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Newspaper Page TextitOirUHTO^ Ac MIS BET EDITORS. BOUflHTON. NISBET AND BARNES, Proprietors axd Publishers. tebus. £I)e JFefcrral SI n to it Is published weekly, in the Darien Bank Building; at TWO DOLLARS per Annum, pay able in advance, TW O DOLLARS AND FIFTY CENTS if not paid within three months, and Three Dollars i) not paid bcloie ll.e end of the year | fto subscription will be received for less than j a year, nor will any paperOe discontinued until j „ll arrearages are paid, fne paper will not be sentlo any person outol ■ y" ' man VOL. YXtF.I 11IEEEDGEVIEEE GEORGIA, .HC 1ST 2, 185* Ma. 9. Medical CollogF* of the State of 8oic(I> Carolina. The -xmtnal Course of Lectures in this Institution j,e Statue, r unttl the subscription money is paid in j willconuwence on Brefret MONDAY in November ijvance. or salisluctoiy reference given. . next. Vuverti-kmests conspicuously inserted atthe Anatomy Those sent without a specification of ,i..ual rates j tie number of insertions, will be published until ordered out, and charged accordingly. sales of land and negroes, by Administrators, Executors, or Guardians, are required by law to be eld on the First Tuesday in the month between il.e hours of ten in the forenoon and three in the afternoon, at the Court-House in the Conti) in which the property is snouted. Notice of these sales must be given in a public cazette forty days previous to the day of sale. Notices for the sale of personal property must he given in like manner, forty days previous to the day of sale. Notices to the debtors and creditors of anestate must also be published forty da)s. Notice that application will fie made to the Court of Ordinary, for leave to sell Land or Negroes, mast be published for tiro months. Citations for letters of Administration, must be published thirty aa)s—for dismission fiom Ad- mi nisi ratio n.monthly sir months—for dismissioi from Guardianship, forty days. Rci.es for foreclosure of mortesge must be pub lished monthly for four months—for establishing lost papers, for the full space of three months—for enm- se'ling titles from Executors or Administrators, vhere bond ha9 been given by the deceased. fAe fu'l space of three months. Publications will always be continued acccrdins to these, the legal requirements, uuless otherwise ordered. All business of this hind will rereive promptnt tention at the Feof.rai. Union Office. Letters on business must be post paid to en title them to attention. BUSINESS CARDS. FREEMAN X BENSON Prof J E HOLBROOK. M D, Surgery—Prof E GEDDINGS. M It. j In<iitiilesand Practice—I’rol" J HENRY DICK- 1 SON. M 1). Physiology—Prof JAMES MOULTRIE. M D. Materia Medira—Prof H ENRY R FROST, M U. , Obstetrics—Prof THOS G PRIOLEAU. M D Chemistry—prof C U SHEPARD. M D Comparative Anatomy-*Prof L AG ASSIZ M D. i Demoiistrafbr olAtiatumy—FRANCIS T MILES M.D. ! Prosecutor to the Professor of Surgery—J F. M. | GEDDINGS M D. CLIN 1CAL INSTRUCTION. I DR. J. CAIN. M I>. Physician to the Marine Hospitaland Clinical Ins'rnctoi.lectuiestwice a week cn the > iseases of that Institution, i J, FORD PRIOLEAU, M. D., Physician tn the Hospital nftlie Alms-House,at which lectures are de livered twice a week oil diseases, the Diagonnsjs dis- I eliminated, and the student indoctrinated in their treatment, Demonstrative instruction in medicine and Surgery at the College Hospital, by the Professors ol the Med ical College *At a special meeting of the Trustees and Faculty nftlie Medical College at the S tele of .South Caroli na, held on the 3d of January, 1352. Dr L. Agassiz was unanimously elected Profe-snr of Comparative Anatomy, with the distinct understanding that the collegiate expenses of the student are not to be in creased bv this addition to ihe course. HENRY 11. FROST Dean July 12. 1653. 6—(it MISCELLANEOUS THE ANCIENT BELLS IN THE DUBLIN EXHIBITION. The ancient Irish bells are the most cu rious in the world; and their ••pedigrees’* ; I t argrues favurably. if true,">or Vhe"pr'ivate9 n \r eofioa lia tmeo/l u-il n tha < /* l i tt of the regular army. THE SECRETARY OF WAR AND THE REGULARARMY. A Washington correspondent of the Mo bile Register, has the following relation of a scene between the Secretary of War, Gen. Davis, and a “Colonel in the regulararmv.” JACOB’S Cholera, Dysentery and Diarrhoea For Sale by Childs &■ Chamberlain. ,Milledgeville, and by the principal Druggists and Merchants throughout the late. July 10,—6 may, tn many cases, be traced with the greatest facility to tile earliest periods in which the truths of Christianity fitst shed their light upon thelrish shores. The hells exhibited are numerous and curious; not less from their antique manufacture than from the singular traditions connected with them. The‘‘Bell of St. Patrick,” exhibi Cia-Sx • i. 'ii ers'Sx .Vo Vi Cot loci .Iren itc, .Huron, Ga. NXt’WEDDlN.j p.irimg and Families ftirni-lnd '\g J with plain and ornamental Cakes at short notice and on reasonable terms, for cash. CHAS. H.FKKEMAS. RICH’d A. BENSON. May 17,ls53. 50 ly K. II. 1*1,ATT, ATTORNEY AT LAW, Ttoupvil/e, Lowndes County, Ga. June, 7. 1853. 1—ly J. B. CAMP, A TTORNE Y A T L A W, Ga. Campbellton, !IE«51\ T UKXBUICK ATTORNEY AT LAW, JACKSON, BUTTS Co Ga. J. TO. lULltEIV, (Corner St. Julian St. and Market Sqr.) 42—ly SAVANS AH. GA. CHAS G. CAMPBELLT Attorney at Law, M1LLEDGEVILLE, GA. Office next door aborc Masonic Ilali. ^N/ILL attend promptly to all business entrusted to his care. Particular attention paid to col lecting. Milledgeville, Feb. 22.1853 38—tl J. S. BOVNTON, Attorney at Law, MO NT I CELLO, GEO., ILL pradiice in the Ocnmlgee Circuit, and in Jackson and McDonough of the Flint Circuit. Jan. 18, 1853. 33—ly W,11. A. LOFTON, A TTOt. NE Y A T LA W, MONT1CELLO, Ga. January 25, 1853. 