Dr.
Cullen, and strange to say, this is to bo
completed before the Tehuantepec tranait,
so long explored and brought to tbe no
tice of the world by the great Humboldt.and
suiveyed, too, in 1351. by Captain Bern
ard.
The British government have given their
approbation and countenance lo this grand
enterprise. The Company have a most fa
vorable contt act with New Grenada, and
this is further secured by a treaty between
Ne w Grenada and England. This touteia
safe even from American filibustering, if
while at the same lime the Clayton Bulwer
treaty, which our Government seems to
its appearance, in fact it is now due "by reg
ular couise of maill,” but some of the learn
ed have postponed the visit by said come*
till the year 1856. According to the ac
count hwever, it is evident that the ap-; . - .. r..
_ i . • , _ , , “ ! abrogate, secures to the commerce of the
proach nt this comet may be expected con- i .. - 6 , J ,, . , ,
steady, its three hundred years dme having j U,,Ued a H lt8 advantages,
expired. Its tail has been slightly tangled in • TOM CORWIN’S ADVICE
some of the distant spheres where it has j Mr H |be Washington correspon-
been wandertng. which may account for the | denl of lhe Philadelphia North American,
e ' 1 tells the following tale:
“About three years ago, a young man
exchange the fol- )
respecting the sub
We take from an
lowing calculations
ject:
Approach of a Great comet —M. Babinet
an eminent French astronomer, has publish
ed an account of a comet which is expected
to appear about 1856. According to this
Account il is the grandest comet which has
ever been beheld by tbe eyes of man. Its 1
periodical revolution is about 300 years.— :
It appeared in the years W4 692,975,1264, ^jTe. "go to the
and the last time in 1556. Its return in °
presented himself to Mr. Corwin for a
clerkship. Thrice was be refused, and
still he made a fourth effort. His persever
ance and spirit of determination awakened
a friendly interest in his welfare, and the
Secretary advised him in the strongest pos
sible terms, lo abandon his purpose, and go
to the West, if he could not do belter out
side the departments. “My young friend,”
North-west, buy 160
, 0 , 0 ^ . acres of government land,—or, if you have
P r ® d, P ted '?; f “ ,led *° a PP e Y' not the money to purchase, squat on it; get
A II ill 0 Palt^llltlfliiriJ Ur It 1 /v n n n it o naan nj Q rj a . . . •
you an axe and mattock, put up a log cabin
All the calculations which have been
in reference to the appearance of this comet
have been carefully examined hy lbe most
eminent astronomers; and the result ia the
prediction of its appearance between 1856
and I860.
Charles V. participating largely in the
superstitions prevalent in his day. abdicated
for your habitation, and raise a little corn
and potatoes; keep your conscience clear,
and live like a freeman, your own master,
with no one to give you orders, and without
dependence upon anybody. Do that and
you will be honored, respected, influential,
and rich. But accept a clerkship here, and
hts throne on the appearance of thts comet! you sink at once , a ll independence; your
!^. f ^: b ! l e : V l n ? US u m f? anCesd,r f ted pa V ( energies become relaxed, and you are un-
o tng tie first rank fitted j n a few years for any other and more
ticularly at him as
among sovereigns
dependent position. I may give you a
place to-day, and kick you out again to*
morrow; and there’s another man over there
at the White House, who can kick me out,
much respect for Mr. Wesley entirely to re- T. , • "V? “ ,mT ~
sist his btdding. The night passed over- dl *”rderly manner will be beheaded. The
Curious Features of the Chinese Rebel
lion.—The translations of the rebel procla
mations (with whioh the Chinese papers are
now filled,) convey a very favorable iJea of ! and the people by and by can kick him out,
the organization and character of the move- j and so we go.— But if you own an acre of
ment in progress. j land, it is your kingdom; and vour cabin is
The revolutionary army is divided into your castle—you are a sovereign, and you
two cjrps or divisions, each complete in it- j feel it in every throbbing of your pulse, and
self. Each division is subdivided into brig- I every day of your life will assure me of
ades of 6,400 men, commanded by a briga- ! your thanks for having thus advised you.”
dier, and containing four regiments of 16 ; If the thousands who so ardently strive for
companies each. A Subaltern's command places under Government would ponder
is 25 men, a captain 100 men, a Major's 400 ^ well these words, and exercise a sound dis
and a Colonel’s 1,600. The name of all the
Generals are given, and also a description
of their persons. There is a corps of “Im
perial Guaids' and a strong staff, ‘Inspectors
of Troops,’‘Masters of the Horse,’ ‘Pay
masters,’ a corps of ‘Surveyors,’ ‘Officers in
chatge of the signal department.’ All these
are dignified with yellow scarfs and the ti
tle of “Excellency,’ The inferior grades
are numerous. Among those particularised
are officers distinguished by a red and black
scarf, whose duty it is to urge the people
to enter into their confederacy and to ad
minister the oaths of adherence.