24—ly WOT. WELSII&Co.. MANliFAC rUREISS AND DEALERS IN Tobacco, Snuff. Segues Smoking Tobaoo, No. 307 Baltimore Street, OPPOSITE THE EUTAW HOUSE. BALTIMORE. I June 21, 1853. 3 — ly ! FINDLAY’S IRON WORKS, OTaeoii, Geor^iti. | *MTE4M ENGINES and Boilers, Machinery for Saw Mills of every description, Iron and Brass Ca-tings, M illsiones, Aic. &c. R. FINDLAY, Proprietor. May 17. 1853. 50 ly CITY HOTFiL, BAY STREET, Savaunah, P. CONDON & J. B. FOLEY, Proprietors. Terms, $1 50 Per Day. Unsurpassed in location, for gentlemen, either on bu siness or pleasure. The apartments allotted to ladies and families, have undergone an en ire change, and (now have a private entrance to the Dinner Room, , thus securing their occupants from intrusion from olh- ■ er parts of the building affording all the privaces of home. ’53 50]y j w wt D E NT AE NO T I t: E. • 'I he undersigned lias removed his | ! to ROOMS over Childs ft Cham- j -CUJLjJhcrtain s Jewelry Store w here he will he ' pleased to receive the calls ofall who may require his ' j services, as he is now fully prepared to perform all operations upon the most approved and skillful man- | tier Terms cash, or paid when caller! for- J. B. ilU Kl’IIV, 30—ly Surgeon Dentist, I VARIETY STOVE WARE HOUSE! BARTLETT BENT, dR = , manufacturer & dealer :n the most approved I STOVES, it A N U E S, Farmers’ Bodcrs. Skip Cabooses, Gas Ovens, Charcoal and Hur.tcoat Furnaces. Oren Fronts, ftc. IRON CASTINGS GENERALLY. 238 Wa ter Street, New York. .May 3, 1653. 48—3m FULTON iY WALKER, FACTORS A HD COMMISSI ON MERC HAN TS No. 71, Ifsiy Sliect. SAVANNAH, Ga. Tender tlieir services to their friends and the pub lie generally, in the sale of COTTON and other i’ro- ! duce, and infilling Ciders fur Pugging, Hope and oili er supplies. They will give their Strict Personal Attention to all BUSINESS dial may be commit ted to their care—and no pains will be spared to give general satisfaction. R. L. Fulton, J. II• Walker. Savannah, Oct. 4,1852. 18— if | J. D. Broivk Thos. Griffin brown a- criffin, Attorneys at Liiw and General Liind Agents. AUSTIN CITY, TEXAS. WJ ILL attend to the collection of claims against \\ the State of Texas for land and money Also being well acquainted with the public domain ol the State, they »ill locale land certificates, and have the land surveyed and patented One of the firm will al ways be (u’und at their office in Austin. OTflHE Undersigned, resident at Alilledgeville, J k having formed, lor the purposes ol' such an Agency, a temporary connection with die above firm will give any mlormation, and prepare and lorvvard FAIRBANKS’ PLATFORM SCALES. L ONG KNOWN—Severely tested; Always right; The Acknowledged Standard Railroad, Hay, Coal, and Farmers’SCALES, set i in any part of the country, at short notice. Agmts—Piin.DRiCK & Bell, Savannah.Georgia. Fairbanks A- Co , 89 Water Street, New York. .May 3,1853. 48—3.0 ST O«E W Ollk I&OIT SAILIlTCr. i IIE subscriber would inform the public that he is now prepared to execute, at the shortest notice, ihe various kinds of work connected with his branch of business: 8uch as Rock Cutting for Buildings; also for Toinb-Slones and the Superstructure for Railing enclosing graves. His terms are as reasona ble as could be obtained elsewhere. And his work , will hear comparison with any other Stone Mason in ; the State Specimens ofhis work can he seen atthe Milledgeville or Sparta Burying Grounds. ! A line addressed to him at Milledgeville will meet ; with prompt attention. E. CHANDLER, j Milledgeville, Feb. 15, 1853. 37—if Savannah Grocery Establistinicnt- ! to. j. holohio^^, G 1 KNERAL Dealer, in all descriptions of (jRO T CEKIES, WINKS, LIQUORS, Ac. [AH Ordeis will meet with prompt attention ] 157 Broughton Sf Next to ,N II A II Weed. , Savannah, April 19.1853. 4(i—ly BOY’S CLOTHING DEPOT! fpHK subscribers have the most extensive and va« ; ,• e . - , F ried assortment of CLOTHING for BOYS from naiiers neces.-ary lor the perlt’Cf'on or rlai.iis. . ir . • ,. , . oi p.ijjc j i - : 4 to 10. ever ottered for sale in the Liiion. OrdersJor A i cersotis desiious of engag ng their seivtces are , ... ,, . , . , , . mi uwi. 6 Gentlemens Clothing filled at the shortest notice — f’ersons purchasing Clothing at this Establishment, have the privilege of changing them if they do not suit. F. A HOYT Ac Bio, S. W Cor. ol Chestnut and IOth Sts., 45—ly PHILADELPHIA requested to call upon him. CHAS. G CAMPBELL, Ally at Law. Milledgeville. Aprii2fi, 1853. 47 "rV fire proof ware-house^ “ .« i THE undersigned having associated Mr. 1 OvidG. Sparks with him in business— | continues to transact the Warehouse and Commission Business. Under the name and style of HARDEMAN & SPARKS. Their undivided attention will he given to all business committed to their charge. The long experience of llie undersigned a-a cotton seller, ad ded to his desire 'o please as well as to faithfully serve those who may Patronize the new firm gives t»j him the hope that the liberal patronage heretofore given to Hardeman & Hamilton, will be continued to Har deman &( Sparks. They will risk nothing, either in purchasing or by advancing on Cotton, as they have determined In confine themselves to business w ith Planters, and to them liberal advances will he made LAW! LAW!! LAW!!! A NALYSIS and Forms, by Howell Cobb, J\. Georgia Reports, “ T. R. R. Cobb, Kelley’s Reports, Hotchkiss do School and Miscellaneous Books. For said by E. J. WHITE. Milledgeville. April 5, 1853. 44—ly FLOYD HOUSE Msi©(3)I£l ? ©©©irgLSU T. A. GOODWIN, Pro PRIF.TOK. A. 1$. HARTWELL, Superintendent. This well known and popular Hotel has been on Cotton in store. Family Supplies with Hugging thoroughly repaired, and is uow open, and superbly and Pope, will be furnished mir Iriends at the lowest fti rtl j,hed for the reception of Boarders and the Macon price.s August 17, 1852. THOS. HARDEMAN. 11 — ly. B. TKEBSC11 & T. IIOF.WANN, ECO- 1CAZ3SS. KESPLCTFl LLY* inform the Gentle - men of Milledgeville and vicinity, ihat they have taken the Shop lately occupied by Mr. Reinhart, and are now prepared to Man- : ufartnre BOOTS in the most fashionable style, of the best materials, and wairant a j good fit. A liberal patronage issolic- j ited Work executed with dispatch REPAIRING of all kinds, done up at short notice. Just give us a trial, and we feel con fiden: of your patronage. Terms liberal (Hhop next door to C. H. II right's Grocery Store ) Milledgeville May Id. 1853. 49—ly Travelling Community- The Proprietor and his Assistants will spare no pains to make this House one of the best Hotels in the State. A B. HARTWELL, H C. CUNNINGHAM, and S. 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, August 24, 1852. 12 tf LANIER HOUSE. MACON, GA. ALF.X. SCOTT, WM. DIBBLE. Macon, April 12, 1833. 45-ly ALLEN'S WmAN LITOIENT, E. J. W HITE. Milledgeville, Ga.. has just receive a lot of Allen's Indian Liniment—for the relief anu cure of Rheumatism, Sprains. Lameness. Stiffness Joints, Soreness of muscles. Bums. Scalds &c. This preparation, is superior to any Liniment known. Prepared by S. J. Dickinson, Albany Ga., and sold by nearly all Druggists and Merchants in this and the adjoiuing Slates. Price 50 cent* per bottle. 10—ly LAND FOR SALE. THE following Lots of Land, to-wit; No. 71. 10th dist. originally Early now Baker, “ 412. 7th “ •• Appling, “ 145, 4th “ •* •• W. B. W. DENT. N'ewnan, Coweta county, Ga. October 19, 1852 20—tf GEORGIA, Appling County. it LL persons having demands against Gary Quin late of said county, deceased, are here by notified to present them, properly attested to me, within the time prescribed by law, or they will not lie (settled. And all persons indebted to said deceas ed are hereby required to make immediate payment. CALVIN QUIN, Adtn’r. July 6,1853. 7 The tiffk’er in question was a Colonel, whose regiment is stationed near Newport, R. I. “Well,General,” says the Colonel to the Secretary, “I have received your or der, commanding: me to leave the hotel at Newport, and take up my quarters with the regiment at the barracks.” “I am glad to . “I hope the the collection. The mote ancient bells are , or ,l er w j]| su | } jectyou to no inconvenience.” made of iron welded together. Some of | „ No inconvenience, indeed!” replied the the bronze bells ate also forged, or com- j Colonel, quite {Indignantly; “why. sir, the posed several pieces fastened toge:herTy j j,| ace i sa living'totnb of misery and unhealthi ly b >' Dr. Todd, is perhaps, the finest in hear Uf » rep)ied Gen D avis ilder rivets. This is the more singular, as we know the Irish at the time Christian ity was introduced were well acquainted with the casting of metals, and the molds in which some of the battle axes, or war hats, &c., were cast, exist. Why, then, were the bells manufactured in a different man ner? It is not probable, a§ many traditions attest, that the hells wete the hallowed re lies of pagan worship, carefully preseived. perhaps for ages, and afterwards dedicated to the uses of Christianity. In considering this question we shall describe a curious bell, known as the Clog-Orha or “golden bell,’’ lately procured for the Exhibition, through the exertions of the Honoiable Mr. Veteker. It is now the property ofMar- cus K':aiie, Esq , of Beech Patk, in the county of Claie, in whose family it has been since the reign of Queen Elizabeth. This bell was the hell of St. Simon, of Inniskat- teiy, and remained tn that monastery till i ness. I couldn’t endure the place a month. This has been known to my superiors in command, including the late Secretary of War; and I have been permitted to remain at Newport, where I am comfortab’y situa ted. 1 have not been necessarily negligent of my duty, as your order seems to imply. I am a soldier sir, and know my duty.” ■ “Ah, indeed,” calmy rejoined the Secret tary, “you have been living in ease and splendor, while the poor soldiers have been cooped up in a ‘living tomb of misery and unhealihiness;’ you couldn’t endure the place a month; you are a soldier and know your duty. Now, sir. I, too, am a soldier, and I know it to be the fitst duty of an nffi- j cer to look after the welfare and comfort of those under his command. I have held j office in the army, and always considered it J my duty to partake of the hardships as well as the gloties of my companions in arms. | if, therefore, the barracks near Newport its suppiession in the reign of Elizabeth, are fi t for your re gi me nt to live in, I pre* when it passed into the hands of the family of Keane, at that time Roman Ca'holics, and people of large landed estates. In this family it has remained ever since; but tra dition assigns it to an age far anteiinr to that of St. Simon, and in the monastery of Inniskalteiy it was looked upon as a reiic of great antiquity, appropriated, like many other heathen relics, to Christianity. Let us examine the hell carefully, to see if such facts receive any confirmation from its general appearance. The bell is of nronze, anJ is rudely cast in pieces. It is, like most ancient Irish hells, oblong, or four-sided, and not round. It is formed of three pieces—the lop, the front, and the hack. The front and the back were after wards rivetted together, to a plate of bron ze or copper, so as to form the two sides; melted metal was afterwards poured inside the bell, over the plates at each side, so as to unite more perfectly the back and front of the bell, and to form, with the plates to which they had beeniiveted, the two sides. The front sides of the hell having been for med in that most primitive manner, the top was then cast in one piece, and rivetted on. In the casting of the front and the back, four cavities were left in earh side, into w hich pieces of metal, cantaining carved and gilt patterns, were rivetted. The pat terns consist of serpents, curiously twisted into