‘But by far the larger poition of those pro
clamations refer to the civil organization of
the conquered provinces, and the establish
ment of order in the neighborhood of the
army. There are stringent proclamations
against military officers allowing their troops
to plunder, and against corrupt civil Tunc-
tionaties; proclamations for the protection
and extension of educational establishments,
and the encouragement of literature gener
ally. The education of women is one of tbe
objects of the insurgents, and over tbe doors
of the female schools they have established,
there is a notice posted, 'on red paper,’ to
the effect that they are sacred to the sex.
and any men presuming to enter them ‘in a
Mr Perronnet ascended the pulpit under
the impression that Mr. Wesley would be
secreted in some corner of tbe chapel, if he
did not show himself publicly; and, after
singing and pr ayer, informed the congre
gation that he appeared before them contra- |
ry to his own wish—that he had never i
been once asked, much less his consent
enlightened tone of their proclamalious is at
tributed plainly to the circumstance of their
being among the rebel leaders many mem
bers of the‘C’tinese Union,’ a literary soci
ety instituted by the late Dr. Gutzlaff, for
the purpose of disseminating a knowledge of
the results oi European civilization among
the Chinese, but it is doubtless principally
gained to preach, that he had done violence i due l ° lbe h 'g h <| ulture of , a P e ?P le
to his feelings to show his respect for the arn " n S w *? om education .n general and bte-
publisher; and now that he had been com- ! rar y acquirement* are tb» only passports lo
polled to occupy the place in which he j e^P^-ent or distinction.
stood, weak and inadequate as he was for j Important arrest—Discovery of Stupen"
the work assigned him, he would pledge ! dous Frau.Is and Extensive Band of Forger-
mmselfto furnish them with the best ser- iet ^-..—Cincinnati, June 13 —A man nam-
mon that ever had been delivered. Open- ed S . Craigi wa3 arre9t ed at Newport,
tng the Bible, he then proceeded with our j Kentncky, and immediately brought to
Lords sermon on the mount which he lhU cityt on lhe charge of being im-
concluded without a s.ngle word of com- , plicated in very extensive forgeries. The
ment. He closed the services with sing- j prisoner was arrested when in the act
ing and prayer. No imitator ha9 been able 0 f writing a letter which id said to pointedly
to produce equal effect, and perhaps fur i mpIica t e himself. In his hou^e were found
this leason the case is one which, under a ] ar g e trunk, a pair of saddlebags and 9ev-
stmtlar circumstances, ought not to be imi- j era | baskets filled with letters, with blank
ta,ed - 1 deeds, certificates, &&., implicating a large
1 number of persons in various parts of the
How tee rush forward !—Scarce a month Union. Notorial presses and seals were al
bas passed since the terrible calamity at 9l , found, and upon part of the deeds the
Norwalk occurred, and it is already almost notorial seal of Hamilton county had been
forgotten. It has ceased to be the subject
of thought or remark. Another fortnight,
and the sigh of the bereaved widow, or the
tear trinkling silently down the cheek of
the orphan, will he the only memorial of
found.
An examination of the mass of documents
found brings to light a series of most bold
and villainous transactions, and it appears
that a wide spread, fraudulent real estate
li-li an abolition newspaper with it, or a j
lio«pit"l, or 'asylum, or a college of some • - T _ .
kind for “free red Americans” in New | Pierce jeegnise* Ihe Union as his organ.