that mystic knot often met with in ancient Irish carvings. The top of the bell is divided into compartments, highly cn na- menled in the same pattern; and the bell does not contain in its or lamentation any thing whatsoever symbolical nfChtistianity. There are no traces of a tongue ever hav ing been in the hell, and, from the absence ofall pains at pteserviriga smooth surface in the interior* it is evident it never could have been used for the emission of sound. The bell appears, at a subsequent period, to have been cased with plates of silver gilt. The bell and point of the bell are carefully inlaid with silver, carved and gilt; it is there fore evident it was not otiginally intended to be concealed. The plates of silver must have been added at a subsequent time, to preserve “the relic so blight and fair.” The ornaments upon these plates will not, therefore, enable us to determine the age of this hell; but they, tooexibit no allusion whatever to Christianity. The Clog-orha till very iatulv was looked upon in the coun ty of Clare with extraordinary reverence, and the oath taken upon it was considered by the peasantry as the must solemn that could he taken. It was frequently employ ed for the detection of criminals and the recovery of stolen property. The last time upon which it was used in this manner was in the year 1S32, on the occasion of the robbery of the house of John Pilking- ton, Esq , ofGurtmone. Tho principal ar ticles of value taken consisted of some bank notes, and some persons in the neighbor hood being suspected it wes proposed to send for the Clog-orha. Nearly a week el apsed before it arrived, and no tidings vvpre discoveied of the lost property; at last the sacred bell came in the afternoon, and its ar rival was duly notified in the village. Late that evening the family were disturbed by the breaking of a pane of glass, and appre hending another burglary, the cause ofthe breakage was at once investigated, and it was discovered that the conscience-stricken thief had broken the pane of glass with his hand, and thrust the stolen money through the fracture. The fame of the golden bell was not a little enhanced by this adventure; but Mrs. Keane, objecting to encourage su perstition. has never since sent out the bell on similar detection services.—Dublin Evening Mail. aume they are fit for you. If they be as you represent them, you have certainly been negligent in not reporting the fact to this Department, so that the soldiers could have been removed from that living tomb of mis- 1 ery and unhealihiness,, And until you make such a report. I shall make no change in the older of which you complain.” 1 he Colonel , in a perfect race, departed unceremoniously at this stage of the inter view. The probability is, that the next time he makusa pilgrimage to the War De partment, to plead for his own ease and comfort, he will bring wi h him some kind words in behalf of the poor 9olciers. Thi s is the best thing we have seen in re lation to the regular at my, for a long while. Lei Secretary Davis now take up the pun I ishments in the army, and reform some of ( the abuses in thismatter, and hewili desetve well of hiscountymen. PROPENSITIES AND HABITS OF LIONS j One of the most striking things connected with the lion is his voice, which isextiemely j grand and peculiatly sinking. It consists'; at times of a low deep moaning, repealed 5 1 or six times, ending in faintly audible tones; ■ at other times he startles the forest with 1 loud, deep toned,-olemn roars, repeated five , or six times in quick succession, each in - , creasing in loudness to the third and fourth ‘ when his voice dies away in five or six low j muffled sounds, very much resembling dis- j tant thunder. At times, and not unfrequent- ! ly a troop may be heard in concert, on as- j sumingthe lead, and two, three, or four j more singing a catch. Like our Scottish stags, they roar loudest in cold, frostv nighls; hut on no occasion are their voices to be heard in such perfection, or so intensely powerful, as when two or three strange troop oflior.s approach a fountain to drink at the same time. When this occurs, every member of each troop sounds a bold roar of defiance at the opposite parties; and when one roars all roar together, and each seems to vie with his comradps in the intensity and power of his voice. The power and grand eur of those nocturnal forest concerts is in conceivably striking and pleasing to the hunter’s ear. Tho effect is greatly enhanc ed when the hearer happens to be situated in the depths of the forest at the dead hour of midnight, unaccompanied by any atten dant, and esconced within twenty yards of the fountain which the surrounding troops of lions are approaching. Such has been my -ituatinn many scores of times; and though I am allowed to have a tolerably good taste for music, l consider the catches which I am re galed with as the sweetest and most natu ral I ever heard. As a general rule, lions roar during the night: their sighing moans commencing as the shades of evening envelop the foiest,and continue at intervals during the night. In distant and secluded regions, I have con stantly heard them roaring loudly as late as 9 or 10 o’clock on a bright, sunny morning. In hazy ana rainy weather, they are to he heard at every hour in the day, but their roar is subdued. It often happens when two strange male lions meet at a fountain, a terrific combat ensues, which not unfre- quently ends in the death of tne of them.— The habits ofthe lion are strictly nocturnal; during the day he lies concealed beneath ihe shade of some low dusky tree or wide spreading bush, within the level forest, or on the mountain side. He is also partial to lofty reeds or fields of long rank yellow grass occurring in lofty valleys. When be is suc cessful in his catch and has secured his prey, he does not roar much that night, only ut tering occasionally a few low moans; that is, provided no intruders approach him, otherwise the case would be very dif ferent. I remarked a fact connected with the li on’s hour of of drinking peculiar to them selves: they seemed unwilling to visit the fountains with good moonlight. Thus when the moon rose early, the lions deferred their wateting till late in the morning, and when the moon rose late, they drank at an early The lakes in the town of Manlius, Onon daga county, New York, are curosities, and are suppose ! to be of volcanic origti. They are, by the inhabitants about there, called the Green Lakes. One of them is on the top of a hill, and is in the form of a tea-cup. The banks are two hundred feet high, and the water four hundred feet deep. The water appears of a deep green, but when l J," ur'in t’he nTeht taken up tn a glass it is perfectly clear and j Qwi ^ lh » , color of lhe coat with transparent. 1 rees and limbs which fall wh j ch natu , e ha3 r , )bed him> he is per fectly invisible in the dark; and although I hav« often heard them lapping the water under , - , , , ,. . . my very nose, not twenty yards from me, I her decays and leaves this incrustation in J u] , ^ ib , make om so raucbaslh8 the shape of hollow tubes Wood satura- ; 0UtHf)eg ( / lheir form§ . When a thirsty li- ted with this water and burned, emits a strong odor of sulphur. A farmer whore- sides near by, once heard a great rush of He continues lapping up the transparent into the water soon become encrusted with a bright green substance, which on being exposed to the air, becomes hard. The tim thirsty j on comes to water, he stretches out his mas sive arms, lies down on his breast to drink, ,, , . , . , , and makes a loud lapping noise not to be water, and looking round saw the lake ris- m j sta | <en ing over the banks He was alarmed, and j water , while, and four orfive times fled with his team, but the water soon rece ( lhe “ eedirg he es for half a ded to its usual lave!, and he returned to . ° ^ ^ . . y i 7 t i i i minute, as 11 to take breath. One thin? his furrow, more puzzled than alarmed. ma iuiiv , y conspicuous aoout them is their eyes, which Knowledge may slumber in the memory, in a dark night elow like two ball's of fi;e. but it never dies; it is like the dermouse in -Camming s Hunter » Life tn South A;n- in the ivied tower, that sleeps while winter ca ” lasts, but awakea with the warm breath of apriDg. A CHINESE DINNERPARTY. When a Chinese invites to a ceremoni GARBLED FERN LEAVES. Doctor Gillipot, good old soul! how care- ous dinner, a large rod paper is sent several | f u ] and conscientious he was to not admit days before the time. On this is written ( any quack ’specific’ or ‘nostrum’ to entet the invitation, in the politest teims of the : j n t,, his prescriptions,*'cause twas agin the language. On the day before the feast an- i ‘principles’ and ‘golden rules’ of his‘pro- other invitation is sent to the guests, on roes- fession.’ To he sure, Gillipot sometimes colored paper, to remind them of it, and to | gave a beetle ‘Vermifuge’ and ‘Cherry Pec- ascertain whether they are coining. Again on the next day, a short time before the hour appointed, the invitation is repeated, to inform them that the feast is prepared toral;’ but I’ve known that done by other ‘big’ doctors!—but ‘Jacob’s Cordial,’ rtcr- er! never!!—t'would’nt do! besides twould he sacrificing‘principles.’ He would •once and awaits them. When the guests are j i n awhile' lose a case of Dysenteiy and assembled, the first thing presented is warm Diarrhoea, I’ll admit; what doctor dont/ almond milk, in large cups. Every table j Be that as it may, Gillipot reigned ‘tri- is served with exactly the same food, and ! umphant, happy and glorious’ as the ‘big’ the same number of dishes, at one and the doctor with an ‘indisputable monopoly’ of same moment. Only four or five persons ! two thirds of the ‘parish’ till ‘clovenfoot’ sit at each table; in very fashonable houses not more than two or three. The tables are mostly made of polished ebony, or Su rat back wood, and double; for, as they use came at last in the name of Doctor Scalpel, and a rival ‘saddle-bags.’ Gillipot watched him with a falcon’s eye; and, finally, thought it his ‘duty’to remon- no tablecloths, the upper table is removed, t strate sgainstthe ‘Jacob's Cordial’he was with all that is on it, at the end of the first ■ using. To be sure, ‘Jacob’ was good in course, to give place to the second. For j ‘slight cases' but it was so ‘improper.’ so the end of the first course, the tables are • much agin ‘principles.’ and he was astonish- laid out with chop sticks, wine cops, Chi- ed Dr. Scalpel ‘could let himself down na were, or enamelled spoone or stands, and two little plates, with fruits nuts, etc. Several small cold dishes, such as dry sal ted fi-h, shred fine and made into salad. A few people of the ‘parish’ were of a different opnion. and coaxed others into the same belief. Dollars changed with mushrooms, etc , are spread over the ; hands, and flew with astonishing celerity boaid, only leaving room in the centre for a ! into the Scalpel treasury. ‘Jacob’ and a cup, about the size of a breakfast cup. ' sure cure for a dollar, went ahead of calo- The dinner now commences, and alt the ! roel, months sickness and a long doctors wine cups are filled with sew heng tsow—a bill, till Gillipot could stand it no longer ; weak aci.i ulaled liquor, distilled from millet | but took a daring leap over bis ‘ptinciples’ seed, and is always drank hot—and the ma9 j for the sake of interest, and ‘Jacob’s Cor- ter ofthe feast rises, as well as all the guests; he holds the wine cup in both hands, salut ing them with it. after which they all drink together, and sit down egaiti. A cup with hot food is now served in the centre of every table. After the first course has been finished the upper