Anecdote of General Pierce.—General
that sad event. Such is the world. Onward j business has been carried on for years, some
rolls the wive of time, sweeping in its re j 0 f t h e letters pretended to be copies of let-
sistless course ‘of human events, be they ! [ erg to or from members of Congress.—
joyful or fraught with sorrow, in the eilence : There are also blank certificates doubtless
of oblivion. A great man dies. The wave I stolen from the Recorder’s office in Illinois,
rolls over his grave, the world wipes the ‘ Ohio and Georgia, parchments for draw-
tear from its eye, and, turning away from j n g - Jp | and warrants, deeds, signed
cretiou in their application, thus many a
young and gallant spirit would be saved
from inanition, to be useful to the world,
and a joy, rather than grief to its posses
sor.”
7 he Pope vcisus Uncle Tom's Cabin.—
We have always believed ‘Uncle Tom’s
Cabin’ to be a mischievous and heretical
book; and at last, according to our Euro
pean intelligence. Holy Father sustains our
opinion by the prohibition of the sale or
circulation of ‘Uncle Tom’ in the Papal
States if this be so, we should not be sur
prised if Mrs. Harriet Beecher Stowe and
suite were to be warned out of the Holy
City of Rome should they attempt to enter
it, for if the book is so dangerous to the
faithful as to require i*s exclusion, how
much more so must be the heretics! indio
vidual who wrote it. It would be a strange
piece of business if our government should
be called upon to maintain the rights of
American abolitionists in the city of Rome,
after she has sympathized and participated
in thef anatical movements of the vilest ene
mies in England of her own country and its
institution-. With one eye upon Uncle
Tom, the Pope will, moat likely, keep an
other upon the movements ol Mrs. Stowe.
Wonder if she is going to Rome?
A Royal Bridal Outfit,—The follow,
ing is the bridal trousseau of Princess Ann,
of Austria, on her marriage with the
Princess of Hesse Casel. We should
say she was very respectfully provided
for:—
‘One of the two large rooms which tbe
trousseau occupied, the first contained the
house and body linen: laid out for the most
part in twenty dozens and twenty four do
zens, all marked with her royal highness’s
name, and twelve dozen pocket handker
chiefs with tbe royal arms woven in them,
In connection with the travelling couch
were 24 dozen day and night chemises as
many undress, and night caps, and other in
comprehensible and unmentionable articles
in like profusion. Tbe linen takes up three
sides of the room, the fourth is occupieJ by
the chassure, consisting of twenty four pairs
of silk and leather shoes, and 24 dozen pairs
of stockings. In the second room were
gloves, embroidered handkerchiefs, collars,
scarfs, hats, bonnets, artificial flowers, See.,
in bewildering profusion; to make all com
plete, there was a riding habit, 12 cloaks in
silk and velvet; and, besides all these, the
ball and court dresses, as well as the weds
ding robe, a diadem cf brilliants and many
more things.
and is democratic enough to evince his re
gard even by a mitinisjht visit to the com
position room, unheatd ami unattended. It
was the night after the receipt of the intel
ligence of the ileaih of William R King,
that the President’s proclamation thereto,
colored population. They have I a,,d the respective orders issue.) by lhe
sking of her, and she is bound to ; proper officers ofthearmy a- d navy, were
sent to the Urnon office for publication
Yotk, or Ohio, or el-ewhere. Perhaps she
may invest it in the stocks of the various
under ground railroads from Mason and
Dixon’s line to Canada. Whatever appro
priation she may make nf’t, we doubt not
it will be to some benevolent object in be
half of our co
been the m
do something for them in return.
At
his sepulchre, moves on. The chasm left by
his removal is closed up, and he passes
from tbe minds of men. It is a sad thing to
think of, this perishing utterly from the
memory of the world. It is well calculated
to humble the spirit of a man to reflect that
he will one day be laid in the grave, and
from the stillness of his last resting place
hear the tramp of heedless thousands above
him, and know that be is forgotten of them
all.
But what will the Black 8wan do with I mid " i ? ht . alter the editors had all left the
all the money, which we are quite cottfi- establishment, a plain looking gentleman
dent she is going to extract from the phiI-
atuliropic pockets of John Bull? Mrs.
Stowe has faitly pulled the wm.l over his
eyes.and M iss Greenfield has only to fix the
price of her tickets, sing a song or two, and
pocket her thousands. And then, if in some
way she can only associate ner musical
tour with the amelioration of the condition
of the African race of this country, she will
at once rise to the dignity of a saint in tbe
cause of human tights, and thus add five
hundred per cent at least to the clear
profits of het venture. But what will she
do with her money? When she has fifty
or a hundred thousand dollars to spare, we
would suggest it* appropriation to the A-
merican Culolonization Society, with a
with specs on his n >se, walked into the
composition room, wltete a printer, by the
uncommon name <>f Jones, was tmisby en
gaged in ‘making up ’ ‘Is if too late to c<>r- i
led a litile error?’ said the stranger.— !