table is removed, and the table re maining is spread with spoons, wine cups, chop sticks, vinegar, soy, and sweet sauce, with some plates of sliced radishes, orange, and various other fruits and vegetables, placed before each person, and all the large fruits are sliced, as well as the vegetables. While the second course is preparing, those who are tired of silting rise and walk about the room. The second table being prepar ed, the guests are ail seated again, when bird's nest soup—the most expensive and the greatest delicacy a Chinese can offer— is served up, with pigeon’s or plover’s eggs floating upon it, to each person. When entertaining any of the high constituted au thorities, the master puts the first dish of the second course ott each table himself, n9 it is brought in by the servants. After all, tea is served up in covered cups, as be fore desetihed—on the leaves, and without milk or sugar; and thus closes the enter tainment. On the day following the feast, the host sends a large red paper to each of the guests, apologizing for the badness of the dinner; and they answer him on the same soit of paper, expressing in the most exalted and extravagant terms the pleasure and unbounded 9ali-faction his feast has af forded them. The piglailed nation In every thing are unlike any other people, though doubtless under all this show of politeness is hidden an equal amount of duplicity and dissimulation as can elsewhere be found. The Chinese customs evince much that is hollow-hearted in their social relations. [ Tour m China SINGULAR COINCIDENCE. A correspondent ofthe Placer Herald is responsible for the following: “A marriage took place on the night of the 15th ult., at the Nevada Hotel—a lady not unknown to the California public, was married to a gentleman from Kentucky, now a citizen ofthisState, he being the fifth upon whomshehad conferred hymenialhonors.and the third whose heads are yet above the sod. By a strange concatention of circumstances, her two last husbands, between whom and herself all marital duties had ceased to exist by the operations of the divorce law, had put op at the Nevada House on the same evening, ignorant of the fact that their for mer eara sposa had rested under the same roof with themselves, and also that they had both in former years been wedded to the same lady. Next morning they occupied seats at the breakfast table opposite the bridal party. Their eyes met with mute hut expressive astonishment. The lady bride did not faint, but bravely informed her newly acquired lord of her singular situation, and who their guests were. Influenced by the nobleness of his nature and the happy impulses of his dial’ was forthwith the sumnum bonum in gredient of all h-is ‘prescriptions.’ That , ‘Jacob’ will ‘do the work’ after all! he said , apologetically! Never mind, Doctor Gillipot; we wont inquire too particularly into the date of that new born opinion! You are not the only specimen extant of an iron creed, and an India-rubber conscience. SWIMMING EXCURSIONS. The Hartford Times gives the following account of an exciting scene which took place thereabouts—a race in the water. It says: This somewhat novel affair occurred last ! Wednesday evening at the bathing estab lishment of Dr. Kob, ju3t above the North Meadow Creek Bridge, near the head of Front street - The bathing establishment has walks which extend out into the Con necticut river, between the two “willow islands.” These two were filled with spec tators, both men ami women. On the shore alsa there were large throngs of gentlemen and ladies, and the liver for along distance was filled with boats, giving to the whole scene quite a Venetian appearance. There must have been upwards of two thousand : people present to witness the swimming trial. j Seventeen swimmers entered the lists— j nine Americans and eight Germans - Ow-| ing to the late hour at which the bands of, music arrived, the sport did not begin in time to introduce the “floating supper ta bles,” as had been announced. The swim mers started from the railroad bridge, at the signal of the discharge of a pistol, and j swam down to a point opposite the bathing , establishment—distance, nearly a mile. They came down the river in fine style, dis- j playing a strength and grace of action in the water that would have honored the most adroit of the amphibious natives of the Polynesian Islands. The parly started,we believe, with no in- tion of a race, but the cheering and urging of the people in the boats drove them into a trial of speed—and they dashed through the water at a fa9t gait. We do not learn the precise time made, but it must have been very good. Mr. Ulrich Moll, a Ger- j man, came in ahead. He was followed next in order by a Yankee, whose name j we did not learn. Joseph R. Hawley, Esq. ; was third in the race—having started be hind several and passed many others. The fourth best swimmer appeared to be Her- j mann Maereklein. one of our German citi- ; zens. The rest all came in in good style, having performed the long distance in a very short time. A prize will be presented to Mr. Moll. A series of variegated Drummond lights ] and rockets lent an additional effect to the i scene, while the music from the Hartford , Brass Band and the German Liederktanz, ! a vocal society, gave interest and animation | to the occasion. How a man feels with his Head Off.—It is considered on all sides that the body does ! not feel one instant after decapitalian ; for j , i , i ■ , , . UHL tcu Him itnLouk auci ucLauuauaii , i"i heart, he summoned hrs predecessors to his , <• r . .. i I r . . ! the brain being the seat of sensation to the bridal chamoer, and the warmest greetings , , . ® _ e .. . . , • . l 6 i l 6 whole frame, through the medium of the and congratulations were exchanged be- 1 ° tween the four in the most unreserved and friendly manner. The two ex-lords frank ly declared that they ever found in the lady an excellent arid faithful companion, and they were the authots of the difficulty which produced their separation, the cause being traceable to u too frequent indulgence in in toxicating liquors. The legal lord and master declared that his affection for bis bride was strengthened by the coincidence, and that his h ippiness was increased, if possible, by what had oc curred' After a few presents or specimens from their well filled purses, the parties sep arated—the two ex husbands for the At- spinal marrow, every part of the body bes I dy beneath the joint at which the latter may | be divided, must be deprived of feeling.— ! But it by no means follows that the head ; is deprived of sensation immediately after decapitation, nor that it may not retain its consciousness, and, like the head of the , Irish Knight who was killed by Saladin in j the Holy Wat - , get up and declare that it ! was never cut off by so sweet a 9cimitar be- t f tiro —nor like that of the assassin Legare, | swear roundly at the executioner for not ; keeping a keener axe ; but it is quite po9si- j ble that it may be troubled with very seri ous reflections upon the irrevocability of its , „ • , I | • * , r i_ fate, and the awfulness of its deprivation.— lantic States, with the kindest regards of the , . c • , . . r , , . . . , c cup In support of thi9 unpleasant theory, many 1 lady for the future wellare of her firmer . . ,, , ... T c ' I , , facts are adduced, with grave vouchers tor 11js their authenticity. Among others is the AYouthful Traveler en Route for Cahfor- unfortunate Queen of Scots, whose lips con- j nia.—The Wheeling Times mentions the linu^-d to move in prayer for at least a arrival in that city, of John Jacques, an or- ! quarter of an hour after the executioner had phan boy, aged fifteen years, from the State performed his duties. Windt states that, of New York, en route for California, over- i having put his mouth to the ear of a decapi- land. He states that he reached Philadel- ■ tated criminal’s head, and called him by phia by stowing himself in a car or fright i name, the eyes turned to the side from train; and remained there two weeks, sleep- I whence the voice came , and this fact is at- ing in the market house, and subsisting on j tested by Foateuello, Mogorc, Gullotine, offal given him by the servants at the hotels. J Nauche, and Aldini. On the word murder A forward and talkative young tnan is not likely ever to become a great man. Finally, a railroad conductor allowed him to tide on the platform of a car to Baltimore, where he staid for more than a month, serv ing 89 an arrand boy and newspaper carrier; ofter which he proceeded on foot to Fred rick, begging enough to eat from the farm houses on the road, here he engaged as os tler at a tavern, but left in a week on the top of a buggy waggon for Harper’s Ferry, whete he accidentally picked up a $5 bill, end took the cats for Cumberland, a gentle roan there paid his way to Wheeling, at the latter place, he is endeavoring to engage as a cabin boy on board of a steam boat for St. Louis, where be hopes to engage as herdsman or cattle-driver to California. Persevering boy that. being called, in the case of a criminal exe cuted for that crime al Goblentz, the half closed eyes opened wide with an expres sion of reproach on those who stood around > It is better to throw a guard about the baby’s cradle than to sing a psalm at a bad man’s death-bed; better to have a care while the bud U bursting to the sun than when the heat has scorched the heart of the unguarded busom. We never are satisfied with our opinions, whatever we may pretend, till they are grat ified and confirmed by the suffrages of the rest of mankind. We dispute and wrangle lor ever; we endeavor to get men to come to ui when vre do not com* to them. Infant’s lights Csnrentiw. A large end spirited meeting of infante was recent ly held to Nurserdom, at which they asserted their rights, and called lor an immediate redrew ofthe wrong* which have been inflicted upon them. The resolottons they passed, however, are rather spirited, and present a list of grievances Ihat ought to be looked into. Whereas, We have been brought into existence without being consulted at all in regard to onr feel ings and wishes, thus laying the immediate author* of our existence under ihe atrongeat obligations to see that our rights are protected and our wants asp- plied, therefore. Resolved, That w-e claim the right to draw our nourishment from that foontain which nature he* provided our sustenance, and which is universally admitted to be the only source from which we can derive materials fora vigorous growth; and that the too common practice of cutting off onr supplies from this source, to avoid the necessity of attendance to oar w ants, is inhuman, and unworthy of a Christian mother. Resolved, That we earnestly protest against the partiality sometimes exhibited by onr mothers, in nursing lap-dogs, and making parlor companions of them, as though they were the real offspring instead of ourselves, while we are turned out to Bridget. Resolved, That we claim as our right a place in the parental bed. and deem it a very poor excuse for tucking us away with the nurse, that onr mother comes from parties late at night, and does not wish to be broken ofher re-t. Resolved, That we are opposed to taking medi cine, when it would seldom be required if we wero properly taken care of by our mothers, and especial ly do we raise our voices against the practice of many nurses, who secretly keep a bottle of paregoric, or Godfrey’s cordial, and force down onr throats a doso in the evening, so that vre may not disturb them in the night. Resolved, That our being cross and ugly, becanse we raise our voices against being stuffed with im proper food, while the nourishment nature has pro vided is witheld from us, is a most outrageous slander upon onr tempers. Resolved, That in consequence ol these and many other abuses to which wt are subjected most of os become sickly, and about half our number die before we aro old enough to take care of oorselves. Resolved, That onr cry shall be, “War, war,” and not “Peace, peace,” until our wrongs are re dressed and our rights restored to us. Voted, That the proceedings of this Conventiun be published in all the papers from Maine to Texas. — Odd Fellow. _ Nicknames in the United States.