Jones—*N<> sir, not if it’s in this form; what i
does it relate to?’—Stranger—“The death
of Mr. King.’—Jones—‘The official orders, j
sir? i have them just here.’—Stranger— :
•Well, just read niy order over, and I will j
tell you wha' I wish changed.’—‘My order,’ !
cogitated Jones. ‘I wonder which is his.;
Which order did you say, air?.’—Stranger ;
—‘My order.’ Jones cast his eye up and j
down the long columns, then st his tormen- j
tor, but saw no clue to the troublesome j
•order.’ He repeated bis question: ’ Which j
The B>s Lumps —The statement res
peeling rht> latge lumps of gold found in
Australia, are confirmed by the English
papers.—They say of the 134 pound lump
in the Ballarat Diggings, that $40 000 had
been offered for it. Out of the same lucky
hole, the same persons, four newcomeis.
took another piece weighing 5 ib. 5 r»z., end
small gold weighing 2 Ib. 4 oz. making 142
lb 5 oz out of one hole. Three other dig
gers at Ballarat had found; about 40 yards
from the bed of the 134 Ib. nugget, two
lumps, one weighing 771b. 8 oz., and the
othes 69 Ib. 6 oz . the proportion of pure
gold being more than eight ninths. And
there is another report of the finding of a
109 Ib. nugget, in the same golden locality.
It is in Australia, as in California. A great
many others fiud not enough to keep them
decently fed.
and sealed, requiring only the insertion of
names.
Craig is in jail awaiting trial. A letter
to Brown & Co., of Uniontnwn, Pa., open
ed by the postmaster of that place, who
did not know any such firm, and sup
posed the letter misdirected, led to this dis
covery.
The Darien Ship Canal.—The Washing,
ton correspondent of tbe New York Jour
nal of Commerce, in a recent letter to that
paper says:
•The surveys of the Darien route for the
proposed ship canal, as made by Messis.
Gilbotne ami Forde, engineers of the com
pany, my be seen at the State Department.
That work is certainly to be immediately
commenced and carried through. The es-
timatea expense of the work it only sixty
millions of dollars.
The enterprise is under the management
chiefly of Sir Charles Fox. of the house of
Fox. Hendeison& Co., of London. The
same house has taken the contract for the
great railway in Canada, and has offered to
take tbe contract for the road from St.
Louis to the southwest corner ofMissouii—
310 miles.
The Darien ahip canal is a work to be
executed before weshall have done talking,
and regulating, and disputing about the
“Hang up the Fiddle and the Bow!”—
dancing formally denounced and forbidden
by the Presbyterian Church.—The follow
ing Resolution has been unanimously adop
ted by the Presbyterian General assembly
at Buffalo:
“Resolved. That the faahionable amuse
ment of promiscuous dancing is entirely
un9criptura) and eminently anJ exclusively
that of the “world which liveth in wicked
ness,” and so wholly inconsistent with the
spirit of Christ, and with that propriety of
heart which hU followers are bound to main
tain, as to render it not only improper and
injurious for professing Christians either to
partake in it, or qualify their children for it
by teaching them the art, but also to call
for the faithful and judicious exercise of dis
cipline on the part of Church Sessiona when
any of the members of their churches have
been guilty.”
The Mineralogical department of the
Crystal Palace, undet the superintendence
of Professor Silliman, promises to be one
of the most interesting and attractive fea
tures of the great exhibition. While look
ing through this building, yesterday, wo
learred that the more, valuable specimens
ol ores, minerals, precious stones, &c.,
were to be placed for safe keepiog in one of
Gayler’s patent double flange salamander
safes with Goffin’s defiance locks and cross
bars. In this fire and thief-proof tecepta-
cle they will rest securely, bidding defiance
to burglars and the fiery element. The aea
lection of these safes, by Professor Silli-
man, is a compliment to both the safes and
and their maker.—Nat Democrat.
Punch says that the best way to crush a
question, is to appoint a parliamentary com
mittee to ait upon it.