—Gener al Jackson was called Old Hickory, on ac count of his inflexible character ; his diplo matic successor in the White House, was known as the Little Magician; and his son, John Van Buren, remains until now the Prince. General Harrison was Old Tip; an abbreviation of Tippecanoe, where he had defeated the Indians under their pro phet, the brother of Tecumseh. General Zachary Taylor was desigeated by the Old Zack, Rough and Ready; Henry Clay as the Mill Boy of the Slashes, in remembrance of his origin. Webster was the Great Ex pounder, the God like, or simply Black Dan. Corwin is the Wagon Boy, Thomas Ben ton, the great Missoutian, is known as Old Bullion. Douglas, the democratic Senator from Illinois, the Little Giant. General Scott, Chippewa, from his victory over the English in the late war, and a Hasty Plate ofSoup, from an expression which slipped from his pen. General Houston, San Ja cinto, from the battle field on which he de feated President Santa Anna, and all his ar my, etc. The cities and States have their nicknames; Washington for instance, is the city of Magnificent Distances; New-York, the Empire City; Philadelphia, the Quaker City; Baltimore, the Monumental City; Boston, the City of Notions, or the Puritan City; New Haven, the Elm City; Buffalo, the Queen City of the Lakes, Pittsburg, the Irou City; Cleveland, the Forest City; Cin cinnati, Porkopolis. or the Queen City of the West; St. L'>uis, the Mound City; Lou isville, tho Fall City; New-Orlean*, the Crescent City. The State of New-York, bearing in its arms the rising sun, with the motto “Excelsior,” is the Empire or Ex celsior State; Connecticut, the Free Stone State; Massachusetts, the Bay State; Ver mont, the Green Mountain State; New Hampshire, the Granite State Pennsylvania, the Keystone State; Virginia the Old Do minion. or the Mother of States and States men; Delaware the Diamond State; South Carolina, the Palmetto State; Texa9, tho Lone Star; California, the Golden Region; Mississippi, the Bayou State; Louisiana, the Creole State; and Kentucky, the Dark and Bloody Ground. The inhabitants of Flori da are Cow Boys: those of Ohio, called Buckeyes; those of Iowa, Hawkeyes, those of Illinois, Suckers; the Missourians, Pukes; the Indiana people, Hoosiers; the Michi ganians, Wolverines; and Wisconsinians, Badgers. The authors correctly say. all those nicknames are familiar to and fre quently used by the Americans, and not on ly in jest—in the same way as they collec tively accept the designation of Yankees, if this word is used in contradistinction of English. In the States themselves, the Southerners and Westerners disclaim this appellation; they use it to designate the New Englander—whilst in New England again, every State disowns it except Con necticut, which is proud to be the original Yankee State. From the New York Daily Times. Maury's Wind and Current Charts.— Lilut Maury’s theory relative to the course of prevailing winds and currents, is nolong- er a subject of experiment. Vessel after vessel, by passages which, for celerity, have startled the maritime world, ha9 furnished practical exemplification of the value of Maury’s Charts. Thus again, America take9the lead in introducing a great prac tical discovery, which is calculated to event uate in untold good. Our intelligent nav igators generally appreciate and seek these Charts, that they may know where to go and find the propelling power—never los ing one, until another is at hand to supply its place—instead of being compelled to lie for days or weeks under the burning sun of the tropics, waiting a breeze that shall ruffle the giossy surface of the sea, fill their sails, and carry them on their course. “Theory” is a misnomer, when applied to Maury’s elucidations—That which he has given to the navigator, is simply the result of careful, patient, laborious comparison of the observations and experience of a boat of navigators, who have sailed over the routes or parts of the routes marked out in his Charts; and these Charts, therefore, are the combined experience of a thousand practical sailors, collated and condensed in to one grand result, by Lieut Maury. The country may well be proud of the genius which concieved the scheme, and the skill which has developed it. We are glad to learn that a still wider system ofobservation is to be arranged, for the purpose of bringing these Wind and Currei.t Charts to the highest point of cer tainty and perfection. Encouraged by the value, to commerce and navigation, of Lieut. Maury’s labors, and impressed with the importance of a more general and uni form plan ofobservations at sea. our Govern ment invited the several Navel powers of Europe, each to appoint an officer to con fer with Lieut. Maury upon the subject, and to agree to the details of a unilorm system of observations, to be made on board the vessels of all the navies concerned•^^’The invitation has been accepted on the other side, and this interesting conference will take place at Brussels on the 23d Aug. next; Lieut. Maury, we understand, will leave for Liverpool, in the Collins ateamer of 26th July. His countrymen wHI wish him emi nent success in his praiseworthy project, and a speedy return when it shall have been accomplished.

Georgia Historic Newspapers

The federal union. (Milledgeville, Ga.) 1830-1861, August 02, 1853, Image 1